GOP Outreach to Women: “Don’t go sleeveless again [Sandra Fluke]”

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Now some fashion advice for women from GOP surrogate, @GOPfashionista.

Here’s a screen shot of GOP Fashionista’s “GOP 2014” outreach page. As you can see, GOP Fashionista is officially connected to the GOP and RNC.

GOP FASHIONISTA | GOP2014 - Screen Shot

Update - more GOP outreach from “GOP Fashionista”:

UPDATE at 12/25/13 5:47:12 pm

Tweet has been deleted but screen shot acquired by LGF user Jaunte and Alouette.

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113 comments
1 Charles Johnson  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 4:08:06pm

They just can’t help themselves.

2 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 4:52:24pm

Pro-tip: no selfies while wearing the gimp suit.

3 Kragar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 4:54:44pm

“What part of ‘we’ve rebranded’ don’t you stupid cows understand?”

4 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 4:58:40pm

HURR HURR!! SHE SAID HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!! STONE TEH GODLESS SLUT!!!!11!!!!

5 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 4:59:31pm

Is GOPFashionist Ann Coulter or Inez Feltscher?

6 Stanley Sea  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:02:19pm

Fuck them and their hate.

christmas joy!

7 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:08:02pm

That couch! Jesus she has no taste.

8 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:08:15pm
9 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:12:23pm

re: #7 darthstar

That couch! Jesus she has no taste.

Worse than the couch: the floor it’s on.

10 prairiefire  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:14:38pm

re: #2 jaunte

Pro-tip: no selfies while wearing the gimp suit.

I know! I think she wants to focus on her arms and ripped physique.

11 Kragar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:14:43pm

re: #9 Pie-onist Overlord

Worse than the couch: the floor it’s on.

I like the shitty black and white prints on the wall.

12 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:15:38pm

I listened to a few minutes of Rush Limbaugh’s Christmas show today. Among other things, I learned that those whack-jobs who make bullet-proof backpacks for kids are among his sponsors now.

13 BeenHereAwhile  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:16:10pm

Obviously the proper response to these uptight folk is more Mel Brooks:

Maybe:

“History Of The GOP, Part 1”
[prior to 1960]

“Young Carl Rove”

“GOP, Men In Tight Denial”

@MelBrooks: May your #Christmas day be filled with OY! Watch #OytotheWorld : A Mel Brooks Marathon all day on @SundanceChannel t.co

14 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:16:10pm

Not sure but I think this might be some kind of GOP youth outreach sort of thing too. Still more about Muslims.


Someone at the GOP and RNC needs to tell me how I should look at this with a straight face.

15 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:16:51pm

re: #9 Pie-onist Overlord

Worse than the couch: the floor it’s on.

And the guy’s “art” from some 1983 bachelor pad.

16 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:17:09pm

I think Inez at Heritage has a new gig.

17 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:17:12pm

re: #14 Gus

It’s hard to even tell what that means.

18 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:17:49pm
19 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:18:08pm

STEAMIN’ CAPYBARAS!

20 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:18:42pm

re: #15 darthstar

And the guy’s “art” from some 1983 bachelor pad.

Actually those look like Edith Head costume design sketches.

21 Kragar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:20:06pm

re: #20 Pie-onist Overlord

Actually those look like Edith Head costume design sketches.

Or more likely, cheap facsimiles meant to look like them.

22 Ryan King  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:21:11pm
23 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:22:09pm

re: #21 Kragar

Or more likely, cheap facsimiles meant to look like them.

Yeah an original Edith Head costume plate would cost a bunch.

24 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:24:24pm

re: #22 Tim TeaBro

[Embedded content]

Must be from his daily use collection.

25 Charles Johnson  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:24:29pm

It’s kind of amazing how the GOP just keeps doing this kind of asinine stuff, even though the bigwigs keep trying to tell the knuckle-draggers to keep it on the down low. They really can’t stop. It’s a part of them. The misogyny and the racism and the homophobia are just a part of their atmosphere, the oxygen they breathe.

26 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:25:18pm

re: #22 Tim TeaBro

Do you think that guy’s a front for one of the conservative pacs?
His topics/themes aren’t that different from Breitbart and Hoft’s.
gaypatriot.net

27 prairiefire  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:25:43pm

re: #6 Stanley Sea

Fuck them and their hate.

christmas joy!

ELP ~ Youtube Video

Christmas Joy!

28 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:26:44pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

The bigwigs find themselves defending such people as bold representatives of free speech and Biblical Truth.

29 Kragar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:27:35pm

re: #18 jaunte

[Embedded content]

I hear she started out as a welder.

30 prairiefire  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:27:45pm

Crappy wall sconce.

31 Stanley Sea  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:29:13pm

re: #27 prairiefire

ELP ~ [Embedded content]

Christmas Joy!

Nailed it. Thanks Prairie!

32 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:29:25pm

Ha! She deleted that Tweet.

33 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:30:03pm

Anyone have the page still loaded. Please take a screen shot.

34 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:34:16pm

Hello?

35 Charles Johnson  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:35:18pm

re: #33 Gus

Anyone have the page still loaded. Please take a screen shot.

Yep, she deleted it. The blockquote code that Twitter sent us when you posted it remains, however. A text version of the deleted tweet. I didn’t get a screenshot - but you could add an update to say it was deleted.

36 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:36:07pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

Yep, she deleted it. The blockquote code that Twitter sent us when you posted it remains, however. A text version of the deleted tweet. I didn’t get a screenshot - but you could add an update to say it was deleted.

It should still be loaded on this page up top if someone didn’t reload this page.

37 Interesting Times  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:36:51pm

re: #33 Gus

Anyone have the page still loaded. Please take a screen shot.

I will, once I figure out how on this new tablet (MS Surface) - no “print scrn” button on the keyboard :(

38 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:37:52pm

This will piss off the wingnuts - Rouhani sending good wishes to Pope Francis.

39 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:38:36pm

I still have it up on my end. How do you do a screen cap in Safari for Windows?

40 Kragar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:39:28pm

OK, My mom got me a tablet for Christmas, but I don’t have a wireless router. Is there an option where I can buy a USB device to piggyback off my PC?

41 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:39:31pm

re: #36 Gus

42 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:40:08pm

43 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:40:20pm

re: #41 jaunte

[Embedded image]

Thanks! I knew I could count on ya’. ;)

44 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:40:42pm

re: #39 Bubblehead II

I still have it up on my end. How do you do a screen cap in Safari for Windows?

Ctrl + Print-Scrn for the whole window

Ctrl-Alt + Prnt-Scrn to capture active window (like a small dialog box) without the rest of the scree.

45 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:40:52pm

re: #43 Gus

Bonus “view image on twitter” popup!

46 PhillyPretzel  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:40:53pm

re: #39 Bubblehead II

I think it is that command button (the one that looks like a 4 leaf clover) and the letter S.

47 Kragar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:41:27pm

Ah, dinner time.

48 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:42:18pm

re: #45 jaunte

Bonus “view image on twitter” popup!

Yeah. Saw that. :O

49 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:42:54pm

re: #47 Kragar

Ah, dinner time.

Did someone say dinner? Just my wife, myself, and two dogs for dinner…so a 4.5lb bone in rib roast of course…

Image: 1544299_10152121600563024_1101333193_n.jpg

50 Charles Johnson  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:44:33pm

By the way, some random info that might come in useful - the reason we have a text copy of a deleted tweet is because of the way Twitter’s embedding feature works. That text copy is the actual text of the tweet, with timestamps and bylines, at the time you posted the comment or page, straight from Twitter. That’s how their embedded tweet feature works — you first get the plain vanilla blockquote code and save that, then run their Javascript code that transforms it into their styled embedded tweets.

That’s why deleted tweets show up as unstyled blockquotes — because that’s what they are. When a tweet is deleted, Twitter’s Javascript code just leaves the unstyled blockquote alone.

I don’t think this was deliberate on Twitter’s part - it’s just a consequence of the rather haphazard way their embedded tweet feature was designed. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them change this at some point, to make it more difficult to save text versions of deleted tweets.

51 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:44:56pm

re: #44 darthstar

re: #46 PhillyPretzel

Thanks for the info, but I see Jaunte got it already.

52 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:47:02pm
53 Charles Johnson  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:55:16pm

By the way, I’d be willing to bet that no tweets are ever actually deleted by Twitter. They’re just flagged as “deleted” so they no longer appear in the public interface, but the text is still stored in the database.

54 freetoken  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:55:44pm

Speaking of not being able to help themselves, Eric son of Erick pontificates:

Erick Erickson commentary: Dec. 25 was picked as birthday of Jesus for Christian reasons

One of the most popular theories and commonly taught explanations for why Christmas is on Dec. 25 is that the early church placed Christian holidays at times of Roman celebration to co-opt the local pagan festivals.

[…]

In Egypt, less than 300 years after Christ’s death, some Christians celebrated his birth in the spring. As the Biblical Archeology Society has noted, the earliest references to Christmas come at about 200 A.D., at a time Christians were not incorporating other religious traditions into their own.

[…]

Um… let’s think about this for a second. First off, yes, Eric asserts this without any proof, which is a problem.

But more importantly it is obviously false on the face of it.

Because if anything is clear, Christianity began itself by incorporating “other” religious traditions - namely, various Jews sects and their teachings and practices.

Erickson is so blindingly dishonest in this article (there’s more ignorance later on in the piece) I really wonder if his followers have learning disabilities.

55 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:58:08pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

…but the text is still stored in the database.

This could be the historic end of all human privacy.

56 ObserverArt  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:59:32pm

re: #52 jaunte

[He LOVES sink baths ]

I’m not sure my eyes believe what I am seeing regarding that image, but I like it.

57 wrenchwench  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:03:06pm

re: #55 jaunte

This could be the historic end of all human privacy.

A child born today will never know what it means to have an unrecordeded, unanalyzed tweet.

58 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:03:51pm

re: #57 wrenchwench

A child born today will never know what it means to have an unrecordeded, unanalyzed tweet.

Think I’ll share this concern on Facebook.

59 The War TARDIS  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:04:13pm

Doctor, you are a fucking idiot.

60 freetoken  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:05:17pm

re: #59 The War TARDIS

no spoilers

61 ObserverArt  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:08:28pm

re: #57 wrenchwench

A child born today will never know what it means to have an unrecordeded, unanalyzed tweet.

Phrases regarding the future of tweet life:

I am what I tweet…and that is all I ever will be.

Sometimes a tweet is only a tweet.

I tweet, therefor I am.

To err is human to really fuck up is to tweet.

What you leave is all that you tweeted.

Go forward and tweet!

Others bastardizations of popular phrases, statements and idioms?

62 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:12:42pm

re: #61 ObserverArt

“Well, You know what a Freudian slip is? It’s when you think one thing and tweet your mother.” @ Oedipus

63 Charles Johnson  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:13:11pm
64 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:13:20pm

re: #61 ObserverArt

I came, I saw, I tweeted.
My fellow tweeters, ask not what your country can tweet for you, ask what you can tweet for your country.

Best I can come up with on the spur of the moment.

65 ObserverArt  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:15:38pm

re: #64 Bubblehead II

I came, I saw, I tweeted.
My fellow tweeters, ask not what your country can tweet for you, ask what you can tweet for your country.

Best I can come up with on the spur of the moment.

Those are good! Tweets be all purpose.

EDIT…

One small tweet for man, one giant tweet for mankind.

66 kirkspencer  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:17:21pm

re: #61 ObserverArt

Phrases regarding the future of tweet life:

I am what I tweet…and that is all I ever will be.

Sometimes a tweet is only a tweet.

I tweet, therefor I am.

To err is human to really fuck up is to tweet.

What you leave is all that you tweeted.

Go forward and tweet!

Others bastardizations of popular phrases, statements and idioms?

I tweet I taw a puddy tat.

67 Ace-o-aces  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:17:57pm

What the fuck is she talking about?

68 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:19:11pm
69 Snarknado!  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:19:54pm

re: #67 Ace-o-aces

[Embedded content]

What the fuck is she talking about?

CL, Dr Lizardo, I call you … MUSLIMS!

(Did I break something?)

70 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:20:44pm

re: #68 jaunte

[Embedded content]

I’m afraid to look.

71 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:21:28pm

re: #67 Ace-o-aces

Random nonspecific whining about Freedom of Speech being taken away by PeeCeeLibs, plus a game of “Guess the Muslim”.

72 AlexRogan  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:21:49pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

By the way, I’d be willing to bet that no tweets are ever actually deleted by Twitter. They’re just flagged as “deleted” so they no longer appear in the public interface, but the text is still stored in the database.

Probably just as well, for legal reasons.

73 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:23:48pm

re: #71 jaunte

Random nonspecific whining about Freedom of Speech being taken away by PeeCeeLibs, plus a game of “Guess the Muslim”.

Or. WHY CAN’T WE CALL SOMEONE WHO WE HAVE NO IDEA MIGHT ACTUALLY REALLY BE A MUSLIM A MUSLIM WHEN WE JUST THINK HE OR SHE IS A MUSLIM!!??

74 Charles Johnson  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:24:03pm

re: #72 AlexRogan

Probably just as well, for legal reasons.

Deleted tweets are also valuable as marketing tools.

75 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:25:09pm

re: #73 Gus

Create and Publicize the Controversy!!!

76 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:26:46pm

re: #75 jaunte

Create and Publicize the Controversy!!!

Funny how we can describe as Jew, Catholic, Protestant but God FORBID we call BARACK HUSSEIN OBUMMER A MOOZLIM!!??

77 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:28:48pm

Merry Christmas All..
How has the onslaught of holiday commercials impressed you?
Now we face the sales ads until the Superbowl ads. I’ll begrundge Apple this. One of the best ads in years..Beats all the beer ads, Victoria Secrets models etc..
A moving rendition of Have yourself a merry little Christmas..
Nice job Apple..

78 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:28:59pm

re: #70 Gus

I’m afraid to look.

It’s a little scary.

79 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:29:29pm

re: #12 Shiplord Kirel

I listened to a few minutes of Rush Limbaugh’s Christmas show today. Among other things, I learned that those whack-jobs who make bullet-proof backpacks for kids are among his sponsors now.

That’s just an advertising angle, you should know. Armored backpacks are also sold to adult civilians who have to go into dangerous places, as well as law enforcement officers.

80 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:30:19pm

re: #70 Gus

I’m afraid to look.

It appears to be a slam down on high ranking military officers who are also Evangelicals.

“Which makes the current scandal about overt Christianity in the U.S. military all the more painful. Back in 2000, an Army lieutenant colonel did a research paper at the Army War College, that service’s premier graduate-level institution, entitled “Jesus as a Strategic Leader.” Issues of religion aside, the paper is poorly done - I would have failed it; more importantly I would never have allowed a student to submit such a biased and unscholarly thing in the first place. In terms of research, it’s derived largely from the Gospel of Mark and the writing is … well, calling it boilerplate would be kind (or, in this case, a blessing).”

81 Killgore Trout  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:34:39pm

A pretty good background article on the scandals in Turkey
Graft Scandal Is Approaching Turkey Premier

Erdogan is toast unless he can shut down the police investigation.

82 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:36:31pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

A pretty good background article on the scandals in Turkey
Graft Scandal Is Approaching Turkey Premier

Erdogan is toast unless he can shut down the police investigation.

He’ll find a way, even if its just by just openly shutting it down. There’s no one strong enough to challenge him right now.

83 Killgore Trout  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:37:50pm

re: #72 AlexRogan

Probably just as well, for legal reasons.

Yeah, I think twitter has to keep archives in case someone tweets about a crime, then tries to delete it. IIRC dummies from a certain protest movement that shall remain nameless, lost court cases trying to keep police from accessing their tweets about criminal activities.

84 freetoken  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:38:57pm
In the beginning God tweeted the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the internet.

3 And God tweeted, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God tweeted, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God tweeted the firmament “Heaven”. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God tweeted, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God tweeted, Let web sites bring forth comments, the wingnut yielding wingnut, and the fruit tree yielding wingnut fruit after his kind, whose wingnut is in itself, upon the internet: and it was so.

12 And the web brought forth wingnuts, and the medicinal herb yielding wingnuts after its kind, and the wingnut tree yielding wingnut fruit, whose wingnut was in itself, after its kind: and God tweeted that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God tweeted, Let there be Christmas lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for shopping signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great non-fluorescent light bulbs; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give non-fluorescent light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God tweeted that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God tweeted, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every wingnut after his kind: and God tweeted that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, tweeting, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the websites in the internet, and let foul wingnuts multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God tweeted, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping Paulbots, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every Paul that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God tweeted that it was good.

26 And God tweeted, plurally and androgynously: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the foul wingnuts of the broadcast air-time, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping Paul that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God tweeted unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the foul wingnuts of the broadcast air-time, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God tweeted, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, including the medicinal ones, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for website articles.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every foul wingnut of the broadcast air-time, and to every Paul that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for blog posts: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had tweeted, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

85 Killgore Trout  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:40:39pm

re: #82 Dark_Falcon

He’ll find a way, even if its just by just openly shutting it down. There’s no one strong enough to challenge him right now.

I don’t think he can get away with that considering his ties to the EU. It would be a financial disaster for the country if those ties were damaged, somebody would step in and do something. I’m hoping the two weakened Islamist parties would make room for secularists to take the country back.

86 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:42:03pm

Carphones are so retro.

87 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:43:09pm

re: #84 freetoken

Ding Ding Ding…….

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner.

88 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:44:00pm

re: #85 Killgore Trout

I don’t think he can get away with that considering his ties to the EU. It would be a financial disaster for the country if those ties were damaged, somebody would step in and do something. I’m hoping the two weakened Islamist parties would make room for secularists to take the country back.

There’s no one to step in, Killgore. If Erdogan falls to this, its going to open up a power vacuum.

89 jaunte  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:44:30pm

re: #86 darthstar

“This is the first drive-up telephone on the Pacific Coast and it is already proving popular with the customers, according to Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. It is located in the Gateway Shopping Center. Mrs. Ethel Van Zanten dials the first call.”

photos.oregonlive.com

90 ObserverArt  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:45:38pm

re: #84 freetoken

Bravo.

LGF On The Origin of Twitter

Subtitle: The evolution of the 140 character message

91 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:46:33pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

They just can’t help themselves.

Apparently not. You’d think if there were one day, just ONE DAY out of the year they could refrain from this kind of bullshit it would be Christmas.

Truly sad.

92 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:48:49pm

re: #54 freetoken

Speaking of not being able to help themselves, Eric son of Erick pontificates:

Erick Erickson commentary: Dec. 25 was picked as birthday of Jesus for Christian reasons

Um… let’s think about this for a second. First off, yes, Eric asserts this without any proof, which is a problem.

But more importantly it is obviously false on the face of it.

Because if anything is clear, Christianity began itself by incorporating “other” religious traditions - namely, various Jews sects and their teachings and practices.

Erickson is so blindingly dishonest in this article (there’s more ignorance later on in the piece) I really wonder if his followers have learning disabilities.

Erickson may be wrong about a lot of things, but , but according to Wikipedia, there are legitimate questions about whether the Dec. 25 date was specifically chosen because it was already being used for the pagan celebration of Sol invictus. Specific mention is made of the theory that Dec. 25 was chosen because it was 9 months after the Vernal Equinox, which Jesus was held to have been conceived.

93 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:49:17pm

re: #91 Eclectic Cyborg

Apparently not. You’d think if there were one day, just ONE DAY out of the year they could refrain from this kind of bullshit it would be Christmas.

Truly sad.

Snarkers gonna snark, even when they shouldn’t. It’s a Goddamn Christmas card tweet, for the love of Mary! Attacking it is both mean and stupid. I know some people will do it anyways, but I cannot for the life of me understand why!

94 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:51:14pm
95 The War TARDIS  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:52:04pm

Under threat from so many, the Doctor stays in Christmas in Trenzalore. He becomes a Father Christmas-esque person.

Clara admitted to fancying him before the 300 Year Siege.

The Papal Mainframe became the Silence.

96 darthstar  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:57:12pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

Snarkers gonna snark, even when they shouldn’t. It’s a Goddamn Christmas card tweet, for the love of Mary! Attacking it is both mean and stupid. I know some people will do it anyways, but I cannot for the life of me understand why!

Because some people put party before everything else.

97 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 6:59:19pm

re: #96 darthstar

Because some people put party before everything else.

But those attacks don’t serve the Republican Party, they only make it look bad. The cause has to be something more selfish, call it a refusal to curb one’s hate if you will.

98 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:02:56pm
99 The War TARDIS  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:03:01pm

redacted

100 freetoken  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:03:10pm

re: #92 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

I wonder if Eric son of Erick got his stuff from Wikipedia, anyway…

In that article Erickson writes dismissively of comparative religion studies; it’s pretty clear he wants people to be ignorant of other religions and even of the history of the theistic eastern Med religions, like the one he so proudly practices.

And yes, I have no doubts that there were after only a few centuries after the supposed start of Christianity that there were self-described Christians who celebrated the alleged savior’s birth in late December. That begs the question though of why that came about, which Eric really doesn’t address, just asserts that its existence somehow proves… well, I’m not sure, but I think it is supposed to be a defense against the War on Christmas.

101 ObserverArt  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:05:07pm

re: #97 Dark_Falcon

But those attacks don’t serve the Republican Party, they only make it look bad. The cause has to be something more selfish, call it a refusal to curb one’s hate if you will.

Well Dark, I hate to tell you, but almost all the Republicans say and do anymore makes them look bad. You can’t get all picky now.

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102 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:08:18pm

re: #33 Gus

Anyone have the page still loaded. Please take a screen shot.

103 Gus  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:09:22pm

re: #102 Pie-onist Overlord

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Nice! Thanks. :D

104 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:15:36pm

I watched the rest of the Batman movie.

OK it was stupid and silly, but that’s OK it’s a freaking COMIC BOOK.

But what really killed me was this:

Millions of people all over Gotham City, all these high tech bombs & cool shit.

AND NOT ONE PERSON HAS A FUCKING CELL PHONE.

Also generic pet peeve about every Hollywood action movie ever: FULL AUTO DOES NOT MEAN UNLIMITED AMMUNITION.

I mean don’t you run out of vitual ammunition even in a video game?

105 jamesfirecat  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:19:56pm

re: #104 Pie-onist Overlord

I watched the rest of the Batman movie.

OK it was stupid and silly, but that’s OK it’s a freaking COMIC BOOK.

But what really killed me was this:

Millions of people all over Gotham City, all these high tech bombs & cool shit.

>AND NOT ONE PERSON HAS A FUCKING CELL PHONE.

Also generic pet peeve about every Hollywood action movie ever: FULL AUTO DOES NOT MEAN UNLIMITED AMMUNITION.

I mean don’t you run out of vitual ammunition even in a video game?

Honestly what really took me out of the movie was the part where the police officers decided the best way to deal with Bane and his armed thugs was to charge them and their bat mobile clones on foot down a wide open street with no cover.

Only the power of narrative convience could possibly have kept them from being mowed down.

106 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:24:03pm

re: #105 jamesfirecat

Honestly what really took me out of the movie was the part where the police officers decided the best way to deal with Bane and his armed thugs was to charge them and their bat mobile clones on foot down a wide open street with no cover.

Only the power of narrative convience could possibly have kept them from being mowed down,

And Anne Hathaway with her flowing long hair that could caught in machinery, not to mention driving the batcycle without a freaking helmet.

I have to admit I was warned that there are huge plot holes and ridiculous situations and the only thing to do is GET MOAR POPCORN.

I did kinda like the plot twist with Marion Cotillard. Although they never did explain why Bane wore that goatse mask on his face. Was his nose cut off?

107 jamesfirecat  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:27:51pm

re: #106 Pie-onist Overlord

And Anne Hathaway with her flowing long hair that could caught in machinery, not to mention driving the batcycle without a freaking helmet.

I have to admit I was warned that there are huge plot holes and ridiculous situations and the only thing to do is GET MOAR POPCORN.

I did kinda like the plot twist with Marion Cotillard. Although they never did explain why Bane wore that goatse mask on his face. Was his nose cut off?

Backstory is that whatever they did to Bane after he protected her and let her escape, it messed him up so badly that he needs constant painkiller injections which is what the mask does for him.

It’s a more realistic version of “venom” for Nolan’s version of Bane.

I know there are other problems/things done to look cool but really that on foot charge by the police just rings “does not compute” for me in a way that nothing else does.

108 BeenHereAwhile  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 7:51:38pm

re: #92 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Erickson may be wrong about a lot of things, but , but according to Wikipedia, there are legitimate questions about whether the Dec. 25 date was specifically chosen because it was already being used for the pagan celebration of Sol invictus. Specific mention is made of the theory that Dec. 25 was chosen because it was 9 months after the Vernal Equinox, which Jesus was held to have been conceived.

This is another theory about December 25.

In my Southern Baptist University “History of the New Testament” class, I was taught that December 25 was adopted by early Christians as it was the date that the God Mitra (popular among the Roman military at that time) was born by lighting striking a rock.

According to the PhD who taught the course, Christianity was especially appealing to Roman solders, as it offered a better life after death, as opposed to the more traditional Roman afterlife beliefs.

He went on to point out that early Christianity was just another mystery religion at time, and it was quick to adopt tenents held by other more popular religions of that time in an effort to attract more followers.

Not being a particularly religious person, I found this professor’s line of thought more logical than what the more fundamental students in my class believed.

According to them, December 25 was the day Jesus was born, end of story.

YMMV

109 sagehen  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 8:40:42pm

re: #95 The War TARDIS

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110 prairiefire  Wed, Dec 25, 2013 9:37:24pm

re: #52 jaunte

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That is one creepy rabbit.

111 CuriousLurker  Thu, Dec 26, 2013 3:53:25am

re: #73 Gus

Or. WHY CAN’T WE CALL SOMEONE WHO WE HAVE NO IDEA MIGHT ACTUALLY REALLY BE A MUSLIM A MUSLIM WHEN WE JUST THINK HE OR SHE IS A MUSLIM!!??

THIS. It’s using “Muslim” as an epithet, a shameful characteristic that needs to be concealed that pisses people off. Ditto the constant association of Muslims in general, as a group (rather than extremist groups or individuals), with terrorism and other types of violent crime.

But the people who do those things already know that, which is precisely why they do it (the same way they do with blacks, latinos, gays, atheists, etc.)

Anyway, this woman is scum for attacking Ms. Fluke over holiday greetings.

112 BusyMonster  Thu, Dec 26, 2013 5:31:43am

So, I read and read and read, and I can’t understand the point of the source er, material here. It looks like a bunch of rageaholic teenaged boys making sniggering jokes about things they hate.

I think this stuff is supposed to be funny, but like most conservative ‘humor’ it fails because humor requires some actual wit.

113 kg7u  Thu, Dec 26, 2013 12:32:03pm

re: #112 BusyMonster

So, I read and read and read, and I can’t understand the point of the source er, material here. It looks like a bunch of rageaholic teenaged boys making sniggering jokes about things they hate.

I think this stuff is supposed to be funny, but like most conservative ‘humor’ it fails because humor requires some actual wit.

I’m glad that I’m not alone. I don’t get the point of sleevelessness at all; all I could come up with was “the right to bare arms”, but I don’t think I’m on the right track. Republicans. And I remember names: Rockefeller, Dirkson, Eisenhower, Lodge; God, I’m old.


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