Sunday Night Schneider - Hop on the World
I just love the lazy, idiosyncratic, deeply weird string arrangement in this great song from Bob Schneider’s latest side.
I just love the lazy, idiosyncratic, deeply weird string arrangement in this great song from Bob Schneider’s latest side.
4 | b.d. Sun, Sep 15, 2013 6:46:57pm |
5 | Belafon Sun, Sep 15, 2013 6:51:29pm |
re: #4 b.d.
Depends on when he recorded it. In the winter it actually gets cold enough one or two days (not consecutive) to require a full coat. The roads he road on were also in Dallas. And that was DART.
6 | Vicious Babushka Sun, Sep 15, 2013 6:52:03pm |
Holy crap, I have found the first Holocaust Denier on Teh Twitters.
Elie Wiesel & the Holocaust Fraud: http://t.co/RtaNKhHfSY #tcot #TeaParty #OWS #Anonymous #OprahWinfrey #Fraudster— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
7 | Vicious Babushka Sun, Sep 15, 2013 6:54:06pm |
I put Lisa on the Derp list, it should be kind of “fun” (if you’re into sickening racism) to see how she Derps it up.
8 | sagehen Sun, Sep 15, 2013 6:56:01pm |
Most. Intense. Episode. Ever.
(and how did they get a 1-year-old to do her lines??)
9 | Stanley Sea Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:01:52pm |
10 | Vicious Babushka Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:02:29pm |
re: #8 sagehen
Most. Intense. Episode. Ever.
(and how did they get a 1-year-old to do her lines??)
They got a very small 16-year-old.//
11 | Vicious Babushka Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:03:07pm |
These songs are totally out of place in a beauty pageant. Dude singing about revolution during evening gown competition?— eclecticbrotha (@eclecticbrotha) September 16, 2013
12 | Vicious Babushka Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:03:35pm |
LOLWUT
No. No. No. Black Miss America contestant promises first thing she gonna do after going back to hotel is “eat some Kentucky Fried Chicken.”— eclecticbrotha (@eclecticbrotha) September 16, 2013
13 | Interesting Times Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:17:39pm |
You know how if you click an imgur link, you can get taken to a page that shows thumbnails of popular/trending images in the sidebar? Through that, I just found this:
14 | Vicious Babushka Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:26:44pm |
Blue Glowing Coconut Octopus. pic.twitter.com/P65pyO15F3— Oh That's Amazing (@OhThatsAmazing) September 16, 2013
15 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:32:37pm |
re: #3 sagehen
Breaking Bad. OMG.
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I don’t subscribe to cable, but I do subscribe to Netflix. This means that it’s very likely that at least 6 months will pass before I can see the last half of season 5 on Netflix.
In other news, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.
17 | BongCrodny Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:36:00pm |
re: #3 sagehen
Breaking Bad. OMG.
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Thanks. Nice to see some folks not giving away the goodies.
I’m playing at an online poker site right now — two freaking idiots in the chat feature blabbed the BIG plot development from tonight’s episode.
It won’t ruin the enjoyment of the show, but there are some things you like to experience for yourself, y’know?
18 | AlexRogan Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:38:15pm |
re: #16 SpaceJesus
oh breaking bad i am going to miss you so
re: #17 BongCrodny
Thanks. Nice to see some folks not giving away the goodies.
I’m playing at an online poker site right now — two freaking idiots in the chat feature blabbed the BIG plot development from tonight’s episode.
It won’t ruin the enjoyment of the show, but there are some things you like to experience for yourself, y’know?
I think it’s pretty obvious….Walter is going to get medieval on some people in the next couple of episodes (or die trying), IMO.
19 | Kragar Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:38:52pm |
re: #16 SpaceJesus
oh breaking bad i am going to miss you so
The Spin Off got the greenlight, so you’ll have that.
20 | AlexRogan Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:39:22pm |
21 | Kragar Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:43:54pm |
re: #20 AlexRogan
Better Call Saul!
Word is its going to be a prequel, so Saul can still end up dead in the next few weeks
22 | Dark_Falcon Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:47:33pm |
re: #6 Vicious Babushka
I reported it to YouTube. That kind of filth turns my stomach.
25 | William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:54:01pm |
re: #15 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I don’t subscribe to cable, but I do subscribe to Netflix. This means that it’s very likely that at least 6 months will pass before I can see the last half of season 5 on Netflix.
In other news, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.
I like the bay where Captain Hook drops anchor… ///
26 | BongCrodny Sun, Sep 15, 2013 7:58:59pm |
re: #19 Kragar
The Spin Off got the greenlight, so you’ll have that.
As much as I like the Saul Goodman character, the idea that it’s going to be a prequel does absolutely nothing for me.
30 | Gus Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:19:39pm |
31 | blueraven Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:22:00pm |
re: #30 Gus
Not so good. Trying to relax now. Listening to my bowels.
Ugh…doesn’t sound so good. Try to sleep if you can.
32 | FemNaziBitch Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:22:18pm |
We’ve begun on Braking Bad, I think we are towards the end of the 2nd season. Honestly, so far it’s been good. The acting is outstanding, but I’m beginning to think it’s moving toward the extreme end of absurd.
I mean, she was pregnant for nearly 2 seasons. WTF?
33 | blueraven Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:23:06pm |
re: #32 FemNaziBitch
We’ve begun on Braking Bad, I think we are towards the end of the 2nd season. Honestly, so far it’s been good. The acting is outstanding, but I’m beginning to think it’s moving toward the extreme end of absurd.
I mean, she was pregnant for nearly 2 seasons. WTF?
The third season is INSANE!
34 | Kragar Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:23:42pm |
re: #32 FemNaziBitch
We’ve begun on Braking Bad, I think we are towards the end of the 2nd season. Honestly, so far it’s been good. The acting is outstanding, but I’m beginning to think it’s moving toward the extreme end of absurd.
I mean, she was pregnant for nearly 2 seasons. WTF?
Each season covers a few months at most.
35 | jaunte Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:24:49pm |
Times Square shooting: NYPD officers shoot two innocent bystanders near Times Square
Police said officers saw a man on foot weaving erratically through traffic and sometimes blocking vehicles. After approaching him, police said, the man reached into his pocket as if grabbing a weapon, and two officers fired a total of three shots. They missed him but struck a 54-year-old woman in the right knee and a grazed a 35-year-old woman in the buttocks, police said.
The women were taken to hospitals, where they both were listed in stable condition, according to police. Neither had injuries considered life threatening, police said.
The man was taken into custody after a police sergeant subdued him with a Taser. No weapons were found on him.
Maybe some training about not firing into crowds would be good.
36 | sagehen Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:25:07pm |
re: #32 FemNaziBitch
We’ve begun on Braking Bad, I think we are towards the end of the 2nd season. Honestly, so far it’s been good. The acting is outstanding, but I’m beginning to think it’s moving toward the extreme end of absurd.
I mean, she was pregnant for nearly 2 seasons. WTF?
The first two seasons are only a few months — less disorienting when you bingewatch than it was for people who’ve been following on broadcast from the beginning.
That’s why they have those birthday scenes where he puts bacon in the shape of his age… at the end of season 5, he’s two years older than he was in the pilot.
37 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:25:16pm |
re: #28 blueraven
Bryan Cranston is LBJ
I can’t decide whether I hope they do or hope they don’t work in a scene in which LBJ orders custom-made pants from Haggar.
38 | Kragar Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:25:23pm |
Meanwhile, we’re babysitting some kids and my 10 year old is getting them to settle down saying “THIS IS A LOCAL SHOP FOR LOCAL PEOPLE! We’ll have no trouble here!”
39 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:31:23pm |
re: #34 Kragar
Each season covers a few months at most.
At the beginning of the 5th season, there’s a scene in which Walt marks his 52nd birthday. After the title card, the subsequent episodes show him celebrating his 51st. At some points during the first few episodes of the 5th season, he notes that his cancer diagnosis was "almost exactly one year ago", which is when he embarked upon all this mess in the first place. So all the events the audience has witnessed so far have taken place during the course of something around one year.
40 | William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:31:24pm |
Ah, just checking on the stats because I can’t watch the games, but I see that the Packers won and I’ll even be happy about a Bears win - they defeated the Vikings so it’s a wash. +1 on the one hand -1 on the other ;) OTOH, I’d be happier with a Detroit team that would play a wee bit more consistently.
41 | BongCrodny Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:33:38pm |
re: #32 FemNaziBitch
We’ve begun on Braking Bad, I think we are towards the end of the 2nd season. Honestly, so far it’s been good. The acting is outstanding, but I’m beginning to think it’s moving toward the extreme end of absurd.
I mean, she was pregnant for nearly 2 seasons. WTF?
It’s only been a year — teevee time — since Walter’s cancer was diagnosed.
That’s why baby Holly is still a baby after five years.
42 | darthstar Sun, Sep 15, 2013 8:39:39pm |
Pretty fucking amazing
Boulder Canyon Mudslide: http://t.co/mHLTAGdpHz via @youtube #boulderflood— timmytink (@timmytink) September 16, 2013
43 | Gus Sun, Sep 15, 2013 9:00:33pm |
pic.twitter.com/HQVVZGxYku— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) September 16, 2013
44 | Arrrr, matey! Sun, Sep 15, 2013 9:17:48pm |
Fox news attempts to explain what Github is pic.twitter.com/RBa3wTUGvX
— Sara Huth (@Huth) September 12, 2013
45 | Dark_Falcon Sun, Sep 15, 2013 10:14:50pm |
re: #40 William Barnett-Lewis
Ah, just checking on the stats because I can’t watch the games, but I see that the Packers won and I’ll even be happy about a Bears win - they defeated the Vikings so it’s a wash. +1 on the one hand -1 on the other ;) OTOH, I’d be happier with a Detroit team that would play a wee bit more consistently.
Ah, what are you griping about? The Bears are in 1st place in the NFC North, and that means that for now all is well with the world.
And on that note, good night.
46 | subterraneanhomesickalien Sun, Sep 15, 2013 10:19:59pm |
re: #3 sagehen
Just give Bryan Cranston all of the fucking Emmy’s.
Also I noticed I had a enumerate amount of dust in my living room when little Holly was crying “mama, mama” after Walt had changed her diaper in that bathroom.
That dust really gets the eyes a-watering
47 | subterraneanhomesickalien Sun, Sep 15, 2013 10:21:59pm |
re: #25 William Barnett-Lewis
I think I would be more interested in a mini series with Saul Goodman and maybe a few of the other characters dealing with the aftermath of the Heisenberg case.
48 | bratwurst Sun, Sep 15, 2013 10:26:44pm |
If you are in the mood for a giggle, this might do the trick:
49 | Kragar Sun, Sep 15, 2013 10:27:56pm |
re: #47 Tim Kimrey
I think I would be more interested in a mini series with Saul Goodman and maybe a few of the other characters dealing with the aftermath of the Heisenberg case.
I would watch a show about Mike.
51 | subterraneanhomesickalien Sun, Sep 15, 2013 10:33:44pm |
re: #49 Kragar
A hour long dramadie about Mike’s hinjinks as a button man for Gus Fring?
I would probably watch that.
I would probably watch a show which was nothing but an hour long conversation between Walter White and Gus Fring.
Oh if there is a spin-off for Goodman, Skinny Pete and Badger better be regulars in the cast. I’m sure they could shoehorn that in somehow.
May create a few continuity problems but I don’t really care.
52 | Single-handed sailor Sun, Sep 15, 2013 11:04:32pm |
Video link of the raising of the Costa Concordia. Live
53 | wheat-dogghazi Sun, Sep 15, 2013 11:30:58pm |
54 | Lidane Sun, Sep 15, 2013 11:46:02pm |
Post-racial America, y’all:
Racists are being racist because Miss America isn't white http://t.co/3BbRExbWyz— Jezebel (@Jezebel) September 16, 2013
55 | Lidane Sun, Sep 15, 2013 11:56:00pm |
More “post-racial” commentary:
A Lot Of People Are Very Upset That An Indian-American Woman Won The Miss America Pageant http://t.co/s6VUJZ4di8— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) September 16, 2013
56 | Arrrr, matey! Sun, Sep 15, 2013 11:59:37pm |
OMFG Indians aren’t Arab.
Facepalm to the max.
57 | Kragar Mon, Sep 16, 2013 12:02:34am |
re: #55 Lidane
More “post-racial” commentary:
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The people who posted that shit don’t deserve to be called Americans.
58 | gwangung Mon, Sep 16, 2013 12:04:56am |
re: #57 Kragar
The people who posted that shit don’t deserve to be called Americans.
Certainly would flunk their citizenship test.
59 | Lidane Mon, Sep 16, 2013 12:08:45am |
re: #56 Pavlovian Hive Mind
OMFG Indians aren’t Arab.
Facepalm to the max.
Indians aren’t Arabs and Arabs aren’t automatically terrorists.
It’s just an endless series of fail all the way around.
61 | gwangung Mon, Sep 16, 2013 12:17:39am |
63 | Kragar Mon, Sep 16, 2013 12:40:48am |
So, anyone got $12k to drop on model war gaming?
Astartes Ultra - A Complete Ultramarines Chapter
We proudly present our most ambitious collection ever! Nearly 1,200 Space Marine models representing the Ultramarines as deployed at the Battle of Orar’s Sepulchre 888.M41. Marneus Calgar leads his entire chapter against the perfidious Eldar of the Iyanden and Alaitoc Craftworlds.
Every Warhammer 40,000 hobbyist dreams of owning a complete Chapter of Space Marines - this special collection is your chance to achieve that dream in one fell swoop.
This Space Marine Chapter is made up of 1 Veteran Company, 4 Battle Companies, 4 Reserve Companies, and 1 Scout Company, with roughly 100 Space Marines in each. You will also receive all the codex-specified vehicles and support units that go with them. Be sure to have a look through the Company-by-Company photo guide above to see the chapter in all its glory.
Holy crap. I mean seriously, HOLY CRAP.
64 | Arrrr, matey! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 12:48:17am |
re: #63 Kragar
So, anyone got $12k to drop on model war gaming?
Astartes Ultra - A Complete Ultramarines Chapter
Holy crap. I mean seriously, HOLY CRAP.
Wife said “FUCK NO!”, didn’t she???
66 | Kragar Mon, Sep 16, 2013 12:51:24am |
re: #64 Pavlovian Hive Mind
Wife said “FUCK NO!”, didn’t she???
Nah, those are Ultramarines. Not my cup of tea.
Now when they get around to Space Wolves…
////
67 | Arrrr, matey! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 1:00:17am |
re: #66 Kragar
Nah, those are Ultramarines. Not my cup of tea.
Now when they get around to Space Wolves…
////
I knew you were a Wuss Raider.
68 | Kragar Mon, Sep 16, 2013 1:02:17am |
re: #67 Pavlovian Hive Mind
I knew you were a Wuss Raider.
They tried to kill me with a fork lift.
But those were star wolfs.
69 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 16, 2013 1:28:02am |
A prequel of Jesse Pinkman would be cool. Like a sitcom. The bumbling meth head and all his friends.
70 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 2:52:35am |
Morning shift knows people don’t like to talk about economics, a dry subject at best. But this article is disturbing.
Fed likely to slow bond buys despite tepid economy
“Few think the Fed will significantly reduce its bond purchases — not now, anyway. Many economists think the Fed will announce when its two-day policy meeting ends Wednesday that it will slow its purchases by $10 billion — to $75 billon (sic) a month.
“The pullback is expected to come from the Fed’s Treasury purchases. It will likely maintain the pace of its mortgage bond buying to try to keep home-loan rates down to sustain the housing rebound.
“Some had once expected a sharper first reduction in the Fed’s purchases of around $20 billion a month. But that was before the government said that job growth was only modest in August and that employers added many fewer jobs in June and July than previously thought.”
This is a lot to chew on. My initial reaction about TARP was, let the financials eat cake, since the Fed took over the Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) of the financials which brought the economy to its knees in the first place, and placing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into govt conservatorship was a part of that. And there are those who now want to end that arrangement and let the chips fall where they may.
It’s still a fragile economy, and I don’t know exactly what’s meant by “full employment” anymore. I do know that ordinary people are still teetering on the brink, a paycheck away from disaster, while those at the top continue their rape of the wealth of this country.
Was another Great Depression just stalled? Not for the bottom 20%, and without the SNAP program, Medicaid and other govt programs many people might have been begging door to door. And appearances can be deceiving: when I leave this area, where people tend to “keep to themselves” and don’t allow their troubles to be publicly aired unless they get in trouble w/the law or their house is foreclosed on (yes, it’s still happening), and when I go into Charlotte, the damage is much more visible, it’s writ large. The groups of youths walking the streets, the homeless, many from outside the city who get help because there is none where they came from, the disrepair of housing outside of the more affluent neighborhoods are like a smack in the face. Now, as an “outsider” I can see far more than I did when I actually lived there, in an objective way, and it’s certainly not what I experienced 14 yrs ago, even when my own life was falling apart. The great little, well-built house I owned for 14 yrs, from 1978 until 1993, was boarded up this year, and the entire area is in terrible shape. I’m not being sentimental, just stating facts.
In the end, TARP may have saved capitalism, but from where I sit, it didn’t do a hell of a lot for the ordinary person, because those who run the capitalist economy in the end, in spite of govt policies designed to help actual people, capitalist institutions were the real benefactors, and have contributed to the creeping inflation we see everywhere, in ordinary consumer buying, in housing, in education, in every facet of our lives. It’s also one of the reasons there is no actual job creation, why investments are done overseas, why Rs and some Dems continue to cut public budgets in states and local venues, and continue doing nothing in Congress except eroding the tax base. They’re not willing to increase taxes on the wealthy by very much, and yet, unemployed people don’t pay taxes and require more govt help just to survive. We have an entire young generation who is being cheated as I never was. Even as a lower paid individual, my life wasn’t constantly off the rails and I could survive, even raise my 2 kids w/o help. A large percentage of this generation will be unemployable except in the worst paid jobs without a decent education, because there are no other kind for them. Even if they could get an education, will the jobs be there?
We could have already had some real reforms, but instead, the political poisoning from the right wing damned anything Pres Obama saw as corrections to the wealth inequalities we continue to see today. I think he’s had an almost impossible job, yet I’d rather continue on this course than go backward in 2016. The heavy damage has been done, and we can’t afford to do any more.
71 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 3:37:13am |
re: #70 Justanotherhuman
The powers that be aren’t scared of us. At all. The system is rigged and they’re the ones rigging it. I’m not even sure elections can actually fix much anymore. It doesn’t seem like enough people are interested in fixing what’s broken either. Maybe at a local level,but even then, when you have all the games being played with government funding for nearly everything, I don’t know if even local level offices can do a lot to make it better right now.
I don’t know, I was raised to, as my Grandma put it, See Around Corners, to look ahead and try to game out what will happen if you do A or B and pick what seems best at the time. I don’t see much of that anymore, and I don’t even know if that’s a great strategy now or not. Business people and politicians sure as hell don’t seem to give a rat’s ass about this right now, that’s for sure.
I’m sitting here facing trying to get a young autistic person into some kind of school or job training since the “transition plan” out of high school has now fallen apart. He was supposed to have state level help, but since our state keeps cutting taxes, less money is coming in from the feds because of that and there goes that concept. There was a brand new school built with federal dollars for these young people, staffed with wonderful people and it’s in danger of being shut down. After 10 million dollars was spent to put it in place only 2 1/2 yrs ago. And the same politicians who sat there at the ribbon cutting smiling are going to be the same ones telling people how wasteful it was to spend stimulus money on this in the first place.
I’m also considering going to school, but at age 53, what do I do that would allow me to make a living and who will hire me once I graduate? And where is the money going to come from to pay for it all? There’s financial aid, but that probably won’t cover all of it, and I simply cannot find a job right now, I just passed putting in FIFTY applications at various places in the last 3 months and I have not received so much as an email saying fuck you. No phone calls, nada. It’s my age and the 20 yr gap in my job history. I have no references or contacts anymore, hell I have no clue where any of my old bosses are or even if they remember me if I could find them. Is going to school going to make a difference? Am I supposed to mortgage my family’s finances to find out?
Sigh. I don’t know, the rich and the big corporations have more money than ever and they still aren’t creating and damned jobs unless they’re so low paying as to be laughable. Something has to give here and it really shouldn’t be the poor and middle class every fucking time.
72 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 3:54:59am |
I agree w/everything you said (MomAnon). The effect of what is happening ripples through all generations; I was your age when my employment opportunities declined. Had already been to comm college in my 30s, and it didn’t help me as much as I thought it would, except personally it broadened my understanding of how the world works. I was thankful for that, at least. In my last 3 jobs, I was probably the most literate employee there—including the managers. Companies just don’t seem to care about education anymore, except a very narrow type geared toward business, and more’s the pity. It encourages the sharks.
73 | Decatur Deb Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:05:44am |
re: #71 A Mom Anon
Can echo most of what you said. In the last year, the small county school that was so supportive of our seriously autistic granddaughter has turned 180, resisting almost all accommodation and even the testing in her IEP. Her aide is on the block. From their point of view, it’s just triage of the money they have to do their mission. Daughter has quit her teaching job and created a home editorial/writing job to make up the difference, knowing the kid will not make it through middle school.
If you can’t compete with an Indonesian villager, you are of no interest to American business. Just wish they’d stop calling themselves ‘American’.
74 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:10:57am |
What is Lavrov trying to do here? Protect Russia and their client, Assad?
More: Lavrov says any calls for swift UN resolution under Chapter 7 show lack of understanding of Russian-US agreement on Syrian chemical weapons - @Reuters
10 mins ago by editor
75 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:19:49am |
The self-promoters get to schmooze by v-v-v-video.
At 6 am ET, i'll be (by video) at “War on Whistleblowers” event in Sydney w/Assange, @armycmdefense, @carwinb - live: http://t.co/qD9cPFnaZR— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 16, 2013
76 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:21:03am |
re: #73 Decatur Deb
A sad reality about autism services is this:
Early intervention is key. It’s where about 95% of all the attention and money goes. Don’t get me wrong, this is a vital thing, but once a kid hits the “tween” years things begin drying up FAST. And no one talks about it. I’ve tried to warn other parents of younger kids, that hey, things might look pretty good now, but you need to prepare yourselves, once they hit about 6th to 7th grade, you are going to wonder wtf happened to all your support. They look at me like I’m nuts. I hate it for them, but there is literally NOTHING out there for autistic teens and young adults who need the extra help and community support. Schools are anxious to pull services(so they push “mainstreaming” with little if any backup)because they’re so strapped for cash. It’s almost like an autistic teenager becomes invisible, like they don’t exist anymore because they’re not a little kid. You don’t outgrow autism, I don’t know what the hell people think is supposed to happen to these kids once no help is available.
And if you’re lucky enough to find something like we did, you are still at the mercy of funding cuts. The very people who need the most stability are usually the first ones thrown to the wolves when it comes to money. I think that right there says more about this country than anything else I can think of. It’s hard to remain optimistic, but I have to, the biggest reason is sitting in the next room having breakfast with his dad right now. But I’m scared. Every day. And I really shouldn’t have to be.
77 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:29:46am |
re: #75 Justanotherhuman
Can he just get a sinus infection or something so we don’t have to see or hear from him for a few days? Jesus. Just think of the good he could do if he used all that energy to do something compassionate and kind.
Assclown.
78 | Decatur Deb Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:32:43am |
re: #77 A Mom Anon
Can he just get a sinus infection or something so we don’t have to see or hear from him for a few days? Jesus. Just think of the good he could do if he used all that energy to do something compassionate and kind.
Assclown.
Per the Opera House schedule, $35.00 will get an Aussie the chance to watch his self-canonization on TV for 90 minutes.
79 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:34:17am |
So here’s a story buttressing my assertion about the income gap in my previous comment; you know, w/stats and everything. : )
Employment Gap Between High- and Low-Income Families Widest On Record
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gap in employment rates between America’s highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press.
Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families — those earning less than $20,000 — have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the 1930s Great Depression.
U.S. households with income of more than $150,000 a year have an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, a level traditionally defined as full employment. At the same time, middle-income workers are increasingly pushed into lower-wage jobs. Many of them in turn are displacing lower-skilled, low-income workers, who become unemployed or are forced to work fewer hours, the analysis shows.
80 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:34:39am |
Oh and to top it all off, this new company The Husband is working for, which I shall affectionately call Assholes Inc, has bypassed him for a position he is much more qualified for than the one he’s got now, and he may not even have a job when he goes in there this morning. It may be an error, but his current job is listed on their job board as of right now.
Because you know, someone with 25 yrs experience just isn’t valuable enough.
Can I say how much I hate corporate America right now?
81 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:39:06am |
re: #80 A Mom Anon
Oh and to top it all off, this new company The Husband is working for, which I shall affectionately call Assholes Inc, has bypassed him for a position he is much more qualified for than the one he’s got now, and he may not even have a job when he goes in there this morning. It may be an error, but his current job is listed on their job board as of right now.
Because you know, someone with 25 yrs experience just isn’t valuable enough.
Can I say how much I hate corporate America right now?
Goddamnit. It seems you have to have to read the “writing on the wall” anymore because the Assholes, Inc types are not honest.
I’m thinking good thoughts for you, though. {{hugs}}
82 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:49:42am |
re: #71 A Mom Anon
About the best associates degree right now is Dental Hygenist. They start over 50k.
83 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:51:27am |
re: #81 Justanotherhuman
Thanks. I really wish we could just move. Not that it’s better job wise anywhere else, but I just hate being stuck somewhere I don’t want to be. Downward mobility, yay.
84 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:53:06am |
re: #83 A Mom Anon
Thanks. I really wish we could just move. Not that it’s better job wise anywhere else, but I just hate being stuck somewhere I don’t want to be. Downward mobility, yay.
Detroit?
I know, I know, Detroit is fucked BUT THEIR IS JRRBZ HEAR!!11!!
85 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:53:48am |
My feet hurt. This is going to be a Bad Pain Day, I can tell. :(
86 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:57:16am |
Chester Burnett got it right, all those years ago. One reason I love the old blues so much, they go straight to the human condition, and it’s my “spiritual” connection; has been since I was 13.
87 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 4:58:32am |
Well, if Glenn thinks this is “brilliant” that means it must suck.
Brilliant NYT piece by Philosophy Prof Peter Ludlow on the morality of whistleblowing v immorality of obedience http://t.co/kdaixFL6Xd— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 16, 2013
88 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:05:10am |
re: #87 Vicious Babushka
Well, if Glenn thinks this is “brilliant” that means it must suck.
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Only overpaid, impractical assholes living the good life could assert that. Or someone willing to sell out their country for fame and/or fortune.
How does that make GG and his ilk any different than the people running the place?
89 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:08:23am |
re: #84 Vicious Babushka
If we could sell this house for what it’s actually worth, we’d be willing to go almost anywhere except the southern 1/3 of the country. Detroit doesn’t scare me, lol. I’m from central/southeastern Ohio, I wouldn’t mind living somewhere with an actual winter. I’ll do some searching today and see what’s available up there in The Husband’s field. We could be almost neighbors and you could adopt me and I could learn all your baking secrets,lol.
90 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:08:33am |
re: #88 Justanotherhuman
Only overpaid, impractical assholes living the good life could assert that. Or someone willing to sell out their country for fame and/or fortune.
How does that make GG and his ilk any different than the people running the place?
I started reading that piece just to see what Glenn thought was so
brilliant” but I had to stop when he got to ZOMG ITZ JUST LIKE TEH HOLOCAUST!!!11!!!!
Dudebros being inconvenienced (mind you, not SHOT TO DEATH WHILE SEEKING ASSISTANCE AFTER AN AUTO ACCIDENT WHILE BLACK) because of deliberate lawbreaking IS NOT Teh Holocaust.
91 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:13:40am |
re: #90 Vicious Babushka
It’s not even like any sort of genocide in the history of anywhere ever for god’s sake. These self absorbed overrated assholes should be dropped off in the middle of Somalia, then they can get back to us about what it’s like to live in a hellhole. Or scratch that, let’s see them live on about 15K a year and have to live in Appalachia or maybe someplace like East Los Angeles. With no computer or cell phone.
They’d last about a minute and a half. Fucking tough guys. Take them out of air conditioning and make them live in the sun and they’d melt.
92 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:18:25am |
re: #89 A Mom Anon
If we could sell this house for what it’s actually worth, we’d be willing to go almost anywhere except the southern 1/3 of the country. Detroit doesn’t scare me, lol. I’m from central/southeastern Ohio, I wouldn’t mind living somewhere with an actual winter. I’ll do some searching today and see what’s available up there in The Husband’s field. We could be almost neighbors and you could adopt me and I could learn all your baking secrets,lol.
We also have an excellent organization here called “The Friendship Circle” that provides support to families with special needs.
93 | RadicalModerate Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:19:52am |
re: #54 Lidane
Post-racial America, y’all:
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It’s gotten bad enough that CNN has noticed and written a story on it.
Miss America crowns 1st winner of Indian descent; racist tweets flow
Not surprisingly, the personalities over at FoxNews are front and center with the dogwhistles.
The liberal Miss America judges won't say this - but Miss Kansas lost because she actually represented American values. #missamerica— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 16, 2013
(edit:) And now, FoxNews itself is in on the baiting, with a completely
discredited claim against the new Miss America.
foxnews.com
Finally, it needs to be said that the comments to the CNN story are even worse than normal for them. White nationalists have literally taken over that forum, and there are more than a few comments that I hope the US Secret Service are following up on.
94 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:20:10am |
re: #91 A Mom Anon
It’s not even like any sort of genocide in the history of anywhere ever for god’s sake. These self absorbed overrated assholes should be dropped off in the middle of Somalia, then they can get back to us about what it’s like to live in a hellhole. Or scratch that, let’s see them live on about 15K a year and have to live in Appalachia or maybe someplace like East Los Angeles. With no computer or cell phone.
They’d last about a minute and a half. Fucking tough guys. Take them out of air conditioning and make them live in the sun and they’d melt.
Snowden is such a Tough Guy—look, he lived in the airport for 6 weeks With No Internets!
He still has No Internets, not that anybody is listening to him complain about it.
95 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:24:38am |
re: #93 RadicalModerate
Todd Starnes is the wingnut who started the freakout over some church soup kitchen getting denied USDA benefits because they were forcing homeless people to endure Jesus harangues in order to receive their allotment of gruel.
96 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:26:53am |
re: #93 RadicalModerate
You know, that little blonde from Kansas’ tattoos wouldn’t have even been acceptable, especially the largest one, if it had not been The Serenity Prayer or something close. If that big tat covering her side had been of a dragon or something like that, there’s not a shot in hell that would have passed pageant scrutiny. Like I said about her before, had she not been a pretty blonde with a tiara in her wardrobe, not a single news organization would have done a story on her. There are thousands of young women serving this country, who have tattoos, who have goals and are working hard, Miss Kansas isn’t any more special than they are. Not to take away from her, she actually seems to be level headed and fairly smart, but she’s not THE gold standard of American womanhood.
97 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:27:41am |
re: #93 RadicalModerate
It’s gotten bad enough that CNN has noticed and written a story on it.
Miss America crowns 1st winner of Indian descent; racist tweets flow
Not surprisingly, the personalities over at FoxNews are front and center with the dogwhistles.
Finally, it needs to be said that the comments to the CNN story are even worse than normal for them. White nationalists have literally taken over that forum, and there are more than a few comments that I hope the US Secret Service are following up on.
What’s nasty about that tweet is the assumption than an Indian-American does not also represent “American values.” The winner has lived in three states, including two in the Midwest, and her parents are responsible members of society, paying their taxes and such. They are pretty typical Americans.
But some idiots think only Christian white folks can be Americans, I guess.
98 | A Mom Anon Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:29:13am |
OK Lizards, The Teenager and I have an appointment at a trade school this morning for a tour and sales pitch. BBL.
99 | Flounder Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:29:51am |
re: #52 Single-handed sailor
I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can
Looks kinda dirty, deck hands are gonna be scrubbing for weeks!
100 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:32:17am |
re: #95 Vicious Babushka
Todd Starnes is the wingnut who started the freakout over some church soup kitchen getting denied USDA benefits because they were forcing homeless people to endure Jesus harangues in order to receive their allotment of gruel.
The mention of gruel reminded me that I wanted to tell you I’m reading Charles Dickens’ “The Chimes”. The character Toby “Trotty” Veck is a slightly addled-minded schmuck who makes a precarious living as a “porter” running and delivering messages. Alderman Cute is a blowhard one-percenter who thinks all the poors should be “put down” as often as possible.
Toby’s daughter brings him dinner, a “basin of tripe”, and Alderman Cute is outraged that Toby is eating tripe because that takes tripe out of the mouths of starving widows and children (all the while eating up the last of Toby’s tripe).
Sooo, apparently the lesson is “no tripe for you, poor person! how DARE you eat tripe!”
101 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:39:51am |
re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth
The mention of gruel reminded me that I wanted to tell you I’m reading Charles Dickens’ “The Chimes”. The character Toby “Trotty” Veck is a slightly addled-minded schmuck who makes a precarious living as a “porter” running and delivering messages. Alderman Cute is a blowhard one-percenter who thinks all the poors should be “put down” as often as possible.
Toby’s daughter brings him dinner, a “basin of tripe”, and Alderman Cute is outraged that Toby is eating tripe because that takes tripe out of the mouths of starving widows and children (all the while eating up the last of Toby’s tripe).
Sooo, apparently the lesson is “no tripe for you, poor person! how DARE you eat tripe!”
Last week I watched “Les Miserables” which was pretty good except for the fact that Russell Crowe can’t sing for shit. I had to read Les Mis (the actual novel IN FRENCH not the libretto) in a French literature class that I took in college over 40 years ago. I would read a few pages in French, then read the same passage in an English translation, rinse and repeat. Some of the really boring parts I just skimmed the translation.
Reading Les Mis in French must be what it’s like for a non-English-speaking person to read Dickens.
102 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:42:07am |
NOW: @wamu885news: Confirmed active shooter at Washington Navy Yard in D.C. -MPD confirms 1 suspect so far, possible multiple victims— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) September 16, 2013
103 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:52:23am |
#BREAKING: #USNavy confirms 3 shots fired 820am at @NAVSEA HQs BLDG 197. More to follow. #NavyYardShooting— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) September 16, 2013
104 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:53:24am |
Where is NCIS?
Tony Dinozzo is probably cowering under his desk.
105 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:53:28am |
#BREAKING: Still active shooter. More base police entering building. Approx. 3000 people work in bldg. #NavyYardShooting— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) September 16, 2013
106 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 5:54:59am |
I once worked at a U.S. Army base (last year’s Job From Hell). We had “active shooter” drills.
107 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:02:30am |
re: #106 Vicious Babushka
I once worked at a U.S. Army base (last year’s Job From Hell). We had “active shooter” drills.
Getting so sick of hearing these incidents. Too many people just don’t bother coping any more.
108 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:04:52am |
More than this, now. Lots of ambulances, as I saw on MSNBC.
That's a LOT of reponders at Navy Yard pic.twitter.com/oALoZwcJlh— Darren Buck (@bikepedantic) September 16, 2013
109 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:06:46am |
SWAT team getting ready to enter bldg. More firetrucks on scene as well, as seen on MSNBC. Streets closed, as well as 11th St. bridge.
110 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:06:56am |
My surprise. Let me show you it.
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Alice Walker, Shows Support For Edward Snowden http://t.co/BKoPQ0pE9p— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 16, 2013
111 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:07:01am |
re: #107 Justanotherhuman
Getting so sick of hearing these incidents. Too many people just don’t bother coping any more.
I often wonder if it’s that people just don’t bother coping anymore, or if it’s that blowing people away like it’s the opening day of waterfowl season is the “new” way of coping.
Back in around ‘95 or so, I heard a radio commercial with a punchline of “It’s the ’90s answer to everything: If they tick you off, blow ‘em away.” I didn’t think anything of at the time, more an example of dark humor, but over the years I can’t help but wonder if that adwriter might have been possessed with some uncanny - and tragic - foresight.
112 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:09:03am |
re: #111 Dr Lizardo
I often wonder if it’s that people just don’t bother coping anymore, or if it’s that blowing people away like it’s the opening day of waterfowl season is the “new” way of coping.
Back in around ‘95 or so, I heard a radio commercial with a punchline of “It’s the ’90s answer to everything: If they tick you off, blow ‘em away.” I didn’t think anything of at the time, more an example of dark humor, but over the years I can’t help if that adwriter might have been possessed with some uncanny - and tragic - foresight.
You don’t have to cope if you have gunz…even if they only want to take themselves out, they take more people w/them, spouses, children, anyone.
113 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:09:54am |
Good morning Lizards from “sunny” (the sun *is* out there behind the overcast) Philadelphia.
Glum local sports fans as the Eagles lost to a last second field goal and questions have been raised about the defense. The Phillies got stomped as they run out the string on a losing season.
The cats got a new supply of catnip mice to play with and have been tossing them about the apartment. More things to eventually fish from under the couch or china cabinet. Hopefully this distracts them from unwinding toilet paper and eating the house plants.
And interesting to sit here at work today. Some visitors from the plants in Germany here today. So I’m hearing conversation in German over to one side of my desk and conversation in Portuguese in the other direction. Oddly enough, there seems to be no outrage here about an Indian-American winning the Miss America pageant.
114 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:14:28am |
re: #112 Justanotherhuman
You don’t have to cope if you have gunz…even if they only want to take themselves out, they take more people w/them, spouses, children, anyone.
For a long time, that classic psychoanalytical line was “a suicide is simply an introverted homicide”.
Looks like all too many suicidal types are far less introverted these days.
*sigh*
115 | b.d. Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:20:10am |
Thus it begins:
Yellen is yet another 1990s Clinton retread. She doesn't represent a break from the existing model of policymaking. OTOH she isn't terrible.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) September 16, 2013
Sigh…
116 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:21:23am |
re: #115 b.d.
Thus it begins:
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Sigh…
So, the only good “retreads” are Republican retreads?
117 | b.d. Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:23:10am |
118 | Political Atheist Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:24:04am |
Bad News first-I just put up another Page on the NSA
The good news is that it’s really good news.
Good Morning all! Work today is going to be a pleasure, a big project months in the making got past the biggest hurdle Saturday. Whew!
Edit 06:42-Just absorbing the tragedy at the Naval yard. An awful morning. Damn
119 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:35:09am |
“Officer down” being reported at Navy Yard; not known yet whether it was a result of shooting inside by guy allegedly carrying assault weapon. They think the shooting occurred when lone gunman entered the bldg around 8:30 am, and officer may actually have been security, not known whether military or civilian (as reported on MSNBC). Several people reported being injured and being transported (4 at this point), but no deaths as yet.
120 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:35:58am |
re: #97 wheat-dogghazi
What’s nasty about that tweet is the assumption than an Indian-American does not also represent “American values.” The winner has lived in three states, including two in the Midwest, and her parents are responsible members of society, paying their taxes and such. They are pretty typical Americans.
But some idiots think only Christian white folks can be Americans, I guess.
So glad we didn’t have twitter when Vanessa Williams was crowned.
That was 1984, and not a damn thing has changed.
I’m gonna brew a strong pot of coffee to cancel out teh smell of teh racism.
121 | Political Atheist Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:41:22am |
re: #119 Justanotherhuman
Local news affiliate says seven people down. Oh no.
122 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:42:04am |
re: #120 OhNoZombies!
So glad we didn’t have twitter when Vanessa Williams was crowned.
That was 1984, and not a damn thing has changed.
I’m gonna brew a strong pot of coffee to cancel out teh smell of teh racism.
What I remember from the Vanessa Williams crowning, the “Miss Black America” pageant announced they were closing since there was no longer any reason to compete with “Miss White America” and there was a lot of disappointment, mainly because now that “Miss White America” has crowned its first woman of color, they will go back to crowning only white women for the next hundred years or so.
And then there is the “Miss Universe” pageant which I always wondered how they can call themselves that, when they have no contestants from other planets? For the same reason that the “World Series” only includes teams from the U.S. (and Canada)
123 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:42:14am |
Now reporting 2 uniformed officers, one Metro, one Fed, down. 7 people injured so far, and shooter has barricaded himself in a room.
124 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:42:39am |
Another shooting…
We glorify vengeance and physical strength in this country, and classify seeking help as a sign of weakness.
This is what happens.
125 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:43:40am |
re: #124 OhNoZombies!
Another shooting…
We glorify vengeance and physical strength in this country, and classify seeking help as a sign of weakness.
This is what happens.
And the weapons get even heavier. This shooter is reportedly carrying an AR15.
126 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:44:50am |
DERP…
The idiot holding up this sign is totally cool with his wealth being redistributed to the 1%…
When Taking from them.To give to them. #Under #Obama, #under #Lawlessness, it's #lnyhbt #pjnet #sctweets pic.twitter.com/bjWJB8sREO— #TGDN Justin #PJNET (@trucker4america) September 16, 2013
127 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:45:49am |
re: #125 Justanotherhuman
And the weapons get even heavier. This shooter is reportedly carrying an AR15.
And the Naval Yard probably has regs against employees carrying weapons there. Cue NRA outrage about injuries due to government preventing employees from properly defending themselves.
128 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:47:50am |
re: #122 Vicious Babushka
What I remember from the Vanessa Williams crowning, the “Miss Black America” pageant announced they were closing since there was no longer any reason to compete with “Miss White America” and there was a lot of disappointment, mainly because now that “Miss White America” has crowned its first woman of color, they will go back to crowning only white women for the next hundred years or so.
And then there is the “Miss Universe” pageant which I always wondered how they can call themselves that, when they have no contestants from other planets? For the same reason that the “World Series” only includes teams from the U.S. (and Canada)
Some of the contestants haven’t yet arrived on Earth, but when Lum Invader makes it, I think she’s got a good chance at the crown.
129 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:49:31am |
re: #127 Feline Fearless Leader
And the Naval Yard probably has regs against employees carrying weapons there. Cue NRA outrage about injuries due to government preventing employees from properly defending themselves.
I’m sure those 2 well-trained officers injured by the shooter were armed.
But an office worker would have had a better chance to get that guy, esp when they’re already under their desk?
Yeah, that’s what they think.
130 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:51:12am |
re: #129 Justanotherhuman
I’m sure those 2 well-trained officers injured by the shooter were armed.
But an office worker would have had a better chance to get that guy, esp when they’re already under their desk?
Yeah, that’s what they think.
The NRA’s answer to everything is MOAR GUNZ!!!!!111!!!1!!1!
131 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:51:39am |
OFFS
Apparently the shooter at DC Naval yard looks like @BarackObama's son! #tcot #tpp #p2 #uniteblue— Mad Voter in MN CD 2 (@MadVoterInMN) September 16, 2013
132 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:53:07am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Apparently the Miss America contest was held last night and the racists and bigots were out in force after Miss New York won. Oh, and a whole lot of these folks apparently don’t like anyone who has dark skin and has (to them) an odd sounding name. More than a few were pissed that Miss Kansas Theresa Vail didn’t win. She’s got a compelling story, Active Duty Army, has tattoos, and is pretty. Oh, and she’s a white and blonde.
These kinds of things are revelatory about the fact that racism and bigotry are alive and well in the country. Oh, and more than a few people thought that this somehow marked a victory for al Qaeda. Yeah, just read through that collection of twitter postings.
Real sad.
133 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:57:20am |
re: #132 lawhawk
New Miss America is AlQ. The commenters just know it. Also, too: this is Amercia.
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134 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:58:53am |
serenity now… Serenity Now…SERENITY NOW !!!
135 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:59:20am |
re: #131 Vicious Babushka
OFFS
Given that MN CD 2 has a nut GOP rep already I presume the “MAD” part of their nick refers to their own sanity.
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136 | Gus Mon, Sep 16, 2013 6:59:42am |
re: #132 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Apparently the Miss America contest was held last night and the racists and bigots were out in force after Miss New York won. Oh, and a whole lot of these folks apparently don’t like anyone who has dark skin and has (to them) an odd sounding name. More than a few were pissed that Miss Kansas Theresa Vail didn’t win. She’s got a compelling story, Active Duty Army, has tattoos, and is pretty. Oh, and she’s a white and blonde.
These kinds of things are revelatory about the fact that racism and bigotry are alive and well in the country. Oh, and more than a few people thought that this somehow marked a victory for al Qaeda. Yeah, just read through that collection of twitter postings.
Real sad.
23 Tweets. That’s a lot of people in a country of over 300 million! //
137 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:00:29am |
re: #120 OhNoZombies!
So glad we didn’t have twitter when Vanessa Williams was crowned.
That was 1984, and not a damn thing has changed.
I’m gonna brew a strong pot of coffee to cancel out teh smell of teh racism.
Ditto, except for the coffee since it’s 10 pm here and it’ll keep me up all night.
I am sure there were nasty comments made about Vanessa back then, but they were only made to cronies, not the entire fucking world to glom onto.
When Nina Davuluri was named Miss New York, I shared the news on my QQ blog here in China, so I can show my students how egalitarian the USA is. It’s a shame that such progress has be accompanied by mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging bigotry.
138 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:01:25am |
As a precaution, schools on lockdown and security increased around Capitol, per MSNBC, until situation is assessed and resolved.
139 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:01:54am |
Flights are now grounded at Reagan National Airport as a result of the shooting incident at the Navy Yard’s Naval Sea Systems Command HQ.
140 | ericblair Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:02:13am |
re: #126 Vicious Babushka
DERP…
The idiot holding up this sign is totally cool with his wealth being redistributed to the 1%…[Embedded content]
I see a lot of parallels between the banksters and the Wikileaks/Anonymous l33t. Both consider themselves masters of their domains (heh), and if you strip out all the bullshit rhetoric they just want governments out of the way so they can victimize and persecute their natural prey without interference.
141 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:02:16am |
Step aside Prudence, you have been replaced as Craziest Batshit Racist on Teh Twitters
CIA Agent Exposes about jews………..(A.D.) http://t.co/Lmw1yjCtEk @ShayC5 @constancevaugh1 @BellaDashwood #tcot #TeaParty #Anonymous— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
Proof that Obama tried to end the war on terror but AIPAC Zionist media didnt cover it! http://t.co/mz0wNreCI4— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
Ex Jew Benjamin Freedman Exposes Zionist Agenda http://t.co/4oIopiWB2B via @youtube— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
142 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:02:16am |
Also, too, have we forgotten 9-11 when India attacked us?
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143 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:02:54am |
144 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:03:03am |
re: #142 Bulworth
Also, too, have we forgotten 9-11 when India attacked us?
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Not to mention the historical precedent of Gandhi bombing Pearl Harbor!
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145 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:03:14am |
re: #137 wheat-dogghazi
Ditto, except for the coffee since it’s 10 pm here and it’ll keep me up all night.
I am sure there were nasty comments made about Vanessa back then, but they were only made to cronies, not the entire fucking world to glom onto.
When Nina Davuluri was named Miss New York, I shared the news on my QQ blog here in China, so I can show my students how egalitarian the USA is. It’s a shame that such progress has be accompanied by mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging bigotry.
There were nasty comments back when Vanessa Williams won Miss America; I heard more than a few in my white-bread town. The main difference was, of course, there really was no such thing as social media back then, so such commentary was either over the phone or face-to-face.
146 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:04:08am |
re: #145 Dr Lizardo
There were nasty comments back when Vanessa Williams won Miss America; I heard more than a few in my white-bread town. The main difference was, of course, there really was no such thing as social media back then, so such commentary was either over the phone or face-to-face.
Yeah, the anonymity of the Internet has brought these asshats out full force.
147 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:04:10am |
re: #141 Vicious Babushka
Step aside Prudence, you have been replaced as Craziest Batshit Racist on Teh Twitters
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Prudence is clearly going to have to up her game after that sickening BS.
WTF is wrong with people?
148 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:04:29am |
149 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:04:50am |
re: #137 wheat-dogghazi
Ditto, except for the coffee since it’s 10 pm here and it’ll keep me up all night.
I am sure there were nasty comments made about Vanessa back then, but they were only made to cronies, not the entire fucking world to glom onto.
When Nina Davuluri was named Miss New York, I shared the news on my QQ blog here in China, so I can show my students how egalitarian the USA is. It’s a shame that such progress has be accompanied by mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging bigotry.
Oh, it was a big deal back then from news to talk radio. It just wasn’t in real time.
I was ten, and I distinctly remember it.
Never watched another beauty pageant.
150 | sagehen Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:04:54am |
re: #132 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Apparently the Miss America contest was held last night and the racists and bigots were out in force after Miss New York won. Oh, and a whole lot of these folks apparently don’t like anyone who has dark skin and has (to them) an odd sounding name. More than a few were pissed that Miss Kansas Theresa Vail didn’t win. She’s got a compelling story, Active Duty Army, has tattoos, and is pretty. Oh, and she’s a white and blonde.
Both girls are pretty, but I don’t think either of them is stunningly beautiful. Are the most gorgeous women now finding other pathways than pageants? Or maybe my taste is just out of step with prevailing standards.
151 | Eventual Carrion Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:05:07am |
re: #133 Bulworth
New Miss America is AlQ. The commenters just know it. Also, too: this is Amercia.
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That is so fucking bassackward it isn’t even funny (I know you were snarking, but it has already been suggested that she is arab). Who the fuck do these people think the Indian people are fighting in Kashmir, jesus christ himself? No they are fighting against AlQ and those scumbag Pakistani (whom I haven’t trusted since Bush the lesser wanted to be buds with them for his Iraq debacle). You remember Pakistan, the fuckers that sold nuclear technology to anyone with the money (read terrorists).
152 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:05:35am |
re: #146 Justanotherhuman
Yeah, the anonymity of the Internet has brought these asshats out full force.
Indeed it has. Anonymity lets a whole lot of folks out there in the meatworld express their inner Klansman - something they’d likely be deeply reluctant to do in real life.
153 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:05:45am |
re: #148 Bulworth
Those ex-Jews are the worst. //
Ex-Jews?
You know, the ones who always start an Israel-hating diatribe with the words “Ass A Chew…”
154 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:08:27am |
re: #152 Dr Lizardo
Indeed it has. Anonymity lets a whole lot of folks out there in the meatworld express their inner Klansman - something they’d likely be deeply reluctant to do in real life.
That’s why I call it “digital courage”—akin to “liquid courage”. : )
155 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:09:39am |
Shit. MSNBC is saying 4 dead, 8 wounded at Navy Yard. I hope that’s wrong.
156 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:10:17am |
re: #154 Justanotherhuman
That’s why I call it “digital courage”—akin to “liquid courage”. : )
Heh. That’s true, of course. “Digital courage” is most appropriate.
157 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:10:38am |
#BREAKING: #USNavy confirms several injuries with reports of fatalities at #NavyYardShooting. More to follow.— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) September 16, 2013
158 | ProTARDISLiberal Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:10:55am |
re: #150 sagehen
My tastes are certainly not shown on that catwalk. And not only that, these pageants are absolutely terrible for showing personality.
159 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:11:26am |
re: #153 Vicious Babushka
You know, the ones who always start an Israel-hating diatribe with the words “Ass A Chew…”
Aaah…we have those too…
SMH
160 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:12:13am |
re: #155 Justanotherhuman
Latest from the Wash Post:
Police say 10 people have been shot, including eight civilians and two police officers. A D.C. police officer was shot two times in the leg; a base officer was also shot.
Police say the shooter is pinned down between the third and fourth floors of a building on the base.
161 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:13:19am |
10 shot, 8 civilians and 2 law enforcement officers. The gunman is pinned down between the 3d and 4th floor of the building (stairwell? elevator?).
162 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:14:23am |
Now they’re saying there could be as many as 3 shooters.
163 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:15:02am |
re: #161 lawhawk
10 shot, 8 civilians and 2 law enforcement officers. The gunman is pinned down between the 2d and 3d floor of the building (stairwell? elevator?).
I hope they take this guy alive. I’m sick of these guys offing themselves and leaving everyone wondering why they thought shooting a bunch of people was a good idea.
164 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:17:52am |
re: #161 lawhawk
10 shot, 8 civilians and 2 law enforcement officers. The gunman is pinned down between the 3d and 4th floor of the building (stairwell? elevator?).
From your link
Three shooters are involved in the Navy Yard shooting, a police spokeswoman said.
One of the shooters is “down,” police said, but two remain in a building on the grounds.
One of the shooters at large is dressed in fatigues. At least one has a long gun, police said.
165 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:18:47am |
Wingnuts still spreading this bogus graphic, “FBI Gun Statistics” is actually 2004 election results map:
@annie_m4 @GabbyGiffords @ShuttleCDRKelly More, Guns=Less Crime (pic) #tcot #tlot #brtt #lnyhbt #tgdn #teaparty #p2 pic.twitter.com/0Z4tTDHTwi— jlrowe (@jlrowe) September 16, 2013
166 | b.d. Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:21:12am |
re: #165 Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts still spreading this bogus graphic:
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So where there are no people, no people get shot?
Ban people from owning guns!!1! That is what that map shows.
167 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:22:36am |
re: #166 b.d.
So where there are no people, no people get shot?
Ban people from owning guns!!1! That is what that map shows.
What the graphic shows is voting results in 2004, next to voting results in 2012. No gun statistics were involved in the making of this graphic.
168 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:23:45am |
Oh lookey, I found one:
Suspect in #NavyYardShooting is black. Suppose it's racist for police to say that. God watch over those workers.— Crystal Wright (@GOPBlackChick) September 16, 2013
169 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:24:54am |
re: #150 sagehen
Both girls are pretty, but I don’t think either of them is stunningly beautiful. Are the most gorgeous women now finding other pathways than pageants? Or maybe my taste is just out of step with prevailing standards.
Standards do change, but I think the pageants are trying to include other attributes besides just stunningly good looks.
Besides, Nina Davuluri is from New York. I have to support a hometown (well, state) girl.
170 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:25:06am |
If even Erick son of Erick says Teh Racism is bad, it’s bad.
Dear conservatives on twitter: I don't give a damn what the race of the shooter was at the Navy Yard. People are dead. STFU.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 16, 2013
171 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:25:40am |
{{sings}}
Lookin’ fer love in all the wrong places…
172 | Internet Tough Guy Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:26:11am |
re: #170 Vicious Babushka
Erick’s just showing he’s really a RINO.
True conservatives understand what’s really important.
174 | ericblair Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:26:40am |
re: #167 Vicious Babushka
What the graphic shows is voting results in 2004, next to voting results in 2012. No gun statistics were involved in the making of this graphic.
A good tipoff is that the good statistic “low incidence of violence” is supposedly red and the bad statistic “high incidence of violence” is supposedly blue. Like anybody color codes things like that.
175 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:27:55am |
NBC News: At least 4 dead in the Navy Yard shooting.
176 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:28:19am |
re: #174 ericblair
A good tipoff is that the good statistic “low incidence of violence” is supposedly red and the bad statistic “high incidence of violence” is supposedly blue. Like anybody color codes things like that.
Oh look the wingnut answered with the usual non-sequitur and personal insult:
@viciousbabushka @annie_m4 @GabbyGiffords @ShuttleCDRKelly @DrJJoyner Congratulations 4 crime rate/economy in Detroit/decades of Lib control— jlrowe (@jlrowe) September 16, 2013
177 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:28:30am |
re: #170 Vicious Babushka
If even Erick son of Erick says Teh Racism is bad, it’s bad.
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FWIW Fox News reported witness described shooter as white male, bald, 6ft tall, dressed in fatigues.
178 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:29:41am |
re: #177 blueraven
FWIW Fox News reported witness described shooter as white male, bald, 6ft tall, dressed in fatigues.
I hope it’s not another serviceman gone wacko.
179 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:30:04am |
Like yr Babushka is personally responsible for everything that has happened in Detroit for the past 40 years.
180 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:32:17am |
re: #179 Vicious Babushka
Like yr Babushka is personally responsible for everything that has happened in Detroit for the past 40 years.
You are?! What have you got to say for yourself?!
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181 | Flounder Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:32:47am |
Costa Concordia at 50% of first phase, whatever that means.
182 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:35:49am |
The USA should part with the notion of American exceptionalism. It contradicts the principles of equal rights and smells of political racism— ??????? ?????? (@Alexey_Pushkov) September 16, 2013
183 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:38:40am |
re: #182 OhNoZombies!
Russians, on the other hand, should part with the notion that they have religious and political freedom. #PussyRiot could not be reached for comment.
184 | Meitantei Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:40:32am |
re: #144 Feline Fearless Leader
Not to mention the historical precedent of Gandhi bombing Pearl Harbor!
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Bombing? EVERYONE knows that Gandhi actually nuked Pearl Harbor. And New York. And Washington. And every other city in my Civilization empire, that madman.
185 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:43:37am |
Little Luke has to show the media…
186 | b_sharp Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:48:27am |
re: #179 Vicious Babushka
Like yr Babushka is personally responsible for everything that has happened in Detroit for the past 40 years.
You did what?
Shame!
187 | OhNoZombies! Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:48:57am |
re: #183 lawhawk
Russians, on the other hand, should part with the notion that they have religious and political freedom. #PussyRiot could not be reached for comment.
And judging by that nasty pic Pushkov’s colleague posted of the POTUS and First Lady, we don’t hold a monopoly on racism.
188 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:58:26am |
re: #177 blueraven
FWIW Fox News reported witness described shooter as white male, bald, 6ft tall, dressed in fatigues.
MSNBC reported 15 minutes ago that the shooter is a black male. Split the difference…..
189 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:59:47am |
re: #188 Dr. Matt
MSNBC reported 15 minutes ago that the shooter is a black male. Split the difference…..
So, the multiple shooters point is inoperative now? I’m confused over here.
190 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 7:59:59am |
re: #170 Vicious Babushka
If even Erick son of Erick says Teh Racism is bad, it’s bad.
Dear conservatives on twitter: I don’t give a damn what the race of the shooter was at the Navy Yard. People are dead. STFU.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 16, 2013
Yet Erickkk son of Erickkk is the first person to feed his fellow teatards and will the be the first to troll the Left if it is determined that the shooter is a brown person.
191 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:00:23am |
re: #188 Dr. Matt
MSNBC reported 15 minutes ago that the shooter is a black male. Split the difference…..
CNN says “dark skinned” male. Where have I heard that before?
192 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:00:37am |
re: #189 makeitstop
I’m confused over here.
x2. MSNBC also reported as many as 3 shooters too.
Moral of the story: Wait until it’s over.
193 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:01:32am |
re: #188 Dr. Matt
Police now believe there are two shooters:
Police now believe two shooters, including one in fatigues, have killed four people and wounded eight others at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, throwing the region into fear and chaos during the morning commute.
At least one of the shooters is “down,” police said mid-morning, but it was unclear whether that means the suspect has been arrested or shot. They said the other suspect remains at large, and police believe they have pinned down one between the third and fourth floors of one of the buildings on the installation in Southeast Washington.
washingtonpost.com
194 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:02:51am |
Latest from WAPO:
Police say 2 shooters have killed 4, injured 8 on grounds of Washington Navy Yard
“Police now believe two shooters, including one in fatigues, have killed four people and wounded eight others at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, throwing the region into fear and chaos during the morning commute.
“At least one of the shooters is “down,” police said mid-morning, but it was unclear whether that means the suspect has been arrested or shot. They said the other suspect remains at large, and police believe they have pinned down one between the third and fourth floors of one of the buildings on the installation in Southeast Washington.”
195 | Internet Tough Guy Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:03:34am |
196 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:04:07am |
WaPo is saying 2 gunmen involved in the shooting.
Looks like they’re splitting the difference. Fox says conflicting numbers on the number of gunmen. NBC leaning towards 1 gunman.
197 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:04:50am |
re: #194 Justanotherhuman
Latest from WAPO:
Police say 2 shooters have killed 4, injured 8 on grounds of Washington Navy Yard
“Police now believe two shooters, including one in fatigues, have killed four people and wounded eight others at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, throwing the region into fear and chaos during the morning commute.
“At least one of the shooters is “down,” police said mid-morning, but it was unclear whether that means the suspect has been arrested or shot. They said the other suspect remains at large, and police believe they have pinned down one between the third and fourth floors of one of the buildings on the installation in Southeast Washington.”
Hmmm. As always - for me at least - the 24 hour rule applies. Bad situation in any event.
198 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:07:38am |
Woman in cafeteria during shooting: “Everybody just panicked at first. It was just people running, running, running”: http://t.co/WKHUo4Hs0J— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2013
199 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:09:04am |
DERP
People still under fire? Time for @DavidFrum to tweet stuff.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 16, 2013
200 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:10:27am |
600 years in three and a half minutes.
It’s a year old, sorry if you’ve seen it already.
201 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:10:47am |
IT’S THEIR FREAKING JOB!!!
By the way, God bless those cops who ran into a building with an active shooter situation. Heroes.— RB (@RBPundit) September 16, 2013
202 | b.d. Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:12:55am |
re: #201 Vicious Babushka
IT’S THEIR FREAKING JOB!!!
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Thank you.
The deification of people doing their chosen profession is nauseating
203 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:13:05am |
re: #201 Vicious Babushka
So, they should run away?
204 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:14:34am |
Now MSNBC is reporting more shots fired inside bldg.
205 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:14:55am |
re: #202 b.d.
Thank you.
The deification of people doing their chosen profession is nauseating
They are professionals, trained to respond to this specific situation. Not “a bunch of good guys with guns.”
206 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:17:45am |
Report: Tactical teams have entered 2nd building at Washington Navy Yard - @PeteWilliamsNBC via @NBCNews
4 mins ago from twitter.com/NBCNews by editor
207 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:18:07am |
CNN right now is talking heads while footage shows what looks to be an officer with a bomb dog checking out parked vehicles (and being escorted by someone in heavier gear with a rifle.) CNN itself is not even reporting any firm numbers on number of gunmen, fatalities, or even total casualties yet.
And then their map showed Navy Yard being 2.6 mi from the White House, as compared to the Capitol which is the usual point for dividing up D.C. into quadrants. So I quipped about the White House being more important since CNN would not have cared if someone had started shooting Congressmen - and that they were on vacation anyways.
That got laughs in the lunch room.
208 | Romantic Heretic Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:19:15am |
re: #104 Vicious Babushka
Where is NCIS?
Tony Dinozzo is probably cowering under his desk.
And Zeva has already broken both the perp’s arms in three places.
209 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:21:11am |
Police reporting ‘second shooting scene’ at Navy Yards in DC
210 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:21:46am |
PHOTOS: Helicopter airlifts man in basket out of DC Navy Yard: http://t.co/KJRwhu9z4K #NavyYardShooting— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 16, 2013
212 | Romantic Heretic Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:29:55am |
re: #132 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Apparently the Miss America contest was held last night and the racists and bigots were out in force after Miss New York won. Oh, and a whole lot of these folks apparently don’t like anyone who has dark skin and has (to them) an odd sounding name. More than a few were pissed that Miss Kansas Theresa Vail didn’t win. She’s got a compelling story, Active Duty Army, has tattoos, and is pretty. Oh, and she’s a white and blonde.
These kinds of things are revelatory about the fact that racism and bigotry are alive and well in the country. Oh, and more than a few people thought that this somehow marked a victory for al Qaeda. Yeah, just read through that collection of twitter postings.
Real sad.
A lot of people have no direction in their lives unless they have something to oppose. Without opposition their lives are literally directionless.
I believe this is because they are lazy and naive. Doing good is hard work and never completely successful. Doing evil is easy, is successful just by intention alone and usually mistaken for good.
I suspect it may be worse in the States because of the Puritan influence. People forget or don’t know that the Puritans, and similar sects, regarded themselves involved in an endless war against Satan. That war has morphed over the centuries so that now the most common version of it is against ‘liberals’ and all those people connected to them in some capricious manner.
It’s easier than thinking.
214 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:33:29am |
re: #213 blueraven
CNN reporting 2 shooters are down
Didn’t CNN report the Boston Marathon bomber was in custody, when he totally wasn’t?
215 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:33:45am |
re: #212 Romantic Heretic
People forget or don’t know that the Puritans, and similar sects, regarded themselves involved in an endless war against Satan.
That obsession has not disappeared, at least among some modern-day Christians. They also believe witchcraft exists, demons cause illness, and faith can cure disease. Not much different from the Puritans.
216 | Gus Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:34:19am |
NAVY YARD SHOOTING: -2 SHOOTERS DOWN -12 SHOT -8 DEAD -6 SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN— Operator (@911BUFF) September 16, 2013
Derp. Allegedly 12 shot of which 4 are dead. Meanwhile they’re still playing how many shooters were there bingo on Twitter.
217 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:34:50am |
re: #214 Vicious Babushka
Didn’t CNN report the Boston Marathon bomber was in custody, when he totally wasn’t?
citing a naval yard spokesman
219 | Romantic Heretic Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:35:35am |
re: #184 Meitantei
Bombing? EVERYONE knows that Gandhi actually nuked Pearl Harbor. And New York. And Washington. And every other city in my Civilization empire, that madman.
The only other Civ that makes me more nervous than Gandhi is Montezuma.
That man be crazy!
220 | piratedan Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:38:27am |
re: #219 Romantic Heretic
The only other Civ that makes me more nervous than Gandhi is Montezuma.
That man be crazy!
gotta say that the CiV iV ai is one ruthless mf
221 | Romantic Heretic Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:44:05am |
re: #220 piratedan
gotta say that the CiV iV ai is one ruthless mf
I’m playing Civ V these days. I haven’t got any of the expansions yet.
The only victory I’ve won is Science. Tried for Cultural once but ran out of time.
Biggest problem is that often availability of strategic resources is often like being in the Monty Python ‘Cheese Shop’ skit.
222 | brennant Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:47:20am |
re: #221 Romantic Heretic
Biggest problem is that often availability of strategic resources is often like being in the Monty Python ‘Cheese Shop’ skit.
Shut that bloody bouzouki up!
223 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:53:59am |
LOLWUT
Why The Military Knows Israel Did 9/11: http://t.co/Cbnn5PQunh DO YOU TRUST THE MILITARY? #tcot #TeaParty Support our troops! #Army— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
224 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 8:58:37am |
225 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:00:32am |
re: #221 Romantic Heretic
I’m playing Civ V these days. I haven’t got any of the expansions yet.
I thought Civ V was far inferior to Civ IV, but the thing that actually made me give up on it was the fact that it takes the computer longer to take its turns than it does me.
226 | ObserverArt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:02:27am |
re: #132 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Apparently the Miss America contest was held last night and the racists and bigots were out in force after Miss New York won. Oh, and a whole lot of these folks apparently don’t like anyone who has dark skin and has (to them) an odd sounding name. More than a few were pissed that Miss Kansas Theresa Vail didn’t win. She’s got a compelling story, Active Duty Army, has tattoos, and is pretty. Oh, and she’s a white and blonde.
These kinds of things are revelatory about the fact that racism and bigotry are alive and well in the country. Oh, and more than a few people thought that this somehow marked a victory for al Qaeda. Yeah, just read through that collection of twitter postings.
Real sad.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and in total frustration say that racism seems to be a bit worse now than it was say in 1995. Yes, that would be about the same time that the internet was getting rolling big. And if in fact it is not worse, it sure as hell seems so when you read how much blatant crap people are spewing. And, will the internet feed the stupidity and keep racism alive and even increase it as others see it is okay to be a bigoted, stupid blockhead. I guess I worry that the ‘net can be a racist’s teaching tool.
Tell me it isn’t getting worse. Please!
227 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:02:46am |
re: #223 Vicious Babushka
Her whole timeline is full of crazy.
Not a single Jew died in a gas chamber [Holocaust revisionism] The Tighe2001 vs MSM4U2POM Show http://t.co/9exiXsAvvp via @youtube— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
228 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:03:46am |
re: #223 Vicious Babushka
That deserves this as a response:
Youtube Video
229 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:05:25am |
Live feed of events in DC at Raw Story: rawstory.com
231 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:09:15am |
Latest on Washington Navy Yard shooting: - Navy: At least 6 were killed - A shooter is dead - Police seek possible 2nd shooter— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2013
232 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:10:03am |
re: #223 Vicious Babushka
I hope “Lisa Philips” is not her real name. Because allowing such derp to be attributed to one’s real name is certainly derpy. Then again, all the Lisa Philips’ of the world should be mighty pissed this derp is going out under their names.
233 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:11:09am |
re: #232 Bulworth
I hope “Lisa Philips” is not her real name. Because allowing such derp to be attributed to one’s real name is certainly derpy. Then again, all the Lisa Philips’ of the world should be mighty pissed this derp is going out under their names.
I did not think it was possible to find somebody on Teh Twitters even MOAR DERANGED than Prudence. But life is full of surprises.
234 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:13:25am |
re: #233 Vicious Babushka
I did not think it was possible to find somebody on Teh Twitters even MOAR DERANGED than Prudence. But life is full of surprises.
Oh, I’m sure there’s folks out there far more deranged then either Prudence or this Lisa Philips. Some of them *cough* - Jeff Rense Alex Jones - *cough* even have radio programs.
236 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:14:26am |
re: #233 Vicious Babushka
If you go looking in to the deep dark recesses of the Internet, you will find what you’re looking for. Guaranteed.
If you think that there’s someone out there who’s even more racist or prone to spouting off conspiracy theories, you will find them.
In some instances, you have to wonder how they managed to get online with that amount of dumb embedded in every posting. I feel dumber having read that posting.
237 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:14:27am |
Police Briefing:
Isolated incident as far as known
One shooter. Shooter is dead
238 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:15:00am |
re: #234 Dr Lizardo
Oh, I’m sure there’s folks out there far more deranged then either Prudence or this Lisa Philips. Some of them *cough* - Jeff Rense Alex Jones - *cough* even have radio programs.
And they will all eventually be “neutral linked” by Glenn Greenwald.
239 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:15:15am |
re: #227 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
This person has over 3,000 following her.
Let me repeat. Over 3,000 following her.
240 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:15:39am |
re: #237 blueraven
Police Briefing:
Isolated incident as far as known
One shooter. Shooter is dead
Potential two more shooters
One white male, khaki uniform
Black male 50 years olive drab military style uniform
241 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:16:30am |
re: #240 blueraven
Black male 50 years olive drab military style uniform
Anyone know the whereabouts of Allan West?
242 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:16:51am |
re: #238 Vicious Babushka
“Social media star with 3,000 followers talks about so-called Holocaust…”
Neutral retweet!!!
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243 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:17:29am |
Oh crap, that is bad. Possibly two more shooters at large
244 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:17:37am |
How to help the sick and hungry? Build an expensive cross. #p2 #p2b #UniteBlue #TPOT #poverty #women #CTL #lunacy http://t.co/MK6i59hScW— cowboytexas (@cowboytexas) September 16, 2013
245 | darthstar Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:19:38am |
One white male, one black male. Guess who gets the headlines.
246 | ObserverArt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:19:59am |
re: #233 Vicious Babushka
I did not think it was possible to find somebody on Teh Twitters even MOAR DERANGED than Prudence. But life is full of surprises.
You can never be surprised. The human crap bucket has no bottom.
247 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:23:26am |
re: #238 Vicious Babushka
And they will all eventually be “neutral linked” by Glenn Greenwald.
But of course.
248 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:24:51am |
re: #226 ObserverArt
It’s Obama’s fault!
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249 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:30:00am |
The only answer to the situation at the Navy yard in DC is that everyone there should have had guns.
250 | ericblair Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:30:19am |
re: #243 blueraven
Oh crap, that is bad. Possibly two more shooters at large
It seems to be based completely on eyewitness reports, so take with a massive grain of salt. I’m just surprised we haven’t got reports of Sasquatch and Grays out of it as well.
252 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:32:46am |
Happening now: President Obama speaks on the situation at the Washington Navy Yard. Watch —> http://t.co/0qUu32FbJA #NavyYardShooting— White House Live (@WHLive) September 16, 2013
253 | b.d. Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:33:07am |
re: #250 ericblair
It seems to be based completely on eyewitness reports, so take with a massive grain of salt. I’m just surprised we haven’t got reports of Sasquatch and Grays out of it as well.
If ther aren’t two more shooters then we’ll be stuck with a lifetime of FALSE FLAG! WHERE ARE THE OTHER TWO SHOOTERS!! crap.
254 | darthstar Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:33:37am |
My guess is it was a lone gunman - who is apparently dead. Lots of plain clothes officers walking around. Rarely will you get three idiots together who decide to take on a military facility.
255 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:34:27am |
re: #254 darthstar
My guess is it was a lone gunman - who is apparently dead. Lots of plain clothes officers walking around. Rarely will you get three idiots together who decide to take on a military facility.
Never underestimate the power of idiocy.
256 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:34:58am |
In eyes of the GG and Alex Jones, nothing bad happens without it being FALSE FLAG.
257 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:35:56am |
Wingnuts can’t stop the Obama hate for even one second!
Nice to see #POTUS brought his cool demeanor, teleprompter and human props when speaking about attack on our Navy Sad… #LNYHBT— L T Ball (@LibertyB4All) September 16, 2013
258 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:38:25am |
Lisa is a real piece of work.
Dr. Tony Martin —- The Jewish Role in the African Slave Trade: http://t.co/LsjpqhUroF #tcot #TeaParty #OWS #Occupy #Anonymous #Truth— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
259 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:41:26am |
REMINDER: You can't politicize gun violence — please stick to politicizing war, health care, golf, water, Benghazi and appropriate topics.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) September 16, 2013
260 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:42:29am |
re: #250 ericblair
It seems to be based completely on eyewitness reports, so take with a massive grain of salt. I’m just surprised we haven’t got reports of Sasquatch and Grays out of it as well.
Yes, I think they are just being overly cautious as, of course, they have to be with something like this. I suspect it was one shooter.
261 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:49:10am |
UN confirms CWs used on civilians in Gouta, Syria.
Pres Obama spoke, looked, well.
262 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:50:43am |
DC chief: 2 more suspects wearing military-type apparel.
263 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:51:38am |
The BOLOs from DC police: “B/M 50 yrs, w/rifle, drab olive military uniform; S2 W/M pistol, Navy-style khaki uniform, short slv,beret”
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 16, 2013
264 | blueraven Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:51:55am |
re: #262 Justanotherhuman
DC chief: 2 more suspects wearing military-type apparel.
potential is the operative word.
265 | lawhawk Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:52:59am |
Obama is busy going off on the TP and the GOP. Defending Obamacare; the candidate who called for its repeal in the 2012 election lost. 40+ attempts at repeal have lost.
Millions of people already benefiting from Obamacare.
And he’s calling out the TP for attempting to default the government over its demands to get Obamacare defunded. The last time the threat of a default caused economic growth the slow. Now, the same crew is back at it demanding 100% of its demands be met or else economic and political chaos.
266 | Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:54:00am |
re: #263 Dr. Matt
The BOLOs from DC police: “B/M 50 yrs, w/rifle, drab olive military uniform; S2 W/M pistol, Navy-style khaki uniform, short slv,beret”
racial harmony in action…
267 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:54:07am |
Wouldn’t there be a WHOLE BUNCH of people wearing MILITARY UNIFORMS at the Navy Yard?
268 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:54:53am |
OK then, there are folks in that facility wearing uniforms, according to what I”m hearing. But they are investigating others on reports given. Only one confirmed.
Working to ID dead “gunman”.
269 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:55:09am |
re: #267 Vicious Babushka
Wouldn’t there be a WHOLE BUNCH of people wearing MILITARY UNIFORMS at the Navy Yard?
Yes. But only one (or more) would be murdering others.
270 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:55:20am |
re: #257 Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts are all about class, principle and policy substance. //
271 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:55:52am |
This one has to go on the DERPTY DERP list. I can’t even.
@constancevaugh1 You see that petition to stop the pedophile rabbi? God is working in my life, it came in my email mins after I was slammed.— Lisa Phillips (@blondenfun1) September 16, 2013
272 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:57:58am |
re: #257 Vicious Babushka
This tweetderp lacks a spit at FLOTUS. /
273 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:58:28am |
Sorry, CO, more rain expected.
Flood Advisory for #Weld #Jefferson #Broomfield #Boulder counties til Tue. AM. More rain on the way. #9wx #COFlood pic.twitter.com/CDr6UR5O8t— 9NEWS Weather (@9NEWSWeather) September 16, 2013
274 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:59:38am |
A U.S. official, speaking on background to Craig Whitlock, confirms that at least seven are dead.
275 | darthstar Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:02:01am |
re: #263 Dr. Matt
Chuck Todd defended Fox News, saying they didn’t report on Benghazi on September 11. Fuck him as a source for information - even when he happens to be accurate.
276 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:09:03am |
Still hunkered down, but safe. Monitoring news reports and will let you know when we've been given “all clear” ASAP.— NAVSEA (@NAVSEA) September 16, 2013
277 | b_sharp Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:39:34am |
re: #233 Vicious Babushka
I did not think it was possible to find somebody on Teh Twitters even MOAR DERANGED than Prudence. But life is full of surprises.
You have a knack for finding the crazies.
278 | b_sharp Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:41:26am |
re: #239 lawhawk
This person has over 3,000 following her.
Let me repeat. Over 3,000 following her.
Those same people likely distrust and belittle the social sciences, the very sciences most able to discover why they believe in such incredible nonsense.
280 | b_sharp Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:42:30am |
re: #245 darthstar
One white male, one black male. Guess who gets the headlines.
It isn’t the little person.
281 | Gus Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:44:38am |
283 | b_sharp Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:46:05am |
re: #281 Gus
So I see you came across Cletis, aka Mr. Straw Man.
He’s not the brightest.
But he is confused.
284 | Gus Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:46:45am |
285 | Gus Mon, Sep 16, 2013 10:49:05am |
@CaptnAtheist @HeatherHastie Total bullshit and proof, yet again, that a genius in one field (math/physics) is clueless in others— Cletis Stump (@CletisStump) September 16, 2013