And Now, the GOHMERT! Photobomb Contest

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Time for a Photoshop contest! This is from the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference, as Louie “Terror Babies” Gohmert reveals a heretofore unsuspected playful side, photobombing Ralph Reed and new House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Such a jolly gang they are, don’t you think?

UPDATE at 6/20/14 6:11:54 pm by Charles Johnson

My entry in the contest:

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319 comments
1 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 20, 2014 4:51:19pm

HURR HURR PIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!

2 klys  Jun 20, 2014 4:51:52pm

re: #1 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR PIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!
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Ok, you win. The rest of us all get a piece of pie to celebrate, right?

3 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 4:52:54pm

re: #1 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR PIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!
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Oh that wonderful pie is too damned good to waste on those 2!

Burn one and throw it at all of ‘em. : )

4 Kid A  Jun 20, 2014 4:53:19pm

They should stick GOHMERT! in the urinal instead of Obama.

5 Bubblehead II  Jun 20, 2014 4:54:28pm

re: #1 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR PIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!
[Embedded image]

Shouldn’t those have been pumpkin?

And yes, the power is back on.

6 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 20, 2014 4:55:37pm

re: #5 Bubblehead II

Shouldn’t those have been pumpkin?

And yes, the power is back on.

I just made the lemon meringue.

And no I’m not going to throw it at them I AM EATING A PIECE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU!!!!

The sacrifices I must make for LGF.

7 klys  Jun 20, 2014 4:56:13pm

re: #6 Pie-onist Overlord

I just made the lemon meringue.

And no I’m not going to throw it at them I AM EATING A PIECE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU!!!!

The sacrifices I must make for LGF.

NOoooooooooooooooooooo, I will fall on the sword for you!!!

8 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 20, 2014 4:59:56pm

I’m writing a “Frozen” review, I watched this movie with my grandkids. Even though I’m the last person in the whole wide world to see it, IT WAS HORRIBLE, IT UTTERLY SUCKED. So my review will have spoilers but FTW.

9 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 5:04:17pm

OH the mirth! The merriment! The groping for a kidney!

10 dog philosopher  Jun 20, 2014 5:04:20pm

accordion to the freepers they are justa buncha rino obama enablers who are NO BETTER THAN DEMOCRATS

11 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:04:27pm

re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord

I liked it but part of that is Let It Go (while overplayed) is incredibly cathartic for me to belt out along with the soundtrack. I know your opinion may differ.

12 b_sharp  Jun 20, 2014 5:11:24pm

re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m writing a “Frozen” review, I watched this movie with my grandkids. Even though I’m the last person in the whole wide world to see it, IT WAS HORRIBLE, IT UTTERLY SUCKED. So my review will have spoilers but FTW.

My baby grandson loves it.

We just watched it last weekend. I slept through most of it.

13 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Jun 20, 2014 5:13:34pm

re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m writing a “Frozen” review, I watched this movie with my grandkids. Even though I’m the last person in the whole wide world to see it, IT WAS HORRIBLE, IT UTTERLY SUCKED. So my review will have spoilers but FTW.

No, you’re not the last person to see it. I haven’t. And you can’t make me.

14 Snarknado!  Jun 20, 2014 5:13:45pm

re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m writing a “Frozen” review, I watched this movie with my grandkids. Even though I’m the last person in the whole wide world to see it, IT WAS HORRIBLE, IT UTTERLY SUCKED. So my review will have spoilers but FTW.

I haven’t seen it, but Olaf the snowman was featured at a Disneyland show, and after about five minutes, I was hoping he’d get his wish and encounter summer. As soon as possible.

15 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:14:11pm

re: #14 Snarknado!

I haven’t seen it, but Olaf the snowman was featured at a Disneyland show, and after about five minutes, I was hoping he’d get his wish and encounter summer. As soon as possible.

Olaf is …definitely not the high point of the movie.

16 EPR-radar  Jun 20, 2014 5:15:13pm

re: #15 klys

Olaf is …definitely not the high point of the movie.

Life support systems for merchandising operations are seldom high points in movies.

17 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 5:15:38pm

Haha, I watched World War Z last night w/grandson. It was meh, but for some reason, I wanted to just shake Gerry’s wife and kids who should have never survived above others. Yeah, I know, that sounds mean and it was supposed to make Gerry look like a manly man in charge, but there was just something off about the family dynamics. I felt like she should have thanked her lucky stars she was on a fucking carrier in the middle of the ocean and why did she have to call him when noise was going to alert the zombies? Anyone could have written that scene. And at the end, it sounded like a commercial for the UN (we all know about “Ambassador” Angelina Jolie, don’t we?)

Or maybe I just am not into “zombie” movies.

18 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:15:44pm

re: #16 EPR-radar

Life support systems for merchandising operations are seldom high points in movies.

It’s true.

I don’t know why the trolls didn’t get more love. They were much cuter than our trolls.

19 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Jun 20, 2014 5:16:11pm

In other movie news, Apocalypse Now is on Netflix Streaming now.

20 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 5:16:29pm

re: #17 Justanotherhuman

Haha, I watched World War Z last night w/grandson. It was meh, but for some reason, I wanted to just shake Gerry’s wife and kids who should have never survived above others. Yeah, I know, that sounds mean and it was supposed to make Gerry look like a manly man in charge, but there was just something off about the family dynamics. I felt like she should have thanked her lucky stars she was on a fucking carrier in the middle of the ocean and why did she have to call him when noise was going to alert the zombies? Anyone could have written that scene. And at the end, it sounded like a commercial for the UN (we all know about “Ambassador” Angelina Jolie, don’t we?)

Or maybe I just am not into “zombie” movies.

Read the book. It is so good.

21 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:16:33pm

I should come with a disclaimer: hates 99% of movies, and there’s no rhyme or reason to the exceptions so don’t bother trying to figure it out.

22 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:17:41pm

That being said Cardcaptor Sakura is coming out on Blu-ray right after my birthday and oh man, if there is ever a show that makes me smile every time I watch it. I am thrilled. I never did manage to get the whole thing on DVD.

23 Targetpractice  Jun 20, 2014 5:19:06pm

re: #17 Justanotherhuman

Haha, I watched World War Z last night w/grandson. It was meh, but for some reason, I wanted to just shake Gerry’s wife and kids who should have never survived above others. Yeah, I know, that sounds mean and it was supposed to make Gerry look like a manly man in charge, but there was just something off about the family dynamics. I felt like she should have thanked her lucky stars she was on a fucking carrier in the middle of the ocean and why did she have to call him when noise was going to alert the zombies? Anyone could have written that scene. And at the end, it sounded like a commercial for the UN (we all know about “Ambassador” Angelina Jolie, don’t we?)

Or maybe I just am not into “zombie” movies.

My short review of World War Z? Two hours of watching Brad Pitt get other people killed/maimed.

24 b_sharp  Jun 20, 2014 5:20:06pm

re: #17 Justanotherhuman

Haha, I watched World War Z last night w/grandson. It was meh, but for some reason, I wanted to just shake Gerry’s wife and kids who should have never survived above others. Yeah, I know, that sounds mean and it was supposed to make Gerry look like a manly man in charge, but there was just something off about the family dynamics. I felt like she should have thanked her lucky stars she was on a fucking carrier in the middle of the ocean and why did she have to call him when noise was going to alert the zombies? Anyone could have written that scene. And at the end, it sounded like a commercial for the UN (we all know about “Ambassador” Angelina Jolie, don’t we?)

Or maybe I just am not into “zombie” movies.

I like zombie movies. I liked the speed of the transformation and the zombies themselves. Some of the plot was stupid, some was good.

I’d give it a 7 out of 10.

25 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 5:21:10pm

re: #17 Justanotherhuman

Haha, I watched World War Z last night w/grandson. It was meh, but for some reason, I wanted to just shake Gerry’s wife and kids who should have never survived above others. Yeah, I know, that sounds mean and it was supposed to make Gerry look like a manly man in charge, but there was just something off about the family dynamics. I felt like she should have thanked her lucky stars she was on a fucking carrier in the middle of the ocean and why did she have to call him when noise was going to alert the zombies? Anyone could have written that scene. And at the end, it sounded like a commercial for the UN (we all know about “Ambassador” Angelina Jolie, don’t we?)

Or maybe I just am not into “zombie” movies.

The book was pretty good for a zombie novel, but the movie was a real stinker.

26 darthstar  Jun 20, 2014 5:21:48pm

I’ll bet Cantor’s having a sad.

27 Bear  Jun 20, 2014 5:22:58pm

Guess I am lucky in that the internet connection is too slow to watch any movies. Sounds as if most are not very good.

28 darthstar  Jun 20, 2014 5:23:10pm

re: #23 Targetpractice

My short review of World War Z? Two hours of watching Brad Pitt get other people killed/maimed.

One double-tap on Pitt at the beginning would have made that movie watchable.

29 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Jun 20, 2014 5:23:38pm

re: #17 Justanotherhuman

Haha, I watched World War Z last night w/grandson. It was meh, but for some reason, I wanted to just shake Gerry’s wife and kids who should have never survived above others. Yeah, I know, that sounds mean and it was supposed to make Gerry look like a manly man in charge, but there was just something off about the family dynamics. I felt like she should have thanked her lucky stars she was on a fucking carrier in the middle of the ocean and why did she have to call him when noise was going to alert the zombies? Anyone could have written that scene. And at the end, it sounded like a commercial for the UN (we all know about “Ambassador” Angelina Jolie, don’t we?)

Or maybe I just am not into “zombie” movies.

I like the slow-moving zombies. That zombie wall-climbing stuff in WWZ was just stupid.

30 Targetpractice  Jun 20, 2014 5:24:21pm

re: #28 darthstar

One double-tap on Pitt at the beginning would have made that movie watchable.

It might have been somewhat bearable had they gone with the original ending as scripted and filmed. The new ending they came up with was so damned contrived, it was embarrassing.

31 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 5:24:34pm

re: #20 Stanley Sea

Read the book. It is so good.

I actually like post-apocalyptic movies. I read “The Road” and saw the movie. I also liked “Testament” (from the 80s) w/Jane Alexander which was pretty realistic, and of course, “On the Beach” which I saw when it first came out. There have been others, but those 3 stick in my mind.

32 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 5:24:50pm

33 Targetpractice  Jun 20, 2014 5:25:39pm

re: #31 Justanotherhuman

I actually like post-apocalyptic movies. I read “The Road” and saw the movie. I also liked “Testament” (from the 80s) w/Jane Alexander which was pretty realistic, and of course, “On the Beach” which I saw when it first came out. There have been others, but those 3 stick in my mind.

One of my favorite post-apocalyptic films of late was The Book of Eli.

34 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 20, 2014 5:26:36pm

re: #29 Rev_Arthur_Belling

I like the slow-moving zombies. That zombie wall-climbing stuff in WWZ was just stupid.

Thank you…. we all know that zombies should be slow and shuffly, George Romero set the standard. They overwhelm you with just sheer number and mass.

RBS

35 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Jun 20, 2014 5:26:59pm

My theory is that Ralph Reed has made a pact with the devil. He’s 52 and yet looks like a college Republican.

36 EPR-radar  Jun 20, 2014 5:28:28pm

re: #35 Rev_Arthur_Belling

My theory is that Ralph Reed has made a pact with the devil. He’s 52 and yet looks like a college Republican.

I’d like to think there’s a Portrait of Ralph Reed out there.

37 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 20, 2014 5:28:51pm

re: #35 Rev_Arthur_Belling

My theory is that Ralph Reed has made a pact with the devil. He’s 52 and yet looks like a college Republican.

Deep in some closet there is a portrait of him. Just saying….

RBS

38 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Jun 20, 2014 5:29:33pm

re: #36 EPR-radar

I’d like to think there’s a Portrait of Ralph Reed out there.

re: #37 RealityBasedSteve

Deep in some closet there is a portrait of him. Just saying….

RBS

Eerie.

39 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 20, 2014 5:29:46pm

re: #36 EPR-radar

I’d like to think there’s a Portrait of Ralph Reed out there.

DAMN YOU!!!!!! That’s about the 3rd time I’ve been out-posted.

RBS

40 wrenchwench  Jun 20, 2014 5:30:02pm

41 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 5:30:54pm

re: #33 Targetpractice

One of my favorite post-apocalyptic films of late was The Book of Eli.

I know the following may sound sort of weird, but I’m a huge Jane Alexander fan. When the family was running out of food (and she was giving most of it to the kids) and she found an empty jar of peanut butter and was scraping it with her finger, it was a scene not to be missed. So mundane but she infused it with such impressive, elegant emotion that even to this day, I scrape the peanut butter jar. : )

42 EPR-radar  Jun 20, 2014 5:31:11pm

re: #40 wrenchwench

“Let me tell you ‘bout the uppity wimmenz”

43 Snarknado!  Jun 20, 2014 5:32:43pm

re: #41 Justanotherhuman

I know the following may sound sort of weird, but I’m a huge Jane Alexander fan. When the family was running out of food (and she was giving most of it to the kids) and she found an empty jar of peanut butter and was scraping it with her finger, it was a scene not to be missed. So mundane but she infused it with such impressive, elegant emotion that even to this day, I scrape the peanut butter jar. : )

With your finger?

44 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 5:35:58pm

45 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 5:36:38pm

Gohmert Bible bombing.

46 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 5:38:42pm

White House: US, France, Germany say US, EU will impose additional costs on Russia if it fails to take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine - @Reuters
End of alert

47 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:39:32pm

I blame all you people for this.

I give you a Gohmert head.

Ok, seriously, my first attempt to try and clean something up for insertion later, feedback is appreciated because I am fumbling around in Photoshop. I don’t normally do this.

48 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 5:40:12pm

The nightmare of the floating Gohmert head.

49 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 5:40:19pm

re: #47 klys

I blame all you people for this.

I give you a Gohmert head.

Ok, seriously, my first attempt to try and clean something up for insertion later, feedback is appreciated because I am fumbling around in Photoshop. I don’t normally do this.

And I thought Snowjob’s disembodied head was bad…

50 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:40:48pm

Ok, round 2 minus the weird …thing.

GOHMERT.

This is all because I tried to edit out and replace the ear space.

51 b.d.  Jun 20, 2014 5:41:21pm

re: #47 klys

I blame all you people for this.

I give you a Gohmert head.

Ok, seriously, my first attempt to try and clean something up for insertion later, feedback is appreciated because I am fumbling around in Photoshop. I don’t normally do this.

Where’s the rest of the Jack in the Box?

52 EPR-radar  Jun 20, 2014 5:42:28pm

re: #47 klys

One of the earliest ideas in philosophy is now disproven. Platonic ideals are supposed to be beyond the reach of human senses, but here we have the Platonic essence of stupidity plain for all to see.

53 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 5:44:07pm

54 b_sharp  Jun 20, 2014 5:44:17pm

re: #47 klys

I blame all you people for this.

I give you a Gohmert head.

Ok, seriously, my first attempt to try and clean something up for insertion later, feedback is appreciated because I am fumbling around in Photoshop. I don’t normally do this.

That’s actually the scariest shop.

55 b_sharp  Jun 20, 2014 5:45:24pm

These need to be tweeted.

56 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 5:45:54pm

Sure, Louie, blame it on the dog…

57 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:46:20pm

Ok. I think this sort of works.

58 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 20, 2014 5:47:17pm

I have to sign off now, but somebody should totally do a World Cup thing with the Gohmert head.

59 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:47:29pm

re: #57 klys

So now that I have this …I need pictures to add it to.

60 EPR-radar  Jun 20, 2014 5:47:58pm

re: #59 klys

So now that I have this …I need pictures to add it to.

Soon your conversion to the dark side will be complete…

61 dog philosopher  Jun 20, 2014 5:48:34pm

it’s gohmerts all the way down

62 b.d.  Jun 20, 2014 5:49:01pm

re: #57 klys

Louie’s head would look good on Mt. Rushmore.

just sayin…

63 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 5:51:53pm

New Tattoos

64 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 20, 2014 5:54:21pm

I think I need a kickstarter campaign or something… But running three camera shoots with two Canon DSLR cams is pretty enticing.

Been watching for the release of the new camera body from Canon-The 7D Mark II

Beyond the new sensor technology in the camera, the below specs are just some of what has been rumored to make an appearance in the 7D successor, although there are a few conflicting reports:

20MP APS-C Sensor
ISO 100-12800 (expandable to 25600)
1/8000 - 30s, Bulb, X=1/250
150,000 shutter life
Silent shutter mode, similar to 5DMIII
19-point phase autofocus
8fps
15 Raw / 126 JPEG Buffer
3.0″ 1040k LCD, touch screen
Optional WiFi
Magnesium Alloy body
Battery capacity 850 shots
148.2 x 110.7 x 73.5 mm
Weight 910g

65 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:55:18pm

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALHMERT

66 klys  Jun 20, 2014 5:56:00pm

Ok, I gave you people the PNG with transparency too, so have at. :)

67 wrenchwench  Jun 20, 2014 5:58:37pm

This side-eye guy could bomb just about any photo.

Later, lizards.

68 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 5:58:47pm

69 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 5:58:49pm

re: #26 darthstar

I’ll bet Cantor’s having a sad.

Nah, he just signed a ginormous contract somewhere.

70 Amory Blaine  Jun 20, 2014 5:59:32pm

The editorial board endorsed Walker twice for governor.

Walker should be careful what he wishes for

It’s over, Gov. Scott Walker is arguing: The John Doe case looking into whether his campaign illegally coordinated with supposedly independent groups is done. Kaput. Finished.

Well, sorry, governor, but that simply isn’t true.

Yes, the investigation into the conduct of the campaign and outside groups during the 2012 recalls was halted by federal Judge Rudolph Randa in May when the judge ruled that the secret investigation violated the free speech rights of its targets. Randa’s decision is now before a federal appeals court, and just like the recent federal court decision ending Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage, this case will continue until all appeals are exhausted.

That could be a while, which means that this story is far from over. Nor should it be.

71 b_sharp  Jun 20, 2014 6:00:03pm

re: #64 Rightwingconspirator

I think I need a kickstarter campaign or something… But running three camera shoots with two Canon DSLR cams is pretty enticing.

Been watching for the release of the new camera body from Canon-The 7D Mark II

So, how’s that camera addiction working?

72 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 6:02:22pm

re: #65 klys

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALHMERT

Winner.

73 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 20, 2014 6:02:31pm

re: #71 b_sharp

So, how’s that camera addiction working?

Retail therapy is working well.

74 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 6:03:19pm

Haha, there were only around 150 people at the F&F conference? Were Cruz and the rest of the bozos just talking among themselves? Cruz really does pander…

trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com

“The first term senator received a warm reception from a crowd of around 150. A man dressed as an early American settler, complete with a canteen at his side, yelled “Texas, Texas” as Cruz took to the stage and waved a yellow Gadsen flag, a popular tea party symbol.”

75 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 6:04:19pm

76 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Jun 20, 2014 6:04:42pm

“Never get out of the boat.” I didn’t know that was an Apocalypse Now reference.

77 klys  Jun 20, 2014 6:04:43pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

I am dead over here.

No really.

78 b_sharp  Jun 20, 2014 6:06:16pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

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That’s the one I wanted to see.

79 Justanotherhuman  Jun 20, 2014 6:06:43pm

I’m convinced there are a lot of ignorant voters in this country.

I think if you’re not too ambitious, you can win an election for some offices just by breathing.

80 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 6:07:44pm

re: #68 makeitstop

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Please tweet so I can re-tweet with attribution!

81 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 6:08:03pm
82 Targetpractice  Jun 20, 2014 6:09:46pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

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Well, so much for sleeping tonight.

83 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 6:12:42pm

Gohmerto

84 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 6:17:02pm

Charles, trying to find out if I’m watching the last Fargo. Por favor…..the elevator scene. Pie in the diner. Last episode?

85 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 20, 2014 6:19:33pm

Bobble head boyz

86 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 6:20:05pm

re: #84 Stanley Sea

Charles, trying to find out if I’m watching the last Fargo. Por favor…..the elevator scene. Pie in the diner. Last episode?

The last episode is titled “Morton’s Fork.”

87 dog philosopher  Jun 20, 2014 6:20:36pm

re: #69 Stanley Sea

Nah, he just signed a ginormous contract somewhere.

the day cantor lost was his last day of shepherding bills embodying the desires of multinational corporations through the house while painfully making the case that they were for the national benefit, while subsisting on a pittance of a mere 200k/yr or so

now he can cash it in and gucci shoe it to congressional offices as a wealthy lobbyist, at last

the tea party didn’t really do anything there. he was the suckiest retail politician of all time

88 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 6:23:28pm

re: #86 Charles Johnson

The last episode is titled “Morton’s Fork.”

THANKS. oooooh not there yet. not on demand yet.

Check out Rectify. That’s next on my list.

89 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 6:30:13pm

If you think the roll out of healthcare.gov was terrible, my monopoly cable system is time warner. Their on demand interface was created by some really clueless hacks. It just sucks so bad.

90 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 6:31:29pm

91 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 6:32:01pm
92 klys  Jun 20, 2014 6:34:05pm

It’s been over a year since we went to Vancouver and I got this gin. And I only got one bottle, and it’s almost gone, so I’ve been hoarding it.

I realized there were at least two drinks worth left this afternoon and allowed myself a gin and tonic from it.

I’d wondered if maybe I had misremembered how good it was. Nope. I really need another bottle.

This is my favorite complex gin out there (and I have tried a lot). (My favorite single-note (juniper) comes from a micro-distillery in CO, if you’re curious.)

93 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 6:34:39pm

More Texas characters.

94 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 6:36:00pm

re: #93 jaunte

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More Texas characters.

That is real? And it’s Terrible shitty Ted?

95 TedStriker  Jun 20, 2014 6:37:23pm

re: #90 jaunte

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Someone needs to ‘chop up a Gohmert Zardoz head.

96 dog philosopher  Jun 20, 2014 6:38:19pm

imma programmin a boot-y loader

97 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 6:44:30pm

98 Snarknado!  Jun 20, 2014 6:44:54pm

re: #97 jaunte

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MY EYES!

99 jaunte  Jun 20, 2014 6:45:37pm

re: #98 Snarknado!

The gun Is good!

100 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 20, 2014 6:59:26pm

Well gang, I’ve got a long day ahead tomorrow. Starting advanced dive training (really, more like adv. beginner), but have 3 dives, including a deep dive down to appx 100 feet.

Going to be plenty cold down there (45 deg water temp), but we are really just going down, have me do some simple math problems, so we can compare how I did vs. the same type of problems at the surface. Finish off the day with a night dive. (and of course we are doing that on the Solstice, so it will be a late nite)

I’ll let you know how did.

RBS

101 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 6:59:39pm

re: #80 Stanley Sea

Please tweet so I can re-tweet with attribution!

I don’t tweet. Feel free!

102 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 7:12:03pm

Seriously. Dude’s a clown.

103 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 7:17:11pm

Glenn Greenwald on Bill Maher tonight. Oh boy.

104 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 7:24:02pm

Found Fargo on my ipad. time warner sucks.

Lorne Malvo is the honey badger extraordinaire.

that is all.

105 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 7:24:02pm
106 Stanley Sea  Jun 20, 2014 7:24:24pm

re: #101 makeitstop

I don’t tweet. Feel free!

Charles took care of it!!!

107 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 7:25:10pm
108 Keep Texas Prisons Rapey!1!1!1!!!  Jun 20, 2014 7:30:38pm

re: #105 Charles Johnson

When I think of Evil, I think Israel!

/

109 Keep Texas Prisons Rapey!1!1!1!!!  Jun 20, 2014 7:35:00pm

Speaking of Evil, what is up with George Will? I know he’s a %$%#@ but does he realize what he is saying?
What is even worse is that I think right wingers are defending him!

110 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 7:40:27pm

re: #102 makeitstop

And you wondered why some folks had nightmares from….clowns….
“SQUEEZE MY HORN!!!! PICK ONE………………HAAYAHHHH!!!!

111 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 7:52:33pm
112 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 20, 2014 7:56:38pm

Getting ready for work but I thought I´d take a moment and share a groaner I heard today…

Three-legged dog walks into a bar. He’s wearing a six-gun. Bar goes quiet. Dog says, “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.”

Thank you, I´ll be here all weekend. Be sure to try the veal.

113 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 8:00:25pm

One more, then bed. Driving to Lancaster, PA in the morning for a family reunion.

114 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 8:07:39pm

re: #112 William Barnett-Lewis

Guy comes in a bar with a dog. Bartender says unless you’re blind or in need of a service dog….Guy cuts him off. “It’s a talking dog. He TALKS!” Commotion and jostled chairs as all tune in on the….Bartender shouts “RUBE”. Bouncers show up and just as they latch on to the man, he begs to allow the dog to speak. “Ok. Let’s hear it. ” Man turns to his dog and asks; “Who was the greatest baseball player of all time?” Dog barks “Roof! Roof!”
Bartender shakes his head and the bouncers throw them both out. Outside on the pavement the dog looks at the man and says….”So who the fuck was it? DiMaggio?” snap/crash….

115 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 8:12:19pm

re: #113 makeitstop

Head east on Pa 23 from 30 to Hess Road in Leola. Make right. Follow to first stop sign. Stand on left. Honey. Dicker. Say. Now.

116 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 8:14:22pm

re: #115 nines09

How did I insult you?

117 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 8:15:35pm

re: #115 nines09

Head east on Pa 23 from 30 to Hess Road in Leola. Make right. Follow to first stop sign. Stand on left. Honey. Dicker. Say. Now.

Sorry for the inadvertent ding. Long day.

118 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 8:18:14pm
119 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 8:20:08pm

It’s there. Honor spot. Stand long enough they come out. The weeds didn’t kill me. In Central Pennsyltucky you dicker. Vestehen? Have fun.

120 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 8:24:44pm

re: #119 nines09

It’s there. Honor spot. Stand long enough they come out. The weeds didn’t kill me. In Central Pennsyltucky you dicker. Vestehen? Have fun.

We’re heading to Safe Harbor Park in Conestoga. Where is it in relation (I’m not familiar with the area at all)? If it’s close maybe we can swing by - we’ll be out there until Sunday afternoon.

121 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 8:32:00pm
122 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 8:33:12pm

Miles away from you. Find Pa 23 off of 30 and Hess Road. Lots of real Amish farm/quilt/preserves although it’s early in the year. It’s up in that region. Sundays are no sell days for Amish. Enjoy the Susquehanna. It’s a unique river and the headwaters of the Chesapeake. I live up river at the West and North branch meeting.

123 simoom  Jun 20, 2014 8:34:24pm

re: #121 Charles Johnson

I saw a bit of it. As he often does when someone raises Snowden’s Russia defection Greenwald made an appeal to Ellsberg’s whistle-blowing authority, referencing his endorsement of Snowden’s decision to flee the US. Naturally, Greenwald failed to mention that Ellsberg is hardly a dispassionate outside observer, calling it like it is, but instead sits on the Board of Directors with both Greenwald & Snowden, of their Wikileaks-funding, Manning-backing, Snowden-PR Org.

124 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 8:36:53pm

re: #122 nines09

Miles away from you. Find Pa 23 off of 30 and Hess Road. Lots of real Amish farm/quilt/preserves although it’s early in the year. It’s up in that region. Sundays are no sell days for Amish. Enjoy the Susquehanna. It’s a unique river and the headwaters of the Chesapeake. I live up river at the West and North branch meeting.

Yeah, I’m looking at maps, it’s pretty close! I’ll try to drive out that way on Sunday. Thanks!

EDIT: Crap, just re-read and caught the ‘Sunday’ part.

125 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 8:37:44pm
126 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 20, 2014 8:42:32pm

re: #47 klys

I blame all you people for this.

I give you a Gohmert head.

Ok, seriously, my first attempt to try and clean something up for insertion later, feedback is appreciated because I am fumbling around in Photoshop. I don’t normally do this.

Someone sub it for the Zardoz head. Stat.

(edit: Ah, someone got it already. Thumbed.)

127 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 8:43:59pm

128 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 8:45:03pm

re: #124 makeitstop

Pa 23 is a good ride and any right hand turn is going to take you to real farms. Next road going right to somewhere past Hess is Groffdale. You can look at the map and do a hour back on the roads they filmed Witness on. Not the touristy ride. The farm ride. Make lefts and you’ll always come back. If you are near New Holland you went too far. Remember. No Sunday sales in Amish Country except for honor stalls.

129 klys  Jun 20, 2014 8:45:39pm

Oh man. The grilled gruyere and olive tapenade sandwiches were …amazing. That’s all I can say. AMAZING.

130 makeitstop  Jun 20, 2014 8:47:53pm

re: #127 Gus

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Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

131 Ed E. Lishus  Jun 20, 2014 9:03:53pm

re: #127 Gus

Gus, I believe you have done what they call “sticking the landing” on that one. Well done.

132 Eventual Carrion  Jun 20, 2014 9:17:47pm

re: #127 Gus

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Larry Craig poking his head out of a stall would be priceless.

133 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 9:29:48pm

134 nines09  Jun 20, 2014 9:31:53pm

re: #133 Gus

Hello Boys!!!

135 klys  Jun 20, 2014 9:33:04pm

re: #133 Gus

I bow to the master.

136 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 9:35:04pm

re: #135 klys

I bow to the master.

Gracias.

137 Lidane  Jun 20, 2014 9:37:26pm

The Detroit Red Wings (or whoever runs their Twitter feed) got their feminist on today:

138 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 9:56:10pm

139 Eventual Carrion  Jun 20, 2014 9:57:03pm

re: #133 Gus

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Perfect

140 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 10:01:00pm

Stockman!

141 simoom  Jun 20, 2014 10:08:52pm

This headline is sort of amusing when you think back to the 2012 campaign’s attacks on the gov’ts ~$500 million Tesla start-up investment, which was derided as a “loser”:

Tesla is now most important automaker in world, Morgan Stanley says

Five states are developing incentive packages to land Tesla’s proposed giant $5 billion “gigafactory” battery facility, a project that could create 6,000 manufacturing and technical jobs, Jonas said.

A “governor would need a very good reason to say no to a Tesla factory,” Jonas said.

Including the battery factory and expanded auto production at its factory in Fremont, Calif., Jonas sees Tesla’s U.S. employment rising from about 6,000 workers today to as many as 20,000 within seven years.

That would indirectly support more than an additional 100,000 U.S. jobs.

It’s “GDP moving stuff,” Jonas said.

142 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 10:09:14pm
143 De Kolta Chair  Jun 20, 2014 10:17:20pm

re: #137 Lidane

The Detroit Red Wings (or whoever runs their Twitter feed) got their feminist on today:

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Well, that certainly puts all the first world problems into perspective.

Signed, a Bruins fan

144 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 10:25:46pm
145 goddamnedfrank  Jun 20, 2014 10:27:12pm

Youtube Video

146 darthstar  Jun 20, 2014 10:30:56pm

I hear GG was on Real Time tonight and got called on his bullshit to his face. Will have to check out the replay of that.

147 Lidane  Jun 20, 2014 10:38:00pm

re: #146 darthstar

I hear GG was on Real Time tonight and got called on his bullshit to his face. Will have to check out the replay of that.

148 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 10:44:09pm
149 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 20, 2014 10:45:15pm

thehawkeyeinitiative.com

Linked website is “The Hawkeye Initiative”. It’s pretty much a satirical site pointing out how poorly female superheroes are generally portrayed artistically in the comic books. This is pointed out generally by showing an example and then doing the same pose using a male superhero (usually Hawkeye - thus the site name).

The article linked to in particular is an interesting anecdote of some workers picking an interesting way to point out sexist behavior by their boss.

150 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 10:45:45pm
151 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 10:53:10pm

Greenwald is furious with Paul Rieckhoff tonight…

152 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 10:54:29pm

Greenwald is also probably raging at Bill Maher.

153 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 10:58:57pm

re: #151 Charles Johnson

Greenwald is furious with Paul Rieckhoff tonight…

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Ironic coming from Glenn “Ooga Booga NSA is Coming to Get You” Greenwald.

154 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 11:00:49pm
155 Gus  Jun 20, 2014 11:07:37pm

re: #154 Charles Johnson

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Greenwald RT’d him.

156 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 11:11:58pm

re: #155 Gus

Greenwald RT’d him.

Then sniped at him.

157 goddamnedfrank  Jun 20, 2014 11:13:14pm

re: #151 Charles Johnson

Greenwald is furious with Paul Rieckhoff tonight…

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Wasn’t this mostly settled when Der Spiegel said this:

SPIEGEL has decided not to publish details it has seen about secret operations that could endanger the lives of NSA workers. Nor is it publishing the related internal code words.

Certainly Snowden put real people’s lives in danger, that’s pretty much indisputable.

158 Charles Johnson  Jun 20, 2014 11:25:24pm

Greenwald’s fans weigh in on the possibility that he’s putting lives in danger:

159 Shazam  Jun 21, 2014 12:03:18am

re: #158 Charles Johnson

The flying fuck? Is that person a “sovereign citizen”?

160 Amory Blaine  Jun 21, 2014 12:04:21am

I’m glad Reickhoff was there to push back.

161 Gus  Jun 21, 2014 12:07:45am
162 Gus  Jun 21, 2014 12:07:57am

20th.

163 Lidane  Jun 21, 2014 12:10:46am

From the Department of WTF Why? :

164 Gus  Jun 21, 2014 12:13:41am
165 klys  Jun 21, 2014 12:17:52am

re: #164 Gus

HOW CAN THE US POSSIBLY THINK WE CAN DICTATE …oh wait.

///

166 Gus  Jun 21, 2014 12:18:29am

re: #165 klys

HOW CAN THE US POSSIBLY THINK WE CAN DICTATE …oh wait.

///

Thought it was positive. :D

167 Lidane  Jun 21, 2014 12:18:40am

This is glorious. Love love love. And it’s fan made! I hope Trey Parker and Matt Stone like it:

Youtube Video

168 klys  Jun 21, 2014 12:19:24am

re: #166 Gus

Thought it was positive. :D

It is! If you are not a concern troll.

169 Gus  Jun 21, 2014 12:24:54am

re: #168 klys

It is! If you are not a concern troll.

Just an observer.

170 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 21, 2014 1:18:22am

Gohme

171 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 1:34:34am

re: #170 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Doge so cute. Gohme very not.

172 urbanmeemaw  Jun 21, 2014 2:57:30am

re: #113 makeitstop

One more, then bed. Driving to Lancaster, PA in the morning for a family reunion.

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How about Louie in the Last Supper painting? Wish I had Photo Shop skillzzz…

173 lawhawk  Jun 21, 2014 4:59:17am

re: #64 Rightwingconspirator

I think it’s safe to say that wifi will be part of whatever Canon does with the new DSLRs; it’s becoming the new standard and expands the photographer’s control over the camera (allowing them to shoot with a tablet/smartphone remotely, to say nothing of uploading to the cloud or personal networks easier than ever before.

With the 60D, you don’t have wifi, but it was built into the 70D.

I’m going to try a workaround using USB to connect my phone to the camera, which would then enable me to do the same.

174 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 5:07:16am

re: #147 Lidane

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That was a thing of beauty!

Yeah, Paul, we should take Greenwald’s word? Who is he but some two-bit writer who was given a gold mine by a thief and traitor?

Greenwald is nothing but a cowardly mountebank, a selfish libertarian pig, who has never done a thing for his country of birth, only for himself and to enrich himself.

175 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 5:10:12am

re: #173 lawhawk

My Nikon D60 is showing its age (5+ years), so I’m getting those new-camera urges. I’d like to get one of the new Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras, but I’ve already got 3 decent F-mount lenses so I’ll probably stick with a DSLR body. The question is, which one? Even the low end models outstrip my D60, but I’m aiming for the midrange.

While I’m in the US during August, I may hunt around for a good used Nikon body.

176 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 5:24:59am

Another thing of beauty. Greenwald’s disdain for Rieckhoff was pretty obvious in his own responses and questions.

Iraq War Vet Mops Floor With Glenn Greenwald On Real Time With Bill Maher

thedailybanter.com

“Bob Cesca, our own resident Snowden Swiffer™, has this to add:

“Greenwald demanded evidence of lives lost. Maher responded with what was the best point of the segment: when CIA agents are killed it’s never made public — we’ll never know.

“As with all of these Snowden related TV segments, my chief gripe has always been that they’re never long enough. This is a deeply complicated issue with an incredibly steep learning curve, therefore it demands time and a thorough debate — not five minutes divided between four panelists. The complexity of the issue, by the way, is what made me initially skeptical of Greenwald’s reporting, considering how difficult it would’ve been to absorb all of the details in a series of PowerPoint slides about Verizon and Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, and then to put it all in context of NSA operations and the broader intelligence community, in just a matter of a couple of days.”

177 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 5:31:53am

It’s not billionaires who were affected, so Greenwald doesn’t give a flying fuck.

178 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 5:36:44am

It’s been summer here for over a month. : )

Happy Solstice, everyone!

179 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 21, 2014 5:43:44am

re: #170 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Gohme

Gohme II

180 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 21, 2014 5:43:59am

re: #175 wheat-dogghazi

My Nikon D60 is showing its age (5+ years), so I’m getting those new-camera urges. I’d like to get one of the new Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras, but I’ve already got 3 decent F-mount lenses so I’ll probably stick with a DSLR body. The question is, which one? Even the low end models outstrip my D60, but I’m aiming for the midrange.

While I’m in the US during August, I may hunt around for a good used Nikon body.

I´ll stick to my usual recommendation: Get an Olympus OM-D E-M5. Micro-4/3´s is a really slick system now with great cameras and lenses plus the availability of cheap adapters for just about every lens mount on the market (I have ones for Nikon F & LTM & plan on buying one for Canon FD). dpreview.com

If you have the money, the newer OM-D E-M1 is even nicer dpreview.com

If you do get a Nikon, there are some good deals out there - window shop at keh.com and you can learn the absolute max you should spend for any given used camera. Or heck, just buy from them - they´re really good peopl e (only know them as a satisfied customer). Still, mirrorless is the future I think - the DSLR´s only real advantage was familiarity for those who had used film. Now mirrorless cameras are all getting faster, better & cheaper all the time and even the full frame monsters will be left in the dust soon enough.

181 lawhawk  Jun 21, 2014 5:45:48am
182 Lidane  Jun 21, 2014 5:50:30am

re: #181 lawhawk

A bunch of white gun fetishists marching through the Fifth Ward with guns on open display? That will not end well.

183 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 5:54:49am

From Lorraine Miller, NAACP:

Mississippi, 1964:

Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney had only just begun working on the Freedom Summer campaign to register black Mississippians to vote when they suddenly disappeared.

Schwerner and Goodman were two Jewish men from New York—they had been there less than a week—and Chaney was a local black activist. They had just finished investigating the bombing of a nearby church when they were taken into custody under false pretenses, and never again seen by their fellow volunteers.

The disappearance of these three men sparked national outrage, and the FBI converged on Mississippi to investigate. They discovered that on June 21, 1964, immediately upon being released from custody, the young activists had been brutally beaten and murdered by a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob. The FBI’s investigation led to the first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in Mississippi.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day we lost these brave defenders of civil rights. …snip

Then this semi-dumb opinion piece from CNN:

cnn.com

184 lawhawk  Jun 21, 2014 5:55:12am

re: #182 Lidane

No, it probably wont. The kicker is that these nutters are busy using Civil Rights movement language to cloak their march: “Somebody’s got to stand up and sit at the front of the bus.” They’re expropriating civil rights language and events for something that isn’t even in doubt or question. The courts have repeatedly indicated a right to bear arms, but that government can issue reasonable restrictions.

By using the Rosa Parks analogy, they’re undermining the purpose and history of what Parks did. That’s purposeful and deceptive.

185 Lidane  Jun 21, 2014 5:55:48am

BTW, the Fifth Ward is Sheila Jackson Lee’s district. And these are the kinds of gun fuckers who want to march through it with their penis extensions on display:

Image: SJLSlavery.png

Image: SJLFriedchicken.jpg

186 Lidane  Jun 21, 2014 5:57:59am

re: #184 lawhawk

The kicker is that these nutters are busy using Civil Rights movement language to cloak their march: “Somebody’s got to stand up and sit at the front of the bus.” They’re expropriating civil rights language and events for something that isn’t even in doubt or question. The courts have repeatedly indicated a right to bear arms, but that government can issue reasonable restrictions.

These are the nutters who think that ANY gun control law is tantamount to slavery.

You know, because that’s a totally reasonable position to take.

187 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 21, 2014 6:00:24am
188 geoffm33  Jun 21, 2014 6:06:55am

turnabout is fair play

189 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 6:07:03am

re: #147 Lidane

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Sweet. It’s about time someone pushed back and questioned Mr. Infallible.

190 Lidane  Jun 21, 2014 6:07:42am

Speaking of gun fuckers, the yahoos over at Tactical Firearms in Katy, TX (which is near Houston) are blaming Obama for their financial problems:

facebook.com

Never mind the fact that it sounds like the owners got into a pissing match behind the scenes and one of them decided not to sign on to a loan refinance. It’s all somehow Obama’s fault. Read the whole thing. It’s hilarious. And people are already talking about fundraisers and sending them money. WTF? Are RWNJs just predisposed to fall for every cry for cash?

191 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 6:09:10am

re: #187 NJDhockeyfan

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OMG, there’s a ghost! : )

What an optical illusion and the beginning of a superstition. And the basis of another James Cameron film about the Titanic!

192 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 6:12:42am

On The Other Hand

Ida B. Wells (who pulled a Rosa Parks 60 years before Rosa Parks) made a better argument for guns in the ‘ville:

“The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give. When the white man who is always the aggressor knows he runs as great a risk of biting the dust every time his Afro-American victim does, he will have greater respect for Afro-American life. The more the Afro-American yields and cringes and begs, the more he has to do so, the more he is insulted, outraged and lynched.”

She was describing a time and place where the law was of no use to the AA community. Her position is acceptable to the extent those conditions prevail here and now.

en.wikipedia.org

193 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 6:23:22am

194 b.d.  Jun 21, 2014 6:24:53am

re: #176 Justanotherhuman

Just watched that clip over at The Daily Banter and it looked like that idiot Bill Maher was about as disgusted with Glenn as anyone else.

Maher: Blah, blah, blah Richard Clarke says….
Glenn: Richard Clarke works for the government!
Maher: Richard Clarke used to work for the government
Glenn: Well he did work in the government for a long time…

And so on. I think that this and his later trashing of Clarke, who Bill says he admires, was the thing that got under Bill’s craw.

Glenn is losing allies one by one even though that crowd was cheering Glenn, the cheers were not as loud as they use to be.

195 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 6:25:35am

Better than coffee.

Youtube Video

But I’m going to have coffee, too.

196 Eventual Carrion  Jun 21, 2014 6:25:44am

re: #182 Lidane

A bunch of white gun fetishists marching through the Fifth Ward with guns on open display? That will not end well.

The choice of marching in the Fifth ward is really kinda klanish. The kind of intimidation they would do.

197 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 6:26:43am
198 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 6:29:32am

re: #196 Eventual Carrion

The choice of marching in the Fifth ward is really kinda klanish. The kind of intimidation they would do.

If every third citizen they encounter were carrying, the visitors might have mixed emotions.

199 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jun 21, 2014 6:29:45am

Image amateurishly appropriated from:
news.yahoo.com

200 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 6:31:42am

re: #180 William Barnett-Lewis

I´ll stick to my usual recommendation: Get an Olympus OM-D E-M5. Micro-4/3´s is a really slick system now with great cameras and lenses plus the availability of cheap adapters for just about every lens mount on the market (I have ones for Nikon F & LTM & plan on buying one for Canon FD). dpreview.com

If you have the money, the newer OM-D E-M1 is even nicer dpreview.com

If you do get a Nikon, there are some good deals out there - window shop at keh.com and you can learn the absolute max you should spend for any given used camera. Or heck, just buy from them - they´re really good peopl e (only know them as a satisfied customer). Still, mirrorless is the future I think - the DSLR´s only real advantage was familiarity for those who had used film. Now mirrorless cameras are all getting faster, better & cheaper all the time and even the full frame monsters will be left in the dust soon enough.

I’ve been partial to Nikon for 35 years, so it’s kinda wrenching to consider switching platforms. Not that Oly aren’t great cameras, too.

My budget is around $750-1,000. For that I can get one of the Nikon 1’s or a DSLR body — either would be a upgrade from my 10MP D60, — but I spent $400 on a sweet Tamron zoom lens three years ago and I want to squeeze out every last penny of that investment. Argh! Decisions, decisions.

But I hear what you say about the mirrorless cameras. I like their size and features, and the image quality seems very good. The biggest drawback to the DSLRs are their bulk. I love their image quality and versatility, but sometimes I get tired of lugging my D60 around while traveling. So the smaller size is very tempting.

201 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 6:32:21am

re: #198 Decatur Deb

If every third citizen they encounter were carrying, the visitors might have mixed emotions.

And bring a change of undergarments next time.

202 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 21, 2014 6:34:03am

re: #163 Lidane

From the Department of WTF Why? :

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I’m not a luthier, but with all that tension, what’s keeping the neck from bowing up over time? Or is it really not an issue?

RBS

203 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jun 21, 2014 6:35:13am

re: #196 Eventual Carrion

it’s not as if supremacists in America have ever been ashamed of their paranoia and hate:

American Nazi March in Skokie, Ill targeting the Jewish community.

204 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 21, 2014 6:35:44am

re: #173 lawhawk

I think it’s safe to say that wifi will be part of whatever Canon does with the new DSLRs; it’s becoming the new standard and expands the photographer’s control over the camera (allowing them to shoot with a tablet/smartphone remotely, to say nothing of uploading to the cloud or personal networks easier than ever before.

With the 60D, you don’t have wifi, but it was built into the 70D.

I’m going to try a workaround using USB to connect my phone to the camera, which would then enable me to do the same.

I’ve done that with an android app, worked very well on both the 60D, and believe it or not, the T1i. It’s nice for macro and product shots.

RBS

205 makeitstop  Jun 21, 2014 6:36:28am

re: #202 RealityBasedSteve

I’m not a luthier, but with all that tension, what’s keeping the neck from bowing up over time? Or is it really not an issue?

RBS

It may have multiple truss rods running through the neck, or maybe the neck is made of a composite material or aluminum. There must be a boatload of tension on that neck, though.

I really don’t see the point of a 15 string guitar, TBH. I own a 7 string but I barely ever play it. I find that six strings are more than enough most of the time. :)

206 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 21, 2014 6:37:16am

re: #187 NJDhockeyfan

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CNN… You’re just phoning it in now, admit it.

RBS

207 Eventual Carrion  Jun 21, 2014 6:37:20am

re: #198 Decatur Deb

If every third citizen they encounter were carrying, the visitors might have mixed emotions.

I lived in Houston for 12 years (west side). But I would think that scenario is a distinct possibility.

208 Lidane  Jun 21, 2014 6:38:41am

Says Mr. 9-9-9:

209 b.d.  Jun 21, 2014 6:39:39am

re: #187 NJDhockeyfan

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I’d hope that that CNN screenshot is from April 15 and not from yesterday.

210 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 6:40:15am
211 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 6:40:17am

re: #208 Lidane

Says Mr. 9-9-9:

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He’s half right. A first grader could run the country better than Herman Cain could.

212 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 6:43:36am

bbl

213 b.d.  Jun 21, 2014 6:44:36am

re: #210 darthstar

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That kids team’s name is the Rebels?

I hope their record is better than their mascot’s.

214 Eventual Carrion  Jun 21, 2014 6:44:36am

re: #205 makeitstop

It probably has multiple truss rods running through the neck, or maybe the neck is made of a composite material or maybe aluminum.

I really don’t see the point of a 15 string guitar, TBH. I own a 7 string but I barely ever play it. I find that six strings are more than enough most of the time. :)

I have an Alvarez jumbo 12-string that just has the sweetest sound and really plays nice for a 12-string. And I am with you on the need for a 15-string, just learn to play a pedal steel. A few years ago a friend of mine switched to pedal steel, he loves it (he used to be a bass player).

215 ObserverArt  Jun 21, 2014 6:44:47am

A late entry…

Lets all go to the Bieber Show!!!

Click for larger view

216 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 6:45:10am

re: #213 b.d.

That kids team’s name is the Rebels?

I hope their record is better than their mascot’s.

Subtext is everything to the Tea Party.

217 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 6:45:55am

re: #180 William Barnett-Lewis

Thanks for the tip about keh.com. I never knew about it till now. They’ve got some excellent deals! I might be able to afford a mirrorless camera AND a used DSLR body. Ha! Decision making made easier.

Now, I just need to make sure I can afford ‘em.

218 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 6:48:29am

Dogwalk. BBL

219 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 21, 2014 6:57:40am

re: #217 wheat-dogghazi

Thanks for the tip about keh.com. I never knew about it till now. They’ve got some excellent deals! I might be able to afford a mirrorless camera AND a used DSLR body. Ha! Decision making made easier.

Now, I just need to make sure I can afford ‘em.

Almost everything camera bit I have was either bought from them or added to by them. Their idea of bargain condition used gear is better than most places excellent - I´ve never had a bad deal from them.

220 NJDhockeyfan  Jun 21, 2014 6:57:42am
221 readyfreddy815  Jun 21, 2014 6:58:36am

222 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 6:58:45am
223 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 6:59:25am

re: #220 NJDhockeyfan

One of those times when it doesn’t pay to be head of the class.

224 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 7:00:29am
225 Charles Johnson  Jun 21, 2014 7:01:33am
226 Ian G.  Jun 21, 2014 7:02:20am

Good Morning, Lizards.

I was reminded on Facebook today that it is the 50th anniversary of the murder of James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman for their civil rights activism in Mississippi.

It makes David Horowitz’ revolting comments yesterday about liberal Jews wanting a “second holocaust” even more appalling, when you think about it in the context of what Schwerner and Goodman were doing. Yeah, Dave, those two heroes wanted a “second holocaust”. Makes perfect sense.

228 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 7:09:47am

re: #227 darthstar

I have to say, Americans sure are weird sometimes.

229 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 7:11:05am

re: #228 wheat-dogghazi

I have to say, Americans sure are weird sometimes.

ftfy

230 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 7:12:16am

AND ,,,, I’m into the homestretch

two 12 (to 14) hour days and then off on vacation!!!!

A couple of days of R & R at home, then off to the shore for some sun, fun, golf and dining

231 Keep Texas Prisons Rapey!1!1!1!!!  Jun 21, 2014 7:14:01am

re: #226 Ian G.

I don’t understand. Why does he think left leaning Jewish people in America are going to cause a holocaust? Has he explained that? And who are the people who will imprison them, and why?
People need to explain this stuff better when they make accusations like that.

232 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 7:14:30am

re: #228 wheat-dogghazi

I have to say, Americans sure are weird sometimes.

I’m sure, over a few beers with his friends, it sounded like a good idea…then he had to actually make it. Then put it on. Then wear it. But it hides his dick so he’s not really naked riiding like everyone else.

233 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 7:16:37am

re: #232 darthstar

I’m sure, over a few beers with his friends, it sounded like a good idea…then he had to actually make it. Then put it on. Then wear it. But it hides his dick so he’s not really naked riiding like everyone else.

he IS a dick ,so it doesn’t really HIDE who he is!!!
/

234 darthstar  Jun 21, 2014 7:17:36am
235 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 21, 2014 7:23:44am

Jim Wright vents one more time before going on hiatus:

236 Romantic Heretic  Jun 21, 2014 7:23:59am

re: #181 lawhawk

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I notice the ‘walk’ has been postponed. Maybe the thought had finally occurred to them that a bunch of armed white people who have made their racism clear in the past might provoke a response other than calling the police?

238 Romantic Heretic  Jun 21, 2014 7:29:26am

re: #203 Rocky-in-Connecticut

it’s not as if supremacists in America have ever been ashamed of their paranoia and hate:
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American Nazi March in Skokie, Ill targeting the Jewish community.

My thought?

Nice of them to bunch up like that.

239 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 7:31:33am

re: #238 Romantic Heretic

My thought?

Nice of them to bunch up like that.

Safety Stupidity in Numbers!

240 Eventual Carrion  Jun 21, 2014 7:31:55am

re: #236 Romantic Heretic

I notice the ‘walk’ has been postponed. Maybe the thought had finally occurred to them that a bunch of armed white people who have made their racism clear in the past might provoke a response other than calling the police?

Yep. The people may stand their ground against a perceived threat.

241 Romantic Heretic  Jun 21, 2014 7:40:59am

re: #237 Varek Raith

Congress Reluctant To Cut Funding For Tank That Just Spins Around And Self-Destructs

Best laugh this morning.

242 Keep Texas Prisons Rapey!1!1!1!!!  Jun 21, 2014 7:41:43am

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

Woah! He’s awesome.

243 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 21, 2014 7:42:31am

re: #240 Eventual Carrion

Yep. The people may stand their ground against a perceived threat.

Somebody might just need to set off a few strings of firecrackers and watch it dissolve into a bloody firefight…

and that is not even meant to be witty or ironic, that is just the sort of situation we are inviting by allowing this sort of boneheaded “expression of second-amendment rights”

244 Killgore Trout  Jun 21, 2014 7:43:18am

re: #220 NJDhockeyfan

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Meanwhile…
Presbyterian Church dumps companies it says help Israel suppress Palestinians

245 Killgore Trout  Jun 21, 2014 7:47:34am

World Cup sure is sucking up a lot of headline space on google news searches.

246 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 7:53:41am

re: #245 Killgore Trout

World Cup sure is sucking up a lot of headline space on google news searches.

Hey now

If it wasn’t for World Cup,, the Womens Golf US open ,,,, Major League Baseball,,, a pro tennis event ,, I would have absolutely nothing to do here at work for the next 11 (+) hours!!!

247 Eventual Carrion  Jun 21, 2014 7:54:17am

re: #243 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Somebody might just need to set off a few strings of firecrackers and watch it dissolve into a bloody firefight…

and that is not even meant to be witty or ironic, that is just the sort of situation we are inviting by allowing this sort of boneheaded “expression of second-amendment rights”

Powder keg and one, tiny spark.

248 Killgore Trout  Jun 21, 2014 7:57:20am

re: #246 sattv4u2

Hey now

If it wasn’t for World Cup,, the Womens Golf US open ,,,, Major League Baseball,,, a pro tennis event ,, I would have absolutely nothing to do here at work for the next 11 (+) hours!!!

I get bored watching the 15 second highlight clips. I think the sports cortex of my brain must be damaged.

249 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 7:58:55am

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

Jim Wright vents one more time before going on hiatus:

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He’s absolutely correct.

Which is why I don’t have a blog myself. I neither write well enough nor can take the time to try. Therefore, why burden others with anything but comments and opinions off the cuff? At least there is instant rebuttal and none of us make a dime from it. It is what it is.

The problem with the internet is that too much amateurism has taken it over and spread the disease of ignorance.

And when a good blog writer does come along, those getting paid take the liberty of stealing his/her stuff for their own profit? I suppose “netiquette” is dead now.

250 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 21, 2014 8:00:36am

So any great pagan parties today?

251 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 8:01:40am

re: #250 Rightwingconspirator

So any great pagan parties today?

I spent some money at the grocery store in tribute to the Great God Mammon.

Isn’t that enough? : )

252 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 8:03:09am

re: #248 Killgore Trout

I get bored watching the 15 second highlight clips. I think the sports cortex of my brain must be damaged.

Throw a little ping pong ball in the frog pond and see if they’ll divide themselves up for a soccer match!!

{ribbbettt}

253 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 8:04:32am

re: #250 Rightwingconspirator

So any great pagan parties today?

Guess i’ll have to ask this guy!!

Image: 66671716df4bbac63a496522935e22d1.jpg

254 allegro  Jun 21, 2014 8:10:45am

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

Jim Wright vents one more time before going on hiatus:

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I read that just before coming here. Found it a bit bewildering, in truth. While I am totally down with the intellectual property issue and feel that Malloy did step in it by exceeding fair use, Wright’s rage just seems so over-the-top, as does his ego. He argues his greatness as a writer since he has had three posts go viral and then seems enraged that they went viral. He says he doesn’t want or need the exposure while claiming that very exposure is what makes his work so worthwhile.

I would like to hear Charles’ take on this as a blogger who has had his share of viral posts and whose work has been used by so many others.

255 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 21, 2014 8:12:42am

re: #251 Justanotherhuman

I spent some money at the grocery store in tribute to the Great God Mammon.

Isn’t that enough? : )

Me too but overcooked the meat.

It’s runed.

256 thedopefishlives  Jun 21, 2014 8:18:16am

Morning Lizardim from the warm and clear wild north country. The rain has subsided, for now - hopefully for a while, because we absolutely do not need any more, thank you very much. Stupid Obama and his ebil global warming. How go things among the lizardfolk this morning?

257 Eventual Carrion  Jun 21, 2014 8:18:27am

re: #253 sattv4u2

Guess i’ll have to ask this guy!!

Image: 66671716df4bbac63a496522935e22d1.jpg

Seen him play. Dad and I used to go to Pirates games in those days when he played for them. Willie Stargell, Manny Sangullen, Roberto, many good players.

258 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 8:18:36am

Weird convergence—the comments on this minor story on Gawker are not very distinguishable from those on Free Republic.

Woman Who Helped Ducks On Side of the Road Could Face Life in Prison

gawker.com

(Might have to do with Gawker’s hideously uninformed click-bait headline.)

259 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 8:19:42am

re: #250 Rightwingconspirator

So any great pagan parties today?

hosted.ap.org

New agers, neo-pagans gather to greet solstice

260 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 8:20:27am

re: #257 Eventual Carrion

Seen him play. Dad and I used to go to Pirates games in those days when he played for them. Willie Stargell, Manny Sangullen, Roberto, many good players.

And no Pittsburgher asks “Roberto who?” Best man ever to wear a Pirates uniform.

261 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 8:21:09am

re: #238 Romantic Heretic

My thought?

Nice of them to bunch up like that.

Back in 2000, I had a Russian-Jewish co-worker who thought similarly when the KKK marched through Skokie. He got in a fight with a Klansman, then he got arrested, and because he was in jail that afternoon instead of working his shift at the store he and I worked at he was fired.

Best not to think too much like that, RH.

262 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 8:21:10am

Well, this is just sad. She doesn’t sound like a very happy person.

Hope Solo arrested for investigation of domestic violence

blogs.seattletimes.com

Soccer star Hope Solo was arrested overnight for allegedly striking her sister and her nephew at the Kirkland home she shares with her husband, former NFL player Jerramy Stevens, according to police.

(snip)

“There was a big party going on at her house. It was an out-of-control situation,” Murray said.

(snip)

“Whether it’s with Hollywood, whether it’s with sports figures, whether it’s the president, that’s kind of how it works. I’m realistic and I understand that. That’s why it’s important for me to know who I am, to know I’m living my life the way I want to live, and that I am happy. At the end of the day, I can’t really let myself get too angry about outside opinions that are or aren’t true.”

This isn’t about “opinions”, Hope, it’s about your behavior.

263 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 8:23:59am

re: #257 Eventual Carrion

Seen him play. Dad and I used to go to Pirates games in those days when he played for them. Willie Stargell, Manny Sangullen, Roberto, many good players.

Good solid player

had a nice long career

264 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 8:24:30am

re: #255 Rightwingconspirator

Me too but overcooked the meat.

It’s runed.

I got your runed meat right here:

pbs.org

265 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 21, 2014 8:36:40am

re: #264 wheat-dogghazi

I got your runed meat right here:

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pbs.org

That’s a cool link, thanks!

Okay my nic in runes, maybe my avatar for while.
Rightwingconspirator in runes

266 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 8:38:02am

re: #258 Decatur Deb

Weird convergence—the comments on this minor story on Gawker are not very distinguishable from those on Free Republic.

Woman Who Helped Ducks On Side of the Road Could Face Life in Prison

gawker.com

(Might have to do with Gawker’s hideously uninformed click-bait headline.)

The odds she’ll actually get life are miniscule, but she made a stupid mistake and someone died as a result. So she does have to be punished.

267 wheat-dogghazi  Jun 21, 2014 8:41:39am

re: #265 Rightwingconspirator

You’re welcome! And with that, I bid you all a good night from this side of the little ball we call Earth.

268 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 21, 2014 8:42:18am

re: #266 Dark_Falcon

The odds she’ll actually get life are miniscule, but she made a stupid mistake and someone died as a result. So she does have to be punished.

Who does her punishment benefit?

269 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 8:45:13am

re: #268 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Who does her punishment benefit?

Social order. Someone who gets someone else killed due to a mistake as she did shouldn’t spend 15 years in maximum security, but they should spend a year or two in prison in order to make clear that the consequences of such a screw up are severe.

270 Sjef  Jun 21, 2014 8:45:26am

re: #1 Pie-onist Overlord

Brilliant. You win the internets for today.

271 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 21, 2014 8:46:41am

Rather than just chucking people into prison, I really wish we had more appropriate and meaningful punishments.

For example, this woman could be given 8,000 hours of community service, working improving signage and road conditions to make them safer for motorcyclists.

Instead, we’ll put her in prison and hope that through some alchemy that will deter other people from making the same mistake.

272 Sjef  Jun 21, 2014 8:47:11am

re: #267 wheat-dogghazi

I bid you a good evening from the Netherlands. Slaap lekker.

273 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 21, 2014 8:47:17am

re: #269 Dark_Falcon

Social order. Someone who gets someone else killed due to a mistake as she did shouldn’t spend 15 years in maximum security, but they should spend a year or two in prison in order to make clear that the consequences of such a screw up are severe.

In what way does it help social order?

274 Romantic Heretic  Jun 21, 2014 8:47:55am

re: #261 Dark_Falcon

Back in 2000, I had a Russian-Jewish co-worker who thought similarly when the KKK marched through Skokie. He got in a fight with a Klansman, then he got arrested, and because he was in jail that afternoon instead of working his shift at the store he and I worked at he was fired.

Best not to think too much like that, RH.

I don’t need to worry about losing a job because I’ll never have another one ever again. My age, lack of formal education and long history of mental illness make sure of that.

275 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 8:50:47am

re: #271 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Rather than just chucking people into prison, I really wish we had more appropriate and meaningful punishments.

For example, this woman could be given 8,000 hours of community service, working improving signage and road conditions to make them safer for motorcyclists.

Instead, we’ll put her in prison and hope that through some alchemy that will deter other people from making the same mistake.

The problem with that (at least down here in the States) is that such sentencing practices would likely be abused in order to provide cheap labor for road construction. After all, people doing community service aren’t paid. How would you guard against such risks?

276 allegro  Jun 21, 2014 8:51:31am

re: #271 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Rather than just chucking people into prison, I really wish we had more appropriate and meaningful punishments.

For example, this woman could be given 8,000 hours of community service, working improving signage and road conditions to make them safer for motorcyclists.

Instead, we’ll put her in prison and hope that through some alchemy that will deter other people from making the same mistake.

Perhaps it was only a “mistake” because a motorcyclist wasn’t paying attention or was going too fast. What if a driver swerved to avoid hitting the ducks (or dog, or cat, or moose) in the road and an accident resulted? I know in Alaska, failure to stop traffic when a moose is spotted about to step onto the highway is real bad form. We don’t have all of the information needed to make any sure judgments here but prison sure doesn’t seem appropriate.

277 Sjef  Jun 21, 2014 8:51:34am

re: #256 thedopefishlives

Excellent here in Holland. Just had a holiday in Portugal. Feeling super happy, thanks.

278 allegro  Jun 21, 2014 8:56:04am

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

The problem with that (at least down here in the States) is that such sentencing practices would likely be abused in order to provide cheap labor for road construction. After all, people doing community service aren’t paid. How would you guard against such risks?

WTF? So she should go to prison because community service could be abused for cheap labor?

279 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 8:58:14am

A block away is a place that makes great coffee. A block and a half away is a place that makes terrible coffee, but the proprietor’s husband brings me a cup free on Saturdays (and random other days). I’m always sneaking around like a thief trying not to get caught buying good coffee.

Maybe I’ll go back to tea made in the microwave.

/first world polite people problems

280 Killgore Trout  Jun 21, 2014 8:58:37am

Welcome to the land of outrage and finger pointing

281 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 8:59:46am

re: #280 Killgore Trout

Welcome to the land of outrage and finger pointing

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Reason # 8,581 I don’t have twitter

282 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 9:02:32am
283 Killgore Trout  Jun 21, 2014 9:03:14am

re: #281 sattv4u2

Reason # 8,581 I don’t have twitter

More heat than light.

284 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 9:04:09am

re: #283 Killgore Trout

More heat than light.

Depends on who you follow.

285 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 9:04:50am

re: #282 wrenchwench

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There are assholes all over the spectrum who would see all three of them dead for that.

286 allegro  Jun 21, 2014 9:05:30am

re: #282 wrenchwench

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That is so adorable.

287 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 9:06:14am

re: #276 allegro

Perhaps it was only a “mistake” because a motorcyclist wasn’t paying attention or was going too fast. What if a driver swerved to avoid hitting the ducks (or dog, or cat, or moose) in the road and an accident resulted? I know in Alaska, failure to stop traffic when a moose is spotted about to step onto the highway is real bad form. We don’t have all of the information needed to make any sure judgments here but prison sure doesn’t seem appropriate.

Stopping in a travel lane is very, very bad—if you must stop, get over onto the shoulder or into the median. Back in the 90s, I spoiled a perfect driving record of 30 yrs when I ran into the rear of an 18 wheeler which was stopped in a travel lane and had not pulled off onto a designated shoulder. There was already one accident on that interstate. Do you know how hard it is to tell whether or not a vehicle is standing still until you are almost on top of it? Worse, my granddaughter was also in the car; luckily, I had already slowed down for the accident, but it was impossible to stop in time to avoid the truck and there was nowhere to go (traffic was very heavy). It’s just something you don’t expect when traveling at the designated speed and for conditions. We were lucky we weren’t killed but the car (only a yr old) was totaled.

288 Decatur Deb  Jun 21, 2014 9:06:16am

re: #279 wrenchwench

A block away is a place that makes great coffee. A block and a half away is a place that makes terrible coffee, but the proprietor’s husband brings me a cup free on Saturdays (and random other days). I’m always sneaking around like a thief trying not to get caught buying good coffee.

Maybe I’ll go back to tea made in the microwave.

/first world polite people problems

Keep a bottle of Bailey’s at the shop. Amend the bad coffee.

/Irish solutions

289 thedopefishlives  Jun 21, 2014 9:08:28am

re: #288 Decatur Deb

Keep a bottle of Bailey’s at the shop. Amend the bad coffee.

/Irish solutions

The Irish do two things extremely well: Coffee and alcohol. Sadly, I do not enjoy either one. Some Irishman I am.

290 Killgore Trout  Jun 21, 2014 9:08:56am

Onward Shiite soldier

Iraqi Shiite fighters wearing explosive belts parade on June 21, 2014 in the central Iraqi Shiite city of Karbala. Shiite fighters paraded in Baghdad and south Iraq in a dramatic show of force aimed at Sunni militants who overran swathes of territory in a crisis threatening to rip the country apart

291 sattv4u2  Jun 21, 2014 9:09:47am

re: #290 Killgore Trout

Onward Shiite soldier

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Looks more like they’re heading to some weird Pillsbury DoughBoy Festival!!

292 allegro  Jun 21, 2014 9:11:13am

I had some rather intense oral surgery on Thursday and learned that there is an extra-strength Vicodin. Man, just half a tab of that stuff at a time has had me flying for a couple of days. Whee.

293 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 9:11:40am
294 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 21, 2014 9:13:42am
295 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 9:13:43am

re: #293 wrenchwench

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Quoth the raven: “Nevermore!”

296 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 9:15:14am

re: #290 Killgore Trout

Onward Shiite soldier

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I see Shiite militia recruitment is booming. :D

297 Eventual Carrion  Jun 21, 2014 9:16:02am

re: #289 thedopefishlives

The Irish do two things extremely well: Coffee and alcohol. Sadly, I do not enjoy either one. Some Irishman I am.

I’ll pick up the slack for ya.

298 Ian G.  Jun 21, 2014 9:16:11am

re: #282 wrenchwench

Fantastic.

re: #285 Decatur Deb

Yup. I feel like telling them, “Come to America, we’ve been taking in people who are persecuted by fanatical religious sectarianism for 400 years now. You can build a better life here in this pluralistic society where inter-religious marriage isn’t even blinked at.”

299 thedopefishlives  Jun 21, 2014 9:17:23am

re: #298 Ian G.

Yup. I feel like telling them, “Come to America, we’ve been taking in people who are persecuted by fanatical religious sectarianism for 400 years now. You can build a better life here in this pluralistic society where inter-religious marriage isn’t even blinked at.”

Winner. For all its faults, America does have its strong points. I would say, aside from the class-ism and the lingering traces of racism/sexism in some areas, Americans mix better than many other countries.

300 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 21, 2014 9:20:59am

Louie Griffin

301 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 9:22:14am

re: #292 allegro

I had some rather intense oral surgery on Thursday and learned that there is an extra-strength Vicodin. Man, just half a tab of that stuff at a time has had me flying for a couple of days. Whee.

Is it an opioid? I was prescribed Ultram, took one 50 mg and was so nauseated I had to lie down for several hours. Took 1/2 and the same thing happened. Cannot take any of that stuff no matter what form it’s in. Advil works just as well, 400 mg at a time. Suffering from a dry socket right now from an extraction June 5. Went back and was given antibiotics, a new plug (which fell out 2 hrs later). Given my age, I don’t know if it will ever be right, and it’s a good thing I don’t own a gun because I might be tempted. : )

Only kidding!

302 Justanotherhuman  Jun 21, 2014 9:26:25am

In an “eye for an eye” scenario…

Yemeni colonel kills ‘Qaeda brother,’ avenged by nephews

english.alarabiya.net

“A Yemeni army colonel shot his brother to death for belonging to al-Qaeda and was then gunned down by his nephews in revenge, a tribal chief said Saturday.

“The double murders took place Friday in the central Baida province of Yemen, where government forces have been battling militants from the Islamist network, the source said.

“Lieutenant Colonel Salah Barkani shot dead his brother, Alawi, when the middle-ranking al-Qaeda operative came to visit relatives in the village of Mikras, the tribal chief said.”

Just settling family scores the old fashioned way.

303 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 21, 2014 9:28:25am

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

The problem with that (at least down here in the States) is that such sentencing practices would likely be abused in order to provide cheap labor for road construction. After all, people doing community service aren’t paid. How would you guard against such risks?

We already use prison labor, so that argument doesn’t really go anywhere. The safeguard against the risk is the same safeguard against any unjust sentencing: oversight, appeals, and the ethics of our judicial system.

304 The War TARDIS  Jun 21, 2014 9:32:08am

re: #282 wrenchwench

That’s my favorite picture ever.

And that is the cutest Sushi ever. :)

305 Ian G.  Jun 21, 2014 9:33:05am

re: #299 thedopefishlives

The Midwood section of Brooklyn is a mix of Orthodox Jews and various Muslim ethnicities (Turks, Pakistanis, Arabs) living side by side. It hasn’t broken out in sectarian violence yet and I don’t think it ever will. America.

306 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 9:33:16am

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The Swiss should just send the whole train back to Italy with everyone who came on it. It’s a fitting retort to that sort of border-jumping shenanigans.

307 thedopefishlives  Jun 21, 2014 9:34:26am

re: #306 Dark_Falcon

The Swiss should just send the whole train back to Italy with everyone who came on it. It’s a fitting retort to that sort of border-jumping shenanigans.

What the heck is going on, anyway? I’m a bit behind.

308 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jun 21, 2014 9:40:06am

Louiemore

309 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 9:40:11am

re: #307 thedopefishlives

What the heck is going on, anyway? I’m a bit behind.

It’s some sort of protest over some European countries not letting in refugees and economic migrants from a number of African countries. At least that’s my understanding.

310 CuriousLurker  Jun 21, 2014 9:49:47am

re: #305 Ian G.

The Midwood section of Brooklyn is a mix of Orthodox Jews and various Muslim ethnicities (Turks, Pakistanis, Arabs) living side by side. It hasn’t broken out in sectarian violence yet and I don’t think it ever will. America.

QFT

Jews and Muslims Co-Exist Peacefully on the Streets of Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY - The man at the till is wearing phylacteries (amulets) under his shirt. Abundant payot - the sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jews from eastern Europe - spill out from under his black kippa. Some of the waiters are also Jewish, but others are Latinos. But the cooks are all Orthodox Jews. The food, a mixture of central European and Middle Eastern dishes, is strictly kosher. What is more surprising is the clientele: Jews rub shoulders with Muslims who choose to eat here because the food is good value and kosher, and thus close to halal standards set by Islam. […]

311 b_sharp  Jun 21, 2014 9:51:33am

re: #308 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Louiemore

MY EYES!

312 andres  Jun 21, 2014 9:51:38am

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

The problem with that (at least down here in the States) is that such sentencing practices would likely be abused in order to provide cheap labor for road construction. After all, people doing community service aren’t paid. How would you guard against such risks?

Yes, because imprisoning people hasn’t been abused like, ever. //

Anything that can be used, can be abused. That’s why it’s important to review everything, and not set anything in stone.

313 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 9:53:10am

re: #309 Dark_Falcon

It’s some sort of protest over some European countries not letting in refugees and economic migrants from a number of African countries. At least that’s my understanding.

How do you feel about asylum seekers?

314 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 10:01:36am

re: #313 wrenchwench

How do you feel about asylum seekers?

I say allow them in if they can prove they face a genuine danger and if they can, with training, support themselves and their families.

315 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 10:02:56am

re: #314 Dark_Falcon

I say allow them in if they can prove they face a genuine danger and if they can, with training, support themselves and their families.

Once allowed in, should they be allowed to travel between the countries with internal border agreements?

316 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 10:08:28am

re: #315 wrenchwench

Once allowed in, should they be allowed to travel between the countries with internal border agreements?

That is up to those individual nations. it is entirely acceptable for a nation to let in a 2nd nation’s citizens but exclude those whom the 2nd nation has granted refugee status.

317 Dark_Falcon  Jun 21, 2014 10:08:35am

BBL

318 wrenchwench  Jun 21, 2014 10:12:44am

re: #316 Dark_Falcon

That is up to those individual nations. it is entirely acceptable for a nation to let in a 2nd nation’s citizens but exclude those whom the 2nd nation has granted refugee status.

We are talking about Europe. They have certain agreements. At issue in the protests is whether those agreements apply to refugees. Among other things.

319 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 21, 2014 5:52:53pm

re: #289 thedopefishlives

The Irish do two things extremely well: Coffee and alcohol. Sadly, I do not enjoy either one. Some Irishman I am.

I remember back in my drinking days going out with some friends, and I was determined to have an Irish Coffee at each and every bar in downtown Monterey, CA. Lets just say that the evening DID NOT end well, and I was possibly the most hung over and sickest I had ever been the next day.

RBS


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