Gov. Scott Walker’s Former Deputy Chief of Staff Praised Racist Emails: “Hilarious And So True”

What Republican racism?
Wingnuts • Views: 18,467

I hope you’re sitting down, because believe it or not, another highly placed, influential Republican official has been caught with racist emails.

WASHINGTON — The deputy chief of staff to then-County Executive Scott Walker praised a racist email forwarded to her in 2010 that joked welfare recipients are “mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can’t speak English and have no frigging clue who the r [sic] Daddys [sic] are.”

The email tells the story of a dog owner who asks the government for canine welfare checks because the dogs match the criteria detailed above. Kelly Rindfleisch, Walker’s then-deputy chief of staff in 2010, wrote that the email was “hilarious” and “so true.” The email was sent to Rindfleisch from someone outside Walker’s staff.

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148 comments
1 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:12:58pm

SATIRE!
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2 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:13:59pm

Just how do these deputy chief of staff people keep getting hired by GOP officials?

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3 Testy Toad T  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:14:09pm
can’t speak English

…

have no frigging clue who the r Daddys are.

[nods sagely]

4 dog philosopher  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:14:14pm

Walker praised a racist

there’s a reason the republican party is the stupid party

THEY’RE STUPID

5 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:14:41pm

OT, (sorry) but the Ukrainian Parliament is about to vote.

6 piratedan  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:14:44pm

JEEZ, CAN’T YOU LIBTARDS TAKE A JOKE? /////

7 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:16:19pm
8 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:17:19pm

I can’t even imagine what kind of sick mind thinks this “joke” is “hilarious.”

9 nines09  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:18:24pm

“Kelly Rindfleisch, Walker’s then-deputy chief of staff in 2010, wrote that the email was “hilarious” and “so true.” The email was sent to Rindfleisch from someone outside Walker’s staff.”
(So true.) Think about that for a minute. And if you think that’s the only one there think again.

10 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:18:57pm

The Rada (parliament) is now defying Yanukovych.

11 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:19:44pm

libturds have no sense of humor…

12 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:20:06pm

I hate to quibble, but this stupid joke doesn’t even make sense. The “dogs” can’t sign up for welfare as they don’t have dependents. The welfare recipient in this case would be the teller of the joke, the dog-owner.

I know, can’t argue with stupid…

13 dog philosopher  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:20:27pm

this morning i went to sign my doge up for remedial education. the lady said you can’t put a doge in teh remedial education class. i said why not he believes whatever i tell him no matter how absurd it is, takes abuse from me but still loves me, will eat whatever i give him and act like it tastes like ice cream, and will sacrifice himself for my benefit

so the lady says i can’t sign you up you are both republicans ha ha ha jeez cantcha take a joke fercrissakes

14 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:21:23pm

From the article:

Rindfleisch’s emails were released to the public as part of the so-called “John Doe investigations” into Walker’s staff. Rindfleisch pleaded guilty in 2012 “to felony misconduct in office for doing campaign work at her government job,” according to Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporting at the time.

At least she has already pleaded guilty to a felony. This should be another one. It’s a social felony, at least. And a mark of true idiocy.

15 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:21:49pm

Hey GOP, how’s that rebranding deal working out for you?

16 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:21:49pm

The Rada has voted that all troops will return to their barracks and condemns the use of force against protesters.

17 aagcobb  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:21:58pm

And down goes another GOP presidential contender. Soon the GOP bigwigs may be reduced to begging Jeb Bush, that’s right, a Bush! to run in ‘16. Maybe the GOP’s best bet might be to just go ahead and nominate Cruz or Paul to get the crazy out of their system.

18 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:22:19pm

They are so going to totally win over the public with their conscientious and measured responses for civility, honesty, and frank assessment of the state of the economy and how best to address income and social inequities.

19 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:23:03pm
20 Tigger2  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:23:08pm

re: #17 aagcobb

And down goes another GOP presidential contender. Soon the GOP bigwigs may be reduced to begging Jeb Bush, that’s right, a Bush! to run in ‘16. Maybe the GOP’s best bet might be to just go ahead and nominate Cruz or Paul to get the crazy out of their system.

I think God is punishing the GOP for sucking up to the teabaggers. lol

21 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:23:34pm

re: #7 Dr Lizardo

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Sucks to be one of the 6 not voting to condemn the attacks on the protesters.

Guess they encountered a roadblock on the way to the airport and decided to go back to work.

22 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:23:37pm

re: #9 nines09

And this Rindfleisch person was ultimately convicted (or pled guilty) to illegal actions. So, karma.

23 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:25:20pm

WHAT? COMPARING SOMEONE TO A DOG IS NOW RACIST!?!?! GET A LIFE LIBTARDS!!

24 Testy Toad T  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:26:04pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

Purple Comic Sans, at that.

CHARLES JOHNSON IS IN ON THE CONSPIRASEE TO EMBARRASS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

25 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:26:18pm

Really?
White House: No decision yet on Ukraine sanctions

26 Stanley Sea  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:27:58pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

I can’t even imagine what kind of sick mind thinks this “joke” is “hilarious.”

And works in a job that’s supposed to “serve the people”

27 dog philosopher  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:28:22pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Really?
White House: No decision yet on Ukraine sanctions

i think the real question is what happens when the russian tanks roll in

28 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:29:11pm

The only way out for Yanuk on this is that he’d have to dissolve the Rada (and I don’t know if he can do that), or straight-up declare martial law.

29 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:30:14pm

re: #27 dog philosopher

i think the real question is what happens when the russian tanks roll in

I don’t think they’re going to. I think what the Russians will try to do is use diplomatic manueverings to partition Ukraine.

30 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:30:15pm

re: #27 dog philosopher

i think the real question is what happens when the russian tanks roll in

I find that kind of hard to imagine. It looks like the Ukranian government is in the process of folding. Without a friendly puppet regime in place I doubt the Russian will send in the military.

31 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:30:22pm

From one clown to another, Steve Stockman’s campaign decided to fight with Dave Weigel. I know what you’re thinking, but Stockman’s “campaign” chief thinks the best way to campaign is to do so without, actually, campaigning, or having anyone cover the campaign. Weigel pointed out as much, and then came the crazy/reality challenged responses.

That’s probably for the best though, given Stockman’s penchant for lobbing all kinds of crazy (see his twitter feed), so the less he says, the better.

Oh, and then today Stockman tweets out a poll claiming to be ahead of Corwyn, except that it’s 2 months old.

32 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:30:29pm

re: #27 dog philosopher

i think the real question is what happens when the russian tanks roll in

Angry letters & regrets. Just like Georgia.

33 aagcobb  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:30:51pm

re: #27 dog philosopher

i think the real question is what happens when the russian tanks roll in

The late Tom Clancy gave us the answer already in his last book. Don’t tell me though; I haven’t finished it yet.

34 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:31:58pm
Oh, and then today Stockman tweets out a poll claiming to be ahead of Corwyn, except that it’s 2 months old.

Was that the poll taken of Stockman’s staff and relatives?

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35 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:32:25pm

Looks like a parliamentary rebellion against Yanukovych is underway.

36 BigBadDemocrat  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:32:26pm

All work and no play makes posting double hard. What we do not need is to get into the shooting and killing in Ukraine. The E.U. needs to agree to pay more for Russian gas as a payoff. Cheaper than war.

37 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:32:44pm

Russian tanks can’t roll in until the Olympic closing ceremonies are over on Sunday. One would think.

38 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:32:57pm

EU and Canada have decided on sanctions. This should be a no brainer.

39 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:33:01pm

re: #31 lawhawk

Taking on Dave Weigel, someone who most Texans I’m sure have never heard of, sounds like a winning strategery for Stockman. //

40 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:33:10pm

re: #35 Dr Lizardo

Looks like a parliamentary rebellion against Yanukovych is underway.

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The speaker already left on a private plane, yes?

41 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:33:44pm

re: #37 b.d.

Russian tanks can’t roll in until the Olympic closing ceremonies are over on Sunday. One would think.

I suppose we get to watch this on tape delay as well.

43 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:36:09pm

A dose of cuteness…

44 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:36:27pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

The speaker already left on a private plane, yes?

Yep, they’re electing a new Speaker.

45 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:36:28pm

re: #37 b.d.

Russian tanks can’t roll in until the Olympic closing ceremonies are over on Sunday. One would think.

Putin: “I spent $52 billion on the Olympics and all I got was losing the Ukraine.”

46 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:36:36pm

Heh.


So they drop his column because he was paying someone else to write it for him, and nobody notices.

47 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:37:19pm

re: #45 Kragar

Putin: “I spent $52 billion on the Olympics and all I got was losing the Ukraine.”

48 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:37:36pm

re: #31 lawhawk

From one clown to another, Steve Stockman’s campaign decided to fight with Dave Weigel. I know what you’re thinking, but Stockman’s “campaign” chief thinks the best way to campaign is to do so without, actually, campaigning, or having anyone cover the campaign. Weigel pointed out as much, and then came the crazy/reality challenged responses.

That’s probably for the best though, given Stockman’s penchant for lobbing all kinds of crazy (see his twitter feed), so the less he says, the better.

Oh, and then today Stockman tweets out a poll claiming to be ahead of Corwyn, except that it’s 2 months old.

That’s because it takes two months to unskew the polls.

49 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:37:58pm

re: #46 darthstar

Heh.

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So they drop his column because he was paying someone else to write it for him, and nobody notices.

I’m suprised Bozell didn’t deploy his wingnut army of “grassroots” supporters to go after them.

50 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:38:58pm

re: #49 b.d.

I’m suprised Bozell didn’t deploy his wingnut army of “grassroots” supporters to go after them.

Apparently he doesn’t pay his wingnut army of “grassroots” supporters either…

51 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:39:15pm

re: #45 Kragar

Putin: “I spent $52 billion on the Olympics and all I got was losing the Ukraine.”

What you mean I don’t get to keep athletes? They all Russian citizen now. Gold is best! Gold is best!

52 dr. luba  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:39:17pm

From the BBC news feed

20:28 : MPs assembled in the Ukrainian parliament have voted to condemn the recent violence, ban the use of weapons against protesters, withdraw troops and the police deployed against them - via our colleagues at BBC Monitoring, who are following the parliamentary proceedings relayed live on Ukraine’s ICTV.

53 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:39:52pm
54 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:40:58pm
55 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:41:37pm

re: #51 darthstar

What you mean I don’t get to keep athletes? They all Russian citizen now. Gold is best! Gold is best!

Putin is going to keep whichever hockey team wins the gold, might be a good time to let a puck or two through.

56 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:44:53pm

Fuckin’ Christie…trying to blame FEMA because he funneled money to his friends.

57 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:45:16pm
58 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:46:17pm

Screw chemical spills…let’s do it right.

59 BigBadDemocrat  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:46:17pm

May be that Putin himself just got double crossed and this is to cause him trouble inside Russia. Very odd timing to go all hard just when the TV is on full time world wide. All they had to do was wait for the thing of skiing to end and then go hard. Very strange.

60 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:48:28pm

White House: economictimes.indiatimes.com

“What the president has been encouraging is for the violence to come to an immediate end and for the government and the opposition to sit down at the table and try to reach a diplomatic solution to this disagreement that would include a unity government, that would allow the country of Ukraine to be nitrated into the international community and to have solid relationships with their neighbours but also to have solid relationships with countries all around the world,” Earnest said.

Pretty blonde chick: nbcnews.com

“I demand that the opposition would never sit down to talks with Yanukovych anymore. Each of us who violates this taboo would become Yanukovych’s accomplice in murder of innocent people,” said the statement posted on Tymoshenko’s web site.

Tymoshenko is the leader of Ukraine’s largest opposition political party, “Fatherland.” A heroine of the 2004 Orange Revolution, she was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2011 for abuse of power. Her supporters say the charges were trumped up by her arch rival, Yanukovych.

61 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:50:15pm
62 BigBadDemocrat  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:50:53pm

Boy getting time to post is a problem. Got to catch the next DART rail.
This thing in the Ukraine does not seem to fix Putin and his bunch at all they do things but they keep it under control most of the time. Later.

63 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:52:32pm

re: #45 Kragar

Putin: “I spent $52 billion on the Olympics and all I got was losing the Ukraine.”

Well, that’s only slightly worse than the Russian hockey team losing in the quarters to Finland! /

64 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:53:52pm
65 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:54:46pm

re: #51 darthstar

What you mean I don’t get to keep athletes? They all Russian citizen now. Gold is best! Gold is best!

You’re confusing Putin for Beck. /

66 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:56:19pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

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ANN COULTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LIB

67 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:56:22pm

re: #65 lawhawk

You’re confusing Putin for Beck. /

They will be forced to emigrate to the People’s Republic of Luap Nor. And then sent to work in the mines.
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68 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:56:50pm

World leaders scramble for ‘road map’ to rescue Ukraine

With smoke from burning barricades drifting across the city centre’s skyline, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Poland held a series of crisis talks with the both the Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, and opposition leaders.

It seems the Eu is taking the lead. Obama plan to “fuck the EU” and go with the UN has yet to materialize but he did call Merkel today to get caught up with their progress.

69 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:56:50pm
70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 12:58:38pm

re: #45 Kragar

Putin: “I spent $52 billion on the Olympics and all I got was losing the Ukraine.”

and some photos of Pussy whippers!

71 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:01:26pm
72 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:02:39pm

re: #68 Killgore Trout

World leaders scramble for ‘road map’ to rescue Ukraine

It seems the Eu is taking the lead. Obama plan to “fuck the EU” and go with the UN has yet to materialize but he did call Merkel today to get caught up with their progress.

It seems that the Ukrainian Rada is in full-on rebellion against Yanukovych as well, thereby adding a constitutional crisis to Ukraine’s woes.

73 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:03:24pm

re: #56 darthstar

That Christie, just a straight-shootin, truth teller, he is. //

74 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:04:42pm

re: #56 darthstar

FEMA is a horse begging to be beaten at these kinds of events. FEMA administers the NFIP, and that’s what the person was complaining about - getting a fraction of what she was supposed to despite having a full policy coverage (amount of which isn’t stated in the article). Instead, she got only $90,000 for structure and contents, which isn’t enough to rebuild and purchase new contents.

Instead of being accurate and pointing out that the NFIP is a political football and that there are people who want to see the subsidies for flood insurance eliminated because it incentivizes people to stay in flood prone areas, rather than relocate to higher ground, and the same areas repeatedly get flooded (causing payouts that have left the program without sufficient reserves), he makes the soundbite.

Congress set up the NFIP. Congress set the parameters of the program and what can be paid out at any one time. There are bureaucratic red tape to deal with, including one that requires homeowners to not begin rebuilding while waiting for the aid to come to them - something that goes back to other natural disasters where that approach was tried and investigators/auditors found fraud involved in the payment/collection/reimbursements. So, you have to wait until they’re ready to cut checks before you can rebuild. It slows everything down.

My Chris Christie anger quotient on this particular story rates around a 3.

It’s far higher when it comes to NJ Transit and his new pick to replace Jim Weinstein (the one who let the rail fleet get flooded, and then who claimed NJT did a great job during the Super Bowl as thousands were stranded for hours waiting for a way in or out of the stadium). That’s about a 9. Christie’s replacement pick isn’t much better, and has a history of not being able to get a project done on time or on budget (for the MTA no less). I give the replacement pick a 8.

75 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:05:27pm

re: #66 b.d.

I’m very offended at the existence of yet another wingnut-astroturf group (The Madison Project) naming itself after one of our Founding Fathers.

76 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:06:14pm
77 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:08:05pm

re: #72 Dr Lizardo

It seems that the Ukrainian Rada is in full-on rebellion against Yanukovych as well, thereby adding a constitutional crisis to Ukraine’s woes.

It way be wishful thinking but it’s starting to look like the end is near. What sort of independence does the Ukrainian military have? To who do the swear allegiance and might they flip.

78 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:08:54pm

re: #61 Kragar

And when that all fails, declare bankruptcy 4x and start again. 5th time’s a charm.

Oh, and always get a real estate empire from your father. That’s always helpful. Anyone can do that.

79 Decatur Deb  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:09:49pm

re: #75 Bulworth

I’m very offended at the existence of yet another wingnut-astroturf group (The Madison Project) naming itself after one of our Founding Fathers.

Thought it was named for Ashley Madison.

thedailybeast.com

80 kirkspencer  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:11:20pm

re: #68 Killgore Trout

World leaders scramble for ‘road map’ to rescue Ukraine

It seems the Eu is taking the lead. Obama plan to “fuck the EU” and go with the UN has yet to materialize but he did call Merkel today to get caught up with their progress.

What plan to ‘fuck the EU’, or are you putting your spin on things?

81 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:11:28pm

re: #77 Killgore Trout

It way be wishful thinking but it’s starting to look like the end is near. What sort of independence does the Ukrainian military have? To who do the swear allegiance and might they flip.

That’s a hell of a good question regarding the Ukrainian military. If they side with the protesters, then it’s clearly over for Yanukovych. And how will the Russians respond to such an event? The idea of losing the eastern part of Ukraine, the Crimea, the ports on the Black Sea is - for the Russians - the unthinkable.

82 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:12:21pm

Ukrainian military not taking Obama’s calls

Obama looking at range of sanctions on Ukraine violence -White House

The United States has limited power to influence Ukraine, but does have some leverage through long-standing security ties with the country, said Damon Wilson, a former senior director for European affairs at the White House National Security Council.

Keeping up the pressure on Ukraine to keep the military out of the political crisis is “at the top of where the United States has some leverage,” said Wilson, now executive vice president of the Atlantic Council, a think tank.

However, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday U.S. officials are concerned because they had not been able to reach senior Ukrainian military and intelligence officials over the past several days to warn them about military involvement in the protests.

“We have been trying to re-establish those contacts over the last few days, I would say, and nobody’s picking up the phone on the Ukrainian side, which is worrying,” the official said.

83 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:13:38pm

I fucking love getting the emails about job openings which have links that go to pages saying that position is already closed. One of my favorite fucking things in the whole fucking world.

84 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:14:52pm

re: #80 kirkspencer

What plan to ‘fuck the EU’, or are you putting your spin on things?

thedailybeast.com
The White House plan was to cut out the EU and work something out through the UN.

85 b.d.  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:17:15pm

re: #76 darthstar

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I haven’t seen that many white people together since the firstlook.org company party.

86 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:17:27pm

re: #79 Decatur Deb

Ah, yes, well then the name would have some appropriateness.

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87 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:18:34pm

Ukrainian Defense Officials Rebuff Hagel’s Calls
“Leave a message after the tone…..”

88 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:20:16pm

re: #84 Killgore Trout

thedailybeast.com
The White House plan was to cut out the EU and work something out through the UN.

I don’t think that was a plan so much as an attitude and an expression of frustration.

89 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:20:28pm

Sometimes, I just want to burn things to the ground.

90 kirkspencer  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:20:50pm

re: #84 Killgore Trout

thedailybeast.com
The White House plan was to cut out the EU and work something out through the UN.

Apparently we are reading a slightly different article. I don’t see Obama’s name mentioned. And in fact the discussion says they’ll bring in Biden later, implying he didn’t know about this discussion either.

91 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:21:19pm
In conclusion, Sewell said that he still owned a “strap” of the black man’s skin that had been given to him by his grandfather.

“They made a strap out of his skin, and they used that strap as a knife sharpener,” Allen remarked.

Mainord pointed out that the skin “was like a trophy to him, and that concerns me.”

“It was my impression he still had it at his house,” Mullins noted. “The way he enjoyed telling the story, I thought perhaps he was still using it.”

92 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:21:49pm

re: #76 darthstar

Given the township demographics (below from Wikipedia) it’s not really *that* surprising.

At the 2010 United States Census, there were 66,522 people, 23,962 households, and 18,235 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,622.9 per square mile (626.6 /km2). There were 24,959 housing units at an average density of 608.9 per square mile (235.1 /km2). The racial makeup of the township was 93.89% (62,456) White, 1.31% (869) Black or African American, 0.10% (67) Native American, 2.60% (1,730) Asian, 0.01% (8) Pacific Islander, 0.81% (537) from other races, and 1.29% (855) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.37% (3,569) of the population.

93 Mattand  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:22:16pm

re: #83 Kragar

I fucking love getting the emails about job openings which have links that go to pages saying that position is already closed. One of my favorite fucking things in the whole fucking world.

I wasted a 20 minute interview and the hour round trip driving and last week because the employer was looking for an entry level hourly rate, but neglected to mention that insignificant fact in the fucking posting.

94 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:22:27pm

re: #87 Killgore Trout

Ukrainian Defense Officials Rebuff Hagel’s Calls
“Leave a message after the tone…..”

Hagel’s Ukrainian counterpart has probably already fled the country with a big fat bag of cash. He’s probably in Moscow by now.

95 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:22:48pm

re: #88 wrenchwench

I don’t think that was a plan so much as an attitude and an expression of frustration.

No it was an actual plan, they were laying the groundwork for it…..

Nuland told Pyatt she had discussed the plan with U.N. Undersecretary for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, a former senior U.S. Department official, and that he would appoint a U.N. representative to help move it forward. Vice President Joe Biden would also be brought into the plan at the right time, according to Nuland.

“That would be great to help glue this thing and to have the U.N. help glue it,” she said. “And you know, fuck the EU.”

96 Mattand  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:24:30pm

re: #90 kirkspencer

Apparently we are reading a slightly different article. I don’t see Obama’s name mentioned. And in fact the discussion says they’ll bring in Biden later, implying he didn’t know about this discussion either.

In KT’s defense, that phone call really did take place. I believe Rachel Maddow reported on it.

In your defense, you’re probably right and someone’s looking to get their “Obama’s just as bad as (fill in Republican politician here).”

97 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:25:18pm

re: #94 Dr Lizardo

Hagel’s Ukrainian counterpart has probably already fled the country with a big fat bag of cash. He’s probably in Moscow by now.

I’m also pretty sure military officials are strongly discouraged from taking those calls without approval. Those calls, especially on private lines, can include offers of money or vacation homes if the military official agrees to take off next week instead of deploying forces.

98 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:25:25pm
99 Kragar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:25:47pm

re: #93 Mattand

I wasted a 20 minute interview and the hour round trip driving and last week because the employer was looking for an entry level hourly rate, but neglected to mention that insignificant fact in the fucking posting.

I keep getting emailed about an “entry position” which requires 7 years of experience and 2 high level certifications to make half of those certs are worth.

100 thedopefishlives  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:25:49pm

Afternoon Lizardim from the heart of the snowpocalypse. How go things out there in lizard country?

101 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:26:33pm

Time for Putin to invest in Bitcoins…

102 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:27:01pm

re: #100 thedopefishlives

Afternoon Lizardim from the heart of the snowpocalypse. How go things out there in lizard country?

Eating a box of Nabisco Cheese Nips™.

103 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:27:16pm

re: #90 kirkspencer

Apparently we are reading a slightly different article. I don’t see Obama’s name mentioned. And in fact the discussion says they’ll bring in Biden later, implying he didn’t know about this discussion either.

The State Dept doesn’t set its own foreign policy. They implement policy directed from the White House.

104 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:27:26pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

No it was an actual plan, they were laying the groundwork for it…..

Yes, I read the article. They were working on a plan, but the article does not say the plan was to cut out the EU. From earlier than your excerpt:

In the tape, the two officials discuss a plan to broker a deal between the Ukrainian government led by Viktor Yanukovich and the Ukrainian opposition, which is led in part by former boxer Vitali Klitschko.

105 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:28:11pm

re: #100 thedopefishlives

Afternoon Lizardim from the heart of the snowpocalypse. How go things out there in lizard country?

Warm (48F) and light rain. Chance of thunderstorms tomorrow with the temps in the 50s.

I have hazelnut cookies from the local Swiss Bakery. OM NOM NOM.

106 thedopefishlives  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:28:32pm

re: #102 Gus

Eating a box of Nabisco Cheese NipsTM.

Oh great, Gus has been subsidized by Nabisco.

107 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:28:50pm

re: #89 Kragar

This guy sounds nice….

/

108 Lidane  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:29:22pm
109 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:31:05pm

re: #106 thedopefishlives

Oh great, Gus has been subsidized by Nabisco.

Just got back from driving to Safeway™ in my Volkswagen™.

110 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:31:14pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

Time for Putin to invest in Bitcoins…

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lolol

111 Lidane  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:32:04pm

This is my shocked face:

112 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:33:09pm

re: #108 Lidane

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OFFS, Glenn’s such a snake-oil salesman. He’s a one-man carnival freakshow.

113 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:33:39pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

Yes, I read the article. They were working on a plan, but the article does not say the plan was to cut out the EU. From earlier than your excerpt:

The UN has not appointed a special counsel and it probably won’t. The plan never materialized. EU leaders met last night to broker a deal. We didn’t show up, most likely we weren’t invited.

114 Lidane  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:33:39pm

re: #99 Kragar

I keep getting emailed about an “entry position” which requires 7 years of experience and 2 high level certifications to make half of those certs are worth.

When they email you that job again, tell HR to get off their ass and just hire the internal candidate they’ve already got in mind.

115 kirkspencer  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:34:20pm

re: #103 Killgore Trout

The State Dept doesn’t set its own foreign policy. They implement policy directed from the White House.

You do realize that’s the Benghazi argument, don’t you?

116 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:34:55pm

Bigfoot Bunny! Run..RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Or cuddle it…

117 klys  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:35:44pm

I’m kind of tired of this idea that the US has to be at the forefront of every. single. foreign. policy. crisis. ever.

118 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:36:50pm

re: #113 Killgore Trout

The UN has not appointed a special counsel and it probably won’t. The plan never materialized. EU leaders met last night to broker a deal. We didn’t show up, most likely we weren’t invited.

So the plan that never existed has yet to materialize. Huh.

119 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:37:20pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

Time for Putin to invest in Bitcoins…

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From the article.

Russia is a key supporter of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and said Monday it would pay out a second, $2 billion, tranche of a promised $15 billion aid package to the heavily indebted economy. On Wednesday, with Ukraine still waiting for the cash, the Kremlin appeared to be backtracking on that promise as Ukraine was convulsed by violence.

Ukraine’s dollar bonds on Wednesday fell across the curve. The bond maturing in 2023 hit all-time lows of 80.50.

The 2020 dollar bond lost 0.4 cents of a dollar, while 2014 bonds also fell more than 1.5 cents.

The cost of insuring Ukraine’s debt for five years shot up to 1,271 basis points, the highest since December 2009, according to Markit.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch said Ukraine has total maturing debt of about $9 billion this year, out of which Ukraine would have to pay the IMF about $3.6 billion, with the main share of payments due in the first half of 2014.

The country also has to pay $600 million in interest on its external debt in the first half and its $1 billion eurobond due in June. But foreign reserves are at an eight-year low of $18 billion after the central bank has spent about 8 percent of its reserves on currency intervention in January alone.

At this point, Ukraine is basically in default, and I don’t see things improving any time in the near future. If Yanukovych goes, Russia will pull out of that $15 billion deal, and that’s that. If Ukraine were a car, it’s vanity license plate would be PO’ BOY.

120 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:39:08pm

re: #118 wrenchwench

So the plan that never existed has yet to materialize. Huh.

They must have referred to the GOP on how to go about doing that.
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121 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:41:52pm

re: #108 Lidane

Youtube Video

122 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:41:53pm

On 15 December 1967, at the age of 17, Yanukovych was sentenced to three years incarceration for participating in a robbery and assault.

123 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:42:10pm

re: #117 klys

I’m kind of tired of this idea that the US has to be at the forefront of every. single. foreign. policy. crisis. ever.

There are responsibilities, though, when you’re the richest, best-armed, etc. To ignore one’s responsibilities is the way of the dudebro.

124 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:42:27pm

On 8 June 1970, he was convicted for a second time on charges of assault and was sentenced to two years of imprisonment.

125 dog philosopher  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:42:27pm

tranche

can be avoided if you take throat lozenges and stay away from anybody else with an infection

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:42:27pm

I love lenticular clouds and this picture is really cool, even if it’s color enhanced (which I really don’t know if it is or isn’t).

127 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:42:52pm

On 11 July 2005, the office of the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor charged Yanukovych with fraud stemming from alleged irregularities in the way his convictions were expunged twenty years earlier.

128 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:44:29pm
129 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:44:32pm

re: #127 Gus

Yanukovych’s criminal reputation is pretty well-known. It’s one of the reasons so many are so utterly sick of him.

130 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:45:12pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

I love lenticular clouds and this picture is really cool, even if it’s color enhanced (which I really don’t know if it is or isn’t).

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Where did Nebraska get those mountains? Are they over in Colorado?

131 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:45:24pm

Viktor Yanukovych Political party Communist Party (Before 1991) Party of Regions (2003-2010) Independent (2010-present)

132 klys  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:45:29pm

re: #123 wrenchwench

There are responsibilities, though, when you’re the richest, best-armed, etc. To ignore one’s responsibilities is the way of the dudebro.

Yes, but the concept that we have to be first in line, every time, every conflict, that nothing is being done until we’re doing it and if we let anyone do something before us we are slacking… that’s not the same as having responsibilities. And that’s some of what I have been seeing recently.

133 klys  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:46:05pm

re: #130 wrenchwench

Where did Nebraska get those mountains? Are they over in Colorado?

I remember no mountains the last time I drove through Nebraska.

134 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:46:17pm

re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth

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This is what Russian “help” looks like:

Prague 1968

135 Amory Blaine  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:48:14pm

Walker Used Illegal Communication System Says Chief Investigator

In the first John Doe investigation, the prosecutors were hot on Scott Walker’s trail.

The chief investigator of the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, David Budde, testified on November 1, 2010, that Walker himself, as Milwaukee county executive, was illegally using the private communication system that his staff had set up.

Budde was asked under oath: “Did you find any e-mails written by the County Executive himself” on “personal laptops in the County Executive’s Office?”

Budde answered with one word: “Yes.”

136 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:50:07pm

re: #130 wrenchwench

Where did Nebraska get those mountains? Are they over in Colorado?

Looks like it might be Hogback Mountain.

peakery.com

137 Gus  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:50:26pm

Creation of the Party of Regions

On November 17, 2000 the 3rd Extraordinary Party Congress adopted the merger of five political parties For Beautiful Ukraine (Leonid Chernovetsky), All-Ukrainian Party of Pensioners (A.Kapusta), Party of Labor (Valentyn Landyk), Party of Solidarity of Ukraine (Petro Poroshenko) and Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine (Volodymyr Rybak) into a new one under the name of Party of Regional Revival “Labor Solidarity of Ukraine”. The co-leaders of the new political polity became Valentyn Landyk, Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Rybak. Also prior to the merger the Party of Solidarity of Ukraine was completely abandoned by its base party of Serhiy Dovhan, the Peasant Party of Ukraine which ceased its union with Solidarity. On February 21, 2001 the Ministry of Justice registered the newly established Party of Regional Revival “Labour Solidarity of Ukraine”.

On March 3, 2001 at the 3rd Party Congress the party changed its name to Party of Regions. At the congress Mykola Azarov who at that time was chairman of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine was elected the party leader, but soon resigned in December 2001[24] being replaced by his deputy and at that time Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Semynozhenko.[25] In the interview to newspaper “Den” (Ukrainian: День) on March 6, 2001 Azarov said that agreed to become the chairman for a brief period of time “until the party nominated a leader who will claim the office of the President of Ukraine in 2004”.[26] In December 2001 the Party of the Regions member Ihor Yushchko was appointed Minister of Finance of Ukraine.[25] On March 21, 2001 the Ministry of Justice re-registered the party under the #939 with the older date of registration.

On May 23, 2001 the party signed an agreement of partnership and cooperation with the party Labour Ukraine (Serhiy Tihipko) and on June 7, 2001 - with the Agrarian Party of Ukraine.

138 Lidane  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:51:33pm

Mitch McConnell’s teabagger opponent —

139 kirkspencer  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:53:25pm

re: #117 klys

I’m kind of tired of this idea that the US has to be at the forefront of every. single. foreign. policy. crisis. ever.

Two part response, neither of which you need agree as both are my opinion, yada yada (grin).

1. Because we have interests everywhere, every crisis affects us. And historically crises ignored tend to turn into major problems for anyone with even some connection to it. As a consequence we are involved already in almost every foreign policy crisis. The choices at that point become ‘Ignore it and hope it goes away’, ‘stay in the background assisting’, or be in the forefront. Thing is that in general you get the best part of a deal if you’re in the middle of the negotiation. Not always, but usually.

2. We were, and to some extent still are, infatuated with our principle that we have a golden ideal in believing every person has worth, that everyone is endowed with inalienable rights. It is the human and right thing to do to see that our fellow mankind is allowed those rights. Almost every crisis, certainly all those from political machinations, are in the end one group suppressing those rights in others. Thus we must be involved.

Thus both moral and practical walk hand in hand, and we are involved in every foreign policy crisis that comes along.

140 kirkspencer  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:57:16pm

re: #130 wrenchwench

Where did Nebraska get those mountains? Are they over in Colorado?

At the right angles the Pine Ridge escarpment can look impressive, and I’m betting that’s what we’re seeing.

See Bighorn Mountain for an example.

141 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 1:57:55pm

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like it might be Hogback Mountain.

peakery.com

Pfffff. We have ant hills bigger than that.

142 EPR-radar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:06:35pm

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like it might be Hogback Mountain.

peakery.com

From the link, Hogback mountain is 2nd highest in Nebraska, 24,593rd highest in the US.

143 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:12:49pm

re: #56 darthstar

Fuckin’ Christie…trying to blame FEMA because he funneled money to his friends.

Fuck him. His repub buddies in DC didn’t want to send anything.

144 kirkspencer  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:24:41pm

re: #142 EPR-radar

From the link, Hogback mountain is 2nd highest in Nebraska, 24,593rd highest in the US.

And is significantly higher and more obvious than Mount Sunflower, Kansas.

145 darthstar  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:28:33pm

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like it might be Hogback Mountain.

peakery.com

That’s not a mountain, it’s a hill.

146 makeitstop  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:38:01pm

re: #111 Lidane

This is my shocked face:

Sirota’s gotta be fuming. All that ass-kissing, and GG picks Taibbi instead.

poor lil’ dudebro

147 Bubblehead II  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:40:51pm

re: #100 thedopefishlives

Afternoon Lizardim from the heart of the snowpocalypse. How go things out there in lizard country?

Rebuilding the neighbors computer. She let someone from “tech support angels” gain remote access to her computer and ended up locked out.

Now I can understand how this happened. She is 75 yrs + old and isn’t really what you can call computer literate.

Pulled her HD and replaced it with a new one one (40GB EIDE).

Currently reinstalling Widows XP. The thing thats sucks is that I share an network connection with her so she can access the internet.

She started having problems back in May last year and didn’t want to bother me with her “problems”.

Now I have to figure out a way to tell her that if she has these sort of problems, please let me know, because going to outside can have all sorts reprecussions.

Oh and the old HD? It’s going into a old box as a secondary drive to be examined. If there is ANYTHING I consider suspcious it gets turned over to the cops.

148 Bubblehead II  Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:42:15pm

Hey Charles! Spell check isn’t working for me. Click the button, it turns grey and then nada. Safari 5.1.7 for windows


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