1 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:37:18am

I’ll pass, thanks. : ) My blood pressure is already up.

2 Amory Blaine  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:38:08am

Reagan. Drink!

3 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:39:06am

Media Matters set this up just for CPAC

Mythopedia: Search the Dictionary of Conservative Lies

4 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:39:42am

All I see on the #CPAC2014 are spambots for some malware music download app.

5 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:42:39am

HURR HURR!!! BUT TEH DEMOCRATS WAS TEH RACISTS 50 YEARS AGO!!!!

6 Ryan King  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:42:40am

#CPAC2014drinkinggame

Reagan
liberty
freedom
Benghazi (Coors Light only)

7 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:43:19am
The annual gathering of white right wing men

Tea-ggalos?

8 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:43:41am

I really don’t think Pres O has been getting enough rest. What a lot on his plate lately.


Fuck you, Republicans.

9 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:43:56am

CPAC:
Crazy People And Confederates

10 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:44:05am

Conservative folk singer! Totally distorted vocal. There’s that vaunted right wing technical prowess.

11 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:44:07am

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR!!! BUT TEH DEMOCRATS WAS TEH RACISTS 50 YEARS AGO!!!!

[Embedded content]

Doesn’t help when you liken belonging to a political party to slavery you pathetic right wing dolt.

12 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:46:06am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Conservative folk singer! Totally distorted vocal. There’s that vaunted right wing technical prowess.

As I said downstairs, comedy and folk music are two venues that the right should stay away from.

13 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:46:20am
14 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:46:36am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Conservative folk singer! Totally distorted vocal. There’s that vaunted right wing technical prowess.

“Country” singer disguised as “folk” singer. Awful. What the hell is that beating the box thingy, anyway? Is he there in case she falls over?

15 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:47:45am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Conservative folk singer! Totally distorted vocal. There’s that vaunted right wing technical prowess.

THIS LAND AIN’T YOUR LAND
THIS LAND WAS MY LAND
NOW LAZY MOOCHERS
EAT OUTTA MY HAND
BUT I HAS A SHOT GUN
SO IF YOU ALSO GOT ONE
LET’S SHOOT THEM MOOCHERS, YESSIREE!

16 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:47:52am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Conservative folk singer! Totally distorted vocal. There’s that vaunted right wing technical prowess.

Maybe ‘volk singer’ would be more accurate. In the Slovene sense.

The word Volk means “people” or “nation” in German and “wolf” in Slovene.

17 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:48:05am
18 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:48:06am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Conservative folk singer! Totally distorted vocal. There’s that vaunted right wing technical prowess.

19 b.d.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:49:15am

What time does Putin speak at CPAC?

20 Amory Blaine  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:49:33am

re: #17 Charles Johnson

“Remember these?”

21 Skip Intro  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:50:18am

re: #12 HappyWarrior

As I said downstairs, comedy and folk music are two venues that the right should stay away from.

Don’t leave out governing, since that’s something else they have never been able to do.

22 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:50:34am

re: #15 Pie-onist Overlord

THIS LAND AIN’T YOUR LAND
THIS LAND WAS MY LAND
NOW LAZY MOOCHERS
EAT OUTTA MY HAND
BUT I HAS A SHOT GUN
SO IF YOU ALSO GOT ONE
LET’S SHOOT THEM MOOCHERS, YESSIREE!

WINGNUT ALCHEMY: If you give a moocher a gun, does he/she become a non-moocher or a gang-banger?

23 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:50:51am

re: #16 wrenchwench

Maybe ‘volk singer’ would be more accurate. In the Slovene sense.

Völkisch singer

24 Skip Intro  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:51:31am

re: #22 chadu

WINGNUT ALCHEMY: If you give a moocher a gun, does he/she become a non-moocher or a gang-banger?

I think it all depends on melanin.

25 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:51:50am

re: #14 Justanotherhuman

“Country” singer disguised as “folk” singer. Awful. What the hell is that beating the box thingy, anyway? Is he there in case she falls over?

That’s actually a real instrument, called a cajon.

26 Ryan King  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:54:16am

re: #25 Charles Johnson

That’s actually a real instrument, called a cajon.

Was it invented in El Cajon by a magnificent Spaniard?

27 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:55:23am

re: #22 chadu

WINGNUT ALCHEMY: If you give a moocher a gun, does he/she become a non-moocher or a gang-banger?

This made me think of ‘If You Give A Moose A Muffin’.

28 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:55:37am

WHERE HAVE ALL THE REAGANS GONE
LONG TIME PASSING
WHERE HAVE ALL THE REAGANS GONE
LONG TIME AGO
WHERE HAVE ALL THE REAGANS GONE
GONE TO RINOS EVERY ONE
WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN
WHEN WILL THEY GET OUT THEIR GUNS!

29 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:55:51am

They’re going to make sure 2008 doesn’t happen again.

Thank FSM for linearity.

30 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:56:14am

re: #24 Skip Intro

I think it all depends on melanin.

Ah, one of Colonel Jeezus Non-Juice Whiteguy’s 11 Secret Herbs & Spices!

31 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:56:33am

re: #27 GeneJockey

This made me think of ‘If You Give A Moose A Muffin’.

Youtube Video

Enjoy…

RBS

32 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:56:49am

re: #26 Ryan King

Was it invented in El Cajon by a magnificent Spaniard?

It’s from Peru.

33 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:57:01am

This land is my land,
your land is my land,
from California hippies to New York elites,
from Redwood timber to Gulf Stream oil rights,
Fuck you, this land was made for me….

34 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:57:28am

re: #27 GeneJockey

This made me think of ‘If You Give A Moose A Muffin’.

I ain’t bluffin’ with my muffin, because I’m not Lady Gaga.

35 Ryan King  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:57:31am

re: #32 Justanotherhuman

It’s from Peru.

I know/Wiki, I maka da punny.

36 b.d.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:58:36am

PLACE AN AMERICAN INSTRUMENT DAMMITT!!!!

37 Ryan King  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:59:07am
38 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:59:16am

Kinda bummed that I missed this possibly riveting CPAC discussion:

“Workshop: Vaccines vs. Leeches: Using Experiments to Win Hearts, Minds, and Elections” presented by Adam Schaeffer, Director of Research and Co-Founder, Evolving Strategies
“This session will train participants in designing, conducting, and analyzing field and lab experiments. It will include group exercises and numerous real-world examples.”

And, yes, this is listed on the real CPAC program.

39 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:59:49am

re: #32 Justanotherhuman

It’s from Peru.

Peru, Mexico?
/

40 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:00:38am

Bastards. Dems must win back the House.

41 Ryan King  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:00:54am

re: #39 Kragar

Peru, Mexico?
/

It takes cajones to talk about a cajon when not in El Cajon, gringo.

42 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:01:17am

re: #34 chadu

I ain’t bluffin’ with my muffin, because I’m not Lady Gaga.

Or am I?

*dun dun DUNNNNNN*

43 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:01:20am

Yay, Steve Pearce! Who may not actually be there yet. Gets his intro anyway. ‘Preemptively welcomed’.

44 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:02:04am
45 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:02:09am

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

Kinda bummed that I missed this possibly riveting CPAC discussion:

And, yes, this is listed on the real CPAC program.

Is this using leech therapy to counter whooping cough or something?

46 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:02:45am

re: #39 Kragar

Peru, Mexico?
/

Peru, IL?

47 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:03:05am

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

Kinda bummed that I missed this possibly riveting CPAC discussion:

And, yes, this is listed on the real CPAC program.

Maybe everyone there will volunteer and beg for the vaccine—after all, they are the leeches.

48 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:03:09am

re: #45 chadu

Is this using leech therapy to counter whooping cough or something?

To leech is to doubt Free Market Jesus.

49 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:03:11am

I’m so proud. NM is being represented by the Honorable Empty Chair! Where’s Clint Eastwood?

50 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:04:05am

Meanwhile, they can’t pan over to show the man speaking.

51 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:04:13am

I added the program above, by the way.

52 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:04:36am
Sarah Rainsford, BBC News in Kiev tweets: Gloomy mood on Independence Square amongst memorials and barricades: fears Crimea already lost; that government/world powerless to halt Russian ambitions
53 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:04:47am

re: #37 Ryan King

It would be awesome if I could ignore CPAC. But my senators and at least a few of my representatives are rubbing shoulders with all that crazy.

54 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:04:49am

I am amused by the Andrew Breitbart Award Defending the First Amendment that’s sponsored by Citizens United.

I’m even more amused by the fact they gave it to Mark Levin.

55 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:07:44am
56 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:09:23am

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR!!! BUT TEH DEMOCRATS WAS TEH RACISTS 50 YEARS AGO!!!!

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It was Democrats who attacked Fort Sumter, too.
In my experience, these kinds of anachronistic talking points, absurd to us, really do mean something to the GOP base. Their fundamentalist mindset involves finding a label, “Christian,” “husband,” “wife,” “athlete,” etc., defining it, then trying to conform to it. This is why they are so big on the “no true Scotsman” fallacy, if they do not repudiate part of their chosen label’s definition, they must live up to it themselves or find a new label. Living up to the label is all important. For example, they support trickle-down economics not because they think they really know enough to determine whether it is a good idea, but because they have heard that it is part and parcel of being a “conservative.”
They naturally expect (indeed, try to require) others to do likewise. If they can associate “racism” with “Democrat,” and current Democrats do not try to repudiate the facts of history with a “no true Scotsman” response, the association is considered valid. The timing does not matter at all since these are people who imagine that they base their own lives on conforming to labels shaped thousands of years ago. Democrats are therefore hypocrites or at least inconsistent for denying part of the identity to which they are putatively required to conform.

57 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:09:26am

re: #45 chadu

Is this using leech therapy to counter whooping cough or something?

I was thinking it could have been the conservative alternative to Obamacare…

58 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:09:45am


Ryan insisted that liberals were only offering people “a full stomach and an empty soul.”

He then told a story of a “young boy from a very poor family” who received free lunches at school “from a government program.”

“He didn’t want a free lunch,” Ryan insisted. “He wanted his own lunch, one in a brown paper bag, just like the other kids.”

“He wanted one, he said, because he knew a kid with a brown paper bag had someone who cared for him. This is what the left does not understand.”

Obviously the answer is to cut off Food Stamps.

Paul Ryan, you are a miserable waste of skin.

59 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:09:49am

A little break from the lunacy of CPAC with some inspired Japanese lunacy.

Have you considered the possibility of combining deathmetal with J-Pop?

No? The thought has never entered your mind?

Meet Babymetal.

Youtube Video

Yep. Thanks, Japan.

60 Ryan King  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:10:13am

re: #54 Lidane

I am amused by the Andrew Breitbart Award Defending the First Amendment that’s sponsored by Citizens United.

I’m even more amused by the fact they gave it to Mark Levin.

Wingnut Cubed awesomeness x Murica

61 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:10:18am

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I added the program above, by the way.

Notice how many times (and in different ways) they misspell “Honorable”.

62 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:11:02am

Handy gestural guide for watching CPAC speakers.

63 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:11:16am
64 iossarian  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:11:58am

re: #56 Shiplord Kirel

Very insightful.

65 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:12:30am
66 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:13:03am

Jack Conway favorited my tweet for my page about him.
Yay, me!

67 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:13:29am
68 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:13:47am

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I added the program above, by the way.

It didn’t load with Firefox, Charles.

69 freetoken  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:14:18am

re: #67 Charles Johnson

Cameras - how do they work?

70 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:15:09am

re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth

Really?

71 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:15:28am

re: #67 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

They could have them move over into the empty chair so they’d all fit. Better to cut off the black man than give up the empty chair saved for the white man.

72 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:15:55am

re: #58 Kragar

“He didn’t want a free lunch,” Ryan insisted. “He wanted his own lunch, one in a brown paper bag, just like the other kids.”

Hey, Paul, I want a pony, one in a stable, just like the other kids.

73 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:16:04am

re: #70 Bulworth

Really?

Not really. #CPACpanels is a parody hashtag.

74 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:16:06am

re: #67 Charles Johnson

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For what they’re probably paying the crew, they’re lucky the camera is pointing towards them at all.

75 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:16:39am

re: #58 Kragar

“He didn’t want a free lunch,” Ryan insisted. “He wanted his own lunch, one in a brown paper bag, just like the other kids.”

And that boy grew up to be… Harry S Truman. /paulharvey

76 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:16:52am

“NO TRUE DEMOCRAT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED JIM CROW!”
With any luck, no current Democrat would be stupid enough to say such a thing. Republicans somehow count this as a triumph of demonization, a real gotcha’ moment.

77 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:16:55am

re: #74 Kragar

For what they’re probably paying the crew, they’re lucky the camera is pointing towards them at all.

Camera is probably run by unpaid interns.

78 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:17:55am

re: #62 jaunte

[Embedded image]

Handy gestural guide for watching CPAC speakers.

What, is that like bingo or something?

79 freetoken  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:17:59am

2 minutes - that’s enough for me, for this year’s CPAC.

I’m off to do something more pleasant, like go to the dentist or something.

80 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:18:14am

re: #75 chadu

How does Paul Ryan know what that boy wanted? Who is that boy? Did the boy want to go hungry instead?

81 Zamb  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:18:21am

re: #58 Kragar

Poor people don’t love their children. That’s just science.

82 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:18:21am

re: #78 chadu

What, is that like bingo or something?

more like semaphores.

83 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:18:49am

re: #63 Charles Johnson

CPAN minority outreach panelists agree: they don’t need to change anything. Just “get their message out.” They’re doing a great job of that.

Has anyone mentioned that their message sucks, though?

Just asking questions.

84 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:19:04am

re: #80 Bulworth

How does Paul Ryan know what that boy wanted? Who is that boy? Did the boy want to go hungry instead?

Then Paul Ryan paused dramatically and proclaimed I WAS THAT RAGGED BOY!!!!

85 BongCrodny  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:19:13am

CPAC 2014: For the answer to the burning question, “Who will sit upon the Derp Throne?”

86 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:19:16am

re: #77 Backwoods_Sleuth

Camera is probably run by unpaid interns.

The free market at work.

87 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:19:21am

Conservatives Forgive Obama-Hugging Chris Christie at CPAC

88 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:20:10am

If you count the minutes, I bet the white guys are racking up more than the black guys. And one of the white guys is the moderator.

89 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:20:42am

re: #88 wrenchwench

Is this the “minority outreach” panel?

90 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:20:49am

re: #87 jaunte

Conservatives Forgive Obama-Hugging Chris Christie at CPAC

“You fucked over thousands of people just out of spite… WELCOME TO CPAC!”

91 BongCrodny  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:20:52am

re: #62 jaunte

[Embedded image]

Handy gestural guide for watching CPAC speakers.

The one with the arm extended, hand closed, middle finger pointed upwards appears to be missing.

92 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:21:06am

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

more like semaphores.

We used to make semaphores with Stay Puft marshmallows up at Lake Waconda.

93 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:21:27am

re: #91 BongCrodny

Some innovations have crept in since January 2009.

94 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:22:05am

re: #80 Bulworth

How does Paul Ryan know what that boy wanted? Who is that boy? Did the boy want to go hungry instead?

He knows that boy’s heart… because it’s sitting in a jar on his desk.

95 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:22:09am

re: #92 chadu

We used to make semaphores with Stay Puft marshmallows up at Lake Waconda.

and pieces of yoga mat…

96 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:22:50am

I wonder if Steve Pearce bailed to avoid the 3/2 white/black ratio. And to avoid appearing on a minority outreach panel without any Hispanics, which is what most of his non-white constituents are.

97 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:23:13am

re: #80 Bulworth

How does Paul Ryan know what that boy wanted? Who is that boy? Did the boy want to go hungry instead?

Of course, without it being in a brown paper bag, it was useless and embarassing and not at all hunger-satiating or nutritious.

Libtard.

98 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:23:26am

re: #89 Bulworth

Is this the “minority outreach” panel?

Yep. Where are the Hispanics?

99 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:24:32am

re: #94 chadu

If there are no snake-handling preachers at this CPAC the whole thing will have been a failure.

100 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:25:01am

re: #84 Pie-onist Overlord

Then Paul Ryan paused dramatically and proclaimed I WAS THAT RAGGED BOY!!!!

Paul Ryan was Harry S Truman?

That explains a lot…

…no, wait.

101 RadicalModerate  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:25:24am

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR!!! BUT TEH DEMOCRATS WAS TEH RACISTS 50 YEARS AGO!!!!

[Embedded content]

Let’s do some fact-checking on that infographic.

Who started the KKK?
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Confederate Lieutenant General and war criminal (Fort Pillow massacre). He held no political office during his lifetime, so there is no indication as to what party he belonged to.

Who supported the KKK?
Southern conservatives formerly with the Confederacy.
To make this point perfectly clear, the KKK-affiliated “White Citizens Councils” are now known as the “Council of Conservative Citizens”, and have not changed their racist views at all. Claiming they are associated at all with modern Democrats is pure fantasy.

Who created Jim Crow laws?
Southern conservatives known as “Dixiecrats”.
See “KKK” entry for further details

Who enforced them?
Southern governments and law enforcement under the guise of “States’ Rights” - which is still a favorite among the Tea Party Republicans.

Who arrested MLK?
Assuming this is directed toward his most famous arrest in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1963. The Commissioner of Public Safety who directed the arrest, the denial of King’s Constitutional rights during and after the arrest, as well as directing acts of violence toward African-American protestors was Eugene “Bull” Connor, a pro-segregationist “Dixiecrat” who ran for Governor several times in the 1940s-1950s. He also was responsible for the arrest of (former) progressive Democratic Vice President Henry Wallace on the charge of violating segregation laws.

Who opposed Civil Rights Legislation?
Who fought against the right of black Americans to vote?
Southern segregationist conservatives.
Here’s the actual voting record, broken down by party and geographic region.

Congressional vote on Civil Rights Act - by party and region

As a result of this vote and the one for the Voting Rights Acts - both of which membership of the Republican Party TODAY are fighting tooth and nail to repeal - Harry Dent, Jr, Pat Buchanan and Lee Atwater orchestrated the Southern Strategy to get Southern conservatives into the fold of the Republican Party. With the election of Ronald Reagan, this takeover of the party succeeded.

102 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:25:47am

re: #100 chadu

Paul Ryan was Harry S Truman?

That explains a lot…

…no, wait.

Zombie Harry S Truman would so rip out & eat Paul Ryan’s guts.

103 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:26:08am

The boy wanted a brown paper bag lunch prepared by a mom who stayed at home and took care of the household while the father supported the family on a full-time job.

And I want a unicorn that pisses rainbows

104 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:26:58am

re: #86 Kragar

The free market at work.

105 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:27:08am

re: #84 Pie-onist Overlord

Did Paul Ryan really claim to be that boy? Can he win the GOP prez nomination if he’s admitted to being a no-good welfare moocher?

//

106 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:27:39am

re: #101 RadicalModerate

Let’s do some fact-checking on that infographic.

>Who started the KKK?
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Confederate Lieutenant General and war criminal (Fort Pillow massacre). He held no political office during his lifetime, so there is no indication as to what party he belonged to.

>Who supported the KKK?
Southern conservatives formerly with the Confederacy.
To make this point perfectly clear, the KKK-affiliated “White Citizens Councils” are now known as the “Council of Conservative Citizens”, and have not changed their racist views at all. Claiming they are associated at all with modern Democrats is pure fantasy.

>Who created Jim Crow laws?
Southern conservatives known as “Dixiecrats”.
See “KKK” entry for further details

>Who enforced them?
Southern governments and law enforcement under the guise of “States’ Rights” - which is still a favorite among the Tea Party Republicans.

>Who arrested MLK?
Assuming this is directed toward his most famous arrest in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1963. The Commissioner of Public Safety who directed the arrest, the denial of King’s Constitutional rights during and after the arrest, as well as directing acts of violence toward African-American protestors was Eugene “Bull” Connor, a pro-segregationist “Dixiecrat” who ran for Governor several times in the 1940s-1950s. He also was responsible for the arrest of (former) progressive Democratic Vice President Henry Wallace on the charge of violating segregation laws.

>Who opposed Civil Rights Legislation?
>Who fought against the right of black Americans to vote?
Southern segregationist conservatives.
Here’s the actual voting record, broken down by party and geographic region.

Congressional vote on Civil Rights Act - by party and region

As a result of this vote and the one for the Voting Rights Acts - both of which membership of the Republican Party TODAY are fighting tooth and nail to repeal - Harry Dent, Jr, Pat Buchanan and Lee Atwater orchestrated the Southern Strategy to get Southern conservatives into the fold of the Republican Party. With the election of Ronald Reagan, this takeover of the party succeeded.

You used more than 140 chars to explain that. YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT INTO A MEME!!!!

107 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:28:18am
108 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:28:29am

re: #58 Kragar

Obviously the answer is to cut off Food Stamps.

Paul Ryan, you are a miserable waste of skin.

So the Zombie Eyed Granny Starver is now the Zombie Eyed Child Starver.

Seems legit.

109 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:28:33am

re: #99 Bulworth

If there are no snake-handling preachers at this CPAC the whole thing will have been a failure.

Oh, there is gonna be some snake handling going on.

110 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:29:16am
111 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:29:31am

re: #101 RadicalModerate

Page this?

Pretty please?

112 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:30:29am
113 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:30:42am

re: #103 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The boy wanted a brown paper bag lunch prepared by a mom who stayed at home and took care of the household while the father supported the family on a full-time job.

And I want a unicorn that pisses rainbows

All we got are rainbow-farters, chief.

Still want one?

(Take into account that all the other kids have rainbow-pissers.)

114 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:31:34am

Might not work to keep referring to ‘non-traditional voters’ during the minority outreach panel discussion.

115 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:31:47am

re: #105 Bulworth

Did Paul Ryan really claim to be that boy? Can he win the GOP prez nomination if he’s admitted to being a no-good welfare moocher?

//

No //, he’s proud of having been a moocher who now wants to kill the mooch-system, because “fuck you, I got mine.”

116 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:34:00am

re: #106 Pie-onist Overlord

You used more than 140 chars to explain that. YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT INTO A MEME!!!!

Nope, not that one.

117 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:34:07am

re: #113 chadu

All we got are rainbow-farters, chief.

Still want one?

(Take into account that all the other kids have rainbow-pissers.)

YOU DON’T LOVE ME!

118 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:35:38am

CPAC minority outreach panel: “Democrats go into minority communities and give them free stuff. How can we compete with that?”

119 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:35:55am

I can understand the conservative mindset, the desire to keep the unknown and the unfamiliar at bay, to be suspicious of change in favor of the tried and true.

For example, in the rural California town where I grew up, everyone’s dad was either a Ford guy or a Chevy guy. Oh, there were a few exceptions: The odd crank, like the scary old fart with the deer heads and the reloading gear, would have a Dodge. The local fatcats had their own high dollar version of the Ford/Chevy divide, with Lincolns and Cadillacs. Once in a while one of the real oddballs, like the high school drama teacher, would show up with a Volkswagen or some communistic contraption like a Renault. Generally though the Ford/Chevy line held for ordinary people. My dad was a Chevy guy, so I became a Chevy guy too. The thing is, this preference persisted for decades, pretty much unconsciously, and I feel twinges of it to this day, even with all the other cars I have owned.
Change is the norm today, has been for a long time. Those who fear it viscerally are likely to be very fearful indeed. It is obvious how the unscrupulous and greedy can exploit this fear.

120 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:36:14am
121 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:36:22am

re: #117 Kragar

YOU DON’T LOVE ME!

122 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:36:41am

re: #118 Charles Johnson

CPAC minority outreach panel: “Democrats go into minority communities and give them free stuff. How can we compete with that?”

1) Stop lying about “free stuff”
2) Stop being utter and complete dicks.

123 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:37:01am
124 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:37:06am
125 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:38:09am
126 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:38:17am

re: #118 Charles Johnson

CPAC minority outreach panel: “Democrats go into minority communities and give them free stuff. How can we compete with that?”

You could try not being bigoted dicks. Is that really so hard conservatives? Bush got 40% of the Hispanic vote by simply treating them like human beings. Imagine how you’d do if you actually looked at issues important to minority communities but no keep on blah blahing about “free stuff” and likening the fact that Black people support Democrats to chattel slavery, it’s a total winner!

127 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:38:36am

re: #122 Kragar

1) Stop lying about “free stuff”
2) Stop being utter and complete dicks.

Seriously. It’s not rocket science.

128 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:39:02am

re: #124 Lidane

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“He’s a witch! Burn him!”

129 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:39:09am

re: #120 Charles Johnson

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I dare Norman Bates to pull back the curtain… /T-Rex

130 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:39:11am

It’s really pretty sad to hear these black panelists trying desperately to counter that “minorities want free stuff” crap. Good luck, guys. This is a core tenet of right wing thought. It’s how they make excuses for losing minority votes.

131 freetoken  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:39:41am

re: #130 Charles Johnson

They are all God-talkers. Creationists, all of them.

132 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:39:44am

re: #126 HappyWarrior

You could try not being bigoted dicks. Is that really so hard conservatives?

Yes.

133 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:39:47am

re: #124 Lidane

Isn’t Gillespie running for US Senate in VA? Please proceed….

134 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:39:50am

The guy in the cowboy boots is the urban expert?

Maybe that’s why Pearce didn’t show, his boots weren’t as nice.

135 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:40:31am

re: #124 Lidane

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It’s about time someone actually calls that shit out. No one does want to be dependent. What the RWNJs at CPAC don’t understand is going on welfare, applying for food stamps, etc are desperate measures. Honestly fewer people would be on them if we increased the minimum wage but shocker the good conservatives at CPAC hate that idea too.

136 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:41:01am

re: #127 HappyWarrior

Seriously. It’s not rocket science.

Um, I’m confused.

1) Stop lying? Is that even possible?
2) I think I really need to have #1 explained to me before I move onto #2.

138 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:41:44am

re: #133 Bulworth

Isn’t Gillespie running for US Senate in VA? Please proceed….

Yeah against our very popular former governor. Mark Warner’s going ot make Ed Gillespie wished he had never even considered running for office. To put things in perspective, Warner beat a former governor in his first election by well over 20%. It wouldn’t shock me if Ed lost by the same margin and this will be a non-presidential year so turnout will be down and favoring Ed.

139 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:42:31am

re: #130 Charles Johnson

It’s really pretty sad to hear these black panelists trying desperately to counter that “minorities want free stuff” crap. Good luck, guys. This is a core tenet of right wing thought. It’s how they make excuses for losing minority votes.

“Well, you don’t know how minorities think.”

“I’m black, Steve.”

“I’m color-blind to racism, I didn’t even notice!”

140 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:43:06am

VLADPAC

Oh look…Vlad made it…live from Russia…and just in time!

: )

141 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:44:12am
142 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:44:41am

Good luck with that:

143 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:46:13am
144 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:46:18am
145 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:47:15am
146 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:47:47am

re: #142 Lidane

Good luck with that:

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Bernie when they hear you’re a self described socialist, they’ll hate you even more than they do Obama.

147 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:48:29am

re: #144 jaunte

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And Boehner (Toto) needs to stop being their lapdog.

148 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:48:30am

Oh boy. Wayne LaPierre. Get ready for a mega-dose of weird paranoia.

149 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:49:02am

Wayne LaPierre comes on to ‘The Power of Love’.

I think I need to fix bikes now.

150 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:49:13am

re: #141 Pie-onist Overlord

Ted Cruz graduated from the Second Baptist School of Fake Preacher Sincerity.

151 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:49:22am

The Gun Fuckers are up now.

152 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:49:44am

re: #149 wrenchwench

Wayne LaPierre comes on to ‘The Power of Love’.

I think I need to fix bikes now.

What’s next, Pat Robertson coming out to Judy is a punk?

153 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:49:57am

Which would go over better at CPAC:

1. Despite Obama’s obstructionism, sales of Electric Boots* are up 50%!

2. Because of Obama’s obstructionism, sales of Electric Boots* are down 50%!

* Mohair suit free with validated proof-of-purchase.

154 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:50:12am
155 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:50:22am
156 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:50:24am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

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This. Add to that the insult inherent in saying black people are ‘stuck on the Democratic plantation’, which suggests the vast majority of black people are too stupid and venal to do more than just what they’re told to do.

And they wonder why it is that a) they don’t get more minority votes, and b) people say they’re racist.

157 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:50:30am

re: #121 chadu

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Youtube Video

158 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:51:17am

re: #142 Lidane

Good luck with that:

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159 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:51:24am
160 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:51:31am
161 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:51:31am

Re: CPAC. Must be nice to sit around all day on a weekday listening to idiots smear our President. Don’t these “people” have jobs?

162 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:51:41am
163 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:52:03am

re: #154 Lidane

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I think that tells the story along with the usual bs about free stuff. Conservatives don’t think racial minority outreach should be done or the few that do think it should be done do it with condescending bullshit about minorities wanting free stuff and that’s why they vote Democratic. There’s no self awareness about what conservatives have done to get themselves a negative image in minority communities. They just think they can have these stupid memes where they point out that the Dems were a white supremacist party generations ago and ignore the fact that while the Democratic party evolved positively on racial issues, the Republican Party went looking for Strom Thurmond and George Wallace’s base.

164 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:52:20am

re: #161 Dr. Matt

Re: CPAC. Must be nice to sit around all day on a weekday listening to idiots smear our President. Don’t these “people” have jobs?

That seems to be their job. Been going on for a little over 5 years…

165 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:52:28am

re: #144 jaunte

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166 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:53:09am

re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And that is why you will never even sniff the minority vote conservatives. You can think abortion is wrong and should be reduced without cheapening the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow. Fucking assholes.

167 lockjawcanbefun  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:53:23am

Wayne’s speech would be much shorter if he just yelled out “Yay! Guns!” and fired repeatedly in the air ala Yosemite Sam.

168 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:53:30am
169 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:53:39am

re: #165 Dark_Falcon

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I thought you didn’t like Cruz, Paul, and Palin?

170 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:54:09am

re: #167 lockjawcanbefun

Wayne’s speech would be much shorter if he just yelled out “Yay! Guns!” and fired repeatedly in the air ala Yosemite Sam.

Wait that’s not Yosemite Sam speaking there? Damn I thought Mel Blanc had been brought to life for this one occasion.

171 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:54:11am
172 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:54:43am

re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord

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Really is that why you treat guns like sex toys NRA?

173 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:54:44am

re: #168 Charles Johnson

LaPierre: “We know something has gone wrong. That’s why more & more Americans are buying firearms and ammunition.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014

Yes, it’s called paranoia.

174 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:55:10am

re: #165 Dark_Falcon

You DO remember that the Wicked Witch of the East is the one that dies when Dorothy’s house lands on her, right?

175 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:55:14am

re: #173 Dr. Matt

Yes, it’s called paranoia.

176 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:55:42am

re: #151 Pie-onist Overlord

The Gun Fuckers are up now.

QuickHipster: Gun Fuckers; openedfor= Butthole Surfers; venue= the Roxy; hit= “Slide and Cock”; shit=tight.

177 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:56:03am

re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord

Funny. All my friends with kids seem to be able to post Facebook photos of them taking their kids to the park. Plenty of smiles all around.

178 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:56:33am
179 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:56:36am

re: #174 Lidane

You DO remember that the Wicked Witch of the East is the one that dies when Dorothy’s house lands on her, right?

Yeah, but the only thing I’d want crushed is her presidential campaign in 2016. I don’t wish her any harm personally.

180 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:56:58am

Regarding that stopped YouTube image in #141. Is it just me, or does Ted Cruz look like he is either a burgeoning cross dresser or wearing a metric ton of stage makeup?

Maybe it is his coming out party or something.

181 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:57:17am

re: #167 lockjawcanbefun

Wayne’s speech would be much shorter if he just yelled out “Yay! Guns!” and fired repeatedly in the air ala Yosemite Sam.

He has to pad it to get his million dollars a year.

182 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:57:25am

WAYNE CRIES: HURR HURR TEH LIBRUL MEDIA PLAYS VIDEOS OF ME AND MAKES ME LOOK LIKE SOME WHACKO!!!!!

183 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:57:29am
184 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:18am

Designated enemy.

185 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:22am
186 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:43am
187 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:51am
188 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:59:16am

Wow. LaPierre just went into the most paranoid rant I think I’ve ever heard.

189 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:59:16am
190 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:59:42am
191 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:00:08pm

re: #167 lockjawcanbefun

Wayne’s speech would be much shorter if he just yelled out “Yay! Guns!” and fired repeatedly in the air ala Yosemite Sam.

But the folks in the audience paid their two-bits to see him jump, so jump Wayne…jump!

192 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:00:11pm
LaPierre: “We know something has gone wrong right. That’s why more & more Americans are buying firearms and ammunition. And we think that’s totally awesome. Ka-ching! ”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014

fxd that

193 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:00:19pm

Wait was that a parody account I just embedded?

194 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:01:21pm

Time to break this out again:

The NRA Reveals Who’s to Blame for Ammo Shortage: You

195 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:01:27pm

re: #168 Charles Johnson

LaPierre: “We know something has gone wrong. That’s why more & more Americans are buying firearms and ammunition.”

Yeah. What’s gone wrong is that there’s been an epidemic of scared, stupid people.

196 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:01:28pm

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

“Yeah, and some of our well-armed families shoot each other dead, or leave their gunz out for their kids to shoot other kids. But it’s all good. Freedom. “

197 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:01:36pm

re: #193 Pie-onist Overlord

Wait was that a parody account I just embedded?

No, it’s a verified account, which parody accounts never are.

198 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:02:35pm

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

Pierre (the name sounds awfully French by the way) must watch a lot of zombie-apocalypse movies.

199 b.d.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:03:09pm

What is it with egos and guys named Pierre?

201 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:03:54pm

re: #168 Charles Johnson

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wait…I thought Homeland Security was buying up all the ammo?
I haz a confusion…

202 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:03:56pm

Wayne…what happens when some of us want protected from the NRA???

203 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:04:20pm

re: #202 ObserverArt

Wayne…what happens when some of us want protected from the NRA???

Why do you hate freedom?

204 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:04:48pm

Because the Secretary of State flying to Kiev in the middle of the Ukraine crisis is totally just sitting around drinking wine:

205 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:05:23pm

Shorter LaPierre:

206 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:05:33pm

FEAR THE CLINTON!!!

207 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:05:48pm

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

Because we live in a country with no police, no more prisons so the criminals are running amock, and the SuperFlu which has killed almost everyone except for The Walking Dude and that guy who sings Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?

208 RadicalModerate  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:06:10pm

re: #111 chadu

Page this?

Pretty please?

Done.

I’ve also included some additional links to relevant articles on each of the points.

209 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:06:15pm

What a rip off from the 4th of July. Couldn’t he find something a little more original.

210 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:06:28pm

re: #207 Bulworth

Because we live in a country with no police, no more prisons so the criminals are running amock, and the SuperFlu which has killed almost everyone except for The Walking Dude and that guy who sings Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?

Well, he is a righteous man.

211 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:07:40pm

re: #197 Dark_Falcon

Hey Dark, in between jokes about how Hillary Clinton is an evil witch, maybe you could reread the source that led you to say something false about Debo Adegbile—or hell, if you don’t have the time, just name your damn source and I’ll read it for you.

I know you’ve already conceded that one of the allegations you made was fabricated—weirdly, you didn’t show the least contrition for having said it—but there’s still another allegation.

To remind you, here was your claim:

But he has continued to shout Abu-Jamal is innocent long after it has become utterly certain that Abu-Jamal is guilty. Moreover, he indulged in baseless speculation and accusation about conspiracies to frame his client, which served no purpose save to fan anti-police sentiments.

212 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:07:45pm

re: #206 ObserverArt

FEAR THE CLINTON!!!

WaPo poll says definitely 25%.

213 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:07:49pm

When does George Zimmerman speak?

214 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:08:58pm

re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord

“We fear for the safety of our families,it’s why neighborhood streets … once filled with laughter, now sit empty & silent.”

And yet violent crime of the sort that they obsessively worry about is greatly reduced compared to where it was in The Good Old Days when, say, Ronnie Raygun was President

215 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:09:19pm

House voted 385-23 to send aid to Ukraine. The 23? All GOPers, plus 15 GOP NVs and 8 D NVs.

216 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:09:52pm

re: #204 Lidane

Because the Secretary of State flying to Kiev in the middle of the Ukraine crisis is totally just sitting around drinking wine:

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Isn’t this the same guy who fell for the Abortioncomplex story? Yeah he knows what’s going on with our diplomats. Moron.

217 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:10:04pm

re: #171 Pie-onist Overlord

OFFS

218 lockjawcanbefun  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:10:15pm

Bumper music courtesy of an AM radio station from 200 miles away.

219 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:10:31pm

re: #215 lawhawk

House voted 385-23 to send aid to Ukraine. The 23? All GOPers, plus 15 GOP NVs and 8 D NVs.

Are those 23 part of the teaparty cult wing?

220 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:10:42pm

LaPierre is French for the dick. A fitting name for Wayne.

221 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:11:30pm

re: #204 Lidane

Seriously, Kerry has been busy, one of the most active SoS’s I can remember.

222 dog philosopher  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:11:45pm

Annual Conference Of Strenuously Denying The Obvious

“who do you believe - me or your own eyes?”

223 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:11:46pm

Somebody Is Stealing Children To Put In Paul Ryan Speeches!

Ryan’s paper bag shpiel appears to have come out of a book called The Invisible Thread.

224 gwangung  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:12:21pm

re: #163 HappyWarrior

I think that tells the story along with the usual bs about free stuff. Conservatives don’t think racial minority outreach should be done or the few that do think it should be done do it with condescending bullshit about minorities wanting free stuff and that’s why they vote Democratic. There’s no self awareness about what conservatives have done to get themselves a negative image in minority communities. They just think they can have these stupid memes where they point out that the Dems were a white supremacist party generations ago and ignore the fact that while the Democratic party evolved positively on racial issues, the Republican Party went looking for Strom Thurmond and George Wallace’s base.

Pretty much. In the early 90s, the Asian American population in Washington state was 50/50 Dem/Rep. There were equal number of Asian American elected officials for both parties. And the state Dem. leader then put his foot into it by referring to some Asian American delegates as “them stupid Japs.”
Talk about being served up with the perfect opportunity on a platter.

The state Republican party DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WITH THIS. No increased effort. No grooming of potential candidates. No outreach to Washington Asian Americans.

And now the state Asian American population is solidly Democratic (at least 63/37) and elected officials are heavily Democratic.

225 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:12:26pm
226 The Mountain That Blogs  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:12:36pm

re: #219 Dr. Matt

Yup. Amash, Stockman, GOHMERT!, Yoho, Broun, DesJarlais…all there.

clerk.house.gov

227 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:13:18pm
228 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:14:09pm
229 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:14:10pm
230 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:14:16pm

DONALD TRUMP NOW?

Meanwhile the CPAC2014 Twitter feed is totally unreadable, completely swarmed with spambots for some malware music app.

231 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:14:45pm

re: #223 The Ghost of a Flea

Damn teabagging congresscritters can’t even get their plagiarism right.

232 lockjawcanbefun  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:14:59pm

“This audience would riot if they saw K.C. and the Sunshine Band!” - MST#K - Angel’s Revenge

233 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:15:02pm

re: #211 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Seriously, back off.

234 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:15:17pm
235 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:15:22pm

re: #228 Charles Johnson

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Is there an overhead shot of the weave? I might look at that. : )

236 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:15:30pm

re: #228 Charles Johnson

You can’t make this stuff up.

237 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:15:31pm

Maduro decides to stop baying the bills
Venezuela Suspends Debt Repayment to Panama

238 gwangung  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:15:44pm

re: #233 Dark_Falcon

Seriously, back off.

Why? Not comfortable with your laziness exposed?

You know, there is nothing wrong with saying “I was wrong.” Or “here’s the source.”

239 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:16:03pm

listen to Donald and kill some brain cells. Drink a beer and kill some brain cells. decisions decisions.

240 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:16:24pm
241 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:16:40pm
242 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:17:23pm

Two words for Trump: yuge fraud.

243 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:17:29pm

re: #223 The Ghost of a Flea

Somebody Is Stealing Children To Put In Paul Ryan Speeches!

Ryan’s paper bag shpiel appears to have come out of a book called The Invisible Thread.

The story has a grain of truth in it, kids want to feel loved and kids want to fit in with their peers. If everyone at school brought watercress sandwiches in vintage Jetsons lunchboxes that’s what he’d want too.
What that has to do with not offering kids who don’t have enough to eat a free meal at school escapes me.

244 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:17:32pm

I thought this was settled at least 75 years ago.
Note left for female pilot: Cockpit ‘no place for a woman’

“The cockpit of an airliner is no place for a woman,” began the note scrawled on a napkin and left behind by a passenger on a recent WestJet flight from Calgary to Victoria, B.C.

“Were (sic) short mothers, not pilots” continued the note, signed by “David,” and also referenced a biblical verse. The passenger wrote he wished the airline would tell him when “a fair lady is at the helm” so he can be sure to “book another flight.”

The plane’s pilot, Carey Steacy, shared the note on her Facebook page with a response that said, in part, “I have heard many comments from people throughout my 17 year career as a pilot. Most of them positive… You were more than welcome to deplane when you heard I was a ‘fair lady.’”

245 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:18:14pm

re: #244 Shiplord Kirel

I thought this was settled at least 75 years ago.
Note left for female pilot: Cockpit ‘no place for a woman’

She should have offered to let him fly the plane if it meant that much to him.

246 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:18:16pm

Jimmy Carter is not dead.

247 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:18:34pm

re: #231 Bulworth

Damn teabagging congresscritters can’t even get their plagiarism right.

Paul Ryan, misrepresenting the message of a story, and not citing the anecdote source.

This is my shocked face.

No, really.

248 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:18:35pm

re: #241 Charles Johnson

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Only Democrats can disrespect the flag. Republican’s wrap themselves in it.

249 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:18:47pm
250 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:19:01pm

re: #245 Lidane

She should have offered to let him fly the plane if it meant that much to him.

Alone.

251 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:19:04pm

re: #228 Charles Johnson

252 b.d.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:19:05pm

re: #241 Charles Johnson

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United States Flag Code

The flag should not be used as “wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery”, or for covering a speaker’s desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general (exception for coffins). Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.[6]

en.wikipedia.org

253 CuriousLurker  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:19:12pm

OT: Sorry for butting in and going off topic, but I ran across an investigative journalist (now deceased) whose books looked interesting—Robert I. Friedman. He seems to be very well regarded, so I just wanted to run his name by you guys and see what you had to say, if anything.

Here are a couple of links about him & his career:

Fund For Investigative Journalism: Robert I. Friedman Award

Village Voice: Inconvenient Truth

I do realize that the world has moved on since he died in 2002, and much may have changed since the publication of his earlier works, but I’m intrigued nonetheless. Anyone care to give me their $0.02?

254 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:19:21pm

They took are JRRRRBZ!

255 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:19:32pm

Vital status is a liberal bias.

256 dog philosopher  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:19:52pm

James Taranto has fun ridiculing Dana Milbank’s silly argument that Republicans are being oxymoronic criticism of Obama as being a tyrant in domestic policy and weak in foreign policy as if one could not be both:

“It seems to us it’s quite possible for a president to be feckless on the world stage but strong at home—Lyndon Johnson comes to mind. Or, for that matter, to be tough in foreign policy while getting rolled by domestic adversaries (George H.W. Bush). “

lyndon johnson not aggressive in international policy? h.w. taking strong international actions?

???

257 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:20:06pm

re: #251 lawhawk

Continuing to invite people like Trump makes me think these CPAC’ers aren’t even trying.

258 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:20:22pm

re: #248 ObserverArt

Only Democrats can disrespect the flag. Republican’s wrap themselves their nether regions in it.

Fixed.

259 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:20:34pm

re: #245 Lidane

She should have offered to let him fly the plane if it meant that much to him.

Hand him a parachute and tell him “There’s the Door!”

260 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:20:43pm

re: #232 lockjawcanbefun

“This audience would riot if they saw K.C. and the Sunshine Band!” - MST#K - Angel’s Revenge

I buffed my love once. I never shined it.

261 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:20:56pm

re: #234 Lidane

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Are you fucking kidding me?

Let’s think about this - they’re asking whether a guy who is now in his ACTUAL 3rd term, who is essentially an ACTUAL dictator, is better than a guy they SAY is essentially a dictator who is secretly trying to clear the way for a 3rd term?

Putin IS everything they SAY Obama is.

262 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:21:00pm

re: #255 Dr. Matt

Vital status is a liberal bias.

There is no justice in a world where Jimmy Carter is alive and Andrew Breitbart is dead.

/

263 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:21:01pm

“It seems to us”

Wait, I think I see the problem…..

264 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:21:03pm
265 dog philosopher  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:21:11pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

“Maybe Obama will surpass the late great Jimmy Carter.”

broker a peace treaty even more important than the egypt-israeli accords?

266 iossarian  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:21:13pm

re: #252 b.d.

United States Flag Code

en.wikipedia.org

Conservatives don’t give a shit about your pansy-ass liberal “flag code”, whatever that is.

267 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:22:34pm

Is he actually praising Putin for invading Ukrain?

268 iossarian  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:22:35pm

re: #261 GeneJockey

Putin IS everything they SAY Obama is.

Details, details. Just lie back and think of bare-chested romps through the snowy tundra.

269 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:23:04pm

re: #262 wrenchwench

There is no justice in a world where Jimmy Carter is alive and Andrew Breitbart is dead.

/

Speaking of which, do they have any special ceremonies at CPAC for Breitbart since the anniversary of his assassination death was just 6 days ago?

270 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:23:16pm

re: #264 Dr. Matt

So Norma hates Social Security, Medicare. Half the teabag patriots membership lists depends on those programs. Good to know.

271 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:23:50pm

re: #233 Dark_Falcon

Seriously, back off.

I don’t even know what this is supposed to mean.

You made serious allegations about a guy who, from all appearances, is a good, decent man who’s done a lot to fight for civil rights. You’ve already admitted that one of these allegations was a fabrication. You offered as a ‘source’ a disgusting article that acts as though defending the VRA was a negative thing and blames minority loans for the housing market crash.

The decent thing to do is to not make outlandish claims in the first place. Having done so, the decent thing to do is to cop to them, to acknowledge the mistake or error in judgement or whatever the fuck you want to call it. Trying to just pretend you didn’t say the shit you said is just baffling, though sadly typical of the modern-day GOP.

Take some personal responsibility.

272 Pie-onist Overlord  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:24:08pm

re: #264 Dr. Matt

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So who’s running their businesses while they goof off at CPAC? The employees they pay minimum wage?

273 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:24:36pm
274 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:24:53pm

re: #264 Dr. Matt

The business is hate. And Hate is good.

275 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:25:05pm

re: #272 Pie-onist Overlord

So who’s running their businesses while they goof off at CPAC? The employees they pay minimum wage?

Or did they just close up, idling workers who depend on their wages for stuff like food and shelter?

276 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:25:41pm

re: #273 Charles Johnson

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So wait, he’s now in the Blame Bush camp for the mistakes made? Or that Obama decided to follow Bush’s lead and not seize the oil?

What an asshat.

277 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:25:47pm

re: #273 Charles Johnson

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Because that is how capitalism and democracies do things.

278 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:25:58pm

Because AMERICA FUCK YEAH! that’s why.

279 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:26:03pm

re: #257 Bulworth

Continuing to invite people like Trump makes me think these CPAC’ers aren’t even trying.

Sadly, it’s the best they can do.

280 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:26:25pm

There’s a picture going around Twitters of a room of empty-seats at CPAC where the minority outreach panel is supposedly meeting. Pretty funny if true.

281 wrenchwench  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:26:26pm

re: #269 Dr. Matt

Speaking of which, do they have any special ceremonies at CPAC for Breitbart since the anniversary of his assassination death was just 6 days ago?

They gave out an award in his name, and they showed a movie with him in it, but it was not an ‘official’ CPAC event.

282 iossarian  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:26:26pm

re: #277 Kragar

Because that is how capitalism and democracies do things.

Yeah, but if you mention that in the context of Ukraine you’re aiding and abetting Putin something something.

283 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:27:13pm

re: #271 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I don’t even know what this is supposed to mean.

You made serious allegations about a guy who, from all appearances, is a good, decent man who’s done a lot to fight for civil rights. You’ve already admitted that one of these allegations was a fabrication. You offered as a ‘source’ a disgusting article that acts as though defending the VRA was a negative thing and blames minority loans for the housing market crash.

The decent thing to do is to not make outlandish claims in the first place. Having done so, the decent thing to do is to cop to them, to acknowledge the mistake or error in judgement or whatever the fuck you want to call it. Trying to just pretend you didn’t say the shit you said is just baffling, though sadly typical of the modern-day GOP.

Take some personal responsibility.

Isn’t that one of the tenets of the Grand Ol’ Party?

/

284 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:27:57pm
285 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:28:22pm

re: #228 Charles Johnson

Kinda funny that he’s making fun of a teleprompter when his so-called reality tv show is scripted to encourage fights, conflict, and tv moments, which are further edited to within an inch of its existence.

286 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:28:45pm

re: #264 Dr. Matt

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So, wait - you are either a business owner, or part of the cradle-to-grave welfare class? That seems kind of…(wait for it)…black and white.
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Seriously, though. I thought I read somewhere that Eric Cantor made a speech acknowledging that the GOP needed to understand that most of us do not and will not own our own businesses, that not being a business owner did not make one an inferior human being, etc.

I guess that went the way of Rebranding and the Outreach to Minorities and Women.

287 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:28:47pm
288 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:29:17pm
289 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:29:47pm

He’s a deep thinker, y’all:

290 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:30:04pm

re: #273 Charles Johnson

Wouldn’t that be W Bush’s “fault” for not doing so? /

291 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:30:36pm

Hahaha. Trump apparently threw shade at Marco Rubio over immigration.

Isn’t Rubio at CPAC today?

292 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:31:47pm

Meanwhile, in place outside of Crazyland…

293 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:31:54pm
294 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:31:56pm

Well he said/implied something intelligent. Ryan is an idiot.

295 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:32:06pm

re: #289 Lidane

You can’t explain that!

296 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:34:16pm
297 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:34:53pm

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

SRSLY? 4REALZ?

298 Ian G.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:35:24pm

‘afternoon, Lizards. So just reviewing the comments about CPAC, I get the following:

Wayne LaPierre is a pathetic coward, as are many (most?) NRA members. He’d shit his pants if he walked through my (safe, relatively affluent) neighborhood, given that minorities live there.

Donald Trump gives the kind of advice you’d expect from a reality TV buffoon who made his money the old fashioned way: inheriting it from dad. Maybe they should try Kim Kardashian next year.

299 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:35:41pm

Remind me again who instituted massive tax cuts then started two wars?

300 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:37:30pm

My cat is losing her freaking mind over the snow.

301 aagcobb  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:37:50pm

re: #293 Charles Johnson

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I have been pointing out to wingnuts that you can’t believe that America is exceptional and that America is teetering on the verge of collapse at the same time.

302 CuriousLurker  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:38:07pm

re: #253 CuriousLurker

Okay, since no one is shouting warnings about Mr. Friedman having been some sort of lunatic, I’m going to assume the silence means he was legit.

Enjoy the CPAC freak show. Later, lizards…

303 gwangung  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:38:57pm

re: #299 Lidane

Remind me again who instituted massive tax cuts then started two wars?

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And who’s had the lowest growth in federal spending over the last six or seven presidents?

304 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:39:42pm

re: #277 Kragar

Because that is how capitalism and democracies do things.

If it worked for the British and French Empires, who are we to question?

They’re both going strong, after all.

305 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:39:54pm

re: #301 aagcobb

I have been pointing out to wingnuts that you can’t believe that America is exceptional and that America is teetering on the verge of collapse at the same time.

Yeah, but the exceptional part refers to Real ‘Muricans, not liberals and stuff. Our national purity is at risk from…Oh. Wait. I may not want to go down that particular road.

306 Chrysicat  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:41:41pm

Even one of the MSNBC guests is saying that if you represent a killer on appeal, your career should be capped and you kept out of government permanently. And apparently he’s a congressman.

307 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:42:35pm

I know I’m from a different generation entirely, but is this really a thing? Evidently, in NJ, you’re not totally “emancipated” when you turn 18.

NJ teen loses first legal battle suing parents for education

chicagotribune.com

I’ve supported myself since I was 17, and earned my own spending money years before that.

308 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:42:49pm

re: #306 Chrysicat

Even one of the MSNBC guests is saying that if you represent a killer on appeal, your career should be capped and you kept out of government permanently. And apparently he’s a congressman.

So he thinks Justice Roberts should have been denied the Supreme Court.

309 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:43:42pm
310 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:43:52pm

re: #223 The Ghost of a Flea

Somebody Is Stealing Children To Put In Paul Ryan Speeches!

Ryan’s paper bag shpiel appears to have come out of a book called The Invisible Thread.

311 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:43:53pm

re: #306 Chrysicat

None dare call it political correctness.

312 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:44:32pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

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They’re both looney tunes, IMHO.

313 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:47:06pm


The person making that obscene comparison? The head of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton.

314 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:47:11pm

re: #301 aagcobb

I have been pointing out to wingnuts that you can’t believe that America is exceptional and that America is teetering on the verge of collapse at the same time.

The ability to simultaneously hold multiple pairs of mutually exclusive beliefs is the very core of modern American Conservatism. We’re the greatest country on Earth but we’re about to collapse. Republicans are the good guys because they passed the VRA and the CRA which are terrible and should be repealed. Obama is a Bond-Villain level evil genius who is so dumb he can’t speak coherently without reading a teleprompter. He’s an effeminate Chicago Thug who muscles aside any opposition, making other countries think he’s so weak that they’ll invade their neighbors. We need a guy like Putin because he’s a real leader who’s also a Communist dictator intent on world domination

315 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:49:03pm

re: #284 Lidane

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316 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:50:44pm

re: #311 Bulworth

None dare call it political correctness.

Sounded like Patrick, the ex-congressman was a little too close to this case. He admitted his father was a policeman that served with the slain officer. So he was definitely all in on the F.O.P side of things. And he was very critical of the blown politics of it. So, again…politics over reason. I guess there are times when the constitution can be overlooked. Who would have figured?

At least it was a good debate. Unlike some TV…they really got in good points and it wasn’t all attack.

Kilgore may have even liked it. ///

317 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:50:47pm

re: #301 aagcobb

I have been pointing out to wingnuts that you can’t believe that America is exceptional and that America is teetering on the verge of collapse at the same time.

What if it’s teetering exceptionally, like a freerunner about to come to a bad end?

318 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:50:50pm

re: #315 chadu

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My wife would probably sell a kidney to get a mini-giraffe. Especially MY kidney.

319 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:52:07pm

re: #306 Chrysicat

Even one of the MSNBC guests is saying that if you represent a killer on appeal, your career should be capped and you kept out of government permanently. And apparently he’s a congressman.

The justice system is built on the responsibility of government to provide legal counsel and protections to all defendants if they cannot afford one on their own. That especially goes for capital cases. I might not have the stomach personally to take up that task, but others do. And it’s vital that they do.

I certainly wouldn’t hold that against a defense lawyer in a capital case, regardless of that person’s political affiliations either.

In a way, I think anyone who is seeking a spot on the bench should have to represent someone in a capital case, to see the world from that perspective.

320 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:53:53pm

re: #318 GeneJockey

My wife would probably sell a kidney to get a mini-giraffe. Especially MY kidney.

Heck, I’ll sell your kidney for a mini-giraffe.

I will call him “Juan.”

321 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:54:13pm

re: #319 lawhawk

Call me old fashioned, but I actually like the idea that the people in prison actually deserve to be there, not because they got railroaded thru the court system and got denied proper representation and defense.

Maybe that is just me though.

322 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:55:19pm

re: #313 lawhawk

I’m assuming tomorrow or Saturday will be All Benghazi All The Time.

323 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:55:28pm

re: #319 lawhawk

I think Abu Jamal is guilty. I also think there are clear and obvious problems with the trial that he received.

The punishment of one person is never more important than the integrity of the justice system.

324 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:55:32pm

re: #321 Kragar

Call me old fashioned, but I actually like the idea that the people in prison actually deserve to be there, not because they got railroaded thru the court system and got denied proper representation and defense.

Maybe that is just me though.

Thomas Lennon (as Old Fashioned Guy): Call me old fashioned, but I think fire is magic, and it scares me a lot.

325 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:56:12pm

re: #322 Bulworth

I’m assuming tomorrow or Saturday will be All Benghazi All The Time.

That was Eddie Murphy’s one musical hit, wasn’t it?

326 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:56:13pm

re: #321 Kragar

Call me old fashioned, but I actually like the idea that the people in prison actually deserve to be there, not because they got railroaded thru the court system and got denied proper representation and defense.

Maybe that is just me though.

You’re a bleeding heart liberal. Prison toughens young guys up. /

327 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:56:19pm

re: #321 Kragar

Call me old fashioned, but I actually like the idea that the people in prison actually deserve to be there, not because they got railroaded thru the court system and got denied proper representation and defense.

Maybe that is just me though.

Pshaw.

Next you’ll be saying that incarcerated people don’t deserve to be raped or brutalized by fellow inmates.

328 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:56:41pm

re: #324 chadu

>Thomas Lennon (as Old Fashioned Guy): Call me old fashioned, but I think fire is magic, and it scares me a lot.

I believe there is one true god, and his name is Gorto… and he lives in that lake.

329 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:57:32pm

re: #327 The Ghost of a Flea

Pshaw.

Next you’ll be saying that incarcerated people don’t deserve to be raped or brutalized by fellow inmates.

I thought that is what religious boarding schools were for.
/

330 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:57:33pm

I wonder if that 60 Minutes reporter who broke that incredible BENghazi! story about the guy who punched the terrorist will be at CPAC? ////

331 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:58:04pm

re: #320 chadu

Heck, I’ll sell your kidney for a mini-giraffe.

I will call him “Juan.”

I’ll be worried if she cleans out the bathtub, asks me to buy a couple bags of ice, and gets the older boy to sharpen the knives…

332 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:58:20pm

Mental health break from the stupid:


Waaaay more entertaining than the fail from CPAC.

333 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:58:22pm

re: #328 Kragar

I believe there is one true god, and his name is Gorto… and he lives in that lake.

Once you worship a flying stone head that vomits guns, you can’t go back to praying to lake trolls.

334 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:58:35pm

re: #328 Kragar

I believe there is one true god, and his name is Gorto… and he lives in that lake.

335 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:59:50pm

re: #334 chadu

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Call me old fashioned, but I think fire is magic and it scares me.

Call me old fashioned, but I think when the giant who holds up the sun dies, we are screeeeewed.

336 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:00:11pm

re: #321 Kragar

Call me old fashioned, but I actually like the idea that the people in prison actually deserve to be there, not because they got railroaded thru the court system and got denied proper representation and defense.

Maybe that is just me though.

A conservative once told me that he figured that whether a person accused of murder had actually committed that crime or not, they’d probably done something at least as bad, or they would never have been arrested.

I shit you not.

337 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:00:32pm

re: #333 The Ghost of a Flea

Once you worship a flying stone head that vomits guns, you can’t go back to worship lake trolls.

338 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:01:11pm

re: #335 Kragar

Call me old-fashioned, but I keep my consciousness in a pico-foam substrate and not entangled in a quantum determinate web.

339 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:01:21pm

re: #335 Kragar

Call me old fashioned, but I think fire is magic and it scares me.

Call me old fashioned, but I think when the giant who holds up the sun dies, we are screeeeewed.

This one and the “One True God” ones are my favorites.

340 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:01:27pm

And now its time for $240 worth of pudding

FunnyOrDie Video

341 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:04:21pm

re: #340 Kragar

And now its time for $240 worth of pudding

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Wait, with the original Marvin Gaye background music?

342 Justanotherhuman  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:04:31pm

re: #319 lawhawk

The justice system is built on the responsibility of government to provide legal counsel and protections to all defendants if they cannot afford one on their own. That especially goes for capital cases. I might not have the stomach personally to take up that task, but others do. And it’s vital that they do.

I certainly wouldn’t hold that against a defense lawyer in a capital case, regardless of that person’s political affiliations either.

In a way, I think anyone who is seeking a spot on the bench should have to represent someone in a capital case, to see the world from that perspective.

Anyone, no matter how heinous the crime with which they’re charged—anyone accused of a criminal offense has the right to any and all defenses provided by the justice system. It is a Constitutional right that too many people don’t understand or even care about, until they, of course, need it. So many want retribution they forget about the right to a trial, by a jury of one’s peers. It’s what makes the law in the the US unique as opposed to, say, China, or really, every other country. It’s what makes us civilized as a people.

A lawyer doesn’t have to like his or her clients, but are required, as an officer of the court, to defend them to the best of their ability.

343 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:04:33pm

The fact their sci-fi comedy never made it past the pilot episode proves that TV is dead.

344 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:06:45pm

re: #341 chadu

Wait, with the original Marvin Gaye background music?

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We had the $240… we had to have the pudding.

345 EPR-radar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:07:38pm

re: #336 GeneJockey

A conservative once told me that he figured that whether a person accused of murder had actually committed that crime or not, they’d probably done something at least as bad, or they would never have been arrested.

I shit you not.

This isn’t at all surprising, once one appreciates how deeply authoritarian US conservatism has become.

We’re one charismatic leader away from a US-style beer hall putsch attempt, IMO.

346 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:07:53pm

Needs a Putin face.

347 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:08:41pm

re: #346 The Ghost of a Flea

Did you have to? Really?

348 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:09:32pm

re: #323 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

The problems with the case have been litigated and debated ad nauseum. But his conviction hasn’t been overturned on appeal for a reason. That includes appeals to the PA Supreme Court and US Supreme Court. All denied his appeals on inadequate counsel and other procedural issues.

He was, and remains, guilty of murdering a cop, Daniel Faulkner.

349 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:09:38pm

re: #346 The Ghost of a Flea

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Needs a Putin face.

350 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:10:09pm

re: #346 The Ghost of a Flea

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Needs a Putin face.

Almost time for my “Bone Charlotte Rampling” joke again, I see.

351 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:12:28pm

re: #347 calochortus

Did you have to? Really?

I’ve restrained myself for years, but it finally felt like the time.

All of the pants-on-head stupid stuff about uber-masculinity and Putie-love—the only sane response is Sean Connery in a red, bondage-y banana hanger.

It had to be done.

352 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:15:52pm

re: #351 The Ghost of a Flea

Zardoz is too good for Putin. He deserves Borat.

353 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:17:22pm

re: #352 lawhawk

Zardoz is too good for Putin. He deserves Borat.

Still too good. I say Michael Madsen from Bloodrayne

354 Ian G.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:18:06pm

OT, but the wingnut uncle has stopped sending me global warming denialist garbage and is now challenging my atheism, which I’m actually happy about, as I love talking about my atheism with believers of all political stripes.

His first argument was what I consider the deist one: that we can’t disprove a creator of the universe, that all things must have a cause, etc. I’m fine with that argument, and I’ll freely admit I don’t know how the universe was created, and I’m even suspicious that there might be a creator, just because all the laws of physics just seem too fine-tuned to me. Whatever.

I just asked him how we get from that to knowing that the creator doesn’t want gays to marry or women to use contraceptives, because that’s where I’m fighting back against religious stupidity. He hasn’t answered.

355 aagcobb  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:18:28pm

re: #336 GeneJockey

A conservative once told me that he figured that whether a person accused of murder had actually committed that crime or not, they’d probably done something at least as bad, or they would never have been arrested.

I shit you not.

A long time ago, Ed Meese said something similar.

356 Archangelus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:19:48pm

re: #320 chadu

Heck, I’ll sell your kidney for a mini-giraffe.

I will call him “Juan.”

And what will you call the mini-giraffe?

357 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:19:55pm

re: #351 The Ghost of a Flea

I’ve restrained myself for years, but it finally felt like the time.

All of the pants-on-head stupid stuff about uber-masculinity and Putie-love—the only sane response is Sean Connery in a red, bondage-y banana hanger.

It had to be done.

Well OK. I guess it was really necessary then.

358 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:20:40pm

So, yesterday Piers Morgan had troofer Abby Martin on. Today, he’s gone and gotten the Duke co-ed who went into porn to pay her bills.


I’m having a hard time trying to figure out whether this is a step up or not.

359 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:22:31pm

re: #358 lawhawk

So, yesterday Piers Morgan had troofer Abby Martin on. Today, he’s gone and gotten the Duke co-ed who went into porn to pay her bills.

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I’m having a hard time trying to figure out whether this is a step up or not.

Hell, if I were him “Tonight’s guest is the guy who runs the coffee shop on the 3rd floor, tomorrow, we’ve got Jim from custodial services.”

360 aagcobb  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:22:53pm

re: #354 Ian G.

I’ll freely admit I don’t know how the universe was created, and I’m even suspicious that there might be a creator, just because all the laws of physics just seem too fine-tuned to me. Whatever.

Infinite inflation with each universe having its own set of laws takes care of that. No creator necessary.

361 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:22:59pm

re: #354 Ian G.

So what, exactly, was the ‘cause’ of this creator of the universe? I’d love to know.

362 Ian G.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:24:08pm

re: #360 aagcobb

Infinite inflation with each universe having its own set of laws takes care of that. No creator necessary.

OK, sounds good to me. Admittedly, the whole thing is rather mind-blowing.

363 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:24:31pm

re: #359 Kragar

Hell, if I were him “Tonight’s guest is the guy who runs the coffee shop on the 3rd floor, tomorrow, we’ve got Jim from custodial services.”

They might actually have useful insights in their areas of expertise.
Come to think of it the Duke student might too. Abby Martin? Not so much, so yes, the student is a step up.

364 aagcobb  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:25:47pm

re: #362 Ian G.

OK, sounds good to me. Admittedly, the whole thing is rather mind-blowing.

True dat. Someone was going to run an experiment to see if this universe is real or a Matrix style simulation, which he judged more probable. I haven’t heard if the experiment was conducted or what the results were.

365 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:27:10pm

re: #360 aagcobb

Infinite inflation with each universe having its own set of laws takes care of that. No creator necessary.

366 ObserverArt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:27:39pm

Wayne LaZardoz

Today…there is only one face that belongs on Zardoz!!!

367 EPR-radar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:28:27pm

re: #354 Ian G.

OT, but the wingnut uncle has stopped sending me global warming denialist garbage and is now challenging my atheism, which I’m actually happy about, as I love talking about my atheism with believers of all political stripes.

His first argument was what I consider the deist one: that we can’t disprove a creator of the universe, that all things must have a cause, etc. I’m fine with that argument, and I’ll freely admit I don’t know how the universe was created, and I’m even suspicious that there might be a creator, just because all the laws of physics just seem too fine-tuned to me. Whatever.

I just asked him how we get from that to knowing that the creator doesn’t want gays to marry or women to use contraceptives, because that’s where I’m fighting back against religious stupidity. He hasn’t answered.

That’s a good argument to use. Sharpening it up a bit, if we assume a first cause type creator, where’s the evidence that the creator has made itself known to humanity via religious tradition X, as opposed to innumerable non-X religious traditions?

368 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:28:59pm
369 klys  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:29:14pm

Lesson learned: pay attention to what is behind the thing you are pointing the heat gun at, in addition to the thing you are pointing the heat gun at.

I think things are ok, and the trailer now has a working charger again, but the adrenaline rush is still kicked in.

370 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:29:17pm

re: #364 aagcobb

True dat. Someone was going to run an experiment to see if this universe is real or a Matrix style simulation, which he judged more probable. I haven’t heard if the experiment was conducted or what the results were.

I don’t think you can tell the difference, since the results of any test you might run must be perceived by one of you senses, which could be manipulated.

But, if you treat the universe as if it actually exists, it responds accordingly. That’s good enough for me.

371 klys  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:29:49pm

re: #368 Lidane

And holding comics or a comic convention up as understanding more about female anatomy really says something about the level of knowledge we’re dealing with here.

372 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:30:18pm

Hahaha:

373 EPR-radar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:30:21pm

re: #368 Lidane

Cute, but it does miss the essential malignancy of the CPAC and movement conservatism as a whole.

374 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:31:04pm
375 GunstarGreen  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:31:24pm

Wake me up tomorrow once the Annual American Dadaist Conference has wound down. I’ll get the highlights then.

376 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:32:41pm

re: #361 calochortus

No because shutup. /

377 Flying Squirrel Girl  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:33:20pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

Ever notice how giving tax breaks to the wealthy in exchange for their vote is never called “buying” their votes with “free stuff?”

378 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:33:52pm
379 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:34:45pm

re: #372 Lidane

Hahaha:

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Except that what casinos do these days to keep people gambling, even when they know they are dealing with a person with a problem and creating a serious financial hardship, borders on the criminal IMHO. Loyalty cards that track your behavior and let the casino know when they need to give you a little incentive, promotions with free lodgings and food, the ever-popular free drinks, etc.

380 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:34:46pm

re: #377 Flying Squirrel Girl

Ever notice how giving tax breaks to the wealthy in exchange for their vote is never called “buying” their votes with “free stuff?”

IT’S THEIR MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

381 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:35:11pm

Raiders of the Wayne LaPierre

382 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:36:10pm

re: #379 calochortus

Except that what casinos do these days to keep people gambling, even when they know they are dealing with a person with a problem and creating a serious financial hardship, borders on the criminal IMHO. Loyalty cards that track your behavior and let the casino know when they need to give you a little incentive, promotions with free lodgings and food, the ever-popular free drinks, etc.

They are well-tuned money extraction devices, capitalism at its most basic.

383 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:36:22pm

re: #378 Kragar

You can’t understand, since you don’t have the “Detect Evil” class feature like he does.

384 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:37:06pm

re: #358 lawhawk

So, yesterday Piers Morgan had troofer Abby Martin on. Today, he’s gone and gotten the Duke co-ed who went into porn to pay her bills.

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I’m having a hard time trying to figure out whether this is a step up or not.

For Piers Morgan or the student?

385 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:37:19pm

re: #383 The Ghost of a Flea

You can’t understand, since you don’t have the “Detect Evil” class feature like he does.

386 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:37:46pm

re: #379 calochortus

Except that what casinos do these days to keep people gambling, even when they know they are dealing with a person with a problem and creating a serious financial hardship, borders on the criminal IMHO. Loyalty cards that track your behavior and let the casino know when they need to give you a little incentive, promotions with free lodgings and food, the ever-popular free drinks, etc.

I go to Vegas each Nov for a .NET Convention. Since I stayed awake in Math class, and I find my life runs much smoother when I don’t drink, I just sit and people watch. I’ll bring maybe 200 bucks for the tables, but it’s “entertainment” money, sure not an investment.

RBS

387 Ian G.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:37:56pm

re: #367 EPR-radar

That’s a good argument to use. Sharpening it up a bit, if we assume a first cause type creator, where’s the evidence that the creator has made itself known to humanity via religious tradition X, as opposed to innumerable non-X religious traditions?

Well, that’s another argument I’ll use with orthodox believers. Why am I supposed to believe that the story of God leading the Israelites to the promised land is literally true, but grey-eyed Athena leading Odysseus back to Ithaca is simply myth?

I also sometimes amuse myself by imagining that the Incas and Aztecs conquered Europe, instead of the other way around. The Fox News would spend much of its time spewing outrage! over the disappearance of Pachamama from the public square, and arguing that gay marriage should be banned, because it’s contrary to Huitzilopochtli’s law.

388 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:38:25pm

re: #382 GeneJockey

They are well-tuned money extraction devices, capitalism at its most basic.

That they are. I have no moral objection to gambling for people who enjoy it and can afford it, but I don’t like people being taken advantage of.

389 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:38:35pm

re: #385 Kragar

Just looked at his TL. Jeez, what a whiner.

390 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:39:08pm

re: #385 Kragar

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“I wouldn’t expect you to understand that. To stop a bad black person with a gun loud stereo takes a good white person with a gun.”

FTFY

391 Ian G.  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:40:34pm

re: #386 RealityBasedSteve

I go to Vegas each Nov for a .NET Convention. Since I stayed awake in Math class, and I find my life runs much smoother when I don’t drink, I just sit and people watch. I’ll bring maybe 200 bucks for the tables, but it’s “entertainment” money, sure not an investment.

RBS

Amen. I’ve been to Vegas once (and loathed it, as it was on the same vacation as when I saw the Grand Canyon, and it was impossible not to contrast the tacky, garish phoniness of Vegas with the awe-inspiring splendor of the canyon), won $80 on slots, called it a night, and bought drinks and a cab ride with the money.

392 makeitstop  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:43:14pm

So…

Queen with Adam Lambert. Yes or no?

I’m thinking there’s no more perfect match for Queen, short of Freddie coming back from the dearly departed.

393 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:43:22pm

re: #391 Ian G.

Amen. I’ve been to Vegas once (and loathed it, as it was on the same vacation as when I saw the Grand Canyon, and it was impossible not to contrast the tacky, garish phoniness of Vegas with the awe-inspiring splendor of the canyon), won $80 on slots, called it a night, and bought drinks and a cab ride with the money.

I once had some friends talk me into a 5 day trip to Reno. I remember the first day I saw a guy in a leopard print sport coat, really bad poly double knit. Thought that was the tackiest thing in the world. By day 5, I was wondering if was available in a 40 short.

I Like staying at the “Hooters” hotel / casino when I go to vegas, it’s just what you would expect… lots of light pine, women in shorts and tank tops, and the color Orange is actually used as a structural material.

RBS

394 calochortus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:44:46pm

re: #386 RealityBasedSteve

I go to Vegas each Nov for a .NET Convention. Since I stayed awake in Math class, and I find my life runs much smoother when I don’t drink, I just sit and people watch. I’ll bring maybe 200 bucks for the tables, but it’s “entertainment” money, sure not an investment.

RBS

I don’t enjoy gambling and I’m not good at it-even if it just involves match sticks. “My” lottery numbers are consecutive-30 through 35, although I’ve never actually played them. I just think of them and realize “that’s really not likely, now, is it?” ;)

395 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:47:30pm

Another fucktard who thinks any discussion of firearm regulations means banning all guns. Lovely.

396 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:47:57pm

re: #379 calochortus

Except that what casinos do these days to keep people gambling, even when they know they are dealing with a person with a problem and creating a serious financial hardship, borders on the criminal IMHO. Loyalty cards that track your behavior and let the casino know when they need to give you a little incentive, promotions with free lodgings and food, the ever-popular free drinks, etc.

Sure. But I find it difficult to believe that a guy who is that obviously drunk to the point where he supposedly couldn’t read his cards would be allowed to bet that kind of money. It leaves a casino far too open to lawsuits like this.

397 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:47:57pm

re: #394 calochortus

I don’t enjoy gambling and I’m not good at it-even if it just involves match sticks. “My” lottery numbers are consecutive-30 through 35, although I’ve never actually played them. I just think of them and realize “that’s really not likely, now, is it?” ;)

I gave up trying to convince someone that the numbers 1-6 were just as likely to be the lotto draw as any other combination.

RBS

398 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:49:24pm

good freakin’ grief…

399 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:50:22pm

re: #398 Backwoods_Sleuth

good freakin’ grief…

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Yea.. that’s reaching out all right.

RBS

400 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:50:23pm

re: #395 Kragar

Another fucktard who thinks any discussion of firearm regulations means banning all guns. Lovely.

ZARDOZ FEELS YOU HAVE NOT FULLY CONSIDERED THAT PERHAPS IT IS THE PENIS THAT IS EVIL, NOT THE GUN?

401 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:50:52pm

re: #397 RealityBasedSteve

I gave up trying to convince someone that the numbers 1-6 were just as likely to be the lotto draw as any other combination.

RBS

Similarly, I failed to convince my MIL that playing the same lottery numbers week after week did not increase her chances of winning.

402 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:51:19pm

re: #398 Backwoods_Sleuth

good freakin’ grief…

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Wait, what?

403 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:51:27pm
404 Lidane  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:51:56pm

re: #391 Ian G.

Amen. I’ve been to Vegas once (and loathed it, as it was on the same vacation as when I saw the Grand Canyon, and it was impossible not to contrast the tacky, garish phoniness of Vegas with the awe-inspiring splendor of the canyon), won $80 on slots, called it a night, and bought drinks and a cab ride with the money.

When I was in Vegas, I spent my time away from CES investigating the food options and cursing the fact that I wasn’t going to have time to see any shows. For me, that would be the main reason to go to Vegas — book a weekend at a hotel, pick a couple of shows to go see, and then hit up some of the restaurants. I’m not much of a gambler. I think next time I go I might play a few hands of blackjack just to say I gambled in Vegas, then go on my merry way.

405 makeitstop  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:52:01pm

re: #403 Kragar

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Man, you got a real dumb one on the line, eh?

406 jaunte  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:52:25pm
407 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:52:52pm

re: #405 makeitstop

Man, you got a real dumb one on the line, eh?

Yuppers.

408 GeneJockey  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:53:01pm

re: #403 Kragar

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Most Conservatives fail to understand the difference between a FALLACY and an ARGUMENT.

409 RealityBasedSteve  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:53:47pm

re: #408 GeneJockey

Most Conservatives fail to understand the difference between a FALLACY and an ARGUMENT.

The ARGUMENT is EVIL… the FALLACY is GOOD!

410 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:53:52pm
411 makeitstop  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:54:53pm

re: #404 Lidane

When I was in Vegas, I spent my time away from CES investigating the food options and cursing the fact that I wasn’t going to have time to see any shows. For me, that would be the main reason to go to Vegas — book a weekend at a hotel. pick a couple of shows to go see, and then hit up some of the restaurants. I’m not much of a gambler. I think next time I go I might play a few hands of blackjack just to say I gambled in Vegas, then go on my merry way.

I usually just play slots until I win a couple hundred bucks, then walk away.

I was in Vegas a few years ago photographing a Twisted Sister show and didn’t gamble anything until the night before I went home. Put a 20 in a dollar slot machine, 3 pulls, won $200, cashed out.

I only play slots because my gambling skills are best described as ‘meager.’

412 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:56:15pm

re: #407 Kragar

Yuppers.

THE GUN IS GOOD, THE PENIS IS EVIL.

POPCORN IS ALSO EVIL. ITS A WHOLE SEEDS THING. IT JUST DOESN’T COME UP THAT OFTEN IN THE POST-APOCALYPTIC WASTELAND. THE BRUTALS DISTINCTLY LACKED THE OPTION TO JUST STAY HOME WITH SOME JIFFY POP.

413 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:56:29pm

re: #408 GeneJockey

Most Conservatives fail to understand the difference between a FALLACY and an ARGUMENT.

414 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:58:46pm

re: #332 Lidane

Mental health break from the stupid:

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Waaaay more entertaining than the fail from CPAC.

Damn. I love Captain America. Only the X-Men rate higher for me.

415 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 2:00:43pm

re: #385 Kragar

Ah, but what if the bad person with a gun shoots the good person with a gun, then takes his gun?

Then you have a bad person with two guns.

416 Kragar  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 2:02:11pm

re: #415 Dr Lizardo

Ah, but what if the bad person with a gun shoots the good person with a gun, then takes his gun?

Then you have a bad person with two guns.

What if the good person accidentally shoots thru the wall, wounding his neighbor, who then think the first guy is a bad guy?

417 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 2:03:04pm

re: #416 Kragar

What if the good person accidentally shoots thru the wall, wounding his neighbor, who then think the first guy is a bad guy?

So many variables.

418 Gus  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 2:07:52pm

Oh boy! CPAC! Let the derp begin.

OK, so I’m late here.

419 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 2:27:15pm

re: #396 Lidane

Sure. But I find it difficult to believe that a guy who is that obviously drunk to the point where he supposedly couldn’t read his cards would be allowed to bet that kind of money. It leaves a casino far too open to lawsuits like this.

It does. I work in the Gaming industry. All servers of alcoholic beverages, security and management are required to go through a TIPS class in order to prevent situations like this from occurring. If this individual prevails in his suit, the casino and those who served him are facing large fines and potential loss of liquor and or gaming license if they have a previous history of this behavior.

This will be one of the things that the NGCB will be looking into as they investigate.

420 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 2:42:45pm

re: #364 aagcobb

True dat. Someone was going to run an experiment to see if this universe is real or a Matrix style simulation, which he judged more probable. I haven’t heard if the experiment was conducted or what the results were.

Agent Smith deleted him.

421 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 2:58:12pm

re: #391 Ian G.

Amen. I’ve been to Vegas once (and loathed it, as it was on the same vacation as when I saw the Grand Canyon, and it was impossible not to contrast the tacky, garish phoniness of Vegas with the awe-inspiring splendor of the canyon), won $80 on slots, called it a night, and bought drinks and a cab ride with the money.

I’ve been there once myself. It was for an IBM convention. I lost some money over the week, but nothing I didn’t expect to lose. The Grand Canyon was great. Walked out on the Skywalk, that got the blood rushing.

422 chadu  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 5:17:21pm

re: #356 Archangelus

And what will you call the mini-giraffe?

“Juan Two.”

423 palomino  Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:04:05pm

re: #233 Dark_Falcon

Seriously, back off.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the fucking kitchen.


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