Wikileaks Store Snowden T-Shirt Designer Sells Dartboard w/Bullseye on Obama’s Forehead

Wikileak’s Rodeo Clown
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A story today in the Wall Street Journal, Edward Snowden Talks With His Father, reveals that Wikileaks has opened a store which also includes Edward Snowden merchandise.

WikiLeaks also recently began selling Edward Snowden merchandise, including T-shirts and coffee mugs, via its online store. WikiLeaks didn’t respond to questions about the fund or allegations made by with Lon Snowden’s legal team.

Navigating to said website we find a particular item being sold by Wikileaks, Edward Snowden - Whistleblower:

The details read:

Help WikiLeaks support Edward Snowden, surveillance state whistleblower, with this great design from LibertyManiacs.com - illustration by Dan McCall. In a statement, Edward Snowden has said ‘I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: “Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring.’ State spying on us all, turning citizens into suspects, surely falls in to that category. Support the whistleblowers who risk all for you!

I was able to find his Twitter account, @libertymaniacs, and quickly found Tweets such as the ones below:

Items and designs at his Zazzle page also indicate a suggestion that he is a climate change denier.

Finally, we find that Snowden t-shirt designer being sold at the Wikileaks store is also the designer and distributor of a dart board depicting President Obama as a zombie with the default bulls eye placed directly on the president’s forehead.

Other Obama derangement designs of his can be found here.

It appears as though Wikileaks has found themselves their very own rodeo clown.

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344 comments
1 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:26:44pm

This is disturbing.

The LibertyManiacs logo reminds me of the psychedelic posters of the ‘60’s. Maybe this guy is a dope-smoking, acid-tripping hippie?

2 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:31:08pm

He took the brown acid.

3 Political Atheist  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:31:27pm

So Edward, how does it feel to be pimped out & used like a sad desperate hooker by Julian Assange? Living in a surveillance state that respects only raw political power & kills inconvenient dissidents like journalists? That working out as expected?

4 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:31:36pm

I saw a lot of this kind of merch at the last gun show I attended.

5 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:32:16pm

re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg

I saw a lot of this kind of merch at the last gun show I attended.

Exactly. Reminded me of that Obama zombie gel target.

6 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:34:37pm

re: #1 Vicious Babushka

This is disturbing.

The LibertyManiacs logo reminds me of the psychedelic posters of the ‘60’s. Maybe this guy is a dope-smoking, acid-tripping hippie?

Ronulan.

Dan McCall on Facebook

LibertyManiacs Facebook

Molon labe, hates Dems and Republicans…

7 I Earned My Sodomy Merit Badge!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:35:15pm

So sick of this. An acquaintance on Facebook is freaking out about the government tapping his and everyone else’s phones.
He lives in an old trailer in his brothers driveway and delivers Pizza for Dominos. What the F%$# does the government want to F%^$#&% tap his phone for???

8 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:38:56pm

The dudebros could defect to the Rand Paul camp of the GOP. Just the shot in the arm they need.

9 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:40:07pm

Beautiful Galt’s Gulch shirts:
zazzle.com

Delivered to you in exchange for some of your dirty “fiat money”,
via a system of public roadways.

10 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:41:18pm

Wow. $51.70 for a hoodie.

11 gwangung  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:41:22pm

Some of these make my head hurt.

I had relatives endure Mao and the cultural revolution. It’s goddamn insulting how these idiots throw the terms around.

12 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:43:27pm

re: #10 jaunte

Galt’s Gulch is very exclusive.

13 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:44:31pm

re: #11 gwangung

Some of these make my head hurt.

I had relatives endure Mao and the cultural revolution. It’s goddamn insulting how these idiots throw the terms around.

Here’s his Obama/socialist collection.

14 I Earned My Sodomy Merit Badge!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:44:56pm

re: #10 jaunte
High price to pay for something that can get you killed.

15 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:45:09pm

re: #8 Amory Blaine

The dudebros could defect to the Rand Paul camp of the GOP. Just the shot in the arm they need.

No thanks, you can keep Greenwald. I’d welcome him and Rand Paul leave both parties and setting up a new one: The Asylum Party.

Because that’s where both those clowns belong.

16 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:46:26pm

Sorry for the OT, but… GOHMERT!


17 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:48:54pm

re: #16 jaunte

Sorry for the OT, but… GOHMERT!

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Is it too soon to start looking forward to the 2015-16 campaign?

18 I Earned My Sodomy Merit Badge!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:49:07pm

re: #16 jaunte

If he tried to run for President, that would be……..awesome.

19 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:50:03pm

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

No thanks, you can keep Greenwald. I’d welcome him and Rand Paul leave both parties and setting up a new one: The Asylum Party.

Because that’s where both those clowns belong.

Apparently this guy also thinks that Trotsky would approve of voting for Republicans.

20 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:50:11pm
In a statement, Edward Snowden has said ‘I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: “Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring.’

This is just a taste; a full interview will cost in the range of…
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

21 BongCrodny  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:50:49pm

re: #16 jaunte

Sorry for the OT, but… GOHMERT!

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The only appropriate response to Ms. Denver Rose:

Dare To Be Stupid

22 BongCrodny  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:54:58pm

re: #18 Raw Satanic Sewage Recipes

If he tried to run for President, that would be……..awesome.

Gohmert will have that one or two week period where he’ll be the top choice of ‘Pubs from here to there, but then the day will eventually come — as it repeatedly has — where the ‘Pubs will go “holy cow, this guy really is a fuckwit,” and they’ll shrink away, embarrassed to admit they had ever supported him in the first place.

23 Carlos Danger  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:55:33pm

re: #19 Gus

Apparently this guy also thinks that Trotsky would approve of voting for Republicans.

Oh wow.

24 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:55:43pm

re: #19 Gus

Ha ha! Trotsky even has his dudebro thumb up!!!

25 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:57:29pm

Sorry, got to elevate a bad leg. Maybe BBL

26 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:58:27pm

Huge kudos to Gus for uncovering this.

27 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 7:59:54pm

Dudebro II Trailer

Youtube Video

28 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:03:18pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

Huge kudos to Gus for uncovering this.

Thanks. Was looking around in his store and boom, there it was.

29 jamesfirecat  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:04:46pm

What the hell is a “Kensyian zombie” anyway?

30 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:05:47pm
WikiLeaks also recently began selling Edward Snowden merchandise, including T-shirts and coffee mugs, via its online store.
WikiLeaks didn’t respond to questions about the fund or allegations made by Lon Snowden’s legal team.

Transparency!

31 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:06:39pm

re: #29 jamesfirecat

What the hell is a “Kensyian zombie” anyway?

Thinks it’s OK to borrow brains if you run out, until you can go out and collect more brains.

32 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:07:05pm

re: #29 jamesfirecat

What the hell is a “Kensyian zombie” anyway?

There’s a mob of them surrounding the fence around the Austrian school.

33 BongCrodny  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:07:05pm

re: #29 jamesfirecat

What the hell is a “Kensyian zombie” anyway?

Instead of “Brainsss…” when they’re stumbling down the street they yell “Stimulussss…”

34 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:13:37pm

Interesting Greensnow cultist action in the previous thread.

35 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:20:18pm

Have surrendered my frail frame to Nyquil. ‘Nite, all.

36 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:22:51pm

My original Tweet:

37 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:24:39pm

Apparently, Channel 4 in the UK has pissed off the teeny-boppers.

38 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:28:27pm

re: #37 ProTARDISLiberal

Apparently, Channel 4 in the UK has pissed off the teeny-boppers.

Spoiler

Why?

39 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:29:01pm

“Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.”
― P.T. Barnum
He was a friggin genius.

40 SidewaysQuark  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:30:27pm

re: #7 Raw Satanic Sewage Recipes

So sick of this. An acquaintance on Facebook is freaking out about the government tapping his and everyone else’s phones.
He lives in an old trailer in his brothers driveway and delivers Pizza for Dominos. What the F%$# does the government want to F%^$#&% tap his phone for???

If they don’t tap his phone in 30 minutes or less his phone service is free.

41 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:31:17pm

Gets pretty old putting up with anarchist nuts who live in Bizarro World - that’s how much I love you guys.

42 Carlos Danger  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:32:31pm

Ironically, Trotsky put down an anarchist movement in Ukraine, but hey, Obama suxx0rs vote Republican dude.

43 SidewaysQuark  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:33:57pm

re: #20 jaunte

This is just a taste; a full interview will cost in the range of…
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

How else do you expect the poor guy to continue living in the style of the fame he’s now accustomed to?

44 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:34:07pm

re: #38 Gus

They had a documentary on how farking insane the fans of One Direction are. The stuff in it is pretty bad.

As we know, Twitter is also a great platform for unkindness, and a scorned Directioner is a terrifying beast. GQ staff were threatened with stabbing and worse this month after the magazine featured the band above slightly edgy cover lines. Taylor Swift, Harry’s embittered ex, was the villain last night. One sweet young girl threatened to tear her eyes out and stamp on them.

I actually think one direction is worse than Justin Beiber. Link to video explains why, but it boils down to the songs being “PUA shit” in audio form.

That also explains why Taylor may be a bit embittered. People have weaknesses. Hers is falling in love (Still a fan here). Unfortunately, she fell for a pick-up-artist piece of shit in whatever-the-fuck-his-name-is in One Direction.

45 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:38:33pm

re: #44 ProTARDISLiberal

They had a documentary on how farking insane the fans of One Direction are. The stuff in it is pretty bad.

I actually think one direction is worse than Justin Beiber. Link to video explains why, but it boils down to the songs being “PUA shit” in audio form.

That also explains why Taylor may be a bit embittered. People have weaknesses. Hers is falling in love (Still a fan here). Unfortunately, she fell for a pick-up-artist piece of shit in whatever-the-fuck-his-name-is in One Direction.

Justin Beiber is just an awful young man.

46 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:39:28pm

re: #44 ProTARDISLiberal

I should note that this is a country that is promoting Doctor Who to hilarious degrees, so they don’t mind obsessions. For fucks sack, they have some sort of Doctor Who exhibit in Heathrow right now. They are trying to make more Whovians.

47 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:40:50pm

re: #45 Gus

Any of the members of One Direction are likely worse. Musically, 1D is evil. Beiber is just obnoxious.

The review there sums up why I have less tolerance for 1D than Beiber.

48 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:45:03pm

Lake Street Dive - Let Me Roll It
Youtube Video

49 I Earned My Sodomy Merit Badge!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:45:04pm

Oh Geez, Just looked at that Liberty Lovers site “Freedom products for Liberty Lovers” Sounds like a catchy slogan for Adult diapers.

50 Ming  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:47:28pm

re: #20 jaunte

In a statement, Edward Snowden has said ‘I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: “Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience.

I’m dating myself here. Snowden’s words take me back to 1979 and the early 1980’s, when Soviet soldiers killed in Afghanistan were said to have died for “international duty”. (Explicit references to their Afghanistan War were frowned upon in the USSR.)

I have a feeling Edward will fit in just fine in his new homeland. Whether he wants to or not.

51 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:49:34pm

re: #50 Ming

New Homeland Fits Into You!

52 Mattand  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:55:35pm

Re: the Wikileaks Store:

I guess we’re finally seeing the Tea Bag/emoprog convergence.

It’s like a twisted version of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: two shitty delusions that go worse together.

53 Political Atheist  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:56:59pm

re: #11 gwangung

My respects to you and yours. I witnessed the aftermath here in the states of Tienanmen square. Stories told by family and friends of people lost there.

54 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 8:59:55pm

re: #52 Mattand

Re: the Wikileaks Store:

I guess we’re finally seeing the Tea Bag/emoprog convergence.

It’s like a twisted version of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: two shitty delusions that go worse together.

55 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:01:12pm

True story.

56 I Earned My Sodomy Merit Badge!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:03:12pm

re: #52 Mattand

TeaProgs or maybe EmoBags.

57 Mattand  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:03:26pm

re: #54 Gus

.@Wikileaks store’s Snowden t-shirt was designed by a Teabagger. That’s just freaking awesome.

I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before this genius goes Godwin and comes up with a Hitler Obama graphic.

58 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:03:27pm

It’s always funny when a troll thinks I’ve never seen the “suddenly appearing ally” trick. Oh wow — you mean there are TWO people who say this crazy shit? I must rethink my whole premise now!

Not.

59 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:03:47pm
60 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:04:09pm

RT!

61 Mattand  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:04:47pm

re: #56 Raw Satanic Sewage Recipes

TeaProgs or maybe EmoBags.

I like the sound of EmoBags, but I think TeaProgs gets their ID across faster.

TeaDudes? TeaBros? DudeBags?

62 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:05:12pm
63 Mattand  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:05:37pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

It’s always funny when a troll thinks I’ve never seen the “suddenly appearing ally” trick. Oh wow — you mean there are TWO people who say this crazy shit? I must rethink my whole premise now!

Not.

*cough*SOCKPUPPET*cough*

64 I Earned My Sodomy Merit Badge!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:06:34pm

re: #61 Mattand
DudeBags. Definitely DudeBags. LOL.

65 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:07:11pm

re: #59 Gus

Once while walking in the Brazos Bend nature park I encountered a 3 inch long crawdad on the path, who raised both mighty claws to threaten me. Those Molon Labe pronouncements always remind me of that little guy.

66 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:07:38pm

The next emoprog that posts some ‘Free Manning’, or Snowden is a patriot bs on my TF is getting kicked in the twitter.
When did everyone turn crazy and stupid?

67 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:09:40pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

Wow, 21 typographical errors in the first quarter of 2012!

68 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:17:49pm

New frontiers in speculation:

69 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:20:24pm
70 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:20:47pm

There is obviously a determined effort going on to mislead people about NSA surveillance.

71 Gus  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:21:37pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

There is obviously a determined effort going on to mislead people about NSA surveillance.

We are all Glenn Beck now.

72 jaunte  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:22:32pm

“Typo, or crafty pretext?”

73 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:26:58pm

Corey Bookers GOP opponent

FTA:
Steve Lonegan says being a white guy is a “handicap,” Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, and the 47 percent comment was “the boldest thing” Romney said.

But that’s not all!
Oh no, that’s not all!

74 BroncD  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:31:05pm

So, does anyone still think these guys are progressives? Because this just sounds like batshit wingnut stuff to me.

75 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:31:21pm

re: #29 jamesfirecat

What the hell is a “Kensyian zombie” anyway?

When there is a lack of flesh for zombies in the open market they arrange for the government to do releases from the FEMA camps until the natural market recovers.
:p //

76 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:31:34pm

Judging from today, there will probably be some trolls showing up tonight after 2 am, either denying right wing racism or promoting Glenn Greenwald or Barton Gellman. There’s actually not much difference between them.

77 Carlos Danger  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:42:03pm

Bizarre, I’m getting banner ads for a store selling anti-Obama bumper stickers and shirts that say “real men make twins”.

Uh what.

78 joe90  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:52:23pm

We’re rocking and rolling - again.

wellingtonquakelive.co.nz


geonet.org.nz

79 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 9:53:15pm

Wrapped in the Flag

Growing up Birch Style…

80 alpuz  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:00:28pm

re: #79 OhNoZombies!

Got a bad link in both chrome & safari.

81 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:03:21pm

try this…

82 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:03:46pm

re: #68 jaunte

New frontiers in speculation:

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Gauging operator error is actually pretty easy. You just ask yourself how similar the erroneously entered string is to the assigned task and look at the degree of separation between the erroneous person searched and the operator.

It’s the NSA, they’re not going to believe you just accidentally tapped a friend’s ex wife’s phone.

83 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:10:15pm

I know most here know about JBS, but I thought the book would be an interesting peek from the inside.

84 alpuz  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:13:25pm

re: #81 OhNoZombies!

From Amazon:

“If Claire’s book was only a memoir about “What it was like to grow up in a cult,” it would be interesting and important. But it is so much more. For a couple of years now, we’ve called one another and said, “Sheesh, did you hear what so-n-so in the right said NOW?” We recognized all of it. It is all old JBS stuff. We know. We had the bumper stickers and pamphlets to prove it.”

According to the post, that’s her sister.

85 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:20:13pm

re: #84 alpuz

From Amazon:

“If Claire’s book was only a memoir about “What it was like to grow up in a cult,” it would be interesting and important. But it is so much more. For a couple of years now, we’ve called one another and said, “Sheesh, did you hear what so-n-so in the right said NOW?” We recognized all of it. It is all old JBS stuff. We know. We had the bumper stickers and pamphlets to prove it.”

According to the post, that’s her sister.

I’d say it was a cult , because it really has that vibe.

86 alpuz  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:22:15pm

re: #83 OhNoZombies!

Buying it. Another quote:

“

This book is a book I’ve been waiting for for many years. I, too, grew up a “Birch kid” and Claire Conner’s story resonates deeply with my experience of having grown up in the intellectual cult known as the John Birch Society (JBS).

Conner’s family moved from the Chicago area to Mauston, Wisconsin. My father was president of the local JBS chapter in Madison, Wisconsin, at the same time, in the late 1960’s. At that time Madison was churning with anti-Vietnam War protests and civil rights activities. To say I grew up in a world of head-turning political extremes is an understatement. Given the very closed - even secretive — circle of JBS extremists, my guess is that my father and mother knew Claire’s parents.

Conner’s book was the first time I felt anyone else had any idea what it was like to grow up in the cauldron of far right wing paranoia, hate and rigid thought control that is the JBS. Certainly, over the years I have spoken about my experience with close friends but there quickly comes a point where the person I am speaking with is clearly not getting what I am describing; it’s too absurd. Truly, you have to have been there for years on in to really “get” what it was like to grow up in the JBS political cult. While personal stories, like Conner’s or my own, of growing up in such an environment can make for a good read there is a larger story here that affects everyone in America.

What we are talking about with the John Birch Society is the cult of right-wing authoritarianism; a rigid world view of absolutes”

Thanks, OhNoZombies! .. gonna give it a read.

87 OhNoZombies!  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:27:49pm

re: #86 alpuz

You’re welcome!
:-)

88 Kragar  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:48:00pm

Just got back from The Rifftrax Live show with my kids.

89 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:51:19pm

Judge orders former Milwaukee voucher school operator to repay $300,000

A Milwaukee County judge has ordered the operator of a defunct private voucher school to repay about $300,000 in taxpayer money, after the state sued him for falsifying documents and forging his college diploma to get into the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, court records show.

But Wisconsin may not be seeing that money anytime soon from Corey C. Reed Daniels, who operated the disastrous Milwaukee Institute of Academic Achievement in 2011-‘12 before reports of student endangerment prompted the Department of Public Instruction to terminate it from the choice program.

Process servers were unable to find Daniels, 41, to serve him with the summons and complaint in early 2013.

He has no lawyer on record and has not answered phone calls.

A DPI spokesperson said Thursday that Daniels is now on a disqualified persons list for operating voucher schools.

His institute, which enrolled between 100 and 180 students in kindergarten through eighth grade at 4920 N. Sherman Blvd., is not the first private voucher school to get shut down by the state. But it remains one of the most recent examples of how quickly an operator — given the right circumstances — could start a private school, enroll students and receive hundreds of thousands of public dollars before being cut off after allegations of impropriety.

The following shows how fucking stupid Scott Walker and every one of them GOP motherfuckers in the State are.

Continued:

Daniels also was able to join the taxpayer-funded voucher program because of a loophole created by Republican-led rule changes in the 2011 budget cycle.

That legislation allowed new voucher schools to get preapproved by accrediting entities outside of Wisconsin.

When the Journal Sentinel investigated in May 2012 how and why the Illinois-based Association for Christian Teachers and Schools approved Daniels’ school for preaccreditation, a consultant for the group said he did not give such approval.

When shown the approval document obtained by the Journal Sentinel, the consultant said it had been altered.

Republican-led law changes in the 2013-‘15 state budget again expanded the reach of voucher programs in Wisconsin.

90 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 10:51:49pm

re: #88 Kragar

Aww cool. Was that the Starship Trooper thing?

91 Kragar  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:00:03pm

re: #90 Amory Blaine

Aww cool. Was that the Starship Trooper thing?

Yeah, funny as hell. Plus they had gorilla grams.

For Dina Meyers character:

“Diediediedie-I love you-diediediedie”

92 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:02:46pm

Most students applying for state voucher program attend private schools

The majority of students who applied to receive a taxpayer-funded subsidy to attend a private, religious school in Wisconsin’s new statewide voucher program currently attend private schools, according to new data released Thursday.

The state Department of Public Instruction named the top 25 private schools — all religious — that received the most applications from voucher-eligible students this month. Only those schools will be able to educate students with the help of a state tuition voucher worth $6,442 per student annually in the first year of the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program.

My surprise. Let me show it to you.

93 Kragar  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:02:54pm

“This must be the future, they have silver footballs and they’ve figured out how to make arena footballs look even more stupid.”

94 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:04:56pm

re: #93 Kragar

He he yep silver footballs was the tip off.

95 Kragar  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:07:26pm

re: #94 Amory Blaine

He he yep silver footballs was the tip off.

Rico: “Kill them all!”

“They’re just now figuring that out?”

96 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:08:55pm

Sending ground forces in was incredibly stupid. Makes for great escapism though.

Would you like to learn more?

97 Kragar  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:09:25pm

This October, they’re going to be riffing Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.

98 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:13:03pm

Nice we have Lebowski Fest here in Milwaukee this weekend. I thought about going but I don’t fucking roll on Shabbos!!!

//

99 Kragar  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:13:55pm

re: #96 Amory Blaine

Sending ground forces in was incredibly stupid. Makes for great escapism though.

Would you like to learn more?

What is the bug thinking?

“A movie about a trip to White Castle?”

100 Kragar  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:18:44pm

I was surprised, but the theater was almost packed. At least 100 people, probably more.

101 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:24:26pm

re: #98 Amory Blaine

Nice we have Lebowski Fest here in Milwaukee this weekend. I thought about going but I don’t fucking roll on Shabbos!!!

//

See if there are any hotels with available rooms within a couple miles of the fest?

Oh and, the trolls are spewing on the previous thread.

102 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:31:20pm

re: #101 Dark_Falcon

Oh I’m sure there are plenty of rooms even Downtown where Cathedral Square Park is. Come Harley’s 110th though, all bets are off. Every couch in every Polish flat is booked from here to Kenosha. ;)

103 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 12:14:44am

re: #79 OhNoZombies!

Wrapped in the Flag

Growing up Birch Style…

Looks like a good read; the Tea Party movement is simply the resurrection of the JBS - perhaps not 100% pure Bircher, but about 95% I’d say. The Birchers were strongly isolationist, whereas the Tea Partiers seem a bit more divided on foreign adventurism; they seem to have picked up the “Onward Christian Soldiers” strain from the Religious Right. In any event, the Tea Party is for the most part JBS 2.0.

104 freetoken  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:06:50am

Yesterday the NYT, in their “Room For Debate” online forum, dumped a selection of short essays on creationism, written by mostly religious people who appear to be trying to smooth the way for the acceptance of evolution by creationists:

Should Creationism Be Controversial?

My take away is that the authors, which includes for Biologos participant Karl Giberson, are trying to sugar coat the existential impact that natural evolution has on the worldview of creationists. It’s all a bit squishy for me, as I think there are deep questions about the nature and fallibility of human belief that are far more damaging to religions than to the scientific-influenced modern world view.

105 freetoken  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:11:27am

And speaking of religion, one under appreciated facet of Western monotheism is how the Great Bronze Age collapse sets the back story for many of the stories passed down, e.g., the various old stories encapsulated in the late antiquity Jewish writings (i.e., the OT.)

The other day a paper was published which reviewed the Bronze Age Collapse in light of climatological data:


Environmental Roots of the Late Bronze Age Crisis

The Late Bronze Age world of the Eastern Mediterranean, a rich linkage of Aegean, Egyptian, Syro-Palestinian, and Hittite civilizations, collapsed famously 3200 years ago and has remained one of the mysteries of the ancient world since the event’s retrieval began in the late 19th century AD/CE. Iconic Egyptian bas-reliefs and graphic hieroglyphic and cuneiform texts portray the proximate cause of the collapse as the invasions of the “Peoples-of-the-Sea” at the Nile Delta, the Turkish coast, and down into the heartlands of Syria and Palestine where armies clashed, famine-ravaged cities abandoned, and countrysides depopulated. Here we report palaeoclimate data from Cyprus for the Late Bronze Age crisis, alongside a radiocarbon-based chronology integrating both archaeological and palaeoclimate proxies, which reveal the effects of abrupt climate change-driven famine and causal linkage with the Sea People invasions in Cyprus and Syria. The statistical analysis of proximate and ultimate features of the sequential collapse reveals the relationships of climate-driven famine, sea-borne-invasion, region-wide warfare, and politico-economic collapse, in whose wake new societies and new ideologies were created.

The “Exodus” and the Conquest of Canaan are stories set in this time of civilization collapse.

106 piratedan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:25:36am

re: #70 Charles Johnson

well these folks are either totally naive or are closet anarchists. The Bushies destroyed the human intel arm of our Intelligence services and now these guys are doing their best to hamstring the signals folks. They seem to think that if they can waylay the US then all will be righteous and nifty in the world today imagining that the folks over in China and Russia and a few other assorted terrorists organizations are just going to close their lunchboxes and go back to picking up rocks and attacking windows.

107 freetoken  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:34:39am

MP3 Audio

108 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:35:19am

don’t like the product? don’t buy it…

find the whole concept offensive? boycott wikileaks

that is the wonder of free speech/market

109 urbanmeemaw  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:44:38am

re: #64 Raw Satanic Sewage Recipes

Emotarians?

110 urbanmeemaw  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:46:25am

re: #70 Charles Johnson

Any theories as to why or who is behind it? I’ve felt this was orchestrated from day one.

111 Charles Johnson  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:55:41am

And sure enough, just as I predicted, several sock puppets appeared like magic in the previous thread.

112 freetoken  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 1:56:51am

re: #111 Charles Johnson

They creep around in the still of the night,
hiding from the light.

Strange people.

113 freetoken  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 2:33:30am

One of the best singers of genre, Ismael Rivera:

MP3 Audio

114 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 3:24:45am

Dan McCall twitters…

Dan McCall ‏@McCallDan 6h

Little write up on my #Snowden art i donated to #WikiLeaks buy some! businessinsider.com …

He “donated” his art to Wikileaks? I thought it was capitalism that is so awesome, not charity. Oh, wait…

115 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 4:39:44am
116 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 4:40:22am

“Obama Broke Up With You. Really. Totally Unfriended You…

“Bristol’s spot on. Young Americans better get their heads out of the sand and realize what this president stands for. It’s no longer a partisan problem. This comes down to either being pro-America or not. And if you can’t take a stand for liberty, what DO you stand for? Obama supporters: keep it up and watch America go to hell in a hand basket while you try to sleep at night realizing our veterans fought in vain. Read her post below. And wake up.” facebook.com

Haha, guess who’s jumped on this crazy, anti-Obama “surveillance state” train and drags her publicity hungry daughter with her? As if these intellectually empty airheads can really understand “1984” at all, or history of any sort.

Any questions about this entire scenario being engineered by the glibertarian/rightwing factions to try to take this President down? Sure, these airheads have virtually no influence of any degree any longer, but collectively (a word all of them hate with a passion, along with union, government and any other that describes us as a country), you can get plenty of traction for this type of BS.

117 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 4:46:48am

It’s not going to be a pretty day in Egypt.

Egypt army deploys forces before Islamist protests

reuters.com

I hope I’m wrong, but…

118 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 4:53:19am
119 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:04:47am

re: #118 Vicious Babushka

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“The best solution for both Mr. Snowden and the Obama administration would be his surrender to U.S. authorities, followed by a plea negotiation. It’s hard to believe that the results would leave the 30-year-old contractor worse off than living in permanent exile in an unfree country. Sadly, the supposed friends of this naive hacker are likely advising him otherwise.”

120 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:11:00am

I wonder how long this will hold?

Peaceful rally in Nasr City, says Al Jazeera’s correspondent

blogs.aljazeera.com

121 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:14:32am

re: #116 Justanotherhuman

But its not just the right: The Civil Liberties Left is howling about this as well, with much of it lined up behind Glenn Greenwald.

As for Sarah Palin: Well, she is the same opportunistic twit she has always been.

122 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:21:03am

re: #121 Dark_Falcon

But its not just the right: The Civil Liberties Left is howling about this as well, with much of it lined up behind Glenn Greenwald.

As for Sarah Palin: Well, she is the same opportunistic twit she has always been.

If they keep it up, he’ll never win another election.

(I’ve been over-using that, but it will be the main finding in the next TPGOP post-mortem. “1. We should have run against Hilary instead of Obozo.”)

123 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:22:25am

re: #121 Dark_Falcon

But its not just the right: The Civil Liberties Left is howling about this as well, with much of it lined up behind Glenn Greenwald.

As for Sarah Palin: Well, she is the same opportunistic twit she has always been.

the “Civil Liberties Left” is not as you described—left. The ACLU itself routinely defends those who engage in hate speech. Many “Civil libertarians” want no restrictions whatsoever on “civil rights”, even criminal activity, such as Snowald engaged in. That isn’t the “left” that I’m a part of, because we understand our responsibilities to others as well as our own rights—there is a balance for most people.

And on your second point, grifters gonna grift, even on the skirt tails of someone else’s ideas.

124 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:28:45am

re: #123 Justanotherhuman

the “Civil Liberties Left” is not as you described—left. The ACLU itself routinely defends those who engage in hate speech. Many “Civil libertarians” want no restrictions whatsoever on “civil rights”, even criminal activity, such as Snowald engaged in. That isn’t the “left” that I’m a part of, because we understand our responsibilities to others as well as our own rights—there is a balance for most people.

And on your second point, grifters gonna grift, even on the skirt tails of someone else’s ideas.

I’d like to call your attention to the bolded section, because I am going to bring it up the next time someone here tries to associate me with some Dominionist lunatic.

125 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:29:15am

re: #115 Vicious Babushka

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That’s very heartening to see. Thanks for sharing that image.

126 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:32:30am

re: #124 Dark_Falcon

What bolded section? Did I accuse you of being a dominionist? Has anyone?

127 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:35:39am

re: #124 Dark_Falcon

I’d like to call your attention to the bolded section, because I am going to bring it up the next time someone here tries to associate me with some Dominionist lunatic.

The problem you’ll face there is that the Dominionist lunatic is likely to be an elected GOP official or otherwise highly placed in the party.

Supporting the GOP does, in fact, support a buttload of Dominionists.

128 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:36:12am

Military helicopter tracks Pro-Morsi march across May 15 bridge heading to Ramses sq #cairo #egypt @nbcnews

instagram.com

129 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:40:49am

re: #126 Justanotherhuman

What bolded section? Did I accuse you of being a dominionist? Has anyone?

Slight error, now corrected.

130 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:42:00am

re: #124 Dark_Falcon

I’d like to call your attention to the bolded section, because I am going to bring it up the next time someone here tries to associate me with some Dominionist lunatic.

Still not really getting your point. You are still part of the ‘right’ that supports the GOP, right?

131 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:43:32am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

Slight error, now corrected.

Do you need more coffee? You are a registered Republican, I take it? : )

132 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:43:58am

re: #130 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Broadly yes, but I’m not a supporter of Rand Paul or Jim DeMint and their insanities.

133 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:44:18am

re: #131 Justanotherhuman

Do you need more coffee? You are a registered Republican, I take it? : )

Registered, but he doesn’t have his shots.

134 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:45:59am

re: #133 Decatur Deb

Registered, but he doesn’t have his shots.

I’ll have my flu vaccine before October, so shut up! ;)

135 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:46:36am

re: #132 Dark_Falcon

Broadly yes, but I’m not a supporter of Rand Paul or Jim DeMint and their insanities.

What percentage of the GOP’s national elected officials would you say you actually support?

136 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:48:10am

It would be interesting to know the story behind the WikiLeaks-LibertyManiacs connection. They just didn’t stumble upon them while looking for an artist and if they did then there portfolio should have been enough to shitcan them.

137 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:48:57am

re: #135 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

What percentage of the GOP’s national elected officials would you say you actually support?

There are more Chris Christies out there than it seems, but they’re scared into silence by the barking loons at their backs.

138 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:49:42am

re: #131 Justanotherhuman

Can’t have coffee right now. Leg problem, one that looks set to cost me my trip to GenCon. No more details though, because the Stalkers would use such details to hate and spew at me.

139 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:50:06am

Can’t understand why GG doesn’t just apply for Brazilian citizenship since he seems to hate the US so much.

Glenn Greenwald ‏@ggreenwald 1h

NYT: John Kerry goes to Brazil to try to handle NSA scandal there, gets publicly excoriated by Foreign Minister nytimes.com …

140 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:51:12am

re: #136 b.d.

It would be interesting to know the story behind the WikiLeaks-LibertyManiacs connection. They just didn’t stumble upon them while looking for an artist and if they did then there portfolio should have been enough to shitcan them.

Heh. Where would libertarian LW and RWNJ’s meet? Guessing they cross paths at an expensive therapist’s.

141 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:51:46am

re: #136 b.d.

It would be interesting to know the story behind the WikiLeaks-LibertyManiacs connection. They just didn’t stumble upon them while looking for an artist and if they did then there portfolio should have been enough to shitcan them.

He probably solicited them first and send samples of his work he thought they might want to buy. Obviously not the entire portfolio, it’s targeted at a different marketing demographic. Or maybe not.

142 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:52:57am

GLENNDERP

143 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:55:01am

re: #140 Decatur Deb

Heh. Where would libertarian LW and RWNJ’s meet? Guessing they cross paths at an expensive therapist’s.

McCall is pretty hardcore, too.

arsgratialibertatis.com

144 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:55:03am

re: #142 Vicious Babushka

GLENNDERP

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So Glenn wants the NSA to be run by the Judicial Branch? The one headed up by John Roberts? That one?

145 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:56:32am

re: #139 Justanotherhuman

Can’t understand why GG doesn’t just apply for Brazilian citizenship since he seems to hate the US so much.

Glenn Greenwald ‏@ggreenwald 1h

NYT: John Kerry goes to Brazil to try to handle NSA scandal there, gets publicly excoriated by Foreign Minister nytimes.com …

It’s South America: something like this was damn certain to spark Anti-Americanism.

146 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:57:44am

Well, the “peace” didn’t last long.

Jeremy Bowen ‏@BowenBBC 16m

Police station on edge of Ramses attacked. Tear gas and live fire over heads used to disperse crowd

147 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:58:48am

re: #145 Dark_Falcon

It’s South America: something like this was damn certain to spark Anti-Americanism.

But GG revels in it, just as he does the NSA “revelations” he helped engineer.

148 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:59:12am

re: #141 Vicious Babushka

He probably solicited them first and send samples of his work he thought they might want to buy. Obviously not the entire portfolio, it’s targeted at a different marketing demographic. Or maybe not.

Bizarre that WikiLeaks doesn’t have a friendly, vetted illustrator inside their circle? A huge leftist organization who doesn’t know any artists?

149 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 5:59:21am

re: #143 Justanotherhuman

McCall is pretty hardcore, too.

arsgratialibertatis.com

In the end: GOP precinct captain.

150 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:03:10am

re: #144 b.d.

So Glenn wants the NSA to be run by the Judicial Branch? The one headed up by John Roberts? That one?

The Constitution, how does it work?

I ask that question rhetorically, because quite sure Greeenwald would make such a demand, and it would be impossible because to do so would be unconstitutional.

Greenwald loves to make impossible demands because demanding things that could actually be done would require him to actually do something other than gripe.

151 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:04:44am

re: #148 b.d.

Bizarre that WikiLeaks doesn’t have a friendly, vetted illustrator inside their circle? A huge leftist organization who doesn’t know any artists?

Too hard to make Assange pretty.

152 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:06:40am

re: #150 Dark_Falcon

The Constitution, how does it work?

I ask that question rhetorically, because quite sure Greeenwald would make such a demand, and it would be impossible because to do so would be unconstitutional.

Greenwald loves to make impossible demands because demanding things that could actually be done would require him to actually dod something other than grip

GG says put a superlaser on a shark.

153 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:07:01am

re: #150 Dark_Falcon

Your last sentence has the correct number of keystrokes.

154 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:07:55am

re: #142 Vicious Babushka

Wait, the FISA court is distancing itself from the NSA? Greenwald considers that a bad thing? Wasn’t he demanding more accountability and an independent oversight of the NSA programs (when he wasn’t busy calling for an end to all elint gathering - an effective shutdown of the NSA altogether).

And I’m supposed to take Greenwald seriously? Really?

His arguments are becoming more incoherent by the day.

First, he and his lackeys claim the NSA is running amok over human and civil rights of everyone, especially Americans. That’s patently wrong since the NSA has no obligation for non-US Citizens, and has procedures in place to collect intel on US citizens via warrants, subpoenas and the FISA courts are empowered to govern that process.

Then, he and his lackeys claim FISA rubber stamps all the decisions and there’s no effective oversight that indicate the NSA is running roughshod over the rights of US citizens. This is debunked since the same reporting and released papers indicate that the NSA is overseen by the FISA courts that have rejected warrants and required modifications on many others. That few were rejected outright is an indication that the parties to the warrants understand how to use the process - not abuse it outright. The number of warrants sought and the scope of those warrants shows that the NSA is trying to target resources narrowly, and doesn’t want to read your facebook or twitter posts about how your angry cat is better than the grumpy cat meme.

And the cherry on top is that Greenwald’s prior hero (to him at least), Bradley Manning repudiates Greenwald (and the rest of the fawning sychopants) in admitting that Manning’s release of massive troves of classified documents harmed US national security and put lives in jeopardy. The nutty fringe thinks this is the result of years of imprisonment or that it will be a factor in his sentencing, but that ignores that he’s already going to spend the rest of his life breaking big rocks into small ones at Fort Leavenworth or a similar facility. He’s admitting he didn’t think his actions through fully, and ignored the seriousness of what he intended - the release of documents through Wikileaks was highly damaging.

Greenwald’s desperately busy trying to keep the Snowden story alive, but all while claiming it’s not about Snowden but the NSA. Yet for every article he and The Guardian or WaPo have published with new details and shocking headlines, the fine print (the part most people gloss over and don’t read, or skim over) shows a completely different picture. It shows an agency that is tightly focused on going after and uncovering threats to the US, and that doesn’t want to waste resources on wild goose chases because reading through billions of emails a day isn’t effective - but narrowing the field to where the bad guys operate and communicate is.

Others have indicates that to find the needle in the haystack, you need to first have a haystack. Well, the NSA needs data to make the haystack, but they also want a haystack that’s relevant to what they want to search for. If they throw billions of extra documents (data snippets) into the search, it slows everything down.

Congressional oversight and better search algorithms combined with a robust FISA process can and should be part of the discussion, but Greenwald’s a bomb thrower who wants to see the existing system demolished with no regard to how it affects US national security.

155 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:08:11am

It’s just stupefying to see how far David Sirota’s head is up Glenn’s ass.

156 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:09:06am

3000 mistakes a year.
For any huge entity, that ain’t too bad.

157 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:09:54am

re: #153 Decatur Deb

Your last sentence has the correct number of keystrokes.

Sorry. Taking my Nuvigil now.

158 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:10:46am

The CIA has officially acknowledged Area 51 exists.
60ish years late.
Lol.

159 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:12:46am

re: #157 Dark_Falcon

Sorry. Taking my Nuvigil now.

Serious stuff. You ok?

160 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:13:52am

re: #156 Varek Raith

3,000 mistakes, in the processing of how many data points? Context is always an important item that gets left out of this discussion.

3,000 mistakes when applied to over 300 million people living in the US?

3,000 mistakes when applied to how many billions of data points?

3,000 mistakes compared to how many warrants?

If it’s to the population or data points, then this is indeed a very low error rate, and should be applauded.

If it’s to the latter (comparing the violations to the number of warrants issued), then there is some cause for concern - which is again mitigated by the former.

Is there a problem here? Perhaps. But it’s not nearly as widespread or as dangerous as Greenwald indicates.

161 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:14:57am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

<em>re: <a href=”/showc/155/10129148” class=”rep”>#155</a> Vicious Babushka</em>

It’s just stupefying to see how far David Sirota’s head is up Glenn’s ass.

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Mini-G

162 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:16:51am

re: #156 Varek Raith

3000 mistakes a year.
For any huge entity, that ain’t too bad.

That’s about a month of nursing/med errors in a 500 bed hospital.

The essence is that they’re errors, not the hidden plot to take over the universe.

163 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:17:00am

Image: ArcticEscalator2012_med.gif

164 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:22:34am

re: #159 Varek Raith

Serious stuff. You ok?

I will be. But this leg problem has kept me from sleeping and that is taking its toll.

165 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:30:14am

re: #156 Varek Raith

3000 mistakes a year.
For any huge entity, that ain’t too bad.

And if they do have 30,000 employees then that number is even more reasonable.

166 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:31:28am

DERP

167 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:34:21am

re: #165 b.d.

And if they do have 30,000 employees then that number is even more reasonable.

Expecting perfection from govt human beings but not from ourselves.

How does that work?

168 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:36:02am

re: #154 lawhawk

It’s great having a lawyer here who isn’t all self-involved in his own bullshit.

: )

169 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:36:56am
170 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:37:42am

DERP

171 Internet Tough Guy  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:42:20am

re: #170 Vicious Babushka

DERP

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Like treason?

172 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:45:23am

Ramses demo stayed peaceful for less than an hour. Sign of incendiary mix in divided #Egypt #Cairo

twitter.com

173 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:48:14am

Live text on Egypt: bbc.co.uk

174 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 6:59:08am

A Greenly Glowing Football in Space

slate.com

175 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:00:37am

re: #174 Decatur Deb

A Greenly Glowing Football in Space

slate.com

LGF has gone interstellar baby!

176 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:01:53am
177 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:03:18am
178 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:03:23am

Multiple motorists snap photos of teens riding trailer, no one calls police

The state police in Massachusetts are scolding the people of that state for getting their priorities wrong. Lots of people took and posted pictures of two teens riding on the back of a tractor-trailer outside of Boston. What they failed to do was use the phones that we presume they took those photos with and actually call the police.

The Massachusetts State Police posted one version of the photo on their Facebook page, and posted a statement full of exasperation with the general public.

“We would like to remind the public how unsafe and illegal this is. This photograph and other similar photographs are circulating regarding this incident. The Massachusetts State Police did not receive any phone calls regarding this incident as it was occurring, yet several drivers took photographs of it.”

Priorities, people. Seriously.

179 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:05:46am

re: #178 Eclectic Cyborg

Multiple motorists snap photos of teens riding trailer, no one calls police

Priorities, people. Seriously.

They would have taken pix of the lions eating people in the Coliseum, no doubt.

180 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:07:02am

7-month old baby dies after eating laundry detergent pod

181 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:07:30am

Ugh…this is going to be a long violent day in Egypt.

182 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:09:46am

re: #137 Decatur Deb

There are more Chris Christies out there than it seems, but they’re scared into silence by the barking loons at their backs.

Chris Christie is a shithead with a raft of terrible policies. He is noticeable because once in awhile he does something ethically sound, like defending a Muslim judge, or doesn’t fight against Obama on something, usually when Christie stands to benefit from it.

His actual policies have been standard idiotic GOP anti-union, anti-teacher, anti-gay fare.

183 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:10:52am

Does Facebook lead to unhappiness?

Facebook could be spreading unhappiness through society as well as keeping people connected, research has shown.

The number one social networking site is strongly associated with declines in well-being, psychologists claim.

Scientists found the more time people spent on Facebook over a two-week period, the worse they subsequently felt.

In contrast, talking to friends on the phone or meeting them in person led to greater levels of happiness.

“On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection,” said Study leader Ethan Kross, from the University of Michigan.

“But rather than enhance well-being, we found that Facebook use predicts the opposite result — it undermines it.”

I say it’s all about who you have on your friends list and the kinds of stuff the post.

184 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:13:47am

re: #183 Eclectic Cyborg

I think that it fools us into thinking we’re socializing, but there’s a lot of reasons why it doesn’t replace real socialization.

i’d joined Somethingawful awhile ago, at first for the tech stuff, but then got sucked into random threads. I found myself getting upset, angry, and most of all just feeling a disconnect. I think that some place like LGF is about the perfect size, with a small community where you actually know a bit about other people there.

If you’re able to constrain Facebook to a very limited set of cool friends, I could see it being satisfying, but I think that if you don’t actually see those friends in real life, it could get weird.

I dunno. It needs more study, but on the face of it I have no problem believing online socialization makes us think we’re socializing while failing to actually kick off the same neurological response as actual in-person socialization.

185 Bulworth  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:14:19am

So there’s a Wikileaks store….and Snowden t-shirts. I’m not sure what this says about the universe in which we live.

186 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:14:51am

re: #182 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Chris Christie is a shithead with a raft of terrible policies. He is noticeable because once in awhile he does something ethically sound, like defending a Muslim judge, or doesn’t fight against Obama on something, usually when Christie stands to benefit from it.

His actual policies have been standard idiotic GOP anti-union, anti-teacher, anti-gay fare.

Yup. In the rational world he would be the relentless opposition. In the world with TPGOP bizzaroids, he is an April zephyr.

187 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:15:49am

re: #181 NJDhockeyfan

Ugh…this is going to be a long violent day in Egypt.

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1402: Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor

The protesters are very angry, saying Gen Sisi is not a proper Muslim and that he has given orders for all proper Muslims to be killed. Egypt is now in a deepening, really serious crisis - I can’t see how they can get out of it without a lot more violence and death.

188 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:17:33am

re: #185 Bulworth

So there’s a Wikileaks store….and Snowden t-shirts. I’m not sure what this says about the universe in which we live.

I bet they sell their customer data.

189 GeneJockey  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:21:57am

re: #182 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Chris Christie is a shithead with a raft of terrible policies. He is noticeable because once in awhile he does something ethically sound, like defending a Muslim judge, or doesn’t fight against Obama on something, usually when Christie stands to benefit from it.

His actual policies have been standard idiotic GOP anti-union, anti-teacher, anti-gay fare.

So he’s stupid, but at least he’s not stupid AND crazy.

190 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:22:02am

Not sure where in Cairo this is but check out the the cattle going down the street.

191 darthstar  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:27:52am
192 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:29:10am

re: #181 NJDhockeyfan

Ugh…this is going to be a long violent day in Egypt.

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I’ve seen pohots are what I’ve seen are M113 APCs, NOT tanks.

Ignorant, lazy reporters.

193 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:30:01am

ONLY TYRANTS USE CHILDREN FOR PHOTO OPS, NOT ARE BELOVED LEADER!!!!11!!

194 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:30:11am

re: #190 NJDhockeyfan

Not sure where in Cairo this is but check out the the cattle going down the street.

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Looks like things are moooving along nicely.

195 Laertes  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:32:56am

So this guy makes a bunch of awful shit that the Wikileaks store…does not carry, therefore Wikileaks sucks? I dunno, man. It’s kind of a reach.

And maybe not fair? I mean, I see a lengthy headline starting with “WIKILEAKS STORE” and then right under it is this wingnut dartboard. Your headline is technically true, but it really looks like your intention is to smear the Wikileaks crew by associating them with a bunch of heinous shit that their store does not carry.

196 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:33:39am

Yikes!

197 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:33:54am
198 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:33:56am
199 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:34:38am

re: #195 Laertes

So this guy makes a bunch of awful shit that the Wikileaks store…does not carry, therefore Wikileaks sucks? I dunno, man. It’s kind of a reach.

And maybe not fair? I mean, I see a lengthy headline starting with “WIKILEAKS STORE” and then right under it is this wingnut dartboard. Your headline is technically true, but it really looks like your intention is to smear the Wikileaks crew by associating them with a bunch of heinous shit that their store does not carry.

If Wikileaks is so principled, why use this libertarian GOPer at all? There are plenty of “artists” out there they could have chosen. Besides, it looks like Snowjob is eating an Oreo cookie or something.

200 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:35:35am

re: #195 Laertes

Don’t you think they should have CHECKED HIM OUT before rushing to feature his products?

201 darthstar  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:37:17am

re: #194 Dark_Falcon

Looks like things are moooving along nicely.

It’s udder mayhem.

202 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:40:42am

re: #195 Laertes

So this guy makes a bunch of awful shit that the Wikileaks store…does not carry, therefore Wikileaks sucks? I dunno, man. It’s kind of a reach.

Therefore Wikileaks shouldn’t hire him to design this stuff.

I’m not sure how this is hard to grasp.

203 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:42:48am

re: #198 Vicious Babushka

Derp is strong with that one.

All politicians have an agenda. It’s what they do. Every politician is looking to further that agenda by attending events, visiting locations out of the office, inviting people to their offices, etc.

Presidents do this all the time. All presidents do, and it’s more sophisticated today than ever before because the technology to convey those visits is more sophisticated. Image is everything (which is why it’s easier to find photos of President Obama than those of say Reagan - though there’s plenty out there too).

And it’s not just presidents. Congress members and state legislators and governors do this as well.

204 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:44:58am

re: #203 lawhawk

Derp is strong with that one.

All politicians have an agenda. It’s what they do. Every politician is looking to further that agenda by attending events, visiting locations out of the office, inviting people to their offices, etc.

Presidents do this all the time. All presidents do, and it’s more sophisticated today than ever before because the technology to convey those visits is more sophisticated. Image is everything (which is why it’s easier to find photos of President Obama than those of say Reagan - though there’s plenty out there too).

And it’s not just presidents. Congress members and state legislators and governors do this as well.

WHEN OBAMA POSES FOR PICTCHURZ WITH CHILDRENS ITZ BECAUZ HEES A TYRANT LIKE HITLER BUT WHEN REAGAN POSES FOR TEH SAME PICTCHURZ ITS BECAUZ HE LUVS TEH LITTLE CHILDRENS & TEH FLAG!!!1111!!!

205 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:45:42am

re: #197 NJDhockeyfan

It’s possible that those photos do represent how people are jumping off what appears to be a freeway ramp 20+ feet above street level to avoid gunfire.

Or something else could be going on.

After all, claims that a police vehicle was pushed off a ramp (from the vantage point of the photos, that may have appeared to be the case, but a later video emerged showing that the police crewed backed up and off the ramp - accidentally from the looks of it.

The video shows a police vehicle approaching a crowd of people and vehicles - colliding with a bus, and then backing up, and doing so quickly, and then ending up careening off the ramp to the ground below.

206 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:46:14am

Richard Colebourn BBC Middle East senior producer

tweets: Smoke pouring from front of Four Seasons Hotel just on banks of Nile. Large crowd. Gunfire + explosion.

Image: _69324111_e79725a6-f1ef-4b51-9ab6-9109438eefe4.jpg

207 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:49:27am
208 Stanley Sea  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:49:32am

I’m happy to see my nic being responded to in a bottom comment. Old times!!

209 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:50:43am

Breaking. Politician poses with baby. Developing. Stay tuned.

210 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:51:15am

re: #201 darthstar

It’s udder mayhem.

Well, the street’s too crowded for cars. so everyone’s gotta hoof it.

211 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:51:29am

re: #192 Dark_Falcon

I’ve seen pohots are what I’ve seen are M113 APCs, NOT tanks.

Ignorant, lazy reporters.

The press are just reporting whatever someone tells them. No confirmation needed.

212 Laertes  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:52:01am

re: #202 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

I wouldn’t want to be held responsible for every product made by every vendor I ever bought from. And so I’m reluctant to hold other people to that standard.

213 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:53:30am

re: #211 NJDhockeyfan

The press are just reporting whatever someone tells them. No confirmation needed.

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I know, but that’s how assholes like Glenn Greenwald are able to get away with their lies and deceptions.

214 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:54:38am

re: #207 Vicious Babushka

You’ve got a live one there. Her Googled twitter trail shows she hasn’t missed a BS TPGOP meme in the playbook.

215 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:55:14am

re: #212 Laertes

I wouldn’t want to be held responsible for every product made by every vendor I ever bought from. And so I’m reluctant to hold other people to that standard.

That isn’t a comparable situation, though. They’re not just selling products, they’re selling ideologically branded products. It’s not about the vendor, it’s about the designer.

Would you sell stuff made by a white supremacist?

216 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:55:49am

re: #214 Decatur Deb

You’ve got a live one there. Her Googled twitter trail shows she hasn’t missed a BS TPGOP meme in the playbook.

Added to the Derp list. She’s gonna totally block me now. :)

217 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:56:36am

re: #212 Laertes

And if it was just one thing or if it wasn’t something designed to give a thrill to haters who’d like to see Barack Obama dead, then we’d be less irritated.

218 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:57:30am

re: #205 lawhawk

It’s possible that those photos do represent how people are jumping off what appears to be a freeway ramp 20+ feet above street level to avoid gunfire.

Or something else could be going on.

After all, claims that a police vehicle was pushed off a ramp (from the vantage point of the photos, that may have appeared to be the case, but a later video emerged showing that the police crewed backed up and off the ramp - accidentally from the looks of it.

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The video shows a police vehicle approaching a crowd of people and vehicles - colliding with a bus, and then backing up, and doing so quickly, and then ending up careening off the ramp to the ground below.

Here is a video of them jumping off the bridge.

219 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:58:04am

re: #196 NJDhockeyfan

Yikes!

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They’re escaping sounds of gunfire. Sounds.

OK, they’re escaping sounds. All I see is one guy coming down a cable or rope and everyone standing around casually.

220 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:59:03am

Welcome to Egypt. Where most the reported news is total bullshit.

221 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 7:59:28am

re: #218 NJDhockeyfan

Here is a video of them jumping off the bridge.

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Oops…here is the video.

222 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:00:34am

re: #219 Gus

They’re escaping sounds of gunfire. Sounds.

OK, they’re escaping sounds. All I see is one guy coming down a cable or rope and everyone standing around casually.

Might be escaping something, but when a crowd is under fire, it hits the ground or runs, doesn’t line a railing.

223 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:01:53am

re: #221 NJDhockeyfan

They’re going down a cable. One guy looks like he fell.

224 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:03:00am

re: #220 Gus

And it’s that way through much of the world. State media outlets, which are controlled by governments, so they slant to a pro-government tilt. Other outlets, which have agendas that may not be easily or clearly identified. Al Jazeera, which had its own agenda (courtesy of Qatari ownership through 2011).

Then, there are the stringers who provide reports to wire services, including Reuters, AFP, AP, UPI, etc. Some are objective and others have no qualms about pushing their own agenda or ignoring company guidelines.

Then, there’s the twitterverse (which includes freelancers and others who post stuff online with no care about attribution, veracity of what’s claimed, etc.) that is a free-for-all and where anyone can post anything, and some of it may even be true.

225 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:03:23am

re: #219 Gus

They’re escaping sounds of gunfire. Sounds.

OK, they’re escaping sounds. All I see is one guy coming down a cable or rope and everyone standing around casually.

We’ve seen similar scenes of people running from the sound gunfire during mass shootings.

226 darthstar  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:05:18am

re: #219 Gus

They’re escaping sounds of gunfire. Sounds.

OK, they’re escaping sounds. All I see is one guy coming down a cable or rope and everyone standing around casually.

Nope! Can still hear it down here!

227 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:05:51am

Who lives in the Bay area? Just got this from a recruiter:

I have a 12 month contract opportunity in the Bay Area, CA. Please review the details below, if interested reply with your current word formatted resume and contact details and I will call you to discuss.

Production Support Lead
The Bay Area, CA
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Rate: $80/HR (All Inclusive)
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**Final Round Skype for Non-Local Candidates**

228 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:08:15am

re: #224 lawhawk

And it’s that way through much of the world. State media outlets, which are controlled by governments, so they slant to a pro-government tilt. Other outlets, which have agendas that may not be easily or clearly identified. Al Jazeera, which had its own agenda (courtesy of Qatari ownership through 2011).

Then, there are the stringers who provide reports to wire services, including Reuters, AFP, AP, UPI, etc. Some are objective and others have no qualms about pushing their own agenda or ignoring company guidelines.

Then, there’s the twitterverse (which includes freelancers and others who post stuff online with no care about attribution, veracity of what’s claimed, etc.) that is a free-for-all and where anyone can post anything, and some of it may even be true.

To postal inspectors SICKENED BY NERVE GAS AT JFK!

Make this go viral.

Retweet!

229 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:09:33am

Who is Larry Shippers?

230 Eventual Carrion  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:12:16am

re: #209 Gus

Breaking. Politician poses with baby. Developing. Stay tuned.

Kissing hands and shaking babies.

231 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:13:46am
232 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:15:40am

re: #231 Vicious Babushka

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Until I saw the title, I thought that was a real wingnut thing.

233 ProTARDISLiberal  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:15:43am

re: #229 Gus

As a Whovian, let me explain me explain shipping. Jamefirecat has touched on this earlier, but I will give the wiki definition.

Shipping, derived from the word relationship, is the belief that two characters, fictional or non-fictional, would be interesting or believable (or are, or will be, or should be) in a romantic relationship. It is considered a general term for fans’ emotional involvement with the ongoing development of romance in a work of fiction. Though technically applicable to any such involvement, it refers chiefly to various related social dynamics observable on the Internet, and is seldom used outside of that context.

What get bizarre in this case is the that a bunch of teeny-bopping fangirls are doing the same for 1D. Specfically between Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.

Right now, a bunch of hysterical tweens are saying some of the kids who were saying this on the documentary have committed suicide. News shows no such reports yet.

234 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:16:52am

re: #231 Vicious Babushka

A well-schooled, truly dedicated, Freeper can hold all those ideas simultaneously and still have room for dessert.

235 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:20:15am


Hilarious in so many ways.

236 ProTARDISLiberal  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:21:44am

As for my opinion of 1D, it is even worse than mine of Beiber’s. They prey on the insecurity of young girls to sell albums and drag people in closer.

237 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:23:39am


Some sort of explosion!

Terrorism!

Fuel tanks.

Derp.

238 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:25:03am

re: #237 Gus

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Some sort of explosion!

Terrorism!

Fuel tanks.

Derp.

Vehicle fire (cause not known)

239 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:25:15am

re: #233 ProTARDISLiberal

As a Whovian, let me explain me explain shipping. Jamefirecat has touched on this earlier, but I will give the wiki definition.

What get bizarre in this case is the that a bunch of teeny-bopping fangirls are doing the same for 1D. Specfically between Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.

Right now, a bunch of hysterical tweens are saying some of the kids who were saying this on the documentary have committed suicide. News shows no such reports yet.

Saw that about the “suicides.” So weird. It’s trending: #RIPLarryShippers

United States of Derp

240 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:25:27am

re: #231 Vicious Babushka

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They left one aspect unmentioned, though “Kenyan” and “Muslim” cover much of it), that simply being those who believe negatively about Obama because that do not like the head of state being a black man.

241 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:25:37am

re: #238 Vicious Babushka

Vehicle fire (cause not known)

Exactly.

242 darthstar  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:28:22am

re: #238 Vicious Babushka

Vehicle fire (cause not known)

Why didn’t Obama prevent it?
/

243 ProTARDISLiberal  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:28:49am

re: #239 Gus

Let’s not judge ourselves to harshly. While that particular tag is trending in the US and the UK, other tags like it are in the Top 10 worldwide. 1D has a cult of personality.

I should note the Britain has absolutely no problem in indulging fanatics of Doctor Who, and are in fact trying to make more of them worldwide. There is a big Doctor Who thing at Heathrow.

244 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:29:54am
245 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:29:58am

re: #242 darthstar

Why didn’t Obama prevent it?
/

is Obama still golfing while NYC burns!!1!

246 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:30:30am

re: #237 Gus

The livecam:

NY-25 at 59th St Bridge (fm Citicorp Bldg)
(Traffic closest to camera is on NY-25 East)
Provided by TrafficLand/Total Traffic Network

shows the car fire pretty well involved at the moment.

Happens occasionally, but this is probably going to clear out quicker than yesterday’s mess at the GWB. There, it was a tractor trailer with a major fuel spill caused by one of the finger joints on the bridge being messed up. That led to a shutdown of the lower deck to clear the spilled fuel. Minutes after that initial incident, there was a multicar accident in the other direction. All told it took several hours for traffic to ease to normal conditions in both directions, but it was a disaster for the evening commute between NY and NJ since traffic tried to circumvent to the Lincoln or Holland tunnel, and there were accidents on approaches to both, leading to even more delays.

Glad I took mass transit home (and that was thankfully normal).

247 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:31:02am

re: #244 Gus

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this is Obama’s Katrina!!1!

248 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:31:05am

re: #242 darthstar

Vehicle fire (cause not known)

Why didn’t Obama prevent it?
/

ITZ OBUMMERS SIGNAL TO BEGIN THE SHARIAH UPRISING AND TAKE AWAY OUR BACON!!11ty

249 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:31:25am

re: #242 darthstar

Why didn’t Obama prevent it?
/

OBAMA CAUSED IT!!!111!! THEIR WERE NEVER ENY CAR FIRES EVER BEFORE OBAMA!!!!1!!!!

250 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:31:41am

MUSLIMS HAVE ATTACKED THE QUEENS BORO BRIDGE AND NOW THE BRIDGE IS ON FIRE AND WILL MELT INTO THE WATER KILLING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NOW THANKS TO OBAMA PLAYING GOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS ANOTHER BENGHAZI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ISN’T THIS IN THE HEADLINES??????????

251 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:32:25am

re: #236 ProTARDISLiberal

As for my opinion of 1D, it is even worse than mine of Beiber’s. They prey on the insecurity of young girls to sell albums and drag people in closer.

Justin Bieber is an immature little punk, but there is still time for him to grow and mature. “Young Punk” can be fixed, although the fixing in many cases involves drill instructors.

Harry Styles, by contrast, seems to enjoy getting girls to fall for him, pushing their buttons, and then driving them away. He enjoys hurting people which is the sign of a sadist. And “Sadistic Personality” is usually something that can’t be fixed, and cannot be fully neutralized save through supermax-level solitary confinement.

252 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:32:59am

re: #246 lawhawk

It looks like the FDNY is on scene and the fire’s being extinguished. Lots of soot surrounding some of the bridge elements, so it’s something the DOT may have to check to make sure that the bridge wasn’t compromised by the fire.

253 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:34:41am
254 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:34:50am

re: #251 Dark_Falcon

Beiber is a punk ass weasel, and I’m not sure there’s a fix for that either. He’s going to get someone killed with his (or people who he allows) to drive his cars in a reckless and wild manner.

When even Keyshawn Johnson is complaining about your wild driving, you know you’re going off the rails.

255 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:35:58am

DERP

256 ProTARDISLiberal  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:36:02am

re: #251 Dark_Falcon

Taylor Swift, having a weakness of falling love, ended in trouble with Styles. Shockingly, she is a bit embittered by falling in love with a Pick-Up-Artist. But not her fault. She has a weakness, and Styles there exploited it.

257 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:36:32am
258 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:36:37am

NBC news warning dozens killed in Egypt during today’s “day of rage”

259 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:36:37am
260 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:37:42am
261 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:38:17am

re: #256 ProTARDISLiberal

And she is never… ever… getting back together with him.

She gets the ultimate revenge on guys who do her wrong. She’s got a knack for writing hit songs about ‘em and their duplicitous ways.

Same thing with Adele. Don’t mess with her, because she will have the last word.

262 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:38:56am

DERP
And yet wingnuts keep adding anti-GAY proposals to the ballot!

263 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:39:19am

re: #258 lawhawk

NBC news warning dozens killed in Egypt during today’s “day of rage”

264 ProTARDISLiberal  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:42:03am

re: #261 lawhawk

I would compare 1D to the Parasite Planet in the Rings of Akhaten.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the Doctor to give a speech on how they are a parasite feeding on the feelings of people, or Clara force-feeding it a leaf, causing it to implode.

265 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:43:48am

Shocka!

266 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:44:18am
267 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:44:51am
268 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:45:02am

I’m laughing.

269 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:45:23am

re: #266 Gus

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They really love their echo chambers don’t they?

Do they not realize how stupid this makes them look?

270 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:47:19am

re: #267 Gus

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The GOP’s rebranding chugs along.

271 Carlos Danger  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:48:18am




It’s a world of fun out there

272 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:48:32am

re: #270 Dr Lizardo

The GOP’s rebranding chugs along.

Choo choo!

273 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:49:28am

I can’t wait for the Alex Jones moderated debate to be streamed on PrisonPlanet.

274 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:50:52am

DERP
Please proceed Bryan

275 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:52:58am
276 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:53:38am

MB must have run out of museums to destroy. Now they are on to zoos.

277 OhNoZombies!  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:57:53am

re: #207 Vicious Babushka

Any bi-racial woman who chooses the name half a crack* in the first place, should be advised to seek help.
And pick up a book.

278 piratedan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:58:20am

re: #262 Vicious Babushka

then why in the name of all that they hold holy are they restricting access for people to exercise their right to vote?

279 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:58:48am

re: #271 Carlos Danger

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It’s a world of fun out there

I RT’d Sandmonkey and got this…

280 Carlos Danger  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 8:59:23am

re: #279 Gus

lol

281 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:01:48am

re: #279 Gus

I RT’d Sandmonkey and got this…

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What a swell guy

282 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:02:13am

re: #278 piratedan

then why in the name of all that they hold holy are they restricting access for people to exercise their right to vote?

RIGHTS ONLY APPLIES TO TEH GUNZ, NOT TEH POORS, TEH BLAHS & TEH GHEY!!!1!!!

283 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:02:51am

re: #281 NJDhockeyfan

What a swell guy

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IT’S TEH JUICE!

284 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:02:59am

JUICENADO

285 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:03:14am

HQ is in Bensonhurst. //

286 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:04:18am
287 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:05:19am

Gotta get going. BBL

288 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:06:06am

re: #286 Gus

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LOLOLOL

289 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:06:57am

re: #288 Dr Lizardo

LOLOLOL

290 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:09:50am

re: #281 NJDhockeyfan

What a swell guy

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Good lord.

One time, I do recall using sarcasm on a visitor at the Sufi Center in Berlin, who was spouting off some anti-Semitic twaddle; I looked back at him and said, in my best sarcastic voice, “Yeah, that’s it. It’s the Jooooooooz, man!”

The Sufis who understood English - which was most of them - burst into laughter and the dimwit left in a huff.

291 Eventual Carrion  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:11:33am

re: #289 Gus

Looking forward to watching all those GOP debates on QVC and Nickelodeon.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) August 16, 2013

SpongeBob and Patrick can be moderators. I would watch that.

292 Carlos Danger  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:11:49am

The MB protestors did have legitimate (heh) concerns, but they’re sure shooting their bolt today.

293 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:13:38am

re: #291 Eventual Carrion

SpongeBob and Patrick can be moderators. I would watch that.

I still wanna see Samuel L. Jackson as moderator.

I SAID SHUT THE F**K UP! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, MOTHERF**ER?!

294 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:14:03am
295 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:14:52am
296 OhNoZombies!  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:15:48am

re: #291 Eventual Carrion

SpongeBob and Patrick can be moderators. I would watch that.

Heck, in some cases, I would call that an improvement…

297 wrenchwench  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:16:45am
It appears as though Wikileaks has found themselves their very own rodeo clown.

Great Page article, Gus.

298 Bulworth  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:17:28am

re: #294 Gus

This will put a stop to all the voter fraud that doesn’t occur. /

299 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:17:33am

re: #295 Gus

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Glenn Greenwald will moderate the GOP debates for $50,000.

300 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:18:18am

re: #297 wrenchwench

Great Page article, Gus.

Tanks. Wasn’t sure about bringing the rodeo clown into this but I thought there were similarities.

301 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:20:19am
302 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:22:43am

What time is it in Egypt? Late afternoon?

303 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:24:37am

re: #302 Eclectic Cyborg

What time is it in Egypt? Late afternoon?

6:24 PM
Friday, August 16, 2013 (EET)
Time in Egypt

304 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:25:41am
305 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:25:55am

Dovetails with this article.

306 Carlos Danger  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:26:02am

re: #301 NJDhockeyfan

307 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:26:53am

re: #304 Gus

The circlederp is now complete.

308 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:27:46am
309 b.d.  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:28:02am

re: #304 Gus

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The only hope as far as electoral politics… presently, is the libertarian section of the Republican party,” said Assange, in response to a question about the recent swell of college-aged and youth-based support for libertarianism.

“The libertarian aspect of the Republican Party is presently the only useful political voice really in the U.S. Congress,” said Assange. “[I] am a big admirer of Ron Paul and Rand Paul for their very principled positions in the U.S. Congress on a number of issues.”

Ya know what? Screw that guy.

310 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:30:02am

re: #309 b.d.

Ya know what? Screw that guy.

Assange must be reading LGF and getting ideas.

311 OhNoZombies!  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:30:39am

re: #304 Gus

…quietly hiding my children…
{{peeks out window}}

312 efuseakay  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:31:01am

re: #294 Gus

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When are the Feds going to step in? This is just insane.

313 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:31:38am

re: #304 Gus

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Roflcopter.

314 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:34:04am

So, I was out walking along Church St in Lower Manhattan, wanting to get some photos of the old American Stock Exchange, which is behind the cemetery for Trinity Church, and a few blocks south of the WTC complex. As I’m walking back, I, along with a bunch of people, notice smoke coming from the basement of a building on Cedar, which is a block away from the WTC memorial entrance. Turns out there was some kind of smoke condition/fire in the basement of the chinese restaurant that I sometimes frequent.


That was before the NYPD secured the scene and pushed everyone off the narrow block so the FDNY could get better access.

I’ll have those Amex photos up soon. Developers are going to turn the Art Deco masterpiece into a hotel. It’s been vacant for years as the AMEX moved its trading floor down to 11 Wall Street (AMEX now owned by the NYSE-Euronext)

315 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:36:27am

re: #313 Varek Raith

Roflcopter.

316 Flounder  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:37:10am

re: #314 lawhawk

From the pic I thought it was gonna be a stop and frisk post. Oops, my bad.

317 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:37:16am

re: #312 efuseakay

Under preclearance, the feds would have blocked the implementation of the law until it was approved judicially. Now, the laws can be enacted, but people/groups can sue to block under the remaining provisions of the VRA. It’s quite likely that these kinds of restrictions will be knocked down - but that might not happen until after upcoming elections.

318 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:38:07am
319 efuseakay  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:38:49am

re: #292 Carlos Danger

The MB protestors did have legitimate (heh) concerns, but they’re sure shooting their bolt today.

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What they need to figure out is that “legitimate concerns” =/= raising all hell and trashing your country.

Same goes for the “Government”.

320 efuseakay  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:39:45am

re: #317 lawhawk

Under preclearance, the feds would have blocked the implementation of the law until it was approved judicially. Now, the laws can be enacted, but people/groups can sue to block under the remaining provisions of the VRA. It’s quite likely that these kinds of restrictions will be knocked down - but that might not happen until after upcoming elections.

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NCGOP will be in for a rude awakening. Sooner than they think, that’s for sure.

321 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:40:55am

re: #306 Carlos Danger

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322 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:42:10am

LOL

323 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:43:04am

Was listening to NPR about half an hour ago in my car, and was surprised to hear they used the word “inadvertently” to describe the mistakes made by the NSA. They went on to enumerate some numbers of those pulled in error and actually show how few people were affected in any form.

Such a different report from what we’ve seen in print and on TV with all the sensationalism.

324 Dr. Matt  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:43:07am
325 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:43:37am

Some serious rat fuckery going on there.

326 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:44:11am

re: #312 efuseakay

When are the Feds going to step in? This is just insane.

I don’t think they can now that the Supreme Court neutered the VRA.

327 Carlos Danger  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:45:03am

re: #321 NJDhockeyfan

A lot of anti-military folks on twitter are convinced it’s some kind of false flag. I dunno, they’re nuts enough.

328 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:46:06am
329 Gus  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:47:14am

Rand and Ron Paul and Julian Assange are on the same page WRT Israel.

330 Eventual Carrion  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:48:01am

re: #298 Bulworth

This will put a stop to all the voter fraud that doesn’t occur. /

People laugh at me when I smear cow dung all over my body to prevent platypus attacks, but seem to forget that I have yet to be attacked by one. Coincidence?

331 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:48:14am

re: #326 Eclectic Cyborg

I don’t think they can now that the Supreme Court neutered the VRA.

justice.gov

A state can be thrown back under section 5.

332 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:50:22am


Doubtful. This isn’t loony toons where they clock out until tomorrow.

333 Eventual Carrion  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:50:52am

re: #304 Gus

Assange praises ‘media innovator’ Drudge… t.co
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) August 16, 2013

Have to agree there. Before him media depended on facts and research and stuff, he innovated right away from that.

334 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:53:45am

Just pulled this off the BBC site:

1640:

These two police officers, one in plain clothes, are taking aim at Morsi supporters in the Zamalek neighbourhood of Cairo, according to the AP agency which supplied the photo: Image: _69329063_018983922-1.jpg

Contrary to that assessment, it appears that the cop has his weapon pointed at the guy in civilian clothes, and why would he do that to another cop?

AP—get your shit together. I know it’s hard, but still.

335 darthstar  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:55:04am

Image: 1173892_10201495884626381_591907201_n.jpg

336 erik_t  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:56:14am

re: #335 darthstar

Image: 1173892_10201495884626381_591907201_n.jpg

Ship’s Cats are basically the greatest thing ever.

337 Dr. Matt  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:57:42am

re: #336 erik_t

Ship’s Cats are basically the greatest thing ever.

Yup. They take care of the rodents.

338 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 9:58:06am

re: #332 NJDhockeyfan

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Doubtful. This isn’t loony toons where they clock out until tomorrow.

Goodnight, Sam.

Goodnight, Hank. See you at the riot tomorrow.

339 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:05:50am
340 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:07:38am

1655:

It is not just the security forces who are armed. This image, also supplied by AP, reportedly shows a Morsi supporter with a pistol in Ramses Square in Cairo: Image: _69329065_018984154-1.jpg

At this point it’s anyone’s guess if you’re depending on the AP—why, it could be a “plainclothes” cop, couldn’t it?

341 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:08:35am

And this, from the BBC, also:

1657: Ahmed Maher BBC Arabic, Alexandria

tells BBC World: There are two different views from the Corniche, the vast coast road lined with military tanks. On the beach there are families enjoying themselves, who say they are fed up of politics and life must go on, while to the east there is a large protest rally by the Muslim Brotherhood.

342 Lidane  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:22:17am
343 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:28:32am

re: #167 Justanotherhuman

Expecting perfection from govt human beings but not from ourselves.

How does that work?

If they’re perfect than thousands of them can successfully keep the big secret conspiracies hidden!
//

344 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 16, 2013 11:40:08am

re: #336 erik_t

Ship’s Cats are basically the greatest thing ever.

Except maybe Unsinkable Sam.

en.wikipedia.org


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