Tuesday Night Mind-Warp: Li Hongbo: Statues in Motion

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Classical sculptures that defy logic. Paper master Li Hongbo stretches your imagination with a twisted take on traditional sculpting.

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734 comments
1 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 5:50:16pm

Netflix Drone To Home

Youtube Video

2 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 5:51:53pm

Cutest ear wiggles ever

Youtube Video

3 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 5:52:23pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

Netflix Drone To Home

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That’s humor. Right?

4 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 5:53:04pm

re: #3 Gus

Netflix poking fun at Amazon…

5 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 5:56:59pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

Netflix Drone To Home

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So, the drone drops it in 6 ft of snow and you don’t find it until spring?

Or in the koi pond in the front yard?

6 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:01:00pm
7 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:01:24pm

From Reddit:

Come on, this shit was infiltrated years ago

8 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:03:22pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

From Reddit:

Also…

The NSA, CIA, FBI, DEA all are here, the only difference is that this is our community and we set the rules. The mods that aren’t doing their jobs should be exposed publicly and removed from a position of power if the redditors deem that’s appropriate.

9 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:05:08pm

And…

“time to move to our only bastion left.

myspace”

10 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:05:12pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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Never trust anyone under 40. : )

11 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:05:59pm

re: #9 jaunte

And…

AOL chatrooms.

12 Single-handed sailor  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:06:03pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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Thanks for the ear worm, Charles.

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
Step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look what’s going down

13 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:06:10pm

If you speak loudly in a Starbucks, is Starbucks infiltrated?

14 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:06:36pm

re: #11 Gus

Peer-to-peer soupcans.

15 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:06:58pm

re: #14 jaunte

Peer-to-peer soupcans.

Smoke signals.

16 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:07:18pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Is it possible to “infiltrate” a public-facing Web site that allows anyone to register and post?

17 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:07:44pm

re: #14 jaunte

Pea-to-peasoup cans.

18 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:09:17pm

re: #17 Decatur Deb

Prison tapping.

19 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:10:31pm

re: #18 Gus

Prison tapping.

.—. . .

20 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:10:55pm

Youtube Video

21 dog philosopher  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:11:30pm

opinion piece from time magazine

No, Russia Will Not Intervene in Ukraine

Moscow will be content to watch Ukraine’s new revolutionary leaders succumb to factional infighting and the pressures of the country’s basket-case economy

22 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:12:01pm

They’re inside the bitcoins!

23 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:12:06pm

re: #19 Decatur Deb

.—…

Charles’ program ellided my spaces. LGF is bugged.

24 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:12:24pm

re: #19 Decatur Deb

.—…

25 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:14:27pm

google.com

26 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:14:50pm

So there’s Ukraine, Syria, Turkey, Venezuela, possibly Egypt. Any other hotspots I should keep an eye on around the globe now?

27 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:14:56pm

28 dog philosopher  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:15:47pm

re: #25 Decatur Deb

google.com

we’re working on a quipu input to usb port

29 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:15:49pm

re: #25 Decatur Deb

google.com

Cave paintings. First known cases of SIGDEV.

30 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:16:08pm

re: #26 Rev_Arthur_Belling

So there’s Ukraine, Syria, Turkey, Venezuela, possibly Egypt. Any other hotspots I should keep an eye on around the globe now?

Abnormal number of deaths in Cabot Cove.

31 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:17:29pm
32 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:19:29pm

re: #31 Gus

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What a priest can’t get a drink in a bar?

You know they are just there to save souls!

/

33 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:20:21pm

I’m going to play on photoshop and listen to a book.

bbl

34 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:20:27pm

re: #28 dog philosopher

we’re working on a quipu input to usb port

35 Lidane  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:26:46pm

A war criminal says what?


Also, he calls Chuck Hagel a turncoat and a traitor. Fun times.

36 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:26:54pm

re: #26 Rev_Arthur_Belling

So there’s Ukraine, Syria, Turkey, Venezuela, possibly Egypt. Any other hotspots I should keep an eye on around the globe now?

Thailand—protests about the Thaksin government, with accusations about corruption and election integrity

Central African Republic-Christian militias engaged in mass killings of Muslims, nominally in retaliation for acts by the Seleka militias that were mostly Muslim.

Nigeria—ongoing attacks by Boko Haram (including another vicious raid on a school last night), implementation of “imprison the gays” law by both Christian and Islamic conservatives governing the interior regions

37 austin_blue  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:27:23pm

Evening Lizardim! What’s the latest outrageous outrage?

38 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:28:38pm

re: #34 jaunte

True fact: Pre-Columbian natives had the wheel. They didn’t have roads.

Image: $(KGrHqEOKpIFIBc2)W+CBSGSbGUwEQ~~60_35.JPG

39 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:28:38pm
40 Lidane  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:29:41pm

The joys of job hunting in 2014. Just finished my first on-demand video interview. There were a few text questions since it’s a user ops job, and then a few personality questions that I had to do on a webcam. Blah. I never like how I look or sound on camera, but the boyfriend heard me from the other room and he said my answers sounded great. I’m hoping it’s not just him trying to make me feel better. Hahaha.

Fingers crossed. :)

41 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:30:02pm

re: #30 Decatur Deb

I’m going to assume (without teh Google) that this is a reference to a zombie TV series I haven’t watched.

42 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:30:54pm

Looks like the digital tulips invented by ideologically cracked libertarians are having a rough day…

43 Kragar  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:32:03pm

re: #40 Lidane

The joys of job hunting in 2014. Just finished my first on-demand video interview. There were a few text questions since it’s a user ops job, and then a few personality questions that I had to do on a webcam. Blah. I never like how I look or sound on camera, but the boyfriend heard me from the other room and he said my answers sounded great. I’m hoping it’s not just him trying to make me feel better. Hahaha.

Fingers crossed. :)

Of the dozen+ jobs I’ve applied for in the last month, I’ve had one reply, which was “you’re not what we wanted.”

44 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:32:17pm

re: #36 The Ghost of a Flea

Thanks. I thought I’d heard about the Central African Republic thing somewhere. Maybe the BBC World Service on our NPR affiliate.

45 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:32:36pm

re: #35 Lidane

A war criminal says what?

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Also, he calls Chuck Hagel a turncoat and a traitor. Fun times.

Says a torturer who has sucked off the govt tit his entire adult life?

46 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:32:55pm

re: #41 Rev_Arthur_Belling

I’m going to assume (without teh Google) that this is a reference to a zombie TV series I haven’t watched.

You calling Mrs Fletcher a zombie?

Image: murder-in-moscow-jessica-fletcher-paperback-cover-art.jpg

47 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:34:40pm

re: #44 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Thanks. I thought I’d heard about the Central African Republic thing somewhere. Maybe the BBC World Service on our NPR affiliate.

It’s been on the BBC a bunch. NPR had a bit on the new CAR president in the last month, who’s trying to be a uniter rather than factional.

It’s a complicated situation. I don’t have a handle on all the different aspects: land conflicts, nomads versus agriculturalists, factions aligned with pre- and post-coup governments, religion….

48 austin_blue  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:37:14pm

re: #47 The Ghost of a Flea

It’s been on the BBC a bunch. NPR had a bit on the new CAR president in the last month, who’s trying to be a uniter rather than factional.

It’s a complicated situation. I don’t have a handle on all the different aspects: land conflicts, nomads versus agriculturalists, factions aligned with pre- and post-coup governments, religion….

Landlocked failed state. Just hell in a bucket.

49 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:37:35pm

Pacific Rim - Striker Eureka vs Mutavore Kaiju Full HD

Youtube Video

Not looking good man. It breached the wall.

50 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:38:15pm

re: #46 Decatur Deb

Well, there actually haven’t been any murders in Cabot Cove in a while, since the series ended long ago ;)

51 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:39:31pm
52 Kragar  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:40:23pm

re: #49 Gus

Pacific Rim - Striker Eureka vs Mutavore Kaiju Full HD

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Not looking good man. It breached the wall.

FLCL - Tekkun vs Haruhara Harako

Youtube Video

53 klys  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:40:31pm

re: #50 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Well, there actually haven’t been any murders in Cabot Cove in a while, since the series ended long ago ;)

I need to go back to Mendocino. (Filming location for Cabot Cove.)

54 darthstar  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:41:15pm

First they get fucked by Zuckerman on the whole facebook thing, and now the syncrhonized trust fundies are going to fuck themselves with Bitcoin. And they say there isn’t a god…

55 wrenchwench  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:42:30pm

Later, lizards.

56 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:42:59pm

re: #54 darthstar

First they get fucked by Zuckerman on the whole facebook thing, and now the syncrhonized trust fundies are going to fuck themselves with Bitcoin. And they say there isn’t a god…

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Andreessen. Hahahaha!

57 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:44:58pm

re: #54 darthstar

Speaking of Andreesen, he just published this tl;dr about the future of news. In it, there’s a lot of boilerplate b.s., and a swipe at unions. Typical glibertarian stuff. But I noted someone posted about ProPublica and his connection yesterday, so thought it might be of interest.

What’s holding the future of news back
There are some artifacts and ideas in the journalism business that arguably are counterproductive to the growth of both quality journalism and quality businesses. It’s why some organizations are finding it so hard to move forward.
An obvious one is the bloated cost structure left over from the news industry’s monopoly/oligopoly days. Nobody promised every news outfit a shiny headquarters tower, big expense accounts, and lots of secretaries!
Unions and pensions are another holdover. Both were useful once, but now impose a structural rigidity in a rapidly changing environment. They make it hard to respond to a changing financial environment and to nimbler competition. The better model for incentivizing employees is sharing equity in the company.

58 dog philosopher  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:45:01pm

re: #55 wrenchwench

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Later, lizards.

ignatz cat hunts rats & other rodentia very efficiently and so i don’t worry about him being able to feed himself but he complains to me that he hasn’t been able to find any of those tasty salami animals in the wild

59 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:45:09pm

Big Data Breach: 360 Million Newly Stolen Credentials For Sale

nbcnews.com

“A cybersecurity firm said on Tuesday that it uncovered stolen credentials from some 360 million accounts that are available for sale on cyber black markets, though it is unsure where they came from or what they can be used to access.

“The discovery could represent more of a risk to consumers and companies than stolen credit card data because of the chance the sets of user names and passwords could open the door to online bank accounts, corporate networks, health records and virtually any other type of computer system.

“Alex Holden, chief information security officer of Hold Security LLC, said in an interview that his firm obtained the data over the past three weeks, meaning an unprecedented amount of stolen credentials is available for sale underground.”

60 dog philosopher  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:46:06pm

re: #57 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Unions and pensions are another holdover. Both were useful once, but now impose a structural rigidity in a rapidly changing environment.

i hope you can manage to live on the income from your freedom from structural rigidity

61 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:46:30pm

re: #54 darthstar

First they get fucked by Zuckerman on the whole facebook thing, and now the syncrhonized trust fundies are going to fuck themselves with Bitcoin. And they say there isn’t a god…

Schadenfreude is damn tasty, isn’t it, darth?

In the case of the Winklevoss twins, Bitcoins, and dudebro glibertarian douchebags (to include Andreessen), I love the taste.

62 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:47:48pm

re: #60 dog philosopher

i hope you can manage to live on the income from your freedom from structural rigidity

I hear it tastes good with cat food.

63 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:47:48pm
64 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:49:00pm

BitCoin is suffering.

Time for my crypto-currency, the iTulip, to go online.

65 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:50:35pm

re: #57 Rev_Arthur_Belling

structural rigidity

Sometimes the ship just doesn’t sail as fast unless the captain has complete freedom to throw the crew overboard.

66 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:55:01pm

Would you give your jacket to Johannes? SOS Children’s Villages Norway [OFFICIAL]

Youtube Video

67 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:55:30pm

re: #65 jaunte

Sometimes the ship just doesn’t sail as fast unless the captain has complete freedom to throw the crew overboard.

I am always amazed by the anti-union calculus that a single worker is able to coerce better pay and benefits out of a company than an organized workforce.

As Charles says, “Libertarianism poisons everything.”

68 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:57:30pm
69 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:58:05pm

Not The Usual Sexy Car Wash Girl You Are Expecting

Youtube Video

70 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 6:59:19pm
71 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:02:20pm

re: #60 dog philosopher

i hope you can manage to live on the income from your freedom from structural rigidity

re: #64 The Ghost of a Flea

BitCoin is suffering.

Time for my crypto-currency, the iTulip, to go online.

Get a load of this from Andreessen:

Marc Andreessen, the entrepreneur and investor who has recently backed Bitcoin startup Coinbase, says Mt. Gox “had to die” for Bitcoin to thrive.

The comments from Andreessen, whose firm Andreessen Horowitz led a $25 million funding round for Bitcoin marketplace Coinbase late last year, says his commitment and encouragement regarding the digital currency remain unchanged.

“Every important new technology has birthing pains,” he said, adding that the role of Mt. Gox in early Bitcoin adoption “has been supplanted by better, stronger entities.”

foxbusiness.com

Never mind all of the people who had their holdings at Mt.Gox and are, generally speaking, just shit out of luck.

72 Pie-onist Overlord  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:04:30pm

re: #40 Lidane

The joys of job hunting in 2014. Just finished my first on-demand video interview. There were a few text questions since it’s a user ops job, and then a few personality questions that I had to do on a webcam. Blah. I never like how I look or sound on camera, but the boyfriend heard me from the other room and he said my answers sounded great. I’m hoping it’s not just him trying to make me feel better. Hahaha.

Fingers crossed. :)

I would SO TOTALLY FAIL a video interview.

73 Kragar  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:04:36pm

re: #71 TedStriker

“You fucked up. You trusted us.”

74 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:05:04pm

re: #71 TedStriker

Get a load of this from Andreessen:

foxbusiness.com

“Never mind all of the people who had their holdings at Mt.Gox and are, generally speaking, just shit out of luck.”

The “little people” never matter to dickheads like Andreessen.

75 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:05:12pm

re: #73 Kragar

“You fucked up. You trusted us.”

Pretty much.

76 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:05:25pm

re: #67 Rev_Arthur_Belling

I am always amazed by the anti-union calculus that a single worker is able to coerce better pay and benefits out of a company than an organized workforce.

As Charles says, “Libertarianism poisons everything.”

To be fair, the article suggested gives workers equity in the company. If the employees owned more of a company and less was owned by institutional investors, that might produce a better balance of priorities.

77 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:08:15pm

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

To be fair, the article suggested gives workers equity in the company. If the employees owned more of a company and less was owned by institutional investors, that might produce a better balance of priorities.

How about a pension and equity? Because not everyone is going to be bought by Facebook for $19 billion.

78 Pie-onist Overlord  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:08:19pm

WTFITS

79 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:09:23pm

re: #78 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS

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Blaming Israel for wanting to limit who enters the country.

80 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:09:34pm

Awww. Little guy was tired of being put on exhibit.

Koala escapes enclosure at San Diego Zoo
Mundu spends day sleeping in tree high above his exhibit

click2houston.com

81 Pie-onist Overlord  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:11:00pm

What does Max Blumenthal have to say about some African countries treatment of gays?

Nothing, because he can’t blame it on Teh Juice.

82 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:12:58pm

re: #81 Pie-onist Overlord

What does Max Blumenthal have to say about some African countries treatment of gays?

Nothing, because he can’t blame it on Teh Juice.

83 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:13:29pm

re: #78 Pie-onist Overlord

The government also insists it has the systems in place to process any asylum applications.

“Only a few hundred have applied,” says the foreign ministry spokesman, Yigal Palmor.

“It is quite a mystery why not more have tried to use the procedure.”

And only a handful so far, approximately a dozen, have been granted refugee status.

“The others have been found to be working migrants or other types of migrants and did not qualify for refugee status under the criteria of the Refugee Convention,” Mr Palmor said.
bbc.co.uk

84 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:14:03pm

This looks pretty cool. Just when I thought smart phones couldn’t amaze me Google shows Project Tango.

Youtube Video

85 gwangung  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:14:19pm

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

To be fair, the article suggested gives workers equity in the company. If the employees owned more of a company and less was owned by institutional investors, that might produce a better balance of priorities.

That might work if that ever got to that point. But the need for working capital means they go to the institutional investors FIRST. You can’t eat on privately held stock.

86 psddluva4evah  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:14:34pm

When was the estimated time frame the Obama admin gave to have troops out of Afghanistan? Wasn’t is sometime this year anyway?

87 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:14:34pm

re: #82 Gus

Hmmm. Interesting chart.

88 Pie-onist Overlord  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:16:00pm

re: #83 jaunte

HURR HURRR!!!! BUT ISRAEL IS TEH WORSTEST COUNTRY IN TEH WHOLE WORLD!!!!!

89 sagehen  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:16:13pm

how and why we do gun control in NYC

Knicks point guard Raymond Felton arrested, charged with felony weapons possession
The 29-year-old was charged with two counts of felony possession for his ownership of an unregistered, armor-piercing firearm that he allegedly waved around aggressively during a fight with his wife,

(she’s now filed for divorce, there’s a protection order to keep away from her, he’s unarmed, and his team has to keep a close eye… )

90 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:24:11pm

Take a flexible steel ribbon and add some goats, fun fun fun!

Youtube Video

91 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:25:00pm

This keeps getting more hilarious.

Pentagon to ask for only 34 Lockheed F-35s in 2015 budget: comptroller

• Hale said the program, which is nearly 70 percent over budget and years behind schedule, was showing improvement. “It’s starting to get on an even footing,” he said.

• Defense officials say the military services still plan to buy a total of 2,443 F-35 fighter jets, despite the latest postponement of orders.

92 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:26:21pm

re: #91 Gus

This keeps getting more hilarious.

Hilarious if it didn’t cost so much money which could have been spent on other stuff. :/

93 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:30:03pm

re: #89 sagehen

How’d he get hold of 5.7mm AP rounds for his FN Five-seveN? FN doesn’t sell those rounds to civilians nor would US law permit such a sale. So this guy’s ammo would be illegal in any state in the union and yet he got hold of it. This one can’t be blamed on lack of gun control, given that the ammo in the gun was illegal.

94 chadu  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:32:42pm

O/T

I worked on 18 obituaries tonight, including a Special Olympian.

Oy veh.

95 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:33:13pm
96 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:34:38pm

re: #94 chadu

Ouch. Working obits is never fun.

97 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:36:31pm

re: #95 Charles Johnson

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I won’t ask.

98 sagehen  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:36:41pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

How’d he get hold of 5.7mm AP rounds for his FN Five-seveN? FN doesn’t sell those rounds to civilians nor would US law permit such a sale. So this guy’s ammo would be illegal in any state in the union and yet he got hold of it. This one can’t be blamed on lack of gun control, given that the ammo in the gun was illegal.

The fact that he’s lost his gun and will never get it back, that there was quick investigation of the fact that he even had one, that his employers are now also involved… wouldn’t happen in Florida or Texas.

99 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:37:17pm
100 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:37:58pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

How’d he get hold of 5.7mm AP rounds for his FN Five-seveN? FN doesn’t sell those rounds to civilians nor would US law permit such a sale. So this guy’s ammo would be illegal in any state in the union and yet he got hold of it. This one can’t be blamed on lack of gun control, given that the ammo in the gun was illegal.

Probably got it the same place he got the illegal firearm - the serial numbers were defaced - presuming that it actually _was_ armor piercing rather than the AP based on a lack of knowledge by the writer of the article.

A better news report is here: usatoday.com

101 Kragar  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:37:59pm

re: #99 NJDhockeyfan

GAMERA!

102 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:39:00pm

re: #97 Gus

I won’t ask.

Very sick people.

103 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:42:47pm
104 chadu  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:45:48pm

re: #96 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Ouch. Working obits is never fun.

Welp, that’s the job I applied for and got, so, hey.

5.75 billable hours, yay.

105 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:50:33pm

re: #100 William Barnett-Lewis

Probably got it the same place he got the illegal firearm - the serial numbers were defaced - presuming that it actually _was_ armor piercing rather than the AP based on a lack of knowledge by the writer of the article.

A better news report is here: usatoday.com

If the serial numbers were defaced then the gun itself was illegal. This man was therefore no species of responsible gun owner. A gun with the serial number filed off will get you imprisoned in any state in the Union.

106 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:50:48pm

re: #102 Charles Johnson

Very sick people.

They’re still waiting for the arrival of the comet Hale Bop.

107 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:51:04pm

Reading up on Obama’s Afghan plan, I don’t think he’s bluffing
President Obama pressures Afghanistan leader Karzai on security deal

White House officials have hinted for months that they would consider pulling all U.S. troops out by year’s end, but the so-called zero option was widely seen as a ploy to pressure Karzai to approve the bilateral accord, which gives U.S. troops legal protection for their actions. The Afghan leader has given no indication he will sign, however.

Now some senior Obama aides have begun to embrace the prospect of a full pullout, arguing it would be both politically popular at home and strategically viable given other military options in the region, according to a senior administration official who declined to identify the aides. The administration’s contingency plans include using air bases in Central Asia to conduct drone missile attacks in northwest Pakistan, U.S. officials said this month.

108 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:51:29pm

re: #104 chadu

I worked obits a while. It’s a paycheck. But it’s also really depressing. Hope you find a way to excel and move beyond.

109 Stanley Sea  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:51:40pm

re: #104 chadu

Welp, that’s the job I applied for and got, so, hey.

5.75 billable hours, yay.

I’m old school. That and the comics are what I miss most from my daily delivered newspaper.

Many interesting people die.

And Zits was always pretty good, but this one is a winner

110 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:53:56pm

I don’t think Karzai is bluffing either

There was no immediate reaction from Karzai’s office. Former Afghan officials said Obama’s comments were unlikely to sway the Afghan leader, noting that he had ignored an influential council of Afghan dignitaries that overwhelmingly endorsed the security deal in November. The council included some Afghan presidential candidates.

“I don’t think that he will react to such pressure,” said Said Jawad, a former Afghan ambassador to Washington, who served on the council. “In the past, he has proven to enjoy saying no to the U.S. and acting much tougher than he is perceived to be.”

Looks like game over for Afghanistan.

111 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:55:48pm

re: #110 Killgore Trout

I don’t think Karzai is bluffing either

Looks like game over for Afghanistan.

Karzai cares only about cutting an internal deal that will save his neck. If the elections go forward honestly and the SoF agreement is signed, then he’s fucked and so is most of his family. The Karzais have made many enemies, and they’ll be seeking revenge.

112 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:59:28pm

re: #110 Killgore Trout

I don’t think Karzai is bluffing either

Looks like game over for Afghanistan.

Fuck Karzai; if he wants to be completely responsible for his security, let us GTFO and let him have at dealing with the Taliban and other threats all by himself.

The only bad thing about it is that we’ll end up abandoning all of the people there that we tried to help while we’ve been there.

113 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:00:47pm

re: #112 TedStriker

Fuck Karzai; if he wants to be completely responsible for his security, let us GTFO and let him have at dealing with the Taliban and other threats all by himself.

The only bad thing about it is that we’ll end up abandoning all of the people there that we tried to help while we’ve been there.

Soon as we’re gone Karzai will cozy up to Iran and Russia.

114 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:01:04pm

re: #111 Dark_Falcon

Karzai cares only about cutting an internal deal that will save his neck. If the elections go forward honestly and the SoF agreement is signed, then he’s fucked and so is most of his family. The Karzais have made many enemies, and they’ll be seeking revenge.

I’m wondering how long the country will last after we leave. An endless supply of Taliban crossing from Pakistan. It wouldn’t take long to retake the country. Bin Laden will be sorry he missed it.

115 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:04:08pm

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Karzai may be getting ready to leave too.

“…Hamid Karzai has to make plans for life after dominating the government for a decade (two terms as president). His successor will likely not be a Karzai and will want to grab all the goodies for his clan. Depending on who gets in, things could get ugly and very costly for the Karzais, even though the clan has already moved a lot of assets, and family members, overseas.”
strategypage.com

116 chadu  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:06:44pm

re: #106 Gus

They’re still waiting for the arrival of the comet Hale Bop.

Or the comet Mmm’Bop.

117 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:08:24pm

re: #115 jaunte

Karzai may be getting ready to leave too.

There should be an Island where we could keep all these guys. Could be an interesting social experiment.

118 chadu  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:09:33pm

O/T

littlegreenfootballs.com

Thanks for the promotion!

119 Stanley Sea  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:11:26pm

off to Doctor Sleep. The novel, then the real deal.

120 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:13:41pm
121 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:14:49pm

re: #117 Killgore Trout

There should be an Island where we could keep all these guys. Could be an interesting social experiment.

Survivor: Exiled Former Tyrants Edition

Get voted off the island and you end up in prison in the Hague. And at the end of the show one former dictator who’s been voted off is voted by the audience as “Biggest Scumbag” and flown back to the nation he abused to be shot on the tarmac in front of a worldwide audience. The winner gets to become dictator of the island with an annual UN stipend.

I think it’d do well on Wednesdays on CBS as a lead-in for Criminal Minds.

122 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:17:35pm

re: #121 Dark_Falcon

Survivor: Exiled Former Tyrants Edition

Get voted off the island and you end up in prison in the Hague. And at the end of the show one former dictator who’s been voted off is voted by the audience as “Biggest Scumbag” and flown back to the nation he abused to be shot on the tarmac in front of a worldwide audience. The winner gets to become dictator of the island with an annual UN stipend.

I think it’d do well on Wednesdays on CBS as a lead-in for Criminal Minds.

I’d watch that.

123 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:18:41pm
124 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:35:05pm

Just saw a new John Cornyn ad with three points.
Here’s how he’s decided to campaign:

- Benghazi!
- This administration sells guns to Mexican drug lords!
- You can’t keep your insurance!

125 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:42:35pm

Egyptian Army Medical Research: AIDS in a Kebab Skewer

Youtube Video

126 allegro  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:43:16pm

re: #124 jaunte

Just saw a new John Cornyn ad with three points.
Here’s how he’s decided to campaign:

- Benghazi!
- This administration sells guns to Mexican drug lords!
- You can’t keep your insurance!

His aren’t even the worst. Dan Patrick’s God-lovin’-anti-immigrant ads have been making me want to throw shit at the TV and he’s followed by a parade of assholes preaching their ‘conservative’ bonafides that make me want to weep for their vicious and hateful promises to further fuck the residents of Texas. Can’t even watch the news to catch the weather report without being bombarded by these fucknoodles.

127 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:46:40pm

re: #126 allegro


Dan Patrick, pious clown:
“I’ll never stop fighting against Obama’s attacks on Texas.”
Youtube Video

128 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:53:42pm

Why we need next-generation fighters:

Modified J-20 seen being prepared for maiden test flight

Images emerged on 20 February of a modified prototype Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) J-20 fifth-generation fighter undertaking high-speed taxi runs.

These taxi runs are presumably prior to its maiden flight and suggest it may be a pre-production variant slated for formal testing by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

Photographs of the prototype first appeared on Chinese military web sites in December 2013 and January, although some of these images appeared to have been digitally altered. The prototype carries the bort number ‘2011’ and shows modifications intended to improve engine performance, combat capability and stealth.

Most noticeable are redesigned engine intakes featuring more of a sloped ‘caret’ design said to improve pressure distributions for the engine. The vertical stabilizers have been clipped in their outer aft corners and the main wheel doors and the internal weapons bay cover feature larger scalloping to aid low observability. The canopy also features a new brace.

A new electronic targeting system is located below the nose and just aft the radar. This and the J-20’s distributed infrared sensor system points indicate Chengdu’s ambitions to give the J-20 an optical and infrared targeting and warning system similar to that of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Image: Chinese_internet_pic_-_main.jpg

129 allegro  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:54:03pm

re: #127 jaunte

“I’ll never stop fighting against Obama’s attacks on Texas.”
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And now he’s even here too!!! AAAARGH!! please stop, I beg of you. To think that once upon a time, in an age long ago when the Houston Oilers reigned in our hearts, Dan Patrick was my favorite local TV sportscaster. Would that he had kept that job rather than open a bar (with a staff of undocumented workers that he is now so determined to fuck over) and now…. just grrrrr, I re
ally hate that guy.

130 jaunte  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:57:22pm

re: #129 allegro

When you actually stop and listen to the words used in the ads, its just sad the stuff they think people will fall for, and doubly sad that people do indeed fall for it.

131 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:57:43pm

re: #113 Gus

Soon as we’re gone Karzai will cozy up to Iran and Russia.

Don’t forget China.

All of the blood and treasure we’ve spilled over his crooked ass.

*sigh*

132 allegro  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:58:40pm

On a more pleasant note, a friend brought me a bottle of chocolate red wine this weekend that I just opened to try out. Sounds pretty horrible but it is, in fact, seriously delicious. Whoda guessed.

133 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:00:45pm

Well after way too long a delay (I got it for Christmas) I finally started playing XCOM Enemy Uniknow.

Already had to do my first restart due to running afoul of an unwritten rule as a lack of any source of extra engineers meant that I could not build the building which gave you more engineers, and you can sort of guess how that went.

The good news is though that I just managed to successfully deactivate a plebtonium bomb in Australia with no casualties (two of the five soldiers involved in the operation were wounded but that is nothing a week or two of bed rest can’t fix) and we even brought one of the gray bastards back with us alive!

134 allegro  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:03:58pm

re: #130 jaunte

When you actually stop and listen to the words used in the ads, its just sad the stuff they think people will fall for, and doubly sad that people do indeed fall for it.

Oh no shit. There are so many dog whistles my dogs start to bark during them. Like the guy who promises to ‘reform’ the school lunch program. What do ya bet he wants to eliminate free lunches for poor kids? A popular one is fighting that awful Obamacare - I hope to hell that one backfires by the many like me who now have health insurance again in spite of those evil asshats. There are also those who fight for ‘women’s health’ which means closing most of the clinics in the state that actually served women.

135 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:04:56pm
136 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:05:58pm

re: #128 Dark_Falcon

Why we need next-generation fighters:

Modified J-20 seen being prepared for maiden test flight

Image: Chinese_internet_pic_-_main.jpg

The F-22 is a far more formidable opponent against the J-20. Faster, longer range, more maneuverable, and so on. Not only that. At this point the F-22 is cheaper per unit to the F-35. The F-35 is simply not an air-superiority weapon.

137 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:07:03pm

re: #129 allegro

And now he’s even here too!!! AAAARGH!! please stop, I beg of you. To think that once upon a time, in an age long ago when the Houston Oilers reigned in our hearts, Dan Patrick was my favorite local TV sportscaster. Would that he had kept that job rather than open a bar (with a staff of undocumented workers that he is now so determined to fuck over) and now…. just grrrrr, I re
ally hate that guy.

Just so other people are clear, we need to distinguish between the known Dan Patricks.

Dan Patrick, national sportscaster (host of The Dan Patrick Show for Premiere/Clear Channel, among other things)

Dan Patrick, TX politician, former Houston sportscaster, current RWNJ radio host, and all-around fucknut

For those keeping track of the box score, in the context of TX politics, the latter is who we’re talking about.

138 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:07:40pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

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Qatar has spoken.

139 allegro  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:12:04pm

re: #137 TedStriker

Just so other people are clear, we need to distinguish between the known Dan Patricks.

Dan Patrick, national sportscaster (host of The Dan Patrick Show for Premiere/Clear Channel, among other things)

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Dan Patrick, TX politician, RWNJ radio host, and all-around fucknut

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For those keeping track of the box score, in the context of TX politics, the latter is who we’re talking about.

Thank you. I wasn’t aware of that other Dan Patrick who has the misfortune of sharing a name with the asshole we’re infected with.

140 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:16:46pm

re: #139 allegro

Thank you. I wasn’t aware of that other Dan Patrick who has the misfortune of sharing a name with the asshole we’re infected with.

And both are (or were, in Evil Dan Patrick’s case) sportscasters; Evil DP apparently just couldn’t break outside of the Houston market, so he went into business and politics (unfortunately for you and, by extension, all of us into truth and logic in politics).

I bet the “real” DP loathes Evil DP, especially right now when Evil DP is getting some national press because of the TX lieutenant governor’s race.

141 Gus  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:32:28pm

Because making a STATEMENT against Uganda’s gay laws and considering cutting foreign aid that they get for free is tantamount to cultural imperialism. What the fuck ever.

142 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:39:13pm

re: #141 Gus

Because making a STATEMENT against Uganda’s gay laws and considering cutting foreign aid that they get for free is tantamount to cultural imperialism. What the fuck ever.

Given that the “science,” “history,” and “ethics” used to justify the anti-gay bill are the direct product of missionaries and zealots attempting to compel Africans to act out their agenda, that is a Highly Fucking Specific Level Of Concern About Cultural Imperialism.

143 Kragar  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 9:39:25pm

re: #133 jamesfirecat

Well after way too long a delay (I got it for Christmas) I finally started playing XCOM Enemy Uniknow.

Already had to do my first restart due to running afoul of an unwritten rule as a lack of any source of extra engineers meant that I could not build the building which gave you more engineers, and you can sort of guess how that went.

The good news is though that I just managed to successfully deactivate a plebtonium bomb in Australia with no casualties (two of the five soldiers involved in the operation were wounded but that is nothing a week or two of bed rest can’t fix) and we even brought one of the gray bastards back with us alive!

You can get extra engineers and scientists from running missions

144 Single-handed sailor  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 10:46:15pm

2 Cellos - Benedictus

Youtube Video

145 Single-handed sailor  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 10:52:03pm

And for contrast, 2 Cellos - (AC/DC) Thunderstruck.

Youtube Video

146 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 10:55:50pm

re: #145 Single-handed sailor

And for contrast, 2 Cellos - (AC/DC) Thunderstruck.

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That is so badass.

So is this…

Youtube Video

147 jonhendry  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 11:16:25pm

re: #26 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Maybe the Golden Dawn fascists in Greece getting up to no good?

148 Lidane  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 11:22:20pm

re: #124 jaunte

Just saw a new John Cornyn ad with three points.
Here’s how he’s decided to campaign:

- Benghazi!
- This administration sells guns to Mexican drug lords!
- You can’t keep your insurance!

And the jabbering morans in the Tea Party still think he’s a RINO. Unbelievable.

149 Lidane  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 11:25:03pm

re: #126 allegro

David Dewhurst’s commercials make me want to throw things. God, what an insufferable prick.

Every time he opens his mouth I’m reminded that his political savvy gave us Senator Ted Cruz. Then I get angrier. :-P

150 jonhendry  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 11:25:53pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

How’d he get hold of 5.7mm AP rounds for his FN Five-seveN? FN doesn’t sell those rounds to civilians nor would US law permit such a sale.

Silk Road?

151 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 11:29:10pm

re: #148 Lidane

And the jabbering morans in the Tea Party still think he’s a RINO. Unbelievable.

The GOP had a chance to distance themselves from the extreme right, but instead, tolerated their rantings. That started an attention-grabbing race to the bottom, in which any anti-Obama statement is given credence whether it is based on facts or not.

And the GOP leadership missed the tipping point at which these people came to be the determining voice of the party.

152 jonhendry  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 11:33:42pm

re: #96 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Ouch. Working obits is never fun.

Working on WW2 veteran obits for the London Times or Telegraph seems like it could be pretty… fascinating, if not fun, exactly.

They really give them the coverage they deserve.

For example: “Major-General Logan Scott-Bowden was a sapper who carried out daring missions to ensure the Normandy beaches were ready for D-Day”

Or: Eileen Joll was a millionaire’s daughter who was involved in the mission to transport Douglas Bader’s new false leg to France

I wish US media gave our aged veterans this kind of respect.

153 Lidane  Tue, Feb 25, 2014 11:42:04pm
154 Floral Giraffe  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 12:02:02am

re: #153 Lidane

AHEM, Giraffes are always hip!
(They do need better shades, though….)

155 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 12:25:04am

re: #113 Gus

Soon as we’re gone Karzai will cozy up to Iran and Russia.

They will be greeted as liberators!

/

156 freetoken  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 1:18:29am

MP3 Audio

157 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:07:06am

back on the drip…

158 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:29:33am

Live—demonstrations in Crimea.

Youtube Video

159 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:40:11am

There are plenty of people on both sides who do not want to see the issues facing the Ukraine resolved quickly or peacefully (or at all, really).

Putin wants to play this up as a threat to Russia, Luzhkov in neighboring Byelarus wants to be able to point at ongoing chaos as a reason to crack down on dissent in his country, and lots of people have too many ill-gotten assets and revenue streams to lose if the Ukraine establishes a new, democratic and less corrupt system.

160 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:41:47am

U.S. warns banks to watch for ousted Ukraine leader moving looted funds

reuters.com

“FinCEN said it was reminding banks they were required to apply “enhanced scrutiny” to accounts held by Yanukovich or his circle “and to monitor transactions that could potentially represent misappropriated or diverted state assets”.

“Ukraine’s parliament voted on Tuesday to send Yanukovich to the International Criminal Court over police violence against protesters which it said had led to the deaths of more than 100 citizens of Ukraine and other states.

“The country’s new leaders have appealed for urgent international aid, saying it needed $35 billion over the next two years. Acting President Oleksander Turchinov warned that Ukraine was close to default and “heading into the abyss”.

161 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:51:31am
162 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:55:01am

re: #161 Justanotherhuman

that is a formula for chaos for years if not decades to come…

163 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:56:29am
164 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:04:08am
165 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:05:23am
166 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:10:04am

re: #165 Justanotherhuman

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cannot wait for the knee-jerk Islamophobes to freak out over that: “Ukraine, the next Caliphate?”

167 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:17:53am

BTW, there are approx 300K Tatars in Crimea as of 2012; they have a long history in the area. Read about the Crimean Khanate beginning in the 14th century.

Leader of the Tatar Crimean National Movement.

en.wikipedia.org

168 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:18:56am
169 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:20:45am

This is another bit of the unresolved legacy of the USSR. The Crimea is neither Russia nor Ukraine, it was administratively assigned to the Ukraine but its military bases were firmly in Russian hands.

Crimea river…

170 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:22:21am
171 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:22:26am

re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

cannot wait for the knee-jerk Islamophobes to freak out over that: “Ukraine, the next Caliphate?”

Pamela Geller meltdown in 5…4…3…2….

172 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:27:19am
173 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:28:09am

re: #172 Dr Lizardo

recipe for chaos

174 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:34:20am
175 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:34:33am

re: #173 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

recipe for chaos

It is. I would imagine that a lot of those Tatars being referred to are the descendants of those expelled by Stalin during his ethnic cleansing campaigns post-WWII.

176 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:36:10am

re: #175 Dr Lizardo

It is. I would imagine that a lot of those Tatars being referred to are the descendants of those expelled by Stalin during his ethnic cleansing campaigns post-WWII.

I think the Tatars know full well what side of the bread is buttered. : )

177 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:38:47am

So far, so good. Let’s hope it remains this way. But it does seem to be getting louder.

178 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:38:51am

re: #176 Justanotherhuman

I think the Tatars know full well what side of the bread is buttered. : )

And given the geopolitics of it all, probably not much longer before Turkey says, “OH HAI, COUSINS IN CRIMEA!”

179 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:42:11am

Looks like the pro-Russians are largely outnumbered here…

180 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:42:36am

We need Tartar control!!!

181 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:45:32am
182 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:53:34am

re: #181 Lidane

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Jesus, Marbut is dangerous. “I don’t like this—it shows the Feds’ ‘lust for centralized and tyrannical power’ so I’ll leave violence on the table” appears to be his future plan.

183 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 3:54:32am

Herkimer County men accused of sexually abusing cows

35-year-old Michael Jones, of Cedarville Road in Ilion, and 31-year-old Reid Fontaine are charged with sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor.

The owner of a local farm set up video surveillance in his barn, trying to figure out why his cows appeared anxious and were not producing normally. The owner later contacted State Police after video revealed the cows were being sexually abused.

Police say their investigation found Jones agreed to videotape Fontaine as he tried to have sexual contact with several cows.

184 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:02:37am

Tatars fly the blue flag with the yellow symbol that you can see in the videos.

en.wikipedia.org

185 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:03:57am

re: #182 Justanotherhuman

Jesus, Marbut is dangerous. “I don’t like this—it shows the Feds’ ‘lust for centralized and tyrannical power’ so I’ll leave violence on the table” appears to be his future plan.

Yeah, the whole thing is really incoherent and dangerous. I hope the right people are paying attention.

186 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:06:44am

Well, this sucks:


I remember my ex-stepfather listening to him and to Andres Segovia when I was a girl. I always liked him. This was one of my favorites:

Youtube Video

187 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:18:05am

Here’s a more recent video of Paco de Lucia that’s worth your time. It’s a reunion of him and Al Di Meola:

Youtube Video

188 sattv4u2  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:18:59am

re: #187 Lidane

Al Di Meola

One of my alltime favs

189 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:25:48am

GAH

190 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:26:58am

Max Blumenthal famously said IF TEH JUICE DON’T WANT ANY MOAR ANTI-SEMITISM, THEY SHOULD TAKE THAT JUICE STAR OFF THEIR FLAG!!!!!

191 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:31:42am

Hmm it looks like Max Blumenthal and his besties, and Ben Shapiro and his besties were all at the UCLA BDS event last night.

I’m surprised the place didn’t burn to the ground from all that DERP concentrated there.

192 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:45:07am

re: #186 Lidane

Well, this sucks:

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I remember my ex-stepfather listening to him and to Andres Segovia when I was a girl. I always liked him. This was one of my favorites:

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Have his Missa Flamenca. Good for a requiem, but too long for LGF.

193 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:07:06am
194 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:07:30am

Really cool xkcd today. Go check it out … Now ;)

xkcd.com

195 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:10:03am

re: #193 Lidane

Could Austin be host to the 2016 Democratic National Convention?

Great move, would lead to a great deal of RWNJ headassplosion, at once screaming God Bless Texas and then reiterating that Austin does not really count, etc…

196 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:15:10am

DERP
This falls into the same category as the guy who wanted a Hitler cake for his kid’s birthday. He didn’t get it.

197 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:17:04am

re: #193 Lidane

Could Austin be host to the 2016 Democratic National Convention? atxne.ws

Wow…in the belly of the beast.

Morning All! It’s cold today, what is this crap???

198 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:18:04am

re: #196 Pie-onist Overlord

DERP
This falls into the same category as the guy who wanted a >Hitler cake for his kid’s birthday. He didn’t get it.

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Because WBC would patronize a gay baker just to make a point?

199 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:21:21am

Simple and beautiful tribute.

200 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:21:58am

re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Because WBC would patronize a gay baker just to make a point?

If Westboro came into a gay bakery and requested to buy a regular cake that is sold to all the other customers, they should be able to purchase it.

Ordering a specialty cake with hate messages on it the vendor could refuse.

201 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:23:13am

Decatur Deb, my son posted this on Facebook:

Alabama-Israel: The 1943 Resolution

202 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:24:12am

re: #200 Pie-onist Overlord

If Westboro came into a gay bakery and requested to buy a cake that is sold to all the other customers, they should be able to purchase it.

Ordering a specialty cake with hate messages on it the vendor could refuse.

What about a cake with Leviticus 18:22?

203 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:24:15am

re: #196 Pie-onist Overlord

DERP
This falls into the same category as the guy who wanted a Hitler cake for his kid’s birthday. He didn’t get it.

More to the point, if Bryan J. Fischer came to a gay baker and ordered a cake, is the gay baker obligated to serve him?

(Gay Baker sounds like a movie star name from the ’30s. Or a big band singer.)

204 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:25:07am

re: #203 wheat-dogghazi

More to the point, if Bryan J. Fischer came to a gay baker and ordered a cake, is the gay baker obligated to serve him?

(Gay Baker sounds like a movie star name from the ’30s. Or a big band singer.)

A Studly Gay Baker

205 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:27:04am

Little Girl Dog had another seizure just after I logged off last night. Two in one day.

I can’t stand it.

206 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:27:14am

re: #203 wheat-dogghazi

More to the point, if Bryan J. Fischer came to a gay baker and ordered a cake, is the gay baker obligated to serve him?

(Gay Baker sounds like a movie star name from the ’30s. Or a big band singer.)

Gay Baker’s Boys…

207 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:28:10am

re: #206 Justanotherhuman

Gay Baker’s Boys…

Fabulous!

208 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:28:24am

re: #71 TedStriker

Get a load of this from Andreessen:

foxbusiness.com

Never mind all of the people who had their holdings at Mt.Gox and are, generally speaking, just shit out of luck.

You may denigrate Bitcoin all you like, but today I used it to transfer money from my Chinese bank to my American bank. In the process, Bitcoin values rose, so my deposit was $25 more than my withdrawal.

(Of course, values could have gone the other way. I just lucked out this time.)

As for Andreessen, I think he’s a world-class jerk.

209 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:28:57am

Pretty good article here on the systemic corruption in Ukraine, and it’s pretty staggering.

kyivpost.com

210 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:29:02am

re: #205 FemNaziBitch

Little Girl Dog had another seizure just after I logged off last night. Two in one day.

I can’t stand it.

{{hugs}}
How long do you have to wait before the vet tries pheno?

211 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:31:26am

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

{{hugs}}
How long do you have to wait before the vet tries pheno?

until the thyroid tests come back —any day now.

212 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:32:18am

re: #196 Pie-onist Overlord

DERP
This falls into the same category as the guy who wanted a Hitler cake for his kid’s birthday. He didn’t get it.

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I would love to prepare food for a hard-core Nazi.

213 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:33:21am

re: #212 Decatur Deb

I would love to prepare food for a hard-core Nazi.

Gefilte fish—with All Teh Jelly!

214 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:33:55am

re: #208 wheat-dogghazi

You may denigrate Bitcoin all you like, but today I used it to transfer money from my Chinese bank to my American bank. In the process, Bitcoin values rose, so my deposit was $25 more than my withdrawal.

(Of course, values could have gone the other way. I just lucked out this time.)

As for Andreessen, I think he’s a world-class jerk.

The same site that has this video “Plan to Break California into six states” and this one, “3 Stupid Things You Do With Your Credit Card”.

215 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:35:40am

I hate to be a dick but I’m kind of happy to find out this morning my niece didn’t get the scholarship to Regent University. This means she won’t be going there but will take a financial hit because of it.

216 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:36:27am

re: #213 Pie-onist Overlord

Gefilte fish—with All Teh Jelly!

Gefilte fish cake.

217 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:37:02am

re: #216 Decatur Deb

Gefilte fish cake.

On a matzah.

218 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:39:06am

re: #215 Amory Blaine

I hate to be a dick but I’m kind of happy to find out this morning my niece didn’t get the scholarship to Regent University. This means she won’t be going there but will take a financial hit because of it.

Why not a state school? They generally don’t cost nearly as much as private schools. Of course, the state schools also tend to be better in many areas of learning, though. : )

219 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:40:44am

re: #214 Justanotherhuman

The same site that has this video “Plan to Break California into six states” and this one, “3 Stupid Things You Do With Your Credit Card”.

Oh, yeah. Bitcoin attracts more than a healthy share of crackpots from the Ron Paul fringe. If I were a sociologist looking for a thesis topic, the Bitcoin community would keep me busy for decades. You’ve got the “nuke the Fed” cranks, goldbugs, computer geeks, dudebros, speculators, professional or semi-pro investors, and a host of idjits (including some who have put all their disposable income into Bitcoins). Predominantly male technophiles, some with rather restricted social skills.

Sitting at top are the dot-com wunderkinds like Andreessen and the Winklevoss twins who are only distinguishable from the rest by their immense wealth.

220 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:42:44am

re: #219 wheat-dogghazi

Oh, yeah. Bitcoin attracts more than a healthy share of crackpots from the Ron Paul fringe. If I were a sociologist looking for a thesis topic, the Bitcoin community would keep me busy for decades. You’ve got the “nuke the Fed” cranks, goldbugs, computer geeks, dudebros, speculators, professional or semi-pro investors, and a host of idjits (including some who have put all their disposable income into Bitcoins). Predominantly male technophiles, some with rather restricted social skills.

Sitting at top are the dot-com wunderkinds like Andreessen and the Winklevoss twins who are only distinguishable from the rest by their immense wealth.

Unfortunately, I see these same types as the ones driving the exploitation of women online, also. If porn, for instance, is anything, it’s libertarian in nature.

221 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:42:59am

re: #218 Justanotherhuman

Yes I’m hoping she moves here and goes to UWM Milwaukee. :)

222 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:43:28am

re: #215 Amory Blaine

I hate to be a dick but I’m kind of happy to find out this morning my niece didn’t get the scholarship to Regent University. This means she won’t be going there but will take a financial hit because of it.

There are many places better to go than Regent, but you knew that already. I don’t know her intended major, but if she wants a good liberal arts education at a school that won’t break the bank, may I suggest Berea College in Berea, Kentucky? Centre College in Danville, which is where my daughter went, also has generous financial aid.

223 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:44:33am

re: #220 Justanotherhuman

Roger that. Check my page for further confirmation.

224 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:45:53am

re: #218 Justanotherhuman

Why not a state school? They generally don’t cost nearly as much as private schools. Of course, the state schools also tend to be better in many areas of learning, though. : )

She’ll miss the guest lectures by John Ashcroft.

225 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:47:18am

re: #215 Amory Blaine

I hate to be a dick but I’m kind of happy to find out this morning my niece didn’t get the scholarship to Regent University. This means she won’t be going there but will take a financial hit because of it.

I’d be happy just for her social life. I take it she lives in VIrginia? Plenty of good schools here.

226 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:47:20am

re: #222 wheat-dogghazi

There are many places better to go than Regent, but you knew that already. I don’t know her intended major, but if she wants a good liberal arts education at a school that won’t break the bank, may I suggest Berea College in Berea, Kentucky? Centre College in Danville, which is where my daughter went, also has generous financial aid.

Berea is hyper-cool, at least it was in the 60s. Stronger in arts, though.

227 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:48:46am

re: #205 FemNaziBitch

Little Girl Dog had another seizure just after I logged off last night. Two in one day.

I can’t stand it.

Just want to let you know…I feel helpless reading about it, so I can imagine how you feel being there. Add an extra pat on the head for all of us.

228 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:50:20am

Situation appears to be deteriorating somewhat in Simferopol.


Although this makes me smile.

229 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:50:27am

re: #124 jaunte

Just saw a new John Cornyn ad with three points.
Here’s how he’s decided to campaign:

- Benghazi!
- This administration sells guns to Mexican drug lords!
- You can’t keep your insurance!

The simple minded / And the ill informed / Can be easily led astray / And those that cannot connect the dots / Hey look the other way

- Walk Tall
John Mellencamp

230 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:51:19am
231 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:51:36am

The whole thing about this religious “rights” stuff is it opens a huge can of worms. Really doubt the Fischers of the world would be too keen with a Muslim business owner denying service to Christians because he finds Christianity to be a false religion. That’s the problem with these sort of things and these people worry abut shit like Shariah law. You’re inviting it more with that kind of crap than secularization ever will.

232 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:53:41am

re: #193 Lidane

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It would fit the Dems theme the past two conventions of having it in what they see as competitive states- Denver, Colorado in 2008 and Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. They had it in Boston for 2004 which i thought was silly. Forget where they had it in 2000.

233 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:55:22am

re: #232 HappyWarrior

It would fit the Dems theme the past two conventions of having it in what they see as competitive states- Denver, Colorado in 2008 and Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. They had it in Boston for 2004 which i thought was silly. Forget where they had it in 2000.

Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Yeah, I had to look it up. : )

234 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:56:54am

re: #231 HappyWarrior

The whole thing about this religious “rights” stuff is it opens a huge can of worms. Really doubt the Fischers of the world would be too keen with a Muslim business owner denying service to Christians because he finds Christianity to be a false religion. That’s the problem with these sort of things and these people worry abut shit like Shariah law. You’re inviting it more with that kind of crap than secularization ever will.

Things would go to shit pretty quickly. In the 1950s, a Catholic needed permission from his pastor to attend a Presbyterian wedding (for fear of giving scandal). There is nothing to keep those attitudes from cycling back.

235 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:57:00am

re: #225 HappyWarrior

She’s in Charlotte NC. She had 2 choices that were considering her for full scholarship but she didn’t get either one. Regent being one of them I don’t remember what the other one was.

236 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:57:09am

re: #231 HappyWarrior

You’re inviting it more with that kind of crap than secularization ever will.

Yeah, the law of unintended consequences is never anticipated.

237 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:57:10am

Pro-Ukrainian Tatars have appeared to win.

238 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:57:33am

re: #233 Justanotherhuman

Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Yeah, I had to look it up. : )

I did too after that. So in 2000 and 2004 they had it in areas that they knew would be democratic pretty much come hell or high water.

239 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:58:20am

re: #234 Decatur Deb

Things would go to shit pretty quickly. In the 1950s, a Catholic needed permission from his pastor to attend a >Presbyterian wedding (for fear of giving scandal). There is nothing to keep those attitudes from cycling back.

Exactly. It would intensify religious division even more but I guess that’s what people like Fischer and others like him want.

240 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:58:40am

re: #224 Decatur Deb

She’ll miss the guest lectures by John Ashcroft.

He’s so dreamy!!

241 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:58:58am

re: #226 Decatur Deb

Berea is hyper-cool, at least it was in the 60s. Stronger in arts, though.

Berea is still super cool and it’s not just arts anymore.

berea.edu

242 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:59:10am

re: #231 HappyWarrior

The whole thing about this religious “rights” stuff is it opens a huge can of worms. Really doubt the Fischers of the world would be too keen with a Muslim business owner denying service to Christians because he finds Christianity to be a false religion. That’s the problem with these sort of things and these people worry abut shit like Shariah law. You’re inviting it more with that kind of crap than secularization ever will.

This sort of thiking is wasted on Bryan Fischer, he is already convinced that Islam is not a religion but a political system and thus exempt from such protections

243 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:59:27am

re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

This is another bit of the unresolved legacy of the USSR. The Crimea is neither Russia nor Ukraine, it was administratively assigned to the Ukraine but its military bases were firmly in Russian hands.

Crimea river…

Maybe we can invoke historical precedent and have France and the UK intervene there.
//

244 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:59:39am

re: #235 Amory Blaine

She’s in Charlotte NC. She had 2 choices that were considering her for full scholarship but she didn’t get either one. Regent being one of them I don’t remember what the other one was.

Oh okay. Don’t know the schools in NC that well but good luck to her. My second cousin is graduating this year and last I heard he’s going to the University of Vermont. Surprised us given that virtually all of us with the exception of his cousin the Ivy Leaguer stayed in state for school.

245 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 5:59:46am
246 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:00:04am

re: #235 Amory Blaine

FWIW, I seriously considered getting a Ph.D. from Regent many moons ago, but opted for a state school. Glad I did, because that Regent Ph.D. would have locked me into religious academia, which I was already sick of.

247 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:00:05am

Uh oh

248 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:00:29am

re: #244 HappyWarrior

Oh okay. Don’t know the schools in NC that well but good luck to her. My second cousin is graduating this year and last I heard he’s going to the University of Vermont. Surprised us given that virtually all of us with the exception of his cousin the Ivy Leaguer stayed in state for school.

UNC-Chapel HIll (if she can get in) ranks up there with the Ivies.

249 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:01:20am
250 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:01:28am

heh…

251 Bubblehead II  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:02:14am

Morning Lizards. How’s everyone?

252 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:02:21am

re: #248 Justanotherhuman

UNC-Chapel HIll (if she can get in) ranks up there with the Ivies.

Yeah that’s a great school.

253 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:02:36am

re: #243 Feline Fearless Leader

Maybe we can invoke historical precedent and have France and the UK intervene there.
//

Perhaps they’ll charge up the correct valley this time.

254 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:04:27am

re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh…

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That’s the same Bulgarian monument that was painted with superheroes.

255 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:04:31am

re: #242 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

This sort of thiking is wasted on Bryan Fischer, he is already convinced that Islam is not a religion but a political system and thus exempt from such protections

True that. Just glad that this thing is likely to be vetoed in AZ though I was disappointed to see similar legislation emerge in Missouri.

256 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:04:33am

re: #243 Feline Fearless Leader

Maybe we can invoke historical precedent and have France and the UK intervene there.
//

Send the Light Brigade!!!

257 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:05:07am

re: #254 Pie-onist Overlord

That’s the Bulgarian monument that was painted with superheroes.

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Oh Bulgarians. Met a couple of them one night in Vienna. Quite a bunch.

258 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:05:29am

re: #255 HappyWarrior

True that. Just glad that this thing is likely to be vetoed in AZ though I was disappointed to see similar legislation emerge in Missouri.

And Georgia, in a blitz move over the last day or so.

259 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:06:12am

Ha Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald.

260 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:06:21am

re: #255 HappyWarrior

True that. Just glad that this thing is likely to be vetoed in AZ though I was disappointed to see similar legislation emerge in Missouri.

It will not go away as long as there are masses eager to be fed with raw meat…

261 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:08:55am

re: #260 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It will not go away as long as there are masses eager to be fed with raw meat…

I may be an optimist, but I don’t think there are “masses” driving this, just the same loudmouth motivated bigots in small numbers. I don’t think most people give a crap about these kinds of issues.

262 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:09:18am

Georgia:

motherjones.com

263 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:09:45am
264 Amory Blaine  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:10:48am

It’s colder than a tin toilet seat on the shady side of an iceberg. I tell you what.

265 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:11:03am

re: #227 ObserverArt

Just want to let you know…I feel helpless reading about it, so I can imagine how you feel being there. Add an extra pat on the head for all of us.

thx

266 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:12:59am
267 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:16:20am

Republican Men Still Can’t Figure Out How To Define These ‘Women’ Things

What could possibly be missing from those factual tales of successful retreat in VT, Germany, and the bowels of Amsterdam? Why children and vagina’s [sic] of course. While the tales relate the actions of a solitary male the outcome cannot relate to similar situations where children and women and mothers are the potential victims.

268 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:16:36am

re: #231 HappyWarrior

The whole thing about this religious “rights” stuff is it opens a huge can of worms. Really doubt the Fischers of the world would be too keen with a Muslim business owner denying service to Christians because he finds Christianity to be a false religion. That’s the problem with these sort of things and these people worry abut shit like Shariah law. You’re inviting it more with that kind of crap than secularization ever will.

Good comment. You know the Christian types are so blinded by their own righteous awesomeness they probably never even thought of the inverse to the law. Maybe getting a little of their own medicine will wake some of them up. But I really doubt it.

269 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:18:37am
270 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:20:57am

re: #269 Justanotherhuman

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How fortunate if a neutral outside force were available to restore order.

271 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:21:07am

re: #235 Amory Blaine

She’s in Charlotte NC. She had 2 choices that were considering her for full scholarship but she didn’t get either one. Regent being one of them I don’t remember what the other one was.

My niece is going to UNC-Wilmington and likes it there a lot.

272 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:21:27am

They can keep it out of schools, but they can’t keep everyone ignorant!

273 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:21:36am

re: #268 ObserverArt

I would like for all these idjits to grab a copy of Mills’ On Liberty and study up on the marketplace of ideas and the tyranny of the majority. He’s associated with libertarianism, but there’s a lot of truth that made its way into the bill of rights because of his ideas. And these folks don’t get it at all.

274 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:22:24am
275 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:23:48am

re: #271 Feline Fearless Leader

My niece is going to UNC-Wilmington and likes it there a lot.

Good Marine Science school, too. One of my grandson’s buds attends there and likes it, too.

276 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:24:09am

Rand Paul, scholar —

277 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:24:35am

re: #232 HappyWarrior

It would fit the Dems theme the past two conventions of having it in what they see as competitive states- Denver, Colorado in 2008 and Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. They had it in Boston for 2004 which i thought was silly. Forget where they had it in 2000.

Just heard on the local news, the City of Columbus just put in a bid for the Republican National Convention. Uggh. But it does not surprise me since Ohio has been a critical battleground state, Columbus is the State Capitol, We have a lot of conservative money and everyone keeps saying Governor John Kasich is a legit candidate hopeful.

So, it would be big for the city, maybe let people know how much Columbus has grown and the economic and political power hidden here.

As far as Kasich, recent polls have him dropping in numbers for reelection. And that is against a guy that most Ohioans don’t even know. Kasich isn’t all that loved here, but that doesn’t mean they won’t try to sell him to the nation. Double Uggh!!

278 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:24:40am

re: #259 Amory Blaine

Ha Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald.

That stuff is the major indication that the US has been (and is) a major cultural influence. It’s that which probably irritates Putin more than anything else.

279 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:24:55am

re: #266 FemNaziBitch

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We share slightly more with the chimpanzee and humans resemble chimps far more than bonobos in our violent natures.

280 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:26:21am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The region’s being hit by flurries and some parts might get a dusting, and as of course I’m typing this, it looks like a full blown blizzard in lower Manhattan. However, it’s not the snow that is the problem. It’s the cold - again. It’s not supposed to get above freezing until this weekend.

In the meantime, today marks another somber anniversary at the WTC - the 1993 WTC bombing occurred 21 years ago. Six people were killed, and more than 1,000 injured in what was a prologue to the 9/11 attacks that destroyed the WTC entirely.


The six who were murdered by the terrorists on that day:

Monica Rodrigues Smith age 36, a secretary, who was seven months pregnant, was in her office checking time sheets in the B-2 level.
Robert (Bob) Kirkpatrick, age 61, Senior Structural Maintenance Supervisor.
Bill Macko, age 57, General Maintenance Supervisor, Mechanical Section.
Stephen Knapp, age 47, Chief Maintenance Supervisor, Mechanical Section . Kirkpatrick, Macko and Knapp were eating lunch together in a room next to Smith’s office at the time of the bombing.
John DiGiovanni, age 45, a dental products salesperson, was parking in the underground garage.
Wilfredo Mercado, age 37, a receiving agent for Windows on the World restaurant, was checking in deliveries.

Smith was seven months pregnant at the time.

The WTC complex has been under construction, and yesterday marked another milestone in the rebuilding process. The much-maligned Calatrava transit hub (mostly maligned because of the cost, which was initially $2.2 billion and now expected to cost more than twice that) is still under construction, but the first permanent platform was opened yesterday.


The mezzanine level is clad in marble and white on white is the primary color palate throughout. It is very similar in design to the East West connector I’ve posted about before. I just wonder how the materials will hold up under the constant foot-traffic, especially given the winter weather we’re having. Thus far, the Port Authority has put down carpets to try and keep the access areas dry and safe, so we’ll see.

281 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:27:31am

re: #268 ObserverArt

Good comment. You know the Christian types are so blinded by their own righteous awesomeness they probably never even thought of the inverse to the law. Maybe getting a little of their own medicine will wake some of them up. But I really doubt it.

Thanks. But yeah, this kind of shit just sets some dangerous precedents. Hell in Idaho, I actually read about legislation that was introduced that would allow firefighters, cops, and doctors to deny help and aid to LGBT people if they deem LGBT behavior sinful. And then there are the so called conscience oaths that allow pharmacists to deny birth coverage to unwed and young women if their religious beliefs don’t believe in birth control. Now call me naive but I think if your religious beliefs conflict with secular society’s needs, you shouldn’t be involved in something. No one is saying these people have to accept homosexuality isn’t a sin but they do have to accept that homosexuals are human beings and they refuse to do that.

282 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:29:42am

Your state’s favorite band, mapped, per Slate:

slate.com

Shocking how few I have ever heard of.

283 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:29:44am

Political upheaval brings lots of coming, going on Ukraine’s borders

kyivpost.com

284 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:30:18am

re: #276 Lidane

Rand Paul, scholar —

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This is your 2016 GOP frontrunner showing less knowledge about an important of the world than this 26 year old history graduate. Granted I did my history term paper on Russia but still it boggles my mind that people use Russia and the USSR as the same thing. It’s like talking about the uK and England being the same. No excuse for that.

285 Lancelot Link  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:30:50am

re: #279 Dark_Falcon

We share slightly more with the chimpanzee and humans resemble chimps far more than bonobos in our violent natures.

Speak for yourself, bub.

286 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:32:06am

re: #242 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

This sort of thiking is wasted on Bryan Fischer, he is already convinced that Islam is not a religion but a political system and thus exempt from such protections

Which is completely hypocritical as bozos like Fischer want to sell the idea that ‘mercia is a Christian Nation and has Christian-Based laws. So, really their view of religion is also a political system.

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate the Fischer’s and Barton’s of this world. We all should have seen them coming as many were the ‘Jesus Freaks’ of the early 70s that were almost intolerable then.

Maybe I shouldn’t have used the word almost.

287 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:33:02am

re: #282 Decatur Deb

Your state’s favorite band, mapped, per Slate:

slate.com

Shocking how few I have ever heard of.

Idaho is Tegan and Sara? Quasi-hipster giggle! But yeah Virginia and Dave Matthews. That’s not a shock. They got their start in Charlottesville and my one cousin loves them so much, she and her husband had one of their songs at their weddings. Your state has a good selection. I like the Civil Wars.

288 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:33:13am

re: #231 HappyWarrior

The whole thing about this religious “rights” stuff is it opens a huge can of worms. Really doubt the Fischers of the world would be too keen with a Muslim business owner denying service to Christians because he finds Christianity to be a false religion. That’s the problem with these sort of things and these people worry abut shit like Shariah law. You’re inviting it more with that kind of crap than secularization ever will.

Oh, don’t worry, they’ll just pull a Jindal.

Whaddaya MEAN my law has to apply to brown people as well?! DAMNIT I COULD NEVER HAVE FORSEEN THIS!!!1!!1

289 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:33:42am

re: #276 Lidane

Rand Paul, scholar —

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That excerpt is too short for context. Here’s the full piece in the Washington Post:

Rand Paul: GOP shouldn’t ‘tweak’ Russia over Ukraine

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a presidential hopeful and leading non-interventionist voice in the Republican Party, believes the United States should seek “respectful” relations with Russia and avoid antagonizing President Vladimir Putin over the ongoing political turmoil in Ukraine, where a Kremlin-backed government collapsed last week.

“Some on our side are so stuck in the Cold War era that they want to tweak Russia all the time and I don’t think that is a good idea,” Paul said on Tuesday, in an interview with The Washington Post.

SNIP

“The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere,” he said. “I don’t think it behooves us to tell the Ukraine what to do. I’m not excited about saying ‘hey, let’s put the Ukraine in NATO’ to rub Russia’s nose in it.”

Republicans need to remember that Russia remains a geopolitical and military power, Paul added, and that hostile rhetoric has consequences.

“We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles,” he said. “Though the Cold War is largely over, I think we need to have a respectful - sometimes adversarial - but a respectful relationship with Russia.”

290 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:34:52am

re: #275 Justanotherhuman

Good Marine Science school, too. One of my grandson’s buds attends there and likes it, too.

The Marine Science is why she is there. I think she is dual-majoring it with Geology or something like that.

And I check the weather there today and it’s 45F and rain. Was 70F there yesterday. (In comparison Philly has been 20s-30sF and it is snowing right now.)

291 A Mom Anon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:35:09am

re: #282 Decatur Deb

The only newish one I recognize is Stone Sour (North Dakota) only because The Soon Not to Be a Teenager listens to them and the band they spun off from, Slipknot. There’s a few obvious ones in the Northeast, but the rest of them I’ve never heard of.

292 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:36:27am

re: #289 Dark_Falcon

That excerpt is too short for context. Here’s the full piece in the Washington Post:

Rand Paul: GOP shouldn’t ‘tweak’ Russia over Ukraine

SNIP

I think we’d all prefer a less adversarial relationship with Russia given the aforementioned ICBMs but at the same time, you can’t allow them to interfere in the affairs of sovereign nations either and you can’t accept their anti-LGBT bs either.

293 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:37:14am

ANALOGIES, UR DOIN IT WRONG.

294 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:38:16am

re: #293 Pie-onist Overlord

ANALOGIES, UR DOIN IT WRONG.

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He is without sin, first stone something other there.

295 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:39:21am

re: #293 Pie-onist Overlord

ANALOGIES, UR DOIN IT WRONG.

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Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever been divorced? Cooperating in sin.

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever eaten shellfish of any kind? Cooperating in sin.

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever worn clothing composed of two or more kinds of thread? Cooperating in sin.

The Skydad is very, very upset with all these twits.

296 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:39:24am

WINGNUTS, LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GOODS & SERVICES PROVIDED” AND “CUSTOMERS.”

297 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:40:17am

re: #292 HappyWarrior

I think we’d all prefer a less adversarial relationship with Russia given the aforementioned ICBMs but at the same time, you can’t allow them to interfere in the affairs of sovereign nations either and you can’t accept their anti-LGBT bs either.

Especially when they are part of a treaty that specifically covered protecting the sovereignty of the Ukraine. And I doubt the sections in there about one of the major powers directly intervening in their affairs was directed at preventing a US invasion.

298 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:41:15am

Srsly tho, the fact that this discussion is even being had in the year 2014 is the clearest proof anyone needs that this nation is doomed and should be ended.

Your daily dose of Meteor Summoning.

Summon the Meteors

299 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:43:07am

re: #295 GunstarGreen

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever been divorced? Cooperating in sin.

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever eaten shellfish of any kind? Cooperating in sin.

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever worn clothing composed of two or more kinds of thread? Cooperating in sin.

The Skydad is very, very upset with all these twits.

Shit, provide any product to anyone who has said Goddamnit! or fuck!, you’re cooperating in sin. This whole “we don’t want our businesses cooperating in sin!” is a load of dishonest bullshit. Everyone fucking sins. You can’t be a selective douchebag and single out gay couples.

300 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:43:30am

re: #295 GunstarGreen

The Skydad is very, very upset with all these twits.

I remain convinced that if there is some sort of Skydad (highly doubtful), he gives zero fucks about who is or isn’t gay. If it truly mattered, Don’t be gay, Sparky! would’ve been one of the Ten Commandments and homosexuality wouldn’t exist in nature.

As it is, I figure if there is some sort of deity that is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent in the universe, they have much bigger things on their mind than who is and who isn’t gay.

301 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:43:49am

re: #292 HappyWarrior

I think we’d all prefer a less adversarial relationship with Russia given the aforementioned ICBMs but at the same time, you can’t allow them to interfere in the affairs of sovereign nations either and you can’t accept their anti-LGBT bs either.

True. I posted the WaPo piece mostly to show that David Frum’s excerpt was a low-context ‘Got’cha’. I tend to agree more with John McCain (whose views on Ukraine are also featured in the piece) rather than Rand Paul. That said, Sen. Paul’s position on this matter is coherent and considered, and felt that needed to be brought out.

If Frum had pulled that got’cha on a Democrat, I probably would have gotten behind it instead of criticizing it under ‘Special Rule: Go Team, Go!’.

302 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:45:16am

re: #282 Decatur Deb

Your state’s favorite band, mapped, per Slate:

slate.com

Shocking how few I have ever heard of.

Who the hell is The Florida Georgia Line???

(Ohio)

303 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:45:45am

And now Tainted Love played by floppy drives…

Youtube Video

304 Varek Raith  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:45:59am

re: #282 Decatur Deb

Your state’s favorite band, mapped, per Slate:

slate.com

Shocking how few I have ever heard of.

Dave Matthews Band?

LAME.

305 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:46:04am

re: #296 Pie-onist Overlord

WINGNUTS, LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GOODS & SERVICES PROVIDED” AND “CUSTOMERS.”

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I’m going to go to the hardware store and order a pizza!

This is a fun game!

306 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:46:26am

re: #304 Varek Raith

Dave Matthews Band?

LAME.

But expected. You know after all these years, I still don’t know any of their songs.

307 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:46:40am

re: #300 Lidane

I remain convinced that if there is some sort of Skydad (highly doubtful), he gives zero fucks about who is or isn’t gay. If it truly mattered, Don’t be gay, Sparky! would’ve been one of the Ten Commandments and homosexuality wouldn’t exist in nature.

As it is, I figure if there is some sort of deity that is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent in the universe, they have much bigger things on their mind than who is and who isn’t gay.

But they spend time telling individual gridiron (US football) players to stay out of the draft combine.
;)

308 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:47:13am

re: #302 ObserverArt

Who the hell is The Florida Georgia Line???

(Ohio)

Welcome to Fogeystan.

309 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:47:49am

re: #293 Pie-onist Overlord

ANALOGIES, UR DOIN IT WRONG.

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“But the world is post-Christian, so.” = “Woe is me! I’m too good for this fallen world!”

Here on LGF, that the kind of passive-aggressive turn of phrase we’d expect to see in a melodramatic flouncing-off post.

310 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:48:32am
311 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:48:50am

re: #302 ObserverArt

Who the hell is The Florida Georgia Line???

(Ohio)

You’re getting old! Okay, I haven’t heard of them either and gasp I have actually looked at Pitchfork for reviews before.

312 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:49:28am

It took 3 clicks to get back to where that music map originated. This is why I don’t like aggregators. Support the original author.

313 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:49:36am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

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or how about The Sneeches.

314 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:49:39am

re: #282 Decatur Deb

Your states favorite band, mapped, per Slate:

slate.com

Shocking how few I have ever heard of.

Never heard of “Miguel” and I live in NC. Small wonder, though.

Miguel identifies himself as part of the new wave of R&B artists that include Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, and Elle Varner.[15] About.com editor Mark Edward Nero characterizes his music as “eclectic, artsy R&B-pop”.[3] Miguel cites musicians Prince, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie Mercury, Phil Collins, Donny Hathaway, The Notorious B.I.G. and Kanye West,[40][41][42][43] as influences, in addition to expressing his admiration for Stevie Wonder, John Lennon and Diane Warren.[18] Miguel revealed his desire to have worked with James Brown, whom he considers the “last innovator for me when it comes to soul”.[14] In addition to singing, Miguel also plays the guitar.[14]

Miguel incorporates R&B, funk, hip hop, rock and electronic styles into his music.[13][17][43] Miguel described his sound as “nostalgic in a sense that it’s familiar… it’s shocking, edgy, energizing”.[17] In an interview with Paper magazine, he regarded his music as “fly, funkadelic, intergalactic-hip-hop-meets-sexy-orgasmic crazy, dope shit”. Miguel is often compared to Babyface and Prince.[14] His vocals are influenced by classic rock bands such as The Beatles, Queen, The Police, and Def Leppard.[44] Brian McManus of The Village Voice writes that “[Marvin] Gaye, Prince, and (his comparison) Van Morrison all linger in his voice.”[45]

en.wikipedia.org

That’s quite a mash-up of styles.

315 Varek Raith  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:49:40am

You know, right wingers should be careful when wildly swinging around double-edged swords.

316 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:50:17am

re: #308 Decatur Deb

Welcome to Fogeystan.

New Jersey’s is some totally obscure dude named Springsteen. Probably a Christie fan.
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317 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:51:18am

re: #302 ObserverArt

Who the hell is The Florida Georgia Line???

(Ohio)

A terrible country band. Truly awful. The lead singer’s voice irritates me. Blah.

Texas has George Strait. And all his exes. Haha.

318 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:51:23am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

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She needs time to get the results back from that trial balloon she sent up with the ‘rumors’ that she’d veto.

Worthless, spineless coward, just like all the rest of them. If you’re going to be a bigot, then be a fucking bigot and let the courts sort it out.

This whole thing has me so fucking mad I can’t see straight. To think that this is actually happening, that this is actually a topic of debate and controversy in the year 2014 is beyond infuriating. I don’t even have a word that adequately expresses just how enraged I am that this country has become such a shithole that this sort of ‘controversy’ is allowed to happen.

319 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:51:27am

re: #316 Feline Fearless Leader

New Jersey’s is some totally obscure dude named Springsteen. Probably a Christie fan.
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Yeah he’s got this backing band that they say is pretty good too.

320 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:51:30am

re: #314 Justanotherhuman

Never heard of “Miguel” and I live in NC. Small wonder, though.

Miguel identifies himself as part of the new wave of R&B artists that include Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, and Elle Varner.[15] About.com editor Mark Edward Nero characterizes his music as “eclectic, artsy R&B-pop”.[3] Miguel cites musicians Prince, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie Mercury, Phil Collins, Donny Hathaway, The Notorious B.I.G. and Kanye West,[40][41][42][43] as influences, in addition to expressing his admiration for Stevie Wonder, John Lennon and Diane Warren.[18] Miguel revealed his desire to have worked with James Brown, whom he considers the “last innovator for me when it comes to soul”.[14] In addition to singing, Miguel also plays the guitar.[14]

Miguel incorporates R&B, funk, hip hop, rock and electronic styles into his music.[13][17][43] Miguel described his sound as “nostalgic in a sense that it’s familiar… it’s shocking, edgy, energizing”.[17] In an interview with Paper magazine, he regarded his music as “fly, funkadelic, intergalactic-hip-hop-meets-sexy-orgasmic crazy, dope shit”. Miguel is often compared to Babyface and Prince.[14] His vocals are influenced by classic rock bands such as The Beatles, Queen, The Police, and Def Leppard.[44] Brian McManus of The Village Voice writes that “[Marvin] Gaye, Prince, and (his comparison) Van Morrison all linger in his voice.”[45]

en.wikipedia.org

That’s quite a mash-up of styles.

He’s the Mitt Romney of music. He holds all styles/positions simultaneously.
/

321 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:52:12am

re: #137 TedStriker

Just so other people are clear, we need to distinguish between the known Dan Patricks.

But do we know of the unknown Dan Patricks, and do they know we know they’re unknown?

Gotcha there, sport!

322 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:52:25am

re: #315 Varek Raith

You know, right wingers should be careful when wildly swinging around double-edged swords.

HURR HURR!!!!!! DEMOCRATS CAUSED ALL TEH FAILURE IN DETROIT BUT U CANTS BLAME TEH GOP FOR 50 YEARS OF FAILURE IN TEH SOUTHERN STATES BECAUSE THEY USED TO BE TEH DEMOCRATS 50 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!

323 A Mom Anon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:52:46am

re: #309 Dark_Falcon

“I’m too good for this fallen world” is the thing that irks the shit out of me the most about these godbothering shit muffins. Anyone not in their club isn’t worthy of a life free of harassment, discrimination and ostracizing. And that’s just the mild stuff. More than a few of these fools have no problem with seeing their “other” murdered or beaten. I’m sick of this crap, your religion isn’t a free pass to be hateful because something makes you feel icky.

This country really needs a big steaming cup of Grow The Fuck Up.

324 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:53:02am

re: #321 chadu

you go to war with the Dan Patricks you have, not the Dan Patricks you wish you had.

325 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:53:25am

re: #99 NJDhockeyfan

RELEASE THE KRA—aww…how cute!

326 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:54:04am

re: #319 HappyWarrior

Yeah he’s got this backing band that they say is pretty good too.

Look at the positive side - it didn’t come out Bon Jovi.
;)

327 Varek Raith  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:54:51am

re: #325 darthstar

RELEASE THE KRA—aww…how cute!

RAWR I’M GAMERA!

328 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:55:20am

re: #308 Decatur Deb

Welcome to Fogeystan.

I might be pushing 60…but damn…I try to keep up on the tuneage.

So…I did a Google and found they are a country pop duo. No wonder I have no idea who they are. Country pop…not my thing at all.

Thankfully because Columbus is a college town and we have one of the last of the independent alternative FM stations around I can learn of the newer stuff and not have to put up with regular radio where I imagine these guys are popular.

329 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:55:28am

re: #325 darthstar

RELEASE THE KRA—aww…how cute!

So instead of releasing the Kraken, the Socialism was released instead. This didn’t kill the baby turtle, but it ended up even more deadly to humans than the Kraken would have been.

330 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:55:30am

re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth

Stores provide certain goods and services for sale.

I don’t go into a bakery asking for Craftsman tools.

I don’t go into a supermarket asking for men’s suits.

I don’t go into a wedding dress shop asking for kosher food.

The businesses sell particular goods and services. That’s up to them.

What isn’t up to them is to deny the sale of the goods or services they provide to someone who is different based on race, religion, sexual identity, gender, or other factors. That’s discriminatory.

And enforcing laws that prohibit those kinds of discriminatory actions isn’t infringing on the religious beliefs of the persons involved. Religion doesn’t give a fallback position to discriminate.

Besides, swap out black for gay in the cake scenario and you see what we’re talking about:

I’m not going to sell you a wedding cake from my bakery because you’re black gay.

See how that works? Apparently the right wingers who are supporting this kind of behavior don’t, or think that the Obama Administration is waging war on religion, ignoring that the government is protecting the rights of everyone - including the religious rights of the consumer by prohibiting the discriminatory acts.

331 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:55:41am
332 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:55:54am

re: #326 Feline Fearless Leader

Look at the positive side - it didn’t come out Bon Jovi.
;)

But Gina works hard at the diner all day and Tommy at the docks!

333 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:56:30am

re: #299 HappyWarrior

Shit, provide any product to anyone who has said Goddamnit! or fuck!, you’re cooperating in sin. This whole “we don’t want our businesses cooperating in sin!” is a load of dishonest bullshit. Everyone fucking sins. You can’t be a selective douchebag and single out gay couples.

I don’t “sin” because I don’t believe in the concept.

As a human, though, I’ve made my share of mistakes. : )

334 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:56:52am

re: #330 lawhawk

yep! Thus my sarcastic hardware store demand.

335 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:57:22am

our Little Girl Dog

336 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:57:22am

re: #327 Varek Raith

RAWR I’M GAMERA!

337 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:57:26am

re: #327 Varek Raith

Youtube Video

Godzilla looks like he’s had upgrades… better actors at least, including Heisenberg.

338 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:57:37am

re: #328 ObserverArt

I might be pushing 60…but damn…I try to keep up on the tuneage.

So…I did a Google and found they are a country pop duo. No wonder I have no idea who they are. Country pop…not my thing at all.

Thankfully because Columbus is a college town and we ahve one of the last of the independent alternative FM stations around I can learn of the newer stuff and not have to put up with regular radio where I imagine these guys are popular.

Yeah I love alt country but I can’t stand pop country. .

339 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:57:37am
340 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:58:22am

re: #330 lawhawk

save the argument, nobody here needs to hear it, and the folks püusjhing this sort of legislation are immune to it…

do not forget that we are taught how the Puritans came here ostensibly to escape “religious persecution” - namely, they were seeking the right to force people to obey their religious laws. That sort of thinking never went away and is currently experiencing a resurgence.

341 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:58:25am

re: #330 lawhawk

Stores provide certain goods and services for sale.

I don’t go into a bakery asking for Craftsman tools.

I don’t go into a supermarket asking for men’s suits.

I don’t go into a wedding dress shop asking for kosher food.

The businesses sell particular goods and services. That’s up to them.

What isn’t up to them is to deny the sale of the goods or services they provide to someone who is different based on race, religion, sexual identity, gender, or other factors. That’s discriminatory.

And enforcing laws that prohibit those kinds of discriminatory actions isn’t infringing on the religious beliefs of the persons involved. Religion doesn’t give a fallback position to discriminate.

Besides, swap out black for gay in the cake scenario and you see what we’re talking about:

I’m not going to sell you a wedding cake from my bakery because you’re black gay.

See how that works? Apparently the right wingers who are supporting this kind of behavior don’t, or think that the Obama Administration is waging war on religion, ignoring that the government is protecting the rights of everyone - including the religious rights of the consumer by prohibiting the discriminatory acts.

Exactly.

342 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 6:59:44am

re: #295 GunstarGreen

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever been divorced? Cooperating in sin.

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever eaten shellfish of any kind? Cooperating in sin.

Provide any product or service for anyone that has ever worn clothing composed of two or more kinds of thread? Cooperating in sin.

The Skydad is very, very upset with all these twits.

Newt will have to forego any more jewelry shopping

343 ObserverArt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:00:14am

re: #318 GunstarGreen

She needs time to get the results back from that trial balloon she sent up with the ‘rumors’ that she’d veto.

Worthless, spineless coward, just like all the rest of them. If you’re going to be a bigot, then be a fucking bigot and let the courts sort it out.

This whole thing has me so fucking mad I can’t see straight. To think that this is actually happening, that this is actually a topic of debate and controversy in the year 2014 is beyond infuriating. I don’t even have a word that adequately expresses just how enraged I am that this country has become such a shithole that this sort of ‘controversy’ is allowed to happen.

Nice rant! I share in your rage and disillusionment. That bill should never have been conceived let alone get to this point. The fact that some of the supporters are backing away says way more about them then they care to admit.

344 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:00:29am

Brewer should have threatened to veto this law before it passed. But take your time, Jan…even if you veto it, your state still voted for it…and that stain will remain.

345 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:00:36am

re: #152 jonhendry

I wish US media gave our aged veterans this kind of respect.

About the only creative aspect I have is crafting an obit’s subhead title, and I always try to get “veteran” in there.

One Purple Heart recipient last night was in three major WWII European campaigns:

observer-reporter.com

346 prairiefire  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:00:46am

re: #303 NJDhockeyfan

And now Tainted Love played by floppy drives…

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Just as danceable as the original! Not kidding! I like the up tempo take on it.

347 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:01:13am

O/T

Conference call — BBIAB

348 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:01:34am

re: #340 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Well, maybe my religion demands tolerance and equality. It prevents discriminatory actions, and that if I own a business that I’m to provide the goods and services to those that seek out my business.

349 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:01:34am

re: #344 darthstar

Brewer should have threatened to veto this law before it passed. But take your time, Jan…even if you veto it, your state still voted for it…and that stain will remain.

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They lost one over a previous governor being a racist bigot. So sure why not lose one over one being a homophobic bigot. Shame that such a beautiful state has so many bigots.

350 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:01:35am

re: #335 FemNaziBitch

our Little Girl Dog

Hope she didn’t contract some bird disease?

351 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:01:36am

re: #341 HappyWarrior

Exactly.

At the bottom, the wedding cake ploy is proven to be BS by a simple fact: Nobody considers a piece of cake a sacrament. It’s part of a secular celebration that follows a civil or religious ceremony.

352 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:02:07am
353 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:03:20am

re: #351 Decatur Deb

At the bottom, the wedding cake ploy is proven to be BS by a simple fact: Nobody considers a piece of cake a sacrament. It’s part of a secular celebration that >follows a civil or religious ceremony.

Yep, good point.

354 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:03:27am

re: #226 Decatur Deb

Berea is hyper-cool, at least it was in the 60s. Stronger in arts, though.

True, but a former student of mine studies biology and enviro science there. I was impressed by the lab facilities, which are geared toward sustainable agriculture.

355 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:03:44am

re: #350 Justanotherhuman

Hope she didn’t contract some bird disease?

slight chance it could be some parasite, but she is armored against all creepy crawlies she may encounter in the field —at least the ones veterinary science has ammo for.

Bird dogs don’t bite into the bird, so no fluids are exchanged.

356 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:04:07am

re: #352 Lidane

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Frankly the whole existence of the Religious Right is an overreaction. They only really began to pick up steam following the decision that reversed forced prayer in school.

357 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:04:12am

re: #352 Lidane

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they are toning down their rhetoric in preparation for the elections.

358 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:04:36am

re: #352 Lidane

When even Fox friggin’ Newz is saying that you’re veering too extremely to the right, you’s got some problems.

359 prairiefire  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:04:57am

re: #355 FemNaziBitch

What about the mites in the bird’s feathers?

360 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:05:02am

I suppose they could move the Super Bowl to Oklahoma…


Never mind.

361 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:05:14am

Ukraine economy may be in worse shape than thought.

Paper trail leads to massive corruption at heart of Ukrainian banking

bne.eu

362 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:05:28am

I see this is the Wingnut Meme Of The Day. Incapable of distinguishing between PRODUCTS & SERVICES OFFERED and CUSTOMERS WHO BUY PRODUCTS & SERVICES.

363 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:05:41am
364 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:06:44am

re: #360 darthstar

I suppose they could move the Super Bowl to Oklahoma…

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Never mind.

Segregation now and segregation forever.//

365 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:06:45am

re: #350 Justanotherhuman

Hope she didn’t contract some bird disease?

That looks like a fairly normal game-bird retrieval to me. That picture was probably taken while hunting.

366 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:06:51am

re: #359 prairiefire

What about the mites in the bird’s feathers?

unlikely — at least, I’ve never heard of it and the vet didn’t include it in her long list of possibilities.

More likely a thyroid, cortisol or cancer scenerio.

We’ve ruled out all but thyroid (waiting for tests) and anything with the brain (no MRI)

367 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:07:05am

re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord

I see this is the Wingnut Meme Of The Day. Incapable of distinguishing between PRODUCTS & SERVICES OFFERED and CUSTOMERS WHO BUY PRODUCTS & SERVICES.

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Yon buffoon has every right to his ham and swiss, if the deli serves one to any part of the public.

368 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:07:20am

re: #364 HappyWarrior

Segregation now and segregation forever.//

HURR HURRR!!!!! A DEMOCRATS SAID TAHT!!!!!!!!

369 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:07:34am

re: #365 Dark_Falcon

That looks like a fairly normal game-bird retrieval to me. That picture was probably taken while hunting.

Yes, her favorite activity next to snuggling under the covers.

370 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:07:39am

re: #365 Dark_Falcon

That looks like a fairly normal game-bird retrieval to me. That picture was probably taken while hunting.

My god you’re probably right!

371 makeitstop  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:08:01am

(makeitstop raises hand…)

Who’s James Blake? If he’s supposed to be my state’s favorite, I guess I should acquaint myself.

372 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:09:27am

re: #371 makeitstop

(makeitstop raises hand…)

Who’s James Blake? If he’s supposed to be my state’s favorite, I guess I should acquaint myself.

The Age of Fogey has been lowered—you cross it now when you have your braces removed.

373 Killgore Trout  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:09:35am

re: #363 NJDhockeyfan

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Ugh. let’s hope this is just posturing.

374 Varek Raith  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:10:12am

Stupid snow.

375 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:10:43am

re: #373 Killgore Trout

Ugh. let’s hope this is just posturing.

I fear the worst.

Meanwhile

376 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:10:58am

re: #369 FemNaziBitch

Yes, her favorite activity next to snuggling under the covers.

I grew up with hunting dogs. We had a few Golden Retrievers who were great duck dogs. So gentle with their mouths. Never bruised a bird they returned.

My brother has a German Short-haired Pointer that’s a total spaz…until he’s out pheasant hunting. Then the dog turns into a super-intelligent, hyper-focused machine. It really is amazing.

377 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:11:16am
378 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:11:35am

re: #374 Varek Raith

Stupid snow.

Seriously. It was beautiful on Saturday. Felt like Spring was almost here.

379 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:12:31am

re: #373 Killgore Trout

Ugh. let’s hope this is just posturing.

Hey KT. Saw this yesterday and have to say you sound down right logical.

380 Killgore Trout  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:12:33am

Russia Today live stream of Crimea
rt.com

381 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:13:02am

re: #378 HappyWarrior

Seriously. It was beautiful on Saturday. Felt like Spring was almost here.

That was the groundhog messing with you for doubting his weather control abilities. Suffer foul mis-believers!
;)

382 makeitstop  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:13:11am

re: #372 Decatur Deb

The Age of Fogey has been lowered—you cross it now when you have your braces removed.

I make no pretense about my geezer-hood. But damn, I guess I should know this.

This is what I get for listening to UK radio instead of my friendly local crap radio station. I’m more up on the likes of Jake Bugg and Frank Turner than whoever this Blake guy is.

383 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:13:25am

The wingnuts are also all umgebroyzelt over this situation at Boston Children’s Hospital, but there is really not much information about this case. It looks like Glenn Beck started trumpeting “Free Justina!” and getting the swarms mobilized, but actual facts and details are few and far between.

384 Killgore Trout  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:13:34am

re: #379 darthstar

Hey KT. Saw this yesterday and have to say you sound down right logical.

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not me

385 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:13:58am

re: #360 darthstar

I keep wondering which Republican governor will allow themselves to become George Wallace 2.0. It’s only a matter of time.

386 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:14:17am

re: #378 HappyWarrior

Seriously. It was beautiful on Saturday. Felt like Spring was almost here.

Green lily shoots coming up next to my front door and elsewhere here. : )

ETA: And we never got those snow showers this morning, either. Whew.

387 jaunte  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:14:45am

re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord

I want to force a kosher deli to make me a ham and swiss. In the name of religious liberty. Because I want it.

He only has a point if the same kosher deli is selling ham and swiss to everyone else.

388 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:14:56am
389 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:15:49am

re: #387 jaunte

He only has a point if the same kosher deli is selling ham and swiss to everyone else.

Then it wouldn’t be a kosher deli.

390 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:16:00am

re: #376 darthstar

I grew up with hunting dogs. We had a few Golden Retrievers who were great duck dogs. So gentle with their mouths. Never bruised a bird they returned.

My brother has a German Short-haired Pointer that’s a total spaz…until he’s out pheasant hunting. Then the dog turns into a super-intelligent, hyper-focused machine. It really is amazing.

I am not a candidate for a GSP —wayyyyy too much energy for me.

Our youngest is like the GSP’s (same breed as the little girl dog). Biggest lunk-head until he gets in the field.

391 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:16:35am

re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord

392 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:17:57am

re: #385 Lidane

I keep wondering which Republican governor will allow themselves to become George Wallace 2.0. It’s only a matter of time.

WALLACE WAS A DEMOCRAT JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER REAL RACISTS OUT THERE!!!

393 jaunte  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:18:14am

All the stores must carry all the things!

394 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:20:29am

re: #389 Pie-onist Overlord

Then it wouldn’t be a kosher deli.

That’s the joke, pilgrim.

395 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:21:51am

OW MY BUTT!!!

396 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:21:56am
397 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:22:07am

re: #203 wheat-dogghazi

More to the point, if Bryan J. Fischer came to a gay baker and ordered a cake, is the gay baker obligated to serve him?

(Gay Baker sounds like a movie star name from the ’30s. Or a big band singer.)

Gay Baker was a torch singer, usually associated with Les Bian’s Fabulous Flapper Filharmonic, whose big 1936 hit “Have You Seen My Baby’s Tacko?” was surprisingly popular on local Gotham radio at the time.

Caught their set at Cobblepot’s Iceberg Lounge, at the corner of Finger and Robinson.

Their set was swingin’, fella.

398 b.d.  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:24:11am

I DEMAND MY GM DEALER SELL ME A NEW FORD!!

399 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:25:42am

re: #236 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Yeah, the law of unintended consequences is never anticipated.

That’s just a theory! It hasn’t been proven!

400 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:26:15am

re: #371 makeitstop

He’s mostly a producer.

But the thing to remember about that graphic (showing the artists for each state) relates only to current sales/downloads.

For NY, one could suggest any of the following represent the state’s favorite bands/groups/artists:

KISS, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Billy Joel, Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Beyonce, etc.

It’s arguable that the artist most closely associated with NY is Billy Joel (who’s from NY), and Frank Sinatra (who’s actually from NJ).

401 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:26:16am

Rand Paul Hits Rock Bottom By Accusing Bill Clinton Of Sexual Violence Towards Women

I don’t know. I don’t take Bill for that kind of guy. He seems to really enjoy women who want to be with him —not the other way around.

402 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:26:30am

re: #398 b.d.

I DEMAND MY GM DEALER SELL ME A NEW FORD!!

I DEMAND GM GIVE ME A FREE CAR BECAUSE WE TEH PEOPLE PAID FOR THERE BAILOUT WITH ARE TAX MONEYS1!!!!!!!

403 Bubblehead II  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:27:01am

re: #281 HappyWarrior

Thanks. But yeah, this kind of shit just sets some dangerous precedents. Hell in Idaho, I actually read about legislation that was introduced that would allow firefighters, cops, and doctors to deny help and aid to LGBT people if they deem LGBT behavior sinful. And then there are the so called conscience oaths that allow pharmacists to deny birth coverage to unwed and young women if their religious beliefs don’t believe in birth control. Now call me naive but I think if your religious beliefs conflict with secular society’s needs, you shouldn’t be involved in something. No one is saying these people have to accept homosexuality isn’t a sin but they do have to accept that homosexuals are human beings and they refuse to do that.

Link please. Because subsection 3 of the law that this bill would have amended specifically grants the State the right to override religious objections to providing either emergency medical treatment or enforcement of the law.

(3) Government may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person is both:
(a) Essential to further a compelling governmental interest;
(b) The least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

In fact, the only thing this bill actually did was make a change to subsection 4.

(4) A person whose religious exercise of religion is burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government or against any person relying upon any government action, enactment or law that burdens a person’s exercise of religion. A party who prevails in any action to enforce this chapter against a government shall recover attorney’s fees and costs.

The bolded parts are the changes to subsection 4.

In no way did this bill allow for any individual or organization to refuse emergency medical care or law enforcement responsibilities.

That said, it was still a blatant attempt to shield religious based bigotry from anti-discrimination laws and deserved to die the death that it did.

404 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:27:10am

The bit with the wedding cake reminds of how people confuse the religious sacrament of marriage (which any church may refuse based on religious beliefs) and the secular institution of marriage (which cannot be denied by law based on race, color, creed or gender)

There was a time when the two were identical, but a Justice of the Peace who tries to deny one on moral/religious grounds should just quit his or her job and go become a pastor in a church that does not perform gay weddings.

405 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:27:12am

re: #381 Feline Fearless Leader

That was the groundhog messing with you for doubting his weather control abilities. Suffer foul mis-believers!
;)

406 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:27:41am

re: #267 FemNaziBitch

Republican Men Still Can’t Figure Out How To Define These ‘Women’ Things

What could possibly be missing from those factual tales of successful retreat in VT, Germany, and the bowels of Amsterdam? Why children and vagina’s gun safe’s [sic] of course.

FTFY. ;)

407 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:30:10am

So now even the leftist, moderate J-Street has become TEH EEBIL JUICE in Max’s hate-crazed brainpan.

408 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:30:23am

re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord

A dear, sweet, friend of mine lives in Reno and recently her company was hosting an Orthodox rabbi. She discovered there’s really only one place in Reno to get kosher food, and then posted later on facebook, “These kosher sandwiches look like regular subs! I was expecting something exotic.”

She also tried to shake his hand when she met him. She’s really finding the whole experience fascinating.

409 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:30:41am

re: #401 FemNaziBitch

Rand Paul Hits Rock Bottom By Accusing Bill Clinton Of Sexual Violence Towards Women

I don’t know. I don’t take Bill for that kind of guy. He seems to really enjoy women who want to be with him —not the other way around.

I guess he’s afraid that Bill will be able to expose Rand Paul for the fraud he is the same way he did Mitt Romney.

410 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:31:23am

re: #409 HappyWarrior

I guess he’s afraid that Bill will be able to expose Rand Paul for the fraud he is the same way he did Mitt Romney.

Aqua booty call!

411 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:32:19am

re: #401 FemNaziBitch

Rand Paul Hits Rock Bottom By Accusing Bill Clinton Of Sexual Violence Towards Women

Ann Coulter was saying that shit 20 years ago. So were the rest of the Clinton Chronicles kooks. Rand Paul is just recycling stale RWNJ conspiracies.

Also, why the fuck is Bill Clinton an issue for Rand Paul in 2014? Is Rand still butthurt over Clinton’s DNC master class in 2012?

412 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:32:53am

HURR HURR!!!! TEH EBIL ZIONISTS IS MAKING TEH SEEKRIT THREATS!!!!!11!!!

413 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:33:05am
414 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:33:28am

Some people count and others don’t?

415 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:33:39am

re: #395 Pie-onist Overlord

OW MY BUTT!!!

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416 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:34:07am

re: #414 FemNaziBitch

Some people count and others don’t?

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That’s just fucked up.

417 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:34:21am

re: #414 FemNaziBitch

Some people count and others don’t?

No charges for Michigan cops who fatally shot homeless man 11 times over stolen coffee

Imagine if it had been tea…

418 prairiefire  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:34:27am

re: #366 FemNaziBitch

I’m sorry your little girl dog is ill (ggt).

419 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:34:41am

re: #333 Justanotherhuman

I don’t “sin” because I don’t believe in the concept.

As a human, though, I’ve made my share of mistakes. : )

I accept “sin” in the translated sense of “missing the (archery) target” applied to an ethical/moral standard, and tend to analyze if the miss was from error, lack of practice, deliberate avoidance, or SQUIRREL!

420 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:34:46am

re: #418 prairiefire

I’m sorry your little girl dog is ill (ggt).

thx

421 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:34:52am

re: #413 Lidane

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Yet your allies Ben think allowing gay couples the same right as you is Jim Crow. Yet you continue to kiss their asses. No, it’s not quite the same as Jim Crow but it’s in the same bigoted spirit, you hack.

422 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:34:54am

re: #401 FemNaziBitch

Rand Paul Hits Rock Bottom By Accusing Bill Clinton Of Sexual Violence Towards Women
.

I doubt it. Rand will be able to find a new low.

423 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:35:08am

That looks like an ordering system. An actual human still has to fry & build the burger.

424 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:35:14am
425 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:35:39am

re: #411 Lidane

Ann Coulter was saying that shit 20 years ago. So were the rest of the Clinton Chronicles kooks. Rand Paul is just recycling stale RWNJ conspiracies.

Also, why the fuck is Bill Clinton an issue for Rand Paul in 2014? Is Rand still butthurt over Clinton’s DNC master class in 2012?

That’s what I was wondering too. This would be like Obama circa 2007 rambling about George H.W Bush.

426 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:36:01am

re: #424 darthstar

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A new season. Go O’s!

427 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:36:57am

re: #423 Pie-onist Overlord

That looks like an ordering system. An actual human still has to fry & build the burger.

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the other thing is no one is asking for 15 a hour.

428 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:37:23am

re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord

I see this is the Wingnut Meme Of The Day. Incapable of distinguishing between PRODUCTS & SERVICES OFFERED and CUSTOMERS WHO BUY PRODUCTS & SERVICES.

I want to force a kosher deli to make me a ham and swiss. In the name of religious liberty. Because I want it.

I swear I’ve seen ham in kosher delis. Am I high?

429 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:38:00am

re: #404 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The bit with the wedding cake reminds of how people confuse the religious sacrament of marriage (which any church may refuse based on religious beliefs) and the secular institution of marriage (which cannot be denied by law based on race, color, creed or gender)

There was a time when the two were identical, but a Justice of the Peace who tries to deny one on moral/religious grounds should just quit his or her job and go become a pastor in a church that does not perform gay weddings.

But they need to conflate the two because otherwise their arguments don’t have much of a leg to stand on. There’s all this fury and yelling about churches being forced to hold gay weddings by the government to stir up their followers - when it is obvious that the laws do not require anything of the sort.

And the judges or J.P.’s refusing to carry out their elected/appointed civil duties regarding secular marriages *should* resign since they’re allowing their religion to interfere with their job. And they are free to find another job where that interference is not taking place.

430 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:38:02am

What the difference between Max Blumenthal and the Tea Party?

Max Blumenthal stubs his toe in the dark and says F%$KING JUICE!

A Tea Partier stubs his toe in the dark and says F%$KING OBAMA!

431 jaunte  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:38:17am

re: #413 Lidane

Let’s see, legal bigotry mandate vs. legal bigotry option? Not really much of a difference for those affected.

432 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:39:54am

Hearing on Sexual Assault in the mIlitary on CSPAN now.

433 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:40:22am
434 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:40:25am

re: #432 FemNaziBitch

Hearing on Sexual Assault in the mIlitary on CSPAN now.

House or Senate?

435 Lidane  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:41:16am

re: #428 chadu

I swear I’ve seen ham in kosher delis. Am I high?

It might have been a kosher-style deli, but a real kosher deli wouldn’t serve ham.

436 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:41:20am

re: #414 FemNaziBitch

Some people count and others don’t?

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Jesushchrist, the man was mentally ill—and shot over a fucking cup of coffee?

This country really does suck sometimes, esp when “property” like a cup of coffee is more valued than a human life.

437 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:41:34am

re: #427 HappyWarrior

the other thing is no one is asking for 15 a hour.

Fun fact: Minimum wage for fulltime adult workers at McDonald’s in Australia is about $14.50/hr.
And they get “socialized healthcare”

theatlantic.com

438 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:41:48am

re: #432 FemNaziBitch

Hearing on Sexual Assault in the mIlitary on CSPAN now.

Just like House of Cards in real life…

439 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:41:57am

I just got this spam email from Americans For Prosperity:

As kids, we (hopefully) all learned that bullying is wrong.
So why is a United States Congressman doing it — to a cancer patient?
Julie Boonstra of Dexter, Michigan had her health insurance cancelled because of ObamaCare. Now, under her new plan, Julie’s out-of-pocket expenses are unpredictable and unaffordable. She’s unsure of whether or not she’ll be able to afford the medication she needs to treat her cancer.
Julie was brave enough to share her story in one of our television ads, so other Americans can better understand the negative consequences of ObamaCare.

And how did Michigan Congressman Gary Peters respond? Certainly not by listening to her concerns, but with bullying and intimidation. Rep. Peters sent his lawyers after Julie to silence her from sharing her ObamaCare nightmare.

Please chip in $5 today, so we can continue sharing Julie’s story, and ensure that Michigan residents know the truth about ObamaCare.

Hmm I think I will contribute $10 to Gary Peters campaign. Especially since this AFP story was exposed as a bunch of bullshit.

440 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:42:05am

re: #436 Justanotherhuman

Jesushchrist, the man was mentally ill—and shot over a fucking cup of coffee?

This country really does suck sometimes, esp when “property” like a cup of coffee is more valued than a human life.

And there you have why at 26 years of age, I’ve gone from being an idealist to a cynic. People are shot by the police over coffee. Coffee.

441 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:42:41am

re: #437 Backwoods_Sleuth

Fun fact: Minimum wage for fulltime adult workers at McDonald’s in Australia is about $14.50/hr.
And they get “socialized healthcare”

theatlantic.com

Oh Australia, isn’t that a third world country where Kangaroo socialists decide if you live or die?

442 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:43:37am

re: #434 Dark_Falcon

House or Senate?

senate —

443 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:44:04am

re: #441 HappyWarrior

Oh Australia, isn’t that a third world country where Kangaroo socialists decide if you live or die?

Or you can get hauled into a marsupial court for anything - like chopping down an eucalyptus tree.
/

444 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:44:05am

re: #438 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Just like House of Cards in real life…

Very courageous people testifying.

445 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:44:16am

re: #440 HappyWarrior

And there you have why at 26 years of age, I’ve gone from being an idealist to a cynic. People are shot over coffee. Coffee.

And a cop scared of her own shadow, no doubt, and ready to use her gun:

“But Hall’s mother said her son’s death amounted to “execution by firing squad” and filed a wrongful death suit in September against the city and nine officers seeking compensation and punitive damages.

“Her suit claims that then-Saginaw Police Sgt. Anajanette “A.J.” Wojciechowski was the first officer to arrive at the scene and called for assistance because Hall was not “looking so nice.”

“Wojciechowski urged the other officers to hurry or she was “going to have to shoot this guy,” according to the suit.”

I see that Wojciechowski is no longer a cop, thankfully.

446 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:44:21am

re: #403 Bubblehead II

In no way did this bill allow for any individual or organization to refuse emergency medical care or law enforcement responsibilities.

Section 3 puts the burden of proof on the government in asserting both its compelling interest and least restrictive means in carrying it out. I agree that it probably covers emergency care, but cops in particular could probably argue against investigating certain non-emergency responses / complaints or carrying out certain duties. For example a sherrif might plausibly refuse to carry out an eviction for a gay landlord against a Christian tenant and use the law as cover in the resulting civil rights lawsuit.

447 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:45:00am

re: #428 chadu

I swear I’ve seen ham in kosher delis. Am I high?

Kosher style perhaps. One that claims to have food that would normally be found in a kosher restaurant, but it can’t be kosher because they’re serving non-kosher food (BLT, ham on swiss), or are mixing meat and dairy products (like a Reuben).

But those wouldn’t be found in a kosher restaurant.

For instance, Katz’s deli in NYC could be considered kosher style, because it provides typical kosher deli fare like pastrami, corned beef, etc., but they’re not kosher because they have all the cheese products.

448 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:45:22am

re: #441 HappyWarrior

Oh Australia, isn’t that a third world country where Kangaroo socialists decide if you live or die?

They passed gun control laws in 1996 and now millions of Australians are suffering horribly in concentration camps.

449 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:46:16am

re: #423 Pie-onist Overlord

That looks like an ordering system. An actual human still has to fry & build the burger.

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Except the guy who’ll be building that machine, the one who’ll install it, and the guy who’ll be in charge of maintaining it will work for more than minimum wage. And as noted, there won’t be computers replacing the people working in the back.

If the argument is that we have to choose between poverty or automation, then this country is well and truly fucked.

450 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:47:05am

re: #448 Pie-onist Overlord

Naw, it looks like they’re chumming the water though. /

451 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:47:28am

re: #400 lawhawk

He’s mostly a producer.

But the thing to remember about that graphic (showing the artists for each state) relates only to current sales/downloads.

For NY, one could suggest any of the following represent the state’s favorite bands/groups/artists:

KISS, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Billy Joel, Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Beyonce, etc.

It’s arguable that the artist most closely associated with NY is Billy Joel (who’s from NY), and Frank Sinatra (who’s actually from NJ).

Leonard Bernstein.

452 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:47:37am

re: #445 Justanotherhuman

And a cop scared of her own shadow, no doubt, and ready to use her gun:

“But Hall’s mother said her son’s death amounted to “execution by firing squad” and filed a wrongful death suit in September against the city and nine officers seeking compensation and punitive damages.

“Her suit claims that then-Saginaw Police Sgt. Anajanette “A.J.” Wojciechowski was the first officer to arrive at the scene and called for assistance because Hall was not “looking so nice.”

“Wojciechowski urged the other officers to hurry or she was “going to have to shoot this guy,” according to the suit.”

I see that Wojciechowski is no longer a cop, thankfully.

It honestly scares me. The one about that kid in Georgia I believe who was shot holding an XBox controller. Too many people way too willing to fire their guns out there and some of them are officers of the law.

453 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:47:50am

re: #448 Pie-onist Overlord

They passed gun control laws in 1996 and now millions of Australians are suffering horribly in concentration camps.

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I find that concentration camp very distracting.

454 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:47:50am

re: #447 lawhawk

Could Mr. Wensleydale’s Ye National Cheese Emporium be considered kosher? It only claimed to have cheese on the premises.


;)

455 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:49:15am

re: #401 FemNaziBitch

Rand Paul Hits Rock Bottom By Accusing Bill Clinton Of Sexual Violence Towards Women

I don’t know. I don’t take Bill for that kind of guy. He seems to really enjoy women who want to be with him —not the other way around.

There was definitely a fucked up power imbalance at play in the Lewinsky affair, but Paul characterizing it as violence is redonkulous. In any event I don’t recall Clinton’s people ever holding a woman down and stepping on her neck, as Paul’s did.

456 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:49:55am

This woman is now testifying

CSPAN.

457 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:50:19am

re: #455 goddamnedfrank

There was definitely a fucked up power imbalance at play in the Lewinsky affair, but Paul characterizing it as violence is redonkulous. In any event I don’t recall Clinton’s people ever holding a woman down and stepping on her neck, as Paul’s did.

Damn Frank I had forgotten about that bit.

458 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:50:38am

re: #455 goddamnedfrank

There was definitely a fucked up power imbalance at play in the Lewinsky affair, but Paul characterizing it as violence is redonkulous. In any event I don’t recall Clinton’s people ever holding a woman down and stepping on her neck, as Paul’s did.

“Curb stomping” was a Rand Paul specialty…

459 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:51:13am

re: #455 goddamnedfrank

There was definitely a fucked up power imbalance at play in the Lewinsky affair, but Paul characterizing it as violence is redonkulous. In any event I don’t recall Clinton’s people ever holding a woman down and stepping on her neck, as Paul’s did.

The man is a womanizer -and women seem to like it.

I don’t think any of the woman who have come forward every said they were forced by him to do anything.

460 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:52:03am

re: #428 chadu

I swear I’ve seen ham in kosher delis. Am I high?

Was the ham being served by a leprechaun?

461 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:52:29am

re: #455 goddamnedfrank

There was definitely a fucked up power imbalance at play in the Lewinsky affair, but Paul characterizing it as violence is redonkulous. In any event I don’t recall Clinton’s people ever holding a woman down and stepping on her neck, as Paul’s did.

The claim isn’t based on the Lewinsky Affair. It’s based on an another woman’s earlier claim that Clinton had raped her. That other woman name escapes me right now, and I’ve not got time to research it.

462 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:52:34am

re: #448 Pie-onist Overlord

They passed gun control laws in 1996 and now millions of Australians are suffering horribly in concentration camps.

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Oh, the horror! Think of the children!

463 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:52:38am

re: #459 FemNaziBitch

The man is a womanizer -and women seem to like it.

I don’t think any of the woman who have come forward every said they were forced by him to do anything.

HURR HURRRR!!!! JUANITY BROADERICK!!!! KATHLEEN WILLEY!!!!! PAULA JONES!!!!!! HURR HURR!!!! Y U DEMOCRATS MAKES TEH WAR ON WIMMENZ1!!!!!1!!!

464 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:52:40am

re: #454 Feline Fearless Leader

Could Mr. Wensleydale’s Ye National Cheese Emporium be considered kosher? It only claimed to have cheese on the premises.

;)

Maybe the Venezuelan Beaver Cheese. /

465 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:53:40am

Fashionable vest she’s wearing.

466 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:54:03am

re: #461 Dark_Falcon

The claim isn’t based on the Lewinsky Affair. It’s based on an another woman’s earlier claim that Clinton had raped her. That other woman name escapes me right now, and I’ve not got time to research it.

This cooked-up bullshit.

en.wikipedia.org

467 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:55:20am

re: #461 Dark_Falcon

The claim isn’t based on the Lewinsky Affair. It’s based on an another woman’s earlier claim that Clinton had raped her. That other woman name escapes me right now, and I’ve not got time to research it.

Still, why the hell is Rand Paul rambling about Bill Clinton over unproven allegations especially when he’s got his own newer skeletons? Already got beat to it but it was Juanite Broederick.

468 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:56:51am

re: #467 HappyWarrior

Still, why the hell is Rand Paul rambling about Bill Clinton over unproven allegations? Already got beat to it but it was Juanite Broederick.

So now we’re back to something that allegedly happened in 1978.

469 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:57:38am

re: #468 darthstar

So now we’re back to something that allegedly happened in 1978.

Yeah when Rand was an acne marked teen.

470 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:57:47am

re: #468 darthstar

So now we’re back to something that allegedly happened in 1978.

Which Broaderick admitted she lied about.

471 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:58:06am
472 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:59:13am

re: #470 Justanotherhuman

Which Broaderick admitted she lied about.

And yet Dark Falcon is defending Rand Paul…again…for grabbing onto Clinton’s dick and yelling, “Look! Look!”

473 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:59:14am

re: #469 HappyWarrior

Yeah when Rand was an acne marked teen.

before his aqua buddha days

474 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 7:59:15am

So the Left is suppose to stop bringing up the dubyah years, yet the RWNJs continue to evoke the Clinton years and earlier? Gotcha….

475 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:00:17am

re: #474 Dr. Matt

So the Left is suppose to stop bringing up the dubyah years, yet the RWNJs continue to evoke the Clintons years and earlier? Gotcha….

Forget Clinton, many of them are still wound up on Carter.

476 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:00:40am

re: #474 Dr. Matt

So the Left is suppose to stop bringing up the dubyah years, yet the RWNJs continue to evoke the Clintons years and earlier? Gotcha….

Hell, one of their favorite bits is to compare the President to Carter. They did it repeatedly in 2012, mostly because they honestly believed that voters would remember how “bad” Carter was and repeat the 1980 election all over again.

477 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:00:40am

re: #473 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

before his aqua buddha days

Yeah Pasty Roadmap days :).

478 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:00:42am

re: #474 Dr. Matt

So the Left is suppose to stop bringing up the dubyah years, yet the RWNJs continue to evoke the Clintons years and earlier? Gotcha….

Both sides do it. In 2016 the left will get criticized for bringing up Bridge Gate during Christie’s primary campaign.

479 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:01:01am


No Pat, people are turning away from religion because of it’s intolerance.

480 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:02:03am

re: #475 HappyWarrior

Forget Clinton, many of them are still wound up on Carter1858.

481 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:02:12am

re: #479 FemNaziBitch

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No Pat, people are turning away from religion because of it’s intolerance.

How on earth do you lose liberty when adults are allowed to have consensual sex?

482 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:02:25am

re: #435 Lidane

It might have been a kosher-style deli, but a real kosher deli wouldn’t serve ham.

Okay. It was a place in LA, which I seem to remember because it had an inordinate number of meat-slicing machines used for different products.

Maybe I dreamt it.*

* Based, no doubt, on PKD’s lesser opus, Do Goyim Dream of Corned Beef with Mayo?**
** Don’t judge me.

483 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:02:28am

re: #480 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Vote Breckenridge y’all!

484 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:03:16am
485 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:03:32am

re: #482 chadu

Okay. It was a place in LA, which I seem to remember because it had an inordinate number of meat-slicing machines used for different products.

Maybe I dreamt it.*

Based, no doubt, on PKD’s lesser opus, Do Goyim Dream of Corned Beef with Mayo?**
** Don’t judge me.

Mayo and Corned beef? God help you. son. Do several Hail Marys.

486 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:04:39am

re: #481 HappyWarrior

How on earth do you lose liberty when adults are allowed to have consensual sex?

because it’s not supposed to be an individual choice —it belongs to the patriarch of their family who takes his orders directly from a religious leader.

487 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:04:53am

re: #447 lawhawk

Aha!

And now I am even more edjamacated on kosher style*!

* And has anyone done a “Gangnam Style” vidjo called “Kosher Style” yet? Because if they didn’t, I just mentioned it on Teh Interweb, so look for it in 3… 2… 1…

488 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:05:03am

re: #486 FemNaziBitch

because it’s not supposed to be an individual choice —it belongs to the patriarch of their family who takes his orders directly from a religious leader.

It was honestly a rhetorical question.

489 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:05:31am

re: #461 Dark_Falcon

The claim isn’t based on the Lewinsky Affair. It’s based on an another woman’s earlier claim that Clinton had raped her. That other woman name escapes me right now, and I’ve not got time to research it.

And, NO, Rand is referencing the Lewinsky Affair. Here’s the exact quote, albeit the age of Monica is wrong:

You know, it concerns me. The thing is, I think workplace violence is a serious thing. If the president of your network had relations with a 20 year-old girl who was there from college, I think the president of your network would be fired. If that’s what Bill Clinton did multiple times, really they ought to be concerned about being associated with him.

490 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:05:45am

re: #460 Decatur Deb

Was the ham being served by a leprechaun?

That would be awesome.

491 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:06:03am

re: #488 HappyWarrior

It was honestly a rhetorical question.

:)

492 Bubblehead II  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:06:10am

re: #446 goddamnedfrank

Section 3 puts the burden of proof on the government in asserting both its compelling interest and least restrictive means in carrying it out. I agree that it probably covers emergency care, but cops in particular could probably argue against investigating certain non-emergency responses / complaints or carrying out certain duties. For example a sherrif might plausibly refuse to carry out an eviction for a gay landlord against a Christian tenant and use the law as cover in the resulting civil rights lawsuit.

Not really. Since the State has a compelling reason to see to it that all laws are obeyed and all violations of the laws are equally investigated, refusing to investigate a crime because the victim has somehow violated a LEO’s religious beliefs is not going to fly.

493 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:06:44am

re: #472 darthstar

And yet Dark Falcon is defending Rand Paul…again…for grabbing onto Clinton’s dick and yelling, “Look! Look!”

(significant eyebrow waggle)

494 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:07:02am

re: #489 Dr. Matt

Lewinsky was 22

And, NO, Rand >is referencing the Lewinsky Affair. Here’s the exact quote, albeit the age of Monica is wrong:

IIRC, Lewinsky had graduated from college and sought the WH internship because she wanted to be close to “power”.

Well, she got the banana.

495 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:07:24am

re: #478 darthstar

Both sides do it. In 2016 the left will get criticized for bringing up Bridge Gate during Christie’s primary campaign.

I’m guessing this is sarcasm….

496 Gus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:08:06am

Paco de Lucia has died. 66 years old. He died of a heart attack while playing with his children on a beach. One of the greatest guitarists to have been with us and a master of flamenco.

497 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:08:30am

Kirsten Gillibrand is awesome!

498 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:09:03am

re: #494 Justanotherhuman

IIRC, Lewinsky had graduated from college and sought the WH internship because she wanted to be close to “power”.

Well, she got the banana.

Stanford I wanna say. I mean, he did take advantage of her IMO but she wasn’t some poor girl that he took advantage of either and the whole affair should have been something handled between Bill and Hillary not between Bill and the US Congress especially given that many of those who wanted Bill impeached and removed over perjury had their own affairs going on.

499 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:09:46am

re: #485 HappyWarrior

Mayo and Corned beef? God help you. son. Do several Hail Marys.

Don’t judge me!

(I also like pastrami and mayo. Quoth St. Alfred of Yankovic, “I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise.”)

(I’ve also eaten, more than once, an American cheese and caviar sandwich.)

500 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:09:46am

re: #497 FemNaziBitch

Kirsten Gillibrand is awesome!

I like her quite a bit. I hope she runs for president some day. She was one of the first senators to come out in favor of SSM. She’s young too.

501 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:11:07am

re: #499 chadu

>Don’t judge me!

(I also like pastrami and mayo. Quoth St. Alfred of Yankovic, “I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise.”)

(I’ve also eaten, more than once, an American cheese and caviar sandwich.)

I guess he who is without a sin should buy the first condiment since I love putting horseradish sauce on a lot of stuff.

502 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:11:30am

Um no, because churches are not businesses open to the general public.

503 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:11:55am

re: #498 HappyWarrior

Stanford I wanna say. I mean, he did take advantage of her IMO but she wasn’t some poor girl that he took advantage of either and the whole affair should have been something handled between Bill and Hillary not between Bill and the US Congress especially given that many of those who wanted Bill impeached and removed over perjury had their own affairs going on.

Following high school graduation, Lewinsky attended Santa Monica College, a two-year community college, and worked for the drama department at Beverly Hills High School and at a tie shop.[3][10] In 1992, she began a five-year affair with Andy Bleiler, her married former high school drama instructor.[13] In 1993, she enrolled at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, graduating with a psychology degree in 1995.[3][4][10] (my emphasis - in 1992 she would have been 18 or 19 yrs old.)

With the assistance of a family connection, Lewinsky got an unpaid summer White House internship in the office of White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta. Lewinsky moved to Washington, D.C. and took up the position in July 1995.[3][10] She moved to a paid position in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs in December 1995.[3]

en.wikipedia.org

504 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:12:12am

re: #479 FemNaziBitch

Pat Robertson says religious liberty is collapsing due to “the practice of homosexuality, sodomy”

Thought the Religious Right would have it down pat by now.

505 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:12:50am

Read more: Military’s traditional use of “good soldier defense” may be ending | TIME.com swampland.time.com

Others disagree. “Character evidence that a person is `law abiding’ or a `good citizen’ has long been prohibited in civilian courts,” a second poster maintains. “If you’re charged with raping your neighbor in federal court you don’t get to introduce evidence that you’re a `good father,’ `good carpenter,’ or a `good citizen’ under the theory that good fathers (etc.) are less likely to rape.”

506 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:12:55am

re: #503 Justanotherhuman

Following high school graduation, Lewinsky attended Santa Monica College, a two-year community college, and worked for the drama department at Beverly Hills High School and at a tie shop.[3][10] In 1992, she began a five-year affair with Andy Bleiler, her married former high school drama instructor.[13] In 1993, she enrolled at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, graduating with a psychology degree in 1995.[3][4][10] (my emphasis - in 1992 she would have been 18 or 19 yrs old.)

With the assistance of a family connection, Lewinsky got an unpaid summer White House internship in the office of White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta. Lewinsky moved to Washington, D.C. and took up the position in July 1995.[3][10] She moved to a paid position in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs in December 1995.[3]

en.wikipedia.org

Yeah hardly some innocent girl that Rand wants to paint.

507 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:13:16am

re: #499 chadu

>Don’t judge me!

(I also like pastrami and mayo. Quoth St. Alfred of Yankovic, “I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise.”)

(I’ve also eaten, more than once, an American cheese and caviar sandwich.)

My favorite deli in Toronto closed down 2 years ago. I still has a sad thinking about it. :(

508 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:14:25am
Four years later, the Army’s top enlisted soldier, Sergeant Major of the Army Gene McKinney, employed the good-soldier defense after he had been charged with sexually harassing women who worked with him. “McKinney’s adroit use of his past service as a `good soldier’ was widely credited for his acquittal on all charges of sexual misconduct, in spite of damning testimony from six servicewomen about his alleged harassment,” Elizabeth Hillman, now the president of the National Institute of Military Justice, wrote in 1999. “The good soldier defense advances the perception that one of the privileges of high rank and long service is immunity from conviction at court-martial,” said Hillman, now a professor of law and dean at the Hastings College of Law at the University of California.

Read more: Military’s traditional use of “good soldier defense” may be ending | TIME.com swampland.time.com

509 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:14:33am

I had a deli that I loved when I was at GMU. Made it a habit to walk there every Friday after classes. Also near a grocery store so I got the beer run knocked out too.

510 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:19:07am

re: #472 darthstar

And yet Dark Falcon is defending Rand Paul…again…for grabbing onto Clinton’s dick and yelling, “Look! Look!”

No, I was trying to make sure what I thought was Paul’s argument was accurately rendered.

His argument still isn’t germane to anything Barack Obama is doing or has done, but that’s not the real point. The real target of Rand Paul’s invective on this matter is Hillary Clinton. The point is to start dirtying Hillary up before 2016 ask loudly asking “HOW COULD YOU STAY MARRIED TO A MAN LIKE THAT?” The object is to make Mrs. Clinton look like a cold-hearted bitch who’d put up with wrongs done to others by her husband in exchange for power.

I don’t endorse this tactic, since it looks terrible, stretches the truth, and is unlikely to work.

511 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:19:07am

re: #479 FemNaziBitch

No Pat, people are turning away from religion because of it’s intolerance.

A lot of people seem to be missing that. When I was reading a few entries on the National Catholic Reporter blog the one author had an entry that was a rebuttal to another post that was doing the usual tirade blaming liberal government, secular education, etc. etc. for declining Catholic numbers in the US. The author pointed out that this was ignoring potential causes such as the Catholic church supported bigoted positions (such as the bill in Arizona) and the priestly child abuse scandals.

512 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:20:16am

re: #485 HappyWarrior

Mayo and Corned beef? God help you. son. Do several Hail Marys.

But he says “Hail Mary, full of bacon” when he is in that mood…

513 danarchy  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:21:13am

re: #427 HappyWarrior

the other thing is no one is asking for 15 a hour.

I think this is a reference to the big fast food workers strike a couple months back where they were indeed asking for $15/hr. Although I am guessing that was more of a “start the bargaining high” sort of tactic.

nytimes.com

514 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:21:29am

re: #506 HappyWarrior

Yeah hardly some innocent girl that Rand wants to paint.

And that affair with Bleiler lasted at least a year after her tête-à-tête with Clinton.

“In 2013, the items associated with Lewinsky that Bleiler had turned over to Starr were put up for auction by Bleiler’s ex-wife, who had come into possession of them.”[46]

515 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:22:47am

ERICK READS THOSE PARTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER
HE SKIPS THE PARTS ABOUT FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND SHOWING COMPASSION TO THE POOR.

516 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:24:01am

BBL

517 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:27:30am

re: #510 Dark_Falcon

No, I was trying to make sure what I thought was Paul’s argument was accurately rendered.

His argument still isn’t germane to anything Barack Obama is doing or has done, but that’s not the real point. The real target of Rand Paul’s invective on this matter is Hillary Clinton. The point is to start dirtying Hillary up before 2016 ask loudly asking “HOW COULD YOU STAY MARRIED TO A MAN LIKE THAT?” The object is to make Mrs. Clinton look like a cold-hearted bitch who’d put up with wrongs done to others by her husband in exchange for power.

I don’t endorse this tactic, since it looks terrible, stretches the truth, and is unlikely to work.

Well it shows why your party deserves the contempt it gets from people like me if its frontrunner is going after the Democratic frontrunner by bringing up an affair that her husband had when many first time votes in the next election were infants. How Hillary Clinton chose to deal with her husband’s affair is none of Rand Paul’s business. I would have lost a ton of respect for my father had he cheated on my mother but I would have been equally angry if people tried to use it against my mother which is what by your own admission Rand is trying to do here. It’s unbelievably sleazy and why your party should shut the hell up about being a party of family values.

518 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:27:34am

re: #515 Pie-onist Overlord

ERICK READS THOSE PARTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER
HE SKIPS THE PARTS ABOUT FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND SHOWING COMPASSION TO THE POOR.

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Christians not living by the very teachings of Christ. I’m sure that’s never happened ever.
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519 Charles Johnson  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:28:51am

Greenwald’s ego has been stung.

520 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:28:55am

re: #515 Pie-onist Overlord

ERICK READS THOSE PARTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER
HE SKIPS THE PARTS ABOUT FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND SHOWING COMPASSION TO THE POOR.

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He was damning people like Erick who want a society that cares more about its wealthy over its poor. But you missed that Erick didn’t you when you were jacking off to the damnation.

521 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:29:22am

Glenn declares open war on Charles & The Lizard Nation.

522 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:29:31am

Humorous piece about corned beef “etiquette”.

Corned-beef-etiquette foibles make for some wry anecdotes

articles.baltimoresun.com

“Augie Ciresi, in Harford County, related how, while once in the old Jack’s on Corned Beef Row, he heard a woman make like Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and order a corned beef sandwich on white bread with lettuce, tomato and mayo. The counter guy shot back, “Would you like peanut butter and jelly on that, too?”

“I once walked into the Knish Shop in Pikesville and ordered a corned beef on rye — with ketchup,” Alan Friedenberg admitted. “The lady behind the counter glared at me and said, `Are you sure you’re Jewish?’”

“A note from a woman known to me in e-mail as “The Redhead” suggested that such culinary deviance can lead to marital troubles: “My ex-husband not only eats corned beef on white bread, but with mayonnaise and ketchup on it. Utterly disgusting.”

Corned beef, rye, mustard. The only way to eat this sandwich, people.

523 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:29:42am

re: #515 Pie-onist Overlord

Spent more talking about damnation for not living a just and proper life, including tolerance and loving thy fellow man. But Erickson leaves that part out.

524 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:30:41am

nbcnews.com

The daily Chuck Todd-centric NBC news hash for the day. Mainly covering known items like “Why is Brewer not vetoing this stupid bill quickly?”, but also has items on the latest GOP tax reform play going nowhere within the GOP and some preliminary polling numbers towards the PA Gov race where it looks like Corbett is going to face a serious challenge.

525 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:30:59am

re: #523 lawhawk

Spent more talking about damnation for not living a just and proper life, including tolerance and loving thy fellow man. But Erickson leaves that part out.

Supply-side Jesus

526 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:31:18am

52% of sexual assault victims in the military have PTSD.

add to the likelihood of mental illness as the result of combat
… .

527 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:31:32am

re: #522 Justanotherhuman

Mayo/ketchup is most of the way to Russian dressing (just add relish).

But it can’t be just any mustard. It has to be a spicy brown mustard and not that neon yellow crap.

528 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:31:56am

A fact I’m sure already known to many here but corned beef is about Irish as potatoes are. Like the potato, it’s something we borrowed from others but are grateful for.

529 Charles Johnson  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:32:18am
530 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:32:21am

re: #511 Feline Fearless Leader

A lot of people seem to be missing that. When I was reading a few entries on the National Catholic Reporter blog the one author had an entry that was a rebuttal to another post that was doing the usual tirade blaming liberal government, secular education, etc. etc. for declining Catholic numbers in the US. The author pointed out that this was ignoring potential causes such as the Catholic church supported bigoted positions (such as the bill in Arizona) and the priestly child abuse scandals.

THey preach free will in regard to placing blame when bad things happen to individuals —but seem to be blind to the fact that free will has a lot to do with their diminishing coffers.

531 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:32:24am

re: #527 lawhawk

Mayo/ketchup is most of the way to Russian dressing (just add relish).

But it can’t be just any mustard. It has to be a spicy brown mustard and not that neon yellow crap.

Yep. A pox on neon yellow mustard.

532 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:32:58am

re: #522 Justanotherhuman

Humorous piece about corned beef “etiquette”.

Corned-beef-etiquette foibles make for some wry anecdotes

articles.baltimoresun.com

“Augie Ciresi, in Harford County, related how, while once in the old Jack’s on Corned Beef Row, he heard a woman make like Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and order a corned beef sandwich on white bread with lettuce, tomato and mayo. The counter guy shot back, “Would you like peanut butter and jelly on that, too?”

“I once walked into the Knish Shop in Pikesville and ordered a corned beef on rye — with ketchup,” Alan Friedenberg admitted. “The lady behind the counter glared at me and said, `Are you sure you’re Jewish?’”

“A note from a woman known to me in e-mail as “The Redhead” suggested that such culinary deviance can lead to marital troubles: “My ex-husband not only eats corned beef on white bread, but with mayonnaise and ketchup on it. Utterly disgusting.”

Corned beef, rye, mustard. The only way to eat this sandwich, people.

Some of those combinations make me gag.

There’s no kosher deli here in Detroit, so once in a while we have “Deli Night” at my house. Zedushka buys a selection of cold cuts from the deli counter at the kosher grocery, and I bake fresh rye bread.

533 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:33:20am

re: #521 Pie-onist Overlord

Glenn declares open war on Charles & The Lizard Nation.

BRING IT ON

534 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:33:38am

re: #527 lawhawk

Mayo/ketchup is most of the way to Russian dressing (just add relish).

But it can’t be just any mustard. It has to be a spicy brown mustard and not that neon yellow crap.

When I used to eat meat and ordered at a deli, I took it they knew best. Why screw up something that was so good with tweaking it? Have to have a Kosher dill with that, too.

535 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:34:31am

re: #527 lawhawk

Mayo/ketchup is most of the way to Russian dressing (just add relish).

But it can’t be just any mustard. It has to be a spicy brown mustard and not that neon yellow crap.

It could be horseradish mustard or Dijon mustard.

Personally I like a combination of spicy brown mustard and horseradish sauce.

Sometimes I am even adventurous with muffaletta relish.

536 Mattand  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:34:36am

re: #521 Pie-onist Overlord

Glenn declares open war on Charles & The Lizard Nation.

About 18 paragraphs in Greenwald will admit that he’s got no real criticism of LGF, but most of his readers will have stopped reading around paragraph 3, or just gloss over this.

537 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:34:44am

re: #531 HappyWarrior

Yep. A pox on neon yellow mustard.

That’s what you get on a Philly soft pretzel. : ) And hot dogs.

538 Killgore Trout  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:35:27am

I applaud the effort but I have doubts this is going to go over well
Politifact/Punditfact: We’re joining reddit, and we need your help

I wish them luck but Reddit has long been a hive of Ron Paul support and r/politics became so bad it no longer gets a link on the reddit front page. It would be nice to see fact checking return to internet communities but I’m not overly hopeful.

539 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:35:30am

re: #537 Justanotherhuman

That’s what you get on a Philly soft pretzel. : ) And hot dogs.

I use the spicy brown for those too.

540 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:37:26am

re: #510 Dark_Falcon

No, I was trying to make sure what I thought was Paul’s argument was accurately rendered.

Fair enough…but why?

541 makeitstop  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:38:53am

re: #519 Charles Johnson

Greenwald’s ego has been stung.

I thought you were irrelevant, tho.

542 Skip Intro  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:39:43am

re: #475 HappyWarrior

Forget Clinton, many of them are still wound up on Carter.

Forget Carter, they’re still going after the commie bastard FDR.

543 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:39:51am

An interesting item from that NBC news link:

The limits of TV advertising

But if you also want to see the LIMITS of TV advertising, check out this new poll result: Outside of live sports, nearly 30% of voters didn’t watch live TV in the past week. Let that sink in for a moment: Almost 3 in 10 voters are no longer watching TV — and are fast-forwarding through TV ads. So if you’re a campaign or advertiser wanting to reach these folks, you have to do so through other means (social media, internet ads).

I fall heavily into that category. My TV is off most of the time. When it is on it’s for live sports (and outside of NFL and NHL not that much of it even then), and a quick check of TCM or a few Encore channels to see what movies are on. Beyond that it’s on-line or possibly having a video on.

For background noise I just have the laptop playing I-tune playlists based mainly on my downloaded CDs. Or possibly get a playlist going on YouTube.

544 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:40:16am

Military Sexual Assault (MST) is especially insidious because of the betrayal of the bond of trust soldiers have with their commanders. It was compared to incest by one of those testifying.

Either they are assaulted by someone higher on the chain of command or are dismissed when they report the crime to their commander.

TALK about at total mind fuck. Is it any wonder we have so many veterans, homeless or committing suicide?

545 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:41:16am

re: #521 Pie-onist Overlord

Glenn declares open war on Charles & The Lizard Nation.

So does that mean we qualify for combat pay?

546 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:41:20am

re: #544 FemNaziBitch

Military Sexual Assault (MST) is especially insidious because of the betrayal of the bond of trust soldiers have with their commanders. It was compared to incest by one of those testifying.

Either they are assaulted by someone higher on the chain of command or are dismissed when they report the crime to their commander.

TALK about at total mind fuck. Is it any wonder we have so many veterans, homeless or committing suicide?

We really need to do more to help prepare our troops for when they get home. So, GOPers that means cutting important services isn’t a good idea despite your supply side bullshit.

547 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:41:21am

Arizona, Missouri and now Georgia:

548 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:41:52am

re: #539 HappyWarrior

I use the spicy brown for those too.

What is this “neon” mustard you mention?

I use spicy brown, or a good Dijon (not Grey Poupon) most of the time. Have some Chinese mustard and also some specialist deli stuff (German dill?) around as well.

549 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:42:27am

re: #548 Feline Fearless Leader

What is this “neon” mustard you mention?

I use spicy brown, or a good Dijon (not Grey Poupon) most of the time. Have some Chinese mustard and also some specialist deli stuff (German dill?) around as well.

The French’s Yellow.

550 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:43:07am

re: #549 HappyWarrior

The French’s Yellow.

That’s freedom mustard!

//

551 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:43:15am

re: #546 HappyWarrior

We really need to do more to help prepare our troops for when they get home. So, GOPers that means cutting important services isn’t a good idea despite your supply side bullshit.

One of those testifying said the VA is not able to think “3 steps ahead” and justify funding for the services that veterans will need. It’s a system problem.

The turnover of medical staff is also a big, big issue.

PTSD should be something in which EVERY VA facility is an expert, but every facility is not equal in any care.

552 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:43:25am

re: #539 HappyWarrior

I use the spicy brown for those too.

My memories are from the early ’70s and street vendors in Center City Philly. : )

I miss those cheese steak joints, too, not as much as my son, though. He finally found a place in Charlotte not far from our house that made a decent one—close, but not exactly as good as the ones in our old neighborhood.

553 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:43:53am

re: #551 FemNaziBitch

One of those testifying said the VA is not able to think “3 steps ahead” and justify funding for the services that veterans will need. It’s a system problem.

The turnover of medical staff is also a big, big issue.

PTSD should be something in which EVERY VA facility is an expert, but every facility is not equal in any care.

YEah sounds like there’s a lot of problems. Awful.

554 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:44:01am

re: #539 HappyWarrior

I use the spicy brown for those too.

spicy brown and cheese!

I love cheese and mustard —with or without a cracker.

555 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:44:12am

re: #519 Charles Johnson

Greenwald’s ego has been stung.

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That article needs an update.

556 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:44:36am

re: #550 Targetpractice

That’s freedom mustard!

//

Don’t you just love that they boycotted a product named after someone’s name and a product that is in fact Belgian.

557 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:45:31am

VA and DOD staff are now giving their statements. All are women, so far.

I think the good will and data is there, but convincing the old dogs to go along with it and Congress to appropriate funding is a whole different game.

558 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:46:20am

re: #554 FemNaziBitch

spicy brown and cheese!

I love cheese and mustard —with or without a cracker.

My brother got me eating cheese and sauerkraut on a roll (with mustard) as a lunch option.

My revenge was introducing him to the grilled cheese sandwich made with slices of smoked gouda cheese.

A win-win in my opinion. :)

559 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:47:16am

I just made a donation to Gary Peters campaign because of all the shit he’s taking from the Koch Machine.

560 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:48:18am

re: #539 HappyWarrior

I use the spicy brown for those too.

how very Bavarian of you

561 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:48:21am

Surivivors in the military will stop or refuse treatment because if they are subject to a court martial, those mental health records could be made available to the judge, and the perp.

how fucked-up is that.

Our soldiers have fewer rights than civilians?

562 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:48:41am

re: #560 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

how very Bavarian of you

I am 1/4 Bavarian.

563 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:49:01am

re: #558 Feline Fearless Leader

My brother got me eating cheese and sauerkraut on a roll (with mustard) as a lunch option.

My revenge was introducing him to the grilled cheese sandwich made with slices of smoked gouda cheese.

A win-win in my opinion. :)

Hmm. I love Muenster grilled, provolone, too, with a slice of sweet onion and sliced tomato.

564 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:50:16am

We usually include mustard in our annual farm planting.
One year we planted way more than usual of a particularly “warm” variety that I dubbed “The Afterburner” because the greens tasted like normal mustard greens but then about 10 seconds later…YOWSER!
Anyway, that’s the only time I tried my hand at making homemade mustard. It turned out great (Afterburner x10). But gathering and processing the seeds to make the mustard took way too much effort for such a small resulting product.
Now that I’m semi-retired, I just might try that again.
Oh, and I also grow horseradish. You haven’t lived until you try making your own fresh horseradish sauce (Pro Tip: wear gloves and full face protection)

565 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:50:26am

re: #560 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

how very Bavarian of you

Why yes.

566 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:51:09am

re: #562 FemNaziBitch

I am 1/4 Bavarian.

Yeah me too or at least I assume so.

567 piratedan  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:51:52am

re: #529 Charles Johnson

I’m sure one of his sockpuppets will get around to that shortly…. /////

568 Varek Raith  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:52:02am

Just don’t you dare bring up Glenn’s past history!
XD

569 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:52:31am

Anyone hungry yet? : )

570 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:52:41am
571 Varek Raith  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:53:08am

Libertarians and right wingers seem to think people can’t change through introspection.

572 Bubblehead II  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:53:16am

bbiab

573 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:53:33am

re: #568 Varek Raith

Just don’t you dare bring up Glenn’s past history!
XD

You mean when he was a flailing lawyer with a porn business and turned to representing KKK types?

574 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:53:42am

re: #570 darthstar

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Yeah let’s ignore the fact that the GOP has fielded candidates that said “legitimate rape” and talked about pregnancy from rape being a blessing. Good job, Fox, Squealer would be proud of you.

575 Varek Raith  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:54:50am

To think where I was politically just 8 years ago makes my head hurt.

576 b.d.  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:55:11am

re: #519 Charles Johnson

Greenwald’s ego has been stung.

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At least he didn’t call you drooling.

577 makeitstop  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:55:58am

re: #576 b.d.

At least he didn’t call you drooling.

It’s still early.
/

578 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:56:03am

re: #569 Justanotherhuman

Anyone hungry yet? : )

I ate my lunch, a cold toasted bagel. :(

It was actually my breakfast that I didn’t eat this morning.

579 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:56:47am

Personality Disorder makes a soldier ineligible for an Honorable Discharge. Leaving many veterans without benefits.

580 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:57:55am
581 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:58:37am

re: #545 Targetpractice

So does that mean we qualify for combat pay?

And your Zionist check becomes tax-free. 30 days in you get the Combat Keyboardsman Badge.

582 Killgore Trout  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:58:52am

Maduro happy about Carter visit, opposition not so much
Jimmy Carter’s planning trip to Venezuela amid escalating political crisis

The Carter Center has been a frequent observer of elections in Venezuela and mediated talks between the socialist government and opposition following a 2002 coup that briefly unseated then President Hugo Chávez.

Carter is accepted by the normally anti-American government — Maduro praised him at a news conference Friday. But some members of the opposition harshly criticized the Carter Center for validating a 2004 recall referendum that Chávez won amid complaints that the process leading up to the vote unfairly favored him.

583 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 8:59:59am

Yeah it totally looks like classic Jim Crow: businesses refuse service to a certain class of customers, while providing the same service to other customers.

584 b.d.  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:00:00am

So the past is fair game and people can’t change Glenn?

Greenwald:

I had not abandoned my trust in the Bush administration. Between the president’s performance in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the swift removal of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the fact that I wanted the president to succeed, because my loyalty is to my country and he was the leader of my country, I still gave the administration the benefit of the doubt.

angryblackladychronicles.com

585 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:00:09am

GOHMERT!

586 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:01:13am

re: #561 FemNaziBitch

Surivivors in the military will stop or refuse treatment because if they are subject to a court martial, those mental health records could be made available to the judge, and the perp.

how fucked-up is that.

Our soldiers have fewer rights than civilians?

Yes—quite a few. They mostly know that going in.

587 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:01:40am
588 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:01:55am

Lindsay Graham is an asshole.

589 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:02:32am
590 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:02:42am
591 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:03:36am

re: #585 darthstar

GOHMERT!

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What the hell is Gohmert smoking? Don’t answer. I don’t want to know. But yeah if he ever becomes a secularist. I think Chris Hitchens if he was still with us would have to be like “Dude, tone it down.”

592 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:04:06am

re: #588 FemNaziBitch

Lindsay Graham is an asshole.

An opportunist one at that.

593 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:04:07am

Quick! Someone give Faux a pearl to clutch.

594 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:04:17am

re: #580 Backwoods_Sleuth

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There’s a Midsomer Murders episode that has a man living in the woods who has a pet fox.

That is really adorable. We have red foxes around here, too. They’re pretty common.

595 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:05:42am
596 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:06:26am

re: #595 darthstar

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She’s busy reading it being afraid of being called not a real conservative.

597 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:07:48am
598 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:08:29am

re: #596 HappyWarrior

She’s busy reading it being afraid of being called not a real conservative.

Exactly this. The bill is 2 pages long. Brewer isn’t taking this long to ‘read’ it. She’s taking this long to weigh “being acknowledged by the entire country as a massive and shameless bigot” vs. “being called a RINO by batshit conservadrones”.

599 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:09:09am

re: #510 Dark_Falcon

No, I was trying to make sure what I thought was Paul’s argument was accurately rendered.

By inaccurately stating the Rand Paul was referencing Juanita Broaddrick and not Monica?

600 b.d.  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:09:48am

Greenwald then:

I believed then that the president was entitled to have his national security judgment deferred to,

angryblackladychronicles.com

601 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:09:52am
602 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:11:09am

re: #597 darthstar

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And—the practice tied to a hospital I (used to) go to did not want to honor it. I made them. Along with other problems with them trying to sell me unwanted, and unneeded, tests and procedures, I quit ‘em. Now looking for another practice. I called the hospital customer complaint line and told them that this might “be the sticks, but we weren’t all hicks”. I may be 73 but I’m not sick or stupid, either.

603 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:11:18am

re: #599 Dr. Matt

By inaccurately stating the Rand Paul was referencing Juanita Broaddrick and not Monica?

It’s tricky, that accurate rendering thing. If you don’t put enough English on it, the damn thing just comes back and bonks you in the forehead.

604 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:11:22am

re: #598 GunstarGreen

Exactly this. The bill is 2 pages long. Brewer isn’t taking this long to ‘read’ it. She’s taking this long to weigh “being acknowledged by the entire country as a massive and shameless bigot” vs. “being called a RINO by batshit conservadrones”.

Right, and even though she’s not up for re-election. I’m sure she covets something like a cabinet position in a hypothetical Republican administration. She knows if she vetoes it, she’ll become persona non grata with the bigots that make up the GOP base.

605 calochortus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:11:46am

re: #583 Pie-onist Overlord

Yeah it totally looks like classic Jim Crow: businesses refuse service to a certain class of customers, while providing the same service to other customers.

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On an encouraging note, Erick’s piece on this on Red State is getting a lot of disagreement in the comments. Some agreement as well, but less than one might expect.
I think the tide has turned and Brewer isn’t stupid enough to to sign the bill.

606 b.d.  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:11:50am

re: #601 darthstar

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President Obama should state theat he doesn’t want Christie to run for president, that way the republicans will demand that he does.

607 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:11:53am

re: #601 darthstar

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Wait until he yells at a teacher again and then they’ll love him once more.

608 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:12:12am

89% of military suicides have NOT seen combat.

609 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:12:36am

re: #597 darthstar

Because of the Affordable Care Act, the cost to seniors for their annual checkupDEATH PANEL REVIEW is $0.00

610 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:12:46am

re: #519 Charles Johnson

Greenwald’s ego has been stung.

Interesting history of one the most devoted online Democratic partisans & US Govt loyalists in the Obama era t.co
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 26, 2014

What highly subjective and partisan statements from a so-called “journalist”.

611 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:15:21am

re: #605 calochortus

On an encouraging note, Erick’s piece on this on Red State is getting a lot of disagreement in the comments. Some agreement as well, but less than one might expect.
I think the tide has turned and Brewer isn’t stupid enough to to sign the bill.

Okay…this comment made me chuckle:

All those years putting on a shirt and shoes just to walk in and buy some beer…wasted! Wasted I say!!!

612 Mattand  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:15:27am

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

613 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:15:49am

re: #598 GunstarGreen

Exactly this. The bill is 2 pages long. Brewer isn’t taking this long to ‘read’ it. She’s taking this long to weigh “being acknowledged by the entire country as a massive and shameless bigot” vs. “being called a RINO by batshit conservadrones”.

As an expat Arizonan, part of me wants to see her sign it…for starters, it will be challenged in court, secondly, the NFL (and anyone advertising during the SB) will be faced with boycotts (from the left) if it does not move the 2015 Super Bowl, and with boycotts (from the right) if it does, for “caving into Big Gay”.

But really, I want this bill to die an ignominious death…

614 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:15:55am

re: #604 HappyWarrior

Right, and even though she’s not up for re-election. I’m sure she covets something like a cabinet position in a hypothetical Republican administration. She knows if she vetoes it, she’ll become persona non grata with the bigots that make up the GOP base.

Brewer is the classic ass kisser with a 2 yr radiology tech degree who has pretty much learned on the job from her masters, doing shit for the ordinary person who lives there, not really knowing what democracy is. She’s kissed so many Republican asses in her political career that her entire face is puckered.

615 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:16:35am

77K females in the military have screened positive for MST

57K males

A crime of power and control

616 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:19:36am

It’s a bit disconcerting that Brewer has not yet vetoed the bill. If she does nothing by Saturday, the law goes in effect.

617 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:20:22am

Waiting for Mona to chime in: IT WASN’T A CRIMINAL CASE!!!! GLENN REPRESENTED HALE IN A CIVIL CASE!!!1!!!!TY

618 Killgore Trout  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:20:42am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

I’m self employed and I work at home. I commute one flight of stairs to my workshop.

619 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:20:43am

re: #615 FemNaziBitch

77K females in the military have screened positive for MST

57K males

A crime of power and control

How does that compare with the civilian population, controlled for age and other useful factors?

620 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:21:39am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

I work at home, so my commute is coffeepot—>computer desk.
Husband’s commute is about 200 miles (roundtrip), which is why he only comes home on weekends.

621 calochortus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:21:43am

re: #611 darthstar

Okay…this comment made me chuckle:

Irrelevant, but funny.

622 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:21:44am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

25~35 minutes, 10 miles. Most of it is a speed limit of 35 to 40 mph, so. Commute largely down a two-lane road that involves a one-lane covered bridge followed by a one-lane stone bridge in a heavily-forested, steep-and-winding-hill area.

623 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:23:10am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

Aöso self-employed, on the days I work out of office (2-3 days a week) I commute around 15 miles each way, Nice drive along the Rhine valley. Otherwise, bedroom-kitchen-office.

624 Mattand  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:25:26am

re: #616 Dr. Matt

It’s a bit disconcerting that Brewer has not yet vetoed the bill. If she does nothing by Saturday, the law goes in effect.

Again, this is the kind of behavior that unfortunately has become the calling card of the modern Republican/conservative.

The bill codifies bigotry. End of story. The only human and just decision would have been to veto this ASAP.

Instead, we have to play this childish waiting game while listening to Republicans and their supporters whine about how they’re being unfairly tarred as homophobic.

At the end of the day, the only reason to support a bill like this is because your holy book tells you Teh Gayz is icky. We’re a secular nation; that shit doesn’t cut it when it comes to law.

625 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:25:55am

re: #621 calochortus

Irrelevant, but funny.

Exactly. That made it even funnier to me. He probably thought he was being sarcastic.

626 Mattand  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:26:16am

re: #620 Backwoods_Sleuth

I work at home, so my commute is coffeepot—>computer desk.
Husband’s commute is about 200 miles (roundtrip), which is why he only comes home on weekends.

Ugh. Sorry to hear that.

627 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:26:18am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

12 miles, about 20 minutes each way assuming no bad weather or traffic accidents.

628 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:26:21am

re: #622 GunstarGreen

25~35 minutes, 10 miles. Most of it is a speed limit of 35 to 40 mph, so. Commute largely down a two-lane road that involves a one-lane covered bridge followed by a one-lane stone bridge in a heavily-forested, steep-and-winding-hill area.

Sounds idyllic. Do you live in Vermont? : )

629 makeitstop  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:26:33am

re: #596 HappyWarrior

She’s busy reading it being afraid of being called not a real conservative.

Yep. It’s a goddamned two-page document.

She’s definitely weighing how much money the state will lose against how much of a political hit she’ll take with the Crazy Asshole contingent.

And she’s gonna take a political hit either way, and I’m good with that.

630 Gus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:30:17am

re: #590 Pie-onist Overlord

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I blocked that stranger including some egg that was following me. They don’t like my Tweet too fucking bad. I’m not here to look out for their freaking feelings. Fuck ‘em all!

631 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:30:26am

re: #626 Mattand

Ugh. Sorry to hear that.

The money and benefits are great, and he gets to retire in 6-7 years, so we’re muddling through in the meantime.

632 Charles Johnson  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:31:04am
633 calochortus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:31:44am

re: #624 Mattand

At the end of the day, the only reason to support a bill like this is because your holy book tells you Teh Gayz is icky. We’re a secular nation; that shit doesn’t cut it when it comes to law.

It is scary how many people think that religion is the only thing that prevents people from behaving in a totally antisocial manner. I don’t think it is a coincidence that all religions everywhere codify what is and isn’t incest, and the core “forbidden” group is pretty similar everywhere. Killing is very, very strictly regulated. Etc.
There is a basic human morality encoded somewhere in our genes. Otherwise, why aren’t atheists out rampaging through the countryside?

634 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:32:13am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

I use a combination of driving and mass transit. 20 minutes to the station (about 17 miles), and 20 minutes to the office on the train plus a 5 block walk. It’s about 25 miles door to door and if I drive it on a low-traffic day I can get to work in a half hour.

Like Gunstar, my road is mostly two lanes…but I can’t argue with the view.
Montara Gas Station

635 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:32:25am

re: #612 Mattand

Typically about an hour each way by walk-NJ Transit-PATH(WTC)- walk. Distance wise, it’s about 25 miles. Driving that could take anywhere from 40 minutes to 2 hours, depending on traffic. Much more scenic to take the train though, at least through the Meadowlands.

636 Charles Johnson  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:32:33am

Please retweet that last one, folks.

637 GunstarGreen  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:32:57am

re: #628 Justanotherhuman

Sounds idyllic. Do you live in Vermont? : )

Georgia. Most of this state is a shithole, but it has its little pockets of niceness.

638 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:33:01am

re: #619 Decatur Deb

How does that compare with the civilian population, controlled for age and other useful factors?

That is difficult as less men report and you’d have to factor out prison rape.

According to this wiki 1 in seven women and 1 in 71 men, if I am reading it correctly.

This is probably a better article:

Drawing on 1998 statistics from the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RAINN reported that while 1 in 6 American women would experience attempted or completed rape in her lifetime, American males experience a likelihood of 1 in 33. A 2004 study by Statistics Canada found that “sexual victimization rates for females were almost 5 times the rate for males. … Similarly, police-reported data for 2007 indicate that female rates of sexual victimization were 5.6 times higher than male rates.”

back on the CSPAN front —2/10 report. Gillibrand is screaming at someone now who said the situation is getting better.

639 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:33:03am

re: #636 Charles Johnson

Please retweet that last one, folks.

Done

640 Dr. Matt  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:33:16am

Some toolbag added me to a twitter list called “libertarian”….and he meant it as a compliment. That’s more offensive than being called a pinko, fascist, commie, Nazi, KKK, terrorist.

641 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:34:25am

Gillibrand knows her shit.

642 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:36:40am

In which Bryan demonstrates that he knows just as much about Jim Crow as he knows about the 1st Amendment:

643 Gus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:37:02am

Being able to block people on Twitter is awesome.

644 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:38:10am

We already know that sattv4u’s commute is a long, quiet drive…

645 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:38:50am

re: #642 Pie-onist Overlord

Allowing discrimination is discriminatory in fact and by operation of law. Government sanctioning of this discrimination would likely be found unconstitutional by the reviewing courts, at any level (state or federal).

646 jaunte  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:40:45am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

20 minutes in regular traffic; 7 miles to work, 7 miles back.

647 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:41:01am

re: #642 Pie-onist Overlord

In which Bryan demonstrates that he knows just as much about Jim Crow as he knows about the 1st Amendment:

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I wonder what it’s like to wake up each day knowing you’re an ignorant and/or propagandistic asshat?

648 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:42:51am

What is the current unemployment rate?

649 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:42:59am

re: #638 FemNaziBitch

That is difficult as less men report and you’d have to factor out prison rape.

According to this wiki 1 in seven women and 1 in 71 men, if I am reading it correctly.

This is probably a better article:

back on the CSPAN front —2/10 report. Gillibrand is screaming at someone now who said the situation is getting better.

Total number of women veterans is just under 2 million. Recognizing that the 77,000 only comes from those encountering the VA system screen, it looks quite a bit lower than the 1/7th of cases in the overall population. Suspect the numbers collection at both ends might be bad. (I know from my HQDA work that the suicide data gathering used to suck.)

650 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:44:14am

re: #644 Justanotherhuman

We already know that sattv4u’s commute is a long, quiet drive…

It’s three miles. He’s just stuck in traffic for a long time.

651 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:44:47am
652 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:45:43am

re: #642 Pie-onist Overlord

In which Bryan demonstrates that he knows just as much about Jim Crow as he knows about the 1st Amendment:

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The bill makes discrimination, any discrimination, legal so long as one can argue that it is due to religious beliefs. In other words, if a business owner chooses to put “White Folks Only” on his front door and he is sued by the government for doing so, he can go to court and argue that his interpretation of whatever religious texts he wants says that doing business with black folks is sinful and so he refuses to do any business with them.

653 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:46:29am

re: #649 Decatur Deb

Total number of women veterans is just under 2 million. Recognizing that the 77,000 only comes from those encountering the VA system screen, it looks quite a bit lower than the 1/7th of cases in the overall population. Suspect the numbers collection at both ends might be bad. (I know from my HQDA work that the suicide data gathering used to suck.)

Gillibrand said that only 2/10 report in the military.

Military only includes certain age groups —civilian stats would include all age groups.

654 wrenchwench  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:46:45am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

Three quarters of a mile. 5 minutes to work, 15 minutes home. That’s on a bike. Walking takes about 15 minutes to work, 20 minutes home. I drive about once every other month.

655 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:46:51am

re: #564 Backwoods_Sleuth

We usually include mustard in our annual farm planting.
One year we planted way more than usual of a particularly “warm” variety that I dubbed “The Afterburner” because the greens tasted like normal mustard greens but then about 10 seconds later…YOWSER!
Anyway, that’s the only time I tried my hand at making homemade mustard. It turned out great (Afterburner x10). But gathering and processing the seeds to make the mustard took way too much effort for such a small resulting product.
Now that I’m semi-retired, I just might try that again.
Oh, and I also grow horseradish. You haven’t lived until you try making your own fresh horseradish sauce (Pro Tip: wear gloves and full face protection)

I planted dill last year and am going to increase the crop this year. I like it with fish and also got and used dill seed as well as a spice on a few things.

And also found a recipe for a nice sauce for topping salmon with:
Freshly minced dill; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1/4 sour cream or yogurt; squirt of fresh lemon juice. Stir together and then refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.

656 Killgore Trout  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:47:31am

Lee Rigby murder: Adebolajo and Adebowale jailed

Michael Adebolajo has been given a whole-life term and Michael Adebowale has been jailed for a minimum of 45 years for murdering Fusilier Lee Rigby.

Adebolajo, 29, and Adebowale, 22, drove into Fusilier Rigby with a car before hacking him to death in Woolwich, south-east London, in May last year.

The judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, said Adebolajo’s case was one of those “rare cases” warranting a whole-life term.

The pair were absent during sentencing after a scuffle in the dock.

As Mr Justice Sweeney began to sentence the men they started shouting and scuffling with court security guards. They had to be forced to the ground and were removed from court.

Sentencing the killers in their absence, the judge said they had been convicted on “overwhelming” evidence of the “barbaric” murder of Fusilier Rigby.

657 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:49:00am

re: #651 FemNaziBitch

Ted Nugent promises to stop “calling people names.”

sub-mongrel human…

658 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:49:18am

re: #648 FemNaziBitch

What is the current unemployment rate?

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Not quite true.

“The $800 million annual cut will cost 850,000 food stamp recipients about $90 per month. About 350,000 of those affected live in New York State.

(snip)

“New York is hit hard because it is the largest of 16 states that take advantage of an option that the bill ends — allowing states that offer residents heating aid to also provide them food-stamp support.”

Read more: nydailynews.com

Everyone got their food stamps cut last fall because the additional temporary benefits were not extended. Furthermore, many states have cut out the heating aid program, like NC, which cut it 3 yrs ago and put it on a “first come first served” basis because it only allocates a small amt of money. Not all who need it get it.

659 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:49:53am

re: #653 FemNaziBitch

Gillibrand said that only 2/10 report in the military.

Military only includes certain age groups —civilian stats would include all age groups.

If there are no credible numbers, the whole thing will degenerate into argument. We need analysis that leads to countermeasures, not handwringing.

660 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:50:06am

re: #655 Feline Fearless Leader

I planted dill last year and am going to increase the crop this year. I like it with fish and also got and used dill seed as well as a spice on a few things.

And also found a recipe for a nice sauce for topping salmon with:
Freshly minced dill; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1/4 sour cream or yogurt; squirt of fresh lemon juice. Stir together and then refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.

Thanks for the recipe!
I also grow dill (one small field next to the house is almost exclusively herbs).
Every Spring I have volunteer dill, cilantro and mustards popping up all over the place.

661 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:50:40am
662 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:50:45am

re: #657 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

sub-mongrel human…

He said he’d stop that—and called the President a liar in the very same sentence.

663 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:51:47am

re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord

I see this is the Wingnut Meme Of The Day. Incapable of distinguishing between PRODUCTS & SERVICES OFFERED and CUSTOMERS WHO BUY PRODUCTS & SERVICES.

Really, he should just go order the sandwich at the “Just Pizza” shop down the road and see what he gets..

664 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:51:48am
665 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:52:16am

re: #609 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

When is Obama going to put the law in place enforcing Carrousel for all people over the age of 30?
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666 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:53:11am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

Less than 5 minutes. 3 blocks.

667 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:53:53am

re: #661 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Pandering son of a bastard.

668 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:54:02am

re: #633 calochortus

It is scary how many people think that religion is the only thing that prevents people from behaving in a totally antisocial manner. I don’t think it is a coincidence that all religions everywhere codify what is and isn’t incest, and the core “forbidden” group is pretty similar everywhere. Killing is very, very strictly regulated. Etc.
There is a basic human morality encoded somewhere in our genes. Otherwise, why aren’t atheists out rampaging through the countryside?

Because that would take the news time away from the religious fanatics drowning their kids.

669 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:54:10am

re: #661 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Kentucky senator appears to think guns are not a public health threat. Just about every national doctors’ group disagrees with that assessment.

Not the National Board of Ophthalmology, I bet.

thedailybeast.com

670 b.d.  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:54:20am

Rotating washed up GOP “entertainers”. It seems like only yesterday that I was wishing that Pat Boone would stfu.

671 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:55:04am

re: #662 Decatur Deb

He said he’d stop that—and called the President a liar in the very same sentence.

“lear” is fine…but if he sees nothing racist in “sub-human mongrel” then he is even more delusional than I thought…

672 b.d.  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:56:11am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

15 miles, about 20 minutes each way.

673 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:56:52am
674 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:57:19am
675 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:58:19am

re: #659 Decatur Deb

If there are no credible numbers, the whole thing will degenerate into argument. We need analysis that leads to countermeasures, not handwringing.

Yes, you are right.

All we have is all we have.

The predators know that.

676 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:58:49am

re: #660 Backwoods_Sleuth

Thanks for the recipe!
I also grow dill (one small field next to the house is almost exclusively herbs).
Every Spring I have volunteer dill, cilantro and mustards popping up all over the place.

The extent of my “farm” can often be seen in the background of posted cat pictures. About 15-20’ of window sill space.

677 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:58:57am

re: #661 Backwoods_Sleuth

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In otherwords water is wet. Fuck off Rand. Gun violence is a problem. We may differ on what the solution to it is but blocking a nominee over it is juvenile even for your kooky ass.

678 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:59:15am

If you think about the earth as a living organism, it could make sense that volcanic activity might be some kind of allergic reaction to humans fucking up the climate…Just a thought.

679 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 9:59:19am

bbl

680 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:00:31am

re: #651 FemNaziBitch

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We’ll see how long that promise lasts. He really shouldn’t be involved with politics. I blame GOP politicos for treating him like a serious voice than Nugent himself who clearly needs psychiatric help.

681 danarchy  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:01:22am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

Depends, work from home a couple days a week the rest I am going to client sites, which can be anywhere from 30-50 miles one way. Truthfully most of my clients being in boston are closer to the 50 mile number and depending on traffic it can take anywhere from 1-3 hours each way, on a normal day it is about one and a half.

682 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:03:07am

Hmm, according to the cap of my iced tea at lunch:
“Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.”

683 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:04:19am

re: #678 darthstar

If you think about the earth as a living organism, it could make sense that volcanic activity might be some kind of allergic reaction to humans fucking up the climate…Just a thought.

Volcanoes May Be Slowing Down Climate Chang

You see? God will fix everything as long as we keep banning gays from our bakeries!!!

684 iossarian  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:04:31am

re: #612 Mattand

Off-topic: for those Lizards out there who are lucky enough to be employed, how long and how far do you commute?

15 minute walk. Lucky, lucky me.

685 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:06:52am

Sigh… From a thread on the AZ bill on NPR…

Steph Selavy to Shire Dragon
And with the logic that these people are working with - fifty years ago Catholics should have had the right to refuse business to Jews.
29 • Reply•Share >

FLCPA to Steph Selavy
What’s wrong with that? 50 years ago,before SCOTUS adopted an overbroad view of the commerce clause you could refuse service to anyone
• Reply•Share >
−

William Barnett-Lewis to FLCPA • a few seconds ago
“And here, Marlin, we have a marvelous example of the Neoconfederus Idioticus. Thought to be extinct since 1865, this parasite has unfortunately been making a strong comeback across its former range.”
“Well, Jim, perhaps the exterminators can do a better job this time.”

My answer will doubtless get nuked by the moderators but I thought it was a nice bit of satire via the Wild Kingdom.

686 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:09:26am

re: #685 William Barnett-Lewis

Sigh… From a thread on the AZ bill on NPR…

Steph Selavy to Shire Dragon
And with the logic that these people are working with - fifty years ago Catholics should have had the right to refuse business to Jews.
29 • Reply•Share >

FLCPA to Steph Selavy
What’s wrong with that? 50 years ago,before SCOTUS adopted an overbroad view of the commerce clause you could refuse service to anyone
• Reply•Share >
−

William Barnett-Lewis to FLCPA • a few seconds ago
“And here, Marlin, we have a marvelous example of the Neoconfederus Idioticus. Thought to be extinct since 1865, this parasite has unfortunately been making a strong comeback across its former range.”
“Well, Jim, perhaps the exterminators can do a better job this time.”

My answer will doubtless get nuked by the moderators but I thought it was a nice bit of satire via the Wild Kingdom.

Some people really do think it was a better society when we could discriminate. It wasn’t. What’s worse is this is merely the beginning. Many of the same proponents of this bill want cops and doctors to be able to refuse help to gay people if they deem homosexuality sinful.

687 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:09:48am

re: #685 William Barnett-Lewis

Sigh… From a thread on the AZ bill on NPR…

Steph Selavy to Shire Dragon
And with the logic that these people are working with - fifty years ago Catholics should have had the right to refuse business to Jews.
29 • Reply•Share >

FLCPA to Steph Selavy
What’s wrong with that? 50 years ago,before SCOTUS adopted an overbroad view of the commerce clause you could refuse service to anyone
• Reply•Share >
−

William Barnett-Lewis to FLCPA • a few seconds ago
“And here, Marlin, we have a marvelous example of the Neoconfederus Idioticus. Thought to be extinct since 1865, this parasite has unfortunately been making a strong comeback across its former range.”
“Well, Jim, perhaps the exterminators can do a better job this time.”

My answer will doubtless get nuked by the moderators but I thought it was a nice bit of satire via the Wild Kingdom.

They’d like “Gentleman’s Agreement” all over again.

688 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:11:03am

WTFITS

689 HappyWarrior  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:12:29am

re: #688 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS

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And a Happy Godwin to you good sir or madam!

690 blueraven  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:12:29am

re: #685 William Barnett-Lewis

Sigh… From a thread on the AZ bill on NPR…

Steph Selavy to Shire Dragon
And with the logic that these people are working with - fifty years ago Catholics should have had the right to refuse business to Jews.
29 • Reply•Share >

FLCPA to Steph Selavy
What’s wrong with that? 50 years ago,before SCOTUS adopted an overbroad view of the commerce clause you could refuse service to anyone
• Reply•Share >
−

William Barnett-Lewis to FLCPA • a few seconds ago
“And here, Marlin, we have a marvelous example of the Neoconfederus Idioticus. Thought to be extinct since 1865, this parasite has unfortunately been making a strong comeback across its former range.”
“Well, Jim, perhaps the exterminators can do a better job this time.”

My answer will doubtless get nuked by the moderators but I thought it was a nice bit of satire via the Wild Kingdom.

Forget it…he appears to be a Florida Man. Lot of cockroaches down there.

691 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:12:58am

re: #687 Justanotherhuman

They’d like “Gentleman’s Agreement” all over again.

Of course they would. That would reassure them that the white male oligarchy was still in control and watching out for them.

692 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:14:36am

re: #687 Justanotherhuman

There was this movie, also, “Crossfire” which was on the same theme.

Except “Crossfire” had originally been, ironically, about homosexuality…considered too “hot” a topic at the time and banned by the “Hays Code”.

“Richard Brooks wrote his novel while he was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps making training films at Quantico, Virginia and Camp Pendleton, California. In the novel, the victim was homosexual. As told in the film The Celluloid Closet and in the documentary included on the DVD edition of the Crossfire film, the Hollywood Hays Code prohibited any mention of homosexuality because it was seen as a sexual perversion. Hence, the book’s theme of homophobia was changed to one about racism and antisemitism. The book was published while Brooks was serving in the Marine Corps. A fellow Marine by the name of Robert Ryan met Brooks and told him he was determined to play in a version of the book on screen.”[14][15]

en.wikipedia.org

It was the first “B” movie to receive Academy Award nominations.

693 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:15:25am

HURR HURR!!!!

694 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:16:17am

re: #693 Pie-onist Overlord

[Dudebro]HURR HURR!!!![/Dudebro}

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Losers Get Flounced

695 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:17:05am

I remember that Photoshop of Charles that the Dudebros made back in the day, putting Charles’ head on Eva Braun’s body.

So clever and original./

696 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:17:30am

Is that guy a stalker? I’ll delete the post if he is.

697 calochortus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:17:44am

BBL. I hear the siren’s song of the grocery store.
Ummm, no, not really, but if I don’t go grocery shopping we’ll end up eating some fairly random things for dinner rather than a coherent meal.

698 Charles Johnson  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:18:46am

re: #696 Pie-onist Overlord

Is that guy a stalker? I’ll delete the post if he is.

Not a stalker, just a thoroughly sycophantic Greenwald follower.

699 Charles Johnson  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:22:00am

re: #695 Pie-onist Overlord

I remember that Photoshop of Charles that the Dudebros made back in the day, putting Charles’ head on Eva Braun’s body.

So clever and original./

700 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:23:00am

701 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:23:30am

re: #700 Pie-onist Overlord

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Ah, the good ol’ days.

/

702 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:25:29am

Just cleaned the microwave (I think stuff was starting to grow in there).
Husband usually has that chore but hasn’t addressed the problem in ages.
So, despite my resolve to wait him out until it was really disgusting, instead of merely disgusting, I went ahead and cleaned the darned thing.
Half a squeezed lemon with the rind dumped in as well into a large soup bowl with a cup of water. Three minutes on high, let it steam unmolested for five or so more minutes.
Half a dozen paper towels later (ok, maybe a dozen, the microwave is big enough for a whole turkey), the cleaness is blinding.
Easy peasy.

Used the other half of the lemon with some kosher salt to scrub clean my wooden pizza peel that I use for making artisan bread.

My work today is done…

703 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:27:26am

Ben Shapiro and Max Blumenthal having a Twitter slap fight.

704 Targetpractice  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:28:20am

re: #703 Pie-onist Overlord

Ben Shapiro and Max Blumenthal having a Twitter slap fight.

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Two Dipshits Enter! One Dipshit Leaves!

705 Gus  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:30:57am

re: #698 Charles Johnson

Not a stalker, just a thoroughly sycophantic Greenwald follower.

Not a stalker yes but he’s rather obsessed with you after all these years. Comes in spurts.

706 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:32:00am

re: #704 Targetpractice

Two Dipshits Enter! One Dipshit Leaves!

I thought they mutually annihilated with the emission of two bogons, a moron, and few high energy derp rays.
/

707 iossarian  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:32:49am

re: #705 Gus

Comes in spurts.

Does he now.

708 bubba zanetti  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:40:16am

re: #665 Feline Fearless Leader

When is Obama going to put the law in place enforcing Carrousel for all people over the age of 30?
/////

Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!

709 Kragar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:40:35am
710 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:40:56am

This doesn’t bode well…


Klitschko and associates nowhere to be seen.

Maxim Eristavi ‏@MaximEristavi 8m

These are nominations [for ministers cabinet], the parl will vote for them tomorrow. Many nominees are from old Tymoshenko’s govt+civil rights activists

711 Kragar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:42:15am

re: #708 bubba zanetti

Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!

Is there still a chance a nude 20-something Jenny Agutter will teleport into my house?

712 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:43:35am

re: #711 Kragar

Is there still a chance a nude 20-something Jenny Agutter will teleport into my house?

Jenny Agutter plays a fully-dressed 60 yr old nun on Call the Midwife. Life is cruel.

713 Kragar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:45:00am

re: #712 Decatur Deb

Jenny Agutter plays a fully-dressed 60 yr old nun on Call the Midwife. Life is cruel.

714 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:46:27am

I have good news and bad news.

My son delivered the opening prayer at the Alabama State Legislature.

The bad news is that they went ahead and passed crappy laws anyway.

715 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:48:25am

re: #714 Pie-onist Overlord

I have good news and bad news.

My son delivered the opening prayer at the Alabama State Legislature.

The bad news is that they went ahead and passed crappy laws anyway.

Did he forget to take pie?

716 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:51:23am

re: #714 Pie-onist Overlord

I have good news and bad news.

My son delivered the opening prayer at the Alabama State Legislature.

The bad news is that they went ahead and passed crappy laws anyway.

IS OUR CHILDREN PRAYING?
In Procedural Miracle, Alabama House Committee Passes School Prayer Bill Without Majority


wonkette.com

717 Kragar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:52:27am
718 Kragar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:53:07am

re: #714 Pie-onist Overlord

I have good news and bad news.

My son delivered the opening prayer at the Alabama State Legislature.

The bad news is that they went ahead and passed crappy laws anyway.

I congratulate you for your son and Alabama for the many new lawsuits they’ll be receiving

719 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:54:18am

re: #512 Feline Fearless Leader

But he says “Hail Mary, full of bacon” when he is in that mood…

The pig is a magical, holy aminal.

720 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:54:22am

re: #709 Kragar

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Max certainly is not a happy camper. I think PM candidate Yatsenyuk may be a stand-in for Tymoschenko. Also, this:


OUCH!

721 Decatur Deb  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:54:33am

re: #718 Kragar

I congratulate you for your son and Alabama for the many new lawsuits they’ll be receiving

We need the settlements to soak up all the money we saved by not extending Medicaid/ACA exchanges.

722 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:55:28am

re: #512 Feline Fearless Leader

But he says “Hail Mary, full of bacon” when he is in that mood…

Now I want corned pork.

(Is that a thing? Maybe called… ham?

If it is, yay. If not, someone get some science on that there.)

723 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:56:18am

re: #514 Justanotherhuman

And that affair with Bleiler lasted at least a year after her tête-à-tête with Clinton.

I’m really curious what was going through Bleiler’s mind during that.

724 darthstar  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:56:36am

Salesforce CEO:

725 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:58:03am

Arrival of maternal unit at apartment imminent.

(klaxon)

BBIAB

726 wrenchwench  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:58:04am
727 wrenchwench  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:59:16am

They had a convention scheduled there? They should have still been boycotting over SB1070.

728 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 11:02:57am

re: #722 chadu

Now I want corned pork.

(Is that a thing? Maybe called… ham?

If it is, yay. If not, someone get some science on that there.)

It would just be called “salt pork” probably.

en.wikipedia.org

729 Stanley Sea  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 11:03:13am

re: #727 wrenchwench

They had a convention scheduled there? They should have still been boycotting over SB1070.

What I was just thinking.

730 wrenchwench  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 11:04:38am

re: #729 Stanley Sea

What I was just thinking.

The end of the linked statement even refers to it. WTF?

731 lawhawk  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 11:05:00am

The irony is thick here:

What would O’Keefe know about corruption and media practices? Oh wait, lying, engaging in criminal activities, and misleading videos.

But the underlying story about how a Democratic party group in Texas is being investigated? It’s on multiple news sites, but O’Keefe’s trying to claim that the AP is biased by not running it nationally.

His argument is that since Democrats have decided to make Wendy Davis the focus that the media should be reporting on the investigation, and O’Keefe’s got video that he purports to show potentially criminal acts. That led to complaints being filed with state officials, who’ve thus far passed the buck by recusing themselves because they’re also on the ballot:

Pierce said the initial complaints were filed after a conservative activist group produced a video that purports to show a Battleground organizer talking about transcribing phone numbers off of voter registration cards. James O’Keefe, whose group Project Veritas made the video, alleges that transcribing the phone numbers off the registration cards is illegal.

Project Veritas uses hidden cameras to film Democratic Party and liberal politicians and activists. The videos are heavily edited and some in the past have misrepresented the actions of the people in them.

Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he believed there was enough evidence for a criminal prosecution.

“It appears that representatives of Battleground Texas were either official registrars who misused personal voter information, or they unlawfully posed as official voter registrars to trick people into handing over personal information,” Dewhurst said in a statement. “The seriousness of this issue merits immediate referral to the Attorney General’s office.”

Gee, why would AP be reluctant to move on this? Probably because there’s a nothingburger there because O’Keefe’s been proven to product fraudulent videos that are heavily edited to produce a predetermined outcome for his purposes.

Would be more interesting to see the unedited video to know whether there’s anything there. On its face, it appears to be another smear job courtesy of O’Keefe.

732 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 11:36:04am

re: #522 Justanotherhuman

Humorous piece about corned beef “etiquette”.

Corned-beef-etiquette foibles make for some wry anecdotes

articles.baltimoresun.com

“Augie Ciresi, in Harford County, related how, while once in the old Jack’s on Corned Beef Row, he heard a woman make like Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and order a corned beef sandwich on white bread with lettuce, tomato and mayo. The counter guy shot back, “Would you like peanut butter and jelly on that, too?”

“I once walked into the Knish Shop in Pikesville and ordered a corned beef on rye — with ketchup,” Alan Friedenberg admitted. “The lady behind the counter glared at me and said, `Are you sure you’re Jewish?’”

“A note from a woman known to me in e-mail as “The Redhead” suggested that such culinary deviance can lead to marital troubles: “My ex-husband not only eats corned beef on white bread, but with mayonnaise and ketchup on it. Utterly disgusting.”

Corned beef, rye, mustard. The only way to eat this sandwich, people.

I see judging going on over here!

Sheesh!

;)

733 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 12:16:01pm

re: #527 lawhawk

Mayo/ketchup is most of the way to Russian dressing (just add relish).

Yesh!

But it can’t be just any mustard. It has to be a spicy brown mustard and not that neon yellow crap.

My brother!

When I do opt for mustard on my corned beef, pastrami, or any meat in tube form, it’s spicy brown, dammit.

Heinz preferred; Gulden’s acceptable; I beg for more options, Lizardim.

Feed my spicy brown mustard monkey*!

* QuickHipster: Spicy Brown Mustard Monkey; opened=Depeche Mode; venue=Capitol Ballroom; big hit “Slather My Sausage, Baby”; shit=tight.

734 chadu  Wed, Feb 26, 2014 12:40:30pm

re: #537 Justanotherhuman

That’s what you get on a Philly soft pretzel. : ) And hot dogs.

FTFY.


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