Issa Loses His Cool During Fake IRS Scandal Hearing, Cuts Mic and Runs

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So this happened.

On Wednesday, after former IRS official Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination, Issa quickly moved to adjourn the session, saying he could “see no point in going further.” But as Cummings began to ask a procedural question about the issue, the Chairman tried to cut his mic, leaving Cummings to shout from his seat.

“I am a member of the Congress of the United States of America! I am tired of this,” he said, adding that after spending at least $14 million, the Committee has uncovered “no evidence to support allegations of a political conspiracy against conservative groups.”

Issa tried to abort the meeting after Lerner invoked her 5th Amendment right, and Cummings attempted to ask a question, prompting Rep. Issa (R-National Enquirer) to pull an O’reilly: cutting Rep. Cummings’s mic, and since he can’t cut to commercial, literally running from the room.

Bonus - video:

Youtube Video

Issa’s such a little toad. It’s nice to see people starting to openly turn on him. Methinks they need to manufacture a new scandal, this one’s wearing a bit threadbare.

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370 comments
1 Skip Intro  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 10:53:58am

Issa must think he’s a radio talk show host.

2 KiTA  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 11:07:03am

re: #1 Skip Intro

Issa must think he’s a radio talk show host.

He knows it’s all just a scheme to manufacture talking points and outrage for Fox News and AM Radio. Why bother even letting anyone else talk? That’s not the point of the hearings, and everyone knows it.

It’s all desperate political theater and after so many months of it, it’s finally going to his head.

3 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 12:36:02pm

This tweet has a link to Cummings’s planned remarks:

4 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:08:06pm

Courage.
/

5 Ian G.  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:09:54pm

re: #1 Skip Intro

Issa Republicans in Congress must think they’re a radio talk show host.

Fix’d. It’s not like they bother with silly little things like legislating. They’re too busy posturing like buffoons.

6 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:10:23pm

I take issue with the title of this page; it implies Issa has cool to lose.

7 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:11:03pm

Issa: “GOOD NIGHT CLEAVLAND!”
mic drop

8 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:11:16pm

re: #5 Ian G.

Fix’d. It’s not like they bother with silly little things like legislating. They’re too busy posturing like buffoons.

See, vote #50 versus the ACA.

Heckuva job, assholes.

9 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:12:08pm

Gee Darrell and you accuse the administration of silencing its critics.

10 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:14:21pm
11 Testy Toad T  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:14:53pm

Whenever you start off a statement with some variation on DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM???!, you’re going to sound like a fucking asshole.

This rule is universal.

12 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:15:43pm

Massachusetts Court Rules It’s Legal To Take Upskirt Photos On Public Transit

File this under: WTF!?!?!?

Hopefully MA law allows for women to stand their ground against sick perverts.

13 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:17:32pm
14 Testy Toad T  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:17:41pm

re: #12 Dr. Matt

It’s exactly the right ruling. Under the law, the current behavior is not technically illegal, and our legal system (for better or worse) is one that hinges very strongly on technical correctness. We don’t get to post-facto criminalize something just because we think it’s really fucked up.

The court explained this in gory detail, explained that a revised law that criminalized this behavior would withstand constitutional scrutiny, and essentially handed the MA legislature a blueprint of exactly what that law would look like, and how it should be phrased and written, and no doubt said legislation will be law in very short order.

This is exactly how the US justice system is supposed to work.

15 jaunte  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:18:49pm

Cutting off Cummings’ mic fits so well with the GOP voter ID strategy: If you might lose, try to prevent your opponent from participating.

16 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:19:38pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

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Sarah should look at her who her own pals are but she won’t.

17 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:20:19pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

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Defense attorneys are socialist propaganda.

18 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:20:31pm

re: #14 Testy Toad T

At first glance the ruling looks pretty sick, but you’re right — it’s intended to prod the MA legislature into passing laws that will stand up in court.

19 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:21:18pm

re: #17 Kragar

Defense attorneys are socialist propaganda.

Yeah I think Sarah doesn’t understand that everyone’s entitled to a defense even cop murderers.

20 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:23:25pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

This is devastating to Obama’s re-election campaign.

21 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:24:38pm

re: #19 HappyWarrior

Yeah I think Sarah doesn’t understand that everyone’s entitled to a defense even cop murderers.

BUT HE WAS A BAD GUY!
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22 Bubblehead II  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:24:48pm

re: #6 chadu

I take issue with the title of this page; it implies Issa has cool to lose.

Issa Loses His Cool Shit During Fake IRS Scandal Hearing, Pulls an O’Reilly, Cuts Mic and Runs

Better?

Waves at Kita

23 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:25:25pm

re: #21 Kragar

BUT HE WAS A BAD GUY!
///

BAD GUYS DON’T DESERVE RIGHTS IN AMERICA!

24 klys  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:25:58pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Issa Loses His Cool Shit During Fake IRS Scandal Hearing, Pulls an O’Reilly, Cuts Mic and Runs

Better?

Waves at Kita

Issa is definitely full of shit, so he has some to lose.

25 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:26:12pm

I think my last post got eaten.
I don’t like Issa or Cummings…

26 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:27:03pm

re: #14 Testy Toad T

While the court gives the blueprint to “fix” the law, I don’t think it was necessary.

On December 8, 2011, two criminal complaints issued charging the defendant under G.L. c. 274, § 6, with attempting to commit the offense of photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling a nude or partially nude person in violation of § 105 (b ).

The point of the activity is to view a woman’s genital region in the hope of viewing skin - in other words, the part in partially nude. It doesn’t just apply to someone who’s topless or completely naked.

The other argument that the law is overbroad or vague, and I’m not sure that is the case either.

The proposed fixes resolve those issues going forward, but here’s the crux of the argument and why the court ruled as it did. It’s in the footnotes:

[FN14] A female passenger on a MBTA trolley who is wearing a skirt, dress, or the like covering these parts of her body is not a person who is “partially nude,” no matter what is or is not underneath the skirt by way of underwear or other clothing. [FN15]

From that position, you can’t find the defendant guilty. Therefore the only way to resolve this is to find him not guilty and call on the legislature to fix the law to give women an expectation of privacy and criminalize the act of upskirting directly.

Here’s the text of the opinion.

27 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:27:26pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Issa Loses His Cool Shit During Fake IRS Scandal Hearing, Pulls an O’Reilly, Cuts Mic and Runs

Better?

Waves at Kita

Issa Loses His Cool Shit Continues to Act Like an Asshole During Fake IRS Scandal Hearing, Pulls an O’Reilly, Cuts Mic and Runs

28 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:27:33pm

Next time Issa calls one of his kangaroo courts, as soon as he begins his rant, the Democrats should just up and leave and invite the reporters to their offices to really discuss the topic.

29 Testy Toad T  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:28:01pm

re: #26 lawhawk

I’m not a lawyer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!

30 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:28:06pm

re: #15 jaunte

Cutting off Cummings’ mic fits so well with the GOP voter ID strategy: If you might lose, try to prevent your opponent from participating.

Why is it always black people they pull that shit on?

Oh, might be bigotry, I suppose.

31 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:29:10pm

re: #25 HoosierHoops

I think my last post got eaten.
I don’t like Issa or Cummings…

Still, Cummings should have been allowed to speak, right?

32 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:29:46pm

re: #16 HappyWarrior

I’m still RElevant!!!

33 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:30:36pm

re: #32 Bulworth

I’m still RElevant!!!

I really wish she would actually run for office but she won’t because she knows there’s more money in just bashing Obama with vague accusations and simplified solutions that would never actually work.

34 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:31:15pm
35 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:31:21pm

re: #26 lawhawk

Wasn’t there some other law available that he did break?
Or was this all just an exercise to fix this specific law?

36 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:32:54pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

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Quiet, Sarah, the big kids are talking.

37 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:34:15pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Issa Loses His Cool Shit During Fake IRS Scandal Hearing, Pulls an O’Reilly, Cuts Mic and Runs

Better?

Waves at Kita

38 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:35:44pm

re: #23 HappyWarrior

BAD GUYS DON’T DESERVE RIGHTS IN AMERICA!

Who needs defense attorneys when you’ve got a 2nd Amendment?

39 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:36:32pm

re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like he was charged solely under this particular statute. There’s possibly others he could have been charged with, but that wasn’t done.

40 jaunte  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:37:36pm
41 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:37:51pm

Everything is Breaking News on CNN.

42 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:38:08pm

Did Angela Merkel really say Putin was unhinged?

Die Welt, the German newspaper, reported that “The chancellery was not pleased with the reporting on the conversation. They claim that what the chancellor said was that Putin has a different perception on Crimea, which is why she is pushing for a fact finding mission on the matter.”
…
So if Merkel didn’t portray Putin as unhinged, why would the unknown Obama aide tell the New York Times she did? Because in the world of propaganda, successfully portraying your adversary as being crazy, without any rational backing to his actions, makes it unnecessary to try to understand the complexities or sensitivities of the issues. If Putin is crazy, then that’s enough. We needn’t think any further about what he has to say. And if the New York Times says he’s crazy, that’s good enough for the dozens of reporters who’ve come along since, repeating the comment to their millions of viewers and readers as if it was a confirmed statement.

Short answer: no

43 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:38:22pm

re: #41 Bulworth

Everything is Breaking News on CNN.

FTFY

44 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:39:04pm

“If she didn’t want photos taken up her skirt, she shouldn’t have worn that outfit” ~Limbaugh

45 piratedan  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:39:15pm

what I like about this is that it shows unequivocally that these guys shouldn’t be in charge and one of the big failings of Dems is to bring this home to the low information voter…

GOP runs the House…..

what have they done?

culture war crap ad infinitum…attempted repeal of ACA, abortion/abortion/abortion
hold the country financially hostage
blocked Dems from continuing to do anything regarding jobs, infrastructure or even passing a budget that they had already agreed to.

The GOP is holding the Senate hostage by blocking executive and judicial appointments and requiring a bullshit 60 votes to even get bills voted on the floor.

Make them own this shit… there’s a reason that government is perceived as dysfunctional, it’s because the GOP is making it so.

46 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:39:23pm

That TPM headline is a fucking joke.

47 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:40:26pm

48 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:40:59pm
49 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:41:47pm

re: #46 Amory Blaine

That TPM headline is a fucking joke.

A lot of the commenters on that story are saying the exact same thing.

50 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:43:15pm
51 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:43:57pm

re: #49 Dr. Matt

He he I see you….

52 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:45:33pm

re: #50 Charles Johnson

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What did she ever say about Maddow BTW? Saw something mentioned on Youtube. Did Martin say Maddow was working for big bad evil USA or Obama or something?

53 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:46:18pm

re: #50 Charles Johnson

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So much for her complete journalistic independence.

54 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:46:35pm

Mein gott….

55 Testy Toad T  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:46:53pm

I stand behind all of the journalism I’ve ever done that I didn’t secretly retract!

56 A Mom Anon  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:47:48pm

If I remember, when Hastert was Speaker of the House, he shut mics off when Dems were speaking more than once, even shutting the lights off in one instance. So this is not at all surprising. It’s who they are and what they do.

57 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:48:07pm

58 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:48:20pm

I’ve been waiting for a Homeworld sequel or next generation for years now.

59 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:48:29pm

re: #51 Amory Blaine

He he I see you….

Don’t snap any pics up my skirt wool dress slacks.

60 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:48:58pm

Isn’t that legal now?

61 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:49:55pm

re: #50 Charles Johnson

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If you can grab a copy, it’s still available on YouTube.

Youtube Video

62 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:49:59pm

re: #54 Kragar

Mein gott….

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*Drools*

63 Testy Toad T  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:51:37pm

re: #58 Kragar

I’ve been waiting for a Homeworld sequel or next generation for years now.

Though I was never fond of the incredibly low balance, I don’t think 3D RTS has been done anywhere near that well before or since.

Will buy.

64 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:54:53pm

re: #52 Gus

What did she ever say about Maddow BTW? Saw something mentioned on Youtube. Did Martin say Maddow was working for big bad evil USA or Obama or something?

That video’s still there in my post. She’s bashing Rachel Maddow because she wasn’t nice to 9/11 Truthers.

65 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:55:34pm

re: #63 Testy Toad T

Though I was never fond of the incredibly low balance, I don’t think 3D RTS has been done anywhere near that well before or since.

Will buy.

Hoping they allow mods for ship designs/skins

66 Testy Toad T  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 1:57:16pm

re: #65 Kragar

I’m sure they will; the modding community (of which I was an active part) kept Homeworld relevant well after its hypothetical sell-by date.

67 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:00:12pm
68 KiTA  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:01:49pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Waves at Kita

Enjoying your extended weekend?


Watch out when you come back, I guess the whole EO thing is back with a vengeance. They’re looking for any excuse to put people on the bus.

Oh, and we’re going to be replacing every butterfly key lock in the building. Maybe.

Anyone with a 3DS needs to buy Bravely Default. It’s the best Final Fantasy game I’ve played since Final Fantasy 6. Superbly done.

69 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:03:23pm

re: #66 Testy Toad T

I’m sure they will; the modding community (of which I was an active part) kept Homeworld relevant well after its hypothetical sell-by date.

I’ll admit, I’ve been looking for a edition of it on Steam and other game sites for a few years now. Can’t wait for it to come out.

I never really got that much into Homeworld 2, but I did enjoy Homeworld: Cataclysm.

70 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:04:02pm

High Court Rules That Upskirt Photos Are Legal In Massachusetts

71 makeitstop  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:04:26pm

OT, but…seen this?

Head of Online Currency Exchange Found Dead in Singapore

Autumn Radtke, the CEO of an upstart online currency exchange, died last week under mysterious circumstances at her home in Singapore.

Radtke, the U.S.-born head of First Meta, was found dead by local police Feb. 28, with the cause of death yet to be determined. In a statement on its website, First Meta said the company “was shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of our friend and CEO Autumn Radtke.”

Things are going very, very wrong in the virtual currency game.

72 mr.fusion  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:05:04pm

Just as point of reference here…Media Matters obtained the full emails that Issa “selectively leaked” to Fox News.

SPOILER ALERT: Issa is full of it

Link To Emails

Full Story

What was omitted during the Fox appearance was that the September 2010 emails reveal Lerner counseling her colleagues to be careful not to focus on political activity while examining 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations. Early in that email chain, which was obtained by Media Matters, Lerner wrote: “My object is not to look for political activity—more to see whether self-declared c4s are really acting like c4s. Then we’ll move on to c5, c6, c7 - it will fill up the work plan forever!”

Furthermore, the emails do not appear to be about reviewing organizations’ applications for tax exempt status, which is the process the IRS is accused of inappropriately conducting. Instead, the emails reference the “self declarer project,” which attempts to review groups which self-declare as tax exempt but do not file an actual application, to ensure those groups are still following the rules. (The “Self-Declarers Questionnaire” which tracks these groups is entirely voluntary.)

73 Lidane  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:05:35pm

LOLWUT:

74 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:08:13pm
75 KiTA  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:08:30pm

re: #73 Lidane

LOLWUT:

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Holy crap. When even Norquist isn’t far right enough anymore…

Game over man, just… game over.

76 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:09:19pm

77 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:09:57pm

re: #73 Lidane

So, because of beards: Dudebros = hunters = Muslim Brotherhood operatives

78 klys  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:10:05pm

re: #68 KiTA

Waves at Kita

Enjoying your extended weekend?

Watch out when you come back, I guess the whole EO thing is back with a vengeance. They’re looking for any excuse to put people on the bus.

Oh, and we’re going to be replacing every butterfly key lock in the building. Maybe.

Anyone with a 3DS needs to buy Bravely Default. It’s the best Final Fantasy game I’ve played since Final Fantasy 6. Superbly done.

Ooo, oo, we should exchange friend codes! I need more real people for Abilink.

1993 8161 7987

79 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:11:23pm

re: #73 Lidane

LOLWUT:

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So, Abe Lincoln was actually America’s first Muslim President, by that logic?

The Sultan of America, the Great Caliph Ibrahim Lincoln

80 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:14:24pm

re: #73 Lidane

LOLWUT:

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Don’t both Frank Gaffney and Robert Spencer have beards? Oh and I just shaved off the proof of my MB membership- ha ha!

81 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:14:48pm

re: #79 Dr Lizardo

So, Abe Lincoln was actually America’s first Muslim President, by that logic?

The Sultan of America, the Great Caliph Ibrahim Lincoln

Get ready or some Garfield style Shariah.

82 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:15:22pm

re: #79 Dr Lizardo

So, Abe Lincoln was actually America’s first Muslim President, by that logic?

The Sultan of America, the Great Caliph Ibrahim Lincoln

83 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:16:09pm

re: #74 Charles Johnson

The Lubbock Libertarian chairman is one of those characters who never met a conspiracy theory he didn’t like. He has said repeatedly that Russia Today is the only reliable media source in the world. This echoes the slogan of Weekly World News, “The World’s only reliable newspaper.” Personally, I prefer WWN, especially the old B&W print version.

84 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:16:25pm

I mean there’s got to be a better way of saying Grover Norquist sucks then saying he’s a secret Muslim because he has a beard.

85 KiTA  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:16:45pm

re: #78 klys

Ooo, oo, we should exchange friend codes! I need more real people for Abilink.

1993 8161 7987

1160-9980-5764

I actually cheat, and set up a Homepass - a Nintendo Streetpass relay — in my house. It’s nuts.


Yikes. I just realized it’s 90 degrees in my grow rack today. I definitely need to invest in some 12v fans.

86 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:16:51pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

Poopiehead!

87 Lidane  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:17:11pm
On Wednesday, after former IRS official Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination, Issa quickly moved to adjourn the session, saying he could “see no point in going further.” But as Cummings began to ask a procedural question about the issue, the Chairman tried to cut his mic, leaving Cummings to shout from his seat.
88 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:21:07pm

re: #86 Amory Blaine

Poopiehead!

Frankly that’s better than secret Muslim.

89 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:21:31pm

By the way Grover, there’s an excellent falafel place in Adams-Morgan. All of us secret Muslims go there.

90 darthstar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:21:48pm
91 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:22:07pm

re: #87 Lidane

And in right-wing Fox “News” World, if you want death threats to stop, you should not invoke the 5th.

92 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:23:28pm

Afternoon Lizardim from the clear and mild wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk in this wild world of derp?

93 darthstar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:24:57pm

re: #92 thedopefishlives

Afternoon Lizardim from the clear and mild wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk in this wild world of derp?

I’m playing front desk girl - the gal who usually sits here is trying out for an opening on my team, so I’m covering for her while she works with one of my other engineers to see if QA would be a good fit for her (I think it will, and I like hiring women - plus she’ll move from SF minimum wage to a livable salary).

94 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:25:53pm

So conservative discourse is divided between those who think a man with a beard makes him a secret Muslim and those like Grover who think there should be zero taxes. And then there are the fringe who actually live in reality.

95 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:26:39pm

Emails show Scott Walker blurred campaign, county government lines

It was April 29, 2010, and Scott Walker was in full campaign mode in his race for governor.

The Milwaukee County executive was feeling the heat from a group of county supervisors, who planned to a hold an 11 a.m. news conference to rip his stewardship of the county’s troubled Mental Health Complex.

Walker, his campaign aides and taxpayer-funded county staff were burning up private email, trying to counter the supervisors’ expected attack. To knock down complaints, aides decided they needed a statement from a political ally, and focused on state Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills).

At 10:25 a.m., Walker — writing from his campaign email account — weighed in.

He would not only write Darling’s response, he would order that the communication be done in a way so that it would remain secret from the public.

96 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:26:43pm
97 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:26:44pm

re: #93 darthstar

I’m playing front desk girl - the gal who usually sits here is trying out for an opening on my team, so I’m covering for her while she works with one of my other engineers to see if QA would be a good fit for her (I think it will, and I like hiring women - plus she’ll move from SF minimum wage to a livable salary).

Good luck to her.

98 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:27:03pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

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That guy looks like Bobby Flay.

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:28:39pm

re: #95 Amory Blaine

Emails show Scott Walker blurred campaign, county government lines

Doesn’t sound like Walker blurred any lines…he just flat out demolished them.

100 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:28:44pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

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Looks like the movie poster for a really really bad 50’s B disaster type movie.

101 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:28:59pm

re: #95 Amory Blaine

Emails show Scott Walker blurred campaign, county government lines

Crookedus Maximiumus.

102 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:29:38pm

???

103 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:29:56pm
104 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:30:09pm

re: #95 Amory Blaine

more…

On May 4, 2010, Walker’s top county administrator, Cindy Archer, was working the budget and had a dilemma.

She was faced with potential layoffs and furloughs for county workers and she wanted to know what to do. So she fired off an email on her personal account, asking for advice from her two bosses — Walker, the county executive, and Tom Nardelli, the chief of staff.

Nardelli replied from his private account: “We are in a campaign,” and added, “If all we propose are cuts it will hurt us at the ballot box, in my view.

“We are never going to get DC48, so I would furlough the hell out of them,” Nardelli wrote about the county’s largest union and its members. “Find the most senior members and burn them a new one!”

Archer replied: “Furlough the hell out of them is good too. I just want to keep the pressure on these benefit concessions because they are so important to the long term fiscal outlook.”

105 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:30:26pm
106 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:30:46pm
107 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:30:58pm

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hey, knock it off. //

108 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:32:21pm

re: #107 Gus

Hey, knock it off. //

heh….

109 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:33:13pm
110 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:33:58pm

111 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:35:27pm

re: #109 Gus

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112 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:35:34pm

Prepare for a right-wing freak out about this:

Two Oscar Voters Picked ‘12 Years A Slave’ Without Watching It

In the lead up to the 86th annual Academy Awards, one prevalent meme was that some Oscar voters simply didn’t want to watch “12 Years a Slave.” As it turns out, that was true: at least two anonymous members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences apparently never saw Steve McQueen’s eventual Best Picture winner, this despite placing the film atop their Oscar ballots.

The surprising revelation comes via the Los Angeles Times: “All the same, two Oscar voters privately admitted that they didn’t see ‘12 Years a Slave,’ thinking it would be upsetting. But they said they voted for it anyway because, given the film’s social relevance, they felt obligated to do so.”

113 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:36:04pm

re: #109 Gus

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heh. I guess that’s the problem with hiring Westerners and Americans. I imagine if Al Jazz America started pushing pro Brotherhood/Hamas editorial policy they might get a few resignations too.

114 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:36:34pm

…and this is why Putin waited until after the Olympics to send in the troops.

115 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:37:27pm
An anchor on state-owned television station Russia Today quit on air on Wednesday. Liz Wahl, an American working in the network’s D.C. bureau, said she was born to Hungarian refugees who fled Soviet oppression, and could no longer work for the station in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

thedailybeast.com

116 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:38:11pm

Spidey sense tells me The Greenwald won’t have anything to say about this RT resignation.

117 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:38:41pm

re: #116 Gus

Spidey sense tells me The Greenwald won’t have anything to say about this RT resignation.

He’ll have plenty to say, but it’ll be about him.

118 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:39:02pm

re: #117 thedopefishlives

He’ll have plenty to say, but it’ll be about him.

It always is with GG.

119 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:39:36pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

I mean there’s got to be a better way of saying Grover Norquist sucks then saying he’s a secret Muslim because he has a beard.

It’s always nice to be reminded that many conservatives consider “Muslim” a derogatory label, a way to defame someone. It’s even worse if they call you a devout Muslim, like Geller does. Yay, America—justice, equality and freedom for everyone! (Unless you’re a __________,1 in which case your rights don’t count). //


——————————-
1. Fill in the blank with whatever group(s) you dislike: The poor, blacks, hispanics, muslims, jews, atheists, democrats, gays, the “wrong” denomination of christian—the list goes on and on…

120 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:40:35pm

re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth

thedailybeast.com

Nice. Shall we check her for trutherism before we applaud her move? Working for Russia Today in the first place isn’t exactly a sign of good judgement but I’m happy to see some dissent in the ranks.

121 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:41:18pm

Last two tweets from Liz Wahl’s TL:

122 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:42:14pm

re: #120 Killgore Trout

Nice. Shall we check her for trutherism before we applaud her move?

Sweet false dichotomy you’ve got there, looks brand-new, still has that new-troll smell.

123 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:42:25pm

So I went to the dealership to test drive a new Edge, and NO MATTER HOW I ADJUSTED THE SEAT MY FOOT COULDN’T REACH THE GAS PEDAL.

I said to the dealer “Please don’t laugh at me.”

The first time this has ever happened to me. WTF Ford???

124 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:42:42pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

It always is with GG.

What isn’t?

The Glenness of Being Greenwald

125 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:44:32pm

re: #123 Pie-onist Overlord

So I went to the dealership to test drive a new Edge, and NO MATTER HOW I ADJUSTED THE SEAT MY FOOT COULDN’T REACH THE GAS PEDAL.

I said to the dealer “Please don’t laugh at me.”

The first time this has ever happened to me. WTF Ford???

I blame Obama. Or the MB. Or the Zionists. Take your pick.

126 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:44:39pm

Speaking of dissent in the ranks….
Senator: Obama Knew CIA Spied Us

The intrigue deepens. On Wednesday, the CIA was accused of spying on members of the Senate Intelligence Committee during its investigation of torture by the agency. Now Senator Mark Udall has accused President Obama of knowing the alleged spying on his committee’s computers. “As you are aware, the CIA has recently taken unprecedented action against the committee was happening,” he wrote Obama in a letter. An inquiry has been launched by the watchdog set up to oversee the CIA.

127 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:46:16pm

re: #125 CuriousLurker

I blame Obama. Or the MB. Or the Zionists. Take your pick.

I thought that was all the same guy?

128 Ryan King  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:46:19pm

Right wing radio playing Issa vs Cummings off as: Cummings is flailing about because Issa is looking for the truth! Cumming LOL. Cummings Lerner Cummings Lerner.

129 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:46:43pm

A guy was just in here saying he used to go on bike rides with Carl Bernstein in the 70s.

This no longer makes sense.

130 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:47:24pm

re: #126 Killgore Trout

“As you are aware, the CIA has recently taken unprecedented action against the committee in relation to the internal CIA review and I find these actions to be incredibly troubling for the Committee’s oversight powers and for our democracy,” Udall wrote to Obama on Tuesday.

That doesn’t actually imply Obama knew about it, just that he knows about it now.

131 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:47:37pm

re: #125 CuriousLurker

I blame Obama. Or the MB. Or the Zionists. Take your pick.

Or Rachel Maddow, OWS, CIA, NSA, G.W. Bush…

132 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:48:20pm

Someone glued a GoPro video camera to a Pelican’s beak, and this is what the camera captured:

Youtube Video

Backstory: Abandoned by his flock, Bigbird the pelican stumbled ashore after a storm and was taken in by the staff of Greystoke Mahale in Tanzania. Watch as Bigbird learns to fly for the first time.

133 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:49:17pm

I don’t watch Russia Today because it’s gross. Anyone who went to work for them to start with is either a tool or an idiot, or has a few screws loose, and they’ve been enthusiastically pushing anti-American propaganda because that’s what RT is. So I’m less than impressed when one of their brainless anchors resigns out of “principle.”

The time to have principles is before you start taking the Kremlin’s money.

134 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:50:27pm

Could be an act.

135 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:51:18pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

I don’t watch Russia Today because it’s gross. Anyone who went to work for them to start with is either a tool or an idiot, or has a few screws loose, and they’ve been enthusiastically pushing anti-American propaganda because that’s what RT is. So I’m less than impressed when one of their brainless anchors resigns out of “principle.”

The time to have principles is before you start taking the Kremlin’s money.

Still brave, as long as this isn’t kayfabe, because he stands a decent chance of getting pummeled or worse, but it is a bit baffling why this moment, and not any of the other moments of Putin being an amazing violator of human rights and general asshole, is the limit.

136 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:52:55pm
137 Stanley Sea  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:53:26pm

re: #132 Dr. Matt

Someone at GoPro glued one of their video cameras to a Pelican’s beak, and this is what the camera captured:

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That was very cool.

138 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:53:38pm

The extremely cynical side of me wonders if any of this RT stuff (or all of it) is staged. One does not take a job with Russia Today and not know what one is getting into.

139 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:54:16pm

The Daily Mail, often known better as the Daily Fail, occasionally publishes something worthwhile and interesting, such as this:

Land of the Tzars in colour: Fascinating photographs show the people and places of pre-revolutionary Russia

dailymail.co.uk

Photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky was one of the nation’s leading photographers at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. He was commissioned to capture a photographic record of Russia after the monarch saw his colour portrait of Leo Tolstoy.

During 1909-1912, and again in 1915, Prokudin-Gorsky completed surveys of 11 regions, travelling in a railroad car provided by the government which was equipped with a darkroom.

Prokudin-Gorsky, who was born into an aristocratic family in St Petersburg in 1863 and studied chemistry and art, was granted access to areas of Russia that were forbidden to everyday citizens. This allowed him to document Russia’s people and landscapes at the beginning of what would be a dramatic century for the nation.

The photographer was able to capture the scenes in colour, allowing the audience a vivid sense of what life looked like, through using a three-colour technique. This involved taking three separate photographs, one with a red filter, one with a green filter, one with a blue filter.

These monochromatic images would then be projected through filters of those same colours on to a screen and superimposed. When seen through a final filter, they would appear amazingly realistic.

Many of the photos are genuinely stunning; it’s certainly worth checking out.

Nikolaevskii Cathedral in Mozhaisk in 1911

140 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:55:54pm

re: #138 thedopefishlives

The extremely cynical side of me wonders if any of this RT stuff (or all of it) is staged. One does not take a job with Russia Today and not know what one is getting into.

There’s nothing cynical about it - Russia is infamous for doing exactly that. Their propaganda tactics are very refined and they’ve been polishing them for many decades.

141 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:56:01pm

re: #135 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Still brave, as long as this isn’t kayfabe, because he stands a decent chance of getting pummeled or worse, but it is a bit baffling why this moment, and not any of the other moments of Putin being an amazing violator of human rights and general asshole, is the limit.

She.

I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I am resigning.

Sincerity would dictate walking out in the middle, no?

142 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:56:32pm

re: #128 Ryan King

Right wing radio playing Issa vs Cummings of as: Cummings is flailing about because Issa is looking for the truth! Cumming LOL. Cummings Lerner Cummings Lerner.

Are they seriously laughing at Cummings’ name when they once had a majority leader by name of Dick Armey.

143 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:57:10pm

Here’s the video:

Youtube Video

144 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:57:49pm
145 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:58:24pm

re: #143 Charles Johnson

Here’s the video:

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Fake.

146 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:58:38pm

re: #144 Kragar

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As opposed to Hannity who needs a “goofy” helmet when he eats so he doesn’t drown in his soup bowl.

147 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:00:03pm

I’m going with yet another publicity stunt.

148 Ryan King  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:00:46pm

re: #142 HappyWarrior

Are they seriously laughing at Cummings’ name when they once had a majority leader by name of Dick Armey.

They weren’t making fun of his name, just pushing the line that he’s being a partisan hack flailing about and Issa is totally WINNING TIGERSMILK and Lerner is a snake because/5th and Cummings is a LOSER LOL.

Becaue Issa isn’t a political hack, he’s searching for THE TRUTH.

Rinse, lather, repeat.

149 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:01:46pm

re: #148 Ryan King

They weren’t making fun of his name, just pushing the line that he’s being a partisan hack flailing about and Issa is totally WINNING TIGERSMILK and Lerner is a snake because/5th and Cummings is a LOSER LOL.

Becaue Issa isn’t a political hack, he’s searching for THE TRUTH.

Rinse, lather, repeat.

What losers.

150 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:02:08pm

re: #147 Gus

I’m going with yet another publicity stunt.

You’d think that, as the daughter of a veteran and the partner of a doctor who serves the military, she would have realized what she got herself into perhaps even before she got herself into it.

151 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:02:43pm

Results for from:lizwahl snowden

152 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:03:01pm

re: #147 Gus

I’m going with yet another publicity stunt.

I’m just wondering what the end goal is. What’s the point of staging these dramatic flounces? Simple Internet trolls only crave attention; what about media trolls?

153 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:03:30pm

re: #147 Gus

I’m going with yet another publicity stunt.

The statement seems really… off.

154 Official Lab Rat In Gay Radical Experiment  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:04:05pm

So this whole beard=Muslim thing got me wondering about others…OMG!

155 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:04:24pm

re: #151 Gus

Results for from:lizwahl snowden

So, is it ‘dudettebro’ or ‘dudesis’, or what?

156 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:04:32pm

re: #153 Charles Johnson

The statement seems really… off.

Seemed like a pretty slick resignation.

157 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:06:52pm

They’re on a roll. All eyes are on Russia Today. This is a freaking PR coup. Too funny.

158 Ryan King  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:06:54pm

Islamocamaflage

159 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:06:55pm

re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth

thedailybeast.com

Well, I missed the entire Abby Martin thread, but expected it would be her “quitting”, not Liz Wahl, but whatever. But whatever. Watch these 2 wind up somehow, inexplicably (haha), on “The Intercept” at some point in time. No doubt Liz Wahl is lying her ass off in some aspect of this; her twitter account describes her as “Filipina-Hungarian-American”.

What RT appears to do is take these people, these Americans, who are nothing if not ambitious, and give them an opportunity that is going to bite them in the ass later. You would have to either be (a) dumb as a bag of hammers and/or living in an alternative reality, (b) just a money-grubbing, unprincipled careerist, or (c) both, to work for a media outlet like RT and not know what it’s about.

160 Bubblehead II  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:09:02pm

re: #68 KiTA

Waves at Kita

Enjoying your extended weekend?

Yes. The ribs are still a bit tender though.

Watch out when you come back, I guess the whole EO thing is back with a vengeance. They’re looking for any excuse to put people on the bus.

Well I got the PTO to burn if I have to.

Oh, and we’re going to be replacing every butterfly key lock in the building. Maybe.

I told you the other day that may happen.

Anyone with a 3DS needs to buy Bravely Default. It’s the best Final Fantasy game I’ve played since Final Fantasy 6. Superbly done.

161 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:09:47pm
162 Testy Toad T  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:09:48pm

re: #144 Kragar

I would have thought that wearing a helmet on a bicycle would be one of those “taking personal responsibility” things of which Republicans often pretend to be so fond.

163 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:10:24pm

To Hannity, it’s embarrassing to set a good example.

164 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:11:21pm

re: #162 Testy Toad T

I would have thought that wearing a helmet on a bicycle would be one of those “taking personal responsibility” things of which Republicans often pretend to be so fond.

166 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:11:42pm

re: #139 Dr Lizardo

The Daily Mail, often known better as the Daily Fail, occasionally publishes something worthwhile and interesting, such as this:

>Land of the Tzars in colour: Fascinating photographs show the people and places of pre-revolutionary Russia

dailymail.co.uk

Many of the photos are genuinely stunning; it’s certainly worth checking out.

Nikolaevskii Cathedral in Mozhaisk in 1911

His photography is wonderful and has been posted here before. The entirety of his collection at the Library of Congress—some 2,606 images—has been digitized. They’re available as small & medium jpegs as well as HUGE tiff files suitable for print. There are no known restrictions on the use of the images.

About the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection

The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities. An active photographer and scientist, Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook most of his ambitious color documentary project from 1909 to 1915. The Library of Congress purchased the collection from the photographer’s sons in 1948. Read more…

View the entire collection

167 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:11:43pm

It’s Russia Today, a mouthpiece of Putin and the government. If you think it might be propaganda or an attempt at spin to show that the reporters/journalists aren’t towing the company/regime line in that the people reading the teleprompters have integrity or independence to report the news, you just haven’t been paying attention.

This is a media outlet that is meant to further the interests of the Russian government. Full stop.

The people working there know, or should have known, what they were getting into. The past week’s events shouldn’t have made the difference.

168 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:13:01pm

re: #167 lawhawk

It’s Russia Today, a mouthpiece of Putin and the government. If you think it might be propaganda or an attempt at spin to show that the reporters/journalists aren’t towing the company/regime line in that the people reading the teleprompters have integrity or independence to report the news, you just haven’t been paying attention.

This is a media outlet that is meant to further the interests of the Russian government. Full stop.

The people working there know, or should have known, what they were getting into. The past week’s events shouldn’t have made the difference.

This is all a load of crap from RT. The whole thing is orchestrated to change people’s minds about RT while they continue with their Kremlin propaganda.

169 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:13:20pm

re: #145 Gus

Fake.

Maybe. I suppose somebody could have paid her, or otherwise convince her to do it. Somebody got the NYT to run the “Putin is batshit insane” story. These things happen.

170 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:13:43pm

re: #162 Testy Toad T

I would have thought that wearing a helmet on a bicycle would be one of those “taking personal responsibility” things of which Republicans often pretend to be so fond.

171 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:15:11pm

re: #170 chadu

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I think Hannity has that rigged to be his answer on the 8 ball.

172 dog philosopher  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:15:12pm

by radogast’s tits, this is an outrage!

173 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:15:56pm

Beards. Beards everywhere.

Conquering America with kick-ass Sharia tunes since 1969

I am just kidding, btw; I enjoy ZZ Top greatly, personally. I’ve seen them live several times.

174 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:16:07pm

Only white presidents should wear bike helmets. //

175 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:16:21pm

re: #166 CuriousLurker

Thanks for the link.

176 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:17:11pm

re: #174 Gus

Only white presidents should wear bike helmets. //

Gus, just say what you’re really thinking: Only white people should dare to be President.

/////

177 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:17:30pm

Heh.

The GOP keeps using the repeal efforts for fundraising. The failed repealers, I might add. So, to them, every attempt that ends in failure means more money for their campaign committees, even though there’s no chance for it to be repealed anytime before 2017 at the earliest.

178 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:19:26pm

re: #155 wrenchwench

Dudebro with this as the o

179 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:19:36pm

re: #177 lawhawk

Heh.

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180 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:19:43pm

Even more stupid than their model/news readers, RT is spreading this kind of bullshit:

Ukraine crisis: bugged call reveals conspiracy theory about Kiev snipers
Estonian foreign minister Urmas Paet tells EU’s Cathy Ashton about claim that provocateurs were behind Maidan killings

theguardian.com

BBC correspondent Matthew Price tweeted this:

Matthew Price ‏@mthprijs 8h

Estonian FM spokes wouldn’t tell me whether he does believe it. Says however if rumour persists could discredit new leaders.

Matthew Price ‏@mthprijs 8h

Leaked phone call - note that Estonian FM is reporting what he’s been told about Kiev snipers. NOT that he believes the speculation.

181 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:20:55pm

re: #125 CuriousLurker

I blame Obama. Or the MB. Or the Zionists. Take your pick.

Henry Ford, fucking with Teh Juice from beyond the grave.

182 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:21:12pm

re: #178 Amory Blaine

Dudebro with this as the o

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Too well associated with the feminist movement, which is not recognized by dudebros.

183 Stanley Sea  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:23:15pm

re: #181 Pie-onist Overlord

Henry Ford, fucking with Teh Juice from beyond the grave.

Try a Flex.

184 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:23:29pm

Tea Baggers losing their shit over the bike helmet thing

185 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:24:19pm

OFFS:


Yeah, the cavalcade of crazy, the dump of derp, the twister of twits, Piers Morgan is putting Abby Morgan on.

186 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:24:59pm

re: #180 Justanotherhuman

Even more stupid than their model/news readers, RT is spreading this kind of bullshit:

Ukraine crisis: bugged call reveals conspiracy theory about Kiev snipers
Estonian foreign minister Urmas Paet tells EU’s Cathy Ashton about claim that provocateurs were behind Maidan killings

theguardian.com

BBC correspondent Matthew Price tweeted this:

Matthew Price ‏@mthprijs 8h

Estonian FM spokes wouldn’t tell me whether he does believe it. Says however if rumour persists could discredit new leaders.

Matthew Price ‏@mthprijs 8h

Leaked phone call - note that Estonian FM is reporting what he’s been told about Kiev snipers. NOT that he believes the speculation.

Kyiv Post confirmed the authenticity of the call. There have been a couple liveleak videos claiming to show shots coming from behind the protesters. I haven’t looked into it too much yet but the story might get some traction.

187 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:25:01pm

re: #184 Kragar

Tea Baggers losing their shit over the bike helmet thing

Bike h*lmets cannot be discussed anywhere on the internets without all civility breaking down. Many fora will not spell it out.

188 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:25:34pm
189 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:30:12pm

re: #183 Stanley Sea

Try a Flex.

I will probably get another Escape.

190 Amory Blaine  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:31:06pm

re: #188 Kragar

He holds the show in his moms basement.

191 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:31:29pm

There appears to be adults running Ukraine now, not pretenders to an imaginary throne.

Ukraine premier: Crimea will remain in Ukraine

bigstory.ap.org

192 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:31:54pm

Cripes. That Bush and Obama on bicycle stuff reminds me of The Banned.

193 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:32:30pm

re: #192 Gus

Cripes. That Bush and Obama on bicycle stuff reminds me of The Banned.

Just like old times, ain’t it.

194 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:32:55pm

Where did I leave my shocked face?

195 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:33:14pm

re: #193 thedopefishlives

Just like old times, ain’t it.

Sickening.

196 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:34:00pm
197 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:34:48pm

re: #196 Kragar

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Molon Labe Moron Gumby

198 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:37:08pm

re: #184 Kragar

Tea Baggers losing their shit over the bike helmet thing

Seriously? WTF is wrong with those assholes?

199 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:38:00pm

re: #198 GeneJockey

Seriously? WTF is wrong with those assholes?

They can’t handle the fact that Obama is allowed to breath.

200 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:38:24pm

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

Where did I leave my shocked face?

[Embedded content]

Of course.

201 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:39:10pm

re: #187 wrenchwench

Bike h*lmets cannot be discussed anywhere on the internets without all civility breaking down. Many fora will not spell it out.

Is that still the case? I thought all the anti-helmet people had died off, or gone the way of the folks who said that the TdF riders would NEVER ride Aluminum.

202 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:39:23pm

re: #198 GeneJockey

Seriously? WTF is wrong with those assholes?

They’re racist bigoted freaks.

203 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:39:46pm

re: #186 Killgore Trout

Kyiv Post confirmed the authenticity of the call. There have been a couple liveleak videos claiming to show shots coming from behind the protesters. I haven’t looked into it too much yet but the story might get some traction.

Can’t you link your sources?

“Kannike, Estonia’s ambassador to Ukraine, said that the 11-minute conversation took place on Feb. 25 while Paet was in Tallinn and Ashton was in Brussels, the European Union’s administrative capital.

“Unfortunately, it’s true. Yeah. That’s fact-based,” Kannike said. “We are doing damage control.”

“Kannike, however, cautioned against reaching conclusions based on one telephone conversation and said that Paet’s relayed suspicions do not represent any official Estonian position. He said it’s possible that “a third party” is responsible for the killings, making it all the more important for authorities to identify the killers and form who they were working.

“He also suggested that Russia was behind the eavesdropping because he didn’t think that Ukrainian secret services had the capability to tap phones in Tallinn. The other possibility, Kannike said, is that the eavesdropping occurred on Ashton’s end in Brussels, the administration capital of the European Union.

“Kannike said that another reason for his suspicion of Russian involvement is that the story broke in Russian news agencies first and distorted parts of the conversation, which was conducted in English.”

kyivpost.com

Obviously, Urmas Paet was relaying gossip, innuendo and outright lies, it was chatter, not actual truth. This is the kind of shit that starts international incidents. Let’s hope it’s not what intl relations has deteriorated into.

204 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:40:45pm

re: #202 thedopefishlives

They’re racist bigoted freaks.

You’re racist for calling them racist.//

205 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:41:09pm

re: #201 GeneJockey

Is that still the case? I thought all the anti-helmet people had died off, or gone the way of the folks who said that the TdF riders would NEVER ride Aluminum.

Well, I gotta admit I don’t frequent those fora much these days. But TdF riders will never ride aluminum again!

206 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:41:12pm

re: #132 Dr. Matt

Someone glued a GoPro video camera to a Pelican’s beak, and this is what the camera captured:

[Embedded content]

So cool. and it looks like he nailed the landing.

RBS

207 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:41:18pm
208 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:41:59pm

209 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:42:13pm


My mentions are getting nuts.

210 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:42:24pm

re: #202 thedopefishlives

They’re racist bigoted freaks.

Yeah, but they’re also apparently REALLY STUPID racist bigoted freaks. I mean, calling Obama an effeminate Chicago Thug who’s masterminding a plot to overthrow our sovereignty while being too stupid to speak without a teleprompter is one thing, but bitching about bike helmets? That’s just total drooling moron stupid.

211 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:42:53pm

re: #184 Kragar

Tea Baggers losing their shit over the bike helmet thing

Tea Baggers losing their shit over ANY thing DONE, NOT DONE, SAID OR NOT SAID by the President.

RBS

212 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:43:14pm

re: #209 Kragar

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My mentions are getting nuts.

There’s one of Kerry somewhere with his helmet dangling from his handlebar.

213 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:43:39pm

re: #203 Justanotherhuman

Here’s the video
Maidan. Inconvenient truth : shooting in the back
Liveleak Video

Some stuff looks suspicious but I’m not sure how much forensic evidence you can get from the videos. There was some discussion here as to why the medic had his shield facing the wrong way. I thought maybe it was confusion over firing position. Maybe, maybe not.

214 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:43:50pm

re: #210 GeneJockey

Yeah, but they’re also apparently REALLY STUPID racist bigoted freaks. I mean, calling Obama an effeminate Chicago Thug who’s masterminding a plot to overthrow our sovereignty while being too stupid to speak without a teleprompter is one thing, but bitching about bike helmets? That’s just total drooling moron stupid.

I never said anything about sanity, rationality, or intelligence (or lack thereof). For that matter, to be a racist bigoted freak in this day and age is almost to define oneself as either insane, irrational, or utterly bumfuck stupid.

215 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:44:19pm

re: #175 Dr Lizardo

Thanks for the link.

You’re welcome. A bit of trivia: The guy I use on the background of my Twitter page? That’s one of one of Prokudin-Gorskii’s photos—Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), the last Emir of Bukhara.

I couldn’t resist using it because… well, just because. ;o)

Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), last Emir of Bukhara

216 ObserverArt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:45:17pm

re: #211 RealityBasedSteve

Tea Baggers losing their shit over ANY thing DONE, NOT DONE, SAID OR NOT SAID by the President.

RBS

Let’s just cut to the chase…

217 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:45:22pm

re: #213 Killgore Trout

Maybe, maybe not.

You can pretty much replace all of your posts on the Ukraine with this sentence.

218 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:45:36pm

re: #210 GeneJockey

Yeah, but they’re also apparently REALLY STUPID racist bigoted freaks. I mean, calling Obama an effeminate Chicago Thug who’s masterminding a plot to overthrow our sovereignty while being too stupid to speak without a teleprompter is one thing, but bitching about bike helmets? That’s just total drooling moron stupid.

Yeah bike helmets. I mean I thought their whole pissiness that happens when Mrs. Obama talks about healthy eating was stupid but this one may take the prize for most ridiculous freak out ever. But then again it’s Sean Hannity who probably judging on how stupid he is probably had several bicycle related helmet accidents.

219 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:45:52pm
220 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:46:11pm

re: #217 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

You can pretty much replace all of your posts on the Ukraine with this sentence.

That could be true, but then again, maybe not.

221 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:46:38pm

re: #215 CuriousLurker

You’re welcome. A bit of trivia: The guy I use on the background of my Twitter page? That’s one of one of Prokudin-Gorskii’s photos—Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), the last Emir of Bukhara.

I couldn’t resist using it because… well, just because. ;o)

Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), last Emir of Bukhara

Oh… I’m not really much into shoes, but I want to be an Emir… those look like great shoes. (Going to check monster.com for Emir openings.)

RBS

222 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:46:39pm

re: #215 CuriousLurker

You’re welcome. A bit of trivia: The guy I use on the background of my Twitter page? That’s one of one of Prokudin-Gorskii’s photos—Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), the last Emir of Bukhara.

I couldn’t resist using it because… well, just because. ;o)

Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), last Emir of Bukhara

I’ve seen these photos before. Fascinating insight into life in Russia before the revolution.

223 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:46:49pm

re: #219 Kragar

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Who is that shithead? Anyone of consequence?

224 darthstar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:47:23pm

I didn’t know her name was Georgia.

225 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:47:56pm

re: #219 Kragar

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Yeah. “Optics.” Or the one where Bush looks like a total flake wearing the flight jacket. I know he’s a trained pilot but anyone who thinks Bush looked “cool” in that photo is a partisan hack.

226 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:48:17pm

re: #214 thedopefishlives

I never said anything about sanity, rationality, or intelligence (or lack thereof). For that matter, to be a racist bigoted freak in this day and age is almost to define oneself as either insane, irrational, or utterly bumfuck stupid.

It just boggles the mind, how they manage to live down to my lowest expectations, and then shoot right through that basement on the way to even lower reality.

227 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:49:17pm

re: #225 HappyWarrior

Yeah. “Optics.” Or the one where Bush looks like a total flake wearing the flight jacket. I know he’s a trained pilot but anyone who thinks Bush looked “cool” in that photo is a partisan hack.

Oh, he looked cool when it seemed like Iraq was in the bag. In retrospect, when it was clear he’d spiked the ball on the 20 yard line, it looked a lot less cool.

228 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:49:26pm

re: #226 GeneJockey

It just boggles the mind, how they manage to live down to my lowest expectations, and then shoot right through that basement on the way to even lower reality.

I think I realized what we were dealing with when Rush got his shit steamed over Sasha or Malia wearing t-shirts with the peace symbol on them. I mean some people have nothing better to do than just hate and hate some more.

229 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:49:56pm

re: #222 HappyWarrior

I’ve seen these photos before. Fascinating insight into life in Russia before the revolution.

Yeah, such a enormous (and enormously diverse) place.

230 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:50:25pm

re: #227 GeneJockey

Oh, he looked cool when it seemed like Iraq was in the bag. In retrospect, when it was clear he’d spiked the ball on the 20 yard line, it looked a lot less cool.

I personally thought it was unpresidential. I mean you didn’t see FDR wearing a GI jacket after D-Day or Lincoln wearing Union blues after Gettysburg.

231 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:51:03pm

re: #226 GeneJockey

It just boggles the mind, how they manage to live down to my lowest expectations, and then shoot right through that basement on the way to even lower reality.

I’m slowly starting to fail to be surprised by how despicable some of these douchecanoes are. My cynicism is starting to catch up to reality.

232 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:51:06pm

re: #229 CuriousLurker

Yeah, such a enormous (and enormously diverse) diverse place.

Yeah it really is. I’d love to visit one day hopefully when our two nations are on better terms but the history fascinates me so much.

233 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:51:43pm

re: #221 RealityBasedSteve

Oh… I’m not really much into shoes, but I want to be an Emir… those look like great shoes. (Going to check monster.com for Emir openings.)

RBS

LOL!

234 dog philosopher  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:52:13pm

re: #221 RealityBasedSteve

Oh… I’m not really much into shoes, but I want to be an Emir… those look like great shoes. (Going to check monster.com for Emir openings.)

RBS

i think to be emir you have to be a crack smoking mayor first

235 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:53:13pm

re: #234 dog philosopher

i think to be emir you have to be a crack smoking mayor first

Emir Rob Ford the Smoky.

236 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:54:29pm

re: #224 darthstar

I didn’t know her name was Georgia.

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[Rimshot]

237 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:55:28pm

re: #235 HappyWarrior

Emir Rob Ford the Smoky.

Emir Marion Abu-Berry.

238 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:56:18pm

re: #223 GeneJockey

Who is that shithead? Anyone of consequence?

According to his twit profile, just a shithead.

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ UGA Alum. #DGD PharmD Medical Scientist. Opinions are mine alone. #imwithAbbott

239 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:57:05pm

re: #237 Dark_Falcon

Emir Marion Abu-Berry.

Ha! Emir Trey El-Radel.

241 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:57:26pm

re: #235 HappyWarrior

Emir Rob Ford the Smoky.

Just imagine what a fancy crack pipe you could afford… And nobody’s gonna say squat to you if you’re the Emir and are walking around with a sword.

242 dog philosopher  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:57:59pm

georgia

they should call it by its proper name, sakartvelo

243 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 3:57:59pm

re: #241 CuriousLurker

Just imagine what a fancy crack pipe you could afford… And nobody’s gonna say squat to you if you’re the Emir and are walking around with a sword.

Didn’t Mel Brooks say it was good to be king, it’s good to be emir too.

244 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:00:47pm

245 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:01:27pm

re: #244 Gus

The man who would be king of Asia.

246 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:03:40pm

re: #213 Killgore Trout

Here’s the video
Maidan. Inconvenient truth : shooting in the back
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Some stuff looks suspicious but I’m not sure how much forensic evidence you can get from the videos. There was some discussion here as to why the medic had his shield facing the wrong way. I thought maybe it was confusion over firing position. Maybe, maybe not.

As far as I’m concerned, LiveLeak has lost plenty of credibility, if it ever had much to start with. Bunch of fucking amateurs with little to no credibility.

They don’t even try very hard.

247 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:04:09pm
248 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:06:56pm

House GOP Duped Into No Food Stamps for Weed Bill
Morons.

249 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:08:09pm

Biden gets all the tough jobs.


Here’s the woman he’s listening to:

Youtube Video

250 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:08:48pm

re: #245 thedopefishlives

The man who would be king of Asia.

Not merely ‘King’, since ‘Czar’ is Russian for ‘Caesar’; Putin fancies himself Emperor, which is an even higher level of difficulty.

/Civilization gamer humor

251 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:09:44pm

re: #250 Dark_Falcon

Not merely ‘King’, since ‘Czar’ is Russian for ‘Caesar’; Putin fancies himself Emperor, which is an even higher level of difficulty.

/Civilization gamer humor

Look, if I went ‘round saying I was an emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

252 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:10:00pm

re: #246 Justanotherhuman

As far as I’m concerned, LiveLeak has lost plenty of credibility, if it ever had much to start with. Bunch of fucking amateurs with little to no credibility.

They don’t even try very hard.

Liveleak is not a credible source of information, it’s just a video hosting site. I assume the video was made by the Russians or Yanuk supporters.

253 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:11:31pm

There I was thinking about Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Crimea, FP, NATO, the EU… when suddenly…

OBAMA’S WEARING JEANS AND WORE A BICYCLE HELMET!!!!!!!!!

254 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:11:56pm

re: #251 thedopefishlives

Look, if I went ‘round saying I was an emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

Mandatory video post:

Youtube Video

255 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:12:07pm

Deep thinkers.

256 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:12:45pm

re: #239 HappyWarrior

Ha! Emir Trey El-Radel.

Got you beat.

Aside from proofreading and editing, my other work is as private tutor for students wishing to learn English.

In Arabic, مؤدّب mu’addib means “educator”.

So if I were an Emir, I would be Emir Jibril Ali al-Sayed al-Mu’addib.

MWAHAHAHAHA!!

257 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:12:47pm

re: #253 Gus

There I was thinking about Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Crimea, FP, NATO, the EU… when suddenly…

OBAMA’S WEARING JEANS AND WORE A BICYCLE HELMET!!!!!!!!!

Keep your priorities straight, FFS! //

258 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:13:14pm

re: #253 Gus

There I was thinking about Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Crimea, FP, NATO, the EU… when suddenly…

OBAMA’S WEARING JEANS AND WORE A BICYCLE HELMET!!!!!!!!!

Your first problem: You were thinking about something other than Obama. HOW DARE YOU.

259 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:13:34pm

re: #253 Gus

There I was thinking about Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Crimea, FP, NATO, the EU… when suddenly…

OBAMA’S WEARING JEANS AND WORE A BICYCLE HELMET!!!!!!!!!

Maybe that’s why some asshole came in here this morning wanting to argue about the national debt. He saw me coming to work in jeans and a bicycle helmet.

260 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:14:42pm

There I was thinking about climate change, future solutions, technology, biology, water shortages, droughts, when suddenly…

AL GORE! AL GORE! AL GORE! AL GORE! AL GORE!

261 Belafon  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:14:56pm

re: #240 Varek Raith

As they point out in the comments, Bush 2 wore a helmet:
huffingtonpost.com

262 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:16:26pm
263 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:16:59pm

Apparently, riding a bike with a helmet is more important than taking out Bin Laden and running numerous drone strikes when it comes to Russian war planning.

264 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:17:26pm

re: #262 wrenchwench

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That’s it. I’m officially declaring that “AMERICA FUCK YEAH” must be playing in the background for any further public media flounces.

265 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:17:55pm

re: #263 Kragar

Apparently, riding a bike with a helmet is more important than taking out Bin Laden and running numerous drone strikes when it comes to Russian war planning.

Hey, I do what I can with what I’ve got to work with here.

Oh, wait.

266 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:18:08pm

Shameless plug…I have a page about Jack Conway declining to appeal the judge’s SSM ruling in Kentucky.

littlegreenfootballs.com

267 EPR-radar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:19:07pm

Right wing opposition to bike helmets reveals progress in the evolution of their views.

They now hate thinking so much that they want to increase the incidence of traumatic brain injury.

Plus, they think it will piss off liberals.

268 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:19:30pm

Okay, now this is scary. My son is apparently attempting to emulate the Mythbusters.

269 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:20:51pm

re: #252 Killgore Trout

Liveleak is not a credible source of information, it’s just a video hosting site. I assume the video was made by the Russians or Yanuk supporters.

Why do you use stuff from there to try to prove your point? It goes to your own credibility as well.

Then you wonder why you get slammed.

270 ObserverArt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:21:05pm

re: #268 thedopefishlives

Okay, now this is scary. My son is apparently attempting to emulate the Mythbusters.

What mythical theory of science was he out to prove or bust?

271 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:21:29pm

re: #268 thedopefishlives

Okay, now this is scary. My son is apparently attempting to emulate the Mythbusters.

That covers a multitude of sins. To quote the Therapy Bots in THX1138, “Can you be more…specific?”

272 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:21:44pm

re: #270 ObserverArt

What mythical theory of science was he out to prove or bust?

Trying to recreate blowing a ping-pong ball through a pork shoulder, I think. He has a straw, a small ball, and he keeps saying “boom”.

273 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:21:47pm

re: #268 thedopefishlives

Okay, now this is scary. My son is apparently attempting to emulate the Mythbusters.

Sure hope it’s just the Coke & Mentos one…

274 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:22:52pm

re: #272 thedopefishlives

Trying to recreate blowing a ping-pong ball through a pork shoulder, I think. He has a straw, a small ball, and he keeps saying “boom”.

I wouldn’t worry too much unless the pork shoulder was still on the pig.

275 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:22:59pm

re: #272 thedopefishlives

Trying to recreate blowing a ping-pong ball through a pork shoulder, I think. He has a straw, a small ball, and he keeps saying “boom”.

It’ll be a problem when you discover rockets on your car.

276 ObserverArt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:23:10pm

re: #272 thedopefishlives

Trying to recreate blowing a ping-pong ball through a pork shoulder, I think. He has a straw, a small ball, and he keeps saying “boom”.

Ahhh..he must be a junior buster!

277 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:23:11pm

re: #272 thedopefishlives

Trying to recreate blowing a ping-pong ball through a pork shoulder, I think. He has a straw, a small ball, and he keeps saying “boom”.

OK, I missed that Mythbusters episode.
Was the pork shoulder supposed to be dinner?
Or is the shoulder still attached to alive pig, because that could get awkward in no time.

278 GeneJockey  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:23:34pm

re: #275 Varek Raith

It’ll be a problem when you discover rockets on your car.

Or no car, and scorch marks on the garage door.

279 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:24:02pm

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

OK, I missed that Mythbusters episode.
Was the pork shoulder supposed to be dinner?
Or is the shoulder still attached to alive pig, because that could get awkward in no time.

It was the season finale, from last weekend. They tried to hurl a ping-pong ball fast enough to be lethal. They accelerated it to Mach 1.4.

280 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:25:00pm

re: #279 thedopefishlives

It was the season finale, from last weekend. They tried to hurl a ping-pong ball fast enough to be lethal. They accelerated it to Mach 1.4.

And he plans on being able to do it with a straw?
Power of positive thinking!

281 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:25:25pm

re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth

And he plans on being able to do it with a straw?
Power of positive thinking!

He’s 3. He’s allowed to think whatever he wants.

282 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:25:30pm

re: #269 Justanotherhuman

Why do you use stuff from there to try to prove your point? It goes to your own credibility as well.

Then you wonder why you get slammed.

You asked for links so I linked to it.

283 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:25:32pm
284 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:25:51pm

re: #281 thedopefishlives

He’s 3. He’s allowed to think whatever he wants.

Ah! ALL things are possible when you are 3!

285 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:26:08pm

re: #269 Justanotherhuman

Why do you use stuff from there to try to prove your point? It goes to your own credibility as well.

Then you wonder why you get slammed.

Why ask me for a link then complain about getting a link?

286 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:26:24pm

re: #283 Kragar

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BOOM!

287 ObserverArt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:27:00pm

re: #279 thedopefishlives

It was the season finale, from last weekend. They tried to hurl a ping-pong ball fast enough to be lethal. They accelerated it to Mach 1.4.

Didn’t see it, sounds like they were using one of their high-pressure air pipe guns. Or, did they have some other way to get that kind of velocity on a ping pong ball?

288 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:27:12pm

re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth

And he plans on being able to do it with a straw?
Power of positive thinking!

Fisher-Price Mass Driver—49.95 at Toys R’ Lethal.

289 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:27:16pm

re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ah! ALL things are possible when you are 3!

Yes. Apparently, this is my penance for disassembling things with a screwdriver when I was a similar age. No need for the Maury show - this one is definitely my son.

290 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:27:35pm

OK, the wingnut trolling is harshing mah buzz.

291 ObserverArt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:28:04pm

re: #281 thedopefishlives

He’s 3. He’s allowed to think whatever he wants.

As I thought…a junior scientist. Good, we need more to fight off the stupid.

292 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:28:25pm

re: #287 ObserverArt

Didn’t see it, sounds like they were using one of their high-pressure air pipe guns. Or, did they have some other way to get that kind of velocity on a ping pong ball?

It was a vacuum gun of some sort. Basically an upgraded air cannon that applies vacuum to the barrel and fires an air pulse into the breech. They tried several iterations before settling on that design.

293 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:28:39pm

re: #289 thedopefishlives

Yes. Apparently, this is my penance for disassembling things with a screwdriver when I was a similar age. No need for the Maury show - this one is definitely my son.

At that age, I took all my toys apart and the door plates and handles off the doors.

294 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:29:18pm

Having worked on the inside, Wahl understands perfectly RT’s marketing strategy, which is to appeal to a young, Western demographic cynical about mainstream media outlets and traditional political authority. “I think some of them are kind of like this hipster generation, they just kind of think it’s cool to question authority,” she says.

295 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:29:48pm

re: #282 Killgore Trout

You asked for links so I linked to it.

You quoted referred to Kyiv Post, not Liveleaks, for chrissakes.

Try to keep up.

296 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:30:12pm

re: #293 Varek Raith

At that age, I took all my toys apart and the door plates and handles off the doors.

I built my first radio when I was 8. I demolished my first radio much younger than that.

297 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:30:14pm
298 Bubblehead II  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:30:19pm

re: #268 thedopefishlives

Okay, now this is scary. My son is apparently attempting to emulate the Mythbusters.

You don’t happen to have any black powder cannons around do you?

‘Mythbusters’ cannonball busts through house

In an experiment gone awry, a cannonball aimed at water containers on a bomb disposal range misses its target and rips through a suburban house, before coming to rest in a minivan.

299 dog philosopher  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:30:24pm

re: #279 thedopefishlives

It was the season finale, from last weekend. They tried to hurl a ping-pong ball fast enough to be lethal. They accelerated it to Mach 1.4.

so what happened???

300 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:31:12pm
301 dog philosopher  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:31:16pm

re: #293 Varek Raith

At that age, I took all my toys apart and the door plates and handles off the doors.

should be an item on the resume of any engineer

302 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:31:27pm

re: #299 dog philosopher

so what happened???

The ping-pong ball self-destructed after leaving a nasty flesh wound. Not lethal, but still looked like it would smart if they actually shot a person with it.

303 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:31:41pm

re: #290 Gus

OK, the wingnut trolling is harshing mah buzz.

I feed on it.

304 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:31:47pm

re: #293 Varek Raith

At that age, I took all my toys apart and the door plates and handles off the doors.

Was a good bit older when I tried to recharge a 6v battery with 110 AC—burned a hole in the washing machine wringer, darkened the house except for the circuits that were protected by pennies in the fuse wells.

305 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:32:38pm
306 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:32:47pm

re: #304 Decatur Deb

Was a good bit older when I tried to recharge a 6v battery with 110 AC—burned a hole in the washing machine wringer, darkened the house except for the circuits that were protected by pennies in the fuse wells.

Heh, never messed with electricity.
Now, chemicals under the sink….

307 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:32:54pm
308 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:33:20pm

Wahl is such a hack.

309 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:33:36pm

re: #302 thedopefishlives

The ping-pong ball self-destructed after leaving a nasty flesh wound. Not lethal, but still looked like it would smart if they actually shot a person with it.

That’s what I suspected would happen. Given that idea due to the issue British 2-pounder AT gun shot had against German PZ-III tanks in North Africa. The tanks had face-hardened plate armor and the solid AT rounds would break up on the surface of the armor plate without actually penetrating it.

310 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:33:47pm

re: #297 Gus

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Oh christ, so sick of these idiots going into “victim mode” when they knew what they were getting into all along.

At least a street hooker is honest about why she’s there—for the money, not the sex.

311 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:34:19pm
312 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:34:49pm

re: #309 Feline Fearless Leader

That’s what I suspected would happen. Given that idea due to the issue British 2-pounder AT gun shot had against German PZ-III tanks in North Africa. The tanks had face-hardened plate armor and the solid AT rounds would break up on the surface of the armor plate without actually penetrating it.

They did, however, fire a ball through a paddle. Tore through it like it was barely there. The mass of the pork shoulder was just too much for the kinetic energy of the ball to overcome, though.

313 ObserverArt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:34:51pm

re: #304 Decatur Deb

Was a good bit older when I tried to recharge a 6v battery with 110 AC—burned a hole in the washing machine wringer, darkened the house except for the circuits that were protected by pennies in the fuse wells.

I’m trying hard to get my head around that scenario. I’m thinking it involved being close to water just to add that extra zing to the whole thing. Was the ringer the clamp for the battery?

314 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:35:13pm
315 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:35:23pm

re: #294 Gus

Having worked on the inside, Wahl understands perfectly RT’s marketing strategy, which is to appeal to a young, Western demographic cynical about mainstream media outlets and traditional political authority. >”I think some of them are kind of like this hipster generation, they just kind of think it’s cool to question authority,” she says.

Not that much different that the appeal of Iran’s Press TV although RT has a slicker presentation.

316 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:35:52pm

‘A landmark day’ for Dallas’ LGBT community as council passes comprehensive LGBT resolution

Before the Dallas City Council voted on the so-called “comprehensive statement of support” for Dallas’ LGBT employees, a long line of folks, including former City Council member Veletta Lill, paraded to the lectern to ask for the council’s support. They didn’t need to: The resolution — which, among other things, directs City Manager A.C. Gonzalez to address inequalities in the city’s pension and health-care plans — passed by a vote of 13-2, with council members Sheffie Kadane and Vonciel Jones Hill voting against it, as expected.

But, of course, there wasn’t an entirely smooth pathway to passage: Tennell Atkins chided Gonzalez and city staff for turning a statement into a resolution without first warning him two weeks ago. And Kadane reiterated his complaint that the resolution is “discriminatory,” in that it applies solely to inequalities involving LGBT employees and citizens.

But in the end, after very little discussion, the council passed the resolution. Council member Scott Griggs called it “a landmark day for the city of Dallas.” His colleague Jerry Allen, chair of the committee in which the resolution was born, said today would be remembered as “a historic day — for equality, civil rights, inclusion.” Carolyn Davis said she was voting for the resolution because “this is the right thing to do.”

And Mayor Mike Rawlings, who last year didn’t want the council to discuss a marriage equality resolution that he believed was a “misuse” of time, voted in favor of the resolution.

317 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:36:07pm
318 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:36:16pm

re: #313 ObserverArt

I’m trying hard to get my head around that scenario. I’m thinking it involved being close to water just to add that extra zing to the whole thing. Was the ringer the clamp for the battery?

Nah, just the surface the stripped wires fell on after the flash. OPSEC demanded that such research be carried out in the cellar.

319 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:37:02pm

Hey, at least some of us didn’t attempt to make a nuclear reactor in the backyard…

320 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:37:45pm

re: #319 Varek Raith

Hey, at least some of us didn’t attempt to make a nuclear reactor in the backyard…

ONE FUCKING TIME! LET IT GO!

321 Kragar  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:38:23pm

And on that note, the ride home awaits.

322 ObserverArt  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:38:34pm

re: #318 Decatur Deb

Nah, just the surface the stripped wires fell on after the flash. OPSEC demanded that such research be carried out in the cellar.

Always! Parents must not be present for such important research. They only come in for review and clean up.

323 thedopefishlives  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:38:34pm

re: #319 Varek Raith

Hey, at least some of us didn’t attempt to make a nuclear reactor in the backyard…

I’ve been actually thinking about building a fusor in the garage. I have the technical acuity, but I somehow doubt I’m going to have the financial wherewithal to procure the exotic fuel injection systems such a creation would entail.

324 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:39:12pm
325 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:39:14pm

re: #319 Varek Raith

Hey, at least some of us didn’t attempt to make a nuclear reactor in the backyard…

We did make and operate an xray in our HS physics lab. Model T Ford coil and vibrator driving an unshielded Crooke’s tube.

326 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:40:36pm
327 TedStriker  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:41:02pm

re: #317 Kragar

A master debater, that one.

328 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:41:09pm
329 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:41:38pm

re: #297 Gus

[Embedded content]

From there:

Yet repeated attempts by her superiors at the network to censor her work and distort the truth ultimately convinced Wahl that, to keep her integrity intact, she would have to depart.

Greenwald can never go on RT again.

330 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:43:49pm

Did Liz Wahl stick up for Kirchick when he did this?

Reporter interrupts live broadcast to protest Russia anti-gay laws

telegraph.co.uk

331 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:44:04pm
332 b_sharp  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:44:19pm

re: #289 thedopefishlives

Yes. Apparently, this is my penance for disassembling things with a screwdriver when I was a similar age. No need for the Maury show - this one is definitely my son.

You too?

333 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:45:05pm
334 b_sharp  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:45:44pm

re: #293 Varek Raith

At that age, I took all my toys apart and the door plates and handles off the doors.

I used a saw to cut apart the barrier meant to keep me out of the furnace area.

335 RadicalModerate  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:46:54pm

re: #252 Killgore Trout

Liveleak is not a credible source of information, it’s just a video hosting site. I assume the video was made by the Russians or Yanuk supporters.

Here’s the link to the profile of the user who uploaded the video:

liveleak.com

He’s located in Russia, and almost every video he’s posted is heavily slanted pro-Putin, including some attacking Human Rights Watch and the US in regards to Syria. Take this into consideration when judging the credibility of the assertations made in the video.

336 b.d.  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:47:45pm

The fringes are getting rather frayed these days.

337 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:48:44pm

If the Russian puppet masters can think of it, the RT teleprompter readers can recite it and make it “believable”. It’s Russian agitprop.

338 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:52:50pm

Somebody PLEASE tell me why a simple plate of Linguine with Clams in just an oil / garlic / herbs / parsley / green onion / etc sauce just makes my mouth so happy it wants to dance and sing?

I’ve had MUCH fancier food, at some very good restaurants, that doesn’t make me as happy as my little plate of LwC, whipped up in 10 minutes and a total cost of maybe 2.50? That and some garlic butter on a piece of bread I just baked….

I’m very contented with my life at this moment.

RBS

339 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:56:09pm

re: #338 RealityBasedSteve

Somebody PLEASE tell me why a simple plate of Linguine with Clams in just an oil / garlic / herbs / parsley / green onion / etc sauce just makes my mouth so happy it wants to dance and sing?

I’ve had MUCH fancier food, at some very good restaurants, that doesn’t make me as happy as my little plate of LwC, whipped up in 10 minutes and a total cost of maybe 2.50? That and some garlic butter on a piece of bread I just baked….

I’m very contented with my life at this moment.

RBS

Because simple home-cooking rules. That’s why.

340 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:57:32pm

re: #338 RealityBasedSteve

Somebody PLEASE tell me why a simple plate of Linguine with Clams in just an oil / garlic / herbs / parsley / green onion / etc sauce just makes my mouth so happy it wants to dance and sing?

I’ve had MUCH fancier food, at some very good restaurants, that doesn’t make me as happy as my little plate of LwC, whipped up in 10 minutes and a total cost of maybe 2.50? That and some garlic butter on a piece of bread I just baked….

I’m very contented with my life at this moment.

RBS

Simple perfection is pure joy to me. : ) The most elaborate gold ornament can’t compete with the natural beauty of a rose, IMHO.

341 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 4:59:17pm

I first met Muddy Waters when I was a small child, then much later as a young adult got to sit in at a very late night impromptu jazz & blues session at a small club in Mt. Adams, Cincinnati.
Two highlights of my life. And an amazing musician.

342 Bubblehead II  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:04:24pm

Well to be honest, at 7-8 yrs I stuck a bobby pin into an outlet. Let’s just say it sparked my interest in electricity. Not to mention burning my hand and knocking me on my ass. Probably also fried a couple synapses in the process. Hence you have me.

The bobby pin incident is true. The rest is pure conjecture on my part.

343 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:05:01pm

Better?

344 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:06:06pm

re: #343 Gus

Better?

Glad to see you’re back from your nap… and the Ninjas didn’t get you.

RBS

345 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:06:27pm

re: #341 Backwoods_Sleuth

I first met Muddy Waters when I was a small child, then much later as a young adult got to sit in at a very late night impromptu jazz & blues session at a small club in Mt. Adams, Cincinnati.
Two highlights of my life. And an amazing musician.

[Embedded content]

I went in the side door at the tail end of a concert in Portland, OR (it was sold out) and got to see and hear a few songs, less than a year before he died. He still had it goin’ on.

346 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:06:43pm

347 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:07:32pm

348 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:08:11pm

Alleycats have better ethics than these 2 idiots who went to work for the propaganda arm of the Russian govt—and knew it.

RT gives statement on resignation

Russia Today Anchor Resigns Live On Air

“I cannot be part of a network funded by the Russian government which whitewashes the actions of Putin.”

buzzfeed.com

349 b_sharp  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:09:12pm

re: #342 Bubblehead II

Well to be honest, at 7-8 yrs I stuck a bobby pin into an outlet. Let’s just say it sparked my interest in electricity. Not to mention burning my hand and knocking me on my ass. Probably also fried a couple synapses in the process. Hence you have me.

The bobby pin incident is true. The rest is pure conjecture on my part.

Fork, at 3. Screw driver as I tried to fix a light switch at 7. Several times plugging a radio in in the dark, pulling the coil wire to shut off a car at 17.

‘Tricity loves me.

350 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:09:27pm
351 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:09:44pm

Warning gang…. Looks like Gus has been hitting the crack pipe again… no telling where this will end up.

RBS

352 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:10:38pm

re: #351 RealityBasedSteve

Warning gang…. Looks like Gus has been hitting the crack pipe again… no telling where this will end up.

RBS

They call me Crackula. //

353 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:10:56pm

heh…right on time for the childhood adventures in discovering electricity stories:

354 Bubblehead II  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:11:10pm

re: #346 Gus

[Embedded image]

Good visual on the first one. But a belt fed rifle with a RPG is just a bit over the top.

355 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:11:40pm

re: #353 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh…right on time for the childhood adventures in discovering electricity stories:

[Embedded content]

Sigh…

356 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:12:14pm

Back when TVs were respected as furniture:

357 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:12:17pm

re: #354 Bubblehead II

Good visual on the first one. But a belt fed rifle with a RPG is just a bit over the top.

No, Nixon punching a saber tooth cat is over the top.

358 Gus  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:13:12pm

re: #356 wrenchwench

Back when TVs were respected as furniture:

[Embedded content]

Looks like a vertical stabilizer to me. //

359 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:14:20pm

re: #349 b_sharp

Fork, at 3. Screw driver as I tried to fix a light switch at 7. Several times plugging a radio in in the dark, pulling the coil wire to shut off a car at 17.

‘Tricity loves me.

Buhl Planetarium in PGH had a monster Van De Graaff. They would rope off half the concourse and send ‘lightning’ 20 or 30 feet to earthing bands on the wall. Then they’d cut it back and fuzz out some brave long-haired girl. We neighborhood kids could just drop by. ‘Tricity is cool.

360 Bubblehead II  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:21:29pm

re: #353 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh…right on time for the childhood adventures in discovering electricity stories:

[Embedded content]

Don’t get me started on explosives.

re: #357 Varek Raith

No, Nixon punching a saber tooth cat is over the top.

Don’t you have planet or something to blow up. :-)

Youtube Video

361 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:21:34pm

re: #324 Gus

[Embedded content]

Have you looked at Amber Lyon’s twitter acct lately?

twitter.com

Lyon may be indulging in her favorite drug too much these days.

“On September 5, 2012 with the help of journalist Glenn Greenwald, Lyon exposed that CNN International never aired her documentary, iRevolution, on the Bahrain uprising. In an article by Greenwald in The Guardian newspaper, Lyon accuses the network of censoring the documentary because the Bahrain regime is a paying customer at the network. [35] The article also exposes that the government of Bahrain, as well as other governments throughout the world, are paying CNN for special content casting their countries in a positive light.[18][36]

“On September 29, 2012, Lyon appeared on the Infowars program. She described her investigation of how the US ally Bahrain was committing human rights abuses, but said that CNN and the US government pressured her to suppress the news.[37] She said that Bahrain paid CNN for positive news coverage.[38] Lyon said that Kazakhstan and Georgia also paid for positive coverage by CNN.[39]

“In March 2013, a report from the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said the “Slovak main news website” reported Lyon claiming to have received orders from CNN to report selectively and falsely in order to sway public opinion in favor of direct American aggression against Iran and Syria, and that this was common practice at CNN.”[40]

362 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:22:23pm

re: #356 wrenchwench

Back when TVs were respected as furniture:

[Embedded content]

That is some ugly shit.

363 compound_Idaho  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:29:57pm

re: #14 Testy Toad T

It’s exactly the right ruling. Under the law, the current behavior is not technically illegal, and our legal system (for better or worse) is one that hinges very strongly on technical correctness. We don’t get to post-facto criminalize something just because we think it’s really fucked up.

The court explained this in gory detail, explained that a revised law that criminalized this behavior would withstand constitutional scrutiny, and essentially handed the MA legislature a blueprint of exactly what that law would look like, and how it should be phrased and written, and no doubt said legislation will be law in very short order.

This is exactly how the US justice system is supposed to work.

Unless it is politically inconvenient (ACA), then you just waive or delay the requirement that you personally signed into law.

364 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:31:48pm

re: #363 compound_Idaho

Unless it is politically inconvenient (ACA), then you just waive or delay the requirement that you personally signed into law.

Doesn’t the ACA give the executive (the president) the power to alter the implementation schedule?

365 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:35:42pm

re: #335 RadicalModerate

Here’s the link to the profile of the user who uploaded the video:

liveleak.com

He’s located in Russia, and almost every video he’s posted is heavily slanted pro-Putin, including some attacking Human Rights Watch and the US in regards to Syria. Take this into consideration when judging the credibility of the assertations made in the video.

No surprise there. I think it’s also a safe assumption the “leaked” phone call was another Russian wire tap.

366 Bubblehead II  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:37:20pm

re: #353 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh…right on time for the childhood adventures in discovering electricity stories:

[Embedded content]

I got lucky and am able to joke about it. Others, not so much.

ELECTRICAL OUTLET SAFETY

In another study conducted in 1997, the CPSC found:
• 86 percent of the reported injuries involved children 1- to 4-years-old
• The highest frequency of home electrical injuries occurred at mealtimes
• The most commonly used foreign objects inserted into outlets were keys and hairpins

Like I said, The bullet missed me.

367 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 5:41:26pm

re: #364 wrenchwench

Doesn’t the ACA give the executive (the president) the power to alter the implementation schedule?

We had a bit of a bureaucratic game at HQDA. “Task me all you want, but if you don’t give me the time, manpower and funding, the priorities are mine.”

368 chadu  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 7:58:14pm

re: #210 GeneJockey

Yeah, but they’re also apparently REALLY STUPID racist bigoted freaks. I mean, calling Obama an effeminate Chicago Thug who’s masterminding a plot to overthrow our sovereignty while being too stupid to speak without a teleprompter is one thing, but bitching about bike helmets? That’s just total drooling moron stupid.

This word salad has incoherence AND dog whistles!

369 palomino  Wed, Mar 5, 2014 8:06:54pm

re: #316 Backwoods_Sleuth

Good for Dallas! A lot of people don’t realize that Houston was the first big city in American history to elect an openly gay mayor. She’s Annise Parker, she’s been in office 3 years, and she recently got married (but had to come to Cali to do it, since TX doesn’t even have civil unions, much less SSM.)

Anyway, these little things show that not all of TX is regressive. But I could never live there again. The weather is just horrendously hot and/or humid during the 6-month summers. No relief at night, either…hot all the fucking time.

370 De Kolta Chair  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 9:59:20am

Libido Shuffle @eclecticbrotha
@20committee @Gus_802 @Green_Footballs @bobcesca_go Breadnecked guys should not wish others to be dropping to the dead.

I lost count long ago how of many times I dropped to the Dead in the 70’s and 80’s.


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