Right Wing Bloggers Ranting in Unison; Never Gets Old

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Well, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer really poked a stick into the right wing hive mind by vetoing the Republican attempt to enshrine anti-gay bigotry as “religious freedom.” Today the wingnut blogosphere is absolutely full of out of control unison ranting, but my favorite loony comments so far come from … who else? … the crackpots of breitbart.com.

First, the penetrating intellect of John Nolte, who asks the only question that really matters:

Followed by Child of the Damned Ben Shapiro:

You damned dirty fascists!

To which I can only add:

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Judson Phillips (Tea Party Nation): Jan Brewer’s Veto Imposed Mandatory Giant Penis Cakes

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318 comments
1 Pie-onist Overlord  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:56:30am
2 Pie-onist Overlord  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:56:58am
3 Pie-onist Overlord  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:57:53am
4 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:57:57am
Would left support the AZ law if it were restricted to same-sex marriage participation? Of course not. Fascists.

I can’t make this out. Can anyone translate?

5 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:58:34am

Would left support the AZ law if it were restricted to same-sex marriage participation? Of course not. Fascists.

What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is he saying? I’m struggling to make sense of that tweet.

6 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:59:31am

Wow. Meltdown.

7 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:00:21am

I’m going to start a top-shelf magazine and call it “Big Gay Bullies”.

8 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:01:22am

re: #4 jaunte

I can’t make this out. Can anyone translate?

re: #5 GeneJockey

What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is he saying? I’m struggling to make sense of that tweet.

Suddenly, Samuel L. Jackson is in my head, shouting, “ENGLISH, motherfucker! Do you speak it?!?”

9 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:01:59am

Is it too much to ask that these whiny bitches at least try to make sense when they complain?

“What if I make a BC cake?”

You’ll have to eat it yourself, because no one wants to go to an asshole’s party.

10 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:02:47am

I suspect any cake with John Nolte involved is a birth control cake.

11 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:02:51am

re: #2 Pie-onist Overlord

So, in what way is he ‘funding’ the said boinking?

12 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:03:24am

Man, imagine the outrage if anything had ever actually happened.

13 Pie-onist Overlord  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:04:04am

re: #11 calochortus

So, in what way is he ‘funding’ the said boinking?

I haven’t been able to figure that out yet.

14 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:04:39am

re: #11 calochortus

Obamacare funds all the boinking.

15 Dr. Matt  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:05:00am

Here’s a sneak preview for the latest RWNJ talking points over the next week…..

Edit: Drudge is linking to Teh Daily Caller as his source for the headline.

16 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:05:28am

re: #13 Pie-onist Overlord

I haven’t been able to figure that out yet.

Especially since, IIRC, married couples with two incomes pay higher taxes on the same total income than a pair of single filers.

17 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:05:32am

re: #13 Pie-onist Overlord

I haven’t been able to figure that out yet.

In fact, it should be cheaper. No birth control or unintended pregnancies to worry about.

I also don’t think there is any requirement that he celebrate anything, but I could be wrong there. /

18 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:05:39am

re: #4 jaunte

I can’t make this out. Can anyone translate?

I got nothing.

19 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:05:57am

re: #14 jaunte

Obamacare funds all the boinking.

THANKS OBAMA

20 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:06:10am

re: #4 jaunte

I can’t make this out. Can anyone translate?

The Complete Fucking Gibberish to English translator must be on the fritz. It can’t translate Ben’s tweet either.

21 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:06:43am

re: #11 calochortus

So, in what way is he ‘funding’ the said boinking?

Birth control on someone elses insurance plan.

22 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:06:43am

re: #14 jaunte

Obamacare funds all the boinking.

It must be like that sweet, sweet grant money that Climate Scientists sell their integrity for, and hide the truth that AGW is imaginary.
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23 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:06:45am

re: #14 jaunte

Obamacare funds all the boinking.

Obama Phones Penis Cakes™

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24 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:06:48am

re: #15 Dr. Matt

Nice that they’re “concerned”.

25 makeitstop  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:07:00am

Right Wing bloggers ranting in unison…AKA any day of the week with a ‘Y’ in it.

26 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:07:29am

re: #9 Kragar

“What if I make a BC cake?”

You’ll have to eat it yourself, because no one wants to go to an asshole’s party.

The comeback. Worthy of George Costanza.

27 Dr. Matt  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:09:04am
Would left support the AZ law if it were restricted to same-sex marriage participation? Of course not. Fascists.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 28, 2014

Huh?

28 Skip Intro  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:10:07am

re: #4 jaunte

I can’t make this out. Can anyone translate?

I was just going to say the same thing. Maybe I took a stupid pill this morning, but it just doesn’t compute.

29 Romantic Heretic  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:11:10am

re: #4 jaunte

re: #5 GeneJockey

I hate commie/fascist faggots!

30 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:12:05am

After trying to parse that idiotic tweet, I’m assuming that Ben Shapiro is asking if Teh Left would have supported the AZ law if it had protected clergy and/or Jutsices of the Peace from being “forced” to participate in gay marriages.

31 Dr. Matt  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:12:55am

Is Ben saying that the left are Fascists because we wouldn’t support a bill that restricts “same-sex marriage participation”….or something? Fuck…..my brain hurts trying to figure out this idiot….

32 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:13:14am

re: #1 Pie-onist Overlord

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“Party of how many? Right this way…”

33 wrenchwench  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:13:41am

re: #4 jaunte

I can’t make this out. Can anyone translate?

I think one of the criticisms of the AZ bill was that it was not specific enough about who they wanted to discriminate against, whereas the Kansas bill spelled it out. Ben’s booboo is that it wasn’t liberals who were criticizing it for that.

34 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:14:43am

Ross Luippold got there first


35 Dr. Matt  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:16:16am

Well, look at it this way, the more Ben tweets, the less time he has to indoctrinate his newborn child.

36 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:16:48am

Do people really not understand the difference between a “public accommodation” and a private group? Can they see no difference between “I’ll serve this item to you, but not to him” and “I’m sorry, we don’t have that item so we don’t serve it to anyone”?

How much of this is failure to think it through, and how much is willful ignorance?

37 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:17:01am

re: #35 Dr. Matt

Well, look at it this way, the more Ben tweets, the less time he has to indoctrinate his newborn child.

He spawned? Cripes, there really IS somebody out there for everyone.

38 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:18:47am

re: #2 Pie-onist Overlord

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(reposted from downstairs)

Coo, mang. I saw this cute lady at the supermaret with a “KEEP CALM AND DON’T BLINK” tee shirt, and I was planning on asking her out, so can you spot me fiddy bucks for dinner and a moobie? Tanks.

39 Dr. Matt  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:19:08am

re: #37 GeneJockey

He spawned? Cripes, there really IS somebody out there for everyone.

Yeah, and he was real classy about it too: wonkette.com

Just think, his child will be able to look back in history and see that her father was a fucking asshole the day she was born.

40 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:22:06am

re: #36 calochortus

Do people really not understand the difference between a “public accommodation” and a private group? Can they see no difference between “I’ll serve this item to you, but not to him” and “I’m sorry, we don’t have that item so we don’t serve it to anyone”?

How much of this is failure to think it through, and how much is willful ignorance?

Most of it is a failure to think things through. The rest is raging stupidity.

It’s like the dipshits who think that it should be okay for a kosher or halal business to make them something with bacon in it as long as they provide the bacon to them because special orders exist, and that anything less is religious bigotry. Er, no. If they make you something with bacon in it, they’re no longer halal or kosher. Morons.

41 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:22:25am

re: #36 calochortus

Do people really not understand the difference between a “public accommodation” and a private group?

Not if they’re not the ones being discriminated against.

Can they see no difference between “I’ll serve this item to you, but not to him” and “I’m sorry, we don’t have that item so we don’t serve it to anyone”?

Not if they can make an outlandish claim that their friends can retweet.

How much of this is failure to think it through, and how much is willful ignorance?

It varies from person to person, and for some it’s complete cynicism - they KNOW that Woolworth’s lunch counters weren’t required to serve whatever black patrons wanted, just what was on the menu, for example.

42 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:22:29am

re: #21 Kragar

Birth control on someone elses insurance plan.

Hey, what if I want a baby?

Swift said it was the other other white meat.

43 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:23:27am

Peggy haz a sad:

44 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:23:49am

re: #36 calochortus

Do people really not understand the difference between a “public accommodation” and a private group? Can they see no difference between “I’ll serve this item to you, but not to him” and “I’m sorry, we don’t have that item so we don’t serve it to anyone”?

How much of this is failure to think it through, and how much is willful ignorance?

I’ll take “Both of Those” for $800, Alex.

45 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:25:13am

re: #43 Lidane

Peggy haz a sad:

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Now I know why Charles Piece calls her “Our Lady of the Dolphins.”

Sheesh.

46 Pie-onist Overlord  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:26:02am

re: #43 Lidane

Peggy haz a sad:

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@FriedrichHayek asked: “Can the government compel a Jewish baker to deliver a wedding cake on a Saturday? If not why not.” Why not indeed.

TEH STUPID IT BURNSSSS!!!

Because the Jewish bakery is closed on Saturday, dumbass! But they will deliver the cake on Friday afternoon.

47 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:26:06am

re: #45 chadu

How do you come up with that nickname?

48 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:26:35am
Peggy Noonan: Gays should give discriminatory business owners their “space”

Just think of the publishing businesses that could be created.
pbs.org

49 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:28:30am

re: #43 Lidane

Peggy haz a sad:

Peggy Noonan: Gays should give discriminatory business owners their “space”

Just plug in ‘black’, ‘Jewish’ etc. and ask the same question, Peggy. You’ll have your answer.

50 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:28:50am

Peggy Noonan:

It’s all part of the malaise, the sclerosis. So is the eroding end of the idea that religious scruples and beliefs have a high place that must culturally and politically be respected. The political-media complex is bravely coming down on florists with unfashionable views. On twitter Thursday the freedom-fighter who tweets as @FriedrichHayek asked: “Can the government compel a Jewish baker to deliver a wedding cake on a Saturday? If not why not.” Why not indeed.

Once again, Peggy you blithering idiot, only if that baker delivers wedding cakes to everyone else on a Saturday. Otherwise, not.

51 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:29:19am

re: #43 Lidane

Peggy haz a sad:

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Well, I’d be happy to give them their space. Their empty, empty space.
But then, I’m straight so that would probably cause them to complain I was discriminating against them.

52 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:29:27am
53 allegro  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:29:40am

re: #46 Pie-onist Overlord

TEH STUPID IT BURNSSSS!!!

Because the Jewish bakery is closed on Saturday, dumbass! But they will deliver the cake on Friday afternoon.

I can’t buy booze on Sunday in TX due to Christian blue laws. Where’s the government now protecting my religious right to get shit faced during football games? I really wanna know.

54 Skip Intro  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:29:54am

re: #15 Dr. Matt

Oh, there’s much more coming.

The Secret Clinton Files Are Almost Here

esquire.com

55 ausador  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:30:11am


And the answer to Dylan Shore’s question is….Yes, yes he would, because that is what he gets paid to do, it isn’t as if morals or ethics ever enter into it…

56 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:30:33am

re: #50 jaunte

Peggy Noonan:

Once again, Peggy you blithering idiot, only if that baker delivers wedding cakes to everyone else on a Saturday. Otherwise, not.

Peggy Noonan is long past her sell-by date. Her columns are now self-parodies. It’s kind of cruel for the Wall Street Journal to keep publishing her confused verbose ramblings.

57 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:31:01am

re: #50 jaunte

Peggy Noonan:

Once again, Peggy you blithering idiot, only if that baker delivers wedding cakes to everyone else on a Saturday. Otherwise, not.

I know. It’s so simple. You can’t refuse to provide a service you provide to everyone else. You can’t be forced to provide a service you don’t provide to anyone else.

How hard is that?

58 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:31:20am

re: #47 The War TARDIS

How do you come up with that nickname?

IIRC, she’s secretly communicating with the dolphins swimming around her head in her drunken stupor.

59 Skip Intro  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:31:22am

re: #43 Lidane

Peggy haz a sad:

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Rephrased from the past: “Negroes shouldn’t go where they’re not welcome”.

60 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:31:35am

This is why they took control of the airports and shut down airspace for flights…

0651 GMT: Russian planes landing in Crimea:

Below a translation from Urainskaya Pravda about Russian military planes landing in Crimea:

Russian airplanes are landing in Crimea from the direction of Russia, and a column of APCs is heading from the east toward Simferopol.

There are reports of at least 5 large IL-76 planes landing in the district of the military airfield in the town of Gvardeyskoye.

Various sources are reporting that a column of 10 Russian APCs is heading from Sevastopol toward Simfereopol.

Interfax Ukraine reports that all air traffic is halted at the Belbek Airport in Sevastopol due to the seizure of the landing strip by unknown persons.

“There are about 400 people now in the Belbek airport. They have occpuied the landing strip and any movement of planes is stopped,” said a source.

61 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:32:14am

re: #53 allegro

I can’t buy booze on Sunday in TX due to Christian blue laws. Where’s the government now protecting my religious right to get shit faced during football games? I really wanna know.

That’s different because shut up.

62 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:32:21am

re: #52 Charles Johnson

Be careful what you wish for. Next thing you know, it’ll spawn mudslides and flash floods. Because it’s all or nothing. Get all your seasonal rainfall in a few short bursts, causing maximum damage on both ends of the spectrum, rather than gradual amounts all along the season.

In that same vein, will the person who keeps praying for snow in the NYC metro area: STOP. We’ve had enough for the season. We don’t need another 8-12 inches.

63 Shiplord Kirel  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:32:23am

re: #54 Skip Intro

Oh, there’s much more coming.

>The Secret Clinton Files Are Almost Here

esquire.com

Finally, these will provide the irrefutable proof that Hillary and the Bilderbergers had Vince Foster assassinated!
WHAT? They’ll do no such thing?
COVER-UP!

64 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:32:37am

re: #52 Charles Johnson

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All January we Californians worried about the lack of rain. Now I’m tired of it.

65 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:32:45am

re: #60 NJDhockeyfan

Pravda.

66 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:33:39am

re: #64 GeneJockey

All January we Californians worried about the lack of rain. Now I’m tired of it.

Already? I’m loving it.

67 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:34:13am

re: #54 Skip Intro

Oh, there’s much more coming.

>The Secret Clinton Files Are Almost Here

esquire.com

As Gene Lyons — on his own and with Joe Conason — point out, over and over again, it wasn’t so much the “vast rightwing conspiracy” that plagued the Clinton administration, but the limitless sweet-tooth of the “respectable” press for whatever came down the puke funnel.

Yeah, I remember laughing at Hillary for that.

Sheesh, I owe her a Coke.

68 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:34:27am

re: #52 Charles Johnson

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Youtube Video

69 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:35:17am

re: #66 calochortus

Already? I’m loving it.

Nah. Just funnin’. Like most folks, I plan on showering and flushing toilets this summer, and now I’ll be able to do both.

70 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:35:25am

re: #62 lawhawk

Be careful what you wish for. Next thing you know, it’ll spawn mudslides and flash floods. Because it’s all or nothing. Get all your seasonal rainfall in a few short bursts, causing maximum damage on both ends of the spectrum, rather than gradual amounts all along the season.

In that same vein, will the person who keeps praying for snow in the NYC metro area: STOP. We’ve had enough for the season. We don’t need another 8-12 inches.

UNBELIEVERS! FEEL THE WRATH OF PHIL!!!
THOSE WHO HAVE DOUBTED THE GROUNDHOG WILL BE BURIED!
(Bwahahahaha)

;)

71 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:35:29am

FAKE RAIN! //

72 Aunty Entity Dragon  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:35:54am

Rod Dreher is bleating about religion being sold out by the filthy capitalists over at his nook:

Well, sure. Something as important as protecting the religious liberties of what would no doubt be a vanishingly small minority of religious Arizonans is nothing when the money that could be made from the Super Bowl is concerned. Right. Sen. McCain is a principled politician; the quality of his principles are another question.

This story could hardly be a clearer demonstration of the fact that, contrary to what so many conservative Americans wish to believe, the corporate class is no friend of traditional religion. In fact, as the Politico story makes clear, American business leaders are a far greater threat to Christian morality than all the faculties of all the universities in the country.

Sweet, sweet tears…

73 Ace-o-aces  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:36:16am

RE Ben Shapiro.

Just how the fuck do you manage to graduate from Harvard Law and not learn what “fascist” actually means?

74 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:36:46am

re: #69 GeneJockey

Nah. Just funnin’. Like most folks, I plan on showering and flushing toilets this summer, and now I’ll be able to do both.

Sorry, you may still have to pick just one of those options. We’re not getting enough rain to do both yet.

75 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:37:11am

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

76 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:37:29am

re: #73 Ace-o-aces

RE Ben Shapiro.

Just how the fuck do you manage to graduate from Harvard Law and not learn what “fascist” actually means?

Some jokester tore a page out of his conservative thesaurus and that’s the only word he has available to use.
//

77 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:37:47am

re: #72 Aunty Entity Dragon

Rod Dreher is bleating about religion being sold out by the filthy capitalists over at his nook:

Sweet, sweet tears…

I almost feel bad for any poor SoCon sap who actually thought that capitalism gave two fucks about their stone-age sexual hangups.

78 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:38:01am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

79 Ace-o-aces  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:38:01am

re: #4 jaunte

I can’t make this out. Can anyone translate?

EVIL LIBRULS WANT TO FORCE EVRYBDY TO HAVE GAY BUTSEXS!!!!!!!!!

80 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:38:17am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

If Obama were more manly, Putin would be thoroughly cowed by his manly manliness and back off.
/

81 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:39:16am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

That’s the great part about not being in power - you get to complain that the folks who ARE in power aren’t doing what you wouldn’t do either, in their place.

82 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:39:16am

re: #79 Ace-o-aces

>EVIL LIBRULS WANT TO FORCE EVRYBDY TO HAVE GAY BUTSEXS!!!!!!!!!

How would women do that? (Please do not actually tell me.)

83 Dr. Matt  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:39:45am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

ODS:
He does nothing, he’s criticized.
If he does something, he’ll be criticized.

84 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:39:52am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

OBAMA COULD TAKE OVER CUBA!!1!

85 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:40:03am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

Not saying we should get involved militarily, but lets call it what it is. The Russians have invaded the Ukraine to annex territory, and its not like the Ukraine is in a position to stop them.

86 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:40:05am

Prepare the Tsar Weenie Cake Bomba

87 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:40:43am

re: #74 calochortus

Sorry, you may still have to pick just one of those options. We’re not getting enough rain to do both yet.

Huh. Well, peeing in the shower is an option, but that doesn’t cover every eventuality….

88 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:40:44am

IF ONLY TED CRUZ WERE PRESIDENT! HE’D KNOW WHAT TO DO!

89 allegro  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:40:49am

re: #77 iossarian

I almost feel bad for any poor SoCon sap who actually thought that capitalism gave two fucks about their stone-age sexual hangups.

It does when there’ s buck to be made from it, yanno, like the RWNJs who are doing just that.

90 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:40:53am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

Why not unilaterally annex the remaining part of the Ukraine, appoint Mitt Romney dicatator so that they can learn how a *real* robber baron works, and then start a massive military build-up there contracted through Halliburton so that Chysler, Boeing, etc. can make a pile of bucks.
(And then Dick Cheney wakes up, realizes it is a dream, and softly weeps.)

91 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:40:55am

Still yet even on this what worries many I talk to is what happens when the worst happens and we get a nut job conservative for Pres. and these rightwing nuts have the Senate and House. We have to be thinking of how to deal with the worst case deal.

92 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:41:10am

re: #79 Ace-o-aces

>EVIL LIBRULS WANT TO FORCE EVRYBDY TO HAVE GAY BUTSEXS!!!!!!!!!

Which apparently is so awesome that no one would ever want to get married to someone of the opposite sex ever again.

93 makeitstop  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:41:34am

Looking at Facebook for the first time today (stupid work), I’m noticing that all of my Facebook wingnuts are all worked up.

The young Kennedy seems to have them particularly pissed. Lots of Mary Jo Kopechne references today.

I’d rather do more work than have to put up with that level of derp.

94 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:42:13am

re: #85 Kragar

Not saying we should get involved militarily, but lets call it what it is. The Russians have invaded the Ukraine to annex territory, and its not like the Ukraine is in a position to stop them.

They the train stations too.

95 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:42:15am

re: #72 Aunty Entity Dragon

Rod Dreher is bleating about religion being sold out by the filthy capitalists over at his nook:

Sweet, sweet tears…

Well, you know, you can’t worship both God and Mammon, and Mammon pays better.

96 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:42:18am

re: #85 Kragar

Not saying we should get involved militarily, but lets call it what it is. The Russians have invaded the Ukraine to annex territory, and its not like the Ukraine is in a position to stop them.

It may not be the worst outcome if the country splits in two? Especially if the Crimean region* is genuinely more aligned towards Russia?

* Not all that close to these events so apologies if this is totally wrong.

97 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:42:33am

re: #72 Aunty Entity Dragon

Rod Dreher is bleating about religion being sold out by the filthy capitalists over at his nook:

Sweet, sweet tears…

So is Dreher still trying to flog his “I’m a hippie conservative” shit these days or has he given up the pretense and gone full-bore jabbering moran? I haven’t read him in years.

98 Teukka  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:43:01am

re: #73 Ace-o-aces

RE Ben Shapiro.

Just how the fuck do you manage to graduate from Harvard Law and not learn what “fascist” actually means?

By letting your ideology and dogma override the knowledge you supposedly acquired in school?

99 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:43:38am

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

The USA has never responded militarily to anything like this. Not much you can do but watch.

100 Bulworth  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:43:41am

I eagerly await the 2016 GOP primaries when

Do U Like Legislation To Allow Businesses To Refuse Service To Gays Protect Mah Religious Freedumb?

becomes the new litmus test question.

101 allegro  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:44:14am

re: #99 Gus

The USA has never responded militarily to anything like this. Not much you can do but watch.

Kuwait?

102 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:44:27am

Not only that but it appears that the people of Crimea would welcome a Russian take-over.

103 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:44:40am

re: #101 allegro

Kuwait?

Not Russia.

104 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:45:11am

re: #96 iossarian

It may not be the worst outcome if the country splits in two? Especially if the Crimean region* is genuinely more aligned towards Russia?

* Not all that close to these events so apologies if this is totally wrong.

The only reasons the Russians give a shit is because its the shortest route to the Black Sea for their oil pipelines.

105 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:45:17am

re: #100 Bulworth

I eagerly await the 2016 GOP primaries when

Do U Like Legislation To Allow Businesses To Refuse Service To Gays Protect Mah Religious Freedumb?

becomes the new litmus test question.

Someone should arrange for an Orthodox Jew (and dressed as such) to ask that question at one of the debates that allows audience asked questions.

106 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:45:28am

re: #97 Lidane

So is Dreher still trying to flog his “I’m a hippie conservative” shit these days or has he given up the pretense and gone full-bore jabbering moran? I haven’t read him in years.

Well, in that article he’s crediting Marx with accurately describing capitalism’s inherent incompatibility with established tradition, so there’s that.

107 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:45:30am

re: #102 Gus

Not only that but it appears that the people of Crimea would welcome a Russian take-over.

“And I for one welcome our new Insect Feline Alien Russian overlords!”

108 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:45:40am

re: #73 Ace-o-aces

RE Ben Shapiro.

Just how the fuck do you manage to graduate from Harvard Law and not learn what “fascist” actually means?

As George Orwell once put it, “fascist” means anyone you don’t like. The President, the postman, the kid who delivers the newspaper or the guy whose dog drops a deuce on your lawn every morning, etc.

109 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:46:02am

re: #96 iossarian

It may not be the worst outcome if the country splits in two? Especially if the Crimean region* is genuinely more aligned towards Russia?

* Not all that close to these events so apologies if this is totally wrong.

I really wonder what the “man on the street” thinks, really. The Crimea was already a semi-autonomous region anyway, and Russia in charge means that they won’t even be able to vote for their own governor.

The real question is, why couldn’t they wait until May for the proposed referendum?

110 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:46:09am

re: #72 Aunty Entity Dragon

If this story from Arizona, and the role that corporate America has played and is playing in destroying traditional Christian social morality, doesn’t reveal to social and religious conservatives the pathetic naivete of believing that the interests of capitalism align with the interests of Christianity, then they are simply ineducable fools.

In modern times, the Republican Party has been composed of a fusion of social conservatives, businessmen, and defense hawks. Social conservatives are the useful idiots in this troika. The problem is, there’s nowhere for us to go, politically, so our leaders and those they lead see no alternative to behaving like the beaten wife. We bark, but both the Republican and the Democratic trains in the progressivist caravan move on.

Maybe he wants to split off a social-conservative party that has no wealthy backers.

111 ausador  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:46:55am

re: #71 Gus

FAKE RAIN! //

ChemRain…now that Chemtrails have failed to brainwash enough of the staunch Republicans the airforce is working an awful lot of overtime to create its successor!

/

112 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:46:58am

re: #109 Aqua Obama

I really wonder what the “man on the street” thinks, really. The Crimea was already a semi-autonomous region anyway, and Russia in charge means that they won’t even be able to vote for their own governor.

The real question is, why couldn’t they wait until May for the proposed referendum?

Maybe they wanted to “prevent voter fraud”.

113 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:46:59am

re: #109 Aqua Obama

I really wonder what the “man on the street” thinks, really. The Crimea was already a semi-autonomous region anyway, and Russia in charge means that they won’t even be able to vote for their own governor.

The real question is, why couldn’t they wait until May for the proposed referendum?

If it weren’t for the Olympics, Putin probably would have rolled in weeks ago.

114 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:47:12am
115 klys  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:47:49am

Youtube Video

For the under-40 Lizards, who will actually get the references.

116 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:47:49am

re: #111 ausador

ChemRain…now that Chemtrails have failed to brainwash enough of the staunch Republicans the airforce is working an awful lot of overtime to create its successor!

/

IT’S PLASTIC RAIN I SAW A VIDEO ON LIVELEAK THAT SHOWED SOMEBODY MELTING IT WITH A BLOW TORCH!!!!

117 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:48:02am

re: #90 Feline Fearless Leader

Why not unilaterally annex the remaining part of the Ukraine, appoint Mitt Romney dicatator so that they can learn how a *real* robber baron works, and then start a massive military build-up there contracted through Halliburton so that Chysler, Boeing, etc. can make a pile of bucks.
(And then Dick Cheney wakes up, realizes it is a dream, and softly weeps.)

Not Chrysler. They got bailed out by the Antichrist.

118 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:48:09am

A worthwhile read:The Ambivalent Superpower

Anxiety about American isolationism is once again matching anxiety about American imperialism.

119 iossarian  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:48:54am

re: #109 Aqua Obama

I really wonder what the “man on the street” thinks, really.

Opinion is never monolithic but it does appear there’s a fair amount of popular opposition to the recent change.

120 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:48:54am

Russians taking care of their boys.

121 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:50:13am

re: #117 GeneJockey

Not Chrysler. They got bailed out by the Antichrist.

True. I should have listed General Dynamics instead since they’re running the plants making/upgrading the M1 Abrams.

122 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:50:28am
123 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:50:43am

The Republican adds running on TV and Radio here in Texas hurt your ears bad. Odd thing is all of them are telling the voters they are going to “secure the border”, yet they are just running for Texas house/senate seats. What the hell are they thinking?

124 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:51:10am

re: #109 Aqua Obama

I really wonder what the “man on the street” thinks, really.

In the Crimea, “I hope that APC doesn’t run me over!”

;)

125 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:51:15am

re: #112 GeneJockey

Exactly.

They are going to suppress and persecute the Tatars.

126 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:51:32am

Maybe. Or said Kiev official is also reading Twitter.

127 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:51:43am

WTFITS:

128 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:52:00am

re: #123 BigBadDemocrat

They’re thinking “if Gohmert and Stockman could get elected, how smart can the voters be?”

129 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:52:23am

re: #123 BigBadDemocrat

The Republican adds running on TV and Radio here in Texas hurt your ears bad. Odd thing is all of them are telling the voters they are going to “secure the border”, yet they are just running for Texas house/senate seats. What the hell are they thinking?

That they need to build a fence, ditch, and wall on the northern and eastern borders of the state. They’re not worried as much about the western side since AZ and NM are acting nutty enough to be considered less of a threat.
///

130 Bulworth  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:52:41am

re: #97 Lidane

So glad to see the RWNJ jumping on to another losing cause. They must really be double super secret probation pissed at their party’s most recent nominee, Mittens Romney, for urging Brewer, on teh Twitters for gawd sake, to veto that POS bill.

131 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:52:45am

re: #115 klys

[Embedded content]

For the under-40 Lizards, who will actually get the references.

Oh, that is so excellent.

132 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:52:59am

re: #128 jaunte

Stockman is flat nuts. And proud of it.

133 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:53:45am

re: #122 Gus

[Embedded content]

Not possible. The Security Council isn’t done meeting yet.

134 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:54:18am

re: #103 Gus

Not Russia.

1918-19 Archangel campaign in support of the Whites.

135 Bulworth  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:54:19am

Would left support the AZ law if it were restricted to same-sex marriage participation? Of course not. Fascists.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 28, 2014

I don’t understand what Ben is asking here. Maybe he doesn’t either.

136 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:55:07am

re: #133 Killgore Trout

The Security Council and the real world have never met.

137 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:55:10am

re: #135 Bulworth

Would left support the AZ law if it were restricted to same-sex marriage participation? Of course not. Fascists.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 28, 2014

I don’t understand what Ben is asking here. Maybe he doesn’t either.

“Germans?”

“Forget it, he’s rolling.”

138 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:56:02am

re: #133 Killgore Trout

Not possible. The Security Council isn’t done meeting yet.

The delayed the meeting to be held in Uganda in 6 months. //

139 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:56:31am

It is an article of RWNJ faith that Big Gay wants to force its throbbing, gristly agenda right down our innocent hetero throats. Therefore we need to pass laws to protect the sancitity and inviolability of our baked goods.

140 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:56:36am

OMG! Somebody alert Michael Moore!
Exclusive: Russian ‘Blackwater’ Takes Over Ukraine Airport
Has anyone seen Dick Cheney lately?

141 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:56:47am

Ukranian government officials calling it an invasion. Still no idea how they plan to respond.

142 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:57:47am

re: #141 Kragar

Ukranian government officials calling it an invasion. Still no idea how they plan to respond.

Didn’t seem terribly cowed by the whole Ukrainian Army.

143 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:57:52am

re: #141 Kragar

They can’t.

The only thing they can do is kick up a fuss, and give the soon-to-be persecuted Tatars a soapbox to yell from.

144 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:57:59am
145 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:58:11am
146 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:59:17am

Wait a second! Hang on. It’s all good.


//

147 Bulworth  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:00:21pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

Damn, Jen’s got us there. Again. ///

148 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:00:34pm
149 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:00:39pm

OT Drive-by to lighten things up for a sec:

150 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:01:00pm

When the Ukrainian Communists said they were waiting for the return of the Soviet Union, I don’t think this is what they had in mind.

151 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:01:17pm

re: #140 Killgore Trout

So, the control of the pipe lines and ports will be between “private security forces” hired by the EU/US up against the ones hired by Russia?

152 Bulworth  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:02:10pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

I wonder how Jen and Ben and Dreher feel about both of AZ’s GOP Senators, including that Flake guy, “stabbing them in the back” on their new signature issue.

153 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:02:18pm

re: #134 Decatur Deb

1918-19 Archangel campaign in support of the Whites.

Didn’t do too well there either.

Also sent 7000 troops to Vladivostok.

ISTR that we armed the Archangel expitionary forces with Mosin-Nagants made by Remington but unclaimed after the revolution.

154 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:02:49pm

re: #151 BigBadDemocrat

So, the control of the pipe lines and ports will be between “private security forces” hired by the EU/US up against the ones hired by Russia?

Unless some of the kids get seriously pissed and blow the lines.

155 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:04:30pm

re: #146 Gus

Wait a second! Hang on. It’s all good.

[Embedded content]


//

Respect the Yeltsin Accords!!!

156 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:06:03pm

Close The Bosphorus!!!


//

157 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:07:28pm

re: #156 b.d.

Close The Bosphorus!!!

//

End the Med! ////

158 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:08:54pm

re: #157 lawhawk

Two more tweets for you!

159 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:09:00pm

If Russia sends to many troops and ships to this area their border with China may be not well enough attended and there could be real trouble there long standing border issues. Russia is a huge country and has lots of borders to manage and not enough troops to go around.

160 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:11:40pm

re: #151 BigBadDemocrat

So, the control of the pipe lines and ports will be between “private security forces” hired by the EU/US up against the ones hired by Russia?

The whole concept of outsourcing military tasks to contractors is interesting. Opens up a whole bunch of new possibilities.

161 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:11:45pm

Send Sheriff Arpaio—he’ll close that border.

162 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:12:32pm

re: #160 Killgore Trout

The whole concept of outsourcing military tasks to contractors is interesting. Opens up a whole bunch of new possibilities.

What’s a few condottieri between friends?

163 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:12:40pm

re: #161 Decatur Deb

He’s very effective with unarmed individual pedestrians.

164 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:12:58pm

Meanwhile:

Uganda’s Miniskirt Ban Prompts Protests After Vigilante Strippings

“We shall not allow women to pass on the road with skimpy dresses. Undressing them in public is the only way to stop them,” one man told the newspaper.

165 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:13:33pm

re: #161 Decatur Deb

This Steve Stockman from Texas and Sherriff Joe are a match ready to light.

166 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:13:34pm

re: #160 Killgore Trout

The whole concept of outsourcing military tasks to contractors is interesting. Opens up a whole bunch of new possibilities.

So would killing “independent contractors” illegally deployed in a foreign country be an act of war?

167 kirkspencer  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:14:25pm

1. I do not think the US will respond unilaterally. In addition to the political issues and the underlying Nuke vs Nuke issue is the absolute problem of logistics.

2. The wild card is Poland. Polish involvement removes the logistics problem. It also unfortunately kicks things in to a level of political requirements that are pretty significant; echoing some of the WWI issues.

I’m speaking of NATO’s article 5, aka the “musketeer” clause. One for all, all for one, mutual defense and support in the event of military conflict. Notionally that’s why the NATO council discusses whether NATO gets involved in various international conflicts. Practically, nobody’s ever tested whether an attack by one means the others have to be dragged in as well.

It’s a gray area. Realistically it doesn’t have to do so, and politicians can wiggle and if needed force a re-write or codicil. Legalistically, however, failing to do so is a violation of the treaty and raises the question of its usefulness in any other situation. End result: depends on how everyone thinks everyone else will jump.

The problem with brinksmanship is sometimes the brink isn’t where you think. If we’re lucky you just stumble.

168 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:15:30pm

‘Night Wolves’ Join Pro-Russian Side in Southern Ukraine

Looks like cold weather Mad Max villains.

169 BigBadDemocrat  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:15:55pm

re: #166 Kragar

Seems that back in the Vietnam deal the U.S. paid the mountain people over in Laos as “contractors” for the CIA.

170 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:16:25pm

re: #166 Kragar

So would killing “independent contractors” illegally deployed in a foreign country be an act of war?

Maybe it would count as a business transaction.

171 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:17:47pm

re: #168 Killgore Trout

‘Night Wolves’ Join Pro-Russian Side in Southern Ukraine

Looks like cold weather Mad Max villains.

Riot Cleric is not impressed.

Image: a1b286d54ac0a02fe767abb9bb5cf961.jpg

172 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:18:15pm

“That Mr. Humungous seems like a reasonable man”

173 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:18:57pm
174 jaunte  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:20:10pm

globalsecurity.org

175 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:20:15pm

Retweeted by Christopher Miller
max seddon ‏@maxseddon 18m

Turchynov calls on Russia to respect 1994 memorandum guaranteeing Ukraine’s territorial integrity. But it also says no economic pressure


Christopher Miller ‏@ChristopherJM 23m

.@Turchynov: I also remind that Britain, Germnay and France are also guarantors of nations security of Ukraine.
from Ukraine


Christopher Miller ‏@ChristopherJM 24m

.@Turchynov: I’m addressing President Putin to stop provocation, call back military from Crimea, work exclusively w/in framework of agrmnts
from Ukraine

177 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:21:44pm
178 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:21:45pm

re: #173 Gus

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Hmmm….I’m starting to think keeping a unified Ukraine might not be such a great idea. Maybe Russia will just break off as much as they want and leave the rest alone.

179 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:21:46pm

re: #176 dog philosopher

chances are crimea will be permanently occupied by russia

In which case Russia will be permanently occupied with the Crimea.

180 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:22:05pm
181 wrenchwench  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:22:17pm

re: #176 dog philosopher

chances are crimea will be permanently occupied by russia

Youtube Video

182 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:22:19pm

re: #178 Killgore Trout

Hmmm….I’m starting to think keeping a unified Ukraine might not be such a great idea. Maybe Russia will just break off as much as they want and leave the rest alone.

Aztlanski

183 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:22:57pm

re: #160 Killgore Trout

The whole concept of outsourcing military tasks to contractors is interesting. Opens up a whole bunch of new possibilities.

Soon there will be plenty of Free Companies available for hire. Worked so well for Italy during the 16th Century. Very low maintenance between wars since you could just stop paying them.
////

184 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:23:11pm

re: #178 Killgore Trout

Hmmm….I’m starting to think keeping a unified Ukraine might not be such a great idea. Maybe Russia will just break off as much as they want and leave the rest alone.

Hey, there’s a piece of Ukraine isolating the Russian Army in Transdnistra…

185 Bulworth  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:24:05pm

re: #177 Lidane

Oh, I thought that’s what the Teabag Party wanted. /

186 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:24:14pm

re: #183 Feline Fearless Leader

Soon there will be plenty of Free Companies available for hire. Worked so well for Italy during the 16th Century. Very low maintenance between wars since you could just stop paying them.
////

Protip: Make sure they’re outside the city walls.

187 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:25:10pm

re: #184 Aqua Obama

Well, this becomes easy.

Team up with Moldova, and deny Russians the use of airspace over it.

You could put them under siege.

188 makeitstop  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:25:28pm

This oughta make some fundie heads go boom…

There Is No Hell Fire; Adam & Eve Not Real - Pope Francis Exposes

The church no longer believes in a literal hell where people suffer. This doctrine is incompatible with the infinite love of God. God is not a judge but a friend and a lover of humanity. God seeks not to condemn but only to embrace. Like the fable of Adam and Eve, we see hell as a literary device.

189 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:25:31pm

I’ll post and RT but I’ll still apply a 24 hour rule.

190 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:27:07pm

re: #186 Decatur Deb

Protip: Make sure they’re outside the city walls.

The Byzantines knocked off a commander they didn’t like. Didn’t work out so great.

The Company proceeded to devastate the regions of Thrace and Macedonia for the next two years, including an attack on Mount Athos. Until recently no Catalans were allowed on the Athos peninsula by the Athonite monks. However in the past few years and following the payment of reparations by the Catalan government this situation has changed.

That’s right- reparations for something that happened 700 years ago

191 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:27:10pm

re: #188 makeitstop

This oughta make some fundie heads go boom…

There Is No Hell Fire; Adam & Eve Not Real - Pope Francis Exposes

Uh-oh. That’s gonna cause trouble.

192 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:27:58pm

re: #190 Aqua Obama

The Byzantines knocked off a commander they didn’t like. Didn’t work out so great.

That’s right- reparations for something that happened 700 years ago

I wonder how much of the payment was interest.

193 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:29:02pm

re: #192 Feline Fearless Leader

Oh boy, that must be terrible.

194 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:29:14pm

re: #190 Aqua Obama

The Byzantines knocked off a commander they didn’t like. Didn’t work out so great.

That’s right- reparations for something that happened 700 years ago

Image: Awhites22.jpg

195 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:29:35pm

Waits for pictures.

196 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:30:10pm

Ukrainian Interim President:

“Under the guise of military exercises, Russia has brought troops into the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. And not only have they seized the parliament of the Crimea, the Council of Ministers of the Crimea, they are trying to take civilian buildings under control, communications, and trying to block places where Ukrainian soldiers are based,” he said in an appeal to the nation.

“They are provoking us to military conflict. According to information from our intelligence, they are working out scenarios that are completely analogous to Abkhazia, when after provoking a conflict, they began annexation of territory,” the acting president emphasized.

197 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:30:51pm

re: #188 makeitstop

And it’s probably bogus. No Vatican Third Council has been called to order, let alone operating to update, recodify Catholic doctrine.

Snopes. Bogus.

198 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:30:54pm

re: #194 Decatur Deb

Image: Awhites22.jpg

Actually that was Edward I and he was lying. He was looking forward to testing out his monster trebuchet so much…
;)

199 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:31:04pm

O/T

How do I provide a link to turn my username blue?

200 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:31:36pm

re: #195 Gus

Waits for pictures.

Image: AMwhites3.jpg

201 makeitstop  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:32:15pm

re: #191 CuriousLurker

Uh-oh. That’s gonna cause trouble.

But wait…there’s more!

“All religions are true, because they are true in the hearts of all those who believe in them. What other kind of truth is there? In the past, the church has been harsh on those it deemed morally wrong or sinful. Today, we no longer judge. Like a loving father, we never condemn our children. Our church is big enough for heterosexuals and homosexuals, for the pro-life and the pro-choice! For conservatives and liberals, even communists are welcome and have joined us. We all love and worship the same God.”

Bryan Fischer’s gonna have a cow.

202 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:32:21pm

re: #198 Feline Fearless Leader

Actually that was Edward I and he was lying. He was looking forward to testing out his monster trebuchet so much…
;)

“Wolfsbreath” or something.

203 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:32:46pm

re: #184 Aqua Obama

See, this is why I think Putin is nowhere near as smart as we think he is.

He has left a portion of the Russian military between 2 nations that are now very pissed off at Russia. In a landlocked region which can only accessed by road or air.

Which Ukraine and Moldova can deny access to.

Essentially, Ukraine has about 1,200 hostages who can now be denied support.

204 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:32:57pm

re: #202 Decatur Deb

“Wolfsbreath” or something.

“Warwolf”?

205 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:33:08pm

re: #199 chadu

O/T

How do I provide a link to turn my username blue?

Make it hold its breath.

206 GunstarGreen  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:33:12pm

re: #36 calochortus

Do people really not understand the difference between a “public accommodation” and a private group? Can they see no difference between “I’ll serve this item to you, but not to him” and “I’m sorry, we don’t have that item so we don’t serve it to anyone”?

How much of this is failure to think it through, and how much is willful ignorance?

100% of it is willful ‘ignorance’, and by ‘ignorance’ I mean “knowingly deceitful bullshit’.

They all know damned well what the difference is. They’re just trying to confuse the idiot rubes that vote for them and/or give them money to be lied to.

207 makeitstop  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:33:33pm

re: #197 lawhawk

And it’s probably bogus. No Vatican Third Council has been called to order, let alone operating to update, recodify Catholic doctrine.

Snopes. Bogus.

Aw, crap! Fooled again!

I will now console myself by watching random wingnuts fall for it as badly as I did. :)

208 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:34:10pm

re: #202 Decatur Deb

“Wolfsbreath” or something.

Warwolf.

en.wikipedia.org

209 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:34:49pm

re: #195 Gus

It’s kinda hard to miss 1 IL-76 troop transport, let alone a gaggle of them landing in short order.

It’s comparable to the US C-17 Globemasters. Loud, big, and unmistakable.

210 wrenchwench  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:35:13pm

re: #191 CuriousLurker

Uh-oh. That’s gonna cause trouble.

I’ll say. Edit: I’ll say that I was also fooled. Shame on me.

211 wrenchwench  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:36:03pm

re: #199 chadu

O/T

How do I provide a link to turn my username blue?

Upper right corner, drop down menu, Account Settings.

212 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:36:29pm

re: #209 lawhawk

It’s kinda hard to miss 1 IL-76 troop transport, let alone a gaggle of them landing in short order.

It’s comparable to the US C-17 Globemasters. Loud, big, and unmistakable.

But but but military exercises

213 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:37:45pm

re: #199 chadu

O/T

How do I provide a link to turn my username blue?

Log in to your account settings, then under the Public Information section enter whatever you want where it says Home page.

214 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:37:50pm

re: #211 wrenchwench

Upper right corner, drop down menu, Account Settings.

Yeah, I did that, and provided a URL, but I’m seeing my name as still black.

215 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:38:21pm

re: #214 chadu

Yeah, I did that, and provided a URL, but I’m seeing my name as still black.

AAAAAND as soon as I posted that, it turned blue.

Cheers!

;)

216 makeitstop  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:38:30pm

re: #210 wrenchwench

I’ll say. Edit: I’ll say that I was also fooled. Shame on me.

It’s nice not to be the only one who bought it! :)

217 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:38:51pm

re: #208 Feline Fearless Leader

Warwolf.

en.wikipedia.org

PBS did a “Secrets of Lost Empires” show on trebuchets where they built a fullscale one. For me the coolest part was Simon Stanley shooting a Yew warbow.

218 wrenchwench  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:39:18pm

re: #216 makeitstop

It’s nice not to be the only one who bought it! :)

I feel stupid now. Did I harbor that much wishful thinking?

219 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:39:20pm

re: #215 chadu

AAAAAND as soon as I posted that, it turned blue.

Cheers!

;)

So now you’re black and blue.

220 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:39:21pm

re: #215 chadu

AAAAAND as soon as I posted that, it turned blue.

Cheers!

;)

Congratulations! Who is the Daddy?

221 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:39:52pm

Wheee!

222 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:40:45pm

re: #210 wrenchwench

I’ll say. Edit: I’ll say that I was also fooled. Shame on me.

It seemed a little fishy to me once I read the blog post since it seems something like that would be big news, but since it doesn’t really affect me, meh… I didn’t bother looking into it.

223 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:40:55pm
224 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:41:32pm

re: #223 Gus

[Embedded content]

THAT’S DIFFERENT!!!

225 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:41:37pm

re: #206 GunstarGreen

100% of it is willful ‘ignorance’, and by ‘ignorance’ I mean “knowingly deceitful bullshit’.

They all know damned well what the difference is. They’re just trying to confuse the idiot rubes that vote for them and/or give them money to be lied to.

Actually, I was thinking more about the idiot rubes, not the leaders of the right wing.

226 wrenchwench  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:42:29pm

re: #223 Gus

[Embedded content]

I guess Snowden would like to eat tonight.

227 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:43:00pm

HANDS OFF UKRAINE!

[Crickets.]

//

228 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:44:06pm

re: #223 Gus

[Embedded content]

Is that the date of the quote, or just the day of the commenter’s tweet? Even Snowden can’t be that FU.

229 wrenchwench  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:44:45pm

I’m going to catch some sunshine and walk to the bank. Anybody want anything?

230 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:44:58pm

re: #228 Decatur Deb

Is that the date of the quote, or just the day of the commenter’s tweet? Even Snowden can’t be that FU.

That’s an old quote.

231 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:45:05pm

re: #228 Decatur Deb

Being a libertarian dudebro, oh yes he can be.

232 makeitstop  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:45:21pm

re: #218 wrenchwench

I feel stupid now. Did I harbor that much wishful thinking?

Aah, don’t feel stupid. It would have been fun to watch.

233 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:45:27pm

re: #229 wrenchwench

I’m going to catch some sunshine and walk to the bank. Anybody want anything?

Yes. Bring me some snacky cakes.

234 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:46:07pm

re: #100 Bulworth

I eagerly await the 2016 GOP primaries when

Do U Like Legislation To Allow Businesses To Refuse Service To Gays Protect Mah Religious Freedumb?

becomes the new litmus test question.

I just wish these idiots would take the time to apply this test whenever they bleat about “religious freedom”:

How does this law for religious freedom protect:
* Catholics?
* Jews?
* Baptists?
* Muslims?
* Jehovah’s Witnesses?
* Wiccans?
* Quakers?
* Unitarians?
* Satanists?
* Atheists?
Does it cover them all? Proceed!
Does it not cover them all? Do not pass GO, do not collect $200.
Extra Credit: Could one of the above groups, applying the religious freedom espoused in this law, affect you negatively somehow? Show your work.

235 thecommodore  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:46:33pm

WHAT IF A KLANSMAN WANTED A BAKER TO MAKE A KKK CAKE WITH LYNCHINGS AND EVERYTHING LIBERALS WOULD BE SCREAMING FOR SOMEBODY’S HEAD IF THE BAKER WAS FORCED TO MAKE IT LIBERALS ARE SUCH HYPOCRITES AND TOTALITARIAN FASCISTS!!!!!!!!!!11TY

The above is standard fare for wingnuts in the wake of the demise of SB 1062.

So is:

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO “WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE????

236 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:46:57pm

re: #223 Gus

Youtube Video

237 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:47:35pm

re: #108 Dr Lizardo

As George Orwell once put it, “fascist” means anyone you don’t like. The President, the postman, the kid who delivers the newspaper or the guy whose dog drops a deuce on your lawn every morning, etc.

PRO-TIP: Eat enough fiber, and you can drop a trey. (Dogs can too!)

238 calochortus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:48:03pm

re: #235 thecommodore

Just as legally binding as “I reserve the right not to obey traffic laws.”

239 steve_davis  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:48:16pm

re: #27 Dr. Matt

Huh?

Ben does a better job with the tweets when a Ukrainian is writing them for him.

240 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:48:34pm

re: #235 thecommodore

So is:

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO “WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE????

If you can make a case that this person is disrupting your business, then you may refuse service.

now tell me how gays are disrupting your business.

241 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:49:25pm

re: #235 thecommodore

WHAT IF A KLANSMAN WANTED A BAKER TO MAKE A KKK CAKE WITH LYNCHINGS AND EVERYTHING LIBERALS WOULD BE SCREAMING FOR SOMEBODY’S HEAD IF THE BAKER WAS FORCED TO MAKE IT LIBERALS ARE SUCH HYPOCRITES AND TOTALITARIAN FASCISTS!!!!!!!!!!11TY

The above is standard fare for wingnuts in the wake of the demise of SB 1062.

So is:

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO “WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE????

The Klan would have every right to their cake, if the guy is licensed to sell cakes. Might be stupid to eat it, though.

242 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:51:32pm
243 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:51:44pm
244 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:52:10pm

Dudebro ‘splodey heads incoming:

245 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:52:32pm

re: #218 wrenchwench

I feel stupid now. Did I harbor that much wishful thinking?

Why? A couple of years ago I posted a link about some crazy right-wing Christian stuff that turned out to be one of those parody sites. I’ll bet everyone here has been taken in at some point, whether they’re willing to admit it or not.

There’s no shame in being wrong if you accept it and admit it—there’s shame when someone refuses to admit they were fooled, or when they point & laugh at someone who was fooled even though they themselves have also experienced it. The biggest shame is that Poe’s law seems to be in effect 24/7, therefore it’s become nearly impossible to distinguish between parody & reality.

246 Floral Giraffe  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:52:39pm

I kind of miss the rooster…
*waves to all*

247 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:52:41pm

re: #228 Decatur Deb

Date of commenter’s tweet. That goes back to his mid-January propaganda hit:

248 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:52:43pm

re: #116 Gus

IT’S PLASTIC RAIN I SAW A VIDEO ON LIVELEAK THAT SHOWED SOMEBODY MELTING IT WITH A BLOW TORCH!!!!

QuickHipster: Plastic Rain; opened for=S kinny Puppy; venue= 9:30 CLub; hit= “You’re So Abbotobad”; shit=tight.

249 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:52:50pm

re: #242 Gus

Speedballs.

250 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:54:04pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

Isn’t that what killed John Belushi?

251 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:54:29pm

re: #243 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

That’s an actual W.C. Fields joke

252 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:55:30pm

Imperialist dogs!
France striving to stop C.African Republic split, Hollande says

President Francois Hollande told the Central African Republic on Friday that French troops stationed there would work to stop the country splitting in two and disarm militias and bandits fighting local Muslims.

Arriving in Bangui from Nigeria, where he attended an event marking the centenary of its unification, Hollande met interim President Catherine Samba-Panza and addressed French troops.

France’s parliament voted on Tuesday to extend the troops’ mission, despite tepid popular support at home for a military operation in the former French colony where thousands of people have been killed and around a million forced from their homes.

253 Official Lab Rat In Gay Radical Experiment  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:55:43pm

re: #245 CuriousLurker

Just a few months ago, someone on here posted a page that was from a parody site for some humor. I completely thought it was real till I read the comments.

254 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:56:13pm

re: #250 The War TARDIS

Isn’t that what killed John Belushi?

Yes. It also killed Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, Chris Farley, River Phoenix, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

255 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:56:18pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

Speedballs.

As my kids are getting into middle school age, I’ve started having the talks with them, with the understanding they can come and talk to me at anytime.

For right now, all drugs are Krokodil.

Thanks for the pictures internet.

256 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:56:30pm

re: #217 GeneJockey

PBS did a “Secrets of Lost Empires” show on trebuchets where they built a fullscale one. For me the coolest part was Simon Stanley shooting a Yew warbow.

There’s a link to the NOVA episode on the wikipedia page there.

257 aagcobb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:56:43pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Kind of ridiculous to complain that Obama needs to “do something” about the situation in Crimea. Like what? Invade?

Let’s get real, folks. That’s simply not an option.

[SPOILER ALERT FOR TOM CLANCY FANS]:

If he was Jack Ryan, he’d send his superspy son to find evidence of Putin’s corruption and blackmail him into backing down!

258 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:56:56pm

re: #243 Charles Johnson

Hat perfectly in place despite stepping out of helicopter while blades till running. Drink in hand.

Definition of cool.

Yeah, that’s Sinatra in a nutshell.

259 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:57:36pm

re: #257 aagcobb

Where’s John Clark and Ding Chavez? Heck, where’s Rainbow Six to take ‘em down low and slow? ////

261 steve_davis  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:57:49pm

re: #44 chadu

I’ll take “Both of Those” for $800, Alex.

I was involved yesterday in a long discussion on this very point on Politico. I chalk it up to trollery, because surely no one can be that stupid.

262 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:58:00pm

re: #244 Lidane

Dudebro ‘splodey heads incoming:

[Embedded content]

THAT’S DIFFERENT!! LEAVER PIERRE ALONE!!!!

263 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:58:27pm

re: #260 Charles Johnson

OK, time to make some popcorn.

Pierre Omidyar Co-Funded Ukraine Revolution Groups With US Government, Documents Show | PandoDaily

264 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:58:29pm
265 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:58:50pm

re: #243 Charles Johnson

Frank Sinatra stepping off of a helicopter with a drink in his hand, 1964

Was once in a Cessna 180 rigged for skydiving, sitting on the floor where the co-pilot seat had been. I heard a rattling under the pilot’s seat as he turned and banked, so I reached under to secure a loose fire extinguisher or whatever. Came up with a half empty Jack Daniels.

The old guy had been a glider pilot in WWII, so probably figured nothing could kill him. Years later he flew into the trees in Indiana, thought to be deliberately.

266 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:58:56pm

Pretty sure I can find a connection between Peter Thiel and Euromaidan.

267 TedStriker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:59:20pm

re: #10 jaunte

I suspect any cake with John Nolte involved is a birth control cake.

He probably needs one of these, to be honest.

268 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:59:35pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Jennifer Rubin: never without a cart to put in front of a horse.

269 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:59:47pm

re: #252 Killgore Trout

Big props to France.

re: #257 aagcobb

Also, Putin isn’t vulnerable to corruption. Sochi showed that.

270 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:59:57pm

re: #253 Bridgeghazi: Never Forget!!11!!!!11

Just a few months ago, someone on here posted a page that was from a parody site for some humor. I completely thought it was real till I read the comments.

re: #260 Charles Johnson

OK, time to make some popcorn.

Pierre Omidyar Co-Funded Ukraine Revolution Groups With US Government, Documents Show | PandoDaily

See? You can’t make this shit up.

271 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:00:17pm

Oh my eyes!

instagram.com

272 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:00:23pm

re: #260 Charles Johnson

OK, time to make some popcorn.

Pierre Omidyar Co-Funded Ukraine Revolution Groups With US Government, Documents Show | PandoDaily

Pando is Daivd Sirota’s new boss too, I believe.

273 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:00:58pm

re: #272 b.d.

Yep. They’re all taking shots at each other.

274 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:01:01pm

Sure glad Russia wasn’t funding the Ukrainian government in opposition to Euromaidan. Oops, wait.

275 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:01:33pm

re: #272 b.d.

Pando is Daivd Sirota’s new boss too, I believe.

Funded by libertarians and GOP donors.

276 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:01:44pm

re: #273 Charles Johnson

Yep. They’re all taking shots at each other.

Yep.

277 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:03:03pm

re: #273 Charles Johnson

Circular firing squad. Just the way the NSA wanted it. /

278 Aqua Obama  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:03:04pm
CNN: Ukraine’s largest telecom company says it is unable to provide data and voice connectivity between Crimea and the rest of Ukraine.
279 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:03:15pm
280 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:03:41pm

This is a pretty damning article, I have to say. Sure makes Marcy Wheeler look like the complete tool she is.

281 Charles Johnson  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:04:32pm
Just hours after last weekend’s ouster of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, one of Pierre Omidyar’s newest hires at national security blog “The Intercept,” was already digging for the truth.

Marcy Wheeler, who is the new site’s “senior policy analyst,” speculated that the Ukraine revolution was likely a “coup” engineered by “deep forces” on behalf of “Pax Americana”:

“There’s quite a bit of evidence of coup-ness. Q is how many levels deep interference from both sides is.”

These are serious claims. So serious that I decided to investigate them. And what I found was shocking.

Wheeler is partly correct. Pando has confirmed that the American government - in the form of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) - played a major role in funding opposition groups prior to the revolution. Moreover, a large percentage of the rest of the funding to those same groups came from a US billionaire who has previously worked closely with US government agencies to further his own business interests. This was by no means a US-backed “coup,” but clear evidence shows that US investment was a force multiplier for many of the groups involved in overthrowing Yanukovych.

But that’s not the shocking part.

What’s shocking is the name of the billionaire who co-invested with the US government (or as Wheeler put it: the “dark force” acting on behalf of “Pax Americana”).

Step out of the shadows…. Wheeler’s boss, Pierre Omidyar.

Bam. That’s gotta sting.

282 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:04:51pm

re: #177 Lidane

[Embedded content]

These morons simply won’t believe Obama’s a Christian.

They should prove to me that they are Christian, and I’ll use the same bullshit arguments against them as they use against Obama.

“That wallpaper pattern you put up in the bathroom? Looks like Arabic. You must be a Sekrit Moozlim!”

283 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:05:25pm

Is Omidyar’s web operation starting to look like a snake-handling church?

284 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:05:34pm

re: #273 Charles Johnson

Yep. They’re all taking shots at each other.

Is there a map that goes with this? I thought GG was with Omidyar and Sirota was a big GG fanboy. I’m so confused now…

285 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:06:25pm
286 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:06:44pm

re: #283 Decatur Deb

Yeah.

Actually needling a Muslim Libertarian I know who defends Snowden.

287 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:06:54pm

re: #281 Charles Johnson

Gee Frank, that’s gotta hurt!

288 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:07:03pm

re: #282 chadu

These morons simply won’t believe Obama’s a Christian.

They should prove to me that they are Christian, and I’ll use the same bullshit arguments against them as they use against Obama.

“That wallpaper pattern you put up in the bathroom? Looks like Arabic. You must be a Sekrit Moozlim!”

Right. Maybe they’re claiming to be Christian just to lull you into a false sense of security, because of TEQUILA!!! TAQQIYA!!!!!

289 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:07:37pm


Your boss!

Hahahahahaha!

290 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:07:45pm

re: #219 GeneJockey

So now you’re black and blue.

I’m stuck in the middle with you, GJ.

291 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:07:51pm

re: #260 Charles Johnson

OK, time to make some popcorn.

Pierre Omidyar Co-Funded Ukraine Revolution Groups With US Government, Documents Show | PandoDaily

So this is the 2nd time that Pierre has recently funded neo-fascists?


//

292 Lidane  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:08:06pm

re: #260 Charles Johnson

OK, time to make some popcorn.

Pierre Omidyar Co-Funded Ukraine Revolution Groups With US Government, Documents Show | PandoDaily

293 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:08:21pm
294 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:08:25pm

re: #220 Kragar

Congratulations! Who is the Daddy?

(wistfully) There’s something I’ve been meaning to talk to you about, Krag…

295 The War TARDIS  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:08:49pm

re: #292 Lidane

Who the hell is PandoDaily, anyway?

296 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:09:18pm

re: #289 Gus

[Embedded content]


Your boss!

Hahahahahaha!

LOLOLOL

THE COUPNESS IS COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE HOUSE!!!!

297 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:09:27pm

re: #273 Charles Johnson

Yep. They’re all taking shots at each other.

298 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:09:48pm

GET GREENWALD ON THE PHONE!!!!!!!!

299 Kragar  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:09:55pm
300 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:10:49pm

re: #295 The War TARDIS

Who the hell is PandoDaily, anyway?

DudeBro Public Enemy #1

Sorry Charles, hope you enjoyed your ranking while it lasted.

:)

301 lawhawk  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:10:55pm

Oh my god… the quarterback is toast!

302 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:11:36pm

re: #255 Kragar

As my kids are getting into middle school age, I’ve started having the talks with them, with the understanding they can come and talk to me at anytime.

For right now, all drugs are Krokodil.

Thanks for the pictures internet.

“See, Jimmy, this is what happens when you snort ground-up baby aspirin!”

303 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:12:13pm

re: #300 b.d.

DudeBro Public Enemy #1

Sorry Charles, hope you enjoyed your ranking while it lasted.

:)

We had a good run. Nothing lasts forever.
//

304 Killgore Trout  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:12:25pm

OMGSOROS!

Other donors include the International Renaissance Foundation, whose key funder is billionaire George Soros, and National Endowment for Democracy, funded largely by the U.S. Congress

305 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:13:55pm

Put all of your DudeBros in one basket and then buy the basket.

Checkmate by Pierre.

306 Gus  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:14:43pm

Pando is also dudebros.

307 Ian G.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:16:06pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Not in its liquid form, at least not in the northeast or midwest for the past 3 months.

308 b.d.  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:16:26pm

re: #306 Gus

Pando is also dudebros.

That was before the Great DudeBro Schism of 3:00

309 Amory Blaine  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:16:58pm

The hawks will be pulling out the Neville Chamberlain comparisons. I’ll keep my eye on the walrus. Coo coo cachoo.

310 GeneJockey  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:18:06pm

re: #309 Amory Blaine

The hawks will be pulling out the Neville Chamberlain comparisons. I’ll eep my eye on the walrus. Coo coo cachoo.

“eep”?

311 Amory Blaine  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:19:04pm

re: #310 GeneJockey

Keep sorry. I’ll go back to my cage now.

312 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:19:13pm

re: #288 GeneJockey

Right. Maybe they’re claiming to be Christian just to lull you into a false sense of security, because of TEQUILA!!! TAQQIYA!!!!!

Right! I mean, I never see them in church*.

* The particular church.**
** Of my particular sect.***
*** Of my particular flavor of, heck, let’s go with “Generic Christianity,” Alex.****
**** Which I haven’t gone to these last few weeks because I’ve been on MtP/stumping for my candidate/Tea Partyin’, Wayne!/serving in the 101st Chairborne Brigade.

313 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:21:03pm

re: #309 Amory Blaine

The hawks will be pulling out the Neville Chamberlain comparisons. I’ll keep my eye on the walrus. Coo coo cachoo.

The Crimea just reported a shortage of oysters.
//

314 chadu  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:22:10pm

Time to go upstairs, where the dudebro tears will be hot and sweet.

315 CuriousLurker  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:23:53pm

re: #306 Gus

Pando is also dudebros.

*throws hands in air* I’m never gonna figure all this crap out.

316 Pie-onist Overlord  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:26:42pm

re: #241 Decatur Deb

The Klan would have every right to their cake, if the guy is licensed to sell cakes. Might be stupid to eat it, though.

I dunno ‘bout that, the guy who ordered a Hitler cake got a visit from Child Protective Services. He didn’t get the cake either.

317 Justanotherhuman  Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:28:30pm

re: #295 The War TARDIS

Who the hell is PandoDaily, anyway?

PandoDaily:

crunchbase.com

318 jonhendry  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 10:02:27am

re: #58 chadu

IIRC, she’s secretly communicating with the dolphins swimming around her head in her drunken stupor.

No, it’s from a column she wrote during the Elian Gonzales thing, that contained a passage about magic dolphins saving Elian, possibly including references to Jesus.


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