Sarah Palin’s EXCLUSIVE Word Salad of the Day: Time to INPEACH!

“The last straw that makes the battered wife say, ‘no mas.’”
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Hang on to your tricorne hat and pantaloons, because it’s time for another EXCLUSIVE BREAKING BOMBSHELL word salad from the half-wit half-governor, brought to you by the crazed heirs of Andrew Breitbart: EXCLUSIVE—SARAH PALIN: ‘IT’S TIME TO IMPEACH’ PRESIDENT OBAMA.

President Obama’s rewarding of lawlessness, including his own, is the foundational problem here. It’s not going to get better, and in fact irreparable harm can be done in this lame-duck term as he continues to make up his own laws as he goes along, and, mark my words, will next meddle in the U.S. Court System with appointments that will forever change the basic interpretation of our Constitution’s role in protecting our rights.

It’s time to impeach; and on behalf of American workers and legal immigrants of all backgrounds, we should vehemently oppose any politician on the left or right who would hesitate in voting for articles of impeachment.

The many impeachable offenses of Barack Obama can no longer be ignored. If after all this he’s not impeachable, then no one is.

You said it, Sarah.

And take a wild guess what’s going on in the comment section.

Palin, it is a little late for impeachment. He needs to be arrested and placed in solitary confinement for the rest of his pathetic life.

[…]

MILITARY COUP FOR OBAMA AND CONGRESS

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We loathe your gay existence, Soetoro

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After the Communist Child-in-Chief is finished destroying as much of this nation as he can… We are going to need someone with true intelligence, good judgement, and who knows how to clean up behind messy children!

In Other Words… America Needs Sarah Palin as our Next President!!!

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Only if “to impeach” means “to permanently separate the head from the body”.

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Once he’s useless to them they will kill him and try to blame us!

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It IS WAYYY PAST IMPEACHMENT TIME AND WAYYY MORE LIKE…. TREASON TRIAL! GFY BATHHOUSE BARRY!

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Well I agree that the kenyan should be impeached. He should have been impeached a long time ago, but for the most glaring, obvious, elephant in the room, because he is not constitutionally eligible to be president in the first place. He’s a fraud, and his rightful place is prison.

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The time for impeachment is LONG over due. This is more. This is worse. This is TREASON. The individual in the White House needs to be arrested, tried, convicted, and hung from the neck until dead when found guilty. He is evil. Stop him before he finds reason to declare martial law and turn this Republic into an Empire or Kingdom and remove all legal recourse. If we wait, I will see some of you in the internment camp on the way to the showers….

On and on it goes, more than 4000 comments like these boiling with hatred, racism and conspiracy theories. Also known as the Breitbart “News” business model.

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312 comments
1 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 11:11:41am

SARAH PALIN SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR BE ON THE VIEW, EITHER ONE WOULD BE FINE

2 mr.fusion  Jul 8, 2014 11:11:57am

She’s right. I mean I can’t think of anything less American than these poor, tired, huddled masses streaming across our borders and being all brown and stuff.

3 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 11:12:37am

To be fair, she probably expected him to have quit by now.

Its what she would have done.

4 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 11:13:46am

Joe Biden approves of Sarah’s post.

//

5 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 11:14:33am
Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, “no mas.”

The infamous ‘no mas’ was uttered by a professional boxer, not a domestic violence victim.

Context. What is it good for? Nothin!

6 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 8, 2014 11:14:41am

How dare he meddle in the court system by appointing judges and things like that… Who does he think he is, the President or something????/

RBS

7 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 8, 2014 11:15:46am

I’ve figure it out, Sarah Palin only makes sense to people who speak in tongues.

Maybe Rosetta Stone needs to make a wingnut version.

8 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:16:09am

Observer Art haz a graphic at littlegreenfootballs.com

9 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 11:16:25am

Just once I’d like these dipshits to explain to me exactly which laws POTUS has supposedly broken.

10 Mike Lamb  Jul 8, 2014 11:17:04am

re: #6 RealityBasedSteve

How dare he meddle in the court system by appointing judges and things like that… Who does he think he is, the President or something????/

RBS

But it’s so much worse…he’s going to appoint people that will change the interpretation of the Constitution’s role in protecting our rights!!!

I have no idea what the fuck that means, but it sounds really serious…

11 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 11:17:25am

re: #9 Lidane

Just once I’d like these dipshits to explain to me exactly which laws POTUS has supposedly broken.

They can’t; therefore, they don’t. : )

Getting really, really tired of this shit, though.

12 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 11:17:36am

Where does the Constitution say the president can appoint judges???!!!

13 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 11:17:42am
14 Mike Lamb  Jul 8, 2014 11:18:17am

re: #9 Lidane

Just once I’d like these dipshits to explain to me exactly which laws POTUS has supposedly broken.

PWB…naturally. WIth the lesser included offense of failing to know his place.

15 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 11:18:27am

President Obama’s rewarding of lawlessness, including his own, is the foundational problem here.

Oh noes, Obama is rewarding his own lawlessness! Does that mean he lets himself eat between meals after every lawlessness? Does he give himself a job promotion after every lawlessness?

16 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 11:18:44am

re: #13 Kragar

I can already hear the cries of outrage when those assholes get arrested for pre-mediated murder.

17 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 11:19:14am

re: #7 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I believe this is an appropriate response:

18 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 11:19:31am

re: #13 Kragar

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Bundy Protesters To Form Border Patrol That’ll Shoot Illegal Immigrants Who Don’t Turn Back

Wow. I hope they don’t get radar guns and start enforcing the speed limits too.

Expired tags?! BLAMMO!

19 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 11:19:45am

re:
#9

Obviously if you can’t see for urself all the laws broken then UR a part of the lawlessness, at the foundation of it all. ///

20 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 11:20:56am

Worst communist… EVER. DJIA is at or above 17,000 (record highs); record corporate profits. Jobs have recovered beyond the pre-recession levels no thanks to the do-nothing know-nothing GOP in Congress.

21 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 11:21:07am

re:
#11

Use the googles I don’t have time to do all your research for U!!!!11

22 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 8, 2014 11:21:16am

re: #16 Lidane

I can already hear the cries of outrage when those assholes get arrested for pre-mediated murder.

I suggest we take up a legal defense fund collection, with the proviso that their attorney has to be Orly Taitz.

RBS

23 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:22:19am

hahahaaa

24 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:23:26am
25 Gus  Jul 8, 2014 11:24:07am

*There it is again.

26 Gus  Jul 8, 2014 11:24:39am
27 Gus  Jul 8, 2014 11:25:05am

And this is funny.

28 Gus  Jul 8, 2014 11:25:36am

re: #20 lawhawk

Worst communist… EVER. DJIA is at or above 17,000 (record highs); record corporate profits. Jobs have recovered beyond the pre-recession levels no thanks to the do-nothing know-nothing GOP in Congress.

29 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 11:26:33am

re: #2 mr.fusion

She’s right. I mean I can’t think of anything less American than these poor, tired, huddled masses streaming across our borders and being all brown and stuff.

As I said to Mizz Hobby Lobby last night…

30 Testy Toad T  Jul 8, 2014 11:26:41am

Obligatory, and as on-point as ever:

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.

“Our very way of life is under siege,” said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. “It’s time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are.”

According to Mortensen—an otherwise mild-mannered husband, father, and small-business owner—the most serious threat to his fanciful version of the 222-year-old Constitution is the attempt by far-left “traitors” to strip it of its religious foundation.

“Right there in the preamble, the authors make their priorities clear: ‘one nation under God,’” said Mortensen, attributing to the Constitution a line from the Pledge of Allegiance, which itself did not include any reference to a deity until 1954. “Well, there’s a reason they put that right at the top.”

31 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 11:27:37am

re: #20 lawhawk

Worst communist… EVER. DJIA is at or above 17,000 (record highs); record corporate profits. Jobs have recovered beyond the pre-recession levels no thanks to the do-nothing know-nothing GOP in Congress.

MOAR WORD SALAD:

32 iossarian  Jul 8, 2014 11:28:24am

re: #29 AntonSirius

As I said to Mizz Hobby Lobby last night…

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Jesus was white and spoke English, but other than that your rebuttal is on point.

33 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 11:29:19am

re: #13 Kragar

34 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 11:30:01am
35 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:30:30am

re: #30 Testy Toad T

Obligatory, and as on-point as ever:

The Onion strikes again! And I love it.

36 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 11:30:39am

Well Mr. Speaker, it looks like your plan to forestall demands for impeachment through a bullshit lawsuit have fallen apart.

37 allegro  Jul 8, 2014 11:32:20am

Oh wow, we’re at war with Mexico? Why didn’t anyone tell me?

38 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 11:32:31am

What I don’t get is how does Cliven Bundy decide who’s an enemy of America? He doesn’t even recognize the legitimate government of this country. How the fuck would he know who’s an enemy and who isn’t?

39 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 11:32:58am

re: #31 Lidane

MOAR WORD SALAD:

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Zombie Lenin is giving orders to Obama? O noes! Only one thing can save us now… Zombie Reagan!

Onion Video

40 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 11:33:00am

re:
#31

Guess Dr. Ben has decided that if he’s going to go wingnutty, might as well go in all the way.

41 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 11:33:11am

re: #28 Gus

Not sure, but I recall seeing Costco carry 64oz multipacks of borscht.

42 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 11:33:29am

re: #37 allegro

Oh wow, we’re at war with Mexico? Why didn’t anyone tell me?

Mexico is rounding up children from the rest of Central and South America and sending them here because reasons! TERROR BABIES! DISEASED MONGRELS! ELEVENTY!

43 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 11:36:19am

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

Observer Art haz a graphic at littlegreenfootballs.com
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Thanks for picking that up.

I was fixin’ lunch when the new thread started. And I see Charles used “Inpeach!”

44 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 11:37:16am
45 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:37:37am

re: #43 ObserverArt

Thanks for picking that up.

I was fixin’ lunch when the new thread started. And I see Charles used “Inpeach!”

It’s beautiful and I had to bring it on upstairs!

46 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 11:38:31am

The government must take action against these dangerous nutjobs promising violence along the border

47 Mike Lamb  Jul 8, 2014 11:38:57am

re: #29 AntonSirius

As I said to Mizz Hobby Lobby last night…

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What’s truly insane is that large groups of people in this country are content with letting these people die. No, wait, not just content…ecstatic.

48 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 8, 2014 11:39:16am

The funny thing is that with Palin I don’t even get the vibe that she believes in what she says. With most other wingnuts this is not so - they really are coocoo all the way. Palin, on the other hand, seems to simply cynically give other wingnuts what they want - kind of like Ann Coulter (only dumber).

Youtube Video

49 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 11:40:57am

re: #31 Lidane

“Ben Carson tells WND that Obama is following orders from Vladimir Lenin to destroy the US economy”
____

If Obama was following Lenin’s orders, he’d be destroying the USSR’s economy.

50 Testy Toad T  Jul 8, 2014 11:41:12am

re: #48 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

It’s impossible to know how much, or how little, is actually rattling around in Caribou Barbie’s braincase.

51 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 11:41:30am

Frightening tweet.

52 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 11:41:58am

re: #38 Lidane

What I don’t get is how does Cliven Bundy decide who’s an enemy of America? He doesn’t even recognize the legitimate government of this country. How the fuck would he know who’s an enemy and who isn’t?

“The government I refuse to acknowledge needs to do something about the people invading our land…but totally ignore that I’m setting up shop on public land for my own enrichment.”

53 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:42:26am

re: #51 wrenchwench

Frightening tweet.

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54 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 11:42:56am

re: #26 Gus

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Jesus, 9 kids, 5-18 yrs. This means that poor woman was pregnant at either 13 or 14.

55 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:43:25am

re: #50 Testy Toad T

It’s impossible to know how much, or how little, is actually rattling around in Caribou Barbie’s braincase.

Well, it certainly isn’t a brain up there.

56 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 8, 2014 11:43:25am

re: #50 Testy Toad T

Sure, but one can guess. When she quit half-way, it was for money. Gotta fleece the marks while it lasts.

57 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 11:44:21am

Aquatic peace activists
IDF kills 4 Hamas terrorists attempting to infiltrate from the sea

58 GunstarGreen  Jul 8, 2014 11:44:55am

re: #46 Kragar

The government must take action against these dangerous nutjobs promising violence along the border

Don’t worry, just walk away and do nothing to them. It should help de-escalate the situation.

59 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 11:45:08am

BWAHAHAHA

So the GOP is putting up .gop domains for sale. And let the mischief commence.

60 Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 8, 2014 11:45:34am

Just wait until those Militia Morons mistake some well armed smugglers for “illegal immigrants”

61 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 11:45:48am

Always good to be reminded that Republicans insist that their presidents have very limited powers. //

62 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 11:46:19am

Two thoughts:

1. Too bad this wasn’t spoken rather than printed, only to enjoy hearing Sarah try to pronounce “irreparable.”

2. For some reason, it makes me think of a scene from Disney’s Anastasia (Nicholas would be the GOP, Palin woud be Rasputin)

Czar Nicholas: How dare you return to the palace!

Rasputin: But, I am your confident.

Czar Nicholas: Confident? Ha! You are a traitor! Get out!

Rasputin: You think you can banish the great Rasputin? By the unholy powers vested in me, I banish you with a curse! Mark my words, you and your family will die within the fort night! I will not rest until I see the end of the Romanov line - forever!

63 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 11:46:42am

re: #31 Lidane

Ben Carson tells WND that Obama is following orders from Vladimir Lenin to destroy the US economy

With what? A Ouija board?

*smh*

64 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 11:47:37am
Hamas’s military wing the al-Qassam Brigades claimed on its twitter account to have perpetrated the attack, saying that it “stormed the Zionist naval base on the shores of the sea.”

lol

65 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:48:25am
66 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 11:50:21am
67 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 11:50:21am

(sung to the tune of Peaches by the Presidents of the United States of America)

Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Pleadin’ to the country,
Gonna demand O’s impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment

Impeachment sounds real fine,
We should do it all the time
For any ol’ thing
If I had my little way,
I’d impeach someone every day
Make them libruls run away

Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Pleadin’ to the country,
Gonna demand Hill’s impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment

Take a little nap in my Reagan jammies
Boots gonna stomp all them Commies
And dreamed about you, Sarah,
I poked my finger down my throat
Impeached my supper, don’t need no vote
To tell that burrito to get lost, adios

Millions to impeach, impeach them for me
Millions to impeach, impeach them all please
Millions to impeach, impeach them for me
Millions to impeach, impeach them all please

68 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 11:50:44am

re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg

Just wait until those Militia Morons mistake some well armed smugglers for “illegal immigrants”

“OBAMA ARMED THOSE SMUGGLERS! HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE DEAD AMERICANS!!!”

69 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 11:51:03am

re: #63 Dr Lizardo

With what? A Ouija board?

*smh*

Reading “Doctor Zhivago” backwards?

70 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 11:51:37am

Hamas air force?

jpost.com

9:47 p.m. Security forces are investigating after finding an abandoned parachute near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai in southern Israel.

One of the suspicions is that the parachute was used by a Hamas terrorist who may have used a motorized glider to infiltrate the country.

71 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 11:53:12am

re: #62 BeachDem

Two thoughts:

1. Too bad this wasn’t spoken rather than printed, only to enjoy hearing Sarah try to pronounce “irreparable.”

2. For some reason, make me think of a scene from Disney’s Anastasia (Nicholas would be the GOP, Palin woud be Rasputin)

Czar Nicholas: How dare you return to the palace!

Rasputin: But, I am your confident.

Czar Nicholas: Confident? Ha! You are a traitor! Get out!

Rasputin: You think you can banish the great Rasputin? By the unholy powers vested in me, I banish you with a curse! Mark my words, you and your family will die within the fort night! I will not rest until I see the end of the Romanov line - forever!

I think it’s an apocryphal tale about Rasputin, but there’s a story that he indeed placed a curse on the Romanov family as he was dying that all of them would be dead within a year. That’s certainly part of Rasputin’s legend in folklore.

72 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 8, 2014 11:54:28am

re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg

Just wait until those Militia Morons mistake some well armed smugglers for “illegal immigrants”

Stuff like this makes me start thinking that the Machete movies are documentaries and not action flicks.
//

73 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 11:54:52am

re: #71 Dr Lizardo

I think it’s an apocryphal tale about Rasputin, but there’s a story that he indeed placed a curse on the Romanov family as he was dying that all of them would be dead within a year. That’s certainly part of Rasputin’s legend in folklore.

Along with the whole getting poisoned, shot, stabbed, castrated, beaten, and drowned. Man just would not take a hint.

74 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 11:55:06am

re:
#63

Through the Muslim Brotherhood, duh. /

75 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 11:58:04am
76 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 11:59:07am

Ummm. It’s already known that Snowden talked to Poitras & Greenwald before he went to work at the NSA through Booz Hamilton. And before that, he was already collecting docs when working at the NSA through Dell. So, yeah, Hillary is absolutely correct.

Spin, spin, spin your shit, GG.

77 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:01:38pm
78 dog philosopher  Jul 8, 2014 12:03:16pm

sarah palin has a leading role to play in the historical destiny of the tea party in destroying the power of the republican party

i’m eagerly awaiting the point that she disavows the republican party definitively, as she has been threatening, and starts her own party - one that will nominate her

79 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:03:33pm

Just as I wonder about the page i put up earlier about Palestinian rockets fired at Israeli cities, contemplating if one might be fired my way, rocket fire warning sirens in my city for the first time in literally EVER. Sigh.

80 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 12:03:58pm

re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg

Just wait until those Militia Morons mistake some well armed smugglers Border Patrol for “illegal immigrants”

81 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 12:04:04pm

re: #79 Archangelus

Rocket fire warning sirens in my city for the first time in literally EVER. Sigh.

Stay safe.

82 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 12:04:56pm

re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth

That is the purest example of Derp Face I’ve ever seen.

83 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 12:05:23pm

AP report showing outgoing rocket launch from densely populated area at 0:20

Youtube Video

IDF blowing up something
Youtube Video

84 Charles Johnson  Jul 8, 2014 12:06:18pm
85 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 12:06:45pm

re: #67 AntonSirius

(sung to the tune of Peaches by the Presidents of the United States of America)

Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Pleadin’ to the country,
Gonna demand O’s impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment

Impeachment sounds real fine,
We should do it all the time
For any ol’ thing
If I had my little way,
I’d impeach someone every day
Make them libruls run away

Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Pleadin’ to the country,
Gonna demand Hill’s impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment
Callin’ to the country,
Gonna campaign for impeachment

Take a little nap in my Reagan jammies
Boots gonna stomp all them Commies
And dreamed about you, Sarah,
I poked my finger down my throat
Impeached my supper, don’t need no vote
To tell that burrito to get lost, adios

Millions to impeach, impeach them for me
Millions to impeach, impeach them all please
Millions to impeach, impeach them for me
Millions to impeach, impeach them all please

I imagine there are those present who are not familiar with the tune.

Youtube Video

86 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:06:46pm

re: #81 Justanotherhuman

Stay safe.

Thanks! Workin’ on it :)

87 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 12:07:24pm

re: #79 Archangelus

Just as I wonder about the page i put up earlier about Palestinian rockets fired at Israeli cities, contemplating if one might be fired my way, rocket fire warning sirens in my city for the first time in literally EVER. Sigh.

Hopefully their stockpile of longer range rockets is small and will soon run out

88 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:07:55pm

re: #79 Archangelus

Iron Dome intercepted a second missile over Tel Aviv, and alert sirens are sounding through much of Central Israel.

Hamas is just begging for Israel to re-enter Gaza with this, and Fatah will be happy to see this development, since if Hamas is weaker, it strengthens Fatah’s hand.

89 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:10:13pm

re: #84 Charles Johnson

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but he’s an “award-winning journalist!!!11!!!”
:D

90 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 12:10:21pm

re: #85 wrenchwench

I imagine there are those present who are not familiar with the tune.

Dang whippersnappers better get off my lawn then

91 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:10:25pm

Well, sirens done for now, reports coming in that one fell into an open field a few kilometers from the city. All good, though neighbors still freaked out

92 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:11:37pm

Honestly, I’m more disturbed by how much i’m used to this kind of crap than the actual crap going on (parents flew here with the family just in time for front row seats to the First Gulf War - sirens sound exactly the same, right down to the pitch)

93 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:12:11pm
94 Ace-o-aces  Jul 8, 2014 12:12:58pm

re: #13 Kragar

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I’m pretty sure that’s just straight up murder.

95 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:13:07pm
96 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 12:13:24pm

re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That’s 80 yesterday and at least 80 today?

97 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:13:36pm

re: #87 Killgore Trout

Hopefully their stockpile of longer range rockets is small and will soon run out

Here’s hoping. They’re certainly not holding back as much as in the past, though I think it’s mostly cause they have exactly zero bargaining chips this time (having Gilad Shalit in captivity in an unknown location meant they had something to ensure their minimal security, which is not the case now)

98 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 8, 2014 12:14:11pm

re: #59 lawhawk

BWAHAHAHA

So the GOP is putting up .gop domains for sale. And let the mischief commence.

I love it.

99 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 12:14:27pm

re: #71 Dr Lizardo

I think it’s an apocryphal tale about Rasputin, but there’s a story that he indeed placed a curse on the Romanov family as he was dying that all of them would be dead within a year. That’s certainly part of Rasputin’s legend in folklore.

I just like picturing Sarah as a crazed Disney character, screaming, “Mark my words!”

100 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 12:15:55pm

The RWNJs are trying to poison the well as we speak…

Democrats Draft Bill to Override Contraception Ruling

nytimes.com

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats said Tuesday that they had developed legislation to override the Supreme Court decision on contraceptives. The bill would ensure that women have access to coverage for birth control even if they work for businesses that have religious objections.

(snip)

“House Democrats are developing a companion bill. But the legislation faces long odds in the House, which is controlled by Republicans. Speaker John A. Boehner described the Hobby Lobby decision last week as “a victory for religious freedom.”

(snip)

The First Amendment also protects religious liberties, but the Supreme Court decision was based on the justices’ reading of an act of Congress, not the Constitution, so lawmakers said that Congress could change the law. (my emphasis)
More

101 Ace-o-aces  Jul 8, 2014 12:16:22pm

re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth

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40 rockets and zero injuries? I hate to sound flippant, but Hamas must employee the worst rocket-builders ever.

102 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:16:34pm

re: #96 wrenchwench

That’s 80 yesterday and at least 80 today?

I lost count a long time ago. :(

103 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 8, 2014 12:16:44pm

re: #97 Archangelus

Here’s hoping. They’re certainly not holding back as much as in the past, though I think it’s mostly cause they have exactly zero bargaining chips this time (having Gilad Shalit in captivity in an unknown location meant they had something to ensure their minimal security, which is not the case now)

It’s a pointless action. Hamas may gain brief support in the wake of an Israeli raid or reoccupation, but the majority of Palestinians support a peaceful resolution to the situation.

104 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:18:28pm

re: #92 Archangelus

Stay safe. I’ve got a cousin near Jerusalem, and it’s worrisome to hear about barrage after barrage being fired into Israel from Gaza. Hamas leaders must realize that they’ve got nothing left to lose by sitting on their cache of weapons, so they’re going to use them or lose them against an IDF that’s likely learned the lessons of Cast Lead and the July War against Hizbullah.

105 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 12:18:39pm

Confirmed. Iron Dome intercepted 5 rockets over Jerusalem in last few minutes - @DanielGordis
see original on twitter.com

Hamas says it fired a rocket toward Haifa in northern Israel, in deepest such attack from Gaza Strip - @Reuters
End of alert

106 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 12:18:44pm

Wise words from a recidivist who knows.

107 Dark_Falcon  Jul 8, 2014 12:20:07pm

re: #97 Archangelus

Here’s hoping. They’re certainly not holding back as much as in the past, though I think it’s mostly cause they have exactly zero bargaining chips this time (having Gilad Shalit in captivity in an unknown location meant they had something to ensure their minimal security, which is not the case now)

And the fact is that this isn’t a rescue or disarming mission for Israel, not anyone. This is a blood hunt, and unless Hamas wants to surrender any of the men who had a role in the kidnapping and killing of those teenage boys that is currently has in its territory, then its just going to be very hard on Hamas.

Netanyahu has to show he can keep Israelis safe, and right now that means Hamas is in for a beat-down. They know it, so they’re firing the rockets while they still have them.

108 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:21:16pm

Quick questions: 1.) Do the Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza have sirens to warn them when danger is coming? 2.) Do they have bomb shelters they can go to? Please don’t make any assumptions about why I’m asking or throw a bunch of other stuff at me—it’s simply something that never occurred to me to ask about before, so a simple yes or no answer would be appreciated. TIA

109 b_sharp  Jul 8, 2014 12:21:27pm

re: #106 wrenchwench

Wise words from a recidivist who knows.

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WTF does that mean?

110 Charles Johnson  Jul 8, 2014 12:21:38pm

re: #107 Dark_Falcon

And it will work just as well as all the other “beat downs.”

111 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:22:32pm

re: #101 Ace-o-aces

Israel’s got Iron Dome in place for point protection of main Israeli population centers, plus those rockets are essentially unguided. They’re point and shoot (pray and shoot). Their guidance system is essentially the rails that are used to prop up the missiles for firing. If you know the range of the missile, you can approximate where the volley will land, but with a huge CEP.

It’s not like they’ve got inertial guidance systems and GPS aiming/targeting data to use. If they did, they certainly would have more success in hitting Israeli civilians. Moreover, Israelis are accustomed (at least closer to Gaza) to dealing with air raid warnings and the need to take shelter. Southern Israel is dotted with those kinds of shelters. Heck, Israel built indoor playgrounds for Israeli kids in towns like Sderot to make it safer for them to play and avoid being caught in the open where you’ve got all of 15 seconds to get to shelter.

112 Dark_Falcon  Jul 8, 2014 12:23:06pm

re: #101 Ace-o-aces

40 rockets and zero injuries? I hate to sound flippant, but Hamas must employee the worst rocket-builders ever.

Their rockets are inaccurate and most of the ones liable to do real damage are shot down by Iron Dome.

The timing actually works in Israel’s favor, since Iran has focused on aiding Assad in Syria and currently with Iraq. Hezbollah is similarly engaged in Syria, and not ready to launch a fight with Israel.

113 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 12:23:38pm

re: #97 Archangelus

Here’s hoping. They’re certainly not holding back as much as in the past, though I think it’s mostly cause they have exactly zero bargaining chips this time (having Gilad Shalit in captivity in an unknown location meant they had something to ensure their minimal security, which is not the case now)

Yeah, I also suspect Hamas is just going to launch everything it has as fast as possible to get rid of their missiles before the IDF destroys them. Hopefully Hamas will run out of rockets and IDF will run out of targets in a few weeks. Hopefully this will be short but it will just happen again in another year or two.

114 Bubblehead II  Jul 8, 2014 12:23:40pm

re: #108 CuriousLurker

Quick questions: 1.) Do the Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza have sirens to warn them when danger is coming? 2.) Do they have bomb shelters they can go to? Please don’t make any assumptions about why I’m asking or throw a bunch of other stuff at me—it’s simply something that never occurred to me to ask about before, so a simple yes or no answer is would be appreciated. TIA

I doubt that they have the means to detect incoming rounds or missiles. As for shelters. They probably do and they run for them at the first explosion.

115 CriticalDragon1177  Jul 8, 2014 12:23:46pm

re: #1 b.d.

SARAH PALIN SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR BE ON THE VIEW, EITHER ONE WOULD BE FINE

Well, if she actually did run for president, at least we know it would be entertaining.

116 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP  Jul 8, 2014 12:23:46pm

re: #91 Archangelus

Well, sirens done for now, reports coming in that one fell into an open field a few kilometers from the city. All good, though neighbors still freaked out

I’d be completely freaked out!

I had no idea we had any Lizards in Israel. Please stay safe.

117 Charles Johnson  Jul 8, 2014 12:23:48pm

Israel has to do something to try to stop this barrage of rockets, yes. But “beat downs” aren’t going to change anything. Everything will be right back to the status quo very shortly.

118 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 12:25:24pm

re: #109 b_sharp

WTF does that mean?

He’s gone to jail more than forty times, also been beaten, yet does not lose hope.

119 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:26:00pm

re: #114 Bubblehead II

I doubt that they have the means to detect incoming rounds or missiles. As for shelters. They probably do and they run for them at the first explosion.

You’re probably right about the first part. As for shelters, if they do have them I find it odd that I never hear about them.

120 Eventual Carrion  Jul 8, 2014 12:26:45pm

re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I am just NE of Youngstown over the PA line. We are catching a little of the bottom part of the storm, but it stayed pretty north of us. Thunder just started as I am typing this.

121 Dark_Falcon  Jul 8, 2014 12:27:19pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Israel has to do something to try to stop this barrage of rockets, yes. But “beat downs” aren’t going to change anything. Everything will be right back to the status quo very shortly.

They aren’t intended to change things substantially. There’s not really anything Israel can do to substantially change the situation in Gaza that would not involve massive Palestinian casualties (which I am not advocating, to be clear).

There’s no breakthrough likely anytime soon. All Israel can do is to guard itself, with occasional incursions and bombardments when Hamas gets too bold or too strong.

122 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 12:27:26pm

re: #108 CuriousLurker

Quick questions: 1.) Do the Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza have sirens to warn them when danger is coming? 2.) Do they have bomb shelters they can go to? Please don’t make any assumptions about why I’m asking or throw a bunch of other stuff at me—it’s simply something that never occurred to me to ask about before, so a simple yes or no answer is would be appreciated. TIA

I do remember from Cast Lead that before the Israelis destroy a residential house the IDF calls the house and neighbors on the telephone before hand. It seems an odd courtesy but it happens. I’m pretty sure there’s no warning given before hitting launch sites.
I don’t know about designated bomb shelters but people usually congregate at hospitals and UN buildings/schools as safe zones.

123 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 8, 2014 12:27:32pm

re: #59 lawhawk

lemonparty.gop

124 Bubblehead II  Jul 8, 2014 12:30:29pm

re: #119 CuriousLurker

You’re probably right about the first part. As for shelters, if they do have them I find it odd that I never hear about them.

Well if you are thinking of shelters like Israel builds for it’s population, they most likely don’t have them, Hamas, being Hamas. I was going more on the lines of self built family shelters that are probably nothing more than reenforced holes in the ground.

125 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:30:41pm

re: #108 CuriousLurker

Quick questions: 1.) Do the Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza have sirens to warn them when danger is coming? 2.) Do they have bomb shelters they can go to? Please don’t make any assumptions about why I’m asking or throw a bunch of other stuff at me—it’s simply something that never occurred to me to ask about before, so a simple yes or no answer is would be appreciated. TIA

The sirens operate in Israel, but if there are Palestinian towns adjacent/within earshot, they’re going to hear the Israeli warnings (Bethlehem will hear the sirens from Jerusalem for example). I don’t think the Palestinian civil defense (via the PA) has installed warning sirens.

Also, there’s no warnings when Palestinian rockets fall short and land inside Gaza itself (hitting fellow Palestinians in the process).

There are some bomb shelters in Palestinian controlled areas (both West Bank and Gaza) and some of those may date back to the 1940s/1950s, and others are probably leftovers from when Israel was in control of Gaza (though Hamas has built a multitude of tunnels for smuggling and protecting its own cache of weapons and key forces). Civilians are pretty much screwed in Gaza and have to hope for the best.

It’s largely up to the towns and individuals to build bomb shelters.

In Israel’s Sderot, it was foreign assistance that helped build some of the bomb shelters there. Israeli civil defense built some other shelters, and the Israeli authorities instructions are to get to the interior safe spots in a home.

126 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 12:30:46pm

Israel Defense Forces says it hit 50 ‘terror targets’ in Gaza Strip today, making a total of 200 since the beginning of operation - @IDFSpokesperson
see original on twitter.com

127 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 12:31:12pm

There’s a name for the warning: Roof knocking

Roof knocking is the practice of warning inhabitants of a building before it is bombed to give the inhabitants time to flee the attack.[1] The practice has been used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) before attacking buildings that they suspect contain weapons.[2][3][4] The term “roof knocking” (Hebrew: הקש בגג[5]) or “a knock on the roof” has also been used to describe the IDF practice of firing a non-explosive missile at a roof to get people there to leave.[6][7] As early as 2006 the IDF had the practice of warning the inhabitants of a building that was about to be attacked.[8]

128 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:31:14pm

re: #108 CuriousLurker

The answer for both is really “Kinda”. They can alert to the presence/arrival of forces (and the IDF often warns civilians in advance to get them to vacate areas), but they don’t have something sophisticated such as a siren system for alerting to missile launches like Israel has (which was built out of necessity due to having to sustain projectile fire for many years).
While there are shelters as well, it’s probably nowhere near an even distribution among the population and probably available the most to those in power and those who are rich. As usual, money and/or various ties play a part, and again it’s probably nowhere near the scope of what Israel has established over the years (where all apartment buildings are required by law to have a shelter and there are public shelter areas in every city).

129 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 12:31:46pm

Impeachment proceedings will further bog Congress down and cause Obama to issue even more executive orders, causing even more outrage. For Sarah, a win-win situation!

130 Justanotherhuman  Jul 8, 2014 12:32:13pm

re: #125 lawhawk

The sirens operate in Israel, but if there are Palestinian towns adjacent/within earshot, they’re going to hear the Israeli warnings (Bethlehem will hear the sirens from Jerusalem for example). I don’t think the Palestinian civil defense (via the PA) has installed warning sirens.

Also, there’s no warnings when Palestinian rockets fall short and land inside Gaza itself (hitting fellow Palestinians in the process).

There are some bomb shelters in Palestinian controlled areas (both West Bank and Gaza) and some of those may date back to the 1940s/1950s, and others are probably leftovers from when Israel was in control of Gaza (though Hamas has built a multitude of tunnels for smuggling and protecting its own cache of weapons and key forces). Civilians are pretty much screwed in Gaza and have to hope for the best.

It’s largely up to the towns and individuals to build bomb shelters.

In Israel’s Sderot, it was foreign assistance that helped build some of the bomb shelters there. Israeli civil defense built some other shelters, and the Israeli authorities instructions are to get to the interior safe spots in a home.

I would think there are a lot of “safe rooms” built into many houses in Israel.

131 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:32:18pm

re: #122 Killgore Trout

I do remember from Cast Lead that before the Israelis destroy a residential house the IDF calls the house and neighbors on the telephone before hand. It seems an odd courtesy but it happens.

How long before hand? Do they call every single time (if it’s residential)?

I’m pretty sure there’s no warning given before hitting launch sites.

Um, yeah, obviously.

I don’t know about designated bomb shelters but people usually congregate at hospitals and UN buildings/schools as safe zones.

That’s not the same thing as a reinforced bomb shelter, is it? I guess I’m going to have to research that myself to get a definitive answer.

132 aagcobb  Jul 8, 2014 12:32:30pm

re: #78 dog philosopher

sarah palin has a leading role to play in the historical destiny of the tea party in destroying the power of the republican party

i’m eagerly awaiting the point that she disavows the republican party definitively, as she has been threatening, and starts her own party - one that will nominate her

She won’t do that; it would require far more effort than this grifter is willing to put into anything.

133 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 12:34:53pm

re: #131 CuriousLurker

According to the link at 127 they give 10-15 minutes warning

134 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:34:59pm

re: #125 lawhawk

Thanks. I’ll look into it further on my own and see what I can find out.

Gotta get back to work now. Later, lizards.

135 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 12:35:39pm

re: #132 aagcobb

She won’t do that; it would require for more effort than this grifter is willing to put into anything.

But lordy…..think of the money that would come rolling it! The ultimate swindle: The Mama Grizzly Party.

And speaking of swindle, I just have to share one of my all-time favorite songs with the word “swindle” in it - The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle. And caution - it’s probably NSFW and has some strong language.

Youtube Video

136 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:36:14pm

re: #133 Killgore Trout

According to the link at 127 they give 10-15 minutes warning

Thanks, I’ll check Wikipedia’s sources on that.

137 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:37:20pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Israel has to do something to try to stop this barrage of rockets, yes. But “beat downs” aren’t going to change anything. Everything will be right back to the status quo very shortly.

Worst case scenario is we’ll get a repeat of Cast Lead. Israel will trade volleys with Hamas for a few weeks, Israel will kill a bunch of Hamas operatives and some civilians. Hamas will claim Israel engaged in genocide; the media will inevitably report the claims as true, and weeks later the reality will be that 80%+ of those killed were Hamas operatives. Greenwald will call for war crimes against Israel, even though every country has a right to defend itself from terrorism and armed attacks (Russia wouldn’t stop at a Cast Lead type operation, but go for the Hama rules flatten the territory and claim they were invited in by rebel forces to liberate them from foreign operatives).

Cast Lead bought a couple years of quiet (mostly while Hamas rebuilt its inventory of rockets/missiles).

Now, Hamas has longer range rockets and missiles, that while they aren’t guided, are posing a threat to the heart of Israel’s population centers. That’s going to require the Israeli government to respond.

But how do you respond against an entrenched enemy that cowers and hides behind civilians with the intention of maximizing civilian casualties. That’s the dilemma that Israel faces once again.

138 Khal Wimpo  Jul 8, 2014 12:38:27pm

It will be interesting to see if the midterm elections go as predicted. The GOP would then have the majority they need in the Senate to seal a conviction on whatever trumped-up charges the House brings.

Which wouldn’t be enough for the commenters having the hate-gasms shown above, of course. Nothing will do but an old-school lynching, just the way they all fantasize about doing (viz: the “separate the head from the body” type comments). Still, impeachment would completely sidetrack the government for a couple of years, and probably blow up the economy again, but the ratings for Fox and Limbaugh would be through the roof!

139 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 12:39:57pm

re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth

Impeaching is like quitting, right?

Heh. That’s the image I used for Sarah as the peach pit!

She looks real goofy in that one.

140 Eventual Carrion  Jul 8, 2014 12:39:58pm

re: #94 Ace-o-aces

I’m pretty sure that’s just straight up murder.

Should some good guys with guns go do something about stopping murder? Isn’t that what the gun nuts say

141 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:42:40pm

re: #139 ObserverArt

Heh. That’s the image I used for Sarah as the peach pit!

She looks real goofy in that one.

She ALWAYS looks goofy these days.

142 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 12:42:49pm

re: #138 Khal Wimpo

It will be interesting to see if the midterm elections go as predicted. The GOP would then have the majority they need in the Senate to seal a conviction on whatever trumped-up charges the House brings.

Which wouldn’t be enough for the commenters having the hate-gasms shown above, of course. Nothing will do but an old-school lynching, just the way they all fantasize about doing (viz: the “separate the head from the body” type comments). Still, impeachment would completely sidetrack the government for a couple of years, and probably blow up the economy again, but the ratings for Fox and Limbaugh would be through the roof!

A conviction vote requires 2/3 of the Senate, i.e. 67 votes. No matter how well the election goes for them in November, the GOP is in no danger of securing 67 seats. Even in the best case scenario, they might win 53-54 seats, but that still leaves them trying to convince 13 Democrats to join them in convicting the first black president on trumped-up charges.

143 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:43:28pm

re: #131 CuriousLurker

I don’t know about designated bomb shelters but people usually congregate at hospitals and UN buildings/schools as safe zones.

One notorious event during Cast Lead involved terrorists firing from a position adjacent to a UN building/school, and the IAF/IDF fired on the position. Israeli gun camera footage caught the incident, but not before the Palestinians claimed that the Israelis fired on civilians at a school.

Also, many buildings in Israel are built out of reinforced concrete. Israeli building codes have been revised to require safe rooms in new construction. Older structures would require retrofitting.

144 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:43:31pm

re: #128 Archangelus

The answer for both is really “Kinda”. They can alert to the presence/arrival of forces (and the IDF often warns civilians in advance to get them to vacate areas), but they don’t have something sophisticated such as a siren system for alerting to missile launches like Israel has (which was built out of necessity due to having to sustain projectile fire for many years).
While there are shelters as well, it’s probably nowhere near an even distribution among the population and probably available the most to those in power and those who are rich. As usual, money and/or various ties play a part, and again it’s probably nowhere near the scope of what Israel has established over the years (where all apartment buildings are required by law to have a shelter and there are public shelter areas in every city).

Oops, sorry—I totally missed your response until just now when I got the email about it. Thanks for the info.

145 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:43:48pm

re: #130 Justanotherhuman

I would think there are a lot of “safe rooms” built into many houses in Israel.

Private houses are required to have safe rooms (designated “Mamad”/ממ”ד, which is short for ‘Residential Safe Space’ in Hebrew), and construction nowadays will not be approved without one.
For apartment buildings, an underground shelter is required, though those are often in a really crummy state.

146 b_sharp  Jul 8, 2014 12:44:56pm

re: #142 Targetpractice

A conviction vote requires 2/3 of the Senate, i.e. 67 votes. No matter how well the election goes for them in November, the GOP is in no danger of securing 67 seats. Even in the best case scenario, they might win 53-54 seats, but that still leaves them trying to convince 13 Democrats to join them in convicting the first black president on trumped-up charges.

It’s all about appearances.

147 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 12:45:10pm

Hunter over at KOS has a wonderful take on Palin’s screed.

dailykos.com

The whole thing is quotable, but here are a few of my favorite lines:

I am a personal fan of the mixed metaphor—as I always say, you can lead a horse to water, but a stopped camel will still be right twice a day—but a national border to straw-backed battered wife comparison is less a metaphor than a failed attempt at refrigerator magnet poetry.

STOP SAYING WORDS. Dear God, just stop. It’s like a dog ate a copy of Atlas Shrugged and the conservative welfare circuit vowed to print whatever ended up on the lawn the next day.

I couldn’t adequately mark your words if I had a case of Sharpies and all the time in the world…

Her cookie-cutter wisdom, little bits and phrases taken from movement fortune cookies and stirred together into an incongruous word mulch…

She is the painted clown at the entrance to the great conservative roller coaster, the one that grins and points out a finger and says you must be no smarter than this to enter.

148 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 12:45:20pm

Here’s the obligatory inaccurate images thing
BBC: Are #GazaUnderAttack images accurate?

149 blueraven  Jul 8, 2014 12:46:43pm

re: #138 Khal Wimpo

It will be interesting to see if the midterm elections go as predicted. The GOP would then have the majority they need in the Senate to seal a conviction on whatever trumped-up charges the House brings.

Which wouldn’t be enough for the commenters having the hate-gasms shown above, of course. Nothing will do but an old-school lynching, just the way they all fantasize about doing (viz: the “separate the head from the body” type comments). Still, impeachment would completely sidetrack the government for a couple of years, and probably blow up the economy again, but the ratings for Fox and Limbaugh would be through the roof!

The Senate needs a 2/3 majority vote to convict and remove POTUS from office. They will never get that.

150 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 8, 2014 12:47:20pm

re: #137 lawhawk

But how do you respond against an entrenched enemy that cowers and hides behind civilians with the intention of maximizing civilian casualties. That’s the dilemma that Israel faces once again.

A fishing buddy of mine was in Somalia as part of a mortar company in the Marines. He said the worst part was not knowing just who the hell to shoot at because there were no uniforms and everyone had guns. He told me about going to the latrine at night and snipers taking pot shots with AK’s from the hills. I can imagine that Israel and the IDF go through similar situations.

151 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 12:47:40pm

hahaha:

Drudge’s online poll:

SHOULD REPUBLICANS IMPEACH OBAMA?

YES 69.55%

152 EPR-radar  Jul 8, 2014 12:47:41pm

re: #142 Targetpractice

A conviction vote requires 2/3 of the Senate, i.e. 67 votes. No matter how well the election goes for them in November, the GOP is in no danger of securing 67 seats. Even in the best case scenario, they might win 53-54 seats, but that still leaves them trying to convince 13 Democrats to join them in convicting the first black president on trumped-up charges.

If the GOP gets control of the Senate this year, I think a doomed impeachment attempt is inevitable. The GOP is like the scorpion in the old tale of the Scorpion and the Frog, and certain kinds of self-defeating stupidity are simply unavoidable.

153 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 12:48:06pm

‘I’m not defensive’ is kind of like onomatopoeia.

Or maybe the opposite of onomatopoeia.

154 Tigger2  Jul 8, 2014 12:49:02pm

This one almost made me piss my pants laughing.

After the Communist Child-in-Chief is finished destroying as much of this nation as he can… We are going to need someone with true intelligence, good judgement, and who knows how to clean up behind messy children!

In Other Words… America Needs Sarah Palin as our Next President!!!

155 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:50:12pm

re: #154 Tigger2

This one almost made me piss my pants laughing.

After the Communist Child-in-Chief is finished destroying as much of this nation as he can… We are going to need someone with true intelligence, good judgement, and who knows how to clean up behind messy children!

In Other Words… America Needs Sarah Palin as our Next President!!!

Saw that while drinking… well, was planning on switching keyboards anyway.. :D

156 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 8, 2014 12:50:15pm

re: #152 EPR-radar

If the GOP gets control of the Senate this year, I think a doomed impeachment attempt is inevitable. The GOP is like the scorpion in the old tale of the Scorpion and the Frog, and certain kinds of self-defeating stupidity are simply unavoidable.

Step 1) IMPEACHMENT!

Step 2) ….

Step 3) Majority!

157 EPR-radar  Jul 8, 2014 12:50:41pm

re: #154 Tigger2

This one almost made me piss my pants laughing.

After the Communist Child-in-Chief is finished destroying as much of this nation as he can… We are going to need someone with true intelligence, good judgement, and who knows how to clean up behind messy children!

In Other Words… America Needs Sarah Palin as our Next President!!!

Wingnuts really are good at projection, aren’t they? It’s pretty much their only talent.

158 aagcobb  Jul 8, 2014 12:51:13pm

re: #138 Khal Wimpo

It will be interesting to see if the midterm elections go as predicted. The GOP would then have the majority they need in the Senate to seal a conviction on whatever trumped-up charges the House brings.

Which wouldn’t be enough for the commenters having the hate-gasms shown above, of course. Nothing will do but an old-school lynching, just the way they all fantasize about doing (viz: the “separate the head from the body” type comments). Still, impeachment would completely sidetrack the government for a couple of years, and probably blow up the economy again, but the ratings for Fox and Limbaugh would be through the roof!

Actually you need 67 votes in the Senate to convict the President.

159 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:51:53pm
160 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 12:52:43pm

re: #158 aagcobb

Actually you need 67 votes in the Senate to convict the President.

Exactly. And my gut instinct is telling me that the Democrats will retain the Senate.

161 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:53:25pm

Hamas claims that they’ve hit Israel with a bunch of Grad missiles, and 4 of the larger M-75s.

That latter missile is claimed to be home-grown, but until we see remnants of the missiles in IDF hands, it’s more likely that they’re actually variants of the Iranian Fajr-5 (or are Fajr-5). And if that’s the case, then it’s once again exposing Iran’s involvement in exporting terror and mayhem to gloss over its own failings domestically (and to try and regain some of the luster as ISIS gives Assad a pounding and hits at Shi’a across Iraq).

162 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 12:53:32pm

re:
#153

I’m not defensive at all and NO IM NOT A LOWLY BLOGGER I IS AWARD JOURNALISTS!!!!111

163 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 12:54:52pm

re: #153 wrenchwench

‘I’m not defensive’ is kind of like onomatopoeia.

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Who is this dude again?

Didn’t he just materialize out of thin air a week ago?

He strikes me as a less professional version of James O’Keefe?

164 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 12:54:57pm

re: #160 Dr Lizardo

Exactly. And my gut instinct is telling me that the Democrats will retain the Senate.

The longer the GOP civil war goes on, the more convinced I become that their “big win” in November will be very underwhelming, if not outright denied to them yet again. It helps to remember that even in ‘10, when the odds were in their favor, they still failed to take the brass ring.

165 aagcobb  Jul 8, 2014 12:55:24pm

re: #160 Dr Lizardo

Exactly. And my gut instinct is telling me that the Democrats will retain the Senate.

I hope so. McDaniel, God Bless Him, is doing everything he can to elect Travis Childers from Mississippi, and McConnell is in real danger in Kentucky. It all depends upon turnout If the economy keeps churning out jobs like it has been the last few months, that could help as well.

166 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:55:35pm

re: #143 lawhawk

One notorious event during Cast Lead involved terrorists firing from a position adjacent to a UN building/school, and the IAF/IDF fired on the position. Israeli gun camera footage caught the incident, but not before the Palestinians claimed that the Israelis fired on civilians at a school.

Also, many buildings in Israel are built out of reinforced concrete. Israeli building codes have been revised to require safe rooms in new construction. Older structures would require retrofitting.

You say “the Palestinians” made a claim—which Palestinians ? The terrorists? The authorities? Civilians?

I can see terrorists being assholes & lying. I can see politicians & other corrupt authority figures doing it, but I have a hard time believing that every single Palestinian civilian is totally cool with themselves and their families being used as cover for terrorists and possibly becoming “collateral damage”.

167 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 12:56:23pm

re:
#163

Wait, he’s talking about Senator Menendez now? What about the Cochran scoop? Or has that already blown away?

/

168 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 12:56:53pm

re: #150 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

A closer analogy may be Gaza as an urban Cu Chi. Hamas has dug in and built all kinds of tunnels and bunkers (along the lines of what Hizbullah did in Southern Lebanon). A ground operation against Gaza would mean facing a significant military force hiding behind civilians and firing from entrenched positions where civilian casualties are maximized for effect. Not only would those civilians be in harm’s way from Israeli actions, but Hamas has shown a willingness to kill Palestinians for the cause (missiles falling short, wildly firing, and purposefully killing those it suspects of being collaborators).

169 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 12:57:08pm

re: #153 wrenchwench

Is ChuckC’s new twitpic supposed to make him look like a badass? Protip—it’s not working. (although the scruffy beard does hide some of his very punchable face.)

170 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 12:57:09pm

re: #161 lawhawk

Almost definitely Fajr-5s (and i’m not thinking locally produced variants, as those tend to be far less effective and local production is a whole topic of its own), and sadly nothing new there as well - they’ve had them, and Iranian assistance, for a long while now…

171 Dark_Falcon  Jul 8, 2014 12:57:17pm

re: #161 lawhawk

Speaking of Iraq, the Russians have been busy:

Iraq receives first Mi-28NE attack helos alongside additional Mi-35Ms

Iraq has taken delivery of its first batch of Mil Mi-28NE ‘Havoc’ (Night Hunter) attack helicopters, as well as additional Mil Mi-35M ‘Hind’ assault helicopters, Russian state media announced on 2 July.

The first three Mi-28NE helicopters and four new Mi-35M helicopters arrived in-country aboard Antonov An-124 ‘Condor’ transport aircraft, a military-diplomatic source reportedly told the ITAR-TASS news agency.

The report continued that all the helicopters had been delivered in a combat configuration, and were fully night-vision capable. According to Rostvertol figures recently seen by IHS Jane’s , the Iraqi Army Aviation Command, which is part of the Iraqi Army and operates all the country’s military helicopters, is set to receive a final total of 15 Mi-28NEs and 28 Mi-35Ms. Four of the latter are already in service.

The Mi-28N/Mi-28NE is an all-weather day-and-night anti-armour and anti-personnel attack platform that has only recently entered service with the Russian armed forces.

The night combat capability is quite important, as it means the ‘Islamic State’ will find its ability to make large scale movements at night greatly curtailed.

172 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 12:57:47pm

re: #167 Bulworth

re:
#163

Wait, he’s talking about Senator Menendez now? What about the Cochran scoop? Or has that already blown away?

/

Its been a week since he posted his article where he stated he paid the guy for the story and then nothing.

173 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 12:58:08pm

re: #163 b.d.

Who is this dude again?

Didn’t he just materialize out of thin air a week ago?

He strikes me as a less professional version of James O’Keefe?

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He is a Crazed right wing hatchet man.

174 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 12:59:13pm

Reposting from this morning because it’s still making me laugh:

175 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 12:59:28pm

re: #148 Killgore Trout

Here’s the obligatory inaccurate images thing
BBC: Are #GazaUnderAttack images accurate?

That’s pretty standard for conflicts nowadays. Same thing happened in the Ukraine. Hell, it’s not even just conflicts—how many inaccurate and/or ‘shopped images do you see here every day? VB posts tweets with them all day every day. All the misinformation & disinformation sucks.

176 lawhawk  Jul 8, 2014 1:00:09pm

re: #166 CuriousLurker

Here’s the wiki on the incident I’m referring to. Hamas and UN officials claiming that Israel purposefully targeted the facility. IDF claiming otherwise. Hamas and UN officials claiming high number of civilian casualties. IDF indicating most were Hamas.

177 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 1:00:50pm

re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth

Reporting from this morning because it’s still making me laugh:

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Possibly more to come!

178 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 1:01:23pm

So, feline overlord taken to the vet hospital today has an intestinal blockage. Just spoke to surgeon and they’re going to do the surgery now.

Just another quiet week in the house of feline overlords. /

179 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 1:01:56pm

re: #178 Bulworth

So, feline overlord taken to the vet hospital today has an intestinal blockage. Just spoke to surgeon and they’re going to do the surgery now.

Just another quiet week in the house of feline overlords. /

Are your FOs elderly?

180 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 1:01:59pm
181 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 1:03:19pm

Oh good.

182 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 1:03:44pm

re: #176 lawhawk

Here’s the wiki on the incident I’m referring to. Hamas and UN officials claiming that Israel purposefully targeted the facility. IDF claiming otherwise. Hamas and UN officials claiming high number of civilian casualties. IDF indicating most were Hamas.

So terrorists lying and probably duping UN officials stupid enough to believe them. Imagine my surprise. // Thanks.

183 Romantic Heretic  Jul 8, 2014 1:04:09pm

re: #21 Bulworth

re:
#11

Use the googles I don’t have time to do all your research for U!!!!11

I had someone pull that on me recently over at Facebook. I wouldn’t find the ‘moderate Muslims’ who don’t speak out against some action a bunch of hillbillies in Pakistan did.

That means every Muslim everywhere for all time is evil!

So I just posted this at her and she defended me. No great loss.

184 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 1:04:47pm

re:
#179

Two are in the 14-15 range. Other three are younger than 10.

The one being operated on for blockage is about 8.

The 14-yo is getting thyroid treatment this week.

The 15-yo I’ve had for almost 13 years and I’ve barely spent a dime on for vet care. The others…..

185 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:05:36pm
186 dog philosopher  Jul 8, 2014 1:05:41pm

re: #164 Targetpractice

The longer the GOP civil war goes on, the more convinced I become that their “big win” in November will be very underwhelming, if not outright denied to them yet again. It helps to remember that even in ‘10, when the odds were in their favor, they still failed to take the brass ring.

one analysis i read proposed that republicans took a number of marginal districts in 2010 and are basically max’ed out, so their potential for expansion is limited

the senate is always more unpredictable than the house, however

187 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 1:05:49pm

re: #124 Bubblehead II

Well if you are thinking of shelters like Israel builds for it’s population, they most likely don’t have them, Hamas, being Hamas. I was going more on the lines of self built family shelters that are probably nothing more than reenforced holes in the ground.

Ah, I see. A reinforced hole in the ground isn’t much.

188 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 1:07:28pm

In case of missile siren…

#4 seems to be the one that gets done the most, judging by amusing comments on FB…

189 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 1:07:46pm

re: #166 CuriousLurker

You say “the Palestinians” made a claim—which Palestinians ? The terrorists? The authorities? Civilians?

I can see terrorists being assholes & lying. I can see politicians & other corrupt authority figures doing it, but I have a hard time believing that every single Palestinian civilian is totally cool with themselves and their families being used as cover for terrorists and possibly becoming “collateral damage”.

Palestinian response

Fauzi Barhoun, a Hamas spokesman, said allegations that militants had used the school to attack Israeli forces were baseless.[16] Abdel Minaim Hasan who lost his eldest daughter, Lina, 11, wept by her body wrapped in a Hamas flag. The New York Times reported that he cried out: “From now on I am Hamas! … I choose resistance!” He also cursed the Arab nation, shouting, “The Arabs are doing nothing to protect us!”[20] Huda Deed who lost nine members of her extended family, ages 3 to 25, was also weeping and standing before the bodies of the dead remarked, “Look, they’ve lined them up like a ruler!” When asked for an interview by Al-Aqsa TV, the Hamas channel, she refused.[20] Mushir al-Masri, a senior Hamas official who emerged from hiding to attend the funeral, commended the dead and called them martyrs. According to the New York Times, some parents greeted him by shaking his hand while others stared at him coldly.[20]

Civilian opinion was a bit mixed but there’s no telling what people really think. They do live under the rule of a terrorist organization and tolerance for dissent is limited.

190 Romantic Heretic  Jul 8, 2014 1:08:19pm

re: #26 Gus

That dirtbag. Your wife isn’t property.

Dirtbag.

191 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 1:10:34pm

Now that I think about it: the safest places from bombs is Gaza are probably appropriated by Hamas and other for bomb storage. I would guess any civilian bomb protection is immediately appropriated for military use.

192 aagcobb  Jul 8, 2014 1:10:45pm

re: #186 dog philosopher

one analysis i read proposed that republicans took a number of marginal districts in 2010 and are basically max’ed out, so their potential for expansion is limited

the senate is always more unpredictable than the house, however

Unfortunately there are a lot of Senate Democrats elected with Obama in 2008 who are up in states Romney won, so they are very vulnerable. However even if the GOP wins the Senate, the Democrats have a good shot at winning it back in 2016.

193 Romantic Heretic  Jul 8, 2014 1:10:53pm

re: #31 Lidane

MOAR WORD SALAD:

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Damn it! Busted.

I told Obama Ben Carson was too smart for us and we should not communicate so much.

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194 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 1:12:45pm

It’s raining now, so my internet connection will be intermittent.

/it’s not like that everywhere?

195 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:13:19pm

re: #169 BeachDem

Is ChuckC’s new twitpic supposed to make him look like a badass? Protip—it’s not working. (although the scruffy beard does hide some of his very punchable face.)

Heh. I noticed that earlier this morning in the thread downstairs. I figured he’d be working on a full Duck DieNasty biblical length beard to be really accepted.

196 Bubblehead II  Jul 8, 2014 1:14:16pm

re: #187 CuriousLurker

Ah, I see. A reinforced hole in the ground isn’t much.

True, but it is better than nothing and will protect against almost everything other than a direct hit.

197 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:16:55pm

re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Somehow all that passed right on by Columbus. This morning it looked like we were right in the path of it all. It has since gotten rather windy and cooled off.

Weather is strange.

198 Romantic Heretic  Jul 8, 2014 1:17:26pm

re: #80 wrenchwench

In their minds there’s no difference. Government agents? Brown people? Same thing. Kill ‘em!

199 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:17:45pm

Commies.

Its just like Germany in ‘33.

200 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 1:18:19pm

re: #192 aagcobb

Unfortunately there are a lot of Senate Democrats elected with Obama in 2008 who are up in states Romney won, so they are very vulnerable. However even if the GOP wins the Senate, the Democrats have a good shot at winning it back in 2016.

What we really need is to take back the House… I know, seems like a long shot what with all the damn doom and gloom being projected before the races even start, but hey, a man can dream can’t he?

201 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 1:18:42pm

LAFF ALL U WANT BUT THE WORLD IS KNOCKING DOWN MY TRAILER DOOR TO SEE MY NEKKID PIX OF MENENDEZ!!!

202 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 1:20:00pm

OMG, Germany leading against Brazil. If the Germans get the first goal, they are hard to beat.

203 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:20:16pm

re: #185 Kragar

Bryan Fischer @BryanJFischer
If strong on immigration, Gov. Perry could win the White House:

One of these days ol’ Bryan is going to have to get a look at the world outside his colon.

Rick Perry is not well liked by America. Hell, he may not be well liked by the powers in his own party.

204 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 1:21:08pm

re: #189 Killgore Trout

Palestinian response

Civilian opinion was a bit mixed but there’s no telling what people really think. They do live under the rule of a terrorist organization and tolerance for dissent is limited.

My point exactly. The thing is, all I ever hear is “the Palestinians”, like they’re just one big indistinguishable group and it leaves a negative impression about all of them. Even the Wiki page you linked to uses the heading “Palestinian response” instead of “Hamas response”, which would have been more accurate, IMO.

As for the words of the man who lost his 11-year-old daughter and the woman who lost 9 members of her extended family, I wouldn’t consider whatever they said in their grief & anger to be anything other than exactly that—words uttered in the fog of grief & anger.

205 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:21:11pm
206 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 1:21:24pm

re: #203 ObserverArt

One of these days ol’ Bryan is going to have to get a look at the world outside his colon.

Rick Perry is not well liked by America. Hell, he may not be well liked by the powers in his own party.

I really thought he was gonna walk in and take the nomination in 2012 with his message of Family Values, Low Taxes and reduced regulation, but he was too much of a goombah to formulate it coherently.

207 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 1:21:30pm

re: #192 aagcobb

Unfortunately there are a lot of Senate Democrats elected with Obama in 2008 who are up in states Romney won, so they are very vulnerable. However even if the GOP wins the Senate, the Democrats have a good shot at winning it back in 2016.

Democrats who won with Obama in ‘08 are up for reelection this year, but the whole Class of ‘10 is up for reelection in 2016.

208 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 1:21:46pm

re: #205 Kragar

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a cunning plan

209 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 1:21:56pm

re: #205 Kragar

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Is it a cunning plan?

210 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 1:22:11pm

re: #196 Bubblehead II

True, but it is better than nothing and will protect against almost everything other than a direct hit.

I wouldn’t want to test out that theory against modern weapons.

211 Targetpractice  Jul 8, 2014 1:22:39pm

re: #206 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I really thought he was gonna walk in and take the nomination in 2012 with his message of Family Values, Low Taxes and reduced regulation, but he was too much of a goombah to formulate it coherently.

Goodhair does great when he’s scripted. When he’s off-script, he tends to fall apart pretty quickly.

212 Stanley Sea  Jul 8, 2014 1:23:34pm

Germany is goood.

213 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 1:24:10pm

2:0. Gonna take a lot for Brazil to pull this baby out now with two of their best players out.

214 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 1:24:28pm

re: #209 Targetpractice

Is it a cunning plan?

For a cunning plan, you’d need Edmund Blackadder himself.

Youtube Video

215 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:25:00pm

re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

2:0. Gonna take a lot for Brazil to pull this baby out now with two of their best players out.

Now 3 - 0. Wow.

216 Stanley Sea  Jul 8, 2014 1:25:31pm

OMG.

217 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 1:25:33pm

Okay, I’ve got some coding to do so I’m out.

Thanks for the info, everyone.

218 Romantic Heretic  Jul 8, 2014 1:25:53pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Israel has to do something to try to stop this barrage of rockets, yes. But “beat downs” aren’t going to change anything. Everything will be right back to the status quo very shortly.

Especially since, from my understanding, such ‘beat downs’ kill more bystanders then Hamas operatives all it does is embitter a lot of Palestinians and swell Hamas’s ranks in addition to gaining more financial support from those inside and outside Gaza.

A little bit of commentary from an edition of Sun Tzu’s Art of War that I believe is germane.

To further strengthen his people’s resolve, General Tian Di sent spies into the camp of the Yan army to spread rumors that the people of the city would definitely surrender in fear if only the Yan soldiers were to “cut off the noses” of any captured Qi soldiers and also “dig up the graves of buried Qi ancestors”.

The new Yan army general fell for these lies and ordered his soldiers to do these exact things. As General Tian Di anticipated, these actions of savagery and desecration of the tombs so infuriated his troops and the residents of the city that they resolved to fight on at all costs.

219 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 1:25:55pm

4-0 for Germany! What!!!! That’s 3 goals in 3 minutes!!! And we’re only 25 minutes into the game!!! :O

220 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 1:26:04pm

re: #215 ObserverArt

Now 3 - 0. Wow.

Starting to look like a football game

221 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 1:28:15pm

re: #219 Archangelus

4-0 for Germany! What!!!!

I think right about now, the Germans are feeling pretty good.

And the Brazilians are on the edge of a complete nervous breakdown.

222 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 1:29:27pm

re: #221 Dr Lizardo

We’re not 30 minutes into the game, and i can already foresee that therapists across Brazil will be fully booked for the foreseeable future as of tomorrow morning…

223 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 1:29:44pm

And a fifth goal just now!!!! Holy ****!!!!

224 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:30:12pm

re: #200 Archangelus

What we really need is to take back the House… I know, seems like a long shot what with all the damn doom and gloom being projected before the races even start, but hey, a man can dream can’t he?

I still believe all bets are off. I get the feeling a lot of this election will be like the last two…a vote the bums out kind of thing. That can be bad for both parties…but that 13% congressional poll rating has to mean that some congress critters are vulnerable even in their own districts.

Now it is 5 - 0 Germany. Is there a mercy rule in World Cup Soccer?

225 Varek Raith  Jul 8, 2014 1:30:20pm

WTF Brazil???

226 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 1:31:37pm

5-Nil? Que porra é essa????

227 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 1:32:50pm

re: #222 Archangelus

Oh yeah.

228 b_sharp  Jul 8, 2014 1:32:53pm

You commies are watching soccer again I see.

229 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 1:34:14pm

re: #228 b_sharp

You commies are watching soccer again I see.

I am suddenly attracted by the sight of wiry, sweaty men…I want to give them free medical care…OMG!!! I have been soccerfied!!!

230 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:34:27pm

re: #228 b_sharp

You commies are watching soccer again I see.

Watch it, that’s liberal commie!

231 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 1:35:10pm

re: #205 Kragar

Made me think more of

Youtube Video

232 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 1:35:20pm

re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

OMG, Germany leading against Brazil. If the Germans get the first goal, they are hard to beat.

Or the first half-dozen or so

Brazil was in trouble with Neymar and Thiago Silva both out for this game, but I wasn’t expecting this

233 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:35:25pm

re: #228 b_sharp

You commies are watching soccer again I see.

Needs more crew served weapons

234 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 1:36:38pm

Charles C. Johnson @ChuckCJohnson

Relax, Brazil fans, I’ve got a plan.

235 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 1:36:51pm

re: #232 AntonSirius

Or the first half-dozen or so

Brazil was in trouble with Neymar and Thiago Silva both out for this game, but I wasn’t expecting this

Same here. This has all the makings of a rout.

236 b_sharp  Jul 8, 2014 1:37:49pm

Brazil is just letting Germany think they’re winning.

237 Romantic Heretic  Jul 8, 2014 1:38:11pm

re: #183 Romantic Heretic

she defended defriended me. No great loss.

Damn you, autocorrect.

238 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:38:35pm

Check out the Google graphic currently up.

Two VW Beetles facing each other as the “OO” and flipping a soccer ball back and forth with their front truck lids.

Now, some may ask…is it wrong to use a Beetle for Brazil? And that answer would be no…VW manufactured and sold them in Brazil until just a few years ago. It is a beloved little car in Brazil. Brazil probably built more for S. America than Germany cranked out.

239 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 1:38:48pm

re: #236 b_sharp

Brazil is just letting Germany think they’re winning.

You mean like the Russians did in 1941?

240 Jolo5309  Jul 8, 2014 1:39:00pm

re: #228 b_sharp

You commies are watching soccer again I see.

Are you more of a Marxist Leninist or some other kind of commie?

241 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 1:39:38pm

Has someone let Brazil know they’re playing a World Cup semifinal match?

WTF. This is embarrassing.

242 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 1:41:05pm

The World Cup was Obama’s invention from Lenin that he made to destroy U.S. economy.
/

243 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:41:31pm
244 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 8, 2014 1:41:34pm

re: #9 Lidane

Just once I’d like these dipshits to explain to me exactly which laws POTUS has supposedly broken.

ALL OF THEM!!!!!!

245 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 1:42:14pm

THIS IS A COORDINATED DISTRATION OCHESTRATED BY THE CIA TO DISTRACT THE GERMAN PEOPLE FROM THE CIA SPYING SCANDAL!

246 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:42:38pm

re: #244 Pie-onist Overlord

ALL OF THEM!!!!!!

“Whites only”

247 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 1:42:42pm
248 ObserverArt  Jul 8, 2014 1:43:24pm

re: #244 Pie-onist Overlord

ALL OF THEM!!!!!!

Black President with the middle name of Hussein does it too.

249 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 1:44:01pm

re: #242 Bulworth

The World Cup was Obama’s invention from Lenin that he made to destroy U.S. economy.
/

And Wimbledon was created by Queen Elizabeth to launder her drug money. Lyndon LaRouche told me that.

250 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 1:44:23pm
251 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 8, 2014 1:44:37pm

re: #73 Targetpractice

Along with the whole getting poisoned, shot, stabbed, castrated, beaten, and drowned. Man just would not take a hint.

Rasputin makes “Machete” look like a wimp.

RBS

252 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:45:24pm
253 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 8, 2014 1:45:47pm

Really hard to talk about the Brazil-Germany game without using WWII metaphors.

254 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 1:46:00pm

Timely toad tweet.

255 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:46:25pm

re: #253 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Really hard to talk about the Brazil-Germany game without using WWII metaphors.

I was struggling to find a “The Boys from Brazil” line to use.

256 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 1:48:15pm

The Czech announcer just said, “This has to be an absolutely brutal shock for Team Brazil’s fans; I can’t even imagine how positively horrified they must be.”

That sums it up pretty good thus far I’d say.

257 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 1:49:06pm

re: #250 wrenchwench

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That has a very Yellow Submarine vibe to it

258 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 8, 2014 1:49:42pm

re: #76 Justanotherhuman

Ummm. It’s already known that Snowden talked to Poitras & Greenwald before he went to work at the NSA through Booz Hamilton. And before that, he was already collecting docs when working at the NSA through Dell. So, yeah, Hillary is absolutely correct.

Spin, spin, spin your shit, GG.

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How did he know he was going to work at a place before he went to work there? Ask Lidane how easy it is to get your dream job.

ANSWER: RICH WHITE BOY CONNECTED DADDY PRIVILEGE.

259 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 1:49:47pm
260 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 1:50:34pm

re:
#257

Wondering why ‘Yellow Submarine’ is not saved to my work hard drive to listen to now…..

Thanks, Obama

261 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:50:41pm
262 dog philosopher  Jul 8, 2014 1:50:42pm

re: #253 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Really hard to talk about the Brazil-Germany game without using WWII metaphors.

mine fader ist peruvian
und mine moder ist peruvian
und i am peruvian
ja

263 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 1:50:57pm

re: #214 Dr Lizardo

For a cunning plan, you’d need Edmund Blackadder himself.

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Video

Aww, but I already made the pic…

264 bratwurst  Jul 8, 2014 1:51:37pm
265 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 1:51:43pm

re: #263 AntonSirius

Aww, but I already made the pic…

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LOLOL

266 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 8, 2014 1:51:47pm

re: #119 CuriousLurker

You’re probably right about the first part. As for shelters, if they do have them I find it odd that I never hear about them.

I think part of that is how does Israel verify that a constructed bunker/shelter is for civilians to hide in or militants to store weapons and explosives in?

I guess the local government could put appropriate signs up and tell Israel the location of the civilian shelters. But that starts to go out the window once that right is abused.

267 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 1:55:50pm

Not watching the match but my brother said that yellow shirt clad Brazilians are imitating Dodger fans like it’s the 7th inning.

268 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 1:56:00pm

Youtube Video

Skip to about 1:10 into the clip

269 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 1:56:41pm

re: #262 dog philosopher

mine fader ist peruvian
und mine moder ist peruvian
und i am peruvian
ja

Reminds me of when my friend Joe, from San Jose, CA, was living in Barcelona during the Bush II years he always told American tourists that he was Canadian.

270 Dark_Falcon  Jul 8, 2014 1:57:39pm

re: #228 b_sharp

You commies are watching soccer again I see.

Hey, its Germany pounding on a team from South America. So one can be bigoted against brown people and still enjoy this particular match.

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The preceding is technically true, but anyone who cares most about the colors of the skin of the people playing a game is a complete asshole and the less said about them the better.

I am of German origin, however, so it is without bigotry that I root for Germany. Because I’m pro-Germany, but not anti-Brazil.

271 Dr Lizardo  Jul 8, 2014 1:58:07pm

The Czech commentators are discussing it on CTSport, and they’re all genuinely surprised; their consensus is that thus far, Team Brazil seems to have disintegrated. One of them called it “Team Germany steamrolling over Team Brazil, and worst of all for the Brazilian fans, right in their front yard.”

272 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 1:58:17pm
273 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 1:59:37pm

Timely that the subject of “roof knocking” (AKA Israeli warning calls) came up earlier.
Horrifying Photos and Videos Capture the Crisis Currently Raging in Gaza

Harrowing details are also emerging: A strike on the house of the Kaware family, living in the South of Gaza, left at least seven people dead. Reports suggest that in an attempt to protect the house from attack, a crowd had gathered on the roof in protest, after Israeli authorities warned that the house would be targeted.

Once again we see Hamas using the Israeli warnings to deploy civilian human shields.

274 Dark_Falcon  Jul 8, 2014 2:00:31pm

re: #271 Dr Lizardo

The Czech commentators are discussing it on CTSport, and they’re all genuinely surprised; their consensus is that thus far, Team Brazil seems to have disintegrated. One of them called it “Team Germany steamrolling over Team Brazil, and worst of all for the Brazilian fans, right in their front yard.”

sometimes that just happens; A good team just gets on a roll and there’s no stopping them. It looks like that’s what’s happening now.

275 teleskiguy  Jul 8, 2014 2:01:25pm
276 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 2:01:40pm

re: #271 Dr Lizardo

The ESPN commentators are completely stunned. They’ve all said that it’s now more obvious than ever that Brazil put all their stock in Neymar and that losing him exposed their weakness as a side. The Germans are exploiting those weaknesses ruthlessly.

Listening to Steve McManaman rant during the first half was a hoot. There’s nothing better than an Englishman going on a tirade about soccer. Haha.

277 Killgore Trout  Jul 8, 2014 2:01:41pm

NYT: By Phone and Leaflet, Israeli Attackers Warn Gazans

The call came to the cellphone of his brother’s wife, Salah Kaware said on Tuesday. Mr. Kaware lives in Khan Younis, in southeast Gaza, and the caller said that everyone in the house must leave in five minutes, because it was going to be bombed.

A further warning came as they were leaving, he said in a telephone interview, when an Israeli drone apparently fired a flare at the roof of the three-story home. “Our neighbors came in to form a human shield,” he said, with some even going to the roof to try to prevent a bombing. Others were in the stairway when the house was bombed not long afterward.

Seven people died, Mr. Kaware said, a figure also stated by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, which also said that 25 people were wounded.

278 teleskiguy  Jul 8, 2014 2:03:32pm
279 wrenchwench  Jul 8, 2014 2:05:18pm
280 darthstar  Jul 8, 2014 2:05:23pm
281 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 2:06:07pm

re: #278 teleskiguy

Oh geez. I can’t even imagine the fallout in Brazil after this. All the money spent. All the internal controversy over the focus on the World Cup over social programs. Now this complete collapse of the Brazilian team? It’s not going to be pretty.

282 Stanley Sea  Jul 8, 2014 2:06:22pm

Twitter is so wonderfully brutal.

283 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 8, 2014 2:06:25pm

re: #278 teleskiguy

So…. Anybody else worried about what might happen in Rio tonight? //Yes. Very.

I was a lot more worried last weekend when Brazil was about to be bumped out at the start of playoffs.

284 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 2:07:09pm
285 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 8, 2014 2:07:49pm

re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I was a lot more worried last weekend when Brazil was about to be bumped out at the start of playoffs.

They can cling to not having Neymar available as some solace. Getting pounded this badly with him playing would have been worse damage to their psyche.

286 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 2:08:29pm
287 AntonSirius  Jul 8, 2014 2:08:34pm

re: #268 Kragar

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Video

Skip to about 1:10 into the clip

Stephen Chow is a genius

288 b.d.  Jul 8, 2014 2:10:33pm

I’m betting he’s not outside his gated community:

289 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 8, 2014 2:10:38pm

Germany is a powerhouse team. With how bad they are stomping Brazil I kinda feel good that we held them to only one goal.

290 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 2:11:23pm

Short followup on my tale of going to my Republican Rep’s office last week (with Moms Demand Action.) The woman who had organized the visit just got a call from the rep’s scheduler who told her that he is booked up for the next YEAR, but will put her on a waiting list.

This is a freshman, doofus representative of a brand new district. Great representation of your constituents there, guy.

291 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 8, 2014 2:13:34pm

re: #290 BeachDem

Short followup on my tale of going to my Republican Rep’s office last week (with Moms Demand Action.) The woman who had organized the visit just got a call from the rep’s scheduler who told her that he is booked up for the next YEAR, but will put her on a waiting list.

This is a freshman, doofus representative of a brand new district. Great representation of your constituents there, guy.

Should see if a call back indicating a larger donor/fundraiser type group is calling — and then see if they use a different calendar for those groups.
////

292 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 8, 2014 2:20:36pm
293 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 8, 2014 2:21:13pm

GOHMERT!!!!!

294 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 2:23:15pm

re: #290 BeachDem

Short followup on my tale of going to my Republican Rep’s office last week (with Moms Demand Action.) The woman who had organized the visit just got a call from the rep’s scheduler who told her that he is booked up for the next YEAR, but will put her on a waiting list.

This is a freshman, doofus representative of a brand new district. Great representation of your constituents there, guy.

If I may brag (and I will), I had a whole different experience with my Rep. last summer. Along with a few of his friends, the wife and i were invited by Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona (a great guy btw) to the National Democratic Club in D.C. and at one point Raul said to someone standing behind me, “Jerry, here are two of your constituents,” and it was our representative, Jerry Nadler, who sat down and shot the bull (politically and otherwise), joked and drank with us for at least a couple of hours (did I mention that they have a great bar?). If he ever tried to pull the shite your Rep. did in our district, his career would be as dead as Brazil’s chances of advancing to the final.

295 dog philosopher  Jul 8, 2014 2:25:02pm

re: #293 Pie-onist Overlord

Louie Gohmert suggests Obama “do what Woodrow Wilson did” and send American soldiers to Mexico

i think it’s about time we failed to find pancho villa again!

296 Kragar  Jul 8, 2014 2:25:03pm

re: #293 Pie-onist Overlord

GOHMERT!!!!!

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This is why I refuse to believe them when they say “clinically fucktarded” isn’t a real medical condition

297 Bubblehead II  Jul 8, 2014 2:25:28pm

re: #293 Pie-onist Overlord

GOHMERT!!!!!

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TERROR BABIES KIDS

Gohmert added that the Southern border is now “wide open for drugs” and suggested that the child migrants may include radical Islamist terrorists.

298 Archangelus  Jul 8, 2014 2:26:14pm

6-0 for Germany now…..

The reactions from my Brazil-supporting friends on social media can be summed up nicely like this:
Brazil fans right about now

299 teleskiguy  Jul 8, 2014 2:26:16pm
300 Bulworth  Jul 8, 2014 2:26:44pm

re:
#293

No, but I’m in favor of making said invasion a litmus test for all 2016 GOPteabag candidates.

301 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 2:27:40pm

re: #291 Feline Fearless Leader

Should see if a call back indicating a larger donor/fundraiser type group is calling — and then see if they use a different calendar for those groups.
////

That’s exactly what one of the group said. And obviously totally true. No need for the sarc notations.

This fool (I call him “Talking Points Tom” Rice) doesn’t even have to research his votes—he just does what the other 5 Republican morons—Joe Wilson, Trey Gowdy, Mark Sanford (I still cringe about that one) Jeff Duncan and Mick Mulvaney tell him to.

Pretty funny—if you google South Carolina Representatives, only six pictures come up at the top and his is not one of them. (Clyburn, our only Dem rep is the 6th)

302 BeachDem  Jul 8, 2014 2:32:41pm

re: #294 De Kolta Chair

If I may brag (and I will), I had a whole different experience with my Rep. last summer. Along with a few of his friends, the wife and i were invited by Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona (a great guy btw) to the National Democratic Club in D.C. and who should sit down next to us but our representative, Jerry Nadler, with whom we shot the bull (politically and otherwise), joked and drank for hours. If he ever tried to pull the shite your Rep. did in our district, his career would be as dead as Brazil’s chances of advancing to the final.

I’m jealous. My previous rep was Tim Scott (now SENATOR Tim Scott.) He was also totally non-responsive unless you were a Republican donor. It’s like being a Dem in this state makes you not only marginalized, but downright invisible.

My boss in Tuscon is in Grijalva’s district and she LOVES him.

303 Lidane  Jul 8, 2014 2:33:37pm
304 sagehen  Jul 8, 2014 2:34:05pm

re: #294 De Kolta Chair

If I may brag (and I will), I had a whole different experience with my Rep. last summer. Along with a few of his friends, the wife and i were invited by Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona (a great guy btw) to the National Democratic Club in D.C. and who should sit down next to us but our representative, Jerry Nadler, with whom we shot the bull (politically and otherwise), joked and drank for hours. If he ever tried to pull the shite your Rep. did in our district, his career would be as dead as Brazil’s chances of advancing to the final.

Hey neighbor!! Nadler’s my rep too…

305 klys  Jul 8, 2014 2:34:32pm
306 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 2:36:47pm

re: #302 BeachDem

Well, you could always become a GOP donor. /////

307 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 2:37:11pm

re: #304 sagehen

Howdy neighbor! I’ve met Rep. Nadler a few times over the years at downtown arts events and he’s always been a straight-shooter. Besides that, he’s a scrapper. I like a scrapper.

308 CuriousLurker  Jul 8, 2014 3:01:03pm

re: #266 Feline Fearless Leader

I think part of that is how does Israel verify that a constructed bunker/shelter is for civilians to hide in or militants to store weapons and explosives in?

I guess the local government could put appropriate signs up and tell Israel the location of the civilian shelters. But that starts to go out the window once that right is abused.

Warning: Rant ahead, so maybe tl;dr

Soooo… what then? Too bad, they just have to die? I get so frustrated with this stuff. For example this—Gaza conflict: Who is a civilian?—WTF? Granted the article is 5 years old and things may have changed since then (hopefully for the better, but somehow I doubt it.)

Honestly, it has to stop. This fight has been going on for ages and no one is winning. Short of committing genocide, neither side is ever going to win. The Israelis aren’t going to leave. The Palestinians aren’t going to leave. They need to figure this shit out.

Even if someone wants to say, “Okay the Palestinians do x, y, and z and are therefore more at fault than the Israelis.” Okay, so what? So Israeli Jews have been around for thousands of years, and the many diaspora Jews who live in Israel now have survived & thrived all over the world, created & discovered things in many fields, and they’re very proud of talking about how they made the desert bloom—great, wonderful, good for you!—so why in the hell can’t you solve this problem with your Arab neighbors? There has to be some kind of compromise. You get what compromise means, right? It means NO ONE is going to get everything they want.

GAH, I hate this situation. It’s like it’s at the point now where there’s so much water under the bridge, so much hate & distrust on both sides that… as I said, GAH, I just hate it.

Both communities could and should be growing & prospering, yet they just keep killing & pointing fingers at each other. It’s like they’re under a spell that makes them stay stuck in a macabre, endless death dance that will eventually destroy them both (if not physically, then spiritually/morally).

Okay, sorry for unloading on you. I’m gonna stop ranting now and go back to my coding. At least those problems are solvable. *SIGH*

309 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 8, 2014 3:18:51pm

re: #29 AntonSirius

As I said to Mizz Hobby Lobby last night…

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These “Christians” have never bothered reading the Bible. I’m absolutely sure of it.

310 De Kolta Chair  Jul 8, 2014 3:51:06pm

re: #309 GlutenFreeJesus

These “Christians” have never bothered reading the Bible. I’m absolutely sure of it.

A few years ago I read book, the title of which alas escapes me at the moment, that delved into how evangelicals don’t really read the bible much anymore — they read “guides,” which are slanted to their particular denomination’s political and cultural bias. Xtian publishers have wised up to the fact that the bible is hard to understand and that anyway their readers prefer to read only what confirms their biases, and for the publishers at least it’s paid off big time.

311 Romantic Heretic  Jul 8, 2014 4:22:42pm

re: #308 CuriousLurker

Well said.

Now thinking of this little film.

Neighbours

312 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 8, 2014 4:38:40pm

Brazil. A nation in mourning. All over a soccer game. Not because of what the government has done to the poor in the surrounding slums to make that game happen.


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