Advice for Male Republicans From Female Republicans: “Don’t Talk About Anything in the Bedroom”

“Change the subject … talk about .. um ya, talk about the Seahawks.”
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1/25/14 Susan Hutchison & State Representative Liz Pike @ WA Mainstream Republicans’ Roanoke Conference (Ocean Shores, WA)

WA State GOP Chair Susan Hutchison: So I’d like to add to men; Please don’t mention the word ‘rape’ in any way. Also, let’s not talk about anything to do with women’s reproductive cycles or um um women’s sexuality or um. Let’s just leave that to the women to discuss. Could we just, could we just agree on that? And if somebody tries to needle you, if you’re a, if you’re a candidate just, just change the subject. Talk about um, ya, talk about the Seahawks. Talk about something else.

State Rep. Liz Pike (R- Camas): Thank you for your comments, I am a state rep. in the 18th district, just south of the LD here, and I have some advice for male candidates, for Republicans; Don’t talk about anything in the bedroom or the doctors office.

Susan Hutchison: Bingo. Ya.

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452 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Apr 30, 2014 3:09:51pm

Or you could you know try to understand the issues important to women but that’s too much work I guess.

2 palmerskiss  Apr 30, 2014 3:28:41pm

hear no evil see no evil.

3 Charles Johnson  Apr 30, 2014 6:05:34pm

I had to promote this. Great find, Randall.

Outreach. You keep using that word.

4 Irving  Apr 30, 2014 6:06:33pm

…at the moment, “just shut up” is a bold step forward for this crew.

5 kirkspencer  Apr 30, 2014 6:09:05pm

It’s sad to say that’s actually good advice; it’s an improvement on the norm.

6 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 6:09:36pm

Future Press Conference…

Do I believe in a womans right to choose?

I believe a woman should be able to choose tickets to any Seahawks game she wants.

Next question

Yea, that will work just fine. idiots

RBS

7 Charles Johnson  Apr 30, 2014 6:10:07pm
8 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 30, 2014 6:11:32pm

So there are actually intelligent Republicans.

9 thedopefishlives  Apr 30, 2014 6:11:56pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Rebranding, you’re doing it … well, terribly actually, to the point that you have to explicitly tell your candidates to STFU.

10 Belafon  Apr 30, 2014 6:12:25pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Well, they’re partially there. Now, if they’d only shut up about anything having to do with a woman’s body.

11 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 6:12:33pm

Sad state of affairs when the only option for a political party when it comes to women’s issues is to change the subject.

12 Varek Raith  Apr 30, 2014 6:13:01pm

How about them Seahawks?!

13 klys  Apr 30, 2014 6:13:18pm

Shutting up about it is one thing, but it does no good if they continue to vote how they currently think.

I’d rather they open their big, fat mouths so voters know exactly what they’re getting.

14 b.d.  Apr 30, 2014 6:16:31pm

Nest lessons:

Don’t talk about how cutting taxes is the answer to everything.

Try not to talk about science.*

Don’t talk about minorities.

*That includes the age of the earth.

15 thedopefishlives  Apr 30, 2014 6:16:53pm

re: #14 b.d.

Nest lessons:

Don’t talk about how cutting taxes is the answer to everything.

Try not to talk about science.*

Don’t talk about minorities.

*That includes the age of the earth.

In fact, maybe it’s better if you just don’t talk at all.

16 Charles Johnson  Apr 30, 2014 6:18:09pm

re: #13 klys

Shutting up about it is one thing, but it does no good if they continue to vote how they currently think.

I’d rather they open their big, fat mouths so voters know exactly what they’re getting.

That’s why there are GOP operatives telling these morons to put a sock in it. Because they know how damaging it is.

17 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 6:18:26pm

re: #14 b.d.

Nest lessons:

Don’t talk about how cutting taxes is the answer to everything.

Try not to talk about science.*

Don’t talk about minorities.

*That includes the age of the earth.

Talk about guns. Shiny, long guns. With smooth barrels. And well-oiled stocks. Willing, available guns…

18 Varek Raith  Apr 30, 2014 6:20:18pm

re: #17 Decatur Deb

Talk about guns. Shiny, long guns. With smooth barrels. And well-oiled stocks. Willing, available guns…

Whoa, there.

19 thedopefishlives  Apr 30, 2014 6:20:32pm

re: #17 Decatur Deb

Talk about guns. Shiny, long guns. With smooth barrels. And well-oiled stocks. Willing, available guns…

Gun porn taken to an entirely different level.

20 theliel  Apr 30, 2014 6:21:21pm

re: #17 Decatur Deb
///
Guns don’t judge you. They know you have needs. Your .22 doesn’t get angry when you spend some time with the Barret Big Fiddy.

Guns are your only friend. Who can you always count on? Your guns. Who always obeys? Guns.

So BUY MORE
///

21 klys  Apr 30, 2014 6:24:47pm
(wait till the amortized analysis lecture)

NO, NO, YOU CAN’T MAKE ME.

22 sizzzzlerz  Apr 30, 2014 6:25:07pm

Instead of talkin’ about the women, why don’t y’all tell us what you know about the Negro.

23 thedopefishlives  Apr 30, 2014 6:25:26pm

re: #22 sizzzzlerz

Instead of talkin’ about the women, why don’t y’all tell us what you know about the Negro.

Nope, sorry, that one is right out.

24 klys  Apr 30, 2014 6:26:35pm

Better advice for male Republicans from females: “don’t talk.”

25 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 6:27:03pm

Speaking of women, the marry-them-young preacher patriarch of bearded atavists is headed north:

Alaska State Fair books ‘Duck Dynasty’

A contentious cable television reality show star will be among the highlighted acts at this year’s Alaska State Fair.

Officials say Phil Robertson and other members of the show “Duck Dynasty” will headline events Aug. 30.

[…]

26 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 6:27:38pm

re: #23 thedopefishlives

Nope, sorry, that one is right out.

What about Gays with Guns? Women with Webleys? Minorities with Magnums? are those safe?

RBS

27 thedopefishlives  Apr 30, 2014 6:28:21pm

re: #26 RealityBasedSteve

What about Gays with Guns? Women with Webleys? Minorities with Magnums? are those safe?

RBS

Like I said in my #15 and klys just a minute ago, really, they just need to not say anything.

28 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 6:29:05pm

29 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Apr 30, 2014 6:29:35pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

So there are actually intelligent Republicans.

In the sense of wanting to win elections, there have always been “intelligent” Republicans (cf., the Lee Atwater southern strategy quote). When it comes to actual policy? We haven’t seen their kind in years.

30 Stanley Sea  Apr 30, 2014 6:30:46pm

re: #25 freetoken

Speaking of women, the marry-them-young preacher patriarch of bearded atavists is headed north:

Alaska State Fair books ‘Duck Dynasty’

2 sides to Alaska: sane and dominionist. The poor sane folks.

31 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 6:30:49pm

re: #27 thedopefishlives

Like I said in my #15 and klys just a minute ago, really, they just need to not say anything.

And don’t order clams, and for heaven’s sake, don’t eat a hot dog.

32 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 6:31:05pm

The Republicans are so proud of their positions, they don’t even need to talk about them anymore

33 klys  Apr 30, 2014 6:31:33pm

re: #32 Kragar

The Republicans are so proud of their positions, they don’t even need to talk about them anymore

Thank you for the mental image of Republican positions in the bedroom.

I need some brain bleach.

34 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 6:31:50pm

Derp.

35 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 6:31:55pm

re: #32 Kragar

The Republicans are so proud of their positions, they don’t even need to talk about them anymore

And don’t describe your position on missionaries.

36 Varek Raith  Apr 30, 2014 6:34:20pm

re: #34 Gus

Derp.

Heh, that was the subject of my first page.
littlegreenfootballs.com

37 Charles Johnson  Apr 30, 2014 6:34:43pm
38 Stanley Sea  Apr 30, 2014 6:35:48pm

When polled correctly, the majority of women are for choice, birth fucking control etc.

All women.

Our elections are not quite showing it, but if in June the Supremes vote in favor for Hobby Lobby, we may see something.

I will be out there GOTV on that issue, no doubt.

39 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 6:36:17pm

re: #33 klys

Thank you for the mental image of Republican positions in the bedroom.

I need some brain bleach.

So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

40 Varek Raith  Apr 30, 2014 6:37:24pm

re: #39 Kragar

So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

*User was banned for this post*

41 klys  Apr 30, 2014 6:37:27pm

re: #39 Kragar

So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

ABORT ABORT ABORT

42 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 6:37:36pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

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*best AA voice* Hi Charles!

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43 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 6:38:12pm

re: #40 Varek Raith

*User was banned for this post*

and then unbanned, then banned again, then unbanned, buried in peat, then banned again.

RBS

44 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 30, 2014 6:38:29pm

re: #33 klys

Thank you for the mental image of Republican positions in the bedroom.

I need some brain bleach.

Rule 34…

O_o

45 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 6:38:36pm

re: #40 Varek Raith

re: #41 klys

Youtube Video

46 klys  Apr 30, 2014 6:38:53pm

re: #44 William Barnett-Lewis

Rule 34…

O_o

DO NOT READ FURTHER.

47 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 30, 2014 6:39:33pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

*best AA voice* Hi Charles!

//

Youtube Video

48 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 6:39:56pm

re: #39 Kragar

So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

49 bubba zanetti  Apr 30, 2014 6:39:56pm

re: #28 Gus

However, we’ll have to have a little talk about JPEG artifacts.

50 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 6:40:13pm

re: #46 klys

DO NOT READ FURTHER.

Karl Rove/ Dick Morris slash fiction….

51 sizzzzlerz  Apr 30, 2014 6:41:45pm
So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

Why do I have this vision of Cloris Leachman as Nurse Diesel in Mel Brooks’ movie, High Anxiety?

52 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 6:42:47pm

re: #51 sizzzzlerz

Why do I have this vision of Cloris Leachman as Nurse Diesel in Mel Brooks’ movie, High Anxiety?

No fruit cup.

53 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 6:43:22pm

re: #49 bubba zanetti

However, we’ll have to have a little talk about JPEG artifacts.

Didn’t make that. It’s the red which is always subject to low quality compressed jpgs.

54 kirkspencer  Apr 30, 2014 6:43:38pm

re: #39 Kragar

So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

At least you didn’t discuss who the Sub was.

and notice that by not naming names, I allow each viewer to see their own personal hell, an image that since they called it up shall never succumb to brain bleach. Mwahahahaha.

55 Charles Johnson  Apr 30, 2014 6:44:03pm

re: #49 bubba zanetti

However, we’ll have to have a little talk about JPEG artifacts.

Twitter’s image uploading code is compressing the JPG images to the point where artifacts are very visible in areas of solid color. Unfortunately, programmers can’t change the quality setting for uploaded images.

In other words, it’s Twitter’s fault.

56 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 30, 2014 6:44:45pm

Flyers go down to the Rangers in Game 7 by a score of 2-1.

57 klys  Apr 30, 2014 6:45:25pm

re: #56 Feline Fearless Leader

Flyers go down to the Rangers in Game 7 by a score of 2-1.

The best result would have been both teams losing.

But since someone had to win, now the Rangers can go lose to the Penguins! :D

58 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  Apr 30, 2014 6:46:27pm

Hello again from the Middle Kingdom! I was traveling for a few days, and suffering from lack of Internet and/or Charles’ blockade of Chinese IP addresses. Our destination was Guilin and Yangshuo town in Guangxi province — seven hours by bus from where I work. Maybe I’ll post some photos later on.

Coming back to LGF, I am pleased to see Sterling got his comeuppance and displeased to hear the wind-up Palin doll screeching nonsense again. The GOP remains unchanged, sadly. Nothing like stalling the minimum wage to get that economy going again, amirite?

59 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 6:46:47pm
60 dog philosopher  Apr 30, 2014 6:46:49pm

i like to think of them as nightmare images from the subconscious of the compression algorithms, suppressed after their traumatic upbringing

61 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 30, 2014 6:47:39pm

re: #57 klys

The best result would have been both teams losing.

But since someone had to win, now the Rangers can go lose to the Penguins! :D

That would be quite acceptable to me. :)

62 The War TARDIS  Apr 30, 2014 6:49:24pm

Texted friend, waiting for response.

If me not having my phone on while at work resulted in me being unable to help a friend in trouble, I won’t be able to live with myself.

63 darthstar  Apr 30, 2014 6:52:33pm

Man dies in fortune cookie machine.

gawker.com

My favorite comment…two words added to Gawker’s plea for people to be respectful:

We ask that you be circumspect about any bad puns about the man’s fortune you might be tempted to leave in the comments…in bed.

64 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 6:57:26pm

April Becomes 1st Month With CO2 Levels Above 400 PPM

65 Floral Giraffe  Apr 30, 2014 6:57:33pm

re: #39 Kragar

So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

Latex, baby!!!!

66 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 6:58:15pm

re: #63 darthstar

Man dies in fortune cookie machine.

gawker.com

My favorite comment…two words added to Gawker’s plea for people to be respectful:

We ask that you be circumspect about any bad puns about the man’s fortune you might be tempted to leave in the comments…in bed.

My favorite is:

“Confucius Say: AHHHHHH!!!”

67 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 6:59:18pm

re: #65 Floral Giraffe

Latex, baby!!!!

I was thinking one of those leather harness deals with the chains and the ring connecters.

68 Varek Raith  Apr 30, 2014 7:00:29pm

re: #65 Floral Giraffe

Latex, baby!!!!

Don’t encourage him!

69 Charles Johnson  Apr 30, 2014 7:00:35pm
70 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:01:04pm

re: #68 Varek Raith

Don’t encourage him!

Too late

71 Stanley Sea  Apr 30, 2014 7:02:04pm

re: #62 The War TARDIS

Texted friend, waiting for response.

If me not having my phone on while at work resulted in me being unable to help a friend in trouble, I won’t be able to live with myself.

I look forward to future you. You will be more relaxed about what in time becomes kinda standard operating procedure. But to you now - life and death.

Didn’t read your original comment. Assuming it was not life or death.

72 darthstar  Apr 30, 2014 7:02:54pm
73 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 7:03:41pm

re: #65 Floral Giraffe

Latex, baby!!!!

CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!!

/

74 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:04:50pm

re: #73 Targetpractice

CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!!

/

Oh, come on.

I didn’t even suggest she had Bryan Fischer dressed as a French Maid and ball gagged and was leading him around on a dog leash.

75 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:06:10pm

And I wasn’t even thinking about sex stuff until klys mentioned it in post 33

76 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 7:06:32pm

Anybody needs me, I’m gonna be drilling a hole in my head to pour the bleach in…

77 Varek Raith  Apr 30, 2014 7:06:39pm

re: #75 Kragar

And I wasn’t even thinking about sex stuff until klys mentioned it in post 33

You’re a monster.

78 klys  Apr 30, 2014 7:06:58pm

re: #75 Kragar

And I wasn’t even thinking about sex stuff until klys mentioned it in post 33

It was the juxtaposition of the “positions” and the “bedroom” title of the thread on your initial comment.

79 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 7:07:20pm

re: #76 Targetpractice

Anybody needs me, I’m gonna be drilling a hole in my head to pour the bleach in…

Get with Curious Lurker on that… I think she’s got some tips in that area.

RBS

80 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Apr 30, 2014 7:08:11pm

re: #75 Kragar

You know, it’s funny we’ve been talking about the 8th Amendment and cruel and unusual punishment. I believe this entire line of thread might qualify. It surely violates some Geneva Convention article. ;)

81 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 30, 2014 7:08:14pm

re: #39 Kragar

So Phyllis Schlafly [NONONONONONONO] is right out?

You made me throw up in my mouth.

82 Floral Giraffe  Apr 30, 2014 7:08:15pm

re: #75 Kragar

And I wasn’t even thinking about sex stuff until klys mentioned it in post 33

LIAR!

83 The War TARDIS  Apr 30, 2014 7:09:16pm

re: #71 Stanley Sea

The context is on the last thread. Here.

re: #144 The War TARDIS

Hey, may have a problem. Can you judge for me?

re: #148 Political Atheist

What’s up?

re: #159 The War TARDIS

Got these two messages from my previously mentioned friend in Pakistan.

“Hi”

“R u thr?”

Followed by this message from someone she knows over there. Names redacted.

She had gone over to visit family, and see someone her parents picked for her. As mentioned earlier.

re: #191 klys

I’d try contacting your friend and at least seeing if you can get some understanding of what’s going on from her.

84 TedStriker  Apr 30, 2014 7:12:55pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

Hi, Charles!

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85 TedStriker  Apr 30, 2014 7:13:27pm

re: #39 Kragar

So Phyllis Schlafly dressed as a Dominatrix is right out?

*vomits profusely*

Youtube Video

86 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:14:08pm

re: #82 Floral Giraffe

LIAR!

Well, I hadn’t planned to bring it up here at least.

87 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 7:14:42pm

re: #86 Kragar

Well, I hadn’t planned to bring it up here at least.

Be honest, you’re with the NSA’s psychological warfare branch, aren’t you?

//

88 klys  Apr 30, 2014 7:15:05pm

re: #87 Targetpractice

Be honest, you’re with the NSA’s psychological warfare branch, aren’t you?

//

Crap, we’ve been infiltrated.

89 Stanley Sea  Apr 30, 2014 7:17:00pm

re: #83 The War TARDIS

do what you can.

Really, it all works out. How it’s supposed to. Your friends rarely take your advice. They listen yeah. But they will do what they do.

90 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 7:17:59pm

re: #82 Floral Giraffe

LIAR!

He means any more than normal always.

91 TedStriker  Apr 30, 2014 7:18:39pm

re: #76 Targetpractice

Anybody needs me, I’m gonna be drilling a hole in my head to pour the bleach in…

re: #79 RealityBasedSteve

Get with Curious Lurker on that… I think she’s got some tips in that area.

RBS

Well, I think she had to hire a professional for that.

92 Floral Giraffe  Apr 30, 2014 7:19:06pm

re: #90 Decatur Deb

He means any more than normal always.

Giggles. LATEX and Phyllis Schafley! My goodness!

93 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 7:20:11pm

re: #91 TedStriker

Well, I think she had to hire a professional for that.

I think you can use an iPad app and a Harbor Freight drill press at home.

94 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:20:29pm

re: #87 Targetpractice

Be honest, you’re with the NSA’s psychological warfare branch, aren’t you?

//

Feh, amateurs.

95 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 7:21:54pm

re: #93 Decatur Deb

I think you can use an iPad app and a Harbor Freight drill press at home.

iTrepan. Just make sure you’ve got the latest version.

RBS

96 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 7:22:04pm

DRONES!!

Secrets and lies of Obama’s drone war

97 kirkspencer  Apr 30, 2014 7:22:21pm

re: #94 Kragar

Feh, amateurs.

True. If they were really going for it, they’d start with
.
.
.
.
.

Spoiler

Rush. Thong.


(And it can get worse…)

98 Pie-onist Overlord  Apr 30, 2014 7:23:47pm

Regarding the wingnut seething over the halal Subways:

Subway opened some kosher locations but they did not do well.

Personally, I can totally understand that. I would not eat at a Subway if there were any other options available, including buying a bag of Italian rolls and some meat from the deli counter and building my own sandwiches at home.

If I was traveling through freaking Louisville or Cleveland and there were no other kosher options available, I might eat at a Subway.

Subway opened outlets in areas with large Jewish populations like New York, LA, Miami, and everyone chose other kosher venues instead of Subway.

99 dog philosopher  Apr 30, 2014 7:23:55pm

re: #75 Kragar

And I wasn’t even thinking about sex stuff until klys mentioned it in post 33

oh, the dangers of post 33!

100 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 7:24:17pm

re: #95 RealityBasedSteve

iTrepan. Just make sure you’ve got the latest version.

RBS

Isn’t it compromised with Brainbleed?

101 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 7:30:15pm

re: #94 Kragar

Feh, amateurs.

That made me think of a skit I saw years ago, during the first big “Militia” movement. A bunch of stereotypical militia type sitting around, and suddenly the door gets kicked in… in comes FBI, You all are under arrest.

Each one of the militia then pulls out a badge, FBI, DHS, State Police, etc. There was one poor guy who was actually militia, the rest were all infiltrators. If I recall, the militia guy sneaked out while the rest were arguing about who gets to arrest him.

RBS

102 ObserverArt  Apr 30, 2014 7:33:37pm

Pardon me for a little break off topic…I was on YouTube looking for some Bob Hoskins to remind me of some of his work as he passed away earlier today at the age of 71. I think I have posted before how Terry Gilliam’s Brazil was always one of my favorite dark comedy movies…it has all kinds of fun material covered in it and I always loved Hoskins’ character as one of the government maintenance guys from Central Services. Instead of somber, I want to remember him making us smile too.

R.I.P. Bob…loved your work.

Youtube Video

103 TedStriker  Apr 30, 2014 7:34:16pm

re: #93 Decatur Deb

I think you can use an iPad app and a Harbor Freight drill press at home.

Nothing says precision like cheap Chinese tools. ///

Having said that, Harbor Freight (along with Northern Tool) is one of my go-to places to get good tools cheap.

104 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 7:35:00pm

re: #101 RealityBasedSteve

Older variant from the 50s: The Communist Party USA could always tell who were the FBI infiltrators—they were the only ones who kept up with their dues.

105 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 7:36:49pm

re: #103 TedStriker

Nothing says precision like cheap Chinese tools. ///

Having said that, Harbor Freight (along with Northern Tool) is one of my go-to places to get good tools cheap.

There is, or was, an HF hacker site that gave tips on upgrading their stuff with real metal and bearings, etc.

106 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:39:03pm

re: #97 kirkspencer

You missed my Rove/Morris comment

107 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 7:42:06pm

re: #103 TedStriker

Nothing says precision like cheap Chinese tools. ///

Having said that, Harbor Freight (along with Northern Tool) is one of my go-to places to get good tools cheap.

I’ve got a set of their “better quality” wood turning chisels, not nearly as nice my good ones, but work well enough… HSS and since they are so cheap I don’t feel bad that I’ve ground them down to stubs trying out different grinds, experimenting with sharpening jigs, etc.

RBS

108 kirkspencer  Apr 30, 2014 7:45:46pm

re: #106 Kragar

You missed my Rove/Morris comment

Nah, not slash fic. If it’d been yaoi then yeah, shudder, not enough bleach in the world. But death? death of all men diminishes me, but some less than others.

109 Decatur Deb  Apr 30, 2014 7:46:29pm

re: #107 RealityBasedSteve

I’ve got a set of their “better quality” wood turning chisels, not nearly as nice my good ones, but work well enough… HSS and since they are so cheap I don’t feel bad that I’ve ground them down to stubs trying out different grinds, experimenting with sharpening jigs, etc.

RBS

Bought a nailgun and buttoncap shooter to roof my house, just expecting one job out of them. All the Habitat shingles since are just gravy.

110 Killgore Trout  Apr 30, 2014 7:46:59pm

Please Use This Song
Youtube Video

111 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:48:43pm

re: #108 kirkspencer

Nah, not slash fic. If it’d been yaoi then yeah, shudder, not enough bleach in the world. But death? death of all men diminishes me, but some less than others.

Thats not what slash fiction is.

Though technically, I guess the term doesn’t apply because they’re not fictional characters

112 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 7:51:27pm

re: #109 Decatur Deb

Bought a nailgun and buttoncap shooter to roof my house, just expecting one job out of them. All the Habitat shingles since are just gravy.

I bought a bunch of little tiny welding clamp vise grip pliers there. (maybe 3.50 each). They are the best thing in the world when I’m gluing up segmented / laminated blanks. Super tight clamp with just one hand.

I’ve also gotten a bunch of their various C and F clamps, along with ratchet clamps. Work almost as good as the expensive ones, and I always have a couple of extras to toss into the mix.

One thing I’ve learned over the years. 1 Clamp isn’t a clamp, it’s a pivot point.

RBS

113 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 7:54:04pm

re: #110 Killgore Trout

Please Use This Song
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In case you missed it:

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114 Killgore Trout  Apr 30, 2014 7:58:44pm

re: #113 Kragar

In case you missed it:

Radio Friendly Song

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115 ObserverArt  Apr 30, 2014 7:58:47pm

re: #112 RealityBasedSteve

I bought a bunch of little tiny welding clamp vise grip pliers there. (maybe 3.50 each). They are the best thing in the world when I’m gluing up segmented / laminated blanks. Super tight clamp with just one hand.

I’ve also gotten a bunch of their various C and F clamps, along with ratchet clamps. Work almost as good as the expensive ones, and I always have a couple of extras to toss into the mix.

One thing I’ve learned over the years. 1 Clamp isn’t a clamp, it’s a pivot point.

RBS

There are never enough clamps! I’ve got corner clamps, three sizes of c-clamps, several of the quick-grip sliding ones, a bunch of small pinch type, and for the big jobs…several black pipe clamps with variable lengths of pipe. This old house of mine is all glue and clamped wood and epoxy! I have to build wood up to get the dimensions I need to get the old wood look.

116 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 8:00:33pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout

antimusic

And then we have “Pop Song”

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117 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 8:04:47pm

re: #116 Kragar

And then we have “Pop Song”

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Video

Sorry… the autotune ran me off… just like in the real world.

RBS

118 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 30, 2014 8:05:07pm
119 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 8:07:00pm

re: #118 NJDhockeyfan

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Paranoia strikes deep…

120 kirkspencer  Apr 30, 2014 8:07:06pm

re: #111 Kragar

Thats not what slash fiction is.

Though technically, I guess the term doesn’t apply because they’re not fictional characters

Ah. i stand corrected.

121 Kragar  Apr 30, 2014 8:10:09pm

re: #120 kirkspencer

Ah. i stand corrected.

Glad to be of service

122 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 8:10:42pm

Haha!

123 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 30, 2014 8:14:18pm
124 ObserverArt  Apr 30, 2014 8:14:24pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout

antimusic

I can’t say I’ve ever heard of Jon LaJoie, but it was fun stuff. I like humorous music.

The stuff posted reminded me of one of my favorite antimusic, antiband songs of days gone by. 10cc…Worst Band In the World Sorry no video on this…it had the best sound of the You Tubes I found.

Youtube Video

125 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 8:14:56pm

re: #122 Gus

Haha!

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Seems the little guy won big today.

126 klys  Apr 30, 2014 8:16:35pm

re: #120 kirkspencer

Ah. i stand corrected.

Nope.

“Real person fiction” is alive and well in some fandoms.

Very much NOT MY THING but …you can definitely have slash fiction in those areas.

127 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 8:19:04pm
128 NJDhockeyfan  Apr 30, 2014 8:24:40pm
129 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 8:24:55pm
130 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 30, 2014 8:26:33pm

Ok, I”m out of here, and will do my best not to dream of any of the various subject that were raised in this thread.

RBS

131 Targetpractice  Apr 30, 2014 8:27:57pm

re: #129 Gus

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Grandma ain’t takin’ no shit from no one.

132 Rightwingconspirator  Apr 30, 2014 8:29:28pm

re: #124 ObserverArt

What is this antimusic word you speak?

133 kirkspencer  Apr 30, 2014 8:34:37pm

re: #126 klys

Nope.

“Real person fiction” is alive and well in some fandoms.

Very much NOT MY THING but …you can definitely have slash fiction in those areas.

Sorry to confuse. My misunderstanding wasn’t about real/fictional people. I thought slash was snuff. After Kragar’s comment I looked it up. The term’s actually more accurate than mine.

134 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 30, 2014 8:36:23pm

re: #115 ObserverArt

There are never enough clamps! I’ve got corner clamps, three sizes of c-clamps, several of the quick-grip sliding ones, a bunch of small pinch type, and for the big jobs…several black pipe clamps with variable lengths of pipe. This old house of mine is all glue and clamped wood and epoxy! I have to build wood up to get the dimensions I need to get the old wood look.

Youtube Video

You want clamps? You get clamps!

135 kirkspencer  Apr 30, 2014 8:44:00pm

re: #134 Feline Fearless Leader

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You want clamps? You get clamps!

Loosen the clamps, you closed the thread. (grin)

136 dog philosopher  Apr 30, 2014 8:44:03pm

i think i’m coming down with a case of the clamps

137 ObserverArt  Apr 30, 2014 8:44:03pm

re: #132 Political Atheist

What is this antimusic word you speak?

I was just taking off on Kilgore’s mention of antimusic. The 10cc song was a big dig on a lot of the bands in the early 70s…so it was a bit anti. And it fit the theme of the Jon LaJoie stuff.

Goofin’ about fun music with fun lyrics too…which sadly some do not consider as good music. I know many that hated Zappa and never took his musical talents serious because they saw his stuff as weird, off-color, way-out-there zaniness…but never serious. Their loss. There have been others.

138 dog philosopher  Apr 30, 2014 8:45:46pm

Male Republicans

there’s yer problem raht there

139 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 8:59:41pm

Party of God, indeed: In Ohio, for the Ohio legislature, the local GOP candidates square off for their primary, competing on being for Godly, or more for God, or mostest for God:

[…]

Doug Chamberlain

[…]

I believe in thrift, hard work, individual freedom and responsibility, smaller and less intrusive government, our Constitutional form of government, defense of the Second Amendment, traditional marriage between a man and a woman, and the protection of all life from conception to death. Having been elected three times as a conservative Republican first as a County Prosecutor and twice as a Family Court Judge, these principles ought to be a given for a Republican, […]

Robert Luckey

[…]

The first time I took a political stance was to protect the constitutional right to life, I marched in a pro-Life rally with my father. Recently I signed the painless petition to support pro-life laws, and I worked to support many other pro-life issues and candidates all this time between. I have always been dedicated to God, family, and country and doing all I can in my duties to God, family and county. In 2005 I gave a speech in Dayton Ohio to a group of Republicans, I titled the speech: “God family and country”, about those important things.

[…]

Nino Vitale

[…] Our government spends too much of our money, has become too intrusive into our lives, and has removed God from the public square. I consider myself a Christian Constitutional Conservative—in this order. Our government was founded on Judeo-Christian values and government should be at the service of the people, not the other way around. I have studied our founding fathers through Hillsdale College, and it is very clear. If we look at the history behind the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers, we see the influence of morality as given by God on the framers and the idea of limited, conservative government.

[…]

First, my family and I have been Pro-Life Leaders for almost 10 years. I have been V.P. of our local Right to Life group, designed billboards, placed educational literature on campuses, participated in parades to protect the unborn, and now serve as a board member of our local pregnancy center. Life and Family need to be celebrated, not redefined—this is foundational to me. God didn’t create the state first, he created the family first. I am the only candidate endorsed by Ohio Right to Life.

Second, I am a firm believer in our Second Amendment and our right to keep and bear arms. I am an NRA instructor and my oldest son is Ohio’s youngest NRA apprentice instructor. He received his credentials at 13. We teach firearm safety and CCW classes to hundreds. The Second Amendment is the backstop to our freedom and liberty.

[…]

Fourth, liberty and religious freedom are the bedrock of this country. This is why our family business has taken the step to be one of only 42 private companies in the nation to sue Obamacare. It is not fun to have to sue your own government, but when an injustice is being done, we must stand and fight. Our family business is actively doing something about Obamacare.

[…]

Party of God “ought to be a given for a Republican”.

140 sagehen  Apr 30, 2014 9:06:19pm

re: #25 freetoken

Speaking of women, the marry-them-young preacher patriarch of bearded atavists is headed north:

Alaska State Fair books ‘Duck Dynasty’

Hmmm. How old is Willow Palin?

141 GeneJockey  Apr 30, 2014 9:23:00pm

It turns out that a kid will, indeed, eat ivy too. But they seem to prefer Apple, Plum, Wisteria, and Mint leaves.

142 prairiefire  Apr 30, 2014 9:42:18pm

re: #141 GeneJockey

What did you do?

143 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 30, 2014 9:44:41pm

re: #142 prairiefire

What did you do?

Looks like Rent-A-Goat Herd for lawn clearance.

144 prairiefire  Apr 30, 2014 9:45:20pm

re: #143 Feline Fearless Leader

Looks like Rent-A-Goat Herd for lawn clearance.

Looks like there are plenty of tin cans for them!/ I know, they are for the ivy. I hope there is more ivy than goats.

145 GeneJockey  Apr 30, 2014 9:50:37pm

We’re supposed to have them for a week. They’ve hardly dented the ivy, but they stripped the apple tree, the grape vine, and the wisteria clean.

The male Greyhound is really excited. He got out for a bit and chased them around briefly before he himself got corralled. Since then, he goes to the door and whines every so often The female Greyhound and the Eskie also got out and apparently their curiosity has been sated.

146 prairiefire  Apr 30, 2014 10:05:49pm

re: #145 GeneJockey

Frickin Noah’s Ark!

147 Floral Giraffe  Apr 30, 2014 10:06:54pm

re: #145 GeneJockey

The local greenbelt area here, uses goats for brush clearance!

148 GeneJockey  Apr 30, 2014 10:09:08pm

It’s kinda surreal to come home and find your yard full of goats.

149 Lidane  Apr 30, 2014 10:39:54pm
150 DKoch  Apr 30, 2014 11:09:46pm
151 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 30, 2014 11:10:08pm

Even that caveat will not work for a lot of GOP nutcases: rape, “legal” or “illegal”, often does not occur in the bedroom.

152 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 11:29:41pm

This one goes out to those male Republicans for whom the advice was offered:

MP3 Audio

153 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 11:43:06pm

B_Sharp was right. The morons are still at it.

154 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 11:47:18pm

re: #153 Gus

Once upon a time I was under the impression that “Cranmer” was one of the less excitable of the paleo-right. But it looks as if he’s gone bratfrat.

155 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 11:50:12pm

re: #154 freetoken

Once upon a time I was under the impression that “Cranmer” was one of the less excitable of the paleo-right. But it looks as if he’s gone bratfrat.

“Subway Sharia.” Bringing “secular humanists and patriots together, again.

//

156 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 11:50:24pm

And this one goes out to those (cognitively dissonant) GOP women who were offering their advice to their male colleagues:

MP3 Audio

157 Amory Blaine  Apr 30, 2014 11:52:26pm

Proposed GOP resolution asserts state’s right to nullify federal laws

In Wisconsin, the party of Abraham Lincoln will be deciding this weekend whether it favors not only the right to secession but also the right to nullify federal laws.

Delegates at the state Republican convention are set to vote Saturday on a proposed resolution that directs lawmakers to push through legislation nullifying Obamacare, Common Core educational standards and “drone usage in the state of Wisconsin.”

“Be it further resolved,” the proposal concludes, “that we strongly insist our state representatives work to uphold Wisconsin’s 10th Amendment rights, and our right to, under extreme circumstances, secede, passing legislation affirming this to the U.S. Federal Government.”

158 Gus  Apr 30, 2014 11:54:37pm

re: #154 freetoken

Once upon a time I was under the impression that “Cranmer” was one of the less excitable of the paleo-right. But it looks as if he’s gone bratfrat.

He seems like an idiot. Anyway. You can read that “Subway Sharia” tripe here.

Then to recap. This:

159 freetoken  Apr 30, 2014 11:58:17pm

re: #158 Gus

I’m well aware of “Bishop” Cranmer, having bookmarked his site years ago, among the first I did when moving to the more modern world wide web from the olden days.

His move to Beck-esque topics like Sharia in food chains is, I suspect, simply a marketing gimmick to compete with the ever spiraling competition between the much more popular hate sites.

160 freetoken  May 1, 2014 12:05:08am

I notice my avatar is now rounder, softer.

It looks like an avant garde Ishtar egg.

161 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 1, 2014 12:15:59am

Anything Islamic is going to provoke a gut reaction, I recall reading comments from people in Arizona freaking out over using the Arabic term “haboob” for a sandstorm.

And yes, anything halal is going to just make them, well, felafel.

162 freetoken  May 1, 2014 12:51:16am

Yesterday we demolished the old high temp record, by 8 degrees F:


RECORD EVENT REPORT...FINAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
525 PM PDT WED APR 30 2014

...HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON APR 30 2014 ...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD

SAN DIEGO 94 86 IN 1996 1875
NEWPORT BEACH 92 80 IN 1996 1921
LAGUNA BEACH 94 92 IN 1981 1928
VISTA 95 92 IN 1996 1957
CHULA VISTA 91 88 IN 1996 1918


...HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON APR 30 2014 ...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD

SANTA ANA 66 62 IN 1981 1906
NEWPORT BEACH 61 TIED 61 IN 1931 1921
SAN DIEGO 68 65 IN 1981 1914
CHULA VISTA 65 62 IN 1931 1918
ESCONDIDO 65 60 IN1926 1900
RAMONA 63 54 IN 2006 1974
CAMPO 62 50 IN 1987 1948

163 freetoken  May 1, 2014 12:54:48am

But… it’s a dry heat.

Got down to 7% RH during the afternoon.

RH is now up to 18% - I can breath.

164 freetoken  May 1, 2014 1:04:08am

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
930 PM PDT WED APR 30 2014

SOME OF THE STRONGEST SANTA ANA WINDS IN RECENT MEMORY WHIPPED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY…DOWNING TREES FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE COAST. A 101 MPH WIND GUST WAS CLOCKED AT SILL HILL BELOW CUYAMACA PEAK IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. FREMONT CANYON IN ORANGE COUNTY HAD A GUST OF 94 MPH. THE ONTARIO AIRPORT HAD A GUST TO 70 MPH. AT THE COAST…EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 30-40 MPH WHICH IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR LATE APRIL. SANTA ANA EVENTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE NOT ALL THAT COMMON EVEN DURING PEAK SANTA ANA MONTHS. TO HAVE SUCH A STRONG SANTA ANA EVENT AT THE END OF APRIL IS RARER STILL.

[…]

NIGHTS WILL BE WARM AND DAYS WILL BE HOT THROUGH FRIDAY. AS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW WARM THIS AIRMASS IS…THE LOW AT SAN DIEGO THIS MORNING WAS 68. THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR SAN DIEGO IS 68.

165 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 1:41:16am

re: #64 freetoken

April Becomes 1st Month With CO2 Levels Above 400 PPM

And mother nature is getting her revenge.

166 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 2:01:21am

Floriduh. Both fatalities were inmates.

Escambia Jail Explosion Claims Lives, Leave About 150 Injured

northescambia.com

“At least two people were killed in an explosion Wednesday night at the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Facility on West Leonard Street. About 150 people were reportedly injured in the incident.

“The apparent natural gas explosion caused a partial building collapse about 11:25 p.m.” More

Expect a lot of lawsuits. Some of these folks probably had not even been tried yet.

167 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 2:03:37am

I have yet to understand why Mozilla feels the need to reinvent the wheel every year. Worse, that when they do, they progressively make it harder to customize the damned interface and further bloat the RAM usage.

168 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 2:26:03am

re: #167 Targetpractice

I have yet to understand why Mozilla feels the need to reinvent the wheel every year. Worse, that when they do, they progressively make it harder to customize the damned interface and further bloat the RAM usage.

And I hate the fact that the tabs kind of “disappear” when you’re not on them, leaving them to blend in with the background, sort of. And I’m still on Windows XP. At some point, I’m going to get my grandson to build me a new computer with Windows 7.

Nevermind. I told you I was computer illiterate. I have 2 GBs of RAM, after asking my grandson who just came in from work. Sheesh. I was mistaking the hard drive for RAM (haha). He has 8 GBs on his gaming computer he built, though. I’m jealous.

169 freetoken  May 1, 2014 2:32:43am

It’s sort of a small world after all:

China: Game of Thrones ‘heavily edited’, fans say

Chinese fans of the US television series Game of Thrones are up in arms after an apparently heavily edited version of the show’s fourth season aired on Sunday.

With pirate copies of the full version available on the internet, many Chinese viewers quickly realised how much of the programme had been cut out of state-run CCTV’s broadcast, the South China Morning Post reports.

“They’ve cut about a quarter of all the fight scenes, then a quarter of the nude scenes,” one fan writes on the Weibo social network. “I guess that’s okay if all you want to watch is a medieval European castle documentary.” […]

The fourth season of Game of Thrones was shown in China just as four other popular US TV shows were pulled off the air. The Chinese media regulator said in an editorial that first appeared in the People’s Daily newspaper on Monday it had to remove The Big Bang Theory, The Practice, The Good Wife and police drama NCIS to prevent the “negative effects and hidden security dangers” of streaming foreign programmes.

170 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 2:44:20am

re: #169 freetoken

It’s sort of a small world after all:

China: Game of Thrones ‘heavily edited’, fans say

I watched about 15 min of a GOT episode and was bored shitless. Fantasy just is not a genre I enjoy much, esp certain types like GOT.

171 Kragar  May 1, 2014 2:47:47am

re: #170 Justanotherhuman

I watched about 15 min of a GOT episode and was bored shitless. Fantasy just is not a genre I enjoy much, esp certain types like GOT.

I forced myself thru the first 3 books and lost interest

172 Kragar  May 1, 2014 2:48:08am
173 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 2:57:27am

Hundreds Evacuated in Laurel After Dam Gates Opened

nbcwashington.com

“Hundreds of people were evacuated from homes and hotel rooms in Laurel, Md. as floodwaters continue to rise following a line of severe storms, the town’s mayor and police said.

(snip)

“Engineers also have opened all of the seven gates of the the T Howard Duckett Dam on the Patuxent River to release high water that had built up enough to flow through a construction joint.

“Earlier Thursday morning, Laurel authorities had said the dam was cracked. However, officials for water utility WSSC said they were confident the dam was secure, but the high water needed to be released.” More

174 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 2:58:02am

re: #168 Justanotherhuman

And I hate the fact that the tabs kind of “disappear” when you’re not on them, leaving them to blend in with the background, sort of. And I’m still on Windows XP. At some point, I’m going to get my grandson to build me a new computer with Windows 7.

Yeah, I had to upgrade to Win7 by necessity, but it’s so close to XP in a lot of ways that the transition was easy. And the ways that weren’t the same were generally significant improvements, chief among them an automated backup feature.

But really, it seems like the guys at Mozilla are going down the Microsoft route: Make the damn thing more bloated with each new upgrade, while further restricting user customization. Every version before now, I could move the address bar above the tabs because that’s what I was comfortable with, and the reload button was a separate icon you could move around. Now? Unless you download a second-party app, the address bar is bolted to the spot below the tabs and the reload button is welded to the address bar. ARGH!

This Compaq computer’s properties shows 93 GB of RAM—could that be right? It was used by a taxi co and bought second hand with stripped down XP software. According to the properties info, I’m currently only using 17.5 GB. Surely that can’t be right?

I think my last Dell computer had 1.5 GB of Ram, and I put in extra.

Depends, if it’s Windows XP 64-bit edition, then yeah, it could actually have 93GB of RAM because that OS can handle up to 128GB. Though what sort of programs a taxi company was running on 64-bit XP, I have no idea.

175 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 3:08:31am

re: #174 Targetpractice

Yeah, I had to upgrade to Win7 by necessity, but it’s so close to XP in a lot of ways that the transition was easy. And the ways that weren’t the same were generally significant improvements, chief among them an automated backup feature.

But really, it seems like the guys at Mozilla are going down the Microsoft route: Make the damn thing more bloated with each new upgrade, while further restricting user customization. Every version before now, I could move the address bar above the tabs because that’s what I was comfortable with, and the reload button was a separate icon you could move around. Now? Unless you download a second-party app, the address bar is bolted to the spot below the tabs and the reload button is welded to the address bar. ARGH!

Depends, if it’s Windows XP 64-bit edition, then yeah, it could actually have 93GB of RAM because that OS can handle up to 128GB. Though what sort of programs a taxi company was running on 64-bit XP, I have no idea.

Haha, see my correction on the RAM. I told people I was computer illiterate. I’m a user, not a techie by any means. I was seeing the ROM, not the RAM on the properties info.

My grandson just picked up on it with his buddies, without any training whatsoever, so I leave the tech stuff to him. OTOH, he’s never read the wonderful literature I’ve read, either, so he’s missed out on more than I think I have. : )

176 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 3:13:38am

Mudslide at the Metro North Glenwood station in Yonkers, NY., puts 2 tracks out of service - @MTA
end of alert

177 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 3:20:27am

re: #175 Justanotherhuman

Haha, see my correction on the RAM. I told people I was computer illiterate. I’m a user, not a techie by any means. I was seeing the ROM, not the RAM on the properties info.

Heh, no prob. It’s still a learning process for me, I didn’t even know there was a way to check the health of my HDD until a couple weeks ago. Speaking of which, I’m beginning to think I may end up replacing it in the next year, perhaps with a 2TB drive.

My grandson just picked up on it with his buddies, without any training whatsoever, so I leave the tech stuff to him. OTOH, he’s never read the wonderful literature I’ve read, either, so he’s missed out on more than I think I have. : )

Most of what I know I picked up mostly through necessity. I started getting interested in computer games early in life, and being a latchkey kid, I had to get my dad to teach me how to work DOS to boot up my games when he wasn’t home. From there, I had to learn how to fix problems with the computer because he wasn’t always around and I didn’t really have friends who understood computers until I was high school. I like to think that I know enough to get by, but there’s always Google if there’s a question I can’t answer.

178 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 3:59:11am

I first heard this on “The Family” movie which I saw this week and it’s been running through my head, so of course, I had to find it. This guy is French and one commenter said, You are entering a very beautiful rabbit hole once you get to know Don Cavalli. He’s definitely unusual, if you watch “The Greatest”, particularly.

Youtube Video

179 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 4:04:41am

Oh my, it is May Day, isn’t it?

May Day activist threatened to hijack airplane from Nicosia, Cyprus, to Ankara, Turkey; authorities detained him after plane safely landed in Ankara - @HDNER
read more on hurriyetdailynews.com

May Day protests around the world.

hurriyetdailynews.com

180 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 4:22:10am

I hate illegal drugs. They promise so much and deliver so little and they ruin lives in the process.

Editor’s note: Britain’s Times newspaper is reporting that British television personality Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose. A formal announcement of her cause of death is expected later this morning. - Aaron
end of note

181 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 4:31:47am

For your May Day entertainment:

Rasputin vs. Stalin Rap-Down
Youtube Video

182 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 4:54:37am

re: #179 Justanotherhuman

Oh my, it is May Day, isn’t it?

May Day activist threatened to hijack airplane from Nicosia, Cyprus, to Ankara, Turkey; authorities detained him after plane safely landed in Ankara - @HDNER
read more on hurriyetdailynews.com

May Day protests around the world.

hurriyetdailynews.com

Happy May Day!

183 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 4:57:10am
184 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 5:00:00am

People used to call the Schuylkill Freeway the “Surekill Freeway” when I lived there in early ’70s.

185 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 5:00:06am

This is how they are celebrating May Day in Turkey

186 Floral Giraffe  May 1, 2014 5:09:34am

re: #164 freetoken

72 here at 5am, but no winds.

187 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 1, 2014 5:28:06am

re: #184 Justanotherhuman

Ugh, that’s just sad. That really is a pretty cool part of Philly.

188 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 5:29:01am

WRONG Bryan, it’s the Guillotine.

189 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 5:35:55am

re: #184 Justanotherhuman

People used to call the Schuylkill Freeway the “Surekill Freeway” when I lived there in early ’70s.

Yep, the Schuylkill is up. Suburb of Manayunk along the river is flooded. The dam in Fairmont Park is almost submerged. Parking lot I can see from my apartment is flooded (23rd and Arch). Traffic signals out at a lot of intersections in the area. (The pedestrians are crossing JFK Blvd in packs for safety reasons.)

190 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 5:38:40am

re: #188 Pie-onist Overlord

WRONG Bryan, it’s the Guillotine.

I wish Fisher would actually study up on a subject before firing off his yap. His willful ignorance is such a bad example of Christian behavior.

191 Sionainn  May 1, 2014 5:45:06am

Yesterday, some people were interested in what Sheriff Gillespie’s plan was regarding the militia at the Bundy ranch. Here is the story from a local news station. Looks like nothing is going to happen right this second. I can’t believe they are letting these guys get away with it.

192 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 5:48:56am

Vlad’s dream…

Getty Image

May Day Parade, Red Square, Moscow, 1972.

193 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 5:49:48am

re: #191 Sionainn

Yesterday, some people were interested in what Sheriff Gillespie’s plan was regarding the militia at the Bundy ranch. Here is the story from a local news station. Looks like nothing is going to happen right this second. I can’t believe they are letting these guys get away with it.

Thanks for the update.

I’m sure the local law enforcement liked the fact that Bundy called the sheriff up onto the stage and essentially ordered him to go out and disarm all the federal officers. Nothing like being sucked into a media circus and then treated like some sort of lackey.

194 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 5:51:30am

Preliminary investigations indicate laundry room of jail in Florida flooded and may have been leaking gas, memo says - @NBCNews
end of alert

195 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 5:53:20am

re: #193 Feline Fearless Leader

Thanks for the update.

I’m sure the local law enforcement liked the fact that Bundy called the sheriff up onto the stage and essentially ordered him to go out and disarm all the federal officers. Nothing like being sucked into a media circus and then treated like some sort of lackey.

The new sheriff should be there soon. They would shit their britches.

Youtube Video

196 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 5:57:26am

Rail Station and “the Sandcrawler”

The location I took this picture from last week is currently under a few feet of water. I do not plan on going wading and getting a “new” version of it today.

:p

197 Lidane  May 1, 2014 6:00:28am

So basically, Pawlenty knows he’s unelectable:

198 Dr Lizardo  May 1, 2014 6:02:49am

re: #188 Pie-onist Overlord

WRONG Bryan, it’s the Guillotine.

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There are anecdotal reports of the head functioning somewhat even after decapitation, typically for around 15 to 20 seconds.

199 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 6:04:39am

Good news here,

US consumer spending up a strong 0.9% in March, biggest monthly gain in 4 1/2 years - @AP
end of alert
business

but,

22m
Applications for US jobless benefits rise unexpectedly by 14,000 to 344,000, highest in 2 months - @AP

My grandson indicates that the co he works for is having to fire workers who are caught stealing the drugs they deliver (lots of opiate-type stuff). They had a meeting about it the other day. These people can pass a drug test because they don’t use them, but think they can take some which won’t be missed from their trucks and sell them for extra money, even though they must be signed for by the recipients, including returns, and accurate records are kept.

He came in this morning and said, you won’t believe what happened. He got another speeding ticket from a real asshole cop who gave him one for 39 in a 35 mph zone. I tried to tell him that the State of SC is one big speed trap. SC makes a lot of money from bullshit.

200 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 6:06:32am
201 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 6:08:05am

re: #200 NJDhockeyfan

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I don’t ever expect to get the truth from Russia.

Even about Snowjob.

202 Lidane  May 1, 2014 6:08:37am

Anderson pointed out that God, in the book of Genesis, had made childbearing painful to punish women for their Original Sin, adding that the husband “shall rule over thee.”

He argued that feminism had “given women the power” to decide when to have children for themselves, allowing them to have careers and follow other interests.

“It used to be a young women, she gets married, she has children, and that’s her job,” he lamented. “They literally count my wife as unemployed! She’s not unemployed, she doesn’t want to be employed. I mean, she’s a wife, she’s a mother.”

Anderson said that danger of birth control was that it had “systemic effects” on a woman’s health and her “character.”

“Not only does birth control do damage to women, it hurts their body if they’re using the pills. And it also affects their character, causing them to be an idle, tattler, gossip, turning aside after Satan,” he insisted.

Women would “get into sin” if they were not “busy” raising children, Anderson said.

203 sauceruney  May 1, 2014 6:08:42am

I wonder if any of the men in the audience wondered why they’d be interviewed in a bedroom.

204 GunstarGreen  May 1, 2014 6:08:48am

Dear Republican Women: When you have to dedicate time to explaining to Republican Men why it’s not a good idea to voice their views on women, you might want to reconsider your party affiliation.

But nah, who am I kidding? Avarice trumps freedom any day of the week for the right wing. So fuck freedom, just sweep it under the rug, and let the avarice roll!

205 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 6:11:38am

re: #184 Justanotherhuman

It still is - especially with the drivers who use it being completely ignorant of the laws of the road. Or think that they’re all Mario Andretti and think that they can drive 100mph on the bumper of the cars in front of them. Hate driving in PA.

But that totally sucks that the River’s flooding into Philly. It’s going to be a tough slog for the next few days. Up in Northern NJ, we’ve got some flooding, but the Passaic River isn’t scheduled to crest until the weekend. The feeder rivers are flooding, but nothing nearly as bad as further south.

206 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 6:12:59am

Speaking of Greensnow, they’re doubling down over at his twitter acct.

emptywheel ‏@emptywheel 15h

Now doc fr @The_Intercept shows Alexander prepping to discuss FLAME malware openly w/UK, suggesting were read in. firstlook.org …
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Retweeted by Glenn Greenwald
The Intercept ‏@the_intercept 17h

Here are the source docs for our latest story on NSA-GCHQ surveillance: interc.pt interc.pt interc.pt

Retweeted by Glenn Greenwald
Alexis Ohanian ‏@alexisohanian 14h

In 2 days, @ggreenwald and I will be debating Michael Hayden + Alan Dershowitz about #NSA Mass Surveillance. munkdebates.com …

Plus, shilling his book.
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207 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 6:13:00am

Meanwhile, if someone wants to buy a piece of baseball history, they can - at a fairly reasonable price.

Yogi Berra’s put his home in Montclair NJ up for sale. Asking price is $888k, which is fairly priced for the area. It’s a center hall colonial and has good curb appeal, but the kitchen and baths would probably need updating.

nj.com

208 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 6:14:38am

re: #198 Dr Lizardo

There are anecdotal reports of the head functioning somewhat even after decapitation, typically for around 15 to 20 seconds.

Urban legends.

209 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 6:15:00am

re: #202 Lidane

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How many of those “whores” has Anderson fucked, I wonder?

210 Lidane  May 1, 2014 6:24:38am

re: #204 GunstarGreen

Dear Republican Women: When you have to dedicate time to explaining to Republican Men why it’s not a good idea to voice their views on women, you might want to reconsider your party affiliation.

A corollary to that — if you see a lot of people on “your side” being criticized for their objectionable views, maybe the critics aren’t the problem.

211 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 6:26:38am

This is purportedly an NSA document.

212 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 1, 2014 6:29:18am

re: #207 lawhawk

I just had a sudden and startling thought:

In areas with ‘common law’ marriage and gay marriage, is there now common law gay marriage?

The common law marriage statute in New Hampshire, for example, is:

[P]ersons cohabiting and acknowledging each other as husband and wife, and generally reputed to be such, for the period of 3 years, and until the decease of one of them, shall thereafter be deemed to have been legally married.

It says ‘husband and wife’, so would this need a challenge by a gay couple who had been living together and recognizing each other as spouses without being married to make it apply to gay couples?

213 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 1, 2014 6:29:50am

re: #211 Justanotherhuman

I’m so glad I don’t have to look at bureaucratic flowcharts for my job anymore.

214 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 6:30:01am

re: #197 Lidane

I’d asked Pawlenty what he considers reasonable for a wage hike, but got nothing in return. He knows that reasonable efforts to change the minimum wage or do UI are the kiss of death for the TP/GOP, so everyone’s screwed in the interim.

So, there was a report out today that indicated that the average American spends $1,200 on fast food each year.

If the minimum wage was increased to $10.10, and the resulting costs by the businesses went up by 10% as a result (which is what I’ve seen would be the outcome of a wage hike), then the person would end up spending $120 more for the year. The worker who would benefit from the wage hike? They’d get a living wage, which means they could spend more on everything they need, and reduce their burden on the safety net.

215 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 6:30:32am

re: #211 Justanotherhuman

This is purportedly an NSA document.

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Are ALL NSA documents Powerpoint decks?

216 b.d.  May 1, 2014 6:32:10am

re: #211 Justanotherhuman

This is purportedly an NSA document.

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I really wish that the NSA didn’t put all of our top secret stuff on a power point presentation.

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So Snowden stole a bunch of stuff that was used in a presentation at a committee meeting luncheon?

217 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 6:33:54am

re: #214 lawhawk

I’d asked Pawlenty what he considers reasonable for a wage hike, but got nothing in return. He knows that reasonable efforts to change the minimum wage or do UI are the kiss of death for the TP/GOP, so everyone’s screwed in the interim.

So, there was a report out today that indicated that the average American spends $1,200 on fast food each year.

If the minimum wage was increased to $10.10, and the resulting costs by the businesses went up by 10% as a result (which is what I’ve seen would be the outcome of a wage hike), then the person would end up spending $120 more for the year. The worker who would benefit from the wage hike? They’d get a living wage, which means they could spend more on everything they need, and reduce their burden on the safety net.

I am so not “average” and glad of it. : )

218 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 1, 2014 6:34:22am

re: #211 Justanotherhuman

One of the inputs from GHCQ is ‘justification’. This slide actually shows rather narrow sharing between the two security services.

219 b.d.  May 1, 2014 6:37:24am

oooopsie!

Removed: embargoed report


theguardian.com, Wednesday 30 April 2014 14.42 EDT

This article has been taken down as it breached an embargo

theguardian.com

So much for reporting all of the stuff and sticking it to the man!

Lapdog Guardian!
/

220 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 6:37:41am

re: #214 lawhawk

I’d asked Pawlenty what he considers reasonable for a wage hike, but got nothing in return. He knows that reasonable efforts to change the minimum wage or do UI are the kiss of death for the TP/GOP, so everyone’s screwed in the interim.

So, there was a report out today that indicated that the average American spends $1,200 on fast food each year.

If the minimum wage was increased to $10.10, and the resulting costs by the businesses went up by 10% as a result (which is what I’ve seen would be the outcome of a wage hike), then the person would end up spending $120 more for the year. The worker who would benefit from the wage hike? They’d get a living wage, which means they could spend more on everything they need, and reduce their burden on the safety net.

The wingnuts keep insisting that fast food workers will be replaced by machines. They don’t realize that a burger-making machine (which currently only exists in a prototype) costs much more than 3 workers, and service engineers make much more than minimum wage.

221 Rightwingconspirator  May 1, 2014 6:38:18am

Funny thing happened at work yesterday. One of our guys messed up a batch of sterling silver. It came out dull and dark with black bits scattered through.

It went up to my office for a look see to see about tumble polishing it. The bag came in marked Donald Sterling, LOL.

222 iossarian  May 1, 2014 6:38:31am

re: #218 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

One of the inputs from GHCQ is ‘justification’. This slide actually shows rather narrow sharing between the two security services.

Without going into the details, I think the issue is more on GCHQ’s side, if they’ve used data sharing with the NSA as a way to get around legal restrictions on the type of data they’re allowed to collect. At least, that’s my high level take on this.

Of course, the question of “should they be allowed to collect that data anyway” is a different one.

223 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 6:41:49am

re: #212 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I’m not sure how NH handles this, let alone the other states that accept common law marriage, which are a distinct minority of states. NH appears to respect common law marriage only for probate purposes. But a quick reading of the applicable law:

The common law provision is here.

Persons cohabiting and acknowledging each other as husband and wife, and generally reputed to be such, for the period of 3 years, and until the decease of one of them, shall thereafter be deemed to have been legally married.

NH 457:1a indicates that marriage is allowed between two people who each are eligible to be married, regardless of gender.

That law would seemingly address the common law provision, and reading the two together would show intent to treat common law gay marriage in the same fashion as a hetero common law marriage as the state intended to allow SSM and equal access to marriage. Therefore, a common law gay couple would be able to gain probate of the estate as a married couple allowing the transfer of assets as though they had been married.

224 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 6:47:12am

re: #222 iossarian

That’s my take as well- and indicated as much yesterday. This isn’t the NSA violating federal law, but rather the GCHQ’s possible circumvention of British civil liberties laws.

Now, if all this was happening during the London Olympics, and I were British intel looking for potential threats against their equivalent of a national security event, I’d want to look at all intel sources I could, to try and find any threats that might be missed through the internal chain of intel gathering. Asking the NSA for intel would be one of the things that any reasonable intel agency would do in that place, and if the safeguards are in place, then this is yet another nothingburger from Greenwald.

225 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 6:49:45am

re: #224 lawhawk

That’s my take as well- and indicated as much yesterday. This isn’t the NSA violating federal law, but rather the GCHQ’s possible circumvention of British civil liberties laws.

Now, if all this was happening during the London Olympics, and I were British intel looking for potential threats against their equivalent of a national security event, I’d want to look at all intel sources I could, to try and find any threats that might be missed through the internal chain of intel gathering. Asking the NSA for intel would be one of the things that any reasonable intel agency would do in that place, and if the safeguards are in place, then this is yet another nothingburger from Greenwald.

Media fast food.
“Welcome to McIntercept, home of the Nothingburger. How may we serve your sense of outrage today?”

226 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 6:50:07am
227 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 6:55:11am

re: #190 Feline Fearless Leader

I wish Fisher would actually study up on a subject before firing off his yap. His willful ignorance is such a bad example of Christian behavior.

Bigger question. Should a Christian even support death sentences?

228 iossarian  May 1, 2014 6:55:45am

re: #224 lawhawk

[snip].

Now, if all this was happening during the London Olympics, and I were British intel looking for potential threats against their equivalent of a national security event, I’d want to look at all intel sources I could, to try and find any threats that might be missed through the internal chain of intel gathering.

I think, to the extent this goes anywhere, the crux of this will be the extent to which people accept that rationale, as opposed to rejecting what is essentially, to me, the “bending the rules is OK in special circumstances” argument. As you can probably tell, I fall mostly in the latter camp but I’m not totally unsympathetic to that argument.

Asking the NSA for intel would be one of the things that any reasonable intel agency would do in that place, and if the safeguards are in place, then this is yet another nothingburger from Greenwald.

But it does rather depend on exactly what the safeguards are. If they place strong restrictions on the type of data that can be legally collected, then circumventing them is an issue.

BBL

229 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 6:55:51am

YAYY TEXAS NO MOAR REGULASHUNS!!!!!

230 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 6:56:20am
231 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 6:58:18am

Ah, another round of the Benghazi-thon. 19 months and the circus is still going strong.

232 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 1, 2014 7:00:18am

Russia took that Simpsons episode way too seriously.

233 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 7:00:47am

re: #232 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Russia took that Simpsons episode way too seriously.

Must crush Capitalism grr grr.

234 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 7:04:20am

The irony of Republicans bringing in experts to opine at length about the “mistake” of intervening in Libya is pretty thick considering they absolutely refuse to even address the same situation unfolding in Iraq.

235 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 7:04:55am

re: #224 lawhawk

That’s my take as well- and indicated as much yesterday. This isn’t the NSA violating federal law, but rather the GCHQ’s possible circumvention of British civil liberties laws.

Now, if all this was happening during the London Olympics, and I were British intel looking for potential threats against their equivalent of a national security event, I’d want to look at all intel sources I could, to try and find any threats that might be missed through the internal chain of intel gathering. Asking the NSA for intel would be one of the things that any reasonable intel agency would do in that place, and if the safeguards are in place, then this is yet another nothingburger from Greenwald.

That’s what I thought as well when I saw it marked “2012 Olympics”.

236 William Barnett-Lewis  May 1, 2014 7:05:46am

re: #227 ObserverArt

Bigger question. Should a Christian even support death sentences?

I believe that no, one can not support the death penalty as a Christian. By His word (vengeance belongs to god) and by the example of His execution, there is no justification for it.

237 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 7:09:44am

LOL Wingnut Meme FAIL
“Stonewall” was shot by his own men.

238 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 7:09:49am

I swear, you could substitute “Iraq” and “Saddam” for “Libya” and “Qaddafi” and you wouldn’t have to change another word.

239 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 7:10:20am

I’m thinking of a new product line. Conservative Men’s Gloves. Marketed to GOP Congressmen and their backers, Evangelical type Super Christians and others that think like them.

They would offer extra padding and wear pads on top of all the knuckles on the fingers. Keep those fingers protected from all that knuckle dragging.

First test pairs will go out to Arizona Pastor Steven Anderson and to Bryan Fischer.

240 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 1, 2014 7:11:18am

re: #235 Justanotherhuman

I seem to recall lots of reporting about how tight security was going to be during the 2012 Olympics. I would imagine GCHQ would be a part of that calculus as well. An event of such international tourism would doubtless be a point at which ANY intel service would want to have as much information as they could gather.

(and let’s not forget that the U.K. has had their own relatively recent act of terrorism on the home front - the 7/7 tube bombing).

241 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 7:11:59am

This is such Russian propaganda, I can’t even. The kernel of dissent among Euromaidan was always corruption among Ukrainian oligarchs and leaders, like Yanuk and others. Seeking inclusion with other European countries was imperative for trade, the Ukrainian economy, etc.

242 William Barnett-Lewis  May 1, 2014 7:12:21am

re: #237 Pie-onist Overlord

LOL Wingnut Meme FAIL
“Stonewall” was shot by his own men.

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I’d also remind them to thank god for the Patriotic Union Volunteers … ;)

243 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 7:14:31am

re: #236 William Barnett-Lewis

I believe that no, one can not support the death penalty as a Christian. By His word (vengeance belongs to god) and by the example of His execution, there is no justification for it.

Sure makes it tough for those that believe America was founded on Christian principles.

Oh, wait.

/

244 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 7:14:40am

Celebrate May Day with tank balloons!

245 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 7:16:17am

re: #239 ObserverArt

I’m thinking of a new product line. Conservative Men’s Gloves. Marketed to GOP Congressmen and their backers, Evangelical type Super Christians and others that think like them.

They would offer extra padding and wear pads on top of all the knuckles on the fingers. Keep those fingers protected from all that knuckle dragging.

First test pairs will go out to Arizona Pastor Steven Anderson and to Bryan Fischer.

Next you need a catchy jingle.

246 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 7:16:59am

re: #242 William Barnett-Lewis

I’d also remind them to thank god for the Patriotic Union Volunteers … ;)

LOL that too.

247 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 7:18:35am

re: #243 ObserverArt

Sure makes it tough for those that believe America was founded on Christian principles.

Oh, wait.

/

Well to be “fair” to them, their support for the DP isn’t for religious reasons usually, it’s for their own bloodlust.

248 William Barnett-Lewis  May 1, 2014 7:20:54am

BBL

249 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 7:21:08am

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Well to be “fair” to them, their support for the DP isn’t for religious reasons usually, it’s for their own bloodlust.

Wouldn’t that make it even more of a ‘sin’ in the eyes of their God?

250 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 7:22:39am

re: #249 ObserverArt

Wouldn’t that make it even more of a ‘sin’ in the eyes of their God?

Yeah hence “fair” rather than fair.

251 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 7:25:02am

Well after a few days of rain. Sun finally came out today. Think I’ll go for a walk along with my usual daily workout on the recumbent today.

252 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:26:08am

re: #244 NJDhockeyfan

Celebrate May Day with tank balloons!

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99 luft tank balloons!

253 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:28:01am

I’ve tuned out the Benghazi stuff but decided to take a quick look into the latest revelations. I think this Slate article looks fair enough
Why the new Benghazi emails aren’t a “smoking gun.”

254 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:29:49am

New Legislation Would Authorize Military To Find and Kill Benghazi Attackers
Pro Tip: you can get around the FP paywall if you hit the ‘stop’ button on your browser before the page fully loads. It sometimes takes a few tries to get the timing right.

255 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:35:04am

I hate it when sites mess around with titles. Various title incarnations of the Slate article….
If you search Google news the headline is “Why the new Benghazi emails aren’t a “smoking gun.”
 The slate front page says the headline is “Proof the White House has been spinning Benghazi since day one”

If you click on the article itself the page says the headline is “Lies, Damned Lies, and Garden-Variety Self-Deception”
They all lead to the same article with the same content. Just pick a headline and stick to it.

256 Bulworth  May 1, 2014 7:37:37am

Happy Warrior posted:

Well after a few days of rain. Sun finally came out today.

Yeah, about time. Been a wet, rainy, dark week so far. Supposed to be good for the weekend.

257 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 1, 2014 7:37:40am
258 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 7:37:48am

Yeah, I’ve had enough of the latest go around in Issa’s Flying Circus. Another “bombshell witness” whose testimony amounts to Repubs asking him leading questions for sound bites.

259 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 7:38:03am

Wingnut Meme Of The Day is WHO PUSHED THE VIDEO

As I recall, it was the Benghazi demonstrators themselves who first mentioned the video.

So were they in on it too?

260 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:39:27am

700 Migrants Rush at Spain’s Border, 140 Breach It

The migrants on Thursday rushed the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 four hours later.

By afternoon, more than 150 people remained perched on an outside border fence, fending off police by setting fire to clothing and throwing it at them, Spain said. Some even swung batons wrenched away from officers.

261 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 7:40:51am
262 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 1, 2014 7:40:55am

re: #258 Targetpractice

Yeah, I’ve had enough of the latest go around in Issa’s Flying Circus. Another “bombshell witness” whose testimony amounts to Repubs asking him leading questions for sound bites.

263 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 7:41:31am

re: #256 Bulworth

Happy Warrior posted:

Yeah, about time. Been a wet, rainy, dark week so far. Supposed to be good for the weekend.

I’m glad. Kid brother’s got a baseball tournament and yours truly scores the games. Good way to spend a spring afternoon.

264 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 7:43:16am

re: #255 Killgore Trout

Click bait. Everyone reads what they want to see. The TL;DR crowd gets what they want - the headline to repeat.

Reading through, and the conclusion is that nothing in the new revelation changes anything about Benghazi, or the Administration’s response during those critical hours and days. There was nothing the DoD could do in a timeframe that could have saved the Ambassador, and it was only after Benghazi that the President ordered the formation of a fast-response strike team.

Where you get issues is that the Administration dragged its feet in releasing the latest bit of emails, which were requested months ago. Had they done everything in a single document dump, the new emails would have not changed anything. They still don’t change anything, except the right wing thinks that it does.

265 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 7:43:20am

re: #251 HappyWarrior

Well after a few days of rain. Sun finally came out today. Think I’ll go for a walk along with my usual daily workout on the recumbent today.

Sun’s out here, also, with a high of 76 and I’m catching up on laundry as a result (we use a laundry room that’s about 30 yds from my apt). We never got the horrible thunderstorms, wind, etc up here they predicted, although Charlotte saw a bit of light flooding. I think that storm went further east than they thought it would, since most of the really horrible stuff was in eastern NC (tornados, heavy flooding, etc).

266 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 7:44:18am

re: #255 Killgore Trout

I hate it when sites mess around with titles. Various title incarnations of the Slate article….
If you search Google news the headline is “Why the new Benghazi emails aren’t a “smoking gun.”
 The slate front page says the headline is “Proof the White House has been spinning Benghazi since day one”

If you click on the article itself the page says the headline is “Lies, Damned Lies, and Garden-Variety Self-Deception”
They all lead to the same article with the same content. Just pick a headline and stick to it.

Just trying to get you all outraged Kilgore.

267 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 1, 2014 7:44:50am

re: #169 freetoken

It’s sort of a small world after all:

China: Game of Thrones ‘heavily edited’, fans say

Nothing new here. When the 3D version of Titanic was released for theatrical showing in China, the censors cut out Kate Winslet’s nude scene and the steamy (literally!) sex in the old Renault — or whatever that old car was. But moviegoers had seen the original version intact, so they knew something was missing.

The current administration seems especially wary of “Western influences” contained in our TV shows and movies, maybe more so than when Hu Jintao was president. Trouble is, most of China’s movie and TV offerings are crap, and the Chinese audiences know it. So, they watch foreign stuff pirated from the Internet and bootleg DVDs. There are entire websites here whose revenue stream depends on pirated TV shows and movies. They sell advertisements that precede the streaming programming.

Blocking and censoring foreign media can only be effective if China completely strangles the Internet, but its economy depends on the Web. For the time being, the clever Chinese netizen can watch whatever he or she damn well pleases.

268 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 7:45:49am

re: #265 Justanotherhuman

Sun’s out here, also, with a high of 76 and I’m catching up on laundry as a result (we use a laundry room that’s about 30 yds from my apt). We never got the horrible thunderstorms, wind, etc up here they predicted, although Charlotte saw a bit of light flooding. I think that storm went further east than they thought it would, since most of the really horrible stuff was in eastern NC (tornados, heavy flooding, etc).

Was getting flood notifications on my phone all week but it all came to pass. Mid 70’s is just about perfect weather IMO. It’s not too overbearingly hot but not too cold either.

269 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 7:47:07am

re: #264 lawhawk

“They still don’t change anything, except the right wing thinks says that it does.

FTFY. : )

270 danarchy  May 1, 2014 7:47:44am

re: #260 Killgore Trout

700 Migrants Rush at Spain’s Border, 140 Breach It

Man, how bad do things have to be to try that hard to get into a country with 26% unemployment ;)

271 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 7:47:56am
272 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 7:52:38am
273 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 7:54:44am

re: #252 Killgore Trout

Happy May Day KT!

274 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:54:52am

re: #270 danarchy

Man, how bad do things have to be to try that hard to get into a country with 26% unemployment ;)

I was thinking the same thing. Spain is one of the shittier Eu countries but they do have generous social services. The real goal for a lot of these immigrants is to ultimately get to a country like UK, it a jackpot of free stuff when they arrive.

275 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:55:49am

re: #271 NJDhockeyfan

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Is she celebrating a leftist holiday with a fist full of money?

276 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 7:56:59am

re: #273 NJDhockeyfan

Happy May Day KT!

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Aww, that’s sweet. I’ll put some extra pepper spray on my burrito for lunch today.

277 Sionainn  May 1, 2014 8:02:16am

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Well to be “fair” to them, their support for the DP isn’t for religious reasons usually, it’s for their own bloodlust.

I had to actually deactivate my FB for awhile because it made me sick to my stomach to see how bloodthirsty people are, from this botched execution to condoning torture, etc. What the hell is wrong with people?

278 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 8:03:17am

Classy////

280 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 8:04:43am

re: #278 Killgore Trout

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Cl assy////

ftfy

281 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 1, 2014 8:07:32am
282 Rightwingconspirator  May 1, 2014 8:07:41am

re: #229 Pie-onist Overlord

YAYY TEXAS NO MOAR REGULASHUNS!!!!!

That got me looking around a little. Lookie what I found. I pasted a lot more than 4 paragraphs, with the idea this is a kind of advertisement and public notice from a law firm

Maybe I should not add this but well WTH-Anti nuclear advocates take note of the following when considering employee safety statistics

During 2003-2007, the fatality rate among oil and gas extraction workers was nearly eight times that for all U.S. workers.

Drilling oil and gas wells industries had a rate of 4 cases of nonfatal injuries and illnesses per 100 equivalent full-time workers. The rate for injuries and illnesses by size of business was:
1 - 10 Workers (7.5 cases per 100 workers)
11 - 49 Workers (13.7 cases per 100 workers)
50 - 249 Workers (4 cases per 100 workers)
250 - 999 Workers (3.5 cases per 100 workers)
1000+ Workers (0.9 cases per 100 workers)
Nearly half of all fatal injuries were attributed to highway motor-vehicle crashes and workers being struck by machinery or equipment. Gas explosion injuries, fires, chemical burns and dangerous falls or falling objects or equipment— workers are often hit on the head or back by tools or equipment—are just a few of the dangers occurring on a regular basis in the oil and gas industry.

Texas Oil and Gas production is booming and is expected to reach an all-time high by 2016, mainly due to Texas oil and gas drilling. Greater production means a greater increase in jobs, but rapid development—particularly in South Texas oil and gas— means that more workers are subject to injury. Texas oil and gas lawyers are increasingly seeing more accident and injury claims as oil and gas companies increase their rigs, often with unskilled well drilling and well maintenance workers.

Combined with the physical demands of the job and long shifts (roughnecks often work 72 hour shifts), workplace accidents are bound to occur. Furthermore, some companies are in such a hurry to increase production that they may fail to disregard OSHA safety standards or fail to properly maintain equipment. Common causes of oil and gas accidents include inadequate safety training and disregard for safety measures, defective equipment and improperly maintained equipment.

While injuries are covered by Workers Compensation, the Texas law of oil and gas ensures that companies and contractors are held responsible should negligence occur. OSHA safety standards protect drilling rig workers both onshore and offshore, but companies often disregard rules and regulations.

Federal statistics count 1,300 drilling rig injuries in the Gulf of Mexico from 2006-2010, and 41 worker fatalities. (Eleven deaths were the result of the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and 15 deaths at the Texas refinery explosion in Texas City.) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008 Texas had more fatalities in the oil and gas extraction industry (41) than any other state.

283 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 8:07:54am

re: #280 sattv4u2

ftfy

Luckily I’m just outside the area of Portland where the protesters break windows and trash cars. One day and then they’ll be gone again.

285 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 1, 2014 8:10:52am

re: #284 GunstarGreen

A tragedy most fowl…

The feathers were really flying.

286 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:11:12am

re: #277 Sionainn

I had to actually deactivate my FB for awhile because it made me sick to my stomach to see how bloodthirsty people are, from this botched execution to condoning torture, etc. What the hell is wrong with people?

Yeah i mean I get being pro-DP. A view I strongly disagree with but actually being gleeful when an execution is botched is sick.

287 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 8:14:15am

Virtually everything that the new “bombshell witness” has said has amounted to stating his opinion. He’s even admitted that he has no direct knowledge of what options there were to respond because it’s not his job, he worked in Intel.

288 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 8:15:27am

re: #279 jaunte

Tornado Kills Nearly 220K Chickens on Tyson Farm

Tyson Foods workers continue tornado cleanup at Wilkes Farm, Noxapater, Miss

Nature’s attempt to do a poultry version of “Sharknado”?

289 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:16:17am

re: #288 Feline Fearless Leader

Nature’s attempt to do a poultry version of “Sharknado”?

Clucknado. Tara Reid already signed up.

290 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 8:16:23am

re: #288 Feline Fearless Leader

Nature’s attempt to do a poultry version of “Sharknado”?

Chicknado!

291 GunstarGreen  May 1, 2014 8:18:17am

re: #287 Targetpractice

Virtually everything that the new “bombshell witness” has said has amounted to stating his opinion. He’s even admitted that he has no direct knowledge of what options there were to respond because it’s not his job, he worked in Intel.

So in other words, just like everything else relating to Benghazi…

292 FemNaziBitch  May 1, 2014 8:21:08am

good Morning.

Well, it’s raining and I wake-up to this post.

Thank you, Randall and Charles.

Don’t talk,

1-people may find out how small my dick actually is
2-you may learn what an orgasm is and wonder why I don’t give a shit
3-“you mean I can say NO?”
4-‘you mean our children aren’t for your pleasure?”
5-“you mean I don’t have to have sex with whomever will pay my husband?”
6-you may find out that it’s illegal for me to hit you, coerce you, do anything to you you don’t want or like
7-you may find out that God does not demand you do what I say
8-you may find out that I am a predator and criminal and I have conditioned you to the point of being brainwashed.

Yeah, don’t talk about what happens in the bedroom and especially don’t talk to other women.

293 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 8:21:37am

re: #291 GunstarGreen

So in other words, just like everything else relating to Benghazi…

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Pretty much. The “smoking gun” from yesterday is all sizzle and no steak, while today’s testimony is like the copy guy being asked if his boss did everything he could to land the big account. He can’t say with certainty that help could have been sent or that it would have arrived in time, but only offer his opinion that any available action that could be taken should have and he feels they weren’t.

294 FemNaziBitch  May 1, 2014 8:23:21am
296 Rightwingconspirator  May 1, 2014 8:24:33am

re: #290 NJDhockeyfan

Chicknado!

Now everyone downwind can make McNuggets at home.

297 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 1, 2014 8:25:32am
298 FemNaziBitch  May 1, 2014 8:25:33am
299 FemNaziBitch  May 1, 2014 8:27:11am

re: #290 NJDhockeyfan

Chicknado!

shit hitting the natural fan?

300 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 8:27:21am

re: #296 Political Atheist

Now everyone downwind can make McNuggets at home.

Never was sure what part of the chicken they make the McNugget out of,, but I knew from the start I didn’t want to pop one into my mouth!!

301 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:31:14am

re: #298 FemNaziBitch

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That’s why they’re starting to go after her on the grandmother angle. They know that Benghazi won’t stick so they think flinging more and more shit until something sticks will work. They could try coming up with actual ideas of substance but that would be too hard.

302 blueraven  May 1, 2014 8:32:55am

These fucking Benghazi hearings are disgraceful.
Were mistakes made? Of course. Name any attack in US history and in hindsight there are always things you could have done differently.

There is nothing new in this “smoking gun” email.

Bottom line…it is a dangerous world and our people in foreign service know the dangers. It is awful that 4 people died. It is shameful that the republicans are using their deaths as political fodder.

303 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 1, 2014 8:34:05am

re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth

I hope they can save that wagon!

304 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:35:42am

re: #302 blueraven

These fucking Benghazi hearings are disgraceful.
Were mistakes made? Of course. Name any attack in US history and in hindsight there are always things you could have done differently.

There is nothing new in this “smoking gun” email.

Bottom line…it is a dangerous world and our people in foreign service know the dangers. It is awful that 4 people died. It is shameful that the republicans are using their deaths as political fodder.

If one didn’t know any better, you’d think this was the first time ever an embassy or consulate was attacked but that’s exactly the narrative that you inevitably see pushed.

305 Eventual Carrion  May 1, 2014 8:36:40am

re: #211 Justanotherhuman

This is purportedly an NSA document.

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The “Ghostmachine” is a PBX SMDR recorder. I get meta data about phone calls from one just like it to put the records in a database table so salesman can put notes on the call and bring it up later when talking to the customer again. Scary isn’t it?

306 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 8:37:42am

re: #302 blueraven

These fucking Benghazi hearings are disgraceful.
Were mistakes made? Of course. Name any attack in US history and in hindsight there are always things you could have done differently.

There is nothing new in this “smoking gun” email.

Bottom line…it is a dangerous world and our people in foreign service know the dangers. It is awful that 4 people died. It is shameful that the republicans are using their deaths as political fodder.

I’m curious what the math is on this continuing circus:
1. A bunch of people are against Hillary/Obama and these hearings are not changing that opinion.
2. A bunch of people are for Hillary/Obama and these hearings are not changing that opinion.
3. I guess the nth hearing is converting someone form pro- to anti-.
4. I guess the nth hearing is convincing someone that this is a huge waste of time and money and thus converting them from anti- to pro-.

Is Group #3 and #4 of any appreciable size at this point? And is the difference in size between Group #3 and Group #4; e.g. net change in opinion of any size at all?

307 FemNaziBitch  May 1, 2014 8:40:08am

Good News!

Team Oscar has reached it’s goal in fundraising for the Western Chicago Suburbs MS Walk! Now we are on to our stretch goal of $10K —only $1900 left to go!

Hubby will be walking the walk twice with Brat Puppy since the goal was met.

Please pray to Zardoz that there is no rain Sunday Morning in my part of the world.

308 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:40:17am

The Congressional GOP and noise machine want to blame Obama for Benghazi yet they won’t even talk about why they cut security to embassies and consulates. This for better lack of a term is a witch hunt. Benghazi was a tragic event no doubt but to use it only as a matter for a partisan witch hunt rather than prevent future tragedies like it is pathetic.

309 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 8:41:25am

re: #306 Feline Fearless Leader

Is Group #3 and #4 of any appreciable size at this point? And is the difference in size between Group #3 and Group #4; e.g. net change in opinion of any size at all?

Could be #3 is a small factor in the presidents approval numbers continued slide

310 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 8:41:58am

re: #308 HappyWarrior

The Congressional GOP and noise machine want to blame Obama for Benghazi yet they won’t even talk about why they cut security to embassies and consulates. This for better lack of a term is a witch hunt. Benghazi was a tragic event no doubt but to use it only as a matter for a partisan witch hunt rather than prevent future tragedies like it is pathetic.

Benghazi is being used like Whitewater was with Clinton, as the springboard for a special committee that the House GOP committee can then use to dig as hard and as deep as they can for possible dirt to use in 2016.

311 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:42:15am

re: #310 Targetpractice

Benghazi is being used like Whitewater was with Clinton, as the springboard for a special committee that the House GOP committee can then use to dig as hard and as deep as they can for possible dirt to use in 2016.

Excellent analogy.

312 FemNaziBitch  May 1, 2014 8:42:55am

ah gawd,

bbl

313 Decatur Deb  May 1, 2014 8:43:45am

re: #311 HappyWarrior

Excellent analogy.

Issa just wants to follow his Starr.

314 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:44:36am

re: #313 Decatur Deb

Issa just wants to follow his Starr.

When you wish upon a shooting Starr.

315 blueraven  May 1, 2014 8:44:53am

Oh, and with all the republican efforts, Benghazi!! doesn’t seem to be hurting Hillary too much.

Florida: Christie vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 52, Christie 34 Clinton +18
Florida: Paul vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 55, Paul 37 Clinton +18
Florida: Bush vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 49, Bush 41 Clinton +8
Florida: Ryan vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 56, Ryan 36 Clinton +20
Florida: Huckabee vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 53, Huckabee 35 Clinton +18
Florida: Rubio vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 52, Rubio 40 Clinton +12
Florida: Cruz vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 57, Cruz 31 Clinton +26


2016 general election matchups

316 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:46:06am

re: #315 blueraven

Oh, and with all the republican efforts, Benghazi!! doesn’t seem to be hurting Hillary too much.


2016 general election matchups

I’ts obviously early but Rubio and Bush who are pretty popular in their home state doing that poorly against Hillary in a hypothetical matchup should worry them.

317 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 8:48:32am

Thousands show up in capitalist UK for mayday
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Meanwhile in communist China a few hundred protest lack of jobs
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318 Targetpractice  May 1, 2014 8:48:39am

re: #315 blueraven

Oh, and with all the republican efforts, Benghazi!! doesn’t seem to be hurting Hillary too much.


2016 general election matchups

That’s really all BENGHAZI!!! is about at this point, the hope of digging up something, anything, that they can use against a hypothetical Hillary run in ‘16. She has name recognition and a lot of good will built up from her stint as SecState, powerful positives in a field where the GOP alternatives are varying flavors of batshit crazy.

319 Decatur Deb  May 1, 2014 8:51:19am

re: #315 blueraven

Oh, and with all the republican efforts, Benghazi!! doesn’t seem to be hurting Hillary too much.


2016 general election matchups

Funny—In every one of those RCP matchups PPP, the Dem-sponsored pollster, is the most ‘conservative’.

320 RealityBasedSteve  May 1, 2014 8:51:43am

re: #316 HappyWarrior

I’ts obviously early but Rubio and Bush who are pretty popular in their home state doing that poorly against Hillary in a hypothetical matchup should worry them.

But when Saint Sarah (blessed be her name) enters the campaign like a momma grizzly all the conservatives and all the women will immediately flock to her, because she represents what TRUE WOMEN want to be. //////

No, I haven’t seen that posted YET… but we know that there are some that are thinking that. (you can tell they are thinking, their lips are moving silently)

RBS

321 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 8:53:05am

re: #317 Killgore Trout

No Guy Fawkes masks ??? I’m disappoint!!

322 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 8:53:40am

re: #320 RealityBasedSteve

But when Saint Sarah (blessed be her name) enters the campaign like a momma grizzly all the conservatives and all the women will immediately flock to her, because she represents what TRUE WOMEN want to be. //////

No, I haven’t seen that posted YET… but we know that there are some that are thinking that. (you can tell they are thinking, their lips are moving silently)

RBS

Yep and they’ll be inevitably disappointed again when Palin shows that she values her career as a professional second guesser more so than being an actual leader. More money and less criticism.

323 jaunte  May 1, 2014 8:58:57am

“…We’ll give the last word to Mr. Jim Hoft, the Stupidest man on the internet, who closed his excerpt of Starnes’ piece with this lament:

The Founders are rolling in their graves.

Heaven knows, they would all be nauseated to see such a disgusting profanation of a 1952 addition to the Pledge of Allegiance, an oath that would have been every bit as familiar to them as “A Bicycle Built for Two,” which was also composed in 1892.”

324 Decatur Deb  May 1, 2014 8:59:34am

re: #321 sattv4u2

No Guy Fawkes masks ??? I’m disappoint!!

Wanna make a fortune? Market a Guy Fawkes mask that takes the chemical agent filters from an M17.

Get your money up front.

325 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 8:59:42am

re: #321 sattv4u2

No Guy Fawkes masks ??? I’m disappoint!!

oddly absent this year. Maybe later in the day.

326 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 8:59:59am

They’re all over the map, too.

55 schools face US federal sex assault probe

bigstory.ap.org

And a 20% assault rate on women on the nation’s college campuses is totally unacceptable.

(snip)

“Citing research, the White House has said that 1 in 5 female students is assaulted. President Barack Obama appointed a task force comprised of his Cabinet members to review the issue after hearing complaints about the poor treatment of campus rape victims and the hidden nature of such crimes.

“The task force announced the creation of a website, notalone.gov, offering resources for victims and information about past enforcement actions on campuses. The task force also made a wide range of recommendations to schools, such as identifying confidential victims’ advocates and conducting surveys to better gauge the frequency of sexual assault on their campuses.

“The department publicized guidance on Title IX’s sexual assault provisions in 2011, and complaints by students have since increased. Complaints, however, don’t always lead to an investigation.” More

327 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:00:26am

re: #323 jaunte

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Heaven knows, they would all be nauseated to see such a disgusting profanation of a 1952 addition to the Pledge of Allegiance, an oath that would have been every bit as familiar to them as “A Bicycle Built for Two,” which was also composed in 1892.”

Sigh. bigots will be bigots I guess.

328 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:01:45am

cool variation on the Soviet flag with a map of Germany
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I can’t really endorse a Soviet Germany but I will give them points for style

329 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:01:47am

This is the most CLUELESS response to a Fake Quote, ever.

330 jaunte  May 1, 2014 9:02:22am

re: #327 HappyWarrior

Triple stealthy creeping sharia!!!

331 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:03:20am

Worse than clueless.

332 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:04:16am

re: #331 Pie-onist Overlord

Worse than clueless.

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You know who also was in the government, Washington, Jefferson, etc.

333 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:04:20am
334 jaunte  May 1, 2014 9:04:38am

re: #331 Pie-onist Overlord

“You can’t fight solipsism.”
—Thomas Jefferson

335 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 1, 2014 9:05:06am
336 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:05:07am

re: #330 jaunte

Triple stealthy creeping sharia!!!

Yep, seriously, this crap will be the demise of us all. Oh no, people speaking Arabic! That must mean they’re Islamists!

337 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 9:05:11am

re: #334 jaunte

Know who said that? Mel, the cook on Alice!

338 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 1, 2014 9:05:56am

re: #331 Pie-onist Overlord

Worse than clueless.

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Chelby shouldn’t have learned her version of history from forwarded emails.

339 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:06:15am

re: #335 Backwoods_Sleuth

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She’s on a diet. She wants only Brooklyn since she’s exploring vegan and organic diets.

340 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 9:06:30am

re: #330 jaunte

Triple stealthy creeping sharia!!!

Kudzu!

Maybe Scotts/Ortho makes a product for controlling it.

341 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:08:00am

I had to block that whackjob. I can do clueless but I don’t do fucking batshit crazy.

342 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:08:01am

Guy Fawkes has been replaced
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343 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:08:57am

re: #342 Killgore Trout

Guy Fawkes has been replaced
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Guy Fawkes is more the mascot of the anarchist movement than communist one. Makes sense that they’d be honoring Tony Benn.

344 Decatur Deb  May 1, 2014 9:09:59am

re: #342 Killgore Trout

Guy Fawkes has been replaced
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Joe Hill never used that Eurotrash ‘ise’ spelling.

345 RealityBasedSteve  May 1, 2014 9:11:07am

re: #333 Pie-onist Overlord
your article is fake.

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What’s next from her… “And you have cooties too”?

346 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:11:22am

re: #343 HappyWarrior

Guy Fawkes is more the mascot of the anarchist movement than communist one. Makes sense that they’d be honoring Tony Benn.

Guy Fawkes wanted to impose a Dominionist theocracy.

347 Gus  May 1, 2014 9:11:38am

I don’t celebrate May Day. Never did. It’s May which means finally some warm weather will settle in.

348 iossarian  May 1, 2014 9:12:22am

re: #324 Decatur Deb

Wanna make a fortune? Market a Guy Fawkes mask that takes the chemical agent filters from an M17.

Get your money up front.

Those anarchists, they never pay their tab.

349 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:12:57am

re: #346 Pie-onist Overlord

Guy Fawkes wanted to impose a Dominionist theocracy.

I know about the real Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot but the people who wear Guy Fawkes masks tend to be anarchists more so than communists. I’m nitpicking I know but there is a slight difference.

350 iossarian  May 1, 2014 9:13:17am

re: #347 Gus

I don’t celebrate May Day. Never did. It’s May which means finally some warm weather will settle in.

Hey, Gus - did you see that Gerry Adams really was arrested, for real? It seems like the publicly funded, well-respected news agency was right, and Celtic-supporting Twitter guy was wrong.

Who would have thought it?

351 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:13:26am

re: #345 RealityBasedSteve

your article is fake.

What’s next from her… “And you have cooties too”?

NOTHING IS REAL EXCEPT FOR TEH MEMES ON TCOT!!!!!!!

352 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:13:45am

re: #347 Gus

I don’t celebrate May Day. Never did. It’s May which means finally some warm weather will settle in.

Well that alone makes it a better holiday than our Labor Day which often means the symbolic end of summer since school was very often the following day.

353 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:14:07am

re: #343 HappyWarrior

Guy Fawkes is more the mascot of the anarchist movement than communist one. Makes sense that they’d be honoring Tony Benn.

Anarchists love mayday too
Haymarket affair

354 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:14:11am

re: #349 HappyWarrior

I know about the real Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot but the people who wear Guy Fawkes masks tend to be anarchists more so than communists. I’m nitpicking I know but there is a slight difference.

They got their inspiration from a lame movie, not actual history.

355 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:14:45am

re: #354 Pie-onist Overlord

They got their inspiration from a lame movie, not actual history.

Yeah I know. Never had any desire to see that movie.

356 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:15:21am

re: #347 Gus

I don’t celebrate May Day. Never did. It’s May which means finally some warm weather will settle in.

Maybe there should be an effort to return to a pagan celebration of spring. That’d be nice.

357 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 9:16:51am

re: #347 Gus

I don’t celebrate May Day. Never did. It’s May which means finally some warm weather will settle in.

But only for a day !?!?!

358 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:17:32am

Pool opens in four weeks woot.

359 Gus  May 1, 2014 9:19:00am

re: #356 Killgore Trout

Maybe there should be an effort to return to a pagan celebration of spring. That’d be nice.

Anything that doesn’t involve going down to Haight Street. //

360 Bear  May 1, 2014 9:19:12am

re: #347 Gus

You don’t dance around the May Pole any more?

361 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 1, 2014 9:19:26am

re: #331 Pie-onist Overlord

Who’s the dude in that quote photo about “What if I told you…”?

362 iossarian  May 1, 2014 9:19:42am

re: #353 Killgore Trout

Anarchists love mayday too
Haymarket affair

You could always tally up the number of anarchist actions on May Day against the number of unprovoked instances of police brutality.

I wonder who would come out on top?

363 Gus  May 1, 2014 9:20:02am

re: #350 iossarian

Hey, Gus - did you see that Gerry Adams really was arrested, for real? It seems like the publicly funded, well-respected news agency was right, and Celtic-supporting Twitter guy was wrong.

Who would have thought it?

Yeah, I was keeping an eye on it. He just went in for questioning. Seemed like he was there all day.

364 jaunte  May 1, 2014 9:20:31am

re: #356 Killgore Trout

Maybe there should be an effort to return to a pagan celebration of spring. That’d be nice.

365 Dr Lizardo  May 1, 2014 9:20:32am

re: #283 Killgore Trout

Luckily I’m just outside the area of Portland where the protesters break windows and trash cars. One day and then they’ll be gone again.

KT, if you were ever want to truly experience May Day, you need to go to Berlin - and specifically, Kreuzberg, Neukölln or Friedrichshain districts.

It’s wild. Truly epic riots.

366 HoosierHoops  May 1, 2014 9:20:54am

Greetings Lizards!
I’m over it. I’m moving back to California this summer. I can’t deal with the north woods anymore.

367 iossarian  May 1, 2014 9:23:22am

re: #363 Gus

Yeah, I was keeping an eye on it. He just went in for questioning. Seemed like he was there all day.

Yes, but he was arrested, so it wasn’t just a “helping police with their inquiries” thing. Based on what’s been reported so far it sounds like he could be charged as an accessory, or for withholding evidence, or whatever.

Mr Adams has spent the night in custody after going to Antrim police station, where he was arrested.

The updated BBC report indicates that he’s been arrested under the Terrorism Act of 2000, which allows for an immediate 24-48 hours of arrest without charge, which can be extended (by a judge) up to 28 days before a charge is brought.

368 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 9:23:45am

Tell it, Nancy.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says Republicans are engaging in ‘diversion, subterfuge’ by continuing to talk about Benghazi attack - @politico
read more on politico.com

369 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:28:33am

re: #365 Dr Lizardo

KT, if you were ever want to truly experience May Day, you need to go to Berlin - and specifically, Kreuzberg, Neukölln or Friedrichshain districts.

It’s wild. Truly epic riots.

but the food looks delicious
Getty Image

370 Eclectic Cyborg  May 1, 2014 9:28:34am

re: #367 iossarian

Yes, but he was arrested, so it wasn’t just a “helping police with their inquiries” thing. Based on what’s been reported so far it sounds like he could be charged as an accessory, or for withholding evidence, or whatever.

The updated BBC report indicates that he’s been arrested under the Terrorism Act of 2000, which allows for an immediate 24-48 hours of arrest without charge, which can be extended (by a judge) up to 28 days before a charge is brought.

Isn’t that the same law they used to detain David Miranda?

371 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 9:28:44am

re: #366 HoosierHoops

Greetings Lizards!
I’m over it. I’m moving back to California this summer. I can’t deal with the north woods anymore.

wimp!!

372 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:29:27am

re: #366 HoosierHoops

Greetings Lizards!
I’m over it. I’m moving back to California this summer. I can’t deal with the north woods anymore.

Bummer. Sorry to hear it didn’t work out as planned.

373 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 9:30:33am

May Day 2014: What even is it and why is May 1 so special?

metro.co.uk

It’s celebrated in 80 countries as Int’l Workers Day, a public holiday.

From 2013:

“The dedicated locals of Oxford start their celebrations at 6am by watching a choir singing from the Great Tower - the tradition dates back at least 500 years”:

Youtube Video

374 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:31:42am

re: #362 iossarian

You could always tally up the number of anarchist actions on May Day against the number of unprovoked instances of police brutality.

I wonder who would come out on top?

We could also tally up the daily good deeds and benefits to society between police officers and anarchists. I wonder who would come out on top?

375 iossarian  May 1, 2014 9:31:59am

re: #370 Eclectic Cyborg

Isn’t that the same law they used to detain David Miranda?

Apparently so, not that I knew that before looking it up just now. Arrest without charge is problematic from a civil liberties point of view, but at least this version has judicial oversight and police don’t just get to kick the shit out of people without negative consequences.

376 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:33:00am

If you wake up in the middle of the night and a masked stranger is raping your dog in the dining room who are you going to call? An anarchist or the police?

377 iossarian  May 1, 2014 9:33:38am

re: #374 Killgore Trout

We could also tally up the daily good deeds and benefits to society between police officers and anarchists. I wonder who would come out on top?

Probably the police. When they’re not being deployed by industrialists to prevent people from working together to improve their lot in life they’re actually pretty good and useful people.

378 RealityBasedSteve  May 1, 2014 9:33:54am

re: #369 Killgore Trout

but the food looks delicious
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Fine Food Frequently Features Fezzes

379 jaunte  May 1, 2014 9:34:27am

Lá Bealtaine
en.wikipedia.org

“…It marked the beginning of summer and was when cattle were driven out to the summer pastures. Rituals were performed to protect the cattle, crops and people, and to encourage growth. Special bonfires were kindled, and their flames, smoke and ashes were deemed to have protective powers. The people and their cattle would walk around the bonfire, or between two bonfires, and sometimes leap over flames or embers. All household fires would be doused and then re-lit from the Beltane bonfire. Doors, windows, byres and the cattle themselves would be decorated with yellow May flowers, perhaps because they evoked fire.”

380 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 9:35:19am

Go fuck yourself, Cantor.

381 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:36:04am

re: #376 Killgore Trout

If you wake up in the middle of the night and a masked stranger is raping your dog in the dining room who are you going to call? An anarchist or the police?

HURR HURR WHO NEEDS TEH GOVERNMENT MOOCHER YOONYUN THUG POLICE!!!! I CAN HAZ GUNZ!!!!!

382 Decatur Deb  May 1, 2014 9:36:23am

re: #373 Justanotherhuman

May Day 2014: What even is it and why is May 1 so special?

metro.co.uk

It’s celebrated in 80 countries as Int’l Workers Day, a public holiday.

From 2013:

“The dedicated locals of Oxford start their celebrations at 6am by watching a choir singing from the Great Tower - the tradition dates back at least 500 years”:

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The old religious May Day, though, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Lady Day). Picks up on pagan customs, of course.

383 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:37:46am

re: #380 Justanotherhuman

Go fuck yourself, Cantor.

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Nothing like a good witch hunt before the midterms. Who cares if we ruin someone’s career. Our base is whining again so we have to appease them.

384 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 9:37:50am

re: #382 Decatur Deb

The old religious May Day, though, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Lady Day). Picks up on pagan customs, of course.

Yes, the article says May Day has been celebrated in some form since Roman times in England. So, Oxford’s version is more CoE, I suppose.

385 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 9:37:54am

re: #376 Killgore Trout

If you wake up in the middle of the night and a masked stranger is raping your dog in the dining room who are you going to call? An anarchist or the police?

neither

I’m calling a vet for the dog and a psychiatrist for the stranger!!!

(I mean,, my dogs are cute and all,, but c’mon!!!!!!)

386 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:38:06am

I will be celebrating May Day by planting organic quinoa on my urban parking stip.

387 RealityBasedSteve  May 1, 2014 9:38:21am

re: #382 Decatur Deb
The dedicated locals of Oxford start their celebrations at 6am by watching a choir singing from the Great Tower - the tradition dates back at least 500 years”:

The old religious May Day, though, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Lady Day). Picks up on pagan customs, of course.

I SO misread that as “watching a choir SWINGING from the Great Tower”. I was thinking, “that’s a bit harsh”

RBS

388 sattv4u2  May 1, 2014 9:39:04am

re: #386 Killgore Trout

I will be celebrating May Day by planting organic quinoa on my urban parking stip.

ya damn hippie

389 iossarian  May 1, 2014 9:39:52am

re: #376 Killgore Trout

If you wake up in the middle of the night and a masked stranger is raping your dog in the dining room who are you going to call? An anarchist or the police?

You appear to be living in a bizarre fantasy world, in which the fact that anarchists have on occasion appeared in the midst of labor organizers makes anyone who thinks workers get a bad deal from contemporary capitalism a supported of anarchism.

This regardless of the fact that bad actors have also appeared in the ranks of the police and indeed society power structures more generally, such that the same rationale should lead you to condemn the police as supporters of brutal oppression.

It is possible to believe both that most police officers are decent human beings and that most pro-labor activists are decent human beings.

390 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:42:02am

I recently starting taking long walks around my neighborhood and learned of a Portland tradition I never noticed before. A lot of people write poems, print them out and put them in those little “take one” boxes in front of houses. The more prolific poets put out new ones a couple times a week. Sometimes they’re pretty good.

391 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 9:42:16am

re: #389 iossarian

You appear to be living in a bizarre fantasy world, in which the fact that anarchists have on occasion appeared in the midst of labor organizers makes anyone who thinks workers get a bad deal from contemporary capitalism a supported of anarchism.

This regardless of the fact that bad actors have also appeared in the ranks of the police and indeed society power structures more generally, such that the same rationale should lead you to condemn the police as supporters of brutal oppression.

It is possible to believe both that most police officers are decent human beings and that most pro-labor activists are decent human beings.

And, in fact, many police officers are members of unions, as well.

392 Decatur Deb  May 1, 2014 9:42:24am

re: #376 Killgore Trout

If you wake up in the middle of the night and a masked stranger is raping your dog in the dining room who are you going to call? An anarchist or the police?

The Wolf

Image: the-wolf-pulp-fiction.jpg

393 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:42:38am

re: #388 sattv4u2

ya damn hippie

I’m more of a hippie than most hippies.

394 Killgore Trout  May 1, 2014 9:42:58am

re: #392 Decatur Deb

The Wolf

Image: the-wolf-pulp-fiction.jpg

win

395 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 9:44:15am

re: #366 HoosierHoops

Greetings Lizards!
I’m over it. I’m moving back to California this summer. I can’t deal with the north woods anymore.

Awww Hoops. Sorry to hear that.

396 RealityBasedSteve  May 1, 2014 9:46:49am

And the winner in the “Really, we have an announcement… it will be soon, I really mean it this time. And HUGE… it’s so huge you can’t believe it. And did we mention that it’s going to be really really soon?” category, for the 3rd year in a row…

Team Apraio and the Cold Case Posse…. and the great birther investigation

Let’s give it up for them Ladies and Gentlemen!

Youtube Video

RBS

397 Romantic Heretic  May 1, 2014 9:50:53am

re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth

God always answers prayers. The answer is usually, “No.”

398 ObserverArt  May 1, 2014 9:51:27am

re: #383 HappyWarrior

Nothing like a good witch hunt before the midterms. Who cares if we ruin someone’s career. Our base is whining again so we have to appease them.

I was going to make a similar comment.

Too bad the American people can’t have a better way to show their contempt with Cantor and the boys.

Damn congressional districts and gerrymandering.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was some way that even though a congress critter is elected by their district, if they became a large enough problem for the rest of the country there could be some way to have the country elect to have them run out of congress and not able to be reelected in their district again and the district would have to come up with some other candidates.

Yeah, I know that isn’t going to happen…just thinking out of frustration.

399 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 9:51:39am

re: #392 Decatur Deb

Are you going to bark little doggie? /Mr. Blonde

Mr. Wolf: I’m Victor. I’m the cleaner.

400 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:52:13am

Wingnuts still spamming this bogus atrocity photo from Syria 2009. And let’s even say it WAS from Benghazi, where is their respect for the deceased they claim to reverence so much?

401 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:55:01am

re: #398 ObserverArt

I was going to make a similar comment.

Too bad the American people can’t have a better way to show their contempt with Cantor and the boys.

Damn congressional districts and gerrymandering.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was some way that even though a congress critter is elected by their district, if they became a large enough problem for the rest of the country there could be some way to have the country elect to have them run out of congress and not able to be reelected in their district again and the district would have to come up with some other candidates.

Yeah, I know that isn’t going to happen…just thinking out of frustration.

Seriously, Cantor’s only going out of his job if he somehow pisses the nutcases off by not being batty enough and there’s something deeply wrong with that just as there is with this state becoming purple and yet having 8 Republican reps and only 3 Dem ones.

402 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 9:55:23am

Greensnow will get right on this in 1, 2, 3…

Justice Department Requires eBay to End Anticompetitive “No Poach” Hiring Agreements
Settlement Preserves Competition for High Tech Employees

justice.gov

When First Look crashes and burns, good luck getting your old jobs back, kids.

403 Charles Johnson  May 1, 2014 9:55:39am
404 Bulworth  May 1, 2014 9:56:26am

Pie-onist Overlord posted:

And let’s even say it WAS from Benghazi, where is their respect for the deceased they claim to reverence so much?

I’m old enough to remember when having the names of Americans killed in Afghanistan and Iraq read on TV was deemed super unpatriotic. But please, RWNJ, proceed…

405 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 9:57:27am

re: #403 Charles Johnson

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And see how GG is spinning it.

406 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 9:57:27am

HURR HURR!!!! OF COURSE WIKI WOULD SAY THAT, THEY ARE JEALOUS THAT I AM TEH MOAR BETTER JOURNALIST THEN THEY ARE!!!!!

407 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 9:57:57am

re: #404 Bulworth

Pie-onist Overlord posted:

I’m old enough to remember when having the names of Americans killed in Afghanistan and Iraq read on TV was deemed super unpatriotic. But please, RWNJ, proceed…

We’re both old enough to remember when anything remotely critical of policy was sedition but that all changed when Obama became president when it became okay to question the president’s love to his own country.

408 Kragar  May 1, 2014 9:59:05am

Happy 1st of May!

Youtube Video

409 wrenchwench  May 1, 2014 10:00:14am

re: #405 Justanotherhuman

And see how GG is spinning it.

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Drooling Obamabots!

410 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 10:00:22am

re: #407 HappyWarrior

We’re both old enough to remember when anything remotely critical of policy was sedition but that all changed when Obama became president when it became okay to question the president’s love to his own country.

Blockquote fail. Bulworth said the quoted comment in #407, not me.

411 b.d.  May 1, 2014 10:05:04am

Is Julian getting a little lazy in his tweet writing lately?

412 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 10:05:38am

re: #408 Kragar

Happy 1st of May!

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Video

Holy crap! : )

413 Romantic Heretic  May 1, 2014 10:06:11am

re: #383 HappyWarrior

Nothing like a good witch hunt before the midterms. Who cares if we ruin someone’s career. Our base is whining again needs another hit of hate, fear and anger so we have to appease them.

What the wingnut Congress critters are really doing. Addicts will vote for their pushers.

414 Lidane  May 1, 2014 10:08:36am
415 b.d.  May 1, 2014 10:08:53am

re: #403 Charles Johnson

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BUT, BUT THE US REVOKED HIS PASSPORT AND THERE WAS NO WAY THAT PUTIN COULD HAVE GOTTEN SNOWDEN PAST ONE OF THE AEROFLOT AIRPORT GATE CLERKS!! NO WAY AT ALL! HIS HANDS WERE TIED!!

416 NJDhockeyfan  May 1, 2014 10:09:12am
417 Stanley Sea  May 1, 2014 10:09:21am

re: #366 HoosierHoops

Greetings Lizards!
I’m over it. I’m moving back to California this summer. I can’t deal with the north woods anymore.

Sorry to hear it Hoops!

So Cal??? or back to Napa area?

418 Lidane  May 1, 2014 10:13:46am

re: #389 iossarian

You appear to be living in a bizarre fantasy world

That sums up KT’s entire post history in this post-OWS world.

419 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 10:14:06am

OK. Went down to the river at lunch. Waters are receding and I got another photo. Also watched a few guys who were rescuing fish trapped in backwater areas and tossing them back into the river. A couple of two-foot long carp for instance.

Before the flood

After the waters started to recede

You can see the approximate earlier water level by the leaves and debris stuck in the fence in the foreground.

420 Lidane  May 1, 2014 10:14:38am

Since many Twitter RWNJs seem to know these things as well:

421 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 10:15:30am

re: #417 Stanley Sea

Sorry to hear it Hoops!

So Cal??? or back to Napa area?

Maybe take up ranching and confronting the BLM in southern Nevada. Seems to be popular these days.
;P

422 Sionainn  May 1, 2014 10:15:50am

re: #396 RealityBasedSteve

And the winner in the “Really, we have an announcement… it will be soon, I really mean it this time. And HUGE… it’s so huge you can’t believe it. And did we mention that it’s going to be really really soon?” category, for the 3rd year in a row…

Team Apraio and the Cold Case Posse…. and the great birther investigation

Let’s give it up for them Ladies and Gentlemen!

[Embedded content]

Video

RBS

::rubs hands gleefully:: Oooh, I can’t wait for the universe shattering news!

423 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 10:15:53am
424 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 10:16:25am

re: #403 Charles Johnson

And once again, the evidence further piles up suggesting that Wikileaks is a Russian front group to undermine Western interests, particularly in the US.

It wouldn’t be the first time the Russians pulled something like this either.

425 Sionainn  May 1, 2014 10:17:48am

re: #423 Pie-onist Overlord

LOL! Thanks, I really, really needed that!

426 lawhawk  May 1, 2014 10:18:45am

Hypocrites from the pulpit (I’ve lost count which episode this is):

Sexual adventurism and a penchant for porn is what toppled charismatic Pastor Bob Coy from the leadership of Calvary Chapel, the Fort Lauderdale megachurch he founded nearly 30 years ago, according to another pastor.

“Our former pastor was caught in sin,” Outreach Pastor Chet Lowe told a congregation in a 78-minute service earlier this month. “Our pastor, he committed adultery with more than one woman. Our pastor, he committed sexual immorality, habitually, through pornography.

“Rest assured, God will not be mocked.”

Coy, 58, resigned April 3 from the 20,000-member church he and his wife Diane founded in 1985. In announcing his departure, the church would only say Coy was guilty of a “moral failing.”

But during an April 16 sermon titled “The Fear of God,” Lowe discussed Coy’s resignation.

“Your pastors have wept,” Lowe said. “We have never felt a grief like this.”

It was God, he said, who brought Coy’s hidden guilt to light. “Your sins will find you out,” Lowe said. “Jesus, because he loved him, exposed him publicly.”

John Vaughan, director of the Megachurch Research Center in Springfield, Mo., said he too was shocked to hear of Coy’s infidelity. “I was really surprised,” he said. “I always had a high regard for Bob and his church.”

427 Skip Intro  May 1, 2014 10:19:54am

Your Daily Republican, or why you might want to check what party your doctor belongs to.

South Dakota GOP Senate Candidate Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Animals - See more at: rightwingwatch.org

428 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 10:22:32am

re: #410 Pie-onist Overlord

Blockquote fail. Bulworth said the quoted comment in #407, not me.

Oops sorry VB.

429 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 10:23:10am

re: #420 Lidane

Since many Twitter RWNJs seem to know these things as well:

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Yep, brilliant.

430 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 10:24:05am

re: #427 Skip Intro

Your Daily Republican, or why you might want to check what party your doctor belongs to.

South Dakota GOP Senate Candidate Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Animals - See more at: rightwingwatch.org

[Embedded image]

Yikes that’s a doctor? What the hell is with right wingers and dehumanizing rhetoric. What a fucking nasty piece of work. Even more pathetic are the over 3000 people who liked the comment.

431 Kragar  May 1, 2014 10:25:25am
432 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 10:26:17am

re: #431 Kragar

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Because that worked so well before we had minimum wage,

433 Kragar  May 1, 2014 10:27:29am

re: #432 HappyWarrior

Because that worked so well before we had minimum wage,

Says the Senator with a guaranteed salary and full benefits

434 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 10:28:10am

re: #433 Kragar

Says the Senator with a guaranteed salary and full benefits

Seriously fuck these people so much.

435 Pie-onist Overlord  May 1, 2014 10:28:28am

re: #431 Kragar

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436 Skip Intro  May 1, 2014 10:28:42am

re: #431 Kragar

Seen who’s running to replace him?

I’ll help out a little; he has Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee backing him.

437 HoosierHoops  May 1, 2014 10:29:11am

re: #417 Stanley Sea

Sorry to hear it Hoops!

So Cal??? or back to Napa area?

Napa Valley Baby! Going home after all these years.
I have kids, friends etc back home and I’m so lonely here all by myself sitting in the woods.

438 Eventual Carrion  May 1, 2014 10:31:52am

re: #310 Targetpractice

Benghazi is being used like Whitewater was with Clinton, as the springboard for a special committee that the House GOP committee can then use to dig as hard and as deep as they can for possible dirt to use in 2016.

Probably a whole chapter dedicated to the tactic in some strategy book somewhere.

439 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 10:31:54am

Is there anything more pathetic than a millionaire telling a minimum wage worker that they make too much money?

440 calochortus  May 1, 2014 10:32:20am

re: #437 HoosierHoops

Sometimes you just have to try something to see how it goes-and know when to quit when it doesn’t work out.
Kids, friends and Napa Valley sounds good.

441 HappyWarrior  May 1, 2014 10:34:58am

I like how they concern troll about teenage workers. Yeah because teenage workers don’t deserve fair wages and teenagers are the only ones working minimum wage jobs. What’s truly sick and fucked up about their ideology is they want to get rid of things like food stamps, welfare, etc and deny a minimum wage. They’re creating a permanent impoverished people by doing this shit but I guess that’s the point.

442 Feline Fearless Leader  May 1, 2014 10:35:03am

re: #437 HoosierHoops

Napa Valley Baby! Going home after all these years.
I have kids, friends etc back home and I’m so lonely here all by myself sitting in the woods.

So, how heavy of a coat did Winston grow during the winter?

443 Eventual Carrion  May 1, 2014 10:38:40am

re: #360 Bear

You don’t dance around the May Pole any more?

Can always substitute a Festivus pole in a pinch.

444 Kragar  May 1, 2014 10:39:29am

re: #441 HappyWarrior

I like how they concern troll about teenage workers. Yeah because teenage workers don’t deserve fair wages and teenagers are the only ones working minimum wage jobs. What’s truly sick and fucked up about their ideology is they want to get rid of things like food stamps, welfare, etc and deny a minimum wage. They’re creating a permanent impoverished people by doing this shit but I guess that’s the point.

It doesn’t matter how much they get paid, just so long as they work apparently, and then poverty will go away.

445 Amory Blaine  May 1, 2014 10:44:51am

re: #366 HoosierHoops

Greetings Lizards!
I’m over it. I’m moving back to California this summer. I can’t deal with the north woods anymore.

I’m not in the north woods but close in the Milwaukee area.

Please swing by and take me with you!!!

446 HoosierHoops  May 1, 2014 10:44:58am

re: #442 Feline Fearless Leader

So, how heavy of a coat did Winston grow during the winter?

Wookie coat…esp when the wc was 50 below zero.

447 Eventual Carrion  May 1, 2014 10:46:04am

re: #427 Skip Intro

Your Daily Republican, or why you might want to check what party your doctor belongs to.

South Dakota GOP Senate Candidate Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Animals - See more at: rightwingwatch.org

[Embedded image]

Wonder if he eats people too.

448 RealityBasedSteve  May 1, 2014 10:48:57am

re: #422 Sionainn

::rubs hands gleefully:: Oooh, I can’t wait for the universe shattering news!

OMG!!! I had forgotten about that… that’s correct, the last set of announcements was that it was “Universe Shattering”. ROFL

449 Romantic Heretic  May 1, 2014 11:01:00am

re: #427 Skip Intro

Your Daily Republican, or why you might want to check what party your doctor belongs to.

South Dakota GOP Senate Candidate Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Animals - See more at: rightwingwatch.org

[Embedded image]

Christ. What a c**t.

450 Stanley Sea  May 1, 2014 11:10:09am

re: #437 HoosierHoops

Napa Valley Baby! Going home after all these years.
I have kids, friends etc back home and I’m so lonely here all by myself sitting in the woods.

Sounds like the right thing to do.

Go to the lake for the summer. For 2 weeks only.

451 Justanotherhuman  May 1, 2014 12:04:55pm

...

452 Rightwingconspirator  May 1, 2014 3:54:36pm

re: #83 The War TARDIS

That looks right to me.


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