Life With Gohmert: Obama Sent “3,000 Military” to Catch Ebola and Bring It Back to the US

The dumbest man in Congress rants again
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It’s just bizarre how Texas congressman Louie “Terror Babies” Gohmert pretends he’s concerned about President Obama’s safety at the same time as he spews insane conspiracy theories that Obama sent 3,000 military personnel to Africa so they could catch Ebola and bring it back to the US.

That’s not all. In this clip posted proudly at YouTube by Gohmert himself, he also claims the Secret Service’s problems are caused by “political correctness,” and says he wants to shut down the government again (at the same time as he denies he wants to shut down the government).

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164 comments
1 Decatur Deb  Oct 2, 2014 11:08:58am

This man is profoundly stupid.

2 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:09:44am

re: #1 Decatur Deb

This man is profoundly stupid.

But he DOES represent his constituents.

3 klys  Oct 2, 2014 11:09:54am

It used to be that conspiracy theorists were laughed at.

Now they get elected.

4 Kragar  Oct 2, 2014 11:09:54am

5 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:10:00am

Did anyone watch NCIS: New Orleans? The bad guy in that episode looked exactly like Louie, except of course smarter.

6 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:10:03am

Not dumb. Evil. This is actually accusing the President of the United States of something very vile.

7 Decatur Deb  Oct 2, 2014 11:10:11am

re: #2 GeneJockey

But he DOES represent his constituents.

Accurately, one suspects.

8 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:11:23am

re: #7 Decatur Deb

Accurately, one suspects.

Every two years, they get a chance to say, “This clown is dumb as a post!”, and every two years, they reelect him.

So, yeah.

9 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:11:25am

re: #2 GeneJockey

But he DOES represent his constituents.

He was re-elected in a landslide. The only way Louie’s leaving office is if he does something somewhat sane and gets primaried because of it, gets caught with another man, or he dies. Viva Gerrymander!

10 Decatur Deb  Oct 2, 2014 11:11:41am

re: #6 HappyWarrior

Not dumb. Evil. This is actually accusing the President of the United States of something very vile.

Gotta be stupid to think that works.

11 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:12:17am

re: #10 Decatur Deb

Gotta be stupid to think that works.

True enough.

12 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:12:20am

re: #10 Decatur Deb

Gotta be stupid to think that works.

#tcot eats it up& licks the drippins

13 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:12:37am

There has been no president in history that has inspired more pathetic lies and paranoia about his intentions than Barack H. Obama. None. People were vicious to Lincoln, Roosevelt, and many others but there was never the out effort by so many elected officials to spread dangerous lies about their intentions. I have zero doubt whatsoever in my mind that if Barack Obama had been president during 9/11 or Pearl Harbor that he would have been accused by the Republicans in Congress and their asssole friends in the media of having given the order himself.
Had to repost this from downstairs because it needs to be said.

14 Kragar  Oct 2, 2014 11:12:37am
“The military is not trained to go catch Ebola and die,” he insisted. “They’re trained to go in and kill the people that want to come back and kill us. The president’s priorities are all mixed up here. All you got to do is shut down traffic in and out of places where there’s high risk of Ebola.”

Actually Lou, there are entire units in the military who are trained to build and support other operations beyond combat missions. Just an FYI for you.

15 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:13:15am

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

Did anyone watch NCIS: New Orleans? The bad guy in that episode looked exactly like Louie, except of course smarter.

Nah. We watch “Agents of Shield”, recorded at 8:00, because we were watching “NCIS”. And one NCIS is enough for me.

16 Decatur Deb  Oct 2, 2014 11:13:33am

re: #14 Kragar

Actually Lou, there are entire units in the military who are trained to build and support other operations beyond combat missions. Just an FYI for you.

You mean we have a Medical Corps?

17 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:13:54am

He always reminded me of Champ from Anchorman if Champ were an even bigger idiot than he is.

18 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:14:09am

re: #15 GeneJockey

Nah. We watch “Agents of Shield”, recorded at 8:00, because we were watching “NCIS”. And one NCIS is enough for me.

The original NCIS sucks. NCIS: Los Angeles is the BEST because Linda Hunt is a badass!

19 b.d.  Oct 2, 2014 11:14:21am

re: #2 GeneJockey

But he DOES represent his constituents.

He was a JAG officer in the US Army and elected as a freaking district JUDGE 3 times. Poster boy for the appointment of judges.

20 jaunte  Oct 2, 2014 11:14:34am

Waiting for Rick Perry Ebola proclamation:

governor.state.tx.us
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas. I urge Texans of all faiths and traditions to offer prayers on those days for the healing of our land, the rebuilding of our communities and the restoration of our normal way of life.

21 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:15:08am

re: #20 jaunte

Waiting for Rick Perry Ebola proclamation:

He’ll build a Serpent of Brass.

22 jaunte  Oct 2, 2014 11:15:14am
23 lawhawk  Oct 2, 2014 11:16:11am

Shut down the government again - at the same time you’re combating an ongoing epidemic that has a 50% mortality rate and has made an appearance in the US? Yeah, that’ll really bolster the ability of DHS, CDC, USAMRIID, NIH, and other federal agencies that monitor and work to keep the nation safe from public health threats.

24 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:16:28am

re: #22 jaunte

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If he’s that worried, maybe he’ll quarantine himself off the radio? Oh wait, this is more Glenn being a hysterical child? What!

25 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:16:50am

re: #23 lawhawk

Shut down the government again - at the same time you’re combating an ongoing epidemic that has a 50% mortality rate and has made an appearance in the US? Yeah, that’ll really bolster the ability of DHS, CDC, USAMRIID, NIH, and other federal agencies that monitor and work to keep the nation safe from public health threats.

Yay conservativism. Yay the Republican Party.

26 b.d.  Oct 2, 2014 11:17:04am

Hehehehe, now Obama is just twisting the knife on those wingnuts

27 lawhawk  Oct 2, 2014 11:17:07am

re: #14 Kragar

Actually Lou, there are entire units in the military who are trained to build and support other operations beyond combat missions. Just an FYI for you.

USAMRIID.

28 klys  Oct 2, 2014 11:17:07am

re: #25 HappyWarrior

Yay conservativism. Yay the Republican Party.

GO TEAM GO!

29 jaunte  Oct 2, 2014 11:17:14am

re: #24 HappyWarrior

It’s a fundraising Panicportunity.

30 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:17:17am

re: #18 Pie-onist Overlord

The original NCIS sucks. NCIS: Los Angeles is the BEST because Linda Hunt is a badass!

That’s as may be, but it’s set in Los Angeles, and as a longtime Bay Area resident, I am required to HATE Los Angeles.
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31 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 2, 2014 11:17:24am

re: #19 b.d.

He was a JAG officer in the US Army and elected as a freaking district JUDGE 3 times. Poster boy for the appointment of judges.

Except that’s even worse for the perpetuation of judges that will do what their bosses, rather than the law, says for them to do.

32 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:17:58am

re: #28 klys

GO TEAM GO!

The Republicans are going to win the World Super Bowl Cup!

33 Charles Johnson  Oct 2, 2014 11:18:00am
34 b.d.  Oct 2, 2014 11:18:53am

yep, he’s just f*cking with them

35 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:19:02am

re: #33 Charles Johnson

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I remember when I thought peak wingnut was people accusing the Clintons of murdering Vince Foster.

37 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:19:32am

re: #33 Charles Johnson

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One of John Cole’s most disappointing failed predictions.

38 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:19:37am

re: #36 Dr. Matt

Ju@DineshDSouza Just a reminder. #guilty #dontdropthesoapdge to Dinesh D’Souza: No, you can’t delay your sentence to promote your movie

Judicial tyranny!

40 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 11:20:54am

Rand Paul is saying this same line of bullshit.

Speaking to conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham, Paul questioned whether the Obama administration should carry out its plan to send 3,000 troops to Ebola hot zones in Africa.

“You also have to be concerned about 3,000 soldiers getting back on a ship. Where is disease most transmittable? When you’re in a very close confines on a ship, we all know about cruises and how they get these diarrhea viruses that are transmitted very easily,” he said. “Can you imagine if a whole ship full of our soldiers catch Ebola?”

These people are profoundly, dangerously cynical. They say stupid things like this to keep their inbred redneck base pissed off at the blah guy in the White House, and they lead to panic and paranoia.

41 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:20:58am

Pass me a desk & the lighter fluid

42 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:21:39am

re: #41 Pie-onist Overlord

Pass me a desk & the lighter fluid

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What’s that crazy fake friend of Israel and Jews bitching about now? Not clicking on the link.

43 Decatur Deb  Oct 2, 2014 11:22:07am

re: #22 jaunte

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He’s under-dressed. This is what our guys used to be heat-sealed into:

nrs.harvard.edu

44 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:23:08am

re: #42 HappyWarrior

What’s that crazy fake friend of Israel and Jews bitching about now? Not clicking on the link.

I didn’t click on the link either, I don’t want to get Teabola or Derpes (shudder)

45 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:23:40am

re: #44 Pie-onist Overlord

I didn’t click on the link either, I don’t want to get Teabola or Derpes (shudder)

Ah good thinkin’.

46 Bulworth  Oct 2, 2014 11:23:40am

re:
#26

“American leadership is the one constant in an uncertain world.” —President Obama

Apology Tour!!!1 obama hates America and doesn’t believe in America Exceptionalism!!!11

47 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:24:37am

Wait, isn’t Bamford the crazy anti-Semite who rants & raves about the Liberty conspiracy?

48 Targetpractice  Oct 2, 2014 11:25:36am

When they announced the first case days ago, my first thought was “Great, the crazies will go nuts over this.”

I’ve never felt so bad about being right in my life.

49 Dr. Matt  Oct 2, 2014 11:26:07am
50 lawhawk  Oct 2, 2014 11:27:05am

re: #47 Pie-onist Overlord

The one in the same (link safe).

51 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:28:37am

re: #50 lawhawk

The one in the same (link safe).

So it makes total sense that he would be BFF’s with Griftwald

52 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:33:41am

What right-wing racism?

53 EmmaAnne  Oct 2, 2014 11:34:38am

So, the rule of thumb is that when people are scared, they vote for Republicans. But at some point there has to be overreach followed by a backlash, right? People have to be tired of being whipped into a frenzy over and over. Right??

54 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:35:28am

re: #53 EmmaAnne

So, the rule of thumb is that when people are scared, they vote for Republicans. But at some point there has to be overreach followed by a backlash, right? People have to be tired of being whipped into a frenzy over and over. Right??

You’d think that, but no. Memories are short for a lot of the electorate.

55 Jenner7  Oct 2, 2014 11:39:36am
56 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:41:15am

re: #55 Jenner7

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Team GOP before country.

57 HappyWarrior  Oct 2, 2014 11:42:49am

re: #54 GeneJockey

You’d think that, but no. Memories are short for a lot of the electorate.

Memories are way too short. That’s why the GOP controls the House.

58 EPR-radar  Oct 2, 2014 11:43:44am

re: #56 HappyWarrior

Team GOP before country.

RWNJs may as well be consistent.

And I think it’s safe to say we have Team GOP vs. America these days.

59 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:44:01am

How much do you want to bet this “Black Conservative” Twitter account is a white dude?

60 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 2, 2014 11:45:45am

Good news from Hawaii…

61 Jay in Oregon  Oct 2, 2014 11:45:59am

re: #40 Lidane

Rand Paul: the moderate choice!

Lefties, support this guy b/c Obama has failed us! Or something.

62 Schadenboner  Oct 2, 2014 11:47:17am

I keep ending up at the ass-end of threads today.

Goddamnit, rightists. Stop doing/saying/being stupid shit.

63 nsmith25  Oct 2, 2014 11:48:51am
64 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 11:48:56am

re: #55 Jenner7

Still didn’t help Team Romney at all.

And the fact that they didn’t report a breach is inexcusable.

65 lawhawk  Oct 2, 2014 11:49:58am

Retweeted by Geherhty:

Just don’t give people a living wage and let multibillion dollar corporations like Walmart and McDonalds shift the burden on to governments because they don’t provide a living wage.

Retweeted by Malkin:

The same percentages.

What’s the percentage for being shot and killed with a firearm? Much higher. Conservatives don’t do anything.

They have a real odd sense of risks and statistics.

66 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:51:03am

re: #62 Schadenboner

I keep ending up at the ass-end of threads.

Goddamnit, rightists. Stop doing/saying/being stupid shit.

But then they’d have nothing to say.

67 lawhawk  Oct 2, 2014 11:51:20am

re: #60 NJDhockeyfan

There have been 90+ instances like that before the Texas case proved positive for Ebola. We’ll see many more.

The big issue is why the hospital didn’t isolate/evaluate the patient at first contact. They could have reduced overall exposures had they put him in isolation sooner.

68 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:52:05am

Stay classy Pudingtane

69 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 11:52:10am

re: #59 Pie-onist Overlord

How much do you want to bet this “Black Conservative” Twitter account is a white dude?

He has a YouTube channel.

70 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 11:52:12am

re: #65 lawhawk

Re: the Malkin retweet —

71 Targetpractice  Oct 2, 2014 11:53:59am

re: #67 lawhawk

There have been 90+ instances like that before the Texas case proved positive for Ebola. We’ll see many more.

The big issue is why the hospital didn’t isolate/evaluate the patient at first contact. They could have reduced overall exposures had they put him in isolation sooner.

I continue to draw only one conclusion, which is that the hospital learned he was a foreign national and immediately proceeded to dump him on the street to avoid eating the bill for any tests.

72 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 11:54:43am

re: #67 lawhawk

There have been 90+ instances like that before the Texas case proved positive for Ebola. We’ll see many more.

The big issue is why the hospital didn’t isolate/evaluate the patient at first contact. They could have reduced overall exposures had they put him in isolation sooner.

From what I’ve seen, the issue was the nurse who interviewed him failing to pass along his travel history. These things often break down at the level of individual followthrough.

73 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:55:01am

re: #70 Lidane

Re: the Malkin retweet —

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Because one guy with a machete can totally kill 3000 people before somebody stops him.

I just can’t even.

74 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 2, 2014 11:55:57am

re: #71 Targetpractice

I continue to draw only one conclusion, which is that the hospital learned he was a foreign national and immediately proceeded to dump him on the street to avoid eating the bill for any tests.

^^^^^^THIS SO MUCH^^^^^^

75 Bulworth  Oct 2, 2014 11:57:26am

re:
#68

were not racists we just want less government low taxes and Freedom!

76 The Ghost of a Flea  Oct 2, 2014 11:59:41am

re: #53 EmmaAnne

So, the rule of thumb is that when people are scared, they vote for Republicans. But at some point there has to be overreach followed by a backlash, right? People have to be tired of being whipped into a frenzy over and over. Right??

Well…the other possibility is they get so scared they demand drastic action…and thus catharsis…resulting in great harm to the body politic and/or the scapegoat.

77 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 11:59:58am

Rebranding!

78 Bubblehead II  Oct 2, 2014 12:00:00pm
79 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 12:00:00pm

re: #73 Pie-onist Overlord

Because one guy with a machete can totally kill 3000 people before somebody stops him.

I just can’t even.

Only if he’s played by Danny Trejo.
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80 klys  Oct 2, 2014 12:00:30pm

re: #72 GeneJockey

From what I’ve seen, the issue was the nurse who interviewed him failing to pass along his travel history. These things often break down at the level of individual followthrough.

Doctor doesn’t ask because the doctor assumes the nurse would have flagged it if the info was there. Nurse didn’t flag it because the nurse was tired/overworked/didn’t understand the importance/whatever. We still don’t know if he highlighted anywhere that he had recently been in direct contact with someone who died from ebola. Pretty sure that it wouldn’t have been overlooked then.

81 Botsplainer  Oct 2, 2014 12:01:35pm

re: #6 HappyWarrior

Not dumb. Evil. This is actually accusing the President of the United States of something very vile.

He’s acting as a propagandist. They sit and spew vile shit and stir up violence.

It is intentional.

82 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 2, 2014 12:01:45pm
83 Bulworth  Oct 2, 2014 12:01:59pm

re:
#78

“While…affordable health care might still be a fanged threat to freedom on Fox News…it’s working pretty well in the real world.” —Obama

WOWEEEIWWWOWOWDXDOOXCOICCKXXOSEIWOEKLSDKDOSICXLJFOWIEOWEJLSDFJOSURWEOPJWELWOWEJSF!!!!!!1111
IMPEACH!!!1

84 Bubblehead II  Oct 2, 2014 12:02:45pm
85 Sionainn  Oct 2, 2014 12:03:02pm

re: #72 GeneJockey

From what I’ve seen, the issue was the nurse who interviewed him failing to pass along his travel history. These things often break down at the level of individual followthrough.

Aren’t physicians supposed to review all the intake history?

86 Bulworth  Oct 2, 2014 12:03:42pm

re:
#78

Trainwreck!!!! The WEBSITE!!!!!11 REPEALREPLACE!!!!1111 Healthcare=holocaust!!!11

87 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 12:03:56pm

re: #82 NJDhockeyfan

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Well for shit’s sake, DON’T OPEN ANY COFFINS you find there!

88 lawhawk  Oct 2, 2014 12:04:41pm
89 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 12:04:53pm

re: #85 Sionainn

Aren’t physicians supposed to review all the intake history?

Dunno. If it’s not written down…?

90 Charles Johnson  Oct 2, 2014 12:05:14pm
91 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 12:05:45pm
92 Sionainn  Oct 2, 2014 12:06:25pm

re: #89 GeneJockey

Dunno. If it’s not written down…?

They had a questionnaire which I assume was written. That should have been with all the other paperwork for the physician to look at when he/she saw the patient.

93 The Mountain That Blogs  Oct 2, 2014 12:06:28pm

re: #85 Sionainn

Yes, or retake it entirely if necessary. “Have you been out of the country recently” is something I ask absolutely anyone with a fever, usually just to screen for “should I be thinking about weird stuff”. Oh, fever and joint pains and you were in the DR last week? Probably chikungunya.

94 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 12:06:53pm
95 Randall Gross  Oct 2, 2014 12:07:49pm

People forget that we had an Ebola outbreak already, it was no big deal in terms of actual deaths compared to any year’s flu season.

usatoday.com

96 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 12:10:03pm

re: #93 The Mountain That Blogs

Yes, or retake it entirely if necessary. “Have you been out of the country recently” is something I ask absolutely anyone with a fever, usually just to screen for “should I be thinking about weird stuff”. Oh, fever and joint pains and you were in the DR last week? Probably chikungunya.

Well, here at the start of Flu season, doctors aren’t looking for Zebras.

97 Randall Gross  Oct 2, 2014 12:10:32pm

re: #94 Lidane

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Wow that’s extremely evil if true.

98 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 12:12:19pm

re: #88 lawhawk

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So, no fever or other symptoms, and failure to self-report exposure before getting on a plane to Belgium.

Obviously Obama’s fault.

99 klys  Oct 2, 2014 12:12:50pm

re: #93 The Mountain That Blogs

+1 for good practice and being conscientious about things like that

On the flip side, when I went to the ER and eventually had my appendix removed, the doctor who saw me first gave me her very clear opinion that this was not appendicitis and she really didn’t think I needed some of these other tests, because it was just an ovarian cyst.

It turns out I had some of those too, but it was definitely appendicitis. I didn’t have most of the symptoms but I had the one really classic one (rebound pain). Thank goodness for extra tests.

Not all doctors and nurses in the ER are always on top of things, for whatever reasons. I can imagine something slipping through the cracks.

100 Randall Gross  Oct 2, 2014 12:14:46pm

Here’s the non fiction work that dramatized it:
amazon.com

101 nines09  Oct 2, 2014 12:15:32pm

Methinks he like to hear his own voice too much. He’s a box of rocks.

102 Charles Johnson  Oct 2, 2014 12:18:53pm

Another impersonation account at Twitter, from our friends the stalkers:

@CharlesJ0hnsen

This guy now has two impersonation accounts running:

@Green_Footbals

103 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 12:19:48pm
104 The Mountain That Blogs  Oct 2, 2014 12:20:26pm

re: #99 klys

In their defense, lower belly pain in women, especially young women, is very diagnostically tricky. You wind up getting a pelvic exam, then there’s the CT vs. ultrasound debate (usually ending with ultrasound because GYN stuff is more common and there’s really no downside to ultrasound besides discomfort and time), then that comes back negative and you get a CT anyway and by the time that comes back you’ve been there for several hours already, etc. etc.

Rebound pain is a late sign though, and definitely something that catches our eye.

Sorry you had that experience.

105 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 2, 2014 12:27:42pm

Note to self: invest heavily in desks and lighter fluid

106 EPR-radar  Oct 2, 2014 12:29:44pm

re: #71 Targetpractice

I continue to draw only one conclusion, which is that the hospital learned he was a foreign national and immediately proceeded to dump him on the street to avoid eating the bill for any tests.

If it can be proved that the hospital did this knowing of the patient’s direct exposure to Ebola, then there should be major consequences all the way up the chain of command.

107 lawhawk  Oct 2, 2014 12:29:56pm

re: #105 Eclectic Cyborg

Note to self: invest heavily in desks and lighter fluid

Better yet, become a seller/merchant. You’d make a fortune here.

108 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 12:30:43pm

re: #105 Eclectic Cyborg

Note to self: invest heavily in desks and lighter fluid

Balsa wood desks are apparently very lightweight and extremely flammable.

Might be your best option.

109 wrenchwench  Oct 2, 2014 12:31:52pm

re: #102 Charles Johnson

Another impersonation account at Twitter, from our friends the stalkers:

@CharlesJ0hnsen

This guy now has two impersonation accounts running:

@Green_Footbals

Doesn’t the fact that one of ‘em had to apologize for fooling someone this morning show that it is impersonation and not parody?

110 dog philosopher  Oct 2, 2014 12:33:33pm

“3,000 Military” to Catch Ebola

i fine you 50 gohmerts

it can be paid at the rate of 2 jonah goldbergs per gohmert

111 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 12:34:12pm

Completely O/T, but I’m pimping my dog for a silly online competition. If any of you don’t mind, please cast a vote for my goofy hound dog (she’s competitor #2) in all 12 categories for TripeDog2014.
(Don’t worry about ticking “yes” for the second question about payment, it’s a joke)

surveymonkey.com

TripeDog2014 hopeful. Doesn’t she look excited?

ETA: I think you can also vote in the comments on Twitter at

112 ObserverArt  Oct 2, 2014 12:36:00pm

I think I’d like to stuff Ghomert full of asparagus to shut the idiot up.

Listening to that babble makes my head hurt. But damn, he manages to get in the right words to titillate the idiots that vote for him. Like ‘political correctness,’ an oldie but always goodie with certain crowds of RWNJs

113 klys  Oct 2, 2014 12:36:05pm

re: #104 The Mountain That Blogs

In their defense, lower belly pain in women, especially young women, is very diagnostically tricky. You wind up getting a pelvic exam, then there’s the CT vs. ultrasound debate (usually ending with ultrasound because GYN stuff is more common and there’s really no downside to ultrasound besides discomfort and time), then that comes back negative and you get a CT anyway and by the time that comes back you’ve been there for several hours already, etc. etc.

Rebound pain is a late sign though, and definitely something that catches our eye.

Sorry you had that experience.

Thankfully we skipped the ultrasound and went straight to the CT.

It was not the highlight of my college experience, but the end result was what it needed to be and I get that it’s a rough job, especially when I looked around the waiting room. And I was out and back in classes two days later (sigh).

114 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 12:39:10pm

re: #99 klys

My appendicitis scare back in the late 1970s turned out to be a gall bladder attack. ER doc said “yep, it’s your appendix.” Surgeon came in later, checked and said “nope, it’s your gall bladder”.

115 ObserverArt  Oct 2, 2014 12:40:56pm

Peak wingnut doesn’t work for me.

Peak usually means at the top of something. Sounds kinda positive.

Maybe something like ‘reaching new depths’ or as ‘low as you can go’ for terms that fit bottom seekers.

116 wrenchwench  Oct 2, 2014 12:42:21pm

re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth

Completely O/T, but I’m pimping my dog for a silly online competition. If any of you don’t mind, please cast a vote for my goofy hound dog (she’s competitor #2) in all 12 categories for TripeDog2014.
(Don’t worry about ticking “yes” for the second question about payment, it’s a joke)

surveymonkey.com

TripeDog2014 hopeful. Doesn’t she look excited?

ETA: I think you can also vote in the comments on Twitter at

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From there:

How are you planning to celebrate World Tripe Day (24 October 2014)?

My answer:

look at some tripe

I’m sure that will get bonus points for your hound.

117 klys  Oct 2, 2014 12:42:58pm

re: #115 ObserverArt

Peak wingnut doesn’t work for me.

Peak usually means at the top of something. Sounds kinda positive.

Maybe something like ‘reaching new depths’ or as ‘low as you can go’ for terms that fit bottom seekers.

We’re descending past the Mariana Trench here.

118 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 12:43:11pm

re: #116 wrenchwench

From there:

My answer:

I’m sure that will get bonus points for your hound.

Heh, my answer to that question was “Dress up in a tripe costume.”

119 klys  Oct 2, 2014 12:43:39pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

Heh, my answer to that question was “Dress up in a tripe costume.”

“Look at dog pictures.”

120 Charles Johnson  Oct 2, 2014 12:44:00pm
121 wrenchwench  Oct 2, 2014 12:44:01pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

Heh, my answer to that question was “Dress up in a tripe costume.”

Sounds a bit clammy.

122 Charles Johnson  Oct 2, 2014 12:44:16pm

re: #109 wrenchwench

Doesn’t the fact that one of ‘em had to apologize for fooling someone this morning show that it is impersonation and not parody?

I’ve filed complaints.

123 Ace-o-aces  Oct 2, 2014 12:44:30pm
124 klys  Oct 2, 2014 12:45:10pm

re: #122 Charles Johnson

I’ve filed complaints.

I almost went to the Twitter booth at the job fair yesterday to ask how they were going to improve their protections against abusive users.

Almost.

125 leftynyc  Oct 2, 2014 12:45:20pm

re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth

My pleasure - that’s a cutie patootie.

126 ObserverArt  Oct 2, 2014 12:53:14pm

re: #107 lawhawk

Better yet, become a seller/merchant. You’d make a fortune here.

Be sure to have a small storage unit stocked with ‘em in the Detroit/Dearborn Michigan area. I think sales would be brisk up there!

(Waves at Pie-onist)

127 EPR-radar  Oct 2, 2014 12:54:23pm

re: #117 klys

We’re descending past the Mariana Trench here.

What happens when right wing depravity reaches all the way to the center of the earth? Its almost enough to make one want to believe in Dante’s cosmology, where Satan would be waiting for them in the ninth circle of Hell.

128 klys  Oct 2, 2014 12:55:22pm

re: #127 EPR-radar

What happens when right wing depravity reaches all the way to the center of the earth? Its almost enough to make one want to believe in Dante’s cosmology, where Satan would be waiting for them in the ninth circle of Hell.

What is denser: the Earth’s core or the wingnut resistance to facts and logic?

////

Of course the answer is clear.

129 Lidane  Oct 2, 2014 12:57:07pm

re: #123 Ace-o-aces

Wheee!

130 ObserverArt  Oct 2, 2014 12:58:07pm

re: #123 Ace-o-aces

[Pat Robertson: Obama is “pro-Muslim” because he had Muslim parents and “attended a Muslim school” bit.ly]

The fossil speaks.

131 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 12:59:45pm

Nothing will go wrong, they say…

ANCHORAGE - Video courtesy Nathan Smith

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a fire at a natural gas drilling platform in Cook Inlet near Nikiski that forced an evacuation, authorities say.

Four people were on the Hilcorp-owned Baker platform when the fire was reported to the Coast Guard around 8:30 a.m., said Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert. All four were airlifted out and were uninjured.

132 EPR-radar  Oct 2, 2014 1:00:17pm

re: #128 klys

What is denser: the Earth’s core or the wingnut resistance to facts and logic?

////

Of course the answer is clear.

The relative density of wingnuts and neutron star matter has the same depressing answer. The only thing denser than wingnuts is the gravitational singularity inside a black hole.

133 b.d.  Oct 2, 2014 1:00:49pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nothing will go wrong, they say…

[Embedded content]

No one could have predicted…

134 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 1:01:27pm

Yeah, you minimum wage earners…just WORK HARDER and you’ll be rewarded…

135 b.d.  Oct 2, 2014 1:02:06pm

OH DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN NO!!!!

136 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 1:03:44pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah, you minimum wage earners…just WORK HARDER and you’ll be rewarded…

[Embedded content]

Faith-based economics.

137 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 2, 2014 1:03:45pm

re: #108 Lidane

Balsa wood desks are apparently very lightweight and extremely flammable.

Might be your best option.

Nope: balsa wood is non-hygroscopic so it won’t soak up an accelerant. Its very low density means that it sort of burns/melts at the same time which results in a very unsatisfying blaze.
/aircraft modeler

138 Targetpractice  Oct 2, 2014 1:04:07pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah, you minimum wage earners…just WORK HARDER and you’ll be rewarded…

[Embedded content]

“Will?” That assumes that businesses are obligated to reward productivity and effort. In the real world, the question of whether you get a raise is set to a schedule, meaning no matter how hard you work, you could be waiting 6 months to a year before your boss considers whether you deserve a raise or not.

139 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 1:04:17pm

re: #135 b.d.

Isn’t Dana a Cruz fangirl?

140 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 1:05:12pm

re: #137 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Nope: balsa wood is non-hygroscopic so it won’t soak up an accelerant. Its very low density means that it sort of burns/melts at the same time which results in a very unsatisfying blaze.
/aircraft modeler

Does it burn better with several serious applications of model airplane dope?

141 Eventual Carrion  Oct 2, 2014 1:05:14pm

re: #52 Pie-onist Overlord

What right-wing racism?

I tweeted back “But enough about your family reunions.”

142 Jordy LuhPhorj  Oct 2, 2014 1:05:32pm

re: #84 Bubblehead II

Love the president and I understand the sentiment, but the middle class in America is neither “thriving” nor “rising”.

143 The Mountain That Blogs  Oct 2, 2014 1:06:10pm

re: #135 b.d.

BECK: Do I have the right to own a semiautomatic weapon?

CARSON: It depends on where you live. I think if you live in the midst of a lot of people, and I’m afraid that that semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a crazy person, I would rather you not have it.

That is why she won’t back him. Good lord, these people are nuts.

144 b.d.  Oct 2, 2014 1:06:50pm

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

Isn’t Dana a Cruz fangirl?

The time for lines to be drawn is drawing near and another section of wingnutia is fixing to be cast out forever.

145 gwangung  Oct 2, 2014 1:08:33pm

re: #138 Targetpractice

“Will?” That assumes that businesses are obligated to reward productivity and effort. In the real world, the question of whether you get a raise is set to a schedule, meaning no matter how hard you work, you could be waiting 6 months to a year before your boss considers whether you deserve a raise or not.

Over the past 40 years, productivity and effort has NOT been rewarded; all the gains of productivity have ended up in the pockets of management.

146 Targetpractice  Oct 2, 2014 1:11:07pm

re: #145 gwangung

Over the past 40 years, productivity and effort has NOT been rewarded; all the gains of productivity have ended up in the pockets of management.

Ayep. Wages were decoupled from “productivity and effort” in 1981 and have been so for the past 30+ years. Wages for execs have skyrocketed while the guy on the floor has seen his own wages stagnate or drop.

147 A Mom Anon  Oct 2, 2014 1:12:47pm

It honestly should be illegal for a sitting Congress member or Senator to out and out blatantly lie to the American people on TV, radio or in any other form. He’s stirring up hatred and fear and he is an official position to do the exact opposite and CHOOSES not to. This shit has gone without direct consequences to those doing it for too long.

Beyond elections, I think it’s time to begin contacting the media outlets, repeatedly if needed, to let them know the TV or radio is off, and why. This is so irresponsible, stupid and wrong and it has to end.

It’s getting to me personally. I often find myself holding back tears over some of this crap.

I remember the country coming together after 9/11 briefly, and then it began turning ugly. And I DO hold the GOP and all their little water carriers directly responsible for it. I began seeing “Liberal Hunting License” stickers on cars, anti liberal signs popping up in yards, and it was FOX “news” on TVs everywhere you went. I’ve been screamed at over wearing a Rosie the Riveter t-shirt that I bought years ago at the Pearl Harbor gift shop because the idiot doing the screaming thought it meant I was a communist Obama supporter. In front of my frightened autistic son. I had more than one confrontation over that shirt. Because the seeds of ignorance have been sown and grown into a fucking forest.

I hate living in Metro Atlanta now, I wish we could go today. And it’s because the GOP and their holier than thou bunch of asshole followers won’t be happy until the entire South is a fucking wasteland. If I could leave I would, but our economic situation has us stuck here. For now at least. I am just SO tired of pretty much every single person I know hating on poor people, being racist, sexist and anti anything that would make life better for the vast majority of people. I’m having trouble being kind and forgiving of this shit, and it pisses me off because that’s not who I am.

148 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 1:14:24pm

re: #146 Targetpractice

Ayep. Wages were decoupled from “productivity and effort” in 1981 and have been so for the past 30+ years. Wages for execs have skyrocketed while the guy on the floor has seen his own wages stagnate or drop.

Unpossible! The Market (ALL HAIL THE MARKET!) rewards productivity and effort, so clearly 90% of the workforce has grown progressively less productive, with the remainng 10% taking up the slack and the top 1% doing most of the work!!!

149 aagcobb  Oct 2, 2014 1:14:49pm

re: #35 HappyWarrior

I remember when I thought peak wingnut was people accusing the Clintons of murdering Vince Foster.

In retrospect, that seems tame in comparison.

150 b.d.  Oct 2, 2014 1:15:52pm

ATTENTION CHUCK C JOHNSON!!!!!

151 Bubblehead II  Oct 2, 2014 1:19:58pm

re: #142 Jordy LuhPhorj

Love the president and I understand the sentiment, but the middle class in America is neither “thriving” nor “rising”.

And he realizes that.

152 Dr. Matt  Oct 2, 2014 1:20:01pm

According to the teabagger’s, it’s Obama’s fault for allowing the Ebola patient into the US by not shutting down all international flights into the US. Yet, these same idiots had a complete meltdown when the FAA did not allow US flights into Israel when Hamas was bombing the area.

153 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 2, 2014 1:21:54pm

re: #152 Dr. Matt

According to the teabagger’s, it’s Obama’s fault for allowing the Ebola patient into the US by not shutting down all international flights into the US. Yet, these same idiots had a complete meltdown when the FAA did not allow US flights into Israel when Hamas was bombing the area.

And they were pissed off to no end when ALL flights, international and domestic were grounded for a week after 9/11.

154 Eventual Carrion  Oct 2, 2014 1:24:41pm

re: #65 lawhawk

Retweeted by Geherhty:

[Embedded content]

The same percentages.

What’s the percentage for being shot and killed with a firearm? Much higher. Conservatives don’t do anything.

They have a real odd sense of risks and statistics.

155 Mike Lamb  Oct 2, 2014 1:31:49pm

re: #152 Dr. Matt

According to the teabagger’s, it’s Obama’s fault for allowing the Ebola patient into the US by not shutting down all international flights into the US. Yet, these same idiots had a complete meltdown when the FAA did not allow US flights into Israel when Hamas was bombing the area.

It also signifies just how anti-Semitic Obama (apparently) is…

156 ausador  Oct 2, 2014 1:33:50pm

re: #41 Pie-onist Overlord

Pass me a desk & the lighter fluid

Is that a sentence or a paragraph full of word salad?

The sentence that wouldn’t die!

157 sagehen  Oct 2, 2014 1:37:33pm

re: #30 GeneJockey

That’s as may be, but it’s set in Los Angeles, and as a longtime Bay Area resident, I am required to HATE Los Angeles.
///

You’re just jealous, all you foggy, hilly, no-parking google-glass assless chaps 2 NFL teams hippies who can only go to the beach 9 days a year.

158 klys  Oct 2, 2014 1:38:54pm

re: #157 sagehen

You’re just jealous, all you foggy, hilly, no-parking google-glass assless chaps 2 NFL teams hippies who can only go to the beach 9 days a year.

Tomorrow’s high temperature is supposed to be 100.

It is fucking October and I cannot turn the AC off yet.

159 wrenchwench  Oct 2, 2014 1:42:50pm

re: #156 ausador

Is that a sentence or a paragraph full of word salad?

The sentence that wouldn’t die!

Answer me this, libtard!!

[paragraph of unintelligible gibberish]

WHat do you say to THAT, huh libtard, HUH?!?!?

160 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 2, 2014 1:43:19pm

re: #156 ausador

I was blinded by the glare from all of Palin’s glaring examples and, alas, I couldn’t finish reading the piece.

161 Eventual Carrion  Oct 2, 2014 1:45:15pm

re: #123 Ace-o-aces

[Embedded content]

Funny, I’m pretty much anti-Catholic (well, anti religious). I was raised by Catholic parents and went to Catholic schools.

162 sagehen  Oct 2, 2014 2:04:08pm

re: #150 b.d.

ATTENTION CHUCK C JOHNSON!!!!!

[Embedded content]

and don’t call it “frisco”.

163 sagehen  Oct 2, 2014 2:07:44pm

re: #156 ausador

Is that a sentence or a paragraph full of word salad?

The sentence that wouldn’t die!

Did she just say “glaring example” three times in one run-on sentence?

164 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 2, 2014 2:11:45pm

re: #163 sagehen

Did she just say “glaring example” three times in one run-on sentence?

A glaring example of her idiocy.


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