The Edward Snowden Open Thread
I have to wait until 10 pm to see Edward Snowden’s performance with Brian Williams, but here’s an open thread to discuss…
I have to wait until 10 pm to see Edward Snowden’s performance with Brian Williams, but here’s an open thread to discuss…
1 | Justanotherhuman May 28, 2014 8:05:28pm |
The more he talks, the less “brilliant” he seems.
2 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:09:37pm |
They didn’t livestream that shit on nbc.com or whatever?
Also, a comment in the previous thread reminded me, the BBC has one presenter (Jeremy Paxton?) who is notorious as a bulldog interviewer. Asks the same question of a politician 6-7 times if the pol is evasive.
If Snowderp ever does a BBC interview, I hope that guy gets the call, and asks some proper questions.
3 | Kragar May 28, 2014 8:09:42pm |
Probably has something to do with standing up and facing the consequences versus running and hiding in Russia @JewishOdysseus— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 29, 2014
Oh, so you're just a paranoid nutjob and weren't really asking. Never mind then @JewishOdysseus— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 29, 2014
4 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 8:10:08pm |
The NHL playoffs are much more exciting. Right now Chicago and LA are tied 4-4 in overtime. This is some exciting fast paced hockey at it’s best.
5 | Charles Johnson May 28, 2014 8:10:11pm |
The more Edward Snowden gets out there and makes his case to the American public, the more people see what a malignant narcissist he is.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2014
6 | sagehen May 28, 2014 8:10:25pm |
There’s a continuing webcast of more Snowden and “experts” responding, can you put that at the top of the thread?
7 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:11:17pm |
re: #4 NJDhockeyfan
The NHL playoffs are much more exciting. Right now Chicago and LA are tied 4-4 in overtime. This is some exciting fast paced hockey at it’s best.
Goooooo Hawks!
8 | andres May 28, 2014 8:11:41pm |
re: #1 Justanotherhuman
The more he talks, the less “brilliant” he seems.
Same can be said of Greenwald.
For a “Master of Disguise”, Snowden seems quite resourceless. All this talking just makes him look like a script kiddie, Big Ego, little original deeds.
9 | raina May 28, 2014 8:12:06pm |
do we avoid spoilers here? I didn’t watch, but followed along on Twitter.
10 | Justanotherhuman May 28, 2014 8:12:52pm |
re: #9 raina
do we avoid spoilers here? I didn’t watch, but followed along on Twitter.
Spoilers? NBC has been flogging this fiasco for days now.
11 | Gus May 28, 2014 8:13:14pm |
Brian Williams interview of Edward Snowden in one picture. .@BWilliams @NBCNightlyNews @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/NS6SeZHGLh— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
12 | calochortus May 28, 2014 8:14:08pm |
I don’t think I’ll be staying up until 11:00 to watch this. Of course, I don’t think I’d watch it if it were earlier either.
13 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:15:40pm |
re: #12 calochortus
I don’t think I’ll be staying up until 11:00 to watch this. Of course, I don’t think I’d watch it if it were earlier either.
I have actually found that for many live events, watching a live blog among likeminded netizens is preferable to yelling at my computer screen over a live stream of the actual event. Funnier too.
14 | raina May 28, 2014 8:15:42pm |
#Snowden also just admitted, in effect, that even he himself has no idea what he took, and can only hope the bad stuff won't be released.
— Tom Nichols (@TheWarRoom_Tom) May 29, 2014
So all that talk about carefully vetting the docs he took, unlike that Manning guy was BS.
15 | Justanotherhuman May 28, 2014 8:15:43pm |
I’m having a lot of issues with what Snowden is saying, not to mention demeanor.
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) May 29, 2014
16 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 8:17:55pm |
Re-posted from downstairs:
Thankfully, I’ve never actually heard Edward Snowden speak. I’ve avoided all his video interviews. I take that back, I’ve heard his voice maybe a couple of times offhand on TV. I only have read him speak, mostly here at LGF. And the narcissism and naïveté is grossly evident.
Edward Snowden is a traitor and a coward and will not prove otherwise until he comes back to the United States and sees a judge.
17 | calochortus May 28, 2014 8:18:06pm |
So, if Snowden releases a list of everyone the government has been spying on, will it be alphabetized so I can find my name and the names of my friends?
18 | Justanotherhuman May 28, 2014 8:19:40pm |
This is fun, but I must hit the rack. Later, Lizards. : )
19 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:20:09pm |
re: #14 raina
re: #15 Justanotherhuman
I will reiterate a comment I made this morning: Some enterprising journalist should create a timeline of all the various stories GG and Snowden have told about this Great Adventure and note the discrepancies. Said journalist would be a viral hit and number one on the GG shitlist.
Would. Be. Epic.
20 | Lidane May 28, 2014 8:20:48pm |
Because the US is the only country that collects intel, don’tcha know:
If the White House didn't want NSA activities hurting US image overseas, maybe they shouldn't have been doing those things. #Snowden— Andrew Lacy (@andrewlacy52) May 29, 2014
21 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:21:45pm |
re: #20 Lidane
Nice. A variant of the old “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide” chestnut.
22 | Gus May 28, 2014 8:22:09pm |
Update. Tonight's interview in one picture. .@HoldenDCat @Green_Footballs @BWilliams @NBCNightlyNews @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/WIs3sicP12— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
23 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:23:17pm |
re: #22 Gus
Even with the Nerf, did Snowden manage to hit anything other than foul balls?
24 | ObserverArt May 28, 2014 8:24:06pm |
Before shutting down for the evening, I want to put my last comment from the previous thread here to go along with the discussion others will have as they get to watch the Snowden interview in their time slot. I’m interested if others saw it the same way.
Meh. Typical big media interview. No real meat on them bones.
I still get the feeling all Ed really took was general outlines of how the NSA programs theoretically worked. He didn’t like the theory and its implementation so he wanted to make a big deal about it.
But really, what does it all mean to Johnny Q. Public Jr. that was all freaked out by Greenwald’s reporting of the programs? Of course Williams didn’t drill in and ask anything like that. He pitched generalized stuff that Snowden could lead to wherever Snowden wanted it to go.
Later on everyone. Remember to turn off your phones. Ed said they can use it as a mic and take pictures with it. Boo!
26 | raina May 28, 2014 8:24:28pm |
re: #19 Rev_Arthur_Belling
Several journalists have tried, but as a whole, they are way too deferential to the GG/Snowden cabal.
27 | Rightwingconspirator May 28, 2014 8:25:19pm |
re: #22 Gus
I am not staying up late for Edward Traitor Snowden. Hit me with the spoilers.
28 | Kragar May 28, 2014 8:25:41pm |
Did he say “Gentlemen don’t read each other’s mail” as well? @andrewlacy52— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 29, 2014
29 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 8:27:58pm |
re: #27 Rightwingconspirator
I am not staying up late for Edward Traitor Snowden. Hit me with the spoilers.
“Um, I’m like, the best person ever! I am saving the free world! Why can’t I leave Russia?!? I’m like, the bestest person ever!”
30 | HappyWarrior May 28, 2014 8:28:13pm |
re: #28 Kragar
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Seriously the naivete on this issue is maddening. Way the dudebros tell it, you’d think espionage was something that was brand new.
31 | Gus May 28, 2014 8:28:46pm |
32 | Kragar May 28, 2014 8:29:52pm |
re: #30 HappyWarrior
Seriously the naivete on this issue is maddening. Way the dudebros tell it, you’d think espionage was something that was brand new.
No one in recorded history every wondered what anyone else was doing before US imperialism reared its ugly head.
33 | Charles Johnson May 28, 2014 8:30:03pm |
Remember when liberals vilified @Green_Footballs over busting #Rathergate wide open? Well, he was right. More right than Greenwald is now.— Shoq (@Shoq) May 29, 2014
34 | Lidane May 28, 2014 8:30:36pm |
Derp.
Think #Snowden is a traitor? The Nazi party would love to see you at the voting booth this year.— Flesh Rocket (@sonicbeef) May 29, 2014
36 | Jay in Oregon May 28, 2014 8:31:35pm |
re: #20 Lidane
Because the US is the only country that collects intel, don’tcha know
Am I the only one who remembers the stories during the Olympics in Sochi about how the Russians were blatantly keeping tabs on everyone? People taking cellphones and laptops to Sochi, turning them on, and watching them get hacked in minutes? All of these stories were being told while Snowden was on his “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” world tour!
Snowden has to be judged on ALL of his actions, not just the ones that might have actually benefitted the American people. Even if his early revelations had led to a productive dialogue about the NSA (which Greenwald’s ego couldn’t let happen) all of the revelations about foreign intelligence-gathering—especially stuff that had a direct bearing on the War on Terror—counts against him as well.
37 | Rightwingconspirator May 28, 2014 8:33:04pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
This report that almost half of us have been hacked really provides the right perspective on Edward, anon., Wikileaks et al. These are the cyber criminals among us. And like some famous even popular criminals of the past the self righteous crap is just as odious as ever.
38 | Lidane May 28, 2014 8:33:41pm |
Translation: Pot calls kettle black. RT @ZekeJMiller: Snowden: “People have unfairly demonized the NSA to a point that is too extreme”— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) May 29, 2014
39 | allegro May 28, 2014 8:34:25pm |
I’m still waiting to see anything illegal that Snowden/Greenwald claim they revealed. Anything?
40 | Lidane May 28, 2014 8:34:52pm |
re: #36 Jay in Oregon
Anyone who was alive during the Cold War has no business being surprised that countries spy on each other or that governments keep tabs on what’s going on inside their borders.
41 | allegro May 28, 2014 8:37:19pm |
re: #40 Lidane
Anyone who was alive during the Cold War has no business being surprised that countries spy on each other or that governments keep tabs on what’s going on inside their borders.
One would think they would have picked up a clue from watching James Bond movies at least.
42 | Dark_Falcon May 28, 2014 8:38:02pm |
re: #4 NJDhockeyfan
The NHL playoffs are much more exciting. Right now Chicago and LA are tied 4-4 in overtime. This is some exciting fast paced hockey at it’s best.
Indeed. That’s why I haven’t been posting tonight. Too busy watching the game. It’s headed into double overtime.
43 | Rightwingconspirator May 28, 2014 8:38:30pm |
re: #40 Lidane
Anyone who was alive during the
Cold Warlast millennium or so has no business being surprised that countries spy on each other or that governments keep tabs on what’s going on inside their borders.
Couldn’t resist.
44 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 8:38:34pm |
re: #33 Charles Johnson
Ah! Back when there was no Twitter!
I wanted Bush to lose that election with a fierceness. But I couldn’t vote for Kerry (I voted for some crazy nitwit who only got about 8 votes in my entire county of almost 20,000, it was truly a joke vote). I still wanted Kerry to win. Then I saw that .gif that Charles made with the so-called Killian Documents and it proved that a major news organization just fucking lied to sway an election.
That was good work, Charles. I’ve visited your site everyday since.
Ah memories!
45 | Charles Johnson May 28, 2014 8:39:07pm |
It's amazing that after Greenwald savagely maligns Brian Williams for years in hideously prrsonal terms, Williams doesn't even mention it.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2014
46 | Jay in Oregon May 28, 2014 8:39:32pm |
re: #40 Lidane
Oh, I know full well that other countries have spied and do spy on us. But like I said, we had stories of Russia, Snowden’s “champion of human rights”, spying on foreign nationals and dignitaries during this mess! But NSA and Snowden can wiretap POTUS and DRONEZ!
47 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:40:03pm |
re: #40 Lidane
Anyone who was alive during the Cold War has no business being surprised that countries spy on each other or that governments keep tabs on what’s going on inside their borders.
Which makes me wonder how much of the Snowwald Saga is actually impacting the mindshare of most of the U.S. Aside from the 10 percent on either side (who seek and gain bigger microphones), does the vast majority of ‘Murica give a shit?
I was much more outraged with the “enhanced interrogation” shenanigans, which is actually a much more egregious activity. Government spying? Ho Hum.
48 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 8:40:09pm |
re: #42 Dark_Falcon
Indeed. That’s why I haven’t been posting tonight. Too busy watching the game. It’s headed into double overtime.
It’s about to start. The first period is going to be hard to beat. I don’t know how these guys can keep it up.
49 | raina May 28, 2014 8:40:48pm |
Did anyone get the impression from the interview that Snowden is “blindingly smart”?
50 | Gus May 28, 2014 8:41:06pm |
Tuesday: “THE NSA KNOWS WHO YOU’RE SLEEPING WITH AND RECORDS ALL YOUR PHONE CONVERSATIONS AND EMAIL!!!11ty.”
Wednesday: “People have unfairly demonized the NSA to a point that is too extreme”
51 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 28, 2014 8:42:35pm |
re: #33 Charles Johnson
I wrote a book chapter (said book I will not name) with your blog referenced in it relating to Rathergate (I think. I recall the citation in a paper I wrote, but unsure if it was edited out of the chapter).
I blame old age.
52 | andres May 28, 2014 8:43:03pm |
re: #32 Kragar
No one in recorded history every wondered what anyone else was doing before
US imperialismObama reared its ugly head.
FTFY.
re: #36 Jay in Oregon
Am I the only one who remembers the stories during the Olympics in Sochi about how the Russians were blatantly keeping tabs on everyone? People taking cellphones and laptops to Sochi, turning them on, and watching them get hacked in minutes? All of these stories were being told while Snowden was on his “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” world tour!
I remember the Sochi hacking. They were warning people to assume their communications were compromised.
Snowden has to be judged on ALL of his actions, not just the ones that might have actually benefitted the American people. Even if his early revelations had led to a productive dialogue about the NSA (which Greenwald’s ego couldn’t let happen) all of the revelations about foreign intelligence-gathering—especially stuff that had a direct bearing on the War on Terror—counts against him as well.
That’s something the dudebros won’t want it to happen. They would want to believe that the (small) contribution to a productive dialog about the NSA is absolving of any and all wrong doing.
54 | blueraven May 28, 2014 8:45:06pm |
re: #49 raina
Did anyone get the impression from the interview that Snowden is “blindingly smart”?
No, but he did try to blind with bullshit.
He does sound delusional and narcissistic.
55 | Dark_Falcon May 28, 2014 8:46:35pm |
re: #53 NJDhockeyfan
Chicago wins in the 2nd overtime
Brilliant steal and pass to set up Handzus’ game-winner. The Blackhawks are still behind, but they have a fighting chance now.
56 | Dark_Falcon May 28, 2014 8:47:42pm |
re: #49 raina
Did anyone get the impression from the interview that Snowden is “blindingly smart”?
The only thing blinding about Edward Snowden is his chutzpah.
57 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 8:53:29pm |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
Brilliant steal and pass to set up Handzus’ game-winner. The Blackhawks are still behind, but they have a fighting chance now.
Always pretty fun when the sports team from your area delivers some excitement!
Here in Colorado? All our fall/winter sports were wholly anticlimactic. But we’ve got maybe-MVP Troy Tulowitzski on the Rockies baseball roster putting up some impressive numbers.
58 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 8:56:56pm |
Fuck man, I really don’t like the new Twitter profile. It’s gonna take some time to get used to. And I need to change my banner photo, the one on there from my trip to Alta, UT two years ago is all blurry.
59 | Varek Raith May 28, 2014 8:57:05pm |
Countries spy on other countries?
Since the dawn of civilization?
NO WAII.
60 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 8:59:22pm |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
Brilliant steal and pass to set up Handzus’ game-winner. The Blackhawks are still behind, but they have a fighting chance now.
They can beat LA 2 more times.
62 | blueraven May 28, 2014 9:01:01pm |
It just irks the shit out of me that he thinks he is the decider of what should be out there. He had no right to do what he did, and there should be consequences.
It should be a matter for debate. Not for one little prick who is full of himself to decide.
63 | Gus May 28, 2014 9:01:32pm |
New rules folks.
The Snowdenistas are asking us to believe that the Russian government is not acting like the Russian government with Snowden.— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
64 | andres May 28, 2014 9:01:40pm |
65 | Gus May 28, 2014 9:01:52pm |
66 | Shiplord Kirel May 28, 2014 9:01:57pm |
We are doomed because our people are too ignorant to survive. They actually, honestly believe that it is immoral and undemocratic for our government to have secrets and we are uniquely evil in the world in this respect.
Without wanting to give anyone ideas, there are certain types of security (ie secrecy) failures that could kill not thousands but millions of people. With a whole nihilistic industry of conspiraliars, hackers and traitors working night and day to destroy every form of secrecy, the chance of that kind of failure grows by the day. Where will these bastards and their fake morality be then?
67 | blueraven May 28, 2014 9:02:13pm |
re: #58 teleskiguy
Fuck man, I really don’t like the new Twitter profile. It’s gonna take some time to get used to. And I need to change my banner photo, the one on there from my trip to Alta, UT two years ago is all blurry.
/
68 | Shiplord Kirel May 28, 2014 9:04:08pm |
The allies won world War II because neither the Germans nor the Japanese could protect secrets as well as the allies themselves could.
69 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 9:04:11pm |
Brian Williams did 4 hour interview. We saw 40 minutes at most. They cut out over 80% but kept Snowden's review of the Wire. Great job @nbc— Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) May 29, 2014
70 | Varek Raith May 28, 2014 9:04:44pm |
71 | GlutenFreeJesus May 28, 2014 9:05:48pm |
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel
We are doomed because our people are too ignorant to survive. They actually, honestly believe that it is immoral and undemocratic for our government to have secrets and we are uniquely evil in the world in this respect.
Without wanting to give anyone ideas, there are certain types of security (ie secrecy) failures that could kill not thousands but millions of people. With a whole nihilistic industry of conspiraliars, hackers and traitors working night and day to destroy every form of secrecy, the chance of that kind of failure grows by the day. Where will these bastards and their fake morality be then?
And when those conspirators are in power, they will be allowed to have as many secrets as they want, of course. And to question them makes you a traitor. Funny how that works.
72 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 9:06:05pm |
re: #67 blueraven
/
I’m reminded of a joke I saw in Jon Stewart’s book “Earth.” It was something along the lines of “A hot shower: a normal everyday humdrum thing you do in the morning, or an unimaginable luxury, depending on where you live.”
73 | TedStriker May 28, 2014 9:06:35pm |
re: #70 Varek Raith
Four hours of nerf ball?
Yeesh.
Well, if Williams hadn’t been kissing Snowden’s ass the whole time, he wouldn’t have gotten four seconds.
74 | Shiplord Kirel May 28, 2014 9:06:59pm |
The Assange/Greenwald/Snowden fanboys demand that the US, and the US alone, give up all national security secrecy. The fanboys are too stupid to know that this has no precedent in history, anywhere, at any time. There is a very good reason for that.
76 | Varek Raith May 28, 2014 9:08:26pm |
re: #65 Gus
Thank you.
I feel like I wanna hit my head on to something very dense repeatedly.
These clowns are beyond naive.
77 | TedStriker May 28, 2014 9:14:05pm |
re: #76 Varek Raith
I feel like I wanna hit my head on to something very dense repeatedly.
These clowns are beyond naive.
No, the morons that treat GreenSnow as the Second Coming, they’re naive (mostly).
GreenSnow and Assange (I’m lumping Manning in the group of morons above, even though he was Assange’s smash-and-grab artist), the people in the public eye of all of this, the ones actually doing the dirty work, they know exactly what they’re doing, no doubt in my mind, and it’s not to our benefit.
Bond villian-style evil is how I see those choads.
78 | simoom May 28, 2014 9:15:42pm |
“I may have lost my ability to travel but I’ve gained my ability to sleep at night,” Snowden says, in a line that was surely rehearsed.— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 29, 2014
@ZekeJMiller I was wondering the same thing.— Alix Edmiston (@Alixed) May 29, 2014
79 | Shiplord Kirel May 28, 2014 9:15:55pm |
I am sure looking forward to new governments in Ecuador and Brazil. It could happen, especially if Rousseff in Brazil continues to alienate her leftist base with the military campaign in the favelas. The latter, ironically, is making use of Brazil’s own drones. There is also the all too likely possibility of major trouble during the World Cup, draconian crackdown notwithstanding. World Cup a minefield for Brazil’s Rousseff in election year
80 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 9:16:50pm |
Heh
So, Snowden didn't change any minds and the real loser tonight was the mannequin they got to play Brian Williams. #muppet, #insidesnowden— Nicole McDonell (@therealnicmcd) May 29, 2014
81 | jonhendry May 28, 2014 9:23:58pm |
re: #40 Lidane
Anyone who was alive during the Cold War has no business being surprised that countries spy on each other or that governments keep tabs on what’s going on inside their borders.
Anyone who was alive when Anna Chapman and the other Russian spies were rounded up just a few years ago has no business being surprised.
82 | Shiplord Kirel May 28, 2014 9:24:46pm |
As for Ecuador, a new government there could have Assange defenestrated (thrown out the window) within the hour. Scotland Yard no doubt has a net waiting.
83 | Dr Lizardo May 28, 2014 9:25:03pm |
re: #79 Shiplord Kirel
I am sure looking forward to new governments in Ecuador and Brazil. It could happen, especially if Rousseff in Brazil continues to alienate her leftist base with the military campaign in the favelas. The latter, ironically, is making use of Brazil’s own drones. There is also the all too likely possibility of major trouble during the World Cup, draconian crackdown notwithstanding. World Cup a minefield for Brazil’s Rousseff in election year
That thought has certainly passed through my mind. The potential for a serious incident - despite all the steps taken - is quite high, at least in my estimation.
84 | simoom May 28, 2014 9:26:04pm |
If Snowden said “I had to deal with the Kremlin to get asylum” I would buy it. But to claim he has no relationship with them isnt plausible.— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) May 29, 2014
When Snowden denies *any* relationship with Kremlin, but clearly has one to have gotten asylum, you have to wonder what he’s hiding. Sorry.— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) May 29, 2014
As @PaulSzoldra points out, Snowden has a lawyer from the fucking FSB. So when he says “I have no relationship with Russian govt,” horseshit— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) May 29, 2014
85 | Kragar May 28, 2014 9:26:08pm |
re: #81 jonhendry
Anyone
who was alive when Anna Chapman and the other Russian spies were rounded up just a few years agowith half a fricking brain has no business being surprised.
86 | jonhendry May 28, 2014 9:26:23pm |
re: #47 Rev_Arthur_Belling
“Aside from the 10 percent on either side (who seek and gain bigger microphones), does the vast majority of ‘Murica give a shit?”
I assume for most people it’ll just get integrated into their worldview (probably in a warped, incorrect fashion), and otherwise apathy will continue to dominate.
87 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 9:31:30pm |
Encryption tool endorsed by Snowden abruptly shuts down, my latest article for @Forbes: http://t.co/jZZBOG0a4p— Runa A. Sandvik (@runasand) May 29, 2014
88 | Shiplord Kirel May 28, 2014 9:34:29pm |
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
That thought has certainly passed through my mind. The potential for a serious incident - despite all the steps taken - is quite high, at least in my estimation.
The final in Rio will be protected by the largest army (150,000+) ever assembled in South America. They will be supported by helicopters, drones, armor, and even warships. Even so, demonstrations and general lawlessness, fueled by resentment in the favelas, could turn the streets into a war zone, to say nothing of technical failures.
89 | TedStriker May 28, 2014 9:34:35pm |
re: #87 NJDhockeyfan
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Yeah, the CTs involving the NSA and “gag orders” (among other things) are hot and heavy over on the Ars Technica story about this.
Ars Technica: “TrueCrypt is not secure,” official SourceForge page abruptly warns
90 | jonhendry May 28, 2014 9:37:59pm |
Re: Sochi
Weren’t there reports that Russian officials had said, effectively, “attendee complaints about the bathrooms aren’t true, we have video that shows the supposed events didn’t happen.”?
92 | Dr Lizardo May 28, 2014 9:41:07pm |
re: #88 Shiplord Kirel
The final in Rio will be protected by the largest army (150,000+) ever assembled in South America. They will be supported by helicopters, drones, armor, and even warships. Even so, demonstrations and general lawlessness, fueled by resentment in the favelas, could turn the streets into a war zone, to say nothing of technical failures.
Many years ago, I saw the film City of God, which was filmed in the favelas and used extras from the favelas as well.
It wasn’t easy for me to wrap my head around the fact that all too many people actually live like that; that is alien to my life experience, I admit. And that particular film quite nicely captured that sense of resentment in the favelas. My impression was that they’re an explosion in search of a spark.
City of God, by the way, is one film I rank among the greatest ever made.
93 | Gus May 28, 2014 9:43:54pm |
@dankmtl @onekade @aheram I've actually started that process - he sends me links to “cute” dog stuff online, which is the gateway drug.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
94 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 9:44:29pm |
re: #91 simoom
Huh, isn’t that the same woman who was at that Hawaiian crypto party with Snowden? Didn’t realize she covered tech journalism for Forbes.
I believe so. Good catch…
It was December 11, 2012, and in a small art space behind a furniture store in Honolulu, NSA contractor Edward Snowden was working to subvert the machinery of global surveillance.
Snowden was not yet famous. His blockbuster leaks were still six months away, but the man destined to confront world leaders on a global stage was addressing a much smaller audience that Sunday evening. He was leading a local “Crypto Party,” teaching less than two dozen Hawaii residents how to encrypt their hard drives and use the internet anonymously.
“He introduced himself as Ed,” says technologist and writer Runa Sandvik, who co-presented with Snowden at the event, and spoke about the experience for the first time with WIRED. “We talked for a bit before everything started. And I remember asking where he worked or what he did, and he didn’t really want to tell.”
…
95 | Kid A May 28, 2014 9:47:55pm |
re: #92 Dr Lizardo
That film crushes it. If I could give you multiple up-dings for your magnificent taste, I would.
97 | Gus May 28, 2014 9:53:02pm |
Video: Edward Snowden NBC News Full Interview http://t.co/VbBbAheB46— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
98 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 10:03:03pm |
re: #92 Dr Lizardo
Many years ago, I saw the film City of God, which was filmed in the favelas and used extras from the favelas as well.
[…]
City of God, by the way, is one film I rank among the greatest ever made.
Agreed. Just reading the words “film” and “City of God” put together sends a flood of imagery from that film into my mind. City of God is a giant in film, I would hope.
99 | Lidane May 28, 2014 10:07:14pm |
Re-watching The Avengers for the nth time. I can’t even count how many times I’ve watched this movie.
Still more interesting than Snowden.
100 | Eclectic Cyborg May 28, 2014 10:08:07pm |
I can’t help but wonder how much of a bonus check Williams got for that interview.
101 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 10:08:16pm |
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Kashmir [HD] with Egyptian Orchestra
102 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 10:10:36pm |
re: #93 Gus
Heh! that @dankmtl fucker happens to be the FIRST TWITTER ACCOUNT I’VE EVER BLOCKED! It was probably about a year ago now, and I tweeted something that denigrated the Greenwald/Snowden alliance and he sent me like 5 or 6 tweets in the course of 10 minutes calling me all sorts of names that didn’t apply to me at all.
I wonder if I can find that Twitter exchange. Hmm…
103 | Eclectic Cyborg May 28, 2014 10:10:45pm |
re: #101 NJDhockeyfan
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Kashmir [HD] with Egyptian Orchestra
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Aww, no Puff Daddy?
/
(PLEASE don’t run me off the blog for that…)
104 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 10:11:55pm |
106 | NJDhockeyfan May 28, 2014 10:14:07pm |
107 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 10:14:20pm |
re: #102 teleskiguy
Heh! that @dankmtl fucker happens to be the FIRST TWITTER ACCOUNT I’VE EVER BLOCKED! It was probably about a year ago now, and I tweeted something that denigrated the Greenwald/Snowden alliance and he sent me like 5 or 6 tweets in the course of 10 minutes calling me all sorts of names that didn’t apply to me at all.
I wonder if I can find that Twitter exchange. Hmm…
Here it is! Just click on the time-stamp.
I agree we should do something about NSA, but this Snowden guy is a coward and a traitor to the USA, a fucking loser! http://t.co/YFigQxi1YA— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) June 24, 2013
108 | simoom May 28, 2014 10:14:40pm |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
Matthew Green (cryptographer and research professor at the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute):
“I think the TrueCrypt team did this,” Green said in a phone interview. “They decided to quit and this is their signature way of doing it.”
Green last year helped spearhead dual crowdfunding efforts to raise money for a full-scale, professional security audit of the software. That effort ended up pulling in more than $70,000 (after counting the numerous Bitcoin donations) — far exceeding the campaign’s goal and demonstrating strong interest and support from the user community. Earlier this year, security firm iSec Partners completed the first component of the code review: an analysis of TrueCrypt’s bootloader (PDF).
Green said he’s disappointed that the TrueCrypt team ended things as abruptly as they did, and that he hopes that a volunteer group of programmers can be brought together to continue development of the TrueCrypt code. That could be a dicey endeavor given the license that ships with TrueCrypt, which Green says leaves murky and unanswered the question of whether users have the right to modify and use the code in other projects.
“There are a lot of things they could have done to make it easier for people to take over this code, including fixing the licensing situation,” Green said. “But maybe what they did today makes that impossible. They set the whole thing on fire, and now maybe nobody is going to trust it because they’ll think there’s some big evil vulnerability in the code.”
Green acknowledged feeling conflicted about today’s turn of events, and that he initially began the project thinking TrueCrypt was “really dangerous.”
“Today’s events notwithstanding, I was starting to have warm and fuzzy feelings about the code, thinking [the developers] were just nice guys who didn’t want their names out there,” Green said. “But now this decision makes me feel like they’re kind of unreliable. Also, I’m a little worried that the fact the we were doing an audit of the crypto might have made them decide to call it quits.”
From his partial audit (this seems to relate to today’s warning message):
109 | Gus May 28, 2014 10:15:14pm |
110 | Eclectic Cyborg May 28, 2014 10:20:00pm |
I don’t think I’ve ever been as uninterested or frustrated in an election campaign as I am with the current primary campaigns in Mississippi.
In the House race you have our current Representative Steven Palazzo who practically claimed to be a true blood Tea Partier to get elected in 2010 only to dash considerably to the center after he got to Washington.
His opponent is former congressman Gene Taylor who spent a number of terms in Washington as a Democrat. Taylor has now switched to the GOP to take on Palazzo in this rematch but I haven’t seen much of anything from his campaign.
Palazzo’s campaign has been running ads touting the fact that when “Obama locked the Veterans out of the War Memorial”, Steven was one of the guys who stormed the gates to let them back in. They also tout the fact that he “voted against Obamacare 100 times”.
Taylor challenged Palazzo to a debate, but never got a response.
On the senate side we have long time Senator Thad Cochran going up against Tea Party darling and current MS State Senator Chris McDaniel.
McDaniel’s campaign has been busy painting Cochran as a bleeding heart, best friend of Obama liberal commie punk. Also , McDaniel is encouraging people to send him to Washington to “stop Obamacare” (aren’t we a little late to this party?).
Cochran’s campaign has been running ads against McDaniel calling him a lazy two face people pleaser who takes whatever position suits him at the time (I wonder if he learned that from Mitt Romney) and calling reference to the person who snuck into the nursing home to take and subsequently upload video of Cochran’s ill wife.
Cochran and McDaniel have ALSO refused to debate each other.
Since the Democratic party is practically non existent down here all the media attention is on the GOP races.
But you have four people hurling mud at each other and little else. No one will man up and debate, no one bothers to campaign on a platform. It’s not “vote for me and this is what I will do”, it’s “Don’t vote for the other guy, he sucks!”
Not that this is anything new to politics but I do find it a mite depressing.
I can’t vote yet (hopefully I will be a citizen next year so I will be eligible in 2016) but even if I could I don’t think I’d cast a ballot for any one of these yahoos.
111 | Eclectic Cyborg May 28, 2014 10:21:00pm |
re: #108 simoom
krebsonsecurity is one of the best sites on the web. That guy does great work.
112 | Eclectic Cyborg May 28, 2014 10:31:04pm |
This is BEYOND AWESOME:
LeVar Burton starts Kickstarter campaign to bring back Reading Rainbow
He’s already at 150% of goal!
113 | Gus May 28, 2014 10:36:25pm |
Attached: what I learned from tonight's interview of Edward Snowden by Brian Williams. pic.twitter.com/A03H2Hqo3L— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
114 | piratedan May 28, 2014 10:37:27pm |
well Ed, glad you can sleep at night now that you’ve soothed your conscience by betraying your country. It would be nice if there was some actual proof of wrongdoing that could justify your actions, but I guess you can’t have everything…..
115 | Gus May 28, 2014 10:44:26pm |
Transcript of tonight's interview of Edward Snowden. pic.twitter.com/FqBEwarz2k— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
116 | Gus May 28, 2014 10:53:02pm |
.@HistoryInPics Not even crashed. Staged. Same car shown here. Plate #307. pic.twitter.com/guxZGnR4AJ— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
117 | Amory Blaine May 28, 2014 11:02:22pm |
re: #116 Gus
That would’ve been me smashing his knee on the fire plug.
118 | Amory Blaine May 28, 2014 11:03:51pm |
Judge who stopped Wisconsin campaign finance probe tied to Koch-funded junkets
The federal judge who ordered an end to an investigation into possible illegal campaign coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and conservative groups during two recent recall elections regularly attended expenses-paid judicial conferences sponsored by conservative organizations including the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation — groups that have funded efforts against campaign finance reform.
119 | Gus May 28, 2014 11:04:07pm |
121 | Gus May 28, 2014 11:06:48pm |
124 | Amory Blaine May 28, 2014 11:12:11pm |
re: #119 Gus
IDK if you’ve seen any of this.
Report: Scott Walker may be cutting deal in secret John Doe probe
125 | Gus May 28, 2014 11:14:20pm |
re: #124 Amory Blaine
IDK if you’ve seen any of this.
Report: Scott Walker may be cutting deal in secret John Doe probe
First I heard of it. That’s been one strange governorship. He’s such a major asshole.
126 | Amory Blaine May 28, 2014 11:16:51pm |
Shit really is falling apart here in Wisconsin.
129 | teleskiguy May 28, 2014 11:32:38pm |
re: #116 Gus
This same Twitter account misattributed George Carlin not too long ago. I pointed it out to his daughter.
“@HistoryInPix: An accurate and unfortunate observation by the late George Carlin pic.twitter.com/KoNEXKOdVX” STOP. HE DID NOT SAY THIS!— Kelly Carlin (@kelly_carlin) May 26, 2014
130 | Varek Raith May 28, 2014 11:37:42pm |
re: #112 Eclectic Cyborg
This is BEYOND AWESOME:
LeVar Burton starts Kickstarter campaign to bring back Reading Rainbow
He’s already at 150% of goal!
Heh, was just about to post that.
Go La Forge!
131 | Gus May 28, 2014 11:38:54pm |
re: #130 Varek Raith
Heh, was just about to post that.
Go La Forge!
I used to watch the first half of Reading Rainbow just to listen to Levar Burton at the time.
132 | Varek Raith May 28, 2014 11:39:20pm |
re: #131 Gus
I used to watch the first half of Reading Rainbow just to listen to Levar Burton at the time.
The man is awesome.
135 | Gus May 28, 2014 11:48:30pm |
Biggest news!
Biggest news from NBC/Snowden interview: NBC confirmed Snowden filed written concerns with NSA - something USG has vehemently denied.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
RE: what Greenwald is touting tonight on Twitter. https://t.co/S5QOhsWCjG pic.twitter.com/wd5QcAghPM— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
137 | jonhendry May 28, 2014 11:51:32pm |
re: #135 Gus
Let me guess. The “multiple sources” are Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras?
138 | Varek Raith May 28, 2014 11:52:36pm |
re: #135 Gus
Even if true, one email is weaksauce.
139 | Gus May 28, 2014 11:58:33pm |
A bold move by Snowden!
Snowden uses NBC interview to (again) criticize Putin's assault on privacy and rights, yet again exposing critics as genuinely silly.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
What Greenwald calls Snowden, “criticize Putin's assault on privacy.” No mention of Putin. https://t.co/qlX9UbIXMC pic.twitter.com/hHcg2m1HEP— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
Weak sauce.
140 | Gus May 29, 2014 12:04:54am |
What Greenwald Tweeted vs. what Snowden timidly said about Russia without mentioning Putin by name. pic.twitter.com/4TdEDBAEN0— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
141 | Gus May 29, 2014 12:39:27am |
Went through that section again. More accurate.
To end up stuck in a place where those rights are are being challenged in ways that I would consider deeply unfair. The recent bloggers registration law in Russia I, I can’t think I’ve any basis for a law like that. Not just in Russia but in any country. The government shouldn’t be regulating the operations of a free press, whether it’s NBC or whether it’s some blogger in their living room. There’s so much that needs to be defended here in Russia but I’m limited by my inability to speak Russian and so on and so forth that it’s, it’s an isolating and frustrating thing and I really hope that Russia, the United States and many other countries will work to push back against this constantly increasing surveillance against this constant erosion and abrasion of public rights.
142 | Kragar May 29, 2014 12:40:39am |
Mecha Panda because Mecha Panda, you bastards pic.twitter.com/YJ8mUr4goG— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 29, 2014
143 | Gus May 29, 2014 12:44:37am |
Forceful. Hahahahahaha!
Good on #Snowden for coming out forcefully against Russia's 'blogger registration' law.— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) May 29, 2014
144 | Gus May 29, 2014 1:06:25am |
Breaking. Snowden steals countless documents from NSA. Forgets to keep copies of his “paper trail” with the NSA.— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
146 | Gus May 29, 2014 1:18:54am |
One would think a whistleblower would keep a record of his official whistleblowing.— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
147 | Gus May 29, 2014 1:26:02am |
148 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 1:32:21am |
Snowden’s lack of Russian language skills is a pure excuse. That didn’t stop him from asking Putin a question, now, did it?
I guarantee, that if Snowden wants to tell the Russians something about Putin’s dictatorship, thousands will volunteer to translate his message. The ball is in his court.
150 | Gus May 29, 2014 1:48:31am |
Brian.0 pic.twitter.com/h8oESZKwCL— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
151 | Gus May 29, 2014 1:52:54am |
NYT Reviewer Hits Back At Public Editor Over Greenwald Book @TPM http://t.co/CKqIgF2Md9— Gus (@Gus_802) May 29, 2014
“The government sometimes has legitimate reasons for needing secrecy but ‘will usually be overprotective’ so the process of decision ‘should openly tilt in favor of publication with minimal delay,’” he wrote in his defense. “Does that sound like I’m saying that news organizations ‘should simply defer’? Do the people on the other side of this argument believe that the government never has a legitimate need for secrecy?”
153 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 2:04:52am |
One of the few opposition Duma deputies Ilya Ponomarev:
And you just have to understand the structure of the rebel movement in the East [Ukraine]. Once I went there, I changed my mind. I had thought that there is strong social component, the left-wing component. There’s no left-wing component there, there is a purely right-wing nationalist protest. That’s where the real fascists and nationalists, neo-Nazis are. Ours, Russian, I mean. There are activists from organizations such as the Russian National Unity, National Bolshevik Party, the Russian Liberation Movement, the Cossacks, the radical Orthodox activists. They constitute the core that has arrived.
154 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 2:18:56am |
Russian antifascism: Image: BnsyJYTIQAA9ERd.jpg:large
157 | Decatur Deb May 29, 2014 3:37:20am |
re: #130 Varek Raith
Heh, was just about to post that.
Go La Forge!
Daughter1 and her friend at last year’s book event. She’s back in NYC now for the Book Expo America.
158 | urbanmeemaw May 29, 2014 4:19:52am |
159 | wheat-dogghazi May 29, 2014 4:27:57am |
re: #108 simoom
The weaknesses in TrueCrypt sound just like those another writer noted about Snowden’s other fave app, Off the Record (OTR). I paged it here littlegreenfootballs.com
One trouble with open source software is the occasional lack of follow-through. Some projects, like Linux and its many flavors, have solid support and the dedication of its author to keep it alive. Others, like TrueCrypt and OTR, apparently depend on people with short attention spans.
160 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 29, 2014 4:41:28am |
re: #159 wheat-dogghazi
The weaknesses in TrueCrypt sound just like those another writer noted about Snowden’s other fave app, Off the Record (OTR). I paged it here littlegreenfootballs.com
One trouble with open source software is the occasional lack of follow-through. Some projects, like Linux and its many flavors, have solid support and the dedication of its author to keep it alive. Others, like TrueCrypt and OTR, apparently depend on people with short attention spans.
This is something of a trouble with any smaller software company. I have had several applications that I really liked, only to watch them shuttered when the developer got bored or got a better-paying gig. CMS plug-ins too.
Nature of the beast, I suppose.
161 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 4:43:37am |
GACK
Glenn’s derpin’ up a storm this morning.
@McFaul Great point - the Russians have no access to NBC, and will never know he did it, so it wasn't brave at all for him to do it.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
@chazselph @McFaul @ElenaChernenko They're doing the same thing that was done to Daniel Ellsberg https://t.co/nTjo6ExOMV— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
@McFaul Yes, it's so “easy” to go on global television and criticize the one government standing between you and a life-long prison cell.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
162 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 4:46:13am |
re: #161 Pie-onist Overlord
“Great point - the Russians have no access to NBC, and will never know he did it, so it wasn’t brave at all for him to do it.”
Oh, it was supposed to be sarcasm on Glenn’s part. I thought for 2 secs that he was finally telling it like it is.
163 | wheat-dogghazi May 29, 2014 4:46:49am |
re: #160 Rev_Arthur_Belling
And then you occasionally get the rare developer who bail on a project when it becomes too successful, like that guy who wrote “Flappy Bird.”
164 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 4:47:51am |
OK, let’s cut Snowden some slack: why doesn’t Greenwald say smth about Putin? He’s not stranded in Russia, he’s free to say anything.
165 | wheat-dogghazi May 29, 2014 4:48:53am |
re: #161 Pie-onist Overlord
Godwald seems very afraid of the American justice system, so afraid that he himself avoided entering the country to pick up some award or something.
Wait. What?
166 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 29, 2014 4:49:10am |
re: #161 Pie-onist Overlord
Yes, it’s so “easy” to go on global television and criticize the one government standing between you and a life-long prison cell.
So, basically GG just admitted that Snowden’s likely to be found guilty of violating U.S. law?
167 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 4:51:10am |
re: #166 Rev_Arthur_Belling
So, basically GG just admitted that Snowden’s likely to be found guilty of violating U.S. law?
He even confessed to committing multiple crimes right there on the teevee.
168 | Decatur Deb May 29, 2014 4:58:19am |
Let the Circle Be Unbroken:
The University of Central Florida seems to be supporting ‘alternative education’ by investing indirectly in two of the worst private youth prison corporations. You know, for Floridians who couldn’t make The Cut.
(Dream Defenders is an NAACP student outreach, raising hell in Tallahassee since the Trayvon Martin killing.)
169 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 5:14:23am |
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel
We are doomed because our people are too ignorant to survive. They actually, honestly believe that it is immoral and undemocratic for our government to have secrets and we are uniquely evil in the world in this respect.
Without wanting to give anyone ideas, there are certain types of security (ie secrecy) failures that could kill not thousands but millions of people. With a whole nihilistic industry of conspiraliars, hackers and traitors working night and day to destroy every form of secrecy, the chance of that kind of failure grows by the day. Where will these bastards and their fake morality be then?
You’ve come closest to the truth yet.
Snowden doesn’t know anything about the world at large, just his own which began with gaming and an online forum, and it’s his own form of dismantling the work of those who came before him, “breaking it” by hackery and theft, and using encryption for secrecy of his ill gotten gains. You will note that his only “higher” education was centered around this. As a high school dropout, he didn’t particularly care about the humanities, social sciences, or anything that he didn’t think had any bearing on his own goals.
He grew up as a child in a technological wonderland at which he spent inordinate amounts of time figuring out how to bypass codes for his own benefit in an early acceptance of cynical entitlement—that is, steal some one else’s intellectual product and modify it for your own gain. This is the early, crude form of libertarianism, a philosophy in which you never actually grow, either intellectually or emotionally, although a few can fake it to a degree.
If Snowden-like creatures really are the future, we absolutely are fucked as a species.
170 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 5:24:36am |
Not kidding: This is a delightful remembrance of Maya Angelou from Erick Erickson. http://t.co/MmvHHtrWNw— AdamSerwer (@AdamSerwer) May 29, 2014
171 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 5:29:37am |
re: #170 Pie-onist Overlord
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Yet EE probably would not have wanted Maya Angelou as a neighbor or, dare I say it, a girlfriend.
I don’t think he learned much; he was simply entertained. His politics cheapen his “appreciation” for her art.
172 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 29, 2014 5:31:00am |
re: #170 Pie-onist Overlord
Note that Erick twice pushes his political agenda (“She chose life”) in his memoriam. Honestly, I don’t think I could ever be friends with, or have more than a passing acquaintance with, that douchetastic gasbag, given all the odious things he’s said and written over the years.
Nice that you found meaning in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” E. Too bad it had no effect on your politics.
173 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 5:32:24am |
re: #170 Pie-onist Overlord
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Just to remind us that there is a bit of a decent human being even in the likes of EE. Too bad he works hard to bury that bit.
174 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 5:36:35am |
#Ukraine helicopter shot down by terrorists from #Russia's surface-to-air missile system,killing 14,incl army general http://t.co/r5zrfPKrR1— Andrii Deshchytsia (@ADeshchytsia) May 29, 2014
175 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 5:40:29am |
re: #174 NJDhockeyfan
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“Olexander Turchynov said the rebels used a Russian-made anti-aircraft system, and a senior general was among the dead.”
And the Russians aren’t involved? ///
176 | Flounder May 29, 2014 5:41:23am |
GDP should be out at 8:30 am this morning. Damn pesky cold weather!!!
177 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 5:43:06am |
178 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 5:43:42am |
Self-declared #Donetsk People's Republic makes “official” appeal to #Putin for “help and support… to restore peace” http://t.co/zG2jrWSG9W
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) May 28, 2014
179 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 5:48:52am |
There is a meme that is getting spammed all over Teh Twitters, that Obama is taking moneys FROM ARE HERO VETERANS and giving it to TEH ILLEGAL ALIENS.
I am pretty sure that one thing has nothing to do with the other but where are they getting this shit from?
180 | William Barnett-Lewis May 29, 2014 5:49:12am |
re: #172 Rev_Arthur_Belling
Note that Erick twice pushes his political agenda (“She chose life”) in his memoriam. Honestly, I don’t think I could ever be friends with, or have more than a passing acquaintance with, that douchetastic gasbag, given all the odious things he’s said and written over the years.
Nice that you found meaning in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” E. Too bad it had no effect on your politics.
Though I happen to appreciate this comment as well, I think the only thing EE likes about her was that & the fact she was a gun owner. In a recent interview she said she likes having guns around and used a gun to defend her house, twice I think. Being pushed by NRO & the right that pretends to not be extremists. Anyway, the video is here:
content.time.com
181 | William Barnett-Lewis May 29, 2014 5:50:54am |
re: #179 Pie-onist Overlord
There is a meme that is getting spammed all over Teh Twitters, that Obama is taking moneys FROM ARE HERO VETERANS and giving it to TEH ILLEGAL ALIENS.
I am pretty sure that one thing has nothing to do with the other but where are they getting this shit from?
Considering the rat bastards in the house & senate are standing in the way of the VA appropriations? I despise ever one of them who claims to love and support the troops but then expects to be able to piss on the backs of veterans and tell them it’s raining.
182 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 5:52:10am |
HURR HURR BUT NO FREE BIRTH CONTROLS FOR TEH SLUTZ!!!!!!!
RT @AmyMek: #YesAllWomen want other Women 2 Stop treating the Government Like Their Baby Daddy! #tcot pic.twitter.com/B8zSDMz0Ek @cspanwj— Va. Texan ? (@VaTxn) May 25, 2014
183 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 5:52:57am |
re: #179 Pie-onist Overlord
There is a meme that is getting spammed all over Teh Twitters, that Obama is taking moneys FROM ARE HERO VETERANS and giving it to TEH ILLEGAL ALIENS.
I am pretty sure that one thing has nothing to do with the other but where are they getting this shit from?
FROM ARE WHITE HERO VETERANS
FTFY, giving the reason.
184 | MomSense May 29, 2014 5:56:41am |
185 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 5:58:45am |
186 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 5:59:08am |
Some trouble in Donetsk right now. A pro-Russian group showed up to take over another pro-Russian group’s building…
Tensions down administrative building in #Donetsk, looks like a group of pro-Russians has been kicked out by other pro-Russians— Paul Gypteau (@paulgypteau) May 29, 2014
One of them told us “We need a new big house”. All left as a storm arrived, rain now pouring in the city.— Paul Gypteau (@paulgypteau) May 29, 2014
Guy from Gubarev's People's Militia leaving #Donetsk admin building says w/ disgust: “It's fucking Vostok”… Rebel infighting bubbling over— Noah Sneider (@NoahSneider) May 29, 2014
Official version: a fraction of DPR ppl kicked out by Vostok Battalion after looting yesterday. Initially said they'd be executed.— Paul Gypteau (@paulgypteau) May 29, 2014
Unofficial version: power struggles (both groups are pro-Russians).— Paul Gypteau (@paulgypteau) May 29, 2014
Crips vs Bloods
187 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 5:59:52am |
re: #179 Pie-onist Overlord
There is a meme that is getting spammed all over Teh Twitters, that Obama is taking moneys FROM ARE HERO VETERANS and giving it to TEH ILLEGAL ALIENS.
I am pretty sure that one thing has nothing to do with the other but where are they getting this shit from?
Where does shit come from? That is where they are getting it.
(Sorry to be crude so early)
Edit…I see MomSense already went there. I don’t feel bad about the timing now!
188 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 5:59:54am |
THIS EXPLAINS WHY EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD STOPPED HAVING CHILDREN AFTER 2001!!!!!!!
#TimeIsNow #UniteBlue #GoNatural pic.twitter.com/hS6u7KIx5M— Bonnie Godager (@whiteswan177) May 29, 2014
189 | b.d. May 29, 2014 6:00:29am |
Another opportunity for Snowden to appeal his case directly to the American people wasted by the fact that he is an unappealing, pompous, know-it-all douchebag.
Whiffle ball, Nerf Ball, you still only get three strikes.
190 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 6:00:31am |
191 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 6:02:29am |
#Donetsk, #Ukraine, pro-Russian battalion “Vostok” has installed antiaircraft gun in front of State administration. pic.twitter.com/pRDtZpdIi0— Ukraine Reporter (@StateOfUkraine) May 29, 2014
192 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 6:04:17am |
re: #186 NJDhockeyfan
Insert obligatory “Judean People’s Front” jokes.
193 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 6:05:35am |
re: #192 Ian G.
Insert obligatory “Judean People’s Front” jokes.
Yep……these fools will turn on each other in their jockeying for power.
Zero fucks given.
194 | b.d. May 29, 2014 6:07:33am |
All you really need to know about how successful Snowden’s interview last night was is to look at DailyKos’ recommended list.
The top story is about how horrible John Kerry is.
Nothingburger.
196 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 6:09:13am |
re: #188 Pie-onist Overlord
THIS EXPLAINS WHY EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD STOPPED HAVING CHILDREN AFTER 2001!!!!!!!
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I’d also love to have been present at the board meeting where that decision was made.
“Dr. Jones, you’re telling us that you can sterilize the whole human race within two generations?”
“Yes, boss, we’ve isolated the genes, we’re going to splice them into corn, and then our puppets in Congress will mandate that everyone consume it.”
“Excellent! Our shareholders will be delighted to see our customer base shrink from 1 billion+ to 500,000 over the next 50 years. Our earnings per share will double with a rapidly dwindling customer base. You’re owed a bonus and a promotion.”
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197 | Decatur Deb May 29, 2014 6:09:24am |
198 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 6:11:04am |
@priyankaboghani Some, but definitely not majority. These guys appear to be from different Russian regions— Dan Peleschuk (@dpeleschuk) May 29, 2014
199 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 6:12:19am |
re: #174 NJDhockeyfan
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They bagged a general? Hmmm, maybe somebody’s feeding them intel. It would be one hell of a lucky shot.
200 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 6:12:41am |
re: #188 Pie-onist Overlord
THIS EXPLAINS WHY EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD STOPPED HAVING CHILDREN AFTER 2001!!!!!!!
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Hahaha, this is where that came from, a site that considers its pathetic self the center of Conspiracy World.
It ain’t nothin’ but disinformation, doncha know.
201 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 6:13:53am |
re: #194 b.d.
All you really need to know about how successful Snowden’s interview last night was is to look at DailyKos’ recommended list.
The top story is about how horrible John Kerry is.
Nothingburger.
Just imagine the hysterics if there was a Republican in the White House.
202 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 6:14:29am |
See here’s the thing. When a poor person complains about inequality the wingnuts are all HURR HURR U HAVE MINIMUM SKILLZ & MINIMUM EDUCATION & MINIMUM VALUE & MINIMUM MOTIVATION & UR PAID WHAT UR WORTH!!!!! and when a rich person (who has actual influence) complains about inequality the wingnuts are all HURR HURR BUT U HAVE MILLIONZ!!!!!!!
Hillary whines about “cancer of inequality” while pulling down $5M in speeches http://t.co/Yb21bttgl6— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 29, 2014
203 | darthstar May 29, 2014 6:14:36am |
I thought Williams interviewed #Snowden in private, but Greenwald was there being a lawyer to control the questions. So I lost interest.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 29, 2014
205 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 6:16:01am |
Koch Brothers really, really want to destroy the Import/Export Bank. Why?
Oh yeah, you paid for that http://t.co/PUke2JNqXG #BreakTheBank #NCPol #tcot #PJNET pic.twitter.com/eeOrGRa3Tm— AFP-NC (@AFPNC) May 29, 2014
206 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 6:16:06am |
re: #194 b.d.
All you really need to know about how successful Snowden’s interview last night was is to look at DailyKos’ recommended list.
The top story is about how horrible John Kerry is.
Nothingburger.
…and the Dkos title “from Russia with love” I don’t think is intentional Irony.
207 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 6:16:58am |
re: #201 Killgore Trout
Just imagine the hysterics if there was a Republican in the White House.
Remember the hysterics when the Bush administration was listening to overseas phone calls?
208 | b.d. May 29, 2014 6:17:25am |
re: #201 Killgore Trout
Just imagine the hysterics if there was a Republican in the White House.
I’m convinced that most of the sane democrats have stopped posting at that site and now it is a haven for lazy morons who hate all politicians and most things in life in general.
209 | GunstarGreen May 29, 2014 6:17:48am |
re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURR BUT NO FREE BIRTH CONTROLS FOR TEH SLUTZ!!!!!!!
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“Don’t have any more kids, but fuck you if you expect us to do anything along the lines of helping you not have any more kids.”
210 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 29, 2014 6:17:49am |
re: #203 darthstar
This is one of the weirdest aspects of this whole case to me. Ostensibly, GG is acting as a “journalist,” but one of the tenets of responsible journalism is that a journalist doesn’t “handle” a source. The NY Times didn’t “handle” Daniel Ellsberg. Woodstein didn’t “handle” Deep Throat.
A journalist is not an agent, a lawyer, or a spiritual adviser to a source.
The relationships here are all fucked up.
211 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 6:21:53am |
re: #201 Killgore Trout
Just imagine the hysterics if there was a Republican in the White House.
What, the conservatives and their media machine don’t generate enough hysterics for you regarding everything Obama?
212 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 6:21:56am |
They’re going nutz over at GG’s twitter acct, citing every source from a Jezebel accusation of misogyny against John Kerry for his “man up” comment about Snowden, to quoting former Bush officials.
Children playing in their sandbox of choice.
213 | b.d. May 29, 2014 6:23:18am |
re: #207 NJDhockeyfan
Remember the hysterics when the Bush administration was listening to overseas phone calls?
The canard of if a republican were doing it you would be against it is worse than stupid.
These same morons cheered when Judy Miller was thrown in jail. These same people demanded Scooter Libby be thrown in jail for leaking information to the press.
Some people’s views have changed, mine haven’t, no matter the cast.
214 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 6:23:47am |
re: #208 b.d.
I’m convinced that most of the sane democrats have stopped posting at that site and now it is a haven for lazy morons who hate all politicians and most things in life in general.
Yes, there’s always been a difference between meat world voters and partisan internet activists. Even look at cable news ratings. Very few Dems actually watch MSNBC and very few Republicans watch Fox. Most real world voters are busy doing other things.
215 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 6:24:49am |
Nothing unusual there. Must have gotten them on sale at Bazookas-R-Us down the street.
Outside #Donetsk rebel HQ, not your uncle's old hunting gear. pic.twitter.com/AGQ2NlFcw2— Dan Peleschuk (@dpeleschuk) May 29, 2014
216 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 6:28:50am |
217 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 6:28:59am |
Has @NBCNews started selling #Snowden coffee cups and mouse pads yet?— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 29, 2014
218 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 6:30:52am |
Iran link to social media spying on military leaders
US Navy admirals, politicians, ambassadors and lobbyists, as well as senior government and military figures from the UK, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, were all targeted, said iSight.
“If it’s been going on for so long, clearly they have had success,” said Tiffany Jones, a spokeswoman for iSight, told Reuters.
In total, said the report, fake personas for 14 people were created and maintained on a variety of social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube and Blogger. The bogus identities were for staff who supposedly worked for a fictitious news agency as well as defence workers, an accountant and a naval IT administrator.
Friends, relatives, workmates and acquaintances of targets were initially contacted via social media to establish ties that were later used to lend more credibility to requests to connect to the true targets of the campaign.
About 2,000 people were used to establish these lower-level ties, which were used to go after a smaller group of about 200 higher-profile individuals.
219 | Lidane May 29, 2014 6:34:06am |
re: #215 NJDhockeyfan
Wait, you mean that’s not one of the open carry idiots here in Texas?
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221 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 6:36:57am |
re: #210 Rev_Arthur_Belling
This is one of the weirdest aspects of this whole case to me. Ostensibly, GG is acting as a “journalist,” but one of the tenets of responsible journalism is that a journalist doesn’t “handle” a source. The NY Times didn’t “handle” Daniel Ellsberg. Woodstein didn’t “handle” Deep Throat.
A journalist is not an agent, a lawyer, or a spiritual adviser to a source.
The relationships here are all fucked up.
But GG is not a traditional journalist. He’s the face of “new” journalism!
// :p
222 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 6:38:34am |
re: #217 Dr. Matt
Brian Williams has a “I went to Russia to interview Snowden, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt” T-shirt.
//
223 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 6:38:47am |
re: #210 Rev_Arthur_Belling
This is one of the weirdest aspects of this whole case to me. Ostensibly, GG is acting as a “journalist,” but one of the tenets of responsible journalism is that a journalist doesn’t “handle” a source. The NY Times didn’t “handle” Daniel Ellsberg. Woodstein didn’t “handle” Deep Throat.
A journalist is not an agent, a lawyer, or a spiritual adviser to a source.
The relationships here are all fucked up.
GG is a control freak, no doubt. Does David Miranda realize this yet after his brush with the real law?
224 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 6:43:38am |
The VA scandal is exploding right now. Both sides are getting disgusted by what they are finding out and I have a feeling it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
NPR:
Floodgates open as Democrats join Republicans in calls for Shinseki’s resignation
Demands for Shinseki to resign reach fever pitch: Calls for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down grew louder on Capitol Hill Wednesday following the release of an inspector general report that determined agency officials at a facility in Phoenix had manipulated scheduling records to hide long wait times for former service members. The investigation found that the average wait time for a veteran seeking an initial appointment at the Phoenix VA hospital was 115 days, while the average wait time reported to the department was 24 days. The interim report also determined that the scheduling practices at the Phoenix facility “are a systemic problem nationwide.” The findings opened the floodgates on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers in both parties issued statements calling for Shinseki’s ouster. The Democrats pushing for Shinseki’s dismissal included Sens. Mark Udall of Colorado, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, John Walsh of Montana, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Al Franken of Minnesota. All five are running for re-election this fall, with Udall, Hagan and Walsh facing tough contests. Democratic Reps. Bruce Braley of Iowa, Scott Peters of California and Ron Barber of Arizona also called on Shinseki to resign. Braley is running for the Senate, while Peters and Barber have difficult re-election races on their hands.
225 | Targetpractice May 29, 2014 6:47:04am |
re: #224 NJDhockeyfan
The VA scandal is exploding right now. Both sides are getting disgusted by what they are finding out and I have a feeling it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
NPR:
Floodgates open as Democrats join Republicans in calls for Shinseki’s resignation
Gee, I wish people had been this outraged when the VA’s budget was put under the knife again and again. At least a dozen bills aimed at helping veterans have been filibustered to death, but you don’t hear about them much because the GOP has been too busy ranting and raving about “EXPLODING DEFICITS!!”
226 | darthstar May 29, 2014 6:48:13am |
Greenwald: “Brian Williams is a fawning, subservient hagiographer to those who give him access.” http://t.co/L78GiWws26— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) May 29, 2014
227 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 6:49:51am |
re: #224 NJDhockeyfan
It’s a bunch of BS. A dog and pony show since the real tragedy is Congress refusing to properly fund the VA. And compared to private hospital systems the VA surveys out as well or better in terms of service.
Yes, there are issues in Phoenix. But it’s more isolated in scope than a massive system-wide scandal. Perhaps Shinseki should step down by taking responsibility for being in charge of the system. But Congressmen like McCain, etc. yelling for it is the highest form of hypocrisy since they have never taken the same level of responsibility themselves for anything.
Have you gone over and read the Stonekettle Station blog post on this yet? Worth the read.
228 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 6:50:34am |
@EuromaidanPR “around 4,500 militants from Russia have illegally crossed into Donetsk and Luhansk regions”- deputy commander of the Azov btn— erik strandquist (@erikstrandquist) May 29, 2014
229 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 6:52:28am |
darthstar
Greenwald: “Brian Williams is a fawning, subservient hagiographer to those who give him access.”
t.co
He’s also an authoritarian loving, croc-wearing, lickspittle. //
230 | b.d. May 29, 2014 6:53:16am |
Greenwald sitting back tweeting up a storm while The Intercept is sitting at 7 posts for the entire month of May. That’s counting a post for job openings and one announcing a live blog.
Thanks Pierre!
231 | Lidane May 29, 2014 6:54:25am |
A high school in Utah photoshopped girls’ yearbook pictures to show less skin http://t.co/wEN7rGTDd4 pic.twitter.com/zCe30H6IGz— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) May 29, 2014
232 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 6:56:51am |
233 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 6:58:28am |
Boko Haram kills 35 in attacks on Nigeria villages
Dozens of Boko Haram gunmen dressed in military uniform stormed Gumushi, Amuda and Arbokko in all-terrain trucks and motorcycles, opening fire on residents and torching homes with petrol bombs, they said.
“Boko Haram attacked the three villages Wednesday morning in which 35 people were killed, including 26 in Gumushi,” a military officer in the state capital Maiduguri told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“The insurgents hurled petrol bombs into homes, setting them ablaze and shot residents as they tried to escape,” he said.
He said the gunmen raided Gumushi around 6:00 am (0500 GMT) where they killed 26 residents.
Local media however put the death toll in Gumushi at 42.
234 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 6:58:51am |
b.d.
Greenwald sitting back tweeting up a storm while The Intercept is sitting at 7 posts for the entire month of May. That’s counting a post for job openings and one announcing a live blog.
Obviously you have not understanding of the workings of the NEW JOURNALISM that is taking the world by storm and all the in depth investigative journalism that is happening behind the scenes that will bring the NSA and CIA and America to their knees
235 | b.d. May 29, 2014 6:59:01am |
re: #232 Killgore Trout
Reports of Putin backing down were premature
Putin probably feels a need to reassert himself on the world stage after that horrific public chastising Snowden gave him last night.
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236 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 7:00:25am |
re: #225 Targetpractice
Gee, I wish people had been this outraged when the VA’s budget was put under the knife again and again. At least a dozen bills aimed at helping veterans have been filibustered to death, but you don’t hear about them much because the GOP has been too busy ranting and raving about “EXPLODING DEFICITS!!”
Exactly. This strikes me as Congressional theater at its worse. Where the hell were these people when the VA’s budget was being cut when officials of a certain party were demanding cuts to “entitlements.”
237 | urbanmeemaw May 29, 2014 7:00:34am |
re: #217 Dr. Matt
How about a giant Snowden Head “Snow Globe”?
238 | urbanmeemaw May 29, 2014 7:01:13am |
239 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 7:01:54am |
re: #227 Feline Fearless Leader
It’s a bunch of BS. A dog and pony show since the real tragedy is Congress refusing to properly fund the VA. And compared to private hospital systems the VA surveys out as well or better in terms of service.
Yes, there are issues in Phoenix. But it’s more isolated in scope than a massive system-wide scandal. Perhaps Shinseki should step down by taking responsibility for being in charge of the system. But Congressmen like McCain, etc. yelling for it is the highest form of hypocrisy since they have never taken the same level of responsibility themselves for anything.
Have you gone over and read the Stonekettle Station blog post on this yet? Worth the read.
McCain taking responsibility for himself and his actions will never happen since he’s one of the biggest grand standing jerks in that body.
240 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 7:02:03am |
woof: Peter King said Brian Williams did an Ed Snowden 'infomercial' thru his intvw http://t.co/qX1UKAl4Ca— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) May 29, 2014
241 | wheat-dogghazi May 29, 2014 7:02:49am |
re: #235 b.d.
Putin probably feels a need to reassert himself on the world stage after that horrific public chastising Snowden gave him last night.
//
Putin should reassert his authority and direct the FSB to deliver Snowden to the US embassy.
242 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 7:03:09am |
Unsurprisingly David Frum is not impressed
Obama at West Point: A Foreign Policy of False Choices
The president says he’s steering a sensible course between uber-hawks and do-nothings. Don’t believe it.
243 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 7:03:09am |
CNN just now:
A U.S. Navy official says the pings at the center of the search for the past seven weeks are no longer believed to be from the plane’s black boxes.
Oh.
245 | b.d. May 29, 2014 7:05:44am |
246 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:06:21am |
re: #231 Lidane
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247 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 7:06:54am |
Conservative Senator: Gay Marriage Will Become Law Of The Land
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch conceded Wednesday it’s only a matter of time before gay marriage is legal across the country, even though he doesn’t think that’s the right way to go.
Hatch said people who can’t see what’s happening aren’t living in the real world. He made the remarks during an appearance on KSL-Radio’s Doug Wright Show (bit.ly).
“Let’s face it: anybody who does not believe that gay marriage is going to be the law of the land just hasn’t been observing what’s going on,” said Hatch, a seven-term Republican senator who has been a proponent of keeping marriage exclusively between a man and a woman.
248 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 7:08:12am |
re: #247 Dr. Matt
Conservative Senator: Gay Marriage Will Become Law Of The Land
AND ALL TEH CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES WILL BE BANNED & EVERYBODY WILL BE FORCED 2 GAY-MARRY A ILLEGAL ALIEN AFTER THEY TAKE AWAY ALL TEH GUNZ!!!!!!
249 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 7:09:35am |
re: #245 b.d.
So they were other random naturally occurring pings or a case of hearing things that aren’t there like those people who record ghosts talking?
Or fish?
250 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 7:09:43am |
re: #247 Dr. Matt
Conservative Senator: Gay Marriage Will Become Law Of The Land
Well I guess that”s “progress.” Real progress would be Hatch saying this and telling his fellow Republicans to start treating gay people like human beings but that’s too much to ask from these primitive dicks.
251 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 7:11:07am |
Dr. Matt:
Conservative Senator: Gay Marriage Will Become Law Of The Land
Shoving teh gay marriage down are throateses!!1
252 | MomSense May 29, 2014 7:11:37am |
re: #236 HappyWarrior
I have been wondering if McCain’s constituent services staffers received any calls or letters from Veterans or their families about the delay times. If so, did he report the problems?
253 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 7:11:41am |
re: #245 b.d.
So they were other random naturally occurring pings or a case of hearing things that aren’t there like those people who record ghosts talking?
Maybe the UK lost a medical machine or two down there.
;)
254 | b.d. May 29, 2014 7:12:04am |
re: #249 NJDhockeyfan
Or fish?
No, sorry. I am choosing not to believe science on this story, it’s a perfectly acceptable practice these days.
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255 | blueraven May 29, 2014 7:12:13am |
re: #228 NJDhockeyfan
@EuromaidanPR “around 4,500 militants from Russia have illegally crossed into Donetsk and Luhansk regions”- deputy commander of the Azov btn
— erik strandquist (@erikstrandquist) May 29, 2014
This person has posted this tweet multiple times. Where is he getting his info, I wonder? I cant find it anywhere else.
256 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 7:12:21am |
re: #245 b.d.
So they were other random naturally occurring pings or a case of hearing things that aren’t there like those people who record ghosts talking?
Illegal fishing nets.
257 | Lidane May 29, 2014 7:13:00am |
re: #247 Dr. Matt
Conservative Senator: Gay Marriage Will Become Law Of The Land
Orrin Hatch, Memorial Day 2014:
“If SCOTUS rules against Hobby Lobby I’ll push to amend the Constitution!”
Orrin Hatch, May 28th:
“Sooner or later gay marriage is probably going to be approved by the Supreme Court of the United States, and certainly as the people in this country move toward it, especially young people,” Hatch said. “I don’t think that’s the right way to go, on the other hand, I do accept whatever the courts have to say.”
258 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 7:13:32am |
re: #250 HappyWarrior
Well I guess that”s “progress.” Real progress would be Hatch saying this and telling his fellow Republicans to start treating gay people like human beings but that’s too much to ask from these primitive dicks.
That would be paramount to admitting to being wrong. So, instead, we get the political equivalent of a childish tantrum as he is being forced to face reality.
Also setting the groundwork for switching to another subject since this one is becoming an obviously losing proposition.
259 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 7:13:44am |
I was checking for “trojan horse” updates….
Teacher at ‘Trojan Horse’ school charged over extreme porn
A while ago the UK passed some wierd law against bondage and simulated rape porn, not sure how many prosecutions or how the law has been applied so far. Like with the UK’s hatespeech prosecutions, the press is very hesitant to tell the public about the specific nature of the offense. Makes it very difficult to judge if this is an over reach by prosecutors or a valid charge.
260 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 7:17:22am |
Pie-onist Overlord
Hillary whines about “cancer of inequality” while pulling down $5M in speeches
t.co
— Ben Shapiro
—-
If ur poor lazy moocher or wealthy U can’t complain about inequality ur argument=invalidated!!11
261 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 7:20:11am |
Dr. Matt
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch conceded Wednesday it’s only a matter of time before gay marriage is legal across the country
Can someone do a welfare check on the National Organization for against Marriage (NOM)?
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262 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:21:30am |
It’s pretty obvious the Russians are now directing things in Donetsk.
In central #Donetsk: truckloads of former barricades driven away after apparent seizure of rebel HQ by Vostok Bat. pic.twitter.com/GccJpOULK1
— Dan Peleschuk (@dpeleschuk) May 29, 2014
Asked Vostok Battalion soldier at DPR building if Gubarev, Pushilin et al. would stay in power. “No comment. They will. For now. Probably.”
— Isaac Webb (@isaacdwebb) May 29, 2014
263 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 7:23:38am |
Wingnuts are trying to swarm the #YesAllWomen hashtag by spamming gun-fucking memes.
264 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:25:37am |
They say the weather fairies are going to be kind today. In my part of the world anyway.
But Mother Nature has other ideas:
Station: Chicago Area (Melrose Park), IL
Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Station Head(s): Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Date of Pollen and Mold Count: 05/29/2014*********************************
Pollen & Mold Summary
*********************************
Trees: High Concentration
Weeds: High Concentration
Grass: High Concentration
Mold: Moderate Concentration
you?
265 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:25:59am |
re: #263 Pie-onist Overlord
Wingnuts are trying to swarm the #YesAllWomen hashtag by spamming gun-fucking memes.
I thought that hashtag was over.
266 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:26:58am |
267 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 7:27:49am |
re: #264 FemNaziBitch
They say the weather fairies are going to be kind today. In my part of the world anyway.
But Mother Nature has other ideas:
you?
No rain today. Cloudy and around 60F out. Sort of like early spring. A relatively mild allergy day since the rain yesterday cleared the pollen and dust out temporarily.
268 | lawhawk May 29, 2014 7:29:23am |
re: #257 Lidane
Those positions aren’t inconsistent. He could push for a constitutional amendment (which has a near zero chance of success) if the outcome of Hobby Lobby isn’t to his liking, but it also recognizes that society and culture are moving towards acceptance of gay marriage and that he and the rest of the GOP/socon crowd are on the outside looking in (in impotent rage no less).
269 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:32:34am |
Oh, shit!
Glass enclosure on Chicago’s Willis Tower Skydeck ledge reportedly cracked and shattered Wednesday as family visiting was standing on it - @nbcchicago
Read more on nbcchicago.com
Get me out on something like that? No fucking way in hell.
270 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 7:32:40am |
re: #255 blueraven
This person has posted this tweet multiple times. Where is he getting his info, I wonder? I cant find it anywhere else.
Found it. Here is the translation:
At a press conference in UNIAN deputy commander of the battalion “Azov” Yaroslav Gonchar.
“In general, for those that I have given to the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions illegally entered about 4.5 thousand fighters from Russia,” - he said.
“These militants - this rabble from all over the former Soviet Union”, - said Gonchar.
“The situation is such that we have unprotected border, this rabble has to cross the border of our country”, - stated the deputy battalion commander “Azov”.
271 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 7:34:36am |
re: #269 Justanotherhuman
Oh, shit!
Glass enclosure on Chicago’s Willis Tower Skydeck ledge reportedly cracked and shattered Wednesday as family visiting was standing on it - @nbcchicago
Read more on nbcchicago.comGet me out on something like that? No fucking way in hell.
THIS HAPPENED ON OBAMA’S WATCH IN HIS HOMETOWN! IMPEEACH!!!
272 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:35:26am |
re: #269 Justanotherhuman
Oh, shit!
Glass enclosure on Chicago’s Willis Tower Skydeck ledge reportedly cracked and shattered Wednesday as family visiting was standing on it - @nbcchicago
Read more on nbcchicago.comGet me out on something like that? No fucking way in hell.
I’ved tried several times at different buildings and CANNOT DO IT.
My foot just will not go onto the glass.
273 | wheat-dogghazi May 29, 2014 7:36:20am |
re: #269 Justanotherhuman
Oh, shit!
Glass enclosure on Chicago’s Willis Tower Skydeck ledge reportedly cracked and shattered Wednesday as family visiting was standing on it - @nbcchicago
Read more on nbcchicago.comGet me out on something like that? No fucking way in hell.
That’s one visit to Chicago that will never be forgotten.
274 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:36:38am |
275 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 7:38:38am |
re: #248 Pie-onist Overlord
AND ALL TEH CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES WILL BE BANNED & EVERYBODY WILL BE FORCED 2 GAY-MARRY A ILLEGAL ALIEN AFTER THEY TAKE AWAY ALL TEH GUNZ!!!!!!
And then sometime down the road, even the same sex marriages will be banned and everyone will need to marry their pets!
What? You don’t think so. What’s to stop it!!!!!!!!
276 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:39:39am |
re: #275 ObserverArt
And then sometime down the road, even the same sex marriages will be banned and everyone will need to marry their pets!
What? You don’t think so. What’s to stop it!!!!!!!!
Unholy “family groups” will be formed with multiple husbands and wives. No child will know who his father really is because every man will be his father.
//
277 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 7:39:52am |
re: #275 ObserverArt
And then sometime down the road, even the same sex marriages will be banned and everyone will need to marry their pets!
What? You don’t think so. What’s to stop it!!!!!!!!
Creepin’ Shariah Law with gay marriage.
278 | b.d. May 29, 2014 7:40:14am |
re: #269 Justanotherhuman
Oh, shit!
Glass enclosure on Chicago’s Willis Tower Skydeck ledge reportedly cracked and shattered Wednesday as family visiting was standing on it - @nbcchicago
Read more on nbcchicago.comGet me out on something like that? No fucking way in hell.
Damn low bidder.
279 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 7:42:25am |
re: #252 MomSense
I have been wondering if McCain’s constituent services staffers received any calls or letters from Veterans or their families about the delay times. If so, did he report the problems?
Making too much SenseMom!
Really…how dis this all happen in McCain’s state? That really should be asked. You’d have to think Johnny-on-the-Spot would have known of this all going on being he is so concerned about the Veterans.
Especially since he always votes for increased funding.
What? Oh, wait.
280 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:43:17am |
re: #272 FemNaziBitch
I’ved tried several times at different buildings and CANNOT DO IT.
My foot just will not go onto the glass.
I get vertigo just watching it in movies, on TV and such.
Once climbed all the way up at the Valley Forge tower and could not stay. And even though I’ve taken a “survival” course and rapelled off a fire tower and such, I still cannot walk over a bridge without a fear of falling.
281 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 7:44:09am |
re: #253 Feline Fearless Leader
Maybe the UK lost a medical machine or two down there.
;)
Big difference between a machine that goes ping and one that goes bing.
: )
282 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:44:40am |
re: #227 Feline Fearless Leader
It’s a bunch of BS. A dog and pony show since the real tragedy is Congress refusing to properly fund the VA. And compared to private hospital systems the VA surveys out as well or better in terms of service.
Yes, there are issues in Phoenix. But it’s more isolated in scope than a massive system-wide scandal. Perhaps Shinseki should step down by taking responsibility for being in charge of the system. But Congressmen like McCain, etc. yelling for it is the highest form of hypocrisy since they have never taken the same level of responsibility themselves for anything.
Have you gone over and read the Stonekettle Station blog post on this yet? Worth the read.
Yeah, it was Bill Clinton.
The State Department is lucky they didn’t end up with Ambassador at Large for International Blowjobs. Though in retrospect that’s not a bad idea, because really when you think about it isn’t international diplomacy mostly about oral gratification? You want to get through to fanatical religious leaders, I’m just saying, hhhhhhmmmmm, spit, spit, and then cigars. We’d be pals with Iran in no time.
I DON’T think I’ve ever read this blog before. Thanks for mentioning it.
283 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 7:44:48am |
re: #279 ObserverArt
Making too much SenseMom!
Really…how dis this all happen in McCain’s state? That really should be asked. You’d have to think Johnny-on-the-Spot would have known of this all going on being he is so concerned about the Veterans.
Especially since he always votes for increased funding.
What? Oh, wait.
You know, I may actually have less respect for McCain than I do Cruz. Hear me out, I think Cruz is a dangerous whacko and nutcase but McCain is someone who has shown the capacity to be reasonable but chooses to engage in the worst acts of political theater.
284 | lawhawk May 29, 2014 7:45:04am |
re: #281 ObserverArt
Big difference between a machine that goes ping and one that goes bing.
: )
The former is an Android machine, the latter a MSFT? /
+1 for the MP reference.
285 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 7:45:17am |
So, if we are all forced to have teh gay sex and tey gay marriages, will there be special FEMA instructional camps? I don’t think I would be good at being a bottom or a top in a M/M arrangement.
286 | A Mom Anon May 29, 2014 7:45:18am |
re: #225 Targetpractice
I think what’s also not helping is that no one is telling the full story. The VA has had more funds thrown at it, BUT! that money isn’t being used properly, it’s not NEARLY enough and there are not enough VA facilities to take care of the influx of returning veterans. The population of the Phoenix metro area, just as one example, has doubled in the last 30 yrs, but they only have one big VA hospital to serve all the vets in that area (and probably beyond).
This is really an administrative issue, if what I am reading is correct. The VA and DOD are not sharing info either, which is ridiculous. Some vets are having to carry their actual paper medical files back and forth, which is also seriously sad and stupid. Most vets are happy with the standard of care they receive, it’s just getting to that care that’s the problem. Administrators are incentivized to cut corners, which is at the heart of this “new scandal”.
Meanwhile, the GOP keeps voting to cut everything for vets, from job training to housing, unemployment benefits and god knows what else. They want to break the system so they can let their paymasters at those billions of dollars, and sadly, I’m starting to see a lot of their idiot supporters agree with them. Not realizing of course that if private companies take over, then the primary loyalty will be to shareholders and executive pay and not the vets. Which is what the bastards do with every damned thing they touch.
288 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:47:56am |
When the ONLY tool you know how to use is a gun, the whole world is a target, including yourself.— Jim Wright (@Stonekettle) May 3, 2014
289 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 7:48:34am |
Inside 11-fl Donetsk admin building Vostok battalion giving tours. Here's some of loot rebels had stolen from Metro pic.twitter.com/f9H2YGDReE— Courtney Weaver (@courtneymoscow) May 29, 2014
290 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 7:49:06am |
I wonder if that stuff is from here.
Looters ransack Germany’s Metro hypermarket in #Donetsk http://t.co/hqE7tdl4Lt #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/Y2oQ5kzoka— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) May 29, 2014
291 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:49:55am |
292 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:50:06am |
re: #280 Justanotherhuman
I get vertigo just watching it in movies, on TV and such.
Once climbed all the way up at the Valley Forge tower and could not stay. And even though I’ve taken a “survival” course and rapelled off a fire tower and such, I still cannot walk over a bridge without a fear of falling.
Heights are a problem, generally. Just something about stepping onto something that seems like it isn’t there way, way up in the sky.
There are inborn survival traits even babies have, that is one of them. I can’t overcome it.
293 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:51:23am |
re: #278 b.d.
Damn low bidder.
A spokesman for Willis Tower told the Chicago Sun Times that what cracked was a protective coating on the glass structure and not the glass itself. The spokesman said the protective coating worked exactly how it was supposed to work.
294 | Lidane May 29, 2014 7:51:34am |
So Tuesday’s interview was a bust because the recruiter stupidly scheduled a call with me at 9am the day after Memorial Day weekend. Let’s see if he calls me today. He’s due in 10 minutes or so.
295 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 7:52:56am |
re: #290 NJDhockeyfan
I wonder if that stuff is from here.
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How much of the stuff you buy at a Walmart is from here?
296 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 7:53:21am |
re: #276 FemNaziBitch
Unholy “family groups” will be formed with multiple husbands and wives. No child will know who his father really is because every man will be his father.
//
It takes a village. So, I guess you marry the entire village.
“Do you ObserverArt take this entire village to be your wedded village?”
Me: “Uh, let me think about that…”
/
297 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 7:53:45am |
#uniteblue pic.twitter.com/LixQTIIIPA— GOP REAPER (@gop_reaper) May 29, 2014
298 | b.d. May 29, 2014 7:54:19am |
299 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 7:54:28am |
Punk icon Exene Cervenka claims Santa Barbara shooting a ‘false flag’ government hoax
Punk singer Exene Cervenka posted a series of tweets Wednesday questioning whether the government staged last week’s mass shootings in Isla Vista, California, to enact stricter gun control laws.
Cervenka, who performed with the bands X and the Knitters, posted links to videos questioning how quickly replacement panes were delivered for glass damaged during the shooting at a convenience store where Christopher Martinez was killed.
300 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:54:52am |
re: #292 FemNaziBitch
Heights are a problem, generally. Just something about stepping onto something that seems like it isn’t there way, way up in the sky.
There are inborn survival traits even babies have, that is one of them. I can’t overcome it.
And getting up there isn’t really the problem, but staying and coming down are for me. It’s kind of like that “sinking” feeling some people get on an elevator when it’s going down. When I see someone on a ledge in a movie, for instance, my feet and legs start hurting and I have to turn away to stop it. Go figure.
301 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:55:51am |
re: #299 Dr. Matt
Punk icon Exene Cervenka claims Santa Barbara shooting a ‘false flag’ government hoax
Punk singer Exene Cervenka posted a series of tweets Wednesday questioning whether the government staged last week’s mass shootings in Isla Vista, California, to enact stricter gun control laws.
Cervenka, who performed with the bands X and the Knitters, posted links to videos questioning how quickly replacement panes were delivered for glass damaged during the shooting at a convenience store where Christopher Martinez was killed.
Yeah, me and the other femnazis and man-haters formed a cabal, just wait to see what we do next.
/////*spit*
302 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:55:52am |
303 | blueraven May 29, 2014 7:56:01am |
re: #270 NJDhockeyfan
translation is a bit hard to read…but is he saying 4500, in general? (meaning since the beginning)
The tweet in question makes it appear that 4500 have just now crossed the border.
304 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:56:15am |
re: #300 Justanotherhuman
And getting up there isn’t really the problem, but staying and coming down are for me. It’s kind of like that “sinking” feeling some people get on an elevator when it’s going down. When I see someone on a ledge in a movie, for instance, my feet and legs start hurting and I have to turn away to stop it. Go figure.
Going down is harder regardless.
:)
305 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 7:56:22am |
If you thought the Pakistan stoning story couldn’t get any worse, you were wrong. It was about money
Stoned Pakistani woman’s husband: Family demanded money to stay alive
306 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 7:56:26am |
re: #283 HappyWarrior
You know, I may actually have less respect for McCain than I do Cruz. Hear me out, I think Cruz is a dangerous whacko and nutcase but McCain is someone who has shown the capacity to be reasonable but chooses to engage in the worst acts of political theater.
I’ve said it before. I once respected the hell out of the man. Now, I think he is one of the biggest asses around. He and Lindsey Graham both can rot in hell.
307 | William Barnett-Lewis May 29, 2014 7:57:25am |
re: #299 Dr. Matt
Punk icon Exene Cervenka claims Santa Barbara shooting a ‘false flag’ government hoax
Punk singer Exene Cervenka posted a series of tweets Wednesday questioning whether the government staged last week’s mass shootings in Isla Vista, California, to enact stricter gun control laws.
Cervenka, who performed with the bands X and the Knitters, posted links to videos questioning how quickly replacement panes were delivered for glass damaged during the shooting at a convenience store where Christopher Martinez was killed.
Sad to see that. X was always my favorite LA band - I’ve seen them 3 times and John Does solo a couple of times.
308 | wheat-dogghazi May 29, 2014 7:57:31am |
re: #280 Justanotherhuman
I get vertigo just watching it in movies, on TV and such.
Once climbed all the way up at the Valley Forge tower and could not stay. And even though I’ve taken a “survival” course and rapelled off a fire tower and such, I still cannot walk over a bridge without a fear of falling.
I can go up in small planes, look out over high ledges and out high windows, even stand on glass floors and look down 100+ stories to the ground below.
But I hate ladders. I’ll go up one to do what needs to be done, but I don’t enjoy it.
309 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 7:57:49am |
re: #306 ObserverArt
I’ve said it before. I once respected the hell out of the man. Now, I think he is one of the biggest asses around. He and Lindsey Graham both can rot in hell.
It’s just more of “I got mine, fuck you.”
310 | b.d. May 29, 2014 7:57:49am |
And the master throws his pet some kibble:
On the Washington Post Editorial Board: 1) http://t.co/3VLS9oQtGr
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
311 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:57:54am |
Queen To Release Unheard Freddie Mercury Tracks In New Album http://t.co/FNWeAZxFf8 pic.twitter.com/v2zN4zXpdG— Towleroad (@tlrd) May 29, 2014
312 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 7:59:43am |
re: #309 Justanotherhuman
It’s just more of “I got mine, fuck you.”
I’ve come to the conclusion that John McCain put himself on the auction block and went to the highest bidder.
Lindsay — I prefer not to think of him.
313 | wheat-dogghazi May 29, 2014 8:00:06am |
re: #311 FemNaziBitch
I read that, and immediately wondered why Queen Elizabeth would have hitherto unheard Freddie Mercury tracks.
I think I’m tired and should go to bed.
314 | A Mom Anon May 29, 2014 8:00:56am |
re: #294 Lidane
I hope this works out for you. This process is insane. Even for a part time retail job you have to jump through flaming hoops and perform a broadway musical. Good Luck!! I’ve got my fingers crossed for you.
My husband got his offer letter and new hire paperwork this week. All that’s left is the drug test, credit check and background check. He should be getting the info for all that stuff tomorrow.
(I swear, I was looking at his offer letter, and they have his hourly pay down to the .000 number. You multiply that number out to the full year salary and it’s 96 cents short of the yearly number. Really? )
315 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 8:02:04am |
316 | Lidane May 29, 2014 8:03:58am |
re: #314 A Mom Anon
I hope this works out for you. This process is insane. Even for a part time retail job you have to jump through flaming hoops and perform a broadway musical. Good Luck!! I’ve got my fingers crossed for you.
Thanks. I point to all the process I’m going through when I get the “Why don’t you just walk in somewhere and take the first job they offer?” canard.
Usually people who say that to me haven’t been in the job market for a while. And they’re not seeing the struggle that comes with being over 40 looking for work. It’s not easy at ALL.
317 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 8:04:09am |
re: #299 Dr. Matt
Punk icon Exene Cervenka claims Santa Barbara shooting a ‘false flag’ government hoax
Oh god. I liked X. Oh well.
And, I guess she is unfamiliar with franchise buildings and their maintenance crews. They probably have several panes cut and ready to go since many of the building are exactly the same or try to use the same materials as much as possible.
318 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:04:14am |
re: #301 FemNaziBitch
Yeah, me and the other femnazi’s and man-haters formed a cabal, just wait to see what we do next.
/////*spit*
Well that was inevitable sigh. Wouldn’t be a tragedy without someone calling it a “false flag.”
319 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:04:36am |
re: #306 ObserverArt
I’ve said it before. I once respected the hell out of the man. Now, I think he is one of the biggest asses around. He and Lindsey Graham both can rot in hell.
I did too. And I’m with you. He’s one of the biggest asses around.
320 | blueraven May 29, 2014 8:07:10am |
re: #310 b.d.
And the master throws his pet some kibble:
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Well the Washington Post editorial is tired and predictable. Never ending war is fine with them.
321 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 8:07:15am |
National Park Service launches effort to include #LGBT history, key sites in national narrative: http://t.co/VYg8I1Cs4h @AP_Politics @NPCA
— Aric Caplan (@CaplanComms) May 29, 2014
322 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:08:10am |
323 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:09:16am |
re: #199 Killgore Trout
They bagged a general? Hmmm, maybe somebody’s feeding them intel. It would be one hell of a lucky shot.
I would think all Ukrainian institutions are full of pro-Russian moles. Heck, the former SBU head (under Yanuk) is a former Russian citizen. Absurd but true.
324 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 8:10:57am |
GWYNETH IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF YOUR MEAN TWEETS!!!!!
Are mean internet comments like suffering through war? @GwynethPaltrow thinks so: http://t.co/Ekaahqnt2r #KellyFile pic.twitter.com/Vdg50Qs1MR— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 29, 2014
325 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:12:09am |
wait what
voiceofrussia.com
326 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 8:12:22am |
Sorry Gwynnie you are only the SECOND MOAST IMPORTANT THING IN TEH UNIVERSE.
327 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:12:28am |
re: #324 Pie-onist Overlord
GWYNETH IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF YOUR MEAN TWEETS!!!!!
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Oh, STFU, Gwyneth. Go cleanse your bowels or something.
328 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:13:13am |
I still have wounds from the first battle of facebook in 2005.
329 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 8:13:21am |
re: #327 Justanotherhuman
Oh, STFU, Gwyneth. Go cleanse your bowels or something.
YOUR SO MEEEEEN!!!!! UR GIVING GWYNNIE TEH PTSDS!!!!!!!
330 | MomSense May 29, 2014 8:13:22am |
re: #279 ObserverArt
Isn’t it frustrating that our media are so out of it?! I wish just one national reporter would ask Flake and McCain if anyone in their offices had received any complaints or questions about wait times at the VA in Phoenix. I wouldn’t mind knowing when and/or how often those Senators visited the Phoenix VA. I haven’t checked any local news sites to see if they have pursued this angle.
331 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 8:13:44am |
re: #282 FemNaziBitch
I’d say that links to Jim Wright’s tweets and his blog starting popping up here six months to a year ago. I started checking the site periodically then, and also reading older postings. There seem to be 3-4 Lizards that will put up a link when something new comes out there.
He’s topical, no nonsense, anti-idiot and refreshingly blunt in an amusing way. Which seems a good fit towards what the Lizard population seems to favor.
332 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 8:14:08am |
re: #328 HappyWarrior
I still have wounds from the first battle of facebook in 2005.
I get PTSD from the Usenet Wars of the ‘90’s.
333 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:15:04am |
334 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:15:06am |
So many questions, so much applause. RT @BoingBoing: RT @notaapplefanboi: pic.twitter.com/SDeCbOizMC bwhahahahha”— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) May 22, 2014
335 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:16:21am |
thedailybeast.com
Hey AnonAnon if you’re here, give it a read and post to the people you’ve brought up trying to pin Rodger’s Aspergers as being part of why he did what he did.
336 | A Mom Anon May 29, 2014 8:16:28am |
re: #316 Lidane
Oh I know. I am 54, looking for an entry level part time retail job. After being out of the workforce to raise a family for 20 yrs. I filled out NINE applications last week. My phone isn’t ringing. Not one call. I know for a fact some of those places have had openings for months. I don’t want a corner office, I am willing to work from the bottom of the heap up the chain. It’s not the same as it used to be, I never had issues finding a job before now, EVER.
Watching what my husband has been through just to get to a lower middle management position, it’s even more crazy. I wish you all the best, it’s not at all like it used to be, it’s a clusterfuck.
337 | piratedan May 29, 2014 8:16:39am |
re: #334 FemNaziBitch
well obviously it matters if the squirrel was loaded or even which end of the squirrel was used…..
338 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 8:17:05am |
339 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:17:32am |
re: #334 FemNaziBitch
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340 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:17:46am |
341 | piratedan May 29, 2014 8:18:56am |
re: #336 A Mom Anon
well it has been floated that places have been posting jobs without any real intent on filling the positions. Know that it was done at the former workplace to imply that you’ll all just have to work harder and be assured that the company is doing everything they cane to address the situation…. yada yada yada
342 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:19:25am |
Harvard alums refuse to donate until school addresses sexual assaults http://t.co/VZ6e9yWlKF— New York Trends (@NY_Trends) May 29, 2014
343 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:20:22am |
This won’t turn out well (no pun intended).
Greenpeace ship arrives at the Arctic location where Norway’s Statoil is planning to drill the world’s most northerly oil well, ahead of the company’s rig which was making its way to the site - @Reuters
End of alert
344 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 8:21:33am |
re: #327 Justanotherhuman
Oh, STFU, Gwyneth. Go cleanse your bowels or something.
She will. As soon as she is finished hand-picking stone ground oat particles and measuring each and every one for the proper moisture content to make some awesome oat bran muffins!
(Any wonder why lead singer dude from Cold Play and her split? And, I really do not like Cold Play either…but I felt sorry for him!)
345 | nsmith25 May 29, 2014 8:21:59am |
346 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 8:22:12am |
re: #342 FemNaziBitch
Isn’t Harvard’s current endowment income ahead of the GNP of a bunch of countries at this point?
347 | MomSense May 29, 2014 8:22:15am |
re: #336 A Mom Anon
I meant to tell you when I saw a comment about your resume on a long ago thread that I went through the job re-entry process (yes, re-entry is a bitch!!) about 5 years ago. I separated my resume into volunteer experience and then job experience. It allowed me to put all the committees, skills, etc that I had done without being paid so they could see what kinds of things I could do. It helped a lot.
348 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:22:44am |
Cool story but how am I supposed to get work done today? Also, my laptop fan is suffocating with grey fur. pic.twitter.com/17kAxYQJtz— Victorian Prude (@VictorianPrude) May 29, 2014
349 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 8:23:18am |
re: #323 Sergey Romanov
I would think all Ukrainian institutions are full of pro-Russian moles. Heck, the former SBU head (under Yanuk) is a former Russian citizen. Absurd but true.
Good point
351 | lawhawk May 29, 2014 8:23:49am |
re: #328 HappyWarrior
I still have wounds from the first battle of facebook in 2005.
Tis but a flesh wound. I have wounds still healing from the great MassRelay and bitnet wars of 1989. /
352 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:24:17am |
re: #346 Feline Fearless Leader
Isn’t Harvard’s current endowment income ahead of the GNP of a bunch of countries at this point?
Not sure myself. I think the alum withholding funds is more ceremonial at this point. Just about any tactic to shame the Univeristies to take sexual assault seriously is welcome. JUST ABOUT.
353 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:24:35am |
re: #351 lawhawk
Tis but a flesh wound. I have wounds still healing from the great MassRelay and bitnet wars of 1989. /
Lifer.
354 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:25:27am |
re: #325 Sergey Romanov
wait what
voiceofrussia.com
Holy crap, their plans for world domination are coming out. : ) You’d think they were still communists or something.
355 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 8:25:50am |
356 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 8:26:06am |
Everybody would be working for sub-#minimumwage except the CEO's. @SteveWorks4You #jobs #tcot #Texas #UniteBlue— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 29, 2014
357 | makeitstop May 29, 2014 8:26:13am |
re: #324 Pie-onist Overlord
GWYNETH IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF YOUR MEAN TWEETS!!!!!
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Poor thing is probably so distraught, she can barely order the help around.
/
358 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:26:43am |
re: #355 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, but the ones you really gotta watch for are raccoons.
Racoons use squirrels that way?
359 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 8:26:51am |
re: #330 MomSense
Isn’t it frustrating that our media are so out of it?! I wish just one national reporter would ask Flake and McCain if anyone in their offices had received any complaints or questions about wait times at the VA in Phoenix. I wouldn’t mind knowing when and/or how often those Senators visited the Phoenix VA. I haven’t checked any local news sites to see if they have pursued this angle.
I’ve come to the conclusion we don’t have a news media anymore. It’s all entertainment. Once there were 7 billion cable stations and millions of internet sites…hard questioning, digging for facts and really going for a story went out the window.
Everyone is in it for the advertising ratings, and since the audiences are split over so many outlets now, they can’t do anything to upset one viewer lest it hit their ratings points and kills their ad revenue.
360 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:27:19am |
re: #359 ObserverArt
I’ve come to the conclusion we don’t have a news media anymore. It’s all entertainment. Once there were 7 billion cable stations and millions of internet sites…hard questioning, digging for facts and really going for a story went out the window.
Everyone is in it for the advertising ratings, and since the audiences are split over so many outlets now, they can’t do anything to upset one viewer lest it hit their ratings points and kills their ad revenue.
It’s a product that is sold.
361 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:27:48am |
Family Research Council Prays To Stop LGBT Pride Month http://t.co/g9wDFafaoO via @RightWingWatch— politicalgrrls (@PoliticalGrrls) May 29, 2014
362 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:28:17am |
In Pakistan, 5 Hindu kids “coming back from school” are kidnapped by militants http://t.co/Bn8zHsXain h-t @TarekFatah pic.twitter.com/Gd85KBlQjb— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) May 29, 2014
363 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 8:29:05am |
re: #352 FemNaziBitch
Not sure myself. I think the alum withholding funds is more ceremonial at this point. Just about any tactic to shame the Univeristies to take sexual assault seriously is welcome. JUST ABOUT.
True. Symbolic actions do have some meaning.
364 | William Barnett-Lewis May 29, 2014 8:29:14am |
re: #355 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, but the ones you really gotta watch for are raccoons.
I am _SO_ looking forward to that movie.
365 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:29:25am |
A sign on a door in DonOGA: “NKVD”.
??? ? ?????? ????? ????????. ?????? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ?????. pic.twitter.com/n0rDijCxsV— ?????????? (@euromaidan) May 29, 2014
366 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 8:30:25am |
As Obama Draws Down, Al Qaeda Grows in Afghanistan
American forces are headed for the exit in Afghanistan. But new U.S. intelligence assessments say that the terrorist threat there is on the rise.
367 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:30:54am |
re: #359 ObserverArt
I’ve come to the conclusion we don’t have a news media anymore. It’s all entertainment. Once there were 7 billion cable stations and millions of internet sites…hard questioning, digging for facts and really going for a story went out the window.
Everyone is in it for the advertising ratings, and since the audiences are split over so many outlets now, they can’t do anything to upset one viewer lest it hit their ratings points and kills their ad revenue.
I haven’t had cable in 3 yrs, and was flipping through the channels at both my granddaughter’s and DIL’s houses. Interestingly, for every channel I recognized, there were probably 20 I didn’t. Lots of infomercial channels, from both corps and individuals shilling their shit, along with quite a number of religious channels.
I think I made the right decision not to keep cable.
368 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 8:31:05am |
re: #358 FemNaziBitch
Racoons use squirrels that way?
I don’t know about squirrels, but I’ve heard tell that raccoons and sentient tree-like creatures get along pretty well.
369 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:31:11am |
re: #366 Killgore Trout
There’s nothing anyone can do about it.
370 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:31:18am |
re: #361 FemNaziBitch
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Pray not to end poverty and hungry but LGBT pride month. Glad you care about what’s really important in this world FRC. Not hungry kids or people making but a fraction you do but a gay pride month.
371 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:31:41am |
WI DMV Official Likens Immigrants to “Satan.” @GovWalker Lies About Firing Him. Official Sues Gov. http://t.co/FyaFeI3Ddt #wiunion #uppers— America United (@Progress2day) May 29, 2014
372 | William Barnett-Lewis May 29, 2014 8:32:34am |
re: #365 Sergey Romanov
O_O
to put it mildly.
(of course I had a dudebro try to tell me that the NSA was worse than the Cheka/NKVD/KGB so I had to give him a brief history lesson which reminded me of what fine people they were … not.)
373 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:32:47am |
High school Photoshops yearbook photos to make female students' outfits more “appropriate”: http://t.co/Utt6KnDffj pic.twitter.com/soDc7sOK6K— Bustle (@bustle) May 29, 2014
374 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 8:33:19am |
375 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 8:33:25am |
A Mom Anon
My husband got his offer letter and new hire paperwork this week. All that’s left is the drug test, credit check and background check. He should be getting the info for all that stuff tomorrow.
Sheesh.
We should probably all go to work for these people doing the drug, credit and background tests. not sure if /
376 | A Mom Anon May 29, 2014 8:33:28am |
re: #335 HappyWarrior
I really wish people would think before running the yap. I get wanting an explanation for horrible things, but scapegoating people is dangerous and irresponsible. Thanks for the link, I’m sure it’ll come in handy, lol.
I knew that Asperger’s had been removed from the diagnostic manual, but that doesn’t mean it went away. I honestly haven’t looked to see what the new classification is, I’m sure I’ll have to at some point.
377 | FemNaziBitch May 29, 2014 8:34:17am |
World's first “elfie”? This is what happened when a zoo elephant found a visitor's phone http://t.co/TnYPK2Cv2z pic.twitter.com/3xDwfHJBt6— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 29, 2014
378 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:34:55am |
re: #374 Killgore Trout
It’s better to cut losses and use drones and whatever that try to repeat USSR’s mistakes (and fate).
379 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 8:35:09am |
re: #373 FemNaziBitch
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Lol. For me it was one of those “when you see it pics”. I spent 30 seconds comparing cleavage in the 2 pics before I realized they covered her shoulders.
380 | piratedan May 29, 2014 8:35:55am |
re: #358 FemNaziBitch
squirrels are the gateway critter to raccoons…..
381 | William Barnett-Lewis May 29, 2014 8:36:44am |
re: #366 Killgore Trout
Be sure to thank W for that fact. We lost the war when he shifted forces to a needless war in Iraq.
382 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 8:36:51am |
re: #369 Sergey Romanov
There’s nothing anyone can do about it.
Not according to William “The Bloody” Kristol……
383 | Killgore Trout May 29, 2014 8:36:51am |
re: #378 Sergey Romanov
It’s better to cut losses and use drones and whatever that try to repeat USSR’s mistakes (and fate).
That could work but the article mentions that part of the underlying problem is drone strikes (particularly in Pakistan) have reduced recently.
384 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:37:04am |
re: #376 A Mom Anon
I really wish people would think before running the yap. I get wanting an explanation for horrible things, but scapegoating people is dangerous and irresponsible. Thanks for the link, I’m sure it’ll come in handy, lol.
I knew that Asperger’s had been removed from the diagnostic manual, but that doesn’t mean it went away. I honestly haven’t looked to see what the new classification is, I’m sure I’ll have to at some point.
What’s really annoying are people who don’t know anything calling Asperger’s and autism “fads.” Not a problem though. But yeah I heard about the removal from the manual. Hard to keep up since so relatively little was known when I was younger. Still want to find out as much as I can.
385 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 8:37:53am |
re: #380 piratedan
squirrels are the gateway critter to raccoons…..
And then on to honey badgers.
Time to really get the day going…later LGFers.
386 | blueraven May 29, 2014 8:38:04am |
re: #378 Sergey Romanov
It’s better to cut losses and use drones and whatever that try to repeat USSR’s mistakes (and fate).
You would think after 13 years that would be evident.
387 | Lidane May 29, 2014 8:38:14am |
Well that wen’t pretty well. It was a screening call for a marketing role at a tech company here in town. The recruiter thinks I’m a solid match and that my education and experience would bump me to the higher levels of the salary they have budgeted for the position. And he agreed with me that it’s basically something I’ve been doing for ages, so training would be a matter of bringing me up to speed on their practices and their products.
He’s sold on me as a candidate to move forward. Tomorrow he’s meeting with the hiring manager to discuss who they want to go ahead and I’ll know soon if they want to bring me in for more interviews.
388 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 8:38:26am |
re: #364 William Barnett-Lewis
I am _SO_ looking forward to that movie.
So am I; I’m also hoping it’s a success - and a good film - to see how the naysayers react. There’s something of an argument among the Marvel fanboys about it…..many of them want Marvel to focus on the well-known titles for film releases, but personally, I don’t see the harm in giving a lesser-known property some exposure.
389 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 8:39:26am |
LGBT Pride Month - On Call2Fall Sunday, June 29th, the very day believers and churches across America will fall to their knees to pray for our nation, those who self-identify as homosexuals will be celebrating “LGBT Pride Day,” a grand finale for June’s observance of “LGBT Pride Month.”
On the very day that believers and churches will fall to their knees to pray for our mighty American nation, teh gays are going to celebrate sin!!! Teh gays are doing this on the very day just to be spiteful and hateful!!1 //
390 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:41:06am |
Well on June 29th, I will be in Dublin and I will do a toast to the failure of the FRC now and forever.
391 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:41:54am |
re: #384 HappyWarrior
What’s really annoying are people who don’t know anything calling Asperger’s and autism “fads.” Not a problem though. But yeah I heard about the removal from the manual. Hard to keep up since so relatively little was known when I was younger. Still want to find out as much as I can.
There are no “perfect” people in the world. We all try to blow ourselves up in a nice presentation, whether physical or mental, but the fact remains that we are all products of our genes and we are all flawed in some way, some more obviously than others and some not even diagnosed who therefore can’t get help. Therefore, it’s always incumbent on us to respect the humanity of others—totally and regardless of what condition they’re in, whether diagnosed or not. Science is evolving as well as we are, and to try to fault people for who they are is an exercise in hate and ignorance.
393 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:45:32am |
re: #383 Killgore Trout
That could work but the article mentions that part of the underlying problem is drone strikes (particularly in Pakistan) have reduced recently.
IMHO drones should be used sparingly and as a last resort. Anyway, that’s neither for you, nor for me to decide. As much as I empathize with the “normal” folks in Afghanistan, it’s gonna be a swamp in many senses for decades to come and it doesn’t seem to be a problem that can be solved militarily.
394 | A Mom Anon May 29, 2014 8:46:21am |
re: #375 Bulworth
I had to agree to the same just to fill out an online application for a part time job. Not to mention the 100 plus questions in a “personality profile” you have to fill out in addition to the actual application. For a part time job making no more than 8 bucks an hour to start. It’s ridiculous.
395 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:46:21am |
re: #387 Lidane
Well that wen’t pretty well. It was a screening call for a marketing role at a tech company here in town. The recruiter thinks I’m a solid match and that my education and experience would bump me to the higher levels of the salary they have budgeted for the position. And he agreed with me that it’s basically something I’ve been doing for ages, so training would be a matter of bringing me up to speed on their practices and their products.
He’s sold on me as a candidate to move forward. Tomorrow he’s meeting with the hiring manager to discuss who they want to go ahead and I’ll know soon if they want to bring me in for more interviews.
The very word “interviews” is something I only experienced a couple of times, both in corporate situations, once in HR and finally in the dept in which I’d be working and done by the mgr. No one else had input, no matter who I wound up working for. I don’t know if these multiple interviews is good or bad, but it’s certainly wearing on the person who has to go through it.
396 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 8:47:32am |
re: #387 Lidane
Well that wen’t pretty well. It was a screening call for a marketing role at a tech company here in town. The recruiter thinks I’m a solid match and that my education and experience would bump me to the higher levels of the salary they have budgeted for the position. And he agreed with me that it’s basically something I’ve been doing for ages, so training would be a matter of bringing me up to speed on their practices and their products.
He’s sold on me as a candidate to move forward. Tomorrow he’s meeting with the hiring manager to discuss who they want to go ahead and I’ll know soon if they want to bring me in for more interviews.
I hate these long dragged out processes.
Maybe you should tell them that you have other offers.
397 | palomino May 29, 2014 8:48:41am |
re: #369 Sergey Romanov
There’s nothing anyone can do about it.
Indeed, those who bother to read the article will see that it makes that exact point.
398 | Lidane May 29, 2014 8:50:06am |
re: #396 Pie-onist Overlord
I hate these long dragged out processes.
Maybe you should tell them that you have other offers.
If they want me to move forward, I will definitely consider it. I can’t stand doing the Interview Obstacle Course. First the recruiter screening. Then the hiring manager’s first call to see if they like me. Then the in-person interview to meet the hiring manager and/or the team face to face. Then maybe another conversation with a different manager only to be rejected. It’s obnoxious. Bleah.
399 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 8:51:15am |
ANTI-CHOICERS STOP CO-OPTING THE HOLOCAUST FOR YOUR STUPID SHIT.
We've killed over 8 times as many humans as Hitler killed Jews. The Jewish holocaust pales in comparison! #tcot— Sanctity Human Life (@SOHLTC) May 29, 2014
400 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:51:46am |
re: #396 Pie-onist Overlord
I hate these long dragged out processes.
Maybe you should tell them that you have other offers.
And they’re probably totally unnessary. Doesn’t the company know what kind of employee they’re looking for, qualifications, etc, without resorting to every Tom, Dick and Harriett having input?
401 | A Mom Anon May 29, 2014 8:51:54am |
re: #384 HappyWarrior
And there’s this rush now to blame being an asshole or lacking in social skills on being autistic. “Oh, I can’t get a date or can’t make friends, so I must be autistic”. Yeah, ok, you also most likely are REALLY an asshole. I want to just slap the nonsense out of people who do that shit. Or using autistic in the same hurtful context as “retard”. Gah!
I will concede one tiny thing though. In every group of people, every classification we make for ourselves, there’s going to be jerks, assholes and assorted douchecanoes. Including autistic people. But to run to this bullshit diagnosis every time there’s a tragedy of this magnitude solves nothing.
402 | Eclectic Cyborg May 29, 2014 8:53:37am |
re: #326 Pie-onist Overlord
Sorry Gwynnie you are only the SECOND MOAST IMPORTANT THING IN TEH UNIVERSE.
Actually I understand she’s #3 behind Snowden and Greenwald.
403 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 8:54:49am |
We’ve killed over 8 times as many humans as Hitler killed Jews. The Jewish holocaust pales in comparison!
Hmmm, I wonder how we could reduce the number of abortions? Would birth control work? Hey, just asking questions here…
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404 | Eclectic Cyborg May 29, 2014 8:55:08am |
405 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 8:56:24am |
re: #357 makeitstop
Poor thing is probably so distraught, she can barely order the help around.
/
People just don’t understand what a rough life she has!
406 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:56:52am |
re: #401 A Mom Anon
And there’s this rush now to blame being an asshole or lacking in social skills on being autistic. “Oh, I can’t get a date or can’t make friends, so I must be autistic”. Yeah, ok, you also most likely are REALLY an asshole. I want to just slap the nonsense out of people who do that shit. Or using autistic in the same hurtful context as “retard”. Gah!
I will concede one tiny thing though. In every group of people, every classification we make for ourselves, there’s going to be jerks, assholes and assorted douchecanoes. Including autistic people. But to run to this bullshit diagnosis every time there’s a tragedy of this magnitude solves nothing.
Precisely and I’ve encountered my share of douches on the spectrum over the years that have had similar albeit not the violence of Elliott Rodger when it comes to women and dating. I have had a tough in the dating scene I will be the first to concede but I don’t blame women for that especially women I don’t even know. I think far too often when a tragedy like Isla Vista or Sandy Hook happens, it’s easy just to say “Oh he was crazy” or “He was such and such label” to distance ourselves from it.
407 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 8:58:37am |
re: #403 Bulworth
We’ve killed over 8 times as many humans as Hitler killed Jews. The Jewish holocaust pales in comparison!
Hmmm, I wonder how we could reduce the number of abortions? Would birth control work? Hey, just asking questions here…
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Birth control, programs that help unwed mothers. Not telling rape victims that they deserved it and were sluts because they were such and such or had the nerve to enjoy a drink. You know everything that the right thinks is ruining the “culture of masculinity.”
408 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 8:58:59am |
I remember when the phrase “good fit” came into usage. At the time, I thought it was pretty ridiculous, since it made me feel like a puzzle piece or an article of clothing. Or something besides a human being.
“We think you would be a good fit.”
“We don’t think this job would be a good fit for you.”
Just tell me you don’t think I have the qualifications or whatever. And not in bullshit language.
409 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 8:59:06am |
re: #399 Pie-onist Overlord
ANTI-CHOICERS STOP CO-OPTING THE HOLOCAUST FOR YOUR STUPID SHIT.
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So why is he counting only the Jewish victims? Is he trying to convince Jews?
410 | Eclectic Cyborg May 29, 2014 8:59:39am |
re: #373 FemNaziBitch
This was in Utah. Surprise, surprise. I knew it’d be a deep red state.
Honestly I think that’s dumb because, as another lizard has already pointed out, guys aren’t really that interested in looking at a girls bare shoulders.
411 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:00:02am |
re: #409 Sergey Romanov
So why is he counting only the Jewish victims? Is he trying to convince Jews?
I think that could be simple ignorance. A lot of people don’t know about the Roma victims or in the case of the gay victims black it out of their minds because of their own hate.
412 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 9:00:05am |
re: #408 Justanotherhuman
I remember when the phrase “good fit” came into usage. At the time, I thought it was pretty ridiculous, since it made me feel like a puzzle piece or an article of clothing. Or something besides a human being.
“We think you would be a good fit.”
“We don’t think this job would be a good fit for you.”
Just tell me you don’t think I have the qualifications or whatever. And not in bullshit language.
“You’re not a good fit” = “You are too Black/Brown/Female”
413 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:02:19am |
re: #411 HappyWarrior
I think that could be simple ignorance. A lot of people don’t know about the Roma victims or in the case of the gay victims black it out of their minds because of their own hate.
Or that Hitler is responsible for more non-Jewish deaths than the Jewish ones.
414 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 9:02:46am |
A recruiter used that “not a good fit” line on me when I interviewed for a GM contract in a shop full of young white penis-Americans. They thought I couldn’t possible be that much “into cars.”
415 | Eclectic Cyborg May 29, 2014 9:02:52am |
Also, I’d like to point out the logic fail of the “false flag” people as it relates to mass shootings.
These kind of incidents have been getting major media attention since the mid to late 1990s.
So apparently these people believe every mass shooting from Columbine onward has been engineered to attempt to get gun control laws passed.
The problem is that if this were true, it would mean this plan has been a catastrophic failure since none of those shootings have resulted in many changes to gun laws. It would also mean the “gun grabbers” are apparently content to keep bodies piling up in pursuit of a goal they haven’t even come remotely close to reaching.
416 | Decatur Deb May 29, 2014 9:03:19am |
re: #410 Eclectic Cyborg
This was in Utah. Surprise, surprise. I knew it’d be a deep red state.
Honestly I think that’s dumb because, as another lizard has already pointed out, guys aren’t really that interested in looking at a girls bare shoulders.
Shoulders are a LDS issue. Check photos of the extended Romney family or (in the extreme) the FLDS wives.
417 | Eclectic Cyborg May 29, 2014 9:04:08am |
re: #411 HappyWarrior
I think that could be simple ignorance. A lot of people don’t know about the Roma victims or in the case of the gay victims black it out of their minds because of their own hate.
Could also be not a very good understanding of history. Some people who have just basic info on the Holocaust might believe it was only Jews who were killed because that’s usually what it’s commonly tied to.
418 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:04:11am |
re: #413 Sergey Romanov
Or that Hitler is responsible for more non-Jewish deaths than the Jewish ones.
You want to really dumb found them point out that Hitler killed millions of communists and socialists too. There’s a lot of people in this country who have convinced themselves that the Nazis were a left wing movement.
419 | Eclectic Cyborg May 29, 2014 9:04:34am |
re: #416 Decatur Deb
Shoulders are a LDS issue. Check photos of the extended Romney family or (in the extreme) the FLDS wives.
*shakes head*
Wow.
420 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 9:04:48am |
re: #416 Decatur Deb
Shoulders are a LDS issue. Check photos of the extended Romney family or (in the extreme) the FLDS wives.
Elbows too, for some.
421 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 9:05:04am |
re: #415 Eclectic Cyborg
Good points. And one other point: gun laws today are less restrictive than ever before in recent history.
422 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 9:06:34am |
Has there ever been a real “false flag op” in U.S. history, ever?
423 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:06:42am |
re: #418 HappyWarrior
Not sure how many of ~18-19,000,000 dead non-military Soviets (incl. ~3.000,000 Jews) were socialists or communists, and that hardly matters. Add the victims outside the USSR and you get the picture.
424 | lawhawk May 29, 2014 9:06:54am |
@BreakingNews @LizSzabo thanks antivaxxers who've misled people into thinking vaccines are bad; scourges reappear with deadly consequences— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 29, 2014
425 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 9:07:59am |
Pie-onist Overlord
A recruiter used that “not a good fit” line on me when I interviewed for a GM contract in a shop full of young white penis-Americans. They thought I couldn’t possible be that much “into cars.”
“Only real masculine manly mens knows anything about the cars and mechanical thingamajigs.”
426 | Decatur Deb May 29, 2014 9:08:17am |
re: #422 Pie-onist Overlord
Has there ever been a real “false flag op” in U.S. history, ever?
Boston tea party, but no one would emulate that.
427 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:08:57am |
re: #412 Pie-onist Overlord
“You’re not a good fit” = “You are too Black/Brown/Female”
Yeah, that race thing. I used to tell minority women I knew who actually had the qualifications to apply to the law firm that fired me in 1994 (the sr partner said he’d never hire a Black person). I would tell them when they showed up to ask for an application if I had to fill in the front desk for some reason (I was the only paralegal who had to do that).
I told the ones I knew they were probably as qualified as any person already there (since he hired on “appearance” more than actual qualifications more than a few times) and if they didn’t get called back or actually get hired, to file an EEOC complaint. Evidently, after I left (and had filed both a sex & race complaint of my own when I was fired and got a settlement), the face of that office changed considerably, although only at the clerical level. They still don’t have any female or Black lawyers, though. Every one of the people I used to work with, even the younger ones, are no longer there.
428 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:09:35am |
re: #423 Sergey Romanov
Not sure how many of ~18-19,000,000 dead non-military Soviets (incl. ~3.000,000 Jews) were socialists or communists, and that hardly matters. Add the victims outside the USSR and you get the picture.
Right. And to go with that, the more I learn about the Nazis, the more upset I get at people throwing out trivial comparisons.
430 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:10:04am |
re: #422 Pie-onist Overlord
Has there ever been a real “false flag op” in U.S. history, ever?
Dunno about the real ones, but the mentality was certainly there, so I wouldn’t outright exclude the possibility.
431 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:10:31am |
re: #422 Pie-onist Overlord
Has there ever been a real “false flag op” in U.S. history, ever?
Does the time I cheated in Capture the Flag count?//
432 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 9:11:41am |
re: #425 Bulworth
Pie-onist Overlord
“Only real masculine manly mens knows anything about the cars and mechanical thingamajigs.”
LOL there was a Mustang commercial a couple of years ago that totally MISSED THE MARK. They showed a bunch of random people—girl in red boots, bicycle guy in green shirt, tattooed food service worker, little 7-year-old girl WTF—none of whom could afford a Mustang, but did not include “Little Old Lady In Blue Hat” who could actually walk into a dealership and put cash down and drive out in a new Mustang.
433 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 9:16:30am |
Dr. Ben Carson, brain surgeon and guest star speaker at the All American Conservative Political Action Committee Conference that excludes teh gay and hates Muslims and libtard Amercians who live on the leftish enclaves on the coasts wishes all you libtards and Saul Alinsky types and everyone who doesn’t have the same tax liability as the good doctor would stop dividing real Americans so we can all be One Nation, except for teh gays and President Obama and the Democrat Party.
434 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 9:16:37am |
re: #422 Pie-onist Overlord
Has there ever been a real “false flag op” in U.S. history, ever?
Of course. When George Bush knocked down those towers in NYC!
~ Rosie
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435 | BeenHereAwhile May 29, 2014 9:16:58am |
re: #333 HappyWarrior
re: #332 Pie-onist Overlord
“I get PTSD from the Usenet Wars of the ‘90’s.”
Heh.
Being able to cancel posts is a good thing.
436 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:17:41am |
re: #433 Bulworth
Dr. Ben Carson, brain surgeon and guest star speaker at the All American Conservative Political Action Committee Conference that excludes teh gay and hates Muslims and libtard Amercians who live on the leftish enclaves on the coasts wishes all you libtards and Saul Alinsky types and everyone who doesn’t have the same tax liability as the good doctor would stop dividing real Americans so we can all be One Nation, except for teh gays and President Obama and the Democrat Party.
Carson really thinks this will get him nominated for president doesn’t he? Sad, such an obviously brilliant mind in neuroscience but apparently a complete jackass in every other field.
437 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 9:20:17am |
Carson really thinks this will get him nominated for president doesn’t he?
And the whole “God has plans for me…”
Smh.
438 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:21:33am |
This is a good thing, but wait for the complaints.
President Obama calls for change to youth sporting culture that says ‘you suck it up’ when it comes to health and concussions - @kwelkernbc
see original on twitter.com
439 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:21:36am |
re: #437 Bulworth
And the whole “God has plans for me…”
Smh.
God had a plan for Michelle Bachmann too that involved her looking too crazy for even Republican primary voters.
440 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 9:22:44am |
President Obama calls for change to youth sporting culture that says ‘you suck it up’ when it comes to health and concussions -
OMG war on Mens, Obama hates Amercia, wimp culture America decline Weakness!! ManUP!!
441 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:24:21am |
re: #440 Bulworth
OMG war on Mens, Obama hates Amercia, wimp culture America decline Weakness!! ManUP!!
Right that’s exactly what’s going to happen and it’s going to come from the fine example of masculinity Limbaugh who used a pimple on his fat ass to get out of military service.
442 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:24:56am |
Meh.
Report: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has offered $1.8 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a person familiar with Ballmer’s interest in the NBA team - @Forbes
Read more on forbes.com
Again, petty cash for someone who already is worth $21B.
444 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 9:26:42am |
re: #442 Justanotherhuman
Meh.
Report: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has offered $1.8 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a person familiar with Ballmer’s interest in the NBA team - @Forbes
Read more on forbes.comAgain, petty cash for someone who already is worth $21B.
I’m looking forward to the new Clippers-Blazers rivarly borne of Microsoft billionaires looking to one-up each other.
Kidding, sort of.
445 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:27:02am |
One of the best snopes-like sites for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is stopfake.org
It debunks rumors and propaganda and not only from the Russian side, which fact shows its objectivity. It also has an English version (not complete): stopfake.org
446 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:27:56am |
You tell ‘em, Nancy.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says Edward Snowden’s actions were not ‘patriotic’ and the US should not set a loose precedent in its handling of them - @NBCNews
End of alert
447 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 9:28:14am |
Russian propaganda gets more and more bizarre… “Polish Death Squads Fighting in Ukraine.” http://t.co/bLeCcdW3qr via @grtvnews— Rados?aw Sikorski (@sikorskiradek) May 29, 2014
449 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 9:30:39am |
re: #447 NJDhockeyfan
The Putin government really, really doesn’t like Poland. Is it because of Walesa and Solidarity being the first crack in the Iron Curtain? Pope John Paul II? Poland being an Eastern European heavyweight that has chosen a western path instead of a Russian one? All of the above?
450 | Rightwingconspirator May 29, 2014 9:32:16am |
re: #432 Pie-onist Overlord
LOL there was a Mustang commercial a couple of years ago that totally MISSED THE MARK. They showed a bunch of random people—girl in red boots, bicycle guy in green shirt, tattooed food service worker, little 7-year-old girl WTF—none of whom could afford a Mustang, but did not include “Little Old Lady In Blue Hat” who could actually walk into a dealership and put cash down and drive out in a new Mustang.
Remember the perhaps mythical Chevy Nova story? Tried to sell it in Mexico despite the name meaning No Go in spanish?
451 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:32:26am |
re: #449 Ian G.
The Putin government really, really doesn’t like Poland. Is it because of Walesa and Solidarity being the first crack in the Iron Curtain? Pope John Paul II? Poland being an Eastern European heavyweight that has chosen a western path instead of a Russian one? All of the above?
Plus, they’re on Ukraine’s side in all of this. And Russia actually thinks Ukraine belongs to Russia.
452 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:32:47am |
re: #449 Ian G.
The Putin government really, really doesn’t like Poland. Is it because of Walesa and Solidarity being the first crack in the Iron Curtain? Pope John Paul II? Poland being an Eastern European heavyweight that has chosen a western path instead of a Russian one? All of the above?
None of this and paradoxically all of this. None of this in particular, but all of the above are details of the historical Russian-Polish enmity.
453 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:33:10am |
re: #450 Rightwingconspirator
Remember the perhaps mythical Chevy Nova story? Tried to sell it in mexico despite the name meaning No Go in spanish?
No va! No va!
454 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:35:23am |
Yet another NKVD sign somewhere in Donetsk:
??? - ??? ??????? ??????? ????????. pic.twitter.com/PPfgFav11T— ?????????? (@euromaidan) May 29, 2014
455 | BeenHereAwhile May 29, 2014 9:37:08am |
re: #450 Rightwingconspirator
Remember the perhaps mythical Chevy Nova story? Tried to sell it in Mexico despite the name meaning No Go in spanish?
What happens if it exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit?
456 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 9:37:44am |
re: #454 Sergey Romanov
Yet another NKVD sign somewhere in Donetsk:
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With a photo of Felix Dzerzhinsky to drive the point home, presumably.
457 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 9:39:28am |
458 | Bubblehead II May 29, 2014 9:39:44am |
re: #361 FemNaziBitch
FRC just trying to get one up on the AFA.
American Family Association: Don’t Open Letters With Harvey Milk Stamp
Incensed by the release of a postage stamp honoring Harvey Milk, the American Family Association is urging its members not only to avoid purchasing the stamp…but to refuse to accept or open any letter or package postmarked with one.
Wonder how well that would go over if the recipient knew what was in the letter/package and wanted it?
459 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 9:39:47am |
re: #431 HappyWarrior
Does the time I cheated in Capture the Flag count?//
I cheated once as well. It was a paintball match: USN vs. USMC. The ref came to our side (USN) and gave us the instructions and then went to the USMC side to provide the same instructions. While he was doing that I snuck off and took a secured and elevated position to their left flank. It was shooting fish in a barrel when the ref blew the whistle.
460 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 9:40:37am |
re: #458 Bubblehead II
FRC just trying to get one up on the AFA.
American Family Association: Don’t Open Letters With Harvey Milk Stamp
Incensed by the release of a postage stamp honoring Harvey Milk, the American Family Association is urging its members not only to avoid purchasing the stamp…but to refuse to accept or open any letter or package postmarked with one.
Wonder how well that would go over if the recipient knew what was in the letter/package and wanted it?
What morons.
461 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 9:40:43am |
re: #437 Bulworth
And the whole “God has plans for me…”
Smh.
God “told” Frothy and Crazy Eyes the same plan as well.
462 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:41:30am |
re: #456 Dr Lizardo
With a photo of Felix Dzerzhinsky to drive the point home, presumably.
Interestingly, had Felix not died so early, he might have tasted the full measure of the NKVD “basement justice”, being an Old Bolshevik and all that.
463 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 9:41:39am |
Russian terrorists build massive checkpoint walls outside #Donetsk airport. https://t.co/ed103IfrPo pic.twitter.com/MBOErkZUY2— ConflictReporter (@MiddleEast_BRK) May 29, 2014
464 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:43:21am |
Anyone who uses these things is a moron.
Tanning beds, sun lamps will carry new warnings that they should not be used by anyone under age 18 as the federal government works to reduce rising rates of skin cancer linked to the radiation-emitting devices - @AP
End of alert
465 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 9:44:21am |
466 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:44:34am |
re: #458 Bubblehead II
FRC just trying to get one up on the AFA.
American Family Association: Don’t Open Letters With Harvey Milk Stamp
Incensed by the release of a postage stamp honoring Harvey Milk, the American Family Association is urging its members not only to avoid purchasing the stamp…but to refuse to accept or open any letter or package postmarked with one.
Wonder how well that would go over if the recipient knew what was in the letter/package and wanted it?
Christ it’s a gay guy on a postage stamp. I mean I’d understand the anger if someone were telling the AFA they can’t marry who they love because of a minority group who thinks only their voice should be heard.
467 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 9:44:54am |
Vostok Battalion has cleared #Donetsk govt building of DNR, razed its barricades and is now in control. Important to note: they're Russians.
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) May 29, 2014
468 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 9:44:57am |
CA man’s treatment for dozens of tumors not medically necessary, insurance carrier says
A northern California man said his insurance carrier refused to pay for treatment of more than a dozen tumors, reported KPIX-TV.
[…]
But the family’s health insurance carrier, Anthem Blue Cross, sent them a letter that arrived Tuesday denying coverage for the hospital stay, saying the treatments did not meet the criteria for medical necessity.
“I would call saving my husband’s life medically necessary,” Keating said.
But, remember, Obamacare has death panels.
469 | Decatur Deb May 29, 2014 9:45:11am |
470 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 9:45:23am |
re: #466 HappyWarrior
Christ it’s a gay guy on a postage stamp. I mean I’d understand the anger if someone were telling the AFA they can’t marry who they love because of a minority group who thinks only their voice should be heard.
*Sends million dollar donation with said stamp to AFA*
Trollolol.
471 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:45:36am |
re: #458 Bubblehead II
FRC just trying to get one up on the AFA.
American Family Association: Don’t Open Letters With Harvey Milk Stamp
Incensed by the release of a postage stamp honoring Harvey Milk, the American Family Association is urging its members not only to avoid purchasing the stamp…but to refuse to accept or open any letter or package postmarked with one.
Wonder how well that would go over if the recipient knew what was in the letter/package and wanted it?
And cut off your ears if you hear something by Mercury or Tchaikovsky.
472 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:45:45am |
re: #462 Sergey Romanov
Interestingly, had Felix not died so early, he might have tasted the full measure of the NKVD “basement justice”, being an Old Bolshevik and all that.
Remember hearing a proverb when I saw a documentary on Russian history but “The closer to the czar(referring to Ivan the Terrible) the closer to death. One could say the same thing about the early Bolsheviks under Stalin.
473 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:46:10am |
re: #470 Varek Raith
*Sends million dollar donation with said stamp to AFA*
Trollolol.
Oh you brilliant bastard.
474 | allegro May 29, 2014 9:46:52am |
475 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:47:16am |
Refuse to look at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre.
Look down at the ground in the Sistine Chapel and avoid the ceiling.
476 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:47:59am |
re: #472 HappyWarrior
Remember hearing a proverb when I saw a documentary on Russian history but “The closer to the czar(referring to Ivan the Terrible) the closer to death. One could say the same thing about the early Bolsheviks under Stalin.
Actually Stalin said very explicitly around 1952 or so: for the ppl in MGB there are only 2 ways - up the career ladder or to the jail.
478 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 9:48:30am |
Just a small sample of the insane Derp of climate change denial:
Climate alarmist say 30% of US under moderate drought conditions, which isn't that bad since 31% of the US is desert. #tcot #teaparty #pjnet— SNITFIT (@Snitfit) May 29, 2014
#2016CampaignGroundRules: “If we took the politics out of “climate change” alarmism - we wouldn’t hear the alarm at all!” #tcot— Janie Johnson (@jjauthor) May 29, 2014
Opportunists are using “climate change” to justify power-grabs: http://t.co/SXVon7PQtp #copolitics #tcot #tlot pic.twitter.com/lEz8hwU7e0— AFPColorado (@AFPColorado) May 29, 2014
With Obama focused on school lunches and “climate change,” the economy is sliding back toward recession. http://t.co/7F8jLYyyix #tcot #gop— Rep. Steve Stockman (@SteveWorks4You) May 29, 2014
From Global Warming to Climate Change…. they will change the name until people “like” it enough to cough up money for it #tcot #tcot— Cool Car Guy (@JoeSixpackSays) May 29, 2014
How to handle the climate change boobs. #tcot pic.twitter.com/sprsg2CkU8— Franci Sanders (@LadySandersfarm) May 29, 2014
479 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:48:48am |
re: #476 Sergey Romanov
Actually Stalin said very explicitly around 1952 or so: for the ppl in MGB there are only 2 ways - up the career ladder or to the jail.
Well my response as we saw or more precisely our Spanish speaking friends, Adios.
480 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 9:49:50am |
Not deserts.
What morons.
481 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 9:49:52am |
In case you missed it, here are a few pics from last night's @MorpheusLander free flight test. pic.twitter.com/hLtNyFAOF8
— NASA Kennedy / KSC (@NASAKennedy) May 29, 2014
482 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 9:50:03am |
Incensed by the release of a postage stamp honoring Harvey Milk, the American Family Association is urging its members not only to avoid purchasing the stamp…but to refuse to accept or open any letter or package postmarked with one.
That’s just brilliant. /
483 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:50:09am |
So are they going to refuse to use computers because of Alan Tuning? Really, the AFA is free to pursue this silly little boycott but you know if you’re boycotting over the presence of a gay man on a stamp, you really need a new hobby.
484 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 9:50:26am |
John Cole gets his reward for being Greenwald’s attack dog yesterday:
On the Washington Post Editorial Board: 1) http://t.co/3VLS9oQtGr— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 29, 2014
485 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 9:50:39am |
The amorphous Russian ideology at the moment is a heavy mix of Stalinism and Christian Orthodoxy. When ppl have that swill in their heads instead of grey matter, that leads nowhere good.
486 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 9:52:34am |
487 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 9:54:24am |
re: #462 Sergey Romanov
Interestingly, had Felix not died so early, he might have tasted the full measure of the NKVD “basement justice”, being an Old Bolshevik and all that.
Oh, I wouldn’t be surprised by that at all. Not one bit. Stalin went after the Old Bolsheviks most ruthlessly.
488 | Dr. Matt May 29, 2014 9:55:14am |
Mitch McConnell digs himself deeper and deeper over #Obamacare http://t.co/HHPEWtY7EK #p2 #tcot pic.twitter.com/kswoZaDYmF— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) May 29, 2014
489 | lawhawk May 29, 2014 9:55:39am |
re: #478 Pie-onist Overlord
Once again people don’t quite get that the fact that there’s a drought in areas that are already classified as a desert means that those already dry areas are getting even less precipitation.
But let’s focus on a more serious issue.
How many millions of Americans have moved into areas that are considered arid/semi-desert/desert regions? That pretty much encompasses the Southwest from California to Texas. Tens of millions rely on water from the Colorado River, and it’s running with a fraction of the average water flow from earlier in the 20th century when the Colorado River compact was signed and before millions moved to Arizona and Nevada to live in the desert.
Some of these areas, including the California Central Valley, were turned into agricultural production areas due to construction of massive water diversion projects.
With the drought, those areas aren’t getting the water they need, so fields are going fallow, crops are shriveling, and aquifers are being stressed beyond capacity to easily recover.
[ed]: And now that those areas are being hit with the severe drought, that pushes food prices higher because less supply with demand remaining where it is. That’s affecting everything from the price of fruit and vegetables to beef and chickens.
490 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 9:56:57am |
re: #489 lawhawk
Once again people don’t quite get that the fact that there’s a drought in areas that are already classified as a desert means that those already dry areas are getting even less precipitation.
But let’s focus on a more serious issue.
How many millions of Americans have moved into areas that are considered arid/semi-desert/desert regions? That pretty much encompasses the Southwest from California to Texas. Tens of millions rely on water from the Colorado River, and it’s running with a fraction of the average water flow from earlier in the 20th century when the Colorado River compact was signed and before millions moved to Arizona and Nevada to live in the desert.
Some of these areas, including the California Central Valley, were turned into agricultural production areas due to construction of massive water diversion projects.
With the drought, those areas aren’t getting the water they need, so fields are going fallow, crops are shriveling, and aquifers are being stressed beyond capacity to easily recover.
HURR HURR LIES FROM TEH PITS OF HELL!!!!!!
491 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 9:57:08am |
#Obama readies executive order on carbon emissions http://t.co/BHWgu0xZwY #tgdn #tcot more job killing, economy crushing #dictator actions— SCPatriot13 (@SCPatriot13) May 29, 2014
492 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 9:57:16am |
re: #487 Dr Lizardo
Oh, I wouldn’t be surprised by that at all. Not one bit. Stalin went after the Old Bolsheviks most ruthlessly.
Did either of you or really anyone here at that read Young Stalin? I still need to read Court of the Red Czar but man it was fascinating. I typically don’t like multiple volume bios for my own quirky reasons but I really enjoyed that. Still want to and need to find a good Lenin bio. I remember my Russian history professor recommending the Robert Service bio.
493 | The Ghost of a Flea May 29, 2014 9:57:46am |
re: #483 HappyWarrior
So are they going to refuse to use computers because of Alan Tuning? Really, the AFA is free to pursue this silly little boycott but you know if you’re boycotting over the presence of a gay man on a stamp, you really need a new hobby.
The real day-ruiner is going to be when they realize how gay Alfred J Gloryhole was.
494 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 9:58:16am |
re: #394 A Mom Anon
I had to agree to the same just to fill out an online application for a part time job. Not to mention the 100 plus questions in a “personality profile” you have to fill out in addition to the actual application. For a part time job making no more than 8 bucks an hour to start. It’s ridiculous.
They’re really checking on your qualifications for working as a contractor for the NSA.
495 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 9:58:57am |
re: #489 lawhawk
Once again people don’t quite get that the fact that there’s a drought in areas that are already classified as a desert means that those already dry areas are getting even less precipitation.
But let’s focus on a more serious issue.
How many millions of Americans have moved into areas that are considered arid/semi-desert/desert regions? That pretty much encompasses the Southwest from California to Texas. Tens of millions rely on water from the Colorado River, and it’s running with a fraction of the average water flow from earlier in the 20th century when the Colorado River compact was signed and before millions moved to Arizona and Nevada to live in the desert.
Some of these areas, including the California Central Valley, were turned into agricultural production areas due to construction of massive water diversion projects.
With the drought, those areas aren’t getting the water they need, so fields are going fallow, crops are shriveling, and aquifers are being stressed beyond capacity to easily recover.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME KINDA EGGHEAD SCIENCEY TALK THERE, FELLA - THE SORT OF EGGHEAD SCIENCEY TALK THEM PINKOS USE ALL THE TIME! YOU SOME KINDA PINKO OR SOMETHING?!
*headdesk*
496 | b.d. May 29, 2014 9:59:06am |
re: #489 lawhawk
YOU CAN’T HAVE A DROUGHT IN A DESERT! IF IT WEREN’T IN A DROUGHT THEN IT WOULD BE A RAINFOREST FULL OF MONKEYS!
497 | Bubblehead II May 29, 2014 9:59:32am |
re: #466 HappyWarrior
Christ it’s a gay guy on a postage stamp. I mean I’d understand the anger if someone were telling the AFA they can’t marry who they love because of a minority group who thinks only their voice should be heard.
But if it isn’t one of those self-adhesive type of stamps, they would be forced to kiss the back side of a gay guy’s (picture).
/////
498 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 9:59:42am |
re: #484 Charles Johnson
I used to be a regular at Balloon Juice, because Cole, like you, was a winger who saw the light. But Cole just seemed so full of bile that it became unpleasant to be over there. It doesn’t look like he has changed much. It’s a pity, as he’s usually on the right side of things, but any deviation from his orthodoxy (like on Snowden) gets the bile really flowing.
499 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 10:00:34am |
Next Greenwald leaks seem awfully likely to compromise legitimate intel-sharing programs in the Middle East http://t.co/uCtk7PLLxF— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) May 29, 2014
500 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:01:04am |
re: #480 Varek Raith
Not deserts.
What morons.
It’s actually an improvement from last week. The Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma got quite a bit of rain in recent days.
501 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 10:02:11am |
Greenwald's choice of al-Akhbar in Lebanon is interesting. It's a transparently pro-Assad propaganda paper. Assange likes Akhbar too.— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) May 29, 2014
502 | Varek Raith May 29, 2014 10:02:23am |
re: #500 Ian G.
It’s actually an improvement from last week. The Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma got quite a bit of rain in recent days.
That’s good.
I’d gladly send them all this rain we’ve been getting here in the Mid Atlantic.
503 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 10:03:06am |
re: #502 Varek Raith
That’s good.
I’d gladly send them all this rain we’ve been getting here in the Mid Atlantic.
Seconded. My kid brother can’t get a damn baseball game during the week.
504 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:03:17am |
re: #478 Pie-onist Overlord
Just a small sample of the insane Derp of climate change denial:
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The last one is my favorite, as if weather = climate. Anyone who says “my climate changes every day!” tempts me to ask, “did it change from a cold-winter desert to a tropical savannah? Humid continental? Because either you live on a different planet where this is possible, or you don’t know what fucking words mean.”
But it ain’t worth my time.
505 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 10:03:19am |
The Operation American Spring guy is an anti-Fluoride conspiracy nut. Who’da guessed?
Fluoride in water got ya down? Join us @ http://t.co/SF1UkLhClL #insideSnowden #CBCupfront #tcot #Indyref pic.twitter.com/SfxS2v8RzF— Max P0W3R (@Max_P0VV3R) May 29, 2014
506 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:04:17am |
re: #505 Pie-onist Overlord
The Operation American Spring guy is an anti-Fluoride conspiracy nut. Who’da guessed?
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Wait, fluoride in the water is something new that was started under Obama? Geez, I guess “Dr. Strangelove” was lying to me.
507 | Skip Intro May 29, 2014 10:04:34am |
re: #442 Justanotherhuman
Meh.
Report: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has offered $1.8 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a person familiar with Ballmer’s interest in the NBA team - @Forbes
Read more on forbes.comAgain, petty cash for someone who already is worth $21B.
Just think what he could do if he wasn’t taxed to death.
508 | piratedan May 29, 2014 10:04:41am |
re: #498 Ian G.
Ian I think Cole is wrong on Snowden, but then again I’m not a one issue kinda guy. Plus there is a good stable of other front pagers there that consistently put out good stuff (Mayhew’s series on the ACA for one, Kay for local voting rights issues for another) that keep me checking in. Hell, I enjoy both places, the commentariat at both tend to be varied and to a degree informed and I learn something at each site.
509 | blueraven May 29, 2014 10:05:41am |
re: #489 lawhawk
Once again people don’t quite get that the fact that there’s a drought in areas that are already classified as a desert means that those already dry areas are getting even less precipitation.
But let’s focus on a more serious issue.
How many millions of Americans have moved into areas that are considered arid/semi-desert/desert regions? That pretty much encompasses the Southwest from California to Texas. Tens of millions rely on water from the Colorado River, and it’s running with a fraction of the average water flow from earlier in the 20th century when the Colorado River compact was signed and before millions moved to Arizona and Nevada to live in the desert.
Some of these areas, including the California Central Valley, were turned into agricultural production areas due to construction of massive water diversion projects.
With the drought, those areas aren’t getting the water they need, so fields are going fallow, crops are shriveling, and aquifers are being stressed beyond capacity to easily recover.
Witness the rice farmers of south TX
However, population growth and six years of drought have pitted the needs of upriver municipalities with downriver agriculture.
Though the Highland Lakes — which refers to the reservoirs west of Austin, including Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis — have provided a source of water for farmers for decades, downriver farmers have been cut off from the reservoirs for the past three years. And last week, the state environmental agency proposed changes to the Lower Colorado River Authority’s water management plan that would cut farmers off to more water in the future.
510 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 10:06:46am |
Greensnow would just say, “Don’t read his emails!” Or even investigate him.
New Jersey pharmacist arrested by the FBI last year on apparent drug-related charges admits he was actually trying to produce ricin and other toxins for use as weapons - @NBCNewYork
Read more on nbcnewyork.com
511 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 10:07:50am |
re: #422 Pie-onist Overlord
Has there ever been a real “false flag op” in U.S. history, ever?
A few, but nothing on domestic soil.
512 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 10:08:00am |
re: #505 Pie-onist Overlord
The Operation American Spring guy is an anti-Fluoride conspiracy nut. Who’da guessed?
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Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face.
513 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:08:15am |
Why Afghanistan will be a huge deal in the 2016 election http://t.co/m3FRmoen9Q— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 29, 2014
No.
514 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 10:09:55am |
What Obama-haters do in their spare time when they’re not outraged about BENGHAZI!!!!!
How she kisses 0bama. Don't get to close..stretch those lips. @rogertvandamme @earourke #tcot pic.twitter.com/v2lh4Nocun— di kele (@Pudingtane) April 19, 2014
Doesn't look heartfelt to me. Bad kissers. #tcot #tgdn #pjnet @rogertvandamme @earourke pic.twitter.com/G4BuGOvwOC— di kele (@Pudingtane) April 19, 2014
515 | b.d. May 29, 2014 10:09:59am |
516 | Targetpractice May 29, 2014 10:10:52am |
re: #513 Gus
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No.
They seriously believe that Republicans are gonna want to go to the voters and say “We never should have left Afghanistan!”? HA!
517 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 10:12:36am |
LOOK AT ALL TEH JRRBS CLEANING UP TEH TOXIC WASTE AFTER SPILLS & EXPLOSIONS!!!!!
Regulations are job-destroyers, not job-creators: http://t.co/SY5Sxm6jtb Obama’s climate rules will be no different. #copolitics #tcot #tlot— AFPColorado (@AFPColorado) May 29, 2014
518 | b.d. May 29, 2014 10:14:19am |
This was included in the article and they still wrote it:
Are GOP candidates really going to run on the premise that we should stay in Afghanistan longer??
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 28, 2014
I think that the guys at Vox are missing the duh gene
519 | Targetpractice May 29, 2014 10:14:20am |
re: #488 Dr. Matt
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I checked in on the Freepers yesterday, after the word about McConnell saying people could keep their Kynect if they wanted to. General theme: McConnell’s in deep shit with his base.
520 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 10:14:43am |
Regulations are job-destroyers, not job-creators:
—-
but letting people gay marry=anarchy!! which is no Freedom and Liberty!1
521 | Ed E. Lishus May 29, 2014 10:15:32am |
re: #508 piratedan
Cole’s a good guy. A bit of a hot-head at times, but that’s the part about him I find endearing. When he steps in it, he usually owns up to it, and not just in a “I’m sorry if you were offended” kind of way either, but in a “Dammit, I’m a ass. You were right here are some cat pictures” way.
522 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 10:16:13am |
re: #519 Targetpractice
I checked in on the Freepers yesterday, after the word about McConnell saying people could keep their Kynect if they wanted to. General theme: McConnell’s in deep shit with his base.
McConnell’s base right now is pretty much Koch Brothers and his other big money donors.
Kentucky voters? Not too many of them left. More a very-worn veneer than a base.
523 | Targetpractice May 29, 2014 10:17:40am |
re: #522 Backwoods_Sleuth
McConnell’s base right now is pretty much Koch Brothers and his other big money donors.
Kentucky voters? Not too many of them left. More a very-worn veneer than a base.
Last I checked, even the best poll numbers for McConnell showed him pulling even with Grimes. Even Rasmussen has had poll numbers in recent weeks showing Grimes with the upper hand. McConnell’s really hoping at this point that the party base is so scared come November of Democrats possibly keeping the Senate that they’re willing to hold their nose and keep Mitch in office for another term.
524 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:18:17am |
re: #517 Pie-onist Overlord
LOOK AT ALL TEH JRRBS CLEANING UP TEH TOXIC WASTE AFTER SPILLS & EXPLOSIONS!!!!!
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If only American cities could be more like Beijing, where there are no environmental regulations to “kill jobs”.
Oh wait, we once were like that:
Unfortunately for the Koch boys, democracy happened and we passed laws to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.
525 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 10:19:16am |
re: #505 Pie-onist Overlord
The Operation American Spring guy is an anti-Fluoride conspiracy nut. Who’da guessed?
Send him some childrens’ ice cream.
//
526 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 10:20:13am |
re: #506 Ian G.
Wait, fluoride in the water is something new that was started under Obama? Geez, I guess “Dr. Strangelove” was lying to me.
It was a conspiracy aimed at the Coca-Cola Company. Why are you surprised at the lies?
/
527 | Bulworth May 29, 2014 10:20:46am |
Ed E. Lishus
Cole’s a good guy. A bit of a hot-head at times, but that’s the part about him I find endearing. When he steps in it, he usually owns up to it, and not just in a “I’m sorry if you were offended” kind of way either, but in a “Dammit, I’m a ass. You were right here are some cat pictures” way.
I totally agree. I just haven’t been over there much lately. He’s also a cat/dog lover, connects his readers to animal shelters or animals that need medical care, etc.
528 | Ed E. Lishus May 29, 2014 10:22:20am |
re: #513 Gus
I would imagine even con voters in ‘16 won’t be stirred very much by the war stuff. Even to the the Tea Party crowd, with their culture war and their omg-creeping-soshulist-sharia-in-the-White-House!eleventy! derp, the neo-con message has a long past due sell by date.
529 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 10:23:12am |
re: #521 Ed E. Lishus
Cole’s a good guy. A bit of a hot-head at times, but that’s the part about him I find endearing. When he steps in it, he usually owns up to it, and not just in a “I’m sorry if you were offended” kind of way either, but in a “Dammit, I’m a ass. You were right here are some cat pictures” way.
Yesterday he viciously attacked me on Twitter, in a very personal way, with totally dishonest smears.
You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t share your opinion that he’s a “good guy,” because he’s been a major asshole to me.
530 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 10:24:23am |
re: #523 Targetpractice
Last I checked, even the best poll numbers for McConnell showed him pulling even with Grimes. Even Rasmussen has had poll numbers in recent weeks showing Grimes with the upper hand. McConnell’s really hoping at this point that the party base is so scared come November of Democrats possibly keeping the Senate that they’re willing to hold their nose and keep Mitch in office for another term.
I’m just going on what I’m hearing from Republicans here. Most are going to either hold their nose and vote for Grimes or they’re going to sit out the election.
531 | Rightwingconspirator May 29, 2014 10:28:28am |
I had hoped the ACA would prevent this sort of thing
CA man’s treatment for dozens of tumors not medically necessary, insurance carrier says
Jeffrey Rusch, of Sonoma County, said an MRI revealed more than 20 tumors in his brain, and a CT scan two days later revealed a large tumor in his lungs and others in his liver and bones.“My husband was having a lot of difficulty breathing already, and he was getting a lot worse, so we went to the hospital and they admitted him immediately,” said his wife, Zoe Keating.
Doctors removed a half-liter of fluid from Rusch’s lungs, prescribed steroids to reduce brain swelling, and administered emergency chemotherapy.
But the family’s health insurance carrier, Anthem Blue Cross, sent them a letter that arrived Tuesday denying coverage for the hospital stay, saying the treatments did not meet the criteria for medical necessity.
Chilling.
532 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 10:28:49am |
@Green_Footballs After that, don't need to think bout it. You're an ahole. Hugs and kisses to Pam, the last time you were this blinkered.— John Cole (@Johngcole) May 29, 2014
@Green_Footballs Yes, it is just an episode. Your website was never jokingly referred to as Little Green Fascists.— John Cole (@Johngcole) May 29, 2014
Yeah, he’s a great guy. Loves cats.
533 | b.d. May 29, 2014 10:30:07am |
Misogyny doesn't exist. Racism doesn't exist. The climate always changes. The real problem is a baker may someday have to bake a gay cake.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 29, 2014
534 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 10:31:38am |
It worked, too. He was sucking up to Greenwald with those fucked up hypocritical comments, and sure enough he got a link for it. Asshole.
535 | Targetpractice May 29, 2014 10:31:40am |
re: #530 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m just going on what I’m hearing from Republicans here. Most are going to either hold their nose and vote for Grimes or they’re going to sit out the election.
That’s what I’ve been reading from the Freepers. Most have simply decided that they’d rather let the seat go to a Democrat and try again next go around than reelect a guy who “declared war” on conservatives.
536 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:31:41am |
re: #532 Charles Johnson
The irony is that he too was a former winger and Bush supporter. I mean, he’s going to attack someone for repudiated past associations when he’s got them too? Jeebus cripes.
537 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 10:31:42am |
re: #533 b.d.
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Yep. And that speaks at how really messed up their priorities are. Sexism and racism are to be ignored or even accepted but oh a “Christian bakery” may have to serve a gay couple. Horrible, we should protect their right under the law to be total assholes.
538 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 10:33:14am |
A Swedish JAS-39 #Gripen firing its gun at Adazi Range, #Latvia. #NATO BRTE 27-28/5 #säkpol https://t.co/SDzdHA4Prj pic.twitter.com/h8OBKtjsVS
— Gripen News (@GripenNews) May 29, 2014
Ramstein, 29 May 2014 - On 27 and 28 May 2014 seven NATO nations and two Partnership for Peace (PfP) member nations trained in the airspace over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the 18th Baltic Region Training Event (BRTE 18). The large training audience during this 18th sequel of BRTE became possible because NATO quadrupled its Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission in May. The Polish are the BAP lead nation at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania. They are supported by the British (also at Siauliai), the Danish at Ämari, Estonia, and the French at Malbork, Poland.
More at the Facebook link.
539 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 10:33:21am |
re: #536 Ian G.
The irony is that he too was a former winger and Bush supporter. I mean, he’s going to attack someone for repudiated past associations when he’s got them too? Jeebus cripes.
Exactly. And it’s pretty obvious what he was doing - he knew Greenwald would see it. Fuck him.
540 | Ed E. Lishus May 29, 2014 10:33:56am |
re: #529 Charles Johnson
Yeah, I get. He can be a total Walter Sobchak at times, but for what it’s worth his own commentariat is regularly eviscerating him on the GG/Snowden stuff.
541 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:34:00am |
re: #536 Ian G.
The irony is that he too was a former winger and Bush supporter. I mean, he’s going to attack someone for repudiated past associations when he’s got them too? Jeebus cripes.
Goes beyond irony. That’s carrying shit in your pockets to throw at other people, and not being able to smell the stink.
542 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 10:34:27am |
re: #534 Charles Johnson
It worked, too. He was sucking up to Greenwald with those fucked up hypocritical comments, and sure enough he got a link for it. Asshole.
If Glenn retweets his insults to you, that’s just the icing on the cake.
Mona will probably retweet them.
543 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:34:55am |
re: #528 Ed E. Lishus
I would imagine even con voters in ‘16 won’t be stirred very much by the war stuff. Even to the the Tea Party crowd, with their culture war and their omg-creeping-soshulist-sharia-in-the-White-House!eleventy! derp, the neo-con message has a long past due sell by date.
The neo-con message was always one from the halls of elite academia and uber-insider Beltway connections (Bill Kristol, anyone?). It has no genuine grassroots support in the fever swamps of the right. People were just scared in the aftermath of 9/11 and were easy to lie to at that point.
544 | HappyWarrior May 29, 2014 10:35:02am |
re: #536 Ian G.
The irony is that he too was a former winger and Bush supporter. I mean, he’s going to attack someone for repudiated past associations when he’s got them too? Jeebus cripes.
Greenwald was a pretty big Bush cheerleader too at one time. Never stops him either.
545 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:35:09am |
re: #532 Charles Johnson
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Yeah, he’s a great guy. Loves cats.
From a guy that used to blog about “the religion of peace.” Linked to LGF, Instapundit, Ace of Spades and others. Had categories of “the loony left” and “useful idiots.” He also carried on like this until 2006. So I guess because he converted in 2006 rather than you in 2009 he’s better than you.
Never mind that John Cole was also a wingnut probably until 2006 and was a strong supported of the Iraq war. It’s also absurd to think that supporting Snowden should be a default liberal position when it’s not. I have countless liberal followers who do not support Snowden or Greenwald one single bit. It’s absurd what he’s doing and seems to be some type of derangement he has with you.
546 | Romantic Heretic May 29, 2014 10:35:27am |
re: #99 Lidane
Re-watching The Avengers for the nth time. I can’t even count how many times I’ve watched this movie.
Still more interesting than Snowden.
I watch it just to see Hulk beat the floor with Loki.
547 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 10:35:31am |
re: #540 Ed E. Lishus
Yeah, I get. He can be a total Walter Sobchak at times, but for what it’s worth his own commentariat is regularly eviscerating him on the GG/Snowden stuff.
Please do not insult the beloved Walter Sobchak by comparing him to John Cole.
548 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:36:26am |
re: #545 Gus
From a guy that used to blog about “the religion of peace.” Linked to LGF, Instapundit, Ace of Spades and others. Had categories of “the loony left” and “useful idiots.” He also carried on like this until 2006. So I guess because he converted in 2006 rather than you in 2009 he’s better than you.
Never mind that John Cole was also a wingnut probably until 2006 and was a strong supported of the Iraq war. It’s also absurd to think that supporting Snowden should be a default liberal position when it’s not. I have countless liberal followers who do not support Snowden or Greenwald one single bit. It’s absurd what he’s doing and seems to be some type of derangement he has with you.
He has the white supremacist Daniel Larison on his blog roll.
549 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 10:36:38am |
Meet @micahflee, the Man Hired to Make Sure the Snowden Docs Aren't Hacked: http://t.co/ADA3EiDnnE (@lorenzoFB, @mashable) #longreads— Longreads (@Longreads) May 29, 2014
550 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:37:15am |
re: #548 wrenchwench
He has the white supremacist Daniel Larison on his blog roll.
He does or did? O.o
551 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:37:35am |
552 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:39:00am |
Larison’s blog (posted at The American Conservative) is called Eunomia.
553 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:40:26am |
re: #544 HappyWarrior
Greenwald was a pretty big Bush cheerleader too at one time. Never stops him either.
Well, we all know that Greenwald is utterly shameless, so nobody should be the least bit surprised by this.
554 | Justanotherhuman May 29, 2014 10:40:45am |
555 | Romantic Heretic May 29, 2014 10:41:05am |
556 | A Mom Anon May 29, 2014 10:42:17am |
re: #497 Bubblehead II
I think we should all send the AFA post cards with Harvey Milk stamps that say Jesus Loves You.
557 | Ed E. Lishus May 29, 2014 10:42:36am |
re: #548 wrenchwench
He also links to the dead ender of dead enders Jeralyn Merritt, so I take his blogroll with a grain of salt.
558 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:42:43am |
re: #555 Romantic Heretic
I once walked into a telephone pole in similar circumstances.
She was worth it.
Since we’re confessing. I almost crashed into the back of a parked car. D’oh!
559 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 10:43:35am |
re: #501 NJDhockeyfan
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561 | RealityBasedSteve May 29, 2014 10:45:08am |
562 | Ed E. Lishus May 29, 2014 10:45:21am |
re: #558 Gus
My wife has done that. Twice. And that’s just since we’ve been married.
563 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:47:41am |
re: #557 Ed E. Lishus
He also links to the dead ender of dead enders Jeralyn Merritt, so I take his blogroll with a grain of salt.
There is not enough salt in the sea to excuse Larison’s inclusion. Just my opinion, which seems to be fairly uncommon. I seem to surprise a lot of liberals with the news that Larison is a proud member of the League of the South.
Let me take this opportunity to say a few words about the League of the South, a group to which I am proud to belong for these past ten years. This group of ladies and gentlemen, for whom such terms still have their traditional meaning, endeavours to preserve their Southern, Christian cultural, religious and political heritage from the ravages of the same freethinking, Yankee spirit and empire that has gone on to devastate so many other societies, including that of those northern states gulled into the cause of Unionism. Though my lineage is almost entirely from the North, ours were the sort of conservative and republican people who opposed usurpation at every turn, and as much as my kinsman, William Plumer of New Hampshire, was right in arguing for secession over the illegalities of the Louisiana Purchase the Southern states were even more justified in resisting the usurpation of their rights. In the League of the South, I see the natural home of anyone who would honour and venerate the legacy of his ancestors and the early fathers of this country.
RTWT, if it’s not too close to lunch. He continues in the comments.
564 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 10:48:37am |
Military unit AO194 being told by terrorists to surrender. Unit turns to social media to get ATO HQ to send out reinforcements. No radios ?— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) May 29, 2014
565 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 10:48:43am |
oh, hell no!
Real Life Mosquito Tornado Is Far More Terrifying Than Sharknado
While visiting Leziria Grande at Vila Franca de Xira in Portugal recently, photographer Ana Filipa Scarpa noticed something off in the distance that resembled a funnel cloud. But it wasn’t a tornado, or even a funnel for that matter. Rather, it was something… alive. What you’re seeing here is an insect swarm. A swarm of mosquitoes, to be exact.
There are photos at the link…
566 | Ian G. May 29, 2014 10:48:55am |
So while right-wing Christians in the US deny the threat of environmental destruction, at least we have wise words from Pope Francis:
I dunno, I feel like there are more than enough warnings in the Bible about the imminence of destruction if humankind doesn’t change its ways, but then again I’m not the kind of person who thinks Jesus and Ayn Rand are complementary philosophers.
567 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:49:41am |
re: #563 wrenchwench
There is not enough salt in the sea to excuse Larison’s inclusion. Just my opinion, which seems to be fairly uncommon. I seem to surprise a lot of liberals with the news that Larison is a proud member of the League of the South.
RTWT, if it’s not too close to lunch. He continues in the comments.
Temptation. To. Send. Super. Snarky. Tweet.
568 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:51:38am |
re: #567 Gus
Temptation. To. Send. Super. Snarky. Tweet.
Libs seem to love Larison because he’s not a neo-con. There are things worse than neo-cons, IMHO. They are isolationists. I see the appeal to a follower of Greenwald.
569 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:51:47am |
re: #563 wrenchwench
There is not enough salt in the sea to excuse Larison’s inclusion. Just my opinion, which seems to be fairly uncommon. I seem to surprise a lot of liberals with the news that Larison is a proud member of the League of the South.
RTWT, if it’s not too close to lunch. He continues in the comments.
The defeat of the Confederacy, though the Confederate political experiment does not exhaust the richness of Southern culture and identity, was a defining moment when the United States took its steps towards the abyss of the monstrous centralised state, rootless society and decadent culture that we have today. In sum, the Confederacy represented much of the Old America that was swept away, and with it went everything meaningful about the constitutional republican system, and the degeneration of that system in the next hundred years was the logical and ultimately unstoppable result of Lincoln’s victory. All of this is in recognition that we are beholden to our ancestors for who we are, and we honour and remember their struggles and accomplishments not only because they can be established as reasonable, good and true but because they are the struggles and accomplishments of our people, who have made this land ours and sanctified it with their blood in defense against the wanton aggression of a barbarous tyranny.
570 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:53:12am |
re: #569 Gus
It’s always difficult to select one paragraph out of that essay.
571 | klys May 29, 2014 10:54:09am |
re: #457 Varek Raith
re: #468 Dr. Matt
re: #531 Rightwingconspirator
I linked this here yesterday - his wife is a musician (semi-known on the geeky circuit) so folks should feel free to check her albums and consider getting 1-2 in support if they so desire. She has a $6 minimum but you can always pay more if you want.
572 | Kragar May 29, 2014 10:55:27am |
Ben Carson admits he hears voices in his head, thinks God is talking to him http://t.co/qgFgv1UFE6— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 29, 2014
573 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 10:55:32am |
hmmm…
Press and public just got kicked out of the Fla redistricting trial
— Gary Fineout (@fineout) May 29, 2014
574 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 10:55:36am |
Good dog, John! Good boy! Here's a treat. https://t.co/xUvZMFqK2x— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2014
575 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:55:57am |
re: #570 wrenchwench
It’s always difficult to select one paragraph out of that essay.
I always like last paragraphs. Seems like yet another neo-Confederate/race realist type.
576 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 10:56:08am |
RT @Wilson__Valdez: @20committee @bobcesca_go MT @samsteinhp NSA spokesman on email Snowden sent while working there pic.twitter.com/gn18rbdDDs— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2014
577 | prairiefire May 29, 2014 10:56:45am |
re: #485 Sergey Romanov
The amorphous Russian ideology at the moment is a heavy mix of Stalinism and Christian Orthodoxy. When ppl have that swill in their heads instead of grey matter, that leads nowhere good.
That sounds like it could be very right wing!
578 | Charles Johnson May 29, 2014 10:58:04am |
Well, what do you know. Looks like Snowden was lying about that email to the NSA general counsel.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2014
579 | TedStriker May 29, 2014 10:58:33am |
re: #576 Charles Johnson
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In other words, Snowden was full of shit when he said that he tried going through channels before he did his smash-grab-and-dash to HK and Russia.
Of course, that won’t stop him, GG, or any of their dudebro sycophants from claiming that the US government is withholding the “real truth”.
580 | Gus May 29, 2014 10:58:42am |
re: #576 Charles Johnson
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Breaking alleged “whistleblower” didn’t save one document of his alleged contacts to the NSA with his whistleblowing grievances.
581 | wrenchwench May 29, 2014 10:59:04am |
re: #575 Gus
I always like last paragraphs. Seems like yet another neo-Confederate/race realist type.
Exactly. His only regret being the ‘neo’ part of neo-Confederate. He wants to BE back there.
582 | Rightwingconspirator May 29, 2014 11:00:05am |
re: #579 TedStriker
I think most of us suspected as much quite strongly from way back. Did not even trouble to try the actual internal process. He was scheming from day 1.
583 | jaunte May 29, 2014 11:00:21am |
re: #580 Gus
You would think with Snowden’s ability to get away with documents he would have some that proved he had tried to complain through channels.
584 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 11:01:34am |
today in history:
Today marks 100 years since the RMS Empress of Ireland sank in Canada, killing more than 1,000 people pic.twitter.com/g2FE0dG5j8
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) May 29, 2014
From wiki:
RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner that sank in the Saint Lawrence River following a collision with the Norwegian collier SS Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914. Of the 1,477 persons on board the ship, 1,012 died.[1][2] The number of deaths is the largest of any Canadian maritime accident in peacetime.
More than 50 direct descendants of people who died in one of Liverpool’s greatest shipping tragedies will attend a commemoration service today, 100 years to the day of the disaster.
The service for the 1,012 who were lost on RMS Empress of Ireland will take place in Liverpool Parish Church, as did the original memorial service for those who died 100 years ago.
585 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 11:01:39am |
Wait, what, Rush plagiarized PETA?
#tcot Good suggestion by Rush, change the mascot of the Washington Redskins to a redskin potato & keep calling them the Redskins. #Awesome— Perry (@BAMAPERRY) May 29, 2014
586 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 11:03:33am |
Gun Nuts #p2 #tcot #uniteblue #teaparty #gop #lnyhbt pic.twitter.com/3XLdZXhRJD— Leyla (@MiamiLib) May 29, 2014
587 | Feline Fearless Leader May 29, 2014 11:03:56am |
re: #585 Pie-onist Overlord
Wait, what, Rush plagiarized PETA?
Would match the current view of the Washington political front. They have eyes, but the best thing to do with the insides of their heads is to boil, mash, and serve with butter or gravy and some fresh ground black pepper.
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588 | Targetpractice May 29, 2014 11:05:43am |
re: #586 Pie-onist Overlord
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What better way to make it clear just how much of a phallic symbol you view your gun of choice?
589 | Ding-an-sich Wannabe May 29, 2014 11:06:10am |
590 | NJDhockeyfan May 29, 2014 11:06:25am |
My kids are going to be excited.
oh my god, yes! h/t @philipaklein pic.twitter.com/jxqA9e6zFq— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) May 29, 2014
591 | lawhawk May 29, 2014 11:06:41am |
re: #583 jaunte
No log of incoming email from Snowden to IG or anyone else purporting whistleblowing or raising concerns. No provision of copy of sent email indicating the same.
IOW, he didn’t send anything raising those concerns through channels, and instead is now looking to retcon that he was trying to do things through channels before engaging in espionage and stealing NSA documents and spilling them to Greenwald and others, undermining US national security and foreign policy in the process - all in the hopes of disrupting US national security and foreign policy, as well as disrupting relations with allies and fomenting anger and vitriol against the US and other Western intel agencies that worked with the NSA or purported to share intel in some form.
He is a delusional fool who has manage to delude like minded people into thinking he’s a hero for undermining US national security. Ostensibly, it was about the NSA violating US civil rights, and yet document after document released and written about by Poitras, Greenwald, and others either indicates that there were protections in place, there were levels of scrutiny, or that the programs revealed had nothing to do with violating US law (US civil rights, US constitution or otherwise), but everything to do with revealing classified programs that had been working to gather intel on foreign persons/entities/countries.
BTW, has Greenwald named names yet on those who have been spied upon? Wasn’t there some deadly deadline he was going to wait until before revealing? I wait with baited breath.
593 | prairiefire May 29, 2014 11:07:25am |
re: #588 Targetpractice
What better way to make it clear just how much of a phallic symbol you view your gun of choice?
They put them on the back of pick up trucks around here.
594 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 29, 2014 11:08:09am |
Ford recalling 915,000 SUVs for power steering problems http://t.co/T7RCoZRswA
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) May 29, 2014
Washington — Ford Motor Co. is recalling 915,000 older Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner SUVs in North America for power steering problems, in the latest major recall this year.
The Dearborn automaker said it is calling back 2008-2011 Escape SUVs in North America under pressure from Canadian auto safety regulators, who have been investigating the issue since late 2011. Ford told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it has reports of five crashes and six injuries in U.S. crashes connected to the issue.
Ford said because of poor signal-to-noise issues in the torque sensor, the vehicles’ power steering system may shut off and default to manual steering, which could make it harder to steer and lead to a crash. Ford will notify owners by July 25.
From The Detroit News: detroitnews.com
595 | Dr Lizardo May 29, 2014 11:08:17am |
re: #586 Pie-onist Overlord
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Presumably, to substitute for their lack of the real deal.
596 | jaunte May 29, 2014 11:08:56am |
re: #591 lawhawk
It’s pretty annoying to listen to him ask for proof of harm to US intelligence efforts. He knows damn well that giving specific proof of harm in most cases will reveal even more that should be kept secret.
597 | ericblair May 29, 2014 11:11:49am |
re: #547 Pie-onist Overlord
Please do not insult the beloved Walter Sobchak by comparing him to John Cole.
Walter Sobchak: [shouting] Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?
598 | Pie-onist Overlord May 29, 2014 11:12:24am |
599 | ObserverArt May 29, 2014 11:15:19am |
re: #576 Charles Johnson
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Hey Charles!
So, what did you think of the big Snowden interview last night? Would you care to give us a few comments. I’d be interested on your take because much of it seems to go to what many around here at LGF thought just days after it broke last year.
600 | RealityBasedSteve May 29, 2014 11:18:51am |
re: #591 lawhawk
No log of incoming email from Snowden to IG or anyone else purporting whistleblowing or raising concerns. No provision of copy of sent email indicating the same.
///SNIPPAGE….BTW, has Greenwald named names yet on those who have been spied upon? Wasn’t there some deadly deadline he was going to wait until before revealing? I wait with baited breath.
Of course there are no log, the NSA has changed the logs, and the logs of the changes of the logs…. /////
As for the baited breath, all I can say is that I’ve been that way since the initial announcement, and that piece of cheese is getting pretty nasty. I also found mice clustered around my pillow this morning.
RBS