After the Right Wing Media Machine Screams “Sterling Is a Democrat,” He Turns Out to Be a Republican

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They do it every time — whenever a high profile public figure is caught uttering racist comments, or a whenever a sociopath commits mass murder, the entire right wing media machine immediately starts searching through public records to see if that person ever, in his or her entire life, donated to a Democrat or registered as a Democrat in an election. And if they find what they’re searching for, they immediately start ranting in unison that the person in question is proof that the “real racists” or the “real psycho killers” are actually, yes, liberals.

You can set your watch by this childish behavior. And when Clippers owner Donald Sterling was exposed as a racist, he became the latest example. From National Review right on down to the scummiest wingnut hate blog, they all fell into line and began parroting this nonsense, because someone dug up a handful of contributions to Democratic politicians in the early 1990s.

And as usual, the right wingers have egg on their faces again — because it turns out Donald Sterling is a registered Republican.

The point of making Sterling out to be a “liberal,” of course, is to perform the strange right wing ritual known as “I know you are but what am I?” in retaliation for their hero Cliven Bundy being exposed as a racist. But anyone with more than two brain cells can see the huge difference in these two cases: the right wing turned out en masse to support Cliven Bundy and praise him as a hero of the conservative movement, while no liberal or Democrat has uttered a single word of support for Donald Sterling.

But one thing is guaranteed — the next case of racism or violence that comes up, these deeply dishonest people will just start the same process all over again.

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317 comments
1 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 10:53:26am

Not that it matters, but he’s actually an ancient fish.

2 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 10:55:06am
3 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 10:55:36am

After the Right Wing Media Machine Screams “Sterling Is a Democrat,” He Turns Out to Be a Republican

And the right responds: “LALALALA I CAN’T HEAR YOU!”

4 Iwouldprefernotto  Apr 28, 2014 10:55:46am

I’m sure the RWNJ will still be saying Sterling’s a Democrat for years.

5 Mike Lamb  Apr 28, 2014 10:56:10am

It’s so very telling that the Right was not interested in calling out Sterling for his comments, only in calling him out for being an alleged Democrat.

His party affiliation would only be relevant if a group of like minded travelers was trying to defend him.

6 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 10:56:36am
7 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 10:56:46am

Good post; clears the palate, Charles.

Meanwhile, another R that I hope gets a righteous comeuppance. I just hope the committee isn’t just stalling for time.

Ethics Committee extends investigation into Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, for another 45 days - @rollcall
read more on rollcall.com

8 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 10:57:32am
9 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 28, 2014 10:58:35am
10 jaunte  Apr 28, 2014 10:58:39am

Denial runs deep.

“Purported” racist comments?

11 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 10:58:41am

FALSE FLAG!!11!!!

12 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 28, 2014 10:59:11am

Of course, since LA is a liberal bastion the registration is a fraud. Or, better yet, Sterling’s GOP registration is a false flag operation in order to smear the party.
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(Ninja’d again. :( )

13 Randall Gross  Apr 28, 2014 10:59:26am

When I first paged the story here I honestly thought he was a Dem because of the crowing and I did not care. Racist is just racist and all other things, including politics, are just window dressing on their Ab Initio principle of tribal supremacism.

14 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 11:00:08am

re: #8 Gus

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Even though Drudge barely made it out of HS, he’s been compromising journalism for 20 yrs.

15 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:01:46am

Ha ha!
— Nelson

16 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 11:01:48am
From National Review right on down to the scummiest wingnut hate blog …

That span is one of those things I wonder about, just how wide is it? but I do. not. want. to investigate it myself. Bleah.

17 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:03:11am

Weird man. I mentioned Nelson and then this popped up afterwards…

18 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 11:03:31am

Yeah, but he’s a “California Republican”, i.e., he’s a librul, prog, commie, something, something……

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19 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 11:04:14am

re: #17 Gus

Weird man. I mentioned Nelson and then this popped up afterwards…

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A double nelson must be four half-nelsons.

20 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:06:10am

re: #19 wrenchwench

A double nelson must be four half-nelsons.

[Rim shot]

21 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:07:46am

re: #18 Dr. Matt

Yeah, but he’s a “California Republican”, i.e., he’s a librul, prog, commie, something, something……

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So he’s a Reagan Republican. //

22 lawhawk  Apr 28, 2014 11:08:33am

re: #21 Gus

Or a Schwarzenegger Republican. /

23 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 11:09:19am

re: #19 wrenchwench

A double nelson must be four half-nelsons.

I’m a fan of the buck nelson.

24 Decatur Deb  Apr 28, 2014 11:09:19am

re: #19 wrenchwench

A double nelson must be four half-nelsons.

Ozzie and Harriet.

25 makeitstop  Apr 28, 2014 11:09:23am

Best comment of this whole episode so far:

“Had my name been Vinny Del Blanco, I might have still had a job”
-Vinny Del Negro

26 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 11:09:58am

re: #20 Gus

[Rim shot]

Hey, there’s also a three-quarters Nelson.

27 makeitstop  Apr 28, 2014 11:11:05am

re: #26 wrenchwench

Hey, there’s also a three-quarters Nelson.

[Embedded image]

Four of those and you got yourself a triple nelson!

28 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:11:16am
29 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:14:40am

Oh yeah! Well, Jefferson was a Democrat-Republican!

30 Killgore Trout  Apr 28, 2014 11:14:47am

This is the speech Obama would give on Russia if he were brutally honest

After careful deliberation, I have determined that it is in the national security interests of the United States to bluff crippling sanctions that would only succeed with European support that I’ll never get, in order to deter Putin from invading Ukraine again, even though his first invasion was a wild success for him that we will probably never overturn. Even if the European miraculously come through, ordinary Russians will suffer more than Putin ever would, and his authoritarian government will continue its crackdown in free speech and civil liberties basically unimpeded.

31 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 11:16:18am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., calls GOP attacks on Obamacare a ‘miserable failure’ - @nielslesniewski
end of alert

32 Shazam  Apr 28, 2014 11:16:53am

At least their new chant of “liberals are the real racists” indicates they’re aware racism is bad. Now if they can just learn to actually recognize it.

33 lawhawk  Apr 28, 2014 11:17:20am

And it’s not like the audio somehow captures Sterling out of character either. The more you look, the more you’ll find he was a racist all along - for anyone who wanted to look in his direction. And that includes pretty much everyone associated with the NBA, which makes David Stern and the rest of the league owners and players look a whole lot worse, since they looked the other way every time he made one of these documented utterances.

And there’s an ESPN opinion piece from 2006 which highlighted his racist views (and his position as defendant in housing discrimination suits because he refused to lease to minorities) too as a warning sign for the league to take action (which it didn’t).

34 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 11:17:45am
35 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:19:06am
36 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 11:19:09am

Associated with a discussion downstairs about Toyota leaving California for Texas, same thing happening here in Kentucky.

Toyota moving 1,600 jobs out of Northern Kentucky

Company officials gathered employees at its Erlanger offices Monday afternoon to tell them the news. All workers there will be offered jobs either at Toyota’s new headquarters in Plano, Texas, or at an expanded technical center in Michigan.
A few hundred engineers also may move to the company’s manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Ky., where more than 7,000 people now work.

37 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 11:21:33am
38 Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2014 11:21:34am
39 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:21:36am
In August 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Sterling for housing discrimination in using race as a factor in filling some of his apartment buildings. The suit charged that Sterling refused to rent to non-Koreans in the Koreatown neighborhood and to African Americans in Beverly Hills.[15] The suit alleges Sterling once said he did not like to rent to Hispanics because they “smoke, drink and just hang around the building,” and that “Black tenants smell and attract vermin.”[15] In November 2009, ESPN reported that Sterling agreed to pay a fine of $2.73 million to settle claims brought by the Justice Department and Davin Day of Newport Beach that he engaged in discriminatory rental practices against Hispanics, blacks, and families with children.[16] In addition, Sterling was also ordered to pay attorneys’ fees and costs in that action of $4,923,554.75. In granting the attorney’s fees and costs Judge Dale S. Fischer noted “Sterling’s’ scorched earth’ litigation tactics, some of which are described by the Plaintiffs’ counsel and some of which were observed by the Court. The Court has no difficulty accepting Plaintiffs’ counsel’s representations that the time required to be spent on this case was increased by defendant’s counsel’s often unacceptable, and sometimes outrageous conduct.”

2006. That would be George W. Bush’s DOJ.

40 Hal_10000  Apr 28, 2014 11:21:53am
whenever a high profile public figure is caught uttering racist comments, or a whenever a sociopath commits mass murder, the entire right wing media machine immediately starts searching through public records to see if that person ever, in his or her entire life, donated to a Democrat or registered as a Democrat in an election.

As opposed to going through his history to see if he’s a Republican or a Tea Partiers or a Ron Paul supporter?

41 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 28, 2014 11:22:15am

re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth

Associated with a discussion downstairs about Toyota leaving California for Texas, same thing happening here in Kentucky.

Toyota moving 1,600 jobs out of Northern Kentucky

Yea, but jobs leaving Kentucky for Texas didn’t fit the desired narrative.
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42 Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2014 11:23:55am

re: #40 Hal_10000

And here we have an example of “I know you are but what am I?” in the wild.

43 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 11:23:56am

re: #41 Feline Fearless Leader

Yea, but jobs leaving Kentucky for Texas didn’t fit the desired narrative.
/

44 Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2014 11:24:43am

Right wingers really hate it when they’re exposed as clowns.

45 aagcobb  Apr 28, 2014 11:25:16am

Some of Sterling’s additional comments perfectly reflect the GOP’s cultish worship of plutocrats:

Stiviano: Do you know that you have a whole team that’s black, that plays for you?

Sterling: You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses. Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them? … Who makes the game? Do I make the game, or do they make the game? Is there 30 owners that created the league?

You see, NBA players, like all mere employees, are charity cases benefiting from the generosity of godlike creators such as Sterling, who, with the help of a couple of dozen other plutocrats, created the NBA out of thin air to provide charity to really tall people. The arrogance is stunning.

46 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 28, 2014 11:25:46am

Ah yes, and all those reports and interviews on the liberal media praising Stirling as a true patriot and American hero…especially his famous little talk on “Let me tell you about the white man..:”

47 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:25:47am

Ayep.

48 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 11:25:50am

The list grows:

49 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 28, 2014 11:28:06am

re: #47 Gus

Ayep.

Has Rush offered to buy the Clippers yet in order to show the others how to *really* run a professional sports franchise?
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50 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 11:29:56am

re: #40 Hal_10000

As opposed to going through his history to see if he’s a Republican or a Tea Partiers or a Ron Paul supporter?

It’s been nearly a week since his comments were brought to attention and only TODAY it’s been revealed he is a Registered Republican. By contrast, the National Review and the vile right blogs have been screeching he was a “Democrat” within 24 hours of the news breaking.

You’re dismissed.

51 Khal Wimpo  Apr 28, 2014 11:30:46am

re: #33 lawhawk

And it’s not like the audio somehow captures Sterling out of character either. The more you look, the more you’ll find he was a racist all along - for anyone who wanted to look in his direction. And that includes pretty much everyone associated with the NBA, which makes David Stern and the rest of the league owners and players look a whole lot worse, since they looked the other way every time he made one of these documented utterances.

As you might expect, the racism isn’t the only ugly arrow in his quiver of paleolithic beliefs & behaviors.

Almost 20 years ago, my girlfriend-at-the-time interviewed for a gig working for Sterling. The interview process consisted of having a bunch of tall, blonde, fit women line up, twirl around, state their measurements, and if they had a boyfriend or not. She fibbed, because she needed a job, but was completely repulsed by the callback to come to a special private interview session with Sterling at his mansion.

Yes, he’s gotten a free pass for this kind of behavior for far too long. Then again, this is Los Angeles, home of the casting couch, and his behavior barely rates a raised eyebrow at some of the production companies.

If you have the stomach to listen to the entire taped “argument,” you basically are forced to come to the conclusion that Sterling is a complete emotional infant. They argue like a couple of pre-schoolers in a sandbox. All he cares about is that someone - probably another of his billionaire buddies - called him out on his girlfriend being on Instagram with a black dude, and gave him the “Ha ha!” on that.

52 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 28, 2014 11:30:54am

They’re desperate.

53 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 11:31:23am

re: #44 Charles Johnson

Right wingers really hate it when they’re exposed as clowns.

The last 7 days have been rough for the GOP: First it was Cliven Bundy and today it’s Donald Sterling. Ouch.

54 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:31:59am

Donald Sterling. Because Democrats, Obama, false flag and Benghazi!!!!!!!!!

Derp.

55 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 11:35:02am
56 The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 28, 2014 11:36:54am

re: #54 Gus

Donald Sterling. Because Democrats, Obama, false flag and Benghazi!!!!!!!!!

Derp.

But simultaneously,

Not really racism, black friends, golddigger set him up, its a personal matter the president shouldn’t mention.

57 CuriousLurker  Apr 28, 2014 11:40:18am

re: #56 The Ghost of a Flea

But simultaneously,

Not really racism, black friends, golddigger set him up, its a personal matter the president shouldn’t mention.

Free speech, slippery slope, liberal bullies, etc.

58 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 11:41:07am
59 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 28, 2014 11:41:23am

We continue to hold up professional sports as the embodiment of everything we hold near and dear as Americans: the fair play, the striving for excellence, the chance to become a star and perhaps a millionaire and celebrity.

Which is one of the reasons we give for maintaining a system in which college athletes are exploited as unpaid minor leagues for the NBA and NFL, even though most of them will never be able to make a career in the professional leagues, much less become millionaire celebrities.

But as soon as we peel back the veneer, we see the racism, sexism, bigotry, disregard for players and unmitigated greed that actually power the system.

60 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 28, 2014 11:43:08am

re: #52 Pie-onist Overlord

They’re desperate.

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Where is the bit where Harry Reed told his wife to stop bringing negroes to his campaign rallies?

61 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 11:43:21am

God they’re pathetic. Always looking for party registration as “proof” that their side is immune from racism.

62 Hal_10000  Apr 28, 2014 11:43:23am

re: #42 Charles Johnson

I don’t think Sterling’s nonsense has anything to do with Democrats. He made two donations a long time ago. Even if he was a full-fledged Democrat, a big-time bundler and a huge campaign contributor, I don’t think it would mean anything. People are complicated. I remember when Marge Schott would spew her racist garbage, her defenders would point out (truthfully) that she could be enormously kind to people and donated a lot to charity. Sterling could be a racist but still be supporting the “right” side politically.

I’m just savoring the irony of this kind of reaction when every racist nut who comes along and has a Ron Paul sticker it touted as an example of what Republicans “really” think.

63 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 11:44:10am

re: #47 Gus

Ayep.

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Limbaugh’s desperate as always.

64 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 11:46:38am

re: #62 Hal_10000

I don’t think Sterling’s nonsense has anything to do with Democrats. He made two donations a long time ago. Even if he was a full-fledged Democrat, a big-time bundler and a huge campaign contributor, I don’t think it would mean anything. People are complicated. I remember when Marge Schott would spew her racist garbage, her defenders would point out (truthfully) that she could be enormously kind to people and donated a lot to charity. Sterling could be a racist but still be supporting the “right” side politically.

I’m just savoring the irony of this kind of reaction when every racist nut who comes along and has a Ron Paul sticker it touted as an example of what Republicans “really” think.

Sterling and Schott are wrong if they think they can buy their way out of bigotry by donating to charities.

65 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 28, 2014 11:48:25am

BRYAN WHY IS JESUS ANGRY AT YOU?

66 piratedan  Apr 28, 2014 11:48:51am

I guess it’s not enough to simply decry the man’s racist comments, somebody has to keep score… That’s the sad part about this, the GOP acts as if racism is only bad when Democrats are doing it versus being against the act in and of itself.

67 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 11:49:09am

Who is this recycled garbage going to appeal to, 80 yr olds?

FOX announces the network is moving forward with ‘Grease Live,’ a live production of ‘Grease,’ which will premiere in 2015 - @HitFixDaniel
read more on hitfix.com

68 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2014 11:50:12am

re: #49 Feline Fearless Leader

An all white NBA team? Good luck with that

69 Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 28, 2014 11:51:13am

re: #59 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Reminds me of a line from a song about hip hop artists vs. record companies:

“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”

70 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 11:51:14am

re: #66 piratedan

I guess it’s not enough to simply decry the man’s racist comments, somebody has to keep score… That’s the sad part about this, the GOP acts as if racism is only bad when Democrats are doing it versus being against the act in and of itself.

Yeah it’s not about being horrified by the bigotry of Sterling’s words. It’s about “How can we use this story to attack the left.” Pretty pathetic since they’re always crying about the left calling them racist. It may shock them but people believe they’re racist because of their actions.

71 Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2014 11:51:31am

re: #62 Hal_10000

I don’t think Sterling’s nonsense has anything to do with Democrats.

Maybe you should let your pals in right wing media and blogs know that, since they seem to be engaged in a unison effort to say exactly the opposite.

I’m just savoring the irony of this kind of reaction when every racist nut who comes along and has a Ron Paul sticker it touted as an example of what Republicans “really” think.

Problem is, a lot of those “racist nuts” end up being turned into heroes of the conservative movement. But you go right ahead and keep trying to spin it — it’s pretty funny.

72 Mattand  Apr 28, 2014 11:54:08am

I’m hoping that much like an alcoholic who constantly wakes up in unknown surroundings or a jail cell, Bundy and Sterling will finally be the wake-up calls for the GOP that they have a huge problem with racists.

You’ll note I’m not holding my breath, particularly in light that Limbaugh’s Sterling/Obama tinfoil bat shittery was probably made with the knowledge that Sterling’s a registered Republican.

73 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:55:33am
74 Testy Toad T  Apr 28, 2014 11:56:41am

re: #72 Mattand

I’m hoping that much like an alcoholic who constantly wakes up in unknown surroundings or a jail cell, Bundy and Sterling will finally be the wake-up calls for the GOP that they have a huge problem with racists.

Well, sure, but a not insubstantial number of them are racists, or at least are pretty damned okay with dog whistling until the cows come home.

It’s not like it’s a policy position that can be refudiated, or a single offender that must be jettisoned. To a substantial (but incomplete) extent, it’s what they are. How can you save a man from himself?

75 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 11:56:51am

re: #72 Mattand

I’m hoping that much like an alcoholic who constantly wakes up in unknown surroundings or a jail cell, Bundy and Sterling will finally be the wake-up calls for the GOP that they have a huge problem with racists.

You’ll note I’m not holding my breath, particularly in light that Limbaugh’s Sterling/Obama tinfoil battery was probably made with the knowledge that Sterling’s a registered Republican.

I’m extremely cynical about it honestly. As been said, their first move is to try to find any way to blame racism on the left. I really don’t think they have an actual problem with what Sterling said but they relish any time they can try to point a racist as a Democrat or liberal because of something like party registration.

76 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:57:05am
77 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:58:52am

BOODA BEAR: “… now we all have that thought of the fight of freedom and fighting against tyranny and this government that’s trying to repress us but ta pull out of town and to go to hotels and say you did it for security — that’s coward, that’s coward. My guys sleep in the dirt out here, we’re on shifts for 14hours a day and trying to make sure that this family [welfare-king Bundy] stays safe and secure … and just so everybody knows, as Booda, head of security for the Bundy Family I can swear on the white skin that covers my ass there will not be an Oath Keeper — there WILL NOT BE AN OATH KEEPER allowed to set foot on the internal ranch property.

78 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 11:59:03am

Foghorn Leghorn

79 thecommodore  Apr 28, 2014 11:59:39am

Question: Where did Mother Jones (or the LA Times) get Sterling’s address number to put into that site? I tried his business address in Beverly Hills but nothing came up.

80 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:00:48pm

re: #77 Gus

Booda Bear: as Booda, head of security for the Bundy Family I can swear on the white skin that covers my ass there will not be an Oath Keeper — there WILL NOT BE AN OATH KEEPER allowed to set foot on the internal ranch property.

BY THE WHITE SKIN THAT COVERS MY ASS!

81 Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2014 12:01:01pm

re: #79 thecommodore

Probably from LexisNexis.

82 lawhawk  Apr 28, 2014 12:02:22pm

Tornado warnings are up and radar has picked up tornadic activity near Tinsley. There are a line of storms pushing East that are sparking severe storms, including hail and strong winds. Some may spawn tornadoes. Stay safe down there!

83 The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 28, 2014 12:02:47pm

re: #80 Kragar

BY THE WHITE SKIN THAT COVERS MY ASS!

It’s less funny when you realize it’s someone else’s white skin.

84 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 28, 2014 12:03:28pm

re: #83 The Ghost of a Flea

It’s less funny when you realize it’s someone else’s white skin.

There is no cannibalism in the Royal Navy!
/// :p

85 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:04:51pm

re: #84 Feline Fearless Leader

There is no cannibalism in the Royal Navy!
/// :p

And by none, we mean some.

86 Mattand  Apr 28, 2014 12:05:20pm

re: #74 Testy Toad T

re: #75 HappyWarrior

Yeah, pretty much these two comments. The whole “Yeah, but whaddya gonna do about it?” GOP attitude to the mouth breathers in their ranks is something I complain about all the time. You can see it some of the admitted conservatives who hang here, who are a little more even keeled that a lot of the party.

87 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 12:05:21pm

re: #77 Gus

BOODA BEAR: “… now we all have that thought of the fight of freedom and fighting against tyranny and this government that’s trying to repress us but ta pull out of town and to go to hotels and say you did it for security — that’s coward, that’s coward. My guys sleep in the dirt out here, we’re on shifts for 14hours a day and trying to make sure that this family [welfare-king Bundy] stays safe and secure … and just so everybody knows, as Booda, head of security for the Bundy Family I can swear on the white skin that covers my ass there will not be an Oath Keeper — there WILL NOT BE AN OATH KEEPER allowed to set foot on the internal ranch property.

??

what does the bunny ranch have against the oath keepers??

88 Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2014 12:05:53pm

re: #77 Gus

BOODA BEAR: “… now we all have that thought of the fight of freedom and fighting against tyranny and this government that’s trying to repress us but ta pull out of town and to go to hotels and say you did it for security — that’s coward, that’s coward. My guys sleep in the dirt out here, we’re on shifts for 14hours a day and trying to make sure that this family [welfare-king Bundy] stays safe and secure … and just so everybody knows, as Booda, head of security for the Bundy Family I can swear on the white skin that covers my ass there will not be an Oath Keeper — there WILL NOT BE AN OATH KEEPER allowed to set foot on the internal ranch property.

I love the fact that the Oath Keepers took off for hotels, gambling and steak dinners. USA USA USA

89 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:06:03pm

re: #82 lawhawk

Tornado warnings are up and radar has picked up tornadic activity near Tinsley. There are a line of storms pushing East that are sparking severe storms, including hail and strong winds. Some may spawn tornadoes. Stay safe down there!

90 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:06:40pm

re: #87 dog philosopher

??

what does the bunny ranch have against the oath keepers??

They left because they thought a drone strike was coming.

91 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 12:06:41pm

re: #72 Mattand

I’m hoping that much like an alcoholic who constantly wakes up in unknown surroundings or a jail cell, Bundy and Sterling will finally be the wake-up calls for the GOP that they have a huge problem with racists.

You’ll note I’m not holding my breath, particularly in light that Limbaugh’s Sterling/Obama tinfoil bat shittery was probably made with the knowledge that Sterling’s a registered Republican.

limbaugh said it, so the truth takes a back seat

92 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 12:07:32pm

re: #80 Kragar

BY THE WHITE SKIN THAT COVERS MY ASS!

BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL THE WHITE SKIN THAT COVERS MY ASS!

93 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:09:12pm
94 Mattand  Apr 28, 2014 12:09:36pm

re: #92 Dr Lizardo

BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL THE WHITE SKIN THAT COVERS MY ASS!

I cannot upding this enough. Mostly because I was thinking the same thing.

Also: Booda Bear? Booda Bear?

I guess Huggy Hippo and Squeezy Squirrel weren’t able to take the job.

95 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 12:10:40pm

re: #49 Feline Fearless Leader

Has Rush offered to buy the Clippers yet in order to show the others how to *really* run a professional sports franchise?
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Congratulations!

I was waiting for the first person to associate Rush with a pro-sports franchise. But since NBA has many African Americans, Rush probably wouldn’t be interested. No quarterback position either.

/

96 b.d.  Apr 28, 2014 12:10:45pm

People who were once democrats then switched to being republicans:
*Ronald Reagan
*Phil Gramm
*Rick Perry
*Donald Sterling

97 Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2014 12:11:01pm

A guy with a confederate flag profile image just tweeted at me to say liberals are the real racists. I can’t even.

@Troyergun36

Blocked.

98 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 12:11:12pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

Another stormy day over in the middle part of the country.

spc.noaa.gov

Hope everyone is prepared.

I remember many years ago, growing up and going to college, in fly-over country, of the summer thunderstorms. I’ve been through plenty of tornado warnings in my youth - I do not miss them.

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:12:12pm
100 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 12:12:20pm

re: #96 b.d.

People who were once democrats then switched to being republicans:
*Ronald Reagan
*Phil Gramm
*Rick Perry
*Donald Sterling

Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms. Did you know that Elizabeth Warren started out as a Republican?

101 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 28, 2014 12:12:26pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

A guy with a confederate flag profile image just tweeted at me to say liberals are the real racists. I can’t even.

@Troyergun36

Blocked.

teh cognitive dissonance, it burnssss!!! it burnssss precioussss!!!

102 Mattand  Apr 28, 2014 12:12:39pm

re: #95 ObserverArt

Congratulations!

I was waiting for the first person to associate Rush with a pro-sports franchise. But since NBA has many African Americans, Rush probably wouldn’t be interested. No quarterback position either.

/

The Eagles fan in me reads this as a dig at Capt. Oxycontin’s comment about Donnavan McNab, lo those many years ago. If intentional, a 21 cheesesteak salute!

103 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 12:12:58pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

A guy with a confederate flag profile image just tweeted at me to say liberals are the real racists. I can’t even.

@Troyergun36

Blocked.

So he’s a Democrat? //

104 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:13:25pm
105 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 28, 2014 12:13:48pm

re: #94 Mattand

I cannot upding this enough. Mostly because I was thinking the same thing.

Also: Booda Bear? Booda Bear?

I guess Huggy Hippo and Squeezy Squirrel weren’t able to take the job.

Huggy Hippo was hungry and left earlier to get a steak.
/

106 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 28, 2014 12:14:53pm

STAY CLASSY TCOT.

(Click at your own risk. Not embedding that shit here)

107 jaunte  Apr 28, 2014 12:15:35pm

Troyergun Fumdetrain.

108 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 12:15:49pm

re: #105 Feline Fearless Leader

Huggy Hippo was hungry and left earlier to get a steak.
/

Yeah……Huggy Hippo must be an Oath Keeper.

*smh*

109 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 28, 2014 12:16:33pm

TCOT gun-fuckers are tweeting HURR HURR GUN CONTROL IS TEH HOLOCAUST!!!! on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

I just can’t even.

110 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:17:26pm

re: #106 Pie-onist Overlord

STAY CLASSY TCOT.

(Click at your own risk. Not embedding that shit here)

One of the comments on that tweet is even worse.

111 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 12:18:06pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

A guy with a confederate flag profile image just tweeted at me to say liberals are the real racists. I can’t even.

@Troyergun36

Blocked.

they only make their guilt that much clearer by expending so much energy denying the obvious

112 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 12:19:19pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

A guy with a confederate flag profile image just tweeted at me to say liberals are the real racists. I can’t even.

@Troyergun36

Blocked.

That’s Republican ‘false flag’ thinking. You are wrong (false) that it stands for racism because they want it to mean “States Rights!”

113 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 12:19:27pm

re: #96 b.d.

People who were once democrats then switched to being republicans:
*Ronald Reagan
*Phil Gramm
*Rick Perry
*Donald Sterling

re: #100 Gus

Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms. Did you know that Elizabeth Warren started out as a Republican?

Dennis Miller

114 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 12:20:00pm

i see there’s a new icon that will allow me to point outside the box in a green way

tooltips? what tooltips?

115 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:20:14pm

re: #96 b.d.

People who were once democrats then switched to being republicans:
*Ronald Reagan
*Phil Gramm
*Rick Perry
*Donald Sterling

Rob Schneider!

116 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:20:39pm

re: #109 Pie-onist Overlord

TCOT gun-fuckers are tweeting HURR HURR GUN CONTROL IS TEH HOLOCAUST!!!! on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

I just can’t even.

Well it’s nice to know they’re developing perspective.//

117 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 12:20:52pm

re: #102 Mattand

The Eagles fan in me reads this as a dig at Capt. Oxycontin’s comment about Donnavan McNab, lo those many years ago. If intentional, a 21 cheesesteak salute!

Oh yeah…it was very intentional…in my own way.

: )

118 blueraven  Apr 28, 2014 12:21:07pm

Well, did you know that Mitt Romney was a Democrat?

FACT!!

Mitt Romney: Registered Democrat
the good news is that he is a “natural born citizen”

Mitt Romney’s 1992 Democratic Primary vote for Paul Tsongas — a technocratic modernizer and reformer, but very much a Democrat — raised some Republican eyebrows last week.

What hasn’t been mentioned: Romney’s vote formally enrolled him in the Democratic Party. more…

119 jaunte  Apr 28, 2014 12:21:09pm

re: #114 dog philosopher

i see there’s a new icon that will allow me to point outside the box in a green way

That’s the new “publish this comment as a page” button.

120 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 12:21:29pm

Forecast is that by Thursday we’ll be pushing 100F here.

What gives? This isn’t Phoenix.

What few small, scraggly loquats that are still on the trees will be toast.

I checked out the few mulberry trees around here, and the fruit is quite small and ripening early.

Sigh… it’s been a horrible winter and spring.

121 b.d.  Apr 28, 2014 12:22:23pm

re: #100 Gus

Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms. Did you know that Elizabeth Warren started out as a Republican?

THE DIMS HAVE MOVED SO FAR TO THE RIGHT THAT SHE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE STAYED ONE!!

//

122 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 12:23:22pm

re: #113 Dr. Matt

Dennis Miller

The South.

123 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:25:00pm
124 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:25:30pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

And here we have an example of “I know you are but what am I?” in the wild.

Ah. The PeeWee Defense.

125 Bulworth  Apr 28, 2014 12:25:40pm
Well it’s nice to know they’re developing perspective.//

They’re just making sure we realize who the real victims are, always.

/

126 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:26:47pm

re: #125 Bulworth

They’re just making sure we realize who the real victims are, always.

/

Yep the right wing male straight Christian conservative arsenal owner is the most persecuted member of society. Confirmed fact.//

127 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 28, 2014 12:27:10pm

re: #124 GeneJockey

Ah. The PeeWee Defense.

I half-expected that photo to have Greenwald’s face shopped onto it.

128 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 28, 2014 12:27:58pm
129 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 12:28:33pm

despite my best efforts, i have failed to convert Unfrozen Siberian Girlfriend into a game of thrones fan. here is her review:

“boobs and guts”

130 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 12:28:45pm

SLAVE OWNERS WERE DEMOCRATS AND JIM CROW LAWS WERE ALL DONE IN DEMOCRAT STRONGHOLDS!

Profile: Republican
Avi: Confederate Flag

131 danarchy  Apr 28, 2014 12:29:24pm

re: #129 dog philosopher

despite my best efforts, i have failed to convert Unfrozen Siberian Girlfriend into a game of thrones fan. here is her review:

“boobs and guts”

you had me at boobs

132 Jack Burton  Apr 28, 2014 12:30:44pm

re: #115 HappyWarrior

Rob Schneider!

…is a stapler?

…is a carrot?

well if not then at least he’s

…an anti-vaccination kook.

133 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 12:31:10pm

Apparently many RWNJ blog commenters are just flat-out in complete denial that Donald Sterling Is a registered Republican. Amusing, but expected.

134 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:31:35pm

re: #132 Jack Burton

…is a stapler?

…is a carrot?

well if not then at least he’s

…an anti-vaccination kook.

Yeah I heard about that. A nut as well as a shitty actor, go figure.

135 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:32:14pm

re: #133 Dr. Matt

Apparently many RWNJ blog commenters are just flat-out in complete denial that Donald Sterling Is a registered Republican. Amusing, but expected.

Well when you have your narrative totally thrown back at you, that tends to happen.

136 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 12:33:55pm
137 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:35:02pm

good grief, where to start?

South Carolina 8-year-old fires ‘assault rifle’ over heads of pedestrians

The report said that the child took officers into his home, where they found a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle underneath a bed. The gun reportedly had one round in the chamber and one round in the magazine.
Police also found two more rounds on the ground outside the home.
The boy’s mother told officers that the children were being watched by a 13-year-old babysitter at the time of the incident. The gun was reportedly illegally owned by a convicted felon, the mother said.

138 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:35:20pm

re: #129 dog philosopher

despite my best efforts, i have failed to convert Unfrozen Siberian Girlfriend into a game of thrones fan. here is her review:

“boobs and guts”

Wheel of Time was better.

139 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:35:28pm

re: #127 Feline Fearless Leader

I half-expected that photo to have Greenwald’s face shopped onto it.

I don’t do the shoppage.

140 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:36:11pm

re: #129 dog philosopher

despite my best efforts, i have failed to convert Unfrozen Siberian Girlfriend into a game of thrones fan. here is her review:

“boobs and guts”

There were guts?

141 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:36:42pm

re: #136 Gus

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That’s pretty remarkable really. But I’m sure the usual suspects will focus on the aspect about the players and totally ignore everything else. Needs to be pointed out that Limbaugh once referred to basketball as a “thug game” too.

142 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 12:37:20pm

Perry, in his final year as governor, began airing radio commercials in California during his March swing through the state that highlighted its high taxes.

“A year ago, I was here, in California, encouraging companies to look to Texas for expansion and relocation,” he said in the ad, paid for by a group called Americans for Economic Freedom. “Over the past year and a half, more than 50 California companies have announced plans to expand or relocate in Texas, creating more than 14,000 jobs.”

if he keeps up at that rate, in 15 years he will have moved .9% of california’s jobs to texas

143 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:37:36pm

re: #141 HappyWarrior

That’s pretty remarkable really. But I’m sure the usual suspects will focus on the aspect about the players and totally ignore everything else. Needs to be pointed out that Limbaugh once referred to basketball as a “thug game” too.

Was that during the thuggization of Trayvon Martin?

144 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:37:51pm

gonna keep this one handy.

145 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:38:31pm

re: #143 GeneJockey

Was that during the thuggization of Trayvon Martin?

No, I think he said it before Trayvon’s murder. Speaking of the NBA, it’s awesome to see the local Wizards doing well. John Wall’s finally blossoming.

146 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:38:39pm
147 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:38:47pm

re: #142 dog philosopher

Perry, in his final year as governor, began airing radio commercials in California during his March swing through the state that highlighted its high taxes.

“A year ago, I was here, in California, encouraging companies to look to Texas for expansion and relocation,” he said in the ad, paid for by a group called Americans for Economic Freedom. “Over the past year and a half, more than 50 California companies have announced plans to expand or relocate in Texas, creating more than 14,000 jobs.”

if he keeps up at that rate, in 15 years he will have moved .9% of california’s jobs to texas

And those jobs will be the shittiest jobs - low skill, low wage, low benefit. And in Texas, low safety.

148 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 12:38:50pm

re: #140 GeneJockey

There were guts?

do you like boobs a lot boobs a lot boobs a lot?

149 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:39:29pm

gack.

150 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:39:43pm

re: #148 dog philosopher

do you like boobs a lot boobs a lot boobs a lot?

Hey, I was a bottle baby! I’ve spent 56 years trying to make up for it.

151 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:39:57pm

re: #146 Kragar

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Yeah because Putin never had aggressive foreign policy moves in the Bush years.

152 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:40:20pm

re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth

gack.

[Embedded content]

But don’t call them bigots.

153 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:41:23pm

re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth

gack.

[Embedded content]

How Christian of them.
//

154 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:42:24pm

re: #152 HappyWarrior

But don’t call them bigots.

I’m trying to figure out what the beard icon means.

155 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:43:11pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m trying to figure out what the beard icon means.

I guess people with beards are welcome which is funny given the tendency of some fundamentalist Christians to scorn beards.

156 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 12:43:31pm

Christian Church Sues NC For Violating Its Religious Liberty By Banning Same-Sex Marriage

Amendment One, which was pushed onto the people of North Carolina in an ugly and lie-filled battle fueled by the National Organization For Marriage, makes it illegal for ministers or pastors or any faith leader to even perform a same-sex commitment ceremony, even though it would have no legal meaning. Rev. Emily C. Heath of the United Church of Christ, the group suing the state, quoting the law writes that “any member of the clergy who officiates at a same-sex marriage in the state may be sentenced to ‘120 days in jail and/or probation and community service.’”

In other words, the state of North Carolina is telling clergy that it is illegal to pray in the manner in which they see fit.

157 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:44:35pm

This isn’t good, at all.

158 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 12:44:57pm

re: #133 Dr. Matt

Apparently many RWNJ blog commenters are just flat-out in complete denial that Donald Sterling Is a registered Republican. Amusing, but expected.

They seem to be struggling with the whole ‘what is a modern Republican’ thing a lot these days. Hard to understand why. The American people seem to know…look at how Republicans poll these days, especially congress Repubs.

159 Jack Burton  Apr 28, 2014 12:45:08pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m trying to figure out what the beard icon means.

Hipsters? Neckbeards? Lumberjacks?

Just no cursing or homos… don’t want them gaying up the place while printing out something.

And definitely no cursing homos!!!111

160 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:45:18pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m trying to figure out what the beard icon means.

And here I thought that was a Rohrshach test.

I saw a pair of kissing ET’s, each holding up one arm in defiance.
//

161 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:46:08pm
162 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 12:46:21pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

radar.weather.gov

163 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:46:34pm

re: #159 Jack Burton

Hipsters? Neckbeards? Lumberjacks?

Just no cursing or homos… don’t want them gaying up the place while printing out something.

And definitely no cursing homos!!!111

How about cursing AT homos?

164 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 12:47:16pm

re: #159 Jack Burton

It looks like the beard is wearing a turban.

NO SIKHS!

165 Bulworth  Apr 28, 2014 12:48:36pm
gonna keep this one handy.

Indeed.

166 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 12:48:47pm

SPC just a little bit ago put that part of MS and AL under a ‘high’ risk:

spc.noaa.gov

Already proven to be accurate.

167 jvic  Apr 28, 2014 12:48:52pm

When this particular ker started fluffling, it fleetingly crossed my mind that donating to a Democratic cause or candidate, as I occasionally do, doesn’t necessarily make one a Democrat. I assumed that people would, you know, check before labeling Sterling. In fact, a few Right outlets do call him a Democrat donor, but way too many call him a Democrat.

facepalm Judas on a snowboard…

(It’s also fleetingly crossed my mind that, although it seems highly unlikely it’s a fabrication, afaik the Sterling tape has not been authenticated.)

168 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 12:49:24pm
169 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 12:50:19pm

re: #168 Gus

Was it his GF that made all these recordings?

170 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 12:50:42pm

re: #166 freetoken

SPC just a little bit ago put that part of MS and AL under a ‘high’ risk:

spc.noaa.gov

Already proven to be accurate.

Aren’t we real early in the season, too?

Crap.

171 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 12:50:45pm

re: #169 Dr. Matt

Was it his GF that made all these recordings?

Guess so.

172 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:51:36pm
173 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 12:52:20pm

EBOLA INFECTION: SAME DISEASE, NEW NAME

The current outbreak in Western Africa marks the public debut of a “new” name for one of mankind’s most dreaded diseases. Goodbye, Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Hello, Ebola virus disease. For those of you with fond memories of Richard Preston books or Dustin Hoffman movies featuring horrific scenes of Ebola victims “bleeding out,” dropping hemorrhagic from the name of this virus may seem blasphemous.

174 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 12:52:53pm

re: #171 Gus

Guess so.

She must be a Democrat plant.

/

175 HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2014 12:53:37pm

re: #174 ObserverArt

She must be a Democrat plant.

/

George Soros hired her.

176 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 28, 2014 12:54:03pm

re: #174 ObserverArt

She must be a Democrat plant.

/

Animal, mineral, or vegetable!

177 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 12:55:04pm

re: #170 GeneJockey

Aren’t we real early in the season, too?

Crap.

Not for the South.

178 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 12:55:39pm

re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth

gonna keep this one handy.

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I say that—but I add, “Fine”, as in “Fine, if you say so.” in a sarc tone.

179 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 12:56:18pm

Next talking point: “It doesn’t matter what Donald Sterling is registered as, WHO has he voted for the last 25+ years?!?!”

180 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:56:25pm
181 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 12:57:48pm

oh, shit.

182 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 28, 2014 12:57:58pm

re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

For once, I’d be glad to be non-essential.

183 lawhawk  Apr 28, 2014 12:58:01pm

re: #170 GeneJockey

No. We’re not early in the season.

In fact, tornadoes form at the boundary between the cold air coming in from the West and North, and it meets with the moist warm air from the Gulf. The target area shifts as the temperatures warm up, but this is the time of the year where the Southeast gets it.

And, the SPC actually puts the tornadoes for 2014 slightly behind last year’s figures and the 3-year average.

But when the conditions are just right, you can get outbreaks, which is what it looks like we’re witnessing.

184 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 12:58:12pm

re: #176 GlutenFreeJesus

Animal, mineral, or vegetable!

A compound…..considering the amount saline she is lugging around.

185 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 12:58:26pm

Amazing the details they can now pull up on the weather radar, They are showing the detail of the storm as it rolls over Tupelo on MSNBC. The radar shows dark blue squares in a bundle that indicates debris in the cloud, which means it is down and creating debris in the clouds.

Sad about the tornadoes though, but the science and detection is fascinating.

186 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 12:59:02pm
187 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:01:12pm

re: #185 ObserverArt

Amazing the details they can now pull up on the weather radar, They are showing the detail of the storm as it rolls over Tupelo on MSNBC. The radar shows dark blue squares in a bundle that indicates debris in the cloud, which means it down and creating debris in the clouds.

Sad about the tornadoes though, but the science and detection is fascinating.

Here’s that radar detail:

188 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:02:52pm

another radar:

189 Targetpractice  Apr 28, 2014 1:02:54pm

re: #186 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

Kareem is actually trying to accuse the girlfriend of putting words in his mouth? Or getting him to such an agitated state that he said shit he doesn’t believe?

190 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:04:08pm
191 Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2014 1:04:57pm

re: #189 Targetpractice

Kareem is actually trying to accuse the girlfriend of putting words in his mouth? Or getting him to such an agitated state that he said shit he doesn’t believe?

Actually, I just clicked through and read the whole thing, and that’s really not Kareem’s point at all:

time.com

192 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:05:04pm
193 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 1:06:12pm

Has Alex Jones provided “proof” that the Donald Sterling tapes are actually fraudulent?

194 Romantic Heretic  Apr 28, 2014 1:07:29pm

re: #140 GeneJockey

There were guts?

On the ground most frequently.

195 Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2014 1:07:42pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Actually, I just clicked through and read the whole thing, and that’s really not Kareem’s point at all:

time.com

Ah. Well twitter hasn’t read it yet.

196 Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 28, 2014 1:07:54pm

My aunt survived the Bridge Creek, OK, tornado in 1999. She was in a closet in the middle of the house, and a water heater fell on her and probably saved her life. Last year my cousin survived the Moore, OK, tornado — she was one of the teachers at Plaza Towers Elementary (her class was evacuated before the tornado hit the school); the tornado also destroyed her house.

I, like everyone else in the world, never understood why people rebuild on the exact same plot of land instead of taking their insurance money and heading for safer climes. When my aunt lost her house, she found out that her homeowners’ policy would pay 100% for building again on the same piece of land, or 60% if she chose to rebuild elsewhere.

197 Romantic Heretic  Apr 28, 2014 1:09:10pm

re: #146 Kragar

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Why do you care, Donald? Planning on acquiring arms contracts in Russia?

198 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:09:31pm

re: #194 Romantic Heretic

On the ground most frequently.

“You’ve got a lot of guts. Let’s see what they look like!”

199 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 1:09:46pm
200 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 1:10:10pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Actually, I just clicked through and read the whole thing, and that’s really not Kareem’s point at all:

time.com

Quite the mixed bag of insights.

201 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:10:10pm
202 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 1:10:36pm
203 klys  Apr 28, 2014 1:10:41pm

re: #196 Flying Squirrel Girl

To some extent, the reality is you trade one set of hazards for another. Move to CA to avoid tornadoes? Now you have earthquakes. Move to the eastern seaboard? Hurricanes! Down to the Southwest, well, now you have risk of flash flooding when it does rain.

What gets me is the fact that people don’t prepare for the hazards, whether it’s having a safe room or basement in the midwest, or having a plan and emergency supplies in CA, or a pre-mapped escape route in case of flooding/knowledge of where higher ground is.

204 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 1:10:43pm
205 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 1:11:15pm

re: #196 Flying Squirrel Girl

My aunt survived the Bridge Creek, OK, tornado in 1999. She was in a closet in the middle of the house, and a water heater fell on her and probably saved her life. Last year my cousin survived the Moore, OK, tornado — she was one of the teachers at Plaza Towers Elementary (her class was evacuated before the tornado hit the school); the tornado also destroyed her house.

I, like everyone else in the world, never understood why people rebuild on the exact same plot of land instead of taking their insurance money and heading for safer climes. When my aunt lost her house, she found out that her homeowners’ policy would pay 100% for building again on the same piece of land, or 60% if she chose to rebuild elsewhere.

My ex-wife (she’s Czech) once commented regarding the US, “Hurricanes along the Eastern Seaboard, tornadoes in the Central US, and earthquakes and volcanoes in the West. And you think we should live there? We’d be safer living on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius. Nope - we’re staying here in the Czech Republic. Sure, we get floods from time to time, but that’s about it.”

206 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 1:11:39pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Actually, I just clicked through and read the whole thing, and that’s really not Kareem’s point at all:

time.com

You know, this along with the ‘apartheid’ thing last night show one of the problems with Tweets. 140 characters isn’t allowing enough of a full statement. So people go after the key phrase and forget the other words that define what the phrase means. It’s sad. And unfortunately , not that many click through and read the whole damn article like you did.

207 Skip Intro  Apr 28, 2014 1:11:42pm

In case there’s still any confusion, this is what a Real Republican looks like and sounds like.

GOPer: Ranchers Should Shoot ‘Wetbacks’ Crossing Border Illegally

A Republican Senate candidate argued to The Dallas Morning News editorial board earlier this month that ranchers in Texas should be allowed to shoot “wetbacks” trying to cross the border illegally.

The candidate, Chris Mapp, who is running in the Republican primary against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), also called President Barack Obama “a socialist son of a bitch,” according to the Morning News editorial board.

In a separate interview with the San Antonio Express-News on Friday, Mapp defended his remarks saying wetback is as “normal as breathing air in South Texas.”

talkingpointsmemo.com

208 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:12:51pm

re: #203 klys

To some extent, the reality is you trade one set of hazards for another. Move to CA to avoid tornadoes? Now you have earthquakes. Move to the eastern seaboard? Hurricanes! Down to the Southwest, well, now you have risk of flash flooding when it does rain.

What gets me is the fact that people don’t prepare for the hazards, whether it’s having a safe room or basement in the midwest, or having a plan and emergency supplies in CA, or a pre-mapped escape route in case of flooding/knowledge of where higher ground is.

Denial is a remarkably comforting, if highly maladaptive reaction to the fear of something awful that could happen that’s outside your control.

209 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 1:13:05pm
210 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:13:42pm
211 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:15:06pm
212 Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 28, 2014 1:15:09pm

re: #207 Skip Intro

I live in Houston and his term is just as offensive to me as it is to everyone else.

213 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:15:33pm

re: #206 ObserverArt

Ha, things you learn. Sterling is a former divorce attorney turned real estate magnate.

You know, this along with the ‘apartheid’ thing last night show one of the problems with Tweets. 140 characters isn’t allowing enough of a full statement. So people go after the key phrase and forget the other words that define what the phrase means. It’s sad. And unfortunately , not that many click through and read the whole damn article like you did.

It’s a medium composed entirely of context-free soundbites.

214 klys  Apr 28, 2014 1:15:45pm

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

Watching streaming from storm chasers, looks like the storm just to the south of Tupelo may be getting ready to drop one too.

215 Skip Intro  Apr 28, 2014 1:16:29pm

re: #212 Flying Squirrel Girl

I live in Houston and his term is just as offensive to me as it is to everyone else.

We’ve got a GOPer running for governor here in CA who talks exactly the same way.

216 Lidane  Apr 28, 2014 1:16:32pm

re: #202 Gus

217 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 1:16:35pm

re: #214 klys

Watching streaming from storm chasers, looks like the storm just to the south of Tupelo may be getting ready to drop one too.

Do you have a link?

218 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 28, 2014 1:17:00pm

re: #80 Kragar

BY THE WHITE SKIN THAT COVERS MY ASS!

That’s even better than “I swear by Grabthar’s Hammer”.

RBS

219 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:17:14pm

re: #212 Flying Squirrel Girl

I live in Houston and his term is just as offensive to me as it is to everyone else.

It’s like saying that the N-word is okay because lots of people use it.

220 klys  Apr 28, 2014 1:17:14pm

re: #217 Dr Lizardo

Do you have a link?

Here.

I am currently watching Mid South Storm Chasers.

221 Skip Intro  Apr 28, 2014 1:17:19pm

re: #216 Lidane

1200 baud max recommended.

222 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 1:17:30pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Actually, I just clicked through and read the whole thing, and that’s really not Kareem’s point at all:

time.com

Too late. Twitter’s in freak-out mode.

223 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 1:17:42pm

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Wow. Is that the remains of a Shell gas station? The whole brick store part is leaning. Who knows where the pumps went?

224 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 1:18:30pm

re: #220 klys

Here.

I am currently watching Mid South Storm Chasers.

Thanks.

225 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 1:19:51pm

re: #213 GeneJockey

It’s a medium composed entirely of context-free soundbites.

You quoted me before I could get the remnants of a comment I didn’t post out.

The whole Sterling is a divorce lawyer never got finished. Oh well. : )

226 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:20:35pm

re: #223 ObserverArt

Wow. Is that the remains of a Shell gas station? The whole brick store part is leaning. Who knows where the pumps went?

could be anywhere now.

227 Dr. Matt  Apr 28, 2014 1:20:38pm

re: #207 Skip Intro

GOPer: Ranchers Should Shoot ‘Wetbacks’ Crossing Border Illegally

The candidate, Chris Mapp, who is running in the Republican primary against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), also called President Barack Obama “a socialist son of a bitch,” according to the Morning News editorial board.
talkingpointsmemo.com

But, remember, all the division in DC is Obama’s fault because he hasn’t reached out the right.

228 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 28, 2014 1:21:08pm

re: #203 klys

To some extent, the reality is you trade one set of hazards for another. Move to CA to avoid tornadoes? Now you have earthquakes. Move to the eastern seaboard? Hurricanes! Down to the Southwest, well, now you have risk of flash flooding when it does rain.

What gets me is the fact that people don’t prepare for the hazards, whether it’s having a safe room or basement in the midwest, or having a plan and emergency supplies in CA, or a pre-mapped escape route in case of flooding/knowledge of where higher ground is.

I think the thing that scares me most about Tornadoes (having lived in the mid-west and mid-south much of my life) is that they seem “personal”.

An Earthquake can’t be predicted with any specific accuracy, but it hates EVERYBODY.

A Hurricane you have notice of a week or so in advance, and you can board up, ride it out, or evacuate. It also hates everybody.

A Tornado is almost random, you may get 30 minutes notice, you may get none, it HATES YOU, and leaves your neighbor across the street untouched.

RBS

229 klys  Apr 28, 2014 1:22:23pm

re: #228 RealityBasedSteve

I think the thing that scares me most about Tornadoes (having lived in the mid-west and mid-south much of my life) is that they seem “personal”.

An Earthquake can’t be predicted with any specific accuracy, but it hates EVERYBODY.

A Hurricane you have notice of a week or so in advance, and you can board up, ride it out, or evacuate. It also hates everybody.

A Tornado is almost random, you may get 30 minutes notice, you may get none, it HATES YOU, and leaves your neighbor across the street untouched.

RBS

I think the clear takeaway here is the earth hates us and we’re all going to die.

//

:)

230 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 1:22:34pm
231 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 1:22:36pm

re: #222 Gus

Too late. Twitter’s in freak-out mode.

And there is the result of Twitter’s 140 characters. And it will go into their thick skulls that way for ever and ever.

I hate Twitter. It is doing no good the way it is being used.

232 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 1:23:29pm

I actually thought about this yesterday. From Kareem:

Shouldn’t we be equally angered by the fact that his private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media? Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way?

233 EPR-radar  Apr 28, 2014 1:24:07pm

This is old news, but will remain relevant as long as the GOP does not attend to the long overdue issue of dealing with its racists.

“Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists,” Col. Lawrence Wilkerson said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show.”

washingtonpost.com

234 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 1:24:31pm

re: #232 Gus

Everything’s fair in love and war?

235 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 1:24:43pm

unmentioned by Fox is Clarke’s close with relationship with Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), a hard-right group that ascribes to the fringe Posse Comitatus philosophy that dates back to post-Reconstruction efforts by southern states to avoid oversight by the federal government. The central tenet of Posse Comitatus is the belief that the county sheriff is the ultimate legal authority in the United States.

In 2013, CSPOA recognized Clarke as sheriff of the year, a distinction Clarke said he was “both honored and humbled to receive.” After Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article scrutinizing the group behind the award, Clarke said that the paper disparaged CSPOA, “a group of honorable Sheriffs and officers who vow to uphold their oath of defending the U.S. Constitution,” and had published a “hit piece” on CSPOA leader Richard Mack. For his part, Mack has praised Clarke as “a modern-day hero.”

At the 2013 CSPOA convention, Clarke shared the stage with Stewart Rhodes, whose Oath Keepers organization the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as “a fiercely antigovernment, militaristic group.” Also in attendance was Larry Pratt, head of the far-right Gun Owners of America, Michael Peroutka, an active member of Neo-Confederate hate group League of the South, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “chief birther” Mike Zullo.

In his remarks at the CSPOA convention, Clarke called those in attendance “the modern founders” and referenced revolutionary times, stating, “What’s happening today is what was happening then and a courageous group of grassroots individuals, that’s what they Founding Fathers were, they were grassroots people, [who] said enough and started to push back. And that’s what I started to do and that’s why I started to become more outspoken.” During his speech Clarke also labeled government “the common enemy” of the people.

236 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:25:10pm
237 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 1:25:41pm

re: #234 freetoken

Everything’s fair in love and war?

Try the “hell knows no fury as a…”

238 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:26:26pm

re: #225 ObserverArt

You quoted me before I could get the remnants of a comment I didn’t post out.

The whole Sterling is a divorce lawyer never got finished. Oh well. : )

Yeah, I’ve had that happen, too. It’s worse if you made a big booboo and it gets immortalized before you had a chance to edit it.

BTW, I just hit the quote button on a different post of yours, but caught it before I submitted. That would have been really strange.

239 danarchy  Apr 28, 2014 1:26:38pm

re: #234 freetoken

Everything’s fair in love and war?

Actually if his girlfriend recorded that in CA she is probably running afoul of some laws. Pretty sure you can’t record any private conversation without the consent of both parties.

240 lawhawk  Apr 28, 2014 1:26:39pm

re: #228 RealityBasedSteve

You’ve never seen it miss this house, and miss that house, and come after you! / Jo from Twister

Yeah, hurricanes and earthquakes hit regions, but a twister will hit one house, skip a block, pummel another block, and leave the adjacent house untouched.

Or it could mow down entire neighborhoods, but leave homes and businesses on either side unscathed. Completely arbitrary and capricious.

241 klys  Apr 28, 2014 1:27:49pm

re: #239 danarchy

Actually if his girlfriend recorded that in CA she is probably running afoul of some laws. Pretty sure you can’t record any private conversation without the consent of both parties.

According to the girlfriend, the recordings were done with his consent, on a regular basis, to help him remember conversations at later points.

This is, of course, all hearsay pulled from celebrity gossip websites.

242 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:30:15pm

re: #229 klys

I think the clear takeaway here is the earth hates us and we’re all going to die.

//

:)

Yeah.

Or perhaps more accurately, the universe doesn’t give a shit about you, so don’t expect it not to kill you with no warning. So live every day like you’re going to live forever, and like this is your last day on Earth. One of these is never true, but some day, the other will be.

243 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:31:18pm

re: #241 klys

According to the girlfriend, the recordings were done with his consent, on a regular basis, to help him remember conversations at later points.

This is, of course, all hearsay pulled from celebrity gossip websites.

Wow, not only a racist, but a dumbfuck as well. “Hey, Don! Remember when you said THIS…?”

244 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:32:41pm
245 Romantic Heretic  Apr 28, 2014 1:32:43pm

re: #229 klys

I think the clear takeaway here is the earth hates us and we’re all going to die.

//

:)

Mother Nature is a child abuser.

246 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:33:36pm

re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Jesu Harry Krishna.

247 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 1:36:41pm
248 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 1:37:43pm

The bike’s rear wheel is toast, though.

249 FemNaziBitch  Apr 28, 2014 1:38:59pm

I’m so tired of the labels. GOP, GDI, Liberatarian or Democrat —NO HUMAN should be saying, much less even thinking, such awful things.

250 lawhawk  Apr 28, 2014 1:39:37pm

Kareem on Sterling:

What bothers me about this whole Donald Sterling affair isn’t just his racism. I’m bothered that everyone acts as if it’s a huge surprise. Now there’s all this dramatic and very public rending of clothing about whether they should keep their expensive Clippers season tickets. Really? All this other stuff I listed above has been going on for years and this ridiculous conversation with his girlfriend is what puts you over the edge? That’s the smoking gun?

He was discriminating against black and Hispanic families for years, preventing them from getting housing. It was public record. We did nothing. Suddenly he says he doesn’t want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson on Instagram and we bring out the torches and rope. Shouldn’t we have all called for his resignation back then?

Shouldn’t we be equally angered by the fact that his private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media? Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way? Although the impact is similar to Mitt Romney’s comments that were secretly taped, the difference is that Romney was giving a public speech. The making and release of this tape is so sleazy that just listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to the crime. We didn’t steal the cake but we’re all gorging ourselves on it.

Make no mistake: Donald Sterling is the villain of this story. But he’s just a handmaiden to the bigger evil. In our quest for social justice, we shouldn’t lose sight that racism is the true enemy. He’s just another jerk with more money than brains.

So, if we’re all going to be outraged, let’s be outraged that we weren’t more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let’s be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let’s be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on Celebrity Apprentice and Dancing with the Stars.

251 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:41:49pm

re: #250 lawhawk

Kareem on Sterling:

Thanks for posting that. Shows you how a LITTLE information can be dangerous.

252 FemNaziBitch  Apr 28, 2014 1:41:54pm

re: #229 klys

I think the clear takeaway here is the earth hates us and we’re all going to die.

//

:)

Just think about all of god’s little creatures you capsize and probably kill everytime you take a shower …

That is about how it is with the Earth and each of us.

253 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:42:44pm

re: #248 wrenchwench

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The bike’s rear wheel is toast, though.

Strong. Light. Cheap. Choose any two.

254 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 1:42:57pm
255 jaunte  Apr 28, 2014 1:44:02pm

re: #254 Kragar

Insane babbling.

256 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 1:44:04pm

re: #250 lawhawk

The very last bit:

we need to be inspired to vigilantly seek out, expose, and eliminate racism at its first signs.

From the previous paragraph:

I hope whoever made this illegal tape is sent to prison.

Can he have it both ways?

257 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:44:27pm
258 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 1:44:34pm

re: #254 Kragar

Drudge has reached a point of epistemological self-awareness that he has located his inner bigot-victim.

259 FemNaziBitch  Apr 28, 2014 1:44:37pm

It’s raining and I’m drowsy.

going to take a nap.

Have a great afternoon all!

260 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 28, 2014 1:46:10pm

re: #248 wrenchwench

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The bike’s rear wheel is toast, though.

Considering the thinness of the plastics there, this isn’t that surprising. An expensive but cosmetic sheet vs. a wheel that has to take the stress of the weight of the rider and various up and down accellerations? And the wheel got hit in the direction it’s strongest.

Plus the bike’ll be fixed for much less $$$ ;)

261 Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 28, 2014 1:46:29pm

re: #228 RealityBasedSteve

I saw a house once in a tornado-ravaged neighborhood where all the curtains were outside the house. The tornado picked up the roof of the house and dropped it right back down in what looked like the same place, but the curtains were sucked out.

262 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 1:46:30pm

re: #254 Kragar

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263 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 1:47:14pm

re: #254 Kragar

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264 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 1:48:00pm

re: #248 wrenchwench

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The bike’s rear wheel is toast, though.

Fake.

I think the bike is from China. 99% of bikes sold in the US are.

265 jaunte  Apr 28, 2014 1:48:28pm

How about that.

266 sattv4u2  Apr 28, 2014 1:49:19pm

re: #253 GeneJockey

Strong. Light. Cheap. Choose any two.

Depends what we’re talking about, no??

Bikes (1 and 2)
Whiskey (1 and 2)
Disposable razors (2 and 3)
Diposable tow lines (1 and 3)
Women (I plead the 5th)

267 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 1:49:43pm

re: #263 Gus

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268 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 1:49:43pm

re: #263 Gus

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OK. Here’s my question for these two.

269 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Apr 28, 2014 1:49:48pm

Abdul-Jabbar’s piece has actual nuance to it, which means, like the Kerry on Israel story, it’ll get misreported everywhere.

270 ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2014 1:49:48pm

re: #250 lawhawk

Kareem on Sterling:

Thanks for the information and further details. Kareem is no dummy and he makes some damn good points.

And with that…time to get dinner going so I can finish up and set out to a friends place to watch the Columbus Blue Jackets game 6 here in Columbus. Hopefully we can get the win tonight and take it to a full 7 games against Pittsburgh…or it is over.

Either way…the CBJ has had a good season and sent the signal that as the youngest team in the NHL we might be back a few times.

Oh…and one last point.

There is no indication that there is global climate change. Nope…all these wild-ass tornadoes we see too many times, all the time anymore are just God’s will. If we had more Republicans running around we would be spared these storms. Well, at least we wouldn’t hear about them like there are climate issues.

Hear no storm, see no storms, speak of no climate change. There, all fixed.

/ (need I?)

271 Gus  Apr 28, 2014 1:49:59pm

And now Bill Maher…

272 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 1:50:01pm

Sprint suspends marketing activities with Los Angeles Clippers; ‘We deplore the reprehensible comments expressed in the audiotape’ - statement @SportsCenter
see original on twitter.com

273 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 1:50:57pm

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Chumash Casino Resort say they are withdrawing sponsorship of Los Angeles Clippers; says ‘cannot ignore any statement that causes harm or hurts any group’ - @CBSLA
read more on cbslocal.com

274 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 1:51:51pm

re: #272 Justanotherhuma<wbr>n

re: #273 Justanotherhuma<wbr>n

Yep. The Clippers aren’t gonna have anyone left by the end of the day at the rate things are going.

275 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:53:13pm

“Jill Hadassa Palin” is what she named their new dog.

I. have. no. feckin. words.

276 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 1:56:41pm
277 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 1:57:14pm
278 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 1:58:15pm

re: #268 Dr Lizardo

OK. Here’s my question for these two.

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“Not the Littlest Hobo!”

279 Bulworth  Apr 28, 2014 1:59:31pm
After 29 hours
@Drudge
deletes tweet saying Clippers owner is a Democrat.

Shux. If Obama hadn’t covered up the FACT that Sterling is Democrat party then Romney wouldve won. CONFIRMED.

//

280 A Mom Anon  Apr 28, 2014 2:00:02pm

re: #271 Gus

Yeah, but being an asshole without any consequences isn’t anyone’s “right”. Period. Besides, if being an asshole was a crime Bill would be in the cell next to this racist douchecanoe.

281 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 2:00:13pm

amusing watching the foxnewz comment stream on sterling as the most rancid racist comments appear barely long enough to be read before being deleted

282 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 2:00:14pm

re: #266 sattv4u2

Depends what we’re talking about, no??

Bikes (1 and 2)
Whiskey (1 and 2)
Disposable razors (2 and 3)
Diposable tow lines (1 and 3)
Women (I plead the 5th)

The point being, you don’t get all three together.

283 CuriousLurker  Apr 28, 2014 2:01:15pm

re: #231 ObserverArt

And there is the result of Twitter’s 140 characters. And it will go into their thick skulls that way for ever and ever.

I hate Twitter. It is doing no good the way it is being used.

Twitter is more limited, but it isn’t unique—the entire web is like that. Most people scan web pages, they don’t read them. From an earlier edition of a great book on web usability called Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug (it’s currently on it’s 3rd edition):

We don’t read pages. We scan them.

One of the very few well-documented facts about Web use is that people tend to spend very little time reading most Web pages. Instead, we scan (or skim) them, looking for words or phrases that catch our eye.

The exception, of course, is pages that contain documents like news stories, reports, or product descriptions. But even then, if the document is longer than a few paragraphs, we’re likely to print it out—since it’s easier and faster to read on paper than on a screen.

Why do we scan?

We’re usually in a hurry. […]

We know we don’t need to read everything. […]

We’re good at it. […]

The net effect is a lot like Gary Larson’s classic Far Side cartoon about the difference between what we say to dogs and what they hear. In the cartoon, the dog (named Ginger) appears to be listening intently as her owner gives her a serious talking-to about staying out of the grabage. But from the dog’s point of view, all he’s saying is “blah blah GINGER blah blah blah blah GINGER blah blah blah.” […]

sensible.com

This is convenient where politics is concerned as we’ve all seen people post links when they clearly haven’t read the entire source article carefully. Ditto to seeing people respond to posted links after neglecting to do so.

I’m certain that’s why people like Greenwald write articles thousands of words long and bury things down in the middle or towards the end of them—they know you’ll be exhausted long before you reach the end.

After explaining at the beginning of the chapter that:

We’re thinking “great literature” (or at least “product brochure”), while the user’s reality is much closer to “billboard going by at 60 miles an hour.”

The author closes it with:

…if your audience is going to act like you’re designing billboards, then design great billboards.

Political operatives & other activists have learned to use Twitter—the ultimate virtual “billboard”—to maximum advantage.

284 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 2:01:24pm

re: #281 dog philosopher

amusing watching the foxnewz comment stream on sterling as the most rancid racist comments appear barely long enough to be read before being deleted

N*****S IZ THE REAL RACISTS!!!

285 Bulworth  Apr 28, 2014 2:01:52pm

Kragar posted:

Weather Underground is the militant arm of The Pentaverate.

THIS is what I’ve been saying for DECADES now. Finally. Also, too, Bill Ayers.

286 Minor_L  Apr 28, 2014 2:02:06pm

re: #241 klys

I was wondering about that. Penal Code 632 makes it illegal to willfully record conversation without consent if the person(s) being recorded believe the conversation to be confidential. (That’s oversimplified, but gives the gist.) But, if he consented, then she is probably fine. (I would also hope she consulted legal counsel before leaking these tapes.)

287 Justanotherhuman  Apr 28, 2014 2:03:36pm

re: #275 Backwoods_Sleut<wbr>h

“Jill Hadassa Palin” is what she named their new dog.

I. have. no. feckin. words.

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Of course, they didn’t bother to take Trig to Iowa with them to meet his new companion (which is more than they ever have been to him).

288 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 2:04:12pm

re: #286 Minor_L

I was wondering about that. Penal Code 632 makes it illegal to willfully record conversation without consent if the person(s) being recorded believe the conversation to be confidential. (That’s oversimplified, but gives the gist.) But, if he consented, then she is probably fine. (I would also hope she consulted legal counsel before leaking these tapes.)

It’s an interesting question, if the recording was legally done and no written agreement exists NOT TO distribute them, whether doing so was legal.

289 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 2:05:05pm

re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Jill Hadassa Palin” is what she named their new dog.

I. have. no. feckin. words.

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So, they give their children dog names, and their dogs people names. Imagine my surprise.

290 b.d.  Apr 28, 2014 2:05:20pm

re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Jill Hadassa Palin” is what she named their new dog.

I. have. no. feckin. words.

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So the only person in the Palin family with a human name is their dog?

291 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 2:05:33pm

April 30th is coming up, and that can mean only one thing here in the Czech Republic;

Walpurgisnacht.

Or as it’s called here, ლrodějnice, the burning of the witches.

April 30 is pálení ლrodějnic (“burning of the witches”) or ლrodějnice (“the witches”) in the Czech Republic, the day when winter is ceremonially brought to the end by the burning of rag and straw witches or just broomsticks on bonfires around the country. The festival offers Czechs the chance to eat, drink and be merry around a roaring fire.

Hopefully, I’ll have a good view of the bonfires from my balcony.

292 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 2:06:11pm

re: #290 b.d.

So the only person in the Palin family with a human name is their dog?

15 seconds.

Great minds and all that.

293 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 2:06:56pm
294 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 2:06:58pm

re: #291 Dr Lizardo

April 30th is coming up, and that can mean only one thing here in the Czech Republic;

Walpurgisnacht.

Or as it’s called here, ლrodějnice, the burning of the witches.

Hopefully, I’ll have a good view of the bonfires from my balcony.

“What ELSE do you burn?”

“MORE WITCHES!!!!!”

295 Jack Burton  Apr 28, 2014 2:07:10pm

re: #284 GeneJockey

Ninjas?

/

296 dog philosopher  Apr 28, 2014 2:08:06pm

re: #283 CuriousLurker

staying out of the grabage

that’s what she said but i grabbed her anyway

297 Kragar  Apr 28, 2014 2:09:09pm
298 CuriousLurker  Apr 28, 2014 2:09:30pm

re: #283 CuriousLurker

Heh, see how easy that was? How many of you briefly glanced at/skimmed that comment and went, “Nah—tl;dr”? I could’ve dropped some outrageous shit right in the middle of it and hardly anyone would’ve noticed.

299 GeneJockey  Apr 28, 2014 2:11:03pm

re: #297 Kragar

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Blaupunkt grundig luger frug,
Watusi snarf wazoo!
Nixon dirksen nasahist,
Rebozo bugaloo!

300 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 2:11:07pm

re: #269 Fairly Sure I’m<wbr> Still Obdicut

Abdul-Jabbar’s piece has actual nuance to it, which means, like the Kerry on Israel story, it’ll get misreported everywhere.

I posted the tweet with the excerpt that makes it look REALLY bad, when, as a whole, it’s not. But I can’t get past him calling Sterling ‘the poor guy’ in the same paragraph in which he says about the girlfriend ‘what a winding road she led him down’.

Abdul-Jabbar spreads the blame around, even including himself by using ‘we’ a lot, but in the end, he’s dumping on the girlfriend the most.

301 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 2:11:16pm
302 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 28, 2014 2:11:46pm
303 freetoken  Apr 28, 2014 2:11:48pm

One of those three cells in central MS has sprung it’s own tornado:

kamala.cod.edu

304 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 2:11:57pm

Here’s a photo of Walpurgisnacht from Stockholm.

An ancient pagan custom that continues to this day in some parts of Europe.

305 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 2:12:13pm

re: #300 wrenchwench

I don’t know how <wbr> got stuck in Obdicut’s nic.

306 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 28, 2014 2:13:09pm
307 CuriousLurker  Apr 28, 2014 2:14:02pm

re: #305 wrenchwench

I don’t know how <wbr> got stuck in Obdicut’s nic.

I was just thinking the same thing…

308 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 2:14:08pm

re: #298 CuriousLurker

Heh, see how easy that was? How many of you briefly glanced at/skimmed that comment and went, “Nah—tl;dr”? I could’ve dropped some outrageous shit right in the middle of it and hardly anyone would’ve noticed.

I skimmed it, realized I better not ding it up without reading it (I know you’d know) and decided I should focus on the fact that I posted a misleading tweet and a fake tweet in this thread. Maybe I should just get back to work…

309 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Apr 28, 2014 2:14:15pm

re: #300 wrenchwench

Abdul-Jabbar spreads the blame around, even including himself by using ‘we’ a lot, but in the end, he’s dumping on the girlfriend the most.

I don’t think he’s dumping on her ‘the most’, but I do think that, regardless of what a shitbird this guy is, recording the conversations that he obviously thinks are private and intimate and then using them against him is pretty shady. As Abdul-Jabbar points out, this guy’s racism was well-known; the apartment stuff should have been enough for anyone, those statements are just as beyond the pale as these.

310 Dr Lizardo  Apr 28, 2014 2:14:54pm

re: #299 GeneJockey


Blaupunkt grundig luger frug,
Watusi snarf wazoo!
Nixon dirksen nasahist,
Rebozo bugaloo!

To which I say, “Snarf”.

311 wrenchwench  Apr 28, 2014 2:17:14pm

re: #298 CuriousLurker

Heh, see how easy that was? How many of you briefly glanced at/skimmed that comment and went, “Nah—tl;dr”? I could’ve dropped some outrageous shit right in the middle of it and hardly anyone would’ve noticed.

Also, there are some nuts who deliberately post walls o’ text so nobody can criticize them because nobody can RTWT. Fjordy was is one.

312 CuriousLurker  Apr 28, 2014 2:21:30pm

re: #311 wrenchwench

Also, there are some nuts who deliberately post walls o’ text so nobody can criticize them because nobody can RTWT. Fjordy was is one.

Exactly. I was just over at the Flame Warriors site reminding myself of all the different tactics that get used in online discussions. I’ve seen a LOT used here (and even used a few myself, on occasion).

313 De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2014 3:20:44pm

Wasn’t that a mighty time,
a mighty time, that evenin’?
It rained, both night and day
The poor people that had no place to go, hmm, hmm
A little town, called Tupelo, Mississippi
I never forget it and I know you won’t either

— John Lee Hooker, Tupelo Blues

314 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 28, 2014 3:32:25pm

ARRRGH!!!!! I left my Nexus tablet running in my backpack, didn’t look at it for a couple of weeks. Apparently the battery ran down to sub 0, and when I charged it up and restarted it. I got “Type Password to decrypt Storage”.

Since I’ve never encrypted it, that was a problem.

Turns out that the solution is to do a complete factory reset, and then restart it. Now it’s busy downloading all my apps again.

Lesson Learned.

RBS

315 makeitstop  Apr 28, 2014 4:04:39pm

re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Statements from everyone who has backed away from the Clips:

CarMax (KMX): “CarMax finds the statements attributed to the Clippers’ owner completely unacceptable. These views directly conflict with CarMax’s culture of respect for all individuals. While we have been a proud Clippers sponsor for 9 years and support the team, fans and community, these statements necessitate that CarMax end its sponsorship.”

State Farm: “State Farm strongly supports and respects diversity and inclusion. The remarks attributed to the Clippers’ owner are offensive. While those involved sort out the facts, we will be taking a pause in our relationship with the organization. We are monitoring the situation and we’ll continually assess our options. We have a great relationship with Chris Paul and will continue supporting the Born to Assist advertising campaign involving Chris and now other NBA players.”

Virgin America: “While we continue to support the fans and the players, Virgin America has made the decision to end its sponsorship of the L.A. Clippers.”

Red Bull: “We trust and respect the NBA’s process to formally investigate the matter, and in the interim, are suspending all team-related marketing activities. We will continue to support our Red Bull athlete, Blake Griffin, his teammates and coaching staff in their pursuit of an NBA title.”

Kia Motors (000270:KS): “The comments allegedly made by Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, are offensive and reprehensible, and they are inconsistent with our views and values. We are suspending our advertising and sponsorship activations with the Clippers. Meanwhile, as fans of the game of basketball, our support of the players and the sport is unwavering.”

Aquahydrate (via Twitter, confirmed on the phone): “In the wake of Sterling’s alleged intolerable comments we are suspending our Clippers sponsorship until the NBA completes its investigation.”

Amtrak: “Amtrak believes the language used is unacceptable and is inconsistent with our corporate belief to treat everyone with integrity and dignity. Our sponsorship with the LA Clippers expired at the end of the regular season a few weeks ago. As with any sponsorship advertising, some assets remain in market-to that end we are diligently working to remove all sponsorship assets. Moving forward, we will continue to monitor the situation as we look to make decisions about 2014-15 sports marketing sponsorships.”

Chumash Casino Resort: “We’ve always been proud supporters of the Los Angeles Clippers, however, the recent statements attributed to the Clippers’ owner have forced us to reconsider our relationship. We remain supportive of the members of the team and we wish them the very best going forward. As a group that has long been marginalized itself, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and the Chumash Casino Resort are especially sensitive to maintaining the dignity of all people. We cannot ignore any statement that causes harm or hurts any group. As a result, we’re withdrawing our sponsorship of the Clippers organization.”

Lumber Liquidators: “In light of the racist comments allegedly made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Lumber Liquidators is suspending all planned advertising for the team’s 2014-2015 season until further notice.”

Yokohama Tire Corporation: “Yokohama Tire Corporation does not tolerate discrimination in any fashion. The alleged remarks by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling are completely unacceptable and we find it necessary to immediately suspend our sponsorship of the organization as a result. We will continue to assess the situation and weigh our options. Meanwhile, we wish to express our continued support to the Clippers players and fans.”

Corona/Constellation Brands: “Like everyone else, Corona is appalled by the comments allegedly made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. These comments run counter to the type of brand Corona aspires to be. Because of this, we are suspending our sponsorship agreement with the Clippers until the NBA completes its investigation.”

NBA sponsor Anheuser-Busch (BUD) had this to say: “As the Official Beer of the NBA, we are disappointed to hear the alleged recent comments attributed to L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling. While Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light are not team sponsors of the LA Clippers, we fully support the NBA’s efforts to investigate quickly and trust that they will take appropriate action.”

The league will absolutely have to hit Sterling with a lifetime ban. This is not just a black eye to the Clippers franchise, but to the entire NBA.

Extra note: Kia Motors is on this list, and Clippers center Blake Griffin is their spokesman. This is getting more complicated by the hour.

316 Origuy  Apr 28, 2014 5:32:51pm

re: #299 GeneJockey


Blaupunkt grundig luger frug,
Watusi snarf wazoo!
Nixon dirksen nasahist,
Rebozo bugaloo!

This ring, no other, is made by the Elves
Who’d pawn their own mother to get it themselves.
—Bored of the RIngs, Harvard Lampoon. Still the best Tolkien parody

317 Khal Wimpo  Apr 28, 2014 5:41:40pm

re: #315 makeitstop

This is the only kind of response that could conceivably force the NBA’s hand in this matter. If advertisers started yanking their money, then the TV networks invoke clauses in the contracts, and suddenly that big fat cash cow starts mooing and toppling over.

At the very least, you’ll see a drastic drop-off in tshirt and jersey sales of the Clippers … unless they’re at Stormfront rallies. Which would be a kind of cool visual joke in the next spoof movie … where the bad guys are in their Klan hoods, and off to the side is a kid wearing Clippers merch.


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