Jon Stewart on the Mayhem in the Middle East: “Truce Defective”
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 2:10:36pm |
OBAMA: stop the bombs NETANYAHU: no way man OBAMA: aww come on NETANYAHU: nah OBAMA: fucks sake *hangs up* NETANYAHU: lol rage quit— Libby Watson (@libbycwatson) July 29, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 2:10:51pm |
OBAMA: The bombings must stop. They are not good BIBI: They are good and we will— BIDEN: Cowabunga OBAMA: OMG Joe get off the other line— Eric Schroeck (@ericschroeck) July 29, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 2:11:15pm |
OBAMA: Your going too far NETANYAHU: No shut up I will do what I want OBAMA: Biden hand me my sword NETANYAHU: Fine,, so we battle— brendan james (@deep_beige) July 29, 2014
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 2:15:57pm |
Charles, any chance you could convert the videos from the Comedy Network so I could watch them?
I can’t even watch them at Comedy Central because they think I’m a foreigner.
Comedy Network thinks I’m in Canada, Comedy Central thinks I’m not in Canada.
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 2:23:46pm |
re: #5 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
So how’s life in Tahiti?
Hot.
Please don’t tell Revenue Canada where I am. They think I’m working on my taxes.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 2:24:05pm |
re: #4 b_sharp
Sorry - nothing I can do about that.
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 2:27:09pm |
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Sorry - nothing I can do about that.
You used to convert them to MP4 didn’t you? Or is that another of my imaginary worlds.
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 29, 2014 2:29:30pm |
re: #4 b_sharp
Try ZenMate for Chrome.
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sagehen Jul 29, 2014 2:29:51pm |
re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord
At some point you’re going to post translations of your photoshops, right?
My Hebrew is pathetic. The only word I recognize is the first one, and knowing a sentence starts with “I” doesn’t help much.
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 2:30:51pm |
re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord
Holding up a white sheet of paper where other things could easily be shopped in?
I don’t see that getting abused much.
// :P
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 2:31:46pm |
re: #4 b_sharp
Charles, any chance you could convert the videos from the Comedy Network so I could watch them?
I can’t even watch them at Comedy Central because they think I’m a foreigner.
Comedy Network thinks I’m in Canada, Comedy Central thinks I’m not in Canada.
SPEAK ENGLISH!!!
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 2:35:15pm |
re: #10 b_sharp
You used to convert them to MP4 didn’t you? Or is that another of my imaginary worlds.
No - Comedy Central had a mobile site that exposed the URLs for their MP4 versions, and that’s what I was using. But they recently changed everything around and now that mobile site no longer exists.
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Rightwingconspirator Jul 29, 2014 2:38:39pm |
re: #4 b_sharp
Charles, any chance you could convert the videos from the Comedy Network so I could watch them?
I can’t even watch them at Comedy Central because they think I’m a foreigner.
Comedy Network thinks I’m in Canada, Comedy Central thinks I’m not in Canada.
Dude, your in Tahiti, Jon Stewart can wait. Have another seafood specialty, take in the sun and a nice drink instead.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 2:49:46pm |
Rebranding.
This is an actual tweet from the @ERIECOUNTYGOP candidate for #NY26 @KWeppner @KathyWeppner4NY pic.twitter.com/MoDoDbWi4g
— Alan Bedenko (@buffalopundit) July 29, 2014
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Dr Lizardo Jul 29, 2014 2:55:42pm |
re: #23 alpuz
A TV show would be insufficient for that fellow’s monumental ego. He’d need his own network, like Beck or Palin.
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De Kolta Chair Jul 29, 2014 3:04:36pm |
re: #20 Stanley Sea
Rebranding.
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Instead of politics, Kathy Weppner should go into the cryptic crossword racket.
(Btw, the answer is “Northern Exposure.”)
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lawhawk Jul 29, 2014 3:11:50pm |
re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord
Heh….
It reads (for those who aren’t into reading Hebrew script) I’m a big schmuck.
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Teukka Jul 29, 2014 3:13:21pm |
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 29, 2014 3:14:51pm |
re: #33 Teukka
Cthulhu-Hastur ‘16 ticket?
The difficulty is the convention delegates all disappearing during the VP nomination vote.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 3:19:21pm |
re: #35 Charles Johnson
Uh oh.
When the host says, “Uh oh”, the peanut gallery ducks.
Evening Lizardim.
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makeitstop Jul 29, 2014 3:20:37pm |
Momentarily OT: Scout is back home, with the new fashion accessory.
Could you please take this thing off me, Human?
The good news is he doesn’t seem to notice that anything is missing.
Okay, sorry to derail. Back to your regularly-scheduled thread, already in progress.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 3:21:00pm |
Just a suspended troll trying to register again.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 3:23:11pm |
re: #39 Charles Johnson
Just a suspended troll trying to register again.
Sigh. Charming lot, aren’t they.
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lawhawk Jul 29, 2014 3:24:33pm |
re: #40 thedopefishlives
And Twitter does nothing to stop that behavior despite having the means to do so. It chooses not to. It’s all part of its business plan to maximize eyeballs, even if some are turned off by it.
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Joanne Jul 29, 2014 3:24:43pm |
@KWeppner Can we exchange a few of those “infected poors” for a miserable twit like you? They already have more redeeming factors than you.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 29, 2014
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dog philosopher Jul 29, 2014 3:25:08pm |
re: #4 b_sharp
Comedy Network thinks I’m in Canada, Comedy Central thinks I’m not in Canada.
the tao that is either in canada or not in canada is not the true tao
you are both in canada and not in canada
when you realize this all comedy channels will be as one
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 3:26:17pm |
*HURLS DESK*
#AJOpinion: Is #Israel committing genocide in #Palestine? - by @4DialogSK http://t.co/DC16AWqOC2— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) July 29, 2014
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 3:29:02pm |
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 3:29:11pm |
re: #43 lawhawk
And Twitter does nothing to stop that behavior despite having the means to do so. It chooses not to. It’s all part of its business plan to maximize eyeballs, even if some are turned off by it.
Yeah, I never really understood that particular decision. These people have a personal fixation on Charles; their behavior would, I hope, earn them a restraining order in meatspace.
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 3:30:07pm |
Okay…I broke down and bought a new phone today. My contract with Verizon ends on July 31, so I stopped at the store and said, “Straighten my shit the fuck out please.” and they hooked me up with what I wanted, not what they wanted to sell me. So now I’ve got the S4 mini - not all the features of the S4 or the S5, but the right size for my hand and my pocket.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 3:31:08pm |
RWNJs will go apeshit and scream about “HIS FREESPEECH ARE BEING VIOLATID!!!” Just you watch.
ESPN suspends sportscaster Stephen A. Smith for comments about domestic abuse: http://t.co/IW7ULu3ZOg— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2014
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ObserverArt Jul 29, 2014 3:31:11pm |
re: #50 b.d.
yeah, i don’t see that one happening
Smiling, being laughed at…same thing to Greenwald.
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lawhawk Jul 29, 2014 3:37:01pm |
Hmmm… this does seem to be regional in nature.
Americans are really terrible at paying their bills—MAP: http://t.co/Qkn9PiCK1Y pic.twitter.com/B7isbfjR9p— Slate (@Slate) July 29, 2014
Map shows percentage of adults with collections pending. Parts of the South have 50-60+ percent of people with debt collectors on their tails. It’s nuts.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 3:38:17pm |
re: #57 lawhawk
Hmmm… this does seem to be regional in nature.
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Map shows percentage of adults with collections pending. Parts of the South have 50-60+ percent of people with debt collectors on their tails. It’s nuts.
Dayum. That’s pretty stark. Do people down South just not get a proper education in finances?
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blueraven Jul 29, 2014 3:39:59pm |
re: #58 thedopefishlives
Dayum. That’s pretty stark. Do people down South just not get a proper education in finances?
Probably less regulation…more predatory loans.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 3:40:06pm |
re: #58 thedopefishlives
Dayum. That’s pretty stark. Do people down South just not get a proper education in finances?
I suspect part of it is just correlation between higher levels of poverty and being unable to pay the bills.
Very, very few Americans get a proper education in finances, and most of us who are fortunate to did so because we grew up with parents who passed those lessons on.
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De Kolta Chair Jul 29, 2014 3:40:10pm |
re: #57 lawhawk
Hmmm… this does seem to be regional in nature.
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Yeesh, talk about trickle down.
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 3:41:24pm |
re: #58 thedopefishlives
Dayum. That’s pretty stark. Do people down South just not get a proper education in finances?
See all the dark spots in Arizona and New Mexico? Those are Native American Reservations. No money, no consumer protection agencies, plenty of vulnerable debtors.
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 3:41:51pm |
re: #59 Charles Johnson
How about “You may think you hate me, but nobody hates me like I hate me.”
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blueraven Jul 29, 2014 3:42:04pm |
re: #61 klys
I suspect part of it is just correlation between higher levels of poverty and being unable to pay the bills.
Very, very few Americans get a proper education in finances, and most of us who are fortunate to did so because we grew up with parents who passed those lessons on.
True, and those awful “payday loan” people are rampant.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 3:42:33pm |
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klys Jul 29, 2014 3:43:09pm |
re: #63 wrenchwench
See all the dark spots in Arizona and New Mexico? Those are Native American Reservations. No money, no consumer protection agencies, plenty of vulnerable debtors.
The article also makes the point that this includes bills. When you don’t include bills (just credit cards and loans) the number drops to 5.3% on average.
However, since it’s based on credit sources that report, it’s not going to include things like payday lenders (or so it says).
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 3:44:07pm |
re: #66 thedopefishlives
I suspect that you guys have the right of it. Poverty is hard, people take on credit to try to dig themselves out, and wind up running afoul of the debt collection agencies when they fail.
I was surprised to learn recently that most debts have a statute of limitations. Of course a collection agency would NEVER tell you that.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 3:44:11pm |
re: #67 klys
The article also makes the point that this includes bills. When you don’t include bills (just credit cards and loans) the number drops to 5.3% on average.
However, since it’s based on credit sources that report, it’s not going to include things like payday lenders (or so it says).
Although. Seriously. The credit card is a bill. It is not free money, it is not a loan (or at least shouldn’t be treated as anything other than a short term immediate liquidity one).
Argh.
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ObserverArt Jul 29, 2014 3:44:12pm |
Hey, I’m a journalist…what do you want?
This is fun…with numbers!
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klys Jul 29, 2014 3:45:29pm |
re: #66 thedopefishlives
I suspect that you guys have the right of it. Poverty is hard, people take on credit to try to dig themselves out, and wind up running afoul of the debt collection agencies when they fail.
Or in poverty, have to choose which bill to pay this month: the water bill, the power bill, the sewer bill, rent… and shuffle them around to hopefully keep services from being shut off.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 3:45:49pm |
re: #68 wrenchwench
I was surprised to learn recently that most debts have a statute of limitations. Of course a collection agency would NEVER tell you that.
Nope. I think Cracked had an article at some point on facts about debt and collections. We don’t have debtors’ prisons, so truthfully, the only thing they can do is wreck your credit history - and even then, you can eventually find someone to lend to you. They can’t force you to pay with any legal means.
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ObserverArt Jul 29, 2014 3:48:30pm |
re: #61 klys
I suspect part of it is just correlation between higher levels of poverty and being unable to pay the bills.
Very, very few Americans get a proper education in finances, and most of us who are fortunate to did so because we grew up with parents who passed those lessons on.
And the flip side of is these are the very same areas of voters that support the current Republican party.
Yeah, the party that is doing everything to make it hard for these people to make enough in this economy to pay the bills.
I just don’t get it. I guess they not only don’t know finances, they also don’t understand how they get to that point. Bad schooling. terrible civics, math, history…but damn they listen to FOX!
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 3:49:30pm |
@ChuckCJohnson @clarionledger @samrhall Your “attorney” from Legalzoom will advise you that your using photos without paying is bad business
— Eric C. Smith (@ericphototx) July 29, 2014
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 3:51:05pm |
This Charles C. Johnson (WHO IS NOT OUR CHARLES!) is a total wanker.
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Killgore Trout Jul 29, 2014 3:52:43pm |
Hamas footage on the infiltration via tunnel to Nahal Oz village, Israel
Five IDF soldiers were killed in that incident and 1 of the terrorist was killed while trying to drag the body of one of the soldiers - 4 terrorist escaped back through the tunnel
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MomSense Jul 29, 2014 3:53:28pm |
re: #58 thedopefishlives
Dayum. That’s pretty stark. Do people down South just not get a proper education in finances?
If I had to guess I would say unpaid medical bills.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 3:53:30pm |
re: #72 thedopefishlives
Nope. I think Cracked had an article at some point on facts about debt and collections. We don’t have debtors’ prisons, so truthfully, the only thing they can do is wreck your credit history - and even then, you can eventually find someone to lend to you. They can’t force you to pay with any legal means.
Interestingly, if you pull up the actual report, they talk about the average amount of debt owed in collections and that is not concentrated in the South but instead fairly evenly distributed (possibly a little higher in the western states but the graphic is very different from the % with debts in collection).
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 3:54:26pm |
re: #75 Kid A
@ChuckCJohnson http://t.co/9e0S1u6Qnh— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 29, 2014
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 3:54:42pm |
Does anyone have experience with any of the medical alert thingies listed here? My stepmother wants help finding something for my dad, and I know nothing…
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 3:55:00pm |
What’s that? You didn’t hire George Zimmerman to work as night security behind your gun store? Then what the fuck was he doing there and why did he lie to the police?
Pompano Pat's denies hiring George Zimmerman for security http://t.co/bH2gbAgCig— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 29, 2014
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 3:56:19pm |
re: #78 MomSense
If I had to guess I would say unpaid medical bills.
Biggest cause of declaring bankruptcy. Which is a very effective way to get bill collectors off your neck.
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William Barnett-Lewis Jul 29, 2014 3:56:51pm |
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klys Jul 29, 2014 3:57:33pm |
re: #81 wrenchwench
Does anyone have experience with any of the medical alert thingies listed here? My stepmother wants help finding something for my dad, and I know nothing…
I have no experience with, but here’s the Consumer Reports info on them.
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Decatur Deb Jul 29, 2014 3:57:50pm |
re: #65 blueraven
True, and those awful “payday loan” people are rampant.
Dig into the payday loan corporate structure. It’s Fortune 500, not Tony Soprano.
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CuriousLurker Jul 29, 2014 3:58:59pm |
re: #77 Killgore Trout
Hamas footage on the infiltration via tunnel to Nahal Oz village, Israel
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I was just watching the exact same video over at Foreign Policy. Their numbers are different than yours/LiveLeak’s. You might want to warn people it (purportedly) shows an Israeli soldier being killed.
Video of Hamas Raid Shows Why Israel Is So Freaked Out About Gaza Tunnels
To understand why these tunnels have become such a hot-button issue, one need look no further than a video released by Hamas by Tuesday, July 29. That video shows a group of fighters exiting such a tunnel and attacking an Israeli military installation. They appear to kill at least one Israeli soldier, though the combat footage is chaotic and not entirely clear. The fighters also make off with an X95 rifle, a sophisticated machine gun used by the Israel Defense Forces. […]
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 3:59:08pm |
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Decatur Deb Jul 29, 2014 3:59:27pm |
re: #78 MomSense
If I had to guess I would say unpaid medical bills.
It ain’t grad school debt from their French Lit doctorates.
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Archangelus Jul 29, 2014 4:01:05pm |
re: #56 lawhawk
Hi. I’m Joe Izuzu. You can trust me.
Had to look that up, can’t believe I never saw any before..
Youtube Video
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 4:03:42pm |
Wait… wut? RT @MattMurph24: Mike Lee's amendment to eliminate the federal highway system has been easily defeated 28-69— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 29, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:04:05pm |
re: #89 wrenchwench
Oh, thank you. I was at ‘consumer affairs’ and thought I was at ‘Consumer Reports’.
I’ve never done that.
I swear.
Stop laughing.
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:04:21pm |
By the way - cutting edge technology at Verizon…yes, that label does say October 2002…why do you ask?
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:04:27pm |
Jim Adler makes ambulance chasers look pristine.
re: #80 teleskiguy
@ChuckCJohnson Here, try the “Texas Hammer.” http://t.co/YMK6qgrigh— Eric C. Smith (@ericphototx) July 29, 2014
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makeitstop Jul 29, 2014 4:05:39pm |
OT Update: My wife went and found the less intrusive collar for the pup…
He seems to like it much better.
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 4:06:07pm |
re: #99 makeitstop
OT Update: My wife went and found the less intrusive collar for the pup…
He seems to like it much better.
Now Glenn’s going to want one….
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 29, 2014 4:06:27pm |
re: #75 Kid A
heh…
@arkyhawg you are aware that I have won multiple journalism awards right?
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) June 28, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:06:30pm |
re: #96 darthstar
By the way - cutting edge technology at Verizon…yes, that label does say October 2002…why do you ask?
[Embedded image]
Hey, if the monitor still works…
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:07:37pm |
Today’s discovery: cats do not appreciate being used as mousepads.
Although I wish they would leave me a little more space on my desk in that case.
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ObserverArt Jul 29, 2014 4:09:06pm |
re: #99 makeitstop
OT Update: My wife went and found the less intrusive collar for the pup…
He seems to like it much better.
Look at the Doggie in the Donut
The one with the waggy tail.
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 29, 2014 4:09:21pm |
re: #104 klys
Today’s discovery: cats do not appreciate being used as mousepads.
Although I wish they would leave me a little more space on my desk in that case.
You probably need to fill out a grant application in order to get use of more space on their desk. Or possibly get them to approve acquisition of a larger surface - growing the pie n’at.
;)
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:10:30pm |
re: #106 Feline Fearless Leader
You probably need to fill out a grant application in order to get use of more space on their desk. Or possibly get them to approve acquisition of a larger surface - growing the pie n’at.
;)
I should note that the mouse actually worked.
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:11:36pm |
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
His “awards” are as follows: The Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award. (Yes, he actually believes that gives him street creed. Really.)
The Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award is presented to the undergraduate journalist, columnist, editorial writer or reporter who best reflects the spirit of Mr. Breindel’s writings: love of country and its democratic institutions as well as the commitment to preserve the freedoms that allow such institutions to flourish.
The award, which began in 2006, offers winners a cash prize of $10,000, as well as a paid internship of his or her choice at either Fox News Channel, The Wall Street Journal, or the New York Post. In addition, residential housing in New York City for non-New York residents will be provided for the winner for the duration of the internship position.
And a Robert L. Bartley Fellowship, and, well, that’s it.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 4:11:52pm |
re: #94 Charles Johnson
Fucking unbelievable. The Senate voted Yay or Nay on eliminating the Federal Highway System? Ho. Lee. Shit.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 4:14:28pm |
pic.twitter.com/pC1tpNySRT— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 29, 2014
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:14:45pm |
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:15:51pm |
re: #110 Charles Johnson
You’re making Glenn’s head swell…Poor Miranda’s already probably tired of having these pics instant messaged across the room to his phone while Glenn supposedly does “journalism.”
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 4:16:03pm |
Holy carp!
This great blue heron did eat the entire carp - in only 11 mins! Pic @ Bosque del Apache by David R. Dickinson pic.twitter.com/qyb9XrsLny— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) July 29, 2014
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 4:16:04pm |
Consumer Confidence Index reached 90.9 today, it's highest level in 7 years. Media response: Crickets
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) July 29, 2014
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 4:16:50pm |
I am afraid that I must admit that I am very envious of Glenn’s penmanship.
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Joanne Jul 29, 2014 4:17:47pm |
re: #109 teleskiguy
Fucking unbelievable. The Senate voted Yay or Nay on eliminating the Federal Highway System? Ho. Lee. Shit.
Imagine the list of who voted “yeah, this sounds like a good idea”.
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blueraven Jul 29, 2014 4:19:49pm |
re: #109 teleskiguy
Fucking unbelievable. The Senate voted Yay or Nay on eliminating the Federal Highway System? Ho. Lee. Shit.
From The Hill
The concept, commonly referred to by transportation observers as “devolution,” calls for lowering the gas tax that currently pays for most federal transportation projects from 18.4 cents per gallon to 3.7 cents in five years.
During the same time period, the bill would transfer authority over federal highways and transit programs to states and replace current congressional appropriations with block grants.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who is the primary sponsor of the gas tax reduction proposal, said Tuesday that it would give states more control over transportation funding that they collect via their own fuel levies.
“Under this new system, Americans would no longer have to send significant gas-tax revenue to Washington, where politicians, bureaucrats, and lobbyists take their cut before sending it back with strings attached,” Lee said in a statement. “Instead, states and cities could plan, finance, and build smarter and more affordable projects.”
Lee has been pushing to eliminate the gas tax since 2013.
The vote comes as senators are scrambling to approve a new round of transportation funding before the Highway Trust Fund runs out of money next month.
Read more: thehill.com
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 4:21:11pm |
re: #118 blueraven
From The Hill
In what alternate reality does that sound anything fucking near a good idea?!
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 29, 2014 4:22:28pm |
re: #119 thedopefishlives
In what alternate reality does that sound anything fucking near a good idea?!
In Ayn Rand Land…toll roads galore!!!
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 4:22:59pm |
re: #119 thedopefishlives
Oh, wait, I got this. FEDERAL SPENDING IS TEH EBIL!!!!!
I’d ask what in the ever-living fuck is wrong with these people, but it’s becoming apparent that nobody knows and anyone who’s tried to know has gone bugfuck insane.
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 4:23:36pm |
The GOP loves block grants, because state legislatures are easier to buy.
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:23:56pm |
re: #119 thedopefishlives
Eliminating the gas tax is a very, very dumb idea.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 4:24:43pm |
re: #123 Kid A
Eliminating the gas tax is a very, very dumb idea.
If anything, it needs to be raised, and raised a lot.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 4:25:45pm |
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:25:54pm |
re: #114 jaunte
@MattMurph24 THANKS, OBAMA!!!!
— Eric C. Smith (@ericphototx) July 29, 2014
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Decatur Deb Jul 29, 2014 4:29:01pm |
re: #119 thedopefishlives
In what alternate reality does that sound anything fucking near a good idea?!
Looking forward to an infographic map showing the growth of dirt turnpikes in the neo-confedrate states.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 4:30:19pm |
The federal gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. It’s been that way since 1993, not at all keeping up with inflation. It needs to be raised.
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:30:51pm |
re: #119 thedopefishlives
In what alternate reality does that sound anything fucking near a good idea?!
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Romantic Heretic Jul 29, 2014 4:31:11pm |
re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
In Ayn Rand Land…toll roads galore!!!
Hell, since there will be only one company owning all the roads, eventually, the day will come where every vehicle has the equivalent of a taxi meter in it. It starts at a fixed amount every time you start it up and then charges you per mile and/or minute you travel.
If you try to avoid this the company has CCTV cameras at every intersection to track your movement anyway.
The government will be the bill collector as ripping off the company is stealing.
Then the rubes will wonder why they thought this was a good idea.
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 4:31:13pm |
LECTRIC CARS CAN’T DRIVE ON BUMPY ROADS! DON’T LIKE ROUGH ROADS, BUY A HUMMER LIBTARDS!
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Decatur Deb Jul 29, 2014 4:31:15pm |
re: #125 thedopefishlives
Communists, the lot of you.
Honestly, I hedge because I don’t exactly want the price of gas to go up. But then again, we really should’ve been well on the road to alternative fuels by now, perhaps raising the gas tax would actually motivate more research.
Raise the gas tax until it’s too expensive to waste. Cut other taxes as appropriate.
(Eyes askance his 1973 17 MPG Landrover.)
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:31:27pm |
re: #109 teleskiguy
Fucking unbelievable. The Senate voted Yay or Nay on eliminating the Federal Highway System? Ho. Lee. Shit.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 4:31:53pm |
re: #132 Decatur Deb
Raise the gas tax until it’s too expensive to waste. Cut other taxes as appropriate.
(Eyes askance his 1973 17 MPG Landrover.)
Yeah. That 1979 Lincoln Continental that I’m going to pick up and revive out of my father-in-law’s fencerow is looking like a very bad investment.
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:33:10pm |
re: #131 b.d.
LECTRIC CARS CAN’T DRIVE ON BUMPY ROADS! DON’T LIKE ROUGH ROADS, BUY A HUMMER LIBTARDS!
The biggest “Look at me, I have a small penis” vehicle in the history of transportation. Thank your skydad GM 86ed them.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 29, 2014 4:34:27pm |
re: #119 thedopefishlives
In what alternate reality does that sound anything fucking near a good idea?!
From The Hill article:
The Heritage Action foundation is urging lawmakers to vote against moving the expiration of transportation funding up until December and vote in favor of Lee’s amendment.
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 4:35:01pm |
Yes, this is a real legal argument being made on behalf of the people of Texas. https://t.co/BAWpRNsRvT
— Michael Li (@mcpli) July 29, 2014
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Bubblehead II Jul 29, 2014 4:35:21pm |
re: #33 Teukka
Cthulhu-Hastur ‘16 ticket?
Upding for the Hastur mention. But I don’t think even those trained with Laran would want anything to do with this bunch. To unstable.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 4:36:24pm |
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
From The Hill article:
*flips desk, sets on fire*
Stupid right-wing [stream of consciousness profanity self-censored]
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:36:24pm |
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
From The Hill article:
That’s the same Heritage that refuses to acknowledge that the ACA was their idea in the 90s. That whole President While Black thing, ya know.
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Interesting Times Jul 29, 2014 4:37:38pm |
Question: remember the True Blood episode mentioning Ted Cruz? I have a message from someone saying, “if a show were done like that depicting a Democratic senator, liberals would be up in arms” etc etc - best way to respond?
(to me, it’s an apples/oranges comparison due to how batshit insane the Texas GOP has become, but I can’t really come out and say that in this context…)
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 4:38:28pm |
re: #139 thedopefishlives
Imagine Chevy Chase from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, magnified by about ten. That’s me behind my laptop right now.
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:38:29pm |
re: #137 jaunte
@Forrest4Trees Argument brought to you by Legalzoom. Yours for the low, low price of $49.
— Eric C. Smith (@ericphototx) July 29, 2014
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 4:38:32pm |
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:40:00pm |
re: #141 Interesting Times
Yes, we are the state that believes in gay reparative therapy. Yes, really! It’s in the GOP state platform!
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 4:40:31pm |
re: #45 dog philosopher
the tao that is either in canada or not in canada is not the true tao
you are both in canada and not in canada
when you realize this all comedy channels will be as one
Om Mani Padme Hummer
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 4:41:06pm |
Greg Abbott leads Wendy Davis in fundraising and votes in Texas governor's race http://t.co/MGbWJNejvq via @examinercom
— Johnnye Burnham (@JohnnyeBurnham) July 24, 2014
Texas is fixin’ to elect another horse’s ass.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 4:43:38pm |
Don’t mess with Texas!
The intellectual depth of modern #climatechange #denial: pic.twitter.com/wbZbXWBdSf— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) July 29, 2014
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 4:43:56pm |
re: #141 Interesting Times
Question: remember the True Blood episode mentioning Ted Cruz? I have a message from someone saying, “if a show were done like that depicting a Democratic senator, liberals would be up in arms” etc etc - best way to respond?
(to me, it’s an apples/oranges comparison due to how batshit insane the Texas GOP has become, but I can’t really come out and say that in this context…)
Tell em, wouldn’t happen, Hollywood loves us.
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:43:57pm |
re: #109 teleskiguy
Fucking unbelievable. The Senate voted Yay or Nay on eliminating the Federal Highway System? Ho. Lee. Shit.
Well, they weren’t voting to fund it - just humoring the Republicans who want to eliminate it, then privatize it, so there are paved roads without traffic for some, and wasteland for everyone else.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 4:45:12pm |
re: #141 Interesting Times
Question: remember the True Blood episode mentioning Ted Cruz? I have a message from someone saying, “if a show were done like that depicting a Democratic senator, liberals would be up in arms” etc etc - best way to respond?
(to me, it’s an apples/oranges comparison due to how batshit insane the Texas GOP has become, but I can’t really come out and say that in this context…)
And remind them that the RWNJ’s that did the Bible showed POTUS as Satan.
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:45:38pm |
re: #128 teleskiguy
The federal gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. It’s been that way since 1993, not at all keeping up with inflation. It needs to be raised.
Yeah. It only costs me about .44 a mile right now to drive my new (old) truck at 9 miles to the gallon. I’d happily drive it at .52 or .54 cents a mile. Take that, GOP fucking whiners.
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Interesting Times Jul 29, 2014 4:47:21pm |
re: #150 Stanley Sea
Tell em, wouldn’t happen, Hollywood loves us.
Heh. That’s basically their line of argument, though - Hollywood liberal hypocrites being so mean to the GOP 9_9
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:47:51pm |
re: #153 darthstar
Yeah. It only costs me about .44 a mile right now to drive my new (old) truck at 9 miles to the gallon. I’d happily drive it at .52 or .54 cents a mile. Take that, GOP fucking whiners.
And I love my red truck.
Banjo (white) and Fozzie (black) looking out over Pacifica in my ‘70 International
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 4:51:21pm |
re: #154 Interesting Times
Heh. That’s basically their line of argument, though - Hollywood liberal hypocrites being so mean to the GOP 9_9
haha. Oh well, bummer for them.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 4:52:02pm |
re: #155 darthstar
And I love my red truck.
Banjo (white) and Fozzie (black) looking out over Pacifica in my ‘70 International
Truck looks in good shape!
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 4:53:25pm |
I don’t know how Take That Darwin goes without taking a few days vacation every week.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 4:53:31pm |
What Wingnuts are really thinking about when they complain about Michelle Obama’s vacations.
RT @borderorder: What Republicans are really thinking when they complain about Obamas vacation #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/r84YoocahY #tgdn— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 29, 2013
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:54:22pm |
re: #157 Stanley Sea
Truck looks in good shape!
It is. Original 345 V8 block in it (44 yrs old). It’s getting a manifold gasket and transmission coolant lines replaced today, but I get it back tomorrow (when my Z gets its belts replaced)…After that, I should be good for a couple hundred thousand miles - at 50 miles per hour - I love driving slow all of a sudden…funny, that.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 4:55:05pm |
re: #158 jaunte
I don’t know how Take That Darwin goes without taking a few days vacation every week.
Wow. How can someone be that dumb and still type? Or remember to breathe?
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:55:30pm |
re: #163 GeneJockey
Wow. How can someone be that dumb and still type? Or remember to breathe?
Involuntary reflexes are a hell of a thing.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 4:55:50pm |
This doen’t bode well for the numerous burn scars along the Front Range corridor.
Forecast for #Colorado precipitation totals through 6am Wednesday from @MikeNelson247 http://t.co/EOCkX4kug9 pic.twitter.com/R1qI6iDOeq— 7NEWS Denver Channel (@DenverChannel) July 29, 2014
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:56:01pm |
Stupid fucks.
RT @hamackey: RT @kommonKat: @cspanwj @msnbc #GOP #vasurge The Clown Car rolls on… pic.twitter.com/LZ9PDlBS6X Ignorant Teabillies. LOL— Deltapa (@MRAS77) July 29, 2014
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 4:56:52pm |
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:57:04pm |
re: #165 teleskiguy
This doen’t bode well for the numerous burn scars along the Front Range corridor.
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If it’s less than 1/2 inch, it’ll evaporate before it soaks in.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:57:38pm |
re: #168 darthstar
If it’s less than 1/2 inch, it’ll evaporate before it soaks in.
We drove by Shasta on our way back home this weekend.
It’s ugly.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 4:57:51pm |
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Joanne Jul 29, 2014 4:58:12pm |
re: #130 Romantic Heretic
Hell, since there will be only one company owning all the roads, eventually, the day will come where every vehicle has the equivalent of a taxi meter in it. It starts at a fixed amount every time you start it up and then charges you per mile and/or minute you travel.
If you try to avoid this the company has CCTV cameras at every intersection to track your movement anyway.
The government will be the bill collector as ripping off the company is stealing.
Then the rubes will wonder why they thought this was a good idea.
No shit. We’ve gotten dunned by them numerous times. Our nephew took our car once. I got dinged once for getting in it in error. And the whole thing is Spanish owned. Privatization, baby.
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:58:18pm |
Be honest here…is my tone too gentle?
Hey, @SpeakerBoehner - you made this shit. You should have to live with it. pic.twitter.com/HYJIl8tKSR— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 29, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:59:02pm |
I confess, Twitter mostly exists (for me) for things like this:
My cat is not wearing a strap-on. It's sort of weird that I'm having to clarify that.— TheBloggess (@TheBloggess) July 29, 2014
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 4:59:08pm |
re: #169 klys
We drove by Shasta on our way back home this weekend.
It’s ugly.
It’s a beautiful mountain when it’s white. Very majestic indeed. But yeah, the drought is going to suck balls for a while.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 4:59:09pm |
re: #172 darthstar
Be honest here…is my tone too gentle?
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Dunno, but I think peech is not a good color for Obama.
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De Kolta Chair Jul 29, 2014 4:59:31pm |
re: #129 Kid A
Ticket sales have dropped to zero since it was announced that Mike Lee will be replacing Alan Cumming in “Cabaret.”
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klys Jul 29, 2014 4:59:47pm |
re: #174 darthstar
It’s a beautiful mountain when it’s white. Very majestic indeed. But yeah, the drought is going to suck balls for a while.
It’s true. But I was thinking more the reservoir. :)
I didn’t get too good a look because I was driving at that point but the little I saw was …very not pretty.
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 5:00:10pm |
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 5:01:09pm |
re: #177 klys
It’s true. But I was thinking more the reservoir. :)
I didn’t get too good a look because I was driving at that point but the little I saw was …very not pretty.
Oh, Lake Shasta…yeah - grew up on that lake - parents still live about 10 miles south of it. I’ve seen it pretty low before, but it’s really much better when it’s closer to the top…that’ll take a few years.
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Kragar Jul 29, 2014 5:01:28pm |
re: #33 Teukka
Cthulhu-Hastur ‘16 ticket?
Hastur will never be on the ticket because every time they get a crowd to start chanting his name, the whole audience disappears
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:01:29pm |
re: #178 jaunte
Unfortunately, too good to be true:
It’s still a stupid sign and the guy is still a f*cking moron.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:01:36pm |
re: #177 klys
It’s true. But I was thinking more the reservoir. :)
I didn’t get too good a look because I was driving at that point but the little I saw was …very not pretty.
I understand that a bunch of ‘drowned towns’ that were covered by reservoirs are being exposed in the drought. Interesting in an archeological sense, but not so great on currently living flora and fauna.
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 5:02:02pm |
Holy UCLA flood. RT @JeongParkDB looking up at the flood. pic.twitter.com/8WnRpQT4qJ
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) July 29, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 5:02:21pm |
re: #182 GeneJockey
I understand that a bunch of ‘drowned towns’ that were covered by reservoirs are being exposed in the drought. Interesting in an archeological sense, but not so great on currently living flora and fauna.
Chances are pretty good that the one at Livingston is already exposed. It seems as low as it was the last time we went out and saw it.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:03:14pm |
re: #178 jaunte
Unfortunately, too good to be true:
“No, Walter, you’re not wrong. You’re just an asshole.”
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 5:04:14pm |
re: #178 jaunte
Unfortunately, too good to be true:
It’s okay…I printed a retraction.
@SpeakerBoehner Shit…misspelling is a photoshop - but you're still as orange as a fucking geranium. pic.twitter.com/4TV2ePRjLb— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 30, 2014
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:04:20pm |
re: #186 SteelPH
They really seem to want President Biden.
I guess they think impeaching Obama would automatically make zombie Reagan president?
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De Kolta Chair Jul 29, 2014 5:04:29pm |
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:05:14pm |
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SteelPH Jul 29, 2014 5:05:58pm |
re: #189 b.d.
I guess they think impeaching Obama would automatically make zombie Reagan president?
They seem to be under the impression that his impeachment/resignation/death means they get to pick the next president or that a whole new election is held.
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 5:06:28pm |
re: #188 darthstar
It’s okay…I printed a retraction.
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Not much of a retraction.
But it will do son, it will do.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:08:56pm |
re: #192 SteelPH
They seem to be under the impression that his impeachment/resignation/death means they get to pick the next president or that a whole new election is held.
I suspect they think that it WON’T blow up in their faces, too. Remember, though, these are the folks who believed “Unskewed Polls”, and think Obama only won because of MASSIVE voter fraud which they can’t ever document.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 5:10:07pm |
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 5:11:28pm |
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sagehen Jul 29, 2014 5:13:25pm |
re: #109 teleskiguy
Fucking unbelievable. The Senate voted Yay or Nay on eliminating the Federal Highway System? Ho. Lee. Shit.
And 28 of them voted Yay.
These would be the ones who think Eisenhower was a Commie.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:14:20pm |
re: #188 darthstar
It’s okay…I printed a retraction.
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I think your retraction may actually go too far. To my way of thinking, the fact that there are yahoos in 50 states hanging this shit on overpasses contradicts Boehner’s claim that “… it’s all a scam started by Democrats at the White House.”
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:15:08pm |
re: #200 sagehen
And 28 of them voted Yay.
These would be the ones who think Eisenhower was a Commie.
That’s within std. error of the 27% Crazification Factor.
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Archangelus Jul 29, 2014 5:15:14pm |
re: #200 sagehen
And 28 of them voted Yay.
These would be the ones who think
Eisenhower was a CommieDerp.
FTFY
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 5:15:25pm |
re: #201 GeneJockey
I think your retraction may actually go too far. To my way of thinking, the fact that there are yahoos in 50 states hanging this shit on overpasses contradicts Boehner’s claim that “… it’s all a scam started by Democrats at the White House.”
He’s still as orange as a fucking geranium.
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sagehen Jul 29, 2014 5:15:46pm |
re: #141 Interesting Times
Question: remember the True Blood episode mentioning Ted Cruz? I have a message from someone saying, “if a show were done like that depicting a Democratic senator, liberals would be up in arms” etc etc - best way to respond?
(to me, it’s an apples/oranges comparison due to how batshit insane the Texas GOP has become, but I can’t really come out and say that in this context…)
In “Mars Attacks”, was it clear which party the President was?
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darthstar Jul 29, 2014 5:15:52pm |
Okay…gotta run… baseball game beckons…it’s time I helped the Giants win a fucking game.
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 5:16:08pm |
re: #195 Pie-onist Overlord
Gus needs to shop Charles Johnson’s (WHO IS NOT OUR CHARLES!) face on that one!
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 5:16:35pm |
re: #206 darthstar
Okay…gotta run… baseball game beckons…it’s time I helped the Giants win a fucking game.
Wear your lucky socks.
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Kid A Jul 29, 2014 5:16:45pm |
re: #206 darthstar
Okay…gotta run… baseball game beckons…it’s time I helped the Giants win a fucking game.
Peavy isn’t going to solve much.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:16:58pm |
re: #204 darthstar
He’s still as orange as a fucking geranium.
Well, yes, there is that. I hate geraniums, too. Almost as much as I hate nasturtiums
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:18:17pm |
re: #183 jaunte
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Waiting for the first person to get an inner-tube.
Get to it UCLA!
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 5:19:18pm |
Rand Paul has issued his marching orders regarding Israel pic.twitter.com/aV6d3GcURN - http://t.co/fcQbt64IVw— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 29, 2014
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Gus Jul 29, 2014 5:19:25pm |
Welp, Twitter is all freaky weird which means it will only get weirder as the evening progresses.
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Belafon Jul 29, 2014 5:19:29pm |
re: #143 Kid A
Someone should ask Abbott’s wife if she knows that the only reason he married her was because she was heterosexual.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 5:21:05pm |
Here's @mattyglesias on what explains lockstep Israel support in US Congress http://t.co/k07PPvEfkB— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 29, 2014
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:22:13pm |
re: #213 Gus
Welp, Twitter is all freaky weird which means it will only get weirder as the evening progresses.
I’m doing my bestest.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:24:33pm |
Your thoughts on Emily Hauser?
I see a person who want’s peace. I have not seen anything outrageous.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:25:08pm |
re: #213 Gus
After that ridiculous Dick Costolo fiasco, the stalkers are predictably worked up.
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:28:18pm |
I will short any company that buys this RT Jesse Jackson: Tech diversity is next civil rights step http://t.co/svQIkQ8o7x via @usatoday
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) July 29, 2014
Yet an award winning journalist can claim that someone stole a primary with no repercussions though
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:29:06pm |
re: #222 b.d.
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Yet an award winning journalist can claim that someone stole a primary with no repercussions though
Dammit! posted wrong tweet!
Sent retraction request to @samrhall's editor @tolleybri & publisher. You can't accuse someone of “stealing” & get away with it. #mssen
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) July 29, 2014
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:29:07pm |
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 29, 2014 5:29:42pm |
re: #119 thedopefishlives
In what alternate reality does that sound anything fucking near a good idea?!
Those who have sweet connections at the state level where the graft is much easier to control to steer block grant money into the right pockets. Of course.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 5:29:52pm |
Greenwald had to know when he did that that it would turn into a meme. He can’t possibly be that stupid.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:31:27pm |
re: #226 Eclectic Cyborg
Greenwald had to know when he did that that it would turn into a meme. He can’t possibly be that stupid.
It’s from this video:
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:31:34pm |
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:31:44pm |
I don’t think Rand will be invited to Daddy’s Thanksgiving table this year.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 5:31:48pm |
A former coworker of mine posted on Facebook this morning that he is believes Vladimir Putin is going to “hire” Hamas to deal with the problems in Ukraine.
Yes, I unfriended him.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 5:32:51pm |
So seeking opinions here. There is a black bean soup going on the stove. Do I brown the turkey chorizo I got and toss it in for the last 30-60 min of simmering or no?
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 29, 2014 5:33:42pm |
re: #165 teleskiguy
This doen’t bode well for the numerous burn scars along the Front Range corridor.
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What did Crow and Tom Servo have to say though?
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:34:08pm |
re: #232 klys
So seeking opinions here. There is a black bean soup going on the stove. Do I brown the turkey chorizo I got and toss it in for the last 30-60 min of simmering or no?
Silly question.
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:35:25pm |
re: #227 jaunte
GG has the exact same eyes as one of the sleaziest bastards it’s ever been my immense displeasure to know.
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:35:57pm |
re: #232 klys
So seeking opinions here. There is a black bean soup going on the stove. Do I brown the turkey chorizo I got and toss it in for the last 30-60 min of simmering or no?
TURKEY CHORIZO?!?!?!? THAT’S WHAT THE MUSLIM ILLEGAL ALIENS EAT!!
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GeneJockey Jul 29, 2014 5:37:39pm |
re: #237 b.d.
TURKEY CHORIZO?!?!?!? THAT’S WHAT THE MUSLIM ILLEGAL ALIENS EAT!!
Especially in BLACK Bean Soup!
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wrenchwench Jul 29, 2014 5:38:04pm |
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 29, 2014 5:39:29pm |
re: #240 wrenchwench
It looks stupid because it’s a machine-printed sign, yet he’s holding a Sharpie-like object.
He thinks that holding a Sharpie makes himself look smarter.
//
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SteelPH Jul 29, 2014 5:40:09pm |
re: #242 Feline Fearless Leader
He thinks that holding a Sharpie makes himself look smarter.
//
Ah, so the Perry-Glasses Fallacy.
//
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:40:43pm |
(via @jaunte) pic.twitter.com/IH4lWool33— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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Kragar Jul 29, 2014 5:41:58pm |
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:42:45pm |
re: #246 Kragar
I’m enjoying some fresh ceviche right now.
Oh yum.
Were you locked out this morning? Heard the traffic was beyond.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 29, 2014 5:42:46pm |
re: #242 Feline Fearless Leader
He thinks that holding a Sharpie makes himself look smarter.
//
Sarah Palin thinks it makes her look smart…
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:42:54pm |
Meanwhile, this is really, really nuts. timesofisrael.com
It’s a translation from Channel 1, the state-run Israeli TV channel. The White House said it’s completely fabricated, and it must be.
Who the hell is leaking this kind of poisonous crap to Israel’s official media? This is not good at all.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 5:42:58pm |
As much as Greenwald loves to write, I would have expected a sign about 8 times bigger.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:43:35pm |
Holy shit
Pauley Pavilion was renovated a couple years ago. Look at it right now. Court likely ruined. pic.twitter.com/mJuEUzDLXY
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) July 30, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 5:44:55pm |
re: #249 Charles Johnson
Meanwhile, this is really, really nuts. timesofisrael.com
It’s a translation from Channel 1, the state-run Israeli TV channel. The White House said it’s completely fabricated, and it must be.
Who the hell is leaking this kind of poisonous crap to Israel’s official media? This is not good at all.
That was some really bad fictional dialogue.
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 5:45:55pm |
re: #251 Stanley Sea
Holy shit
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Heavy rains after a drought frequently result in floods.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:46:45pm |
re: #253 b_sharp
No, this is from a major water main that ruptured on Sunset Blvd near UCLA. It’s a huge mess.
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lawhawk Jul 29, 2014 5:46:55pm |
re: #249 Charles Johnson
@ZekeJMiller @Gus_802 whoever did this did so knowing it might damage US-Israel relations, undermine trust, and delay diplomatic moves— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 29, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:47:55pm |
Water main break near @UCLA keeps on giving two hours later. Water spewing some 50ft in the air. pic.twitter.com/58uTwXO0EU— Jacob Rascon (@Jacobnbc) July 30, 2014
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b_sharp Jul 29, 2014 5:48:08pm |
re: #255 Charles Johnson
No, this is from a major water main that ruptured on Sunset Blvd near UCLA. It’s a huge mess.
well that will really help the water situation during a drought.
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Varek Raith Jul 29, 2014 5:48:55pm |
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:49:43pm |
And they can’t shut it down immediately - it would risk affecting water pressure in other systems and possibly causing more blow-outs. They have to do it very slowly and carefully.
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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 29, 2014 5:50:38pm |
re: #261 jaunte
93 year old water main.
Droughts can cause them to fail as the ground dries and contracts.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:50:53pm |
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:51:23pm |
re: #253 b_sharp
Heavy rains after a drought frequently result in floods.
Rain? Ohhhhh, their Basketball drought.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:51:31pm |
SUNSET IC: @LADWP has about 70% of the water shut off (still gushing though). Flooding expected for another two hours before subsiding.— BHScanner (@BHScanner) July 30, 2014
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 5:53:58pm |
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:54:22pm |
Meanwhile, here’s a post about the right wing blogger who’s claiming some recent Palestinian photos and videos were faked. Not to put too fine a point on it, he’s batshit nuts. And David Frum cited him.
I spoke with the man @davidfrum thinks proved the @nytimes is using faked Gaza photos. http://t.co/vx8czy0LSj via @LobeLog— Ali Gharib (@Ali_Gharib) July 30, 2014
I’m pretty sure Wictor used to have an account at LGF - the name sounds very familiar.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 5:55:04pm |
Some are embedded at the top of this thread.
The 10 funniest parodies of the obviously fake Obama-Netanyahu phone transcript http://t.co/AKmcpFRJCx via @voxdotcom— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) July 29, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:56:10pm |
Oh, and…
@Green_Footballs not the charles i knew. where's the substance? a war going on here. msnm every bit as toxic now as in 2006. where are you?— Richard Landes (@richard_landes) July 29, 2014
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 5:57:08pm |
re: #271 Charles Johnson
Oh, and…
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There’s a war going on! America needs our tweeters!
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austin_blue Jul 29, 2014 5:58:37pm |
re: #232 klys
So seeking opinions here. There is a black bean soup going on the stove. Do I brown the turkey chorizo I got and toss it in for the last 30-60 min of simmering or no?
Yes.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 5:58:41pm |
@richard_landes But since you haven't paid anything, it's probably easier for you to unfollow me if you don't like reading my timeline.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 29, 2014
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Kragar Jul 29, 2014 5:59:31pm |
re: #247 Stanley Sea
Oh yum.
Were you locked out this morning? Heard the traffic was beyond.
I usually don’t head in until around 9, so it was clear by then
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austin_blue Jul 29, 2014 6:00:37pm |
re: #257 Charles Johnson
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Gotta be at least a 24” main. What a gusher that is. Good thing Cali isn’t in the middle of an historic drought.
Oh, wait…
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:01:43pm |
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 6:03:20pm |
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 6:05:18pm |
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 6:05:24pm |
Think about this; If we had a reasonably educated populace, most would quickly realize that “leaked” conversation is a total fraud.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:05:42pm |
re: #281 Eclectic Cyborg
I know. I cringe thinking how many gallons THAT was.
By @LADWP estimates, 3hrs of water flow from Westwood water main break would makeiOVER 10 MILLION GALLONS LOST.— Andrew Blankstein (@anblanx) July 30, 2014
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 6:06:12pm |
re: #284 Charles Johnson
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And in a drought stricken state like that. Holy shit, indeed.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 6:07:09pm |
re: #284 Charles Johnson
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Infrastructure.
If we fixed it, ala the WPA of the depression, we’d be possibly 100% employment and the country would benefit.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 6:08:23pm |
re: #286 Stanley Sea
Infrastructure.
If we fixed it, ala the WPA of the depression, we’d be possibly 100% employment and the country would benefit.
HURR HURR PRIVATIZE!!!!!!
I shudder to even think of a privatized infrastructure.
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Belafon Jul 29, 2014 6:09:21pm |
re: #286 Stanley Sea
But then our 1% would only be fabulously wealthy rather than ridiculously wealthy.
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Romantic Heretic Jul 29, 2014 6:11:44pm |
re: #173 klys
I confess, Twitter mostly exists (for me) for things like this:
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Your daily recommended amount of surrealism.
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Romantic Heretic Jul 29, 2014 6:13:12pm |
re: #180 Kragar
Hastur will never be on the ticket because every time they get a crowd to start chanting his name, the whole audience disappears
Not all of them. There’s always a few drooling maniacs left behind.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 6:13:41pm |
re: #173 klys
I confess, Twitter mostly exists (for me) for things like this:
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I’m privy to @dril myself, though it can get dark.
whats the job where you dress up like a michelin man and get attacked by vicious dogs. anyway thats the thing i spent $800000 at college for— wint (@dril) July 29, 2014
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 6:14:53pm |
re: #287 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURR PRIVATIZE!!!!!!
I shudder to even think of a privatized infrastructure.
After the experience California had with deregulated electricity, I don’t think they’re in a hurry to privatize ANYTHING.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:15:57pm |
re: #227 jaunte
There have been some great ‘shops on this theme today, but I think jaunte wins the Internet.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 6:18:29pm |
re: #293 Charles Johnson
There have been some great ‘shops on this theme today, but I think jaunte wins the Internet.
That one with the “I stand with myself” a close second.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 6:18:39pm |
Chorizo is browned and in the black bean soup, which is set to simmer for a while longer still. I want it thick so leftovers can go well on rice with a corn salsa.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:19:26pm |
@Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/uMurFcWTOW— Matt Mezinze (@m2in84) July 30, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:20:29pm |
Kind of amazing how Dick Costolo actually made it seem like Twitter isn't losing huge amounts of money today on CNBC.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:25:26pm |
Just re-watched Costolo on CNBC. I thought maybe my mind was playing tricks and he did address all the questions about stalking. Nope.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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alpuz Jul 29, 2014 6:27:31pm |
re: #232 klys
Yes. Is cilantro, fresh lime juice and chillies involved? Not to mention some roasted garlic… But yeah, let it stew.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 6:28:22pm |
re: #299 alpuz
Yes. Are cilantro, fresh lime juice and chillies involved? Not to mention some roasted garlic… But yeah, let it stew.
Dried cilantro. I can throw in bottled lime juice. There is chili powder but since I am somewhat heat-adverse I have to be careful.
First time trying this.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 6:29:05pm |
re: #299 alpuz
Yes. Are cilantro, fresh lime juice and chillies involved? Not to mention some roasted garlic… But yeah, let it stew.
Oh. I forgot the garlic. There is garlic.
There is always garlic.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 29, 2014 6:29:30pm |
re: #298 Charles Johnson
That’s one of the things that’s largely kept me off of Twitter. They don’t seem to give two shits about the safety of their user base.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:30:42pm |
If everyone ignored @ChuckCJohnson, he'd fade away. Everyone hates him, even the RW. Writing about him only gets him more nitwit followers.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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alpuz Jul 29, 2014 6:31:31pm |
re: #300 klys
GAH! OK, leave the chillies out, but fresh cilantro & squeezed lime juice will put it over the top. Roasted tomatoes, and a solid stock help too. Anytime I’ve cooked with bottled lime/lemon juice it’s been a bummer. Good luck!
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 6:34:39pm |
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klys Jul 29, 2014 6:34:54pm |
re: #304 alpuz
GAH! OK, leave the chillies out, but fresh cilantro & squeezed lime juice will put it over the top. Roasted tomatoes, and a solid stock help too. Anytime I’ve cooked with bottled lime/lemon juice it’s been a bummer. Good luck!
I will keep those in mind for next time. :) This has been an experiment in lazy meal planning.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:35:07pm |
Twitter may not have picked the questions Costolo was asked, but don't pretend he wasn't aware of what was going on in #askCostolo.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 6:37:16pm |
re: #308 Charles Johnson
The bigger problem is that the interview wasn’t really for users, it was for shareholders.
Because pretty much anything CEOs do these days is aimed at shareholders, and shareholders don’t seem to care (anymore, if they ever did) about the long term health and sustainability of the company in the economy as a whole.
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Shiplord Kirel Jul 29, 2014 6:38:01pm |
I remember when the stalkers threatened to reveal my real identity. I responded by posting my real name, which is James Reynolds. I live in a fortress, the Supreme Global Command Center and Conspiracy Compound. It is in the howling wilderness west of the nethermost suburban fringes of the DFW metroplex. It is surrounded by genetically enhanced killer coyotes, treacherous ankle high cacti, angry rattlesnakes, giant dweeb-eating feral pigs, and heavily armed weirdos not seen in public since the release of Deliverance. I am thinking about importing a troop of baboons or some Russian wolves to provide additional help with unwelcome visitors.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:38:25pm |
re: #309 klys
The bigger problem is that the interview wasn’t really for users, it was for shareholders.
Because pretty much anything CEOs do these days is aimed at shareholders, and shareholders don’t seem to care (anymore, if they ever did) about the long term health and sustainability of the company in the economy as a whole.
Yup. And that makes it even more offensive that they pretended to care about users’ questions.
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alpuz Jul 29, 2014 6:38:50pm |
re: #300 klys
Oh yeah, a pinch of cumin doesn’t hurt. I cooked many versions of Black Bean soup over the years. You know what really gives it a good flavor? Sauté all veggies(onions, garlic, peppers - if you want them) first and deglaze your pot with some brandy. Then throw in the cooked chorizo, lime juice and stock & beans. Then stew.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 6:39:02pm |
re: #312 Shiplord Kirel
I remember when the stalkers threatened to reveal my real identity. I responded by posting my real name, which is James Reynolds. I live in a fortress, the Supreme Global Command Center and Conspiracy Compound. It is in the howling wilderness west of the nethermost suburban fringes of the DFW metroplex. It is surrounded by genetically enhanced killer coyotes, treacherous ankle high cacti, angry rattlesnakes, giant dweeb-eating feral pigs, and heavily armed weirdos not seen in public since the release of Deliverance. I am thinking about importing a troop of baboons or some Russian wolves to provide additional help with unwelcome visitors.
To get to me, they would have to go through Detroit.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 6:39:17pm |
re: #315 alpuz
Oh yeah, a pinch of cumin doesn’t hurt. I cooked many versions of Black Bean soup over the years. You know what really gives it a good flavor? Sauté all veggies(onions, garlic, peppers - if you want them) first and deglaze your pot with a some brandy. Then throw in the the cooked chorizo, lime juice and stock & beans. Then stew.
Favorited for future reference. :)
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klys Jul 29, 2014 6:39:33pm |
re: #316 Pie-onist Overlord
To get to me, they would have to go through Detroit.
I would brave Detroit for pie.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 29, 2014 6:40:00pm |
Shit in Gaza is getting real. Nine of the feeds I’ve been watching are up now.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 6:41:56pm |
Classic newspaper correction pic.twitter.com/rYvOb6joXK— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) July 29, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 6:48:27pm |
Todd Starnes needs to get a hobby.
Obama stopping off at a Kansas City barbecue joint. What's the over/under he won't be eating kale?— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 30, 2014
Obama orders a half slab of ribs, fries, beans and a Bud Light.— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 30, 2014
Obama: “Come on, man. I thought you were going to hook me up.” He was referring to cole slaw.— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 30, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 6:48:56pm |
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calochortus Jul 29, 2014 6:52:41pm |
re: #325 Pie-onist Overlord
Todd Starnes needs to get a hobby.
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Unfortunately he appears to have one. It’s just a pointless one.
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b.d. Jul 29, 2014 6:54:46pm |
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 6:58:08pm |
I love that security guy at Twitter asked this question like it had no answer and BOOM so many ppl w/ answers https://t.co/srWUvwt5bR
— Jessica W. Luther (@scATX) July 30, 2014
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Gus Jul 29, 2014 6:58:15pm |
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 6:59:48pm |
“Mmmmmmmmm, ribs.” (Arthur Bryant's Barbeque, Kansas City) pic.twitter.com/Fp7OJg22D4
Meat Trays, People!
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alpuz Jul 29, 2014 7:00:19pm |
re: #332 Gus
Nice choice. I would have been torn between that and the Steven Seagal album.
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 7:02:44pm |
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 7:03:49pm |
Pointing & laughing -> RT @BryanJFischer Like it or not, impeachment is the only solution to reign in King Barack the Lawless.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 7:04:23pm |
Bryan is like SO JEALOUS
Got your religion of peace right here: ISIS goes on horrific beheading spree. http://t.co/vr0ftE0wue— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) July 30, 2014
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 7:07:03pm |
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klys Jul 29, 2014 7:07:36pm |
re: #331 jaunte
Apparently because phone companies can’t edit the content of your calls Twitter shouldn’t block abuse?
@shanley There is a distinct difference between that and being an arbitrator of content. Phone companies don't edit your calls, do they?— John Adams (@netik) July 29, 2014
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Shiplord Kirel Jul 29, 2014 7:07:52pm |
re: #316 Pie-onist Overlord
To get to me, they would have to go through Detroit.
Visitors can get safe conduct to my place, as long as they bring pie.
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 7:08:29pm |
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klys Jul 29, 2014 7:08:34pm |
re: #340 klys
I should note that this guy no longer works for Twitter, he’s just the previous security guy.
Nothing problematic there, nope.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 29, 2014 7:08:41pm |
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 7:11:49pm |
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 7:12:12pm |
re: #343 klys
He’s telling you what Twitter really thinks about this issue, though. They see themselves as morally empty providers of a service.
Maybe they should rethink the policies that state otherwise very explicitly, then.
Argh. This is such bullshit, it makes me crazy. The fact is, Twitter doesn’t do anything about stalkers and harassers because they need every customer and they don’t really care if some of them are evil. Twitter is the libertarian tech culture writ large.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 7:13:46pm |
Libertarian dudebros mocking concerns about their motives.
@pareene @mtaibbi Charles Johnson detects dissension in the ranks over there, can you guys confirm or deny?— Sean T. Collins (@theseantcollins) July 30, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 7:13:46pm |
re: #346 Charles Johnson
He’s telling you what Twitter really thinks about this issue, though. They see themselves as morally empty providers of a service.
Maybe they should rethink the policies that state otherwise very explicitly, then.
Argh. This is such bullshit, it makes me crazy. The fact is, Twitter doesn’t do anything about stalkers and harassers because they need every customer and they don’t really care if some of them are evil. Twitter is the libertarian tech culture writ large.
Pretty much.
I just thought it was a nicely egregious example.
I am very, very familiar with the libertarian tech culture. Sadly. :(
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ObserverArt Jul 29, 2014 7:16:33pm |
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 7:16:53pm |
re: #349 Gus
“If you detect swelling in fingers or Sharpie, discontinue Omidyar and seek a doctor’s advice.”
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ausador Jul 29, 2014 7:21:26pm |
re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ve got Jehad & Lara’s stream .
Seems quiet tonight so far compared to last night. It looked like something out of “Apocalypse Now” last night with flares floating down everywhere and explosions going off all over the place. :(
(I was watching the aljazeera stream) (currently off the air)
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klys Jul 29, 2014 7:21:51pm |
re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth
There are so few sites where reading the comments is a good idea.
This is happily one of them.
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 7:23:24pm |
when i see crap like this i'm pretty much convinced someone took mark knoller's lunch from him as a kid. every day. pic.twitter.com/LwQsjBnK51
— k8 (@rolling_2) July 30, 2014
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Gus Jul 29, 2014 7:25:11pm |
Had to add “genocide” to my Tweetdeck filters. Otherwise I’m going to end up unfollowing way to many people.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 7:25:33pm |
This is what the interstate looks like 10 miles east of me.
WB I70 mudslide at milepost 153. CDOT crews still working to clear the interstate. pic.twitter.com/g8c0m63w62— CSP Eagle (@CSP_Eagle) July 30, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 7:27:20pm |
re: #355 Gus
Had to add “genocide” to my Tweetdeck filters. Otherwise I’m going to end up unfollowing way to many people.
A lot of those people don’t even know what the word means. Which is really sad.
Nobody ever told them to STFU when they don’t know what they’re talking about.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 29, 2014 7:28:37pm |
re: #352 ausador
Seems quiet tonight so far compared to last night. It looked like something out of “Apocalypse Now” last night with flares floating down everywhere and explosions going off all over the place. :(
yes, much more quiet tonight…last night was very intense. Jehad sounds exhausted. After being up all last night, he spent the day working on his generator and going out to take photos of the Al- Shojae’a neighborhood.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 7:29:41pm |
re: #357 Charles Johnson
A lot of those people don’t even know what the word means. Which is really sad.
Nobody ever told them to STFU when they don’t know what they’re talking about.
It’s a new generation of people who don’t know how bad Hitler really was, or the horrors of true genocide.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 7:31:16pm |
@paulcarr @mtaibbi Responding to honest questions about journalistic integrity with juvenile snark doesn't inspire confidence.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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klys Jul 29, 2014 7:31:54pm |
re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth
yes, much more quiet tonight…last night was very intense. Jehad sounds exhausted. After being up all last night, he spent the day working on his generator and going out to take photos of the Al- Shojae’a neighborhood.
Fuck, that last photo.
This is the part where we stop the world and I can get off, right?
/sigh
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 7:35:08pm |
re: #360 Charles Johnson
Interesting: @pandodaily reporting that @pareene and @mtaibbi will be focused on a new #brand marketing vertical at First Look.— Prof. Jeff H Jarvis (@ProfJeffJarvis) July 30, 2014
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 7:35:40pm |
re: #361 klys
Fuck, that last photo.
This is the part where we stop the world and I can get off, right?
/sigh
Away team to Enterprise: Beam us up, Scotty. There is no intelligent life down here.
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 7:36:18pm |
What a douchewad
LA DWP loses 10 million gallons of water. Where are the drought police when you need them?— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Jul 29, 2014 7:37:07pm |
OK Bryan, every pregnant woman gets to vote twice.
” Time for an Equal Rights Amendment” I agree: it's time for equal rights for unborn women. http://t.co/Uyo0Udydb0— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) July 30, 2014
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 7:37:23pm |
re: #365 Pie-onist Overlord
Anything to make the big bad gummint look bad. They’re theocratic anarchists.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 7:37:29pm |
re: #366 Pie-onist Overlord
OK Bryan, every pregnant woman gets to vote twice.
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*falls over laughing*
Wow, I never thought of that one. That’s a fantastic line.
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klys Jul 29, 2014 7:37:54pm |
re: #363 Backwoods_Sleuth
re: #364 thedopefishlives
The children on both sides deserve the ability to grow up in peace, to have access to the opportunities to grow and thrive and move beyond this horrific conflict that has consumed their elders with no signs of stopping.
But I can’t believe either that the current environment is going to help them do that. And it breaks my heart, because my life here versus there is just an accident of birth.
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 7:38:54pm |
re: #369 klys
The children on both sides deserve the ability to grow up in peace, to have access to the opportunities to grow and thrive and move beyond this horrific conflict that has consumed their elders with no signs of stopping.
But I can’t believe either that the current environment is going to help them do that. And it breaks my heart, because my life here versus there is just an accident of birth.
Sometimes I really do need crap like this to remind me of just how good my life is/has been. Rough childhood? I didn’t have people shooting at me or blowing up my house with rockets.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 7:40:18pm |
Well, I’d say UPS has their tracking numbers covered for the time being.
The @UPS tracking uses 17 digits & one letter. Enough for 2.6 quintillion packages. That's 370 million per person on Earth.— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 30, 2014
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Dave In Austin Jul 29, 2014 7:41:22pm |
Most Excellent!! And this is how I will react if these turds show up around me here in Austin. I will say that I own several weapons and grew up in AZ where open carry has always been legal. No one there seemed to give it any mind. This group here in Texas just seem to have iron penis envy. What could possible go wrong.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 29, 2014 7:41:33pm |
re: #371 teleskiguy
Hey! Where are the rest of my packages????
Kittehs need mohr boxes…
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 7:42:17pm |
@paulcarr Don't get me wrong, juvenile snark is fine in some circumstances. But not when someone is asking about your ethics.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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Floral Giraffe Jul 29, 2014 7:46:35pm |
re: #38 makeitstop
Momentarily OT: Scout is back home, with the new fashion accessory.
Could you please take this thing off me, Human?
The good news is he doesn’t seem to notice that anything is missing.
Okay, sorry to derail. Back to your regularly-scheduled thread, already in progress.
re: #38 makeitstop
Momentarily OT: Scout is back home, with the new fashion accessory.
Could you please take this thing off me, Human?
The good news is he doesn’t seem to notice that anything is missing.
Okay, sorry to derail. Back to your regularly-scheduled thread, already in progress.
We call it “the cone of shame” here….
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thedopefishlives Jul 29, 2014 7:48:37pm |
Good night, Lizardim. Do not despair; all things come to an end. Even derp, even war, even the blood feud between Palestinians and Israelis. Just because we may not see it does not mean we may not or should not hope for it.
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Gus Jul 29, 2014 7:51:27pm |
So, we have this.
'Jew-hating bitch Pelosi' says Hamas is a humanitarian group http://t.co/EMN37OxqKL— TwitchyTeam (@TwitchyTeam) July 30, 2014
PELOSI: Well, we all — war is a deadly thing. And I have many Palestinians who live in my district and I am hearing them regularly about how their families are affected who live in the region. It’s a terrible thing. But let me just say that any missile that comes from someplace has a return address. And if Israel is responding to that address, then that’s a shame that the Palestinians are use — are rumored to be using children and families as shields for their missiles.
Should we all try to, first of all, avoid conflict, the Hamas initiated this. So again, this has to be something where we try to have the two-state solution, that we have to support — we have to support Abbas and his role as a leader there. We have to support Iron Dome to protect the Israelis from the missiles. We have to support the Palestinians and what they need. And we have to confer with the Qataris, who have told me over and over again that Hamas is a humanitarian organization, maybe they could use their influence to -
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 7:56:09pm |
re: #377 Gus
So, we have this.
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Absolutely disgusting. All the facts are presented right there in your comment Gus, but the Twitchy Tweet is all that matters, and now Pelosi (who I’m not the biggest fan of) has to deal with allegations of antisemitism for the next news cycle. and that’s not right.
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jaunte Jul 29, 2014 7:57:28pm |
re: #377 Gus
Trust David Horowitz to provide an incendiary distorted quote.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 8:00:48pm |
Some WWI technological history.
The 'Boirault Machine' a prototype for the French Army in 1915 as a trench crossing vehicle pic.twitter.com/QC7pn19P14— OnThisDay & Facts (@NotableHistory) July 30, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 8:03:45pm |
re: #377 Gus
You should make that a page. Fucking egregious distortion.
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 8:04:21pm |
I have a lot of respect for Matt Taibbi's work exposing Wall Street corruption. 1/2— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
But that doesn't put him in a special class of people whose motives can't ever be questioned. 2/2— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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Charles Johnson Jul 29, 2014 8:06:00pm |
It's more than a little sad to see Taibbi responding to questions about his ethics with the same kind of entitlement he calls out on Wall St— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 30, 2014
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 8:07:12pm |
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Stanley Sea Jul 29, 2014 8:09:00pm |
And with that disgusting crap I’m signing off.
Peace to all of you, enjoy your comfy beds. I will, but damn, I will think about it a little bit more.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 29, 2014 8:14:38pm |
re: #383 Charles Johnson
Matt Taibbi, though, was A) doing a low-rent Hunter Thompson impression and B) in love with the smell of his own farts.
— Ian Actual (@iboudreau) July 30, 2014
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Gus Jul 29, 2014 8:19:50pm |
Twitchy Team Distorts Rep. Pelosi on Hamas http://t.co/y8xhI2wXiv— Gus (@Gus_802) July 30, 2014
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 8:21:58pm |
A minute moment of levity.
This would be incredibly hilarious if reincarnation were actually a thing! pic.twitter.com/MK4X50KAtI— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 30, 2014
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Shiplord Kirel Jul 29, 2014 8:22:15pm |
re: #380 teleskiguy
Some WWI technological history.
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Oh hell. I completely forgot that yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. It was on that date, July 28th 1914, that Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The first shots were fired the same day. This followed a month of diplomatic back and forth over Serbian complicity in the assassination of Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th.
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teleskiguy Jul 29, 2014 8:28:53pm |
re: #389 Shiplord Kirel
Oh hell. I completely forgot that yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. It was on that date, July 28th 1914, that Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The first shots were fired the same day. This followed a month of diplomatic back and forth over Serbian complicity in the assassination of Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th.
A whole lot of 150 year anniversary Civil War stuff has been coming over the last few years, I’ve missed some milestones myself. One I do remember from last year was the 20th Maine taking Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
Huge historical moment. RT @davidfrum: Today's the 150th anniversary of the action at Little Round Top. Remember the 20th Maine.— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 2, 2013
Next April is the 150 year anniversary of Appomattox Courthouse. That’s a pretty big one.
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Gus Jul 29, 2014 8:43:54pm |
Pelosi Statement on House Resolution in Support of Israel’s Right to Self-Defense
Jul 11, 2014
Press Release
Contact: Drew Hammill
Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the House passed Congressmen Steve Israel and Tom Cole’s bipartisan H.Res. 657 by unanimous consent earlier today:
“With Israel’s citizens once again under assault, our bipartisan resolve to stand by Israel is firm and unwavering. I am pleased the House acted unanimously to reaffirm our support for Israel’s right to defend itself against unprovoked rocket attacks from Hamas.
“No family should be forced to endure constant threats to their lives or the persistent fear of rocket attacks. We call on Hamas to cease their attacks on Israel and stop endangering Palestinian civilians by using them as human shields.
“Congress will continue to monitor this situation closely. Our hearts go out to all the innocent civilians wounded and killed in these latest hostilities on both sides, and we continue to hope and pray for a swift and peaceful conclusion to the conflict.”
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Lidane Jul 29, 2014 8:53:39pm |
Hot Air — makin’ yer irony meters explode since 2014:
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