Overnight Jam: Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing

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1 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, Dec 8, 2013 9:05:06pm

Hey Charles, any chance we could get functionality to embed pictures in posts? Currently photos only appear as part of posted tweets.

I understand there are bandwidth and load time concerns but I honestly I don’t think it be that big an issue. If the site can handle the tweeted images easily enough I doubt adding a few more would seriously mess things up.

2 Lidane  Sun, Dec 8, 2013 9:15:34pm
3 Aqua Obama  Sun, Dec 8, 2013 10:00:40pm

So, lately, I’ve been reading about Nixon

Here’s a little news item that stood out to me, it’s a memo from Admiral Zumwalt where he alleges that…

“K. [Kissinger] feels that U.S. has passed its historic high point like so many earlier civilizations. He believes U.S. is on the downhill … the American people have only themselves to blame because they lack stamina to stay the course against the Russians who are ‘Sparta to our Athens.’ “

news.google.com

Yeah, this probably goes a long way to explain the thought process behind the Putin worship on the right. Kissinger was probably the only person in America who could call Zumwalt untrustworthy with a straight face.

4 Kragar  Sun, Dec 8, 2013 10:46:24pm
5 Targetpractice  Sun, Dec 8, 2013 11:06:46pm

re: #4 Kragar

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I keep hearing about this “liberal media,” but I never see it.

6 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 3:56:23am

I despise WalMart with the heat of a thousand suns.

Wal-Mart agrees to contribute $25 million to settle gas can explosion lawsuits [without accepting one iota of liability]

“The money from Wal-Mart amounts to slightly more than 15 percent of a proposed $161 million fund that would settle dozens of lawsuits against the largest manufacturer of these cans, Blitz USA, records from U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware show. A hearing on the proposed settlement is set for early next year.

“The retail chain, the largest seller of plastic gas cans, sold tens of millions of Blitz gas cans. In agreeing to contribute toward the settlement, it does not acknowledge any safety defect in the Blitz cans.

(snip)

“In a video statement provided in response to NBC News inquiries, Wal-Mart’s Buchanan said, “These types of events are tragic and we’re saddened that a small number of people have suffered injuries from the misuse of gas cans.” (my emphasis)

Imagine a company so big, so rich, so powerful, they can get away with a statement like that, and continue to make billions. They don’t care about humanity, or the people who they sell defective products to and never will.

$25M is pocket change to any one of the Walton heirs who make their money from the misery of others, both employees and consumers.

7 A Mom Anon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:21:20am

re: #6 Justanotherhuman

Alice Walton had the nerve to say the people who work in her company’s stores would be doing better if they didn’t drink or use so many drugs. This from a woman who killed someone with her car and was arrested at least twice for DUI. AND is still walking around, never spent a day in jail. She’s a billionaire. I wonder if she walks around dressed as Marie Antoinette at home.

I know WalHell is the only game in town in some places, for both jobs and shopping choices, but if it’s not, there’s no reason to set foot in one of those stores.

8 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:31:16am

re: #7 A Mom Anon

Alice Walton had the nerve to say the people who work in her company’s stores would be doing better if they didn’t drink or use so many drugs. This from a woman who killed someone with her car and was arrested at least twice for DUI. AND is still walking around, never spent a day in jail. She’s a billionaire. I wonder if she walks around dressed as Marie Antoinette at home.

I know WalHell is the only game in town in some places, for both jobs and shopping choices, but if it’s not, there’s no reason to set foot in one of those stores.

I don’t know if it was Alice Walton who said that (although she did have a DUI), I believe it was a woman in Australia, the heiress to a huge mining operation, who couldn’t understand why Australian workers couldn’t work for $2/day, like they do in Africa.

9 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:32:07am

Well, there is always Leona Hemsley.

10 A Mom Anon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:33:17am

Crap. I have to bake for a cookie exchange this week and I am out of butter. Which means I have to venture out into lots of rain and traffic. BBL.

11 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:33:27am

This shit is out of control.
Texas campus cop empties gun on unarmed student: ‘Oh, you’re gonna shoot me?’

so much comes to mind:

citizens being armed against the tyranny of the government… .

the escalation of violence.

English Bobbies and their night sticks.

12 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:34:14am

re: #10 A Mom Anon

Crap. I have to bake for a cookie exchange this week and I am out of butter. Which means I have to venture out into lots of rain and traffic. BBL.

You know, instead, you could go buy the bakery cookies at the grocery and be done with it?

:0

13 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:35:16am

re: #6 Justanotherhuman

I despise WalMart with the heat of a thousand suns.

Wal-Mart agrees to contribute $25 million to settle gas can explosion lawsuits [without accepting one iota of liability]

Walmart spent MILLIONS fighting an OSHA fine of $7000 for not protecting one of their employees who was trampled to death in a Black Friday stampede.

14 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:37:52am

re: #11 FemNaziBitch

This shit is out of control.
Texas campus cop empties gun on unarmed student: ‘Oh, you’re gonna shoot me?’

so much comes to mind:

citizens being armed against the tyranny of the government… .

the escalation of violence.

English Bobbies and their night sticks.

This odd notion that there is a linear relationship between hiring more policemen will improve the quality of police protection and security. We eventually reach the point of diminishing returns: One trigger-happy, incompetent or corrupt policeperson can undo the good work of dozens of others.

15 A Mom Anon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:39:18am

re: #8 Lord of the Pies

I don’t think this is exclusive to one rich heir. I can’t find a statement like that from her, so I retract that. BUT, she has killed someone with her car and had DUI arrests in Texas and Arkansas and got the charges dropped.

16 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:39:37am

1st Anniversary of Sandy Hook coming up in a few days, brace yourselves for a Derpnado.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

17 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:41:32am
A faith that doesn’t include women in its leadership positions is sending a very strong message to young women. stay off the altar, whatever the altar might be.

Paged

18 A Mom Anon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:42:03am

re: #12 FemNaziBitch

I could, but I also have to provide the recipe to make said cookies, lol. I’m baking for the family anyway, so two birds, etc, etc. Either way I still have to go to the store…

19 ObserverArt  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:43:09am

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

Hey Charles, any chance we could get functionality to embed pictures in posts? Currently photos only appear as part of posted tweets.

I understand there are bandwidth and load time concerns but I honestly I don’t think it be that big an issue. If the site can handle the tweeted images easily enough I doubt adding a few more would seriously mess things up.

That would be nice. I like to do some photoshop fun images, but the punch of coming across a fun image gets lost if you have to click a link to see the image. I realized shortly after starting to contribute that most of the images people put up for fun are tweets, and I am not about to become a tweeter.

I also understand Charles does a fantastic job of how this site is configured and operated, so I am sure not going to rock any boat!
Maybe doing links to the images from a host account would help instead of using the image library.

20 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:43:42am

Yeah, that’s about right.

21 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:48:42am
22 leftynyc  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:49:22am

Charles (or anybody here) - do you know if Pam Geller is an opera fan? I’m pretty sure I saw her at the Met on Friday night. So boozed up (it was a gala night) she snoozed through the entire first and second act and didn’t return after the intermission. Sure did look like her and I was only around 3 feet away.

23 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:50:27am

A quarter of an inch of ice outside.
More snow tomorrow.
Wheee.

24 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:53:50am

How many years since Dodd-Frank was passed?

Five U.S. agencies will finish the Volcker rule tomorrow after more than three years of Wall Street resistance to its limits on trading and investing. Lawmakers and their allies who want to rein in big banks are ready to pounce if it isn’t strict enough.

25 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:17:42am

HURR HURR
Please notice that this graphic conspicuously leaves out 1930-2003, during the first decade of which MILLIONS DIED because they could not reach safety.

26 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:28:01am

re: #25 Lord of the Pies

HURR HURR
Please notice that this graphic conspicuously leaves out 1930-2003, during the first decade of which MILLIONS DIED because they could not reach safety.

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Or the ones currently dying of exposure/thirst trying to cross the border…

27 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:31:50am

Foreign Press Says What America’s Won’t: Sarah Palin is a Traitor

outfoxednews.blogspot.com.au

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey wrote in Pravda:

“By attacking the democratically elected President of the United States of America at a sensitive time in her country’s history, she shows the tact of a boorish drunkard bawling obscenities at a funeral….”

And this:

“Ms Palin’s heavily moderated Facebook page was just months ago full of comments calling for the death of our President, sedition, and the overthrowing of the Obama administration as being God’s will. Those comments were left standing while comments questioning Ms Palin in any way were scrubbed. Ms Palin stands for a level of vitriolic, simmering revulsion so steeped in delusions of self-righteousness, it’s tough to swim to sanity once you’ve been washed in the blood of her particular lamb.”

(snip)

“When the Russians are calling you out for failing to support your country in a time of need, for attempting to bring her to her knees with petty attacks on the President, you have seriously jumped the patriotism shark. Sarah Palin is the traitorous figurehead of the GOP, whose only purpose seems to be to assist them in their goal to bring down President Barack Obama.”

28 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:32:20am

re: #22 leftynyc

Charles (or anybody here) - do you know if Pam Geller is an opera fan? I’m pretty sure I saw her at the Met on Friday night. So boozed up (it was a gala night) she snoozed through the entire first and second act and didn’t return after the intermission. Sure did look like her and I was only around 3 feet away.

And you didn’t get a photo? : )

29 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:32:35am

re: #15 A Mom Anon

I don’t think this is exclusive to one rich heir. I can’t find a statement like that from her, so I retract that. BUT, she has killed someone with her car and had DUI arrests in Texas and Arkansas and got the charges dropped.

Richest woman in Australia: HURR HURR TEH POORS IS JUST JEALOUS THAT I IS SO SUCCESSFUL!!!!!! THEY ARE LAZY & DON’T WANT TO WORK HARD LIKE I DID INHERITIN ALL MY BILLIONZ!!!!1!!!!

articles.latimes.com

HURR HURR WHY CAN’T TEH LAZY POORS WORK FOR $2/DAY? WHY DOES AUSTRALIA WASTE SO MUCH MONEYS ON MINIMUM WAGE THAT I COULD BE HOARDING IN MY SINGAPORE BANK ACCOUNTS!!!!1!!!!!

articles.latimes.com

30 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:32:39am

re: #21 FemNaziBitch

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31 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:34:34am

re: #25 Lord of the Pies

HURR HURR
Please notice that this graphic conspicuously leaves out 1930-2003, during the first decade of which MILLIONS DIED because they could not reach safety.

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“Apprently”? As usual, they can’t spell worth a shit. But they think they have “facts”? Ho hum.

32 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:35:57am

re: #27 Justanotherhuman

If the article quotes Pravda, you seriously need to question if its worth reading, because it very likely wasn’t. Then you have to ask if it is intended as an ‘active measure’ to foment trouble in the US.

33 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:36:41am

re: #31 Justanotherhuman

“Apprently”? As usual, they can’t spell worth a shit. But they think they have “facts”? Ho hum.

HURR HURR LIBRULS IS TEH SPELLING NAZIS WHEN THEY CANTS ARGUE AGAINST TEH TROOFS!!!!1!!!!!!

34 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:36:44am

re: #32 Dark_Falcon

If the article quotes Pravda, you seriously need to question if its worth reading, because it very likely wasn’t. Then you have to ask if it is intended as an ‘active measure’ to foment trouble in the US.

It is a measure to annoy Americans in a manner that they do not wish to be annoyed.

35 Targetpractice  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:39:32am

re: #25 Lord of the Pies

HURR HURR
Please notice that this graphic conspicuously leaves out 1930-2003, during the first decade of which MILLIONS DIED because they could not reach safety.

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Not mentioned is the fact that immigration is pretty much the only thing keeping our head above water. If we ever successfully ended immigration to this country, we’d join the rest of the First World in watching our birth rate decline.

36 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:45:35am

re: #32 Dark_Falcon

If the article quotes Pravda, you seriously need to question if its worth reading, because it very likely wasn’t. Then you have to ask if it is intended as an ‘active measure’ to foment trouble in the US.

The foreign press has always been “on” to Palin. They see her objectively, from a distance, and from what they see, they tell the truth about her.

37 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:45:41am

re: #18 A Mom Anon

I could, but I also have to provide the recipe to make said cookies, lol. I’m baking for the family anyway, so two birds, etc, etc. Either way I still have to go to the store…

I did that once with a nicely arranged plate of gingersnaps.
The recipe was very detailed directions of going to the local store, identifying the particular aisle and specific shelf, checkout procedure, and selection of decorative holiday plate for presentation.

:=D

38 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:47:10am

PSA;
If the city plow truck has a hard time driving on the roads, your dinky little car ain’t gonna do much better.
;)

39 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:48:46am

re: #36 Justanotherhuman

The foreign press has always been “on” to Palin. They see her objectively, from a distance, and from what they see, they tell the truth about her.

I don’t agree. The foreign press sees her through an anti-American lens, as they do for almost all US political figures. So they use buzzwords like ‘treason’ and attribute Sarah Palin’s traits to the entire Republican party.

40 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:53:58am

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

I did that once with a nicely arranged plate of gingersnaps.
The recipe was very detailed directions of going to the local store, identifying the particular aisle and specific shelf, checkout procedure, and selection of decorative holiday plate for presentation.

:=D

I make a very easy coconut macaroon cookie during the holidays. They’re incredibly easy, and there are plenty of recipes online. Basically sweetened meringue with coconut.

41 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:55:29am

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

I don’t agree. The foreign press sees her through an anti-American lens, as they do for almost all US political figures. So they use buzzwords like ‘treason’ and attribute Sarah Palin’s traits to the entire Republican party.

The foreign press generally has respect for American politicians who deserve it.

I wouldn’t say Palin deserves it one iota.

42 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:55:52am

I think I’m just going to work from home today.
The roads are too scary.

43 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:57:49am

re: #42 Varek Raith

I think I’m just going to work from home today.
The roads are too scary.

We got 1/2” here. Roads were wet, but no big deal.

A co-worker was 10 minutes late coming in, said he was slowed down by the “snow.” (He is from Florida)

I said THIS IS NOTHING. NOTHING!

44 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:58:05am

re: #36 Justanotherhuman

The foreign press has always been “on” to Palin. They see her objectively, from a distance, and from what they see, they tell the truth about her.

Funny, since what the GOP did with Sarah was very much like what the Communist Party did in the USSR: choosing candidates not for their qualifications but for their ideological purity.

45 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:58:44am

re: #43 Lord of the Pies

We got 1/2” here. Roads were wet, but no big deal.

A co-worker was 10 minutes late coming in, said he was slowed down by the “snow.” (He is from Florida)

I said THIS IS NOTHING. NOTHING!

We got an inch or two of snow plus .25-.35 inches of ice.

46 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:59:12am

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

I don’t agree. The foreign press sees her through an anti-American lens, as they do for almost all US political figures. So they use buzzwords like ‘treason’ and attribute Sarah Palin’s traits to the entire Republican party.

anti-American?

They see things thru their own eyes —why assume they are anti-american?

48 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:03:01am

re: #43 Lord of the Pies

We got 1/2” here. Roads were wet, but no big deal.

A co-worker was 10 minutes late coming in, said he was slowed down by the “snow.” (He is from Florida)

I said THIS IS NOTHING. NOTHING!

Also, we’re babies ‘round these parts when it comes to snow.
:P

49 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:05:03am

re: #48 Varek Raith

Also, we’re babies ‘round these parts when it comes to snow.
:P

Where r u?

50 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:05:30am

re: #49 Lord of the Pies

Where r u?

DC metro area.

51 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:05:36am

re: #46 FemNaziBitch

anti-American?

They see things thru their own eyes —why assume they are anti-american?

I’ve seen enough bias and hostility to form that conclusion. I can’t be talked out of it either, as my mind is made up on the matter.

52 Targetpractice  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:06:17am

“Snow”? What is this “snow” you speak of?

53 Uncle Obdicut  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:06:31am

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

I don’t agree. The foreign press sees her through an anti-American lens, as they do for almost all US political figures. So they use buzzwords like ‘treason’ and attribute Sarah Palin’s traits to the entire Republican party.

What traits does Palin have which are not found in the mainstream GOP?

54 Uncle Obdicut  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:07:28am

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

I’ve seen enough bias and hostility to form that conclusion. I can’t be talked out of it either, as my mind is made up on the matter.

This is not something that’s actually possible, by the way. You’re human, you can change your mind on anything. Saying this is actually saying “I don’t want to change my mind”, and often indicates that you’re unsure the facts would support you.

55 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:07:33am

re: #52 Targetpractice

“Snow”? What is this “snow” you speak of?

Damn Beachlubber.

56 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:08:00am

re: #53 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

What traits does Palin have which are not found in the mainstream GOP?

There are some mainstream GOP politicians who are actually qualified for the positions they have campaigned for…unlike Palin and the Vice Preisdency. Anyone who could find her qualified to any degree is seriously delusional.

57 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:08:11am

Are people waking up to the fact that they’re being served crap?

McDonald’s November sales miss as U.S. weakness continues

chicagotribune.com

Still, McDonald is making plenty of money while wrecking the health of the human race both in the US and abroad.

58 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:08:46am

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

I’ve seen enough bias and hostility to form that conclusion. I can’t be talked out of it either, as my mind is made up on the matter.

Then why are you here, on LGF? If no to challenge yourself and your perception of the world?

59 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:08:55am

re: #54 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

This is not something that’s actually possible, by the way. You’re human, you can change your mind on anything. Saying this is actually saying “I don’t want to change my mind”, and often indicates that you’re unsure the facts would support you.

It is nice that DF has said that he has his formed viewpoint on a particular and cannot be budged from it, leaves us time to discuss other topics.

60 Uncle Obdicut  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:09:23am

re: #59 Sol Berdinowitz

It is nice that DF has said that he has his formed viewpoint on a particular and cannot be budged from it, leaves us time to discuss other topics.

We’re not really short on time, though.

61 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:09:26am

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

I’ve seen enough bias and hostility to form that conclusion. I can’t be talked out of it either, as my mind is made up on the matter.

Image: a_closed_mind_is_a_good_thing_to_lose_postcard-raecda96d62fa433a92352470a8ccf3fa_vgbaq_8byvr_512.jpg

62 Targetpractice  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:09:38am

re: #55 Varek Raith

Damn Beachlubber.

I’d give anything for some snow ‘bout now. We’re in this weird weather vortex, where storms seem to either go north/south of us or just dissipate before they reach the city line.

63 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:09:55am

re: #59 Sol Berdinowitz

It is nice that DF has said that he has his formed viewpoint on a particular and cannot be budged from it, leaves us time to discuss other topics.

For me, that’s the Roswell ufo.
You can’t convince me otherwise.
:P

64 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:11:45am
This is not about religious freedom; it is about workers’ rights. Should your employer be able to control what you do with what you earn? Those who scream for less government are very quiet when employers play mommy. We seem to be getting comfortable with public policy based on religious ideology. Will the same be true when the ideology is not Christian?
65 Targetpractice  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:12:51am

re: #63 Varek Raith

For me, that’s the Roswell ufo.
You can’t convince me otherwise.
:P

Twas a Ferengi shuttlecraft. The pilot went on to become a business tycoon and failed presidential nominee.

66 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:14:10am

re: #60 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

We’re not really short on time, though.

DF has made it clear that he will not change in an Eternity…

67 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:14:45am
68 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:15:18am

re: #64 FemNaziBitch

No, because it is not about Religious Freedom, it is about Being a Christian Nation founded on (their narrow-minded, boneheaded views of ) Christian Principles.

69 Uncle Obdicut  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:15:49am

re: #66 Sol Berdinowitz

DF has made it clear that he will not change in an Eternity…

That’s not something you can actually make clear, though. It’s not a true thing you can say about yourself. People swear up and down they’ll never change, and then they do. That’s human nature. It’s silly to believe someone when they say they’ll never change.

70 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:16:55am

re: #65 Targetpractice

Twas a Ferengi shuttlecraft. The pilot went on to become a business tycoon and failed presidential nominee.

“Quark!”
/Odo voice

71 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:20:13am

awwwww

72 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:20:38am

re: #69 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

That’s not something you can actually make clear, though. It’s not a true thing you can say about yourself. People swear up and down they’ll never change, and then they do. That’s human nature. It’s silly to believe someone when they say they’ll never change.

Neither is it something I am going to waste time trying to do if they insist that they will not change. I am not a Mormon missionary…

73 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:21:31am

re: #68 Sol Berdinowitz

No, because it is not about Religious Freedom, it is about Being a Christian Nation founded on (their narrow-minded, boneheaded views of ) Christian Principles.

With for most of them “Christian Principles” simply being a front for “this is why we should have authoritarian power”.

74 Political Atheist  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:23:07am

re: #72 Sol Berdinowitz

Image: someone_is_wrong_on_the_internet1.jpg

75 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:26:57am

Good morning Lizards.

Wet, but above freezing, here in Philadelphia. About 3” of snow here, with greater depths as you head further south (8” at the airport, friends further south got 11”.) Since it let up early yesterday evening the roads were plowed and salted and at least locally the commute wasn’t too bad - just slushy.

Forecast is not calling for it to dip below freezing again until late tonight.

On other fronts, the cats discovered a pile of mail and papers stacked for going into the shredder. It now looks like it snowed indoors since they scattered them all over two rooms via play. The one cat likes tearing at envelopes with clear cellophane “windows” because they make such enticing crinkling noises. I guess I should be happy they didn’t get into the shredded documents bin - I don’t need a cat confetti parade to clean up.

76 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:29:44am

re: #65 Targetpractice

Twas a Ferengi shuttlecraft. The pilot went on to become a business tycoon and failed presidential nominee.

But enough about Mitt Romney….

77 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:30:21am
78 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:33:21am

yow…

79 leftynyc  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:37:34am

re: #28 Justanotherhuman

And you didn’t get a photo? : )

Nah - not that important. I was telling my friend with me who she was - he said he could see the hate oozing out of her (that and the smell of gin).

80 Uncle Obdicut  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:37:45am

re: #72 Sol Berdinowitz

Neither is it something I am going to waste time trying to do if they insist that they will not change. I am not a Mormon missionary…

Great, feel free to not waste your time doing it. While you’re at it, maybe don’t waste me time telling me this.

81 Political Atheist  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:38:42am

I see the determination to exaggerate the terror threat and continue even the most unwise policies is well along. My bold.

Leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees told CNN earlier this month on “State of the Union” that terrorists have gained ground in the past two years and that the U.S. is not any safer than it was at the outset of 2011. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, agreed that the Obama administration has lost ground in the ongoing battle with global terrorism.

McCaul said that though policies put in place as a result of the September 11 terrorist attacks have prevented a similar large-scale event on U.S. soil, President Barack Obama is pushing a false narrative about the nation’s safety in the world.

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

82 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:39:09am

re: #80 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Great, feel free to not waste your time doing it. While you’re at it, maybe don’t waste me time telling me this.

Have you heard the True Story of Joseph Smith and the Golden Tablets?

83 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:39:18am

Remains of 126 Native Americans to be reburied in Michigan cemetery

84 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:40:37am

re: #81 Political Atheist

It’s unfortunately really hard to be wrong in predicting that there will be another terror attack on US soil or against US citizens abroad…

85 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:41:37am

re: #81 Political Atheist

Per Charles’ previous instructions, I’d ask you to please edit your post to make clear when you are speaking and when you are quoting for the article.

86 GunstarGreen  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:41:47am

Just got back from a nice, long weekend with friends. Catching up on national responses to Mandela’s passing.

When a substantial chunk of your population can disparage and spew hate towards Nelson Freaking Mandela with utterly no shame, your society is infected with a disease that cannot be cured.

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

87 Political Atheist  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:43:05am

re: #84 Sol Berdinowitz

It’s unfortunately really hard to be wrong in predicting that there will be another terror attack on US soil or against US citizens abroad…

Featherbedding, rainmaking…. The careers that depend on the threat will not end or diminish with the threat itself easily.

88 lawhawk  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:43:18am

Greets and saluts from the slushy, damp, and cold NYC metro area. Last night’s icy treat was more trick - depending on where you were. Southern NJ got hammered with 6+ inches of snow in parts. It wasn’t quite the Battle of Yonkers, but the nearby Bronx River Parkway looked like a battlefield with a major multi-car accident last night: gothamist.com

It’s supposed to warm up a bit, so any slippery parts should dry out, but we’re supposed to get another round of nasty weather - this time a couple of inches of snow. Woo.

89 Political Atheist  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:43:57am

re: #85 Dark_Falcon

Quite right, done.

90 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:44:12am

re: #86 GunstarGreen

Just got back from a nice, long weekend with friends. Catching up on national responses to Mandela’s passing.

When a substantial chunk of your population can disparage and spew hate towards Nelson Freaking Mandela anyone they dislike for any reason with utterly no shame, your society is infected with a disease that cannot be cured.

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

91 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:44:31am

re: #88 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the slushy, damp, and cold NYC metro area. Last night’s icy treat was more trick - depending on where you were. Southern NJ got hammered with 6+ inches of snow in parts. It wasn’t quite the Battle of Yonkers, but the nearby Bronx River Parkway looked like a battlefield with a major multi-car accident last night: gothamist.com

It’s supposed to warm up a bit, so any slippery parts should dry out, but we’re supposed to get another round of nasty weather - this time a couple of inches of snow. Woo.

My daughter’s maternity leave just ended, what a lovely day for her to go back to work.

92 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:44:47am

re: #85 Dark_Falcon

Per Charles’ previous instructions, I’d ask you to please edit your post to make clear when you are speaking and when you are quoting for the article.

Stepping in for Charles?

Don’t.

93 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:45:12am
94 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:46:09am

So, where is the bug?

95 Uncle Obdicut  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:46:10am

re: #92 Justanotherhuman

Stepping in for Charles?

Don’t.

Polite reminders aren’t assumptions of authority.

I strive for the pith today.

96 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:46:55am

re: #95 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Polite reminders aren’t assumptions of authority.

I strive for the pith today.

Only the pithed believe in absolutes.

97 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:47:05am

re: #84 Sol Berdinowitz

It’s unfortunately really hard to be wrong in predicting that there will be another terror attack on US soil or against US citizens abroad…

in 50 years there may be a terrorist attack and the permanently paranoid whackos will say it’s because of OBAMA.

98 grape_crush  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:47:09am

> “…one of the better albums of 2013”

That might be a bit of an understatement. Josh Homme should have more near-death experiences if the result is an album this good.

It’s a welcome change from what passes for rock nowadays.

99 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:47:54am

re: #93 Lord of the Pies

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Oh ferchrissakes. No one is keeping you out of the US—it was your decision.

Don’t pull the martyr bullshit, GG.

100 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:49:52am

re: #99 Justanotherhuman

Oh ferchrissakes. No one is keeping you out of the US—it was your decision.

Don’t pull the martyr bullshit, GG.

Of course he’s a martyr. He’s currently in competition with Nelson Mandela, Mother Nature, and the Chicago Bears for the media’s attention.
//

101 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:51:24am

re: #94 FemNaziBitch

So, where is the bug?

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Too easy. : )

102 GunstarGreen  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:51:26am

re: #94 FemNaziBitch

So, where is the bug?

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The whole center-left of the shot. The little ‘leaf’ in the bottom-center is a leg, just above that is the body with the arms folded up against the ‘chest’. Antennae in the upper-left give away the head just below and to the right.

103 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:52:42am

AH! Dasani’s story was picked-up by the New York Times.

Also updated Pages

I’m glad it is an important article.

104 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:53:24am

re: #102 GunstarGreen

The whole center-left of the shot. The little ‘leaf’ in the bottom-center is a leg, just above that is the body with the arms folded up against the ‘chest’. Antennae in the upper-left give away the head just below and to the right.

Way too early in the morning for me!

:0

105 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:55:27am

re: #87 Political Atheist

Featherbedding, rainmaking…. The careers that depend on the threat will not end or diminish with the threat itself easily.

Just so, and that is a fundamental part of sane conservative suspicion about the expansion of government: When government hires people to combat a threat or assist a group of people, then those people will find aspects of the threat to fight or people ‘in need of help’, even if their original purpose has been attended to. They will do so because their jobs depend on it.

Note: This problem can and does occur in the private sector as well, but the profit motive there tends to reduce its occurrence.

106 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:55:48am

ahahahahahah

107 Lidane  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:56:09am

This is my shocked face:


And he’s supposed to be a viable national candidate? ROFL.

108 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:56:17am

re: #105 Dark_Falcon

Just so, and that is a fundamental part of sane conservative suspicion about the expansion of government: When government hires people to combat a threat or assist a group of people, then those people will find aspects of the threat to fight or people ‘in need of help’, even if their original purpose has been attended to. They will do so because their jobs depend on it.

Note: This problem can and does occur in the private sector as well, but the profit motive there tends to reduce its occurrence.

Who defines sane?

109 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:58:52am

re: #100 Feline Fearless Leader

Of course he’s a martyr. He’s currently in competition with Nelson Mandela, Mother Nature, and the Chicago Bears for the media’s attention.
//

The Eagles won yesterday, so what are you unhappy about? Your team won and in doing so gave the Bears a chance to make up some ground tonight.

110 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:59:42am

re: #108 FemNaziBitch

Who defines sane?

I do.

111 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:59:44am

I feel vindicated. Not that anyone on LGF didn’t know it already. Just against the Whackos.

NYT: Rushing for the Arctic’s Riches

Paged under: What Global Warming?

112 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:59:50am

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

I do.

ah!

113 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:08:50am
114 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:10:13am

re: #109 Dark_Falcon

The Eagles won yesterday, so what are you unhappy about? Your team won and in doing so gave the Bears a chance to make up some ground tonight.

Steelers fan actually. I just reside in Philly. Though the Bears and Eagles can do each other favors by winning. Eagles did their part, now the Bears have to take down the Cowboys. :)

And I just picked the Bears out of a hat as the representative sports team getting media attention at the expense of the Great and Wondrous Greenwald.

115 Lidane  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:12:42am
116 Eventual Carrion  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:12:54am

re: #114 Feline Fearless Leader

Steelers fan actually. I just reside in Philly. Though the Bears and Eagles can do each other favors by winning. Eagles did their part, now the Bears have to take down the Cowboys. :)

And I just picked the Bears out of a hat as the representative sports team getting media attention at the expense of the Great and Wondrous Greenwald.

And the Steelers game was a wild one yesterday in the snow too. Great last play, terrible ending score IMO. :-)

117 Dr. Matt  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:13:42am

When Snowden isn’t selected as Time’s Person of the Year, will GG and his fanboys and dudebros blame Obama?

118 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:14:17am

re: #117 Dr. Matt

When Snowden isn’t selected as Time’s Person of the Year, will GG and his fanboys and dudebros blame Obama?

Or the Liberal Media

/

119 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:15:55am

Obama’s day: Off to South Africa

“Former President George W. Bush and wife Laura are expected to accompany the Obamas aboard Air Force One on the journey of more than 8,000 miles.

“Ex-presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are expected to travel separately to South Africa for Mandela services.”

usatoday.com

120 Dr. Matt  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:16:15am

re: #118 Sol Berdinowitz

Or the Liberal Media

/

Legions of Croc wearing, Obama apologist, Librul Media

121 lawhawk  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:17:10am

Kim Jong Un appears to have made his uncle disappear in more ways than one. He (or whoever Jong Un is listening to these days) had his uncle arrested, and then proceeded to airbrush him out of photos/videos.

This is the dramatic moment showing the once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being hauled away by police from a political meeting.

Long regarded as the second most powerful man in the secretive state, Jang Song Thaek was key to his nephew’s rise to power. However, North Korean state-run news agency KCNA announced Monday that he had “led a dissolute and depraved life” and said he had been dismissed for a string of criminal acts including corruption, womanizing and drug-taking.

“Jang and his followers committed criminal acts baffling imagination and they did tremendous harm to our party and revolution,” the agency said in a report following a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party politburo on Sunday.

Kim Jong Un attended and “guided” the meeting which decided to dismiss Jang from all his posts and expel him from the Workers’ Party, KCNA said.
“Affected by the capitalist way of living, Jang committed irregularities and corruption and led a dissolute and depraved life,” the news agency added, saying the decision to remove him was also based on his mismanagement of the country’s financial system and corruption.

Fascinating.

The reports spin that Jang led a dissolute and depraved life, even though Jong Un’s father was known to have any number of capitalist tastes, including mistresses, fine wines and food, a love of Elvis, and extensive movie collection.

I think it’s all about reinforcing the cult of personality and removing anyone who might be perceived as a threat/challenge to his authority.

Of course, all this is done based on public pronouncements of a very secretive regime, so there may well be other reasons involved that have nothing to do with the official reasons.

122 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:19:11am

WTFITS

123 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:19:43am

Interesting surplus sale coming up this weekend:

Louisville park to sell odd surplus items

A penny-farthing, high-wheeled bicycle and a velocipede boneshaker bicycle, both from the late 1800s, will be for sale, along with Southwestern Native American pottery, rug, basket and bead ware; mechanical banks; and antique battery-operated cars. There are also old sporting shotguns, rifles and 20th century bayonets; and brass and crystal chandeliers.

124 Eventual Carrion  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:20:27am

re: #121 lawhawk

Kim Jong Un appears to have made his uncle disappear in more ways than one. He (or whoever Jong Un is listening to these days) had his uncle arrested, and then proceeded to airbrush him out of photos/videos.

[snip]

Of course, all this is done based on public pronouncements of a very secretive regime, so there may well be other reasons involved that have nothing to do with the official reasons.

He left to spend more time with his family.

125 Lidane  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:28:20am
126 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:30:16am

re: #122 Lord of the Pies

WTFITS

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It’s a “Christian Conservative” site that uses Weird Nut Daily as a source (which tell you most what you need to know right there). The ‘blogging gays’ are commentators on the “JoeMyGod” blog. The posts quoted are filthy, but the site does not use any method to determine if these posts were representative of the blog as a whole.

127 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:30:52am

BREAKING: Pope County 911 receives reports of explosion at Arkansas Nuclear One

Just before 8 a.m., Monday morning, December 9, reports of an explosion at Arkansas Nuclear One were made to Pope County 911 operators. At this time details have not being released in the explosion, but fire officials are reportedly responding to the nuclear facility and a fire is being fought.

128 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:31:43am

re: #126 Dark_Falcon

It’s a “Christian Conservative” site that uses Weird Nut Daily as a source (which tell you most what you need to know right there). The ‘blogging gays’ are commentators on the “JoeMyGod” blog. The posts quoted are filthy, but the site does not use any method to determine if these posts were representative of the blog as a whole.

RWNJ’s like to take the most EXTREME instance they can find, and then proclaim HURR HURR TYPICAL LIBRULZ!!!!!!11!!!

129 Dr. Matt  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:32:53am

re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: Pope County 911 receives reports of explosion at Arkansas Nuclear One

Transformer Catches Fire at Nuclear One

Might not be that serious…..yet.

130 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:33:39am

re: #128 Lord of the Pies

RWNJ’s like to take the most EXTREME instance they can find, and then proclaim HURR HURR TYPICAL LIBRULZ!!!!!!11!!!

Like this:
HURR HURR

131 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:36:46am

re: #129 Dr. Matt

Transformer Catches Fire at Nuclear One

Might not be that serious…..yet.

true. The story indicates it could have been a transformer. I think Pope County was hit by the ice storm, so this could possibly be related to that.

132 Dr. Matt  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:39:09am

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

true. The story indicates it could have been a transformer. I think Pope County was hit by the ice storm, so this could possibly be related to that.

When I lived in Houston a transformer blew up outside my house at 3 am in the middle of the summer. No fire but scared the living hell out of me….sounded like a cannon. The worst part was no AC until later in the day.

133 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:40:00am

re: #132 Dr. Matt

When I lived in Houston a transformer blew up outside my house at 3 am in the middle of the summer. No fire but scared the living hell out of me….sounded like a cannon. The worst part was no AC until later in the day.

It’s pretty impressive when one of those things blow up.

134 Dr. Matt  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:44:28am

re: #130 Lord of the Pies

Yet, some angry old white racist wearing a George Washington costume is perfectly “normal” to the rwnjs.

135 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:44:46am
136 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:45:53am

re: #134 Dr. Matt

Yet, some angry old white racist wearing a George Washington costume is perfectly “normal” to the rwnjs.

Yeah but that HURR HURR TYPICAL LIBTURD!!!!11!!! is ONLY ONE GUY whereas at every “Tea Party rally” you will see a bunch of wingnuts in tricornes and knee britches.

137 Lidane  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:47:11am
138 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:47:21am


????

I thought it was the Church that made suffering mandatory.

139 Political Atheist  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:48:36am

re: #92 Justanotherhuman

Stepping in for Charles?

Don’t.

I was wrong to overlook that detail, glad Dark reminded me actually.

140 Lidane  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:49:08am

re: #138 FemNaziBitch

WTF? What the hell does that even mean?

Evolution doesn’t give a shit if you suffer or not. It’s a process, not a deity.

141 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:50:11am

HURR HURR I IS TOTALLY SELF SUFFICIENT LIVIN IN A SHACK IN TEH WOODS, HUNTIN TEH MEATS, HURR HURR BOOTSTRAPS!!!!! BUILT MY OWN INTERNETS FROM A COAT HANGER AN SOME TIN FOIL!!!!11!!!!

142 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:50:31am

So this just happened.
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Image: DSCN3511.JPG

143 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:51:47am

re: #142 Varek Raith

So this just happened.
Image: DSCN3507.JPG
Image: DSCN3511.JPG

Any power lines or house parts involved?

144 Lidane  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:52:33am
145 Dr. Matt  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:54:40am

re: #144 Lidane

Just left Florida, amazing how well State is doing— jobs way up, taxes down. Congrats to @FLGovScott

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2013

“Taxes down”? Dipshit…there are no state taxes in Florida.

146 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:55:09am

From a Media Toolkit on Rape and Sexual Violence:

4. COMMON USE: “UNHARMED”
Examples: “Missing Norristown woman found unharmed now
claims she was kidnapped, raped.” (The Times Herald, 2012)From 1983: “Police say the attendant…was released unharmed in less
than an hour,” the news account stated.

Problem: Often when reporting about domestic or sexual violence,
journalists will describe the victim or children who were exposed to
the violence as “unharmed” to mean that they were not physically injured. However, such usage dismisses both the physical nature of
the violence (even if there were no physical injuries) and the deep,
traumatic harm caused by such violence.

Alternative language: Journalists have a responsibility to
accurately portray the emotional, spiritual, and physical harm that
rape causes its immediate and peripheral victims. Rape is a physical
violation that always leaves scars, even if others can’t see them

147 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:55:21am

re: #143 Lord of the Pies

Any power lines or house parts involved?

All is well.
Lines are underground and that tree is in the middle of my backyard.

148 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:55:32am

re: #140 Lidane

WTF? What the hell does that even mean?

Evolution doesn’t give a shit if you suffer or not. It’s a process, not a deity.

Strange propaganda.

149 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:56:45am

The tree next to the deck has big broken branches way at the top. That one concerns me.

150 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:56:57am

re: #142 Varek Raith

So this just happened.
Image: DSCN3507.JPG
Image: DSCN3511.JPG

Looks like a cherry tree?

151 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:56:58am
152 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:57:24am

Also, I need to clean that fence.
>>

153 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:57:35am

re: #139 Political Atheist

I was wrong to overlook that detail, glad Dark reminded me actually.

Sure, but the tone of the reminder just seemed somewhat authoritarian. After all, everyone makes mistakes of some sort. I had to correct a link earlier, etc (you know I make my share of them).

He could have just said, “Hey, PA, could you please put some quotation marks around the material you quoted?”

You know, a friendlier reminder…

154 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:57:44am

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like a cherry tree?

Yep.

155 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:58:51am

Hopefully the ice will melt before the snow hits tomorrow.
I hate this crap.

156 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:59:28am

re: #154 Varek Raith

Yep.

Hope it recovers. My one cherry tree got a branch dropped on it and took damage. Was dead less than two years later. It seems they are prone to insect infestation once they take serious limb, trunk, or root damage.

157 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:59:51am

Stuff like this makes my head hurt…

158 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:00:30am

re: #146 FemNaziBitch

From a Media Toolkit on Rape and Sexual Violence:

Hear, hear. Some of us could tell those reporters a thing or two.

159 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:02:35am

More damage to other trees but I can’t get pics for the landlord due to them being way too scary to get near.
Whee.

160 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:03:08am

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

Stuff like this makes my head hurt…

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Depends. Hundreds of miles or a single step out yer door.

161 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:03:33am

yikes!

162 lawhawk  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:04:03am

re: #145 Dr. Matt

“Taxes down”? Dipshit…there are no state taxes in Florida.

No state personal income tax. There are still state sales taxes and property taxes and corporate income taxes, as well as motor fuels taxes and other miscellaneous taxes and fees.

Motor fuel taxes increase January 1, 2014 by .2 -.3 cents per gallon depending on county/type.

Sales and use taxes have a county component, and several have increased their taxes as well or taxes that were supposed to sunset after 2013 were instead extended for several more years. A few counties have reduced their rates (but more counties increased the rate or extended the rate, than decreased).

Hardly tax rate cuts.

163 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:04:17am

re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth

yikes!

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Yeesh. Glad I don’t drive.

164 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:04:19am

HAH!

165 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:04:43am

re: #153 Justanotherhuman

Sure, but the tone of the reminder just seemed somewhat authoritarian. After all, everyone makes mistakes of some sort. I had to correct a link earlier, etc (you know I make my share of them).

He could have just said, “Hey, PA, could you please put some quotation marks around the material you quoted?”

You know, a friendlier reminder…

Imagine that?

166 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:05:22am

re: #158 Justanotherhuman

Hear, hear. Some of us could tell those reporters a thing or two.

I think it’s useful to checking my own speech and thought as well.

167 lawhawk  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:05:58am

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

How far is it from Miami to Florida (NY)?

Miami to Florida, NY is about 1300 miles.

168 Varek Raith  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:06:32am

re: #164 FemNaziBitch

HAH!

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IIRC, we traced Osama through PlayStation Network.

169 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:06:57am

Speaking of dumb people, it just seems like a really dumb idea to dis the workers who handle your food.

170 Lidane  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:10:24am

Today is one of those days where my bullshit tolerance is lower than normal.

Ugh.

171 lawhawk  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:10:29am

re: #169 Lord of the Pies

People posting on Twitter that it’s somehow wrong to pay soldiers less than fast food workers seem to be under the impression that people want either or.

Members of the US armed services, especially front line troops should be paid more. They should get better health care services after, better after care programs, especially those with physical and mental health injuries. Just because those on the left would like to see the size of the military reduced doesn’t mean that they want to see these folks underpaid. The right generally sees employees and soldiers as disposable assets, and that’s a mindset that has to change.

173 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:12:03am
174 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:13:23am

re: #171 lawhawk

People posting on Twitter that it’s somehow wrong to pay soldiers less than fast food workers seem to be under the impression that people want either or.

Members of the US armed services, especially front line troops should be paid more. They should get better health care services after, better after care programs, especially those with physical and mental health injuries. Just because those on the left would like to see the size of the military reduced doesn’t mean that they want to see these folks underpaid. The right generally sees employees and soldiers as disposable assets, and that’s a mindset that has to change.

It also never occurs to these people that returning veterans may work as Walmart associates or in fast food. To them it’s always EITHER/OR.

175 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:14:18am

re: #170 Lidane

Today is one of those days where my bullshit tolerance is lower than normal.

Ugh.

Yeah, just kill me now.

Sarah Palin to Host Outdoors Show

nytimes.com

176 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:15:26am
177 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:16:47am

re: #174 Lord of the Pies

It also never occurs to these people that returning veterans may work as Walmart associates or in fast food. To them it’s always EITHER/OR.

Yeah, zero-sum thinking is a recipe for mental illness, IMHO.

178 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:16:56am
179 jaunte  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:20:38am

War on Christmas News:
Today on the drive to work the radio news had a report on local Texas state Rep. Dwayne Bohac’s work on the “Merry Christmas Bill”, making it ok to say Merry Christmas in Texas schools. I decided to do a little digging around into the detail of the story, and it seems to be a classic no-substance War on Christmas story. None of the stories that I found reproduce the original email that is claimed to have started the hubbub.

State lawmaker says Frisco school’s winter party rules go against new law

First, the puffery:

This is a developing story, and Texas Values is working with Rep. Fallon to ensure that Christmas is protected in Frisco ISD once and for all. This is another great reminder that we must stay vigilant in defending our most precious religious freedoms. txvalues.org

Later, the fine print:

Wednesday, the school district emailed FOX 4 a response regarding the party rules, saying:

“The school was unaware of this and it was not an official PTA correspondence either. There have never been any limitations on what students wear, what they bring to share with their classmates on party days… what greetings people exchange with each other.”
myfoxdfw.com

School’s overboard, holiday political correctness may violate state law(!!!)

“The lawmaker got conflicting stories when he tried to investigate further. Both the school district and district PTA claimed they have no such policy.”
bizpacreview.com

180 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:21:54am

re: #179 jaunte

chanelling the Scopes Trial …

181 jaunte  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:22:43am

re: #180 FemNaziBitch

I’m not sayin Happy Holidays to no monkey!

182 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:24:51am

An updated view of the Kochs and the Cato Institute

Now, if I could find a “map” that showed the links between the Kochs, CATO, JBS & Heritage …

183 jaunte  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:25:00am

Sarah Palin weighs in:

“There definitely is a war on Christmas,” she said. “The message of Christmas is a message of real hope, not the hopey, changey, dopey stuff you hear coming out of Washington.”

The war is being waged by “those who would want try to abort Christ out of Christmas,” Palin said, adding that they are “angry atheists armed with an attorney” who do not represent the majority of Americans.

184 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:26:03am
185 jaunte  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:27:08am

re: #178 Lord of the Pies

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That looks like Gort on the right.
flickr.com

186 wrenchwench  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:27:54am

Better then the original, but that bar is very low.


If those are all medical students, I’m impressed.

187 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:28:27am

re: #182 FemNaziBitch

An updated view of the Kochs and the Cato Institute

Now, if I could find a “map” that showed the links between the Kochs, CATO, JBS & Heritage …

Google “Kochtopus”

(I downloaded an infographic but it’s too large to post here.)

188 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:28:50am

Dasani being noticed everywhere!

189 Decatur Deb  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:29:08am

re: #183 jaunte

Sarah Palin weighs in:

OK. In the spirit of compromise, let’s allow them to say “Merry Christmas” if they’ll let us have a $12.00 minimum wage.

190 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:30:33am

re: #189 Decatur Deb

OK. In the spirit of compromise, let’s allow them to say “Merry Christmas” if they’ll let us have a $12.00 minimum wage.

Minimum wage: thirty pieces of silver

191 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:30:49am

re: #187 Lord of the Pies

Google “Kochtopus”

(I downloaded an infographic but it’s too large to post here.)

Excellent!

192 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:31:06am

going to try to go back to sleep.

bbl

193 CuriousLurker  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:40:13am

Drive-by comment: Something that perhaps we tend to overlook WRT to people like Mandela—how their choices affect their families. I feel for the little girl in his daughter, who just wanted her daddy home. Tough decision.

Zindzi Mandela Speaks About Her Father

Youtube Video

BBL

194 wrenchwench  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:48:18am


Look! It’s Ronald Reagan! They love him!

/

195 lawhawk  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:57:05am

Congrats to Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox for being selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. All were unanimous choices by the MLB expansion era committee.

Torre became the fifth manager to win four World Series championships, leading the Yankees to titles in 1996 and from 1998-00 - beating Cox’s Braves twice. After making only one trip to the playoffs in 14 seasons with the New York Mets, St. Louis and Atlanta, Torre guided the Yankees to the postseason in all 12 of his years in New York with a cool, patient demeanor. His popularity rankled owner George Steinbrenner, who didn’t receive the necessary 75 percent of the vote for election in his second appearance on the ballot.

Torre finished his career by leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to two NL West titles in three seasons, retiring after 2010 with a record of 2,326-1,997. He’s the only manager to have more than 2,000 hits as a player - he was the 1971 NL MVP - and 2,000 wins in the dugout.

“Joe taught a lot of us about how to win the right way and lose the right way,” La Russa said.

The strategy saavy La Russa won World Series titles with Oakland in 1989 and with St. Louis in 2006 and ‘11, retiring days after beating the Texas Rangers in a seven-game thriller. Of the nine managers with three or more World Series titles, the other seven all have been inducted.

La Russa finished with the third-most wins by a manager in a career that began with the Chicago White Sox in 1979 and ended with a record of 2,728-2,365.

Cox’s managerial career began in 1978 with Atlanta, but he was fired after four seasons - only one above .500. A four-year run in Toronto ended in 1985 with an AL East title, and Ted Turner lure him back to the Braves as their GM. Cox returned to the dugout in 1990, and following one losing season he went on one of the most successful regular-season runs by any skipper, leading the Braves to 14 straight division titles and a World Series championship in 1995.

He retired in 2010 fourth behind La Russa in career wins with a record of 2,504-2,001. Cigar-chomping and fiercely loyal to his players, Cox was ejected a major league record 159 times.

Two of his pitchers during the remarkable stretch during the ’90s, 300-game winners Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, head the newcomers on this year’s players’ ballot. Results of voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of American is scheduled for Jan. 8.

“It would be quite an honor to go in with those two guys,” Cox said. “I just hope Glav and Mad Dog can be on the stage with me. That would be the final finishing touch, going in with those two.”

I think we’ll see both Maddux and Glavine get in on the first try.

196 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:58:08am
197 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:58:59am

Actually this sentence is even stupider:

198 Political Atheist  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:00:32am

re: #197 Lord of the Pies

I’d bet it guess worse than that but please have mercy on mah brain. The stupid, it hurts.

199 Decatur Deb  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:02:36am

re: #197 Lord of the Pies

Actually this sentence is even stupider:

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If I’d known we were having a stupid contest, I’d have taught the dog to type.

200 Joanne  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:02:51am

re: #144 Lidane

Ah, the Donald.

201 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:03:37am

HURR HURR MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!111

202 HoosierHoops  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:03:46am

Boy..This town is excited after the awesome win over OSU Saturday. Most exciting OU game I’ve ever seen. Sat. Night at dinner people started chanting, BOOMER! SOONER! Yes..even at a fancy dinner this is a college town. It’s Monday morning and at 10am they had fireworks on Campus.
Anytime there is Fireworks in the Morning something special has happened.
Tuesday is my special day. I enter early retirement status at 2pm. I hope to be out of here this weekend but…For the first time in my adult life..Time doesn’t really matter..Yippie! If it wasn’t for the damn fireworks over the house I’d probably still be in bed asleep.

203 BongCrodny  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:04:24am

re: #183 jaunte

Sarah Palin weighs in:

The war is being waged by “those who would want try to abort Christ out of Christmas,” Palin said, adding that they are “angry atheists armed with an attorney” who do not represent the majority of Americans.

Merry Mas, Sarah!

204 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:06:07am
205 Joanne  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:06:26am

re: #175 Justanotherhuman

Yeah, just kill me now.

Sarah Palin to Host Outdoors Show

nytimes.com

“It’s very important to have somebody of her stature as a personality on Sportsman because it validates the whole category for everybody,” said Gavin Harvey, network CEO.

If you need Palin to validate you…you might be in trouble.

206 Decatur Deb  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:08:03am

re: #205 Joanne

If you need Palin to validate you…you might be in trouble.

No problem—she’ll quit at mid-season.

207 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:12:37am

re: #206 Decatur Deb

No problem—she’ll quit at mid-season.

Oh no, these business contracts are the most important to her because more money. Not like the contract she made with the people of AK whom she shit on to go pursue the business contracts. She actually had already received her $1M+ advance from Harper Collins in the spring before she “quit”. My theory is that others in govt were so pissed they gave her an ultimatum—quit, or be impeached for earnings made outside of your position—against the law in AK. Remember, this is a woman who said when she was mayor and spent $50K dressing her office up like a bordello that she would do what she wanted to, until the courts told her she couldn’t.

208 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:13:03am

NOT hoping for a “really awful accident.” Adult, grow up.

209 Joanne  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:15:43am


I don’t know who this guy is but the animated GIF is pretty funny.

210 Decatur Deb  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:22:18am

re: #208 Lord of the Pies

Couldn’t find a tabulation of the number of times a rabbi had offered prayer at the Alabama statehouse, but the Senate had started the practice by 1889 and the House by 1919. Probably keeping a rough relationship to the population demographics, almost certainly not sensitive to the 3-4 ‘schools’.

211 wrenchwench  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:24:10am
212 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:25:00am

re: #210 Decatur Deb

Couldn’t find a tabulation of the number of times a rabbi had offered prayer at the Alabama statehouse, but the Senate had started the practice by 1889 and the House by 1919. Probably keeping a rough relationship to the population demographics, almost certainly not sensitive to the 3-4 ‘schools’.

Thanks!

213 Lord of the Pies  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:27:05am

DUMBASS.

214 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:44:00am

re: #188 FemNaziBitch

Dasani being noticed everywhere!

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Jesushchrist.

“One in five American children is now living in poverty, giving the United States the highest child poverty rate of any developed nation except for Romania.”

That would include my g-grandson, actually, but we don’t really feel “poor”—we feel “broke”. My grandson gets depressed about being out of work and having a broken down car, but since I’m older, I’ve been through times like these so much it’s just another day and I know we’ll muddle through.

But we don’t live in the same world as these NYC children, nor are we a “minority”. It makes a difference, it really does.

I’m just afraid for some people, they’ll never have the chance to find out that there are different, better ways to live.

215 leftynyc  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 11:32:26am

re: #202 HoosierHoops

Boy..This town is excited after the awesome win over OSU Saturday. Most exciting OU game I’ve ever seen. Sat. Night at dinner people started chanting, BOOMER! SOONER! Yes..even at a fancy dinner this is a college town. It’s Monday morning and at 10am they had fireworks on Campus.
Anytime there is Fireworks in the Morning something special has happened.
Tuesday is my special day. I enter early retirement status at 2pm. I hope to be out of here this weekend but…For the first time in my adult life..Time doesn’t really matter..Yippie! If it wasn’t for the damn fireworks over the house I’d probably still be in bed asleep.

Hey - how did that party go on Saturday night (or was it Fri night)?

216 BeenHereAwhile  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 12:38:04pm

re: #132 Dr. Matt

When I lived in Houston a transformer blew up outside my house at 3 am in the middle of the summer. No fire but scared the living hell out of me….sounded like a cannon. The worst part was no AC until later in the day.

Unless the utility company replaced the transformer, more than likely it was a cutout fuse blowing which produces a big boom and kills power to your house.

It’s a big problem in Miami, due to Queen Palm tree fronds brushing up against utility lines.

You may have seen power crews using a hotstick to lower the blown cutout, replacing the fuse, then reinserting and swinging the cutout assembly back up into place completing the circuit.

217 BeenHereAwhile  Mon, Dec 9, 2013 1:12:58pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

“How far of a drive from Miami to Florida?”

‘Stuff like this makes my head hurt…’

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Old Miami Joke:

Miami to Havana Cuba
228 Miles

Miami to State Capital Tallahassee, FL.
Driving 481 Miles
Flying 403 Miles


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