Hipster Kittehs in Outer Space: Dreams Are Real
Time travel.
Space Exploration.
Violence.
Drama.
Love.
Cats.
Dreams.(c)2013 Katie Akana and Ryan Barger
Time travel.
Space Exploration.
Violence.
Drama.
Love.
Cats.
Dreams.(c)2013 Katie Akana and Ryan Barger
2 | b.d. Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:08:26pm |
LOL, looks like someone is desperate to stay relevant.
Note that the Guardian/NYT partnership applies only to a limited class of Snowden documents, not all http://t.co/Izg9M0Jfnf
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 23, 2013
3 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:10:45pm |
re: #2 b.d.
What I’d like to see happen here is that the NYT puts their fiercest editor on this reporting to make damn sure that the reporting is factual and evidence-based, with assumptions and speculations identified as such and not made the focus of the reporting.
4 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:14:48pm |
Lion hats for cats :))) pic.twitter.com/YUuqzaZZEh— Int Engineering (@IntEngineering) August 23, 2013
5 | FemNaziBitch Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:14:54pm |
Cat Overlords killed the dinosaurs and then left the planet.
I KNEW IT!!!!
6 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:15:23pm |
Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald 44m
Can’t wait to see if people accuse NYT of being criminals for possessing & publishing “stolen” top secret docs theguardian.com …
Partnership? As in receiving stolen goods?
7 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:15:24pm |
re: #2 b.d.
LOL, looks like someone is desperate to stay relevant.
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8 | FemNaziBitch Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:16:40pm |
Governor Signs our Law Eliminating Felony Prostitution in Illinois
End Demand Illinois has eliminated felony prostitution in our state. Today, Governor Pat Quinn signed the legislation, which goes into effect immediately.
WOOT!!!
10 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:18:40pm |
And now, the niece. Also, a published, professional biologist, on the left.
11 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:18:50pm |
I think this article nails how Egypt should be handled.
And we should disclose any incriminating evidence against the Muslim Brotherhood. You know somewhere in the CIA or State Department is a binder full of stuff on the Muslim Brotherhood. A lot of it incriminating. Use it to damage the MB’s reputation.
12 | makeitstop Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:19:28pm |
re: #10 wrenchwench
And now, the niece. Also, a published, professional biologist, on the left.
That kid loves the camera!
13 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:20:57pm |
Edward Steichen's “The Flatiron,” New York City, 1904: #MMA pic.twitter.com/MVmjl8Sz0G— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 23, 2013
14 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:29:16pm |
re: #11 ProTARDISLiberal
I would add one thing. Egypt needs dispel the cloud of misinformation created by the Muslim Brotherhood. They need to get the Egyptian Ambassador in front of a camera to explain the full picture. Ideally, the ambassador would also point out how the Nazi Party won elections in Germany, but they aren’t considered supporters or promoters of Democracy.
Just because you won elections doesn’t make you Democratic. Some parties get in only to dismantle the democratic system, especially in weak, post-revolutionary states. Sometimes even in more established states too.
15 | CuriousLurker Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:31:34pm |
Oh good, a kitteh thread—I have some more entertainment for you. My feline overlords have triumphed yet again. I just totally caved to my younger cat’s repeated melodramatic performances—this was like the 6th one today.
Kitty Theater
CL walks from living room through front entryway into kitchen. There’s one of those benches with a hinged seat in the entryway, which is where the cat food is stored (some on top, some inside).
Younger cat—who is an extremely picky eater with a sensitive stomach—jumps on bench and pointedly begins rubbing against the cans of the only flavor of wet food she’s decided that she likes.
CL, attempting to avoid eye contact with above mentioned cat, begins preparing a fresh pot of espresso…
Cat: Meow?
CL: *sighs* What?
Cat: *rubbing food* Meowwwwww! [Hopeful.]
CL: No. You have to finish your plate. [She knows what this means—that she has to eat all the dry food in her dish before I’ll give her anything else—and it is NOT the response she’s looking for.]
Cat: MEEEEOWWWWWW!!11! [Outraged—no, that’s not fair!]
CL: I said NO. You have to finish your plate.
Cat: meowwwww… [This time expressed in a very weak, pitiful tone designed to pull at the heartstrings.]
CL: *looks away* No, I said FINISH YOUR PLATE.
Cat, usually very agile & light on her feet (unlike the elder one) flings herself onto floor, landing with a heavy *thud*, then makes a great show of walking dejectedly (drooping tail and all) to her food dish and sniffs at the dry food. She looks back one last time, hoping against hope…. She then begins to nibble gingerly at the food….
CL: Oh, FFS—okay, you win! [Goes to open new can of wet food.]
Cat: Meow! [Ecstatic—I love you soooo much!]
CL: *shaking head* Yeah, uh-huh. You’re welcome. //
I swear, if she was a human kid she’d be crying “crocodile tears” and making a show of gagging every time she had to swallow a bite of dry food. *eyeroll*
16 | Shvaughn Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:33:58pm |
re: #14 ProTARDISLiberal
Ideally, the ambassador would also point out how the Nazi Party won elections in Germany, but they aren’t considered supporters or promoters of Democracy.
I can’t see why that kind of Godwinism would be a good idea at all.
17 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:36:27pm |
re: #15 CuriousLurker
LOL, right here:
landing with a heavy *thud*, then makes a great show of walking dejectedly (drooping tail and all)
I have one of those.
18 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:36:28pm |
Flashback: The Daily Banter’s Official Helpful Media Guide for Interacting With Glenn Greenwald http://t.co/Rnzny43iYG by @chezpazienza— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 23, 2013
19 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:36:28pm |
Yay it's friday ^^ #yayitsfriday #cats #bigcats pic.twitter.com/ffo4UtEXl5— Cat Quotes And Pics (@lovelycatquotes) August 16, 2013
20 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:37:00pm |
re: #16 Shvaughn
It is true however. The Nazi Party won a plurality of seats in the 1933 Election in Germany. Upon doing so, they started dismantling democratic institutions.
There are other examples, but that is one that Americans will listen to the most.
21 | calochortus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:38:09pm |
re: #15 CuriousLurker
LOL, my daughter seems to be teaching her kitteh to fish treats out of the treat jar. Yes, it does have a cork in the top, but how many days of said kitteh being home with time on his paws will it take to figure out how to hook a claw or two into the cork and pull it out?
22 | Shvaughn Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:39:11pm |
re: #20 ProTARDISLiberal
It is true however. The Nazi Party won a plurality of seats in the 1933 Election in Germany. Upon doing so, they started dismantling democratic institutions.
There are other examples, but that is one that Americans will listen to the most.
Eh, every ten minutes someone else in America compares someone to Hitler. I think there are better ways to address Egypt’s problems without going all “THEY’RE JUST LIKE THE NAZIS IN 1933”. Especially since there’s no guarantee that won’t WIN them supporters in the Middle East.
Edited to add: Well, at least you’re not recommending executing people to death and stuff like that, this time.
23 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:40:39pm |
The twin grandkids are still fetuses (fetii?). My DIL CAN’T MOVE.
25 | CuriousLurker Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:42:16pm |
re: #17 wrenchwench
LOL, right here:
I have one of those.
I suspect it’s the kitty equivalent of a teenager running to her room and slamming the door shut in a fit of pique, LOL.
26 | prairiefire Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:42:39pm |
re: #23 Vicious Babushka
The twin grandkids are still fetuses (fetii?). My DIL CAN’T MOVE.
Oh, those large flower head bands! Such the rage!
27 | CuriousLurker Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:42:41pm |
re: #21 calochortus
LOL, my daughter seems to be teaching her kitteh to fish treats out of the treat jar. Yes, it does have a cork in the top, but how many days of said kitteh being home with time on his paws will it take to figure out how to hook a claw or two into the cork and pull it out?
LOL, yep, it’s just a matter of time.
28 | A Mom Anon Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:43:55pm |
re: #17 wrenchwench
Our dog does that,lol. We then call her Emo Dog. In our stage directions she has a long front forelock of purple hair and when she’s not throwing herself on the floor with a dramatic *SIGH*(picture 75 lbs of Doberman/Shepard mix doing this),she’s slamming the door to her room and telling us we’ll never understand her-NEVER!!!
At which point the cat usually looks at me like” See, I told you, we were JUST FINE until you brought THAT home”.
Animals. Heh.
29 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:44:29pm |
30 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:44:50pm |
oh jeez it takes a dog’s age to pull a branch on this monster
31 | calochortus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:44:56pm |
re: #27 CuriousLurker
LOL, yep, it’s just a matter of time.
And she’s so pleased that she’s gotten him down to his ideal weight. He, on the other hand is pleased that he has some digestive issue or other that now requires that he mostly get wet food.
32 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:45:33pm |
re: #22 Shvaughn
Point proven on the last one.
I guess pointing out that Democratic Elections have led to nasty and brutal dictatorships works to. It needs to be pointed out that the Muslim Brotherhood is a nasty, duplicitous, and authoritarian group. Unfortunately, they also know how to get a reaction out of Americans. One paragraph in that article stuck with me.
The Islamists understand American culture far better than the Egyptian moderates, and they’re much better propagandists. They know how deeply Americans are repelled by the killings, so don’t put it past them to provoke and stage the killings for the television cameras. They want martyrs. They want the cameras and the carnage, and Americans are reacting like good Americans: with outrage.
33 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:45:48pm |
re: #21 calochortus
LOL, my daughter seems to be teaching her kitteh to fish treats out of the treat jar. Yes, it does have a cork in the top, but how many days of said kitteh being home with time on his paws will it take to figure out how to hook a claw or two into the cork and pull it out?
i want to know how the bears open the beer cans
35 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:47:09pm |
re: #21 calochortus
LOL, my daughter seems to be teaching her kitteh to fish treats out of the treat jar. Yes, it does have a cork in the top, but how many days of said kitteh being home with time on his paws will it take to figure out how to hook a claw or two into the cork and pull it out?
or the jar hits the floor with an extremely satisfying smashing sound…
36 | CuriousLurker Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:48:31pm |
37 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:49:10pm |
re: #24 Gus
I see words, but do not understand.
38 | calochortus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:49:29pm |
re: #33 dog philosopher
i want to know how the bears open the beer cans
They just puncture the top with a claw…
39 | Decatur Deb Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:50:39pm |
re: #38 calochortus
They just puncture the top with a claw…
And the bottom, once they learn to ‘shotgun’.
40 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:51:08pm |
In gun-happy NC, the DA has decided not to prosecute…
RT @DerekRowles: #BreakingNews — UPDATE: Wake DA will NOT file any charges against mother whose gun went off in Wake Forest Staples store …
Franklinton woman charged after her gun accidentally goes off in Staples store
Read more here: newsobserver.com
The public be damned. And that 2 yr old will be, too.
Cheeeezus, these people are the danger, not some imagined “criminal” out to do them some kind of harm.
41 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:54:23pm |
re: #20 ProTARDISLiberal
It is true however. The Nazi Party won a plurality of seats in the 1933 Election in Germany. Upon doing so, they started dismantling democratic institutions.
There are other examples, but that is one that Americans will listen to the most.
The Nazis never did win a straight-up majority: in the July 1932 Reichstag elections, the NSDAP won 33% of the votes. Ironically, their percentage of the vote was actually in decline from previous elections, suggesting that they’d peaked, and if President Hindenburg, in one of the most monumental political blunders in history, had not appointed Hitler as Reichskanzler, the NSDAP would very likely have continued a slow descent into political irrelevance.
As for the 1933 elections, bear in mind that the Reichstag Fire Decree had taken effect shortly before, and even with that, the NSDAP could not gain an outright plurality. They ended up with 43.9%, which while impressive in a parliamentary system, is not an outright ruling majority. That came a few weeks later with the passage of the Enabling Act, where the Reichstag surrendered their power and took a long vacation.
42 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:54:35pm |
re: #33 dog philosopher
i want to know how the bears open the beer cans
They just smack them around a little and then shotgun them.
43 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:56:55pm |
44 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:57:41pm |
If I scan my Twitter feed too quickly, it appears that Glenn Greenwald is unhappy about Joe Biden giving birth to a panda.— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) August 23, 2013
45 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 2:59:33pm |
Marriage Mania? Or is it Marriagepalooza? RT @trabernlaw: Don't even try to park downtown Santa Fe today. Marriages breaking out all over.— ClearlyNM (@ClearlyNM) August 23, 2013
46 | jayjaybear Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:00:01pm |
*sigh*
Another blog down. Balloon Juice has gone Full Metal Dudebro. I’m running out of stuff to read instead of working!
47 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:00:07pm |
re: #43 dog philosopher
i wanna see it on youtube!!!
The one that went to the store for the beer should be back soon.
48 | calochortus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:00:56pm |
re: #43 dog philosopher
You mean no one has a video up yet? I thought everything was on YouTube.
49 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:01:54pm |
re: #48 calochortus
You mean no one has a video up yet? I thought everything was on YouTube.
I’m trying for live footage.
50 | Decatur Deb Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:01:54pm |
re: #47 Eventual Carrion
The one that went to the store for the beer should be back soon.
Black bears in a coal mine at midnight?
51 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:06:00pm |
re: #50 Decatur Deb
Black bears in a coal mine at midnight?
After I posted the link then went to to the site to take a look. No bears there right now. Oh well, maybe they went looking for the beer mule bear (ManBearPig?) thinking he ran off with their money and beer to party with that female down river.
52 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:09:35pm |
re: #36 CuriousLurker
Ugh, psycho.
Very. Has some pretty nasty images of violence at his site. Also a friend of Wayne Madsen.
53 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:13:21pm |
re: #48 calochortus
You mean no one has a video up yet? I thought everything was on YouTube.
this is obviously a scandalous oversight
54 | calochortus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:13:54pm |
re: #53 dog philosopher
this is obviously a scandalous oversight
Someone should give those bears video cameras.
55 | darthstar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:14:27pm |
If Ben Affleck had run for Mayor of New York and texted dick pics to the royal baby people wouldn't be this mad.— ©@®°£ Hartsell (@carolrhartsell) August 23, 2013
56 | darthstar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:15:35pm |
Why are people so mad at Ben Affleck? I thought he was great in Rounders.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 23, 2013
57 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:16:59pm |
Top Democrat in House of Reps urges @BarackObama to order air strikes against #Assad gov. after apparent gassing http://t.co/re9JBhtcBe— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) August 23, 2013
58 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:18:13pm |
re: #55 darthstar
what happens if ben affleck marries the AFLAC duck while watching a showing of My Friend Flicka?
59 | Decatur Deb Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:19:56pm |
re: #58 dog philosopher
what happens if ben affleck marries the AFLAC duck while watching a showing of My Friend Flicka?
Bryan Fischer posts a smirking ‘told you so’.
60 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:20:48pm |
re: #59 Decatur Deb
Bryan Fischer posts a smirking ‘told you so’.
And discreetly orders a few new toys for his ‘romper room’.
61 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:21:18pm |
Ben Affleck just ran off with Glenn Greenwald's husband and all the NSA documents!— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) August 23, 2013
62 | Feline Fearless Leader Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:22:45pm |
re: #21 calochortus
LOL, my daughter seems to be teaching her kitteh to fish treats out of the treat jar. Yes, it does have a cork in the top, but how many days of said kitteh being home with time on his paws will it take to figure out how to hook a claw or two into the cork and pull it out?
(Snob voice)
Ah, the Chateau de Tuna - 2012. A good year for treats.
(sound of cork popping)
(/Snob voice)
63 | Decatur Deb Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:22:59pm |
re: #60 EPR-radar
And discreetly orders a few new toys for his ‘romper room’.
Time to revisit:
Sex With Ducks
64 | darthstar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:23:30pm |
He wants to be called Chelsea Affleck— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) August 23, 2013
65 | darthstar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:25:52pm |
67 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:26:06pm |
re: #36 CuriousLurker
Ugh, psycho.
You bet. Still ensconced in Jakarta, hating the US and engaging in all kinds of paranoia.
68 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:27:03pm |
re: #57 NJDhockeyfan
Not that I oppose this, but could we please plan this out a bit?
69 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:27:09pm |
You atheists bitch and moan that I'm a fictional character, but cast Ben Affleck as Batman and it's “Sacrilege!” this and “Blasphemy!” that.— God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 23, 2013
70 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:34:48pm |
One of Chris Lane's accused killers doesn't have his picture on @DRUDGE. Guess who. pic.twitter.com/sM22dzBblG— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 23, 2013
71 | SpaceJesus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:35:15pm |
Why is somebody who had sex with Jennifer Lopez allowed to be Batman?
72 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:36:17pm |
Think Ben Affleck's a bad choice for Batman? Yesterday we had a Greensnow cultist at LGF comparing Edward Snowden to Batman. Could be worse.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 23, 2013
74 | McSpiff Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:38:51pm |
First day off in 19. Not on call, nada. Corona has never tasted so good.
75 | Targetpractice Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:39:48pm |
re: #71 SpaceJesus
Why is somebody who had sex with Jennifer Lopez allowed to be Batman?
Starring in Gigli has helped him understand the sort of suffering and pain Batman goes through?
76 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:39:49pm |
re: #71 SpaceJesus
Why is somebody who had sex with Jennifer Lopez allowed to be Batman?
obviously i have a psychological predilection to become batman
77 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:40:33pm |
BREAKING. @CBSDavidMartin: US naval commander orders warships to move closer to Syria to be ready for possible Cruise missile strike.— Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeCBS) August 23, 2013
78 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:41:30pm |
re: #74 McSpiff
First day off in 19. Not on call, nada. Corona has never tasted so good.
Just think how good a real beer would taste!
/
{McSpiff}
79 | Decatur Deb Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:42:38pm |
re: #74 McSpiff
First day off in 19. Not on call, nada. Corona has never tasted so good.
Bank of America intern?
80 | McSpiff Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:43:28pm |
81 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:44:00pm |
re: #72 Charles Johnson
I can see it now:
Snowden (as Batman): “There’s nothing wrong with The Joker I can’t fix with my hands.”
82 | Targetpractice Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:44:07pm |
83 | Decatur Deb Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:45:26pm |
re: #82 Targetpractice
Oh, this won’t go over well.
Cruise missiles are so ‘Desert Storm’. WHERE ARE MY DRONZ?
84 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:45:28pm |
US military reportedly updates list of potential targets in Syria as pressure mounts on Obama http://t.co/Tm9MKSMBiX— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) August 23, 2013
85 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:47:24pm |
Time to bomb everything better again.
Price of rubble to sink.
86 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:47:42pm |
re: #47 Eventual Carrion
The one that went to the store for the beer should be back soon.
Compensatory kitteh rescue cam.
88 | Targetpractice Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:49:51pm |
Let’s see, will the GOP response to a cruise missile strike on Assad be:
A) “He took too long!”
B) “It’s not enough, we need to invade!”
C) “He’s trying to distract us!”
D) All of the above
89 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:51:21pm |
Here’s the couple that brought the court case that resulted in today’s ruling for SSM in NM.
Jen Roper and Angelique Neuman after wedding. Roper taking chemo for brain cancer. Photo: Micah McCoy pic.twitter.com/rv3PTysT9j— Steve Terrell (@steveterrell) August 23, 2013
(correct me if I’m wrong, SpaceJesus)
90 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:51:38pm |
re: #88 Targetpractice
Let’s see, will the GOP response to a cruise missile strike on Assad be:
A) “He took too long!”
B) “It’s not enough, we need to invade!”
C) “He’s trying to distract us!”
D) All of the above
More possibilities:
E) “Anything Obama does is wrong because he is a Democrat.”
F) “Anything Obama does is wrong because he is black.”
91 | GeneJockey Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:52:08pm |
re: #88 Targetpractice
Let’s see, will the GOP response to a cruise missile strike on Assad be:
A) “He took too long!”
B) “It’s not enough, we need to invade!”
C) “He’s trying to distract us!”
D) All of the above
You forget the Gingrich Approach: First castigate the President for not ordering airstrikes, then castigate the President for ordering airstrikes, and do both within two weeks.
92 | Targetpractice Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:52:34pm |
re: #90 EPR-radar
More possibilities:
E) “Anything Obama does is wrong because he is a Democrat.”
F) “Anything Obama does is wrong because he is black.”
Actually, now that I think about it, D should have been “He went to war without a plan! He’s just like Bush!!!”
93 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:53:38pm |
re: #88 Targetpractice
Let’s see, will the GOP response to a cruise missile strike on Assad be:
A) “He took too long!”
B) “It’s not enough, we need to invade!”
C) “He’s trying to distract us!”
D) All of the above
E) BENGHAZI!!! NSA!!! GHEYS!!!! SLUTZ!!!!
94 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:54:13pm |
It’s official
Filner resigns, but defiant: “I have never sexually harassed anyone.” Accused city, media of lynch-mob mentality.— L.A. Times: L.A. Now (@LANow) August 23, 2013
95 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:54:23pm |
On the subject of casting for Batman, I think Glenn Greenwald would be great as The Penguin.
96 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:54:29pm |
re: #85 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Time to bomb everything better again.
Price of rubble to sink.
It’s the foreign policy equivalent of pulsing the blender again on a botched recipe.
Except that the botched recipe doesn’t have a body count and feel-good bombings do.
97 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:55:59pm |
re: #95 Vicious Babushka
On the subject of casting for Batman, I think Glenn Greenwald would be great as The Penguin.
The Scarecrow would be a good match for GG. All that fear mongering…
98 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:56:57pm |
re: #95 Vicious Babushka
On the subject of casting for Batman, I think Glenn Greenwald would be great as The Penguin.
You don’t think Two-face would be more appropriate?
99 | thedopefishlives Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:57:56pm |
re: #96 EPR-radar
It’s the foreign policy equivalent of pulsing the blender on a botched recipe.
Except that the botched recipe doesn’t have a body count and feel-good bombings do.
Well, the botched recipe might have a body count, depending on who cooked it.
100 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:58:24pm |
re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg
You don’t think Two-face would be more appropriate?
Two face is more inconsistent than GG because of all that coin flipping (why yes, I do know entirely too much Batman trivia…).
101 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:58:28pm |
Heh
.@chrislhayes Why are you asking twitter? Do you have a staff?— Steve Beste (@stevebeste) August 23, 2013
102 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:58:36pm |
103 | Targetpractice Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:59:36pm |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
It’s official
[Embedded content]
So he agreed to settle a case he says has no truth to it?
104 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:59:49pm |
re: #89 wrenchwench
Here’s the couple that brought the court case that resulted in today’s ruling for SSM in NM.
[Embedded content]
(correct me if I’m wrong, SpaceJesus)
Clerk's office sends employees to cancer center with marriage license for Pojaque lesbian couple— Mark Oswald (@Markjr47) August 23, 2013
105 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 3:59:54pm |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
It’s official
[Embedded content]
good grief…what an effin self-appointed “victim”…
“ALL THOSE SLUTZ SEDUCED ME!!!!!”
106 | thedopefishlives Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:01:57pm |
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief…what an effin self-appointed “victim”…
“ALL THOSE SLUTZ SEDUCED ME!!!!!”
Well, this is coming from the same mindset that thinks that women that get raped deserve it…
107 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:02:05pm |
.@chrislhayes Why are you asking twitter? Do you have a staff?
i have a rod and a staff
108 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:02:41pm |
“The dominoes are falling.” http://t.co/ro17PdaogZ— jfleck (@jfleck) August 23, 2013
RT @jfleck: “The dominoes are falling.” http://t.co/fQOGZlm52C The dam has broken— Steve Terrell (@steveterrell) August 23, 2013
@steveterrell the slope has been slipped.— Matthew Reichbach (@fbihop) August 23, 2013
RT @fbihop: @steveterrell the slope has been slipped. //Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall— Steve Terrell (@steveterrell) August 23, 2013
109 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:03:11pm |
re: #101 NJDhockeyfan
Heh
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Important to note these are just preparations for a cruise missile strike against the Assad regime. POTUS has not given green light.
110 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:03:45pm |
Ok, let's just hope nobody from the Syrian regime is watching CBS or is on Twitter, otherwise the element of surprise for the attack is lost— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) August 23, 2013
111 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:05:11pm |
More Twitter speculation:
Syrian civil war
Obama admin appears to be debating what military action to take against Syria; not really debating if anymore - @chucktodd
112 | b.d. Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:05:41pm |
re: #101 NJDhockeyfan
Heh
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My guess is that the real NBC News guys won’t talk to Hayes.
I can just imagine the contempt that Jim Miklaszewski has for that guy.
113 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:05:51pm |
re: #109 Justanotherhuman
Caroline Horn @CNHorn 22m
Important to note these are just preparations for a cruise missile strike against the Assad regime. POTUS has not given green light.
He’s letting Assad know his world is going to crash around him if he doesn’t let investigators go to the chemical attack site.
114 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:07:35pm |
Obama admin appears to be debating what military action to take against Syria
attach with the entire hittite army including archers and chariots
115 | Targetpractice Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:07:44pm |
116 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:07:55pm |
On Sunday, 3rd September 1967, Sweden changed from driving of the left to driving on the right. This is what happened pic.twitter.com/hhtCUqZjMr— ClassicPics (@History_Pics) August 23, 2013
117 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:08:41pm |
If you're sad today, just look at how happy this man is with his onion pic.twitter.com/x7SAAw53w2— Fascinating Pictures (@Fascinatingpics) August 23, 2013
118 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:10:00pm |
“If a woman needs it, should she be spanked?” News clipping from the New York Daily Mirror, c. 1950s pic.twitter.com/3FVMS5q69N— Historical Pictures (@HistoricalPics) August 23, 2013
119 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:11:10pm |
That would do the trick, all right. RT @History_Pics: Painful device preventing men from getting an erection… 1894 pic.twitter.com/OK1szIWuDu— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 23, 2013
120 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:12:32pm |
re: #114 dog philosopher
Obama admin appears to be debating what military action to take against Syria
attach with the entire hittite army including archers and chariots
More from @CBSDavidMartin: Joint Chiefs Chair GEN Martin Dempsey expected to present options for Syria strike at White House mtg tomorrow.— Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeCBS) August 23, 2013
121 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:13:46pm |
Mugshots for the 1920's were AWESOME http://t.co/NqLArdkqUM pic.twitter.com/yIRlAxw7Fe— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 23, 2013
122 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:14:42pm |
SOUDA BAY, Greece (Aug 19, 2013) - The guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B Roberts (FFG 58) arrives for a port visit. http://t.co/rhQ2ek8WKi— Gus (@Gus_802) August 23, 2013
123 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:15:03pm |
re: #118 Charles Johnson
Push polling has been around as long as polling itself. “If a woman needs it…”
124 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:15:30pm |
re: #112 b.d.
Hoping Obama knows what he is doing. This situation is already as degraded as Iraq was.
The only solution I could come up with would be to back the Kurds, and get Iraqi Kurdistan involved. The Kurdish side has not suffered the radicalization that the FSA has.
125 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:17:06pm |
re: #124 ProTARDISLiberal
There are few good options here. If a chemical attack can be proven, that might give us a way to prod the UN into action so that the US isn’t going it alone again.
126 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:19:29pm |
“Scenarios include a series of cruise missile attacks launched from two Navy guided-missile destroyers, the USS Gravely and the USS Barry.”— Gus (@Gus_802) August 23, 2013
Source: http://t.co/WpOV5ighn4— Gus (@Gus_802) August 23, 2013
127 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:20:30pm |
re: #114 dog philosopher
Obama admin appears to be debating what military action to take against Syria
attach with the entire hittite army including archers and chariots
Bayonets and horses!!!!
128 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:21:29pm |
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 12, 2013) - The guided missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) maneuvers with Israeli navy… http://t.co/2YY04qIY4l— Gus (@Gus_802) August 23, 2013
129 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:22:50pm |
re: #124 ProTARDISLiberal
Hoping Obama knows what he is doing. This situation is already as degraded as Iraq was.
The only solution I could come up with would be to back the Kurds, and get Iraqi Kurdistan involved. The Kurdish side has not suffered the radicalization that the FSA has.
Hope you just forgot to put the snark tag on that.
130 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:25:35pm |
131 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:26:53pm |
CNN just showed some footage from the alleged chemical attacks. Bad. Dead children. Supposedly from a reputable Syrian journalist.
I hope the administration’s carefully thought through all the implications of attacking Syria, though. (I’m sure they have, but still…)
This could easily become a very sticky situation, with no clear heroes or villains.
132 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:28:09pm |
A fabulous set of pipes goes quiet.
Linda Ronstadt says Parkinson's has taken her singing voice - LA Observed: http://t.co/PVIhN0dnNk— Dennis Wilen (@voidmstr) August 23, 2013
Sad. I wish her well.
133 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:29:14pm |
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
I trust Obama, but this is already a very screwed up situation. No fewer than 3 sides ducking out, and sometimes, that swells larger to 4-5 sides. Mass murder is committed by Assad’s Forces, and Members of the FSA.
The situation in Syria is now the same as Iraq circa 2005-2007. A total psychotic bloodbath. The only side I would trust right now is the PYD, the Kurds.
134 | prairiefire Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:29:31pm |
135 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:29:40pm |
re: #130 William Barnett-Lewis
Now there’s a ship with one heck of a history to live up to.
USS Harry S. Trumann just left the 6th Fleet area and is in transit to the 5th Fleet area.
136 | prairiefire Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:30:53pm |
re: #131 Charles Johnson
CNN just showed some footage from the alleged chemical attacks. Bad. Dead children. Supposedly from a reputable Syrian journalist.
I hope the administration’s carefully thought through all the implications of attacking Syria, though. (I’m sure they have, but still…)
This could easily become a very sticky situation, with no clear heroes or villains.
Assad had the balls to do it with UN inspectors already on the ground in his country! If he tries it one more time ~ kapooey. (imho)
137 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:31:37pm |
re: #135 Gus
USS Harry S. Trumann just left the 6th Fleet area and is in transit to the 5th Fleet area.
Actually might be in the Red Sea already.
138 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:32:47pm |
re: #133 ProTARDISLiberal
Let’s not repeat the mistakes of Iraq.
139 | prairiefire Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:33:26pm |
re: #121 Vicious Babushka
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They’re gorgeous! They look like studio shots. The fur! That second lady is def a psycho.
140 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:33:56pm |
re: #133 ProTARDISLiberal
I trust Obama, but this is already a very screwed up situation.
No, you don’t trust Obama, otherwise you would not have said “Hoping Obama knows what he’s doing.”
Your statement implies the President is potentially not capable of dealing with this.
141 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:36:17pm |
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m thinking more along the lines of President Lyndon B Johnson and Vietnam.
I think LBJ was a great president in many regards. However, the Vietnam War is still there.
Can you see my concerns?
142 | urbanmeemaw Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:36:52pm |
re: #46 jayjaybear
Have Zandar, ABL or TWIB posted anything lately? I quit going there about a week or so ago. When I left most of the commentors were still not of the Dudebro persuasion. Has that changed? (I realize I could actually go there myself but I’m old and have earned the right not to aggravate myself LOL).
143 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:37:08pm |
re: #138 ProTARDISLiberal
Let’s not repeat the mistakes of Iraq.
Whatever happens in Syria, there is no way the US is going to screw things up as badly as we did in Iraq.
The GW Bush administration was basically incompetent. They were so bad, they couldn’t figure out how to empty water from a boot even if the instructions for doing so were on the sole of the boot.
The Obama administration is basically competent.
144 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:39:50pm |
re: #141 ProTARDISLiberal
I’m thinking more along the lines of President Lyndon B Johnson and Vietnam.
I think LBJ was a great president in many regards. However, the Vietnam War is still there.
Can you see my concerns?
The Vietnam comparison isn’t really a good one. We drifted into Vietnam over a span of decades, so LBJ’s Vietnam problem was inherited to a significant degree. LBJ’s mistake was escalating it rather than ending it
Obama will not get us into another quagmire.
145 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:40:45pm |
Alleged chemical attack in Syria, Aug. 21, 2013
Syrian civil war
Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Martin Dempsey expected to present options for Syria strike at White House meeting tomorrow - @CBSDavidMartin, via @CharlieKayeCBS
146 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:41:50pm |
Wow, Louise Mensch really rakes The Guardian over the coals in this post:
UPDATE: 18 Questions for the Guardian | Unfashionista.
Awesome.
147 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:41:57pm |
re: #136 prairiefire
Assad had the balls to do it with UN inspectors already on the ground in his country! If he tries it one more time ~ kapooey. (imho)
Not just on the ground but just 5 miles away. Unreal.
148 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:42:15pm |
re: #144 EPR-radar
It would be extremely hard for the situation there to get worse, truthfully. Let’s have a total plan though for what we are doing though.
I know we deployed some assets into Jordan. What were they?
149 | A Mom Anon Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:42:38pm |
re: #79 Decatur Deb
My husband will hit 39 days with no day off as of this coming Thurs. He’s taking a 4 day weekend next weekend, and I swear to all that is holy(and many things that aren’t) if they call him into work, I am going up there and they can deal with me. Enough of this. They are totally doing something incredibly illegal here(since when are blue collar workers salaried? They call him “supervisor” but he doesn’t hire or fire or sit in an office) and if he gets sick or hurt because of it, they will not be ready for me.
But noooo, we don’t need any kind of labor laws or unions or anything like that. 74 hours this week already and the week doesn’t end til the end of tommorrow.
150 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:44:01pm |
On things military, this guy is a 21 year Delta Force dude.
That is the face of war.
151 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:44:19pm |
This is very sad…
Exclusive: Interview with Syrian doctor on front lines of suspected chemical attack
“Today, a Syrian doctor who treated hundreds of people in Wednesday’s attack on the outskirts of Damascus, told us area hospitals have counted 10,220 people affected, and of those 1,466 people died.
“We have independently verified the identity of the doctor, but are honoring his request not to publish his name, nor the hospital where he works, because he fears that would endanger the safety of his loved ones. “
152 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:44:40pm |
re: #141 ProTARDISLiberal
I’m thinking more along the lines of President Lyndon B Johnson and Vietnam.
I think LBJ was a great president in many regards. However, the Vietnam War is still there.
Can you see my concerns?
No, I can’t see your concerns. You are talking apples and oranges after going off on one of your usual scorched earth scenarios.
You really do need to take a step (or several) away.
153 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:45:46pm |
re: #149 A Mom Anon
My husband will hit 39 days with no day off as of this coming Thurs. He’s taking a 4 day weekend next weekend, and I swear to all that is holy(and many things that aren’t) if they call him into work, I am going up there and they can deal with me. Enough of this. They are totally doing something incredibly illegal here(since when are blue collar workers salaried? They call him “supervisor” but he doesn’t hire or fire or sit in an office) and if he gets sick or hurt because of it, they will not be ready for me.
But noooo, we don’t need any kind of labor laws or unions or anything like that. 74 hours this week already and the week doesn’t end til the end of tommorrow.
Start researching the labor laws (if any) of your state—GA, is it? If he’s on salary, not hourly, he could be screwed.
154 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:49:19pm |
Russia on the chemical attack: ‘False Flag!’
Russia is calling Syria chemical attack a false flag. http://t.co/uRTn47fJZv— Sylla (@syllaraps) August 23, 2013
155 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:49:40pm |
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m not talking scorched earth. I am talking about the US doing a miscalculation when intervening in Syria. That is what I am worried about.
I’m fairly left-wing, and support the President. At the same time, I can be worried about how we intervene. I’d prefer not having an Iraq redux.
156 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:49:45pm |
re: #148 ProTARDISLiberal
It would be extremely hard for the situation there to get worse, truthfully. Let’s have a total plan though for what we are doing.
I know we deployed some assets into Jordan. What were they?
It’s entirely possible that the US may have no effective way to intervene.
For example, even if the chemical attack is proven, we’re probably stuck with working through the UN. If the UN bogs down, that would be it.
The US cannot act as policeman for the world.
157 | prairiefire Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:52:03pm |
re: #150 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
On things military, this guy is a 21 year Delta Force dude.
That is the face of war.
You are hilarious.
158 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:53:07pm |
re: #149 A Mom Anon
My husband will hit 39 days with no day off as of this coming Thurs. He’s taking a 4 day weekend next weekend, and I swear to all that is holy(and many things that aren’t) if they call him into work, I am going up there and they can deal with me. Enough of this. They are totally doing something incredibly illegal here(since when are blue collar workers salaried? They call him “supervisor” but he doesn’t hire or fire or sit in an office) and if he gets sick or hurt because of it, they will not be ready for me.
But noooo, we don’t need any kind of labor laws or unions or anything like that. 74 hours this week already and the week doesn’t end til the end of tommorrow.
GOP paradise. 1) Work people to death doing the work of 2-3 employees. 2) Replace overworked employees if/as needed. 3) Profit!
159 | b.d. Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:53:57pm |
160 | Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:54:09pm |
re: #146 Charles Johnson
Wow, Louise Mensch really rakes The Guardian over the coals in this post:
UPDATE: 18 Questions for the Guardian | Unfashionista.
Awesome.
Absolutely brilliant.
161 | darthstar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:55:48pm |
re: #118 Charles Johnson
Dr. Phil wrote for the New York Daily Mirror?
162 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 4:58:41pm |
Please test the link: flickr.com
Comes up blank here.
164 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:00:28pm |
Well, Australia is ticked off.
US gun culture is ‘corrupting the world,’ Australia ex-deputy PM says after Okla. slaying
I think we have hit that ‘enough is enough’ point. Also, we really need to deal with the toxic racists in our midsts.
166 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:01:49pm |
167 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:02:39pm |
re: #155 ProTARDISLiberal
I’m not talking scorched earth. I am talking about the US doing a miscalculation when intervening in Syria. That is what I am worried about.
I’m fairly left-wing, and support the President. At the same time, I can be worried about how we intervene. I’d prefer not having an Iraq redux.
If you indeed supported the President, you would not be second-guessing and “hoping Obama knows what he’s doing”.
Not going to argue this with you anymore.
You put forth all these war scenario solutions like this is some sort of video game.
Really…step away. Go out and do something fun or just uplifting. All this anger will just crush you in the end and it will make no difference. But something positive could.
168 | b.d. Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:02:58pm |
Greenwald and Snowden have taken Flickr down now? Yesterday they did it to NASDAQ.
//
169 | Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:04:15pm |
170 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:04:33pm |
re: #157 prairiefire
Here is the same dude as an active Delta operative:
And here he is in Vietnam, where he won a bronze medal after joining up at 18.
Think how often this guy survived incredible shit. And someone in a bar would never guess he was a badass.
And yet with all the expertise of guys like this and all the technology we have to hand, we can’t really do much. Bombs can get rid of bad guys but technology on the bomb that plants the seeds of democracy is still lagging behind.
171 | urbanmeemaw Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:06:04pm |
re: #168 b.d.
Greenwald and Snowden have taken Flickr down now? Yesterday they did it to NASDAQ.
//
I blame Obama’s jack booted thugs.
172 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:08:27pm |
re: #171 urbanmeemaw
I blame Obama’s jack booted thugs.
It’s that shape shifting hexapodal alien in the white house pretending to be the new dog.
173 | Pavlovian Hive Mind Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:08:37pm |
re: #170 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Here is the same dude as an active Delta operative:
And here he is in Vietnam, where he won a bronze medal after joining up at 18.
Think how often this guy survived incredible shit. And someone in a bar would never guess he was a badass.
And yet with all the expertise of guys like this and all the technology we have to hand, we can’t really do much. Bombs can get rid of bad guys but technology on the bomb that plants the seeds of democracy is still lagging behind.
Impeccable style in glasses.
/
174 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:13:12pm |
re: #150 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
On things military, this guy is a 21 year Delta Force dude.
That is the face of war.
Don’t think he’s 21 there.
175 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:13:55pm |
re: #170 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Another impressive thing about this guy is that he survived all this action while being blind as a bat without his glasses. Those are strong glasses in #150.
176 | A Mom Anon Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:14:07pm |
Well hell, my sister is posting crap from Allen West’s Facebook page now. And she’s gotten herself involved in some multi level marketing scheme for anti aging products made from oleander. 110 dollars a bottle. Seriously? WTF? Oleander? Lordy.
She has MS and is living on disability.
177 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:14:12pm |
re: #155 ProTARDISLiberal
I’m not talking scorched earth. I am talking about the US doing a miscalculation when intervening in Syria. That is what I am worried about.
I’m fairly left-wing, and support the President. At the same time, I can be worried about how we intervene. I’d prefer not having an Iraq redux.
the real killer re iraq was that we went in and took the damn place over
i think in this case we will just put our thumb on the scale by trying ways to impede assad i guess by bombing and suchlike
and then there will of course be “collateral damage” i.e. people hurt who shouldn’t have been hurt
178 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:17:15pm |
re: #176 A Mom Anon
Well hell, my sister is posting crap from Allen West’s Facebook page now. And she’s gotten herself involved in some multi level marketing scheme for anti aging products made from oleander. 110 dollars a bottle. Seriously? WTF? Oleander? Lordy.
She has MS and is living on disability.
she’ll still get older but the oleander will keep the deer away
179 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:17:57pm |
re: #176 A Mom Anon
Well hell, my sister is posting crap from Allen West’s Facebook page now. And she’s gotten herself involved in some multi level marketing scheme for anti aging products made from oleander. 110 dollars a bottle. Seriously? WTF? Oleander? Lordy.
She has MS and is living on disability.
Straight from the Dr. Cure-or-kill quack files. Oleander is notorious for being toxic, although there are few fatal oleander poisonings.
180 | b_sharp Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:18:08pm |
re: #176 A Mom Anon
Well hell, my sister is posting crap from Allen West’s Facebook page now. And she’s gotten herself involved in some multi level marketing scheme for anti aging products made from oleander. 110 dollars a bottle. Seriously? WTF? Oleander? Lordy.
She has MS and is living on disability.
Fear encourages strange behavior.
181 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:24:10pm |
re: #177 dog philosopher
To be fair, having it get worse would be very hard. Syria is a living hell.
On another note, if my Mom ever leaves my Dad, should I keep documentation of things to help her out with Alimony and stuff? They aren’t talking about it, but the way he behaves, I expect it to happen.
182 | A Mom Anon Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:25:05pm |
re: #180 Creepy Totalitarianist
I am the only liberal in the family. We’re just coming out of 10 yrs of not speaking to each other- my family basically dumped us for not going to church and daring(gasp)to study religions not Christian. Then Dad got sick a couple of years ago and things healed sort of with the parents, but my siblings are freaking insufferable.
183 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:28:13pm |
184 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:30:16pm |
re: #183 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Heh. That’s him after 21 years of service, I mean.
Ah, OK. Don’t know what year this one is from but he’s 63 now.
185 | prairiefire Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:30:21pm |
re: #176 A Mom Anon
Well hell, my sister is posting crap from Allen West’s Facebook page now. And she’s gotten herself involved in some multi level marketing scheme for anti aging products made from oleander. 110 dollars a bottle. Seriously? WTF? Oleander? Lordy.
She has MS and is living on disability.
Multi level marketing schemes are like a fly bottle to wingers.
186 | jayjaybear Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:31:03pm |
re: #142 urbanmeemaw
I haven’t seen Imani post in weeks. Anne Laurie put up the post that made me give up. There are still a few people in the commentariat who are pushing back against the hysteria, but when I see multiple posts snickering that someone cited Charles’s stuff on the NSA thing like this site is some kind of fringe place, I can see where things are going. I’m not leaving completely, I don’t think, but I’m going to start avoiding NSA posts.
187 | b_sharp Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:32:34pm |
re: #182 A Mom Anon
I am the only liberal in the family. We’re just coming out of 10 yrs of not speaking to each other- my family basically dumped us for not going to church and daring(gasp)to study religions not Christian. Then Dad got sick a couple of years ago and things healed sort of with the parents, but my siblings are freaking insufferable.
Having MS and being on disability must make her worried about finances so she’s a prime scam target.
My family was broken apart when my parents separated when I was 11. Half of the family was with my mom, the other half lived with my paternal grandparents. As siblings we really didn’t have the opportunity to fight so as adults we get along fine even though our political and religious identities are quite different.
189 | austin_blue Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:33:43pm |
re: #122 Gus
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Souda Bay is actually on the NW corner of Crete- technically Greece, I suppose. The Roberts was nearly sunk in ‘88 by an Iranian mine during the tanker wars between Iran and Iraq. The crew’s effort in saving the ship was absolutely heroic (her keel had been broken). She can launch a whole shitpot of anti-ship missiles but can’t shoot cruise missiles. Her job is to defend ships that do.
The original SBR was a DE that was sunk off of the Phillipines during the Battle of Samar, which was documented in The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, one of the great books that chronicles the sheer balls of the US Navy during WWII. Highly recommended, it will leave you shaking your head in awe. Three destroyers fought of the fucking Yamato’s battleship group and kept them from getting into Leyte Gulf.
191 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:37:17pm |
OT. The 2013 Bulwer-Lytton contest winners:
192 | Pavlovian Hive Mind Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:37:18pm |
194 | Gus Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:38:38pm |
re: #186 jayjaybear
I haven’t seen Imani post in weeks. Anne Laurie put up the post that made me give up. There are still a few people in the commentariat who are pushing back against the hysteria, but when I see multiple posts snickering that someone cited Charles’s stuff on the NSA thing like this site is some kind of fringe place, I can see where things are going. I’m not leaving completely, I don’t think, but I’m going to start avoiding NSA posts.
Fringe? Anyway, stopped following John Cole for the time being. First he freaked out about my Edward Snowden modeling shoot page. Then he started becoming more of a “Greenwald fan.”
195 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:40:16pm |
re: #191 EPR-radar
Is that a bad writing competition?
197 | jayjaybear Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:41:05pm |
re: #194 Gus
But, Gus…the pets! The peeeeetttttsssss! *weeps*
198 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:41:24pm |
re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal
Is that a bad writing competition?
Yes. The specific contest goal is to provide the first sentence of the worst imaginable novel.
199 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:41:40pm |
re: #189 austin_blue
3 Destroyers, 4 Destroyer escorts (even smaller ships). 2 of the Destroyers Johnston & Hoel and one DE Samuel B Roberts were sunk. The last destroyer, Heermann was badly damaged. Two escort carriers were lost, but the Kalinin Bay got it’s lick in for them. A shot from it’s stern 5” is credited with the hit on IJN Chōkai that caused it’s Long Lance torpedos to explode ultimately causing the loss of the cruiser. It’s the only case I know of where an aircraft carrier sunk a surface combatant with gunfire…
201 | dog philosopher Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:42:50pm |
For me, it was upon learning - small spoiler here - that composer Johann Sebastian Bach was actually a demon hunter, who created songs using crafty musical settings that work like a dog whistle for hell spawn. B minor seems to make their eyes turn white and bug out the most.
hell js finally gets to be in a movie and it sucks
203 | Kragar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:44:32pm |
204 | Kragar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:45:46pm |
re: #198 EPR-radar
Yes. The specific contest goal is to provide the first sentence of the worst imaginable novel.
“The worst part of being a zombie hunter is when you come across a preschool.”
205 | ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:48:02pm |
re: #204 Kragar
That’s not necessarily bad writing, but it is gut-wrenching.
206 | EPR-radar Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:57:00pm |
re: #205 ProTARDISLiberal
My favorite remains this very old contest winner:
The sun oozed over the horizon, shoved aside darkness, crept
along the greensward, and, with sickly fingers, pushed through the castle
window, revealing the pillaged princess, hand at throat, crown asunder,
gaping in frenzied horror at the sated, sodden amphibian lying beside her,
disbelieving the magnitude of the frog’s deception, screaming
madly, ‘You lied!”
207 | wrenchwench Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:59:01pm |
re: #189 austin_blue
Souda Bay is actually on the NW corner of Crete- technically Greece, I suppose.
Crete is 100% Greek.
Would you say ‘Hawaii is technically the US’?
208 | urbanmeemaw Fri, Aug 23, 2013 7:09:43pm |
re: #186 jayjaybear
You’re a heartier blog reader than I!
209 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Aug 23, 2013 7:12:37pm |
re: #191 EPR-radar
OT. The 2013 Bulwer-Lytton contest winners:
This one made me laugh
Betty had eyes that said come here, lips that said kiss me, arms and torso that said hold me all night long, but the rest of her body said, “Fillet me, cover me in cornmeal, and fry me in peanut oil”; romance wasn’t easy for a mermaid. — Jordan Kaderli, Dallas, TX