Breitbart “News” Sponsors “National Security Conference” With Crazed Survivalist Group

This should be fantastic
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Coming this Monday, a must-see event in Washington DC sponsored by Breitbart “News” — the “National Security Action Summit!” featuring some of America’s foremost thinkfluencers and national security thought leaders, geniuses like Louie “Terror Babies” Gohmert, Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann, Dr. Ben “The Earth is 6000 Years Old” Carson, Andy “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” McCarthy, Dick “Bomb Everything” Cheney, and the always McCarthyesque Sen. Ted Cruz! (In this crowd, being compared to Joltin’ Joe McCarthy is a compliment.)

Starting with a screening of convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza’s latest insane propaganda film.

The conference will take place in Salon III at Washington D.C.’s Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008) starting at 8:00 am EST with a screening of Dinesh D’Souza’s new documentary, “America: Imagine a World Without Her.”

Among the list of guests will be: former Vice President Dick Cheney, Sen. Ted Cruz, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer, Dr. Ben Carson, Reps. Michele Bachmann, Louie Gohmert, Trent Franks and Jim Bridenstine, Andy McCarthy and many others.

No word yet on whether some of the other fine experts who write national security columns for Breitbart “News” will be included, leading lights such as Frank Gaffney, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, to bring their unique perspectives to bear on the issues facing America in the age of ISIS.

(Did I lay it on thick enough, do you think?)

UPDATE at 9/25/14 5:29:30 pm by Charles Johnson

It gets even better; LGF contributor @Gus_802 points out that the co-sponsor of this wacky event, EMPAct America, is a group that thinks America is under threat of EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) attack, and markets all kinds of crazed merchandise to people who want to survive the coming electro-apocalypse. In a word, survivalists.

Here’s their website, at which they market all kinds of bizarre products like the M5—H 32 x 38 Faraday Bag, to protect your iPad when the EMP hits. The conservative movement in this country just gets weirder and weirder.

There has never been an easier way to protect your critical electronics. EMP Bags are designed to protect against damaging EMP current. One cannot predict the size, strength, or proximity of an EMP, but by using our bags, electronics should be protected. It is our highest recommendation that you “nest” items inside multiple layers of protection for best results. This can be achieved by double bagging or storing your EMP bags inside a metal container. More layers = more protection.

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258 comments
1 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 25, 2014 4:30:40pm

That much derp in one locations CANNOT be healthy.

2 Charles Johnson  Sep 25, 2014 4:32:05pm

CHENEY!

3 Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 25, 2014 4:35:03pm

re: #1 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

That much derp in one locations CANNOT be healthy.

Kinda like trying to publish all the rules for Brockian Ultra-Cricket into one volume. You get gravitational collapse of derpitude in this case and form a singularity of idiocy.

4 Kid A  Sep 25, 2014 4:37:17pm

Ike weeps…

5 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 4:39:24pm

Shock face will not be expressed if Chuck Todd pimps this upcoming event on his Sunday show.

6 jaunte  Sep 25, 2014 4:40:01pm

ACTION SUMMIT

Not like the usual summit that just sits there.

7 Targetpractice  Sep 25, 2014 4:40:38pm

re: #3 Aunty Entity Dragon

Kinda like trying to publish all the rules for Brockian Ultra-Cricket into one volume. You get gravitational collapse of derpitude in this case and form a singularity of idiocy.

A quantum derpularity, from which sanity and logic cannot escape.

8 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 4:42:17pm

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9 GeneJockey  Sep 25, 2014 4:42:24pm

re: #7 Targetpractice

A quantum derpularity, from which sanity and logic cannot escape.

There is no sanity nor logic in the quantum derpularity. Both are repelled, and are unable to cross the event horizon.

10 [deleted]  Sep 25, 2014 4:43:25pm
11 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 25, 2014 4:44:00pm

re: #9 GeneJockey

There is no sanity nor logic in the quantum derpularity. Both are repelled, and are unable to cross the event horizon.

finally the opposite of a black hole, something that repels matter or at least rational thought.

12 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 4:44:02pm

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13 Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 25, 2014 4:44:43pm

re: #12 b.d.

Ok, Deleted

We have all done it, trust me.

14 GeneJockey  Sep 25, 2014 4:45:06pm

re: #10 Aunty Entity Dragon

Let’s not go there, shall we?

Besides, they’re more likely to find kindred spirits there than enemies.

15 GeneJockey  Sep 25, 2014 4:45:30pm

re: #13 Aunty Entity Dragon

We have all done it, trust me.

And even if not, we’ve certainly THOUGHT it.

16 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 4:45:39pm

...

17 GeneJockey  Sep 25, 2014 4:46:09pm

re: #11 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

finally the opposite of a black hole, something that repels matter or at least rational thought.

Instead of sucking, it blows?

18 Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 25, 2014 4:46:31pm

re: #16 b.d.

please delete my comment from your reply and get it off of here in total

Already taken care of.

19 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 4:46:56pm

re: #13 Aunty Entity Dragon

We have all done it, trust me.

I had a filling and a crown put in this afternoon, I’m not right.

20 Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 25, 2014 4:47:46pm

re: #19 b.d.

I had a filling and a crown put in this afternoon, I’m not right.

Take care of yourself, kiddo. Soft food and pain meds are your friends right now.

21 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 25, 2014 4:48:30pm

re: #17 GeneJockey

Instead of sucking, it blows?

Why yes, yes it does and these guys really are a bunch of spaceballs.

22 Kragar  Sep 25, 2014 4:49:40pm

Is this in conjunction with the “Values Voter Summit”?

23 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 25, 2014 4:51:34pm

re: #6 jaunte

ACTION SUMMIT

Not like the usual summit that just sits there.

Not when they all wear

Action Zone Pants!

24 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 4:53:29pm

They’re selling the tickets on craigslist.com

The tickets are $10 and include a breakfast AND a lunch

washingtondc.craigslist.org

How could one go wrong?

//

25 Kragar  Sep 25, 2014 4:56:16pm

Never mind, I see that it is:

Values Voter Summit SEPT. 26-28, 2014

26 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 4:56:26pm

Dinesh D’Souza has a new documentary.

I don’t know what to say.

27 TedStriker  Sep 25, 2014 4:56:31pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not when they all wear

Action Zone Pants!

Too bad that’s a chop, IIRC…

28 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 25, 2014 4:57:19pm

re: #27 TedStriker

Too bad that’s a chop, IIRC…

I know it is, but I still like to trot it out every once in a while when the opportunity arises.

29 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 4:57:32pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not when they all wear

Action Zone Pants!

Oh My! What purpose, exactly, does the Action Zone fulfill.

30 TedStriker  Sep 25, 2014 4:58:24pm

re: #29 FemNaziBitch

Oh My! What purpose, exactly, does the Action Zone fulfill.

Action, lots of action.

31 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 5:00:56pm

Texas Tech v. Oklahoma State or Washington v. NY Giants.

It is a rare occasion that I wish that every one of those teams could lose somehow.

32 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 5:01:26pm

33 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 25, 2014 5:01:55pm

re: #24 b.d.

They’re selling the tickets on craigslist.com

The tickets are $10 and include a breakfast AND a lunch

washingtondc.craigslist.org

How could one go wrong?

//

But it’s a “Continental Breakfast”. That’s like a Euro-Socialist excuse for breakfast. Why aren’t they doing a real American Waffle House Breakfast?

Craigslist, it’s not just for old sofa sets and cheap encounters anymore.

RBS

34 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 5:02:32pm

Wonder how many concealed carry permits will be in that room?

35 Stanley Sea  Sep 25, 2014 5:09:05pm

I was really pissed off this morning when I saw the Economist cover.

Once was enough to see the President of the United States’ Junk all macho’d up in a flight suit.

gah.

talkingpointsmemo.com

36 Stanley Sea  Sep 25, 2014 5:10:57pm
37 WhatEVs  Sep 25, 2014 5:15:24pm

re: #24 b.d.

They’re selling the tickets on craigslist.com

The tickets are $10 and include a breakfast AND a lunch

washingtondc.craigslist.org

How could one go wrong?

//

More than worth the cost just for the lulz.

38 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 5:18:22pm

re: #37 WhatEVs

More than worth the cost just for the lulz.

Do you know where I could rent an asparagus costume?

39 WhatEVs  Sep 25, 2014 5:25:50pm

re: #38 b.d.

Do you know where I could rent an asparagus costume?

That would be priceless.

40 Targetpractice  Sep 25, 2014 5:27:44pm

Funny how this comes out a week after everybody has already moved on…

41 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 5:29:17pm

re: #40 Targetpractice

Funny how this comes out a week after everybody has already moved on…

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I guess the check bounced but I think we have found our NFL employee scape goat

42 thedopefishlives  Sep 25, 2014 5:29:45pm

Evening again, Lizardim.

43 Targetpractice  Sep 25, 2014 5:31:12pm

re: #41 b.d.

I guess the check bounced but I think we have found our NFL employee scape goat

At this point, I’m not sure there’s going to be anything more done. The general opinion of fans seems to be that the matter was closed when Rice was suspended and when he comes back in a few months, that’ll be that.

44 Stanley Sea  Sep 25, 2014 5:33:56pm

Out to sushi. BBL

45 ObserverArt  Sep 25, 2014 5:36:29pm

re: #5 b.d.

Shock face will not be expressed if Chuck Todd pimps this upcoming event on his Sunday show.

Be sure to let us know. I am bailing on watching the show because of Chuckles and that breaks a habit as a 25 year viewer. I expect to see much complaining about him online, and that I will be aware of.

46 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 5:37:13pm

Finally, a place where I can buy my heirloom seeds, get my magnetized water and get my foreign policy lectures all under one roof.

47 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 5:37:51pm

re: #26 FemNaziBitch

Dinesh D’Souza has a new documentary.

I don’t know what to say.

His next one is about painting park benches.

48 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 25, 2014 5:39:12pm

re: #46 b.d.

Finally, a place where I can buy my heirloom seeds, get my magnetized water and get my foreign policy lectures all under one roof.

If you use the magnetized water on the heirloom seeds it protects you from chemtrails. /True_Facts

49 Charles Johnson  Sep 25, 2014 5:42:20pm

The group that’s co-sponsoring this event with Breitbart is a truly whacked-out survivalist cult that thinks America is in imminent danger of being hit with an EMP attack. See the update above.

50 Lancelot Link  Sep 25, 2014 5:42:22pm

re: #7 Targetpractice

A quantum derpularity, from which sanity and logic cannot escape.

Sadly, quantum derpularities don’t attract meteors.

51 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 5:42:26pm

BUY BITGOLD!

52 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 5:43:32pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

The group that’s co-sponsoring this event with Breitbart is a truly whacked-out survivalist cult that thinks America is in imminent danger of being hit with an EMP attack. See the update above.

Gotta find these folks and sell them the ‘73 truck. It’s EMP-proof.

53 Charles Johnson  Sep 25, 2014 5:45:01pm

There has never been an easier way to protect your critical electronics. EMP Bags are designed to protect against damaging EMP current. One cannot predict the size, strength, or proximity of an EMP, but by using our bags, electronics should be protected. It is our highest recommendation that you “nest” items inside multiple layers of protection for best results. This can be achieved by double bagging or storing your EMP bags inside a metal container. More layers = more protection.

54 wrenchwench  Sep 25, 2014 5:45:15pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

The group that’s co-sponsoring this event with Breitbart is a truly whacked-out survivalist cult that thinks America is in imminent danger of being hit with an EMP attack. See the update above.

Last year’s event was all about Iran, supposedly the likely source of an ‘EMP attack’.

55 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 5:46:06pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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So if the EMP bags don’t work how do you contact the website that sold them to you for a refund?

brb, just got a business idea.

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56 thedopefishlives  Sep 25, 2014 5:46:39pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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It’s a tin foil hat for your iPhone! To match the one you wear on your head that makes you look like a fucking idiot!

57 lawhawk  Sep 25, 2014 5:49:43pm

re: #56 thedopefishlives

No no no. The best way to protect your iPhone from EMP is to stick it in a microwave. It’ll do double duty. Recharge it in a jiffy and protect it from the EMP pulse. You can’t go wrong. You can trust me. /Joe Izuzu

58 Kragar  Sep 25, 2014 5:49:52pm

My favorite

59 GeneJockey  Sep 25, 2014 5:52:12pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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Do I need to use as many EMP bags, since I have made my home into a Faraday cage?

60 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 5:52:15pm

Wasn’t joking—this is a NATO Land Rover ignition system for the FFR (Fitted For Radio) truck.

Image: image.jpg

61 GeneJockey  Sep 25, 2014 5:53:52pm

re: #60 Decatur Deb

Wasn’t joking—this is a NATO Land Rover ignition system for the FFR (Fitted For Radio) truck.

Image: image.jpg

Not made by Lucas, I hope.

62 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 25, 2014 5:53:55pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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Someone read the wiki article on Faraday Cages and a Grift was born…

63 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 25, 2014 5:55:18pm

re: #62 William Barnett-Lewis

Someone read the wiki article on Faraday Cages and a Grift was born…

Everytime a grifter gets an idea, a new LLC get’s its incorporation papers.

RBS

64 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 25, 2014 5:55:42pm

re: #60 Decatur Deb

Wasn’t joking—this is a NATO Land Rover ignition system for the FFR (Fitted For Radio) truck.

Image: image.jpg

Why am I reminded of Tempest shielding on computers?

65 GeneJockey  Sep 25, 2014 5:55:46pm

re: #62 William Barnett-Lewis

Someone read the wiki article on Faraday Cages and a Grift was born…

So many stupid people with money burning holes in their pockets. It must be like Grifter Heaven!

66 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 5:56:56pm

Tinfoil hats are for amateurs

67 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 5:57:36pm

re: #61 GeneJockey

Not made by Lucas, I hope.

Lucas DSZ4A. The Prince of Darkness gets a bad rap—his wiring went into vehicles that still run after 45 years. (Lucas parts were in the STSs.)

68 Skip Intro  Sep 25, 2014 5:58:22pm

So how insane have things become in the US?
Let Charles Pierce tell it:

Oklahoma state Rep. Mike Christian tells Der Spiegel that using nitrogen gas for executions is painless, fast, and “cheaper than the bullets you need for the firing squad.” Death by the gas is “the most humane way to die,” says Christian. “You just sit there and a few minutes later, you’re dead,” he says, predicting that the untested execution method would definitely meet Supreme Court standards. For executions with the gas, inmates would either be placed in airtight chambers or have a plastic sack put over their heads.

Take it away, Charles.

That a guy named Christian was talking to Der Spiegel about how humane gassing people to death is is so inherently full of punchlines that it can make you dizzy. Of course, Mister Christian wasn’t always so fastidious.

But wait, there’s more.

Christian-a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper who looked into execution methods after the state’s botched execution of inmate Clayton Lockett earlier this year-will present his findings at a hearing today, the Oklahoman reports. But Der Spiegel questions how sincere his desire to find a painless execution method is, noting that after the Lockett execution, he said he didn’t care if executions were carried out by “lethal injection, the guillotine, or if we feed them to lions.”

Knock it out of the park, Charles.

That a guy named Christian is talking about feeding people to lions…oh, forget it.

esquire.com

69 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 5:59:03pm

re: #64 William Barnett-Lewis

Why am I reminded of Tempest shielding on computers?

A ground is a ground, except when it’s an earth.

70 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 25, 2014 5:59:48pm

In Atlanta:

71 TedStriker  Sep 25, 2014 6:04:39pm

re: #61 GeneJockey

Not made by Lucas, I hope.

Lucas, Prince of Darkness.

72 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 25, 2014 6:05:02pm

re: #67 Decatur Deb

Lucas DSZ4A. The Prince of Darkness gets a bad rap—his wiring went into vehicles that still run after 45 years. (Lucas parts were in the STSs.)

Usually the problem was that the companies, in an effort to hold down costs (Triumph cars & cycles especially), specified a wiring harness that was about two gauges too thin. I know that was the issue on my ‘77 750 Bonneville that I could never get running right …

73 dholmes32  Sep 25, 2014 6:05:46pm

Back in the day, it would have been a breach of journalistic ethics for a news organization to sponsor an event like this. This, however, is not “the day.” I recall that back in 2009, the Washington Post was going to have “Salons” at the then-publisher’s house. For $250,000, the Post would have allowed lobbyists to mingle with (in addition to administration officials and members of Congress) reporters and editors covering the areas the lobbyists represented. Of course it got out, due to a lobbyist (!) who had a few ethical qualms (!!) and was hastily cancelled.

Breitbart doesn’t have any ethical qualms to speak of.

74 Lidane  Sep 25, 2014 6:06:25pm
75 Kid A  Sep 25, 2014 6:06:48pm

ASPERSIONS ON MY ASPARAGUS!!!
-Screwy Louie GOHMERT!!!

76 dholmes32  Sep 25, 2014 6:07:30pm

It saddens me whenever I see asparagus linked up to GOHMERT! Asparagus was the one go-to vegetable my mother could be guaranteed all of us kids would not merely eat, but fight over.

I wouldn’t fight over a GOHMERT!

77 Kid A  Sep 25, 2014 6:07:51pm

“Good luck with your asparagus.” -Eric Holder.

78 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 6:08:02pm

re: #50 Lancelot Link

Sadly, quantum derpularities don’t attract meteors.

or magnets

79 Lidane  Sep 25, 2014 6:08:18pm
80 Kid A  Sep 25, 2014 6:08:38pm

re: #79 Lidane

What racism?
///

81 Kid A  Sep 25, 2014 6:09:19pm

82 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 6:11:39pm

re: #80 Kid A

What racism?
///

THE BLACKS ARE THE REAL RACISTS

83 Targetpractice  Sep 25, 2014 6:11:45pm

re: #79 Lidane

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Being Republican means believing everybody else is the problem.

84 WhatEVs  Sep 25, 2014 6:12:58pm

re: #83 Targetpractice

Being Republican means believing everybody else is the problem.

The anti Love Story.

85 Lidane  Sep 25, 2014 6:14:47pm

re: #83 Targetpractice

Being Republican means believing everybody else is the problem.

86 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 6:16:48pm

I gave the dogs tuna with their dinner and forgot to give some to the cat.

Do you think I’ll make it thru the night?

87 Targetpractice  Sep 25, 2014 6:17:24pm

re: #86 FemNaziBitch

I gave the dogs tuna with their dinner and forgot to give some to the cat.

Do you think I’ll make it thru the night?

Was nice knowin’ ya.

//

88 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 25, 2014 6:17:35pm

re: #86 FemNaziBitch

I gave the dogs tuna with their dinner and forgot to give some to the cat.

Do you think I’ll make it thru the night?

wut?

89 Kid A  Sep 25, 2014 6:17:51pm

re: #86 FemNaziBitch

I gave the dogs tuna with their dinner and forgot to give some to the cat.

Do you think I’ll make it thru the night?

I’ll keep you in my thoughts.

90 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 25, 2014 6:18:14pm

re: #86 FemNaziBitch

I gave the dogs tuna with their dinner and forgot to give some to the cat.

Do you think I’ll make it thru the night?

Double lock the bedroom doors, bar the windows, and make sure you keep the lid down on the toilet. You may survive.

RBS

91 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 6:19:11pm

re: #90 RealityBasedSteve

Double lock the bedroom doors, bar the windows, and make sure you keep the lid down on the toilet. You may survive.

RBS

I’m thinking some sort of electro -magno -disruptor.

92 b.d.  Sep 25, 2014 6:19:28pm

re: #86 FemNaziBitch

I gave the dogs tuna with their dinner and forgot to give some to the cat.

Do you think I’ll make it thru the night?

If I were you, I’d go fishing.

93 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 6:20:37pm

re: #91 FemNaziBitch

I’m thinking some sort of electro -magno -disruptor.

Then you’ll want to be in our full-scale EMP bag, doubles as a body bag, only $2,399.00

94 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 6:21:30pm

re: #93 Decatur Deb

Then you’ll want to be in our full-scale EMP bag, doubles as a body bag, only $2,399.00

drop-ship

do you take paypal?

95 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 6:22:16pm

re: #94 FemNaziBitch

drop-ship

do you take paypal?

Gold or colloidal silver.

96 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 6:22:38pm

97 wrenchwench  Sep 25, 2014 6:23:23pm

Devin Sean James, the 32-year-old CEO of a firm running public relations for Ferguson, was himself convicted of shooting an unarmed man in what her characterized as a home invasion 10 years ago.

James said he shot the victim, Rodney Steward, in self defense.

A Shelby County, Tenn., jury convicted him of reckless homicide in 2006. James appealed the conviction.

The appeal was denied and James was incarcerated for 90 days in 2009. His probation period ended in March, he said.

[…]

Ferguson officials knew of James’ conviction before they signed a contract with him, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III said Thursday.

Knowles said James’ story of coming from a rough background to owning his own firm has been inspiring and has given city officials an invaluable perspective.

“We haven’t put it out there because he’s not the story,” Knowles said.

He said a major complaint in the African-American community is that people with convictions don’t get a second chance.

“In Ferguson, we have done that,” by contracting with James.

James is charging $154.10 per hour for his work, according to city records.

[…]

But the city isn’t paying him.

James’ firm is being compensated by the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership

[…]

RTWT

98 BongCrodny  Sep 25, 2014 6:24:35pm

Am I missing something here?

If an EMP hit, wouldn’t a *working* IPhone be equally as worthless as a non-working IPhone?

99 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 25, 2014 6:24:47pm

re: #91 FemNaziBitch

I’m thinking some sort of electro -magno -disruptor.

100 wrenchwench  Sep 25, 2014 6:25:46pm

Later, lizards.

101 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 6:26:27pm

Cashing in all my GOTV karma this weekend. I’m manning a candidate’s info table with her at our town’s two-day BBQ competition/Octoberfest, and I just found out last year’s all-you-can-drink beersteins will be honored this year. It’s a dirty, dangerous job…

102 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 6:27:37pm

re: #99 RealityBasedSteve

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Yeah, I’m screwed.

103 FemNaziBitch  Sep 25, 2014 6:27:44pm

bbl

104 CuriousLurker  Sep 25, 2014 6:31:23pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

The group that’s co-sponsoring this event with Breitbart is a truly whacked-out survivalist cult that thinks America is in imminent danger of being hit with an EMP attack. See the update above.

I was just checking out EMPact America a little while ago. They have a site called homelandthreats.com that appears to be specifically dedicated to the National Security Action Summit II event. Below is a screenshot of the first 25 backlinks to the Homeland Threats site retrieved via backlinkwatch.com. Quite a few familiar domains there—a not unexpected cross-section of wingnuts, racists, isalmophobes, survivalists, gold bugs, etc.

Sites linking to homelandthreats.com

Oh, and that preparehub(.)org domain? It also belongs to EMPact. The registrant of record for both Homeland Threats & PrepareHub is a guy named Ross Howarth (never heard of him before, but according to his bio on the PrepareHub site it looks like he’s pretty active). The registrant of EMPact is the president of the organization, David Bellavia.

I wonder how much googling it would take to find the connections between Howarth & Bellavia and see who else it leads to… Anyway, some other day maybe—not in the mood to waste too much time on wingnuts tonight.

105 Single-handed sailor  Sep 25, 2014 6:32:31pm

You don’t need a nuke to make an EMP. Explosively pumped flux compression generator … not that I worry about such things.

106 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 6:33:17pm

re: #104 CuriousLurker

snip… Below is a screenshot of the first 25 backlinks to the Homeland Threats site retrieved via backlinkwatch.com. Quite a few familiar domains there—a not unexpected cross-section of wingnuts, racists, isalmophobes, survivalists, gold bugs, etc.

…snip

We like think of them as “the mission field”.

107 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 25, 2014 6:33:23pm

For the preppers:

108 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 25, 2014 6:35:45pm

Slipped past 100, so my off topic for tonight is to recommend the new Aphex Twin release “Syro”.

Here’s a youtube of the first track on the release:
Youtube Video

Good stuff for when electronica is indicated in your musical desires of the moment. The final track is playing now on my first play-through & I think I need to hit the repeat disk button. Either that or throw in Sonic Youth classic “Daydream Nation”? Nah, Syro for now. I’ll do SY on the way to work in a couple of hours.

109 CuriousLurker  Sep 25, 2014 6:36:30pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

For the preppers:

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Heh, last year I bought a food dehydrator and went on YouTube looking for tips. It took me all of about 10 minutes to find myself surrounded by nutty, paranoid prepper videos.

110 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 25, 2014 6:36:57pm

re: #105 Single-handed sailor

You don’t need a nuke to make an EMP. Explosively pumped flux compression generator … not that I worry about such things.

Didn’t they use one of those in one of the Oceans flics (thinking Oceans 12)?

111 teleskiguy  Sep 25, 2014 6:40:06pm

Evening Lizards!

Just got back from a nice long walk in the wilderness with a friend.

112 CuriousLurker  Sep 25, 2014 6:43:47pm

Okay, I’m not staying tonight. Have a good one, lizards.

Later….

113 Decatur Deb  Sep 25, 2014 6:44:07pm

re: #105 Single-handed sailor

You don’t need a nuke to make an EMP. Explosively pumped flux compression generator … not that I worry about such things.

As I was leaving the Army, we heard that the British had fielded a 155 round that sounds something like that (short range).

Here:

faqs.org

114 GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 25, 2014 6:48:49pm

re: #97 wrenchwench

“We haven’t put it out there because he’s not the story,” Knowles said.

Just like releasing the convenient store video…

115 sagehen  Sep 25, 2014 6:49:35pm

re: #32 FemNaziBitch

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This is the current subject of TNC’s book club; they’re up to chapter 3.

116 jaunte  Sep 25, 2014 6:55:01pm
“It is our highest recommendation that you “nest” items inside multiple layers of protection for best results. This can be achieved by double bagging or storing your EMP bags inside a metal container. More layers = more protection.”

I believe Newt Gingrich was the first to popularize “double bagging.”

117 TedStriker  Sep 25, 2014 7:01:56pm

re: #109 CuriousLurker

Heh, last year I bought a food dehydrator and went on YouTube looking for tips. It took me all of about 10 minutes to find myself surrounded by nutty, paranoid prepper videos.

Thing is, you didn’t even really need to buy a commercial dehydrator, because they cook more than actually dehydrating. Alton Brown’s method is dead simple: a box fan and a few pleated cellulose furnace filters.

foodnetwork.com

118 Targetpractice  Sep 25, 2014 7:02:06pm

re: #110 RealityBasedSteve

Didn’t they use one of those in one of the Oceans flics (thinking Oceans 12)?

Ocean’s 11.

Thing is, even in that film, the EMP bomb was pretty large. And for it to have the proper effect, it had to be set virtually next to its target. For the sort of widespread damage that these nutters predict, you’re talking nukes detonated in low orbit. Few countries have that capability and none of them are crazy enough to do that sort of shit intentionally.

119 Lidane  Sep 25, 2014 7:14:47pm

Just watched the new episode of South Park.

Fantastic as always. Brutally funny. And Matt & Trey generously gave the Cowboys more defensive skills than they should otherwise have. Heh.

120 Charles Johnson  Sep 25, 2014 7:17:49pm
121 TedStriker  Sep 25, 2014 7:20:43pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

What a fucking choad.

I wish a tornado would drop a fucking house on him.

122 dholmes32  Sep 25, 2014 7:24:17pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

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What. an. asshat. Seriously. At least Foley was a journalist, not a hack like Chuckles.

123 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 25, 2014 7:25:05pm

re: #68 Skip Intro

A person deprived of oxygen will be in considerable distress as the O2 runs out. It’s hardly a peaceful way to die. A plastic bag over the head, even less so.

124 freetoken  Sep 25, 2014 7:31:18pm

re: #97 wrenchwench

It’d be difficult to write this as a piece of fiction and come up with a more tortuous bit of American back-asswardness than this thing we call “Ferguson”.

125 freetoken  Sep 25, 2014 7:33:32pm

If the Coen brothers made a movie called “Ferguson” I’d expect it to be like what apparently we call reality.

126 Teukka  Sep 25, 2014 7:41:56pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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I see one problem.., If I remember correctly, the faraday cage needs to be grounded apart from enclosing the device to be protected to be able to deal with all EMP scenarios.

re: #57 lawhawk

No no no. The best way to protect your iPhone from EMP is to stick it in a microwave. It’ll do double duty. Recharge it in a jiffy and protect it from the EMP pulse. You can’t go wrong. You can trust me. /Joe Izuzu

Not that bad an idea, actually. Putting it in a microwave that is, not putting the microwave on, that is. It is a very decent faraday cage for the bulk of the spectrum an EMP emits.

A decently handy person could pluck out the electrical parts out of the microwave and cover the hole(s) it leaves with grounded bolts and washers. Note that it would still need to be connected to a very solid ground point.

A metalworking geek could easily make something bigger, the hardest part actually is the door, it is actually a bit of a PITA to get it RF proof.

And an electronics geek — like me — could put a computer in such an enclosure and run wires which are protected in/out of it, meaning a computer which stays up despite there being an EMP…

127 Romantic Heretic  Sep 25, 2014 7:44:05pm

I wonder if the terrorists are thinking ‘target rich environment?’

128 freetoken  Sep 25, 2014 7:46:46pm

Cronyism bearing fruit in Florida?

FSU’s presidential selection major mistake

On Tuesday, the Florida State University Board of Trustees selected state Sen. John Thrasher as the university’s next president.

Thrasher’s selection was not surprising given his extensive and influential political connections.
Thrasher is currently a co-chair of the re-election campaign for Gov. Rick Scott. The governor appointed a significant number of the FSU board members, many of whom have supported Thrasher in his previous political pursuits.

Of the four finalists for the FSU presidency, Thrasher was the only one without significant academic leadership experience. Not only does Thrasher not have the necessary experience to qualify him for FSU’s presidency, he has demonstrated a fundamental lack of respect for academic and scientific research.

During one of his interviews for the position, Thrasher was asked about his views on the theory of evolution.
His answer? “I have a great faith in my life that has guided me in my life in a lot of things I believe in.”

[…]

129 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 25, 2014 7:47:09pm

re: #126 Teukka

I see one problem.., If I remember correctly, the faraday cage needs to be grounded apart from enclosing the device to be protected to be able to deal with all EMP scenarios.

Not that bad an idea, actually. Putting it in a microwave that is, not putting the microwave on, that is. It is a very decent faraday cage for the bulk of the spectrum an EMP emits.

A decently handy person could pluck out the electrical parts out of the microwave and cover the hole(s) it leaves with grounded bolts and washers. Note that it would still need to be connected to a very solid ground point.

A metalworking geek could easily make something bigger, the hardest part actually is the door, it is actually a bit of a PITA to get it RF proof.

And an electronics geek — like me — could put a computer in such an enclosure and run wires which are protected in/out of it, meaning a computer which stays up despite there being an EMP…

In David Brin’s original novel “The Postman” the only real AI in the world is supposed to have survived the Event because it was in a Faraday Cage. It did but they didn’t have power for too long and … poof. They kept up faking that it still survived and used it as the disinterested authority to direct their community of survivors.

And, yeah, a microwave better be a good Faraday cage especially if you’re standing near that running cyclotron :LOL:

130 Lidane  Sep 25, 2014 7:54:46pm

Oh lovely. Just had to slap down a Neo-Confederate moron.

He kept babbling about NORTHERN SLAVE TRADE IN APPALACHIA as a reason why the North was wrong to attack the Confederacy. I suggested he take the issue up with his local Civil War re-enactment group or Klan chapter. He wasn’t amused.

131 freetoken  Sep 25, 2014 7:55:22pm

It seems to be a common thing in Florida - whoring out their academic institutions to political daddies:

Column: Search was a waste: The fix was in

[…]

House Speaker Ray Sansom was awarded a $110,000-a-year vice presidency at Northwest Florida State College in 2008 after he secured millions in extra state funds for the college (including a $6 million earmark for an “emergency operations center” that was meant to serve as an airplane hangar for one of Sansom’s major campaign contributors.)

And there was the $152,000 that Brevard Community College paid Sen. Mike Haridopolos back in 2003 to write a textbook-quality “history of Florida politics.” Oddly, only one copy of the great book was ever published — 175 double-spaced typewritten pages that a reporter found secreted in some obscure corner of the college library years later. (Haridopolos, who was elected Senate president despite his ethical lapses, later wheedled himself into a $75,000-a-year part-time teaching job at the University of Florida.)

In 2008, even as Florida International University was cutting 38 positions, shutting down six research centers and eliminating 23 degree programs, the school managed to fund a $69,000 teaching job for former state House Speaker Marco Rubio.

[…]

132 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 7:56:29pm

re: #129 William Barnett-Lewis

In David Brin’s original novel “The Postman” the only real AI in the world is supposed to have survived the Event because it was in a Faraday Cage. It did but they didn’t have power for too long and … poof. They kept up faking that it still survived and used it as the disinterested authority to direct their community of survivors.

And, yeah, a microwave better be a good Faraday cage especially if you’re standing near that running cyclotron :LOL:

One thing these “EMP!!1” goofies are sometimes pushing is land-based batteries of SM-3 ABMs for defense against the dreaded ‘ship-launched EMP missile’. Which strikes me as silly, since if we want more SM-3 launch platforms the logical move is to refit instead of decommission Ticonderoga-class cruisers. Better to have a mobile defense platform that can also take the offensive and attack hostile vessels.

“Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of Man.: - General George S. Patton Jr.

133 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 7:57:09pm

re: #130 Lidane

Not often do you see a cat hold its tail straight up like that.

134 Mentis Fugit  Sep 25, 2014 8:00:30pm

re: #123 wheat-dogghazi

A person deprived of oxygen will be in considerable distress as the O2 runs out. It’s hardly a peaceful way to die. A plastic bag over the head, even less so.

As I understand it, the sensation of asphyxiation is caused by the buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood. A person in an atmosphere of pure nitrogen (or helium, or argon, or whatever) will simply lose consciousness without any awareness whatsoever. CO2 is being exhaled and does not accumulate in the body.

A plastic bag over the head, on the other hand, will leave the victim recycling increasingly CO2-laden air and is a hideous way to die. But then, capital punishment in general is both barbarous and ineffective, and turns the state into a murderer when they get it wrong (vide Texas.)

135 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 8:01:23pm

Change your name, Washington! 3 interceptions in one quarter is God sending you a message!

136 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 8:16:48pm

Washington sucks so bad they broke the thread.

137 Targetpractice  Sep 25, 2014 8:18:58pm

re: #129 William Barnett-Lewis

In David Brin’s original novel “The Postman” the only real AI in the world is supposed to have survived the Event because it was in a Faraday Cage. It did but they didn’t have power for too long and … poof. They kept up faking that it still survived and used it as the disinterested authority to direct their community of survivors.

And, yeah, a microwave better be a good Faraday cage especially if you’re standing near that running cyclotron :LOL:

Funny you bring up the The Postman in this discussion, considering in the novel the reason for the fall of the US was not the EMPs or bioweapons that were released, it was militia nutters who preyed on humanitarian aid workers and other symbols of civilization.

138 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 8:22:38pm

Score now 45-14. Eli Manning & company have systematically torn the DC defense to ribbons.

139 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 25, 2014 8:22:52pm

re: #137 Targetpractice

Funny you bring up the The Postman in this discussion, considering in the novel the reason for the fall of the US was not the EMPs or bioweapons that were released, it was militia nutters who preyed on humanitarian aid workers and other symbols of civilization.

Agreed and they were the ones Brin was prescient about. I did always appreciate the novel even though he’s done better. The idea that communications could reknit the communities and make them stronger always appealed to me.

I also liked the touch at the end where they find the Bear patch on the other POW’s uniform.

140 WhatEVs  Sep 25, 2014 8:32:20pm

Fathers a police chief. Charming.

141 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 25, 2014 8:34:00pm

Time to go to work. BBL.

142 Jenner7  Sep 25, 2014 8:42:22pm

new.livestream.com

From Ferguson….

143 HappyWarrior  Sep 25, 2014 8:47:55pm

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Score now 45-14. Eli Manning & company have systematically torn the DC defense to ribbons.

Did not see that coming. I picked the D.C team in my weekly pick em. D’oh.

144 Charles Johnson  Sep 25, 2014 8:48:49pm

buzzfeed.com

145 Kragar  Sep 25, 2014 8:53:14pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

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146 Jenner7  Sep 25, 2014 9:11:14pm

Chief Jackson came out and said he’d march with protesters. Then a fight broke out, so arrests were made.

147 Kragar  Sep 25, 2014 9:11:26pm
148 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 9:11:38pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

Did not see that coming. I picked the D.C team in my weekly pick em. D’oh.

Other than the two TD drive, DC’s offense was badly out-of-sync, and the 4 interceptions were a killer. Even worse, the defense was unable to put consistent pressure on Eli Manning. With the O-line improvements the Giants have made this year, the Washington defense couldn’t break through nearly often often enough and that plus a talented bunch of WR and TEs gave Manning plenty of time and lots of targets.

149 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 9:12:48pm

re: #146 Jenner7

Chief Jackson came out and said he’d march with protesters. Then a fight broke out, so arrests were made.

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Hard to tell who started it.

150 HappyWarrior  Sep 25, 2014 9:16:09pm

re: #148 Dark_Falcon

Other than the two TD drive, DC’s offense was badly out-of-sync, and the 4 interceptions were a killer. Even worse, the defense was unable to put consistent pressure on Eli Manning. With the O-line improvements the Giants have made this year, the Washington defense couldn’t break through nearly often often enough and that plus a talented bunch of WR and TEs gave Manning plenty of time and lots of targets.

Thanks for the summary. Guess I over-estimated Washington after their shootout with the undefeated Eagles. I think they made a mistake by not firing their defensive coordinator when they hired a new coach. Didn’t have to switch schemes mind ya but keeping Haslett as DC was foolish.

151 Jenner7  Sep 25, 2014 9:26:27pm

People (in the chat with the livestream) are claiming that officers aren’t wearing badge numbers and names because of threats to their family members. I find that a bit ridiculous. They have not been wearing them since the beginning.

152 WhatEVs  Sep 25, 2014 9:41:14pm

re: #151 Jenner7

People (in the chat with the livestream) are claiming that officers aren’t wearing badge numbers and names because of threats to their family members. I find that a bit ridiculous. They have not been wearing them since the beginning.

To me, they’re out of control thugs. Period. I’m starting to think about a third of all cops are. Dick swinging, pussies who are afraid of their own shadows.

153 nsmith25  Sep 25, 2014 9:44:34pm
154 Jenner7  Sep 25, 2014 9:46:18pm

re: #153 nsmith25

wow, that’s pretty much what Antonio French said:

155 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 9:49:30pm

Congressional Republicans Urging Military Officers to Rebel Against Obama

Colorado representative wants generals to quit in protest

Members of Congress have been talking to U.S. generals behind the scenes and urging them to publicly resign “in a blaze of glory” if they disagree with how the White House is handling conflicts in the Middle East, according to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado.

The Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee made the remarks at a Sept. 23 liberty group meeting in the basement of a Colorado Springs bar … following a kilt-wearing contest.

During a question-and-answer portion of the forum, a service member urged Lamborn to work with his congressional colleagues in both parties to “support the generals and the troops in this country despite the fact that there is no leadership from the Muslim Brotherhood in the White House.”

“You know what, I can’t add anything to that, but do let me reassure you on this,” Lamborn said. “A lot of us are talking to the generals behind the scenes, saying, ‘Hey, if you disagree with the policy that the White House has given you, let’s have a resignation.’”

“‘You know, let’s have a public resignation, and state your protest, and go out in a blaze of glory,’” Lamborn continued. “And I haven’t seen that very much, in fact I haven’t seen that at all in years.”

No edits save to add the Wingnut font. BTW, here’s the page for the Dem challenging this turkey. Normally, I don’t argue against a Republican’s reelection; But this year, as in 2012, I am making one exception for a GOP member of the House who I feel should be given the boot.

156 nsmith25  Sep 25, 2014 9:51:38pm
157 Dark_Falcon  Sep 25, 2014 9:52:10pm

re: #155 Dark_Falcon

If you call the Obama Administration “the Muslim Brotherhood”, you suffer from either malice and/or moral confusion of such superlative scope as to render you unfit for public office.

158 nsmith25  Sep 25, 2014 10:10:32pm

re: #97 wrenchwench

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RTWT

159 sagehen  Sep 25, 2014 10:12:50pm

That was fast.

160 De Kolta Chair  Sep 25, 2014 10:13:51pm

For gawd’s sake, please make it stop.

161 nsmith25  Sep 25, 2014 10:17:27pm

re: #156 nsmith25

162 SteveMcGazi  Sep 25, 2014 10:17:34pm

re: #156 nsmith25

Protect him from what?If he weren’t being attacked, why did he need to be defended?

163 nsmith25  Sep 25, 2014 10:22:20pm

re: #162 SteveMcGazi

Protect him from what?If he weren’t being attacked, why did he need to be defended?

From what I understand from people at the scene, the Chief was looking over his shoulder before anything happened as if he was either scared, or expected something to happen. Reports from near the Chief that I have seen speak to the police making some sort of movement towards the Chief, and then an altercation taking place, then a larger part of the police force moving in.

164 De Kolta Chair  Sep 25, 2014 10:32:45pm

Just sayin’.

165 Kragar  Sep 25, 2014 10:50:54pm

re: #155 Dark_Falcon

Congressional Republicans Urging Military Officers to Rebel Against Obama

Colorado representative wants generals to quit in protest

No edits save to add the Wingnut font. BTW, here’s the page for the Dem challenging this turkey. Normally, I don’t argue against a Republican’s reelection; But this year, as in 2012, I am making one exception for a GOP member of the House who I feel should be given the boot.

Inciting mutiny is a crime

166 klys  Sep 25, 2014 10:54:14pm

Ugh, a new hatchling in the pages appears to be on the extreme side as far as rhetoric goes.

167 De Kolta Chair  Sep 25, 2014 10:55:25pm

Listen, Dimitri, it’s not my fault you bought an iPhone 6.

Can you hear me Dimitri? Hello?

168 Sherlock Hound  Sep 25, 2014 11:22:02pm

Looking at the “EMP” bags, they resemble—and probably are—anti-static bags for large circuit boards, like computer motherboards.

If so, and if you still want some, there are probably many better sites to buy those than that wingnut site.

169 Sherlock Hound  Sep 25, 2014 11:25:40pm

re: #155 Dark_Falcon

“…A kilt-wearing contest”

OK. I’m gonna guess he didn’t win first prize.

I’ll see myself out.

170 Kragar  Sep 25, 2014 11:26:48pm

re: #168 Sherlock Hound

Looking at the “EMP” bags, they resemble—and probably are—anti-static bags for large circuit boards, like computer motherboards.

If so, and if you still want some, there are probably many better sites to buy those than that wingnut site.

If you’re really worried about EMP, you can build a basic Farraday cage with chicken wire, a reflective blanket and some stereo wire

171 Sherlock Hound  Sep 25, 2014 11:32:19pm

re: #170 Kragar

No, I just think the bags are cool and useful for everyday dangers. There are ham radio ops in the militias who probably know how to build these. Foil backed foam insulation is excellent and very easy and cheap to build a cube from.

172 klys  Sep 25, 2014 11:46:00pm
173 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 25, 2014 11:55:21pm

I’ve just finished watching episode 6 of The Roosevelts. One thought came to mind: as with Michelle Obama, nothing Eleanor Roosevelt did — no matter how good or admirable or sacrificial — could ever win the hearts of the people who just plain hated her. Eleanor spent weeks traveling across the South Pacific theater and did such a wonderful job that Admiral Halsey retracted his early dismissal of the visit by a “do-gooder.” Yet, when she returned to the States, her enemies castigated her and FDR for wasting taxpayer dollars on a “junket.”

Likewise, Michelle encourages people to eat healthy food and kids to get a good education, and her haters act as if she’s telling everyone to eat babies and memorize Mao’s Little Red Book.

174 De Kolta Chair  Sep 25, 2014 11:55:56pm

“I’m not saying Louis Gohmert is a loony, but I’ve seen his file and Louis Gohmert is a total loony.”

175 Frenchy  Sep 26, 2014 1:22:40am

This is my surprise face regarding the Chief inciting a riot. His videotaped apology and offer to walk with protestors at this juncture just seems so genuine, and definitely not at all contrived. I am shocked that it’s not fooling people going over well.

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176 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Sep 26, 2014 3:17:01am

re: #169 Sherlock Hound

“…A kilt-wearing contest”

OK. I’m gonna guess he didn’t win first prize.

I’ll see myself out.

Will it be followed by a “Who’s-the-true-Scotsman” competition?

177 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 26, 2014 3:22:57am

re: #169 Sherlock Hound

“…A kilt-wearing contest”

OK. I’m gonna guess he didn’t win first prize.

I’ll see myself out.

Reminds me that I need to tell my family I want a tactical kilt for Christmas… ;)

178 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Sep 26, 2014 3:42:57am

re: #177 William Barnett-Lewis

Reminds me that I need to tell my family I want a tactical kilt for Christmas… ;)

A kilt was already a tactical advantage: it allowed you to defecate on the field of battle without compromising yourself by having your trews about your ankles.

179 Dark_Falcon  Sep 26, 2014 4:58:13am

re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Will it be followed by a “Who’s-the-true-Scotsman” competition?

No, if only because Jimmah (AKA Aye Pod) already one that one. By Congressman Lamborn did win the Mouth Breathing Competition.

180 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 5:10:35am

Good morning Lizards.

(Went to bed tired. Woke up tired. At work tired.)

181 Dark_Falcon  Sep 26, 2014 5:27:01am

re: #180 Feline Fearless Leader

Good morning Lizards.

(Went to bed tired. Woke up tired. At work tired.)

I have to go, but hopefully this can help cheer you up:

The cat man of Aleppo: As civil war rages around him, ambulance driver spends his savings on feeding orphaned pets

BBL

182 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Sep 26, 2014 5:28:09am

re: #180 Feline Fearless Leader

Good morning Lizards.

(Went to bed tired. Woke up tired. At work tired.)

Youtube Video

183 Weet  Sep 26, 2014 5:34:55am

Not the first thing I’ve read about Holder, but I thought I’d look at the NYT Editorial Board’s opinion. I’m reading it and liking it, and then I get to this:

“As the first African-American to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement official, Mr. Holder broke ground the moment he took office. In a position that rarely rewards boldness — and in the face of a frequently hostile Congress — Mr. Holder has continued to stake out strong and laudable legal positions on many of the most contested issues of our time. But his record is marred by the role the Justice Department played in matters of secrecy and national security under his leadership.”

You and your fucking Snowden fix NYT, fuck you.

184 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Sep 26, 2014 5:39:35am

re: #183 Weet

. But his record is marred by the role the Justice Department played in matters of secrecy and national security under his leadership.”

You and your fucking Snowden fix NYT, fuck you.

Because his job is to enforce laws and Snowden broke them.

185 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 5:42:02am

oh, dear…

186 darthstar  Sep 26, 2014 5:44:39am
187 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 5:45:20am

re: #184 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Because his job is to enforce laws and Snowden broke them.

True. In this respect Holder’s record is marred by absence of prosecutions against the Bush administration.

188 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 26, 2014 5:49:48am
189 Weet  Sep 26, 2014 5:54:03am

re: #186 darthstar

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Just OMFG. Greensnow has really gone there. I clicked on the tweet. Could not believe my eyes. Guess I’ll have to find a new moniker. Alex Greensnow? Need some help here.

“Continuously creating and strengthening enemies is a feature, not a bug.”

190 Charles Johnson  Sep 26, 2014 5:56:17am

If you have a Twitter account, would you please do me a big favor: block and report this account: @Lannie_Davis.

It’s that cretin from the stalker blog who’s been suspended multiple times, back stalking me again.

191 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 5:59:54am

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh, dear…

Hmm. Gout is no fun. Pain, and not a lot of ways to treat it if it’s in the toes. In the larger joints you can aspirate (drain) it and relieve the pressure on the nerves to reduce the pain.

Sounds like Dear Leader needs a revised diet, more exercise, and to cut down on factory “observation” visits.
/

192 Charles Johnson  Sep 26, 2014 6:00:01am

In case that link didn’t work, here it is again:

Lannie_Davis

193 darthstar  Sep 26, 2014 6:01:31am

re: #189 Weet

Just OMFG. Greensnow has really gone there. I clicked on the tweet. Could not believe my eyes. Guess I’ll have to find a new moniker. Alex Greensnow? Need some help here.

“Continuously creating and strengthening enemies is a feature, not a bug.”

Desperate for attention, GG pulls conspiracy theory out of his ass and pushes it to his 30,000 actual readers.

194 darthstar  Sep 26, 2014 6:03:46am

re: #192 Charles Johnson

In case that link didn’t work, here it is again:

Lannie_Davis

It worked. I wonder if twitter has a Chief Troll Eradication Officer who runs a team of people who investigate these complaints.

195 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 6:03:58am

PUMPKINS!

196 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 26, 2014 6:08:55am
197 Charles Johnson  Sep 26, 2014 6:09:13am

re: #194 darthstar

He got Chuck C. Johnson to retweet him, unsurprisingly.

198 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 6:10:11am

Friends on FB are all agape and pearl clutching about CoffeeCupGate and how disrespectful Obama was to the Marines.

:(

And that the main repeaters of the GOP talking points and anti-Obama crap are military vets disappoints me.

199 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 6:11:57am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

PUMPKINS!

Ah, the ornamental holiday orb. Contemplation thereof is something that is rewarding.

I also need to acquire some more small ones for eventual cooking. Just need to find a good stockpile spot where they will keep for a few months.

200 darthstar  Sep 26, 2014 6:12:59am

re: #197 Charles Johnson

He got Chuck C. Johnson to retweet him, unsurprisingly.

Chucky is an internet troll who lives for this kind of engagement. Right now, he’s got you hooked in his opinion. Enjoy the game. When you tire of it, ignore them and post three or four stories not about them and they’ll move on to greener pastures.

201 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 6:15:29am
Dinesh D’Souza’s new documentary, “America: Imagine a World Without Her.”

I’m glad Dinesh’s new documentary highlights the importance of the North’s winning the Civil War, because where or what would America be without that?

//

202 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 6:17:05am

Although I also understand Dinesh devotes a sizeable portion of his new documentary to the critical role played by FDR in rescuing America from the ravages of the Great Depression.
/

203 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 6:17:18am

re: #199 Feline Fearless Leader

Ah, the ornamental holiday orb. Contemplation thereof is something that is rewarding.

I also need to acquire some more small ones for eventual cooking. Just need to find a good stockpile spot where they will keep for a few months.

You can dry pumpkin slices.

Drying Pumpkin and Pumpkin Seeds

Wash, peel, and remove fibers and seeds from pumpkin (or Hubbard squash) flesh. Cut into small, thin strips no more than one-inch wide by 1/8-inch thick. Blanch strips over steam for 3 minutes and dip briefly in cold water to stop the blanching action. There is no need to cool to room temperature prior to drying. Drain excess moisture. Dry the strips in an electric dehydrator until brittle.

Pumpkin also makes excellent dried vegetable leather. Purée cooked pumpkin and strain. Add honey and spices, and then dry on a home food dehydrator tray. homefoodpreservation.com.

Drying seeds and roasting seeds are two different processes. To dry, carefully wash pumpkin seeds to remove the clinging fibrous pumpkin tissue. Pumpkin seeds can be dried in the sun, in an electric dehydrator at 115-120°F for 1 to 2 hours, or in an oven on a very low, warm temperature only, for 3 to 4 hours. Stir them frequently to avoid scorching. Dried seeds should not be stored with any moisture left in them.

For more on storing dried vegetables, see recommendations here: uga.edu .

To roast the seeds, take dried pumpkin seeds, toss with oil and/or salt and roast in a preheated oven at 250°F for 10 to 15 minutes.

204 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 6:18:20am

re:
#198

Friends on FB are all agape and pearl clutching about CoffeeCupGate and how disrespectful Obama was to the Marines.

Reminds me I should check my newsfeed to see which of my FB ditwits are derping about this so I can defriend them.

205 PhillyPretzel  Sep 26, 2014 6:18:41am

re: #202 Bulworth

I am sure Ken Burns did a better job.

206 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 6:20:50am

re:
#184

but his record is marred by the role the Justice Department played in allowing the NSA to search our FB feeds and Instagram accounts for our kitteh pics.

207 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 6:28:06am

Reading Martin Gardner’s short stories now. The first one, called “Thang” is extra-short, but sweet:

vintage.failed-dam.org

THE Earth had completed another turn about the sun, whirling
slowly and silently as it always whirled. The East had experi-
enced a record breaking crop of yellow rice and yellow chil-
dren, larger stockpiles of weapons were accumulating in certain
strategic centers, and the sages of the University of Chicago were
uttering words of profound wisdom, when Thang reached down and
picked up the Earth between his thumb and finger.
Thang had been sleeping. When he finally awoke and blinked
his six opulent eyes at the blinding light (for the light of our stars
when viewed in their totality is no thing of dimness) he had become
uncomfortably aware of an empty feeling near the pit of his stomach.
How long he had been sleeping even he did not know exactly, for in
the mind of Thang time is a term of no significance. Although the
ways of Thang are beyond the ways of men, and the thoughts of
Thang are scarcely conceivable by our thoughts; still——stating the
matter roughly and in the language we know——the ways of Thang
are this: When Thang is not asleep, Thang hungers.
After blinking his opulent eyes (in a specific consecutive order
which had long been his habit) and stretching forth a long arm to
sweep aside the closer suns, Thang squinted into the deep. The riper
planets were near the center and usually could be recognized by
surface texture; but frequently Thang had to thump them with his
middle finger. It was some time until he found a piece that suited
him. He picked it up with his right hand and shook off most of the
adhering salty moisture. Other fingers scaled away thin flakes of
bluish ice that had caked on opposite sides. Finally, he dried the ball
completely by rubbing it on his chest.
He bit into it. It was soft and juicy, neither unpleasantly hot nor
freezing to the tongue; and Thang, who always ate the entire planet,
core and all, lay back contentedly, chewing slowly and permitting his
thoughts to dwell idly on trivial matters, when suddenly he felt
himself picked up by the back of the neck.
He was jerked upward and backward by an arm of tremendous
bulk (an arm covered with greyish hair and exuding a foul smell).
Then he was lowered even more rapidly. He looked down in time to
see an enormous mouth——red and gaping and watering around the
edges——then the blackness closed over him with a slurp like a clap of
thunder.
For there are other gods than Thang.

208 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 6:28:29am

re: #196 NJDhockeyfan

[Embedded content]

That’s the bug that Charles fixed here at LGF the other day.

209 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 6:36:28am

And a humorous bit from another story:

Like Father Brown I seem to have good intuitions about eccentric behavior, and Reinkopf had been impressed by how quickly I once had managed to identify the person who was stealing silverware from the club’s dining room. (The thief turned out to be a visiting Austrian economist of extreme libertarian views.)

210 Frenchy  Sep 26, 2014 6:46:26am

Oh good god would Greenwald just STFU already. We get it, you hate the US, and you love terrorist organizations who would threaten our security as well as that of other nations.

211 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 6:51:21am

re: #210 Frenchy

Oh good god would Greenwald just STFU already. We get it, you hate the US, and you love terrorist organizations who would threaten our security as well as that of other nations.

Glenn’s 15 minutes of fame seem about up. Since Pierre has bought all of the dudebro journalists and paid them whether they write or not they really have been rather quiet and their influence has waned.

It seems that the only people who write/talk about Glenn and his dudebro posse are us and his cultish attack Pierreatrooper fanboys.

212 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 6:52:54am

Hmm. I see Facebook is now injecting “suggested posts” into my feed. Said posts essentially being commercials for products, seminars, etc. My guess is that the next step is that these will start being auto-play ads.

I’m sure Facebook appreciates my feedback on these posts as calling them spam and telling FB to not display them.
/

213 Lidane  Sep 26, 2014 6:55:24am

re: #212 Feline Fearless Leader

I do the same thing. I hide them all and flag them as spam.

If I wanted to like a brand, I’d like it. I don’t need FB to tell me who to like.

214 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 6:56:04am

I won’t say what should be done to the people who invented and use auto-play ads. LGF rightly doesn’t tolerate calls for violence.

215 urbanmeemaw  Sep 26, 2014 6:58:23am

re: #5 b.d.

Shock face will not be expressed if Chuck Todd pimps this upcoming event on his Sunday show.

He would make a great keynote whiner, er, speaker. It would be so “edgy”.

216 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Sep 26, 2014 6:59:59am

re: #214 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

I won’t say what should be done to the people who invented and use auto-play ads. LGF rightly doesn’t tolerate calls for violence.

No violence, just put them in a room full of computers running auto play ads with no switch-off buttons until their brains melt…

217 urbanmeemaw  Sep 26, 2014 7:04:45am

re: #46 b.d.

Finally, a place where I can buy my heirloom seeds, get my magnetized water and get my foreign policy lectures all under one roof.

Will they also be selling pants with “Action Parts”?

218 urbanmeemaw  Sep 26, 2014 7:06:51am

re: #63 RealityBasedSteve

Everytime a grifter gets an idea, a new LLC get’s its incorporation papers.

RBS

And a chemtrail weeps.

219 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 7:07:08am

nbcnews.com

And continued GOP rebranding work will turn North Carolina firmly blue in how many years?

220 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 7:11:45am

re:
#214

Some things cannot rightly be spoken of in polite company.

221 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 7:15:25am

I see the One Direction fans woke up about an hour or so ago and are having a Twitter outrage over a Daily Show bit from a couple of days ago.

222 Lidane  Sep 26, 2014 7:16:35am

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

I see the One Direction fans woke up about an hour or so ago and are having a Twitter outrage over a Daily Show bit from a couple of days ago.

I guess their high schools don’t firewall Twitter.

223 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 7:17:51am
224 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 7:19:41am

re:
#223

There’s a direct, inverse correlation between the lack of actual persecution of Christians and the amount of persecution wingnut Christians feel.

225 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 26, 2014 7:20:13am

re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

OMG…. It’s the physical implementation of a MySpace page, in a mobile format.

RBS

226 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 7:21:58am

re:
#223

That picture at the top of the story, the wacked out wingnut bus with all the derp on it…that bus/truck has been driving around DC for about the whole 16 years I’ve been here although the signs and messages have changed somewhat. During the last 90’s it was about Clinton and fornication in the WH, dead Vince Foster, etc.

227 Timothy Watson  Sep 26, 2014 7:22:14am

re: #216 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

No violence, just put them in a room full of computers running auto play ads with no switch-off buttons until their brains melt…

Can we do the same thing to the people at HuffPo and their autoplaying videos? I ended up disabling Flash autoexecuting on pages because of them.

228 urbanmeemaw  Sep 26, 2014 7:22:20am

re: #158 nsmith25

[Embedded content]

I don’t know enough about that particular situation, but I till think it is ironic considering how many white people in and out of law enforcement shoot black people with impunity.

229 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 7:23:34am

At this point most people mentioning Benghazi are redirected into the “Nutz” bin.

230 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 7:24:15am

re: #227 Timothy Watson

Ads or videos in postings?

231 Timothy Watson  Sep 26, 2014 7:25:06am

re: #230 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Ads or videos in postings?

News videos, which they embed on the top of most of their stories.

232 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 26, 2014 7:26:04am
233 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 7:27:17am

re: #231 Timothy Watson

Good that I don’t visit hp often.

234 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 7:27:46am

oooops…

235 urbanmeemaw  Sep 26, 2014 7:28:15am

re: #183 Weet

Not the first thing I’ve read about Holder, but I thought I’d look at the NYT Editorial Board’s opinion. I’m reading it and liking it, and then I get to this:

“As the first African-American to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement official, Mr. Holder broke ground the moment he took office. In a position that rarely rewards boldness — and in the face of a frequently hostile Congress — Mr. Holder has continued to stake out strong and laudable legal positions on many of the most contested issues of our time. But his record is marred by the role the Justice Department played in matters of secrecy and national security under his leadership.”

You and your fucking Snowden fix NYT, fuck you.

I noticed that, too. Such fair and balanced reporting. Imagine Holder and the DOJ “taking a role” in the theft of classified documents! How dare they!

236 lawhawk  Sep 26, 2014 7:28:39am

People in the US screaming that Christians in the US are being persecuted don’t have a single clue about persecution here in the US. You want to talk about persecution, talk to African Americans. Talk to Jews. Talk to Muslims. Talk to Sikhs.

Those are people who were, and are, being persecuted for who they are and/or what they believe in.

Christians aren’t being persecuted because courts are telling some Christians that they can’t impose their beliefs on others. That’s called First Amendment separation of church and state. Establishment of religion and all that.

There is real persecution going on in the US, but Christian persecution isn’t it.

That’s not to say that Christians aren’t being persecuted elsewhere in the world. They are - in places like Africa and parts of the Middle East. That’s not what is happening here in the US, and the more that people complain that Christians are being persecuted in the US the more they look disassociated from reality.

237 Archangelus  Sep 26, 2014 7:29:28am

re: #214 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

I won’t say what should be done to the people who invented and use auto-play ads. LGF rightly doesn’t tolerate calls for violence.

No need for violence. Bind them to chairs in front of massive large TVs, surrounded by HUGE speakers in a soundproof room where the Macarena, Ketchup Song and Gangam Style are played on an endless loop…

238 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 26, 2014 7:30:21am

Christians are persecuted in Syria and elsewhere. They are not fucking persecuted in the US. And when someone is persecuted in the US, the demographic probability is that it’s the Christians doing it.

239 Archangelus  Sep 26, 2014 7:32:39am

re: #238 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Yeah but good luck getting that point across to folks who live in a perpetual, unbreakable, demented mental bubble…

240 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 7:32:43am

ctvnews.ca

Uh… no. Not going to comment.

241 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 7:33:36am

re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth

oooops…

The irony is strong in this story.

242 lawhawk  Sep 26, 2014 7:35:04am

re: #240 Feline Fearless Leader

ctvnews.ca

Uh… no. Not going to comment.

At least they weren’t snapping turtles.

243 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 26, 2014 7:35:36am
244 Snarknado!  Sep 26, 2014 7:39:28am

re: #243 NJDhockeyfan

Looks like a ripoff of Cat People (a very good movie).

245 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 26, 2014 7:41:15am

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

While 90% of his people are malnourished or near starvation, Kim the Least gets the rich man’s disease.

246 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 26, 2014 7:50:19am

Newman?

247 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 7:55:09am

I need this

<blockquoteclass=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”>

pic.twitter.com/6t1Yo5iv7Z

— emilioporompompero(@PoromEmilio) September 26, 2014

<blockquoteclass=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”>

pic.twitter.com/GUhFyGnZvY

— emilioporompompero(@PoromEmilio) September 26, 2014

Yes, need.

248 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 26, 2014 7:56:18am

re: #246 NJDhockeyfan

He’s going to be out of a job soon. The postal service is pretty strict with those who don’t make their appointed rounds, though he’ll likely get shifted to a position that doesn’t involve mail handling.

249 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 8:06:24am

re: #247 b.d.

Here you go, just work out a deal with the friendly salesperson…

kormaran.com

Kormaran

Is it a monohull? A katamaran? A trimaran? Actually, the Kormaran is a bit of all three — and the perfect tender for a luxury yacht. Crafted from carbon fiber, this unique watercraft can function as any of the previously listed boats, as well as a luxury sunbathing platform, and can transform even while on the move. And lest you think luxury Transformer-like capabilities were the only concern, the boat also features completely new hydrofoils that reduce water resistance by up to 80%, allowing for higher speeds while putting less a hit on the environment.

Kormaran

250 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 8:09:27am

re: #249 ausador

Here you go, just work out a deal with the friendly salesperson…

kormaran.com

But it’s pronounced “throatwarbler mangrove”.
;)

251 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 8:17:14am

It isn’t a boat, it’s a transformer…but is it an Autobot or a Decepticon?

Transformations

252 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 26, 2014 8:19:59am

re: #249 ausador

Looks like something out of a James Bond movie.

253 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 8:21:55am

re: #249 ausador

Here you go, just work out a deal with the friendly salesperson…

kormaran.com

Kormaran

Sir, you don’t need money, just a little bit a month!

//

254 Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 26, 2014 8:24:04am

re: #249 ausador

Where’s the real thing, preferably in the water? All of those images appear to be very nice 3D renderings. Want a vehicle that transforms from a baby stroller to a motor scooter to a hovercraft? I can provide some lovely renderings for a cash pre-order.

255 Lidane  Sep 26, 2014 8:24:18am

WND Columnist: Muslims Are ‘Swamp Creatures’

To this day, I don’t understand why we ever decided to defend one group of Muslims from another group of Muslims. I understand attacking them whenever they appear to be a risk to America or Israel, but not on behalf of anyone but ourselves. These people are not our friends; they are swamp creatures. What’s more, all they ever do during these conflicts is offer to hold our coat while we do their fighting and dying for them.

256 CuriousLurker  Sep 26, 2014 8:25:46am

OT - I know most people know not to link to the Gatestone Institute since Fjordman, Robert Spencer, Bat Ye’or, Geert Wilders, etc. are among those listed on their Authors page, but here’s a heads-up anyway:

While Fjordman & Spencer haven’t contributed any articles in about 5 years, and Ye’or in around 3, Wilders is actively contributing—in fact, he has written 3 articles for them in the past 3 months.

Don’t say no one warned you. //

257 CuriousLurker  Sep 26, 2014 8:29:27am

re: #256 CuriousLurker

Dammit, it happened again. I post a comment, a new article goes up. *sigh*

258 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 26, 2014 9:21:41am

re: #257 CuriousLurker

Dammit, it happened again. I post a comment, a new article goes up. *sigh*

Welcome to the club….


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