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1 SteveMcGazi  Jul 6, 2014 5:57:10pm

I like this Peter Gabriel and friends clip better:
Youtube Video
EDIT: Especially the last few minutes

2 lawhawk  Jul 6, 2014 5:59:50pm

Always been a huge Peter Gabriel fan, and one of my regrets was not being able to stick around to watch him close at Woodstock 94.

3 SteveMcGazi  Jul 6, 2014 6:08:46pm

VH1 has a “Behind the Music” episode about Genesis in which the members are very complementary toward him and they couldn’t emphasize enough how important it was for them to be the front man. Unfortunately the producers of the show did a crappy job showing Peter in action, other than glimpses of him with costumes on.

4 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 6, 2014 6:09:41pm

PG has always been amazing… As well as his band. Credit where credit is due! I remember the days when music videos first came out. Sledgehammer and Money For Nothing were my two most favorite videos at the time. Heck, they still are.

Currently immersing myself in some SRV.

Youtube Video

I had a chance to see him a few times before I really knew how to appreciate what he did. I was even at the show at Alpine Valley where his chopper crashed. I’ll never forget that feeling.

5 AntonSirius  Jul 6, 2014 6:09:45pm

I have to remember to pick up this DVD. The poker boys will love it.

6 Charles Johnson  Jul 6, 2014 6:13:00pm
7 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 6:16:42pm

Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown - Gaza and the West Bank
Youtube Video

8 Ryan King  Jul 6, 2014 6:19:18pm

I wonder how Dinesh D’Souza’s wonderfully patriotic movie did this weekend:

No One Went to the Movies This Fourth of July Weekend

9 Charles Johnson  Jul 6, 2014 6:20:50pm
10 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 6:23:09pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

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Greenwald Liberals™

11 CuriousLurker  Jul 6, 2014 6:23:35pm

re: #7 Killgore Trout

Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown - Gaza and the West Bank
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Looks like a good show, watching it now. Thanks.

12 Targetpractice  Jul 6, 2014 6:24:07pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

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One commenter on BJ made the snarky comment to John Cole’s lasted brainfart that it was just one more day closer to the inevitable “I support Rand Paul” post. And I imagine that’s what we’ll see if Paul announces his candidacy next year, all those people who once told us that their fear over terrorism is why they’re supporting Dubya now saying their fear of the very government they trusted to protect them is why they’re supporting Aqua Buddha.

13 bratwurst  Jul 6, 2014 6:24:45pm

re: #8 Ryan King

I wonder how Dinesh D’Souza’s wonderfully patriotic movie did this weekend:

No One Went to the Movies This Fourth of July Weekend

Per Box Office Mojo, it’s the number eleven movie in the land and opens 40% below his anti-Obama screed of 2012.

Speaking of right wing assholes, looks like one of our brave page warriors is acting out this evening.

14 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 6:26:16pm

re: #11 CuriousLurker

Looks like a good show, watching it now. Thanks.

I think it’s pretty fair. For such a minefield of a topic I really think he did this episode right and without pulling punches or being too soft. It’s quite a feat.

15 Charles Johnson  Jul 6, 2014 6:26:57pm
16 Ryan King  Jul 6, 2014 6:28:01pm

I just spent a few hours working on a proposal for a theater with $90k worth of Meyer Sound speakers. Rocking Tool with my Sennheiser headphones.

If I get the job the first song after calibration will be this:

Tool - The Pot

17 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 6, 2014 6:28:41pm

On the parting of ways between PG and the rest of Genesis I have the impression that it was the best development for both parties. Genesis went one way (eventually) and PG went another and both were successful in their own way.

(Aside: And on YouTube right now I’m listening to “Selling England By the Pound”. :) )

18 Charles Johnson  Jul 6, 2014 6:29:38pm

Man, I’m getting swarmed by Greenwald cultists on Twitter. They really hated my post.

19 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 6, 2014 6:30:22pm

FUCKING FACEBOOK HOW DOES IT WORK?

20 Charles Johnson  Jul 6, 2014 6:31:45pm

I can’t even imagine what it would be like if I hadn’t already blocked and muted so many of his cultists.

I feel sorry for people who try to speak up against this anarchist bullshit but don’t know how to shut down the loons.

21 Ryan King  Jul 6, 2014 6:32:31pm

re: #13 bratwurst

Per Box Office Mojo, it’s the number eleven movie in the land and opens 40% below his anti-Obama screed of 2012.

Speaking of right wing assholes, looks like one of our brave page warriors is acting out this evening.

LOL, PAGE WARRIOR! Love it, stolen.

22 AntonSirius  Jul 6, 2014 6:35:23pm

re: #8 Ryan King

I wonder how Dinesh D’Souza’s wonderfully patriotic movie did this weekend:

No One Went to the Movies This Fourth of July Weekend

I got offered a screener of it by a PR person. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it.

23 Targetpractice  Jul 6, 2014 6:35:24pm

re: #19 Pie-onist Overlord

FUCKING FACEBOOK HOW DOES IT WORK?

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Wasn’t the entire point of all the anger towards Facebook just recently because they were conducting a secret experiment without the consent of the people they were running the experiment on?

24 lawhawk  Jul 6, 2014 6:36:20pm

re: #19 Pie-onist Overlord

But you know all about it, except all the bits you don’t - all the bits shared with third parties you didn’t approve of, that your posts can be shared by parties with those who you don’t know, and all kinds of data are massaged from what you provide.

And that doesn’t even begin to touch on the way Facebook manipulated posts as part of their ongoing “research”.

25 Ryan King  Jul 6, 2014 6:38:04pm

re: #22 AntonSirius

I got offered a screener of it by a PR person. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it.

D’Souza was hawking it on every right wing talker show in the 3 days before. He hit every one I listened to.

He’s trying to out do David Barton.

26 PhillyPretzel  Jul 6, 2014 6:38:20pm

::: Stacking up plates on banquet table :::

27 bratwurst  Jul 6, 2014 6:38:56pm

re: #21 Ryan King

LOL, PAGE WARRIOR! Love it, stolen.

It is not a misnomer at all…there are a handful of right wingers holed up on the pages who are not unlike the Japanese soldier who defended his own little corner of the Philippine jungle long after the end of WWII had passed him by. Most of them seem to fancy themselves hyper Zionists who seldom post unless they have something particularly nasty and/or bigoted to say. It is sad, but at least they are isolated there.

28 Targetpractice  Jul 6, 2014 6:42:22pm

It always makes me shake my head, the same people who respond to data-mining by Facebook or Twitter with a gruff “Just don’t use it” are the same people who don’t understand that that’s the way to keep their metadata and emails from being seen by the government.

29 Charles Johnson  Jul 6, 2014 6:44:46pm

That’s the talking point the Greenwald cult uses when you point out that tech companies like Google and Facebook are far more intrusive — you grant them PERMISSION to be intrusive.

Except that nobody ever reads those terms of service, and there are no viable alternatives to using these products. So even if you did object to it, what are you going to do? Use Bing instead of Google? And you think Bing is less intrusive?

Bad craziness and deliberate ignorance. The NSA’s stated mission is to protect American citizens, and there may be problems and issues that need to be reviewed and adjusted in that.

But companies like Google and Facebook and Linkedin are blatantly exploiting and marketing and prying into every corner of American citizens’ lives, with NO oversight, and they blithely ignore it or say, “You agreed to this.”

And they just keep signing up for every new free service without a care in the world.

30 Justanotherhuman  Jul 6, 2014 6:48:11pm

Would like to stay and give Greensnow some more grief (enjoyed the PG performance, BTW!) but I went to Charlotte today to visit my son and ex-DIL (the Munchkin’s grandma), so feel the need to hit the rack early.

BTW, was pleased to see a Halal Market on the same side of town they both live in. Lots of Hispanic businesses, including a Peruvian style (rotisserie chickenw/green sauce) restaurant over there, also. Peruvian. In Charlotte. It’s really becoming diversified. If I was younger, I’d move back there. : )

Have a great rest of the evening. And give ‘em hell. : )

31 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 6, 2014 6:49:06pm

re: #22 AntonSirius

I got offered a screener of it by a PR person. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it.

Looks like it did 4 million this week, according to boxofficemojo.com My prediction, next week, 2.5 million.

EDIT>>>>
DAMN!!!! I’ve got to learn to read the rest of the thread and see if another lizard has already provided an answer

RBS

32 Bear  Jul 6, 2014 6:56:24pm

re: #26 PhillyPretzel

About time. We are starving!

33 PhillyPretzel  Jul 6, 2014 6:56:51pm

::: poking at troll :::

Ah good. The troll is cooked. Please form a line to the right to get your portion of roasted troll. There is also some of the famous LGF barbecue sauce on the table.

34 Targetpractice  Jul 6, 2014 6:58:44pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

That’s the talking point the Greenwald cult uses when you point out that tech companies like Google and Facebook are far more intrusive — you grant them PERMISSION to be intrusive.

Except that nobody ever reads those terms of service, and there are no viable alternatives to using these products. So even if you did object to it, what are you going to do? Use Bing instead of Google? And you think Bing is less intrusive?

Bad craziness and deliberate ignorance. The NSA’s stated mission is to protect American citizens, and there may be problems and issues that need to be reviewed and adjusted in that.

But companies like Google and Facebook and Linkedin are blatantly exploiting and marketing and prying into every corner of American citizens’ lives, and they blithely ignore it or say, “You agreed to this.”

And they just keep signing up for every new free service without a care in the world.

That’s because Greenwald’s whole little bit falls apart the moment one acknowledges that there’s no expectation of privacy on the Internet. Hell, when I started out on the Net in the late 90s, there was still a lot of stigma towards putting your personal info out there, because you never knew who was on the other end. Now? People live their lives through Facebook, Twitter, and think nothing of who can see it because the companies promise “privacy”…while they’re selling your personal info to third parties.

35 CuriousLurker  Jul 6, 2014 7:00:33pm

re: #14 Killgore Trout

LOL, Laila El-Haddad, the woman translating for Bourdain when the Arab guy was shouting and waving his hands around (Bourdain looking slightly nervous): “This is the normal tone of voice. He’s not uspet, BTW—this is the way we talk.”

So true. When I drove a taxi and was working nights, we’d often go to a diner or coffee shop for a late meal. Whenever I went with the Arab guys they’d usually end up speaking loudly in Arabic with lots of emotion and gesticulating wildly. I was used to it and didn’t really think anything of it, but sometimes the other patrons would start looking kind of concerned, no doubt calculating how fast they could get to the door and escape if things got out of control. They had no idea it was perfectly normal. Sometimes the guys would actually smile and turn around to reassure them in English.

36 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 6, 2014 7:02:58pm

re: #33 PhillyPretzel

::: poking at troll :::

Ah good. The troll is cooked. Please form a line to the right to get your portion of roasted troll. There is also some of the famous LGF barbecue sauce on the table.

Ah, is this “free-range Troll”? Was it raised in an ethical and sustainable manner, free of unnecessary antibiotics and drugs?

Ah… who cares…. it’s grilled meat…. gimme

RBS

37 De Kolta Chair  Jul 6, 2014 7:03:00pm

re: #8 Ryan King

No One Went to the Movies This Fourth of July Weekend

re: #8 Ryan King

Apropos of something, the nephew and I caught Joon-ho Bong’s Snowpiercer this morning. A bit slow and drawn-out in the second half, but I recommend it. It’s certainly original.

38 AntonSirius  Jul 6, 2014 7:04:39pm

So I got a response from Barton Gellman to my question about those 900 unminimized email addresses and whether they actually belonged to Americans or not…

From that, it seems like they aren’t even sure whether those email addresses even exist, or whether they’re just some sort of accounting error in the package Snowden handed them.

No wonder he worded that sentence so cagily in the article.

39 PhillyPretzel  Jul 6, 2014 7:05:00pm

re: #36 RealityBasedSteve

It was a wild troll. Completely out of control and had to be taken care of.

40 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 7:05:35pm

re: #35 CuriousLurker

Italians are often the same way. I’m interested in the roasted watermelon dish. I’ve never heard of it before but it sounds interesting.
Roasted watermelon salad (Salatit/fatit ‘Ajir)
I might give that a try sometime this summer. Looks really interesting.

41 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 6, 2014 7:06:19pm

re: #39 PhillyPretzel

It was a wild troll. Completely out of control and had to be taken care of.

Whatever…. good sauce, got seconds?

RBS

42 Targetpractice  Jul 6, 2014 7:06:22pm

re: #38 AntonSirius

So I got a response from Barton Gellman to my question about those 900 unminimized email addresses and whether they actually belonged to Americans or not…

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From that, it seems like they aren’t even sure whether those email addresses even exist, or whether they’re just some sort of accounting error in the package Snowden handed them.

No wonder he worded that sentence so cagily.

So Snowden just dumped this data on their metaphorical laps and said “Do with it as you will”? If not, then who was the intermediary and why did none of this come up before now?

43 PhillyPretzel  Jul 6, 2014 7:07:02pm

re: #41 RealityBasedSteve

As much as you want. :)

44 AntonSirius  Jul 6, 2014 7:07:32pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

So Snowden just dumped this data on their metaphorical laps and said “Do with it as you will”? If not, then who was the intermediary and why did none of this come up before now?

For not answering my question, he actually said quite a lot, didn’t he?

45 Charles Johnson  Jul 6, 2014 7:08:03pm

re: #38 AntonSirius

So I got a response from Barton Gellman to my question about those 900 unminimized email addresses and whether they actually belonged to Americans or not…

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From that, it seems like they aren’t even sure whether those email addresses even exist, or whether they’re just some sort of accounting error in the package Snowden handed them.

No wonder he worded that sentence so cagily in the article.

Wow. The records are “imperfect?” Why didn’t this point show up in his article?

46 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 7:08:09pm

I wonder what an unripe watermelon even tastes like.

47 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 6, 2014 7:15:11pm

re: #37 De Kolta Chair

Apropos of something, the nephew and I caught Joon-ho Bong’s Snowpiercer this morning. A bit slow and drawn-out in the second half, but I recommend it.

Saw it a few weeks ago and wasn’t that impressed. My brother, who had missed the opening credits, predicted the actor who was going to be in charge five minutes before the reveal.

I found the plot too predictable and the science too ludicrous.

48 AntonSirius  Jul 6, 2014 7:15:19pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

Wow. The records are “imperfect?” Why didn’t this point show up in his article?

I’m trying to think what the actual scenario might look like to produce that answer from him.

From what Gellman said, it seems like they got a bunch of files related to a specific investigation. X number of them were flagged as containing email addresses that were minimized, but some other document in the batch said that there were X+900 email addresses scooped by the investigation that needed to be examined.

So… is the batch incomplete and there are files missing that would have contained those extra email addresses? Were the addresses investigated and it was determined they didn’t need to be minimized, and the document noting this wasn’t included in the batch? Or were they genuinely missed and accidentally left unminimized? Or something else I’m not thinking of?

And even if the accidentally left unminimized theory is true (which is what Gellman tried to imply in the article), that still doesn’t answer whether those email addresses belonged to actual US citizens, or whether the Post even tried to figure out who they belonged to.

49 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 6, 2014 7:19:15pm
50 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 6, 2014 7:20:04pm

re: #49 Pie-onist Overlord

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There’s nothing to it. (Carved goose egg)

51 sattv4u2  Jul 6, 2014 7:24:22pm

re: #46 Killgore Trout

I wonder what an unripe watermelon even tastes like.

Tastes kinda the same but the fruit is sort of stringy and not nearly as moist

52 Joanne  Jul 6, 2014 7:24:26pm

re: #35 CuriousLurker

I’m Jewish and my ex husband was Catholic. When he’d come to my house he always commented that we were always yelling at each other. I had no idea what he was talking about. I kept telling him that no one was mad at anyone. I’d assumed it was a Jewish thing: all my friends families were like that. We speak passionately (read: loudly).

Then I met his parents. The weirdest thing: when we used to go to his parents house, I viewed it the same as being at my parents house: passionate conversation meant raised voices (not anger). Why he thought my family was yelling and angry while never seeing his family doing the same thing wasn’t, I’ll never know.

53 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 7:28:04pm

re: #51 sattv4u2

Tastes kinda the same but the fruit is sort of stringy and not nearly as moist

I was just out checking my melon patch, looks like I have a few candidates for the recipe. I don’t think I’ve ever fired up the grill for vegetables but this looks interesting enough to try.

54 sattv4u2  Jul 6, 2014 7:30:16pm

re: #53 Killgore Trout

I was just out checking my melon patch, looks like I have a few candidates for the recipe. I don’t think I’ve ever fired up the grill for vegetables but this looks interesting enough to try.

I’ve done
eggplant
squash
zucchini
and of course onions and tomatoes on skewers with either beef or chicken

55 De Kolta Chair  Jul 6, 2014 7:32:02pm

re: #47 Feline Fearless Leader

Saw it a few weeks ago and wasn’t that impressed. My brother, who had missed the opening credits, predicted the actor who was going to be in charge five minutes before the reveal.

I found the plot too predictable and the science too ludicrous.

Yep, that was more than a bit obvious. The part in the schoolroom was good, though it seemed to be from another movie. But, hey, that Captain America sure stares into space real good, doesn’t he?

To be honest, I’ve forgotten most of it already. Maybe I just want to see the talented Joon-ho Bong make some money in the states and am willing to overlook this movie’s faults.

SPOILER ALERT: We didn’t stay around through the end credits. so I assume the badly CG-ed polar bear ate the kids.

56 teleskiguy  Jul 6, 2014 7:33:26pm
57 Skip Intro  Jul 6, 2014 7:35:33pm

re: #8 Ryan King

I wonder how Dinesh D’Souza’s wonderfully patriotic movie did this weekend:

No One Went to the Movies This Fourth of July Weekend

It bombed, BIGTIME.

$4,000,000 total take after a dozen days in release. I hope Dinesh had his own money dumped into this turd.

58 teleskiguy  Jul 6, 2014 7:37:25pm

Hello Lizards! Back from my Umphrey’s McGee sojourn. Man, rock concerts are loud!

59 b_sharp  Jul 6, 2014 7:39:33pm

re: #58 teleskiguy

Hello Lizards! Back from my Umphrey’s McGee sojourn. Man, rock concerts are loud!

What did you say? I can’t hear you.

60 De Kolta Chair  Jul 6, 2014 7:45:58pm

re: #57 Skip Intro

It bombed, BIGTIME.

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$4,000,000 total take after a dozen days in release. I hope Dinesh had his own money dumped into this turd.

That $4,000,000 sounds a mite suspicious. “Searching for Sugar Man,” which was considered a hit, grossed slightly less in more theatres.

61 teleskiguy  Jul 6, 2014 7:49:33pm

Very interesting thing happened at last night’s Umphrey’s McGee Red Rocks show. For their number “End Of The Road” guitarist Jake Cinninger switched guitars (something that pretty much never happens). The guitar he was playing once belonged to Jerry Garcia and was his main ax through the middle 70s.

Jerry and his custom Travis Bean TB500 serial # 12

Well, as it happens, one of the band’s friends bought that guitar at auction and they brought it to Red Rocks and asked Jake if he wanted to play it at the show.

instagram.com

62 goddamnedfrank  Jul 6, 2014 7:53:45pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

That’s the talking point the Greenwald cult uses when you point out that tech companies like Google and Facebook are far more intrusive — you grant them PERMISSION to be intrusive.

We give the same permission to cell phone companies to harvest and sell our metadata. Sell it to inter-continental marketing conglomerates, the NSA, whoever.

I fail to see any difference.

63 sattv4u2  Jul 6, 2014 7:57:14pm

re: #57 Skip Intro

It bombed, BIGTIME.

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$4,000,000 total take after a dozen days in release. I hope Dinesh had his own money dumped into this turd.

iirc, it wasn’t in theaters till the 2nd, so only 5 days out so far

64 Ryan King  Jul 6, 2014 7:59:47pm

re: #63 sattv4u2

iirc, it wasn’t in theaters till the 2nd, so only 5 days out so far

THANKS OBAMA

65 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 6, 2014 7:59:53pm

Night all… Been a good day, made a couple of dives, met some new folks, had a good time. Feeling just a bit sore, but it’s a good feeling.

Tomorrow the real world calls. As much as I’d like to let it roll over to voicemail, I’m afraid that I’m going to have to answer it and get up in the morning.

Have a great week

RBS

66 Skip Intro  Jul 6, 2014 8:01:17pm

re: #63 sattv4u2

iirc, it wasn’t in theaters till the 2nd, so only 5 days out so far

I read it was out June 27.

67 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 6, 2014 8:01:23pm

re: #62 goddamnedfrank

We give the same permission to cell phone companies to harvest and sell our metadata. Sell it to inter-continental marketing conglomerates, the NSA, whoever.

I fail to see any difference.

I’m not worried, when I filled out the papers for my phone, I told them my name was “Steve”, when actually it’s “Stephen”. Now they think I’m somebody else, and I don’t have to worry about it.

RBS

68 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 6, 2014 8:02:17pm

re: #66 Skip Intro

I read it was out June 26.

Looking at Box Office Mojo, I think that the first week it was something like 2 or 3 theaters total. This is the first week of wide release.

RBS

69 sattv4u2  Jul 6, 2014 8:03:12pm

re: #66 Skip Intro

I read it was out June 26.

Doesn’t show up here on the day to day till the 2nd

boxofficemojo.com

70 sattv4u2  Jul 6, 2014 8:04:25pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

Looking at Box Office Mojo, I think that the first week it was something like 2 or 3 theaters total. This is the first week of wide release.

RBS

Yup. This chart shows 3 theaters UNTIL the 2nd

boxofficemojo.com

71 De Kolta Chair  Jul 6, 2014 8:06:46pm

re: #61 teleskiguy

re: #61 teleskiguy

Saw the Dead at Red Rocks once. Not anywhere near the best I’ve seen them, but it’s a cool place to catch a show and for doin’ a bit o’ skeleton dancing. A few years later, I saw John Prine there, and that was truly a night to remember.

72 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 8:10:10pm

It doesn’t get much better than this
2CELLOS - Thunderstruck (AC DC)
Youtube Video

73 De Kolta Chair  Jul 6, 2014 8:20:42pm

re: #70 sattv4u2

Yup. This chart shows 3 theaters UNTIL the 2nd

boxofficemojo.com

Maybe the Heritage Foundation’s buying blocks of tickets like they buy boxes of his books?

74 b_sharp  Jul 6, 2014 8:21:08pm

re: #67 RealityBasedSteve

I’m not worried, when I filled out the papers for my phone, I told them my name was “Steve”, when actually it’s “Stephen”. Now they think I’m somebody else, and I don’t have to worry about it.

RBS

So, you’ve been lying to us.

75 CuriousLurker  Jul 6, 2014 8:28:05pm

re: #52 Joanne

I’m Jewish and my ex husband was Catholic. When he’d come to my house he always commented that we were always yelling at each other. I had no idea what he was talking about. I kept telling him that no one was mad at anyone. I’d assumed it was a Jewish thing: all my friends families were like that. We speak passionately (read: loudly).

Then I met his parents. The weirdest thing: when we used to go to his parents house, I viewed it the same as being at my parents house: passionate conversation meant raised voices (not anger). Why he thought my family was yelling and angry while never seeing his family doing the same thing wasn’t, I’ll never know.

LOL, great story! I’ll tell ya, after years of hanging around those guys I had to consciously remind myself to tone it down when around other people. Now that I think of it, it kinda reminds me of NYC—if you’re not jumping up & down and hollering over the next guy, you might never get what you need because everyone else will either run right over you or drown you out.

76 teleskiguy  Jul 6, 2014 8:29:41pm

re: #71 De Kolta Chair

Saw the Dead at Red Rocks once. Not anywhere near the best I’ve seen them, but it’s a cool place to catch a show and for doin’ a bit o’ skeleton dancing. A few years later, I saw John Prine there, and that was truly a night to remember.

Red Rocks is out of contention in just about every “Best Outdoor Venue” because Red Rocks.

In my time I’ve seen Slayer, Bob Dylan, The James Gang, Sepultura, Widespread Panic, NOFX, and of course my boys Umphrey’s McGee at Red Rocks. That’s an wholly incomplete list.

Ah, the luck of geography and culture!

77 De Kolta Chair  Jul 6, 2014 8:40:27pm

re: #76 teleskiguy

Red Rocks is out of contention in just about every “Best Outdoor Venue” because Red Rocks.

I’d love to see Dylan here in NYC — judging by the bootlegs (downloaded his July 1st show in Munich today — good stuff), he’s in very fine voice this year and his cowboy band is killer-diller — but his shows sell out in a matter of seconds. Guess I’ll just have to get off my keister and check him out upstate or in New England.

78 teleskiguy  Jul 6, 2014 8:45:57pm

re: #77 De Kolta Chair

I’d love to see Bob Dylan here in NYC — judging by audience tapes , he’s in very fine voice this year and his cowboy band is killer-diller — but his shows sell out in a couple of seconds.

I saw Dylan at the Rocks in 2007 when he was pimping Modern Times. He opened the show with “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” and even donned a guitar for the occasion. That was hilarious.

He played his best 60s stuff and the best stuff he’d done since Time Out Of Mind. I thought it was a great show.

That’s the last time I saw Dylan, and I’ve heard wildly conflicting reports from concert-goers since - some positive but mostly negative - about his live performance these days.

79 De Kolta Chair  Jul 6, 2014 8:51:05pm

re: #78 teleskiguy

I saw Dylan at the Rocks in 2006 when he was pimping Modern Times. He opened the show with “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” and even donned a guitar for the occasion. That was hilarious.

I caught that tour. Lotsa fun and lotsa feedback. Nowadays, he’s doing a lot of material from his last album, which was very strong. Not much if any guitar playing, mostly crooning on the mic and playing piano. He’s slowed things down kinda jazz like. concentrating on putting the lyrics across. I’ve read that he has arthritis. Jeez, I sound like such a groupie, and I suppose I am!

Wish I had something to add about Peter Gabriel, but I haven’t listened to him since his Genesis days.

80 teleskiguy  Jul 6, 2014 8:51:47pm
81 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 6, 2014 9:00:18pm

re: #16 Ryan King

I just spent a few hours working on a proposal for a theater with $90k worth of Meyer Sound speakers. Rocking Tool with my Sennheiser headphones.

If I get the job the first song after calibration will be this:

Tool - The Pot

My favorite band of all time.

82 teleskiguy  Jul 6, 2014 9:03:04pm

re: #81 GlutenFreeJesus

My favorite band of all time.

My favorite band covering your favorite band! The drummer is singing, BTW.

Youtube Video

83 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 6, 2014 9:16:45pm

re: #16 Ryan King

I just spent a few hours working on a proposal for a theater with $90k worth of Meyer Sound speakers. Rocking Tool with my Sennheiser headphones.

If I get the job the first song after calibration will be this:

Tool - The Pot

Check his out. Some buddies of mine that cover Tool. Lateralus. :)

Youtube Video

84 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 6, 2014 9:17:12pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

My favorite band covering your favorite band! The drummer is singing, BTW.

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Video

Good stuff right there!

85 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 9:20:11pm
86 CuriousLurker  Jul 6, 2014 9:25:19pm

I was getting ready to call it a night and suddenly had the desire to hear Classical Gas. The Tommy Emmanuel version came up before the old Mason Williams version that was in my head, and—wow!—pretty amazing, so I thought I’d drop it off here before going to sleep. G’nite, lizards.

Youtube Video

87 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 9:30:12pm

The weekend.

88 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 9:44:21pm
89 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 9:56:59pm
90 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 9:57:21pm

Yeah, some reruns. Not everyone has seen those however. :D

91 SteveMcGazi  Jul 6, 2014 9:58:19pm

re: #86 CuriousLurker

Impressive, but I don’t think it’s an improvement. It’s the song that counts and he keeps burying it under a bag of tricks.

92 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:01:22pm
93 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:02:30pm
94 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:04:45pm

Once again proving that Republican policy sucks donkey balls.

95 Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 6, 2014 10:05:55pm

I wonder if interns at the Intercept have to put in time at a dudebro ranch.

96 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 10:08:15pm

re: #93 Gus

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Us Income Map - United States maps
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People with more money have easier lives.

97 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:10:19pm

re: #96 Killgore Trout

Us Income Map - United States maps
mapsof.net
People with more money have easier lives.

Yep, and people make more money in blue states.

98 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:10:25pm

Next!

99 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:10:31pm
100 Killgore Trout  Jul 6, 2014 10:10:33pm

re: #96 Killgore Trout

Us Income Map - United States maps
mapsof.net
People with more money have easier lives.

Even matches a the very tip of Florida. Some of the flyover areas are a little different but that’s a pretty damn close match.

101 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:12:02pm

102 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:13:30pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

Even matches a the very tip of Florida. Some of the flyover areas are a little different but that’s a pretty damn close match.

103 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:20:51pm

Well. No comeback? :D

104 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:21:58pm
105 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:31:01pm

Gov. Perry is scary.

106 Alyosha  Jul 6, 2014 10:41:30pm

re: #104 Gus

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I get the feeling that the list of issues was compiled by the pollster since it doesn’t seem to be a laundry list of India’s actual problems. I don’t see gang rape there, or corruption, for example.

Not to pick on India, though. Good to see birth control is on the radar as beneficial and not considered to be unacceptable.

Probably similar rating to the US…

107 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:48:05pm
108 Ryan King  Jul 6, 2014 10:48:09pm

re: #83 GlutenFreeJesus

They killed it.

109 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:56:13pm
110 Gus  Jul 6, 2014 10:58:51pm
111 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 6, 2014 11:36:25pm

re: #88 Gus

Could you do Putin?

112 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 2:18:09am

re: #99 Gus

Apparently, being blonde is a job requirement. Non-blondes* should file a class action suit against Fox News.

* More than four, ideally.

113 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 2:47:09am

I have a new found respect for former POTUS William McKinley.

“In 1893, this did not do the damage it might have in another year. The public was sympathetic. Voluntary public offerings received at the governor’s office alone exceeded the $130,000 needed, although they were all returned. During that autumn’s gubernatorial campaign, the miners McKinley had defended without charge in 1876 came to see him; they wanted to help by paying the money he had earlier refused. . . “

114 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 2:49:42am

VOCABULARY WORD FOR THE DAY:

Noun
parbuckle (plural parbuckles)

A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.

A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
Verb

parbuckle (third-person singular simple present parbuckles, present participle parbuckling, simple past and past participle parbuckled)

To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle

115 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 7, 2014 2:59:26am

re: #114 FemNaziBitch

VOCABULARY WORD FOR THE DAY:

If you use it to lift a pig, is it a Fatty Parbuckle?

117 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 3:15:37am

re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

If you use it to lift a pig, is it a Fatty Parbuckle?

*groan*

118 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 3:34:32am

re: #114 FemNaziBitch

Well, shiver me parbuckles!

119 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 7, 2014 3:37:23am

re: #118 wheat-dogghazi

Well, shiver me parbuckles!

Parbuckle of blood!

120 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 3:37:26am

BeeBee Elephants!!!

121 sattv4u2  Jul 7, 2014 3:37:41am

re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

If you use it to lift a pig, is it a Fatty Parbuckle?

You can get rid of a lot of that fat if you ParBoil your ParBuckle

122 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 3:39:41am

re: #112 wheat-dogghazi

Apparently, being blonde is a job requirement. Non-blondes* should file a class action suit against Fox News.

* More than four, ideally.

123 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 3:47:11am

In case you were wondering:

124 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 3:59:47am

The 49-page Supreme Court Hobby Lobby ruling mentioned women just 13 times

An opinion on this case, in short, looks very different when it’s written by a woman

Paged

125 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 4:00:31am

Some freakin’ bird outside my door is singing. It sounds like he has broken his whistle—he is a bit horse.

126 sattv4u2  Jul 7, 2014 4:02:55am

re: #125 FemNaziBitch

Some freakin’ bird outside my door is singing. It sounds like he has broken his whistle—he is a bit horse.

Maybe that’s where the Marx Brothers got the inspiration to their movie, Horse Feathers!!

127 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 4:03:02am

128 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 4:08:53am

Yup, we are going to hell in hand basket :)

129 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 4:17:40am
130 FemNaziBitch  Jul 7, 2014 4:33:19am

bbl

131 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 7, 2014 4:43:28am

I’ve been gone from Lubbock for several months now, but I still keep up with the weird goings-on in America’s second most conservative city.

For instance, I have recently become aware of the existence of a loosely organized network of recreational sado-masochists in Lubbock. No big deal, they have those everywhere. The truly weird thing about this bunch, though, is that it has existed for at least 50 years and is composed largely of people in their 60s and 70s. They are so secretive not because they are breaking the law (they aren’t) but to protect their respective positions in the community. Most are outwardly very staid, church going people. It appears in fact that their network exists as a sort of underground parallel to some of the organized inter-church activities in those parts.

132 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 4:51:34am

TEH STUPIDS…Do they really think they could have voted for Bush in 2008?

133 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 7, 2014 4:56:35am

re: #132 Pie-onist Overlord

TEH STUPIDS…Do they really think they could have voted for Bush in 2008?

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McCain would have been just like Bush except even Bushier.

And by now, he would nave been victim to a freak riding-mower accident and Sarah would be totally bright-eyed and Bushy-tailed.

134 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 4:59:43am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

McCain would have been just like Bush except even Bushier.

And by now, he would nave been victim to a freak riding-mower accident and Sarah would be totally bright-eyed and Bushy-tailed.

McCain would have been just like Bush but with Sarah Palin.

135 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 5:00:46am

re: #132 Pie-onist Overlord

We dodged two massive bullets when McCain and Palin lost.

If McCain was POTUS we’d probably be at war in at least five other places by now. And Sarah would have pushed for the Duck Dynasty yahoos to get Cabinet posts.

136 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 5:04:31am
137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 7, 2014 5:13:43am

re: #136 Lidane

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I understand that he wanted to shock, but the attention will all be fixed on use of n***** to describe Obama and not the substance of the article.

138 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 5:25:14am
139 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 5:26:11am

re: #135 Lidane

We dodged two massive bullets when McCain and Palin lost.

If McCain was POTUS we’d probably be at war in at least five other places by now. And Sarah would have pushed for the Duck Dynasty yahoos to get Cabinet posts.

Or McCain would have died in office and Palin would have quit halfway through the remaining term left to her.

140 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 5:44:35am
141 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 5:44:40am
142 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 5:47:52am

“Narrow” ruling my ass. This is a backdoor attempt at outlawing birth control and ultimately criminalizing abortion:

143 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 5:54:07am

This isn’t surprising. RWNJs think sex should have immediate consequences and that women who have it are whores:

144 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 5:58:00am
145 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 5:59:05am
146 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 6:01:06am

re: #143 Lidane

This isn’t surprising. RWNJs think sex should have immediate consequences and that women who have it are whores:

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Amanda Marcotte is getting all kinds of crazy hate mail.

147 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 6:07:51am

re: #116 FemNaziBitch

Hobby Lobby wanted to block Doctors from even Talking to you about Contraception

So what happens when a woman goes to her gyn and is told it is a matter of life and death for her not to become pregnant? She then must pay for her own means of b/c or even have a operation which would prevent her from having children. She gets a second opinion which confirms the first. She has already had a few medical miscarriages. B/c would allow her to have fairly regular function of her reproductive organs (production of hormones, etc), but an operation would change all that, so she is reluctant to have one.

What, then? I would sue the hell out of HL. And fucking win.

This isn’t about religion. This is about control over women’s reproductive organs and pregnancy.

148 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 6:14:55am

re: #143 Lidane

This isn’t surprising. RWNJs think sex should have immediate consequences and that women who have it are whores:

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Sounds to me that even fundie women need to stage a real, serious Lysistrata right about now. Except those men they call husbands and boyfriends would probably wind up killing them because they couldn’t have sex on demand.

149 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 6:15:05am

re: #147 Justanotherhuman

So what happens when a woman goes to her gyn and is told it is a matter of life and death for her not to become pregnant? She then must pay for her own means of b/c or even have a operation which would prevent her from having children. She gets a second opinion which confirms the first. She has already had a few medical miscarriages. B/c would allow her to have fairly regular function of her reproductive organs (production of hormones, etc), but an operation would change all that, so she is reluctant to have one.

What, then? I would sue the hell out of HL. And fucking win.

This isn’t about religion. This is about control over women’s reproductive organs and pregnancy.

My daughter used to work at B&H, the photo/electronics store in NYC which is owned by Hasidic Jews. Her health insurance benefits included all forms of contraception. She used birth control for a year after she got married until she & her husband were ready to start a family.

She had her baby by C-section and told she is not allowed to become pregnant again for 3 years. She goes to Planned Parenthood for her birth control requirements. (She lives in Florida now and doesn’t work at B&H any more)

150 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 6:15:48am

re: #147 Justanotherhuman

This isn’t about religion. This is about control over women’s reproductive organs and pregnancy.

As it has always been.

The whole SEX MUST HAVE CONSEQUENCES ZOMG mentality from these people is straight up Original Sin thinking. Women were supposedly the downfall of mankind so even now, thousands of years later, they need to be punished for having a vagina and for opening their legs.

151 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 6:15:50am

re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

If you use it to lift a pig, is it a Fatty Parbuckle?

If you then lower the pig into boiling water is it a Parboiled Fatty Parbuckle?

152 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 6:16:30am

Giant invasive lizards a potential threat to nesting reptiles
Tegu lizards a threat to native reptiles

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Research cameras trained on the nests of Florida reptiles have caught giant, invasive lizards in the act of pilfering eggs - making them a potential threat to native turtles, alligators and crocodiles.
The Argentine black and white tegu, which can grow 4 feet or more, is already found in areas populated by threatened species, including the Eastern indigo snake, Cape Sable seaside sparrow and gopher tortoise. And if the tegus’ range expands, the list of native species potentially at risk could grow to include sea turtles, shore birds and ground-nesting migratory birds.

153 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 6:17:21am

This is helpful:

154 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 6:17:44am

re: #148 Justanotherhuman

Sounds to me that even fundie women need to stage a real, serious Lysistrata right about now. Except those men they call husbands and boyfriends would probably wind up killing them because they couldn’t have sex on demand.

I hope everyone who invokes Lysistrata knows that it was not an actual historical event, but the subject of a satirical play by Aristophanes, performed in theaters where women were not even allowed to attend. The theme was WOMEN HAVE THIS AWESOME POWER BUT THEY DON’T HAVE A STRONG LEADER TO CONVINCE THEM TO JOIN TOGETHER TO USE IT.

155 sattv4u2  Jul 7, 2014 6:20:12am

re: #153 Lidane

This is helpful:

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More here

brownsvilleherald.com

156 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 6:20:36am

re: #154 Pie-onist Overlord

I hope everyone who invokes Lysistrata knows that it was not an actual historical event, but the subject of a satirical play by Aristophanes, performed in theaters where women were not even allowed to attend. The theme was WOMEN HAVE THIS AWESOME POWER BUT THEY DON’T HAVE A STRONG LEADER TO CONVINCE THEM TO JOIN TOGETHER TO USE IT.

Yes, Aristophanes, wasn’t it?

157 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 6:22:35am

re: #155 sattv4u2

More here

brownsvilleherald.com

The scariest part is that I have family on both sides of the Laredo border. These assholes aren’t helping.

All these militia wannabes will be in for a rude awakening if they try to start another revolution. They keep forgetting who has the biggest guns.

158 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 7, 2014 6:23:27am

re: #149 Pie-onist Overlord

Another reminder of why I like B&H when buying new camera gear.

159 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 6:25:08am

re: #157 Lidane

Also, WHY did I look at the comments for that story? They’re about as ignorant and derpy as you’d expect. Lots of blather about REAL MURICANS and about doing the job the feds won’t and “We don’t want those filthy Mexicans here!”

*sigh*

160 sattv4u2  Jul 7, 2014 6:25:20am

re: #157 Lidane

The scariest part is that I have family on both sides of the Laredo border. These assholes aren’t helping.

All these militia wannabes will be in for a rude awakening if they try to start another revolution. They keep forgetting who has the biggest guns.</blockquote>

I think King George III said that once also!!!

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161 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 6:25:34am

re: #157 Lidane

The scariest part is that I have family on both sides of the Laredo border. These assholes aren’t helping.

All these militia wannabes will be in for a rude awakening if they try to start another revolution. They keep forgetting who has the biggest guns.

Not to mention that working or owning a ranch along the border might get a bit dicier if nuts start gunning down people at the border. It will escalate and get nasty.

162 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 6:26:31am

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

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BeeBee Elephants!!!

We went to the Albuquerque Zoo a couple of weeks ago. They have a baby elephant. That’s where we spent most of our time. It was fascinating to watch her and how the mother and the aunt interacted with her. So cute!

163 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 7, 2014 6:28:22am

re: #160 sattv4u2

In that case, the biggest guns were from the French Royal Armory at Charleville…

The militia doofuses don’t have that kind of supply line.

164 ObserverArt  Jul 7, 2014 6:29:34am

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

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BeeBee Elephants!!!

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has some newborn red panda cubs. Cute little fuzzballs!

Columbus zoo announces birth of 3 red pandas

Red Panda Cubs

165 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 6:30:07am

re: #161 Feline Fearless Leader

Not to mention that working or owning a ranch along the border might get a bit dicier if nuts start gunning down people at the border. It will escalate and get nasty.

These militia nuts need to understand that they’re not law enforcement. I don’t care how many penis extensions they own or how much camo they wear, they’re not the authorities. They’re just little boys playing soldier and putting people at risk.

There’s already a big enough headache on the border with the cartels. Law enforcement doesn’t need a bunch of self-proclaimed REAL MURICANS making things worse.

167 sattv4u2  Jul 7, 2014 6:37:09am

re: #166 Lidane

Sure, why not part deaux!!

myfoxny.com

168 darthstar  Jul 7, 2014 6:43:13am

Mornin’ everyone. Hope you all had a good weekend. I feel like i got three days of R&R in myself. Gotta get moving though so here’s some drive-by Takei

169 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 6:52:25am
170 Dr. Matt  Jul 7, 2014 6:58:54am

re: #166 Lidane

Sure, why not?

Police: Houma resident kills man for waking him by knocking on neighbor’s door

“An armed society is a polite society”

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171 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 7:06:39am

Lots of photos starting to come in after the 7.1 earthquake on the Guatemala/Mexico border.

172 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 7:06:44am
173 iossarian  Jul 7, 2014 7:07:45am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

“An armed society is a polite society”

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Hey, what’s more polite than a bullet in the head?

That sounds like the opening line of a bad joke.

174 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 7:10:00am
175 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 7:23:27am

re: #174 Lidane

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Or, “How to Create a Stepford Society”. Go for the “Mrs.”, not the Ph.D. And if you do go for the Ph.D, just remember your place and retire from academia. I don’t think most modern women are buying what Patton is selling, though.

If you’re not married by 30 these days, you’re not worthy, you’ve already been “spoiled” by education and a decent job.

Back when I was young, if you weren’t married by 21, you were hopeless. It happened to my late sister, who corresponded w/someone in the Navy, someone she had never met, orig from SC, who turned out to be her tormenter for over 20 yrs because she didn’t want to be “an old maid”. At 21. Hers was a typical story of the time. He hated me because I knew exactly what he was and tried to talk her out of it.

176 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 7:25:41am
177 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 7:33:24am

re: #175 Justanotherhuman

If you’re not married by 30 these days, you’re not worthy, you’ve already been “spoiled” by education and a decent job.

This is the prevailing attitude n most parts of China. I have former students whose parents fret if they don’t have boyfriends, and whose parents will arrange marriages if their daughters don’t have someone suitable. College graduates are discouraged from pursuing master’s degrees, or Ph.D.’s, because families figure the girl will be be close to 30 by the time her education finishes, and likely still single. She’ll be a “leftover” woman.

Combined with this attitude is the tradition for women to “marry up” and men to “marry down.” That is, a woman shouldn’t marry a man with a lower education or income than she has, and a man shouldn’t marry a woman with a greater education or income than he has. That’s the main reason why well educated and/or professionally successful women in China have trouble finding suitable mates.

Traditions die hard, even in communist China or in modern America.

178 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 7:33:29am

Authorities: Airline passenger in Michigan arrested after knife found concealed in shoe

.clickondetroit.com

“Authorities say an airline passenger has been arrested in Michigan after being found with a knife concealed inside the bottom lining of one of his shoes.

“The Transportation Security Administration says the knife was found Sunday morning during security screening at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus.” More

179 Dr. Matt  Jul 7, 2014 7:34:14am

re: #176 lawhawk

NIce!

The only thing left to do by the judge:

180 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 7:35:33am
181 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 7:35:57am
182 Dr. Matt  Jul 7, 2014 7:40:19am

re: #178 Justanotherhuman

Authorities: Airline passenger in Michigan arrested after knife found concealed in shoe

.clickondetroit.com

“Authorities say an airline passenger has been arrested in Michigan after being found with a knife concealed inside the bottom lining of one of his shoes.

“The Transportation Security Administration says the knife was found Sunday morning during security screening at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus.” More

Has Dim Jim figured out that the guy arrested is a lifelong Democrat?

183 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 7:41:05am

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Why would any of the popo want what the NRA is selling?

184 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 7:41:07am

re: #182 Dr. Matt

Has Dim Jim figured out that the guy arrested is a lifelong Democrat?

If it was at Detroit Metro airport, Pamela will be shrieking JIHADIST!!!!!!!

185 Dr. Matt  Jul 7, 2014 7:43:24am

re: #184 Pie-onist Overlord

If it was at Detroit Metro airport, Pamela will be shrieking JIHADIST!!!!!!!

Jihadists wear Rockports?

186 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 7:46:43am

re: #177 wheat-dogghazi

This is the prevailing attitude n most parts of China. I have former students whose parents fret if they don’t have boyfriends, and whose parents will arrange marriages if their daughters don’t have someone suitable. College graduates are discouraged from pursuing master’s degrees, or Ph.D.’s, because families figure the girl will be be close to 30 by the time her education finishes, and likely still single. She’ll be a “leftover” woman.

Combined with this attitude is the tradition for women to “marry up” and men to “marry down.” That is, a woman shouldn’t marry a man with a lower education or income than she has, and a man shouldn’t marry a woman with a greater education or income than he has. That’s the main reason why well educated and/or professionally successful women in China have trouble finding suitable mates.

Traditions die hard, even in communist China or in modern America.

So weird. You’d think with the shortage of women that they’d be more highly valued.

187 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 7:47:40am

re: #176 lawhawk

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LOL. I guess I’m a “kid” at 48 because I say STFU a lot.

188 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 7:48:26am

re: #185 Dr. Matt

Jihadists wear Rockports?

What do you think they wear, Crocs?

189 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 7:51:32am
190 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 7:55:31am

DOUCHE==>

191 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 7:56:31am

re: #186 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP

So weird. You’d think with the shortage of women that they’d be more highly valued.

Yeah, you’d think, but there’s many Chinese traditional attitudes that 65 years of Communist rule have not eliminated.

The imbalance between the number of men and women is increasing, an unintended consequence of the one-child policy and a traditional preference for male children. The government has recently loosened the rules to permit some urban couples to have more than one kid, but it’s too little too late. Either Chinese men are going to have to swallow their pride and “marry up” or they will have import their brides from abroad.

192 Mike Lamb  Jul 7, 2014 7:57:48am

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

DOUCHE==>

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Amazing. Only 140 characters and nearly every one is completely, objectively wrong.

193 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 7:58:03am

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

There’s so much wrong with that one statement that it’s hard to begin debating it.

Ah. MIke said it better.

194 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 7:58:17am

re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It sounds as though she’s still taking the position that the fetus’s life is more important than a woman’s.

“In making this point, Balch criticized the legislative strategy used by other anti-choice groups to pass bans on abortion after 20 weeks by claiming the procedure is dangerous to women. The proper approach, she said, is to base the argument around the unborn.”

195 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 7:58:49am

re: #191 wheat-dogghazi

Yeah, you’d think, but there’s many Chinese traditional attitudes that 65 years of Communist rule have not eliminated.

The imbalance between the number of men and women is increasing, an unintended consequence of the one-child policy and a traditional preference for male children. The government has recently loosened the rules to permit some urban couples to have more than one kid, but it’s too little too late. Either Chinese men are going to have to swallow their pride and “marry up” or they will have import their brides from abroad.

My first thought is “men are stupid.” Geesh.

ETA: Obviously, not all men. I guess I’m just tired of people using the “but it’s tradition!” as their reasoning when it makes absolutely no sense.

196 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 8:00:08am

re: #195 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP

My first thought is “men are stupid.” Geesh.

Well, the Politburo is almost 100% male. There are very few women in top echelon political posts in China.

197 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:01:36am

re: #194 Justanotherhuman

Of course she is. Difference is that she clearly says that women’s health/lives aren’t more important.
So much for all the weasel words about “protecting women’s health”.

198 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:04:43am

VB, look what FLOTUS is holding!

(Looks like you’ll have to open the tweet to see the whole picture)

199 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 7, 2014 8:04:46am

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yep. I thanked a gun company earlier today because they did not include any NRA propaganda in the box with my recent purchase from them.

The NRA is a huge problem for gun owners in America.

200 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 8:07:22am

re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth

VB, look what FLOTUS is holding!

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(Looks like you’ll have to open the tweet to see the whole picture)

LOL, but that’s a Happy Babushka.

201 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 8:09:09am

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

Umm… until Obamacare rolled in, Hobby Lobby’s closely held beliefs allowed them to cover those BC methods. And if you pay premiums on your insurance, you’re paying for the BC yourself.

To say nothing that the BC methods involved aren’t abortificients.

202 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 8:09:18am

A toddler after my own heart.

203 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:09:23am

re: #200 Pie-onist Overlord

LOL, but that’s a Happy Babushka.

Probably just had some pie…

204 Kragar  Jul 7, 2014 8:10:08am
205 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 8:11:35am

re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth

Probably just had some pie…

I am eating some pie right now.

206 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 8:13:41am

re: #202 lawhawk

A toddler after my own heart.

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I loved the way she said, “Oooh. Yeah.” So cute.

207 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:13:41am

re: #205 Pie-onist Overlord

I am eating some pie right now.

I ate crow yesterday.

But it wasn’t in a pie.

208 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 7, 2014 8:13:50am

good morning fellow Lizards. Hope ya’all had a great 4th of July weekend. Counting down until Thursday when I will be heading to the Sierras for some trout fishing.

209 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:15:03am

Look out. Behind you!

210 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 8:16:09am

re: #204 Kragar

Because the feds and the cops on the border don’t have enough bullshit to deal with already. A bunch of armed REAL MURICANS trying to play soldier are totally helpful.

211 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 8:16:41am

Hooterville.

212 Kragar  Jul 7, 2014 8:17:31am

Dentist time for the wife. Back later

213 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:19:39am

A friend of mine was an Animal Control officer and would totally agree with this.

214 wrenchwench  Jul 7, 2014 8:20:34am
215 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 8:20:38am

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

DOUCHE==>

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Republican science.

216 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 8:21:42am

re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth

VB, look what FLOTUS is holding!

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(Looks like you’ll have to open the tweet to see the whole picture)

217 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 8:21:43am

re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth

I despise Chihuahuas. They’re easily my most hated dog breed.

218 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:22:25am

re: #217 Lidane

I despise Chihuahuas. They’re easily my most hated dog breed.

My friend said they were rats on bad acid.

219 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:22:41am

re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth

A friend of mine was an Animal Control officer and would totally agree with this.

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Mini-dobermans are the same.

220 Dr. Matt  Jul 7, 2014 8:23:03am

re: #204 Kragar

Ah, more them responsible gun owners threatening to start an armed conflict with law enforcement officials….the NRA must be so proud and supportive.

221 Dr. Matt  Jul 7, 2014 8:23:19am

re: #217 Lidane

I despise Chihuahuas. They’re easily my most hated dog breed.

x2

222 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:24:29am

re: #217 Lidane

I despise Chihuahuas. They’re easily my most hated dog breed.

When you run over them with your car their eyes pop out.

223 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:25:08am

re: #222 b_sharp

When you run over them with your car their eyes pop out.

how can you tell?

224 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 8:26:39am

MOAR DOUCHE==>

225 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:26:42am

re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth

how can you tell?

They end up on the ground.

226 wrenchwench  Jul 7, 2014 8:26:50am

I hate the chihuahuas that live across the street, but I have a customer who has one that he carries around in his shirt. He’s cool. I have another customer who carries one in a pet carrier like a baby sling, and it’s a nasty one, per usual.

227 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 7, 2014 8:27:34am

re: #217 Lidane

We have a Chug and another Chihuahua mix. Honestly I am not a little dog person, I would love to have an American Bully (my ideal dog) but these two are absolutely hysterical and not the stereotypical “Chihuahua”. Of course they are mixes so that may have something to do with it.

228 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 8:29:04am

re: #217 Lidane

I despise Chihuahuas. They’re easily my most hated dog breed.

Had a chihuahua mix, stocky little thing but w/the look, not over 12 lbs—he was his own person, for sure. My son had to take my 2 dogs since we can’t have pets here, and he died last year at 12 yrs old. We were constantly having to watch for him outside since he was fair game for large birds. I don’t like pit bulls usually, because so many people train them the wrong way—as attack, fighting, and “guard” dogs. I keep my distance from them.

229 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 8:29:32am

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

MOAR DOUCHE==>

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Hmm. Murder.

230 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:29:32am

re: #227 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

You probably made sure that you are the Alpha of the pack.
Most of the badly behaved tiny dogs are just spoiled rotten.

231 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 8:30:36am

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

Once more with feeling: CONSEQUENCE FREE SEX = Original Sin thinking.

They want women to be punished for being sexual beings because Eve was the downfall of mankind. It’s misogyny wrapped up in religion.

232 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:30:44am

When I was 8 or 9 a neighbour had a chihuahua that I hated. I love dogs, but this thing was nasty.

One summer, the owner accidentally backed over it and killed it. A friend saw it happen so came and grabbed me to take a look. It was my first experience with death other than a dead bird or two. I found it quite interesting for about 30 seconds then went on to play army.

233 Dr Lizardo  Jul 7, 2014 8:32:31am

My favorite pooch, because I had one for many, many years:

Miniature Schnauzer

234 sagehen  Jul 7, 2014 8:32:36am

re: #191 wheat-dogghazi

Either Chinese men are going to have to swallow their pride and “marry up” or they will have import their brides from abroad.

How do they feel about Koreans?

‘Cause there’s a whole country-full that’d love to be not where they are.

235 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 8:33:46am

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

MOAR DOUCHE==>

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“Consequence-free sex.” Must be the new talking point.

236 Dave In Austin  Jul 7, 2014 8:34:03am

All this outrage has me at wits end…..

237 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 7, 2014 8:34:29am

re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth

You probably made sure that you are the Alpha of the pack.
Most of the badly behaved tiny dogs are just spoiled rotten.

Well the Chihuahua mix is a definite beta, she always has been and she basically worships the ground we walk on (and omg the faces she makes are both adorable and pathetic at the same time). The Chug is definitely more of an alpha but knows who’s in charge. She is a piece of work.

238 BeenHereAwhile  Jul 7, 2014 8:34:53am

re: #58 teleskiguy

Hello Lizards! Back from my Umphrey’s McGee sojourn. Man, rock concerts are loud!

I always used foam earplugs when backstage at rock concerts.

If you can feel the music, it’s loud.

The friends who were amused by my wearing earplugs, now suffer from some hearing loss.

239 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 8:35:07am

If life begins at conception, shouldn’t census rolls reflect that? It’d be a 9 month advance on census rolls, and could affect distribution of federal funds, especially since not every fertilization/implantation results in a live birth.

240 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 8:35:24am

re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth

You probably made sure that you are the Alpha of the pack.
Most of the badly behaved tiny dogs are just spoiled rotten.

That’s true. People seem to think that in the little dogs that behavior is cute, but they would be horrified if a large dog acted that way.

241 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 8:35:56am

Toy dogs are usually substitutes for kids. I think it helped my mix that he had a companion in our other dog; we didn’t spoil either one of them but we were good to them and they to us. They stayed inside during bad weather but got the run of the front yard which my son fenced in for them.

242 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 8:36:26am

re: #235 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP

“Consequence-free sex.” Must be the new talking point.

It’s a very old talking point.

Women are not allowed to enjoy sex. They are not allowed to be sexual. Sex must be a source of shame for a woman, and if she has it, she must be “burdened” with the “consequences” of her actions by bearing a child. And that childbirth must be painful and bring her to her knees because women are the stand-in for Eve, whose sin forced man from the Garden.

243 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:36:36am
244 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 8:37:58am

re: #241 Justanotherhuman

Toy dogs are usually substitutes for kids. I think it helped my mix that he had a companion in our other dog; we didn’t spoil either one of them but we were good to them and they to us. They stayed inside during bad weather but got the run of the front yard which my son fenced in for them.

We had 13 small dogs in the house including puppies & 2 big ones outside.

A knock on the door got rather loud.

245 sagehen  Jul 7, 2014 8:38:16am

re: #217 Lidane

I despise Chihuahuas. They’re easily my most hated dog breed.

I hate the little fuzzies (Pomeranians)… I want to stick a handle in them and use them for dry-mops.

246 Dark_Falcon  Jul 7, 2014 8:38:28am

re: #220 Dr. Matt

Ah, more them responsible gun owners threatening to start an armed conflict with law enforcement officials….the NRA must be so proud and supportive.

Actually, the NRA does not want an actual shooting incident, as it would likely end fairly badly for the NRA’s cause. The NRA isn’t even the major driver of gun-related paranoia anymore, as they’ve been overtaken by Internet-based groups that don’t have much money or organization, but can serve up lots and lots of crazy-sauce.

Not to feel sorry for them, but these days the NRA has had to repeatedly justify government ammunition purchases from ATK and has been booed by part its base each time.

247 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 7, 2014 8:40:01am

re: #234 sagehen

How do they feel about Koreans?

‘Cause there’s a whole country-full that’d love to be not where they are.

I reckon you mean the North Koreans. Southerners only come to China to travel or invest, not to marry.

Northerners are forbidden to emigrate. Some try to sneak across the Chinese border (fording a river) and manage not to get caught by the border patrol on either side. They can blend in to the local population, since there is a Korean-speaking minority there, but like undocumented immigrants in the USA, the undocumented Koreans have to be really careful not to be caught. Chinese policy is to ship them right back to NoKo, where who knows what terrible things await them.

Honestly, I don’t think any Chinese man would want to marry a North Korean. The cultural differences would be huge. North Korea is several decades behind the rest of the world in many ways.

248 Dark_Falcon  Jul 7, 2014 8:41:13am

and to contribute to the thread topic, this is still my favorite Peter Gabriel vid:

Youtube Video

249 Dr Lizardo  Jul 7, 2014 8:43:55am

re: #247 wheat-dogghazi

I reckon you mean the North Koreans. Southerners only come to China to travel or invest, not to marry.

Northerners are forbidden to emigrate. Some try to sneak across the Chinese border (fording a river) and manage not to get caught by the border patrol on either side. They can blend in to the local population, since there is a Korean-speaking minority there, but like undocumented immigrants in the USA, the undocumented Koreans have to be really careful not to be caught. Chinese policy is to ship them right back to NoKo, where who knows what terrible things await them.

Honestly, I don’t think any Chinese man would want to marry a North Korean. The cultural differences would be huge. North Korea is several decades behind the rest of the world in many ways.

True, but I bravely volunteer to bring this young lass up to speed with the rest of the world.

250 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 8:45:23am
251 bubba zanetti  Jul 7, 2014 8:46:23am

re: #235 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP

Why should I pay for:

Consequence-Free Golf (no rotator cuff surgeries)
Consequence-Free Motorcycling (take your pick of traumas)
Consequence-Free Martinis (you get the hint)

252 wrenchwench  Jul 7, 2014 8:46:35am
253 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 7, 2014 8:48:41am

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

DOUCHE==>

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How did anyone survive with Christian men forcing their archaic beliefs onto everyone else?

254 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 7, 2014 8:49:52am

re: #253 GlutenFreeJesus

How did anyone survive with Christian men forcing their archaic beliefs onto everyone else?

Part of their archaic beliefs are women are theirs to do what they want with.

255 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 8:50:13am

re: #251 bubba zanetti

Consequence free Viagra/Cialis/Minoxidil.

There are serious consequences for all three, but apparently because they help guys with their issues (namely aging), that’s a pass.

256 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 8:50:52am

Amanda Marcotte shares some of her favorite Twitters.
rawstory.com

258 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 8:54:06am

re: #257 Feline Fearless Leader

When you need an amphibian with an unchanging visage

259 Dark_Falcon  Jul 7, 2014 8:54:31am

re: #250 Gus

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As usual, Snowden is proven a liar.

260 wrenchwench  Jul 7, 2014 8:55:43am

re: #257 Feline Fearless Leader

When you need an amphibian with an unchanging visage

Where does that frog reside?

261 BlueSpotinAL  Jul 7, 2014 8:56:10am

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

I am not going to pay for your sanitary sewers so that you can have consequence-free crapping in your own house.

I am not going to pay for your wars so that you can have your consequence-free killing of other soldiers from other countries and all civilian casualties.

etc.

262 Dark_Falcon  Jul 7, 2014 8:58:34am

And here’s one sure to set the dudebros to raging:

Electronic devices to face scrutiny under new TSA security measures

Plane travelers who can switch on their cellphones or other electronic devices will be able to take them aboard as part of new security measures, US authorities said.

US-bound travelers from Europe and the Middle East have faced tighter airport security in recent days over fears that Al-Qaeda-linked militants are developing new explosives that could be slipped onto planes undetected.

The checks focused on electronic items such as laptops and cellphones, amid fears that extremists such as Al-Qaeda could use them as their latest tactic in a long campaign of attacks involving aircraft.

“During the security examination, officers may also ask that owners power up some devices, including cellphones,” the US Transportation Security Administration said in a statement Sunday, noting that all electronic devices are screened by security officers.

“Powerless devices will not be permitted onboard the aircraft. The traveler may also undergo additional screening.”

The agency noted that it could “adjust” security measures further in order to provide maximum security to travelers.

263 Lidane  Jul 7, 2014 9:01:21am

OK. I’m off. Job interview today with the same company that I interviewed with last Thursday. I’m taking it as a good sign that they called to schedule a follow-up the same day that I went to meet them.

Here’s hoping.

264 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 9:01:59am

re: #250 Gus

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Here is the pdf of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s finding, a pre-release dated July 2, 2014.

265 Bubblehead II  Jul 7, 2014 9:02:09am

re: #263 Lidane

OK. I’m off. Job interview today with the same company that I interviewed with last Thursday. I’m taking it as a good sign that they called to schedule a follow-up the same day that I went to meet them.

Here’s hoping.

Best of luck.

266 Dark_Falcon  Jul 7, 2014 9:05:02am

re: #264 Justanotherhuman

Here is the pdf of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s finding, a pre-release dated July 2, 2014.

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It’s on the level, but I’d also give it a “Better Call Saul” mention for the US Constitution backdrop.

267 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 9:10:25am

Counter-terrorism police trying to track down twin 16-year-old girls who ran away from home in Manchester, England, and are feared to have traveled to Syria to join a terrorist group - @AlexMurraySmith
Read more on nbcnews.com

268 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:10:56am
269 Dark_Falcon  Jul 7, 2014 9:12:33am

re: #267 Justanotherhuman

Counter-terrorism police trying to track down twin 16-year-old girls who ran away from home in Manchester, England, and are feared to have traveled to Syria to join a terrorist group - @AlexMurraySmith
Read more on nbcnews.com

This one, I just do not understand.

270 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 7, 2014 9:12:56am

re: #268 Gus

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Ask him if he has one that says “Romney - dodged a bullet didn’t we?”

271 Mattand  Jul 7, 2014 9:13:09am

re: #257 Feline Fearless Leader

Rittenhouse Square?

272 wrenchwench  Jul 7, 2014 9:15:28am

re: #269 Dark_Falcon

This one, I just do not understand.

Because they are female?

273 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 9:15:29am

I don’t know who gets more hate Tweets, Sandra Fluke or Amanda Marcotte, but wingnuts are actually PROUD of the hate Tweets they send to Sandra Fluke:

274 Dr. Matt  Jul 7, 2014 9:16:21am

re: #268 Gus

If Mittens was president right now with the DOW hitting 17000, the RWNJs would be carving a fifth face on Mt. Rushmore.

275 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 9:16:28am

re: #266 Dark_Falcon

It’s on the level, but I’d also give it a “Better Call Saul” mention for the US Constitution backdrop.

This is the report from The President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, dated 12 December 2013.

Scribd Document

276 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:17:34am

re: #274 Dr. Matt

If Mittens was president right now with the DOW hitting 17000, the RWNJs would be carving a fifth face on Mt. Rushmore.

I had a smaller statue in mind on the 3rd.

277 Eventual Carrion  Jul 7, 2014 9:17:45am

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

MOAR DOUCHE==>

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But I guess I have to keep paying for your dick hardening pills. Why is that? Mine works, why doesn’t yours (or Rush’s). Maybe it is your god telling you something?

278 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:21:12am

Clown show.

279 Eventual Carrion  Jul 7, 2014 9:21:37am

re: #239 lawhawk

If life begins at conception, shouldn’t census rolls reflect that? It’d be a 9 month advance on census rolls, and could affect distribution of federal funds, especially since not every fertilization/implantation results in a live birth.

I’ll believe it when you can get a life insurance policy for a fetus.

280 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 9:21:37am

re: #269 Dark_Falcon

This one, I just do not understand.

From what I could deduce from the story, they wanted to become “jihad brides”.

Sixteen is a make it or break it age for many.

281 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 9:21:47am
282 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 9:22:05am

For lunch I had a sandwich made on fresh sourdough rye bread that I baked yesterday. OH NOM NOM.

283 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 9:24:32am

re: #282 Pie-onist Overlord

For lunch I had a sandwich made on fresh sourdough rye bread that I baked yesterday. OH NOM NOM.

With caraway seeds? Otherwise… ; )

I’ll bet it was deliciousness itself.

284 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:27:44am
285 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 9:28:20am

re: #283 Justanotherhuman

With caraway seeds? Otherwise… ; )

I’ll bet it was deliciousness itself.

Caraway & fennel.

I could have a second sandwich if I want, maybe later.

For dinner will have MOAR DELICIOUS BREAD & deli meats.

286 sagehen  Jul 7, 2014 9:31:03am

re: #284 Gus

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Criminal! Ex-con!! Dems are electing PRISONERS OMG!!

287 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:32:28am
288 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 7, 2014 9:32:33am

re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth

Never forget it’s only class warfare when we fight back.

289 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 9:32:59am
290 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 9:39:29am

hahahahahahaaa

291 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:42:27am

Poor Glenn.

292 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 9:43:54am

re: #291 Gus

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Poor Glenn.

That’s funny, I only remember Dems warning of dangers of Patriot Act, not NSA per se. BTW what was Glenn’s opinion of Patriot Act?

293 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:44:58am

re: #292 Pie-onist Overlord

That’s funny, I only remember Dems warning of dangers of Patriot Act, not NSA per se. BTW what was Glenn’s opinion of Patriot Act?

extremeliberal.wordpress.com

294 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 9:45:50am

re: #292 Pie-onist Overlord

That’s funny, I only remember Dems warning of dangers of Patriot Act, not NSA per se. BTW what was Glenn’s opinion of Patriot Act?

For him, it’s a distinction without a difference at this moment in time, but it’s a world of difference. It also establishes his true intentions, which is to hamstring the NSA operations, even where engaging in legitimate intel gathering for natsec.

295 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 9:46:04am

re: #292 Pie-onist Overlord

That’s funny, I only remember Dems warning of dangers of Patriot Act, not NSA per se. BTW what was Glenn’s opinion of Patriot Act?

Notice the years he uses. 2005 was his last year playing Republican.

296 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 9:56:23am

297 Eventual Carrion  Jul 7, 2014 9:57:34am

re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahahahahaaa

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FOR SALE:
Perpetual motion machine starter. ONLY USED ONCE!

298 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 9:58:46am

LOLWUT

299 TedStriker  Jul 7, 2014 10:00:45am

re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord

LOLWUT

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Looks like someone either wasn’t paying attention, is a complete idiot, or both.

300 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 10:01:50am

EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE:
Holly WANTS to “Make Heads Explode!” but Reem actually MADE HEADS EXPLODE.

301 Dr Lizardo  Jul 7, 2014 10:03:03am

This was good to see, and I’ll give PM Netanyahu credit for it.

Netanyahu calls father of slain Palestinian teen

In a statement, Netanyahu’s office said he had spoken with the teenager’s father, Hussein Abukhdair, to offer his condolences and express his outrage over the “abhorrent” murder a day after the security forces confirmed arresting six Jewish extremists on suspicion of involvement.

“I would like to express my outrage and that of the citizens of Israel over the reprehensible murder of your son,” Netanyahu told him.

“We acted immediately to apprehend the murderers. We will bring them to trial and they will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law,” he said.

“We denounce all brutal behavior. The murder of your son is abhorrent and cannot be countenanced by any human being.”

english.alarabiya.net

302 J A P  Jul 7, 2014 10:06:01am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

Many people don’t seem to realize how structurally vulnerable old row houses are. Collapses like the one pictured are not at all uncommon.

303 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 10:07:01am

re: #299 TedStriker

Looks like someone either wasn’t paying attention, is a complete idiot, or both.

I’ll take Both for $1,000, Alex.

304 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:12:17am

re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord

LOLWUT

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I don’t want to get into a pointless twitter feud, but I’m sorely tempted to respond with “which one is Holly?”

305 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:14:50am
306 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 10:15:57am

re: #260 wrenchwench

Where does that frog reside?

Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Walked past it on Friday when the square was less crowded than usual and it was easy to snap a quick photo.

Giant Frog Statue

307 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 10:16:16am

re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth

I don’t want to get into a pointless twitter feud, but I’m sorely tempted to respond with “which one is Holly?”

THEY BOTH ARE.

308 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:25:28am
309 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:29:21am

followup to my Kentucky legislators’ denial of climate change page, the star of the page (Sen. Brandon Smith) responds:

310 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 10:30:47am

Friend knew Tsarnaev was bombing suspect, prosecutor says

bostonglobe.com

Aren’t crimes like covering up for someone usually by removing evidence usually ” a result of an impulsive act” when you’re trying to protect them?

“That kid” as his defense attorney describes him, was 20 yrs old at the time, old enough to know what he was doing and was still loyal to someone he knew had committed a horrendous act.

311 Kragar  Jul 7, 2014 10:31:39am

co-host Brian Kilmeade added. “Keep it low, don’t speak loud.”

“For women,” Doocy emphasized.

Hewlett explained that a lot of women from the South were taught to “fill the air with words… but oftentimes that undermines you, just rambling.”

“Don’t talk too much,” Doocy recommended.

312 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 10:32:49am

This is a very cool looking bridge. The firm that designed the bridge in Vietnam, Ammann & Whitney, was founded by Othmar Ammann, and designed the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River, as well as pretty much every other NYC area suspension bridge: Bronx-Whitestone Bridge; Throgs Neck Bridge; Triborough Bridge; Verrazano-Narrows Bridge; Wards Island Bridge; and
Williamsburg Bridge.

313 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:36:33am
314 Killgore Trout  Jul 7, 2014 10:37:57am

82 shot, 14 killed in 84 hours during July Fourth weekend in Chicago
Wow. We could start seeing 100 shootings in a weekend soon. Unbelievable. I loved living in Chicago, it was fun but I’m very glad I didn’t stay there.

315 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 10:39:22am

Reported Gaza militants launch rocket barrage of about 20 rockets at southern Israel; no injuries reported at this time - @haaretzcom
Read more on haaretz.com

Code red rocket siren reported in Rehovot, Israel - @Benhartman
End of alert

316 Charles Johnson  Jul 7, 2014 10:39:33am

STASI BOYS!

317 sagehen  Jul 7, 2014 10:40:29am

re: #300 Pie-onist Overlord

EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE:

Sleeves!!

(and the difference between the husbands is… um… beards?)

318 Decatur Deb  Jul 7, 2014 10:41:11am

re: #314 Killgore Trout

82 shot, 14 killed in 84 hours during July Fourth weekend in Chicago
Wow. We could start seeing 100 shootings in a weekend soon. Unbelievable. I loved living in Chicago, it was fun but I’m very glad I didn’t stay there.

All you would need is a 106 hr holiday ‘weekend’. Up your game.

319 sagehen  Jul 7, 2014 10:41:36am

re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Kind of like what happened to Ayds diet pills, right?

320 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:42:22am

re: #315 Justanotherhuman

Reported Gaza militants launch rocket barrage of about 20 rockets at southern Israel; no injuries reported at this time - @haaretzcom
Read more on haaretz.com

Code red rocket siren reported in Rehovot, Israel - @Benhartman
End of alert

321 Killgore Trout  Jul 7, 2014 10:42:33am

re: #315 Justanotherhuman

Reported Gaza militants launch rocket barrage of about 20 rockets at southern Israel; no injuries reported at this time - @haaretzcom
Read more on haaretz.com

Code red rocket siren reported in Rehovot, Israel - @Benhartman
End of alert

It sucks but the Israelis have no good options. I don’t think an incursion into Gaza would accomplish much. The airstrikes are a minor inconvenience to Hamas. There’s just not much they can do.

322 CuriousLurker  Jul 7, 2014 10:42:46am

Drive-by comment: Some of the tweets in this hashtag are pretty funny. BBL

#BBCtrending: What are #RamadanProblems?

Ramadan started last weekend, and Muslims around the world are fasting from dawn to sunset. Thousands of people have been sharing their experience using the hashtag #RamadanProblems. It’s a trend that runs right across Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Vine and more.

Just like the commonly used #FirstWorldProblems, many of the tweets are jokey in tone. “It’s about Muslims who are fasting who don’t take themselves too seriously,” says Uzma Atcha from Dubai, who has been using the hashtag, “It sort of shows the world that we’re regular people - we go through the same struggles.”

The hashtag has been around for a while but has “exploded on the Twittersphere” this year, she says. The US, the UK, Pakistan, Canada and the United Arab Emirates are the top countries using the hashtag.

Some are sharing tips and practical advice. Some of the discussion is aimed at helping non-Muslims get a better understanding of Ramadan. But perhaps unsurprisingly, a huge amount of the conversation is about hunger. […]

323 Kragar  Jul 7, 2014 10:42:48am

re: #316 Charles Johnson

STASI BOYS!

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So the biggest problem is Snowden got the emails?

324 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:43:14am

re: #316 Charles Johnson

STASI BOYS!

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That’s Stasi LIZARDZ boys AND girls, thank you very much…

325 lawhawk  Jul 7, 2014 10:43:45am

re: #316 Charles Johnson

The spy agency collected and stored intimate chats, photos, and emails belonging to innocent Americans-and secured them so poorly that newspaper reporters can now browse through them at will.

After they were stolen by Snowden and dumped in the laps of journalists who had an axe to grind against the USG and want to see the NSA hamstrung.

They were still secure when the NSA had full control over them. What changed? Oh, nothing but Snowden lying his way into unauthorized accounts to get at the data.

But I’m still waiting for the emails Snowden sent to the NSA or someone in Congress indicating his intention to be a whistleblower.

326 Charles Johnson  Jul 7, 2014 10:44:14am

And speaking of “dumb,” that Conor Friedersdorf breaks new ground in dumb libertarian rationalizations.

I never thought I’d see this day: The founder of Lawfare has finally declared that a national-security-state employee perpetrated a huge civil-liberties violation! Remember this if he ever again claims that NSA critics can’t point to a single serious abuse at the agency. Wittes himself now says there’s been a serious abuse.

What is it about libertarians that makes them resort to bullshit rhetorical tricks like this? Freidersdorf knows very well that isn’t the argument Wittes made - he’s deliberately twisting it. These people aren’t right in the head.

327 Killgore Trout  Jul 7, 2014 10:44:15am

re: #318 Decatur Deb

All you would need is a 106 hr holiday ‘weekend’. Up your game.

I think those only happen in France.

328 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 10:44:51am

re: #322 CuriousLurker

Drive-by comment: Some of the tweets in this hashtag are pretty funny. BBL

I hope you’re being careful with the humidity and high temps going on now. 90F and pretty muggy in Philly right now. Humidity is back up after easing off a bit the past weekend right after the storms came through.

329 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 10:45:38am

re: #324 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s Stasi LIZARDZ boys AND girls, thank you very much…

Irrelevant Stasi Lizardz. New band name!

330 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 10:46:47am

There’s a shiny new hatchling just logged in.

331 CuriousLurker  Jul 7, 2014 10:47:01am

re: #328 Feline Fearless Leader

I hope you’re being careful with the humidity and high temps going on now. 90F and pretty muggy in Philly right now. Humidity is back up after easing off a bit the past weekend right after the storms came through.

I am, thanks for the concern. I pretty much stay inside in the AC all day, so I really don’t suffer much (at least not until the electric bill arrives).

332 Charles Johnson  Jul 7, 2014 10:47:01am
333 Decatur Deb  Jul 7, 2014 10:50:31am

re: #327 Killgore Trout

I think those only happen in France.

Amateurs.

“Ferragosto in Popular Culture
August, being a national month long holiday period, with Ferragosto as its apex, makes it an integral part of the memory of each generation. Songs and films have been made recounting the feelings and experiences, summer loves and Ferragosto parties. From the 60s to today, for all Italians Ferragosto remains a collective memory like studying Dante at school and Italy Winning the World Cup in 1982.”

swide.com

334 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 10:50:55am

re: #332 Charles Johnson

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Can I play the duct tape?

335 Bubblehead II  Jul 7, 2014 10:53:03am

Jan Brewer haz a sad.

Arizona’s denial of driver’s licenses for immigrants: Appeals court overrules state

An appeals court has blocked Gov. Jan Brewer’s executive order denying driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants who have work permits through President Barack Obama’s deferred-action program.

336 Dr Lizardo  Jul 7, 2014 10:58:37am

re: #327 Killgore Trout

I think those only happen in France.

Here in the Czech Republic, we get five weeks of vacay mandatory every year.

Pretty sweet. :)

337 CuriousLurker  Jul 7, 2014 11:00:44am

Okay one more—VB maybe you (or someone) can page this?

Jewish group organizes visit with family of slain Arab teen

A Jewish anti-racism group has arranged to visit the mourning tent of the Abu Khdeir family in East Jerusalem later on Tuesday to offer condolences over the killing of Israeli Arab teenager Muhammed Abu Khdeir, allegedly by Jewish extremists.

The Tag Meir organization published details of the event on Facebook overnight Sunday and noted that the trip had been arranged with the approval of the family.

“The visit is coordinated with the Abu Khdeir family, which welcomes and is moved by our upcoming arrival at their mourning tent,” the group said.

As of Monday morning some 330 people had responded online that they intend to join in the event. […]

338 Gus  Jul 7, 2014 11:01:52am
339 Teukka  Jul 7, 2014 11:02:09am

re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth

followup to my Kentucky legislators’ denial of climate change page, the star of the page (Sen. Brandon Smith) responds:

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Yeah, I’ve seen one of those “out of context” defenses being raised by a RWNJ on a chat network. Basically, that guy claimed it was taken out of context, and that the honorable gentleman from Kentucky meant the rate of temp change.

Only that don’t work so well either. I won’t make your eyes glaze over by going through the details, but basically, the argument fails on three points.

(1) The Inverse Square Law dictates that the energy of any given source decrease the further from the source you go.

(2) If you are trying to establish a correlation between the temperature changes of two planets, you need longitudinal data, preferably over both the well-known 11-year or so solar cycle, but also the less known one which spans centuries.

(3) Because of (1), the changes in temperature on Mars will be minute, which means that you need a precision temperature sensor for your longitudinal data (see (2)). Such sensors have not been on the surface of Mars long enough. This guy was claiming that one could measure temperatures of remote stellar bodies, but failed to take into account the margin of error of such measurements, especially when it comes to planetary bodies (basically, the margin of error is greater than the minute variations).

And then the guy began claiming that I was using a strawman…. Am I retarded, or isn’t the “out of context” argument, at least in this form (rate of change) not only DoA, but still born?

Bonus Derp:

Probing what knowledge this guy has generally, I decided to do a pop quiz on him about protective signs, with the result that he would not hesitate to attack targets with a red square standing on its corner or three orange dots in a row.

When I point out to him that these are international protective signs and that the United States is party to the treaty which defines them and AFAICT, has them written into law, he begins a tirade about how the US does not need to respect no stinking UN commie signage.

And this guy often implies he has US military training and that he is prepared for when the revolution comes. Yet he doesn’t seem to know how to keep himself out of the very deep shit (sorry, there’s no other way of putting it) he will be in if he attacks protected targets.

*SMH*

340 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 11:02:57am

re: #338 Gus

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Nobody told Fox there would be actual math…

341 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 11:03:49am

re: #339 Teukka

please repost that on my page?

littlegreenfootballs.com

342 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 7, 2014 11:06:06am

re: #337 CuriousLurker

Okay one more—VB maybe you (or someone) can page this?

343 Mike Lamb  Jul 7, 2014 11:09:03am

re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord

MOAR DOUCHE==>

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Pre-born babies? Wow.

And in an homage to Snoop Dogg’s “Bros before Hoes” mantra, he’s perfectly content to “pay” for a man’s consequence free sex…

344 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 11:10:41am

I hate the site blocker here at work. Can’t go upstairs because it blocks that LGF page due to there being the word “Twitter” in the title.

345 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 11:14:18am

re: #344 Feline Fearless Leader

I hate the site blocker here at work. Can’t go upstairs because it blocks that LGF page due to there being the word “Twitter” in the title.

Will it work if you use the short link? lgf.bz

346 CuriousLurker  Jul 7, 2014 11:15:17am

Gonna leave this here so I don’t derail the new thread.

Lizard Queen? O_O

347 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 11:15:53am

re: #345 Backwoods_Sleuth

Will it work if you use the short link? lgf.bz

Apparently so. Thanks! :)

348 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 11:17:56am

re: #347 Feline Fearless Leader

Apparently so. Thanks! :)

Nuts. Short link was article without the comments. Try to access the comments and get blocked. Sigh. :(

349 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 11:23:50am

re: #348 Feline Fearless Leader

Nuts. Short link was article without the comments. Try to access the comments and get blocked. Sigh. :(

I just tweeted Charles to see if he can do anything.

350 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 7, 2014 11:25:23am

re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth

I just tweeted Charles to see if he can do anything.

Not really his fault. It’s a pretty silly/simplistic site filter design. Easy for it to generate false positives of all sorts. And every so often they add a key word and start hammering access to sites that are necessary for business.

351 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 7, 2014 11:27:06am

re: #350 Feline Fearless Leader

Not really his fault. It’s a pretty silly/simplistic site filter design. Easy for it to generate false positives of all sorts. And every so often they add a key word and start hammering access to sites that are necessary for business.

I figured that would be the case. Something to keep in mind for future pages.

352 b_sharp  Jul 7, 2014 11:44:54am

re: #350 Feline Fearless Leader

Not really his fault. It’s a pretty silly/simplistic site filter design. Easy for it to generate false positives of all sorts. And every so often they add a key word and start hammering access to sites that are necessary for business.

can you use https instead of http?

edit: I guess not. Charles must have killed the secure connection.

353 Justanotherhuman  Jul 7, 2014 11:52:29am

moved.


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