Overnight Short: Stanley the Corgi vs. the Zombies

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My 3rd year Calarts film!

Stanley the Pembroke Welsh Corgi is left behind in the break of an apocalypse.
All he wants to do is get back to his owner…
I think this year I really learned a lot!
Music is by Devotchka
Special thanks to my faculty, friends and family!
Here are some production work for the film!
http://johncodykim.blogspot.com/2014/05/steadfast-stanley.html

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304 comments
1 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 8:57:15pm

Eh, not bad. But I’ve got Paul Anka doing Van Halen’s Jump on at the moment and that bit of weirdness out weirds just about anything else imaginable.

Stranger still is the fact that it … well… Works…

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2 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 9:01:34pm

Ok, this is worse. He did “Smells like teen spirit” on Letterman… O_o

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My ears are bleeding…

3 NJDhockeyfan  May 8, 2014 9:02:04pm
4 Targetpractice  May 8, 2014 9:05:01pm

re: #3 NJDhockeyfan

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I thought cats were solar powered?

5 Gus  May 8, 2014 9:07:51pm
6 NJDhockeyfan  May 8, 2014 9:08:41pm

re: #4 Targetpractice

I thought cats were solar powered?

That’s an indoor cat silly.

7 NJDhockeyfan  May 8, 2014 9:10:14pm

What a childrens TV show they have going in Gaza…

8 jaunte  May 8, 2014 9:10:19pm

re: #5 Gus

A whole Greensworld piece that eschews the word ‘drooling.’
Unprecedented!

9 Gus  May 8, 2014 9:18:06pm

re: #8 jaunte

A whole Greensworld piece that eschews the word ‘drooling.’
Unprecedented!

Political ideology is like music. Once you learn all the scales you can start composing songs.

10 NJDhockeyfan  May 8, 2014 9:19:46pm
11 Rightwingconspirator  May 8, 2014 9:23:46pm

re: #5 Gus

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Iranian Photoshop?

12 jaunte  May 8, 2014 9:25:19pm
13 freetoken  May 8, 2014 9:26:01pm

re: #10 NJDhockeyfan

There’s an effort underway to blame Hillary for the abductions.

14 freetoken  May 8, 2014 9:27:57pm

Airline ticketing, seating, boarding, and in-flight service has to be, collectively, one of the most obvious examples of the embedded hierarchical primate nature still residing in us humans.

15 Targetpractice  May 8, 2014 9:29:24pm

re: #13 freetoken

There’s an effort underway to blame Hillary for the abductions.

No surprise there. I imagine everything that happens between now and 2016 will be spun as an attack against her by Republicans.

16 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 9:31:36pm

re: #15 Targetpractice

No surprise there. I imagine everything that happens between now and 2016 will be spun as an attack against her by Republicans.

The funniest thing will be when her campaign fails just as it did 8 years ago and the GOP is left without any real attacks on the actual Democratic candidate…

17 Targetpractice  May 8, 2014 9:34:41pm

re: #16 William Barnett-Lewis

The funniest thing will be when her campaign fails just as it did 8 years ago and the GOP is left without any real attacks on the actual Democratic candidate…

That’s something I’ve been rolling around in my head for awhile now, the possibility that the “inevitability” of her nomination proves to be anything but. In such a scenario, the GOP’s pretty well fucked. They have nobody in their stable that isn’t either batshit insane or will sound it by the time their own primaries have ended, so all they really have is character attacks on who they think is the most likely target.

18 FemNaziBitch  May 8, 2014 9:41:24pm

19 Shiplord Kirel  May 8, 2014 9:49:28pm

20 Targetpractice  May 8, 2014 9:54:14pm

re: #19 Shiplord Kirel

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To think, when that photo had been taken, the closest man had gotten to the Moon was a few miles above the surface. But it had taken almost a decade to get that close.

21 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 9:55:29pm

re: #19 Shiplord Kirel

Love that one. Thank you for posting it.

22 FemNaziBitch  May 8, 2014 9:56:23pm

Have a great evening all!

23 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 9:56:31pm

re: #20 Targetpractice

To think, when that photo had been taken, the closest man had gotten to the Moon was a few miles above the surface. But it had taken almost a decade to get that close.

Er, (cough) Apollo 8…

;)

24 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 9:57:13pm

re: #23 William Barnett-Lewis

Er, (cough) Apollo 8…

;)

Or perhaps, i misunderstood - a few miles above the moon rather than above the earth?

25 Targetpractice  May 8, 2014 9:58:41pm

re: #24 William Barnett-Lewis

Or perhaps, i misunderstood - a few miles above the moon rather than above the earth?

Indeed. I was thinking of the flight of Apollo 10 months earlier, which had tested the LEM above the lunar surface in preparation for Apollo 11’s landing.

26 Gus  May 8, 2014 10:15:56pm
27 TedStriker  May 8, 2014 10:20:51pm

re: #26 Gus

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They look like they’re about to beat someone’s ass…LOL.

28 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 10:24:09pm

re: #25 Targetpractice

Indeed. I was thinking of the flight of Apollo 10 months earlier, which had tested the LEM above the lunar surface in preparation for Apollo 11’s landing.

Got looking at Apollo 8 and ran into this, so I thought I’d share it before going off to bed…

074:49:41 Borman: Houston, Apollo 8. Are you still there?
074:49:43 Collins: You’re still loud and clear, Frank. [Long pause.]

074:50:01 Collins: Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead, Frank, with your message.

074:50:07 Borman: Okay. This is to Rod Rose and the people at St. Christopher’s, actually to people everywhere. Give us, O God, the vision which can see thy love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust the goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts, and show us what each one of us can do to set forth the coming of the day of universal peace. Amen.

074:50:35 Collins: Amen.

074:50:36 Borman: I was supposed to lay-read tonight, and I couldn’t quite make it.

074:50:42 Collins: Roger. I think they understand.

He was originally scheduled to be a reader at his parish’s Christmas eve service but was a bit busy that night. They chose to have him read it from out there for recording and playing at the church service. As someone who enjoys being part of my church I find it tickles me and hope others get some fun from it.

29 Gus  May 8, 2014 10:28:25pm

re: #27 TedStriker

They look like they’re about to beat someone’s ass…LOL.

It’s funny how they got the stance down and all.

30 William Barnett-Lewis  May 8, 2014 10:32:13pm

goodnight all.

31 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 8, 2014 10:36:39pm

re: #14 freetoken

Airline ticketing, seating, boarding, and in-flight service has to be, collectively, one of the most obvious examples of the embedded hierarchical primate nature still residing in us humans.

The boarding procedure has to be one of the most inefficient processes known to humanity. You have 200 or more passengers, each with carry-on luggage that must be stowed before they take their seats. The airplane has at least two useful exits on each side. So, logically, the best way to board them is: (1) open only one hatchway (2) board forward passengers first, by rows or sections. That way, aft passengers toting bags have to squeeze past the forward passengers still stowing their bags, and while those aft passengers are stowing their shit, board the passengers sitting behind them.

I have been on exactly one flight for which the ground crew opened up the forward and aft hatchways, which made the process somewhat smoother.

But, airline boarding is miles above the typical Chinese train boarding experience, which can best be compared to a cattle stampede — without all the mooing.

32 Gus  May 8, 2014 10:41:19pm
33 TedStriker  May 8, 2014 10:47:44pm

re: #28 William Barnett-Lewis

Got looking at Apollo 8 and ran into this, so I thought I’d share it before going off to bed…

He was originally scheduled to be a reader at his parish’s Christmas eve service but was a bit busy that night. They chose to have him read it from out there for recording and playing at the church service. As someone who enjoys being part of my church I find it tickles me and hope others get some fun from it.

Let’s forget the reading of the beginning of Genesis…

34 Gus  May 8, 2014 10:57:55pm

Goose stepping for the Victory Day parade.

35 TedStriker  May 8, 2014 11:28:17pm

re: #33 TedStriker

Let’s forget the reading of the beginning of Genesis…

Oops…meant “Let’s not forget the reading of the beginning of Genesis…”

36 freetoken  May 9, 2014 12:32:08am

MP3 Audio

37 freetoken  May 9, 2014 2:09:17am

MP3 Audio

38 Dr Lizardo  May 9, 2014 3:51:49am

re: #26 Gus

That’s a very high percentage; here in the Czech Republic - just on the basis of observation - I’d say it’s far less than half that. About 10 to 15%, I’d say, at least in my area.

39 Dr Lizardo  May 9, 2014 4:02:19am

re: #34 Gus

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Goose stepping for the Victory Day parade.

Actually, the Prussian Stechschritt (the goose-step’s proper name) is still used here in the Czech Republic by the Presidential Honor Guard, though it’s a much milder variant. You still see it in Poland from time to time as well in the Honor Guard, but it’s becoming more infrequent there. Most militaries in Europe long ago abandoned it, but it still remains in the aforementioned countries in a ceremonial capacity as a vestigial example of Germano-Prussian military influence.

40 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 4:43:26am

Well, it looks like today will be judgement day for the House Dem leadership. Will they play along with Boehner’s latest political ploy and name folks to the special committee? Or will they boycott it and allow the stink of this mess to rest solely with the GOP?

41 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 4:45:12am
42 Dark_Falcon  May 9, 2014 4:45:30am

re: #26 Gus

re: #38 Dr Lizardo

That’s a very high percentage; here in the Czech Republic - just on the basis of observation - I’d say it’s far less than half that. About 10 to 15%, I’d say, at least in my area.

Youtube Video

43 A Mom Anon  May 9, 2014 4:45:44am

re: #40 Targetpractice

Or maybe just appoint one Dem to point and laugh?

I’m so sick of politics being the only thing Congress manages to accomplish anymore.

44 Dark_Falcon  May 9, 2014 4:47:00am

re: #40 Targetpractice

Well, it looks like today will be judgement day for the House Dem leadership. Will they play along with Boehner’s latest political ploy and name folks to the special committee? Or will they boycott it and allow the stink of this mess to rest solely with the GOP?

Pelosi already said on Wednesday the Dems would participate in the committee. I very much doubt she’s going to reverse herself.

45 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 4:49:34am

re: #44 Dark_Falcon

Pelosi already said on Wednesday the Dems would participate in the committee. I very much doubt she’s going to reverse herself.

She did? That’s pretty good, as I’ve not seen anything indicating that she’s firmly in favor of this witch-hunt. Last I heard, she was still pretty miffed over Boehner’s insistence on a 7-5 split.

46 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 4:50:27am
47 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 4:53:05am
48 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 4:54:52am

Dudebros & Wingnuts both mocking FLOTUS.

49 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 4:57:52am

re: #43 A Mom Anon

Or maybe just appoint one Dem to point and laugh?

I’m so sick of politics being the only thing Congress manages to accomplish anymore.

Been considering that if she needs to appoint someone, appoint Rep. Cummings and let him ride herd on this pack of losers. He’s been giving Issa ulcers for months now, so he’d probably have no problem keeping the goober appointed busy trying to talk over him.

50 Dark_Falcon  May 9, 2014 4:58:08am

Stay Classy, Kim:

North Korea insults Obama with racist barbs, South Korea’s Park with sexist ones

Vitriolic insults hurled by North Korea’s state-run media are so frequent that they’re usually not news.

But recent KCNA articles use such racially-charged rhetoric that they have drawn criticism from the White House’s National Security Council, which called them “particularly ugly and disrespectful.”

North Korea’s state media KCNA described President Barack Obama using racial epithets and likened him to a “wicked black monkey.”

The most offensive piece, published in Korean on May 2 under the title “Divine punishment to the world’s one and only delinquent Obama,” repeatedly refers to him as a monkey.

“You can also tell this by his appearance and behavior, and while it may be because he is a crossbreed, one cannot help thinking the more one sees him that he has escaped from a monkey’s body,” it stated.

I fully expect North Korea to be praised on Stormfront for throwing this shit. It won’t get traction outside of openly racist sites, if only because its too blatant for most wingnut sites.

51 Dark_Falcon  May 9, 2014 5:04:55am

BBT

52 Justanotherhuman  May 9, 2014 5:09:28am

re: #50 Dark_Falcon

Stay Classy, Kim:

North Korea insults Obama with racist barbs, South Korea’s Park with sexist ones

I fully expect North Korea to be praised on Stormfront for throwing this shit. It won’t get traction outside of openly racist sites, if only because its too blatant for most wingnut sites.

That’s a pretty odd site, though, since they link to Gateway Pundit.

freekorea.us

ETA: That’s the site CNN llinked to.

53 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 5:15:18am
54 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 5:16:16am

re: #53 NJDhockeyfan

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Mission Accomplished!

55 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 5:20:16am
56 Justanotherhuman  May 9, 2014 5:20:49am

NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Crimea is ‘inappropriate’ - @Reuters
read more on trust.org

57 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 9, 2014 5:27:27am

re: #48 Pie-onist Overlord

Dudebros & Wingnuts both mocking FLOTUS.

If those were white girls abducted from an international school in Lagos, those scum would be singing a different tune.

58 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 5:32:43am

re: #57 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

If those were white girls abducted from an international school in Lagos, those scum would be singing a different tune.

4 dead white men still more important to them.

59 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 5:33:42am

re: #41 NJDhockeyfan

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has landed in Crimean city of Sevastopol, Kremlin press office says

Did he have a big banner reading: “Mission Accomplished” over his landing area?

60 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 5:34:04am

re: #58 Pie-onist Overlord

4 dead white men still more important to them.

Only because they haven’t yet found a way to blow up the kidnappings into a “scandal bigger that Watergate!”

61 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 5:34:26am

Live video of the parade…

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62 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 9, 2014 5:37:30am

OT,
I don’t remember who tempted me a few days ago with a spoiler about Jaime Lannister’s hand, but I am now up to that episode.

I did not read the spoiler, but once they got Lannister down on that stump I knew what was coming.

63 Feline Fearless Leader  May 9, 2014 5:39:51am

re: #62 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

OT,
I don’t remember who tempted me a few days ago with a spoiler about Jaime Lannister’s hand, but I am now up to that episode.

I did not read the spoiler, but once they got Lannister down on that stump I knew what was coming.

Now he’ll have to spend six months learning to use a sword left-handed before going and hunting Eli Wallach down.
;P

64 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 5:41:22am

re: #54 Pie-onist Overlord

Mission Accomplished!

Beat me to it

65 Dr Lizardo  May 9, 2014 5:42:49am

Meanwhile, in Plzen:

This was something a salesman at a supermarket in Tᖞmošné in Pilsen certainly did not expect! Out of a box with bananas a huge exotic spider climbed. It arrived in a cardboard box with fruit halfway across the globe and now it is recovering from a busy trip in a quarantine terrarium.

“Employees of the supermarket were scared of the spider at first, but then it they caught in a jar and handed it over to me,” said animal rescuer Karel Makoň .

The spider is not dangerous, although its bite would be painful.” It’s kind of a miracle that it survived not only transport in the crate with bananas, but also all the various chemical treatments that accompany the import of bananas ,” said spider specialist Vitezslav Honsa, in whose care the spider is now.

The spider arrived in Plzen from the French island of Martinique in the Caribbean. They live there in large numbers and it is a common spider. This particular spider brought an egg-sac with it. Experts expect they will be able to incubate the eggs and hatch them successfully.

(Translated from the Czech original, which can be found here: blesk.cz)

Warning: Big-ass spider pic

Spoiler

Bonjour!

66 sffilk  May 9, 2014 5:49:37am

Well done film. I LOVE the Corgi!

67 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 5:52:21am

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

Meanwhile, in Plzen:

(Translated from the Czech original, which can be found here: blesk.cz)

Bonjour!

68 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 5:52:55am

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

Meanwhile, in Plzen:

(Translated from the Czech original, which can be found here: blesk.cz)

Bonjour!

Put that graphic inside spoiler tags and include a trigger warning.

69 Feline Fearless Leader  May 9, 2014 5:56:46am

I wonder if it traveled all that way looking for a roll of toilet paper.

71 Justanotherhuman  May 9, 2014 6:00:16am

I think it’s still a great deal when you don’t want cable. We now use a DVD player to stream it, rather than paying for Xbox live, in addition. Gotta cut expenses somehow, and those small one can add up.

Netflix begins raising prices, but current users get a two-year freeze (update)

engadget.com

72 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 6:01:54am

Morning!

Nice to wake up to a couple of cool and fun images in this thread.

The absolutely cute image FemNazi posted in #18 and the three Afghan badass boarders in #26.

#26 shows one thing that I have always felt would be the string that joins the world together. Pop culture on TV/Net. I’ve said it before…Levis Jeans, Rock Music and Coca-Cola would be the downfall of the wall(s). I absolutely love the young lady on the right with the skater pose. Nice colorful clothing too.

I sincerely hope that the younger folks of some of the Mid-Eastern countries bring about the change needed. Maybe those young women will figure out a way to take down some Taliban ass from within.

As far as the Kangaroo court Trey Gowdy and The Repubs will be performing in the Congressional Drama Class, Targetpractice said he thought Rep Cummings would be good as the only Dem. That’s kind of a fun thought. However, he was shown addressing congress in a clip on MSNBC last evening I had yakking away in the background as I was working on some wood trim. I think he said he wouldn’t have anything to do with it, and that the Dems should not take part. I may be wrong, I was not paying strict attention.

In line with that, I’m gonna post up again a little ‘shop I did last evening to go to that whole Boehner-led, Tea Party driven sham.

Trey Gowdy ready for court

73 Rightwingconspirator  May 9, 2014 6:02:02am

Uh Oh.

FBI agents violated the rights of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by continuously questioning him while he lay in pain in a hospital bed, even after he had asked for a lawyer 10 times and authorities had determined there were no other bombs or threats to public safety, defense lawyers argued in court documents filed Wednesday.

The attorneys asked a Boston federal judge to suppress all statements Tsarnaev made to law enforcement while he was hospitalized at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

“The questioning continued for hours, in what was obviously an effort to extract as much incriminating information as possible, without regard for the protections of the Fifth Amendment,” his lawyers wrote in the 21-page filing. At the time, Tsarnaev could not talk because of his injuries, so he answered questions in writing.

The lawyers also say that his hospital statements should be suppressed because they were involuntary. Tsarnaev was heavily drugged and in pain while he was being interviewed, they argue. His left eye was sutured shut, his jaw was wired closed and he was unable to hear out of his left ear. At times, his pen trailed off the page, indicating that he fell asleep or lost motor control.

74 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 6:03:52am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

Uh Oh.

I think there was some brouhaha about this at the time and honestly, if what is alleged can be proven, then it’s hard to argue that the statements should stay in.

75 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 6:07:12am

re: #72 ObserverArt

According to Politico, Cummings is one of those who’s most adamant about a Democrat being appointed to the committee, if only to keep Gowdy and the rest of the Peanut Gallery honest. I’m not sure if he’s said something elsewhere about how he doesn’t wish to be a part of this committee, but if he’s open to it, he seems the best candidate for the job. Just appointing him and him alone, an outspoken critic of this witch-hunt, would send a powerful message that Democrats don’t expect Republicans to conduct a fair and impartial investigation.

76 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 6:07:23am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

Uh Oh.

As much as we might think it is a pain in the ass to do these things by the book (law), he still has his rights and they should be respected. I would hope they have enough without the bedside interrogation to convict.

77 Rightwingconspirator  May 9, 2014 6:08:28am

re: #74 Targetpractice

I think there was some brouhaha about this at the time and honestly, if what is alleged can be proven, then it’s hard to argue that the statements should stay in.

Fortunately they can convict him anyway. *crosses fingers*

78 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 9, 2014 6:10:29am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

They don’t need that evidence to convict him and they knew that they might have those confessions thrown out when they obtained the information.

79 Justanotherhuman  May 9, 2014 6:17:48am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

Uh Oh.

The reporter jumps to a conclusion with that headline since there has not been a ruling on what his lawyers say, namely, that there was no “public threat”.

“FBI questioned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in hospital even after public safety threat was ruled out, his lawyers say”

This is speculation about how the judge will rule.

“There’s some probability” that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers will win latest motion, a legal expert says

ETA: Even the article concludes with the fact that the govt has not filed a response to the defendant’s motion. This is just pro forma for defense lawyers to raise these issues, if they’re worth their salt.

80 andres  May 9, 2014 6:18:43am

re: #57 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

If those were white girls abducted from an international school in Lagos, those scum would be singing a different tune.

If these was a white dude with a smug face, they’d be up in arms demanding an army of drones to get him safely.

// Only half

81 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 6:19:40am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

Uh Oh.

I think this may be a case of lousy reporting. I seem to recall there was some discussion at the time about when they mirandized him. I think they are allowed to question subjects without a lawyer is there’s the possibility of an imminent threat or something. I’m not surprised that defense lawyers are complaining about it but I hope the law was written in such a way that the judge won’t throw out the evidence. Either way, I’m pretty sure there’s enough evidence to get a conviction without it.

82 Rightwingconspirator  May 9, 2014 6:20:55am

re: #79 Justanotherhuman

Look I’m no fan of the bombers obviously. From the highly motivated FBI perspective, the public safety has not been assured until they finish questioning. So then what? They have a rather checkered history in these matters of due process.

83 Romantic Heretic  May 9, 2014 6:21:23am

re: #7 NJDhockeyfan

What a childrens TV show they have going in Gaza…

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And, since every Palestinian is an anti-semitic monster it was believed and agreed with by every one of those creatures that saw it.

I suddenly realize I want no exposure to the world today. I’ve had quite enough exposure to the humans recently.

Later.

84 Justanotherhuman  May 9, 2014 6:23:16am

re: #82 Rightwingconspirator

Look I’m no fan of the bombers obviously. From the highly motivated FBI perspective, the public safety has not been assured until they finish questioning. So then what? They have a rather checkered history in these matters of due process.

See my ETA. The story is speculative, at best, since there has been no ruling and the govt hasn’t even filed a response yet. The judge won’t rule until pleadings have all been submitted and he has read everything and done his own research.

85 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 6:26:37am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

The confessions/statements may be thrown out after the imminent threat passed, but it is possible that the prosecutors might be able to bring them in in other ways. There’s sufficient other evidence linking the bombs to the duo, and that’s what the prosecutors will have to focus on if the statements are excluded.

Separately, the FBI had better reexamine its methods to make sure this kind of event doesn’t happen again. Countless prosecutions have been botched because of shoddy procedure and violations of defendant rights, overcoming whatever evidence linking the defendants to the crime.

That’s a possibility here, though there’s enough evidence linking them to the crime that they’ll still spend a considerable amount of time in prison, though it may likely spur a plea deal that lets them spend less time that otherwise had the statements been taken properly.

86 Rightwingconspirator  May 9, 2014 6:31:15am

re: #85 lawhawk

Separately, the FBI had better reexamine its methods to make sure this kind of event doesn’t happen again. Countless prosecutions have been botched because of shoddy procedure and violations of defendant rights, overcoming whatever evidence linking the defendants to the crime.

Thanks for putting that way better than I did.

87 darthstar  May 9, 2014 6:36:31am
88 darthstar  May 9, 2014 6:40:31am
89 b.d.  May 9, 2014 6:42:50am

re: #88 darthstar

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PROOF OF SLEESTAKS!!GIMME A HISTORY CHANNEL SHOW!!

90 Mattand  May 9, 2014 6:43:13am

re: #87 darthstar

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Isn’t David Frum supposed to be one of the “sane” Republicans?

91 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 6:44:34am

re: #75 Targetpractice

According to Politico, Cummings is one of those who’s most adamant about a Democrat being appointed to the committee, if only to keep Gowdy and the rest of the Peanut Gallery honest. I’m not sure if he’s said something elsewhere about how he doesn’t wish to be a part of this committee, but if he’s open to it, he seems the best candidate for the job. Just appointing him and him alone, an outspoken critic of this witch-hunt, would send a powerful message that Democrats don’t expect Republicans to conduct a fair and impartial investigation.

You may be right. Like I said, I wasn’t paying attention…but I know one thing…he was not a happy camper. Anyway it goes down it is going to be a mess. That is why I use the Kangaroo Court reference. Hell, it can’t possibly be any bigger a sham.

92 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 6:46:41am

re: #76 Eventual Carrion

As much as we might think it is a pain in the ass to do these things by the book (law), he still has his rights and they should be respected. I would hope they have enough without the bedside interrogation to convict.

I would think/hope the video of him being shown walking into the crowd and dropping his bag and walking off would be enough. Added to all the other vids. His hiding in the boat with wounds, etc. There is a lot of evidence.

93 Feline Fearless Leader  May 9, 2014 6:49:28am

re: #91 ObserverArt

You may be right. Like I said, I wasn’t paying attention…but I know one thing…he was not a happy camper. Anyway it goes down it is going to be a mess. That is why I use the Kangaroo Court reference. Hell, it can’t possibly be any bigger a sham.

I think the standard for that is either Dan Sickles or Benjamin Butler in front of the US Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.

en.wikipedia.org

94 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 6:51:10am

Anybody want to answer this derp?

95 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 6:51:12am

re: #91 ObserverArt

You may be right. Like I said, I wasn’t paying attention…but I know one thing…he was not a happy camper. Anyway it goes down it is going to be a mess. That is why I use the Kangaroo Court reference. Hell, it can’t possibly be any bigger a sham.

Yeah, I knew when I read Gowdy refer to this committee as a “trial” that the fix was in. Sort of surprised the GOP decided to show its hand so soon, before the gavel has even come down on the first hearing. And having thought on the matter, I’ve decided that a single Democrat sitting on the committee is the best compromise between boycotting and total participation.

96 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 6:53:38am

re: #94 Pie-onist Overlord

Anybody want to answer this derp?

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Because it pisses wingnuts off to focus on real events rather than conspiracy theories.

97 kirkspencer  May 9, 2014 6:58:58am

re: #94 Pie-onist Overlord

Because with immediate effort we can help 200 girls not be dead. Nothing we do will bring four men back to life.

98 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 7:01:52am

Victory Day in Mariupol Ukraine, people vs tanks

Victory Day over fascism in Mariupol Ukraine, civilians against tanks trying to stop Victory day celebrations May 9th 2014

Liveleak Video

99 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 7:03:35am

re: #97 kirkspencer

Because with immediate effort we can help 200 girls not be dead. Nothing we do will bring four men back to life.

Nothing we could have done during the day of the Benghazi attack could have saved those 4 Americans either, short of having a TARDIS. We simply didn’t have forces at the ready to respond that could do so in a location close enough to respond with force sufficient to rescue them, and the earlier Benghazi hearings indicated as much.

The President’s response to the earlier report? Create a rapid reaction force to improve the DoD’s response to these kinds of events so that we could potentially save those lives.

But the TP/GOP would rather exploit those four deaths for political points, fundraising, and hobbling the Administration rather than fix the broken system or actually govern (because that would expose the fact that they’re a bunch of empty suits).

100 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 7:03:41am

Derp of the Day:

101 kirkspencer  May 9, 2014 7:06:10am

re: #99 lawhawk

Nothing we could have done during the day of the Benghazi attack could have saved those 4 Americans either, short of having a TARDIS. We simply didn’t have forces at the ready to respond that could do so in a location close enough to respond with force sufficient to rescue them, and the earlier Benghazi hearings indicated as much.

The President’s response to the earlier report? Create a rapid reaction force to improve the DoD’s response to these kinds of events so that we could potentially save those lives.

But the TP/GOP would rather exploit those four deaths for political points, fundraising, and hobbling the Administration rather than fix the broken system or actually govern (because that would expose the fact that they’re a bunch of empty suits).

She wanted a short response for why the fuss over the Nigerian girls than the four in Benghazi. Other than that, yeah, I agree.

102 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 7:06:30am

re: #94 Pie-onist Overlord

Anybody want to answer this derp?

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Ask that asswipe why the Benghazi 4 matter more than the Beirut 307 (241 Americans) and the 9/11 2,977.

God these people are way outta line. Grrrrrr….

103 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 7:06:43am
104 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 7:08:17am

Brunei sharia laws sparking outrage in Hollywood…

Beverly Hills tells Brunei to get out of town, sell stake in famous hotel

Beverly Hills, California (CNN) — The Beverly Hills City Council has condemned the government of Brunei for its “extreme and inhumane” Sharia laws and urged the nation’s sultan to sell ownership of the landmark Beverly Hills Hotel and any other property the Asian country and its ruler may own in the exclusive community.

The council made the declaration in a 5-0 vote Tuesday night, despite 125 workers from the hotel packing the council chambers and expressing concern about their jobs.

…The council vote came a day after Jay Leno and his wife, Mavis, led several celebrities in a demonstration across from the famed Sunset Boulevard hotel. They protested the hotel’s ownership, which is an investment group controlled by the Sultan of Brunei.

In late April, the small Muslim nation on the northern coast of the island of Borneo implemented Sharia law, marked by strong punishments for those found guilty of homosexuality or adultery — including stoning to death those convicted.

The law was praised by the sultan, who isn’t just the country’s ruler but also a major political and cultural figure.

“We’re just making people aware,” Leno told CNN. “It’s not a political issue. This is not something that’s debatable. … It’s people being stoned to death.”

105 kirkspencer  May 9, 2014 7:09:45am

re: #100 Pie-onist Overlord

Ah, so obviously all murders are innocent because Gary Ridgeway did so many. Or maybe because Cain murdered Abel first.

106 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 7:10:34am

re: #103 Targetpractice

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Looks like the Kochs got to Greg Sargent, he’s endorsing their agenda.

107 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 7:12:23am

re: #106 Pie-onist Overlord

Looks like the Kochs got to Gary Sargent, he’s endorsing their agenda.

He’s become a pod person?

108 Shiplord Kirel  May 9, 2014 7:12:52am

re: #48 Pie-onist Overlord

Dudebros & Wingnuts both mocking FLOTUS.

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What a pathetic specimen. The dudebros richly deserve the 4 years of a Rand Paul or a Ted Cruz presidency they are hell-bent on helping to create.
It isn’t worth what it would do to the rest of us though.

109 Mattand  May 9, 2014 7:13:59am

re: #99 lawhawk

Nothing we could have done during the day of the Benghazi attack could have saved those 4 Americans either, short of having a TARDIS. We simply didn’t have forces at the ready to respond that could do so in a location close enough to respond with force sufficient to rescue them, and the earlier Benghazi hearings indicated as much.

The President’s response to the earlier report? Create a rapid reaction force to improve the DoD’s response to these kinds of events so that we could potentially save those lives.

But the TP/GOP would rather exploit those four deaths for political points, fundraising, and hobbling the Administration rather than fix the broken system or actually govern (because that would expose the fact that they’re a bunch of empty suits).

I thought I read somewhere that the nearest strike/extract team was 5 hours away. Is that correct?

Also, and I’m sort of embarrassed to ask this, but what is Behnghazi about again? Is it that the GOP thinks this was an Al Queda attack and Obama is covering it up by saying it was about that YouTube video?

Or are they saying that Obama heard about the attack and for whatever reason told our forces not intervene?

Honestly, I cannot follow any of these lines of thinking. I’m worried if I try to think like a low-info, racist TeaBagger, I’m might lose my mind.

110 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:15:05am

It’s morning again.

It’s breezy in my part of the world today.

you?

111 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 9, 2014 7:15:28am

re: #94 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m not going to use my VPN to get to Twitter right now, but if I did, I’d point out that the girls are still alive, while the four American guys are still dead.

112 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 7:15:29am

re: #109 Mattand

I thought I read somewhere that the nearest strike/extract team was 5 hours away. Is that correct?

Also, and I’m sort of embarrassed to ask this, but what is Behnghazi about again? Is it that the GOP thinks this was an Al Queda attack and Obama is covering it up by saying it was about that YouTube video?

Or are they saying that Obama heard about the attack and for whatever reason told our forces not intervene?

Honestly, I cannot follow any of these lines of thinking. I’m worried if I try to think like a low-info, racist TeaBagger, I’m might lose my mind.

Depends on who you’re asking on any given day. For every wingnut I’ve met who at least acknowledges that there was no way the military could have intervened in time, there’s a dozen who are still convinced that a “stand down” order was given and that the 4 were “left to die.”

113 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 7:15:34am

So now it’s the Wingnut Meme of the Day:
HURR HURR!!!!! 4 DEAD WHITE MEN MOAR IMPORTANT THEN 300 LIVE BLACK GIRLS!!!!!!!

114 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 7:16:38am
115 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 7:17:47am

re: #112 Targetpractice

Depends on who you’re asking on any given day. For every wingnut I’ve met who at least acknowledges that there was no way the military could have intervened in time, there’s a dozen who are still convinced that a “stand down” order was given and that the 4 were “left to die.”

The wingnuts have this fantasy, fueled by Fox & right-wing blogs, that extraction teams were all geared up and sitting on the tarmac but Obama would allow them to leave. Nothing you say will budge them from this delusion.

116 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 7:18:12am

re: #107 Targetpractice

He’s become a pod person?

Another Republican Zombie.

(Hey, it fits the thread theme…but it fits what is going on too)

117 Targetpractice  May 9, 2014 7:18:17am

re: #113 Pie-onist Overlord

So now it’s the Wingnut Meme of the Day:
HURR HURR!!!!! 4 DEAD WHITE MEN MOAR IMPORTANT THEN 300 LIVE BLACK GIRLS!!!!!!!

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The item at the bottom is what it’s all about. They failed to turn BENGHAZI!!! into their Iran Hostage Crisis, and no amount of investigation has turned up evidence of criminal actions. So now it’s about finding something, anything they can to smear Clinton with should she choose to run in 2016.

118 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 9, 2014 7:18:48am

re: #100 Pie-onist Overlord

Derp of the Day:

Another ahistorical asshole. There were no Muslim ship captains transporting Africans to the New World for sale in the slave markets, and there were sure as shootin’ no Muslims buying them in the American slave markets.

Besides which, the Old Testament mentions slaves and the treatment thereof, and IIRC, Islam came after the OT.

119 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 7:20:22am

re: #110 FemNaziBitch

It’s morning again.

It’s breezy in my part of the world today.

you?

Warm and humid here in Columbus, but that breeze is a headin’ our way…with rain out in front of it.

120 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 7:21:27am

re: #119 ObserverArt

Warm and humid here in Columbus, but that breeze is a headin’ our way…with rain out in front of it.

The fun stuff arrives tonight.

121 Mattand  May 9, 2014 7:24:04am

re: #119 ObserverArt

Warm and humid here in Columbus, but that breeze is a headin’ our way…with rain out in front of it.

Flying back from Vegas a few years back, I just happened to look out my window and a mid-sized city sitting on a twisting river.

Went to Google Maps when I got home. Turned out it was Columbus.

And now you know…

122 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 7:24:24am

Made a pot roast with loads of root veggies (red potatoes, turnips, parsnips, carrots and golden beets).
Today the leftovers are being reincarnated as a lovely stew with red wine and tomato paste added. It already smells great.

123 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 7:25:14am

re: #117 Targetpractice

The item at the bottom is what it’s all about. They failed to turn BENGHAZI!!! into their Iran Hostage Crisis, and no amount of investigation has turned up evidence of criminal actions. So now it’s about finding something, anything they can to smear Clinton with should she choose to run in 2016.

And don’t forget what the real political Republicans said from the get-go…it was all hushed up and covered over because Obama was in a reelection campaign and THE TRUTH would have given the election to Mitt RMan.

124 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:26:58am

125 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 9, 2014 7:28:13am

re: #124 FemNaziBitch

Ugh. Benny Hinn.

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 7:28:35am

re: #94 Pie-onist Overlord

The fact that those people keep asking that question just shows how morally bankrupt they are.

127 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:28:47am

Black girls in Afrika, not our problem

128 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 7:30:28am

What a catch he must be!

129 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:30:33am

Vietnam Sentences Corrupt Bankers To Death By Firing Squad

from last month, never heard of this blog.

130 Mattand  May 9, 2014 7:31:09am

re: #127 FemNaziBitch

Black girls in Afrika, not our problem

Heh, I’m still chuckling over Wonkette shitting all over Greenwald for taking that attitude.

If you get the chance, read it. I think VB linked to it yesterday. The last paragraph is note perfect.

131 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 7:33:55am

re: #130 Mattand

Heh, I’m still chuckling over Wonkette shitting all over Greenwald for taking that attitude.

If you get the chance, read it. I think VB linked to it yesterday. The last paragraph is note perfect.

You’ll Never Believe Which Inhuman Monster Doesn’t Care To Find Nigerian Schoolgirls (It’s Glenn Greenwald)

132 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:39:15am

unchecked quote, but great eyes!

133 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 7:39:27am

Rock band Procol Harum blamed for abducting Nigerian schoolgirls in terrorist group mix-up

A ROCK band from the 1960s has been blasted on Twitter for abducting nearly 300 schoolgirls after a name mix-up with a Nigerian terrorist group.

134 Ian G.  May 9, 2014 7:40:47am

re: #94 Pie-onist Overlord

Anybody want to answer this derp?

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Because the girls are still alive? I mean, I’m sorry about Ambassador Stevens, but he ain’t coming back. We might actually be able to save the kidnapped girls’ lives.

135 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:40:50am

re: #133 NJDhockeyfan

Rock band Procol Harum blamed for abducting Nigerian schoolgirls in terrorist group mix-up

Yeah

136 Ian G.  May 9, 2014 7:41:34am

re: #100 Pie-onist Overlord

Derp of the Day:

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I didn’t know the Spanish Conquistadors were Muslim. Tricky guys they were, bringing Catholic missionaries with them.

137 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 7:41:34am

re: #121 Mattand

Flying back from Vegas a few years back, I just happened to look out my window and a mid-sized city sitting on a twisting river.

Went to Google Maps when I got home. Turned out it was Columbus.

And now you know…

Flying over, eh?

That would be us…right in the middle of prime farm lands, which is why for a long time it was called CowTown. Anymore though, we keep growing and growing. Up to #15 in city population, #28 metro area. Which is amazing as there were no older large cities and towns around to make a big metro area. It covers 5 counties now and nothing to limit the growth.

Columbus never really grew until the early 70s when it just broke out. Very affordable, lots of tech, government, insurance (Nationwide, Grange, others) jobs.

And remember…we may be as you say mid-size, but we are huge politically being the Ohio capital. I think I heard the other night that the presidential campaigners were in our city 70+ times in the last election cycle. By the time July of 2012 came around, you could almost count on Romney, Obama, Ryan and Biden being somewhere around the area almost two or three times a week.

138 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 9, 2014 7:43:25am

re: #133 NJDhockeyfan

Rock band Procol Harum blamed for abducting Nigerian schoolgirls in terrorist group mix-up

I have to admit my brain sees Boko Haram and thinks of Procol Harum, but jeez, those guys must be in their late 60s by now. I kinda doubt they’re likely to swoop into Nigeria and make off with 200 schoolgirls.

Plus, also, I doubt Boko Haram guys think nights in white satin is exactly what their version of Islam favors.

139 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:45:02am

How kewl is this?

140 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 7:46:44am

Fucking history, how does it work?

141 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:47:17am

142 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 7:47:25am

Nigeria Had 4-Hour Warning on School Raid, Amnesty International Says

Nigerian authorities failed to act on warnings about Boko Haram’s imminent raid on a boarding school where it abducted more than 240 girls last month, according to Amnesty international.

The London-based human rights group, after verifying the information with “credible sources,” said Nigerian security forces knew of the attack four hours before Boko Haram struck.

“The fact that Nigerian security forces knew about Boko Haram’s impending raid, but failed to take the immediate action needed to stop it, will only amplify the national and international outcry at this horrific crime,” Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International’s Africa director, research and advocacy, said today in a statement.

“It amounts to a gross dereliction of Nigeria’s duty to protect civilians, who remain sitting ducks for such attacks. The Nigerian leadership must now use all lawful means at their disposal to secure the girls’ safe release and ensure nothing like this can happen again.”

143 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:47:51am

144 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:48:07am

re: #142 Killgore Trout

Nigeria Had 4-Hour Warning on School Raid, Amnesty International Says

***grrrrr****

145 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:50:41am

Tell me this woman isn’t being controlled. It’s like someone is literally holding a remote control pointed at her.

also paged

146 Feline Fearless Leader  May 9, 2014 7:51:51am

re: #110 FemNaziBitch

It’s morning again.

It’s breezy in my part of the world today.

you?

60 F, hazy, and supposed to warm up into the 70s today.

Feline overlords are jumpy today since there are men on ropes working on the building (re-pointing).

Younger overlord is handling his asthma treatment well so far. Not much struggle when I use the inhaler with him twice a day. And he is taking his pill since it appears I have a cat that likes the Greenies pill pocket treats.

I also installed a “interactive game” thing that is a bunch of tubes you can stick treats or kibble in and the cats have to fish them out to eat them. Younger cat has figured it out and gets extra treats, while older cat just sniffs at it and then ignores it. Though they also both seem to enjoy the new “hunt the treat” activity where I place Greenies around the apartment in various places for them to find.

147 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 7:52:21am

Antiwar: Everything Is A Threat: The Fear-Mongering and Hysteria Over Boko Haram

U.S. politicians, military officials, foreign policy wonks, and news anchors are trained to see every violent non-state group anywhere in the world as a direct threat to America. They use their soapboxes in the media to get that point across to an unsuspecting American population. It helps politicians appear strong, helps military bureaucrats get funding, helps wonks appear knowledgeable, and helps news anchors feel important.

In reality, Boko Haram does not present a threat to the U.S. and U.S. intervention of any kind is not needed, nor would it do any good. What should be obvious, though, is that the burden of proof for the supposed threat and potential intervention is on those who assert it. Evidence-free fear mongering shouldn’t be enough.

148 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:53:20am
This is an automatic Pollen and Mold Alert from the National Allergy Bureau, a service of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

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: 05/09/2014

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Pollen & Mold Summary
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Trees: High Concentration
Weeds: High Concentration
Grass: High Concentration
Mold: Low Concentration

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Pollen & Mold Detail

(Top three species per category)
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Trees
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1. Oak
2. Willow
3. Birch

Weeds
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1. Nettle family, Pellitory
2. Plantain

Grass
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1. Grass Family, all types

Mold
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1. Cladosporium
2. Ascospores: includes Leptosphaeria, Venturia, Ascobolus, Diatrypaceae, Pleospora, Xylaria, Chaetomium, Sporomiella, Claviceps, Ascomycete, et al.
3. Basidiomycete/Basidiospore

149 Mattand  May 9, 2014 7:53:45am

re: #137 ObserverArt

Flying over, eh?

That would be us…right in the middle of prime farm lands, which is why for a long time it was called CowTown. Anymore though, we keep growing and growing. Up to #15 in city population, #28 metro area. Which is amazing as there were no older large cities and towns around to make a big metro area. It covers 5 counties now and nothing to limit the growth.

Columbus never really grew until the early 70s when it just broke out. Very affordable, lots of tech, government, insurance (Nationwide, Grange, others) jobs.

And remember…we may be as you say mid-size, but we are huge politically being the Ohio capital. I think I heard the other night that the presidential campaigners were in our city 70+ times in the last election cycle. By the time July of 2012 came around, you could almost count on Romney, Obama, Ryan and Biden being somewhere around the area almost two or three times a week.

Nothing meant by the “mid-size” comment. I’m 12 miles from Philly and about 100 from NYC. There’s some big-uns out here.

Lawhawk will probably laugh at this, but a few years ago I drove into NYC since God-knows-when through the Lincoln Tunnel. It appeared to be surrounded by skyscrapers on the Jersey side. I had no idea that was Jersey City, which is number 2 in NJ with something like 200-300,000 people.

There’s a lot of people living out here. :)

150 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 7:54:21am

re: #144 FemNaziBitch

***grrrrr****

…Which is why I’m nervous about letting the Nigerian forces handle the military aspect of the hostage rescue. Incompetence, negligence, poor training and corruption are a serious problem. They are going to need a lot of assistance.

151 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 7:54:33am

I wanna do this

152 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 8:00:08am

re: #149 Mattand

Nothing meant by the “mid-size” comment. I’m 12 miles from Philly and about 100 from NYC. There’s some big-uns out here.

Lawhawk will probably laugh at this, but a few years ago I drove into NYC since God-knows-when through the Lincoln Tunnel. It appeared to be surrounded by skyscrapers on the Jersey side. I had no idea that was Jersey City, which is number 2 in NJ with something like 200-300,000 people.

There’s a lot of people living out here. :)

No problem, I didn’t take it as such. Nothing compares to the entire BosWash area (DC to Boston)…well, maybe SoCal. And in Ohio, we will probably never be as large a metro area as Cleveland/Akron/Canton.

153 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 8:00:09am

re: #133 NJDhockeyfan

Rock band Procol Harum blamed for abducting Nigerian schoolgirls in terrorist group mix-up

heh. I tweeted about that yesterday.

154 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 8:00:47am

Great news from Virginia…

Taylor found guilty of murder; jury recommends two life terms

155 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:01:34am

21 Of The Craziest Misconceptions People Had About Sex

156 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:03:05am

Hindu Prayer Interrupted In Senate By Christians
Youtube Video

Christian activists briefly disrupted a Hindu invocation in the U.S Senate on Thursday, marring a historic first for the chamber and showing that fundamentalism is present and shouting in the U.S too.

Invited by the Senate to offer Hindu prayers in place of the usual Christian invocation, Rajan Zed, a Hindu priest from Reno, Nevada, had just stepped up to the podium for the landmark occasion when three protesters, said to belong to the Christian Right anti-abortion group Operation Save America, interrupted him by loudly asking for God’s forgiveness for allowing the ”false prayer” of a Hindu in the Senate chamber.

157 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 8:07:20am

re: #156 FemNaziBitch

Hindu Prayer Interrupted In Senate By Christians
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Real classy. This country is going to be forced one day to deal with our own religious zealots. We are not far away from them doing something really large, dangerous and of course stupid.

158 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 8:07:26am

Rosie O’Donnell seen nodding with approval…

159 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 9, 2014 8:09:41am

re: #156 FemNaziBitch

Hindu Prayer Interrupted In Senate By Christians
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Assholes. Clueless, rabid, blinded-by-zealotry, constitutionally-unaware assholes.

Brings back my point from the recent SCOTUS decision: A Moment of Silence (tm) for everyone and tell the god-botherers to fuck right off.

160 jaunte  May 9, 2014 8:11:54am

re: #156 FemNaziBitch

2007:

Prelude to the protest
AFA and David Barton
Several days prior to the scheduled prayer the American Family Association (AFA) called on its membership to phone and email their Senators “expressing your disappointment in the Senate decision to invite a Hindu to open the session with prayer.” In the Action Alerts to their membership the AFA cited self-styled historian David Barton saying he wonders “why the U.S. government is seeking the invocation of a non-monotheistic god. Barton points out that since Hindus worship multiple gods, the prayer will be completely outside the American paradigm, flying in the face of the American motto ‘One Nation Under God’.
en.wikipedia.org

161 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:13:13am

re: #160 jaunte

2007:

blatant, willful ignorance

162 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 8:13:31am

re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth

The fun stuff arrives tonight.

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Yeah, they say it is going to hit NW PA sometime this evening. Hope it is after the birthday party we are going to (it is indoors, but wife on crutches makes it hard to move fast if it is raining when leaving :-))

163 jaunte  May 9, 2014 8:13:48am
United States Representative for Idaho Bill Sali viewed Zed’s prayer and the election of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (a Muslim from Minnesota) as changes which “are not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers”. He held that the US was made on principles derived from Christian scriptures, and that the only way the nation had been allowed to continue in a world hostile to such principles was because of “the protective hand of God.” Saying that when a Hindu prays “that’s a different god” and that act may remove the protective hand and thereby “creates problems for the longevity of this country.”

Watch out, everybody!

164 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 8:15:24am

re: #124 FemNaziBitch

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Or a betting line in Vegas for WWE matches.

165 blueraven  May 9, 2014 8:15:55am

re: #158 NJDhockeyfan

Rosie O’Donnell seen nodding with approval…

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As well as Fox News’ Judge Andrew Napolitano.

166 CuriousLurker  May 9, 2014 8:20:06am

re: #104 NJDhockeyfan

Brunei sharia laws sparking outrage in Hollywood…

Beverly Hills tells Brunei to get out of town, sell stake in famous hotel

I wonder if that will cause the Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation’s other board of directors to feel a pang of conscience and try to force out Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. // fat chance

I also can’t help but wonder how many other American towns & corporations are doing business with Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria’s corrupt leader(s), etc.

167 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 8:21:03am

This is showing up a lot on my Nigeria news searches this morning

Anti-FGM campaign at UK airports seeks to stop mutilation of girls

Border Force and Met ‘week of action’ over illegal procedure intercepts families at Heathrow flying to or from African countries

168 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:21:52am

re: #139 FemNaziBitch

How kewl is this?

this

169 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 8:22:28am

re: #166 CuriousLurker

I wonder if that will cause the Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation’s other board of directors to feel a pang of conscience and try to force out Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. // fat chance

I also can’t help but wonder how many other American towns & corporations are doing business with Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria’s corrupt leader(s), etc.

I doubt it. Celebrity activism doesn’t have a long shelf life. This all may be forgotten next month.

170 Feline Fearless Leader  May 9, 2014 8:25:10am

re: #163 jaunte

Watch out, everybody!

That protective hand should be removed and then used to slap these idiots upside the head.

I do wonder if the moderate Christians are eventually going to catch on that since they let the asshole examples get all the media attention they trigger increased apathy and disillusion about Christianity in general.

171 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:26:45am
172 CuriousLurker  May 9, 2014 8:27:59am

re: #167 Killgore Trout

This is showing up a lot on my Nigeria news searches this morning

Anti-FGM campaign at UK airports seeks to stop mutilation of girls

Brilliant—now that the Guardian has published at least a partial list of what the authorities are looking for, people will know what to avoid. //

173 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:30:11am

BUT NO BIRTH CONTROLS FOR TEH SLUTS!!!!!

175 Dr Lizardo  May 9, 2014 8:31:08am

RWNJ head explosion imminent. Seek shelter.

Pope demands ‘legitimate redistribution’ of wealth

Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the “economy of exclusion” that is taking hold today.

Francis made the appeal during a speech to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the heads of major U.N. agencies who met in Rome this week.

Latin America’s first pope has frequently lashed out at the injustices of capitalism and the global economic system that excludes so much of humanity, though his predecessors have voiced similar concerns.

On Friday, Francis called for the United Nations to promote a “worldwide ethical mobilization” of solidarity with the poor in a new spirit of generosity.

Read more at philly.com

philly.com

176 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 8:31:59am

re: #166 CuriousLurker

I wonder if that will cause the Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation’s other board of directors to feel a pang of conscience and try to force out Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. // fat chance

I also can’t help but wonder how many other American towns & corporations are doing business with Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria’s corrupt leader(s), etc.

I’m glad there is some public condemnation happening right now without worrying about any PC backlash. Here are some of the people and groups boycotting that hotel:

…Over the past several days, 20 events have been canceled at the Beverly Hills property—a loss of about $2 million in revenue for the hotel, according to Dorchester. Local politicians and celebrities are also boycotting the nearby Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles, the hotel’s more subdued sister property.

Big names like Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres are urging boycotts, and the Beverly Hills mayor and council are calling for Dorchester to sell the famed hotel.

Dorchester, which runs 10 hotels world-wide, is looking to expand globally and has said it is seeking to acquire a luxury property in New York. Hotel analysts say the publicity surrounding protests against the company could complicate efforts to operate a Manhattan hotel, where there is also opposition to the new law.

The participation of Hollywood’s A-list in the boycott has been painful because the hotel has long been a see-and-be-seen spot to eat, sleep and fundraise. The hotel’s Polo Lounge restaurant is one of this city’s prime power-lunch spots. One event earlier this year attracted stars including Will Smith and Sandra Bullock.

“When we heard what was going on in Brunei, we said that doesn’t fit with our philosophy,” said Elaine Leader, head of a teen support organization that abruptly moved a fundraising event for 500 people honoring Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal from the Beverly Hills Hotel to the Sony Pictures lot this week.

British billionaire Richard Branson took to Twitter over the weekend to declare that no Virgin employee or Branson family member will stay at Dorchester hotel “until the Sultan abides by basic human rights.”

Coming events like a “Women in Entertainment” breakfast thrown by the Hollywood Reporter in December, and a “Night Before the Oscars” fundraiser held by the Motion Picture & Television Fund, have been moved from the hotel.

…

177 b.d.  May 9, 2014 8:34:03am

re: #171 FemNaziBitch

The agency approved the request by the Make Your Law committee to accept individual bitcoin donations to $100 for each electoral cycle, require contributors to list their names, addresses, occupations and employers, and affirm they own the bitcoins they are contributing.

[dudebro] But it is untraceable!! [dudebro]

What is the point of bitcoin again?

178 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 9, 2014 8:34:25am

re: #170 Feline Fearless Leader

That protective hand should be removed and then used to slap these idiots upside the head.

I do wonder if the moderate Christians are eventually going to catch on that since they let the asshole examples get all the media attention they trigger increased apathy and disillusion about Christianity in general.

I occasionally see this happening, from the likes of Tony Campolo, Bishop John Shelby Spong, Brendan Manning and others (seems that Pope Francis is doing so in some ways as well), but the problem from a “media attention” perspective is that “moderate” Christians don’t yell, interrupt Senate hearings and stand on street corners near abortion clinics yelling “Baby Killer.” Their politics are not as crystallized as the evangelical fundamentalist right is either.

I watched all this happen in the Southern Baptist Convention over many years. The denomination, while not exactly progressive, was far less reactionary before the 1970s. The “liberal” SBC wing was caught completely off-guard by the fire-breathing zealots who came in and, through parliamentary maneuvers, basically drove them out of the temple. It’s very akin to what conservatives have done in local government bodies across the country.

179 calochortus  May 9, 2014 8:34:25am

re: #146 Feline Fearless Leader

60 F, hazy, and supposed to warm up into the 70s today.

Feline overlords are jumpy today since there are men on ropes working on the building (re-pointing).

Younger overlord is handling his asthma treatment well so far. Not much struggle when I use the inhaler with him twice a day. And he is taking his pill since it appears I have a cat that likes the Greenies pill pocket treats.

I also installed a “interactive game” thing that is a bunch of tubes you can stick treats or kibble in and the cats have to fish them out to eat them. Younger cat has figured it out and gets extra treats, while older cat just sniffs at it and then ignores it. Though they also both seem to enjoy the new “hunt the treat” activity where I place Greenies around the apartment in various places for them to find.

My daughter’s cat likes Greenies so much that when a pill fell out of the pill pocket, he actually ate the pill off the floor (you know, the same pill that he would go to any lengths to avoid if it weren’t offered in a Greenie) because if it is associated with a Greenie it is delicious.
As for the interactive treat ball, he figured out that if he just sat and rocked it back and forth with his paw long enough the treat would fall out. Lazy cat.

180 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 8:36:20am
181 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:36:30am

182 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:36:54am

WTFITS

183 calochortus  May 9, 2014 8:37:06am

re: #175 Dr Lizardo

I’m seeing a lot of “as a good Catholic, I can tell you that the Pope is wrong.” I don’t think that’s how traditional “good Catholics” operate.

184 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 8:38:27am

re: #180 NJDhockeyfan

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Ugh, I bet the women are going to get an even harsher sentence

The men admitted to charges of illicit seclusion with unrelated women, dancing and drinking. Another judge will look into the charges against the six women.

185 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:39:19am

re: #183 calochortus

I’m seeing a lot of “as a good Catholic, I can tell you that the Pope is wrong.” I don’t think that’s how traditional “good Catholics” operate.

But he is right about the subjugation of women and denial of reproductive rights.

don’t mess with the money folks, that is the message here.

186 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 8:40:17am

re: #183 calochortus

I’m seeing a lot of “as a good Catholic, I can tell you that the Pope is wrong.” I don’t think that’s how traditional “good Catholics” operate.

This is how they operate in California.

Oakland Diocese Requiring Educators to Conform to Church Teachings
littlegreenfootballs.com

187 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:40:26am

OH NOES!!!!! TEH POPE IS A COMMUNIST!!!!! IMPEACH TEH HERETIC!!!!!!

189 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:43:52am
190 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:45:47am

re: #189 Pie-onist Overlord

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WEll, Bryan, hungry people will steal. You can give freely or be robbed later.

191 CuriousLurker  May 9, 2014 8:47:19am

re: #176 NJDhockeyfan

I’m glad there is some public condemnation happening right now without worrying about any PC backlash. Here are some of the people and groups boycotting that hotel:

Wait—PC backlash? Why should there be any? I can’t imagine many Americans supporting stoning people to death for homosexuality or adultery out of political correctness. What others do in their sovereign countries is their business and there’s only so much we (or rather our government) can do about it, but pressure that can be brought to bear on them HERE is another matter entirely.

Of course, boycotts of the hotel and the sultan being told he needs to sell his ownership could be seen as a slippery slope type of bullying to some, but I won’t mention any names… //

192 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:47:50am

re: #190 FemNaziBitch

WEll, Bryan, hungry people will steal. You can give freely or be robbed later.

193 jaunte  May 9, 2014 8:47:57am

re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord

She seems clever.

194 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 8:48:08am

re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord

195 iossarian  May 9, 2014 8:48:08am

re: #189 Pie-onist Overlord

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All those “natural Republican” Catholic Hispanics are about to find out exactly how much time the right wing has for their religion once the leadership steps out of the pro-capitalism line.

196 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 8:48:39am

re: #189 Pie-onist Overlord

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What religion is it that Bryan pretends to follow? Is there a Mammon Church I haven’t heard about?

197 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 8:49:42am

re: #196 Skip Intro

What religion is it that Bryan pretends to follow? Is there a Mammon Church I haven’t heard about?

Worship of boobies?

198 jaunte  May 9, 2014 8:50:55am

re: #194 lawhawk

She’s looking for an authority.

199 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:51:10am
200 Dr Lizardo  May 9, 2014 8:51:22am

re: #196 Skip Intro

What religion is it that Bryan pretends to follow? Is there a Mammon Church I haven’t heard about?

Heh……..the Church of Mammon.

I like that. Suits the fundies like Fischer, et al, pretty well, actually.

201 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 8:52:09am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

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Get that man a dick shun airy.

202 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 8:54:11am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

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Again I have to ask what religion is it that this pompous buffoon pretends to follow?

In Matthew 17:24-27 we learn that Jesus did indeed pay taxes:

After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

“Yes, he does,” he replied.

When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own sons or from others?”

“From others,” Peter answered.

“Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.” (NIV)

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke each tell of another account, when the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus in his words, and find a reason to accuse him. In Matthew 22:15-22 we read:

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away. (NIV)

This same incident is also recorded in Mark 12:13-17 and Luke 20:20-26.

So the gospels leave no doubt that Jesus taught his followers not only in words, but by example, to give to the government any taxes that are owed.

christianity.about.com

203 calochortus  May 9, 2014 8:54:41am

re: #186 Skip Intro

This is how they operate in California.

Oakland Diocese Requiring Educators to Conform to Church Teachings
littlegreenfootballs.com

I saw that in the paper this morning. I can’t imagine that it will improve the schools (or anyone’s morals.) It’s just a license to fire anyone they want, since it is remarkably vague about what’s Okely Dokely and what isn’t.

204 CuriousLurker  May 9, 2014 8:55:05am

Work interrupts again. Prolly a good thing seeing as how things are going today.

BBL

205 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 8:55:34am

re: #200 Dr Lizardo

Heh……..the Church of Mammon.

I like that. Suits the fundies like Fischer, et al, pretty well, actually.

And the church leaders are already in place: Koch the Elder, and Koch the Younger.

206 Bulworth  May 9, 2014 8:56:42am

Government is force. If it takes money from one citizen by force only to hand it over to another citizen, that’s theft.
— Bryan Fischer

Don’t know how someone with this much butthurt manages to get through the day.

207 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 8:56:43am

This twitter feed; read it and weep.

208 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:57:54am

re: #207 wrenchwench

This twitter feed; read it and weep.

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I thought the families asked that the names of the girls not be released.

209 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 8:59:45am

re: #202 Skip Intro

Again I have to ask what religion is it that this pompous buffoon pretends to follow?

christianity.about.com

210 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 8:59:46am

re: #206 Bulworth

Government is force. If it takes money from one citizen by force only to hand it over to another citizen, that’s theft.
— Bryan Fischer

Don’t know how someone with this much butthurt manages to get through the day.

Bryan is the world’s largest talking hemorrhoid.

211 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 9, 2014 9:00:02am

Edit: See I was beaten to the punch because Chrome decided to shit the bed. :/

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord
Guess Bryan just ignores these verses:
Matthew:

16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a] to Caesar or not?”

18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

212 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 9:00:14am

re: #208 Pie-onist Overlord

I thought the families asked that the names of the girls not be released.

I don’t know, didn’t hear that.

213 Bulworth  May 9, 2014 9:00:28am

“Hindu Prayer Interrupted In Senate By Christians”

Was this recently? (Can’t watch the youtube at the work)

214 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 9:01:07am
215 Dr. Matt  May 9, 2014 9:01:09am

re: #210 Skip Intro

Bryan is the world’s largest talking hemorrhoid.

However, hemorrhoids can be treated and cured.

216 Decatur Deb  May 9, 2014 9:01:24am

re: #202 Skip Intro

Again I have to ask what religion is it that this pompous buffoon pretends to follow?

christianity.about.com

Years ago Biblical Archaeology Review did an interesting take on that. It summarized scholarship that showed those simple fishermen from Capharnam were working a tax dodge on fish taken from the north end of the Kinneret, which fell under two different Roman provincial tax regimes. It was an ‘informal free-trade zone’ (smuggling operation) if you will.

217 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 9:01:24am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

Society. How does it work?

218 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 9:01:35am

apple people

the fan on my macbook keeps running and I only have Chrome open. the area is well ventilated. WTF?

219 calochortus  May 9, 2014 9:01:41am

re: #213 Bulworth

2007. I think it is being brought up because of the Supreme Court decision.

220 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 9:01:58am

It just occurred to me that Francis could set an example by cashing out some of the Vatican treasury.

221 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 9:01:59am

re: #208 Pie-onist Overlord

I thought the families asked that the names of the girls not be released.

I think it was revealing their full names (and whether they were Muslim or Christian).

222 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 9:02:11am

re: #213 Bulworth

“Hindu Prayer Interrupted In Senate By Christians”

Was this recently? (Can’t watch the youtube at the work)

Yeah, May 7. My mistake. It was 2007.

You can watch these assholes in action.

Youtube Video

223 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 9:02:18am

re: #218 FemNaziBitch

It’s possible dust has accumulated in the fan exhaust area, so it has to run more frequently.

224 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 9, 2014 9:03:09am

re: #218 FemNaziBitch

Are you running any videos (Netflix, Amazon, Youtube)?

Edit: Flash really heats up my MBP, and videos in general.

225 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 9:03:16am

226 Dr. Matt  May 9, 2014 9:03:44am

The ‘Law of Unintended Consequences’ wins again:

Florida town’s choice: Violate Supreme Court ruling or open meeting with Satanic prayer

Less than three days after the Supreme Court ruled in Town of Greece v. Galloway that prayers before town meetings did not violate the Constitution’s ban on endorsing religion, a self-styled Satanist in Deerfield Beach, Florida has asked city officials to let him open a meeting with a Satanic prayer.

Chaz Stevens — who made headlines last December when he forced Florida Governor Rick Scott to allow him to erect an 8-foot-tall Festivus pole made of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer cans next to Deerfield Beach’s nativity manger — told the New Times that he recently converted from “Pabstfestidian” because “Satan is a cool dude.”

“Think of all the people he’s in charge of,” Stevens said. “Do you want to be stuck listening to harp music in the afterlife? Hell no. I want to drink beer and hang with hookers.”

Chaz FTW

227 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 9:04:05am

228 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 9, 2014 9:04:45am

re: #226 Dr. Matt

The ‘Law of Unintended Consequences’ wins again:

Chaz FTW

Florida Man (tm) strikes again!

229 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 9:04:46am

re: #224 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Are you running any videos (Netflix, Amazon, Youtube)?

No, just LGF.

230 Bulworth  May 9, 2014 9:05:30am

Spent about 20 minutes or so almost blowing a gasket at Verizon. Mutherf0ckers. I’ve purchased the baseball package from Verizon the last two years but refused it, or tried to refuse it, for this year. Well, I guess you can imagine how this turned out. When I tried to to refuse it online in March, I was unable to do so. So I called them directly and VERY SPECIFICALLY refused the package for this year. But today I see it on my bill. And when I contact Verizon I’m told they don’t have a record of my having canceled the package. Yeah.

And naturally I don’t have a written confirmation of my refusing the package, just a couple of generic emails from Verizon related to other changes to my service.

Private enterprise: once you sign up for something, you can’t ever unsign up for it. Fvckers.

231 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 9:05:48am

WaPo issues 4 Pinocchios to the President…

Four Pinocchios for Obama’s claim that Republicans have ‘filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation’

…On just about every level, this claim is ridiculous.

We realize that Senate rules are complex and difficult to understand, but the president did serve in the Senate and should be familiar with its terms and procedures. Looking at the numbers, he might have been able to make a case that Republicans have blocked about 50 bills that he had wanted passed, such as an increase in the minimum wage. But instead he inflated the numbers to such an extent that he even included votes in which he, as senator, supported a filibuster.

It was just a decimal point error. Coulda happened to anyone.

232 FemNaziBitch  May 9, 2014 9:06:41am

bbl

233 Dr. Matt  May 9, 2014 9:07:14am

re: #231 NJDhockeyfan

WaPo issues 4 Pinocchios to the President…

Four Pinocchios for Obama’s claim that Republicans have ‘filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation’

It was just a decimal point error. Coulda happened to anyone.

He might have applied ‘Fox Math’.

234 Feline Fearless Leader  May 9, 2014 9:07:40am

re: #175 Dr Lizardo

RWNJ head explosion imminent. Seek shelter.

Pope demands ‘legitimate redistribution’ of wealth

philly.com

I wonder how soon until Boehner rethinks his invitation to the Pope to address Congress if he visits the United States.

235 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 9:08:14am

OH SHIT.

236 Flying Squirrel Girl  May 9, 2014 9:09:32am

OT but made me snort sitting at my desk. Scrolling through the comments at RawStory (I know, taking my chances), a commenter referred to Bundy supporters as “Y’all-Queda.” Hadn’t seen that one before.

237 Bulworth  May 9, 2014 9:10:17am

Dr. Matt posted:

However, hemorrhoids can be treated and cured.

Drops mic…

238 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 9:13:10am

re: #235 Pie-onist Overlord

OH SHIT.

The second case covers about 692,700 Escapes. Exterior door handles can bind and stop the door from latching properly. This could allow doors to open while the SUVs are in motion.

Goes with the name, no?

239 Bulworth  May 9, 2014 9:13:41am

Well, it’s Friday, it’s payday, and I’m just sensing that today is not worthy of my being in the office all f0cking day.

240 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 9:13:59am

Guess I will be getting a call from the dealer soon.

241 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 9:15:04am

re: #240 Pie-onist Overlord

Guess I will be getting a call from the dealer soon.

Is yours an Escape? Keep your seat belt on! (And please excuse me making light of it.)

242 Dr. Matt  May 9, 2014 9:18:02am

re: #237 Bulworth

Drops mic…

243 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 9:18:53am

re: #220 Pie-onist Overlord

It just occurred to me that Francis could set an example by cashing out some of the Vatican treasury.

Hey, now, let’s not go all literal here.

244 Dr. Matt  May 9, 2014 9:21:14am

re: #240 Pie-onist Overlord

Guess I will be getting a call from the dealer soon.

I wouldn’t wait. Bring it in yourself.

245 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 9:22:39am
246 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 9:22:50am

re: #208 Pie-onist Overlord

I thought the families asked that the names of the girls not be released.

Here’s where the tweeter is getting the names from.

Update #2: Upon further reflection and having read Jina Moore’s piece exploring the internal Nigerian politics of releasing the names and the specific concerns brought up by the governor of Borno state, we’ve decided to adjust this list to include the first names of the girls only.

Update #1: Some readers have expressed concern that posting these names may put the girls at further risk. We take that concern seriously, but given that the list has been released by a Nigerian organization and has been reported on by both the Nigerian and US media, we feel comfortable keeping it up here. We hope that the good that comes from putting names to this injustice outweighs any potential harm caused by their release.

180 names there, some of which are duplicates of course. The piece by Jina Moore (link above in the quote) is interesting.

247 Dr. Matt  May 9, 2014 9:26:03am

BTW, Charles, I curse your name for posting about this game: gabrielecirulli.github.io

It’s terribly addicting.

248 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 9, 2014 9:27:15am
249 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 9:28:10am

re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth

250 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 9:36:52am

re: #245 NJDhockeyfan

That’s the parking lot of Masada’s visitor center. Strike that. Got that area confused. Masada also saw flooding with the main access road cut off.

251 Decatur Deb  May 9, 2014 9:39:52am

re: #250 lawhawk

That’s the parking lot of Masada’s visitor center. Strike that. Got that area confused. Masada also saw flooding with the main access road cut off.

Lack of overenthusiastic tourists gasping from the snake trail was a give-away.

252 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 9:40:24am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

Bryan Fischer @BryanJFischer
Government is force. If it takes money from one citizen by force only to hand it over to another citizen, that’s theft.

I try to ignore that idiot as much as possible. Has he ever addressed the other basic religious dictate about greed?

Also, I don’t think the job of a ‘preacher’ is to be an excuser.

254 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 9:41:10am

re: #247 Dr. Matt

BTW, Charles, I curse your name for posting about this game: gabrielecirulli.github.io

It’s terribly addicting.

Damnit! Don’t post the link!

My annoying brother tweeted yesterday that he reached 2048, and could now delete the app.

255 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 9:42:09am
256 kirkspencer  May 9, 2014 9:42:47am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

Give unto caesar what is caesar’s. It is easier for an ass to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven. Sell what thou hast and give it to the poor and your treasure shall be saved in heaven.

I’m sensing a theme here, and it’s not what Bryan wants.

257 kirkspencer  May 9, 2014 9:43:55am

re: #254 wrenchwench

Damnit! Don’t post the link!

My annoying brother tweeted yesterday that he reached 2048, and could now delete the app.

Was he annoying before or after he reached 2048? ////

Seriously, my bet is he didn’t. Because if he was addicted enough to do it once, he’ll want to prove it wasn’t a fluke.

258 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 9:44:10am

Obama, at Wal-Mart, touts efficiency; angers labor

The White House chose Wal-Mart because the company has committed to doubling the number of solar energy projects at its stores, Sam’s Clubs and distribution centers.

But in choosing the giant retailer as the backdrop for his announcement, Obama triggered a backlash from labor unions and pay equity advocates who say Wal-Mart pays low wages and who archly noted that Obama has made pay equity a central issue of his presidency.

“What numbskull in the White House arranged this?” former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who served in the Bill Clinton administration, said in a posting on Facebook on Thursday.

259 Amory Blaine  May 9, 2014 9:48:00am

The energy savings wont be going towards wages.

260 Dr Lizardo  May 9, 2014 9:48:08am

There’s a cuckoo bird on in the forest behind the apartment. It’s been calling for past 10 minutes or so.

Heh.

261 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 9:48:46am

re: #258 Killgore Trout

Obama, at Wal-Mart, touts efficiency; angers labor

Heh. The outrage should last all weekend.

“What numbskull in the White House arranged this?” former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who served in the Bill Clinton administration, said in a posting on Facebook on Thursday.

LOL

262 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 9:50:04am

re: #231 NJDhockeyfan

WaPo issues 4 Pinocchios to the President…

Four Pinocchios for Obama’s claim that Republicans have ‘filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation’

It was just a decimal point error. Coulda happened to anyone.

Is anyone sure that his comment wasn’t just frustrated hyperbole?

I mean there are about a gazillion ways that could be interpreted!!!

Here is my rating of their rating…Stupid.

263 Decatur Deb  May 9, 2014 9:50:10am

re: #258 Killgore Trout

Obama, at Wal-Mart, touts efficiency; angers labor

Reich is a more serious Democrat than either HRC or Obama. Still, I’ll have to bust my hump for her to keep the rabid flying monkeys away from the seat of power.

264 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 9:51:22am

re: #257 kirkspencer

Was he annoying before or after he reached 2048? ////

I was born a year and a half after him, so there’s a short period I can’t vouch for.

Seriously, my bet is he didn’t. Because if he was addicted enough to do it once, he’ll want to prove it wasn’t a fluke.

You’re probably right. Maybe I’ll ask him later.

265 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 9:51:49am

re: #261 NJDhockeyfan

“What numbskull in the White House arranged this?” former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who served in the Bill Clinton administration, said in a posting on Facebook on Thursday.

Robert Reich should know better than anyone that Wal Mart has been a major contributor to the Clintons and Dems in general.

266 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 9:52:11am

NO HE FUCKING TOTALLY HAS NOT. DUMBASS.

267 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 9:53:16am

re: #265 Killgore Trout

Robert Reich should know better than anyone that Wal Mart has been a major contributor to the Clintons and Dems in general.

Hillary served on WalMart’s board of directors

268 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 9:53:30am

re: #255 Pie-onist Overlord

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Don Draper didn’t ride commuter trains.

FAIL!!!

269 Amory Blaine  May 9, 2014 9:53:44am

On Politics: John Doe lawsuit judge’s assistant married to Scott Walker campaign lawyer

An assistant to the federal judge who ordered a halt to the state’s secret investigation into possible illegal campaign coordination between Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative groups is married to a lawyer for Walker’s campaign — which could be grounds for a judge to step down from a case.

270 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 9:54:26am

Robert Reich for sale at Wal Mart.
Heh

271 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 9:55:19am

re: #258 Killgore Trout

WalMart has how many locations nationally? Between distribution centers, WalMart centers, Sams Clubs, etc., you’ve got more than 4,800 locations nationally. if you get them to go solar, you’d have a significant reduction in emissions. It’s an economy of scale.

Moreover, Walmart is now open to supporting minimum wage hikes (the fact that their stores suck the life out of employees and customers because they don’t pay workers enough and work rules inure all the benefits to the company)

272 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 9:55:31am

re: #267 wrenchwench

Hillary served on WalMart’s board of directors

Obama has some Wal Mart execs on staff. So it goes.

273 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 9:55:59am

re: #266 Pie-onist Overlord

Tell that to the US troops who liberated the Nazi death camps.

274 Killgore Trout  May 9, 2014 9:56:49am

re: #271 lawhawk

WalMart has how many locations nationally? Between distribution centers, WalMart centers, Sams Clubs, etc., you’ve got more than 4,800 locations nationally. if you get them to go solar, you’d have a significant reduction in emissions. It’s an economy of scale.

Moreover, Walmart is now open to supporting minimum wage hikes (the fact that their stores suck the life out of employees and customers because they don’t pay workers enough and work rules inure all the benefits to the company)

They were also big supporters of healthcare reform and are one of the largest corporate donors to the Center for American Progress. Hardly a wingnut organization.

275 lawhawk  May 9, 2014 9:57:43am

All that’s missing is the Michael Buffer introductions.

276 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 9:57:55am

re: #266 Pie-onist Overlord

I can’t remember him doing anything about anything, ever.

Well, maybe one thing. He did raise a dim-witted spittoon that became a Senator.

277 Skip Intro  May 9, 2014 9:59:02am

re: #275 lawhawk

I like how they had to enlarge the box for Gowdy so they could fit his pointy head in.

278 kirkspencer  May 9, 2014 9:59:18am

re: #269 Amory Blaine

On Politics: John Doe lawsuit judge’s assistant married to Scott Walker campaign lawyer

yeah, “One of my staff members is married to one of the people under investigation” is, unless clear and obvious segregation is demonstrated, a bit of a conflict of interest.

279 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 10:00:16am

re: #273 lawhawk

Tell that to the US troops who liberated the Nazi death camps.

Tell that to the Soviets who liberated most of the Nazi death camps.

Libertarians are such fucking tools.

280 Eclectic Cyborg  May 9, 2014 10:01:19am

re: #275 lawhawk

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All that’s missing is the Michael Buffer introductions.

Let’s get ready to CRUMMMMMMMBLE!!

281 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 10:05:24am

re: #271 lawhawk

WalMart has how many locations nationally? Between distribution centers, WalMart centers, Sams Clubs, etc., you’ve got more than 4,800 locations nationally. if you get them to go solar, you’d have a significant reduction in emissions. It’s an economy of scale.

Moreover, Walmart is now open to supporting minimum wage hikes (the fact that their stores suck the life out of employees and customers because they don’t pay workers enough and work rules inure all the benefits to the company)

Damn you lawhawk…always with the making sense of things comments. I think sometimes people forget there are many political battles to wage, some you lose some you win. Getting new energy policy in place has been a hallmark of Obama.

So yeah, I can see him giving them credit for this deal. I can also see him getting some of the big Walmart honchos aside while he is there and saying, hey what about some of these other issues?

That is how politics works for a pragmatist/realist like Obama.

Of course, that kind of thing doesn’t titillate Kilgore or NJD.

282 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 10:07:24am

re: #271 lawhawk

WalMart has how many locations nationally? Between distribution centers, WalMart centers, Sams Clubs, etc., you’ve got more than 4,800 locations nationally. if you get them to go solar, you’d have a significant reduction in emissions. It’s an economy of scale.

Moreover, Walmart is now open to supporting minimum wage hikes (the fact that their stores suck the life out of employees and customers because they don’t pay workers enough and work rules inure all the benefits to the company)

I think what is even worse than Walmart & McD’s paying their workers minimum wage, is their business model of hiring PART TIME workers but demanding a FULL TIME 24/7 rotation availability, making it impossible for them to work at a second job or attend school.

283 calochortus  May 9, 2014 10:09:04am

re: #282 Pie-onist Overlord

I think what is even worse than Walmart & McD’s paying their workers minimum wage, is their business model of hiring PART TIME workers but demanding a FULL TIME 24/7 rotation availability, making it impossible for them to work at a second job or attend school.

That’s how an awful lot of retail works these days. Unfortunately.

284 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 10:10:36am

re: #177 b.d.

[dudebro] But it is untraceable!! [dudebro]

What is the point of bitcoin again?

An easier way to launder money. Make it easier for the sale of young girls from African nations and other places around the world and harder to find who made money on it.

285 Amory Blaine  May 9, 2014 10:10:52am

It’s exploitation.

286 b.d.  May 9, 2014 10:14:11am

Why would you congratulate anyone for getting on a committee like this?

287 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 10:16:35am

Haha. Weaselzippers got shitcanned by Google adsense.

288 Pie-onist Overlord  May 9, 2014 10:16:47am

No I’m not linking to them.

289 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 10:19:03am
290 b.d.  May 9, 2014 10:19:44am

Ooops!!!!!!

291 HappyWarrior  May 9, 2014 10:21:16am

re: #289 wrenchwench

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It’s sad when Rand Paul is looking reasonable but it’s not out of sincere opposition to the laws. Just that it’s making his party look bad.

292 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 10:21:22am

re: #192 Pie-onist Overlord

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Yep, because no social liberals work and pay taxes into the system. Question Bryan, Do they let you have sharp objects? I hope not you feeble minded fuck, you may hurt yourself or an innocent person.

293 iossarian  May 9, 2014 10:21:58am

re: #289 wrenchwench

I would totally vote Republican because Rand Paul said one time that the GOP should maybe stop talking about voter ID.

294 wrenchwench  May 9, 2014 10:22:28am

re: #291 HappyWarrior

It’s sad when Rand Paul is looking reasonable but it’s not out of sincere opposition to the laws. Just that it’s making his party look bad.

Right. He needs the party to look good, because it’s the only party that might support him in a quest to be president.

295 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 9, 2014 10:22:34am

re: #286 b.d.

Why would you congratulate anyone for getting on a committee like this?

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WTF is with the celebratory splash page, anyway? If it’s serious business, you don’t go trumpeting it with a “Meet the team!” page.

(I know, I know, it’s just politics, but still, it’s grating)

296 Eventual Carrion  May 9, 2014 10:23:01am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

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Now give your 10% to the church if you want to be a member.

297 iossarian  May 9, 2014 10:23:04am

re: #293 iossarian

I would totally vote Republican because Rand Paul said one time that the GOP should maybe stop talking about voter ID.

I mean, it’s Churchillesque. It eclipses the New Deal. It’s a bold act of outreach to the downtrodden and oppressed everywhere. It’s…

weak sauce.

298 HappyWarrior  May 9, 2014 10:23:29am

re: #292 Eventual Carrion

Yep, because no social liberals work and pay taxes into the system. Question Bryan, Do they let you have sharp objects? I hope not you feeble minded fuck, you may hurt yourself or an innocent person.

That moron makes Pat Robertson look like a serious biblical scholar. Bryan just read the Old Testament and combined it with a reading of Ayn Rand that ignored that she could care less about gays or abortion.

299 NJDhockeyfan  May 9, 2014 10:23:59am
300 sagehen  May 9, 2014 10:24:11am

re: #219 calochortus

2007. I think it is being brought up because of the Supreme Court decision.

It’s being brought up because the guy doing it is the dad of those twins who lost their HGTV show.

301 ObserverArt  May 9, 2014 10:26:54am

re: #295 Rev_Arthur_Belling

WTF is with the celebratory splash page, anyway? If it’s serious business, you don’t go trumpeting it with a “Meet the team!” page.

(I know, I know, it’s just politics, but still, it’s grating)

Just trying to make it clear to where those donations need to be sent.

This is your Republican party in action.

302 Decatur Deb  May 9, 2014 10:45:07am

re: #289 wrenchwench

He says GOP needs to lay off voter ID. “It’s offending people.”

Some of the old farts I work with still have their poll tax receipts. Why would they be offended?

303 Bulworth  May 9, 2014 10:50:49am
NO HE FUCKING TOTALLY HAS NOT. DUMBASS.

Reagan? David Koch? Putin?

Can’t see the Twitters on work computer.

304 BeenHereAwhile  May 9, 2014 2:35:06pm

re: #260 Dr Lizardo

There’s a cuckoo bird on in the forest behind the apartment. It’s been calling for past 10 minutes or so.

Heh.

“Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu!”


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