This episode of the Colbert Report is actually the comedy version of last week at LGF — Stephen Colbert covers several of the stories that appeared here, including Jim Hoft’s evil, destructive lies about a $50 million resort hotel for immigrant children.
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 3:32:18pm |
National Guard to border makes no sense. # of kids dropping; none are sneaking in; total crossings < 200% since ‘99. Border is safe.— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 21, 2014
(O’Rourke’s face appeared in the video above, but it was while Doocy was talking.)
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 21, 2014 3:33:45pm |
People want Law and Order writ big and they want Low Taxes writ even bigger. This is what we get.
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piratedan Jul 21, 2014 3:34:49pm |
it’s going to be so sad when he drops this persona to do his next gig because he and his staff do such a fantastic job of mockery and display of the insanity of the right.
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 3:35:33pm |
re: #2 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
People want Law and Order writ big and they want Low Taxes writ even bigger. This is what we get.
It’s simpler than that. The money and the base of activism against immigration and against immigrants comes from White Supremacists.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 21, 2014 3:37:16pm |
re: #4 wrenchwench
It’s simpler than that. The money and the base of activism against immigration and against immigrants comes from White Supremacists.
Yeah, sorry, thought I was commenting on a John Oliver piece about the prison system.
Point is, these people do not want a humane solution, even if that were a cheaper alternative, and they are certainly not willing to finance the comprehensive and far-reaching reforms we need to solve this humanely.
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Teukka Jul 21, 2014 3:39:13pm |
Sorry for the disrupting wildly off-topic question, but where does one suggest overnight weird videos? I has candidate:
Potentially NSFW. Potentially NSFS.*
Youtube Video
*: Not safe for sanity.
*crosses fingers hoping he posts something not posted here before*
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 3:39:38pm |
A short while ago, a Palestinian terrorist shot & severely injured an Israeli civilian in Judea & Samaria. IDF Forces are searching the area— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 21, 2014
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 3:42:47pm |
That looks a bit like a tall tale. If not, quite unprofessional, tho figuratively true:
Biden told the magazine about his 2011 visit with Putin, who at the time was prime minister, and said he found himself just inches away from the Russian leader.
“I said, ‘Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul,’” Biden told the magazine. “He looked back at me, and he smiled, and he said, ‘We understand one another.’”
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 3:47:30pm |
re: #8 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
That looks a bit like a tall tale. If not, quite unprofessional, tho figuratively true:
“I said, ‘Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul,’” Biden told the magazine. “He looked back at me, and he smiled, and he said, ‘We understand one another.’”
Could be a truncated translation.
“I said, ‘Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul, NTTAWWT.’”
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 3:47:30pm |
oh yay!
Summerlike temps thru Wed, but we're monitoring the potential for another cool spell late July/early Aug! pic.twitter.com/XlHV4n18FK
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) July 21, 2014
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 3:48:23pm |
re: #8 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
My guess. Biden’s opening salvo for his foreign policy bona fides on his 2016 aspirations due to (from the article) Biden’s assessment is in stark contrast to that of former U.S. President George W. Bush, who famously said after his first meeting with Putin in 2001: “I looked the man in the eye … I was able to get a sense of his soul.”
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 3:48:43pm |
re: #9 Decatur Deb
As someone without a soul, I can confirm that TINWWI, but nevertheless..
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 3:49:32pm |
re: #11 sattv4u2
My guess. Biden’s opening salvo for his foreign policy bona fides on his 2016 aspirations due to (from the article) Biden’s assessment is in stark contrast to that of former U.S. President George W. Bush, who famously said after his first meeting with Putin in 2001: “I looked the man in the eye … I was able to get a sense of his soul.”
Yup. Definite, conscious, parallel construct.
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 3:50:00pm |
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh yay!
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Been 10 degrees (+/-) below normal for July here since Saturday and predicted that way through the coming weekend
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 3:50:44pm |
re: #12 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
As someone without a soul, I can confirm that TINWWI, but nevertheless..
Ok, that one has me sumped. When I google TINWWI all I get are links for World War I toys made of tin.
RBS
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 3:51:34pm |
re: #15 RealityBasedSteve
Ok, that one has me sumped. When I google TINWWI all I get are links for World War I toys made of tin.
RBS
pssst ,,,, pssssstt,.,,,, hey,, buddy ,, can I interest you in a WW 1 replica tank!!!!
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EmmaAnne Jul 21, 2014 3:52:00pm |
re: #15 RealityBasedSteve
Ok, that one has me sumped. When I google TINWWI all I get are links for World War I toys made of tin.
RBS
There is nothing wrong with it?
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 3:53:33pm |
The NEW Mile High Club!!!
(frankly ,,, I prefer the old one!!!)
JetBlue Pilot Arrested In Boston Heroin Bust
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 3:55:40pm |
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 3:57:09pm |
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 3:59:24pm |
re: #20 sattv4u2
Here’s a little brochure published by that institute:
“DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL COMMITTEE-ALLGAYS”
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:00:16pm |
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 4:00:24pm |
WTFITS
Protests all around the world. #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/qiTblL7yxK— Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) July 21, 2014
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 21, 2014 4:03:05pm |
re: #23 Pie-onist Overlord
WTFITS
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The Philadelphia ones have had equally large pro-Israel protests at the same site earlier in the afternoon. I’ve been walking by them the previous two Fridays.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 4:05:00pm |
ASSTARD
Perhaps the WH could schedule a play date for the president — somewhere along the border…— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 21, 2014
Obama is off to party and collect cash in California - while Gov. Rick Perry protects American sovereignty.— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 21, 2014
The governor of Texas is being more presidential than the president of the united states.— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 21, 2014
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:08:11pm |
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:10:20pm |
Frances Interior Minister speaks out against the protesters
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Killgore Trout Jul 21, 2014 4:13:38pm |
This very fake looking video is making the rounds
Liveleak Video
From the International Solidarity Movement. The camera is five feet away from him. Medics milling around 10 behind him, nobody’s taking cover or even crouching.
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 4:14:52pm |
re: #28 sattv4u2
He shouldn’t simply “speak against”. They should be arrested, those that can be deported - deported, etc.
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Killgore Trout Jul 21, 2014 4:15:11pm |
re: #28 sattv4u2
Frances Interior Minister speaks out against the protesters
At least anti-semitism in French doesn’t sound nearly as frightening as antisemitism in German.
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 4:16:42pm |
Been trying to figure how Glenn Greenwald attracted such a cult-like following; concluded it must be his sunny, positive personality.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 21, 2014
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Killgore Trout Jul 21, 2014 4:17:44pm |
re: #30 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
He shouldn’t simply “speak against”. They should be arrested, those that can be deported - deported, etc.
The French and other EU countries have to be careful how they handle this stuff in the interest of community relations but it does need to be dealt with. Leaving this stuff unaddressed creates political openings for FN and other right wing nationalist parties. It’s a tough balance.
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:19:37pm |
re: #31 Killgore Trout
At least anti-semitism in French doesn’t sound nearly as frightening as antisemitism in German.
But wait
There’s MORE
A leader of Germany’s Jewish community said some of the demonstrators in that country had shown an “explosion of evil and violence-prone hatred of Jews.”Dieter Graumann, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said Monday that “Never in our lives did we believe it possible that anti-Semitism of the most primitive kind would be heard on the streets of Germany.”
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 4:20:33pm |
re: #33 Killgore Trout
If arresting racist thugs hurts someone’s feelings, well… good.
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:21:30pm |
re: #29 Killgore Trout
Yeah. Supposedly he
A) got shot in the HAND
so
B) he just lays there
with
C) medics feet away not moving towards him
and
D) tanks coming right around the corner
Idon’tthinkso!!
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Killgore Trout Jul 21, 2014 4:21:53pm |
re: #34 sattv4u2
But wait
There’s MORE
A leader of Germany’s Jewish community said some of the demonstrators in that country had shown an “explosion of evil and violence-prone hatred of Jews.”Dieter Graumann, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said Monday that “Never in our lives did we believe it possible that anti-Semitism of the most primitive kind would be heard on the streets of Germany.”
It’s ironic that the “peace” protesters in Europe are going to motivate a lot of Jews to immigrate to Israel. Many may end up in West Bank settlements.
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Killgore Trout Jul 21, 2014 4:24:56pm |
re: #35 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
If arresting racist thugs hurts someone’s feelings, well… good.
Not long ago I might have shared that sentiment but it’s unrealistic. The French need to handle this in a way that doesn’t end up pissing off a lot of young radicalized men who might be motivated to take out their frustrations in more drastic measures. Especially with lots of young men returning home from wars in Syria, Europe could have a huge problem on its hands.
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 4:27:02pm |
re: #38 Killgore Trout
Oh, what BS, “not pissing off”. I don’t see why active radicals shouldn’t be in prisons (and passive ones under surveillance).
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 4:28:49pm |
Just been catching up on the coverage at a lot of media sites on the Gaza conflict - Israel is losing the PR war, much more than usual.
Netanyahu’s comment about “telegenically dead” victims of Israeli bombings was just awful by any standard. That kind of stuff makes it really hard for people to feel sympathetic to Israel.
It’s not looking good this time at all.
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Stanley Sea Jul 21, 2014 4:31:45pm |
#immigrationreform Keep the kids … deport the racists #humanrights #UniteBlue #PDMFNB #p2 pic.twitter.com/drlaQfhhUg
— Laurel Davila, CPA (@laureldavilacpa) July 21, 2014
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Skip Intro Jul 21, 2014 4:32:27pm |
re: #40 Charles Johnson
Yeah, things like this make it look a bit one sided.
Mideast Conflict: Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Fighting Tops 500
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Killgore Trout Jul 21, 2014 4:32:58pm |
re: #36 sattv4u2
Yeah. Supposedly he
A) got shot in the HAND
so
B) he just lays there
with
C) medics feet away not moving towards him
and
D) tanks coming right around the cornerIdon’tthinkso!!
I’ve watched a couple times now, the there’s just no reaction from the guys in the background. The video says it took place in Shujaya, there are reports of shelling and missile strikes but I haven’t seen any reports of ground troops yet. Still looking. It’s a suburb of Gaza city, pretty far away from the border and I don;t think ground troops have gone that far in.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 4:33:56pm |
I might be at that point in the summer where I wish it was winter. It’s a faint feeling right now, as there have been some lovely summer days here in the inner mountain west. Still, the see-saw continues…
Today's photo: Steve Milum and David Bishop seek higher goods in Japan's Furanodake backcountry. PHOTO Ryan Creary pic.twitter.com/p1xW1l1F2C— Powder (@PowderMagazine) July 21, 2014
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Skip Intro Jul 21, 2014 4:35:24pm |
How about a heart warming video of Kim Jong Un?
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 4:38:32pm |
LOLWHUT
Ted Cruz, Machine Gun, Full Auto … Need We Say More? Let's see Harry Reid do that.http://t.co/70kh450KXg #2A #tcot pic.twitter.com/GYKPd5CU9I— NC Conservative (@nobiggov4me) July 18, 2014
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Stanley Sea Jul 21, 2014 4:39:08pm |
re: #40 Charles Johnson
Just been catching up on the coverage at a lot of media sites on the Gaza conflict - Israel is losing the PR war, much more than usual.
Netanyahu’s comment about “telegenically dead” victims of Israeli bombings was just awful by any standard. That kind of stuff makes it really hard for people to feel sympathetic to Israel.
It’s not looking good this time at all.
I thought that was a joke at first. Could not believe it.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 4:41:46pm |
re: #46 Pie-onist Overlord
I love it how all these patriots who are rugged individualists and devout (Protestant) Christians are all conformists of the highest order on Twitter. Bald Eagle, Twibbons, American Flag.
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 4:42:45pm |
Regardless of what one thinks of Israel’s actions in Gaza (I haven’t been keeping up, so I can’t add anything positive, negative or neutral on that), Netanyahu has always been a right-wing thug and that’s not the first of his scandalous quotes. I can only hope the next premier will be someone saner.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 4:43:57pm |
Is Michelle Obama the most classless first lady the United States has ever seen? NO. @TeaPartyOrg #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/pH4uMQmW5M— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 21, 2014
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lawhawk Jul 21, 2014 4:47:16pm |
Luap Nor has taken the great leap into Alex Jones territory, albeit with a huge dose of pro-Putin propaganda too.
While western media outlets rush to repeat government propaganda on the event, there are a few things they will not report.
They will not report that the crisis in Ukraine started late last year, when EU and US-supported protesters plotted the overthrow of the elected Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych. Without US-sponsored “regime change,” it is unlikely that hundreds would have been killed in the unrest that followed. Nor would the Malaysian Airlines crash have happened.
The media has reported that the plane must have been shot down by Russian forces or Russian-backed separatists, because the missile that reportedly brought down the plane was Russian made. But they will not report that the Ukrainian government also uses the exact same Russian-made weapons.
They will not report that the post-coup government in Kiev has, according to OSCE monitors, killed 250 people in the breakaway Lugansk region since June, including 20 killed as government forces bombed the city center the day after the plane crash! Most of these are civilians and together they roughly equal the number killed in the plane crash. By contrast, Russia has killed no one in Ukraine, and the separatists have struck largely military, not civilian, targets.
They will not report that the US has strongly backed the Ukrainian government in these attacks on civilians, which a State Department spokeswoman called “measured and moderate.”
They will not report that neither Russia nor the separatists in eastern Ukraine have anything to gain but everything to lose by shooting down a passenger liner full of civilians.
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Kragar Jul 21, 2014 4:47:47pm |
re: #46 Pie-onist Overlord
LOLWHUT
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The SAW is designed to be fired in 3-5 round bursts. Any moron can lay on the trigger @nobiggov4me— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 21, 2014
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 4:47:54pm |
re: #49 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
Of course, we shouldn’t also forget, that Hamas churns out stuff that is 10x so offensive on a daily basis.
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:49:07pm |
re: #50 Pie-onist Overlord
ummm,, HUH??
Photo was most likely taken at a White House childrens event at a time when Mr T was a HUGE box office/ multi media star, ESPECIALLY with kids
iirc, there was Mr T toys/ bedding/ kids clothing/ a cereal/ a weekly cartoon
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 4:49:55pm |
re: #56 sattv4u2
ummm,, HUH??
Photo was most likely taken at a White House childrens event at a time when Mr T was a HUGE box office/ multi media star, ESPECIALLY with kids
iirc, there was Mr T toys/ bedding/ kids clothing/ a cereal
Hey! No posting while driving!
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:50:19pm |
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 4:50:52pm |
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 4:51:16pm |
re: #56 sattv4u2
ummm,, HUH??
Photo was most likely taken at a White House childrens event at a time when Mr T was a HUGE box office/ multi media star, ESPECIALLY with kids
iirc, there was Mr T toys/ bedding/ kids clothing/ a cereal/ a weekly cartoon
She’s posting to the wingnuts who will freak out at Nancy kissing a black man. And believe me, the photo of Michelle is WAY more classy.
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:51:20pm |
re: #59 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
See, I care.
well,,, ummm,, errr,,, officer, ,,, at least I wasn’t TEXTING!!!
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Kragar Jul 21, 2014 4:53:36pm |
Hey, it's Animal Mother. RT @DeniseFlores: Look at this fucking douchebag, y'all: pic.twitter.com/k1vKbhILTU— Ian Actual (@iboudreau) July 21, 2014
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Teukka Jul 21, 2014 4:53:49pm |
re: #46 Pie-onist Overlord
LOLWHUT
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You yankee dems need to arrange a photo op with Senator Reid and a Gatling gun }:)
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 4:54:12pm |
re: #51 sattv4u2
Ah well
The long quiet drive TO work beckons
Speaking of Long Drives, did you get feeling well enough for your golf game?
RBS
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:55:30pm |
re: #66 RealityBasedSteve
Speaking of Long Drives, did you get feeling well enough for your golf game?
RBS
Between work and the iffy weather here since the weekend, haven’t played since the 4th of July
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 4:56:05pm |
re: #23 Pie-onist Overlord
WTFITS
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How cute. Someone figured out how to use Google image search.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 4:56:09pm |
re: #64 Kragar
Beauty Pageant Contestant Perry Begins The Border Security Posing
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 4:56:24pm |
Oh brother.
B E N G H A Z I #benghazi b E Negligence Gunrunning Hillary2016 A Z I #TCOT B E N G H A Z I @Senate_GOPs #gretawire— SpreadButter (@SpreadButter) July 21, 2014
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sattv4u2 Jul 21, 2014 4:56:31pm |
re: #66 RealityBasedSteve
Was in Myrtle Beach three days before the 4th. Played 4 rounds in two days while there
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 4:57:30pm |
re: #70 Charles Johnson
It’s The Meme That Just Won’t Die. I bet some of these douchecanoes will have it engraved on their fucking headstones.
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Kragar Jul 21, 2014 4:57:58pm |
Its called “Operation Photo Op” @JM_Ashby— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 21, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 4:58:33pm |
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Oh brother.
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Spreadbullshit’s avi is the creepiest selfie ever. She totally looks like a deranged psycho (which she is)
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 4:58:59pm |
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lawhawk Jul 21, 2014 5:01:24pm |
re: #54 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
This latest round of fighting has both sides pushing for extreme measures. Israel doesn’t look like they’re going to stop short of eliminating Hamas operations in Gaza, while Hamas isn’t going to surrender unless all of Gaza is in ruins.
Both might get their wish. The butcher’s bill with be high.
And here’s the thing. Every time you think that Israel will have made a huge gaffe media-wise, or killed a large group of civilians in one go, Hamas will not only cheer the deaths, but will then drop even more missiles on Israel. Anything Hamas gains from the Israeli missteps are automatically given right back with their own horrors inflicted.
I also suspect Israel is also more united in dealing with Hamas than they have in a long time - the rocket attacks against Israel have done more to unite Israelis against Hamas than the political maneuvering in the Knesset. The same dynamic could work to Hamas benefit,
Or, the death and destruction could be used by the PA, Fatah, and Israel to finally separate Hamas from power. I just don’t think they’re capable of doing that.
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Kragar Jul 21, 2014 5:02:53pm |
“I asked to be the GOP nominee, and for my sins, they made me it.” - Rick Perry, Apocalypse Derp @iboudreau— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 22, 2014
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 5:03:04pm |
re: #74 Pie-onist Overlord
Spreadbullshit’s avi is the creepiest selfie ever. She totally looks like a deranged psycho (which she is)
Some people really need to look at what happened to their header image when Twitter changed its format.
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 5:03:50pm |
More than a bit of idiocy coming out of the big Christians United For Israel DC shindig going on…check out the #CUFIDC hashtag.
Hagee on Arabs in Israel: “The argument could be made that they have greater religious freedom than does America.” #CUFIDC— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 22, 2014
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 5:07:06pm |
re: #80 bratwurst
More than a bit of idiocy coming out of the big Christians United For Israel DC shindig going on…check out the #CUFIDC hashtag.
Hagee on Arabs in Israel: “The argument could be made that they have greater religious freedom than does America.”
The argument could be made that Hagee is a minor demon in the Malebolge of Fraud.
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 5:07:44pm |
And so that the RWNJs have yet another reason to scream like raped apes,
WASHINGTON — President Obama, declaring himself on “the right side of history,” called on Congress on Monday to ban job discrimination against gay Americans as he signed an executive order doing so for workers of federal contractors.
In a ceremony at the White House, Mr. Obama noted that in much of the country, companies can fire employees based on their sexual orientation. “That’s wrong,” he said to an audience of supporters. “We’re here to do what we can to make it right — to bend that arc of justice just a little bit in a better direction.”
Because after all it says in the Constitution that you have a right to receive Federal Contracts. It’s right there next to the part that says that Corporations are People and have Religious Rights.
RBS
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 5:08:30pm |
re: #81 Decatur Deb
The argument could be made that Hagee is a minor demon in the Malbolge of Fraud.
fat joke deleted
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 5:10:13pm |
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:11:19pm |
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 5:11:22pm |
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 5:11:37pm |
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 5:11:48pm |
re: #77 Kragar
“I asked to be the GOP nominee, and for my sins, they made me it.” - Rick Perry, Apocalypse Derp @iboudreau[Embedded content]
That’s it… you have won the the internet tonight, and a lifetime supply of “Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco Treat” will be arriving shortly.
RBS
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 5:12:25pm |
re: #87 thedopefishlives
No. In fact, I feel more scared.
It’s OK, there are actually more than three steps to firing the things.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 5:12:50pm |
re: #78 wrenchwench
Some people really need to look at what happened to their header image when Twitter changed its format.
Whoa. Creepy with extra creepsauce.
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Skip Intro Jul 21, 2014 5:12:55pm |
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:13:23pm |
re: #93 Skip Intro
Come on, Rick. Whip out your dick.
Let’s see if what they say is true.
Then he’ll get busted for a sexting scandal.
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 5:13:53pm |
re: #40 Charles Johnson
Just been catching up on the coverage at a lot of media sites on the Gaza conflict - Israel is losing the PR war, much more than usual.
Netanyahu’s comment about “telegenically dead” victims of Israeli bombings was just awful by any standard. That kind of stuff makes it really hard for people to feel sympathetic to Israel.
It’s not looking good this time at all.
It shouldn’t look good. The goal is to inflict as much pain and damage as possible until international pressure builds enough to make them stop. Hamas isn’t a real threat to Israel by itself. Yes, they’ve got hundreds of unguided rockets. If they had the ability to actually target specific sites, and their rockets were killing Israeli citizens on a regular basis, the current death toll in Gaza would be in the thousands as a real threat would face a retaliation that wouldn’t even pretend to care about collateral damage.
The real victims here are the Palestinian citizens and the Israeli soldiers who are getting killed in this conflict. Hamas, Netenyahu, they can go fuck themselves or go fuck each other for all I care. All they want is to wave their dicks around and kill as many of the “other” as they can. Bastards.
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 5:14:30pm |
re: #91 Decatur Deb
It’s OK, there are actually more than three steps to firing the things.
glol
(‘genuine’)
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Skip Intro Jul 21, 2014 5:14:32pm |
re: #94 thedopefishlives
Then he’ll get busted for a sexting scandal.
So you’re saying it’s a win-win.
Works for me.
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 5:19:22pm |
This is awesome and getting more awesome all the time!
Many people have said I’m the world’s greatest writer of 140 character sentences.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 21, 2014
@realDonaldTrump Many people also snort heroin and commit unnatural acts with barnyard animals. What's your point?— russian navy blog (@russiannavyblog) July 21, 2014
@realDonaldTrump Those people are, of course, dead inside.— Chris Parry (TM) (@ChrisParry) July 21, 2014
@realDonaldTrump And boy were they wrong…— Vibor Cipan (@viborc) July 21, 2014
.@realDonaldTrump Just so I can be sure to mention this in the biography I'm writing, has *anybody* actually said that?— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) July 21, 2014
If you actually follow Trump you already know his feed is mostly retweets of praise for his various properties or idiots begging him to run for president…which he will never ever consent to financial disclosure for!
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:20:22pm |
re: #98 bratwurst
This is awesome and getting more awesome all the time!
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If you actually follow Trump you already know his feed is mostly retweets of praise for his various properties or idiots begging him to run for president…which he will never ever consent to financial disclosure for!
Oh, that could get HIGHLY entertaining. Waiting for the one where someone brings up his abject failure to do anything except mooch…
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 5:21:48pm |
re: #83 jaunte
Feel safer now?
I didn’t realize Rick Perry’s erectile dysfunction was terminal. How sad.
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:23:30pm |
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Mike Lamb Jul 21, 2014 5:24:04pm |
Swapperently, firing automatic weapons is the new version of GWB being “a guy I’d like to have a beer with”…do I have that right?
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 5:24:43pm |
re: #103 Mike Lamb
Swapperently, firing automatic weapons is the new version of GWB being “a guy I’d like to have a beer with”…do I have that right?
Cutting brush is for RINOS.
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:24:55pm |
re: #103 Mike Lamb
Swapperently, firing automatic weapons is the new version of GWB being “a guy I’d like to have a beer with”…do I have that right?
It appeals to the rabid right-wingers’ gun fetish.
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 5:25:07pm |
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 5:25:29pm |
@realDonaldTrump “Many people” is a terrible name for a pet.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 22, 2014
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b.d. Jul 21, 2014 5:25:39pm |
Perry wasn’t anywhere near Ukraine last week I take it?
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Mike Lamb Jul 21, 2014 5:26:25pm |
re: #106 thedopefishlives
It appeals to the rabid right-wingers’ gun fetish.
It appeals to their disconnected sense of reality wherein “Air Force One”, “Olympus Has Fallen”, etc. are historical events…
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 5:27:02pm |
re: #109 b.d.
Doesn’t matter. He wouldn’t really be able to.
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:27:42pm |
re: #110 Mike Lamb
It appeals to their disconnected sense of reality wherein “Air Force One”, “Olympus Has Fallen”, etc. are historical events…
I only just realized, it is no coincidence that not one, but two, of those “White House captured, President narrowly escapes” came out in the last year.
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:28:50pm |
re: #111 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
Doesn’t matter. He wouldn’t really be able to.
We’d have to go to Sarah Palin for that. After all, she could see Russia from her house, that means she’s fluent in Russian, right?
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lawhawk Jul 21, 2014 5:29:26pm |
re: #108 darthstar
Many people also say that that thing on his head is a toupee.
Many people say that Trump is the king of bankruptcy proceedings - 4x over.
Many people say that Trump is successful only because his dad left him a real estate empire.
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 5:30:42pm |
Interesting day today… Had a class scheduled that could very charitably be described as DataBase 101 (This is what a database is, this is a what tables are, this is how a integer and a float are different. Really basic stuff).
Private class, just say a very very large company. As they introduced themselves one thing became clear, most had masters in IT systems, many years experience and most were admins / developers in a particular (Not Microsoft) big data system I’ll simply refer to as “TS”.
What they wanted was an intro to MS SQL, with a focus on day to day ops / maint / disaster recovery. Lucky I’ve got a class like that in my repertoire, but it’s a 5 day class, and they had only scheduled a 3 day one.
Lucky the decision maker was there in the room, he and I conferenced with the sales rep who handles their acct, and I told them the truth.
I could teach the class they paid for, but it would not be a good return on investment. That I could pull something together on it, but I’d need to stop the class for about 3 hours so that I could pull together the resources and the people up-stream who had to make changes in the systems could react. It’s going to be a tiring next two days, basically teaching off the cuff on technical subjects. One thing for sure, I know that I’ll sleep well each evening. /tired-bitchy-steve
TBS
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 5:31:17pm |
Ok, NOW I'm convinced you ARE “the world’s greatest writer of 140 character sentences” RT @realDonaldTrump It takes “guts” to win!— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) July 22, 2014
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Skip Intro Jul 21, 2014 5:31:30pm |
Too late for April Fool’s Day, but Halloween will be here before you know it.
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dog philosopher Jul 21, 2014 5:37:13pm |
more discussions re palestine/israel where it is clear i am supposed to agree that one side is all bad and the other all good
people like that who have everything figured out are too smart for me
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 5:38:10pm |
re: #108 darthstar
Many people have said I’m the world’s greatest writer of 140 character sentences.
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Many people say that your combover doesn’t resemble a piece of weather ravaged road kill.
RBS
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 5:39:21pm |
re: #117 Skip Intro
Too late for April Fool’s Day, but Halloween will be here before you know it.
Which one is blue again?
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 5:43:07pm |
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 5:44:20pm |
re: #121 darthstar
Nice of GOP to help out their folks that have stuck with the black & white monitors.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 5:47:59pm |
Bless @robdelaney and his amazing efforts to continue the cannabis misinformation of the past 80 years!
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wrenchwench Jul 21, 2014 5:49:11pm |
BEES
Newfoundland bees drawing international scientific attention http://t.co/haXlTuTIPO pic.twitter.com/nOBqYwfXWi— CBC News (@CBCNews) July 22, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 5:51:34pm |
re: #95 darthstar
I still believe there’s a big difference between Israel, a (flawed) democracy where gays and Arabs are afforded more human rights than anywhere else in the Middle East, and Hamas, a murderous, illiberal, radical Islamist terror group that oppresses women and murders gays. They are not equivalent, not even close.
The last Pew poll on this topic is kind of encouraging, because Palestinians are apparently turning against Hamas and that can only be good news.
Concerns About Islamic Extremism on the Rise in Middle East
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 5:52:09pm |
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 5:53:52pm |
Palestinians in Gaza are actually more opposed to Hamas than Palestinians in the West Bank. Probably because they live with these cavemen in charge.
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 5:55:52pm |
Lindsey Graham derping at Christians United For Israel DC event tonight:
Graham on Israel/Palestine casualties: “More Germans died in WWII than American soldiers. That didn’t make the Germans right.” #CUFIDC— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 22, 2014
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 5:57:35pm |
re: #128 Charles Johnson
They’re EVERYWHERE.
One would hope. BEES are kind of important to the ecosystem as a whole, if I’m not mistaken.
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 5:57:54pm |
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 5:57:54pm |
re: #130 Charles Johnson
Palestinians in Gaza are actually more opposed to Hamas than Palestinians in the West Bank. Probably because they live with these cavemen in charge.
Yeah, I’d probably be mad too, if my government intentionally provoked a neighboring country to rain bombs down on us on a daily basis. I think the Palestinians are starting to register that people aren’t buying Hamas’s song-and-dance about the rocket attacks and Israeli retaliation.
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 6:00:42pm |
re: #127 Charles Johnson
I’ve thought for a long time that the cure to Hamas will have to come from the Palestinian people. Israel’s leadership (and their policies) will do more to strengthen Hamas than hinder it.
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Teukka Jul 21, 2014 6:03:00pm |
re: #135 darthstar
I’ve thought for a long time that the cure to Hamas will have to come from the Palestinian people. Israel’s leadership (and their policies) will do more to strengthen Hamas than hinder it.
I agree. Israel has full right to defend herself, but there are good ways and there are bad ways to defend yourself. Bibi has consistently chosen bad ways to do it.
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darthstar Jul 21, 2014 6:03:57pm |
re: #136 Teukka
I agree. Israel has full right to defend herself, but there are good ways and there are bad ways to defend yourself. Bibi has consistently chosen bad ways to do it.
Massive shelling of neighborhoods isn’t defending oneself. “Iron dome” does the defending. This is aggression.
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CuriousLurker Jul 21, 2014 6:07:31pm |
re: #130 Charles Johnson
Palestinians in Gaza are actually more opposed to Hamas than Palestinians in the West Bank. Probably because they live with these cavemen in charge.
From a June 15-17 West Bank/Gaza public opinion survey that included face-to-face interviews with 450 Gazans. Note that this is being promoted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, not exactly a “pro-Palestinian” outfit:
Gaza Public Rejects Hamas, Wants Ceasefire
A recent, credible poll shows that most Gazans oppose Hamas policies and leaders alike, and favor a ceasefire with Israel.
Today’s headlines are that Hamas has just rejected Egypt’s offer of a ceasefire with Israel and instead continues to fire rockets indiscriminately at Israeli towns and cities. Less known is a crucial fact: the people of Gaza are solidly against these Hamas policies. Indeed, by a very large majority, they oppose Hamas rule altogether. […]
More at: washingtoninstitute.org
Also see: washingtoninstitute.org
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:07:59pm |
How much is @JoaquinCastrotx being paid by cartels? Smugglers and cynical service unions? Must be a lot to use kids lives like poker chips.
— Chris Coon (@Coondawg68) July 22, 2014
Immigration in the news, now a good jumping off point for whackjob conspiracy theories.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:10:01pm |
“Cynical service unions” must want to flood the market with 8-year-old hotel maids.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:11:01pm |
A charming little pictorial from Cracked had these pictures which made me shudder. Cases of organized religion ruining everything:
Dressed modestly by Western standards, and procuring BOOKS!
Cosmopolitan, well-read, informed women WAS the order of the day.
I want to ski in these countries. And sinister religious forces keep me from freely traveling to these places.
It will happen, someday. I’ll make some enormous telemark carves on the open slopes of Dizin and later do some first descents in the backcountry above Bamyan.
Hey, one can dream.
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Aunty Entity Dragon Jul 21, 2014 6:12:24pm |
re: #135 darthstar
I’ve thought for a long time that the cure to Hamas will have to come from the Palestinian people. Israel’s leadership (and their policies) will do more to strengthen Hamas than hinder it.
Yes.
Israel is making many of the same mistakes England made in Northern Ireland…but times ten.
The British Army was consitently the best recuiter for the IRA. Break down some doors, beat the hell out of mom and dad in front of their 8 kids (Catholic family and all that) and then wonder why half of them become Provos 5 years later.
Hamas is getting much of their support simply because of the Gaza Blockade…hands down. When Israel made it an “all of us against all of them” proposition, Palestinian civilians weren’t left with much of a choice.
I just watched the interview of the American kid who was beat down in East Jerusalem two weeks ago Pretty much a standard police brutality case that you see here in America…but if this is at all typical for an Arab teen, then Israeli police are making enemies out of sheer spite and incompetence.
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 6:13:14pm |
re: #140 jaunte
“Cynical service unions” must want to flood the market with 8-year-old hotel maids.
who would be better for getting things out from under the beds and reaching back behind the dresser?
RBS
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dog philosopher Jul 21, 2014 6:14:54pm |
re: #141 teleskiguy
A charming little pictorial from Cracked had these pictures which made me shudder. Cases of organized religion ruining everything:
Dressed modestly by Western standards, and procuring BOOKS!
[Embedded image]Cosmopolitan, well-read, informed women WAS the order of the day.
I want to ski in these countries. And sinister religious forces keep me from freely traveling to these places.
It will happen, someday. I’ll make some enormous telemark carves on the open slopes of Dizin and later do some first descents in the backcountry above Bamyan.
Hey, one can dream.
hmm actually, i think the typical iranian woman might very well have looked like their picture, but the “typical” afghani woman picture, i rather think not
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 6:16:41pm |
re: #98 bratwurst
This is awesome and getting more awesome all the time!
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If you actually follow Trump you already know his feed is mostly retweets of praise for his various properties or idiots begging him to run for president…which he will never ever consent to financial disclosure for!
@realDonaldTrump @TwitchyTeam Is that what you named the thing on your head?— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 22, 2014
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 6:16:48pm |
re: #1 wrenchwench
I can’t even begin to describe how angry and offended I am by Rick Perry sending the National Guard to the border to intimidate unarmed children.
These Republican assholes are treating unaccompanied children like an invading army. The sheer level of callousness and bigotry these assholes are showing to kids pisses me off to no end.
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 6:17:25pm |
re: #116
Ok, NOW I’m convinced you ARE “the world’s greatest writer of 140 character sentences” RT @realDonaldTrump It takes “guts” to win!
7:30 PM - 21 Jul 2014
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It also takes “guts” to make chitterlings. Doesn’t make them good.
RBS
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:17:54pm |
re: #144 dog philosopher
hmm actually, i think the typical iranian woman might very well have looked like their picture, but the “typical” afghani woman picture, i rather think not
I’d buy into “easy to find in Kabul”. I remember an NPR interview with an American missionary lady who complained about the miniskirts her kids saw there. 70’s, I think.
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 6:18:07pm |
re: #146 Lidane
I can’t even begin to describe how angry and offended I am by Rick Perry sending the National Guard to the border to intimidate unarmed children.
These Republican assholes are treating unaccompanied children like an invading army. The sheer level of callousness and bigotry these assholes are showing to kids pisses me off to no end.
It goes deeper than that. They actually think that these kids ARE an invading army. They seriously think that these kids have been programmed by their parents and ebil gubmint propaganda to forcibly settle in the United States, anchor themselves there, and defeat the Republicans with their ebil Hispanic votes.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:18:53pm |
re: #144 dog philosopher
hmm actually, i think the typical iranian woman might very well have looked like their picture, but the “typical” afghani woman picture, i rather think not
I guess you’re right about the Afghan women picture. It perhaps resembles the moneyed women of Afghan society in those days?
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Aunty Entity Dragon Jul 21, 2014 6:18:59pm |
re: #130 Charles Johnson
Palestinians in Gaza are actually more opposed to Hamas than Palestinians in the West Bank. Probably because they live with these cavemen in charge.
That is why Israel needs to give them a positive reason…a carrot…to break with Hamas instead of just bombs and brutality (the stick)
The blockade of Gaza was not lifted when Hamas behaved…and that was a mistake.
The Gazans may not like Hamas, but they have no reason whatsover to cooperate with Israel right now.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:19:01pm |
re: #146 Lidane
I can’t even begin to describe how angry and offended I am by Rick Perry sending the National Guard to the border to intimidate unarmed children.
These Republican assholes are treating unaccompanied children like an invading army. The sheer level of callousness and bigotry these assholes are showing to kids pisses me off to no end.
It’s goping to take them a month or so to deploy. The TPGOP derpstorm will have moved on to fresher pastures.
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 6:19:35pm |
re: #141 teleskiguy
A charming little pictorial from Cracked had these pictures which made me shudder. Cases of organized religion ruining everything:
I would be extremely cautious about using those two images. They have been used for a LONG time by anti-Islam bigots (including some here in the past) but their provenience is, naturally, uncertain.
YES, religious extremists make life worse for everyone and YES you should be able to ski in both of those countries…but those images don’t prove anything.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 6:20:43pm |
re: #127 Charles Johnson
I still believe there’s a big difference between Israel, a (flawed) democracy where gays and Arabs are afforded more human rights than anywhere else in the Middle East, and Hamas, a murderous, illiberal, radical Islamist terror group that oppresses women and murders gays. They are not equivalent, not even close.
The last Pew poll on this topic is kind of encouraging, because Palestinians are apparently turning against Hamas and that can only be good news.
Would be interesting to see this same poll conducted in the aftermath of this mess going on now… if it ever ends. Wonder if that trend (which is good) would change. Sigh.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:22:33pm |
re: #153 bratwurst
I would be extremely cautious about using those two images. They have been used for a LONG time by anti-Islam bigots (including some here in the past) but their provenience is, naturally, uncertain.
YES, religious extremists make life worse for everyone and YES you should be able to ski in both of those countries…but those images don’t prove anything.
The pitfall of internet memes…
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 6:23:51pm |
Checking one of the Gaza live streams…the rooster is awake.
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 6:24:16pm |
re: #155 teleskiguy
The pitfall of internet memes…
Bingo…the “meme” font used in the first pic screams “this is likely not what it appears to be” to me.
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 6:24:30pm |
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
Checking one of the Gaza live streams…the rooster is awake.
I think I know how we can solve the Middle East… Fried chicken./////
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jonhendry Jul 21, 2014 6:24:36pm |
re: #153 bratwurst
“I would be extremely cautious about using those two images. They have been used for a LONG time by anti-Islam bigots (including some here in the past) but their provenience is, naturally, uncertain.”
Not sure why they’d be useful for anti-Islam bigots - the women are almost certainly Muslim, no? Just not under the boot of extremists.
As for whether the photos can be trusted, there are sufficient accounts of more cosmopolitan eras in Kabul and Iran, that at worst such pictures are probably, as they say, “fake but accurate”.
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 6:24:39pm |
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:25:33pm |
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
Checking one of the Gaza live streams…the rooster is awake.
The long sobs of autumn’s violins wound my heart with a monotonous languor.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 6:25:57pm |
re: #161 RealityBasedSteve
No Bears?
RBS
Could be, but there’s lots of explosions, so they may be hiding.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:26:13pm |
re: #157 bratwurst
Bingo…the “meme” font used in the first pic screams “this is likely not what it appears to be” to me.
And I will readily admit to a confirmation bias with those pictures in #141. I mean, I just want to shred, man!
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jonhendry Jul 21, 2014 6:27:40pm |
re: #141 teleskiguy
Actually, the ladies aren’t procuring books, they’re procuring RECORDS.
Possibly The Devil’s Music!
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 6:27:45pm |
re: #138 CuriousLurker
From a June 15-17 West Bank/Gaza public opinion survey that included face-to-face interviews with 450 Gazans. Note that this is being promoted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, not exactly a “pro-Palestinian” outfit:
The sad thing is that Arab countries have a terrible track record when it comes to regime change. Like we saw in Egypt last year, millions of people take to the streets to overthrow a tyrant, and they do! But then who is waiting to fill the void? Sadly, it’s another tyrant.
10 years spent in Iraq “winning hearts and minds” (yeah right) and who’s in charge now?
The most stable regimes are the ones that are ruled by absolute monarchs.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:29:32pm |
Rick Perry Economics:
“…The National Guard deployment will cost [The State of Texas] up to $12 million per month, $9.8 million for personnel and vehicle costs and another $2.4 million estimated to cover the cost of helicopters.”
chron.com
“The announcement comes amid a wave of growing resistance to the federal government’s efforts to shelter the unprecedented 57,000 children from Central America who have crossed the border in the last nine months - double the number who made illegal border crossings last year.”
If Ted Cruz keeps playing chicken with the Dreamers, the money to feed and shelter those 57,000 children will run out in August.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:30:20pm |
re: #164 teleskiguy
And I will readily admit to a confirmation bias with those pictures in #141. I mean, I just want to shred, man!
And Iranian women might not all dress as we suppose. I’ve played this beautiful propaganda piece from the anti-mullah kids before. The song is the anthem of the WWII Italian anti-fascist partisans.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:30:33pm |
re: #165 jonhendry
Actually, the ladies aren’t procuring books, they’re procuring RECORDS.
Possibly The Devil’s Music!
Yeah, I’ll bet they’re checking out this shit!
NSFW
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:32:35pm |
I found a stupid little insignificant reason to post a Cannibal Corpse song to LGF comments.
I am laughing - cackling actually! - inside so hard right now!
:-D
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 6:32:41pm |
re: #146 Lidane
I can’t even begin to describe how angry and offended I am by Rick Perry sending the National Guard to the border to intimidate unarmed children.
These Republican assholes are treating unaccompanied children like an invading army. The sheer level of callousness and bigotry these assholes are showing to kids pisses me off to no end.
Imagine what will happen if a couple of those kids accidentally get shot.
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 6:33:03pm |
Glenn Greenwald announces the first beneficiary of First Look's new grant program: Greenwald's partner David Miranda http://t.co/xhSRJaCm1c— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2014
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:33:41pm |
With Gov. Perry to announce Texas calling up National Guard. Texas leads. We'll secure our border. #txlege #tcot pic.twitter.com/5fk3PuogvG
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 21, 2014
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The War TARDIS Jul 21, 2014 6:34:09pm |
re: #168 Decatur Deb
And I have firsthand experience with this now. :)
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CuriousLurker Jul 21, 2014 6:34:25pm |
re: #142 Aunty Entity Dragon
I just watched the interview of the American kid who was beat down in East Jerusalem two weeks ago Pretty much a standard police brutality case that you see here in America…but if this is at all typical for an Arab teen, then Israeli police are making enemies out of sheer spite and incompetence.
The kid American kid who got beaten was brought up along with Netanyhahu’s “telegenically dead Palestinians” that Charles mentioned upthread in this article in New York magazine about Israel losing the media war.
There’s also stuff like this that just makes you go, “WTF?” It’s a comment made during a broadcast interview by a right-wing Israeli scholar of Arabic literature at Bar Ilan University named Mordechai Keidar:
Keidar: “A terrorist, like those who kidnapped the boys and killed them, the only thing that will deter them, is if they know that either their sister or mother will be raped if they are caught. What can we do? This is the culture that we live in -” […]
Keidar: “I’m telling you, I’m talking about them, I’m not talking about what we can do or not do. I’m telling you what they live in. This is the only thing that deters a suicide bomber. If he knows that when he pulls the trigger, or blows himself up, his sister will be raped. That’s it. That’s the only thing that will bring him back home, to keep the honor of his sister. This is the culture of the Middle East. I didn’t create it, but this is the situation.” […]
I’m sure some Hamas members have said equally bad things, but this was a university professor. Despite him saying “I’m not talking about what we can do or not do,” there are those who would might take it as a suggested course of action, like maybe these guys.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:34:28pm |
“Texas leads” in sending soldiers to confront children.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:34:46pm |
re: #174 The War TARDIS
And I have firsthand experience with this now. :)
Just keep your Yankee hands to yourself.
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 6:34:55pm |
re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine what will happen if a couple of those kids accidentally get shot.
Accidentally? With the gun nuts out in force, I bet one of them will be shot intentionally. I hate to say it, but truthfully, I can’t expect anything less.
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dog philosopher Jul 21, 2014 6:35:23pm |
re: #165 jonhendry
Actually, the ladies aren’t procuring books, they’re procuring RECORDS.
Possibly The Devil’s Music!
i remember talking to this lab partner of mine from the people’s republic, when i was studying computer science in the early 80s
at that time disco was approved by the chinese state, but rock n roll was still the devil’s music
i was tempted to take him by a gay bar where at the time disco was the order of the day
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 6:35:39pm |
re: #160 jonhendry
Not sure why they’d be useful for anti-Islam bigots - the women are almost certainly Muslim, no? Just not under the boot of extremists.
The first pic could just as easily be from Peoria in the 1950s as Afghanistan…the second could be from lots of places. While there is no question whatsoever about the negative impact of religious extremism, those pics have been used so many times by so many people that are full of shit that I have serious doubt they are what they are represented to be.
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simoom Jul 21, 2014 6:36:19pm |
#MH17 crash: FT photo shows signs of damage from missile strike http://t.co/H9SEie0Ubd pic.twitter.com/YehOhDwnVf— Financial Times (@FT) July 21, 2014
Two defence analysts in London and a former military pilot who have studied the picture corroborated the claim by a local man, who said he had served in the military, that much of the damage was consistent with a missile strike.
…
Justin Bronk, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in London, said: “The size of the shrapnel holes is consistent with what one might expect to see from an SA-11 hit. However, it is difficult to assess the total blast pattern with such a small fragment of fuselage.”
…
One former senior Royal Air Force officer who was shown the picture said he had seen similar damage on aircraft that had been hit by flying shrapnel from rocket attacks on airbases.
…
All three confirmed the part of the aircraft in the photograph was the port side of the Boeing 777’s cockpit. The former RAF officer, who flew fast jets, said that based on the evidence it would appear that the missile exploded in front and to the left of the aircraft.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:36:25pm |
re: #168 Decatur Deb
And Iranian women might not all dress as we suppose. I’ve played this beautiful propaganda piece from the anti-mullah kids before. The song is the anthem of the WWII Italian anti-fascist partisans.
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The Green Revolution in 2009. This and the events in Tunisia were hopeful moments for the secular world. Alas, it’s still pretty fucked.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:36:38pm |
God, grant me the serenity to yell at immigrant children, the courage to still say I'm a Christian, and the ignorance to not get the irony.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) July 20, 2014
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 6:36:45pm |
re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine what will happen if a couple of those kids accidentally get shot.
I’m already expecting some Open Carry Texas or militia nutbar to shoot a kid that they think is illegal, but who turns out to be American and from the Rio Grande Valley. It’s inevitable.
If I ever had any indifference towards the GOP, it’s gone now. Permanently. Treating unarmed, unaccompanied children like an invading army that need to be repelled by force is the last goddamn straw. If anyone can still support or vote for these assholes, I simply don’t understand them at all. WTF.
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dog philosopher Jul 21, 2014 6:37:25pm |
commenter on another blog passes on this item, supposedly by a certain roger kaplan of the american spectator:
There is a way to deal with the children, teenagers, and adults who are crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States.
Shoot them.
It is simple. It is straightforward. It is efficient. It is politically,
strategically, legally acceptable. I am not sure about morally, but who
is sure about anything morally these days?
There is no law that says the Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona National Guards cannot be mobilized to protect the hundreds of miles on our southern border that are violated daily by illegal immigrants. Reports differ, but recent estimates have close to a hundred thousand entries since the beginning of this year, most of them, we are told, from Central American countries.
There is no law, and no political wisdom, that says
that if persons refuse direct orders to halt at a border crossing, you
cannot stop them forcibly. It is widely acknowledged the world over that
national sovereignty includes the right to defend recognized
international borders.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 6:38:28pm |
Hey, just found out I finally broke the 5,000 karma points mark. You LOVE ME, you REALLY LOVE ME!
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 6:39:12pm |
re: #173 jaunte
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Yeah. 1 NG every 2 miles. That’ll do it!
Never mind that they can’t actually take anyone into custody.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 6:40:03pm |
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
Checking one of the Gaza live streams…the rooster is awake.
Unfortunately, the only live stream I have is from Russia Today… is that the same one you have?
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TedStriker Jul 21, 2014 6:41:01pm |
re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine what will happen if a couple of those kids accidentally get shot.
At this point, I’m resigned to “when a couple of kids accidentally gets shot”, rather than “if”
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William Barnett-Lewis Jul 21, 2014 6:42:47pm |
re: #186 teleskiguy
Hey, just found out I finally broke the 5,000 karma points mark. You LOVE ME, you REALLY LOVE ME!
Made me check mine for the first time in while.
O_o
Doesn’t tell me anyone loves me, tells me I spend _way_ too much time here…
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CuriousLurker Jul 21, 2014 6:43:10pm |
re: #166 Pie-onist Overlord
The sad thing is that Arab countries have a terrible track record when it comes to regime change. Like we saw in Egypt last year, millions of people take to the streets to overthrow a tyrant, and they do! But then who is waiting to fill the void? Sadly, it’s another tyrant.
10 years spent in Iraq “winning hearts and minds” (yeah right) and who’s in charge now?
The most stable regimes are the ones that are ruled by absolute monarchs.
Yes, but we (and other Western powers) have been meddling in their affairs for ages, including propping up their dictators, so it’s no wonder they don’t have a clue how to be democratic. Now, with groups like Hamas, ISIS, the MB, etc. it seems to me that it only complicates things as they’d need to not only overthrow a tyrant, but also be capable of beating back violent extremists (all while figuring out how to run a country and build a democracy).
That’s a pretty tall order, so they end up falling back to the absolute monarchs (or other strongmen types).
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dog philosopher Jul 21, 2014 6:44:13pm |
re: #190 William Barnett-Lewis
Made me check mine for the first time in while.
O_o
Doesn’t tell me anyone loves me, tells me I spend _way_ too much time here…
i want dogma points, so i can quantify my inflexibility and obtuseness
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 6:44:15pm |
re: #185 dog philosopher
Completely deranged. WTF.
He’s advocating shooting and killing children. How the FUCK does that make any sense morally? Sick bastard.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 6:44:25pm |
re: #188 GlutenFreeJesus
Unfortunately, the only live stream I have is from Russia Today… is that the same one you have?
I’ve got occupied air on Ustream right now.
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 6:44:46pm |
re: #186 teleskiguy
Hey, just found out I finally broke the 5,000 karma points mark. You LOVE ME, you REALLY LOVE ME!
And you can trade those Karma points in on valuable gifts, just like the old S&H Green Stamps. (Why do you think they are in green text). Just follow the LFG Amazon associates link, and you can use them. I believe that the exchange rate is 1 karma point is = 1 penny, so you’ve got 50 dollars worth of stuff coming from you from Amazon.
RBS
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:45:46pm |
re: #185 dog philosopher
Another writer pretending to be Jonathan Swift without a clue how satire works.
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 6:47:16pm |
Center for Immigration Studies senior analyst thinks that violent lynching is “too good” for Obama http://t.co/ggEEH8esGK— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 21, 2014
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:47:50pm |
A satirist is supposed to afflict the comfortable, not just illuminate their unspoken fantasies.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:48:51pm |
re: #196 jaunte
Another writer pretending to be Jonathan Swift without a clue how satire works.
I’ve been lurking a lot of RWNJ sites. There was no satirical intent in that.
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 6:49:23pm |
re: #167 jaunte
Rick Perry Economics.
$12 million a month and he expects Obama to pay him back:
Perry: Federal government should reimburse Texas for troop deployment http://t.co/nGgnnMpk4c pic.twitter.com/TwweAKSISa— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 21, 2014
Fuck that. Let Perry pay for it his own damn self.
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 6:49:30pm |
re: #199 Decatur Deb
I’ve been lurking a lot of RWNJ sites. There was no satirical intent in that.
Sadistic perhaps, but not satirical, I agree.
RBS
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:51:37pm |
re: #201 RealityBasedSteve
Sadistic perhaps, but not satirical, I agree.
RBS
One Threeper site routinely sets out justification for killing the wives and children of American law enforcement and bureaucrats. Only their hotheads, mind you.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 6:52:45pm |
re: #199 Decatur Deb
I’ve been lurking a lot of RWNJ sites. There was no satirical intent in that.
I mention it because of his header:
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 6:53:32pm |
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ve got occupied air on Ustream right now.
Seems things got bumped offline. Will keep checking.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 6:54:22pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 6:55:41pm |
re: #205 GlutenFreeJesus
Seems things got bumped offline. Will keep checking.
yep, it went off air. Got another one now, Civilian Media. Looks like the same feed.
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bratwurst Jul 21, 2014 6:58:52pm |
So in Expendables III, Rick Perry gets glasses and sends the National Guard to the border to stop Glenn Beck from handing out soccer balls?— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 22, 2014
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William Barnett-Lewis Jul 21, 2014 6:59:00pm |
re: #203 jaunte
I mention it because of his header:
I have a modest proposal or three for every writer who thinks they know how to write satire…
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CuriousLurker Jul 21, 2014 6:59:38pm |
re: #191 CuriousLurker
Anyway, whatever. I’m tired of this subject for now—Israelis & Palestinians have a relationship that’s like a really abusive, dysfunctional marriage. They can either admit they have a problem and seek help in figuring out a way to live together, or keep fighting until there’s no way out and they totally ruin each other in some sort of fucked-up (figurative) murder-suicide where the “winner” gets to live, but is rendered spiritually & morally bankrupt by its actions.
It’s too depressing to keep thinking about.
Later, lizards.
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 7:00:40pm |
And now Rick Perry wants to spend $12 million a month on the National Guard to intimidate kids:
OOPS: Rick Perry Reduced Budget On Texas Border Security, Now Blames Obama #GOPocrisy http://t.co/Mk8r0AVSuz pic.twitter.com/9SySe850uZ— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) July 16, 2014
Fiscal responsibility! Freedom! Eleventy!
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 7:01:26pm |
YAYY I got 3000 followers on Teh Twitter!
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 7:02:56pm |
re: #211 Lidane
And now Rick Perry wants to spend $12 million a month on the National Guard to intimidate kids:
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Fiscal responsibility! Freedom! Eleventy!
Dafuq. Dude, seriously, there’s got to be better ways to spend $12 million than telling little brown people to GTFO.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 7:06:57pm |
re: #211 Lidane
And now Rick Perry wants to spend $12 million a month on the National Guard to intimidate kids:
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Fiscal responsibility! Freedom! Eleventy!
Did the same stunt a couple years ago, bitching about federal delay in wildfire disaster aid after he cut state support to local firefighters.
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 7:10:00pm |
re: #213 thedopefishlives
Dafuq. Dude, seriously, there’s got to be better ways to spend $12 million than telling little brown people to GTFO.
That’s librul talk. What are you, some kinda commie?
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 7:11:00pm |
re: #215 Lidane
That’s librul talk. What are you, some kinda commie?
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Now you have an avatar idea meandering through my brain. I may have to fire up the Photoshop.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 7:11:17pm |
re: #214 Decatur Deb
Did the same stunt a couple years ago, bitching about federal delay in wildfire disaster aid after he cut state support to local firefighters.
We don’t need no water, let the motherf*cker burn…
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 7:11:52pm |
re: #212 Pie-onist Overlord
YAYY I got 3000 followers on Teh Twitter!
Good for you! I hope your meme-debunking gets spread around.
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Kragar Jul 21, 2014 7:13:48pm |
Why doesn't Rick Perry organize a Prayer Rally about the border? It worked so well fighting the drought. #tcot #uniteblue— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 22, 2014
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 7:15:08pm |
“Lord, please turn these hungry little children away from our doors”
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 7:15:39pm |
No, because there’s no TAX MONEY to pay for it.
This is the country that built….. But we cant build a fence #tcot pic.twitter.com/mgWflonHP3— Sandra Schneider (@sandyaschneider) July 22, 2014
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goddamnedfrank Jul 21, 2014 7:16:02pm |
Cool photo gallery:
UK sculptor Robin Wight creates dramatic scenes of wind-blown fairies clutching dandelions, clinging to trees, and seemingly suspended in midair, all with densely wrapped forms of stainless steel wire.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 7:17:05pm |
Calling the National Guard was the 2nd (and last) step of @GovernorPerry's three-part immigration plan. #BorderCrisis #tcot
— FreedomWorks Panda (@RDofJE) July 22, 2014
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William Barnett-Lewis Jul 21, 2014 7:17:11pm |
re: #221 Pie-onist Overlord
No, because there’s no TAX MONEY to pay for it.
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Isn’t it funny how the ones who want that fence the most are the ones who refuse to pay the taxes the fence would cost?
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 7:17:24pm |
How about all those rich people who got tax breaks, build the fence privately? @sandyaschneider @zap_joe #tcot— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 22, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 21, 2014 7:18:20pm |
Amazing how cheap the blood of “the other” is once people start rooting for “a side.” Learning a lot these days about the ugly side of life.— Lee Weissman (@JihadiJew) July 22, 2014
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 7:19:53pm |
re: #221 Pie-onist Overlord
Setting aside the fact the astronomical cost of building a big ass wall along the U.S./Mexico border, it still wouldn’t fix the problem.
Even IF you managed to put up a huge wall the entire length of the border the migrants wouldn’t give up. They’d tunnel under it, launch themselves over it, blast through it.
Also, part of the border is made of, you know, a RIVER that’s kind of hard to build a fence through.
Thirdly, a considerable section of the U.S./Mexico border is on - guess what? - Private Property. It’s so hilarious these Patriot types have no problem locking and loading for a Nevada farmer but apparently wouldn’t give two shits if Uncle Sam shredded a few ranches to keep the brown people out.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 7:19:56pm |
re: #225 Pie-onist Overlord
How about all those rich people who got tax breaks, build the fence privately?
Because they are the very last people who want the supply of desperate exploitable workers cut off.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 7:21:51pm |
re: #228 Decatur Deb
Because they are the very last people who want the supply of desperate exploitable workers cut off.
Yep, gotta make sure there’s enough gardeners and housekeepers to go around!
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Kragar Jul 21, 2014 7:23:06pm |
If the government wont, private charities would just step in and fill the gap, right? @viciousbabushka @sandyaschneider @zap_joe— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 22, 2014
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 7:23:57pm |
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
yep, it went off air. Got another one now, Civilian Media. Looks like the same feed.
Found the FoRooster feed too.
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goddamnedfrank Jul 21, 2014 7:24:18pm |
re: #221 Pie-onist Overlord
No, because there’s no TAX MONEY to pay for it.
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More to the point, all that other shit was utilitarian, and actually worked as intended. A fence is just going to get climbed over or cut through.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 7:24:51pm |
re: #228 Decatur Deb
Because they are the very last people who want the supply of desperate exploitable workers cut off.
What do you mean I have to make my own tableside ceasar salad?!?!
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 7:25:41pm |
In case you didn’t see it.
Most prophetic movie ever. RT @MikeJudge: Me on the set of Idiocracy in 2004, directing the movie within the movie. pic.twitter.com/JCClUMGbpj— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 21, 2014
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 7:27:52pm |
re: #233 GlutenFreeJesus
What do you mean I have to make my own tableside ceasar salad?!?!
That chicken didn’t pluck itself.
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 7:28:03pm |
re: #227 Eclectic Cyborg
Setting aside the fact the astronomical cost of building a big ass wall along the U.S./Mexico border, it still wouldn’t fix the problem.
Even IF you managed to put up a huge wall the entire length of the border the migrants wouldn’t give up. They’d tunnel under it, launch themselves over it, blast through it.
Also, part of the border is made of, you know, a RIVER that’s kind of hard to build a fence through.
Thirdly, a considerable section of the U.S./Mexico border is on - guess what? - Private Property. It’s so hilarious these Patriot types have no problem locking and loading for a Nevada farmer but apparently wouldn’t give two shits if Uncle Sam shredded a few ranches to keep the brown people out.
It also ignores just who would end up building that fence.
Without undocumented immigrants, the construction industry would collapse.
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goddamnedfrank Jul 21, 2014 7:31:34pm |
In order to build an actually imposing fence along the US / Mexico border we’d need several times the concrete used to construct the Grand Coulee Dam. It would be the major public works project of our lifetimes, with dire environmental consequences. At the very least it would completely fuck up the natural migration of many land animal species, leading to further habitat loss and extinction.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 7:32:47pm |
re: #237 goddamnedfrank
In order to build an actually imposing fence along the US / Mexico border we’d need several times the concrete used to construct the Grand Coulee Dam. It would be the major public works project of our lifetimes, with dire environmental consequences. At the very least it would completely fuck up the natural migration of many land animal species, leading to further habitat loss and extinction.
And no matter how deep we dig the fence, they will just put tunnels underneath.
Where’s that pic of all those old coots putting up the barbed wire and twig fence? heh
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 7:32:53pm |
re: #231 GlutenFreeJesus
Found the FoRooster feed too.
I’ve got that one on now. Heard kittehs meowing a little while ago, along with the rooster crowing.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 7:35:47pm |
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 7:38:40pm |
Mental health break:
Excuse me, could you spare a carrot? pic.twitter.com/G9A8VigT22— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) July 22, 2014
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 7:39:40pm |
Willard: They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.
Kurtz: Are my methods unsound?
Willard: I don’t see any method at all, sir.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 7:43:30pm |
re: #237 goddamnedfrank
In order to build an actually imposing fence along the US / Mexico border we’d need several times the concrete used to construct the Grand Coulee Dam. It would be the major public works project of our lifetimes, with dire environmental consequences. At the very least it would completely fuck up the natural migration of many land animal species, leading to further habitat loss and extinction.
Y’all have a complaint in there somewhere?
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 7:45:03pm |
re: #240 jaunte
That wire is just there to stabilize the flagpoles. It’s the flags that keep them muslin mexicans away—like garlic to umpires.
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jonhendry Jul 21, 2014 7:46:11pm |
re: #241 GlutenFreeJesus
It’s a good thing the invention of wire cutters hasn’t made it south of the border.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 7:47:32pm |
re: #242 Charles Johnson
Bad craziness is everywhere today.
As every other day. It can be maddening. Shit, last night I saw an anti-vaxx post from a person I went to primary school with (who now lives in Kansas) on Facebook.
There’s just bad craziness everywhere. I verily hope that our Constitution is able to thwart the fundamentalist extremists of the political spectrum.
Jon Stewart alluded to the effectiveness of the Constitution in a weird way this week.
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wheat-dogghazi Jul 21, 2014 7:47:39pm |
Malaysia now has the MH17 flight recorders
DONETSK: Malaysian officials received the two MH17 black boxes from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in Ukraine.
At 6.11am Tuesday, DPR representatives showed up at their government headquarters here with the Malaysian government representatives.
Speaking to the press, DPR leader Alexander Borodai thanked Malaysia and the Netherlands for sending teams here on Monday to resolve the MH17 matter.
“(Our) thanks to Malaysia and Netherlands for coming here without protection or help from Kiev (the Ukrainian government),” he said, according to a rough translation by a local.
thestar.com.my
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 7:48:15pm |
re: #247 jonhendry
It’s a good thing the invention of wire cutters hasn’t made it south of the border.
lol and I was just thinking: “Because no one has EVER cut through a fence before!”
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 7:48:39pm |
re: #250 wheat-dogghazi
Malaysia now has the MH17 flight recorders
DONETSK: Malaysian officials received the two MH17 black boxes from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in Ukraine.
At 6.11am Tuesday, DPR representatives showed up at their government headquarters here with the Malaysian government representatives.
Speaking to the press, DPR leader Alexander Borodai thanked Malaysia and the Netherlands for sending teams here on Monday to resolve the MH17 matter.
“(Our) thanks to Malaysia and Netherlands for coming here without protection or help from Kiev (the Ukrainian government),” he said, according to a rough translation by a local.
thestar.com.my
Of course, a little dig at the Ukraine in there at the end.
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Lidane Jul 21, 2014 7:49:15pm |
That sound you hear is the next derp explosion:
Today, @JohnKerry announced the U.S. is providing $47 million to help address the humanitarian situation in #Gaza. http://t.co/wQAmhqLQ8f— Department of State (@StateDept) July 22, 2014
OBUMMER CAN GIVE MONEY TO GAZA BUT NOT TO TEXAS TO STOP THE INVADING BROWN HORDE?
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 7:50:02pm |
Bad craziness is everywhere today. Pictures of cute kittehs and doggehs aren't really helping.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2014
If liberals want to continue the progressive achievements of the Obama admin, we need to reject the nihilism of people like Glenn Greenwald.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2014
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thedopefishlives Jul 21, 2014 7:50:34pm |
re: #253 Lidane
That sound you hear is the next derp explosion:
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OBUMMER CAN GIVE MONEY TO GAZA BUT NOT TO TEXAS TO STOP THE INVADING BROWN HORDE?
Oh snap. The xenophobes of the right are going to come absolutely unglued.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 7:56:34pm |
If this doesn't make you laugh there's no fucking hope for you. pic.twitter.com/k6mMWsCWDm
— RC deWinter (@RCdeWinter) July 22, 2014
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 21, 2014 7:56:56pm |
re: #247 jonhendry
It’s a good thing the invention of wire cutters hasn’t made it south of the border.
Or jumping!
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 7:59:14pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Jul 21, 2014 8:00:43pm |
Oh, my…
Final Fantasy III on my phone. That’s gonna be dangerous when I should be working … ;)
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 8:02:48pm |
Rick Perry is sending the Texas National Guard to the border as soon as he figures out which way the border is. Directions are hard.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) July 21, 2014
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jonhendry Jul 21, 2014 8:03:28pm |
re: #169 teleskiguy
Judging by the clothing, it’s probably more like Patsy Cline.
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The War TARDIS Jul 21, 2014 8:05:25pm |
Late breaking news from the EPA Water Twitter
I'm now a C-List celebrity in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. Come join me and become famous too by playing on iPhone! http://t.co/SrloiiwUFZ
— U.S. EPA Water (@EPAwater) July 22, 2014
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jonhendry Jul 21, 2014 8:06:11pm |
re: #168 Decatur Deb
“And Iranian women might not all dress as we suppose.”
True, but as long as it’s personal choice (or parent’s choice for young people, I suppose), I don’t think that’s a big deal.
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jonhendry Jul 21, 2014 8:06:55pm |
re: #262 The War TARDIS
Pretty sure this will show up on Fox soon, as evidence for why the EPA should be shut down.
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 8:10:31pm |
This here is some new depths, eh?
The U.S. Government Is Just As Addicted To The Kim Kardashian Game As You Are http://t.co/l40MSQVMWK pic.twitter.com/9zxgBK4V14— Rachel Zarrell (@rachelzarrell) July 22, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 8:10:53pm |
I love this country and want it to succeed. Glenn Greenwald's only agenda is tearing it down.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 8:11:29pm |
@romanmassagio But Walter was wrong. Donny died.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2014
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 8:14:13pm |
re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg
lol and I was just thinking: “Because no one has EVER cut through a fence before!”
“History shows that obstacles rarely have a significant effect on the enemy if units do not integrate them with friendly fires. “
—FM 90-7, Ch 1 Obstacles and the Combined Arms Team
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wheat-dogghazi Jul 21, 2014 8:15:07pm |
re: #258 RealityBasedSteve
or belly crawling.
RBS
Two wooden sticks holding the wires apart would do it, too.
Not to mention the fence posts are skinny, and those old dudes probably didn’t set them in concrete. You could just push the fence over.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 8:15:10pm |
Ha ha ha: @SenJohnMcCain is complaining about Jon Stewart being wrong. Um.. Sarah Palin. You never get to judge “wrong” again.
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) July 22, 2014
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RealityBasedSteve Jul 21, 2014 8:18:00pm |
re: #269 wheat-dogghazi
Two wooden sticks holding the wires apart would do it, too.
Not to mention the fence posts are skinny, and those old dudes probably didn’t set them in concrete. You could just push the fence over.
and when you’ve got calves like cantaloupes you could just kick them over
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 8:18:20pm |
re: #268 Decatur Deb
“History shows that obstacles rarely have a significant effect on the enemy if units do not integrate them with friendly fires. “
—FM90-7, Ch 1
Victor and Carlos are inside the wire!
(building houses in Austin).
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 8:19:29pm |
re: #272 jaunte
Victor and Carlos are inside the wire!
(building houses in Austin).
Call in air support on our own position.
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 8:22:05pm |
pic.twitter.com/VTT4lfyEvA— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2014
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 21, 2014 8:22:45pm |
I suddenly picture Rick Perry and his cronies, hanging off the back of a humvee taking potshots at migrant kids along the border while “La Bamba” blares from the radio.
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jaunte Jul 21, 2014 8:25:31pm |
Top Anti-Immigrant ‘Expert’ Says ‘Being Hung, Drawn And Quartered’ Is ‘Too Good’ For Obama
The Center for Immigration Studies describes Steinlight as “one of the nation’s most insightful voices on immigration” who provides “expert testimony” for government panels.
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Decatur Deb Jul 21, 2014 8:28:22pm |
re: #275 Eclectic Cyborg
I suddenly picture Rick Perry and his cronies, hanging off the back of a humvee taking potshots at migrant kids along the border while “La Bamba” blares from the radio.
We use Wagner. It scares the shit out of the braceros. My boys love it!
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The War TARDIS Jul 21, 2014 8:33:42pm |
re: #274 Charles Johnson
I’m thinking light socket.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 8:41:21pm |
I'm the last original author of the Clean Water Act, but I have no idea who/what a Kardashian is and I rarely play games. You OK, @EPAwater?
— John Dingell (@john_dingell) July 22, 2014
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BeachDem Jul 21, 2014 8:56:39pm |
Did anybody else watch “Newburgh Sting” tonight on HBO? Terrorist plot averted or entrapment by the FBI to gin up fear? It’s presented here as definitely entrapment. The most interesting/obnoxious part is the “news” coverage and the incessant use of terror buzzwords.
Pretty interesting.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 21, 2014 8:57:52pm |
“You promised not to let the cat out, Buzz” #WorseMoonLandingQuotes @midnight pic.twitter.com/X7myrAZGsH
— Happy Cat (@HappyCatCentral) July 22, 2014
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jonhendry Jul 21, 2014 9:05:31pm |
re: #265 teleskiguy
Probably the person running the EPA twitter account has their iPhone or iPad set up with the EPA twitter account, and stupidly allowed the game to post a tweet to their account.
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Charles Johnson Jul 21, 2014 9:41:31pm |
You know what? I think America deserves to fall from grace. Perhaps even burn to the ground. If for no other reason—how it treats techies.— Justine Tunney (@JustineTunney) July 20, 2014
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teleskiguy Jul 21, 2014 9:42:46pm |
This was retweeted by Jonah “Liberal Fascism” Goldberg.
DOJ investigates parade float mocking Obama. Maybe they can investigate the ones below. http://t.co/DQgPndX5NO pic.twitter.com/KuCc2aQcCn— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) July 15, 2014
IIRC, Charles denounced any and all GWB paraphernalia that looked like this.
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RadicalModerate Jul 21, 2014 10:18:37pm |
re: #286 teleskiguy
This was retweeted by Jonah “Liberal Fascism” Goldberg.
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IIRC, Charles denounced any and all GWB paraphernalia that looked like this.
Nevermind the small detail that five of the six pictured depictions of GW Bush originated in Europe. But hey, why let facts get in the way of an angry rant?
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simoom Jul 21, 2014 11:11:14pm |
re: #181 simoom
Some interesting tweets cataloged in this Sydney Morning Herald write-up that build off the FT photo:
Shrapnel damage suggests SA-11 proximity frag warhead may have exploded slightly below and ahead of #MH17's port wing pic.twitter.com/27bceCkacD— Justin Bronk (@Justin_Br0nk) July 21, 2014
#MH17 This might be very important. —> RT @EzraBraam: @HaraldDoornbos I did some puzzling #shrapnel ? pic.twitter.com/eWbYsBv8Ge— Harald Doornbos (@HaraldDoornbos) July 21, 2014
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 11:15:50pm |
re: #289 simoom
If we take the view that we don’t know anything else, does this help us in any way?
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wheat-dogghazi Jul 21, 2014 11:26:37pm |
Russian ambassador to Malaysia says Ukraine rebels did not impede investigation, did not shoot down plane.
[Lyudmila G ] Vorobyeva said the rebels were only armed with a “small portable air defence system” (shoulder mounted) that can go up to 5km.
“I am not a military expert, but that BUK missile system is very sophisticated that you need special training to operate it.
“The rebels did not have the book or qualification to operate it, but the Ukrainian military have it,” she said.
The mood survey at the news site indicate 66% of the readers responding were angry about the report. There’s no choice available for “Don’t believe a fucking word of it,” however.
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simoom Jul 21, 2014 11:34:40pm |
re: #290 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
If we take the view that we don’t know anything else, does this help us in any way?
I suppose it’s just another bit of evidence against any possibility of mechanical failure, and in support the prevailing missile attack near-consensus, though I imagine investigators will need to get their hands on the wreckage for anything definitive.
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 21, 2014 11:54:46pm |
re: #291 wheat-dogghazi
Liar, liar, skirt on fire.
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 22, 2014 12:15:21am |
For those interested in MH17, this post is a must-read (use Google translate or whatever). The author is a vvv credible blogger, and he basically pinpoints, based on the work of others, the concrete place where the Buk was when it shot down the plane:
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Dr Lizardo Jul 22, 2014 2:33:41am |
Meanwhile, Prague got hammered by monsoonal rains yesterday, and a warning for torrential rains is still in effect for Prague and the Central Bohemian region until today (Tuesday) at 8:00 PM.
Then high temps - and high humidity - is set to return by this weekend.
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Dr Lizardo Jul 22, 2014 2:42:08am |
re: #295 Dr Lizardo
According to reports, in the Prague district of Michle, about 4,000 people are without water currently; this was as result of a sinkhole that opened up and took out the water mains.
Looks like it’ll be our turn in the east of the country, if the meteorologists are right, by this weekend - torrential rains and thunderstorms are forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Some of the worst floods in the past in the Czech Republic have taken place here during the summer months.
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 22, 2014 3:02:19am |
Hold my beer and let’s see if this works…
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Dr Lizardo Jul 22, 2014 3:16:02am |
re: #297 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
Hold my beer and let’s see if this works…
Yep, it works. :)
This is an interesting piece over at the Telegraph; it argues that even if the EU doesn’t ramp up sanctions against Russia, in some ways, it’s sort of irrelevant, as US hegemony over the international banking and financial sector could still put a serious dent in the Russian economy all by itself.
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Decatur Deb Jul 22, 2014 3:39:53am |
re: #294 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator
For those interested in MH17, this post is a must-read (use Google translate or whatever). The author is a vvv credible blogger, and he basically pinpoints, based on the work of others, the concrete place where the Buk was when it shot down the plane:
Upshot of that???
(Did notice a ‘Jim Garrison’ nic/avatar in the comments—possible homage to our conspiracist.)
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 22, 2014 3:51:53am |
re: #299 Decatur Deb
2 seemingly independent sources converging in one exact geographical location.
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Decatur Deb Jul 22, 2014 4:03:26am |
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wheat-dogghazi Jul 22, 2014 4:08:12am |
Let me try:
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 22, 2014 4:10:58am |
re: #301 Decatur Deb
Sure, between Snizhne (Snezhnoye) and Torez. Actually it’s three independent sources, because in one of the intercepts the “separatists” mention the location of the Buk “near Pervomajskoye”. Which is exactly the area, arrived at by the initial two sources.
Paulian Putinism is not to be doubted.
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 4:38:10am |
re: #286 teleskiguy
This was retweeted by Jonah “Liberal Fascism” Goldberg.
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IIRC, Charles denounced any and all GWB paraphernalia that looked like this.
Yeah Jonah that makes it perfectly okay to accuse Obama of being a secret Muslim who wants to destroy America and Charles did condemn those The fuckers weren’t exactly nice to Bush’s predecessor. I still recall Barbara Olson calling his mother pretty much a prostitute. Fact of the matter is then President elect Obama and now President Obama has repeatedly tried to reach out to the right and they spit in his face.
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 4:39:55am |
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That senile old asswipe can’t himself. He really should have just retired after Obama beat him in the election but he instead prefers to share his bitterness over the fact he’s going down in history as the man who Barack Obama beat to become president with the rest of us.
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sattv4u2 Jul 22, 2014 4:45:00am |
“Okay. Who thought the one with Vertigo should be the leader?”
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 22, 2014 4:47:15am |
The Conspiracy psychos are out in force this morning.
Large empty department stores, Wal-Marts being converted into FEMA camps now! #TCOT http://t.co/t3HGfqrXTK— Michael Barry (@MichaelPBarry) July 22, 2014
Flight MH17 False Flag Conspiracy FULLY EXPOSED! Complete Compilation Of ALL The Evidence!-BUSTED! #tcot #tlot #ccot http://t.co/ytmsPSwI5f— Constitutionalist (@TrueCOT) July 22, 2014
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 4:52:40am |
If I had a dime for every time I heard the idiotic phrase “false flag” after a tragedy…………
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Dr Lizardo Jul 22, 2014 4:53:18am |
re: #308 Pie-onist Overlord
The Conspiracy psychos are out in force this morning.
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The direct deposit from the Kremlin must’ve cleared.
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 4:53:50am |
Seriously though those tweets get at why that Cracked article about CTs and CTers ruining shit was spot on.
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Teukka Jul 22, 2014 4:56:43am |
re: #308 Pie-onist Overlord
The Conspiracy psychos are out in force this morning.
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<tinfoil>
Kremlin preventive propaganda to deal with the contingency that Russia may go to war with the US, EU or the rest of the world?
I mean, certain restrictions would go into effect if that happens, as well as certain domestic powers, no?
Which would cause various militias collective asses to pucker and pants to be soiled, which could lead to them taking to 2nd amendment remedies against the tyrannical government…
Oh boy :(
</tinfoil>
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sattv4u2 Jul 22, 2014 4:57:19am |
Guess they were pissed the Fab Four never asked permission to use the name!!
George Harrison Memorial Tree Killed by Actual Beetles
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 4:57:35am |
re: #310 Dr Lizardo
The direct deposit from the Kremlin must’ve cleared.
Well Bob Dylan had it right when he said Gotta Serve Somebody and Alex and friends serve Vlad pretty well.
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Dr Lizardo Jul 22, 2014 4:58:16am |
re: #314 HappyWarrior
Well Bob Dylan had it right when he said Gotta Serve Somebody and Alex and friends serve Vlad pretty well.
Indeed they do.
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ObserverArt Jul 22, 2014 5:07:19am |
re: #308 Pie-onist Overlord
The Conspiracy psychos are out in force this morning.
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Ha! I think I posted here some time ago about a friend and I having the belief that one day big box stores would some day be converted to debtors prisons. We figured once the stores extracted everyone’s money they would then be converted.
Maybe we were just early on the conspiracy!
By the way…good morning!
And, has anyone heard from Justanotherhuman? And, I see Dark_Falcon is still sort of missing. I hope both are in fine form. I hope Dark is past his health issues and Justanotherhuman is okay from her move and is hooked back to the ‘net with her new computer. I miss her reporting.
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ObserverArt Jul 22, 2014 5:12:14am |
re: #312 Teukka
<tinfoil>
Kremlin preventive propaganda to deal with the contingency that Russia may go to war with the US, EU or the rest of the world?
I mean, certain restrictions would go into effect if that happens, as well as certain domestic powers, no?
Which would cause various militias collective asses to pucker and pants to be soiled, which could lead to them taking to 2nd amendment remedies against the tyrannical government…
Oh boy :(
</tinfoil>
Easy fix…make all the warrior Hawks and militia types the first to be called up in the new conscription. And then reenlist McCain and Graham as officers and they can lead them all into the first war response along with Cruz, Perry and other ‘hard-asses’ with guns.
It’s what they all want anyway, right?
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sattv4u2 Jul 22, 2014 5:17:27am |
Oh ,,,, Goody
Was just informed that tomorrow,,,, my “day off”,,, mandatory 6 HOUR staff meeting!!!
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 22, 2014 5:22:38am |
re: #238 GlutenFreeJesus
And no matter how deep we dig the fence, they will just put tunnels underneath.
Where’s that pic of all those old coots putting up the barbed wire and twig fence? heh
That was just part of their mating rituals. They’re were just trying to attract mates.
//
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 22, 2014 5:28:10am |
re: #316 ObserverArt
JAH is moving to a different apartment in her building and Comcast can’t connect her cable right away. Sometime this week, I think, maybe.
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 22, 2014 5:39:45am |
Good morning Lizards. Another day starting in the low 70s and headed to the mid or upper 80s with light overcast. Humidity is relatively low.
Construction site across the street* is digging. They’re about 4-5’ down across most of the site and drilling holes for piles around the edge of the site. The four trees that shaded the one part of the block are gone. They are also finding old foundations and having to demolish old concrete and the occasional brick wall.
* - This site is about three times the size of the one nearby that the new apartment building was erected on. Roughly occupying the parking lot that had the mobile crane on it that I posted pictures of.
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Timothy Watson Jul 22, 2014 5:42:20am |
re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth
JAH is moving to a different apartment in her building and Comcast can’t connect her cable right away. Sometime this week, I think, maybe.
Just saw this on Twitter and thought it was apt:
Enough to hire a third customer service representative! RT @nytmedia: Comcast Earns $2 Billion on Strength in Cable Business— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) July 22, 2014
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ObserverArt Jul 22, 2014 5:43:35am |
re: #321 Feline Fearless Leader
Good morning Lizards. Another day starting in the low 70s and headed to the mid or upper 80s with light overcast. Humidity is relatively low.
Construction site across the street* is digging. They’re about 4-5’ down across most of the site and drilling holes for piles around the edge of the site. The four trees that shaded the one part of the block are gone. They are also finding old foundations and having to demolish old concrete and the occasional brick wall.
* - This site is about three times the size of the one nearby that the new apartment building was erected on. Roughly occupying the parking lot that had the mobile crane on it that I posted pictures of.
Do the kitties have their little hard hats on and the plans in front of them ready to oversee the project?
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Timothy Watson Jul 22, 2014 5:45:29am |
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 22, 2014 5:46:02am |
re: #323 ObserverArt
Do the kitties have their little hard hats on and the plans in front of them ready to oversee the project?
It is the morning ritual for at least one of them to sit on the ledge and watch the work in progress. Then again, they did that to watch the human staff units scurrying to work before the construction began.
I’m awaiting the demands for the offending structure to be removed once it grows tall enough to interfere with the afternoon basking in the sun.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 22, 2014 5:49:11am |
re: #324 Timothy Watson
Sarah Palin Claims That God Wants President Obama To Be Impeached
I assume she can see the Pearly Gates from where she lives and that gives her a better insight than most of us…
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 22, 2014 5:50:22am |
re: #324 Timothy Watson
Sarah Palin Claims That God Wants President Obama To Be Impeached
The article comments talk about the political reality. But the Palin reality requires her to get shriller and shriller in order to keep the conservative eye, the speaking engagements, and the grift money coming in.
The Tea Party and conservatives are getting what they paid for and deserve. That it has no connection to political success should come as no surprise to anyone.
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 5:51:34am |
re: #324 Timothy Watson
Sarah Palin Claims That God Wants President Obama To Be Impeached
Yep John McCain has no regrets about giving this nutcase national prominence but Obama’s the one out of touch right, John?.
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Lidane Jul 22, 2014 5:53:00am |
re: #324 Timothy Watson
Sarah Palin Claims That God Wants President Obama To Be Impeached
I can only imagine what this moran will say if a Democrat wins in 2016.
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Lidane Jul 22, 2014 5:56:43am |
Also, if God wants impeachment, couldn’t he have arranged that by now? Seems like the Almighty is slacking in that department.
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ObserverArt Jul 22, 2014 5:58:12am |
Palin grows more sickening every time I see her. I just wish she would go away, but I know that isn’t going to happen any time soon. I guess she is another reflection of what all is wrong with politics, religion and modern celebrity. Uggh.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 22, 2014 5:58:58am |
re: #330 Lidane
Also, if God wants impeachment, couldn’t he have arranged that by now? Seems like the Almighty is slacking in that department.
Sarah makes it clear that we are God’s tools on Earth and that anything we do in his name is the right thing. And Sarah is the final arbiter of His Divine Will.
(I once again thank the wisdom of our Founding Fathers for anchoring separation of Church and State solidly in the Constitution)
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 22, 2014 6:03:37am |
re: #328 HappyWarrior
Yep John McCain has no regrets about giving this nutcase national prominence but Obama’s the one out of touch right, John?.
I just went over to Wikipedia and looked over McCain’s career. He’s had a lot of help from family (father and g-father had serious USN connections). His 2nd father-in-law had the local Arizona political connections, including McCain’s initial job upon leaving the Navy.
And, overall, I’d say that John has been a borderline screw-up the whole time. Might be bad karma, but John has made more than his share of votes and decisions that were “bad” in retrospect. It appears that with age and seniority he has not gained wisdom.
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 6:18:59am |
re: #333 Feline Fearless Leader
I just went over to Wikipedia and looked over McCain’s career. He’s had a lot of help from family (father and g-father had serious USN connections). His 2nd father-in-law had the local Arizona political connections, including McCain’s initial job upon leaving the Navy.
And, overall, I’d say that John has been a borderline screw-up the whole time. Might be bad karma, but John has made more than his share of votes and decisions that were “bad” in retrospect. It appears that with age and seniority he has not gained wisdom.
True that.
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HappyWarrior Jul 22, 2014 6:21:17am |
re: #330 Lidane
Also, if God wants impeachment, couldn’t he have arranged that by now? Seems like the Almighty is slacking in that department.
You’d think that if God were what they say he is, Obama would have never been nominated for US Senator let alone be entering the second half of his second term. Palin again is just showing what a bitter footnote she is.
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A Mom Anon Jul 22, 2014 6:22:00am |
re: #308 Pie-onist Overlord
Sigh. A friend of my husband (who REALLY needs to make some better friends, OMG) went off last night about the RFID chips we’re ALL supposed to have forced on us by 2016.
I wonder what happens to these morons when the time passes and this shit doesn’t happen, when nothing even CLOSE to that happens. Do they ever realize they’ve been scared of nothing?
Life is hard enough without making shit up to be afraid of. There are no monsters under the bed kids, seriously.
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Jayleia Jul 22, 2014 6:23:59am |
re: #336 A Mom Anon
I wonder what happens to these morons when the time passes and this shit doesn’t happen, when nothing even CLOSE to that happens. Do they ever realize they’ve been scared of nothing?
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Sadly, No.
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 22, 2014 6:29:10am |
re: #336 A Mom Anon
Sigh. A friend of my husband (who REALLY needs to make some better friends, OMG) went off last night about the RFID chips we’re ALL supposed to have forced on us by 2016.
I wonder what happens to these morons when the time passes and this shit doesn’t happen, when nothing even CLOSE to that happens. Do they ever realize they’ve been scared of nothing?
Life is hard enough without making shit up to be afraid of. There are no monsters under the bed kids, seriously.
Nope. Just another boogeyman awaiting the proper moment while hiding in the closet.
When it doesn’t happen that will be attributed to either “right thinking Americans” holding it at bay, or that the enemy is wily and delaying a little until we’re not paying attention.
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Lidane Jul 22, 2014 7:56:04am |
re: #336 A Mom Anon
I wonder what happens to these morons when the time passes and this shit doesn’t happen, when nothing even CLOSE to that happens. Do they ever realize they’ve been scared of nothing?.
LOL no. Some of my conservative friends are still convinced that the only way to protect their money from the banks is to get paid in gold and/or silver and burying it all in the backyard.
I don’t even bother explaining that gold and silver only have value because we give them value, or why the gold standard failed decades ago. I just shake my head and move on.
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