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1 Stanley Sea  Aug 30, 2014 2:18:18pm
2 Ryan King  Aug 30, 2014 2:25:23pm

Fox News story on Sam- only half of them were offensive. The rest were ‘I so don’t care’ and petty comments tying this to Obama.

3 Kid A  Aug 30, 2014 2:27:29pm

re: #2 Ryan King

Fox News story on Sam- only half of them were offensive. The rest were ‘I so don’t care’ and petty comments tying this to Obama.

How in bloody hell could they tie this to Obama, FFS ?

4 thedopefishlives  Aug 30, 2014 2:28:29pm

re: #3 Kid A

How in bloody hell could they tie this to Obama, FFS ?

Nobody said it had to make sense.

5 andres  Aug 30, 2014 2:31:52pm

re: #3 Kid A

How in bloody hell could they tie this to Obama, FFS ?

Obama is still president?

6 allegro  Aug 30, 2014 2:31:53pm

re: #3 Kid A

How in bloody hell could they tie this to Obama, FFS ?

Because if Obama had a son, he could look like Michael Sam.

7 Ryan King  Aug 30, 2014 2:37:18pm

Next we have a female prez.

Then a gay prez.

Then a his….

How about a Hispanic lesbian prez? Splodey 11ty!

8 allegro  Aug 30, 2014 2:41:07pm

re: #7 Ryan King

Next we have a female prez.

Then a gay prez.

Then a his….

How about a Hispanic lesbian prez? Splodey 11ty!

I’d be happy with one of the Castro twins. They are so cute.

9 Lidane  Aug 30, 2014 2:44:29pm

Your Saturday afternoon jam:

Youtube Video

10 lawhawk  Aug 30, 2014 2:49:50pm

Your Saturday afternoon reminder that Obama has a strategy/doctrine, and he hasn’t exactly shied away from it either, even if the media will focus on the “no strategy” answer:

And your further reminder that wishful thinking is not a strategy (hint - this is what wingnuts and GOP think):

11 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 2:51:53pm

re: #10 lawhawk

Your Saturday afternoon reminder that Obama has a strategy/doctrine, and he hasn’t exactly shied away from it either, even if the media will focus on the “no strategy” answer:

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I’m just busy getting a chuckle out of wingnuts who styled themselves “isolationists” in order to claim they were never in favor of the quagmire that Iraq became now banging the pulpit while demanding more foreign intervention. The more things change…

12 Gus  Aug 30, 2014 2:53:00pm

re: #10 lawhawk

Your Saturday afternoon reminder that Obama has a strategy/doctrine, and he hasn’t exactly shied away from it either, even if the media will focus on the “no strategy” answer:

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And my initial Tweet is true. That’s what the GOP does in these situations, “we are not at liberty to discuss these details since it would reveal information that would be counter to mission success.”

13 ausador  Aug 30, 2014 2:54:39pm

Guess what liberals? The drought in California is your fault because your in charge of the state government. I hope your happy now! ///

14 allegro  Aug 30, 2014 2:56:03pm

re: #12 Gus

And my initial Tweet is true. That’s what the GOP does in these situations, “we are not at liberty to discuss these details since it would reveal information that would be counter to mission success.”

GOP speak for “We have no fucking idea what to do.”

15 makeitstop  Aug 30, 2014 2:56:47pm

re: #13 ausador

Guess what liberals? The earthquake and drought in California is your fault because your in charge of the state government. I hope your happy now! ///

Taht Obummer dryed up all the waters in Colafornya with teh HAARP!!!11ty

16 Kragar  Aug 30, 2014 2:56:54pm

re: #13 ausador

Guess what liberals? The earthquake and drought in California is your fault because your in charge of the state government. I hope your happy now! ///

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17 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 2:57:27pm

re: #12 Gus

And my initial Tweet is true. That’s what the GOP does in these situations, “we are not at liberty to discuss these details since it would reveal information that would be counter to mission success.”

“What’s the administration’s exit strategy?”

“Can’t tell you.”

“Why not?”

“Because that would be advertising to the enemy the best times and places to strike. But rest assured we have one and our top military minds are supportive of it.”

18 allegro  Aug 30, 2014 2:57:44pm

re: #13 ausador

Guess what liberals? The earthquake and drought in California is your fault because your in charge of the state government. I hope your happy now! ///

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Does he think someone pulled the drain plug outa the lake?

19 Rightwingconspirator  Aug 30, 2014 3:01:08pm

So now got access to my twitter stats. And the hint or lesson for me from the graphs would be… what?

20 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 3:01:53pm

British PM David Cameron gave a speech yesterday and all I’ve heard wingnuts do is swoon over it. So I looked it up and I’m unimpressed. While he’s raising their version of the Terror Alert system and proposing yanking British citizenship from citizens who go to fight for ISIS, he’s not saying much else. He all but admitted that there’s no set strategy for dealing with ISIS, but said in diplomatic terms that one is being formed and it will include a “military response.”

In other words, he’s another Tony Blair, a great speech makers who in reality isn’t saying much.

21 Eventual Carrion  Aug 30, 2014 3:02:49pm

re: #13 ausador

Guess what liberals? The drought in California is your fault because your in charge of the state government. I hope your happy now! ///

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You would have thought that after the first few drops on his head his parents shouldn’t have let grandma carry the baby while walking anymore.

22 Belafon  Aug 30, 2014 3:05:48pm

re: #13 ausador

We’re all five years older than when Obama took office.

23 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 3:05:53pm

re: #15 makeitstop

Taht Obummer dryed up all the waters in Colafornya with teh HAARP!!!11ty

And he did it in Mexico and Bolivia and Brazil too!

24 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 3:09:36pm

Even after Obama is frogmarched to the gallows for being a ursurpin’ Muslim treasonist he’s still going to be screwing us over.

The chance of a “megadrought” gripping the Southwest for more than 30 years has increased to 50%, scientists say, which means bad news for California’s already parched landscape.

The odds of a 10-year drought afflicting the southwestern U.S. have increased to 80%, according to a new study by Cornell University, the University of Arizona and the U.S. Geological Survey.

latimes.com

Dammit! Why didn’t I vote for Angry Grampy and the Wasillia Hillbilly? They wouln’t have let this happen.

25 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 3:10:59pm

re: #24 Skip Intro

Even after Obama is frogmarched to the gallows for being a ursurpin’ Muslim treasonist he’s still going to be screwing us over.

The chance of a “megadrought” gripping the Southwest for more than 30 years has increased to 50%, scientists say, which means bad news for California’s already parched landscape.

The odds of a 10-year drought afflicting the southwestern U.S. have increased to 80%, according to a new study by Cornell University, the University of Arizona and the U.S. Geological Survey.

latimes.com

Dammit! Why didn’t I vote for Angry Grampy and the Wasillia Hillbilly? They wouln’t have let this happen.

CYCLES!!!!

26 Varek Raith  Aug 30, 2014 3:16:23pm

re: #13 ausador

Guess what liberals? The drought in California is your fault because your in charge of the state government. I hope your happy now! ///

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Whut.

27 Kragar  Aug 30, 2014 3:17:24pm

It almost seems like seriously investing in desalinization, irrigation and aqueducts might be a good idea, but who really cares about infrastructure?

28 thedopefishlives  Aug 30, 2014 3:18:08pm

re: #26 Varek Raith

Whut.

Wingnut logic: Whomever is in power is responsible for everything that happens, no matter how illogical. Unless it’s Republicans, then it’s the Democrats’ fault. Okay, fine, it’s just the Democrats’ fault always, now get off my back about it!

29 Varek Raith  Aug 30, 2014 3:18:30pm

re: #18 allegro

Does he think someone pulled the drain plug outa the lake?

I ain’t done shit.
<_<

30 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 3:20:47pm

re: #27 Kragar

It almost seems like seriously investing in desalinization, irrigation and aqueducts might be a good idea, but who really cares about infrastructure?

If there’s demand for it, the “free market” will see that it happens! We don’t need the government to do that work for us!

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31 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 3:22:25pm

re: #27 Kragar

It almost seems like seriously investing in desalinization, irrigation and aqueducts might be a good idea, but who really cares about infrastructure?

I keep thinking that if only we had a functioning Federal government, maybe we could find a way to move water from places that have too much of it to places that don’t.

Crazy talk, I know, especially that part about a functioning Federal government.

32 Varek Raith  Aug 30, 2014 3:23:55pm

That tweet’s the dumbest thing I read in a while.

33 ausador  Aug 30, 2014 3:26:31pm

re: #32 Varek Raith

That tweet’s the dumbest thing I read in a while.

Guy is running for Congress from VA., but his twitter timeline is full of racist memes, go figure…

geddesforcongress.com

34 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 3:28:02pm
35 Charles Johnson  Aug 30, 2014 3:28:33pm

Looks like our hatchling ‘charliefromfla’ is finished with his trolling run for today.

36 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 3:29:09pm

re: #18 allegro

Does he think someone pulled the drain plug outa the lake?

They gave all the water away to illegal aliens and fish because liberals hate the idea of Patriotic People having fun driving their speedboats all over the lake.

I have no doubt I’m going to be reading that from some teabaggin’ moron before November, and DimJim and D Loesch will report is as fact, as will Fox “News”.

37 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 3:33:56pm

re: #33 ausador

Guy is running for Congress from VA., but his twitter timeline is full of racist memes, go figure…

geddesforcongress.com

Jeezus, another fucking Republican idiot .

Here’s his big plan: Strategic Tax Reform Incentivizing Valuable Employment.

39 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 3:38:40pm

“What is this new devilry?” — Boromir, son of Denethor II

40 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Aug 30, 2014 3:39:51pm

re: #37 Skip Intro

Jeezus, another fucking Republican idiot .

Here’s his big plan: Strategic Tax Reform Incentivizing Valuable Employment.

From his site:

Reagan proved that tax policy can revive the US economy.

Was that before or after he proved that deficits don’t matter?

41 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 3:41:57pm

Anybody feel like a course of stupid for dinner?

Tonight’s special:

Bryan Fischer: Jesus is the ‘magic force’ that keeps the universe from ‘flying apart’

Now, I have two thoughts on this.

One, apparently no one has told Bryan that the universe is flying apart.

Two, taking Bryan’s argument seriously, what kept the universe together for the 4.6 billion years Before Jesus?

Hell, one more. Why does Bryan need “magic” to explain what has already been explained by astrophysicists?

rawstory.com

42 teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2014 3:42:15pm
43 Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 30, 2014 3:42:38pm

re: #13 ausador

Neither the fact that California grows half of the nation’s fruits, nuts and veggies, nor does the fact that it produces 90% of the nation’s wine have anything to do with the state’s water shortages. Anyone who says that part of the problem is providing agribusiness 80-85% of our water at bargain basement prices is just a stinkingcommieliberal.

44 thedopefishlives  Aug 30, 2014 3:42:46pm

re: #41 Skip Intro

Anybody feel like a course of stupid for dinner?

Tonight’s special:

>Bryan Fischer: Jesus is the ‘magic force’ that keeps the universe from ‘flying apart’

Now, I have two thoughts on this.

One, apparently no one has told Bryan that the universe is flying apart.

Two, taking Bryan’s argument seriously, what kept the universe together for the 4.6 billion years Before Jesus?

Hell, one more. Why does Bryan need “magic” to explain what has already been explained by astrophysicists?

rawstory.com

To answer your last question: “Magic” is necessary because science is Satan and anything not found in the Bible is heresy.

45 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 3:43:22pm

re: #40 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

From his site:

Was that before or after he proved that deficits don’t matter?

Sometime around when he proved that Big Government isn’t so bad after all by growing his.

46 Kid A  Aug 30, 2014 3:44:02pm

re: #40 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

From his site:

Was that before or after he proved that deficits don’t matter?

After which of Reagan’s eleven tax increases?

47 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 3:45:05pm

re: #13 ausador

Guess what liberals? The drought in California is your fault because your in charge of the state government. I hope your happy now! ///

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If as that moran claims these are “pics from NASA,” wouldn’t they have been shot from a much, more higher elevation? Fail on so many levels, and angles.

48 Kragar  Aug 30, 2014 3:48:35pm

re: #47 De Kolta Chair

If as that moran claims these are “pics from NASA,” wouldn’t they have been shot from a much, more higher elevation? Fail on so many levels, and angles.

Different NASA

“National Association of Stupid Assholes”

49 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 3:48:48pm

re: #46 Kid A

After which of Reagan’s eleven tax increases?

All of which were aimed at the poor and middle classes, the people least able to afford them. Reagan holds the distinction of being the first president in US history to lower taxes on the rich while raising them on everybody else.

50 ausador  Aug 30, 2014 3:48:50pm

More police departments give in to public pressure to give up their shiny new military grade toys.

51 lawhawk  Aug 30, 2014 3:49:22pm
52 Kid A  Aug 30, 2014 3:50:55pm

re: #51 lawhawk

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Shot by Steve McCurry. A top ten photo of all time.

53 Eventual Carrion  Aug 30, 2014 3:51:33pm

re: #50 ausador

More police departments give in to public pressure to give up their shiny new military grade toys.

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Who’s going to broker the sell off of all this military equipment? Ollie North?

54 Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 30, 2014 3:54:35pm

re: #53 Eventual Carrion

Who’s going to broker the sell off of all this military equipment? Ollie North?

There’s a nice Middle Eastern gentlemen waiting in the lobby who says that he’ll pay cash and arrange shipping.

55 Rightwingconspirator  Aug 30, 2014 3:55:03pm

re: #50 ausador
re: #53 Eventual Carrion

If I could pull off a massive prank I’d paint them all UN white and drive convoys on the Idaho panhandle with everyone visible in the windows in blue helmets.

56 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 3:56:32pm

re: #53 Eventual Carrion

Who’s going to broker the sell off of all this military equipment? Ollie North?

Justice at last!

57 ausador  Aug 30, 2014 3:58:42pm

Deport the children anyway, why should we have to pay to feed them!!!

Reuters: Drought leaves up to 2.81 mln hungry in Central America - U.N.

(Reuters) - A severe drought has ravaged crops in Central America and as many as 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, though the region’s coffee crop has been largely unscathed.

The drought, which is also affecting South America, has been particularly hard on the so-called “dry corridor” of Central America, which includes southern Guatemala, northern Honduras and western El Salvador.

58 ausador  Aug 30, 2014 4:00:22pm

Storming like mad outside, wind is whistling, rain is sideways, thunder every few seconds, IOW a typical Florida afternoon. ;)

59 BeachDem  Aug 30, 2014 4:00:53pm

Could somebody explain to me how 12 different people could each have cast the deciding vote? (Wingnut counting—it’s a whole new experience.)

60 Skip Intro  Aug 30, 2014 4:01:13pm

re: #43 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Neither the fact that California grows half of the nation’s fruits, nuts and veggies, nor does the fact that it produces 90% of the nation’s wine have anything to do with the state’s water shortages. Anyone who says that part of the problem is providing agribusiness 80-85% of our water at bargain basement prices is just a stinkingcommieliberal.

In Paso Robles, north of where I live, the wine grape growers have free water, since nothing they pump out of the ground is metered. Too bad for the Little People who live in the area and have had their wells go dry because of this. The winos, as we call them, are Entitled! Their position is We Can Use All the Water We Want because We Own All of It.

So that’s the kind of cooperation you can expect from business as the worst drought in modern history moves in to the Southwest and decides to stay a while.

61 Stanley Sea  Aug 30, 2014 4:03:23pm

re: #58 ausador

Storming like mad outside, wind is whistling, rain is sideways, thunder every few seconds, IOW a typical Florida afternoon. ;)

62 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 4:03:54pm

re: #59 BeachDem

Could somebody explain to me how 12 different people could each have cast the deciding vote? (Wingnut counting—it’s a whole new experience.)

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It’s 2014, none of the ACA horror stories have come true, but they’re still running against it. Talk about desperation.

63 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 4:04:25pm

re: #59 BeachDem

Could somebody explain to me how 12 different people could each have cast the deciding vote? (Wingnut counting—it’s a whole new experience.)

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Good question, but that list shows the Senate could use Mo’ Udalls.

Oh yeah, I still got it.

64 Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 30, 2014 4:05:48pm

re: #62 Targetpractice

It’s 2014, none of the ACA horror stories have come true, but they’re still running against it. Talk about desperation.

When you have nothing to run for…

65 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 4:05:56pm

Swear, next year’s primaries are gonna be all about the ACA. “Vote for me and I’ll sign the repeal!”

66 Lidane  Aug 30, 2014 4:07:41pm

re: #65 Targetpractice

Swear, next year’s primaries are gonna be all about the ACA. “Vote for me and I’ll sign the repeal!”

The 2016 GOP primaries will be all about impeaching Obama.

67 lawhawk  Aug 30, 2014 4:07:57pm

re: #60 Skip Intro

California water policy is an absolute mess. There’s no control over how much water is pumped out of private wells, meaning that they can take as much as they can. There are major bottled water companies that pump from California aquifers too, including Arrowhead, Aquafina and Dasani.

Add to that the Colorado River compact that figured out state and Mexico water usage during a particularly wet period in the region’s history, and you’ve got more people relying on a shrinking pot of water.

It’s a recipe for serious trouble throughout the region and the greater economy since we get so much food from California and there’s no clear plan on how to better manage the water resources that are a common good without first addressing all the overlapping entities that are sucking from the shrinking aquifers.

68 Rightwingconspirator  Aug 30, 2014 4:11:24pm

re: #60 Skip Intro

That’s interesting. I know of a shooting range that has run wells since the 1940’s and had to put in meters.

The California Water Wars

By the 1920s, so much water was diverted from the Owens Valley that agriculture became difficult. This led to the farmers trying to destroy the aqueduct in 1924. Los Angeles prevailed and kept the water flowing. By 1926, Owens Lake at the bottom of Owens Valley was completely dry due to water diversion.

69 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 4:12:10pm

re: #59 BeachDem

Could somebody explain to me how 12 different people could each have cast the deciding vote? (Wingnut counting—it’s a whole new experience.)

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Medicare expansion was supported by our Republican governor, so I don’t think our Democratic senator is vulnerable on that issue. And if it was so important to replace Tom Udall, why did the Republicans nominate a man stupid enough to use James Foley’s killer in one of his ads to run against him? I guess they don’t have many to choose from, the NM Republican Party has been taken over by the tea party.

70 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 4:12:51pm

re: #67 lawhawk

California water policy is an absolute mess. There’s no control over how much water is pumped out of private wells, meaning that they can take as much as they can. There are major bottled water companies that pump from California aquifers too, including Arrowhead, Aquafina and Dasani.

Add to that the Colorado River compact that figured out state and Mexico water usage during a particularly wet period in the region’s history, and you’ve got more people relying on a shrinking pot of water.

It’s a recipe for serious trouble throughout the region and the greater economy since we get so much food from California and there’s no clear plan on how to better manage the water resources that are a common good without first addressing all the overlapping entities that are sucking from the shrinking aquifers.

Nothing’s gonna happen because the “free market” cares not for the difficulties of the locals, it cares about its profits. In its mind, a major drought in the region is a business opportunity in itself, because it can just sell water from other regions at a higher price.

71 Lidane  Aug 30, 2014 4:13:53pm
72 Rightwingconspirator  Aug 30, 2014 4:14:30pm

Movie Nerds

David Fincher’s new movie shot and post produced at 6K and used 36 TB of SSDs!

According to Jeff Brue, CTO of Open Drives, this was the first feature film originated at 6K on the RED Dragon and the first feature edited and conformed on Adobe Premiere CC in this way. The final movie was conformed by nesting After Effects projects into the Premiere timeline eventually reaching the stage where over 80% of the timeline was embedded After Effects projects.

73 lawhawk  Aug 30, 2014 4:16:40pm

So, this is funny, like ha.

Actually, it’s funny like Nelson Muntz ha ha.

Youtube Video

Jim Hoft previously posted that it wasn’t in good taste for President Obama to take a selfie at a funeral for Nelson Mandela.

Well, he was attending a funeral today with some friends. And he just had to post the following:

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) August 30, 2014

Selfies at a funeral. Bad taste when the President does it, but hey, look at me, I’m at a funeral goes Hoft.

Hypocrite.

74 Targetpractice  Aug 30, 2014 4:21:40pm

re: #71 Lidane

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No surprise there. It’s why so many of those who spoke of Bundy’s “patriotism” are now supporting cops hitting protestors with tear gas and rubber bullets. I’ve seen so many who’ve convinced themselves that there were looting and rioting every night since Brown’s death, that what’s happened in Ferguson has not been a peaceful protest but an unruly mob.

They have to believe it’s about anything other than race, because if they acknowledge that it’s about race, then they have to admit that they’re backing the cops for no other reason than the victim isn’t white.

75 TedStriker  Aug 30, 2014 4:24:06pm

re: #74 Targetpractice

No surprise there. It’s why so many of those who spoke of Bundy’s “patriotism” are now supporting cops hitting protestors with tear gas and rubber bullets. I’ve seen so many who’ve convinced themselves that there were looting and rioting every night since Brown’s death, that what’s happened in Ferguson has not been a peaceful protest but an unruly mob.

They have to believe it’s about anything other than race, because if they acknowledge that it’s about race, then they have to admit that they’re backing the cops for no other reason than the victim isn’t white.

I’d love to tell them, “reality’s a bitch, huh?”

76 b.d.  Aug 30, 2014 4:24:49pm

re: #73 lawhawk

So, this is funny, like ha.

Actually, it’s funny like Nelson Muntz ha ha.

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Selfies at a funeral. Bad taste when the President does it, but hey, look at me, I’m at a funeral goes Hoft.

Hypocrite.

Nice to see Jim go all out on getting correctly dressed for that funeral too. Toad.

77 BeachDem  Aug 30, 2014 4:25:46pm

re: #73 lawhawk

Selfies at a funeral. Bad taste when the President does it, but hey, look at me, I’m at a funeral goes Hoft.

Hypocrite.

They all seem particularly delighted. Must have been a very happy funeral //

78 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 4:26:21pm

re: #73 lawhawk

Selfies at a funeral. Bad taste when the President does it, but hey, look at me, I’m at a funeral goes Hoft.

Hypocrite.

It’s OK if you add the RIP hashtag.

79 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 4:31:14pm

re: #73 lawhawk

Selfies at a funeral. Bad taste when the President does it, but hey, look at me, I’m at a funeral goes Hoft.

Hypocrite.

Sartorially speaking, I’m generally a hedonist beatnik bum, but I draw the line at attending a funeral sans suit and tie.

80 teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2014 4:33:35pm
81 BeachDem  Aug 30, 2014 4:35:22pm

re: #79 De Kolta Chair

Sartorially speaking, I’m generally a hedonist beatnik bum, but I draw the line at attending a funeral sans suit and tie.

I had friends back in the day who made their wedding/funeral clothing choices based on “casual friends/casual clothes.” I found it obnoxious, but sort of funny since it was never my wedding (or funeral) that was affected.

82 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 4:35:22pm

re: #80 teleskiguy

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Spontaneous Order? Il Duce would be proud.

83 lawhawk  Aug 30, 2014 4:36:23pm

re: #79 De Kolta Chair

Sartorially speaking, I’m generally a hedonist beatnik bum, but I draw the line at attending a funeral sans suit and tie.

But would be okay if it were a tan suit?

84 Stanley Sea  Aug 30, 2014 4:42:49pm
85 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 4:47:52pm

re: #83 lawhawk

But would be okay if it were a tan suit?

In a word, no, but I’m flexible about wakes. My basic funereal look is based on William Burroughs. I’ve gone to way too many funerals in the past few years; the least I can do is dress up for my late, lamented friends and family.

86 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 4:51:59pm

re: #85 De Kolta Chair

In a word, no, but I’m flexible about wakes. My basic funereal look is based on William Burroughs. I’ve gone to way too many funerals in the past few years; the least I can do is dress up for my late, lamented friends and family.

Oooh, Earth Shoes.

87 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 4:53:19pm

re: #86 wrenchwench

Oooh, Earth Shoes.

Yuk. Earth Shoes are the devil’s brogans.

I remember when those were extremely popular in Tucson in the seventies, along with Carlos Castanada paperbacks.

88 stpaulbear  Aug 30, 2014 4:54:25pm

re: #79 De Kolta Chair

Sartorially speaking, I’m generally a hedonist beatnik bum, but I draw the line at attending a funeral sans suit and tie.

The funerals that I’ve attended have been majority non-suit affairs, People dress well but a suit isn’t standard.

That said, my younger sister died unexpectedly this spring (we found out she’d been smoking four pack of cigarettes a day and we already knew she and her husband drank a lot). My sister’s husband showed up for his wife’s funeral wearing the sweatpants and a hoodie that he wore to every family event. I haven’t spoken with him since.

89 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 4:55:45pm

re: #87 De Kolta Chair

Yuk. Earth Shoes are the devil’s brogans.

They are Of A Certain Time.

They won’t be back because apparently they aren’t good for one’s Achilles tendons.

90 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 4:56:20pm

re: #88 stpaulbear

Sorry for your loss.

91 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 5:00:26pm

re: #88 stpaulbear

The funerals that I’ve attended have been majority non-suit affairs, People dress well but a suit isn’t standard.

That said, my younger sister died unexpectedly this spring (we found out she’d been smoking four pack of cigarettes a day and we already knew she and her husband drank a lot). My sister’s husband showed up for his wife’s funeral wearing the sweatpants and a hoodie that he wore to every family event. I haven’t spoken with him since.

To each their own, but your sister’s husband was just wrong.

Sorry to hear about your sister by the way. That has to have been tough. I have five sisters and two of them are heavy smokers.

92 Stanley Sea  Aug 30, 2014 5:01:18pm

re: #88 stpaulbear

:( sad.

93 stpaulbear  Aug 30, 2014 5:02:04pm

re: #90 wrenchwench

Sorry for your loss.

Thanks. She was the sister that we’d kind of lost touch with and liked to get her way by pitting people against each other when she was around, but she was one day shy of her 54th birthday when she died. Way too young.

94 PhillyPretzel  Aug 30, 2014 5:03:19pm

re: #93 stpaulbear

I am sorry to hear of your loss.

95 BeachDem  Aug 30, 2014 5:05:34pm

Yeah, that’s a great idea, said nobody with a brain, ever. (bolding mine)

Last year, legislators allocated $900,000 to help Floridians find affordable health care through a new state-backed website.

Six months after the launch of the state’s effort, called Florida Health Choices , just 30 people have signed up. Another seven plans were canceled either because consumers changed their minds or didn’t pay for services…

Florida Health Choices administrators acknowledge they are off to a slow start. Their strategy is to seek new products and partners, and find out more about what consumers want. They’re even open to selling insurance for pets if it lures customers…

Florida Health Choices was the vision of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio back in 2008 when he was speaker of the state House. He believed the state should operate a website that allowed residents to purchase affordable insurance…

tampabay.com

96 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 5:05:38pm

re: #93 stpaulbear

Thanks. She was the sister that we’d kind of lost touch with and liked to get her way by pitting people against each other when she was around, but she was one day shy of her 54th birthday when she died. Way too young.

One of my sisters hasn’t been heard from in almost thirty years. She was busted doing something and was sent to a CCC camp, where she met a guy who was a member of some pre-Vatican II pseudo-Catholic cult and just vanished.

97 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 5:07:22pm

Robert Cohen has posted some of his photos from today in Ferguson.

Also, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a twitter account to notify folks of the presence of cake in the newsroom. Not always their own newsroom. Not always cake.

98 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 5:09:19pm

re: #93 stpaulbear

Thanks. She was the sister that we’d kind of lost touch with and liked to get her way by pitting people against each other when she was around, but she was one day shy of her 54th birthday when she died. Way too young.

You always hope people can improve, until they run out of time. Yes, way too young.

99 BongCrodny  Aug 30, 2014 5:10:41pm

re: #63 De Kolta Chair

Good question, but that list shows the Senate could use Mo’ Udalls.

Oh yeah, I still got it.

Mo Udall was the first Presidential candidate I “fell in love” with, way back in 19 mumble mumble.

During his tenure in Congress, Udall was best-noted for his championing of environmental causes. He was also known for his devotion to campaign finance reform and the welfare of Native Americans. He authored the Alaska Lands Act of 1980, which doubled the size of the National Park System,[2] as well as legislation to protect archaeological finds, enacting civil service reform, legalizing Indian casinos, and providing for the safe disposal of radioactive waste.

Yeah. My kind of Democrat.

100 wrenchwench  Aug 30, 2014 5:11:36pm

re: #96 De Kolta Chair

Sorry for your loss too, although it’s not so fresh. Lacks closure, too.

101 Stanley Sea  Aug 30, 2014 5:13:01pm

And all I’m dealing with is an extreme rain delay for football.

Hugs to you guys.

102 De Kolta Chair  Aug 30, 2014 6:12:06pm

re: #99 BongCrodny

Mo Udall was the first Presidential candidate I “fell in love” with, way back in 19 mumble mumble.

Yeah. My kind of Democrat.

I interviewed Mo a couple of times for my high school paper. He was a bit too conservative for me, but he was very honest. There was no bullshit about Mo. What you saw was what you got. And he had a great sense of humor. I also met his brother Stewart a few times at fundraising parties, and he was also something else. Stu introduced me to governor Bruce Babbitt, who was yet another interesting Arizona liberal with a healthy sense of humor.


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