Finally: a Truly Fair Representative Climate Change Debate From John Oliver
John Oliver beautifully illustrates the disparity between climate change “skeptics” and the scientific community, with help from a special guest.
John Oliver beautifully illustrates the disparity between climate change “skeptics” and the scientific community, with help from a special guest.
1 | Kragar May 12, 2014 10:26:05am |
“Who gives a shit? You don’t need people’s opinions on a fact.”
2 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 10:26:45am |
I bonked my kitteh https://t.co/00iVoxgA6M— Bad Lip Reading (@BadLipReading) May 12, 2014
3 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 10:28:46am |
The fact that most of Florida lies less than a few dozen feet above sea level almost makes climate change worth it.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 12, 2014
4 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 10:31:45am |
I’m starting to see some journalists getting fed up with the Mighty Greenwald.
Glenn Greenwald says Hillary will be President thanks to women who can't comprehend how terrible she is. Thx women! pic.twitter.com/VUUQXJdjec— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 12, 2014
@JuddLegum typical CAP fabrication in defense of partisan enemies— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 12, 2014
@ggreenwald Fair. If you can send me the unfabricated transcript I'll tweet that out.— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 12, 2014
6 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 10:34:42am |
7 | Kragar May 12, 2014 10:35:03am |
Allen West: Kidnapped Nigerian girls are a ‘fishy’ Obama plot to distract from Benghazi http://t.co/UOqv0iHokM *facepalm*— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
8 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 10:36:56am |
meanwhile, in Kentucky the excitement never ends:
Berea PD are seriously chasing these geese around on the interstate - they've currently got them on the overpass at Exit 77 #GooseChase
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) May 12, 2014
9 | HappyWarrior May 12, 2014 10:37:01am |
re: #7 Kragar
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And this guy has had people in the US House of Representatives think he should be the Speaker.
11 | Kragar May 12, 2014 10:40:21am |
Scratch the surface of any 2nd Amendment nut and you'll find a raging conspiracy theorist. Laughable @Molon_Labe_Oath— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
12 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 10:42:12am |
OFFS
Now there are “Emily Letts Abortion Video” Truthers.
A Christian Young Lady Calls BS on Emily Letts’ Pregnancy http://t.co/mLLnpB0i14 via @townhallcom #tcot #gop #LCMS #Prolife— IdaFlo (@IdaFlo) May 12, 2014
13 | b.d. May 12, 2014 10:42:17am |
QUIT POINTING OUT GLENN’S QUOTES YOU DROOLING OBAMABOT SYCOPHANT!!!1!
14 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 10:42:51am |
re: #6 Charles Johnson
Hehe, should have expected that :P
digitalintheround.com
calvertjournal.com
There are some really good ones.
15 | Targetpractice May 12, 2014 10:44:13am |
re: #11 Kragar
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The question these wingnuts never seem able to answer: What happens if they win in 2016 and they don’t “get their country back” before year’s end?
17 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 12, 2014 10:45:27am |
I appreciate good American skepticism and critical thinking, but this attitude has simply been hijacked by people with an economic and ideological interest in ignoring global warming and the steps necessary to deal with it…
18 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 10:46:48am |
What is the CAP in CAP fabrication?
———
Center for American Progress (I think)
19 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 10:47:27am |
20 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 10:47:38am |
re: #16 b.d.
Formerly a far-right bogeyman. Now seemingly a far-left bogeyman.
21 | iossarian May 12, 2014 10:49:37am |
The word “partisan” is a bit like “monies” in that using it non-ironically often flags that you’re making a content-free assertion that your own personal point of view is the only correct one.
22 | Kragar May 12, 2014 10:52:15am |
His example of a well regulated militia:
The Oath Keepers
23 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 10:54:03am |
In which Glenn Greenwald is completely indistinguishable from a Tea Partier. https://t.co/9ICP7Aqjzk— Danielle Lannister (@DCPlod) May 12, 2014
24 | b.d. May 12, 2014 10:54:25am |
re: #18 Bulworth
What is the CAP in CAP fabrication?
———
Center for American Progress (I think)
Is that worse than the CATO Institute that Glenn use to work for? The one that originally started out as the Charles Koch Foundation?
25 | Targetpractice May 12, 2014 10:56:11am |
re: #22 Kragar
His example of a well regulated militia:
The Oath Keepers
The ones who got called “deserters” and threatened with “execution” for calling it quits on the Bundy front during an argument over a phantom drone strike?
26 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 10:57:41am |
Imagine my shock. RT @TPM: Glenn Greenwald doesn't share Washington's love of Tim Russert http://t.co/WzpXP9oL6y pic.twitter.com/nwIbO6udne— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 12, 2014
Wow, that GQ interview with Greenwald is a hoot. He just spews insults at _everybody_.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 12, 2014
Very attractive photo, though. pic.twitter.com/h7MPUYTzgr— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 12, 2014
27 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 10:58:39am |
re: #26 Charles Johnson
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That second photo - the B&W photo - looks like a mugshot.
28 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:00:04am |
Yeah, people, stop making Greenwald look bad by quoting his own words printed in an interview https://t.co/7MFmlCBp46 pic.twitter.com/MdpRZ6XHmF— Danielle Lannister (@DCPlod) May 12, 2014
29 | lawhawk May 12, 2014 11:00:06am |
re: #26 Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs Why does that remind me of instagramming an old time mug shot?— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 12, 2014
30 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:00:43am |
Greenwald tried that shit before when he tried to claim Reuters deliberately mistranslated an interview in Portuguese…except they didn't.— Danielle Lannister (@DCPlod) May 12, 2014
31 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:01:08am |
re: #27 Dr Lizardo
That second photo - the B&W photo - looks like a mugshot.
Looks like a 1930s mug shot.
32 | Lidane May 12, 2014 11:01:15am |
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Yeah, people, stop making Greenwald look bad by quoting his own words printed in an interview https://t.co/7MFmlCBp46 pic.twitter.com/MdpRZ6XHmF— Danielle Lannister (@DCPlod) May 12, 2014
33 | Feline Fearless Leader May 12, 2014 11:04:55am |
34 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:05:45am |
35 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 11:05:46am |
36 | Amory Blaine May 12, 2014 11:10:57am |
I liked the Grimes/ McConnell ads they had on the show, hilarious. Definitely NSFW though.
37 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 11:10:59am |
Glenn looks like one of those guys who escaped from Alcatraz.
That’s not them. Clint Eastwood was one of the escapees. I saw it on TV.
38 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 11:11:01am |
I don't “revere” Tim Russert, but he was a good journalist - smart, tough, tried to be fair. Glenn Greenwald isn't fit to shine his shoes.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 12, 2014
39 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:11:55am |
Gun-fucker tries a healthcare meme:
No dipshit, a 12-year-old is still a child and the alternative to “Plan B” is a 12-year-old being pregnant.
#Libard Logic: Plan B for your kid [pic] #tcot #tgdn #PJNET #ctot #ccot #RedNationRising #SGP #LNYHBt pic.twitter.com/fw3mAIjc5Q— atomiktiger #dude (@atomiktiger) May 12, 2014
41 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 11:13:41am |
So Twitter Gulag Defense Network (TGDN) is still a thing….
42 | Lidane May 12, 2014 11:13:50am |
GOHMERT! is flapping his pie hole again:
Louie Gohmert: Reality TV show cancellation like Hitler, female genital mutilation http://t.co/chfnjmI8og— The Raw Story (@RawStory) May 12, 2014
43 | Amory Blaine May 12, 2014 11:14:32am |
re: #36 Amory Blaine
I liked the Grimes/ McConnell ads they had on the show, hilarious. Definitely NSFW though.
44 | klys May 12, 2014 11:15:52am |
re: #39 Pie-onist Overlord
If his slogan is “education defeats propaganda” …
…
well, there’s just way too many things that need to be addressed here. Like his lack of education, and the part where he is actively producing propaganda.
45 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:16:04am |
Well we’re fucked.
China says they should get a pass on burning coal because of their “One Child” population control policy.
Stopping climate change 'almost impossible' if China can't quit coal, report says http://t.co/1KSsK6ZWZx— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) May 12, 2014
46 | Killgore Trout May 12, 2014 11:16:39am |
How the Left Cut Down a Democratic Frontrunner
Rep. Allyson Schwartz was up by 25 points in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for governor. Then came accusations of centrism—now a dirty word in a party with an energized left flank.
47 | Lidane May 12, 2014 11:17:20am |
re: #39 Pie-onist Overlord
If it’s taken early enough, Plan B is something like 95% effective at stopping a pregnancy. Yeah, each pill costs $50, but it’s a small price to pay to keep your 12 year old from becoming a mom.
48 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:17:24am |
@viciousbabushka you're truly in denial.. @ryansouth21 @Cameron_Gray @EleanorClift @CainSauer— Jonathan Parry (@Pillznarry) May 12, 2014
49 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 11:19:20am |
Lidane posted:
If it’s taken early enough, Plan B is something like 95% effective at stopping a pregnancy. Yeah, each pill costs $50, but it’s a small price to pay to keep your 12 year old from becoming a mom.
ABstinence is only TRUTH policy, libtard moran!!!
50 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:19:21am |
Google image search shows that atrocity photo showing up on Syrian blogs back in 2009, but this is another example of THEIR IS NO PHOTOS OF OBAMA HUGGING SOLIDERS LIKE THIS ONE OF GW BUSH!!!!! NONE AT ALL!!!!!!!
51 | lawhawk May 12, 2014 11:19:50am |
Twitter has unveiled a mute button.
To mute a user from a Tweet on your iOS or Android device or on Twitter for web tap more and then mute @username. To mute someone from their profile page, tap the gear icon on the page and choose mute @username.
52 | Lidane May 12, 2014 11:20:47am |
So remember this joke tweet during the WHCD?
The Westeros Wing. #WHCD pic.twitter.com/wG4KbQ7BLn— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 4, 2014
Well, Rick Wiles has his panties in a twist over it:
Rick Wiles Points To ‘Game Of Thrones’ Tweet To Prove Obama Is The Antichrist
53 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:20:49am |
I’m at work now and can’t Google image that Syrian atrocity pic, I think it was Gus who found it on a Syrian blog dating to 2009.
@Pillznarry @Cameron_Gray @EleanorClift @CainSauer show me definitive proof @viciousbabushka and I'll delete the tweet.— Ryan Southerland (@ryansouth21) May 12, 2014
54 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 11:22:37am |
If it’s taken early enough, Plan B is something like 95% effective at stopping a pregnancy. Yeah, each pill costs $50, but it’s a small price to pay to keep your 12 year old from becoming a mom.
Gotta say the seamless transition some RWNJ can make between late-term abortion killings and no birthcontrol pillz for our daughters is truly astounding. /
55 | GunstarGreen May 12, 2014 11:22:58am |
re: #51 lawhawk
Twitter has unveiled a mute button.
Muting: For those times when you want to block someone, but you don’t really want to block them block them.
Was this really… necessary?
56 | Targetpractice May 12, 2014 11:23:07am |
re: #52 Lidane
So remember this joke tweet during the WHCD?
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Well, Rick Wiles has his panties in a twist over it:
Rick Wiles Points To ‘Game Of Thrones’ Tweet To Prove Obama Is The Antichrist
Funny, I always pictured Obama more like Conan sitting upon his throne than GoT.
57 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 11:24:00am |
show me definitive proof
@viciousbabushka
and I’ll delete the tweet.
Oh I doubt that….
58 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 11:24:14am |
I love the editor's note at the bottom of Greenwald's paranoid rant about how the US wants to arrest him: pic.twitter.com/ydJD6gtdPG— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 12, 2014
59 | GunstarGreen May 12, 2014 11:24:16am |
re: #54 Bulworth
Gotta say the seamless transition some RWNJ can make between late-term abortion killings and no birthcontrol pillz for our daughters is truly astounding. /
It’s not much of a transition when the core driving principle is wimminz r filthy slutz and shuld keep there legz clozed!!1!!11!!1!
60 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:25:32am |
61 | iossarian May 12, 2014 11:25:48am |
re: #54 Bulworth
Gotta say the seamless transition some RWNJ can make between late-term abortion killings and no birthcontrol pillz for our daughters is truly astounding. /
It’s sad. I really believe that many people who think of themselves as “opposed to abortion” and vote as such really haven’t thought through the consequences of their position, or indeed what the current legal situation allows and does not allow.
Difficult to get past the noise machine though.
62 | Feline Fearless Leader May 12, 2014 11:26:04am |
re: #58 Charles Johnson
A disclaimer on how any relationship between his scribblings and reality are purely coincidental?
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63 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:26:48am |
re: #53 Pie-onist Overlord
They are alleged to be CIA torture photos tho.
64 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 11:26:50am |
re: #55 GunstarGreen
Muting: For those times when you want to block someone, but you don’t really want to block them block them.
Was this really… necessary?
I couldn’t use Twitter without it. There are some people it’s really best to completely not see at all, and they’re the ones who find ways to get around the simple block feature - i.e., stalkers. The mute feature keeps these nutcases out of my view entirely.
65 | makeitstop May 12, 2014 11:28:03am |
re: #28 Pie-onist Overlord
‘She’s a fucking hawk and almost like a neo-con, practically.’
I thought the GG loved him some neo-cons? Didn’t he defend Bush the Younger at one point?
66 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:28:16am |
ANOTHER WINGNUT ADMITS BEING WRONG!!!
I’m keeping this Tweet encased in lucite.
@viciousbabushka @Kragar_LGF it does seem that picture is incorrect. For that I apologize and admit my error. Tweet will be deleted.— Ryan Southerland (@ryansouth21) May 12, 2014
67 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:29:05am |
68 | William Barnett-Lewis May 12, 2014 11:29:49am |
re: #22 Kragar
His example of a well regulated militia:
The Oath Keepers
I do hope you laughed loud at him calling the Oathbreakers 1) a militia and 2) well regulated. The qualify as a seditious political group I suppose and they have weapons but in the event of real conflict they’d make the Continental militias of 1777 look like a mighty blue wall. smh.
69 | iossarian May 12, 2014 11:30:02am |
re: #66 Pie-onist Overlord
ANOTHER WINGNUT ADMITS BEING WRONG!!!
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One down, 27% of the US electorate to go…
70 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:30:10am |
BUT DON’T THINK U HAVE BEATEN ME LIBTURD!!!!!!
@Kragar_LGF @Pillznarry @Cameron_Gray @viciousbabushka a quick google search will show you correct pictures of Steven's torture, however.— Ryan Southerland (@ryansouth21) May 12, 2014
71 | FemNaziBitch May 12, 2014 11:30:16am |
sleepy balls of fat pic.twitter.com/bj2TeW4CN4— Baby Animals (@BabyAnimalPics) May 12, 2014
72 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:30:19am |
re: #66 Pie-onist Overlord
Here’s the same photo in 2008: funnytheworld.com
73 | GunstarGreen May 12, 2014 11:30:33am |
re: #61 iossarian
It’s sad. I really believe that many people who think of themselves as “opposed to abortion” and vote as such really haven’t thought through the consequences of their position, or indeed what the current legal situation allows and does not allow.
Difficult to get past the noise machine though.
They haven’t thought it through because it’s not a matter of facts and logic. It’s a matter of Divine Duty. The Skydad says abortion is bad and therefore you must vote against abortion, because if you don’t vote with the Skydad you go to Hell.
Then something actually happens to them and theirs and suddenly their views get a lot more ‘flexible’.
See also: their views on Teh Gayz.
74 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 11:31:32am |
re: #70 Pie-onist Overlord
BUT DON’T THINK U HAVE BEATEN ME LIBTURD!!!!!!
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Words that don’t belong together in a sentence:
a quick google search will show you correct …
75 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:31:33am |
re: #70 Pie-onist Overlord
And here it’s Egyptian authorities torturing a suspect (tho the photo itself is offline): pkpolitics.com
76 | lawhawk May 12, 2014 11:32:56am |
re: #53 Pie-onist Overlord
TinEye indicates that the image might actually date back to 2008, and has been referred to in relation to torture by the CIA at Bagram. Then again, this page has the photo in relation to torture in Argentina (dates to 2010).
Clearly, this is not the Ambassador, and it was clearly circulating before the Ambassador was killed in Benghazi.
77 | Kragar May 12, 2014 11:33:55am |
re: #66 Pie-onist Overlord
ANOTHER WINGNUT ADMITS BEING WRONG!!!
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Nevemind, he’s still saying he was tortured
OFFS, this BS again? @ryansouth21 @Pillznarry @Cameron_Gray @viciousbabushka— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
78 | lawhawk May 12, 2014 11:34:09am |
re: #66 Pie-onist Overlord
Frozen in carbonite. But like Jar Jar or George Lucas tinkering with the originals, they keep coming back.
79 | jaunte May 12, 2014 11:35:26am |
she can have that one, there are other pictures out there
Maybe they’ll show some discretion and not make Cafe Press shower curtains out of them.
80 | Killgore Trout May 12, 2014 11:35:37am |
Rand Paul joins Alan Grayson and Code Pink
Show Us the Drone Memos
81 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:36:01am |
re: #58 Charles Johnson
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GET HOLDER ON THE PHONE AND YOU BETTER NOT HAVE TO CALL TWICE!1
82 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:36:48am |
Just don't make CafePress shower curtains out of it, kthxbai @Pillznarry @Kragar_LGF @ryansouth21 @Cameron_Gray— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 12, 2014
83 | FemNaziBitch May 12, 2014 11:38:14am |
can't believe i FINALLY get to stop pretending to care about “woman stuff” once i have legally obtained my human wife in a few weeks— Matt Lubchansky (@Lubchansky) May 12, 2014
84 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:38:17am |
re: #82 Pie-onist Overlord
He might make a coffee table book though…
85 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 11:38:51am |
On Topic:
“Do Owls Exist” via @RL_Miller (h/t Bill Nye @TheScienceGuy & @iamJohnOliver): pic.twitter.com/WbRpMydKfT— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) May 12, 2014
86 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:38:57am |
WATCH OUT US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT! DON’T MAKE GLENN CALL JESSALYN RADACK ON YOU BASTARDS!!1!
87 | Kragar May 12, 2014 11:38:59am |
BS saying he was getting tortured you moronic fuckwit @Pillznarry @ryansouth21 @Cameron_Gray @viciousbabushka— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
88 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 11:39:09am |
re: #78 lawhawk
Frozen in carbonite. But like Jar Jar or George Lucas tinkering with the originals, they keep coming back.
What is this ‘Jar Jar’ everyone keeps speaking of? I can only gather it is some hellish entity from an alternate dimension.
89 | Killgore Trout May 12, 2014 11:39:13am |
Syria update:
Exclusive: Kerry Told Syrian Rebels ‘We Wasted a Year’ in Fight Against Assad
The international community’s failure to coordinate on aid and weapons for the rebels dramatically set back efforts to fight the regime, the secretary of state told opposition leaders.
90 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:39:59am |
re: #88 Dr Lizardo
What is this ‘Jar Jar’ everyone keeps speaking of? I can only gather it is some hellish entity from an alternate dimension.
It’s worse than that.
91 | FemNaziBitch May 12, 2014 11:40:08am |
re: #73 GunstarGreen
They haven’t thought it through because it’s not a matter of facts and logic. It’s a matter of Divine Duty. The Skydad says abortion is bad and therefore you must vote against abortion, because if you don’t vote with the Skydad you go to Hell.
Then something actually happens to them and theirs and suddenly their views get a lot more ‘flexible’.
See also: their views on Teh Gayz.
There is also a certain backward illogic. ” If they can’t have an abortion, then they won’t have sex”
Don’t ask me to explain it, but people really do think that way.
93 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 11:40:41am |
a quick google search will show you correct pictures of Steven’s torture, however.
And…what? That Obama had him tortured? That if only Obama had immediately droned Benghazi1!1 then something something?
94 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:41:27am |
re: #88 Dr Lizardo
What is this ‘Jar Jar’ everyone keeps speaking of? I can only gather it is some hellish entity from an alternate dimension.
No, it was created by HPL’s not-so-smart brother Billo…
96 | Randall Gross May 12, 2014 11:43:38am |
97 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:45:47am |
Do most books have their own twitter account?
.@ggreenwald’s NO PLACE TO HIDE releases tomorrow in most countries. Pre-order your copy today: http://t.co/9JrOkES66p
— No Place To Hide (@NPTHbook) May 12, 2014
99 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:47:24am |
re: #98 jaunte
“Everyone will know you’ve ordered one!”
IT’S NO SECRET I BOUGHT THIS BOOK - FAKE CLAPPER
100 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 11:47:44am |
The shooting situation in East Lansing is still unresolved. Schools are still on lockdown.
@AliceDreger Active standoff.
— Lansing StateJournal (@LSJNews) May 12, 2014
101 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 11:47:55am |
KINKY
Greenwald expected Snowden in shackles… http://t.co/A4O2KWobse #tcot— Drudge Report (@tweetdrudge) May 12, 2014
102 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:48:20am |
re: #99 b.d.
IT’S NO SECRET I BOUGHT THIS BOOK - FAKE CLAPPER
I STOLE A COPY OF THIS BOOK FROM THE MOSCOW LIBRARY - FAKE SNOWDEN
103 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 11:48:48am |
Just a quick note to pages authors - the people who run Raw Story get upset when you post their articles here, even with a link to their site. They don’t like having their articles quoted elsewhere.
I suggest when you find a story there that looks interesting, check the original source instead (since Raw Story basically is just repackaged stories from elsewhere) and use that for a post.
And it’s always best to write something about it in your own voice, instead of just quoting the article. Tell us why you thought this was interesting or important. It makes for a much more interesting post.
104 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 11:48:50am |
re: #97 b.d.
Do most books have their own twitter account?
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How many pre-orders did The Intercept make?
105 | FemNaziBitch May 12, 2014 11:49:35am |
Population control has a privatized side too. In Mexico, Human Rights Watch has documented how many U.S.-owned factories force women workers to submit to mandatory pregnancy testing as a condition for getting or keeping a job. Quinacrine, a chemical form of sterilization not approved by any drug regulatory authority, is promoted by private population control interests in clinics in Florida and many countries overseas. In the U.S. the organization CRACK pays poor women drug users to be sterilized.
It’s ok because it doesn’t happen on US Soil.
106 | jaunte May 12, 2014 11:49:52am |
re: #99 b.d.
“I’m planning to read it over your shoulder.”
—Drone
107 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:49:52am |
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
How many pre-orders did The Intercept make?
Looks like we have a lot of orders from some guy named Pierre in Honolulu.
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108 | b.d. May 12, 2014 11:52:02am |
THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN, I CAN’T WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT!!
109 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:53:20am |
So, I haven’t been paying attention - is GG a darling of Fox etc.?
110 | GunstarGreen May 12, 2014 11:54:12am |
re: #105 FemNaziBitch
It’s ok because it doesn’t happen on US Soil.
Always remember: It is not decent morality or a functioning sense of human ethics that keeps US companies from treating their workers in this fashion. Only the force of law prevents them from doing this kind of sick shit here as well.
111 | Killgore Trout May 12, 2014 11:54:20am |
Meanwhile in Yemen
US Drone Strike Kills 6 Al-Qaida Militants
112 | Killgore Trout May 12, 2014 11:55:39am |
re: #109 Sergey Romanov
So, I haven’t been paying attention - is GG a darling of Fox etc.?
Nope. Last summer he was really popular on msnbc but I haven’t watched since then
113 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 11:55:54am |
But will Pres Obama get credit for this?
US budget surplus in April totaled $106.9 billion compared to $112.9 billion year ago; deficit forecast for narrowest gap since 2008 - @AP
read more on bigstorystage.ap.org
114 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 11:57:42am |
re: #112 Killgore Trout
Sure, “the left” is his original ground, I just wonder if he has been making rounds in the RW media, what with his Obama stance etc.
115 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 11:58:27am |
re: #109 Sergey Romanov
So, I haven’t been paying attention - is GG a darling of Fox etc.?
He’s been on Eric Bolling’s Fox News show twice now.
117 | GunstarGreen May 12, 2014 11:59:24am |
re: #88 Dr Lizardo
What is this ‘Jar Jar’ everyone keeps speaking of? I can only gather it is some hellish entity from an alternate dimension.
Lucas is, always has been, and always will be a hack. The only reason the original trilogy was any good was all of the people that were not Lucas that worked on them. As soon as Lucas got control, he not only made three new and awful movies, but also went back and screwed up the originals, even going so far as to go back and insert a BIG NOOOOOOOOOO into Return of the Jedi’s pivotal scene, presumably as some sort of middle-finger to everyone that criticized him the first time he did it.
118 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 11:59:32am |
Fake images of supposed “mercenaries” in #Ukraine are altered images from 2005 in New Orleans. Original photos here: http://t.co/LKHkWTY0w3
— Прогресс для Украины (@UkrProgress) May 12, 2014
119 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:00:37pm |
re: #118 Justanotherhuman
I’ve lost count of how many times the pro-Russian bloggers have used unrelated pictures to lie about the situation.
120 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 12:00:40pm |
121 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 12:00:42pm |
HURR HURR U LINKED TO MEDIA MATTERS SOROS LIES!!!!! U LIBTURD.
@Kragar_LGF @Cameron_Gray @ryansouth21 @Pillznarry @viciousbabushka Media Matters. LOFL.— Justine (@MissJustineKay) May 12, 2014
122 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:01:49pm |
re: #121 Pie-onist Overlord
Wait, what? I don’t see a MMFA link in Kragar’s tweet.
123 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 12:02:46pm |
re: #122 Sergey Romanov
Wait, what? I don’t see a MMFA link in Kragar’s tweet.
All answered long ago http://t.co/lI3L7HxW1t @ryansouth21 @Pillznarry @Cameron_Gray— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
125 | sagehen May 12, 2014 12:03:29pm |
re: #80 Killgore Trout
Rand Paul joins Alan Grayson and Code Pink
Show Us the Drone Memos
Dogs and cats lying down together!!
126 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:04:13pm |
127 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:04:35pm |
I abandoned those morons. They’re completely delusional.
Meanwhile…
Short, controlled bursts? @AndrewWK— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
128 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 12:05:00pm |
HAHA can’t want till Friday for 20 Teaturds to show up, just like their Labor Day Trucker Fail.
6 DAYS! until Operation American Spring.Plan to take part 5-16-2014 #teaparty #tcot #takeourcountryback pic.twitter.com/fnZzjIt1tl— Surprise Tea Party (@surprisetpp) May 10, 2014
130 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:05:47pm |
re: #128 Pie-onist Overlord
What was that last time, the truckers gathering in Washington? That went over well…
131 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:05:51pm |
re: #126 Sergey Romanov
Kragar, here’s that same pic in 2008:
The earliest occurence I could find.
I ended up doing a google search and setting the date range for all of 2009 to find my source.
132 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 12:07:24pm |
re: #130 Sergey Romanov
What was that last time, the truckers gathering in Washington? That went over well…
They had like 5 rigs show up, but all day long they were Tweeting pictures of trucks from other events.
133 | jaunte May 12, 2014 12:07:49pm |
I’m Not Fundraising Off Benghazi Except When I Am http://t.co/PLitFBF4NV
— Jordan Ashby (@JM_Ashby) May 12, 2014
134 | iossarian May 12, 2014 12:07:59pm |
re: #128 Pie-onist Overlord
HAHA can’t want till Friday for 20 Teaturds to show up, just like their Labor Day Trucker Fail.
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I quite like surprise tea parties with my friends. It’s a chance to catch up and talk about how our lives have changed since we were younger. Also an opportunity to eat cake, which is never a bad thing.
For that Twitter poster, though, I imagine that “surprise tea party” is more about RAGE and the interminable “rise of the red nation”.
135 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 12:10:21pm |
Who says the south can’t get with the program? : )
More: 125 marriage license applications for same-sex couples processed today so far in Pulaski County, Arkansas - @THV11
end of alert
45 same-sex marriage licenses issued in Washington County, Arkansas; 1 in Marion County, Arkansas; 13 in Carroll County, Arkansas - @THV11
end of alert
136 | sagehen May 12, 2014 12:11:02pm |
I just beat my previous high score on that 2048 timesuck. My life is very sad, that this brings me a feeling of accomplishment.
137 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 12:11:29pm |
HURR HURR MEDIA MATTERS LIES you’re argument = INVALIED
138 | jaunte May 12, 2014 12:11:58pm |
re: #135 Justanotherhuman
That means at least 165,000 conservative southerners will be forced to fantasize about gay sex.
139 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:12:19pm |
re: #137 Bulworth
HURR HURR MEDIA MATTERS LIES you’re argument = INVALIED
Sorry, I dont have a conspiracy blog with doctored graphics to fall back on, I have to use facts @Pillznarry @ryansouth21 @Cameron_Gray— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
140 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 12:12:20pm |
Excellent article.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the Double-Bind of Muslim Women’s Rights http://t.co/nLkXU3wCjT— Hind Makki (@HindMakki) May 12, 2014
If you want to know more about ‘intersectionality’ read this, even though it never uses that word.
141 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 12:12:21pm |
re: #136 sagehen
I just beat my previous high score on that 2048 timesuck. My life is very sad, that this brings me a feeling of accomplishment.
Timesuck is right. My best score so far is 5612. Ugh.
142 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 12:12:56pm |
re: #138 jaunte
That means at least 165,000 conservative southerners will be forced to fantasize about gay sex.
Forced? Hell, it’s all they think about right now as it is.
143 | Feline Fearless Leader May 12, 2014 12:13:20pm |
144 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:13:26pm |
Greenwald talking politics is like when you talk to your little cousin who's 14 and just discovered Howard Zinn.— Internet, Eh? (@InternetEh) May 12, 2014
145 | Lidane May 12, 2014 12:13:44pm |
You are truly, truly stupid if you thought Double G gives a damn about anyone other than himself.— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) May 12, 2014
146 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 12:13:53pm |
6 DAYS! until Operation American Spring.Plan to take part 5-16-2014 #teaparty #tcot #takeourcountrybackpic.twitter.com
— Surprise Tea Party (@surprisetpp)
Gotta be a parody, right?
147 | jaunte May 12, 2014 12:14:02pm |
re: #144 Kragar
That’s it! I knew there was something familiar about him.
148 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 12:14:39pm |
re: #136 sagehen
I just beat my previous high score on that 2048 timesuck. My life is very sad, that this brings me a feeling of accomplishment.
And my life is sad and out of control because I don’t want to be reminded that the game exists in an as yet unconquered (by me) manner. I appreciate that you did not include a link.
149 | Lidane May 12, 2014 12:15:24pm |
Getting back to the original topic, the Christian Post haz an answer:
Christian Post blogger says extreme weather is due to divine punishment for homosexuality, not climate change http://t.co/wb3lNH3yXB— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) May 12, 2014
150 | Feline Fearless Leader May 12, 2014 12:15:48pm |
re: #145 Lidane
That’s because he has moved beyond Howard Zinn and read Ayn Rand.
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151 | CriticalDragon1177 May 12, 2014 12:17:05pm |
Randall Gross,
This “debate” off course will never happen since the climate change deniers know they would lose. This is the first time I saw a clip from John Oliver’s new show by the way.
152 | Feline Fearless Leader May 12, 2014 12:17:19pm |
re: #149 Lidane
Getting back to the original topic, the Christian Post haz an answer:
Just poorly aimed since I doubt that a Tyson’s chicken farm was homosexually owned. Maybe the divine needs to cut down on the sacramental wine while throwing thunderbolts.
//
153 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 12:19:12pm |
re: #149 Lidane
Getting back to the original topic, the Christian Post haz an answer:
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Some folks have just never quite moved past the Bronze Age, have they?
*headdesk*
154 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:20:18pm |
RT @zerohedge: UKRAINE FORCES ATTACK EASTERN CITY OF SLOVYANSK, INTERFAX SAYS | Is this a cross border war now?— Political Line (@PoliticaILine) May 12, 2014
155 | Shiplord Kirel May 12, 2014 12:21:29pm |
No particular reason:
Fantastic period aviation photo from Boneyard Safari:
This is the prototype DeHavilland Sea Hornet aboard HMS Ocean in April 1945.
156 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 12:23:03pm |
Tornado Warning for Livingston and Washtenaw County in MI until 4:15pm EDT.
— SevereStudios (@severestudios) May 12, 2014
157 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 12:23:55pm |
6 DAYS! until Operation American Spring.Plan to take part 5-16-2014
OK, but can I “take part” from my keyboard? Cuz that would be really awesome. /
158 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:24:03pm |
159 | freetoken May 12, 2014 12:24:22pm |
re: #149 Lidane
Getting back to the original topic, the Christian Post haz an answer:
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Any column titled “Prophecy and the News” is bound to be, let’s say, a bit out there.
160 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 12:26:34pm |
Update: EU imposes sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 1st deputy chief of staff, commander of Russian airborne troops and 11 others, as well as 2 Crimean companies - @Reuters
end of alert
161 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:26:40pm |
re: #158 Sergey Romanov
Um, no. Why do they ask?
Apparently Ukraine launched an attack on Sloyvansk, which was under “referendum” I think
162 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 12:26:54pm |
re: #140 wrenchwench
Excellent article.
If you want to know more about ‘intersectionality’ read this, even though it never uses that word.
Yes, this is right on the mark. Very similar to the reasoning I went through when I decided to de-emphasize these issues at LGF — there’s a double bind at work, where even if you’re trying to promote logical reasoned criticism of the more extreme elements in Islam, the climate of demonization causes a reversal of the intent and instead it ends up just feeding into the right’s smear campaigns.
It’s a real problem, but I decided I didn’t want to be part of that cycle any more.
163 | jaunte May 12, 2014 12:27:15pm |
TCEQ’s position on climate is “an interesting, but flawed, bit of linguistic jujitsu,” writes @TerrenceHenry. http://t.co/b3cX5N60tT
— Forrest Wilder (@Forrest4Trees) May 12, 2014
“It’s Aggie vs. [Rick Perry Appointed] Aggie on the Science of Climate Change”
164 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:27:25pm |
re: #161 Kragar
Sure, it’s still Ukraine tho, so why would there be a question?
165 | jaunte May 12, 2014 12:28:30pm |
“Shaw and the TCEQ’s position that the science of climate change is “far from settled” ( a stance shared by many other Republican leaders in Texas, including the Governor) is an interesting, but flawed, bit of linguistic jujitsu. Since much of science is never “fully” settled, even a scientific consensus of 97 percent on climate change isn’t enough, because it still leaves that three percent up in the air.”
stateimpact.npr.org
166 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:28:44pm |
re: #160 Justanotherhuman
Frankly? These kinds of sanctions make the Russians laugh.
167 | iossarian May 12, 2014 12:28:47pm |
re: #136 sagehen
I just beat my previous high score on that 2048 timesuck. My life is very sad, that this brings me a feeling of accomplishment.
DAMN YOU AND YOUR GAME
168 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 12:28:51pm |
freetoken posted:
Any column titled “Prophecy and the News” is bound to be, let’s say, a bit out there.
Hey, our prophecy speculation is pure FACTS. Confirmed.
169 | Pie-onist Overlord May 12, 2014 12:29:24pm |
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Well shitfire. I’m in Wayne County about to drive up to Oakland.
170 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:29:50pm |
re: #164 Sergey Romanov
Sure, it’s still Ukraine tho, so why would there be a question?
No clue, maybe how Russia responds. I was just mentioning the attack, no clue what that guys deal is on the subject
171 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:30:24pm |
re: #159 freetoken
Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask - did you read this article?
I must say, Carrier did convince me in regard to Josephus being useless when it comes to the evidence of Jesus’ historicity.
172 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 12:30:47pm |
re: #166 Sergey Romanov
Frankly? These kinds of sanctions make the Russians laugh.
Yup. The real problem for Europe, though, is that they don’t have the stomach to take the kind of action that Russia wouldn’t laugh at. Too much to lose, and the EU doesn’t see Ukraine as being worth a war.
173 | Chrysicat May 12, 2014 12:33:14pm |
re: #45 Pie-onist Overlord
Well we’re fucked.
China says they should get a pass on burning coal because of their “One Child” population control policy.[Embedded content]
I read the whole article that Tweet referred to and didn’t notice anything about the one-child policy—embed the wrong one?
174 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 12:33:54pm |
Raven yapping off to an Eagle pic.twitter.com/WZwyvDAXTs— The Crowtographer (@Crowtographer) May 12, 2014
The raven should have been our national bird.
/maybe, maybe not
175 | Ian G. May 12, 2014 12:34:26pm |
re: #149 Lidane
Tornadoes devastating Mississippi, and not San Francisco or New York or Provincetown. God’s aim is really, really bad if he’s using violent weather to punish homosexuality.
176 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 12:34:38pm |
re: #169 Pie-onist Overlord
Well shitfire. I’m in Wayne County about to drive up to Oakland.
Be careful
177 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 12, 2014 12:35:02pm |
re: #166 Sergey Romanov
Frankly? These kinds of sanctions make the Russians laugh.
So we gave the Ukraine guarantees of defending its territorial integrity in exchange for them giving up their nuclear arsenal, which used to be the 5th largest in the world.
Now I am not advocating going in militarily, but since we are not about to , wouldn’t it be fair to let them have their nukes back so they can defend themselves?
/
178 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 12:35:07pm |
Submitted by @HertfordSoul It's cocktail and accordion o'clock pic.twitter.com/ggdOa54k0g— Bad Record Covers (@BadAlbumCovers) May 12, 2014
179 | Lidane May 12, 2014 12:35:37pm |
That sound you hear is a bunch of RWNJ heads going ‘splodey:
Michael Sam’s jersey is the No. 2 seller among NFL rookies: http://t.co/NcqyLTob8s— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) May 12, 2014
180 | brennant May 12, 2014 12:35:55pm |
re: #178 Charles Johnson
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It’s always cocktail and accordion o’clock somewhere…
[sip]
181 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:36:18pm |
re: #177 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Poroshenko - who is likely to be the next president - has already said that giving up the nukes was a mistake. So…
182 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 12:36:40pm |
Michael Sam’s jersey is the No. 2 seller among NFL rookies:
Stop shoving ur football jerseys down are throatese!!111!
183 | Ian G. May 12, 2014 12:37:05pm |
184 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 12, 2014 12:37:09pm |
re: #181 Sergey Romanov
Poroshenko - who is likely to be the next president - has already said that giving up the nukes was a mistake. So…
Never trust a capitalist!!!
185 | Ian G. May 12, 2014 12:38:12pm |
re: #179 Lidane
That sound you hear is a bunch of RWNJ heads going ‘splodey:
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I just….wow. So it’s ahead of Clowney and Sammy Watkins and Teddy Bridgewater. Wow.
186 | Eclectic Cyborg May 12, 2014 12:38:25pm |
Here’s the opening blurb from MacMilan on GG’s book:
In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency’s widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security and information privacy. As the arguments rage on and the government considers various proposals for reform, it is clear that we have yet to see the full impact of Snowden’s disclosures.
Now for the first time, Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity ten-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader implications of the surveillance detailed in his reporting for The Guardian, and revealing fresh information on the NSA’s unprecedented abuse of power with never-before-seen documents entrusted to him by Snowden himself.
I wouldn’t be surprised if GG himself wrote it. More and more I think that he, like the other Glenn, has become more an actor taking on a persona than a man making an honest representation of himself.
187 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:39:30pm |
188 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 12:39:55pm |
189 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 12:40:10pm |
re: #177 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
So we gave the Ukraine guarantees of defending its territorial integrity in exchange for them giving up their nuclear arsenal, which used to be the 5th largest in the world.
Now I am not advocating going in militarily, but since we are not about to , wouldn’t it be fair to let them have their nukes back so they can defend themselves?
/
Giving Ukraine it’s nukes back would most likely put Russia in quite the dilemma. If you really wanted to put the fear of God into the pants of the Russians, give Ukraine its nukes back and simultaneously make them a full NATO-member state.
Imagine NATO nukes with a 30-second flight time to Moscow.
I think that might get the Kremlin’s attention a bit.
190 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:40:55pm |
Nukes are useless against the salami tactics.
191 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 12:42:30pm |
El Corrido de Jesse James (Ry Cooder)
192 | Kragar May 12, 2014 12:43:44pm |
193 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 12:43:52pm |
Eclectic Cyborg posted:
That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency’s widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history,
MOST EXPLOSIVE….CONSEQUENTIAL!!!!
Well, not really. Yawn.
194 | simoom May 12, 2014 12:44:34pm |
An interesting tidbit from Greenwald’s book excerpt in the Guardian — the Snowden interview that unveiled his identity to the world was actually a do-over (a first interview was scrapped by Poitras and he was allowed to try and improve his performance):
We were determined that the world would first hear about Snowden, his actions and his motives, from Snowden himself, not through a demonisation campaign spread by the US government while he was in hiding or in custody and unable to speak for himself.
…
Poitras had spent the previous 48 hours editing the footage from my first interview with Snowden, but she said it was too detailed, lengthy, and fragmented to use. She wanted to film a new interview right away; one that was more concise and focused, and wrote a list of 20 or so specific questions for me to ask him. I added several of my own as Poitras set up her camera and directed us where to sit.
I’d love to see the real first interview leaked.
195 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 12, 2014 12:44:50pm |
re: #174 wrenchwench
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The raven should have been our national bird.
/maybe, maybe not
New Caledonian crows exhibit advanced tool use and tool making behaviors not seen in other avian species. Ravens are primarily known for pestering troubled drunks who are trying to get some reading in before bedtime.
196 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 12:45:33pm |
it is clear that we have yet to see the full impact of Snowden’s disclosures.
THERES STILL MOAR!@!!!! TO COME!!!!11
197 | Feline Fearless Leader May 12, 2014 12:47:05pm |
re: #195 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
New Caledonian crows exhibit advanced tool use and tool making behaviors not seen in other avian species. Ravens are primarily known for pestering troubled drunks who are trying to get some reading in before bedtime.
They gotta get their booze money somewhere.
198 | Lidane May 12, 2014 12:47:51pm |
Yeah, it’s a publicity stunt for the show Modern Family, but who cares? This is awesome:
“Modern Family” will pay for your city hall wedding today http://t.co/UgfpwUmirT— Jezebel (@Jezebel) May 12, 2014
199 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:51:36pm |
The funny thing - from what I’ve read - is how Tymoshenko is hated by everyone, be it pro-Ukrainians or pro-Russians. She really should have enjoyed her retirement.
200 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 12:53:19pm |
heh…
“…when Rand Paul heard the words 'Rolling Stone,' his face went blank and he turned his back without another word” http://t.co/zXs6VgnLYP
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) May 12, 2014
201 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 12:53:41pm |
re: #199 Sergey Romanov
Funny thing - from what I’ve read - is how Tymoshenko is hated by everyone, be it pro-Ukrainians or pro-Russians. She really should have enjoyed her retirement.
Yeah, from what I’ve read, she isn’t exactly ‘Ms. Popularity’.
202 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 12:54:21pm |
re: #201 Dr Lizardo
She’s seen as a corrupt old-guard power-hungry opportunist. Which she probably is.
203 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 12:56:22pm |
re: #202 Sergey Romanov
She’s seen as a corrupt old-guard power-hungry opportunist. Which she probably is.
Her fake crowns of braid always annoyed me.
204 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 12, 2014 12:59:14pm |
THE FIVE STAGES OF GLOBAL WARMING 1. Denial 2. Guilt 3. Depression 4. Acceptance 5. Drowning— God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 8, 2014
205 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:00:26pm |
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
Heh. Well, they are kind of stylish, better than Image: 2538-734633.jpg
But that’s not what bugs me. This does:
I do not want to bear responsibility for the failure of the revolution any longer. But if the country elects other president [than her], and, as a matter of fact, I have only one rival today, I think we will have to have the third round of the revolution.
206 | Kragar May 12, 2014 1:00:27pm |
TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES… OH wait…@LuthorCEO— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
207 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 1:00:37pm |
Meanwhile:
Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts
The collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in West Antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the disintegration, two groups of scientists reported Monday.
The finding, which had been feared by some scientists for decades, means that a rise in global sea level of at least 10 feet may now be inevitable. The rise may continue to be relatively slow for at least the next century or so, the scientists said, but sometime after that it will probably speed up so sharply as to become a crisis.
That large red section is what scientists are worried about
But the GOP will continue in denial, because BEHGHAZI!!
ETA: link nytimes.com
208 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:04:59pm |
Sebo Museu Do Livro Bookstore: “A big part of the story is lost when it becomes a movie.” pic.twitter.com/J1GD7YtQ14— Brilliant Ads (@Brilliant_Ads) May 12, 2014
209 | klys May 12, 2014 1:07:08pm |
re: #208 Sergey Romanov
First response: that’s a brilliant ad.
Second response: how’d they get the edges cut so clean?
210 | Rightwingconspirator May 12, 2014 1:07:33pm |
re: #207 Dr Lizardo
We are so screwed. Between oil companies owning the right and paranoid environmentalists on the left blocking nuclear power you just know mankind will burn every ton of coal and every gallon of oil it can find. Smart play now is adaptation is that’s even still an option. Natural forces are going to fix this and it ain’t gonna be pretty.
211 | makeitstop May 12, 2014 1:08:59pm |
re: #209 klys
First response: that’s a brilliant ad.
Second response: how’d they get the edges cut so clean?
They must have glued the pages together.
212 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:09:28pm |
re: #209 klys
First response: that’s a brilliant ad.
Second response: how’d they get the edges cut so clean?
Amputavit marginibus!
213 | Lidane May 12, 2014 1:09:45pm |
BENGHAZI!
BREAKING: U.S. April budget surplus at $106.9 billion— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) May 12, 2014
214 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 1:11:48pm |
re: #210 Rightwingconspirator
We are so screwed. Between oil companies owning the right and paranoid environmentalists on the left blocking nuclear power you just know mankind will burn every ton of coal and every gallon of oil it can find. Smart play now is adaptation is that’s even still an option. Natural forces are going to fix this and it ain’t gonna be pretty.
You ain’t kiddin’. It’s gonna be ugly, that’s for damned sure, and it’s not like there’s another planet to run to.
Dystopia, here we come! Woohoo!
////
*facepalm*
215 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:12:47pm |
Billboard vandalism pic.twitter.com/hKFS2O0Leo— Brilliant Ads (@Brilliant_Ads) May 6, 2014
216 | klys May 12, 2014 1:12:47pm |
re: #211 makeitstop
They must have glued the pages together.
My initial thought was actually a block of wood with a cover pasted on, but the behavior of the cover made me rethink that.
I suppose glue might work, I was just thinking of the drill techniques that come to mind and most would still likely cause some ripping on the edges. I think.
I don’t have handy access to a book to try it out on + a drill press + the required bits so I guess I’ll have to wait to figure it out.
218 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi May 12, 2014 1:16:38pm |
221 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:17:59pm |
re: #218 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Potter Latin doesn’t have to make sense.
222 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi May 12, 2014 1:19:15pm |
re: #221 Sergey Romanov
Potter Latin doesn’t have to make sense.
I’m always happier when it does, however. For example, “exspecto patronum” and “draco dormiens nunquam titillandus”.
223 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:19:47pm |
re: #222 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Well, google translate says it’s “Cut off the edges!”. So there’s that. :P
224 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi May 12, 2014 1:20:19pm |
re: #223 Sergey Romanov
Well, google translate says it’s “Cut off the edges!”. So there’s that. :P
Google Translate’s Latin is worse than Rowling’s.
225 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:21:03pm |
re: #224 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
It’s just a Bavarian dialect of Latin.
226 | sagehen May 12, 2014 1:22:57pm |
re: #210 Rightwingconspirator
We are so screwed. Between oil companies owning the right and paranoid environmentalists on the left blocking nuclear power you just know mankind will burn every ton of coal and every gallon of oil it can find. Smart play now is adaptation is that’s even still an option. Natural forces are going to fix this and it ain’t gonna be pretty.
I was starting to warm up to the idea of nuclear power… until Fukishima. Now I’m a big NOOOO on that question.
227 | sagehen May 12, 2014 1:24:10pm |
re: #213 Lidane
BENGHAZI!
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But that’s only because April is when a lot of people send in a whole year’s worth of tax, right?
228 | klys May 12, 2014 1:25:20pm |
re: #226 sagehen
I was starting to warm up to the idea of nuclear power… until Fukishima. Now I’m a big NOOOO on that question.
I am still very cognizant of the improvements that have been made in reactor design and am unwilling to rule out future plants.
I would like to see the older designs retired securely, though. I’m with you on that aspect.
229 | freetoken May 12, 2014 1:26:56pm |
re: #210 Rightwingconspirator
Natural forces are going to fix this and it ain’t gonna be pretty.
There is no “fix”ing to be done. Those organisms that fit the new environment survive to reproduce.
Those that don’t, don’t.
230 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2014 1:29:41pm |
Anonymous Hacker Collective Ironically Targeting Glenn Greenwald and His Book Tour http://t.co/MBzKXTzWVx (ht @tbogg @RawStory) #p2 #tcot— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 12, 2014
231 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 1:30:41pm |
Warning area now includes Detroit.
Tornado Warning for Monroe and Wayne County in MI until 5:30pm EDT.
— SevereStudios (@severestudios) May 12, 2014
233 | Lidane May 12, 2014 1:31:22pm |
re: #207 Dr Lizardo
And while Antarctica melts, internet scientists don’t see the big deal:
Al Gore WRONG AGAIN! Polar ice caps growing, return to normal. http://t.co/GibYg6l12d woo hoo! Time to start putting in for polar bear hunts— Frank Antenori (@FrankAntenori) May 10, 2014
234 | Lidane May 12, 2014 1:32:26pm |
235 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 1:32:47pm |
re: #233 Lidane
And while Antarctica melts, internet scientists don’t see the big deal:
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Yep. Daily Mail, the best source for definitive scientific FACTS.
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236 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 1:33:20pm |
re: #234 Lidane
So what is God punishing Michigan for today?
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VB needs to bake more pies to appease the higher powers.
237 | klys May 12, 2014 1:36:05pm |
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
VB needs to bake more pies to appease the higher powers.
I will offer myself as a sacrifice in the name of eating them for the cause.
I got apple pie with lunch today.
It was more like pie-shaped cake.
I was confused. But I’m not sure if that’s a normal thing or just that pub, which admittedly doesn’t have the greatest food ever but is convenient to the hotel and I like the atmosphere.
238 | Eventual Carrion May 12, 2014 1:36:25pm |
re: #149 Lidane
Getting back to the original topic, the Christian Post haz an answer:
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Finally, something we can get some hard data on.
239 | freetoken May 12, 2014 1:37:08pm |
241 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 1:39:50pm |
Time to start putting in for polar bear hunts
Oh, so in addition to being a dolt, he’s an asshole, too.
242 | freetoken May 12, 2014 1:40:50pm |
243 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:41:28pm |
244 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 1:41:50pm |
BREAKING: U.S. April budget surplus at $106.9 billion
— Bloomberg TV
SKewwed!!!1! Cooking the books!!!!
245 | Lidane May 12, 2014 1:42:38pm |
re: #209 klys
First response: that’s a brilliant ad.
Second response: how’d they get the edges cut so clean?
I think it’s a block of wood. The actual book cover looks like this:
246 | freetoken May 12, 2014 1:43:29pm |
Humans have long eliminated other species, and we’re not done yet.
Getting some coverage today is the BBC story of the discovery of an Auk bone from the middle ages:
‘Scotland’s dodo’ bone found at Scottish Seabird Centre dig
Trying to get society as a whole to change the collective habits for the purposes of preserving life on this planet has, and is, and uphill battle.
247 | Eclectic Cyborg May 12, 2014 1:44:22pm |
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh…
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At a quick glance, the image behind Paul bears a striking resemblance to a sinking Titanic.
248 | Eclectic Cyborg May 12, 2014 1:46:38pm |
re: #233 Lidane
And while Antarctica melts, internet scientists don’t see the big deal:
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Is this the thing where they get the North and South poles mixed up again?
249 | freetoken May 12, 2014 1:46:46pm |
re: #243 Sergey Romanov
Josephus has always been suspect, about his references to Christians. Not only is the obvious insertion obvious, but as Josephus had vested religious interests I never really considered him an objective observer.
But that is “history”, which is one person selecting what they think is important and forcing the data into their framework for understanding the universe.
250 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 1:47:39pm |
re: #228 klys
I am still very cognizant of the improvements that have been made in reactor design and am unwilling to rule out future plants.
I would like to see the older designs retired securely, though. I’m with you on that aspect.
We could try nukes without the cost-cutting profit motive. (Or Mafia-owned welding inspectors.)
251 | Lidane May 12, 2014 1:48:59pm |
re: #248 Eclectic Cyborg
Is this the thing where they get the North and South poles mixed up again?
No, it’s a thing where they think that one polar cap expanding and the other one melting are no big deal because ALGORE.
I’m actually seeing derp online where the nutters dismiss the news about Antarctica as no big deal because the Arctic ice cap is expanding. WTF.
252 | Bulworth May 12, 2014 1:49:45pm |
Rogers’ hope is to “move the needle” toward the political center on radio, which is crowded with conservative antagonists, and at a time when the division between the GOP’s mainstream and right wings is deep.
HAHAHAHAHhahhahhahhahahhah
253 | b.d. May 12, 2014 1:50:00pm |
re: #230 Charles Johnson
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Anonymous vs. Greenwald?
It’s like Mothra vs. Godzilla without the warmer, more cuddly, characters.
254 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 1:51:17pm |
Clay Aiken may be a shoo-in for Congress in the 2nd District after all.
ASHEBORO, N.C. — Keith Crisco, Clay Aiken’s opponent for the U.S. House District 2 seat, died at his home on Monday afternoon, a spokeswoman for Asheboro Elastics Corp. has confirmed.
“Reports suggest he suffered injuries from a fall around 1 p.m. at his home on Thayer Drive in Asheboro.
(snip)
“The District 2 race was considered “too close to call,” but Aiken lead Crisco by 369 votes.” More
RIP Mr. Crisco.
255 | b.d. May 12, 2014 1:51:34pm |
re: #233 Lidane
And while Antarctica melts, internet scientists don’t see the big deal:
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Published: 18:37 EST, 7 September 2013 | Updated: 13:45 EST, 28 September 2013
Read more: dailymail.co.uk
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
256 | Kragar May 12, 2014 1:51:55pm |
National Journal accuses CA GOP candidate of plagiarizing one of its reports http://t.co/S6AKc17B4N— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
The document states “Report by Carl DeMaio” on the first page and does not credit the Journal.
In addition to making a few slight changes — such as adding dollar signs and commas — the DeMaio campaign added his opponent’s name, which had not been in the original. Peters had filed for an extension when the original database was published, making the information unavailable.
257 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:53:45pm |
re: #249 freetoken
Testimonium Flavianum was certainly useless, but the second mention - his ref to James “the brother of Jesus, who is called Christ” - is still accepted by the majority as authentic, and I used to think it constituted sort of a convergence with Paul’s mention of the same. Carrier’s reasoning is too convincing for me though, in that this reference doesn’t fit the context and is more easily explained as referring to Jesus Damnaeus, with “the Christ” being an inadvertent interpolation of a later marginal note (this kind of thing used to happen all the time).
258 | Kragar May 12, 2014 1:54:20pm |
Congressman Agrees Obama Is Killing Veterans, Suggests Obamacare Enrollees Will Be Next http://t.co/1RS1Wr8WFy via @thinkprogress— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
259 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 1:55:06pm |
re: #253 b.d.
Anonymous vs. Greenwald?
It’s like Mothra vs. Godzilla without the warmer, more cuddly, characters.
CHARGE OF THE MONSTERS DUDEBROS!!*
* The original Japanese title of the film known as “Destroy All Monsters!” to Western audiences; Kaijū Sōshingeki (怪獣総進撃)
260 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:56:34pm |
I’m just waiting for the moment when Assange, envious of the limelight, starts attacking GG or something to that effect.
262 | HappyWarrior May 12, 2014 1:58:34pm |
re: #258 Kragar
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You know if they want to argue ACA rationally, I’m willing to listen but this hysterical crap does them no favors.
263 | Kragar May 12, 2014 1:59:10pm |
re: #260 Sergey Romanov
I’m just waiting for the moment when Assange, envious of the limelight, starts attacking GG or something to that effect.
Like at the end of Transformers 3 when Megatron goes nuts when he gets hit with basic high school psychobabble?
264 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 1:59:40pm |
BTW, many years ago Assange promised to release information about the Russian corruption. #stillwaiting
265 | Kragar May 12, 2014 2:00:34pm |
re: #262 HappyWarrior
You know if they want to argue ACA rationally, I’m willing to listen but this hysterical crap does them no favors.
Shit like that is why I left the GOP. After the 2008 election, I wondered how they would stand up to Obama and all I got was birth certificate and conspiracy theories.
266 | Lidane May 12, 2014 2:01:27pm |
Chamber Of Commerce Head: Without immigration reform, Republicans 'should not bother' to run in 2016 http://t.co/q8HAywRpf2— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) May 12, 2014
267 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:02:09pm |
re: #263 Kragar
1. I know I’ve seen this film.
2. Still, I have no idea what you’re talking about.
3. And I don’t want to know. ;)
268 | Dr. Matt May 12, 2014 2:02:46pm |
re: #262 HappyWarrior
You know if they want to argue ACA rationally, I’m willing to listen but this hysterical crap does them no favors.
Fleming suggested that “this is the type of thing you would see with Obamacare, a centralized system, when you have the president making all of the decisions.”
When they actually believe privatized insurance is “a centralized system”, having a rational discussion with these bottom feeders is impossible. How come not one of the Obamabots in the MSM challenges these idiots?
269 | The Awkward Guy May 12, 2014 2:04:21pm |
re: #268 Dr. Matt
When they actually believe privatized insurance is “a centralized system”, having a rational discussion with these bottom feeders is impossible. How come not one of the Obamabots in the MSM challenges these idiots?
The dreaded Liberal Media label.
270 | freetoken May 12, 2014 2:05:13pm |
While I find the know-nothing right-wing as mendacious as ever, with regard to subjects like climate change, our society as a whole has a great bit of difficulty coming to terms with the idea and even more so the implications.
Most reporters use the “IPCC” as a crutch, not realize or not caring that the IPCC doesn’t really do research itself, and as far as research is concerned is useful mostly in coordinating disparate research worldwide.
Notice how few news reports cite the source of information, and if they do any citation it will be “IPCC”.
I’m waving my hands in generalities here… but most writers on the subject in the popular media really don’t have the first clue about climate change (as with most technical subjects.)
The current political approach to emphasis the “now” in climate change sounds good to political operatives but I think will backfire, because the hard truth is that our lives are quite short compared to the changes on the surface of the planet around us. No one alive today in Florida, for example, will have to worry about Florida being flooded out of existence. Yes, during the next millenium south Florida will slip under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. I expect our current society to have undergone at least an economic, if not also political, collapse by then.
That’s why I linked the Auk article - we’ve been at global life-web destruction for millennia, but only with the industrial revolution have we scaled up our destruction to where we can affect the globe within a couple of centuries. Previous extinctions were more or less regional, now we are eliminating life planetary-wide.
It’s not a story that sells to the crowd, who are more interested in race cars and sex - forms of immediate gratification - than in big picture, civilization scale issues.
271 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:06:06pm |
re: #268 Dr. Matt
So, we’re dealing with a libertarian, I guess? I just wonder: does he think that the dreaded centralization should be avoided in the military? Should make it more effective! /
272 | HappyWarrior May 12, 2014 2:06:38pm |
re: #266 Lidane
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They think they can get away with being Know Nothings just like Romney ran away with the nomination when he started outwingnutting the others on immigration.
273 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:06:45pm |
Man, this is good. Just don’t look at David Lindley’s pants.
274 | Eclectic Cyborg May 12, 2014 2:07:30pm |
I fear this country has become too partisan and politically charged for any kind of sane, rational discourse to occur.
I hope I’m wrong but I suspect I’m not.
275 | CuriousLurker May 12, 2014 2:07:40pm |
re: #140 wrenchwench
Excellent article.
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If you want to know more about ‘intersectionality’ read this, even though it never uses that word.
Excellent article. It covers part of what I was referring to more generally in my Page on honor killing victims the other day:
We need to stop allowing politicians and anti-Muslim activists to turn these critically important issues into circus sideshows that benefit and enrich the activist groups & individuals, but do little or nothing to provide real help to women, children, and other at risk groups.
Not only do these groups have a negative impact of the efforts of Muslim women’s rights activists, they also hobble our ability to effectively combat external, global terrorist threats as well as home-grown extremism.
They’re not doing anyone any favors, least of all non-Muslims. The sooner people wake up and realize that, the better off everyone will be.
276 | Dr. Matt May 12, 2014 2:08:38pm |
re: #271 Sergey Romanov
So, we’re dealing with a libertarian, I guess? I just wonder: does he think that the dreaded centralization should be avoided in the military? Should make it more effective! /
The US military is the epitome of socialized medicine. I used it for 4 years and it wasn’t that bad.
277 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:09:41pm |
re: #270 freetoken
So suppose you’ve convinced the USA. Now you only have the rest of the world to convince. Good luck with that!
/ [yes, I know that many countries are on-board; many leading players aren’t; the world is fucked]
278 | Eclectic Cyborg May 12, 2014 2:11:41pm |
re: #276 Dr. Matt
The US military is the epitome of socialized medicine. I used it for 4 years and it wasn’t that bad.
Thank you. I used it too in Canada. It wasn’t perfect but it was way better than whatever you call this system America has right now.
I’ve often felt a hybrid system might be possible. One in which the government covers certain basic health care costs (annual physical, annual dental check up, eye exam every 2 years, up to $X in prescription costs and so forth) in full, others are split between government/private insurance and some (mainly elective and vanity procedures) remain entirely private.
279 | Lidane May 12, 2014 2:12:16pm |
I am truly out of fucks to give. I am DONE. I have had it with lazy people who sit on their ass all day playing video games telling me that I need to get a fucking job.
I am over it. Completely.
280 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:14:00pm |
re: #275 CuriousLurker
Excellent article. It covers part of what I was referring to more generally in my Page on honor killing victims the other day:
Not only do these groups have a negative impact of the efforts of Muslim women’s rights activists, they also hobble our ability to effectively combat external, global terrorist threats as well as home-grown extremism.
They’re not doing anyone any favors, least of all non-Muslims. The sooner people wake up and realize that, the better off everyone will be.
Thanks! I missed that Page when you posted it.
281 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 2:15:13pm |
re: #270 freetoken
And that’s just it.
No one’s talking about a scenario out of “The Day After Tomorrow” (was that ever a hoot - but then again, it’s a disaster movie with lots of CGI eyecandy) and because of that, the classic response is “Meh - not my problem.”
282 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 2:17:50pm |
re: #279 Lidane
I am truly out of fucks to give. I am DONE. I have had it with lazy people who sit on their ass all day playing video games telling me that I need to get a fucking job.
I am over it. Completely.
Don’t let them yank your chain.
Consider the source(s).
283 | freetoken May 12, 2014 2:18:22pm |
This comment over at RawStory’s article on the WAIS melting probably conveys the deeper meaning of denial:
Flying Squid • an hour ago
That’s okay, it will just drip off the Earth because it’s on the bottom.
284 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 2:18:36pm |
re: #279 Lidane
I am truly out of fucks to give. I am DONE. I have had it with lazy people who sit on their ass all day playing video games telling me that I need to get a fucking job.
I am over it. Completely.
For you; use it freely and often as needed:
285 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:20:02pm |
re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth
286 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 2:20:48pm |
re: #283 freetoken
This comment over at RawStory’s article on the WAIS melting probably conveys the deeper meaning of denial:
If that commenter isn’t kidding, then it’s frankly amazing that their brain can generate enough power for them to still be alive.
288 | Kragar May 12, 2014 2:22:49pm |
Apparently, Natural disasters only occur because of man sinning -> https://t.co/lYK22tThfN What a buffoon. #tcot #tgdn #UniteBlue— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
289 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 2:24:30pm |
Jesus Christ. There’s the “fascist” meme again about the US.
And plenty of people have “such convictions” but not enough to wreck their lives.
Edward Snowden “had such conviction” @ggreenwald discusses @NPTHbook with @MLauer on @TheTodayShow http://t.co/B4vAyepLXZ— No Place To Hide (@NPTHbook) May 12, 2014
These people are the same kind of “true believers” as the ‘bagger types.
Worse, since they purport to hold “liberal” and “progressive” views.
But we know exactly what they are.
290 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 2:24:57pm |
re: #287 freetoken
I’m pretty sure it was sarcasm.
Yes, you’re right. It’s disturbing when I can’t discern between what should be obvious sarcasm and what wingnuts actually spew out of their pieholes.
291 | thedopefishlives May 12, 2014 2:27:08pm |
Evening Lizardim. What’s new from the front lines in the war on derp?
292 | CuriousLurker May 12, 2014 2:28:23pm |
re: #280 wrenchwench
Thanks! I missed that Page when you posted it.
Yeah, a lot of times I post stuff on Saturday in the PM as I have the most free time then, unfortunately there’s also hardly ever anyone around at that time and by the time things get busy again it has gotten pushed down and is out of sight. I should prolly just save the next one as a text file and post it on Sunday or Monday.
293 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:28:28pm |
re: #289 Justanotherhuman
Jesus Christ. There’s the “fascist” meme again about the US.
And plenty of people have “such convictions” but not enough to wreck their lives.
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These people are the same kind of “true believers” as the ‘bagger types.
Worse, since they purport to hold “liberal” and “progressive” views.
But we know exactly what they are.
They are the kind of people who tweet about themselves with an account they made for a book they wrote so the book could tweet about them.
294 | Dr Lizardo May 12, 2014 2:28:56pm |
re: #291 thedopefishlives
Evening Lizardim. What’s new from the front lines in the war on derp?
There are times when I fear it is a losing battle, as the wingnuts press forward with their attacks to make the collective American IQ somewhere around that of a carrot.
295 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:30:25pm |
re: #292 CuriousLurker
Yeah, a lot of times I post stuff on Saturday in the PM as I have the most free time then, unfortunately there’s also hardly ever anyone around at that time and by the time things get busy again it has gotten pushed down and is out of sight. I should prolly just save the next one as a text file and post it on Sunday or Monday.
I deleted a bunch of jokes to the effect of that being my Sabbath from the internet. They weren’t funny. But yeah, your Page should get reupped. Maybe I’ll write a letter to Mr. Beaumont.
296 | thedopefishlives May 12, 2014 2:30:41pm |
re: #294 Dr Lizardo
There are times when I fear it is a losing battle, as the wingnuts press forward with their attacks to make the collective American IQ somewhere around that of a carrot.
Just remember the immortal words of Jesus: “The stupid you shall always have with you.” (paraphrased)
297 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 2:32:26pm |
re: #293 wrenchwench
They are the kind of people who tweet about themselves with an account they made for a book they wrote so the book could tweet about them.
And in which GG attempts to give Rand Paul legitimacy.
Rand Paul in the NYT, on Obama's drone secrecy & David Barron nomination: “I agree with the ACLU” http://t.co/x6QQgcxIVn— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 12, 2014
298 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:34:12pm |
re: #297 Justanotherhuman
That would be a respectable position for Paul to take … if he didn’t belong to the Republican party that started the whole thing.
299 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 2:34:26pm |
re: #278 Eclectic Cyborg
Thank you. I used it too in Canada. It wasn’t perfect but it was way better than whatever you call this system America has right now.
I’ve often felt a hybrid system might be possible. One in which the government covers certain basic health care costs (annual physical, annual dental check up, eye exam every 2 years, up to $X in prescription costs and so forth) in full, others are split between government/private insurance and some (mainly elective and vanity procedures) remain entirely private.
That’s essentially Italy. Very good place for everyone to get their shots, preventive medicine and normal care. OK place for exotic treatment if you’re wealthy.
300 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 2:36:54pm |
re: #297 Justanotherhuman
And in which GG attempts to give Rand Paul legitimacy.
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Time to squelch the BS that Greenwald is a lefty. He turns up as a libertarian at every examination, and not left-leaning.
301 | thedopefishlives May 12, 2014 2:37:54pm |
re: #300 Decatur Deb
Time to squelch the BS that Greenwald is a lefty. He turns up as a libertarian at every examination, and not left-leaning.
He’s in his own class now, Headmaster of the Dudebros, Chiefest and Greatest of Derplamities.
302 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:37:55pm |
Meanwhile Conchita Wurst is #1 on the Russian iTunes, far above the Russian EV contenders.
303 | Killgore Trout May 12, 2014 2:39:42pm |
“Free speech” activists target supporter’s book tour
Anonymous Hacker Collective Ironically Targeting Glenn Greenwald and His Book Tour
304 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:40:20pm |
OK, who can resist a quiz from Lizard Point? [Me.] First question: from these 229 flags, pick out that of Micronesia.
305 | iossarian May 12, 2014 2:40:31pm |
re: #300 Decatur Deb
Time to squelch the BS that Greenwald is a lefty. He turns up as a libertarian at every examination, and not left-leaning.
His anti-government-surveillance stance plays well with those on the left who (rightly or wrongly) believe that the US government went too far in expanding and/or lost control of surveillance organizations in the wake of 9/11.
But yes, he has never been “left-wing” himself. As far as my limited awareness of his past activity goes, he’s basically slid around between being a more-or-less conventional right-winger and a libertarian.
306 | Kragar May 12, 2014 2:41:44pm |
Tony Perkins debates legitimacy of fully sourced quotes http://t.co/mSna4ezRkQ #LGBT— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 12, 2014
What Tony did in his Kelly File appearance is a perfect encapsulation of the really terrible mindset that the anti-LGBT movement, in general, brings to the debate. When we raise pertinent points, they respond with meaningless talking points. When we say we won’t to have a debate about civil rights, they resort to biblical opinion. When we push back against something discriminatory that they said or did, they turn themselves into the “victims” of “free speech.” And when we show then their own words, intact and beyond any reasonable debate, they act like we and our friends in the entertainment industry colluded to make up that which they themselves put on the record. If you track this stuff with any regularity, as I do, it can feel like living in a bizarro world—one where the war on critical thinking feels almost as stifling and in some ways as damaging as the fight against tangible rights.
307 | dog philosopher May 12, 2014 2:42:00pm |
re: #302 Sergey Romanov
Meanwhile Conchita Wurst is #1 on the Russian iTunes, far above the Russian EV contenders.
Thomas “Tom” Neuwirth, better known as the drag persona Conchita Wurst, is an Austrian singer. Wurst represented Austria and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark
euroWTF????
308 | Killgore Trout May 12, 2014 2:42:13pm |
re: #297 Justanotherhuman
And in which GG attempts to give Rand Paul legitimacy.
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It’s something to keep an eye on. Lefty “establishment” outlets like DKos and MSNBC are trying to tamp it down but it’s entirely possible that Rand Paul could foster some cross over appeal from grass roots progressives. It’s a mixed blessing; it can potentially siphon off some votes but it does unload some of the loons on the other party.
309 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 2:44:44pm |
re: #304 wrenchwench
OK, who can resist a quiz from Lizard Point? [Me.] First question: from these 229 flags, pick out that of Micronesia.
Would guess #150 assuming that’s the Southern cross on a light blue field.
310 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:45:53pm |
re: #309 Decatur Deb
Would guess #150 assuming that’s the Southern cross on a light blue field.
Go ahead… click on it. If you’re wrong, you get two more chances. Then: Luxembourg.
311 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 2:46:18pm |
re: #298 Sergey Romanov
That would be a respectable position for Paul to take … if he didn’t belong to the Republican party that started the whole thing.
Libertarians of a feather flock together.
I used to respect the ACLU and, in fact, worked for lawyers who handled typical ACLU cases of the ’60s and ’70s, civil rights and so forth, Constitutional issues that had teeth in them and were for the good of individuals who were members of groups discriminated against traditionally over the years and defended their free speech issues as well.
I don’t know how to explain exactly how I see them today, but they’ve changed and I’m not so sure it’s for the better, even defending hate speech in a number of instances. Consider their position on Citizens United, for instance. aclu.org
I find I’m at odds with them on more issues than ever.
312 | Stanley Sea May 12, 2014 2:47:00pm |
re: #304 wrenchwench
OK, who can resist a quiz from Lizard Point? [Me.] First question: from these 229 flags, pick out that of Micronesia.
Brutal!!!
313 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 2:47:05pm |
re: #308 Killgore Trout
It’s something to keep an eye on. Lefty “establishment” outlets like DKos and MSNBC are trying to tamp it down but it’s entirely possible that Rand Paul could foster some cross over appeal from grass roots progressives. It’s a mixed blessing; it can potentially siphon off some votes but it does unload some of the loons on the other party.
Applying the “no true progressive” response to that. They won’t be missed when the work get tedious.
314 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:47:44pm |
re: #308 Killgore Trout
I don’t believe it. His positions on the other issues are just too far removed from progressivism.
315 | Randall Gross May 12, 2014 2:48:33pm |
316 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2014 2:48:48pm |
Antarctica is melting and there's no way to stop it and it's your fault and it's a catastrophe beyond comprehension. Just FYI.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 12, 2014
317 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 2:48:59pm |
re: #310 wrenchwench
Go ahead… click on it. If you’re wrong, you get two more chances. Then: Luxembourg.
?? Nothing happened, other than the flag growing a fuzzy fringe. Probably need to enter higher up.
318 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:50:48pm |
319 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:51:20pm |
re: #317 Decatur Deb
?? Nothing happened, other than the flag growing a fuzzy fringe. Probably need to enter higher up.
I just pulled up the page again. This time it starts with Sierra Leone. There’s a box on the right with the pertinent writing in it. YMMV.
320 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 2:51:38pm |
321 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 2:52:23pm |
re: #318 Sergey Romanov
Was that the Austrian flag? /
Not unless they’ve changed it—this is a light blue field with 4 white stars. Not very Hohenzollernish.
322 | dog philosopher May 12, 2014 2:54:09pm |
re: #317 Decatur Deb
?? Nothing happened, other than the flag growing a fuzzy fringe. Probably need to enter higher up.
admiralty flag!!!
323 | dog philosopher May 12, 2014 2:54:49pm |
why do the tiny islands and 600 year-old principalities get the coolest flags?
324 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 2:55:25pm |
325 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:56:45pm |
re: #311 Justanotherhuman
I won’t stop respecting ACLU just because I disagree with a couple of cases. And Skokie was in 1978. They’re merely staying true to the principle.
326 | Lidane May 12, 2014 2:57:55pm |
So Rand Paul being complimented by Greenwald means that Rand is going to siphon off millions of Democratic votes in 2016? ROFL. Yeah. Sure it does.
That would require ignoring everything Rand Paul actually stands for, but hey. Clearly we must keep our eyes on DKos for proof that they’re going to all vote for Rand Paul now. *eyeroll*
327 | Sergey Romanov May 12, 2014 2:57:57pm |
re: #325 Sergey Romanov
(And I’m far from a free speech absolutist.)
328 | CuriousLurker May 12, 2014 3:00:33pm |
re: #304 wrenchwench
OK, who can resist a quiz from Lizard Point? [Me.] First question: from these 229 flags, pick out that of Micronesia.
Oddly, while I didn’t take the quiz I was able to pick out Micronesia’s flag correctly on the first try. I can’t for the life of me figure out why on earth I’d be able to do such a thing. The human brain is a strange, strange thing…
329 | GeneJockey May 12, 2014 3:03:41pm |
O-whatever the T has become, but I now know why 70 year old men are angry.
Let me start years ago, when I was just 9 years old, in 1966. I bought my first car magazine, Road & Track, with a picture of the then-new Jaguar E-type 2+2 coupe. OMG, what a beautiful car! I have been obsessed with sporty cars, basically all my life, but the American muscle cars of the late 60s through 71 - those I REALLY loved..
When you’re a kid, you can’t have one because you can’t drive. When you’re a young man, you can’t have one because you can’t afford it or the insurance. When you get married, you can’t have one because you’re supposed to be responsible. When you have kids, you can’t have one because you need a family car, AND you can’t afford it.
So, here I am, middle aged. The Big 3 started making muscle cars again, only now they don’t fly off the road when it bends gently, they get >20 mpg, they’re comfy, and even the base models have more power than most of the muscle cars did back in the day. I’ve been waiting 40 years, and I thought ‘Finally! I can get the car I’ve been wanting forever.’
Nope. Now, according to Mrs. Jockey, “It screams “Midlife Crisis!”
So there you go, why men at 70 are so pissed. Because they put off getting things they wanted for years, to be responsible family men, and when finally the kids are grown up, and you’re more financially stable, now you’re considered too old for it. You should buy a nice sedan.
I believe ‘Midlife Crisis’ is a ruse, and I think it’s as insulting as telling a woman “Don’t you worry your pretty head about that, little lady!”
/rant. Now get off my fucking lawn.
330 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 3:03:51pm |
331 | wrenchwench May 12, 2014 3:04:45pm |
re: #325 Sergey Romanov
I won’t stop respecting ACLU just because I disagree with a couple of cases. And Skokie was in 1978. They’re merely staying true to the principle.
Edward Snowden Is a Patriot
by Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
Just so you know…
333 | dog philosopher May 12, 2014 3:09:50pm |
WARNING: type punning pointer may be dangerous
watching long compile teevee
334 | thedopefishlives May 12, 2014 3:11:33pm |
335 | sagehen May 12, 2014 3:13:11pm |
re: #329 GeneJockey
So, here I am, middle aged. The Big 3 started making muscle cars again, only now they don’t fly off the road when it bends gently, they get >20 mpg, they’re comfy, and even the base models have more power than most of the muscle cars did back in the day. I’ve been waiting 40 years, and I thought ‘Finally! I can get the car I’ve been wanting forever.’
Nope. Now, according to Mrs. Jockey, “It screams “Midlife Crisis!”
So she’s the kind of trophy wife a midlife crisis guy would pick? Good for you, Mrs J. And when he sits you in the passenger seat of his MLC car, wearing your flashy new MLC-trophy jewelry… make sure he turns the radio to a station that plays stuff you danced to in high school.
336 | William Barnett-Lewis May 12, 2014 3:13:58pm |
re: #314 Sergey Romanov
I don’t believe it. His positions on the other issues are just too far removed from progressivism.
FYI, Sergey:
Something that has changed since you were last around here is KT. He’s more often concern trolling over articles he can’t be bothered to actually read or news stories that he twists in utterly strange ways. Everything he hates is leftist inspired and he still sees OWS behind every evil thing in America when it’s not under his bed trying to scare him.
It’s a shame, KT used to bring a lot of good to the conversation around here but I haven’t seen that KT for more than one or two posts since OWS started. Instead it’s passive/aggressive concern trolling to poison as many threads as possible.
337 | Justanotherhuman May 12, 2014 3:24:19pm |
re: #325 Sergey Romanov
I won’t stop respecting ACLU just because I disagree with a couple of cases. And Skokie was in 1978. They’re merely staying true to the principle.
I wasn’t even thinking about Skokie. The “principle” is supposed to be about constitutionality. And I just think there are a lot more “shouting fire in a crowded theater” situations out there that are indefensible, IMHO, but are receiving a hearing. Some, of course, disagree, but at the same time, defending those kinds of cases adds nothing to civil discourse, as we are finding out. Hate has become a cottage industry, to our detriment.
But yes, I suppose those who do it have every right to mutter their insanities and hate without restriction. I should not have to listen to it, day in and day out, and I elect not to. Unfortunately, enough do to make it profitable and in some quarters, influential.
338 | Decatur Deb May 12, 2014 3:29:36pm |
re: #337 Justanotherhuman
I wasn’t even thinking about Skokie. The “principle” is supposed to be about constitutionality. And I just think there are a lot more “shouting fire in a crowded theater” situations out there that are indefensible, IMHO, but are receiving a hearing. Some, of course, disagree, but at the same time, defending those kinds of cases adds nothing to civil discourse, as we are finding out. Hate has become a cottage industry, to our detriment.
But yes, I suppose those who do it have every right to mutter their insanities and hate without restriction. I should not have to listen to it, day in and day out, and I elect not to. Unfortunately, enough do to make it profitable and in some quarters, influential.
Are we allowed to yell ‘Fire’ as we shoot in a crowded theater?
339 | dog philosopher May 12, 2014 3:30:57pm |
340 | GeneJockey May 12, 2014 3:53:27pm |
re: #335 sagehen
So she’s the kind of trophy wife a midlife crisis guy would pick? Good for you, Mrs J. And when he sits you in the passenger seat of his MLC car, wearing your flashy new MLC-trophy jewelry… make sure he turns the radio to a station that plays stuff you danced to in high school.
She’s the trophy I won for falling in love with her at 17, and waiting 13 years till she was ready.
And she doesn’t like jewelry.