1 | b.d. Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:08:50am |
Forgive me for watching CNN but how in the hell is a guy who has been looking for Amelia Earhart referred to as an “expert in finding lost aircraft”?
2 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:13:23am |
re: #1 b.d.
Forgive me for watching CNN
That part of your statement right there disqualifies you from asking a question!!
/
3 | jaunte Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:13:53am |
re: #1 b.d.
Apparently all you need to be considered an airplane-disappearance authority on CNN is a face.
— Gerard Mulligan (@GerardMulligan1) March 23, 2014
4 | Charles Johnson Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:17:08am |
Lawfare - A Very Brief Reply to Glenn Greenwald http://t.co/IkAycsPidu— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 23, 2014
5 | b.d. Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:18:50am |
re: #2 sattv4u2
Forgive me for watching CNN
That part of your statement right there disqualifies you from asking a question!!
/
Today by watching CNN I learned that wooden pallets are occasionally used for other than non-777 related matters.
6 | Eclectic Cyborg Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:22:08am |
re: #1 b.d.
Forgive me for watching CNN but how in the hell is a guy who has been looking for Amelia Earhart referred to as an “expert in finding lost aircraft”?
The same way Glenn Greenwald is referred to as a “journalist”
7 | Eclectic Cyborg Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:23:25am |
I’m sure many of you have already seen this on youtube, but I’m sharing here because I think it’s hilarious.
If Google was a Guy
(Note: this is part 2, you can go back and watch part 1, I chose to share part 2 because in my opinion it’s the better one).
8 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:26:39am |
re: #5 b.d.
Today by watching CNN I learned that wooden pallets are occasionally used for other non-777 related matters.
NEXT UP, after a word from our sponsers
Not all debris in large bodies of water are from crashed airplanes!!!
9 | Pie-onist Overlord Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:28:59am |
HURR HURR!!!!! MAKE TEH WELFARE MOOCHERS WORK FOR FREES TO GET THERE WELFARES & FOOD STAMPS!!!!!!
if there are JOBS IN AMERICA that americans wont do then our welfare system is too generous #tcot #teaparty— Patty (@pir8gold) March 23, 2014
10 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:30:43am |
Got a free Starz weekend on DirecTV.
I don’t watch much TV anymore, but right now I’m watching “White House Down”.
These bad guys are pretty bad shots when all they have are gunz.
11 | b_sharp Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:31:27am |
re: #8 sattv4u2
NEXT UP, after a word from our sponsers
Not all debris in large bodies of water are from crashed airplanes!!!
Nonsense, the ONLY way debris can get to the middle of the pacific ocean, the largest ocean in the entire universe is by crashed airplanes.
And maybe by ship.
And maybe currents.
Possibly by garbage dumping along coasts.
But, as I said before, most definitely can ONLY arrive in the middle of the ocean by ALIENS.
12 | jaunte Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:33:42am |
re: #9 Pie-onist Overlord
Seems like some people would love to see society collapse.
13 | b_sharp Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:38:16am |
re: #12 jaunte
Seems like some people would love to see society collapse.
I’m just here for the zombies.
14 | Weet Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:38:54am |
First we had Adam & Eve and then a snake called Obamacare totally messed things up and now Adam is gay and Eve won't do the dishes.
— John (@linnyitssn) March 23, 2014
15 | Stanley Sea Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:39:39am |
16 | Justanotherhuman Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:50:40am |
Raising the minimum wage…
17 | jaunte Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:51:38am |
re: #16 Justanotherhuman
But they’d just turn around and spend the money. Oh wait…
18 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:53:39am |
NASA Clarifies Its Role in Civilization-Collapse Study http://t.co/xmtGzmDUQk via @SPACEdotcom— Gus (@Gus_802) March 23, 2014
20 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:54:59am |
re: #16 Justanotherhuman
Raising the minimum wage…
21 states and D.C. already have minimum wages above the federal minimum wage.
21 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:55:24am |
22 | Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:56:45am |
re: #18 Gus
Have you read the paper? It’s pretty nifty.
23 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:57:01am |
Another one bites the dust
#2 in their section Kansas knocked out of March Madness by #10 Stanford
25 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:57:36am |
re: #22 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
Have you read the paper? It’s pretty nifty.
Glanced through it. Rather technical. HANDY is mainly a mathematical formula or equation.
26 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:57:40am |
27 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:59:04am |
re: #22 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
Have you read the paper? It’s pretty nifty.
Made sure to find it after reading that junk from The Guardian. Smelled a fish a mile a way. Clickbait. Then I looked through the paper and thought, “wait a minute.”
28 | jaunte Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:59:05am |
*The current federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour, since 2009.
*The Harkin-Miller proposal increases minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
29 | Justanotherhuman Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:01:29pm |
re: #20 sattv4u2
21 states and D.C. already have minimum wages above the federal minimum wage.
It’s not about the current min wage; it’s about the proposed new min wage which most states do not exceed.
Do you know of any that top $10/hr off the top of your head?
30 | b_sharp Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:02:12pm |
re: #27 Gus
Made sure to find it after reading that junk from The Guardian. Smelled a fish a mile a way. Clickbait. Then I looked through the paper and thought, “wait a minute.”
The Guardian has become just another rag.
31 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:03:41pm |
Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY): Modeling
PDF. Nothing like what the The Guardian made it out to be. Happens all the time.
32 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:03:57pm |
re: #29 Justanotherhuman
It’s not about the current min wage; it’s about the proposed new min wage which most states do not exceed.
Do you know of any that top $10/hr off the top of your head?
Oregon and Washington (state) I think If not $10, close
33 | lawhawk Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:04:35pm |
re: #29 Justanotherhuman
Here’s the 50 state current minimum wages. Washington comes close at 9.32 per hour, and they’re indexed to inflation. Oregon is at $9.10 per hour and indexes as well.
34 | Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:04:40pm |
Today’s Wikipedia wander went to some odd places.
A site I read is covering WW2 day-by-day 70 years ago. Today in 1944 was the partisan attack in Rome that directly led to a German reprisal killing of over 300 Italians the next day in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome.
From there I was reading about the follow-on from those events - debate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or terrorism, the reaction (or arguably lack of reaction) by the Vatican, what happened to the German officers that handled the reprisal after the war, etc.
That eventually led to the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) and the fact that there are splinter “traditionalist” Catholic organizations who consider the current Holy See illegitimate and hopelessly “modernists”.
35 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:10:38pm |
re: #34 Feline Fearless Leader
Today’s Wikipedia wander went to some odd places.
A site I read is covering WW2 day-by-day 70 years ago. Today in 1944 was the partisan attack in Rome that directly led to a German reprisal killing of over 300 Italians the next day in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome.
From there I was reading about the follow-on from those events - debate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or terrorism, the reaction (or arguably lack of reaction) by the Vatican, what happened to the German officers that handled the reprisal after the war, etc.
That eventually led to the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) and the fact that there are splinter “traditionalist” Catholic organizations who consider the current Holy See illegitimate and hopelessly “modernists”.
“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or terrorism.” Really?
36 | lawhawk Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:12:58pm |
So, back from vacation, as some who have been following me on twitter might have surmised. Went to Moab, so hit Arches, Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point SP, Mesa Verde, and Capitol Reef.
Had an awesome time. Took a ton of pictures, and I’ll eventually post them (first time shooting all RAW so there’s a bit of learning curve on how to process and adjust my workflow). Even took a few night shots inside Arches that came out pretty damned good - the Milky Way and then Balanced Rock lit up by oncoming cars while the moon rose into the sky. I’d have to say those were my favorite shots to take so far, but the 3 mile roundtrip hike to Delicate Arch is the highlight. Going out there, the wind was starting to pick up, but by the time we were there, it was a raging sandstorm.
I got sand in places no one should ever want to. But there was still enough light to take a few good pictures, and if you ever get a chance to do Arches, make the Delicate Arch hike one to do. Slightly easier to do is Landscape Arch, and it’s just as spectacular. It’s so thin that you wonder just how it still stands.
Driving out to Mesa Verde, we caught Wilson Arch in the morning and then at sunset. That had some of the best color on the trip.
By the numbers: Over 1,600 miles drive and 1,600+ pictures taken between the Mrs. and myself.
Oh yeah, it was good to get away. But now we’re hearing that there’s a potential snow-bomb for Tuesday into Wednesday? Really? Seriously? Well, if that happens, then I’ve got more time to work on the photos. These three were from my cellphone and only hint at the color.
@Green_Footballs Malaysia would have better luck looking here than where they had been pic.twitter.com/mDDt64C7IK— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 21, 2014
@darthstar99 Double Arch pic.twitter.com/by6N40Eiy2— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 20, 2014
@darthstar99 Delicate arch up close as windstorm blew in pic.twitter.com/el20Kcd9EZ— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 20, 2014
We aren't in NJ anymore are we? pic.twitter.com/5RC2zpj1AT— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 17, 2014
37 | Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:16:05pm |
re: #35 Gus
“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or >terrorism.” Really?
Chuck Yeager, in his own biography, says that he was a terrorist with the Maquis. That word has seen a lot of change in the past 70 years.
38 | Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:17:35pm |
re: #35 Gus
“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or >terrorism.” Really?
From the Wikipedia page I linked to:
Freedom fighting or terrorism?
In 1952 the new Italian Supreme Court declared the Via Rasella attack to have been a legitimate act of war after an appeal by Kappler’s lawyers of his conviction of guilt in the Ardeatine Massacre.
This decision was reaffirmed in 1999, when the Italian Supreme Court declared the Partisans immune from prosecution after a Roman prosecutor had unsuccessfully attempted to bring a suit against them for the death of the boy Piero Zuccheretti, who had been killed in Via Rasella. Historian Robert Wolfe finds “persuasive” (in his words) Katz’s characterization of the Pope’s decision to condemn the Partisans for the Via Rasella attack, rather than the Nazis for the reprisals, as evidence of “a moral failure” resulting from one of the “great misreadings of history”.
In the 1990s, there was a revisionist campaign by Il Giornale, a newspaper owned by Paolo Berlusconi, brother of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, to re-label the World War II Partisans responsible for the attack on Via Rasella as “terrorists”. In response, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation officially ruled that the act in Via Rasella had been a legitimate act of war and not a terrorist attack and ordered the publisher to pay punitive damages of 45 thousand euro. Nevertheless, some historians, such as Richard Raiber and István Deák, continue to imply that the Partisans were the equivalent of terrorists and were, moreover, responsible for avoidable suffering, thus offering some support for the official judgment of the Vatican at the time. Historian Patrick Gallo, however, in For Love and Country: The Italian Resistance (University Press of America, 2003), argues that the Rome-based Resistance not only undermined German morale but also achieved important strategic objectives and was hence not a useless provocation, as contended by critics, but an act of legitimate military significance in furthering the Allied victory.
Reviewing Katz’s book, The Battle for Rome, István Deák, on the other hand, cautions that although “armed resistance during World War II was romanticized because the Nazis were such an appalling enemy, and because in that war the guerrillas’ targets were still mainly soldiers”, it is increasingly hard to draw the line between freedom fighting and terrorism. In his opinion, the Hague Conventions regulating irregular warfare has been “more a failure than success.” “What is needed,” Deák stresses, “is a recognition of reality, namely that future wars will increasingly consist of civilians shooting at soldiers from hiding and frightened soldiers killing innocent civilians. And what is needed, in the aftermath of such a sobering recognition, is an attempt to create a new international law for the more efficient regulation of this type of horrible warfare.” Robert Katz’s book, The Battle for Rome, Deák concludes, “provides fine arguments for this necessary debate”.
39 | William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:20:40pm |
re: #35 Gus
“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or >terrorism.” Really?
Italian partisans were often run by the Communists. As a result, the far right in Italy has tried to push a revisionist history that they were all terrorists rather than heroes.
40 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:24:30pm |
oh
goody
my vertigo is back
Not NEARLY as bad as when it 1st happened, but here non0the-less!
Joy!
41 | Killgore Trout Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:26:08pm |
Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say
Iranian newspapers said it was “part of the decor” of a movie being made by Iranian director Nader Talebzadeh on the 1988 shooting down of an Iran Air civilian plane by the USS Vincennes. The United States says the downing of the plane, which killed all 290 passengers and crew, was an accident.
42 | Kragar Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:27:30pm |
CA GOP Introduces Their Convicted Murderer and Sexual Predator Candidate for Governor #tcot #unitebl http://t.co/kBKnxUqSgW— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 23, 2014
43 | Kragar Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:28:11pm |
re: #41 Killgore Trout
Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say
Why would they need a full scale mock up for that?
44 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:28:56pm |
re: #41 Killgore Trout
Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say
umm,,,, errrr,,, ahhh,,
a 1988 version of the USS Vincennes would look NOTHING like a “U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, complete with planes”
SO ,,,,,, Someones Got Some Splainin To Do!!!
45 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:31:38pm |
re: #43 Kragar
Why would they need a full scale mock up for that?
Yeah
It’s not like there are no photos/ videos of the Uss Vincennes (and similar) that a movie maker couldn’t edit into a movie
46 | Kragar Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:32:11pm |
re: #44 sattv4u2
umm,,,, errrr,,, ahhh,,
a 1988 version of the USS Vincennes would look NOTHING like a “U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, complete with planes”
SO ,,,,,, Someones Got Some Splainin To Do!!!
And why would you need a full scale mock up, built in a dry dock? You could build sets to cover the interior, certain sections of the outside, then use CGI or other effects to cover exterior shots for a fraction of the cost.
47 | Lidane Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:32:26pm |
Oh look, another leak about what the NSA does in a foreign country just as Obama visits said country. http://t.co/gVGlIYs79k— Danielle Lannister (@DCPlod) March 23, 2014
48 | Killgore Trout Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:32:42pm |
Thousands of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
Exactly WTF is up with that picture?
washingtonpost.com
49 | Killgore Trout Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:33:48pm |
re: #43 Kragar
Why would they need a full scale mock up for that?
I don’t know. Maybe they want to use it as a set with lots of actors and extras milling around.
50 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:33:57pm |
re: #48 Killgore Trout
Thousands of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
Exactly WTF is up with that picture?
washingtonpost.com
That is THE worst hat rack I’ve ever seen !!!!
51 | jaunte Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:34:04pm |
re: #41 Killgore Trout
Holocaust denier Nader Talebzadeh.
Liveleak Video
52 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:34:36pm |
re: #41 Killgore Trout
Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say
Torah! Torah! Torah! //
53 | lawhawk Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:35:38pm |
re: #44 sattv4u2
Jobs program for some Iranian shipyards, for a barge that will likely become part of target practice for a new missile the Iranians claim to have, that would use basic electronics to steer the missile in to a carrier sized ship from over the horizon. Crude, but effective, if they can get it to work. This might be what they’re going to use to test the missile systems for.
If it was for a movie, as claimed, it would have been cheaper to do mockups, unless you’re Costner doing Waterworld. No reason to do a full-sized ship for a movie.
54 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:35:48pm |
re: #51 jaunte
Holocaust denier Nader Talebzadeh.
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For real? Can’t watch videos yet.
55 | jaunte Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:36:46pm |
re: #54 Gus
Yes, he thinks it was exaggerated. As a bonus at the end, he throws in a little 9/11 troof.
56 | Killgore Trout Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:38:00pm |
I guess heads on sticks is a thing
gettyimages.com
57 | b_sharp Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:38:50pm |
re: #40 sattv4u2
oh
goody
my vertigo is back
Not NEARLY as bad as when it 1st happened, but here non0the-less!
Joy!
Don’t look down.
58 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:39:49pm |
re: #55 jaunte
Yes, he thinks it was exaggerated. As a bonus at the end, he throws in a little 9/11 troof.
Surprise! OK, not a surprise. Hence my original title for the film.
59 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:40:04pm |
re: #56 Killgore Trout
I guess heads on sticks is a thing
gettyimages.com
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunhams version
Jose Jalapeno on a stick
60 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:40:20pm |
61 | Pie-onist Overlord Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:41:28pm |
This wingnut Tweet is supposed to show HOW DUMB IS TEH TEACHERS but I dunno, SO MUCH TEH STUPID in this Tweet, how much can you find?
“@RonPaulSCV: Really?!! WTF! #tcot #tlot pic.twitter.com/tbpqx9QMTU“ Why we have some of the dumbest kids in the world…pathetic.— Nurse_Dave_RN (@dave_skorjanc) March 23, 2014
63 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:41:28pm |
Filed under “shit you can make up” and still be right. //
64 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:43:45pm |
@Gus_802 @blakehounshell I am shocked. Shocked I tell you.— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) March 23, 2014
65 | Gus Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:45:07pm |
In a stunning new development… it appears that the director is also a holocaust denier.
66 | Killgore Trout Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:46:36pm |
re: #59 sattv4u2
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunhams version
Jose Jalapeno on a stick
“I brought my wife to the Hamas rally. She will now recite the Quran while I drink a glass of water”
67 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:46:44pm |
re: #61 Pie-onist Overlord
This wingnut Tweet is supposed to show HOW DUMB IS TEH TEACHERS but I dunno, SO MUCH TEH STUPID in this Tweet, how much can you find?
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Proves there are some pretty stupid tcot tweeters
68 | sattv4u2 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:47:48pm |
re: #62 b_sharp
I sometimes get vertigo too. It doesn’t last long though.
Yeah. Mine has been coming and going to various degrees for a few months now. More annoying than anything else
69 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:47:54pm |
re: #61 Pie-onist Overlord
This wingnut Tweet is supposed to show HOW DUMB IS TEH TEACHERS but I dunno, SO MUCH TEH STUPID in this Tweet, how much can you find?
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bwahahaaaa….
@RonPaulSCV already have turned up that this is a suspected hoax….doesn't mean it is. But I'm checking
— Tom Lacovara-Stewart (@tomlacovara) March 23, 2014
70 | Lidane Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:49:24pm |
This is both completely nerdy and completely awesome:
How great is this? He made his chair into the Iron Throne, and made little legs so he can cosplay as Tyrion! pic.twitter.com/sHcIdPyT4U— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) March 23, 2014
71 | Eclectic Cyborg Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:52:17pm |
re: #48 Killgore Trout
Thousands of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
Exactly WTF is up with that picture?
washingtonpost.com
At a quick glance I swear I thought the headline read:
Friends of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
…I think maybe I’ve been on this site too much. /
72 | Kilroy01 Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:54:18pm |