A Beautiful Short Film About Scotland’s Argyll Forest Park

With squirrels
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The First in a series of short films, providing viewers with a window into natural habitats found in the UK through the use of cinematography.

The film was shot in September 2013 in Argyll forest park. All footage was shot in raw on the 50D and 5D mkii - thanks to the magic lantern hack.

Footage was debayered using AE to Prores 444, edited in PrPro & exported. Audio is a mixture of foley sound and audio recorded in camera.

Music: This Will Destroy You - Killed The Lord, Left For The New World

Credits:
Camera: Max Smith, Michael Hodges
Editing: Max Smith
Sound: Max Smith
Assistant: Jasper Broadhurst

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michaelhodges.co.uk

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537 comments
1 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:11:11pm

Spent a lot of time in the Highlands, there are few video or photo images of it that do it justice.

3 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:52:32pm
Right away when I heard about the Pew poll, I turned to the results to see what the explanation was for the interesting — truly! — “shift” in Republican view: Were Republicans changing their positions on creationism or creationists changing their party allegiance?

And right away I ran into this logical inconsistency.

Surely, someone will clear this up, I thought.

But no.

Just the same predictable, boring “ha ha ha ha!” reaction.

Why let something as silly as logic get in the way of an opportunity to pound one’s tribal chest & join in a unifying, polarizing group howl?

4 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:53:38pm

re: #2 Killgore Trout

About that Pew poll on Republicans and evolution….
Have Republicans changed views on evolution? Or have creationists changed party? Pew’s (half-released) numbers don’t add up

…it’s lame because this sort of deliberate selectivity (make no mistake, it was deliberate: Pew made the decision to include the partisan breakdown for only half of the bifurcated evolution-belief item) subsidizes the predictable “ha ha ha!” response on the part of the culturally partisan commentators who will see the survey as a chance to stigmatize Republicans as being distinctively “anti-science.”

Uh - Republicans ARE distinctively anti-science, no scare quotes. I don’t see how that’s even debatable.

5 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:57:12pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Uh - Republicans ARE distinctively anti-science, no scare quotes. I don’t see how that’s even debatable.

That’s why I didn’t find the poll results doubtful at first. I’m still looking into it but the dude has a point. Looks like click bait from Pew.

6 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:57:46pm

The first guy to buy pot in Colorado.
Image: DMFmFkE.png

7 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:03:15pm

8 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:06:01pm

9 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:12:12pm

10 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:12:23pm

re: #2 Killgore Trout

About that Pew poll on Republicans and evolution….
Have Republicans changed views on evolution? Or have creationists changed party? Pew’s (half-released) numbers don’t add up

So you’re going to MBF that poll and say that the GOP isn’t pro-ignorance and anti-science?

El Oh El.

11 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:13:09pm

re: #10 Lidane

So you’re going to MBF that poll and say that the GOP isn’t pro-ignorance and anti-science?

El Oh El.

Happy New Year Lidane!

12 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:13:32pm

Out with the old & in with the old.

13 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:14:00pm

I’m wondering if the amount of Democrats that refuse to accept evolution is so small as to be statistically insignificant.

Which, admittedly, should be reported either way. At the same time, Democrats have not promoted/wallowed in anti-science these last few decades the way the GOP has.

14 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:14:40pm

Evening Lizardim. Bloody cold, this - 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) and a wind chill dropping down towards -10 degrees F (-23 degrees C). And I was out in it getting the Mrs. Fish’s Fishmobile prepped and ready should she need or want to take the fishspawn out to her mother’s tomorrow. But, it started right up and purred like the great big black iron kitten it is, so at least it’s reliable, if a bit weathered. How go things among the lizardfolk on this New Year’s night?

15 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:15:58pm
16 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:15:59pm

Hundreds of Highlanders settled in the mountains of NC in the 1700s colonial period—it reminded them of “home”. Some of their descendants organized the Highland Games at Grandfather Mtn (a private mountain); it’s been held for almost 60 yrs.

gmhg.org

I’ve never been; never had an interest. I mean, it’s been over 250 yrs already. If I wanted to visit Scotland, I’d go there, not NC.

Mt. Mitchell St Park (haven’t been there since the ’90s but saw the damage then).

Youtube Video

Pollution has damaged innumerable trees. It’s tragic.

17 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:21:17pm

re: #10 Lidane

So you’re going to MBF that poll and say that the GOP isn’t pro-ignorance and anti-science?

El Oh El.

I’m saying that it looks like there are some fairly serious flaws with the poll. Just because something is anti-Republican doesn’t make it true.

18 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:21:30pm

It has to be asked…

19 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:23:17pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

It has to be asked…

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Because software patents, that’s why.

20 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:27:27pm

Hope you all are having/ had a Happy and safe New Years Eve and Day

me ,,,, still under the weather. Watching some Bowl Games and getting ready to head in to work


Oh ,,, joy ,,,,

21 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:28:55pm

Skype may have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army - Greenwald just retweeted this from an apparently hacked Skype account:

22 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:32:10pm

re: #21 Charles Johnson

Skype may have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army - Greenwald just retweeted this from an apparently hacked Skype account:

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Wait, you mean private companies might be selling your private data to others? Inconceivable!!!

23 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:37:19pm

24 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:37:37pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Wait, you mean private companies might be selling your private data to others? Inconceivable!!!

Kinda funny, but truth be told, in many instances, those companies fine print allows them to sell and / or share customer provided info.
When using a companies online ordering feature(s) at times you may be able to hit a checkbox to prompt out of that, but as stated, look at the fine print

25 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:38:07pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

It has to be asked…

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I developed one, but “Big Pixel” came in and bought it up… I’ve probably said too much however.

RBS
Looking over shoulder….

26 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:38:44pm

re: #20 sattv4u2

Hope you all are having/ had a Happy and safe New Years Eve and Day

me ,,,, still under the weather. Watching some Bowl Games and getting ready to head in to work

Oh ,,, joy ,,,,

Happy New Year!

27 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:41:36pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Wait, you mean private companies might be selling your private data to others? Inconceivable!!!

The Syrians (both sides) have been spamming liveleak with war videos for over a year now. Not sure how the regulars on that site feel about all the uninteresting “Assadist Lackeys Run Like Babbies!” videos promoted to the front page.

28 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:43:15pm

In other news, the City of Minneapolis rang in the New Year in style - that is to say, with a 3-alarm fire that engulfed an apartment complex downtown in the mid-morning hours. The article mentions that firefighters struggled in the bitter freezing cold, with the water freezing on everything it touched (except the fire, of course). The blaze is still under investigation and there are still some people unaccounted for. Several victims were in critical condition, so my thoughts and prayers are with Minneapolis and her injured residents tonight.

29 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:44:41pm

re: #26 Killgore Trout

Happy New Year!

Back Attchya,,, and all the lil froggies and taddies too

30 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:46:41pm

re: #10 Lidane

So you’re going to MBF that poll and say that the GOP isn’t pro-ignorance and anti-science?

El Oh El.

No, but its best not to hang one’s hat on a bad poll. If it had flawed methodology or if its questions turned out to be leading, those are things you want to know.

31 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:48:16pm

re: #28 thedopefishlives

In other news, the City of Minneapolis rang in the New Year in style - that is to say, with a 3-alarm fire that engulfed an apartment complex downtown in the mid-morning hours. The article mentions that firefighters struggled in the bitter freezing cold, with the water freezing on everything it touched (except the fire, of course). The blaze is still under investigation and there are still some people unaccounted for. Several victims were in critical condition, so my thoughts and prayers are with Minneapolis and her injured residents tonight.

I can’t imagine what it would be like fighting a fire in sub-zero type weather. That’s got to be one of the most miserable experiences I can imagine. Crabbing in the Bering Sea would rank up there too.

RBS

32 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:52:13pm

33 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:52:40pm

re: #31 RealityBasedSteve

I can’t imagine what it would be like fighting a fire in sub-zero type weather. That’s got to be one of the most miserable experiences I can imagine. Crabbing in the Bering Sea would rank up there too.

RBS

I did it once ,,,, can’t even describe the cold. When we lived in Boston, we had a small cottage on an island off the coast of Portland Maine. We were visiting friends there (they live on the island fulltime ,,,, our cottage was summer only) one February. A house near them caught fire late one afternoon/ early evening. The island has two fire trucks but staffed by volunteers (of which my friend was one) So I went and helped ,,, MISERABLE ,,, I can’t even imagine doing it in those climes as a profession

34 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:53:50pm

re: #31 RealityBasedSteve

I can’t imagine what it would be like fighting a fire in sub-zero type weather. That’s got to be one of the most miserable experiences I can imagine. Crabbing in the Bering Sea would rank up there too.

RBS

No freaking kidding. My hat’s off to the Minneapolis Fire Department for toughing it out and getting that beast of a blaze under control.

35 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:54:33pm

36 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:58:12pm

re: #5 Killgore Trout

That’s why I didn’t find the poll results doubtful at first. I’m still looking into it but the dude has a point. Looks like click bait from Pew.

The guy doesn’t have a point.
The move toward YEC beliefs is reflected in the poll, and the breakdown between theistic/naturalistic is applicable to both Republican and Democrat numbers, there is no bias.

We aren’t given the numbers of how many Dems believe a natural evolution but neither are we told how many Reps believe a natural evolution.

In any case, that does not reflect on the numbers given for pure theistic beliefs.

37 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:58:58pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

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I love surrealism.

38 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:01:26pm

re: #17 Killgore Trout

I’m saying that it looks like there are some fairly serious flaws with the poll. Just because something is anti-Republican doesn’t make it true.

The poll isn’t anti-Republican.
You’re source is creating a bias that isn’t there. Could there, should there be more information to be useful? Yes, but what is there isn’t biased against Republicans.

39 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:02:21pm

re: #20 sattv4u2

Hope you all are having/ had a Happy and safe New Years Eve and Day

me ,,,, still under the weather. Watching some Bowl Games and getting ready to head in to work

Oh ,,, joy ,,,,

I was wondering where the fuck you were.
Glad to see you’re still with us.

40 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:04:10pm

Did I scare everyone away?

Awesome!

41 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:05:17pm

Gotta love the wingnut logic that says a NYT report relying upon unnamed sources in Libya is an obvious political piece, but a Fox News report relying upon unnamed spooks in Libya has gotta be true.

42 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:05:28pm

re: #39 b_sharp

I was wondering where the fuck you were.
Glad to see you’re still with us.

Thanks

43 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:06:24pm

re: #40 b_sharp

Did I scare everyone away?

Awesome!

I’m still here! I’m still Standing, looking better than I ever did…

RBS

44 gwangung  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:06:46pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

No, but its best not to hang one’s hat on a bad poll. If it had flawed methodology or if its questions turned out to be leading, those are things you want to know.

This is a comment that’s context free and not very filial with the literature. You’re MBFing because you’re not aware of the dozens of polls from multiple sources showing similar results.

45 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:07:28pm

re: #43 RealityBasedSteve

I’m still here! I’m still Standing, looking better than I ever did…

RBS

That sounds strangely familiar. Hmmmm.

46 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:07:39pm

re: #39 b_sharp

I was wondering where the fuck you were.
Glad to see you’re still with us.

The overnight shift I’ve been on has caught up to me. I basically sleep from the time I get home all day till I have a little dinner with Mrs Satty, then back for a quick nap before getting ready for work. Also haven’t been feeling well. 3 doctors and 2 specialists and still no answers

47 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:09:56pm

re: #46 sattv4u2

The overnight shift I’ve been on has caught up to me. I basically sleep from the time I get home all day till I have a little dinner with Mrs Satty, then back for a quick nap before getting ready for work. Also haven’t been feeling well. 3 doctors and 2 specialists and still no answers

Crap.

Sorry to see you going through that bro. Any chance you can take a bit of extended paid leave while the docs figure it out?

48 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:12:02pm

re: #47 b_sharp

Crap.

Sorry to see you going through that bro. Any chance you can take a bit of extended paid leave while the docs figure it out?

I could,, but unless I was seriously incapacitated, sitting around just waiting for answers would drive me nuts (((plus the weather’s not good enough to golf every day!!))))

And thanks

49 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:15:52pm

re: #38 b_sharp

The poll isn’t anti-Republican.
You’re source is creating a bias that isn’t there. Could there, should there be more information to be useful? Yes, but what is there isn’t biased against Republicans.

The pew polls is also an outlier from other polls such as Gallup, Yougov and harris. I think there are enough problems to be wary of Pew’s results. I assume we both agree that Republicans have a problem with acceptance of science, I think it weakens our criticism to rely on factually questionable polls. This seems like those reports on scientific research papers that proclaim “Conservatives/Liberals are psychologically defective, more likely to have had potty training difficulty”. The reports are easy to manufacture and an easy way to get a lot of traffic but they aren’t sound science.

51 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:29:00pm

Hmm.

Wikileaks Australian Party makes alliances with the Syrian regime.

Then Wikileaks-associated people are the first to spread knowledge of the Skype hack by the Syrian Electronic Army.

Hmm, I say.

52 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:30:12pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

The pew polls is also an outlier from other polls such as Gallup, Yougov and harris. I think there are enough problems to be wary of Pew’s results. I assume we both agree that Republicans have a problem with acceptance of science, I think it weakens our criticism to rely on factually questionable polls. This seems like those reports on scientific research papers that proclaim “Conservatives/Liberals are psychologically defective, more likely to have had potty training difficulty”. The reports are easy to manufacture and an easy way to get a lot of traffic but they aren’t sound science.

But it isn’t a factually questionable poll. The information is narrower than it should be for a serious analysis, but the numbers it gives are not pushed to either side by poor quality questions. Any shortcomings apply to all the data equally.

53 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:30:44pm

re: #41 Targetpractice

Gotta love the wingnut logic that says a NYT report relying upon unnamed sources in Libya is an obvious political piece, but a Fox News report relying upon unnamed spooks in Libya has gotta be true.

The Times report did name some of its sources. that’s part of its credibility. As an example, the leader of the Libyan militia hired by the consulate admitted on the record he ordered his men who were there to cut and run when the attack got started.

That’s a lot more credible than a story where none of the sources were willing to go on the record.

54 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:31:11pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Hmm.

Wikileaks Australian Party makes alliances with the Syrian regime.

Then Wikileaks-associated people are the first to spread knowledge of the Skype hack by the Syrian Electronic Army.

Hmm, I say.

If they were based on Wall Street, we could indict them on Insider Trading!!!!!

55 b.d.  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:32:19pm

Lie down with Dudebros, wake up with Syrian hackers.

56 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:32:34pm

Looking at the 07 Gallup poll for Rpublicans it was 30% evolution 68% not. I’m not sure that Pew poll is specifically flawed, I haven’t been able to look at any cross-tabs on it. The fact that only 1/2 the people were asked their political preference shouldn’t make a huge difference, other than possibly changing the margin of error a bit. As long as the party affliation question wasn’t asked simply because of a given response. Furthermore, normalizing the data (which I’m sure was done) to accurately reflect party affiliation / age /gender of the population would also help minimize any issues with it.

RBS
Just my .02

57 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:32:39pm

The freepers are having a real problem with Japanese cartoons.

58 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:32:49pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Hmm.

Wikileaks Australian Party makes alliances with the Syrian regime.

Then Wikileaks-associated people are the first to spread knowledge of the Skype hack by the Syrian Electronic Army.

Hmm, I say.

I’m with the guy who runs the ‘XX Committee’ website: Wikileaks is in the FSB’s shirt pocket.

59 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:34:47pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Wikileaks party. Let that bit sink in a bit.

They fashion themselves a political party. Not merely content to reveal classified information - primarily about the US and US allies, but they’re now pushing a political agenda as a political party.

Their true nature and intentions are being revealed a bit more each day, and it has less and less to do with government transparency and more to do with anti-Americanism.

60 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:35:00pm

re: #57 Kragar

The freepers are having a real problem with Japanese cartoons.

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Whatever you do, don’t introduce them to Evangelion.

61 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:35:12pm

re: #57 Kragar

The freepers are having a real problem with Japanese cartoons.

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I wonder how badly they’re going to freak out if they keep digging into the world of Anime.

62 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:36:00pm

re: #60 Targetpractice

Whatever you do, don’t introduce them to Evangelion.

I was thinking FLCL

63 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:36:35pm

re: #53 Dark_Falcon

The Times report did name some of its sources. that’s part of its credibility. As an example, the leader of the Libyan militia hired by the consulate admitted on the record he ordered his men who were there to cut and run when the attack got started.

That’s a lot more credible than a story where none of the sources were willing to go on the record.

Ayep, the arguments seem to be:

NYT: Spends year doing research, beating the bushes, and getting people on the record saying that the attack was not planned or executed by Al-Q and had to do with anger over video.

FNC: “NUH-UH!!!”

64 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:37:38pm

re: #62 Kragar

I was thinking FLCL

That’s not a breakdown in the social fabric, that’s an acid trip.

65 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:39:08pm

re: #60 Targetpractice

lol, or Akira.

66 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:39:31pm

So he could smoke between harmonica riffs.

67 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:40:34pm

re: #57 Kragar

Dare I ask what set this off?

68 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:41:09pm

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

I wonder how badly they’re going to freak out if they keep digging into the world of Anime.

Once the tentacles come out, it all get weird.

RBS

69 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:42:39pm

re: #57 Kragar

The freepers are having a real problem with Japanese cartoons.

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Heh. Which ones are freaking them out?

70 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:43:44pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

Once the tentacles come out, it all get weird.

RBS

I don’t want to know where the sunrise is on THAT one.

71 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:45:29pm

72 The Ghost of a Flea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:45:45pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

Once the tentacles come out, it all get weird.

RBS

It’s Freep.

Equal chance they’re freaking out about the recurring theme of cooperation and friendship making you stronger.

73 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:46:40pm

re: #57 Kragar

The freepers are having a real problem with Japanese cartoons.

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Not content with dictating moral issues within the US they move on to countries they know nothing about.

74 GlutenFreeJesus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:46:53pm

Day 2 of my Amazon Prime trial. I think I’m a believer. They have lots of stuff not currently on Netflix

CAN YOU DIG IT?

75 danarchy  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:48:35pm

re: #74 GlutenFreeJesus

Day 2 of my Amazon Prime trial. I think I’m a believer. They have lots of stuff not currently on Netflix

CAN YOU DIG IT?

It’s worth it alone for the free shipping. The streaming video is just a nice bonus.

76 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:48:45pm

re: #57 Kragar

The freepers are having a real problem with Japanese cartoons.

[Embedded content]

Why would they be concerned with Japan’s social frabric [sic] ?

77 GlutenFreeJesus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:48:49pm

re: #57 Kragar

The freepers are having a real problem with Japanese cartoons.

[Embedded content]

Are they talking about Ghost In The Shell? lol

78 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:49:03pm

re: #74 GlutenFreeJesus

Day 2 of my Amazon Prime trial. I think I’m a believer. They have lots of stuff not currently on Netflix

CAN YOU DIG IT?

I CAN DIG IT!! I’m now hooked on Justified. Damn LGF!!!

RBS

79 GlutenFreeJesus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:49:36pm

re: #75 danarchy

It’s worth it alone for the free shipping. The streaming video is just a nice bonus.

I’m more of a movie junky than anything. They have The Warriors. That alone is worth it. lol

80 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:52:30pm


Not even going to try and figure this one out…

RBS

81 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:53:02pm

re: #74 GlutenFreeJesus

Day 2 of my Amazon Prime trial. I think I’m a believer. They have lots of stuff not currently on Netflix

CAN YOU DIG IT?

The amount of free streaming stuff is one of the best things going for Amazon Prime. They have a great selection, with some shows I probably never would have seen otherwise. It’s a pretty awesome deal compared with Netflix, IMO.

82 danarchy  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:54:00pm

re: #79 GlutenFreeJesus

I’m more of a movie junky than anything. They have The Warriors. That alone is worth it. lol

Trust me, you’ll appreciate the shipping the first time you have a 4 burner gas grill shipped overnight for $3 extra :)

83 Political Atheist  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:55:00pm

re: #74 GlutenFreeJesus

I have had prime for a while. Amazing how much better its streaming is than Netflix via my BRD player. Oddly, they both run better via my laptop to the TV

84 b.d.  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:55:13pm

re: #80 RealityBasedSteve

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Not even going to try and figure this one out…

RBS

I guess they never ate Fruity Pebbles as a child?

85 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:55:24pm

This remains my favorite:

86 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:56:28pm

re: #82 danarchy

Trust me, you’ll appreciate the shipping the first time you have a 4 burner gas grill shipped overnight for $3 extra :)

I bought a wood lathe through amazon. They were 75 bucks cheaper than the same thing from the manufacturer, and free shipping vs 65 from the OEM.

RBS

87 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:56:48pm

Most boards I’ve been on allow you to actually search the comments themselves, but FR’s so archaic that that’s not even an option.

88 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:57:35pm

Thanks to Amazon Prime, I was actually able to see The Human Centipede shortly after it was released in America, but I’ve almost forgiven Bezos for that.

89 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:58:42pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

Thanks to Amazon Prime, I was actually able to see The Human Centipede shortly after it was released in America, but I’ve almost forgiven Bezos for that.

I’ve made it a point NOT to see it. I’m going to have to be in a very specific mindframe I think to watch it.

RBS

90 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:04:21pm

91 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:05:08pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

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Hyperbole, thy name is wingnut.

92 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:05:21pm

“The racist media.” Yes, it’s come to this.

93 Stanley Sea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:09:50pm
94 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:09:58pm

re: #56 RealityBasedSteve

Looking at the 07 Gallup poll for Rpublicans it was 30% evolution 68% not. I’m not sure that Pew poll is specifically flawed, I haven’t been able to look at any cross-tabs on it. The fact that only 1/2 the people were asked their political preference shouldn’t make a huge difference, other than possibly changing the margin of error a bit. As long as the party affliation question wasn’t asked simply because of a given response. Furthermore, normalizing the data (which I’m sure was done) to accurately reflect party affiliation / age /gender of the population would also help minimize any issues with it.

RBS
Just my .02

The problem claimed by the source KT linked was that because those who were not purely theistic were not broken down into ID/naturalistic groups, the numbers favoured the Dems because they make up the majority of that group. They feel that there may be a high number of those in the non-purely theistic group that are IDists who should be included with the purely theistic group. They consider this a bias against the Reps.

However that wasn’t the question being asked. The question being asked was what percentage do not accept evolution.

95 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:10:54pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

Thanks to Amazon Prime, I was actually able to see The Human Centipede shortly after it was released in America, but I’ve almost forgiven Bezos for that.

Saw it on Netflix.

Scared the crap out of me.

96 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:11:36pm

re: #93 Stanley Sea

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“I’m a little teapot…”

97 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:12:14pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

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They really have a difficult time figuring out what went on in that video don’t they?

98 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:13:08pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

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Joking about who a child may grow up to marry is now the same as punching someone in the head?

DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
[slumps dazedly to the floor]

99 The Ghost of a Flea  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:16:03pm

re: #93 Stanley Sea

CANNOT UNSEE

(also, Happy New Year, everybody)

100 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:17:19pm

re: #93 Stanley Sea

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MY EYES!!!!

101 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:17:41pm

re: #93 Stanley Sea

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Words…. They fail me.

RBS

102 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:22:20pm

re: #93 Stanley Sea

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Oh crap.

That’s the last time I take pictures while naked.

103 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:23:06pm

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

Joking about who a child may grow up to marry is now the same as punching someone in the head?

DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!
[headdesk]
[slumps dazedly to the floor]

The joke was about the parents.

104 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:26:26pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

The Quest for Victimization Continues Under New Rebranding.

105 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:29:51pm

re: #103 b_sharp

The joke was about the parents.

One of the jokes had Kieran Romney marrying Kim Kardashian’s daughter when he grew up. that was the joke I remembered most clearly.

106 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:31:13pm

re: #105 Dark_Falcon

One of the jokes had Kieran Romney marrying Kim Kardashian’s daughter when he grew up. that was the joke I remembered most clearly.

Yes, but it was about how the Romneys and Kardashians would react.

107 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:33:44pm

re: #106 b_sharp

Yes, but it was about how the Romneys and Kardashians would react.

Whatever it was, it wasn’t the same as punching someone in the head.

108 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:35:58pm
109 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:39:47pm

To understand what the Breitbart clown’s conveying with that reference to the “knockout game,” you have to know that they’ve been promoting this racist meme for months.

This really is bordering on Stormfront territory.

110 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:43:36pm

Arizona man killed son with an ax because he thought the boy was a demon, police say

Investigators said 51-year-old Gary Sherrill, of Phoenix, was afraid of his son, David, and believed the boy was going to eat him.

The teen’s mother asked police to check on the boy Tuesday because her ex-husband had not returned him, as scheduled, and she hadn’t been able to reach either of them by phone.

Sherrill initially told police the boy wasn’t home, but police persuaded him to invite them into the house.

“Once inside, they located the 13-year-old male victim, David Sherrill, deceased with obvious signs of trauma,” Martos said. “Sadly, the victim sustained stab wounds and lacerations to several parts of his body.”

Welcome to 2014

111 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:45:50pm

re: #107 Dark_Falcon

Whatever it was, it wasn’t the same as punching someone in the head.

No kidding.

112 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:45:57pm

re: #93 Stanley Sea

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Rofl.

113 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:52:54pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

To understand what Breitbart’s conveying with that reference to the “knockout game,” you have to know that they’ve been promoting this racist meme for months.

This really is bordering on Stormfront territory.

It’s a concerted and self-organized effort to redefine racism and who it applies to.

114 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:53:38pm

Anyone who seriously thinks demons are a real thing need to be locked away.

115 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:56:52pm

116 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:58:01pm

re: #115 Gus

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Nice looking buds!

117 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:58:19pm

re: #115 Gus

How to choose?

118 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:58:43pm

119 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:59:07pm

Gallery here.

Don’t drool! :D

120 Kragar  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:00:16pm

re: #117 jaunte

How to choose?

SMOKE ALL THE WEED!

121 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:01:27pm

Denver Post site. :D

122 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:03:38pm

Youtube Video

123 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:05:26pm
124 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:06:58pm

Dude, where’s my car?

125 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:08:16pm
126 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:08:56pm

re: #119 Gus

Gallery here.

Don’t drool! :D

It’s so nice to see that. It’s really a shame to think about all the lives that’ve been ruined in the war on pot. Such a waste but it looks like the end is near.

127 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:09:03pm


ZOMG! Cheap.

128 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:10:16pm
129 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:10:39pm

re: #119 Gus

Gallery here.

Don’t drool! :D

Great pics and a great day for law and order and rational public policy. I think we can expect these crowds not to riot or get in fights. If they do, they can easily be coaxed into the patrol wagons with Oreos and Doritos.

131 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:13:35pm

re: #121 Gus

Denver Post site. :D

Here’s where the money’s really at: thecannabist.co

Fine dining while stoned. What a great experience that would be and customers with the munchies are going to spend a lot of money. Great idea.

132 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:13:56pm
133 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:15:58pm

As a cash crop marijuana could be heaven’s gift to farmers. You can only grow so much in the hot houses.

134 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:17:41pm
135 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:21:18pm

re: #133 Shiplord Kirel

As a cash crop marijuana could be heaven’s gift to farmers. You can only grow so much in the hot houses.

I was thinking about that. A couple problems with outdoor farming;
Only one crop per year. Even in warm climates you can get only one crop because the plants flower with the light cycle of the seasons. Indoor crops can be harvested in cycles about every 10 weeks.
Theft. Even cheap weed is going to attract a lot of thieves
Climate. Outdoor growing is going to be limited to mostly arid areas. Flowers rot easily in the rain. Here in Oregon it’s always a race for the backyard growers to harvest plants before the rain starts. just a few days of early rain and everything is ruined.

136 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:26:33pm


Derp.

137 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:27:55pm

138 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:28:35pm

re: #137 Gus

“He’s not a runner, though.”

139 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:29:04pm

re: #60 Targetpractice

Whatever you do, don’t introduce them to Evangelion.

Show them Hetalia: Axis Powers and watch heads explode.

140 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:30:36pm

re: #136 Gus

You get the impression he’s eager for this experiment to fail?

141 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:31:27pm

re: #140 jaunte

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You get the impression he’s eager for this experiment to fail?

Hard to tell. Right now he’s “just asking questions.”

142 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:33:14pm

Oh boy.

143 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:35:57pm

Because marijuana laws never messed up vulnerable people’s lives.

144 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:39:42pm

re: #137 Gus

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“The more he drinks, the more interesting I am!!!”

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145 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:40:30pm

Considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight. He may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done his country a great service. It is time for the United States to offer Mr. Snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home, face at least substantially reduced punishment in light of his role as a whistle-blower, and have the hope of a life advocating for greater privacy and far stronger oversight of the runaway intelligence community.

146 GlutenFreeJesus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:41:30pm

re: #89 RealityBasedSteve

I’ve made it a point NOT to see it. I’m going to have to be in a very specific mindframe I think to watch it.

RBS

Yes. Unconscious.

147 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:42:47pm

I went to see THE HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG in 3D.

I wasn’t too impressed. There were some kickass fight scenes, but for some reason the 3D glasses made all the colors look washed out.

It’s been 47 years since I read “The Hobbit” but I know for sure there was no romance in it between a dwarf guy and an elf girl. I would have totally remembered that because female characters were few and far between. I don’t remember any Lake Town either.

Also why would they use a one-eyed orc as a scout. Yeah he looks badass but he’s BLIND IN ONE EYE.

Also, as I already noticed in the first installment, 48 fps just lets you see how fake the movie sets and actor’s prosthesis are.

148 Belafon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:43:50pm

re: #146 GlutenFreeJesus

I watched it with my oldest son. It was the first time I ever posted a “do not watch this movie” anywhere.

Though I will say it made the Saw movies absolutely boring and predictable.

149 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:44:01pm

“…President Obama should tell his aides to begin finding a way to end Mr. Snowden’s vilification and give him an incentive to return home.”

150 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:44:39pm

re: #145 Gus

So as long as you expose some abuses while you betray your country, you deserve clemency.

If only the Rosenbergs thought of that, they would’ve gotten clemency.

151 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:45:37pm

Wow. What a terribly written editorial. What a horrible message it would send to let someone like this just get away without ever facing the consequences.

152 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:47:04pm
153 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:47:43pm

re: #149 Gus

“…President Obama should tell his aides to begin finding a way to end Mr. Snowden’s >vilification and give him an incentive to return home.”

Was it followed by a Greenwald quote about how the Times is a useless organ in the pocket of Obama and the NSA?

154 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:49:41pm

re: #153 Feline Fearless Leader

Was it followed by a Greenwald quote about how the Times is a useless organ in the pocket of Obama and the NSA?

Nope. See last paragraph.

155 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:49:55pm
156 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:50:00pm

re: #152 Gus

NYT: Mr. Snowden told The Washington Post earlier this month that he did report his misgivings to two superiors at the agency, showing them the volume of data collected by the N.S.A., and that they took no action. (The N.S.A. says there is no evidence of this.)

I still find it odd that Snowden managed to be crafty enough to steal what he did, but not smart enough to come away with evidence that he tried to ‘report his misgivings to superiors’ and they didn’t listen.

(Or rather, that they took no action)

157 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:51:22pm

…The shrill brigade of his critics say Mr. Snowden has done profound damage to intelligence operations of the United States…

158 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:51:43pm

If they had cast Tom Cruise as Bilbo Baggins, that would have sucked, but it would have sucked less than casting him as Jack Reacher.

159 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:52:43pm

Shrill? What the…

160 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:52:56pm

re: #147 Pie-onist Overlord

I went to see THE HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG in 3D.

I wasn’t too impressed. There were some kickass fight scenes, but for some reason the 3D glasses made all the colors look washed out.

It’s been 47 years since I read “The Hobbit” but I know for sure there was no romance in it between a dwarf guy and an elf girl. I would have totally remembered that because female characters were few and far between. I don’t remember any Lake Town either.

Also why would they use a one-eyed orc as a scout. Yeah he looks badass but he’s BLIND IN ONE EYE.

Also, as I already noticed in the first installment, 48 fps just lets you see how fake the movie sets and actor’s prosthesis are.

I saw it today, but not 2D. I wasn’t that impressed by it. Peter Jackson has added a LOT of extra material, I almost got the feeling that certain scenes (the barrel escape, the run under the mountain from Smaug, were all designed for video game stages and a ride in Orlando.

RBS

161 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:53:25pm

re: #159 Gus

How about “grumpy?”

162 Amory Blaine  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:53:38pm

re: #118 Gus

I’d put a hot-dog stand right there.

163 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:57:12pm
164 BongCrodny  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:58:27pm

re: #127 Gus

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ZOMG! Cheap.

$40 for an eighth is about $10 below what I pay certain individuals have been reported by various sources to pay up here.

165 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:59:12pm

re: #152 Gus

Don’t presidential pardons usually require some sort of charges or criminal conviction first?

Here’s a thought — let’s bring Snowden back for trial and convict him of espionage first. Then we can talk about pardons and/or clemency.

166 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:59:55pm

Google bar-cam:

167 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:03:11pm

re: #166 jaunte

Google bar-cam:
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Looks like a scene from a Highlander episode.

168 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:04:53pm
169 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:06:25pm


Hilarious. Snowden defected to Russia and is currently sitting in Russia getting help from the Russian govt. as needed.

170 Belafon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:06:31pm

re: #163 jaunte

Or, more likely, inside a place that it’s allowed to go in.

171 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:07:42pm

“We asked you to take this oath, but JUST KIDDING! DO WHAT YOU FEEL!!!”

172 Political Atheist  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:09:35pm

re: #147 Pie-onist Overlord

Sorry to hear that. 48fps is ahead of the rest of the crafts like those prosthesis. HD had makeup people in a panic for a while. History shows color caused all kinds of problems for a while.

I hope Los Angeles treats you well.

173 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:10:08pm

WTFITS

174 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:11:08pm

re: #163 jaunte

Google Maps Can Go Inside Your House

Google +You can go inside your mind.

175 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:14:00pm

Actually hurricanes are caused by EXTREMELY LOW BAROMETRIC PRESSURE so now we know why he’s a registered Republican.

176 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:14:34pm

Via Gus retweet:

177 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:15:43pm

re: #175 Pie-onist Overlord

Actually hurricanes are caused by EXTREMELY LOW BAROMETRIC PRESSURE so now we know why he’s a registered Republican.

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Derp!

178 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:16:54pm

re: #169 Gus

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Hilarious. Snowden defected to Russia and is currently sitting in Russia getting help from the Russian govt. as needed.

Because deliberately taking a job in order to steal millions of classified documents then fleeing the country is totally admirable and heroic.

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179 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:18:45pm

re: #178 Lidane

Because deliberately taking a job in order to steal millions of classified documents then fleeing the country is totally admirable and heroic.

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I still don’t understand how he even got the job in the first place with his crappy resume.

180 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:19:05pm

re: #173 Pie-onist Overlord

We can’t even have a national ID card in this country because ZOMG GUBMINT TYRANNY and I’m supposed to believe that the government could successfully pass a law mandating RFID implants in people?

WTF.

181 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:20:41pm

re: #179 Pie-onist Overlord

I still don’t understand how he even got the job in the first place with his crappy resume.

Nepotism’s a hell of a thing.

182 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:21:10pm

re: #180 Lidane

We can’t even have a national ID card in this country because ZOMG GUBMINT TYRANNY and I’m supposed to believe that the government could successfully pass a law mandating RFID implants in people?

WTF.

CRIMINALS WILL JUST CUT OFF PEOPLE’S HANDS IN ORDER TO USE THERE GUNZ!!!!!11!!!11!!!TY

183 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:22:41pm

re: #176 jaunte

Via Gus retweet:

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And its silly in its implication that Edward Snowden cares about something more than he cares about Edward Snowden. He’s a narcissistic little punk who deserves a whole lot worse than what he’s getting.

184 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:23:43pm

re: #181 Lidane

Nepotism’s a hell of a thing.

Was Daddy in on the scam too?

185 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:24:40pm

re: #147 Pie-onist Overlord

I went to see THE HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG in 3D.

I wasn’t too impressed. There were some kickass fight scenes, but for some reason the 3D glasses made all the colors look washed out.

It’s been 47 years since I read “The Hobbit” but I know for sure there was no romance in it between a dwarf guy and an elf girl. I would have totally remembered that because female characters were few and far between. I don’t remember any Lake Town either.

Also why would they use a one-eyed orc as a scout. Yeah he looks badass but he’s BLIND IN ONE EYE.

Also, as I already noticed in the first installment, 48 fps just lets you see how fake the movie sets and actor’s prosthesis are.

Lake Town, IIRC, is in the book. The hot elf on dwarf action isn’t.

186 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:25:36pm

This is sad. Actor Jeff Goldblum may have died today in New Zealand. Story is developing.

187 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:26:45pm

re: #184 Pie-onist Overlord

Was Daddy in on the scam too?

I don’t know. If I had to, I’d guess it was more his calling in a favor to get his loser son a job.

188 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:27:28pm

This is sad. Too much internet hoaxing.

189 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:27:44pm

re: #186 jaunte

This is sad. Actor Jeff Goldblum may have died today in New Zealand. Story is developing.

That’ll probably turn out to be not true. It sounds similar to an internet meme where Famous Actor dies in New Zealand. I’d check Snopes first.

190 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:28:15pm

re: #189 Mattand

Yes, I’ve been had! Sorry.

191 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:28:16pm

re: #173 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS

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“Smart guns’ are a bad idea, but they aren’t a bad idea that’s being pushed right now. That’s just one wingnut scaring another wingnut over hypotheticals in a Forbes editorial. The next thing to happen will be Bryan Fischer accusing the writer of the piece, Jim Handy, of being a “Satanist who wants to use RFID tech to brand people with the Mark of the Beast!!1”.

192 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:29:37pm

re: #186 jaunte

Funny. The same story came out about Robert Duvall a while ago.

193 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:30:18pm

re: #192 Lidane

Maybe they’re not even coming to take our guns!

194 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:30:56pm

re: #129 Shiplord Kirel

Great pics and a great day for law and order and rational public policy. I think we can expect these crowds not to riot or get in fights. If they do, they can easily be coaxed into the patrol wagons with Oreos and Doritos.

Our side has cookies

195 Political Atheist  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:31:24pm

re: #186 jaunte

This is sad. Actor Jeff Goldblum may have died today in New Zealand. Story is developing.

Hoax I hope…

196 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:31:40pm

re: #192 Lidane

Funny. The same story came out about Robert Duvall a while ago.

We should add that they died dressed as hobbits while filming Part 32 of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films.

What makes it plausible is that Peter Jackson is entirely capable of stretching The Hobbit to 32 parts.

197 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:31:48pm

re: #195 Political Atheist

Yes, sorry I went for it.

198 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:32:18pm

Frum is still concerned.

199 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:32:23pm

re: #195 Political Atheist

Hoax I hope…

Ongoing internet hoax. The “source” website pretty much allows people to generate stories about any celebrity they want falling to their death in New Zealand. It’s basically an obit Mad Libs.

200 jaunte  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:32:39pm

re: #196 Mattand

Peter Jackson is entirely capable of stretching The Hobbit to 32 parts.

Imagine all the songs.

201 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:33:36pm

re: #196 Mattand

What makes it plausible is that Peter Jackson is entirely capable of stretching The Hobbit to 32 parts.

Imagine how long the LOTR films would’ve been with Tom Bombadil in them.

202 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:34:07pm

re: #199 Lidane

Ongoing internet hoax. The “source” website pretty much allows people to generate stories about any celebrity they want falling to their death in New Zealand. It’s basically an obit Mad Libs.

Whoever runs that site should win an Asshole of the Month Award.

203 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:35:17pm

re: #201 Lidane

Imagine how long the LOTR films would’ve been with Tom Bombadil in them.

Everybody agrees that Tom Bombadil sucked but they should have kept those scenes with Tom Bombadil’s girlfriend Goldberry.

One of the very few actual female characters from LOTR.

204 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:36:22pm

WTFITS I can’t even.
LOGIC. How the fuck does it work?

205 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:38:24pm

re: #201 Lidane

Imagine how long the LOTR films would’ve been with Tom Bombadil in them.

It really speaks volumes about how Bombadil grinds The Fellowship of the Ring to a dead halt.

Think about it for a minute: Peter Jackson, who never met a film he couldn’t pad, looked at Tom Bombadil and said “No way”.

206 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:38:28pm

As for Jeff Goldbum, he will be missed:

Comedy Central

207 Mattand  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:40:58pm

re: #204 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS I can’t even.
LOGIC. How the fuck does it work?

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LOL, people who hashtag “tcot” are adding “DuckDynasty” to the mix.

Probably should have seen that coming.

208 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:43:00pm

re: #207 Mattand

LOL, people who hashtag “tcot” are adding “DuckDynasty” to the mix.

Probably should have seen that coming.

I know that #lnyhbt is a bunch of trainwreck derpitude but sometimes there some something that is even MOAR WTF than the everyday derp.

209 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:44:04pm

re: #204 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS I can’t even.
LOGIC. How the fuck does it work?

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I’ve got no idea how this one works.

I think the person who put that graphic together fell off the top of the Stupid Tree and hit every branch on the way down.

210 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:45:27pm

Up and Coming RWNJs

Since Bachmann is going to be retiring, I’d like to give a hot draft pick tip for your “Fantasy Derp” team. Keep an eye on Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee. I may be a bit biased because she’s my rep, but I think she will really be moving into her own this upcoming season.

On the issues she’s pretty much lockstep TP, and has been known to be pretty gaffeable .

Admittedly she’s not Bachmann, but should be on everybodys’ radar.

RBS

211 Teukka  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:46:39pm

re: #204 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS I can’t even.
LOGIC. How the fuck does it work?


Hey, anyone notice the ethnic characteristic of the guy sawing off the tree limb?
Looks very familiar to what I’ve seen of old German propaganda…
I wonder when they’ll go so low they are indistinguishable from the badguys in that part of history…
Sheesh :(

212 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:47:26pm

re: #204 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS I can’t even.
LOGIC. How the fuck does it work?

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Geeze, did they get that drawing from “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Illustrated Edition”?

RBS

213 Teukka  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:48:12pm

re: #212 RealityBasedSteve

Geeze, did they get that drawing from “The Protocols of Zion, Illustrated Edition”?

RBS

You took the words right out of my mouth, man :(

214 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:48:32pm

re: #203 Pie-onist Overlord

Everybody agrees that Tom Bombadil sucked but they should have kept those scenes with Tom Bombadil’s girlfriend Goldberry.

One of the very few actual female characters from LOTR.

I actually LIKED Tom Bombaldi. How powerful a being he must have been, to put on the ring and not have it effect him?

RBS

215 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:51:34pm

re: #139 Lidane

I just finished watching several episodes of Kaze no Stigma. I don’t worry because my soul is already thoroughly corrupted anyway.

But I bet Free Republic would like The Major’s Speech from Hellsing.

Youtube Video

216 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:54:50pm

re: #214 RealityBasedSteve

I actually LIKED Tom Bombaldi. How powerful a being he must have been, to put on the ring and not have it effect him?

RBS

Powerful, but very simple. Only a powerful being without ambition could have put on the One Ring and not been ensnared by it.

217 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:05:18pm

Lots of lizard action on TCM tonight. They’re showing “Lost World” movies - which means iguanas and such with extra stuff glued on passing as vicious dinosaurs.

“Valley of the Gwangi” just starting.

218 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:09:03pm

re: #214 RealityBasedSteve

I actually LIKED Tom Bombaldi. How powerful a being he must have been, to put on the ring and not have it effect him?

RBS

He was so stoned on whatever weed he was smoking that nothing else would have any effect on him, except he did have a hot girlfriend.

219 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:09:52pm

re: #211 Teukka

Hey, anyone notice the ethnic characteristic of the guy sawing off the tree limb?
Looks very familiar to what I’ve seen of old German propaganda…
I wonder when they’ll go so low they are indistinguishable from the badguys in that part of history…
Sheesh :(

I didn’t even notice that.

Now I can’t “unsee” it.

220 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:15:50pm

221 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:16:14pm
222 bratwurst  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:17:25pm

re: #221 Pie-onist Overlord

Didn’t you read his profile? He supports Israel! /

223 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:18:00pm

re: #220 Gus

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lol
/obviously fake because he’s not using bitcoins

224 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:19:08pm

re: #222 bratwurst

Din’t you read his profile? He supports Israel! /

Should I tell him that Israel pays for abortions for all women?

225 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:19:09pm

re: #217 Feline Fearless Leader

Lots of lizard action on TCM tonight. They’re showing “Lost World” movies - which means iguanas and such with extra stuff glued on passing as vicious dinosaurs.

“Valley of the Gwangi” just starting.

I love Valley of the Gwangi.

226 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:21:55pm

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

Should I tell him that Israel pays for abortions for all women?

Go ahead, hopefully his head will explode. Or perhaps he’ll let loose an anti-Semitic spew and confirm he’s a Jew-Hater.

227 kirkspencer  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:22:16pm

re: #216 Dark_Falcon

Powerful, but very simple. Only a powerful being without ambition could have put on the One Ring and not been ensnared by it.

So explain Sam Gamgee?

228 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:23:27pm

229 bratwurst  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:24:03pm

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

Should I tell him that Israel pays for abortions for all women?

Image: oh_yeah_obama.gif

230 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:34:05pm

Phil Robertson Explains What Will ‘Do the Muslims In’…

Youtube Video

231 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:37:57pm

re: #227 kirkspencer

So explain Sam Gamgee?

I meant that a powerful being would need to be very simple. Sam wasn’t very powerful in most regards, but the power he had was bound into a selfless devotion to Frodo Baggins, and that loyalty helped him resist the Ring.

232 freetoken  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:40:46pm

re: #230 Gus

Pretty standard fundamentalism. That he, in a simple-minded way, lumps most of the world into a few big groups is also the bread and butter of preachers, who find it in their best interest to create an appropriate boogeyman stand in for their favorite object - Satan.

233 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:42:57pm

THEY’RE FULL OF MURDER, ENVY, STRIFE, HATRED. THEY ARE INSOLENT, ARROGANT, GOD HATERS, THEY ARE HEARTLESS, THEY ARE FAITHLESS, THEY ARE SENSELESS, THEY ARE RUTHLESS, THEY INVENT WAYS OF DOING EVIL!

But I love everybody.

Whew. O.o

234 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:44:54pm

re: #232 freetoken

Pretty standard fundamentalism. That he, in a simple-minded way, lumps most of the world into a few big groups is also the bread and butter of preachers, who find it in their best interest to create an appropriate boogeyman stand in for their favorite object - Satan.

Everybody sucks except us folks.

235 Targetpractice  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:45:02pm

re: #233 Gus

THEY’RE FULL OF MURDER, ENVY, STRIFE, HATRED. THEY ARE INSOLENT, ARROGANT, GOD HATERS, THEY ARE HEARTLESS, THEY ARE FAITHLESS, THEY ARE SENSELESS, THEY ARE RUTHLESS, THEY INVENT WAYS OF DOING EVIL!

But I love everybody.

Whew. O.o

Good to know that he’s not spreading hatred or promoting violence, right?

////

236 freetoken  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:46:30pm

Anything Robertson has said can be heard from any subset of 10,000 pulpits across this land, every Sunday.

237 prairiefire  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:47:37pm

re: #186 jaunte

This is sad. Actor Jeff Goldblum may have died today in New Zealand. Story is developing.

Wha..?

238 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:48:09pm

re: #236 freetoken

Anything Robertson has said can be heard from any subset of 10,000 pulpits across this land, every Sunday.

I know. We went to a Catholic church in Brooklyn. Never heard this kind of talk as a kid. :D

239 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:48:12pm

re: #237 prairiefire

Wha..?

It’s a known hoax. He’s alive.

240 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:48:13pm
241 prairiefire  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:48:33pm

re: #197 jaunte

Yes, sorry I went for it.

Oh.

242 austin_blue  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:51:11pm

Happy New Year to all the Lizard Nation!

Too bad we aren’t as happy as these folks are:

theguardian.com

Damn my B.S. in Geology!

243 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:52:02pm

244 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:52:20pm

re: #238 Gus

I know. We went to a Catholic Church in Brooklyn. Never heard this kind of talk as a kid. :D

Yeah, growing up Catholic I never heard any of the hellfire and brimstone stuff. I know it’s always been there, but it wasn’t a big part of my religious upbringing. In my experience that came from the Protestants and fundies.

Of course, I haven’t set foot in a church except for weddings and funerals since I was 18. Things could’ve changed.

245 austin_blue  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:57:02pm

re: #243 Gus

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Saruman.

Bad wizard!

246 freetoken  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:57:47pm

re: #243 Gus

He’d make a decent Saruman. Needs white robe, and even bushier eyebrows, one side pointing up the other side pointing down.

247 freetoken  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:58:03pm

re: #245 austin_blue

…. great minds and all that….

248 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:58:45pm

re: #246 freetoken

He’d make a decent Saruman. Needs white robe, and even bushier eyebrows, one side pointing up the other side pointing down.

Saruman, but covered in duckshit like that other wizard, Radugast.

249 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:26:09pm

re: #238 Gus

I know. We went to a Catholic church in Brooklyn. Never heard this kind of talk as a kid. :D

It’s quite big among the evangelicals, my guess is some of the Catholics have jumped on the bandwagon to try and stem the tide of people leaving the Church (for other denominations that is).

250 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:29:29pm

JINJA HONCHO - Association of Shinto Shrines

251 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:31:05pm

So now a handful of dumb Phil Robertson fans will turn their hate on Shinto because, something. Without knowing the history of Shinto in Japan nor anything about Shintoism. All because Mr. Robertson said, “dem Shintos is of teh debil, murder, pencils, grease, grime, Moozlims and Shinto.”

252 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:32:47pm

Aha! Wait. Think this might be the Freeper Anime connection?

253 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:36:02pm

Or maybe not. Anywho… Good night!

254 Gus  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:36:29pm

And remember. Hate the hate, not the hater. :D Later.

255 Lidane  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:45:27pm

I just finished watching what was easily Terry Gilliam’s worst movie. The Brothers Grimm is the most incoherent pile of shit I’ve seen from a guy who’s normally a solid director.

I need a palate cleanser. I think I might fire up the Netflix and watch more Sherlock.

256 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:49:51pm

re: #255 Lidane

I just finished watching what was easily Terry Gilliam’s worst movie. The Brothers Grimm is the most incoherent pile of shit I’ve seen from a guy who’s normally a solid director.

I need a palate cleanser. I think I might fire up the Netflix and watch more Sherlock.

“She” is starting on TCM in about 10 minutes. More “Lost World” movies, but no large lizards in that one though.

257 freetoken  Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:54:36pm

re: #250 Gus

Here are some of the evul Shintoists of whom Robertson hates and warns us:

Taken at Kasuga Taisha, one of the grand-daddies of still surviving Shinto shrines, established when Robertson’s ancestors were killing each other in the name of their God, back there in Europe.

Kasuga Taisha has been photographed countless millions of times, but still makes a terrific subject for an outing. I spent a couple of years visiting Nara Coen and never tired of the place; if I could have swung the visa (and I couldn’t) I would have retired there and spent the rest of my life working on (among other things) a portfolio dedicated to the park.

Fall is the best time to visit for color:

So be afraid, very afraid, of those evul Shintoists - they’re coming to kill you and so forth.

258 Monarch Butterfly Heading to rest  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 12:37:16am

The thread, it be broken!

259 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 12:57:12am

re: #219 Pie-onist Overlord

I didn’t even notice that.

Now I can’t “unsee” it.

I missed that nuance until I re-read the book.

260 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 1:57:17am

Looks like no one about. Time to put coffee in all the inkwells.

261 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 2:09:02am

and ink in all the coffepots

262 freetoken  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 3:32:25am

Today is the 9th day of Christmas, which, supposedly, in our Western world is set apart for Gregory of Nazianzus, to whom we can apparently credit the idea that the Trinity actually makes sense.

This one goes out to Greg:

MP3 Audio

263 Aqua Obama  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 3:52:50am

I’ve got a car question for the engineering people on this board, maybe someone can answer it.

Let’s compare two cars, one new (for example a 25mpg Mazda) and an older Honda Civic CVCC or Geo Metro that averages around 40mpg. Obviously the newer car probably has the better sulfur and smog characteristics per gallon but wouldn’t the higher mpg car have less to pollute in the first place? Aren’t both cars going to release the same amount of CO2 per gallon?

My father and I are trying to find a reasonably clean, high MPG car that is more mechanical in nature and accomplishes this without the aid of electronics but we’re coming to the conclusion that there’s no way to escape the current paradigm unless cars go completely electric.

I can’t believe how backwards cars are in a lot of ways, and I’m even talking about Japanese ones. It shouldn’t be that hard to get a car that outputs its diagnostic information to a USB drive, or places sensors in a user friendly configuration.

Heh, question/rant over.

264 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:04:10am

re: #263 Aqua Obama

only a guess, but I think the CO2 output has to do with the efficiency in which the fuel is burtn. Lower mileage is not just a factor of fuel efficiency, it is also a matter of vehicle size and power-to-weight ratio.

But yes, electric is the way out of this mess, if we had not left Dick Cheney in charge of US energy policy for so long, we might be a lot further along on that.

265 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:12:16am

This is disgusting and partly why I don’t eat mammals. I don’t even eat chicken and fish that much, either.

Wal-Mart recalls ‘Five Spice’ donkey meat in China after tests reveal fox

worldnews.nbcnews.com

I hate to sound conspiratorial, which I’m usually not, but when something doesn’t come from the ground that you can easily identify, it’s much easier to present it as something it’s not. And it’s even harder when you’re not the one preparing the food. It’s also why I read labels and countries of origin.

266 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:21:12am

re: #265 Justanotherhuman

kill what you eat and eat what you kill

267 Targetpractice  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:23:53am

re: #266 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

kill what you eat and eat what you kill

And keep what you kill, for it is the Necromonger way.

//

268 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:27:18am

This is something I don’t understand. There appears to be a lot of libertarian types in the tech industry who carp about “freedom” and “privacy”, but aren’t these the same ones who are rushing like mad to develop controls and intrusions for every aspect of our lives? I can see a revolt against being “connected” every single waking moment of one’s life—I would probably be in the forefront. Every device that is revealed is controlled by a company, a corporation, that will have more control over your life than this government ever thought of having.

Nest Raising Huge New Round From DST, Valuing Smart Home Startup at Upwards of $2 Billion

recode.net

“The souped-up household device, which is designed within an inch of its life, is digitally aware, with a wheel user interface, a Wi-Fi connection, sensors aplenty and an ability to learn your behavioral patterns. On its launch, I called the simple brushed stainless-steel object a “temperature-taking version of an iPod.”

“Nest followed the thermostat with a smoke- and carbon-monoxide detector called Protect, which it launched late last year.

“As I noted then: “Among its other attributes, the smoke alarm will be connected to the thermostat, part of an effort by Nest to create a series of home products that are aware in the home and adapt to the environment and its users, and are controlled by smartphones or tablets.”

Think about your cell phone or its successor (chip of some sort?) as being the “heart” of your existence and controlling every electronic device you own. Scary.

269 Aqua Obama  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:27:40am

re: #264 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

It’s amazing how much contempt there is for small, efficent cars, which probably explains why even supposed compacts are bulking up nowadays.

270 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:27:44am

re: #267 Targetpractice

And keep what you kill, for it is the Necromonger way.

//

I remember dining with my neighbors in Sedona, Arizona, eating the liver of an elk whose stuffed head was starting at us over the dinner table.

271 freetoken  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:57:34am

re: #263 Aqua Obama

… but we’re coming to the conclusion that there’s no way to escape the current paradigm unless cars go completely electric.

The “current paradigm” is one of slavery leading to utter destruction.

But the world is not particularly concerned about that, so, carry on.

Go with the older vehicle with the higher MPG. The fewer cars you buy in your life is the way to save money, all the more so the fewer new ones. However, there are other variables that matter to some, such as safety and handling.

272 Aqua Obama  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:58:31am

re: #268 Justanotherhuman

Think about your cell phone or its successor (chip of some sort?) as being the “heart” of your existence and controlling every electronic device you own Scary.

Transhumanism is probably a dream for some PR exec. Imagine, you have to keep up with the latest and greatest or else you become obsolete!

273 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 4:58:55am

re: #269 Aqua Obama

It’s amazing how much contempt there is for small, efficent cars, which probably explains why even supposed compacts are bulking up nowadays.

Toyota Corolla, 1966-present.

autoweek.com

The 1966 Corolla weighed 1,521-1,565 lbs, Engine: 1.1-liter I4, 60 hp; 1.2-liter I4, 65 hp

The 2013? Engine: 1.8-liter I4, 132 hp; Curb weight: 2,734 lbs.

No mpg available. I’ve watched Japanese cars, like Toyota and Nissan, come out with autos more in tune with American tastes over the years—heavier, faster, more tricked out and just said, WTF?

274 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:04:28am

re: #269 Aqua Obama

It’s amazing how much contempt there is for small, efficent cars, which probably explains why even supposed compacts are bulking up nowadays.

We were discussing the symbolism of the incandescent lightbulb, cars are an even bigger symbol: of manhood, prestige and affluence. Remember, we measure our prosperity in the amount of resources we consume.

I still recall reading an old Soviet-era “Pravda” in which they proudly announced an increase in the output of electronic devices - as measured in tons!

275 Uncle Obdicut  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:10:57am

re: #271 freetoken

Many people in the world are, in fact, highly concerned about both those aspects.

276 Aqua Obama  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:19:57am

re: #273 Justanotherhuman

No mpg available. I’ve watched Japanese cars, like Toyota and Nissan, come out with autos more in tune with American tastes over the years—heavier, faster, more tricked out and just said, WTF?

I remember reading an article about an old Austin Mini, and one of the commenters insisted that driving kids in it was the same thing as child abuse!

I’ve had plenty of conversations with people who rationalize SUVs and trucks , because they’re “safer”.

Meanwhile, no one really wants to pay for road upkeep.

277 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:31:39am

Let’s hope he’s practical enough to realize any foreign aid to Uganda will be cut off if this terrible legislation is signed. Sad to think that even human rights are connected to naked economic concerns.

Uganda president ‘won’t be pressured’ to sign anti-gay law

news.yahoo.com

“Homophobia is widespread in Uganda, where American-style evangelical Christianity is on the rise. Gay men and women in the country face frequent harassment and threats of violence, and rights activists have also reported cases of lesbians being subjected to “corrective” rapes.”

How about identifying these “christian” American groups who imported this shit to Uganda and cutting off all their tax exemptions for starters? They are peddling hate and death and should be condemned, not rewarded.

278 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:32:44am

re: #269 Aqua Obama

It’s amazing how much contempt there is for small, efficent cars, which probably explains why even supposed compacts are bulking up nowadays.

It’s also that there are a lot of tall men (it’s mostly men) who simply aren’t comfortable in smaller cars, for reasons of legroom or headroom. I can tell you that it’s a lot easier for 6’4” me to get out of an SUV than a Honda compact. I rode in such a Honda recently and while it did have enough headroom, legroom was cramped and would have been a serious problem on a long drive.

279 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:35:13am

re: #277 Justanotherhuman

Let’s hope he’s practical enough to realize any foreign aid to Uganda will be cut off if this terrible legislation is signed. Sad to think that even human rights are connected to naked economic concerns.

Uganda president ‘won’t be pressured’ to sign anti-gay law

news.yahoo.com

“Homophobia is widespread in Uganda, where American-style evangelical Christianity is on the rise. Gay men and women in the country face frequent harassment and threats of violence, and rights activists have also reported cases of lesbians being subjected to “corrective” rapes.”

How about identifying these “christian” American groups who imported this shit to Uganda and cutting off all their tax exemptions for starters? They are peddling hate and death and should be condemned, not rewarded.

We won’t cut off military aid to Uganda over that law, I feel sure in saying. That nation’s soldiers are simply too important in peace-establishment elsewhere in Africa.

I agree it’s a horrible law and i’d cut non-military aid if it were enacted.

280 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:36:42am

re: #276 Aqua Obama

I remember reading an article about an old Austin Mini, and one of the commenters insisted that driving kids in it was the same thing as child abuse!

I’ve had plenty of conversations with people who rationalize SUVs and trucks , because they’re “safer”.

Meanwhile, no one really wants to pay for road upkeep.

Even if I wanted one of these, I’d be too distracted by all the electronics to stay concentrated on driving it. I’m going to be totally heart-broken when my 97 Saturn 5 spd gives out completely.

miniusa.com

281 geoffm33  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:38:46am

Way OT/Funny:

As a homebrewer, this caught my eye

The Other ‘F Word’: Brewer Responds To Starbucks Over Beer Name

282 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 5:41:41am

re: #279 Dark_Falcon

We won’t cut off military aid to Uganda over that law, I feel sure in saying. That nation’s soldiers are simply too important in peace-establishment elsewhere in Africa.

I agree it’s a horrible law and i’d cut non-military aid if it were enacted.

American evangelicals are “living the dream” in Uganda, wouldn’t you say?

Exporting that kind of hate and death under the guise of “christianity” is absolute evil in itself. I hope I’m not the only one who thinks they should pay for their crimes.

283 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:00:07am

re: #278 Dark_Falcon

It’s also that there are a lot of tall men (it’s mostly men) who simply aren’t comfortable in smaller cars, for reasons of legroom or headroom. I can tell you that it’s a lot easier for 6’4” me to get out of an SUV than a Honda compact. I rode in such a Honda recently and while it did have enough headroom, legroom was cramped and would have been a serious problem on a long drive.

Contrary to popular belief, small cars aren’t made exclusively for small people, either. More for people of “average” height.

I’m 5 ft, maybe 5’1” on a good day, and I can tell you, the seat in any car has to be pulled up to its closest proximity to the pedals in order for me to reach them. Sometimes, that results in an uncomfortable situation of the steering wheel being too close to my chest.

284 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:08:18am

re: #263 Aqua Obama

I’ve got a car question for the engineering people on this board, maybe someone can answer it.

Let’s compare two cars, one new (for example a 25mpg Mazda) and an older Honda Civic CVCC or Geo Metro that averages around 40mpg. Obviously the newer car probably has the better sulfur and smog characteristics per gallon but wouldn’t the higher mpg car have less to pollute in the first place? Aren’t both cars going to release the same amount of CO2 per gallon?

My father and I are trying to find a reasonably clean, high MPG car that is more mechanical in nature and accomplishes this without the aid of electronics but we’re coming to the conclusion that there’s no way to escape the current paradigm unless cars go completely electric.

I can’t believe how backwards cars are in a lot of ways, and I’m even talking about Japanese ones. It shouldn’t be that hard to get a car that outputs its diagnostic information to a USB drive, or places sensors in a user friendly configuration.

Heh, question/rant over.

There’s been a change in the way the EPA calculates mpg for vehicles (they changed the tests a few years ago, so the old sticker MPG claims on the older Metro aren’t directly comparable to the newer car mileage claims). The EPA has a comparison site, so you’d be able to see the mileage claims on an even basis.

For instance, a 1998 Chevrolet (ex-Geo) Metro, with manual 5-spd, 3 Cylinders, 1.0 Liters, would get 40mpg combined in the new calculation, but had 46 under the old one.

285 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:11:46am


Then he retweets:

286 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:15:02am

re: #285 wrenchwench

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Well, the New York Times didn’t cover themselves with glory with that wrong-headed editorial. They were asking for a smackdown, and they’re gonna get one.

287 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:15:15am

I hope VB is going to be in LA a while…


I feel for you all in the horrible winter conditions you’re experiencing up north and in the midwest.

It’s going to be 51 here in NC today with rain, but falling to 23 in the am with windy conditions tomorrow, driving the temp down to 17 overnight. I expect if it rains heavily, we’ll have “black ice” in some places in the morning—only supposed to get up to about 35.

Cautious as I am, I just cancelled a 10 am appt for my g-grandson and rescheduled for next week. No one around here can drive on ice and it’s a busy road I’d have to be on. Won’t risk it myself, not with a child in the car.

288 geoffm33  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:16:44am

re: #287 Justanotherhuman

I hope VB is going to be in LA a while…

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I feel for you all in the horrible winter conditions you’re experiencing up north and in the midwest.

It’s going to be 51 here in NC today with rain, but falling to 23 in the am with windy conditions tomorrow, driving the temp down to 17 overnight. I expect if it rains heavily, we’ll have “black ice” in some places in the morning—only supposed to get up to about 35.

Cautious as I am, I just cancelled a 10 am appt for my g-grandson and rescheduled for next week. No one around here can drive on ice and it’s a busy road I’d have to be on. Won’t risk it myself, not with a child in the car.

SO MUCH FOR GLOBAL WARMING, HUH!?!

289 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:18:29am

re: #288 geoffm33

SO MUCH FOR GLOBAL WARMING, HUH!?!

Weather extremes are expected in a global warming scenario.

I don’t doubt GW as you insinuated. I just fear idiotic reckless drivers.

290 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:22:59am

Partial clemency for Snowden?

Really? On what grounds? That he’s done a public service by exposing means and methods about the NSA operating under federal law as enacted by Congress and the President to keep the nation safe after 9/11?

Meanwhile, the private sector continues crowning itself in glory as Skype was hacked by the SEA and Snapchat was hacked exposing account information for more than 4 million people. That’s on top of the millions exposed by the hacking of Target during last year’s Christmas rush.

I’m supposed to be worried about the US government going and tapping my phones (which it isn’t allowed to do and must receive warrants and court approval to do so as a US citizen, but a foreign regime needs no such effort). It’s far more worrisome that someone would hack my accounts or steal economic data to impersonate my identity (open bank accounts, credit cards, etc.) And that all comes from the private sector’s failings to provide adequate security to stay a step ahead of the hackers. Heck, the Target breach showed just how behind US banks and companies are from their European counterparts on credit/debit security issues.

291 geoffm33  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:23:12am

re: #289 Justanotherhuman

Weather extremes are expected in a global warming scenario.

I don’t doubt GW as you insinuated. I just fear idiotic reckless drivers.

I wasn’t insinuating anything :)

Thus the wingnut font tag.

292 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:39:27am

re: #291 geoffm33

I wasn’t insinuating anything :)

Thus the wingnut font tag.

Well, I suppose I missed the snark?

Anyway, I’m a 72 yr old. Regardless of what older people tell you, we lose a lot of our reactions and timing as we get older. Even as good a driver as I think I am, I’ve had a couple of close calls which brought me down to earth, and which were entirely my fault and failing perceptivity, such as the other day when I was in line, had to back up a bit, forgot the car was in reverse, and started off, almost hitting the car in back of me. It was a stupid mistake and a breach in short-term memory. It has made me far more cautious.

Whenever I feel that I no longer have what it takes to be a safe driver, I will give it up and let someone else take over. I’m not stubborn enough to think I can drive as well as I did even 10 yrs ago. It’s not just physical but also mental issues that older people suffer, and the sooner they realize it, the better off we all are.

It ought to get very interesting as the Boomers age.

293 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:41:45am

re: #287 Justanotherhuman

I hope VB is going to be in LA a while…


Cautious as I am, I just cancelled a 10 am appt for my g-grandson and rescheduled for next week. No one around here can drive on ice and it’s a busy road I’d have to be on. Won’t risk it myself, not with a child in the car.

My girlfriend is suppsed to fly back from Philadelphia tomorrow…I would be most disappointed if she is delayed…

294 darthstar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:42:09am
295 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:42:57am

re: #292 Justanotherhuman

Well, I suppose I missed the snark?

Anyway, I’m a 72 yr old. Regardless of what older people tell you, we lose a lot of our reactions and timing as we get older.

It ought to get very interesting as the Boomers age.

I am approaching 55 and notice that my night vision is deteriorating, I really try to avoid driving in the dark.

296 Flounder  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:45:38am

If you want to reduce fuel usage, just add a $4 a gallon federal tax to gas and on-road diesel. Take that tax and invest in non carbon producing energy sources, or improve the electrical grid and make solar power more feasible.

297 geoffm33  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:45:40am

re: #292 Justanotherhuman

Well, I suppose I missed the snark?

I used the special font to indicate what follows would be a typical wingnut response to cold weather conditions vis-a-vis global warming. Definitely wasn’t trying to insinuate anything :)

such as the other day when I was in line, had to back up a bit, forgot the car was in reverse, and started off, almost hitting the car in back of me. It was a stupid mistake and a breach in short-term memory. It has made me far more cautious.

For what it’s worth, I’ve done that very thing on more than one occasion.

298 Aqua Obama  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:47:07am

re: #294 darthstar

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My career cannot self-terminate.

I know now why you cry.

299 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 6:48:46am

re: #297 geoffm33

I used the special font to what follows would be a typical wingnut response to cold weather conditions vis-a-vis global warming. Definitely wasn’t trying to insinuate anything :)

For what it’s worth, I’ve done that very thing on more than one occasion.

It’s OK. I’m an old lady and don’t always pick up on you young whippersnappers’ subtle ways of snarkism. Haha. ; )

300 makeitstop  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:00:23am

re: #294 darthstar

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Not getting any scripts in his mailbox. He’s gotta do something.
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301 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:03:31am

PC gets stuck in BIOS screen on start-up. Once. Had to force re-start. Then OK. Urgh.

302 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:04:24am

Ted Cruz and the GOP still pushing for a full repeal of Obamacare.


Let that sink in.

A full repeal.

Not a modification to fix shortcomings.

Not an adjustment to take into account the fact that millions now have insurance through age 26 on their parents insurance.

Not an accommodation for those who are no longer excluded from affordable policies due to having preexisting conditions.

Nope.

The GOP, Ted Cruz, and Heritage are all committed to a full repeal of Obamacare, to be replaced by what? Vaporware. That’s what.

303 Aqua Obama  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:06:29am

re: #302 lawhawk

Ted Cruz has no “mojo”

304 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:07:13am

re: #302 lawhawk

The GOP, Ted Cruz, and Heritage are all committed to a full repeal of Obamacare, to be replaced by what? Vaporware. That’s what.

That’s because they’re out of ideas and are a bunch of heartless assholes.

305 Targetpractice  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:09:35am

re: #302 lawhawk

Ted Cruz and the GOP still pushing for a full repeal of Obamacare.

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Let that sink in.

A full repeal.

Not a modification to fix shortcomings.

Not an adjustment to take into account the fact that millions now have insurance through age 26 on their parents insurance.

Not an accommodation for those who are no longer excluded from affordable policies due to having preexisting conditions.

Nope.

The GOP, Ted Cruz, and Heritage are all committed to a full repeal of Obamacare, to be replaced by what? Vaporware. That’s what.

McCain was promising his own ACA alternative a week or so back, promised it would save us all $2.3 trillion over 10 years. Of course, there’s been no bill put out there, but I’m sure it’s because he wants to make sure it’s nice and polished first.

306 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:10:57am


Mission accomplished.

307 Targetpractice  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:12:30am

re: #306 Gus

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Mission accomplished.

Is this the part where we’re supposed to say that at least Saddam’s not still in power?

308 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:12:56am

re: #296 Flounder

If you want to reduce fuel usage, start a civil war just add a $4 a gallon federal tax to gas and on-road diesel. Take that tax and invest in non carbon producing energy sources, or improve the electrical grid and make solar power more feasible.

OTOH, I just paid €1.50 for a liter of gasoline, at today’s exchange rate that comes out to (€1 x $1,37) = $2,06 per liter (x 3,785 liters per gallon) = $7.79 per gallon.

That = Civil War.

309 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:13:34am

re: #307 Targetpractice

Is this the part where we’re supposed to say that at least Saddam’s not still in power?

It’s also the part where we brag about being greeted as liberators and swear up and down that Saddam really did have WMD.

310 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:13:38am

re: #307 Targetpractice

Is this the part where we’re supposed to say that at least Saddam’s not still in power?

At least Saddam’s not still in power. //

311 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:14:50am

It is 2014.

I hope remember the next time I write a check.

you?

312 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:17:41am
Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Obama administration from forcing some religious-affiliated groups to provide health insurance coverage of birth control or face penalties as part of the Affordable Care Act.

Why does the rest of the world including the UN use the words “family planning”, but in this country we use “contraception” or “birth control”?

313 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:17:41am

re: #311 FemNaziBitch

It is 2014.

I hope remember the next time I write a check.

you?

I’ll be writing checks for all my bills today and lamenting the fact that there is little cash left in my acct. Plus, grandson still not working. It’s going to be a bleak January. ; )

314 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:24:08am

re: #308 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

OTOH, I just paid €1.50 for a liter of gasoline, at today’s exchange rate that comes out to (€1 x $1,37) = $2,06 per liter (x 3,785 liters per gallon) = $7.79 per gallon.

That = Civil War.

Aren’t US gas prices indicative of the hubris we have in this country of that “American exceptionalism” the rightwing loves to tout so much?

“Plentiful and cheap” should be our actual national motto. I don’t know what’s going to happen, though, when other countries we’re using to keep it that way start developing a strong middle class of their own.

315 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:28:42am


NY Times editorial + Slaughter = CRUMBLING DEM SUPPORT.

Got it.

316 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:28:56am

re: #295 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

I am approaching 55 and notice that my night vision is deteriorating, I really try to avoid driving in the dark.

Hope you’re not accepting that. Glaucoma is arrestable rather simply and inexpensively. (Cataract loss is even reversible when it’s worth it.)

317 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:30:41am

re: #296 Flounder

If you want to reduce fuel usage, just add a $4 a gallon federal tax to gas and on-road diesel. Take that tax and invest in non carbon producing energy sources, or improve the electrical grid and make solar power more feasible.

Make it $5 and lower other taxes as a sweetener.

318 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:30:42am

re: #316 Decatur Deb

Hope you’re not accepting that. Glaucoma is arrestable rather simply and inexpensively. (Cataract loss is even reversible when it’s worth it.)

It is not extreme, I just notice that I am using the high beams a lot more than I used to.

319 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:30:52am

Global warming in the UK.


Lots of flooding. Lots.

theguardian.com

320 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:34:59am
321 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:35:47am

re: #318 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

It is not extreme, I just notice that I am using the high beams a lot more than I used to.

At that age a simple ‘puff’ screening test at a modern clinic is a couple bucks and a few minutes well spent. My annual caught glaucoma last year in time to minimize damage.

322 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:37:36am

re: #321 Decatur Deb

At that age a simple ‘puff’ screening test at a modern clinic is a couple bucks and a few minutes well spent. My annual caught glaucoma last year in time to minimize damage.

I hate that thing.

323 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:37:47am

re: #320 Lidane

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Why does everything have to have a “moral” facet to the RW whackos?

324 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:37:56am

re: #308 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

OTOH, I just paid €1.50 for a liter of gasoline, at today’s exchange rate that comes out to (€1 x $1,37) = $2,06 per liter (x 3,785 liters per gallon) = $7.79 per gallon.

That = Civil War.

That’s pretty close to what we pay here in the Czech Republic - close to $8.00 per gallon. And yet everyday, there’s countless cars on the road. Granted, small and fuel-efficient cars, quite a few diesels, LPG conversions, etc. But people still drive.

Czechs I’ve known who’ve traveled to the US are flabbergasted at how cheap gasoline is there - well, among other things, like Levi’s and DVD players.

325 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:39:26am

re: #321 Decatur Deb

At that age a simple ‘puff’ screening test at a modern clinic is a couple bucks and a few minutes well spent. My annual caught glaucoma last year in time to minimize damage.

Will nonetheless look into that at my next eye checkup

326 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:39:50am

BRB

327 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:39:52am

re: #322 Varek Raith

I hate that thing.

We can’t all get Borg prosthetics.

328 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:40:23am

re: #323 FemNaziBitch

Why does everything have to have a “moral” facet to the RW whackos?

Because this is a Christian nation ruled by the Republican Jesus.

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329 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:41:34am

Image: republican-jesus.gif

330 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:41:54am

re: #324 Dr Lizardo

That’s pretty close to what we pay here in the Czech Republic - close to $8.00 per gallon. And yet everyday, there’s countless cars on the road. Granted, small and fuel-efficient cars, quite a few diesels, LPG conversions, etc. But people still drive.

Czechs I’ve known who’ve traveled to the US are flabbergasted at how cheap gasoline is there - well, among other things, like Levi’s and DVD players.

That is in Germany. Granted, Europeans do not generally have the vast distances to travel that Americans do, nore are many cities built to accomodate large vehicles (smaller parking spaces, narrower roads), but I have a feeling that America would rather go to war than pay that much for gasoline.

Or should I say, we have already gone to war to prevent having to?

331 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:42:46am

Heh.

332 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:43:12am

re: #331 Lidane

Heh.

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What!?
Lol.

333 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:44:49am

Assange likens surveillance to reformation-era Catholic Church on BBC ‘religion’ show

334 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:45:01am

re: #325 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

Will nonetheless look into that at my next eye checkup

A good ophthalmologist or optometrist should always do a glaucoma check. I worked for an ophthalmologist years ago and it was routine, and I’ve never had an eye exam when it wasn’t done.

335 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:45:14am

re: #330 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

That is in Germany. Granted, Europeans do not generally have the vast distances to travel that Americans do, nore are many cities built to accomodate large vehicles (smaller parking spaces, narrower roads), but I have a feeling that America would rather go to war than pay that much for gasoline.

Or should I say, we have already gone to war to prevent having to?

Maybe we should save that approach for Hillary’s second term, if that’s not too late.

336 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:45:21am

re: #333 Gus

Assange likens surveillance to reformation-era Catholic Church on BBC ‘religion’ show

Eh?

337 makeitstop  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:45:56am

re: #331 Lidane

Heh.

David Barton says that Ken Cuccinelli lost his election last year because he simply wasn’t anti-abortion enough:

Cannot fail, can only be failed. Cuccinelli, like so many before him, was not up to the challenge.
///

338 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:46:23am

re: #336 Varek Raith

Eh?

Well, the dudebro cause is like a religion, doncha know, if not done with even more fervor.

339 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:52:42am
340 Bear  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:56:22am

Passengers off but crew still aboard. adn.com

341 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:05:58am

SCIENCE!

342 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:09:28am

Grrr. Uhhh. Connection. Grrr. Uhhh. Sproink. Lame. Virginmobile sucks ass.

343 Targetpractice  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:11:41am

re: #341 Lidane

SCIENCE!

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344 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:12:14am

re: #339 Lidane

Running as a centrist makes Clinton a radical. Pushing ideas that are progressive makes him a radical.

Same with DeBlasio. He’s a Democrat in a city that has been dominated by Democrats. Even Bloomberg and Rudy were Democrats before switching party lines to run as GOPers (easier to get through primaries when you don’t have to deal with a crowded field as the Democrats showed just this past year).

I’m rather cautious about what DeBlasio’s going to be able to do. He’s going to do some incremental stuff, but don’t expect city politics/policy suddenly lurch left now that he’s in office, or that the crime rates will spike. Bratton was the guy who helped implement compustat and targeting police to where crime was rampant. His successes laid the groundwork that Kelly built upon and made NYC the safest large city in the nation (and safer regarding firearms deaths on a per-capita basis than many gun-loving states). NYC has a gun death rate of 4 per 100,000. NYS has 5.1 gun deaths per 100,000 people. That’s compared with Texas, which has more than double the state rate. Alabama has more than three times the rate of gun deaths than NYS.

Considering the economic and social renaissance around the city, he’s not going to jeopardize that improvement. He’s going to look to improve things around the margins - improve community policing and reduce reliance on stop and frisk.

345 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:12:22am

Oh look. Lord Monckton is bleating again:

WND Columnist Wants To ‘Fill The Jails’ With Officials Who Ignore Birther Conspiracy

Press home your advantage. Obamagate is the paradigm of why Big Government does not work. Give private citizens the right to bring prosecutions without the consent of the states’ attorneys general. All of them were shown an outline of the evidence. None - without exception - has lifted a finger to put right what is so obviously wrong.

Let the heads roll, right across federal and state governments. Fill the jails. Only when the crooks have gone can America march forward again as her Founding Fathers had intended.

346 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:12:39am

re: #341 Lidane

SCIENCE!

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Again, the people spewing this shit know better, but they have an agenda to promote.

347 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:12:53am

The Pie-onist Clan welcomes a new Zionist Overlord on New Year’s.

Canada welcome your new Zionist Overlord!
It is a Girl Overlord.

348 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:12:58am

re: #330 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

That is in Germany. Granted, Europeans do not generally have the vast distances to travel that Americans do, nore are many cities built to accomodate large vehicles (smaller parking spaces, narrower roads), but I have a feeling that America would rather go to war than pay that much for gasoline.

Or should I say, we have already gone to war to prevent having to?

Very true; where I live for instance, there’s a tram stop that runs all the way into the downtown core less than 100 ft. from the front door; there’s also two grocery stores, a supermarket, and three late-night (spätkauf, as they say in German) convenience stores all within a 15-minute walk of my apartment.

One of the grocery stores is in a decrepit, crumbling communist-era “shopping center” (lol), which is slated to be torn down and rebuilt later this year - in the meantime, that grocery store will relocate to a vacant spot right across the street. Even more convenience!!

349 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:13:03am
350 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:13:45am

Another reason not to shop at WallyWorld.

Walmart Recalls Card Table and Chair Sets Due to Finger Amputation and Fall Hazards

Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

cpsc.gov

Those will be seen at various flea markets, no doubt.

351 Targetpractice  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:13:54am

re: #347 Pie-onist Overlord

The Pie-onist Clan welcomes a new Zionist Overlord on New Year’s.

Canada welcome your new Zionist Overlord!
It is a Girl Overlord.

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You do know that when the Lord said “be fruitful and multiply,” he wasn’t starting a competition, right?//

Congrats.

352 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:14:46am

re: #351 Targetpractice

You do know that when the Lord said “be fruitful and multiply,” he wasn’t starting a competition, right?//

Congrats.

There is no competition. WE WIN.

353 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:15:56am

re: #348 Dr Lizardo

Even in our little isolated winemaking village of 600 souls there is a bakery that sells basic stuff, as well as a butcher and a greengrocer’s truck that come by every week.

354 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:16:10am
355 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:16:11am

re: #311 FemNaziBitch

It is 2014.

I hope remember the next time I write a check.

you?

I’ve been writing 2014 since July. I’m ready.

/

356 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:16:49am

re: #315 Gus

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NY Times editorial + Slaughter = CRUMBLING DEM SUPPORT.

Got it.

I just gave Slaughter an unfollow.

357 geoffm33  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:17:08am

re: #347 Pie-onist Overlord

It is a Girl Overlord.

Aren’t they all?

358 Stanley Sea  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:18:31am

re: #347 Pie-onist Overlord

The Pie-onist Clan welcomes a new Zionist Overlord on New Year’s.

Canada welcome your new Zionist Overlord!
It is a Girl Overlord.

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36. My oh my. Congratulations VB!!

359 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:18:52am

re: #347 Pie-onist Overlord

The Pie-onist Clan welcomes a new Zionist Overlord on New Year’s.

Canada welcome your new Zionist Overlord!
It is a Girl Overlord.

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Congrats!

She’s a beauty.

360 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:19:44am

8 lbs. 11 oz. She’s a big ‘un!

361 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:20:06am

Identifying yourself by what you eat is weird.

362 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:21:18am

The new Zionist Overlord has received her name it is:

MIRIAM!

363 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:21:23am

I’m a PEANUTAN! I only eat peanuts. Oooo. Wow. Look at me aren’t I great?

//

364 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:22:05am

re: #363 Gus

I’m a PEANUTAN! I only eat peanuts. Oooo. Wow. Look at me aren’t I great?

//

IOW, you’re NUTS! ////

365 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:22:52am

re: #360 Pie-onist Overlord

8 lbs. 11 oz. She’s a big ‘un!

Wow. None of my sibs were that big. But the twins were about 6 or 7 lbs. each, for a total of 13 or so lbs. And my mom is about 5’1”. I think seeing her that pregnant might have something to do with my lack of offspring. Plus the 7 c-sections she had. :O

366 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:23:19am

re: #364 lawhawk

IOW, you’re NUTS! ////

I’m a HUMANAN. I only eat humans. Ask Varek.

Care to buy our new book, To Serve Man?

367 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:23:29am

Amongst the Zionist Overlords there are duplications of names. When they each claim their own realm to rule over, the subjects will think that there is ONE GREAT OVERLORD and that she is EVERYWHERE.

368 BongCrodny  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:26:30am

re: #331 Lidane

Heh.

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Right, Cucinelli lost to an easily-beatable candidate because 50,000 anti-abortion voters couldn’t be bothered to get to the polls because the guy that wanted to make sodomy illegal wasn’t conservative enough.

“Barton Fink.”

369 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:26:32am

Sounds like a challenge to me:


370 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:26:41am

re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord

The new Zionist Overlord has received her name it is:

MIRIAM!

Congratulations!

371 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:26:54am

FRUITANS

372 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:27:47am

There is no god! I’m an atheist! I don’t believe in ORGANIZED RELIGION! But I am a VEGAN! Worship me now!

//

373 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:28:50am

re: #348 Dr Lizardo

Very true; where I live for instance, there’s a tram stop that runs all the way into the downtown core less than 100 ft. from the front door; there’s also two grocery stores, a supermarket, and three late-night (spätkauf, as they say in German) convenience stores all within a 15-minute walk of my apartment.

One of the grocery stores is in a decrepit, crumbling communist-era “shopping center” (lol), which is slated to be torn down and rebuilt later this year - in the meantime, that grocery store will relocate to a vacant spot right across the street. Even more convenience!!

That’s one of the reasons I loved living in Manhattan, even if it was for a short period. I lived in this bldg for 3 mos before it became a hotel, it was still single rooms with a few “studios”—much nicer now than it used to be and it caters to Europeans looking for cheaper lodging, I think. tripadvisor.com

374 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:28:55am

re: #372 Gus

There is no god! I’m an atheist! I don’t believe in ORGANIZED RELIGION! But I am a VEGAN! Worship me now!

//

I would like to be an omnivarian instead of an omnivore. I just add it to my spell check, right?

375 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:30:17am

re: #349 lawhawk

And those politicians elected during the Tea Party Wave of 2010 would have begun their terms in January 2011. Hmmm….

376 BongCrodny  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:30:21am

What if you eat only flan?

377 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:31:26am

re: #371 Gus

FRUITANS

Fruitarianism is a real thing.

Impractical, unhealthy, and ridiculous, but still a thing.

378 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:31:37am

re: #352 Pie-onist Overlord

There is no competition. WE WIN.

How are you fixed for great-grand-overlords?

Congrats.

379 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:33:33am

I have to take a moment and say how amazed I am by my Feline Overlord.

My tough little girl has overcome not one but TWO major health crises in the past year, including one that could have been fatal.

But she’s still chugging along fine, meowing, gobbling up treats and causing mischief as cats do.

380 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:35:38am

re: #377 Lidane

Fruitarianism is a real thing.

Impractical, unhealthy, and ridiculous, but still a thing.

I always thought a balanced diet with variety and moderation, along with reasonable caloric intake, was the best way to go.

My eating habits have improved somewhat from when I was 18 (I’m 32 now), but my activity level and caloric intake really hasn’t. In 14 years, I’ve only fluctuated a total of about 10lbs in weight.

I know some of that is genetics/metabolism, but proper calorie intake counts for a lot.

A lot of people don’t seem to realize that, in most case, you need less food to meet your needs than you think you do.

381 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:35:47am

re: #377 Lidane

Fruitarianism is a real thing.

Impractical, unhealthy, and ridiculous, but still a thing.

Breatharianism.

382 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:36:56am

ELECTROMAGNETICTHERAPYTARIANISM!

383 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:37:15am

re: #381 Pie-onist Overlord

Breatharianism.

I don’t whether to bang my head on the wall in frustration or cry at such stupidity.

384 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:37:16am

OK, let’s go shopping in Santa Fe!

//

385 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:38:13am

re: #383 Eclectic Cyborg

I don’t whether to bang my head on the wall in frustration or cry at such stupidity.

The leaders of this cult scam eat money.

386 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:38:25am

re: #377 Lidane

Fruitarianism is a real thing.

Impractical, unhealthy, and ridiculous, but still a thing.

I remember seeing that in some movie a long time ago. The guy told the woman she smelled “sweet” and she said she only ate fruit.

The really gung-ho older vegetarians I ever saw didn’t look healthy to me. The young ones looked OK, who hadn’t been on an extreme kind of diet for long, and you’re going to have energy when you’re young anyway, even if you have a shitty diet.

That doesn’t play so well when you start getting older, but moderation does.

387 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:40:35am
388 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:45:08am

And now we know the reason for the Duck Dynasty stunt, aside from playing hardball in contract negotiations and moving shitty swag in the stores:

389 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:45:41am

re: #387 wrenchwench

I suspect Human Events is some bogus group set up by…wait for it…Darrell Issa.

390 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:46:10am

re: #381 Pie-onist Overlord

Breatharianism.

Huh. That’s usually known as anorexia.

391 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:46:13am

re: #388 Lidane

Man, how many RWNJs will be salivating over those?

392 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:49:40am

re: #389 Eclectic Cyborg

I suspect Human Events is some bogus group set up by…wait for it…Darrell Issa.

It’s actually a 69 year old openly racist publication. He would be ashamed if he weren’t a racist himself.

393 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:52:21am

re: #392 wrenchwench

It’s actually a 69 year old openly racist publication. He would be ashamed if he weren’t a racist himself.

From that link:

“Most Harmful Books” list

In 2005, Human Events published a list of Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries[1]:

The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong, by Mao Zedong
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, by Alfred Kinsey
Democracy and Education, by John Dewey
Das Kapital, by Karl Marx
The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan
The Course in Positive Philosophy, by Auguste Comte
Beyond Good and Evil, by Friedrich Nietzsche
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, by John Maynard Keynes

Twenty books received honorable mention, including The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Unsafe at any Speed by Ralph Nader and Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson.

394 Monarch Butterfly Heading to rest  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:57:14am

re: #388 Lidane

Like there was any question about it being all about money?
I THINK NOT!

395 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:57:23am

Looks at mentions. Thinks of nap or model railroading.

396 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:57:28am

re: #388 Lidane

And now we know the reason for the Duck Dynasty stunt, aside from playing hardball in contract negotiations and moving shitty swag in the stores:

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I’ll bet the Palins will all get a freebie.

397 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:02:04am

re: #377 Lidane

Fruitarianism is a real thing.

Impractical, unhealthy, and ridiculous, but still a thing.

I heard about a fruitarian gent, they say he looked like death warmed over but had a very pleasant body odor.

398 sagehen  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:04:24am

re: #344 lawhawk

I’m rather cautious about what DeBlasio’s going to be able to do.
(snip)
Considering the economic and social renaissance around the city, he’s not going to jeopardize that improvement. He’s going to look to improve things around the margins - improve community policing and reduce reliance on stop and frisk.

I somehow missed during the campaign that he wants to get rid of the horse-drawn carriages, I only became aware of it the last couple of days. I’m irritated about it, I want the carriages and horses to remain.

(upon investigation, I discover that while it’s PETA making the most noise about the poor sad horses breathing city air — the entire effort is funded by a real estate developer who wants the stables. Large lot, prime location, blah blah, surprise).

399 sagehen  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:05:10am

re: #347 Pie-onist Overlord

The Pie-onist Clan welcomes a new Zionist Overlord on New Year’s.

Canada welcome your new Zionist Overlord!
It is a Girl Overlord.

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Is that three just in last few months?

400 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:05:14am

And what happens once one of those Duck commander guns is used in a major shooting?

(Aside from the shooter getting labeled as a “liberal plant”)

401 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:06:19am

re: #307 Targetpractice

Is this the part where we’re supposed to say that at least Saddam’s not still in power?

Al Qaida and their affiliates certainly are happy he isn’t. Saddam was a secular tyrant, not a religious one. They hated that. We did them a favor taking him out.

402 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:07:10am

Taiwan McDonald’s requires employees to dress up as schoolgirls, refer to customers as “Master”

Photos and more at link.

403 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:07:33am

re: #401 Eventual Carrion

Al Qaida and their affiliates certainly are happy he isn’t. Saddam was a secular tyrant, not a religious one. They hated that. We did them a favor taking him out.

LIES! Everyone knows that Saddam worked side by side with OBL to plan 9/11!

////

404 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:08:40am

Crap AT&T used to do the same thing. Fine in the morning and then as soon as it got closer to noon, boom, down it goes. I’m assuming then these a-holes don’t have the infrastructure to meet peak daily capacity.

406 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:11:41am

Uh oh. Hang on a second. Important message coming…

407 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:11:47am
408 Ryan King  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:12:56am
409 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:13:57am

re: #407 Gus

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Jesus will return and say WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY PLANET!!!!

410 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:14:21am
411 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:15:12am

re: #409 Pie-onist Overlord

Jesus will return and say WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY PLANET!!!!

Can you please Tweet that to him? :D

412 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:16:37am

re: #410 wrenchwench

Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I wandered weak and weary…what is THAT?!?!

413 Political Atheist  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:17:30am

Good morning

Any of our China based Lizards in? Or Wal Mart critics will love this one.

Walmart recalls fake donkey meat snacks. It was Fox apparently.

414 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:17:30am

re: #407 Gus

The difference between people who believe in the 2nd coming of Jesus and those who believe in global warming is that Jesus will return.

Because there is a theological consensus concerning the Second Coming…

415 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:22:11am

re: #407 Gus

He aced homeschooling for dummies 101.

416 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:22:32am

Is this the same guy who complains about undocumented aliens taking jrrbs away from REAL MURICANS?

417 b.d.  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:23:02am

re: #407 Gus

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And of course Jesus is coming back as a middle to upper class American white guy, not some poor guy or gal born in Chad or someplace.

//

418 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:25:39am

And now. Nixon…

419 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:25:40am
420 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:27:07am

re: #416 Pie-onist Overlord

Is this the same guy who complains about undocumented aliens taking jrrbs away from REAL MURICANS?

I hate E-Verify and the need to prove I’m eligible to get a job in the U.S. So stupid.

This matter, along with voting eligibility and immigration issues, could be put to rest by simply issuing every American citizen with an ID card.

Any takers on that option?

421 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:28:11am

Is it too early in the morning for some recreational marijuana?

422 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:28:18am

re: #417 b.d.

And of course Jesus is coming back as a middle to upper class American white guy, not some poor guy or gal born in Chad or someplace.

//

I kicked around a story idea awhile back called “Jesus 2000” where basically, Jesus would actually come back to earth but no one would believe that it’s actually him and even though he starts doing miracles and what not, they think he’s some kind of demon or freak or whatever and he is eventually arrested and the plan is to subject him to scientific tests to determine who or what he actually is and of course politically there is much tension between Christians, Muslims and Jews over who this man actually is (and yes, this plot is meant to echo the New Testament concerns about Jesus).

I never came up with an ending though.

423 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:28:42am

re: #421 Gus

Is it too early in the morning for some recreational marijuana?

It’s noon somewhere!

424 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:28:44am

re: #416 Pie-onist Overlord

And how illegals and undocumented people are voting.

Demand that others show their ID if they want to vote, but dangnabit, I’m a white guy and hate being asked to show ID to get a job.

425 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:28:59am
426 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:29:34am

re: #423 wrenchwench

It’s noon somewhere!

It’s always Weed O’Clock somewhere.

Weed:30! :D

427 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:30:24am

re: #420 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

The idea behind REAL ID is to let the states maintain their right to design their own drivers’ licenses and ID cards, but maintain a consistent set of metrics/design elements to make it more consistent for law enforcement and security purposes (enacted after 9/11). A national ID card is a nonstarter.

428 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:30:38am

re: #419 Lidane

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Preibus from that link:

We’ll spend our time welcoming new people to our party and listening to people in places where we haven’t spent enough time in years past …

He can’t even hear himself sounding like he reluctantly plans to visit those remote places where these ‘other people’ live and work.

429 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:31:10am

re: #426 Gus

It’s always Weed O’Clock 4:20 somewhere.

Weed:30! :D

430 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:31:32am

re: #419 Lidane

I have obtained a top secret copy of the outreach plans:

Chinese - Campaign fortune cookies!
Latino - Free Maracas or Sombrero if you vote Republican!
African American - Candidates will now record a rap version of their platforms and give away free BBQ chicken at all events
Japanese - Sumo wrestling and/or Karate exhibitions at all events, also free Sushi
Italian - Campaign slogan wifebeaters and gold chains, also free pizza

431 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:31:39am

re: #426 Gus

It’s always Weed O’Clock somewhere.

Weed:30! :D

Weed:20, you mean!

432 sagehen  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:31:39am

re: #422 Eclectic Cyborg

I kicked around a story idea awhile back called “Jesus 2000” where basically, Jesus would actually come back to earth but no one would believe that it’s actually him and even though he starts doing miracles and what not, they think he’s some kind of demon or freak or whatever and he is eventually arrested and the plan is to subject him to scientific tests to determine who or what he actually is and of course politically there is much tension between Christians, Muslims and Jews over who this man actually is (and yes, this plot is meant to echo the New Testament concerns about Jesus).

I never came up with an ending though.

Same as the original, of course.

433 makeitstop  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:32:13am

re: #416 Pie-onist Overlord

Is this the same guy who complains about undocumented aliens taking jrrbs away from REAL MURICANS?

And doesn’t he already have a job derping up a storm? Why would E-Verify even register on his radar, other than another handy object to use as troll bait?

434 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:32:35am

re: #430 Eclectic Cyborg

I have obtained a top secret copy of the outreach plans:

Chinese - Campaign fortune cookies!
Latino - Free Maracas or Sombrero if you vote Republican!
African American - Candidates will now record a rap version of their platforms and give away free BBQ chicken at all events
Japanese - Sumo wrestling and/or Karate exhibitions at all events, also free Sushi
Italian - Campaign slogan wifebeaters and gold chains, also free pizza

Women - Aprons for all!

435 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:32:57am

re: #431 wrenchwench

Weed:20, you mean!

Yeah, but I’m working with Beer:30. :D

436 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:32:59am

re: #425 Gus

I could count that on one hand as being proponents for clemency.

Yeah, that’s some groundswell.

Talk about echo chambers and listening only to what you want to hear.

Only days ago Greenwald was busy complaining about the NYT. Now, he’s heralding their editorial as proof of his righteousness.

SMH

437 Ryan King  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:33:13am

I hate E-Verify and the need to prove I’m eligible to get a job in the U.S. So stupid.

That was my irony meter splodin.

438 makeitstop  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:33:57am

re: #423 wrenchwench

It’s noon 4:20 somewhere!

FTFY

439 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:34:09am

re: #430 Eclectic Cyborg

I have obtained a top secret copy of the outreach plans:

Chinese - Campaign fortune cookies!
Latino - Free Maracas or Sombrero if you vote Republican!
African American - Candidates will now record a rap version of their platforms and give away free BBQ chicken at all events
Japanese - Sumo wrestling and/or Karate exhibitions at all events, also free Sushi
Italian - Campaign slogan wifebeaters and gold chains, also free pizza

Women: free public shaming for single pregnancies
Gays: free public harassment for “not keeping their lifestyle private”
Non-Christians: free public displays of Faith in Jesus

440 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:34:38am

re: #435 Gus

Yeah, but I’m working with Beer:30. :D

New paradigm!

I used that word twice this week. I promise not to do it again.

441 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:35:17am

re: #413 Political Atheist

Good morning

Any of our China based Lizards in? Or Wal Mart critics will love this one.

Walmart recalls fake donkey meat snacks. It was Fox apparently.

Yeah, in between feeding the Chinese fox meat and chopping off fingers with defective folding chairs in the US, WallyWorld has the globe just about covered.

442 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:35:54am

re: #440 wrenchwench

New paradigm!

I used that word twice this week. I promise not to do it again.

So you could spar a digm?

443 sagehen  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:36:00am

re: #428 wrenchwench

Preibus from that link:

He can’t even hear himself sounding like he reluctantly plans to visit those remote places where these ‘other people’ live and work.

Or maybe take a cue from Chris Christie.

He pulled better than 20% of the black vote, just by treating black voters, black presidents and black mayors exactly the same way he treats white voters, white presidents and white mayors. He didn’t even have to be nice to them; he just had to acknowledge that they’re entitled to exist.

444 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:37:57am
445 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:40:22am

re: #442 Decatur Deb

So you could spar a digm?

Yes, brother, I could…

446 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:41:18am

re: #445 wrenchwench

Yes, brother, I could…

Great. I can have extra Splenda at Starbucks.

447 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:41:21am

re: #443 sagehen

Or maybe take a cue from Chris Christie.

He pulled better than 20% of the black vote, just by treating black voters, black presidents and black mayors exactly the same way he treats white voters, white presidents and white mayors. He didn’t even have to be nice to them; he just had to acknowledge that they’re entitled to exist.

He must see them as human beings. Why is that so fucking hard for the rest of the Republicans?

448 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:42:13am

So. Get this. Greenwald deleted that MSNBC enemies list Tweet.

449 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:42:49am

re: #447 wrenchwench

He must see them as human beings. Why is that so fucking hard for the rest of the Republicans?

Well, it’s more conservative if you hate human beings.

450 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:43:00am

re: #446 Decatur Deb

Great. I can have extra Splenda at Starbucks.

Splenda in your glass?

451 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:43:33am

re: #450 wrenchwench

Splenda in your glass?

Had my hour.


edited for forgetfulness.

452 geoffm33  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:43:57am

re: #417 b.d.

And of course Jesus is coming back as a middle to upper class American white guy, not some poor guy or gal born in Chad or someplace.

//

Better?

453 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:44:29am
454 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:49:25am

Wait a second… Not deleted.

455 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:50:31am

Weird man. Too much pot I guess.

*Kidding. Haven’t touched the stuff.

456 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:53:42am

I hate it when that happens.

457 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:58:10am

Meanwhile in Iowa, Bob Krause was running for Governor, but today there is this:

458 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:59:59am

re: #407 Gus

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Lol.

459 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:00:23am

Should we call Greenwald’s army of Dudebros the “Blue shirts”??

460 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:00:41am
461 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:01:16am

re: #459 Eclectic Cyborg

Should we call Greenwald’s army of Dudebros the “Blue shirts”??

That’s highly offensive to Rangers fans. And I say that as a Devils fan.

462 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:01:58am

re: #458 Varek Raith

Lol.

The difference between people who believe in the 2nd coming of Jesus and those who believe in evolution is that Jesus will return.

463 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:02:06am

Meh.

464 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:02:30am

So…
How come Colorado hasn’t collapsed in to some kind of drug-fueled orgy of sex and violence?
We were promised this!
/

465 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:02:58am

SCIENCE!

466 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:03:00am

The difference between people who believe in the 2nd coming of Jesus and those who believe in radio carbon dating is that Jesus will return.

467 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:03:19am

The difference between people who believe in the 2nd coming of Jesus and those who believe in plate tectonics is that Jesus will return.

468 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:03:36am

The difference between people who believe in the 2nd coming of Jesus and those who believe in the fossil record is that Jesus will return.

469 makeitstop  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:04:16am

re: #448 Gus

So. Get this. Greenwald deleted that MSNBC enemies list Tweet.

He doesn’t want to jeopardize future bookings, in case he needs them.

Above all, GG is an opportunist. Look at what he did to with Snowden.

470 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:05:57am

re: #469 makeitstop

He doesn’t want to jeopardize future bookings, in case he needs them.

Above all, GG is an opportunist. Look at what he did to with Snowden.

Not deleted. Weird. Someone told me on Twitter. Checked and it was gone. Then checked my comment above and it was gone. Checked 5 minutes later and it was back.

471 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:06:31am


The one we have for our cats is nicer. Also, it’s on the ground. O:

472 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:06:49am

re: #465 Lidane

I predict a lot of people who pushed for denying AGW will be in hiding some decades down the road, those still alive anyways.
Bastards.

473 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:07:13am

re: #470 Gus

Not deleted. Weird. Someone told me on Twitter. Checked and it was gone. Then checked my comment above and it was gone. Checked 5 minutes later and it was back.

Can you delete then undelete on teh twitter?

474 Stanley Sea  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:07:54am

re: #463 Justanotherhuman

Meh.

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Reportermania.

CNN promises a knock down drag out fight! Not one word in edgewise!

475 EmmaAnne  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:08:04am

re: #127 Gus

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ZOMG! Cheap.

I kind of want to celebrate the nice tax take. Colorado has been underfunded for a long time because of TABOR, and now there is a nice new tax revenue stream for us.

476 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:09:00am

Douche nozzle.

477 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:09:11am

re: #473 Varek Raith

Can you delete then undelete on teh twitter?

Nope.

478 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:09:24am

DERP DERP ARGLE BARGLE

479 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:09:55am

re: #477 Gus

Nope.

Glitch in the Matrix then.

480 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:10:11am

re: #465 Lidane

Winter. How does that work?

Let’s just ignore long term trends that the global climate temperatures are increasing, that ocean temps are increasing, and that warmer weather can paradoxically lead to more snow and extreme weather (for instance, slightly warmer weather means that the Great Lakes wont freeze over as fast, meaning that those downwind will see far greater and longer lake-effect snow seasons due to the fact that the lake effect snow requires the lakes to have not frozen over. Warmer temperatures mean that more moisture can be held in the air, meaning more precipitation of all kinds, including snow.

Greater temperature differentials between warm and cold air masses means greater chances for severe weather like tornadoes.

That’s what the science says. It’s not mysticism or belief. The science behind those mechanisms in atmospheric science are well-known.

481 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:10:45am

When Jesus returns:

482 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:11:12am
483 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:11:34am
484 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:11:54am
485 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:12:09am

LEAVE GLENN GREENWALD ALONE

486 lawhawk  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:16:17am

re: #485 Charles Johnson

487 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:17:25am

re: #465 Lidane

SCIENCE!

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NEWSFLASH! IT’S COLD IN JANUARY!

Details at 11.

488 dog philosopher  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:19:11am

re: #18 Charles Johnson

How come, in 2014, we still don’t have a widely-supported animated image format with real alpha transparency and decent compression?

we should keep in mind that we will live our entire lives in a primitive period of computing technology

when i told my colleagues this back in 1985, they laughed at me, since they all had on their desks the incredibly advanced IBM PC running DOS, which we had actually connected with other PCs and a file server box to create an advanced cutting edge technological solution known as a “local area network”

489 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:20:59am

Amazing. There are still so many old school anti-marijuana weirdos around.

490 dog philosopher  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:21:01am

re: #483 Lidane

Pat Robertson reveals his 2014 New Year predictions that he claims he received directly from God

god has told me personally that pat robertson has been fooled by the debbil

491 darthstar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:22:15am
492 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:22:39am

The “freedom fries” moran still has a job? WTF.

493 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:23:40am

My mom just showed me the pot stash she keeps in the freezer.

But she doesn’t have a bong or papers.

494 darthstar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:24:07am
495 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:26:20am

re: #493 Pie-onist Overlord

My mom just showed me the pot stash she keeps in the freezer.

But she doesn’t have a bong or papers.

It’s for baking! :D

496 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:28:37am

ZOMG TYRANNY

497 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:29:41am

re: #495 Gus

It’s for baking! :D

She has never used it. Just got it with the medicinal prescription. She doesn’t know what to do with it.

498 Kragar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:31:04am

re: #497 Pie-onist Overlord

She has never used it. Just got it with the medicinal prescription. She doesn’t know what to do with it.

Call this guy.

Youtube Video

499 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:31:17am

re: #497 Pie-onist Overlord

She has never used it. Just got it with the medicinal prescription. She doesn’t know what to do with it.

It didn’t come with directions and paraphernalia? Or a helpful instructional hippie?

500 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:31:20am
501 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:31:33am

re: #341 Lidane

SCIENCE!

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90F in Darwin Australia today.

502 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:32:31am
503 Kragar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:33:44am

re: #501 Eventual Carrion

90F in Darwin Australia today.

It is the middle of Summer there.

504 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:34:02am

re: #345 Lidane

Oh look. Lord Monckton is bleating again:

WND Columnist Wants To ‘Fill The Jails’ With Officials Who Ignore Birther Conspiracy

To chants of “BURN THE WITCH!”

505 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:37:09am

re: #502 Pie-onist Overlord

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Here are two donkeys that contain horse.

506 Lidane  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:37:59am

Cue the ‘splodey heads:

507 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:38:26am

re: #506 Lidane

Cue the ‘splodey heads:

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Yay!

508 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:39:36am

re: #502 Pie-onist Overlord

[Embedded content]

What does the fox say???

Apparently it isn’t “I’m not a donkey”

RBS

509 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:42:10am

re: #506 Lidane

I guess he finally gave up on Golf.

510 darthstar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:50:46am
511 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:51:22am

re: #493 Pie-onist Overlord

My mom just showed me the pot stash she keeps in the freezer.

But she doesn’t have a bong or papers.

Fer god’s sake, if you cannot assemble a smoking utensil out of any available materials, you are not a true pothead…

512 darthstar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:51:49am
513 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:52:47am

re: #511 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

Fer god’s sake, if you cannot assemble a smoking utensil out of any available materials, you are not a true pothead…

I am not a pothead. I haven’t had weed since the ‘60’s.

514 Kragar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:53:36am

re: #511 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

Fer god’s sake, if you cannot assemble a smoking utensil out of any available materials, you are not a true pothead…

Gimme a gatorade bottle, some tin foil and a pocket knife, then get me a bowl of water.

MOVE!

515 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:54:09am
516 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:54:51am

re: #422 Eclectic Cyborg

I kicked around a story idea awhile back called “Jesus 2000” where basically, Jesus would actually come back to earth but no one would believe that it’s actually him and even though he starts doing miracles and what not, they think he’s some kind of demon or freak or whatever and he is eventually arrested and the plan is to subject him to scientific tests to determine who or what he actually is and of course politically there is much tension between Christians, Muslims and Jews over who this man actually is (and yes, this plot is meant to echo the New Testament concerns about Jesus).

I never came up with an ending though.

Just kill him off like the original did. Maybe a rightwing gun nut, have them shooting him on a New York street like John Lennon was.

517 Kragar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:54:53am

re: #513 Pie-onist Overlord

I am not a pothead. I haven’t had weed since the ‘60’s.

I smoked it once or twice. Didn’t really get anything out of it.

518 allegro  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:55:44am

re: #514 Kragar

Gimme a gatorade bottle, some tin foil and a pocket knife, then get me a bowl of water.

MOVE!

I was thinking toilet paper roll, tin foil, straight (or safety) pin, and lighter - all set!

519 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:56:29am

re: #515 Pie-onist Overlord

Not quite as severe, but about a week ago I reported a post of an explicit pornographic image and they didn’t take that down either.

520 Political Atheist  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:56:46am

re: #513 Pie-onist Overlord

Glad we have some nice weather for ya. Super clear air.

521 Varek Raith  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:57:47am

re: #520 Political Atheist

Glad we have some nice weather for ya. Super clear air.

And earthquakes, tsunamis and kaiju.
Other than that, perfect!

522 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:57:51am

re: #516 Eventual Carrion

Just kill him off like the original did. Maybe a rightwing gun nut, have them shooting him on a New York street like John Lennon was.

I’d probably go more for the Lennon idea, then have God cast judgement down upon His people for their actions (that would be the “fire and brimstone” chapter).

523 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 10:58:33am

re: #521 Varek Raith

And earthquakes, tsunamis and kaiju.
Other than that, perfect!

Don’t forget the drought.

524 Flying Squirrel Girl  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:02:40am

re: #518 allegro

Apple. Or potato.

525 Ryan King  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:02:46am
526 makeitstop  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:06:10am

re: #519 Eclectic Cyborg

Not quite as severe, but about a week ago I reported a post of an explicit pornographic image and they didn’t take that down either.

They seem to have a real problem with standing up to wingnuts. This is the third explicit death threat to Obama I’ve seen, and each was judged to be ‘not inappropriate.’

More work for the Secret Service, but what do they care? Better they don’t lose the ODS patients, because that would be bad for business. Assholes.

527 Political Atheist  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:08:13am

re: #523 Pie-onist Overlord

Pffft. Drought. Everyone who is anyone drinks bottled.
///

Encino humor.

528 jaunte  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:11:35am

529 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:14:46am

re: #497 Pie-onist Overlord

She has never used it. Just got it with the medicinal prescription. She doesn’t know what to do with it.

Get some brownie mix and demonstrate your mad baking skilz.

530 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:15:57am

re: #529 Decatur Deb

Get some brownie mix and demonstrate your mad baking skilz.

Or the new, improved American pot pie…

531 Kragar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:23:02am

Just got a call from a recruiter with 2 possible new jobs for me.

532 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:23:28am
533 Gus  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:23:48am

re: #531 Kragar

Just got a call from a recruiter with 2 possible new jobs for me.

Marines or Navy? //

534 Kragar  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:24:38am

re: #533 Gus

Marines or Navy? //

Sempra and a medical device company looking for security analysts

535 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:27:35am

re: #515 Pie-onist Overlord

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This is an ongoing gambit: threaten some act of violence, prompt a reasonable response and then cry out like a stuck pig that your “rights” are being violated.

536 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:30:30am

re: #532 Gus

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Somebody like Bill Nye probably has a better chance debating a creationist. They like to do things like the “Gish Gallop”, present 99 points in a shotgun approach, and if you don’t rebut all of them, they declare themselves the winners. Nye has got the presentation chops to maybe handle them. I hope that he does some serious debate prep, viewing vids of previous debates so that he’s well prepared for what is going to him him.

RBS

537 b_sharp  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 1:40:08pm

re: #536 RealityBasedSteve

Somebody like Bill Nye probably has a better chance debating a creationist. They like to do things like the “Gish Gallop”, present 99 points in a shotgun approach, and if you don’t rebut all of them, they declare themselves the winners. Nye has got the presentation chops to maybe handle them. I hope that he does some serious debate prep, viewing vids of previous debates so that he’s well prepared for what is going to him him.

RBS

Bill doesn’t have the aggressiveness to handle Ham and his GG. Quite a few knowledgeable people have gone against the GG and had problems because they aren’t used to thinking in short soundbites. To explain why points of the GG are wrong can take a fair bit of science knowledge that many science people feel compelled to review.

That allows the creationists to rack up points faster than the answers can rebut them.


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