Jump to bottom

308 comments
1 Ryan King  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:00:54am

Here’s to gay pride floats in the Rose Bowl parade, legal weed, and the President failing yet again to destroy the country by allowing the Dow to reach new records.

Oh, and that ACA thing where needy people get better health care and everybody else whines about it.

2 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:14:31am

Here’s to people figuring out the sinister dark side behind all those RW talking points.

3 allegro  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:15:42am

re: #1 Ryan King

Oh, and that ACA thing where needy people get better health care and everybody else whines about it.

I was one of those after being cancelled by my former health insurance company on account of being so rude to get cancer and insist that they hold up their end of the contract b y actually paying some of the bills. I was unable to purchase new insurance at any cost after that.

I now have insurance again thanks to ACA! I cannot describe the relief.

But this is funny (or pathetic or both). The other day I got an email asking me to fill out a survey about my experience with the Healthcare markeplace website and stuff. I rated the questions and filled out the comment box as requested. Clicked the thingie to send it off when I was done - linkee no workee. Seriously dudes?!

4 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:16:55am

Heard Andy Williams (no, not the singer), owner of The Medicine Man pot store in CO, talking about sales of legal pot today on NPR. Says they sell it for 30% over medicinal marijuana. Evidently, The Medicine Man is the largest retailer of pot in CO.

You could practically hear Williams drooling over the radio at the profits he’s going to be making. No doubt a Republican who loves pot.

linkedin.com

“I am living the dream!” Yeah, OK, dude.

5 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:19:32am

HURR HURR

6 b.d.  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:19:51am

Nice to see that the usual suspects haven’t decided to give up on inciting hateful tweets in 2014.

Wishing that the upcoming year is a great one to all the people here.

7 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:19:58am

re: #4 Justanotherhuman

Heard Andy Williams (no, not the singer), owner of The Medicine Man pot store in CO, talking about sales of legal pot today on NPR. Says they sell it for 30% over medicinal marijuana. Evidently, The Medicine Man is the largest retailer of pot in CO.

You could practically hear Williams drooling over the radio at the profits he’s going to be making. No doubt a Republican who loves pot.

linkedin.com

“I am living the dream!” Yeah, OK, dude.

doonesbury.slate.com

8 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:20:04am

At least the poor won’t have to choose between feeding their kids and health care.

9 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:20:35am

You gotta love that, according to the RWNJs, Obama has absolutely NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to take a vacation,

10 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:22:28am

Matt Taibbi:
On Christmas, Republicans Quietly Declare War on Themselves

“…If you spend years letting your voters think Saddam Hussein was an agent of al-Qaeda, that passing a national health care program will result in the formation of Stalinist “death panels,” or that Barack Obama is secretly a foreigner, you’re going to end up with some loopy candidates prone to saying crazy things that will turn off voting majorities, which in turn will make it hard to deliver the policy objectives you actually care about for your big-money donors.

The Republican establishment is only just figuring this out. Hence this new $50 million initiative, which according to the WSJ will involve the Chamber working with party leaders in “an aggressive effort to groom and support more centrist Republican candidates.”

11 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:22:54am

HURR HURR
So then what moves the Confederate flag?

12 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:23:29am

re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord

At least the poor won’t have to choose between feeding their kids and health care.

They will here in Alabama, thanks to our GOP MD governor, who refused to set up an exchange and turned back Medicaid dollars.

13 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:31:38am

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

price of light bulb is only one component of cost of energy…

14 ObserverArt  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:32:05am

re: #1 Ryan King

Here’s to gay pride floats in the Rose Bowl parade, legal weed, and the President failing yet again to destroy the country by allowing the Dow to reach new records.

Oh, and that ACA thing where needy people get better health care and everybody else whines about it.

Amen to all that!

And I’d like to add: here is to the always changing world hopefully filled with change that is good for all. And to progress not regression and the hope that some find out what those words actually mean.

15 Snarknado!  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:32:11am

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

CONSERVATISM: People are so dumb they’ll believe anything we say.

(CF bulbs can be had for about $2 each if you buy a bunch at a time, about $3 if you buy them individually. And my CFs have been in for more than six years — in that time, I’ve had to replace two of them — or possibly just the one, I don’t really remember. My electricity bills went down by about 25% too.)

16 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:36:38am

Saw the final Cinematic Titanic live performance on Monday at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA (just outside of Philly). Other than the shithead behind me trying to get Joel to trash Mike Nelson during a Q&A, it was a great show.

One of the things that struck me was what skilled comedians the whole CT crew are. Not just with the riffing, but with the actual live and filmed bits they performed. They could easily give SNL, the Groundlings, Second City, etc., a run for the money.

One thing that has caught me by surprise is the amount of people in their 20’s and 30’s who are fans of the show. Kind makes feel better that in my advancing decrepitude, there’s people who still share my sense of humor.

Hikeeba, everyone, and Happy New Year!

17 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:37:22am

re: #15 Snarknado!

CONSERVATISM: People are so dumb they’ll believe anything we say.

(CF bulbs can be had for about $2 each if you buy a bunch at a time, about $3 if you buy them individually. And my CFs have been in for more than six years — in that time, I’ve had to replace two of them — or possibly just the one, I don’t really remember. My electricity bills went down by about 25% too.)

Did a CFLs for a couple years, but am jumping straight to mostly LEDs now. They’re still expensive, but coming down, and the lumens have finally caught up. Cheaper to operate than CFL, and have better color temperature. An added payback for older people is elimination of the need to climb a ladder to replace high fixtures. None of mine should burn out before I do.

18 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:37:38am

re: #15 Snarknado!

CONSERVATISM: People are so dumb they’ll believe anything we say.

(CF bulbs can be had for about $2 each if you buy a bunch at a time, about $3 if you buy them individually. And my CFs have been in for more than six years — in that time, I’ve had to replace two of them — or possibly just the one, I don’t really remember. My electricity bills went down by about 25% too.)

Duke Energy will send you a free case if you call them. Don’t know if they still have them, though. I have enough to last me for years. The expensive ones will be the globe type for the bathroom (six 40 watt bulbs but I’m going w/LEDs if I can find them).

19 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:38:02am
20 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:38:35am

re: #15 Snarknado!

CONSERVATISM: People are so dumb they’ll believe anything we say.

(CF bulbs can be had for about $2 each if you buy a bunch at a time, about $3 if you buy them individually. And my CFs have been in for more than six years — in that time, I’ve had to replace two of them — or possibly just the one, I don’t really remember. My electricity bills went down by about 25% too.)

I can’t claim 25%, and our electric provider has actually been lowering rates the last few years, but our overall usage is definitely down.

No complaints here about CFLs, but then again, I apparently hate freedom and America.

21 BongCrodny  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:39:12am

re: #19 Pie-onist Overlord

[Embedded content]

Conservatism in 4 words: Can’t count that high!

22 PhillyPretzel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:39:27am

re: #17 Decatur Deb

I like LEDs too. They give off more light and in the long run cost less.

23 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:44:43am

Speaking of outdated technology, if any Lizards are in the Compaq Aero 4/33 cult, I will make this a Happy New Year. Wife says they have to go, and I don’t want to run them through a chipper.

24 Ryan King  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:47:36am

If welfare creates incentive to not work and perpetuate poorness, what about tax breaks for corporations?

25 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:47:48am
26 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:48:50am

re: #25 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Lol.

27 PhillyPretzel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:50:07am

re: #23 Decatur Deb

I am on my MacBook Pro. Although I do sympathize with anyone who is using Windows XP or something older. littlegreenfootballs.com

28 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:51:03am

re: #26 Varek Raith

Reince got hold of some of that Colorado RNC Kandy Kush.

29 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:51:09am

re: #25 jaunte

“We’ll spend our time welcoming new people to our party,” RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says of 2014

Is Reince in Colorado, enjoying the new market?

30 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:51:37am

re: #28 jaunte

Reince got hold of some of that Colorado RNC Kandy Kush.

6 seconds.

31 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:55:01am

re: #24 Ryan King

If welfare creates incentive to not work and perpetuate poorness, what about tax breaks for corporations?

they perpetuate job creation

/

32 Ryan King  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:57:04am

I just got a phone call from Jamaica. Weird.

Wonder if I got a scam coming on.

33 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:57:24am

ooo… outdoor NHL game! (Detroit vs Toronto)

Toronto goalie wearing a touque.

34 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:59:41am

re: #11 Pie-onist Overlord

What was wrong with the content of that tweet? I grant the person who posted it was a wingnut, but that particular tweet was entirely appropriate.

35 Ryan King  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:00:58pm

re: #32 Ryan King

I just got a phone call from Jamaica. Weird.

Wonder if I got a scam coming on.

I guess it is a scam, found this searching for the phone number.

36 PhillyPretzel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:01:54pm

re: #35 Ryan King

And there are more scams going on during the holiday season.

37 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:02:07pm

Free e-books - is there such a thing? I see a lot of apps, not sure which to choose. Lizard help?

I need a new book and am tired of buying them……ya, feeling the new year $ crunch.

38 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:02:15pm

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

At least he didn’t blame Obama. I don’t love this light bulb rule, but I’m cool with it. My dad hates it, though, because he doesn’t like buying things made in China. He’s largely barred the use of CFL bulbs in his house because of where they are made.

39 PhillyPretzel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:03:39pm

re: #37 Stanley Sea

There is such a thing but you have to look for them. Amazon/kindle may have a few.

40 Snarknado!  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:04:31pm

re: #17 Decatur Deb

Did a CFLs for a couple years, but am jumping straight to mostly LEDs now. They’re still expensive, but coming down, and the lumens have finally caught up. Cheaper to operate than CFL, and have better color temperature. An added payback for older people is elimination of the need to climb a ladder to replace high fixtures. None of mine should burn out before I do.

Something to think about for the future, maybe — when my current CFs and the replacements in the closet run out. If ever. The price should be lower by then, too.

Good thing I don’t mind the color temperature (I have about half “warm white” and the others “cool white” and I don’t notice a difference from the old incandescents. )

41 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:04:44pm

re: #38 Dark_Falcon

At least he didn’t blame Obama. I don’t love this light bulb rule, but I’m cool with it. My dad hates it, though, because he doesn’t like buying things made in China. He’s largely barred the use of CFL bulbs in his house because of where they are made.

You’re going to love that warm, conservative, candlelight ambiance.

42 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:05:56pm

re: #39 PhillyPretzel

There is such a thing but you have to look for them. Amazon/kindle may have a few.

Thanks - my library has the Project Gutenberg free e-books. I’ll try that first.

43 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:07:56pm

re: #40 Snarknado!

Something to think about for the future, maybe — when my current CFs and the replacements in the closet run out. If ever. The price should be lower by then, too.

Good thing I don’t mind the color temperature (I have about half “warm white” and the others “cool white” and I don’t notice a difference from the old incandescents. )

Yeah, I’m only changing out as needed unless I hit a good sale. IIRC the last (bright) 65w were about $12 at Lowes. Seems to be a good range of color temps, indicated by a spectrum in that packaging.

44 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:08:00pm

re: #37 Stanley Sea

Free e-books - is there such a thing? I see a lot of apps, not sure which to choose. Lizard help?

I need a new book and am tired of buying them……ya, feeling the new year $ crunch.

Borrow from your library and you don’t even need to leave your house.
overdrive.com

45 Ryan King  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:08:04pm
46 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:09:52pm

re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth

Thank you!

47 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:09:52pm

re: #42 Stanley Sea

Thanks - my library has the Project Gutenberg free e-books. I’ll try that first.

you can get Project Gutenberg books via your home computer, then USB transfer them to your e-reader. I’ve got loads of them.

48 Snarknado!  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:09:57pm

re: #37 Stanley Sea

Free e-books - is there such a thing? I see a lot of apps, not sure which to choose. Lizard help?

I need a new book and am tired of buying them……ya, feeling the new year $ crunch.

If you don’t care how current it is, try gutenberg and mobileread.com. Zillions of books in the public domain. Also, if you have Amazon Prime and a Kindle, you can use their lending library. They have free ebooks for the Kindle app too.

49 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:13:31pm

More butthurt from Greenwald. Seems to me that if you’re traveling internationally (and that includes entering the US), you are subject to searches. This even happened back in the early 1960s when I lived in CA, esp coming back over the border (people smuggling in contraband was pretty routine back then, too). Your car and your person could be searched along with any passengers. Once again, law is trying to keep up with technology, and while technology may be a few steps ahead of the law, they get upset when the law comes down against them.

Greenwald is still smarting over Miranda’s detention at Heathrow—you can tell.


Not everyone coming into the country by car from Mexico or Canada is a day tripping tourist. It’s just that kind of world these days.

50 Ryan King  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:14:16pm

Not sarcasm.

51 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:15:01pm

Meanwhile, over at Breitbart.com the raging mob is calling for NYT reporter David Kirkpatrick to be executed for his investigative article on Benghazi.

breitbart.com

I think we know who’s side the NYT is on. Would this be called aiding and abetting, or just giving moral support to the enemy.
Hangem High.

[…]

Hang’em high? Too decent for these ghoulish dishonest cowards.

Let’em walk between two lines of a thousand mothers and fathers — wives and husbands, too — of the Americans killed there and in Iraq and Afghanistan —— all armed with bats or M4 rifle slings; their choice.

[…]

Treason is supposed to be punishable by death.

52 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:15:28pm

re: #41 Decatur Deb

You’re going to love that warm, conservative, candlelight ambiance.

Maybe. But it’s not about domestic politics, its about his belief that we’re liable to end up daggers drawn with China at some time in the next couple decades. Based on that he doesn’t think buying their goods is a smart idea.

If there are CFL that are made in India or Mexico, for example, he’d find those acceptable.

53 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:16:08pm

re: #25 jaunte

You mean there are billionaires that don’t give them money yet?

54 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:16:11pm

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

Wait now, how is it that the poor have to choose between CFLs and eating? I thought the poor were secretly rich, as we’re told all the time about how they can afford A/C, cars, and even microwaves!

//

55 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:17:04pm

re: #52 Dark_Falcon

Maybe. But it’s not about domestic politics, its about his belief that we’re liable to end up daggers drawn with China at some time in the next couple decades. Based on that he doesn’t think buying their goods is a smart idea.

If there are CFL that are made in India or Mexico, for example, he’d find those acceptable.

There are a lot of LEDs sourced from SEA, outside China.

56 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:18:15pm

re: #54 Targetpractice

Wait now, how is it that the poor have to choose between CFLs and eating? I thought the poor were secretly rich, as we’re told all the time about how they can afford A/C, cars, and even microwaves!

//

Wait till the wingnuts hear about the new ObamaBulb distribution.

57 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:18:37pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Meanwhile, over at Breitbart.com the raging mob is calling for NYT reporter David Kirkpatrick to be executed for his investigative article on Benghazi.

breitbart.com

Oh jeez. Flash backs. It’s that same old war blogger, 101st Fighting Keyboards rhetoric from 2003-2004.

58 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:20:02pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Meanwhile, over at Breitbart.com the raging mob is calling for NYT reporter David Kirkpatrick to be executed for his investigative article on Benghazi.

breitbart.com

Of course, in their minds, the “enemy” is the DNC.

59 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:20:19pm

Ironically, they want the USA to be like Iran. Wheee!

60 allegro  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:20:57pm

re: #38 Dark_Falcon

At least he didn’t blame Obama. I don’t love this light bulb rule, but I’m cool with it. My dad hates it, though, because he doesn’t like buying things made in China. He’s largely barred the use of CFL bulbs in his house because of where they are made.

Oh my, then he doesn’t buy furniture, appliances, clothes, phones, tools…?

61 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:23:48pm

re: #34 Dark_Falcon

What was wrong with the content of that tweet? I grant the person who posted it was a wingnut, but that particular tweet was entirely appropriate.

You don’t find anything vaguely disturbing by the idea of the wind under an American flag being the breaths of dead soldiers?

62 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:23:50pm

re: #60 allegro

Oh my, then he doesn’t buy furniture, appliances, clothes, phones, tools…?

He buys those things, but he goes to lengths to avoid buying them from China if possible.

63 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:23:59pm

re: #57 Gus

Oh jeez. Flash backs. It’s that same old war blogger, 101st Fighting Keyboards rhetoric from 2003-2004.

Who can come up with the best torture/death of the opposition fantasy?

64 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:24:54pm

re: #62 Dark_Falcon

He buys those things, but he goes to lengths to avoid buying them from China if possible.

Good luck with that. He’s going to find himself being unable to buy anything in the next few years unless it’s all from Etsy, farmer’s markets and nerds with 3D printers.

65 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:25:12pm

re: #63 jaunte

Who can come up with the best torture/death of the opposition fantasy?

Probably someone that was banned from LGF. :D

66 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:25:13pm

re: #61 Lidane

You don’t find anything vaguely disturbing by the idea of the wind under an American flag being the breaths of dead soldiers?

It’s not meant to be taken literally. It means that the US exists because of the willingness of our military to die if needed defending it.

67 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:25:51pm

re: #60 allegro

Oh my, then he doesn’t buy furniture, appliances, clothes, phones, tools…?

Anything from Walmart/Target, any dollar store?

68 allegro  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:26:16pm

re: #64 Lidane

Good luck with that. He’s going to find himself being unable to buy anything in the next few years unless it’s all from Etsy, farmer’s markets and nerds with 3D printers.

Ohnooooz! Dollar stores are gonna steal our freedoms!

69 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:26:40pm

re: #66 Dark_Falcon

It’s not meant to be taken literally. It means that the US exists because of the willingness of our military to die if needed defending it.

Isn’t that sort of true for any country? (but their own military obviously, not ours)

70 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:27:14pm

Annoying connection is annoying.

71 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:27:24pm

re: #66 Dark_Falcon

It’s not meant to be taken literally. It means that the US exists because of the willingness of our military to die if needed defending it.

Or it IS literal and it’s more military fetishization.

I’ll also put money down on the same person that put up that sign whining about Obama’s Wars.

72 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:28:52pm

re: #66 Dark_Falcon

It’s not meant to be taken literally. It means that the US exists because of the willingness of our military to die if needed defending it.

That is true of most countries.

73 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:29:02pm

XKCD 2014. Brilliant as usual:

xkcd.com

74 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:30:05pm

re: #69 Feline Fearless Leader

Isn’t that sort of true for any country? (but their own military obviously, not ours)

Not all of them. Some small nations are free because their larger neighbors guarantee their safety or are restrained by alliances from attacking them.

But that’s just quibble.

75 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:31:14pm
76 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:32:19pm

re: #64 Lidane

Good luck with that. He’s going to find himself being unable to buy anything in the next few years unless it’s all from Etsy, farmer’s markets and nerds with 3D printers.

It is what it is. And unlike the carping wingnut Alouette showed us, at least my father takes a principled stand based on a real problem, not based on a hate fantasy. I’m reminded yet again I’m a lucky man,..

77 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:33:50pm

re: #75 Lidane

[Embedded content]

78 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:35:14pm

re: #74 Dark_Falcon

Not all of them. Some small nations are free because their larger neighbors guarantee their safety or are restrained by alliances from attacking them.

But that’s just quibble.

It’s the implied jingoism that bothers most people.

79 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:35:39pm

re: #77 Dark_Falcon

[Embedded content]

Well. Did you read is Twitter handle? :D

80 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:37:15pm

re: #79 Gus

Well. Did you read is Twitter handle? :D

Aarr matie. ‘is ‘andle tells us ‘e’s an idiot it does.

81 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:37:21pm

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

It is what it is. And unlike the carping wingnut Alouette showed us, at least my father takes a principled stand based on a real problem, not based on a hate fantasy. I’m reminded yet again I’m a lucky man,..

Where’s the problem? I thought that the unfettered capitalism and free markets the GOP worship were all about corporations going for the cheapest labor possible so they could see higher returns on investment, higher profits, and higher stock prices. That IS the goal, after all.

Why not celebrate all that labor going overseas? You’re sticking it to the evil unions and crushing organized labor so that workers will accept gruel and crumbs and be grateful to have a job at all. It’s GOP Econ 101.

82 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:38:44pm

re: #80 b_sharp

Aarr matie. ‘is ‘andle tells us ‘e’s an idiot it does.

Mmm hmm. Not going to fix it now. :P

83 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:40:56pm

re: #61 Lidane

You don’t find anything vaguely disturbing by the idea of the wind under an American flag being the breaths of dead soldiers?

It’s total glurge Derpitude. These wingnuts don’t give a shit about homeless veterans or unemployed veterans or veterans who have to take food stamps to support their families on minimum wage jrrbz.

84 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:41:02pm

re: #81 Lidane

First of all, it’s not me, it’s my dad. Second of all, not everyone right of center thinks off-shoring is a good idea. Third, the people in my family have long accepted the need for some regulation to keep things functional.

My family name is not ‘Generic Wingnut’.

85 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:41:33pm

Extra updings for “total glurge Derpitude”

86 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:41:42pm

re: #83 Pie-onist Overlord

It’s total glurge Derpitude. These wingnuts don’t give a shit about homeless veterans or unemployed veterans or veterans who have to take food stamps to support their families on minimum wage jrrbz.

Seriously. It’s like the ones that are dead are more important somehow…

87 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:42:02pm

What time is it in Canada?

//

88 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:42:22pm

re: #87 Gus

North o’ clock.

89 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:42:52pm

re: #87 Gus

What time is it in Canada?

//

Aboot 4.

90 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:42:56pm

re: #88 jaunte

North o’ clock.

Hat:42

91 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:43:03pm

re: #80 b_sharp

Aarr matie. ‘is ‘andle tells us ‘e’s an idiot it does.

As does Grassley’s.

92 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:43:03pm

re: #88 jaunte

North o’ clock.

Zero Cold Thirty.

94 b.d.  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:44:20pm

re: #92 Eclectic Cyborg

Zero Cold Thirty.

Half past Bieber.

95 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:44:59pm

re: #25 jaunte

“We’ll spend our time welcoming new people to our party,” RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says of 2014

All six of them.

96 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:45:02pm

Canadians don’t have clocks.
Confirmed fact.

97 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:45:07pm

re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg

Seriously. It’s like the ones that are dead are more important somehow…

Because they then don’t pester the VA and government for hand-outs after they get invalided home?
////

98 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:45:45pm

re: #82 Gus

Mmm hmm. Not going to fix it now. :P

Good. I like it the way it is.

99 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:46:06pm

HURR HURR ROSE BOWL IS TAKIN AWAY ARE FREEDOMS AN CORRUPTIN ARE INNOCENT CHILDRENZ!!!!111!!!

100 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:46:52pm

GO SPARTANS!!!!!

101 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:47:43pm

re: #87 Gus

What time is it in Canada?

//

Tea time.

We have 250ml & 500ml tea cups btw.

102 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:48:20pm

re: #87 Gus

What time is it in Canada?

//

One hour to hockey.

103 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:48:23pm

re: #87 Gus

What time is it in Canada?

//

Time for beers, eh?

104 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:49:03pm

re: #101 b_sharp

Tea time.

We have 250ml & 500ml tea cups btw.

Eek! Sounds like medicine. :D

105 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:49:16pm

re: #99 Pie-onist Overlord

Looks like the train from Kook-a-monga arrived on time for the Rose Parade.

(Brief apologies to the residents of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, whose daily train was made famous by the revered Bugs Bunny.)

106 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:49:40pm

re: #87 Gus

What time is it in Canada?

//

Maritime.

107 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:50:20pm

re: #99 Pie-onist Overlord

I don’t think any of the networks even showed the wedding. ABC cut to a preview of the Wisconsin football game, FFS. And they didn’t even show the float at all, except in passing in their closing credits. For all the flailing by the wingnuts, the gay wedding during the Tournament of Roses parade was anti-climactic.

108 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:52:18pm

re: #37 Stanley Sea

Free e-books - is there such a thing? I see a lot of apps, not sure which to choose. Lizard help?

I need a new book and am tired of buying them……ya, feeling the new year $ crunch.

You can find a lot of public domain books on iTunes and Amazon. I got Smith’s Wealth of Nations and Moral Sentiments,, De Toqueville’s volumes on Democracy in America along with all of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom and Tarzan books.

Also check out Smashwords. Lots of free ebooks there. But be warned, many of them are worth their list price. The spelling, grammar and formatting of them is…creative.

109 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:52:40pm
110 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:52:58pm

re: #103 Killgore Trout

Time for beers, eh?

13 Cool New Species Discovered In 2013

The list has a friend of yours, Killgore:

10) Cocoa frog… and friends: A research team in the South American country of Suriname came back this year with an astounding report of nearly 60 potentially new animal species, including six frogs, one snake and 11 fish. The cocoa frog is named for its chocolate-hued skin. The team also found a tiny ruby-colored beetle with antler-like antennae, dubbed the Lilliputian beetle; and a golden tetra fish with red eyes.

111 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:54:17pm

Things like the Rose parade wedding are an excellent way to keep the wingnuts in a tizzy and divert them from anything that might actually advance their hateful cause.

112 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:55:00pm

re: #106 Decatur Deb

Maritime.

Hockey time!

113 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:56:47pm

Speaking of crack cocaine. Rob Ford has filed for re-election.

114 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:57:25pm

Also.

Update.

115 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:57:48pm

re: #113 Gus

Speaking of crack cocaine. Rob Ford has filed for re-election.

Name recognition is a tremendous advantage.

116 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:59:39pm

re: #96 Varek Raith

Canadians don’t have clocks.
Confirmed fact.

Having different time zones is a Canadian idea.

117 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:59:57pm

re: #114 Gus

Also.

Update.

[Embedded content]

It’s a Vodafone ad.

118 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:01:13pm

re: #117 Dark_Falcon

It’s a Vodafone ad.

Egypt’s the land of the Israeli spy duck no? Or was that another bird.

119 Snarknado!  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:03:21pm

re: #108 Romantic Heretic

You can find a lot of public domain books on iTunes and Amazon. I got Smith’s Wealth of Nations and Moral Sentiments,, De Toqueville’s volumes on Democracy in America along with all of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom and Tarzan books.

Also check out Smashwords. Lots of free ebooks there. But be warned, many of them are worth their list price. The spelling, grammar and formatting of them is…creative.

I forgot archive.org. Abominable search engine (you need to be pretty exact about what you’re looking for), but that’s where they’re stashing all the scans of public domain works from the world’s libraries. If you have a particular liking for some particular field, there’s gold in them thar pages. Watch out for bad OCR.

120 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:03:38pm

THE MUPPET IS A JUICE!

121 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:05:01pm

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

13 Cool New Species Discovered In 2013

The list has a friend of yours, Killgore:

[Embedded image]

That’s a handsome critter!

122 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:06:18pm

123 Just never mind.  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:07:33pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

I want to be on that boat….

124 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:07:39pm

re: #114 Gus

Also.

Update.

[Embedded content]

“Islamic libertarian” - those are two words you don’t often see together.

125 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:08:44pm
126 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:08:53pm

re: #120 Gus

THE MUPPET IS A JUICE!

I’m also seeing stories (from unreliable sources) that Egypt might bring charges against Hillary for assisting the Muslim Bros.

127 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:09:33pm

re: #126 Killgore Trout

I’m also seeing stories (from unreliable sources) that Egypt might bring charges against Hillary for assisting the Muslim Bros.

Oh. O.o

128 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:12:24pm

re: #126 Killgore Trout

In Muppet Court.

129 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:13:35pm

re: #126 Killgore Trout

I’m also seeing stories (from unreliable sources) that Egypt might bring charges against Hillary for assisting the Muslim Bros.

Not going to happen. Egypt’s generals aren’t that stupid. They know how much of their toys are bought by the US, and they know going after Hillary Clinton would turn the US hostile very quickly.

Though watching breitbart.com and freerepublic.com support handing an American citizen over to a foreign dictatorship would be funny, in a “blinded by hate” sort of way.

130 The War TARDIS  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:13:52pm

re: #124 Killgore Trout

That’s because they are two words that don’t go together.

Just like Christian and Libertarian.

If you claim Libertarian AND Religion, you are doing one of those, or both, wrong.

Libertarianism is all about FYGM, after all.

Though, this is being said by a Muslim Social Democrat. Or, if you want to be really technical, a Muslim Socialist.

131 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:14:18pm

‘Like a Napa Valley wine tour’: Pot tourism ready to light up in Colorado
It will be interesting to see what Colorado can make of this. I checked out the “legal” pot scene here in Portland a while ago and was expecting to find something laid back like the Dutch coffee house culture. Instead, the people were spooky (yet friendly) with tattoos and bones through their noses, loud techno music blaring, lights flashing and people sitting around vaporizing at 10am. I hope Colorado can make a respectable pot scene as a model for other states to follow.

132 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:14:40pm

re: #113 Gus

Speaking of crack cocaine. Rob Ford has filed for re-election.

If Rob Ford’s campaign ads don’t make Carly Fiorina’s demon sheep look normal, he’s doing it wrong.

133 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:16:49pm

re: #113 Gus

Speaking of crack cocaine. Rob Ford has filed for re-election.

If Rob Ford were an American politician all he’d have to do would be to find Jesus, and issue statements about how much he’s praying and asking the Lord for help.

Works every time here in the US of A.

134 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:16:53pm

re: #131 Killgore Trout

‘Like a Napa Valley wine tour’: Pot tourism ready to light up in Colorado
It will be interesting to see what Colorado can make of this. I checked out the “legal” pot scene here in Portland a while ago and was expecting to find something laid back like the Dutch coffee house culture. Instead, the people were spooky (yet friendly) with tattoos and bones through their noses, loud techno music blaring, lights flashing and people sitting around vaporizing at 10am. I hope Colorado can make a respectable pot scene as a model for other states to follow.

They need Fr. Guido Sarducci for industry spokesperson.

135 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:17:02pm

Pretty sure Iyad El-Baghdadi is doing just fine.

136 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:17:04pm
137 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:17:36pm

re: #130 The War TARDIS

That’s because they are two words that don’t go together.

Just like Christian and Libertarian.

If you claim Libertarian AND Religion, you are doing one of those, or both, wrong.

Libertarianism is all about FYGM, after all.

Though, this is being said by a Muslim Social Democrat. Or, if you want to be really technical, a Muslim Socialist.

He does have an interesting site. He’s based in UAE so I just assumed he was probably just a shill for the MB
el-baghdadi.com

“Philosophical libertarianism and Islam” and ” Why can’t a state be based upon the “real Islam”?” are pretty interesting reads.

138 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:18:48pm

re: #134 Decatur Deb

They need Fr. Guido Sarducci for industry spokesperson.

lol, they might have to settle for Tommy Chong, he’s nice enough and has a friendly non threatening character.

139 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:18:49pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

If Rob Ford were an American politician all he’d have to do would be to find Jesus, and issue statements about how much he’s praying and asking the Lord for help.

Works every time here in the US of A.

If Rob Ford was an American, you could keep him.

Sorry. That isn’t what I wanted to say.

If Rob Ford were American, he’d be a Republican.
And you could keep him.

140 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:18:51pm

OMG HIS PROFILE SAYS LIBERTARIAN RUN FOR THE HILLS! OMG OMG OMG!

141 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:19:02pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

If Rob Ford were an American politician all he’d have to do would be to find Jesus, and issue statements about how much he’s praying and asking the Lord for help.

Works every time here in the US of A.

Just tell supporters that he’s “born again” and will no longer partake in sins of the flesh and he’s golden.

142 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:20:57pm

re: #138 Killgore Trout

lol, they might have to settle for Tommy Chong, he’s nice enough and has a friendly non threatening character.

Lacks ecclesiastical drag, and the creds of rock editor for L’Osservatore Romano.

143 The War TARDIS  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:23:22pm

re: #140 Gus

Considering I have yet to meet a truly nice Libertarian (Right now, I am 5 for 5 meeting Libertarians that are tools), if someone calls themselves a Libertarian, I do go in the opposite direction.

Libertarianism is more about protecting money and trinkets more than people.

144 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:24:05pm

These are little more than Ukrainian fascists.

15,000 nationalists march in Kiev

boston.com

Their leader, Oleh Tyahnybok:

“In 2004, Tyahnybok was kicked out of former President Viktor Yushchenko’s parliamentary faction for a speech calling for Ukrainians to fight against a “Muscovite-Jewish mafia” - using two highly insulting words to describe Russians and Jews - and emphasising that Ukrainians had in the past fought this threat with arms.

“In 2005, he signed an open letter to Ukrainian leaders, including President Yushchenko, calling for the government to halt the “criminal activities” of “organised Jewry”, which, the letter said, was spreading its influence in the country through conspiratorial organisations as the Anti-Defamation League - and which ultimately wanted to commit “genocide” against the Ukrainian people.”

bbc.co.uk

145 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:24:49pm

Looks like Colorado is selling pot for $400 an ounce? Yeesh, that’s really expensive by Oregon standards.

146 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:25:10pm

re: #140 Gus

OMG HIS PROFILE SAYS LIBERTARIAN RUN FOR THE HILLS! OMG OMG OMG!

Greenwald Ackbar!

147 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:25:38pm
148 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:27:24pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

Looks like Colorado is selling pot for $400 an ounce? Yeesh, that’s really expensive by Oregon standards.

All those libertarian entrepreneurs are salivating over raking in the dough.

Even here in NC, you can get primo illegal for $200/lid if you know the right person…

149 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:27:42pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

Looks like Colorado is selling pot for $400 an ounce? Yeesh, that’s really expensive by Oregon standards.

I know a guy who will bring top notch oz’s to your door for $180-200.

150 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:29:36pm

re: #143 The War TARDIS

Considering I have yet to meet a truly nice Libertarian (Right now, I am 5 for 5 meeting Libertarians that are tools), if someone calls themselves a Libertarian, I do go in the opposite direction.

Libertarianism is more about protecting money and trinkets more than people.

Maybe you can find out who he really is instead of basing your assumptions on one (1) word you see in his profile. This can be accomplished by either a) reading his time line and/or b) reading his blog. He’s also from Dubai, i.e. a foreign country, where people’s one word identification may not be on the same page as the American definition. Suffice it to say, he’s not some libertarian from Texas. It’s kind of like science. You conduct a study to find out who a person really is rather than coming to a biased conclusion based on pre-conceived notions of said word.

151 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:30:02pm

re: #148 Justanotherhuman

All those libertarian entrepreneurs are salivating over raking in the dough.

Even here in NC, you can get primo illegal for $200/lid if you know the right person…

It will be interesting to see how this develops, if the black market survives and how prices are effected. illegal dealers might find themselves out of work but I think growers will be fine unles maybe large scale farming takes over but I think that’s unlikely.

152 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:30:59pm

153 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:31:42pm

re: #151 Killgore Trout

It will be interesting to see how this develops, if the black market survives and how prices are effected. illegal dealers might find themselves out of work but I think growers will be fine unles maybe large scale farming takes over but I think that’s unlikely.

littlegreenfootballs.com

154 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:32:22pm

Smart pot smokers in CO will take advantage of the law that says you can grow up to 6 plants for your own use. It’s not that hard. Get grow lights and do it inside if you’re afraid someone will steal them out of your garden.

155 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:33:40pm

re: #153 Decatur Deb

littlegreenfootballs.com

heh.

156 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:33:52pm

Uh-oh…someone notify Bryan Fischer

Image: 913974_537211933051413_965717570_o.jpg

157 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:34:52pm

re: #154 Justanotherhuman

Smart pot smokers in CO will take advantage of the law that says you can grow up to 6 plants for your own use. It’s not that hard. Get grow lights and do it inside if you’re afraid someone will steal them out of your garden.

If I can remember back to last year…Wasn’t the kid worried about a glass of wine?

158 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:35:34pm

re: #154 Justanotherhuman

Smart pot smokers in CO will take advantage of the law that says you can grow up to 6 plants for your own use. It’s not that hard. Get grow lights and do it inside if you’re afraid someone will steal them out of your garden.

Yeah, just a few plants could provide a heavy pot smoker a year’s supply.

159 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:38:05pm

re: #153 Decatur Deb

littlegreenfootballs.com

Yeah. BTW, Williams grows his own product and plans to expand 20K more sq ft of growing space, and increase his employees from 47 to 75. This guy used to be an industrial engineer until he figured out he could get richer selling medicinal pot.

Also, what kid, what wine?

160 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:38:17pm

REBRANDING!

161 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:39:38pm

re: #159 Justanotherhuman

Yeah. BTW, Williams grows his own product and plans to expand 20K more sq ft of growing space, and increase his employees from 47 to 75. This guy used to be an industrial engineer until he figured out he could get richer selling medicinal pot.

Also, what kid, what wine?

Wasn’t your grandson playing grownup last night?

162 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:39:39pm


Yes.

163 b.d.  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:40:31pm

re: #162 Gus

[Embedded content]


Yes.

Isn’t that technically last year’s story?

164 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:40:31pm

A Guns.com writer posts his 10 New Year’s resolutions for gun owners

9. I will take a woman to the range

Women are under-represented in the shooting world, which is unfortunate. I will do my part and find a woman who wants to start shooting but needs a hand getting involved with guns.

Introducing women to guns is a lot different than with men. Bring a gun or two, a bunch of snap caps and no real ammo. Highlight the fact that there will be no chance of someone getting hurt; it will remove a lot of tension. Start with disabling, unloading and disassembling the gun. It’s all about laying down a fundamental understanding of guns first.

Don’t lecture, don’t start with the four rules and there will be no quiz at the end. No pressure and take your time. Encourage questions and don’t interrupt.

This advice has other applications, but that’s not gun-related.

165 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:40:32pm

re: #162 Gus

[Embedded content]


Yes.

OBAMACARE’S FAILING!! WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!!!

166 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:41:25pm

re: #161 Decatur Deb

Wasn’t your grandson playing grownup last night?

You mean my great-grandson…no. He was hanging out with his dad most of the time. : )

167 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:42:32pm

re: #164 Dark_Falcon

A Guns.com writer posts his 10 New Year’s resolutions for gun owners

Are the first 8 resolutions about how he will identify and meet a woman?

168 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:42:44pm

re: #165 Targetpractice

OBAMACARE’S FAILING!! WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!!!

Also, OMG SOTOMAYOR IS A STEALTH RIGHT WING NEOCON HACK SHILL TOOL FOR THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

169 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:42:50pm
170 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:43:29pm

HURR HURR

171 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:43:46pm

re: #116 b_sharp

Having different time zones is a Canadian idea.

So it’s your fault!

172 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:44:15pm

re: #171 Varek Raith

So it’s your fault!

Yes. That and 1812.

173 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:44:20pm

re: #164 Dark_Falcon

A Guns.com writer posts his 10 New Year’s resolutions for gun owners

You don’t even have a gun, isn’t that going to be hard to explain to a woman when you get her to the range?

174 ObserverArt  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:44:44pm

I’m late to some of the comments, but I wanted to say something about the flag and how it flies on the breath of the soldiers. And this is totally my opinion, I only wonder if others think similarly.

As a boy during the late 50s and early 60s, I played with the little plastic army men. I had models of tanks and aircraft. I had toy guns and played soldiers and watched Combat on TV.

And then somewhere around the late 60s after my one brother was drafted at the height of the Viet Nam war and I was now just into my early teens and under the influences of the times, rock music, drugs, social change, protests, etc., everything changed. The play stopped and reality set in.

I think it all had to do withe me realizing I at one time romanticized war and everything around it. And then I realized, there is not one damn thing romantic about war. How could there be? It is people killing each other, many times for things not even in their control and at the bidding of others who wouldn’t have their own involved.

And there are so many strange dichotomies involved. The man that is seen as brave and noble is the guy that stood and fought and died doing it. The man that took off and ran and saved his life is seen as the coward. Are they both what we think they are or are they the opposite? What does religion say about both? And if we are found fighting over God, what God is into man killing man? How can you be godly and a warrior, and to even ask God to protect you as you work to take out others?

I think I’ll always just go with the thought of an old Ohio legend warrior, General William Tecumseh Sherman who cautioned his new charges to be wary of their zeal to use what they were taught at the Military Academy and to realize the horrors of war with the simple words: War is Hell. Yes it is. And so much of our society rails against hell, but loves to think about going to war, or to think there was some glory in any of it.

The whole concept of war and warriors is one thing about man that I will never comprehend. Do I understand how it comes about and how other can get caught up in the glory of it? Yes. But I question if they really understand what it is to be hell-like.

And about the breath of the fallen soldiers, I think it sad that they no longer breathe and really can’t move that flag one bit any longer. And that is just unreal to me that others would make a symbol out of something that no longer can happen due to the nature of war. I’d much sooner have them around another day. That is romantic. That is something I can celebrate with them.

Sigh. I’m sorry…such gloom on a new years day!

175 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:45:02pm

re: #164 Dark_Falcon

A Guns.com writer posts his 10 New Year’s resolutions for gun owners

10. I will listen to an anti-gunner then try to get them into shooting

This is the tough one. I might have to bite my lip. A lot.

The majority of anti-gun types are afraid of guns, and facts and statistics will never be able to break down a wall of fear. There simply is no argument that will be able to overcome this and you can’t force someone to change their mind.

But I can plant a seed. Nod my head, hold my tongue and wait it out. We’ve heard it all before, it’s not going to kill us.

Only an interest in guns will topple that fear, and the fastest, best and easiest way to get someone interested in shooting is to put a gun in their hands. It really works.

176 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:47:01pm

re: #166 Justanotherhuman

You mean my great-grandson…no. He was hanging out with his dad most of the time. : )

Nope. The first one is actually “I won’t buy ammo I don’t need”. I have it on good authority at least two wingnuts suffered attacks of the vapors upon reading that first item and barely made it to their fainting couches.

177 prairiefire  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:47:12pm

Stannnleyyy ~


imgur.com

//www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/MO/Kansas-City/64101/551136

Info should be at link. These look oooolllldddddd.

178 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:49:58pm

re: #175 Targetpractice

[Embedded image]

There’s a word for that.
Projection.

179 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:50:10pm

re: #147 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Reminds me of this…

Youtube Video

One of my old favorites. : )

180 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:51:10pm
The majority of gun types are afraid of everything, and facts and statistics will never be able to break down a wall of fear. There simply is no argument that will be able to overcome this and you can’t force someone to change their mind.

Hurr, I can do it too.

181 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:51:27pm

Asshole Steve Stockman mocks gun deaths on facebook.

182 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:52:12pm

Want this!!!!

183 Wozza Matter?  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:52:14pm

So - have i missed anything?

184 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:52:42pm

re: #183 Wozza Matter?

So - have i missed anything?

Yo!

185 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:53:12pm

186 Wozza Matter?  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:55:19pm

re: #184 Varek Raith

Yo!

Hey dude.

187 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:56:57pm

re: #181 darthstar

Asshole Steve Stockman mocks gun deaths on facebook.

[Embedded image]

Reason number #35 of why Steve Stockman will not be elected senator.

188 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:57:03pm

re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth

Want this!!!!

[Embedded content]

I always wondered what had happened to Gamera.

Looks like someone turned him into a house.

189 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:57:05pm

re: #181 darthstar

Asshole Steve Stockman mocks gun deaths on facebook.

[Embedded image]

Prick.

190 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:57:14pm

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

Math for dummies.

Yeah, the bulb’s real cheap. But you’re paying for it in much much higher electric bills and replacement costs for bulbs that don’t last.

CFL doesn’t cost $6+ for a standard 60-75 or even 100 watt equivalent. Maybe $3. And you’ll end up saving the difference within a few months. Over the life of the CFL, you’ll save considerably. Even more if you switch to LED.

But these clueless folks think that incandescents are the cheaper alternative?

191 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:57:25pm

re: #60 allegro

Oh my, then he doesn’t buy furniture, appliances, clothes, phones, tools…?

Nothing more pointless and counterproductive than a selective boycott.

192 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:59:49pm

Damn it. It’s spreading.

Syrian warplanes bomb hills inside Lebanon

bigstory.ap.org

193 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:00:18pm

re: #190 lawhawk

Math for dummies.

Yeah, the bulb’s real cheap. But you’re paying for it in much much higher electric bills and replacement costs for bulbs that don’t last.

CFL doesn’t cost $6+ for a standard 60-75 or even 100 watt equivalent. Maybe $3. And you’ll end up saving the difference within a few months. Over the life of the CFL, you’ll save considerably. Even more if you switch to LED.

But these clueless folks think that incandescents are the cheaper alternative?

It pretty much exemplifies the wingnut mentality: penny smart, pound foolish. Money “saved” on the cost of bulb is all that matters to them, not that they’ve got to buy new bulbs every other month or that the heat those bulbs are putting out is money out of their pocket when the next electric bill comes.

194 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:00:36pm

re: #190 lawhawk

Math for dummies.

Yeah, the bulb’s real cheap. But you’re paying for it in much much higher electric bills and replacement costs for bulbs that don’t last.

CFL doesn’t cost $6+ for a standard 60-75 or even 100 watt equivalent. Maybe $3. And you’ll end up saving the difference within a few months. Over the life of the CFL, you’ll save considerably. Even more if you switch to LED.

But these clueless folks think that incandescents are the cheaper alternative?

They want anything that “librulz” say is bad for the environment because RUSH SAID SO.

195 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:02:54pm

196 Wozza Matter?  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:03:00pm

OK - the short short version……

Happy new year folks and folkettes x

I’m still employed, new woman in my life and Christmas was good (all the news that’s fit to print)

197 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:03:32pm

Liberal tears: caring for those murdered or commit suicide by use of firearms.

Yeah, Rep. Stockman has no problem adding to the body count by blocking even the most modest of efforts to reduce the homicide and suicide rates in the country due to firearms.

Moreover, he ignores that the states where gun control laws are most lax suffer from the highest homicide and suicide rates due to firearms.

The analysis reveals that the five states with the highest per capita gun death rates were Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, Alabama, and Wyoming. Each of these states had a per capita gun death rate far exceeding the national per capita gun death rate for the 50 states of 10.25 per 100,000 for 2010. Each state has lax gun laws and higher gun ownership rates. By contrast, states with strong gun laws and low rates of gun ownership had far lower rates of firearm-related death. Ranking last in the nation for gun death was Hawaii, followed by Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York. (See rankings below for top and bottom five states. See vpc.org for a ranking of all 50 states.)

VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand states, “The equation is simple. More guns lead to more gun death, but limiting exposure to firearms saves lives.” The total number of Americans killed by gunfire rose to 31,672 in 2010 from 31,347 in 2009.

198 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:04:25pm

re: #190 lawhawk

Math for dummies.

Yeah, the bulb’s real cheap. But you’re paying for it in much much higher electric bills and replacement costs for bulbs that don’t last.

CFL doesn’t cost $6+ for a standard 60-75 or even 100 watt equivalent. Maybe $3. And you’ll end up saving the difference within a few months. Over the life of the CFL, you’ll save considerably. Even more if you switch to LED.

But these clueless folks think that incandescents are the cheaper alternative ?

We have an entire generation of entrepreneurs who do not think beyond the short term, the ones who think that exporting jobs to China to import cheap consumer goods is a good thing.

199 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:05:27pm

re: #177 prairiefire

Stannnleyyy ~

imgur.com

//www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/MO/Kansas-City/64101/551136

Info should be at link. These look oooolllldddddd.

Those are great - esp the green icicle.

200 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:06:39pm

re: #198 Sol Berdinowitz

We have an entire generation of entrepreneurs who do not think beyond the short term, the ones who think that exporting jobs to China to import cheap consumer goods is a good thing.

HURR HURR MOAR PROFITZ FOR TEH JRRB CREATERS!!!111!!!

201 prairiefire  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:07:41pm

re: #183 Wozza Matter?

So - have i missed anything?

{{wb}}

202 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:08:01pm

AND ALSO NOT LEGS!!!!

203 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:08:59pm

re: #202 Pie-onist Overlord

Howitzers and tactical nukes for everybody!

///

204 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:10:01pm

Lynne Stewart, who was convicted of violating federal law and passing messages on to terrorists from convicted terrorist Sheikh Abdel Rahman, has herself been released 4 years early after a judge ruled she should be released due to her medical condition (she suffers from terminal cancer).

205 Wozza Matter?  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:10:25pm

re: #201 prairiefire

{{wb}}

*hug*
Thanks x

Don’t use a PC much any more and the site gives my tablet device a real workout so just kinda stopped for a while - but, onwards and upwards. Will try and stick around this time.

206 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:12:40pm

Gee, why is this not surprising.


Yeah, Dim Jim is mourning the loss of incandescent bulbs, even though the replacements last longer, use less power, and mean more savings over time.

Why mourn something that isn’t nearly as good as its replacements (either CFL or LED)?

207 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:13:30pm

re: #193 Targetpractice

It pretty much exemplifies the wingnut mentality: penny smart, pound foolish.

See also: the gold/silver standard.

208 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:13:56pm

re: #206 lawhawk

Gee, why is this not surprising.

[Embedded content]


Yeah, Dim Jim is mourning the loss of incandescent bulbs, even though the replacements last longer, use less power, and mean more savings over time.

Why mourn something that isn’t nearly as good as its replacements (either CFL or LED)?

No idea. He’s always looking for a lame outrage though. Like the time he bitched about the photo selection the WH made for New Years a couple years back.

209 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:14:44pm
210 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:16:51pm

BRB giving the new kitten a bath. If I’m not back in a few hours assume I lost a lot of blood and ended up in the ER.

Heh.

211 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:17:45pm

Anyone remember that whacked out libertarian dude ‘pharmmajor’? He tried to register dozens of LGF accounts, and now he’s been popping up with new accounts on Twitter every few weeks to spew hatred at me.

Libertarians are weird.

212 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:17:58pm

I stopped using incandescent bulbs years ago. Not that I have a zillion LEDs. Anyway, they’re hard to break, last years, and are supper low in the wattage department. You tip over a lamp with an incandescent bulb and those things break easily. Hard to break an LED even though I did that once. Could care less about warm up time because they’re so low on the draw you don’t really have to turn them off as much.

213 Wozza Matter?  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:18:12pm

re: #209 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Try out for the dolphins offensive line….. they need folks for doing that

214 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:20:25pm

215 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:23:57pm

re: #202 Pie-onist Overlord

AND ALSO NOT LEGS!!!!

[Embedded content]

And also wrote “Well regulated Militia”, you derps!

216 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:30:27pm

Many of the idiots mourning the “death” of the incandescent bulb in the US are the same ones who got irate when CFCs were banned and moaned about how much more “expensive” the alternatives were, how they weren’t “as good,” and how the government had no right telling people what they could and couldn’t buy.

217 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:30:36pm

PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEENAGERS IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!

218 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:30:55pm

re: #211 Charles Johnson

Why is it that you’re so irrelevant, but yet you keep attracting people who can’t stop trying to register here, can’t stop trying to smear you across Twitter, and otherwise maintain hate-blogs attacking you and others who post here?

These people have target fixation and can’t get you out of their heads. It’s their problem.

219 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:32:05pm

re: #217 Pie-onist Overlord

PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEENAGERS IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!

[Embedded content]

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?

220 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:32:28pm

re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth

Want this!!!!

[Embedded content]

Hmm. I like these. Keeping up with our pot theme…

Image: BcujnECIEAA7g_k.jpg

Pot houses in Korea (South?).

221 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:32:40pm

Why do wingnuts care more about “millions of unemployed, idle youths” than they care about millions of people with families?

Oh wait, they don’t care about any of them.

222 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:33:01pm

re: #217 Pie-onist Overlord

PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEENAGERS IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!

[Embedded content]

Right, and maybe employers should be willing to pay teenage employees more. Minimum wage shouldn’t be blamed for bosses being greedy.

223 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:33:12pm

re: #217 Pie-onist Overlord

PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEENAGERS IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!

Liberal plan for America = millions of idle, unemployed youth denied critical work experience:

Because flipping burgers is critical work expericence.

224 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:34:07pm

re: #218 lawhawk

It’s pretty weird, isn’t it?

225 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:34:20pm

re: #220 Justanotherhuman

Hmm. I like these. Keeping up with our pot theme…

Image: BcujnECIEAA7g_k.jpg

Pot houses in Korea (South?).

I knew a young lady who lived a pot/ she had many children because she knew naught about birth control….

226 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:34:28pm

Besides your average teen doesn’t need to work. I had a couple jobs in my teens but I was mostly focused on school. And as I said, maybe employers should swallow their pride and be willing to pay teenagers a little more.

227 Snarknado!  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:35:32pm

re: #203 Lidane

Howitzers and tactical nukes for everybody!

///

They wrote “bear arms.” If you can’t carry it, you can’t have it.

228 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:35:53pm

re: #221 Pie-onist Overlord

Why do wingnuts care more about “millions of unemployed, idle youths” than they care about millions of people with families?

Oh wait, they don’t care about any of them.

Well of course this is vital work experience for these kids. They need to know how not to ask for raises, how to be “available” to work any hours that their boss many need them, how little that paycheck buys anymore, and what it’s like to be thought of as nothing more than a cog in a machine.

//

229 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:36:01pm

The wingnut meme is HURR HURR FLIPPIN BURGERS OR STOCKING SHELVES AT WALMART DOESN’T REQUIRE EXPERIENS OR SKILLZ!!!!11!!!

But so what? It’s hard work!

230 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:36:09pm

re: #198 Sol Berdinowitz

We have an entire generation of entrepreneurs who do not think beyond the short term, the ones who think that exporting jobs to China to import cheap consumer goods is a good thing.

Just a matter of time before legal pot starts coming from outside of the country, too. Oh, it will happen.

231 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:38:38pm

HURR HURR AND UR FAT!!!!!

232 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:39:02pm

re: #226 HappyWarrior

Besides your average teen doesn’t need to work. I had a couple jobs in my teens but I was mostly focused on school. And as I said, maybe employers should swallow their pride and be willing to pay teenagers a little more.

I knew kids in school who worked hard at both schoolwork and a job. They were total non-entities, having no life outside of school or their job. Be up to catch a bus at the crack of dawn or earlier, spend most of the day shuffling between classes, then off to work as soon as the bell rung. And weekends? Forget about it, you had to be sure that your weekends were free just in case somebody called out or didn’t show up so you could cover their shift.

233 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:39:37pm

HURR HURR TYPICAL LIBRULZ ON FOOD STAMPZ!!!! ONLY CONSERVATIVES HAZ A REAL JRRBS!!!11!!!!!

234 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:40:46pm
235 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:42:48pm

re: #232 Targetpractice

I knew kids in school who worked hard at both schoolwork and a job. They were total non-entities, having no life outside of school or their job. Be up to catch a bus at the crack of dawn or earlier, spend most of the day shuffling between classes, then off to work as soon as the bell rung. And weekends? Forget about it, you had to be sure that your weekends were free just in case somebody called out or didn’t show up so you could cover their shift.

Yep, true points. I worked part-time my junior year in high school. Toughest academic year of my life. It was just really hard to juggle work, social life, and school.

236 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:43:27pm

HURR HURR

237 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:44:30pm

Wow that last Derptweet, just, wow.

238 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:45:26pm

Woo. Blizzard warnings up for parts of the NYC metro area and winter storm warnings for the entire area. Super. It’s going to be nasty Thursday night into Friday, meaning that Mayor DeBlasio and his Education Department will be potentially facing their first significant decision just two days into their tenure - whether to shut schools depending on weather conditions that might include 50+ mph winds, blowing snow, and temperatures under 20 before the wind chill.

239 Amory Blaine  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:46:05pm

The incandescent bulb represents a fictitious freedom they believe in. It is a symbol that their America is dying.

240 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:46:06pm

re: #238 lawhawk

Woo. Blizzard warnings up for parts of the NYC metro area and winter storm warnings for the entire area. Super. It’s going to be nasty Thursday night into Friday, meaning that Mayor DeBlasio and his Education Department will be potentially facing their first significant decision just two days into their tenure - whether to shut schools depending on weather conditions that might include 50+ mph winds, blowing snow, and temperatures under 20 before the wind chill.

Better be nice when I go up in a couple weeks!

241 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:47:23pm

re: #237 Pie-onist Overlord

What these folks always ignore is that most rapes are carried out by acquaintances to the victim; they’re family, dates, spouses, etc.

They aren’t some stranger off the street. So while that’s the image they hope to conjure, having firearms in the mix is likely to mean that the spouse/acquaintance/family member will have access to firearms while carrying out the rape.

242 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:47:57pm

It was all copacetic until the hair dryer came out. Kitten’s mad at both me and the boyfriend now. At least she’s mostly dry, but we’re getting the evil eye as she grooms herself.

Poor kitty. :)

243 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:48:00pm

re: #236 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

Yes yes, teach your daughter that the rapist she has to be most worried about is the guy who stalks her down the alleyway. That way when the guy she’s out on a date with doses her with rohypnol, she can tell daddy how “safe” she felt with that gun in her purse in between interviews with the police.

244 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:48:03pm

re: #218 lawhawk

Gotta be the hair.

245 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:48:20pm

re: #204 lawhawk

Lynne Stewart, who was convicted of violating federal law and passing messages on to terrorists from convicted terrorist Sheikh Abdel Rahman, has herself been released 4 years early after a judge ruled she should be released due to her medical condition (she suffers from terminal cancer).

Retweeted by Greenwald.

246 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:48:42pm

re: #239 Amory Blaine

The incandescent bulb represents a fictitious freedom they believe in. It is a symbol that their America is dying.

It is all about symbolism. Guns are a symbol of manhood and rugged individualism, big cars are symbols of prosperity and progress.

Do not expect people to understand what is behind the symbols, but do expect them to react at a gut level if they feel that those symbols so near and dear to them are under attack.

247 compound_Idaho  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:49:05pm

re: #232 Targetpractice

Another disturbing trend is unpaid internships, sometimes required by degree programs. When I got my degree, an unpaid intern position was unheard of. If you want college credit, you may even have to pay for the privilege.

248 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:49:32pm

re: #236 Pie-onist Overlord

RAPIST WITH AIDS!!

These people just push the fear.

249 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:49:50pm

re: #239 Amory Blaine

The incandescent bulb represents a fictitious freedom they believe in. It is a symbol that their America is dying.

I like incandescent bulbs. I like their warmth. Halogen bulbs are just as nice though.

250 Amory Blaine  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:49:51pm

The god damned incandescent robbed me of my gas lanterns!!!!

251 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:50:42pm

re: #247 compound_Idaho

Another disturbing trend is unpaid internships, sometimes required by degree programs. When I got my degree, an unpaid intern position was unheard of. If you want college credit, you may even have to pay for the privilege.

Imagine paying for the privilege in grad school. My MBA required a summer internship.

252 ObserverArt  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:50:50pm

re: #239 Amory Blaine

The incandescent bulb represents a fictitious freedom they believe in. It is a symbol that their America is dying.

If looked at as a symbol, then what about the symbol of the bulb burns out and then a change is needed? Incandescent bulbs are burned out as a necessary tool and it is time to change it to new bulbs that are better in many ways.

Dimwit dim bulbs! /

253 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:50:52pm

re: #250 Amory Blaine

The god damned incandescent robbed me of my gas lanterns!!!!

Yes, and they were quite fond of stepping in horse shit when they crossed the street, too. : )

254 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:50:59pm

So there’s one vote in favor of paranoid fantasies…

255 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:51:00pm

re: #248 Stanley Sea

RAPIST WITH AIDS!!

These people just push the fear.

Gay-marrying Parade!

256 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:51:09pm

re: #248 Stanley Sea

RAPIST WITH AIDS!!

These people just push the fear.

You noticed that too huh. I mean it’s not just a rapist but a rapist with AIDS. You know what, self-defense is a great thing but this fantasy the gun nuts have that just having a gun on your person is going to stop a rape is just foolish.

257 Amory Blaine  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:51:20pm

re: #249 darthstar

I like them too but I’m not hinging the death of America on them.

258 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:52:05pm

re: #248 Stanley Sea

RAPIST WITH AIDS!!

These people just push the fear.

What about Mutant Cyborg Zombies with Herpes? What then?

259 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:52:20pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

Satellites are tracking our lawnmowers.

260 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:52:37pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

So there’s one vote in favor of paranoid fantasies…

[Embedded content]

I have never understood how one can live a life of constant paranoia. If you’re that worried that your iPhone might be used as a tool by the NSA to spy on you, then don’t buy one.

261 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:52:42pm

re: #248 Stanley Sea

RAPIST WITH AIDS!!

These people just push the fear.

And probably black, too…

262 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:52:50pm

re: #247 compound_Idaho

Another disturbing trend is unpaid internships, sometimes required by degree programs. When I got my degree, an unpaid intern position was unheard of. If you want college credit, you may even have to pay for the privilege.

Yeah I’ve noticed that too. I’m in one now actually.

263 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:53:15pm

I’m getting better at just ignoring the Greenwaldians - used to try to engage and debate but it never ended well.

264 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:53:38pm

re: #244 darthstar

Nope. It’s gotta be the shoes! /Mars Blackmon

265 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:53:40pm

re: #260 Targetpractice

I have never understood how one can live a life of constant paranoia. If you’re that worried that your iPhone might be used as a tool by the NSA to spy on you, then don’t buy one.

Kind of reminds me of that South Park episode. Cartman’s talking real loudly for the whole world to hear him and he gets pissed when Kyle calls him out on it.

266 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:54:07pm

re: #236 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

Well, if the daughter is under 21 she can’t carry the gun concealed in the great majority of states, and the gun’s not gonna be much use if she isn’t trained to use it or gets ambushed.

267 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:54:12pm

re: #257 Amory Blaine

I like them too but I’m not hinging the death of America on them.

Of course not. That’ll be caused by food labeling.

268 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:54:17pm

re: #248 Stanley Sea

RAPIST WITH AIDS!!

These people just push the fear.

What is that aerial map in the background?

269 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:54:19pm

re: #258 Kragar

What about Mutant Cyborg Zombies with Herpes? What then?

Or Bulgarian Vampires with crabs, those are the worst.

270 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:54:36pm

re: #250 Amory Blaine

The god damned incandescent robbed me of my gas lanterns!!!!

Damn gas lanterns. My whale oil lanterns were the bee’s knees!

271 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:54:47pm

re: #266 Dark_Falcon

Well, if the daughter is under 21 she can’t carry the gun concealed in the great majority of states, and the gun’s not gonna be much use if she isn’t trained to use it or gets ambushed.

Which is why she should just keep it loaded, cocked, and pointed at the head of any man who comes within six feet of her…

272 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:55:09pm

re: #259 jaunte

Satellites are tracking our lawnmowers.

That’s why I mow my lawn in circles from the outside in…to make the satellites dizzy.

273 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:55:30pm

re: #268 Pie-onist Overlord

What is that aerial map in the background?

To demonstrate just how far away the nearest cop MIGHT be…

274 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:56:23pm

re: #273 jaunte

To demonstrate just how far away the nearest cop MIGHT be…

I meant does anyone recognize that location? Is it Detroit? LA? Chicago?

275 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:57:11pm

re: #266 Dark_Falcon

Well, if the daughter is under 21 she can’t carry the gun concealed in the great majority of states, and the gun’s not gonna be much use if she isn’t trained to use it or gets ambushed.

Which is largely the point, the idea of a gun as a magic talisman that wards off evil is foolish. I’d sooner give my hypothetical daughter a can of mace or a taser than give her a gun and expect her to be ready for anything she may encounter.

276 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:57:41pm

re: #236 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

They had to include AIDS in the threat, to introduce the specter of teh ghey as though rapists aren’t scary enough.
My daughters do in fact have guns, but these people are tiresome and offensive with their constant paranoid yammering against the strawman of Obammunist gun confiscation.

277 Just never mind.  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:57:49pm

re: #274 Pie-onist Overlord

Looks to me, to be LA. The 4 level interchange at downtown.

278 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:58:08pm

re: #206 lawhawk

Gee, why is this not surprising.

[Embedded content]


Yeah, Dim Jim is mourning the loss of incandescent bulbs, even though the replacements last longer, use less power, and mean more savings over time.

Why mourn something that isn’t nearly as good as its replacements (either CFL or LED)?

279 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:58:30pm

Here’s some photos of our local neighborhood fireworks display last night in Hrabúvka, not far away at all - about a 15 minute walk.

moravskoslezsky.denik.cz

280 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:59:32pm

“THE NSA IS SPYING ON ME! I’M SOMEBODY, I’M IMPORTANT!”

281 darthstar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:59:47pm
282 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:00:37pm

re: #275 Targetpractice

Which is largely the point, the idea of a gun as a magic talisman that wards off evil is foolish. I’d sooner give my hypothetical daughter a can of mace or a taser than give her a gun and expect her to be ready for anything she may encounter.

Right and here’s another thing that this guy ignores. What’s to say that a hypothetical rapist isn’t going to overpower the young woman and take her weapon. I have no problem with people having guns for self-defense purposes but this delusion, yes delusion that arming more people will stop violent crime is stupid.

283 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:01:56pm

re: #281 darthstar

[Embedded content]

I like how he fancies himself a political outsider. Dude you’ve been in Congress twice now and if I recall reading right were in Congress before Cornyn even. But it’s like Ron Paul selling himself as an outsider too and RP was first elected to Congress in the Ford or Carter years.

284 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:02:19pm

The main long term danger to gun ownership is that non-owners will increasingly see gun owners as dangerous, fantasy-prone crazy people, religious fanatics, and fascist agitators.

Where would they such an idea anyway?////

285 ObserverArt  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:02:53pm

Its hard to keep some wingnut/fundie thinking straight. Can someone help me?

I thought AIDS was only Big Gay. So, are there Big Gay Guys running around and raping women now?

///

286 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:03:12pm

re: #226 HappyWarrior

Besides your average teen doesn’t need to work. I had a couple jobs in my teens but I was mostly focused on school. And as I said, maybe employers should swallow their pride and be willing to pay teenagers a little more.

When I was a teenager (back in the 60s), I was working first, at age 14, as a dishwasher for 30 cents an hour. Then at age 16, I got promoted to waitress at 60 cents an hour.
Every week, my paycheck got signed over to my mother to help pay the family household bills.
And I had SS deducted from each and every one of those paychecks.

287 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:03:24pm

They’ll get my guns when they pry them out of my cold dead fingers in some parallel universe where the power and will to do such things must presumably exist.

288 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:04:01pm

re: #249 darthstar

I like incandescent bulbs. I like their warmth. Halogen bulbs are just as nice though.

My bet is that since the whole goal of this whining is supposed to be annoying liberals they should now start advocating a return to hurricane lamps burning whale oil.
//

289 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:04:22pm

re: #285 ObserverArt

Its hard to keep some wingnut/fundie thinking straight. Can someone help me?

I thought AIDS was only Big Gay. So, are there Big Gay Guys running around and raping women now?

///

To punish good Christian women of course.

290 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:04:57pm

re: #288 Feline Fearless Leader

My bet is that since the whole goal of this whining is supposed to be annoying liberals they should now start advocating a return to hurricane lamps burning whale oil.
//

Ah annoying liberals, yes, that’s what conservatives are calling their ideology these days.

291 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:04:59pm

re: #236 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR

[Embedded content]

Her dog isn’t working hard enough for the kibble…

292 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:05:02pm

re: #285 ObserverArt

Its hard to keep some wingnut/fundie thinking straight. Can someone help me?

I thought AIDS was only Big Gay. So, are there Big Gay Guys running around and raping women now?

///

They are still gay, but the predators manage as part of their plan to degrade and attack the straight sheeple who don’t see the threat.

293 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:05:11pm

re: #258 Kragar

What about Mutant Cyborg Zombies with Herpes? What then?

We are fucked.

294 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:05:48pm

re: #293 Stanley Sea

We are fucked.

Yikes! I hope not.

295 ObserverArt  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:07:04pm

re: #274 Pie-onist Overlord

I meant does anyone recognize that location? Is it Detroit? LA? Chicago?

Anycity USA. They are everywhere!!! Look out, there is a shadow, get your gun and get ready…

296 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:07:14pm

re: #269 HappyWarrior

Or Bulgarian Vampires with crabs, those are the worst.

Fucked and itchy.

Not good.

297 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:07:46pm

re: #296 Stanley Sea

Fucked and itchy.

Not good.

Ha no, not good at all.

298 ObserverArt  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:09:22pm

re: #280 Shiplord Kirel

“THE NSA IS SPYING ON ME! I’M SOMEBODY, I’M IMPORTANT!”

No, you jerk!

///

299 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:09:23pm

re: #285 ObserverArt

Its hard to keep some wingnut/fundie thinking straight. Can someone help me?

I thought AIDS was only Big Gay. So, are there Big Gay Guys running around and raping women now?

///

I actually read AIDS to be black. Ya know, per Justine.

300 Amory Blaine  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:09:37pm

re: #296 Stanley Sea

I saw you were asking about free e books earlier. Some community libraries offer e books which could be an option.

301 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:11:40pm

re: #300 Amory Blaine

I saw you were asking about free e books earlier. Some community libraries offer e books which could be an option.

Thanks! I checked mine, and they link to Gutenberg. But don’t see anything new with that site.

302 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:14:20pm

re: #301 Stanley Sea

Thanks! I checked mine, and they link to Gutenberg. But don’t see anything new with that site.

Gutenberg is free domain stuff. But there’s a lot of really good stuff there: Dickens, Sinclair Lewis, William Makepeace Thackery, Jack London, Updike Sinclair, loads of classic stuff you’ve probably never heard of but really good reading.

303 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:16:22pm

re: #301 Stanley Sea

Thanks! I checked mine, and they link to Gutenberg. But don’t see anything new with that site.

Also, my library has lots of new releases in the regular library section via overdrive.com all you need is a library card set up for internet access. You don’t even need an e-reader, you can read the books on your computer or tablet.

304 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:19:45pm

re: #299 Stanley Sea

I actually read AIDS to be black. Ya know, per Justine.

Think it depends on geography—

cdc.gov

305 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:23:37pm

You would think that godless liberals wouldn’t have to spend 4 days putting up and taking down freakn’ Christmas ornaments.

306 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:29:29pm

Hey Lizards,

Went and saw The Hobbit, came back and finally got my new grinder mounted. I’m probably going to build a new mounting platform at some time since I’m not 100% happy with what I’ve currently got, but it will do fine for now. (and if it works out ok, it may be a case of ‘Temporary becoming Permanent’.

Think I’m going to stream me a movie and just chill out with the rest of the lizardim.

RBS
Who isn’t unhappy today at all, good way to start the year.

307 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:14:00am

It is 2014.

I hope remember the next time I write a check.

you?

308 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:07:24am

re: #202 Pie-onist Overlord

AND ALSO NOT LEGS!!!!

[Embedded content]

If we are just grabbing words from the amendment, they also wrote “well regulated” into it.


This article has been archived.
Comments are closed.

Jump to top

Create a PageThis is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet. To use it, drag this button to your browser's bookmark bar, and title it 'LGF Pages' (or whatever you like). Then browse to a site you want to post, select some text on the page to use for a quote, click the bookmarklet, and the Pages posting window will appear with the title, text, and any embedded video or audio files already filled in, ready to go.
Or... you can just click this button to open the Pages posting window right away.
Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT LGF User's Guide RSS Feeds

Help support Little Green Footballs!

Subscribe now for ad-free access!Register and sign in to a free LGF account before subscribing, and your ad-free access will be automatically enabled.

Donate with
PayPal Cash.app
Recent PagesClick to refresh
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ...
Cheechako
2 days ago
Views: 134 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1