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1 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:08:02pm
2 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:08:41pm

re: #1 darthstar

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Oops…posted that downthread…damn multi-tabbing.

3 austin_blue  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:12:45pm

The throw out lines at the end of these vids are often the funniest bits. I’m wiping Anchor Steam of my i-Mac now…

4 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:12:48pm

to engage with all of the hottest companies and corporate sponsors targeting their

why do you hate prosperity?

5 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:16:01pm

This may be satire but it is surprisingly close parody of reality.

In case you’ve missed it, there is a new “reality” tv show called “Supermarket Superstar”. The premise is that amateurs and wanna be chefs can create a product that will eventually end up on the shelf at various A&P grocery stores.

I suppose the show could be considered a valid enterprise in business education, teaching about marketing and product development. However, to make a TV show the producers have found the usual assortment of desperate down-on-their luck Americans, or the usual assortment of asshole super-egos.

Anyway, the show reinforces the idea that all life is about is marketing and that Corporate America is your savior, if you just follow the right formula. The show even has an ominous corporate type lurking in the background, behind glass, casting dominating looks at his future product source.

It’s all about creating a brand for yourself, and conforming to the corporate power. It’s reality TV for the the corporatized society we appear to building.

6 Carlos Danger  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:16:29pm
7 makeitstop  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:22:42pm

Only funny depressing ‘cuz it’s true.

8 b.d.  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:24:58pm

AOL was my favorite, I still have a bunch of their old CDs.

9 ObserverArt  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:25:34pm

I just love The Onion.

This one brought me to remember my personal favorite Onion send-up. So I did a search at their site and they still have all their stuff apparently. I found my fav and now realize it goes all the way back to 1996. Times flies. Damn. Good that they kept it.

Since it is so old, maybe some here would enjoy it, especially for sports nuts.

Christ Returns to NBA

10 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:30:19pm

What happened to the crawl? Onion videos always used to have a crawl at the bottom that made you want to watch it twice.

11 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:31:33pm
12 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:31:43pm

re: #6 Carlos Danger

GOP Rep: Obamacare is racist because it taxes tanning salons

Gotta love how Republicans deny being able to see the real racism in the people they attract to their party, but imagine it all over the place whenever Democrats are involved.

13 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:32:42pm

Baaaa. Baaaaa. Baaaa.

14 EPR-radar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:33:24pm

re: #12 JeffFX

Gotta love how Republicans deny being able to see the real racism in the people they attract to their party, but imagine it all over the place whenever Democrats are involved.

DARVO 101 (Deny, Accuse, Reverse Victim and Offender).

15 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:33:37pm

Tanning Salons cause harm. If they had to pay the actual damages they cause there would not be a single one standing.

16 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:35:16pm

re: #15 Amory Blaine

Tanning Salons cause harm. If they had to pay the actual damages they cause there would not be a single one standing.

Army’s Surgeon General banned them from morale/welfare purchases about 15 years ago.

17 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:36:06pm

re: #11 Vicious Babushka

[Embedded content] regarding cotton candy grapes

Can’t believe that’s not from The Onion.

18 austin_blue  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:37:26pm

re: #17 JeffFX

Can’t believe that’s not from The Onion.

I can’t wait for Chateau de State Fair.

19 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:39:37pm

re: #15 Amory Blaine

And sadly, every HS girl out there going to the spring prom is burning those things up.

Along with buying a pageant gown—that’s the preferred dress at least here in NC, going for around $500-700 a pop, or more (it’s a competition). Girls can easily drop $1K getting ready.

20 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:42:58pm

re: #8 b.d.

AOL was my favorite, I still have a bunch of their old CDs.

I just got a new paper shredder and it has a special slot for CDs.
Dammit…not an AOL CD in sight to test that…

21 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:43:13pm

re: #18 austin_blue

I can’t wait for Chateau de State Fair.

I’m holding out for Funnel Cake. If they get to Corndog, they’ve gone too far.

22 ProTARDISLiberal  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:43:35pm

re: #19 Justanotherhuman

What happened to tanning naturally?

Anyone I hear using one of those things gets put in the “Hopelessly Vain” category in my head. Why spend money on that rather than fun things?

23 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:44:26pm

Yeah but, it IS the solution to the Koch Brothers buying liberal newspapers.

24 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:47:01pm

re: #22 ProTARDISLiberal

What happened to tanning naturally?

Anyone I hear using one of those things gets put in the “Hopelessly Vain” category in my head. Why spend money on that rather than fun things?

How about not tanning AT ALL? I think if the teenage girls who go to these tanning salons could see what will become of their skin by the age of 50, they’d avoid them like the plague!

Or, more likely, being teenagers, they’d be certain it could never happen to them, like baldness, obesity, etc. As my younger son said, “I’m a teenager. I’m invincible and I know everything!”

25 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:47:10pm

re: #22 ProTARDISLiberal

What happened to tanning naturally?

Anyone I hear using one of those things gets put in the “Hopelessly Vain” category in my head. Why spend money on that rather than fun things?

my question is what ever happened to “white pride”? Why do they want to be “brown” like those they sneer at?

26 ProTARDISLiberal  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:49:21pm

re: #24 GeneJockey

I don’t tan, so I don’t care. I go from “variously aged paper” to “lobster” in a hurry.

And because I am hyper-sensitive, I fear being a lobster, as that means hurt.

27 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:49:59pm

re: #22 ProTARDISLiberal

What happened to tanning naturally?

Anyone I hear using one of those things gets put in the “Hopelessly Vain” category in my head. Why spend money on that rather than fun things?

You mean like this poor woman? Image: tan-mom.jpg

28 ProTARDISLiberal  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:50:47pm

re: #27 Justanotherhuman

What the fuck was that?

29 Interesting Times  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:50:51pm

re: #23 Vicious Babushka

Yeah but, it IS the solution to the Koch Brothers buying liberal newspapers.

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Every selfie-avatar used by Shapiro makes me think of American Psycho o_O

30 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:50:54pm

re: #23 Vicious Babushka

Yeah but, it IS the solution to the Koch Brothers buying liberal newspapers.

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Ben does not look any more grown-up in that wide-shot profile pic than he did in the old close-up. I get a serious “dad’s suit” feeling.

That’s not to say that young people can’t be smart, and shouldn’t be taken seriously - but Ben is very not smart and should not be taken seriously at all.

31 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:52:01pm

Let me just state, for the record, here and now, that I am not a brand.

32 Carlos Danger  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:52:07pm

re: #30 JeffFX

The suit is less scary than the smile.

33 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:52:18pm

re: #23 Vicious Babushka

Yeah but, it IS the solution to the Koch Brothers buying liberal newspapers.

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34 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:52:34pm

re: #23 Vicious Babushka

Yeah but, it IS the solution to the Koch Brothers buying liberal newspapers.

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Yeah, WaPo is SOOOOOO liberal that’s why they have Charles Krauthammer, George Will and Jennifer Rubin on their staff.

35 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:53:42pm

re: #26 ProTARDISLiberal

I don’t tan, so I don’t care. I go from “variously aged paper” to “lobster” in a hurry.

And because I am hyper-sensitive, I fear being a lobster, as that means hurt.

I have Anglo-Celtic Phosphorescent White skin, or, as my 1/2 Filipino friend used to call me, “Frog Belly White”. Which sounds like a Blues singer, especially if you put “Blind” in front of it.

I wear at least SPF30 for any significant exposure. I wish they’d had that stuff when I was a kid. I got some nasty sunburns.

36 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:54:19pm

re: #31 freetoken

Let me just state, for the record, here and now, that I am not a brand.

I approve this message.

37 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:54:23pm

re: #30 JeffFX

Ben does not look any more grown-up in that wide-shot profile pic than he did in the old close-up. I get a serious “dad’s suit” feeling.

That’s not to say that young people can’t be smart, and shouldn’t be taken seriously - but Ben is very not smart and should not be taken seriously at all.

Ben changed his Twitter avi because he thought he could stop the “Children of the Corn” Photoshops.

38 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:54:24pm

Ben Shapiro has never blocked me. Unlike Greenwald. :O

39 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:55:27pm

re: #28 ProTARDISLiberal

Tanning addict Patricia Krentcil, of NJ, who was arrested for allegedly putting her 5 yr old daughter in a tanning bed. Charges were later dropped. She ran that into a “15 min of fame” thingy, even has her own FluffPo page: huffingtonpost.com

40 piratedan  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:55:27pm

re: #31 freetoken

I’ve always thought of you as more of a product in a brand line…. //

41 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:55:39pm

Bringing derp up from downstairs…

42 Interesting Times  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:56:31pm

re: #38 Gus

Ben Shapiro has never blocked me. Unlike Greenwald. :O

The breitbrat-spawn prefer to RT those who criticize them, in order to bring the mouth-breeding dittohead hordes down upon their heads.

43 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:57:28pm

re: #37 Vicious Babushka

Ben changed his Twitter avi because he thought he could stop the “Children of the Corn” Photoshops.

“Children of the Corn” is how I see the Talibangical Christians.

Ben could bleach his hair and go for Children of the Damned instead. I don’t think he has many other options.

44 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:59:36pm

I’m on a roll…

45 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:59:48pm

re: #42 Interesting Times

The breitbrat-spawn prefer to RT those who criticize them, in order to bring the mouth-breeding dittohead hordes down upon their heads.

Greenwald lacks the organized hate machine that Breitbart set up.

46 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:00:26pm

re: #42 Interesting Times

The breitbrat-spawn prefer to RT those who criticize them, in order to bring the mouth-breeding dittohead hordes down upon their heads.

Yeah, I’ve seen that done before. Had a few encounters. Not from Shapiro. Adam Baldwin does that a lot. Most of it has calmed down since last Nov. 6th. :D

47 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:01:40pm

re: #46 Gus

Adam Baldwin does that a lot.

Ugh, it’s not easy to be a Firefly or Chuck fan these days.

48 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:04:02pm


49 austin_blue  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:04:15pm

re: #35 GeneJockey

I have Anglo-Celtic Phosphorescent White skin, or, as my 1/2 Filipino friend used to call me, “Frog Belly White”. Which sounds like a Blues singer, especially if you put “Blind” in front of it.

I wear at least SPF30 for any significant exposure. I wish they’d had that stuff when I was a kid. I got some nasty sunburns.

We Irish/German half-breeds have three colors: White as Aspirin, Crimson, and Skin-sloughing Grey.

We are not attractive humans in the summer.

50 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:04:59pm

re: #35 GeneJockey

“Frog Belly White”. Which sounds like a Blues singer

i was looking for a good stage name

find me at your local blues bar on the same bill as ‘hopeless slim’

51 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:05:13pm
52 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:05:47pm
53 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:07:11pm
54 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:07:16pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

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I saw something like that in North Dakota only it was pretty much all black. Was at a truck stop. Needless to say, jumped in my care and tore out of there.

55 A Man for all Seasons  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:07:32pm

OT: Ok Lizards.. I finally watched the movie a Man for all Seasons.. I thought it was a great nic..Little did I know that the Man for all Seasons gets his head chopped off by the King of England.. A little ’ head’s ’ up would have been nice folks..Did anybody post that I may lose my head over an issue? You are going to chop me off? Maybe the body of my message was collapsing under it’s weight? Any clue at all? Thanks for that.. :)
Oh..And little baby King George.. The world adores you..Did you know your great great grandpa was a piece of shit? Oh..Thats OK.. They made a movie about it…

56 austin_blue  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:09:02pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

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Can you say “Hook echo”?

I knew you could!

There’s a lot of weather going on in that picture. None of it good.

57 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:09:23pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

Wasn’t it provident that God placed all those little fossils there 6000 years ago, just so kids could have something with which to draw hopscotch outlines on a sidewalk?

58 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:10:23pm
59 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:11:35pm

I put together a Twitter list of people who tweet great images, in case anyone wants to subscribe to it:

twitter.com

60 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:11:42pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

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Looks like The Whisk Broom Of God.

61 austin_blue  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:11:55pm

re: #58 Gus

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Unlike the 787-9, however, the WaPo’s bugs are all known.

62 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:11:58pm

re: #58 Gus

Also approximately one Mitt Romney.

63 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:12:33pm

re: #48 Kragar

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64 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:12:38pm

re: #62 freetoken

Also approximately one Mitt Romney.

Let’s see. Will you take this Mitt Romney?

65 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:13:09pm

re: #55 A Man for all Seasons

OT: Ok Lizards.. I finally watched the movie a Man for all Seasons.. I thought it was a great nic..Little did I know that the Man for all Seasons gets his head chopped off by the King of England.. A little ’ head’s ’ up would have been nice folks.

In that case, don’t change your nic to ‘Eddard Stark’

66 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:14:35pm

The latest Tweetdeck has a great feature that shows the images in 3 sizes, in a column. Looks like this:

Image: ZZ28A732FA.jpg

67 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:15:30pm

Alternatively,

re: #55 A Man for all Seasons

OT: Ok Lizards.. I finally watched the movie a Man for all Seasons.. I thought it was a great nic..Little did I know that the Man for all Seasons gets his head chopped off by the King of England.. A little ’ head’s ’ up would have been nice folks.

So, the More you know, the less you like it?

68 bratwurst  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:15:39pm
69 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:16:25pm
70 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:16:49pm
71 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:17:44pm

I just had my first bubble tea. Yum.

72 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:18:09pm

This is the story that GG is now shilling on Twitter. bloomberg.com

Yet, contained in the very first paragraph is an assumption, not necessarily true. “Imagine the government passed a law requiring all citizens to carry a tracking device. Such a law would immediately be found unconstitutional. Yet we all carry mobile phones.”

It goes on: “The NSA is also in the business of spying on everyone, and it has realized it’s far easier to collect all the data from these corporations rather than from us directly. In some cases, the NSA asks for this data nicely. In other cases, it makes use of subtle threats or overt pressure. If that doesn’t work, it uses tools like national security letters.”

Fanning the flames of misinformation.

73 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:20:27pm

re: #72 Justanotherhuman

This is the story that GG is now shilling on Twitter. bloomberg.com

Yet, contained in the very first paragraph is an assumption, not necessarily true. “Imagine the government passed a law requiring all citizens to carry a tracking device. Such a law would immediately be found unconstitutional. Yet we all carry mobile phones.”

It goes on: “The NSA is also in the business of spying on everyone, and it has realized it’s far easier to collect all the data from these corporations rather than from us directly. In some cases, the NSA asks for this data nicely. In other cases, it makes use of subtle threats or overt pressure. If that doesn’t work, it uses tools like national security letters.”

Fanning the flames of misinformation.

Hidden in that passage is the point that the corporations collect the data, and use it as they please, and they don’t have to get a warrant, and nobody reviews what they do with it.

74 wrenchwench  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:21:23pm

re: #71 Amory Blaine

I just had my first bubble tea. Yum.

I looked it up. Sounds disgusting, but I’d probably like it.

75 A Man for all Seasons  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:21:29pm

re: #67 GeneJockey

Alternatively,

So, the More you know, the less you like it?

And that is a great Pun..
I see that Sir Thomas More became a Saint in 1935..Yea.. I kind of figured his name wasn’t St.Thomas More when they cut his head off..

76 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:22:56pm

re: #63 JeffFX

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I loved that one.

77 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:23:39pm

From this point on, “traditional marriage” will be referred to as Penis-Vagina based marriage.

78 A Man for all Seasons  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:23:47pm

re: #75 A Man for all Seasons

And that is a great Pun..
I see that Sir Thomas More became a Saint in 1935..Yea.. I kind of figured his name wasn’t St.Thomas More when they cut his head off..

Maybe I should change my Nic to..mmm. Let’s see.. A-Rod?

79 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:23:50pm

re: #75 A Man for all Seasons

And that is a great Pun..
I see that Sir Thomas More became a Saint in 1935..Yea.. I kind of figured his name wasn’t St.Thomas More when they cut his head off..

Joan of Arc didn’t become a saint until 1910. There is a rather unflattering portrayal of her in one of Shakespeare’s plays, Henry (the number after his name I don’t recall)

80 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:24:33pm

re: #55 A Man for all Seasons

Oh..And little baby King George.. The world adores you..Did you know your great great grandpa was a piece of shit? Oh..Thats OK.. They made a movie about it…

Not to worry. George isn’t descended from Henry VIII. None of Henry’s children had any children of their own. England had to go to Scotland for a king when Elizabeth I died.

81 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:25:38pm

re: #80 GeneJockey

Not to worry. George isn’t descended from Henry VIII. None of Henry’s children had any children of their own. England had to go to Scotland for a king when Elizabeth I died.

The current ruling family of the UK had to be imported from Germany in the mid-1700’s.

82 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:26:28pm

re: #73 GeneJockey

And people accept it from corporations, in which most people don’t have a voice. But not our “evil govt” which is supposed to be all of us, in a constitutional democratic republic.

83 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:27:13pm

re: #72 Justanotherhuman

Some of it’s a little over the top, but I think Bruce Schneier makes some pretty good points here about the incredible access to their personal data that people are giving digital tech-based corporations, without a second thought:

The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership - Bloomberg

This partnership manifests itself in various ways. The government uses corporations to circumvent its prohibitions against eavesdropping domestically on its citizens. Corporations rely on the government to ensure that they have unfettered use of the data they collect.

Here’s an example: It would be reasonable for our government to debate the circumstances under which corporations can collect and use our data, and to provide for protections against misuse. But if the government is using that very data for its own surveillance purposes, it has an incentive to oppose any laws to limit data collection. And because corporations see no need to give consumers any choice in this matter — because it would only reduce their profits — the market isn’t going to protect consumers, either.

Our elected officials are often supported, endorsed and funded by these corporations as well, setting up an incestuous relationship between corporations, lawmakers and the intelligence community.

The losers are us, the people, who are left with no one to stand up for our interests. Our elected government, which is supposed to be responsible to us, is not. And corporations, which in a market economy are supposed to be responsive to our needs, are not. What we have now is death to privacy — and that’s very dangerous to democracy and liberty.

84 austin_blue  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:27:33pm

re: #72 Justanotherhuman

This is the story that GG is now shilling on Twitter. bloomberg.com

Yet, contained in the very first paragraph is an assumption, not necessarily true. “Imagine the government passed a law requiring all citizens to carry a tracking device. Such a law would immediately be found unconstitutional. Yet we all carry mobile phones.”

It goes on: “The NSA is also in the business of spying on everyone, and it has realized it’s far easier to collect all the data from these corporations rather than from us directly. In some cases, the NSA asks for this data nicely. In other cases, it makes use of subtle threats or overt pressure. If that doesn’t work, it uses tools like national security letters.”

Fanning the flames of misinformation.

That reminds me of this:

imdb.com

Of course, GG misses the fact that cel phone use is voluntary.

85 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:31:55pm

Schneier goes offbase when he assumes the worst about the government and the NSA, but I think he’s right on the money when he says that there’s a kind of feedback loop going on where both government and corporation have no real incentive to protect the privacy of their customers/citizens, but plenty of incentive to grab all the data they can get.

That’s a valid and important point in this, because so much of this whole NSA controversy stems from their collection of personal data that people are giving to tech corporations in one way or another.

86 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:32:05pm

This just popped up on the newswires: wnep.com

A gunman opened fire during a town meeting in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, killing two people. The shooter is in custody.

87 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:32:43pm

re: #81 Vicious Babushka

The current ruling family of the UK had to be imported from Germany in the mid-1700’s.

i say, wasn’t vicky’s husband some german chappie as well? what? what?

88 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:33:46pm

re: #77 Kragar

From this point on, “traditional marriage” will be referred to as Penis-Vagina based marriage.

Wouldn’t that be Penis-Vaginas, given that in many societies a man would have more than one woman bear him children?

89 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:33:56pm

Looks like CBS and TWC are gonna kiss and make up.

90 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:34:11pm

re: #86 Dr Lizardo

This just popped up on the newswires: wnep.com

A gunman opened fire during a town meeting in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, killing two people. The shooter is in custody.

I’d be interested in knowing what kind of meeting was in session.

91 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:34:57pm

re: #88 freetoken

Wouldn’t that be Penis-Vaginas, given that in many societies a man would have more than one woman bear him children?

Ain’t no multiple wives in the Bible!

Oh, wait a second…

92 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:35:00pm
93 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:36:13pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

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nice wall cloud!
Here in the backwoods tonight, we had
dancing clouds

94 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:36:18pm

re: #88 freetoken

Wouldn’t that be Penis-Vaginas, given that in many societies a man would have more than one woman bear him children?

Blasphemy! Marriage has always been one man and one woman as God intended. Anyone who tells you different is a filthy Lieberal

95 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:37:31pm

re: #90 Kragar

I’d be interested in knowing what kind of meeting was in session.

My first thought was that whackjob sheriff in PA, but he’s in a different part of the state. Gilberton, PA to be exact.

96 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:38:05pm

re: #87 engineer cat

i say, wasn’t vicky’s husband some german chappie as well? what? what?

Yeah and she was the grandmother of all the royal families in Europe.

As in literally.

97 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:38:13pm

Well, now that all those embassies are closed, let’s leave them closed.

//

98 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:38:29pm

re: #82 Justanotherhuman

And people accept it from corporations, in which most people don’t have a voice. But not our “evil govt” which is supposed to be all of us, in a constitutional democratic republic.

I’d sell my SSI number for 2 Dairy Queen coupons!!!

99 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:39:00pm
100 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:41:48pm

re: #95 Dr Lizardo

My first thought was that whackjob sheriff in PA, but he’s in a different part of the state. Gilberton, PA to be exact.

I thought that, then wondered if it was at the County Clerk going ahead with Same Sex marriages.

101 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:43:31pm

re: #95 Dr Lizardo

My first thought was that whackjob sheriff in PA, but he’s in a different part of the state. Gilberton, PA to be exact.

According to Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen two people are dead in a shooting this evening in Ross Township.

The suspect, according to police scanner reports, has been captured.

A Pocono Record reporter who was at the meeting reported that the alleged gunman had a pistol with a scope and shot through a wall into the meeting.

One person was shot in the leg, two were hit in the stomach and one was shot in the head, according to unconfirmed reports.

According to police radio reports an unknown man has been captured in the Ross Township municipal building on Anchorage Road near the post office.

Police are urging residents to avoid the area near the Ross Township building on Anchorage Road.

102 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:45:10pm

cuteness break!

kittehs in MrBackwoodsSleuth’s travel laundry bag

One kitteh says stinky socks must die…the other says “wake me when they are warm and freshly clean from the dryer…”

103 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:46:17pm

re: #101 Amory Blaine

A pistol with a scope is sorta unusual; I have to admit, I haven’t seen that combo in quite a long time.

104 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:46:34pm

re: #101 Amory Blaine

According to Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen two people are dead in a shooting this evening in Ross Township.

The suspect, according to police scanner reports, has been captured.

A Pocono Record reporter who was at the meeting reported that the alleged gunman had a pistol with a scope and shot through a wall into the meeting.

One person was shot in the leg, two were hit in the stomach and one was shot in the head, according to unconfirmed reports.

According to police radio reports an unknown man has been captured in the Ross Township municipal building on Anchorage Road near the post office.

Police are urging residents to avoid the area near the Ross Township building on Anchorage Road.

And if residents are unable to avoid the area… LOCK AND LOAD!!!11!!

//

105 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:46:35pm

re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth

cuteness break!

kittehs in MrBackwoodsSleuth’s travel laundry bag

One kitteh says stinky socks must die…the other says “wake me when they are warm and freshly clean from the dryer…”

Mmm, I’m in heaven! Stinky laundry.
— Cat

106 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:47:48pm

re: #100 Kragar

I thought that, then wondered if it was at the County Clerk going ahead with Same Sex marriages.

I’m going to put my money on it being something land-related, that he blames the local government for.

107 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:48:12pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

And if residents are unable to avoid the area…LOCK AND LOAD!!!

//

The obvious response to any shooting is to flood the area with as many people with guns as possible, especially untrained civilians.
/

108 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:48:30pm

re: #105 Gus

Mmm, I’m in heaven! Stinky laundry.
— Cat

can’t beat teh steenkie laundry…

109 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:50:42pm

re: #107 Kragar

The obvious response to any shooting is to flood the area with as many people with guns as possible, especially untrained civilians.
/

It’s the way the founders wanted it!!

110 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:51:03pm

re: #92 Charles Johnson

Steve Weinstein @steveweinstein

How is Tumblr worth $1.1 billion and Washington Post $250 million on this very good day. Seriously, we are a fucked up society.

i know people who work in dot coms where nobody uses the actual website, but a lot of effort goes in to obtruding it, loaded with advertising, onto the screens of other companies. users hate it and complain about it visibly in public forums, but the company itself continues to mint money from ad revenues

advertising is killing the web

111 GeneJockey  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:51:46pm

re: #103 Dr Lizardo

It’s common for hunting, usually in the larger calibers, like the .500 S&W Magnum.

112 wrenchwench  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:53:20pm

Not your usual kittehs…

Later, lizards.

From here.

113 austin_blue  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:53:44pm

re: #101 Amory Blaine

According to Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen two people are dead in a shooting this evening in Ross Township.

The suspect, according to police scanner reports, has been captured.

A Pocono Record reporter who was at the meeting reported that the alleged gunman had a pistol with a scope and shot through a wall into the meeting.

One person was shot in the leg, two were hit in the stomach and one was shot in the head, according to unconfirmed reports.

According to police radio reports an unknown man has been captured in the Ross Township municipal building on Anchorage Road near the post office.

Police are urging residents to avoid the area near the Ross Township building on Anchorage Road.

Disappointed Jeff Gordon fan.

“The #24 wuz robbed by Kasey Kahne at Pocono!”

114 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:54:22pm

re: #110 engineer cat

Maybe if the govt started using ads, people would accept what they do more readily?

115 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:55:36pm

re: #111 GeneJockey

It’s common for hunting, usually in the larger calibers, like the .500 S&W Magnum.

That could explain why I haven’t seen that combo in such a long time.

116 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:56:45pm

DERP
Trayvon is TOTALLY like Emmett Till.

117 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:57:08pm
118 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:58:25pm
119 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:58:30pm

re: #112 wrenchwench

Not your usual kittehs…

Later, lizards.

From here.

Packed with kittehs. (That’s gotta be uncomfortable.)

120 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:59:08pm
121 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:59:13pm

Creationist museum asks, “What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?”

Dinosaurs were on Noah’s ark, and the Bible teaches you all about history, not silly scientists.

Youtube Video

122 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:59:25pm
123 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:00:10pm
124 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:00:44pm

OMG BUT DRONES!

125 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:01:13pm

The list is endless. 74% of civilians deaths in Afghanistan are the result of TERRORISM.

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:01:26pm

re: #107 Kragar

The obvious response to any shooting is to flood the area with as many people with guns as possible, especially untrained civilians.
/

yeppers…what could possibly go wrong??!!??

127 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:03:02pm

re: #112 wrenchwench

Not your usual kittehs…

Later, lizards.

From here.

that is…frightening…
I see eight spines, at the very least…poor momma cat….

128 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:08:43pm

Jeff Bezos bought the WAPO for less than 1% of what he’s worth, according to Rachel Maddow.

Good grief.

129 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:10:09pm

It’s like buying a newspaper.

130 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:11:23pm

re: #123 freetoken

“The company that made him one of the richest men in the world has had a less than benign impact on our nation. It has devastated the publishing industry, from the big presses to the small booksellers. It has exacerbated the growth of the low-wage economy, to the point where the president feels the need to celebrate an increase in warehouse jobs that will pay barely more than minimum wage. (Fun fact uncovered by the Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. two years ago: Instead of paying for air-conditioning at some Pennsylvania warehouses, Amazon had just stationed paramedics outside to take the inevitably heat-stressed workers to the hospital.)”

131 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:12:29pm

re: #128 Justanotherhuman

Jeff Bezos bought the WAPO for less than 1% of what he’s worth, according to Rachel Maddow.

Good grief.

1 percent… let’s see… So Maddow thinks the WaPo is worth… drumroll please…

25 BILLION DOLLARS!

132 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:13:53pm

Forbes estimates Bezos’ net worth at $28 billion:
forbes.com

133 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:13:56pm

re: #130 Justanotherhuman

“The company that made him one of the richest men in the world has had a less than benign impact on our nation. It has devastated the publishing industry, from the big presses to the small booksellers. It has exacerbated the growth of the low-wage economy, to the point where the president feels the need to celebrate an increase in warehouse jobs that will pay barely more than minimum wage. (Fun fact uncovered by the Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. two years ago: Instead of paying for air-conditioning at some Pennsylvania warehouses, Amazon had just stationed paramedics outside to take the inevitably heat-stressed workers to the hospital.)”

Oh jeez. MSNBC used to be partially owned by General Electric. Now it’s owned by creepy old Comcast. IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD! ZOMG!

134 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:16:01pm
135 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:16:15pm

Japanese-Mexican fusion dinner

Carne Asada rice bowls with green onions and Miso Soup with mini mushrooms.

136 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:16:33pm

re: #116 Vicious Babushka

DERP
Trayvon is TOTALLY like Emmett Till.

[Embedded content]

Do you mean he thinks that or you think that? Because Trayvon Martin is a long way from Emmett Till. Not even close.

137 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:18:00pm

re: #132 jaunte

Forbes estimates Bezos’ net worth at $28 billion:
forbes.com

That’s 100 Mitt Romneys.

138 Kragar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:18:02pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

Roll or tunnel clouds

Image: morninggloryclouds_petroff.jpg

139 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:18:15pm

re: #136 Dark_Falcon

Do you mean he thinks that or you think that? Because Trayvon Martin is a long way from Emmett Till. Not even close.

Both were teens and killed for walking while Black.

140 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:22:08pm

re: #133 Gus

Those are really shitty jobs, though. Had a temp job filling orders once, and couldn’t wait until it was over. In desperate need of cash or would have passed on it. Everyone else there seemed to be in the same boat.

141 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:23:43pm

re: #135 Kragar

Japanese-Mexican fusion dinner

Carne Asada rice bowls with green onions and Miso Soup with mini mushrooms.

many european ‘traditional’ cuisines are really euro-american fusion, for example anything with tomato sauce, potatoes, or corn

142 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:24:43pm

Apparently Maddow is freaking out over this sale. Pot meet kettle Rachel. You work for big old giant Comcast owned MSNBC with an HQ in the GE building.

143 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:26:12pm

Has she pulled out a chalk board yet?

//

144 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:29:10pm

re: #138 Kragar

Roll or tunnel clouds

Image: morninggloryclouds_petroff.jpg

roll clouds

146 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:29:50pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

Packed with kittehs. (That’s gotta be uncomfortable.)

My daughter-in-law has entered her 9th month of twins.

147 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:30:16pm

re: #139 Justanotherhuman

Both were teens and killed for walking while Black.

No, not so. Emmett Till was killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman, he was indeed killed for being black. And his attackers planned to kill him in advance.

Trayvon Martin was killed because he knocked George Zimmerman down and then pinned him to the ground. If he had not used force, he would not have been shot. Moreover, while Zimmerman was overzealous to be sure, he did not set out to kill Martin.

What George Zimmerman did was to shoot someone who had him in a seriously bad position whom he thought was a criminal (though that last was not actually true). This is not the same thing as more than one man stalking, torturing, and killing a boy much smaller than they were simply for offending their belief in white supremacy.

Note: The preceding should not be taken to mean George Zimmerman handled the situation correctly, because if he had stayed in his SUV then no one would have gotten hurt or killed. But that still does not make him anything like the monsters who murdered Emmett Till.

148 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:30:18pm
149 Mattand  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:31:43pm

re: #142 Gus

re: #143 Gus

LOL, someone is criticizing Maddow. I feel a Kilgore Trout visit coming on, wafting in gently on Magic Balance Fairy wings.

I’m not really getting the freakout over Bezos buying WaPo.

150 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:31:58pm

re: #132 jaunte

Forbes estimates Bezos’ net worth at $28 billion:
forbes.com

Good grief, he’s made $3B since March of this year.

151 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:32:15pm

re: #136 Dark_Falcon

Do you mean he thinks that or you think that? Because Trayvon Martin is a long way from Emmett Till. Not even close.

Oprah thinks that and she is right. Trayvon and Emmett were both black teenagers killed by white men who thought they were a “threat.” In both cases the white men were acquitted.

152 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:33:15pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Trayvon Martin was killed because he knocked George Zimmerman down and then pinned him to the ground

zimmerman says that’s what happened

there are no other witnesses

153 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:33:47pm

re: #150 Justanotherhuman

I wonder what strength of will it takes to stop acquiring things once you get to the 25 billion level.

154 Gus  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:34:03pm

re: #149 Mattand

LOL, someone is criticizing Maddow. I feel a Kilgore Trout visit coming on, wafting in gently on Magic Balance Fairy wings.

I’m not really getting the freakout over Bezos buying WaPo.

Meh. I’m entitled to my opinion.

155 Mattand  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:34:03pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

No, not so. Emmett Till was killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman, he was indeed killed for being black. And his attackers planned to kill him in advance.

Trayvon Martin was killed because he knocked George Zimmerman down and then pinned him to the ground. If he had not used force, he would not have been shot. Moreover, while Zimmerman was overzealous to be sure, he did not set out to kill Martin.

What George Zimmerman did was to shoot someone who had him in a seriously bad position whom he thought was a criminal (though that last was not actually true). This is not the same thing as more than one man stalking, torturing, and killing a boy much smaller than they were simply for offending their belief in white supremacy.

Note: The preceding should not be taken to mean George Zimmerman handled the situation correctly, because if he had stayed in his SUV then no one would have gotten hurt or killed. But that still does not make him anything like the monsters who murdered Emmett Till.

Bullshit. If Trayvon Martin were as white as I am, your boy Zimmerman would have kept on driving.

156 Carlos Danger  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:34:18pm

re: #113 austin_blue

Disappointed Jeff Gordon fan.

“The #24 wuz robbed by Kasey Kahne at Pocono!”

Whoa, I was just there a couple of days ago.

157 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:35:40pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Trayvon Martin was killed because he knocked George Zimmerman down and then pinned him to the ground. If he had not used force, he would not have been shot. Moreover, while Zimmerman was overzealous to be sure, he did not set out to kill Martin.

There is only GZ saying that, and there’s no evidence that is what happened.

What George Zimmerman did was to shoot someone who had him in a seriously bad position whom he thought was a criminal (though that last was not actually true). This is not the same thing as more than one man stalking, torturing, and killing a boy much smaller than they were simply for offending their belief in white supremacy.

Why, yes, it IS the same thing as one man stalking and killing a boy much smaller.
And Trayvon is still DEAD for being walking suspiciously as black.
In the dark.
In the rain.
In a neighborhood where he had every right to be in and GZ didn’t even know what street he was on.

good grief…

158 Mattand  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:35:47pm

re: #154 Gus

Meh. I’m entitled to my opinion.

Not criticizing you. Rachel has her off-days like everyone else. I was referring to KT’s “Maddow is the same as Beck” delusion.

Like I said, I’m not sure why she’s freaking over this.

159 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:35:50pm

re: #154 Gus

Meh. I’m entitled to my opinion.

Go to your room.

160 William Barnett-Lewis  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:36:55pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Zimmerman claims that. I’ve yet to see any reason to believe he did anything but stand back and execute Martin. Not very different from Till at all.

161 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:37:56pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

And Emmett Till allegedly flirted with a white woman; he was 14, she was 21. It was on her word that he was killed by her husband and half-brother. His killers, after being acquitted, admitted they had killed him.

162 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:38:29pm
163 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:39:01pm

I don’t know if that’s for real.

164 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:39:19pm

re: #160 William Barnett-Lewis

Zimmerman claims that. I’ve yet to see any reason to believe he did anything but stand back and execute Martin. Not very different from Till at all.

The injures he suffered and the abrasions on Martin’s knuckles say otherwise.

165 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:40:07pm

Probably not.

166 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:40:52pm

re: #162 jaunte

Haha!


JeffSharlet @JeffSharlet
Anyway, as new WaPo EiC, I’m accepting thoughts on who to fire first. Theres trapdoor under chair across from my desk. Straight to Politico.
less than a minute ago

167 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:41:00pm
168 Mattand  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:41:04pm

re: #164 Dark_Falcon

The injures he suffered and the abrasions on Martin’s knuckles say otherwise.

Funny how things work out when you execute the only witness to the crime.

169 Stanley Sea  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:42:20pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Trayvon Martin was killed because he knocked George Zimmerman down and then pinned him to the ground. If he had not used force, he would not have been shot. Moreover, while Zimmerman was overzealous to be sure, he did not set out to kill Martin.

Says still gun carrying yahoo liar.

Photo of Trayvon showed the tea and skittles still in his fucking hand. That magical hand.

170 William Barnett-Lewis  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:42:28pm

re: #164 Dark_Falcon

The injures he suffered and the abrasions on Martin’s knuckles say otherwise.

The injuries Zimmerman suffered were minimal and, frankly, easy to fake

Martin only had abrasions on his left hand, not consistent with punching with his dominant hand as he was alleged to be doing.

It’s easy to walk when the law is biased and the only witness has been buried.

171 Single-handed sailor  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:42:36pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

There is only GZ saying that, and there’s no evidence that is what happened.

Why, yes, it IS the same thing as one man stalking and killing a boy much smaller.
And Trayvon is still DEAD for being walking suspiciously as black.
In the dark.
In the rain.
In a neighborhood where he had every right to be in and GZ didn’t even know what street he was on.

good grief…

Isn’t there like only 3 streets in the neighborhood? How dumb do you have to be to not know the street numbering system in your own neighborhood. He’s not very good at neighborhood watching if he doesn’t know the area he lives in.

172 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:45:54pm

Finally got to watch the Lollapalooza video. Funny stuff.

173 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:49:14pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Note: The preceding should not be taken to mean George Zimmerman handled the situation correctly, because if he had stayed in his SUV then no one would have gotten hurt or killed. But that still does not make him anything like the monsters who murdered Emmett Till.

The preceding indicates that you’re still defending George Zimmerman for god only gives a fuck why. Either you agree with him that killing unarmed black kids is okay, or you’re being willfully ignorant of the overwhelming evidence that this was a seriously fucked up situation and Zimmerman killed Trayvon because he knew he could.

You choose.

174 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:52:50pm

re: #171 Single-handed sailor

Isn’t there like only 3 streets in the neighborhood? How dumb do you have to be to not know the street numbering system in your own neighborhood. He’s not very good at neighborhood watching if he doesn’t know the area he lives in.

Exactly!

175 BongCrodny  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:53:04pm

re: #128 Justanotherhuman

Jeff Bezos bought the WAPO for less than 1% of what he’s worth, according to Rachel Maddow.

Good grief.

re: #131 Gus

1 percent… let’s see… So Maddow thinks the WaPo is worth… drumroll please…

25 BILLION DOLLARS!

I’m reading that as Maddow saying that Bezos is worth $25 billion, not the Post.

Am I misunderinterpreting this?

176 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:54:20pm

re: #175 BongCrodny

I think that’s correct.

177 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:54:37pm

re: #175 BongCrodny

No, he’s worth $28B, and bought the WAPO for $250M, so less than 1%.

And in the interest of openness, I have never bought anything from Amazon, so they don’t know me from Adam’s house cat. : )

178 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:55:35pm

re: #164 Dark_Falcon

The injures he suffered and the abrasions on Martin’s knuckles say otherwise.

I have worse abrasions on my knuckles after scrubbing my floors or mucking out the barn.

You need to have better evidence than that, but you can’t.

179 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:55:36pm

re: #173 darthstar

I consider your ‘choice’ a false one and thus reject it.

180 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:56:14pm

re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth

I have worse abrasions on my knuckles after scrubbing my floors or mucking out the barn.

You need to have better evidence than that, but you can’t.

No, it was the prosecutors who needed better evidence.

181 jaunte  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:57:34pm

NYT:

…Last year, the company [Amazon] spent $775 million to buy a manufacturer of robots that it plans to eventually deploy in its warehouses…
nytimes.com

Maybe they’ll develop a reporterbot.

182 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:59:41pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

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Looks a bit like a giant vaginaGeorgia O’Keeffe painting.

183 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:01:14pm

re: #180 Dark_Falcon

No, it was the prosecutors who needed better evidence.

You brought up the abrasions on Trayvon’s knuckle as evidence that he attacked GZ. Those abrasions were miniscule.
But keep propping up how GZ was so fearful of a smaller black kid who was armed with only the deadly weapons of a cellphone, Skittles and a can of tea…

184 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:01:34pm

re: #179 Dark_Falcon

I consider your ‘choice’ a false one and thus reject it.

I consider your continued support of Zimmerman disgusting, yet try to understand it (from a purely anthropological perspective).

185 freetoken  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:03:15pm

Indiana again… and showing Ball State’s long run with creationists:

Scientist Jay Wile sees evidence of dinosaurs in Bible

[…]

Guest lecturer Jay Wile, a nuclear chemist who taught at Ball State University during the 1990s, presented the group evidence of dinosaurs living alongside humans in recent history.

“I am sure you disagree with most of what was in my presentations … and I have no problem with that,” Wile told The Star Press after his talk. “Disagreement is one of the many things that makes life interesting. I just ask that you treat me fairly in your disagreement.”

[…]

Wile quoted from Job 40: 15:23: “Behold now behemoth; which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar … His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron … Behold, he drinketh up a river …”

“That sounds like an apatosaurus, which used to be called brontosaurus,” Wile said. “Some think it’s a hippo, but hippos have piggy tails.”

[…]

Overall, another soft sell for creationism from Indystar.com .

Wile has had this gimmick for some time, but he still gets a pass from editors who need to publish something their readers will find comforting.

186 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:05:14pm

re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth

I have worse abrasions on my knuckles after scrubbing my floors or mucking out the barn.

You need to have better evidence than that, but you can’t.

Well, GZ is white…what more evidence do you need? In DF’s defense, he lives in/near Chicago, and reads stories about scary black people killing each other every day, so it could be that he’s traumatized by his own environment and identifies with Zimmerman’s irrational fear of dark people.

187 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:07:17pm
poconorecord.com>poconorecord.com>According to Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen two people are dead in a shooting this evening in Ross Township.

It appears to have been this guy:

Ross Township hopes to buy a Flyte Road property, deemed an eyesore and up for sheriff’s sale next month, to clean it up and remove what it calls a stream obstruction.

Ruling in the township’s favor, Monroe County Court last August ordered Rockne Newell, 59, to vacate and never again occupy or use the property, unless he has the proper permits to do so.

The township’s efforts to take over the land he’s owned since 1990 are the latest development in an 18-year battle against Newell.

“This is total (horse excrement),” said Newell, who has been living out of his 1984 Fiero and in abandoned buildings since being ordered to vacate.

“They have no right to kick me off my property. They call my property an ‘eyesore.’ When I bought it, it was one of only three properties on the entire road that didn’t have what they call ‘junk.’”


Unkempt
The unmown property now has the largest number of visibly cluttered items, including tires, cinderblocks and piles of lumber, on Flyte Road.

Unemployed for years due to an injury from a crash, Newell said he collects and uses items other people throw away, which is cheaper than buying items in stores, and scraps and sells what he doesn’t use.

“I don’t mow the property because I don’t like lawns,” said Newell, who has been struggling to pay property and school taxes after the mortgage was paid up years ago. “I prefer trees. Trees make the property less likely to flood when there’s heavy rain.”

poconorecord.com

As expected, someone put off of his land.

188 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:07:52pm

re: #186 darthstar

Well, seeing as how I have co-workers who are young black males, and seeing as how black people live on the same floor of the same building as I do, no I don’t think they traumatize me.

190 Carlos Danger  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:13:24pm

re: #187 JeffFX

It appears to have been this guy:

poconorecord.com

As expected, someone put off of his land.

Jeez, I think I know where that was. A lot of properties in that area are a mess, but this guy made a mess of the creek that ran through it.

191 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:13:37pm

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Well, seeing as how I have co-workers who are young black males, and seeing as how black people live on the same floor of the same building as I do, no I don’t think they traumatize me.

Jesus fucking Christ, not the “I work with black people” defense! C’mon, man…you can do better than that. We’re not talking about young black professionals, we’re talking about kids wearing hoodies who…fuck it, let me quote you, “Trayvon Martin was killed because he knocked George Zimmerman down and then pinned him to the ground. If he had not used force, he would not have been shot. “

I’m sure you don’t fear the people in your office who have RFID cards on their belts that allow them through the doors. But I do implore you not to tell them you don’t equate them with Trayvon, because there’s a good chance they do.

192 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:14:13pm
193 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:15:08pm

re: #189 Varek Raith

Limbaugh Laments Government Mistrust He Helped Create

Rush’s line rendered simply: “It’s not healthy for government to be this distrusted, but the distrust wouldn’t be needed if it weren’t for Obama.”

194 BongCrodny  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:16:24pm

re: #189 Varek Raith

Limbaugh Laments Government Mistrust He Helped Create

Love that first comment:

“Folks, I’m gonna level with you: I just realized I’m one dangerous moron.”

195 Interesting Times  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:17:38pm

re: #193 Dark_Falcon

Rush’s line rendered simply: “It’s not healthy for government to be this distrusted, but the distrust wouldn’t be needed if it weren’t for Obama.”

Er…do you realize that makes it sound like you’re defending him? o_O

196 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:18:16pm

re: #195 Interesting Times

Er…do you realize that makes it sound like you’re defending him? o_O

He’s not.
;)

197 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:20:04pm

re: #196 Varek Raith

He’s not.
;)

Yes…he is. Not openly, of course…but secretly, he agrees with Rush. (Meet the GOP base)

198 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:22:04pm

re: #197 darthstar

Yes…he is. Not openly, of course…but secretly, he agrees with Rush. (Meet the GOP base)

Eh, I ain’t much on mind reading.
:P

199 Mattand  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:22:04pm

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Well, seeing as how I have co-workers who are young black males, and seeing as how black people live on the same floor of the same building as I do, no I don’t think they traumatize me.

Yeah, but are they wearing hoodies?

200 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:22:34pm

re: #196 Varek Raith

He’s not.
;)

That’s right, I’m not. Rush Limbaugh is basically blaming paranoia stoked up by nutcases on Barack Obama. It’s not Barack Obama’s fault that Glenn Greenwald and Alex Jones are egomaniacal paranoids, but Rush is saying that it is. Thus Rush is full of shit. Again.

201 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:22:51pm

*Puts on Adidas hoody*

It’s cold down here….

202 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:24:06pm

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Well, seeing as how I have co-workers who are young black males, and seeing as how black people live on the same floor of the same building as I do, no I don’t think they traumatize me.

well, bravo for you that you work with young black males and live in a building where black people live on the same floor.

I have nieces and nephews and other relatives, some even live in the Chicago area (and others in NYC and other big cities), and are professional people who would certainly appreciate your singular tolerance of their blackness. Sadly, that is not the case for them on any given day.
So excuse me for not taking any of your GZ apology tour seriously.
Then again…I really don’t care about your opinions on this matter anymore, because I’ve been hearing your sort of whinging for decades and it still stinks.

203 McSpiff  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:25:32pm

Finally spent more than a couple hours in NYC. Girlfriend surprised me with a long weekend in NYC. Then double (triple?) surprised me when my parents and god parents showed up in times square. I’ve never had a city get me so philosophical. Its amazing the entire thing works…

204 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:26:08pm

Holy shit. I saved 280 gallons of water and 50 square feet of land today (carbon emission savings off-set by methane emissions)

Youtube Video

205 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:27:36pm

re: #198 Varek Raith

Eh, I ain’t much on mind reading.
:P

Just read his posts. I know, I know…he’s our wingnut. Still, the myopia is palpable at times.

206 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:28:01pm

re: #204 darthstar

Holy shit. I saved 280 gallons of water and 50 square feet of land today (carbon emission savings off-set by methane emissions)

[Embedded content]

If you stop eating burritos you could save even more!

207 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:28:05pm

and now I shall flounce myself off to sleep with my furry children at my side.

laterz in the morning, lizards….

208 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:28:59pm

re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth

well, bravo for you that you work with young black males and live in a building where black people live on the same floor.

I have nieces and nephews and other relatives, some even live in the Chicago area (and others in NYC and other big cities), and are professional people who would certainly appreciate your singular tolerance of their blackness. Sadly, that is not the case for them on any given day.
So excuse me for not taking any of your GZ apology tour seriously.
Then again…I really don’t care about your opinions on this matter anymore, because I’ve been hearing your sort of whinging for decades and it still stinks.

And I’m sorry that other people treat them badly. All I can do is oppose such mistreatment and I do so. I’ve smacked down overwrought claims about ‘flash mobs’, I treat the people I interact with decently and politely, and I stomp on racial slurs with both feet. I do my part.

209 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:29:34pm

What. The. Fuck?

210 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:30:00pm

It’s not that I don’t see, it’s that I don’t really care to argue it. Or something.
Get off my back!

212 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:31:27pm

re: #208 Dark_Falcon

And I’m sorry that other people treat them badly. All I can do is oppose such mistreatment and I do so. I’ve smacked down overwrought claims about ‘flash mobs’, I treat the people I interact with decently and politely, and I stomp on racial slurs with both feet. I do my part.

I was in a flash mob once. We went into the lobby at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco (it’s a relatively pricey place) and did a spontaneous “sleep in”…two minutes later, someone blew a whistle and we all got up, yawned, and then walked out of the hotel like nothing happened.

I don’t think there’s anything at all to be overwrought about.

213 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:32:04pm

re: #210 Varek Raith

It’s not that I don’t see, it’s that I don’t really care to argue it. Or something.
Get off my back!

Hey, I’m no monkey…run faster! I’m enjoying the ride!

214 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:32:51pm

re: #206 Varek Raith

If you stop eating burritos you could save even more!

I stop eating burritos two months before ski season (yes, I love skiing that much).

215 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:35:16pm

Holy crap…our new UN Ambassador is a hottie.

216 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:35:24pm

re: #209 darthstar

What. The. Fuck?

[Embedded content]

viennese beer

217 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:39:43pm

re: #216 engineer cat

viennese beer

So it doesn’t taste like a crappy chili-dog?

218 goddamnedfrank  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:42:23pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Trayvon Martin was killed because he knocked George Zimmerman down and then pinned him to the ground. If he had not used force, he would not have been shot.

Just because a jury of stupid people chose not to convict him of manslaughter doesn’t mean you should be repeating Zimmerman’s version of events as if it’s the unvarnished truth. That’s really, deeply, fucked up.

It’s far more accurate to say that Martin died because Zimmerman baselessly prejudged him as a suspect, an asshole, and a fucking punk. Because those were the words he was recorded using in reference to Martin prior to killing him.

219 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:44:05pm

re: #212 darthstar

I was in a flash mob once. We went into the lobby at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco (it’s a relatively pricey place) and did a spontaneous “sleep in”…two minutes later, someone blew a whistle and we all got up, yawned, and then walked out of the hotel like nothing happened.

I don’t think there’s anything at all to be overwrought about.

Not about your kind of flash mob. But the term gained a certain currency in the last few years as meaning “Sudden mob attacks by young black males”. That meaning and the racists who’ve glommed onto it have been discussed here several times.

220 engineer cat  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:45:32pm

re: #217 darthstar

So it doesn’t taste like a crappy chili-dog?

“wiener” is german for ‘Viennese’, i.e., from Vienna

it’s one of my pet peeves that americans have come to think that “weiner” means a hot dog

this came about when they started to import “wiener wurst”, which means ‘viennese sausages’, and even though it’s ‘wurst’ that means sausage, americans decided it was the other word

a ‘wienerschnitzel’ is a viennese cutlet - ‘schnit’ is to cut, see? - not a hot dog

221 William Barnett-Lewis  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:52:01pm

re: #220 engineer cat

Dang it, that makes me hungry in my memory… a little gasthaus just outside the front gate of the Illesheim kaserne that made a delightful jaegerschnitzel with a salad and fries. Nice mushroom gravy that went well with the local dunkel weiss.

30 years ago now…

222 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 8:09:38pm

The Right’s Ominous Beatification of Edward Snowden

Representative Justin Amash’s assertion yesterday that Edward Snowden is a whistleblower because “he told us what we needed to know” deserves more scrutiny than it’s gotten, because the implications are quite ominous.

SNIP

Here, nothing unlawful has occurred. A lawsuit charging that the NSA’s phone-records collection violates the Fourth Amendment doesn’t have a prayer. (Professor Richard Epstein and I wrote about the underlying issues over at The Weekly Standard). The most Amash can say is that he was in the dark about the true scope of the NSA surveillance - not because anyone was covering up any wrongdoing - but because he hasn’t been around in Congress long enough to know, didn’t avail himself of many opportunities to learn more, and doesn’t trust his fellow members on the Intelligence Committee who have been regularly briefed on all this for years.

So what Representative Amash is basically saying is that whistleblower protection should be extended to leakers of classified information if they help him overcome his youth and inexperience, or otherwise help him get around the laws that give intelligence committees in Congress regular classified briefings.

Read the whole thing, it’s GOOD.

223 William Barnett-Lewis  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 8:19:07pm

Hey, RWC! Did you see my steam tractor pictures? I had some fun this morning.

224 Political Atheist  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 8:38:08pm

re: #223 William Barnett-Lewis

Nice, tweeted that out there too. Yes, do get back there
with the field camera.

225 darthstar  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 10:17:07pm

re: #219 Dark_Falcon

Not about your kind of flash mob. But the term gained a certain currency in the last few years as meaning “Sudden mob attacks by young black males”. That meaning and the racists who’ve glommed onto it have been discussed here several times.

You sound like Ted Nugent.

226 Lancelot Link  Mon, Aug 5, 2013 11:39:07pm

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Well, seeing as how I have co-workers who are young black males, and seeing as how black people live on the same floor of the same building as I do,

Are they some of your best friends?

227 No Country For Old Haters  Tue, Aug 6, 2013 5:31:06am

re: #225 darthstar

You sound like Ted Nugent.

Seriously dickish thing to say. D_F has some mental blocks, and was raised by conservatives, which is a lot like being raised by wolves, but unlike Nugent, he tries to be a better person. He still has a lot to overcome, but he’d be off at a stalker blog instead of here if he didn’t want to improve.

228 steve_davis  Tue, Aug 6, 2013 6:26:03am

re: #63 JeffFX

I can’t tell from the tiny pic—is your avatar really John Pertwee? A doctor I actually prefer to most of Tom Baker’s work, which I know puts me in a minority—but a minority of people with discriminating tastes.

229 steve_davis  Tue, Aug 6, 2013 6:34:47am

re: #148 Gus

cat having emergency session of ennui:

flic.kr


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