Onion: Fans Flock to Lollapalooza to See Their Favorite Brands
Music lovers are in Chicago’s Grant Park this weekend to engage with all of the hottest companies and corporate sponsors targeting their demographic.
Music lovers are in Chicago’s Grant Park this weekend to engage with all of the hottest companies and corporate sponsors targeting their demographic.
1 | darthstar Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:08:02pm |
2 | darthstar Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:08:41pm |
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 |
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.
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 |
Tears. We did it, everybody. We climbed that mountain. “Scientists create cotton candy-flavored grapes” http://t.co/FEfhPqBCCa— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 5, 2013
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.
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
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Can’t believe that’s not from The Onion.
18 | austin_blue Mon, Aug 5, 2013 4:37:26pm |
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.
Liberals buying liberal newspapers is probably not the solution to those liberal newspapers losing circulation.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 5, 2013
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.
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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Maybe because liberals and other people are able to actually read. I know your side hates elitist independent thinking. .@benshapiro #derp
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) August 5, 2013
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…
hands up…who actually ever heard of alleged “journalist” .@ggreenwald before he had Snowden? #PatheticFameWhore
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) August 5, 2013
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…
oh, and we can write in cursive, understand a dictionary, and don't believe everything just because it's on the Internet. .@benshapiro
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) August 5, 2013
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 |
New owner of WaPo gave biggest donation IN HISTORY to cause of sodomy-based marriage. http://t.co/VQ79FIz3XI— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) August 5, 2013
New boss same as the old: new owner of WaPo gave 88% of donations to Democrats. http://t.co/SpX2ELfbmT— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) August 5, 2013
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 |
Amazing Cloud Formation in Nebraska, USA #EarthPics pic.twitter.com/cEDqbx7hZY— Google Earth Pics (@GoogleEarthPics) August 5, 2013
52 | Charles Johnson Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:05:47pm |
Lightning storm off the coast of Ventura, California, USA #EarthPics pic.twitter.com/x8PfLyZVli— Google Earth Pics (@GoogleEarthPics) August 5, 2013
53 | Charles Johnson Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:07:11pm |
Chalk under a microscope pic.twitter.com/HpBDn2kRAe— Most Amazing Images (@MostAmazingIMGs) August 5, 2013
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 |
The Washington Post was sold for the price of one (1) Boeing 777-200ER or a 787-9 (±). http://t.co/Jf7HluLnro— Gus (@Gus_802) August 6, 2013
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:
60 | GeneJockey Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:11:42pm |
61 | austin_blue Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:11:55pm |
63 | No Country For Old Haters Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:12:33pm |
re: #48 Kragar
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.@BryanJFischer Do you also reduce straight marriage to penis in vagina marriage, or does your idiocy only apply to gay people?— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 6, 2013
64 | Gus Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:12:38pm |
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:
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 |
Don't Google it or anything. RT @GOPBlackChick: Never hear white people talking about “white pride.” Cause they think as individuals first.— David Waldman (@KagroX) August 4, 2013
70 | Gus Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:16:49pm |
Firefighters Save Cat From House Fire: Emotional Reunion http://t.co/JxqWpquAFq via @lovemeowdotcom— Gus (@Gus_802) August 6, 2013
When firefighters save pets from house fires it still includes putting their lives at great risk as with all fire rescues.— Gus (@Gus_802) August 6, 2013
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 |
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:
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 |
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 |
How is Tumblr worth $1.1 billion and Washington Post $250 million on this very good day. Seriously, we are a fucked up society.— Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) August 6, 2013
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 |
McDonald's Pays $15 an Hour in Australia http://t.co/n9QQJslbb4— Mark Bittman (@bittman) August 5, 2013
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.
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
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 |
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 |
113 | austin_blue Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:53:44pm |
re: #101 Amory Blaine
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.
Breaking News: Oprah Winfrey compares Trayvon Martin to Emmett Till in her mind! IDIOT! http://t.co/tTzGVm0Wvl #tcot #ccot #lnyhbt— Carl Boyd, Jr (@truthzone) August 6, 2013
117 | Gus Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:57:08pm |
IED Blast Killed 4 Civilians and Wounded 22 in Kandahar August 5, 2013 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - IED blast hit a… http://t.co/GoZis5KAs8— KMIC (@KandaharMedia) August 5, 2013
118 | Gus Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:58:25pm |
Seven from the same family including 2 women were killed and 3 others wounded in a landside IED explosion in Kandahar yesterday.— KMIC (@KandaharMedia) August 2, 2013
119 | Charles Johnson Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:58:30pm |
120 | Gus Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:59:08pm |
13 civilian were killed and 24 others wounded in Taliban attacks or IED explosions in Kandahar since the start of… http://t.co/87WJVvndxx— KMIC (@KandaharMedia) July 22, 2013
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.
122 | Gus Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:59:25pm |
IED Blast Killed a Father with Two of His Sons in Panjwa’i July 21, 2013 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A father with… http://t.co/8EAcEZ3oI2— KMIC (@KandaharMedia) July 21, 2013
123 | freetoken Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:00:10pm |
TNR rains on the WaPo parade:
Jeff Bezos is Bad News: Why the Washington Post Should Worry
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 |
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.
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 |
Edge of the Earth. pic.twitter.com/df5haDD5Mw— Earth Pics (@Earth_Pics) August 6, 2013
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 |
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.
144 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:29:10pm |
145 | Varek Raith Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:29:14pm |
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 |
pic.twitter.com/IaGwa8iWKj— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) August 6, 2013
149 | Mattand Mon, Aug 5, 2013 6:31:43pm |
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 |
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 |
Exciting news: Bezos has asked me to be new editor-in-chief of WaPo. #newjob
— JeffSharlet (@JeffSharlet) August 6, 2013
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.
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.
— JeffSharlet (@JeffSharlet) August 6, 2013
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 |
I was surprised as you when Jeff B. landed his copter in my backyard. Premium-fucking-service, I thought! But he came w/ a calling. #newjob
— JeffSharlet (@JeffSharlet) August 6, 2013
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?
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
[Embedded content]
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.”
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.
189 | Varek Raith Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:12:46pm |
190 | Carlos Danger Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:13:24pm |
re: #187 JeffFX
It appears to have been this guy:
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 |
Okay Evan Kolhman on @Lawrence just PWNED Greenwald in a beautiful way (Lawrence gave GG a half-assed defense as a reasonable creature).— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 6, 2013
193 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:15:08pm |
re: #189 Varek Raith
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
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)
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?
: ( pic.twitter.com/pgHP4P7UXm— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) August 6, 2013
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!
211 | Varek Raith Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:30:57pm |
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.
Honored to sit behind the sign that says “United States” and stand up for American values and interests at the UN.— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) August 5, 2013
216 | engineer cat Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:35:24pm |
217 | darthstar Mon, Aug 5, 2013 7:39:43pm |
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.