Breitbrat Larry O’Connor: How Dare John McCain Imply Louie Gohmert Is Dumb?

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Over at the weird far right propaganda site that Andrew Breitbart built, Larry O’Connor’s very upset with John McCain for violating St. Reagan’s “never criticize fellow Republicans” rule, and calling Rep. Louie “Dumbest Man in Congress” Gohmert… dumb: McCain on Gohmert: ‘No Intelligence’.

So, if you’re keeping score at home, Gohmert says McCain’s foreign policy is feckless and resulted in providing support for Syrian rebels aligned with al Qaeda, and in response, instead of defending the Syrian rebels and debunking the assertion that they are affiliate with al Qaeda, McCain called Gohmert a dummy.

Only the clowns at breitbart.com could possibly imply that Louie Gohmert is not dumb with a straight face. This is why we love these guys: the inadvertent humor factor.

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213 comments
1 erik_t  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:05:38pm

Next I want McCain to respond “Oh, I only meant he wasn’t party to the national security briefings” with the absolute biggest shit-eating grin that has ever been shat-eat.

He knew damned well exactly what he was saying. No apology will be forthcoming.

2 HappyWarrior  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:07:14pm

But it’s okay for Louie to accuse McCain of being an Al Queda member. Got it, Larry but don’t call arguably the stupidest man in Congress well stupid.

3 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:08:33pm

I don’t know, Steve Stockman could give Louie a run for the “Dumbest” title.

4 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:09:16pm

Isn’t it criticizing fellow Republicans to say that they surrendered?

Oh, wait, Ted Cruz gets a pass because they like what he was doing to the country, my bad.

5 b.d.  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:09:28pm

I’ve got $5 on McCain.

6 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:11:15pm

From the Breitbart comments, an unusual definition of political “bubbles”:

Marty Galyean:

I am not a McCain fan by any stretch, but his “no intelligence” term could be interpreted as meaning “no information from intelligence agencies” as in “intel”. Even if he did mean this the double meaning appears intentional as his opinion of the grass roots is well documented. He is so far away from the conservative base in this country. Both major parties are in their own bubbles, but the GOP/RINO bubble is a smaller, more elite, bubble within the GOP in the process of being popped like a pimple. Unfortunately, the bubble on the left, while still somewhat subdivided, is huge and mostly homogeneous, containing the entire party, most of the media, and the bulk of its followers, while overlapping with much of European socialist politics and holding hands with communist regimes worldwide. That said, it is reassuring that Australia now has its own branches of the Tea Party and has made major ground in the last elections. We need to take heart that the fundamental belief in freedom, family, and individuals, is also international in nature and more deeply rooted and more willing to stand, than the opposition.

7 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:13:39pm

re: #4 klys

And of course, the Breitbrats viciously attack any Republican who strays from the party line, on a regular basis.

8 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:15:14pm

I’m going to start calling the current GOP the Christian Taliban in discourse. So when somebody says Obama wouldn’t negotiate, I can respond, “I wouldn’t negotiate with Taliban either.”

9 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:15:36pm

TONS of people. Did they weigh them? Must be a bunch of fatsos!

10 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:16:41pm

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

TONS of people. Did they weigh them? Must be a bunch of fatsos!

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So I’m curious. Are these increases actually related to Obamacare costs or is this just insurance companies being douchebags and using Obamacare as a convenient excuse to boost profits?

11 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:16:51pm

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

Wow, multiple anecdotes.

12 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:17:06pm

And now, a giant panda cub with a creepily human voice.

Youtube Video

13 Schadenboner  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:17:16pm

re: #1 erik_t

Next I want McCain to respond “Oh, I only meant he wasn’t party to the national security briefings” with the absolute biggest shit-eating grin that has ever been shat-eat.

He knew damned well exactly what he was saying. No apology will be forthcoming.

This. Please g-d this.

14 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:17:42pm

re: #11 jaunte

Wow, multiple anecdotes.

I wonder if they have caught up with all their anecdotes of voter ballot fraud.

15 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:17:58pm
16 Schadenboner  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:19:02pm

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

So I’m curious. Are these increases actually related to Obamacare costs or is this just insurance companies being douchebags and using Obamacare as a convenient excuse to boost profits?

Which do you think? I mean, Insurance companies are such stalwart and upright seekers-of-truth, right?

17 ContraryLemming  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:19:48pm

re: #6 jaunte

There’s a strange narrative taking place wherein the wingnuts see the leftist as being a solid, disciplined bloc. To anyone who’s been at a progressive rally or organization meeting, this is clearly risible (“Hey, like dudes, I have the talking stick now…”).

I think that what they’re perceiving as ideological discipline is only sanity. The further they tumble down the rabbit hole, the more everyone else (who is not listening to the Great Noise Machine) looks like they’re against them. At some point, their paranoia becomes (has become?) a self-fulfilling prophecy.

18 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:20:37pm

re: #16 Schadenboner

Which do you think? I mean, Insurance companies are such stalwart and upright seekers-of-truth, right?

This is where it gets weird for me. Not all insurance companies are for-profit. Blue Cross-Blue Shield, IIRC, is not-for-profit. State Farm and others are Mutual-Companies.

The creative accounting boggles the mind.

19 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:20:55pm

re: #17 ContraryLemming

You have to laugh at the thought that only conservatives believe in freedom, family and individuals.

20 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:21:15pm

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Combination of factors.

Let’s also note that the rates can be going up because the insurers are now including more expansive policies that no longer have lifetime caps, preexisting conditions limitations, and now provide more comprehensive care than prior policies.

Also, preventative care is now included.

So, in many of these cases, we’re talking apples to oranges and those who are complaining about the costs don’t actually understand what they’re looking at with the policies.

Or that health insurance costs have been going up - regardless of what the state of the ACA was. It has been for decades. ACA didn’t suddenly bring out a new higher cost in and of itself.

But if we’re finally talking about high costs for health insurance, it would be nice if the GOP did something to help reduce those costs, instead of fighting a program that expands access to affordable health insurance to those who couldn’t afford it previously.

21 gwangung  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:21:43pm

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

So I’m curious. Are these increases actually related to Obamacare costs or is this just insurance companies being douchebags and using Obamacare as a convenient excuse to boost profits?

I think a lot of them are actual increases…but I think a lot of it is that they are now required to cover more and have lower deductables. That WILL raise the price.

22 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:22:14pm

re: #17 ContraryLemming

There’s a strange narrative taking place wherein the wingnuts see the leftist as being a solid, disciplined bloc. To anyone who’s been at a progressive rally or organization meeting, this is clearly risible (“Hey, like dudes, I have the talking stick now…”).

I think that what they’re perceiving as ideological discipline is only sanity. The further they tumble down the rabbit hole, the more everyone else (who is not listening to the Great Noise Machine) looks like they’re against them. At some point, their paranoia becomes (has become?) a self-fulfilling prophecy.

someone posted yesterday a wingnut tweet (I think) that the Liberals were the real theocrats because they wanted to feed the poor.

The drones, the brainwashed and the generally ignorant will buy that.

23 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:22:26pm

re: #20 lawhawk

My small business has always provided medical and dental insurance for all our employees, and our rates are going down.

24 piratedan  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:23:11pm

re: #6 jaunte

From the Breitbart comments, an unusual definition of political “bubbles”:

well its apparent that those of us on the left truly aren’t privy to the nuances of all of the shades of Conservative thought, because there are subtle but important differences between the grifters, whackaloons, know-nothings, neo-cons, zealots, glibertarians, libertarians, secessionists, goofballs, luddites, and closet cases… no offense meant to any I have overlooked… ///

25 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:23:11pm
26 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:24:00pm

re: #24 piratedan

So many bubbles, it’s like quantum foam.

27 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:24:55pm

re: #23 jaunte

My small business has always provided medical and dental insurance for all our employees, and our rates are going down.

How can that be possible? WE all know that Obamacare is designed to fuck small business and force socialism on the USofA

There are also opportunists who will use any uncertainty to raise prices, decrease their payroll expenditure and otherwise capitalize on the situation.

28 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:26:24pm

re: #24 piratedan

well its apparent that those of us on the left truly aren’t privy to the nuances of all of the shades of Conservative thought, because there are subtle but important differences between the grifters, whackaloons, know-nothings, neo-cons, zealots, glibertarians, libertarians, secessionists, goofballs, luddites, and closet cases… no offense meant to any I have overlooked… ///

Rustlers, cutthroats, murders, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh**-kickers, and Methodists!

30 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:30:03pm

re: #28 Vicious Babushka

Rustlers, cutthroats, murders, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh**-kickers, and Methodists!

But they’d stay and defend the country instead of fleeing to Somalia if Randolph Scott had asked them to.
/

31 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:30:40pm

Obamacare Website Violates Licensing Agreement for Copyrighted Software

i find this article kind of interesting since it shows patches of javascript as evidence

also makes me wonder if anybody is violating my licensing agreements

32 Schadenboner  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:31:11pm

re: #18 FemNaziBitch

This is where it gets weird for me. Not all insurance companies are for-profit. Blue Cross-Blue Shield, IIRC, is not-for-profit. State Farm and others are Mutual-Companies.

The creative accounting boggles the mind.

This is true. Some insurance companies are non-terrible (or at least less-terrible, or not-terrible-relative-to-market-comparables although that’s a higher hyphen density than I’m comfortable with).

33 darthstar  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:32:48pm

Gohmert isn’t dumb…he’s fucking stupid.

34 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:32:56pm

re: #28 Vicious Babushka

Rustlers, cutthroats, murders, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh**-kickers, and Methodists!

what about albigensians, levellers, discordians, dadaists, wycliffites, luddites, mennonites and hudderites?

35 Schadenboner  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:33:11pm

re: #28 Vicious Babushka

Rustlers, cutthroats, murders, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh**-kickers, and Methodists!

You had me up to the Methodists…

36 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:33:43pm

re: #28 Vicious Babushka

Rustlers, cutthroats, murders, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh**-kickers, and Methodists!

VB is but pawn in game of life…

37 piratedan  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:34:40pm

re: #28 Vicious Babushka

Rustlers, cutthroats, murders, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh**-kickers, and Methodists!

now we only have to add in the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads and you’ve got yourself a constituency!

38 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:35:17pm

re: #36 Mattand

VB is but pawn in game of life…

I’d have quoted Slim Pickens (which is the proper response) but I couldn’t be bothered to look it up.

39 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:37:23pm

re: #21 gwangung

I think a lot of them are actual increases…but I think a lot of it is that they are now required to cover more and have lower deductables. That WILL raise the price.

My family coverage had been going up consistently for the last 7 years or more, until last year when the company changed providers. That change saved me about $300 a month in premiums. Haven’t seen the open enrollment number for next year, that should be happening soon.

40 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:37:51pm

Aren’t these people who insist the President has to be humble the same ones complaining about his “bowing?”

41 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:39:15pm

re: #40 jaunte

Humble to the right masters….

42 The Mountain That Blogs  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:40:15pm

re: #40 jaunte

Complaining that he isn’t being humble? Might as well just say he’s being too uppity.

43 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:42:06pm

re: #40 jaunte

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Aren’t these people who insist the President has to be humble the same ones complaining about his “bowing?”

Where the fuck does Cupp of Crapp get the nerve to say something like that?

Why should POTUS be humble about sticking to his guns and helping save the country from meltdown perpetrated by her party?

She really means she wants him to be humiliated.

44 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:42:30pm

Today my sister is racing in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner race.

I checked the standings. Her boat is in last place.

45 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:45:50pm

re: #43 Justanotherhuman

Where the fuck does Cupp of Crapp get the nerve to say something like that?

Why should POTUS be humble about sticking to his guns and helping save the country from meltdown perpetrated by her party?

She really means she wants him to be humiliated.

Like I said downstairs, what it really comes down to for the TP’ers is THAT DAMNED UPPITY ****** MADE US LOOK LIKE FOOLS!! and they absolutely can’t stand the humiliation.

46 Skip Intro  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:46:52pm

re: #43 Justanotherhuman

Where the fuck does Cupp of Crapp get the nerve to say something like that?

Why should POTUS be humble about sticking to his guns and helping save the country from meltdown perpetrated by her party?

She really means she wants him to be humiliated.

And that’s because he’s nothing but an uppity N***Clang! in the White House who should be subservient to his betters, i.e. white Republicans. That’s what they’ll never forgive him for.

47 makeitstop  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:48:17pm

re: #37 piratedan

now we only have to add in the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads and you’ve got yourself a constituency!

Beats, beards, Buddhist cats, big time spenders, money lenders, tea totallers, elbow benders, hog callers, home run hitters, finger poppin’ daddy’s, and cool baby sitters, carrot tops, lollipops, and extremely delicate gum drops…

(People who listened to Philly radio in the 50s and 60s may know where this comes from.)

48 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:49:13pm

re: #44 klys

Today my sister is racing in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner race.

I checked the standings. Her boat is in last place.

On the bright side, it’s still afloat.

49 RadicalModerate  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:49:44pm

OT question for Charles (and other coders out there if you want to answer)-

Given all the work you’ve done on the site, particularly your extensive notes using javascript, can you point me to what the books to read regarding regarding best java/jscript coding practices? I’m about hip-deep in familiarizing myself with javascript for learning work-related skills (I have some background in other structured programming languages, so I’m not totally in the dark), but any useful additional reference material I can get my hands on would be incredibly helpful.

50 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:49:52pm
Only the clowns at Breitbart.com could possibly imply that Louie Gohmert is not dumb with a straight face.

To be fair to the Breitbrats, it’s possible that they can’t tell that he’s dumb.

51 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:50:15pm

re: #47 makeitstop

Beats, beards, Buddhist cats, big time spenders, money lenders, tea totallers, elbow benders, hog callers, home run hitters, finger poppin’ daddy’s, and cool baby sitters, carrot tops, lollipops, and extremely delicate gum drops…

(People who listened to Philly radio in the 50s and 60s may know where this comes from.)

I know who you’re referencing, at any rate: The Geator with the Heater!

52 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:50:36pm

re: #48 Mattand

On the bright side, it’s still afloat.

That’s what I told my mother.

Mom didn’t particularly like that comment.

53 piratedan  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:51:11pm

re: #50 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

maybe it’s time for us to channel Denny Green…. they are who we thought they were!

54 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:51:21pm

Fox News: ‘The Walking Dead’ brainwashes viewers ‘to participate in this new world order’

The senior managing editor for Health News at the Fox News Channel warned on Thursday that AMC’s hit Zombie television series The Walking Dead was not only “hurting American society,” it was inspiring viewers to “participate in this new world order.”

“Hate me all you want, or call me paranoid and misinformed, but there is one common theme that is pervasive in American pop culture today: violence,” Dr. Manny Alvarez wrote in a column on the Fox News website.

Ok, Manny.

55 freetoken  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:52:07pm

re: #40 jaunte

The just don’t like the uppity Barry.

56 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:52:25pm

Isn’t criticizing McCain for violating Reagan’s 11th Commandment itself a violation of Reagan’s 11th Commandment? Oops, right. I keep forgetting how the Breitbart stans NEVER criticize Republicans.

57 Jack Burton  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:52:51pm

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

TONS of people. Did they weigh them? Must be a bunch of fatsos!

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They are sending this to The Heritage Foundation… So they are taking their complaints about Obamacare to the people who created it. Good to see some intellectual honesty… wait what? Oh no Heritage is still pretending they had nothing to do with it and advocating against it.

Because Presidenting While Black, that’s why.

58 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:54:26pm

Interesting campaign tactic in New Jersey:

A Republican candidate running for the New Jersey state Senate urged an group of gun rights activists earlier this month to get their guns if approached by his Democratic opponent.

The candidate, Atlantic County Sheriff Frank Balles, was discussing his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Jim Whelan, on Oct. 7 in front of the New Jersey Second Amendment Society.


N.J. GOPer: If My Rival Comes To Your Door, ‘Get Your Gun’

59 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:54:34pm


Ouch.

60 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:54:38pm

re: #52 klys

That’s what I told my mother.

Mom didn’t particularly like that comment.

She probably had never been hiking out on a small centerboard sailboat when the wind suddenly gusts…

61 makeitstop  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:55:12pm

re: #51 Mattand

I know who you’re referencing, at any rate: The Geator with the Heater!

Nope! Hy Lit! :)

‘The Geator’ was Jerry Blavat.

62 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:55:24pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

Interesting campaign tactic in New Jersey:

N.J. GOPer: If My Rival Comes To Your Door, ‘Get Your Gun’

The South will rise again!
— Some guy from South Jersey

63 The Mountain That Blogs  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:55:42pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

A pdf of Heritage’s “A National Health System for America” is still on their website

64 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:56:14pm

re: #54 jaunte

Fox News: ‘The Walking Dead’ brainwashes viewers ‘to participate in this new world order’

Ok, Manny.

Wait’ll Dr. Manny sees the Left4Dead video game series. Zombies and a violent video game in one package. He’ll probably hit the ground in a fetal position and cry for hours.

65 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:56:16pm

Say. Wasn’t South Jersey part of the Confederate states?

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66 HappyWarrior  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:56:45pm

re: #40 jaunte

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Aren’t these people who insist the President has to be humble the same ones complaining about his “bowing?”

Aren’t these the same people who loved Bush the Cowboy?

67 HappyWarrior  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:57:06pm
68 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:57:25pm

So. Sharon Angle is back?

69 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:57:27pm

re: #63 The Mountain That Blogs

A pdf of Heritage’s “A National Health System for America” is still on their website

Oops. Someone’s going to catch it.

70 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:57:27pm

re: #62 Gus

The South will rise again!
— Some guy from South Jersey

The collapse in our coal mining industry has made us irritable.

(I will be really impressed if anyone gets that joke.)

71 RadicalModerate  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:57:43pm

re: #54 jaunte

If Manny finds out about this, I’m sure that he would have a spontaneous aneurysm.

cdc.gov

72 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:58:05pm

re: #63 The Mountain That Blogs

A pdf of Heritage’s “A National Health System for America” is still on their website

yes, I paged that a little while ago:
littlegreenfootballs.com

73 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:58:42pm

They are turning on themselves, and using the same approach, first they insult, shout invective and make outrageous, unfounded claims, and when they are called out on it, act all sensitive and butthurt like you’re picking on them for “daring to tell the truth”

Let them turn that on each other and soon there will be nothing left but some piles of smoulering shoe leather…

74 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 12:59:42pm

re: #70 Mattand

The collapse in our coal mining industry has made us irritable.

(I will be really impressed if anyone gets that joke.)

I sure don’t get it but it still sounds funny. Explain?

75 BongCrodny  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:00:10pm

re: #54 jaunte

Fox News: ‘The Walking Dead’ brainwashes viewers ‘to participate in this new world order’

“Hate me all you want, or call me paranoid and misinformed, but there is one common theme that is pervasive in American pop culture today: violence,” Dr. Manny Alvarez wrote in a column on the Fox News website.

24, Sleepy Hollow and The Following are all broadcast on Fox.

All have oodles of violence.

Physician, heal thyself.

76 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:01:00pm

I abandoned the sinking conservative ship for good about five years ago. I see that it hasn’t quite disappeared beneath the waves yet—-probably a pocket of hot air trapped in its bowels—-but I’m glad I left when I did. While McCain and others cling to the mast as it tips slowly into the sea, I have already made it ashore, gotten cleaned up, and resumed my daily life in the real world.

77 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:01:26pm

re: #75 BongCrodny

Neeeed..More… braaaiinnzzz.

78 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:01:35pm

re: #49 RadicalModerate

OT question for Charles (and other coders out there if you want to answer)-

Given all the work you’ve done on the site, particularly your extensive notes using javascript, can you point me to what the books to read regarding regarding best java/jscript coding practices? I’m about hip-deep in familiarizing myself with javascript for learning work-related skills (I have some background in other structured programming languages, so I’m not totally in the dark), but any useful additional reference material I can get my hands on would be incredibly helpful.

This is one of the best Javascript books I’ve read - very short but packed with useful knowledge:

JavaScript: The Good Parts: Douglas Crockford

79 BongCrodny  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:03:45pm

re: #74 Gus

I sure don’t get it but it still sounds funny. Explain?

Since nobody took you up on it, I’ll take a stab at it.

Zoolander?

80 CuriousLurker  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:03:59pm

OT Drive-by comment:

81 Bubblehead II  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:06:00pm

re: #63 The Mountain That Blogs

A pdf of Heritage’s “A National Health System for America” is still on their website

Downloaded a copy just in case they decide memory hole it at a later date.

82 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:06:03pm

re: #74 Gus

I sure don’t get it but it still sounds funny. Explain?

It’s from Zoolander. Derek returns home and visits his family, who work in the coal mines of South Jersey. Needless to say, there’s no coal mines. Not even close.

That got the biggest laugh from the audience, but obviously, we’re a bit biased.

83 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:06:23pm

re: #80 CuriousLurker

OT Drive-by comment:

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We shall be crushed by cuteness!

84 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:06:25pm

re: #79 BongCrodny

Since nobody took you up on it, I’ll take a stab at it.

Zoolander?

Bingo. See above.

85 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:07:13pm

re: #81 Bubblehead II

Downloaded a copy just in case they decide memory hole it at a later date.

I did, too, when I first found it.
Amazing that they haven’t gotten rid of it.

86 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:08:25pm
87 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:09:40pm

(◑_◑)

88 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:12:40pm

Theresa Heinz Kerry has not returned our calls.

89 erik_t  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:13:29pm

re: #86 Gus

¡Ay! Estoy muy alarmado y sorprendido!

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90 Bubblehead II  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:13:37pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

I did, too, when I first found it.
Amazing that they haven’t gotten rid of it.

Something tells me when their Web Master see the traffic spike to that particular report from the more “liberal” blogs it’s going to get memory holed. But before then, perhaps some of our more prolific tweeters could tweet about it.

91 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:14:07pm

re: #82 Mattand

It’s from Zoolander. Derek returns home and visits his family, who work in the coal mines of South Jersey. Needless to say, there’s no coal mines. Not even close.

That got the biggest laugh from the audience, but obviously, we’re a bit biased.

I remarked to someone yesterday that the Cape Fear area in North Carolina struck me as being like the Outer Banks, the Pine Barrens, and a river estuary are jammed together in a small package. Which it essentially is since it’s a stretch of shore where the normal barrier islands are part of the main landmass. (The “island-ness” of part of that area is artificial thanks to the Corps of Engineers and the Intracoastal Waterway.)

92 Bubblehead II  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:16:14pm

re: #86 Gus

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I love it on fried eggs and omelets as well as the more traditional Mexican fare.

93 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:16:32pm

Beware the Halal ketchup. //

94 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:17:08pm

re: #93 Gus

Beware the Halal ketchup. //

it haz cooties//

95 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:17:21pm

re: #92 Bubblehead II

I love it on fried eggs and omelets as well as the more traditional Mexican fare.

I can’t do hot salsa. I do like medium. Pico de gallo as well.

96 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:18:08pm

re: #86 Gus

Yes, people dip salsa with chips and eat it that way…never seen anybody do that with ketchup.

But that is not the point, Heinz ketchup and French’s mustard are American, Salsa is foreign.

97 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:18:48pm

re: #93 Gus

Beware the Halal ketchup. //

there’s a burger place opened in a little office food court where I work that advertises as Halal meat (it is as far as I know) I am sure they’d flip over that. I don’t go there because A) there’s no burgers with bacon and B) There’s an Italian place in the same food court that just kicks ass.

98 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:19:05pm

re: #96 Sol Berdinowitz

Yes, people dip salsa with chips and eat it that way…never seen anybody do that with ketchup.

But that is not the point, Heinz ketchup and French’s mustard are American, Salsa is foreign.

True. Ketchup is the proud invention of the American race.

//

99 b.d.  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:19:15pm

re: #86 Gus

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Ketchup, of course, being of Chinese origin.

100 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:19:19pm

re: #95 Gus

I can’t do hot salsa. I do like medium. Pico de gallo as well.

Best thing about non-winter is making fresh salsa. Every ingredient (except for the olive oil) comes from our farm. Including three different varieties of tomatillos.

101 Mattand  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:19:21pm

re: #87 Gus

(◑_◑)

BLUE STEEL!

102 CuriousLurker  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:19:47pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

We shall be crushed by cuteness!

But that’s how we do it, don’t you see? She’s looks cute & innocent, but she’s being groomed as a MB operative who’ll soon be planted in our schools with the intention of leading hapless youngsters towards acceptance of the Caliphate and their soon to be status as dhimmis.*

* The sad part is that there are people who would actually believe this.

103 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:19:51pm

re: #99 b.d.

Ketchup, of course, being of Chinese origin.

Yep.

104 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:20:40pm
105 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:21:11pm

The tomato is the edible, often red fruit of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant. Both the species and its use as a food originated in Mexico, and spread throughout the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Its many varieties are now widely grown, sometimes in greenhouses in cooler climates.

106 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:21:34pm

re: #80 CuriousLurker

OT Drive-by comment:

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OMG! I just want to cuddle and nuzzle.

107 abolitionist  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:22:41pm

re: #90 Bubblehead II

Something tells me when their Web Master see the traffic spike to that particular report from the more “liberal” blogs it’s going to get memory holed. But before then, perhaps some of our more prolific tweeters could tweet about it.

Tip: If you’re going to visit a site, and you don’t want to inform them of the from site (ie where you found the link), just copy the link and paste it into the browser addr bar (in a new tab or window).

108 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:22:56pm

re: #96 Sol Berdinowitz

Never been to my house… ketchup and chips go quite well together.

I think Lay’s even tried marketing a ketchup-chip.

If you dunk french fries in ketchup, dunking potato chips into ketchup is no big leap.

109 Bubblehead II  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:24:00pm

re: #95 Gus

I can’t do hot salsa. I do like medium. Pico de gallo as well.

Same here. The place I work at makes a real kick ass green Salsa as well as the traditional red salsa. They run somewhere between medium to hot.

110 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:24:47pm

Meanwhile in Canada:

HALIFAX - Mounties have arrested at least 40 protesters at an anti-fracking blockade in New Brunswick after police cruisers were torched when RCMP moved in.


40 arrested at N.B. anti-fracking protest after it turns violent

111 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:26:16pm

Secession meets nullification.

Time to open fire on Fort Sumter!

112 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:28:10pm

===DRUDGE SIREN===

BREAKING NEWS!

WHEAT BREAD OVERTAKES WHITE BREAD SALES IN ALL 50 STATES.

113 piratedan  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:28:58pm

re: #111 Sol Berdinowitz

TY South Carolina for that Delta House moment.. I eagerly await your battle with SCOTUS and the fallout thereof….

114 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:29:01pm

Health insurance costs have been going up for many, many years. This is why it’s a problem now. This isn’t some recent phenomenon. Just because people are starting to see what employers are paying for the behalf doesn’t mean it’s new.

115 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:29:46pm

re: #86 Gus

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HAHAHAHAHAHA

116 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:31:09pm

re: #112 Gus

===DRUDGE SIREN===

BREAKING NEWS!

WHEAT BREAD OVERTAKES WHITE BREAD SALES IN ALL 50 STATES.

HONEST LARD LOSES FAT LEAD TO MEXICAN RAPESEED

117 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:32:04pm

What’s next?!!?! Pumpernickel?!!111!?ty

118 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:33:04pm

I am fairly certain that this boat is the one currently in the lead.

Her boat is now exchanging last place back and forth with another one.

119 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:33:14pm

re: #111 Sol Berdinowitz

Secession meets nullification.

Time to open fire on Fort Sumter!

Time to summon zombie Andrew Jackson.

120 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:33:50pm

re: #117 Amory Blaine

What’s next?!!?! Pumpernickel?!!111!?ty

===DRUDGE SIREN===

BREAKING NEWS!

ALABAMA LEGISLATOR INTRODUCES BILL TO RENAME FRENCH BREAD, FREEDOM BREAD.

121 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:34:18pm

re: #120 Gus

===DRUDGE SIREN===

BREAKING NEWS!

ALABAMA LEGISLATOR INTRODUCES BILL TO RENAME FRENCH BREAD, FREEDOM BREAD.

You mean they haven’t done that already? Slacking down there, I tell you.

122 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:35:41pm

re: #120 Gus

Baguettes become Baggers.

123 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:35:43pm

WHY ISN’T THERE A CHECK BOX FOR AMERICAN UNDER RACE ON MY CENSUS FORM?
— Drudge Reader

124 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:37:36pm

I’m so tired of seeing braille all over the place. How do I know if it’s in english ?!

125 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:38:54pm

re: #124 Amory Blaine

I’m so tired of seeing braille all over the place. How do I know if it’s in english ?!

You just develop a feel for it.
:p

126 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:38:58pm

re: #124 Amory Blaine

I’m so tired of seeing braille all over the place. How do I know if it’s in english ?!

===DRUDGE SIREN===

BREAKING NEWS!

TEXAS LEGISLATOR INTRODUCES BILL TO MAKE ALL BRAILLE SIGNAGE “ENGLISH ONLY.”

128 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:41:29pm

re: #118 klys

I am fairly certain that this boat is the one currently in the lead.

Her boat is now exchanging last place back and forth with another one.

I read the specs—Ferrari in Model T clothing.

129 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:44:16pm

re: #128 Decatur Deb

I read the specs—Ferrari in Model T clothing.

Whereas the one she is on is the NJ state tallship (which I had never heard of before she started working there), a restored 1928 oyster dredging schooner used primarily for environmental education and public outreach.

130 HoosierHoops  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:47:59pm

re: #76 Shiplord Kirel

I abandoned the sinking conservative ship for good about five years ago. I see that it hasn’t quite disappeared beneath the waves yet—-probably a pocket of hot air trapped in its bowels—-but I’m glad I left when I did. While McCain and others cling to the mast as it tips slowly into the sea, I have already made it ashore, gotten cleaned up, and resumed my daily life in the real world.

Watch out! The Hoopster goes on lengthy speel here!
I agree 100%. I think we both left the GOP at about the same time. I became disgusted by policy and tone. It turns my stomach to see what the tea party developed into. It is also sad. I was a proud member of the GOP for many years. The tipping point came one day with a long talk with my Liberal dad in his work shop circa 2005. We never talked much about politics…I was the right wing kid growing up and my entire family was liberal..It never was ugly, we talked about stuff sometimes and laughed and loved each other.
I poured my political heart out that day to my dad. I had blogged here for about a year and was in turmoil…Lizards were jumping off cliffs…In the end I sat there in that sunny wood shop with the smell of fresh cut wood sitting with my dad..I showed him pics from my phone of Obama’s face photoshopped on a black man lynched years ago..The jokes..The posts here..
Tears finally came down my face in front of my Father..I felt shame as always the kind of nice tough guy, College athlete, Father raising children..
Tears came down as I told him I just couldn’t be a member of the GOP anymore.. Yes there was a gleam of his eyes and smile in his heart…My critics wrote that I only become a Dem to please my Dad.. The shallowness of their logic is laid open for all to judge..
Then they wrote I only changed because of Charles and I was sucking up to him…I’m pretty sure there isn’t a post where I’ve ever sucked up to Charles.. I have always shown respect to Charles. I have shown respect to every blog I’ve ever blogged on. I have always shown respect to Charles and lizards..Cause..I dunno know..I’m a grown man who doesn’t act like a dick? what a concept critics.
So now I’m a Dem and vote that way..But I’m still a moderate in my party and still despise some Dems..but such is political science.
So thanks for reading this..The record needed to be set straight..
Oh..And Charles..I just opened another Paypay account..Think I’ll send another contribution.. Bit me critics! :)

131 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:51:15pm

re: #112 Gus

===DRUDGE SIREN===

BREAKING NEWS!

WHEAT BREAD OVERTAKES WHITE BREAD SALES IN ALL 50 STATES.

OH NOES!!!! BROWN BREAD IS TEH WAVE OF TEH FUTURE!!! WE’RE DOOOOMED!!!!!

132 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:52:02pm
133 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:52:09pm

Florida Man Fails Klan BBQ Test

floridatoday.com

134 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:53:18pm

I became a democrat because it’s the only viable alternative to keep out conservatives. The way many of you feel about republicans today is how I’ve felt for 20+ years.

135 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:54:37pm

re: #22 FemNaziBitch

someone posted yesterday a wingnut tweet (I think) that the Liberals were the real theocrats because they wanted to feed the poor.

to be fair, they say wanting government to feed the poor makes you a theocrat, since xianity (by their understanding) requires you to feed the poor individually, but gummint poor feeding forces you to give charity, which is - somehow - bad and not xtian

when i asked why, the answer was that if you were forced to give charity by the gummint, then there wasn’t any benefit to your immortal soul - the only thing that would happen was that poor people would get fed, which apparently is of no importance in the scheme of things…

so there you have it - it’s all about your immortal soul, not hungry children

i preferred to not get into the issue of martin luther and his belief in “faith alone”…

136 piratedan  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:55:26pm

re: #130 HoosierHoops

was just reaching my impressionable youth when Watergate broke and I followed the reporting and the aftermath and what struck me is that while everyone lamented what Nixon and his administration had done, I never remember hearing any kind of heartfelt apology from the R side regarding what he had done. The most heartfelt emotion that I got from the R side of the aisle was that he (Nixon) had been stupid enough to have been caught. That struck me that while getting Dems to agree on policy and implementing it can be much like herding cats, The R’s always appeared to sport this sense of entitlement to lead and that anyone who didn’t feel the same way was either naive or unimportant.

137 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:55:37pm

I appreciate what the Conservatives tout as their core values: individual initiative and self-reliance.

But why should we expect individuals and families with limited incomes to be able to negotiate on equal terms for employment, financial servies, health insurance, etc., with international, multi-billion dollar corporations?

Why do we see it as evil and anticapitalist for workers and consumers to do what investors do when they organize to found a corporation?

I believe that people should learn to take responsibility for their actions - and their reproductive systems as soon as they are functional, namely as teenagers.

And I believe that to be able to take responsibility we need to provide them with the information they need to make decisions, not just tell them that abstinence is the only way.

138 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:55:56pm

Starved corpses in the street are breeding grounds for disease.

139 Bubblehead II  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:01:10pm
140 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:02:10pm

re: #135 dog philosopher

to be fair, they say wanting government to feed the poor makes you a theocrat, since xianity (by their understanding) requires you to feed the poor individually, but gummint poor feeding forces you to give charity, which is - somehow - bad and not xtian

Because they have this disconnect between government and people - as if our government was not by, of and for the people.

I guess it is not if their candidate/ideology does not prevail, as with ACA.

And remember the central image of the Tea Party. armed uprising against a tyrant.

A democratically elected (and-reelected) tyrant.

141 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:02:12pm

re: #137 Sol Berdinowitz

I appreciate what the Conservatives tout as their core values: individual initiative and self-reliance.

but fuck them for then declaring that we progressives don’t believe in individual initiative and self-reliance

rush limbaugh can take his “liberals believe” and shove it

142 Lidane  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:02:52pm

re: #54 jaunte

Fox News: ‘The Walking Dead’ brainwashes viewers ‘to participate in this new world order’

Ok, Manny.

And here I thought it was a story about the shit hitting the fan and people trying to survive and retain whatever it is that makes them human. Also, zombie killing. Lots and lots of zombie killing.

143 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:04:14pm

re: #140 Sol Berdinowitz

Because they have this disconnect between government and people - as if our government was not by, of and for the people.

I guess it is not if their candidate/ideology does not prevail, as with ACA.

And remember the central image of the Tea Party. armed uprising against a tyrant.

A democratically elected (and-reelected) tyrant.

they are the True Americans and the People Who Know What Is Right, yet somehow their every wish is not carried out

therefore, Something Must Be Very Wrong

144 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:04:36pm

It’s easy to attack a party that actually tries to help the vulnerable. Teen single mothers don’t have lobbyists.

145 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:05:33pm

re: #143 dog philosopher

they are the True Americans and the People Who Know What Is Right, yet somehow their every wish is not carried out

therefore, Something Must Be Very Wrong

We have been corrupted and bought off with promises of free phones, health care subsidies and other free stuff. We must be stopped for our own good.

/

146 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:06:27pm

re: #145 Sol Berdinowitz

We have been corrupted and bought of with promises of free phones, health care subsidies and other free stuff. We must be stopped for our own good.

/

You jest, but that’s actually how they see it.

147 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:06:27pm

re: #144 Amory Blaine

It’s easy to attack a party that actually tries to help the vulnerable. Teen single mothers don’t have lobbyists.

Sluts like that don’t deserve lobbyists, they deserve to be saddled with the onerous task of raising the fruit of their lascivious passions,

/

148 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:07:21pm
149 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:07:26pm

Sen. McConnell draws wisdom from an old Kentucky proverb:

“Certainly, it has not been good for the party to be associated with the government shutdown,” he said. “I like to use an old Kentucky saying, ‘There’s no education in the second kick of a mule.’ The first kick of the mule came in ‘95 in that shutdown.”

usatoday.com

150 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:08:20pm

re: #146 Dr Lizardo

You jest, but that’s actually how they see it.

They refuse to acknowedge that our elections are free and fair, and that the “tyrant” in the White House was elected by the people, and therefore any armed uprising against him is a rebellion against the people

And there is a name for people like that…

151 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:09:09pm

re: #142 Lidane

And here I thought it was a story about the shit hitting the fan and people trying to survive and retain whatever it is that makes them human. Also, zombie killing. Lots and lots of zombie killing.

Those are metaphors, not zombies, in some circles.

152 Lidane  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:10:27pm

re: #86 Gus

*headdesk*

153 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:10:29pm

re: #148 Gus

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Blatant at that.

154 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:12:10pm

re: #144 Amory Blaine

It’s easy to attack a party that actually tries to help the vulnerable. Teen single mothers don’t have lobbyists.

but they have reality shows about them!
//

155 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:12:33pm

re: #149 Decatur Deb

Sen. McConnell draws wisdom from an old Kentucky proverb:

“Certainly, it has not been good for the party to be associated with the government shutdown,” he said. “I like to use an old Kentucky saying, ‘There’s no education in the second kick of a mule.’ The first kick of the mule came in ‘95 in that shutdown.”

usatoday.com

Cruz Missile Aimed At Constitution, Hits Republican Party Instead

156 freetoken  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:13:20pm

re: #148 Gus

Bullshit is right.

Many years ago skeletal remains of H. erectus were found in Georgia. It’s long been known that Homo inhabited eastern Asia a million years ago.

The Science news brief on their cover:

sciencemag.org

The problem has always been that Homo exhibited a variety of morphology.

The question then became, and remains, what is meant by “species” when it comes to our genus. The Science paper:
sciencemag.org
takes one approach to solving the “species” problem.

157 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:13:52pm

re: #152 Lidane

Hard hitting interview. I gotta say though, most canned salsa is no better than ketchup.

158 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:14:22pm

I make my own salsa.
Or at least attempt to.

159 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:14:28pm

re: #157 Amory Blaine

Hard hitting interview. I gotta say though, most canned salsa is no better than ketchup.

canned salsa is teh yuckiest…

160 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:15:38pm

re: #152 Lidane

*headdesk*

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Cripes, what a moron.

161 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:17:38pm

re: #158 Varek Raith

I make my own salsa.
Or at least attempt to.

I’ve “beefed” up canned salsa by adding some fresh ingredients to it; usually chopped tomatoes, minced garlic, or especially chopped cilantro.

Did the same thing with canned spaghetti sauce for years - and then just started making my own sauce starting with canned diced tomatoes, canned tomato paste, and doing all the spices and simmering myself.

162 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:18:50pm

re: #161 Feline Fearless Leader

I’ve “beefed” up canned salsa by adding some fresh ingredients to it; usually chopped tomatoes, minced garlic, or especially chopped cilantro.

Did the same thing with canned spaghetti sauce for years - and then just started making my own sauce starting with canned diced tomatoes, canned tomato paste, and doing all the spices and simmering myself.

if you get tired of simmering yourself, let me know and i’ll take over simmering you for a while…

163 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:20:04pm

re: #162 dog philosopher

if you get tired of simmering yourself, let me know and i’ll take over simmering you for a while…

The GOP and tea party crap is doing quite the job, thank you very much.

164 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:20:47pm

Republicans Give in Right Before Obamacare Would Have Been Repealed

WASHINGTON—After Republican lawmakers reached a last-minute agreement Wednesday night to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, sources confirmed today that the GOP yielded its fight against Obamacare mere moments before the president was about to cave and repeal the entire law. “Whew! That was a close one,” President Obama told reporters, admitting that literally seconds before he would have put pen to paper on an executive order to fully defund and eliminate the Affordable Care Act, he received a phone call informing him that House Speaker John Boehner had agreed to back down from the shutdown stalemate. “The GOP really had our backs up against the wall on this one, and to be honest I was definitely about to blink first. I sure as hell didn’t want to be the president who oversaw the first default in our country’s history, and I thought the Republicans knew that. If they would have just held out a little longer—I’m talking two, three seconds—they would have gotten everything they wanted. They seriously held all the cards here.” The president said that if House Republicans threaten to use the same tactics with the debt ceiling this February, he’ll probably just repeal Obamacare immediately.

165 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:22:11pm

re: #164 Charles Johnson

Republicans Give in Right Before Obamacare Would Have Been Repealed

heh…Onion at it’s best!

166 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:22:26pm

Public service announcement: reply and reply all are two different things.

If you can’t tell the difference, I suggest you use capitalization and punctuation. You never know when you will run into some of these people again, or when they might be making a hiring decision regarding you.

167 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:22:32pm

re: #164 Charles Johnson

we knew it, even before the onion did…

168 Lidane  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:23:38pm
169 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:24:12pm

re: #104 FemNaziBitch

Pro-Choice Wives

Mrs. Perry.

170 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:24:17pm

re: #164 Charles Johnson

Republicans Give in Right Before Obamacare Would Have Been Repealed

It’s mighty tempting to troll the Freepers with that one. I wonder how long it would take for them to realize it’s from The Onion?

171 klys  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:24:32pm

re: #168 Lidane

Now we know what bribe McConnell used on Boehner…

//

172 urbanmeemaw  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:24:55pm

re: #21 gwangung

A friend of mine in the health care industry explained that in the short term insurance rates will probably go up for the reasons cited by Lawhawk. However, in the long term insurance premiums should fall because there will be more people paying into the insurance company’s pool. Her statement was that Americans want quick fixes and don’t consider long term benefits.

173 Lidane  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:25:50pm

re: #171 klys

Now we know what bribe McConnell used on Boehner…

//

Ha! I was just thinking that. It would explain a lot.

174 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:26:19pm

re: #172 urbanmeemaw

Her statement was that Americans want quick fixes and don’t consider long term benefits.

Why should we expect American consumers to behave any different than our nation’s leaders of finance and industry?

175 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:26:53pm
176 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:27:11pm
177 darthstar  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:28:43pm
178 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:28:55pm

re: #174 Sol Berdinowitz

Why should we expect American consumers to behave any different than our nation’s leaders of finance and industry?

Because they are obviously not the lofty and irreplaceable minds worthy of six digit salaries and stock options worth even millions more.
///

179 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:29:16pm

Central Texas afternoon, somewhere east of Austin:
Image: afternooncalm.jpg

Image: spidersunning.jpg

Image: cypresses.jpg

Now that the government is running again, I get to take a couple of days off.

180 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:29:46pm

re: #178 Feline Fearless Leader

Because they are obviously not the lofty and irreplaceable minds worthy of six digit salaries and stock options worth even millions more.
///

Because your value as a human being is determined solely by your success in the competitive marketplace.

181 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:31:06pm

re: #179 jaunte

Central Texas afternoon, somewhere east of Austin:
Image: afternooncalm.jpg

Image: spidersunning.jpg

Image: cypresses.jpg

Now that the government is running again, I get to take a couple of days off.

The oil companies called. They want to know what the hell do you think you are doing with their fracking fluid supply!
//

182 urbanmeemaw  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:31:18pm

re: #174 Sol Berdinowitz

Exactly, I think she was including everyone in her assessment!

183 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:31:18pm

re: #176 Vicious Babushka

I will never be happy with Obamacare or Obama

surely one of the millions who has no real idea what “obamacare” actually is

if you asked, probably the answer would be “gummint takes over health care”

184 Amory Blaine  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:31:54pm

re: #96 Sol Berdinowitz

Yes, people dip salsa with chips and eat it that way…never seen anybody do that with ketchup.

But that is not the point, Heinz ketchup and French’s mustard are American, Salsa is foreign.

French’s mustard is owned by a British company.

185 darthstar  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:32:44pm
186 dog philosopher  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:33:15pm

re: #178 Feline Fearless Leader

Because they are obviously not the lofty and irreplaceable minds worthy of six digit salaries and stock options worth even millions more.
///

did you know that if we got rid of the special geniuses known as “job creators”, the rest of us would wander around in a haze unable to offer our services on the open market for monetary compensation or hire people directly?

187 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:34:52pm

re: #185 darthstar

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Cue up the shrieks of RINO!!

188 kirkspencer  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:34:54pm

re: #176 Vicious Babushka

FEMA camps?

From transcript of Glenn Beck, April 6, 2009

GLENN BECK, HOST: A little over a month ago, I had a call. It was like the billionth call from a woman who asked me about FEMA prison camps. And I said to my producer, “Can we just please debunk this or prove it to be accurate?”

(Of course, that was made while it was Bush, not Obama, in the hot seat. eta - oops, misread date.)

189 darthstar  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:35:13pm

Oh, that Rick Perry is an asshole of a motherfucker…get this shit:

“The state has deemed the high-risk pool obsolete,” the website now says, “as the Affordable Care Act prohibits insurance companies participating in the federal marketplace, which launched on Oct. 1, from denying coverage to Texans with pre-existing conditions. Gov. Rick Perry signed Senate Bill 1367 in June, scheduling the pool’s abolishment.”

It stated, “The pool will close Jan. 1, and the 23,000 people currently participating in the pool must sign up for coverage on the insurance exchange by Dec. 15 or find coverage elsewhere to avoid a lapse in care.”

Texans have less than sixty days to get signed up for Obamacare and Perry’s cutting the cord on Jan 1 so he doesn’t have to pay for people who don’t sign up fast enough. What a fucking asshole.

190 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:35:47pm

re: #176 Vicious Babushka

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VB will be overseer.

191 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:36:27pm

re: #186 dog philosopher

did you know that if we got rid of the special geniuses known as “job creators”, the rest of us would wander around in a haze unable to offer our services on the open market for monetary compensation or hire people directly?

In an age of national markets and restricted flow of capital, there was at least some merit to the notion that a rising tide might lift all boats.

But now capital is free to flow wherever it finds the highest rate of return, and if that is to be found in Asia or Indonesia, then that is where the capital will flow and jobs will be created.

The only jobs we will have will be in service industries.

192 piratedan  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:38:40pm

re: #176 Vicious Babushka

Ha! as if they would put us Libtards in the FEMA Camps, foolish Conservative! ////////

193 kerFuFFler  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:39:05pm

re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh…Onion at it’s best!

Would not be surprised if a bunch of wingnuts take it at face value and vow not to blink the next time———yikes!

194 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:39:40pm

re: #170 Dr Lizardo

It’s mighty tempting to troll the Freepers with that one. I wonder how long it would take for them to realize it’s from The Onion?

hell, they still believe that Daily Currant story about Obama being impeached.

195 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:39:57pm

re: #192 piratedan

Ha! as if they would put us Libtards in the FEMA Camps, foolish Conservative! ////////

Of course they will, unless you convert to Islam!!!


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196 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:40:38pm

re: #190 Varek Raith

VB will be overseer.

NO PIE FOR YOU!!!!

197 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:42:20pm

All the pie will be prepared according to the halachah and the shariah.

198 Gus  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:43:04pm

Hate me all you want, or call me paranoid and misinformed, but there is one common theme that is pervasive in American pop culture today: violence,” Dr. Manny Alvarez wrote in a column on the Fox News website. “Even more specifically, zombie violence. The idea of a zombie-infested world inspires fantasies of monsters possessed by an uncontrollable rage to kill, and viewers get a thrill imagining what it would be like to participate in this new world order.”

199 jaunte  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:47:02pm

re: #198 Gus

And someone paid him to write that.

200 KingKenrod  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:47:13pm

re: #189 darthstar

Oh, that Rick Perry is an asshole of a motherfucker…get this shit:

Texans have less than sixty days to get signed up for Obamacare and Perry’s cutting the cord on Jan 1 so he doesn’t have to pay for people who don’t sign up fast enough. What a fucking asshole.

If he kept the pool running, he’d be accused of ripping off the poor since they can get better insurance much cheaper in the exchange…

201 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:47:31pm

re: #198 Gus

Hate me all you want, or call me paranoid and misinformed, but there is one common theme that is pervasive in American pop culture today: violence,” Dr. Manny Alvarez wrote in a column on the Fox News website. “Even more specifically, zombie violence. The idea of a zombie-infested world inspires fantasies of monsters possessed by an uncontrollable rage to kill, and viewers get a thrill imagining what it would be like to participate in this new world order.”

Whut

202 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:48:20pm

re: #197 Vicious Babushka

All the pie will be prepared according to the halachah and the shariah.

and no lard in the flaky crusts…

203 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:49:22pm

re: #198 Gus

Hate me all you want, or call me paranoid and misinformed, but there is one common theme that is pervasive in American pop culture today: violence,” Dr. Manny Alvarez wrote in a column on the Fox News website. “Even more specifically, zombie violence. The idea of a zombie-infested world inspires fantasies of monsters possessed by an uncontrollable rage to kill, and viewers get a thrill imagining what it would be like to participate in this new world order.”

He really shouldn’t say that about the Tea Party…

204 kerFuFFler  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:00:44pm

All the wingnut tears today reminded me of this song which I had not heard in about 35 years.

How does one embed stuff on this site?

205 Stoatly  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:04:14pm

re: #131 Dr Lizardo

OH NOES!!!! BROWN BREAD IS TEH WAVE OF TEH FUTURE!!! WE’RE DOOOOMED!!!!!

No, Garlic bread is the future:
Youtube Video

206 GeneJockey  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:12:11pm

re: #156 freetoken

Bullshit is right.

Many years ago skeletal remains of H. erectus were found in Georgia. It’s long been known that Homo inhabited eastern Asia a million years ago.

The Science news brief on their cover:

sciencemag.org

The problem has always been that Homo exhibited a variety of morphology.

The question then became, and remains, what is meant by “species” when it comes to our genus. The Science paper:
sciencemag.org
takes one approach to solving the “species” problem.

This. Species is a HUMAN construct, trying to bisect a sneeze. Two ways this works:

First, during the process of divergence, two populations that began as a single, freely breeding population gradually become less and less reproductively compatible. Eventually they can’t interbreed AT ALL, but there’s no instant in time before which they were ONE species, and after which they are TWO.

Second, the transition from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens was a long, fairly smooth, gradual one, such that the two ends of the process are distinctly different from one another, but again, no one point in time where Homo sapiens suddenly existed. There was no ‘first modern man’.

Might be OT, might be posting on a moribund thread, but I had to say it!

207 GeneJockey  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:13:57pm

re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth

and no lard in the flaky crusts…

BURN, HERETIC!!!

Though, to be honest, Nana always used Crisco. She used Crisco to make the World’s Best Fried Chicken*, too, and no seasoning but salt and pepper.

*And I’ll fight anyone who says different!!!

208 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:17:43pm

re: #207 GeneJockey

BURN, HERETIC!!!

Though, to be honest, Nana always used Crisco. She used Crisco to make the World’s Best Fried Chicken*, too, and no seasoning but salt and pepper.

*And I’ll fight anyone who says different!!!

I was channeling VB on that lard thing.
Personally, lard is the only way to go with piecrusts and biscuits…

209 GeneJockey  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:21:34pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was channeling VB on that lard thing.
Personally, lard is the only way to go with piecrusts and biscuits…

I personally like bacon grease in biscuits, and cornbread, but then my wife complains that everything tastes like bacon.

Well, duh.

210 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:24:20pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was channeling VB on that lard thing.
Personally, lard is the only way to go with piecrusts and biscuits…

I always use Crisco. Now in the pre-sized baking bars which I keep in the freezer for MOAR CONVENIENCE!!!!

I just put a Key Lime Pie in the oven.

211 GeneJockey  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:28:19pm

re: #210 Vicious Babushka

I always use Crisco. Now in the pre-sized baking bars which I keep in the freezer for MOAR CONVENIENCE!!!!

I just put a Key Lime Pie in the oven.

So, is your Key Lime pie like lemon meringue pie? Lime pudding with a meringue top? Or is it more custardy? Inquiring minds want to know!

212 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:31:50pm

re: #197 Vicious Babushka

All the pie will be prepared according to the halachah and the shariah.

And the BettyCrockah.

213 Bubblehead II  Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:32:27pm

re: #204 kerFuFFler

All the wingnut tears today reminded me of this song which I had not heard in about 35 years.

How does one embed stuff on this site?

Just copy the URL from the address bar and paste into the body of your message.

Youtube Video


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