1 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:30:01pm |
Kudos to 41. Nice gesture.
George H.W. Bush Shaves Head In Solidarity With 2-Year-Old With Cancer (PHOTO) http://t.co/tq1RLiUMtP via @igorbobic #SoSweet— KCGibbons (@KCGibbons) July 24, 2013
2 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:33:21pm |
pic.twitter.com/XGOuFZfhEC— Cat Food Breath (@CatFoodBreath) July 24, 2013
3 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:36:59pm |
4 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:41:44pm |
Officials say the women became lost while hiking near Roque Bluffs State Park. A landowner found them and their dog and gave them a ride to a home. Authorities later took them back to their car.
A short time later, the women called to say they had driven their vehicle into the water — and then the phone went dead. The car was later found underwater.
5 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:42:40pm |
Solution for Racial Harmony
stay away from augmented fourths
6 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:44:37pm |
From Ms. “I live on minimum wage and proud of it!” Twitter shill:
Just paid $275 in speeding cam tickets to DC govt. I feel sick. #SympathyPlease— Inez Feltscher (@InezFeltscher) July 24, 2013
7 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:45:28pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
From Ms. “I live on minimum wage and proud of it!” Twitter shill:
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So she’s got a car and an apartment in DC for $1100 a month?
8 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:45:49pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
From Ms. “I live on minimum wage and proud of it!” Twitter shill:
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How’s that $1100/month lookin’ now, Inez?
9 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:47:42pm |
lol of the day
10 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:48:39pm |
*ROLLS EYES*
75% of DC residents got tickets from the new speeding cameras.1 stretch in particular bc they dropped the FREEWAY lim to 40 to raise revenue— Inez Feltscher (@InezFeltscher) July 24, 2013
11 | erik_t Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:49:11pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
From Ms. “I live on minimum wage and proud of it!” Twitter shill:
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Tweeter of Personal Responsibility.
I’ve got your fucking sympathy right here. Don’t speed in your bootstraps, dipshit.
12 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:50:55pm |
13 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:53:23pm |
I am working on my “Wingnut Revisionist History” page, it will take some time b/c of actual, you know, RESEARCH but does anyone know where I can find a source for the alleged LBJ quote “I’ll have those n-words voting democrat for the next 200 years!” Like, in a book or something?
It’s all over Teh Internets but only on whackjob right-wing websites and I am about 90% sure that it’s a Fake Quote.
But I would like to verify it before going on Teh Twitters and saying it is a Fake Quote. LBJ I am sure used the n-word as well as other words but it is very doubtful that he let racism determine policy,
14 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:55:11pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
@InezFeltscher well if you'd take a bit more personal responsibility and not speed you wouldn't have to pay those tickets now would you?— Josh M. (@dreggas) July 24, 2013
15 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:56:10pm |
re: #14 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Personal responsibility is for those other people, not for me.
16 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:56:19pm |
re: #14 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
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That’ll leave a mark. Or it would, if she had any self awareness.
17 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:57:41pm |
re: #13 Vicious Babushka
I am working on my “Wingnut Revisionist History” page, it will take some time b/c of actual, you know, RESEARCH but does anyone know where I can find a source for the alleged LBJ quote “I’ll have those n-words voting democrat for the next 200 years!” Like, in a book or something?
It’s all over Teh Internets but only on whackjob right-wing websites and I am about 90% sure that it’s a Fake Quote.
But I would like to verify it before going on Teh Twitters and saying it is a Fake Quote. LBJ I am sure used the n-word as well as other words but it is very doubtful that he let racism determine policy,
Good luck. You’ll never be able to prove to that he didn’t say it, certainly not to their satisfaction.
18 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:57:53pm |
re: #8 GeneJockey
How’s that $1100/month lookin’ now, Inez?
$275 in speeding tickets probably means she’s living on Ramen for the rest of the month.
19 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:58:52pm |
20 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:58:53pm |
re: #13 Vicious Babushka
I can’t help with the LBJ quote, but this page is a good idea. Wingnuts need to be heavily invested in fake history to avoid the simple fact that nearly all of what they want to do has been tried before, with dismal results.
21 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:59:43pm |
re: #18 Targetpractice
$275 in speeding tickets probably means she’s living on Ramen for the rest of the month.
Or she’s lying through her teeth. Gee, I wonder which scenario seems more plausible…
22 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 2:59:50pm |
re: #18 Targetpractice
$275 in speeding tickets probably means she’s living on Ramen for the rest of the month.
Or on the phone right now with Mom and Dad.
23 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:00:24pm |
LOL
@dreggas It's actually unsafe to go 40 on a 5 lane freeway where people are going 80. I suggest you try it sometime.— Inez Feltscher (@InezFeltscher) July 24, 2013
24 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:01:21pm |
You know this meme that wingnuts have been Tweeting nonstop?
RT @ken24xavier Racist Black Leaders SILENT, Obama SILENT when Blacks kill Whites pic.twitter.com/k8san5LAi2 #tcot #p2 #OpSlam #lnyhbt #teaparty— Andrea Silver (@andilinks) July 22, 2013
25 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:01:23pm |
re: #23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
LOL
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Traffic moving at 80mph, aka a 20 car pileup waiting to happen.
26 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:01:24pm |
re: #23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
How to tell if this Inez is lying? When her tweets appear.
27 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:03:14pm |
re: #23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
LOL
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So just because other people are breaking the law makes it okay for her to?
28 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:04:34pm |
re: #27 Kragar
So just because other people are breaking the law makes it okay for her to?
Wingnut Logic 101, if everybody is breaking the law, then I should be allowed to as well. The government is wrong to punish me for something everybody is doing.
29 | erik_t Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:04:36pm |
re: #23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
LOL
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What, civil disobedience was okay when MLK and Ghandi did it, but you won’t let poor Inez stand up and fight for what’s right in the world?
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30 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:04:41pm |
re: #27 Kragar
So just because other people are breaking the law makes it okay for her to?
That’s assuming the story of a ‘5 lane freeway’ having a posted limit of 40 where people routinely do 80 is true.
31 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:05:37pm |
re: #24 Vicious Babushka
You know this meme that wingnuts have been Tweeting nonstop?
This is the second source I’ve seen implicating the parents…
Do we have another Susan Smith?
32 | Lidane Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:06:38pm |
GOP rebranding!
Top Virginia Republican says African Americans should tone down their sexuality to prevent violent attacks http://t.co/e6seSJHHbB #icymi— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 24, 2013
33 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:07:22pm |
re: #24 Vicious Babushka
You know this meme that wingnuts have been Tweeting nonstop?
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A black gang member shot and killed a kid in a robbery and was arrested and charged with murder the next day.
George Zimmerman walked away from Trayvon Martin’s murder and was only charged when public outrage forced the situation.
Apparently its exactly the same situation as far as Wingnuts are concerned.
34 | gwangung Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:08:31pm |
re: #24 Vicious Babushka
You know this meme that wingnuts have been Tweeting nonstop?
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Just because you ALWAYS ignore black people when they’re talking doesn’t mean they’re not condemning this.
Twits.
35 | Mike Lamb Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:09:14pm |
re: #33 Kragar
A black gang member shot and killed a kid in a robbery and was arrested and charged with murder the next day.
George Zimmerman walked away from Trayvon Martin’s murder and was only charged when public outrage forced the situation.
Apparently its exactly the same situation as far as Wingnuts are concerned.
To paraphrase Dr. Evil, “They just don’t get it, do they Scott?”
36 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:09:32pm |
re: #27 Kragar
oh I am smacking her six ways to sunday with her own idiotic logic, not that she is even self aware enough to notice.
37 | piratedan Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:10:11pm |
re: #34 gwangung
a clear cut case of what law enforcement can do when applied to a heinous crime, shame the same couldn’t be said on behalf of Mr. Martin.
38 | Mike Lamb Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:10:46pm |
re: #34 gwangung
Just because you ALWAYS ignore black people when they’re talking doesn’t mean they’re not condemning this.
Twits.
It’s not even about condemnation. It’s the fact that there was never going to be a legitimate investigation into Trayvon Martin’s death. Zimmerman walked immediately and wouldn’t have ever seen the inside of a courtroom but for people shining a light on the incident.
39 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:10:52pm |
Dana Perino: Where’s Obama speech on blacks shooting white babies in the face?
“… when a president speaks, it’s to multiple audiences,” she added. “If you think of the young mother whose 2-year-old son was shot in the face by the two black teens that approached her in Atlanta and that baby had died, why do presidents choose to speak about one case and not the other? That’s why it’s better maybe not to talk about any of them.”
Earlier this year, a Georgia woman said her 13-month-old son was fatally shot by two African-American teens who approached her and asked for money.
In contrast to the Martin killing, 17-year-old De’Marquise Elkins and 15-year-old Dominique Lang were charged with first-degree murder about a day after the crime. And the 13-month-old victim in the Georgia case was never profiled as criminal and blamed for his own death.
40 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:11:21pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
From Ms. “I live on minimum wage and proud of it!” Twitter shill:
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She still has 825 dollars to get her through the month.
41 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:11:50pm |
re: #40 darthstar
She still has 825 dollars to get her through the month.
Won’t be able to make rent.
43 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:13:29pm |
44 | Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:13:44pm |
re: #40 darthstar
She still has 825 dollars to get her through the month.
What kind of nitwit drives in DC? The metro is wonderful. Every time I was sent TDY to the Pentagon I was authorized a rental, and always turned it down.
45 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:14:36pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
From Ms. “I live on minimum wage and proud of it!” Twitter shill:
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@InezFeltscher Actually, variable speed limits reduce congestion and accidents. The road can't handle that many cars going 80. Better at 40— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 24, 2013
46 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:15:18pm |
re: #42 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s cruelty to wingnuts. The owner of that car probably had to make a special trip to buy tongs for removing the note, lest gay cooties be transmitted. Where’s my fainting couch? //
47 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:16:24pm |
re: #10 Vicious Babushka
Hey Inez! There are speed limit signs…one assumes a person in law school can, ya know, READ…they are not speed limit “suggestions”…
48 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:16:27pm |
re: #46 EPR-radar
It’s cruelty to wingnuts. The owner of that car probably had to make a special trip to buy tongs for removing the note, lest gay cooties be transmitted. Where’s my fainting couch? //
They’ll probably have to junk the car, like Jerry Seinfeld’s belt after the buckle touched the floor of a public restroom.
49 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:16:43pm |
How many facts before she decides to start blocking or just quit twitter?
50 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:16:56pm |
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey Inez! There are speed limit signs…one assumes a person in law school can, ya know, READ…they are not speed limit “suggestions”…
Rule Of Law. How does it work?
//
51 | erik_t Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:17:25pm |
re: #42 Eclectic Cyborg
(squints)
Prop 8, eh?
That’s some Minnesota passive-aggressiveness at its finest.
52 | Lidane Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:18:59pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
I tweeted to her and she bragged about paying her ticket without taxpayer money. When I asked if she wanted a cookie or parade for doing something most people do every day, she got defensive about someone on Twitter injecting themselves into her feed.
Pathetic.
53 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:19:15pm |
re: #44 Decatur Deb
What kind of nitwit drives in DC? The metro is wonderful. Every time I was sent TDY to the Pentagon I was authorized a rental, and always turned it down.
Because any “Real ‘Murican” knows that owning an automobile is a necessity, no matter where you live. Public transit is for parasites!
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54 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:19:16pm |
You know, the reason I come to LGF, a large part of the reason, is to remind myself that this country isn’t filled with intolerant, apathetic morons.
I’m dead serious.
55 | Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:20:24pm |
re: #54 OhNoZombies!
You know, the reason I come to LGF, a large part of the reason, is to remind myself that this country isn’t filled with intolerant, apathetic morons.
I’m dead serious.
Come for the enlightenment, stay for the boob-pun threads.
56 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:20:31pm |
re: #52 Lidane
I tweeted to her and she bragged about paying her ticket without taxpayer money. When I asked if she wanted a cookie or parade for doing something most people do every day, she got defensive about someone on Twitter injecting themselves into her feed.
Pathetic.
“Please pity me! The mean ol’ government is being so mean to…HEY! How dare you suggest that I’m not deserving of sympathy on my own twitter feed?!”
58 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:20:58pm |
re: #54 OhNoZombies!
You know, the reason I come to LGF, a large part of the reason, is to remind myself that this country isn’t filled with intolerant, apathetic morons.
I’m dead serious.
I’d tell you to piss off but its not worth the time or effort.
///
59 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:21:19pm |
re: #55 Decatur Deb
Come for the enlightenment, stay for the boob-pun threads.
Wait, I thought everybody else was here for the free beer?
//
60 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:21:53pm |
61 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:21:57pm |
re: #54 OhNoZombies!
You know, the reason I come to LGF, a large part of the reason, is to remind myself that this country isn’t filled with intolerant, apathetic morons.
I’m dead serious.
The commenters here could easily do a better job on federal legislation than the US Congress.
62 | ProTARDISLiberal Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:23:11pm |
re: #61 EPR-radar
Well, most of us anyway.
I’m sure all of you would be frightened if I was in that position.
63 | Justanotherhuman Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:23:27pm |
Poor Inez. Watch the car insurance go up, up, up. Have some more, Inez!
The speeding ticket fairies (Mom & Dad) can’t fix that.
Before you know it, Inez will be working 2 fast food jobs and dropping out of law school.
64 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:23:44pm |
re: #61 EPR-radar
The commenters here could easily do a better job on federal legislation than the US Congress.
I told myself years ago I could never be in politics because I have this thing that always gets in the way…what was it called…oh, right, a conscience.
65 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:23:48pm |
Edward Snowden did what he did to make everyone aware of all this, and to prompt precisely this debate. That was his motive— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 24, 2013
66 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:24:26pm |
67 | Kragar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:25:07pm |
re: #65 Gus
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And then ran to first China and then Russia, and attempted to black the United States.
69 | erik_t Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:25:29pm |
re: #65 Gus
Sorry, Beckwald, Wayne Jarvis did what he did to make everyone aware of all of this Patriot Act nonsense. And he’s a ten-year-old sitcom character.
70 | Justanotherhuman Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:25:49pm |
re: #65 Gus
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Edward Snowden did what he did to make everyone aware of his awesomeness, and to prompt precisely this debate. That was his motive
There, FTFY, Glennlandia.
71 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:26:01pm |
72 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:26:03pm |
re: #65 Gus
Is that what his KGB lawyer told you to say?
// maybe
73 | twisty Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:26:09pm |
re: #65 Gus
Sorry GG but everyone’s too tired out after #ThanksGeorge to trend #ThanksEdward
74 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:26:25pm |
re: #50 GeneJockey
Rule Of Law. How does it work?
//
heh… Inez haz a serious case of the derp backlash now…
75 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:27:32pm |
re: #65 Gus
Glenn Greenwald:
Edward Snowden did what he did to make everyone aware of all this, and to prompt precisely this debate. That was his motive
That’s why we should never talk about Edward Snowden - his motives are utterly beyond reproach and totally irrelevant, yet vitally important.
/smh
76 | piratedan Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:28:36pm |
re: #65 Gus
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and that is precisely why he engaged in this act of civil disobedience by fleeing the country for Hong Kong, just like Ellsberg, Mandela and MLK before him. //
I, for one, feel safer for his actions knowing that the government is actually attempting to thwart terrorism before it happens, unlike the previous administration who apparently couldn’t be bothered.
77 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:28:56pm |
They really do think that’s a viable tactic, now that this whole “exclusive” has flopped like a dead fish on pavement, the old “I just wanted to start a debate!” play.
78 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:30:15pm |
re: #75 Charles Johnson
That’s why we should never talk about Edward Snowden - his motives are utterly beyond reproach and totally irrelevant, yet vitally important.
/smh
Ain’t that a riot? Tomorrow, “THIS IS NOT ABOUT SNOWDEN!!”
79 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:30:41pm |
re: #65 Gus
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@ggreenwald yea, that was his motive….well he accomplished it so come home.— maizie gordy (@amaizieng) July 24, 2013
80 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:31:55pm |
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey Inez! There are speed limit signs…one assumes a person in law school can, ya know, READ…they are not speed limit “suggestions”…
She’s just making shit up.
81 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:32:16pm |
re: #78 Gus
Ain’t that a riot? Tomorrow, “THIS IS NOT ABOUT SNOWDEN!!”
“This whole thing is total bullshit!”
“Hey, everything Snowden did was to get this debate started!”
“Yeah, let’s talk about how much of a piss-ant Snowden is.”
“THIS ISN’T ABOUT SNOWDEN!”
82 | Mentis Fugit Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:32:18pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
From Ms. “I live on minimum wage and proud of it!” Twitter shill:
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Proud o’ you folks: not seen one cheap gibe yet at her, um, unfortunate, um, surname.
83 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:32:34pm |
#BREAKING: House defeats attempt to curb NSA powers http://t.co/rjVUTCF9Kq— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 24, 2013
84 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:32:36pm |
alleged LBJ quote
to have said this, lbj would somehow have had to not be aware that the overwhelming majority of black people had been voting democratic since fdr - and thinking lbj wasn’t aware of something political is ridiculous
robert caro tells a story he heard about lbj - robert kennedy was talking to him, and he mentioned “the help”. lbj is supposed to have said “i don’t have ‘help’, i have ‘employees’”
another story caro tells was where he was making a speech in a rural town in the south somewhere east of texas one day. he thanked them for coming, and then said something like “it’s good that you are getting to hear a real democratic speech for once - all you’ve heard for the past few decades has been ‘n*****, n*****, n******’”
there was a shocked silence as the audience figured out what he meant, and then an ovation
85 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:32:58pm |
86 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:35:13pm |
re: #42 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s Inez’s car! That’s why she was speeding, she had to get away from Teh Ghey!
87 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:35:21pm |
re: #81 Targetpractice
“This whole thing is total bullshit!”
“Hey, everything Snowden did was to get this debate started!”
“Yeah, let’s talk about how much of a piss-ant Snowden is.”
“THIS ISN’T ABOUT SNOWDEN!”
Too many people cannot apparently deal with two things at the same time:
1) Snowden is a jackass getting way to close to espionage.
2) The US needs to have a sensible and adult political conversation relating to balancing security and civil liberties.
88 | Lidane Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:36:17pm |
More GOP rebranding:
Congressman rejects bipartisan criticism, insists many undocumented youth are “drug mules” http://t.co/NKIl9WTfjn #icymi— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 24, 2013
89 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:38:20pm |
re: #87 EPR-radar
Too many people cannot apparently deal with two things at the same time:
1) Snowden is a jackass getting way to close to espionage.
2) The US needs to have a sensible and adult political conversation relating to balancing security and civil liberties.
yeah. George Zimmerman triggered a conversation relating to racism, profiling, and self-defense. Doesn’t make him a hero.
90 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:40:36pm |
LET THE BUTTHURT BEGIN
Apologies to all my followers about the liberal pitterpatter. More generalized smackdowns to resume shortly. #NoPoint #BrickWall— Inez Feltscher (@InezFeltscher) July 24, 2013
91 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:41:34pm |
92 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:42:06pm |
Bodyform response to a sarcastic facebook post. Pretty funny.
93 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:44:16pm |
94 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:46:51pm |
re: #89 GeneJockey
yeah. George Zimmerman triggered a conversation relating to racism, profiling, and self-defense. Doesn’t make him a hero.
One of the issues we have regarding national security is that so much stuff is classified that law breaking like what Snowden did may actually be the only way to get a conversation about security vs. civil liberties started. For example, law suits are very difficult to start if secrecy prevents anyone from having standing to bring a case. As another example, congressional oversight is significantly impaired if important briefings (e.g., general interpretation of the Patriot act by FISA court) are classified and cannot be discussed in public.
My personal opinion of Snowden is strongly negative mainly because of the way he fled the US and has dealt with foreign powers since then. If he had stayed to face the music in some principled manner, that would have made a big difference to me.
95 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:47:29pm |
re: #90 Vicious Babushka
LET THE BUTTHURT BEGIN
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Inez whines about the injustice of having to pay speeding tickets, gets called a fool for doing so, and now will whine that liberals think she’s an idiot for being a law student that can’t follow the fucking law.
96 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:47:59pm |
re: #95 Targetpractice
yeah, that about sums it up.
97 | erik_t Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:48:43pm |
re: #95 Targetpractice
Inez whines about the injustice of having to pay speeding tickets, gets called a fool for doing so, and now will whine that liberals think she’s an idiot for being a law student that can’t follow the fucking law.
…and will, for all eternity, appear on the internet under her own name bitching about being held accountable for not following a trivially simple law.
Great job.
98 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:49:22pm |
re: #95 Targetpractice
Inez whines about the injustice of having to pay speeding tickets, gets called a fool for doing so, and now will whine that liberals think she’s an idiot for being a law student that can’t follow the fucking law.
Inez is a wingnut, so I will assume her law degree is intended as preparation for a professional life of avoiding compliance with applicable law, absent other evidence.
Her attitude toward her speeding tickets is consistent with this cynical view.
99 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:53:33pm |
So I guess this is how it works in wing nut land:
*Others who break the law= a menace to society
*If we do it= well, that law is just stupid
Ok, got it.
SMH
100 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:55:30pm |
re: #90 Vicious Babushka
LET THE BUTTHURT BEGIN
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If she couldn’t even get out of a simple speeding ticket now, she’s gonna be useless as a lawyer.
Of course whining that “the law is only for other people” isn’t all that great of a defense in the big leagues, except, perhaps in Florida…
101 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:55:51pm |
Tea Party Congressman mocks efforts to protect African American civil rights, compares it to wildlife preservation http://t.co/tMQ3rhiDQZ— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 24, 2013
102 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:55:56pm |
re: #94 EPR-radar
The fact that Snowden fled the country rather than take full responsibility and defend his decisions in the US is, to me at least, pretty strong evidence that on some level he’s fully aware that his rationale for doing this is far from solid.
103 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:56:10pm |
Only a 12-vote margin to reject a bill to DE-FUND a major NSA program. Amazing coalition of left-wing and right-wing civil libertarians— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 24, 2013
104 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:56:33pm |
Ball game, Amash amendment goes down, 205-217.— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 24, 2013
105 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:57:25pm |
re: #103 Charles Johnson
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Amazing collection including a bunch of Republicans that don’t give a crap and want to make PBO look bad.
106 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 3:57:32pm |
re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth
If she couldn’t even get out of a simple speeding ticket now, she’s gonna be useless as a lawyer.
Of course whining that “the law is only for other people” isn’t all that great of a defense in the big leagues, except, perhaps in Florida…
Speeding tickets are often unbeatable, so setting that as the bar for competent lawyering is a bit harsh.
107 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:00:23pm |
re: #99 OhNoZombies!
of course
It’s not illegal when a president does it
Signing statements under W.
Iran Contra
It’s a pattern from them. So is do as I say not as I do.
108 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:00:39pm |
re: #103 Charles Johnson
Greenwald is missing the basic facts again. There are essentially no right wing civil libertarians in Congress. Their votes for this are only to embarrass the Obama administration.
109 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:00:47pm |
#Breaking: The House votes 217- 205 to reject an amendment that would have restricted the NSA's collection of Americans’ phone records.— POLITICO (@politico) July 24, 2013
110 | b.d. Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:01:20pm |
re: #105 Gus
Pelosi voted no. Fauxgressives are openly advocating for going to the Green Party. I’ll let you know how that works out for them.
111 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:01:25pm |
re: #106 EPR-radar
Speeding tickets are often unbeatable, so setting that as the bar for competent lawyering is a bit harsh.
Maybe, but losing a simple argument on twitter, regarding the law, that you set the premise for isn’t.
112 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:02:37pm |
re: #106 EPR-radar
Speeding tickets are often unbeatable, so setting that as the bar for competent lawyering is a bit harsh.
actually, maybe not in DC but in other parts of the country, yes, speeding tickets are very beatable.
113 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:03:43pm |
re: #103 Charles Johnson
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Meanwhile, the vote that extended the provisions of the Patriot Act that this bill was meant to address?
250-153
So tell us, Glenn, where were these “civil libertarians” then?
114 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:04:07pm |
re: #110 b.d.
Pelosi voted no. Fauxgressives are openly advocating for going to the Green Party. I’ll let you know how that works out for them.
Have a roll call link?
115 | A Mom Anon Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:04:25pm |
Unless Princess Inez is renting a very cheap room out of someone’s house and taking the bus everywhere, she is not at all living on 1100 dollars a month in DC. Or damned near anywhere else. Throw in a car payment(or at least insurance if the car’s paid for), food, clothing and health insurance and it’s not happening. She might want to watch that lead foot of hers too, too many points on that license and she won’t have it for long and her insurance will be insanely expensive, not to mention the chunk all those fines take out of the budget.
So, she’s either lying about her income or someone is helping her and she’s just not aware of what it’s like to be totally on her own with NO help from parents, a boyfriend, other family, etc. If she’s got loans for school, she’s not paying on them until she’s out of school, so that’s not a current concern. She’s dating an Breitbart editor, not sure what he’s able to do to contribute to her overall income, but she’s probably not counting anything outside her paycheck, which is kinda fudging the numbers. Where I come from that’s called lying by omission or being dishonest.
116 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:05:44pm |
where is inez describing how she claims to be living on minimum wage?
117 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:07:27pm |
re: #110 b.d.
Pelosi voted no. Fauxgressives are openly advocating for going to the Green Party. I’ll let you know how that works out for them.
They said that shit in ‘10, and we got Speaker Boehner. Do they really want Pro Temp McConnell next year?
118 | b.d. Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:08:07pm |
re: #114 Gus
Have a roll call link?
Not yet, just this:
Perhaps Nancy Pelosi and Michele Bachman can tour the country together making their case for NSA spying.
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) July 24, 2013
119 | Internet Tough Guy Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:08:38pm |
“Right-Wing Civil Libertarians”
The very same people who defend Glenn’s right to get married.
120 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:08:42pm |
121 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:08:49pm |
122 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:09:48pm |
re: #115 A Mom Anon
If she was taking a bus or a train in DC, she wouldn’t have gotten a speeding ticket.
Jeezelpete…hasn’t she heard about Dupont Circle???
heh…
123 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:09:53pm |
Awful update on that train accident…
#BREAKING: Spain: Sixty dead in train derailment http://t.co/pDS808dCoQ— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) July 24, 2013
124 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:10:28pm |
re: #111 OhNoZombies!
Maybe, but losing a simple argument on twitter, regarding the law, that you set the premise for isn’t.
indeed…doesn’t bode well for her judicial argument skillz…
125 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:10:36pm |
re: #123 NJDhockeyfan
Awful update on that train accident…
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Geez, it keeps getting worse.
126 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:12:35pm |
re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth
DC
thanks, but i mean where is she talking about it where you can read it on the toobz?
127 | twisty Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:15:52pm |
re: #126 engineer cat
@viciousbabushka As someone who's actually lived on min wage in 1 of most expensive cities, it's totally doable.Sorry to bust your narrative— Inez Feltscher (@InezFeltscher) July 24, 2013
128 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:16:01pm |
re: #126 engineer cat
thanks, but i mean where is she talking about it where you can read it on the toobz?
Inez says on her twitterz profile she’s in DC.
129 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:20:10pm |
BREAKING NEWS: House votes to renew #NSA surveillance program collecting millions of Americans' phone records. The Struggle continues.— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) July 24, 2013
The struggle continues. Sniff. O_o
130 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:20:39pm |
re: #127 twisty
As someone who’s actually lived on min wage in 1 of most expensive cities, it’s totally doable
ah, i see, it’s a vague claim in the past tense
131 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:20:56pm |
re: #129 Gus
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The struggle continues. Sniff. O_o
“The Struggle” always continues. Because if “The Struggle” ever ended, they’d have nobody to bitch about.
132 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:22:16pm |
re: #115 A Mom Anon
Unless Princess Inez is renting a very cheap room out of someone’s house and taking the bus everywhere, she is not at all living on 1100 dollars a month in DC. Or damned near anywhere else. Throw in a car payment(or at least insurance if the car’s paid for), food, clothing and health insurance and it’s not happening. She might want to watch that lead foot of hers too, too many points on that license and she won’t have it for long and her insurance will be insanely expensive, not to mention the chunk all those fines take out of the budget.
So, she’s either lying about her income or someone is helping her and she’s just not aware of what it’s like to be totally on her own with NO help from parents, a boyfriend, other family, etc. If she’s got loans for school, she’s not paying on them until she’s out of school, so that’s not a current concern. She’s dating an Breitbart editor, not sure what he’s able to do to contribute to her overall income, but she’s probably not counting anything outside her paycheck, which is kinda fudging the numbers. Where I come from that’s called lying by omission or being dishonest.
@snarkylicious @viciousbabushka Depends where you live. My 1 bd was $1400 but I shared with two people.— Inez Feltscher (@InezFeltscher) July 24, 2013
133 | twisty Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:22:36pm |
re: #130 engineer cat
ah, i see, it’s a vague claim in the past tense
Yeah. What she neglected to mention was that she was a healthy young single woman sharing an apartment while attending college and living off student loans…
134 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:23:27pm |
re: #116 engineer cat
where is inez describing how she claims to be living on minimum wage?
Look at her Twitter timeline. I think she is just making a bunch of shit up and she’s all butthurt that she gets called out on it.
135 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:24:45pm |
re: #132 Vicious Babushka
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So she made it on minimum wage by sharing the costs.
What does she want, a cookie?
136 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:25:03pm |
:) pic.twitter.com/MQv9EQS0nh— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) July 24, 2013
137 | Backwoods_Sleuth Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:26:09pm |
re: #132 Vicious Babushka
@snarkylicious @viciousbabushka Depends where you live. My 1 bd was $1400 but I shared with two people.
4:09 PM - 24 Jul 2013
oooh…one bedroom shared with two other people…a THREESOME!
Bryan needs to get on that ASAP!
138 | twisty Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:26:52pm |
re: #133 twisty
Also, too: just occurred to me that she said she needed a cosigner to qualify. To my knowledge Fed loans don’t rely on credit scores, so she would have had a private loan, which frequently covers more than just tuition.
139 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:28:14pm |
re: #132 Vicious Babushka
She doesn’t even realize that she just gutted her own argument…
140 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:33:28pm |
re: #139 OhNoZombies!
She doesn’t even realize that she just gutted her own argument…
I always do love it when they do that, they boast about how self-sufficient they are…then unwittingly admit that they had to get help to survive on their own. “Yeah, I totally lived on that much money…by having a roommate and student loans that my parents co-signed for.”
141 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:33:43pm |
My 1 bd was $1400 but I shared with two people
sharing a 1 bedroom apartment with two other people???
somebody call jacob riis…
142 | Interesting Times Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:35:38pm |
re: #140 Targetpractice
I always do love it when they do that, they boast about how self-sufficient they are…then unwittingly admit that they had to get help to survive on their own. “Yeah, I totally lived on that much money…by having a roommate and student loans that my parents co-signed for.”
Or, as Craig T. Nelson put it…
I’ve been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No.
143 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:35:40pm |
I'm old enough to remember when 109 MI State Reps voted yes to keep utilities from turning off old people's power in winter & Amash voted no— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 24, 2013
145 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:37:35pm |
Video of train accident in Santiago #Breaking #News #Noticias http://t.co/GnTiqP4MIn— Hi-Tech-Pro.com (@Hi_Tech_Pro) July 24, 2013
146 | Carlos Dangler Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:38:31pm |
re: #140 Targetpractice
I always do love it when they do that, they boast about how self-sufficient they are…then unwittingly admit that they had to get help to survive on their own. “Yeah, I totally lived on that much money…by having a roommate and student loans that my parents co-signed for.”
She had not just one roommate, but two.
Inez, thy name is hypocrite.
147 | gwangung Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:39:17pm |
re: #141 engineer cat
My 1 bd was $1400 but I shared with two people
sharing a 1 bedroom apartment with two other people???
somebody call jacob riis…
Dim bulbs like her think anyone else can do the same.
Hello? Some of these folks are people with children!
148 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:42:21pm |
re: #146 AlexRogan
Not just one roommate, but two.
So she’s paying one-third of the rent, utilities, food, car payment (unless mommy and daddy got it for her), car insurance, and who knows what else. And her minimum wage is being supplemented by her student loans.
My guess? She’ll be back home with mommy and daddy when school ends and she has to start paying off those loans.
149 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:42:38pm |
150 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:45:04pm |
I almost helped someone in a wheelchair by holding a door for them, then I remembered I'm an atheist so just knocked them over and ran off.— Atheist Tweeter (@Atheist_Tweeter) July 24, 2013
151 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:47:00pm |
The appropriations bill bars the admin from closing Gitmo again but, you know, defund the NSA argle bargle!— Jordan Ashby (@JM_Ashby) July 24, 2013
152 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:47:13pm |
@deadheads @betty_boards pic.twitter.com/1rf9oQDS4C— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 24, 2013
153 | Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:47:31pm |
re: #141 engineer cat
My 1 bd was $1400 but I shared with two people
sharing a 1 bedroom apartment with two other people???
somebody call jacob riis…
How the Derpy Half Lives.
154 | EPR-radar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:47:31pm |
re: #148 Targetpractice
So she’s paying one-third of the rent, utilities, food, car payment (unless mommy and daddy got it for her), car insurance, and who knows what else. And her minimum wage is being supplemented by her student loans.
My guess? She’ll be back home with mommy and daddy when school ends and she has to start paying off those loans.
That’s the way to bet. The sweet wingnut welfare positions always need personal connections to get, because the supply of whiners willing to write RWNJ talking points all day greatly exceed the demand for same.
155 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:48:09pm |
Amash Amendment: U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes #NSA http://t.co/BZqLMKfdSS— Gus (@Gus_802) July 24, 2013
156 | The Mountain That Blogs Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:49:09pm |
re: #13 Vicious Babushka
The LBJ quote is from Ronald Kessler’s book, Inside the White House.
Johnson, like other presidents, would often reveal his true motivations in asides that the press never picked up. During one trip, Johnson was discussing his proposed civil rights bill with two governors. Explaining why it was so important to him, he said it was simple: “I’ll have them n***ers voting Democratic for two hundred years.”
The citation is from an interview with Robert Macmillan, an Air Force One steward, in 1993.
Google Books is awesome.
157 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:51:22pm |
Amash Amendment Ayes/Noes/NV Republican 94 134 6 Democratic 111 83 6 http://t.co/BZqLMKfdSS— Gus (@Gus_802) July 24, 2013
Gohmert voted yes.
159 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:52:40pm |
And I wonder how Inez’s roommates feel about her racking up $275 in speeding tickets. Somehow I don’t think the first emotion they felt was pity for her.
160 | Carlos Dangler Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:53:34pm |
re: #159 Targetpractice
And I wonder how Inez’s roommates feel about her racking up $275 in speeding tickets. Somehow I don’t think the first emotion they felt was pity for her.
She sounds like an ideal roommate to me…///
Seriously, if I was rooming with her, I’d either be looking for a way to bust the lease or hope for the sweet release of death.
161 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:57:00pm |
All those people on Twitter who insisted to me that the Amash amendment didn’t defund NSA programs … were wrong. That’s exactly what it did - it proposed to defund the telephone metadata collection program.
And it was attached to the defense appropriations bill that included Republican provisions to prevent Guantanamo Bay from being closed. Any liberal who supported this was played for a fool by Amash and Glenn Greenwald.
162 | darthstar Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:57:13pm |
.@chucktodd Looking for someone to make your show palatable? Good luck with that.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 24, 2013
163 | freetoken Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:57:33pm |
Did anyone catch today’s GOHMERT!?
Tea Party Congressman Compares African American Civil Rights To Snail Darters
GOHMERT: There is nobody in this chamber who is more appreciative than I am for the gentleman from Tennessee and my friend from Michigan standing up for the rights of race, religion, national religion of the Delta Smelt, the snail darter, various lizards, the lesser prairie chicken, the greater sage grouts and so many other insects who would want someone standing for their religion, their race, their national origin and I think that’s wonderful.
164 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:58:12pm |
re: #161 Charles Johnson
All those people on Twitter who insisted to me that the Amash amendment didn’t defund NSA programs … were wrong. That’s exactly what it did - it proposed to defund the telephone metadata collection program.
And it was attached to the defense appropriations bill that included Republican provisions to prevent Guantanamo Bay from being closed. Any liberal who supported this was played for a fool by Amash and Glenn Greenwald.
That’s hilarious.
165 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:59:18pm |
re: #161 Charles Johnson
All those people on Twitter who insisted to me that the Amash amendment didn’t defund NSA programs … were wrong. That’s exactly what it did - it proposed to defund the telephone metadata collection program.
And it was attached to the defense appropriations bill that included Republican provisions to prevent Guantanamo Bay from being closed. Any liberal who supported this was played for a fool by Amash and Glenn Greenwald.
Gohmert voted yes. Ha!
166 | Carlos Dangler Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:01:23pm |
re: #163 freetoken
Did anyone catch today’s GOHMERT!?
Tea Party Congressman Compares African American Civil Rights To Snail Darters
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Gohmert really is a moron.
167 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:01:49pm |
re: #156 The Mountain That Blogs
The LBJ quote is from Ronald Kessler’s book, Inside the White House.
The citation is from an interview with Robert Macmillan, an Air Force One steward, in 1993.
Google Books is awesome.
Even if the quote is accurate, how does that “prove” that Democrats are racists but Republicans are not racist?
Also, no wingnut has ever responded to my question “Why did Barry Goldwater vote against the CRA and then get the GOP nomination?”
168 | Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:02:06pm |
169 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:02:56pm |
Guess who voted for the Amash amendment to defund the NSA? pic.twitter.com/4MLLvC1xCq— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2013
170 | jaunte Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:03:56pm |
And it was attached to the defense appropriations bill that included Republican provisions to prevent Guantanamo Bay from being closed. Any liberal who supported this was played for a fool by Amash and Glenn Greenwald.
Whole lotta Gohmert goin’ on.
171 | GunstarGreen Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:08:23pm |
Greetings from the unemployment line, my fellow lizards.
Had a meeting this afternoon with my boss and me as the only invitee, which is always either a really good or really bad thing. After five years of really good things, I was due up for some bad news. I’m told it was purely budgetary, as the result of “across the board budget slashing”, that it is in no way related to performance and that they will gladly give me a positive reference.
Funny though, how they managed to hold on to the new guy that’s been there six months and is working off an H1B visa. I don’t blame him though, he’s a great guy and I wish him all the best — I just blame the corporate scum that ran the cold calculus of ‘cut the guy that commands a higher wage’.
Ah well. Such is life when doing contract work in a right-to-get-fucked-at-any-time state. #ThanksObama, I guess. //
172 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:08:54pm |
re: #161 Charles Johnson
All those people on Twitter who insisted to me that the Amash amendment didn’t defund NSA programs … were wrong. That’s exactly what it did - it proposed to defund the telephone metadata collection program.
And it was attached to the defense appropriations bill that included Republican provisions to prevent Guantanamo Bay from being closed. Any liberal who supported this was played for a fool by Amash and Glenn Greenwald.
It’s election season. I’m willing to bet a minimum of 1/3 of those Democrats voting for the provision did so to bolster their credentials in red states.
173 | The Mountain That Blogs Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:09:45pm |
re: #167 Vicious Babushka
It doesn’t, of course. It has nothing to do with Republicans at all.
174 | OhNoZombies! Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:09:51pm |
So wait, an old guy from Texas (LBJ) used the N-word in the 60’s?
I’m shocked…shocked I tells ye !!!
///
175 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:10:53pm |
Righties voted for Amash amendment because it was attached to a bill that keeps Gitmo open. Lefties voted for it because they got played.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2013
176 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:11:20pm |
re: #173 The Mountain That Blogs
Since I was 12 I’ve had an unappealing, didactic distrust of people with the extreme will to live.
Wait, what? I did not say that.
I think you had a blockquote FAIL.
177 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:12:31pm |
re: #171 GunstarGreen
Greetings from the unemployment line, my fellow lizards.
Had a meeting this afternoon with my boss and me as the only invitee, which is always either a really good or really bad thing. After five years of really good things, I was due up for some bad news. I’m told it was purely budgetary, as the result of “across the board budget slashing”, that it is in no way related to performance and that they will gladly give me a positive reference.
Funny though, how they managed to hold on to the new guy that’s been there six months and is working off an H1B visa. I don’t blame him though, he’s a great guy and I wish him all the best — I just blame the corporate scum that ran the cold calculus of ‘cut the guy that commands a higher wage’.
Ah well. Such is life when doing contract work in a right-to-get-fucked-at-any-time state. #ThanksObama, I guess. //
OMG WTF.
Where are you? I get like half a dozen calls every day from recruiters, not just for jobs in Detroit.
178 | GunstarGreen Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:16:14pm |
re: #177 Vicious Babushka
Georgia. I appreciate the offer, but I’ve got some things lined up; thankfully my contracting agency likes the money they can make off of me so we’re already spreading the tentacles out to see what we can come up with, and the market’s pretty decent right now for my line of work.
179 | The Mountain That Blogs Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:16:18pm |
re: #176 Vicious Babushka
Blockquote fail indeed. Someone else sent me a link to that awful story about Breaking Bad from a year ago, and I accidentally blockquoted that. Removed.
181 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:23:20pm |
re: #171 GunstarGreen
Greetings from the unemployment line, my fellow lizards.
Had a meeting this afternoon with my boss and me as the only invitee, which is always either a really good or really bad thing. After five years of really good things, I was due up for some bad news. I’m told it was purely budgetary, as the result of “across the board budget slashing”, that it is in no way related to performance and that they will gladly give me a positive reference.
Funny though, how they managed to hold on to the new guy that’s been there six months and is working off an H1B visa. I don’t blame him though, he’s a great guy and I wish him all the best — I just blame the corporate scum that ran the cold calculus of ‘cut the guy that commands a higher wage’.
Ah well. Such is life when doing contract work in a right-to-get-fucked-at-any-time state. #ThanksObama, I guess. //
Oh, dude (or dudette, can’t tell), that sucks. I’ve been there, on both sides of the desk and it’s not fun, though obviously much worse on one than the other.
182 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:27:13pm |
I missed all the sharknado tweets because I was waiting for this. #corgnado pic.twitter.com/8toHEfe2iH— murty hoey (@Murty_The_Red) July 25, 2013
183 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:31:23pm |
WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT.
“@genelingerfelt: Deadly Socialists!! @hankishtwit: pic.twitter.com/bYYZwa3vkZ #tcot #wiright #lnyhbt #teaparty #immigration #racism #IRS #NSA— Prudence (@dennygirltwo) July 25, 2013
185 | jaunte Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:33:55pm |
Since the current bill to defund NSA also prohibits POTUS from closing Gitmo, we can assume that @ggreenwald supports indefinite detention
— Patrick (@QuadCityPat) July 24, 2013
186 | Political Atheist Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:34:32pm |
re: #178 GunstarGreen
Georgia. I appreciate the offer, but I’ve got some things lined up; thankfully my contracting agency likes the money they can make off of me so we’re already spreading the tentacles out to see what we can come up with, and the market’s pretty decent right now for my line of work.
My worst layoff in my life got me the best job in my life. May the same happen for you.
187 | GunstarGreen Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:34:41pm |
re: #183 Vicious Babushka
WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT.
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It’s not possible for an adult human to be that oblivious. It’s just not. Malice is the only possible explanation.
Looking to radicals because you’re scared, huh? Like… scared of change, maybe? Scared of the scary blah people? Scared about dem secularists takin’ over and forcing you to gay-marry?
188 | Mateo Scrounge Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:40:48pm |
re: #187 GunstarGreen
It’s not possible for an adult human to be that oblivious. It’s just not. Malice is the only possible explanation.
Looking to radicals because you’re scared, huh? Like… scared of change, maybe? Scared of the scary blah people? Scared about dem secularists takin’ over and forcing you to gay-marry?
In tRoubled times the fearful and naive are always drawn to post nonsensical crap on Twitter and Facebook all day.
189 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:42:28pm |
re: #187 GunstarGreen
It’s not possible for an adult human to be that oblivious. It’s just not. Malice is the only possible explanation.
Looking to radicals because you’re scared, huh? Like… scared of change, maybe? Scared of the scary blah people? Scared about dem secularists takin’ over and forcing you to gay-marry?
Simple Questions for those who believe President #Obama is a “tyrannical dictator” #UniteBlue #tcot #tgdn #lnyhbt pic.twitter.com/x4jLlbmTDo— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 24, 2013
190 | ericblair Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:43:01pm |
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey Inez! There are speed limit signs…one assumes a person in law school can, ya know, READ…they are not speed limit “suggestions”..
From the description, I’m sure it’s DC295. Yes, there are parts that have a speed limit of 40 mph, but they’ve got left and right offramps and merges and constant traffic, so you’d be a suicidal idiot to do 80. Plus, anybody who lives in DC who’s got half a clue knows it’s a notorious speed trap so doesn’t really go too much over the limit.
So it’s a bullshit arbitrary fee charged by a big soulless organization just because it can. Of course, since she’s a card-carrying bona fide member of Teh Poorz, she should be used to being charged bullshit arbitrary fees by big soulless organizations on a near daily basis, so I don’t know why she’s all surprised.
191 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:46:05pm |
re: #190 ericblair
Of course, since she’s a card-carrying bona fide member of Teh Poorz
No, she is just pretending to be one on Teh Twitters.
193 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:50:54pm |
FX TV Arabia is now censoring the words #Jew and #Jewish. No, really. I'm not making it up. #FamilyGuy #censorship— Ali Al Saeed (@alialsaeed) July 25, 2013
194 | wrenchwench Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:51:52pm |
195 | Political Atheist Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:52:59pm |
re: #175 Charles Johnson
Rather than come off passive aggressive, since I disagreed elsewhere-gotta say I came to another conclusion. You do watch this stuff closer than I. But still… 111 of them Democrats. That’s a lot of people to get played so easily given how many years of beltway experience they represent.
Surely some of this is concerns about the larger implications of the changes in the laws since 9/11. IMO patience for extraordinary measures has limits. That is a good thing, although burdened always with the politics of each moment as they pass.
196 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:53:07pm |
197 | Stanley Sea Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:57:08pm |
re: #171 GunstarGreen
Greetings from the unemployment line, my fellow lizards.
Had a meeting this afternoon with my boss and me as the only invitee, which is always either a really good or really bad thing. After five years of really good things, I was due up for some bad news. I’m told it was purely budgetary, as the result of “across the board budget slashing”, that it is in no way related to performance and that they will gladly give me a positive reference.
Funny though, how they managed to hold on to the new guy that’s been there six months and is working off an H1B visa. I don’t blame him though, he’s a great guy and I wish him all the best — I just blame the corporate scum that ran the cold calculus of ‘cut the guy that commands a higher wage’.
Ah well. Such is life when doing contract work in a right-to-get-fucked-at-any-time state. #ThanksObama, I guess. //
It’s super tough the first couple of days, then it gets better. Trust me & hang in there.
198 | wrenchwench Wed, Jul 24, 2013 6:03:07pm |
re: #196 Gus
Don’t know. FX maybe.
Yep. Murdoch.
FX Middle East was launched in Summer 2011 (between June and July) as a new member of the FOX Middle East Family (FOX & FOX Movies) after many bad responses to dubbing the Fox Middle East channel (Previously Fox Series) to Arabic.
199 | Gus Wed, Jul 24, 2013 6:04:19pm |
200 | wrenchwench Wed, Jul 24, 2013 6:05:24pm |
201 | Eduardo Trouble Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:31:13am |
re: #18 Targetpractice
$275 in speeding tickets probably means she’s living on Ramen for the rest of the month.
That’s probably two tickets.
I got a red-light ticket last year from DC traffic cams, and it was $140.
202 | Eduardo Trouble Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:32:40am |
re: #23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
LOL
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I know EXACTLY where she got her ticket on the Beltway, now.
Too bad that her $1100 makes it tough to afford EZ Pass for the higher speed lanes on 495.
203 | Eduardo Trouble Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:33:30am |
re: #30 EPR-radar
That’s assuming the story of a ‘5 lane freeway’ having a posted limit of 40 where people routinely do 80 is true.
FWIW, it is true.
204 | Eduardo Trouble Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:37:09am |
re: #80 Vicious Babushka
She’s just making shit up.
No, she’s not — there is a section of 495 that drops from 55 to 40, and lots of people speed on it — but more like 65-70 than 80.
205 | Croc-Wearing Authoritarian Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:39:24am |
re: #204 chadu
No, she’s not — there is a section of 495 that drops from 55 to 40, and lots of people speed on it — but more like 65-70 than 80.
I think she is making shit up about how wonderful it is to live on minimum wage (FWIW, she admitted to Backwoods_Sleuth that she’s actually making $12/hr). She is an intern for a Koch front group—-she’s being trained in how to Make Shit Up.
206 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:40:01am |
re: #204 chadu
No, she’s not — there is a section of 495 that drops from 55 to 40, and lots of people speed on it — but more like 65-70 than 80.
In traffic engineering math, the purpose of a moderately-enforced 40 zone is to pull the average speed down to just below 50. When we had a national 55 limit, the average speed went to about 62. Relaxing it to 65 outside cities raised the freeways to about 72.
207 | Eduardo Trouble Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:40:12am |
re: #115 A Mom Anon
Unless Princess Inez is renting a very cheap room out of someone’s house and taking the bus everywhere, she is not at all living on 1100 dollars a month in DC. Or damned near anywhere else. Throw in a car payment(or at least insurance if the car’s paid for), food, clothing and health insurance and it’s not happening. She might want to watch that lead foot of hers too, too many points on that license and she won’t have it for long and her insurance will be insanely expensive, not to mention the chunk all those fines take out of the budget.
So, she’s either lying about her income or someone is helping her and she’s just not aware of what it’s like to be totally on her own with NO help from parents, a boyfriend, other family, etc. If she’s got loans for school, she’s not paying on them until she’s out of school, so that’s not a current concern. She’s dating an Breitbart editor, not sure what he’s able to do to contribute to her overall income, but she’s probably not counting anything outside her paycheck, which is kinda fudging the numbers. Where I come from that’s called lying by omission or being dishonest.
QFT.
She has to be living in the suburbs, probably with a roommate or two.
209 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:44:52am |
We have kept Ms. Feltscher from her mission long enough—those Koch talking points aren’t going to retweet themselves.
210 | Eduardo Trouble Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:45:42am |
re: #205 Vicious Babushka
I think she is making shit up about how wonderful it is to live on minimum wage (FWIW, she admitted to Backwoods_Sleuth that she’s actually making $12/hr). She is an intern for a Koch front group—-she’s being trained in how to Make Shit Up.
Ah, fair enough.