Saturday Night Jam: Lydian Collective, “Mr. Sunshine”

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A really lovely piece of music, performed beautifully by a great band, for a warm Saturday evening.

From the Laszlo Album: Radial Nerve: http://www.candyrat.com/artists/Laszlo/

Performed by the Lydian Collective: https://www.facebook.com/lydiancollective

Featuring:
Aaron ‘Laszlo’ Wheeler - Keyboards
Todd Baker - Mandolin
Ida Hollis - Bass Guitar
Sophie Alloway - Drums

The Lydian Collective are a group of London-based musicians that perform live versions of the diverse instrumental music released under the Lydian Label. Featuring arrangements from the likes of Laszlo and Musicbox, the Lydian Collective explore the compositions in a more organic context, hopefully giving you a deeper insight into the compositional roots of the studio music.

Thanks so much for watching and supporting us! Connect with us at:

https://www.facebook.com/lydianlabel
https://twitter.com/Lydianlabel
https://www.facebook.com/musicboxproject
https://www.facebook.com/LydianCollective
https://www.facebook.com/laszlomusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/LydianLabelOnline

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250 comments
1 prairiefire  Sep 13, 2014 8:00:54pm

Lovely!

2 Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2014 8:07:53pm
3 jaunte  Sep 13, 2014 8:08:24pm

Anyone from Scotland in the house?

4 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 13, 2014 8:10:56pm

Youtube Video

5 Amory Blaine  Sep 13, 2014 8:17:26pm

Last week I commissioned my mother to make this

She said she’ll do it, but not a priority.

Woohoo!!

6 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 13, 2014 8:19:33pm

Have a good Saturday evening. I’ll look in later tonight when I have time but for now it’s off to a motel full of bicycle racers. They had a Fat Tire race up here today & we’ve got a bunch of them.

7 jaunte  Sep 13, 2014 8:20:15pm

This past week i was working on a naming project and looking at google maps for Gaelic place names. Flying over the Isle of Harris, northwest Scotland, I noticed something odd, just south of Loch na Craobhaig.

Maybe someone at Google maps was bored.

8 Gus  Sep 13, 2014 8:21:40pm
9 dholmes32  Sep 13, 2014 8:25:00pm

re: #5 Amory Blaine

Last week I commissioned my mother to make this

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She said she’ll do it, but not a priority.

Woohoo!!

I love these pseudo-Bayeux Tapestry memes.

10 Amory Blaine  Sep 13, 2014 8:26:57pm

Youtube Video

11 CuriousLurker  Sep 13, 2014 8:31:12pm

While watching teh documentary I mentioned in my #259 downstairs last night, I also came across a full-length (90-minute) Jimi Hendrix documentary that you music lovers might enjoy. I didn’t watch it as I don’t care for that kind of hard, psychedelic rock, but American Masters shows are usually pretty good, so I trust this one is as well (it won an Emmy). You can also watch it on your tablet if you have the PBS app.

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’

Okay, I’m out. Later, lizards.

12 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 13, 2014 8:33:31pm

re: #7 jaunte

Loch Bodavat.

13 Gus  Sep 13, 2014 8:47:23pm

Youtube Video

14 Kragar  Sep 13, 2014 8:47:25pm

re: #3 jaunte

Anyone from Scotland in the house?

I turn Scottish when I drink. Does that count?

15 sagehen  Sep 13, 2014 8:47:59pm

re: #3 jaunte

Anyone from Scotland in the house?

Aye-pod and Iceweasel were here earlier, but time zones.

16 ausador  Sep 13, 2014 8:52:26pm

Google search found this for cochsucking…lol

History of Vermont circa 1853:

Wolves have always been so ereat an
annoyance that much pains have been ta-
ken for their eilerminalion, but at pres-
ent, tlieir number is so much reduced
that comparatively very little damage ia
done by tlicra in this stale. The fegil-
lalurc, however, continues in force a law,
giving a bounty of $30 for the deslrac-
” >n of each grown wolf within the state,

id ^lOfor coch’sucking whelpof a wolf;

id the amonnt paid annually for wolf

rlificntes is usually from one to two hun-
dred dollars. TlieUr^st wolves killed
in Vermont have weighed from !H) to 100
pounds. The only part of Ibe wolf which

valuable is ils skin, which affords a

irni and durable fur.

17 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 13, 2014 8:54:28pm

re: #16 ausador

I found it too :D

18 ausador  Sep 13, 2014 8:57:08pm

re: #13 Gus

Quite a catchy tune there Gus, my toes are tapping… ;)

19 Amory Blaine  Sep 13, 2014 8:59:55pm

Optimator + Helles =

Youtube Video

20 The War TARDIS  Sep 13, 2014 9:05:01pm

re: #3 jaunte

Ish.

From what I can tell in my ancestry, Scottish is 5th most prevalent national group in the family tree, following Frisian, Norwegian, Polish, and Slovakian.

But while it is scattered across the country, lowland and highland, the largest and most recent amount is Orcadian.

Your might be able to tell they aren’t 100% Scottish from the flag.

21 The War TARDIS  Sep 13, 2014 9:05:30pm

re: #20 The War TARDIS

Orcadian-Orkney Islands

22 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 13, 2014 9:15:25pm

re: #19 Amory Blaine

Youtube Video

23 prairiefire  Sep 13, 2014 9:17:40pm

I’ve found so many Crawfords and Cummings in my family line. One day when I have time, I’ll see how inbred a Highland Scott I am.

24 The War TARDIS  Sep 13, 2014 9:23:33pm

re: #23 prairiefire

Heheheh, the second last name.

25 Kragar  Sep 13, 2014 9:30:22pm
26 Amory Blaine  Sep 13, 2014 9:41:41pm

Youtube Video

27 prairiefire  Sep 13, 2014 9:43:44pm

re: #24 The War TARDIS

Episode Four!

28 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 13, 2014 9:49:51pm

I’m off to the cozy confines of my bed… but in some good new… looks like Verizon is going to do some kind of Internet Cable TV with “by the channel” pricing.

29 Lidane  Sep 13, 2014 9:51:25pm
30 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 13, 2014 9:52:44pm

Youtube Video

31 prairiefire  Sep 13, 2014 9:53:26pm

The name Cummings based on the ancient name Comyn. Gosh, this is a good Dr. Who.

32 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 13, 2014 9:53:43pm

re: #29 Lidane

He hits the nail on the head. God can’t know that he is omniscient.

33 jaunte  Sep 13, 2014 10:01:49pm

re: #29 Lidane

It’s a stone so heavy He can’t lift it.

34 prairiefire  Sep 13, 2014 10:04:57pm

re: #33 jaunte

The stone of Scone!

35 jaunte  Sep 13, 2014 10:08:17pm

A notably mobile sandstone.

At Scone, historically, the stone came to be encased in the seat of a royal coronation chair. John de Balliol was the last Scottish king crowned on it, in 1292, before Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296 and moved the stone (and other Scottish regalia) to London. There, at Westminster Abbey in 1307, he had a special throne, called the Coronation Chair, built so that the stone fitted under it. This was to be a symbol that kings of England would be crowned as kings of Scotland also.
……….
On Christmas morning 1950 the stone was stolen from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalists who took it back to Scotland. Four months later it was recovered and restored to the abbey. In 1996 the British government returned the stone to Scotland.
britannica.comre: #34 prairiefire

36 The War TARDIS  Sep 13, 2014 10:13:19pm

re: #27 prairiefire

It was the Blink killer.

Creepier, and better than that episode. This may be the best story in Doctor Who history.

37 sagehen  Sep 13, 2014 10:30:11pm

re: #35 jaunte

Youtube Video

One of the best-ever eps of “Highlander” — MacLeod, Fitz and Amanda were the thieves in question.

38 Dr Lizardo  Sep 13, 2014 11:57:03pm

re: #37 sagehen

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Video

One of the best-ever eps of “Highlander” — MacLeod, Fitz and Amanda were the thieves in question.

Heh. I hadn’t seen that one. Good episode.

39 KiTA  Sep 14, 2014 12:01:31am

My, that was an interesting day at work.

Next up, Laundry and Doctor Who. It’s going to be a good night I think.

40 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 1:02:54am

Stark contrast, haven’t seen it laid out out quite so clearly before…

41 teleskiguy  Sep 14, 2014 1:10:51am

re: #40 ausador

I am SO in a grey county!

Though I’m a hundred miles from a blue county by way of an Interstate Highway.

42 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 1:13:37am

I’m in the big blue blob on Florida’s West coast.

43 teleskiguy  Sep 14, 2014 1:15:58am

re: #42 ausador

I’m in the big blue blob on Florida’s West coast.

Find Denver. Go left a few counties.

ME!

44 freetoken  Sep 14, 2014 1:16:06am

re: #40 ausador

And the biggest blue blob on that map, San Bernadino county, is mostly empty.

45 teleskiguy  Sep 14, 2014 1:17:25am

Some history from Antiquity.

46 freetoken  Sep 14, 2014 1:25:12am

This one goes out to Domitian, and the Scots, which was match that never happened:

MP3 Audio

47 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 1:26:00am

re: #44 freetoken

And the biggest blue blob on that map, San Bernadino county, is mostly empty.

Yeah, I was trying to think of what was there then realized it was just a huge county that has some of L.A.s suburbs in one tiny corner.

48 Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2014 1:28:34am

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, this happened:

African-American actress Danièle Watts claims she was “handcuffed and detained” by police officers from the Studio City Police Department in Los Angeles on Thursday after allegedly being mistaken for a prostitute.

According to accounts by Watts and her husband Brian James Lucas, two police officers mistook the couple for a prostitute and client when they were seen showing affection in public. When the officers asked Watts to produce a photo ID when questioned, she refused. Watts was subsequently handcuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser while the officers attempted to figure out who she was. The two officers released Watts shortly afterwards.

Watt’s husband Brian Lucas, who is white, claimed that the two were targeted by police for being an interracial couple. In a seperate post on his Facebook page, Lucas said that “from the questions that [police] asked me as D was already on her phone with her dad, I could tell that whoever called on us (including the officers), saw a tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl and thought we were a HO (prostitute) & a TRICK (client).”

While I confess to not exactly knowing what “RAWKer” is (I guess my command of the latest slang is slipping) this sort of thing gets under my skin - mostly because my gf is African and yet somehow, the Czech police haven’t seen fit to stop us yet, nor have they even once asked her to produce any ID.

Grrrr.

mic.com

49 teleskiguy  Sep 14, 2014 1:35:52am

“Mr. Sunshine” by Lydian Collective is an awesome and righteous piece of music!

50 goddamnedfrank  Sep 14, 2014 1:36:05am

re: #48 Dr Lizardo

An Los Angeles PD public information officer told Variety that “there was no record of the incident as Watts wasn’t arrested or brought into the station for questioning.”

I really wish police departments would stop this silly pretense. When you put handcuffs on a person, actually when you restrict their freedom of movement and deny them the right to leave at all, you’re arresting them. That’s was arrest means, to stop. Handcuffs aren’t a pre-arrest tool, the second you put them on you’re treating the person officially not only as a suspect, but there needs to be an actual chargeable offence, you need to read the person their Miranda warning immediately as well.

51 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 1:36:20am

re: #48 Dr Lizardo

RAWKer = Rocker I assume, don’t know why people go out of their way to obscure perfectly good english words though. It’s cray cray…

“tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl”

52 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 1:42:05am

re: #50 goddamnedfrank

Worse is she got detained by police for the exact same thing, suspicion of being a hooker accompanying a John, when she was only 16. The suspected “John” in that episode of profiling was her own father!

53 goddamnedfrank  Sep 14, 2014 1:44:31am

re: #48 Dr Lizardo

While I confess to not exactly knowing what “RAWKer” is (I guess my command of the latest slang is slipping) …

The guy is a hipster chef / foodie. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Anyway I think his point is that he looks kind of counter culture, which is true, and that the police were making fucked up assumptions about both of them and what their relationship could only be, which is also true. They didn’t just peg her as a prostitute, they pegged him as a John. Anyway the point is the cops had no business stopping and demanding id from either of them.

54 Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2014 1:47:46am

re: #50 goddamnedfrank

I really wish police departments would stop this silly pretense. When you put handcuffs on a person, actually when you restrict their freedom of movement and deny them the right to leave at all, you’re arresting them. That’s was arrest means, to stop. Handcuffs aren’t a pre-arrest tool, the second you put them on you’re treating the person officially not only as a suspect, but there needs to be an actual chargeable offence, you need to read the person their Miranda warning immediately as well.

That was always my understanding of it.

55 Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2014 1:49:17am

re: #51 ausador

Ah, OK. Yeah, I’m familiar with “rocker” though I know in Germany, that means something different.

It means you’re a member of the Hell’s Angels or another motorcycle gang.

56 Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2014 1:50:11am

re: #53 goddamnedfrank

And if I recall, California is not a “stop and identify” state.

57 Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2014 1:51:39am

re: #52 ausador

Worse is she got detained by police for the exact same thing, suspicion of being a hooker accompanying a John, when she was only 16. The suspected “John” in that episode of profiling was her own father!

That’s f***ed up. Seriously. So if I was walking down the street in L.A. (or maybe somewhere else in the US), someone’s seriously gonna assume that my gf is a hooker and I’m her trick?

That’s infuriating, to put it mildly.

58 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 1:56:43am

Well, we already knew that arguing facts with the RWNJs did no good, but now it seems that it might actually make their false beliefs even stronger.

To be fair it had a slight effect on the liberals too, but not nearly what you see on the Conservative side.

59 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 2:17:52am

Short and pretty well written, slightly humorous too…

60 freetoken  Sep 14, 2014 2:21:26am

re: #58 ausador

Trying to force people whose worldview is already disproven and in collapse brings out the fight-or-flight nature of us animals.

Highly defense is the paleo-right in this country, and they’ve been that way since 1865.

61 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 2:33:33am

re: #36 The War TARDIS

You might like this story:

Operation DAMASCUS

Ten days after [the author] castigated Bosnian officials for not enforcing their own counterterrorism laws by arresting some fifty Islamist foreign fighters known to have returned to Bosnia-Hercegovina from Syria and Iraq in recent months, Sarajevo belatedly sprung into action and launched a major assault on the Salafi jihadist infrastructure in the country.

Last Wednesday, 200 Bosnian police plus officials from the State Protection and Investigation Agency (SIPA) raided more than a dozen locations over six hours in what the authorities named Operation DAMASCUS. Planned for weeks and based on months of SIPA surveillance of extremists in towns and cities across Bosnia, the police executed arrest warrants in Sarajevo, Kiseljak, Zenica, Maglaj, Srebrenik, Buzim, and Teslić.

The details of Operation DAMASCUS have been reported in the Sarajevo newsmagazine Slobodna Bosna, where this event is the cover story. The biggest catch was Bilal Bosnić, a radical imam who is the de facto leader of Salafi jihadism in the country, particularly its very radical variant that is affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (his competitor, Nusret Imamović, has been in Syria for several months, where he backs the rival, Al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra faction). Notorious for his fiery and YouTube-friendly sermons exhorting his followers to join the caravan with the Islamic State, Bosnić has spent considerable time in Central Europe causing trouble and recruiting for the jihad, principally in Italy and Austria. His arrest therefore is important.

The bearded imam was taken into custody at his farm near Buzim, in Bosnia’s far west where he lives with his four wives and sixteen children; there were also a dozen “guests” in the residence who had come to Bosnić to receive religious instruction, he said, in his very crowded house. The imam ostensibly supports himself by tending goats — his previous career as an accordion player in a folk band ended abruptly when Bosnić found religion — but Bosnian intelligence believes that he receives funds from abroad, likely with the help of Iranian intelligence, which possesses a robust covert infrastructure in Bosnia dating back more than two decades.

Bosnić is the “big fish” in this operation, since he can be linked to dozens of Bosnians and other Europeans who have joined the Middle Eastern jihad on behalf of the Islamic State. Also arrested was Hamdo Fojnica, a highly radical preacher who sent his own son, Emrah, to Iraq, where last month he killed himself with a suicide vest in Baghdad, killing twenty-four civilians, including six children, two of them infants. The elder Fojnica publicly celebrated his son’s “martyrdom.” Another radical taken into custody was Fikret Zukić, a prolific Islamic State recruiter who has sent two of his sons to fight in Syria.

62 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 2:33:50am

So they recalled all the pencils and will now turn the slogan around…silly buggers.

63 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 2:49:34am

If he is serious then all I can say is: (and even if he isn’t)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…

Besides that can’t be a list of one million, only 999,999!

Reminds me of this old gem…

ALL CREDIT CARD PIN CODES IN THE WORLD LEAKED

64 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 3:02:00am

It is sometimes argued that Paul fundamentally transformed Jesus’ true message, about which we know from the (mostly synoptic) gospels.

The problem is that the Pauline epistles are the earliest Christian sources we have, the 6-7 authentic ones written in the 50s, while Mark (the first gospel) was likely written after 70 CE.

So purely chronologically Paul’s writings have a better chance of having saved the more authentic bits of Jesus’ teachings than whatever came 20-60 years after him, 20 years being a huge period for distortion of oral traditions even today, never mind the 1st century CE. Which doesn’t mean that Paul didn’t distort them, rather, that we shouldn’t really expect any more authenticity from the later, farther-removed sources, which had their own agendas.

65 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 3:03:35am

re: #63 ausador

It’s 1,000,000. Look closely ;)

67 ausador  Sep 14, 2014 3:05:58am

re: #65 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

It’s 1,000,000. Look closely ;)

Forgot the oughts…sigh. ;)

68 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 3:06:02am

re: #63 ausador

It’s like that joke: is there a computer algorithm that correctly determines the existence of God?

Answer: yes; it’s either (PRINT “yes”) or (PRINT “no”).

;)

70 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 4:22:05am

To guard a title that was rich before,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

71 alpuz  Sep 14, 2014 4:46:03am

re: #6 William Barnett-Lewis

Wha? What was it called? You’re only an hour or so away and I’ve heard nothing about this! Welp, I hope they were a pleasant group because I know the beer flowed freely.

72 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 14, 2014 5:23:14am
73 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 14, 2014 5:28:18am

re: #71 alpuz

Wha? What was it called? You’re only an hour or so away and I’ve heard nothing about this! Welp, I hope they were a pleasant group because I know the beer flowed freely.

o enthusiastic off-road bicyclists from across the country, the annual trek to the Chequamegon (She-wa-me-gon) Fat Tire Festival presented by Trek means fat tire racing and fat tire fun. Each year in mid-September, thousands of fat tired fliers descend on the towns of Cable and Hayward in northwestern Wisconsin to take on the off road bicycle tests of endurance and agility offered throughout the weekend.

cheqfattire.com

Good people.

74 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 14, 2014 5:30:38am
75 sattv4u2  Sep 14, 2014 5:35:10am

re: #74 NJDhockeyfan

The difference that 25 years makes

Didn’t need that to tell me!

A quick look in my business card holder will do it

25 years ago,,,,, all restaurants, nightspots and golf instructors

Today,,,, all doctors, pharmacies, estate lawyers and retirement services

/

76 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 6:06:58am

I just found this on Tumblr, and I think you folks will get a good laugh out of it:

AR-15 Freedom Diagram

77 PhillyPretzel  Sep 14, 2014 6:10:14am

re: #74 NJDhockeyfan

And this from quite a few years ago… en.wikipedia.org

78 Flounder  Sep 14, 2014 6:11:06am

Who wants waffles?!!!

79 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 6:13:41am

re: #78 Flounder

Who wants waffles?!!!

[raises hand]

80 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 14, 2014 6:15:56am

re: #78 Flounder

Who wants waffles?!!!

Thanks but I already cooked omlets for 40 ;)

81 sattv4u2  Sep 14, 2014 6:16:25am

re: #78 Flounder

Who wants waffles!!!

Well,,, since you asked

Liveleak Video

82 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 6:17:52am

ENIAC on a chip.
upenn.edu

83 Flounder  Sep 14, 2014 6:22:21am

Let me get a song in your head:

Youtube Video

84 Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2014 6:25:06am

re: #83 Flounder

Let me get a song in your head:

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Video

To which I raise you a classic earworm;

Youtube Video

85 alpuz  Sep 14, 2014 6:25:30am

re: #73 William Barnett-Lewis

Checked the link. Did you see some bikes? Those were kinda ‘skinny’ for a fatbike. Did the real fat show?

As an ex-cook, brunch was not my buddy.

86 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 6:25:46am

Fastest supercomputer in the world.
en.wikipedia.org

Look at dat power consumption!

87 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 14, 2014 6:26:44am
88 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 6:29:53am

re: #3 jaunte

Anyone from Scotland in the house?

Briefly!

89 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 6:29:53am

re: #82 Varek Raith

ENIAC on a chip.
upenn.edu

Note that this is from 1996.
Moore’s law.

90 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 6:30:13am

re: #88 Aye Pod

Briefly!

Long time no see!
How goes things?

91 PhillyPretzel  Sep 14, 2014 6:31:23am

re: #87 NJDhockeyfan

And now we have SD cards. amazon.com

92 Flounder  Sep 14, 2014 6:31:42am

re: #84 Dr Lizardo

I prefer the Sulu Dance version!

Youtube Video

93 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 14, 2014 6:32:15am
94 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 6:32:31am

Youtube Video

Wishful thinking huh? We’ll see…

95 Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2014 6:34:32am

re: #82 Varek Raith

ENIAC on a chip.
upenn.edu

80x3 ft compressed into 8x8 mm. Like they say, we went to the moon with less processing power than is in every wireless phone available now.

96 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 6:35:25am

re: #90 Varek Raith

Long time no see!
How goes things?

Pretty hectic lol. The whole country is abuzz…aflame almost. It’s awesome.

97 Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2014 6:35:36am

re: #84 Dr Lizardo

To which I raise you a classic earworm;

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Video

That was uncalled for. Wish I had used my safety word before things got that far. :-)

98 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 6:37:52am

re: #83 Flounder

Eat this:

Youtube Video

99 Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2014 6:38:07am

re: #87 NJDhockeyfan

[Embedded content]

Key word, LEASED. They (IBM) scammed some technology inventors by signing contracts which gave the inventors a percentage of all units SOLD, and then turned around and just LEASED most of them.

100 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 6:39:10am

re: #84 Dr Lizardo

To which I raise you a classic earworm;

[Embedded content]

Video

WTF?

“Take your baby by the ears

Play upon her darkest fears”

PS WTF

101 Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2014 6:41:47am

Haha

102 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 6:45:53am

re: #100 Aye Pod

Oops -clicked on the wrong youtube video there while looking for an hq version. Some other weird 80’s thing that came up with it - “Dance Hall Days”. Actually even worse than the one you posted. I think

Youtube Video

103 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 6:47:47am

Gotta work - catch you all later :)

104 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 6:59:23am

It’s an Illinois Morning.

I hate Illinois Mornings almost as much as I hate Illinois Communists.

you?

105 ipsos  Sep 14, 2014 7:01:48am

Morning lizards…

I’m not quite sure how they did it, but Meet the Press with Chuck Todd is an even more appallingly sludge of conventional wisdom than it was with David Gregory. Time to turn off the TV and go do something useful.

106 sattv4u2  Sep 14, 2014 7:01:56am

re: #104 FemNaziBitch

It’s an Illinois Morning.

I hate Illinois Mornings almost as much as I hate Illinois Communists.

you?

Illinois Mornings don’t bother me at all (unless, of course, I’m in Illinois and it’s a bad morning)

107 Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2014 7:03:37am

re: #100 Aye Pod

WTF?

“Take your baby by the ears

Play upon her darkest fears”

PS WTF

“Everybody look at your pants!”

:D

108 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:09:08am

Pancakes for breakfast.

109 Dave In Austin  Sep 14, 2014 7:12:04am

Like a bad penny… For days now.

Youtube Video

How many versions can you find??

110 ObserverArt  Sep 14, 2014 7:20:30am

re: #105 ipsos

Morning lizards…

I’m not quite sure how they did it, but Meet the Press with Chuck Todd is an even more appallingly sludge of conventional wisdom than it was with David Gregory. Time to turn off the TV and go do something useful.

Mornin’

MTP doesn’t come onto local TV until 10:30 am in central Ohio. So, you must get it earlier.

Is it really horrible today? I might watch just to see how much Chuckles is gonna screw it all up. But then I don’t know if I should because it might make sick.

Laugh or puke? Seems to be the deciding factors anymore.

Anyone want to help me make this very important decision???

: )

111 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:21:19am

We keep worrying that Feral Girl might kill the FO by accident. He is 15 years old and just not as agile as he once was. Yesterday she purposely knocked him over by wielding her muzzle.

This morning she spent time-out in her crate because she was “playing” with the cat.

How does one make a Feral Girl understand that Cat Killing is just not good for one’s karma?

112 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:22:43am

re: #5 Amory Blaine

Last week I commissioned my mother to make this

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She said she’ll do it, but not a priority.

Woohoo!!

EXCELLENT

113 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 7:22:57am

re: #111 FemNaziBitch

We keep worrying that Feral Girl might kill the FO by accident. He is 15 years old and just not as agile as he once was. Yesterday she purposely knocked him over by wielding her muzzle.

This morning she spent time-out in her crate because she was “playing” with the cat.

How does one make a Feral Girl understand that Cat Killing is just not good for one’s karma?
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Whack her on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.

114 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:23:54am

re: #113 Dark_Falcon

Whack her on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.

DOESN’T seem to be a deterrent.

I’ll have to pull out the vinegar-water mixture spray bottle.

115 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:27:12am

Treehenge

I was walking Feral Girl the other day on some property near my home. We ran accoss this on the part of the land where the old house used to stand. What do you think could possible be the meaning?

116 ObserverArt  Sep 14, 2014 7:27:19am

re: #111 FemNaziBitch

We keep worrying that Feral Girl might kill the FO by accident. He is 15 years old and just not as agile as he once was. Yesterday she purposely knocked him over by wielding her muzzle.

This morning she spent time-out in her crate because she was “playing” with the cat.

How does one make a Feral Girl understand that Cat Killing is just not good for one’s karma?
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All I know is I see an exposed doggie belly that looks ripe for rubbing.

117 The War TARDIS  Sep 14, 2014 7:28:41am

Forbes magazine has a bug up their butt about Doctor Who. They really don’t like it.

I have heard stories of sleaziness at Forbes.

118 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 7:28:41am

One little piggie ate a pizza
One piggie ate potato chips
But here’s a little piggie comin’ over your house
Gonna grab a love of your sweet lips

‘Cause I’m a hog for you baby, can’t get enough of your love
When I go to sleep at night that’s the only thing I’m thinking of

— Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

119 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 7:29:32am

Why we are voting YES

theguardian.com

My two-year journey to a new kind of political and cultural understanding during the referendum campaign on Scottish independence has been far from straightforward. I had expected the last few steps to be the most arduous and emotionally fraught of the entire process, but they have not. Thanks to BP, Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, TSB, John Lewis and the mad Gadarene dash to Scotland of the Westminster elite, the final few days of the journey which had once promised to be rocky have been a breeze.

I am grateful to all of them. Together they are a microcosm of what the entire no campaign has been all about: money; raw corporate power and a naked sense of absolute entitlement. So I will be voting yes for an independent Scotland on Thursday, with a confidence and certainty that, until last week, I would never have thought possible.

For what I have witnessed are the massed ranks of the British and Westminster establishment roused in fury to stop the first-ever proper challenge to their power base. And their weapons of choice have been intimidation, fear and thinly veiled and sinister threats of reprisal. Mortgages will become unaffordable; prices will rise, deep recession will follow; jobs in the financial sector will disappear along with the flitting of the banks’ headquarters. An economic whirlwind of biblical proportions will engulf the newly independent state.

Wretchedly and unforgivably, right at the centre of this campaign of psychological terror is the British Labour party, whose conduct during this referendum campaign has been nothing other than a disgrace and a betrayal of all of its founding principles. Like many other children whose fathers are no longer with them, I like to speculate on how mine would have reacted at important events. My dad, a lifelong Labour man and trade unionist, would have been appalled at the recent conduct of the party he taught us all to love.

Like many Scottish Labour types, he was uneasy about the ditching of Clause 4 (“Why is that so unpalatable to them?” he once asked) and was unhappy that Gordon Brown chose to spend much of his time in office involved in a self-serving and obsessive turf war with Tony Blair over the leadership. And don’t even mention the access all areas passes he issued to the entire financial sector. It was about power and money.

Labour’s failure of imagination and spirit to oppose the punish-the-vulnerable austerity strategy of the Tory-led coalition was bad enough. But the acquiescence of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls in George Osborne’s bribing of the entire Scottish nation with currency threats would finally have pushed him, sorrowfully, into the yes camp.

Let’s be frank here: there are not enough Scottish nationalists to deliver independence. If it’s to be yes on the 18th it will have been achieved by the crucial intervention of tens of thousands of Labour voters. The failure of Labour has been its inability to understand why so many of them have felt alienated by the party. They have become disillusioned that Labour has failed to heed their dawning realisation that Westminster politics, right and left, is arranged by a tiny and anointed elite mainly for the benefit of themselves and their chums. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, with their unprecedented three-term majority, had a mandate to perform radical surgery on this outdated, self-serving and unrepresentative institution. But they squandered it by pandering to banks and corporate interests.

Within their political generation the House of Lords became even more swollen, the statute book grew heavy, expenses corruption became the norm and corporate interests knew they could undermine parliamentary democracy by bribing MPs to represent them in the House. They’ve had enough time now to do it and been found wanting. So it is time to start again and build something better and cleaner in a separate kingdom. They are not easily cowed by the threats of economic catastrophe to a country with the natural resources, technological expertise and educational prowess this one possesses.

During my own journey too I have also been forced to confront my own sense of Scottishness. For the first time ever, I am at peace with this sclerotic and hard little country of mine which opted to give my ancestors a sort of rough and resentful succour for a few generations.

In the last two years this newspaper has sent me on assignments around parts of Scotland only previously glimpsed with drink at midnight on the telly with Weir’s Way. And on my way around my blurred vision has been corrected. We all share similarities with our UK neighbours, but it is a falsehood to say that we are all the same underneath. Somehow the climate, the topography and the soil with which God has chosen to garland a country must seep into the soul of its people, become a part of them and make them something other than the rest; not better or more favoured; just different.

I have never been more comfortable in the skin of this country and never been more at ease in defining myself as Scottish first and forsaking all the others who have made a claim on me: Ireland and England. Each of those two great nations though, will always be a part of me.

Neither do I apologise for clothing some of this in the language of faith, because for me matters of nationhood and identity are sacred ones and not merely all about that which you can touch and see and hear. Sometimes I’ve felt like a stranger in my own country, though much of this alienation was of my own doing, like an adolescent in a wee house, but now it has never felt more like home.

If it is the will of the people that Scotland becomes independent, I am not expecting any guarantees that we will become the most rock’n’roll, socially just state on the planet, a successful Cuba. But there are already visible signs of Scotland’s social conscience in free care for the elderly, free tuition and free childcare. Independence, with all its risks and uncertainties, may give us the chance to extend that and to reach those among us who die early in unimaginable poverty and deprivation. Even the mere opportunity to do so must justify the economic risks.

120 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:30:39am

I got 10 out of 10.

121 WhatEVs  Sep 14, 2014 7:31:17am

re: #114 FemNaziBitch

DOESN’T seem to be a deterrent.

I’ll have to pull out the vinegar-water mixture spray bottle.

How about the pennies in a can trick? Tape up a can with 50 pennies in it and when she does wrong, shake the can and say NO. or shake it and throw it in her general direction and say NO.

122 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:32:07am

re: #121 WhatEVs

How about the pennies in a can trick? Tape up a can with 50 pennies in it and when she does wrong, shake the can and say NO. or shake it and throw it in her general direction and say NO.

I hate that one. I don’t have a very good throwing arm, always afraid I”m going to hit and hurt something.

123 sattv4u2  Sep 14, 2014 7:32:58am

And on that note, the long quiet drive home from work from my golf getaway beckons

124 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sep 14, 2014 7:34:56am

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

I got 10 out of 10.

Me too, and I’d never seen at least 4 of those words.

125 Flounder  Sep 14, 2014 7:35:43am

Animal House is on, there goes my day…

“If you mention extortion one more , time, I will have your legs broken”

126 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 7:36:21am

re: #119 Aye Pod

I don’t understand that man McKenna, not at all. So corporations make power-plays, I expect it. And if voting against them costs me money I won’t do it. But that why I’m a Republican and a conservative; Power and money are the lens through which I view the world.

And so, no, I feel if Scotland votes to sever ties with England its making a big mistake that it will regret. But that’s only my opinion, and its given for what its worth.

127 Flounder  Sep 14, 2014 7:37:10am

re: #115 FemNaziBitch

Keep people from driving on the driveway, or poorly made totem poles.

128 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 7:37:43am

re: #124 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Me too, and I’d never seen at least 4 of those words.

Same result here.

129 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 7:37:50am

re: #122 FemNaziBitch

I hate that one. I don’t have a very good throwing arm, always afraid I”m going to hit and hurt something.

Especially with what seems like two dogs and a cat. A throw away from one might hit another.

130 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Sep 14, 2014 7:39:27am

re: #126 Dark_Falcon

I don’t understand that man McKenna, not at all. So corporations make power-plays, I expect it. And if voting against them costs me money I won’t do it. But that why I’m a Republican and a conservative; Power and oney are the lens through which I view the world.

And so, no, I feel if Scotland votes to sever ties with England its making a big mistake that it will regret. But that’s only my opinion, and its given for what its worth.

I see it as a chance to gain more leverage with those very corporations: they don’t want to write off Scotland, they are just not pleased at no longer being able to dictate terms and conditions of doing business.

131 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 7:42:34am

Kittehs love super moons

132 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 7:43:43am

Youtube Video

133 darthstar  Sep 14, 2014 7:45:01am

re: #131 De Kolta Chair

Do you realize how many cats it took to make that gif?

134 darthstar  Sep 14, 2014 7:45:44am
135 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 7:46:09am

Who doesn’t love a good saint fight?

Tug of War for Bishop’s Body, or Its Parts, Delays Sainthood

The remains of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who died in 1979, are in a crypt in Manhattan, but an Illinois diocese says they were promised to them

136 darthstar  Sep 14, 2014 7:46:27am
137 WhatEVs  Sep 14, 2014 7:46:34am

re: #122 FemNaziBitch

I hate that one. I don’t have a very good throwing arm, always afraid I”m going to hit and hurt something.

You don’t have to throw it. Just a vigorous shake usually gets their attention. It’s really loud (and obnoxious, FYI). All you need is to briefly get her attention (shake), give the correction (NO), and hope she eventually makes the connection of - “Oh, I’m not supposed to eat that? Got it.”

I know it gets their attention. The rest is up to the dog. My latest rescue is good with a solid NO. Sammy, the prior rescue, forget it. The terrier in him basically gives me the finger daily.

138 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 7:49:20am

re: #126 Dark_Falcon

I don’t understand that man McKenna, not at all. So corporations make power-plays, I expect it. And if voting against them costs me money I won’t do it. But that why I’m a Republican and a conservative; Power and oney are the lens through which I view the world.

And so, no, I feel if Scotland votes to sever ties with England its making a big mistake that it will regret. But that’s only my opinion, and its given for what its worth.

No offence DF mate but you don’t live in Scotland and don’t know what you are talking about, so that’s to be expected. We’re not convincing your sort, we know that. We’re just taking away your power and privilege.

PS I don’t recall any countries that elected for independence ever asking to go back. Least of all yours. But you are welcome to apply to fill the vacancy we will hopefully leave on thursday - might have some trouble persuading your fellow citizens though :)

139 WhatEVs  Sep 14, 2014 7:50:28am

re: #119 Aye Pod

I understand and appreciate everything you’ve said. My only concern would be lack of details for how everything would be accomplished. I haven’t seen any plans for How to decouple from the UK for healthcare, education, and the like.

Is there information out there I haven’t been able to find?

140 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:52:19am

Kudos to Joe Biden. - proud Pages Post.

Conference of Catholic Bishops[edit]
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposed portions of the act that addressed the categories “sexual orientation” and “gender identity”, calling the sections unnecessary.

grr

141 urbanmeemaw  Sep 14, 2014 7:52:31am

re: #133 darthstar

Do you realize how many cats it took to make that gif?

Were any of them harmed in the making thereof?

142 A Mom Anon  Sep 14, 2014 7:54:36am

re: #140 FemNaziBitch

And the bishops are not government officials so they can go back to church where they belong. Busybodies in everyone’s way, the lot of ‘em. Feh.

143 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 7:54:49am

re: #139 WhatEVs

I understand and appreciate everything you’ve said. My only concern would be lack of details for how everything would be accomplished. I haven’t seen any plans for How to decouple from the UK for healthcare, education, and the like.

Is there information out there I haven’t been able to find?

Just look at the other countries that have attained independence. They have all successfully decoupled and reorganised their public services. What I’m waiting for is a reason why Scotland would be unable to accomplish something that seems to be totally doable for everyone else.

144 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:54:56am

re: #141 urbanmeemaw

Were any of them harmed in the making thereof?

They seem to have been exposed to a small amount of radiation.

145 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 7:57:03am

Youtube Video

146 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:57:22am

re: #126 Dark_Falcon

I don’t understand that man McKenna, not at all. So corporations make power-plays, I expect it. And if voting against them costs me money I won’t do it. But that why I’m a Republican and a conservative; Power and money are the lens through which I view the world.

And so, no, I feel if Scotland votes to sever ties with England its making a big mistake that it will regret. But that’s only my opinion, and its given for what its worth.

there is a thing called too much Power and Control. GOP loves the idea of a Balance of Power. We do not have that right now. The Right Wing Whackos have too much money, too much power, and are intoxicated by the vice of control.

Just look at the extent to which they are fighting women’s rights. How about the voting district gerrymandering. Political Punditry by religions —getting tax-free status?

Wake-up DF.

147 WhatEVs  Sep 14, 2014 7:57:37am

re: #143 Aye Pod

I wish you guys the best whichever way it goes. It’s not my country and I’m loathe to opine on another country’s decision. I’m not living it. My opinions would (and should) be meaningless.

148 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 7:58:30am

re: #147 WhatEVs

I wish you guys the best whichever way it goes. It’s not my country and I’m loathe to opine on another country’s decision. I’m not living it. My opinions would (and should) be meaningless.

I’ve been rooting for the Scots since Hadrian’s Wall.

149 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 8:00:50am

Ok gotta go back to work again - just got a fresh order. Laters.

150 A Mom Anon  Sep 14, 2014 8:02:32am

OK, have a great Sunday lizards. I’ve got to take the No Longer a Teenager back to his program today and then only two weeks left and he’s back home. And then what? I have no idea…Sigh. Enjoy the day. And as always, Be Excellent to One Another.

151 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 8:03:26am

re: #148 FemNaziBitch

I’ve been rooting for the Scots since Hadrian’s Wall.

:-)

Youtube Video

152 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 8:04:19am

re: #151 Aye Pod

:-)

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Video

Never a bad way to take one’s leave, playing that fine band.

153 sagehen  Sep 14, 2014 8:11:23am

re: #143 Aye Pod

Just look at the other countries that have attained independence. They have all successfully decoupled and reorganised their public services. What I’m waiting for is a reason why Scotland would be unable to accomplish something that seems to be totally doable for everyone else.

Would Scotland have their own military, or would Scots continue to join the British forces?

154 darthstar  Sep 14, 2014 8:12:12am
155 darthstar  Sep 14, 2014 8:17:01am

Water temps here in Half Moon Bay are usually 55-57 degrees…it’s been 64-65 for a few weeks now. And this won’t help:

156 Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2014 8:17:10am

re: #133 darthstar

Do you realize how many cats it took to make that gif?

Hold on, I’m still counting …

157 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 8:18:53am
158 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 8:19:19am

re: #155 darthstar

I posted this before you showed up this morning, but I wanted you to see it because I think you’ll find it funny.

159 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 8:20:58am

Just another Sunday at the Deepak Chopra® estate.

160 Rightwingconspirator  Sep 14, 2014 8:23:17am

Sad to see…

blog.chron.com

Joe Sample, a legendary pianist who transitioned from bebop to soulful jazz with the Crusaders died Friday, according to a Facebook post by his wife and son. He was 75.

A Fifth Ward native, Sample recalled the first concert his parents took him to, a la la or zydeco dance featuring Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco. The show made an impression and Sample was pulled toward the keyboard. While attending Wheatley High School, Sample co-founded the Modern Jazz Sextet. The group relocated to Los Angeles where they found work playing with Johnny “Guitar” Watson, a Houstonian who looked after the young players.

Sample then formed a bebop band called the Jazz Crusaders. By the 1970s the group dropped the “Jazz” and became an enormously successful crossover act, the Crusaders, who played a form of jazz laced with funk and soul.

Video

161 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 8:23:58am
162 gwangung  Sep 14, 2014 8:25:37am

OT: Modern Art was CIA’s weapon

For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in the Cold War. In the manner of a Renaissance prince - except that it acted secretly - the CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract Expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years.

163 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 8:32:08am

re: #161 FemNaziBitch

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Fro obvious reasons I prefer baby elephants:

164 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 8:32:11am
165 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 8:35:00am
166 FemNaziBitch  Sep 14, 2014 8:35:08am

bbl

168 Dr. Matt  Sep 14, 2014 8:46:19am
169 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 8:50:12am

re: #164 FemNaziBitch

Yeah, he’s another jackass.
Sigh.

170 b_sharp  Sep 14, 2014 8:51:14am

re: #63 ausador

If he is serious then all I can say is: (and even if he isn’t)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…

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Besides that can’t be a list of one million, only 999,999!

Reminds me of this old gem…

ALL CREDIT CARD PIN CODES IN THE WORLD LEAKED

Nope. It’s a million. The highest number is 999,999 but 000000 is also a number.

171 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 8:54:03am

re: #169 Varek Raith

Yeah, he’s another jackass.
Sigh.

On evolution Richard Dawkins is truly an expert, and he is a very smart man besides. But in his attacks on religion he has shown himself to lack insight into the motivations and needs of other human beings. His foot-in-mouth moment on domestic violence is the result of that same lack of insight.

172 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 8:56:39am

re: #171 Dark_Falcon

His attacks on religion have nothing to do with this. PZ Myers is no less outspoken, yet he takes Dawkins to task on the issue of feminism etc.

173 BeenHereAwhile  Sep 14, 2014 8:56:54am

re: #108 FemNaziBitch

Pancakes for breakfast.

“Here we are …

At St Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast!”

(NOTE unable to edit video on handheld, so if you want to skip “Don’t you eat that yellow snow,” forward to 2:09)

Youtube Video

174 BeachDem  Sep 14, 2014 8:58:29am

TBogg’s take on the new and not-improved at all MTP is a hoot—

America’s Most Annoying Neighborhood KidTM, Luke Russert, tried out and made NBC’s Meet the Press team this week. Are you excited? You should be excited. C’mon …be excited!

Friday, Chuck “Figure It Out For Yourself” Todd emailed his NBC/MSNBC colleagues excitedly announcing that young master Luke would be joining the MTP cast…

It’s just like The Lion King, but with self-important large-headed people instead of adorable cartoon lions and meerkats…

rawstory.com

175 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 8:59:13am

re: #172 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

His attacks on religion have nothing to do with this. PZ Myers is no less outspoken, yet he takes Dawkins to task on the issue of feminism etc.

I think they do, on a secondary level. He misreads the motivations and reasons for believing of others and he often comes across as rather callous.

So I’m not speaking about his basic argument, but rather about how he goes about making his case and how he carries himself.

176 Mattand  Sep 14, 2014 8:59:36am

re: #164 FemNaziBitch

re: #167 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

re: #169 Varek Raith

Here’s a pretty good summary of the misogony fracas that clueless guys like Dawkins keep stoking:

Will Misogyny Bring Down The Atheist Movement?

177 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:01:59am

re: #175 Dark_Falcon

I think they do, on a secondary level. He misreads the motivations and reasons for believing of others and he often comes across as rather callous.

Not that I would be surprised if Dawkins did just that, but I would also expect the religious to accuse him of that whether he did or not. So unless you have any particular examples…

178 Mattand  Sep 14, 2014 9:02:00am

re: #171 Dark_Falcon

On evolution Richard Dawkins is truly an expert, and he is a very smart man besides. But in his attacks on religion he has shown himself to lack insight into the motivations and needs of other human beings. His foot-in-mouth moment on domestic violence is the result of that same lack of insight.

Eh, what some people call “lack of insight” is basically the religious not used to someone not treating their belief system with kid gloves.

And even Dawkins will admit that being an atheist doesn’t make you perfect or better. Unfortunately, he keeps demonstrating this in one of the worst ways possible.

EDIT: forgot an extra “not”

179 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 9:02:45am

I’m leaving in about 20 minutes, so I’m going to post this next piece now. The headline is my own:

Australia is sending troops and aircraft to fight ISIS:

Australia will deploy a military force of 600 to the Middle East as part of international efforts to combat Islamic State extremists, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced.

Mr Abbott said Australia had received a specific request from the US government to contribute forces to possible military action in Iraq.

Australia’s contribution will include up to eight Super Hornet aircraft, an early warning and control aircraft, aerial refuelling aircraft and a contingent of Special Forces troops.

The prime minister emphasised that Australia was part of an international coalition.
He said the deployment did not mean Australia was at war.

‘There are obviously further decisions to be taken before Australian forces will be committed to combat operations in Iraq,’ Mr Abbott said.

‘Nevertheless, Australia is prepared to engage in international operations to disrupt and degrade ISIL because of the threat that this murderous death cult poses not just to the people of Iraq, not just to the people of the Middle East, but to the whole world, including to Australia.’

Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, both for your aid and for calling ISIS out as what it is: a murderous death cult.

180 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:02:46am

re: #176 Mattand

Read that yesterday. All pretty sad.

181 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 9:03:38am

re: #176 Mattand

Here’s a pretty good summary of the misogony fracas that clueless guys like Dawkins keep stoking:

Will Misogyny Bring Down The Atheist Movement?

This.

182 Mattand  Sep 14, 2014 9:05:04am

re: #180 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Read that yesterday. All pretty sad.

As was noted above, now Sam Harris has decided that he needs to show the atheism community he can be a sexist jackass as well. Because being the biggest Islamophobe in the atheist community wasn’t enough, apparently.

183 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:07:08am

re: #176 Mattand

One of the main reasons I refuse to be ‘organized’ about my lack of faith.

184 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:07:41am

re: #182 Mattand

I entirely expected that from Harris.

185 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:09:13am

And some wonder why De Grasse Tyson doesn’t wade too far in to that movement.

186 Rightwingconspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:09:55am

About law enforcement shootings getting non investigated and swept away in the dust of CYA procedures-Fregusons got ‘nothin on US Border Patrol Agents. It’s a quite scandal often written off as the worries of anti police politics. Paged, Multi sourced, LA Times and ACLU.

187 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:10:46am

re: #183 Varek Raith

One of the main reasons I refuse to be ‘organized’ about my lack of faith.

That’s not a reason I’m not organized (I guess I don’t see why mere lack of belief needs organization), but if I wanted to, there is always atheism+.

188 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:11:54am

re: #187 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

That’s not a reason I’m not organized (I guess I don’t see why mere lack of belief needs organization), but if I wanted to, there is always atheism+.

Neither do I.

189 Dark_Falcon  Sep 14, 2014 9:12:16am

BBL

190 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:13:31am

Lindsey Graham unhinged: We will ‘all get killed back here’ if Obama lets ISIS open ‘the gates of hell’

Silly man, only I can open the Gates of Hell.
Err…
I could, if I hadn’t misplaced the key.
<_<

191 Mattand  Sep 14, 2014 9:14:34am

re: #183 Varek Raith

One of the main reasons I refuse to be ‘organized’ about my lack of faith.

I hear ya. We went to The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM) a few years back. One of the nice things about it was that it was relief to be around other people who were skeptics of religion and other things.

On the other hand, I’m not surprised that conflicts like these are rising to the surface. There was a shitload of libertarians there, starting with Michael Shermer (read the Buzzfeed article above to get the 911 on his slimy doings) and Penn & Teller. Lot of “Free market will fix everything” and “Free speech with no consequences” bullshit.

Personally, I would love to see the misogny element driven out of the atheist/freethought community once and for all. Too many guys in denial about it being a problem, unfortunately.

192 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:14:39am

REPORT: Will Misogyny Bring Down Pro-Football?

193 Belafon  Sep 14, 2014 9:14:52am

re: #190 Varek Raith

I’m pretty sure my middle son has it. He likes to collect those sorts of artifacts.

194 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:16:27am

re: #192 Gus

REPORT: Will Misogyny Bring Down Pro-Football?

I should’ve been more accurate.
Any organization that involves Michael Shermer can fail for all I care.

195 Mattand  Sep 14, 2014 9:16:37am

re: #192 Gus

REPORT: Will Misogyny Bring Down Pro-Football?

Based on the fact there are two active players who are have domestic abuse charges against them (one guy was convicted and is appealing), I’m guessing “No.”

196 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:17:40am

re: #193 Belafon

I’m pretty sure my middle son has it. He likes to collect those sorts of artifacts.

If you see horns growing, let me know.

197 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:17:41am

re: #194 Varek Raith

I should’ve been more accurate.
Any organization that involves Michael Shermer can fail for all I care.

Ah, had to Google him. Think I blocked him on Twitter for a while. :D

198 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:18:02am

re: #188 Varek Raith

One reason could be for protection of rights, but I tend to think that the church&state separation issue is ‘orthogonal’ to the issue of belief and non-belief, and numerous believers support it.

Another reason would have been valid in the pre-internet era (spread of information), but nowadays everything is available online, so…

199 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:18:28am

I’m a breakfastist. I believe in breakfast!

200 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:20:18am

re: #199 Gus

Do you believe in beer?

201 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:20:27am

I was unaware this existed.

XD

202 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:21:12am

re: #200 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Do you believe in beer?

Nope. Well, more of a beer agnostic.

203 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:21:35am

re: #202 Gus

Nope. Well, more of a beer agnostic.

:D

204 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:21:48am

Heretics!

205 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:22:42am

cheezburger.com

206 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:23:08am

I dunno. I usually stay away from organized atheists, gamers, etc. Not my style. Stopped following famous atheists including the famous actor/comedian atheists from the UK (cough).

207 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 9:23:08am

Amusing Planet has some neat-o photos of adorable and playful harvest mice in Alsace, France.

208 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:23:41am

Meanwhile in Spain;
Youtube Video

209 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:27:19am

Final thought: misogyny is unlikely to completely destroy the freethought movement because, contra Harris, women are freethinkers too, in comparable (and on the global scale - more or less equal) numbers . And if the Shermer-Dawkins-Harris-like movement goes down under the weight of patriarchal junk, there will simply arise a new one, more open and progressive.

210 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:30:54am

re: #209 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Final thought: misogyny is unlikely to completely destroy the freethought movement because, contra Harris, women are freethinkers too, in comparable (and on the global scale - more or less equal) numbers . And if the Shermer-Dawkins-Harris-like movement goes down under the weight of patriarchal junk, there will simply arise a new one, more open and progressive.

There are multitudes of atheist “movements.” The idea of a single monolithic movement of atheists seems, well, weird. Then having a single set of bloviating big mouths like Dawkins, Harris, et al. That’s also contradictory. Seems kind of arrogant to define the atheist movement based on a handful of “famous atheists” from the anglosphere as well. Including being such macho males as these men seem to be.

211 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:31:10am

re: #206 Gus

famous actor/comedian atheists from the UK (cough).

*scratches head*
Who dat?

212 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:32:14am

re: #211 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

*scratches head*
Who dat?

Don’t remember their names. The big guy with the broken nose and the actor from the Office (UK).

213 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:36:16am

It’s nice outside.
Shame the bugs are freaking loud.

214 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 9:37:14am

Pitney Bowes ad, 200 BC

215 Varek Raith  Sep 14, 2014 9:38:17am

re: #214 De Kolta Chair

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Pitney Bowes ad, 200 BC

Good grief.

216 Rightwingconspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:38:22am

re: #168 Dr. Matt

Apologies to my good friends who are fans.
Pro football could be broken up & ended tomorrow and I would applaud. Exempt from anti trust, a seeker of corporate welfare at levels usually associated with big oil, and apparently completely off the hook for any and all employee safety rules. Sending concussed players back on the field without an MRI, giving injured players the needle and sending them right back out to play and creating a largely false image of what a career on pro football offers.

217 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:39:43am

Who needs American football anyway?//

218 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 9:40:13am

re: #215 Varek Raith

Good grief.

Weird, I’m not seeing it in my post but I see it in your reply.

219 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 9:41:35am

re: #218 De Kolta Chair

Weird, I’m not seeing it.

I had to right-click, “Show pic in another tab”.

220 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:42:30am

NEWS ALERT: President to play golf at Andrews. END NEWS ALERT

221 Belafon  Sep 14, 2014 9:45:49am

re: #217 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Spousal abuse definitely needs to be confronted, both in the NFL and out (because it doesn’t just exist in the NFL), but if people try to tie it to the existence of the NFL, it won’t be the NFL that suffers. This is America.

What CBS did before Thursday’s game was a good way to bring it to viewers, especially James Brown’s statement pointing out how many women are killed per day by someone they know.

222 Gus  Sep 14, 2014 9:46:08am

re: #220 Gus

NEWS ALERT: President to play golf at Andrews. END NEWS ALERT

223 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 14, 2014 9:58:51am

re: #217 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Who needs American football anyway?//

Well, I’ve walked away from it for now. How about them Gunners?

224 Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2014 10:01:24am

re: #222 Gus

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Is some other New Journalist in charge of reporting where the Prez takes a piss?

225 GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 14, 2014 10:03:47am

re: #173 BeenHereAwhile

Come on and do the Funky Alfonso!

226 Rightwingconspirator  Sep 14, 2014 10:12:02am

re: #222 Gus

I can explain the sudden interest in golf.

Boehner Golf Ball Gift

227 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 10:18:29am
Robert Elsmere is a novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward published in 1888.[1] It was immediately successful, quickly selling over a million copies and gaining the admiration of Henry James.[2]

[…]

it is about an Oxford clergyman who begins to doubt the doctrines of the Anglican Church after encountering the writings of German rationalists like Schelling and David Strauss. Instead of succumbing to atheism or Roman Catholicism, however, Elsmere takes up a “constructive liberalism” (which Ward received from Thomas Hill Green) stressing social work amongst the poor and uneducated.

228 Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2014 10:20:06am

There are other Lydians:

The Lydians (Trinidad and Tobago) Hallelujah Chorus - Handel’s Messiah

Youtube Video

229 BeachDem  Sep 14, 2014 10:21:39am

re: #214 De Kolta Chair

[Embedded image]

Pitney Bowes ad, 200 BC

The actual text in the Pitney-Bowes ad tells the tale of a secretary who fought progress that her super-smart boss was suggesting. Once she realized his superior intelligence, she welcomed the machine with open arms, saying, “Kinda cute, ain’t it…now the mail is out early enough so I get to the girls’ room early enough to hear all of the dirt.”

Gross from headline to tagline.

(full text at Image: is-it-always-illegal-to-kill-a-woman.jpg)

230 Stanley Sea  Sep 14, 2014 10:22:02am

I guess this fits in with the religion theme

Pennsylvania Teenager Simulates Oral Sex With Jesus Statue, Faces 2 Years in Prison

231 ObserverArt  Sep 14, 2014 10:24:37am

re: #183 Varek Raith

One of the main reasons I refuse to be ‘organized’ about my lack of faith.

Shouldn’t something personal be ‘unorganized’ anyway?

And that would go to whatever you believe, because it is what you believe.

To me the problems start when groups of like believers start to gather together into groups and start thinking their beliefs are the only/better belief.

232 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 10:27:38am

re: #230 Stanley Sea

I guess this fits in with the religion theme

Pennsylvania Teenager Simulates Oral Sex With Jesus Statue, Faces 2 Years in Prison

Putin smiles.

233 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 10:28:54am

Define “venerated object”.

234 Stanley Sea  Sep 14, 2014 10:32:16am

The best write up of the Palin brawl comes from Jeanne Devon of The Mudflats (OF COURSE)

themudflats.net

235 danarchy  Sep 14, 2014 10:33:29am

Not sure if this had made it here yet, I apologize if it has, but groundskeeper Willie has a message on Scottish independence.
Aye or Die!

236 BeachDem  Sep 14, 2014 10:34:52am

re: #215 Varek Raith

Good grief.

Another charming ad from the same era:

237 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 10:39:14am

Youtube Video

238 Amory Blaine  Sep 14, 2014 10:42:29am

Oooh. Raw Story has a new look today.

239 ObserverArt  Sep 14, 2014 10:43:15am

re: #236 BeachDem

Another charming ad from the same era:

[Embedded image]

The ads were cringe worthy for both sexes. Strong suggestion of what all the roles for everyone were to be. It was a way different time for sure.

240 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 10:50:02am

splcenter.org

After years of rhetoric threatening violence, the neo-Confederate League of the South (LOS) is training a uniformed, paramilitary unit tasked with advancing a second southern secession by any means necessary, Hatewatch has learned.

And this is allegedly(!) their symbol:

241 Amory Blaine  Sep 14, 2014 10:51:00am

Gov. Scott Walker wants drug testing for public aid recipients

Gov. Scott Walker is laying out his vision for a second term, pledging to freeze technical college tuition in the state, cut income taxes and test working-age recipients of public benefits for drugs.

With less than two months to go in a tight re-election race, the Republican governor put forward a 62-page plan that sums up the actions of his first term, defends them against the critique of his Democratic rival, former Trek Bicycle executive Mary Burke, and offers several new proposals.

“It’s our next wave of the Wisconsin comeback. It’s our plan to make sure that everyone who wants a job can find a job,” Walker said in a telephone interview.

242 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 10:51:05am

The terrific Scottish band Old Blind Dogs performing “The Wisest Fool”

Youtube Video

Henry’s for England, Charles for Spain
Seamus is Alba’s name

243 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 14, 2014 10:55:14am

244 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 10:57:30am

re: #243 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

[Embedded image]

For Gawd and Derp!!!

245 Aye Pod  Sep 14, 2014 10:59:37am

re: #235 danarchy

Not sure if this had made it here yet, I apologize if it has, but groundskeeper Willie has a message on Scottish independence.
Aye or Die!

Love it :)

From Glasgow, yesterday -

Yes support yesterday in Glasgow

246 De Kolta Chair  Sep 14, 2014 11:08:21am

re: #245 Aye Pod

“The grand tradition of William Wallace and Andy Murray…” LOL

247 Snarknado!  Sep 14, 2014 11:18:52am

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

I got 10 out of 10.

I got 9/10. Did you really know the word bombilate, or did you guess right? (I guessed on a couple of others — but guessed right :).

248 b_sharp  Sep 14, 2014 11:26:33am

re: #247 Snarknado!

I got 9/10. Did you really know the word bombilate, or did you guess right? (I guessed on a couple of others — but guessed right :).

10 out of 10.

249 Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2014 11:30:37am

re: #231 ObserverArt

Shouldn’t something personal be ‘unorganized’ anyway?

[snip]

No money in that.

250 Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2014 11:33:10am

re: #233 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Define “venerated object”.

Koran’s are to be burned, but simulated BJ to the messiah is terrible. But to be fair, Muslims would not take kindly to something like that either. They believe in that messiah also.


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