The National Climate Assessment is sobering reading — and even more sobering when you realize the entire Republican Party will reject it out of hand, and fight tooth and nail to prevent us from doing anything about it.
On the bright side, the website is very nicely designed.
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Charles Johnson May 6, 2014 7:45:27pm |
pic.twitter.com/o71IieF84m— Space Cats (@SpaceCatPics) May 7, 2014
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Zamb May 6, 2014 7:51:12pm |
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Truly felines our the greatest hope for future space travel. At least as long as republican “science” is part of mainstream conversation.
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Kragar May 6, 2014 7:51:17pm |
Next up, the GOP proposes a bill to turn back the clock to 1014 AD
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ObserverArt May 6, 2014 8:03:27pm |
I think I have had enough Right Wing stupidity for one day. There has been a lot of it and it really does get tiring. Time for some mindless activity to replace all the mindless political crap. Good evening all.
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jaunte May 6, 2014 8:12:14pm |
An alien vista, here on Earth. http://t.co/RhG3MgxD2T
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) May 7, 2014
Night on the Atacama Altiplano, Chile.
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freetoken May 6, 2014 8:33:08pm |
Slick website.
Has anyone complained yet about all this website programming/maintenance is a waste of money? Seems like something Issa would be on top of.
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Kragar May 6, 2014 8:36:58pm |
Ah, these people:
You might note that is an Op-Ed, not a research study or documented proof of any kind @fabersghost @JohnBechard— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 7, 2014
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darthstar May 6, 2014 8:42:25pm |
Well, earth may be heating up but at least you can watch it streaming in HD 24 hours a day from the ISS.
Screw that second link…first link is the one you want.
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Belafon May 6, 2014 8:42:54pm |
re: #7 Kragar
You mean people who inherit money from their parents rather than make it on their own?
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Single-handed sailor May 6, 2014 8:55:24pm |
re: #8 darthstar
Well, earth may be heating up but at least you can watch it streaming in HD 24 hours a day from the ISS.
Screw that second link…first link is the one you want.
502 Bad Gateway
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darthstar May 6, 2014 8:56:34pm |
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Kragar May 6, 2014 8:57:37pm |
re: #9 Belafon
You mean people who inherit money from their parents rather than make it on their own?
The author is from Cato Institute.
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dog philosopher May 6, 2014 9:19:04pm |
And Now, the GOP Will Deny
ha, that’s nothing
when i was younger i could deny 12 well researched and closely reasoned scientific papers before breakfast
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Kid A May 6, 2014 9:19:46pm |
Via my page post earlier about wingnut Goldberg:
@ericphototx I realize all of that. You realize the only person criminally punished in aftermath was the director?— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) May 7, 2014
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Kid A May 6, 2014 9:20:29pm |
More…
@JonahNRO So you're implying that the Obama admin is criminal in either (or both) the attack and/or the aftermath?
— Eric Christian Smith (@ericphototx) May 7, 2014
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Kid A May 6, 2014 9:21:00pm |
@JonahNRO You also do realize that the the 1983 Hezbollah attack in Beirut was 60 Benghazis, correct? Was Reagan criminal in his neglect?
— Eric Christian Smith (@ericphototx) May 7, 2014
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dog philosopher May 6, 2014 9:22:15pm |
re: #16 Kid A
Via my page post earlier with wingnut Goldberg:
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i have a message for jonah goldberg:
you’re a moron, jonah - a moron
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Amory Blaine May 6, 2014 10:41:16pm |
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Lidane May 6, 2014 10:50:40pm |
More freedom than America!
Starting on July 1, it will be illegal for Russians to curse in movies, books, or music http://t.co/XV1suI5Bus— Mashable (@mashable) May 7, 2014
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Kragar May 6, 2014 10:59:41pm |
re: #21 Lidane
More freedom than America!
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So where does the line start for conservatives who will be wanting to blow Putin?
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Kragar May 6, 2014 11:03:13pm |
Behind Bryan Fischer apparently
It can be done: Russia bans profanity. Our 1st Amendment protects political speech, not profanity. http://t.co/yVytWOlvOW— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) May 6, 2014
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 6, 2014 11:04:55pm |
re: #21 Lidane
Putin is doing what American conservatives adore. Yet, his actions against free speech and free expression are exactly what they accuse Obama of doing, and what he does not in actuality do.
So, if Obama really did throw conservatives in FEMA camps, shut down their websites and arrest preachers in their churches, would the RWNJ fringe then suddenly adore Obama?
I think not.
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Amory Blaine May 6, 2014 11:06:55pm |
Ex-Twitter Employees Freaking Out Because They Can’t Sell Their Stock
Former Twitter engineer Sara Haider, Chad Woodford, Twitter’s former product and business counsel, Mischa Nachtigal, who used to work on media and content partnerships, former engineering manager Mark McBride, and others appear to have chimed in on a private Facebook thread about the mismanaged lockup period. I’ve reached out to Haider and others on the thread to confirm that their statements haven’t been doctored.
I also asked Twitter to verify the details and whether the issues have been resolved. An anonymous reader in Kinja, who directed us to the Facebook thread said “basically no employees have been able to sell,” except executives. According to the thread, a Schwab representative said Twitter placed a hold on exercising options and Schwab did not expect the hold to be lifted until this afternoon.
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 6, 2014 11:07:11pm |
re: #23 Kragar
The First Amendment protects free speech, Bryan. There is no reference to political speech, and decades of Supreme Court judgments support the more general interpretation of the clause.
You fail Constitutional Law 101.
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Kragar May 6, 2014 11:17:00pm |
re: #26 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
The First Amendment protects free speech, Bryan. There is no reference to political speech, and decades of Supreme Court judgments support the more general interpretation of the clause.
You fail Constitutional Law 101.
The part about political speech only is right there next to the part where Jesus said the US is a Christian country and that only gun owning Christians had rights.
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Eclectic Cyborg May 6, 2014 11:19:39pm |
I say we respond by making Samuel L Jackson our ambassador to Russia.
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 6, 2014 11:28:13pm |
re: #27 Kragar
The part about political speech only is right there next to the part where Jesus said the US is a Christian country and that only gun owning Christians had rights.
Introducing the Conservative Constitution, the companion to Andy Schlafly’s Conservative Bible. Now available as a boxed set for only $11.95 plus shipping and handling.
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Kragar May 6, 2014 11:30:59pm |
re: #29 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Introducing the Conservative Constitution, the companion to Andy Schlafly’s Conservative Bible. Now available as a boxed set for only $11.95 plus shipping and handling.
Looking at the Constitution, one can’t help but notice that it lacks any mention of “posse comitatus”, and the Founding Father actually wrote the Constitution to allow stronger Federal control of the government.
Curiouser and curiouser.
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SteveMcGazi May 6, 2014 11:55:23pm |
I’m trying to study phor a phrickin pharm exam. Where do they come up with the names for these drugs? Why not call them antipsychotic#1, #2, etc? It’s like if you get the names mixed up, you’re SOL.
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Shiplord Kirel May 7, 2014 12:03:32am |
re: #23 Kragar
Behind Bryan Fischer apparently
Bryan Fischer @BryanJFischer
FollowIt can be done: Russia bans profanity. Our 1st Amendment protects political speech, not profanity.
Fuck you, Bryan. See you in court.
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Shiplord Kirel May 7, 2014 12:07:09am |
Half the people in this country aren’t sure it’s legal for the government to use force against organized thieves and vigilante terrorists. We are rapidly becoming ungovernable.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 12:17:06am |
re: #21 Lidane
More freedom than America!
Starting on July 1, it will be illegal for Russians to curse in movies, books, or music
This is part of the (un)holy alliance between Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church: they support his policies, both inside and outside Russia, and he lets them play Morality Police and determine what is immoral or offensive.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 12:19:53am |
re: #33 Shiplord Kirel
Half the people in this country aren’t sure it’s legal for the government to use force against organized thieves and vigilante terrorists. We are rapidly becoming ungovernable.
I am worried about that day that a major natural and/or man-made catastrophe compels the Federal Government to send out armed troops to restore order and maintain basic services.
They could easily find themselves in the middle of a range war.
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 12:24:12am |
re: #33 Shiplord Kirel
Half the people in this country aren’t sure it’s legal for the government to use force against organized thieves and vigilante terrorists. We are rapidly becoming ungovernable.
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall
In his 26-page decision, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa in Milwaukee told prosecutors to immediately stop the long-running, five-county probe into possible illegal coordination between Walker’s campaign, the Wisconsin Club for Growth and a host of others during the 2011 and 2012 recall elections.
“The (Wisconsin Club for Growth and its treasurer) have found a way to circumvent campaign finance laws, and that circumvention should not and cannot be condemned or restricted. Instead, it should be recognized as promoting political speech, an activity that is ‘ingrained in our culture,’” Randa wrote, quoting from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
He ordered an immediate halt to the investigation, the return of all property seized during it, and the destruction of any information and materials gained in the investigation. He told the Wisconsin Club for Growth it did not need to cooperate with prosecutors in any way.
The first John Doe resulted in 6 felony convictions among Walker’s inner circle mind you.
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sagehen May 7, 2014 12:54:43am |
re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I am worried about that day that a major natural and/or man-made catastrophe compels the Federal Government to send out armed troops to restore order and maintain basic services.
They could easily find themselves in the middle of a range war.
And the most outraged about federal actions… will be the exact same people who cheered the sight of tanks rolling down Wilshire Blvd in ‘92.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 1:18:50am |
re: #38 sagehen
And the most outraged about federal actions… will be the exact same people who cheered the sight of tanks rolling down Wilshire Blvd in ‘92.
Troops and authorities sent into a disaster area under martial law are likely to be overworked and faced with making tough decisions, their job will not be made easier by an armed populace that views them as a hostile occupation force.
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freetoken May 7, 2014 2:22:32am |
And now for one of the modern staples of orchestral music, here in its entirety:
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freetoken May 7, 2014 2:24:58am |
I don’t know what surprises me most - that one of the oldest and most prominent musical organizations in the US puts so many recordings online for free, or, that the uploads get so few plays.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 3:18:26am |
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
This is part of the (un)holy alliance between Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church: they support his policies, both inside and outside Russia, and he lets them play Morality Police and determine what is immoral or offensive.
Yep. Basically, Putin is letting the Russian Orthodox Church act as a mutaween (religious police found in Islamic countries, most notably in Saudi Arabia - the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) in return for the ROC wholeheartedly supporting his increasingly draconian policies.
Good morning, Lizards.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 3:21:34am |
One positive note - from the butthurt I’m picking up over in Freeperville and amongst the Breitbrats, it sounds like the Tea Partiers took a shellacking last night in various primaries, most notably in Ohio, where Speaker Boehner easily coasted to victory, pretty much crushing his TP opponents with minimal effort.
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Rev_Arthur_Belling May 7, 2014 3:26:39am |
re: #36 Amory Blaine
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall
The first John Doe resulted in 6 felony convictions among Walker’s inner circle mind you.
I had to check and make sure that wasn’t from The Onion.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 3:32:44am |
re: #36 Amory Blaine
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall
“The (Wisconsin Club for Growth and its treasurer) have found a way to circumvent campaign finance laws, and that circumvention should not and cannot be condemned or restricted. Instead, it should be recognized as promoting political speech, an activity that is ‘ingrained in our culture,’” Randa wrote, quoting from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
The first John Doe resulted in 6 felony convictions among Walker’s inner circle mind you.
So, when Josef Stalin was busy robbing banks back in the day in Tsarist Russia (something he was quite good at, by all accounts) to raise money for the Bolsheviks, that ‘circumvention of the law cannot be condemned or restricted’ and ‘should be recognized as promoting political speech’.
Imma rob a bank and donate the proceeds to the candidate(s) of my choice!! FREEDUM!!
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 3:49:23am |
re: #46 Dr Lizardo
The first John Doe resulted in 6 felony convictions among Walker’s inner circle mind you.
So, when Josef Stalin was busy robbing banks back in the day in Tsarist Russia (something he was quite good at, by all accounts) to raise money for the Bolsheviks, that ‘circumvention of the law cannot be condemned or restricted’ and ‘should be recognized as promoting political speech’.
Imma rob a bank and donate the proceeds to the candidate(s) of my choice!! FREEDUM!!
Apparently, it is OK to circumvent laws in Wisconsin, giving that fair state a new growth industry: graft, corruption and political machinery.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 4:05:31am |
re: #47 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Apparently, it is OK to circumvent laws in Wisconsin, giving that fair state a new growth industry: graft, corruption and political machinery.
Must be their proximity to Chicago…
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Eventual Carrion May 7, 2014 4:14:08am |
re: #23 Kragar
Behind Bryan Fischer apparently
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Nope, don’t see the wording that Bryan is saying is there.
Now as far as regulating peoples gun access:
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”
I can see it in this one.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:17:00am |
The private equity model is very different. A private equity adviser typically uses client funds to obtain a controlling interest in a non-publicly traded company. With this control and the relative paucity of disclosure required of privately held companies, a private equity adviser is faced with temptations and conflicts with which most other advisers do not contend. For example, the private equity adviser can instruct a portfolio company it controls to hire the adviser, or an affiliate, or a preferred third party, to provide certain services and to set the terms of the engagement, including the price to be paid for the services … or to instruct the company to pay certain of the adviser’s bills or to reimburse the adviser for certain expenses incurred in managing its investment in the company … or to instruct the company to add to its payroll all of the adviser’s employees who manage the investment.We have seen that these temptations and conflicts are real and significant.
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Not as boring as it looks. So many things to learn and know about —*sigh*
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:20:06am |
It’s morning again.
I saw a book presentation yesterday about marketing. The author/speaker/Phd person talked about the Phallacy of Cats.
The idea is that if you put a cat in a picture on the internet, people will click it.
He said the idea was false.
I told my friend that he’d better make sure the Cat’s don’t find out what he said.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:22:01am |
re: #50 FemNaziBitch
Also:
First, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (“PEGCC”) itself has identified the number one myth about private equity as the myth that private equity only benefits wealthy investors.[6] “Mom and pop” are much more invested in these funds than people realize. PEGCC states it best: “Private equity investment provides financial security for millions of Americans from all walks of life. The biggest investors in private equity include public and private pension funds, endowments and foundations, which account for 64% of all investment in private equity in 2012.” To the extent private equity advisers are engaged in improper conduct, it adversely affects the retirement savings of teachers, firemen, police officers, and other workers across the U.S.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:23:38am |
re: #48 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Apparently, it is OK to circumvent laws in Wisconsin, giving that fair state a new growth industry: graft, corruption and political machinery.
Must be their proximity to Chicago…
LEGISLATING FROM THE BENCH!!!!
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:27:12am |
re: #43 Dr Lizardo
Yep. Basically, Putin is letting the Russian Orthodox Church act as a mutaween (religious police found in Islamic countries, most notably in Saudi Arabia - the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) in return for the ROC wholeheartedly supporting his increasingly draconian policies.
Good morning, Lizards.
Yeah, I’ve heard the real reason he took the Ukraine was to halt the spread of Islam into Russia.
What I do know is the Orthodox Church has WAY TOO much power in the area.
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Dark_Falcon May 7, 2014 4:27:51am |
re: #47 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Apparently, it is OK to circumvent laws in Wisconsin, giving that fair state a new growth industry: graft, corruption and political machinery.
It’s not like that at all. Here’s the core of the decision:
Prosecutors contend that the Wisconsin Club for Growth is acting as a subcommittee of Walker’s campaign — and thus must report its spending on behalf of Walker and adhere to fundraising limits, Randa wrote. He called that viewpoint “simply wrong.”
When it comes to political speech, Randa wrote, the government may regulate only “express advocacy” — that is, ads or other communications that explicitly urge people to vote for or against a candidate. But Wisconsin Club for Growth and groups like it engage in “issue advocacy” — communications that promote or denigrate candidates without coming right out and saying how people should vote.
The government can regulate express advocacy only because of the danger of “giving government an expanded role in uprooting all forms of perceived corruption which may result in corruption of the First Amendment itself,” Randa wrote.
“As other histories tell us, attempts to purify the public square lead to places like the Guillotine and the Gulag.”
Campaign finance laws can be used to prevent tit-for-tat corruption or the appearance of it, but nothing else, Randa wrote. The activities at issue in the investigation don’t rise to that level, he found.
“O’Keefe and the Club obviously agree with Governor Walker’s policies, but coordinated ads in favor of those policies carry no risk of corruption because the Club’s interests are already aligned with Walker and other conservative politicians,” Randa wrote. “Such ads are meant to educate the electorate, not curry favor with corruptible candidates.”
I agree with Judge Randa’s decision. I also think the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel put out a very well-written and informative article.
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 4:31:10am |
Well, over night my Twitter feed was fucked up by crazypants bitcoin dudebros and chemtrails whackos piling on a Fake Quote from last week.
Block & mute these pigfuckers.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 4:32:46am |
re: #54 FemNaziBitch
Yeah, I’ve heard the real reason he took the Ukraine was to halt the spread of Islam into Russia.
What I do know is the Orthodox Church has WAY TOO much power in the area.
But there aren’t that many Muslims in Ukraine, outside of Crimea at least. Yes, the ROC has far too much power; it’s gone back to the days of old, when the ROC was essentially part and parcel of the Tsarist government; church and state were one.
And that’s not good. I’m a firm believer in separation of church and state (or mosque and state, synagogue and state, etc.)
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 4:32:54am |
re: #54 FemNaziBitch
Yeah, I’ve heard the real reason he took the Ukraine was to halt the spread of Islam into Russia.
What I do know is the Orthodox Church has WAY TOO much power in the area.
Russia spread into Islamic territories, not the other way around.
And the Orthodox Church makes an excellent proxy to rile up the local Russian diaspora, which will be used as a pretense for similar power grabs all across the Old Empire.
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Rev_Arthur_Belling May 7, 2014 4:33:45am |
re: #52 FemNaziBitch
Related via Gawker: How Much Is Too Much to Pay a Rich Person For Being Incompetent? about hedge funds and how they don’t really outperform the market on average. (original NYT article)
Not sure the difference between private equity funds and hedge funds.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:36:04am |
re: #59 Rev_Arthur_Belling
Related via Gawker: How Much Is Too Much to Pay a Rich Person For Being Incompetent? about hedge funds and how they don’t really outperform the market on average. (original NYT article)
Not sure the difference between private equity funds and hedge funds.
I haven’t been paying attetion to the SEC and such in a while. Everyone knows why.
Any knowledge I had was carted off to long-term storage in my brain. I’m not sure I want to expend the resources to retreive it.
I did think the speech was interesting tho… .
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Rev_Arthur_Belling May 7, 2014 4:37:11am |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
“O’Keefe and the Club obviously agree with Governor Walker’s policies, but coordinated ads in favor of those policies carry no risk of corruption because the Club’s interests are already aligned with Walker and other conservative politicians,” Randa wrote. “Such ads are meant to educate the electorate, not curry favor with corruptible candidates.”
My emphasis. Because there could never be corruption (“quid pro quo, Clarice”) between a group and a candidate they agree with.
I’m not surprised you agree with this decision.
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 4:38:16am |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
Does this mean the Club for Growth is no longer required to report its spending for activities supporting Walker?
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 4:39:32am |
re: #23 Kragar
Behind Bryan Fischer apparently
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Go fuck yourself, Bryan! I can even print that.
That’s free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment, Bryan.
Even if you don’t “like it” or it offends your “moral sensibilities”.
You don’t get to tell me what I can and can’t say.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:42:09am |
In 2012, Barack Obama won the overall women’s vote because of them. Mitt Romney actually won married women — by 7 points. But Obama crushed him with unmarried women, winning that cohort by a whopping 36 percentage points.
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So, now we have proof. GOP/Fundamentalists/Whackos want all women married for reasons of Power.
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Dark_Falcon May 7, 2014 4:44:10am |
re: #62 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Does this mean the Club for Growth is no longer required to report its spending for activities supporting Walker?
Not entirely. The Club for Growth still has to report how much it spent in Wisconsin, and some details about how it spent the money, but it does not have to go into great detail and it does not have to disclose where the money it spent came from.
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 4:49:55am |
The Curious Case of Milwaukee’s Suburban Voters
“The most polarized part of a polarized state in a polarized nation” — that’s how Craig Gilbert of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel describes the Milwaukee metropolitan area in the masterful first article of a four-part series on the region’s politics. The region is just as polarized as Mr. Gilbert suggests.
Milwaukee is not the only metropolitan area divided between a heavily Democratic, nonwhite urban core and overwhelmingly white suburbs. But the Milwaukee suburbs are still unusual. They haven’t moved at all toward the left, unlike other Republican-leaning Northern suburbs.
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 4:52:46am |
re: #67 Amory Blaine
Milwaukee is not the only metropolitan area divided between a heavily Democratic, nonwhite urban core and overwhelmingly white suburbs.
Detroit is another.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 4:54:59am |
Haha!
“I hope he enjoys his visit to #Ukraine.” State Department's #Psaki on Putin's possible visit to #Crimea: http://t.co/hYciakrAri #euromaidan
— Tom Berman (@tombermanap) May 7, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 4:55:51am |
With all the votes in, it appears Clay Aiken won the Dem primary for US House District 2 in NC.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 4:56:21am |
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
With all the votes in, it appears Clay Aiken won the Dem primary for US House District 2 in NC.
WOOT!!!
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NJDhockeyfan May 7, 2014 4:57:21am |
Heh
Putin awards pro-Kremlin journalists medals for their 'objective coverage' of Crimea http://t.co/yqf3FxMtcC pic.twitter.com/x7Y3U0k1bG— The Independent (@Independent) May 6, 2014
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 4:57:57am |
re: #65 Dark_Falcon
Not entirely. The Club for Growth still has to report how much it spent in Wisconsin, and some details about how it spent the money, but it does not have to go into great detail and it does not have to disclose where the money it spent came from.
It’s that last part that bothers me. It seems reasonable to know from where a candidate receives his financial support. True, the WCfG is not making contributions to Walker’s campaign directly, but funds spent on advertising are funds that Walker’s campaign organization would not need to spend itself. It seems a clever way to evade already weak campaign finance laws.
A democracy should be willing to reveal who donates money to whom and in what amount. Politicians would rather keep it all hush-hush, for reasons we can all understand.
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 4:58:01am |
re: #66 FemNaziBitch
They really are something. They leap and bound over obstacles like nothing while us humans must carefully plot every step.
“Going up is easy, getting down is hard”
~me
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:01:30am |
Miss Aloha Hula 2014 - Ke’alohilani Tara Eliga Serrao -Kahiko
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Dark_Falcon May 7, 2014 5:05:29am |
re: #74 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
It’s that last part that bothers me. It seems reasonable to know from where a candidate receives his financial support. True, the WCfG is not making contributions to Walker’s campaign directly, but funds spent on advertising are funds that Walker’s campaign organization would not need to spend itself. It seems a clever way to evade already weak campaign finance laws.
A democracy should be willing to reveal who donates money to whom and in what amount. Politicians would rather keep it all hush-hush, for reasons we can all understand.
It’s OK if that bothers you, and perhaps a law can be written to mandate disclosure while otherwise staying within the bounds set by Citizens United. But what the judge was saying was that under current law what the WCfG did was not illegal and so the investigation into the group must be halted.
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 5:06:22am |
Only on Politifact.
Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin “have access to health care.”
Here’s their reasoning.
Walker said that under his leadership as governor, more people in Wisconsin “have access to health care.”
He can take some of the credit, given that everyone living under the federal poverty line is now eligible for Medicaid.
But far more people are getting access to health care, whether from the government or private carriers, as a result of Obamacare.
We rate the statement Half True.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 5:08:18am |
re: #72 FemNaziBitch
WOOT!!!
Kay Hagen, of course, won the Dem primary. Hers was the only Democratic name running for any office in this county. It was basically a Republican primary. Democrats are very weak here; there’s a possibility that little weasel, Patrick McHenry, will have a job for life in this US Rep district.
And the Charlotte Observer is proclaiming that Thom Tillis, Speaker of the (NC) House, who won the R nom for the Senate run against Hagen, “beat” the ‘bagger candidates.
Yet, Tillis has rammed through some of the most anti-progressive, anti-worker legislation in years after the Assembly turned majority R. He just cleans up nicely but is a real Babbitt character.
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 5:11:18am |
re: #80 Justanotherhuman
Kay Hagen, of course, won the Dem primary. Hers was the only Democratic name running for any office in this county. It was basically a Republican primary. Democrats are very weak here; there’s a possibility that little weasel, Patrick McHenry, will have a job for life in this US Rep district.
And the Charlotte Observer is proclaiming that Thom Tillis, Speaker of the (NC) House, who won the R nom for the Senate run against Hagen, “beat” the ‘bagger candidates.
Yet, Tillis has rammed through some of the most anti-progressive, anti-worker legislation in years after the Assembly turned majority R. He just cleans up nicely but is a real Babbitt character.
Babbitt is a charming character, if the joint is full of Father Coughlin’s.
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 5:12:53am |
re: #78 Dark_Falcon
It’s OK if that bothers you, and perhaps a law can be written to mandate disclosure while otherwise staying within the bounds set by Citizens United. But what the judge was saying was that under current law what the WCfG did was not illegal and so the investigation into the group must be halted.
Well, I got problems with the Citizens United ruling, too, but I doubt this Congress (or any, realistically speaking) will do much about it. But I get your point. It would be left to some enterprising journalists or citizens to do any investigations, I suppose.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 5:14:01am |
This is just wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Gang-raped Indonesian woman may be caned publicly
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Dark_Falcon May 7, 2014 5:20:54am |
re: #83 Justanotherhuman
This is just wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Gang-raped Indonesian woman may be caned publicly
Be it noted, however, that some of the men are in custody already and they are facing 15 years if convicted of rape. It still stinks to high heaven, though, and it’ll stink worse if those men aren’t sent to prison.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:25:02am |
re: #84 Dark_Falcon
Be it noted, however, that some of the men are in custody already and they are facing 15 years if convicted of rape. It still stinks to high heaven, though, and it’ll stink worse if those men aren’t sent to prison.
There is no moral balance here.
the victim is criminalized.
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 5:26:22am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:27:01am |
Don’t forget your allergy meds today!
Station: Chicago Area (Melrose Park), IL
Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Station Head(s): Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Date of Pollen and Mold Count: 05/07/2014*********************************
Pollen & Mold Summary
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Trees: High Concentration
Weeds: Moderate Concentration
Grass: Moderate Concentration
Mold: Low Concentration*********************************
Pollen & Mold Detail(Top three species per category)
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1. Poplar, Cottonwood, Aspen
2. Birch
3. WillowWeeds
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1. Nettle family, PellitoryGrass
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1. Grass Family, all typesMold
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1. Smuts/Myxomycetes: includes Fuligo, grass smut, Urocystis, Ustilago, Tilletia, et al.
2. Ascospores: includes Leptosphaeria, Venturia, Ascobolus, Diatrypaceae, Pleospora, Xylaria, Chaetomium, Sporomiella, Claviceps, Ascomycete, et al.
3. Basidiomycete/Basidiospore
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 5:27:18am |
re: #85 FemNaziBitch
Looks like he’s dressed for a Mummer’s Parade, or Carnaval.
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Dark_Falcon May 7, 2014 5:27:25am |
re: #86 FemNaziBitch
There is no moral balance here.
the victim is criminalized.
Not saying there is, just that its not as bad as cases of this nature we’ve seen in other places. It’s still evil.
BBT
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Dark_Falcon May 7, 2014 5:27:47am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:35:28am |
destroying public education will make our country more competitive in the world economy #rightwingdoublespeak— RayBeckerman (@RayBeckerman) May 7, 2014
because uneducated workers earn beans?
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:36:15am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:38:45am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:40:00am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:41:45am |
Finally some truth! Hillary was on The Hill begging for funding for Embassy security denied by Congress! That's the real scandal…— RED STATE BLUES (@sherrilee7) May 7, 2014
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:47:35am |
Here, in five steps, is a summation of the LSE report’s road map: (London School of Economics)1. A “drug-free world” is not plausible.
In the opening chapter, written by Collins, the economist argues that believing we’ll live in a world free from drugs one day is not only deluded, it’s counterproductive. Collins blames prohibitionist forces in 1961 for perpetuating this fantasy—which he says still exists. In a seemingly heroic attempt to make this fantasy come true, he argues, we’ve assumed that the illicit market can be tamed through enforcement. “A global system which predominantly encourages policies that transfer the costs of prohibition onto poorer producer and transit countries, as the current system does, is an ineffective and unsustainable way to control drugs in the long term.” Collins argues for the decriminalization of drugs, which he calls a “far more effective tool.”
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 5:50:45am |
What is this white fluffiness?! pic.twitter.com/p4vWgKL2YR— Baby Animals (@BabyAnimalPics) May 7, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 5:51:06am |
#BREAKING Boko Haram attack in Nigeria border town kills hundreds: senator, witnesses
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) May 7, 2014
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 6:01:19am |
re: #94 FemNaziBitch
7 Reasons North Carolina’s ‘Establishment GOP’ Candidate Is More Extreme Than You Think
Exactly. This guy is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing if you’re not paying attention, and many in NC do not.
Like I said, he “cleans up nicely” but only if you remain a sheeple. Some people have the wrong-headed idea that a “respectable” and superficial appearance means those people are “better” than they are—an idea planted firmly in the south too long ago, as our “betters”, no doubt brought here by the many English land grant owners, who copied the “lord of the manor” model in establishing slave plantations. After all, they wouldn’t be where they are if they weren’t, amirite? The idea that former poor white sharecroppers’ (the American equivalent that came closest to serfdom) descendants would wind up calling themselves “rebels” and fly the confederate flag, even today, was always mystifying to me. That mindset is the same one that resists unionization as well, even as they moved from that to mill work and other industries in the last century.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:01:44am |
Nigeria offers $300,000 reward for help finding kidnapped schoolgirls http://t.co/HpAMfdSGsD @guardianworld— The Guardian (@guardian) May 7, 2014
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darthstar May 7, 2014 6:02:14am |
LOL Wut?
As Rs ramp up Benghazi conspiracies Lynne Cheney says Hillary behind Lewinsky interview #overreach #90s http://t.co/fz8EcVsktc— evale72 (@evale72) May 7, 2014
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 6:03:21am |
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 6:03:31am |
re: #25 Amory Blaine
Ex-Twitter Employees Freaking Out Because They Can’t Sell Their Stock
Yeah, it was apparently a glitch with the administrator’s computer system. Sure. Right. Only affected everyone other than the key top executives.
No wonder the company’s stock price has fallen off a cliff.
But here’s the thing. The complaint is not that they’re growing, or that revenues aren’t increasing. They are.
It’s just that they’re not growing as fast as say Facebook revenues. In the chase for revenues, the stock’s being hammered because it’s not doing it fast enough.
Twitter might be a buy opportunity in coming weeks if the stock continues to be hammered to the downside. That is, if the company can figure out how to avoid the outages that continue to plague it.
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 6:06:21am |
re: #101 Justanotherhuman
Our “Democratic” candidate for governor described herself yesterday as a fiscal conservative.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:07:14am |
Fox News Has Exciting New Vanity Fair/Hillary Clinton/Monica Lewinsky Conspiracy Theory! http://t.co/KxsJjKBeok— Wonkette (@Wonkette) May 7, 2014
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:09:55am |
I don't want to think before I speak. I like to be just as surprised as everyone else. http://t.co/CqkJlz4jvX by @BlotterMonkey
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 6:09:58am |
re: #92 FemNaziBitch
destroying public education will make our country more competitive in the world economy
because uneducated workers earn beans?
I think the notion is that the Free Market can do everything better.
If keeping the poor and disadvantaged poor and disadvantaged, then yes, the Free Market can do that just fine.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:10:33am |
Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits ~ #thenation http://t.co/c46YQqNTXr— RayBeckerman (@RayBeckerman) May 7, 2014
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 6:10:46am |
re: #94 FemNaziBitch
The Tea Party may have lost the battle, but they’ve won the war in shifting the GOP to the far right. There’s more extremists seeking office, and winning those offices in GOP strongholds than ever.
Heck, for all the talk about Boehner trying to placate the establishment GOP, he’s run the GOP to the hard right, allowing the GOP shutdown last year, and his caucus has done everything imaginable to thwart the operation of government.
The investigation in to Benghazi is another symptom of this extremism. I’m figuring that Pelosi and the Democrats may well boycott the whole thing, knowing that it’ll be a sham investigation looking at nothing but trying to score talking points for use in 2016 or to set up impeachment talk. If any Democrats sit on that panel, it’ll give Boehner and the GOP extremists the ability to claim that the panel and whatever it concludes the veneer of bipartisanship, when the reality is that it’s a witch hunt to find fault where there isn’t, and ignoring the facts and information already known to all involved (well, to all who care to know about facts and evidence, that is).
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:10:57am |
re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I think the notion is that the Free Market can do everything better.
If keeping the poor and disadvantaged poor and disadvantaged, then yes, the Free Market can do that just fine.
Natural Selection is brutal.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:12:18am |
re: #112 lawhawk
The Tea Party may have lost the battle, but they’ve won the war in shifting the GOP to the far right. There’s more extremists seeking office, and winning those offices in GOP strongholds than ever.
Heck, for all the talk about Boehner trying to placate the establishment GOP, he’s run the GOP to the hard right, allowing the GOP shutdown last year, and his caucus has done everything imaginable to thwart the operation of government.
The investigation in to Benghazi is another symptom of this extremism. I’m figuring that Pelosi and the Democrats may well boycott the whole thing, knowing that it’ll be a sham investigation looking at nothing but trying to score talking points for use in 2016 or to set up impeachment talk. If any Democrats sit on that panel, it’ll give Boehner and the GOP extremists the ability to claim that the panel and whatever it concludes the veneer of bipartisanship, when the reality is that it’s a witch hunt to find fault where there isn’t, and ignoring the facts and information already known to all involved (well, to all who care to know about facts and evidence, that is).
yes, the next couple election cycles will be interesting.
Those holding onto the Myth of the Perfect Past scare the shit out of me.
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darthstar May 7, 2014 6:19:53am |
@mmurraypolitics @daveweigel Wait…@chucktodd asked a Republican a question? A real, substantive question?— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 7, 2014
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:20:07am |
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 6:23:34am |
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 6:24:59am |
re: #85 FemNaziBitch
That looks like a jumping spider species. Probably has good leaping ability. And also probably not that big. Ah, from Australia - land of colorful (and poisonous) animals.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 6:27:15am |
re: #118 Feline Fearless Leader
That looks like a jumping spider species. Probably has good leaping ability. And also probably not that big. Ah, from Australia - land of colorful (and poisonous) animals.
Yeah, every jumping spider I’ve seen is pretty tiny. I have two out on the balcony.
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darthstar May 7, 2014 6:29:39am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:31:32am |
re: #118 Feline Fearless Leader
That looks like a jumping spider species. Probably has good leaping ability. And also probably not that big. Ah, from Australia - land of colorful (and poisonous) animals.
ewwwwwww!!!!! **shiver!!!
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 6:32:36am |
re: #119 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, every jumping spider I’ve seen is pretty tiny. I have two out on the balcony.
Wikipedia article says they range in size from 1 to 22mm. Sounds about right since the biggest I’ve ever seen was about 3/4” long.
Had a small one on my computer monitor one night that was “hunting” the cursor. Chased it back and forth on the screen. They I “led” the spider to a gnat that was sitting on the screen (and had been annoying me). Quick meal for the spider!
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 6:32:49am |
re: #113 FemNaziBitch
Natural Selection is brutal.
Evolution is a lie, but Social Darwinism is God’s Will on Earth…
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 6:34:03am |
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Evolution is a lie, but Social Darwinism is God’s Will on Earth…
“Nature red of tooth and claw” has nothing on politics.
/
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 6:39:23am |
re: #92 FemNaziBitch
because uneducated workers earn beans?
Where does he think kids in other countries get their education?
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NJDhockeyfan May 7, 2014 6:40:30am |
Iran bans WhatsApp after Facebook purchase because Mark Zuckerberg “is an American Zionist” http://t.co/GEgGidH9xL pic.twitter.com/GAbQaqZaCu— IndyTech (@IndyTech) May 7, 2014
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Rev_Arthur_Belling May 7, 2014 6:41:41am |
re: #125 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
On the factory floor, at the conveyor belt, where all good peons go to get their edumacatium. ///
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 6:42:49am |
Heritage Derp:
.@Heritage how much are you getting from energy companies to peddle this nonsense? The cost of doing nothing will be even higher.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 7, 2014
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Targetpractice May 7, 2014 6:44:15am |
re: #128 lawhawk
Heritage Derp:
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Of course the cure is “worse” than the disease. It’s always easier to do nothing, hoping that things will work out, than it is to actually take responsibility for one’s actions.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:47:23am |
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 6:47:37am |
re: #127 Rev_Arthur_Belling
On the factory floor, at the conveyor belt, where all good peons go to get their edumacatium. ///
I know I’m spitting in the wind here, but don’t these idjits understand the public part of public education? The people elect school boards, they elect state assemblymen and senators and governors, who are all responsible for the education of the kids in their states. School boards hold meetings. People pay taxes to support the schools. It’s not some dictatorial enterprise with an “education czar” running the show.
Third world countries have public education, for pete’s sake. It’s important for the development and survival of a nation.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:47:57am |
re: #129 Targetpractice
Of course the cure is “worse” than the disease. It’s always easier to do nothing, hoping that things will work out, than it is to actually take responsibility for one’s actions.
They are assured by Zorgo that they will NOT be left behind.
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 6:49:25am |
Yes. They actually have to be told.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 6:50:59am |
re: #119 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, every jumping spider I’ve seen is pretty tiny. I have two out on the balcony.
I love balconies, although mine in on the backside of the apt and connects with the one next door (with a short “fence” separator). It’s still pretty private since the guy next door never comes out, although conversation does carry, but it mainly has only morning sun, and I really had to watch the munchkin for a long time, never allowing him out on it alone until recently. I have a large pot filled with potting soil that he loves digging in and he helps me in my potted “garden”. : )
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 6:54:22am |
I love balconies in hotels.
It means I can smoke easily.
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 6:55:48am |
Greenwald has a book coming out, and in it he claims the NSA and GCHQ are both looking at ways to monitor communications on board airplanes while in flight.
“Specific aircraft can be tracked approximately every 2 minutes whilst in flight.”
GCHQ’s airplane surveillance program is called Thieving Magpie. The NSA’s version is called Homing Pigeon.
Greenwald, whose book is due out May 13, got the documents from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor turned whistleblower now living in asylum in Russia. The Daily News obtained a copy of Greenwald’s book in advance of its release.
The ongoing NSA revelations stemming from Snowden’s leaks spurred an international debate about the balance between national security and privacy, strained relations with U.S. allies and forced President Obama to announce reforms to some of the agency’s tactics.
In other words, it’s quite possible the lack of stories from The Intercept noted by many over the past few weeks might be due to a self-imposed quiet period ahead of the book release, and they’re saving up a bunch of stories to run coinciding with the book.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 6:55:49am |
ALERT: Cow on the loose in Elk Grove, California getting very close to highway 99. VIa @kcranews pic.twitter.com/7MmHTj7k5G
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) May 7, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 6:56:39am |
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
escaping to freedom at Bundy Ranch?
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Amory Blaine May 7, 2014 6:57:14am |
If only we could harness the Benghazi to run the perpetual motion machines.
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Rev_Arthur_Belling May 7, 2014 6:57:15am |
re: #131 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
I know I’m spitting in the wind here, but don’t these idjits understand the public part of public education? The people elect school boards, they elect state assemblymen and senators and governors, who are all responsible for the education of the kids in their states. School boards hold meetings. People pay taxes to support the schools. It’s not some dictatorial enterprise with an “education czar” running the show.
Third world countries have public education, for pete’s sake. It’s important for the development and survival of a nation.
1) Public education and Social Security are two of the last remaining honey pots of public funds available for looting. They know how public education works, but it doesn’t profit them (see charter schools/voucher movement).
2) Most of these folks have never actually stepped foot out of the country except probably to go to some tourist trap in Cabo on a 2-week tour of Europe (being generous here). They have absolutely never undertaken a rigorous study of education funding/student attainment in educational systems across the globe (because - socialism! American exceptionalism!, I guarantee you).
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Skip Intro May 7, 2014 7:00:37am |
Who says the GOP is against deficit spending?
The House Ways and Means Committee did not hesitate this week to add $300 billion to federal budget deficits over the next decade by making six heavily lobbied corporate tax breaks permanent without offsetting the cost. Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner refuses to even consider legislation to renew federal jobless benefits unless “it is paid for and includes something to help create jobs.” Talk about a fiscal double standard
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 7:01:06am |
re: #79 Amory Blaine
Only on Politifact.
Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin “have access to health care.”
[Embedded image]Here’s their reasoning.
Say whut???
That is a fine example of pretzel logic.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 7:01:31am |
How you know you're eating breakfast in Ireland: see sign next to oatmeal. #juicetotaler #breakfastofchampions?? pic.twitter.com/o5VwMgqHiP
— Duffy Robbins (@duffyrobbins) May 7, 2014
The sign says “Try some Bushmills Irish whiskey with your porridge”
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Rev_Arthur_Belling May 7, 2014 7:01:50am |
re: #143 ObserverArt
The rooster crowed and the sun rose, therefore, the rooster made the sun rise. FACT! /
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:05:07am |
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
The sign says “Try some Bushmills Irish whiskey with your porridge”
Part of a complete breakfast!
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Targetpractice May 7, 2014 7:05:25am |
re: #142 Skip Intro
Who says the GOP is against deficit spending?
Yeah, that’s something that’s gone without much fanfare, the “fiscally conservative” Republicans voting quietly to jack the deficit up $300 billion annually in the name of tax cuts. Meanwhile, they’re blocking UI extensions, minimum wage increases, and infrastructure spending unless they’re “paid for.”
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:05:37am |
re: #146 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Part of a complete breakfast!
Now I want some irish whisky.
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b.d. May 7, 2014 7:06:02am |
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is that one of those rogue Bundy cows? If it is then he should have the right of way anywhere he goes.
CLOSE TEH HIGHWAY!!
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 7:06:08am |
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
mmm…. that is definitely part of any nutritious breakfast. But where’s the Big Kahuna burger? /Jules Winfield
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 7:07:30am |
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Amazing how the Intertubes has enriched our lives. All through the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s cows were getting loose in Elk Grove and I knew nothing of it.
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:08:32am |
re: #151 Decatur Deb
Amazing how the Intertubes has enriched our lives. All through the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s cows were getting loose in Elk Grove and I knew nothing of it.
Now there’s an app for that.
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 7:10:11am |
re: #152 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Now there’s an app for that.
iHerd something about that.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 7:12:18am |
re: #148 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Now I want some irish whisky.
Just pour some Bailey’s on your corn flakes!
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:13:12am |
re: #153 Decatur Deb
iHerd something about that.
iCows now come in several cheerful colors. The pink ones provide strawberry milk; the brown ones chocolate.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 7:14:37am |
re: #134 Justanotherhuman
I love balconies, although mine in on the backside of the apt and connects with the one next door (with a short “fence” separator). It’s still pretty private since the guy next door never comes out, although conversation does carry, but it mainly has only morning sun, and I really had to watch the munchkin for a long time, never allowing him out on it alone until recently. I have a large pot filled with potting soil that he loves digging in and he helps me in my potted “garden”. : )
My balcony is on the uppermost floor. But I do have this view as compensation.
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:14:48am |
re: #155 Feline Fearless Leader
Just pour some Bailey’s on your corn flakes!
Well, if I had corn flakes or Bailey’s at hand, I might try it.
Or not. Bailey’s is just fine on its own, or maybe over ice.
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 7:15:35am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:15:50am |
re: #154 Amory Blaine
Hmm. Check this out.
But they are drinking eau du toilette water in Texas!!!!!
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:16:08am |
re: #156 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
iCows now come in several cheerful colors. The pink ones provide strawberry milk; the brown ones chocolate.
and you can iShake them for milkshakes!
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:19:31am |
It’s World Password Day and I don’t know what it is …:(
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:20:45am |
re: #153 Decatur Deb
iHerd something about that.
Oh, shit! You weren’t kidding. There really is an app called iHerd. Also one called iCattleMgr.
I was only half joking. My hunch was right.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:21:09am |
re: #148 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Now I want some irish whisky.
That reminds me of the old Italian who lived across the street from my first house in Charlotte who had been a JP under the old system (a Yankee import from the ’50s, and his house still had the same original furniture). He’d get out in the side street and pick up beer cans thrown by recalcitrants and yell about the “damned beer drinking Irish”. Also had a Lincoln Continental with suicide doors…
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:21:12am |
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 7:22:04am |
MOSCOW — Russia has taken another major step toward restricting its once freewheeling Internet, as President Vladimir V. Putin quietly signed a new law requiring popular online voices to register with the government, a measure that lawyers, Internet pioneers and political activists said Tuesday would give the government a much wider ability to track who said what online.Mr. Putin’s action on Monday, just weeks after he disparaged the Internet as “a special C.I.A. project,” borrowed a page from the restrictive Internet playbooks of many governments around the world that have been steadily smothering online freedoms they once tolerated.
Typical American village media doesn’t understand real Freedom and what about NSA assault and U.S. invaded Iraq that’s all I know shutup.
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 7:22:54am |
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 7:22:58am |
re: #162 FemNaziBitch
It’s World Password Day and I don’t know what it is …:(
1….2….3….4….5
/what kind of idiot uses that as a password?
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 7:23:14am |
re: #163 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Oh, shit! You weren’t kidding. There really is an app called iHerd. Also one called iCattleMgr.
I was only half joking. My hunch was right.
(Was kidding—looking for a bright future in app naming.)
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Mattand May 7, 2014 7:23:29am |
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Embedded content]
The sign says “Try some Bushmills Irish whiskey with your porridge”
(bender)
I know! We can start our own Irish B&B! With porridge for breakfast! And whiskey! You know what? Screw the porridge! And the B&B!
(/bender)
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 7:23:59am |
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 7:26:02am |
On Nigeria’s kidnapped girls:
In the latest kidnappings, more girls were taken from their homes late Sunday in the villages of Warabe and Wala, said Hamba Tada, an official in the area. Heavily armed militants descended from surrounding hills, stealing grain and livestock belonging to villagers, forcing the girls, ages 12 to 15, into an 18-seater bus, and warning locals not to alert the authorities.
Is a heavily-armed citizenry responsible for Nigeria’s kidnapping epidemic?
Hey, I’m just asking questions….
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 7:27:34am |
Speaking of passwords, Charles, if you are there, I am not getting my password reset email from LGF. I’ve tried three times, checked my spam queue, etc., and can nae find it.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:28:02am |
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 7:29:00am |
On Nigeria’s kidnapped girls:
In the past, Boko Haram has frequently targeted schools, which it sees as symbols of the secular government’s overreach. Male students have been slaughtered, while the female students have been let go after admonitions to return to their families, abandon their studies and get married. The latest kidnappings appear to represent a hardening of the militants’ line, though not a wholesale departure from it.
Is Nigeria’s religious-extremist, anti-secular attitude responsible for the kidnapping of 300 girls?
Hey, I’m just asking questions here…..
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:29:30am |
Why women are the “spoils of war” in Nigeria and around the world — and nobody cares.
behind paywall, but free registration
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 7:29:56am |
re: #169 Decatur Deb
(Was kidding—looking for a bright future in app naming.)
But iCatHerding is still vaporware.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 7:30:50am |
keeping with the morning alcohol theme:
Illinois and Wisconsin have more bars than grocery stores: http://t.co/shYGXoFKFM pic.twitter.com/3D2tSpzEwb
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) May 7, 2014
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 7:36:20am |
re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth
keeping with the morning alcohol theme:
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Heh. You can see Ft Benning GA and Univ of KY on the map.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:39:06am |
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 7:39:49am |
WTFITS
Majority of blacks and their commie liberal slave masters are sickening they condemn Donald Sterling and worship planned parenthood #tcot— Mychal Massie (@mychalmassie) May 7, 2014
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:40:10am |
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philosophus invidius May 7, 2014 7:41:28am |
“Apparently, the generic kind wasn’t fancy enough for her.” http://t.co/OJLtHnx9zY pic.twitter.com/HdOTFUGelm— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 2, 2014
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:42:20am |
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 7:43:22am |
Majority of blacks and their commie liberal slave masters are sickening they condemn Donald Sterling and worship planned parenthood
You have very interesting views. Would very much like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:45:57am |
Uh oh…
US high school seniors fail to show improvement in math or reading on national exam; only 38% score as proficient readers - @BloombergNews
read more on bloomberg.com
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William Barnett-Lewis May 7, 2014 7:47:52am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:48:01am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:48:27am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:48:43am |
re: #187 Justanotherhuman
Uh oh…
US high school seniors fail to show improvement in math or reading on national exam; only 38% score as proficient readers - @BloombergNews
read more on bloomberg.com
I’d love to know the demographics on that.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:49:26am |
University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam selected as winner of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award - @AP
end of alert
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:49:51am |
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William Barnett-Lewis May 7, 2014 7:50:00am |
re: #190 FemNaziBitch
No, that’s the answer, not the password.
Actually the question was “what was my password?” because even dolphins can’t remember them…
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b.d. May 7, 2014 7:51:15am |
BLINK
MOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia has withdrawn its forces from its border with Ukraine, where NATO has said there were about 40,000 Russian troops in recent weeks, the Interfax news agency reported.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 7:52:12am |
re: #191 FemNaziBitch
I’d love to know the demographics on that.
Sounds like they might be victims of “No Child Left Behind”.
“The seniors were in the first grade when President George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law. The program called for schools to demonstrate yearly progress and to show that all students are proficient on state standardized tests by 2014. Most states have received waivers under President Barack Obama, whose Race to the Top program has pledged $4.35 billion in state grants in four years to boost education standards.”
Kids either learn reading fundamentals early, or they suffer as they get passed on.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 7:52:32am |
re: #194 William Barnett-Lewis
Actually the question was “what was my password?” because even dolphins can’t remember them…
FINE
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 7:53:12am |
MOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said…
Wait, I think I see a problem.
———-
Great news if true.
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 7:53:23am |
re: #179 FemNaziBitch
Can I have one?
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I had to go to ZooBorns to make sure what type of critter that cutie is. I kinda thought she was an antelope, but wasn’t sure. Now I know.
Here are a couple of paragraphs ZooBorns had posted:
There’s a new baby Klipspringer at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago! Klipspingers (Afrikaans for ‘rock jumper’) are dwarf antelopes so tiny that an adult can fit all four of their hooves on a Canadian dollar coin, approximately 36 mm in diameter.
Born March 30, the female Klipspringer calf is the second offspring of mom Triumph and dad Dash, who were recommended as a breeding pair as a part of the Klipspringer Species Survival Program. The female calf joins her sister Arya, who also resides at the zoo.
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 7:53:50am |
re: #194 William Barnett-Lewis
Actually the question was “what was my password?” because even dolphins can’t remember them…
Vietnam-era Army serial numbers make good quick-and-dirty passwords.
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makeitstop May 7, 2014 7:55:31am |
Man, my Facebook wingnuts are in full bark already this morning. Benghazi II has got them all het up.
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 7:55:51am |
re: #172 Bulworth
It’s not just a secular government, but one that is pushing western ideals. Boko Haram translates as “Western Education is Forbidden”, but that’s short for the longer name, which essentially boils down to an Islamic jihad group that follows in the footsteps of others, including al Qaeda, that want to impose Sharia law, and speak of killing unbelievers and infidels.
The video gives short shrift to this, but while some think that the Nigerian government has brought this on itself by being corrupt, and using heavy-handed tactics, the terror group is looking to set up a state of its own and this ongoing terror campaign can be seen as a civil war or insurrection with the intent of forming an Islamic state in the northeastern region of the country.
With the Nigerian forces limiting their exposure and doing a better job of hemming in Boko Haram, the terrorists have focused on soft targets to maximize the carnage. That’s why they’re going after girls’ schools, which is a clear sign that they’re going after western education and improving the lives of women.
Where have we seen that before? Oh wait. Pretty much everywhere that al Qaeda has left its droppings, including in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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William Barnett-Lewis May 7, 2014 7:57:08am |
re: #200 Decatur Deb
Vietnam-era Army serial numbers make good quick-and-dirty passwords.
So do obscure punk rock band names. Song titles too.
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Targetpractice May 7, 2014 7:57:15am |
re: #201 makeitstop
Man, my Facebook wingnuts are in full bark already this morning. Benghazi II has got them all het up.
Haven’t you heard? This is as big, if not bigger, than Watergate!
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 8:01:08am |
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 8:01:09am |
Vocabuary Word of the Day:
Secular and secularity derive from the Latin word saecularis meaning of a generation, belonging to an age. The Christian doctrine that God exists outside time led medieval Western culture to use secular to indicate separation from specifically religious affairs and involvement in temporal ones.
This does not necessarily imply hostility to God or religion, though some use the term this way (see “secularism”, below); Martin Luther used to speak of “secular work” as a vocation from God for most Christians[citation needed] Secularity is best understood, not as being “anti-religious”, but as being “religiously neutral” since many activities in religious bodies are secular themselves and most versions of secularity do not lead to irreligiosity.[2]
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:01:59am |
re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wait….there are spots in Utah with more bars than grocery stores?
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 8:02:31am |
re: #187 Justanotherhuman
Uh oh…
US high school seniors fail to show improvement in math or reading on national exam; only 38% score as proficient readers - @BloombergNews
read more on bloomberg.com
Sad. Slowly…step…by step…this country is going to pay for our lack of education and lack of interest in it.
I have a feeling the saving grace will be the minority population of the US. Kids from descendants of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South and Central America will show more drive and be more interested in improving themselves.
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 8:02:42am |
HURR HURR!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!! YOU SHOULD BE HANGED FOR TREASON!!!!!!! & SHOT & DISMEMBERED & WATERBOARDED TO DEATH!!!!!!
You are a scumbag!! POS-making fun of #Benghazi ? Shame on you!! .@staceynewman #tcot #tlot #oip #RedNationRising #ORPUW #BengaziCoverUp— Pink Patriot(TM) (@Jacquie0415) May 7, 2014
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:02:52am |
re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord
WTFITS
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Someone who needs to out-Allen West Allen West, apparently.
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Decatur Deb May 7, 2014 8:02:56am |
re: #206 FemNaziBitch
Vocabuary Word of the Day:
Yup. Not at all hostile. Priests who don’t belong to monastic orders or congregations are described as ‘secular’.
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 8:04:32am |
Way to show how “Pro Life” you are Janie. Go fuck a pig.
When Chelsea has her baby, do they dare give the child’s grandpa a cigar? #tcot @marthamaccallum @AmericaNewsroom pic.twitter.com/wKHwqie4rW— Janie Johnson (@jjauthor) May 7, 2014
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:05:20am |
re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord
Also, remember when there used to be reasonable African-American Republicans like Colin Powell? Now every single one left is an utter raving lunatic. What the hell happened?
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 8:05:55am |
re: #212 Pie-onist Overlord
When Chelsea has her baby, do they dare give the child’s grandpa a cigar?
now that joke was funny, but the sentiment behind the post was not…
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 8:06:03am |
re: #213 Ian G.
Also, remember when there used to be reasonable African-American Republicans like Colin Powell. Now every single one left is an utter raving lunatic. What the hell happened?
A black man got elected as POTUS and the Whackos freaked-out.
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 8:06:55am |
re: #23 Kragar
Behind Bryan Fischer apparently
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So it finally comes out, Bryan. You never hated the Russians, Soviet or modern. You were just envious of their power.
So, fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 8:08:19am |
Makeitstop posted:
Man, my Facebook wingnuts are in full bark already this morning. Benghazi II has got them all het up.
Make it stop. No pun intended.
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 8:08:57am |
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 8:10:00am |
re: #208 ObserverArt
Sad. Slowly…step…by step…this country is going to pay for our lack of education and lack of interest in it.
I have a feeling the saving grace will be the minority population of the US. Kids from descendants of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South and Central America will show more drive and be more interested in improving themselves.
Yes, and they will, of course, be blamed for the “downfall” of the white guy. We already see how the RW is reacting to the “Dream Act”, oppose “quotas” and other programs. Yet those minorities are usually the folks who speak more than one, sometimes, several languages and consider a broad university education the “holy grail”.
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 8:10:45am |
re: #192 Justanotherhuman
University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam selected as winner of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award - @AP
end of alert
I hear he is falling in the NFL draft…some saying he will go in the 5th round. I have no idea if that is because of his coming out and the NFL boys club is hesitant or not.
But we may never know…everything is all about Johnny Football Manziel. Everything.
Anyone else sick of Johnny Football already?
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:11:22am |
re: #216 Romantic Heretic
So it finally comes out, Bryan. You never hated the Russians, Soviet or modern. You were just envious of their power.
Given the hard-on that wingnuts have always had for Augusto Pinochet, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. They only dislike tyranny when it’s tyranny of left-wing or non-western values. Someone enforcing right-wing Christianity or laissez-faire economics at the point of a gun? That’s just swell!
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makeitstop May 7, 2014 8:11:32am |
re: #217 Bulworth
Makeitstop posted:
Make it stop. No pun intended.
Wish I could, but I don’t have the time to respond to all the derp.
It’s a tsunami of Stupid. I just bailed on Facebook rather than have to deal with all the whining.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 8:12:27am |
re: #220 ObserverArt
I hear he is falling in the NFL draft…some saying he will go in the 5th round. I have no idea if that is because of his coming out and the NFL boys club is hesitant or not.
But we may never know…everything is all about Johnny Football Manziel. Everything.
Anyone else sick of Johnny Football already?
I’m always sick of any athlete (or other celebrity) they elevate to godhead.
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:13:07am |
re: #220 ObserverArt
But we may never know…everything is all about Johnny Football Manziel. Everything.
Anyone else sick of Johnny Football already?
I’m more tired about hearing the tired, racially-tinged comments about Jadeveon Clowney being “lazy”. Ask how many QBs want to face this “lazy” guy coming at their blind side. Or how many OTs want to have to block him….
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kirkspencer May 7, 2014 8:13:27am |
re: #201 makeitstop
Man, my Facebook wingnuts are in full bark already this morning. Benghazi II has got them all het up.
nod. I’ve been using a fairly stock response. It’s variations on: So which FEMA camp do you think they’ve stored the fake moon landing props in?
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 8:15:07am |
re: #36 Amory Blaine
He ordered an immediate halt to the investigation, the return of all property seized during it, and the destruction of any information and materials gained in the investigation.
My first thought on reading the bolded part was, “Someone’s been bought.”
And probably not for much either.
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 8:15:54am |
re: #215 FemNaziBitch
A black man got elected as POTUS and the Whackos freaked-out.
Yep. And Colin Powell voted for him.
Hello Republican party…anyone home?
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 8:16:36am |
re: #227 ObserverArt
Yep. And Colin Powell voted for him.
Hello Republican party…anyone home?
Rush did not forget to remind us that he only did it because he was black…
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:16:59am |
re: #201 makeitstop
Man, my Facebook wingnuts are in full bark already this morning. Benghazi II has got them all het up.
I’m just glad that I really don’t have Facebook wingnuts. Most of the conservatives in my feed are of the non-batshit variety. The one who is a raving barking loon, I just hid his feed.
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Dr. Matt May 7, 2014 8:18:16am |
re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord
WTFITS
Majority of blacks and their commie liberal slave masters are sickening they condemn Donald Sterling and worship planned parenthood #tcot
— Mychal Massie (@mychalmassie) May 7, 2014
So, we should applaud and encourage Donald Sterling?
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FemNaziBitch May 7, 2014 8:20:34am |
re: #230 Dr. Matt
So, we should applaud and encourage Donald Sterling?
Anyone remember Marge Schott?
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 8:22:27am |
Want to keep climbers off of Everest? Mutate some of these bad boys to larger size!
Euophrys omnisuperstes (the species name means standing above everything), the himalayan jumping spider, is a small jumping spider that lives at elevations of up to 6,700 metres (22,000 feet) on Mount Everest, making it a candidate for the highest known permanent resident on earth. They are known to lurk in crevices among rocky debris, feeding on tiny, stray springtails and flies that are blown up the mountainside from lower altitudes
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 8:22:44am |
re: #216 Romantic Heretic
So it finally comes out, Bryan. You never hated the Russians, Soviet or modern. You were just envious of their power.
So, fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
Your post just reminded me of something.
As many have pointed out before…”God” was added to many things in America as a reminder that we were a god-fearing country during the cold war with communist Russia (and China, etc.).
Here we now find U.S. religious and political leaders patting Putin on the head for doing good by banning foul language and placing gays back in the closet…or prisons.
What the hell???
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Skip Intro May 7, 2014 8:24:28am |
Well, the LA Times has made a fine mess with their new website design. I wonder if they still expect people to pay for access?
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Dr. Matt May 7, 2014 8:25:49am |
Tommy Lasorda hopes V. Stiviano (Sterling’s GF) gets hit by car. Stay classy, Tommy boy:
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 8:26:04am |
re: #233 ObserverArt
Your post just reminded me of something.
As many have pointed out before…”God” was added to many things in America as a reminder that we were a god-fearing country during the cold war with communist Russia (and China, etc.).
Here we now find U.S. religious and political leaders patting Putin on the head for doing good by banning foul language and placing gays back in the closet…or prisons.
What the hell???
Reactionaries tend to congregate with each other?
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:26:19am |
re: #231 FemNaziBitch
So, we should applaud and encourage Donald Sterling?
Anyone remember Marge Schott?
Yes. A racist scumbag who has created his own de facto redlines in the LA area for decades is nowhere near as awful as….contraceptives. You can’t make this shit up.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 8:27:00am |
re: #233 ObserverArt
Your post just reminded me of something.
As many have pointed out before…”God” was added to many things in America as a reminder that we were a god-fearing country during the cold war with communist Russia (and China, etc.).
Here we now find U.S. religious and political leaders patting Putin on the head for doing good by banning foul language and placing gays back in the closet…or prisons.
What the hell???
It’s just various factions wanting power and control. They just use different facades to hide it behind. So they cheer Putin for enacting controls they would *love* to enact in the US. And they boo Islamic clerics doing the same thing since it’s not *their* hierarchy that would be in charge. It’s also mutually useful for both sides to have a villain to rail about since it acts as the useful exterior threat to point to and justify the power grab.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 8:28:12am |
re: #239 FemNaziBitch
bbl
Quick! Post all the spider and other creepy-crawly pictures before she gets back!
;P
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 8:28:43am |
On behalf of #POTUS spoke w/ #Nigeria’s Pres GJ earlier. US will send security team to help #BringBackOurGirls safely pic.twitter.com/HUhXmc3uHw
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) May 6, 2014
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Dr. Matt May 7, 2014 8:29:24am |
re: #240 Feline Fearless Leader
Quick! Post all the spider and other creepy-crawly pictures before she gets back!
;P
HELL NO!
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Rightwingconspirator May 7, 2014 8:29:25am |
re: #231 FemNaziBitch
So, we should applaud and encourage Donald Sterling?
Anyone remember Marge Schott?
Not once but twice.
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Justanotherhuman May 7, 2014 8:30:16am |
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 8:31:18am |
re: #240 Feline Fearless Leader
Quick! Post all the spider and other creepy-crawly pictures before she gets back!
;P
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 8:33:40am |
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kirkspencer May 7, 2014 8:35:16am |
re: #240 Feline Fearless Leader
Quick! Post all the spider and other creepy-crawly pictures before she gets back!
;P
Like that one with the orb spider eating a bird? Or maybe a goliath spider being held in a couple of hands?
Or, ooh, I know, Bourgeois’ Spiders.
(external links because while I’m bad I’m not evil. Mostly.)
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Targetpractice May 7, 2014 8:36:22am |
DNC chair: Pelosi should “seriously consider” boycotting Benghazi panel http://t.co/irvysLkqLG— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 7, 2014
We can’t possibly be that lucky.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 8:42:32am |
heh. (Reynolds is a newspaper editor in Evansville, Indiana)
Ugh. We meant to say “Nets.” pic.twitter.com/q8FME0KUgn
— Ryan G. Reynolds (@RyanReynolds) May 7, 2014
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lawhawk May 7, 2014 8:43:30am |
.@Newsweek and even higher among the right wing, social conservatives and authoritarians— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 7, 2014
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Gus May 7, 2014 8:44:09am |
re: #248 Targetpractice
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We can’t possibly be that lucky.
That would be a mistake.
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Dr. Matt May 7, 2014 8:45:40am |
HGTV is trying to tap into the Duck Dynasty demographic:
Meet the new HGTV reality stars who hate gays, Muslims, divorce, and public schools
HGTV has tapped a pair of twin brothers who have organized prayer rallies against LGBT and reproductive rights and compared same-sex marriage to Nazi Germany to star in a new reality show.
[…]
David Benham led a prayer rally, Charlotte 7:14, organized with his twin brother outside the 2012 Democratic National Convention to protest “abortion on demand,” “no-fault divorce,” “pornography and perversion,” “adultery,” and “demonic ideologies” taught at public schools and universities.
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Targetpractice May 7, 2014 8:46:07am |
re: #251 Gus
That would be a mistake.
On the contrary, it would be the smartest thing Democrats have done during the course of this witch hunt.
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klys May 7, 2014 8:46:15am |
I like the Irish breakfast tweet.
Will investigate on Friday.
We miss tomorrow’s breakfast on account of being on a plane.
I get to go from afternoon today to afternoon tomorrow.
On the plus side, it means we just need to stay conscious long enough for dinner and then sleep.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 8:47:54am |
re: #254 klys
Have a great trip. My friend in Dublin is very much looking forward to meeting you!
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 8:49:08am |
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makeitstop May 7, 2014 8:49:53am |
re: #253 Targetpractice
On the contrary, it would be the smartest thing Democrats have done during the course of this witch hunt.
Not only should they boycott, but they should fan out and call the Committee a bunch of crazy conspiracy theorists, all day, every day.
Call them what they are, in no uncertain terms.
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Ian G. May 7, 2014 8:50:19am |
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
You know, I’ve seen Nets fans (I live about a 5 minute walk from the Barclays Center) wearing “Deez Nets” t-shirts.
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klys May 7, 2014 8:50:35am |
Because there wasn’t enough to do with packing last night, I also finished the sparkly thread on the big project.
See? Now the white thread and backstitching and beading!
After I get back, of course.
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Skip Intro May 7, 2014 8:54:07am |
re: #252 Dr. Matt
The total garbage channels now outnumber the only semi-garbage channels by around 20:1 now. If I were to include the channels that formerly would only have been broadcast on UHF or a 10 watt radio station like the one Sarah Palin is on, it’s probably closer to 30:1.
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 8:54:49am |
re: #118 Feline Fearless Leader
That looks like a jumping spider species. Probably has good leaping ability. And also probably not that big. Ah, from Australia - land of colorful (and poisonous) animals.
Yeah, they’re about a quarter of an inch long. I’ve got a similar species of jumping spider here in Toronto. They appear mostly in July and August. They are fun to watch, and unlike web spinning spiders they’ve got great eyesight.
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ObserverArt May 7, 2014 8:55:41am |
re: #258 makeitstop
Not only should they boycott, but they should fan out and call the Committee a bunch of crazy conspiracy theorists, all day, every day.
Call them what they are, in no uncertain terms.
Anyone want to consider how the Republicans would handle being on a Democratic committee in a complete role reversal?
So, why should the Dems treat it any different? Of course, that doesn’t mean they will go that way. This is the Democratic party we are talking about. They seem to always try to do the right thing even if it bites them in the rump politically.
Just Say NO to Orange!!!
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 8:55:42am |
re: #124 Feline Fearless Leader
“Nature red of tooth and claw” has nothing on politics.
/
Mother Nature is a child abuser.
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 8:58:43am |
re: #128 lawhawk
Heritage Derp:
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They’re probably not in favour of vaccinations either. After all, treating many disease victims is more profitable than a lot of healthy people, and mass graves are much cheaper than health care.
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jaunte May 7, 2014 8:59:54am |
Poster in front of the government building in #Donetsk, #Ukraine, occupied by pro-russians. pic.twitter.com/HZuQwtijkG
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) May 7, 2014
Looks like the Tea Party made it to Russia.
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 9:03:05am |
re: #142 Skip Intro
Who says the GOP is against deficit spending?
I’m not sure which bugs me more. The basic cruelty of modern ‘conservatism’ or its utter, blatant hypocrisy.
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 9:07:02am |
Yes the Benghazi “investigation” is BS but if Democrats do go on the BENGHAZI!!! comittee they would have the chance to (presumably) question witnesses and introduce evidence, and generally throw whatever monkey into wrenches they can to interfere with the teabag propaganda.
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kirkspencer May 7, 2014 9:11:33am |
re: #269 Bulworth
Yes the Benghazi “investigation” is BS but if Democrats do go on the BENGHAZI!!! comittee they would have the chance to (presumably) question witnesses and introduce evidence, and generally throw whatever monkey into wrenches they can to interfere with the teabag propaganda.
Yep. The counterpoint is that first with no Democrats it is plainly and obviously partisan, and second that regardless what the subcommittee finds and presents, with or without Dems, the house will vote to approve because majority R.
So really it’s a question of which is more effective for persuading the narrow slice of the public that has not made up its mind. With the begged question of whether that slice exists, much less is large enough to make a difference.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 9:13:10am |
2 men who raped woman in Lexington last night “were wearing white shirts, one with the word “Jesus” displayed on it.” http://t.co/7Daww5xspQ
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) May 7, 2014
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 9:13:41am |
Kirkspencer:
So really it’s a question of which is more effective for persuading the narrow slice of the public that has not made up its mind. With the begged question of whether that slice exists, much less is large enough to make a difference.
Yes, that’s a fair point as well.
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 9:15:23am |
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 9:16:21am |
Jaunte posted:
Looks like the Tea Party made it to Russia.
Don’t Tread On Me!!! Freedom!! Operation Spring!! 2nd Amendment Solution!!
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 9:17:12am |
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klys May 7, 2014 9:18:42am |
Remake of Pokemon Sapphire and Ruby coming in November.
So sue me, they’re really fun games.
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 9:19:33am |
I’m not sure which bugs me more. The basic cruelty of modern ‘conservatism’ or its utter, blatant hypocrisy.
I’d vote in favor of ‘basic cruelty’, although its ‘blatant hypocrisy’ is a worthy contender.
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jaunte May 7, 2014 9:23:33am |
United States plunges to 31st place in global maternal health ranking
“Today, an American woman faces the same lifetime risk of maternal death as a woman in Iran or Romania”
“…In Texas alone, the maternal mortality rate quadrupled over the last 15 years to nearly 25 out of 100,000 births, according to data from the state’s Department of Health Services. “
You have a right to life, if you can hang on to it.
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Targetpractice May 7, 2014 9:23:56am |
re: #269 Bulworth
Yes the Benghazi “investigation” is BS but if Democrats do go on the BENGHAZI!!! comittee they would have the chance to (presumably) question witnesses and introduce evidence, and generally throw whatever monkey into wrenches they can to interfere with the teabag propaganda.
They’ve had that chance now in the eight previous committee investigations.
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Lidane May 7, 2014 9:24:36am |
re: #268 Romantic Heretic
I’m not sure which bugs me more. The basic cruelty of modern ‘conservatism’ or its utter, blatant hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug. I’m used to conservatism having an “It’s okay for me, not for thee” streak for years.
The cruelty, OTOH, is much uglier and more virulent these days. I’d say that bothers me lot more.
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Dr. Matt May 7, 2014 9:24:38am |
Squishy face Chuck Todd: Benghazi Select Committee Currently “Looks Like Nothing More Than A Partisan Stunt”
*insert broken watch analogy*
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 9:26:15am |
re: #233 ObserverArt
Your post just reminded me of something.
As many have pointed out before…”God” was added to many things in America as a reminder that we were a god-fearing country during the cold war with communist Russia (and China, etc.).
Here we now find U.S. religious and political leaders patting Putin on the head for doing good by banning foul language and placing gays back in the closet…or prisons.
What the hell???
To me it comes back to Jefferson’s observation that there are two types of political people; aristocrats and democrats.
Aristocrats ‘distrust the people and so attempt to draw all power to themselves.’ Communism, Fascism and all the other authoritarian -isms are just facades for this.
Democrats ‘trust the people and regard them as the safest and most honest, if not always the wisest, repository of power.’ I wonder if Jefferson would think the same if he saw how things were in the States now?
I recently added a third category; barbarians. According to H. Beam Piper these are people who ‘don’t understand civilization and wouldn’t like it if they did.’ Clive Bundy and the people hanging out at his tribal village are barbarians.
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Targetpractice May 7, 2014 9:26:50am |
re: #283 Dr. Matt
Squishy face Chuck Todd: Benghazi Select Committee Currently “Looks Like Nothing More Than A Partisan Stunt”
*insert broken watch analogy*
Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and sounds like a duck…
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 9:32:11am |
re: #279 jaunte
United States plunges to 31st place in global maternal health ranking
You have a right to life, if you can hang on to it.
Obamacare!
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wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 7, 2014 9:34:54am |
re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth
I had a long-haired cat that loved to be vacuumed with the round brush attachment. When he heard the vacuum cleaner, he’d come over to be vacuumed.
He also had six toes on each front foot.
Weird cat, but a good mouser.
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Lidane May 7, 2014 9:44:45am |
re: #252 Dr. Matt
HGTV is trying to tap into the Duck Dynasty demographic:
HGTV pulls plans for a reality show starring right-wing activist http://t.co/W4KuGKkC3X— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) May 7, 2014
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 9:45:34am |
Thread dying, send help. Or money, works either way.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 7, 2014 9:49:26am |
re: #291 Bulworth
Thread dying, send help. Or money, works either way.
I’ll put the vacuum cleaner away…
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 9:49:27am |
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 9:50:18am |
re: #268 Romantic Heretic
I’m not sure which bugs me more. The basic cruelty of modern ‘conservatism’ or its utter, blatant hypocrisy.
The latter for me since it shows that they have no sense of integrity and thus should not be trusted with the reins of government and control of the public purse.
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Lidane May 7, 2014 9:52:25am |
re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
what is HGTV? Hitler-Godwin TV?
It started as Home & Garden TV.
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jaunte May 7, 2014 9:52:33am |
re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It’s the Home Depot Advertising network.
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EmmaAnne May 7, 2014 9:54:33am |
re: #26 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
The First Amendment protects free speech, Bryan. There is no reference to political speech, and decades of Supreme Court judgments support the more general interpretation of the clause.
You fail Constitutional Law 101.
As the Supreme Court once pithily put it: if you can’t say “fuck” you can’t say “fuck the draft.”
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blueraven May 7, 2014 9:57:16am |
re: #252 Dr. Matt
HGTV is trying to tap into the Duck Dynasty demographic:
Dont they already have a show just like this?
The twins will “leverage their good-natured sibling rivalry to help families find a fixer-upper and transform it into the dream home they never thought they could afford,” the network said in a press release announcing nine new series for next season.
Why yes, yes they do.
A renovation showdown featuring Jonathan and Drew as mentors for two teams of home-improvement experts competing to see who can add the most value to properties they’ve been assigned and, in the end, win a $50,000 grand prize.
Not only brothers, identical twins.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 9:57:41am |
Hmm, I finally noticed that the Military Channel (former Discovery Wings) is now the “American Heroes Channel”. And the programming is even more Bible, aliens, Nazis stuff with only occasional forays nowadays to military subjects. Not even bothering to check what is on it in the guide any more at this point.
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Killgore Trout May 7, 2014 10:00:07am |
Islamist attack kills 125 in northeast Nigeria
The latest big Islamist attack in Nigeria has killed least 125 people, police said on Wednesday after gunmen rampaged through a town in the northeast, near the Cameroon border.
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Varek Raith May 7, 2014 10:00:43am |
re: #299 Feline Fearless Leader
Hmm, I finally noticed that the Military Channel (former Discovery Wings) is now the “American Heroes Channel”. And the programming is even more Bible, aliens, Nazis stuff with only occasional forays nowadays to military subjects. Not even bothering to check what is on it in the guide any more at this point.
Because nothing says ‘American Heroes’ like Bibles, aliens and Nazis.
Or somesuch.
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HappyWarrior May 7, 2014 10:01:47am |
re: #299 Feline Fearless Leader
Hmm, I finally noticed that the Military Channel (former Discovery Wings) is now the “American Heroes Channel”. And the programming is even more Bible, aliens, Nazis stuff with only occasional forays nowadays to military subjects. Not even bothering to check what is on it in the guide any more at this point.
I was wondering about where that channel came from.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 7, 2014 10:03:41am |
re: #302 HappyWarrior
I was wondering about where that channel came from.
I’m awaiting a programming collision accident where they show “Secret Mysteries of the Biblical Nazis” for 90 minutes.
//
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blueraven May 7, 2014 10:04:01am |
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Killgore Trout May 7, 2014 10:05:56am |
The ironically named “Stop the War Coalition” opposes Obama’s plan to weaken Assad
Analyst criticizes US decision on SNC
White House officials said on Monday that the Obama administration decided to let the main group of foreign-backed insurgents known as the Syrian National Coalition open a diplomatic mission in Washington. They also said the US would and increase “non-lethal assistance” to the insurgents fighting the Syrian government by $27 million — raising the total to $287 million.
The diplomatic mission office is not equal to an embassy but will now be regarded a “foreign mission” under US law.
The US has called the SNC “effectively the government of Syria”, Jim Brann, London-based spokesman for Stop the War Coalition, told Press TV in a phone interview Wednesday. By making such a decision, he said, the US has either “simply lost all sense” or they are implying that it will not recognize the Syrian government anymore.
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HappyWarrior May 7, 2014 10:06:07am |
re: #303 Feline Fearless Leader
I’m awaiting a programming collision accident where they show “Secret Mysteries of the Biblical Nazis” for 90 minutes.
//
I’ll just watch Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Last Crusade if I want that. I actually do like WWII programming I concede but I miss the days when historical programming aroused one’s intellectual curiousities. Docuhistories like History of Britain, Russia: Land of the Czars, etc were all fascinating but it seems that networks like these care more about biblical bs, alien crap, and rehashing what we already know about hitler.
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CuriousLurker May 7, 2014 10:11:00am |
Drive-by comment: Heads-up for those of you who enjoy quizzes…
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 10:12:10am |
Fearless Feline Leader:
Hmm, I finally noticed that the Military Channel (former Discovery Wings) is now the “American Heroes Channel”. And the programming is even more Bible, aliens, Nazis stuff with only occasional forays nowadays to military subjects. Not even bothering to check what is on it in the guide any more at this point.
Yeah. Lots of Hitler-porn. And more Bible stuff now.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 10:12:20am |
re: #299 Feline Fearless Leader
Hmm, I finally noticed that the Military Channel (former Discovery Wings) is now the “American Heroes Channel”. And the programming is even more Bible, aliens, Nazis stuff with only occasional forays nowadays to military subjects. Not even bothering to check what is on it in the guide any more at this point.
Sad. Really sad……sure, when I was younger we used to joke that the History Channel was the Hitler Network, but now they’re showing stuff like “Ancient Aliens” and that kind of woowoo, it’s not ‘history’ anymore.
Someone needs to create the Woowoo Channel and shunt all that pseudo-historical and assorted other nonsense onto that, and let History Channel, Military Channel, etc., get back to what their channel names imply.
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Killgore Trout May 7, 2014 10:14:09am |
re: #304 blueraven
Animals!
I’m just happy to see it getting some attention from the press and I hope we stick with our commitment. Like the Kony 2012 fad, attention to African causes can fade quickly.
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 10:14:53am |
Someone needs to create the Woowoo Channel and shunt all that pseudo-historical and assorted other nonsense onto that, and let History Channel, Military Channel, etc., get back to what their channel names imply.
yeah, this
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Romantic Heretic May 7, 2014 10:17:24am |
re: #306 HappyWarrior
A couple of YouTube channels you might enjoy.
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allegro May 7, 2014 10:17:32am |
re: #295 Lidane
It started as Home & Garden TV.
It’s also got to be the most diverse network on teevee which is why that first headline didn’t sound right at all. It doesn’t surprise me that they trashed the show as soon as they learned about the guys’ views. Just kinda wonder why they didn’t know about them earlier. They didn’t vet them before making such an investment?
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 10:21:59am |
Just kinda wonder why they didn’t know about them earlier. They didn’t vet them before making such an investment?
They probably knew who these guys were, might have been counting on it. Hoped there wouldn’t be blowback.
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Dr Lizardo May 7, 2014 10:24:14am |
re: #306 HappyWarrior
I’ll just watch Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Last Crusade if I want that. I actually do like WWII programming I concede but I miss the days when historical programming aroused one’s intellectual curiousities. Docuhistories like History of Britain, Russia: Land of the Czars, etc were all fascinating but it seems that networks like these care more about biblical bs, alien crap, and rehashing what we already know about hitler.
That’s why there’s YouTube, because you sure as hell ain’t gonna see this outstanding ten-part documentary on World War One anytime soon on the History Channel - or probably anywhere else, for that matter.
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ericblair May 7, 2014 10:24:34am |
re: #309 Dr Lizardo
Sad. Really sad……sure, when I was younger we used to joke that the History Channel was the Hitler Network, but now they’re showing stuff like “Ancient Aliens” and that kind of woowoo, it’s not ‘history’ anymore.
I’m trying to figure out the target demographics of the alien crap. The rest of it is standard right-wing God, gunz, and military history blowin-shit-up fare, but I always considered the aliens either left-wing crystals and chakra woo, or non-political clinical-level paranoia.
Is Her Nibs still an alien lizard, though?
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 10:25:44am |
Wingnuts are clutching their pearls that Trey Gowdy allegedly received “death threats” but TCOT is full of this shit:
These are the scum bags who walked out on #benghazi hearings. Tar and feather the traitors #TCOT #RT #CCOT #WAAR #OiP pic.twitter.com/AS9KapWpfb— £ib~$£@YEUR® (@KarrattiPaul) May 6, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 7, 2014 10:30:30am |
Tammy Duckworth, traitor. Right.
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 10:31:12am |
Stacey Newman is the wingnut target du jour
OH NOES HOW DARE SHE MAKE A JOKE OUT OF ARE SACRED & HOLY BENGHAZI!!!!!
Thinking of saying “Benghazi” while debating tomorrow on the House floor. Just to see what happens. #moleg— Rep. Stacey Newman (@staceynewman) May 7, 2014
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 10:33:36am |
These are the scum bags who walked out on
#benghazi
hearings. Tar and feather the traitors
I’m sure this is a non-bi-partisan tweeter only concerned about TRuth, True Americanism, and teh less government, with a little Christian totalitarianism thrown in because AMERica.
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piratedan May 7, 2014 10:43:42am |
re: #290 Lidane
well they shelved it and since HGTV actually has shown multiple reno shows and home shopping episodes featuring same sex couples, I can see why they did so. Shame on them for not doing due diligence for even considering that dingleberry but at least they woke up in time to prevent putting more cash in his pockets.
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Pie-onist Overlord May 7, 2014 10:45:08am |
re: #321 Bulworth
These are the scum bags who walked out on
#benghazi
hearings. Tar and feather the traitorsI’m sure this is a non-bi-partisan tweeter only concerned about TRuth, True Americanism, and teh less government, with a little Christian totalitarianism thrown in because AMERica.
AND TEH FOUNDING FATHERS QUOTES ABOUT ARE 2ND AMENDENT RIGHTS!!!!!!!
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Bulworth May 7, 2014 10:59:29am |
piratedan posted:
well they shelved it and since HGTV actually has shown multiple reno shows and home shopping episodes featuring same sex couples, I can see why they did so. Shame on them for not doing due diligence for even considering that dingleberry but at least they woke up in time to prevent putting more cash in his pockets.
This is teh worst persecution moar worse than Holocaust and Hitler this is HomoObamaFascism!! Whut about 1st Amendment FREE speeech???11 Are freedoms lost!!11 Homofascists gonna put all true Christians in jail!!
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Rightwingconspirator May 7, 2014 11:05:52am |
Gun/Gun study critics-
Has this study been discussed or reviewed for fatal flaws? Not finding much online. I figure if it’s a bad study the critics would be more aware than my Google keyword search
An Analysis Of The Arrest Rate Of
Texas Concealed Handgun License Holders
As Compared To The Arrest Rate Of
The Entire Texas Population
1996 - 1998, Revised to include 1999 and 2000 data
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BeenHereAwhile May 7, 2014 12:40:41pm |
re: #32 Shiplord Kirel
“re: #23 Kragar
Behind Bryan Fischer apparently
Bryan Fischer @BryanJFischer
It can be done: Russia bans profanity. Our 1st Amendment protects political speech, not profanity.”
Fuck you, Bryan. See you in court.
So Bryan Fisher becomes another “fellow traveler.”
[…] And the Kremlin’s “non-linear” sensibility is evident as it manipulates Western media and policy discourse. If in the 20th century the Kremlin could only lobby through Soviet sympathizers on the left, it now uses a contradictory kaleidoscope of messages to build alliances with quite different groups. European right-nationalists such as Hungary’s Jobbik or France’s Front National are seduced by the anti-EU message; the far-left are brought in by tales of fighting U.S. hegemony; U.S. religious conservatives are convinced by the Kremlin’s stance against homosexuality. The result is an array of voices, all working away at Western audiences from different angles, producing a cumulative echo chamber of Kremlin support.
Influencers often appear in Western media and policy circles without reference to their Kremlin connections: whether it’s PR company Ketchum placing pro-Kremlin op-eds in the Huffington Post[…]
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