Time-lapse sequences from the Documentary Series “First Footprints”, which premieres on ABC 1, Sunday July 14, 9.25pm.
http://media.theage.com.au/entertainment/trailers/first-footprints-4544578.html
First Footprints is the story of how people first arrived and thrived on the Australian continent.
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:10:56pm |
I’ve got a hotel connection and the video doesn’t seem to want to show properly.
:(
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:12:08pm |
So, creationists would say all of this occurred mere centuries ago.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:14:21pm |
@DentistGoneBadd ..loose canine … pic.twitter.com/XwF1MbVG72
— Jo (@missjjo) July 11, 2013
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:16:51pm |
Chicago is surreal this weekend. I’m downtown, the weather is wonderful. Taste of Chicago is happening and there are tourists everywhere. There is a large convention also going on, so there are business people everywhere.
I had to go to the next hotel over this am to get a cuppa.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:19:27pm |
re: #4 FemNaziBitch
Chicago is surreal this weekend. I’m downtown, the weather is wonderful. Taste of Chicago is happening and there are tourists everywhere. There is a large convention also going on, so there are business people everywhere.
I had to go to the next hotel over this am to get a cuppa.
Our little town had its festival yesterday. They hadn’t had it for a few years, apparently, so it was a bit of a big deal. We went down there and it was a German beer festival, complete with Bavarian orchestra. Getting up and down through town was effectively impossible.
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:32:22pm |
Housekeeping just brought a back board for my bed. Life IS MUCH BETTER NOW.
Very Expensive Hotel (even by Chicago Standards) and the mattress is shot. They spent millions redoing the decor and can’t keep the mattresses up-to-date.
I ended-up sleeping crossways in the bed last night.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:38:34pm |
Last week was the week of rain this week is going to be hot. I am not looking forward to it. :(
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:39:39pm |
I’m going to take a nap now.
Have a good one all!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:48:34pm |
re: #4 FemNaziBitch
It’s nice near the lakeshore, but away from there it is HOT.
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engineer cat Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:50:54pm |
re: #4 FemNaziBitch
Chicago is surreal this weekend. I’m downtown, the weather is wonderful.
don’t know what the weather is like in nyc at the moment, but as a native new yorker i’m pretty sure they’re complaining about it
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 2:57:24pm |
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Mattand Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:04:31pm |
re: #7 PhillyPretzel
Last week was the week of rain this week is going to be hot. I am not looking forward to it. :(
Just got back from Citizens Bank Park (Phils win in 10; Papelbum blows another save). First row in center right field. We sat in the sun all day. I’m as red as my Phils cap and shirt.
Not looking forward to this week.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:07:40pm |
Good read.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:08:16pm |
Doctor: Tell me, what do you see? Patient: Well, that's a drone obviously. #DroneRorschachTest #Drones pic.twitter.com/KFL2ZSSGVF— Gus (@Gus_802) July 14, 2013
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thedopefishlives Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:10:20pm |
re: #15 Gus
It’s a lip, it’s a lip, it’s a lip lip lip, LIIIIIIP, lip lip lip!
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:11:14pm |
re: #15 Gus
I see a headless angel at a rave exuding waves of energy because the angel is up on E and also the angel has realized the joy of human life however brief and it made its head pop off.
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:11:37pm |
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:11:42pm |
re: #16 thedopefishlives
It’s a lip, it’s a lip, it’s a lip lip lip, LIIIIIIP, lip lip lip!
Drones! Drones! Get thee to a nunnery!
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:11:57pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:12:28pm |
I gotz mohr rain coming (as if I didn’t need more) but a couple of evenings recently I got to see this instead of storm clouds:
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:12:35pm |
re: #17 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
I see a headless angel at a rave exuding waves of energy because the angel is up on E and also the angel has realized the joy of human life however brief and it made its head pop off.
I see a pelvis and coccyx bone actually.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:13:18pm |
re: #15 Gus
I see mutant flying pigs…same as drones?
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thedopefishlives Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:13:22pm |
re: #22 Gus
I see a pelvis and coccyx bone actually.
And I see the crappy spray pattern from the first coat of clear that I put on my wife’s Town Car. I’ve been obsessing way too much over fixing that paint job.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:13:49pm |
Had some people try to tell me on Twitter that Edward Snowden might be murdered by the US government, and as evidence they cited Anwar al-Awlaki, which proves that the US carries out extra-judicial assassinations and therefore Snowden is perfectly rational to think he might be droned by Obama.
Shaking my fucking head.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:14:47pm |
re: #25 Charles Johnson
Had some people try to tell me on Twitter that Edward Snowden might be murdered by the US government, and as evidence they cited Anwar al-Awlaki, which proves that the US carries out extra-judicial assassinations and therefore Snowden is perfectly rational to think he might be droned by Obama.
Shaking my fucking head.
Drones! Drones! DRONES!
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:15:40pm |
re: #25 Charles Johnson
Had some people try to tell me on Twitter that Edward Snowden might be murdered by the US government, and as evidence they cited Anwar al-Awlaki, which proves that the US carries out extra-judicial assassinations and therefore Snowden is perfectly rational to think he might be droned by Obama.
Shaking my fucking head.
Just like Michael Hastings!!!11!!!
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erik_t Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:16:03pm |
re: #25 Charles Johnson
I knew it was a matter of time, and in fact I was surprised one of the hatchlings didn’t make that “point” yesterday.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:16:13pm |
“Doc’. I gotta ask ya’. Every time I look at a box of Lunchables™ I think of Obama drones. Am I ok?”
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:16:43pm |
re: #9 Dark_Falcon
It’s nice near the lakeshore, but away from there it is HOT.
Correct. Yesterday was beautiful, but today is way too hot in the western suburbs.
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erik_t Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:17:59pm |
re: #29 Gus
“Doc’. I gotta ask ya’. Every time I look at a box of LunchablesTM I think of Obama drones. Am I ok?”
RING RING RING RING RING RING RING RING OBAMADROOOOOONE
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Varek Raith Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:21:53pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:22:59pm |
Now’s a good time for me to post this:
July 13, 2013: A recent opinion survey in the United States found that 57 percent of the population favored the use of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in general (anywhere in the U.S.), 88 percent favored UAV use for search and rescue, and 63 percent for fighting crime. Many countries outright forbid the use of UAVs for any reason (even military training). But some, like Israel, have allowed their use for decades with no problems. Most civilians instinctively recognize the benefit of UAVs, but the bureaucrats in charge of air safety are very risk averse. They gain nothing by backing UAV use and risk hurting their careers if a UAV collides with a manned aircraft or otherwise hurts people. So many nations follow their cautious air safety bureaucrats and ban the use of UAVs anywhere except in air space reserved for military operations.
This is all about fear trumping reality. For example, air travel has long been much safer than it appeared to be. That paranoia has been extended to UAVs despite no lives lost to UAV collisions in Iraq, Afghanistan, or anywhere else. There is a potential danger with collisions involving large (over 50 kg/110 pound) UAVs, as these can inflict enough damage to bring down manned aircraft. Yet in a decade of heavy use in Iraq and Afghanistan there has been only one such collision and in that incident there was no loss of life. But fear of such collisions has led to heavy restrictions on UAV use in disaster relief operations, which the military is often called upon for overseas and inside the United States. The American military must receive permission from the Secretary of Defense before using UAVs off the battlefield. That’s not really an issue at the moment because most recent disasters the military got involved in there were sufficient manned aircraft to look for survivors, assess damage, and so on. Nevertheless, disaster relief experts point out that in the early hours and days after a major disaster you can’t have too many eyes in the sky.
SNIP
In light of all this, the army is developing a new radar system (GBSAA or Ground-Based Sense And Avoid) to increase safety for UAVs. GBSAA is mainly a software system using existing radars to track UAVs and manned aircraft and alert UAV operators when their UAVs are too close to other aircraft (manned or unmanned). GBSAA can be expanded to use transponders (which commercial aircraft have been using for a long time) and more flexible software. But the basic idea is to insure that UAV operators are no longer “blind” to what is in the air nearby. GBSAA had its first field test a year ago and it was a success. The first GBSAA will be deployed next year.
GBSAA will likely be more in demand by potential civilian UAV users. Battlefields have much lower safety standards than civilian air space, what with all those artillery and mortar shells, plus the bullets and rockets. But civilian air space has a lot of small aircraft and helicopters, so UAVs are generally banned. GBSAA could change that and make battlefields safer as the UAV traffic becomes denser.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:23:06pm |
Clang clang clang goes the trolly drone.
Ring ring ring goes the bell drone.
Drones, drones, DRONES! They’re everywhere I tells ya!
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:23:13pm |
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engineer cat Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:24:59pm |
i don’t understand the twinkie thang
i have no desire to eat one
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:25:41pm |
re: #39 Gus
If you want I can take a picture of the lunchable in my fridge. :)
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:26:24pm |
*Ding Dong*
Who is it?
… Mail man.
You can’t fool me, you’re an Obama Drone.
… Candygram
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Varek Raith Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:26:27pm |
Drone strike in the middle of Moscow?
Seems legit.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:26:27pm |
re: #40 engineer cat
i don’t understand the twinkie thang
i have no desire to eat one
It’s the same people that shop at Wal-Mart. You do the math.
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Dr Lizardo Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:27:14pm |
re: #40 engineer cat
i don’t understand the twinkie thang
i have no desire to eat one
Twinkies are life.
- Thus Spake Zarathustra Zardoz
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:27:22pm |
re: #40 engineer cat
In Philly we have krimpets. tastykake.com
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engineer cat Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:27:45pm |
re: #15 Gus
[Embedded content]
i must be a party animal
i see somebody dressed up for a costume party in a really wild outfit with giant paper wings
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:27:50pm |
re: #42 Kragar
*Ding Dong*
Who is it?
… Mail man.
You can’t fool me, you’re an Obama Drone.
… Candygram
Landshark!
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Charles Johnson Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:28:20pm |
In the White House lives an ogre named Obama. Late at night he stalks the houses of the leakers and the whistle-blowers, and before they can cry out from their beds he drones them! You may think you can escape him for a while, but he’ll gitcha in the end. He’ll gitcha!
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engineer cat Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:28:43pm |
re: #44 thedopefishlives
It’s the same people that shop at Wal-Mart. You do the math.
if i could do math, i would never shop at wal-mart?
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:28:52pm |
re: #42 Kragar
*Ding Dong*
Who is it?
… Mail man.
You can’t fool me, you’re an Obama Drone.
… Candygram
[Knock, knock]
Who’s there?
…Obama
Obama who!?
…Obama DRONE!
[Crashes through door like Koolaid man.]
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:29:02pm |
re: #39 Gus
Dronenado
Make sure the SyFy channel pays you when they turn Dronenado into a movie. :-)
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:29:10pm |
re: #43 Varek Raith
Drone strike in the middle of Moscow?
Seems legit.
Wouldn’t work. No drone sent that deep into Russia would make it to target. It’d be killed by Su-30’s long before it got into missile range.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:29:54pm |
;)
“Seems Legit” is an expression used as a sarcastic retort to a suspected attempt at deception and is often used to caption image macros depicting factually questionable statements and scenarios.
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austin_blue Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:31:21pm |
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:32:06pm |
I just noticed the LGF User’s Guide button. Thanks Charles.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:32:31pm |
re: #49 Charles Johnson
In the White House lives an ogre named Obama. Late at night he stalks the houses of the leakers and the whistle-blowers, and before they can cry out from their beds he drones them! You may think you can escape him for a while, but he’ll gitcha in the end. He’ll gitcha!
But he’s irrelevant or depending on the breath the most totalitarian totalitarian since Hitler!
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:33:11pm |
re: #55 austin_blue
Why would anyone in their right mind see anything but an ink stain?
It certainly doesn’t look like the Ink Spots
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Varek Raith Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:34:24pm |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:38:37pm |
re: #15 Gus
Doctor: Tell me, what do you see? Patient: Well, that's a drone obviously. #DroneRorschachTest #Drones pic.twitter.com/KFL2ZSSGVF— Gus (@Gus_802) July 14, 2013
Looks like an insect cyborg drone to me. Somebody better tell Snowden to look out for the mosquito drones. //
In 2008, the U.S. Air Force showed off bug-sized spies as “tiny as bumblebees” that would not be detected when flying into buildings to “photograph, record, and even attack insurgents and terrorists.”
Many flying insect drones were developed into prototypes that year, but look again at the fly drone that could fit on the tip of your finger. Gizmo Insider suggested, “We’ve heard of a fly swatter, but what about a marksman trying to shoot down every fly he sees within a 100 yard radius. The future of warfare and intelligence collection just got a whole lot more sophisticated.” That was five years ago, so what insect spy drones exist now that the public doesn’t know about? […]
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:41:15pm |
re: #63 CuriousLurker
[Embedded content]
Looks like an insect cyborg drone to me. Somebody better tell Snowden to look out for the mosquito drones. //
Yeah. Mosquito drones are still a hoax. For now. Bwahahaha!
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:43:21pm |
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Dr Lizardo Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:44:54pm |
re: #63 CuriousLurker
[Embedded content]
Looks like an insect cyborg drone to me. Somebody better tell Snowden to look out for the mosquito drones. //
Image: Cetema.cereris.possibly.jpg
THEY’RE EVEN SMALLER NOW ZOMG!1!
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:46:42pm |
re: #64 Gus
Yeah. Mosquito drones are still a hoax. For now. Bwahahaha!
That’s what they want you to think… //
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Dr Lizardo Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:50:44pm |
re: #67 Gus
IF SNOPES SAYS ITS A HOAX, THEN THEY’RE ALREADY IN OPERATION BEING PERSONALLY GUIDED TO THEIR TARGETS BY OBAMA BECAUSE SOROS!1!
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:51:23pm |
re: #66 Dr Lizardo
Image: Cetema.cereris.possibly.jpg
THEY’RE EVEN SMALLER NOW ZOMG!1!
Pretty soon they’ll be riding around on your pets masquerading as fleas. “Darn, why isn’t that flea collar working…?” It’s only a matter of time until all the vents in your house are crawling with dust mite drones. //
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Dr Lizardo Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:55:22pm |
re: #70 CuriousLurker
Pretty soon they’ll be riding around on your pets masquerading as fleas. “Darn, why isn’t that flea collar working…?” It’s only a matter of time until all the vents in your house are crawling with dust mite drones. //
THEY’LL BE IN YER PILLOW LOADED WITH TEH CYANIDE!1!
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:55:33pm |
@Gus_802 @Green_Footballs Or.. Doctor: Tell me, what do you see? Patient: Benghazi! #DroneRorschachTest #Drones pic.twitter.com/fQnL4okFxB— T.Gigs (@D_R_Bastiches) July 14, 2013
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:57:05pm |
re: #67 Gus
The article I posted acknowledges in the last paragraph that there’s no such thing (yet) as a mosquito drone, but there’s plenty of fodder for conspiracy theories there.
So the “mosquito” drone is fake, so far as we know, but the Air Force asked for itty bitty drones that could “covertly drop a mysterious and unspecified tracking ‘dust’ onto people, allowing them to be tracked from a distance.” All of this drone tech is meant for military use, but would we really see these if they were deployed in America?
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Interesting Times Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:57:39pm |
re: #61 Gus
She seems nice.
Are you sure her comment wasn’t meant to criticize that attitude, as opposed to supporting it? See these tweets in sequence:
@AngryBlackLady I've been hearing this a lot in the wake of the Zimmerman trial and it's driving me fucking batty (paraphrase):— Blair (@WayfaringPhoto) July 14, 2013
@AngryBlackLady “Anytime practical application of law results in disparity of treatment between people of diff races, it's purely incidental— Blair (@WayfaringPhoto) July 14, 2013
@AngryBlackLady …because racism doesn't exist anymore. Pointing out the racial elements in such cases make you a racist.”— Blair (@WayfaringPhoto) July 14, 2013
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The Ghost of a Flea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:57:49pm |
I think a neutron just snapped a photo of me.
Nanodrone panic!
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:58:02pm |
re: #71 Dr Lizardo
THEY’LL BE IN YER PILLOW LOADED WITH TEH CYANIDE!1!
SOON MINIATURE OBAMA MOSQUITO DRONES WILL BE INJECTING YOU WITH GAY SERUM IN YOUR SLEEP TURNING ALL GOD FEARING AMERICANS INTO THE GHEY!! SHOOM! ZOMG!!
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:58:21pm |
And that’s just his own Tweets…
The massive amount of hate and disturbed ramblings pouring into my timeline is impressive in its volume, but not very original.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 14, 2013
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BigPapa Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:58:43pm |
That’s obviously a TransformerDrone. Geez people.
Transformers
More than meets the eye
Transformers
Robots from the sky
that kill your ass dead into bits
Still working on it.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:58:57pm |
re: #74 Interesting Times
Are you sure her comment wasn’t meant to criticize that attitude, as opposed to supporting it? See these tweets in sequence:
[Embedded content]
Ah, OK.
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:01:11pm |
re: #74 Interesting Times
Crap! Outta tin-foil.
Can’t seem to make this hat big enough…
Obama’s not gonna git me.
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Dr Lizardo Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:01:32pm |
re: #76 Gus
SOON MINIATURE OBAMA MOSQUITO DRONES WILL BE INJECTING YOU WITH GAY SERUM IN YOUR SLEEP TURNING ALL GOD FEARING AMERICANS INTO THE GHEY!! SHOOM! ZOMG!!
TEH GHEY?! THAT’S ELEVENTY TIMES WORST THEN TEH CYANIDE ZOMG!!1!
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:02:30pm |
re: #77 Vicious Babushka
And that’s just his own Tweets…
[Embedded content]
Stole that and tweeted it back at the derpster.
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engineer cat Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:03:00pm |
o.t., differences between american english and indian english:
me: ok, i’ll put it in the hopper
him: you’ll what?
me: ok, that’s like an american expression that means, um, add it to the bucket of tasks to be done
him: a “hopper”?
me: yeah, well you see it’s like in a factory and you have a bunch of stuff that needs to be fed into a machine, and there’s like a big pan thing that you pour it into, and the hopping motion of the thingamajig is calibrated to feed the stuff in at just the right rate
him: what was that word you just used? thinguh…
me: thingamajig? you know, like a whozeewhatsis, a thingamabob, a whatchamacallit
him: now you are just making fun of me
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Interesting Times Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:03:16pm |
re: #79 Gus
Ah, OK.
When in doubt, it helps to check someone’s full profile (what shows up in the pop-up box usually isn’t enough).
Twitter lengths are to context what liquid spills are to electronics.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:03:21pm |
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:04:49pm |
re: #84 Interesting Times
When in doubt, it helps to check someone’s full profile (what shows up in the pop-up box usually isn’t enough).
Twitter lengths are to context what liquid spills are to electronics.
Deleted mah side eye Tweet. :D
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:05:22pm |
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Dr Lizardo Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:05:43pm |
re: #85 Gus
We cheerfully mock, but I wouldn’t be one bit surprised to learn that there’s probably a percentage of the RWNJ’s who really do believe that there’s some kind of “gay serum” out there.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:06:02pm |
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:07:21pm |
re: #89 Dr Lizardo
We cheerfully mock, but I wouldn’t be one bit surprised to learn that there’s probably a percentage of the RWNJ’s who really do believe that there’s some kind of “gay serum” out there.
MADE FROM THE URINE OF MENSTRUATING FEMALE CHICKENS!
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:07:54pm |
re: #73 CuriousLurker
The article I posted acknowledges in the last paragraph that there’s no such thing (yet) as a mosquito drone, but there’s plenty of fodder for conspiracy theories there.
So the “mosquito” drone is fake, so far as we know, but the Air Force asked for itty bitty drones that could “covertly drop a mysterious and unspecified tracking ‘dust’ onto people, allowing them to be tracked from a distance.”
DUST!!11!! We need an armored bear!!
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Varek Raith Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:08:06pm |
re: #91 Gus
MADE FROM THE URINE OF MENSTRUATING FEMALE CHICKENS!
That’s awfully specific…
You know something…
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:09:48pm |
re: #89 Dr Lizardo
We cheerfully mock, but I wouldn’t be one bit surprised to learn that there’s probably a percentage of the RWNJ’s who really do believe that there’s some kind of “gay serum” out there.
Are they the same people who contemplated wrapping their homes up in plastic wrap and duct tape?
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:10:04pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:12:58pm |
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is that THE Blair Witch??!!dutifully ignored…
No, its the Fluke Witch, demanding free birth control!!11
/Limbaugh
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Dr Lizardo Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:14:05pm |
re: #94 OhNoZombies!
Are they the same people who contemplated wrapping their homes up in plastic wrap and duct tape?
Probably.
I remember reading - maybe it was on World Nut Daily - that there’s something about soy-based products (tofu, etc.) that the author suspected of being a “gay serum”, if you will; allegedly, soy-based products ‘feminize’ men, or so that author claimed.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:15:02pm |
I’m watching Friday’s Real Time right now, where Snowden was discussed.
Bill Maher pushed back against his entire panel of 2 fairly reasonable Republicans and self-described Christian revolutionary Cornell West who all believe Snowden is a whistleblower, pointing out that he didn’t reveal anything we didn’t already know.
He unfortunately didn’t go so far as to suggest Snowden was engaged in espionage against the United States.
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Joanne Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:15:26pm |
Tonight's dinner: Shallot and goat cheese tarte tatin. Mmmmm! #FoodPorn pic.twitter.com/FORnLy9hn7— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 14, 2013
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:15:33pm |
Ooooh, I just remembered something: Taggants are already in existence, so they should be able to be modified for use as “tracking dust” for drones.
Things that could contain tracking dust: pollen, talcum powder, eye shadow… OH SNAP! President Obama is a freaking evil genius! He created all this fear about gun grabbing so people would run out and buy ammo which, unbeknownst to them, contains gunpowder that the government has secretly laced with taggants. It’s only a matter of time till they send out the drones & black helicopters to pinpoint the locations of all Patriots™ and have them interned in FEMA reeducation camps. //
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:20:09pm |
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thedopefishlives Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:21:49pm |
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:22:46pm |
re: #101 CuriousLurker
Ooooh, I just remembered something: Taggants are already in existence, so they should be able to be modified for use as “tracking dust” for drones.
Things that could contain tracking dust: pollen, talcum powder, eye shadow… OH SNAP! President Obama is a freaking evil genius! He created all this fear about gun grabbing so people would run out and buy ammo which, unbeknownst to them, contains gunpowder that the government has secretly laced with taggants. It’s only a matter of time till they send out the drones & black helicopters to pinpoint the locations of all Patriots™ and have them interned in FEMA reeducation camps. //
Well I’ll be…I never thought of…
OMG !!!
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:34:51pm |
Correction from a couple of threads ago. I was wrong, John Good isn’t the Zimmerman defense witness who contributed financially to his defense fund, that was John Donnely. Both broke sequestration however, Good to consult with the defense VR reenactment creator, and Donnelly sat in the audience and watched other defense witnesses give crucial testimony before taking the stand himself. Donnelly is also the one who flagrantly contradicted his own sworn deposition, in which he said he’d never listened to the 911 tape. In allowing him to swear that it was Zimmerman’s voice he’d heard the judge violated established precedent which said only close family members could make a voice identification.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:37:38pm |
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:40:01pm |
re: #109 Gus
Well, that doesn’t work.
It does if it’s supposed to be an ice-cream cone with some kind of topping being carried by an ant.
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Joanne Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:40:32pm |
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
might just be me…but I think it could use some bacon…
;)
Pancetta would be divine! Next time…plus a wee bit of spinach. Mmmmmm!
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engineer cat Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:42:23pm |
i hear alien technology is being studied in comment #59
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:43:13pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:45:23pm |
re: #115 Gus
Area #59.
Given your vivid imagination, that’s the same thing for internet purposes. ;)
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:45:40pm |
re: #113 Joanne
Pancetta would be divine! Next time…plus a wee bit of spinach. Mmmmmm!
oooh…yes! pancetta with spinach…perfetto!
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:46:51pm |
re: #105 goddamnedfrank
Correction from a couple of threads ago. I was wrong, John Good isn’t the Zimmerman defense witness who contributed financially to his defense fund, that was John Donnely. Both broke sequestration however, Good to consult with the defense VR reenactment creator, and Donnelly sat in the audience and watched other defense witnesses give crucial testimony before taking the stand himself. Donnelly is also the one who flagrantly contradicted his own sworn deposition, in which he said he’d never listened to the 911 tape. In allowing him to swear that it was Zimmerman’s voice he’d heard the judge violated established precedent which said only close family members could make a voice identification.
Amazing that the Judge let this happen. I don’t get it.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:49:01pm |
re: #118 Stanley Sea
Amazing that the Judge let this happen. I don’t get it.
It’s stunning that Florida laws are so rigid for the jury, but blatant lying in court is okay-fine, nothing to see here, move along…
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:49:17pm |
GZ… considering law school… “to help others like him.”
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:49:32pm |
re: #118 Stanley Sea
Amazing that the Judge let this happen. I don’t get it.
Perhaps someone can help me here but I was amazed that it was admissible that marijuana was found in Treyvon’s system (from my understanding marijuana stays quite long) but it was inadmissible to bring up Zimmerman’s prior run-ins with the law which included violence. I don’t get that and I guess that’s why I am dumbfounded by those who want to paint Zimmerman as this noble neighborhood watchman who got attacked by a punk.
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sagehen Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:51:10pm |
re: #10 engineer cat
don’t know what the weather is like in nyc at the moment, but as a native new yorker i’m pretty sure they’re complaining about it
Hot. Humid. August came early this year.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:51:19pm |
re: #120 Gus
GZ… considering law school… “to help others like him.”
Lovely.I wish he’d go away but we haven’t heard the last of Mr. Zimmerman.
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:51:39pm |
re: #120 Gus
GZ… considering law school… “to help others like him.”
Liberty University will probably give him a full three year scholarship. Probably the only place he can go without getting spit on.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:53:04pm |
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s stunning that Florida laws are so rigid for the jury, but blatant lying in court is okay-fine, nothing to see here, move along…
Everyone just knew he was going to get off. Heard it again and again. The judge must have come to the same conclusion. Not worth the bother to enforce the rules, he’s getting off. Let’s do this quick.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:53:39pm |
Youth at Trayvon Martin Rally in Roxbury pic.twitter.com/DcQIcye8By— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) July 14, 2013
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:53:42pm |
re: #121 HappyWarrior
Perhaps someone can help me here but I was amazed that it was admissible that marijuana was found in Treyvon’s system (from my understanding marijuana stays quite long) but it was inadmissible to bring up Zimmerman’s prior run-ins with the law which included violence. I don’t get that and I guess that’s why I am dumbfounded by those who want to paint Zimmerman as this noble neighborhood watchman who got attacked by a punk.
Zim was the one with the record.
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:54:00pm |
George Zimmerman's brother Robert not done smearing the reputation of Trayvon Martin, says he was making “lean”: http://t.co/0M6IYqlRpY
— Rogers Cadenhead (@rcade) July 14, 2013
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:54:55pm |
re: #127 Stanley Sea
Zim was the one with the record.
Exactly and from what I recall that couldn’t be brought into evidence by the prosecution but the fact that pot was in Treyvon Martin’s system could. That confuses me. Pot as I said stays in your system a while. He could have had taken in that marijuana a week before the events transpired.
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:55:03pm |
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s stunning that Florida laws are so rigid for the jury …
Amazing that juries anywhere still stand for this shit. I guess groupthink is still powerful, had I been on the jury I’d have held out forever and happily driven them into deadlock rather than let Zimmerman go free. You don’t get to create the same hazard you then legitimately react to by taking a life, that’s just axiomatic to me.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:56:04pm |
Those good ol’ obsessed psychos are trying to draw me into their creepy little games again on Twitter, harassing people I communicate with - as they’ve been doing constantly for years.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:56:18pm |
THE ZOMBIE FAKE QUOTE THAT WILL NOT DIE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU KILL IT. PRUDENCE U SUCK.
.@dennygirltwo .@mad_lov THAT IS A FAKE QUOTE. FAKE! http://t.co/arxNZ4nuOr #Fake #Derp #lnyhbt #tcot #tgdn #2A #UniteBlue #rwnj #Fail— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 14, 2013
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:56:52pm |
If you disagree w O's statement, fine. To then conclude that he appeases white supremacists? Unhinged. To then mention drones? Laughable.
— CT Voter (@CTVoter) July 14, 2013
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:57:29pm |
re: #128 jaunte
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I won’t be surprised if he’s calling him a full pledged Crip or Blood by the end of the week. Me? I am still pissed at that prick Geraldo claiming wearing a hoodie made him a thug.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:58:16pm |
re: #131 goddamnedfrank
Amazing that juries anywhere still stand for this shit. I guess groupthink is still powerful, had I been on the jury I’d have held out forever and happily driven them into deadlock rather than let Zimmerman go free. You don’t get to create the same hazard you then legitimately react to by taking a life, that’s just axiomatic to me.
Assuming the judge let you, and didn’t just toss you out in favor of an alternate.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:59:28pm |
re: #131 goddamnedfrank
Amazing that juries anywhere still stand for this shit. I guess groupthink is still powerful, had I been on the jury I’d have held out forever and happily driven them into deadlock rather than let Zimmerman go free. You don’t get to create the same hazard you then legitimately react to by taking a life, that’s just axiomatic to me.
Yeah, except a deadlocked jury means he still walks. You really can’t win.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 4:59:55pm |
re: #138 thedopefishlives
Yeah, except a deadlocked jury means he still walks. You really can’t win.
12 Angry Men!
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sagehen Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:00:16pm |
re: #138 thedopefishlives
Yeah, except a deadlocked jury means he still walks. You really can’t win.
Deadlocked jury means retrial (or plea bargain).
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:00:55pm |
Just saw a cool conservative website with an obviously fake video of black people beating up their “reporter” because of Zimmerman.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 14, 2013
Nice pageview ploy, guys.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 14, 2013
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:01:16pm |
They are getting more decomposed.
c a n t w a i t
World premiere of #TheWalkingDead S4 trailer coming this friday. Here's your first look at a Season 4 walker �� pic.twitter.com/DaTFyVnvHL
— The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) July 14, 2013
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:01:40pm |
re: #137 Dark_Falcon
Assuming the judge let you, and didn’t just toss you out in favor of an alternate.
Oh bullshit. You can only be tossed out for conduct, not for refusing to issue the vote the judge wants.
If the judge wants a not guilty verdict they can just issue a directed judgement, the second they send the issue to deliberation a juror’s vote can’t be second guessed in and of itself.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:01:41pm |
re: #133 Charles Johnson
Those good ol’ obsessed psychos are trying to draw me into their creepy little games again on Twitter, harassing people I communicate with - as they’ve been doing constantly for years.
They’re so weird.
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GeneJockey Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:03:09pm |
re: #77 Vicious Babushka
Erick Erickson ✔ @EWErickson
The massive amount of hate and disturbed ramblings pouring into my timeline is impressive in its volume, but not very original.
So take a day off.
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:03:36pm |
Newsroom second season starts tonight. #OliviaMunnWatch
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:05:47pm |
Totally, because most states require a man to travel 400 miles and have 3 anal ultrasounds before getting a prescription for viagra or cialis!
Wait, what?
MEN — the New Second Class Citizens —> http://t.co/BRdHA8g98n - @fxnopinion - #ctot #tcot #teaparty #RedNationRising #lnyhbt #opslam #ccot— Mike Beacham (@MA_Beacham) July 15, 2013
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:07:39pm |
re: #147 Vicious Babushka
Totally, because most states require a man to travel 400 miles and have 3 anal ultrasounds before getting a prescription for viagra or cialis!
Wait, what?[Embedded content]
Someone remind me of what legal procedure for men is constantly being attacked by legislatures. Anyone. Nothing more lame than the pathetic woe is men crowd and I say this as a guy.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:09:09pm |
re: #148 jaunte
Oh FFS.
No kidding. I’m familiar with this type crowd though. They pretty much always bitch that feminism has taken rights away from men. I’d like see actual proof that men have lost rights due to women gaining more rights. This is totally just another OMG WE’RE THE REAL OPPRESSED ONES, HOW DARE YOU ACTUALLY POINT OUT REAL SHITTY POLICIES THAT EFFECT YOU NEGATIVELY
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:09:45pm |
arrrgggghhh…this kitten fascination with keyboards and cords is going to be the death of me…
put it on my tombstone…death by kittehs…
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sagehen Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:09:54pm |
re: #142 Stanley Sea
They are getting more decomposed.
c a n t w a i t
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are there going to be any new webisodes? I really enjoyed the two I’ve seen…
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:10:10pm |
re: #147 Vicious Babushka
Oh, it’s Phyllis Schlafly’s niece. She went into the family business of spoon-feeding the idiots.
rightwingwatch.org
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:11:01pm |
re: #147 Vicious Babushka
Totally, because most states require a man to travel 400 miles and have 3 anal ultrasounds before getting a prescription for viagra or cialis!
Wait, what?[Embedded content]
Condoms also need to be prescription-only & require an annual visit to a urologist.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:12:17pm |
re: #153 jaunte
Oh, it’s Phyllis Schlafly’s niece. She went into the family business of spoon-feeding the idiots.
rightwingwatch.org
Her aunt probably thinks that laws criminalizing spousal rape were an attack on men.
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ProTARDISLiberal Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:14:49pm |
And of course my Mom goes with the Magical Balance Fairy bullshit, saying both Trayvon and Zimmerman were in the wrong, and is saying how Zimmerman had his head caved in.
Real tired of my family.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:14:52pm |
re: #152 sagehen
are there going to be any new webisodes? I really enjoyed the two I’ve seen…
Friday is a new trailer.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:16:12pm |
re: #154 CuriousLurker
Condoms also need to be prescription-only & require an annual visit to a urologist.
For their own safety!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:16:19pm |
re: #156 ProTARDISLiberal
And of course my Mom goes with the Magical Balance Fairy bullshit, saying both Trayvon and Zimmerman were in the wrong, and is saying how Zimmerman had his head caved in.
Real tired of my family.
Head caved in is a major overreach, I’ll admit.
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Iwouldprefernotto Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:17:47pm |
re: #156 ProTARDISLiberal
And of course my Mom goes with the Magical Balance Fairy bullshit, saying both Trayvon and Zimmerman were in the wrong, and is saying how Zimmerman had his head caved in.
Real tired of my family.
And Zimmerman has to live in fear. Key word of the sentence is LIVE, something TM doesn’t get to do.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:19:25pm |
Oh geeze.
RT @BuzzFeedNews: NYPD waiting for the Trayvon Martin rally on 6th Ave pic.twitter.com/krXvQfj5yz
— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) July 15, 2013
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ProTARDISLiberal Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:19:35pm |
There’s a reason I love the Doctor Who episode The Idiot’s Lantern.
You know why? Because my dad is just like that simple minded little bigot in the episode that turns people in. And seeing him shut down by the Doctor is beautiful.
And unlike the son on that episode, I will give no forgiveness.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:19:59pm |
re: #160 Iwouldprefernotto
And Zimmerman has to live in fear. Key word of the sentence is LIVE, something TM doesn’t get to do.
that’s why I don’t feel bad for him. Zimmerman’s apologists are like “Well you have to feel bad for him, he has to live the rest of his life in fear.”
“Yeah live which is something that Treyvon Martin isn’t able to do because of him.” I am still dumbfounded that this wasn’t at least manslaughter. I am sorry but I could not in any good faith vote to acquit a man who shot someone unarmed. He may not have been a murderer but he did I feel strongly commit a crime that night. Also if Zimmerman had been a black man in the early 20th century, he would have been dead without trial. So yeah my pity for George Zimmerman is shit little. He chose to fire his weapon that night. He didn’t have to do that.
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:20:31pm |
re: #162 ProTARDISLiberal
Congrats on not learning the moral of the episode.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:21:48pm |
Prudence, u r seriously sickening.
AND U SUCK.
Seriously sickening. pic.twitter.com/lcDVSV4s6Q #NoJustice #tcot #teaparty #immigration #IRS #tgdn #wiright #lnyhbt #NSA— Prudence (@dennygirltwo) July 14, 2013
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:24:38pm |
re: #161 Stanley Sea
Oh geeze.
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That’s how the NYPD rolls: They believe in deploying lots and lots of cops if its a protest about a heated issue, the idea being that their strength in numbers and capability will help ensure that there is no violence. This is sometimes known colloquially as “Peace Through Strength”.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:25:06pm |
I couldn’t help it—I laughed—damn you, Twitter:
I'm not sayin' but I'm sayin'. #Dexter (Via @FamiliaVera) pic.twitter.com/1mzjqKt0Xe— justin kanew (@justin_kanew) July 15, 2013
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sagehen Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:25:38pm |
re: #150 HappyWarrior
No kidding. I’m familiar with this type crowd though. They pretty much always bitch that feminism has taken rights away from men. I’d like see actual proof that men have lost rights due to women gaining more rights. This is totally just another OMG WE’RE THE REAL OPPRESSED ONES, HOW DARE YOU ACTUALLY POINT OUT REAL SHITTY POLICIES THAT EFFECT YOU NEGATIVELY
Marital rape is a crime now. Even punching her is a crime. So that’s a right that men have lost…
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Iwouldprefernotto Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:25:47pm |
re: #166 Dark_Falcon
That’s how the NYPD rolls: They believe in deploying lots and lots of cops if its a protest about a heated issue, the idea being that their strength in numbers and capability will help ensure that there is no violence. This is sometimes known colloquially as “Peace Through Strength”.
I call it “overtime for cash.”
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:26:16pm |
re: #167 CuriousLurker
I couldn’t help it—I laughed—damn you, Twitter:
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I’m finally getting into Dexter on that note. Only two eps in but I like it. Just finished up the first three seasons of Shameless. Love having the Recumbent in my media room because it means I can watch TV and lose weight!
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:27:14pm |
re: #161 Stanley Sea
Oh geeze.
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We made it around the police blockades now marching up 6th ave! #HoodiesUp #NoJustice #JusticeForTrayvon #NYC— Mariya (@mariyanyc) July 15, 2013
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:27:55pm |
re: #166 Dark_Falcon
That’s how the NYPD rolls: They believe in deploying lots and lots of cops if its a protest about a heated issue, the idea being that their strength in numbers and capability will help ensure that there is no violence. This is sometimes known colloquially as “Peace Through Strength”.
In practice it often causes situations to grow needlessly confrontational and violent. Taking up a spacial us vs. them position makes both sides feel more threatened. I saw it happen live in Seattle on N30.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:27:55pm |
re: #168 OhNoZombies!
W.T.F.
It’s just your usual right wing bullshit. Anything to attack Treyvon and Obama. This is like that post about that kid in Chicago two down. This person is using this kid just as a cheap attack on Obama and Treyvon. Pretty fucking pathetic if you ask me.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:28:54pm |
re: #165 Vicious Babushka
Prudence, u r seriously sickening.
AND U SUCK.[Embedded content]
and Jaron Holliday died in August of 2007. So is was TOTALLY Obama’s fault!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:29:15pm |
re: #165 Vicious Babushka
Prudence, u r seriously sickening.
AND U SUCK.[Embedded content]
Real moral: Neither deserved to die. To think otherwise is to be an asshole. Yes, Trayvon Martin made some bad decisions in his life, but his sins were those of weakness. He was clearly not an evil person, needing more to find the right path.
The tragic thing is that Trayvon’s parents sent him to Sanford to serve his suspension from school to keep him away from the malign influences in his mother’s neighborhood, and it was in Sanford that he got shot.
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ProTARDISLiberal Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:29:34pm |
re: #164 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
And I have dealt with his crap for many, many years, and he has never, ever changed. In fact, he has gotten worse over time.
My efforts are much better spent elsewhere than trying to reach out to a bigot who thinks he knows everything, and knows so little in reality.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:29:45pm |
re: #171 HappyWarrior
I’m finally getting into Dexter on that note. Only two eps in but I like it. Just finished up the first three seasons of Shameless. Love having the Recumbent in my media room because it means I can watch TV and lose weight!
I’ve never seen an episode, though I’m familiar with the general plot and have heard much about it. My son gave me seasons 1-3 of Boardwalk Empire for Mother’s Day. I finished season 1 this weekend—loved it.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:30:09pm |
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:30:23pm |
re: #167 CuriousLurker
I couldn’t help it—I laughed—damn you, Twitter:
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I don’t know. Funny, but really pushing it. There are doubtless some borderline personalities already thinking it.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:30:46pm |
re: #178 CuriousLurker
I’ve never seen an episode, though I’m familiar with the general plot and have heard much about it. My son gave me seasons 1-3 of Boardwalk Empire for Mother’s Day. I finished season 1 this weekend—loved it.
BE is great. My favorite show on TV right now actually. Enjoy seasons 2 and 3.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:30:57pm |
re: #173 goddamnedfrank
In practice it often causes situations to grow needlessly confrontational and violent. Taking up a spacial us vs. them position makes both sides feel more threatened. I saw it happen live in Seattle on N30.
It can, but the NYPD is helped by its higher standards of training, relatively high morale, and fearsome reputation.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:33:07pm |
You know even if he was a bad kid who repeatedly got into trouble with the law, that doesn’t mean he deserved to die. This idea that somehow Zimmerman did a favor by killing a “thug” is sick. Even the worst of people in our society are entitled to life and honestly as a DP opponent, I’d even include convicted murderers in that statement.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:33:44pm |
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:34:17pm |
re: #165 Vicious Babushka
.@dennygirltwo You really, really are! Is there any vile wingnut nonsense, or fake quote you won't tweet?— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 15, 2013
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:35:35pm |
re: #180 goddamnedfrank
I don’t know. Funny, but really pushing it. There are doubtless some borderline personalities already thinking it.
Yeah, it was a guilty laugh ‘cause it’s probably too close to true, as you point out. I couldn’t help myself though.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:35:45pm |
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:36:38pm |
re: #185 JeffFX
This Prudence know more than that one. barnesandnoble.com
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:36:42pm |
re: #184 CuriousLurker
“We are just walking home,” chants Trayvon Martin rally to NYPD holding back the march .
Preventing the march from continuing peacefully is a really, really terrible decision. It’s when crowds get blocked in that shit starts to go south. Whether they realize it or not, NYPD leadership is sending the message that they want a fight.
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Political Atheist Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:36:48pm |
re: #184 CuriousLurker
We ran from the news for a couple hours and grabbed this…
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:37:30pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:38:00pm |
re: #185 JeffFX
[Embedded content]
The pic she linked to has now been pulled by Twitter and justly so. Clicking the link brings up a page that says that the account that put it up has been suspended.
Prediction: Haters are going to dust off the “Twitter Gulag” meme when some of them get the boot.
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:38:02pm |
I don’t use my credit card much, but I have to pay a large bill, so had to make some purchases with it for the next few days so I have enough cash on hand till the check clears.
So my bank puts a hold on my card because of the sudden activity, which means it was frozen when I went grocery shopping, which means I had to use my debit card, now my funds are screwed so I barely have enough to cover the check.
THANKS SO FUCKING MUCH.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:39:19pm |
re: #190 Political Atheist
We ran from the news for a couple hours and grabbed this…
Beautiful! Great way to escape the news. ;)
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:40:42pm |
re: #193 Kragar
I don’t use my credit card much, but I have to pay a large bill, so had to make some purchases with it for the next few days with it so I have enough cash on hand till the check clears.
So my bank puts a hold on my card because of the sudden activity, which means it was frozen when I went grocery shopping, which means I had to use my debit card, now my funds are screwed so I barely have enough to cover the check.
THANKS SO FUCKING MUCH.
Bank of America amirite?
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SidewaysQuark Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:41:27pm |
re: #169 sagehen
Marital rape is a crime now. Even punching her is a crime. So that’s a right that men have lost…
And any sane man who has actually known a woman who has lived through these horrors knows the law and legal system in most areas doesn’t protect them nearly enough.
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:41:36pm |
re: #195 Kragar
More than anything, I used to fear that sound at the ATM, the slight change in pitch which means that it’d decided not to give me any money but instead print out the particular way in which I was fucked, and the amount that I was fucked.
Sorry, dude.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:41:40pm |
re: #193 Kragar
I don’t use my credit card much, but I have to pay a large bill, so had to make some purchases with it for the next few days with it so I have enough cash on hand till the check clears.
So my bank puts a hold on my card because of the sudden activity, which means it was frozen when I went grocery shopping, which means I had to use my debit card, now my funds are screwed so I barely have enough to cover the check.
THANKS SO FUCKING MUCH.
If you call the CC issuer from the store, they can usually fix that immediately. I only use a single debit card, no credit, and have had to call and get my card re-enabled a couple of times. For some reason ordering from J&R Music World freaks my bank out and they decide someone else is using my account.
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:42:19pm |
re: #196 Vicious Babushka
Bank of America amirite?
Navy Federal. Never had this problem before. The one time I actually got scammed, they didn’t even put a hold on my card. They just contacted me, asked about the charges, then issued me a new card. Its only when I actually needed it that they put a hold on it.
Fucking hell.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:44:14pm |
re: #195 Kragar
Fucking beyond pissed right now.
Get thee to a credit union. Had no bitch with mine in 30 years. (They froze the transaction a couple times because of atypical action—BUT THEY CALLED IMMEDIATELY ON THAT PHONE THING.)
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:44:47pm |
re: #192 Dark_Falcon
The pic she linked to has now been pulled by Twitter and justly so. Clicking the link brings up a page that says that the account that put it up has been suspended.
Prediction: Haters are going to dust off the “Twitter Gulag” meme when some of them get the boot.
The picture is still there.
ETA: The original tweet has been suspended, but it’s still in Prudence’s tweets.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:45:08pm |
re: #199 JeffFX
If you call the CC issuer from the store, they can usually fix that immediately. I only use a single debit card, no credit, and have had to call and get my card re-enabled a couple of times. For some reason ordering from J&R Music World freaks my bank out and they decide someone else is using my account.
Caught you buying Soupy Sales albums.
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:45:50pm |
re: #201 Decatur Deb
Get thee to a credit union. Had no bitch with mine in 30 years. (They froze the transaction a couple times because of atypical action—BUT THEY CALLED IMMEDIATELY ON THAT PHONE THING.)
This is a credit union. Been a member since 94.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:46:22pm |
re: #200 Kragar
Navy Federal. Never had this problem before. The one time I actually got scammed, they didn’t even put a hold on my card. They just contacted me, asked about the charges, then issued me a new card. Its only when I actually needed it that they put a hold on it.
Fucking hell.
BofA put a hold on my CC and my DC when I used it on a weekend trip in Canada. I had to call their Outside-the-USA number and navigate Voice Menu Hell for 45 minutes. They said “You should let us know when you go on vacation so it won’t be flagged.”
Meanwhile they kept on approving withdrawals from an ATM in PARIS FUCKING FRANCE on a DC that I cancelled 2 YEARS AGO.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:46:50pm |
re: #192 Dark_Falcon
The pic she linked to has now been pulled by Twitter and justly so. Clicking the link brings up a page that says that the account that put it up has been suspended.
Prediction: Haters are going to dust off the “Twitter Gulag” meme when some of them get the boot.
Twitter should do a lot more about their deranged wingnut problem.
If I ran a service that attracted so many shitty people, I’d pull the plug. It’s not all shitty people like the wingnut sites of course, but it’s still a ton of idiots and monsters.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:47:22pm |
re: #204 Kragar
This is a credit union. Been a member since 94.
Hell. Then at least you have a couple paths to bitch them out.
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SidewaysQuark Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:48:20pm |
re: #167 CuriousLurker
I couldn’t help it—I laughed—damn you, Twitter:
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I don’t honestly see how this is any more tasteful or responsible than some of the tweets by the opposition that are in question here. I don’t think anyone should be implying that vigilantism against Zimmerman is acceptable.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:50:03pm |
re: #206 JeffFX
Twitter should do a lot more about their deranged wingnut problem.
If I ran a service that attracted so many shitty people, I’d pull the plug. It’s not all shitty people like the wingnut sites of course, but it’s still a ton of idiots and monsters.
It’s sick and it turns Twitter into shit. The site really needs to clear house and create features to screen out the worst crazies.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:50:17pm |
Credit Union Finder: creditunionsonline.com
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 5:58:56pm |
re: #206 JeffFX
Twitter should do a lot more about their deranged wingnut problem.
If I ran a service that attracted so many shitty people, I’d pull the plug. It’s not all shitty people like the wingnut sites of course, but it’s still a ton of idiots and monsters.
I don’t know.
As ugly as they are, I kind of think it’s better to shine a light on the monsters, rather than pretend they aren’t there.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:08:43pm |
re: #212 OhNoZombies!
I don’t know.
As ugly as they are, I kind of think it’s better to shine a light on the monsters, rather than pretend they aren’t there.
Maybe, but Twitter could at least create a fake quote database, notifying the person trying to tweet the fake quote, and then labeling the tweet as a fake quote if they follow through. If they do it a lot like Prudence, they could label all the person’s tweets as being from someone who constantly misleads people.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:15:01pm |
re: #213 JeffFX
Maybe, but Twitter could at least create a fake quote database, notifying the person trying to tweet the fake quote, and then labeling the tweet as a fake quote if they follow through. If they do it a lot like Prudence, they could label all the person’s tweets as being from someone who constantly misleads people.
You’ve gotta be kidding. There are currently close to half a billion tweets per day that would need to be monitored for fake quotes, then someone would have to verify all of them.
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:17:26pm |
re: #214 CuriousLurker
You’ve gotta be kidding. There are currently close to half a billion tweets per day that would need to be monitored for fake quotes, then someone would have to verify all of them.
If the NSA can do it…
/
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:18:47pm |
re: #213 JeffFX
Maybe, but Twitter could at least create a fake quote database, notifying the person trying to tweet the fake quote, and then labeling the tweet as a fake quote if they follow through. If they do it a lot like Prudence, they could label all the person’s tweets as being from someone who constantly misleads people.
That’s really not Twitter’s responsibility, we have to be vigilant.
Fake Quotes, Research B4 U Tweet! Oart I. http://t.co/zW0WoLWIsp #UniteBlue #2A #lnyhbt #tgdn #tcot— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 14, 2013
Fake Quotes, Research B4 U Tweet! Part II. http://t.co/Ka6ToWlIY5 #UniteBlue #2A #lnyhbt #tgdn #tcot— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 15, 2013
Fake Quotes: Research B4 U Tweet! Part III http://t.co/IjL0gtnHrM #UniteBlue #2A #Jefferson #lnyhbt #tgdn #tcot— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 15, 2013
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:19:45pm |
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:20:26pm |
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:21:19pm |
re: #214 CuriousLurker
You’ve gotta be kidding. There are currently close to half a billion tweets per day that would need to be monitored for fake quotes, then someone would have to verify all of them.
No, and saying I’ve got to be kidding is pretty insulting.
Twitter is software based, not humans shuffling cards. Creating the initial list of fake quotes is as simple of scanning David Barton’s books and web posts. Checking tweets against it would be simple.
In addition, they could add a “the contents of this tweet are false” button, and use software to disregard the clicks by crazies at they’re identified. This would be a really fun problem to solve by analyzing hashtag usage and keywords in posts.
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GeneJockey Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:21:57pm |
re: #218 Kragar
Rendering your entire argument invalid.
Your forgetting another way to render you’re argument invalid.
//
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:23:52pm |
re: #216 Vicious Babushka
That’s really not Twitter’s responsibility, we have to be vigilant.
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That’s where a “the contents of this post are false” button comes in.
Technology can help a community to flag dishonest people beyond just responding to fake quotes, telling the tweeter who was probably intentionally lying anyway.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:23:56pm |
re: #220 JeffFX
No, and saying I’ve got to be kidding is pretty insulting.
Okay. In that case, we’re done here.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:24:38pm |
re: #223 CuriousLurker
Without even an apology from you. Charming.
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:25:07pm |
re: #221 GeneJockey
Your forgetting another way to render you’re argument invalid.
//
I see what you did their.
/
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Political Atheist Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:25:39pm |
re: #220 JeffFX
No, and saying I’ve got to be kidding is pretty insulting.
FWIW I read that as her referring to the sheer size of the task, and no slight at you.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:26:02pm |
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:26:16pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:27:51pm |
re: #222 JeffFX
That’s where a “the contents of this post are false” button comes in.
Technology can help a community to flag dishonest people beyond just responding to fake quotes, telling the tweeter who was probably intentionally lying anyway.
as if that would stop the gulag refugees…
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:30:31pm |
re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth
as if that would stop the gulag refugees…
Of course it wouldn’t, but it would drive them crazy, trying to tweak known-fake quotes to get their lies past the filter. This could be a TOS violation resulting in account termination and IP block. Some developers could have a huge amount of fun implementing it. Of course it wouldn’t increase profit, just honesty, so they probably wouldn’t care to spend the money on it.
Maybe I’ll make my own Twitter with honesty, blackjack, and hookers.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:32:33pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:32:56pm |
re: #233 JeffFX
Of course it wouldn’t, but it would drive them crazy, trying to tweak known-fake quotes to get their lies past the filter. This could be a TOS violation resulting in account termination and IP block. Some developers could have a huge amount of fun implementing it. Of course it wouldn’t increase profit, just honesty, so they probably wouldn’t care to spend the money on it.
Maybe I’ll make my own Twitter with honesty, blackjack, and hookers.
They would burn up your suggested “contents of this post are false” button all day and night to make it useless.
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Shockingly, Pathetically Low Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:33:06pm |
re: #193 Kragar
I don’t use my credit card much, but I have to pay a large bill, so had to make some purchases with it for the next few days so I have enough cash on hand till the check clears.
So my bank puts a hold on my card because of the sudden activity, which means it was frozen when I went grocery shopping, which means I had to use my debit card, now my funds are screwed so I barely have enough to cover the check.
THANKS SO FUCKING MUCH.
My sympathies. For one of my cards, they freak out every time I buy something from gog.com, and put fraud alerts on my account. First it was a “suspicious foreign site,” then a “video arcade.” There will be no third time, because I started putting gog.com charges on a different card.
Another thing that sometimes help with your problem is to call your credit card people whenever you’re going to do something “unusual.” Just takes a minute….
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:33:33pm |
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
They would burn up your suggested “contents of this post are false” button all day and night to make it useless.
This.^^
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darthstar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:33:44pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:34:08pm |
re: #233 JeffFX
Of course it wouldn’t, but it would drive them crazy, trying to tweak known-fake quotes to get their lies past the filter. This could be a TOS violation resulting in account termination and IP block. Some developers could have a huge amount of fun implementing it. Of course it wouldn’t increase profit, just honesty, so they probably wouldn’t care to spend the money on it.
Maybe I’ll make my own Twitter with honesty, blackjack, and hookers.
The thing is they don’t even know these are Fake Quotes. Whenever I correct a Fake Quote and provide a link, the most frequent response is AIIIIEEEEEE!!!! BLOCK TEH LIBRUL!!11!!!!
Sometimes wingnuts will attempt to argue with me, saying “Well OK maybe Jefferson didn’t say it but ITZ STILL TEH TROOF!!11!!!1 or U CANT TRUST TEH SNOAPS!!!1111
TWICE people have said “OH thank you, I totally did not know that!”
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:34:31pm |
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
They would burn up your suggested “contents of this post are false” button all day and night to make it useless.
That’s where the fun comes in. You’d have to do clique analysis to determine when groups of liars were clicking the button on honest posts. As I said, it would be a REALLY fun project.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:35:54pm |
re: #240 JeffFX
That’s where the fun comes in. You’d have to do clique analysis to determine when groups of liars were clicking the button on honest posts. As I said, it would be a REALLY fun project.
hahahahahaaaaaa….
ummm…..no. Twitter is already a trainwreck.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:37:25pm |
re: #239 Vicious Babushka
They never heard of “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations?” Some folks are dense.
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Justanotherhuman Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:38:33pm |
re: #120 Gus
GZ… considering law school… “to help others like him.”
I don’t think he has the chops. And it would take too long—he has no undergrad degree, and shorted his associate’s. And with the way his thinking processes seem to be, he probably would never pass the LSAT.
Of course, there’s always Daddy. And bro, who’s doing the media circus:
Robert Zimmerman JR @rzimmermanjr 3m
LIVE 10:PM >> Tonight I sit down with @JudgeJeanine and talk about where we go from here.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:38:54pm |
re: #239 Vicious Babushka
The thing is they don’t even know these are Fake Quotes. Whenever I correct a Fake Quote and provide a link, the most frequent response is AIIIIEEEEEE!!!! BLOCK TEH LIBRUL!!11!!!!
Sometimes wingnuts will attempt to argue with me, saying “Well OK maybe Jefferson didn’t say it but ITZ STILL TEH TROOF!!11!!!1 or U CANT TRUST TEH SNOAPS!!!1111
TWICE people have said “OH thank you, I totally did not know that!”
The popup I suggest regarding the fake quotes from the service itself would be impossible to block as a scary liberal, which might drive the liars away, whether they realize they’re lying or are too stupid to know they lie.
They could then set up a ConservaTwitter in response to deciding that Twitter itself is a tricksy Liberal, where every tweet is a lie.
The fact that only two people have thanked you for your help instead of responding as scared tribalists, says to me that our vigilance about fake quotes does no good beyond the awesome entertainment we all get from your Twitter monitoring.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:40:11pm |
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahahahaaaaaa….
ummm…..no. Twitter is already a trainwreck.
Are you a software architect? How do you think pushing back against all the dishonesty on twitter would make it more of a trainwreck rather than less?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:40:52pm |
re: #239 Vicious Babushka
The thing is they don’t even know these are Fake Quotes. Whenever I correct a Fake Quote and provide a link, the most frequent response is AIIIIEEEEEE!!!! BLOCK TEH LIBRUL!!11!!!!
Sometimes wingnuts will attempt to argue with me, saying “Well OK maybe Jefferson didn’t say it but ITZ STILL TEH TROOF!!11!!!1 or U CANT TRUST TEH SNOAPS!!!1111
TWICE people have said “OH thank you, I totally did not know that!”
That’s because they feel they can’t concede anything publicly. Conceding a point to a ‘liberal’ is seen in their circles as submission to evil. That you are a woman makes it worse in the eyes of some males for whom being bested by a woman is seen as a sign of pathetic weakness.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:42:02pm |
re: #246 Dark_Falcon
That’s because they feel they can’t concede anything publicly. Conceding a point to a ‘liberal’ is seen in their circles as submission to evil. That you are a woman makes it worse in the eyes of some males for whom being bested by a woman is seen as a sign of pathetic weakness.
That’s a really good point. VB has probably gotten through to more than 2 people, but they wouldn’t admit it to her face.
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:44:34pm |
re: #245 JeffFX
Are you a software architect? How do you think pushing back against all the dishonesty on twitter would make it more of a trainwreck rather than less?
Thing is, people believe what they want to believe.
If you beat them over the head with a sack of truth, their minds won’t change.
If anything, they become more resolute.
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Political Atheist Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:45:05pm |
Protest Update
The Interstate 10 freeway seems to be closed by marching protesters.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:47:03pm |
re: #248 OhNoZombies!
Thing is, people believe what they want to believe.
If you beat them over the head with a sack of truth, their minds won’t change.
If anything, they become more resolute.
True, but they might go away or go so bonkers that not even people that might have been sympathetic to their cause take them seriously. There can be value in winding foolish people up until they flip out completely for all to see.
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b_sharp Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:47:32pm |
re: #245 JeffFX
Are you a software architect? How do you think pushing back against all the dishonesty on twitter would make it more of a trainwreck rather than less?
No, I’m a has-been software poopyhead. You?
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:49:47pm |
re: #251 Walking Spanish Down the Hall
No, I’m a has-been software poopyhead. You?
Yes. I’ve been designing and building enterprise software for over 25 years. I’m old.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:51:43pm |
re: #250 JeffFX
True, but they might go away or go so bonkers that not even people that might have been sympathetic to their cause take them seriously. There can be value in winding foolish people up until they flip out completely for all to see.
The problem with that is that sometimes the person you piss off may decide to get even with you. That odds are small with any individual crazy, but but do it enough and you might find one of them waiting for you when you get into work with a shotgun.
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:53:10pm |
re: #250 JeffFX
True, but they might go away or go so bonkers that not even people that might have been sympathetic to their cause take them seriously. There can be value in winding foolish people up until they flip out completely for all to see.
That, or they become the victims of insidious libruls.
Martyrs to 2nd amendment-luvin’ right wingers.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:54:31pm |
re: #253 Dark_Falcon
The problem with that is that sometimes the person you piss off may decide to get even with you. That odds are small with any individual crazy, but but do it enough and you might find one of them waiting for you when you get into work with a shotgun.
This is why I use aliases online for everything but my hobby-business.
Too many crazies on the Internet with violent fantasies.
I’m thankfully still physically strong in my mid-40s, but am not prepared to deal with a maniac with a gun.
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:55:35pm |
There’s a reason I don’t flip the bird when someone cuts me off anymore.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:56:13pm |
re: #255 JeffFX
This is why I use aliases online for everything but my hobby-business.
Too many crazies on the Internet with violent fantasies.I’m thankfully still physically strong in my mid-40s, but am not prepared to deal with a maniac with a gun.
I can’t do that, since the Stalkers know who I am. So I have to mind my p’s and q’s.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:56:58pm |
re: #244 JeffFX
The popup I suggest regarding the fake quotes from the service itself would be impossible to block as a scary liberal, which might drive the liars away, whether they realize they’re lying or are too stupid to know they lie.
They could then set up a ConservaTwitter in response to deciding that Twitter itself is a tricksy Liberal, where every tweet is a lie.
The fact that only two people have thanked you for your help instead of responding as scared tribalists, says to me that our vigilance about fake quotes does no good beyond the awesome entertainment we all get from your Twitter monitoring.
Well here is the thing with the Fake Quotes, they are Tweeted as graphics, not text. Some idiot Photoshops the Fake Quote along with a picture of Jefferson or Washington or some other Famous Dude who Totally Didn’t Say It.
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Amory Blaine Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:58:27pm |
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:59:14pm |
re: #258 Vicious Babushka
Well here is the thing with the Fake Quotes, they are Tweeted as graphics, not text. Some idiot Photoshops the Fake Quote along with a picture of Jefferson or Washington or some other Famous Dude who Totally Didn’t Say It.
“Don’t start shit, there won’t be shit.” - Jesus
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:59:17pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:59:26pm |
re: #245 JeffFX
Are you a software architect? How do you think pushing back against all the dishonesty on twitter would make it more of a trainwreck rather than less?
I’m old and sleepy, so heading off to bed.
But really, what you are suggesting is a HUGE can of worms when it comes to censorship and very real potential for wholesale abuse. Who do you suggest be the keeper of all and sundry “real quotes”?
I don’t think Twitter can afford VB.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:02:04pm |
re: #256 OhNoZombies!
There’s a reason I don’t flip the bird when someone cuts me off anymore.
Very smart. Even if the person you flip off doesn’t have a gun, they have a car, which is more dangerous than a handgun.
I once had someone cut me off in traffic and flip me off when I was younger and much more hot-headed, so I ran them off the road and was moving quickly toward their car to break their window and pull them out, when I realized that an astonishingly stupid small woman had just tried to get me to kick her ass. I turned right around and left as soon as I realized I wasn’t dealing with a man. I doubt she ever pulled that stunt again, but I still felt bad about terrifying her even if she was behaving terribly.
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Kragar Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:03:09pm |
re: #265 PhillyPretzel
He knew what he was drinking.
Yeah, that is just what the MAN wants you to believe.
/
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:03:13pm |
re: #245 JeffFX
Are you a software architect? How do you think pushing back against all the dishonesty on twitter would make it more of a trainwreck rather than less?
Generally the shithead on Twitter self-select according to the Twibbons they put on their profile pictures. Anyone who has the black and yellow BENGHAZI on their profile is a self declared asshole.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:03:52pm |
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m old and sleepy, so heading off to bed.
But really, what you are suggesting is a HUGE can of worms when it comes to censorship and very real potential for wholesale abuse. Who do you suggest be the keeper of all and sundry “real quotes”?
I don’t think Twitter can afford VB.
It would be awesome if they gave her a high-paying job though.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:04:42pm |
Beautifully stated. RT @OhNo_ItsOjoh: Letter to George Zimmerman from a black man. #facts pic.twitter.com/l3sqT08iUA // #JusticeForTrayvon— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) July 15, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:05:15pm |
re: #268 JeffFX
It would be awesome if they gave her a high-paying job though.
Sadly, the high-paying jobs go to shitheels like Ed Snowden.
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:05:24pm |
re: #264 JeffFX
Very smart. Even if the person you flip off doesn’t have a gun, they have a car, which is more dangerous than a handgun.
I once had someone cut me off in traffic and flip me off when I was younger and much more hot-headed, so I ran them off the road and was moving quickly toward their car to break their window and pull them out, when I realized that an astonishingly stupid small woman had just tried to get me to kick her ass. I turned right around and left as soon as I realized I wasn’t dealing with a man. I doubt she ever pulled that stunt again, but I still felt bad about terrifying her even if she was behaving terribly.
Oh my.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:05:34pm |
re: #267 Vicious Babushka
Generally the shithead on Twitter self-select according to the Twibbons they put on their profile pictures. Anyone who has the black and yellow BENGHAZI on their profile is a self declared asshole.
So we just need ribbon-recognition software to scan the profile pics!
Psychiatrists and sociologists could earn their PHDs studying the pathology on Twitter.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:06:21pm |
Hey my friends, thank you for your kind reactions to my thoughts of TM/GZ. I'm touched. May you & yours be safe and well.— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) July 14, 2013
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:06:38pm |
If you know me, you know I have to express some thoughts regarding the outcome of the Martin/Zimmerman case. (cont) http://t.co/Jhh6vGSi8C— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) July 14, 2013
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:06:41pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:06:56pm |
Typical Twitter asshole. (Flag this media, not fouling LGF by embedding)
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HoosierHoops Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:08:28pm |
re: #252 JeffFX
Yes. I’ve been designing and building enterprise software for over 25 years. I’m old.
cool beans..But for your dream project you’d almost have to use Oracle on the backend.
I’m sure some kind of tagging method could be employed to expose the BS..But we are dealing with wingnuts who feel they can say whatever to whomever and if denied they claim Gulag status on Tweeter…The lack of free speech while using software owned by another shows the pathetic reach and self pity.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:08:43pm |
re: #274 Gus
Neat, I’m a fan of his work on Duckman, so it’s awesome to see that he’s a cool guy.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:09:05pm |
and now I bid you all good night, and I’ll let Leadbelly sing it…
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:09:18pm |
Not good out here. LAPD is surrounding protestors and shooting rubber bullets at protestors.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@jasmyne) July 15, 2013
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:11:30pm |
re: #278 HoosierHoops
cool beans..But for your dream project you’d almost have to use Oracle on the backend.
I’m sure some kind of tagging method could be employed to expose the BS..But we are dealing with wingnuts who feel they can say whatever to whomever and if denied they claim Gulag status on Tweeter…The lack of free speech while using software owned by another shows the pathetic reach and self pity.
Twitter must have a pretty robust back-end already, though I don’t know what they’re using. I don’t like Oracle the company, but I do like the software because it requires more precision in your SQL than MS SQL Server does. It also helps that my Oracle server at work is on much better hardware than my SQL 2005 server.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:12:43pm |
BREAKING NEWS: LAPD SURROUNDING AND SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS ON TRAYVON MARTIN PROTESTORS. #911BUFF— 911 Operator (@911BUFF) July 15, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:14:21pm |
PRUDENCE EPIC DERP
Hey Prudence, Leno is a COMEDIAN and he made a LAME STUPID FAIL “JOKE” but u think its shit fer realz.
You tell'em Jay! It can't happen soon enough. It's time to clean out DC! #Benghazi #tcot #lnyhbt #teaparty pic.twitter.com/ZFoExN9UYz— Prudence (@dennygirltwo) July 10, 2013
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:14:28pm |
LAPD getting ready to shoot protestors with rubber bullets on freeway. pic.twitter.com/m3m4kcueRO— Jasmyne Cannick (@jasmyne) July 15, 2013
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:14:33pm |
re: #281 jaunte
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I just went googling for info on this and unfortunately found this derp from Prudence at some site called inagist.com
@dennygirltwo : THANKS OBAMA! LAPD just declared a citywide Tactical Alert as @cbsla reports protesters of Zimmerman verdict are blocking streets in S. LA
5 mins ago 6 retweets |
Isn’t she supposed to have had her account blocked this afternoon?
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:15:45pm |
Well, that probably wasn’t a great idea. But rubber bullets?
twitter.com
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:16:15pm |
re: #288 JeffFX
I just went googling for info on this and unfortunately found this derp from Prudence at some site called inagist.com
@dennygirltwo : THANKS OBAMA! LAPD just declared a citywide Tactical Alert as @cbsla reports protesters of Zimmerman verdict are blocking streets in S. LA
5 mins ago 6 retweets |Isn’t she supposed to have had her account blocked this afternoon?
No, she just retweeted some derpshit from another idiot who got Twittergulaged.
Prudence has like 15,000 followers. It giv me a sad their iz so much stupid.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:16:31pm |
re: #286 Vicious Babushka
PRUDENCE EPIC DERP
Hey Prudence, Leno is a COMEDIAN and he made a LAME STUPID FAIL “JOKE” but u think its shit fer realz.[Embedded content]
I disagree that Leno is a comedian. Wouldn’t he say funny things if that were the case?
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:17:32pm |
re: #290 Vicious Babushka
No, she just retweeted some derpshit from another idiot who got Twittergulaged.
Prudence has like 15,000 followers. It giv me a sad their iz so much stupid.
I’m going to pretend that 14,934 of those followers are fake accounts so I can sleep better tonight.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:17:39pm |
re: #291 JeffFX
I disagree that Leno is a comedian. Wouldn’t he say funny things if that were the case?
I have also heard rumors that Sarah Silverman is a comedian, but no evidence of ever being funny ever.
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:17:43pm |
re: #288 JeffFX
Isn’t she supposed to have had her account blocked this afternoon?
I only see her when VB puts up some special derp.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:19:39pm |
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HoosierHoops Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:20:08pm |
re: #283 JeffFX
Twitter must have a pretty robust back-end already, though I don’t know what they’re using. I don’t like Oracle the company, but I do like the software because it requires more precision in your SQL than MS SQL Server does. It also helps that my Oracle server at work is on much better hardware than my SQL 2005 server.
Oracle is realizing there is trouble in the road ahead..I think they panicked and bought Sun-Micro hoping to tie the Hardware and software solution as a package deal.
LOL All the Billions they make by their outragous licensing and Maintenance fees is in danger.
Enterprise ERP is moving to the cloud..Larry’s ego and cash cow will fade away to a new Business model.
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iossarian Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:20:13pm |
re: #294 Vicious Babushka
I have also heard rumors that Sarah Silverman is a comedian, but no evidence of ever being funny ever.
I used to agree with this, but I saw a funny thing she did about voter fraud.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:20:28pm |
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:21:04pm |
re: #294 Vicious Babushka
I have also heard rumors that Sarah Silverman is a comedian, but no evidence of ever being funny ever.
I’ve seen her be funny, though never hilarious, and she seems embarrassed by her old cute-girl saying offensive things shtick. She was in an episode of Louie this season. Louie is pretty great, but got very surreal this season.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:21:16pm |
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:21:52pm |
re: #300 Gus
Did you see the live Golden Gate webcam? it looked pretty foggy this evening.
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:23:53pm |
.@parfu @lanow Rubber bullets reportedly fired at a separate Trayvon Martin march in LA, not the freeway protest.
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) July 15, 2013
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:24:02pm |
re: #298 HoosierHoops
Oracle is realizing there is trouble in the road ahead..I think they panicked and bought Sun-Micro hoping to tie the Hardware and software solution as a package deal.
LOL All the Billions they make by their outragous licensing and Maintenance fees is in danger.
Enterprise ERP is moving to the cloud..Larry’s ego and cash cow will fade away to a new Business model.
I think we agree on Oracle. I started looking at PostgreSQL this weekend, to see what I can do with free open source solutions to avoid the expense with MS and Oracle. My career has been based on expensive software, and I’d like to learn a lot more about the open source stuff.
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JeffFX Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:25:12pm |
I need to try to get to sleep despite being pretty wound up by the wingnut reaction to the verdict. Have a good night all!
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:25:17pm |
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:25:23pm |
re: #302 Vicious Babushka
PSA: The Golden Gate Bridge Trayvon Martin protest image circulating tonight is a hoax. From the 50th Anniversary. http://t.co/e879nRHqTo— Gus (@Gus_802) July 15, 2013
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Lidane Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:25:53pm |
Yeah, this guy simply doesn’t get what just happened here in Texas:
Editorial: Get ready for all those babies
If Texans’ conservative moral values prompt our state to implement one of the nation’s most stringent abortion codes, then we should accept the responsibility for all those babies we will bring into the world. We need to do right by them.
That means both enacting better laws and public programs that protect women and children, make certain no child goes hungry and ensure our young people receive quality education. And don’t dare claim that’s the job of the church, and the state should butt out. The church has demonstrated its unwillingness to rise to the occasion, and the enormity of the task is about to multiply.
Totally oblivious and naive. If he thinks the same Texas GOP assholes who forced that heinous new law on this state would go along with any of his suggestions, he’s an idiot.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:27:19pm |
re: #308 Gus
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The GGB 50th anniversary was in the 1980’s, but that picture of the huge crowd was published last year.
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Gus Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:28:31pm |
re: #310 Vicious Babushka
The GGB 50th anniversary was in the 1980’s, but that picture of the huge crowd was published last year.
Oh crap. I give up. :D
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:29:51pm |
re: #309 Lidane
This is my particular gripe about churches in Texas: they’ve completely fallen down on the job of encouraging their members to adopt not just the cute healthy white infants, but all the older kids waiting in the system to be adopted.
Adoption. Streamline laws and practices to make Texas adoptions simple and inexpensive. A mother who carries her baby to term should know without a doubt that child can be placed in a loving “forever” family who will treasure and nurture it as their own.
Churches can support this by creating a culture of adoption—adoption as ministry—that provides a ready and willing supply of families who receive children. baptiststandard.com
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:30:33pm |
re: #311 Bear
Think you meant the 75th.
*FACE PALM*
Yes, it’s the 75th, but the caption at atomictoasters says 50th.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:32:14pm |
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jaunte Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:33:47pm |
“in mostly peaceful protests” SHUT UP @NBCNews http://t.co/T3hiQUMTQ8
— Jessica W. Luther (@scATX) July 15, 2013
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:37:10pm |
re: #289 jaunte
Well, that probably wasn’t a great idea. But rubber bullets?
twitter.com
It’s the LAPD. After those two extremely bad shootings during Christopher Dorner’s rampage, its entirely believable they’d overreact.
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:39:14pm |
re: #309 Lidane
Yeah, this guy simply doesn’t get what just happened here in Texas:
Editorial: Get ready for all those babies
Totally oblivious and naive. If he thinks the same Texas GOP assholes who forced that heinous new law on this state would go along with any of his suggestions, he’s an idiot.
I think he called them hypocrites.
I read it like he was calling on all those good Christian folk in the legislature to practice what they preach.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:55:04pm |
re: #321 OhNoZombies!
I think he called them hypocrites.
I read it like he was calling on all those good Christian folk in the legislature to practice what they preach.
Yes. Yes he did.
And US adoption laws suck. We went to Vietnam because the risk of having a child stolen from us years later was too great. I am grateful that we did do that - I’d not trade my boy for anyone else - but why do our laws have to make it nearly impossible to adopt locally?
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OhNoZombies! Sun, Jul 14, 2013 8:05:29pm |
re: #322 William Barnett-Lewis
Yes. Yes he did.
And US adoption laws suck. We went to Vietnam because the risk of having a child stolen from us years later was too great. I am grateful that we did do that - I’d not trade my boy for anyone else - but why do our laws have to make it nearly impossible to adopt locally?
I know what you mean. I was married for seven years before I got pregnant.
When my husband and I thought we were unable to conceive, we started looking into adopting. After doing some research, we were uncomfortable with the idea of open adoption, and set our sights on the Carribbean.
Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
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