Awesome Microscopic Time Lapse of Snowflakes Forming
microscopic timelapse
camera & edit : Vyacheslav Ivanov
music: Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
microscopic timelapse
camera & edit : Vyacheslav Ivanov
music: Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
1 | Belafon Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:20:28pm |
I wish you had posted that yesterday. Today we had my son’s birthday party and one of the things we did was talk about snowflakes and cut some out of paper. It would have been awesome with that video.
2 | RadicalModerate Sun, Feb 23, 2014 9:06:03pm |
The experiment has ended.
CNN will cancel low-rated 9 p.m. ‘Piers Morgan Live’
“CNN confirms that ‘Piers Morgan Live’ is ending,” the network said in a statement. “The date of the final program is still to be determined.”
Morgan did not respond to a request for comment, nor did his manager. He took over the 9 p.m. weeknight period for CNN in 2011, succeeding Larry King.
Morgan’s views often put him under attack. His unyielding opinions on gun control irritated many viewers, while more recentlly he was sharply criticized by transgender actviists after an awkward interview with author Janet Mock.
On Thursday night, “Piers Morgan” gathered just 364,000 total viewers, according to Nielsen. That was easily beaten by Fox News’ “The Kelly File” (1.9 million) and MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show” (925,000).
Personally, for me, the problem with Morgan wasn’t his sometimes confrontational political views as much as his inability to be a skilled and engaging interviewer. Unfortunately, CNN doesn’t appear to have any top-notch interviewers or commentators in the wings who are currently capable of filling the void, unless they plan on rolling out John King again since he doesn’t have to dedicate himself to the campaign trail for another year or so.
3 | Kragar Sun, Feb 23, 2014 9:25:42pm |
re: #2 RadicalModerate
Also, his inability to conceal that fact he was an utter douchebag was likely a contributing factor.
4 | Lidane Sun, Feb 23, 2014 11:17:02pm |
First, Piers Morgan. Now, Alec Baldwin:
This week's cover story: A candid first-person account from @ABFalecbaldwin. http://t.co/KpZaqe1hf9 pic.twitter.com/wQJuctrfsY— New York Magazine (@NYMag) February 24, 2014
5 | FemNaziBitch Sun, Feb 23, 2014 11:28:30pm |
So, you mean having a british accent doesn’t automatically make you a star in US News?
6 | FemNaziBitch Sun, Feb 23, 2014 11:43:48pm |
7 | FemNaziBitch Sun, Feb 23, 2014 11:44:37pm |
10 | FemNaziBitch Sun, Feb 23, 2014 11:48:47pm |
I’m torn between the cat and the baby bear as my favorites.
11 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 12:00:15am |
Mt.Gox Resigns From Bitcoin Foundation's Board Of Directors http://t.co/G20o0wWMFt by @catherineshu— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 24, 2014
13 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 12:31:43am |
14 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 1:00:36am |
re: #8 FemNaziBitch
every sperm is sacred
16 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 1:38:19am |
re: #15 FemNaziBitch
what an interesting person
He is very the very epitome of the values of the Tea Party base.
17 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 1:39:35am |
re: #16 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
He is very the very epitome of the values of the Tea Party base.
In 1991 at a meeting of Dads Against Discrimination at an Anchorage, Alaska Denny’s restaurant, Ross was overheard saying, “If a guy can’t rape his wife…who’s he gonna rape?” and “There wouldn’t be an issue with domestic violence if women would learn to keep their mouth shut.”
Women’s Rights
18 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:04:09am |
That is fully in line with the notion that women are chattel and that marriage is a license to commit serial rape.
19 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:07:51am |
re: #15 FemNaziBitch
what an interesting person
Guy’s an Alaskan reactionary simpleton who wears his initials on his license plate, WAR, and proudly wages it like some imbecile robot. A total POS throwback and long-time Palin friend who worked in her campaign and on whom she relied to get votes and establish cred w/the gun totin’ militia types in AK (as though she couldn’t do it on her own). She was going to pay him back by making him Atty Gen until the public and legi said, no way. Still, it was a 35-23 vote against. Interestingly, that was only 3 mos before she quit as gov—well, I always said she was forced out. They have the goods on her but they’re not talking. They are just as responsible as McCain for foisting her on the rest of us.
20 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:11:40am |
Woohoo!
Arrest warrant issued for Yanukovych and other former officials http://t.co/X5zfgJN3jD— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) February 24, 2014
21 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:23:35am |
The 1963 Chevrolet Impala in Yanukovich's vintage car collection - see it on @GMA this morning! @ABC pic.twitter.com/znRYQRmpc3— Hamish Macdonald (@hamishNews) February 24, 2014
22 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:24:21am |
23 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:26:52am |
Around 1000 people are going to Boryspil airport now to prevent departure of Yanukovych's regime members & their properties |PR News— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) February 24, 2014
24 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:29:01am |
They spilled their Boris upon the ground
25 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 2:40:03am |
Yanuk couldn’t even flee to this abode. Instead, he’s been hiding out in nursing homes in the Crimea, from what new atty gen says.
#Crimean residence of #Yanukovych has become available for visits from today -24Channel |PR News #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/hTiQbtwvla— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) February 24, 2014
23rd (Sunday) arrived in Crimea. Stayed in one of the nursing homes, deliberately ignoring the state special facilities, including - specialized presidential gosdachi that previously assumed to arrive. (translation)
26 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 3:00:30am |
Meanwhile, a very different revolution in Venezuela.
Protests against Maduro unite Venezuela’s fractured opposition (+video)
The demonstrators in the video don’t seem organized to any great extent, and are younger and probably more impetuous, lacking much planning or experience in this kind of situation and probably little leadership and/or cohesion except for the commonality of grievances.
It’s hot there, and you can’t fight half naked (whether you think you’re bullet-proof or not) and without at least some of the proper or improvised gear against well armed and protected authority. This is loose and all over the place as well, more like huge demonstrations that got out of control.
Unless, and until, the opposition gets itself together as a cohesive front with a plan, this is going to be a real slaughter. Simply taking to the streets is not enough.
Another thing, also: It’s not easy finding information from sources in Venezuela itself, such as the kind of coverage we got from Ukraine. This is going to be difficult to monitor.
27 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 3:16:47am |
IOW, some of you will never hold office again, or ever.
Draft of Lustration Bill registered in #Rada.— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) February 24, 2014
I don’t know what this draft contains yet, but it won’t be kind.
Lustration: en.for-ua.com
28 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:08:09am |
re: #27 Justanotherhuman
IOW, some of you will never hold office again, or ever.
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I don’t know what this draft contains yet, but it won’t be kind.Lustration: en.for-ua.com
I don’t know all the ins and outs of Czech laws, but there’s a lustration law here; the primary difference is that the ban here is a lifetime ban, if I recall correctly.
29 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:11:10am |
Released photos of the Palace of another “regional” Yuri Ivanyushchenko.
“The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie, the new series. Yuri Ivanyushchenko palace. This project, but almost completely embodied. Clarification: this photo was taken NOT inside, it kompyuternoy visualization of the original project, and all images are almost completed in reality.”
A very good account and in depth probe of corruption connected with Ivanyushchenko and others, including Yanuk and their web of companies, offshoring and other tricks of the trade.
30 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:14:51am |
Scroll down to second section.
Moskal says Moscow assisted with plan to violently suppress protests
“Hennady Moskal, a Batkivshchyna Party politician and former deputy interior minister, claims to have uncovered documents outlining special operations to violently suppress the EuroMaidan demonstrations. The documents alleged that Russian officials served as advisers in how to carry out the operations.
“The operations had the code name Wave and Boomerang. Their goal was to disperse the mass protests and capture the protesters’ headquarters in the House of Trade Unions on Kyiv’s Independence Square.
“The documents show that the snipers on Instytutska Street near Ukraine’s government district were special units of Interior Ministry troops, led by a colonel and soliders with a special Omega unit. According to the documents, former Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko gave the order to use weapons to the Sokil unit, the main department of combating organized crimes.
“According to the documents, the former first deputy of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia stayed at the Kyiv Hotel and helped with preparations, getting paid by the Security Services of Ukraine. Russian officials could not immediately be reached for comment.”
31 | A Mom Anon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:16:49am |
re: #29 Justanotherhuman
What are the chances that those assets will be seized and given back to the people of Ukraine? I’m kind of stunned that the people haven’t looted and burned all these homes/estates to the ground. It shows rational thinking and remarkable self control on the part of the people. I guess they don’t want to destroy evidence and let the world see who these creeps are.
32 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:22:31am |
re: #31 A Mom Anon
What are the chances that those assets will be seized and given back to the people of Ukraine? I’m kind of stunned that the people haven’t looted and burned all these homes/estates to the ground. It shows rational thinking and remarkable self control on the part of the people. I guess they don’t want to destroy evidence and let the world see who these creeps are.
Exactly. Their restraint is quite admirable. No doubt many of those treasures will be archived for museums, such as the icons, faberge eggs, which is where they belong, considering the people paid for them. Hopefully the structures can be turned into something useful once their value as a sideshow has diminished.
I also read this earlier, which is very sad but which also shows the extent of the corruption and how so much was wasted by those kleptocrats.
#Yatsenyuk: #Ukraine's on brink of bankruptcy thanks to #Yanukovych's rule— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) February 24, 2014
33 | sattv4u2 Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:24:33am |
re: #31 A Mom Anon
What are the chances that those assets will be seized and given back to the people of Ukraine
imho, slim. The spoils won’t be “given back to the people”. Rather, they will be divvied up by the next cast of characters that will run the country
I’m kind of stunned that the people haven’t looted and burned all these homes/estates to the ground.
100% agree,,,, but until final resolution, that may still occur
34 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:27:43am |
Bryan Fischer haz a happy about Uganda’s horrific anti-Gay laws.
Winnable war: Uganda's president signs a law that protects the natural family and restrains sodomy. http://t.co/tGw2CjypaN— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) February 24, 2014
35 | A Mom Anon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:30:48am |
re: #34 Pie-onist Overlord
Bryan thinks about gay sex more than gay people do. Hmm. Wonder what that means?….
36 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:34:45am |
HURR HURR!!!!!!
“I believe in the American Constitution.” Calvin Coolidge #Obama needs to takes some notes from Coolidge #Constitution #tcot— Freedom Fathers (@Freedom_Fathers) February 24, 2014
Wingnuts idolize Calvin Coolidge, ignoring that fact that he, Warren Harding & Herbert Hoover were fucking douchebags who caused the Great Depression.
37 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:35:45am |
re: #28 Dr Lizardo
I don’t know all the ins and outs of Czech laws, but there’s a lustration law here; the primary difference is that the ban here is a lifetime ban, if I recall correctly.
Well, the one I linked was from 2010; hopefully this current one will be for permanency also; I expect we’ll see what it says soon since the reporting from Ukraine is so excellent and consistent.
I didn’t even know what “lustration” meant until I looked it up. Google has really been my friend through trying to understand what was going on in Ukraine. I’ve learned a huge pile of information in a short time. : )
38 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:38:11am |
WTF does this even mean? No one can say to a “law abiding citizen”: “Pay the money that you owe me!”
In America we have no human kings or lords. Not one person in this country may legally order a law abiding citizen to do a thing. #tcot— Mal Partisan (@MalPartisan) February 24, 2014
39 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:41:09am |
Here are a sample other things that one citizen may order a “law-abiding citizen” to do:
1. Stop at this stop sign.
2. Stop at this red light.
3. Drive at the posted speed limit.
4. Drive in this direction on the highway.
5. Enter at this door.
6. Exit at this door.
6. Pay for your purchases at this cash register.
7. Park your vehicle in these designated parking areas.
40 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 4:42:31am |
re: #38 Pie-onist Overlord
WTF does this even mean? No one can say to a “law abiding citizen”: “Pay the money that you owe me!”
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Mal (from Latin malus meaning bad or wrong) doesn’t know about the Constitution?
43 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:07:13am |
I wonder if Donald Trump picked up any decorating ideas from these Ukrainian mansions or if he is going to sue them all for plagiarizing his brand.
44 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:10:45am |
re: #39 Pie-onist Overlord
Here are a sample other things that one citizen may order a “law-abiding citizen” to do:
1. Stop at this stop sign.
2. Stop at this red light.
3. Drive at the posted speed limit.
4. Drive in this direction on the highway.
5. Enter at this door.
6. Exit at this door.
6. Pay for your purchases at this cash register.
7. Park your vehicle in these designated parking areas.
No littering. $500 fine.
No parking in front of a fire hydrant.
Please don’t kill people. Thanks for your cooperation.
Oh, and pay your taxes.
45 | NJDhockeyfan Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:11:25am |
Good morning lizards!
The situation in Venezuela does not look good.
Catholic priest who exposed Cuba’s takeover of Venezuela beaten unconscious by uniformed State Security thugs http://t.co/rNjK3PnfeG— Tomas Custer (@hispanictips) February 24, 2014
Violence in the Streets of Venezuela - Death toll rises as millions of families can no longer afford food & medicine http://t.co/pGPDNT3vAE
— Tomas Custer (@hispanictips) February 24, 2014
46 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:13:19am |
The vile secrets of Yanukovych
47 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:17:26am |
“That’s okay. I always doubted Medvedev’s legitimacy. “
#Russia PM Medvedev doubts legitimacy of new #Ukraine authorities, says they came to power in armed 'mutiny' http://t.co/NH0OId4056— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 24, 2014
Hey, Medvedev, your boys may have tried to flee, but are wanted by the Ukraine authorities who have issued warrants for their arrest.
48 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:22:25am |
re: #47 Justanotherhuman
“That’s okay. I always doubted Medvedev’s legitimacy. “
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Hey, Medvedev, your boys may have tried to flee, but are wanted by the Ukraine authorities who have issued warrants for their arrest.
Says the puppet of Putin.
Lol.
49 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:22:28am |
re: #47 Justanotherhuman
“That’s okay. I always doubted Medvedev’s legitimacy. “
Hey, Medvedev, your boys may have tried to flee, but are wanted by the Ukraine authorities who have issued warrants for their arrest.
Mutiny applies to military situations, or on board ships, where there is a clear chain of command. Medvedev, the sockpuppet of Putin, forgets that Ukraine is supposed to be a republic, and Yanuk was supposed to be serving the people, not the other way around.
50 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:28:26am |
51 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:31:04am |
Campaign season opening tomorrow.
The Central election Commission announced that new presidential election officially will start tommorow - 5channel PR News #Ukraine— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) February 24, 2014
52 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:32:02am |
re: #50 Justanotherhuman
Russia yearns to portray what happened in Ukraine as some sort of “coup” but their laments are a total bust. No one is buying their shit.
There’s all sorts of useful idiots around that are parroting the Kremlin’s line on both the left and right of the political spectrum.
53 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:33:03am |
re: #52 Dr Lizardo
There’s all sorts of useful idiots around that are parroting the Kremlin’s line on both the left and right of the political spectrum.
Well, true, that. “No one” was a bit of hyperbole on my part. : )
54 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:35:06am |
I'm in Donetsk, where there are rumors that #Yanukovich is in the St. Nicholas monastery 70km from the city. #EuroMaydan— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 24, 2014
55 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:38:11am |
56 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:38:38am |
Any news from Byelarus? I assume that Lukashenko is shaking in his boots and seriously cracking down and pre-emptively moniotoring or rounding up any potential opposition leaders.
57 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:40:31am |
re: #45 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
The situation in Venezuela does not look good.
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Thanks but I’d ask you to check Tweets with video from that source in the future. That one auto-played and there was no way to stop it while it was on the commercial (though it could be silenced).
58 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:41:59am |
re: #55 Justanotherhuman
Yanuk hiding behind a bunch of women?
Give him up, sisters.
Wait…don’t think this is the one, though since it’s in eastern Ukraine.
Actually, it’s called Assumption Monastery; check out the location.
59 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:45:01am |
As a rule, if Russian language media is reporting something about Ukraine western journalists on the ground can't find, it's probably a lie.— joshuafoust (@joshuafoust) February 24, 2014
60 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:46:24am |
Another “Scoop” of Bullshit Ice Cream from Dim Jim
Ted Nugent Calls Obama “Mongrel” - Media Erupts… Obama Calls Blacks “Mongrel People” - Media Ignores Statement http://t.co/jgBFd5DXTV— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) February 24, 2014
61 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:53:06am |
re: #60 Pie-onist Overlord
Another “Scoop” of Bullshit Ice Cream from Dim Jim
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Context does not exist for these people…
62 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:53:46am |
Hmm. Are those Chanel pearls? Just how much did this girlfriend cost the people of Ukraine, including her “business” and “charity”?
Yanukovych secretly lived with girlfriend, Mezhyhirya explorers discover
63 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:55:52am |
WTFITS
ethical hacking org hacked, many IDs stolen, homepage defaced with Edward Snowden's passport http://t.co/W6UQURV3xa— joshuafoust (@joshuafoust) February 24, 2014
64 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:56:02am |
Before the EU loans Ukraine any money, they should take serious steps to recover the assets that fled the country with Yanyukovich and his cronies.
65 | Jayleia Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:57:40am |
re: #35 A Mom Anon
He thinks about gay sex more than San Francisco
66 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:57:49am |
re: #57 Dark_Falcon
I ended up blocking it by adding it to my AdBlock filter.
67 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:59:29am |
re: #65 Jayleia
He thinks about gay sex more than San Francisco
I just heard about the law…it stops short at the death penalty, but it also includes penalties for people who fail to denounce gays.
68 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 5:59:31am |
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
I ended up blocking it by adding it to my AdBlock filter.
Cool. I wouldn’t normally block ABC News, though. I just wish they wouldn’t auto-play.
70 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:03:30am |
re: #69 Varek Raith
‘Ethical hacking’?
Lol.
In general, the hacking side takes precedence over any sense of ethics.
71 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:03:38am |
re: #68 Dark_Falcon
Cool. I wouldn’t normally block ABC News, though. I just wish they wouldn’t auto-play.
Can always undo the block later. I just had to shut it up for now.
72 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:07:23am |
re: #63 Pie-onist Overlord
WTFITS
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Cheeez. Did you notice that Snowden is not wearing his specs in the passport photo? Vain much? Must have been about the time he was trying to get into the modeling business and failed.
re: #69 Varek Raith
‘Ethical hacking’?
Lol.
“The EC-Council, a US professional organization that offers a respected certification in ethical hacking, was itself hacked this weekend. Passport and photo ID details of more than 60,000 security professionals who have obtained or applied for the EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker certification are at risk after the breach, many of whom work in sensitive political and military positions. They include members of the US military, FBI, United Nations, and National Security Agency.”
You have to know the tricks of the hacking trade.
73 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:10:23am |
re: #72 Justanotherhuman
Methinks the ethical hackers underestimated the unethical hackers’ abilities and motivations.
74 | BongCrodny Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:10:31am |
75 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:10:33am |
re: #72 Justanotherhuman
You have to know the tricks of the hacking trade.
True.
A crime is still a crime, even if the good guys do it for good reasons.
76 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:10:43am |
re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
In general, the hacking side takes precedence over any sense of ethics.
And the ethics are based solely on the personal preference of the hackers, without regard for the needs and ethics of the national or world public.
It’s such a entitled, ego-driven, and morally myopic term that ‘ethical hacking’ ought generally to be written as it is here, in dudebro font,
77 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:10:54am |
re: #72 Justanotherhuman
Cheeez. Did you notice that Snowden is not wearing his specs in the passport photo? Vain much? Must have been about the time he was trying to get into the modeling business and failed.
People who wear glasses are frequently asked to remove them for ID photos, if the flash from the camera reflects off the lenses.
78 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:11:29am |
re: #74 BongCrodny
Morning, all.
I don’t know whether anyone has posted this yet, but it gave me a serious case of the Monday morning giggles, so…
80 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:16:18am |
And now The Great Glenn Greenwald demonstrates his Awesome Mind-Reading Powers!
New post from @ggreenwald: Inside the Mind of James Clapper: http://t.co/CYUrbCIPHp— The Intercept (@the_intercept) February 24, 2014
81 | William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:16:44am |
OT, but fun: FDR before polio enjoyed shooting sports. Here’s an interesting press photo that will probably cause the wingnuts to shriek about his supposedly being our _first_ Socialist President…
Probably a Westinghouse made rifle that never made it to the Czar’s army before the revolutions.
82 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:17:33am |
re: #77 Pie-onist Overlord
People who wear glasses are frequently asked to remove them for ID photos, if the flash from the camera reflects off the glasses.
When I first came to China, my passport showed me wearing glasses. It was nine years old by that time, and my hair was less white than it is now. (Early-onset gray hair — passed down from my mother.) But I had switched to contact lenses about two years after getting the passport. When I presented myself to the immigration clerk, she spent a good 5-6 minutes looking at my face, looking at the passport, looking my face, etc., before she finally decided to let me in China.
My new passport shows me without glasses, so no problems like that now.
83 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:17:48am |
re: #77 Pie-onist Overlord
People who wear glasses are frequently asked to remove them for ID photos, if the flash from the camera reflects off the glasses.
True enough. Nonetheless, I still think he’s more vain than not.
84 | BongCrodny Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:18:32am |
85 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:19:26am |
re: #74 BongCrodny
Morning, all.
I don’t know whether anyone has posted this yet, but it gave me a serious case of the Monday morning giggles, so…
86 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:20:39am |
re: #81 William Barnett-Lewis
OT, but fun: FDR before polio enjoyed shooting sports. Here’s an interesting press photo that will probably cause the wingnuts to shriek about his supposedly being our _first_ Socialist President…
Probably a Westinghouse made rifle that never made it to the Czar’s army before the revolutions.
Socialists can’t use guns?
87 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:20:45am |
re: #83 Justanotherhuman
True enough. Nonetheless, I still think he’s more vain than not.
I looked at my work ID, my DL and my passport photo. I am wearing glasses in all of them.
Although I distinctly remember being asked to remove glasses for previous ID photos, because of flash reflection on lenses.
88 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:22:19am |
re: #87 Pie-onist Overlord
I looked at my work ID, my DL and my passport photo. I am wearing glasses in all of them.
Although I distinctly remember being asked to remove glasses for previous ID photos, because of flash reflection on lenses.
I had to remove my glasses for my last VA driver’s license (2013), but not for my new PA one.
89 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:22:35am |
No happiness until the rot is completely eliminated.
Parliament at 1600. Based on what I'm reading it doesn't sound good. Ukrainian social media calling it government of betrayal #euromaidan— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) February 24, 2014
90 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:23:31am |
re: #81 William Barnett-Lewis
OT, but fun: FDR before polio enjoyed shooting sports. Here’s an interesting press photo that will probably cause the wingnuts to shriek about his supposedly being our _first_ Socialist President…
Probably a Westinghouse made rifle that never made it to the Czar’s army before the revolutions.
Those photos were also intended to show FDR as a man of action and strength, something we’ve seen other other people seeking office try to project. Of course, most of those people are phonies and FDR wasn’t.
Fun Fact: That model of Mosin-Nagat was designed to have its bayonet fixed while firing, with its sights designed to take into account the weight of the bayonet on the muzzle.
91 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:24:17am |
re: #50 Justanotherhuman
Russia yearns to portray what happened in Ukraine as some sort of “coup” but their laments are a total bust. No one is buying their shit.
Yep. I had made a comment about that Saturday. There is too much video and real-time news to blow all that out the window. Old-style Russian PR isn’t going to work any longer. Face it Vlad, times have changed and you better change with them or the next big blow up might be right there in Russia and you’ll be out too.
By the way…good morning. I’m chilled to the bone. Amazing how three or four mild days in the 40s and 50s totally change your feel for the cold. Today it is low 20 something and I feel like it is the first week of February where we were looking at below 0!!! Brrrr.
And oh, one more thing. Alec Baldwin…shut the hell up. Every time you rant you confirm what people think of you. You may not be a real bad guy, but you sure come off as one when you open your trap. Hey, here is a hint. Act better in public! You’re an actor, right? Shouldn’t be too much a problem. Have fun in L.A. I have a feeling we’ll be hearing from you again.
92 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:24:41am |
The Immigration reform folks have released a swarm of spambots on Teh Twitters. Even though I agree with them, the spambots are freaking annoying.
93 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:28:10am |
Yalta mayor resigns, says city should “become a real European resort” and decries Crimea separatism http://t.co/fd8jqoi8wL #Euromaidan
— Joel Lawson (@JoelLawsonDC) February 24, 2014
94 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:28:40am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.
Lots of coup/uprising/revolution news this morning.
You’ve got the Ukrainians seeking out former leaders who have gone to ground to avoid capture and being held accountable for the violent crackdown against protests in Kiev. Yanukovych has been charged with mass murder, so all the braying by the Russians is an attempt to whitewash what went down. One thing to bear in mind is that the Russians have skin in the game, and they want to maintain their influence at the highest levels of the Ukrainian government - particularly because of how Russian oil gets to market in Europe. If Ukraine stands closer with the EU and Europe in general, Russia loses a chunk of influence.
So, if the Russians report something, take it with a grain of salt unless it can be confirmed by other non-Russian media sources because it likely means that it’s Russian agitprop designed to divert attention from what’s really going on.
You’ve got ongoing protests across Venezuela that has also meant bloodshed and violence. 11 dead so far, and the toll is rising. Each death is given political implications, whether it’s warranted or not - by both sides, but the size of the protests is notable precisely because the economy is in shambles and the Maduro regime has reverted to violence and intimidation to try and break the protests, which have grown because of the regime’s incompetence in improving the economic conditions.
And in Egypt, the existing regime is apparently resigning so that they can run once again for their positions and pave the way for new elections. They were swept into power by the military that deposed the Morsi government and installed people more friendly to the military. The military must be thinking that the resignations will help legitimize the government officials attempting to run for the same positions they held as a result of the military actions.
95 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:30:07am |
God is meddling with the NFL draft and combine again. Got to wonder which teams he is putting bets down on in Vegas.
96 | William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:30:08am |
re: #86 chadu
Socialists can’t use guns?
To be sure, this Socialist owns a few after all. But FDR was barely a Keynesian and that only from necessity. Not a Socialist at all.
97 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:33:49am |
re: #96 William Barnett-Lewis
To be sure, this Socialist owns a few after all. But FDR was barely a Keynesian and that only from necessity. Not a Socialist at all.
And you have to recall that back in those days both parties had conservative, moderate, and progressive wings.
98 | Decatur Deb Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:34:07am |
99 | William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:34:16am |
re: #90 Dark_Falcon
Those photos were also intended to show FDR as a man of action and strength, something we’ve seen other other people seeking office try to project. Of course, most of those people are phonies and FDR wasn’t.
Apparently FDR actually shot competitively.
Fun Fact: That model of Mosin-Nagat was designed to have its bayonet fixed while firing, with its sights designed to take into account the weight of the bayonet on the muzzle.
Yep. There’s a guy that posts at Liberal Gun Club who makes a business of making modified M-N sights so that you don’t have to do that. I have a mint 1929 91/30 from the Izmash factory in izhevsk that will get one when I can afford it.
100 | Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:35:51am |
re: #76 Dark_Falcon
And the ethics are based solely on the personal preference of the hackers, without regard for the needs and ethics of the national or world public.
It’s such a entitled, ego-driven, and morally myopic term that ‘ethical hacking’ ought generally to be written as it is here, in dudebro font,
Nope. There’s tons and tons of ethical hacking out there.
For example, ethical hackers who attempt to figure out security flaws and then inform websites, software companies, etc. of those vulnerabilities.
In addition, there’s hackers who do things like remove intrusive DRM; from a lot of perspectives of property rights, there’s absolutely no ethical problem with doing this (indeed, there’s an ethical problem with a lot of forms of DRM).
Ethical hacking is a real thing, but that doesn’t mean you get to crown yourself an ethical hacker because you’re doing it for whatever reason you happen to believe in.
101 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:36:19am |
re: #86 chadu
Socialists can’t use guns?
The Mosin-Nagat rifle was used by Russia and after the revolution it remained in the service of the Red Army.
In addition to those Westinghouse rifles, Winchester also sold Russia over 100,000 Model 1895 lever-action rifles chambered in 7.62x54R. Colt supplied Russia with its M1895 ‘potato digger’ machine gun, so named because the gas-actuated lever arm below the barrel. Both of those guns were designed by John Browning.
Savage arms also produced a few thousand Lewis Guns in 7.62x54R, but it is unknown how many actually reached Russia. Enough did make it for the Wehrmacht to have captured them from Leningrad militia in 1941.
102 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:37:33am |
The greatest intersection of math and baking since Pi? This fractal Hamentaschen is called a Sierpinskitaschen! … pic.twitter.com/yMR5fijY5l— The Jewish Standard (@JewishStandard) February 24, 2014
103 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:38:23am |
re: #102 Pie-onist Overlord
It’s hamentashen all the way down! :)
Either that or it’s a Mandelbread set.
104 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:39:37am |
105 | Decatur Deb Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:41:03am |
106 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:41:16am |
re: #102 Pie-onist Overlord
One of the annual traditions at Princeton is the Hamentaschen-Latke Debate, sponsored by Hillel.
107 | NJDhockeyfan Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:41:51am |
The Olympics must be over.
Russia PM Questions Legitimacy of New Ukraine Leadership
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday questioned the legitimacy of Ukraine’s new leadership and said that Western countries which accept it are mistaken, in his first reaction to the transfer of power in Kiev.
Medvedev said that Russia was unable to accept the new authorities in Kiev as a partner for talks and could not negotiate with rebels “carrying Kalashnikovs”.
“Strictly speaking, there is no one for us to communicate with there today. The legitimacy of a whole number of organs of power that function there raises great doubts,” he was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
“Some of our foreign, Western partners think otherwise… this is some kind of aberration of perception when people call legitimate what is essentially the result of an armed mutiny,” Medvedev said.
“If you consider people who swagger around Kiev in black balaclavas carrying Kalashnikovs to be a government, then we will find it difficult to work with such a government,” he added.
108 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:42:29am |
re: #106 wheat-dogghazi
One of the annual traditions at Princeton is the Hamentaschen-Latke Debate, sponsored by Hillel.
That’s a tough choice!
109 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:43:52am |
110 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:44:03am |
re: #100 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
Sorry Obdi, its just that the term in question seems to be mostly used by whiny dudebros. I kind of prefer ‘white hat’ or in some security cases ‘red hat’ hacking to describe the cases you refer to.
But that’s just a matter of preferred terminology.
111 | William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:44:10am |
re: #101 Dark_Falcon
In addition to those Westinghouse rifles, Winchester also sold Russia over 100,000 Model 1895 lever-action rifles chambered in 7.62x54R. .
Those are the holy grail of Russian arms collectors. Probably sitting in a warehouse somewhere east of the Urals where they were stored in the 30’s after enough 91/30’s had been made or converted from earlier rifles to arm the Red Army & NKVD.
112 | Decatur Deb Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:46:40am |
re: #111 William Barnett-Lewis
Those are the holy grail of Russian arms collectors. Probably sitting in a warehouse somewhere east of the Urals where they were stored in the 30’s after enough 91/30’s had been made or converted from earlier rifles to arm the Red Army & NKVD.
Or beat to death on a Komsomol summer camp range.
113 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:46:45am |
re: #108 Pie-onist Overlord
That’s a tough choice!
It makes for an interesting debate, because the margins are so narrow. ;-)
The other day, I had a sudden craving for a cheese blintz. No such things here in China.
And someone was waxing eloquent about sauerkraut and bratwurst a couple of days ago. I haz a sad.
114 | Eventual Carrion Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:46:56am |
re: #107 NJDhockeyfan
The Olympics must be over.
Readers Digest version:
“We don’t have anyone there in our back pocket to do our bidding any more. It must be an illegitimate government. Regular peasants people can be such bitches.”
115 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:48:46am |
Michigan Rep. John Dingell retiring after 60 years in House.
washingtonpost.com
116 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:48:53am |
re: #114 Eventual Carrion
Readers Digest version:
“We don’t have anyone there in our back pocket to do our bidding any more. It must be an illegitimate government. Regularpeasantspeople can be such bitches.”
The election ads now write themselves. Just run that quote in conjunction with footage from the President’s estate. Or simply over a close-up of the one official’s painting of himself as a Roman Tribune.
117 | BongCrodny Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:51:26am |
re: #107 NJDhockeyfan
The Olympics must be over.
“Another of Yanukovych’s palaces, on land stolen from local farmers on the Black Sea”
Even if Russia had a legitimate complaint there’s no way they can successfully message that idea with pictures like this circulating.
118 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:51:45am |
A belated good morning to the Lizards. Colder today (expected high of 39F), but clear and sunny. Took advantage of the warmer days on the weekend to air the apartment a bit by opening windows.
The felines are getting restless and want to go out and chase birds. Or across the street to beat up the construction workers for making too much noise. I am not sure which.
119 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:52:38am |
re: #113 wheat-dogghazi
It makes for an interesting debate, because the margins are so narrow. ;-)
The other day, I had a sudden craving for a cheese blintz. No such things here in China.
And someone was waxing eloquent about sauerkraut and bratwurst a couple of days ago. I haz a sad.
Is it difficult to obtain dairy products in China? I have heard that many Chinese are lactose-intolerant and avoid dairy.
120 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:52:56am |
re: #86 chadu
Socialists can’t use guns?
In RWNJ world, “socialists” = gun grabbing, Soros-loving, welfare-taking librul.
121 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:53:10am |
re: #117 BongCrodny
“Another of Yanukovych’s palaces, on land stolen from local farmers on the Black Sea”
Even if Russia had a legitimate complaint there’s no way they can successfully message that idea with pictures like this circulating.
Cozy little seaside bungalow.
Can you imagine the commission for selling something that huge on the real estate market? One sale and you could retire.
122 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:53:43am |
re: #115 wheat-dogghazi
Michigan Rep. John Dingell retiring after 60 years in House.
washingtonpost.com
Wow, talk about entrenched. Buh-bye.
123 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:53:55am |
re: #112 Decatur Deb
Or beat to death on a Komsomol summer camp range.
I suspect some of them did end up that way. That or blown up when the old shells they were stored with exploded. A modest number of old guns kept by the Russians have been lost that way. Although being blown apart by exploding shells is a fitting end for a weapon of war, is it not?
124 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:55:56am |
re: #122 Justanotherhuman
Wow, talk about entrenched. Buh-bye.
Also a Life Member of the NRA and for a number of years Dingell was part of that organization’s Executive Board.
125 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:56:19am |
KyivPost(UA): “Ex-economics minister drafting #Ukraine-#EU accord in #Brussels” http://t.co/q4q9yVADJG #euromaidan #russia #putin #europe
— East of Brussels (@EastOfBrussels) February 24, 2014
126 | Decatur Deb Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:56:30am |
re: #119 Pie-onist Overlord
Is it difficult to obtain dairy products in China? I have heard that many Chinese are lactose-intolerant and avoid dairy.
If you get drunk enough with a Korean, and admit you think he carries a waft of kimchi, he will tell you mi-guks reek of cheese.
127 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:57:12am |
re: #122 Justanotherhuman
Wow, talk about entrenched. Buh-bye.
[Rep. John Dingell]: “I don’t want people to say I stayed too long”
The jokes just write themselve.
128 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:57:37am |
re: #115 wheat-dogghazi
The GOP will spin this gleefully as proof that the Democrats are doomed in 2014, even though more GOPers have declared resignations from Congress than Democrats so far.
It’s a good thing that someone like Dingell is retiring; entrenched is too kind a word for someone who has been in the House for that long. That kind of longevity in Congress is not good for the local political scene, nor is it good for the nation as a whole.
Congressional entrenchment has been present for a long while. It’s a problem when Congress polls in the low double digits (20-30%), but incumbents return with a 90% or better rate. Hate Congress, but love my rep.
That’s got to change, and it means more than getting someone else’s rep to change.
129 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:57:38am |
re: #119 Pie-onist Overlord
Is it difficult to obtain dairy products in China? I have heard that many Chinese are lactose-intolerant and avoid dairy.
Somewhat difficult; cheese has to be imported, as there are no domestic providers that produce hard cheeses. At my local supermarket, I can buy milk and yoghurt and sometimes gruyere-style cheese (like La vache qui rit). But if I want cheddar, parmesan, mozzarella, cream cheese or cottage cheese, I either have to go to the Metro hypermarket in the provincial capital (5 hours from here) or order online.,
130 | William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:58:00am |
re: #126 Decatur Deb
If you get drunk enough with a Korean, and admit you think he caries a waft of kimchi, he will tell you mi-guks reek of cheese.
In my wifes case, that might well be true. I’d stink of too much beef I fear which can be just as unsettling to some folks.
131 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 6:59:52am |
Unflattering name for Occidentals by Japanese: Butter Stinkers.
132 | Decatur Deb Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:01:27am |
re: #131 Pie-onist Overlord
Unflattering name for Occidentals by Japanese: Butter Stinkers.
Name for a Wisconsin emo band.
133 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:02:14am |
FIRED: #Yanukovych's Constitutional Court; justices who rubber-stamped 2010 coup to face charges #Ukraine #Euromaidan pic.twitter.com/9Qitpjn8gW
— Ukrainian Updates (@Ukroblogger) February 24, 2014
This is what should have happened after the fall of the USSR and the Ukrainian SSR. Better late then never, as they say.
134 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:04:54am |
135 | GunstarGreen Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:06:15am |
re: #86 chadu
Socialists can’t use guns?
Keep in mind that, in the context of American politics, “Socialist” is defined as “Anybody who disagrees with a right-wing individual”.
Having to deal with actual socialists would have most RWNJs soiling their pants thoroughly.
136 | ericblair Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:06:58am |
re: #100 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
For example, ethical hackers who attempt to figure out security flaws and then inform websites, software companies, etc. of those vulnerabilities.
Yep, it’s a popular certification for IT security folks who have to counter black hat hackers, and for security penetration testing where the target organization contracts for it (where they’re pretty careful about written agreements with the target to make sure nobody gets arrested). So it’s sort of embarrassing for them to be hacked.
137 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:07:00am |
138 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:07:35am |
re: #134 chadu
In the interest of not overusing the “all the updings” image…
Speaking of which, I hit 10,000 updings over the weekend…..do I get a silver platter or something?
139 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:08:30am |
re: #100 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
Nope. There’s tons and tons of ethical hacking out there.
For example, ethical hackers who attempt to figure out security flaws and then inform websites, software companies, etc. of those vulnerabilities.
In addition, there’s hackers who do things like remove intrusive DRM; from a lot of perspectives of property rights, there’s absolutely no ethical problem with doing this (indeed, there’s an ethical problem with a lot of forms of DRM).
Ethical hacking is a real thing, but that doesn’t mean you get to crown yourself an ethical hacker because you’re doing it for whatever reason you happen to believe in.
Hmm, I take back my criticisms then.
How ya feeling?
140 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:09:00am |
re: #138 Dr. Matt
Speaking of which, I hit 10,000 updings over the weekend…..do I get a silver platter or something?
Toaster.
Talk to FG.
141 | Decatur Deb Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:10:02am |
re: #138 Dr. Matt
Speaking of which, I hit 10,000 updings over the weekend…..do I get a silver platter or something?
The Zionist overlords pay in Bitcoin now.
142 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:10:25am |
re: #135 GunstarGreen
Keep in mind that, in the context of American politics, “Socialist” is defined as “Anybody who disagrees with a right-wing individual”.
Having to deal with actual socialists would have most RWNJs soiling their pants thoroughly.
I also love how they consistently point out that Nazis were “National Socialists.”
To quote a famed archeology professor, “Nazi, I hate those guys” — but that doesn’t mean they weren’t/aren’t scary.
QUESTION FOR THE AGES: Does it count as a Godwin if Raiders is involved?
143 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:11:51am |
re: #138 Dr. Matt
Speaking of which, I hit 10,000 updings over the weekend…..do I get a silver platter or something?
You indeed have discovered the true meaning of Christmas all the updings!
Congrats!
144 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:11:53am |
And the interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel people. I mean, we’re all kind of mixed up. That’s actually true for white America as well, but we just know more about it.
- Obama
Compare and contrast!
I have obviously failed to galvanize and prod, if not shame enough Americans to be ever vigilant not to let a Chicago communist raised communist educated communist nurtured subhuman mongrel like the ACORN community organizer gangster Barack Hussein Obama to weasel his way into the top office of authority in the United States of America.
-Nugent
145 | GunstarGreen Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:14:58am |
re: #144 Varek Raith
The Nuge: An excellent example of my prior statement regarding RWNJs soiling their pants at the prospect of having to deal with actual socialists.
146 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:15:04am |
re: #144 Varek Raith
Context matters. But Hoft and others will play the moral equivalence card when none is deserving.
147 | chadu Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:17:44am |
re: #145 GunstarGreen
The Nuge: An excellent example of my prior statement regarding RWNJs soiling their pants at the prospect of having to deal with actual socialists.
(high-hat, rimshot)
148 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:18:23am |
re: #144 Varek Raith
I read an interesting paper last week about admixture events in human genetics, for example, when Alexander’s armies moved east toward the Indus Valley admixing their genes with the local girls, or the Mongols admixing it up with the Eastern Europeans and Chinese.
We all be mongrels.
149 | Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:19:18am |
re: #139 Varek Raith
Hmm, I take back my criticisms then.
How ya feeling?
Still migraines, less often now, but still.
150 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:21:29am |
I'm sure it's perfectly ethical to fence stolen U.S. government documents for income in the name of Journalism. http://t.co/Dn6dWECkHm— joshuafoust (@joshuafoust) February 24, 2014
151 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:22:03am |
re: #144 Varek Raith
Compare and contrast!
“I have obviously failed to galvanize and prod, if not shame enough Americans to be ever vigilant not to let a Chicago communist raised communist educated communist nurtured subhuman mongrel like the ACORN community organizer gangster Barack Hussein Obama to weasel his way into the top office of authority in the United States of America.”
-Nugent
Dear Teddy Nugent,
You sure have a big ego to think you carry any political weight. You’re as good at politics as you are at writing songs.
Diddley-diddley-diddley deeeeeeee! (Nugent solo!)
152 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:23:27am |
re: #142 chadu
I also love how they consistently point out that Nazis were “National Socialists.”
To quote a famed archeology professor, “Nazi, I hate those guys” — but that doesn’t mean they weren’t/aren’t scary.
QUESTION FOR THE AGES: Does it count as a Godwin if Raiders is involved?
Submitted unapprovingly by me is Jonah Goldberg tilting at that particular windmill yet again. The excerpt below comes from the end of the first page/beginning of the second page of his piece, as the first page has a couple of long-ish excerpts from another writer:
Fascism and Socialism: Still Not Opposites
The Eurasian movement of Putin and his allies draws from both Nazism and Stalinism.
By Jonah Goldberg
First, let’s clear some underbrush. The idea that Communism and Nazism are opposites is more of a utilitarian idea than a core conviction for the Left. It is a rationalization that allows the Left to cut around the historical tumor of Nazism and fascism and say, That has nothing to do with us.
But the simple fact is that the hard Left has always endorsed or at least sympathized with national-socialist countries. What do you think Cuba is? It’s nationalistic and it’s socialistic. Venezuela under Chávez and now Maduro is nationalist and socialist. Nicaragua in the 1980s, etc., etc. Read a speech by any socialist dictator and swap out the word “socialize” for “nationalize”: The meaning of the sentences doesn’t change one iota. Nationalized health care is socialized medicine. Even Obama’s weak-tea socialistic rhetoric is usually dolled up in the rhetoric of nationalism, even militaristic nationalism. Let’s all be like SEAL Team Six! Let’s make this a “Sputnik Moment.”
Most of the Left in the U.S. didn’t really hate the German national-socialists until Stalin told them to. That the useful idiots thought Stalin’s command to turn on his one-time Nazi ally was rooted in deep ideological conviction just proves the depths of their idiocy.
After all, it’s not like the Left suddenly turned on Stalin when he embraced nationalism wholeheartedly and talked of fighting the Nazis as part of the “Great Patriotic War for Mother Russia.” But, hey, maybe I’m missing the deep Marxist themes in the phrase “Great Patriotic War for Mother Russia.”
153 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:24:06am |
Having a gun in the home doesn't make women safer esp. when the gun gets used against them by others in house http://t.co/CAIFX8IkI5— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 24, 2014
154 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:24:25am |
Ted Nugent, one of the intellectual heavyweights of the modern GOP. But, remember, there is no difference between the left and the right.
155 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:26:17am |
re: #144 Varek Raith
- Obama
Compare and contrast!-Nugent
Ted Nugent had his chance to fight actual Communists, but instead he crapped himself.
He loves shooting feral hogs from a helicopter though, probably imagines they were Vietnamese peasants ala Full Metal Jacket.
156 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:27:06am |
re: #141 Decatur Deb
The Zionist overlords pay in Bitcoin now.
And they’re still late with the payments.
157 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:27:54am |
re: #152 Dark_Falcon
It might be because if you scrape the veneer labeling off both places were authoritarian police states. Both used nationalistic rhetoric, were acting for the citizens, etc. etc.
Just another indication that the single axis left-right thing is simply and horribly inaccurate. It mainly hangs around since it is so very convenient for labeling the opposition.
158 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:27:55am |
re: #152 Dark_Falcon
Reading just that excerpt made me 20% dumber. I’m gonna sue!
159 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:28:56am |
re: #153 lawhawk
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Now how can that be? I’ve been assured that guns are magic talismans which confer defensive properties upon their owners just by being in the same vicinity. How could a woman have her own gun turned upon her?
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160 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:29:10am |
161 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:30:05am |
re: #45 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
The situation in Venezuela does not look good.
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I’m getting auto play video from that ABC tweet. Annoying but interesting report that I wouldn’t have otherwise watched.
162 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:31:04am |
IF TEH MINIMUM WAGE WAS LOWERED TO 0.00 AND PEOPLE AGREED TO WORK FOR NO PAY, EVERYBODY COULD HAVE ALL TEH JRRBS!!!!1!!!!
163 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:32:49am |
re: #152 Dark_Falcon
That is serious headdesk thiking. Granted, “right” and “left” are not absolute concepts, but rather arbitrary designations based on the seating arrangements of French Parliament, but it does not mean that that simply because one ideology embraces a particular idea that the other must reject it.
Although that pretty much forms the basis of GOP governance since 2008…
164 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:32:49am |
re: #157 Feline Fearless Leader
It might be because if you scrape the veneer labeling off both places were authoritarian police states. Both used nationalistic rhetoric, were acting for the citizens, etc. etc.
Just another indication that the single axis left-right thing is simply and horribly inaccurate. It mainly hangs around since it is so very convenient for labeling the opposition.
Goldberg also misses the important fact the German National Socialism was at its core an extreme ethnocentric ideology. Hitler himself had a very wooly definition of “socialism” - in any event, the Nazi definition was not by any stretch of the imagination a Marxist definition of socialism.
Far closer to romanticist ideas such as the Völkisch movement.
165 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:33:59am |
re: #155 Dark_Falcon
Ted Nugent had his chance to fight actual Communists, but instead he crapped himself.
.
Crapped himself and had sex with underage girls.
166 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:34:52am |
re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord
80s dudebro arguing that, instead of raising the minimum wage, the government should instead subsidize minimum wage workers by giving them larger tax credits or just giving them money right out.
167 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:35:24am |
RT @maddogg2463: The almost inevitable fate of a gun rights hero. #tcot #2A #lnyhbt #NRA #GunSense #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/LwDRMo2FTw— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 24, 2014
168 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:35:44am |
re: #165 Dr. Matt
Crapped himself >and had sex with underage girls.
I once summoned up a bit of begrudging respect for Ted as a an idiosyncratic but somehow principled individualist…but he has go way off the rails since 2008. On the other hand, I am amused to see how many GOP politicians jumped on his crazy train.
169 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:36:12am |
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
Goldberg also misses the important fact the German National Socialism was at its core an extreme ethnocentric ideology. Hitler himself had a very wooly definition of “socialism” - in any event, the Nazi definition was not by any stretch of the imagination a Marxist definition of socialism.
Far closer to romanticist ideas such as the Völkisch movement.
Not to mention the Nazi’s biggest enemies in Germany were the SPD and KPD. Yeah the Nazis did use socialist rhetoric but that was mainly an attempt to lure in the working class away from the SPD and KPD. If the Nazis were leftists, Hitler would have never been appointed chancellor by Hindenberg and von Papen. Fascism/Nazism are granted different from traditional European right politics in that they’re not inherently tied to the church and monarchy but the revisionism to make Nazism a left wing philosophy is as dishonest as those far leftists who claim the USSR wasn’t really leftist.
170 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:36:22am |
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
Jonah Goldberg has to be one of the most over-rated conservative pundits of the age. That excerpt was a word-salad of arbitrary political designations and logical fallacies all rolled into one derp-i-tube.
171 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:38:21am |
GUN PR0N
Her boobs are totally not real. In fact the entire picture is probably CGI.
If you act like a sheep, you will surely be eaten by the wolves!! #tcot #RedNationRising #UniteBlue #nerdland pic.twitter.com/EK96crkfpb— YoungConservative (@steve0423) February 24, 2014
172 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:38:37am |
re: #169 HappyWarrior
Not to mention the Nazi’s biggest enemies in Germany were the SPD and KPD. Yeah the Nazis did use socialist rhetoric but that was mainly an attempt to lure in the working class away from the SPD and KPD. If the Nazis were leftists, Hitler would have never been appointed chancellor by Hindenberg and von Papen. Fascism/Nazism are granted different from traditional European right politics in that they’re not inherently tied to the church and monarchy but the revisionism to make Nazism a left wing philosophy is as dishonest as those far leftists who claim the USSR wasn’t really leftist.
I believe Goebbels himself admitted this in his role as party propagandist.
173 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:39:15am |
Anyhow as a history degree grad, what fascinates me when learning about the various isms of the past centuries is how the groups differ. I.E how Mussolini’s fascism differed from Hitler and Franco’s. Or how Mao differed from Khruschev and etc. We’re intellectually lazy when we equate all Marxism and Fascism as the same thing because we find those ideologies distasteful.
174 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:39:22am |
re: #165 Dr. Matt
Crapped himself >and had sex with underage girls.
Isn’t it amazing that the idiots that give ol’ Nuge the time of day can just excuse away his real life achievements. A chickenshit chickenhawk pedophile that wrote stupid songs. Yeah,,,there’s a real American success story right there. Real presidential material.
175 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:40:38am |
re: #172 Dr Lizardo
I believe Goebbels himself admitted this in his role as party propagandist.
Wouldn’t surprise me and yeah there were some who were truly believers in the SOCIALIST part of National Socialist like Rohm and the Stresser brothers but they were either purged or exiled very early on. A man like Krupp would have never prospered in a socialist regime.
176 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:42:03am |
re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord
GUN PR0N
Her boobs are totally not real. In fact the entire picture is probably CGI.[Embedded content]
It’s like the Swimsuit Issue but instead of for adolescent boys discovering women, it’s for gun nuts who need to see a lady with a nice rack to justify their gun fetish.
177 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:43:42am |
re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord
GUN PR0N
Her boobs are totally not real. In fact the entire picture is probably CGI.[Embedded content]
Oh look, a Lara Croft wannabe.
178 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:44:09am |
re: #153 lawhawk
[Embedded content]
I’m going to have to get my evidence together before trying to rebut that study. I’ll try to get that done in the next few days.
179 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:44:18am |
re: #177 Targetpractice
Oh look, a Lara Croft wannabe.
I actually thought Jill Valentine in Resident Evil III.
180 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:44:52am |
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
I once summoned up a bit of begrudging respect for Ted as a an idiosyncratic but somehow prinicipled individualist…but he has go way off the rails since 2008. On the other hand, I am amused to see how many GOP politicians jumped on his crazy train.
I grew up in the burbs of Detroit listening to Nugent guest DJ on WRIF in the morning, paid twice to see him in concert on his New Year eve shows, and even bought a dozen of his arrows and broadheads. He was not even close to the partisan extremist he is today. He came off as a horny, pro-hunting guitarist who loved the state of Michigan, i.e., in other words, he was appealing to my demographic at the time (white teenagers). But thanks to Obama Derangement Syndrome, that all changed. I wish I never supported him back in the day.
181 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:44:56am |
re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord
GUN PR0N
Her boobs are totally not real. In fact the entire picture is probably CGI.[Embedded content]
If you live in a video game fantasy, that all makes perfect sense.
182 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:45:38am |
re: #175 HappyWarrior
Wouldn’t surprise me and yeah there were some who were truly believers in the SOCIALIST part of National Socialist like Rohm and the Stresser brothers but they were either purged or exiled very early on. A man like Krupp would have never prospered in a socialist regime.
Yep….a lot the people who actually believed in the “Socialist” part of the NSDAP’s name found themselves on the wrong side of things in the Night of the Long Knives.
183 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:46:53am |
re: #170 wheat-dogghazi
Jonah Goldberg has to be one of the most over-rated conservative pundits of the age. That excerpt was a word-salad of arbitrary political designations and logical fallacies all rolled into one derp-i-tube.
Then could I please get some updings for my #152, since I didn’t approve of its content and it proven a great practice dummy for you folks to kick around?
184 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:47:28am |
The Supreme Court refused on Monday, as it has done repeatedly in recent years, to reopen the issue of whether Second Amendment rights to have a gun extend beyond the home. The Court, without comment, denied three new petitions — two filed by the National Rifle Association. The cases were 12-1401, 13-137, and 13-390.
185 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:48:48am |
re: #179 HappyWarrior
I actually thought Jill Valentine in Resident Evil III.
Nah, the ponytail gives it away as Lara. Jill has more of a pageboy cut in RE3.
186 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:49:13am |
re: #180 Dr. Matt
I grew up in the burbs of Detroit listening to Nugent guest DJ on WRIF in the morning, paid twice to see him in concert on his New Year eve shows, and even bought a dozen of his arrows and broadheads. He was not even close to the partisan extremist he is today. He came off as a horny, pro-hunting guitarist who loved the state of Michigan, i.e., in other words, he was appealing to my demographic at the time (white teenagers). But thanks for Obama Derangement Syndrome, that all changed. I wish I never supported him back in the day.
I’ve commented here a few times that I saw him back in the early 70s around Ohio three or four times and that I want my money back. I should have seen he was a badly drawn cartoon character all along.
187 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:50:00am |
re: #182 Dr Lizardo
Yep….a lot the people who actually believed in the “Socialist” part of the NSDAP’s name found themselves on the wrong side of things in the Night of the Long Knives.
Exactly. Really though the worst argument you can make though is the Socialist part of the name. East Germany along with modern North Korea and so many other communist regimes have democratic in their official title. And in Russia, there is a party called the Liberal Democratic party that is neither liberal nor democratic. Hell if you look at the famous poem by Pastor Nimholler, nearly all the groups he mentions that “they” came for are all groups affilliated with the left; communists, social democrats, and trade unionists. Here’s another thing that conservatives like Goldberg refuse to talk about though. Most of the vocal international critics of the Nazis before the Anchuluss (sp?) were on the left and while many outside observers sympathetic to the regime were on the right. I mean I just don’t see how you can see the dynamics of the Spanish Civil War and conclude that the Nazis were leftist. If you want to say that they don’t represent mainstream right of center ideology, I’ll agree but to place them on the left is a revisionist attempt by the right.
188 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:50:51am |
re: #185 Targetpractice
Nah, the ponytail gives it away as Lara. Jill has more of a pageboy cut in RE3.
Ah good call. I thought her face reminded me more of Jill’s that said.
189 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:51:26am |
re: #186 ObserverArt
I’ve commented here a few times that I saw him back in the early 70s around Ohio three or four times and that I want my money back. I should have seen he was a badly drawn cartoon character all along.
Everyone has their musical regrets. I once tolerated Limp Bizkit.
190 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:51:30am |
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rather surprised that they didn’t take this one up. But then again, Heller was such an absolute mixed bag that I’m sure they’ve no real desire to revisit it right now.
191 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:53:00am |
re: #153 lawhawk
For the moment, I’m more interested in this article:
The Chicago Spire May Actually Get Built After All
That big hole in the ground near Chicago’s Navy Pier may become the tallest building in the western hemisphere after all.
The Chicago Spire, a 2,000-foot-tall residential tower designed by Santiago Calatrava, broke ground in 2007, with apartments selling for between $750,000 and $40,000,000. Construction ground to a halt just one year later, due to financial problems.
The Spire went into receivership in 2010. Last year, a bankruptcy judge ruled that Shelbourne had until March 2014 to put together a reorganization plan. This week, the developers reached an agreement with property company Related. Should the U.S. Bankruptcy court approve of the new deal, construction could resume imminently.
Completing the Spire is expected to cost more than $1 billion. That means, according to the Irish Times, that the 1,200 units in the tower would have to sell for at least $2,000 a square foot to be profitable. Nearby Trump Tower (currently the city’s second tallest) took nearly a decade to sell its 486 luxury apartments at a comparable price.
Building the Spire may seem nutty, but it actually has a base of support in Chicago. Chicago is where the story of the skyscraper truly began, and many here would greatly love to see Chicago gain some ground back in that field.
192 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:54:22am |
re: #187 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Really though the worst argument you can make though is the Socialist part of the name. East Germany along with modern North Korea and so many other communist regimes have democratic in their official title. And in Russia, there is a party called the Liberal Democratic party that is neither liberal nor democratic. Hell if you look at the famous poem by Pastor Nimholler, nearly all the groups he mentions that “they” came for are all groups affilliated with the left; communists, social democrats, and trade unionists. Here’s another thing that conservatives like Goldberg refuse to talk about though. Most of the vocal international critics of the Nazis before the Anchuluss (sp?) were on the left and while many outside observers sympathetic to the regime were on the right. I mean I just don’t see how you can see the dynamics of the Spanish Civil War and conclude that the Nazis were leftist. If you want to say that they don’t represent mainstream right of center ideology, I’ll agree but to place them on the left is a revisionist attempt by the right.
Certainly, no in their right mind would attempt to portray the Nazis as a mainstream right-of-center ideology; it was an extremely reactionary, ethnocentric ideology. It’s been my experience that many Europeans who consider themselves “conservatives” are monarchists. There’s quite a few of them in Germany who would love nothing more than a return of the House of Hohenzollern; nonetheless, they are a minority overall.
193 | GunstarGreen Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:54:46am |
re: #179 HappyWarrior
I actually thought Jill Valentine in Resident Evil III.
The big braid gives it away as Lara Croft cosplay, but the sentiment is valid either way. HAWT CHICK WIT GUNZ!!!11!1!!!1 is a pretty bog-standard trope for adolescent male power-fantasies.
Gun porn is exactly that: porn for people who love teh gunz. And it is exactly as empty as every other kind of porn.
194 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:57:21am |
re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord
GUN PR0N
Her boobs are totally not real. In fact the entire picture is probably CGI.[Embedded content]
Looks like Lara Croft.
195 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:57:35am |
re: #193 GunstarGreen
The big braid gives it away as Lara Croft cosplay, but the sentiment is valid either way. HAWT CHICK WIT GUNZ!!!11!1!!!1 is a pretty bog-standard trope for adolescent male power-fantasies.
Gun porn is exactly that: porn for people who love teh gunz. And it is exactly as empty as every other kind of porn.
Yessir…there are a ton of 50+ adolescents running around these days. And funny thing is some of them keep getting younger and younger…throwing tantrums like bratty two-year-olds. See Nugent, Ted…and plenty others.
196 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:58:23am |
Dkos Rec list gets one right: A reality check about the Venezuela uprising
The United States has no business meddling in the internal affairs of Venezuela, but anyone who thinks the ongoing uprising in Venezuela is due to the machinations of the United States isn’t paying attention. And advocates of democracy and civil liberties should be no more accepting of corruption, repression, and brutality from left wing governments than they are accepting of them from right wing governments.
Nice to see some recovering Chavistas in the comments
197 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:58:40am |
So, a video game character who, in one game, fought dinos is a gun rights hero.
Okely dokely.
198 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:59:58am |
Thank you. (7+ / 0-)
Excusing abuses of autocratic leftist governments merely because they are leftist makes progressives look… well… non-progressive.We should be standing up for human rights everywhere and we should be critical of all governments that abuse their powers, no matter what side of the political spectrum they supposedly are on.
Tipped and recced.
199 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:00:25am |
re: #197 Varek Raith
So, a video game character who, in one game, fought dinos is a gun rights hero.
Okely dokely.
She only fought the ones that were more than 6,000 years old, therefore, yes.
//
200 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:00:45am |
re: #183 Dark_Falcon
Then could I please get some updings for my #152, since I didn’t approve of its content and it proven a great practice dummy for you folks to kick around?
I have hereby awarded you exactly 1 upding. I would like to award Jonah Goldberg 3 x 108 downdings as punishment for making me dumber for reading his trash.
201 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:01:16am |
Where is that “Hello Kitty” Confederate flag? This one is making the Twitters.
Ha RT @MiamiLib This is just to piss off the racists & bigots #GOPGovsGottaGo #p2 #tcot #lnyhbt #uniteblue #teaparty pic.twitter.com/5TawuTOEZ6— Young Stephen (@SteveMYoung) February 24, 2014
204 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:03:09am |
re: #200 wheat-dogghazi
I have hereby awarded you exactly 1 upding. I would like to award Jonah Goldberg 3 x 108 downdings as punishment for making me dumber for reading his trash.
The only people made dumber by that passage are those who believe what is written in it. So you’re just fine, WD.
205 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:03:09am |
206 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:04:01am |
‘Tis midnight in the Middle Kingdom. Time to greet Mr Sandman.
207 | wheat-dogghazi Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:04:36am |
re: #204 Dark_Falcon
The only people made dumber by that passage are those who believe what is written in it. So you’re just fine, WD.
Thanks. I’m sure I’ll recover. :D
208 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:06:06am |
re: #203 Varek Raith
Here's another one. Enjoy.@SteveMYoung @MiamiLib #GOPGovsGottaGo #p2 #tcot #lnyhbt #uniteblue #teaparty #2A #NRA pic.twitter.com/jiBEHKYNMG— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 24, 2014
210 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:07:05am |
211 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:07:09am |
An update from San Diego folks may have missed, since it happened late Friday:
San Diego declines to appeal Peruta, accepting CCW applications as ‘shall issue’
“Since becoming Sheriff, I have always maintained that it is the legislature’s responsibility to make the laws, and the judiciary’s responsibility to interpret them and their constitutionality. Law enforcement’s role is to uphold and enforce the law,” said San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore in a press release (pdf) late Friday.
Gore acknowledged this authority in saying, “The legislature certainly has the power to amend California’s firearm carry process, and the Ninth Circuit has the ability to bring its own motion to rehear the decision of the three member panel en banc.”
“However, while the court’s decision clearly involves a question of exceptional importance, and conflicts with decisions of other United States Courts of Appeals, the opinion provides clear guidance in the context of issuing CCWs in California,” it continued.
“I see no need for me to petition for a hearing or rehearing en banc in order to be able to carry out my duties as Sheriff of San Diego County,” he added. “As a result, I have advised the Office of County Counsel that I will not seek such a hearing.”
With this, “should the decision of the Ninth Circuit become final, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department will begin to issue CCW’s in situations where the applicant has met all other lawful qualifications and has requested a CCW for purposes of self-defense” concluded the press release.
212 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:08:28am |
re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord
GUN PR0N
Her boobs are totally not real. In fact the entire picture is probably CGI.[Embedded content]
For one thing, there’s no evidence of a bra, and real tits that large would be hanging, not sitting up that high, esp pushed together like that.
Those photos might be able to fool men, but they can’t fool women who actually have natural breasts.
NSFW.
213 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:08:57am |
This map shows the world by size relative to final Sochi medal count. http://t.co/DHKD8hPfat pic.twitter.com/nwPC0sb47w— SB Nation (@sbnation) February 24, 2014
214 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:11:00am |
Well, there are some unemployed Ukrainian oligarchs right now.
Bloomberg looking for a “Billionaires Editor…to work on our Billionaires team” http://t.co/09o8W5rc38 (via @avivash)— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 24, 2014
215 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:13:58am |
re: #208 Pie-onist Overlord
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the kitteh!
216 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:18:28am |
Why I never need to buy cat toys…
The kittehs have discovered a beetle that has crawled out of the stack of firewood in the kitchen.
They are busily tormenting it…
217 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:19:38am |
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why I never need to buy cat toys…
The kittehs have discovered a beetle that has crawled out of the stack of firewood in the kitchen.
They are busily tormenting it…
SAVE IT.
NOW.
;)
218 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:20:09am |
Euromaidan PR @EuromaidanPR 11m
People in front of Rada demand to free political prisoners, including father and son Pavlyuchenko. Rada tv channel |PR News #Ukraine
(Note: Political prisoners to be released, including those.)
Euromaidan PR @EuromaidanPR 22m
Leonid Novokhatko dismissed from the position of Minister of culture. Rada tv channel |PR News #Euromaidan #Ukraine
Euromaidan PR @EuromaidanPR 26m
Maxim Eristavi @MaximEristavi 35m
New Ukraine’s central bank chief Kubiv is one of the Maidan’s revolutionary commandants pic.twitter.com/ZIzcY6Erfk
And Parliament retires for the day, to return at 10 am tomorrow.
Revolutionaries at the parl chanting “Shame!”, they want a transparent forming of interim govt pic.twitter.com/Uz2ZNxvleY— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) February 24, 2014
Natalia Korolevska dismissed from the position of Minister of social policy. Rada tv channel |PR News #Ukraine #Euromidan
Euromaidan PR @EuromaidanPR 29m
New appointments continue.Oleg Makhnitsky appointed Prosecutor General. Rada tv channel |PR News #Ukraine #Kyiv
219 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:23:50am |
re: #212 Justanotherhuman
Interestingly enough my major complaints about fakes is that they sit too perfectly and are shaped too perfectly. Breasts were never meant to be two perfectly round globes sitting on a woman’s chest.
I think natural breasts are far more attractive.
220 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:23:57am |
Undisclosed tests showed low levels of MCHM in water
Still, the new results show examples of state officials telling the public they had not detected the chemical, where the same samples showed some level of the substance when tested using the lower detection limit.
The state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety disclosed the results, and posted them online, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Charleston Gazette.
221 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:27:05am |
re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
Interestingly enough my major complaints about fakes is that they sit too perfectly and are shaped too perfectly. Breasts were never meant to be two perfectly round globes sitting on a woman’s chest.
I think natural breasts are far more attractive.
Obviously, you do not design video games.
222 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:27:31am |
223 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:32:28am |
re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
Interestingly enough my major complaints about fakes is that they sit too perfectly and are shaped too perfectly. Breasts were never meant to be two perfectly round globes sitting on a woman’s chest.
I think natural breasts are far more attractive.
Yeah, those “grapefruit” attachments. Or wannabe soccer balls. Cheeez. Only male plastic surgeons could have invented those things.
Why, of course they did, but before they made a deal with Dow-Corning…
1940s
Japanese prostitutes have their breasts injected with substances such as paraffin, sponges and non-medical grade silicone to enlarge their breasts, believing that American servicemen favor women with large breasts.
224 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:34:00am |
re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord
Besides the physics of the gravity defying decolletage, there’s also the question of the woman’s stance as she trains her firearm on a target. She might get one shot in the vicinity of the target, but any follow up shots will go wide of mark. Not in a good shooting position by any commonly accepted standard (Weaver, modified Weaver, etc.) The only thing worse would have had her doing a gansta position with the gun held sideways.
225 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:35:27am |
226 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:37:22am |
re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
Interestingly enough my major complaints about fakes is that they sit too perfectly and are shaped too perfectly. Breasts were never meant to be two perfectly round globes sitting on a woman’s chest.
I think natural breasts are far more attractive.
It is also our fixation on the breasts that leads us to ignore the aesthetic aspect of how they fit into the overall picture. I like big breasts on a woman who is built to carry them, but not simply for their own sake.
227 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:37:54am |
I shouldn’t be shocked but I am that so many RW sycophants are defending Poopy Pants on MMfA.
229 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:39:45am |
“For many years, Timmie Jean Lindsey [29 yr old mother of 6 and human guinea pig] kept fairly quiet about her breast enlargement - one boyfriend never knew for example, and it was only decades later that she told many of her friends and family about it.
“Fifty years on she remains delighted with the results, though there is no stopping the passing of time, she says.
“You would think they would stay real perky, but no - they are just like a regular breasts, they begin to sag over the years. That surprised me. I figured they’d just stay where they were.”
231 | danarchy Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:41:00am |
The most incredible cover of an AC/DC song by 2 cellos you’ll see today:
232 | Romantic Heretic Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:42:04am |
re: #17 FemNaziBitch
In 1991 at a meeting of Dads Against Discrimination at an Anchorage, Alaska Denny’s restaurant, Ross was overheard saying, “If a guy can’t rape his wife…who’s he gonna rape?” and “There wouldn’t be an issue with domestic violence if women would learn to keep their mouth shut.”
Women’s Rights
If I was within earshot his next words would be, “Why is there a knife in my eye?”
Scuambag.
233 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:43:06am |
re: #232 Romantic Heretic
If I was within earshot his next words would be, “Why is there a knife in my eye?”
Scuambag.
Seriously, no one should be raping anyone. Fucking sick fucks.
234 | Romantic Heretic Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:46:42am |
re: #38 Pie-onist Overlord
WTF does this even mean? No one can say to a “law abiding citizen”: “Pay the money that you owe me!”
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It means, “I can do what I want when I want and fuck the government!”
235 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:47:11am |
So much Russian butthurt, conveniently gathered here in one place! Tweets from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
236 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:47:33am |
re: #232 Romantic Heretic
If I was within earshot his next words would be, “Why is there a knife in my eye?”
Scuambag.
No, you’re too smart to give an asshole like that a chance to play the victim. Though that was before Fox News existed and before the internet took off, so stabbing him in the eye would not have gotten national notice back then.
237 | Romantic Heretic Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:50:05am |
re: #72 Justanotherhuman
Cheeez. Did you notice that Snowden is not wearing his specs in the passport photo? Vain much? Must have been about the time he was trying to get into the modeling business and failed.
It’s a requirement of a passport photo. Glasses cannot be worn.
238 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:50:57am |
re: #234 Romantic Heretic
It means, “I can do what I want when I want and fuck the government!”
Whoever posted that has a serious misunderstanding of the US Constitution and has no understanding of the concept of ‘ordered liberty’.
239 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:50:59am |
re: #237 Romantic Heretic
It’s a requirement of a passport photo. Glasses cannot be worn.
I’m wearing glasses in my passport picture. Always have.
240 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:51:35am |
re: #237 Romantic Heretic
It’s a requirement of a passport photo. Glasses cannot be worn.
Used to be. My current passport photo I’m wearing glasses.
Maybe still a requirement for Canadian passport?
241 | Political Atheist Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:53:16am |
Relax, It’s Not the Thought Police-Right Wing Gets The Vapors, Again
243 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:55:13am |
re: #235 Dr Lizardo
So much Russian butthurt, conveniently gathered here in one place! Tweets from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
I think Putin’s really pissed that the Olympics prevented him from getting involved until after Yanuk had already been run outta town on a rail.
244 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:00:08am |
re: #243 Targetpractice
I think Putin’s really pissed that the Olympics prevented him from getting involved until after Yanuk had already been run outta town on a rail.
I don’t think there was much Putin could do since Yanuk was so unreliable. Yanuk waited too long before trying to crack down on the protests. Without a reliable partner Putin was hesitant to send financial aid or troops to help.
245 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:01:41am |
re: #243 Targetpractice
Heh. There are rumors of where Yanuk may be; one of those rumors is that he’s currently holed up on a Russian naval base in Sevastopol. Also, he may be holed up in a bunker somewhere in the eastern part of Ukraine, or alternatively, in a monastery.
“Where’s Viktor?” - the Ukrainian version of “Where’s Waldo?”
246 | Political Atheist Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:01:56am |
re: #242 lawhawk
It’s a highway to hell, with Steve Vai:
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Thanks, smiles all around my office now. No more Monday mornin drag.
247 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:02:51am |
248 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:03:58am |
This tweet indicates that the Party of Regions apparently had fake elections seals, thereby allowing them to steal the 2010 elections.
@vaddieg @HromadskeTV This is how Ukraninan elections got rigged, Regions had fake authorization stamps! #euromaidan http://t.co/8dC0kzxw2P
— Vlad Lunin (@VladLunin) February 24, 2014
249 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:04:35am |
re: #248 Dr Lizardo
Here’s the photo:
#Євромайдан в тячівському офісі регіоналів самооборона знайшла печатки усіх комісій. Так фальшувалися ВСІ вибори pic.twitter.com/ufJkaGTCeE
— Vadim (@vaddieg) February 24, 2014
250 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:06:37am |
It’s morning —again.
I actually slept a little.
you?
251 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:07:04am |
Meanwhile in Moscow, an anti-government protest:
#Putin look out of your window, this is #Moscow, not #Kyiv :P #болотноедело #euromaidan #russia pic.twitter.com/0E9qvedtw2 #dictatorship #crimea
— East of Brussels (@EastOfBrussels) February 24, 2014
252 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:11:13am |
All 138 #Euromaidan activists arrested since Nov13 have been freed today. 1st channel of Ukrainian National Radio |PR News #Ukraine— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) February 24, 2014
253 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:12:17am |
re: #251 Dr Lizardo
Meanwhile in Moscow, an anti-government protest:
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Ukraine must have given them food for thought.
254 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:13:26am |
History denialist wingnuts HURR HURR TEH DEMOCRATS IS TEH REAL RACISTS!!!!! swarmed all over this John Fugelsang Tweet, get pwn3d.
Scott Walker has made his bed, but he can't lie in it b/c some of his friends had to borrow some white sheets. #p2 #wiunion— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 23, 2014
255 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:19:03am |
re: #253 Justanotherhuman
Ukraine must have given them food for thought.
And I have little doubt that makes Putin nervous.
256 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:19:39am |
I am seeing a new wingnut meme of Teh Twitters, MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY!!!!!
WTF IS THAT?
I’m guessing it’s HURR HURR KILL TEH GHEY & TEH MOHAMMEDAN!!!! BUT NOT TEH JUICE (FOR NOW) WHEN JESUS COMES BACK HE WILL SHOOT THE ONES WHO AREN’T SAVED WITH HIS AR-15
257 | GunstarGreen Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:21:58am |
re: #256 Pie-onist Overlord
I am seeing a new wingnut meme of Teh Twitters, MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY!!!!!
WTF IS THAT?
I’m guessing it’s HURR HURR KILL TEH GHEY & TEH MOHAMMEDAN!!!! BUT NOT TEH JUICE (FOR NOW) WHEN JESUS COMES BACK HE WILL SHOOT THE ONES WHO AREN’T SAVED WITH HIS AR-15
< Thing I Like > + < Desirable Body Type > = Meme Of The Day Century
258 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:23:09am |
re: #257 GunstarGreen
< Thing I Like > + < Desirable Body Type > = < Meme Of The
DayCentury >DayCentury >
Does this tie in with their man-gasms for shirtless Putin?
259 | GunstarGreen Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:25:39am |
re: #258 Pie-onist Overlord
Yes. It matches the format perfectly.
Authoritarian Government That Actively Oppresses Teh Gayz + Big Burly Muscle Man = Meme Of The Day.
260 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:32:33am |
Well, it turns out my part-time job hasn’t lasted. I can’t work nights at it due to transportation problems and that’s where all the money is made at it. So after discussion with the owners, I’m not going to be back there. Which sucks a good bit, but I wasn’t really making money at it when what I spent getting there was factored in, so the loss is a small one.
262 | The War TARDIS Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:37:16am |
re: #255 Dr Lizardo
Look like Ukraine needs to rectify the isues with the Tartars.
Right now, the Ussian make up about 56% of the Crimea’s population.
However, the number of Russians there outright is dropping by about 6% a year, while the Muslim Ethnic Tatars are not only returning to their own homeland, they ar e having more children.
High up on the list in terms of priorities for the new Ukranian government should be hastening the repatriation of the remaining Tatars. In addition, they should be trying to get back as much of the land and property that was seized from them by Stalin as possible.
Ukraine needs to make as many steps as possible to reduce the Russian Majority in Crimea to a minority.
263 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:37:32am |
Easy answer:
1. Minimum wage jrrbs don’t pay enough to survive
2. All the “economic gains” as evidence by the Stock Market are being hoarded by the 1%
“@jjauthor: Question for liberals: If the economy is recovering, how come government dependency is growing? #tcot” pic.twitter.com/HP5O5cF1En— Cheri Kentucky (@Cheri_Kentucky) February 24, 2014
266 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:40:10am |
Time for Congress to Act on Venezuela
From the administration’s standpoint, no doubt their goal all along was to keep a low profile so as not to play the foil for the Maduro government and otherwise overshadow the democratic opposition’s grievances. Additionally, they may have thought that at a less active U.S. approach would allow regional heavyweights such as Brazil to play the moderating role. The result has been failure: Maduro still calls the opposition lackeys of Washington, mocks U.S. diplomatic entreaties, and no other regional country has stepped up to help resolve the crisis.
There is a vacuum of leadership in Washington on Venezuela and Congress needs to fill it. It is time for a more pro-active role in U.S. policy in support of the Venezuelan people. Indeed, there is no shortage of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress who are not confused on the issue and what is important to U.S. interests.
267 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:41:01am |
Here is the BBC article for the Wolves video above.
I love the sound of the howling.
268 | piratedan Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:42:43am |
re: #263 Pie-onist Overlord
i love the comic, as if the President hasn’t proposed Infrastructure programs (that aren’t Keystone tyvm) and they can’t even get to the floor of the House for a vote and the Sequester killing government jobs and this drawing asshat implies that the President isn’t doing anything about jobs. Hey nimrod, how about paying attention to what is actually going on in government… cripes, political cartoonists are supposed to be somewhat astute.
269 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:42:55am |
Speaking of jrrbs, the lead I got the other day just got a little bit stronger. I sent my resume and a non-cover letter to a guy about a position I was interested in that he just happened to be the hiring manger for. Today he sent me a link to the company screening questionnaire. I have to get it in to him in 72 hours and if they decide they like me, I’d hear back in a matter of days.
I’m going to work my booty off on this. It’s a good opportunity and I don’t intend to waste it. *crosses fingers*
270 | Kid A Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:43:14am |
271 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:44:18am |
NOOOO!!!!!
Harold Ramis has passed away at the age of 69. Damn… He was one of the brains behind some of the funniest movies of my youth. Just damn….
Ramis, a longtime North Shore resident, was surrounded by family when he died at 12:53 a.m. from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels, his wife Erica Mann Ramis said. He was 69.
Ramis’ serious health struggles began in May 2010 with an infection that led to complications related to the autoimmune disease, his wife said. Ramis had to relearn to walk but suffered a relapse of the vaculitis in late 2011, said Laurel Ward, vice president of development at Ramis’ Ocean Pictures production company.
Ramis leaves behind a formidable body of work, with writing credits on such enduring comedies as “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (which upon its 1978 release catapulted the film career of John Belushi, with whom Ramis acted at Second City), “Stripes” (1981) and “Ghostbusters” (in which Ramis also co-starred) plus such directing efforts as “Caddyshack” (1980), “National Lampoon’s Vacation” (1983), “Groundhog Day” and “Analyze This.”
Previously he was the first head writer (and a performer) on Second City’s groundbreaking television series “Second City Television (SCTV)” (1976-79). More recently he directed episodes of NBC’s “The Office.”
272 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:45:12am |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
Yep. Just what the opposition needs is the US Congress openly attempting to interfere in their favor. Plays right into the government propaganda that the protests are a foreign plot that needs to be violently stomped out.
:p
We have a bunch of screwed-up people in our government that still was to establish Pax America. You’d think the Afghanistan and Iraq debacles would make them think about it more, but they just blame Obama instead.
273 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:48:06am |
re: #271 lawhawk
NOOOO!!!!!
Harold Ramis has passed away at the age of 69. Damn… He was one of the brains behind some of the funniest movies of my youth. Just damn….
That absolutely sucks. RIP Harold Ramis. :(
274 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:48:08am |
re: #262 The War TARDIS
Look like Ukraine needs to rectify the isues with the Tartars.
Right now, the Ussian make up about 56% of the Crimea’s population.
However, the number of Russians there outright is dropping by about 6% a year, while the Muslim Ethnic Tatars are not only returning to their own homeland, they ar e having more children.
High up on the list in terms of priorities for the new Ukranian government should be hastening the repatriation of the remaining Tatars. In addition, they should be trying to get back as much of the land and property that was seized from them by Stalin as possible.
Ukraine needs to make as many steps as possible to reduce the Russian Majority in Crimea to a minority.
The ethnic Tatars should be repatriated, I agree; after all, Stalin ran them off in one his ethnic cleansing campaigns. As far as getting back the land and property seized by them, that could become a problematic issue. For example, here in the Czech Republic, there’s an ongoing issue between ethnic Germans who were expelled at the end of WWII under the Beneš Decrees (itself an act of ethnic cleansing) and the Czech government. The Czechs essentially ran the Germans off and seized their properties, and it’s been a bone of contention ever since. The Germans want either their land back, or financial compensation at market value for it, and the latter would assuredly bankrupt the Czech government in the blink of an eye.
Far better to take steps to hasten the repatriation of the Crimean Tatars; they are on the side of the Euromaidan movement and are broadly supportive of the new Kyiv government. That would minimize Russian influence in the region. That being said, the new Kyiv must honor its lease of Sevastopol to the Russians, said lease expiring in 2042. No ifs, ands or buts about it.
276 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:49:47am |
re: #271 lawhawk
NOOOO!!!!!
Harold Ramis has passed away at the age of 69. Damn… He was one of the brains behind some of the funniest movies of my youth. Just damn….
Ugh. Awful. Stripes was on CATV last night and watched it from the gazillionth time. He was awesome.
277 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:49:49am |
278 | Weet Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:49:54am |
279 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:50:02am |
re: #271 lawhawk
NOOOO!!!!!
Harold Ramis has passed away at the age of 69. Damn… He was one of the brains behind some of the funniest movies of my youth. Just damn….
Shit I didn’t even know he was sick. RIP Mr. Ramis.
280 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:50:15am |
re: #272 Feline Fearless Leader
Yep. Just what the opposition needs is the US Congress openly attempting to interfere in their favor. Plays right into the government propaganda that the protests are a foreign plot that needs to be violently stomped out.
:p
We have a bunch of screwed-up people in our government that still was to establish Pax America. You’d think the Afghanistan and Iraq debacles would make them think about it more, but they just blame Obama instead.
It’s hard to tell what the right call is going to be here. Interference could make things worse but it’s also important to be on the right side of history. Maduro is going to fall eventually but if he’s allowed to crack down he could last a lot longer if we do nothing. Waiting for somebody else to take action probably isn’t going to accomplish much. Luckily we had the EU sort out Ukraine but they aren’t going to take care of Venezuela for us.
281 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:50:41am |
re: #277 FemNaziBitch
GOP Governor: Benefits For Same-Sex Domestic Partners Are ‘Irrational And Unfair’
Yeah it’s totally unfair that same-sex domestic partners should get the same rights as you and I do governor. Someone doesn’t understand what unfair actually means.
284 | The War TARDIS Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:52:00am |
We have good news in Pakistan:
Senior Taliban commander shot dead in northwest Pakistan
Senior Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani was shot dead on Monday along with three others by unknown gunmen in the restive North Waziristan tribal area.
He was important:
Mr. Bhittani had served as the acting TTP chief after Hakeemullah Mehsud’s death and also headed the Taliban supreme shura (council).
285 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:53:13am |
re: #272 Feline Fearless Leader
Yep. Just what the opposition needs is the US Congress openly attempting to interfere in their favor. Plays right into the government propaganda that the protests are a foreign plot that needs to be violently stomped out.
:p
We have a bunch of screwed-up people in our government that still was to establish Pax America. You’d think the Afghanistan and Iraq debacles would make them think about it more, but they just blame Obama instead.
Congress would best serve by having someone say “We’re not getting involved.” then saying no more on the topic. I’m not a fan of Rand Paul, but non-intervention is something he has enough history on that he might be believable, Or perhaps not.
286 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:53:22am |
287 | Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:54:03am |
Little known fact: Stripes was originally going to be a Cheech and Chong movie.
288 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:54:52am |
re: #251 Dr Lizardo
Meanwhile in Moscow, an anti-government protest:
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I knew it. I had a feeling this could happen to Vlad. People are just sick of it, and they see an opportunity. The Ukraine movement is on the move. Putin really has only one option, embrace change. Time for him to do a “Gorbachev” and signal it is time to really open Russia up. If he wants to really go down in history, here is his chance. He if he wants to just go down, he can be tough, but that will blow the country up.
It wouldn’t surprise me to see America grow a bit more restless too.
289 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:54:59am |
re: #280 Killgore Trout
It’s hard to tell what the right call is going to be here. Interference could make things worse but it’s also important to be on the right side of history. Maduro is going to fall eventually but if he’s allowed to crack down he could last a lot longer if we do nothing. Waiting for somebody else to take action probably isn’t going to accomplish much. Luckily we had the EU sort out Ukraine but they aren’t going to take care of Venezuela for us.
Given the US intervention history in Latin and South America it would be better that someone else - - preferably a coalition of SA states do it.
In terms of a crackdown sucking for the citizens of Venezuela - very true. But starting another go-round of interference down there is just laying the ground for the next “revolution” to paint whatever comes into place as a US puppet regime.*
*- Of course they will probably do that anyways even if the US stands by and does not directly interfere.
290 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:55:08am |
Sometimes the best action for the US to take when there’s upheaval in a foreign country where the regime in power is struggling is to do nothing. Let them sort it out.
That calculus can change if the regime engages in violent crackdowns, like in Syria, Venezuela, or Ukraine, but what kind of aid, or even statements will depend on any number of factors, including who’s involved in the protest movement, how coordinated the protesters are, etc.
Getting rid of Assad is a no-brainer, but how to do it when the rebels are comprised of Islamists, including al Qaeda affiliated groups, makes the question of assistance more difficult.
Statements of support for those opposed to the regime are the best we can hope for, absent collective action by international organizations to step in to assist (EU, AU, NATO, etc.) Also, letting other countries, like France, take the lead can help smooth over tough relations and mask how much assistance the US is actually providing (logistical, monetary support, etc.)
But going from step 1 - watching the protests erupt to step 2 - sending in US aid ignores all the steps in between, including whether doing so actually will accomplish the goal.
Heck, one has to actually identify what the goal is.
If the goal is to simply engage in regime change, you can choose options that take a certain trajectory, but which may result in more upheaval, more violence, and more carnage - but not necessarily a more stable result. Or, a more restrained response could nudge the regimes into a less violent outcome.
Ukraine right now appears to be the latter situation - Yanukovych has fled, but his whereabouts are unknown all while Ukrainians are busy reconstituting and reorganizing the government ahead of new elections. That’s a good outcome - getting rid of a bad actor with what has been so far been minimal bloodshed (we’re talking significantly less carnage than open civil war and hostilities as in Syria). So, it also depends on the mindset of the regime as to what it’s willing to do to hold on to power.
Maduro in Venezuela is trying to game the outcome in his favor, but the protests are growing in intensity.
291 | Kid A Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:55:18am |
re: #287 Dr. Matt
Little known fact: Stripes was originally going to be a Cheech and Chong movie.
Dave’s not here!
292 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:56:31am |
Rex's birthday sleepover was a disaster. #nocturnal pic.twitter.com/9WEIdcUjp5
— Raccoon Lady (@RaccoonLady_) February 24, 2014
293 | The War TARDIS Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:57:14am |
re: #284 The War TARDIS
To go up to him and his posse, and shoot them out in broad daylight requires some cajones.
Question is, who did it?
294 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:58:45am |
re: #271 lawhawk
NOOOO!!!!!
Harold Ramis has passed away at the age of 69. Damn… He was one of the brains behind some of the funniest movies of my youth. Just damn….
Just heard that report. Sad.
295 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:00:40am |
297 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:03:13am |
298 | Kragar Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:04:19am |
OFFS! Get the fuck out of my country, you theocratic piece of shit.
Republican Senate candidate Paul Broun vows to vote only for ‘biblical’ bills | The Raw Story http://t.co/o8ARn3fGKQ— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 24, 2014
299 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:04:53am |
re: #277 FemNaziBitch
GOP Governor: Benefits For Same-Sex Domestic Partners Are ‘Irrational And Unfair’
I can’t believe people are still bigoted against LGBT folks in 2014.
Talk about irrational.
300 | Mattand Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:05:20am |
re: #211 Dark_Falcon
An update from San Diego folks may have missed, since it happened late Friday:
San Diego declines to appeal Peruta, accepting CCW applications as ‘shall issue’
I really wish this country would grow the fuck up and realize how intensely fucking stupid it is to walk around strapped 24/7.
It’s 2014, not 1714. Buy a calendar and stop pretending Red Dawn is a documentary.
301 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:05:42am |
re: #297 Dark_Falcon
Ted Cruz and nuance don’t belong in the same sentence.
Calling him a complete tool is more accurate.
302 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:05:44am |
re: #299 Lidane
I can’t believe people are still bigoted against LGBT folks in 2014.
Talk about irrational.
We are still debating the meaning of rape and you are surprised about this?
303 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:06:01am |
re: #271 lawhawk
NOOOO!!!!!
Harold Ramis has passed away at the age of 69. Damn… He was one of the brains behind some of the funniest movies of my youth. Just damn….
Aw man, not Egon! NO!
304 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:06:07am |
re: #300 Mattand
I really wish this country would grow the fuck up and realize how intensely fucking stupid it is to walk around strapped 24/7.
It’s 2014, not 1714. Buy a calendar and stop pretending Red Dawn is a documentary.
depends on where you live.
305 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:06:23am |
306 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:06:59am |
re: #300 Mattand
I really wish this country would grow the fuck up and realize how intensely fucking stupid it is to walk around strapped 24/7.
It’s 2014, not 1714. Buy a calendar and stop pretending Red Dawn is a documentary.
Life’s too short to run around afraid. I’m in D.C quite a bit. Never feel the need to be armed.
307 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:07:20am |
re: #302 FemNaziBitch
We are still debating the meaning of rape and you are surprised about this?
OK fair point. I guess it’s because these things are self-evident to me. I just don’t understand how anyone can still debate a definition of rape or have hangups about LGBT people. It makes no sense.
308 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:07:31am |
re: #305 Varek Raith
Nation of Islam’s Farrakhan calls for blacks-only courts before UFOs destroy the infidels
Lolwhut.
Alex Jones needs a lunch partner at Whacko inc.
309 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:07:54am |
re: #307 Lidane
OK fair point. I guess it’s because these things are self-evident to me. I just don’t understand how anyone can still debate a definition of rape or have hangups about LGBT people. It makes no sense.
I agree
310 | ObserverArt Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:08:05am |
re: #299 Lidane
I can’t believe people are still bigoted against LGBT folks in 2014.
Talk about irrational.
Bigot death throws. Some people just do not understand democracy…politician or not.
311 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:08:44am |
re: #307 Lidane
OK fair point. I guess it’s because these things are self-evident to me. I just don’t understand how anyone can still debate a definition of rape or have hangups about LGBT people. It makes no sense.
What amazes me is how tone deaf they are on this. I mean these people actually consider it discrimination to give LGBT couples the same rights as a straight couple. I mean even the Jim Crow proponents weren’t this tone deaf- they knew they were being bigots and were proud of it.
312 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:09:15am |
Wheee!
Kansas bill would make cities warn of dangers of fluoride in water: http://t.co/LOA3mDwPmG— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 24, 2014
313 | Kragar Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:09:21am |
Bryan Fischer hails Vladimir Putin as a way better leader than Obama, wants US to copy anti-gay law http://t.co/1U6UskLQOT— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 24, 2014
314 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:10:18am |
re: #311 HappyWarrior
What amazes me is how tone deaf they are on this. I mean these people actually consider it discrimination to give LGBT couples the same rights as a straight couple. I mean even the Jim Crow proponents weren’t this tone deaf- they knew they were being bigots and were proud of it.
because it’s going to be Sodom and Gomorrah all over again. DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!
THE HORROR!
315 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:10:34am |
re: #313 Kragar
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Sorry Bryan, we’re not going to copy Russia’s backass backwards laws on gays because you’re sexually repressed.
316 | Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:10:43am |
re: #305 Varek Raith
Nation of Islam’s Farrakhan calls for blacks-only courts before UFOs destroy the infidels
Lolwhut.
It’s reprehensible that Conyers sat there listening to that crap.
317 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:11:06am |
re: #271 lawhawk
Well I guess that means Ghostbusters III is off the table for good.
318 | Mattand Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:11:13am |
re: #304 FemNaziBitch
depends on where you live.
I’m amazed tourists from other countries still come here. Between the ever-increasing xenophobia; the chunk of Americans who think they live in Tombstone AZ, 1883; and the over-the-top security mugging they get when entering the US; you’d think they’d avoid us like the plague.
319 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:11:17am |
A “remarkably forthright admission that homosexuality and fascism have always gone hand in hand” http://t.co/5n92iMpBPi— Matt Barber (@jmattbarber) February 24, 2014
320 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:11:31am |
321 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:12:26am |
It's ok because it's Obama's fault…. #p2 #tcot #lnyhbt #uniteblue #teaparty pic.twitter.com/gqiD16v9Gm— Leyla (@MiamiLib) February 24, 2014
322 | Lidane Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:13:02am |
re: #314 FemNaziBitch
because it’s going to be Sodom and Gomorrah all over again. DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!
THE HORROR!
Wasn’t the big sin of Sodom and Gomorrah inhospitality? It’s been a while since I’ve read the text, but I’m pretty sure it had nothing to do with teh ghey.
323 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:13:14am |
re: #319 Pie-onist Overlord
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He really doesn’t want to go there given the real history of religious zealotry and fascism.
324 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:13:39am |
re: #298 Kragar
OFFS! Get the fuck out of my country, you theocratic piece of shit.
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Does this mean he won’t be voting much?
326 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:14:31am |
re: #323 HappyWarrior
He really doesn’t want to go there given the real history of religious zealotry and fascism.
The word “falangist” springs to mind……
327 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:14:32am |
Tiny zircon crystal is oldest piece of Earth ever found
4.4 billion years old.
328 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:14:34am |
re: #318 Mattand
I’m amazed tourists from other countries still come here. Between the ever-increasing xenophobia; the chunk of Americans who think they live in Tombstone AZ, 1883; and the over-the-top security mugging they get when entering the US; you’d think they’d avoid us like the plague.
Yeah but remember most of those nuts are outside the major areas. You are right though. There are way too many Americans who think they live in the old West.
329 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:14:44am |
re: #307 Lidane
OK fair point. I guess it’s because these things are self-evident to me. I just don’t understand how anyone can still debate a definition of rape or have hangups about LGBT people. It makes no sense.
It’s the end result of the GOP happily embracing the “Moral Majority” in 1980 and never looking back.
330 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:14:52am |
re: #322 Lidane
Wasn’t the big sin of Sodom and Gomorrah inhospitality? It’s been a while since I’ve read the text, but I’m pretty sure it had nothing to do with teh ghey.
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HORROR I tell you!
331 | Targetpractice Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:15:03am |
re: #327 Varek Raith
Tiny zircon crystal is oldest piece of Earth ever found
4.4 billion years old.
Obviously God put it there to test our faith.
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332 | Kragar Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:15:07am |
re: #327 Varek Raith
Tiny zircon crystal is oldest piece of Earth ever found
4.4 billion years old.
That is almost 6000 in creationist years
333 | lawhawk Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:15:10am |
re: #312 Lidane
They might be worried about their kids’ precious bodily fluids, but they’d oppose a key part of the party pack provided to the flyboys:
Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
334 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:15:10am |
re: #330 FemNaziBitch
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HORROR I tell you!
Yes please.
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335 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:15:47am |
re: #326 Dr Lizardo
The word “falangist” springs to mind……
I’d ask the dumb fuck to explain Lorca’s murder but the dumbass probably thinks the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War were good conservatives since Republican always equals right wing.
336 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:16:25am |
re: #329 Targetpractice
It’s the end result of the GOP happily embracing the “Moral Majority” in 1980 and never looking back.
Yep and it’s why I will never respect Reagan because he gave those bastards entry into the mainstream.
337 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:16:49am |
re: #322 Lidane
Wasn’t the big sin of Sodom and Gomorrah inhospitality? It’s been a while since I’ve read the text, but I’m pretty sure it had nothing to do with teh ghey.
They were cruel to the poor and homeless, and it was a quaint local custom to rape transients.
Scripture says nothing about Teh Ghey in connection with Sodom & Gomorrah.
However it is interesting that immediately after the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, the survivors committed acts of incest, thinking they were the only humans left on earth.
338 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:17:46am |
339 | Decatur Deb Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:18:36am |
re: #298 Kragar
OFFS! Get the fuck out of my country, you theocratic piece of shit.
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We’re legalizing incest?
340 | Kragar Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:18:43am |
I’m confused.
Evangelicals keep saying homosexuals are horrifically brutal soldiers, capable of committing almost any atrocity and able to crush entire countries under their boots.
They also say allowing gays in the military will feminize the military, and the soldiers would be incapable fighting because of all the butt sex they would invariably be having 24/7 in the field.
So, which is it?
341 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:19:14am |
re: #337 Pie-onist Overlord
They were cruel to the poor and homeless, and it was a quaint local custom to rape transients.
Scripture says nothing about Teh Ghey in connection with Sodom & Gomorrah.
However it is interesting that immediately after the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, the survivors committed acts of incest, thinking they were the only humans left on earth.
wait, someone associated it with The Ghey
bbl
342 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:19:25am |
I’m pretty sure this is a Fake Quote, because they didn’t have GUNZ in Aristotle’s time.
“@atomiktiger: Aristotle: Tyrants keep people poor, so they can't afford arms #2A #NRA #PJNET #teaparty #tcot #ccot pic.twitter.com/lxahZPkgFu”— Patrick Matas (@pmatas) February 21, 2014
343 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:20:00am |
re: #340 Kragar
I’m confused.
Evangelicals keep saying homosexuals are horrifically brutal soldiers, capable of committing almost any atrocity and able to crush entire countries under their boots.
They also say allowing gays in the military will feminize the military, and the soldiers would be incapable fighting because of all the butt sex they would invariably be having 24/7 in the field.
So, which is it?
Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday it’s narrative A and Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, it’s narrative B). On Saturday, it’s some twisted combination where gay feminized soldiers will implement fascist sharia law.
344 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:20:07am |
345 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:20:25am |
re: #342 Pie-onist Overlord
I’ve seen it also attributed to an array of founding fathers.
346 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:21:40am |
re: #342 Pie-onist Overlord
I’m pretty sure this is a Fake Quote, because they didn’t have GUNZ in Aristotle’s time.
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Well that’s bs anyhow since the gun fuckers own more guns than ever in Obama’s America. But yeah I definitely think that’s a bs quote.
347 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:22:24am |
YES
IF YOU DON’T LIKE YOUR JRRB GO WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE!
Does your employer have the “right” to disarm you when you are on their property? Hmm #2a #teaparty #tcot http://t.co/0N0oPz702v— Texas Son (@Son_of_Texas) February 24, 2014
348 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:23:43am |
re: #342 Pie-onist Overlord
I’m pretty sure this is a Fake Quote, because they didn’t have GUNZ in Aristotle’s time.
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Yeah, I think it’s bull.
Nothing on a google search on this but that image and rw citations of it.
349 | Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:23:54am |
re: #345 Varek Raith
I’ve seen it also attributed to an array of founding fathers.
If you take the eigenvector of that array it points directly to the 2nd Amendment.
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350 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:24:52am |
re: #347 Pie-onist Overlord
YES
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Astounding!
Yes, wingnuts, I can bar you from entering my home/business if you have a gun.
351 | HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:25:04am |
re: #347 Pie-onist Overlord
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Yet these are the same people who want employers to be able to fire people for being gay. Yeah…….
353 | Pie-onist Overlord Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:28:22am |
I ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. SIGNED—EDWARD SNOWDEN
A little side work never hurts! Hey LIBERALS, there is work out there if you really want it! #tcot http://t.co/Li8uvfzye4— Will C (@Raven_Will90) February 24, 2014
354 | Varek Raith Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:29:46am |
re: #353 Pie-onist Overlord
I ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. SIGNED—EDWARD SNOWDEN
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Gee, that’s my main source of income.
It sure as hell doesn’t pay what I bet he thinks it pays.
356 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:33:30am |
re: #342 Pie-onist Overlord
I’m pretty sure this is a Fake Quote, because they didn’t have GUNZ in Aristotle’s time.
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The thing to remember though is that in Athens in that time, except in a few cases in times of war hoplite armor was privately purchased and owned by individual citizens. Men owned service to the polis, but they had to pay for their weapons and equipment themselves. But the fact that the state did not issue, control, or own the weapons was regarded as a bulkwart against tyranny,
Just some add-on facts I thought wise to put in.