A Beautifully Disturbing Sci-Fi Short: “The Shift”

The plot thickens
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Here’s a fantastic science fiction short film, the highly disquieting story of a businessman who returns home to find things are… different. And his wife is not exactly his wife any more.

In TECHNOCOLOR.

THE SHIFT
Written, Directed & Edited by Francesco Calabrese
with Molly C. Quinn, Ryan Welsh & Whitney Hoy

Produced by Eppich Films & Withstand
in association with Durable Goods

Dop // Patrick Jones
Costumes // Suzy Sachs
Production Design // Ricardo Jattan
Music // Mark Yaeger
Sound // Erik D. Magnus
Post // Proxima Milano

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442 comments
1 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 5:45:27pm

The color grading in this short is exceptional. Really gets that 1960s Technicolor feel.

2 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 5:46:20pm

Meanwhile… now heading toward 7000 retweets on this off-handed comment:

3 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 5:54:04pm

The short is beautifully shot.

It’s also pretty fucking disturbing. Fair warning.

4 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 5:55:02pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

Meanwhile… now heading toward 7000 retweets on this off-handed comment:

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When you get retweeted by a couple folks who have a million plus followers, that’ll happen.

:-D

5 PhillyPretzel  Oct 5, 2014 5:56:20pm

re: #3 teleskiguy

If it is that disturbing I will stick with Downton Abbey. :)

6 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 5:58:04pm

Just finished a bizarre disconnected argument with someone on Twitter who refused to engage with the point of Fox News’s race-baiting over Ebola, and kept pretending it was simply rational.

I don’t think he was really excusing Fox’s racism, but he has a huge blind spot about it.

Weird.

7 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 5:58:58pm

Peace.

8 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 6:00:19pm

re: #5 PhillyPretzel

If it is that disturbing I will stick with Downton Abbey. :)

I thought it pretty frightening myself. Not only is it beautifully shot, it’s a well-written 8 minute mindfuck. I’ve only viewed it once at present. Don’t know exactly when I’ll view it again. The plot thickens, indeed.

teleskiguy recommends!

9 Dark_Falcon  Oct 5, 2014 6:02:54pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Peace.

You can’t make a person understand a truth he or she is not willing to understand.

10 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 6:02:55pm

Been getting tweets like this all day.

11 jaunte  Oct 5, 2014 6:03:16pm
Marsh Ray @marshray:
@Green_Footballs OK, then please tell me how I should factor that into my personal #ebola risk analysis. What behavior should I change?

Well, stop touching other people’s blood and vomit, and you should be ok.

12 klys  Oct 5, 2014 6:03:46pm

I find myself firmly of the belief that mead made with added ghost peppers is not meant for human consumption. I could tell you where every last bit of the teeny tiny taste I took was.

The husband, strange person that he is, liked it after the taste buds were suitably numbed.

13 jaunte  Oct 5, 2014 6:05:09pm

“My personal Ebola risk analysis”

Great Jumpin’ Jehosaphat.

14 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 6:06:02pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Just finished a bizarre disconnected argument with someone on Twitter who refused to engage with the point of Fox News’s race-baiting over Ebola, and kept pretending it was simply rational.

I don’t think he was really excusing Fox’s racism, but he has a huge blind spot about it.

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Weird.

Seriously, what was THAT?

15 FemNaziBitch  Oct 5, 2014 6:06:53pm

I’m Miss Piggy

16 Dark_Falcon  Oct 5, 2014 6:07:36pm

re: #15 FemNaziBitch

I’m Miss Piggy

Which makes me Scooter, I think.

17 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 6:08:05pm

He deleted that tweet almost immediately after posting it.

18 FemNaziBitch  Oct 5, 2014 6:09:00pm

re: #9 Dark_Falcon

You can’t make a person understand a truth he or she is not willing to understand.

19 Dark_Falcon  Oct 5, 2014 6:09:51pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Been getting tweets like this all day.

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Very dumb, but I’m not going to block that one, because he also Tweeted this a month ago:

20 FemNaziBitch  Oct 5, 2014 6:10:18pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

I think that was the longest post ever

21 PhillyPretzel  Oct 5, 2014 6:12:03pm

re: #20 FemNaziBitch

And since Charles posted it here, it will remain on the internet for a long time to come.

22 CuriousLurker  Oct 5, 2014 6:15:33pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

He deleted that tweet almost immediately after posting it.

LOL, he must’ve checked Wikipedia:

Mutation

23 FemNaziBitch  Oct 5, 2014 6:16:53pm

ackh—bbl

24 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 5, 2014 6:19:04pm

I’m watching _The Red Shoes_ on TCM and a newspaper just mutated into Robert Helpman.*

* - A sort of reversal of De Niro in _Brazil_.

25 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 5, 2014 6:19:19pm

that was a disturbingly creepy video. and yes, they absolutely nailed that technicolor look.

RBS

26 De Kolta Chair  Oct 5, 2014 6:20:02pm

Wackiest seder ever

27 Stanley Sea  Oct 5, 2014 6:20:41pm

Welp.

I loved the color.

28 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 6:25:51pm
29 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 5, 2014 6:26:06pm

What if the world really was colored like that once, and now it’s changed?

Actually, that was one of the things that I had lost without realizing it before I had my cataract out, was bright clear colors. I couldn’t believe the difference the day after the op when the bandage came off.

RBS

30 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Oct 5, 2014 6:31:35pm

re: #29 RealityBasedSteve

What if the world really was colored like that once, and now it’s changed?

Actually, that was one of the things that I had lost without realizing it before I had my cataract out, was bright clear colors. I couldn’t believe the difference the day after the op when the bandage came off.

RBS

I get the same effect watching Claritin commercials.

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31 CuriousLurker  Oct 5, 2014 6:33:30pm

Sent earlier today by one of our engineers:

Oh, the indignity…

Full-size at imgur.com (one of the few places where I read comments).

32 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Oct 5, 2014 6:33:40pm

re: #29 RealityBasedSteve

What if the world really was colored like that once, and now it’s changed?
RBS

33 Charles Johnson  Oct 5, 2014 6:36:20pm
34 De Kolta Chair  Oct 5, 2014 6:37:53pm

35 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 6:38:42pm

re: #33 Charles Johnson

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“I’m just saying that there’s plenty of evidence to support evolution.”

“BURN THE HERETIC!!!”

36 Belafon  Oct 5, 2014 6:42:09pm

re: #29 RealityBasedSteve

What if the world really was colored like that once, and now it’s changed?

Actually, that was one of the things that I had lost without realizing it before I had my cataract out, was bright clear colors. I couldn’t believe the difference the day after the op when the bandage came off.

RBS

Calvin and Hobbes

37 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 6:42:15pm
38 Belafon  Oct 5, 2014 6:42:45pm

re: #32 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Heh.

39 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 6:44:32pm
A 36-year-old Swede has become the world’s first woman to give birth after receiving a womb transplant, doctors said.

“It was breathtaking. I think all of us felt that,” Liza Johannesson, the surgeon, said in a video supplied by her university on Saturday. “It was like having your own child, actually, it was the same feeling. No one could really believe it.”

The healthy baby boy was born last month at the University of Gothenburg’s hospital. Both mother and infant are doing well.

Weighing 1.775kgs, the baby was born by Caesarean section at 31 weeks after the mother developed pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy condition, according to the medical journal The Lancet.

More.

40 CuriousLurker  Oct 5, 2014 6:49:27pm

re: #37 teleskiguy

This is Vincent, the first baby born from a transplanted womb.

re: #39 teleskiguy

Wow, I didn’t know they could do that.

41 Stanley Sea  Oct 5, 2014 6:51:35pm

re: #32 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

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Great memory you have, to pull that one up.

Bravo.

42 Stanley Sea  Oct 5, 2014 6:52:15pm

re: #36 Belafon

Calvin and Hobbes

You too!

43 CuriousLurker  Oct 5, 2014 6:53:15pm

Time to get ready for Monday…*sigh*

Later, lizards.

44 PhillyPretzel  Oct 5, 2014 6:53:47pm

re: #29 RealityBasedSteve

Claude Monet noticed that too.

45 Stanley Sea  Oct 5, 2014 6:54:48pm

I consider myself a knowledgeable Calvin & Hobbes person. I had like 4 of the books.

In a flash, my memory is the hair cut for school photo days.

And the baby raccoon. :(

46 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Oct 5, 2014 6:57:04pm

re: #41 Stanley Sea

Great memory you have, to pull that one up.

Bravo.

One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes strips. The other one is how they calculate the load limit on bridges. (I never tried to bullshit my kids this way when they were young, by the way. Maybe I secretly wish I had.)

47 KingKenrod  Oct 5, 2014 6:57:37pm

I find the story in this video conflicted. But it has the adorable daughter from Castle as a killer alien in it, so that’s a plus. I’d love to know more about the technical details of how it was shot and processed.

48 Stanley Sea  Oct 5, 2014 7:00:36pm

Here’s the Baby Raccoon. Because we all need to read it again.

calvinandhobbes-daily.tumblr.com

49 Stanley Sea  Oct 5, 2014 7:07:54pm

School picture day.

LOL still

goodreads.com

50 Kragar  Oct 5, 2014 7:09:26pm

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the woman blew herself up at an Islamic State position east of the city, killing a number of jihadists who have surrounded Kobane and are battling to seize it.

“The operation caused deaths, but there is no confirmed number,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

51 De Kolta Chair  Oct 5, 2014 7:12:33pm

52 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 7:21:10pm
53 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 5, 2014 7:27:39pm

Tennessee Titans lead 28-3 against the Cleveland Browns with 2:44 left in the first half. Final score… Titans 28, Cleveland 29. Biggest comeback ever by an away team in the NFL.

Sigh… looks like yet ANOTHER rebuilding year. At least we have Jacksonville to look forward to next week (and I think they beat us last year also)

RBS

54 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 5, 2014 7:32:39pm

re: #53 RealityBasedSteve

Tennessee Titans lead 28-3 against the Cleveland Browns with 2:44 left in the first half. Final score… Titans 28, Cleveland 29. Biggest comeback ever by an away team in the NFL.

Sigh… looks like yet ANOTHER rebuilding year. At least we have Jacksonville to look forward to next week (and I think they beat us last year also)

RBS

My Gunners :) (Arsenal FC) went down 2 - 0 against Chelsea today. The only good thing is that the score last year was 6 - 0 so that’s improvement, right? Ah well, so much for an undefeated season…

55 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 7:32:50pm

I love the juxtaposition of my re: #52 teleskiguy and RBS’s re: #53 RealityBasedSteve.

56 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 7:35:34pm

A tweet with exactly 140 characters. The plot thickens…

57 Stanley Sea  Oct 5, 2014 7:37:45pm

Nighty!

58 SteveMcGazi  Oct 5, 2014 7:58:07pm

re: #53 RealityBasedSteve

Tennessee Titans lead 28-3 against the Cleveland Browns with 2:44 left in the first half. Final score… Titans 28, Cleveland 29. Biggest comeback ever by an away team in the NFL.

Sigh… looks like yet ANOTHER rebuilding year. At least we have Jacksonville to look forward to next week (and I think they beat us last year also)

RBS

My Iggles tried to give one away but ran out of time. Ahh the thrill of victory and the agony of hearing about it afterward.

That, and I wanted to get my Calvin and Hobbes avatar up.

59 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 5, 2014 7:59:44pm

The shaking camera spoils it for me.

60 jaunte  Oct 5, 2014 8:00:37pm
61 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 8:04:22pm

The late George Carlin had a bit near the end of his life where he said “Americans’ll eat anything. Anything. ANYTHING! You put a fried raccoon’s ass on a stick…”

Last night I had to tweet out a part of that bit.

62 Kragar  Oct 5, 2014 8:05:24pm
63 I Stand With Big Sodomy!  Oct 5, 2014 8:09:47pm

re: #34 De Kolta Chair

64 Jenner7  Oct 5, 2014 8:10:03pm

re: #60 jaunte

How incredibly dangerous and stupid.

65 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 5, 2014 8:11:13pm

Well, I’m taking the last 4 Oreos from the package and going to bed. See ya all later on.

RBS

66 calochortus  Oct 5, 2014 8:11:23pm

re: #62 Kragar

Were these open borders that brought in enterovirus back a few decades? Because it’s been around since 1962.

67 Belafon  Oct 5, 2014 8:15:53pm

re: #62 Kragar

Imaging being the parent of a child that died from the enterovirus and realizing that Chuck is still alive.

68 Kragar  Oct 5, 2014 8:16:02pm

re: #66 calochortus

Were these open borders that brought in enterovirus back a few decades? Because it’s been around since 1962.

Its a well known fact that all diseases come from brown people
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69 calochortus  Oct 5, 2014 8:17:23pm

re: #68 Kragar

Its a well known fact that all diseases come from brown people
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Except smallpox and measles and whatnot in the New World…

70 blueraven  Oct 5, 2014 8:18:01pm

Congrats KC Royals! Sweeeep

71 Kragar  Oct 5, 2014 8:21:32pm
72 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 8:23:39pm

re: #71 Kragar

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Morrissey with a cat on his head

Your argument is invalid.

73 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 8:24:18pm

This is satire.

This is not satire.

Note the time stamps.

74 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 5, 2014 8:24:40pm

re: #68 Kragar

Its a well known fact that all diseases come from brown people
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And that there are lots of diseases in Africa that affect humans doesn’t surprise me one bit. It was the environment that our species did most of its evolving in. So lots of time for various bugs and parasites to evolve methods for living off or us.

75 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 8:26:10pm

re: #73 teleskiguy

This is satire.

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Note the time stamps.

I’d say this was new, but they were pushing this shit months ago. Far back as the beginning of the outbreak, while they were in the midst of their “ZOMG! THE ILLEGALS!!!” fit back in August.

76 TedStriker  Oct 5, 2014 8:26:49pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

The color grading in this short is exceptional. Really gets that 1960s Technicolor feel.

re: #25 RealityBasedSteve

that was a disturbingly creepy video. and yes, they absolutely nailed that technicolor look.

RBS

Castle fans gonna be tripping…”Betty” is definitely no Alexis.

;-P

77 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 8:27:06pm

re: #75 Targetpractice

I’d say this was new, but they were pushing this shit months ago. Far back as the beginning of the outbreak, while they were in the midst of their “ZOMG! THE ILLEGALS!!!” fit back in August.

With added Ebola!

*shudder*

78 prairiefire  Oct 5, 2014 8:27:53pm

GO ROYALS!

79 calochortus  Oct 5, 2014 8:28:21pm

re: #73 teleskiguy

This is satire.

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Note the time stamps.

As to the “not satire” part. Weren’t those statistics about immigrants from “ebola outbreak nations” from well before the current outbreak started?
Also too, by the time you’ve gotten to Mexico and figured out how you’re going to get across the border, wouldn’t you be pretty sick and not up for traveling across the desert on foot?

80 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 8:29:49pm

re: #77 teleskiguy

With added Ebola!

*shudder*

I just had an argument from back in August over the chances of Ebola-positive illegals crossing the border and starting an epidemic with a wingnut reignite the day the first confirmed case was announced. She’s convinced that she’s been proven right, even though there remains exactly one confirmed case of Ebola and the guy came over on a plane instead of across the border.

81 calochortus  Oct 5, 2014 8:33:08pm

Good night lizards. Hasta mañana.

82 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 5, 2014 8:33:10pm

re: #79 calochortus

As to the “not satire” part. Weren’t those statistics about immigrants from “ebola outbreak nations” from well before the current outbreak started?
Also too, by the time you’ve gotten to Mexico and figured out how you’re going to get across the border, wouldn’t you be pretty sick and not up for traveling across the desert on foot?

Even without ebola, it defies logic to spend one’s limited funds to fly to Mexico City or some other airport (Cabo? ) , then trek overland to enter the USA across the border. There are more direct ways to enter the States from Africa

83 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 5, 2014 8:40:38pm

So i was just reading via AngryBlackLady on twitter that Texas is considering arresting the guy who has ebola. No idea what they plan to charge him with.

84 Kragar  Oct 5, 2014 8:41:42pm
85 jaunte  Oct 5, 2014 8:44:12pm

re: #83 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

86 teleskiguy  Oct 5, 2014 8:47:25pm

*shudder*

87 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 8:52:01pm

re: #84 Kragar

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Come now, Kragar. You know that all women who come forward to make rape allegations are really liars looking to “punish” men. After all, if it was legitimate rape, she’d have injuries to show, right?

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88 TedStriker  Oct 5, 2014 8:53:18pm

re: #83 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

So i was just reading via AngryBlackLady on twitter that Texas is considering arresting the guy who has ebola. No idea what they plan to charge him with.

Heard some Internet rumblings about that the other day, IIRC.

Not saying it would be right, but dude has to survive the virus first in any case…talk about putting the cart before the horse.

89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 5, 2014 9:02:59pm

re: #88 TedStriker

What the hell would they charge him with though? Getting sick? I mean yeah, it seems he did hide it but my guess is he knew he’d get no help in Liberia after what happened so he came back here.

90 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 5, 2014 9:03:41pm

On a lighter note. We’re watching bad grandpa and man this shit is funny.

91 goddamnedfrank  Oct 5, 2014 9:10:23pm

re: #88 TedStriker

Heard some Internet rumblings about that the other day, IIRC.

Not saying it would be right, but dude has to survive the virus first in any case…talk about putting the cart before the horse.

If he survives the feds will probably just send him back home to Liberia where he’ll be prosecuted for lying on a government form. People do get married on tourist visas, but marriage is not supposed to be the express reason for the visit, as apparently Duncan has asserted, and unless his girlfriend is already a citizen sponsoring him for expedited status would be difficult anyway.

Texas might want to prosecute him for reckless endangerment or suchlike, but due to Nathaline Williams never having been tested it would be difficult to prove he knew for certain that he even had been exposed to Ebola before traveling, and the reckless act in question would have occurred outside Texas’s jurisdiction in any event, and the State itself makes no effort to examine travelers entering its territory. I can see Perry trying to push this though since it dovetails nicely into his attacks on Obama and wingnut attempts to exert control over border control efforts.

92 goddamnedfrank  Oct 5, 2014 9:31:41pm

Arutz Sheva reported that Duncan died 12 hours ago, citing Reuters. No other sources confirming so far. WTF?

93 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 9:32:53pm

re: #92 goddamnedfrank

Arutz Sheva reported that Duncan died 12 hours ago, citing Reuters. No other sources confirming so far. WTF?

If true, then the panic’s gonna get cranked to 11.

94 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 5, 2014 9:37:25pm

re: #93 Targetpractice

Well given how heartless the right has been over the whole ebola thing i would almost bet they’ll celebrate because the one confirmed person with it is dead so no spreading it.

95 goddamnedfrank  Oct 5, 2014 9:38:27pm

re: #94 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Well given how heartless the right has been over the whole ebola thing i would almost bet they’ll celebrate because the one confirmed person with it is dead so no spreading it.

Yeah it could go either way. If no further cases develop within the next two weeks they’ll just go back to Benghazi.

96 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 9:42:28pm

re: #94 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Well given how heartless the right has been over the whole ebola thing i would almost bet they’ll celebrate because the one confirmed person with it is dead so no spreading it.

I’ve not run into the heartless as much as I have the screaming nutters who are convinced that the way to address this case is to immediately slam the door shut on all international flights coming out of Africa and to treat any persons traveling to the US from Africa as potential carriers until proven otherwise.

97 Kragar  Oct 5, 2014 9:44:49pm
98 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Oct 5, 2014 9:56:16pm

re: #92 goddamnedfrank

Arutz Sheva reported that Duncan died 12 hours ago, citing Reuters. No other sources confirming so far. WTF?

Still in critical condition according to NBC news, as of 5 hours ago.

99 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 5, 2014 10:09:17pm

re: #92 goddamnedfrank

Arutz Sheva reported that Duncan died 12 hours ago, citing Reuters. No other sources confirming so far. WTF?

Reuters in fact has him still alive but “struggling to survive.”
reuters.com
The dateline is around 8 pm EDT Sunday.

100 Targetpractice  Oct 5, 2014 10:18:40pm

I don’t imagine it will come as a surprise to many if he does die. He’d already been suffering early symptoms when he was first taken in and had two days after that without any serious medical care. It’s likely one or more organs were damaged.

101 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 5, 2014 10:24:23pm

One of the most important treatments is electrolyte replacement, according to one of the doctors at Emory University’s hospital. Without a targeted treatment, I suppose all they can do is keep his electrolytes and immune system up, and hope his own body can defeat the virus. If any organs have failed, that job will be much harder.

102 TedStriker  Oct 5, 2014 10:30:21pm

re: #89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

What the hell would they charge him with though? Getting sick? I mean yeah, it seems he did hide it but my guess is he knew he’d get no help in Liberia after what happened so he came back here.

It’s Rick Perry’s Texas we’re talking about here, so logic and compassion is right out the window straight out of the gate.

103 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 5, 2014 10:44:25pm

re: #102 TedStriker

It’s Rick Perry’s Texas we’re talking about here, so logic and compassion is right out the window straight out of the gate.

There was a report earlier than Liberia was going to press charges, but I haven’t seen anything else about it since.

104 sagehen  Oct 5, 2014 11:22:00pm

Homeland, season 4

Click to Reveal

Carrie is a bad bad mother. Why am I not surprised?

But the actual plot of the show is off to a rousing start; I have high hopes for this season. I was definitely tired of Brody, he (and his family) stayed in the story far longer than was worth watching.

105 freetoken  Oct 5, 2014 11:26:51pm

The French hate-right is eerily similar to the American hate-right:

French Right Wing Protests Same Sex Reproductive Rights

Right wing protesters claimed surrogacy rights for same-sex couples will eventually lead to children being sold in supermarkets - even though French same-sex couples are banned from using in vitro fertilization.

A right wing group that failed to stop France from adopting same sex marriage laws in 2013 now has non existent medically assisted procreation rights in its sights.

[…]

The group behind the protests, Manif pour Tous (Protest for Everyone), claims the protests drew as many as 500,000 people, though French authorities have estimated less than a fifth of that figure hit the streets

[…]

That surrogacy just for gay couples is already outlawed seems to me to be rather backwards.

106 ausador  Oct 5, 2014 11:27:58pm

re: #103 wheat-dogghazi

There was a report earlier than Liberia was going to press charges, but I haven’t seen anything else about it since.

Dallas County DA’s spokesperson…

We are looking into whether or not Thomas Eric Duncan knowingly and intentionally exposed the public to a deadly virus - making this a criminal matter for Dallas County. To put this in perspective, we prosecuted defendants who know they are HIV positive and intentionally have sex with others without protection. In those cases, defendants with HIV who exposed the virus to others faced aggravated assault charges. It’s possible the same charge could apply here.

Also, DA Watkins says it would be irresponsible if we didn’t look into this, but we have to tread lightly because we could not place an Ebola virus patient into the county jail and risk infecting others. On a humanitarian note, it would be cruel and inhumane to go after a person on their death bed but at the same time the DA’s office would want to show that there are consequences to entering the country by falsifying documents and then knowingly putting the public at risk.

The derp is strong with this one…

107 freetoken  Oct 5, 2014 11:50:03pm

I see the hate-right/racist-right are whining about Hungary not letting the hate mongers like Richard B. Spencer into their country.

Now that the foot is on the other shoe, so to speak, the hate-right is all for border crossing illegally.

Funny how that works.

What could ever have possessed Hungary for not wanting Nazi-wannabes into their country?

108 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 5, 2014 11:52:10pm

re: #107 freetoken

I see the hate-right/racist-right are whining about Hungary not letting the hate mongers like Richard B. Spencer into their country.

Now that the foot is on the other shoe, so to speak, the hate-right is all for border crossing illegally.

Funny how that works.

What could ever have possessed Hungary for not wanting Nazi-wannabes into their country?

My evil side wishes he does try to cross the border illegally, just so he could get arrested and thrown in the slammer before they deport his ass.

109 ausador  Oct 6, 2014 12:22:58am

But remember, after taking out $100,000 in loans you’ll be qualified to be an assistant manager at chuck e cheese!

110 freetoken  Oct 6, 2014 12:49:47am

re: #109 ausador

Well, this baby boomer tries to tell kids today that the whole education game is designed to profit from young people’s’ gullibility of believing what the you-have-to-go-to-college crowd tells them.

That graph ought to tell that poster that the demand for college is being pushed too high. Compare to food prices, where production more or less has kept up to demand.

Artificially inflating demand for college by enticing otherwise not-well-prepared-academically students to still go to college just drives up the costs.

The whole textbook scam is just one example of how young people are exploited.

Turning college into a job-prep-machine is the antithesis of the old idea of a “liberal education”.

It’s also a way for corporations to, once again, transfer what ought to be their own costs (of training employees) onto the society at large.

What saddens me most is the selfish, self-centered academic elite who hold the executive positions in higher education, who really don’t give a damn about a truly liberal education but who want to create bureaucracies to perpetuate their own careers.

We often pick on the know-nothings (now apparently in control of the GOP) for their anti-knowledge stances, but I don’t really see many of the supposed progressives standing on much higher ground, at least when it comes to telling the truth about “education”.

111 freetoken  Oct 6, 2014 1:39:11am

MP3 Audio

112 ausador  Oct 6, 2014 1:49:58am
113 geoduck  Oct 6, 2014 1:56:47am

Re: the video. It was well done, but as an old-ish fogey, I couldn’t help noticing one nit-picky mistake: no TV antenna on the roof of the house, when they proceeded to show the TV playing.

114 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 1:59:00am

re: #112 ausador

Curious how suddenly conservatives and libertarians need Big Government working to protect them from Ebola.

We allowed this humanitarian crisis to develop in Africa, and there were not a lot of calls to offer assistance in building, staffing or equipping hospitals and clinics to help combat the spread of the disease.

now that it is lapping at our shores, so to speak, we will start to find the costs of containment considerably higher than offering aid at the source.

115 freetoken  Oct 6, 2014 2:00:15am

re: #113 geoduck

Rabbit ears would have done the trick.

116 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 2:18:13am

re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

We allowed this humanitarian crisis to develop in Africa, and there were not a lot of calls to offer assistance in building, staffing or equipping hospitals and clinics to help combat the spread of the disease.

now that it is lapping at our shores, so to speak, we will start to find the costs of containment considerably higher than offering aid at the source.

I had one wingnut who was angry a few weeks back when word was announced about the soldiers being sent to assist local efforts in the hot zone. Not simply that we were sending them at all, but that we were sending soldiers to Africa but not to Iraq to “eradicate” ISIS.

I imagine the ISIS guys are rather pissed right now. They had everybody’s attention for months and now some damned disease has stolen all of their headlines.

117 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Oct 6, 2014 4:46:55am

re: #113 geoduck

Re: the video. It was well done, but as an old-ish fogey, I couldn’t help noticing one nit-picky mistake: no TV antenna on the roof of the house, when they proceeded to show the TV playing.

My grandmother’s house back in the 60’s had the TV antenna inside the attic. Nothing visible from the outside.

118 Timothy Watson  Oct 6, 2014 4:53:06am

re: #110 freetoken

Well, this baby boomer tries to tell kids today that the whole education game is designed to profit from young people’s’ gullibility of believing what the you-have-to-go-to-college crowd tells them.

That graph ought to tell that poster that the demand for college is being pushed too high. Compare to food prices, where production more or less has kept up to demand.

Artificially inflating demand for college by enticing otherwise not-well-prepared-academically students to still go to college just drives up the costs.

The whole textbook scam is just one example of how young people are exploited.

Turning college into a job-prep-machine is the antithesis of the old idea of a “liberal education”.

It’s also a way for corporations to, once again, transfer what ought to be their own costs (of training employees) onto the society at large.

What saddens me most is the selfish, self-centered academic elite who hold the executive positions in higher education, who really don’t give a damn about a truly liberal education but who want to create bureaucracies to perpetuate their own careers.

We often pick on the know-nothings (now apparently in control of the GOP) for their anti-knowledge stances, but I don’t really see many of the supposed progressives standing on much higher ground, at least when it comes to telling the truth about “education”.

I gotta agree with you on how higher education heads love to spend money on stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with what they’re central mission is supposed to be: educating kids.

And then some of the classes that they require are just so full of shit, it’s painful. It seems pretty clear to me (I’m working on a post-baccalaureate certificate in accounting) that half the time they’re just chasing whatever the latest fad is.

Of course, higher education isn’t the only one doing this: My local school board loves to blow money on buildings that look like some kind of Art Deco or Post-Modernist museum piece instead of worrying about functionality (and COST!).

119 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 5:03:29am

re: #86 teleskiguy

*shudder*

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An example of subtle, perhaps unconscious, editorial bias. For weeks, in every photo I’ve seen of the Walmart airgun shooting victim I get this:

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That’s a young, smirking Black man. In TSG’s timeline it shows the uncropped image, this:

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That’s the New Daddy smile.

For rough statistical comparison, the Google Image gallery:

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120 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 5:06:51am

Teaparty Wingnuts are complaining that the old line GOP “treats them like garbage” and they’re threatening to not vote.

Please proceed.

121 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 5:09:21am

re: #120 Pie-onist Overlord

Teaparty Wingnuts are complaining that the old line GOP “treats them like garbage” and they’re threatening to not vote.

Please proceed.

How else do you treat White Trash?

122 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 5:09:42am

re: #117 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

My grandmother’s house back in the 60’s had the TV antenna inside the attic. Nothing visible from the outside.

Depending on where you lived (in relation to the broadcast tower) depended on if you needed an outdoor, indoor (attic) or just rabbit ears for an antenna. And even those have subsections

Back when I was installing them in Boston some of the signals were so strong there was a special antenna marketed as a ‘ghost buster” because a “regular” one would pick up TOO much signal and cause a dual image onscreen

123 Timothy Watson  Oct 6, 2014 5:10:38am

re: #120 Pie-onist Overlord

Teaparty Wingnuts are complaining that the old line GOP “treats them like garbage” and they’re threatening to not vote.

Please proceed.

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They need truuuuuuuuuuuue conservatives.

124 Romantic Heretic  Oct 6, 2014 5:10:43am

re: #101 wheat-dogghazi

One of the most important treatments is electrolyte replacement, according to one of the doctors at Emory University’s hospital. Without a targeted treatment, I suppose all they can do is keep his electrolytes and immune system up, and hope his own body can defeat the virus. If any organs have failed, that job will be much harder.

That’s all that can be done with any virus. Once you’ve got the virus either your body fights it off or you die.

So the docs do what they can to keep the body going and pray.

125 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 5:11:59am

re: #122 sattv4u2

Depending on where you lived (in relation to the broadcast tower) depended on if you needed an outdoor, indoor (attic) or just rabbit ears for an antenna. And even those have subsections

Back when I was installing them in Boston some of the signals were so strong there was a special antenna marketed as a ‘ghost buster” because a “regular” one would pick up TOO much signal and cause a dual image onscreen

I’m seeing dish users going to something like a super-rabbit ears to pick up local stations. Is it a real boost over 60s tech?

126 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 5:12:18am

re: #120 Pie-onist Overlord

Teaparty Wingnuts are complaining that the old line GOP “treats them like garbage” and they’re threatening to not vote.

Please proceed.

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Promises, promises…

127 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 5:13:42am

re: #125 Decatur Deb

I’m seeing dish users going to something like a super-rabbit ears to pick up local stations. Is it a real boost over 60s tech?

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128 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 5:18:18am

re: #125 Decatur Deb

I’m seeing dish users going to something like a super-rabbit ears to pick up local stations. Is it a real boost over 60s tech?

and the answer to your question is actually, yes it is

129 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 5:19:58am

re: #125 Decatur Deb

not to mention the free over the air (in most major markets) HD/ TV available with a special outdoor antenna

130 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 5:21:40am

What do you call that little box attached to the back of a satellite dish?

-a mobile home!

131 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 5:23:06am

re: #128 sattv4u2

and the answer to your question is actually, yes it is

Considered going a direct-dish route, but didn’t want to screw up my ISP package from the evil Comcast. I find we spend much more time online than with video, and we’re just getting into Netflix streaming.

132 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 5:25:08am

Digital broadcast signals have required a change in antenna design, ASAIK.

When I was a kid on Long Island, the high-tech device was the antenna rotator, which my dad installed mostly as a test. He ran a radio-TV repair/installation business. It proved especially useful during New York City’s second major blackout (not the big 1965 blackout that affected most of the Northeast US). We were able to pull in weak signals from Philly and even Boston.

133 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 5:27:53am

re: #118 Timothy Watson

I gotta agree with you on how higher education heads love to spend money on stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with what they’re central mission is supposed to be: educating kids.

There seems to be a lack of consistent, objective and binding standards. For that, there is a lot of money available for institutions that often seem to do no more than look like an institute of higher education.

134 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 5:34:13am

Since we’re talking TV now, let me share some details about my Internet TV service, which I’ve had about two weeks. The set-top box is an Android-powered device by Hi-Media himediatech.com. It has two USB ports, an SD-card slot, RCA A/V connections, HDMI port, ethernet port and internal WiFi. It gives me access to more than 200 free channels from USA, Europe and Asia, and with annual payment of about $45, about 150 more.

I now can watch BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, HBO, Cinemax, and others, all versions intended for Asian markets. My Internet connection is pretty fast, at least when the students are not piling on the network in the evenings. To my surprise, coverage of the Hong Kong protests is not being blocked, possibly because this technology is still pretty new in China.

135 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 5:39:29am

re: #125 Decatur Deb

not to mention the free over the air (in most major markets) HD/ TV available with a special outdoor antennare: #131 Decatur Deb

Considered going a direct-dish route, but didn’t want to screw up my ISP package from the evil Comcast. I find we spend much more time online than with video, and we’re just getting into Netflix streaming.

We had Direct for about 14 years and just switched TOO XFINITITY (ComCast) about 4 months ago

136 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 5:42:41am

re: #132 wheat-dogghazi

the antenna rotator

I installed a LOT of those in the Boston Suburbs back in the 80’s

North of Boston, to get the signals for the Boston stations then rotate it to get the Nashua NH ones
South of Boston, to get the signals for the Boston stations then rotate it to get the Providence RI ones

137 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 5:46:43am

I used to have a little “channel guide” card that we kept next to the TV and showed which channel numbers corresponded to which broadcast networks for our cable TV subscription. It was a 2-page PDF document.

Well the card got kind of messed up so I wanted to download a new one from Xfinity BUT CAN’T FIND IT ANYWHERE AT THEIR SITE. I called tech support (some guy in Manila or Mumbal) and he kept sending me to a page that had all the programming schedule.

He did not know what I kept going on about.

138 Dark_Falcon  Oct 6, 2014 5:48:58am

re: #135 sattv4u2

not to mention the free over the air (in most major markets) HD/ TV available with a special outdoor antenna

We had Direct for about 14 years and just switched TOO XFINITITY (ComCast) about 4 months ago

I still have DirecTV and no plans to get rid of it. I’ve seen too much trouble with cable to trust it.

139 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 5:51:16am

So, I’m experiencing a browser glitch with Chrome. Clicking Reply, Quote and New Comments does absolutely nothing, and restarting Chrome twice hasn’t fixed anything.

Any suggestions? I’m on Win7 Ultimate.

140 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 5:52:55am

re: #137 Pie-onist Overlord

Their “guide” on the site is generic and just for the national networks/ stations

Each market then has their own ‘lineup” for the local channels. They (Xfinity) would have to have literally over 100 lineups on their site

If you see an XFINITY truck (installers usually have their own vehicle with a magnetic XFINITY sign) ask one of them. They carry YOUR “local” lineup cards

141 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 5:57:43am

re: #140 sattv4u2

Their “guide” on the site is generic and just for the national networks/ stations

Each market then has their own ‘lineup” for the local channels. They (Xfinity) would have to have literally over 100 lineups on their site

If you see an XFINITY truck (installers usually have their own vehicle with a magnetic XFINITY sign) ask one of them. They carry YOUR “local” lineup cards

I used to be able to Google “Comcast channel lineup (my broadcast area)” and download from the Comcast site, but it looks like they have scrubbed those docs from their site.

142 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 5:58:05am

A new medical expert has emerged, y’all:

Donald Trump Has Some Corrections to Make to the CDC’s Ebola Statement

143 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 5:58:09am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

There seems to be a lack of consistent, objective and binding standards. For that, there is a lot of money available for institutions that often seem to do no more than look like an institute of higher education.

And a lot of places have little interest in there being standards since they would then have to live up to them. Especially places who want to put special emphasis in particular parts of the educational spectrum while downplaying other parts, or better yet, imposing their particular viewpoint and twist on that part of the spectrum.

And, oddly enough, this seems to stem from the same part of the political spectrum that hates CommonCore for primary education before the youngsters get to college. Imagine that.
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144 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 5:58:52am

Now if I Google “Comcast channel lineup” it takes me to the ENTIRE PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE and not to a simple list of which channel numbers correspond to which broadcasting networks.

145 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 6:00:12am

re: #142 Lidane

A new medical expert has emerged, y’all:

Donald Trump Has Some Corrections to Make to the CDC’s Ebola Statement

The Donald dislikes shaking hands. He thinks greetings should be exchanged via the hair doing semaphore signals.
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146 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 6:01:05am

But you are expecting decent customer service from Comcast. There’s your problem.

147 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 6:01:14am

re: #145 Feline Fearless Leader

The Donald dislikes shaking hands. He thinks greetings should be exchanged via the hair doing semaphore signals.
/

Funny, I though Trump was used to his social lessers bowing before him?

148 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 6:02:20am

She was an idiot 20 years ago and she’s even dumber now:

149 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 6:04:52am

I am looking for something like this (except for my area) but looks like local Comcast has scrubbed the corresponding doc from their site.

150 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 6:05:35am

re: #148 Lidane

She was an idiot 20 years ago and she’s even dumber now:

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Oh yeah, it’s not blood, it’s ketchup they’re using.

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151 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 6:05:55am

re: #141 Pie-onist Overlord

I used to be able to Google “Comcast channel lineup (my broadcast area)” and download from the Comcast site, but it looks like they have scrubbed those docs from their site.

Yup. Local channel designations change assignments, affiliations, call letters and are added way more frequent than national ones so it would take a lot of time/ effort to keep up with all those changes

152 darthstar  Oct 6, 2014 6:11:21am
153 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 6:12:25am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The vaunted compassionate conservative / Christian compassion-filled with love social conservative right wing is completely off the rails.

The latest? Todd Kincannon thinks that the best way of dealing with Ebola is to execute the victims.

Former executive director of the South Carolina GOP, Trayvon Martin clairvoyant, ethics-free attorney, and avid penis self-photographer Todd Kincannon is proudly pro-life — with one exception, of course, in that he wishes Wendy Davis had been aborted. But he also recognizes that sometimes, in the face of a serious health crisis, you just need to man up and kill everyone who’s been infected or exposed. At Wonkette, we are sometimes given to exaggeration. But this is not an exaggeration: in a series of tweets on Saturday, Todd Kincannon, not satisfied with rightwing prescriptions like travel bans or embargoes on affected nations, literally advocated killing all Ebola patients, and napalming their villages for good measure, too.

That’s right, pro-lifer Kincannon wants to put down anyone with Ebola.

Welcome to the modern GOP, which would be at home with the auto-de-fe, which you oughtn’t do, but they’d want to do anyways.

154 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 6:13:27am

re: #152 darthstar

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The real rate is actually much higher!!!!

155 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 6:14:15am

re: #151 sattv4u2

Yup. Local channel designations change assignments, affiliations, call letters and are added way more frequent than national ones so it would take a lot of time/ effort to keep up with all those changes

I noticed the other day that my particular level of channels with Comcast in Philly no longer includes the AHC (American Heroes Channel); e.g. the former Military Channel. I now get some odd code and a message about the channel being available shortly.

Was hoping at the time to watch one of the rare times they show a military oriented program that I care to watch (in this case re-running episodes of “The World At War”) as compared to “Secrets of the Bible” and some of their other dreck.

My channel surfing is roughly 8-10 channels out of the 200 or so that are available. Plus an occasional run through the on-line guide to see if there might be something interesting on the channels I generally ignore. There usually isn’t.

156 Amory Blaine  Oct 6, 2014 6:14:20am

I cut cable about 6 years ago. And if the quality of programming goes down any further, I see a day where I might throw my tv’s out. I can’t find many show I like. I have tried with Sons of Anarchy. I think season 2 they shipped all their bikes to Ireland and drove around with their gang regalia flying high. Um yeah. Sure. I go back for this season, it’s like a bad fucking cartoon. A poorly done soap opera for men. What really makes it interesting is living in Milwaukee, the biker culture dictates that I must unquestionably love it!!

Fuck you JAX!!!

157 darthstar  Oct 6, 2014 6:14:26am
“I can tell you that over a period of four years, by virtue of the policies that we’d put in place, we’d get the unemployment rate down to 6%, and perhaps a little lower,” the presumptive GOP nominee said in a TIME interview published Wednesday.

The number marked the first time Romney had talked about a specific rate during this election cycle, although he listed 5.9% as the number he would strive for in his 59-point economic plan released in September.

It’s time to ask Mitt if 5.9% is still a good target.

158 darthstar  Oct 6, 2014 6:16:18am

re: #153 lawhawk

159 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 6:16:33am

This is Eric Cartman all grown up:

160 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 6:16:53am

re: #158 darthstar

161 sattv4u2  Oct 6, 2014 6:18:53am

and on that note, the long quiet drive home to my mechanic for an estimate on several issues on one of our cars beckons

162 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 6:18:58am

re: #153 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The vaunted compassionate conservative / Christian compassion-filled with love social conservative right wing is completely off the rails.

The latest? Todd Kincannon thinks that the best way of dealing with Ebola is to execute the victims.

That’s right, pro-lifer Kincannon wants to put down anyone with Ebola.

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Welcome to the modern GOP, which would be at home with the auto-de-fe, which you oughtn’t do, but they’d want to do anyways.

Oh yeah, great idea. So instead of getting potential sufferers to come get tested and, if positive, receive care, we’ll instead broadcast to them that a positive test will be an instant death sentence. I’m sure that won’t in any way serve as incentive to spread the plague far and wide by bugging the fuck out.

163 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 6:19:04am

re: #156 Amory Blaine

I cut cable about 6 years ago. And if the quality of programming goes down any further, I see a day where I might throw my tv’s out. I can’t find many show I like. I have tried with Sons of Anarchy. I think season 2 they shipped all their bikes to Ireland and drove around with their gang regalia flying high. Um yeah. Sure. I go back for this season, it’s like a bad fucking cartoon. A poorly done soap opera for men. What really makes it interesting is living in Milwaukee, the biker culture dictates that I must unquestionably love it!!

Fuck you JAX!!!

I put up with it since my internet options are fairly few, and doing Comcast and having the basic cable package in addition to internet is an acceptable deal. (Having internet only and no cable costs roughly 2/3 of having both.)

And this way I’m only fighting one bureaucracy in terms of customer service instead of fighting two if I had separate cable TV and internet access. My basic belief regarding TV, internet, and phone service is simply you get to pick which company screws with you, not that you really get decent service from any of them.

164 darthstar  Oct 6, 2014 6:19:11am

re: #156 Amory Blaine

So that’s basically like a Real Housewives show? Real Bikers of Highway 4?

165 Amory Blaine  Oct 6, 2014 6:20:31am

re: #164 darthstar

More like Melrose Place.

166 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 6:20:39am

re: #156 Amory Blaine

Left to my own devices, I’d kill cable.

I long for the day of a la carte TV where I can pay for the networks I want and ignore the rest.

167 darthstar  Oct 6, 2014 6:22:07am

re: #159 Pie-onist Overlord

This is Eric Cartman all grown up:

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168 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 6:22:15am

Hey Todd, since we’re executing people now for carrying a deadly virus, when do you want to start putting kids to death for getting infected with enterovirus? I mean, we’ve 500+ times more people currently infected and five deaths. Surely we want to stop the spread of this deadly plague in its tracks, right?

169 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 6:22:16am

Re: my 139 I just restarted my computer, and still LGF is not working right. Is it just me?

170 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 6:22:38am

re: #140 sattv4u2

Their “guide” on the site is generic and just for the national networks/ stations

Each market then has their own ‘lineup” for the local channels. They (Xfinity) would have to have literally over 100 lineups on their site

If you see an XFINITY truck (installers usually have their own vehicle with a magnetic XFINITY sign) ask one of them. They carry YOUR “local” lineup cards

I can customize my Comcast/Xfinity tables online via ZIP code. The irritation there is that it defaults back every month or so.

171 Eventual Carrion  Oct 6, 2014 6:24:54am

re: #32 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

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HA, that was the first thing I though of when I read his post.

172 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 6:27:30am

# 159

Then I want to say “Erick is a stupid overweight slob” every time I write a blog post.

173 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 6:30:35am

A Chinese insurance firm has bought the Waldorf-Astoria for nearly $2B.
amny.com
Hilton will continue to manage the Waldorf-Astoria for another century, though.

174 darthstar  Oct 6, 2014 6:32:00am
175 Amory Blaine  Oct 6, 2014 6:32:16am

Like Weeds. 2 seasons were great, then Councilman Doug steals a giant cross and grows weed with the lights inside of it, humorous but breaking rules of believability. Next thing ya know Nancy’s mixed up with the Mexican mob. All the way to the top. Dumb. The show was more riveting when it was Nancy taking care of her kids and the moral gymnastics involved could have carried the show for at least a few more seasons. Jenji messed up OITNB too. The chicken episode where the chicken jumped the (shark) fence was so dumb it tainted the rest of the season. Bah I’m just a crabby old man.

176 b.d.  Oct 6, 2014 6:35:14am

What a country we live in where a argument between Ben Affleck and Bill Maher is consumed as the highest of intellectual battles

177 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 6:35:51am

NOT CUTE!

It’s Monday Morning in Illinois.

I hate Illinois Monday Mornings.

you?

178 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 6, 2014 6:36:16am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

I still have DirecTV and no plans to get rid of it. I’ve seen too much trouble with cable to trust it.

I still have no TV and don’t miss it in the least little bit :D

179 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 6, 2014 6:39:27am

re: #177 FemNaziBitch

Eh, if I want cute, there’s plenty of cute the last couple of weeks in one of the web comics I follow, Questionable Content. Terrible cuteness between two major characters :D

180 Amory Blaine  Oct 6, 2014 6:39:37am

re: #176 b.d.

What a country we live in where a argument between Ben Affleck and Bill Maher is consumed as the highest of intellectual battles

Sam Harris was Gish galloping a lot of bullshit and was being aided by Maher.

But yeah pretty bad. And just think, you have to pay (premium cable) to see even this pathetic level of debate.

181 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 6:39:59am

re: #178 William Barnett-Lewis

I still have no TV and don’t miss it in the least little bit :D

I have had no trouble with Cable in something like 30 years. My one exposure to Direct TV was a friends house and it was storming. The connection was lost several times before we gave up on watching TV all together that afternoon.

182 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 6:40:12am

Looks like Dim Jim has his panties in a bunch over the mosque that ProLifeLiberal attends:

183 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 6:41:22am

re: #179 William Barnett-Lewis

Eh, if I want cute, there’s plenty of cute the last couple of weeks in one of the web comics I follow, Questionable Content. Terrible cuteness between two major characters :D

I think I’m finished with binge watching TV shows. Back onto Audio Books. Finished Stealing Light last night.

184 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 6:41:57am

re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord

He was also on the fainting couch because protesters decided to use part of the intermission to protest and raise awareness of the racist agenda and injustices in the Brown case during a performance at the STL philaharmonic.

185 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 6:42:45am

Switched over to Firefox. Now LGF is behaving normally.

186 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 6:43:14am

re: #182 Pie-onist Overlord

Looks like Dim Jim has his panties in a bunch over the mosque that ProLifeLiberal attends:

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Until SMOTI wanders onto a new target, PLL will need calming influences.

187 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 6:44:42am

re: #179 William Barnett-Lewis

Eh, if I want cute, there’s plenty of cute the last couple of weeks in one of the web comics I follow, Questionable Content. Terrible cuteness between two major characters :D

I like QC, too, though I am 30 years older than the 20-somethings in the strip. it’s a nice blend of humor, SF, and social commentary.

188 b.d.  Oct 6, 2014 6:47:47am
189 Amory Blaine  Oct 6, 2014 6:47:57am

Trying out this nice Slovenian orange syrup with the sodastream. Yum.

190 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 6:51:43am

re: #188 b.d.

That sound you hear is Bryan Fischer going ‘splodey.

191 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 6:56:03am

re: #188 b.d.

Can kicked down the road.

192 b.d.  Oct 6, 2014 6:56:52am

re: #190 Lidane

[fischer] My Scalia, My Scalia! Why have you forsaken me?!?!? [/fischer]

193 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 6:57:21am

re: #188 b.d.

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Seems they’re trying to avoid the issue a bit longer by arguing that, so long as none of the federal courts are in disagreement, then there’s nothing to rule on.

194 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 6:57:31am

SWOTI who spams the fake Columbia ID every fucking day has finally admitted that it’s a fake:

195 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 6:58:51am

re: #194 Pie-onist Overlord

SWOTI who spams the fake Columbia ID every fucking day has finally admitted that it’s a fake:

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See, there is hope for humanity.

196 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 7:00:16am

re: #195 Decatur Deb

See, there is hope for humanity.

Not for her.

197 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 6, 2014 7:01:24am

re: #196 Pie-onist Overlord

Not for her.

He did say “humanity”… :whistles:

198 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 7:02:55am

Trying to read the Kincannon comments on Wonkette shows that they are doing something that reliably brings my connection to its knees. LGF was doing much the same thing when we were carrying the Antonio French vines from Ferguson. Good way to cut off views.

199 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 7:04:21am
200 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 6, 2014 7:04:26am

re: #187 wheat-dogghazi

I like QC, too, though I am 30 years older than the 20-somethings in the strip. it’s a nice blend of humor, SF, and social commentary.

Figured there’d be a least one other fan here. It really is a cool mix and even though I’m way older as well, it still works well for me.

201 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 7:05:20am
202 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 6, 2014 7:05:41am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

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Gah, he can _SEE_ some of his desk. It would be a miracle to get mine that organized!

203 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:13:14am

New California Law Lets Families Request Guns Be Seized From Dangerous Relatives

I have no problem with this.

204 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:14:03am

re: #199 Pie-onist Overlord

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Than has no concept of what a messy desk looks like.

205 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 7:14:26am

What right-wing racism?

206 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 7:15:12am

So SCOTUS, by chickening out, effectively just made gay marriage legal in 30 states and D.C.

I just felt a disturbance in the Farce. As if millions of wingnut heads exploded and nobody gave a shit.

207 Schadenboner  Oct 6, 2014 7:17:48am

re: #206 Targetpractice

So SCOTUS, by chickening out, effectively just made gay marriage legal in 30 states and D.C.

I just felt a disturbance in the Farce. As if millions of wingnut heads exploded and nobody gave a shit.

What I want to know is what I’m supposed to do with all the brimstone that will now surely fall upon Milwaukee.

208 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 7:20:15am

re: #207 Schadenboner

What I want to know is what I’m supposed to do with all the brimstone that will now surely fall upon Milwaukee.

Sell it to Kincannon.

209 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 7:20:39am

re: #200 William Barnett-Lewis

Figured there’d be a least one other fan here. It really is a cool mix and even though I’m way older as well, it still works well for me.

Some of the characters — well, actually all of the characters except for Pintsize — remind me of friends of mine, and myself.

I wish I had a mobile AI friend. Just not Pintsize.

210 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 7:21:31am

re: #206 Targetpractice

So SCOTUS, by chickening out, effectively just made gay marriage legal in 30 states and D.C.

I just felt a disturbance in the Farce. As if millions of wingnut heads exploded and nobody gave a shit.

I am amused. I can’t wait for all the RWNJ freakouts.

211 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 7:21:46am

re: #207 Schadenboner

What I want to know is what I’m supposed to do with all the brimstone that will now surely fall upon Milwaukee.

I hear brimstone repels ebola.

212 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 7:23:02am

re: #210 Lidane

I am amused. I can’t wait for all the RWNJ freakouts.

If the Freeper freakouts are anything to go by, today is gonna be a good day.

213 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 7:24:14am

There are none so blind as those that cannot see.

The Texas patient came via Brussels, which means that you’d have to shut down all int’l flights in/out of West Africa, and we have seen how other countries have stopped the spread, including Nigeria, through contact tracing and preparation on their end.

We can do the same, because it is inevitable that someone might get through and not realize that they’ve been infected primarily because the symptoms of Ebola mimic many other less lethal diseases like the flu, colds, etc.

214 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 7:24:15am

Good morning Lizards.

Quiet day at the office so far. 3/4 of the IT workforce I usually associate with is at a user’s conference today and tomorrow, or in training classes.

So I have plenty to do to cover for others, support my own on-going projects, snuffle from my allergies, and verify that there is F.O. overwatch even when I am at work.

Yes, the Feline Overlords can check up on me - even at work.

Circled black blob is the senior Feline Overlord - Tuxedo Cat.

215 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 7:25:21am
216 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:27:28am
If Republicans want their “woman problem” to go away, they need to stop being such a problem for women. Stop the ongoing attacks on our bodies and health. Stop the stupid comments about rape. Stop questioning our ability to cast a vote. Actually … just stop.

Paged

217 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 7:30:17am

It’s Monday, have some derp:

218 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:30:42am
219 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 7:30:53am

More brilliance:

Right, the same GOP that has slashed and burned spending, including on public health via the sequester that they cheered for - cut funding to the CDC, NIH, and other public health agencies, and now they want the military to pick up the slack on delivering goods and services that he feels public airlines shouldn’t do because West Africa should be isolated.

That’s even though public health agencies and health experts note how counter productive it is to stop flights in/out of region.

220 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 7:31:04am

re: #216 FemNaziBitch

Paged

What they can’t make condescending ads like the “The Rick Scott versus The Charlie Crist ad” and get the women’s vote. You ladies are no fair to us poor men. // But seriously if Republicans want contend for the women’s vote and the men’s vote who aren’t stuck up gasbags, they need to start realizing that this just isn’t a country for the interests of conservative straight white male Christians and not be condescending not to mention sexist dicks.

221 Romantic Heretic  Oct 6, 2014 7:31:48am

re: #179 William Barnett-Lewis

Eh, if I want cute, there’s plenty of cute the last couple of weeks in one of the web comics I follow, Questionable Content. Terrible cuteness between two major characters :D

Been enjoying that one myself.

222 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 7:32:04am

How about these losers actually do the job that they were elected to do rather than threaten to shut down the government every time something doesn’t go their way? They’re like toddlers. Waaaaaaaaah.

223 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 7:32:05am

LOLWUT???

Lawsuit: Cop Preaches Christianity During Traffic Stop, Hands Woman ‘Policing for Jesus Ministries’ Pamphlet

Ellen Bogan of Huntington she says Indiana State Police Trooper Brian Hamilton preached Christianity to her when he pulled her over for an alleged traffic violation in Union County in August.

Bogan says the trooper handed her a warning ticket, then he began to ask some personal questions…

224 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:32:38am

Yes, this is me.

225 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 7:33:48am

More RWNJ freakouts incoming:

226 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:34:21am

re: #217 Lidane

It’s Monday, have some derp:

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There is like less than a 1.5 years left in his two-term presidency. This shit is beyond bat-shit.

227 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 7:34:49am

re:
#217

Larry Klayman asks ICE to deport President Obama to Kenya “before he destroys” America

I really should subscribe to this guy’s newsletter. Just brilliance all around.

//

228 Schadenboner  Oct 6, 2014 7:36:41am

re: #217 Lidane

It’s Monday, have some derp:

Larry Klanman asks ICE to deport President Obama to Kenya “before he destroys” America bit.ly

FTFY.

229 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 7:37:58am

re: #225 Lidane

More RWNJ freakouts incoming:

I hope this will be last we hear of John Freshwater’s futile attempts to get his job back.

230 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 7:41:26am

Right wingers bitter tears are bitter. S.Ct. denies cert on gay marriage cases, meaning that gay marriage is now extended to more states.

231 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:42:09am

re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

We allowed this humanitarian crisis to develop in Africa, and there were not a lot of calls to offer assistance in building, staffing or equipping hospitals and clinics to help combat the spread of the disease.

now that it is lapping at our shores, so to speak, we will start to find the costs of containment considerably higher than offering aid at the source.

QFT

If I were a patient or family member of a patient in Afrika, I’d sure be pissed at rich white people. They can get air-lifted out and get treatment in their own countries.

232 Romantic Heretic  Oct 6, 2014 7:42:42am

re: #224 FemNaziBitch

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Yes, this is me.

I’m also pissed about what the Mongols did to the libraries of Baghdad.

233 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:43:28am

re: #232 Romantic Heretic

I’m also pissed about what the Mongols did to the libraries of Baghdad.

Yeah, that too.

And the book burnings during the Crusades.

234 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:44:01am

re: #233 FemNaziBitch

Yeah, that too.

And the book burnings during the Crusades.

I think the same about the Revolution in China. Much was lost.

235 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 7:44:26am

Awesome that ssm is now legalized in Virginia. One of my first votes was voting against the ban on not just same sex marriage here but also civil unions here. The big supporter of the referendum and bill was none other than Bob “Downs Syndrome is God’s punishment for abortion” Marshall.

236 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:45:20am

237 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 7:46:18am

er:
#230

Right wingers bitter tears are bitter. S.Ct. denies cert on gay marriage cases, meaning that gay marriage is now extended to more states.

Judicical Activisms!!!!11 IMPEACH COURT!!!!1111

238 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 7:46:31am

I think I read something the other day that part of the library at Alexandria may have been lost due to budget cuts. But yeah a lot of this is upsetting thinking about. Also upsetting to me is the assassination of RFK in ‘68. I don’t know if he would have gotten the nomination that year but I think he would have beat Nixon and no Nixon means no Watergate for people to get a really low opinion of government and arguably no Reagan to exploit that in the 80’s. Probably means no Clinton possibly too.

239 Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2014 7:47:54am

re: #230 lawhawk

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Right wingers bitter tears are bitter. S.Ct. denies cert on gay marriage cases, meaning that gay marriage is now extended to more states.

The Freepers are trying to console themselves with the hope that they can still get that marriage amendment passed and ratified. This is the same crowd who is convinced that the polls on gay marriage are “skewed.”

240 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 7:48:11am

re: #237 Bulworth

er:
#230

Judicical Activisms!!!!11 IMPEACH COURT!!!!1111

Judicial Activism- The court ruled against my belief system

Strict constructionist- The court affirmed by belief system.

Scalia likes to act like he’s Mr. Originalist but he’s as guilty of so called judicial activism as those he decries. It’s well to remember that he affirmed the sodomy laws in Lawrence versus Texas and also thinks the Constitution favors religion over secularism.

241 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 7:48:46am

re:
#230

Too bad I don’t have my smartphone with me today or else I could follow my Twitters feed to see all the butthurt.

(I’ve had to take my smartphone away from myself to prevent data overusage).

242 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:48:47am

Posting Every Day Until the Election -please share

243 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 7:50:03am

re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOLWUT???

Lawsuit: Cop Preaches Christianity During Traffic Stop, Hands Woman ‘Policing for Jesus Ministries’ Pamphlet

I presume the trooper’s personal and vehicle cams were suffering “technical difficulties” during this stop?

244 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:50:30am

245 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 7:50:48am

re:
#239

The Freepers are trying to console themselves with the hope that they can still get that marriage amendment passed and ratified.

That will be their first move if they take the Senate. After they pass all the jobs bills, of course, and after they pass more legislation to limit government and keep government off our backs. //

246 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:53:29am

247 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:54:19am

248 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 7:54:30am

re: #245 Bulworth

re:
#239

That will be their first move if they take the Senate. After they pass all the jobs bills, of course, and after they pass more legislation to limit government and keep government off our backs. //

Second move. First move will be killing all those “polite” things regarding the filibuster and holds that allow the minority group in the Senate to obstruct the majority until there are 60 Senators agreeing on a cloture vote.

Which will essentially begin true “scorched earth” politics in the U.S. since I think at that point even the Democratic Party mainstream will accept that the GOP in its current form cannot be worked with, or trusted.

249 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 7:58:35am

re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOLWUT???

Lawsuit: Cop Preaches Christianity During Traffic Stop, Hands Woman ‘Policing for Jesus Ministries’ Pamphlet

INDIANA THE Mississippi of the North.

250 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 7:59:23am

They may have won some battles (2004 presidential election, early referendums) but they’ve lost the war. Honestly I think it said all you needed to know about Bush’s re-election effort that he and his team relied on people fearing gays having the same rights in marriage as straight people. Pretty telling now that you got some former Bush administration officials who now that they don’t have to worry about the Fundies threatening not to give them money come out and say now “Sure we’re okay with gays marrying.” We’re going to look back on the gay marriage debate the same way we did the civil rights movement of the 60’s and wonder why the hell so many opposed this. Society isn’t going to collapse because gay couples will have the same rights that straight ones do. It’s funny how conservatives think this not people without health insurance is a sign of a failing society. Telling really.

251 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 8:01:48am

yes, this makes me smile.

252 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 8:02:35am
253 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 8:03:05am

Kitty!

254 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 8:03:22am

re:
#240

Judicial Activism- The court ruled against my belief system

Strict constructionist- The court affirmed by belief system.

Yes, QFT.

255 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 8:05:41am
256 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 8:06:39am
257 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 8:07:05am

re: #252 Lidane

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Nice minority outreach you got there GOP. Really you guys wonder why people think you’re dicks? Maybe listen to what you actually say instead of crying whenever you get called for a being a party full of sexually repressed bigots.

258 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 8:08:08am

re: #254 Bulworth

re:
#240

Yes, QFT.

Just like their interpretation of “small government.”

Regulation of food, carbon emissions, housing ==> governmental overreach!
Regulation of marriage, sex, contraception, public education ==> Necessary!!

259 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 8:09:31am

re: #254 Bulworth

re:
#240

Yes, QFT.

I mean they’ve been saying this shit since the 60’s. It was a large part of why they loathed the Warren Court. They think any judge who dares to rule on a hot button social issue whether it’s integrating schools or now same sex marriage that disagrees with their narrow minded worldview that said judge must be a JUDICIAL ACTIVIST. The fact is many of the judges who have ruled against them in the same sex marriage cases have been Reagan and Bush I/II appointees. These people are convinced that they are the direct heirs of the Founding Fathers and that we on the left are the direct descendants of V.I Lenin.

260 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 8:10:25am

wingnut websites are all over a new O’Keefe shocker this morning regarding the Kentucky Senate race.
Something about Alison Lundergan Grimes being caught on camera lying about her support of the coal industry.
Least wingnutty link I can find is Weigel over at Bloomberg.

261 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 8:10:53am

re: #258 wheat-dogghazi

Just like their interpretation of “small government.”

Regulation of food, carbon emissions, housing ==> governmental overreach!
Regulation of marriage, sex, contraception, public education ==> Necessary!!

Yep that too. American conservatism is a sham in that way. GET THE GOVERNMENT OFF OUR BACKS………………followed by “We need an amendment to ban abortion in all cases and ban same sex marriage.” And don’t forget that it was a Republican administration that really escalated the war on drugs too and loves to show how “tough” on crime they are.

262 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 8:11:41am
263 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 8:13:46am
264 dholmes32  Oct 6, 2014 8:14:06am

Doing a happy dance over here about SCOTUS refusing to hear all those marriage cases. I live in the Intermountain West and the dominant religion has been very much in the forefront of anti-gay marriage efforts. It’s nice to see these guys set back.

That said, i expect there will be continued fights over adoption. I have friends of friends who got married in the two week window at the end of last year. The one then tried to adopt the other’s children. The state is holding that up because well, TEH GHEY. I have no doubt that Utah, being Utah, will continue to obfuscate and stonewall on gay and lesbian couples adopting.

265 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 8:14:34am
266 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 8:16:07am
267 FemNaziBitch  Oct 6, 2014 8:19:57am

Last, but not least, for the day.

Feral Girl on Couch:

bbl

268 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 8:20:05am

re:
#266

NIH doctor schools Elisabeth Hasselbeck after she asks him to ‘seal the borders’ over Ebola

I wish someone would ask these people (wingnuts) how exactly a country is supposed to ‘seal its borders’? Aside from building a 2,000 mile wall, bar all flights from everywhere, etc.

269 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 8:20:44am

re: #176 b.d.

What a country we live in where a argument between Ben Affleck and Bill Maher is consumed as the highest of intellectual battles

Part of the fuss over Affleck is cover for how lame Nick Kristof and Michael Steele were.

270 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 8:21:01am

re: #268 Bulworth

re:
#266

I wish someone would ask these people (wingnuts) how exactly a country is supposed to ‘seal its borders’? Aside from building a 2,000 mile wall, bar all flights from everywhere, etc.

The same way they seal off their minds to outside thought.

271 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 8:22:25am

re: #268 Bulworth

re:
#266

I wish someone would ask these people (wingnuts) how exactly a country is supposed to ‘seal its borders’? Aside from building a 2,000 mile wall, bar all flights from everywhere, etc.

Right. Funny how we have plenty of money to do that but don’t have it to invest more in health care, education, etc. WE’RE IN DEBT! (But please seal our border and don’t let anyone who isn’t iily white in)

272 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 6, 2014 8:23:27am

re: #268 Bulworth

re:
#266

I wish someone would ask these people (wingnuts) how exactly a country is supposed to ‘seal its borders’? Aside from building a 2,000 mile wall, bar all flights from everywhere, etc.

Maybe send them over to North Korea to get some pointers.

And then “lose” their paperwork allowing them to come back.
//

273 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 8:24:02am

re: #271 HappyWarrior

Right. Funny how we have plenty of money to do that but don’t have it to invest more in health care, education, etc. WE’RE IN DEBT! (But please seal our border and don’t let anyone who isn’t iily white in)

HURR HURR TEH PRIMARY FUNCTION OF GOVT IS TO PERTECK TEH CITIZENS!!!!! THEY DON’T SO THAT WE NEED ARE GUNZ1!!!!111!!!!

274 nsmith25  Oct 6, 2014 8:27:38am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

275 wheat-dogghazi  Oct 6, 2014 8:29:34am

re: #274 nsmith25

The O’Keefe thing may backfire on the GOP. I wonder if little Jimmy asked permission of Daddy Mitch before releasing his crap “exposé.”

276 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 8:31:42am

GOP plans for women.
(not embedded may be NSFW)

277 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 8:35:42am

good morning fellow lizards.

278 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 8:37:47am

From earlier today, the Left Coast Lifter passed Lower Manhattan on its way to the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction site.

279 ObserverArt  Oct 6, 2014 8:37:52am

Morning all. A bit bummed out today due to some unfortunate happenings in the auto racing world.

I know there are a few race fans here at LGF that follow Formula 1 racing. There was a bad crash yesterday at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix.

As many know, Japan was in the line of a typhoon and it was raining heavily at the beginning of the race, so they started under the safety car to get the cars rolling, try to dry the track and build heat in the cars tires, etc. It rained heavier, so they pulled the cars in and waited for 20 minutes when the rain subsided a bit and was good enough to run the race.

It actually was a good race despite the weather but then it started to rain real hard and they had run enough of the race to make it official and then one of the cars went off track and crashed, driver okay. So the race officials were deciding to bring out the safety car to decide what to do…call the race or wait to see if they could get the last laps in when it all went bad.

Young French driver Jules Bianchi (26) did the same exact spin and ran off the track in the same place the other car that had just crashed. The track workers had brought out a heavy piece of equipment ( a tractor/loader) and was moving the first car when Bianchi ran into the back of the tractor.

His car ran under the rear of the tractor. It unfortunately caused Bianchi to hit his head very hard knocking him unconscious. He was taken to a Japanese university hospital where he was operated on and now he is listed as critical but stable, still unconscious and obviously in dire shape.

Then later in the day news came out that a former F1 driver, Andrea De Cesaris, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Rome. 55 years old, made it through racing and killed on a motorcycle.

Sigh. I’ve always loved cars and auto-racing. I know it is dangerous, but so many safety devices and procedures have made the sport better, but obviously high-speed mechanical things are always dangerous. I lost a good friend and customer back in ‘88 to a freak racing accident in an amateur racing event. He too had a closed head injury. I’ve worked in the sport with a couple professional racing teams and thankfully none of the pro teams or drivers I’ve been around have been injured or worse.

But when a bad day happens it really hits hard. I also have gotten a good cold going over the weekend…and am all plugged up. I usually get over them quickly by cooking them out in bed covered up to the max. I’ll be heading there shortly. I jst wanted to share this with the LGF race fans,

Thanks for letting me vent.

And oh by the way, I’m in no mood to read crazy.

So to the lowely Todd Kincannon…wishing immediate death for people coming down with Ebola is about as low a human can go. It makes me think it might not be a bad thing if trash like Kincannon could be taken out with the rest of the garbage and buried in a landfill somewhere.

Maybe not deep enough to kill him, but deep enough so that he gets a feel for his environ for a few hours and smells all the smells and lays in all the goo to remind him of what he really is and how beneficial he is to mankind.

Later all, I’ll be reading…and send prayers and well-wishes to the unfortunate young grand prix driver Jules Bianchi. Bummer.

280 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 8:41:28am

This almost had me in tears

281 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 8:44:35am
282 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 8:46:09am

re: #281 Lidane

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Wait women shouldn’t serve in combat roles because you taught your son to respect women. Huh.

283 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 8:47:01am
284 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 6, 2014 8:47:02am

Good evening.
Is the world still around, or did it succumb to Ebola and I’m only dreaming?

285 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 8:48:23am

re: #283 Lidane

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i think he’s jealous of the sodomy because his rent boy left him.

286 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 6, 2014 8:48:42am

re: #225 Lidane

More RWNJ freakouts incoming:

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I’ve been following the Freshwater case (rather irregularly) for years. That guy is the King of Douches.

287 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 8:48:54am
288 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 8:49:26am

re:
#283

The Supreme Court, by doing nothing, just issued the de facto Roe v. Wade ruling of sodomy-based marriage.

Suck it, Bryan Fischer

289 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 8:50:42am

re:
#283

The Supreme Court, by doing nothing, just issued the de facto Roe v. Wade ruling of sodomy-based marriage.

I think Bryan just likes saying that word, sodomy. Maybe he has some issues he needs to work through.

290 ObserverArt  Oct 6, 2014 8:51:08am

re: #205 Pie-onist Overlord

What right-wing racism?

Great. More human trash. This country needs a way to clean up all this garbage. (Thought I’d stick to my earlier thoughts on trash like Todd Kincannon).

Heading to a horizontal position…to shake a cold.

291 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 8:51:21am

re: #289 Bulworth

re:
#283

I think Bryan just likes saying that word, sodomy. Maybe he has some issues he needs to work through.

He’s so deep in the closet that Narnia found him.

292 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 6, 2014 8:51:31am

re: #288 Bulworth

re:
#283

Suck it, Bryan Fischer

A song for Bryan.

Youtube Video

293 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 8:51:32am
294 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 8:52:42am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s hilarious!

How are you, Sleuth?

295 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 8:54:00am

re: #289 Bulworth

re:
#283

I think Bryan just likes saying that word, sodomy. Maybe he has some issues he needs to work through.

Does anyone remember that song from “Hair”?

Sodomy…
Fellatio—-
(More words)

I’d look it up on YouTube but I am at work.

296 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 8:54:29am

re: #289 Bulworth

re:
#283

I think Bryan just likes saying that word, sodomy. Maybe he has some issues he needs to work through.

Working through them will no doubt require lots of donations to attend gay conventions, fetish fairs and buy lots of pornographic ‘study materials’.

Not kidding.

297 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 8:56:56am

re: #294 iceweasel

That’s hilarious!

How are you, Sleuth?

Doing good.
Still trying to clean up the kitchen after the massive pork pie and Cornish pasty cooking over the weekend.

298 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 8:58:38am

re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth

Doing good.
Still trying to clean up the kitchen after the massive pork pie and Cornish pasty cooking over the weekend.

Have to say I’m not a fan of the pork pie, but massive respect to anyone who makes one. :)

299 Eventual Carrion  Oct 6, 2014 9:00:10am
300 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 6, 2014 9:00:16am

re: #295 Pie-onist Overlord

Youtube Video

301 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:02:02am

re: #298 iceweasel

Have to say I’m not a fan of the pork pie, but massive respect to anyone who makes one. :)

This were individual-sized pork pies. They were very heavy with turnips, potatoes, onions and carrots. Not so much pork.

302 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 6, 2014 9:02:33am

re: #295 Pie-onist Overlord

Then there is this:

Youtube Video

303 Internet Tough Guy  Oct 6, 2014 9:03:56am

re: #299 Eventual Carrion

I guess he didn’t enough characters for “except if they’re white”.

304 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 9:04:51am

re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth

Doing good.
Still trying to clean up the kitchen after the massive pork pie and Cornish pasty cooking over the weekend.

Pork pie is one pie that I will never make but I might try Cornish Pasty.

305 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 9:05:18am

Tonight I am making the Stuffed Cabbage!

306 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:09:31am

re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth

This were individual-sized pork pies. They were very heavy with turnips, potatoes, onions and carrots. Not so much pork.

See, that actually sounds pretty good to me! Jimmah (AyePod) has a recipe from his mum for mince pies (mince here meaning ground beef) and they’re damn tasty.

307 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:10:20am

Behold, the wee pork pies:

308 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:11:06am

re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh they’re adorable! Very impressed!

309 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:11:07am

re: #304 Pie-onist Overlord

Pork pie is one pie that I will never make but I might try Cornish Pasty.

Cornish pastys are great because you can put them in the freezer.

310 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 6, 2014 9:11:12am

re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth

Behold, the wee pork pies:
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Need you torture?

311 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:12:12am

re: #310 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Need you torture?

why, yes..I must.

312 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 9:12:39am

My inner five year old is jumping up and down with glee:

313 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:14:25am

re: #304 Pie-onist Overlord

Pork pie is one pie that I will never make but I might try Cornish Pasty.

those remind me of the empanadas I had in El salvador.

314 Stanley Sea  Oct 6, 2014 9:14:40am

re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth

Behold, the wee pork pies:
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Like Ice, doesn’t seem like my cuppa tea, but they look so good!!!

315 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:15:18am

re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth

Behold, the wee pork pies:
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those look pretty tasty. Reading the traditional way of making them they don’t sound overly tasty, what do you season them with?

316 Ian G.  Oct 6, 2014 9:16:14am

re: #283 Lidane

Someone call the WAAAAAmbulance.

317 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:16:19am

Since we’re talking british food I should post my recipe for a take on Yorkshire Pudding. I have to find it again but it’s really good.

318 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:16:24am

re: #315 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

those look pretty tasty. Reading the traditional way of making them they don’t sound overly tasty, what do you season them with?

salt, pepper, minced garlic, allspice.

319 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:16:50am

re: #317 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Since we’re talking british food I should post my recipe for a take on Yorkshire Pudding. I have to find it again but it’s really good.

oooh, I love Yorkshire pud!

320 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:16:51am

re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth

salt, pepper, minced garlic, allspice.

ok, now that sounds tasty.

321 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:16:52am

What the hell has happened to Naomi Wolf?

322 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:17:18am

re: #317 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Since we’re talking british food I should post my recipe for a take on Yorkshire Pudding. I have to find it again but it’s really good.

Oh you should! That would be great. :)

323 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:17:51am

This is one of my favorite dishes. Can mess up the kitchen, but so worth the effort. I make them in individual ramikins.

Beef, Mushroom and Guinness(r) Pie

324 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 6, 2014 9:18:37am

re: #321 iceweasel

What the hell has happened to Naomi Wolf?

Moonbatitis of the upper brain? /

325 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 9:19:33am

re: #313 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

those remind me of the empanadas I had in El salvador.

Every culture has some dough-covered delicious thing.

326 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:19:57am

re: #319 Backwoods_Sleuth

oooh, I love Yorkshire pud!

this one makes basically a “pie” out of it. I’ve served it to several brits and they end up sending the recipe back home (and eating a ton of it).

And behold, someone has posted nearly the exact recipe my Mom used to use

in ours we chopped the onion up and used canned green beans (about the only way I like canned beans). We also made sure to make a ton of gravy to go on top.

327 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:20:19am

re: #314 Stanley Sea

Like Ice, doesn’t seem like my cuppa tea, but they look so good!!!

How are you SS? Good to see you!

I’ve only had pork pie once, at the house of someone British who was a great cook— but I just can’t stand pork pies or Brussel sprouts no matter hpow they’re cooked, apparently.

What I remember about the pork pies is a layer of jelly right inside the pastry— pork fat jelly. I just couldn’t face it. :(

The Cornish pastys on the other hand would be yummy I think!

328 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 9:20:26am

My idiot governor, y’all —

329 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 6, 2014 9:21:17am

re: #304 Pie-onist Overlord

Pork pie is one pie that I will never make but I might try Cornish Pasty.

All this time, I thought a Cornish Pasty had something to do with a stripper in Cornwall.

RBS
Yes, I’ll be here all day. :)

330 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:21:37am

re: #323 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is one of my favorite dishes. Can mess up the kitchen, but so worth the effort. I make them in individual ramikins.

Beef, Mushroom and Guinness(r) Pie

Added to my recipe box.

331 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:21:58am

re: #326 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

ooooh….must make that…

332 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:21:59am

re: #323 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is one of my favorite dishes. Can mess up the kitchen, but so worth the effort. I make them in individual ramikins.

Beef, Mushroom and Guinness(r) Pie

Favourited. That looks delish

333 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:23:01am

re: #327 iceweasel

How are you SS? Good to see you!

I’ve only had pork pie once, at the house of someone British who was a great cook— but I just can’t stand pork pies or Brussel sprouts no matter hpow they’re cooked, apparently.

What I remember about the pork pies is a layer of jelly right inside the pastry— pork fat jelly. I just couldn’t face it. :(

The Cornish pastys on the other hand would be yummy I think!

ah, you’d like my pork pies then. No pork jelly (I agree, it’s icky).

334 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:23:36am

re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth

ooooh….must make that…

My mom used to make two “pies” to feed 4 of us because I’d eat at least half of one. It was one of my favorite meals.

335 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:24:01am

re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth

ah, you’d like my pork pies then. No pork jelly (I agree, it’s icky).

I have to say, yours sounded damn good.

336 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 9:25:19am
337 Stanley Sea  Oct 6, 2014 9:26:11am

re: #327 iceweasel

Everything is good. I’m at work, slowly getting into it.

Yeah, if there’s any jelly like substance I freak out too. ewe.

338 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 6, 2014 9:26:49am

re: #336 Lidane

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ah, the old “Embed secret tracking technology into the vaccine trick”. Sounds like they hit all the bases on that one.

RBS

339 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:29:00am

re: #336 Lidane

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Where’s the part about having bar codes (the mark of the BEAST) tattooed on the back of our necks?

340 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 9:29:13am

re: #338 RealityBasedSteve

ah, the old “Embed secret tracking technology into the vaccine trick”. Sounds like they hit all the bases on that one.

RBS

Conspiracy Bingo.

341 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 6, 2014 9:29:49am

re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth

ah, you’d like my pork pies then. No pork jelly (I agree, it’s icky).

yeah skipping the jelly would be high on my list as well. I mean I like fat but not in jelly form.

Speaking of fat the wife and I went to a steakhouse that served only USDA Prime steaks. Had a ribeye that was out of this world topped with seared bleu cheese

342 BeenHereAwhile  Oct 6, 2014 9:34:28am

re: #156 Amory Blaine

I cut cable about 6 years ago. And if the quality of programming goes down any further, I see a day where I might throw my tv’s out. I can’t find many show I like. I have tried with Sons of Anarchy. I think season 2 they shipped all their bikes to Ireland and drove around with their gang regalia flying high. Um yeah. Sure. I go back for this season, it’s like a bad fucking cartoon. A poorly done soap opera for men. What really makes it interesting is living in Milwaukee, the biker culture dictates that I must unquestionably love it!!

Fuck you JAX!!!

If I come across Sons of Anarchy while channel surfing, I’ll stop and watch just for Katey Segal.

She just nails her part, and the interaction between her and Jimmy Smits is an added plus.

343 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 9:36:35am
344 danarchy  Oct 6, 2014 9:36:53am

re: #323 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is one of my favorite dishes. Can mess up the kitchen, but so worth the effort. I make them in individual ramikins.

Beef, Mushroom and Guinness(r) Pie

My favorite restaurant makes a Beef, Mushroom and Guinness pie that is to die for. Haven’t been there in a while, since I moved it is a bit of a hike, but I think a pilgrimage may be in order.

345 Editor in Chief  Oct 6, 2014 9:43:05am

re: #336 Lidane

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SMFH.
Headdesk
SMFH
Facepalm
SMFH

Advil.

346 Timothy Watson  Oct 6, 2014 9:43:32am
347 Editor in Chief  Oct 6, 2014 9:44:11am

re: #341 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

yeah skipping the jelly would be high on my list as well. I mean I like fat but not in jelly form.

Speaking of fat the wife and I went to a steakhouse that served only USDA Prime steaks. Had a ribeye that was out of this world topped with seared bleu cheese

Hate fat.
Hate fat, hate fat, hate fat.

348 Editor in Chief  Oct 6, 2014 9:45:04am

re: #346 Timothy Watson

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Money, money, money!

Money!

349 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 9:48:27am

re: #337 Stanley Sea

Everything is good. I’m at work, slowly getting into it.

Yeah, if there’s any jelly like substance I freak out too. ewe.

There is no jelly in my gefilte fish. That all went away when people started making gefilte fish from frozen rolls instead of that disgusting stuff in jars.

350 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 6, 2014 9:49:24am
351 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 9:49:35am

re: #343 Lidane

White nationalist group argues shoulder-fired rocket and grenade launchers, antipersonnel mines, etc. should be legal

Because no militia can be well regulated without some regulation Stinger missiles, right?

352 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 9:50:16am

re: #348 b_sharp

Money, money, money!

Money!

The Waltons donate their money to their own personal art museum on their family compound.

They would totally buy up every nazi-looted artwork they could get their hands on, and get a tax writeoff on it.

353 iceweasel  Oct 6, 2014 9:50:56am

Repost, just because:

For all the wingnuts who want to pretend that Obama in particular (and Democrats or ‘the left’ in general) is somehow ‘soft’ on terror.

354 Varek Raith  Oct 6, 2014 9:51:16am

Hello.

355 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 6, 2014 9:52:02am

Last night I realized how different technology has become vs when I was a kid. We were watching Stand By Me. During the scene when they were around the campfire one of the kids turn on the radio in which my daughter asked “How did they get WiFi out in the woods?”

356 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:52:46am

My guess is the number 1 suggestion will be something like prayer…

357 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 9:53:44am

re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth

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My guess is the number 1 suggestion will be something like prayer…

Number 2: National Guard.

358 Iwouldprefernotto  Oct 6, 2014 9:54:14am

re: #355 NJDhockeyfan

Last night I realized how different technology has become vs when I was a kid. We were watching Stand By Me. During the scene when they were around the campfire one of the kids turn on the radio in which my daughter asked “How did they get WiFi out in the woods?”

Via their 8 tracks and LPs.

360 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 9:54:53am

re: #351 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Because no militia can be well regulated without some regulation Stinger missiles, right?

HOWITZERS AND TACTICAL NUKES FOR EVERYBODY!

/////

361 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 9:55:08am

re: #355 NJDhockeyfan

Last night I realized how different technology has become vs when I was a kid. We were watching Stand By Me. During the scene when they were around the campfire one of the kids turn on the radio in which my daughter asked “How did they get WiFi out in the woods?”

This is where she learns why you have a battery operated radio in your emergency kit.

362 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 9:55:50am

re: #360 Lidane

HOWITZERS AND TACTICAL NUKES FOR EVERYBODY!

/////

Join the National Guard.

363 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 6, 2014 9:56:25am

re: #361 wrenchwench

This is where she learns why you have a battery operated radio in your emergency kit.

What is that? We have smart phones for emergencies!

364 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 6, 2014 9:58:30am

but, but, but…Texas don’t need no stinkin federal help…

365 Timothy Watson  Oct 6, 2014 9:58:32am

Police Weapons Around the World:

While for some people, especially students, the library might be the last place they want to be during the summer months, here at the Law Library of Congress we were busy researching many interesting legal topics related to countries around the world. For example, we recently published a report on the types of weapons and equipment that police forces use in several jurisdictions. This involved looking at the laws and policies of eighteen countries, as well as of the Council of Europe, regarding the arming of police officers, including rules about how they are supposed to use their weapons.

Parts of this report were difficult to research. While the relevant information was readily available for some countries, for others we needed to rely on a range of secondary sources. Nonetheless, we found a great deal of useful information, from which some interesting conclusions could be drawn.

blogs.loc.gov

366 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 10:00:22am

re: #363 NJDhockeyfan

What is that? We have smart phones for emergencies!

Don’t listen to me, listen to the Red Cross!

Water—one gallon per person, per day (3-day supply for evacuation, 2-week supply for home)
Food—non-perishable, easy-to-prepare items (3-day supply for evacuation, 2-week supply for home)
Flashlight
Battery-powered or hand-crank radio (NOAA Weather Radio, if possible)
Extra batteries
First aid kit - Anatomy of a First Aid Kit
Medications (7-day supply) and medical items
Multi-purpose tool
Sanitation and personal hygiene items
Copies of personal documents (medication list and pertinent medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to home, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies)
Cell phone with chargers
Family and emergency contact information
Extra cash
Emergency blanket
Map(s) of the area

367 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 10:02:12am

We need to come up with a better plan. The GOP has had years to put up an alternative, and they have got nothing.

It’s just more of the same delay, deny, and destroy ACA rhetoric since 2009.

368 gwangung  Oct 6, 2014 10:02:36am

re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth

but, but, but…Texas don’t need no stinkin federal help…

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Wasn’t the CDC an agency where Republicans cut funds?

369 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 10:02:50am

re: #366 wrenchwench

Don’t listen to me, listen to the Red Cross!

Nylons!
Cigarettes!
Russian phrase book!

370 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 10:03:30am

re: #367 lawhawk

Obamacare is broken. We need to repeal it and come up with a plan that works for New Hampshire.

You mean like the one that worked so well in Massachusetts?

371 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 10:05:34am

re:
#367

Obamacare is broken. We need to repeal it and come up with a plan that works for Massachusetts. I mean for New Hampshire. #MApolitics #nhpolitics
— Scott P. Brown (@SenScottBrown) October 6, 2014

372 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 10:06:13am

re: #370 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

373 Flying Squirrel Girl  Oct 6, 2014 10:06:41am

re: #359 Varek Raith

Dear Compassionate Conservatives,

You fought hard, you spent millions of dollars, and you lost. Now go help the poor.

kthxbai!

374 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 10:07:06am

re: #368 gwangung

Wasn’t the CDC an agency where Republicans cut funds?

Yes.

375 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 10:08:13am

re:
#367

Obamacare is broken. It’s a trainwreck. It’s not enrolling any people. THE WEBSITE!!!! There are millions getting coverage. So obviously We need to repeal it and come up with a plan that works for New Hampshire.
#nhpolitics
— Scott P. Brown

376 Ace-o-aces  Oct 6, 2014 10:09:37am

re: #359 Varek Raith

Virginia Attorney General: Same-Sex Marriage Should Begin ‘Later Today’

Wingnut freakout in 3…2…1

377 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 10:09:39am

re:
#374

You can’t just keep throw money at the problem!!!!! Except for Defense spending. We always need to spend more there.

378 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 10:11:27am

re:
#376

Activist Attorney Generals!!!! Shoving gay marriage down are throats!!!1 Don’t Tread on Me!!1 Freedom, Less government, Liberty….oh wait..

379 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 10:12:08am

re: #359 Varek Raith

And in CO:

380 Varek Raith  Oct 6, 2014 10:12:51am

All because of this;
The Supreme Court Just Quietly Made Marriage Equality The Law Of The Land In Many States

In a surprising anti-climax to one of the most important legal battles of the last several decades, the Supreme Court announced today that it would not hear several cases where federal appeals courts held that the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the same marriage rights as straight couples. The announcement listed these marriage equality cases as part of a lengthy order listing the cases where the Court had denied review. The justices offered no explanation for their decision.

As a practical matter, however, this decision not to hear these cases is an earthquake for gay rights. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, refused to issue a stay halting its order favoring marriage equality. Although the Supreme Court later stepped in with its own stay order, that order provides that the Supreme Court’s stay will “terminate automatically” if the Supreme Court denies review of the case. Now that the justices have done so, there should be no further legal barriers preventing marriages from beginning in those five states — although it is possible that there may be some delay before marriages may begin due to procedural steps that need to be taken by the judiciary.

381 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 10:13:01am

re:
#372

Repeal Obamacare and replace it whatever NH has been doing for decades. Oh, that would be nothing. /

382 Kragar  Oct 6, 2014 10:13:18am

Up to 541 retweets on this one

383 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 10:15:18am

re:
#380

No!! Turn the machines back on!!!1 — Bryan Fischer

384 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 6, 2014 10:15:55am

re: #369 Pie-onist Overlord

Nylons!
Cigarettes!
Russian phrase book!

Heck, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all of that stuff.

RBS

385 Bulworth  Oct 6, 2014 10:16:16am

re:
#380

Can’t wait for the wall-to-wall coverage from Fox News on this breaking development.

//

386 Kragar  Oct 6, 2014 10:19:23am
387 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 6, 2014 10:20:13am

re: #380 Varek Raith

I’m just waiting for the outraged cries of how “The ACTIVIST BLACK ROBED JUDGES TYRANTS ON THE SO CALLED SUPREME COURT SHOULD BE IMPEACHED” and how they square that with the fact that the Supreme Court didn’t take any action. I’m sure that they will find a way, they always do.

388 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 10:22:29am

re: #382 Kragar

Up to 541 retweets on this one

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542.

389 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 10:29:33am
390 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 6, 2014 10:42:02am
391 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 6, 2014 10:43:29am

Meanwhile, the Duchess of Derp, the Mistress of Misinformation, the Ingenue of Idiocy, Michele Bachmann has this stunning observation…

While appearing on the Saturday broadcast of the End Times radio show “Understanding the Times with Jan Markell,” Rep. Michele Bachmann predicted that ISIS members are planning imminent attacks inside the U.S. and will make American cities experience levels of violence seen in Iraqi cities like Baghdad.

After arguing that ISIS members are entering the country as they illegally cross the southern border and “march through our United States airports,” Bachmann made the false claim that “President Obama released Baghdadi,” referring to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. In fact, he was released during the Bush administration.

- See more at: rightwingwatch.org

Ah, you have to wonder, if you shine a bright light into her ear, does it come out her eyes as well as the other ear?

RBS

392 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 10:45:19am

re: #391 RealityBasedSteve

Yeah, something like this.

393 Mike Lamb  Oct 6, 2014 10:47:07am

re: #242 FemNaziBitch

Posting Every Day Until the Election -please share

They barely involved people who have sex…

394 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 10:49:00am

re: #389 Pie-onist Overlord

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Neil Boortz certainly needs big government. If there wasn’t a federal government, he wouldn’t have a job(professional whiner). Typical right wing asshole who whines about the feds yet probably knows someone or has benefited from the Feds himself.

395 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 10:49:07am

396 Kragar  Oct 6, 2014 10:49:19am

re: #391 RealityBasedSteve

Meanwhile, the Duchess of Derp, the Mistress of Misinformation, the Ingenue of Idiocy, Michele Bachmann has this stunning observation…

Ah, you have to wonder, if you shine a bright light into her ear, does it come out her eyes as well as the other ear?

RBS

Anyone who thinks we need to “prepare for the End Times” needs to be kept out of public office

397 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 10:51:07am

re: #394 HappyWarrior

Neil Boortz certainly needs big government. If there wasn’t a federal government, he wouldn’t have a job(professional whiner). Typical right wing asshole who whines about the feds yet probably knows someone or has benefited from the Feds himself.

AFP (aka The Brothers Koch) is always spamming these lame memes. I just take their memes, fix them up, and release them back into the Twitstream.

398 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 10:51:22am

re: #359 Varek Raith

Virginia Attorney General: Same-Sex Marriage Should Begin ‘Later Today’

Herring was my most proud vote in a long time on the state level. The difference between Herring and Obershain was huge. This ended up being a forgotten race between the GOP candidates for governor and lt governor in Virginia were batshit insane but the difference between the genuinely decent Herring and the right wing shithead in sheep’s clothing Obershain was forgotten. Let their heads explode. Virginia can truly do the “for lovers” campaign without sounding ironic.

399 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 10:52:05am

re: #395 Lidane

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Yeah that makes total sense Pastor. Get your head out of your ass dipshit.

400 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 6, 2014 10:53:50am

Heh

401 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 10:54:10am

Really that kind of shit is why I can’t tolerate the GOP and right. You want to disagree with Obama? Fine by me and that is your right and inevitable but to actually believe that our president is letting ISIL build camps in the US so they can kill Americans. Man that’s some whacked out shit. That’s not loyal opposition. That’s the opposition wants to believe anything about the president that they despise.

402 Varek Raith  Oct 6, 2014 10:54:30am

re: #398 HappyWarrior

Herring was my most proud vote in a long time on the state level. The difference between Herring and Obershain was huge. This ended up being a forgotten race between the GOP candidates for governor and lt governor in Virginia were batshit insane but the difference between the genuinely decent Herring and the right wing shithead in sheep’s clothing Obershain was forgotten. Let their heads explode. Virginia can truly do the “for lovers” campaign without sounding ironic.

Same here.

403 jaunte  Oct 6, 2014 10:55:56am

1) An affirmative consent standard in the determination of whether consent was given by both parties to sexual activity. “Affirmative consent” means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. It is the responsibility of each person involved in the sexual activity to ensure that he or she has the affirmative consent of the other or others to engage in the sexual activity. Lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent, nor does silence mean consent. Affirmative consent must be ongoing throughout a sexual activity and can be revoked at any time. The existence of a dating relationship between the persons involved, or the fact of past sexual relations between them, should never by itself be assumed to be an indicator of consent.

leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

404 Kragar  Oct 6, 2014 10:57:18am

re: #403 jaunte

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405 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 10:57:44am
406 jaunte  Oct 6, 2014 11:00:30am

re: #405 Lidane

When “relevant in the digital age” becomes indistinguishable from “trolling.”

Twenty months after taking over one of the most prominent news brands, Mr. Zucker is still trying to define CNN’s place in a world of unlimited real-time information. He is laying off journalists and cutting expenses while trying to keep a once-leading cable network relevant in the digital age. The efforts largely remain a work in progress, underlining the stark challenges facing the news business.

So far this year, CNN ratings are hovering near 20-year lows. Average prime-time viewers are down about 6 percent to 176,000, compared with 2013, in the audience that attracts the most revenue for news channels, viewers between the ages of 25 and 54. Total day viewers this year are down 7.6 percent, to 122,000, according to Nielsen.
nytimes.com

407 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:01:42am

re: #402 Varek Raith

Same here.

I was so glad he pulled it out at the end. I liked Northam for Lt Governor but I still don’t like McAuliffe much. Herring is great. Those who say there’s no difference between the two parties need to look at how Herring has acted here versus how nearly every GOP state AG has acted when gay marriage has been legalized in their staet.

408 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:02:35am

re: #405 Lidane

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Sigh our media is such a fucking joke. Really Ebola the ISIS of biological agents? And what’s pathetic is that’s going to scare many stupid people who will probably read that and thinking ISIS IS USING EBOLA TO KILL AMERICANS.

409 jaunte  Oct 6, 2014 11:03:52am

176,000 CNN viewers. There are more people than that in Amarillo Texas.

410 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 11:04:19am

re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gov. #Perry says a task force is being created to deal with #Ebola — live on abc13.com

My guess is the number 1 suggestion will be something like prayer…

“One virus, one ranger.”

411 sagehen  Oct 6, 2014 11:04:48am

re: #366 wrenchwench

Don’t listen to me, listen to the Red Cross!

Or you can just refer them to FEMA’s Zombie Apocalypse preparedness plan:

fema.gov

Has all the same information, but it’s a more entertaining read.

412 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:09:02am

Okay, I consider myself usually pretty supportive of Israel but who the fuck is Bibi to call Obama’s criticism of the settlements unAmerican.

413 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 11:09:02am

re: #403 jaunte

1) An affirmative consent standard in the determination of whether consent was given by both parties to sexual activity. “Affirmative consent” means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. It is the responsibility of each person involved in the sexual activity to ensure that he or she has the affirmative consent of the other or others to engage in the sexual activity. Lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent, nor does silence mean consent. Affirmative consent must be ongoing throughout a sexual activity and can be revoked at any time. The existence of a dating relationship between the persons involved, or the fact of past sexual relations between them, should never by itself be assumed to be an indicator of consent.

So if he or she stops going “Yes, Yes, Oh God Yes…” it gets rapey? Gonna make for loud sex in California.

414 jaunte  Oct 6, 2014 11:10:57am

re: #413 Decatur Deb

I foresee a lot of Molly Bloom quotes.

415 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 11:11:22am

A nurse treating a Spanish patient who was flown out of Sierra Leone has now tested positive for Ebola. She’s the first person to contract Ebola outside Africa during the outbreak - as opposed to being infected and showing symptoms after traveling to another country.

A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid is thought to be the first person to have contracted the virus outside Africa, health officials say.

The nurse tested positive for Ebola in initial tests and doctors are awaiting final results, according to reports.

She was part of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died of Ebola on 25 September.

Cue RWNJs who demand that no one get sent out of Africa with the disease, and no one travel to/from the region.

416 Decatur Deb  Oct 6, 2014 11:14:33am

re: #414 jaunte

I foresee a lot of Molly Bloom quotes.

California 5-way: A guy, a girl, their respective lawyers and a court stenographer.

417 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 11:15:06am
418 klys  Oct 6, 2014 11:20:31am

You know what really sucks?

That the law needs to so explicitly spell out that silence does not equal consent, that a prior relationship does not grant indefinite access to sexytime, that being unconscious does not mean one consents.

But hey, maybe it will mean that there might be a small chance of a conviction in at least one or two cases where folks have tried to argue that the sex was consensual based on these parameters.

419 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 11:23:46am

High school football claimed more lives in the US this past week than Ebola did. 3-0.

420 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:24:46am

re: #419 lawhawk

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High school football claimed more lives in the US this past week than Ebola did. 3-0.

Execute all high school football players. Kinkannon logic.//

421 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 11:35:16am
422 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 6, 2014 11:36:18am

re: #367 lawhawk

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We need to come up with a better plan. The GOP has had years to put up an alternative, and they have got nothing.

It’s just more of the same delay, deny, and destroy ACA rhetoric since 2009.

Tweet back that it’s good he supports single payer!

423 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 11:37:12am
424 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:38:43am

re: #423 Lidane

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Suck it NOM.

425 lawhawk  Oct 6, 2014 11:39:02am

re: #420 HappyWarrior

Enterovirus D-68 killed more people in the US than Ebola has. Execute every last one of them. /Kincannon

Whooping cough killed more people in the US than Ebola. Murderize ‘em /Kincannon

Wish I could say that’s satire, but that’s essentially his point. If you have a disease that could kill someone, then it is compassionate to kill that person rather than risk giving the disease to someone else (that could end up killing them too).

426 Pie-onist Overlord  Oct 6, 2014 11:39:42am

Does anyone else think RawStory’s new format is TEH SUCK

427 Lidane  Oct 6, 2014 11:40:42am
428 klys  Oct 6, 2014 11:41:10am

First “thanks but no thanks” response.

I actually appreciate that someone let me know, though.

429 Jenner7  Oct 6, 2014 11:41:15am

What a good day here in Utah. I am shocked at the Supreme Courts decision. The Governor here is disappointed, but has resigned to the fact that it’s done and over….I hope. The couples with the lawsuits are just as shocked, but very happy. One of them was a teacher and was told at school and her co-workers stood with her and applauded. Just awesome news all around.

430 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 6, 2014 11:41:53am

re: #425 lawhawk

Wish I could say that’s satire, but that’s essentially his point. If you have a disease that could kill someone, then it is compassionate to kill that person rather than risk giving the disease to someone else (that could end up killing them too).

Ebola taps into those very wellsprings of xenophobia, racism and undefined fear/rage that the GOP has spent decades nurturing.

431 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:45:33am

re: #427 Lidane

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Whatever bigoted bag of dicks Huckabee.

432 Mike Lamb  Oct 6, 2014 11:45:53am

re: #421 wrenchwench

433 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 11:47:49am

re: #432 Mike Lamb

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That tiny dragon is MUCH cuter!

434 Kragar  Oct 6, 2014 11:50:20am

re: #426 Pie-onist Overlord

Does anyone else think RawStory’s new format is TEH SUCK

Yup

435 Mike Lamb  Oct 6, 2014 11:50:33am

re: #433 wrenchwench

That tiny dragon is MUCH cuter!

He’s not so tiny. At least not like he was…8 months old and can barely fit on a changing bad (and that’s if he’s lying still, which happens never).

436 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:52:51am

re: #435 Mike Lamb

He’s not so tiny. At least not like he was…8 months old and can barely fit on a changing bad (and that’s if he’s lying still, which happens never).

Sweet. My little niece. (look at my avi) is 6 1/2 months. She just started crawling this past week. Is the boy quiet or more talkative? My niece I think is very much her mother’s daughter in that way. Very gabby like her mom and aunts in contrast to my brother, I, and our other brother who are more quiet.

437 Mike Lamb  Oct 6, 2014 11:54:33am

re: #436 HappyWarrior

Sweet. My little niece. (look at my avi) is 6 1/2 months. She just started crawling this past week. Is the boy quiet or more talkative? My niece I think is very much her mother’s daughter in that way. Very gabby like her mom and aunts in contrast to my brother, I, and our other brother who are more quiet.

He’s a chatter. At least when there are maybe 3-5 people in the room. Much beyond that and he gets a bit overwhelmed.

438 HappyWarrior  Oct 6, 2014 11:59:17am

re: #437 Mike Lamb

He’s a chatter. At least when there are maybe 3-5 people in the room. Much beyond that and he gets a bit overwhelmed.

Cool. My niece loves making her presence known. She’s the best. Just loves being around people and I’ve been so proud watching my brother emerge as a father.

439 WhatEVs  Oct 6, 2014 12:03:11pm

re: #149 Pie-onist Overlord

I am looking for something like this (except for my area) but looks like local Comcast has scrubbed the corresponding doc from their site.

If you copy the first two columns from here, you can create your own.

I need one for Sirius now that they’ve changed all there channels.

440 wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2014 12:04:17pm

re: #436 HappyWarrior

Sweet. My little niece. (look at my avi) is 6 1/2 months. She just started crawling this past week. Is the boy quiet or more talkative? My niece I think is very much her mother’s daughter in that way. Very gabby like her mom and aunts in contrast to my brother, I, and our other brother who are more quiet.

Niece time? Here’s mine…18 months.

441 WhatEVs  Oct 6, 2014 12:45:58pm

re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth

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My guess is the number 1 suggestion will be something like prayer…

I think that comes after building the fence.

442 Eventual Carrion  Oct 6, 2014 1:13:16pm

re: #425 lawhawk

Enterovirus D-68 killed more people in the US than Ebola has. Execute every last one of them. /Kincannon

Whooping cough killed more people in the US than Ebola. Murderize ‘em /Kincannon

Wish I could say that’s satire, but that’s essentially his point. If you have a disease that could kill someone, then it is compassionate to kill that person rather than risk giving the disease to someone else (that could end up killing them too).

Then what is the next step in his mind? Sterilize all parents that have had a child born with a physical or mental disorder? Someone is getting close to “master race” territory.


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