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 |
Corgi in corgi pajamas pic.twitter.com/HQqTXZskrp— Oh My Corgi! (@OhMyCorgi) December 9, 2013
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.’ “
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 |
What is deficit mania doing on the news pages? http://t.co/pdpm7zvkB6 via @motherjones— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 9, 2013
5 | Targetpractice Sun, Dec 8, 2013 11:06:46pm |
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.
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?
Hire veterans to protect our children in school!! #tcot #RedNationRising #UniteBlue #nerdland pic.twitter.com/D1HhjEQZzJ— YoungConservative (@steve0423) December 3, 2013
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.
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.
@billmon1 @ggreenwald So having supportive fans = cult of personality?— Mona Holland (@MonaHol) December 9, 2013
21 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Dec 9, 2013 4:48:42am |
The Tea Party is not the first conservative movement to claim Christian values #tcot #uniteblue #obamacare pic.twitter.com/2yj4h3sCTV— Leyla (@MiamiLib) December 7, 2013
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.
Immigration works just fine no reform needed pic.twitter.com/49XRB89hy8 #tcot #PJNET #uniteblue #StandWithOurFuture— Mr. Mayhem (@CuringStupid) December 9, 2013
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.[Embedded content]
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
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!!!!
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!!!!!
30 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:32:39am |
re: #21 FemNaziBitch
[Embedded content]
@MiamiLib Equating the Tea Party with the KKK is not appropriate, The Tea Party is not a terrorist organization, and the KKK WAS. #tcot
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) December 9, 2013
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.[Embedded content]
“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.[Embedded content]
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?
47 | Varek Raith Mon, Dec 9, 2013 5:59:55am |
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 |
50 | Varek Raith Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:05:30am |
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 |
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
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.
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 |
Some Mondays, you just want to mordor someone. pic.twitter.com/kdfh3s75T1— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 9, 2013
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
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
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 |
Dumbass alert…Michele Bachmann #VAWA vote… pic.twitter.com/T1RpoJOa5X— 2HappyNweho (@2HappyNweho) March 5, 2013
78 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:33:21am |
yow…
DENVER, CO. TRAFFIC ALERT: All lanes of NB 470 are temporarily blocked at the crash before 285. @anica7news. pic.twitter.com/xzgPJNRZmB
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) December 9, 2013
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.
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 |
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 Mandelaanyone 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 |
guys, glenn greenwald needs a little boost hoisting himself up on this cross, 'mkay? http://t.co/1FxrQFxzH6— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 9, 2013
94 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:46:09am |
So, where is the bug?
A Female orchid mantis does a near-perfect floral imitation: http://t.co/DCXbTn7TD0 pic.twitter.com/pWDiJTbnp1— Science News (@ScienceNewsOrg) December 9, 2013
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 |
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
EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Love Child Rev. Sun Myung Moon Desperately Tried to Hide http://t.co/1ksX4p5h6N— Mother Jones (@MotherJonesWire) December 9, 2013
107 | Lidane Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:56:09am |
This is my shocked face:
Overwhelmingly white audience turns out for Rand Paul's speech at African American outreach event in Detroit http://t.co/zNWVjhAISs— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 9, 2013
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 |
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?
113 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:08:50am |
There IS proof pic.twitter.com/GJstwUcnkq— jadedjenny (@jadedjenny71) December 9, 2013
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 |
Lindsey Graham will forego employer contribution to pay for Obamacare: http://t.co/We4duX58Ey— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) December 9, 2013
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.”
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
@jmattbarber is sounding the alarm about blogging ‘gays’ that are urging the #murder and #castration of #Christians. http://t.co/rH2N0Qqo4l— Charisma News (@charisma_news) December 9, 2013
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 |
Spox for Rep. Marino (R-Penn.) says he hasn't made progress on suing Obama, raises prospect of impeachment instead: http://t.co/jXW5LWFEUB— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) December 9, 2013
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
A typical #UniteBlue #Libtard in his natural environment. . pic.twitter.com/PrR1XZvpiw— The Patriot Guard(TM) (@ThePatriotGuard) November 13, 2013
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 |
http://t.co/BMCcOHQh5E If antis successfully claim ownership of your insurance, then it's a short step to claiming your bank account.— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) December 9, 2013
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 |
Gays. RT @BryanJFischer: Column: Bryan Fischer: Who's to blame for Hiroshima?— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) December 9, 2013
138 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:47:21am |
“Evolution made its bet that suffering was an acceptable price to pay for all the rewards of being human.” Matthew D. Lieberman. #LetsTalk— Dr James Battaglia (@docjbNYC) December 4, 2013
????
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!!!!
@cathyfcraft Deer meat tastes better than welfare cheese. #LNYHBT— Alfred Vindex (@AlfredVindex) December 9, 2013
142 | Varek Raith Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:50:31am |
So this just happened.
Image: DSCN3507.JPG
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 |
Just left Florida, amazing how well State is doing— jobs way up, taxes down. Congrats to @FLGovScott— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2013
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 |
GOP minority outreach: still white people talking to other white people http://t.co/8zxjQXmkzl you go dog— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 9, 2013
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 |
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…
#geography pic.twitter.com/By4dtGs0bz
— Tom Wellborn (@TLW3) December 9, 2013
158 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:00:30am |
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!
35 people injured, 25 cars towed in Bronx River pkwy pileup. @ABC7NY @LColagrossi7 pic.twitter.com/RDhpodvUza
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) December 9, 2013
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 |
164 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:04:19am |
HAH!
we're spying on warcraft story is 5 years old http://t.co/K34sxRG1vX via @doubled2520— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 9, 2013
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 |
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.
What We Saw At NYC’s Fast Food Strike http://t.co/ZMtheOI78Q via @po_st Can't pay dumb people $15 an hour to put pickle on buns #LNYHBT #USA— Jon Henderson (@JonBones67) December 9, 2013
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.
172 | Varek Raith Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:10:30am |
173 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:12:03am |
Bono & @BillGates talk #philanthropy with @Forbes http://t.co/GSZxHeeKVg— TEDxChange (@TEDxChange) December 9, 2013
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
176 | Lord of the Pies Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:15:26am |
REMINDER: Being poor is fun. Being forced to call Christmas “the Holidays” is SLAVERY.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 9, 2013
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 |
Religious right bigots have spelling meltdown in latest gay-bashing attempt #BIGORTY #FAIL http://t.co/WjoPBCi7Ot pic.twitter.com/y2f2TryU8Q— John Aravosis (@aravosis) December 9, 2013
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
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 |
@cstross What I can't get over is the fact that the guys who tell women to suck dick & make sandwiches on XBox Live may in fact be NSA.— Madeline Ashby (@MadelineAshby) December 9, 2013
185 | jaunte Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:27:08am |
186 | wrenchwench Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:27:54am |
Better then the original, but that bar is very low.
“What Does the Spleen Do?,” Harvard med school parody of “What Does the Fox Say?” http://t.co/pf37iLV5b6— MacKenzie Fegan (@mackenzief) December 9, 2013
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!
There are 22,000 homeless children in New York—the most since the Great Depression. One of their stories: http://t.co/kxPnDfqRP1 @nytimes— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 9, 2013
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!
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
BBL
194 | wrenchwench Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:48:18am |
A wall keeps protesters out of the #mexico senate where legislators discuss oil sector reform. pic.twitter.com/tTsyshDqQe— manuel rueda (@ruedareport) December 9, 2013
Look! It’s Ronald Reagan! They love him!
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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 |
“A feminist in high heels is like Dawkins with a rosary” may be the stupidest sentence I've read this year. http://t.co/xtlH0adhIg— Danielle (@DCPlod) December 9, 2013
197 | Lord of the Pies Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:58:59am |
Actually this sentence is even stupider:
Under secular theocracy, a baker who refuses to support sodomy-based marriage is a heretic who must be punished with a year in jail.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) December 9, 2013
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.
.@realDonaldTrump @FLGovScott Except for http://t.co/H0LqRSrWDD and http://t.co/fZuy5q6Vfo Yeah, great job.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 9, 2013
201 | Lord of the Pies Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:03:37am |
HURR HURR MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!111
RT @DFAaction They really don't “get” it, huh? #uniteblue #p2 pic.twitter.com/Byor21yBDE— Jim McCarthy Jr. (@jimmacpam) December 9, 2013
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 |
RT @Jacquie0415: Do you think Obama would do this?!!! #tcot #ObamaLIES L #ImpeachObama #Reagan #SOT #LNYHBT pic.twitter.com/ErQe06GANa— Wise Sensei (@WiseSensei) December 8, 2013
.@WiseSensei @Jacquie0415 @RedRncher If Obama did that, #RWNJ would scream that he's WIPING HIS MOUTH ON THE FLAG! #UniteBlue #lnyhbt— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 9, 2013
205 | Joanne Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:06:26am |
re: #175 Justanotherhuman
Yeah, just kill me now.
Sarah Palin to Host Outdoors Show
“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.
Hoping for a really awful accident @joshtpm: GOP Rep. Yoho To Host Gun Training Event On Sandy Hook Anniversary http://t.co/g2qCCme1rl”— BWD (@theonlyadult) December 9, 2013
209 | Joanne Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:15:43am |
*faints* RT @dorseyshaw: gif http://t.co/NKtHOQWZSg— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) December 9, 2013
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 |
Oxnard Dunes, California. pic.twitter.com/GX7IozxWht— Paisajes Geográficos (@PaisajeGeo) December 9, 2013
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.
.@CuringStupid If they died b/c they were refused entry (like the St. Louis) it would be a failure of the immigration laws. #UniteBlue— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 9, 2013
214 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Dec 9, 2013 9:44:00am |
re: #188 FemNaziBitch
Dasani being noticed everywhere!
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“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.