Glenn Greenwald’s Rant Against Michael Kinsley: Just the Good Parts

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After the long, bitter and very public argument between Julian Assange and Glenn Greenwald about redacting the name of a country from The Intercept’s latest article exposing legal NSA spying on other countries (in which Assange even called Greenwald and the rest of The Intercept “a bunch of racists”), you’d think Greenwald would have something to say about the fact that Assange has now carried out his threat to reveal the name of that country.

You might think that, but you’d be wrong. Twelve hours after Assange revealed the country (Afghanistan), super-journalist Glenn Greenwald hasn’t said a single word about it publicly. Nothing. Nada. Zip.

But he did have time to write 1700 words bashing Michael Kinsley for suggesting that journalists might not be above the law: A Response to Michael Kinsley.

Since these articles are totally predictable by now (“HOW DARE HE IMPUGN MY WONDERFULNESS?! SUBSERVIENT!”) here are just the good parts from Greenwald’s lengthy thin-skinned rant — the insults and ad hominem attacks.

…consummate establishment “liberal” insider…

[…]

…reflexively demonize the personality… (Ed. note: not a hint of irony here)

[…]

…jingoistic media courtiers…

[…]

…much of this reaction is simply a ritual of expulsion…

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…U.S. media is too close and subservient to the U.S. government and its officials…

[…]

…U.S. journalists are pitifiully [sic] obeisant to the U.S. government…

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218 comments
1 Gus  May 23, 2014 10:42:03am
2 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 10:44:31am

If Hunter was still with us, this might be his opinion of GG:

3 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 10:44:55am

Godwald’s butt hurt is a wonder to behold. He’s simply not going to brook any criticism, even if a million journalists think Kinsley is correct.

4 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 10:49:04am
…much of this reaction is simply a ritual of expulsion…

And here we have it…GG is just pissed off that he’s not a member of “the club”.

5 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 10:50:46am

Meanwhile in Kentucky:

6 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2014 10:51:11am

re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth

And here we have it…GG is just pissed off that he’s not a member of “the club”.

He’s very needy.

7 Gus  May 23, 2014 10:51:24am

re: #3 Justanotherhuman

Godwald’s butt hurt is a wonder to behold. He’s simply not going to brook any criticism, even if a million journalists think Kinsley is correct.

Greenwald is the God of Journalism ergo all criticism of Greenwald is an attack on journalism.

8 Gus  May 23, 2014 10:53:05am
9 jaunte  May 23, 2014 10:53:48am

Was this supposed to be a huge revelation to anyone in Afghanistan?

10 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2014 10:54:24am

Underneath the bluster and venom and insults is a neglected little boy who just wants to be liked.

11 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 10:54:46am
12 Gus  May 23, 2014 10:55:00am

True!

13 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 10:56:16am

re: #6 Charles Johnson

He’s very needy.

14 Gus  May 23, 2014 10:56:21am
15 jaunte  May 23, 2014 10:58:07am

re: #12 Gus

Stop saying mule, it’s dehumanizing!

16 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 10:59:12am

I imagine Glenn as the kinda guy who, as a kid, used to act out in class just to get the teacher’s attention.

17 Testy Toad T  May 23, 2014 10:59:57am

Verily, you can see the perniciousness seeping out of the screen around the Twitter edges.

18 makeitstop  May 23, 2014 11:01:12am

The man’s entire life is one continuous tantrum. How can anyone live like that?

If I spent that much time sprewing vitriol, I’d have ulcers chewing through my skin.

19 Gus  May 23, 2014 11:01:21am
20 Shiplord Kirel  May 23, 2014 11:01:53am

AAACCCHHH!
Just found out that Edward Snowden was born on my birthday.

Oh, the shame!

21 Gus  May 23, 2014 11:05:24am

Word salad with a thesaurus.

22 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2014 11:05:36am

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

Meanwhile in Kentucky:

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I thought Erick was through with the GOP establishment. I guess he can’t quit them.

23 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 11:05:55am

I really do believe that Glenn’s whole song and dance is about a guy who seeks not simply the approval of fellow journalists, but a place in history next to the greats. He wants school children to one day open textbooks to his picture and read about the journalist who broke open the veil of secrecy on government. And to do that, he’s appointed himself as the ultimate arbiter of what should and shouldn’t be secret, based solely on what his own ego tells him.

24 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 11:05:56am

re: #15 jaunte

Stop saying mule, it’s dehumanizing!

Journalism Mule — band names.

Would never be as good as Government Mule, though. Miranda has a long way to go to match Warren Haynes.

Youtube Video

25 Testy Toad T  May 23, 2014 11:08:34am

For someone who thinks the government brooks no dissent, and this is evil and awful and terrible and very no good and must be changed post haste… Pernicious G sure doesn’t brook any fucking dissent.

26 jaunte  May 23, 2014 11:10:30am

Kinsley:

“…The trouble is this: Greenwald says that Snowden told him to “use your journalistic judgment to only publish those documents that the public should see and that can be revealed without harm to any innocent people.” Once again, this testimony proves the opposite of what Greenwald and Snowden seem to think. Snowden may be willing to trust Greenwald to make this judgment correctly — but are you? And even if you do trust Greenwald’s judgment, which on the evidence might be unwise, how can we be sure the next leaker will be so scrupulous?

The question is who decides. It seems clear, at least to me, that the private companies that own newspapers, and their employees, should not have the final say over the release of government secrets, and a free pass to make them public with no legal consequences.”

Greenwald doesn’t have enough information to make judgments about what secrets to make public.

27 Kragar  May 23, 2014 11:11:24am

The bit that probably hurt GG the most:

Here at last, I thought, is something Greenwald and I can agree on. The Constitution is for everyone. There shouldn’t be a special class of people called “journalists” with privileges like publishing secret government documents.

But no. Greenwald’s only problem with the idea of a journalist’s privilege is that some people don’t recognize that he’s a journalist.

28 Gus  May 23, 2014 11:11:46am
29 NJDhockeyfan  May 23, 2014 11:12:23am
30 Kragar  May 23, 2014 11:14:31am
31 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 11:15:08am

re: #27 Kragar

The bit that probably hurt GG the most:

Yeah, I imagine that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Not simply that Kinsley disagreed with the idea of journalists being a special class with the privilege to publish government secrets without consequence, but to suggest that St. Greenwald is not a journalist in the first place.

32 darthstar  May 23, 2014 11:16:00am
33 Gus  May 23, 2014 11:16:07am
34 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 11:16:12am

re: #30 Kragar

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They were going to repeal the 2nd amendment, but the NRA threatened to run ads against them. So they want after the 1st amendment, because we know Democrats are godless heathens who hate all forms of free speech.

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35 darthstar  May 23, 2014 11:17:22am

re: #33 Gus

Every retweet makes Greenwald’s rage counter go up by one.

36 Kragar  May 23, 2014 11:17:35am

re: #32 darthstar

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Ecuador?

37 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 11:18:53am

This is most interesting, esp when John Cook chimes in in the comments section.

Why Did Wikileaks Name “Country X” When Glenn Greenwald Wouldn’t?

gawker.com

John CookAdam Weinstein
Today 12:58pm
Hi gang. There was a fairly comprehensive debate about this issue earlier this week on Twitter, my preferred discussion platform. This thread and related replies are about all we have to say on the matter. (my emphasis)

Afraid I can’t find this tweet in his timeline, though he linked it to Gawker.

@wikileaks that’s a willfully stupid interpretation of the relationship between our story and the post’s. but your condemnation is noted.
2:03 PM - 19 May 2014

Plus, he retweets Drudge. This is Cook’s level, evidently.

38 sagehen  May 23, 2014 11:19:20am

re: #20 Shiplord Kirel

AAACCCHHH!
Just found out that Edward Snowden was born on my birthday.

Oh, the shame!

I have no sympathy.

Speaking as one who shares a birthday with Nancy Reagan, George W Bush, and Sylvester Stallone.

39 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 11:20:50am

I saved this because it reminds me of one of my sisters, but it reminds me of Greenwald even more [click to embiggen]:

40 Kragar  May 23, 2014 11:21:03am

re: #38 sagehen

I have no sympathy.

Speaking as one who shares a birthday with Nancy Reagan, George W Bush, and Sylvester Stallone.

I don’t even want to hear your bitching.

Arafat.

41 NJDhockeyfan  May 23, 2014 11:21:14am
42 klys  May 23, 2014 11:22:25am

Ugh sinuses.

Send help.

Preferably in the form of an attachable vacuum.

43 jaunte  May 23, 2014 11:23:09am

re: #33 Gus

Kinsley:

“…If a majority of citizens now agree with Greenwald that dissent is being crushed in this country, and will say so openly to a stranger who rings their doorbell or their phone and says she’s a pollster, how can anyone say that dissent is being crushed? What kind of poor excuse for an authoritarian society are we building in which a Glenn Greenwald, proud enemy of conformity and government oppression, can freely promote this book in all media and sell thousands of copies at airport bookstores surrounded by Homeland Security officers?”

Tyranny!

44 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 11:24:05am

re: #40 Kragar

I don’t even want to hear your bitching.

Arafat.

Mitch McConnell. : (

46 klys  May 23, 2014 11:25:17am

re: #44 Justanotherhuman

Mitch McConnell. : (

Obama.

I WIN. :D

47 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 11:26:15am

re: #42 klys

Ugh sinuses.

Send help.

Preferably in the form of an attachable vacuum.

Warm salt water douches up the old schnozz…that works for me every single time. Use a baby syringe for best effect and hang over the sink.

48 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 11:27:06am

re: #47 Justanotherhuman

Warm salt water douches up the old schnozz…that works for me every single time. Use a baby syringe for best effect and hang over the sink.

I tried that. Didn’t do a darn thing. And then I was tasting salt water for an hour. Yucky.

49 klys  May 23, 2014 11:27:41am

re: #47 Justanotherhuman

Warm salt water douches up the old schnozz…that works for me every single time. Use a baby syringe for best effect and hang over the sink.

I have a thing about water going places it shouldn’t.

Also eyedrops.

I will never be able to wear contacts.

50 Gus  May 23, 2014 11:28:16am

re: #43 jaunte

Kinsley:

Tyranny!

Not unlike the rants about Obama “taking away our guns!”

51 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2014 11:28:44am

re: #30 Kragar

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God what a sad little drama queen. Go away Ted.

52 NJDhockeyfan  May 23, 2014 11:29:25am
53 Feline Fearless Leader  May 23, 2014 11:29:37am

re: #44 Justanotherhuman

Mitch McConnell. : (

Just a quick check and the ones I thought worthy of fairly recent note:
Alan Turing (yeah computers!)
Clarence Thomas (oh well)
Joss Whedon (he and I both turn 50 in a month)

54 Gus  May 23, 2014 11:30:34am
55 Feline Fearless Leader  May 23, 2014 11:30:36am

re: #52 NJDhockeyfan

The Hypnowald looks into a mirror and murmers repeatedly “You are the greatest journalist in the world.”

56 jaunte  May 23, 2014 11:31:09am

re: #52 NJDhockeyfan

“I have reviewed your review of my review of your review of my book, and I think it’s crap!”

57 Feline Fearless Leader  May 23, 2014 11:31:28am

re: #35 darthstar

Every retweet makes Greenwald’s rage counter go up by one.

“Urge to derp growing…”
//

58 BadExampleMan  May 23, 2014 11:32:02am

re: #43 jaunte

What kind of poor excuse for an authoritarian society are we building in which a Glenn Greenwald, proud enemy of conformity and government oppression, can freely promote this book in all media and sell thousands of copies at airport bookstores surrounded by Homeland Security officers?”

That’s actually a pretty interesting question, but the one thing I’m not going to try to do is engage GG in a discussion about the commodification of dissent and its effects on the media landscape.

59 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2014 11:32:09am

I guess I’m lucky. The worst I got was Gallagher as a birthday mate.

60 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 11:32:57am

re: #57 Feline Fearless Leader

“Urge to derp growing…”
//

When 10 rage counters are in play, tap The Hypnowald to summon a Derpularity.

61 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2014 11:32:58am

re: #53 Feline Fearless Leader

Just a quick check and the ones I thought worthy of fairly recent note:
Alan Turing (yeah computers!)
Clarence Thomas (oh well)
Joss Whedon (he and I both turn 50 in a month)

I got two really high flying women- Lynda Carter and Amelia Earhart. Of course, I was also afraid of flying until I was 12 and still have a fear of heights.

62 klys  May 23, 2014 11:33:16am

re: #60 thedopefishlives

When 10 rage counters are in play, tap The Hypnowald to summon a Derpularity.

I hate that I get this reference.

63 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2014 11:33:30am
64 EPR-radar  May 23, 2014 11:33:41am

re: #53 Feline Fearless Leader

Freddie Mercury
Paul Volcker
Jesse James
Louis XIV

65 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 11:34:32am

re: #62 klys

I hate that I get this reference.

I was never allowed to play MTG in high school; my parents thought it was demonic. But the gang I hung out with played, and what your parents don’t know don’t hurt ‘em.

66 klys  May 23, 2014 11:35:11am

re: #65 thedopefishlives

I was never allowed to play MTG in high school; my parents thought it was demonic. But the gang I hung out with played, and what your parents don’t know don’t hurt ‘em.

My ex got hardcore into it while we dated.

The whole CS concept of a stack was taught to me through MTG.

67 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 11:37:32am

re: #66 klys

My ex got hardcore into it while we dated.

The whole CS concept of a stack was taught to me through MTG.

The Mrs. Fish wanted to try learning to play once, so we bought a couple of pre-built decks. The fact that I already knew basic strategy and picked a deck that played to my style meant that particular experiment didn’t last long.

68 The War TARDIS  May 23, 2014 11:37:36am

This story ticks me off.

Along with this one.

York County Mom says school wrongfully administered truancy fines she can’t pay

The West Shore School District denied Rhoades for her son’s absence from Red Land High School. She says her son, Trevor Webster, is very sick.

“He’s been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, Tourette’s, epilepsy and cluster migraines,” says Rhoades.

Here is the issue with Education in the US today. Too many administrators who are too highly paid, and too few teachers who are not paid enough.

69 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2014 11:39:28am

Woot banking problems and download problems all fixed in one day.

70 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2014 11:40:51am

Actually if I were labor unions, I’d serious troll Cruz by donating a ton of money to the campaigns of the candidates that Cruz has been speaking on behalf of. If unions had anywhere near the influence they once did, the right wouldn’t love Citizens Untied as much as they do.

71 ObserverArt  May 23, 2014 11:48:21am

I don’t wear a watch. Can someone tell me if this whole dustup over the Michael Kinsley article means Greenwald’s 15 minutes are up?

I sure hope so. I’ve really grown tired of this crap.

72 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 11:49:15am

re: #70 HappyWarrior

Actually if I were labor unions, I’d serious troll Cruz by donating a ton of money to the campaigns of the candidates that Cruz has been speaking on behalf of. If unions had anywhere near the influence they once did, the right wouldn’t love Citizens Untied as much as they do.

They love Citizens United because it allows sugar daddies like the Koch brothers to shovel cash into campaigns like Cruz’s without running fowl of the sort of campaign finance reforms that CU helped dismantle. In the wake of the recent ruling where SCOTUS effectively said that corruption only applies if a picture of the rich bastard giving a clearly marked amount of money to a politician shows up, I expect that the flow of far-right money into “true conservative” campaigns will only increase.

73 allegro  May 23, 2014 11:49:16am

re: #40 Kragar

I don’t even want to hear your bitching.

Arafat.

L.Ron Hubbard and Charles Krauthammer. I think I’ll go have a good cry now.

74 A Mom Anon  May 23, 2014 11:50:17am

re: #70 HappyWarrior

I just smacked down a wingnut I know bitching about GA’s teacher’s unions ruining the schools and being overpaid and having paid summers off, blah, blahty,blah. Kind of hard for that to happen when less than 5 percent of the state’s teachers are unionized now. I’m still waiting to hear his response…this same nut thinks the government has bought up all these new cars over the last few years to make the auto bailout look good and is storing them in secret places in the desert.

75 Feline Fearless Leader  May 23, 2014 11:51:20am

re: #74 A Mom Anon

I just smacked down a wingnut I know bitching about GA’s teacher’s unions ruining the schools and being overpaid and having paid summers off, blah, blahty,blah. Kind of hard for that to happen when less than 5 percent of the state’s teachers are unionized now. I’m still waiting to hear his response…this same nut thinks the government has bought up all these new cars over the last few years to make the auto bailout look good and is storing them in secret places in the desert.

You’re not going to dislodge a nut with logic from a location reached via illogical thinking.

76 Kragar  May 23, 2014 11:52:08am
77 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 11:53:46am

re: #76 Kragar

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Rolling Thunder? Wasn’t that the “protest” where wingnuts spent all day on Twitter posting old pictures or pictures of every traffic jam they could find in the country and claiming it was D.C. that very moment?

78 Kragar  May 23, 2014 11:53:52am

re: #73 allegro

L.Ron Hubbard and Charles Krauthammer. I think I’ll go have a good cry now.

Vince McMahon, Mike Huckabee and Orson Scott Card

79 blueraven  May 23, 2014 11:54:05am

re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth

And here we have it…GG is just pissed off that he’s not a member of “the club”.

Oh yes, he is pissed and his ego is bruised, but I think a lot of this is promotion for his book. Keep your name out there, play the victim, stir up the controversy, rile up the dudebros, sell more books…

I’m sure GG is hoping Kinsley will respond. I hope he doesn’t take the bait.

80 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 11:55:22am

A check of Wiki says the worst I have on my birthday is Stephen Harper. Unless anybody in the audience isn’t a Larry Niven fan.

81 Shiplord Kirel  May 23, 2014 11:57:18am

Blunt, unvarnished opinion:

Obama, of course, is not evil enough to have Assange and Greenwald assassinated or it would already have happened. The two egomaniacs would assert that this is only because they are too important and powerful for that to happen; that is, they are whistling past the graveyard and betting their lives on the continued rule of law.

What happens, though, if Tea Party Republicans come to power in 2017 and the self-appointed journalistic arbiters of policy start giving away THEIR secrets? These are people who typically think GW Bush was a wimp about national security methodology. The TPers have made a lot of noise about the NSA and will benefit mightily from associating likely Dem nominees with it. At the same time, though, the Tea Party has no compunction about any level of government intrusion that might suit their theocratic/corporate rule agenda once their side is in power. Things could get very dicey for spies and saboteurs then, even those who claim self-defined journalistic immunity. It would not be the first time reckless journalists have been victimized by a regime they helped bring to power.

It is the last thing in the world I would want to see, but the irony is undeniable.

82 Feline Fearless Leader  May 23, 2014 11:58:02am

re: #77 Targetpractice

Rolling Thunder? Wasn’t that the “protest” where wingnuts spent all day on Twitter posting old pictures or pictures of every traffic jam they could find in the country and claiming it was D.C. that very moment?

Big POW/MIA event held in DC every Memorial Day weekend.

en.wikipedia.org

83 Romantic Heretic  May 23, 2014 11:58:28am

re: #30 Kragar

Cruz’s problem is not that the 1st Amendment is being repealed, but that the wrong people are doing it.

He has no problem with strangling free speech. He just knows the Dems won’t make the proper people shut up.

84 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 11:59:03am

re: #82 Feline Fearless Leader

Big POW/MIA event held in DC every Memorial Day weekend.

en.wikipedia.org

Ah, shows how much I keep track of these things. I’ve heard of it before, but the last time was a good while back.

85 Stanley Sea  May 23, 2014 12:00:14pm

I got Roseanne Barr. Redeemed by Adam Ant.

86 Jay in Oregon  May 23, 2014 12:02:35pm

re: #38 sagehen

I’m pretty well-off when it comes to sharing birthdays. I’ve got Suleiman Abu Ghaith (Kuwaiti terrorist) in the minus column, and on the plus side I’ve got Patty Duke, Beth Orton, and Ted Raimi.

87 ericblair  May 23, 2014 12:03:04pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

They were going to repeal the 2nd amendment, but the NRA threatened to run ads against them. So they want after the 1st amendment, because we know Democrats are godless heathens who hate all forms of free speech.

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At least he’s holding the line on the Third Amendment. You’d hate to wake up one morning and go downstairs to find Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children constructing a hasty defense out of your couch cushions.

The goopers do know what’s involved in changing the Constitution, right? Or is it too hard to read something when you’re waving it around all the time?

88 Bulworth  May 23, 2014 12:04:11pm

I share a birthday with

Jesse Jackson, Sr
Matt Damon

and a couple of lovely ladies
Emily Procter
Kristanna Loken

89 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 12:04:55pm

re: #87 ericblair

At least he’s holding the line on the Third Amendment. You’d hate to wake up one morning and go downstairs to find Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children constructing a hasty defense out of your couch cushions.

The goopers do know what’s involved in changing the Constitution, right? Or is it too hard to read something when you’re waving it around all the time?

My experience around wingnuts is their knowledge of the Constitution is much like their knowledge of the Bible: They take all the juicy bits and flog them to death, but all the stuff in-between either A) doesn’t matter or B) is something liberals “made up.”

90 NJDhockeyfan  May 23, 2014 12:06:08pm
91 ObserverArt  May 23, 2014 12:06:21pm

My birthday is shared with Big Bill Clinton…and a ton of others. Malcom Forbes, Orville Wright…and Tipper Gore.

92 Bulworth  May 23, 2014 12:08:00pm

Well today is moving along pretty quickly. Plotting my escape now….

93 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 12:09:07pm

Horning in on MY birthday:

Shepard Smith
Maureen Dowd
Eric Alterman
Bill Plante
Andy Rooney
Nina Totenberg

Also

Benedict Arnold
Sami Al-Arian

Also

T-Bone Burnett
LL Cool J
Allen Toussaint
Dave Grohl

Also

John Dos Passos
Yukio Mishima
Albert Schweitzer
Julian Bond

And many more.

94 Skip Intro  May 23, 2014 12:12:55pm

re: #76 Kragar

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They already have. Been called on it, too.

patriotsforamerica.ning.com

They won’t have any problem getting an endorsement from this group, though.

facebook.com

95 Feline Fearless Leader  May 23, 2014 12:13:42pm

3 o’clock bank interface ran. Time to make the dash for the door.

Have a good weekend Lizards!

96 NJDhockeyfan  May 23, 2014 12:15:04pm
97 The Awkward Guy  May 23, 2014 12:18:22pm

re: #93 wrenchwench
Mine:
Buzz Aldrin. I win.

98 The Awkward Guy  May 23, 2014 12:22:42pm

…And Bill Maher. Ugh.

99 A Mom Anon  May 23, 2014 12:23:35pm

(crossing fingers, hoping she doesn’t jinx anything….)
It looks like The Husband will be starting a new job in about a month. Not more money sadly, but it’s hourly, not salary and they’ll pay him overtime. So there’s that. But he also has to drive the gas sucking truck farther so I am not sure how that’s going to play out. Same co. also considered him for a regional manager job, which he had done for a decade, but for some reason decided he wasn’t a good candidate for it(which sucks because it’s almost twice the money). I really wish I knew What. The. Hell. these freaking companies want. You can meet every damned requirement for a job and it still isn’t enough. He’s excited, he HATES his current job, and I don’t blame him, they treat him like shit because he’s the blue collar guy and the rest of the people there are office workers.

Meanwhile I am still looking for a part time retail something and can’t get a call back. So now I’m thinking I’m going to have to fabricate a work history and tell them I was an autism advocate (not even close to a lie, I just did it for my own kid and never got paid) and worked for my husband’s side company (doing building code inspections- which is a sporadic money maker at best) as his assistant. I hate to lie, I suck at it, but I don’t know what else to do. I have filled out apps for Home Depot, Lowes, Kroger, Michaels Arts and Crafts, PetSmart, Petco, Dollar Tree, Target, Kohl’s, Ross, PayLess Shoes, Publix and Books A Million. Nothing, not so much as a phone call or email saying “bite me”. Sigh. I’m not asking for a freaking corner office FFS, we’re talking part time stock/sales floor stuff. I expect to go in at entry level and prove myself just like anyone else. Sigh. Frustrating, grumble, bitch, moan, etc, etc….

100 Shiplord Kirel  May 23, 2014 12:23:37pm

CNN, May 23 2017

“The House opened debate today on President Cruz’s proposal to define water boarding as simply another method of fact checking. The bill, the Journalistic Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017, was introduced by freshman Congressman David Barton of Texas. Barton stated that it was designed only to encourage journalists to be more open in sharing their sources and in discussing those sources with law enforcement when needed.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich initially spoke against the bill but stopped when Tea Party members would not desist from pelting him with tin-foil hats and bottles of Evian water. He then failed to return from a rest room break and has not been seen since.
CNN is of course fair, balanced, and neutral in its reporting on this issue. We will continue our policy of strict accountability and transparency in regard to our own sources. Really strict. Honest. We will. Gulp.”

101 Slap  May 23, 2014 12:25:23pm

I got me some goodies sharing my Bday.

Bottom of the heap: Joe Paterno and Joe Stalin

Good:

Samuel L Jackson
Ray Romano
Jane Fonda
Kiefer Sutherland
Paul Revere
Jane Kaczmarek
Kris Evert
FloJo
Phil Donahue
Rebecca West
Betty Wright
Paul Winchell
Dave Kingman
Paco DeLucia
Josh Gibson
Heinrich Boll
Carl Wilson
Disraeli
FRANK EFFIN ZAPPA!!!!!

Meh:
Andy Dick
Jeffrey Katzenberg

102 The Awkward Guy  May 23, 2014 12:28:16pm

Richard Henry Lee. Author of the 10th Amendment.

Whoa.

103 The Mountain That Blogs  May 23, 2014 12:29:19pm

re: #64 EPR-radar

Freddie Mercury
Paul Volcker
Jesse James
Louis XIV

And me. {high five}

104 Whack-A-Mole  May 23, 2014 12:33:26pm

re: #78 Kragar

Caligula.

105 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 12:38:35pm

re: #104 Whack-A-Mole

Caligula.

You win.

106 Skip Intro  May 23, 2014 12:38:56pm

Ayn Rand.

Joy.

107 makeitstop  May 23, 2014 12:40:13pm

Yay on my birthday:
Isaac Hayes
Robert Plant
Phil Lynott
Al Roker
H. P. Lovecraft
Jim Reeves

Boo on my birthday:
Fred Durst
Ron Paul!

108 Shiplord Kirel  May 23, 2014 12:40:39pm

re: #100 Shiplord Kirel

“Barton added, “Sure water boarding is a little unpleasant, or so I hear from some of those children we caught misbehaving at Jesus Camp. But suppose some reporter has interviewed a fugitive abortionist from Planned Parenthood or maybe a homosexual teacher and won’t reveal the sinner’s identity? Isn’t it worth some hurt feelings to protect our precious children from these monsters? Besides, if the reporter is anything like the journalism students I’ve known, he could probably use a bath, hurr hurr!”

109 dog philosopher  May 23, 2014 12:43:40pm

Glenn Greenwald’s Rant Against

gg is a troll i have no desire to feed

110 dog philosopher  May 23, 2014 12:45:04pm

Emily Procter

does she descend from a family of people who watched over students taking exams?

111 EPR-radar  May 23, 2014 12:46:11pm

re: #110 dog philosopher

Emily Procter

does she descend from a family of people who watched over students taking exams?

Nope. That would be the Proctors. //ob pedant

112 Romantic Heretic  May 23, 2014 12:51:26pm

re: #99 A Mom Anon

he HATES his current job, and I don’t blame him, they treat him like shit because he’s the blue collar guy and the rest of the people there are office workers.

Good luck.

As to the part I quoted, boy, do I understand that!

Last time I risked my mental health by getting a job I was employed as a janitor at a local cultural landmark. I enjoyed the work and I loved visiting the galleries etc. Except for one. That one specialized in blown glass sculptures so I only went in there once.

They had a lovely coffee shop there, with a number of tables on the old brick road outside. I’d have lunch there, read and have a quick pipe before going back to work.

I was told to stop that because ‘I wasn’t doing enough work.’ But it was really because ‘the help’ wasn’t welcome there.

113 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 1:01:52pm

re: #99 A Mom Anon

(crossing fingers, hoping she doesn’t jinx anything….)
It looks like The Husband will be starting a new job in about a month. Not more money sadly, but it’s hourly, not salary and they’ll pay him overtime. So there’s that. But he also has to drive the gas sucking truck farther so I am not sure how that’s going to play out. Same co. also considered him for a regional manager job, which he had done for a decade, but for some reason decided he wasn’t a good candidate for it(which sucks because it’s almost twice the money). I really wish I knew What. The. Hell. these freaking companies want. You can meet every damned requirement for a job and it still isn’t enough. He’s excited, he HATES his current job, and I don’t blame him, they treat him like shit because he’s the blue collar guy and the rest of the people there are office workers.

Meanwhile I am still looking for a part time retail something and can’t get a call back. So now I’m thinking I’m going to have to fabricate a work history and tell them I was an autism advocate (not even close to a lie, I just did it for my own kid and never got paid) and worked for my husband’s side company (doing building code inspections- which is a sporadic money maker at best) as his assistant. I hate to lie, I suck at it, but I don’t know what else to do. I have filled out apps for Home Depot, Lowes, Kroger, Michaels Arts and Crafts, PetSmart, Petco, Dollar Tree, Target, Kohl’s, Ross, PayLess Shoes, Publix and Books A Million. Nothing, not so much as a phone call or email saying “bite me”. Sigh. I’m not asking for a freaking corner office FFS, we’re talking part time stock/sales floor stuff. I expect to go in at entry level and prove myself just like anyone else. Sigh. Frustrating, grumble, bitch, moan, etc, etc….

Let me tell you a secret: If you know anyone at all working in any of those stores you named, get them to have a word w/the mgr and give them an off-the-cuff “reference” for you. Call these stores—better yet, go in person and ask for the mgr—and let them know you have an app in (or online). Keep your name on their mind—make an impression that you are available and can start when you’re needed.

There’s a lot of turnover in some retail stores—unfortunately, the ones who have decent mgrs don’t have it, so there’s that. But you have to keep at it—don’t take no for an answer, esp if they have jobs posted or you know there will be one opening up.

ETA: Good luck to your hubs and congrats!

114 allegro  May 23, 2014 1:05:37pm

re: #99 A Mom Anon

(crossing fingers, hoping she doesn’t jinx anything….)
It looks like The Husband will be starting a new job in about a month. Not more money sadly, but it’s hourly, not salary and they’ll pay him overtime. So there’s that. But he also has to drive the gas sucking truck farther so I am not sure how that’s going to play out. Same co. also considered him for a regional manager job, which he had done for a decade, but for some reason decided he wasn’t a good candidate for it(which sucks because it’s almost twice the money). I really wish I knew What. The. Hell. these freaking companies want. You can meet every damned requirement for a job and it still isn’t enough. He’s excited, he HATES his current job, and I don’t blame him, they treat him like shit because he’s the blue collar guy and the rest of the people there are office workers.

Meanwhile I am still looking for a part time retail something and can’t get a call back. So now I’m thinking I’m going to have to fabricate a work history and tell them I was an autism advocate (not even close to a lie, I just did it for my own kid and never got paid) and worked for my husband’s side company (doing building code inspections- which is a sporadic money maker at best) as his assistant. I hate to lie, I suck at it, but I don’t know what else to do. I have filled out apps for Home Depot, Lowes, Kroger, Michaels Arts and Crafts, PetSmart, Petco, Dollar Tree, Target, Kohl’s, Ross, PayLess Shoes, Publix and Books A Million. Nothing, not so much as a phone call or email saying “bite me”. Sigh. I’m not asking for a freaking corner office FFS, we’re talking part time stock/sales floor stuff. I expect to go in at entry level and prove myself just like anyone else. Sigh. Frustrating, grumble, bitch, moan, etc, etc….

Have you ever considered freelance writing? You express yourself beautifully and there is a big demand for freelance/contract writers to generate web content. You can work from home as well.

115 Eigth Immortal  May 23, 2014 1:08:04pm

I share a birthday with Malia Obama, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Andrew Zimmern, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Steinbrenner, Geraldo, Ann Landers, Neil Simon, and the United States itself. Also some unappealing individual known by the nickname “The Situation.”

116 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 1:12:19pm

Gloria Vanderbilt, Patty Hearst and Cindy Crawford—all of whom make me feel like a poor relation. : )

117 NJDhockeyfan  May 23, 2014 1:14:24pm
118 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2014 1:15:22pm

I have the same birthday as Thomas Jefferson, Christopher Hitchens, Al Green and Lowell George.

119 A Mom Anon  May 23, 2014 1:18:28pm

re: #114 allegro

Where would I find a legit place that would actually pay me? I’d like to do that, but have no idea where to look.

120 lockjawcanbefun  May 23, 2014 1:18:52pm

This is fun:

Florence Henderson
Jim Kelly
Jadeveon Clowney
Frederick Douglass
Rob Thomas
Enrico Colantoni
Michael Bloomberg
Jimmy Hoffa
Vic Morrow
Carl Bernstein
Dave Dravecky
and
Mel Allen

How about that?

121 The War TARDIS  May 23, 2014 1:23:54pm

Alright, last name help needed again.

Now, 6 Generations back. Last name in Stollinga. From other last names, I know the inga part means “Household” or “Of the House”

However, I have no idea what stoll is.

122 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 1:25:12pm

Who’s Minding the Store, cont.

Executive: EBay did not initially realize customer data compromised in breach - @ReutersBiz
Read more on reuters.com

123 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 1:26:37pm

re: #20 Shiplord Kirel

AAACCCHHH!
Just found out that Edward Snowden was born on my birthday.

Oh, the shame!

I share a birthday with that guy who lost his head, which was served up on a plate…John the Baptist.

124 allegro  May 23, 2014 1:28:03pm

re: #119 A Mom Anon

Where would I find a legit place that would actually pay me? I’d like to do that, but have no idea where to look.

I have a friend who has been a contract writer since losing her job in the meltdown and she always has work. I’m going to see her this evening. I’ll ask her for some direction and let you know what I find out.

125 goddamnedfrank  May 23, 2014 1:28:21pm
Keller told KUTV that he didn’t mean anything by it, “All I wanted to do was open their eyes.” “To me, it’s not a threat, it’s my opinion, which I should be allowed to,” he said, trailing off, before concluding with, “Of course, I wrote it down, which was a mistake.”

What Keller wrote down, in a letter to the family last December, was a direct threat. His hate-filled letter - which concluded with “Get this n***** out!” - explicitly warned the parents that he would kill either the boy or the parents if they did not remove him from the neighborhood.

By Keller’s own description the letter read, “If it was my daughter - I think I wrote that I’d slice his throat or something like that.”

Keller told KUTV that he was inspired to write the letter out of fear that the boy might try to date white girls. “I just said, ‘What’s gonna happen later on down the road, when this black kid starts chasing these girls? Which I’ve seen,” he said. “That’s what set me off. I saw him walking down the street with a white gal.”

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 1:28:48pm

re: #56 jaunte

“I have reviewed your review of my review of your review of my book, and I think it’s crap!”

If it’s not Scottish…it’s CRAP!

127 Mattand  May 23, 2014 1:29:16pm

Is it me, or is Glenn Greenwald’s every response is to criticism to throw up a massive strawman and say “If you disagree with me, you side with tyrants”?

128 Mattand  May 23, 2014 1:32:51pm

re: #88 Bulworth

I share a birthday with

Jesse Jackson, Sr
Matt Damon

and a couple of lovely ladies
Emily Procter
Kristanna Loken

Then you share my birthday as well!

Also: Sigourney Weaver, Johnny and CJ Ramone, Chevy Chase.

129 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 1:33:04pm

re: #74 A Mom Anon

I just smacked down a wingnut I know bitching about GA’s teacher’s unions ruining the schools and being overpaid and having paid summers off, blah, blahty,blah. Kind of hard for that to happen when less than 5 percent of the state’s teachers are unionized now. I’m still waiting to hear his response…this same nut thinks the government has bought up all these new cars over the last few years to make the auto bailout look good and is storing them in secret places in the desert.

I saw those pictures on the internetz!!11!!!

130 Mattand  May 23, 2014 1:35:39pm

re: #128 Mattand

Then you share my birthday as well!

Also: Sigourney Weaver, Johnny and CJ Ramone, Chevy Chase.

The next day belongs to both John Lennon and John Entwistle, BTW.

131 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 1:37:27pm

re: #125 goddamnedfrank

And some people think Coates was writing about history.

132 ObserverArt  May 23, 2014 1:38:03pm

re: #127 Mattand

Is it me, or is Glenn Greenwald’s every response to criticism to throw up a massive strawman and say “If you disagree with me, you side with tyrants”?

It is not about you…it is ALWAYS about Glenn Greenwald.

The Man with the ego appetite that can’t be satiated.

/

133 The War TARDIS  May 23, 2014 1:39:08pm

re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth

Mine has:

Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Kevin Roche
Pierre Salinger
Steny Hoyer
Rowan Williams

Unfortunately, I also have:

Che Guevara
Joe Arpaio
Donald Trump
Pamela Geller

134 A Mom Anon  May 23, 2014 1:40:33pm

re: #124 allegro

Thanks! I’ll keep an eye out for you in the coming days.

This whole job search thing is just nuts. I never had a problem finding a job EVER before I became a Mom. I know I’ve been out of the loop for a LONG time, but I’m not applying for anything major. Just part time something to help pay for the upcoming air conditioning bills and to help get my kid some auto insurance. It shouldn’t be this hard.

135 prairiefire  May 23, 2014 1:40:44pm

re: #124 allegro

I have a friend who has been a contract writer since losing her job in the meltdown and she always has work. I’m going to see her this evening. I’ll ask her for some direction and let you know what I find out.

That sounds interesting to me, as well!

136 Mattand  May 23, 2014 1:41:09pm

re: #133 The War TARDIS

Mine has:

Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Kevin Roche
Pierre Salinger
Steny Hoyer
Rowan Williams

Unfortunately, I also have:

Che Guevara
Joe Arpaio
Donald Trump
Pamela Geller

L-effing-O-L at that Rouge’s Gallery! All that’s missing is Ann Coulter and Nurse Ratched (the character, not the actress).

137 darthstar  May 23, 2014 1:41:40pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

I have the same birthday as Thomas Jefferson, Christopher Hitchens, Al Green and Lowell George.

Lucy Lawless, Elle Macpherson(same age too), President Jon Tyler, Cy Young, Eric Idle and Sam Walton.

138 simoom  May 23, 2014 1:42:47pm
139 The War TARDIS  May 23, 2014 1:43:27pm

re: #136 Mattand

Proud of the Socialist LaFollette though.

140 Amory Blaine  May 23, 2014 1:43:41pm

Van Hollen braces for judge to toss gay marriage ban

Sensing trouble ahead for Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen took the unusual step Friday of asking a federal judge to immediately block her own decision if she does strike down the ban.

Normally, lawyers wait until a judge rules against their client before asking for a stay. Van Hollen’s pre-emptive motion seems to concede the state will likely lose the case, at least initially.

The filing comes less than a week after the Republican attorney general said on WISN’s “UpFront with Mike Gousha” he would not be surprised to lose the case. Nonetheless, he said he had an obligation to defend the amendment to the state constitution approved with nearly 60% of the vote in a 2006 referendum.

141 The War TARDIS  May 23, 2014 1:44:14pm

Any ideas on Stollinga?

142 NJDhockeyfan  May 23, 2014 1:45:09pm
143 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 1:45:43pm

re: #84 Targetpractice

Ah, shows how much I keep track of these things. I’ve heard of it before, but the last time was a good while back.

Sarah Palin crashed the Rolling Thunder event during her infamous, and very short-lived, bus tour in 2011 when she said she was going to teach all of us “murican history”. Rolling Thunder organizers loudly disputed her claim that she was invited (and she showed up late but still managed to get herself to the front of the line, mostly so she could get her photo ops and then leave).
There are loads of photos available, but I’ll not torture anyone here.

144 calochortus  May 23, 2014 1:48:21pm

re: #125 goddamnedfrank

He seems nice.

So, how exactly is “I’ll kill you” just an opinion?

145 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 1:49:54pm

re: #138 simoom

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I’m a bit lost. Am I supposed to thrilled or angry over the judge’s action?

146 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 1:54:56pm

re: #144 calochortus

He seems nice.

So, how exactly is “I’ll kill you” just an opinion?

IT WAS JES SATYRE I TELL YA!1

147 Ian G.  May 23, 2014 1:55:29pm

Since we’re all doing the birthday thing, I share with:

Best:
Alec Guinness

Other good ones:
Charlemagne
Hans Christian Andersen
Marvin Gaye
Dr. Demento
Don Sutton
Emmylou Harris
Camille Paglia
Michael Fassbender

The bad:
Bill Romanowski. Ugh. The NFL’s answer to Ty Cobb

148 calochortus  May 23, 2014 1:55:35pm

My birthday?
People:
JFK
Patrick Henry
Ebenezer Butterick (inventor of the tissue paper dress pattern).

Events:
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summit Everest
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks

149 allegro  May 23, 2014 1:56:27pm

re: #135 prairiefire

That sounds interesting to me, as well!

I’ll take a notepad along to dinner and take copious notes between bites and slurps! She’s quite talkative. LOL

150 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:00:35pm

Maybe it’s shown by a very small boy.

151 Stanley Sea  May 23, 2014 2:03:40pm

re: #133 The War TARDIS

Mine has:

Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Kevin Roche
Pierre Salinger
Steny Hoyer
Rowan Williams

Unfortunately, I also have:

Che Guevara
Joe Arpaio
Donald Trump
Pamela Geller

dude.

152 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:03:53pm

Kurt Eisgruber - Judgepedia

Current Court Information:
Marion County Superior Court, Indiana
Title: Judge
Position: Criminal Division No. 1
Service:
Active: 2008-2014
Personal History
Party: Republican
Candidate 2014:
Candidate for: Marion County Superior Court
Position: Republican seats 1-8
State: Indiana
Election information 2014:
Party: Republican
Incumbent: Yes
Primary date: 5/6/2014
Primary vote: 12.0%Approved
Election date: 11/4/2014

153 Ian G.  May 23, 2014 2:03:56pm

re: #148 calochortus

Events:
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summit Everest
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks

Siege of Petersburg broken during the Civil War, Argentina invaded the Falklands, and Pope John Paul II died.

I’ve tried to find events that occurred on the actual day that I was born, but it seems like it was a rather boring day. Apparently Mt. St. Helens had a minor eruption that dusted Portland with ash, but that was just a small footnote in the build-up to the massive May 18, 1980 eruption.

154 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 2:04:42pm

re: #144 calochortus

He seems nice.

So, how exactly is “I’ll kill you” just an opinion?

WWII actually began in 1919 when Germany felt humiliated at Versailles, some couldn’t accept defeat, and reactionaries started plotting their revenge.

pbs.org

This latest round of outright racial hatred in the US, which has never really ended, started in 2008 when some white people perceived that they were humiliated by the election of a Black man. Now they think they can say anything publicly and get away with it, egged on by the RW noise machine. Stopping them is our job, and they can learn the easy way, or the hard way.

155 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:04:54pm

re: #152 Gus

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Kurt Eisgruber - Judgepedia

2014

Eisgruber is running for re-election to the Marion County Superior Court.
Primary: He won the Republican primary on May 6, 2014, receiving 12.0% of the vote.

General: He will be unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1] There are 16 total seats up for election on this court. The 8 Republican candidates were unopposed in the primary election and will be unopposed for the 8 available Republican seats.

156 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:05:42pm

re: #155 Gus

2014

Eisgruber is running for re-election to the Marion County Superior Court.
Primary: He won the Republican primary on May 6, 2014, receiving 12.0% of the vote.

General: He will be unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1] There are 16 total seats up for election on this court. The 8 Republican candidates were unopposed in the primary election and will be unopposed for the 8 available Republican seats.

Awards and associations

Member, Solo/Small Firm Section, Indianapolis Bar Association
Member, Litigation Section, Indianapolis Bar Association
Member, Indiana State Bar Association
Adjunct professor, IUPUI teaching Introduction to Law

157 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:06:15pm

re: #152 Gus

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Kurt Eisgruber - Judgepedia

158 darthstar  May 23, 2014 2:06:48pm

re: #150 wrenchwench

Maybe it’s shown by a very small boy.

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Tasty tasty legs. too.

159 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 2:08:08pm

re: #155 Gus

2014

Eisgruber is running for re-election to the Marion County Superior Court.
Primary: He won the Republican primary on May 6, 2014, receiving 12.0% of the vote.

General: He will be unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1] There are 16 total seats up for election on this court. The 8 Republican candidates were unopposed in the primary election and will be unopposed for the 8 available Republican seats.

People in Marion County should be ashamed of him, not re-elect him. Where’s the fucking State Bar on this?

160 dog philosopher  May 23, 2014 2:08:49pm

my birthday seems to have always been a very good day for nothing much to happen and no very famous people to have been born

161 calochortus  May 23, 2014 2:09:02pm

re: #153 Ian G.

Siege of Petersburg broken during the Civil War, Argentina invaded the Falklands, and Pope John Paul II died.

I’ve tried to find events that occurred on the actual day that I was born, but it seems like it was a rather boring day. Apparently Mt. St. Helens had a minor eruption that dusted Portland with ash, but that was just a small footnote in the build-up to the massive May 18, 1980 eruption.

I get Mt. Everest on my actual birthday, though of course it wasn’t in the papers until a week later when they got back to somewhere from which they could let the world know.
Also the 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople. So I can’t complain.

162 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:09:09pm

re: #158 darthstar

Tasty tasty legs. too.

My brother the batrachologist* had some frog legs in Paris and said he had the urge to sequence its tasty DNA.

*Batrachology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians including frogs and toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians.

163 darthstar  May 23, 2014 2:10:09pm

re: #162 wrenchwench

Never take a job that requires a footnote.

164 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 2:10:47pm

re: #159 Justanotherhuman

People in Marion County should be ashamed of him, not re-elect him. Where’s the fucking State Bar on this?

It’s not that they’re re-electing him as much as they’re too lazy or afraid to run anyone else. One thing that always bothers me is how the politicians have established a bit of an oligarchy centered around the money and specialized education it takes to be seen as a viable candidate to the public.

165 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:11:24pm

re: #163 darthstar

Never take a job that requires a footnote.

He’s one of the people pushing for the distinction from herpetologists.

166 allegro  May 23, 2014 2:11:28pm

re: #158 darthstar

Tasty tasty legs. too.

You often gnaw on small children’s legs?
///

167 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:11:32pm

re: #163 darthstar

Never take a job that requires a footnote.

Glenn Greenwald, Journalist*

168 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 2:13:22pm

Batrachologomyologomachy.

169 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 2:13:57pm

re: #168 Sergey Romanov

Batrachologomyologomachia.

Gesundheit.

170 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:14:18pm

re: #168 Sergey Romanov

Batrachologomyologomachy.

Where’s your asterisk?

171 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 2:14:30pm

Ignominious happenings on my birthday.

First transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland

Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation

OTOH, Buffy Sainte-Marie and I were born on the same day, same year but in different countries.

172 calochortus  May 23, 2014 2:14:36pm

Time to go honor Mr. Ebenezer Butterick and go cut out some fabric. Unfortunately for him, this will involve patterns from Folkwear and Simplicity, not Butterick.
BBL

173 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 2:14:46pm

re: #169 thedopefishlives

re: #170 wrenchwench

*

174 dog philosopher  May 23, 2014 2:15:49pm

caecilians

175 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:16:06pm

You know who else was journalist?

176 dog philosopher  May 23, 2014 2:16:38pm

re: #171 Justanotherhuman

Ignominious happenings on my birthday.

First transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland

Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation

OTOH, Buffy Sainte-Marie and I were born on the same day, same year but in different countries.

so you went to different schools together?

177 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:17:00pm

re: #173 Sergey Romanov

*

Oh, we have lots of those!

178 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:17:29pm

re: #175 Gus

You know who else was journalist?

With or without an asterisk?

179 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 2:18:22pm

**

180 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:18:23pm

re: #178 wrenchwench

With or without an asterisk?

Not sure. I’d have to check. :D

181 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 2:20:22pm

My birthday:

Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon.
The surrender of both major British armies in the American colonies (1777 and 1781).
Al Capone found guilty of income tax evasion.
The Oil Embargo.

I share a birthday with, among other people, Evel Knievel, Ernie Els, and Eminem. I don’t see any major negatives on Wikipedia’s list, but not a whole lot of terribly well-known people (at least to me, anyway).

182 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:20:47pm

***********

183 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:21:30pm

*

184 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 2:21:35pm

too meta

;)

185 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:22:54pm

My birthday: ██████████████████

186 Rightwingconspirator  May 23, 2014 2:23:01pm

re: #174 dog philosopher

caecilians
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Why is the brown one laughing at the blue one?

187 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 2:23:17pm

re: #182 Gus

***********

#globalwarming #hockeystick

188 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 2:24:10pm

re: #185 Gus

My birthday: ██████████████████

You’re a mystery wrapped in a black square.

189 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:24:45pm

re: #187 Sergey Romanov

#globalwarming #hockeystick

Reuters version.

*************

190 Jack Burton  May 23, 2014 2:24:54pm

re: #181 thedopefishlives

My birthday:

Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon.
The surrender of both major British armies in the American colonies (1777 and 1781).
Al Capone found guilty of income tax evasion.
The Oil Embargo.

I share a birthday with, among other people, Evel Knievel, Ernie Els, and Eminem. I don’t see any major negatives on Wikipedia’s list, but not a whole lot of terribly well-known people (at least to me, anyway).

I share a birthday with Alois Hitler…

and Karl Urban and Jessica Tandy so I guess that makes up for that.

191 Jack Burton  May 23, 2014 2:25:44pm

re: #190 Jack Burton

Oh and Dean Martin, can’t forget Dean Martin.

192 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 23, 2014 2:26:52pm

re: #189 Gus

Reuters version.

*************

#needsviagra

193 wrenchwench  May 23, 2014 2:28:04pm

Poorly worded tweet.

FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE

67,084 acres with 15% containment. Red Flag Warning in effect.

It’s what they had to work with, though.

194 CuriousLurker  May 23, 2014 2:32:56pm

Aaaaack!

195 darthstar  May 23, 2014 2:33:43pm

re: #163 darthstar

Never take a job that requires a footnote.

re: #167 Gus

Glenn Greenwald, Journalist*

Thank you for illustrating.

196 darthstar  May 23, 2014 2:37:41pm
198 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 2:45:04pm

He has time to start a new twitter meme?

Naw, that’s probably one of the famous “Godwald Lackeys”.

199 Jay in Oregon  May 23, 2014 2:45:52pm

re: #125 goddamnedfrank

I love how these assholes think “It’s my opinion!” is the verbal component to a Protection From Consequences spell.

200 Targetpractice  May 23, 2014 2:46:20pm

re: #198 Justanotherhuman

He has time to start a new twitter meme?

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Naw, that’s probably one of the famous “Godwald Lackeys”.

It really does seem to cut him to the quick, the idea that journalists might believe the government better able to decide what should remain secret than some self-important activist who masquerades as a journalist.

201 The Ghost of a Flea  May 23, 2014 2:46:25pm

re: #194 CuriousLurker

Aaaaack!

I want to see the tarantula equivalent of sheep-herding competitions.

202 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:47:23pm

subservient
odious
pernicious
jingoistic
imperialist
hegemony
hubris
colonialist

203 Gus  May 23, 2014 2:47:33pm

re: #198 Justanotherhuman

He has time to start a new twitter meme?

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Naw, that’s probably one of the famous “Godwald Lackeys”.

204 Lidane  May 23, 2014 2:53:44pm

*sigh*

I still can’t believe this lunatic is a Senator:

205 Jayleia  May 23, 2014 2:56:57pm

re: #204 Lidane

I have enough problems believing that he even exists…much less that he’s a Senator

206 Lidane  May 23, 2014 3:00:08pm

This must be more of that “left-right convergence” that Crazy Uncle Pat supports:

207 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2014 3:03:03pm

On my birthday, it seems quite a few interesting things happened, all the way back to 8 A.D.

en.wikipedia.org

208 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2014 3:19:09pm

re: #197 Sergey Romanov

Image: 27cdb27aa1f9e9cbeea010a87bf8f7f0_w600_h400_q95.jpg
Image: 6352a337076207dcab826dbab67af557_w600_h400_q95.jpg
Image: 1400461365_01.jpg

How’d I know you’d have those pictures close to hand.

209 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2014 3:19:24pm

I can see it now—every wannabe who thinks they can play “Stairway to Heaven” begging for money to jump-start their “career”.

YouTube to add built-in crowdfunding feature, company says - @NBCNews
Read more on nbcnews.com

210 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 3:23:14pm

re: #119 A Mom Anon

Where would I find a legit place that would actually pay me? I’d like to do that, but have no idea where to look.

self publish.
really.

211 EPR-radar  May 23, 2014 3:27:38pm

re: #140 Amory Blaine

Van Hollen braces for judge to toss gay marriage ban

Your honor, my case is a steaming pile of shit and I’m going to lose, so could you please hold off on dropping the hammer so I can pretend this dead parrot* is alive a little longer by going through the motions of an appeal?

(*) Monty python, of course.

212 Jayleia  May 23, 2014 3:33:39pm

re: #207 Dr Lizardo

I had Mt. Vesuvius go off on the date of my birthday.

The Visigoths under Alaric and the Vandals under Genseric sacked Rome in 410 and 455 AD on that day…

213 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2014 3:45:06pm

re: #160 dog philosopher

my birthday seems to have always been a very good day for nothing much to happen and no very famous people to have been born

me, too. I’m scouring the wiki page for mine. No one famous born the same day/year as me. So far I’ve found in other years:
Robert Dudley (1532), Elizabeth I’s BBF and unrequited forever hopeful possible husband
Henry Ward Beecher
Ambrose Bierce (YAY!)
Al Molinaro (YAY again! Loved him in The Odd Couple)
Charles Whitman (eeeww. Actually, several mass murders share my birthday O_o)
Michele Lee
Jeff Beck (oh yessssssss!)
Mercedes Lackey
Mick Fleetwood

Several notable events in history, not the least of which are:
1314 - First War of Scottish Independence: the Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce, though England did not recognize Scottish independence until 1328 with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.
1340 - Hundred Years’ War: Battle of Sluys - The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English Fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
1374 - A sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
1846 - The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.

214 The War TARDIS  May 23, 2014 4:08:25pm

re: #197 Sergey Romanov

Hey look, it’s Russian Trailer Trash.

215 Swift2991  May 23, 2014 5:01:42pm

Seems to me what he wants is infallibility for journalists. Any other judgment is “establishment” or other derogatory term. Kinsey is an established brand. Greenwald is headed to a talk show on Pacifica Radio. At 11:00 Saturday morning.

216 Skip Intro  May 23, 2014 6:09:40pm

re: #145 Targetpractice

I’m a bit lost. Am I supposed to thrilled or angry over the judge’s action?

Personally, I think 50 years is more than enough time in the House, but my state has one senator in her 80s, one in her mid 70s, and the House minority leader in her mid 70s.

I don’t think it’s good for anybody for these people to only leave office because they die.

217 Skip Intro  May 23, 2014 6:10:53pm

re: #204 Lidane

*sigh*

I still can’t believe this lunatic is a Senator:

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Who’s going to run for President.

218 wheat-dogghazi  May 23, 2014 7:15:48pm

Maybe late to the party, but here’s some of what’s notable on my b-day:
EVENTS
Henry VIII dies, Edward VI becomes king of England, 1547
Pride and Prejudice first published, 1813
Northwestern U chartered, 1851
Carnegie Institution founded, 1902
US Coast Guard created, 1915
Japanese attack Shanghai, 1932
Elvis appears on TV for first time, 1956 (the day I was born)
We Are the World recorded, 1985
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff, 1986

BORN
Henry VII of England
Jose Marti
Colette
Arthur Rubinstein
jackson Pollock
Alan Alda
Barbi Benton
Rick Warren
Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarah McLachlan
Elijah Wood

Charlemagne died, 814
And, in reference to above event, the crew of the Challenger:
– Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)
– Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)
– Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
– Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)
– Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)
– Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
– Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)


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