Are You Ready for Another Condescending, Insulting Ad From Republicans?

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This new ad from the College Republican National Committee, pushing Rick Scott for governor of Florida, is about as grotesquely condescending and demeaning to women as it’s possible to be.

Imagine the “brainstorming” sessions for this:

“You know those women, all they think about is makeup and clothes — so how about if we make the candidates into wedding dresses, and the Rick Scott dress is the cool one? It can’t lose! Governor’s office, here we come!”

“Don’t forget, we need at least one African American in it!”

It’s far beyond tone-deaf at this point — Republicans are just getting weird.

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469 comments
1 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 1, 2014 11:34:38am

Not the Onion?

2 Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2014 11:35:01am

You really have to wonder if there were any women on the staff to consult about this, or if it was just a bunch of guys going “Hey, that’s all my wife/girlfriend talks about!”

Then again, this is the GOP we’re talking about.

3 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 11:36:48am
4 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 11:37:59am

They’re not even attempting to appear to be trying.

5 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 11:38:26am

6 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 1, 2014 11:39:24am

So…. If I understand, Rick Scott is something that is only good for one thing, be used one time, will be put on a shelf and never used again, and more often than not, leads to heartache and tears years down the road. Ok, got it!

7 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 11:39:49am

It’s a face that just screams “Wedding.”

8 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 11:40:29am

re: #7 jaunte

It’s a face that just screams “Wedding Welding.”

FIFY

9 prairiefire  Oct 1, 2014 11:40:41am

Yes, yes I am. They have twisted themselves into an ugly noodle. They are disliked in every corner of the demographics map.

10 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 11:41:00am

re: #5 jaunte

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Rawr Imma b-grade movie villain!

11 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 11:41:05am

re: #7 jaunte

or:

It’s a face that just screams “Wedding Weeding.”

This is a fun game!

12 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 11:41:41am

re: #1 Rightwingconspirator

Not the Onion?

Close: CRNC. Basically self-parody without self-awareness.

13 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 11:43:12am
14 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 11:43:45am

And these are the College National Republican Committee people putting this together. This is the future of the GOP, and this is what they think will connect with voters?

sheesh

15 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 11:44:33am

And they seriously think it will work:

The ad, running for a full minute, is longer than most, and its content stands out amid the more staged candidate-run ads and the ominous issue ads run by outside groups. The trick, says CRNC national chairman Alex Smith, is to start a conversation.

“How do you reach the generation that has their earbuds in and their minds turned off to traditional advertising?” she said. “It’s our goal to start the conversation by presenting ourselves in a culturally relevant way.”

Other ads the group is rolling out will look to draw from young people’s everyday experiences. One ad, which will be targeted at users in Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin, features a student asking a Democratic politician a series of questions about his plans over text. The politician dashes off a quick response: “k.”

“It might appear to be silly on the surface, but there’s absolutely a deeper meaning that will resonate with young voters,” Ms. Smith said. “It’s representative of how Democrats treat young voters - they take them for granted.”
blogs.wsj.com

16 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 1, 2014 11:44:52am

re: #14 lawhawk

And these are the College National Republican Committee people putting this together. This is the future of the GOP, and this is what they think will connect with voters?

sheesh

They’re busy heckling the Deltas for getting suspended.
///

17 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 11:45:36am

“It’s our goal to start the conversation by presenting ourselves in a culturally relevant way.”

ORLY?

18 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 11:45:58am

This is great! They are probably upset that Bill Dana won’t let them bring back Jose Jimenez for their Hispanic outreach.

In 1970, Dana announced to ten thousand Mexican-Americans attending a cultural pride festival that “after tonight, José Jiménez is dead,” later holding a mock funeral for José on Sunset Boulevard. In 1997 Dana received an image award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition.

Btw, Mr. Dana is still alive and active at age 89.

19 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 1, 2014 11:46:11am

re: #17 jaunte

“It’s our goal to start the conversation by presenting ourselves in a culturally relevant way.”

ORLY?

Yes. As a bad example.
/

20 Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2014 11:47:47am

re: #7 jaunte

It’s a face that just screams “Wedding.”

.

FTFY

21 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 11:50:13am

Here’s how to install that Rick Scott dress.

Inhale! No, exhale!

More here.

The Trendelenburg Position

This may sound like the title of a spy thriller, however, it was, and is, a recommended position in which to fit a client. The client lies on her back with the knees raised. The surface may even be inclined towards the client’s head. The internal organs which need the support of the corset will then be assisted by gravity into their correct locations at which time the corset can be adjusted and tightened.

So comfy!

22 goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2014 11:51:19am

23 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 11:52:00am

re:
#17

“And if you really want to join in the conversation why don’t you come to one of our very diverse and intellectually rigorous conferences like our recent Values Voters Conference!”

/

24 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 11:53:03am

WSJ, June 5, 2014:

“The College Republican National Committee has spent the last year and a half trying to figure out why the GOP has failed to connect with voters under the age of 30.”

College Republicans Test Ads to Help GOP Capture Millennials

“…The second test case played out this spring in Michigan in which the group paid for a similar ad modeled on the ABC hit “The Bachelorette” in which recipients were asked to choose between two men - Democrat Mark, who orders more food than he can afford to eat and spies on emails and text messages, and Republican Rick, who is decidedly more responsible.”

25 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 11:53:40am

re:
#17

“And don’t forget about our thoughtful and even-handed websites like FreeRepublic.dom and GateWayPundit!”

/

26 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 11:54:08am

Ladies, you must choose between these two men.

27 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 11:54:27am

One of the creators chimes in:

28 Lidane  Oct 1, 2014 11:55:14am

re: #15 jaunte

“How do you reach the generation that has their earbuds in and their minds turned off to traditional advertising?” she said. “It’s our goal to start the conversation by presenting ourselves in a culturally relevant way.”

29 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 11:55:43am

re: #27 Kragar

One of the creators chimes in:

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The responses to that tweet are things of beauty.

30 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 11:55:51am

re: #27 Kragar

One of the creators chimes in:

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My response.

31 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 11:56:08am

re:
#27

Hurr hurr the Democrat party is the old white male party!!1

32 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 11:56:09am

Some older Republicans have the excuse that things have changed in ways they don’t like, and they want to go back.

Younger Republicans don’t have that very natural excuse, and tend to be more bug-nuts insane.

This ad by College Republicans is a perfect example.

33 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 1, 2014 11:59:18am

re: #27 Kragar

One of the creators chimes in:

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34 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 11:59:34am

Coming soon from the GOP Outreach committee:

“Yo Dawg! I hear you like voting!”
“Me so Conservative! Me vote you long time!”
“Lets Vote! ¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Epa!”

35 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 12:00:46pm

It looks like all those stupid TV shows aimed at the lowest common denominator. Gah. Brain bleach, anyone?

36 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 1, 2014 12:02:00pm

re: #32 EPR-radar

Some older Republicans have the excuse that things have changed in ways they don’t like, and they want to go back.

Younger Republicans don’t have that very natural excuse, and tend to be more bug-nuts insane.

This ad by College Republicans is a perfect example.

And more frantic since their default environment* is one where they see their party and message failing miserably.

* - Special endangered species reserves like Liberty U are an exception.

37 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 12:02:04pm

re: #28 Lidane

their minds turned off to traditional advertising

The suggestion that this is somehow NOT traditional advertising, and palpably 99% BS, is ridiculous. Their audience has grown up immersed in sophisticated messaging created by some very sharp minds. They are inured to advertising and marketing pitches.

This is transparently a poorly conceived, poorly executed attempt to sell a questionable product, in a way that insults the target audience. Major fail.

38 jaunte  Oct 1, 2014 12:04:55pm
39 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 12:05:40pm

re: #18 Shiplord Kirel

This is great! They are probably upset that Bill Dana won’t let them bring back Jose Jimenez for their Hispanic outreach.

Btw, Mr. Dana is still alive and active at age 89.

Gilbert Gottfried should really interview him for his new podcast.

(Which, seriously, is very good. He’s interviewing old comedians from golden age TV, worth a listen for anyone into comedy history.)

40 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 12:06:56pm

re: #37 jaunte

The suggestion that this is somehow NOT traditional advertising, and palpably 99% BS, is ridiculous. Their audience has grown up immersed in sophisticated messaging created by some very sharp minds. They are inured to advertising and marketing pitches.

This is transparently a poorly conceived, poorly executed attempt to sell a questionable product, in a way that insults the target audience. Major fail.

I was particularly amused by the bit where Mom is clapping enthusiastically as the narrator drones something about tax increases. I suppose the Democrats they invent in their fever dreams are happy about taxation per se, but nobody else is.

Taxes are simply necessary to fund the operations of government. No more and no less.

41 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 12:10:06pm

I’m afraid this ad is just another conservative attempt at humor.
Surprise! It fails miserably.

42 lockjawcanbefun  Oct 1, 2014 12:10:17pm

I remember the days when ads like this closed with the Energizer Bunny going through the scene.

43 goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2014 12:10:35pm

44 Iwouldprefernotto  Oct 1, 2014 12:11:33pm

Can we drug test the folds that developed this commercial?

45 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 12:13:35pm

re: #44 Iwouldprefernotto

Can we drug test the folds that developed this commercial?

Whatever they’re on, I’ll take half.

46 Lidane  Oct 1, 2014 12:15:55pm

re: #45 Schadenboner

Whatever they’re on, I’ll take half.

I won’t. I like having a functional brain.

The ad agency who made that garbage is either delusional or deliberately trolling the GOP for cash.

47 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:16:24pm

Get your minds outta the gutter, people!
:D

48 Snarknado!  Oct 1, 2014 12:17:37pm

re: #46 Lidane

I won’t. I like having a functional brain.

The ad agency who made that garbage is either delusional or deliberately trolling the GOP for cash.

Or moles from the Democratic Party.

49 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 12:17:55pm
50 lockjawcanbefun  Oct 1, 2014 12:19:43pm

“Comments are disabled for this video.”

Surprise-O-Meter at zero.

51 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 12:20:46pm

re: #46 Lidane

The ad agency who made that garbage is deliberately trolling the GOP for cash.

And, as such, probably have “the hookup” as the kids say these days.

52 darthstar  Oct 1, 2014 12:20:47pm

re: #43 goddamnedfrank

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He looks like Bat Boy’s father.

53 blueraven  Oct 1, 2014 12:21:44pm

Secret Service Director will step down…Pete Williams, NBC

54 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 12:22:05pm
55 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 12:22:06pm

re: #48 Snarknado!

Or moles from the Democratic Party.

They put up a pic of a few young women who supposedly either made the film or came up with the idea.

I thought young conservatives respected their parents and other elders?

56 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:23:30pm

re: #53 blueraven

Secret Service Director will step down…Pete Williams, NBC

57 ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2014 12:23:59pm

How the hell does this ad and the fact they are claiming Republican Millennials are liking it fit into the discussion we were having a few days ago about the attendees at Value Voters Summit were all old and white?

Do we need new thinking that they also attract young, dumb and white (with a token black) too? Or, does this also fit old and white?

Actually, I can’t see how anyone would like this ad. Anyone.

58 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:24:29pm
59 ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2014 12:24:38pm

re: #52 darthstar

He looks like Bat Boy’s father.
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I was waiting for someone to post this image.

60 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 1, 2014 12:25:27pm

re: #57 ObserverArt

How the hell does this ad and the fact they are claiming Republican Millennials are liking it fit into the discussion we were having a few days ago about the attendees at Value Voters Summit were all old and white?

Do we need new thinking that they also attract young, dumb and white (with a token black) too? Or, does this also fit old and white?

Actually, I can’t see how anyone would like this ad. Anyone.

Maybe they had a budget item for ads and were in the position of having to spend the money, or lose it.

61 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 12:25:28pm

Apparently, they made a whole series of these ads

CRNC national chairman Alex Smith told the Wall Street Journal that the ads are geared toward experiences young people have every day.

“How do you reach the generation that has their earbuds in and their minds turned off to traditional advertising?” she said. “It’s our goal to start the conversation by presenting ourselves in a culturally relevant way.”

The CRNC also ran basically the same ad for the gubernatorial races in Illinois, Colorado, Arkansas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

Because young women never have to worry about health care, getting a job, paying their bills, etc. All they have to do is worry about a pretty dress and marrying a man.

62 leftynyc  Oct 1, 2014 12:26:18pm

Gee, I can’t imagine why African Americans don’t trust the police in this country. It’s a complete mystery.

tallahassee.com

“I know what I’ve seen on the video,” he said. “My gut reaction is sort of like everyone else’s - it looks like an instrument that is used to deter violence is being used as a weapon. I think that goes against the spirit of the whole concept behind Tasers.”

Harper couldn’t say whether the Tallahassee Police Department will be sued over the tasing of 61-year-old Viola Young.

“All options are on the table,” he said. “The big thing is we just want to make sure that these types of things don’t happen and that we can start rebuilding our trust in TPD.”

Harper said he couldn’t discuss Young’s injuries. She was treated at the scene and taken to the Leon County Jail on a charge of resisting an officer without violence.

63 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:27:26pm

In Queens right now:

64 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 12:28:03pm

re: #57 ObserverArt

How the hell does this ad and the fact they are claiming Republican Millennials are liking it fit into the discussion we were having a few days ago about the attendees at Value Voters Summit were all old and white?

Do we need new thinking that they also attract young, dumb and white (with a token black) too? Or, does this also fit old and white?

Actually, I can’t see how anyone would like this ad. Anyone.

There are always people who fall outside the main demographics in any group.
Republican Millenials are probably a pretty small sample and I’m afraid making fun of people and/or preaching to the choir are not generally effective ways of persuading the undecideds.

65 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 12:31:28pm
66 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 1, 2014 12:32:23pm

re: #65 Kragar

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Will the Nazi comparisons ever STOP?

67 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 12:33:01pm

For anyone who is unaware of it “Say Yes to the Dress” is a very popular show among some young women, and the ad follows the format pretty closely. I can see how someone who just loves the show could think this was clever. Sadly it isn’t.

68 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 12:33:22pm

re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg

Will the Nazi comparisons ever STOP?

No.

69 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 12:33:27pm
70 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 12:33:36pm

re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth

71 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 12:34:49pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

OBAMA’S COUP BEGINS!!!

72 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 12:34:58pm

re: #67 calochortus

For anyone who is unaware of it “Say Yes to the Dress” is a very popular show among some young women, and the ad follows the format pretty closely. I can see how someone who just loves the show could think this was clever. Sadly it isn’t.

The oddest part of it to me is the suggestion that you need to break with tradition and go against your parents. Such an unRepublican attitude.

73 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 12:35:35pm

re: #69 NJDhockeyfan

Damn Yankees!

74 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 12:35:42pm

Certain freepers have decided that the Dallas ebola patient is a pedophile.

Not everyone is buying it though:

Rusty0604: “Where does it say he’s a pedophile?”

AnAmericanInEngland: “It doesn’t, but now that some posters have gotten what they wanted, the race of the perp. ..I mean patient, they’ll tie him to Islam, Mexico and Satan before sunrise.”

75 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 12:36:05pm

i hear that the border between texebola and the united states is not secure

76 goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2014 12:36:05pm

re: #52 darthstar

He looks like Bat Boy’s father.
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I always think of Rick as the evil, Mirror Universe version of Matt Frewer.

Except one of them should have a goatee.

77 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:36:51pm

re: #70 lawhawk

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It sucks being stuck in an elevator, moreso probably on a scaffold.
But with a fire at the same time?
Not enough adult beverages for me when it’s all over.

78 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 12:36:57pm
“There were 10,000 people that were paraded into a medical office under the guise of a physical,” Perry explained. “As they stood with their back against the wall, they were executed with a bullet through the throat. Before they left, 10,000 people met their fate that way.”

“Is it not the same than when our government continues to perpetuate laws that lead citizens away from God?”

That’s a completely legitimate question.

/

79 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 12:37:35pm

Way better than Jeter.

80 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 12:37:37pm
81 KingKenrod  Oct 1, 2014 12:37:46pm
82 Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2014 12:37:56pm

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel

Certain freepers have decided that the Dallas ebola patient is a pedophile.

Not everyone is buying it though:

That response by AmericanInEngland is pretty good, I have to say. It certainly made me chuckle, because ‘AIE’ nails the Freeper mentality dead on.

83 goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2014 12:39:19pm

re: #69 NJDhockeyfan

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No, Tim Howard. That guy can block a goal.

84 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 12:39:39pm

“Say Yes to the Dress”

well it does go along w my idea that casualness in american clothing has gone about as far as it can and that the next hot new trend with those crazy young folk will be dresses and suits and ties

one of my ‘signs you are really living in the future’ will be when bluejeans are something that old people wear

but voting republican going along with it? i don’t think so

85 goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2014 12:39:50pm

re: #79 Stanley Sea

Way better than Jeter.

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Damn you!

86 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 12:40:21pm
87 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 12:40:37pm

re: #84 dog philosopher

one of my ‘signs you are really living in the future’ will be when clothes are something that old people wear

ftfy

88 Sionainn  Oct 1, 2014 12:41:18pm

re: #67 calochortus

For anyone who is unaware of it “Say Yes to the Dress” is a very popular show among some young women, and the ad follows the format pretty closely. I can see how someone who just loves the show could think this was clever. Sadly it isn’t.

I’ve watched the show and liked it. This ad was just simply stupid and insulting.

89 b.d.  Oct 1, 2014 12:41:25pm
90 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 12:42:12pm

re: #86 lawhawk

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I see. To Freepers, ‘contact with children’ = PEDOPHILE!!1!

91 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 12:42:44pm

And in today’s episode of COPS: Out Of Control

Florida officer tases a 62 year old woman in the back just for the hell of it.

92 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 12:43:25pm

re: #87 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

ftfy

im working on growing fur, mself

93 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 12:44:15pm

re: #92 dog philosopher

im working on growing fur, mself

tmi

94 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 12:44:22pm

re:
#65

Texas GOP lawmaker: Secularism is like Nazis putting a ‘bullet through the throat’ of Jews

I’m confused. Tony Perkins recently said that only gun-toting Texans will defeat the terrorists, not liberal New Englanders. So who’s doing the putting bullets through the throats in this Texas GOP lawmaker’s scenario?

/

95 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:45:28pm

heh…

96 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 12:45:35pm
97 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 12:46:48pm

Police: Would-Be Thief Stuffed $1,200 Worth Of Meat Down His Pants At Croton-On-Hudson A&P

In Croton-On-Hudson that’s probably only four pork chops and a beef brisket.

98 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 12:46:52pm

I have a feeling FLOTUS had a word or two to say.

99 urbanmeemaw  Oct 1, 2014 12:47:30pm

re: #37 jaunte

The suggestion that this is somehow NOT traditional advertising, and palpably 99% BS, is ridiculous. Their audience has grown up immersed in sophisticated messaging created by some very sharp minds. They are inured to advertising and marketing pitches.

This is transparently a poorly conceived, poorly executed attempt to sell a questionable product, in a way that insults the target audience. Major fail.

But, but, they used the phrases “starting a conversation” and “his brand”. I mean, like, isn’t that, like, “edgy”?

//

100 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 1, 2014 12:47:55pm

re: #96 lawhawk

That’s because Obama doesn’t support his loyal minions as compared to the Ferguson PD protecting their own.
////

101 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:47:59pm
102 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 12:48:10pm

re: #91 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

And in today’s episode of COPS: Out Of Control

Florida officer tases a 62 year old woman in the back just for the hell of it.

OMG the video.

OMG.

103 blueraven  Oct 1, 2014 12:49:53pm

Wow

Ebola Victim in Texas Is Identified as a Liberian, Thomas Eric Duncan

NYT -

Mr. Duncan, the first person to develop symptoms outside Africa during the current epidemic, had direct contact with a woman stricken by Ebola on Sept. 15, just four days before he left Liberia for the United States, the woman’s parents and Mr. Duncan’s neighbors said.

In a pattern often seen here in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, the family of the woman, Marthalene Williams, 19, took her by taxi to a hospital with Mr. Duncan’s help on Sept. 15 after failing to get an ambulance, said her parents, Emmanuel and Amie Williams. She was convulsing but also seven months pregnant, they said.

Turned away from a hospital for lack of space in its Ebola treatment ward, the family said it took Ms. Williams back home in the evening, and that she died hours later, around 3 a.m.

104 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 12:49:54pm

re: #86 lawhawk

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105 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:49:55pm

re: #98 Stanley Sea

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I have a feeling FLOTUS had a word or two to say.

Also, when did POTUS and FLOTUS learn about the bullet holes in the residential wing? You know, the ones that SS supervisor said weren’t there the night the WH got shot at…

106 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 12:50:26pm
107 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 12:50:39pm
108 b.d.  Oct 1, 2014 12:50:39pm
109 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 12:52:21pm

This was a joke right?

110 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 12:52:57pm

re: #106 Kragar

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They’re either clueless or they’re chickenshits like Brown.

111 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 12:53:52pm

re: #82 Dr Lizardo

That response by AmericanInEngland is pretty good, I have to say. It certainly made me chuckle, because ‘AIE’ nails the Freeper mentality dead on.

From his forum posts, It would appear that AmericaninEngland is something of a mole or infiltrator from the reality based community, quite biting at times too:

Because being sick in America means that lots of corporations make lots of money off of you. That’s why America has the most sickness.

Ah, Corvettes, the Viagara (sic) of cars. Old guys with little endowment love em, especially when their Hummers get too difficult to climb into.

The NHS horror stories are mostly just that, stories. I had a colonoscopy show possible colon cancer and was in for further investigation within days. The wife had a yearly post breast cancer (diagnosed while we lived in the US and we had to wait 3 months for insurance to approve the mastectomy) show numbers that worried the NHS doc, and she was in treatment by the end of the week.

Non life threatening stuff may take months, ie, joint replacement or dental issues, bit otherwise, it ain’t that bad, and you’d be hard pressed to find many Brits that would trade it for the American model.

Is it perfect? Hell no. Is it as bad as you read about at sources with a vested interest in scaring Americans away from an NHS style system in the US? Hell no. Here in the UK, when ER waits hit 2-3 hours, it’s a scandal, in America, 2-3 hours was a short wait.

112 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 12:55:08pm

re: #111 Shiplord Kirel

I’m sure he’ll be shown the door soon.

113 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 12:55:19pm

re: #107 Stanley Sea

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guilty of first degree murder

114 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 12:55:47pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

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You know there’s some idiot out there on TCOT who thinks that the president should pay for his own security.

115 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 12:56:17pm

Gandalf for USSS Director.

Image: you+shall+not+pass+1.jpg

116 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 12:56:31pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s funny because it’s true.

117 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 12:56:46pm

re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg

Will the Nazi comparisons ever STOP?

Nope. Sorry. They intend on cheapening the horrors of Nazism because they have no respect at all for the real victims of Nazism.

118 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 12:57:11pm

re: #111 Shiplord Kirel

From his forum posts, It would appear that AmericaninEngland is something of a mole or infiltrator from the reality based community, quite biting at times too:

there is a good reason americans are poorly informed on the state of health care and health insurance in other countries

119 Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2014 12:58:17pm

re: #111 Shiplord Kirel

From his forum posts, It would appear that AmericaninEngland is something of a mole or infiltrator from the reality based community, quite biting at times too:

Heh. Sooner or later, he’ll get the boot. Freepers can’t handle having their precious little bubbleworld broken into by reality, after all.

Most likely, given the nature of FR, there will be a major purge by 2016 - just in time for the Presidential elections. Who knows…..maybe even one later this month as we head into the mid-terms, but I think most FR purges take place during Presidential election years.

120 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 12:58:45pm

I really can’t wait to see what ads we’ll see next designed by GOP PR firms to appeal to women. This one and the “Break up with Barack” were like something out of The Onion. I seriously felt like I was watching a satirical ad about what a political ad should not be with this ad.

121 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 12:59:36pm

Pop quiz.

Whose flag is this?

122 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 12:59:59pm

re: #120 HappyWarrior

No kidding, I was waiting to find out it was satire.

123 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 1:00:24pm

re: #121 wrenchwench

Pop quiz.

Whose flag is this?

[Embedded image]

Ebola’s.
/

124 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:00:43pm

re: #116 De Kolta Chair

It’s funny because it’s true.

Well, it was the whole reasoning behind the 1994 law that limited SS protection for former Presidents to 10 years after they leave office.
Fortunately, that was changed last year, but not before this fiscally responsible congresscritter said this:

“I think we have seen that being a former president can be a pretty lucrative career, and I feel that after 10 years, if these former presidents feel the need for additional security, they should pay for it themselves,” said Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., in a statement. He led the fight in 1994 to limit protection for former presidents to just 10 years.

125 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 1:01:14pm

re: #107 Stanley Sea

GOOD!

126 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:01:59pm

re: #122 calochortus

No kidding, I was waiting to find out it was satire.

I haven’t taken one day of marketing not even in high school and I could tell you that’s a terrible ad. Man that was just bad. Does Scott’s team really think that this is going to make women rush to the polls to vote for him? I mean I know they think women are stupid but man this was so blatantly condescending.

127 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:02:04pm

re: #118 dog philosopher

there is a good reason americans are poorly informed on the state of health care and health insurance in other countries

That was a large part of my page about healthcare costs.

128 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 1, 2014 1:02:35pm

re: #121 wrenchwench

Pop quiz.

Whose flag is this?

[Embedded image]

It’s a secret

RBS

129 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:02:48pm

re: #128 RealityBasedSteve

It’s a secret

RBS

So it’s the CIA’s!

130 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 1:03:01pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not cynical enough. GOP to block any replacement nomination for head of the Secret Service because they want POTUS assassinated.

131 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 1:03:11pm

re: #126 HappyWarrior

I haven’t taken one day of marketing not even in high school and I could tell you that’s a terrible ad. Man that was just bad. Does Scott’s team really think that this is going to make women rush to the polls to vote for him? I mean I know they think women are stupid but man this was so blatantly condescending.

Over at Kos they have the same ad just substituting Corbet in PA among others.

132 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:03:33pm

re: #121 wrenchwench

Pop quiz.

Whose flag is this?

[Embedded image]

It says “Secret Service” on the badge.

133 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 1:03:53pm

This’ll help.

134 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 1:04:12pm

re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth

It says “Secret Service” on the badge.

You could read it on that little one?!?

135 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 1:04:46pm

re: #121 wrenchwench

Pop quiz.

Whose flag is this?

[Embedded image]

Secret Service

136 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:04:51pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

You could read it on that little one?!?

Had to enlarge it, but yeah.

137 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:05:20pm

re: #133 wrenchwench

This’ll help.

[Embedded image]

Yeah that does make it easier.

138 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:05:35pm

Why are we paying the Secret Service to make flags.//

139 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 1, 2014 1:05:50pm

I did a ‘right click’ and “Search for image on google”. Love that feature.

RBS

140 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:06:02pm

re: #131 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Over at Kos they have the same ad just substituting Corbet in PA among others.

In Virginia, we have the Ed Gillespie.

141 calochortus  Oct 1, 2014 1:06:33pm

Back to work. I’m doing some earthquake-proofing (probably long overdue but it’s a matter of preventing a mess, rather than safety,) and true to form, things aren’t as simple as I’d hoped. Are they ever?

BBL

142 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 1:06:45pm

re: #126 HappyWarrior

I haven’t taken one day of marketing not even in high school and I could tell you that’s a terrible ad. Man that was just bad. Does Scott’s team really think that this is going to make women rush to the polls to vote for him? I mean I know they think women are stupid but man this was so blatantly condescending.

It wasn’t produced/endorsed by Scott’s team. College Republicans produced it. I did ask if he and his team approved of it though.

Doubt if I will get an answer though.

143 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 1, 2014 1:06:46pm

re: #138 HappyWarrior

Why are we paying the Secret Service to make flags.//

Because the White House Ushers asked them to please stop holding bake sales in the Lobby.

RBS

144 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:06:49pm

re: #130 EPR-radar

Not cynical enough. GOP to block any replacement nomination for head of the Secret Service because they want POTUS assassinated.

I can hear Ted Cruz filibustering any replacement of the head of SS until Obamacare is repealed.

145 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 1:07:04pm

re: #103 blueraven

Wow

Ebola Victim in Texas Is Identified as a Liberian, Thomas Eric Duncan

NYT -

No good deed…

146 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:07:18pm

re: #142 Bubblehead II

It wasn’t produced/endorsed by Scott’s team. College Republicans produced it. I did ask if he and his team approved of it though.

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Doubt if I will get an answer though.

Ah is that right. Well College Republicans are clueless then.

147 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 1:08:19pm
148 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 1:08:43pm

re: #121 wrenchwench

Pop quiz.

Whose flag is this?

It has something to do with these two guys, amirite?

149 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:10:04pm

Just got a call that showed up on caller ID as me calling from my own phone number.
Rang twice and they hung up before I could tell them to fuck off.

150 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 1:10:05pm
151 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:10:24pm

Of course, the College Republicans are the same geniuses that brought the world affirmative action bake sales.

152 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 1:10:29pm

re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth

guilty of first degree murder

From there:

Michael Dunn Testifies

Thought balloon for the guy in the back:

“Take your best shot. Imma stand right here, keeping an eye on…things….”

153 blueraven  Oct 1, 2014 1:11:10pm

re: #145 Varek Raith

No good deed…

True. However, he knew he had been exposed, yet still got on that plane to visit family.

I feel really bad for him, but he put a lot of other people in danger, including his own family.

154 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:11:14pm

re: #150 Kragar

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Yeah a security breach allowing a democratically elected president in. I guess Bryan would prefer to live in a dictatorship where leaders are chosen by decree. Sorry Bryan but your side lost in 2008 by every measure possible. Sorry if that makes you more butt hurt than usual.

155 Sionainn  Oct 1, 2014 1:11:42pm

re: #139 RealityBasedSteve

I did a ‘right click’ and “Search for image on google”. Love that feature.

RBS

When I do the right click, I don’t get anything that says I can search. What am I doing wrong?

156 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 1:11:42pm

FUCKING CHUCK JOHNSON IS POSTING THE EBOLA VICTIM’S HOME ADDRESS AND NAMES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

157 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 1:11:48pm

re: #117 HappyWarrior

Nope. Sorry. They intend on cheapening the horrors of Nazism because they have no respect at all for the real victims of Nazism.

Bingo. Because of the Holocaust, Jews are not available as scapegoats. This makes the US hard right feel terribly deprived.

158 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 1:12:19pm

re: #153 blueraven

True. However, he knew he had been exposed, yet still got on that plane to visit family.

I feel really bad for him, but he put a lot of other people in danger, including his own family.

Very, very true.

159 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 1:13:01pm

re: #145 Varek Raith

No good deed…

Nutburgers have already convicted him of pedophilia and are now demanding to know if he is a Muslim………named Thomas, for Saint Thomas the Doubter. Hmmm. They also persist in the assumption that he arrived on a direct flight, perhaps thinking that Brussels is in Liberia.

Monitoring Free Republic is like watching a train wreck that goes on continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for years on end. It is ghastly but fascinating too.

160 Sionainn  Oct 1, 2014 1:13:21pm

re: #156 Kragar

FUCKING CHUCK JOHNSON IS POSTING THE EBOLA VICTIM’S HOME ADDRESS AND NAMES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

What a fucking asshole motherfucker.

161 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 1:14:05pm

re: #156 Kragar

FUCKING CHUCK JOHNSON IS POSTING THE EBOLA VICTIM’S HOME ADDRESS AND NAMES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

WTF

162 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 1, 2014 1:14:08pm

re: #155 Sionainn

When I do the right click, I don’t get anything that says I can search. What am I doing wrong?

I’m using Chrome. It’s about 2/3rd of the way down the list of options. I don’t believe it’s an option in IE.

Hope that helps,

RBS

163 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 1:14:22pm

re: #156 Kragar

FUCKING CHUCK JOHNSON IS POSTING THE EBOLA VICTIM’S HOME ADDRESS AND NAMES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

What an astonishingly shitty thing to do. CCJ must be serious about becoming the next Rush Limbaugh.

164 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 1:14:44pm

re: #155 Sionainn

When I do the right click, I don’t get anything that says I can search. What am I doing wrong?

You need this, if using Firefox.

165 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:14:51pm

re: #153 blueraven

True. However, he knew he had been exposed, yet still got on that plane to visit family.

I feel really bad for him, but he put a lot of other people in danger, including his own family.

I’m starting to think that, yes, he knew he was exposed. OTOH, he knew if he was actually infected, he was going to die for lack of treatment, just like the pregnant woman to whom he was exposed and, if indeed infected, he had a better chance to survive here in the USA, even if it was Texas.

166 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:15:11pm

re: #157 EPR-radar

Bingo. Because of the Holocaust, Jews are not available as scapegoats. This makes the US hard right feel terribly deprived.

There’s gays, Muslims, and non-believers for that. It darkly amuses me that they will compare themselves to Holocaust victims yet you have people like Rick Wiles openly saying he wants Ebola to wipe out “sluts, gays, and atheists.” I have to say the same thing that I said earlier. I despise fundies. I despise their whole worldview but wishing for a terrible disease like Ebola on them is the furthest thing from my mind. I merely wish they wouldn’t be hateful bigots. Wiles OTOH wishes for me being a religious skeptic, my gay friends and family, and the women I know who dare to use birth control or have a sex life that isn’t up to RIck’s measures deserve this terrible disease.

167 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 1:15:17pm
168 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:15:48pm

re: #167 Kragar

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Of course.

169 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 1, 2014 1:16:32pm

re: #159 Shiplord Kirel

Nutburgers have already convicted him of pedophilia and are now demanding to know if he is a Muslim………named Thomas, for Saint Thomas the Doubter. Hmmm. They also persist in the assumption that he arrived on a direct flight, perhaps thinking that Brussels is in Liberia.

Monitoring Free Republic is like watching a train wreck that goes on continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for years on end. It is ghastly but fascinating too.

That’s the best analogy I’ve heard in a long time. they keep clearing the cars off the front and sticking them back on again at the rear. Some kind of bizarre Escher train wreck.

RBS

170 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 1:17:47pm

re: #156 Kragar

FUCKING CHUCK JOHNSON IS POSTING THE EBOLA VICTIM’S HOME ADDRESS AND NAMES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

That’s just plain fucked up.

171 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 1:18:12pm

re: #156 Kragar

FUCKING CHUCK JOHNSON IS POSTING THE EBOLA VICTIM’S HOME ADDRESS AND NAMES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

I should be surprised but I am not. RWNJs vilified and harrased a prisoner of war we had just rescued from head chopping savages, and attacked the grieving Sandy Hook parents, so they are literally capable of anything.

172 ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2014 1:18:53pm

re: #106 Kragar

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I wish Scott “The Carpetbagger” Brown would just go the hell away. Will he ever get the idea through his pretty-little head that people don’t want him?

173 Dr. Matt  Oct 1, 2014 1:18:54pm

Does Ann Romney approve of this ad?

174 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 1:19:04pm
The first major breach in White House security occurred on January 20, 2009 when Barack Obama got in. (H/T Jeff Reed)

You stay classy, Bryan Fischer.

175 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:19:36pm

re: #171 Shiplord Kirel

I should be surprised but I am not. RWNJs vilified and harrased a prisoner of war we had just rescued from head chopping savages, and attacked the grieving Sandy Hook parents, so they are literally capable of anything.

I remember thinking they were depraved assholes when they harassed the kid for speaking out for SCHIP. I’m afraid we haven’t seen peak wingnut yet.

176 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:20:17pm

re: #173 Dr. Matt

Does Ann Romney approve of this ad?

Considering, it was an ad for the Rick Scott and not the Mitt Romney who you know you people want and need, no she does not.

177 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 1:20:22pm

re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m starting to think that, yes, he knew he was exposed. OTOH, he knew if he was actually infected, he was going to die for lack of treatment, just like the pregnant woman to whom he was exposed and, if indeed infected, he had a better chance to survive here in the USA, even if it was Texas.

As more details come out about this, I suspect the patient did not give all pertinent details to medical personnel in the US when he was first sent back home with some antibiotics for “flu-like symptoms”.

Had he said then that he stood a deathwatch for someone in Liberia who died of Ebola, I can’t imagine him being sent home with useless antibiotics.

Something like this would be enough to cut through the normal “are you insured” ER bullshit.

(edited)

178 Sionainn  Oct 1, 2014 1:21:15pm

re: #162 RealityBasedSteve

I’m using Chrome. It’s about 2/3rd of the way down the list of options. I don’t believe it’s an option in IE.

Hope that helps,

RBS

I’m using Firefox. Probably the same problem as with IE. I end up having to go to the google search image page and do a lot of stuff before I can search an image. I was hoping for a quicker way. Shucks.

179 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 1:22:00pm

re: #178 Sionainn

I’m using Firefox. Probably the same problem as with IE. I end up having to go to the google search image page and do a lot of stuff before I can search an image. I was hoping for a quicker way. Shucks.

What browser are you using?

180 Dr. Matt  Oct 1, 2014 1:23:03pm

re: #103 blueraven

Wow

Ebola Victim in Texas Is Identified as a Liberian, Thomas Eric Duncan

NYT -

Apparently they don’t have HIPAA laws in Liberia.

181 Sionainn  Oct 1, 2014 1:23:35pm

re: #164 wrenchwench

You need this, if using Firefox.

Sweet! Just added it and it works! Thanks so much.

182 aagcobb  Oct 1, 2014 1:24:10pm

re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If the Kansas Court had ordered the Democrats to put a candidate for US Senate on the ballot, they should’ve nominated a Democrat named Pat Roberts, and listened to the GOPers squeal.

183 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 1:24:41pm
184 blueraven  Oct 1, 2014 1:27:49pm

re: #181 Sionainn

Sweet! Just added it and it works! Thanks so much.

You can also highlight any text, right click and bring up the google search.
I use it all the time!

185 Sionainn  Oct 1, 2014 1:28:50pm

re: #184 blueraven

You can also highlight any text, right click and bring up the google search.
I use it all the time!

I love that, too! Thanks.

186 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 1:29:33pm

Interview prep for tomorrow is underway. The good news: I actually remember/know a lot of stuff I didn’t think I would/did. The bad news: I am near positive I will have a brain freeze during the interview tomorrow.

187 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 1:30:49pm
188 aagcobb  Oct 1, 2014 1:32:21pm

re: #61 Kragar

Apparently, they made a whole series of these ads

Because young women never have to worry about health care, getting a job, paying their bills, etc. All they have to do is worry about a pretty dress and marrying a man.

And only a man, not some lesbo!

189 Lidane  Oct 1, 2014 1:32:46pm

re: #98 Stanley Sea

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I have a feeling FLOTUS had a word or two to say.

I’d imagine POTUS had quite a few more.

190 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 1:34:04pm

Separating the USSS from Treasury was a huge mistake.

191 leftynyc  Oct 1, 2014 1:34:19pm

re: #161 Varek Raith

WTF

While I normally have no use for Anonymous, here would be a good place to teach someone like this a lesson.

192 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:34:38pm

re: #187 NJDhockeyfan

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utter bullshit article.

193 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:34:40pm

re: #190 Varek Raith

Separating the USSS from Treasury was a huge mistake.

Was that something done upon the creation of the Homeland Security dep’t?

194 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 1:35:02pm

re: #193 HappyWarrior

Was that something done upon the creation of the Homeland Security dep’t?

Yep.

195 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:35:21pm

re: #194 Varek Raith

Yep.

Figured.

196 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 1:35:37pm

re: #190 Varek Raith

It ignores that the Secret Service’s other mission (beyond protecting the POTUS and top government officials) is to go after counterfeiters and major fraud.

197 leftynyc  Oct 1, 2014 1:37:40pm

re: #186 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Interview prep for tomorrow is underway. The good news: I actually remember/know a lot of stuff I didn’t think I would/did. The bad news: I am near positive I will have a brain freeze during the interview tomorrow.

Good luck and remember to take a breath before you answer any questions. It will focus your thoughts.

198 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 1:37:45pm

ROFLMAO:

PA Gov Corbett touts state jobs site that includes “car dates” and “casting couch openings”

so about that Corbett dress…

199 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:38:08pm

re: #196 lawhawk

It ignores that the Secret Service’s other mission (beyond protecting the POTUS and top government officials) is to go after counterfeiters and major fraud.

Yep, that was their original function when they were founded during the Civil War I believe.

200 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:38:26pm

re: #198 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

ROFLMAO:

PA Gov Corbett touts state jobs site that includes “car dates” and “casting couch openings”

so about that Corbett dress…

Does this Corbett make my ass look big?

201 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 1:39:18pm

re: #197 leftynyc

Good luck and remember to take a breath before you answer any questions. It will focus your thoughts.

Good tip, thanks. My main problem is when I am put on the spot I end up feeling like I am in front of a firing squad and just freeze. Of course later, after I am no longer “on the spot” I am kicking myself because I knew the answer.

202 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 1:39:37pm

re: #200 HappyWarrior

Does this Corbett make my ass look big?

come to a casting couch interview and I am sure they’ll tell you.

203 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 1:39:38pm
204 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:40:56pm

re: #187 NJDhockeyfan

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If The Hill, FoxNews and RedState have a problem with no service medals for the current personnel serving in Iraq, they need to take that up with DoD.
Service medals are for specific campaigns, so boo-fuckin-hoo that a new campaign medal/ribbon hasn’t yet been announced for this relatively new military event.

205 Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2014 1:42:04pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

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Charles C Johson: Yellow Journalist Extraordinaire.

206 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 1:42:12pm
207 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 1:42:19pm
208 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 1:42:38pm

It’s been 11 days since the ebola patient flew in from Brussels. If airborne transmission were likely at all, we would have a thousand people down with it by now.

209 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:43:05pm

re: #207 Charles Johnson

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bwahahahaa! Pot/kettle talking about hygiene.

210 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:43:33pm

re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth

bwahahahaa! Pot/kettle talking about hygiene.

Right, funny because I can smell his bigoted stench from miles away.

211 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:43:48pm

re: #208 Shiplord Kirel

It’s been 11 days since the ebola patient flew in from Brussels. If airborne transmission were likely at all, we would have a thousand people down with it by now.

Stop it with the facts.

212 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:44:01pm

Upchuck’s mother-in-law has Africans working in her basement in Fresno?

213 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:44:50pm

Upchuck works with so many Africans, he can smell their hygienes through the emails!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!

214 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:45:00pm

re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth

Upchuck’s mother-in-law has Africans working in her basement in Fresno?

Nah, I think it’s more likely that Chuck has a poker game with a bunch of Afrikanners still not over Apartheid’s end.

215 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 1:45:08pm

re: #206 NJDhockeyfan

KTVT-Channel 11 is tweeting that the lockdown began after an unauthorized vehicle drove on to the base.

DFW Scanner is reporting that base personnel were asked via the public address system to call 911 if they saw a white Dodge Ram pickup “with some sort of distinguishing sticker on the back.”

thescoopblog.dallasnews.com

216 Lidane  Oct 1, 2014 1:45:09pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

ZOMG! ELEVENTY!

Laura Ingraham: ‘Why Did Obama Let the Ebola Virus into the U.S.?’

217 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:46:06pm

re: #216 Lidane

ZOMG! ELEVENTY!

Laura Ingraham: ‘Why Did Obama Let the Ebola Virus into the U.S.?’

Because he hates you, Laura.
HE. HATES. YOU.

218 Dr. Matt  Oct 1, 2014 1:46:31pm

re: #206 NJDhockeyfan

#BREAKING: NAS Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in lockdown for unknown reason. More details to come.
— WFAA TV (@wfaachannel8) October 1, 2014

I’ll venture a guess that it’s one of the following:

1. Shooter on base
2. Ebola outbreak
3. Zombie apocalypse

219 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:46:36pm

I can see that I’m working myself up into some sort of mood…

220 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:46:48pm

re: #216 Lidane

ZOMG! ELEVENTY!

Laura Ingraham: ‘Why Did Obama Let the Ebola Virus into the U.S.?’

Because Laura, he wanted YOU to get it obviously because he’s malevolent like that.

221 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:47:07pm

re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth

I can see that I’m working myself up into some sort of mood…

S’okay, stupid people like Ann Coulter, Jr nee Ingraham get me in a mood too.

222 Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2014 1:48:14pm

re: #218 Dr. Matt

I’ll venture a guess that it’s one of the following:

1. Shooter on base
2. Ebola outbreak
3. Zombie apocalypse

It has begun!

223 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 1:49:01pm
224 Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2014 1:50:18pm

re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Where’s my snausage and egg biscuit?!

225 Dr. Matt  Oct 1, 2014 1:50:23pm

re: #222 Targetpractice

It has begun!

If the entire state of Texas turned into a Zombie apocalypse, would anyone really notice?

226 Romantic Heretic  Oct 1, 2014 1:52:40pm

re: #15 jaunte

It’s representative of how Democrats treat young voters - they take them for granted.

You take your voters for granted as well. You take it for granted that they’ll either be mind bumbling stupid or batshit insane.

Democrats? Not so much.

227 GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 1, 2014 1:53:02pm

Florida actually got something right.

cnn.com

228 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:53:09pm

re: #225 Dr. Matt

If the entire state of Texas turned into a Zombie apocalypse, would anyone really notice?

Uh yeah the politicians would get better. Zombie Greg Abbott is probably a lot more reasonable and personable than actual Greg Abbott. Sure he wants to eat your brain but he’s also got a good stance on education. Brains, brains, brains!

229 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:53:48pm

re: #227 GlutenFreeJesus

Florida actually got something right.

cnn.com

I saw that. Wonderful news. How terrible for the family of that kid though. Dunn was a cowardly asshole and I hope he doesn’t get to spend a day as a free man again.

230 GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 1, 2014 1:53:54pm

re: #225 Dr. Matt

If the entire state of Texas turned into a Zombie apocalypse, would anyone really notice?

Austin would be a lot nicer than Terminus, for sure.

231 GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 1, 2014 1:54:30pm

re: #229 HappyWarrior

I saw that. Wonderful news. How terrible for the family of that kid though. Dunn was a cowardly asshole and I hope he doesn’t get to spend a day as a free man again.

Yup. Hmmm Florida. First degree murder…

232 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:55:49pm

I am just grateful that 9/11 did not occur under Obama/ You think the conspiracies are bad now? Imagine them if Obama was president. You’d hear from “mainstream” right wingers about how Obama paid OBL and Mohemmed Atta.

233 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 1:56:43pm

re:
#216

Laura Ingraham: ‘Why Did Obama Let the Ebola Virus into the U.S.?’

Oh, so now Ingraham wants the government to solve problems and work to prevent problems from emerging? I thought she and her Libertarian friends thought government was always incompetent.

234 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 1:57:04pm

re: #228 HappyWarrior

Uh yeah the politicians would get better. Zombie Greg Abbott is probably a lot more reasonable and personable than actual Greg Abbott. Sure he wants to eat your brain but he’s also got a good stance on education. Brains, brains, brains!

We’re not unreasonable (I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyes…)

235 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:57:48pm

re: #234 Schadenboner

We’re not unreasonable (I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyes…)

I know, I just wanted to make the joke about a zombie Greg Abbott being more reasonable than regular Greg Abbott.

236 ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2014 1:58:05pm

re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth

I can see that I’m working myself up into some sort of mood…

I’ve been trying to shake that same mood. It’s damn tough. The fall seasonal change, elections coming, derp off the clock, Chuck C. Johnson. It all adds up and places a lot of strain on the old mood center.

Although there is some drum bashing in a few hours. That helps too.

Hmmm. I need to see if there is a way I can get ink jet images of my favorite politicians on the drum heads so I can hit each one. John BoehnerHead on the snare drum would be fitting.

237 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 1:58:19pm

Zombie Rick Perry isn’t a raging homophobe either.

238 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 1:58:57pm
239 leftynyc  Oct 1, 2014 1:58:57pm

re: #232 HappyWarrior

I am just grateful that Obama did not occur under Obama/ You think the conspiracies are bad now? Imagine them if Obama was president. You’d hear from “mainstream” right wingers about how Obama paid OBL and Mohemmed Atta.

Pssst - check your spelling in your first sentence.

240 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 1:59:09pm

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Resigns After Breaches

i never wear breaches, mself

241 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 2:00:03pm

re: #233 Bulworth

re:
#216

Oh, so now Ingraham wants the government to solve problems and work to prevent problems from emerging? I thought she and her Libertarian friends thought government was always incompetent.

Responding to a dangerous epidemic according to the dogma of orthodox libertarianism may be the Platonic Ideal of Total Failure.

242 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:00:27pm

re: #239 leftynyc

Pssst - check your spelling in your first sentence.

Once a blonde always a blonde. Thanks.

243 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 2:00:59pm

re: #216 Lidane

ZOMG! ELEVENTY!

Laura Ingraham: ‘Why Did Obama Let the Ebola Virus into the U.S.?’

the proper response is to roll one’s eyes, sigh, and say “you teabaggers think big government should solve all your problems”

244 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 2:02:07pm

Oh, this is getting good now.

245 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:02:29pm

It is funny to see them condemn Obama for not using the government enough to prevent a problem. But then again we’re assuming that Laura actually is in favor of limited government. She’s not.

246 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 2:02:48pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

This business of CCJ lying about aerosol transmission of Ebola is truly repellant, even for a right wing crap stain.

247 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:02:56pm

re: #244 Charles Johnson

Oh, this is getting good now.

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This sounds kinky.

248 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 2:03:33pm

re: #244 Charles Johnson

Is Caruso serious? Or is he yanking Chuck’s chain?

249 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 2:05:15pm

re: #248 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Is Caruso serious? Or is he yanking Chuck’s chain?

Who knows? I have the impression he’s not kidding though.

250 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:05:25pm

Ingraham actually says Obama’s familial and core ties to the African continent endanger public safety. Gee Laura not even trying to hide your klan hood from us are you bigoted psycho.

251 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 2:05:31pm

re: #248 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Is Caruso serious? Or is he yanking Chuck’s chain?

Don’t know, but eager to find out

252 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 2:05:40pm

re: #248 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Is Caruso serious? Or is he yanking Chuck’s chain?

Probably yanking CCJ’s chain. After all, CCJ has no use at all for facts, so he shouldn’t be troubled when people make up stuff at random.

For example, a unicorn recently informed me that CCJ once actually worked out a way to bugger a hedgehog.

253 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 2:06:06pm

BOOM!

254 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 2:06:10pm
255 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 2:06:29pm
256 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 2:06:44pm

BREAKING: Embattled “journalist” Johnson denies frequenting prostitutes:

257 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:06:56pm

Who is Caruso anyhow?

258 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 2:07:19pm

re: #257 HappyWarrior

Who is Caruso anyhow?

Hell of a singer.

259 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 2:07:46pm
260 Dr. Matt  Oct 1, 2014 2:08:10pm
261 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 2:08:13pm

re: #252 EPR-radar

Probably yanking CCJ’s chain. After all, CCJ has no use at all for facts, so he shouldn’t be troubled when people make up stuff at random.

For example, a unicorn recently informed me that CCJ once actually worked out a way to bugger a hedgehog.

And a leprechaun has confirmed just half an hour ago that Chuck succeeded at that from the 5th attempt.

262 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 2:08:32pm

re: #257 HappyWarrior

Who is Caruso anyhow?

I’ve followed him for a while.

263 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 2:08:52pm

re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth

BOOM!

Two snaps!!

264 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:08:53pm

re: #258 Schadenboner

Hell of a singer.

or some guy who likes to take his sunglasses off to the opening of Won’t Get Fooled Again.

265 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:09:12pm

re: #262 Stanley Sea

I’ve followed him for a while.

Well do you think he’s just trying to po the little wanker or serious?

266 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 2:09:45pm

and BOOM again

267 Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2014 2:09:48pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

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This would be a perfect time to ask Chucky for a list of names of those he’s sued for libel and won.

268 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 2:10:09pm

re: #250 HappyWarrior

Ingraham actually says Obama’s familial and core ties to the African continent endanger public safety. Gee Laura not even trying to hide your klan hood from us are you bigoted psycho.

I wonder if she knows just how big a continent it is, or how remote Liberia is from Kenya? It’s like saying that familial ties to Labrador would cause someone to go easy on Mexican drug cartels, but the difference is actually greater in Africa.

269 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:10:55pm

re: #268 Shiplord Kirel

I wonder if she knows just how big a continent it is, or how remote Liberia is from Kenya? It’s like saying that familial ties to Labrador would cause someone to go easy on Mexican drug cartels, but the difference is actually greater in Africa.

I somehow doubt it.

270 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 2:11:14pm

Ben Carson: AP History will make students join ISIS

271 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 2:11:52pm

re: #267 Targetpractice

This would be a perfect time to ask Chucky for a list of names of those he’s sued for libel and won.

The list of actual lawsuits filed would be…none.

272 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:12:18pm

re: #270 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Ben Carson: AP History will make students join ISIS

Yeah, I saw that yesterday. Carson is a dumbass.

273 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 2:12:47pm

re: #257 HappyWarrior

Who is Caruso anyhow?

Contributor @BostonGlobe and @LatinoVoices. Former Department of Defense and State. #BostonStrong. A+’s are endorsements.

Has linkedin link on his Twitter profile too.

275 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 2:13:11pm

re: #265 HappyWarrior

Well do you think he’s just trying to po the little wanker or serious?

No idea.

276 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:13:24pm

re: #273 wrenchwench

Has linkedin link on his Twitter profile too.

Ah okay. Thanks. Had never heard of him. I don’t Tweet.

277 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 2:13:36pm

re: #262 Stanley Sea

I’ve followed him for a while.

I unfollowed him twice for dudebroism. Might refollow…

I’m so fickle.

278 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 2:13:42pm

re: #267 Targetpractice

This would be a perfect time to ask Chucky for a list of names of those he’s sued for libel and won.

How could such a popularly acclaimed (and award-winning!) journalist such as himself not be a public figure?

279 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 2:14:03pm

re: #266 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

and BOOM again

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280 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 2:15:05pm

re: #276 HappyWarrior

Ah okay. Thanks. Had never heard of him. I don’t Tweet.

Oh, man. You would be soooo good at Twitter. I get the impression that you type really fast, and you think fast enough to keep up with it.

281 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 2:15:17pm

re: #279 Kragar

tag teaming is always fun.

282 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 2:15:26pm

re: #277 wrenchwench

I unfollowed him twice for dudebroism. Might refollow…

I’m so fickle.

Yeah, I dumped him before for Dudebros nonsense.

283 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 1, 2014 2:15:27pm

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

The list of actual lawsuits filed would be…none.

An actual journalist should know a hell of a lot more about libel law than UpChuck apparently does.

Precedent and statute have set the bar for libel very high in this country in order to protect freedom of expression.

284 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:17:25pm

re: #280 wrenchwench

Oh, man. You would be soooo good at Twitter. I get the impression that you type really fast, and you think fast enough to keep up with it.

You’d be right. I’m a quick typist but I’m also longwinded haha. I actually did briefly have an account. Just wasn’t for me. I do instagram and facebook though but more out of necessity.

285 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 2:18:51pm

Heh

286 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:18:56pm

Anyone see Donald Trump threatening to sue the guy who had him post pictures of British serial killers in tribute to the guy’s “recently deceased parents.” Now I can see how Donald may have fallen for it. Fred and Rosemary West aren’t world famous but when you get egg on your face like that, the best thing to do is laugh it off rather than act like a Grade A narcissist and threaten to sue.

287 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:19:21pm

re: #285 NJDhockeyfan

Heh

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Man Mitt’s been despondent since his presidential election loss.

288 Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2014 2:19:42pm

re: #283 Shiplord Kirel

An actual journalist should know a hell of a lot more about libel law than UpChuck apparently does.

Precedent and statute have set the bar for libel very high in this country in order to protect freedom of expression.

Like I said the other day, one of the hallmarks of a shitty journalist is meeting criticism with threats of legal action.

289 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 2:21:14pm

re:
#277

I unfollowed him twice for dudebroism. Might refollow…

I’m so fickle.

Yeah there are a few accounts I’m like that with.

290 Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2014 2:24:27pm

re: #268 Shiplord Kirel

I wonder if she knows just how big a continent it is, or how remote Liberia is from Kenya? It’s like saying that familial ties to Labrador would cause someone to go easy on Mexican drug cartels, but the difference is actually greater in Africa.

How big is Africa?

This big.

291 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:25:46pm

re: #290 Dr Lizardo

How big is Africa?

This big.

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And that’s just the size alone. The cultures of Northern Africa versus Southern Africa are like the differences between North Europe and Southern Europe. Cool map though. It puts things in perspective big time how big the continent is.

292 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 2:28:05pm

re: #264 HappyWarrior

or some guy who likes to take his sunglasses off to the opening of Won’t Get Fooled Again.

YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

293 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:29:30pm

re: #292 Schadenboner

YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Looks like the Ginger got aled. *takes off sunglasses*

294 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 2:30:19pm
295 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 2:30:33pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

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WTFWTFWTF.

296 Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2014 2:31:25pm

re: #291 HappyWarrior

And that’s just the size alone. The cultures of Northern Africa versus Southern Africa are like the differences between North Europe and Southern Europe. Cool map though. It puts things in perspective big time how big the continent is.

Indeed. In terms of size alone, the African continent is enormous. A lot of people don’t realize how vast it really is. Hell, you can fit the USA, Germany, France, Spain, India, and China into the land mass.

That’s a big place!

297 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 2:32:15pm

re: #256 Schadenboner

BREAKING: Embattled “journalist” Johnson denies frequenting prostitutes:

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I so stole (and improved) that.

298 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:32:48pm

re: #296 Dr Lizardo

Indeed. In terms of size alone, the African continent is enormous. A lot of people don’t realize how vast it really is. Hell, you can fit the USA, Germany, France, Spain, India, and China into the land mass.

That’s a big place!

That’s just amazing to think about.

299 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:34:21pm

re: #297 Bubblehead II

I so stole (and improved) that.

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I honestly have a real hard time believing he’s never been to Dupont. Pretty big neighborhood and big stop off point.

300 Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2014 2:36:13pm

re: #298 HappyWarrior

That’s just amazing to think about.

Some of the misperception is possibly due to people thinking of the Mercator Projection map, which distorts the true size of land masses.

301 Frenchy  Oct 1, 2014 2:36:34pm

re: #91 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Holy shit. That is just despicable.

302 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 2:37:38pm

re: #299 HappyWarrior

Is this Dupont Circle, former home of the Polo India Club which was one of the better Indian joints in the Delta Charlie?

303 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 2:37:59pm

re: #301 Frenchy

Holy shit. That is just despicable.

Here’s more info

304 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 2:38:41pm

Suppertime!

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), Cat Calavera

305 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:39:08pm

re: #302 Schadenboner

Is this Dupont Circle, former home of the Polo India Club which was one of the better Indian joints in the Delta Charlie?

Wouldn’t know. Never been there. I go to Kramerbooks a bit though. Had a drink date at John Hoban’s not that long ago though.

306 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:40:08pm

re: #300 Dr Lizardo

Some of the misperception is possibly due to people thinking of the Mercator Projection map, which distorts the true size of land masses.

Yep and honestly I realized how big Spain was taking the train first from Madrid to Pamplona and then from Pamplona to Barcelona. Didn’t even get near Valencia and the southern part of the country.

307 Schadenboner  Oct 1, 2014 2:41:00pm

re: #305 HappyWarrior

Wouldn’t know. Never been there. I go to Kramerbooks a bit though. Had a drink date at John Hoban’s not that long ago though.

It’s sadly closed. Hell, the last time I was there was probably 2003 or 04.

But is Chucky “The John” Johnson denying trolling for pay-bootie in Washington or somewhere else?

308 klys  Oct 1, 2014 2:41:12pm

Job fair #2 down. Apparently this one was for students only. Good thing I still had my student id in the wallet. Another 11 resumes out.

I am making my list of what employers I talked to and where I need to follow up and then ignoring it until tomorrow because fuck all this shit.

309 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:41:29pm

re: #307 Schadenboner

It’s sadly closed. Hell, the last time I was there was probably 2003 or 04.

But is Chucky “The John” Johnson denying trolling for pay-bootie in Washington or somewhere else?

I figure it’s the same Dupont. Too bad it’s closed. I love good Indian food.

310 Bulworth  Oct 1, 2014 2:42:12pm

re:
#305

Hey, might be a good time to suggest a DC Lizards meetup sometime. Not sure who else is in the neighborhood, but I work in SW DC, so weeknights in Dupont or thereabouts would work for me.

311 ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2014 2:42:34pm

What’s this I am reading about Chuck C. Johnson being involved with hiring prostitutes?

///

312 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 2:42:41pm

re: #290 Dr Lizardo

How big is Africa?

This big.

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Here’s another map:

I had no idea that Kentucky was the same size as Iceland.

313 klys  Oct 1, 2014 2:42:51pm

re: #201 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Good tip, thanks. My main problem is when I am put on the spot I end up feeling like I am in front of a firing squad and just freeze. Of course later, after I am no longer “on the spot” I am kicking myself because I knew the answer.

When you’re answering, if you don’t know the immediate answer, don’t necessarily be shy to talk them through the process that you’re thinking, if you can. That can help demonstrate what you know, as long as you don’t try to pass it off as the “right” answer but instead address how you could go about solving the problem/finding the solution/whatever.

314 De Kolta Chair  Oct 1, 2014 2:43:10pm

re: #302 Schadenboner

Is this Dupont Circle, former home of the Polo India Club which was one of the better Indian joints in the Delta Charlie?

The Yelp reviews of Heritage India — 1633 P St NW — make it sound pretty good. (I usually go for Chinese or Thai when in DC.)

yelp.com

315 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 2:43:18pm

re: #308 klys

good luck in your search. Cramming for my interview tomorrow.

316 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:43:28pm

re: #312 Backwoods_Sleuth

Here’s another map:

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I had no idea that Kentucky was the same size as Iceland.

Bulgaria.

317 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:44:00pm

re: #314 De Kolta Chair

The Yelp reviews of Heritage India make it sound pretty good. (I usually go for Chinese and Thai when in DC.)

yelp.com

Love Thai.

318 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:44:22pm

re: #310 Bulworth

re:
#305

Hey, might be a good time to suggest a DC Lizards meetup sometime. Not sure who else is in the neighborhood, but I work in SW DC, so weeknights in Dupont or thereabouts would work for me.

Could be fun yeah.

319 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 2:45:07pm

re: #304 De Kolta Chair

Suppertime!

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José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), Cat Calavera

And then a dance party!

320 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 2:47:04pm

re: #304 De Kolta Chair

Suppertime!

[Embedded image]

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), Cat Calavera

Once you make the Caterina, the Cat Calavera must follow!

321 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 2:47:31pm

There must have been clown puppets…

322 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 2:48:02pm

re: #319 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Speaking of which, here are wingnuts waiting for further Ebola developments:

Click to Reveal

323 Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2014 2:48:10pm

And with that, goodnight, Lizards.

324 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 2:48:26pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

There must have been clown puppets…

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Is it just me or does the little guy with his arm out sort look like what one would imagine Paul McCarthy looked like as a child.

325 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 2:51:43pm

re: #324 HappyWarrior

Is it just me or does the little guy with his arm out sort look like what one would imagine Paul McCarthy looked like as a child.

I was thinking more Keith Moon, but looks like Paul as well.

326 Frenchy  Oct 1, 2014 2:52:23pm

re: #303 Stanley Sea

Well I guess the folks arrested for walking in the street should be grateful they weren’t executed, since we know that’s how things are done in other places.

327 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 1, 2014 2:53:00pm

re: #117 HappyWarrior

Nope. Sorry. They intend on cheapening the horrors of Nazism because they have no respect at all for the real victims of Nazism.

They want the victim status, but none of the actual, you know, suffering and genocide.

328 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 2:55:37pm

re: #274 Dr. Matt

Justice for Jordan Davis: Michael Dunn found guilty of murder in killing of unarmed Florida teen

Florida finally gets something right,

No doubt Dunn probably thought he would get away with it.

Glad he was proved wrong. Poor kid just being a kid, minding his own business. Tragic. : (

329 ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2014 2:56:59pm

re: #324 HappyWarrior

Is it just me or does the little guy with his arm out sort look like what one would imagine Paul McCarthy looked like as a child.

re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was thinking more Keith Moon, but looks like Paul as well.

Jimmy from the Who’s Quadropehnia. Prior to the maximum use of speed and getting out of his head on the train!

: )

330 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 1, 2014 3:00:01pm

re: #157 EPR-radar

Bingo. Because of the Holocaust, Jews are not available as scapegoats. This makes the US hard right feel terribly deprived.

According to Jenna (or Jessica, or Jill, or Janie, or Josie) Duggar, this:

Is the same as this:

Co-opting the Holocaust like this (also too: gun control) comes damn close to Holocaust denial, in my Judeo-opinion.

331 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:01:17pm

re: #84 dog philosopher

“Say Yes to the Dress”

well it does go along w my idea that casualness in american clothing has gone about as far as it can and that the next hot new trend with those crazy young folk will be dresses and suits and ties

one of my ‘signs you are really living in the future’ will be when bluejeans are something that old people wear

but voting republican going along with it? i don’t think so

Haha, blue jeans (or dungarees, as we called them) were only worn by poor people in the country when I was a kid. When they got up around $100+/pr and designer (which I thought was the height of idiocy), I didn’t want to even wear them. They had become an elite pair of overpriced crap.

332 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 3:02:53pm

re: #330 Pie-onist Overlord

According to Jenna (or Jessica, or Jill, or Janie, or Josie) Duggar, this:
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Is the same as this:
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Co-opting the Holocaust like this (also too: gun control) comes damn close to Holocaust denial, in my Judeo-opinion.

I dare to suggest it’s worse than Holocaust denial. It’s Holocaust minimalism.

333 HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2014 3:03:32pm

re: #327 Pie-onist Overlord

They want the victim status, but none of the actual, you know, suffering and genocide.

Of course, martyrhood without what you know martrys actually go through. They’re just professional victims.

334 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 3:04:11pm

More info on what led up to the tasing in FL of a 62 y/o woman.

Just. Wow.

335 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 3:05:07pm

re: #332 HappyWarrior

Yes. At least the denier position can be consistent (“if they were murdered, then I would have been outraged” - nah, of course that’s only in theory, 99% of them would have been glad anyway). Here it amounts to “it happened; meh”.

336 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 3:10:49pm

re: #330 Pie-onist Overlord

…
Co-opting the Holocaust like this (also too: gun control) comes damn close to Holocaust denial, in my Judeo-opinion.

I tend to agree. The most cynical take on this is that the reaction of the US hard right to the Holocaust (and Nazi Germany in general) is proceeding as follows:

1) Silence
2) Trivializing it
3) Denial
4) Repeat

There has certainly never been an honest effort within the US right to confront their urges to find human scapegoats for political problems.

337 freetoken  Oct 1, 2014 3:11:06pm

And then there’s this:

Ohio woman sues sperm bank after birth of mixed-race baby

A white Ohio woman is suing a sperm bank for mistakenly giving her and her white same-sex partner sperm from an African-American donor, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

Jennifer Cramblett, 36, of rural Uniontown in northeastern Ohio, sued Midwest Sperm Bank in Chicago on Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court for “wrongful birth and breach of warranty” following the birth of Cramblett’s daughter two years ago.

Cramblett said in the lawsuit that although she and her partner love the “beautiful, obviously mixed race” little girl, she is concerned about bringing her up in a white, racially intolerant community in a white “often unconsciously insensitive” family.

Cramblett said in the suit that she has been told by therapists and experts that she must relocate to a racially diverse community.

[…]

Cramblett said her family is already uncomfortable with the fact that she is a lesbian, and that she doesn’t want her daughter to feel stigmatized or unrecognized due to the circumstances of her birth.

I don’t know about anyone else, but if, when I grew up, I found out my parents sued someone because I wasn’t what they wanted… then I’d feel stigmatized.

338 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:12:20pm

re: #332 HappyWarrior

I dare to suggest it’s worse than Holocaust denial. It’s Holocaust minimalism.

That bunch is despicable. All they have to look forward to is pumping out babies. Gotta emulate mommie dearest or else they’d probably be disowned.

No doubt their lot thinks they can solve the “white” crisis in the US by doing so.

339 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:13:22pm

Revisionist already?
PZFeed Top News deleted this right after I tweeted back asking why were they using this cartoon instead of the watermelon version.

340 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 3:14:59pm

re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth

Revisionist already?
PZFeed Top New deleted this right after I tweeted back asking why were they using this cartoon instead of the watermelon version.

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I guess it was originally raspberry & changed to watermelon?

341 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 3:15:37pm

re: #340 Stanley Sea

I guess it was originally raspberry & changed to watermelon?

according to the GOS it was originally raspberry, the Herald turned it to watermelon.

342 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 3:15:53pm

re: #338 Justanotherhuman

That bunch is despicable. All they have to look forward to is pumping out babies. Gotta emulate mommie dearest or else they’d probably be disowned.

No doubt their lot thinks they can solve the “white” crisis in the US by doing so.

Pat Buchanan is certainly of that kind. My grandfather had the good sense to leave Germany before Hitler rose to power, and he viewed Buchanan as a Nazi-type.

343 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:15:54pm

re: #340 Stanley Sea

I guess it was originally raspberry & changed to watermelon?

It was.
PzFeed Top News has now tweeted the watermelon version.

344 gwangung  Oct 1, 2014 3:17:07pm

re: #334 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

More info on what led up to the tasing in FL of a 62 y/o woman.

Just. Wow.

And people wonder why Ferguson residents were so upset….

345 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:18:18pm

How in hell did someone with a criminal background even manage to get a job as an armed security guard anyway?

Much less be allowed on an elevator with Pres Obama.

Not vetted either, obviously.

No one should ever be allowed on an elevator w/the prez unless they’re Secret Service and his family.

No one.

347 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 3:18:55pm

re: #344 gwangung

And people wonder why Ferguson residents were so upset….

I wonder if that poor lady is OK. She went down so hard. :(

348 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 1, 2014 3:19:09pm

re: #330 Pie-onist Overlord

I think you have a good point there - it really is a form of denial and DARVO.

350 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 3:20:33pm

Well laundry for the week is done. Dinner is prepped and ready for the oven.

It’s beer thirty.

What’s on the menu tonight you ask? Slow cooker lemon herb pork tenderloin, Au Gratin potatoes and buttered green peas.

351 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 3:21:14pm

re: #348 William Barnett-Lewis

I think you have a good point there - it really is a form of denial and DARVO.

That absurd RWNJ nonsense about the Nazis being lefties fits well with this interpretation.

352 darthstar  Oct 1, 2014 3:22:07pm

re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth

Revisionist already?
PZFeed Top News deleted this right after I tweeted back asking why were they using this cartoon instead of the watermelon version.

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Which came first, the watermelon or the raspberry?

353 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 3:23:24pm

re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth

Revisionist already?
PZFeed Top News deleted this right after I tweeted back asking why were they using this cartoon instead of the watermelon version.

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Oy.
That would’ve been so easy a cartoon to do without the racism.

354 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 3:23:26pm

355 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 3:23:43pm

re: #352 darthstar

Which came first, the watermelon or the raspberry?

From what I understand the cartoon was used elsewhere and had “raspberry” the herald cribbed it and changed it to “watermelon”.

356 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:23:49pm

re: #352 darthstar

Which came first, the watermelon or the raspberry?

raspberry

357 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 3:24:18pm

re: #355 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

From what I understand the cartoon was used elsewhere and had “raspberry” the herald cribbed it and changed it to “watermelon”.

Wut.
Good grief.

358 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 1, 2014 3:24:41pm

re: #330 Pie-onist Overlord

Judeo-opinion = greatest phrase I’ve read all week.

359 Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2014 3:25:09pm

re: #337 freetoken

And then there’s this:

Ohio woman sues sperm bank after birth of mixed-race baby

I don’t know about anyone else, but if, when I grew up, I found out my parents sued someone because I wasn’t what they wanted… then I’d feel stigmatized.

I also was concerned about bringing up my 4 “obviously-not-mixed-race” kids in a “white, racially intolerant community”. So I didn’t.

360 goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2014 3:28:17pm

re: #337 freetoken

And then there’s this:

Ohio woman sues sperm bank after birth of mixed-race baby

Easier than admitting she cheated on her partner.

361 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 3:29:26pm

re: #337 freetoken

You know, there’s a Young frankenstein reference/joke in there somewhere.

362 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:30:04pm

This poor guy—was discharged from the hospital and sent home; he returned there and subsequently diagnosed with Ebola 4 days after being taken there by ambulance (which was used after his transport for 2 more days). It’s been reported that he has been spending time mainly w/family and has been around school-aged kids in his home.

More: United Airlines says CDC informed the carrier that Dallas Ebola patient flew from Brussels to Washington, DC, then to Dallas; unclear which airline he flew from Liberia - @CBSDFW
read more on cbslocal.com

Makes you wonder why the hospital sent him home since he’s now reported to be in “serious” condition.

363 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 3:31:06pm

Here’s some more on that stupid college republican add. Same ad, different candidate.

This one is for Colorado.

Horrible college GOP ad: Young woman luvs “Bob Boo-Pray”

364 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 3:31:09pm

re: #362 Justanotherhuman

Given that Ebola has flu-like symptoms they apparently treated it like a case of the flu.

365 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:31:35pm
366 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 1, 2014 3:31:58pm

re: #362 Justanotherhuman

Early Ebola symptoms are identical to those of flu and other common viruses. I’m sure they never suspected Ebola at first.

367 OhNoZombies!  Oct 1, 2014 3:32:10pm

re: #337 freetoken

And then there’s this:

Ohio woman sues sperm bank after birth of mixed-race baby

I don’t know about anyone else, but if, when I grew up, I found out my parents sued someone because I wasn’t what they wanted… then I’d feel stigmatized.

My ex-SIL decided to raise my mixed-race niece in a town very near Uniontown…
I would say that even though I think the lawsuit is counter productive, her point about racial intolerance isn’t unfounded.
In other words, I when my Dr. moved her practice to Uniontown, I swiched Dr.’s.

368 FemNaziBitch  Oct 1, 2014 3:36:00pm

how KEWL is this?

369 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:36:37pm

re: #364 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Given that Ebola has flu-like symptoms they apparently treated it like a case of the flu.

Yes, pretty much except for the hemorrhagic bruising and/or bleeding.

cdc.gov

I’m wondering, though, if he told them he had just returned from Liberia, or if they even asked if he had been in that part of the world? It might be a good question to ask people who present with those symptoms.

370 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:38:41pm

re: #369 Justanotherhuman

Yes, pretty much except for the hemorrhagic bruising and/or bleeding.

cdc.gov

I’m wondering, though, if he told them he had just returned from Liberia, or if they even asked if he had been in that part of the world? It might be a good question to ask people who present with those symptoms.

He told them he had arrived from Liberia. He presented with the early flu-like symptoms.
This was discussed at great length in several threads downstairs while the news was breaking.

371 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:39:41pm

Oh, shit!

St. Louis County prosecutor’s office investigating accusation of misconduct on grand jury considering Ferguson, Mo., shooting - @washingtonpost
read more on washingtonpost.com

372 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 1, 2014 3:39:54pm

re: #286 HappyWarrior

Anyone see Donald Trump threatening to sue the guy who had him post pictures of British serial killers in tribute to the guy’s “recently deceased parents.” Now I can see how Donald may have fallen for it. Fred and Rosemary West aren’t world famous but when you get egg on your face like that, the best thing to do is laugh it off rather than act like a Grade A narcissist and threaten to sue.

Donald threatened to sue somebody (maybe it was Gawker, I dunno) for saying he was only a thousandaire instead of a bazillionaire.

373 FemNaziBitch  Oct 1, 2014 3:40:15pm

I am continially amazed that camel drivers do not use stirrups.

374 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 3:40:50pm

re: #366 Eclectic Cyborg

Early Ebola symptoms are identical to those of flu and other common viruses. I’m sure they never suspected Ebola at first.

Much depends on what the patient told the doctors at the first visit. “Flu-like symptoms” by itself is vastly different than “flu-like symptoms, and oh by the way I was recently in Liberia and had contact with someone who died of Ebola”.

375 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 1, 2014 3:41:40pm

re: #365 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ohh right it’s hump day…

376 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:42:22pm

re: #371 Justanotherhuman

Oh, shit!

St. Louis County prosecutor’s office investigating accusation of misconduct on grand jury considering Ferguson, Mo., shooting - @washingtonpost
read more on washingtonpost.com

Saw Shaun tweeting about that earlier.
Good to know someone is taking it seriously.

377 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 3:42:37pm

re: #370 Backwoods_Sleuth

He told them he had arrived from Liberia. He presented with the early flu-like symptoms.
This was discussed at great length in several threads downstairs while the news was breaking.

I missed those threads. Was it just “I was recently in Liberia” or was it the more correct “I recently had close contact with someone who died of Ebola”?

378 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:44:04pm

re: #377 EPR-radar

I missed those threads. Was it just “I was recently in Liberia” or was it the more correct “I recently has close contact with someone who died of Ebola”?

I don’t know. Only thing I read was that he told the hospital that he’d just arrived from Liberia a few days earlier.

379 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:46:25pm
380 klys  Oct 1, 2014 3:47:12pm

re: #378 Backwoods_Sleuth

I don’t know. Only thing I read was that he told the hospital that he’d just arrived from Liberia a few days earlier.

Also, this makes assumptions that the staff member he talked to in the ER was aware of where Liberia is and why this might be important.

381 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 1, 2014 3:47:15pm

Welp, earlier today there was this wingnut insisting that MLK was a Republican in spite of FACTS that he totally was not, and here’s another wingnut insisting that the Civil War was not about slavery:

382 b.d.  Oct 1, 2014 3:47:17pm

re: #371 Justanotherhuman

Oh, shit!

St. Louis County prosecutor’s office investigating accusation of misconduct on grand jury considering Ferguson, Mo., shooting - @washingtonpost
read more on washingtonpost.com

St. Louis County, where they make sure that every single law is followed, except for ones that the police break.

383 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:48:04pm

Dallas Independent School District pens letters to parents after several students determined to have had contact with Ebola patient; encourages kids to continue to come to school - @dallasschools
read more on dallasisd.org

384 The Ghost of a Flea  Oct 1, 2014 3:48:27pm

re: #285 NJDhockeyfan

The Old Courthouse in Evansville is just north of an area with a bunch of halfway homes for people with disabilities and cognitive impairments.

I used to hang out in a cafe around there. You get people who’ve taken a bad turn on their meds, or are just over-stimulated.

385 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 3:50:15pm

re: #381 Pie-onist Overlord

VB, I was holding on to these tweets until you got here:

386 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 3:50:56pm

re: #379 Backwoods_Sleuth

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387 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 1, 2014 3:52:08pm

re: #381 Pie-onist Overlord

At least he has Einstein on the av, not the Eagle Raygun. Still an imbecile tho.

388 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 3:54:58pm

re: #387 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

At least he has Einstein on the av, not the Eagle Raygun. Still an imbecile tho.

an insult to Einstein.

389 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 3:56:47pm

Looks like Jeopardy stepped in it

390 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 3:56:49pm

More on the Ebola patient:

wfaa.com

“Mai Wureh says her brother, Thomas Eric Duncan, went to a Dallas emergency room on Friday and they sent him home with antibiotics. He told his sister hospital officials asked for his Social Security number and he said that he didn’t have one because he was visiting from Liberia.

“In a news conference Wednesday, Dr. Mark Lester confirmed that a nurse asked Duncan on his first visit whether he had been in an area affected by the Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa.

“A checklist was in place for Ebola in this hospital for several weeks. That checklist was utilized by the nurse, who did ask [the] question [if the patient had been to Africa,]” Lester said. “[…] Regretfully, that information [was not shared] with the full team.” More

391 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 4:03:15pm

re: #389 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Looks like Jeopardy stepped in it

And this comment:

“Sexism is the least of our worries”

Arrrggghhh!

392 Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2014 4:05:59pm

re: #390 Justanotherhuman

More on the Ebola patient:

wfaa.com

“Mai Wureh says her brother, Thomas Eric Duncan, went to a Dallas emergency room on Friday and they sent him home with antibiotics. He told his sister hospital officials asked for his Social Security number and he said that he didn’t have one because he was visiting from Liberia.

“In a news conference Wednesday, Dr. Mark Lester confirmed that a nurse asked Duncan on his first visit whether he had been in an area affected by the Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa.

“A checklist was in place for Ebola in this hospital for several weeks. That checklist was utilized by the nurse, who did ask [the] question [if the patient had been to Africa,]” Lester said. “[…] Regretfully, that information [was not shared] with the full team.” More

Might have been a good time to waive the formalities.

393 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2014 4:09:22pm

re: #392 Decatur Deb

Might have been a good time to waive the formalities.

I think it was over when he was asked for his health insurance details.

394 Kragar  Oct 1, 2014 4:10:53pm

OK, this is too funny.

395 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 4:13:13pm

Disgusting. Does the TPGOP have no shame? Short answer, no.

The number they give rings at the bedside of Fisher’s mother, 91-year-old Isabel Marie Kramb, who is in hospice care with congestive heart failure.

396 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 4:13:38pm

re: #380 klys

Also, this makes assumptions that the staff member he talked to in the ER was aware of where Liberia is and why this might be important.

I still tend to believe that if the patient had been complete about the relevant history the first time he went to the ER, he would not have been sent back home with antibiotics. Instead he would have been off to an isolation ward immediately.

This story isn’t “recently in Liberia + symptoms”. Instead it is “definitely exposed to Ebola + symptoms”.

397 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 4:18:57pm
398 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 4:19:09pm

re: #396 EPR-radar

I still tend to believe that if the patient had been complete about the relevant history the first time he went to the ER, he would not have been sent back home with antibiotics. Instead he would have been off to an isolation ward immediately.

This story isn’t “recently in Liberia + symptoms”. Instead it is “definitely exposed to Ebola + symptoms”.

See #390 which explains a lot. His info was not passed on, as it should have been.

399 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 4:19:33pm

While I don’t like the man and consider him to be a failed President, Happy Birthday Jimmy.

400 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 4:24:14pm

re: #397 NJDhockeyfan

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Follow the money…

news.yahoo.com

Sounds as though she’s trying to blame a lot of others for her own failures.

401 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 4:24:59pm

re: #398 Justanotherhuman

See #390 which explains a lot. His info was not passed on, as it should have been.

That’s not really a complete answer to the question.

The fact that he was in an affected area of Liberia indeed should have been passed on properly through the system, and apparently wasn’t.

However, I haven’t seen anything in the reporting in this case that shows that the patient told the full story in the first ER visit —- i.e., that he was in the same house in Liberia as someone who died of Ebola, and had contact with that person in attempting to secure medical care for her.

Perhaps I’m being unduly optimistic, but I don’t really believe the full story would have been missed by the medical establishment. Even if the insurance situation was unfavorable.

402 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 4:29:13pm
403 Editor in Chief  Oct 1, 2014 4:29:32pm

re: #373 FemNaziBitch

I am continially amazed that camel drivers do not use stirrups.

Where’s the steering wheel?

404 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 4:30:26pm

More on the Ebola patient:

nytimes.com

“Mr. Duncan, the first person to develop symptoms outside Africa during the current epidemic, had direct contact with a woman stricken by Ebola on Sept. 15, just four days before he left Liberia for the United States, the woman’s parents and Mr. Duncan’s neighbors said.

“In a pattern often seen here in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, the family of the woman, Marthalene Williams, 19, took her by taxi to a hospital with Mr. Duncan’s help on Sept. 15 after failing to get an ambulance, said her parents, Emmanuel and Amie Williams. She was convulsing and seven months pregnant, they said.

“Turned away from a hospital for lack of space in its Ebola treatment ward, the family said it took Ms. Williams back home in the evening, and that she died hours later, around 3 a.m.

“Mr. Duncan, who was a family friend and also a tenant in a house owned by the Williams family, rode in the taxi in the front passenger seat while Ms. Williams, her father and her brother, Sonny Boy, shared the back seat, her parents said. Mr. Duncan then helped carry Ms. Williams, who was no longer able to walk, back to the family home that evening, neighbors said.” More

405 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 4:32:32pm

re: #373 FemNaziBitch

I am continially amazed that camel drivers do not use stirrups.

I was reading an article from an Middle east news site once talking about reforming the camel racing industry over there due to the use/abuse of young boys as the jockeys. I had to do a double take because they do, in fact, call them camel jockeys over there.

406 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 4:33:17pm

Stocks sink on weak economic news; Airlines down

mattress: unchanged

407 freetoken  Oct 1, 2014 4:36:02pm

re: #406 dog philosopher

Stocks sink on weak economic news; Airlines down

mattress: unchanged

But doors are becoming unhinged and there are sharks in the waters of Florida’s tourism.

408 Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2014 4:39:32pm

re: #27 Kragar

One of the creators chimes in:

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As if the entire Republican outreach isn’t designed to attract more angry, racist White men. Please!

409 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 4:41:10pm

God, Tweety is still going off on Obama saying it was “Unlikely” that ebola would make it here. “Unlikely” doesn’t mean it’s not possible. And of course he’s going on and on about quarantining anyone trying to come from those countries.

410 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 4:41:57pm

re: #408 Patricia Kayden

As if the entire Republican outreach isn’t designed to attract more angry, racist White men. Please!

Fortunately, old angry racist white men aren’t Eddorians, and cannot reproduce asexually by splitting into two copies of each other.

411 EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2014 4:43:12pm

re: #409 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

God, Tweety is still going off on Obama saying it was “Unlikely” that ebola would make it here. “Unlikely” doesn’t mean it’s not possible. And of course he’s going on and on about quarantining anyone trying to come from those countries.

Tweety is making an ass of himself, as usual. It can be amusing when he goes off on Republicans, but he’s basically a windbag.

412 Editor in Chief  Oct 1, 2014 4:44:05pm

re: #411 EPR-radar

Tweety is making an ass of himself, as usual. It can be amusing when he goes off on Republicans, but he’s basically a windbag.

Who is Tweety?

413 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 4:44:58pm

re: #412 b_sharp

Who is Tweety?

Chris Matthews.

414 Editor in Chief  Oct 1, 2014 4:46:44pm

re: #413 Varek Raith

Chris Matthews.

Ah.

415 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 4:46:50pm

re: #409 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

God, Tweety is still going off on Obama saying it was “Unlikely” that ebola would make it here. “Unlikely” doesn’t mean it’s not possible. And of course he’s going on and on about quarantining anyone trying to come from those countries.

Has Tweety blamed PO for the SS goofs yet?

416 Editor in Chief  Oct 1, 2014 4:47:11pm

re: #413 Varek Raith

Chris Matthews.

So he has trouble with probability I see.

417 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 1, 2014 4:47:30pm

re: #415 Justanotherhuman

Has Tweety blamed PO for the SS goofs yet?

No, not yet.

418 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 4:48:46pm

OOOOOklahoma!

419 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 4:49:02pm

re: #409 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

And of course he’s going on and on about quarantining anyone trying to come from those countries.

Does that include white missionaries, doctors and business types?

420 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Oct 1, 2014 4:51:25pm

re: #418 Stanley Sea

Where the earthquakes rumble down the plains…

421 allegro  Oct 1, 2014 4:51:34pm

A lesson that should have been learned long before the age of 61: never order delivery pizzas when you’re really hungry.

I now have enough food (and free Pepsi) for several people for a fucking week.

422 lostlakehiker  Oct 1, 2014 4:52:30pm

I ran this past my resident expert on women. Fair test, all the commentary and discussion left out with just the ad to see.

She just thought it was funny.

423 Swift2991  Oct 1, 2014 4:54:52pm

Girls are so cute, no? (squeals).

Miley Cyrus loves Rick!

424 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 4:55:57pm

re: #421 allegro

A lesson that should have been learned long before the age of 61: never order delivery pizzas when you’re really hungry.

I now have enough food (and free Pepsi) for several people for a fucking week.

My 24 yr old grandson could demolish a large pizza and a 2 liter in less than 2 hrs. I usually only have 1 piece, and the munchkin can’t even eat an entire piece. We leave the rest to him and there is never any left for breakfast. : (

He used to work at Domino’s…and can make a delicious home made pie, although I usually have to make the dough, which is 3/4 of the work, IMHO.

425 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 4:56:44pm

re: #422 lostlakehiker

I ran this past my resident expert on women. Fair test, all the commentary and discussion left out with just the ad to see.

She just thought it was funny.

Is this a person who has been devoted to Women’s Studies? Gender Studies? A gynecologist? What kind of an expert?

(Being female by itself does not make one an expert.)

426 Snarknado!  Oct 1, 2014 4:58:49pm

re: #421 allegro

A lesson that should have been learned long before the age of 61: never order delivery pizzas when you’re really hungry.

I now have enough food (and free Pepsi) for several people for a fucking week.

It freezes pretty well (the pizza, not the pepsi).

427 The Ghost of a Flea  Oct 1, 2014 5:02:07pm

This ad tested well amongst key demographics, such as princesses trapped atop unscalable towers, bog witches, and caryatid columns.

428 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 5:02:55pm

Kinda fucked up that the Ebola patient’s friend, not the hospital, called the CDC.

(being reported now on CNN/Anderson Cooper)

429 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 5:03:04pm

re: #421 allegro

A lesson that should have been learned long before the age of 61: never order delivery pizzas when you’re really hungry.

I now have enough food (and free Pepsi) for several people for a fucking week.

Freeze the pizza and pour the Pepsi down the drain.

430 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 5:03:05pm
431 dog philosopher  Oct 1, 2014 5:08:23pm

re: #421 allegro

I now have enough food (and free Pepsi) for several people for a fucking week.

where do i go to participate in a fucking week?

432 allegro  Oct 1, 2014 5:10:07pm

re: #424 Justanotherhuman

My 24 yr old grandson could demolish a large pizza and a 2 liter in less than 2 hrs. I usually only have 1 piece, and the munchkin can’t even eat an entire piece. We leave the rest to him and there is never any left for breakfast. : (

He used to work at Domino’s…and can make a delicious home made pie, although I usually have to make the dough, which is 3/4 of the work, IMHO.

If I’m really hungry, I’m good for 2 slices and a chicken wing. (Note: I live alone.) So what do I order after not having eaten all day because reasons? They had a special offer of their new bacon and cheese stuffed crust pizza with a free 2 liter Pepsi. Wow, that sounds delicious and free Pepsi too (I don’t even drink soft drinks but hey it’s free)! Then they had a chicken, bacon, and tomato pizza with garlic parmesan - oh wow, that sounds awwwwesome! (it is, yum!) And of course I can’t resist garlic parmesan wings.

And there it is. Oh, I also didn’t have change for a tip so the sweet young man from Nigeria got a $20. File this under First World Problem.

433 allegro  Oct 1, 2014 5:11:23pm

re: #426 Snarknado!

It freezes pretty well (the pizza, not the pepsi).

Really? Never tried that. Thanks!

434 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 5:12:37pm

Proving once again that wingnuts don’t care who they hire.

Man accused of illicitly photographing wife of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., indicted for burglary - @AP
end of alert

435 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 5:12:59pm

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

436 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 5:14:15pm

re: #432 allegro

If I’m really hungry, I’m good for 2 slices and a chicken wing. (Note: I live alone.) So what do I order after not having eaten all day because reasons? They had a special offer of their new bacon and cheese stuffed crust pizza with a free 2 liter Pepsi. Wow, that sounds delicious and free Pepsi too (I don’t even drink soft drinks but hey it’s free)! Then they had a chicken, bacon, and tomato pizza with garlic parmesan - oh wow, that sounds awwwwesome! (it is, yum!) And of course I can’t resist garlic parmesan wings.

And there it is. Oh, I also didn’t have change for a tip so the sweet young man from Nigeria got a $20. File this under First World Problem.

You are a good woman!

Def freeze the pizza by the slice. It will last the fucking week or more.

437 Varek Raith  Oct 1, 2014 5:14:51pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

I really think you should write a post on it. It’s completely hideous that he’s doing this and needs to be called out on it.

438 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 1, 2014 5:15:07pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

He’s a sociopath, like Glenn Greenwald. He knows that everything he Tweets out is bogus but he says it anyway, because attentions.

439 Bubblehead II  Oct 1, 2014 5:15:23pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

Take him down. Take him down HARD!

440 austin_blue  Oct 1, 2014 5:15:36pm

re: #420 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Where the earthquakes rumble down the plains…

Depth of rupture, 5 miles. Depth of waste injection wells, 5 miles.

But, nah, one has nothing to do with the other.

441 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 5:15:49pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

need to analyze how many retweets of his bullshit are happening.

442 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 5:16:58pm
443 b.d.  Oct 1, 2014 5:17:24pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

I’m torn, I would hate to give him the publicity and the folks who loathe you will make him their champion.

How about just an informational post on Ebola? How it is transmitted? How can’t it be spread? What misinformation is being spread, etc?

444 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 1, 2014 5:17:53pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

Despite the fact that it feeds his ego to get responses, I have to vote for “Getting the Truth Out There”. He’s like a damn demented 5 year old that makes up incredible lies and expects you to believe him. That’s fine when you’re 5. When you’re an adult it indicates that you have a either a severe problem discerning fact from fantasy, or you are simply, as my Mother the psychologist used to say, “Crazier than a shit-house rat”. (Think that was the DSM 4 term for it).

Shine the light on him.

445 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 5:18:05pm

re: #441 Stanley Sea

need to analyze how many retweets of his bullshit are happening.

Cause like vb said, he’s a sociopath who is listing all the times he was written about in other blogs.

Gah. Tough one.

446 allegro  Oct 1, 2014 5:18:21pm

re: #436 Stanley Sea

You are a good woman!

Def freeze the pizza by the slice. It will last the fucking week or more.

Great idea!

I love you guys!

447 wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2014 5:18:50pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

Does he have an article to which you could ‘donotlink’? If so, definitely yes.

448 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 1, 2014 5:18:58pm

re: #428 Stanley Sea

Kinda fucked up that the Ebola patient’s friend, not the hospital, called the CDC.

(being reported now on CNN/Anderson Cooper)

The guy with ebola must have known he had the disease or at least was exposed to it. According to the NYT he helped his landlord move 2 family members that had ebola and then died before hopping on a plane to the US.

449 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 5:19:22pm

re: #446 allegro

Great idea!

I love you guys!

Reheated in a toaster oven is quite good.

450 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 5:19:25pm

The NC Board of Elections sent us a pamphlet today with all the folks running for appeals courts, and under “Recent election Law Changes” states that registering and voting on the same day is not permitted.

Yet…

bigstory.ap.org

So—huzzah! We’ll see how this turns out…

451 austin_blue  Oct 1, 2014 5:20:02pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

How about, “You are an ignorant, science rejecting pile of shit, you lying fuck. Now go lick a dog’s ass until it bleeds.”

Not to be subtle or anything.

452 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 1, 2014 5:20:28pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

Man, that’s a tough one. I’m getting real sick of reading about that sick, twisted little fuck. OTOH, he lives to spread just the kind of disinformation that the Right Wing lives on.

I’d be more tempted to make it about “The Truth About Ebola Transmission”, and less about Chuckie.

453 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 5:21:04pm

re: #451 austin_blue

How about, “You are an ignorant, science rejecting pile of shit, you lying fuck. Now go lick a dog’s ass until it bleeds.”

Not to be subtle or anything.

Got my vote. Also the donotlink to piss him off.

454 JustMark  Oct 1, 2014 5:21:05pm

re: #451 austin_blue

How about, “You are an ignorant, science rejecting pile of shit, you lying fuck. Now go lick a dog’s ass until it bleeds.”

Not to be subtle or anything.

Ewwww

455 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 1, 2014 5:21:13pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

FWIW-Write it up. It’s worthwhile the same reason calling out the anti vaxxers is worth it, and a bit more distantly the climate deniers. Lies are easy the truth takes work.

456 Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2014 5:23:37pm

OT shared that my sister in law has chickens & I have eggs. Today a hawk just missed the snatch of one of them. She got pissed when I said that would’ve been SO COOL.

457 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 5:25:26pm

Charles, I’d write an expository post about Ebola, and at the end, an expose of Chuckles’ ignorance.

458 ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2014 5:26:00pm

Call the CDC and request that there is another breakout that needs eradicated. Chucky C Disease is loose and puking all over the twitterverse.

That little fear monger needs quarantined.

/// He is eventually going to get himself in trouble. He is just too out of control. So, good chance snark becomes reality.

459 austin_blue  Oct 1, 2014 5:28:02pm

re: #452 GeneJockey

Man, that’s a tough one. I’m getting real sick of reading about that sick, twisted little fuck. OTOH, he lives to spread just the kind of disinformation that the Right Wing lives on.

I’d be more tempted to make it about “The Truth About Ebola Transmission”, and less about Chuckie.

The problem with that is that the Great Unwashed aren’t listening to facts, at this point. Local talk radio this PM in Austin was all about Obama’s conspiracy to Avoid Panic (which apparently includes Our Handsome Governor Richard Perry as a member). Go figure. Call the little shit a lying load of peckersnot.

Rudely perjorative, but at least *someone* will be posting accurate information.

460 Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2014 5:28:55pm
461 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 5:31:35pm

re: #450 Justanotherhuman

Our judicial candidates don’t run by party, but I went through and eliminated quite a few just by reading their info.

Anyone who claimed to be “independent” was eliminated, as were those who invoked their religion. Between now and election day, I can find out more info on the ones I had to guess at.

462 Belafon  Oct 1, 2014 5:32:37pm

re: #460 Charles Johnson

I’m suggesting we all respond to Chuck’s tweets with “Chuck’s address: Parent’s Basement. Enough said.”

463 austin_blue  Oct 1, 2014 5:32:42pm

re: #460 Charles Johnson

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He can’t spell, either.

I feel so sorry for his mother:

“(sigh) Yes, *that* Chuck C. Johnson is my son. I should have strangled the little lying turd at birth and saved the world a ton of pain.”

464 Justanotherhuman  Oct 1, 2014 5:33:32pm

Later, Lizards! Have a great evening.

465 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 5:34:51pm

re: #371 Justanotherhuman

From the looks of it, there is some serious misconduct by one or more grand jurors. Shaun King posted this earlier, and this is probably the root of the problem:

There are good reasons not to trust the process in STL and this grand jury, because of the way that the prosecutor McCulloch chose to set it in motion. He has no interest in prosecuting cops - he’s got a history of not prosecuting excessive force/police brutality cases. This is no different.

466 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 1, 2014 5:36:03pm

re: #460 Charles Johnson

What evidence do we have for claim that Ebola patient was asymtomatic while flying? None? That’s what I thought.

What evidence does Chuck C. Johnson have that he doesn’t blow goats? None? That’s what I thought.

467 lawhawk  Oct 1, 2014 5:38:54pm

re: #460 Charles Johnson

What’s more credible that CCJ?

Hmmm. The fraudsters who perpetrated the Peking Man, the Piltdown Man, the Cardiff Giant come to mind.

468 goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2014 6:20:01pm

re: #467 lawhawk

What’s more credible that CCJ?

469 Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2014 6:20:25pm

re: #435 Charles Johnson

Should I write a post about Chuck Johnson’s appalling misinformation about Ebola, or would that just help his fear-mongering? The guy is really getting out of control with these lies. But I’m torn on whether it would be counter-productive to take him down on it.

Might try getting the attention of the CDC Public Affairs Office. If he’s deliberately spreading disinformation, they might have some recourse.


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