1 | Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:37:18am |
I’ll pass, thanks. : ) My blood pressure is already up.
3 | Kragar Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:39:06am |
Media Matters set this up just for CPAC
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!!!!
“@truthzone: Do you really want the truth about the Democratic party? I tweet, you decide/ #tcot #lnyhbt pic.twitter.com/qiNEOUEHAF” #uniteblue— Kathy in SC (@KBinSC) February 16, 2014
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.
Obama: Any discussion on the future of Ukraine must include the legitimate government of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tyfFfJDrCb— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 6, 2014
Fuck you, Republicans.
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!!!!
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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 |
I decided you had to go back 50+ years to come up with examples, welcome to the 21st century @KBinSC @truthzone— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 6, 2014
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 |
Mitch McConnell holding an oversized toothbrush up in the air to excite the crowd at #CPAC2014? #KYsen - PHOTO: pic.twitter.com/d640GphsUt— Mac Stoddard (@MacStoddard) March 6, 2014
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.
FUN FACT: CPAC has “musical” performers just so people can make “Darrell Issa should cut their mic” jokes.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 6, 2014
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 |
32 | Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:56:49am |
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.
37 | Ryan King Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:59:07am |
Why does #CPAC2014 garner so much media coverage? It's just Fox News on meth. Meth kills. Srsly, stop feeding the trolls. Nobody cares.
— phawker (@phawker) March 6, 2014
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 |
40 | Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:00:38am |
Bastards. Dems must win back the House.
The House is now voting to “table” the Dems resolution condemning @DarrellIssa's conduct at y'day's IRS hearing. GOP will succeed in tabling— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) March 6, 2014
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 |
#CPACPanels From Slavecare to Obamacare: How The Poor Still Want Something For Nothing.
— Chris L. Robinson (@chrisLrob) March 6, 2014
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?
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.
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 |
FA LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA… pic.twitter.com/uon67WaMR4— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 6, 2014
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 |
Paul Ryan at CPAC: Free school lunches mean poor parents don’t care about kids | The Raw Story http://t.co/4iYdGdrBhk— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 6, 2014
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.
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 |
63 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:11:16am |
CPAC minority outreach panelist: “You don't have to speak Spanish to go on Univision.”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
65 | Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:12:30am |
CPAC panelist: “Detroit looks like what Hiroshima did 60 years ago” #CPAC2014— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 6, 2014
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 |
Hilarious that nobody at CPAC cares enough to frame the video image to include all the panelists.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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.
71 | wrenchwench Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:15:28am |
re: #67 Charles Johnson
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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 |
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
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 |
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 |
87 | jaunte Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:19:21am |
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.
90 | Kragar Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:20:49am |
91 | BongCrodny Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:20:52am |
re: #62 jaunte
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 |
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!!!!
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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
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 |
#CPAC2014's solution to minority outreach is to talk more about how Republicans are awesome, as if minorities just need to hear it more.— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) March 6, 2014
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 |
BREAKING: Senate blocks bill stripping military commanders of authority to prosecute serious offenses.— The Associated Press (@AP) March 6, 2014
112 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:30:29am |
Amazing. Just watched the Piers Morgan interview of Abby Martin - not a SINGLE WORD about her 9/11 Trutherism or other conspiracy theories.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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 |
pic.twitter.com/JevAefIl6c— emilio porompompero (@PoromEmilio) March 6, 2014
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 |
Republicans vs Veterans……#uniteblue #tlot #p2 #ctl #toprog #libcrib #gop pic.twitter.com/Y4XMEP3aHl— Sly Dude (@SlyDude3677) March 6, 2014
124 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:37:06am |
Gillespie repeats charge that the left “buys” votes. NO, says panelist: “Nobody wants to be dependent… nobody wants that.”— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) March 6, 2014
125 | Kragar Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:38:09am |
BREAKING: There's a Republican who understands how deeply offensive the “free stuff” argument is. http://t.co/iQftxscolr— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 6, 2014
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.
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.
137 | Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:41:41am |
re: #111 chadu
Page this?
Pretty please?
I posted something very similar last year.
The Civil Rights Act, and the GOP “Southern Strategy” Part I: The Actual History
The Civil Rights Act, MLK, and the GOP “Southern Strategy” Part II: The Denial
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 |
141 | Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:44:12am |
It's been dangerous for tyrants when the American people remember we are exceptional & defend liberty on global stage http://t.co/CCpC0tELA4— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) March 6, 2014
142 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:44:41am |
Good luck with that:
Bernie Sanders wants to unite Tea Party and progressive voters in 2016 White House run http://t.co/zv9lt4L5IN— Eric W. Dolan (@EWDolan) March 6, 2014
143 | Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:46:13am |
CPAC's Folk Singer Showcase: The Times They Are A-Changin', Back! http://t.co/oGbKxtdPYX— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 6, 2014
144 | jaunte Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:46:18am |
145 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:47:15am |
“Democrats buy minority votes with free stuff” - it's 1) an excuse for losing, and 2) the real right wing attitude toward minorities.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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 |
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.
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 |
Oops. RT @JohnJHudak #CPAC2014 panel. Topic: minority outreach. View: largely empty room. pic.twitter.com/fjaqQ7FUzp— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 6, 2014
155 | Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:50:22am |
CPAC speaker: “Abortion has been worse on the African-American community than the slave trade or Jim Crow.”
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) March 6, 2014
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 |
159 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:51:24am |
LaPierre: “Everywhere you look, something has gone wrong.” And the solution is MOAR GUNZ.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
160 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:51:31am |
Wayne LaPierre dubs NRA critics “anti-freedom activists” #CPAC2014— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 6, 2014
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 |
Oops. RT @JohnJHudak #CPAC2014 panel. Topic: minority outreach. View: largely empty room. pic.twitter.com/fjaqQ7FUzp— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 6, 2014
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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@ericwolfson And Hillary Clinton is the Wicked Witch of the East. #tcot
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) March 6, 2014
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 |
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
169 | HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:53:39am |
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 |
LIVE #CPAC2014:”We fear for the safety of our families,it’s why neighborhood streets … once filled with laughter, now sit empty & silent.”— NRA News (@NRANews) March 6, 2014
172 | HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:54:43am |
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.
@Green_Footballs fear and paranoia will destroy ya!— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 6, 2014
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 |
LaPierre: “Here's how you know the media's lying - they still call themselves 'journalists.'”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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!!!!!
LaPierre: One of America's greatest threats is a national news media that fails to provide a level playing field for the truth #CPAC2014— NRA (@NRA) March 6, 2014
183 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:57:29am |
LaPierre: “NRA members will never submit or surrender to the national media.” WTF?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
184 | jaunte Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:18am |
LaPierre: “Here's how you know the media is lying — they still call themselves journalists.”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) March 6, 2014
Designated enemy.
185 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:22am |
NRA Chief: IRS something something Bengahzi something something Solyndra something Obamacare something something media elites. #CPAC2014— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 6, 2014
186 | Kragar Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:43am |
We're afraid some asshole with a gun will stand his ground against a kid playing outside @NRANews— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 6, 2014
187 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58:51am |
You know what I want as a parent? My kid skateboarding in a park full of people with guns— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) March 6, 2014
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 |
It seems Wayne LaPierre thinks the biggest threat to the 2nd amendment is the 1st. Only one says “well-regulated.”— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 6, 2014
190 | Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:59:42am |
LaPierre: There is no greater freedom than the right to survive, to protect our families with all the guns we want #CPAC2014— NRA (@NRA) March 6, 2014
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 gonewrongright. 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:
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.
200 | Killgore Trout Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:03:38pm |
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:
GOPer: World “laughing at us” while “Kerry's flying around and drinking merlot” http://t.co/Wt1HkaQci6— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 6, 2014
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |
The bumper music on the CPAC live feed is horribly distorted - and nobody is fixing it. Hilarious.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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.
227 | Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:13:18pm |
You think your reporting gig is tough? Meet 26- year old Sergey Mokrushin. His newsroom in Crimea was attacked Sat. pic.twitter.com/VRNCpGFilm— Paul Waldie (@pwaldieGLOBE) March 6, 2014
228 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:14:09pm |
Donald Trump's Hair is on!— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
He gets a standing ovation. Starts off with a teleprompter joke. Wingnuts never get tired of that one.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
229 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:14:10pm |
I wish CPAC could be EVERY day. Although I guess it is: the US House.— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) March 6, 2014
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 |
“Urgent” “news” poll from the Daily Caller. pic.twitter.com/63501ijgAl— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 6, 2014
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. : )
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 |
Breaking: House votes to provide loan guarantees to Ukraine. http://t.co/tYCeEMbSEk— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 6, 2014
241 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:16:40pm |
This “Patriot” at #CPAC2014 loves America so much…can't ya tell ? Blatant disrespect for our national flag. pic.twitter.com/9eIFaFks6x— LeftDial (@LeftDial) March 6, 2014
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.
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 |
Trump: “Maybe Obama will surpass the late great Jimmy Carter.” Dude. Carter's still alive.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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
So Trump's at #CPAC2014. So is his hair. His birther addled ravings apparently must be courted by conservatives. Or else they're fired?— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 6, 2014
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]
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!
Trump: “They're taking our jobs.” http://t.co/9wjg2nM30u— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) March 6, 2014
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
themselvestheir 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 |
@DrMatthew @tnovak7 “These people” own their own businesses. Not part of the cradle to grave welfare class.— Norma Connors (@NormaConnors) March 6, 2014
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
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 |
Trump says the US should have just taken all of Iraq's oil.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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.
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
assassinationdeath 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 |
Daily Caller has “17 photos of the world's most interesting man, Vladimir Putin.” What is this, Tiger Beat for Douchebags?— tas (@13monsters) March 6, 2014
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 |
Trump: don't build schools and roads in Afghanistan because they're getting blown up #CPAC2014— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 6, 2014
288 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:29:17pm |
Trump, speaking about China: “THEY LOVE ME! THEY LOVE ME!”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
Trump: “What do the Chinese want? Anything by me! My buildings, my ties!”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
289 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:29:47pm |
He’s a deep thinker, y’all:
Trump on immigration: “we're either a country, or we're not” #CPAC2014— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 6, 2014
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…
“Speak or act with a pure mind & happiness will follow you like a shadow that never leaves.”-His Holiness @DalaiLama pic.twitter.com/x3f1h10xzq
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) March 6, 2014
293 | Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:31:54pm |
The message coming out of CPAC so far: America is the strongest best country in the world. And also, America is doomed.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
294 | Bubblehead II Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:31:56pm |
Well he said/implied something intelligent. Ryan is an idiot.
296 | Lidane Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:34:16pm |
Trump's NY accent booming throughout the ballroom at CPAC: “CHAI-naaa” this, “CHAI-naaa” that. Overall, well received by righty crowd.— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 6, 2014
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?
Rep. Mo Brooks at alt. #CPAC calls Obama “the most financially irresponsible president in history of US”— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 6, 2014
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
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 |
9/11 Truther Rosie O’Donnell approves of 9/11 Truther Abby Martin: http://t.co/JMr0e6c4Py— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 6, 2014
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 |
313 | lawhawk Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:47:06pm |
At CPAC 2014, IRS Targeting “Scandal”=Ukraine Invasion. Yes, really. http://t.co/vFAjghC0iT— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 6, 2014
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
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 |
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:
'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Gets an Exciting 4-Minute Preview - http://t.co/Biwajvrl6q pic.twitter.com/oAd4q7Yb1w— Screen Rant (@screenrant) March 6, 2014
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.
335 | Kragar Thu, Mar 6, 2014 12:59:50pm |
re: #334 chadu
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
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?
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.
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 |
350 | GeneJockey Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:10:09pm |
re: #346 The Ghost of a Flea
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.
> @piersmorgan + @belle_knox, Duke University freshman, 9pm @CNN.— Jonathan Wald (@jonathanwald) March 6, 2014
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 |
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 |
What is #CPAC2014 , you ask? Well, it's like Comic-Con, but with less understanding or interest in female anatomy.— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) March 6, 2014
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:
Uh, that's the point… RT @azfamily Gambler sues Vegas casino, says he lost $500K playing drunk http://t.co/QHxzgvQqvZ pic.twitter.com/cfCGaYtOTW— justamexican (@justamexican) March 6, 2014
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 |
In case we doubted Ron Paul was a moron — Ron Paul: Crimea Has Right to Join Russia, Obama's Sanctions 'Criminal' http://t.co/wajDveqEfA— Sierra Rayne (@rayne_sierra) March 6, 2014
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.
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 |
You realize you just made zero sense, right? @mmcsparrin72— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 6, 2014
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!!!
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.
LOL, thanks for that. I hadn't heard that BS first hand in a few days @mmcsparrin72— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 6, 2014
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.
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
badblack person with agunloud stereo takes agoodwhite 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…
Mitch McConnell's favorite Lexington fundie preacher had a lovely blackface event @ his church today: #NewGOP pic.twitter.com/MkjUE7qJxd
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) March 6, 2014
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 |
403 | Kragar Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:51:27pm |
@Kragar_LGF then what exactly is your point? No law abiding citizen is just going to shoot someone for the fun if it.— Michael M (@mmcsparrin72) March 6, 2014
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 |
406 | jaunte Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:52:25pm |
No. Next question. “@MotherJones: Can Bobby Jindal Drive Out the GOP's Demons? http://t.co/AZpePQMA9L pic.twitter.com/199GjSuwsj”
— V. Hussein Savage (@Kennymack1971) March 6, 2014
407 | Kragar Thu, Mar 6, 2014 1:52:52pm |
re: #405 makeitstop
Man, you got a real dumb one on the line, eh?
Yuppers.
No, they usually just claim they were standing their ground or felt threatened because someone threw popcorn at them @mmcsparrin72— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 6, 2014
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 |
sans blackface // MT @drjefffugate: Enjoyed having Sen. Mitch McConnell as our guest @ Commonwealth Baptist College pic.twitter.com/IJFkO62CQO”
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) March 6, 2014
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.
LOL, would you prefer ignorant? @mmcsparrin72— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 6, 2014
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.