The Onion’s AV Club: Glenn Greenwald Loves Sony, Now That They’ve Bought the Rights to His Book

Expected to be even more profitable than when he changed his mind about the War on Terror
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The Onion’s AV Club zeroes right in on the Mighty Greenwald: Glenn Greenwald Loves Sony, Now That They’ve Bought the Rights to His Edward Snowden Book.

This is how you do “scathing.”

“I’m very happy to be working with Amy Pascal, Doug Belgrad and the team at Sony Pictures Entertainment, who have a successful track record of making thoughtful and nuanced true-life stories that audiences want to see,” said Greenwald of the same executives he had previously accused of producing “the ultimate hagiography of the most secretive arm of America’s National Security State” when they made Zero Dark Thirty, but now heartily endorses, because they’re giving him lots of money.

“We are extremely proud that […] Glenn chose Sony to bring this riveting story to the big screen,” added Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, the Sony subsidiary Greenwald likened to the Nazi propaganda machine a year and a half ago, but which now owns the rights to Greenwald’s book.

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237 comments
1 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 1:35:55pm

The Price Was Right, wasn’t it GG?

2 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 15, 2014 1:36:16pm

They paid him in thoughtful, nuanced buckets of cash, you see.

3 Testy Toad T  May 15, 2014 1:36:32pm

Reading the comments… actually didn’t make me want to stab out my own eyes.

First time for everything!

4 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 1:37:37pm

re: #2 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

They paid him in thoughtful, nuances buckets of cash, you see.

Sincerity. Folding green sincerity.

5 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 1:38:38pm

So GG is getting his own film? I thought Laura Poitras had dibs on the film version of their merry band’s tale. That should be interesting.

6 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 1:38:51pm

Hey, Anon. GG sold out. Get him! /

7 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 1:39:22pm

It would be ironic if the Anon hacked GGs email and some funny stuff would come out.

8 lawhawk  May 15, 2014 1:40:29pm

re: #1 Justanotherhuman

The Price Was Wrong…. Bitch. /Bob Barker

If you’re that willing to sell your morals and ethics (exposing once again the moral flexibility of a pretzel), then one has to wonder what else Greenwald has been selling with these incessant doom and gloom pronouncements about the NSA and the documents stolen by Snowden.

9 RealityBasedSteve  May 15, 2014 1:40:31pm

Hey, for enough money any hooker will say “Oh Baby, You’re the BEST!!!”. No difference.

RBS

10 Kragar  May 15, 2014 1:41:44pm

re: #8 lawhawk

The Price Was Wrong…. Bitch. /Bob Barker

If you’re that willing to sell your morals and ethics (exposing once again the moral flexibility of a pretzel), then one has to wonder what else Greenwald has been selling with these incessant doom and gloom pronouncements about the NSA and the documents stolen by Snowden.

The Onion to GG

Youtube Video

11 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 15, 2014 1:41:51pm

re: #9 RealityBasedSteve

Hey, for enough money any hooker will say “Oh Baby, You’re the BEST!!!”. No difference.

RBS

Except most hookers don’t actually have economically viable alternatives available to them. Greenwald does. He could cut this shit out anytime he wanted to not make more money.

12 Kragar  May 15, 2014 1:44:00pm

A Snowden movie will be at least as successful in the box office as the Assange movie was.

13 Testy Toad T  May 15, 2014 1:44:16pm

I wonder how many of those thoughtful nuanced cash buckets will be converted into rubles for Eddie.

Oh wait none lol. Enjoy your 650sqft concrete dacha of despair.

14 Testy Toad T  May 15, 2014 1:44:39pm

re: #12 Kragar

A Snowden movie will be at least as successful in the box office as the Assange movie was.

Honest, factual, non-trolling question: did that come out yet?

15 simoom  May 15, 2014 1:45:01pm

GG comparing Bigelow to Nazi-sympathizing German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl:

theguardian.com

But, says Bigelow, that is not her responsibility: she is merely depicting, not advocating. Without comparing the crimes involved, that was always the controversy surrounding German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, widely hailed as one of the most brilliant and innovative filmmakers of the 20th Century, yet also widely despised for producing films that glorified Nazism and excluded all of its crimes. One of her principal defenses - I was simply showing what was taking place, not judging - has been rather vehemently rejected by most commentators, because it (at best) naively ignores the obvious effects of what she produced, and because she had a responsibility to judge those crimes.

16 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 1:45:07pm

re: #8 lawhawk

The Price Was Wrong…. Bitch. /Bob Barker

If you’re that willing to sell your morals and ethics (exposing once again the moral flexibility of a pretzel), then one has to wonder what else Greenwald has been selling with these incessant doom and gloom pronouncements about the NSA and the documents stolen by Snowden.

Quite sure GG will do whatever the market will bring him in cash.

17 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 1:45:43pm

re: #12 Kragar

A Snowden movie will be at least as successful in the box office as the Assange movie was.

Didn’t that go straight to video? : )

18 Targetpractice  May 15, 2014 1:45:43pm

re: #12 Kragar

A Snowden movie will be at least as successful in the box office as the Assange movie was.

Gee, which self-important douchebag will they cast to play Greenwald? First guess: Tom Cruise.

19 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 1:47:23pm

re: #14 Testy Toad T

Honest, factual, non-trolling question: did that come out yet?

It’s been on Netflix seemingly forever, and I’ve yet to click on it. : )

20 Kragar  May 15, 2014 1:48:06pm

re: #14 Testy Toad T

Honest, factual, non-trolling question: did that come out yet?

Yup. Total bomb

The Fifth Estate (film)

In its opening weekend, the film came in eighth place with an estimated $1.7 million, one of the lowest openings for a DreamWorks release, and the worst 2013 debut for a wide release in 1,769 theatres in the United States. The film was considered a box office flop in the United States.

21 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 1:48:38pm

re: #20 Kragar

A waste of good talent.

22 Kragar  May 15, 2014 1:50:25pm

re: #21 Sergey Romanov

A waste of good talent.

I still say Mark Gattis would have been a better choice to play Assange.

23 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 1:50:42pm

re: #16 Justanotherhuman

Quite sure GG will do whatever the market will bring him in cash.

Only commandment on the libertarian tablet.

24 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 1:51:15pm

“The Fifth Estate” Box office

imdb.com

Pathetic. Probably only recovered Cumberbatch’s salary.

25 Dr. Matt  May 15, 2014 1:51:44pm
26 Charles Johnson  May 15, 2014 1:52:10pm

re: #15 simoom

GG comparing Bigelow to Nazi-sympathizing German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl:

theguardian.com

I always love when Greenwald writes something like, “Without comparing the crimes involved…” then proceeds to do exactly that. This kind of writing is horribly dishonest, and unfortunately a lot of people fall for it.

27 Bubblehead II  May 15, 2014 1:52:53pm

Damn. 9th has issued a temporary stay.

Federal appeals court puts Idaho gay marriages on hold

BOISE — A federal appeals court has temporarily put plans for Idaho same-sex weddings on hold while it considers the state’s request for a longer stay.

Otter being a dick as usual.

“I appreciate the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stepping in to ensure Idaho will not have to endure the same kind of chaos and confusion that Utah faced after a similar lower-court decision. Today’s ruling stays the federal magistrate’s order and maintains the status of marriage as defined by the Idaho Constitution - between one man and one woman. Meanwhile, I am proceeding with an aggressive challenge in the appellate court. I’m hopeful for a better outcome, but in any event I am committed to defending our Constitution and the will of Idaho voters.”

28 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 1:52:54pm

sharks! and is that a possible sharknado in the background?

29 Kragar  May 15, 2014 1:56:00pm
30 Kragar  May 15, 2014 1:58:35pm
31 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 2:00:39pm

re: #30 Kragar

Be advised that you are walking right into an NSA threat assessment trap

Screw NSA traps. They’re going to be paying three dollars for a bottle of water and thirty for a streetcorner umbrella.

32 b.d.  May 15, 2014 2:01:12pm

I can’t wait to see my pirated copy of this movie.

33 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 2:01:31pm

re: #30 Kragar

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34 RealityBasedSteve  May 15, 2014 2:01:43pm

re: #31 Decatur Deb

Screw NSA traps. They’re going to be paying three dollars for a bottle of water and thirty for a streetcorner umbrella.

and I hear the going rate will be 20 bucks at the “Hover-Round Recharge Station”.

RBS

35 kirkspencer  May 15, 2014 2:02:49pm

re: #27 Bubblehead II

Damn. 9th has issued a temporary stay.

Federal appeals court puts Idaho gay marriages on hold

BOISE — A federal appeals court has temporarily put plans for Idaho same-sex weddings on hold while it considers the state’s request for a longer stay.

Otter being a dick as usual.

“I appreciate the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stepping in to ensure Idaho will not have to endure the same kind of chaos and confusion that Utah faced after a similar lower-court decision. Today’s ruling stays the federal magistrate’s order and maintains the status of marriage as defined by the Idaho Constitution - between one man and one woman. Meanwhile, I am proceeding with an aggressive challenge in the appellate court. I’m hopeful for a better outcome, but in any event I am committed to defending our Constitution and the will of Idaho voters.”

Actually i rather expected the appeals court to put it on hold. The rule is simple: which side has the more unreparable harm. If marriages are permitted but the state wins, all the people who received licenses have to have them reversed or see other legal games. If marriages are on hold and the state loses, the marriages are ‘merely’ delayed a few weeks/months.

36 ObserverArt  May 15, 2014 2:03:07pm

I had just posted this in the last thread…once again not realizing the entire universe has been moved…so dang it, Imma gonna put it here with a new twist based off a suggestion by Backwoods Sleuth.

Oh my god!!! Nicolaus Copernicus was wrong…the Sun IS NOT THE CENTER of our universe!!!

Below is a chart recently discovered of the newest theory that depicts the true center of everything…

On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres Corrected

Be sure to click on it to view detail in larger image!

37 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 2:03:54pm

re: #36 ObserverArt

heh…

38 Charles Johnson  May 15, 2014 2:04:04pm

re: #36 ObserverArt

I had just posted this in the last thread…once again not realizing the entire universe has been moved…so dang it, Imma gonna put it here with a new twist based off a suggestion by Backwoods Sleuth.

On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres Corrected

Be sure to click on it to view detail in larger image!

Great!

39 dog philosopher  May 15, 2014 2:07:40pm

Tea Party comeback?

the fact that fox news feels it needs to assert this in a headline reveals a lot

40 ObserverArt  May 15, 2014 2:09:58pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh…

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Great!

Thanks…and with that I am gonna grab some dinner. Be back later…

41 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 2:10:33pm

hatchling alert

42 Mike Lamb  May 15, 2014 2:12:04pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He’s a bit late in getting out in front of the “Oh shit, no one is actually going to go, how do we spin this?”

43 TedStriker  May 15, 2014 2:13:39pm

re: #1 Justanotherhuman

The Price Was Right, wasn’t it GG?

“The price is wrong, bitch!”

Youtube Video

44 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:13:55pm

Haven’t watched MTP in a hell of a long time. Don’t intend to start again.

45 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 2:13:59pm

re: #42 Mike Lamb

He’s a bit late in getting out in front of the “Oh shit, no one is actually going to go, how do we spin this?”


“We were all there, it was glorious. Obama fled in tears, but the CIA replaced him with a double.”

46 dog philosopher  May 15, 2014 2:16:38pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

hatchling alert

Also controversial are his findings regarding the genetic basis of traits we associate with intelligence, such as literacy and numeracy, in certain ethnic populations, including the Chinese and Ashkenazi Jews.

Wade believes deeply in the fundamental equality of all human peoples. He also believes that science is best served by pursuing the truth without fear

more “i’m not a racist, but” crapola

47 b.d.  May 15, 2014 2:17:16pm

re: #44 Justanotherhuman

Haven’t watched MTP in a hell of a long time. Don’t intend to start again.

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No David Gregory interview of Glenn?

48 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:17:22pm

Won’t people get bored with this bullshit eventually?

49 The Great Eye  May 15, 2014 2:18:33pm

re: #48 Justanotherhuman

Didn’t they just do a Frontline on the NSA? I saw some folks on Reddit having a stroke over it and talking about Obama suppressing the media and all that fun stuff.

50 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 2:18:39pm

re: #47 b.d.

No David Gregory interview of Glenn?

Not even if they do it wearing thongs in a kiddie pool of jello.

51 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:18:39pm

re: #47 b.d.

No David Gregory interview of Glenn?

Someone asked that. The comments on the tweet are skewering, BTW.

52 Bubblehead II  May 15, 2014 2:20:29pm

re: #35 kirkspencer

Actually i rather expected the appeals court to put it on hold. The rule is simple: which side has the more unreparable harm. If marriages are permitted but the state wins, all the people who received licenses have to have them reversed or see other legal games. If marriages are on hold and the state loses, the marriages are ‘merely’ delayed a few weeks/months.

Here’s a link to the 9th’s web page on this (and soon to be other) case(s).

Not being a legal eagle like Lawhawk, my reading of the motions might be wrong, but from reading them, Idaho doesn’t stand a chance of winning this. The 9th should have let the stay go into effect if for no other reason than to push the SCOTUS into finally taking action on this issue instead of trying to kick it down the road.

53 TedStriker  May 15, 2014 2:21:23pm

re: #5 Decatur Deb

So GG is getting his own film? I thought Laura Poitras had dibs on the film version of their merry band’s tale. That should be interesting.

That was before Columbia/Sony came calling with buckets of filthy lucre; Poitras was nothing more than a means to an end for GG, just like Snowden.

54 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 2:22:59pm

re: #45 Decatur Deb


“We were all there, it was glorious. Obama fled in tears, but the CIA replaced him with a double.”

The guy they replaced was himself a double. The real Obama fled during the Truckers’ Protest.

55 Kragar  May 15, 2014 2:23:43pm
56 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:24:15pm

re: #46 dog philosopher

Also controversial are his findings regarding the genetic basis of traits we associate with intelligence, such as literacy and numeracy, in certain ethnic populations, including the Chinese and Ashkenazi Jews.

Wade believes deeply in the fundamental equality of all human peoples. He also believes that science is best served by pursuing the truth without fear

more “i’m not a racist, but” crapola

Yeah, and John Derbyshire “race realism” comment. Sheeesh.

A blog trying to be intellectual by calling it “Occam’s Razor” and substituting simple-mindedness instead.

57 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 2:25:24pm

re: #56 Justanotherhuman

It’s that “Dark Enlightenment” pretentious shit.

58 darthstar  May 15, 2014 2:29:54pm

Hey everyone…Issa’s going rogue! (like nobody saw that coming)

59 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 2:30:21pm

re: #57 Sergey Romanov

It’s that “Dark Enlightenment” pretentious shit.

It’s all those wackaloons that think they ‘know something’ everyone else doesn’t; some mysterious, special knowledge that only the wackadoodles are in on.

It’s like David Icke fans; I’ve met a few that are really into it. I have yet to meet anyone into the Shaver Mysteries - aside from Takashi Shimizu, who directly references it in his wonderfully weird little film Marebito.

60 Amory Blaine  May 15, 2014 2:30:52pm

Another winning move by Sony.

//

61 Kragar  May 15, 2014 2:33:36pm

I’m dying here…

62 Targetpractice  May 15, 2014 2:34:18pm

re: #58 darthstar

Hey everyone…Issa’s going rogue! (like nobody saw that coming)

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According to the Daily Beast, the three GOP heads of the committees that have been flogging this deceased equine for 19 months now are all mighty ticked that Boehner chose none of them to even be on the “special” committee, let alone appointed one of them at the Grand Inquisitor. Seems Darrell decided that he wants that spotlight, damnit, and he’ll keep it even if it means undermining the entire point of creating the “special” committee.

63 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 2:34:23pm

re: #57 Sergey Romanov

It’s that “Dark Enlightenment” pretentious shit.

They want another WF Buckley to come along and hide all the usual racism etc. under a nice thick screen of pretentious ten-dollar words.

64 goddamnedfrank  May 15, 2014 2:34:53pm

re: #52 Bubblehead II

Here’s a link to the 9th’s web page on this (and soon to be other) case(s).

The 9th should have let the stay go into effect if for no other reason than to push the SCOTUS into finally taking action on this issue instead of trying to kick it down the road.

You mean the lower court ruling should have been allowed to go into effect, right? A “stay” is what the 9th issued.

65 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 2:37:02pm

Now for your daily dose of weird, I give you the video of the Idaho GOP Governors debate. Be sure to get at least 5 minutes in.

Youtube Video

Favorite quote so far: “Don’t think I’m crazy because I’m not”. 5:47ish.

This is a great warm up to the 2016 GOP Presidential Debates.

66 dog philosopher  May 15, 2014 2:37:37pm

Jeb Bush: I Would Govern Like Lyndon Johnson as President

of course the freepers just loved that

67 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:38:01pm

Dept of State responds to the Center of His Own Universe.

68 Bubblehead II  May 15, 2014 2:39:10pm

re: #64 goddamnedfrank

You mean the lower court ruling should have been allowed to go into effect, right? A “stay” is what the 9th issued.

Yes, they should have let the ruling stand. You are correct about the stay. My bad. But, I did state I wasn’t a Legal Eagle. :-)

69 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:39:52pm

More twitter intrigue and speculation. Yawn.

70 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 2:39:59pm

re: #67 Justanotherhuman

There no way I could work in senior civil service. I would insist on responding to Issa’s summons with some variant of “die in a pit, with a pig”, which simply wouldn’t do.

71 Kragar  May 15, 2014 2:41:45pm
72 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:42:49pm

re: #70 EPR-radar

There no way I could work in senior civil service. I would insist on responding to Issa’s summons with some variant of “die in a pit, with a pig”, which simply wouldn’t do.

I’m sure they do a lot of yelling in the bathroom while throwing the soap and toilet paper to relieve tension?

73 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 2:42:55pm

re: #70 EPR-radar

There no way I could work in senior civil service. I would insist on responding to Issa’s summons with some variant of “die in a pit, with a pig”, which simply wouldn’t do.

There are ways to say that in the Government Printing Office Style Manual.

gpo.gov

74 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 2:43:51pm

re: #70 EPR-radar

There no way I could work in senior civil service. I would insist on responding to Issa’s summons with some variant of “die in a pit, with a pig”, which simply wouldn’t do.

You know what’s worse? Working as a clerk in the justice system and having to deal with the piles of steaming Taitz you’ll be faxed (173 pages was the last one), emailed, and Fed-Exed every couple of days. And if you don’t put her crap on a docket somewhere, she’ll find out your name (probably wrong), address and phone (almost certainly wrong) and set her flying monkeys on you.

75 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 2:44:08pm

re: #71 Kragar

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BEHOLD THE WAR CRY OF OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING! LOOK UPON THEM, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!!!

Youtube Video

76 Kragar  May 15, 2014 2:44:59pm
77 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 2:45:19pm

re: #59 Dr Lizardo

“Shaver Mysteries”

Reading about it now. Damn you! /

78 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 2:46:28pm

re: #74 Skip Intro

You know what’s worse? Working as a clerk in the justice system and having to deal with the daily piles of Taitz you’ll be faxed (173 pages was the last one), emailed, and Fed-Exed every couple of days. And if you don’t put her crap on a docket somewhere, she’ll find out your name (probably wrong), address and phone (almost certainly wrong) and set her flying monkeys on you.

True enough. The judges at least get to write opinions dismissing her cases in which all kinds of snide comments can be inserted, but the clerks have no such avenue for self-expression.

79 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 2:47:17pm

re: #76 Kragar

Did they ever decide where they’re all going to meet up? I assume it will be wherever the largest number of public toilets are, but I’d like that confirmed. Prostate problems are a real bummer.

80 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 2:47:26pm

Sergey apparently has thrown a curveball at the hatchling.
S/he must be desperately googling for rebuttal talking points.

81 Bubblehead II  May 15, 2014 2:48:17pm

re: #65 Skip Intro

Now for your daily dose of weird, I give you the video of the Idaho GOP Governors debate. Be sure to get at least 5 minutes in.

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Video

82 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 2:49:05pm

re: #79 Skip Intro

Did they ever decide where they’re all going to meet up? I assume it will be wherever the largest number of public toilets are, but I’d like that confirmed. Prostate problems are a real bummer.

Some of their orders implied that with 10-30 million, they would pretty much be everywhere. (Except those ‘urban’ parts of the city, of course.)

83 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 2:50:40pm

re: #77 Sergey Romanov

“Shaver Mysteries”

Reading about it now. Damn you! /

It’s quite interesting. Personally, I’m convinced that Mr. Shaver was most likely a paranoid schizophrenic. Unfortunately, his original letter to Amazing Stories, ‘A Warning To Future Man’, is something I’ve never found - only the edited version (‘I Remember Lemuria!’) that appeared as a story in the magazine.

The original would be, to me at least, fascinating reading.

84 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 2:50:50pm

re: #79 Skip Intro

Did they ever decide where they’re all going to meet up? I assume it will be wherever the largest number of public toilets are, but I’d like that confirmed. Prostate problems are a real bummer.

85 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 2:51:30pm

re: #82 Decatur Deb

We’ll be watching.

earthcam.com

earthcam.com

earthcam.com

earthcam.com

86 goddamnedfrank  May 15, 2014 2:51:41pm

re: #68 Bubblehead II

Yes, they should have let the ruling stand. You are correct about the stay. My bad. But, I did state I wasn’t a Legal Eagle. :-)

I think the 9th is just being overcautious so as not to play to their liberal reputation, also Kennedy is their Circuit Justice and he’s an unstable POS. Best not to get him involved before it goes to the Supremes.

In the Utah case the 10th refused to issue a stay because the appeals were terribly written. Sotomayor as 10th Circuit Justice finally stepped in after tons of weddings had already been performed, but nobody believes she’s going to rule in the appellants’ favor. She probably just did it for the same reason the 9th did, to avoid having her impartiality questioned before having her final say.

87 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 2:53:09pm

re: #83 Dr Lizardo

Have you read “War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction”?

88 Kragar  May 15, 2014 2:53:11pm

re: #79 Skip Intro

Did they ever decide where they’re all going to meet up? I assume it will be wherever the largest number of public toilets are, but I’d like that confirmed. Prostate problems are a real bummer.

How many toilets do you really need for a few dozen people?

89 jaunte  May 15, 2014 2:53:32pm

re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sergey apparently has thrown a curveball at the hatchling.
S/he must be desperately googling for rebuttal talking points.

Has it started in on Phrenology yet?

90 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 2:53:36pm

re: #85 Skip Intro

We’ll be watching.

earthcam.com

earthcam.com

earthcam.com

earthcam.com

Excellent..That’s why the Zero Million Truckers/Bikers/Marchers/Unicylists got away with their bullshit.

91 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 2:54:13pm

re: #88 Kragar

How many toilets do you really need for a few dozen people?

Need more data. How full of shit are they?

92 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 2:54:47pm

re: #88 Kragar

How many toilets do you really need for a few dozen people?

We’ll pee on the damned trees!!11!!!

(I believe that’s an almost direct quote from the patriots at the WWII memorial during the sequester/shutdown)

93 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 2:54:54pm

re: #87 Sergey Romanov

Have you read “War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction”?

No, unfortunately I never have. Sounds interesting, though.

94 Kragar  May 15, 2014 2:56:36pm
95 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 2:57:14pm

re: #89 jaunte

Has it started in on Phrenology yet?

Not yet, but time will tell.

96 Targetpractice  May 15, 2014 2:57:36pm

re: #94 Kragar

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I’d like to hear Boehner name one of those bills that actually spends money on anything besides more tax cuts/credits and deregulation.

97 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 2:57:36pm

re: #88 Kragar

How many toilets do you really need for a few dozen people?

Toilets, Rascal charging stations, fainting tents. The logistics of this are just mind-boggling.

Oh, and the field courts and scaffolds for executing all of the traitors who will be forced out of their government offices that day.

98 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 2:58:59pm

re: #65 Skip Intro

Now for your daily dose of weird, I give you the video of the Idaho GOP Governors debate. Be sure to get at least 5 minutes in.

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Video

Sad that those are the “best” Idaho has to offer.

99 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 2:59:50pm

re: #93 Dr Lizardo

I wonder if this was inspired by Shaver:

en.wikipedia.org

100 Feline Fearless Leader  May 15, 2014 3:00:02pm

re: #97 Skip Intro

Toilets, Rascal charging stations, fainting tents. The logistics of this are just mind-boggling.

Oh, and the field courts and scaffolds for executing all of the traitors who will be forced out of their government offices that day.

Will the Potomac run red with Geritol?
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101 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 3:00:24pm

re: #98 Justanotherhuman

Sad that those are the “best” Idaho has to offer.

Whole lotta God in Idaho these days. He appears to be speaking to everybody, but he’s telling them different things.

102 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 3:00:25pm

re: #97 Skip Intro

Toilets, Rascal charging stations, fainting tents. The logistics of this are just mind-boggling.

Logistics is for pussies. We learned from Charlie. Tie a sweatsock full of rice around your neck, slip on your rubber-tire flipflops, and march to the sound of the drones.

103 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:01:54pm

re: #87 Sergey Romanov

Have you read “War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction”?

You might find this interesting as well.

softcom.net

“Motion results from d, matter from t. Heat results from d, cold from t. Dark space is all t, light space is near a sun is d, the wise do not approach…. Death begins with d is true.”

—Richard S. Shaver

According to Shaver, our sun began as a wet, cloud-wrapped planet with vast coal beds (what did it use for a sun?). Eventually, this world was ignited by a meteor, and for unguessable eons it burned cleanly, dispensing health-giving integrative energy throughout the solar system. During this period, Earth was colonized by two spacefaring races, the Atlans and Titans, who called their new settlement Lemuria. The Atlans and Titans, masters of te energy, were dis-free and virtually immortal. Eternally young, they never stopped growing, so fifty-footers were not uncommon. Once they achieved a bulk that made it impractical to continue living on one planet, they simply moved on to a larger one, still young and vital.

These Elders developed powerful ray technologies such as the ben-ray, which broadcast integrative, healing energies; the stim-ray, which allowed the randy giants to prolong and heighten sexual pleasure; the telesolidograph, which could broadcast three-dimensional images; the penetray, used to observe events from vast distances; and the telepathic augmenter or telaug, which transmitted thought. In the cities, rays “continually broadcast an abstract inspiration to creative work.” Though peaceful, the Elders also possessed deadly beams that could kill from great distances.

Unfortunately, Sol’s protective “carbon shell” burned away about 20,000 years ago, and it became a doom star, broadcasting poisonous dis particles that concentrate in our soil and cause aging, which is not a natural process at all but a form of radiation poisoning. (Shaver was impressed by the publicity surrounding those unfortunate young girls who died, earlier in the century, after painting radium on clock faces; they looked haggard and aged beyond their years, and he took this as a literal demonstration of detrimental energy.) The Elders first escaped the deadly sunlight by digging in, creating the Cavern World, a massive network of subsurface dwellings and passages throughout the planet’s crust, “tier on tier of cities, endlessly vast, the homes of giants…. An area beyond calculation, a maze, a catacomb, labyrinth…. Plane over plane, multiplied forever mile upon mile in depth, endlessly on and on.” And these were caves not of steel but of integrative materials, Elder-stuff that grows only denser and more durable with the passing millennia.

The Cavern World was home to some 50 billion Atlans and Titans at one point. But even these titanic burrows failed to protect the Elder races from the degenerative effects of Sol’s dis rays, and so about 12,000 years ago they were forced to abandon Lemuria for the safety of younger stars. Some may have found refuge with the Nortan, an Elder race that distrusts suns entirely and lives only on “dark worlds” lit and warmed by scientific means.

All I can say to that is Alex Jones, read it and weep, because you’ll never come up with anything like that.

ETA: There’s also a strong H.P. Lovecraft influence in Shaver’s writings, as well as others like James Churchwood and A. Merritt.

104 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:02:51pm

re: #99 Sergey Romanov

I wonder if this was inspired by Shaver:

en.wikipedia.org

That wouldn’t surprise me one bit; I’m sure Mr. Barker has read Shaver somewhere along the line.

105 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:04:45pm
106 Kragar  May 15, 2014 3:04:46pm

We lost Ronnie James Dio on May 16th 2010 and OAS has the audacity to ruin his day with their nonsense?

107 Testy Toad T  May 15, 2014 3:05:25pm

re: #88 Kragar

How many toilets do you really need for a few dozen people?

Given the demographics of the Tea Party, I’m not sure how many of them need to actually seek a toilet anymore.

108 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 3:05:29pm

re: #103 Dr Lizardo

Thank IPU for the Readability plugin!

109 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 3:05:46pm

re: #98 Justanotherhuman

Sad that those are the “best” Idaho has to offer.

Some comments.

I live in Idaho and I promise you, we’re not all fucking insane like these people, it’s only like 99% of the population. 

Is this a SNL skit? This is insane.

Biker guy was hilarious. Picked by God to be president? Wow.

Must-see public TV. Check out the introductory statements, and discussions around 19:00, 34:00, and 52:00.

What’s in the water out there? Fucking religious nuts.

110 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 3:07:47pm

Got problems, Putie-Pooh?

Russian police arrest dozens after killing provokes ethnic unrest

reuters.com

(Reuters) - Russian police detained nearly 60 people on Thursday after a demonstration venting anger against immigrants and demanding the arrest of an Uzbek man suspected of killing a local turned violent, Russian media reported.

“Some of the hundreds of protesters in the town of Pushkino, 30 km (20 miles) northeast of Moscow, chanted anti-immigrant slogans, toppled kiosks at a street market and attacked a bus, beating its driver, Ekho Moskvy radio reported.

(snip)

“Putin’s pledge to protect Russian-speakers in Ukraine - by military force if necessary - seems to have increased the anger of Russian nationalists at home who accuse the government of ignoring their rights and going easy on migrants.” More

111 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 3:08:59pm

re: #107 Testy Toad T

Given the demographics of the Tea Party, I’m not sure how many of them need to actually seek a toilet anymore.

TMI.
But you’re probably correct.

112 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:10:03pm

Heh, heh….a little more Shaver -

Thousands of us are shanghaied into the caverns each year to serve the dero as slaves, playthings or food, for we are a perennial favorite on dero tables. With ben rays, torture can be prolonged for months or even years. A popular dero pastime is to disassemble their victims under a ben ray, leaving them as living dissections. Surface women are wired full of “sex stim” and used as living furniture, the dero taking pleasure in their undulations; others are given “growth stimulation focused on breasts till they get enormous and give milk like a cow which they use for a beverage.”

In addition, the dero use their ray mech to seed death, deception and “tamper” (a favorite Shaverian word) throughout the surface world. The demons, elves, and trolls of legend were dero, it goes without saying, and black magic was merely ray trickery. Nowadays, dero antics are often attributed to secret services. Shaver claimed that the dero sometimes impersonate FBI agents on the telephone, and hinted that many rich, powerful families have been replaced by dero-controlled doubles. The Nazis were dero puppets and the Lindbergh kidnapping was a dero job.

If you doubt this, you may be suffering from brain damage. Vast numbers of surface worlders — you, me, and most certainly Richard S. Shaver — have been slyly lobotomized by cutting rays projected from the caverns. In an early letter to Palmer, Shaver apologized: “they have cut most of the nerves and they are inoperative entirely….much of my brain is injured by them, you must forgive my forgetting — my wandering from the subject, it is the result of injuries — repaired again and again by the ben, but always the little imps start their destruction again.”

In addition to the dero, the Cavern World harbors small, hunted groups of tero (integrative ro), Elder descendants who, for reasons never adequately explained, have not succumbed to detrimental radiation. These tero are locked in ceaseless combat with the dero, and some befriended Shaver: “Right under my feet men die on racks because the dero…have caught them trying to help protect Shaver.”

The dero and tero populations of the caverns are dwarfed by a mass of human slaves as well as tribes of depraved freebooters who have drifted down from the surface world during various eras. While not as luridly evil as the dero, these too are a pretty loathsome crowd, vicious gangsters who slave and smuggle in alliance with topside criminals. Each major city apparently has its subsurface equivalent inhabited by these thugs, and many a “runaway” gets sold down the shaft. But wait, as one is constantly tempted to say: it gets worse. When the saucer summer of 1947 rolled around, Shaver blithely incorporated it: of course the saucers are the same vessels once piloted by the Elders. Unfortunately, “today the ships from space come not to help us, but to plunder.” Elder ships would not stray so near a detrimental sun. Our near-space, alas, is dominated by the Medieval Illicit, a cartel of space pirates and slavers.

These, then, are the secret forces behind history, the age-old order that Shaver was attempting to topple with his revelations.

No school like the old school!!

Of conspiracy theorists, that is. :)

113 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 3:10:06pm

re: #110 Justanotherhuman

Moreover, these riots and pogroms are now a regular occurrence.

114 The Mountain That Blogs  May 15, 2014 3:10:10pm

TL;DW version of the Idaho debate:

vine.co

115 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 3:11:09pm

re: #112 Dr Lizardo

” used as living furniture”

OK, that looks like a de Sade influence.

116 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:13:43pm

re: #107 Testy Toad T

Given the demographics of the Tea Party, I’m not sure how many of them need to actually seek a toilet anymore.

What they need are charging stations for all their scooters. And someone to direct traffic. It’s a bitch to try and reload while you’re maneuvering around 5000 other people on their Hoverounds.

117 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:14:01pm

re: #115 Sergey Romanov

” used as living furniture”

OK, that looks like a de Sade influence.

That’s entirely possible. But then again, if - as I personally suspect - Mr. Shaver was……disturbed….than his imagination may have gone to all sorts of dark places. Exceedingly dark places.

118 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 3:14:52pm

re: #115 Sergey Romanov

” used as living furniture”

OK, that looks like a de Sade influence.

Or IKEA.

119 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 3:15:09pm

re: #115 Sergey Romanov

” used as living furniture”

OK, that looks like a de Sade influence.

Could be, but there’s a more modern version. Google images for “human furniture”.
Apparently, it’s a “artistic” thing.

120 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:15:37pm

re: #112 Dr Lizardo

WTF did I just read? Is that some kind of weird Hollow Earth conspiracy porn?

121 dog philosopher  May 15, 2014 3:15:59pm

re: #105 Lidane

Anti-Obama “Operation American Spring” predicts 30 million supporters, violence and drone strikes

i can’t wait

122 Targetpractice  May 15, 2014 3:16:06pm

re: #118 Decatur Deb

Or IKEA.

Is this where the “Tab A into Slot B” joke goes?

123 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 3:16:28pm

re: #118 Decatur Deb

I always new those were personal names!

124 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 3:16:41pm

re: #120 Lidane

WTF did I just read? Is that some kind of weird Hollow Earth conspiracy porn?

Thought it was all Silurians and T. Rex, did you?

125 Varek Raith  May 15, 2014 3:16:53pm

re: #105 Lidane

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So…
Off by several orders of magnitude then.

126 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:16:56pm

re: #122 Targetpractice

Is this where the “Tab A into Slot B” joke goes?

It’s also where snark about losing the Allen wrench goes.

127 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 3:17:16pm

re: #120 Lidane

WTF did I just read? Is that some kind of weird Hollow Earth conspiracy porn?

CT from the time before the internet and mass communication reduced the creativity of conspiracists?

128 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:17:43pm

re: #120 Lidane

WTF did I just read? Is that some kind of weird Hollow Earth conspiracy porn?

It’s the Shaver Mystery. It’s like the ultimate meta-conspiracy theory, and it dates from the mid-1940s.

Courtesy of Richard Sharpe Shaver.

en.wikipedia.org

129 Varek Raith  May 15, 2014 3:17:50pm

re: #122 Targetpractice

Is this where the “Tab A into Slot B” joke goes?

Youtube Video

130 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:21:30pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

Could be, but there’s a more modern version. Google images for “human furniture”.
Apparently, it’s a “artistic” thing.

It’s a BDSM thing, apparently. Don’t understand it myself, but if everyone involved is a consenting adult, I’m not going to judge.

131 Kragar  May 15, 2014 3:23:02pm

re: #130 Lidane

It’s a BDSM thing, apparently. Don’t understand it myself, but if everyone involved is a consenting adult, I’m not going to judge.

Could be worse. They could be fans of Gor.

132 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:23:05pm

re: #127 EPR-radar

CT from the time before the internet and mass communication reduced the creativity of conspiracists?

All I know is that if I were creative - or insane - enough like Mr. Shaver, in this day and age, if I had written something like ‘A Warning To Future Man’, right now I’d be spending my afternoons swimming in money like Scrooge McDuck!

133 Targetpractice  May 15, 2014 3:23:14pm

re: #130 Lidane

It’s a BDSM thing, apparently. Don’t understand it myself, but if everyone involved is a consenting adult, I’m not going to judge.

Raise an eyebrow and give a confused and/or disapproving look, yes. But surely not judge.

134 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 3:24:32pm

He looks nice. Another Responsible, completely sane gun owner has something he’d like to say to you.

NSFW

Youtube Video

135 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 3:25:33pm

re: #130 Lidane

It’s a BDSM thing, apparently. Don’t understand it myself, but if everyone involved is a consenting adult, I’m not going to judge.

yep

136 Killgore Trout  May 15, 2014 3:25:35pm

Menendez annoyed, asking questions
Even If We Find Them, It’s Unclear Whether Military Forces Can ‘Bring Back Our Girls’

“It is impossible to fathom that we might actually have actionable intelligence and that we would not have the wherewithal either by the Nigerians themselves or by other entities helping the Nigerians to be able to conduct a rescue mission. And so all of this would be worthless,” Menendez said, instructing Friend to return to the committee with that information at a future date. “We’re not going to wait until we find out that we have actionable intelligence and then find out that we don’t have the capacity to do this.”

“I’d be happy to come back to you with that information, sir,” Friend replied.

“Jesus,” Menendez sighed, pulling away from the microphone.

137 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:26:18pm

re: #131 Kragar

Could be worse. They could be fans of Gor.

Fans of Gor should be judged for having terrible taste in books, THEN judged for being complete sexist idiots.

Of course, I feel the same way about fans of Fifty Shades of Gray so what do I know? :p

138 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:28:01pm

For those who are curious, this is the full text of ‘I Remember Lemuria’; essentially the edited version of ‘A Warning To Future Man’. Shaver’s original letter was 10,000 words long, and rambling. It was edited and expanded considerably by Ray Palmer for Amazing Stories.

archive.org

139 Sergey Romanov  May 15, 2014 3:28:31pm

re: #138 Dr Lizardo

He “added a plot”. Heh.

140 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 3:29:52pm

re: #139 Sergey Romanov

He “added a plot”. Heh.

Basically. Like I said, I’d love to read the original letter in its unaltered form.

141 Killgore Trout  May 15, 2014 3:33:28pm
Even worse, perhaps, is a growing fear within the ranks of the Nigerian military of taking on Boko Haram. “They don’t have the capabilities, the training, or the [equipment] that Boko Haram does. And Boko Haram is exceptionally brutal and indiscriminate in their attacks,” Friend said. “So we are now looking at a military force that’s, quite frankly, becoming afraid to even engage.”
142 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:39:53pm
143 Targetpractice  May 15, 2014 3:40:45pm

re: #142 Lidane

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That’s still one-up on you, Limbaugh, you boil on the ass of American culture.

144 b_sharp  May 15, 2014 3:41:09pm

re: #142 Lidane

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Coming from a brainless prick like Limbaugh that’s meaningless.

145 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 3:41:18pm

re: #142 Lidane

Since Rush Limbaugh’s only accomplishment is acting as a channel for all the filth in US politics, he’s in a glass outhouse and should shut up.

146 Bubblehead II  May 15, 2014 3:43:16pm

re: #81 Bubblehead II

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To be honest. I should have hit the button. I don’t know what killed more brain cells, the beer or the video. How the fuck the Idaho Republican party could have allowed those two idiots to even participate in what should have been a serious debate is mind boggling.

Is it any wonder that Idaho is a laughing stock and not taken seriously?

147 NJDhockeyfan  May 15, 2014 3:46:14pm

Al-Qaeda’s new encryption tools following the Snowden leaks

Al-Qaeda’s encryption tools have evolved following the June 2013 Edward Snowden leaks, according to web intelligence and predictive analytics company Recorded Future.

148 Lidane  May 15, 2014 3:48:46pm

re: #147 NJDhockeyfan

Al-Qaeda’s new encryption tools following the Snowden leaks

You can’t explain that!

149 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 3:53:18pm

re: #142 Lidane

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well, better than his lasting legacy as a primordial drug-addled slug.

150 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 3:55:09pm

Specialized is a weird company. Last week I called with a problem with one of their products and the tech guy asked whether I was a Specialized dealer, and I told him ‘no’. He said, ‘Well, I don’t even know how to explain it to you if you’re not a dealer!’ I went back to the .pdf of the part and muddled through as well as I could. Wasn’t good enough. The bike came back today with a problem in the same area. This time the (different) guy, after ascertaining that I was not a dealer (btw, non-dealers are supposed to press 2, which I did) we walked through the symptoms, decided what the most likely solution was, figured out the model year of the bike and the ID of the part needed, then he said, ‘but I don’t know how to ship it to you if you’re not a dealer!’ He spoke with his boss and apparently figured out that they have access to some form of shipping that does not depend upon my being a Specialized dealer. And there will be no charge, but I think that was out of not wanting to deal with the complexity of billing a non-dealer than an admission that the part was defective.

Eleven months ago the same part was replaced after a conversation with a VERY helpful person in that department. I should have written the name down. And I’m going to encourage the customer to replace the part with a non-Specialized upgrade.

151 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 3:58:02pm

re: #114 The Mountain That Blogs

This is informative.

Youtube Video

152 NJDhockeyfan  May 15, 2014 3:59:35pm
153 piratedan  May 15, 2014 4:00:27pm

re: #142 Lidane

Then that means that she’s already accomplished more than Mr. Limbaugh ever will……

154 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 4:02:14pm

re: #151 Skip Intro

This is informative.

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Proud to be the turd in the punchbowl that fights the bondage of political correctness.

Not gonna watch the second half.

155 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 4:03:26pm

re: #152 NJDhockeyfan

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Next tweet:

And of course they have Ms. Ash covering the fire…

156 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 4:04:38pm

re: #153 piratedan

Then that means that she’s already accomplished more than Mr. Limbaugh ever will……

Possessing 1000s of Oxycontin pills from multiple doctors and staying out of jail is an accomplishment, so you have to add that in. Whining that he needed them for a bad back while playing 18 to 36 holes of golf a day and getting his audience to buy it is another.

157 NJDhockeyfan  May 15, 2014 4:05:28pm

re: #155 wrenchwench

Next tweet:

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And of course they have Ms. Ash covering the fire…

Naturally

158 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 4:05:50pm

re: #154 wrenchwench

Proud to be the turd in the punchbowl that fights the bondage of political correctness.

Not gonna watch the second half.

I thought J.R.R. Martin and Wilfred Brimley were doing good.

159 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 4:07:20pm

re: #156 Skip Intro

Possessing 1000s of Oxycontin pills from multiple doctors and staying out of jail is an accomplishment, so you have to add that in. Whining that he needed them for a bad back while playing 18 to 36 holes of golf a day and getting his audience to buy it is another.

It’s no accomplishment at all for a rich white drug user to stay out of jail.

We all know what the War on Drugs is for, after all.

160 NJDhockeyfan  May 15, 2014 4:07:21pm

The b/w pictures are far more dramatic than the ones in color.

161 goddamnedfrank  May 15, 2014 4:08:02pm

re: #150 wrenchwench

Specialized is a weird company. Last week I called with a problem with one of their products and the tech guy asked whether I was a Specialized dealer, and I told him ‘no’. He said, ‘Well, I don’t even know how to explain it to you if you’re not a dealer!’ I went back to the .pdf of the part and muddled through as well as I could. Wasn’t good enough. The bike came back today with a problem in the same area. This time the (different) guy, after ascertaining that I was not a dealer (btw, non-dealers are supposed to press 2, which I did) we walked through the symptoms, decided what the most likely solution was, figured out the model year of the bike and the ID of the part needed, then he said, ‘but I don’t know how to ship it to you if you’re not a dealer!’ He spoke with his boss and apparently figured out that they have access to some form of shipping that does not depend upon my being a Specialized dealer. And there will be no charge, but I think that was out of not wanting to deal with the complexity of billing a non-dealer than an admission that the part was defective.

Eleven months ago the same part was replaced after a conversation with a VERY helpful person in that department. I should have written the name down. And I’m going to encourage the customer to replace the part with a non-Specialized upgrade.

OSBB creaking?

162 NJDhockeyfan  May 15, 2014 4:13:17pm

Then again some of the color pics are pretty dramatic too…

163 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 4:13:49pm

re: #161 goddamnedfrank

OSBB creaking?

Nope. Rear hub simultaneously too loose and not freewheeling freely. Roval Classique Rapide Carbon wheels. Looks like a dumb design to me. American Classic has some that are similar, but they work well for a long time.

164 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 4:17:47pm

re: #161 goddamnedfrank

OSBB creaking?

After a quick look, I’m glad it’s not the BB.

The bike is from 2007 and cost around $6000 as a closeout. I think bikes like that are supposed to be replaced regularly, whereas a $400 bike can last for decades under the same use.

165 BeenHereAwhile  May 15, 2014 4:18:36pm

re: #156 Skip Intro

Possessing 1000s of Oxycontin pills from multiple doctors and staying out of jail is an accomplishment, so you have to add that in. Whining that he needed them for a bad back while playing 18 to 36 holes of golf a day and getting his audience to buy it is another.

Rush had a really, really good criminal defense attorney.

(no snark intended)

166 Blue Fielder  May 15, 2014 4:19:17pm

re: #3 Testy Toad T

That’s the power of The AV Club. It’s one of the very few places on the Web where you cvan find reasonable, smart comments nearly free of brainless fuckwittery and half-cocked screaming.

Plus there will always be Simpsons references. ALWAYS.

167 BongCrodny  May 15, 2014 4:20:59pm

THE GLENN GREENWALD STORY

Written by Glenn Greenwald
Directed by Glenn Greenwald
Produced by Glenn Greenwald
Cinematography by Glenn Greenwald
Casting by Glenn Greenwald
Edited by Glenn Greenwald
Art Director: Glenn Greenwald
Costume Designer: Glenn Greenwald
Director of Photography: Glenn Greenwald
Snowden Wrangler: Glenn Greenwald

168 Pie-onist Overlord  May 15, 2014 4:22:31pm

re: #167 BongCrodny

THE GLENN GREENWALD STORY

Written by Glenn Greenwald
Directed by Glenn Greenwald
Produced by Glenn Greenwald
Cinematography by Glenn Greenwald
Casting by Glenn Greenwald
Edited by Glenn Greenwald
Art Director: Glenn Greenwald
Costume Designer: Glenn Greenwald
Director of Photography: Glenn Greenwald
Snowden Wrangler: Glenn Greenwald

Starring Glenn Greenwald

169 Pie-onist Overlord  May 15, 2014 4:23:37pm

Stay classy TCOT.

170 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 4:24:20pm

re: #167 BongCrodny

Grand Poohbah: Glenn Greenwald
Executive assistant to the Grand Poohbah: Glenn Greenwald
Compensation Consultant: Glenn Greenwald
Legal: Glenn Greenwald

This could go on forever.

171 BongCrodny  May 15, 2014 4:27:14pm

re: #170 EPR-radar

Grand Poohbah: Glenn Greenwald
Executive assistant to the Grand Poohbah: Glenn Greenwald
Compensation Consultant: Glenn Greenwald
Legal: Glenn Greenwald

This could go on forever.

“Putin Fluffer”: Glenn Greenwald

172 b.d.  May 15, 2014 4:27:39pm

At least Greenwald has quit playing that fear of being arrested shtick.

173 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 4:27:46pm

re: #165 BeenHereAwhile

Rush had a really, really good criminal defense attorney.

(no snark intended)

Well, he needed one, and more importantly, he had the money to pay for one.

If that had been me, I believe the outcome would have been somewhat different.

174 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 4:29:11pm

re: #173 Skip Intro

Well, he needed one, and more importantly, he had the money to pay for one.

If that had been me, I believe the outcome would have been somewhat different.

People are seriously kidding themselves if they don’t think it is very helpful to be wealthy when accused of a crime.

175 BongCrodny  May 15, 2014 4:29:36pm

re: #169 Pie-onist Overlord

Stay classy TCOT.

…but if you read “racist bullshit” into that alleged joke, *you’re* the racist.

176 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 4:30:50pm

re: #171 BongCrodny

“Putin Fluffer”: Glenn Greenwald

Shouldn’t that be “Snowden fluffer”?

Now I’ll just toddle off and do a self trepanning for brain bleaching.

177 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 4:31:20pm

re: #167 BongCrodny

THE GLENN GREENWALD STORY

Written by Glenn Greenwald
Directed by Glenn Greenwald
Produced by Glenn Greenwald
Cinematography by Glenn Greenwald
Casting by Glenn Greenwald
Edited by Glenn Greenwald
Art Director: Glenn Greenwald
Costume Designer: Glenn Greenwald
Director of Photography: Glenn Greenwald
Snowden Wrangler: Glenn Greenwald

I’ve lifted the organization chart for the Orly Taitz for AG campaign, but I think it works here as well.

178 BongCrodny  May 15, 2014 4:33:41pm

re: #176 EPR-radar

Shouldn’t that be “Snowden fluffer”?

Now I’ll just toddle off and do a self trepanning for brain bleaching.

I had a hard time deciding exactly who was fluffing who.

179 Stanley Sea  May 15, 2014 4:33:42pm

Thanks for accommodating me on this. It’s so close to where I am.

180 Swift2991  May 15, 2014 4:34:20pm

The market for leaks is the People. If GG gets millions for the rights, why, the rights are being bought because it is Holy and Good. Oh ye of little faith.

181 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 4:35:46pm

re: #174 EPR-radar

People are seriously kidding themselves if they don’t think it is very helpful to be wealthy when accused of a crime.

I was walking to work this morning and a police car stopped right in front of me, the officer got out, and said he was just randomly stopping people and asking questions. He asked where I live (I was a block and a half from home) wrote down my address and my name, asked whether I had any concerns about the neighborhood. I told him about the annoying chihuahuas across the street, he wrote that down too. I asked him what was up with randomly stopping people. He said it was community policing. He’s getting to know the area better. He looked about 20.

If I weren’t a gray-haired lady with a perfectly clean record (I think the juvy record is sealed) I would have been nervous as heck.

182 Swift2991  May 15, 2014 4:37:03pm

re: #165 BeenHereAwhile

I think they managed to exclude the testimony that would have sunk him.

183 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 4:37:03pm

re: #179 Stanley Sea

Thanks for accomedating me on this. It’s so close to where I am.

[Embedded content]

It’s becoming cliche, but YIKES.

184 Stanley Sea  May 15, 2014 4:39:23pm

re: #183 wrenchwench

It’s becoming cliche, but YIKES.

It’s insane. The sky is sooooo brown. And it’s so damn HOT.

185 Jack Burton  May 15, 2014 4:40:18pm

re: #167 BongCrodny

THE GLENN GREENWALD STORY

Written by Glenn Greenwald
Directed by Glenn Greenwald
Produced by Glenn Greenwald
Cinematography by Glenn Greenwald
Casting by Glenn Greenwald
Edited by Glenn Greenwald
Art Director: Glenn Greenwald
Costume Designer: Glenn Greenwald
Director of Photography: Glenn Greenwald
Snowden Wrangler: Glenn Greenwald

Well it worked for Tommy Wiseau…

/

186 b.d.  May 15, 2014 4:40:20pm

Joe Gillis: You’re Glenn Greenwald. You used to peddle scandals. You used to be big.
Glenn Greenwald: I *am* big. It’s the *scandals* that got small.

…….and scene.

187 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 4:40:21pm

re: #184 Stanley Sea

It’s insane. The sky is sooooo brown. And it’s so damn HOT.

The shifting wind is a beast.

188 Swift2991  May 15, 2014 4:41:51pm

re: #181 wrenchwench

I was walking to work this morning and a police car stopped right in front of me, the officer got out, and said he was just randomly stopping people and asking questions. He asked where I live (I was a block and a half from home) wrote down my address and my name, asked whether I had any concerns about the neighborhood. I told him about the annoying chihuahuas across the street, he wrote that down too. I asked him what was up with randomly stopping people. He said it was community policing. He’s getting to know the area better. He looked about 20.

If I weren’t a gray-haired lady with a perfectly clean record (I think the juvy record is sealed) I would have been nervous as heck.

I think he’s a newbie or an auxiliary, being asked to get to know a neighborhood by canvassing it. So he’s not looking for criminals, he’s profiling a community. Oh, a lot of people find x a problem here, etc. They want to hear about stuff from the people in the community. I think it’s better than the cops riding around in closed cars, being an occupation army. Better that than the armed neighborhood militias. Ugh.

189 BongCrodny  May 15, 2014 4:43:09pm

re: #185 Jack Burton

Well it worked for Tommy Wiseau…

/

Oh, my.

It…it sounds AWESOME!

190 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 4:43:21pm

The Glenn Greenwald Story must be directed by Uwe Boll.

191 Skip Intro  May 15, 2014 4:45:32pm

This one’s moving up the charts fast.


Bundy Ranch Shootout
By Digi Sky Games

Description

Evil agents from the Federal Bureau of Cows are trying to steal your cattle - help rescue them in Bundy Ranch Shootout. Bundy Ranch Shootout is an arcade shooter that pits no-good FBC agents against our hero and his cattle ranch.

192 Charles Johnson  May 15, 2014 4:48:52pm
193 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 4:52:07pm

Moar fire…

Officials: Brush fire in Camp Pendleton, Calif., grows past containment line, approaches Fallbrook; new evacuations ordered - @ABC7
Read more on abc7.com

194 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 4:52:51pm

Fire in San Marcos, Calif., burned 1,200 acres, 5% contained - @CAL_FIRE
Read more on fire.ca.gov

195 Stanley Sea  May 15, 2014 4:56:46pm

re: #194 Justanotherhuman

Fire in San Marcos, Calif., burned 1,200 acres, 5% contained - @CAL_FIRE
Read more on fire.ca.gov

Did you watch the time lapse above?

Stone Brewery roof cam.

196 b.d.  May 15, 2014 4:58:49pm

re: #192 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

BUT THEY HAVE MONEY!! JUST LIKE THE NSA COOPERATING PIERRE HAS!!

197 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 5:00:02pm

re: #167 BongCrodny

THE GLENN GREENWALD STORY

Written by Glenn Greenwald
Directed by Glenn Greenwald
Produced by Glenn Greenwald
Cinematography by Glenn Greenwald
Casting by Glenn Greenwald
Edited by Glenn Greenwald
Art Director: Glenn Greenwald
Costume Designer: Glenn Greenwald
Director of Photography: Glenn Greenwald
Snowden Wrangler: Glenn Greenwald

No Greenwalds were harmed in the making of this film.

198 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:00:29pm

re: #195 Stanley Sea

Did you watch the time lapse above?

Stone Brewery roof cam.

Yes, I saw that. Those suckers spread fast.

199 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:01:52pm

re: #197 Decatur Deb

No Greenwalds were harmed in the making of this film.

From the best selling book by me, Glenn Greenwald, which I pushed like crazy, at great threat to my personal being by returning to the United States.

200 b.d.  May 15, 2014 5:02:21pm

re: #167 BongCrodny

THE GLENN GREENWALD STORY

Written by Glenn Greenwald
Directed by Glenn Greenwald
Produced by Glenn Greenwald
Cinematography by Glenn Greenwald
Casting by Glenn Greenwald
Edited by Glenn Greenwald
Art Director: Glenn Greenwald
Costume Designer: Glenn Greenwald
Director of Photography: Glenn Greenwald
Snowden Wrangler: Glenn Greenwald

Fact Checking & Continuity

201 b.d.  May 15, 2014 5:03:39pm

Will the movie open up with Glenn filling in for Leo with the opening lion roar?

202 Gus  May 15, 2014 5:04:34pm

203 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:07:00pm

Translation: How dare you criticize me, The Great Glenn Greenwald, and I will not respond with any real authenticity anyway. Ever. So don’t look for it.

204 b.d.  May 15, 2014 5:08:50pm

re: #203 Justanotherhuman

Translation: How dare you criticize me, The Great Glenn Greenwald, and I will not respond with any real authenticity anyway. Ever. So don’t look for it.

[Embedded content]

“Book Tour Hell”

Such love you show for your fans and hosts, it’s not like you aren’t being paid handsomely for all of this.

205 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 5:09:17pm

re: #188 Swift2991

I think he’s a newbie or an auxiliary, being asked to get to know a neighborhood by canvassing it. So he’s not looking for criminals, he’s profiling a community. Oh, a lot of people find x a problem here, etc. They want to hear about stuff from the people in the community. I think it’s better than the cops riding around in closed cars, being an occupation army. Better that than the armed neighborhood militias. Ugh.

I think community policing is a good idea. It’s just weird to have a cop write down your name and address for nothing. At least he didn’t ask for ID. And I know people who have had negative experiences with law enforcement who would have had stronger reactions than I did.

I do hope he sticks around and gets to know the whole town. We tend to be a police training facility for towns that pay a decent salary.

206 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:10:18pm

re: #204 b.d.

“Book Tour Hell”

Such love you show for your fans and hosts, it’s not like you aren’t being paid handsomely for all of this.

Didn’t he bring Pillow Lips with him? To keep his ego massaged? Or is the money enough comfort?

207 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 5:11:00pm

re: #205 wrenchwench

I think community policing is a good idea. It’s just weird to have a cop write down your name and address for nothing. At least he didn’t ask for ID. And I know people who have had negative experiences with law enforcement who would have had stronger reactions than I did.

I do hope he sticks around and gets to know the whole town. We tend to be a police training facility for towns that pay a decent salary.

If he wants to know the community, he should park the cruiser.

208 wrenchwench  May 15, 2014 5:12:18pm

re: #207 Decatur Deb

If he wants to know the community, he should park the cruiser.

Well, he parked and got out right where I was. But yeah, he should be on foot patrol. They do that sporadically downtown. They have bikes, but they only use them once a year at a music festival.

209 b.d.  May 15, 2014 5:12:34pm

re: #206 Justanotherhuman

Didn’t he bring Pillow Lips with him? To keep his ego massaged? Or is the money enough comfort?

I would think that he brought pillow lips with him, Glenn is the type of guy who thinks he would need a food taster while visiting the US.

210 Charles Johnson  May 15, 2014 5:14:58pm

211 Gus  May 15, 2014 5:15:44pm

BBC reporting BS today. Calling a cargo ship (type reefer) carrier a “petrol tanker.”

212 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:15:51pm

re: #205 wrenchwench

I think community policing is a good idea. It’s just weird to have a cop write down your name and address for nothing. At least he didn’t ask for ID. And I know people who have had negative experiences with law enforcement who would have had stronger reactions than I did.

I do hope he sticks around and gets to know the whole town. We tend to be a police training facility for towns that pay a decent salary.

I think it’s important that he gets to know the “normals” that are the majority of people who just live a regular existence. A lot of cops get very cynical since they can run into some of the worst of human behavior, and unfortunately, a few begin to imitate it. It’s got to be an eye-opener for young people like him.

213 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 5:16:08pm

re: #186 b.d.

Joe Gillis: You’re Glenn Greenwald. You used to peddle scandals. You used to be big.
Glenn Greenwald: I *am* big. It’s the *scandals* that got small.

…….and scene fade away to black…forever.

214 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 5:16:55pm

re: #205 wrenchwench

I think community policing is a good idea. It’s just weird to have a cop write down your name and address for nothing. At least he didn’t ask for ID. And I know people who have had negative experiences with law enforcement who would have had stronger reactions than I did.

I do hope he sticks around and gets to know the whole town. We tend to be a police training facility for towns that pay a decent salary.

Like in Japan, where there’s the koban, the local neighborhood police station.

Koban in Kameari, Katsushika, Tokyo.

en.wikipedia.org

215 b.d.  May 15, 2014 5:18:22pm

A monocled Glenn in the puffy directors pants, holding a riding crop is not a visual that I wanted to have.

Thanks Lizards!

216 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:18:31pm

Damn.

Building partially collapses in San Marcos, Calif; people reportedly trapped inside - @nbcsandiego
Read more on nbcsandiego.com

217 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 5:18:59pm

re: #214 Dr Lizardo

Like in Japan, where there’s the koban, the local neighborhood police station.

Koban in Kameari, Katsushika, Tokyo.

en.wikipedia.org

Not far from here, near the beach:

Carrabelle, Florida: World’s Smallest Police Station

roadsideamerica.com

(It’s much larger on the inside.)

218 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:21:54pm

Revising the Script

219 Stanley Sea  May 15, 2014 5:23:29pm

re: #216 Justanotherhuman

Damn.

Building partially collapses in San Marcos, Calif; people reportedly trapped inside - @nbcsandiego
Read more on nbcsandiego.com

Get the fuck out. Even if not officially evacuated. Just go. Geezus.

220 Killgore Trout  May 15, 2014 5:24:21pm

Kenyan terror threat prompts evacuation of UK tourists

Hundreds of British tourists are being evacuated from Kenya after the Foreign Office warned there was a “high threat” from terrorists in the country.

Tour operators Thomson and First Choice cancelled all flights to Mombasa until October and said holidaymakers would be flown back as a precautionary measure.

As many as 500 people are affected, the Telegraph newspaper reported.

The FCO said the main threat came from extremists linked to the militant Islamist al-Shabab group.

221 Gus  May 15, 2014 5:27:49pm
222 b.d.  May 15, 2014 5:29:02pm

re: #218 Justanotherhuman

Revising the Script

Greenwald would never change clothes again

223 Killgore Trout  May 15, 2014 5:30:17pm

Iran pursues ballistic missile work, complicating nuclear talks

On Wednesday, the first day of the latest round of the nuclear talks, the U.S. delegation made clear that it wanted to discuss both Iran’s ballistic missile programme and possible military dimensions of its past nuclear research.

But in a sign of the wide divergence between the U.S. and Iranian positions, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif merely laughed and ignored the remarks, according to an Iranian official present.

224 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 5:30:40pm

re: #222 b.d.

That one is begging for the caption “Glenn Greenwald, portrait of the auteur as a young man”

225 Pie-onist Overlord  May 15, 2014 5:31:22pm

re: #171 BongCrodny

“Putin Fluffer”: Glenn Greenwald

“Chief Greenwald Fluffer”: Mona Holland
Greenwald Fluffer Team: Thousands of sockpuppets

226 FemNaziBitch  May 15, 2014 5:34:59pm

Look at a the beebees!!!!

227 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 5:37:16pm

re: #217 Decatur Deb

Not far from here, near the beach:

Carrabelle, Florida: World’s Smallest Police Station

roadsideamerica.com

(It’s much larger on the inside.)

Heh.

The below page is a very good example from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police; it’s regarding a multiple homicide and what was their ongoing search for a suspect who was wearing a distinctive sweatshirt.

Note the detail and the information they were sharing with the public. It’s in English.

keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp

228 Justanotherhuman  May 15, 2014 5:44:39pm

The only life you value is your own, you cynical jerk.

229 Gus  May 15, 2014 5:46:36pm

re: #228 Justanotherhuman

The only life you value is your own, you cynical jerk.

Must borrow.

230 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 5:46:45pm

re: #227 Dr Lizardo

The detail is totally insane! WOW!

231 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 15, 2014 5:52:32pm

re: #228 Justanotherhuman

The only life you value is your own, you cynical jerk.

I didn’t feel any rage towards the Boston bomber. Do I win something? Maybe a ‘Make GG shut the fuck up for a month’ ticket? I’d like one of those.

232 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 5:52:59pm

re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth

The detail is totally insane! WOW!

This is a link to a .pdf version of the poster issued by the TMP.

It’s exceedingly detailed - what I noticed as I read through it is that it pulled me in; it’s like reading a mini-mystery novel.

That - for me - is a good example of community policing. It gets people involved in a fairly deep fashion, at least it did for me.

233 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 15, 2014 5:56:05pm

re: #232 Dr Lizardo

This is a link to a .pdf version of the poster issued by the TMP.

[Embedded content]

It’s exceedingly detailed - what I noticed as I read through it is that it pulled me in; it’s like reading a mini-mystery novel.

That - for me - is a good example of community policing. It gets people involved in a fairly deep fashion, at least it did for me.

I’m just gobsmacked at the amount of detail compared to what we typically get to see here in the States.

234 EPR-radar  May 15, 2014 5:57:48pm

re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m just gobsmacked at the amount of detail compared to what we typically get to see here in the States.

That struck me as well. My assumption is that the Japanese police have much better community relations than most police in the US.

235 Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2014 6:00:47pm

re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m just gobsmacked at the amount of detail compared to what we typically get to see here in the States.

That’s what struck me as well. I was stunned to see the level of detail - typically, American police play their cards close to the vest.

In this particular case, the only reason the suspect hasn’t been apprehended - to the best of my knowledge - is that he must have fled the country shortly afterwards and hasn’t returned.

Intriguingly, on page three of the .pdf, it notes that sand grains found in the hip bag left by the suspect likely originated in the Mojave Desert of California. That’s a very vital clue; it might trigger someone’s memory of a friend/family member/acquaintance who journeyed to California before the homicides took place, and he may have mentioned that fact to others.

236 Rocky-in-Connecticut  May 15, 2014 6:19:41pm

I’m sure that since Greeny used Snowden to launch his now expansive media career the Pee-Ewlitzer Prize winner won’t mind at all using a significant chunk of his Sony and book proceeds to help secure the release of Mr. Snowden from his current Russian small cramped leaky plumbing hellhole “Putin protection.”

And should Mr. Snowden be subject to prosecution upon return to the US, the only ethical thing for Greeny to do would be to bankroll his legal defense since it seems this entire chain of events revolves around the naive shenanigans noble efforts of said Mr. Snowden.

And hell freezes over.

237 Decatur Deb  May 15, 2014 7:00:56pm

re: #235 Dr Lizardo

Sounds like a police force that isn’t overwhelmed by a lot of violent crime.


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