Bryan Fischer: Mighty Demon Slayer

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Oh sure, you already know Bryan Fischer is one of the premier religious right bigots, but you probably didn’t realize how downright weird he is.

In this clip from his American Family Association webcast he explains how a demon was tormenting “some children” by threatening to kill their parents, until Fischer came to the rescue and saved the day with the sheer power of his godliness. (Midway through the story, it changes from “some children” to “the girl.”)

And Fischer himself is not immune to attacks from disembodied malignant presences. He says witches once sent demons on a midnight mission to grab his ankle and pull him out of bed. (He doesn’t say what the demons planned to do after this ankle-yanking maneuver, and I think it’s really better not to speculate.)

As part of their diabolical plot they also gave Fischer a monumental case of cotton mouth (demons think of everything), but he was finally able to fend off the ghastly creatures by croaking out the name of … you guessed it … Jeebus.

The sad thing: there are actually more than a few people who will watch this and believe every word.

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219 comments
1 klys  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 3:51:46pm

I think some meds need readjusting…

2 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 3:55:32pm

re: #1 klys

I think some meds need readjusting…

They make anti-shithead medication now?

3 klys  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 3:57:24pm

re: #2 GeneJockey

They make anti-shithead medication now?

I wish. We could just dump that shit in the water supply and life would be so much better.

4 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 3:59:26pm
Apparently, this spirit had been sent out to harm him by a coven of local witches and it grabbed him by the ankle as he slept and tried to pull him from his bed until he was able to rebuke it in the name of Jesus and drive it away.

I never hear about the buking. Only the rebuking. Maybe they aren’t doing it right the first time.

5 mipatel  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:01:16pm

funniest thing i’ve seen all day! thanks for the laugh on an otherwise boring tuesday.

6 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:01:40pm

re: #4 wrenchwench

I never hear about the buking. Only the rebuking. Maybe they aren’t doing it right the first time.

Just like you only hear about reneging, not…

Let’s try something else. Are you gruntled?

7 Sionainn  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:02:28pm

Holy moly. Too bad there isn’t a time machine to send him back to the 1600s.

8 Lidane  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:05:14pm

re: #7 Sionainn

Holy moly. Too bad there isn’t a time machine to send him back to the 1600s.

That’s waaaay too advanced for Bryan. He’s more of a pre-1066 guy.

9 twisty  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:05:23pm

It’s terrifying to be raised believing that demons can manifest and hurt you, trust me on that. I’m so angry there are children out there still having to deal with this.

10 aagcobb  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:08:09pm

re: #7 Sionainn

Holy moly. Too bad there isn’t a time machine to send him back to the 1600s.

One things for sure; Fischer isn’t going to like the future. While nearly half the population over 65 is religious conservative, only 17% of 18-33 y.o.s are. 23% of 18-33 y.o.s are religious progressives, so the religious right hasn’t just lost the youth in general, its even lost most religious youth.

11 Balfour Rage  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:10:48pm
12 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:11:39pm

re: #9 twisty

It’s terrifying to be raised believing that demons can manifest and hurt you, trust me on that. I’m so angry there are children out there still having to deal with this.

It’s worse than the Boogie Man, because it comes with the authority of God and the church

13 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:13:01pm

re: #11 Kid A

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It’s cold somewhere! Take that, global warming!
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14 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:15:14pm
15 Backwoods_Sleuth  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:16:17pm

re: #6 Vicious Babushka

Just like you only hear about reneging, not…

Let’s try something else. Are you gruntled?

Gruntle cat…he’s famous…

16 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:16:17pm

Reason for above tweet:

17 b.d.  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:17:26pm

re: #11 Kid A

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OMG Snowing in Brazil in the middle of July!!

My God it is such a hot summer here, I can only imagine how hot it is supposed to be that far south!

//

18 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:17:56pm

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gruntle cat…he’s famous…

Somewhat different from Brundle Fly, I guess?

19 thedopefishlives  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:18:03pm

Evening Lizardim from the cool and beautiful wild north country. Now this is the life - a gorgeous sunny day, mild temperatures, low humidity. If only traffic hadn’t been a disaster. How go things among the lizardfolk?

20 engineer cat  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:18:14pm

in a way it’s charming that many people in the united states in the 21st century have a deeply felt need to believe in magic. i mean, there are actually people who believe that harry potter is about real magic, even if they think it is debbil magic

it’s touching, really

however, charlatans like fischer are using this naive faith for their own eeevil ends

and that is not very touching

21 Bubblehead II  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:19:33pm

“I would ask the if them if they had experienced any demonic presence in their room” Talk about a leading question at the least. What a scum bag.

22 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:19:49pm
23 b.d.  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:20:07pm

re: #16 darthstar

Reason for above tweet:

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I would rather listen to Lanny Davis talk about the Royal Baby than have to listen to whatever poisonous snake oil GG is selling today.

24 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:20:51pm

All of the major Republican candidates for president granted interviews to this loon during the last campaign. Some more than once.

25 Balfour Rage  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:21:23pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

All of the major Republican candidates for president granted interviews to this loon during the last campaign. Some more than once.

Even Romney?

26 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:22:51pm

You believe in demons.

Your arguments are invalid.

27 Bubblehead II  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:22:52pm

BTW Lizards, afternoon/evening. I will be here for the next couple of days.

28 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:23:17pm

re: #17 b.d.

OMG Snowing in Brazil in the middle of July!!

My God it is such a hot summer here, I can only imagine how hot it is supposed to be that far south!

//

It will only be 78 here in the southern part of NC on Wed and in the low 80s for the next week. We have more rain forecast. It’s been hotter north of us all summer.

29 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:23:47pm

re: #25 Kid A

Even Romney?

Romney who?

30 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:24:05pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

All of the major Republican candidates for president granted interviews to this loon during the last campaign. Some more than once.

Was that the Lunatic Tour?

31 Balfour Rage  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:24:43pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Romney who?

Ha!

32 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:25:05pm

re: #20 engineer cat

in a way it’s charming that many people in the united states in the 21st century have a deeply felt need to believe in magic. i mean, there are actually people who believe that harry potter is about real magic, even if they think it is debbil magic

it’s touching, really

however, charlatans like fischer are using this naive faith for their own eeevil ends

and that is not very touching

Yesterday I mentioned a kid who asked my son whether he knew about Jesus, and my son said, “Isn’t he the son of Zeus?”.

That kid’s parents wouldn’t let their kids see Harry Potter, because it was about black magic and Satan. I’m rather surprised we managed to stay friends with them as long as we did.

33 b.d.  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:25:52pm

re: #28 Justanotherhuman

It will only be 78 here in the southern part of NC on Wed and in the low 80s for the next week. We have more rain forecast. It’s been hotter north of us all summer.

You must be on the northern edge of that Brazilian cold front.

34 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:26:01pm

re: #11 Kid A

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Being that its the middle of winter in Brazil right now.

Its well known that hemispheres are the devil.

35 engineer cat  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:26:07pm

re: #26 Kragar

You believe in demons.

Your arguments are invalid.

but what else can be causing Exception Code 0xe0434f4d in the 3rd party DLL???

36 Bubblehead II  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:26:27pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

All of the major Republican candidates for president granted interviews to this loon during the last campaign. Some more than once.

The rethuglican party at its best.

// Just waiting to attend my first witch burning or adulterous stoning. I am sure it will be a big attraction.

37 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:27:05pm

re: #33 b.d.

Exactly. : )

38 b_sharp  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:27:12pm

re: #17 b.d.

OMG Snowing in Brazil in the middle of July!!

My God it is such a hot summer here, I can only imagine how hot it is supposed to be that far south!

//

Warm moist air hits air cooler than 1C in upper elevations and it snows like crazy. These maroons seem to think the colder it gets the more snow flies. As someone from a location where winters hit -40C way too frequently, I can tell them, it doesn’t snow much during cold snaps.

39 engineer cat  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:27:55pm

re: #32 GeneJockey

Yesterday I mentioned a kid who asked my son whether he knew about Jesus, and my son said, “Isn’t he the son of Zeus?”.

heh

maybe he can tell me why the easter bunny wasn’t at the last supper

40 Backwoods_Sleuth  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:28:04pm

re: #36 Bubblehead II

The rethuglican party at its best.

// Just waiting to attend my first witch burning or adulterous stoning. I am sure it will be a big attraction.

it will be televised on Fox…

41 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:28:59pm

re: #36 Bubblehead II

The rethuglican party at its best.

// Just waiting to attend my first witch burning or adulterous stoning. I am sure it will be a big attraction.

They’ll say its because they care about the health of the woman.

42 efuseakay  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:29:13pm

That “grabbed by the ankle and pulled out of bed” thing sounds familiar. He must have seen the trailer for The Conjuring.

43 SpaceJesus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:29:15pm

Hey Bryan I’ve done mushrooms before too, why did yours turn you into an asshole?

44 HoosierHoops  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:29:34pm

I know exactly how Bryan Fisher feels..One night a demon pulled me out of bed and right to the fridge..I tried to resist..Calling out for help.. I gave in and had a yummy salad and a ice cold Heineken..We both watched the Formula One race together..That was a complete bummer..The demon knew who was going to win..I asked him if he liked Horse racing but it pissed him off and he left..Fuck demons..all they care about is cold beer.
/ maybe he has a demon friend that likes betting on the ponies…

45 b_sharp  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:30:09pm

re: #34 Kragar

Being that its the middle of winter in Brazil right now.

Its well known that hemispheres are the devil.

I suspect that if South America is cooler than usual, Antarctica is warmer.

46 efuseakay  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:30:23pm

re: #36 Bubblehead II

The rethuglican party at its best.

// Just waiting to attend my first witch burning or adulterous stoning. I am sure it will be a big attraction.

And the DNC didn’t use one damn second of footage for campaign ads. What a waste.

47 Balfour Rage  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:31:03pm

LOL

48 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:31:29pm

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

49 Bubblehead II  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:33:26pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

it will be televised on Fox…

And the CBN. I actually think these idiots would like to see Escape From L.A become an actual fact. Minus the fact that the Snake screwed them over in the end. These people are nuts.

50 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:33:27pm

So, when do people like Bryan Fischer start feeding us willful reprobates to the lions?

You know it would be televised on FN.

51 Dr Lizardo, Drooling Jingoist  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:34:52pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

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Nice catch…..it’s the same cartoon. They’ve just altered it a bit.

52 Bubblehead II  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:35:37pm

re: #41 Kragar

They’ll say its because they care about the health of the woman.

Let us not forget the ChildrenZygots/embryos.

53 thedopefishlives  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:35:51pm

re: #50 Justanotherhuman

So, when do people like Bryan Fischer start feeding us willful reprobates to the lions?

You know it would be televised on FN.

Lions are so pre-Jesus. These days, we feed you to the Apple users.

54 Dr Lizardo, Drooling Jingoist  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:36:40pm

re: #53 thedopefishlives

Lions are so pre-Jesus. These days, we feed you to the Apple users hipsters.

FTFY.

55 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:37:45pm

re: #51 Dr Lizardo

Nice catch…..it’s the same cartoon. They’ve just altered it a bit.

Yeah, islamophobiawatch.co.uk is good at keeping an eye on things like that.

56 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:38:06pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

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Haters can be so indiscriminate. They hate with diversity, which they hate.

57 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:38:56pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

Haters can be so indiscriminate. They hate with diversity, which they hate.

LOL, good point.

58 Stanley Sea  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:39:20pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

[Embedded content]

Gah.

59 engineer cat  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:39:20pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

on top of everything else, it’s a pretty lame excuse for a joke

60 thedopefishlives  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:39:47pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

Haters can be so indiscriminate. They hate with diversity, which they hate.

Somewhere out there, a pinhead asplode.

61 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:40:00pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

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Here’s one I just made showing more of the EDL page.

Image: EDL-London.JPG

62 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:40:23pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

[Embedded content]

No doubt the EDL had the original in their files.

63 Dr Lizardo, Drooling Jingoist  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:41:35pm

re: #55 CuriousLurker

Yeah, islamophobiawatch.co.uk is good at keep an eye on things like that.

Good website; I’ll have to check it out more frequently.

64 Bubblehead II  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:43:15pm

re: #46 efuseakay

And the DNC didn’t use one damn second of footage for campaign ads. What a waste.

Yep. If you refuse to get down into the mud because you don’t want to get dirty, you screwed. Dems. please wake up. Unless you turn your oppenents statements against them, they will take center stage and over power your message.

65 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:50:46pm

Image: YDmLy5S.jpg

66 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:54:41pm

Found it on Stormfront dated 2009. Features the old bomb headed Mohamed instead.

67 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:56:49pm

Here’s a demon that’s just like Bryan!
Youtube Video

68 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:56:56pm
69 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:57:39pm

re: #68 NJDhockeyfan

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Can that reverse generate?

70 engineer cat  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:58:15pm

Royal Baby Internet Ready, Born With JSON Interface

also has usb port

71 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:03:49pm

AIDS denialist suing one of his critics in federal court

The article in the link is constructed in a way that makes it a bit unwieldy to try to quote, but the short version is that a former cop (now a private investigator) who asserts that HIV does not cause AIDS is suing an AIDS activist because, essentially, the activist is arguing with him and his claims.

And speaking of claims, Mr. AIDS Denialist informs us that the HIV-AIDS connection is a hoax perpetrated by Big Pharma with the help of Teh Gheys.

Gay activism has been tied to HIV from the beginning. When the AIDS hysteria of 1983 fizzled to mortality levels of .0076% in 1986, CDC officials began to worry that taxpayers wouldn’t fund treatment for a small number of sick men. Drug makers needed activists to push drugs while the CDC needed sick men. To make that happen, drug companies sponsored dance parties where thousands of men were recruited in baptisms of depravity.

(Note that “Baptisms of Depravity” would be a good name for your punk band’s debut LP.)

72 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:04:56pm

Douche.

73 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:07:54pm

re: #72 Gus

Douche.

Profile even says so.

Josh Stern
@joshingstern

Author of ‘And That’s Why I’m Single: What Good Is Having A Lucky Horseshoe Up Your Ass With The Horse Still Attached?(c)’

andthatswhyimsingle.com

74 Bubblehead II  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:08:49pm

Night Lizards. I came, I saw and I commented upon. What more can an Lizard ask for?

Sleep well.

My rock is warm. Is yours?

75 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:10:13pm

My first impulse was to indulge in my usual ridicule and mockery of this supersititious quack, but I’ve done enough of that for now and I want to address it more seriously this time.
It is a national disgrace that this goes on in the 21st century. Advanced or even moderately rational thinkers from 50 or 60 years ago would have trouble believing it. I have trouble believing it myself at times. It is surprising that such flummery persists even in backward parts of the world, and among the barely literate. To see it among the nominally educated and the materially affluent, its stronghold here in the States, is almost unprecedented in modern times. Material progress has not led to an enlightened middle class, it has led to suburbs full of delusional fools, gibbering idiots, and gullible consumer units (formerly known as “families”). How is it possible that people graduate from accredited universities believing that the Earth is only 6000 years old, or that literal demons will appear to them at any moment? Where is this trend going? I won’t claim to know, but I fear the worst.

76 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:16:57pm

re: #75 Shiplord Kirel

For about 15 minutes on September 12, 2001, I felt pretty confidant that religious fundamentalism of all persuasions would swiftly grow very unfashionable in the US. Turns out THAT bright idea was just another example of me not knowing my ass from my elbow.

77 freetoken  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:18:55pm

My local count clerk lost:


Calif. Court Rejects Bid to Stop Gay Marriages

78 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:19:48pm

re: #71 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

AIDS denialist suing one of his critics in federal court

The article in the link is constructed in a way that makes it a bit unwieldy to try to quote, but the short version is that a former cop (now a private investigator) who asserts that HIV does not cause AIDS is suing an AIDS activist because, essentially, the activist is arguing with him and his claims.

And speaking of claims, Mr. AIDS Denialist informs us that the HIV-AIDS connection is a hoax perpetrated by Big Pharma with the help of Teh Gheys.

Jesus, there are still HIV denialists? 25 Years ago, before antiretroviral drug therapy, you could have said that it wasn’t completely proven, but now? The link between HIV and AIDS is about as solid as anything in Science.

Then again, you can say that about Evolution and AGW.

I guess we should ‘teach the controversy’ - “Here’s all the evidence that HIV causes AIDS, from the work of thousands of researches over more than 3 decades. Over there, several crazy people don’t believe it, and have no evidence to support their lack of belief. Whom do you believe?”

79 wheat-dogghazi  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:19:56pm

re: #75 Shiplord Kirel

Science teacher speaking here.

By the time most students reached my particular course, physics, in high school, they already had strong preconceptions stuck in their brains. Some from naivete, others from watching movies and cartoons that fudge on physics to make a good story. Add to that the requirement that you imagine, for example, that there is no gravity right now, so throw me that ball. What path does it follow, curved or straight? For a physics teacher, knocking preconceptions out of students’ heads and replacing them with correct concepts is the hardest part of the game.

Now add a thick layer of religious conservatism to those preconceptions, and the challenge becomes nearly insurmountable. “Rewiring” your brain to handle difficult concepts is hard work, but you have to be willing to try. There are too many people who just don’t care to try, and prefer to live in their benighted worlds where everything has a clear and final answer.

80 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:20:02pm

re: #77 freetoken

My local count clerk lost:

Calif. Court Rejects Bid to Stop Gay Marriages

Good.

81 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:21:53pm
82 freetoken  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:22:46pm

Because, well, he needs them:


Rubio reconnects with tea party activists

Sen. Marco Rubio is renewing his outreach to tea party supporters and his advocacy for GOP causes as he struggles to repair his image as a conservative standard-bearer.

The shift comes after the potential 2016 presidential candidate pushed the Senate to approve an immigration overhaul bill that’s been panned by some on the right who could be crucial to his future.

Rubio joined about 50 conservative activists and other lawmakers Tuesday at a meeting of the Senate’s tea party caucus, putting him in a room with representatives of grassroots activists who helped fuel his unlikely Senate victory in 2010.

The Florida senator, considered a formidable presidential candidate in 2016 if he seeks the White House, spent months advocating for a comprehensive immigration reform proposal but has been largely absent from lobbying efforts since the process moved to the House. Instead, he has returned to conservative causes he has supported in the past, highlighting his opposition to President Barack Obama’s health care law by pushing for an elimination of its funding, backing a measure to place more restrictions on U.S. funding of the United Nations and opposing the White House’s choice to lead the Labor Department.

[…]

83 thedopefishlives  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:24:58pm

re: #82 freetoken

Because, well, he needs them:

Rubio reconnects with tea party activists

Just bearing out what I said last night: The GOP is retracting its “rebranding” effort in a vain attempt to shore up its racist, misogynist, Jesus-hugging pasty-white-Christian-male base.

84 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:25:06pm

Heh.

85 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:25:36pm

“…a biting caricature of a pushy Jew…”

86 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:32:09pm


The true hare to the throne…

87 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:34:47pm

re: #79 wheat-dogghazi

And that’s why I’m looking forward to the reboot of Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Yeah, it’s on Fox, but it looks like the scientists got full control over the program and its content.

Youtube Video

I see Executive Producer Seth MacFarlane as a plus.

88 freetoken  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:34:47pm

Don’t know if this was noticed earlier:

Reuters Climate Change Coverage Declined Significantly After “Skeptic” Editor Joined

A Media Matters study finds that Reuters’ coverage of climate change declined by nearly 50 percent under the regime of the current managing editor, lending credence to a former reporter’s claim that a “climate of fear” has gripped the agency.

David Fogarty, a former Reuters climate change correspondent, wrote that Managing Editor Paul Ingrassia, then serving as deputy editor-in-chief, identified himself as “a climate change sceptic” in 2012. As time went on, Fogarty alleged, “getting any climate change-themed story published got harder,” as some desk editors “agonised” over decisions and allowed articles to become mired in bureaucracy. Eventually, amid a “climate of fear,” Fogarty’s role was “abolished.”

[…]

This year, Reuters’ shift has apparently continued apace. An April 2013 article titled “Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown,” later promoted by Drudge Report, claimed that short-term temperature variability “has exposed gaps” in scientists’ understanding of climate change, but neglected to quote any scientists on the issue — or refer to an article filed by the same reporter one week prior, which explained some of the alleged “gaps.”

[…]

You mean, news wire companies push misleading stories?

89 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:36:24pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

OT - Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but:

Anti-Muslim cartoon from EDL’s London FB page
Anti-Semitic cartoon popular with neo-Nazis/white supremacists

[Embedded content]

Wow, those blokes are Larf Riots!

90 bratwurst  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:37:28pm

re: #85 Gus

“…a biting caricature of a pushy Jew…”

Toure is one of my favorite unfollows on Twitter!

91 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:39:47pm

re: #90 bratwurst

Toure is one of my favorite unfollows on Twitter!

Was searching for Jew and Weiner and found that there from last year. MJ is whining about something else.

92 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:40:55pm

Like this.

93 BongCrodny  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:45:41pm
And Fischer himself is not immune to attacks from disembodied malignant presences. He says witches once sent demons on a midnight mission to grab his ankle and pull him out of bed

That was the cat, you idiot.

94 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:45:57pm

I’m not feeling sorry for Weiner, but what kind of BS is this?

“Anonymous: The part that’s most annoying is that I was 22 and in a bad place, but if anyone asked him he would say the same thing about himself, yet he’s an adult. This was a bad situation for me because I really admired him. Even post scandal, I thought he was misunderstood. Until I got to know him. I thought I loved him. Pretty pathetic.

“Last August he even offered to help me get a condo in Chicago, without me asking. I’ll send screenshots of everything. I’m trusting you to keep my name out of it, because like I said, it was obviously a mistake. I was young and dumb. I just want people to really know he’s lying when he acts like he has changed.”

So—22 isn’t an adult anymore? And you’re not responsible because you don’t think you were an adult? Grow up. It wasn’t as though he lured you into anything—it was voluntary and you were not a minor. You have some major issues of your own. Get some therapy instead of trying to cash in on this and/or get your 15 min of “fame”.

And where’s the proof, other than the sexting, about the other allegations of Weiner getting you a condo in Chicago, the phone calls you claim you engaged in with him for 6 mos, etc?

And this, “I’m currently in talks with Anonymous. She has lawyered up in fear of Anthony Weiner, but she is willing to expose his sexual nature to TheDirty.com for the betterment of America. Story developing…- nik”

Come on, no lawyer in his right mind would allow a client to talk to this gossip-monger.

And BTW, Weiner didn’t specifically plead guilty to all these particular allegations, but acknowledged that there were other exchanges “out there”. Something he acknowledged the first time all this came out.

There is so much sleaze in this whole thing, it reeks so highly of narcissism on both sides, it’s hard to know where to begin. Not to mention, no dates on the sexting except what this woman says. Just how credible is she? And how credible is Weiner? I just don’t feel sorry for either one. It is what it is.

If, by the timing of this, it was intended to ruin Weiner’s run for mayor, I think it’s probably mission accomplished.

95 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:50:12pm

re: #92 Gus

Good grief, talk about piling on…

96 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:51:54pm

re: #92 Gus

Like this.

97 goddamnedfrank  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:52:02pm

re: #94 Justanotherhuman

So—22 isn’t an adult anymore?

22 is adult, but the brain has another four or five years before it’s finished developing. A lot of underage behavior on the internet can at least be partially explained by frontal lobe disinhibition.

Not sure what Weiner’s excuse is.

98 freetoken  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:52:28pm

This is important, I think:

In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters

[…]

This geography appears to play a major role in making Atlanta one of the metropolitan areas where it is most difficult for lower-income households to rise into the middle class and beyond, according to a new study that other researchers are calling the most detailed portrait yet of income mobility in the United States.

The study — based on millions of anonymous earnings records and being released this week by a team of top academic economists — is the first with enough data to compare upward mobility across metropolitan areas. These comparisons provide some of the most powerful evidence so far about the factors that seem to drive people’s chances of rising beyond the station of their birth, including education, family structure and the economic layout of metropolitan areas.

Climbing the income ladder occurs less often in the Southeast and industrial Midwest, the data shows, with the odds notably low in Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, Raleigh, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Columbus. By contrast, some of the highest rates occur in the Northeast, Great Plains and West, including in New York, Boston, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, Seattle and large swaths of California and Minnesota.

[…]

There’s an interesting interactive Flash panel in the middle of the article. By playing with the “parents percentile” parameter, from high to low setting, one can see that the “South”, i.e., southeastern US, has by far the most stagnated income mobility - really, immobility - by far.

In the South, everyone has their “place”, and apparently are supposed to stay there.

99 Lancelot Link  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:53:06pm

In an amazing coincidence, Weiner’s anonymous twitter-pal is also Manti Te’o’s ex-girlfriend.

100 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 5:56:52pm

re: #92 Gus

Like this.

Oookay…shower time to get the creepy off.

That’s just fucking horrific.

101 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:00:42pm

And once again, anti-Semitism rears its ugly head. Always under the surface, but lurking nonetheless. Just frickin’ wonderful.

Just like racism that the right wing so wishes everyone ignore (even when the comments to their racism-does-not-exist-in-the-US-today posts are chock full of full-blooded racism).

102 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:01:31pm

re: #98 freetoken

This is important, I think:

In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters

There’s an interesting interactive Flash panel in the middle of the article. By playing with the “parents percentile” parameter, from high to low setting, one can see that the “South”, i.e., southeastern US, has by far the most stagnated income mobility - really, immobility - by far.

In the South, everyone has their “place”, and apparently are supposed to stay there.

The other area that looks like the Southeast is Northeast Arizona. The red area is mostly Navajo, with some Hopi, Apache, and other tribal lands. Talk about staying in your place….

103 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:01:54pm
104 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:02:25pm

re: #97 goddamnedfrank

Probably what a lot of 40-something males have and don’t want to admit. Mid-life crisis of busy careers and what they think is a waning sex life that doesn’t fit with their sense of accomplishment. Notice he picked much younger women to text.

105 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:03:22pm
106 A Mom Anon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:04:52pm

Clean up on aisle 105….

107 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:05:23pm

What I miss?

108 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:06:13pm

Well, Helen didn’t last long.

109 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:06:23pm

One post wonder.

110 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:08:41pm

¿ssıɯ ı ʇɐɥʍ

111 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:08:56pm

re: #109 darthstar

One post wonder.

How do these spammers get in?

112 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:09:27pm

Later, lizards.

114 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:10:21pm

I haven’t seen so many racists and anti-semites in 50 yrs.

This is getting frightening. I remember the “good old days” and you don’t want to go back there.

115 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:10:48pm

That was fast. Hope you took time to save the gamey buttocks.

116 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:13:01pm

I still think McCain’s a POS, but you go to negotiations with the allies you have, and not the allies you want.

117 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:14:02pm

re: #116 darthstar

They’re working on the new caper to steal the British Crown Jewels. The Hope Diamond was just a warmup. /

118 ProTARDISLiberal  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:14:28pm

Yesterday was 2 years since the Norweigan Terror Attacks. I still remember the stuff saw through streaming that day. The dead kids on Utoya’s shores.

I put this on my heavily restricted FB, calling it highly factual.

Republican Geography 101

While the rage might be dormant, I will likely makes snide jokes and insinuations about them on the anniversaries for a while.

119 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:14:39pm

re: #103 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

Irving Berlin, Infinitely interpretable:

Youtube Video

That’s Jerry Garcia and Vasser Clements…

120 Carlos Danger  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:15:31pm

Oh, my:

French MP accused of saying Hitler ‘didn’t kill enough’ Travellers

A centrist MP is facing expulsion from his party and legal action by the state after he allegedly said of French Travellers: “Hitler maybe didn’t kill enough of them.”

France has one of the biggest Traveller communities in mainland Europe. There are around 350,000 French Travellers, a nomadic population which is different from the Roma community from eastern Europe.

121 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:15:42pm

Pakistani spammer again.

The only way these spammers can get in is if there’s a real human being doing it, for reasons I’m not at liberty to discuss. So these are actually people trying to make money at the very bottom of the spam ladder.

122 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:16:21pm

re: #103 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

I missed this story apparently. No, there’s no racism in America.
//

123 ProTARDISLiberal  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:16:55pm

re: #120 Carlos Danger

Centrist might be the wrong word here.

Far-Right is more like it. Apparently, this MP looks up to Breivik and the Republican Party.

124 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:20:28pm

re: #107 Gus

What I miss?

I know, right? There I was, tracking down a nice, off-center version of Irving’s Russian Lullaby and I missed the Really Big Shew.

(You youngsters are forgiven not snagging the black and white TV reference. Clue: It involved a mouse named Topo Gigio.)

125 engineer cat  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:23:14pm

re: #119 austin_blue

Irving Berlin, Infinitely interpretable:

Russian Lullaby

jerry here is taking the oscar aleman version of russian lullaby, recorded in the 30s, right off of the original:

Youtube Video

126 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:23:55pm

re: #113 Vicious Babushka

Will have a slice real with real butter, please, while still warm.

Pretty please?

127 freetoken  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:25:50pm

Making the rounds of the godless internetz today:

MP3 Audio

For Evangelical Pastor, A Road From Belief To Atheism

Jerry DeWitt spent most of his life working as an evangelical preacher in Louisiana. Then, two years ago, something happened.

He got a phone call from one of his parishioners asking him to pray for her seriously injured brother. DeWitt realized that he had no proof that praying was going to do anything to save this man and it was unfair to get the sister’s hopes up. He couldn’t do it.

DeWitt left the church and is now an atheist. The transition has not been easy. He has been ostracized from his community and his family, but says that he could no longer spend his life doubting the very existence of something that he was leading others to believe.

Jerry DeWitt is author of the book “Hope After Faith.”

128 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:26:59pm

re: #125 engineer cat

jerry here is taking the oscar aleman version of russian lullaby, recorded in the 30s, right off of the original:

[Embedded content]

Yes! That version needed a modern recording. I think it’s killer bee.

129 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:28:42pm

My Carlos Danger name is…

Pepe Stealth

130 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:30:19pm

re: #124 austin_blue

I watched Ed Sullivan all the time from the time I was in elementary school when it was Toast of the Town. For years. Some great performers. Youtube Video

131 freetoken  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:31:00pm

re: #129 Kragar

Howabout “Subway Jose”?

Worker at Subway in Columbus puts genitals on bread dough

Columbus Public Health officials are investigating after shocking pictures surfaced of Subway employees’ lewd behavior.

The photos were posted on a social media site. One shows a man putting his genitals on what appears to be bread dough from Subway with the caption, “I will be your sandwich artist today.”

[…]

132 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:34:11pm

re: #129 Kragar

My Carlos Danger name is…

Pepe Stealth

Guapo Cabron

133 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:34:22pm

Cruz: ‘Gay marriage’ leads to Christianity being defined as ‘hate speech’

In a recent interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, host David Brody told Cruz that activists saw the opposition to same sex marriage as “hate speech from the pulpit.”

“If you look at other nations that have gone down the road towards gay marriage, that’s the next step of where it gets enforced,” Cruz agreed. “It gets enforced against Christian pastors who decline to perform gay marriages, who speak out and preach biblical truths on marriage, that has been defined elsewhere as hate speech, as inconsistent with the enlightened view of government.”

Its real simple. Quit saying people who don’t believe the same things as you are demons who will burn in hell for eternity, get back to that love thy neighbor stuff and there won’t be a problem.

134 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:37:02pm

re: #126 Justanotherhuman

Will have a slice real with real butter, please, while still warm.

Pretty please?

Just for you.

135 freetoken  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:37:23pm

America - we love our guns:

N.C. lawmakers pass sweeping changes to gun laws

North Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill greatly expanding where concealed handguns are legally allowed.

The Republican-backed bill approved by both the House and Senate on Tuesday allows concealed-carry permit holders to take firearms into bars and restaurants and other places where alcohol is served as long as the owner doesn’t expressly forbid it.

The measure will also allow concealed-carry permit holders to store weapons in locked cars on the campus of any public school or university. Guns will also now be allowed on greenways, playgrounds and other public recreation areas.

[…]

136 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:37:59pm

I can’t describe what the kitchen smells like.

Christmas in July. :)

137 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:38:13pm

re: #135 freetoken

America - we love our guns:

N.C. lawmakers pass sweeping changes to gun laws

And this is why you can never vote for the GOP

138 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:38:30pm

re: #130 Justanotherhuman

I watch Ed Sullivan all the time from the time I was in elementary school when it was Toast of the Town. For years. Some great performers. [Embedded content]

Yeah, I remember in ‘64 watching this band..The Arthropods?..The Annelids?

Whatever, they were pretty good and there was a lot of screaming. The Justin Biebers of their day, but without the awesome talent!

139 BongCrodny  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:40:01pm

re: #131 freetoken

Howabout “Subway Jose”?

Worker at Subway in Columbus puts genitals on bread dough

Wondering if Jared Fogel’s throwing up in his mouth a little bit right now.

140 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:40:10pm

re: #131 freetoken

Howabout “Subway Jose”?

Worker at Subway in Columbus puts genitals on bread dough

Malbec just hit the 27” i-Mac.

141 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:43:33pm
142 Single-handed sailor  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:44:05pm

re: #131 freetoken

Howabout “Subway Jose”?

Worker at Subway in Columbus puts genitals on bread dough

LOL, wife just left for Subway as you posted that.

143 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:44:44pm

re: #135 freetoken

America - we love our guns:

N.C. lawmakers pass sweeping changes to gun laws

I noticed the article doesn’t say anything about any modifications to existing NC law that says:

§ 14‑269.4. Weapons on certain State property and in courthouses.

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, or carry, whether openly or concealed, any deadly weapon, not used solely for instructional or officially sanctioned ceremonial purposes in the State Capitol Building, the Executive Mansion, the Western Residence of the Governor, or on the grounds of any of these buildings, and in any building housing any court of the General Court of Justice.

I have a sneaking suspicion they’ll leave that bit firmly in place.

144 Interesting Times  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:45:01pm

re: #141 Kragar

But stuffing money into the g-strings of politicians’ re-election campaigns totally is.

145 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:45:52pm

The real reason Bryan hates porn is its too much like Sex Ed for him.

146 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:46:35pm

re: #145 Kragar

The real reason Bryan hates porn is its too much like Sex Ed for him.

“So that’s a vagina.”

147 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:46:44pm

re: #145 Kragar

The real reason Bryan hates porn is its too much like Sex Ed for him.

Bryan loves Teh Ghey Pr0n.

148 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:48:01pm

re: #146 Gus

“So that’s a vagina.”

“A condom? BIRTH CONTROL?! HOW DARE YOU?!”

149 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:48:28pm

re: #147 Vicious Babushka

Bryan loves Teh Ghey Pr0n.

“ITS RESEARCH!”

150 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:48:41pm

I had oral sex with this bread.

151 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:49:01pm

re: #148 Kragar

“A condom? BIRTH CONTROL?! HOW DARE YOU?!”

“So that’s an erection. I don’t recall every having one of those.”

152 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:50:22pm

re: #151 Gus

“So that’s an erection. I don’t recall every having one of those.”

“Why is the woman even moving? Is there something wrong with her?”

153 Carlos Danger  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:51:55pm

re: #141 Kragar

[Embedded content]

Behold, a dick speaks

154 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:52:01pm

re: #141 Kragar

[Embedded content]

Many of the participants are quite vocal, many invoking the name of Jesus, Bryan. Obviously, true believers.

155 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:52:43pm

re: #134 Vicious Babushka

Yummers! And thanks for that. : )

156 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:53:55pm

Mrs Fischer: “Is that poor woman okay? What’s wrong with her?”
Bryan: “She’s having an orgasm.”
Mrs Fischer: “What’s that?”

157 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:56:39pm

Tonight’s baseball bachelor dinner: Salad Nicoise with seared Ahi, organic egg, shaved golden beets & carrots, and avocado (passed on the green beans as I have so many beets)…waiting for the Ahi to cool before assembling the salad…got bourbon to get me through until then.

158 Lidane  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:56:44pm

re: #141 Kragar

Funny. SCOTUS disagrees.

159 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:56:47pm

re: #156 Kragar

Mrs Fischer: “Is that poor woman okay? What’s wrong with her?”
Bryan: “She’s having an orgasm.”
Mrs Fischer: “What’s that?”

Bryan: Don’t you mind, dear. Orgasms are how demons get into your lady parts.

160 Lidane  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:56:56pm
161 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:57:36pm

re: #158 Lidane

Funny. SCOTUS disagrees.

Funny: Bryan doesn’t care because he’s a Christian fascist.

162 BongCrodny  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:57:52pm

re: #145 Kragar

The real reason Bryan hates porn is its too much like Sex Ed for him.

Well, you gotta figured, with all those rampant hormones in the Bible — Sodom & Gomorrah, Lot sleeping with his daughters, Onan spilling his seed, Abraham and Sarah having a kid at 100 and 90 years old, giants having sex with humans…maybe ol’ Bryan just feels a teensy bit inadequate.

163 Lidane  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 6:59:34pm

re: #161 The Ghost of a Flea

Funny: Bryan doesn’t care because he’s a Christian fascist.

Fascist? Yeah. The jury’s still out on his being Christian.

164 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:01:55pm


Because the petroleum industry has such a great record.

165 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:02:56pm

re: #162 BongCrodny

Well, you gotta figured, with all those rampant hormones in the Bible — Sodom & Gomorrah, Lot sleeping with his daughters, Onan spilling his seed, Abraham and Sarah having a kid at 100 and 90 years old, giants having sex with humans…maybe ol’ Bryan just feels a teensy bit inadequate.

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, as anyone who has actually read the Scriptures should know, was not because of Teh Ghey Sexytimes, but because of the mistreatment of the poor and homeless.

166 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:04:03pm

re: #165 Vicious Babushka

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, as anyone who has actually read the Scriptures should know, was not because of Teh Ghey Sexytimes, but because of the mistreatment of the poor and homeless.

Obviously you’ve never read it in the original English version.
///

167 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:04:07pm

re: #164 Kragar

I’ve lost count of how many birds and sea creatures have died from oil spills, or the millions of people who have died prematurely from pollution due to petroleum exhaust or burning fossil fuels.

168 Kragar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:06:22pm

re: #167 lawhawk

I’ve lost count of how many birds and sea creatures have died from oil spills, or the millions of people who have died prematurely from pollution due to petroleum exhaust or burning fossil fuels.

Respiratory diseases caused by air pollution is how God weeds out the unworthy.
/

169 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:06:59pm

re: #141 Kragar

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I don’t think a campaign contribution is either. Guess we’ll both have to be unhappy, eh, Brian?

170 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:09:13pm

re: #163 Lidane

Fascist? Yeah. The jury’s still out on his being Christian.

He’s his Satanic Majesty’s favorite servant… /// well, only, maybe… O_o

171 Carlos Danger  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:11:09pm

Bryan Fischer cares about birds so much, he endorses the use of egg-destroying DDT.

172 Political Atheist  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:12:18pm

Coincidence?

Anthony Weiner and…Subway ‘sandwich artists’ fired over nauseating photos posted online


Was Anthony just ordering out?

173 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:13:59pm

re: #166 Kragar

Obviously you’ve never read it in the original English version.
///

I have a very nice English translation of the Torah he’s welcome to borrow…

174 bratwurst  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:15:41pm

At this hour Glenn Beck is making a maudlin Holocaust-themed speech for the very insane Pastor John Hagee’s “Christians United for Israel” conference in DC. Israel deserves better friends than these.

175 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:16:33pm

re: #129 Kragar

My Carlos Danger name is…

Pepe Stealth

176 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:17:40pm

re: #164 Kragar

[Embedded content]


Because the petroleum industry has such a great record.

And glass-faced commercial buildings

177 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:17:42pm
178 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:17:58pm

re: #174 bratwurst

At this hour Glenn Beck is making a maudlin Holocaust-themed speech for the very insane Pastor John Hagee’s “Christians United for Israel” conference in DC. Israel deserves better friends than these.

Yes, they do. I hope most Israelis know that most Americans don’t view our friendship with them the way Hagee and Beck do. Anyone who’s a friend of Israel should be disgusted with someone who says the Holocaust was God’s will and another guy that attempts to cheapen the reality of the Holocaust to attack his political opponents.

179 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:18:22pm

We Elders of Zion think Glenn Beck & his swarms are lame.

180 BongCrodny  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:20:07pm

re: #177 Vicious Babushka

The star of David is on our dollar bill. Learn something new every day.

I’m still trying to find the mushroom.

181 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:20:26pm

re: #179 Vicious Babushka

We Elders of Zion think Glenn Beck & his swarms are lame.

Do you have a copy of that Diary I keep hearing so much about?

182 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:22:34pm

re: #177 Vicious Babushka

[Embedded content]

Derp. It’s a common geometric shape.

Image: SheriffBadge.jpg

183 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:23:21pm

Two triangles.

184 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:24:08pm

re: #182 Gus

Derp. It’s a common geometric shape.

Image: SheriffBadge.jpg

Wait wait…

They’re in on the conspiracy too?!?!

Oh, my ZOG!

185 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:24:15pm
186 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:24:32pm
187 Carlos Danger  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:25:30pm

re: #182 Gus

Derp. It’s a common geometric shape.

Image: SheriffBadge.jpg

I SAID THAT DANGDER SHRRIFF IS A J*CLONG*

188 Dave In Austin  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:25:36pm

re: #177 Vicious Babushka

Ahhh….. 13 stars for the Original 13 “States”
But well. Glen Beck and all…

189 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:25:41pm

re: #179 Vicious Babushka

We Elders of Zion think Glenn Beck & his swarms are lame.

Please, please, please say y’all have got a satellite mounted laser cannon to resolve that issue.

Because it turns out the Illuminati were just talking smack with nothing to back it up.

190 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:25:47pm

re: #186 NJDhockeyfan

[Embedded content]

Yup, the Li’l Dumplin’ is 40.

191 engineer cat  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:27:52pm

re: #157 darthstar

Tonight’s baseball bachelor dinner: Salad Nicoise with seared Ahi, organic egg, shaved golden beets & carrots, and avocado (passed on the green beans as I have so many beets)…waiting for the Ahi to cool before assembling the salad…got bourbon to get me through until then.

i told my golden beets they had to get their own place and pay their own rent once they were old enough to shave

192 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:28:01pm

re: #189 The Ghost of a Flea

Please, please, please say y’all have got a satellite mounted laser cannon to resolve that issue.

Because it turns out the Illuminati were just talking smack with nothing to back it up.

We will nuke from orbit once we are in orbit.

193 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:28:56pm

re: #175 NJDhockeyfan

[Embedded content]

Mateo Scourge!

194 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:29:28pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Romney who?

That Mormon guy who like Prince Charles got a new grandchild in the past few days.

195 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:30:45pm

re: #171 Carlos Danger

Bryan Fischer cares about birds so much, he endorses the use of egg-destroying DDT.

Outdoor use, or controlled indoor use? It makes a massive difference.

196 Carlos Danger  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:33:45pm

re: #195 Dark_Falcon

Dude, we’re talking about Bryan Fischer:

Yet DDT is so harmless that one scientist drank a tablespoonful of the pesticide in every public debate over its safety.

197 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:35:03pm

re: #196 Carlos Danger

Dude, we’re talking about Bryan Fischer:

Yeah, but I bet he laid eggs with REAL thin shells!

198 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:35:36pm

re: #177 Vicious Babushka

[Embedded content]

re: #182 Gus

Derp. It’s a common geometric shape.

Image: SheriffBadge.jpg

ZOMG, we’ve been infiltrated by Teh Juice for who knows how many centuries. //

199 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:36:28pm

re: #187 Carlos Danger

I SAID THAT DANGDER SHRRIFF IS A J*CLONG*

No, no, no! The sheriff’s badge isn’t a remark about Jewish people, its a remark about Obama:

Youtube Video

200 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:39:54pm

re: #196 Carlos Danger

Dude, we’re talking about Bryan Fischer:

Jesus H. Christ on a crutch, I just read the part on DDT. “It’s so safe that African countries have begun spraying DDT indoors to protect their people from this deadly disease.”

No shit, Sherlock! That’s the most effective way to combat malaria with DDT, not spraying it everywhere so that the mosquitos evolve resistance.

Oh, wait. I see the flaw. EVOLVE. He’d have to believe things evolved to understand.

201 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:41:18pm

re: #198 CuriousLurker

ZOMG, we’ve been infiltrated by Teh Juice for who knows how many centuries. //

The ni-CLANG! sheriff in Blazing Saddles was also teh JUICE! Just like Sammy Davis, Jr.

202 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:42:33pm

Dream Boat

203 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:45:53pm

Geeze did I read that wrong.

204 jaunte  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:49:09pm

re: #202 Gus

Dream Boat

Needs douchebag warning.

205 austin_blue  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:51:26pm

Anybody who wants to conjecture on the major reporting fuckup in this story is free to do so:

cnn.com

Can someone get an expert to vet stories like these before they are posted? Please?

206 darthstar  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:53:03pm

re: #182 Gus

Derp. It’s a common geometric shape.

Image: SheriffBadge.jpg

SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO IS THE JUICE?

207 Carlos Danger  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:54:18pm

re: #203 Dark_Falcon

And even when he’s right, he’s wrong. The scientist in question was named J. Gordon Edwards and he did indeed eat DDT in debates over the substance.

Huh.

He has published his ideas in 21st Century Science and Technology, a publication of the Lyndon LaRouche Movement

208 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:06:14pm

re: #207 Carlos Danger

Huh.

I guess we’re all allowed one notable FAIL. He also was published by the Sierra Club and the Audubon Society.

209 goddamnedfrank  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:06:25pm

re: #203 Dark_Falcon

And even when he’s right, he’s wrong. The scientist in question was named J. Gordon Edwards and he did indeed eat DDT in debates over the substance. But while he argued against banning DDT outright, Edwards did not favor returning to the days of outdoor spraying of the stuff.

Yes he did, that was his exact position.

Currently, no obvious efforts are being made to reduce the numbers of infective mosquito adults or larvae, and neither Brundtland nor any of the dozens of recent malaria researchers have proposed plans to help save human lives by killing mosquitoes or their larvae. Such humane preventive endeavors have not even been mentioned in Science in recent years! Instead, hundreds of millions of dollars are devoted to the search for vaccines, which might or might not be effective.

He’s not saying limit its use in homes. He’s saying use it everywhere there are mosquitoes, go after their larva and to use DDT on the waterways in which they breed. He never gave a shit about fostering resistance or about how many other species suffer, he’s a zealot. And there never was a ban on DDT use for vector control, it never even faced such a ban hypothetically.

210 Gus  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:08:28pm

re: #204 jaunte

Needs douchebag warning.

211 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:11:22pm

re: #203 Dark_Falcon

Geeze did I read that wrong.

212 Lidane  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:12:25pm

Every soccer match ever, summed up in 10 seconds:

Youtube Video

Heh.

213 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:16:42pm

re: #209 goddamnedfrank

BTW, where’s that quote from? I check the page I linked to and didn’t find it.

214 Mentis Fugit  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:18:48pm

re: #187 Carlos Danger

I SAID THAT DANGDER SHRRIFF IS A J*CLONG*

“What?”

“I think he said the sheriff is a just man.”

215 goddamnedfrank  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:33:13pm

re: #213 Dark_Falcon

BTW, where’s that quote from? I check the page I linked to and didn’t find it.

It’s from Edwards’ bullshit “case study.”

216 GeneJockey  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 9:16:42pm

The problem with DDT is that it worked too well. It got used not just for mosquito control, but for agricultural uses, and OF COURSE, it led to resistant strains of mosquito. Then it stops working. For everything, not just agriculture.

Several countries that stopped using DDT stopped, not because of any ban, but rather because it didn’t work! And of course, those who want to attack environmentalism like to cite them as places where DDT was ‘banned’, and malaria cases increased - even though there was no ban.

217 Bulworth  Wed, Jul 24, 2013 6:48:35am

Next on Bryan Fischer Today: Conservative Family Values Hero George Zimmerman rescues family from demons. //

218 RedSquareBear  Wed, Jul 24, 2013 6:49:57am

re: #174 bratwurst

Good old Goyim United For Israel. Goofy is as GUFI does…

219 chadu  Wed, Jul 24, 2013 7:14:12am

re: #175 NJDhockeyfan

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Eduardo Trouble.


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