McCain Playing Poker on His iPhone

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Yep. John McCain was playing poker on his iPhone during the Senate hearing on action against Syria.

As the hearing continues, our ace photographer Melina Mara reports she spotted Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) “passing the time by playing poker on his iPhone during the hearing.”

UPDATE at 9/3/13 4:48:10 pm

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299 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:09:32pm

Don’t blame me- I voted for Obama both times.

2 Political Atheist  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:12:03pm

Great Optics there John. Wow. What’s next, texting Sarah? Angry Birds?

3 elizajane  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:13:48pm

Poker?? At least he should have been playing Frontline Commando, or maybe Heroes of Order and Chaos.

4 Lidane  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:14:11pm

re: #2 Political Atheist

Great Optics there John. Wow. What’s next, texting Sarah? Angry Birds?

Candy Crush Saga.

Angry Birds would have been inappropriate, but funny, actually, since it involves flinging projectiles at a hostile force.

5 HappyWarrior  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:14:14pm

He really should be embarrassed. This is a guy who for a long time and I’ll add myself among them saw him as a respectable statesman who cared more about country than party. I mean I didn’t even diddle around on my phone when I was in class. The least McCain can do is actually listen to the Secretary of State and various representatives of the administration. I said it already but man am I glad that Obama is president rather than him. McCain’s an ass. Not the worst member of his party but he’s an ass.

6 calochortus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:14:31pm

I’m gonna guess he’s already heard or read everything that is being said. It looks bad, but probably isn’t actually hurting anything.

7 jc717  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:14:31pm

The most shocking thing to me is that he knows how to use a smartphone.

8 HappyWarrior  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:14:44pm

re: #2 Political Atheist

Great Optics there John. Wow. What’s next texting Sarah? Angry Birds?

He really needed to get a double word score so he could finally beat Lindsey Graham at Words with Friends.

9 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:15:04pm
10 makeitstop  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:17:16pm

Elder statesman.
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11 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:21:45pm

Holy fuck…he really did.

12 thedopefishlives  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:25:34pm

re: #7 jc717

The most shocking thing to me is that he knows how to use a smartphone.

Smartphones are designed to be operated by dumb users.

13 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:26:22pm

re: #12 thedopefishlives

Smartphones are designed to be operated by dumb users.

SmartPHONE is the operative term here.

14 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:28:33pm

Where Congress stands on Syria

Lawmakers appear to be tentatively dividing into four camps over military action in Syria. Each dot represents a lawmaker who has indicated how he or she might vote. Although it’s not yet certain how the lawmaker will vote, the sentiment of the quote is mapped across the four categories.

15 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:33:59pm

Fucker

16 HappyWarrior  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:36:10pm

re: #15 darthstar

Fucker

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I’m starting to think that every Senate office employs a 13 year old to run the Twitter feed. That’s a really childish response. No, it’s not a scandal Senator but it makes you look like a childish dickhead and for someone who once ran for President on the slogan of Country First it makes you look unprofessional but then again, you did think Sarah “Let Allah Sort It Out” Palin would be a good number two to run this country.

17 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:38:27pm
18 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:40:07pm

Majority Opinions On Syria

according to Pew Research Center. Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2013. N=1,000 adults nationwide

oppose the U.S. conducting military airstrikes against Syria 48%

think U.S. airstrikes in Syria are likely to lead to a long-term U.S. military commitment 61%

think U.S. airstrikes in Syria are likely to create a backlash against the U.S. and its allies in the region 74%

think U.S. airstrikes in Syria are not likely to be effective in discouraging the use of chemical weapons 51%

U.S. should first get a United Nations resolution to use force before taking military action against Syria 59%

there is clear evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians 53%

19 Amory Blaine  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:41:49pm

I would’ve thought he was a BF3 guy.

20 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:41:50pm

re: #18 dog philosopher

Majority Opinions On Syria

according to Pew Research Center. Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2013. N=1,000 adults nationwide

oppose the U.S. conducting military airstrikes against Syria 48%

think U.S. airstrikes in Syria are likely to lead to a long-term U.S. military commitment 61%

think U.S. airstrikes in Syria are likely to create a backlash against the U.S. and its allies in the region 74%

think U.S. airstrikes in Syria are not likely to be effective in discouraging the use of chemical weapons 51%

U.S. should first get a United Nations resolution to use force before taking military action against Syria 59%

there is clear evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians 53%

McCain catching a winning card on the river - 4%

21 thedopefishlives  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:46:15pm

re: #15 darthstar

Fucker

Just you wait. It’ll be like the Benghazi hearings: “Well, you were in the briefing along with everyone else, weren’t you paying attention?”

22 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:47:48pm

oops, late with that one.

23 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:49:21pm

hmmm lgf opinion for/against rather more ‘for’ than the pew poll, 37% vs 29%

24 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:50:28pm

re: #21 thedopefishlives

Just you wait. It’ll be like the Benghazi hearings: “Well, you were in the briefing along with everyone else, weren’t you paying attention?”

There’s no downside to McCain. It’s not what is said at the hearings that matter. It’s what he gets to say on the Sunday talk shows. Seriously, I’d love for a TV interviewer to ask him why he should be taken seriously if he can’t pay attention for three hours.

Full disclosure: I never really liked the fucker - even when he “does the right thing” like calling Kilmeade on his bigotry yesterday on Fox.

Okay, meeting time. BBL.

25 thedopefishlives  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:51:10pm

re: #24 darthstar

I wasn’t a big fan even when I was full wingnut and looking to vote for him for POTUS. Actually, his nomination was one of the reasons I started questioning my Republicanism.

26 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:52:19pm
27 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:54:08pm

re: #25 thedopefishlives

I wasn’t a big fan even when I was full wingnut and looking to vote for him for POTUS. Actually, his nomination was one of the reasons I started questioning my Republicanism.

My conversion away from voting Republican came a little earlier (GW Bush first term). However, McCains’s run in 2008 sealed the deal with the Sarah Palin pick.

What a pathetic gimmick that was.

28 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:54:44pm

re: #12 thedopefishlives

Smartphones are designed to be operated by dumb users.

these days even the toilets are smarter than their users

29 steve_davis  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:54:45pm

re: #11 darthstar

Holy fuck…he really did.

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oh man, can someone with more skill than I please insert Geraldo Rivera’s “sexting” picture onto McCain’s phone there?

30 Bear  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:55:11pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

More unnatural color?

31 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 3:56:42pm

Yeesh. Looks like Pamela Geller is now pimping the “Al Qaeda used sarin, not Assad” theory. Makes sense for her to do that, because after all she hates Muslims with a white-hot passion.

32 thedopefishlives  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:00:03pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. Looks like Pamela Geller is now pimping the “Al Qaeda used sarin, not Assad” theory. Makes sense for her to do that, because after all she hates Muslims with a white-hot passion.

Anything to hang on to her confirmation bias. My goodness, her hatred is so utterly irrational it defies description.

33 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:02:05pm

If McCain Had Been Elected

president palin would be reading the bible right now trying to figure out where assyria is so we could bomb it

34 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:03:14pm

re: #32 thedopefishlives

Anything to hang on to her confirmation bias. My goodness, her hatred is so utterly irrational it defies description.

but she’ll exonerate assad since she figures he’s more of a fascist conservative authoritarian strongman than a muslim

35 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:07:29pm

re: #33 dog philosopher

If McCain Had Been Elected

president palin would be reading the bible right now trying to figure out where assyria is so we could bomb it

She might also be consulting with learned middle east experts such as Bryan Fischer and David Barton on the proper identification of important players such as Gog and Magog.

36 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:08:10pm

If Romney Had Been Elected

our profit on the syrian civil war would have been significantly optimized over nominal baselines

37 thedopefishlives  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:09:23pm

re: #34 dog philosopher

but she’ll exonerate assad since she figures he’s more of a fascist conservative authoritarian strongman than a muslim

Well, clearly he hates Muslims as much as she does, since he’s killing them with chemical weapons. So he gets a pass.

38 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:15:20pm

re: #12 thedopefishlives

Smartphones are designed to be operated by dumb users.

…have you ever done tech support for a smartphone for a senior?

Talking my grandmother through Android was something resembling a circle of Hell.

39 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:17:52pm

re: #6 calochortus

I’m gonna guess he’s already heard or read everything that is being said. It looks bad, but probably isn’t actually hurting anything.

heh
Have you ever tried to sit through one of those hearings!?!?
Sticking pins in your own eyes is more entertaining and usually more informative!!
/

40 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:18:11pm

re: #36 dog philosopher

If Romney Had Been Elected

our profit on the syrian civil war would have been significantly optimized over nominal baselines

Management proposal to increase quarterly profits by selling chemical weapons to both sides in the conflict nixed by PR department.

41 thedopefishlives  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:18:16pm

re: #38 klys

…have you ever done tech support for a smartphone for a senior?

Talking my grandmother through Android was something resembling a circle of Hell.

So far, I’ve refused to do that. Thankfully for me, my father-in-law has another source of tech support in the family for his phones.

42 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:20:39pm

re: #41 thedopefishlives

So far, I’ve refused to do that. Thankfully for me, my father-in-law has another source of tech support in the family for his phones.

After my grandfather died, my aunt conveniently got herself sent to Afghanistan (civil service) and so it was my dad and me.

I won’t lie, I fobbed most of it off on my dad. Grandma was also the reason I have an e-mail filter for e-mail coming from my grandparents, because the 5+ daily right-wing e-mails when she knew I was in favor of things like single-payer got old.

43 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:21:15pm

re: #41 thedopefishlives

So far, I’ve refused to do that. Thankfully for me, my father-in-law has another source of tech support in the family for his phones.

I gave my dad ThinkGeek’s “no, I will not fix your computer” t-shirt for Christmas one year. He loves it.

I have DAD in binary for him this year.

44 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:22:12pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. Looks like Pamela Geller is now pimping the “Al Qaeda used sarin, not Assad” theory. Makes sense for her to do that, because after all she hates Muslims with a white-hot passion.

Yeah, because if AQ could launch a nerve agent attack, Syria is the most likely target.
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45 thedopefishlives  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:25:55pm

re: #43 klys

I gave my dad ThinkGeek’s “no, I will not fix your computer” t-shirt for Christmas one year. He loves it.

I’ve have DAD in binary for him this year.

My dad is an iPhone addict. He even has an iPad. I have to admit, though, as far as not needing tech support, he made a great choice. I don’t get any calls from him about problems with his phone, only with the rest of his tech gear. My father-in-law, on the other hand, only knows enough to be dangerous.

46 b.d.  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:25:57pm

McCain strikes me as the kind of guy who goes All In on every hand.

47 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:26:31pm

re: #44 Kragar

Yeah, because if AQ could launch a nerve agent attack, Syria is the most likely target.
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Not EVEN coming close to saying they did, but the above isn’t that far fetched a suggestion. What AQ wants/ needs is a safe haven. If the “rebels” topple Assad with AQ infiltrated in their ranks the new power in Syria (the rebels) could look the other way as AQ sets up training facilities

48 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:27:14pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. Looks like Pamela Geller is now pimping the “Al Qaeda used sarin, not Assad” theory. Makes sense for her to do that, because after all she hates Muslims with a white-hot passion.

cui bono?

49 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:32:09pm

re: #48 dog philosopher

cui bono?

Is that one of Sonny and Cher’s kids!?!?!

50 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:35:00pm

re: #29 steve_davis

oh man, can someone with more skill than I please insert Geraldo Rivera’s “sexting” picture onto McCain’s phone there?

Or Weiner’s

51 calochortus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:35:05pm

re: #39 sattv4u2

heh
Have you ever tried to sit through one of those hearings!?!?
Sticking pins in your own eyes is more entertaining and usually more informative!!
/

I’ll bet it has nothing on a PTA meeting… Only my knitting saved my sanity.

52 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:36:19pm

re: #51 calochortus

I’ll bet it has nothing on a PTA meeting… Only my knitting saved my sanity.

I dunno

Those PTA meetings can get pretty contentious,,, ESPECIALLY if there’s a shortage of cookies and punch!!!

53 calochortus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:37:28pm

re: #52 sattv4u2

And indeed, if things get contentious, knitting needles can be useful as well.

54 austin_blue  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:37:52pm

One poster at NJD’s 14 says that “Kerry let it slip that there would be boots on the ground. Of course you don’t find that story in the Daily Obama News (a.k.a. the WaPo).”

Anybody have any context for that? (Or is it just Wingnut Derp?)

55 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:38:03pm

re: #53 calochortus

And indeed, if things get contentious, knitting needles can be useful as well.

smart!!!!

56 calochortus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:40:49pm

re: #54 austin_blue

One poster at NJD’s 14 says that “Kerry let it slip that there would be boots on the ground. Of course you don’t find that story in the Daily Obama News (a.k.a. the WaPo).”

Anybody have any context for that? (Or is it just Wingnut Derp?)

I think it’s derp. Kerry didn’t absolutely rule out the possibility of boots on the ground which equals “we’re going in” for some folks.

57 Bubblehead II  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:42:24pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. Looks like Pamela Geller is now pimping the “Al Qaeda used sarin, not Assad” theory. Makes sense for her to do that, because after all she hates Muslims with a white-hot passion.

Hell Charles, if she she had the guts, she would implement “Order 66”.

That is what she and the gnome wants, but are (so far) to afraid to advocate.

This is why they align themselves with the EDL and other fellow travelers.

They want Genocide. Lets call it what it is.

58 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:43:39pm

yes miss lillith um i mean virginia there really is a bay bridge troll

59 Decatur Deb  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:44:37pm

re: #23 dog philosopher

hmmm lgf opinion for/against rather more ‘for’ than the pew poll, 37% vs 29%

We weren’t covered with soap in the shower when asked.

60 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:44:44pm

re: #45 thedopefishlives

My dad is an iPhone addict. He even has an iPad. I have to admit, though, as far as not needing tech support, he made a great choice. I don’t get any calls from him about problems with his phone, only with the rest of his tech gear. My father-in-law, on the other hand, only knows enough to be dangerous.

My dad is an EE. The day he calls me needing tech support I’m going to cry.

61 calochortus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:44:52pm

re: #58 dog philosopher

And I vote to put it on the new span.

62 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:45:24pm

re: #59 Decatur Deb

We weren’t covered with soap in the shower when asked.

huhwhat?

63 Decatur Deb  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:45:34pm

re: #56 calochortus

I think it’s derp. Kerry didn’t absolutely rule out the possibility of boots on the ground which equals “we’re going in” for some folks.

If he talked about securing the CW ordnance, it’s strongly implied.

64 b.d.  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:45:37pm

re: #39 sattv4u2

heh
Have you ever tried to sit through one of those hearings!?!?
Sticking pins in your own eyes is more entertaining and usually more informative!!
/

McCain was getting paid while he was playing a video game? Right?

65 Decatur Deb  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:46:28pm

re: #62 dog philosopher

huhwhat?

Trans: We’re paying attention, random poll respondents aren’t.

66 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:46:33pm

re: #54 austin_blue

One poster at NJD’s 14 says that “Kerry let it slip that there would be boots on the ground. Of course you don’t find that story in the Daily Obama News (a.k.a. the WaPo).”

Anybody have any context for that? (Or is it just Wingnut Derp?)

Must be from this being reported by various news reports.


That isn’t mean there will be boots on the ground.

67 Lawrence Schmerel  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:49:53pm

He could have been reading the pages and comments on LGF.

68 austin_blue  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:50:28pm

re: #66 NJDhockeyfan

Must be from this being reported by various news reports.

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That isn’t mean there will be boots on the ground.

That’s what I figured. Not saying “never” means it’s going to happen. Derp.

69 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:50:45pm

re: #63 Decatur Deb

If he talked about securing the CW ordnance, it’s strongly implied.

That was exactly it. He said if Syria imploded and there was a possibility of CWs falling into the ‘wrong hands’, that ‘boots on the ground’ might be necessary to secure them.

Two points. First, Assad has apparently USED THEM, so I don’t really think they’re in the RIGHT hands at the moment. Second, I sure hope that people understand the reason to secure > 1e6 lb of chemical weapons in that situation.

And C), Kerry chose a bad time to say something out loud that I really, really hope everybody already knows.

70 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 4:51:58pm

re: #59 Decatur Deb

We weren’t covered with soap in the shower when asked.

Speak for yourself.

71 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:00:20pm

The editors of National Review Online have come out in favor of US action in Syria. nationalreview.com

The comments are heavily against this position, and some are very amusing. My favorite so far is this:

Sorry guys. Congress ought to pass a resolution stating that the Constitution grants the Executive with all the power and authority he needs to act as Commander and Chief as well as to conduct American Foreign policy. All previous presidents have done so.
Congress is not tasked with either of those two functions and cannot perform them well as intended by the founders.
By his passing the ball to Congress, he (once again) insults the Constitution, the office of the Presidency as well as Congress itself. The politicians in Washington may all want to act presidential in front of the press, but foreign policy is clearly not their job. Congress gives advise and consent, not permission. Congress can remove a President who can not or will not perform his Constitutional function.

This clown actually wants to impeach Obama for not usurping the Congressional power to declare war.

72 BongCrodny  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:01:27pm

re: #64 b.d.

McCain was getting paid while he was playing a video game? Right?

Clearly, he needs to be drug tested.

73 Decatur Deb  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:03:08pm

re: #71 EPR-radar

The editors of National Review Online have come out in favor of US action in Syria. nationalreview.com

The comments are heavily against this position, and some are very amusing. My favorite so far is this:

This clown actually wants to impeach Obama for not usurping the Congressional power to declare war.

Did the commenters let him get away with that derp?

74 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:05:23pm

re: #73 Decatur Deb

Did the commenters let him get away with that derp?

The comment I quoted was made 5 hours ago, and does not appear to have generated any replies yet. It’s much like reading Free Republic.

75 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:08:32pm

re: #74 EPR-radar

The comment I quoted was made 5 hours ago, and does not appear to have generated any replies yet. It’s much like reading Free Republic.

I was more correct than I knew:

The way to defend our country from Iran/Hezbollah/Syria is to get the Muslims out of our country and close the mosques.

This prime example of Islamophobia is an hour old, and has garnered no up-votes and no down-votes.

76 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:09:26pm

re: #64 b.d.

McCain was getting paid while he was playing a video game? Right?

Sure

Image: vp-biden-falls-asleep-obama-speech.jpg

{sigh}

77 Decatur Deb  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:10:43pm

re: #75 EPR-radar

I was more correct than I knew:

This prime example of Islamophobia is an hour old, and has garnered no up-votes and no down-votes.

So New Republic proves Gore Vidal correct after all.

78 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:11:22pm

re: #71 EPR-radar

By his passing the ball to Congress, he (once again) insults the Constitution, the office of the Presidency as well as Congress itself.

Oh, for the love of Mike. I suppose Bush and Bush insulted the “the Constitution, the office of the Presidency as well as Congress itself” when they asked for and received AUMFs in Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Why does this joker think the Constitution gave CONGRESS the power to declare war, and not the President?

79 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:11:57pm

The “no” votes have a definite plurality goin’ on, in our Syria poll. More than 900 votes cast.

80 Bubblehead II  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:15:43pm

Night Lizards. I generally try to sign of with a massage of hope. Not night.

81 AlexRogan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:16:58pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

The “no” votes have a definite plurality goin’ on, in our Syria poll. More than 900 votes cast.

I’m guessing it’s a public poll, since I don’t think that we’ve got over 900 active Lizards here today.

82 b.d.  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:18:42pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

The “no” votes have a definite plurality goin’ on, in our Syria poll. More than 900 votes cast.

I blame the Syrian Electronic Army

83 Decatur Deb  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:19:28pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

The “no” votes have a definite plurality goin’ on, in our Syria poll. More than 900 votes cast.

Going to knock off in a bit. I’ve given several reasons for avoiding the risk of war over the last few days. Those were intended to be the ‘rational’ approach. Perhaps this is the real reason:

Image: nick-ut-vietnam.jpg

My generation went down that road. I do not want a president I admire to lead us down it again.

84 piratedan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:19:50pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

Not wholly unexpected, as much as I think intervention is needed, I can certainly understand the desire and arguments against. The solution set of possible outcomes looks pretty sucky regardless of the option(s) chosen.

85 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:23:05pm

GET HIM TO THE HAGUE!

86 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:26:50pm

And there is PIE!

87 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:27:35pm

re: #86 Vicious Babushka

And there is PIE!

Didn’t even need to see the photo to give it a +1.

88 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:28:39pm

The pie looks defective. Please send it to me for inspection and proper disposal.

89 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:30:12pm

Whoever gets Assad to the Hague in 72 hours, gets the pie!

90 steve_davis  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:32:05pm

re: #42 klys

After my grandfather died, my aunt conveniently got herself sent to Afghanistan (civil service) and so it was my dad and me.

I won’t lie, I fobbed most of it off on my dad. Grandma was also the reason I have an e-mail filter for e-mail coming from my grandparents, because the 5+ daily right-wing e-mails when she knew I was in favor of things like single-payer got old.

You know, I actually had to dissassociate from a college friend when I suddenly started getting emails from him showing graphic images of Chinese protesters lying in pools of blood, with captions like “That’s how you get ‘er done!” and other Duck Dynastic shite. It’s amazing what is kicking around in the caverns of people’s heads that you would just never expect to find flapping around there on little bat wings.

91 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:32:35pm

re: #81 AlexRogan

I don’t think that we’ve got over 900 active Lizards here today.

i’m more like inert myself…

92 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:33:08pm

re: #91 dog philosopher

i’m more like inert myself…

Lizards bask a lot.

93 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:34:47pm

re: #91 dog philosopher

i’m more like inert myself…

My lunch was three sizes too large, and I’ve been trying (without much success) to fend off a massive food coma all day.

94 Stanley Sea  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:37:40pm

re: #86 Vicious Babushka

And there is PIE!

Flowers!

95 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:37:41pm

I am being entertained by an MST3K of my sister’s first viewing of Top Gun.

Even better since I’ve never seen the movie myself. (Too much 80s cheese and I need to be drunk first, thanks.)

96 piratedan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:46:43pm

re: #95 klys

ahhhh Joel/Mike and the bots…. gawd how we still need them today.

97 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:47:25pm

re: #95 klys

I am being entertained by an MST3K of my sister’s first viewing of Top Gun.

Even better since I’ve never seen the movie myself. (Too much 80s cheese and I need to be drunk first, thanks.)

For added fun, check out “The Starfighters” later.

Refueling is a wondrous and beautiful act.

98 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:47:38pm
99 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:48:02pm

re: #96 piratedan

ahhhh Joel/Mike and the bots…. gawd how we still need them today.

I saw them in theaters about 3 weeks ago when they did Starship Troopers.

100 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:49:14pm

re: #96 piratedan

ahhhh Joel/Mike and the bots…. gawd how we still need them today.

re: #97 Kragar

For added fun, check out “The Starfighters” later.

Refueling is a wondrous and beautiful act.

So far it has consisted primarily of ….really 80s? Really?

She was born in 1990, so…

101 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:49:50pm
102 Political Atheist  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:53:14pm

re: #4 Lidane

Candy Crush Saga.

Angry Birds would have been inappropriate, but funny, actually, since it involves flinging projectiles at a hostile force.

I shoulda just gone with angry birds.

103 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:53:39pm

re: #100 klys

So far it has consisted primarily of ….really 80s? Really?

She was born in 1990, so…

First episode aired on KTMA in November ‘88.

104 Robert O.  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:53:46pm

There has been worse! I remember reading a recent story about two politicians in India getting caught by security cameras which showed them watching porn on their phones.

105 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:55:15pm

re: #101 Charles Johnson

Notice how all the men are wearing hats. In those days, you could wear a straw boater and a bow tie and nobody would think you were in a barbershop quartet.

And that gate! Could you even fit the current Presidential Behemoth through there?

106 SpaceJesus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:57:17pm

Even the cops play candy crush while waiting to testify at court

107 Stanley Sea  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 5:57:38pm

re: #98 Charles Johnson

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Love how ole Jup looks.

108 wjlevin  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:01:21pm

I hate to say it - but I’m thinking that Charles is just getting downright petty. Big deal. And no democrats were doing likewise? Were reporters invading their privacy as well?

I’m neither democrat or republican - I’m Canadian. I have no horse in this race and I frankly don’t lean either way.

But I’ve noticed that Charles is getting rather petty, as I said, and it’s always against the republicans (I admit, I haven’t done a thorough analysis - so please correct me if I’m wrong and please accept my apologies).

If this is the case - then it’s a clear sign of bias.

Charles, I don’t care that you switched sides - and maybe I’m filtering, but it seems to me you had more integrity in your republican days.

109 blueraven  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:01:34pm

Why does NRO allow people like this to post over 3000 comments? Most all of them really ugly comments about Jews and Israel.

nationalreview.com

robert • an hour ago
drop dead kyke.

robert • 2 hours ago
The Jews are damned for eternity. You or a hundred million who think just like you can not change their fate.

robert • 7 hours ago
No comment of the unannounced missile test this morning? Seems to me Israel was attacking the off shore American fleet in yet another false flag attack designed to draw America into war.

robert • a day ago
Is Neil Young a kyke?

robert • a day ago
One Freud was not enough to cure the mental ills of the Jews. But a million Freuds would only scratch the surface of the deep deep mental trouble of the Jews.


robert • a day ago
I don’t need to read what others say. I can see and understand from all that is happening right now. Jew are not willing to sacrifice there own blood for others. Not even for other Jews.

I flagged several comments, but he has over 5000 “up” votes there, so I doubt anything will be done.
sickening

110 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:03:12pm

re: #106 SpaceJesus

Lookie!!!:

The legal fight over gay marriage in New Mexico broadened Tuesday as a seventh county announced plans to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Grant County Clerk Robert Zamarripa said his office will comply with a judge’s ruling issued Tuesday and will begin providing the licenses next week.

“We’ll let the Legislature and courts decide after this what needs to be done,” Zamarripa said in a telephone interview.

[…]

111 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:03:47pm

lolwut

112 b_sharp  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:03:52pm

re: #108 wjlevin

I hate to say it - but I’m thinking that Charles is just getting downright petty. Big deal. And no democrats were doing likewise? Were reporters invading their privacy as well?

I’m neither democrat or republican - I’m Canadian. I have no horse in this race and I frankly don’t lean either way.

But I’ve noticed that Charles is getting rather petty, as I said, and it’s always against the republicans (I admit, I haven’t done a thorough analysis - so please correct me if I’m wrong and please accept my apologies).

If this is the case - then it’s a clear sign of bias.

Charles, I don’t care that you switched sides - and maybe I’m filtering, but it seems to me you had more integrity in your republican days.

Alberta conservative I assume.

113 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:04:45pm

re: #108 wjlevin

(I admit, I haven’t done a thorough analysis - so please correct me if I’m wrong and please accept my apologies).

You are wrong. Do a thorough analysis and then come back with your apology.

What’s with the lazy critics?

114 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:05:19pm

re: #108 wjlevin

I hate to say it - but I’m thinking that Charles is just getting downright petty. Big deal. And no democrats were doing likewise? Were reporters invading their privacy as well?

I’m neither democrat or republican - I’m Canadian. I have no horse in this race and I frankly don’t lean either way.

But I’ve noticed that Charles is getting rather petty, as I said, and it’s always against the republicans (I admit, I haven’t done a thorough analysis - so please correct me if I’m wrong and please accept my apologies).

If this is the case - then it’s a clear sign of bias.

Charles, I don’t care that you switched sides - and maybe I’m filtering, but it seems to me you had more integrity in your republican days.

I am entitled to privacy so I can play games while being paid by the taxpayers to make important decisions on whether or not the country engages in another military campaign!!!!! DAMN NSA!!!!

115 jaunte  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:05:35pm

re: #108 wjlevin

Sure, he’s always whipping it out against Republicans.
littlegreenfootballs.com

116 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:07:46pm

re: #115 jaunte

Sure, he’s always whipping it out against Republicans.
littlegreenfootballs.com

That choice of phrasing just makes me cringe. Too much Miley, I guess.

117 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:08:33pm

re: #108 wjlevin

I hate to say it - but…

I have no horse in this race…

(I admit, I haven’t done a thorough analysis - so please correct me if I’m wrong and please accept my apologies).

If this is the case -…

and maybe I’m filtering, but it seems to me…

A man of his convictions. Unless it’s a woman.

118 b_sharp  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:08:58pm

What ever happened to holding elected officials to a higher standard?

The right certainly holds Obama to impossibly high standards.

119 Mattand  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:09:13pm

re: #108 wjlevin

What’s the Canadian word for “flounce”?

120 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:09:18pm

are these hearings or sleepings?

121 wjlevin  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:09:59pm

re: #119 Mattand

at least it as a “u” in it.

122 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:10:21pm

re: #119 Mattand

What’s the Canadian word for “flounce”?

Same word, but it’s pronounced ‘flOnce’.

123 b_sharp  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:10:41pm

re: #119 Mattand

What’s the Canadian word for “flounce”?

Road kill.

124 Mattand  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:10:47pm

re: #121 wjlevin

at least it as a “u” in it.

lolwut?

125 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:11:03pm

re: #119 Mattand

What’s the Canadian word for “flounce”?

s’agiter

126 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:11:12pm

re: #124 Mattand

lolwut?

That does too!

127 piratedan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:12:13pm

re: #119 Mattand

I believe according to The Kids In The Hall, it’s “parade”

128 Balfour Rage  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:12:57pm

Did McCain vote “yes” on the port security bill that also banned online poker a few years back in the W years?

129 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:13:47pm

There’s no I in Team, but there is a U in Flounce?

As I used to say in High School, where the coach liked to post those pithy little sayings like “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the ONLY thing!”:

The difference between Champ and Chump is U! The difference between Champ and Chimp is I!

130 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:14:26pm
131 lawhawk  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:14:34pm

re: #116 klys

That choice of phrasing just makes me cringe. Too much Miley, I guess.

What a twerk. /

132 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:14:41pm

re: #130 darthstar

It’s what McCain would do.

133 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:14:59pm

re: #119 Mattand

What’s the Canadian word for “flounce”?

a fait le tabernac de calisse d’ostie?

134 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:15:57pm

re: #119 Mattand

What’s the Canadian word for “flounce”?

Flounce, ya hoser, eh.

135 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:16:20pm

re: #131 lawhawk

What a twerk. /

Or, in Canada, ‘twerque’.

136 b_sharp  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:16:30pm

re: #133 dog philosopher

a fait le tabernac de calisse d’ostie?

Poutine.

137 Balfour Rage  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:16:32pm

And yes, he did. Fucking hypocrite.

Link

138 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:16:51pm

Should I redo the Get Him To The Hague poster with Obama instead of Greenwald?

139 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:17:27pm

OT. Seen on the internet:

“Cuccinelli is a Gynotician (n): A politician who feels more qualified than women and their doctors to make women’s health care decisions.”

140 Balfour Rage  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:18:16pm
141 b_sharp  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:18:19pm

I hate being nothing more than the LGF token Canuck.

142 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:18:20pm

Did you know that there are alternate versions of the ABC song to account for the fact that the rest of the world pronounces Z as “zed”?

Granted, they all suck.

This factoid brought to you by the fact that I drove to the highland games this weekend and my husband played around on the iPad.

143 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:18:49pm

re: #139 EPR-radar

OT. Seen on the internet:

“Cuccinelli is a Gynotician (n): A politician who feels more qualified than women and their doctors to make women’s health care decisions.”

I’d have thought a Gynotician is like a Beautician, but practicing several feet lower.

144 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:19:04pm
145 Balfour Rage  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:19:44pm

Meant to tweet “gutshot.”

146 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:20:06pm

re: #140 Balfour Rage

McCain hasn’t had a pocket rocket since 1972.

147 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:20:48pm

sitting around talking before the bombings start and the shit really begins to hit the fan

148 wrenchwench  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:20:58pm

Later, lizards.

149 BongCrodny  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:22:02pm

re: #146 darthstar

McCain hasn’t had a pocket rocket since 1972.

Yeah, he limps in all the time.

150 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:22:09pm

re: #108 wjlevin

Statistics, how do they work? The ratio of right wing stupidity in the US to left wing stupidity in the US is 10,000:1 or worse (especially if the field is limited to elected officials as opposed to random cranks on street corners).

So, any representative sample of stupidity is going to have a similar right/left ratio.

This ends the lesson on the fallacy of the Magical Balance Fairy.

151 Mattand  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:22:43pm

re: #141 b_sharp

I hate being nothing more than the LGF token Canuck.

You’re more than just a token Canuck; you’re also our favorite musical key!

Besides, if you have to share Canuck duties with wjlevin and Buck, you might want to consider going solo.

152 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:22:55pm

Image: 1239619_484447464994527_375357769_n.jpg

153 b_sharp  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:24:17pm

re: #151 Mattand

You more than just a token Canuck; you’re also our favorite musical key!

Besides, if you have to share Canuck duties with wjlevin and Buck, you might want to consider going solo.

That’s what the wife said.

154 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:24:54pm
155 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:26:14pm

americans will end up in favor of the bombings once they start since it will make good teevee especially the illicit thrill of casualties, devastation and chaos

156 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:28:35pm

re: #108 wjlevin

Another point worth making is that all that is going to happen to McCain for this is a bit of mocking on the internet, and perhaps in less friendly part of the traditional media.

If Omaba had been photographed making recreational use of an electronic device during a tedious official meeting, the entire right wing noise machine would be in overdrive within an hour, and some loons in the House would makes fools of themselves with impeachment noises.

157 AlexRogan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:29:05pm

re: #146 darthstar

Bad form, man.

158 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:31:46pm

re: #109 blueraven

When the Holocaust is a sufficiently distant historical fact, anti-Semitism will creep back into the US hard right. They just can’t help themselves.

159 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:34:56pm

re: #158 EPR-radar

When the Holocaust is a sufficiently distant historical fact, anti-Semitism will creep back into the US hard right. They just can’t help themselves.

Bryan Fischer is just frothing to claim that delicious Holocaust victimness! But without the actual genocide and torture and deportations and death squads. Too bad it was wasted the first time around on those Jesus-deniers!!11

160 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:35:18pm

Nobody liked the Hague photoshop? I haz a sad. :(

161 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:35:35pm

re: #158 EPR-radar

When the Holocaust is a sufficiently distant historical fact, anti-Semitism will creep back into the US hard right. They just can’t help themselves.

They’re busy co-opting it while they rewrite history.

Fischer: Gay Activists Are Modern Day Nazi Stormtroopers

162 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:35:43pm

re: #158 EPR-radar

When the Holocaust is a sufficiently distant historical fact, anti-Semitism will creep back into the US hard right. They just can’t help themselves.

will?

has

163 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:37:53pm

re: #159 Vicious Babushka

Bryan Fischer is just frothing to claim that delicious Holocaust victimness! But without the actual genocide and torture and deportations and death squads. Too bad it was wasted the first time around on those Jesus-deniers!!11

I’m sure the Nazis in the 1920s had all sorts of sob stories about how their enemies were grinding them into the dust.

The reason for all this self-victimization mumbo-jumbo is that it ‘justifies’ taking extreme measures against the identified enemies if the extremist group ever gets enough political power.

164 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:38:47pm

re: #157 AlexRogan

Bad form, man.

Yeah, but we’re talking about McCain.

165 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:40:01pm

re: #162 dog philosopher

Has anti-Semitism in the US Right really gotten out of the Stormfront et al. sewers at this time?

If so, my limited faith in humanity will have to be revised downward.

166 team_fukit  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:40:05pm

To McCain’s credit, he was bashing Islamophobia on the curvy couch at Fox and Friends this morning.

thinkprogress.org

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) blasted Fox News host Brian Kilmeade for linking a commonly-used Arabic phrase to terrorism, during an appearance to bolster his case for a strong military response to Syria President Bashar Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons. The Arizona senator has long called on the Obama administration to arm the rebels fighting the Assad regime and is pressing Congress to adopt an broad-based use of force resolution.

“Would you have a problem with an American person saying ‘thank God? Thank God?’” McCain asked, clearly irritated. “That’s what they’re saying. Come on! Of course they’re Muslims, but they’re moderates and I guarantee you they are moderates.” Kilmeade didn’t respond to McCain and quickly moved on with the interview.

167 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:41:03pm

Apparently Angus King (I - Maine) was at the Senate hearing today - not on the committee…just there because he felt he needed to be informed. And no, he wasn’t playing poker on his phone.

168 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:41:42pm

re: #160 Vicious Babushka

Nobody liked the Hague photoshop? I haz a sad. :(

I was trying to think of something clever to say on the subject of GG then defending Assad in the Hague court proceedings, without success.

169 EPR-radar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:46:06pm

re: #164 darthstar

Yeah, but we’re talking about McCain.

There are plenty of reasons to criticize McCain without bringing up his service-related injuries. This just gives aid and comfort to Republican apologists.

170 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:48:06pm

re: #169 EPR-radar

There are plenty of reasons to criticize McCain without bringing up his service-related injuries. This just gives aid and comfort to Republican apologists.

I wasn’t talking about his service-related injuries. I was calling him an impotent prick.

171 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:50:41pm

re: #170 darthstar

I wasn’t talking about his service-related injuries. I was calling him an impotent prick.

Which is why you referenced 1972?

I’m not really a fan of body snark regardless of the side of my opponent.

172 Bear  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:56:03pm

Sad news. adn.com

173 AlexRogan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 6:56:27pm

re: #170 darthstar

I wasn’t talking about his service-related injuries. I was calling him an impotent prick.

Then why even reference when he was a POW?

It’s one thing to dislike his politics and how he handles his office, but to make jokes alluding to his injuries received in his capture and internment, that’s a bridge too far.

It makes you look like an ass.

174 Gus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:00:38pm

My one word response to this “news.” Nope.

175 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:06:26pm

In as on-topic a response as the previous one, my current crochet scarf is …probably at least 6 feet long.

I hope all the gift recipients like long scarves.

176 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:07:22pm
177 Stanley Sea  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:12:37pm

re: #172 Bear

Sad news. adn.com

Hopefully Stubbs will be OK.

178 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:16:29pm

I didn’t read Darthstar’s McCain quip as relating to his service-related injuries, but rather that 1972 was a year long past, randomly plucked from the calendar to convey it as ‘a long while ago’.

Perhaps you’re reading more into it than was there?

179 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:19:11pm

re: #173 AlexRogan

Then why even reference when he was a POW?

It’s one thing to dislike his politics and how he handles his office, but to make jokes alluding to his injuries received in his capture and internment, that’s a bridge too far.

It makes you look like an ass.

Agreed - I was talking about his age more than anything else, but I’ll accept the accompanying down-dings without argument as I didn’t think about the Hanoi Hilton days (that being said, he’s not the war hero he used to be…he gave up that honor a few years ago when he parlayed it into a crappy presidential run).

180 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:20:38pm

re: #178 GeneJockey

I didn’t read Darthstar’s McCain quip as relating to his service-related injuries, but rather that 1972 was a year long past, randomly plucked from the calendar to convey it as ‘a long while ago’.

Perhaps you’re reading more into it than was there?

It’s okay…some people still like to remember the hero McCain. Too bad he turned into a shit-heel of a human being after he got into elected office. He could have been somebody important and respectable.

181 darthstar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:21:26pm

re: #175 klys

In as on-topic a response as the previous one, my current crochet scarf is …probably at least 6 feet long.

I hope all the gift recipients like long scarves.

And don’t wear them when driving in convertibles.

182 psddluva4evah  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:24:20pm

Things to know about me…I’m obsessed with Idris Elba. So I’m off to watch the season premiere of Luther on BBCAmerica.

Peace out ya’ll.

183 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:24:38pm

re: #180 darthstar

It’s okay…some people still like to remember the hero McCain. Too bad he turned into a shit-heel of a human being after he got into elected office. He could have been somebody important and respectable.

Yeah, but I would rather the quips focus on the shit he’s done instead of being associated with making fun of someone’s physical appearance or characteristics.

That being said, I will grant that you didn’t necessarily intend to reference his time as a POW. He may not be a hero anymore by any stretch of the imagination, but his service still doesn’t deserve derision and I don’t believe you think it does either.

184 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:37:09pm

re: #180 darthstar

It’s okay…some people still like to remember the hero McCain. Too bad he turned into a shit-heel of a human being after he got into elected office. He could have been somebody important and respectable.

Honestly, it seems like a lot of fuss over a one sentence riff on something another poster said. AFAIK, McCain isn’t actually suffering from erectile dysfunction, so you’re not making fun of any actual characteristic of his, apart from maybe being a cranky old man.

Or did I offend people by making a remark that could be construed as ageist and sexist, and making light of mood disorders?
//

“Don’t take life so serious, son. It ain’t nohow permanent.” - Pogo.

185 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:39:37pm

re: #184 GeneJockey

Honestly, it seems like a lot of fuss over a one sentence riff on something another poster said. AFAIK, McCain isn’t actually suffering from erectile dysfunction, so you’re not making fun of any actual characteristic of his, apart from maybe being a cranky old man.

Or did I offend people by making a remark that could be construed as ageist and sexist, and making light of mood disorders?
//

“Don’t take life so serious, son. It ain’t nohow permanent.” - Pogo.

We (I think rightfully) mock the right-wing meme about how all their ‘women’ are attractive while all liberal women are ugly as shit. In a lot of ways, this is equivalent, because it is making the issue about physical characteristics (true or not) instead of policy positions or shit that actually matters from a political point of view.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

186 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:41:11pm

re: #185 klys

We (I think rightfully) mock the right-wing meme about how all their ‘women’ are attractive while all liberal women are ugly as shit. In a lot of ways, this is equivalent, because it is making the issue about physical characteristics (true or not) instead of policy positions or shit that actually matters from a political point of view.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

We’re constantly talking about McCain telling people to get off his lawn. I don’t see much difference. Am I missing something?

187 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:42:53pm

re: #186 GeneJockey

We’re constantly talking about McCain telling people to get off his lawn. I don’t see much difference. Am I missing something?

a) Maybe we shouldn’t, because ageist shit sucks too.

b) McCain wasn’t in his 70s in 1972.

188 AlexRogan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:48:21pm

re: #186 GeneJockey

We’re constantly talking about McCain telling people to get off his lawn. I don’t see much difference. Am I missing something?

re: #187 klys

a) Maybe we shouldn’t, because ageist shit sucks too.

b) McCain wasn’t in his 70s in 1972.

Not all older folks turn into grumpy old men/women, but there’s a reason for the stereotype: just about everyone knows at least one.

Let’s face it, John McCain is Abe Simpson.

189 Charles Johnson  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:48:37pm
190 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:51:49pm

re: #188 AlexRogan

Not all older folks turn into grumpy old men/women, but there’s a reason for the stereotype: just about everyone knows at least one.

Let’s face it, John McCain is Abe Simpson.

Let’s also face it: the initial pushback came because the date that darth pulled out happened to be during McCain’s POW time - and as such, the comment came across as referencing that.

I don’t care what side they’re on, if I’m going to criticize someone for their politics, I refuse to do it in a way that denigrates their military service when the service offered was genuine and took real sacrifices. I didn’t think this was controversial and that’s what generated the initial pushback.

191 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 7:56:29pm

Rumsfeld: Obama weakest president in his lifetime

Rumsfeld Stupidest Really Smart Person & Wrongest Totally Confident He’s Always Right Person I Ever Saw In My Lifetime

onna life’s little known unknown knowns yanno…

192 dog philosopher  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:01:37pm

re: #188 AlexRogan

Not all older folks turn into grumpy old

geddoffamahlawn

193 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:01:51pm

re: #191 dog philosopher

“Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.” -Donald Rumsfeld

Well, so much for that bit of advice, Donnie.

194 Gus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:11:27pm

Here you go. This is trending on Twitter.

#ThingsJohnMcCainCouldDoDuringSyriaWarHearings

Occupy Wall Street and Prudence are there. The most important news of the day. Reached wingnut-moonbat convergence.

195 palomino  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:13:45pm

re: #191 dog philosopher

Rumsfeld: Obama weakest president in his lifetime

Rumsfeld Stupidest Really Smart Person & Wrongest Totally Confident He’s Always Right Person I Ever Saw In My Lifetime

onna life’s little known unknown knowns yanno…

Of all the top Bush administration Iraq War supporters, Rummy probably has one of the biggest chips on his shoulders.

First, he got fired the day after the 2006 midterms, essentially taking the fall for Bush as the War became overwhelmingly disliked.

Second, Obama ran against Cheney-Rumsfeld-Bush as much as he did against McCain, a smart strategy when your opponent’s party is unpopular and occupies the White House. Like Cheney, Rummy seems to have a personal ax to grind with Obama after the deserved rhetorical pummeling he had to hear from Obama for two years on the campaign trail.

The irony now is quite clear. Obama may follow the same road as his predecessors, who he so harshly criticized. I have no problem with military strikes. But the adventurism of Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld should put the fantasy of Middle East nation building projects to rest, once and for all. Or at least for more than zero years.

196 palomino  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:21:03pm

re: #194 Gus

Here you go. This is trending on Twitter.

#ThingsJohnMcCainCouldDoDuringSyriaWarHearings

Occupy Wall Street and Prudence are there. The most important news of the day. Reached wingnut-moonbat convergence.

Dems hate him because he’s a Republican douchebag. Republicans hate him because he’s not enough of a Republican douchebag.

A common theme seems to be that he and Sen Graham are gay for each other. Classy.

197 blueraven  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:49:02pm

re: #194 Gus

Here you go. This is trending on Twitter.

#ThingsJohnMcCainCouldDoDuringSyriaWarHearings

Occupy Wall Street and Prudence are there. The most important news of the day. Reached wingnut-moonbat convergence.

such is the way of twitter.

It can be very good or very bad.

198 SpaceJesus  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:54:48pm

re: #110 wrenchwench

nice

199 A Man for all Seasons  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 8:59:29pm

re: #189 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

The First pic of the Rolling Stones?
They had cameras back then?
/

200 bratwurst  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:17:51pm

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper/rapist Ariel Castro is no more.

201 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:26:18pm

re: #200 bratwurst

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper/rapist Ariel Castro is no more.

Door. Ass. Way out.

202 wheat-dogghazi  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:27:37pm

re: #200 bratwurst

A very troubled man

203 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:30:29pm

re: #200 bratwurst

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper/rapist Ariel Castro is no more.

Fucking piece of shit was a weak little coward.

204 wheat-dogghazi  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:35:37pm

re: #203 Kragar

Well, I sure won’t miss him. Sounds callous, but if he were going to off himself, he might have done it before the trial and saved a lot of people grief.

205 sagehen  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:36:54pm

re: #200 bratwurst

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper/rapist Ariel Castro is no more.

So he couldn’t survive captivity even 1% as long as those girls did?

206 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:39:52pm

re: #205 sagehen

So he couldn’t survive captivity even 1% as long as those girls did?

That is assuming he offed himself.

207 klys  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:41:26pm

re: #206 Kragar

That is assuming he offed himself.

Being found hanging in protective (read: solo) custody generally isn’t because of the actions of another person.

208 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:43:28pm

re: #207 klys

Being found hanging in protective (read: solo) custody generally isn’t because of the actions of another person.

99.99%, but they say they’re investigating, so might as well wait till its official.

209 Lidane  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:48:41pm

re: #200 bratwurst

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper/rapist Ariel Castro is no more.

My lack of sympathy, let me show you it.

Good riddance.

210 AlexRogan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:50:33pm

re: #209 Lidane

My lack of sympathy, let me show you it.

Good riddance.

Still, it pisses me off because, to the end, Castro was in control.

Justice denied…the bastard should have rotted in jail and died of old age.

211 Lidane  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:53:58pm

re: #210 AlexRogan

Still, it pisses me off because, to the end, Castro was in control.

Justice denied…the bastard should have rotted in jail and died of old age.

Sure, but OTOH, his victims got final closure. He was convicted for his crimes, his house and posessions destroyed and pulverized, and now he’s saved everyone the time and money to keep his ass on this mortal coil for the next 1000+ years.

Also, they can live knowing they were stronger in captivity than the man who held them prisoner. He lasted what, a month in jail? Pfft.

212 GeneJockey  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:04:37pm

T’hell wit’ him. I’m happier not to be sharing a planet with him.

213 OhNoZombies!  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:06:08pm

Castro held those girls, now women, captive only 25 minutes away from where I live.
I remember very clearly when 2 of them went missing, as well as all of the anguish he caused.
Breaking News:

214 OhNoZombies!  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:12:04pm

Hmmm.
Now that I think about it, Jeffrey Dahmer grew up about 10 minutes away from my elementary school.
Be right back… Gotta check the locks…

215 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:19:45pm

re: #214 OhNoZombies!

Hmmm.
Now that I think about it, Jeffrey Dahmer grew up about 10 minutes away from my elementary school.
Be right back… Gotta check the locks…

I found out yesterday when I was a kid, Richard Ramirez killed a woman 4 houses down from my house. My parents never told me because they didn’t want me to freak out.

216 OhNoZombies!  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:20:51pm

Btw.
Cleveland has already torn down Castro’s house, and the abandoned houses adjacent to his.

217 OhNoZombies!  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:23:19pm

re: #215 Kragar

I found out yesterday when I was a kid, Richard Ramirez killed a woman 4 houses down from my house. My parents never told me because they didn’t want me to freak out.

Damn! That’s crazy.
I guess they wouldn’t.

218 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:30:37pm

re: #217 OhNoZombies!

Damn! That’s crazy.
I guess they wouldn’t.

I was around 12 at the time. I remember it being hot as hell that summer, but we kept the windows locked tight and my parents coming in during the night to check on me. Freaky to think about now.

219 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:47:16pm

Ah cheesy 80s movies, where an AK-47 with a 30 round magazine hold 200+ rounds.

220 piratedan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:55:16pm

re: #219 Kragar

you gotta stop watching all those Chuck Norris and Stallone movies…. tune into Buckaroo Banzai and Big Trouble in Little China instead :-)

221 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 10:57:10pm

re: #220 piratedan

you gotta stop watching all those Chuck Norris and Stallone movies…. tune into Buckaroo Banzai and Big Trouble in Little China instead :-)

I wanted something ridiculously bad just for the comedy.

“Commando” with Schwarzenegger.

222 piratedan  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 11:03:13pm

re: #221 Kragar

true, they’re easily Mstyable but why bother when you could watch something like Real Genius instead?

223 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 11:11:10pm

re: #222 piratedan

true, they’re easily Mstyable but why bother when you could watch something like Real Genius instead?

I’ve just got it on in the background as I paint or write. I was watching “The League of Gentlemen” earlier.

“This is Local Shop… for Local People.”

224 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 11:29:28pm

re: #205 sagehen

So he couldn’t survive captivity even 1% as long as those girls did?

From a CNN commenter;

Dr Seuss
• 2 hours ago

The women were able to survive in his prison for 10 years. This poor excuse for a human only lasted 33 days. Speaks volumes.

225 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 11:40:51pm

In case you were looking for one —you know, as an Xmas Gift.

226 harry catbox  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 11:46:08pm

Now bring back pokerstars.

227 Kragar  Tue, Sep 3, 2013 11:48:46pm

re: #225 FemNaziBitch

In case you were looking for one —you know, as an Xmas Gift.

I’m good with a shirt.

Image: miskatonic_university_fightin_cephalopods_tees-rc788f2e37329496e832ff235227faeec_va6pa_512.jpg

228 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 12:30:51am

Another, more helpful, Canadian: David Frum on a war he doesn’t like.

cnn.com

Assad apparently not part of an Axis of Weasels.

229 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 12:39:38am

You never know.

French parliament to debate Syria strikes

news.yahoo.com

“The French parliament will debate the Syria issue Wednesday, but no vote is scheduled. France’s constitution doesn’t require such a vote for military intervention unless its lasts longer than four months, though some French lawmakers have urged President Francois Hollande to call one anyway.”

Everyone tends to forget about Israel.

230 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:04:31am

The discussion about Smartphones and old people was interesting.

I used to laugh at the KISS principle; now I embrace it as a survival tool—use a landline almost exclusively. Still drive a 5-spd. The keys on the cordless are small enough already, and my fingers are no longer nimble enough to manipulate the tiny keys on a cell phone without a lot of frustration. And I take enough grief from my g-son in keeping the other techy stuff in the house running while I run everything else. I also know more about cars than he does. He’s a child of the computer; I’ve seen technology of every sort come and go.

My 3 yr g-g-son can use the Xbox as well as I can. He’ll surpass me in another year or 2, because he’ll care more about it than I do—who knows what will be available when he’s his dad’s age?

Meanwhile, the microwave is eating my glass French dessert plates. I don’t think they were made to heat up Hot Pockets.

Generations, how do they work? : )

231 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:06:38am

re: #229 Justanotherhuman

J’Post and Haaretz have been rather quiet about Syria, even projecting a calming tone. Doesn’t look like Israel sees a real ‘win’ in this mess.

232 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:10:42am

re: #230 Justanotherhuman

65-yr old wife is totally absorbed in her new iPad. I consciously hang back a couple iterations of Moore’s law for cost-effectiveness. Linux on a Thinkpad solves all my needs, except Civ4. Cell phones are a forced compromise with the devil. Drive a 4-speed with a hand-crank starter (really).

233 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:14:48am

Oh mierda…

Power cut leaves most of Venezuela without electricity

bbc.co.uk

“Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blamed the opposition for “sabotage” to power transmission lines.”

234 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:21:52am

re: #233 Justanotherhuman

There’s also a food shortage there, according to the Beeb. Pretty bad for a nation with a hefty crude oil supply.

235 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:22:12am

re: #232 Decatur Deb

65-yr old wife is totally absorbed in her new iPad. I consciously hang back a couple iterations of Moore’s law for cost-effectiveness. Linux on a Thinkpad solves all my needs, except Civ4. Cell phones are a forced compromise with the devil. Drive a 4-speed with a hand-crank starter (really).

Thing is, I can’t get “totally absorbed” in anything that’s not simple—not with a 3 yr old to take care of. : ) At least, in this situation, the ‘puter is right out here in the open, and I’m up and down on it all day—just to keep informed, and I stream TV on it, too.

But thanks, anyway. I learned something new today: Moore’s law. No doubt little J will have an entire computer on his finger at some point. : )

236 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:24:16am

re: #232 Decatur Deb

I consciously hang back a couple iterations of Moore’s law for cost-effectiveness.

I still have never owned a “smart phone”, though my current simple cell phone can receive text messages. I looked for one which only dialed and received voice, but alas they don’t exist anymore.

237 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:24:28am

Jesus, that’ll wake you up in the morning…

Went to get newspaper, turned on porch light, ten or so bats start screeching and taking off.

Fuck! Scared the hell out of me.

Who needs coffee when you have bats?

238 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:24:35am

re: #235 Justanotherhuman

Grandkid got his own heavily-armored Kindle Fire when he turned 3 last month. Just point me to the dungheap.

239 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:26:16am

re: #234 wheat-dogghazi

There’s also a food shortage there, according to the Beeb. Pretty bad for a nation with a hefty crude oil supply.

Yes, here’s a story on food there.

Venezuela’s Maduro scraps plan for food restriction

bbc.co.uk

Surprised they can’t get all the cane sugar they need from Cuba.

240 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:27:49am

If Bach didn’t need a smart phone, do I?

MP3 Audio

241 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:29:09am

re: #236 freetoken

I still have never owned a “smart phone”, though my current simple cell phone can receive text messages. I looked for one which only dialed and received voice, but alas they don’t exist anymore.

I’ve got the closest thing to that kind of phone. The kids bought me a black handset that plugs into the earphone port. I see there’s a steampunk Victorian version now.

thinkgeek.com

242 Kragar  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:31:13am

re: #236 freetoken

I still have never owned a “smart phone”, though my current simple cell phone can receive text messages. I looked for one which only dialed and received voice, but alas they don’t exist anymore.

Got me a $5.00 virgin mobile phone which costs me about $20.00 every 3 months just to keep active. I think I used it maybe 3 times in the last year.

243 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:31:34am

Reflected light from London skyscraper melts car

Concave glass building?
Reflecting light?
UNPOSSIBLE!

244 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:33:51am

re: #242 Kragar

Got me a $5.00 virgin mobile phone which costs me about $20.00 every 3 months just to keep active. I think I used it maybe 3 times in the last year.

When Dau 2 was a teenager I had an old cell that allowed so many minutes per month. I’d give it to her the last few days to burn up. One month I logged 9 minutes.

245 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:36:13am

re: #238 Decatur Deb

Grandkid got his own heavily-armored Kindle Fire when he turned 3 last month. Just point me to the dungheap.

Sometimes the kid actually dumps me off the computer so he can play online games he loves—Peep & the Big Wide World, which teaches him colors, shapes, numbers, etc. I don’t mind, I get to do a chore. LOL. He’s been learning this stuff for a couple of years now. But he loves the outside, too, and people—loves people and they love him back—he’s quite the little star in the neighborhood and wherever we go, he greets people, just like a politician. : )

246 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:36:19am

re: #240 freetoken

Got my headset back from the kid, but the cello piece is stopping a lot. Might be this end, I’m in some kind of LGF dialogue box.

247 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:37:40am

re: #245 Justanotherhuman

Sometimes the kid actually dumps me off the computer so he can play online games he loves—Peep & the Big Wide World, which teaches him colors, shapes, numbers, etc. I don’t mind, I get to do a chore. LOL. He’s been learning this stuff for a couple of years now. But he loves the outside, too, and people—loves people and they love him back—he’s quite the little star in the neighborhood and wherever we go, he greets people, just like a politician. : )

Register him. Tell him to vote against the war.

248 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:39:10am

re: #244 Decatur Deb

When Dau 2 was a teenager I had an old cell that allowed so many minutes per month. I’d give it to her the last few days to burn up. One month I logged 9 minutes.

Everything ok in the land of hit and run truckers???

249 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:40:30am

re: #246 Decatur Deb

Should work fine in the LGF mp3 player… but go into the media library (or look a the source code) and just open the link in a separate tab.

It is a particular good cello suite.

250 Kragar  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:40:40am

Truly dark comedy, The League of Gentlemen

Youtube Video

“Will more strangers come?”
“Calm yourself Tubbs. None will come.”

251 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:41:36am

re: #248 Pavlovian Hive Mind

Everything ok in the land of hit and run truckers???

Never heard about the trucker. Dau and Gdau checked out OK at the hospital, but she’ll really be sore today. Now they can deal with insurance companies, car dealers and lawyers.

252 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:42:19am

re: #251 Decatur Deb

Never heard about the trucker. Dau and Gdau checked out OK at the hospital, but she’ll really be sore today. Now they can deal with insurance companies, car dealers and lawyers.

Just make sure she doesn’t take a hammer with her.

253 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:43:23am

re: #249 freetoken

Should work fine in the LGF mp3 player… but go into the media library (or look a the source code) and just open the link in a separate tab.

It is a particular good cello suite.

Did you see the PBS tape of Torville and Dean skating to the suites w/ Yo-Yo Ma? Sounds like one.

254 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:45:20am

re: #253 Decatur Deb

Did you see the PBS tape of Torville and Dean skating to the suites w/ Yo-Yo Ma? Sounds like one.

Nope.

Never watch PBS - it is commie, after all.

255 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:46:28am

I’ve got a dotted line all around my comment box. Some LGF feature I slept through? Also says ‘test area#newcommentbody.posts…etc.”

256 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:47:19am

re: #254 freetoken

Nope.

Never watch PBS - it is commie, after all.

Not any more—something threw a funding scare into their honchos in the last 6 months.

257 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:48:21am

re: #255 Decatur Deb

I’ve got a dotted line all around my comment box. Some LGF feature I slept through? Also says ‘test area#newcommentbody.posts…etc.”

Sounds like debugging.

258 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:49:35am

re: #256 Decatur Deb

Not any more—something threw a funding scare into their honchos in the last 6 months.

Have PBS gone the way of NPR?

259 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:50:25am

re: #257 Pavlovian Hive Mind

Sounds like debugging.

Sure as hell need that in Alabama. Ever seen a Palmetto Bug?

Image: DSCF0366+sm.jpg

260 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:50:35am

re: #253 Decatur Deb

You can buy the entire 6 suites:

amazon.com

261 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:51:05am

re: #253 Decatur Deb

Did you see the PBS tape of Torville and Dean skating to the suites w/ Yo-Yo Ma? Sounds like one.

Figure skating is my favorite—graceful, artistic physicality, made to look easy which is the hardest to do. And what other “sport” can make classical music “hummable” for ordinary people?

262 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:52:15am

re: #258 freetoken

Have PBS gone the way of NPR?

Have here in Alabama (Alabama Public Television). Been trying to deep-fry Big Bird since day 1. Much of the board quit after our nutcase governor put in his chief.

263 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:54:57am

re: #260 freetoken

You can buy the entire 6 suites:

amazon.com

Got the PBS dvds—each suite done by Ma, accompanying another art form like skating, sculpture, even gardening IIRC.

264 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:56:43am

re: #262 Decatur Deb

have here in Alabama (Alabama Public Television). Been trying to deep-fry Big Bird since day 1. Much of the board quit after our nutcase governor put in his chief.

Netflix carries a lot of PBS stuff, some of it not so old. PTL would be pleased to know they carry the old ’60s “Dr. Who” stuff, too. I get stuck on British murder mystery series. With few guns, they have to be the inventors of myriad methods of murder.

265 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 1:58:25am

Oh hell. This was supposed to be an imsomnia session, done with wine to put me back out. Now it’s time to make coffee for Wife.

266 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:00:42am

re: #264 Justanotherhuman

Netflix carries a lot of PBS stuff, some of it not so old. PTL would be pleased to know they carry the old ’60s “Dr. Who” stuff, too. I get stuck on British murder mystery series. With few guns, they have to be the inventors of myriad methods of murder.

We are Inspector Morse/Lewis/Endeavour fanatics. BBC dvds are horrendously expensive, though. We have only the Morse episode that was shot in our old town in Italy.

267 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:01:49am

What the hell is with Rs and Sesame Street???
Freaking weird obsession.

268 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:02:40am

re: #267 Pavlovian Hive Mind

What the hell is with Rs and Sesame Street???
Freaking weird obsession.

Don’t want to play the race card, but I’m playing the race card.

269 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:05:06am

The Bach has ended. It was jumpy here only at the beginning.

270 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:15:26am

re: #266 Decatur Deb

We are Inspector Morse/Lewis/Endeavor fanatics. BBC dvds are horrendously expensive, though. We have only the Morse episode that was shot in our old town in Italy.

Ah yes, I was in love with John Thaw when Morse was first shown on PBS. Netflix has “Lewis” which I watch. I thoroughly enjoy “Midsomer Murders”, too, and “Luther” (yes, Idris Elba is fascinating, plays a very complex character), although they aren’t PBS. I’ve also been re-watching “All Creatures”—those Yorkshire farmers!—they have every episode, from the 70s on, I think (and interesting to see how Peter Davison’s career developed over the years—he’s been in several series I’ve seen). I may be something of an Anglophile in my TV tastes. But some of the new series aren’t up to the old snuff, I don’t think, they seem sort of “Americanized” and it detracts from their unique Britishness.

271 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:31:03am

re: #270 Justanotherhuman

The Lewis seasons are a joint British/Boston project—might have Americanized it a bit. (Hathaway is surprisingly physical on occasion). We got the first season and pilot of Endeavour, showing the 1960s Morse joining the force—sort of dark and spooky. Great cars, though. In the pilot he walks past the used Mark IV Jag he will someday own.

272 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:38:53am

re: #267 Pavlovian Hive Mind

What the hell is with Rs and Sesame Street???
Freaking weird obsession.

Conservatives don’t like PBS because of the “public” part. They figure any federal tax money going toward broadcasting = commie propaganda, or something like that. It’s the same with NPR, the National Endowment for the Arts or the NEH.

Sesame Street is inclusive. It’s set in an urban environment, perhaps even the “inner city,” where people seem nonetheless pretty happy. It empowers kids. These are all scary ideas for a lot of RWNJs.

273 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:43:43am

Weird. Just finished the night’s wine. In 4 minutes I’ll be drinking the morning coffee. Feel like Lon Chaney losing all his fur.

274 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 2:45:10am

re: #32 thedopefishlives

Anything to hang on to her confirmation bias. My goodness, her hatred is so utterly irrational it defies description.

There is nothing rational about addiction.

275 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 3:44:36am

re: #267 Pavlovian Hive Mind

What the hell is with Rs and Sesame Street???
Freaking weird obsession.

It presents something other than their small-town, nickel-cokes, white-picket-fence view of America, I guess

276 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 3:55:35am

I’m wondering how many in NATO or the UN would vote if it were “white people”, not those “Muslim Arabs” who were being gassed?

Anti-Muslim sentiment runs high not only in the US but in Europe and other countries with majority white populations as well.

The racism against Pres Obama is buttressed with the hatred of Muslims.

That’s where a lot of this “sentiment” (which isn’t policy, BTW) against a tailored target in Syria to stop the chemical attacks by Assad are coming from. They don’t care any more about that than they do about the slaughter of Africans by Africans. All those people are “expendable” as long as it doesn’t affect white people.

Keep “sentiment” on Hallmark cards and take a hard look at what’s going on. Sentiment is what keeps people in horrible, abusive relationships, for instance, and prevents us from thinking rationally about our own well-being. Drama solves nothing, but love and caring, invoking real human values, can when it’s done with clear thinking.

277 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 4:12:36am

re: #276 Justanotherhuman

I cannot call it “logic” but the line of thinking seems to be that since Obama is such an existential threat to this country, anything that harms his image and makes his job harder is a necessary thing.

278 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 4:20:18am

re: #264 Justanotherhuman

Netflix carries a lot of PBS stuff, some of it not so old. PTL would be pleased to know they carry the old ’60s “Dr. Who” stuff, too. I get stuck on British murder mystery series. With few guns, they have to be the inventors of myriad methods of murder.

PTL would probably have been amused by the “SILURIAN” license plate I saw this weekend.
:)

279 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 4:21:35am

Note to Castro’s lawyer: If you manage to get some money from this, make sure it goes to the women he imprisoned for so long; otherwise, hang it up.

Attorney for Ariel Castro: ‘There is an obligation on the part of the prison … that there won’t be a suicide or anything else’ - @todayshow broadcast

280 JDRhoades  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:05:49am

re: #279 Justanotherhuman

What makes you so sure it was actually suicide?

281 JDRhoades  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:09:15am

re: #6 calochortus

He doesn’t want to do what That One asks him to do, but he really really really wants to bomb someone. So he’s taken the path of a sullen, passive aggressive teenaged girl who’s rolling her eyes at being taken somewhere she’s too cool to go to, but is secretly digging it. “Okay, I’ll go, but you can’t make me look interested.”

282 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:14:49am

re: #280 JDRhoades

What makes you so sure it was actually suicide?

I don’t know whether it was or not. I’m just saying that if the prison screwed up, any proceeds from a settlement or lawsuit should go to his victims. But he had 30 minutes in which to hang himself, since the guards only make rounds every 30 min. And are we sure he was on “suicide watch” anyway? If he was, and those cells aren’t monitored with CCTV (which they should be, regardless), the prison has some explaining to do.

283 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:25:05am

MoJo discovers that apocalyptic wingnuts are apocalyptic:

Oh Magog! Why End-Times Buffs Are Freaking Out About Syria

[…]

In March, Rosenberg met privately with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Louie Gohmert in Austin. Gohmert was such a big fan of the novelist he brought a copy of Damascus Countdown as a gift to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2011. (Because he’s Louie Gohmert, the Texas congressman knocked over Netanyahu’s coffee cup and bottled water in the process of handing over the book.) In April, he discussed Damascus Countdown at the Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative think tank. Rosenberg did not respond to a request to comment from Mother Jones.

Rosenberg is not the only Christian thinker making a buck off the burden of Damascus. Jan Markell, on whose End Times radio program Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has frequently appeared, blasted out an email to followers last summer warning that the Burden of Damascus may be close at hand. She reiterated that position in an interview with OneNewsNow last week. Walid Shoebat, a self-described “ex-terrorist” who is a frequent guest at right-wing confabs, told birther news site WorldNetDaily in August that while he wasn’t sure the Burden of Damascus was imminent, “We can sense the beginning signs for the fulfillment of Isaiah 17’s destruction of Damascus when we witness the influx of refugees from Syria to Jordan as predicted by the prophet Amos.”

[…]

No mention of Poker in the Bible, though.

284 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:33:17am

Which is worse, poker or porn?

Parliament’s Dirty Porn Secret Revealed

PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has recently been campaigning to restrict internet access to pornographic websites, but new figures suggest he should be looking closer to home as an excess of 300,000 attempts were made to view pages of sexual material from the Houses of Parliament.

[…]

285 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:35:11am

Putin, showing some sympathy for Snowjob.

Snowden ‘strange guy’ set for tough life: Putin

google.com

“You know, I sometimes thought about him, he is a strange guy,” ex-KGB spy Putin said in an interview with state-run Channel One television.

“How is he going to build his life? In effect, he condemned himself to a rather difficult life. I do not have the faintest idea about what he will do next,” Putin said.

The case has intensified strains between Russia and the United States and prompted US President Barack Obama to cancel a visit to Moscow for a bilateral summit ahead of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg this week.

“Well, it’s clear we will not give him up, he can feel safe here. But what’s next?” Putin said, suggesting that Washington, which wants to put him on trial, may in time reconsider its stance.

286 freetoken  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:39:06am

And now for the important news:

‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 17 Cast: Leah Remini, a ‘Glee’ Star and the Science Guy

Yes, you read that headline correctly. It looks like Bill Nye will join the likes of Snooki on the upcoming season of DWTS.

287 A Mom Anon  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:52:26am

re: #286 freetoken

I saw that this morning. I’m not sure whether it’s a good or bad thing. It might encourage a person or two to read something science related. Beyond that, why Bill why? It could be a fun thing for him I guess.

288 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:13:31am

re: #287 A Mom Anon

I saw that this morning. I’m not sure whether it’s a good or bad thing. It might encourage a person or two to read something science related. Beyond that, why Bill why? It could be a fun thing for him I guess.

Only if he gets to dance while wearing a lab coat.

289 lawhawk  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:15:33am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. L’Shana Tova to all those about to celebrate Rosh Hashana. Been busy finishing up my dinner prep. The tzimmis and roast chicken is done. Sides are likewise done. The desserts have been baked (and taste tested for quality control).

Even stood in line for more than an hour the other day to get challahs from one of the best kosher bakeries in the country (Zaide’s in Fair Lawn), which has me thinking about convincing the mrs to try her hand at that, but the store’s challah’s are so good, you can be forgiven for the wait. It’s also prep for standing during Kol Nidre and penance for eating such sinfully good baked goods.

290 lawhawk  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:17:25am

And then I see news that Ariel Castro - the creature that kidnapped and held prisoner 3 women in Cleveland committed suicide in prison.

Can’t say I’m sad to see him die. In the end, he saved the state a few million dollars in incarceration, but he avoided the justice he was so deserving.

291 prairiefire  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:24:07am

More military protests

292 Good Morning  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:30:01am

“worst of all I lost!” - John Sidney McCain III

How many ages hence
Shall these words be repeated,
In states unborn, and accents yet unknown! - William Shakespeare Julius Caesar.

Makes you think doesn’t it. A high res image of the iPhone showed one of the other players was “VladAssP1952”, Can’t say for sure who that might be but I have a theory.

293 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:31:52am

re: #142 klys

Did you know that there are alternate versions of the ABC song to account for the fact that the rest of the world pronounces Z as “zed”?

Granted, they all suck.

This factoid brought to you by the fact that I drove to the highland games this weekend and my husband played around on the iPad.

Zed’s Dead.

RBS

294 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:32:18am

re: #292 Good Morning

“worst of all I lost!” - John Sidney McCain III

How many ages hence
Shall these words be repeated,
In states unborn, and accents yet unknown! - William Shakespeare Julius Caesar.

Makes you think doesn’t it. A high res image of the iPhone showed one of the other players was “VladAssP1952”, Can’t say for sure who that might be but I have a theory.

When they catch him running Cookie Clicker you will know that all is lost.
//

295 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 6:40:37am

L’Shana Tovah.

Only downside to Rosh Hashanah for me: 92nd street Y is closed.

296 Stoatly  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 7:10:43am

re: #230 Justanotherhuman

I’ve seen technology of every sort come and go.

Happy 50th birthday, Compact Cassette

It’s the same age as me :(

And now I’ve given away most of my CDs (several years ago when I realised I hadn’t unpacked them from the house move years before that)

I still miss the “thingness” of old vinyl records and their cover art
But it’s great being able to carry around so much music, old and new, when I travel

I swore I’d be the last person on earth to get a mobile phone - the idea of being contactable at any time was my idea of hell.
Then I went free-lance and needed one to be employable, now I can’t imagine life before them, and I get annoyed with people who don’t leave theirs on!

They’ve totally revolutionised the experience of going to music festivals - long gone are the days of “I’ll met you left of the monitor tower at 4” and made all such social stuff easier and more spontaneous (having a map and gps on a smartphone helps too)

Still have not the slightest interest in facebook, I’m waiting for whatever replaces it…

297 BongCrodny  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 7:33:27am

This is fun, but I wouldn’t click if you don’t like *potential* spoilers.

I like the Hamlet speculation the best, but the Hunter-Gatherer theory is awfully interesting, too.

Wired: How Will Breaking Bad End? Here Are 7 Mind-Blowing Theories

298 wrenchwench  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 8:21:12am

re: #290 lawhawk

And then I see news that Ariel Castro - the creature that kidnapped and held prisoner 3 women in Cleveland committed suicide in prison.

Can’t say I’m sad to see him die. In the end, he saved the state a few million dollars in incarceration, but he avoided the justice he was so deserving.

He served the rest of his life in prison. Now he can start on the 1,000 years.

299 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 4, 2013 8:28:06am

re: #298 wrenchwench

He served the rest of his life in prison. Now he can start on the 1,000 years.

That’s cold, cold.

(On her first day after quitting her prison teacher job, Dau 1 had her accident, then found a 15 year-old had punched out a guard. Karma all around her.)


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