Tech Note: And Now, Images in LGF Comments

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For years, we’ve had the ability for commenters to include images in their posts, but what appeared in the post was a text link that you had to click to open the image in a popup dialog.

Well, I checked our server’s free space and did some math, and estimated the bandwidth usage, and I couldn’t see any reason why we shouldn’t just display the images instead of using the link-to-popup method.

There’s a limitation, though: you can only include an image in a comment if you’ve uploaded it to LGF using the “Upload Image” button, so it’s added to your LGF Image Library. Images that are hosted at other sites will still use the old link-to-popup method, because image hot-linking is a big no-no.

There are three ways you can embed an image in a comment:

  1. Paste the address of the image (at LGF) into your comment, and it will be automatically transformed into the image code.
  2. Use the "Upload Image" button to upload a picture to your LGF Image Library. When the upload is finished, click the "Insert Code" button.
  3. Click the "Image Library" button, find the image you want to post, and click its "Insert" button.

And a reminder: please respect the copyrights of image owners, and only post images that you own or that are in the public domain.

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265 comments
1 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:12:27pm

Little Green Footballs is getting better and better all the time.

2 RealityBasedSteve  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:14:57pm

Thank you Charles. We are not worthy of the benevolence you bestow upon us, your minions. I have a feeling that we’re going to go crazy with this until the new wears off a bit.

RBS
Who frankly admits sucking up to the Lizard King.

3 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:15:27pm

From Dragon Lady

4 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:15:55pm

re: #3 Political Atheist

That is beautiful.

5 Charles Johnson  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:18:49pm

6 Charles Johnson  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:21:40pm

I think Sarah Palin has posted another incoherent Tea Party rant at Breitbart “News,” but I’m finding it hard to care.

7 Bubblehead II  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:21:42pm

Test

Yeah that’s me

8 Uncle Obdicut  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:23:21pm

re: #7 Bubblehead II

Were you busy winning the Cold War at the time?

9 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:23:41pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Playing Bass I see.

10 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:27:51pm

re: #4 PhillyPretzel

Thanks. One of the fun things is when we come home from a day like that and see how we each took in and chose to illustrate the scene or the moment. Heck that’s why I want her along on every shoot. That other “eye” as they say.

11 Bubblehead II  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:28:02pm

re: #8 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Were you busy winning the Cold War at the time?

Winter Camping.

Want to go?

12 Uncle Obdicut  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:29:36pm

This is my favorite picture of my new niece.

Her name is Sophie.

13 Targetpractice  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:31:06pm

14 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:34:56pm

re: #13 Targetpractice

[Embedded image]

Caption contest?

Obama and staff view video of The Speaker Of The House call Tea Party and Heritage “ridiculous” and say ” they lost all credibility”

15 AlexRogan  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:38:59pm

This was from early Tuesday morning here in Nashville; being northwest of me up in Clarksville, RBS probably can relate to what happened later in the morning (hint: snowfall in TN, even a dusting, is a calamitous affair; this was a couple of inches with some sleet before and after).

16 Kragar  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:42:10pm

re: #12 Uncle Obdicut

This is my favorite picture of my new niece.

Her name is Sophie.

[Embedded image]

Congrats dude.

Everyone else ok?

17 Stanley Sea  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:46:17pm

re: #7 Bubblehead II

Test[Embedded image]

Yeah that’s me

Hi BH!!

18 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:49:41pm

Otis James Ant III, who Political Atheist should recognize. Shot using my new Canon T3i with a prime Canon 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens, unretouched:

19 Stanley Sea  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:51:46pm

All my photos are bigger than 400 & I don’t know how to reduce on iPad. :(

20 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:52:02pm

One of my cats (the Baby) same camera, but with the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens that came with the camera, also unretouched:

21 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:53:10pm

I’m totally in heaven with this DSLR. Why in the hell did I wait so long??

22 Donna Ballard  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:53:27pm

re: #18 CuriousLurker

I love the name! I haven’t name my three. Maybe I should! Nice shot BTW!

23 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:54:12pm

re: #19 Stanley Sea

All my photos are bigger than 400 & I don’t know how to reduce on iPad. :(

Mail it to yourself—it should automatically give you resize options.

24 Kragar  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:54:15pm

All I want for Christmas…

25 Donna Ballard  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:54:29pm

re: #12 Uncle Obdicut

She’s beautiful!

26 bratwurst  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:54:34pm

From the “you couldn’t make this up” department:

Unwitting lawyer is suspended for arranging client loans to secure Nigerian inheritance

Seems like he was more witless than “unwitting” to me!

27 Donna Ballard  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:56:54pm

re: #4 PhillyPretzel

Thank you!

28 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 6:57:38pm

re: #22 Donna Ballard

I love the name! I haven’t name my three. Maybe I should! Nice shot BTW!

Thanks! It was funny because the minute saw him Otis was the first name that came to mind. Where I got that from I have no idea, but since it sounded Southern it kinda seemed like it required a middle & last name as well.

29 The War TARDIS  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:00:34pm

Having another mood-swing again.

At least nowadays I am now self-aware enough to know when they are happening. In this case, relationships seem to be the issue. Namely because the cynical side has finally joined in.

For example. Why would anybody want me. Between my Asperger’s Syndrome, and the other disorders, I realize I am defective from an evolutionary standpoint. Why would anyone want me?

Not only that, but a friend of mine has been saying I have to be realistic in relationships because of the combination of being a convert and Autistic. That it will take longer, and I need to trust in Allah that someone will come across.

The difference being that human were given sentience, and we often don’t follow Allah’s plan. So if I wait, the likelihood I find someone dwindles, because I am not that attractive a prospect, and I simply cannot see signals if anyone likes me.

30 lawhawk  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:03:05pm

One of my all time favorite gets. Great light and composition. And available for purchase (hint hint).

31 calochortus  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:04:46pm

re: #29 The War TARDIS

I can see where you have a harder road than many relationship-wise, but rest assured that no one is perfect. Try not to let your mood rule your life. (Hard, I know.) I’m not sure how old you are, but my dad didn’t meet my mom until he was nearly 40-there isn’t an age limit on finding someone.

32 Donna Ballard  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:05:04pm

re: #28 CuriousLurker

Well it works, and I’m glad you are enjoying him. I’m a bit of a rock hound so I have my three arraigned in a few of my faves here in the living room by my orchids light stand. I have little cute animal statues peaking out from my orchids and my plants on our porch. You never know whats going to peek out at you when you look at my plants! I have a chipmunk, a moose, cats (of course), frogs, birds and a few others. Dan’s taking a pic to post now. If it turns out well he’ll put it up in a while after he finished my dinner. Lamb chops tonight! Noms!

33 Bubblehead II  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:05:34pm

re: #17 Stanley Sea

Hi BH!!

Greetings. I hope all is well with you and yours.

34 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:05:51pm

re: #29 The War TARDIS

If you continue being a bag full of downers in the way you talk about things and you don’t see yourself as an attractive prospect, then it’s unlikely that anyone else will see you as such either.

35 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:06:54pm

re: #13 Targetpractice

Does anyone know the original context of that picture?

36 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:07:35pm

re: #32 Donna Ballard

Ha! We’re a lot alike. I have a menagerie of critters on my desk, peeping out at me from between wires and bottles of ink & paint.

Enjoy the noms. ;)

37 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:08:02pm

Home at Christmas time. The Peace Tower in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada all decked out for the holidays. I sure miss that city.

38 The War TARDIS  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:08:20pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

But I need a logical reason to not be a downer.

39 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:10:02pm

re: #38 The War TARDIS

But I need a logical reason to not be a downer.

Be confident in yourself. God I hate to sound like a cliche, I really do but I really have found that since I lost weight that my confidence in myself and my abilities has skyrocketed.

40 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:10:30pm

re: #38 The War TARDIS

Do you have a logical reason in favor of being a downer??

41 wheat-dogghazi  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:11:34pm

Oh, I want to have fun, too!

Cleaning up the river Tuo in Fenghuang, Hunan, China.

42 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:13:18pm

Beautiful shots everyone. Got one I took on its way.

43 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:14:00pm

re: #21 CuriousLurker

I’m totally in heaven with this DSLR. Why in the hell did I wait so long??

Great depth on Otis. Which reminds me there are some nice apps to add to your smart phone or tablet. Depth of field, light meter, even retouching

44 calochortus  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:14:09pm

edit: oops, referenced wrong post. I should be replying to #38

Other people tend to take you at your own assessment of yourself at first. If you look for your own strong points you’ll feel better about yourself and others will have a reason to get to know you past the first introduction.

45 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:15:13pm

re: #39 HappyWarrior

Be confident in yourself. God I hate to sound like a cliche, I really do but I really have found that since I lost weight that my confidence in myself and my abilities has skyrocketed.

I prefer to look at it as “Don’t give a crap what other people think about you”. Do what YOU want to do and what YOU feel you’re capable of. Don’t let others stop you from being you.

46 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:15:52pm

This is one I took four years ago in Williamsburg, Brooklyn when I was visiting a friend. We enjoyed a few brews on the apartment roof top and then hit the bars and I’ve been in love with Brooklyn ever since.

47 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:16:08pm

re: #45 Eclectic Cyborg

I prefer to look at it as “Don’t give a crap what other people think about you”. Do what YOU want to do and what YOU feel your capable of. Don’t let others stop you from being you.

True be that.

48 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:17:11pm

re: #43 Political Atheist

Great depth on Otis. Which reminds me there are some nice apps to add to your smart phone or tablet. Depth of field, light meter, even retouching

Really? I didn’t know that, though I did recently read an article about using them as a light source.

49 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:17:38pm

re: #44 calochortus

Other people tend to take you at your own assessment of yourself at first. If you look for your own strong points you’ll feel better about yourself and others will have a reason to get to know you past the first introduction.

Exactly.

50 wheat-dogghazi  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:18:26pm

Here’s another. The young lady is one of my students, posing for a photo shoot.

51 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:18:58pm

And one of my favourite things about my current home. A sunset over Biloxi.

52 calochortus  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:19:30pm

re: #45 Eclectic Cyborg

I prefer to look at it as “Don’t give a crap what other people think about you”. Do what YOU want to do and what YOU feel you’re capable of. Don’t let others stop you from being you.

It also makes people who don’t like you, or want you to be in awe of them, crazy.

53 jaunte  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:20:12pm

A gray-green day in central Texas:

54 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:20:13pm

re: #51 Eclectic Cyborg

[Embedded image]

And one of my favourite things about my current home. A sunset over Biloxi.

Yeah the fact that Mississippi’s got some shore line is why I can never be too down on it.

55 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:24:00pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

Really? I didn’t know that, though I did recently read an article about using them as a light source.

Oh yeah some find a way to tether to a tablet. Sometimes as a big preview screen sometimes as that plus actually running the camera hands off. There are some good features in the Canon software.

56 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:24:05pm

re: #43 Political Atheist

Great depth on Otis. Which reminds me there are some nice apps to add to your smart phone or tablet. Depth of field, light meter, even retouching

BTW, I’m smitten with that pancake lens—so glad I decided to go for it in addition to the kit lens (though I only half-assed understood what I was buying at the time). I’m still mostly fumbling around trying to understand everything—so many buttons, so many settings, so little time! The new jargon is a bit of a hurdle too, not to mention and the math required to understand focus distances & fields of view.

This could end up being a very expensive habit. O_o

57 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:26:14pm

re: #38 The War TARDIS

But I need a logical reason to not be a downer.

You have interests and I have to tell you there’s a lot of girls would love to discuss Dr. Who with you. I really do again hate to sound cliche but put yourself out there. Joke around and stuff. I could have gotten super offended when a girl asked me if I was blind last Thursday night. I ended up realizing it was just her way of trying to break the ice with me and we ended up going out last night for drinks and she’s interested in dinner and a show in the near future.

58 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:26:44pm

re: #56 CuriousLurker

BTW, I’m smitten with that pancake lens—so glad I decided to go for it in addition to the kit lens (thought I only half-assed understood what I was buying at the time). I’m still mostly fumbling around trying to understand everything though—so many buttons, so many settings, so little time! The new jargon is a bit of a hurdle too, not to mention and the math required to understand focus distances & fields of view.

This could end up being a very expensive habit. O_o

Hit me with any questions you might have. I dropped my yahoo, Feel free to get in touch via my gmail.

59 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:28:50pm

re: #58 Political Atheist

Hit me with any questions you might have. I dropped my yahoo, Feel free to get in touch via my gmail.

Good to know, will do. Thanks. :)

60 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:38:39pm

December Twilight as a test…

Edit: uploaded the right file now…

61 The War TARDIS  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:42:37pm

re: #57 HappyWarrior

That’s the thing though. I would miss those signals. I always do.

Not to mention that I take information from others. I have 2 people saying to put myself out there (HappyWarrior and my mom) but unsure where to do so where I will find a Muslimah who will be able to like Doctor Who.

Then my 2 Muslim Friends (a married couple my age (23) who had their first child today)are telling me to wait and it will happen. Which I can see why they have that opinion, but with me, that would seem to be a recipe for loneliness.

Compounded by odd family issues, plus being surrounded by friends who are in relationship, married, and some even having kids, gives me an incredible amount of pressure. Not to mention that in an unfortunate stumble on Wikipedia, I found this little gem:

In July 2009, a survey revealed that an overwhelming majority of Muslims believe that, ideally, Muslims should be married by the age of 25.

In January 2011, A survey showed that Muslims (particularly Muslim women) prefer to marry closer to home. The survey concluded that more than 65 percent of members would prefer their ideal marriage partner to come from the same country as them. A third of those polled would prefer their future spouse to come from the same town or city.

I internalize all this, and it stresses me out.

If I can’t read socially, I compensate by using statistics. That’s the reason I am so susceptible to group blaming others.

62 Uncle Obdicut  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:43:03pm

re: #16 Kragar

Congrats dude.

Everyone else ok?

Yep. All came out okay in the end.

63 Kragar  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:44:00pm
64 Kragar  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:44:32pm

re: #62 Uncle Obdicut

Yep. All came out okay in the end.

Cool beans

65 The War TARDIS  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:44:50pm

And before anyone asks, I am not bipolar. I did research on it a few years ago, and apparently, Asperger’s/Autism can look like Bipolar and vice-versa.

Given that the two are related disorders, and both sides of my family have issues with it, this isn’t a surprise.

66 calochortus  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:46:58pm

re: #61 The War TARDIS

Statistics are great, but when people “think” someone should get married at a certain age, that’s not really a valid statistic. That’s more of a cultural ideal than something that should be used as an individual guide. The right time to get married is when it seems right for you. There’s no point in trying to just find someone who will marry you at the right time. You need to find the right person and then it will be the right time.

67 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:50:30pm

re: #61 The War TARDIS

That’s the thing though. I would miss those signals. I always do.

Not to mention that I take information from others. I have 2 people saying to put myself out there (HappyWarrior and my mom) but unsure where to do so where I will find a Muslimah who will be able to like Doctor Who.

Then my 2 Muslim Friends (a married couple my age (23) who had their first child today)are telling me to wait and it will happen. Which I can see why they have that opinion, but with me, that would seem to be a recipe for loneliness.

Compounded by odd family issues, plus being surrounded by friends who are in relationship, married, and some even having kids, gives me an incredible amount of pressure. Not to mention that in an unfortunate stumble on Wikipedia, I found this little gem:

I internalize all this, and it stresses me out.

If I can’t read socially, I compensate by using statistics. That’s the reason I am so susceptible to group blaming others.

Have you tried games or social events you can attend with someone who can see how you read people and then help you improve? For me, it was while gaming that I got better at that because I delt with a few people repeatedly and got the chance to improve how I read their feeling over a number of occasions.

But don’t use stats to compensate for an inability to read cues from others. They’re much too broad for that.

68 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:52:35pm

re: #61 The War TARDIS

That’s the thing though. I would miss those signals. I always do.

Not to mention that I take information from others. I have 2 people saying to put myself out there (HappyWarrior and my mom) but unsure where to do so where I will find a Muslimah who will be able to like Doctor Who.

Then my 2 Muslim Friends (a married couple my age (23) who had their first child today)are telling me to wait and it will happen. Which I can see why they have that opinion, but with me, that would seem to be a recipe for loneliness.

Compounded by odd family issues, plus being surrounded by friends who are in relationship, married, and some even having kids, gives me an incredible amount of pressure. Not to mention that in an unfortunate stumble on Wikipedia, I found this little gem:

I internalize all this, and it stresses me out.

If I can’t read socially, I compensate by using statistics. That’s the reason I am so susceptible to group blaming others.

Oh believe me, I’m terrible at social cues. I got super lucky last week but sometimes that’s all it takes is a little luck. Does the local Muslim community organize social get togethers between unwed young people? I’ve never been part of a religious community so most of my experiences trying to meet other 20 somes are mostly at bars, dances, concerts, etc. I also think and I mean no disrespect at all to your religious values but I think you should look beyond faith. Maybe that’s easier to say than do but I think you’re limiting yourself if you only want a Muslim girl. I understand you completely. I’ve seen on Facebook several old friends get hitched including some a couple old crushes and my own younger brother is getting married next weekend and he and the future SiL are expecting their first child in March. I guess what ultimately try finding places that include your hobby. I know a place here in D.C that shows Dr. Who every Friday night. I’m not a fan of the show but I went to a few showings and met some interesting people.

69 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:52:40pm

re: #65 The War TARDIS

I found this for you:

Daleks, Cybermen and The Silence… New trailer sees Matt Smith battling his deadliest foes as he makes final appearance in Doctor Who Christmas special

His imminent departure will herald the arrival of twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi - but while fans wait expectantly for what promises to be an eventful Christmas special, the BBC have just released a brand new trailer.

The tantalizingly brief clip sees current time-lord Matt Smith lost on cosmic graveyard Trenzalore, which, according to Who folklore, is the eleventh Doctor’s final resting place.

Smith’s incarnation previously travelled to the backwater planet with sidekick Clara Oswald, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman, earlier this year in series seven finale The Name Of The Doctor.

70 Kragar  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:53:45pm

Oh dear sweet paranoid idiotic Bryan.

71 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:54:02pm

Oh, and here are some from the super zoom bridge camera I bought last month (which has now been largely relegated to red-headed stepchild status thanks to my infatuation with the DSLR).

Nikon L820, standing in the street near my place with the lens at 4mm wide angle (all are unretouched, first three are optical zoom):

This is at 18.7mm—see those tiny houses on the other side of the “valley”? Hold that thought. (Yes, they actually call that a valley here):

I haven’t moved—same houses at 120mm:

This time at 360mm, digital zoom:

Finally 480mm, maxed out optical + digital zoom (excuse the shakiness—I wasn’t using a tripod and when the lens is extended it’s hard to hold steady):

These photos totally creeped me out big time. I mean we all know telephoto lenses exist, but damn! This is a relatively inexpensive consumer camera. If I was stalking someone who lived way the hell over there where they couldn’t even see me standing in the street with my camera, I’d be able to recognize them while they were standing at their front door.

That realization—seeing this with my own camera in my own neighborhood was a real OMG WTF reality check moment for me. I shudder to think what kind of technology the FBI & CIA have at their disposal.

72 jaunte  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:56:23pm

re: #71 CuriousLurker

Just imagine you’re doing that from orbit.

73 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:57:22pm

re: #71 CuriousLurker

There is this (apocryphal?) story about the Hasselblad of the 1960’s. For a while you could not buy one. Nothing. They all went to NASA and the CIA/SR71 etc.

74 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:57:31pm

re: #72 jaunte

Just imagine you’re doing that from orbit.

Yeah, satellite cam. O_o

75 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 7:58:44pm

re: #74 CuriousLurker

Yeah, satellite cam. O_o

OBAMA DRONEZ…

I gotta learn that dudebro font…

76 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:03:49pm

re: #75 Political Atheist

OBAMA DRONEZ…

I was talking to my son earlier this week and he was telling about the wingnuts where he lives (in NC) making jokes about “drone hunting season” in reference to the Amazon drones. I’m guessing they won’t be making deliveries via drones down south, heh.

77 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:06:38pm

re: #76 CuriousLurker

They will use USPS, UPS, DHL and any other service they need to use.

78 CuriousLurker  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:15:07pm

Okay, the feline overlords have advised me that my LGF time is over for the evening and kitty snuggle time is at least 5 minutes past due.

Have a good night, everyone. ;)

79 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:16:28pm

It appears the Senate will have 60 votes to pass the budget. The deal has 4 Republicans on record as supporting it, so it only needs one more and it is likely to get one or two more.

80 The War TARDIS  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:24:25pm

This lady’s boyfriend is special:

81 sagehen  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:25:49pm

re: #12 Uncle Obdicut

This is my favorite picture of my new niece.

Her name is Sophie.

[Embedded image]

Are those actual teeth?

82 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:26:58pm

I just stumbled across this vid, but those of the group who are fans of Dr. Who and/or 80’s music should like it:

Youtube Video

83 Kragar  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:27:41pm

re: #81 sagehen

Are those actual teeth?

I think you’re just seeing her lips.

84 Aqua Obama  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:29:34pm

Does this work…?

Image: original.jpg

85 Belafon  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:30:31pm

This is why people are afraid of allowing people to talk on planes.

86 The War TARDIS  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:32:24pm

re: #82 Dark_Falcon

9/10

Could have more Clara.

The animator is talented. He should do it for a living.

87 Charles Johnson  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:34:13pm
88 Targetpractice  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:34:35pm

re: #84 Aqua Obama

Does this work…?

Image: original.jpg

Didn’t appear to work, but that’s probably because of the sheer awesomeness of the picture.

89 HappyWarrior  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:35:07pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Yeah I saw the premo for that. Looked really really good and had some of my favorite artists.

90 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 8:40:13pm

re: #86 The War TARDIS

9/10

Could have more Clara.

The animator is talented. He should do it for a living.

I think he does, or at least part of his living.

91 freetoken  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:17:05pm

So, here’s my proposal: that everyone in the US have their genome tested. If not sequenced then an extensive test for polymorphisms (alleles.) All births automatically get DNA tested and filed away as part of the “birth certificate”.

I know there will be screams - but two things:

Medical care can be tuned for specific genetically associated diseases in a prophylactic manner.

Identification problems will be greatly diminished.

92 Randall Gross  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:17:15pm

A photo from my friend, Steve Mitura, from Valdez harbor in Alaska:

93 nines09  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:22:53pm


I call my composition “Piece Of Shit With Scary Droid.” In a just world right after this was taken the droid would have ripped out Newts heart and ate it screaming “I DESIRE FLESH!!!”. Wait. Scratch that. Newt has no heart.

94 freetoken  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:26:11pm

MP3 Audio

95 Kragar  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:28:25pm

re: #93 nines09

[Embedded image]
I call my composition “Piece Of Shit With Scary Droid.” In a just world right after this was taken the droid would have ripped out Newts heart and ate it screaming “I DESIRE FLESH!!!”. Wait. Scratch that. Newt has no heart.

“JOIN US!”

96 nines09  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:31:58pm

re: #95 Kragar

I mean really. She’s one spooky looking piece of work and she’s really proud of it. Newt loves plastic. You can tell. I’d be running as fast as I could the other way.

97 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:32:22pm

re: #93 nines09

Pass the brain bleach, STAT!

98 nines09  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:33:35pm

I could have called my composition; “Spot The Fake.”

99 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:35:17pm

White Santa. White Jesus.

Faux News world.

You know, there was a joke (here in Texas), that if everyone in Arkansas moved to Oklahoma, the net IQ of both states would be increased.

See where I’m going, here?

100 nines09  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:39:17pm

When she cries it smells like WD40. Poops lint. Pees ginger ale. Smells like a new car. Says “yes” incessantly. Good night all.

101 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:40:28pm

Test.

102 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:41:56pm

re: #98 nines09

I could have called my composition; “Spot The Fake.”

But that would have been an impossible question to answer!

“Spot The Opportunists”, “Spot the Leeches”, or “Spot the Minions of the New Political Satanism” would have been dead easy.

103 freetoken  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:42:18pm

For all you with several hours to be mesmerized, from this guy:

Direct link:

earth.nullschool.net

An earlier version:

earth.nullschool.net

You can pull the Earth around to view whatever parts you want.

Easy way to spend too much time mindlessly looking at pretty patterns.

104 wheat-dogghazi  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:42:41pm

re: #93 nines09

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

105 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:43:43pm

re: #104 wheat-dogghazi

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

Looks like one of the victims of the Joker from the older Batman films.

106 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:44:16pm

re: #101 Feline Fearless Leader

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Test.

Aced! Too cool.

Where is that?

107 freetoken  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:46:19pm

Basically you can have the 10hPa wind speeds (high up) or the 1000hPa.

The tweet takes you to a specific time (6 hours ago) for 10hPa, but I think this is the near real time link:


earth.nullschool.net

108 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:47:46pm

re: #106 austin_blue

Aced! Too cool.

Where is that?

On a porch on a side street in Philadelphia. On 20th Street if I recall correctly. A block or two south of Walnut. I walk by it every so often since that street cuts over to Rittenhouse Square and a bakery I frequent.

109 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:50:33pm

110 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:52:04pm

re: #108 Feline Fearless Leader

On a porch on a side street in Philadelphia. On 20th Street if I recall correctly. A block or two south of Walnut. I walk by it every so often since that street cuts over to Rittenhouse Square and a bakery I frequent.

Hell of an artist who dreamed up and installed that cat. Good thing it’s on a chain.

111 freetoken  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 9:55:26pm

What I find fascinating is that the entire southern hemisphere winds, 17 miles up, are all going the same way (reverse to the Earth’s rotation):

earth.nullschool.net

But looking at the northern hemisphere there are some serious loops with nasty speeds:

earth.nullschool.net

112 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:06:12pm

re: #107 freetoken

Basically you can have the 10hPa wind speeds (high up) or the 1000hPa.

The tweet takes you to a specific time (6 hours ago) for 10hPa, but I think this is the near real time link:

earth.nullschool.net

Great site!

The great unwashed don’t have a clue about weather and how upper level winds determine it. It’s been unusually cold here in Austin the last month, but it’s just a function of the jet stream. It’s the same all over the hemisphere, with other places being abnormally warm.

There’s another interesting sight, called Flight Aware, that allows you to follow real time tracks of commercial aircraft. They have the plotted great circle routes that are scheduled and also show the actual flight paths in transit. The last couple of weeks, the deviations between planned and actual routes have been extreme. Flight paths have deviated many hundreds of miles to get out of wonky high velocity jetstream winds to save fuel, time, and a shitload of money.

113 wheat-dogghazi  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:08:50pm

re: #109 Feline Fearless Leader

I see your waterfall, and raise you one.

114 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:11:09pm

re: #110 austin_blue

Hell of an artist who dreamed up and installed that cat. Good thing it’s on a chain.

Yep. I’m mainly afraid that I’ll go by it someday and it will be vandalized (much less stolen). That would be a massive pity.

115 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:12:53pm

re: #111 freetoken

What I find fascinating is that the entire southern hemisphere winds, 17 miles up, are all going the same way (reverse to the Earth’s rotation):

earth.nullschool.net

But looking at the northern hemisphere there are some serious loops with nasty speeds:

earth.nullschool.net

The Southern Ocean is pretty much unbroken by landmass. South America and Africa stick their nose into it, but compared to Siberia and Canada, it’s negligible. The latent heat retention of water is a *huge* moderating influence on weather, and way down south it ensures stasis. Up here, it’s just chaotic.

116 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:12:59pm

re: #113 wheat-dogghazi

I see your waterfall, and raise you one.

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Where is yours at? The one I posted is an older photo of a waterfall on a creek about a mile from where it runs into Cayuga Lake in western New York state.

117 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:15:07pm

re: #116 Feline Fearless Leader

Where is yours at? The one I posted is an older photo of a waterfall on a creek about a mile from where it runs into Cayuga Lake in western New York state.

Spectacular, isn’t it?

118 wheat-dogghazi  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:15:45pm

re: #116 Feline Fearless Leader

Where is yours at? The one I posted is an older photo of a waterfall on a creek about a mile from where it runs into Cayuga Lake in western New York state.

It’s on the other side of the world, in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.

119 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:28:21pm

re: #118 wheat-dogghazi

It’s on the other side of the world, in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.

I suspected as much. :)

Reminds me that I still have a huge pile of pictures from Malaysia and Vietnam to sort through at some point in terms of categorizing and adding comments to.

120 wheat-dogghazi  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:33:45pm

re: #119 Feline Fearless Leader

I suspected as much. :)

Reminds me that I still have a huge pile of pictures from Malaysia and Vietnam to sort through at some point in terms of categorizing and adding comments to.

I went through mine recently to find ones worthy of entering in a photo contest. They had to be taken in Hunan, so that limited the scope of the search somewhat.

121 prairiefire  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:35:47pm

re: #12 Uncle Obdicut

This is my favorite picture of my new niece.

Her name is Sophie.

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Que linda, blessings!

122 GeneJockey  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:41:11pm

re: #116 Feline Fearless Leader

Where is yours at? The one I posted is an older photo of a waterfall on a creek about a mile from where it runs into Cayuga Lake in western New York state.

I WAS RIGHT!!!!

I THOUGHT that was Taughannock Falls!! It’s taken from the rim trail. I was there a number of times. One of the most beautiful walks in a beautiful area.

123 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:50:08pm

I so want to talk cameras and the new feature (THANKS CHARLES).

I have to sleep, or try.

have a wonderful evening all!

124 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:54:28pm

re: #118 wheat-dogghazi

It’s on the other side of the world, in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.

A great picture that displays remarkable geology. The rocks to the upper right and middle right of the waterfall are former sediments, metamorphosed. You can see the layers. To be able to withstand the force of the water over millenium indicates that they were baked deep and baked hard before they were uplifted.

They’re called schists, and are generally useless as building stone, as they retain the original bedding planes of the silt/clay/sandstones of which they were originally composed.

There’s granite to the east or west of those rocks. That intrusion partially melted those sediments and when they recrystallized, what you see is the result.

Yes, I’m a science geek. Geologist off.

125 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 11:21:28pm

re: #124 austin_blue

So you are saying that China is full of schist?

126 austin_blue  Fri, Dec 13, 2013 11:43:34pm

re: #125 Sol Berdinowitz

So you are saying that China is full of schist?

The entire world is full of schist. We just need to deal with it.

127 wheat-dogghazi  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 1:22:10am

re: #124 austin_blue

A great picture that displays remarkable geology. The rocks to the upper right and middle right of the waterfall are former sediments, metamorphosed. You can see the layers. To be able to withstand the force of the water over millenium indicates that they were baked deep and baked hard before they were uplifted.

They’re called schists, and are generally useless as building stone, as they retain the original bedding planes of the silt/clay/sandstones of which they were originally composed.

There’s granite to the east or west of those rocks. That intrusion partially melted those sediments and when they recrystallized, what you see is the result.

Yes, I’m a science geek. Geologist off.

If you’re a geology buff, you’ll appreciate this shot.

The stratum marked in chalk signifies the beginning of the late middle stage of the Cambrian epoch, and this location in Guzhang County is a standard stratigraphic reference point.

The Cambrian is famous for trilobites, one of the dominant species back then. Its representation here is not lifesize.

128 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 1:56:31am

Trilobite my crank, matey!

129 EdDantes  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 2:22:33am

re: #128 Sol Berdinowitz

Trilobite my crank, matey!

I love trilobites. I don’t know why. Maybe because they are extinct.

130 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 2:26:13am

So they are smaller than shown…trilobite-size?

131 EdDantes  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 2:27:42am

re: #129 EdDantes

I love trilobites. I don’t know why. Maybe because they are extinct.

Actually, I think it is because they persisted so many millions of years defying Darwin and then went extinct.

132 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 2:35:06am

They’ve named this weekend storm some folks are getting.

Winter Storm Electra: States Prepare for Weekend Ice and Snow from Midwest into New England

weather.com

We’re simply getting rain, with a high of 41 and a low of 35 and it’s to be warmer tomorrow, in the 50s.

133 wheat-dogghazi  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 2:39:01am

re: #131 EdDantes

Actually, I think it is because they persisted so many millions of years defying Darwin and then went extinct.

Trilobites were the roaches of their era. Mostly bottom-feeders, crawling around the sea floor.

134 EdDantes  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 2:46:07am

re: #133 wheat-dogghazi

Trilobites were the roaches of their era. Mostly bottom-feeders, crawling around the sea floor.

That is how I have thought of them. Their morphology does not suggest predator so skimming the bottom for detritus sounds about right.

135 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 2:59:12am

Colorado school shooting gunman identified as 18-year-old student

abclocal.go.com

Teacher—actually librarian—he was hunting down was in charge of debate team, and had dismissed him from the team. That person left the school when he came on campus.

“After entering the school, Pierson shot a 15-year-old female student, who has since undergone surgery and is now listed in critical condition.

“It was initially reported that there was a confrontation between the injured student and the suspect, but Robinson said there was no indication of such an event.

“It was also initially reported that a second female student was taken to the hospital with what were thought to be wounds, but it was later determined she only had blood on her from the 15-year-old who was shot, Robinson said.”

Evidently, Pierson’s parent had divorced, and he was living w/his mother, and his father was in Denver.

136 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 3:30:21am

I don’t think I want to read this

.

137 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 3:34:39am

Vocabulary Word for the Day:

Schist:

Origin of SCHIST

French schiste, from Latin schistos (lapis), literally, fissile stone, from Greek schistos that may be split, from schizein
First Known Use: circa 1782

138 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 3:46:47am

I now officially confused on who goes where after death.

All I know is that if there is an afterlife, I’m going where there are dogs.

139 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 3:52:13am

140 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 3:53:16am

141 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 4:02:52am

I finally forced myself to watch Megyn Kelly reassuring us that Santa is, indeed, white.

I can’t tell you how relieved I was.

/not

142 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 4:07:02am

Bill Moyers dresses-down the NRA.

143 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 4:12:20am

Cat plays fetch with baby

144 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 4:13:41am

Cats love babies!

145 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 5:03:11am

back to bed, hopefully to sleep some.

bbl

146 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 5:34:50am

In his weekly address, President Obama honors the memories of the 26 innocent children and educators who were taken from us a year ago in Newtown, Connecticut.

Youtube Video

What kind of troubled, empty people are we too often encouraging who have to cause tragedy for others in order to get recognition? We do seem to be a society, seen from the outside, that prefers to tear people down, to exploit them, rather than give them a hand, as though everyone is a rival, not people we should love, encourage and care for, with whom we should cooperate for a better society. Have we succeeded so materially that we no longer can be generous and share our successes with others but must hoard them because we are afraid of failure and the future? Are we Americans all supposed to be superior, not “just average”, not just quiet and steady, but constantly blaring our fame (and shame) to the world?

Yet, we see examples all the time of how people can care, how they can give, how they can flourish and encourage others to do the same, how they can love and protect, every single day, if only we work at it. They are the people who go quietly about their work in educating, supporting, training, parenting, making life better for others. They are not the ones who normally get recognition, though, whose names and deeds are splashed all over the internet and the news outlets. They don’t exploit themselves or anyone else—they simply live in a way that benefits everyone.

This isn’t a moral argument—this is an argument for the survival of all of us. Do something good for the deed itself, not for the reward or recognition it might bring. I don’t think people are either good or bad—but I do live by the dictum, “Do No Harm”, and try hard to live up to it. That is sometimes very difficult to adhere to in an intensely competitive society. Maybe it’s time to try cooperation instead.

147 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 5:37:08am

re: #142 FemNaziBitch

Bill Moyers dresses-down the NRA.

Bill Moyers can fuck right off.Nothing to that piece but a talking head kicking up his heels and braying like the member of the Donkey Party he is.

148 Flounder  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 5:42:47am

China safely lands a rover on the moon.

hosted.ap.org

The lander carries a moon rover called “Jade Rabbit” that will separate from the lander and embark on a three-month scientific exploration.

149 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 5:45:43am

re: #148 Flounder

China safely lands a rover on the moon.

hosted.ap.org

I wish we could land one of our own rovers armed with a gun. Call it Operation KILL THE WABBIT.

//

150 wheat-dogghazi  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 5:51:21am

re: #149 Dark_Falcon

I wish we could land one of our own rovers armed with a gun. Call it Operation KILL THE WABBIT.

//

The Elmer Fudd Mars Mission. “Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. I’m hunting wabbits!”

151 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 5:57:13am

China safely soft-lands rover on the moon

bigstory.ap.org

“China is the third country to carry out a lunar soft landing after the United States and the former Soviet Union. The last one was by the Soviet Union in 1976.

“China’s ambitious space program is an enormous source of pride for the country, which plans to eventually land people on the moon.”

Oh, whoa! Three of us—I didn’t refresh before I posted this comment. : )

152 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:00:23am

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Bill Moyers can fuck right off.Nothing to that piece but a talking head kicking up his heels and braying like the member of the Donkey Party he is.

Jeeeeez! I thought maybe Moyers pissed in your Cheerios this morning.

153 Flounder  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:06:05am

re: #149 Dark_Falcon

I’ll grab my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, if I can remember where I left it…

154 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:08:10am

Frozen and snow covered…

155 Flounder  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:16:56am

5 degrees at my house. Waffles are almost ready too!

156 sattv4u2  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:18:26am

re: #155 Flounder

5 degrees at my house. Waffles are almost ready too!

Maybe you should turn the heat on!

157 Flounder  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:20:39am

re: #156 sattv4u2

Actually I just turned the upstairs heat on two days ago. Down stairs has the fireplace. I turned the electric heat on today in the basement.

158 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:21:16am

re: #154 Justanotherhuman

Frozen and snow covered…

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That photo was taken from just east of Columbus Drive. The bridge in the photo is the Lake Shore Drive bridge and to its left extending out into Lake Michigan you can see Navy Pier.

159 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:34:37am

re: #154 Justanotherhuman

Frozen and snow covered…

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I really have come to despise this egotistical foolishness of “naming” winter storms by some commercial entity. I refuse to use their advertising talking point.

160 Amory Blaine  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:38:45am
161 HappyWarrior  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:40:09am

re: #160 Amory Blaine

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Yeah because that’s what we do, we harass people. Like that time noted leftist Michele Malkin went through a family’s garbage. Oh wait. What kind of fuck wit fantasizes about shooting people for that matter?

162 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:46:21am

This is so tragic. Was this mother leaving her kids alone because she couldn’t afford to pay anyone while she worked? She had only been working for 2 wks—was she waiting for a paycheck? Now she faces jail time and what will happen to her 2 other children?

chicago.cbslocal.com

Where are all those people who claim they care about kids? Where were the social workers when the cops were called the 2nd time? Why weren’t they notified—they might have been able to find care for those kids while their mother worked.

“Wednesday was the third time the children were left home alone in the apartment in the past 10 days, Dibler said. A neighbor found the 6-year-old and 2-year-old naked in the hallway about 7 p.m. Dec. 1. The children also knocked on a neighbor’s door looking for food Dec. 9.

“The first time the children were left home alone the neighbor took them for the night, Dibler said. The neighbor called police the second time, and the infant’s father took her and the 2-year-old. The 6-year-old stayed with the neighbor.

(snip)

“She is the “sole support” of her two surviving children, public defender Steve Stach said. She has a high school degree and has been working at the Sears/Kmart warehouse the past two weeks.”

I would like to give this young mother the benefit of the doubt because I had to work to support my kids, too, and know how difficult it is for mothers who get no support and have to work to try to raise their kids on their own. But it doesn’t look good for her, unfortunately.

163 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:48:42am

re: #160 Amory Blaine

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OR when some little neo-nazi threatens me, I can give the little right winger the present it deserves.

164 wheat-dogghazi  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:49:04am

re: #151 Justanotherhuman

China safely soft-lands rover on the moon

bigstory.ap.org

“China is the third country to carry out a lunar soft landing after the United States and the former Soviet Union. The last one was by the Soviet Union in 1976.

“China’s ambitious space program is an enormous source of pride for the country, which plans to eventually land people on the moon.”

Oh, whoa! Three of us—I didn’t refresh before I posted this comment. : )

India was the third nation to land a probe, but it was a hard impact, not a touch down. Japan has also sent missions to the Moon, but none landed successfully. So, China is number three for soft landings.

We’ll probably be treated to a whole new series of moonscapes, courtesy of Jade Rabbit.

And I meant Moon Mission in #150. Brain fart.

165 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:55:14am

re: #160 Amory Blaine

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166 darthstar  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 6:57:48am

Mornin’ everyone…thankfully, no image.

167 darthstar  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:00:43am
168 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:00:47am

A moment of silence for Newtown victims.


How many gun nuts are observing this date?

169 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:03:51am

re: #162 Justanotherhuman

I really wish all the “right to life” assholes would look at things like this and it would dawn on them that if they really cared about “the children” that maybe they could work on things like low cost or free day cares instead of those bogus “crisis pregnancy centers” they love to fund and support. Or food banks and school supply centers in poor neighborhoods or after school programs or a whole host of other answers to big problems. The company she works for has a social responsibility too, wouldn’t it have been great if her HR people could have pointed her towards affordable child care or had one on site?

But no, they’ll see that woman’s mugshot, view her as “Other” and make their own stupid conclusions about her and her life. It may turn out she meets those stereotypes, but it looks like, on some level she was really trying to figure out how to support her kids. I hope her other kids end up in a home where they are loved and cared for. God this is so sad, and not the only home where tough choices like this exist every day.

170 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:08:24am

re: #169 A Mom Anon

I really wish all the “right to life” assholes would look at things like this and it would dawn on them that if they really cared about “the children” that maybe they could work on things like low cost or free day cares instead of those bogus “crisis pregnancy centers” they love to fund and support. Or food banks and school supply centers in poor neighborhoods or after school programs or a whole host of other answers to big problems. The company she works for has a social responsibility too, wouldn’t it have been great if her HR people could have pointed her towards affordable child care or had one on site?

But no, they’ll see that woman’s mugshot, view her as “Other” and make their own stupid conclusions about her and her life. It may turn out she meets those stereotypes, but it looks like, on some level she was really trying to figure out how to support her kids. I hope her other kids end up in a home where they are loved and cared for. God this is so sad, and not the only home where tough choices like this exist every day.

Thank you for your comment; I totally agree.

171 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:13:53am

After all the hype and predictions it is starting to snow in Philly. I just saw a few flurries a couple of minutes ago.

172 AntonSirius  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:36:51am

re: #141 FemNaziBitch

I finally forced myself to watch Megyn Kelly reassuring us that Santa is, indeed, white.

I can’t tell you how relieved I was.

/not

173 Dave In Austin  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:38:21am

Image: ICW.jpg

Inter-coastal Waterway Near Rockport, TX

174 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 7:43:39am

re: #131 EdDantes

Actually, I think it is because they persisted so many millions of years defying Darwin and then went extinct.

How is persisting for millions of years ‘defying’ Darwin?

175 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:01:54am

SantaCon in London.


Take that, Sarah Palin.

176 darthstar  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:09:43am
177 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:10:45am

re: #174 wrenchwench

How is persisting for millions of years ‘defying’ Darwin?

He doesn’t think evolution is real.

179 Mattand  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:13:19am

Hey, kids:

Guess who just went full metal Limbaugh, claiming her comments were merely a joke and twisted by race-baiters:

Kelly: Outrage Over ‘White’ Santa Comment Was ‘Race-Bait’ (VIDEO)

I admit it: I absolutely gloat when the War on Xmas blows up in one of its proponent’s faces.

What’s kind of sad, though, is that as much as I don’t like her views, I sort of gave Kelly a little more credit than that.

Absolutely amazing with Fox News. There are so predictable.

180 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:15:50am

re: #179 Mattand

Hey, kids:

Guess who just went full metal Limbaugh, claiming her comments were merely a joke and twisted by race-baiters:

Kelly: Outrage Over ‘White’ Santa Comment Was ‘Race-Bait’ (VIDEO)

I admit it: I absolutely gloat when the War on Xmas blows up in one of its proponent’s faces.

What’s kind of sad, though, is that as much as I don’t like her views, I sort of gave Kelly a little more credit than that.

Absolutely amazing with Fox News. There are so predictable.

What I find more amusing is that fact that most were pointing out the “Jesus was white” comment she made more so than Santa.
Funny how she ignored that one.

181 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:17:16am

re: #179 Mattand

It’s who they are, what they do. If Megyn wants to keep that sweet paycheck going she hasn’t got a lot of choice. Everyone on that channel has painted themselves into a hateful little corner and they knew it going in. Money means more than truth or informing the people. Thanks Rupert Murdoch!

182 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:17:55am

FYI;
Coughing and burping at the same time can kind of hurt.

183 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:19:49am

Looking from the Tomb of the Eagles at the cliff edge at Isbister on South Ronaldsey in Orkney, Scotland.

184 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:22:14am

re: #180 Varek Raith

To be “fair” I think she went over the top on the Santa thing because she honestly thinks little kids are glued to the TV watching her “news” show and she didn’t want to ruin their illusions of The Claus. Hence the referring to him as an historical figure and all that. She’s a mom too, so that part I sort of get. That’s as far as I would EVER got to defend anyone in that nest of vipers. But the rest of it was just inane, idiotic, lame shit that they’re known for on that channel and if they can throw in some race and hate while they’re at it, BONUS! Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if they got cash bonuses for the number of hate comments they can generate on the website and blog links.

185 darthstar  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:26:01am

2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

186 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:28:28am

Well, this might get the Chinese to the moon. OTOH, it’s Sarah Palin’s favorite canned drink, so millions of Chinese may suffer brain damage, too.

Red Bull plans drinks sales in China: report

reuters.com

187 wheat-dogghazi  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:31:42am

re: #174 wrenchwench

How is persisting for millions of years ‘defying’ Darwin?

I was going to comment on that remark, too, but I had stuff to do in the real world. Trilobites were remarkably diverse organisms, evolving into many different species over millions of years. They were not a single species, but an entire class of arthropods living from about 520 million to 250 million years ago. (Mammals are also a class. Think about how many different species that includes.) Rather than defy Darwin, who wasn’t around at the time anyway, trilobites are a prime example of evolution.

188 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:33:11am

re: #184 A Mom Anon

To be “fair” I think she went over the top on the Santa thing because she honestly thinks little kids are glued to the TV watching her “news” show and she didn’t want to ruin their illusions of The Claus. Hence the referring to him as an historical figure and all that. She’s a mom too, so that part I sort of get. That’s as far as I would EVER got to defend anyone in that nest of vipers. But the rest of it was just inane, idiotic, lame shit that they’re known for on that channel and if they can throw in some race and hate while they’re at it, BONUS! Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if they got cash bonuses for the number of hate comments they can generate on the website and blog links.

Two things Megyn said that did make me think she’s a racist. One was (I’m not going to watch again to get an exact quote, so this is a paraphrase), ‘the author of the piece, who is African American, seems to have some actual pain over this…’ like that’s unreasonable; and two, when she emphasized to the ‘kids’ that Santa just IS white, she obviously assumes that if there ARE any actual kids watching, they must be white, because who would say that to a black kid, or any kid who is not a white Christian?

189 Mattand  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:34:11am

re: #181 A Mom Anon

It’s who they are, what they do. If Megyn wants to keep that sweet paycheck going she hasn’t got a lot of choice. Everyone on that channel has painted themselves into a hateful little corner and they knew it going in. Money means more than truth or informing the people. Thanks Rupert Murdoch!

Ain’t that the truth. It’s what runs through my mind whenever I see or read about one of these people. The big question is do they feel, or at some point felt, any conscience about the the blatant propaganda they push.

For me, the big example of that is Clayton Morris. He’s one of the weekend anchors for Fox & Friends. He appears on a couple of the tech podcasts I listen to. He’s an unapologetic geek, knows his stuff, and comes off as a genuinely pleasant guy.

Compare that to the recent interview Morris and his Fox cohorts did with some idiot who was promoting the idea that woman need to be married to be “complete”.

Part of me wants to belive that this genial, friendly guy knows how nasty this is. But as you indicated, working on-air at Fox means you have to promote a certain viewpoint. I’m sure it’s easier to work as a Fox anchor if you truly believe this crap.

At the end of the day, you never hear of any former Fox personalities repudiating their former jobs.

190 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:35:40am

re: #187 wheat-dogghazi

He was probably trolling. I mean, he probably does believe trilobites defy Darwin, but he said it just to troll.

I bet his grandaddy was a trilobite.

191 Mattand  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:35:44am

re: #188 wrenchwench

Two things Megyn said that did make me think she’s a racist. One was (I’m not going to watch again to get an exact quote, so this is a paraphrase), ‘the author of the piece, who is African American, seems to have some actual pain over this…’ like that’s unreasonable; and two, when she emphasized to the ‘kids’ that Santa just IS white, she obviously assumes that if there ARE any actual kids watching, they must be white, because who would say that to a black kid, or any kid who is not a white Christian?

Jon Stewart noted that on Thursday. He didn’t explicitly call Kelly a racist, but noted those comments absolutely were.

192 darthstar  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:36:48am
193 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:37:18am

re: #180 Varek Raith

What I find more amusing is that fact that most were pointing out the “Jesus was white” comment she made more so than Santa.
Funny how she ignored that one.

Apparently, she didn’t ignore that:

“By the way, I also said Jesus is white,” Kelly continued, trying to dig herself out of the holiday hornet’s nest. “As I’ve learned in the past two days, that is far from settled.”

nydailynews.com

194 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:42:07am

re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth

Apparently, she didn’t ignore that:

nydailynews.com

“Far from settled?”

I don’t think so. He never was white, if he existed in Palestine.

195 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:46:45am

re: #146 Justanotherhuman

I recently discovered that someone I know and like is a Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist. She believes, with as much certainty as I believe there are things called “stars” in the sky, that the Sandy Hook massacre never happened at all, and it’s all a media hoax. If you knew everything about her EXCEPT THAT, you would agree that she’s a remarkably intelligent, well-adjusted woman from a solid, respectable familial background who is good at her fairly complicated job, and would be a valuable member of your team in the event of a robot uprising or zombie apocalypse. She’s kind and considerate and generous, and you would have no reservations about letting her watch your kids while you went out of town for the weekend.

BUT SHE SECRETLY BELIEVES THIS BATSHIT-CRAZY IDEA.

I used to be a hard-core JFK assassination conspiracy theorist, but I’ve mostly overcome it. Mostly. I am also a former UFO conspiracy nut. I understand the cynicism and paranoia that leads you down that type of path. I don’t think I actually have a point to make here, except to just blather about smart people believing weird things. Never mind.

196 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:49:35am

I can remember my early years as a Catholic. Going to Catholic school for 2 years. My dad went to a seminary and my mom worked with nuns in their early years. We never once brought up Jesus’s race, color, etc. That was never the point. The whole argument is getting rather absurd.

197 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:52:21am

re: #179 Mattand

“Full Metal Limbaugh” is an excellent band name.

198 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:52:21am

Welcome, hatchling.

199 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:52:33am

re: #188 wrenchwench

I agree, she is just as full of hate as her cohorts on that channel are. But the historical Santa thing was what I said it was, at least that’s how it came off to me. But honest to god, why even HAVE that conversation in that context (all the “good” stuff is whiteywhitewhitesothere) if you’re not a racist asshole?

200 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:52:51am

re: #19 Stanley Sea

All my photos are bigger than 400 & I don’t know how to reduce on iPad. :(

itunes.apple.com

Free.

201 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:55:33am

Free! Just went by the stars it received after doing a Google search.

202 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:58:37am

re: #201 Gus

Free! Just went by the stars it received after doing a Google search.

I’m just going to go ahead and assume this is an Emerson, Lake, and Palmer lyric.

203 Eclectic Cyborg  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:02:10am

This is 10 kinds of win.

204 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:02:33am

ACHOO! Whew.

205 Eclectic Cyborg  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:05:14am

re: #192 darthstar

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How in the blazing hell was that a joke?????

I’m getting so sick of wingnuts using that as a canned excuse to try and distance themselves from stupid shit they say.

206 Political Atheist  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:07:09am

Op-Ed
A grand bargain on guns? Here’s how.

latimes.com

Really interesting set of ideas, put forth by two writers. One interesting tidbit-The ATF is rightly feared by gun dealers, many of which are little mom and pop operations. That’s because the ATF has no option to fine or suspend an FFL. Egregious violators get the same penalty as a guy that makes an honest paperwork error or an employees misreads & lets a gun be released an hour or two or a day before the holding period is over.

I think I try to be fair about this issue, and these guys have ideas that are just brilliant.

These three steps won’t, by themselves, end the gun debate. Even as we write this piece, the two of us disagree on aspects of gun laws. For example, one of us believes a law banning 30-round magazines would have a significant public safety impact, while the other believes such a restriction is a diversionary tactic that would unnecessarily limit the rights of responsible gun owners.

But we agree that the three proposals we make here would enhance the rights of law-abiding gun owners and sellers and make it harder for violent criminals seeking easy access to guns. Gun owners would enjoy fuller freedoms, and fewer people would die. So, what are we waiting for?

Richard Feldman is the president of the Independent Firearm Owners Assn. Inc. and author of the book “Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist.” Arkadi Gerney is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former gun policy advisor to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

latimes.com

Paged

207 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:18:50am

re: #196 Gus

I can remember my early years as a Catholic. Going to Catholic school for 2 years. My dad went to a seminary and my mom worked with nuns in their early years. We never once brought up Jesus’s race, color, etc. That was never the point. The whole argument is getting rather absurd.

Iknowrite.

208 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:19:59am

I freaking hate sinus infections.
I get one a year and it always makes KRUNK TOOTH HURT!!!

209 Eclectic Cyborg  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:24:15am

Love this!

Company’s public shaming of ranting customer results in flood of orders

210 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:24:24am

re: #207 Varek Raith

Iknowrite.

The Three Wise Men in our manger were black. Iron figures that my mom had handed down to her. They always came out a couple of days after the baby Jesus was put in the set.

211 Eclectic Cyborg  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:24:59am

re: #208 Varek Raith

I once got one that knocked out my sense of taste for around a MONTH.

It sucked.

212 Eclectic Cyborg  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:26:12am

re: #210 Gus

The Three Wise Men in our manger were black. Iron figures that my mom had handed down to her. They always came out a couple of days after the baby Jesus was put in the set.

In a Republican Nativity Scene, the Wise Men would be black thugs who instead of bringing gifts would be stealing everything they can get their hands on.

Joseph would be holding an AR-15 and there’d be a big portrait of Reagan above the manger.

213 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:32:49am

Now my ear is popping.
e_e

214 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:35:01am

I’m going to have to call the whambulance‎.
WHAAAAAA!
/tooth pain turns me into a two year old. XD

215 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:36:13am

re: #214 Varek Raith

I’m going to have to call the whambulance‎.
WHAAAAAA!
/tooth pain turns me into a two year old. XD

Do you have some string and a door available? //

216 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:38:11am

re: #215 Gus

Do you have some string and a door available? //

:P

217 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:38:21am

re: #131 EdDantes

Actually, I think it is because they persisted so many millions of years defying Darwin and then went extinct.

WTF?

218 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:40:05am

re: #217 Charles Johnson

WTF?

Clearly trilobites were created in God’s image.

219 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:42:05am

re: #218 Varek Raith

Clearly trilobites were created in God’s image.

And EdDantes in the trilobite’s.

220 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:46:59am

Tamale making party!

(finally was able to reduce size of photo to post)

Heeeeeeey LGF.

221 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:55:29am

Remember those frozen bananas dipped in chocolate kits?

222 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:56:08am

re: #218 Varek Raith

Clearly trilobites were created in God’s image.

flickr.com

223 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:56:52am

Think I saw pizza with Ranch dressing on a menu once. That might be worse than pineapple-pizza.

224 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:02:30am
225 Mattand  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:02:45am

re: #212 Eclectic Cyborg

In a Republican Nativity Scene, the Wise Men would be black thugs who instead of bringing gifts would be stealing everything they can get their hands on.

Joseph would be holding an AR-15 and there’d be a big portrait of Reagan above the manger.

“Well, everyone, it’s morning in Bethlehem.”

POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW

226 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:04:26am

re: #223 Gus

Gus, if you are currently being held captive by a government or terrorist group that advocates pineapple on pizza, please drop some clues that we can use to rescue you. Bruce Batman and Kal-El are (somewhat contentiously) formulating a workable plan. We just need to know where you are.

227 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:08:39am
228 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:16:39am
229 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:18:37am
230 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:21:32am

re: #224 Gus

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There were tons of fake Egypt snow pictures on reddit yesterday.

231 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:22:51am
232 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:26:05am

re: #229 Gus

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There seems to be a shake up going on with Washington think tanks lately. Podesta, who runs Center For American Progress, officially took a job in the Obama administration. Media Matters (a CAP front group) declared victory over Fox News and said it was moving on to other topics. Meanwhile, Republican leadership told the right wing think tanks to go pound sand and leave him alone. Power bases are shifting a bit but it doesn’t look like anything game changing.

233 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:37:35am

re: #230 Killgore Trout

There were tons of fake Egypt snow pictures on reddit yesterday.

Fake things on REDDIT? Surely you jest. Next you’ll be suggesting that ridiculous things sometimes appear on Gawker.

234 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:39:16am

Iranians nabbed another spy
Report: Iran arrests alleged MI6 spy working for Britain in Iran

235 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:39:48am

Here’s a hatchling I helped out last year, he was trying to get across the road. The little multi-tool will give you an scale for his size. I ran across his big brother while down on Florida earlier this year. Another painted turtle, but he was a good 12 inches long.

RBS

236 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:40:29am

re: #232 Killgore Trout

Umm, I’m looking at Media Matters right now and there are Fox news stories on both the front page and the top blog post on their blog. What are you talking about? I don’t see anything there at all claiming they won some war on Fox.

237 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:40:46am

re: #233 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Fake things on REDDIT? Surely you jest. Next you’ll be suggesting that ridiculous things sometimes appear on Gawker.

It was pretty funny, there were about a half dozen that kept making it to the front page. Even as they were being debunked new ones kept popping up.

238 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:42:28am

re: #236 A Mom Anon

Umm, I’m looking at Media Matters right now and there are Fox news stories on both the front page and the top blog post on their blog. What are you talking about? I don’t see anything there at all claiming they won some war on Fox.

Media Matters Declares Victory: ‘The War On Fox Is Over’

239 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:45:59am

re: #238 Killgore Trout

Media Matters Declares Victory: ‘The War On Fox Is Over’

BTW, I think it could be a positive development. Fox news is still killing in the ratings, Limbaugh will still be on the air until he decides to retire. The fixation on Fox and Limbaugh reached unhealthy proportions long ago. I think a new direction (depending on what they choose) could be more productive.

240 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:46:28am

I need cake.

241 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:46:54am

re: #235 RealityBasedSteve

Here’s a hatchling I helped out last year, he was trying to get across the road. The little multi-tool will give you wrenchwench an scale for his size. I ran across his big brother while down on Florida earlier this year. Another painted turtle, but he was a good 12 inches long.

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RBS

The allen wrench on the right is an 8 mm.

242 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:47:05am

re: #238 Killgore Trout

And if you read the article, you’ll see that they are not stopping their coverage of Fox’s lies. They stated that they felt they had got the word out that they had discredited them, but they will continue to cover Fox, and EXPAND their attention to other news and social network outlets.

243 AlexRogan  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:47:14am

re: #238 Killgore Trout

Media Matters Declares Victory: ‘The War On Fox Is Over’

Did you even read the article?

According to its strategic plan for the next three years, a copy of which was provided to The Huffington Post, Media Matters envisions shifting its focus to new, increasingly influential targets, including Spanish-language media, social media streams, alternative online outlets and morning and entertainment sources. It will enhance its state media and issue-based monitoring, as well as continue its focus on right-wing radio and legacy outlets.

“We’ve always said, ‘Media Matters watches Fox, so you don’t have to,’” said Bradley Beychok, the group’s president. “That remains true. Fox News isn’t going to stop lying, so we’ll stay on that beat. But, our success regarding Fox News means that our talented team will carry out our mission in different ways consistent with a new strategic vision responsive to the transforming media environment.”

and…

Media Matters argues in its strategic plan that Fox News is no longer the gatekeeper it once was, now that social media has proliferated and many of the network’s personalities have moved elsewhere. Former host Glenn Beck, for example, now has his own digital news operation.

Conservative media, in other words, has become more fragmented; messages often move straight to legacy outlets like the nightly news, or become part of the national conversation by leapfrogging the press entirely.

It sounds to me like they’re changing with the times and staying on top of the media scene, unlike some people.

244 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:47:51am

re: #241 wrenchwench

The allen wrench on the right is an 8 mm.

And I hope you didn’t literally run across his brother…

245 Political Atheist  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:48:41am

China is asserting herself militarily. Navies spar, sharpen up, get a little more daring… What could possibly go wrong?

Obviously we were watching and learning about the carrier. The Chinese navy orders an escort vessel to interfere. I recall us and the Soviets doing a lot of that in the cold war days. Daze? Japan will continue to grow it’s navy, and eventually post WW2 constraints will fall on the hardware side.

Headline-U.S., Chinese warships come dangerously close

Several U.S. military officials confirmed details of the incident on the high seas involving the USS Cowpens, which has just come to light.

The American warship — which U.S. officials say was in international waters — was approached by a Chinese Navy ship. The smaller vessel peeled off from a group of Chinese Navy ships that included the carrier Liaoning….

The Cowpens commanding officer then issued orders for an “all stop” when the other ship was less than 500 yards off its bow, a U.S. Navy official said.

246 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:49:19am

One of my “Morning Coffee” sites is Newshounds… We Watch Fox So You Won’t Have To I can always rely on them to have the latest and the ?greatest? from them.

RBS

247 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:49:43am

Tea Party Santa

248 Political Atheist  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:49:55am

re: #235 RealityBasedSteve

Here’s a hatchling I helped out last year, he was trying to get across the road. The little multi-tool will give you an scale for his size. I ran across his big brother while down on Florida earlier this year. Another painted turtle, but he was a good 12 inches long.

[Embedded image]

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RBS

Hatchling? Heh, What’s his nic?

249 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:50:27am

re: #240 Gus

I need cake.

The guy whose wife runs the bakery a couple blocks away just brought me hot cinnamon pecan rolls.

I’m sure you can get here faster than 72 hrs.

/

250 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:51:31am

re: #249 wrenchwench

The guy whose wife runs the bakery a couple blocks away just brought me hot cinnamon pecan rolls.

I’m sure you can get here faster than 72 hrs.

/

[Hops in SR-71.] //

251 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:52:00am

re: #241 wrenchwench

The allen wrench on the right is an 8 mm.

He was about 2 inches total nose to tail. And I almost ran over his brother in florida. He was on the golf - cart trail and when we stopped to so I could move him, he ran right under the wheel of the Golf Cart to hide. The then proceeded to wee on me when I picked him up to get him to safety.

RBS

252 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:53:20am

and on that ridiculous note, I am going to take advantage of the lull in the rain to walk the dog. Later lizards, have a pleasant weekend.

253 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:55:04am

re: #251 RealityBasedSteve

He was about 2 inches total nose to tail. And I almost ran over his brother in florida. He was on the golf - cart trail and when we stopped to so I could move him, he ran right under the wheel of the Golf Cart to hide. The then proceeded to wee on me when I picked him up to get him to safety.

RBS

They don’t have many offensive weapons. Mostly play defense with that shell.

254 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:55:51am
255 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:56:39am
256 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:56:53am

re: #243 AlexRogan

Did you even read the article?
.

Of course he didn’t. He might discover it says something other than what he wants it to say.

257 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 10:58:02am

:D

258 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 11:01:39am

politico.com

Media Matters, the left-wing media watchdog group, is about to embark on a strategic plan of action that will see a new focus on Spanish language, alternative online and local media as well as the utilization of new technologies and a stronger online presence to promote their mission.

In the “Plan of Action,” a copy of which was obtained by POLITICO, Media Matters says it will shift its attention from Fox News, it’s chief target since its founding in 2004, and focus on debunking the “lies, smears and misinformation” from other media sources.

The plan includes developing a “special ops” team and a bundle of new technology initiatives called “Project Metis,” which will allow Media Matters to track the sources of misinformation, monitor its path through the online echo chamber, and ultimately predict the life cycle of smears with mathematical precision, according to the plan.

Media Matters also plans to increase its online and social media presence, cultivating a “network of activists.” The plan also includes starting an annual Media Matters conference in Washington and publishing more e-books.

The shift from Fox News is also significant: In an interview with POLITICO, Media Matters Vice President Angelo Carusone scaled back an earlier statement to Huffington Post that the “war on Fox is over,” instead saying that they’ve succeeded in getting others to recognize Fox as a “disreputable political operation” and addressing the “commercialization of extremism.”

“Both of those objectives were accomplished. People are much more comfortable with calling out Fox News for what it is and the commercialization has been addressed,” Carusone said. “It’s not about ratings and who’s watching — it’s about those two factors.”

Outrage!

259 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 11:05:46am

Ranch dressing should be banned!

260 Gus  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 11:06:05am

We really going to squabble about this?

261 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 11:11:10am

Got Christmas money from Parents,m and Dad’s-Side Grandparents.

Using it to expand my CD and Movie/Game Collection.

Current list:

Ultimate Santana
Doctor Who (Original TV Soundtrack)
Doctor Who-Series 3 (Original TV Soundtrack)
Doctor Who-Series 4 Specials (Original TV Soundtrack)-Vol.4
Doctor Who-Series 5 (Original TV Soundtrack)
Doctor Who-A Christmas Carol (Original TV Soundtrack)
Doctor Who-Series 6 (Original TV Soundtrack)
Doctor Who-Series 7 (Original TV Soundtrack)
Doctor Who-The Snowmen/The Widow, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Original TV Soundtrack)
Doctor Who (The 50th Anniversary Collection) (Original TV Soundtrack)
Red (Deluxe)-From Target
Foo Fighters:Greatest Hits
Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack
Kingdom Hearts II Soundtrack
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Soundtrack
5 (Alizee)

Movies
The Doctors Revisited (1-4)
The Doctors Revisited (9-11)
Despicable Me 2
The Blues Brothers

Missing anything?

262 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 11:19:35am

I’m watching a Nat-Geo show on UPS on Hulu. WOW!!! Amazing what goes on to get my box from Point A to Point B. Pretty freaking neat!

RBS

263 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 11:25:30am

re: #254 Gus

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You’re being naughty, Gus, supporting the F-35 like that. ;)

Good find, actually, I like it.

264 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 12:10:17pm

Amazing how fast a thread dies when a new one starts.

RBS

265 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 14, 2013 12:51:35pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Bill Moyers can fuck right off.Nothing to that piece but a talking head kicking up his heels and braying like the member of the Donkey Party he is.

The NRA convinces the government to ‘ban’ gun violence studies and Moyers is in the wrong?


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