President Glenn Beck to the World: “Screw With Us and We Will Pound You Into Glass”

He is very tough
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Here’s an exceptional moment for raving freakazoid nut sandwich Glenn Beck from his radio show today, via Right Wing Watch.

Beck lapses into a hallucinatory fantasy in which he’s the President of the United States (kind of a daymare, really), and describes how he would deal with issues like the crisis in Iraq: he would station troops along all our borders and then warn the rest of the world, “If you screw with us, we will pound you into glass.”

Gaze upon the terrifying visage of Glenn Beck, Destroyer of Worlds.

President Beck would give the state of Israel the green light to do whatever it feels is necessary in order to protect itself, including the use of nuclear weapons, but the US would not be getting involved anywhere in the world because America needs to focus on getting back in line with God.

That doesn’t mean that America would be going into a shell, Beck proclaimed, warning the rest of the world that “if you screw with us, we will pound you into glass.”

We “will destroy you in a heartbeat,” Beck warned any nation that would even contemplate messing with America, pledging to utterly decimate entire cities if necessary and then just walk away while this nation focuses on getting right with God because America is God’s top priority.

Oh yes, this is Glenn at his finest, “…pledging to utterly decimate entire cities if necessary and then just walk away.”

Hey, wait … I think I’ve seen this movie before.

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375 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 1:56:10pm

I thought we weren’t worthy of Glenn and that we were turning into Nazi Germany. Please Glenn’s team of psychiatrists, get this man help. He really needs it badly.

2 Iwouldprefernotto  Jun 16, 2014 1:56:15pm

Please DON’T Proceed.

3 Bulworth  Jun 16, 2014 1:57:57pm
We “will destroy you in a heartbeat,” Beck warned any nation that would even contemplate messing with America, pledging to utterly decimate entire cities if necessary and then just walk away while this nation focuses on getting right with God because America is God’s top priority.

So we’ll slaughter millions if need be, if anyone “messes with us”, while we’re “getting right with God.”

Yeah, that makes sense to me. How about you?

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4 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 1:57:58pm

GLENN BECK=Raving Freakazoid Nut Sandwich
GLENN GREENWALD=Freaking Nutzoid Rat Sandwich

5 Charles Johnson  Jun 16, 2014 1:58:57pm

Jim Hoft now making creepy comments to Sandra Fluke:

6 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 1:59:22pm

So Glenn is back on the cocaine?

7 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 16, 2014 1:59:34pm

So, mass killing of civilians, including children.

8 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 1:59:37pm

Don’t try so hard, Glenn, we know that you have a fascist mindset, no need to prove it further.

9 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 16, 2014 1:59:45pm

Is there a word for apocalypse fan boys?
Apocalyptors maybe? Wow just need a good still from Dr Strangelove and Ps Beck riding that bomb… Yipeeeeeeee.

10 piratedan  Jun 16, 2014 2:00:13pm

he’s just manifesting the GOP’s (ergo his audience) feelings of impotency into a violence filled rhetoric designed to soothe the average redneck know-nothings into their traditional setting of outrage, you know, eleventy on a scale of one to ten. As much as I would like to see him and his ilk reined in, all that would happen is that the rest of the RWNJ media would simply make him a martyr to the cause and encourage them to scream louder.

11 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:00:29pm

re: #7 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

So, mass killing of civilians, including children.

They’re not white christian children, so its not like they really count.
///

12 Bulworth  Jun 16, 2014 2:00:49pm

Not sure how or why the person of Sandra Fluke and the issue of birth control made so many wingnuts lose their shit. It will make for a fascinating psychological study someday.

13 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:00:54pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Jim Hoft now making creepy comments to Sandra Fluke:

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And he never misses an opportunity to lie about what she asked for. I know, Jim, you can’t help it because your whole life these days is looking at party registrations of mass shooters.

14 Justanotherhuman  Jun 16, 2014 2:01:08pm

Damn, leave for a few hours and the shit hits the fan from the Rs.

And yes, it’s shit.

15 bubba zanetti  Jun 16, 2014 2:01:22pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Jim Hoft now making creepy comments to Sandra Fluke:

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Why the scare quotes around “she”?

16 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:01:32pm

re: #12 Bulworth

Not sure how or why the person of Sandra Fluke and the issue of birth control made so many wingnuts lose their shit. It will make for a fascinating psychological study someday.

I think it’s because this was an independent woman standing up for what she believed in.

17 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:01:49pm

re: #15 bubba zanetti

Why the scare quotes around “she”?

Because he’s a child.

18 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:02:02pm

re: #15 bubba zanetti

Why the scare quotes around “she”?

Jim has issues with “women”.

19 Bulworth  Jun 16, 2014 2:02:11pm

re:
#15

I was wondering that, too.

20 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 2:02:20pm

re: #17 HappyWarrior

Because he’s a child.

An ugly, stupid man-child.

21 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 2:02:52pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Jim Hoft now making creepy comments to Sandra Fluke:

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I think “she” knows better than anyone what kind of target she has become for this creepy hate. She’s my hero.

22 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 2:02:55pm

re: #20 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

An ugly, stupid man-child.

IOW, a perfect wingnut.

23 Charles Johnson  Jun 16, 2014 2:03:04pm

“…pledging to utterly decimate entire cities if necessary and then just walk away.”

His fantasy sounds like an action movie cliché. “The Unflinching Walk.”

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24 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 2:03:05pm
We “will destroy you in a heartbeat,” Beck warned…

It could take as long as 13-15 years, but it will seem like a heartbeat after a hundred…

25 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:03:12pm
26 Justanotherhuman  Jun 16, 2014 2:03:58pm

The fervor w/which these has-beens are beating the drums of war equals the mood back in 2001.

WTF?

Maybe we should just invade Canada instead.

And have a beer fest.

27 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:04:14pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

“…pledging to utterly decimate entire cities if necessary and then just walk away.”

His fantasy sounds like an action movie cliche. “The Unflinching Walk.”

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Video

Cool Guys Don’t Look At Explosions

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28 Bulworth  Jun 16, 2014 2:04:18pm

Vitter’s running for governor? Of an American state?

29 Nines All The Times  Jun 16, 2014 2:05:19pm

Don’t fuck with Glenn. He’ll kill you. Dead. Like that.

30 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 2:05:33pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

“The Unflinching Walk.”

Someone’s got to do one where the hero gets beaned by an object flying out of the explosion.

31 Bulworth  Jun 16, 2014 2:05:37pm

re:
#24

We haz the nukes and we cans nuke bomb anyone we like and no harm can come to us because noone else has the bomb nukes and we have soldiers at the border!!1

32 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 2:05:52pm

re: #12 Bulworth

Not sure how or why the person of Sandra Fluke and the issue of birth control made so many wingnuts lose their shit. It will make for a fascinating psychological study someday.

She never asked or “demanded” anything of the kind, but Rush made up a whole bunch of shit about her.

33 klys  Jun 16, 2014 2:05:57pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

I think “she” knows better than anyone what kind of target she has become for this creepy hate. She’s my hero.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the Republican leadership denounce the incredibly vicious attacks that the various pundits unleashed against Sandra Fluke for simply daring to point out that a) women do take birth control for reasons other than (gasp) birth control and b) that putting restrictions on it makes it more difficult for women to access the drugs they need for medical purposes.

But please, tell me how both sides do it and the left has moved further to the left.

34 bubba zanetti  Jun 16, 2014 2:06:12pm

re: #18 Kragar

Jim has issues with “women”.

Well yes, considering the real story is that “she” didn’t need the birth control, and “she” didn’t want help paying for “it”, she wanted “it” included in the policy “she” and other “students” were already paying for.

(Scare quotes are “fun”)

35 Targetpractice  Jun 16, 2014 2:06:25pm

Glenn Beck: The Unchained Id of the Modern GOP.

36 piratedan  Jun 16, 2014 2:06:42pm

re: #25 Kragar

he’s probably looking for a recurring role…..

37 EPR-radar  Jun 16, 2014 2:07:08pm

re: #12 Bulworth

Not sure how or why the person of Sandra Fluke and the issue of birth control made so many wingnuts lose their shit. It will make for a fascinating psychological study someday.

I think that GOP head cases can’t shut up about abortion etc. because it has become a core part of their identity that they are “good people” unlike those evil people who kill babies.

Among other things, this viewpoint neatly relieves them of any obligation to actually act good.

38 blueraven  Jun 16, 2014 2:08:29pm

re: #28 Bulworth

Vitter’s running for governor? Of an American state?

No…Louisiana

39 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:08:53pm

re: #25 Kragar

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But he will be running out in a diaper.

40 blueraven  Jun 16, 2014 2:09:13pm

re: #38 blueraven

No…Louisiana

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41 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:09:36pm
42 Justanotherhuman  Jun 16, 2014 2:10:09pm

7th US Circuit Court reverses order compelling disclosure of FISA material to defense lawyer - via @MikeScarcella
see original on amlaw.com

43 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:10:49pm

re: #41 Lidane

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He’s lucky he wasn’t a black teenager.

44 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 2:11:24pm

re: #29 nines09

Don’t fuck with Glenn. He’ll kill you. Dead. Like that.


“That doesn’t mean that America would be going into a shell, Beck proclaimed, warning the rest of the world that “if you screw with us, we will pound you into glass.”

This is simply SYG painted on a global canvass.

45 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:13:31pm

re: #33 klys

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the Republican leadership denounce the incredibly vicious attacks that the various pundits unleashed against Sandra Fluke for simply daring to point out that a) women do take birth control for reasons other than (gasp) birth control and b) that putting restrictions on it makes it more difficult for women to access the drugs they need for medical purposes.

But please, tell me how both sides do it and the left has moved further to the left.

Seriously. It’s enraging and ignores the very real medical reasons why women take birth control pills that go far beyond just avoiding pregnancy.

What kills me is the so-called “pro-life” opposition to birth control. I get why the Vatican opposes birth control. They think it’s interference with God’s plan that sex = babies. But to say you oppose abortion and then also oppose things like comprehensive sex ed and easier access to birth control and Plan B makes you an asshole. If you don’t want abortions, then give people the tools they need to prevent an unwanted pregnancy before abortion ever has to become an option.

46 Justanotherhuman  Jun 16, 2014 2:13:35pm

re: #43 HappyWarrior

He’s lucky he wasn’t a black teenager.

Or a black person of any age.

47 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:14:21pm

re: #44 Decatur Deb


“That doesn’t mean that America would be going into a shell, Beck proclaimed, warning the rest of the world that “if you screw with us, we will pound you into glass.”

This is simply SYG painted on a global canvass.

In Glenn Beck’s world, America is the house in your neighborhood with the 3’ chainlink fence with the guy who cleans his guns on the porch, has a truck on blocks in the front yard and leave out a dish of anti-freeze to poison the neighbors’ pets.

48 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 2:14:28pm

re: #28 Bulworth

Vitter’s running for governor? Of an American state?

Yup. Now gaze in wonder at the condition of the X-confederate Democratic parties and electorate that keeps us from getting rid of these wazoos.

49 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 2:14:57pm

We will destroy you in a

so typical of weak and insecure personalities to deal in tuff talk

50 Bulworth  Jun 16, 2014 2:15:19pm

re:
#29

Not sure what movie that’s from but it made me think of this one:

Interrogation Cop: What are you saying?

Fenster: I said he’ll flip you.

Interrogation Cop: He’ll what?

Fenster: Flip you. Flip ya for real.

51 Nines All The Times  Jun 16, 2014 2:15:37pm

re: #44 Decatur Deb

He reveals himself every day to be as stable as a house of cards. He’s ill. I mean it, he’s got more issues than Sports Illustrated.

52 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:15:39pm

re: #35 Targetpractice

Glenn Beck: The Unchained Id of the Modern GOP.

Glenn Beck: undiagnosed Thorazine patient. He’s insane.

53 Bulworth  Jun 16, 2014 2:16:01pm

re:
#49

Yeah, and who’s this “we” Beck is speaking of?

54 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 2:16:07pm

re: #45 Lidane

Seriously. It’s enraging and ignores the very real medical reasons why women take birth control pills that go far beyond just avoiding pregnancy.

What kills me is the so-called “pro-life” opposition to birth control. I get why the Vatican opposes birth control. They think it’s interference with God’s plan that sex = babies. But to say you oppose abortion and then also oppose things like comprehensive sex ed and easier access to birth control and Plan B makes you an asshole. If you don’t want abortions, then give people the tools they need to prevent an unwanted pregnancy before abortion ever has to become an option.

TEH ONLY BIRTH CONTROLS IS PUT AN ASPIRIN BETWEEN UR LEGS!!!!!!

55 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 2:16:09pm

re: #45 Lidane

Seriously. It’s enraging and ignores the very real medical reasons why women take birth control pills that go far beyond just avoiding pregnancy.

What kills me is the so-called “pro-life” opposition to birth control. I get why the Vatican opposes birth control. They think it’s interference with God’s plan that sex = babies. But to say you oppose abortion and then also oppose things like comprehensive sex ed and easier access to birth control and Plan B makes you an asshole. If you don’t want abortions, then give people the tools they need to prevent an unwanted pregnancy before abortion ever has to become an option.

Those who place a fertilized egg above the woman who carries it believe that opposition to forced birth interferes with God’s plan for women: Subservience.

56 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 2:16:36pm

AND PAY FOR UR OWN ASPIRINS U MOOCHING SLUTZ!!!!!!

57 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 2:16:38pm

WWCD? (What would Cartman do?)

58 EPR-radar  Jun 16, 2014 2:16:49pm

re: #33 klys

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the Republican leadership denounce the incredibly vicious attacks that the various pundits unleashed against Sandra Fluke for simply daring to point out that a) women do take birth control for reasons other than (gasp) birth control and b) that putting restrictions on it makes it more difficult for women to access the drugs they need for medical purposes.

But please, tell me how both sides do it and the left has moved further to the left.

GOP politicians and leaders have learned what it takes to avoid having to publicly grovel to Rush.

59 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Jun 16, 2014 2:16:51pm

re: #9 Rightwingconspirator

Is there a word for apocalypse fan boys?
Apocalyptors maybe? Wow just need a good still from Dr Strangelove and Ps Beck riding that bomb… Yipeeeeeeee.

General Buck Turgidson: Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth, both for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nation. Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now to make a choice, to choose between two admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless distinguishable, post-war environments: one where you got 20 million people killed, and the other where you got 150 million people killed!

President Merkin Muffley: You’re talking about mass murder, General, not war.

Turgidson: Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops! Uh, depending on the breaks.

Muffley: I will not go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler!

Turgidson: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American people, than with your image in the history books!

60 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:17:21pm

re: #47 Kragar

In Glenn Beck’s world, America is the house in your neighborhood with the 3’ chainlink fence with the guy who cleans his guns on the porch, has a truck on blocks in the front yard and leave out a dish of anti-freeze to poison the neighbors’ pets.

So America is basically East Texas. Or an episode of Justified.

61 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 2:18:09pm

re: #51 nines09

He reveals himself every day to be as stable as a house of cards. He’s ill. I mean it, he’s got more issues than Sports Illustrated.

And the legions of dedicated followers who keep him in his lifestyle? Screw flouride—we need to drip a psych med in the water supplies.

62 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:18:22pm

re: #33 klys

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the Republican leadership denounce the incredibly vicious attacks that the various pundits unleashed against Sandra Fluke for simply daring to point out that a) women do take birth control for reasons other than (gasp) birth control and b) that putting restrictions on it makes it more difficult for women to access the drugs they need for medical purposes.

But please, tell me how both sides do it and the left has moved further to the left.

The only thing I remember was Romney or one of the candidates saying that Limbaugh’s words were not “the words I would have used.” Seriously, these guys are all petrified of Rush telling them that they’re not real conservatives that they’re afraid to show any decency and call out an asshole for being an asshole.

63 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 2:19:24pm

IT WAS A FUCKING PHOTO OP YOU FEEBLEMINDEDS!!!!!!

64 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 2:20:00pm

re: #62 HappyWarrior

The only thing I remember was Romney or one of the candidates saying that Limbaugh’s words were not “the words I would have used.” Seriously, these guys are all petrified of Rush telling them that they’re not real conservatives that they’re afraid to show any decency and call out an asshole for being an asshole.

It’s never the message, just the ‘messaging’.

65 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:20:38pm

re: #64 wrenchwench

It’s never the message, just the ‘messaging’.

Yep kind of like “re-branding” not “Hey, our message may be toxic to anyone who’s not a total douche or rich white guy.”

66 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 2:21:52pm

That wasn’t even a real turkey, it was just a fake centerpiece.
The real turkey was the one holding it up for the photo.

67 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:23:02pm

They can be all impressed by photo ops they want. I prefer to be more impressed by the president who has actually fought for veterans benefits rather than the president whose party members continue to champion cutting veterans benefits at the expense so their wealthy buddies can get another tax break.

68 Charles Johnson  Jun 16, 2014 2:23:40pm
69 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:23:50pm
70 klys  Jun 16, 2014 2:24:11pm

re: #45 Lidane

Seriously. It’s enraging and ignores the very real medical reasons why women take birth control pills that go far beyond just avoiding pregnancy.

What kills me is the so-called “pro-life” opposition to birth control. I get why the Vatican opposes birth control. They think it’s interference with God’s plan that sex = babies. But to say you oppose abortion and then also oppose things like comprehensive sex ed and easier access to birth control and Plan B makes you an asshole. If you don’t want abortions, then give people the tools they need to prevent an unwanted pregnancy before abortion ever has to become an option.

I have been on birth control for some of those medical issues since I was 12. There was a point where I had to stop taking it because of interaction with other medication. It sucked. Those issues hadn’t gone away.

They’re still present, but since I don’t intend to have children, I’m happy to just stay on birth control. My life is better for it. Immensely. I am also married, and we are not going to abstain in a committed relationship just so the wingnuts can be happy that my life is sucking 2-4 days a month. Fuck them.

I am taking every step I reasonably can to avoid having to make a decision I never want to face. Complete abstinance in a marriage? Not reasonable. Risking my physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing? Not reasonable. Risking my relationship with my husband? Not reasonable. Especially since it’s none of their damn business. It’s between me, my doctor, and my husband.

71 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:24:50pm

Suddenly, DUCKS!

Youtube Video

72 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:25:48pm

re: #69 Lidane

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Oh that Chip and Dale rip-off is going to change so many minds about Hillary.

73 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Jun 16, 2014 2:26:11pm

re: #71 Kragar

Behind the scenes…

74 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:27:31pm

re: #70 klys

I have been on birth control for some of those medical issues since I was 12. There was a point where I had to stop taking it because of interaction with other medication. It sucked. Those issues hadn’t gone away.

They’re still present, but since I don’t intend to have children, I’m happy to just stay on birth control. My life is better for it. Immensely. I am also married, and we are not going to abstain in a committed relationship just so the wingnuts can be happy that my life is sucking 2-4 days a month. Fuck them.

I am taking every step I reasonably can to avoid having to make a decision I never want to face. Complete abstinance in a marriage? Not reasonable. Risking my physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing? Not reasonable. Risking my relationship with my husband? Not reasonable. Especially since it’s none of their damn business. It’s between me, my doctor, and my husband.

Fucking this times a 1000. For types who claim to believe in small government and for individual rights, that goes out the window when it comes to what goes on between consenting adults but if a corporation wants to poison the atmosphere, small government!

75 Charles Johnson  Jun 16, 2014 2:29:09pm

re: #71 Kragar

Suddenly, DUCKS!

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Video

That’s pretty horrifying.

76 Targetpractice  Jun 16, 2014 2:29:19pm

re: #72 HappyWarrior

Oh that Chip and Dale rip-off is going to change so many minds about Hillary.

Just like Creepy Uncle Sam converted so many college students into anti-Obamacare activists.

77 HappyWarrior  Jun 16, 2014 2:31:21pm

re: #76 Targetpractice

Just like Creepy Uncle Sam converted so many college students into anti-Obamacare activists.

Or how the anti minimum wage hipster changed so many minds.

78 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:32:08pm

re: #71 Kragar

Suddenly, DUCKS!

WTF was that?

In other news, a bunch of bearded fake rednecks from Louisiana and a camera crew have boarded a plane to wherever the hell that is.

79 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jun 16, 2014 2:33:34pm

Beck = As brave as a man fighting using other people and other people’s sons can be.

Behold Glen Beck, the mightiest (proxy) warrior evar.

80 Charles Johnson  Jun 16, 2014 2:35:12pm

Were those people herding the ducks, or was this some kind of bizarre natural swarming behavior, or WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE

81 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 2:35:42pm

re: #69 Lidane

Another anti-Hillary panel from today’s Townhall email.

If they get this nasty this early, what bizarre contortions will they go through in 2016?

82 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 2:36:02pm

Reading skills are apparently hard to come by for the elderly

was it my complete sentences?

83 Charles Johnson  Jun 16, 2014 2:36:51pm

That many ducks could fuck you up.

84 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 2:37:14pm

“The brewing controversy” over whether criminal defendants should have lawyers.

85 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Jun 16, 2014 2:37:32pm

re: #80 Charles Johnson

Were those people herding the ducks, or was this some kind of bizarre natural swarming behavior, or WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE

They heard how much fun the chickens had crossing the road and thought they’d have a go at it.

86 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 2:37:35pm

re: #71 Kragar

Thailand?

87 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:40:17pm

re: #86 jaunte

Thailand?

I believe so, based on the text on the sign in the background. Looked like Thai to me, but I’m not 100% sure

88 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:43:03pm
89 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 2:43:12pm
90 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 2:43:42pm
91 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:44:17pm

re: #83 Charles Johnson

That many ducks could fuck you up.

Five thousand ducks block road in China

Youtube Video

92 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 2:48:09pm

So apparently duck herding is an actual thing.

93 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 2:48:35pm

re: #92 Kragar

So apparently duck herding is an actual thing.

of course i’ve heard of ducks

94 piratedan  Jun 16, 2014 2:48:40pm

re: #90 Gus

it’s okay, I doubt Sandra Fluke even returns the Pundit’s calls after Rush set them up on that blind date…. ////

95 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 2:50:04pm

re: #71 Kragar

Suddenly, DUCKS!

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Video

It’s kind of scary when they just keep coming, but it’s even scarier when they stop and stand there.

96 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 2:50:06pm

This has been obvious for years:

I want these guys to tell me what Obama has done that rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Being POTUS while black doesn’t count.

97 klys  Jun 16, 2014 2:50:47pm

re: #92 Kragar

So apparently duck herding is an actual thing.

I had a children’s book when I was little about a duck. Named Ping.

98 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 2:52:46pm

re: #96 Lidane

This has been obvious for years:

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I want these guys to tell me what Obama has done that rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Being POTUS while black doesn’t count.

Being POTUSWB

99 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 2:53:02pm

I believe we now have our weapon against the BEES.

DUCKS.

100 Swift2991  Jun 16, 2014 2:55:56pm

And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Why does he believe in force so much?

101 Targetpractice  Jun 16, 2014 2:58:02pm

re: #96 Lidane

This has been obvious for years:

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I want these guys to tell me what Obama has done that rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Being POTUS while black doesn’t count.

Another nitwit relying upon the idea that impeaching a president is the same as convicting him of something.

102 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 3:02:44pm

30 seconds in and the US scores. Woohoo!

103 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 3:05:05pm
104 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 3:05:25pm

re: #102 Lidane

30 seconds in and the US scores. Woohoo!

quick - surround ISIS while they are all watching the world cup

105 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:05:27pm

re: #102 Lidane

Just logged in here to see if anyone else was. It is 8:03am here in aus. Great goal ! Dempsey is incredible. I hope the States win this one, it would be so good to see them do well, maybe head into the round of 16. I’m tired of it always being the same teams - it is awesome to see teams develop and get better. I see the US and the aussie teams as heaps similar in that regard

106 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 3:06:02pm
Putin huylo! (Ukrainian: Путін хуйло, Russian: Путин хуйло, English meaning: Putin is a fucker or Putin is a dickhead[1]) is a Ukrainian song that became popular after the events of recent months in Ukraine. Being formerly known as a song of FC Metalist Kharkiv fans,[2] later the song became popular not only among the Ukrainian people, but also abroad, including Mexico,[3] Japan,[4] U.S.,[5] Canada, Western Europe and so on.
Among famous performers of the song are members of the Ukrainian parliament Oleh Lyashko[6] and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Deshchytsia,[7][8][9] who sang it at the Russian Embassy in Kiev with the protesters.
The song caused widespread discontent among ordinary Russians, the diplomatic mission of Russia in Ukraine, and the Russian leadership. However, Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to Ukraine, wrote on Twitter that the minister had been “seeking to defuse a dangerous situation”, calling Deshchytsia “a skilled diplomat and credit to Ukraine.”[10]

en.wikipedia.org!

107 Shazam  Jun 16, 2014 3:06:41pm

I love watching americans suddenly give a shit about soccer.

“Gee, I think Brazil could go all the way this year.”
“Brazil is literally the only country you’re sure has a team, because they’re playing there this year. You only know that because they literally completed one of the stadiums five minutes before the game.”
“Still, I think they should win.”
“You know the US has a team, right?”
“We do?”

108 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 3:08:32pm

vigorous propulsion of spheres occurring at this moment

109 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:09:20pm

I honestly think the States can beat Portugal too after watching the Portugese performance against Germany. Hopefully the americans will get Pepe so angry that he runs in from the outside, tries to stomp someone, one of his lousy mates step in, and a few red cards are given to Portugal. Maybe that pretty boy Ronaldo - his little display against the ref was way over the top and he knew it.

But seriously, a good strong opening by the americans could see Portugal fold, I really hope it happens. We’ll see what happens in this match first I guess

110 piratedan  Jun 16, 2014 3:10:14pm

re: #109 jamjam

whole lotta game left to play, great start, but better to be up 1-0 than down 1-0

111 Romantic Heretic  Jun 16, 2014 3:10:14pm

And the wingnuts think Obama is the anti-Christ.

112 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 3:12:23pm

Who are the major players in the Iraq crisis?

dead people

113 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 3:12:28pm

re: #109 jamjam

I honestly think the States can beat Portugal too after watching the Portugese performance against Germany.

I missed the match, sadly, but I’ve heard that Portugal got a brutal beating.

I didn’t have much hope of the States getting out of their group, but if Portugal ends up completely demoralized after today and the States win, the US could very well get to the next stage. I hope so.

114 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 3:12:34pm
115 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 3:13:25pm

re: #106 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

en.wikipedia.org!

Now with horses!

Youtube Video

116 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:14:09pm

re: #108 dog philosopher

vigorous propulsion of spheres occurring at this moment

Well, one visible sphere at least. But the atmosphere in the stadium surely contains a small percentage of Helium, as all air does, and the movement of two electrons within the 1s orbital creates a sphere, itself which is being vigorously propelled (or moving, at least). So lots of spheres moving around. Here, there and everywhere

117 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 3:14:14pm

Sorry Murica. This wasn’t the quickest goal in WC history.

118 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 3:14:45pm

Poroshenko has met with Soros. Good.

president.gov.ua

119 Romantic Heretic  Jun 16, 2014 3:15:07pm

re: #16 HappyWarrior

Yeah. These creepazoids are always worried about their erection problems and nothing makes them go softer, faster, than a woman with her own identity.

120 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 3:15:21pm

Haha, this is awesome:

I like Iker Casillas. I felt bad for him after Spain’s match, but he had a horrible day that day. Conceding five goals? Ouch.

121 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:15:25pm

re: #117 Gus

Sorry Murica. This wasn’t the quickest goal in WC history.

Jesum crow, 11 seconds??? That is incredible. Well, top 5 at least for the States

122 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:16:54pm

re: #113 Lidane

I missed the match, sadly, but I’ve heard that Portugal got a brutal beating.

I didn’t have much hope of the States getting out of their group, but if Portugal ends up completely demoralized after today and the States win, the US could very well get to the next stage. I hope so.

Yre: #120 Lidane

Gold - that is great stuff. You follow Barca Lidane ?

123 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 3:17:28pm

These two tweets go together.

124 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 3:18:53pm

re: #116 jamjam

Well, one visible sphere at least. But the atmosphere in the stadium surely contains a small percentage of Helium, as all air does, and the movement of two electrons within the 1s orbital creates a sphere, itself which is being vigorously propelled (or moving, at least). So lots of spheres moving around. Here, there and everywhere

excuse me i was having an attack of brownian motion so i didn’t catch your drift

125 Romantic Heretic  Jun 16, 2014 3:19:14pm

re: #26 Justanotherhuman

The fervor w/which these has-beens are beating the drums of war equals the mood back in 2001.

WTF?

Maybe we should just invade Canada instead.

And have a beer fest.

If I may recommend? Mill St. Brewery.

126 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 3:19:15pm

re: #123 wrenchwench

These two tweets go together.

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That’s my business partner!! No wonder he isn’t answering my emails.

127 allegro  Jun 16, 2014 3:20:40pm

re: #123 wrenchwench

These two tweets go together.

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I seriously want that guy’s outfit. (even though I’m a small white woman, it would make for an awesome summer look)

128 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 3:22:17pm

re: #126 Decatur Deb

That’s my business partner!! No wonder he isn’t answering my emails.

Says he calls faster in urban areas…. oh, you meant the other guy.

129 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:22:41pm

re: #124 dog philosopher

Definitely not ideal

130 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 3:24:35pm

re: #128 wrenchwench

Says he calls faster in urban areas…. oh, you meant the other guy.

Better than a NYC frog—they never call, never write.

131 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 3:27:26pm

re: #122 jamjam

Y

Gold - that is great stuff. You follow Barca Lidane ?

Yeah, I like Barca a lot. I followed the Spanish side in the 2010 World Cup after Mexico got eliminated and that’s when I first really started to learn about the teams. I ended up a Barcelona fan. They’re awesome.

Nothing against Real Madrid, but rooting for them is like rooting for the Yankees in baseball. I don’t root for the Yankees either. Haha. Still, I think Iker Casillas is a good guy. Loyal to his club, definitely passionate about the game, etc. I felt bad for him after they lost to the Dutch.

132 lawhawk  Jun 16, 2014 3:28:59pm

re: #18 Kragar

Jim has issues with “women”.

FTFY

133 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 3:32:52pm

barca

same family as hamlicar and hannibal?

134 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:37:16pm

re: #131 Lidane

Yeah, I like Barca a lot. I followed the Spanish side in the 2010 World Cup after Mexico got eliminated and that’s when I first really started to learn about the teams and I ended up a Barcelona fan. They’re awesome.

Nothing against Real Madrid, but rooting for them is like rooting for the Yankees in baseball. I don’t root for the Yankees either. Haha. Still, I think Iker Casillas is a good guy. Loyal to his club, definitely passionate about the game, etc. I felt bad for him after they lost to the Dutch.

Cool. What did you think of Messi the other night ? I thought he played well, nice to see him doing his thing at the World Cup. I remember seeing him play australia at an under 20s championship, a while back - his skill was evident even then.

But I remember watching the match where Pepe stomped on his hand ! I’ve seen Pepe lose his shit so many times. Its beyond sad. To be honest, Sergio Ramos is pretty dirty as well. So in my mind as a Barca supporter (unless they’re playing Bayern or HSV in the Champions League) Real are just a dirty side.

Just watching Dempsey ! Blood coming from his nose, apparently it is broken. Nasty stuff!

135 Patricia Kayden  Jun 16, 2014 3:44:31pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

Mine too. Love her. Hope she has a long career in politics so she can do some good for this country. I can just imagine the harassment she gets after Limbaugh called her a slut for three straight days.

136 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 3:46:23pm
137 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:49:15pm

Good even match so far - things can obviously change so quickly so I don’t wanna eat my words…but Ghana, in my mind, are often seen as a lower-tier team in the World Cup, but I think they’re better than most people seem to credit them. I think they’re absolutely world class.

They’re 38 in the world but no way that reflects their actual ability: I’ve always watched Ghana play where I can (I saw them play here in aus as a kid actually), and they nearly always do very well. They’ve got an entertaining style of play that puts some of the toughest teams to pasture.

In 2006 I really enjoyed the Ghana-US game: Ghana beat the Czechs 2-0 in that same tournament, beat the US 2-1, but the US are playing far better in this game than in 2006. So it is great to see a team improve by leaps and bounds like that.

But remember in 2010 ? They made it through to the the Ro16 and played the US again, and again it was 2-1 (i think).

So Ghana and the US have a great rivalry but the US are outclassing them so far. Hopefully it keeps on into the 2nd half

138 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 3:49:20pm

re: #136 Stanley Sea

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I’m liking seeing Biden there, especially knowing that neither him nor President Obama bothered to go to Sochi.

139 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 3:49:33pm

re: #107 Shazam

I love watching americans suddenly give a shit about soccer.

“Gee, I think Brazil could go all the way this year.”
“Brazil is literally the only country you’re sure has a team, because they’re playing there this year. You only know that because they literally completed one of the stadiums five minutes before the game.”
“Still, I think they should win.”
“You know the US has a team, right?”
“We do?”

I just want to go on record that I do not now, nor have I ever, nor do I plan in the future, to ever give a shit about soccer.

140 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:50:20pm

re: #139 Kragar

I just want to go on record that I do not now, nor have I ever, nor do I plan in the future, to ever give a shit about soccer.

What if the US won the world cup?

141 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 3:50:35pm

re: #136 Stanley Sea

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Biden should go knock on Greenwald’s door just to say hi.

143 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 3:50:45pm

Republican And Democratic Leadership, Iran Diplomats Meet To Co-ordinate Strategy Of Strongly Worded Statements And Ineffectual Floundering

sen mccain renews call for all problems to be defined as nails

144 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 3:50:51pm

re: #136 Stanley Sea

BIDEN/PELE BOWING SCANDAL.

145 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:51:43pm

Wow, rotten stuff from the Ghana player there. Did he get a yellow card for that ? Lucky he didn’t get a red. What happened ? Looked like he lost his temper or something. Pepe style.

146 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 3:52:01pm
147 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 3:52:54pm

re: #140 jamjam

What if the US won the world cup?

In all honestly, I really don’t give a shit who wins it. It might as well be any other sporting event.

148 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 3:54:01pm

re: #134 jamjam

Cool. What did you think of Messi the other night ?

Watching Messi is always fun. He’s just stupidly good at what he does.

149 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:54:28pm

Half time. Good stuff. The US are doing well here, massive shame about Dempsey getting his nose broken though, and with that little scuffle - lucky the guy pulled back before he did something stupid.

150 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 3:55:29pm
151 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 3:55:41pm

re: #147 Kragar

Fair enough

152 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 4:00:23pm

re: #145 jamjam

Wow, rotten stuff from the Ghana player there. Did he get a yellow card for that ? Lucky he didn’t get a red. What happened ? Looked like he lost his temper or something. Pepe style.

They made up.

153 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 4:02:21pm

So, Kragar you’ll appreciate this (SD Freeway hell)

I leave work at 2 to get home @ 3 for match - wanted to stop for supplies before.

Motor home fire on the freeway. Didn’t get here till 318. pfaw.

154 BongCrodny  Jun 16, 2014 4:02:40pm

Anyone got a spare million or two they’re not doing anything with? I can pay you back $10…no, make that $20 per week.

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155 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:06:20pm

Statement by the Press Secretary on the War Powers Resolution Report for Iraq

Today, consistent with the War Powers Resolution, the President transmitted a report notifying the Congress that up to approximately 275 U.S. military personnel are deploying to Iraq to provide support and security for U.S. personnel and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The personnel will provide assistance to the Department of State in connection with the temporary relocation of some staff from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to the U.S. Consulates General in Basra and Erbil and to the Iraq Support Unit in Amman. These U.S. military personnel are entering Iraq with the consent of the Government of Iraq. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad remains open, and a substantial majority of the U.S. Embassy presence in Iraq will remain in place and the embassy will be fully equipped to carry out its national security mission.

Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

June 16, 2014

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

Starting on June 15, 2014, up to approximately 275 U.S. Armed Forces personnel are deploying to Iraq to provide support and security for U.S. personnel and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. This force is deploying for the purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and property, if necessary, and is equipped for combat. This force will remain in Iraq until the security situation becomes such that it is no longer needed.

This action has been directed consistent with my responsibility to protect U.S. citizens both at home and abroad, and in furtherance of U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.

I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148). I appreciate the support of the Congress in these actions.

Sincerely,

BARACK OBAMA

156 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 4:11:04pm

re: #150 Gus

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Do you keep up with those announcements at Buzzfeed?

157 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 4:11:04pm

World Cup 2014: Germany Dismantles Portugal

get i get the piece with the anchovies?

158 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 4:13:10pm

Your daily message from the People’s Republic of Donetsk:

Youtube Video

In short: the Ukrainian people is dying because it has been brainwashed through Emmanuelle and Sponge Bob, also fags fags, faggity fags, and how he will kill everyone once he is a head of some tribunal, and he wants back to USSR. Also, fags.

159 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:16:16pm

re: #156 wrenchwench

Do you keep up with those announcements at Buzzfeed?

Nope. Don’t follow anyone from Buzzfeed.

160 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:17:42pm

re: #159 Gus

Nope. Don’t follow anyone from Buzzfeed.

I once GOT buzzed on some feed. I think someone slipped some peyote in my bran flakes

161 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 4:17:45pm

re: #159 Gus

Nope. Don’t follow anyone from Buzzfeed.

Me neither. But I would think it would be a good source for news about BEES

162 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:18:29pm

re: #161 wrenchwench

Me neither. But I would think it would be a good source for news about BEES

Ah. Now I gets it.

163 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 4:19:23pm

FAKE TWEET:

Actually: Marrakesh.

ar-ar.facebook.com

164 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 4:20:51pm

re: #158 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

Your daily message from the People’s Republic of Donetsk:

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In short: the Ukrainian people is dying because it has been brainwashed through Emmanuelle and Sponge Bob, also fags fags, faggity fags, and how he will kill everyone once he is a head of some tribunal, and he wants back to USSR. Also, fags.

They’ve become anti-smoking fanatics?

/

165 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:22:50pm
166 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:23:48pm

Kristol: Whatever else you can say about this war, let me make one point, George Bush is not fighting this like Vietnam. We don’t need to -

Guest: Saddam may be…

Kristol: But it’s not going to happen.

Host: Let me take a call -

Kristol: This is going to be a two-month war not an eight-year war.

[back to Hardball]

Matthews: It’s going to be a two-month war in Iraq. A hell of a predictor. Like Dick Morris making his predicts and Karl Rove. Dead wrong. What is the genius of Bill Kristol? I swear he’s got organizations all over the place, he’s everywhere, and yet he’s wrong a lot.

167 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 4:23:54pm
168 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 4:26:21pm
169 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:28:49pm
170 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 4:29:34pm

re: #167 Stanley Sea

THE WORSE WE ARE AT SOCCER (NOT FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL IS FOOTBALL!!) THE BETTER COUNTRY WE ARE!!

171 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:31:05pm

[In response to “Do you think the American people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant American casualties?”] “Well, I don’t think it’s likely to unfold that way, Tim, because I really do believe that we will be greeted as liberators. I’ve talked with a lot of Iraqis in the last several months myself, had them to the White House….The read we get on the people of Iraq is there is no question but what they want to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they will welcome as liberators the United States when we come to do that.”

My belief is, we will, in fact be greeted as liberators.

Meet The Press with Tim Russert. [12] (March 16, 2003)

Dick. Cheney.

172 piratedan  Jun 16, 2014 4:31:26pm

re: #169 Gus

we were greeted as liberators, it’s just that those being freed were Haliburton and Xe, not the Iraqi people.

173 GeneJockey  Jun 16, 2014 4:36:53pm

re: #157 dog philosopher

World Cup 2014: Germany Dismantles Portugal

get i get the piece with the anchovies?

“Baboon! Look what you’ve done - you’ve sunk Portugal!”

174 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:37:02pm

re: #172 piratedan

we were greeted as liberators, it’s just that those being freed were Haliburton and Xe, not the Iraqi people.

Noun, verb, words, Michael Moore. :D

//

175 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:39:38pm

Joe Biden’s lucky. Unlike Dick Cheney, after his term is up, he’ll be free to travel anywhere in the world.

:D

176 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 4:41:28pm

Militants ‘Executed Non-Muslims’ at Kenyan Word Cup Watch Party

Mohammed Shariff, who was among the viewers at the Breeze View hotel in the coastal town of Mpekatoni, said the gunmen were asking people whether they were Islamic before opening fire. “”They told us to say ‘There is no god but Allah’. Then they told the non-Muslims to lie down and then shot them,” said Mohammed Shariff, through a translator.

177 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 4:42:53pm

re: #167 Stanley Sea

Free Republic showing they’re a bunch of sports savants:

Feels like this soccer crap is being forced on us on ESPN, etc. Yes, just change the channel but why is there this effort to make believe that Americans love soccer and love the WNBA? They are two artificially created.
—

The WNBA is about flopping and acting too?
—

The WNBA is financed by the NBA and would not be able to support itself on it’s own.
—

I think you may then be at least partially gay, seeing Soccer players as scantily clad women.

Perhaps you should seek therapy or a priest or something.
—

All sports are artificially created. I don’t think anybody is trying to pretend the WNBA is popular. The World Cup on the other hand consistently got better ratings that the US Open over the weekend, so it’s at least a little popular.
—

I care less about soccer then I do about worms on a fish hook. More globalist BS if you ask me.
—

All the participation Trophy kids love it. They grew up on it like we did football/baseball/hockey. Brings back memories of free no-score pizza parties and group hugging.
—

When the United States wins the world cup it will officially be a third world toilet. A country that is good at soccer is horrible at everything else.

But wait! A Freeper tries to play the snark card and points out people actually watch the World Cup:

LOL. Soccer is the world’s game and it is not being forced on us.
The England-Italy game that was played on Saturday averaged a 2.6 rating for ESPN with 4.615M viewers. That makes it ESPN/ESPN2’s most-watched non-U.S. Group Stage World Cup game ever. The network says that only three U.S. men’s Group Stage matches have delivered a larger audience (the side has yet to take the field this year). In terms of household ratings, England’s defeat at the hands of the Azzurri is the 2nd highest-rated non-U.S. Group Stage World Cup game, falling behind Thursday’s Brazil-Croatia opener which scored a record overnight average of 3.2 in the metered markets. Univision, meanwhile, reports that its World Cup audience is 25% larger among total viewers than in 2010 through eight matches.

I bet tonight’s US-Ghana game will draw more viewers (combined Univision and ESPN) than last night’s NBA fifth and final game.

The FIFA World Cup is the quadrennial soccer championship held every four years since 1930 (with two exceptions as a result of that whole WWII thing). The Cup’s final game is the single most viewed sporting event on earth. The 2010 match between Spain and The Netherlands was watched by an estimated 700 million people. That’s a decent chunk of the world’s entire population.

I’m sure other Freepers will stand up and agree with him, right? Let’s see:

Very unfair comparison.

Players in the WNBA aren’t PMS-ing nearly as much as those in international soccer.
—

I am 67 years old, and I still remember the great time I had playing tackle football with my buddies, and viewing the introduction of soccer as a sport for those who were too pussified to play real football.
—

Went out to eat with the family Saturday night. Restaurant had a dozen or so TVs going. Half with golf, half with soccer.

Golf seemed like a rollicking, riotous, outrageous good time compared to the soccer snoozefest.

Globalists love to make Americans think we like soccer. Then, the USA will blend in the rest of the world and cease being so darn exceptional.

Not yet.
—

I don’t watch soccer because it reminds me too much of my love life during high school; a lot of chasing, elevated heart rate, lots of sweating…very little scoring.

A friend of mine describes soccer as, “A sport for all the homosexuals that don’t have the hand-eye coordination to play badminton.”
—

I remember back in the 70’s when they were trying to jam this down our throats, along with the metric system..

A few folks seem to follow the game, and others don’t care because free markets mean ESPN is listening to their customers, but the anti-soccer idiots are funny.

178 allegro  Jun 16, 2014 4:44:02pm

re: #176 Killgore Trout

Militants ‘Executed Non-Muslims’ at Kenyan Word Cup Watch Party

Making Bryan Fischer cry with envy that he can’t do that here.

179 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 4:44:09pm

Oh no, I was bound to happen, Ghana has been kicking the US’ ass for quite a while now.

180 CuriousLurker  Jun 16, 2014 4:46:15pm
181 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:46:21pm
182 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 4:46:23pm

re: #177 Lidane

Free Republic showing they’re a bunch of sports savants:

But wait! A Freeper tries to play the snark card and points out people actually watch the World Cup:

I’m sure other Freepers will stand up and agree with him, right? Let’s see:

A few folks seem to follow the game, and others don’t care because free markets mean ESPN is listening to their customers, but the anti-soccer idiots are funny.

Comical.

183 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 4:46:25pm

DAMMIT. Ghana scored. :(

184 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 16, 2014 4:47:18pm
185 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 4:47:37pm

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

186 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 4:47:44pm

OMG!!!! Goal USA!!!!

187 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 16, 2014 4:47:54pm

And the US strikes back! 2-1

188 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 4:48:20pm

Beautiful

189 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:48:44pm

re: #179 b.d.

Oh no, I was bound to happen, Ghana has been kicking the US’ ass for quite a while now.

And ,,,, BACK UP !!!

They could have been totally demoralized.

190 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 4:48:51pm

YES YES YES YES! WOOHOO! :D

191 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 4:48:58pm

re: #181 Gus

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There are a couple of cafes and shawarma joints in Russia, DNR and LNR that have sanctioned Obama and Biden. So there. /

192 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:49:12pm

faster clock ,, FASTER!!!!

193 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 4:49:56pm

To hell with those FreeRepublic dinosaurs, they played a little too much football in their leather helmets.

194 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 4:50:23pm

re: #192 sattv4u2

faster clock ,, FASTER!!!!

Superman, where art thou?

195 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:50:39pm

re: #194 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

Superman, where art thou?

Zaccly

196 thedopefishlives  Jun 16, 2014 4:50:44pm

Evening Lizardim.

197 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 4:50:55pm

re: #192 sattv4u2

faster clock ,, FASTER!!!!

Hublot. Love to say that out loud.

Hublowwwwwwww

198 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:51:12pm

re: #193 b.d.

To hell with those FreeRepublic dinosaurs, they played a little too much football in their leather without wearing helmets.

FTFY

199 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:51:57pm

ugh,,,,

5 minutes of extra time

200 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 4:52:29pm
201 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 16, 2014 4:52:31pm
202 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:54:36pm

Slow it down Tim,, slow it down

203 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 4:55:34pm

Heh.

204 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 4:55:52pm

re: #201 NJDhockeyfan

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Looks like one of those immersion blenders making Nebraska into a smoothie.

205 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 4:56:27pm

re: #203 Lidane

Not a problem, Rocket Pops rock

206 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:56:34pm

re: #201 NJDhockeyfan

Ugh,, My son is in Nebraska right now

207 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 4:56:43pm

USA!

208 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 4:57:00pm
209 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 4:57:13pm

re: #205 b.d.

Not a problem, Rocket Pops rock

Yeah ,,iirc, we called them Bomb Pops up in Boston,, but yeah ,, same

210 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 4:59:50pm

STUPID WINGNUT MEME OF THE DAY:
I’m sure we can find enough pictures of wingnut kids with guns to make a photo montage.

211 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 5:00:17pm

awesomee ! My prediction was right - this US team is better than in ‘06 and 2010, they’ve improved so much. Way to go guys ! From an aussie fan

212 thedopefishlives  Jun 16, 2014 5:00:22pm

re: #210 Pie-onist Overlord

STUPID WINGNUT MEME OF THE DAY:
I’m sure we can find enough pictures of wingnut kids with guns to make a photo montage.

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Oh, that’s absolutely for sure.

213 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:04:03pm

re: #212 thedopefishlives

Oh, that’s absolutely for sure.

American kids with guns.

HURR HURR THEIR BEIN TAUGHT SELF DEFENSE & SECUND AMENDMENT RITES U LIBTARD!!!!!!!

214 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:05:10pm
215 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:05:42pm

re: #213 Pie-onist Overlord

American kids with guns.

HURR HURR THEIR BEIN TAUGHT SELF DEFENSE & SECUND AMENDMENT RITES U LIBTARD!!!!!!!

It’s also not hard to find Israeli kids with guns:

blogs.forward.com

haaretz.com

216 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:06:48pm

I don’t pump my own posts, but this one is personal for me. The girl that was assaulted (twice) by a guy detained on domestic violence charges who was released after a couple of hours, despite TN. law stipulating a 12 hour cooling off period. She used to be the receptionist where I work.

Whoops, for got the link ht. ww littlegreenfootballs.com
RBS

217 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:08:26pm

re: #215 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

It’s also not hard to find Israeli kids with guns:

blogs.forward.com

haaretz.com

Found on the first page of Google search.

218 thedopefishlives  Jun 16, 2014 5:08:34pm

re: #214 Gus

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My Bullshit Bingo card just spontaneously exploded.

219 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:08:38pm

Then there are Orthodox Christian kids with guns, children of a priest, no less:

svyatoslav.livejournal.com

220 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 5:08:56pm

re: #216 RealityBasedSteve

I don’t pump my own posts, but this one is personal for me. The girl that was assaulted (twice) by a guy detained on domestic violence charges who was released after a couple of hours, despite TN. law stipulating a 12 hour cooling off period. She used to be the receptionist where I work.

RBS

(Pssst: link!)

221 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 5:09:59pm

re: #210 Pie-onist Overlord

Doesn’t the film Jesus Camp have a bunch of kids willing to die for Jesus in it? Never did see it.

222 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:10:04pm

re: #220 wrenchwench

(Pssst: link!)

Thanks WW…. I guess you’ll have to ‘guysplain’ it to me. littlegreenfootballs.com

223 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 5:10:06pm

I’m not going to link this, but it was something I read today that was just so fucking sad. The priest killed in AZ during a robbery was killed with his fellow priest’s gun. Priests and guns. WTF

224 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:10:38pm

A win for soccer is a win for liberal global elites!

//

225 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:10:43pm

Children and guns in a Russian Orthodox Sunday school.

portamur.ru

226 ObserverArt  Jun 16, 2014 5:10:56pm

That was a nice finish to a World Cup futbol game. A tie late and one of the best header goals I’ve seen by an American player.

Regarding two themes running in this topic.

I figured out why the Republicans are so against abortion and birth control. They want an increase in the birth rate so they have some more resources to fight all these wars they want to initiate.

/

227 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:11:20pm

re: #221 Lidane

Doesn’t the film Jesus Camp have a bunch of kids willing to die for Jesus in it? Never did see it.

Never saw it either.

228 Shazam  Jun 16, 2014 5:11:30pm

re: #221 Lidane

Doesn’t the film Jesus Camp have a bunch of kids willing to die for Jesus in it? Never did see it.

Yes. There was an extreme militaristic theme to the camp, and kids were put in camo and face paint. The camp leader said Christians were at war with other religions and there would only be one victor, so they needed to train ‘em young.

229 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 16, 2014 5:11:49pm

re: #206 sattv4u2

Ugh,, My son is in Nebraska right now

I hope he’s safe. Pilfer was destroyed today.

230 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:12:50pm

re: #224 Gus

A win for soccer is a win for liberal global elites!

//

and somewhere some RWNJ is starting his screed about how soccer is un-American, how it’s a plot to destroy our rugged individualism, and stuff. I wish I could say I thought I was making that up.

RBS

231 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:13:19pm

Well, actually.

232 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:13:20pm

re: #224 Gus

A win for soccer is a win for liberal global elites!

//

Wow, talk about a sheltered existence.

233 Skip Intro  Jun 16, 2014 5:13:20pm

re: #223 Stanley Sea

I’m not going to link this, but it was something I read today that was just so fucking sad. The priest killed in AZ during a robbery was killed with his fellow priest’s gun. Priests and guns. WTF

Linked here before I read your comment.

I think this is the second good guy with a gun who either got killed or got someone else killed because of it in the last week or so. It does need to be addressed, given the NRA’s idiotic “good guy with a gun” horseshit.

234 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 5:13:28pm

re: #210 Pie-onist Overlord

STUPID WINGNUT MEME OF THE DAY:
I’m sure we can find enough pictures of wingnut kids with guns to make a photo montage.

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Ahem

Heavily-armed Texas kids.

235 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:14:22pm

re: #230 RealityBasedSteve

and somewhere some RWNJ is starting his screed about how soccer is un-American, how it’s a plot to destroy our rugged individualism, and stuff. I wish I could say I thought I was making that up.

RBS

236 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:14:45pm

HURR HURR WHO NEEDS OBAMACARE & SHELTERS!!!! WITH ARE GUNZ WE CANS JUST SHOOT THAT DIABETES & TORNADOES!!!!!!

237 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:14:48pm

re: #232 jaunte

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Wow, talk about a sheltered existence.

Pretty sure he’s being sarcastic. :D

238 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 5:14:48pm

re: #229 NJDhockeyfan

I hope he’s safe. Pilfer was destroyed today.

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Thnanks

I’ll Map it. He’s staying for a few days with friends in Omaha before they continue on to Denver then Anaheim Cal.

239 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 5:14:49pm

re: #230 RealityBasedSteve

and somewhere some RWNJ is starting his screed about how soccer is un-American, how it’s a plot to destroy our rugged individualism, and stuff. I wish I could say I thought I was making that up.

RBS

Look up at the Free Republic tweet,

So out of touch.

240 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:15:39pm

re: #237 Gus

Poe strikes again!

241 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:16:30pm
242 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 5:16:35pm

re: #233 Skip Intro

Linked here before I read your comment.

I think this is the second good guy with a gun who either got killed or got someone else killed because of it in the last week or so. It does need to be addressed, given the NRA’s idiotic “good guy with a gun” horseshit.

Peace be with you, and also with you.

I’ve got a gun in my room.

I’m not callous to this horrible death, but I’m still WTF of priests with guns.

243 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:16:39pm
244 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:16:46pm

Not sarcasm.

245 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 5:17:09pm

re: #222 RealityBasedSteve

Thanks WW…. I guess you’ll have to ‘guysplain’ it to me. littlegreenfootballs.com

Also, I think the video was auto-added to your post and is not related. You can use the pencil and delete it.

246 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:17:15pm

re: #232 jaunte

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Wow, talk about a sheltered existence.

GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! and jaunte scores within 30 seconds.

RBS

247 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 5:17:42pm

WHY IS HE WATCHING THE WORLD CUP? HE NEEDS TO START ANOTHER WAR IN IRAQ!

248 blueraven  Jun 16, 2014 5:17:44pm

re: #231 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

Well, actually.

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Ye Soldiers of the Cross

Stand up, stand up for Jesus! ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss:
From vict’ry unto vict’ry, His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The trumpet call obey:
Forth to the mighty conflict, in this His glorious day;
Ye that are men now serve Him against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus! Stand in His strength alone,
The arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own;
Put on the gospel armor, and watching unto prayer,
Where calls the voice of duty, be never wanting there.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus! the strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle, the next the victor’s song;
To him that overcometh a crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory shall reign eternally.

249 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:19:01pm
250 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 5:19:25pm

re: #241 Gus

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251 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 16, 2014 5:19:37pm
252 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:19:38pm

re: #245 wrenchwench

Also, I think the video was auto-added to your post and is not related. You can use the pencil and delete it.

Got that one cleaned up… :)

RBS

253 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 5:19:47pm

YOU’D NEVER CATCH GEORGE WASHINGTON OR JOHN WAYNE PLAYING SOCCER!!

254 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:19:50pm

re: #246 RealityBasedSteve

GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! and jaunte scores within 30 seconds.

RBS

I stand ready to dive headlong at the fake kick!

255 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:20:29pm

re: #249 Gus

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When they supported a fascist dictator Francisco Franco? Or when they were against desegregation?

256 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 16, 2014 5:20:34pm

yep, that’s a house in the air near the base of the tornado.

257 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:20:53pm

END ABORTION!! ENSLAVE WOMEN!!!!
This wingnut has 125K followers.

258 teleskiguy  Jun 16, 2014 5:21:33pm
259 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 5:21:55pm

re: #257 Pie-onist Overlord

END ABORTION!! ENSLAVE WOMEN!!!!
This wingnut has 125K followers.

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Also following 132k people.

How the fuck do you do that?

260 Dr Lizardo  Jun 16, 2014 5:22:12pm

re: #249 Gus

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National Review ✔ @NRO
‘Soccer: Official Sport of Terrorism’: Why is it you never hear of baseball hooligans? natl.re

Go home, National Review. You’re drunk.

261 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:22:36pm

re: #259 Kragar

All those fake Twitter followers you can buy must not make much noise.

262 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:22:56pm

HURR HURR WHY ARNT U BUYING MY ANTI-OBAMA SHIT!!!!!

263 bratwurst  Jun 16, 2014 5:23:16pm
264 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:23:36pm

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

$12.99? Yeah right.

265 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:23:49pm

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR WHY ARNT U BUYING MY ANTI-OBAMA SHIT!!!!!

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Whatever makes them happy and tick.

266 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:24:02pm

What kind of minimum wage-earning asshole has $13 to throw away on some dumb anti-Obama worthless trinket?

267 ObserverArt  Jun 16, 2014 5:24:38pm

Soccer haters need to get a life. It’s the worlds game. And if we are the big bad asses we like to think we are, why shouldn’t we want to prove ourselves on the pitches of the world too?

Here in Columbus we were one of the early MLS pro teams - The Crew - that built a dedicated stadium for soccer and the team has been fairly successful. And you know, the city’s Hispanic and other worldly citizens have something they can enjoy outside of Ohio State Buckeyes Football. I sometimes think people are threatened when people don’t enjoy everything just as exactly as they do.

Pfft. 300+ million people in this country, plenty to support it all.

268 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 5:25:11pm

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR WHY ARNT U BUYING MY ANTI-OBAMA SHIT!!!!!

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269 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 5:25:43pm

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR WHY ARNT U BUYING MY ANTI-OBAMA SHIT!!!!!

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Wanna scare those guys? Tell them it is a countdown clock until Hillary’s first day.

270 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:25:48pm

re: #266 Pie-onist Overlord

What kind of minimum wage-earning asshole has $13 to throw away on some dumb anti-Obama worthless trinket?

Made in China.

271 jaunte  Jun 16, 2014 5:26:08pm
272 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 5:26:28pm

re: #269 b.d.

Wanna scare those guys? Tell them it is a countdown clock until Hillary’s first day.

DAMN IT! Now you say it.

273 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:26:57pm

re: #267 ObserverArt

Soccer haters need to get a life. It’s the worlds game. And if we are the big bad asses we like to think we are, why shouldn’t we want to prove ourselves on the pitches of the world too?

Here in Columbus we were one of the early MLS pro teams - The Crew - that built a dedicated stadium for soccer and the team has been fairly successful. And you know, the city’s Hispanic and other worldly citizens have something they can enjoy outside of Ohio State Buckeyes Football. I sometimes think people are threatened when people don’t enjoy everything just as exactly as they do.

Pfft. 300+ million people in this country, plenty to support it all.

I have to admit a fondness for Indoor Soccer in it’s heyday… It was like watching Foozball with real people. (I know, indoor soccer is sort of like comparing the NFL to the Lingerie League)

RBS

274 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 5:27:30pm

re: #272 Kragar

Go for it Kragar, I no tweet.

275 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 5:28:21pm

re: #271 jaunte

Will we be greeted as liberators?

276 Kragar  Jun 16, 2014 5:28:45pm

re: #272 Kragar

DAMN IT! Now you say it.

277 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:29:29pm

Well, I’m going to enjoy my dinner, (smoked beef sausage with kraut, hot biscuits (from a can) and a cold refreshing beverage) and watch last nights “Game Of Thrones”, Catch you lizards in about 45 or so…

RBS

278 Shazam  Jun 16, 2014 5:30:27pm

I think we should tell Iran we’ll help them, and have our military all lined up and tell them we’ll go in together, then our guys will all pretend to go in and then pull back and watch Iran go into that clusterfuck alone.

279 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 16, 2014 5:30:38pm
280 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 5:31:00pm

WTF

281 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:32:28pm

re: #280 Pie-onist Overlord

WTF

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America is crazy. Sorry, that needed to be said.

282 Dr Lizardo  Jun 16, 2014 5:33:04pm

re: #280 Pie-onist Overlord

WTF

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More and more, I become convinced that the deity worshipped by wingnut Christians is, in fact, Zardoz.

283 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 5:33:16pm

re: #267 ObserverArt

Soccer haters need to get a life. It’s the worlds game. And if we are the big bad asses we like to think we are, why shouldn’t we want to prove ourselves on the pitches of the world too?

Here in Columbus we were one of the early MLS pro teams - The Crew - that built a dedicated stadium for soccer and the team has been fairly successful. And you know, the city’s Hispanic and other worldly citizens have something they can enjoy outside of Ohio State Buckeyes Football. I sometimes think people are threatened when people don’t enjoy everything just as exactly as they do.

Pfft. 300+ million people in this country, plenty to support it all.

Its funny, here in australia, because of the large number of football codes that have popularity here (rugby league, rugby union and australian rules), soccer has always taken second-tier in popularity as a winter sport. In summer, the game is mainly cricket (which I guess would be as popular as baseball in the States). But recently (since 2006) Soccer has been experiencing a resurgence here: we’ve got a new televised league competition, there’s some friendly rivalries with US teams (Sydney FC vs Los angeles Galaxy for example), but there are a number of people who say, “give it up! We can’t be good at all sports - we’ll always be second tier in soccer, focus on rugby and aussie rules (afl) and league.”

So I think it is quite similar to the situation in the US. I really see a lot of similarities between the Socceroos and the US team.

I think there’s also an ‘acceptance’ thing in terms of the world class teams having trouble seeeing australia as anything except losers - witness the treatment of the refs, the federation, and other players, who often denigrate the Soccerroos (or maybe I just have a chip on my shoulder).

Thankfully the US has hosted the World Cup once, and I hope it will again - but yeah I think anything that is good for US soccer, is good for aussie soccer. The more widespread this game goes, the more I’ll get to watch great players from the US, from australia, from Iraq, from Japan, from Malaysia, Thailand, China, and other asian federation cup teams, in fact, other ‘second-tier’ teams whose game is really improving.

In ten years I think the US will be in the top 15 and I hope australia is too, though it might take a bit longer here.

Great result for the US though !

284 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:34:11pm

You know what else is the sport of terrorists? Firearms.

//

285 ObserverArt  Jun 16, 2014 5:34:15pm

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR WHY ARNT U BUYING MY ANTI-OBAMA SHIT!!!!!

Obama Term Countdown Clock

They should have those all over the conservative media, especially FOX news, RushBo, Glenn, Alxjones…to let them know they will be needing to come up with some new material by that time.

286 bratwurst  Jun 16, 2014 5:34:35pm
287 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 5:34:44pm

DEPORT ALL THE BROWN PEOPLE!

OK. Except for him. At least until the US team gets knocked out.

288 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 5:35:57pm
289 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:36:10pm

re: #284 Gus

You know what else is the sport of terrorists? Firearms.

//

And politics.

290 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:37:03pm
291 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 16, 2014 5:37:28pm
292 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:37:30pm

Terrorists love to go fishing. Therefore, fishing it the sport of terrorists!

293 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 5:37:58pm

re: #283 jamjam

True story: I used to work at a sports bar years ago. At some point, one of the ESPN networks would show Aussie rules football, so late night shifts became a bunch of drunk Americans in Texas (read: me and my friends) trying to figure out the rules and placing bets on the games.

Haven’t watched any Aussie football in years, but I remember those nights. Mostly. Hangovers took the rest. Haha.

294 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 5:38:25pm

re: #273 RealityBasedSteve

I like indoor soccer too :) There’s a variant called ‘Futsal’, that a high school friend of mine used to play. He and another guy from the small town I come from, went to Paraguay a while ago to play in the Futsal youth world cup or its equivalent.

I watched a few of his games, he was very good and it was great fun to watch. He was a pretty good soccer player too. But you’re right with the Foozball comparison ! Thats exactly how it looked sometimes.

295 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:38:42pm

re: #290 Gus

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296 Nines All The Times  Jun 16, 2014 5:42:18pm

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

That’s for people who can’t even count. Past 11. With both hands and a friend helping. “Don’t have to think. Got the answer right here. What’s today again?”

297 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 16, 2014 5:43:32pm

re: #291 NJDhockeyfan

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there goes the house.

298 Nines All The Times  Jun 16, 2014 5:43:57pm

re: #292 Gus

Terrorists love to go fishing. Therefore, fishing it the sport of terrorists!

Terrorists love guns. Big ones. Full auto. large magazines. Uh oh.

299 b.d.  Jun 16, 2014 5:44:31pm

THE ONLY REAL SPORT IS BASEBALL, NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH NO INTERLEAGUE PLAY, INSTANT REPLAY, NIGHT GAMES OR INDOOR STADIUMS!!!

300 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:44:43pm
301 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 5:45:25pm

re: #293 Lidane

True story: I used to work at a sports bar years ago. At some point, one of the ESPN networks would show Aussie rules football, so late night shifts became a bunch of drunk Americans in Texas (read: me and my friends) trying to figure out the rules and placing bets on the games.

Haven’t watched any Aussie football in years, but I remember those nights. Mostly. Hangovers took the rest. Haha.

Haha ! Classic ! That is a great story - do you remember the names of any of the teams you bet on ?

To be honest, aussie rules is most popular in Victoria (southern part of aus). Here in NSW it is not too popular, though it has a consistent following.

The reason ? Nobody here can be bothered figuring out the rules ! Myself included. It just looks so scrappy and disorganised (no disrespect to aussie rules fans intended).

Have you ever played the game “hot potato”? Basically you get 30, 40 people on an oval, throw a ball in the air, then whoever gets it has to run around and avoid being tackled by the others. If you tackle the guy with the ball, you get the potato, and you have to keep it for as long as possible, and so on it goes.

I don’t think there’s any scoring involved. But aussie rules games always reminded me of hot potato. To be honest, you probably know more than me about it, since you watched those games in Texas in the day. I have never watched a full game. The only things I know are: you have to bounce the ball while you run, when you catch the ball on the full you get a ‘mark’ (you get to take a kick from the spot where you caught the ball)…you score by kicking into the main two goalposts, or the broader, smaller posts, the latter giving less points. Thats it, that is all I know.

Fair play to you and your mates though, that is great to hear that there are some aussie rules fans over in Texas. I bet nobody in australia would ever have thought that !

302 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 16, 2014 5:48:59pm

re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth

there goes the house.

It’s possible that the same house is part of the debris. The water tower is on the left in both pictures.

303 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 16, 2014 5:50:11pm

If things couldn’t have gotten more dangerous in Iraq we have this…

304 Gus  Jun 16, 2014 5:51:00pm
305 Romantic Heretic  Jun 16, 2014 5:51:19pm

re: #283 jamjam

I once asked a friend, “What is the difference between rugby and Australian Rules football?”

His reply? “In rugby uppercuts are not considered standard offensive maneuvers.”

306 Romantic Heretic  Jun 16, 2014 5:52:27pm

re: #290 Gus

Noooo! Big words! Do not want!

307 thedopefishlives  Jun 16, 2014 5:52:48pm

re: #299 b.d.

THE ONLY REAL SPORT IS BASEBALL, NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH NO INTERLEAGUE PLAY, INSTANT REPLAY, NIGHT GAMES OR INDOOR STADIUMS!!!

They must root for the Cubs.

308 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:54:08pm

baseball sux

309 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 5:56:39pm

re: #308 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

baseball sux

As succinct as ever….

RBS

310 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 5:58:58pm

re: #308 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

re: #309 RealityBasedSteve

As succinct as ever….

RBS

I actually thought it was one of his best posts ever!

There was not one thing I could disagree with!

311 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 5:59:56pm

re: #310 sattv4u2

You didn’t notice then, heh.

312 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:02:10pm

re: #305 Romantic Heretic

I once asked a friend, “What is the difference between rugby and Australian Rules football?”

His reply? “In rugby uppercuts are not considered standard offensive maneuvers.”

Yeah. I always thought it weird that the word RULES was right in a sport that doesn’t really seem to have any!!!

313 ObserverArt  Jun 16, 2014 6:03:06pm

re: #311 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

You didn’t notice then, heh.

I did. I hit the quote button to see what was in that comment. American needs that sport, it quells the desire to want to invade the world! Slows that war metabolism way down…

314 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:03:39pm

re: #221 Lidane

Doesn’t the film Jesus Camp have a bunch of kids willing to die for Jesus in it? Never did see it.

IIRC, the headmistress explicitly set a comparison with Muslim children, hoping to make her charges as martyr-hungry as she imagined the Muslims were. It’s really an important film to see if you want to understand the threat to a sane society.

315 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:03:54pm

re: #311 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

You didn’t notice then, heh.

it made me hungry! (all those subs)

316 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:04:08pm

re: #308 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

baseball sux

317 Skip Intro  Jun 16, 2014 6:04:15pm

I just report the important stuff.

Florida Woman stuffed Publix lobster tails down her pants, police say

Police say they quickly cracked alleged shellfish shoplifter Nichole Reed’s plan for pilfered lobster tails.

The 30-year-old Orange City woman, police allege, planned to trade the seven tails she stuffed down her pants at a DeLand Publix for some Chinese food.

Or, maybe some prescription pills, cops say.

orlandosentinel.com

I’m so glad Florida is 3000 miles away from where I live.

318 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 6:04:26pm

re: #294 jamjam

re: #293 Lidane

True story: I used to work at a sports bar years ago. At some point, one of the ESPN networks would show Aussie rules football, so late night shifts became a bunch of drunk Americans in Texas (read: me and my friends) trying to figure out the rules and placing bets on the games.

Haven’t watched any Aussie football in years, but I remember those nights. Mostly. Hangovers took the rest. Haha.

Another true story but not so fun. I waitressed at an Irish pub, one night a week the rugby guys came in.

They were beyond disgusting. Trying to outdo each other in disgust.

ugh.

319 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 16, 2014 6:05:08pm

re: #315 sattv4u2

it made me hungry! (all those subs)

Was supposed to make you want drink cola.

320 ObserverArt  Jun 16, 2014 6:05:35pm

re: #317 Skip Intro

I just report the important stuff.

Florida Woman stuffed Publix lobster tails down her pants, police say

orlandosentinel.com

I’m so glad Florida is 3000 miles away from where I live.

Still too damn close.

/

321 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 16, 2014 6:05:39pm
322 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 6:05:44pm

re: #299 b.d.

THE ONLY REAL SPORT IS BASEBALL, NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH NO INTERLEAGUE PLAY, INSTANT REPLAY, NIGHT GAMES OR INDOOR STADIUMS!!!

Fucking RIP Mr. Tony Gwynn.

:(

323 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:05:45pm

re: #317 Skip Intro

I just report the important stuff.

Florida Woman stuffed Publix lobster tails down her pants, police say

orlandosentinel.com

I’m so glad Florida is 3000 miles away from where I live.

I can’t decide if it’s better that she had lobsters there or crabs!

324 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:06:21pm

re: #319 Ding-an-sich Wannabe

Was supposed to make you want drink cola.

Never touch the stuff

Club soda with a twist of lime,,, now we’re talking

325 Skip Intro  Jun 16, 2014 6:08:03pm

re: #320 ObserverArt

Still too damn close.

/

I’ve just seen another story involving indecent acts, goldfish, and hermit crabs.

I think I’ll pass on posting that one.

326 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:08:18pm

re: #302 NJDhockeyfan

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

My son just texted me back. he says he’s 100 miles away from the “action”. He reports clear skies pretty much all day in Lincoln (((( I thought he was still in Omaha,,, they made the trek to Lincoln a day early))))

327 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 16, 2014 6:09:14pm

re: #323 sattv4u2

I can’t decide if it’s better that she had lobsters there or crabs!

When I first read that I didn’t read it as Publix. I’ll leave it to your imagination what I THOUGHT I saw. In any case… ewwwww

RBS

328 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:09:20pm

Grateful (yet still nervous) dad here

329 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 6:10:35pm

re: #328 sattv4u2

Grateful (yet still nervous) dad here

He’ll be fine. Amazing Adventure.

Anaheim. Disney? or the Angels?

330 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 16, 2014 6:11:41pm

re: #291 NJDhockeyfan

331 wrenchwench  Jun 16, 2014 6:12:40pm

Later, lizards.

332 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:15:59pm

re: #329 Stanley Sea

He’ll be fine. Amazing Adventure.

Anaheim. Disney? or the Angels?

Non of the above

Went from Atlanta to Omaha with one other guy to meet/ pick up two more friends. Then the 4 of them on to Denver to hook up with yet another friend. My son and one of the Omaha guys then continue to Anaheim for a gaming tournament.
The guy that started with him will fly to Dallas and as my son and Omaha guy get there Omaha guy gets out, flies home and son and original passenger continue on home

333 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:17:40pm

re: #329 Stanley Sea

5,000 mile roundtrip

1,000 down ,,,,, 4,000 to go

oy ,,,,, many a sleepless night for the next two weeks!

334 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 6:18:25pm

re: #305 Romantic Heretic

Yep, thats a fair assessment. But then again, I saw a few uppercuts in the scrum when I played rugby back in high school - and stomping other players in the rucks was considered ‘tactical’! But it was good fun - which I’m sure aussie rules is, I just can’t figure it out.

335 teleskiguy  Jun 16, 2014 6:21:14pm

“Fanatics” by Minutemen

Youtube Video

336 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 6:21:16pm

re: #312 sattv4u2

Yeah. I always thought it weird that the word RULES was right in a sport that doesn’t really seem to have any!!!

Yep, I hear that. There’s a bit of controversy as to the origin of the game actually - some people say it was borrowed from a very similar game played by indigenous folks here. Others say it was all concocted separately, with no indigenous influence. I reckon they should call it “scrambles”. Or “kickball”, if the latter isn’t taken, with “scrambles” as the nickname.

337 klys  Jun 16, 2014 6:22:10pm

re: #330 Pie-onist Overlord

I spend a little too much time watching tornado videos and reading about things and whatnot, but my main takeaway from that video is that to be seeing the houses flying around so intact, we are looking at some lousy construction practices.

Which is not terribly uncommon, but still very sad because that can make a difference as far as casualties in a weaker tornado.

338 Charles Johnson  Jun 16, 2014 6:25:14pm
339 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 6:30:07pm

re: #333 sattv4u2

5,000 mile roundtrip

1,000 down ,,,,, 4,000 to go

oy ,,,,, many a sleepless night for the next two weeks!

Hang in there. It’s his experience of a lifetime.

340 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 6:31:04pm

Iran Offers Iraq ‘Everything it Needs’ to Fight ISIS

As ISIS marches closer to Baghdad, the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is offering the Iraqi government the use of its army and spies.

As President Obama weighs whether to re-enter the Iraq war, the country’s neighbor, Iran, is looking to step into the void.
…
“The offer to help us with everything we need has been made from the highest levels of the Iranian government,” a senior Iraqi official told The Daily Beast. This official stressed that Iran’s offer to assist Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) was not conditional on Maliki making any immediate reforms or changes to his government.

341 dog philosopher  Jun 16, 2014 6:32:21pm

Florida Woman stuffed

is she married to Area Man?

342 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:33:38pm

re: #340 Killgore Trout

Iran Offers Iraq ‘Everything it Needs’ to Fight ISIS

Let them step into the void. We built it for them when we did the first thunder run into Baghdad.

343 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:34:31pm

re: #339 Stanley Sea

Hang in there. It’s his experience of a lifetime.

heh,,,, he already did that during Spring Break

Came home midnight the 1st night of spring break
Slept till 6 p.m.
Came into our room as we were watching TV at about 9:30 saying he was going to meet some friends. I thought he was going top meet some of his high school chums who go to other colleges but live near us outside of Atlanta
NOPE,,, said he was heading to Alabama to hook up with his Auburn buddies

Fast forward 3 days,,,, 8:30 at night. My cell AND home phones start ringing at the same time. My younger sister texting me and my dad calling

My son and his friends alerted my sister that he was about half an hour away from her house ,,, just outside of Boston!!

344 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 6:35:02pm

re: #342 Decatur Deb

Let them step into the void. We built it for them when we did the first thunder run into Baghdad.

Yeah, it way to late to do anything about it even if we wanted to.

345 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 6:35:04pm

re: #301 jamjam

Haha ! Classic ! That is a great story - do you remember the names of any of the teams you bet on ?

To be honest, aussie rules is most popular in Victoria (southern part of aus). Here in NSW it is not too popular, though it has a consistent following.

The reason ? Nobody here can be bothered figuring out the rules ! Myself included. It just looks so scrappy and disorganised (no disrespect to aussie rules fans intended).

Heh. I couldn’t even begin to tell you which teams we bet on. I had to go look at a list of teams and the only ones that come to mind are the Roos from Melbourne because the guys in the bar would start doing drunk cheers of “ROOOOOOS!” every time they scored.

After a while I became convinced that Quidditch is a more coherent sport than Aussie rules football. I never caught on to the rules, but it was fun to hang out with my friends and drink and watch the games. None of it made a damned bit of sense, but I don’t think the games were ever the point.

Fair play to you and your mates though, that is great to hear that there are some aussie rules fans over in Texas. I bet nobody in australia would ever have thought that !

Heh, probably not. The one thing that’s stuck with me is hearing the accents. I’ve saved a few folks from embarrassing themselves before they ask an Aussie or Kiwi what part of England they’re from. Hahaha.

346 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:37:18pm

re: #344 Killgore Trout

Yeah, it way to late to do anything about it even if we wanted to.

We can file it as ‘Lessons Learned” or “Lessons Not Learned”.

347 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 6:38:15pm

re: #342 Decatur Deb

Let them step into the void. We built it for them when we did the first thunder run into Baghdad.

…and we’ve probably already sealed the same mistake in Afghanistan. Looks like the Iraq government will survive this with Iranian help but who’s going to step in for Afghanistan? Pakistan doesn’t even want to control its own territory so they aren’t going to help. Maybe the Iranians will also fill the void we’re leaving in Afghanistan.

348 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 6:40:38pm

re: #318 Stanley Sea

Another true story but not so fun. I waitressed at an Irish pub, one night a week the rugby guys came in.

They were beyond disgusting. Trying to outdo each other in disgust.

ugh.

Wow, sorry to hear that. Were they australian ? Do you know if they played rugby union or rugby league ?

Supporters of the latter have a bad name for that sort of stuff here. Lots of NRL players have fallen by the wayside or been punished by the NRL officials, for lewd conduct while drunk. It has been a long running scandal here.

Just about every week there’s a new story on it. It’s like, “In case you missed it: rugby league players need to tone it down a little,” It is wearing thinner than my socks - they need to tone it down big time.

In fact there was an incident involving socks, funnily enough - these rugby players, I can’t remember the precise details, but they found one of the big club players locked out of his room, near where he’d defecated (in the hallway), and supposedly he was wearing only one sock - just not on his feet. Supposedly he had been stalking a young woman, trying to get into her pants, but had lucked out. Plenty of other scandals involved players stalking either young women, or even each other ! It is a very weird (alcohol fuelled) mentality. I think they’re cleaning it up now, and lots of the stalking and sexual harassment has been toned down. Or just swept under the rug.

There’s an expression down here, “pull your socks up”, which people often say during these scandals. But I think that saying well and truly went out the window, for a while, around that time.

So yep, not a good look for rugby league: one sock too many, two too few. I think they changed the expression to, “pull your head in”. In case they missed it, as I said, the media hammered these scandals into the non-League followers heads.

I hope they’ve fixed it now - It wasn’t doing anybody any favors. I’m sorry to hear about your experiences too, that must have been very miserable indeed.

349 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 6:40:54pm

re: #346 Decatur Deb

We can file it as ‘Lessons Learned” or “Lessons Not Learned”.

Judging by the national “debate” resulting from this latest crisis I’m confident it will go into the “lesson not learned” category. It seems we’re learning fewer and fewer lessons these days. No end in sight.

350 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:41:28pm

re: #347 Killgore Trout

…and we’ve probably already sealed the same mistake in Afghanistan. Looks like the Iraq government will survive this with Iranian help but who’s going to step in for Afghanistan? Pakistan doesn’t even want to control its own territory so they aren’t going to help. Maybe the Iranians will also fill the void we’re leaving in Afghanistan.

Dunno. Not even sure there is a ‘void’ if all that disappears is a fond dream of a centralized government. Has there been any disruption of the Spice?

351 Lidane  Jun 16, 2014 6:41:33pm

BTW, if you want to see a sport that doesn’t make a damned bit of sense, watch Gaelic football sometime. I had co-workers from Dublin that played it and would brag over Skype about their injuries. Crazy stuff.

352 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:42:36pm

Bad Headline Writing

New York woman’s body mistakenly donated for scientific research

(Have to read the 1st paragraph to discover that, thankfully, she had already passed!!!)
news.yahoo.com
The body of a recently deceased New York woman was mistakenly released from a city morgue and donated for medical student research, city officials and a family attorney said on Monday.

353 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 6:43:33pm

re: #348 jamjam

Wow, sorry to hear that. Were they australian ? Do you know if they played rugby union or rugby league ?

Supporters of the latter have a bad name for that sort of stuff here. Lots of NRL players have fallen by the wayside or been punished by the NRL officials, for lewd conduct while drunk. It has been a long running scandal here.

Just about every week there’s a new story on it. It’s like, “In case you missed it: rugby league players need to tone it down a little,” It is wearing thinner than my socks - they need to tone it down big time.

In fact there was an incident involving socks, funnily enough - these rugby players, I can’t remember the precise details, but they found one of the big club players locked out of his room, near where he’d defecated (in the hallway), and supposedly he was wearing only one sock - just not on his feet. Supposedly he had been stalking a young woman, trying to get into her pants, but had lucked out. Plenty of other scandals involved players stalking either young women, or even each other ! It is a very weird (alcohol fuelled) mentality. I think they’re cleaning it up now, and lots of the stalking and sexual harassment has been toned down. Or just swept under the rug.

There’s an expression down here, “pull your socks up”, which people often say during these scandals. But I think that saying well and truly went out the window, for a while, around that time.

So yep, not a good look for rugby league: one sock too many, two too few. I think they changed the expression to, “pull your head in”. In case they missed it, as I said, the media hammered these scandals into the non-League followers heads.

I hope they’ve fixed it now - It wasn’t doing anybody any favors. I’m sorry to hear about your experiences too, that must have been very miserable indeed.

hahahahaha. Terrible! Yes, I would say League. In Florida, but they tried hard to keep up the tradition.

I probably could have sued my boss, but I was young.

354 goddamnedfrank  Jun 16, 2014 6:44:13pm

re: #347 Killgore Trout

…and we’ve probably already sealed the same mistake in Afghanistan.

What mistake would that be, setting a firm timetable to leave after what will have been a decade and a half of propping up a massively corrupt kleptocracy?

355 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 16, 2014 6:44:26pm

re: #349 Killgore Trout

Judging by the national “debate” resulting from this latest crisis I’m confident it will go into the “lesson not learned” category. It seems we’re learning fewer and fewer lessons these days. No end in sight.

For example, you made the prediction that Iraq’s government was stable and in no danger of being overthrown, and wished that we left Afghanistan in the same condition as Iraq. You said that ethnic/religious tensions weren’t very serious in Iraq.

You haven’t learned any lesson from making such an astoundingly bad read, to displaying your ignorance on such an obvious level. You continue to make pronouncements and indulge in your tepid form of punditry even though you absolutely couldn’t have been more wrong.

There’s a certain kind of shamelessness necessary to pull that off. Fox news hosts have got it, Glenn Greenwald has got it, and you’ve got it.

356 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 6:45:02pm

re: #350 Decatur Deb

Dunno. Not even sure there is a ‘void’ if all that disappears is a fond dream of a centralized government. Has there been any disruption of the Spice?

The “spice” oil is elsewhere and a disintegrating Afghanistan will easily be ignored by the press since it won’t spill over into countries anybody cares about. Like the Nigerian schoolgirls, it’ll get a little press and then we’ll never hear about it again. Like it never happened.

357 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:46:39pm

re: #354 goddamnedfrank

What mistake would that be, setting a firm timetable to leave after what will have been a decade and a half of propping up a massively corrupt kleptocracy?

Staying after we had accomplished our purpose—jacking up the Taliban for not handing Bin Laden over.

358 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 16, 2014 6:46:40pm

re: #356 Killgore Trout

The “spice” oil is elsewhere and a disintegrating Afghanistan will easily be ignored by the press since it won’t spill over into countries anybody cares about.

This is the kind of ridiculous and fatuous prediction that is just baffling. Why on earth would you be comfortable predicting that violence and upheaval in AFghanistan won’t spill over to other countries? It is already spilling over into Pakistan.

359 sattv4u2  Jun 16, 2014 6:47:53pm

and on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons

360 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:48:26pm

re: #356 Killgore Trout

The “spice” oil is elsewhere and a disintegrating Afghanistan will easily be ignored by the press since it won’t spill over into countries anybody cares about. Like the Nigerian schoolgirls, it’ll get a little press and then we’ll never hear about it again. Like it never happened.

The Spice is poppies, and I’m not sure the growers are even aware we were there.

361 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 16, 2014 6:49:26pm

re: #360 Decatur Deb

The Spice is poppies, and I’m not sure the growers are even aware we were there.

Those who were aware mostly had no clue why we were there.

362 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 6:49:52pm

re: #357 Decatur Deb

Staying after we had accomplished our purpose—jacking up the Taliban for not handing Bin Laden over.

Staying would have been ok if we had a better plan to leave the country with a stable government.Whatever we tried didn’t work. We should have been in and out.

363 Killgore Trout  Jun 16, 2014 6:50:20pm

re: #360 Decatur Deb

The Spice is poppies, and I’m not sure the growers are even aware we were there.

Ah, ok.

364 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 6:50:45pm

delete delete delete

365 Stanley Sea  Jun 16, 2014 6:53:46pm

Klys, full removal of the house.

366 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:54:05pm

re: #363 Killgore Trout

Ah, ok.

” Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since U.S. occupation started in 2001. Based on UNODC data, there has been more opium poppy cultivation in each of the past four growing seasons (2004-2007) than in any one year during Taliban rule.”

en.wikipedia.org

After decades of piously shitting our pants about heroin, how did this happen?

367 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 6:56:03pm

re: #338 Charles Johnson

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That is the difference between political hacks like talk-show pundits on the one hand, and genuinely principled people (like you) on the other. Of the multitude of reasons I enjoy LGF, as I’ve expounded on a few times, one of the most important is the way Charles has never pretended to be something he’s not. He’s never concealed his past, lied about it, used manipulative trickery to try to claim he was against the war all along, etc - like so many others do.

LGF is great because it is a bastion of reasoned people, reasonable people, friendly people. It is an antidote to the lies and falsehoods that other media outlets use consistently.

But what is more, Charles’ own changes are a big part of the evolution of the site, as I understand it. This blog is a media outlet in and of itself, but it is one where the owner and administrator has tied his fortunes to honesty and integrity, rather than money, fame, or political expediency. Of course Charles is pretty well known in the blogosphere and even in the political sphere, in large part due to his break with the right.

But that very break earned him the respect of his readers, and many, I’m sure, are conservative on some issues. I consider myself reasonably conservative on foreign policy, particularly Israel. But I like that Charles never covered his past. Never tried to delete his old views, whether on climate change or on Obama. Heck, he did the opposite ! He wrote pieces on them ! He wrote about WHY he changed his mind. He explained his thought processes. He didn’t just pull a switcheroo, then remove all the conservative postings. They’re right there, right now, for all to see.

That, to me, is honesty. That, to me, is integrity.

There’s a quote from, I think Edmund Burke on this, and while I paraphrase, I hope I don’t deviate too much from the sentiment: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”

Charles is a guy who investigated the global warming fakery claims made by certain segments of the right. He had the self-analysis, self-reflection, to do that, which speaks volumes. It is rare to challenge ones own opinions these days. More comfortable to seek reinforcement from those who already agreee. Charles didn’t do that. He read about the claims himself - and he changed his mind. He had the facts and he changed his mind, and he has not tried to hide that.

I don’t mean to bang on about it, but it is rare, it is refreshing, and it makes this site something special. I truly believe that!

(Now, back to more light-hearted discussions - I don’t want to come off as too staid and serious all the time)

368 goddamnedfrank  Jun 16, 2014 6:56:10pm

re: #362 Killgore Trout

Staying would have been ok if we had a better plan to leave the country with a stable government.Whatever we tried didn’t work. We should have been in and out.

Wouldn’t that have created even more instability, allowing the Taliban to return even sooner, and isn’t their return and the lack of stability the very thing you’ve been lamenting?

Basically you’re saying we should have just fucked shit up and bailed, with no real plan outside of pure wrath. Why go in at all then?

369 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 6:59:03pm

re: #368 goddamnedfrank

Wouldn’t that have created even more instability, allowing the Taliban to return even sooner, and isn’t their return and the lack of stability the very thing you’ve been lamenting?

Basically you’re saying we should have just fucked shit up and bailed, with no real plan outside of pure wrath. Why go in at all then?

To get Bin Laden, or make them wish we had. That was the alpha and omega of it. We hardly pretended otherwise.

370 teleskiguy  Jun 16, 2014 6:59:11pm

I started following @ProfJeffJarvis when he had a couple thousand followers (it’s now almost 10 K). I’m a language kind of a guy and I love how he really perverts the language of tech and media.

371 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 7:02:42pm

re: #345 Lidane

re: #345 Lidane

Heh. I couldn’t even begin to tell you which teams we bet on. I had to go look at a list of teams and the only ones that come to mind are the Roos from Melbourne because the guys in the bar would start doing drunk cheers of “ROOOOOOS!” every time they scored.

After a while I became convinced that Quidditch is a more coherent sport than Aussie rules football. I never caught on to the rules, but it was fun to hang out with my friends and drink and watch the games. None of it made a damned bit of sense, but I don’t think the games were ever the point.

Heh, probably not. The one thing that’s stuck with me is hearing the accents. I’ve saved a few folks from embarrassing themselves before they ask an Aussie or Kiwi what part of England they’re from. Hahaha.

Nice :) While it has never happened to me, I know a few aussies whose accents have been interpreted as British. I lived on campus for a few years here, a while ago, and there were lots of americans, so I got to know them pretty well. Very good people, whose company I enjoyed immensely. Many were from Texas, actually. I remember a few times, we’d practice doing each others accents. I thought my Texan accent was passable, but they laughed - they thought it sounded Jamaican.

Their aussie accents weren’t too bad actually ! I wonder if those “Shrimp on the Barbie” ads were responsible.

BTW the Roos, yep, that would be North Melbourne Football Club - their nickname is the Roos. The Magpies might ring a bell, too ? They are Collingwood’s club. The other ones that have been big for a while are Essendon (the Bombers), Sydney (the Swans), and Geelong (the Cats). I dunno many of the other teams actually.

372 goddamnedfrank  Jun 16, 2014 7:04:00pm

re: #369 Decatur Deb

To get Bin Laden, or make them wish we had. That was the alpha and omega of it. We hardly pretended otherwise.

Except we got easily side tracked, and then we absolutely pretended otherwise. Gary Berntsen details it all in Jawbreaker, how the assets he repeatedly requested to seal off the border with Pakistan were denied because the Bush Administration was staging assets for the pre-planned invasion of Iraq. Not too long after that Bush started actively downplaying the importance of getting Bin Laden.

373 Decatur Deb  Jun 16, 2014 7:05:18pm

re: #372 goddamnedfrank

Except we got easily side tracked, and then we absolutely pretended otherwise. Gary Berntsen details it all in Jawbreaker, how the assets he repeatedly requested to seal off the border with Pakistan were denied because the Bush Administration was staging assets for the pre-planned invasion of Iraq. Not too long after that Bush started actively downplaying the importance of getting Bin Laden.

Yup.

374 jamjam  Jun 16, 2014 7:06:25pm

re: #351 Lidane

BTW, if you want to see a sport that doesn’t make a damned bit of sense, watch Gaelic football sometime. I had co-workers from Dublin that played it and would brag over Skype about their injuries. Crazy stuff.

Yep, not wrong there, I’ve watched parts of a couple of games - crazy stuff. In fact they have aussie vs ireland games, where they sort of mix up the rules of aussie rules, and gaelic football. They come up with a new hybrid game called ‘International Rules’.

The matches (at least, between australia and Ireland) are always marked by the fights. They’re almost literally just half fighting and half running about with the ball, waiting to start a fight. The fighting sometimes seems more important than the game ! It is crazy stuff:

Youtube Video

375 klys  Jun 16, 2014 10:51:02pm

re: #365 Stanley Sea

Oh, for sure houses got removed, and I feel horrible for the folks suffering as a result.

There is sadly a very big difference in the wind required to remove a poorly built house and a well-built house, and if you read through some of the damage surveys they talk a lot about how few houses fall into the latter category, which makes residential houses hard to use for determining rating in a lot of cases. It will be interesting to see what rating is announced (probably in the next few days), but to have a whole home flying around in the air (from the video) suggests that things weren’t bolted down well in at least one case.

And I know, dead thread. Upstairs with me…


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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ...
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