Stunning: Tea Party GOP Congressman Mistakes Senior US Government Officials for Foreigners

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Rep. Curt Clawson (R-Florida) thoroughly embarrassed himself in Congress yesterday — and inadvertently revealed a streak of bigotry — by mistaking two senior US government officials for representatives from the Indian government, apparently because of their Indian names and dark skins.

It’s another moment brought to us by the Tea Party. This was Clawson’s first day on the Asia and the Pacific subcommittee, after winning a special election to replace Trey Radel, who was forced to resign after his conviction for cocaine possession.

Watch the video above for this unbelievably awkward yet very revealing exchange.

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317 comments
1 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 12:57:10pm
2 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 12:57:11pm

Damned furriners!!!

What? They’re Americans? Oh shi…

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3 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 12:57:42pm

Seriously. I’ll take a coke-snorting family values guy over a fucking asshole like this any day.

4 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 12:58:02pm

I thought Radel was South Carolina not Florida. Not to nitpick because this is really a what the fuck moment. Props for the officials for not going off on him and calling him out for the stupid moron he is. I stand corrected. Radel was Florida but man what a moron bigot this guy is.

5 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 12:58:05pm

Well how was he supposed to know? They were brown and had foreign names!

/Tea Party

6 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 12:58:24pm

re: #3 darthstar

Seriously. I’ll take a coke-snorting family values guy over a fucking asshole like this any day.

The former is probably a lot more fun at parties.

7 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 12:58:40pm

And here we see the smug douchebag in the wild, about to engage in a dominance display

8 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 12:59:06pm

One correction, Charles - he didn’t embarrass himself…he merely cast shame on his office.

9 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 1:00:09pm

re: #4 HappyWarrior

I thought Radel was South Carolina not Florida. Not to nitpick because this is really a what the fuck moment. Props for the officials for not going off on him and calling him out for the stupid moron he is.

I was hoping she’d say, “You do know we’re American, right?”

10 makeitstop  Jul 25, 2014 1:00:54pm

I do believe that’s what’s known in the vernacular as a ‘punch-me face.’

Smarmy punk. I would have laughed his ass straight out of the room.

11 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 1:01:03pm

re: #9 darthstar

I was hoping she’d say, “You do know we’re American, right?”

That would have been fucking awesome.

12 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:03:10pm

re: #9 darthstar

I was hoping she’d say, “You do know we’re American, right?”

Heh she kind of did but not as direct. Really what a stupid bigoted ass.

13 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 1:03:15pm
Thursday was Clawson’s first day sitting on the subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. He was named to the full committee July 9. Subcommittee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) promoted Clawson’s deep international business acumen and knowledge of four languages in welcoming him. “Our newest member of this committee, Curt Clawson … speaks four languages and all kinds of other great stuff,” Chabot boasted.

I bet he never did his homework for school, either. Too smart for that shit.

14 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 25, 2014 1:03:28pm

The MH17 Disaster Is All America’s Fault? Ron Paul and ‘The Nation’ want the U.S. to stop blaming poor Russia

newrepublic.com

15 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 25, 2014 1:04:13pm

re: #14 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

The moonbat-wingnut convergence as it were.

16 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 1:04:35pm

re: #12 HappyWarrior

Heh she kind of did but not as direct. Really what a stupid bigoted ass.

She’s in the State Department. Diplomacy.

17 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 1:06:10pm

Say, my last question for you…. I’ve got this problem with my computer and I’ve tried rebooting it. Any suggestions? /Clawson

RBS

18 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:06:35pm

re: #16 wrenchwench

She’s in the State Department. Diplomacy.

Of course. But this is the kind of shit that makes me laugh when I hear that no one has it harder than a white man. No white American is ever going to be mistaken for representing a foreign government by a TP idiot who didn’t do his homework.

19 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 1:07:00pm

re: #17 RealityBasedSteve

Say, my last question for you…. I’ve got this problem with my computer and I’ve tried rebooting it. Any suggestions? /Clawson

RBS

When in doubt hit it with a hammer.

20 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:07:02pm

re: #17 RealityBasedSteve

Say, my last question for you…. I’ve got this problem with my computer and I’ve tried rebooting it. Any suggestions? /Clawson

RBS

And do you know of any good recipes for naan? I love that stuff.//

21 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 1:08:25pm

There is so much win in this article

The “we like sex” argument is a winning one, so why are so many people afraid to use it?

There’s no reason to be coy about any of this. Fucking is part of normal, everyday life. Sex is not special occasion behavior or only done for procreation. People have sex because they were sitting on the couch and were like, “Hey, we have 15 minutes.” Sure, it’s theoretically optional, but the notion that medical care only addresses the things we need strictly to survive is laughable to the extreme. If I screw my knee up exercising, the insurance company isn’t like, “No doctor for you, because you could have just sat on your ass from here until the end of time.” (Which is also an “optional” behavior that can cause health problems, so I guess no medical care for that either?) If I need an allergy prescription, my doctor doesn’t say, “Well, just stay inside all the time and you won’t have this problem,” even though leaving my house is, technically, optional. Same with vaccines. Insurance companies cover them even though being around other people is theoretically optional for a very simple reason: Health care is for people, and people do things, even if they could theoretically not do things. Indeed, the idea that sex is somehow exempt from medical care falls apart when you consider not just maternity care, but also things like STI testing. Incidentally, not having sex might also be a factor in health problems that insurance covers—god knows that undertaking voluntary celibacy for no good reason would probably create cause to rack up some mental health care bills.

22 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 1:09:15pm

re: #16 wrenchwench

She’s in the State Department. Diplomacy.

I would pay a LOT of money to have been a fly on the wall for the moment that Biswal and Kumar had a moment together after the hearing. I’m sure it was memorable.

RBS

23 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 1:09:42pm

I’m not even sure he realizes his mistake. I think he might be that clueless.

24 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 1:10:02pm

re: #21 Kragar

There is so much win in this article

The “we like sex” argument is a winning one, so why are so many people afraid to use it?

Not having sex can cause severe blockages.

25 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 1:10:04pm

re: #22 RealityBasedSteve

I would pay a LOT of money to have been a fly on the wall for the moment that Biswal and Kumar had a moment together after the hearing. I’m sure it was memorable.

RBS

I love the look on the guy’s face. He looks like he’s laughing so hard internally. She just looks aghast.

26 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:11:09pm

re: #22 RealityBasedSteve

I would pay a LOT of money to have been a fly on the wall for the moment that Biswal and Kumar had a moment together after the hearing. I’m sure it was memorable.

RBS

I’m sure they’re used to it unfortunately but I bet they never thought they’d have a frigging Congressman do it.

27 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 1:11:56pm

re: #23 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I’m not even sure he realizes his mistake. I think he might be that clueless.

Judging from that look on his face at the end , he’s thinking to himself “Nailed it.”

28 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 1:12:17pm

re: #24 b_sharp

Not having sex can cause severe blockages.

I tried that line in High School, didn’t work for me.

RBS

29 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 25, 2014 1:12:55pm

Speaking of prejudice, I’ve noticed that a lot of RWNJ commenters pointedly include “leprosy” among the hazards supposedly presented by immigrant children. Given the enormous historical and cultural significance of this term, and the virtually non-existent risk, its frequent use points to a profound, almost atavistic, hatred and fear of the “other.”
It also makes me wonder which RWJN media shill is pushing this disgusting claim.

Bizarre as it seems, a large part of our population drive cars, use computers, and wear modern clothes; but think like dark age peasants.

30 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 25, 2014 1:13:44pm

Clawson has the kind of face that you can’t punch just once. He’s a poster boy for what the GOP has become since it did a Pol Pot on itself.

31 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 1:13:48pm

re: #28 RealityBasedSteve

I tried that line in High School, didn’t work for me.

RBS

But look what it’s done to the radically rabid religious right.

32 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 1:14:26pm
33 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:16:01pm

re: #29 Shiplord Kirel

Speaking of prejudice, I’ve noticed that a lot of RWNJ commenters pointedly include “leprosy” among the hazards supposedly presented by immigrant children. Given the enormous historical and cultural significance of this term, and the virtually non-existent risk, its frequent use points to a profound, almost atavistic, hatred and fear of the “other.”
It also makes me wonder which RWJN media shill is pushing this disgusting claim.

Bizarre as it seems, a large part of our population drive cars, use computers, and wear modern clothes; but think like dark age peasants.

I think what it is that a fair chunk of our country never accepted the Civil Rights movement’s goals. Yes, we celebrate MLK Day every January but it’s well to remember that getting that past Reagan’s desk wasn’t exactly easy, that Strom Thurmond was a sitting Senator into the 21st century, and I could go on and on. That’s not to say I don’t think we’ve improved as a nation when it comes to how we view people of different racial backgrounds; we have and I think continue to improve but there’s a loud part of the population that still lives in the dark on that.

34 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 25, 2014 1:16:24pm

Wow…just…what the hell?

35 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 1:18:02pm

re: #29 Shiplord Kirel

Leprosy is actually really hard to catch. “Dry” leprosy, anyway. If you have wet leprosy you’re really not travelling much.

36 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 1:19:03pm

Hahahahaha, you can’t make this stuff up. The WTF? looks on the faces of Biswal & Kumar were priceless. What an idiot.

37 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:19:14pm

re: #7 Kragar

And here we see the smug douchebag in the wild, about to engage in a dominance display

Nailed it.

That little smile on the fuckers face had smug written all over it. I’m thinking we are going to see a lot more stupid out of this one.

38 Bulworth  Jul 25, 2014 1:19:43pm
In an intensely awkward congressional hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, freshman Rep. Curt Clawson misidentified two senior U.S. government officials as representatives of the Indian government.

Obviously Obama’s fault for appointing Indian-looking people to the State Department. Or the fault of U.S. Civil Service system for hiring Indian-looking people. //

39 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:20:37pm

It’s even more sad when you see that he got elected in a landslide and unless Trey gives him tips on where to score good coke, I don’t think he’s going anywhere.

40 Bulworth  Jul 25, 2014 1:21:00pm
During the hearing, he repeatedly touted his deep knowledge of the Indian subcontinent and his favorite Bollywood movies. None of his fellow colleagues publicly called him out on the oversight — perhaps going easy on him because he’s the new guy.

Hey, look, the dude likes him some Bollywood movies. Isn’t that enough for U people? /////

41 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 1:21:04pm

re: #14 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

The MH17 Disaster Is All America’s Fault? Ron Paul and ‘The Nation’ want the U.S. to stop blaming poor Russia

newrepublic.com

Of course it’s America’s fault. Didn’t you know that Obama shot down the plane?

Tom Cotton Manages To Blame Obama For Separatist Groups Shooting Down Plane Over Ukraine

42 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:21:44pm

re: #40 Bulworth

Hey, look, the dude likes him some Bollywood movies. Isn’t that enough for U people? /////

And he didn’t call them Muslims and ask her where her burqa was. You libs are the real racissts.

43 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 1:23:11pm

re: #40 Bulworth

Hey, look, the dude likes him some Bollywood movies. Isn’t that enough for U people? /////

On second thought, they should have responded by saying “Veddy veddy good Congressman. Right away no? Yes! Thank you! Thank you!” and bowed excessively.

44 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:23:48pm

re: #16 wrenchwench

She’s in the State Department. Diplomacy.

And class. Something lacking in about 99% of the Republican party.

Grandstand first, information/education later, after you’ve made an ass of yourself. The thing is, their supporters are even more dense and are fine with the grandstanding and probably won’t even know he fucked up. All they know is “he told those people what’s what!”

45 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:25:22pm

re: #17 RealityBasedSteve

Say, my last question for you…. I’ve got this problem with my computer and I’ve tried rebooting it. Any suggestions? /Clawson

RBS

Heeheeheee. You bad.

I hope they got his credit card number for the tech service!

46 HappyWarrior  Jul 25, 2014 1:25:34pm

re: #44 ObserverArt

And class. Something lacking in about 99% of the Republican party.

Grandstand first, information/education later, after you’ve made an ass of yourself. The thing is, their supporters are even more dense and are fine with the grandstanding and probably won’t even know he fucked up. All they know is “he told those people what’s what!”

The supporters are worse than the officials if you ask me. They vote for these guys after all.

47 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 1:26:52pm

re: #17 RealityBasedSteve

Say, my last question for you…. I’ve got this problem with my computer and I’ve tried rebooting it. Any suggestions? /Clawson

RBS

re: #20 HappyWarrior

And do you know of any good recipes for naan? I love that stuff.//

Also, what’s the deal with Deepak Chopra? //////////////////

48 lawhawk  Jul 25, 2014 1:28:22pm

re: #40 Bulworth

Hey, look, the dude likes him some Bollywood moviesBobby Jindal. Isn’t that enough for U people? /////

49 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jul 25, 2014 1:29:10pm

re: #45 ObserverArt

Heeheeheee. You bad.

I hope they got his credit card number for the tech service!

The last few Indians I’ve spoken to had very strong accents, claimed to be named things like “Robert Pearson” and said they were calling because my computer had a virus.

50 Jolo5309  Jul 25, 2014 1:29:17pm

re: #47 Lidane

Also, what’s the deal with Deepak Chopra? //////////////////

He is still the CEO of Canada Post, why?

51 gwangung  Jul 25, 2014 1:29:45pm
During the hearing, he repeatedly touted his deep knowledge of the Indian subcontinent and his favorite Bollywood movies.

This is the functional equivalent of “Some of my best friends are Injun.”

52 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 1:31:40pm

re: #49 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

The last Indian tech support guy I talked to have his name as “Elvis Flash Bowie”, and I loved him just for that.

53 Bulworth  Jul 25, 2014 1:31:42pm

Well let’s all be a little bit thankful that the good congressman wasn’t facing the severe test of having government officials who were African American at his hearing.

“Say, I just love your country of Africa…..”

54 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 1:31:57pm

re: #50 Jolo5309

He is still the CEO of Canada Post, why?

So you weren’t taken away by a tornado last night I see.

55 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 1:32:35pm

re: #38 Bulworth

Obviously Obama’s fault for appointing Indian-looking people to the State Department. Or the fault of U.S. Civil Service system for hiring Indian-looking people. //

Guilty of bureaucrating while brown

RBS

56 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:32:52pm

re: #29 Shiplord Kirel

Speaking of prejudice, I’ve noticed that a lot of RWNJ commenters pointedly include “leprosy” among the hazards supposedly presented by immigrant children. Given the enormous historical and cultural significance of this term, and the virtually non-existent risk, its frequent use points to a profound, almost atavistic, hatred and fear of the “other.”
It also makes me wonder which RWJN media shill is pushing this disgusting claim.

Bizarre as it seems, a large part of our population drive cars, use computers, and wear modern clothes; but think like dark age peasants.

And think of the biblical tales of the lepers. How do they fit into these modern RWNJs who many are extremely proud to call themselves and to point out to everyone how they are Christians.

57 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 25, 2014 1:33:21pm

“Soooooo, you’re AMERICAN diplomats. My bad. I guess we keep you on for your skill at dealing with backward ass third world savages?”

“Yes, Congressman. We are familiar with the Florida tea party.”

58 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 1:33:50pm

re: #43 darthstar

On second thought, they should have responded by saying “Veddy veddy good Congressman. Right away no? Yes! Thank you! Thank you!” and bowed excessively.

Back in TX there was another female Muslim taxi driver who wore hijab and was olive-skinned like me. She often got mistaken for a foreigner by passengers (as did I), but she’d just play along with it, accent and all.

I couldn’t do it because I could never keep a straight face.

Oh, I just remembered a story:

One day this man came out of the airport, walked up to the taxi line, took one look at me and started yelling, “Oh HELL NO, I’m not getting in the car with any gawt-damned Eye-ranian!! I’ll wait for the next cab!”

The inspectors, who all knew me quite well, just rolled their eyes and one of them went up to him and and calmed him down, said it was fine, he could take the next cab. He even opened the door for him.

The driver of the cab he got into smiled like the cat that ate the canary and the inspector was doubled over, LOL. Why? Guess where the driver was from…

59 Jolo5309  Jul 25, 2014 1:34:38pm

re: #54 b_sharp

So you weren’t taken away by a tornado last night I see.

No, and neither were our trees (need firewood?).

We have been losing branches (30 foot long ones) from our maples every couple of weeks, so I have been going out and cutting bits into firewood every couple of weeks.

60 Bulworth  Jul 25, 2014 1:34:43pm

I just dred any China hearings…

“Say, which country are you from now, that Japan or China or Korea? I swear I can’t tell you people apart. “

61 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 1:35:02pm

re: #58 CuriousLurker

Back in TX there was another female Muslim taxi driver who wore hijab and was olive-skinned like me. She often got mistaken for a foreigner by passengers (as did I), but she’d just play along with it, accent and all.

I couldn’t do it because I could never keep a straight face.

Oh, I just remembered a story:

One day this man came out of the airport, walked up to the taxi line, took one look at me and started yelling, “Oh HELL NO, I’m not getting in the card with any gawt-damned Eye-ranian!! I’ll wiat for the next cab!”

The inspectors, who all knew me quite well, just rolled their eyes and one of them went up to him and and calmed him down, said it was fine, he could take the next cab. He even opened the door for him.

The driver of the cab he got into smiled like the cat that ate the canary and the inspector was doubled over, LOL. Why? Guess where the driver was from…

Lubbock?

62 lawhawk  Jul 25, 2014 1:35:32pm

re: #58 CuriousLurker

Qom?

63 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 1:35:52pm

re: #59 Jolo5309

No, and neither were our trees (need firewood?).

We have been losing branches (30 foot long ones) from our maples every couple of weeks, so I have been going out and cutting bits into firewood every couple of weeks.

Are they dry enough?

64 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 1:35:57pm

re: #61 RealityBasedSteve

Lubbock?

Nope, wayyyy further south.

65 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 1:36:10pm

re: #58 CuriousLurker

One of my perennial favorite things about New York is the Dial 777 car service, which does business as “Tel Aviv Limo service”, with Jewish owners and managers, Pakistani dispatchers, Somali mechanics, and the drivers are mostly Sikhs or Iranians. It all works out but the one time I heard a three-way argument between a dispatcher, manager, and driver I don’t think anyone was actually understanding, or even listening, to each other.

66 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 1:36:13pm

re: #62 lawhawk

Qom?

LOL

67 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 1:36:15pm

re: #56 ObserverArt

And think of the biblical tales of the lepers. How do they fit into these modern RWNJs who many are extremely proud to call themselves and to point out to everyone how they are Christians.

68 b.d.  Jul 25, 2014 1:36:42pm

Wow, the guy suddenly annoys me a little less than he did yesterday

69 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:36:48pm

re: #41 Lidane

Of course it’s America’s fault. Didn’t you know that Obama shot down the plane?

Tom Cotton Manages To Blame Obama For Separatist Groups Shooting Down Plane Over Ukraine

Must have taken him a whole week to figure out that much bullshit.

70 goddamnedfrank  Jul 25, 2014 1:37:01pm

I admire your country’s dedication to bovine equality, musical cinema, dysentery and your colorful pantheon of heathen demons.

71 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 1:37:35pm

re: #70 goddamnedfrank

I admire your country’s dedication to bovine equality, musical cinema, dysentery and your colorful pantheon of heathen demons.

Simpsons?

RBS

72 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:38:24pm

re: #46 HappyWarrior

The supporters are worse than the officials if you ask me. They vote for these guys after all.

So, in other words he is representing!

73 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 1:38:31pm

re: #62 lawhawk

Qom?

Actually, IIRC he was from Ababdan. I couldn’t stand the guy, but that particular day I liked him okay, heh.

74 Eventual Carrion  Jul 25, 2014 1:39:40pm

re: #1 darthstar

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Sure has a smug ass look on his face. Who was it that said, “He has a very slapable face”.

75 Jolo5309  Jul 25, 2014 1:39:50pm

re: #63 b_sharp

Are they dry enough?

In a year they will be, if it ever stops raining. The underground sprinklers have not worked since we moved in to this place in 2010, and we have had enough rain every year for me to justify not fixing them.

All that has aged so far is apple

76 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 1:40:36pm

re: #75 Jolo5309

In a year they will be, if it ever stops raining. The underground sprinklers have not worked since we moved in to this place in 2010, and we have had enough rain every year for me to justify not fixing them.

All that has aged so far is apple

I’ve heard it will stop raining soon, in November.

77 Eventual Carrion  Jul 25, 2014 1:41:07pm

re: #7 Kragar

And here we see the smug douchebag in the wild, about to engage in a dominance display

HA, that’s how I read the look too. Smug as all get out. Pompous little prick.

78 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 1:41:39pm

re: #68 b.d.

Mark Cuban can be an unbelievable douchenozzle, but he has moments of clarity. He’s the only sports owner I don’t want to immediately shoot into the sun, since he’s the reason Shark Tank is vaguely interesting to me.

79 Jolo5309  Jul 25, 2014 1:42:08pm

re: #76 b_sharp

I’ve heard it will stop raining soon, in November.

Just in time for snow!

I did build myself a firewood rack, just to get all these damned logs off my lawn

80 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 1:42:20pm

re: #65 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

One of my perennial favorite things about New York is the Dial 777 car service, which does business as “Tel Aviv Limo service”, with Jewish owners and managers, Pakistani dispatchers, Somali mechanics, and the drivers are mostly Sikhs or Iranians. It all works out but the one time I heard a three-way argument between a dispatcher, manager, and driver I don’t think anyone was actually understanding, or even listening, to each other.

LOL, when everyone was parked in the airport cab line it was a riot sometimes because the Arabs, Iranians, Pakistanis, and Sikhs would all start making fun of each other’s accents & mannerisms. It was a real hoot. Plus, they all had nicknames for each other, some of which were really funny.

81 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:42:22pm

re: #60 Bulworth

I just dred any China hearings…

“Say, which country are you from now, that Japan or China or Korea? I swear I can’t tell you people apart. “

Shoot. I’m having a similar issue these days.

It’s getting hard to tell these TeaParty politicians apart. They all look and act the same.

82 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 1:42:39pm

re: #68 b.d.

Wow, the guy suddenly annoys me a little less than he did yesterday

Broken clock and all that…Cuban’s still an ass.

83 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 25, 2014 1:43:44pm

re: #49 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

The last few Indians I’ve spoken to had very strong accents, claimed to be named things like “Robert Pearson” and said they were calling because my computer had a virus.

I still like the Foamy The Squirrel Cartoon about Indian Tech Support.

84 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 1:44:00pm

re: #65 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

One of my perennial favorite things about New York is the Dial 777 car service, which does business as “Tel Aviv Limo service”, with Jewish owners and managers, Pakistani dispatchers, Somali mechanics, and the drivers are mostly Sikhs or Iranians. It all works out but the one time I heard a three-way argument between a dispatcher, manager, and driver I don’t think anyone was actually understanding, or even listening, to each other.

That would make a great new style Taxi situation comedy show.

85 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 1:44:47pm

re: #84 ObserverArt

That would make a great new style Taxi situation comedy show.

Taxi: The Next Generation

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Youtube Video

86 teleskiguy  Jul 25, 2014 1:47:01pm

So meta! Very journalism!

87 steve_davis  Jul 25, 2014 1:47:38pm

“Mr. Chairman, procedural question, if I might: why do these two coolies sound like they’re from Dubuque?”

88 makeitstop  Jul 25, 2014 1:53:13pm

OT: Someone here remarked the other day about Ted Cruz’ resemblance to Liberace. I found this old beer ad, which seems to bear that comparison out.

Heh.

89 teleskiguy  Jul 25, 2014 1:56:13pm

Jonah “Vegetarians are Nazis” Goldberg thinking he’s freaking hilarious.

90 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 1:56:15pm

re: #88 makeitstop

OT: Someone here remarked the other day about Ted Cruz’ resemblance to Liberace. I found this old beer ad, which seems to bear that comparison out.

Heh.

Thank you!

That was me.

91 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 1:56:42pm

re: #88 makeitstop

Before he became LIberace, he was known as “Walter Busterkeys” and tried to act butch.

92 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 1:56:48pm

I’m from Milwaukee too!

93 allegro  Jul 25, 2014 1:57:26pm

re: #88 makeitstop

OT: Someone here remarked the other day about Ted Cruz’ resemblance to Liberace. I found this old beer ad, which seems to bear that comparison out.

Heh.

Nooooo! Liberace was fabulous! Cruz is more… flatulent. Looks like it anyway. Always has a face that looks like someone just farted.

94 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jul 25, 2014 1:58:18pm

re: #88 makeitstop

OT: Someone here remarked the other day about Ted Cruz’ resemblance to Liberace. I found this old beer ad, which seems to bear that comparison out.

Heh.

Cruz is also very reminiscent of Joe McCarthy. (Visually, I mean.)

McCarthy and Cruz

95 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 1:59:16pm

re: #89 teleskiguy

Also scientifically wrong, you wouldn’t freeze at all if you were in sunlight, and there’s no atmosphere so all the heat dissipation would come from your bodily liquids boiling away. You’d just asphyxiate, then, later, you’d freeze.

Yoko is such an old hippy-dippy she’s almost a parody.

96 Bulworth  Jul 25, 2014 1:59:59pm

I think I’m ready for the full DC Circuit Court to meet and over-rule Tuesday’s farcical decision by three of its members that subsidies for Obamacare only flow to states that set up their own exchanges. There’s just too much derp out there worldwide for the system to continue to hold up unless some of it is staunched.

97 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 2:00:03pm

re: #93 allegro

Nooooo! Liberace was fabulous! Cruz is more… flatulent. Looks like it anyway. Always has a face that looks like someone just farted.

Anyone ever notice that he always purses his lips when he thinks he is being really profound. He sets up his zinger, then lets it rip and then does the pursed lip thing.

98 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 2:01:19pm

re: #94 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Cruz is also very reminiscent of Joe McCarthy. (Visually, I mean.)

McCarthy and Cruz

I mentioned that the other day. Chris “Tweety” Matthews also mentions it. He even says Cruz’s delivery is very similar.

Snakes all!

99 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 25, 2014 2:01:35pm

Cruz’s face is annoying.

100 Kilroy01  Jul 25, 2014 2:02:47pm

re: #88 makeitstop

I always thought he looked like Grampa off the Munster..

101 Joanne  Jul 25, 2014 2:02:48pm

re: #99 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Cruz’s face is annoying.

FIFY :-)

102 teleskiguy  Jul 25, 2014 2:02:53pm

re: #95 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Yoko is such an old hippy-dippy she’s almost a parody.

Yoko has always been a weirdo hippy dippy. I’ve never took her seriously.

103 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 2:03:32pm

re: #101 Joanne

FIFY :-)

I just knew that was coming!

104 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 25, 2014 2:03:38pm

re: #101 Joanne

FIFY :-)

That goes without saying, but some annoying wingnuts are easy to look at.

105 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jul 25, 2014 2:04:31pm

re: #88 makeitstop

OT: Someone here remarked the other day about Ted Cruz’ resemblance to Liberace. I found this old beer ad, which seems to bear that comparison out.

Heh.

By the way I’d heard of Blatz beer but figured it must be a made-up name. It sounds like something out of Mort Drucker cartoon.

106 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 25, 2014 2:04:53pm

Back in the 80s, I was mistaken for a Russian guide at the Soviet American trade exhibit in Dallas. The aerospace section included a huge (5 foot) model of the R-7 rocket stack with the Soyuz spacecraft. Being somewhat knowledgeable about such things, I was explaining some of the features to a young friend. A nice Dallas lady came up and complimented me on my wonderful command of English, remarking that I had just the barest hint of an accent(!). Rather than embarrass her, I thanked her and remarked that I had been learning English since I was very young.
A few minutes later, I saw her and her male companion leaving the exhibit. I thought about running past them out the door while shouting, “ASYLUM! ASYLUM! I WANT TO DEFECT!”

107 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 2:06:27pm

re: #104 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

That goes without saying, but some annoying wingnuts are easy to look at.

Stupid streaming out of the mouth always makes ‘em look ugly to me. They can be the most stunning looking person in the world, and as soon as they start talking shit, they look like that shit.

108 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:06:37pm
109 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 25, 2014 2:07:11pm

re: #107 ObserverArt

Stupid streaming out of the mouth always makes ‘em look ugly to me. They can be the most stunning looking person in the world, and as soon as they start talking shit, they look like that shit.

True.

110 The War TARDIS  Jul 25, 2014 2:07:46pm

I actually have one last question about libertarians.

As I stated earlier, that former friend is Libertarian. She has recently been engaged. Since libertarians are nearly always out only for themselves, how the heck do relationships work for them. It requires compromise, selflessness, and sacrifice. Things antithetical to Libertarianism. Seriously, how?

I would ask how she continues to think of herself as a good Roman Catholic, especially with Francis as Pope, but American Christianity is so warped.

I would ask how she is also a teacher with such a foul ideology, but she got hired at a private school.

111 Mattand  Jul 25, 2014 2:09:16pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

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Good Lord, for someone who’s supposed to be irrelevant, they sure are wasting a metic fuck-ton of hay making their straw man about you.

112 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 2:09:29pm

re: #106 Shiplord Kirel

When I was very young and naive I got invited to a party at the Swedish embassy. I started talking to a nice young woman and after half an hour or so of lively conversation I asked her if the Swedes spoke any English. Luckily, she thought I was being funny: she was a cultural attache, couldn’t have looked more Swedish, and was wearing an ID tag with the Swedish flag on it.

113 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:10:43pm

Now he’s accusing me of calling for genocide.

114 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 2:11:24pm

re: #113 Charles Johnson

I think this is the part of the argument where building settlements (which, I’d note, I’m strongly against) is conflated with genocide.

115 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:12:33pm

re: #114 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I never advocated building settlements either.

116 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 2:12:39pm

What a douchebro face. You just so want to push it through a glass door.

117 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 2:15:02pm

re: #115 Charles Johnson

I never advocated building settlements either.

I think it really devalues the word ‘genocide’ to use it to describe a population that’s increasing in size. People like it because it’s a weighty word but that’s exactly why the use of it should be at least somewhat precise.

118 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 2:16:06pm

re: #110 The War TARDIS

I actually have one last question about libertarians.

As with every other group of humans, there is diversity among Libertarians. They are each an individual with a unique combination of ideas within his or her skull.

119 The War TARDIS  Jul 25, 2014 2:18:38pm

re: #118 wrenchwench

Question derives from a page I wrote last week.

120 jaunte  Jul 25, 2014 2:20:33pm

re: #99 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Cruz’s face is annoying.

Especially when you can hear him speak.

121 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:20:46pm

As a matter of fact, I’ve always been against the settlements in the West Bank. Here’s a post from 2002 about it:

littlegreenfootballs.com

122 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 2:23:54pm

re: #121 Charles Johnson

Your concluding sentence there is still true:

As long as oppressive Arab theocracies refuse to accept the existence of Israel and continue their destabilizing efforts, there will never be a lasting peace.

It will be incredibly difficult for the Palestinians and Israelis to achieve a lasting peace as long as the Arab nations are happy to use Palestine and Israel as a convenient distraction from their own domestic problems.

123 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 2:23:59pm

re: #29 Shiplord Kirel

Speaking of prejudice, I’ve noticed that a lot of RWNJ commenters pointedly include “leprosy” among the hazards supposedly presented by immigrant children. Given the enormous historical and cultural significance of this term, and the virtually non-existent risk, its frequent use points to a profound, almost atavistic, hatred and fear of the “other.”
It also makes me wonder which RWJN media shill is pushing this disgusting claim.

Bizarre as it seems, a large part of our population drive cars, use computers, and wear modern clothes; but think like dark age peasants.

Michele Bachmann had a cogent argument about leprosy, but it just came apart in front of her.

124 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 2:24:44pm

re: #123 Decatur Deb

Michele Bachmann had a cogent argument about leprosy, but it just came apart in front of her.

Fell right off…

///

125 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 2:24:56pm

re: #117 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I think it really devalues the word ‘genocide’ to use it to describe a population that’s increasing in size. People like it because it’s a weighty word but that’s exactly why the use of it should be at least somewhat precise.

It’s a word that creates a strong emotional reaction in most people. I’ve been seeing a LOT of that flying around from all corners since this thing started, which is one of the reasons I’ve been pushing for accuracy in speech/writing.

Emotionally fraught words & phrases, stereotyping, group blame, etc. is all used to provoke knee-jerk reactions and shut down calm, rational discussion, which it does it very effectively.

126 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 2:25:35pm
127 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 25, 2014 2:25:44pm

re: #123 Decatur Deb

Michele Bachmann had a cogent argument about leprosy, but it just came apart in front of her.

Maybe we can start calling them “lepertarians.”

128 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 2:26:45pm

re: #110 The War TARDIS

I actually have one last question about libertarians.

As I stated earlier, that former friend is Libertarian. She has recently been engaged. Since libertarians are nearly always out only for themselves, how the heck do relationships work for them. It requires compromise, selflessness, and sacrifice. Things antithetical to Libertarianism. Seriously, how?

…snip.

Pre-nup, nup, post-nup, lawyer.

129 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 2:27:26pm

re: #119 The War TARDIS

Question derives from a page I wrote last week.

Yes. I meant to read it sooner, but I just did it now. Nice Page.

My comment remains the same.

I think when people are figuring out how the world works, many times they will latch onto a set of beliefs which helps them cope. If you only look at what they’ve latched onto, and not what they were going through at the time, you don’t have a full picture. We can certainly generalize about a group of people who share a set of ideas, but it’s always risky to apply a generalization to an individual.

130 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 2:28:36pm

re: #122 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Your concluding sentence there is still true:

It will be incredibly difficult for the Palestinians and Israelis to achieve a lasting peace as long as the Arab nations are happy to use Palestine and Israel as a convenient distraction from their own domestic problems.

I choose to believe that while it may be incredibly difficult, it’s still possible. To believe otherwise means to give in to despair, to say there will never, can never be peace, no matter what.

131 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 2:28:36pm

re: #124 TedStriker

Fell right off…

///

Into a vat of cornbread mix.

132 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:28:51pm

Fucking assholes. They just blatantly lie about me, in the most repellent and gross ways. These are Greenwald cultists.

133 BeachDem  Jul 25, 2014 2:29:57pm

re: #4 HappyWarrior

I thought Radel was South Carolina not Florida. Not to nitpick because this is really a what the fuck moment. Props for the officials for not going off on him and calling him out for the stupid moron he is. I stand corrected. Radel was Florida but man what a moron bigot this guy is.

Please, don’t we suffer enough in South Carolina already?

134 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 2:30:52pm

re: #132 Charles Johnson

Fucking assholes. They just blatantly lie about me, in the most repellent and gross ways. These are Greenwald cultists.

They’ve learned well from the master.

/

135 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 2:30:54pm

re: #131 Decatur Deb

Into a vat of cornbread mix.

Oooh, now I know what I want for iftar…

136 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 2:31:23pm

re: #132 Charles Johnson

Fucking assholes. They just blatantly lie about me, in the most repellent and gross ways. These are Greenwald cultists.

Selling un-redacted emails in airports.

137 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 2:31:30pm

WTFITS:

Minuteman Project Leader Accuses Religious Groups Of Acting As ‘Non-Violent Cartels’ To Aid ‘Covert Invasion’

Gilchrist claimed that “criminal cartels and non-criminal cartels, the do-gooders and people who want to save everybody in the world on both sides of the border” are using child migrants as “human shields, not in the sense of warfare but in the sense of ideological warfare between foreign countries and the government of the United States, the people of the United States.”

When host John Bachman asked Gilchrist what he meant by “non-criminal cartels,” Gilchrist replied, “I would say the religious orders, and it’s not only the Catholic Church, and there are the Protestant church or whatever, it’s several religious orders, it’s several individuals who have banded together to allow this to happen, who want this to happen, for either religious reasons or political reasons or ideological reasons.”

138 BeenHereAwhile  Jul 25, 2014 2:31:50pm

re: #29 Shiplord Kirel

Speaking of prejudice, I’ve noticed that a lot of RWNJ commenters pointedly include “leprosy” among the hazards supposedly presented by immigrant children. Given the enormous historical and cultural significance of this term, and the virtually non-existent risk, its frequent use points to a profound, almost atavistic, hatred and fear of the “other.”
It also makes me wonder which RWJN media shill is pushing this disgusting claim.

Bizarre as it seems, a large part of our population drive cars, use computers, and wear modern clothes; but think like dark age peasants.

They’re more likely to get leprosy from armadillos. Those guys are moving up into the mid-Southern states.

Monday, I was driving along Davy Crockett Parkway in Southern Tennessee, and saw a dead armadillo on the side of the road.

“Remember the armadillo!”

139 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:32:24pm
140 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 2:33:09pm

re: #137 Lidane

WTFITS:

Minuteman Project Leader Accuses Religious Groups Of Acting As ‘Non-Violent Cartels’ To Aid ‘Covert Invasion’

Speaking of emotional language… Sheesh, it just keeps getting further and further out there.

141 Joanne  Jul 25, 2014 2:33:11pm

re: #103 ObserverArt

I just knew that was coming!

Sorry. I just hadda.

142 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 2:33:49pm

re: #130 CuriousLurker

I choose to believe that while it may be incredibly difficult, it’s still possible. To believe otherwise means to give in to despair, to say there will never, can never be peace, no matter what.

The Troubles in Ireland didn’t seem like they’d ever end, either, and those actually have a much longer history than Arab-Israeli conflicts.

143 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 25, 2014 2:33:52pm

re: #126 Pie-onist Overlord

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Look! Another attempt to shut down rational discussion! (drool)

;)

144 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 2:34:22pm

re: #138 BeenHereAwhile

They’re more likely to get leprosy from armadillos. Those guys are moving up into the mid-Southern states.

Monday, I was driving along Davy Crockett Parkway in Southern Tennessee, and saw a dead armadillo on the side of the road.

“Remember the armadillo!”

I actually saw an armadillo walking down my street once a couple of years ago. I made it a point to stay far away from the little bastard. They scare easy and the last thing I wanted was to be in range if it got startled.

145 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 2:34:39pm

re: #139 Charles Johnson

Bombing a school, even intentionally, wouldn’t be ‘genocide’.

He’s just using ‘genocide’ to mean ‘intentionally killing’.

146 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 25, 2014 2:34:42pm

Some good news at a bad time. My mother, who died Wednesday morning, has a new great grandchild. I just received word that my great niece Britney gave birth to a baby girl early this afternoon. She is being given my mom’s name.

147 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 2:35:36pm

re: #144 Lidane

I actually saw an armadillo walking down my street once a couple of years ago. I made it a point to stay far away from the little bastard. They scare easy and the last thing I wanted was to be in range if it got startled.

Yeah, they have some serious claws on ‘em.

148 Joanne  Jul 25, 2014 2:36:09pm

re: #126 Pie-onist Overlord

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You forgot the best hashtag evah! #FoodPorn :-)

149 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:37:36pm

re: #145 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Whenever I encounter these people, it’s a reminder that for a lot of the most virulent defenders of one side or another, the truth simply doesn’t matter. They’ll say anything at all to attack their enemies in the most vile and deceptive ways, without a shred of conscience.

150 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 2:38:33pm

re: #146 Shiplord Kirel

Some good news at a bad time. My mother, who died Wednesday morning, has a new great grandchild. I just received word that my great niece Britney gave birth to a baby girl early this afternoon. She is being given my mom’s name.

I like what you said about her in the overnight thread. I have enormous respect for someone who disinvites bad behavers to her funeral. May she rest in peace, and {{{Shiplord}}}

151 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:39:45pm

I wrote a lot of things in the years after 9/11 I wish I hadn’t — but anyone who says I EVER called for genocide of any group of people is a filthy liar.

In fact, people who did do that at LGF were banned. I always had a zero tolerance policy for that kind of rhetoric.

152 jaunte  Jul 25, 2014 2:39:53pm

The ‘nonexistent’ JPost article may have been taken down from the Jerusalem Post site because the events happened back in 2009.
Text here from Yahoo:
groups.yahoo.com

153 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 25, 2014 2:40:26pm

Btw, one of my cousins is a very well known GOP lawyer and activist and sometime guest on Fox News. She has the same first name as my mother and is in fact named for her.
I don’t blame my aunt and uncle for this, you never know kids will turn out. /

154 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 2:41:08pm

re: #146 Shiplord Kirel

Some good news at a bad time. My mother, who died Wednesday morning, has a new great grandchild. I just received word that my great niece Britney gave birth to a baby girl early this afternoon. She is being given my mom’s name.

That’s great. ;-)

re: #150 wrenchwench

I like what you said about her in the overnight thread. I have enormous respect for someone who disinvites bad behavers to her funeral. May she rest in peace, and {{{Shiplord}}}

I missed that. Gonna have to go look for it.

155 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 2:43:22pm

re: #154 CuriousLurker

I missed that. Gonna have to go look for it.

Here ya go!

156 Eventual Carrion  Jul 25, 2014 2:43:45pm

re: #88 makeitstop

OT: Someone here remarked the other day about Ted Cruz’ resemblance to Liberace. I found this old beer ad, which seems to bear that comparison out.

Heh.

When I was growing up people called it Shatz beer.

157 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 2:44:40pm

God fearing zealots have never let silly laws get in the way of sexually abusing children.

158 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 2:45:26pm

re: #155 wrenchwench

Here ya go!

Thanks! I found it just as you were posting it.

159 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 2:46:33pm

re: #152 jaunte

Oh, that guy again. There’s no point in trying to address anything he says - he’ll just keep lying.

160 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 2:46:54pm

re: #157 Kragar

God fearing zealots have never let silly laws get in the way of sexually abusing children.

Hey, it’s worked for the RCC for hundreds of years!

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161 dog philosopher  Jul 25, 2014 2:47:34pm

Mysterious Skin tells the story of two pre-adolescent boys who are sexually abused by their baseball coach, and how it affects their lives in different ways into their young adulthood. One boy becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous male prostitute, while the other retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction.

i always wondered where tea party politicians came from

162 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 2:49:28pm

Oh, this should be a hoot:

House GOP Aims For Vote On Border Crisis Package Before August Recess

There’s no bill yet, and a vote isn’t certain. Even if the House passes such a proposal, Democratic leaders object to amending the 2008 law, so the measure could go nowhere in the Senate.

But Republicans don’t want to return home for a five-week break and face constituents without acting to address the problem of over 57,000 undocumented minors — mostly from Central America — being apprehended in recent months. The Friday meeting was called to see if they can get behind a solution.

163 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 25, 2014 2:49:45pm

Speaking of names, I was almost named “Sam Rayburn” R. for my great uncle. My parents said it was a tossup between that and my dad’s name, James. Since I was the firstborn, they settled on the latter.

164 dog philosopher  Jul 25, 2014 2:49:45pm

“Nobody can forgive Hamas for what they’re doing,” the journalist
said. “No one can forgive Hamas for butchering Palestinians to get
power. Most Gazans hate Hamas with a passion.”

There is fear of speaking out against Hamas, which is why many have
stayed quiet until now, according to the source, an editor at a local
Gazan media outlet.

“The only reason Hamas rules Gaza is because of its ruthless iron
fist and military dictatorship,” he said. “We would love to have an
independence from both Fatah and Hamas, who are profiting off the
Palestinian people. We need to rule ourselves.”

165 BeenHereAwhile  Jul 25, 2014 2:51:37pm

re: #144 Lidane

I actually saw an armadillo walking down my street once a couple of years ago. I made it a point to stay far away from the little bastard. They scare easy and the last thing I wanted was to be in range if it got startled.

When startled, armadillo reflex reaction is to jump straight up.

Doesn’t help their survival rate when dealing with cars and trucks in motion.

166 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 2:51:54pm

I just bought a bunch of stuff from Ahava.

Use the promotion code JULYWEEKENDHOORAY and get 35% off, and my web history site gets a slice.

Because fuck BDS.

167 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 2:52:00pm
168 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 2:53:35pm

re: #167 darthstar

DanaHoule @MillerJane1 Well, that’s one more time than it appears in the Bible. So he’s got that going for him.

You need Ryan’s translation—it’s in the parable of the Bad Samaritan.

169 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 2:54:53pm

re: #163 Shiplord Kirel

Speaking of names, I was almost named “Sam Rayburn” R. for my great uncle. My parents said it was a tossup between that and my dad’s name, James. Since I was the firstborn, they settled on the latter.

I almost got named “Cordelia”.

170 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 2:56:06pm

re: #169 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I almost got named “Cordelia”.

Obdi, check your mail, I think you mailed something intended for someone else to me

171 Eventual Carrion  Jul 25, 2014 2:57:38pm

re: #137 Lidane

WTFITS:

Minuteman Project Leader Accuses Religious Groups Of Acting As ‘Non-Violent Cartels’ To Aid ‘Covert Invasion’

Let me tell you a little something about them damn Catholics, Jews and ferineers …

172 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 2:59:12pm

*sigh*

Florida Lawmaker Drafts Bill To Require Every Student To Watch Dinesh D’Souza Documentary

Republican Alan Hays, inspired after seeing the movie in theaters, said he now plans on introducing a one-page bill in November which would require all 1,700 Florida high schools and middle schools to show the movie to their students, unless their parents choose to opt them out. The documentary film is a conservative-spin on American history focusing on elevating the “essential goodness of America” while discrediting criticisms about American’s checkered history with civil rights and social justice. It’s not completely inconceivable for the bill to pass the Republican-controlled Florida legislature and be signed into law by Republican Gov. Rick Scott.

“I saw the movie and walked out of the theater and said, ‘Wow, our students need to see this.’ And it’s my plan to show it to my colleagues in the legislature, too, before they’re asked to vote on the bill,” Hays said.

173 Dr Lizardo  Jul 25, 2014 3:00:37pm

re: #169 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I almost got named “Cordelia”.

You could’ve been named Cobra Bubbles.

174 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 3:01:41pm

re: #170 Kragar

Obdi, check your mail, I think you mailed something intended for someone else to me

Oh this makes it sound so much more lurid than it was.

I guess it was about something slimy and sticky.

Click to Reveal

Biomimetic use of synthetic snail gel as a replacement for stitches.

175 nines09  Jul 25, 2014 3:01:58pm

Rep. Curt Clawson (R-Florida) flaming schmuck Tea Bag smirks his way through his limited ability to think.

176 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 3:02:18pm
177 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 3:03:19pm

re: #174 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Oh this makes it sound so much more lurid than it was.

I guess it was about something slimy and sticky.

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Between crazy glue and Insta-set, I barely bother with bandages nowadays

178 Eventual Carrion  Jul 25, 2014 3:04:13pm

re: #138 BeenHereAwhile

They’re more likely to get leprosy from armadillos. Those guys are moving up into the mid-Southern states.

Monday, I was driving along Davy Crockett Parkway in Southern Tennessee, and saw a dead armadillo on the side of the road.

“Remember the armadillo!”

And whatever you do, don’t kick them. They are hard.

Years ago I worked at a Corp of Engineers park on the Mississippi river (in Mississippi). I was a ‘ranger’ or at most park overseer during picnic time and helping the campers with whatever they needed, then locking up the gate at closing time. One night I was closing the gate and out jumps an armadillo. He was running from me, but doing it almost directly at me. I kick it as it was passing to let it know I could kinda protect myself. It was like kicking a moving rock.

179 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jul 25, 2014 3:04:47pm

re: #116 Pie-onist Overlord

What a douchebro face. You just so want to push it through a glass door.

Backpfeifengesicht

180 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 3:05:28pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

You know shit is bad when a 12 hour truce seems like real progress.

181 nines09  Jul 25, 2014 3:06:03pm

re: #179 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Backpfeifengesicht

Out a third floor plate glass window. On fire.

182 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 3:06:36pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

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It’s a start.

I’m not sure what kind of tag I need for that. Sincere, yet lacking belief.

183 Stanley Sea  Jul 25, 2014 3:07:42pm

BBL, leaving work early. Hahaha, work=barely.

184 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 3:07:59pm

re: #180 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

You know shit is bad when a 12 hour truce seems like real progress.

Did you see the other article about Germany? What a freaking mess.

185 Dave In Austin  Jul 25, 2014 3:08:27pm

186 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 3:10:40pm

re: #184 CuriousLurker

To draw the hopeful thread out of that:

headscarved women holding hands to form a human chain to prevent extremists from either side attacking each other.

187 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 3:13:15pm

188 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 3:13:49pm

re: #182 wrenchwench

It’s a start.

I’m not sure what kind of tag I need for that. Sincere, yet lacking belief.

Yeah. I was kinda hoping they’d at least get a break for Eid ul-Fitr, but I don’t know if it’ll last past 12 hours. *sigh*

189 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 3:19:32pm

“While filming courtship behavior of false map turtles (Graptemys pseudogeographica) in captivity in the mid 1970s for part of my PhD thesis at the University of Wisconsin - Madison I noticed that the males were opening and closing their mouths while they were titillating the females with their vibrating foreclaws, and not trying to bite,” Vogt said.
Read more at news.mongabay.com

190 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 3:22:25pm

re: #187 darthstar

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That’s just evil…and funny as hell.

191 dog philosopher  Jul 25, 2014 3:28:19pm

re: #189 wrenchwench

vibrating foreclaws

192 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 3:32:40pm

re: #191 dog philosopher

Could cause a lizard to ponder interspecies relations.

193 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 3:32:49pm

If you haven’t seen Mary Poppins Quits yet, go check it out. Kristen Bell makes a good Mary Poppins too.

194 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 3:38:31pm

Paging Glenn Greenwald.

195 Skip Intro  Jul 25, 2014 3:39:51pm

re: #88 makeitstop

OT: Someone here remarked the other day about Ted Cruz’ resemblance to Liberace. I found this old beer ad, which seems to bear that comparison out.

Heh.

That’s the worst thing I’ve ever heard said about Liberace.

196 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 3:45:22pm

re: #194 darthstar

Paging Glenn Greenwald.

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Snowden could use some mad money.

197 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 3:50:00pm

re: #196 wrenchwench

Snowden could use some mad money.

Snowden doesn’t have the skills.

198 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 3:53:07pm

This guy used the word “not” too many times.
I thought it might be a parody account but no.

199 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 3:55:36pm

re: #196 wrenchwench

Snowden could use some mad money.

Knowing how devilishly clever they are, this means the Russians have broken Tor.

200 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 3:56:16pm
201 lawhawk  Jul 25, 2014 4:01:35pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

No odds on whether it holds to the 12 hours. I wouldn’t take them in any event. Not based on past behavior during the ongoing conflict.

Israel should use the opportunity to defuse the situation in the West Bank before that gets completely out of hand, but I don’t think they will. They see protests supporting Hamas as more proof that PA can’t be trusted, even though there’s no other alternative. Palestinians do feel for other Palestinians, including those stuck in Gaza even if they don’t agree with Hamas.

Hamas, which should quit while its behind, will use the opportunity to do what it always does - use the conflict to try and turn world opinion against Israel.

It does seem that some people seem to care a whole lot about the suffering in Gaza. Protests in Pakistan call for a day of mourning and end the siege of Gaza and Palestinians.

Curiously, there’s no mention of any such protests or rallies against the slaughter of more than 170,000 in Syria. In fact, that barely gets a mention these days, even though the fighting rages on there.

I’m not relating the two as a way to minimize Palestinian suffering or that Pakistanis don’t have a right to protest against Israel. But there is a double standard/blindness to the evil done by Muslims against other Muslims that takes the violence and slaughter to a completely different level.

Jeffrey Goldberg notes that some of this is due to natural interest and media access. It’s easy to get coverage of the violence in Gaza - whether from IDF sources (which have to check items after media blackout) or from within Gaza (subject to Hamas whims) whereas Syria’s Assad has clamped down on media access while he continues his bloody and brutal war against the opposition forces. You can’t report what you can’t see - and the ease with which you can view the ME conflict between Hamas and Israel means it gets beamed around the world while a sporadic reporting of events in Syria (or Nigeria or Yemen or Afghanistan) only hints at what goes on everywhere else.

The other thing is that we’re talking about the Holy Land - and that is something that has spiritual significance to quite a few people around the world - Muslim, Jew, and Christian. That further drives the media focus. Every action and reaction becomes magnified and reflected in the mirror of choice (pro-Palestinian, pro Israel, etc.).

If you’re opposed to the slaughter and killing, it shouldn’t matter who’s doing the killing and who the victims are. But instead of holding prayer vigils and calling for ceasefires and ending the fighting in Syria and Nigeria and elsewhere, there’s nothing but silence while those conflicts rage, but an inordinate amount of energy devoted to stopping the current Hamas-Israel conflict.

202 Romantic Heretic  Jul 25, 2014 4:03:33pm

re: #137 Lidane

WTFITS:

Minuteman Project Leader Accuses Religious Groups Of Acting As ‘Non-Violent Cartels’ To Aid ‘Covert Invasion’

Do-gooders?

This is an insult I’ve never understood. Aren’t people supposed to do good? Aren’t people who do bad generally vilified?

Is that jackhole claiming he’s a bad person? If so, I don’t think he should brag about it.

203 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 4:03:43pm
204 Romantic Heretic  Jul 25, 2014 4:05:41pm

re: #146 Shiplord Kirel

Some good news at a bad time. My mother, who died Wednesday morning, has a new great grandchild. I just received word that my great niece Britney gave birth to a baby girl early this afternoon. She is being given my mom’s name.

I’m so sorry for your loss. My wife sends her prayers as well.

205 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:06:49pm

Say his name, and there he is…

206 palomino  Jul 25, 2014 4:07:44pm

This was Rep. Clawson’s first day. Don’t worry…he’ll get worse.

207 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 25, 2014 4:08:16pm

re: #205 Charles Johnson

kinda like Beetlejuice.

208 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:08:26pm

Wow. Is Spencer actually trying to smear me because I once had lunch with him?

209 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 25, 2014 4:09:05pm

re: #208 Charles Johnson
Too funny

210 piratedan  Jul 25, 2014 4:09:27pm

re: #208 Charles Johnson

strange tactic that, “you know this guy is evil because he once had lunch with me”?

Not sure why guys like Spencer try to pull that kind of mental jujitsu, guess they don’t understand how transparent they are….

211 ObserverArt  Jul 25, 2014 4:14:53pm

re: #208 Charles Johnson

Wow. Is Spencer actually trying to smear me because I once had lunch with him?

You are a guilty associate. Tag you’re it!

/

212 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 4:18:22pm

I am officially getting the fuck out of dodge from this new company. Screw these people.

Started last week. Worked all of last week and all of this week. My paycheck was just for last week. I started in the middle of a pay period so the HR drone told me that this check was just for one week. And the 40 hours I worked this week and that I will work next week won’t get paid until the 8th because of their fucked up payroll system. I can’t live like that. It’s unacceptable. I’m basically being asked to stretch one week’s pay for three weeks. Fuck that noise.

For all the things I could say about my last company, at least they paid me everything I was owed even when I started in the middle of a pay period. They just prorated my salary for the first check, but the second one was the full amount.

213 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 4:19:09pm
214 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:24:08pm
215 Jordy LuhPhorj  Jul 25, 2014 4:24:25pm

re: #198 Pie-onist Overlord

Weird Al interviews Eminem:

Eminem: “I don’t owe nobody in my family ‘nuthin.”

Weird Al: “WOW! That’s a triple negative! Does that mean you DO owe SOMEBODY in your family SOMETHING!?!”

Link

216 Skip Intro  Jul 25, 2014 4:25:37pm

re: #212 Lidane

You might want to take a deep breath and reconsider, unless you already have another job lined up.

Yeah, it sucks waiting to get paid, but it sounds like you’ll be caught up by Aug 8. It beats not getting paid at all, and a couple of weeks on the job won’t look so hot on the resume.

217 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 4:25:45pm

re: #186 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Obdi, I don’t know if you’re still here, but I wanted to tell you something. I’ve had a really hard time wrapping my head around the concept of a Jewish atheist—it caused me all kinds of cognitive dissonance, y’know? I know Judaism has a culture just like Islam does, but since it’s neither a race nor a nationality and the culture is based largely on the religion it made my brain hurt to think about how one could identify as a Jewish atheist (I’d feel the same if someone claimed to be a Muslim atheist).

Anyway, as you may or may not be know, I’ve become of huge fan of Amos Oz and ran across this NPR interview with his daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger that also provides an excerpt from a book they wrote together called Jews and Words (both father & daughter are atheists). It’s an excellent interview and the book excerpt was good enough to make me run over to Amazon and buy it because I think they can finally help me get it, just as her dad helped me understand Israel & Israelis better and begin to wrap my head around the I-P mess.

I’m currently about halfway through Panther in the Basement, which I’m enjoying immensely. The kid in the book, Proffy, reminds me so much of Calvin from the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip with his imaginings about about him and his pals (Chita & Ben Hur) being “resistance fighters” (it’s set in 1947 Jerusalem, when the British were still there). It had me laughing out loud so many times. It’s also very, very touching and instructive about hating “the other”.

As soon as I’m done with it I’m going to read Jews and Words, then I’ll move on to his autobiography, A Tale of Love and Darkness. Anyone who has even the slightest interest in historical fiction, Israel, the I-P conflict, or just thoroughly enjoyable reading is missing out if they don’t know him.

Okay, that got WAY longer than I intended. Gonna go start that iftar cornbread now. Later, lizards.

218 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 4:26:06pm
219 sattv4u2  Jul 25, 2014 4:27:49pm

re: #212 Lidane

We’re on a 14 day payroll cycle. We get paid two weeks AFTER the two weeks we worked

220 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 4:28:03pm

re: #216 Skip Intro

You might want to take a deep breath and reconsider, unless you already have another job lined up.

Yeah, it sucks waiting to get paid, but it sounds like you’ll be caught up by Aug 8. It beats not getting paid at all, and a couple of weeks on the job won’t look so hot on the resume.

No, it’s a constant one week delay in their payroll. This week and next week get paid on the 8th. The week of the 8th and the 15th get paid on the 22nd. And so on.

I won’t jump until I have something else lined up, but I’m sure as shit not staying any longer than I have to.

221 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 4:28:37pm

re: #217 CuriousLurker

Atheist, shmetheist, you still coming for Rosh Hashanah dinner?

Food & family!

222 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:28:42pm
223 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 4:29:03pm

Yeah, yeah, I know, I just want to see what he says

224 Skip Intro  Jul 25, 2014 4:30:16pm

re: #218 darthstar

Damn right. The second place Dodgers are playing first place San Francisco this weekend.

One problem, though. Because I’m considered to be in the LA market, and the Dodgers only broadcast on their own network, I can’t watch the game even though I pay for the MLB package on Directv.

So while the Dodgers have made it impossible for me to watch them on their channel, they can also prevent me from watching them on the SF feed.

Ain’t the free market grand?

225 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:30:39pm

re: #223 Kragar

I’ll bet he ignores you.

226 sattv4u2  Jul 25, 2014 4:30:49pm

re: #218 darthstar

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Because there’s NO negativity at the games!!

“So and so,,,,, YOU SUCK!”

“Hey ump,,, where’s you’re seeing eye dog!?!”“

“Try taking the bat off yer shoulder, you chump”

“You get paid millions and are only hittin .200!?!?”

//

227 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 4:31:32pm

re: #218 darthstar

Fuck all this negativity on the internet. I’m going to go watch some baseball.

Yankees suck.

228 sattv4u2  Jul 25, 2014 4:32:09pm

re: #227 Decatur Deb

Yankees suck.

See,,, we DO agree on things!!

229 Kragar  Jul 25, 2014 4:32:28pm

re: #225 Charles Johnson

I’ll bet he ignores you.

Probably, I’m betting its something like this:

“Israel might be taking things a bit too far.”

“YOU’RE BETRAYING ISRAEL AND SIDING WITH THE JIHADIS!”

230 sattv4u2  Jul 25, 2014 4:32:28pm

re: #227 Decatur Deb

Yankees suck.

The Baseball ones or Yankees in general!?!?!

//

231 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 4:33:35pm

re: #220 Lidane

No, it’s a constant one week delay in their payroll. This week and next week get paid on the 8th. The week of the 8th and the 15th get paid on the 22nd. And so on.

I won’t jump until I have something else lined up, but I’m sure as shit not staying any longer than I have to.

That sounds like ‘holdback’. Even the Feds pay that way. You don’t catch up until you quit/retire/die.

232 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:33:54pm

It’s pretty easy to get Spencer worked up.

233 sattv4u2  Jul 25, 2014 4:34:09pm

re: #231 Decatur Deb

That sounds like ‘holdback’. Even the Feds pay that way. You don’t catch up until you quit/retire/die.

As stated, my company “holds back” TWO weeks

234 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:34:10pm
235 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 4:35:05pm

My son, the Global Social Enterprise Pioneer

236 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 4:35:49pm
237 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 4:36:55pm

re: #217 CuriousLurker

My grandmother was a Jewish atheist feminist back before it was cool, man.

I’ve never really questioned the Jewish atheist thing in the same, way, much like a fish has never questioned water’s wetness, but it does often cause confusion. It also causes more confusion if I try to work in the Sephardic part and how very different that tradition is from the Ashkenazic one in many ways, with different tragedies.

The Jewishness of my grandmother’s side is even more tangled in that she described them various as conversos and marranos.

That book looks nifty and I’m going to recommed it to my friend Uri, the Berkeley professor who’s translating the Tanakh. Have I recommended his stuff to you before?

amazon.com

238 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 4:37:52pm

re: #230 sattv4u2

The Baseball ones or Yankees in general!?!?!

//

The ones with the ugly new stadium. Around here, I’m a Yankee.

(When we moved from Ft Knox to NJ, my Kentuckian wife made a nice friend who showed her around. They went to Teaneck, I think, and the friend told her “This is where the Yankees Live.”

Wife said: “Honey, all y’all are Yankees to me.”)

239 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:38:31pm
240 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 4:38:56pm

re: #221 Pie-onist Overlord

Atheist, shmetheist, you still coming for Rosh Hashanah dinner?

Food & family!

I’m totally looking you up if I ever get near Detroit!

241 sattv4u2  Jul 25, 2014 4:39:18pm

re: #238 Decatur Deb

all y’all

I love that

“y’all”,, when they’re talking to one person

“all y’all”,,, when they’re talking to more than one person

242 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 4:39:41pm

Biden’s going on another date.

When Lucy and her caretaker arrive in Washington they’ll head to the White House to meet Vice President Joe Biden and then after dinner, they’re heading to a concert in her honor.

243 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 4:40:31pm

re: #237 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

My grandmother was a Jewish atheist feminist back before it was cool, man.

I’ve never really questioned the Jewish atheist thing in the same, way, much like a fish has never questioned water’s wetness, but it does often cause confusion. It also causes more confusion if I try to work in the Sephardic part and how very different that tradition is from the Ashkenazic one in many ways, with different tragedies.

The Jewishness of my grandmother’s side is even more tangled in that she described them various as conversos and marranos.

That book looks nifty and I’m going to recommed it to my friend Uri, the Berkeley professor who’s translating the Tanakh. Have I recommended his stuff to you before?

amazon.com

Thanks! No, I don’t think you’ve recommended him before.

244 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 4:41:01pm

re: #241 sattv4u2

all y’all

I love that

“y’all”,, when they’re talking to one person

“all y’all”,,, when they’re talking to more than one person

And when they say “Bless your heart” as in “I’m sure you did your best, bless your heart” it is NOT a compliment.

RBS
A Damn Yankee in TN, since I came here and never left.

245 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 4:41:32pm

re: #242 wrenchwench

Biden’s going on another date.

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He’s known for his great shoulder-rubs.

246 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:41:33pm
247 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 4:43:22pm

re: #245 Decatur Deb

He’s known for his great shoulder-rubs.

When I’m 108, Imma need some of those.

248 CuriousLurker  Jul 25, 2014 4:45:04pm

re: #205 Charles Johnson

Say his name, and there he is…

re: #208 Charles Johnson

Wow. Is Spencer actually trying to smear me because I once had lunch with him?

re: #214 Charles Johnson

re: #222 Charles Johnson

re: #239 Charles Johnson

re: #246 Charles Johnson

Don’t, he’s trash, not worth your time. One day you’ll be dying, taking your last breaths on this earth, and you won’t be able to have these minutes back. Spend the gold coin in your palm wisely (reference to Omar Khayyam).

Okay, now I’m really leaving ‘cause it’s almost time to eat.

249 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:46:12pm

I’m being USED by ISLAMIC SUPREMACISTS! Oh noooooo….

250 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 4:47:18pm

re: #248 CuriousLurker

Don’t, he’s trash, not worth your time. One day you’ll be dying, taking your last breaths on this earth, and you won’t be able to have these minutes back. Spend the gold coin in your palm wisely (reference to Omar Khayyam).

I’m enjoying it, but that’s no reason to disregard your wise advice.

Okay, now I’m really leaving ‘cause it’s almost time to eat.

Have a happy!

251 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 4:48:21pm

re: #231 Decatur Deb

That sounds like ‘holdback’. Even the Feds pay that way. You don’t catch up until you quit/retire/die.

If the pay was better, I’d deal with it. It’s not.

I’m going to a job fair next week and I’ve got a bunch of jobs saved on LinkedIn that I’ll be applying to all weekend. And I’ve got a recruiter working me for a gig that would be a huge pay raise if it comes through.

252 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:48:34pm
253 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:48:51pm

re: #248 CuriousLurker

I hear you, but I’m actually having fun winding him up.

254 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:50:42pm
255 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 4:51:17pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

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I’m being USED by ISLAMIC SUPREMACISTS! Oh noooooo….

Youtube Video

256 b.d.  Jul 25, 2014 4:53:25pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

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I thought the star wrench was the tool of evil?

257 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 4:54:30pm

re: #231 Decatur Deb

That sounds like ‘holdback’. Even the Feds pay that way. You don’t catch up until you quit/retire/die.

Usually five days here; our bi-weekly pay period ends at Sunday night at 2359, we get paid that Friday morning.

258 Eventual Carrion  Jul 25, 2014 4:56:27pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

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VICE GRIPS OF SATAN!

259 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:57:35pm
260 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 4:57:50pm
261 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 4:58:33pm

Watching a documentary on the “Ghost Army” in WWII. It was the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. They were artists, and regular troops tasked with deceiving the Germans by deceiving other units, They had inflatable tanks and guns, sound trucks to simulate an armored division moving, units that created masses of radio traffic.

Pretty neat.

RBS

262 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 4:58:48pm

re: #256 b.d.

I thought the star wrench was the tool of evil?

Embarrassed to say I had to look it up. Torx. And yes, evil. They use torx head screws to put brake rotors on bike wheels, and when disc brakes first got popular, they’d include the Torx wrench with each bike shipped, because none of the bike shops had them.

263 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 4:59:34pm

re: #259 Charles Johnson

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Now he’s gone over the top. (Clarification, that’s RS, not Charles)

RBS

264 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:00:49pm

re: #262 wrenchwench

Torx wrenches are horrible things.

265 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 5:03:58pm

re: #259 Charles Johnson

Does he realize saying that the devil was involved in your guitaring is an enormous compliment?

Image: 220px-Robert_Johnson.png

266 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:06:03pm
267 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 5:06:53pm

re: #264 Charles Johnson

Torx wrenches are horrible things.

Little know fact…. The classic Chefs Hat has a special tool to help it hold its shape. Both my grandfathers were classically trained chefs, I have a very old copy of Escoffier’s cookbook from one, and a hat from the other. I even have the tool. They are known as toque torque torx.

268 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:07:29pm
269 goddamnedfrank  Jul 25, 2014 5:08:54pm

re: #256 b.d.

I thought the star wrench was the tool of evil?

Nope, it’s the nipple driver.

270 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 5:11:20pm

re: #269 goddamnedfrank

Nope, it’s the nipple driver.

I love mine… Really speeds up the process the 1 time every 2 years I build a wheel.

RBS

271 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:11:52pm
272 Blue Fielder  Jul 25, 2014 5:13:34pm

re: #267 RealityBasedSteve

COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED!

273 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 5:13:42pm

SATAN’S TYPEWRITER

That’s what was used to create the Dan Rather memos.

274 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 5:14:20pm

re: #272 Blue Fielder

COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED!

ROFLMAO

275 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 5:14:24pm

re: #269 goddamnedfrank

Nope, it’s the nipple driver.

In computers, it’s a Serial ATA connected to a network interface controller.

276 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:14:42pm
277 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 25, 2014 5:16:32pm

re: #276 Charles Johnson
VACUOUS LIMITED COGNITIVE ABILITY TOOL OF EVIL

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Any three of those in any order would be a great band name

RBS

278 jaunte  Jul 25, 2014 5:16:37pm
Nah. You were just a lousy player. The vid where George Duke teaches you how to play is marvelously entertaining.

Is he a six year old?

279 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:17:23pm
280 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:18:39pm

re: #278 jaunte

Is he a six year old?

He actually seems to think he’ll hurt my feelings by saying things like that. What a fucking loser.

281 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 5:18:57pm

re: #279 Charles Johnson

If he’s through with you why does he want you to call again.

He’s really not very good with insults.

282 jaunte  Jul 25, 2014 5:19:23pm

Living on hate damages your emotional intelligence. And the other kind too.

283 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:21:26pm
284 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 5:29:50pm

re: #269 goddamnedfrank

Nope, it’s the nipple driver.

The nipple driver is a hex socket with a rubber insert.

Get your tools right, man.

285 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:30:25pm

I totally understand what CuriousLurker said above, by the way. But it really does confirm that I made the right choice when I confront this goon.

And it really is fun to get him so wound up that he accuses me of worshiping Satan.

286 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 5:30:41pm

re: #264 Charles Johnson

Torx wrenches are horrible things.

I do use torx with my torque wrench.

287 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 5:32:33pm

re: #275 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

In computers, it’s a Serial ATA connected to a network interface controller.

What, are you from the dark ages?

288 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 5:34:26pm

re: #287 b_sharp

What, are you from the dark ages?

I think that’s the worst joke I’ve ever told in my life, too. It barely works and it needs italics at that.

289 Bear  Jul 25, 2014 5:36:25pm

Some internet service is still down in part of SE Alaska. My DSL land line is still not working as of 5 minutes ago. However through local cell tower the internet has been working all day. There was apparently two small, 5+ earthquakes in the early hours today westerly of Juneau. news.yahoo.com

290 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 5:37:38pm

Bicycle Research nipple driver

291 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 25, 2014 5:41:52pm

Signing off now for the Shabbat. Try the pie!

292 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 5:44:17pm

re: #256 b.d.

I thought the star wrench was the tool of evil?

Bastard file.

stanleytools.com

293 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 5:44:35pm

re: #291 Pie-onist Overlord

Signing off now for the Shabbat. Try the pie!

[Embedded content]

Tastes like dusty laptop.

Looks great though!

294 goddamnedfrank  Jul 25, 2014 5:44:36pm

re: #288 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I think that’s the worst joke I’ve ever told in my life, too. It barely works and it needs italics at that.

I gave you a pity upding but was boo-ing loudly.

295 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:45:32pm
296 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 5:45:39pm

re: #292 Decatur Deb

Bastard file.

stanleytools.com

Judging from the link, for sure a tool of Stan.

297 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jul 25, 2014 5:45:39pm

re: #294 goddamnedfrank

I gave you a pity upding but was boo-ing loudly.

Here, let me make up for it: Happy Feet was directed by the guy who directed the Mad Max movies.

298 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:46:41pm

(Psst - I know who was Flo and who was Eddie.)

299 Single-handed sailor  Jul 25, 2014 5:48:52pm

103.3F @ 14% RH today, “but, it’s a dry heat!”

300 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 5:52:46pm

And I just unfollowed Aasif Mandvi for retweeting a bloody child, followed by an RT RT (Russia Today retweet).

301 darthstar  Jul 25, 2014 5:53:54pm

Red-neck fly-swatter - better with the sound off.

Youtube Video

302 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 5:55:35pm

BTW, aside from not getting jokes lately, I have a new twitter persona - @DoubleDumas

I’ll only be following people from LGF.

303 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:56:07pm

re: #300 wrenchwench

I’ve unfollowed so many people for tweeting dead children pictures lately.

And if you point it out to them how disrespectful it is, they get upset and self-righteous about it. So I stopped trying to point it out and just block.

304 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 5:56:35pm

re: #302 b_sharp

BTW, aside from not getting jokes lately, I have a new twitter persona - @DoubleDumas

I’ll only be following people from LGF.

You can’t go wrong with a policy like that.

305 Lidane  Jul 25, 2014 5:57:38pm
306 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 5:58:27pm

re: #302 b_sharp

BTW, aside from not getting jokes lately, I have a new twitter persona - @DoubleDumas

I’ll only be following people from LGF.

You just had a 100% increase in followers.

307 TedStriker  Jul 25, 2014 5:58:41pm

re: #297 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Here, let me make up for it: Happy Feet was directed by the guy who directed the Mad Max movies.

George Miller’s had a pretty varied and successful career:

1979 Mad Max Director, writer
1980 The Chain Reaction Director (car chase sequences), associate producer
1981 Mad Max 2 Director, writer, additional editor
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Segment Nightmare at 20,000 Feet director
1983 The Dismissal (TV) Director, writer, producer
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Director, writer, producer
1987 The Witches of Eastwick Director
1987 The Year My Voice Broke Producer
1989 Dead Calm Producer, 2nd unit director
1991 Flirting Producer
1992 Lorenzo’s Oil Director, writer, producer
1995 Babe Writer, producer
1997 40,000 Years of Dreaming Director, writer, presenter
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Director, writer, producer
2006 Happy Feet Director, writer, producer
2011 Happy Feet Two Director, producer, writer
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Director, producer, writer

Just for the record, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” is my favorite Twilight Zone: The Movie segment; John Lithgow chewed the scenery up on that one (another related tidbit: Richard Donner [Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, etc.] directed William Shatner in the original 1963 TV episode).

308 Decatur Deb  Jul 25, 2014 5:59:17pm

re: #305 Lidane

Israel and Hamas agree to 12-hour cease-fire in #Gaza starting Saturday morning

Re-creating the ever-popular “Last Poor Bastard to Die Before the Armistice”.

309 b_sharp  Jul 25, 2014 6:01:25pm

re: #306 wrenchwench

You just had a 100% increase in followers.

I noticed that. Thank you.

310 wrenchwench  Jul 25, 2014 6:01:36pm

Later, lizards.

311 Randall Gross  Jul 25, 2014 6:02:02pm

I wonder if that was at TAM?

312 Charles Johnson  Jul 25, 2014 6:13:53pm

re: #310 wrenchwench

That cat looks frightened. I think the sax player needs to check his embouchure.

313 feather dust  Jul 26, 2014 1:05:56am
“Our newest member of this committee, Curt Clawson … speaks four languages and all kinds of other great stuff,” Chabot boasted.

Yep! He sure does. Horse——, Prairie——, Chicken—— & Bull——!

314 feather dust  Jul 26, 2014 1:07:29am

Btw, I’m a new poster.

315 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 26, 2014 3:16:28am

re: #217 CuriousLurker

One can’t be a religious Jewish atheist (i.e. a follower of Judaism who doesn’t believe in God), since it’s a contradiction in terms (there can also be no atheist Christians or Muslims). One can be an ethnic Jew who is an atheist (or a follower of other religion), just like there are Muslim Russians, Christian Arabs and Chinese Mormons. The paradox arises only because English has one word to describe two very different (albeit related) things.

316 FemNaziBitch  Jul 26, 2014 7:10:14am

It’s morning, I’m dealing with a headache —

you?

317 wrenchwench  Jul 26, 2014 11:35:53am

re: #314 feather dust

Welcome, hatchling.


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