1 StephenMeansMe  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:07:46pm

Look! A white man dares to make jokes!
KEEP FIRING! KEEP FIRING!
#CancelCK

(I don’t know which font is more appropriate anymore…)

2 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:08:46pm

That was pretty cleaned up for TV.

3 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:12:17pm

Ohio State students upset Chris Matthews tapped as commencement speaker

‘We don’t know who this guy is,’ some complain of MSNBC talk-show host

4 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:15:11pm

OT and late, new Statistics “saturday”. It’s still saturday somewhere.

Statistics Saturday

5 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:16:12pm

re: #3 Killgore Trout

Ohio State students upset Chris Matthews tapped as commencement speaker

Who would they rather have, Kim & Kanye? Or do they expect to have the POTUS every year?

6 bratwurst  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:16:29pm
7 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:18:38pm

re: #5 Justanotherhuman

When I graduated, I didn’t give a shit who was the commencement speaker. They all spout the same crap. Just get me my degree and let me walk the stage.

Edit: If Louis C.K. were my graduation speaker, or David Sedaris, that would be cool.

8 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:30:41pm

Wow, the fault lines have been busy the last few days…

earthquake.usgs.gov

9 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:31:43pm

re: #8 Justanotherhuman

Wow, the fault lines have been busy the last few days…

earthquake.usgs.gov

Punishment for sin.

10 Lidane  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:33:40pm

re: #7 Rev_Arthur_Belling

When I graduated, I didn’t give a shit who was the commencement speaker. They all spout the same crap. Just get me my degree and let me walk the stage.

Yeah, this. I couldn’t tell you who gave the commencement speech at either my undergrad or Master’s graduations. I’m sure they had accomplished a lot in their lives and they probably had good things to say, but I tuned them out. I just wanted my diplomas.

11 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:36:49pm

re: #9 b_sharp

Punishment for sin.

“We’re all gonna die!

12 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:38:02pm
13 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:42:22pm

re: #7 Rev_Arthur_Belling

When I graduated, I didn’t give a shit who was the commencement speaker. They all spout the same crap. Just get me my degree and let me walk the stage.

Edit: If Louis C.K. were my graduation speaker, or David Sedaris, that would be cool.

I didn’t show up to any of my graduation ceremonies.

14 Aqua Obama  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:43:17pm

French fascists are on parade today

15 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:44:07pm

re: #7 Rev_Arthur_Belling

re: #13 Killgore Trout

I didn’t show up to any of my graduation ceremonies.

High School,, yes

After,,, not so much (and they gave it to me anyway!!!))

16 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:45:17pm

re: #14 Aqua Obama

French fascists are on parade today

With luck, they’re walking behind the elephants!!

17 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:46:16pm

I just hate ceremonies. Weddings, funerals, graduations. Meh. “I’m supposed to stand here and do what? Is there a point to this?”

18 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:47:51pm

re: #17 Killgore Trout

I just hate ceremonies. Weddings, funerals, graduations. Meh. “I’m supposed to stand here and do what? Is there a point to this?”

Depends on the ceremony!!

Weddings,,, make snide remarks with your friends about the bride/ groom
Funerals ,,,make snide remarks with your friends about the deceased
Graduations,, make snide remarks with your friends about the grads

:)

19 Lidane  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:50:17pm
21 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:53:51pm

My friend Durbin’s wedding was awesome. They didn’t do anything all that funky or unusual, but they’re both wonderful public speakers, as was the officiant, chose great music, and chose great other people to give speeches. His dad, who’d just gone into remission, gave a really nifty speech that didn’t mention cancer or death or anything like that at all, just talking about how awesome this woman his son was marrying was.

And those medal of honor ceremonies the other day were incredibly moving, of course.

The naturalization ceremony for my friend Eric had me grinning like an idiot. There was a lot of infectious grinning going on there.

Like pretty much else, there’s tons of boring-ass versions out there but there’s truly transcendent stuff too.

22 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:56:52pm

re: #19 Lidane

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Scott Lively is a profoundly disturbed individual. Everything must be reminding him of Satan.

23 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:05:24pm

re: #18 sattv4u2

Depends on the ceremony!!

Weddings,,, make snide remarks with your friends about the bride/ groom
Funerals ,,,make snide remarks with your friends about the deceased
Graduations,, make snide remarks with your friends about the grads

:)

The only funeral I will willingly attend is my own.
And it had better be damned short.

24 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:11:30pm

re: #23 b_sharp

The only funeral I will willingly attend is my own.
And it had better be damned short.

Seeing as you have no friends, I’m sure the car procession to the cemetery will be!!!

//

25 Aqua Obama  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:12:12pm

West Africa allocates $250,000 to fight Ebola

I know money probably goes further in Africa but come on

26 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:20:27pm

Wow. In case you forgot, Gosztola is the loon who left a weird threatening message on James Kirchick’s phone, falsely representing himself as a writer for First Look.

Apparently that’s not a problem for our Glenn.

27 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:22:51pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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Wow. In case you forgot, Gosztola is the loon who left a weird threatening message on James Kirchick’s phone, falsely representing himself as a writer for First Look.

Apparently that’s not a problem for our Glenn.

Rania Khalek is a rabid Juice Hater. Excuse me “Anti-Zionist”

28 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:23:49pm

re: #22 Dr Lizardo

Scott Lively is a profoundly disturbed individual. Everything must be reminding him of Satan.

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He may be onto something. There have been 17 fatalities connected with the mother of all college bonfires, that of the Texas Aggies, along with much other debauched behavior and general insanity. Need more proof? Rick “Good Hair” Perry, surely a servant of the Evil One, was once a “Red Pot.”
This is one of the 18 high priests of the Aggie cult, essentially charged with planning and coordinating all activities connected with Bonfire.

My favorite bonfire story involves the 1948 attempt by UT students to light the bonfire prematurely by firebombing it from a light plane they had rented. The plane ran out of fuel, possibly because the crew had used all their gas for Molotov cocktails, and was forced to land at Easterwood Airport in Aggie controlled territory. The plane was stripped and the wooden parts (ie most of it) were consigned to the bonfire. Alcohol was almost certainly involved.

29 chadu  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:24:41pm

Ping.

30 The Awkward Guy  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:27:20pm

re: #29 chadu

Ping.

Pong.

31 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:27:27pm

re: #29 chadu

Ping.

Can’t afford them

I bought Callaway golf clubs instead!!
/

32 Gus 802  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:30:16pm

Ping, pong, fuck VirginMobile.

33 Gus 802  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:30:46pm
34 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:32:45pm

re: #32 Gus

fuck Virgin

too easy, so I’ll pass

35 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:35:49pm

re: #32 Gus

Ping, pong, fuck VirginMobile.

I hope the Virgin Galactic spacecraft works better.

36 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:36:55pm

re: #32 Gus

re: #35 Shiplord Kirel

I hope the Virgin Galactic spacecraft works better.

I’ve never had luck with Virgin anything(s)

Wait ,, what?!?!

37 Ryan King  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:39:31pm

I’d like a Mark of the Beast Filet with extra Hellfire and Tarnation Sauce

38 Stanley Sea  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:44:15pm

re: #37 Ryan King

I’d like a Mark of the Beast Filet with extra Hellfire and Tarnation Sauce

With a side of the Dante’s 7 circle onion rings.

39 Ryan King  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:45:25pm

Charles, the other day you referred to the Dark Lord, Satan, as ‘His Nibs.’

I have no idea of where you heard that from but I’ve been laughing about it for days. Where did that come from?

40 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:47:32pm

re: #38 Stanley Sea

With a side of the Dante’s 7 circle onion rings.

And some River of Potato Styx

41 Romantic Heretic  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:49:48pm

re: #14 Aqua Obama

French fascists are on parade today

Aren’t fascists of all nations pretty much on parade all the time? Even when they’re alone?

Youtube Video

42 Ryan King  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:50:15pm

His Nibs + Fast Food = Punulous Maximus

43 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:51:35pm

re: #24 sattv4u2

Seeing as you have no friends, I’m sure the car procession to the cemetery will be!!!

//

Just got back from grabbing a new battery for my car and this greets me.

I expect you to drive up here and attend my funeral. That way I’ll have at least one car in the procession.

44 chadu  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:53:26pm

re: #39 Ryan King

Charles, the other day you referred to the Dark Lord, Satan, as ‘His Nibs.’

I have no idea of where you heard that from but I’ve been laughing about it for days. Where did that come from?

worldwidewords.org

45 Aqua Obama  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:54:37pm

re: #41 Romantic Heretic

Aren’t fascists of all nations pretty much on parade all the time? Even when they’re alone?

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Oh my god, Mussolini speaks like he’s secretly insulting you in a foreign language

46 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 1:59:33pm

re: #43 b_sharp

Just got back from grabbing a new battery for my car and this greets me.

I expect you to drive up here and attend my funeral. That way I’ll have at least one car in the procession.

I was gonna drive the hearse to make sure you get there!!!!

47 steve_davis  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:00:12pm

re: #7 Rev_Arthur_Belling

When I graduated, I didn’t give a shit who was the commencement speaker. They all spout the same crap. Just get me my degree and let me walk the stage.

Edit: If Louis C.K. were my graduation speaker, or David Sedaris, that would be cool.

When I was in high school, we wound up having the same guy for 3 different events, and we actually voted to have him do our graduation address the 3rd time. He told basically 3 stories, but he told them so damned well that we just enjoyed hearing him. His best story was getting kicked off the team bus after a baseball game somewhere, getting picked up 5 minutes later by some guy in a convertible with, literally, some cow horns for a hood ornament, and having the driver provide him with one of his “little green cigars.” So he gets the guy to speed up, and they pass the team bus with both of them busily sucking away on their green cigars and waving to the pissed coach up in the front seat. Funniest damned story, and perfect poetic justice.

48 Ming  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:04:16pm

re: #27 Pie-onist Overlord

Rania Khalek is a rabid Juice Hater. Excuse me “Anti-Zionist”

Thanks for pointing that out! I just saw her Twitter feed. It’s thoroughly anti-semitic, one of the most hate-filled things I’ve seen in a long time.

My opinion of Glenn Greenwald is now even lower, considering all the compliments he gave her. GG is in a different world.

49 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:05:22pm

re: #46 sattv4u2

I was gonna drive the hearse to make sure you get there!!!!

Thanks bro.

50 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:05:44pm

re: #46 sattv4u2

I was gonna drive the hearse to make sure you get there!!!!

Don’t forget the wooden stake.

51 CuriousLurker  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:09:22pm

re: #43 b_sharp

Just got back from grabbing a new battery for my car and this greets me.

I expect you to drive up here and attend my funeral. That way I’ll have at least one car in the procession.

I’ll attend, but only if you don’t mind me showing up on my flying carpet. Oh wait, you’ll be past caring at that point. //

Wait, I know—we can live-Tweet the whole funeral! We’ll create a special hashtag, Gus can do Photoshop stuff to go with the tweets, ww & FNB can tweet pics of animals that look sad, KT can walk around with a sign that says “Outrage!”, VB can bring pie, Charles can do your eulogy using only Frank Zappa quotes…

Okay, I left out D_F, Obdi and a bunch of other lizards, so the rest of you guys will have to take it from there.

52 thedopefishlives  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:15:08pm

Evening Lizardim.

53 thedopefishlives  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:16:02pm

re: #51 CuriousLurker

I’ll bring the troll barbecue. Someone else will have to supply the troll, though; I’m fresh out.

54 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:16:39pm

Scream at the TV and worry about my blood pressure during the UK-Michigan game or watch “Walking Dead”…

Could be pretty much the same thing.

55 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:16:48pm

re: #50 b_sharp

Don’t forget the wooden stake.

I prefer a T-Bone ,, or better yet, a rib eye!

56 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:18:57pm

re: #51 CuriousLurker

I’ll attend, but only if you don’t mind me showing up on my flying carpet. Oh wait, you’ll be past caring at that point. //

Wait, I know—we can live-Tweet the whole funeral! We’ll create a special hashtag, Gus can do Photoshop stuff to go with the tweets, ww & FNB can tweet pics of animals that look sad, KT can walk around with a sign that says “Outrage!”, VB can bring pie, Charles can do your eulogy using only Frank Zappa quotes…

Okay, I left out D_F, Obdi and a bunch of other lizards, so the rest of you guys will have to take it from there.

I’m dying to see this funeral.

57 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:19:39pm

re: #51 CuriousLurker

I’ll attend, but only if you don’t mind me showing up on my flying carpet. Oh wait, you’ll be past caring at that point. //

Wait, I know—we can live-Tweet the whole funeral! We’ll create a special hashtag, Gus can do Photoshop stuff to go with the tweets, ww & FNB can tweet pics of animals that look sad, KT can walk around with a sign that says “Outrage!”, VB can bring pie, Charles can do your eulogy using only Frank Zappa quotes…

Okay, I left out D_F, Obdi and a bunch of other lizards, so the rest of you guys will have to take it from there.

Me, DF & the rest of the gun nuts will do a 21 gun salute.

58 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:20:03pm

re: #56 b_sharp

I’m dying to see this funeral.

I promise not to spit on your grave!!

(I hate standing in lines!!!)

59 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:21:49pm

I’m watching a Canadian newscast where they’re discussing the new electoral bill being forced through by our conservative Harper government. Our assholes in charge have decided to follow the US Republican example and disenfranchise 500,000 people.

60 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:23:38pm

uh oh

I have a crises here at work

I brought a potato to bake and have with my dinner

There’s no sour cream in the fridge !!!

OH ,, THE HUMANITY !!!!!!!

61 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:26:26pm

Why do these people even bother trying to get in?

All Clear at White House After Man Jumps Fence

nbcnews.com

62 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:27:26pm

re: #60 sattv4u2

uh oh

I have a crises here at work

I brought a potato to bake and have with my dinner

There’s no sour cream in the fridge !!!

OH ,, THE HUMANITY !!!!!!!

Man, you have my condolences.

63 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:27:45pm

re: #61 Justanotherhuman

Why do these people even bother trying to get in?

All Clear at White House After Man Jumps Fence

nbcnews.com

15 minutes of fame.

64 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:28:54pm

re: #60 sattv4u2

uh oh

I have a crises here at work

I brought a potato to bake and have with my dinner

There’s no sour cream in the fridge !!!

OH ,, THE HUMANITY !!!!!!!

Butter is all any tater needs. Sour cream is a satanic invention …

;)

65 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:29:32pm

re: #63 b_sharp

More like voices in their heads.

66 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:30:55pm

re: #63 b_sharp

15 minutes of fame.

“I’m bored. Wonder what I could do today to make me famous,,,, and get a beating while doing it!!!”

67 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:30:58pm

re: #64 William Barnett-Lewis

BTW, I left a recommendation for a submarine documentary in the thread the other night. Not sure if you saw it. It’s about the Soviet Sub class that inspired the Hunt for Red October. The link is there somewhere.

68 CuriousLurker  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:31:22pm

re: #57 William Barnett-Lewis

Me, DF & the rest of the gun nuts will do a 21 gun salute.

LOL, that thought actually crossed my mind WRT D_F.

69 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:31:33pm

re: #65 Rev_Arthur_Belling

More like voices in their heads.

Shhh. I can’t hear what my other self is saying.

70 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:34:19pm

re: #69 b_sharp

Shhh. I can’t hear what my other self is saying.

I can. But he’s speaking Polish, and I don’t understand Polish!

71 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:35:19pm

re: #70 sattv4u2

I can. But he’s speaking Polish, and I don’t understand Polish!

Hang on, I’ll channel my grandmother. She could speak both Polish and Ukrainian.

72 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:36:45pm

re: #71 b_sharp

Hang on, I’ll channel my grandmother. She could speak both Polish and Ukrainian.

In the same sentence?

That would confuse me even MORE!!

73 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:39:04pm

re: #72 sattv4u2

In the same sentence?

That would confuse me even MORE!!

biedny mały człowiek

бідний маленький людський

74 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:40:57pm

re: #67 Rev_Arthur_Belling

BTW, I left a recommendation for a submarine documentary in the thread the other night. Not sure if you saw it. It’s about the Soviet Sub class that inspired the Hunt for Red October. The link is there somewhere.

Thanks! I’ll check it out.

75 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:42:25pm

re: #73 b_sharp

biedny mały człowiek

бідний маленький людський

No thanks. I’ll blow my own nose!

76 TedStriker  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:54:39pm

re: #67 Rev_Arthur_Belling

BTW, I left a recommendation for a submarine documentary in the thread the other night. Not sure if you saw it. It’s about the Soviet Sub class that inspired the Hunt for Red October. The link is there somewhere.

Typhoon-class subs are big mothers…only two of them left in service.

77 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:56:36pm

re: #76 TedStriker

According to the documentary (or the page I was reading), there’s only one now.

78 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:59:43pm
79 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 2:59:54pm

re: #77 Rev_Arthur_Belling

According to the documentary (or the page I was reading), there’s only one now.

I think Dr. Evil has the other one!!

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/

80 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:10:22pm
81 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:10:40pm

re: #51 CuriousLurker

I’ll attend, but only if you don’t mind me showing up on my flying carpet. Oh wait, you’ll be past caring at that point. //

Wait, I know—we can live-Tweet the whole funeral! We’ll create a special hashtag, Gus can do Photoshop stuff to go with the tweets, ww & FNB can tweet pics of animals that look sad, KT can walk around with a sign that says “Outrage!”, VB can bring pie, Charles can do your eulogy using only Frank Zappa quotes…

Okay, I left out D_F, Obdi and a bunch of other lizards, so the rest of you guys will have to take it from there.

I could build the casket. I’m pretty sure (80%+) that I can build one where the bottom won’t fall out… maybe even 85%.

RBS

82 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:11:22pm

re: #78 Charles Johnson

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Smithers, release the hounds!

83 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:11:43pm
84 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:11:55pm

re: #60 sattv4u2

uh oh

I have a crises here at work

I brought a potato to bake and have with my dinner

There’s no sour cream in the fridge !!!

OH ,, THE HUMANITY !!!!!!!

Is there any unflavored Yogurt? that’s just as good, and much better for you. (figure the chances are slim on that however)

RBS

85 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:12:43pm

re: #84 RealityBasedSteve

Is there any unflavored Yogurt? that’s just as good, and much better for you. (figure the chances are slim on that however)

RBS

“Slim” would be an overstatement!!

86 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:13:21pm

re: #80 Charles Johnson

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Looks like the Louis CK outrage never made it out of twitter land. The good news is it probably took the steam out of the Colbert outrage.

87 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:14:44pm

re: #83 Charles Johnson

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Are there really planets made out of cake?

88 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:15:17pm

re: #87 Pie-onist Overlord

Are there really planets made out of cake?

I sure hope so.

89 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:15:21pm

re: #86 Killgore Trout

Looks like the Louis CK outrage never made it out of twitter land. The good news is it probably took the steam out of the Colbert outrage.

Upside

There’s now room for a REAL outrageous outrage du jour

90 Ryan King  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:24:32pm

re: #87 Pie-onist Overlord

Are there really planets made out of cake?

MOLTEN FUDGE CAKE. I knew it.

91 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:26:54pm

re: #87 Pie-onist Overlord

Are there really planets made out of cake?

A lot of people don’t know this, but if you drill deep enough into the Earth you find a creamy chocolate center.

92 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:28:57pm

re: #91 Charles Johnson

A lot of people don’t know this, but if you drill deep enough into the Earth you find a creamy chocolate center.

Then we should live in terror of the giant wise cosmic owl.

RBS

93 Ryan King  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:30:22pm

#CANCELTHECREAMYCHOCOLATECENTEROFTHEEARTH

94 Ryan King  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:30:44pm

I bet that trends.

95 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:31:32pm

re: #89 sattv4u2

Upside

There’s now room for a REAL outrageous outrage du jour

There’s always room for more outrage!

96 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:32:01pm

re: #85 sattv4u2

“Slim” would be an overstatement!!

In my day we ate our potatoes with pencil shavings, and we liked it.

97 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:32:37pm

re: #96 Decatur Deb

In my day we ate our potatoes with pencils shavings, and we liked it.

Well,,,, we DO have plenty of pencils here ,, so ,,,,,,

98 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:32:41pm

re: #91 Charles Johnson

A lot of people don’t know this, but if you drill deep enough into the Earth you find a creamy chocolate center.

Any nougat down there?

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:33:35pm

re: #96 Decatur Deb

In my day we ate our potatoes with pencil shavings, and we liked it.

You had pencil shavings?????!!!!

100 Ryan King  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:33:43pm

Who will cancel the Cancellors?

101 Usually refered to as anyways  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:33:46pm

re: #96 Decatur Deb

In my day we ate our potatoes with pencil shavings, and we liked it.

You we lucky, we only had coal to eat.

102 thedopefishlives  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:33:49pm

re: #91 Charles Johnson

A lot of people don’t know this, but if you drill deep enough into the Earth you find a creamy chocolate center.

Don’t tell the Mrs. Fish; we won’t have a planet left.

103 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:33:50pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

There’s always room for more outrage!

Thats an outrageous statement!!

104 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:33:58pm

It’s a bit like a tree falling in the forest. Today the press off and not covering the outrage on twitter. The hashtag by itself accomplishes nothing, only if the press is on duty and bored enough to cover it does it become a thing.

105 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:34:04pm

re: #98 b_sharp

Any nougat down there?

Xavier Nugat for a candy emergency.

106 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:34:58pm

re: #98 b_sharp

Any nougat down there?

The nougat layer is just below the mantle.

107 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:35:18pm

Imagine that, you can lose you livelihood if the press is bored enough. There’s no justice like mob justice.

108 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:37:14pm

re: #106 Charles Johnson

The nougat layer is just below the mantle.

BBL. Off to the store to buy a shovel.

109 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:37:15pm

re: #106 Charles Johnson

The nougat layer is just below the mantle.

I knew Mickey wasn’t an angel, but I don’t think he went to hell!!

110 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:37:15pm

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Imagine that, you can lose you livelihood if the press is bored enough. There’s no justice like mob justice.

God I’m horrified.

Literally shaking.

111 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:37:42pm

Ted Nougat and and Mickey Mantle!

112 thedopefishlives  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:38:48pm

re: #109 sattv4u2

I knew Mickey wasn’t an angel, but I don’t think he went to hell!!

*WHACK!*

113 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:38:56pm

Stanley S.—Any joy on the ACA?

114 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:39:20pm
115 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:40:15pm

re: #109 sattv4u2

I knew Mickey wasn’t an angel, but I don’t think he went to hell!!

He was a switch hitter you know.

116 b.d.  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:40:39pm

DRILL HERE! DRILL NOW! AND BRING SOME ICE CREAM!

117 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:41:07pm

re: #116 b.d.

DRILL HERE! DRILL NOW! AND BRING SOME ICE CREAM!

Yes, please.

118 thedopefishlives  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:43:16pm

re: #116 b.d.

DRILL HERE! DRILL NOW! AND BRING SOME ICE CREAM!

I’ll take a large glass of milk. No, bigger.

119 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:43:30pm

Caribou Barbie, being as tasteful as ever….

Caribou Barbie, Trailer Park Edition

RBS

120 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:43:57pm

Turkey’s Erdogan declares victory in polls despite graft crisis

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in local polls that had become a referendum on his rule and said he would “enter the lair” of enemies who have accused him of corruption and leaked state secrets. “They will pay for this,” he said.

That doesn’t sound good.

121 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:43:57pm
122 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:45:42pm

OK. Are you ready for the most jaw-droppingly pretentious and unbelievably verbose article you’ve ever read?

counterpunch.org

Don’t say I didn’t warn you when your jaw hits the floor.

123 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:48:26pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

There’s lots of art in the Louvre that shows pain.

124 freetoken  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:49:30pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

Didn’t you know? -

Truth is directly proportional to the number of words.

125 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:50:27pm

This UK-Michigan game is gonna kill me.

126 Mentis Fugit  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:50:55pm

re: #87 Pie-onist Overlord

Are there really planets made out of cake?

If you look at the animated graphics* in the background of the BBC Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy TV series while The Book is reciting the entry for Magrathea, one can see a cutaway view of a custom-built planet with the layers labelled “Inner Core”, “Outer Core”, “Mantle”, and “Meringue”.

Close enough?

127 Stanley Sea  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:51:50pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

This UK-Michigan game is gonna kill me.

Go Cats!

128 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:51:55pm

BTW lizards, your weekly stats lesson has been posted

129 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:54:26pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

OK. Are you ready for the most jaw-droppingly pretentious and unbelievably verbose article you’ve ever read?

counterpunch.org

Don’t say I didn’t warn you when your jaw hits the floor.

The link says “counterpunch”

What more do you need to know?

130 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:56:21pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

OK. Are you ready for the most jaw-droppingly pretentious and unbelievably verbose article you’ve ever read?

counterpunch.org

Don’t say I didn’t warn you when your jaw hits the floor.

Guess the movies are beneath his definition of art.

131 Stanley Sea  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:57:17pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

This UK-Michigan game is gonna kill me.

And yes. 7 minutes is still way too long. My KY shrine has been assembled!

132 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:58:35pm

re: #123 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

There’s lots of art in the Louvre that shows pain.

Oh, I see, he’s complaining that there isn’t any art about the horrible shit France did in various places.

Yeah, it’s true, probably. One of the main reasons for this is most of the art at the Louvre predates colonialism, and another that very few artists went out to the places where this horrible shit was going down, and another that art tended to be commissioned by the privileged classes up until really recently.

There have been, of course, lots of french novels about colonialism, and movies about French colonialism.

133 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 3:59:57pm

re: #131 Stanley Sea

And yes. 7 minutes is still way too long. My KY shrine has been assembled!

That reminds me

I’m out of Jelly

134 b.d.  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 4:01:54pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

OK. Are you ready for the most jaw-droppingly pretentious and unbelievably verbose article you’ve ever read?

counterpunch.org

Don’t say I didn’t warn you when your jaw hits the floor.

All those museums and he never went and saw Picasso’s Guernica?

I guess that would have ruined his entire article.

135 Mentis Fugit  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 4:03:22pm

MERINGUE. OPTION 56.PL.3

136 jaunte  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 4:34:23pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

OK. Are you ready for the most jaw-droppingly pretentious and unbelievably verbose article you’ve ever read?

counterpunch.org

Don’t say I didn’t warn you when your jaw hits the floor.

I’d love to have the time and money to spend a couple of weeks looking through art museums in Europe.

137 EPR-radar  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 4:40:43pm

re: #134 b.d.

All those museums and he never went and saw Picasso’s Guernica?

I guess that would have ruined his entire article.

I’m sure Guernica does not count because he was apparently looking for artistic representations of the evils of colonialism in European art. Guernica would be categorically excluded.

138 Political Atheist  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 4:51:02pm

Had some luck today with my camera and the hummingbirds, got a new bird in town. Paged.

139 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 4:52:42pm

re: #137 EPR-radar

I’m sure Guernica does not count because he was apparently looking for artistic representations of the evils of colonialism in European art. Guernica would be categorically excluded.

The bit I’m stuck on is that there’s tons and tons of French literature and movies dealing with colonialism. One of my favorite movies, a very underrated one, en.wikipedia.org, confronts it. The title even means ‘cheated’, as in the Africans were cheated by the French.

140 EPR-radar  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 5:04:04pm

re: #139 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

The bit I’m stuck on is that there’s tons and tons of French literature and movies dealing with colonialism. One of my favorite movies, a very underrated one, en.wikipedia.org, confronts it. The title even means ‘cheated’, as in the Africans were cheated by the French.

There seems to be a restriction to “paintings on a wall” type art, which probably bakes in the observed conclusion from the start. Here I’m assuming that “paintings on a wall” art are more dependent on having wealthy patrons to commission the art work than literature/movies.

141 jaunte  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 5:09:26pm

Not a painting in the Louvre, therefore not part of the author’s tourism experience.

142 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 5:12:05pm

For much of the time he’s talking about, Europe was under one sort of colonial oppression or another. Rome invented the word ‘colonia’. Spain was an occupied primitive outpost exploited by the Arab world.

Image: Dying_gaul.jpg

And don’t ask the Irish about colonial violence.

143 EPR-radar  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 5:12:29pm

re: #141 jaunte

[Embedded image]

Not a painting in the Louvre, therefore not part of the author’s tourism experience.

Naturally. This author started with his conclusion firmly in mind, and then went everywhere he could to find evidence in favor of it. A better example of selection bias (statistics Sunday theme) would be hard to find.

144 jaunte  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 5:14:15pm

re: #143 EPR-radar

Funny thing is, he even mentions Algiers.

I faced no images of the impact of the carpet-bombing on the Vietnamese villages, and no images depicting the rape of Algiers.

145 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 5:15:07pm

re: #144 jaunte

Funny thing is, he even mentions Algiers.

Shorter critique: He’s a moron.

146 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 30, 2014 5:19:11pm

re: #144 jaunte

Funny thing is, he even mentions Algiers.

I faced no images of the impact of the carpet-bombing on the Vietnamese villages, and no images depicting the rape of Algiers.

Funny thing is, he even mentions Algiers.

imdb.com

147 sunnygal  Mon, Mar 31, 2014 9:36:13am

re: #7 Rev_Arthur_Belling

The speaker at my law school commencement was Garrison Keeler. We were a laid-back class.


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