Awesome Lap-Tapping: Luca Stricagnoli, “The Future”

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Guitar Tabs & Mp3s available at http://www.candyrat.com/artists/LucaStricagnoli/

An original song composed by Luca Stricagnoli and performed using lap tapping technique on a guitar made by Davide Serracini, with the addition of a sardine box. The song was inspired by the style of Erik Mongrain and Reginald “Guitaro” Guillaume. The Video was recorded at the “Santuccio” Theatre in Varese, Italy.

Luca Stricagnoli (guitarist): https://it-it.facebook.com/lucastricagnolifanpage
Davide Serracini (luthier): http://www.serracini.it/wordpress/
La Sauna (recording): http://bantamu.com/users/461-la-sauna-recording-studio
Video by http://www.pazart.it

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296 comments
1 teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2014 8:35:55pm

Beautiful stuff. Thanks, Charles!

I always tell people if they want to hear some ethereal acoustic guitar go to LGF and go to the tag “Acoustic Guitar.” Plenty to go around.

2 Ryan King  Jul 13, 2014 8:41:56pm

GAZE

(the good kind of GAZE)

Humans can be so ugly and vile but then stuff like this happens. Every time you think everything has been done with a guitar another video gets posted on LGF and I’m just blown away. And not just technique, which is important but not the end game: it’s still music, beautiful music.

Maybe we won’t completely blow it all up.

3 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 13, 2014 9:15:53pm

I see all these guys playing with their own styles and think to myself: I’ve waste my life.

4 Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 13, 2014 9:26:55pm

OT: I really hate it when politics and work get wrapped up in one another.

- I work for a major wireless carrier. This past week my manager held a team meeting in which we talked about, among other things, taxes (specifically income tax withholding). He decided to use this opportunity to let us all know that he thinks the current administration is the worst that’s ever been.

- The TV in the break room is usually on Fox News

- Another guy on my team was blabbing on about “Communism” and “Socialism” while we were in training the other day.

- Three employees got into a verbal tiff after one of them came to work wearing an Obama t-shirt and riled some wingnut coworkers of mine in the process.

- Several wingnut themed flyers have shown up in the break room, including one inviting us to support Ted Cruz and another to “Fight for freedom.”

- This one I can’t blame on the company, but I was on a call recently with a man whose wifi was called “Shoot that N***er Obama”

5 Snarknado!  Jul 13, 2014 9:34:09pm

re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg

- This one I can’t blame on the company, but I was on a call recently with a man whose wifi was called “Shoot that N***er Obama”

You could mention that to the Secret Service….

6 Snarknado!  Jul 13, 2014 10:21:15pm

Oops, looks like I killed it. Was it saying “secret service?”

7 Floral Giraffe  Jul 13, 2014 10:26:38pm

re: #6 Snarknado!

Nope, I think everyone’s tired from the weekend!

8 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 13, 2014 10:28:32pm

Mesmerizing.

9 teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2014 10:53:21pm

A Snowden apologist in the UK is engaging me on Twitter. Oh boy…

10 CuriousLurker  Jul 13, 2014 11:00:13pm

I can’t stay, I just stopped by to let you know about: Bees!

Heh, I wonder what Gus might do with some of those photos…

Later, lizards.

11 teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2014 11:13:47pm

Heh! This tweet seems to have silenced my fellow Snowden apologist from the UK.

12 teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2014 11:19:05pm
13 teleskiguy  Jul 14, 2014 12:01:46am
14 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 3:19:23am

Notice the “war on Christmas” in the very first card:

Very rainy morning here in the backwoods..well over an inch of rain in the last six hours or so and much more to come.

15 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 3:49:34am

Another stupid person:

A Green Township man is scheduled to face a judge Monday morning after authorities say he threatened to shoot a medical helicopter and crew.
Leonard Pflanz, 56, was arrested early Sunday and accused of driving to Mercy West Hospital, yelling at the University of Cincinnati Health Air Care pilot and threatening to shoot at it the next time it flew low over his property, authorities said.

16 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 3:52:10am
17 BadExampleMan  Jul 14, 2014 3:58:03am

If you like that “percussive” guitar style, check out Jim Green, “The Wandering Endorphin”. Very interesting guitar stylist, and a nice guy. Had Thanksgiving dinner with him a couple of years ago.

http://www.jimgreenmusic.com/the-wandering-endorphin.html

18 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 4:56:46am

Shorter Perry: “WHY WON’T OBUMMER LEAD?!”

19 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 5:03:48am

That sound you hear is a bunch of early bird RWNJ head explosions:

20 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 5:24:30am
21 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 5:38:24am

Seething meatsack of rage named Pamela has a hate going on for Juice who participate in Iftar events.

22 Flounder  Jul 14, 2014 5:39:47am

Good Morning!
My tab for LGF in chrome reads “Awesome Lap-Tapping”
I keep reading it as “Awesome Lap-Dancing”
Every time I click on it I get a little more disappointed.

23 sattv4u2  Jul 14, 2014 5:43:34am

re: #22 Flounder

Good Morning!
My tab for LGF in chrome reads “Awesome Lap-Tapping”
I keep reading it as “Awesome Lap-Dancing”
Every time I click on it I get a little more disappointed.

Worse, if you play the video backwards, it’s Charles in a G-String and pasties doing that lap dance for you!!!

(nttawwt!!!)
//

24 sattv4u2  Jul 14, 2014 5:45:00am

((((there’s something seriously wrong with me!!!))))

25 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 5:46:02am

re: #21 Pie-onist Overlord

Seething meatsack of rage named Pamela has a hate going on for Juice who participate in Iftar events.

Which is more than a little bizarre seeing as from a strictly theological point-of-view, Jews and Muslims have far more in common then either does to Christianity; that whole divinity of Jesus, being a god in human form business. In both Judaism and Islam, that notion is considered blasphemous, and at the very least a holdover from the ancient Mediterranean pagan world (like Zeus popping down in the form of an elderly man to see what the locals are up to or to get his freak on with some pretty young lass, etc.) where stories of demigods (Perseus, Hercules, et al) or gods in human form are ubiquitous.

Pammy is just one of those rage-filled people whose intense hatred makes her fail to see things clearly.

26 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 5:51:35am

re: #24 sattv4u2

((((there’s something seriously wrong with me!!!))))

And with everybody who updings you! /

27 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 5:52:54am

re: #25 Dr Lizardo

Yup. Maimonides described Christianity as a form of idolatry, while Islam (which he hasn’t been a fan of) as true monotheism.

28 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 5:55:06am

Maryland: We only have one GOP congressman, but god if he isn’t one of the worst—

The Maryland congressman challenging the District’s new marijuana-decriminalization law is no stranger to unpopular stances, having survived a contentious 12 years as a Republican lawmaker in the state’s Democratic-dominated General Assembly.

During last fall’s budget standoff, Rep. Andy Harris was one of the last true believers, continuing to vote against the federal budget even at the risk of prolonging a government shutdown. He equates mandated insurance coverage of contraception with the burning of churches and medical use of marijuana with telling patients to chew on mold instead of taking penicillin.

As a state senator in 2008, Harris tried to withhold funding to the University of Maryland because students planned to screen an X-rated film. He said he considers pornography “poison.”

(snip)

Harris, 57, says he enjoys collaborating with Democrats, especially on health policy — although he fiercely opposes the full Affordable Care Act.

I see. “Enjoys collaborating with Democrats” on healthy policy but happens to “fiercely” oppose Obamacare. See what I mean?

29 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 5:56:02am

More on Maryland’s GOPer, Harris—

washingtonpost.com

30 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 6:03:56am

re: #25 Dr Lizardo

Which is more than a little bizarre seeing as from a strictly theological point-of-view, Jews and Muslims have far more in common then either does to Christianity; that whole divinity of Jesus, being a god in human form business. In both Judaism and Islam, that notion is considered blasphemous, and at the very least a holdover from the ancient Mediterranean pagan world (like Zeus popping down in the form of an elderly man to see what the locals are up to or to get his freak on with some pretty young lass, etc.) where stories of demigods (Perseus, Hercules, et al) or gods in human form are ubiquitous.

Pammy is just one of those rage-filled people whose intense hatred makes her fail to see things clearly.

Tomorrow is a fast day for Jews, so it would be perfectly appropriate for Jews and Muslims to break fast together at an interfaith Iftar, perhaps at a synagogue.

31 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 6:07:21am

re: #27 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Yup. Maimonides described Christianity as a form of idolatry, while Islam (which he hasn’t been a fan of) as true monotheism.

If you look at Christianity dispassionately, you can see the Greek and Roman influence everywhere - statues of Jesus and Mary, icons, sacred relics, to name a few. To make the new religion more appealing to the gentiles, Paul and his followers stripped away the Judaic legal requirements. It was a great PR idea, but as Maimonides observed, it allowed the introduction of pagan habits that to this day have never been eliminated. In fact, Christianity tends to acquire new traditions by accretion (Easter bunny, Santa Claus, Xmas trees, etc.), rather like Hinduism.

Naturally, the Religious Right would deny all of the foregoing and accuse me of being Satan’s spawn, or worse yet, an intellectual.

32 sattv4u2  Jul 14, 2014 6:10:57am

I wonder where they’re registered

Maybe a nice pair of candlesticks!!

Is Charles Manson Getting Married?
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33 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 6:12:43am

re: #10 CuriousLurker

I can’t stay, I just stopped by to let you know about: Bees!

Heh, I wonder what Gus might do with some of those photos…

Later, lizards.

Updinged that page. Also thanks for identifying the long-horned bee from my set of photos. I updated that page as well.

34 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 14, 2014 6:18:25am

re: #31 wheat-dogghazi

A lot of the Romanizing damage was done after Paul in things like the pastoral letters written in his name. Still, the damage was done and most fundies don’t have a very good understanding of the actual history of the religion or, worse, of how the scriptures were developed over time.

It’s why I find studying Jesus’ roots to give me a better understanding of what he was really teaching than what some ignorant literal minded fundy wants to claim he was teaching so he can have more secular power over his congregation.

35 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 6:20:27am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Woke this morning to a bunch of tweets about how Charles has turned on Israel.

1) Nice to see how irrelevant Charles is that I’m being told in my twitter feed just what Charles is up to. How considerate of them.

2) I’ve got to go and actually read what was written, and not just the few bits quoted.

3) I can still respect someone who has a differing opinion on Israel, the state of the Middle East, or anything else for that matter if I’m accorded the same respect to disagree.

Israel is in a difficult position. They’re getting shelled indiscriminately by a foe whose entire reason for existence is to see Israel wiped off the map, even though they lack the capability to do it. Instead, they now have the capability to launch attacks that can rattle 90% of the population centers (greater Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are where most Israelis live, so if you can hit those areas, you’re getting at the heart of the Israeli population). You’ll cause economic harm, and thus far few casualties and no loss of Israeli lives.

How can a nation sustain itself under such onslaught? Luck and technology - both the lack of technology by Hamas to target and Israel’s technological advantages to eliminate threatening missiles that might hit targets inside Israel. Iron Dome is the great neutralizer. It makes Israel safer and shows just how little Hamas can do.

So, what to make of the casualties inflicted in Gaza by Israel’s reprisal strikes. Those casualties are on Hamas. But for Hamas initiating the incessant barrages, Israel would not have carried out the raids.

In coming months, we’ll probably get a more accurate picture of just who Israel killed. The media reports rightfully play up civilian casualties in the conflict, but as we learned after Operation Cast Lead, the civilian numbers were far lower than initially reported as Hamas masked their own losses in civilian garb.

Is Israel doing enough to minimize casualties? The answer is always that they could do more, and that’s even with Israel doing more to minimize civilian casualties than any other nation when faced with the attacks Israel has faced on a daily basis. Knocking on the roof and phone calls are good, but it appears that they aren’t done in all cases, or that the time to evacuate those buildings isn’t long enough. Gazans have been though enough of these battles/skirmishes to know that they might be able to avoid an airstrike if they present themselves on rooftops to avoid the airstrikes - but Israel has carried out strikes regardless.

Israel has to do what it must to protect itself from these attacks.

So, where do the parties go from here? Hamas can’t back down, and they can’t call for a ceasefire because it would signal that they’ve lost (which they have, but they need to show strength, both to fellow Gazans, and to other even more extreme terror groups that operate, or hope to operate, in Gaza. They can’t get nothing in return for stopping fire on Israel, because it would indicate just how bad off Hamas is, even with the influx of Iranian-designed long range missiles that haven’t been any more effective in causing casualties than the kassams and grads that were used previously.

Israel could stop reprisal raids, but Israelis aren’t going to tolerate ceasing airstrikes while they continue to face barrages, some of which have attempted to overwhelm Iron Dome systems.

Neither side has an incentive to back down the attacks, and there aren’t intermediaries that Hamas will deal with that could craft a deal to stop the fighting. Egypt isn’t that player this time, not with the Muslim Brotherhood as an enemy of the state. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, or even Turkey or Jordan could be those players, but Hamas isn’t likely to go along with a deal unless they get status quo ante. Israel isn’t likely to make that happen, at least not right away. Israel is going to hang on to those Hamas members they rounded up in the aftermath of the kidnapping and murder of the 3 Israeli teens. But that too is the genesis of whatever final deal ends this round.

The likely end of this round will be both sides stop firing on the other, and Israel will release those prisoners that aren’t directly involved in the kidnap/killing - but deported to Gaza, rather than allowed to return to the West Bank. Fatah would approve of that deal in a heartbeat; Israel gets most of what it wants, and Hamas gets to crow that they got their members released while Fatah gets a stronger position vis a vis Hamas especially with elections pending later this year (maybe, if that happens).

Gazans, on the other hand, will be worse off - as they usually are.

36 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 6:20:46am

re: #28 Bulworth

Maryland: We only have one GOP congressman, but god if he isn’t one of the worst—

(snip)

I see. “Enjoys collaborating with Democrats” on healthy policy but happens to “fiercely” oppose Obamacare. See what I mean?

This, if anything, demonstrates what a pile of shit the current mainstream political reporting is in this country.

If we had actual journalism in the US, that reporter would have indicated they asked a follow-up question along the lines of “Given your history of opposing the ACA, to the extent of literally shutting down the country because of it, how do you consider that working with Democrats?”

37 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 6:20:51am
38 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 6:22:22am

re: #31 wheat-dogghazi

If you look at Christianity dispassionately, you can see the Greek and Roman influence everywhere - statues of Jesus and Mary, icons, sacred relics, to name a few. To make the new religion more appealing to the gentiles, Paul and his followers stripped away the Judaic legal requirements. It was a great PR idea, but as Maimonides observed, it allowed the introduction of pagan habits that to this day have never been eliminated. In fact, Christianity tends to acquire new traditions by accretion (Easter bunny, Santa Claus, Xmas trees, etc.), rather like Hinduism.

Naturally, the Religious Right would deny all of the foregoing and accuse me of being Satan’s spawn, or worse yet, an intellectual.

Statues are a Catholic thing, not sure if it’s a direct Greco-Roman influence. In Eastern Orthodoxy (which is exactly as ancient) there are basically no statues, but icons are a big thing. And in Russian Orthodoxy in particular you can see some saints overtaking the functions of ancient Slavic gods: St. Ilya (Elijah) becomes responsible for thunder instead of Perun (he loudly rides in his chariot in the skies), St. Vlasij (Blasius) takes care of livestock instead of Veles.

Then there’s this.

39 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 6:27:13am

re: #31 wheat-dogghazi

If you look at Christianity dispassionately, you can see the Greek and Roman influence everywhere - statues of Jesus and Mary, icons, sacred relics, to name a few. To make the new religion more appealing to the gentiles, Paul and his followers stripped away the Judaic legal requirements. It was a great PR idea, but as Maimonides observed, it allowed the introduction of pagan habits that to this day have never been eliminated. In fact, Christianity tends to acquire new traditions by accretion (Easter bunny, Santa Claus, Xmas trees, etc.), rather like Hinduism.

Naturally, the Religious Right would deny all of the foregoing and accuse me of being Satan’s spawn, or worse yet, an intellectual.

Had a ‘conversation’ with the maybe future mother-in-law about vegetarianism, and asked Socratically at what point the old prohibitions against pork and shellfish became problematic. Obviously it falls to Paul, but the Old Testament is regrettably ignored when it becomes an inconvenience. Certainly the ability to consume something as lovely as bacon (though I admire totally those who eschew flesh-eating as a matter of principle; those ethically over moral concerns by a few degrees) has become a major conversion point and it is why I recognise Jews and Muslims as, I guess, at least, keeping to the faith and consider Christians of all stripes, apostates.

But they love their Judaic underpinnings, don’t they?

I know there’s a lot of Christian posters here and don’t actually mean to single them out. I really dig the Jesus position, especially the side the libertarians avoid.
Heard recently about Christian atheists. It’s confused as a philosophy, but I get their angle.

40 darthstar  Jul 14, 2014 6:29:02am

Happy Monday everyone.

41 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 6:29:15am

re: #39 Alyosha

Scallops wrapped in bacon are a tool of Stan.
//

42 Timothy Watson  Jul 14, 2014 6:29:27am

re: #40 darthstar

Happy Monday everyone.

No such thing!

43 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 6:29:38am

FAIL

44 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 6:34:01am

re: #41 Feline Fearless Leader

Scallops wrapped in bacon are a tool of Stan.
//

Wrapped in bacon the only way I think I could stomach scallops. Bacon must be the gateway food!

45 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 6:34:20am

re: #41 Feline Fearless Leader

Scallops wrapped in bacon are a tool of Stan.
//

Now I know what I want to eat when I visit my son next month in Providence.

Stan’s an OK guy. I see him every once in a while in Marvel comic book movies. //

46 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 6:35:30am

re: #44 Alyosha

Wrapped in bacon the only way I think I could stomach scallops. Bacon must be the gateway food!

I love scallops, much more than either clams or oysters. One man’s meat, and all that.

47 darthstar  Jul 14, 2014 6:35:56am

re: #41 Feline Fearless Leader

Scallops wrapped in bacon are a tool of Stan.
//

THANK YOU STAN!

48 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 6:37:47am

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi

I love scallops, much more than either clams or oysters. One man’s meat, and all that.

Okay, if its a choice between clams, oysters or scallops I’m going to choose scallops.

Everyday.

Wrapped in bacon.

Where possible.

49 Flounder  Jul 14, 2014 6:38:08am

re: #48 Alyosha

mussels

50 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 6:38:21am

re: #47 darthstar

THANK YOU STAN!

Hail Stan!

51 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 6:42:11am

re: #49 Flounder

mussels

Never tried them, actually. I’ve seen dishes in which they’ve looked quite appetizing, but I get finicky over texture.

52 Flounder  Jul 14, 2014 6:43:32am

re: #51 Alyosha

When I was growing up, that was all my mom could afford for Fridays dinner. Between the seven of us we had to count them out, talk about fights!!

53 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 6:44:50am

re: #51 Alyosha

Never tried them, actually. I’ve seen dishes in which they’ve looked quite appetizing, but I get finicky over texture.

Oysters, clams, and mussels are an area where desires for certain textures or eating styles should not go.

My father said that the method for these (barring deep fried I think) was to chew once or twice at most, press against the roof of your mouth to get the flavorful juices out, and then swallow it.

He was a fan of oysters on the half-shell.

54 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 6:45:16am
55 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 6:45:39am

re: #38 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

My Swedish mother once told me what I presume to be an apocryphal tale of when Christianity was introduced into Sweden.

A church was erected to the new gods, and the locals proudly showed it off to a visiting missionary. A lovely building following the Viking style, with statues representing God, Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

God was sitting upon an ornate throne, with a missing eye and ravens perched on either shoulder; Jesus had a magnificent beard and bore a fearsome hammer and the Virgin Mary was a lovely woman with a necklace of exquisite beauty and at her feet, two cats and seated to her left, a boar.

The moral of the story: The more things change, the more they stay the same. The church in this tale was said to be located in the north of Sweden, not far from Härnösand.

56 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 6:47:19am

re: #53 Feline Fearless Leader

Oysters, clams, and mussels are an area where desires for certain textures or eating styles should not go.

My father said that the method for these (barring deep fried I think) was to chew once or twice at most, press against the roof of your mouth to get the flavorful juices out, and then swallow it.

When I was younger, I had family members who would bash open oysters to get to their ‘tasty’ innards at outings to the beach. I always preferred to pick my nose.

57 Flounder  Jul 14, 2014 6:47:38am

re: #54 Lidane

now if you could just cut and paste that finger into the mouth…

58 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 6:48:30am

BBIAB.

59 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 6:48:39am

re: #52 Flounder

When I was growing up, that was all my mom could afford for Fridays dinner. Between the seven of us we had to count them out, talk about fights!!

I much prefer flounder, Flounder.

60 Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2014 6:49:37am

re: #55 Dr Lizardo

My Swedish mother once told me what I presume to be an apocryphal tale of when Christianity was introduced into Sweden.

A church was erected to the new gods, and the locals proudly showed it off to a visiting missionary. A lovely building following the Viking style, with statues representing God, Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

God was sitting upon an ornate throne, with a missing eye and ravens perched on either shoulder; Jesus had a magnificent beard and bore a fearsome hammer and the Virgin Mary was a lovely woman with a necklace of exquisite beauty and at her feet, two cats and seated to her left, a boar.

The moral of the story: The more things change, the more they stay the same. The church in this tale was said to be located in the north of Sweden, not far from Härnösand.

Irish version:

en.wikipedia.org

61 Timothy Watson  Jul 14, 2014 6:50:05am

re: #54 Lidane

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The GOP has some real deep thinkers right there.

62 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 6:50:29am

re: #55 Dr Lizardo

It sounds plausible, really. God the Omniscient Father is not too far removed from Odin the All-Father, who can see everything. Thunder gods are common figures and many chief gods have wives or consorts.

63 darthstar  Jul 14, 2014 6:50:42am

re: #49 Flounder

mussels

On a really low tide we’ll drive down the coast a couple of miles and pry a four or five pounds of mussels off the rocks(the legal limit is 10lbs of mussels per person). 30 minutes of scrubbing their beards off, and they’re ready for a steam bath. Love ‘em.

64 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 6:51:48am

re: #43 Pie-onist Overlord

FAIL

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Sick.

Was just reading about Ceaucescu’s anti-abortion policies in Romania in the 70s and 80s. Romania ended up with the highest rate of women dying during pregnancy, the highest rate of infant mortality, and the highest rate of institutionalized children in Europe.

But yeah, coathanger jokes.

65 sattv4u2  Jul 14, 2014 6:52:20am

re: #49 Flounder

mussels

Garlic/wine/butter sauce

Over linguini

Party!

66 sattv4u2  Jul 14, 2014 6:52:58am

and on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons

67 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 6:53:01am

re: #53 Feline Fearless Leader

Oysters, clams, and mussels are an area where desires for certain textures or eating styles should not go.

My father said that the method for these (barring deep fried I think) was to chew once or twice at most, press against the roof of your mouth to get the flavorful juices out, and then swallow it.

He was a fan of oysters on the half-shell.

My uncle, who grew up in Brooklyn but later moved to Chicago, loved raw oysters. When he would come to visit us on Long Island, he’d hit a nearby oyster bar, order a plate and wash ‘em down with beer. He preferred a little lemon juice on the oysters — if they wiggled, there were fresh.

Me, I never grew accustomed to the taste.

68 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 6:55:28am

re: #53 Feline Fearless Leader

i have never liked oysters precisely because the only real way to eat them is to douse them in lemon juice and some kind of sauce then swallow them whole. Seems pointless to me.

OTOH, I am a big big fan of sushi.

69 Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2014 6:55:41am

re: #35 lawhawk

Of course I knew that comment would drive the stalkers nuts. I haven’t “turned on Israel” at all - they just like to scream that idiocy whenever I voice even mild criticism.

Gee, it sure sucks to be so irrelevant that they watch every word you write and freak out like yapping chihuahuas about you on a regular basis.

70 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 6:56:29am

re: #65 sattv4u2

Garlic/wine/butter sauce

Over linguini

Party!

Now I want paella.

Another addition to my to-do list while in the USA.

Here’s my itinerary so far: Providence — NYC — Toronto — NYC — northern NJ — Cedar Rapids — Louisville KY in 4 weeks.

71 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 14, 2014 6:56:30am

re: #66 sattv4u2

and on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons

They say oysters are an aprhodisiac, but that cannot be true. I ate six of ‘em last night and only the first two worked…

72 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 6:59:11am

re: #71 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

They say oysters are an aprhodisiac, but that cannot be true. I ate six of ‘em last night and only the first two worked…

It’s too early in the morning for that kind of thing.

74 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 7:00:51am

re: #73 Killgore Trout

Saving Us From Ourselves: The Anti-Clickbait Movement

I didn’t click on it, so presumably the movement is working.

75 sagehen  Jul 14, 2014 7:02:27am

re: #67 wheat-dogghazi

My uncle, who grew up in Brooklyn but later moved to Chicago, loved raw oysters. When he would come to visit us on Long Island, he’d hit a nearby oyster bar, order a plate and wash ‘em down with beer. He preferred a little lemon juice on the oysters — if they wiggled, there were fresh.

Me, I never grew accustomed to the taste.

I have no idea what they might taste like; the texture squicks me so badly I can’t even.

76 darthstar  Jul 14, 2014 7:04:33am

re: #74 iossarian

I didn’t click on it, so presumably the movement is working.

I moused over it…daily beast. A clickbait cure for sure.

77 Killgore Trout  Jul 14, 2014 7:06:04am

re: #74 iossarian

I didn’t click on it, so presumably the movement is working.

lol

78 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 7:07:02am

Forget oysters and shellfish. Burgers.

Northern NJ has long had a huge variety of awesome burger joints, but those ranks are swelling over the past couple of years.

Microchains like Bobby’s Burger Palace (Bobby Flay’s joint), Shake Shack are joining local favorites like White Manna, White Mana, Iron Horse Tavern, Dutch House, along with other chains like Zinburger and now larger chains like Five Guys, Red Robin and Smashburger are around.

Habit Burger is entering the market this summer too, and there are others in the wings too. Heck, went to a new place called The Counter, and they had some serious burgers too (sit down, not fast casual).

The burger places rate from pure fast food joints to fast casual and proper sit-down places with bars (like The Counter, Red Robin, Dutch House and Iron Horse).

All can be good eats with a variety of burgers, toppings, and sides.

So many places to choose from that you don’t have to settle for the Burger King, McDs, or Wendys. And in the summer, nothing tops a great prepared burger.

79 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:07:22am

Can we stop getting these popups under the user: Killgore Trout?

Oh, wait…

80 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 7:07:24am

re: #78 lawhawk

Except maybe pie. Chocolate creme.

81 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:07:31am

Damn Mold!

Station: Chicago Area (Melrose Park), IL
Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Station Head(s): Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Date of Pollen and Mold Count: 07/14/2014

*********************************
Pollen & Mold Summary
*********************************
Trees: Low Concentration
Weeds: Low Concentration
Grass: Moderate Concentration
Mold: High Concentration

It seems sunny so far today in my part of the world.

you?

82 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 7:10:06am

re: #65 sattv4u2

Garlic/wine/butter sauce

Over linguini

Party!

I prefer them done in a nice beer-based broth and served with frites, bread (for soaking up broth!) and a nice wheat beer.

monkscafe.com

83 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 7:10:37am

re: #77 Killgore Trout

lol

Glad you enjoyed it. I must say I enjoyed the concept of posting clickbait on the topic of an anti-clickbait movement.

84 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:11:28am

The woman in red.

85 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:11:41am

METAH!!!!

86 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:14:29am

Daily Routines of Creative People.

87 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:17:06am

re: #73 Killgore Trout

Saving Us From Ourselves: The Anti-Clickbait Movement

Not totally having a go, I don’t like to assume bad faith, but it’d be decent if you stepped out from behind your links and gave us a better look at your platform.

If indeed you have one.

88 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:19:47am

re: #86 FemNaziBitch

Daily Routines of Creative People.

Kafka’s day is about as disordered as I’d imagined it.

89 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 7:20:19am

re: #75 sagehen

I have no idea what they might taste like; the texture squicks me so badly I can’t even.

Earthy, salty (like the sea) — either you like ‘em, or you don’t.

90 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 7:21:44am

re: #78 lawhawk

Forget oysters and shellfish. Burgers.

Northern NJ has long had a huge variety of awesome burger joints, but those ranks are swelling over the past couple of years.

Microchains like Bobby’s Burger Palace (Bobby Flay’s joint), Shake Shack are joining local favorites like White Manna, White Mana, Iron Horse Tavern, Dutch House, along with other chains like Zinburger and now larger chains like Five Guys, Red Robin and Smashburger are around.

Habit Burger is entering the market this summer too, and there are others in the wings too. Heck, went to a new place called The Counter, and they had some serious burgers too (sit down, not fast casual).

The burger places rate from pure fast food joints to fast casual and proper sit-down places with bars (like The Counter, Red Robin, Dutch House and Iron Horse).

All can be good eats with a variety of burgers, toppings, and sides.

So many places to choose from that you don’t have to settle for the Burger King, McDs, or Wendys. And in the summer, nothing tops a great prepared burger.

Red Robin is really good! I’ve had their burgers and shakes in LA and Louisville. I’ll keep an eye out for those others. Beef burgers are not a big thing here in China.

91 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:23:36am

I’m usually happy with a good cuppa.

92 Killgore Trout  Jul 14, 2014 7:23:41am

re: #87 Alyosha

Not totally having a go, I don’t like to assume bad faith, but it’d be decent if you stepped out from behind your links and gave us a better look at your platform.

If indeed you have one.

Are you asking why I posted that? Because there’s a lot of useless bullshit and outrage on the internet and it’s become part of our information culture. I’m glad to see people starting to notice, it makes us better consumers of information.

93 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:23:59am

Too many posts in a row. Gotta sleep.

94 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:24:09am

The most uptight States.

95 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 7:24:49am

re: #90 wheat-dogghazi

I had ahi-tuna burgers at Zinburger and The Counter, and they were quite good (The Counter’s was better of the two- the quality of the fish appeared higher and it was cooked to the rare I requested).

The Counter is also one of the few places that has bison burgers on their regular menu. Most of the rest have beef burgers, and a few have chicken or turkey or veggie burgers.

If I find a place that has bison burgers, it gets a +1. An extra point for those that know to cook it to medium/medium rare.

96 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 7:26:09am

re: #55 Dr Lizardo

Then again, both Yahweh and Allah (I’m talking about more than just the name, which does, of course, means “God”) are also basically pagan gods overtaken by respective religions from already existing cults. (I suppose for the modern believers it just means that those pagans “had something right” despite everything ;).

97 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:26:52am

re: #92 Killgore Trout

Are you asking why I posted that? Because there’s a lot of useless bullshit and outrage on the internet and it’s become part of our information culture. I’m glad to see people starting to notice, it makes us better consumers of information.

I’m just concerned that you’re worried too much about LGF users’ dependence on clickbait.

From what I’ve seen, most can vet their sources well enough.

98 Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2014 7:27:30am

Stalkers to the right, stalkers to the left…

99 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 7:27:35am

re: #73 Killgore Trout

Saving Us From Ourselves: The Anti-Clickbait Movement

Is this your way of apologizing for your relentless torrent of Gaza war porn click bait that Charles eventually told you to knock the fuck off?

And, no, I’m not clicking on it.

100 Gus  Jul 14, 2014 7:28:06am

re: #98 Charles Johnson

Stalkers to the right, stalkers to the left…

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Projecting.

101 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:28:44am

Christianity is probably the best marketing scheme EVAH!!!

nothing more.

102 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:28:46am

Should I stay or should I go?

103 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 7:30:04am

re: #100 Gus

Projecting.

LIBRULS ARE THE REAL BIGOTS etc.

104 GunstarGreen  Jul 14, 2014 7:30:11am

re: #101 FemNaziBitch

Christianity is probably the best marketing scheme EVAH!!!

nothing more.

Religion in general, but yes.

105 Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2014 7:32:10am

re: #103 iossarian

Actually, this loon is a Snowden fanboy, trying to find an angle to smear me with.

106 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:32:15am

Hamster in Sweater:

107 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 7:32:24am

re: #103 iossarian

LIBRULS ARE THE REAL BIGOTS etc.

I was once accused of being prejudiced against Republicans.

But it’s okay because my accuser was an independent who hates Obama and always votes Republican.

108 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:32:40am

re: #105 Charles Johnson

Actually, this loon is a Snowden fanboy, trying to find an angle to smear me with.

I hear chocolate smears well.

don’t know about angles.

109 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:33:25am

re: #102 Alyosha

Should I stay or should I go?

Oh stay, I’m here.

110 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 7:34:00am

re: #106 FemNaziBitch

Hamster in Sweater:

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Looks awfully cute, but… poor hamster.

111 GunstarGreen  Jul 14, 2014 7:34:16am

re: #107 Mattand

I was once accused of being prejudiced against Republicans.

But it’s okay because my accuser was an independent who hates Obama and always votes Republican.

“Independents”.

If it walks like a Republican, talks like a Republican, and votes like a Republican…

112 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 7:34:22am

re: #108 FemNaziBitch

Chocolate melts. Whipped cream smears. /and you can’t have whipped cream unless you whip the cows ////

113 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:34:35am

re: #109 FemNaziBitch

Oh stay, I’m here.

:D

It is incredibly late here, gotta be up in (sigh) five hours lol

114 Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2014 7:35:05am

Uh oh, the Snowdenistas really don’t like that picture. lol

115 Flounder  Jul 14, 2014 7:36:16am

re: #113 Alyosha

Sleep is for the weak!

116 Gus  Jul 14, 2014 7:37:29am

re: #113 Alyosha

:D

It is incredibly late here, gotta be up in (sigh) five hours lol

Better 5 hours than none. IMO. So, sleep! Maybe.

117 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:38:22am

118 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 7:38:44am

re: #97 Alyosha

I’m just concerned that you’re worried too much about LGF users’ dependence on clickbait.

From what I’ve seen, most can vet their sources well enough.

I rarely click on any Daily Beast link, myself. This was one I avoided.

119 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 7:39:33am

re: #117 FemNaziBitch

[Embedded image]

“So, what are we gonna do?”

120 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 7:39:46am

re: #111 GunstarGreen

“Independents”.

If it walks like a Republican, talks like a Republican, and votes like a Republican…

Funny how many independents cropped up when the economy tanked as W left office.

121 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 7:40:08am

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Uh oh, the Snowdenistas really don’t like that picture. lol

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Dan Verg’s timeline is full of war pr0n. Blocked & muted.

122 Alyosha  Jul 14, 2014 7:41:07am

re: #115 Flounder

Sleep is for the weak!

Is a phrase and attitude I’ve used before… generally resulting in a feeling of listlessness and, I want to say fatigue.

re: #116 Gus

Better 5 hours than none. IMO. So, sleep! Maybe.

That qualifier at the end seems encouraging to me.

123 Flounder  Jul 14, 2014 7:41:23am

re: #117 FemNaziBitch

So young, yet already a mustache!!!

124 EmmaAnne  Jul 14, 2014 7:42:19am

re: #69 Charles Johnson

Of course I knew that comment would drive the stalkers nuts. I haven’t “turned on Israel” at all - they just like to scream that idiocy whenever I voice even mild criticism.

Gee, it sure sucks to be so irrelevant that they watch every word you write and freak out like yapping chihuahuas about you on a regular basis.

You’ve got to admire their careful reading though. That was a comment far down in a thread - they must be reading every comment of every thread to make sure this place is still irrelevant!

125 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 7:43:46am

re: #117 FemNaziBitch

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That’s looks like a very energetic particle.

126 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 7:46:03am

re: #111 GunstarGreen

“Independents”.

If it walks like a Republican, talks like a Republican, and votes like a Republican…

I’m an Independent. But I’ve been pretty much voting straight Democrat for a while due to the on-going GOP war on science, education, and the basic means of keeping our country and government representative, sorta non-religious, and relatively progressive.

127 ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2014 7:50:56am

Saw this cartoon elsewhere. I thought it fit for here at LGF due to many calling out the GOP clown car. You get a drunken on politics driver like Reince Priebus driving and hitting the tree and it kills and maims the entire party.

Drunken Clown Car Driver

128 Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2014 7:51:52am

re: #124 EmmaAnne

It takes a lot of time and effort to make sure I’m still irrelevant!

129 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:52:38am

130 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 7:52:43am

re: #127 ObserverArt

Always an upding for PBF.

131 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 7:52:59am

re: #96 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Then again, both Yahweh and Allah (I’m talking about more than just the name, which does, of course, mean “God”) are also basically pagan gods overtaken by respective religions from already existing cults. (I suppose for the modern believers it just means that those pagans “had something right” despite everything ;).

When I put on my ‘Mr. Objectivity’ hat, to me (at least) it’s fairly obvious that the God worshipped today by the monotheistic Abrahamic religions has its origin in far more ancient religions that were adopted and transformed over the millennia.

I suppose if you go back in history far enough, you can put together a pretty good idea of how it happened, more or less ; things like the Kenite Hypothesis, etc.

132 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:54:59am

re: #131 Dr Lizardo

When I put on my ‘Mr. Objectivity’ hat, to me (at least) it’s fairly obvious that the God worshipped today by the monotheistic Abrahamic religions has its origin in far more ancient religions that were adopted and transformed over the millennia.

I suppose if you go back in history far enough, you can put together a pretty good idea of how it happened, more or less ; things like the Kenite Hypothesis, etc.

It’s a marketing scheme to consolidate power.

Used wisely, it can lead to peace and prosperity

Used by humans, I’m not sure it helps much.

133 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 7:56:11am

re: #113 Alyosha

:D

It is incredibly late here, gotta be up in (sigh) five hours lol

I got three hours.

I have a feeling we’ll both be going back to bed soon…

134 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 7:56:50am

re: #131 Dr Lizardo

I don’t think this is even all that blasphemous to suggest, since, if we look at it from the religious angle, all those ancient kinds of paganism may just be distorted versions of the original pure teaching, which is why they contain true elements, etc. :)

135 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 8:01:20am

re: #134 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

I don’t think this is even all that blasphemous to suggest, since, if we look at it from the religious angle, all those ancient kinds of paganism may just be distorted versions of the original pure teaching, which is why they contain true elements, etc. :)

I don’t think there was an original pure teaching.

The true elements are basically a no brainer to any semi-intelligent person who bothers to think.

Thru-out history, family/tribe/clan leaders did think and used the true elements to lead their people. Some were charismatic and powerful enough to maintain their rule thru their children and created dynasties.

One really charismatic person was able to get his version of the true elements to every part of the globe in the last 2000 years. His name was Paul.

136 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 8:04:07am

re: #117 FemNaziBitch

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You can’t even see the tail —it is wagging so fast.

137 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 14, 2014 8:05:38am

re: #129 FemNaziBitch

amen.

138 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 8:08:11am

re: #135 FemNaziBitch

I don’t think there was an original pure teaching.

Of course there wasn’t, but as a harmonization for believers it’s no worse than lots of other hypotheticals (like, that the authors of the Biblical chronology didn’t mean it literally, etc.) :)

The true elements are basically a no brainer to any semi-intelligent person who bothers to think.

Thru-out history, family/tribe/clan leaders did think and used the true elements to lead their people. Some were charismatic and powerful enough to maintain their rule thru their children and created dynasties.

One really charismatic person was able to get his version of the true elements to every part of the globe in the last 2000 years. His name was Paul.

By true elements I mean not some general foundational principles (very general commandments etc.), rather all those “direct hits”, like Hammurabi code or GIlgamesh stories vs. the Pentateuch, Yahweh-Elohim coming from the Canaanite pantheon, the fact that the pre-Islamic polytheists worshiped a main deity Allah, who was associated with the Kaaba, etc.

139 FemNaziBitch  Jul 14, 2014 8:08:29am

2 cuppas and I’m still not awake.

bbl

140 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 14, 2014 8:09:41am

re: #139 FemNaziBitch

2 cuppas and I’m still not awake.

bbl

gordon lightfoot put it best

141 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 8:14:09am

And if Bergdahl had been killed in a drone strike, Boykin would be accusing Obama of murdering an American soldier:

142 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 8:14:28am
143 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 8:15:49am

re: #141 Lidane

And if Bergdahl had been killed in a drone strike, Boykin would be accusing Obama of murdering an American soldier:

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Boykin is a traitor in all relevant senses except perhaps de jure. Should he be… Nah.

144 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 8:22:43am

I still want a simple explanation for why that has nothing to do with Presidenting While Black or what they think happened in Benghazi:

145 piratedan  Jul 14, 2014 8:24:33am

re: #144 Lidane

He’s a Democrat and therefore unfit to hold the office

146 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 8:25:55am

re: #144 Lidane

You had the fringe right, like Weiner-Savage and Levin, calling for his impeachment even before he was sworn in. These “people” absolutely hate democracy as much as they hate losing.

147 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 8:25:59am

re: #144 Lidane

I still want a simple explanation for why that has nothing to do with Presidenting While Black or what they think happened in Benghazi:

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You can always tell how much a Republican/conservative/”independent” gets that racism is a huge part of Obama Derangement Syndrome is by how angry they get when you point it out.

The more outraged and pissed off they get at you is a sign that they know it’s true.

148 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 8:33:24am

Today on the Savage frontpage: “SAVAGE AUDIO: ‘Ethnic replacement’ of whites. Obama is orchestrating a Malthusian war against European-Americans”.

149 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 8:35:08am

re: #148 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Today on the Savage frontpage: “SAVAGE AUDIO: ‘Ethnic replacement’ of whites. Obama is orchestrating a Malthusian war against European-Americans”.

These people are deranged.

150 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 8:35:47am

re: #147 Mattand

You can always tell how much a Republican/conservative/”independent” gets that racism is a huge part of Obama Derangement Syndrome is by how angry they get when you point it out.

The more outraged and pissed off they get at you is a sign that they know it’s true.

Wingnuts keep spamming this meme.
You’re a RACIST who uses “criticizing Obama”as an excuse for racist attacks on the First Lady
You’re a TERRORIST for threatening Federal Agents with your guns
You’re a TEABAGGER who doesn’t know shit about the Constitution
You’re a NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT for the same reason you are a TERRORIST
You’re a TROUBLEMAKER for bringing your guns into shopping malls and movie theaters
You’re a BIRTHER because you ignore documented evidence
You’re a TRAITOR when you call for armed insurrection
You’re a CONSPIRACY THEORIST for believing Alex Jones
You’re ANTI-AMERICAN for flying the Confederate Flag
You’re a WAR MONGER for wanting to send More Troops to more places
You’re a GREEDY CAPITALIST for allowing the Kochs to manipulate you for their own purposes

151 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 8:37:08am

re:
#148

Is this Michael Savage? Not sure how people can listen to hours of this stuff without going on a gun rampage. All that anger, hate.

152 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 8:38:42am

re: #150 Pie-onist Overlord

Towing [sic] the party line? Fucking ignorant hicks.

153 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 8:39:56am

re:
#150

Hurr Hurr

I’m a TROUBLEMAKER for asking unanswered questions

We steel have questions!!!!!!1111……..

154 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 8:40:03am

re: #152 Dr. Matt

Towing [sic] the party line? Fucking ignorant hicks.

If you tow the line and put a lure on the end, you’re trolling, aren’t you?
;)
//

155 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 8:41:52am

re: #150 Pie-onist Overlord

Wingnuts keep spamming this meme.
You’re a RACIST who uses “criticizing Obama”as an excuse for racist attacks on the First Lady
You’re a TERRORIST for threatening Federal Agents with your guns
You’re a TEABAGGER who doesn’t know shit about the Constitution
You’re a NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT for the same reason you are a TERRORIST
You’re a TROUBLEMAKER for bringing your guns into shopping malls and movie theaters
You’re a BIRTHER because you ignore documented evidence
You’re a TRAITOR when you call for armed insurrection
You’re a CONSPIRACY THEORIST for believing Alex Jones
You’re ANTI-AMERICAN for flying the Confederate Flag
You’re a WAR MONGER for wanting to send More Troops to more places
You’re a GREEDY CAPITALIST for allowing the Kochs to manipulate you for their own purposes
[Embedded image]

The amount of hay needed to construct that strawman would stretch to Jupiter and back.

156 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 8:43:37am

re: #148 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Today on the Savage frontpage: “SAVAGE AUDIO: ‘Ethnic replacement’ of whites. Obama is orchestrating a Malthusian war against European-Americans”.

I wonder what Savage’s Stormfront handle is?

*smh*

157 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 8:46:47am

Hurr hurr!

I’m a BIRTHER because I dare question the documentation of the president

and

I’m a CONSPIRACY THEORIST for presenting documented facts!

So, a BIRTHER CONSPIRACY THEORIST is one who can’t believe the president’s documentation but wants us to believe his/her own documents.

Documentation. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

158 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 8:48:12am

Here’s an example of outright racism pretending to be “Criticism of Obama”

159 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 8:48:27am

re: #156 Dr Lizardo

I wonder what Savage’s Stormfront handle is?

*smh*

I believe it’s “Michael Savage”.

My uncle is an unrepentant racist. Longtime union guy who most likely voted for McCain and Romney, because I have a hard time seeing him vote for a ni-CLANG; even when presented with how anti-union the last several GOP POTUS noms were.

I hesitate to call it a ‘good’ thing, but at least he’s upfront about it. Unlike idiots such as Michael Savage, and the Anthony half of Opie and Anthony.

160 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 8:48:41am

I’m baffled as to what “criticism” was contained in that float.

161 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 8:49:12am

re:
#158

Hurr hurr, parade float was serious policy criticism!!1

162 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 8:49:58am

WTFITS

163 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 8:50:48am

re: #162 Pie-onist Overlord

Pat Robertson tells mother: Your son ‘s stomach pains are caused by a witch ancestor

lolwut?!

164 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 8:51:05am

re:
#160

Wasn’t it him standing next to a shack or something? Hilarious!!!1 Patriotic!!!11

165 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 8:52:43am

re: #163 Dr Lizardo

Generational curses. It’s the latest thing!

I think it’s an Assembly of God idea.

166 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 8:52:54am

WORST. SOCIALIST. EVAR.

167 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 8:52:55am

re: #159 Mattand

I believe it’s “Michael Savage”.

My uncle is an unrepentant racist. Longtime union guy who most likely voted for McCain and Romney, because I have a hard time seeing him vote for a ni-CLANG; even when presented how anti-union the last several GOP POTUS noms were.

I wonder if your Uncle is one of my cousins. I have two cousins, both staunch UAW guys, who also listen to Rush and watch Fox, vote GOP, and have no problem dropping n-bombs around any family gathering.

168 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 8:52:59am

There is some serious, and hilarious, political criticism contained in these German parade floats.

169 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 8:56:09am

The crazy is strong with Sen. Smith…

Really. Click through to Joe Sonka’s Fat Lip post at Leo Weekly.
It’s stunning.

170 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 8:56:13am
171 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 14, 2014 8:56:55am

re: #168 Pie-onist Overlord

There is some serious, and hilarious, political criticism contained in these German parade floats.

Karneval has a long tradition: back in the days before free speech was protected, that was the only time of year when you could openly criticize the powers-that-be and get away with it.

172 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 8:57:00am

re: #150 Pie-onist Overlord

Bonus points for “towing the party line”.

ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER. DO YOU SPEAK IT?

173 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 8:57:53am

WTFITS:

174 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 8:57:57am

re: #170 Lidane

Larry Klayman sad GOP will have its convention in Cleveland, a city of “losers” and “liberal fat people” t.co
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 14, 2014

Brilliant tactic to turn a purple state Blue. Gracias!

175 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 14, 2014 8:59:47am

re: #174 Dr. Matt

Brilliant tactic to turn a purple state Blue. Gracias!

An overall brilliant outreach strategy in light of a shrinking demographic base: anyone who disagrees with you is a loser, terrorist, moocher, communist/fascist, slut, whoremonger, etc.

No point in even trying to engage these people, right?

176 sagehen  Jul 14, 2014 9:00:42am

re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m baffled as to what “criticism” was contained in that float.

It actually might have sense for a Bill Clinton float, his origins being what they were.

177 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 9:01:35am

re: #173 Lidane

WTFITS:

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Cleon Skousen, racist extraordinaire.

178 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 9:02:16am

re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m baffled as to what “criticism” was contained in that float.

And the corollary: What is ‘accurate’ about it?

179 Timothy Watson  Jul 14, 2014 9:02:32am

re: #170 Lidane

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I wonder what Drew Carey thinks of that…

180 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 9:02:33am

re: #176 sagehen

It actually might have sense for a Bill Clinton float, his origins being what they were.

Until the float split open and the FEMA Deathmobile appeared.
///

181 sagehen  Jul 14, 2014 9:03:25am

re: #168 Pie-onist Overlord

There is some serious, and hilarious, political criticism contained in these German parade floats.

And the faces all look like who they’re supposed to be!!

182 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 9:03:29am

re: #173 Lidane

And that’s the edited version. The original edition used the word “picaninnies”.

183 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 9:05:47am

re:
#173

There’s a Lincoln quote, along the lines of (paraphrase):

“Slavery is a unique kind of good in that its advocates don’t wish to undergo it for themselves.”

184 GunstarGreen  Jul 14, 2014 9:11:32am

re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

An overall brilliant outreach strategy in light of a shrinking demographic base: anyone who disagrees with you is a loser, terrorist, moocher, communist/fascist, slut, whoremonger, etc.

No point in even trying to engage these people, right?

A party founded on animus against the other cannot take steps to grow its base without engaging with the other. Thus the paradox of a failing party that, more and more, must resort to trickery and deceit to win.

See also: gerrymandering, constantly disputing election results, etc.

185 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 9:12:27am

THEIR IS NO RACISM HEAR U LIBTARD!!! UR JUST PLAYING TEH RACE CARD!!! DEMS IS TEH REAL RACISTS HURR HURR!!!!!

186 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 9:12:41am

re: #181 sagehen

And the faces all look like who they’re supposed to be!!

And they are mercilessly satirical as well. They spare no one.

187 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 9:20:48am

re: #173 Lidane

Cleon Skousen. Glenn Beck loves him, too. Those kids are being dealt a dish of crap, putting it mildly. Charter schools need more state BOE supervision, but that’s not going to happen in AZ.

And completely off topic, the female announcer at AZCentral needs to improve her delivery style. She’s got vocal fry (low low register of voice) at the end of nearly every sentence, which makes understanding that last bit more difficult than necessary. en.wikipedia.org

It’s a bad habit, especially among female announcers who want to sound more serious or authoritative. From the linked wikipedia article:

Some evidence exists of vocal fry becoming more common in the speech of young female speakers of American English in the early 21st century,[4][5][6][7][8] but the extent and significance of this are disputed.[9][10] Researcher Ikuko Patricia Yuasa suggests that this tendency is a product of young women endeavoring to infuse their speech with gravitas by means of reaching for the male register and found that “college-age Americans […] perceive female creaky voice as hesitant, nonaggressive, and informal but also educated, urban-oriented, and upwardly mobile”.[4]

188 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 9:24:02am

189 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 9:27:12am

re: #173 Lidane

Some details from Media Matters about the Skousen text being used at that AZ charter school.

White schoolchildren would “envy the freedom” of “colored playmates.” “Slave food, even if monotonous, was plentiful. Corn bread and bacon were the mainstays, with plenty of fruit and vegetables in season. In hog-killing time, countenances were unusually greasy. Clothing also was on the par with that of the poorer white people and no less adequate in proportion to the climate than that of Northern laborers. If [negro children] ran naked it was generally from choice, and when the white boys had to put on shoes and go away to school they were likely to envy the freedom of their colored playmates. The color line began to appear at about that time.” [The Making of America, pages 732-733]

mediamatters.org

190 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 9:32:26am

[Nope]

191 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 9:35:01am

re: #190 Pie-onist Overlord

Wut?

192 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 9:35:01am

re: #189 wheat-dogghazi

O_o

193 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 9:37:05am

re:
#189

OFFS

194 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 9:39:24am

I have paged the latest climate change derp from Sen. Brandon Smith.

195 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 9:39:28am

re: #191 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Wut?

Really lame ILLUMINATI/ROTHSCHILDS/ZIONIST/ISRAEL/ISIS Tweet that I saw, but then thought better of it.

196 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 9:40:33am

OFFS

197 ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2014 9:41:34am

re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m baffled as to what “criticism” was contained in that float.

Awwww shucks little lady. Why that is a little ol’ down home country humor that city folks just don’t appreciate. Now don’t get your pretty little head all concerned about folks out in the country, we don’t behave in the politically co-wrect ways of city folk. We tells it like it is. Our country is in the crapper and that ol’ boy in the white just put us there. That’s all.

///

198 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 9:41:57am

re:
#189

Been thinking of getting into the text-book writing business. I have plenty of resources available to me, but it would be a lot easier to just make stuff up. I could talk about how easy the slaves and Indians had it, for instance. I could make up more stuff about how Christian the founders and confederates were just by having them say a few things about God or the Almighty or whatever. But I’ll need some rabid radio talk show hosts—and a more privatized school system—to make sure I can get my books into circulation. ///

199 piratedan  Jul 14, 2014 9:42:31am

re: #189 wheat-dogghazi

well the AZ State Superintendent of school is John Huppenthal, who is the guy who crushed the ethnic studies classes that were in place in various school districts because he claimed that they promoted ethnic issues/divisiveness ( i.e. the highlighted the importance of hispanics in the development of the state. He was the guy who had the tearful (imho phony) mea culpa when his racist crap was found on a conservative website when his identity was outed.

Yeah, there’s issues in Arizona but the state isn’t entirely batshit insane, it’s just like in other states trending to purple, the local game is rigged and it’s hard to maintain much less breakthrough. Working on better organization to get out the vote and do more work registering voters is something that is quietly happening behind the scenes here in the state. The money spent in the state by the GOP and their fellow travelers is something to behold… (just look at the money being thrown at Martha McSally to try and unseat Ron Barber will give you an idea).

warning politico link:

politico.com

there’s a lot of money in GOP politics in AZ because they’ve seen the numbers and like Texas, AZ is trending blue and that’s why there’s an all-front effort to continue to disenfranchise Hispanic voters, both culturally and politically.

200 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 9:43:00am

re: #195 Pie-onist Overlord

Yeah, Alex Jones territory.

201 Kilroy01  Jul 14, 2014 9:43:48am

re: #189 wheat-dogghazi

I wonder if they envied the 21 or 22 year average lifespan of slaves.

202 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 9:44:05am

re:
#199
piratedan

well the AZ State Superintendent of school is John Huppenthal, who is the guy who crushed the ethnic studies classes that were in place in various school district because he claimed that they promoted ethnic issues, i.e. the highlighted the importance of hispanics in the development of the state. He was the guy who had the tearful (imho phony) mea culpa when his racist crap was found on a conservative website when his identity was outed.

My surprise face. Let me show you it.

203 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 9:44:34am

A teacher at that Heritage Academy charter school in AZ is a graduate of an unaccredited university that one of Skousen’s protégés founded. This teacher, Rick Dalton, makes the rounds of the Tea party lecture circuit expounding on Skousen’s slant on American history.

Dalton, a cherubic-looking man with a shock of white hair who in his spare time rocks out as a guitar player, was dressed neatly in a blue vest and khakis. A former cop and graduate of George Wythe University—an unaccredited institution in Cedar City, Utah, founded by Oliver DeMille, a Skousen protégé—he teaches with NCCS president Earl Taylor at the Heritage Academy charter school in Mesa, where he hones his material on formerly homeschooled high schoolers. He punctuates his lessons with tales of his days at the police academy, Bible jokes, and stories about his immense guitar collection. And like any good evangelist, Dalton weeps.

motherjones.com

204 Kafitrar  Jul 14, 2014 9:44:48am

re: #162 Pie-onist Overlord

WTFITS

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I hope the child didn’t have appendicitis and that he received proper medical attention.

205 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 9:45:16am

re: #199 piratedan

Sometimes it does seem as if all these GOP efforts are essentially holding back the tide. Hopefully a) eventually they’ll be just as (un)successful and b) the ensuing wall of water won’t do too much damage.

206 iossarian  Jul 14, 2014 9:45:54am

re: #202 Bulworth

re:
#199
piratedan

My surprise face. Let me show you it.

Surprise face:

‘o’

207 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 9:46:12am
208 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 9:47:07am

re: #205 iossarian

Wasn’t it Bill Buckley who defined conservatism as “Standing athwart history and yelling, ‘Stop’” or something of that nature?

That pretty much defines it.

It’s also a policy doomed to fail.

209 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 9:49:59am

re: #198 Bulworth

re:
#189

Been thinking of getting into the text-book writing business. I have plenty of resources available to me, but it would be a lot easier to just make stuff up. I could talk about how easy the slaves and Indians had it, for instance. I could make up more stuff about how Christian the founders and confederates were just by having them say a few things about God or the Almighty or whatever. But I’ll need some rabid radio talk show hosts—and a more privatized school system—to make sure I can get my books into circulation. ///

I’ve seen some science textbooks for Christian and home school use that are so poorly written and poorly edited that they look like the authors dashed them off in an afternoon after a few stiff drinks. Someone with decent writing and illustrating skills — with the proper writing slant — could make a small fortune off these schools. Throw in a few mentions of God and Jesus, say something derogatory about Darwin, and it’s a done deal!

210 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 9:52:27am

re: #199 piratedan

well the AZ State Superintendent of school is John Huppenthal, who is the guy who crushed the ethnic studies classes that were in place in various school districts because he claimed that they promoted ethnic issues/divisiveness ( i.e. the highlighted the importance of hispanics in the development of the state. He was the guy who had the tearful (imho phony) mea culpa when his racist crap was found on a conservative website when his identity was outed.

Yeah, there’s issues in Arizona but the state isn’t entirely batshit insane, it’s just like in other states trending to purple, the local game is rigged and it’s hard to maintain much less breakthrough. Working on better organization to get out the vote and do more work registering voters is something that is quietly happening behind the scenes here in the state. The money spent in the state by the GOP and their fellow travelers is something to behold… (just look at the money being thrown at Martha McSally to try and unseat Ron Barber will give you an idea).

warning politico link:

politico.com

there’s a lot of money in GOP politics in AZ because they’ve seen the numbers and like Texas, AZ is trending blue and that’s why there’s an all-front effort to continue to disenfranchise Hispanic voters, both culturally and politically.

qft

If someone else qs it ft, then i could upding it again.

211 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 9:54:08am

re: #193 Bulworth

re:
#189

OFFS

Read the rest of the excerpts at the Media Matters link I posted. It’s horrific. Skousen used as his source material a history written in 1934 by a then-well regarded scholar, Fred Albert Shannon, whose racism has become more clear 80 years on. In ‘34, most whites would read that kind of garbage and not even blink. Apparently, 80 years later there are still stupid white people.

212 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 9:54:22am

Conservatism reduced to yelling (at clouds).

213 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 9:55:18am

re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth

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They were known as “The Bletchley Park Wrens”.

214 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 9:56:39am

re: #212 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Conservatism reduced to yelling (at clouds).

Speaking of conservatives yelling (at clouds)…..everyone please spend a few moments watching this epic meltdown:

215 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 9:57:47am
216 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 9:59:00am
217 wheat-dogghazi  Jul 14, 2014 10:00:06am

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

Here, it’s been pouring almost non-stop for two days. At least, it’s not 93 degrees anymore.

218 sagehen  Jul 14, 2014 10:00:45am

re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Are those the British real-life girls of Bletchley?

219 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 10:00:51am

re: #214 Dr. Matt

I thought I had deja vu. This has been going on between them for years:

businessinsider.com

220 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:01:41am

re: #218 sagehen

Are those the British real-life girls of Bletchley?

Apparently so. I did some poking around the internet and it’s a very interesting story.

221 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 10:02:36am

re: #219 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Santelli is one busted artery away from a stroke.

222 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 10:04:10am

re: #221 Dr. Matt

Santelli is one busted artery away from a stroke.

Aren’t we all?

223 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 10:08:18am
224 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 10:09:54am

Follow this google link (SFW)

225 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:10:12am

Seen on FB this morning:
That “look”…hahahaa!

226 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 10:10:14am

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin:

Flower Power!

227 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 10:11:32am
228 sagehen  Jul 14, 2014 10:11:50am

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

Apparently so. I did some poking around the internet and it’s a very interesting story.

PBS has a Brit show called “The Bletchley Circle”… set in the mid-50’s, several of the women who are hating what they’re reduced to after the war come together as amateur detectives…

Because the episodes don’t take the full hour, PBS fills out the time with BBC interviews of little old blue-hair wrinkly hunchbacks who were so excited when it got declassified in the 1990’s, they could finally tell their husbands and offspring what they really did during the war.

To be one of Turing’s Girls, but it’s so secret they have zero credentials or work history or recommendations (“I was a shipping clerk. I was a maid.”) and the only jobs they can get later is shop clerk or nanny or typist…

229 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:14:23am

re: #228 sagehen

Yes. One of the links with video I found is from BBC.

230 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 10:16:58am

Shorter Christie: “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL NO!”

231 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 10:18:02am

RON PAUL!!!!!

232 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 10:19:04am

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

I would totally switch the dialogue lines between them.

233 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:19:04am

re: #231 Pie-onist Overlord

RON PAUL!!!!!

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They are beyond pathetic.

234 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 10:21:18am

re:
#230

Because Freedom, Liberty

235 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 10:22:05am
236 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 10:23:55am

re: #235 Kragar

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Flogging commenced on that one here.

237 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 10:25:18am

I leave my work PC running all god damn weekend to get updates in accordance with my office policies, which includes autoshutdowns when a patch gets pushed . There is no god damn reason why an hour after I log in and am working on a project I should be getting fucking notice that I need to reboot.

238 Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2014 10:26:04am

GIF break!

The Goonies!

239 Teukka  Jul 14, 2014 10:26:10am

re: #227 Kragar

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Hey… Isn’t like practicing medicine without a license a no-no in the US of A?

240 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 10:26:58am
241 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 10:27:35am

re:
#214

Yeah, tried watching it but my stupid phone kept pausing to catch up every few seconds. What little I did see I couldn’t make sense of because Santelli is shrieking over everyone else. What a moran.

Oh, and HIPERINFLATIONS!!!1 Inflation like Zimbabwe!!!!

242 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 10:27:50am
243 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 10:28:07am

MAKE SHIT UP & CALL PEOPLE NAMES WHEN I GET CALLED OUT ON IT=JOURNALISM!!!!!

244 jaunte  Jul 14, 2014 10:28:07am
245 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 10:28:34am

re:
#240

British spies!!!1 MI6!!!!1 007!!!1

246 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:28:50am
247 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 10:29:26am

re: #244 jaunte

Sam Houston was a slave owning asshole, but even he knew that swearing allegiance to the Confederacy was a bridge too far. It’s why they threw him out after he vetoed secession.

248 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 10:29:51am

re:
#242
Lidane

And FEMA prisons, too.

249 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 10:29:55am

re: #239 Teukka

Hey… Isn’t like practicing medicine without a license a no-no in the US of A?

The big question is my preferred form of exorcism covered by my Employer?

250 jaunte  Jul 14, 2014 10:31:39am

United Daughters of the Confederacy® Texas Division
Children of the Confederacy(r)txudc.org

251 Lidane  Jul 14, 2014 10:36:31am
252 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 10:37:23am

re: #250 jaunte

United Daughters of the Confederacy(r) Texas Division
Children of the Confederacy(r)txudc.org

From there:

Adopted children are not eligible for membership by virtue of the adoptive parents’ bloodline, but solely by virtue of the natural or biological parents.

But it’s about ‘pure ideals’ according to their creed. Doesn’t mention ‘pure blood’.

253 jaunte  Jul 14, 2014 10:38:56am

re: #252 wrenchwench

I wasn’t aware that they had such a strong commitment to rewriting history.

254 Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2014 10:40:10am

re: #242 Lidane

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Strange.

You’d think the fundies would be looking forward to their “impending martyrdom”, wouldn’t you? They can sing ‘The Old Rugged Cross’ as they’re herded into the gas chambers, or perhaps ‘God Bless America’ as they face down the firing squad with courage.

/////

*headdesk*

255 jaunte  Jul 14, 2014 10:40:39am

re: #252 wrenchwench

=
… it’s about ‘pure ideals’ according to their creed. Doesn’t mention ‘pure blood’.

I imagine ‘pure blood’ is covered under their concept of ‘pure ideals.’

256 Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2014 10:40:57am

re: #167 Dr. Matt

I wonder if your Uncle is one of my cousins. I have two cousins, both staunch UAW guys, who also listen to Rush and watch Fox, vote GOP, and have no problem dropping n-bombs around any family gathering.

The unions spun off a culturally RW faction during the Nixon years—the ‘hardhat’ anti-hippie rioters. Some of it was genuine postwar patriotism outraged by the anti-war Left. A lot was astroturfed. The labor movement still hasn’t recovered from it.

257 dog philosopher  Jul 14, 2014 10:43:32am

a ruff, a bluff, a loofah:

falafal!

258 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:44:06am

BATS!!!!!!!!!

The EYES!!!!!!!!!

259 Mattand  Jul 14, 2014 10:46:00am

re: #167 Dr. Matt

I wonder if your Uncle is one of my cousins. I have two cousins, both staunch UAW guys, who also listen to Rush and watch Fox, vote GOP, and have no problem dropping n-bombs around any family gathering.

Probably not, unless you’ve got roots in South Jersey.

Unfortunately, that attitude knows no boundaries.

How do your cousins square the GOP’s general anti-union stances? It’s not so much a plank in the GOP platform as it is fused into the bedrock.

260 Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2014 10:46:46am

re: #228 sagehen

PBS has a Brit show called “The Bletchley Circle”… set in the mid-50’s, several of the women who are hating what they’re reduced to after the war come together as amateur detectives…

Because the episodes don’t take the full hour, PBS fills out the time with BBC interviews of little old blue-hair wrinkly hunchbacks who were so excited when it got declassified in the 1990’s, they could finally tell their husbands and offspring what they really did during the war.

To be one of Turing’s Girls, but it’s so secret they have zero credentials or work history or recommendations (“I was a shipping clerk. I was a maid.”) and the only jobs they can get later is shop clerk or nanny or typist…

Last night’s Endeavour spends a lot of time on a minor character—a 1966 sales clerk in womens’ hosiery who lost his leg in a Spitfire after his 20th Luftwaffe kill.

261 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 10:49:11am

On George W. Bush and His Support for Confederate Organizations

web.archive.org

1. In the Annual Report Fiscal 1997-1998 of the Museum of the Confederacy, on page 37, is a listing titled, “Donors to Fund Raising Events” for the “Lone Star Ball.” One of the persons listed is “Hon. George W. Bush, Governor of Texas.” Though on the Pacifica radio program, they reported a letter from the Museum of the Confederacy stating that he wrote a fundraising letter for them, but didn’t give money.

…

2. On the outside back cover of the Dec. 1996 issue of the “UDC Magazine,” the official publication of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, is a letter from Texas Gov. George W. Bush on official Texas Governors stationary with the seal of the State of Texas, dated January 1, 1996. It congratulates the Texas Div. of the United Daughters of the Confederacy 100th Anniversary.

…

3. George W. Bush letter to the Sons of Confederate Veterans:

He wrote a letter to the SCV for their 100th anniversary.

But to be fair: web.archive.org

2. In the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s official publication, UDC Magazine, Dec. 1987, page 8, U.S. Senator Al Gore is attending a UDC function at the at Confederacy Monument in Arlington National Cemetery.

262 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 10:49:50am

*THROWS DESK OUT WINDOW*

263 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:50:24am

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

*THROWS DESK OUT WINDOW*

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I saw that yesterday and just said “good freakin grief…”

264 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 10:50:53am

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

I didn’t know there were that many of them.

265 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 10:51:03am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

I saw that yesterday and just said “good freakin grief…”

Neturei Karta (the Jewish equivalent of Westboro) and all their Satmar extended family)

266 jaunte  Jul 14, 2014 10:51:07am

re: #173 Lidane

AZ charter school’s ‘Tea Party’ history book claims whites envied the ‘freedom’ of slaves ow.ly

On the other hand:

“…His slaves’ ownership of dogs also troubled and economically threatened George Washington. They apparently trained the animals quite well. “It is astonishing to see the command under which their dogs are,” Washington commented to his manager Anthony Whiting in 1792. Although the slaves probably kept the dogs ostensibly for hunting, both men felt that they used the dogs during “night robberies” to round up Mount Vernon sheep, which they then sold to certain outside “receivers.” Washington and Whiting also feared that dogs might kill the sheep. Washington eventually ordered Whiting to decide which dog or dogs to keep on each farm, then kill all the others. Afterward, “if any negro presumes under any presence whatsoever, to preserve, or bring one into the family…,” Washington proclaimed, “he shall be severely punished, and the dog hanged.” Washington was not the only plantation owner to resort to such drastic measures; Thomas Jefferson, on at least one occasion, ordered the destruction of all dogs belonging to his slaves, while permitting his overseer to retain a pair for his own use. At least one of the condemned dogs was hung as a disciplinary warning to the Monticello slaves.”
pbs.org

267 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 10:52:25am

*LOOKS AROUND FOR ANOTHER DESK TO FLING OUT THE WINDOW*

268 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 10:52:41am

re:
#266

Sick.

269 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 10:53:09am

re: #265 Pie-onist Overlord

Neturei Karta (the Jewish equivalent of Westboro) and all their Satmar extended family)

yep

270 jaunte  Jul 14, 2014 10:53:51am

re: #268 Bulworth

Not part of the popular history.

271 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 10:54:41am

WHAT IN THE FUCKING FUCK IS THIS FUCKING SHIT?

All the desks are lying broken on the pavement.

272 Gus  Jul 14, 2014 10:55:06am

re: #267 Pie-onist Overlord

*LOOKS AROUND FOR ANOTHER DESK TO FLING OUT THE WINDOW*

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274 CuriousLurker  Jul 14, 2014 10:58:42am

re: #254 Dr Lizardo

Strange.

You’d think the fundies would be looking forward to their “impending martyrdom”, wouldn’t you? They can sing ‘The Old Rugged Cross’ as they’re herded into the gas chambers, or perhaps ‘God Bless America’ as they face down the firing squad with courage.

/////

*headdesk*

Yeah, last night in my book on antisemitism I finished the chapter covering the 700s-1300 and holy wars (the Crusades) and started on the next chapter that goes into more details on the latter part (1144-1300) of that time span, where the real “fun” begins (blood libel, etc.)

This book has been an eye-opener on so many levels: learning about ancient Jewish history and antisemitism in the ancient world (which had a different aspect or quality to it (i.e. it was more about the brutality of the times and who had power than religion per se, IOW lots of groups faced similar abuses); how Jesus (a.s.) fit into the picture and how Christianity changed; how changes to society, the increased power of the Church, and fears of The Other, the infidels/enemies of God (triggered primarily by the Muslim conquest of the Holy Land & parts of Europe, with Jews being lumped in with them as enemies) caused things to take an ugly turn, etc.

It’s a subject with a very long & complex history, but it makes for fascinating and often nail-biting reading.

Gah, conference call coming up—gotta run. BBL

275 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 11:00:08am

re: #272 Gus

This is from a prayer rally in May. not a pro Palestinian group.

I went to vosizneias.com which would have reported on this event (had it occurred) and found gornisht.

I did however find this:

Religious Zionist Rabbis Send Letter To Family Of Slain Palestinian Boy: ‘We Are Ashamed’

276 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 11:00:39am
277 CuriousLurker  Jul 14, 2014 11:01:06am

re: #274 CuriousLurker

P.S. My point was that Farah is full of it, as usual.

Laters…

278 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 11:02:04am
279 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 11:02:06am

re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord

*THROWS DESK OUT WINDOW*

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280 Gus  Jul 14, 2014 11:03:22am

re: #279 wrenchwench

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Twitter. Home of the “baby llama” pic that’s actually a stuffed toy.

281 dog philosopher  Jul 14, 2014 11:03:54am

hey mr tolleybon tolley me banana

(too much bbc)

282 Gus  Jul 14, 2014 11:08:57am

Tip off being there aren’t that many Neturei Karta to being with.

283 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 11:11:21am

re: #282 Gus

What I thought. There are usually what, 3-4 guys with placards.

284 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 11:12:32am

re: #282 Gus

Tip off being there aren’t that many Neturei Karta to being with.

re: #283 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

What I thought. There are usually what, 3-4 guys with placards.

I think they’re lingering at the edges trying to pretend it’s their protest, but they just snuck in.

285 Gus  Jul 14, 2014 11:13:38am

re: #283 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

What I thought. There are usually what, 3-4 guys with placards.

I was thinking about a couple of dozen.

286 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 11:16:04am

re: #282 Gus

Tip off being there aren’t that many Neturei Karta to being with.

This is after his original tweet of it:

287 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 11:16:11am

re: #285 Gus

I was thinking about a couple of dozen.

In good weather :)

288 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 11:17:08am

Another tweeter said this later:

289 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 11:31:25am

re: #265 Pie-onist Overlord

These are religious Jews who think that Israel doesn’t have a right to exist because the Mosiach (Messiah) hasn’t come and that Israel can only be established when G-d is ready for it to happen. It’s estimated that there are 5,000 of them worldwide. They are an extreme fringe of the ultra-Orthodox, but because they oppose Israel’s existence, they’ll get coverage far in excess of their support.

Meanwhile, these are some other images from this past week’s protests in the City. Among those protesting, Max Blumenthal and a bunch of Palestinians who support a 1-state solution, eliminating Israel altogether (from sea to river).

Add in the usual claims that Israel engages in genocide or other Holocaust analogies, and you’ll go Godwin within 30 seconds.

BUT - and this is crucial.

The photo isn’t from protests against Israel’s fight against Gaza.

It’s a general protest against Israel’s draft law amendments that would require service among Orthodox Jews. It took place June 9, 2013. Of note, the cranes in the background with speakers, and similar photos from different vantage points around Foley Square in Manhattan.

Okay, I buried the lede there, but that’s the order in which I found items.

290 sagehen  Jul 14, 2014 11:37:28am

re: #244 jaunte

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If the underlying cause wasn’t to sustain slavery, it does seem odd that the “Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union” should include the following paragraphs:

We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.

That in this free government all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal civil and political rights; that the servitude of the African race, as existing in these States, is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator, as recognized by all Christian nations; while the destruction of the existing relations between the two races, as advocated by our sectional enemies, would bring inevitable calamities upon both and desolation upon the fifteen slave-holding states.

avalon.law.yale.edu

291 Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2014 11:41:12am

re: #290 sagehen

If the underlying cause wasn’t to sustain slavery, it does seem odd that the “Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union” should include the following paragraphs:

avalon.law.yale.edu

Article II: “Don’t even get me started on the Comanche.”

292 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 11:52:00am

re: #283 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

What I thought. There are usually what, 3-4 guys with placards.

Yup. Like the Westboro nutters, they’ll get as close to the cameras as they can, and when you have a gathering like last year’s protest by the Orthodox community in NY against the Israel draft law amendments, it makes them look like they’ve got numbers. Except that they’re the fringe of the fringe, much like the Westboros. Invariably, it’s the same small group of Neturei Karta men (and it’s always men) at any protests against Israel in NYC with these signs.

293 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 11:53:27am

re: #292 lawhawk

(and it’s always men)

Less inclusive than even Westboro? ;)

294 lawhawk  Jul 14, 2014 12:31:22pm

re: #289 lawhawk

Missing link for those additional images from the actual protest this past week.

truth-out.org

295 dog philosopher  Jul 14, 2014 2:05:27pm

liz cheney

“the Obama administration’s climate change policies are a thinly veiled attack on the coal industry”

at least i can console myself that the current president can be accused of conducting a thinly veiled attack on the coal industry

i’m sure president romney will never face such accusations…

296 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Jul 14, 2014 6:42:18pm

re: #158 Pie-onist Overlord

An awful lot of “conservative” entities out there really give the impression to me that they are men pretending to be women. I wonder how prevalent this is. You know, “That cute blonde girl hates just like I do.”


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