WSJ: Obama Considering Executive Action to Close Guantanamo Unilaterally

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that President Obama is considering using an executive action to circumvent Republican bans and close the Guantanamo Bay prison.

They say such a move would “likely provoke a sharp reaction,” which may be the understatement of the month.

The White House is drafting options that would allow President Barack Obama to close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by overriding a congressional ban on bringing detainees to the U.S., senior administration officials said.

Such a move would be the latest and potentially most dramatic use of executive power by the president in his second term. It would likely provoke a sharp reaction from lawmakers, who have repeatedly barred the transfer of detainees to the U.S.

[…]

He could veto the annual bill setting military policy, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, in which the ban on transferring detainees to the U.S. is written. While the veto wouldn’t directly affect military funding, such a high-stakes confrontation with Congress carries significant political risks.

A second option would be for Mr. Obama to sign the bill while declaring restrictions on the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners an infringement of his powers as commander in chief, as he has done previously. Presidents of both parties have used such signing statements to clarify their understanding of legislative measures or put Congress on notice that they wouldn’t comply with provisions they consider infringements of executive power.

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212 comments
1 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 2:57:36pm
2 Iwouldprefernotto  Oct 10, 2014 3:00:22pm

Please Proceed.

3 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 3:00:48pm

Mr. Obama, tear down this prison.

4 De Kolta Chair  Oct 10, 2014 3:01:43pm


“I’ll drink to that!”

5 dog philosopher  Oct 10, 2014 3:02:51pm

“In Paris, you kind of need to learn French,” Kelly says.

i tellya it’s amazing what you can learn on the internets

6 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 10, 2014 3:07:56pm

Not gonna happen. First the administration has denied the rumors. Second can you spell f i l i b u s t e r ?

This makes no sense anyway right now. Gitmo open or closed will not have any big impact on how the US is viewed. Why? ISIS. Ukraine. The mid terms. The primary beneficiary would be the next President whoever that’s gonna be. Might not even be a Democrat, who knows?

CNN

The White House denied a Wall Street Journal report that it is considering ways to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which could lead to detainees being transferred into the continental United States….
…
Despite the denial, Republicans were outraged by what they said is another attempt to sidestep Congress. Roberts, faced with a tough re-election race, said he thinks other Republicans would be with him.
“Ted Cruz did it with regards to Obamacare, if necessary I’ll do it for terrorists,” Roberts said. “I don’t know if I could do 21 hours — maybe 22 or 23. But I will have help on this. I can see John McCain there, and I can see Lindsey Graham there, and I can see Kelly Ayotte there, and I can see a whole bunch of other people there.”

7 The War TARDIS  Oct 10, 2014 3:08:35pm

What the hell is happening in Colorado?

Link

8 calochortus  Oct 10, 2014 3:13:24pm

re: #7 The War TARDIS

What the hell is happening in Colorado?

Link

I dunno, maybe the editor at the Denver Post has been sampling some of that legal weed? I doubt many people will pay attention to the endorsement.

9 Patricia Kayden  Oct 10, 2014 3:14:13pm

re: #6 Rightwingconspirator

Seems like WSJ’s way to gin up outrage against the President and Democrats for maximum voter turnout.

10 Vogon Poetry  Oct 10, 2014 3:14:22pm

Attempts to side step an absentee Congress? And Republicans are shocked! Shocked! that the President might use Executive Powers vested in the President under the US Constitution to take actions where Congress has been deadlocked/gridlocked/GOPlocked into inaction?

All that said, I really don’t think Gitmo will be closed, and it wont be an issue before the midterms. If anything, I suspect that the WSJ may have thrown this out there just to mess with the Democrats and goose GOP turnout. I sincerely doubt the Administration would float a plan like this with razor thin margins in the Senate in the balance.

11 dog philosopher  Oct 10, 2014 3:14:39pm

Lower Saxony was the last German state to abolish university fees last week, joining several other European countries that offer free university-level education. “We got rid of tuition fees because we do not want higher education which depends on the wealth of the parents,” said Gabrielle Heinen-Kjajic, the minister for science and culture in Lower Saxony, in a statement. Public education is also free in Norway, Finland and Sweden

when i was working for the army one of the army guys told me how his german brother in law was complaining about the high taxes and thinking of moving to the united states

i asked him “did you explain to him that college education and health care is not covered by taxes in the u.s.?”

12 makeitstop  Oct 10, 2014 3:15:04pm

OT: Looky what just showed up on my Facebook feed…

The blurry name is mine, lest someone get ideas about messing with me.

(Flips stalkers the bird.)

13 Frenchy  Oct 10, 2014 3:15:16pm

re: #7 The War TARDIS

The newspaper explained that it believed Republicans would “temper their policies” with control of the Senate.

“If Gardner wins, of course, it could mean the Senate has flipped to Republicans. However, that doesn’t mean it will simply butt heads with President Obama as the Republican House has done,” it wrote. “As The Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib recently pointed out, ‘A look back shows that eras of evenly divided power — Congress fully controlled by one party, the presidency by the other — have turned out to be among the most productive” because both sides temper their policies.”

Oh thank god. I feel much better about potential GOP control of the Senate now that I’m being told they will “temper their policies”.
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14 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 3:16:47pm

Re: this

So I went to that cloaca:

A Muslim media darling during the Ferguson protests is a convicted child molester, GotNews. com has learned.

Mustafa Hussein is a volunteer for ArgusRadio, a popular activist website that live streams the St. Louis race riots and Ferguson protests.

How is his religion relevant to him allegedly being a criminal? How is that different from a neo-Nazi writing about “a Jew media darling”?

15 makeitstop  Oct 10, 2014 3:16:52pm

re: #13 Frenchy

Oh thank god. I feel much better about potential GOP control of the Senate now that I’m being told they will “temper their policies”.
//

Republicans would do better to police their tempers, but we know that’s not gonna happen, either.

16 dog philosopher  Oct 10, 2014 3:17:37pm

Efficient national health-care services

The U.K. ranked No. 1 in a 2014 report by the Commonwealth Fund on global health care, which includes health-care results from The Commonwealth Fund, the World Health Organization and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Switzerland was No. 2, followed by Sweden, Australia, The Netherlands and Germany (tied for No. 5), New Zealand and Norway (joint No. 7), France and Canada. The U.S. ranked last among the 11 Industrialized nations on the list (although that may — or may not — change with Obamacare). “U.S. physicians face particular difficulties receiving timely information, coordinating care, and dealing with administrative hassles,” the report said.

yeah, i know rush limbaugh toldja something else…

17 Varek Raith  Oct 10, 2014 3:20:11pm

An update on my sister’s friend. Some of it is old.
They stopped the bleeding without surgery.
They needed to drill a hole to relieve pressure.
As of yesterday, he is no longer under heavy sedation.
He’s been swatting at his face when they brush his teeth.
He has shown movement on his right side, not sure if it’s just spasms.

18 darthstar  Oct 10, 2014 3:22:07pm
19 darthstar  Oct 10, 2014 3:22:57pm

I was hoping Obama would do that after the 2012 elections…but waiting for 2014 is one of those decision by committee things, I suspect. Fucking cowards.

20 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 10, 2014 3:26:38pm

This is a fairly simple situation that was made into an impossible quagmire by the duplicity of the Bush administration.
Prisoners of war can be held for the duration without criminal charges, but they must be designated as PoWs, with all the protections provided under international law. The Bush administration did not want these protections, for reasons we are all aware of, so they created the bogus status of “enemy combatant.” This has no standing under international or common law. With our original operations in Afghanistan and Iraq having officially ended, one could argue that PoWs from those conflicts must now be either released or charged with crimes and brought promptly to trial.
Those PoWs indicted for crimes can be tried in the federal courts, or by military tribunals when permitted under international law, but the same due process would apply as in any other court. Republicans, and the RW media, persist in asserting, implicitly and sometimes explicitly, that indicted terrorists do not have the same rights as American citizens. In fact, citizenship has nothing to do with due process. Due process applies to anyone who appears before an American court.
Finally, as commander in chief Obama can release PoWs at his discretion alone. He can also decide where they are held. Congress is trying to tilt the balance of powers by attempting to interfere with this authority.

21 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 10, 2014 3:28:24pm

re: #9 Patricia Kayden

Seems like WSJ’s way to gin up outrage against the President and Democrats for maximum voter turnout.

I think we all got punked by WSJ

22 teleskiguy  Oct 10, 2014 3:28:40pm

re: #7 The War TARDIS

What the hell is happening in Colorado?

Link

23 The War TARDIS  Oct 10, 2014 3:29:25pm

re: #22 teleskiguy

Is Colorado the most fickle state of the Union?

24 Frenchy  Oct 10, 2014 3:30:21pm

re: #6 Rightwingconspirator

So the White House denies the report, yet all the usual suspects are commencing with their usual shrieking anyway? You don’t say…

25 Varek Raith  Oct 10, 2014 3:30:25pm

SCIENCE
cnn.com

26 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 3:32:11pm

re: #20 Shiplord Kirel

This is a fairly simple situation that was made into an impossible quagmire by the duplicity of the Bush administration.

Frankly, what wasn’t? ;)

27 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 3:32:44pm

re: #25 Varek Raith

SCIENCE
cnn.com

Sure helps more than prayer.

28 De Kolta Chair  Oct 10, 2014 3:33:01pm

re: #7 The War TARDIS

What the hell is happening in Colorado?

Link

“The newspaper explained that it believed Republicans would ‘temper their policies’ with control of the Senate.”

Jon Stewart had a great riff the other night about that BS.

29 Romantic Heretic  Oct 10, 2014 3:33:04pm

re: #7 The War TARDIS

What the hell is happening in Colorado?

Link

They must be smoking some of that legal weed.

The newspaper explained that it believed Republicans would “temper their policies” with control of the Senate.

Have they not been paying attention? The GOP would take words like ‘restraint’, ‘careful consideration’ and ‘due diligence’ out of the dictionary given a chance.

In the words of Henry Kissinger when speaking about the Jacobins and other revolutionaries, “They are willing, indeed eager, to push their logic to its ultimate conclusion.”

30 Vogon Poetry  Oct 10, 2014 3:34:40pm

re: #7 The War TARDIS

What the hell is happening in Colorado?

Link

Smoking too much of their own product.

31 rhuarc  Oct 10, 2014 3:34:54pm

re: #12 makeitstop

Not to be that guy, but since the original FB post was shared globally, it was easy to get your name on FB. Not sure if you were aware of that or not.

32 A Mom Anon  Oct 10, 2014 3:36:14pm

re: #22 teleskiguy

Republicans can’t work with Democrats now, if they do they get primaried and demonized. The ad money starts flowing into their districts and that’s it for their political career. Whoever wrote that is full of shit or lying or both. And that doesn’t even take into account the hateful/threatening phone calls, emails and hostile confrontations with constituents. The whole thing is frustrating and ridiculous.

33 makeitstop  Oct 10, 2014 3:36:19pm

re: #31 rhuarc

Not to be that guy, but since the original FB post was shared globally, it was easy to get your name on FB. Not sure if you were aware of that or not.

Yeah, but I figure if they’re gonna come after me, I don’t want to make it too easy.

(Flips stalkers the bird again.)

34 Belafon  Oct 10, 2014 3:37:17pm

I’m pretty sure “The Wall Street Journal reports” should immediately be followed by “something I didn’t read.”

It’s not just Republicans that would oppose this: Every Democrat in the Senate and most of those in the house voted against closing Gitmo. Bringing the prisoners here would put every Democrat on the defensive, every Republican in attack mode with something that the public agrees with them on.

This wouldn’t work now, and won’t even work in 2015. If Congress doesn’t do it, it won’t happen, and if a Democratic Congress does the right thing, we’ll be stuck with a Republican majority for another generation. Remember, most Americans are cowards.

35 Mike Lamb  Oct 10, 2014 3:41:05pm

re: #13 Frenchy

Oh thank god. I feel much better about potential GOP control of the Senate now that I’m being told they will “temper their policies”.
//

It is gobsmacking to me that people could possibly believe this…

36 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 3:41:56pm

re: #14 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Re: this

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So I went to that cloaca:

How is his religion relevant to him allegedly being a criminal? How is that different from a neo-Nazi writing about “a Jew media darling”?

It’s no different. Chuck is a blatant racist; he doesn’t even try very hard to hide it. He’s trying to use this one fringe figure to discredit the entire Ferguson protest movement. Same old shit, different day.

37 teleskiguy  Oct 10, 2014 3:42:36pm

re: #23 The War TARDIS

Is Colorado the most fickle state of the Union?

We’ll see after the election.

If eastern Colorado Springs elects Gordon Klingenschmitt to the state house that’ll be an embarrassment.

38 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 3:44:04pm

re: #12 makeitstop

OT: Looky what just showed up on my Facebook feed…

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The blurry name is mine, lest someone get ideas about messing with me.

(Flips stalkers the bird.)

Heh!

That tweet really caught on. It’s now approaching 9,000 retweets and shows no sign of slowing down.

39 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 3:45:09pm

Young cops openly reseting their hands on their guns in Starbucks, what the fuck is that all about?

40 Belafon  Oct 10, 2014 3:45:14pm

re: #35 Mike Lamb

From the article:

“As The Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib recently pointed out, ‘A look back shows that eras of evenly divided power — Congress fully controlled by one party, the presidency by the other — have turned out to be among the most productive” because both sides temper their policies.”

They have bought into the fallacy that the last 20 years have been an anomaly, when it’s 1940s-1980 that was the unique period. Given the opportunity, the parties will go at each other.

41 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 3:53:21pm

re: #40 Belafon

From the article:

They have bought into the fallacy that the last 20 years have been an anomaly, when it’s 1940s-1980 that was the unique period. Given the opportunity, the parties will go at each other.

Well, that and it also used to be true that both parties were sane.

42 piratedan  Oct 10, 2014 3:57:48pm

re: #40 Belafon

as always and ad infinitum, follow the money. People wonder why the MSM has lost all credibility with the younger generation, here’s example number infinity…. Sure, the Republicans can work well with Obama, that’s why we’ve seen obstructionism taken to unheard of levels and policy set by the folks in the lower house that is straight out of the 1850’s. All these social advances, done by Presidential fiat or while there was a Democratically controlled WH, Senate and Oval Office. You’d think as journalists these asshats would be paying attention but it’s narrative and talking points all down the line.

43 Kragar  Oct 10, 2014 4:00:01pm

Youtube Video

44 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 4:00:04pm

I just saw something stupid on FB I had to share - a cartoon of a kid kicking over a sand castle, saying “Stop having a better sand castle than me!!”, labeled ‘Socialism’.

Now, I’m not a Socialist. But the level of ignorance about what Socialism actually means is irritating.

45 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 4:02:15pm

re: #42 piratedan

as always and ad infinitum, follow the money. People wonder why the MSM has lost all credibility with the younger generation, here’s example number infinity…. Sure, the Republicans can work well with Obama, that’s why we’ve seen obstructionism taken to unheard of levels and policy set by the folks in the lower house that is straight out of the 1850’s. All these social advances, done by Presidential fiat or while there was a Democratically controlled WH, Senate and Oval Office. You’d think as journalists these asshats would be paying attention but it’s narrative and talking points all down the line.

Even if you hadn’t seen the last 6 years of obstruction, and hadn’t observed the increasingly insane tilt of the GOP, just take them at their word about what they’ll do when they get control.

46 Bubblehead II  Oct 10, 2014 4:04:07pm

YES!

High Court Lifts Hold on Gay Marriage in Idaho

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court says same-sex marriage can go ahead in Idaho.

47 The Ghost of a Flea (R)  Oct 10, 2014 4:05:22pm

re: #41 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, that and it also used to be true that both parties were sane.

Eh, I’m not sure I’d go so far as to classify the Southern Democrats as “sane.”

It’s just that their hateful insanity was constrained by geography and choice of target.

Now we’ve got broad-spectrum crazy. Instead of Jim Crow, we’ve got politicians talking a whole series of interlocking discriminatory policies.

48 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 10, 2014 4:06:07pm

Again, WSJ sourcing its earth-shaking news with the oh-so-believable unnamed highly placed administration officials.

*yawn*

49 dog philosopher  Oct 10, 2014 4:07:38pm

have turned out to be among the most productive “because both sides temper their policies”

or, as the republican party sees it, democrats “reasonably” lie down and let the koch brothers get everything they could possibly desire

50 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 4:11:56pm

re: #46 Bubblehead II

Oh, Kennedy, you sly bastard, you! Giving the wingnuts the last hope and then kicking the stool from under them - nicely done!

half-/

51 Chez Ko Pe  Oct 10, 2014 4:14:17pm

Wait for it: ”How dare Scary the Black Man politicize America’s offshore torture chambers?!?!”

52 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 4:14:31pm

The GOP has been insane at least since the successful implementation of the Southern strategy. The Obama years have made the insanity more obvious than ever, but it’s always been pretty obvious before that.

53 BeachDem  Oct 10, 2014 4:14:33pm

Despite the denial, Republicans were outraged

Is there anything that Republicans aren’t OUTRAGED about ALL the time?

Oh, and good to see Roberts is sure that eenie, meenie and mo (that would be McCain, Graham and “where’s the girl” Ayotte will be jumping in to help with his filibuster.

SMH so hard, my brain is rattling.

54 The Ghost of a Flea (R)  Oct 10, 2014 4:21:27pm

re: #52 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

The GOP has been insane at least since the successful implementation of the Southern strategy. The Obama years have made the insanity more obvious than ever, but it’s always been pretty obvious before that.

The Republican Party looked at the crazy of the Southern Democrats and were, like, “We want that. We’re going to take it home and feed it and love it and hug it and called it George.”

And Dixiecrat crazy got bigger in scope. The Religious Right started in and around the “segregation academies” before they switch over to worrying about gays and secularism. It’s not a coincidence that fear of “big government,” of taxes and welfare, has a black face.

55 EPR-radar  Oct 10, 2014 4:23:12pm

re: #32 A Mom Anon

Republicans can’t work with Democrats now, if they do they get primaried and demonized. The ad money starts flowing into their districts and that’s it for their political career. Whoever wrote that is full of shit or lying or both. And that doesn’t even take into account the hateful/threatening phone calls, emails and hostile confrontations with constituents. The whole thing is frustrating and ridiculous.

If I were in CO, I’d try to see if I could get this in as a letter to the editor (copied from a comment I made in a page here):

In my opinion, the present day GOP is the worst concentration of partisan evil in the US since the fatal embrace of slavery by Democrats in the 1800s. The root cause of this is the decision by the GOP to affirmatively go after the votes of disgruntled racists after passage of the civil rights bills of the 1960s. Since then, the GOP has had a significant base of voters that will vote GOP despite the lack of any GOP policies or positions that would actually benefit them. Lip service and ginning up hate against various “others” was all that was needed.

Thus the GOP as a political party is presently the single largest institutional amplifier of many negative aspects of US society, including racism, misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Muslim bigotry, and has been engaged in this evil enterprise for decades. Occasional acts by individual GOPers (e.g., GWB trying to defuse anti-Muslim bigotry just after 9/11) do not alter the general pattern and practice of the GOP.

The GOP pushes for numerous things that tend to make Americans more stupid and evil. Examples include creationism, mindless wars, hating on the poor, the war on women, embrace of ‘Family values’ hate groups, voter suppression, and gun nut extremism.

The GOP reaction to the election and re-election of Barack Obama as POTUS has made all of the above impossible to deny.

56 BeachDem  Oct 10, 2014 4:24:08pm

re: #45 Blind Frog Belly White

Even if you hadn’t seen the last 6 years of obstruction, and hadn’t observed the increasingly insane tilt of the GOP, just take them at their word about what they’ll do when they get control.

In the sage words of Maya Angelou—WHEN PEOPLE SHOW YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.

57 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 4:27:33pm

re: #41 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, that and it also used to be true that both parties were sane.

Nah. The parties were always this rabid—they’re supposed to be. Little flashes of civility, like the Eisenhower years, are the anomaly.

58 Bubblehead II  Oct 10, 2014 4:27:50pm

re: #50 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Oh, Kennedy, you sly bastard, you! Giving the wingnuts the last hope and then kicking the stool from under them - nicely done!

half-/

Yes and no. Idaho still has the option to request a full panel hearing of the 9th. So far they haven’t. But given this decree, I think Butch, (the gay) Otter will give it up. They have lost and I hope his challenger takes him to task for it.

59 EPR-radar  Oct 10, 2014 4:29:37pm

Rupert Murdoch decided to throw chum in the water for the GOP base on a Friday afternoon.

60 prairiefire  Oct 10, 2014 4:29:48pm

re: #56 BeachDem

In the sage words of Maya Angelou—WHEN PEOPLE SHOW YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.

Words to live by.

61 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 4:30:10pm

re: #52 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

The GOP has been insane at least since the successful implementation of the Southern strategy. The Obama years have made the insanity more obvious than ever, but it’s always been pretty obvious before that.

In fact it works better if you drop “Democrat” and “Republican” for long-term views. It’s easier just to identify with the “Sane/just/decent” group of the moment. At this moment that’s the Democrats in most instances.

62 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 4:31:43pm

re: #61 Decatur Deb

Insane mostly corresponds to socially conservative, regardless of the party label.

63 Belafon  Oct 10, 2014 4:33:49pm

Two thoughts:
1. Why is gay marriage gaining legal status faster than interracial marriage? Because whites aren’t supposed to be oppressed.
2. The leader of ISIS should get on tv and say “Barack, when do we start our plans?” The country would go nuts.

64 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 4:34:15pm

re: #62 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Insane mostly corresponds to socially conservative, regardless of the party label.

Yes, but “just and decent” excludes the rest of the TPGOP. There are a few Republicans that are more S/J/D than a few Democrats, but that’s about as far as that trolley goes.

65 ausador  Oct 10, 2014 4:35:36pm

Arrrgh…I looked at the comments!!!

66 EPR-radar  Oct 10, 2014 4:36:48pm

re: #62 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Insane mostly corresponds to socially conservative, regardless of the party label.

Indeed, although special mention does need to be made of the GOP Chamber of Commerce types that have fostered this so-con cancer on US politics.

The CoC bastards saw that going after the votes of resentful bigots is easier than persuading people that they should have less so that the uber-wealthy can have more, and to hell with the consequences of raising up that version of Frankenstein’s monster.

67 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 4:40:30pm

re: #46 Bubblehead II

YES!

High Court Lifts Hold on Gay Marriage in Idaho

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court says same-sex marriage can go ahead in Idaho.

LOL. Porno Pete is having an incredibly bad, very no good week.

68 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 4:42:08pm

I CAN’T BELIEVE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT EDWARD SNOWDEN’S GIRLFRIEND! SHE IS NOT THE STORY! GET A LIFE PEOPLE, THIS ISN’T TMZ! THIS IS A SERIOUS STORY!!!

69 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 4:46:59pm

15 minutes until the Walker-Burke debate.

70 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 4:49:30pm

re: #61 Decatur Deb

In fact it works better if you drop “Democrat” and “Republican” for long-term views. It’s easier just to identify with the “Sane/just/decent” group of the moment. At this moment that’s the Democrats in most instances.

Indeed. There’s generally one party that is for the expansion of rights and believes we only function well as a society. In the 1860s through maybe Teddy Roosevelt, the first was the Republicans. Since the New Deal, it’s been the Democrats.

And there’s one that supports the currently powerful over the powerless, and the preservation of privilege for the currently privileged. In the 1860s, it was the Democrats. Since Nixon, it’s been the Republicans.

71 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 10, 2014 4:50:09pm
But the fact that he is now living in domestic bliss as well, with his long-term girlfriend whom he loves, should forever put to rest the absurd campaign to depict his life as grim and dank. Snowden not only changed how the world thinks about a number of profoundly important political issues by defying its most powerful government, but then was able to build a happy, healthy and fulfilling life for himself.

Huh? Glenny-boy, whatcha been smokin’?

72 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 4:51:15pm

Where has Gus been?

73 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 4:51:24pm

re: #71 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Huh? Glenny-boy, whatcha been smokin’?

Why am I thinking about Dostoyevsky?

74 dog philosopher  Oct 10, 2014 4:52:16pm

Bullish ukip swoops on kent

some crazy brit thing it seems

75 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 4:56:55pm

Off to sweet-talk some more elderly Alabama ladies into voting for the Dem. BBL.

76 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 5:00:58pm

re: #75 Decatur Deb

Off to sweet-talk some more elderly Alabama ladies into voting for the Dem. BBL.

“Now the Republican candidate, he’s dumb as a post, bless his heart…”

77 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 5:02:37pm

re: #72 Amory Blaine

Where has Gus been?

On Twitter last week he mentioned how he is up to his ass in alligators, super busy.

78 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:03:33pm

re: #69 Amory Blaine

15 minutes until the Walker-Burke debate.

jrn.com

79 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 10, 2014 5:05:14pm

re: #65 ausador

Arrrgh…I looked at the comments!!!

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80 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:05:37pm

That livestream is missing Mary Burkes whole opening.

81 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:08:42pm

re: #69 Amory Blaine

15 minutes until the Walker-Burke debate.

pbs.org

This is a better stream.

82 Eventual Carrion  Oct 10, 2014 5:11:38pm

Ha

83 jaunte  Oct 10, 2014 5:13:20pm
84 wrenchwitch  Oct 10, 2014 5:15:34pm
85 Bubblehead II  Oct 10, 2014 5:17:25pm

Night Lizards

86 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:17:45pm

Uggh. Scott Walker in HD on my tv.

87 EPR-radar  Oct 10, 2014 5:18:41pm

re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is dreadful over there. It is also the heart and soul of the modern GOP. Much of what the GOP does is calculated to appeal to exactly the kinds of people adding to that cesspit of the internet.

88 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 5:22:49pm

re: #84 wrenchwench

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GIS for Gay Otter.

Where is your God now?

89 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 5:26:40pm

re: #88 goddamnedfrank

GIS for Gay Otter.

Where is your God now?

My high school girlfriend’s sister was named Gay. I’m reasonably certain she wasn’t. No, it wasn’t one of those ‘Penthouse Forum’ moments! Get your mind out of the gutter!

And Clark Gable’s character in “The Misfits” is named Gay. I’m sure in 1961 it wasn’t a problem, but watching it today is slightly jarring.

90 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 5:27:14pm
91 De Kolta Chair  Oct 10, 2014 5:29:01pm


Solomon Meijers (Dutch, 1877-1965)

92 wrenchwitch  Oct 10, 2014 5:29:27pm

re: #86 Amory Blaine

Uggh. Scott Walker in HD on my tv.

Mary Burke reminds me a lot of my aunt in Sun Prairie.

93 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:29:49pm

Walker just took credit for medicaid expansion (even though he passed on the money).

94 Stanley Seabola  Oct 10, 2014 5:29:54pm

re: #84 wrenchwench

Just noticed your new avi. Perfection.

Good evening all.

95 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 5:30:48pm
96 wrenchwitch  Oct 10, 2014 5:32:18pm

re: #94 Stanley Sea

Just noticed your new avi. Perfection.

Good evening all.

You’re the first! (That was my first second comment with it.) It is known as ‘Tour de Fronds’. The photographer’s name is in my profile (Eco Suparman).

97 Romantic Heretic  Oct 10, 2014 5:32:32pm

re: #43 Kragar

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I would be doing so myself. But the one DLC I downloaded was such a horror it put me off Borderlands for good.

98 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 5:34:14pm

This sure as hell doesn’t seem like less than one month ago.

99 Belafon  Oct 10, 2014 5:35:10pm

re: #97 Romantic Heretic

You need to find a way to play them on a ps3. They are worth it.

100 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:35:40pm

Burke is doing pretty good. She’s talking to me at least.

101 Floral Giraffe  Oct 10, 2014 5:35:59pm

re: #94 Stanley Sea

Just noticed your new avi. Perfection.

Good evening all.

AWESOME WW, And thanks to SS for pointing it out!

102 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 10, 2014 5:36:01pm
103 wrenchwitch  Oct 10, 2014 5:36:47pm
104 wrenchwitch  Oct 10, 2014 5:37:24pm

Mom in Monroe! I have cousins there!

105 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:38:07pm

She came out firm for collective bargaining.

106 teleskiguy  Oct 10, 2014 5:42:10pm
107 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 5:42:23pm
108 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 5:43:04pm
109 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 5:43:25pm
110 teleskiguy  Oct 10, 2014 5:44:38pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

If I were in CO, I’d try to see if I could get this in as a letter to the editor (copied from a comment I made in a page here):

In my opinion, the present day GOP is the worst concentration of partisan evil in the US since the fatal embrace of slavery by Democrats in the 1800s. The root cause of this is the decision by the GOP to affirmatively go after the votes of disgruntled racists after passage of the civil rights bills of the 1960s. Since then, the GOP has had a significant base of voters that will vote GOP despite the lack of any GOP policies or positions that would actually benefit them. Lip service and ginning up hate against various “others” was all that was needed.

Thus the GOP as a political party is presently the single largest institutional amplifier of many negative aspects of US society, including racism, misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Muslim bigotry, and has been engaged in this evil enterprise for decades. Occasional acts by individual GOPers (e.g., GWB trying to defuse anti-Muslim bigotry just after 9/11) do not alter the general pattern and practice of the GOP.

The GOP pushes for numerous things that tend to make Americans more stupid and evil. Examples include creationism, mindless wars, hating on the poor, the war on women, embrace of ‘Family values’ hate groups, voter suppression, and gun nut extremism.

The GOP reaction to the election and re-election of Barack Obama as POTUS has made all of the above impossible to deny.

This sounds like something I could send to the Denver Post in response to their editorial board endorsing Mr. Tea Party for the US Senate. But who would I attribute it to?

111 jaunte  Oct 10, 2014 5:44:56pm
112 Vogon Poetry  Oct 10, 2014 5:46:48pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

Didn’t your parents teach you not to play with your food? /

Troll is best served fresh. Lightly roasted with thyme and rosemary. A little chimichurri. Maybe garlic mashed potatoes on the side. And a nice pinot noir.

113 PhillyPretzel  Oct 10, 2014 5:49:36pm

re: #112 lawhawk

That sounds good. Of course troll tastes great grilled. :)

114 freetoken  Oct 10, 2014 5:50:44pm

The religious right is in full meltdown over gay marriage.

Many are now in open rebellion:

Why I Will No Longer Sign Charleston County Marriage Licenses

With the news today that Charleston County Probate Judge Irvin Condon will issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, I have decided that I will no longer sign marriage licenses issued by his office. Although I actually live in Berkeley County, where the authorities are not unilaterally defying the Constitution of South Carolina , the parish that I serve is located in Charleston County.

[…]

Because every good South Carolinan knows that the SC Constitution takes precedence over the US Constitution.

115 Stanley Seabola  Oct 10, 2014 5:51:37pm

re: #114 freetoken

The religious right is in full meltdown over gay marriage.

Many are now in open rebellion:

Why I Will No Longer Sign Charleston County Marriage Licenses

Because every good South Carolinan knows that the SC Constitution takes precedence over the US Constitution.

Haha. Fine. Quit.

116 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:52:18pm

Just donated $100 to Mary’s campaign.

117 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 5:52:54pm
118 wrenchwitch  Oct 10, 2014 5:55:07pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

I see you gained some twitter followers recently.

119 Vogon Poetry  Oct 10, 2014 5:55:23pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Wasn’t he supposed to put all journalists out of business? Doesn’t look like he’s off to a great start. He can’t even knock off a lowly blogger.

120 dog philosopher  Oct 10, 2014 5:56:54pm

re: #118 wrenchwench

I see you gained some twitter followers recently.

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hey close yer mouth or some flies might fly into it hahaha

oh wait

121 Amory Blaine  Oct 10, 2014 5:57:05pm

Babycakes?

122 Swift2991  Oct 10, 2014 5:57:07pm

Looks perfectly understandable to me: the GOP is trying to win the election on this platform: Obama, still black, can’t get anything done but he’s a dictator, wants to put white men in prison with no guns, Ebola, ISIS, BENGHAZI… AND illegal immigrants with airborne cases of Ebola. And ISIS and EBOLA!

123 jaunte  Oct 10, 2014 5:58:02pm
Shhh… you’re being replaced.

More delusions of adequacy.

124 The Ghost of a Flea (R)  Oct 10, 2014 5:59:49pm

re: #114 freetoken

The religious right is in full meltdown over gay marriage.

Many are now in open rebellion:

Why I Will No Longer Sign Charleston County Marriage Licenses

Because every good South Carolinan knows that the SC Constitution takes precedence over the US Constitution.

Remember folks: your individual civil liberties are meaningless unless the slightly smaller government says so. This is True Freedom.

125 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:00:05pm

Can we do a gofundme to hire someone to bring Chuck C to justice in MS.

I’m in for couple of hundred to hire a bounty hunter with a film crew.

126 ausador  Oct 10, 2014 6:00:54pm

re: #119 lawhawk

Wasn’t he supposed to put all journalists out of business? Doesn’t look like he’s off to a great start. He can’t even knock off a lowly blogger.

Said he has a plan where in a few years he will be even bigger than Rupert Murdoch, he will effectively control the “new media model” whatever that is…

127 Stanley Seabola  Oct 10, 2014 6:02:22pm

re: #125 b.d.

Can we do a gofundme to hire someone to bring Chuck C to justice in MS.

I’m in for couple of hundred to hire a bounty hunter with a film crew.

Don’t know if ya’ll have seen this. The GoFundMe headquarters are here in downtown San Diego.

A billboard was posted across the street from their office.

128 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 10, 2014 6:03:20pm

re: #116 Amory Blaine

Just donated $100 to Mary’s campaign.

I wish I could :(

I think there’s enough to bump her over him this time - the fact she ran Trek & is not seen as yet another Madison/Milwaukee nutcase up here helps as well.

Don’t forget it was signing the CCW bill that gave Walker his big boost up here (those in favor over those opposed to it almost exactly equaled his recall margin of victory). That may not be popular here, but that’s the kind of thing that carries rural areas. He doesn’t have that and he’s had a full term to FUBAR things and people are noticing.

129 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:03:33pm

re: #126 ausador

Chuck has 10.2k Twitter followers!!! 1.27 million more and he’ll be in Paula Deen territory! Then Profit!!!

130 ausador  Oct 10, 2014 6:04:09pm

I have a feeling his plan fails to take into account that Murdoch would squash him like a bug if he ever managed to come to that gentleman’s attention.

131 teleskiguy  Oct 10, 2014 6:05:17pm

Dude…

132 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:06:15pm

re: #130 ausador

I have a feeling his plan fails to take into account that Murdoch would squash him like a bug if he ever managed to come to that gentleman’s attention.

Chuck C is the useful idiot that the real players in the media can link bullshit stories to and later feign innocence. There is a stable of them and most of them are better than Chuck.

133 Stanley Seabola  Oct 10, 2014 6:08:10pm

re: #131 teleskiguy

Dude…

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What does the idiot mean?

134 dog philosopher  Oct 10, 2014 6:08:46pm

gofundme

go fund yerself thats whaddi say

135 wrenchwitch  Oct 10, 2014 6:09:30pm

Hey CL! Somebody made the pic you posted into a lolcat! Had to happen.

Later, lizards.

136 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:12:18pm

Romney woulda been president today if they only listened to Chuck

137 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 6:13:08pm

re: #133 Stanley Sea

What does the idiot mean?

His daddy loves him and his mommy thinks he’s cute.

138 jaunte  Oct 10, 2014 6:13:50pm

re: #136 b.d.

Shoulda taken my phone call Romney campaign manager Stu Stevens instead of blocking me on Twitter…

That. is. hilarious.

139 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 6:15:37pm

re: #138 jaunte

That. is. hilarious.

Punk is going to eat that Glock, which is a sad thing in one sense.

140 jaunte  Oct 10, 2014 6:15:48pm
141 Mattand  Oct 10, 2014 6:16:03pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

I might still be in the first 120 comments. I made crack about Republicans being afraid of the Scary Black Man in the White House (those words exactly) and trolled up a hornets’ nest of Republicans calling me a racist, and a RACE HUSTLER!

Race hustler. I shit you not.

142 Decatur Deb  Oct 10, 2014 6:17:33pm

re: #141 Mattand

I might still be in the first 120 comments. I made crack about Republicans being afraid of the Scary Black Man in the White House (those words exactly) and trolled up a hornets’ nest of Republicans calling a racist, and a RACE HUSTLER!

Race hustler. I shit you not.

Race hustler? What are you offering on Paul Revere in the second?

143 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:22:29pm

BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THAT SARAH PALIN WAS VERY LIBERAL!!!!


144 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 6:28:45pm
145 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 6:33:31pm
146 alpuzzzzz (I, R & sometimes why?)  Oct 10, 2014 6:33:43pm

re: #116 Amory Blaine

She did well in the debate. Walker evaded the whole time.

147 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 6:34:57pm

One of my neighbors named their wifi network The LAN Before Time.

148 Belafon  Oct 10, 2014 6:35:09pm

re: #143 b.d.

Liberal in the same way St. Louis County cops are with bullets.

149 teleskiguy  Oct 10, 2014 6:35:25pm

The powers that be that decide the Nobel Peace Prize got it exactly right for once. Kailash Satyarthi shares the prize with Malala Yousafzai.

Malala’s interview on The Daily Show is worth your time.

on.cc.com

150 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 6:37:19pm

Chuck’s no fun to do the dozens with. He gives up too soon, like the punk that he is.

151 Sionainn  Oct 10, 2014 6:37:28pm

re: #12 makeitstop

OT: Looky what just showed up on my Facebook feed…

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The blurry name is mine, lest someone get ideas about messing with me.

(Flips stalkers the bird.)

Check your “other” folder.

152 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 6:41:29pm
153 SteveMcGazi  Oct 10, 2014 6:42:00pm

One of the staffers at school told me last week told me I reminded her of a movie star, but she couldn’t remember who. “Well how about that” I said, and forgot the whole thing. This morning she saw me and came running to tell me about the movie star. I realize I’m no Paul Newman, but I wasn’t expecting…

George Kennedy!

154 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 6:42:01pm
155 Belafon  Oct 10, 2014 6:42:55pm

re: #153 SteveMcGazi

I get Jack Black, a lot.

156 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:43:25pm

re: #152 Charles Johnson

Seems like you said something that needed to be said, you did it well.

157 sagehen  Oct 10, 2014 6:44:21pm

re: #110 teleskiguy

This sounds like something I could send to the Denver Post in response to their editorial board endorsing Mr. Tea Party for the US Senate. But who would I attribute it to?

You want to mention the anti-science thing too.

158 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 6:44:38pm

re: #153 SteveMcGazi

One of the staffers at school told me last week told me I reminded her of a movie star, but she couldn’t remember who. “Well how about that” I said, and forgot the whole thing. This morning she saw me and came running to tell me about the movie star. I realize I’m no Paul Newman, but I wasn’t expecting…

George Kennedy!
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“Mah boah kin eat fifteh aigs!”

159 Floral Giraffe  Oct 10, 2014 6:46:12pm

re: #153 SteveMcGazi

That’s a TERRIBLE picture of him!
I can’t copy a better one, though :(
Think of him in Cool Hand Luke!

160 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 6:46:48pm

re: #127 Stanley Sea

Don’t know if ya’ll have seen this. The GoFundMe headquarters are here in downtown San Diego.

A billboard was posted across the street from their office.

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GoFundMe’s cease and desist letter is an empty threat. Color of Change has a right to engage in public advocacy, any lawsuit would be thrown out under California’s Anti-SLAPP laws.

It also applies to speech in a public forum about an issue of public interest and to any other petition or speech conduct about an issue of public interest.

To win an anti-SLAPP motion, the defendant must first show that the lawsuit is based on claims related to constitutionally protected activities, typically First Amendment rights such as free speech, and typically seeks to show that the claim lacks any basis of genuine substance, legal underpinnings, evidence, or prospect of success. If this is demonstrated then the burden shifts to the plaintiff, to affirmatively present evidence demonstrating a reasonable probability of succeeding in their case by showing an actual wrong would exist as recognized by law, if the facts claimed were borne out.

The filing of an anti-SLAPP motion stays all discovery. This feature acts to greatly reduce the cost of litigation to the anti-SLAPP defendant, and can make beating the motion extremely difficult for the plaintiff, because they effectively must prove their case has at least a basis of visible legal merit and is not merely vexatious, prior to discovery.

GoFundMe is full of shit.

161 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:48:36pm

BUT TED CRUZ IS ALL AMERICAN AND CAN BE PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING SO SHUT UP!!!

162 SteveMcGazi  Oct 10, 2014 6:48:53pm

re: #159 Floral Giraffe

I liked him in Dirty Dozen and Naked Gun

163 Sionainn  Oct 10, 2014 6:49:11pm

re: #153 SteveMcGazi

One of the staffers at school told me last week told me I reminded her of a movie star, but she couldn’t remember who. “Well how about that” I said, and forgot the whole thing. This morning she saw me and came running to tell me about the movie star. I realize I’m no Paul Newman, but I wasn’t expecting…

George Kennedy!
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Bwahahahaha. So sorry.

164 EPR-radar  Oct 10, 2014 6:49:37pm

re: #110 teleskiguy

This sounds like something I could send to the Denver Post in response to their editorial board endorsing Mr. Tea Party for the US Senate. But who would I attribute it to?

Edit it a bit to make it yours and fire away.

Or you can attribute it to a wanderer of the internet who prefers to remain anonymous.

165 Romantic Heretic  Oct 10, 2014 6:51:30pm

re: #131 teleskiguy

Chuck, dude. When the only person who backs you is your father you’re doing something wrong.

P.S. He’s lying.

166 Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 10, 2014 6:52:15pm

re: #164 EPR-radar

Edit it a bit to make it yours and fire away.

Or you can attribute it to a wanderer of the internet who prefers to remain anonymous.

Skynet?
//

167 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Oct 10, 2014 6:52:16pm

re: #153 SteveMcGazi

One of the staffers at school told me last week told me I reminded her of a movie star, but she couldn’t remember who. “Well how about that” I said, and forgot the whole thing. This morning she saw me and came running to tell me about the movie star. I realize I’m no Paul Newman, but I wasn’t expecting…

George Kennedy!
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She actually meant to say “George Clooney” but got tongue-tied in your presence.

168 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 6:52:23pm

re: #160 goddamnedfrank

Here’s the best part.

If the special motion is denied, the order denying the motion is immediately appealable. Defendants prevailing on an anti-SLAPP motion (including any subsequent appeal) are entitled to a mandatory award of reasonable attorney’s fees. After an anti-SLAPP motion has been filed, a plaintiff cannot escape this mandatory fee award by amending its complaint. More than 300 published court opinions have interpreted and applied California’s anti-SLAPP law.[17]

Meaning if GoFundMe actually steps on this land mine, they can’t step off without taking damage.

This also goes a long way towards explaining why CCJ likes to threaten libel suits against people, but hasn’t actually ever filed one.

169 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 6:52:38pm

IF OUR IMAGINED OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAID WHAT TED CRUZ’S REAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAID THEN WE’D IMPEACH!!

170 Lancelot Link  Oct 10, 2014 6:53:14pm

re: #152 Charles Johnson

Youtube Video

171 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 6:54:55pm
172 teleskiguy  Oct 10, 2014 6:57:21pm

re: #171 goddamnedfrank

It’s almost like @big_ben_clock.

173 SteveMcGazi  Oct 10, 2014 6:58:15pm

I forgot George was in Airport and The Flight of the Phoenix. How’d he get left out of The Longest Day?

174 stpaulbear  Oct 10, 2014 6:58:52pm

re: #155 Belafon

I get Jack Black, a lot.

When I was still drumming, I used to get told that I looked ‘just like the drummer from Cheap Trick!’ My band shared a bill with The Replacements (this was a long time ago), and a couple of them (Bob Stinson and either Tommy or Chris Mars) ran up to me after our set and said ‘You look just like the drummer from Cheap Trick!’. It seems like no matter what I do to change my looks, I still wind up looking a lot like the drummer from Cheap Trick.

175 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 7:03:23pm
176 stpaulbear  Oct 10, 2014 7:04:51pm

re: #165 Romantic Heretic

Chuck, dude. When the only person who backs you is your father you’re doing something wrong.

P.S. He’s lying.

What came to mind for me was the scene in A Clockwork Orange where Alex’s parents are wondering what he does at night, and the mom echos Alex’s claim that he’s out ‘like, helping people’ every night. If Chuck is such a chronic bullshitter online, it would be a hoot to hear how he describes his job to his parents.

177 De Kolta Chair  Oct 10, 2014 7:07:08pm

Jill Trent, Science Sleuth (link leads to a thrilling adventure)

178 WhatEVs  Oct 10, 2014 7:08:42pm

re: #68 b.d.

I CAN’T BELIEVE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT EDWARD SNOWDEN’S GIRLFRIEND! SHE IS NOT THE STORY! GET A LIFE PEOPLE, THIS ISN’T TMZ! THIS IS A SERIOUS STORY!!!

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Fucking traitor having a nice little life. Fuck you, Snowden.

179 Skip Intro  Oct 10, 2014 7:08:49pm

re: #176 stpaulbear

I wonder what Chuck’s “dad” thinks about his son’s ridiculing the victims of ISIS/ISIL beheadings?

“Oh, that’s just my boy. He don’t mean nothin’”.

180 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 7:15:34pm
181 WhatEVs  Oct 10, 2014 7:16:44pm

re: #123 jaunte

More Grand delusions of adequacy.

FIFY.

182 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 7:17:08pm

re: #179 Skip Intro

I wonder what Chuck’s “dad” thinks about his son’s ridiculing the victims of ISIS/ISIL beheadings?

“Oh, that’s just my boy. He don’t mean nothin’”.

My hunch is that dear old dad would explain away Chuck’s assholishness on him being right at the border line of autistic that makes him immune from all and any criticism ever.

183 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 10, 2014 7:17:16pm

re: #136 b.d.

Romney woulda been president today if they only listened to Chuck

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My First Meme, right off the waterfront….

I coulda had class

184 stpaulbear  Oct 10, 2014 7:17:42pm

re: #179 Skip Intro

I’d rather think that his parents don’t have twitter accounts.

185 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 7:18:30pm

Young Republican continues to say stupid shit.

186 TedStriker  Oct 10, 2014 7:19:25pm

re: #153 SteveMcGazi

One of the staffers at school told me last week told me I reminded her of a movie star, but she couldn’t remember who. “Well how about that” I said, and forgot the whole thing. This morning she saw me and came running to tell me about the movie star. I realize I’m no Paul Newman, but I wasn’t expecting…

George Kennedy!
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Hey, you could do worse than George Kennedy, an actor that’s worked with Paul Newman and Leslie Nielsen…

187 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 10, 2014 7:20:26pm

re: #186 TedStriker

Hey, you could do worse than George Kennedy, an actor that’s worked with Paul Newman and Leslie Nielsen…

I used to get “You remind me of Woody Allen” when I was younger. Now, it’s Sid Haig.

RBS

188 Skip Intro  Oct 10, 2014 7:20:36pm

re: #184 stpaulbear

I’d rather think that his parents don’t have twitter accounts.

I imagine UpChuck sends everything he writes to the folks so they can see what an Award Winning Journalist does all day.

189 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 7:21:47pm
190 Editor in Chief  Oct 10, 2014 7:21:56pm

re: #187 RealityBasedSteve

I used to get “You remind me of Woody Allen” when I was younger. Now, it’s Sid Haig.

RBS

I get told I look just like the guy who drove the honeywagon.

191 ausador  Oct 10, 2014 7:22:04pm

Now Kmart…

192 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 7:22:27pm

re: #187 RealityBasedSteve

I used to get “You remind me of Woody Allen” when I was younger. Now, it’s Sid Haig.

RBS

Could be worse, could be Al Haig.

//

193 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 10, 2014 7:22:59pm

re: #188 Skip Intro

I imagine UpChuck sends everything he writes to the folks so they can see what an Award Winning Journalist does all day.

Q: What is the functional difference between Charles C Johnsons’ tweets, and the typical bathroom graffiti?

A: Bathroom graffiti can be amusing, and sometimes contains an element of truth.

RBS

194 Charles Johnson  Oct 10, 2014 7:23:03pm
195 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 7:24:30pm

re: #191 ausador

Now Kmart…

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How much longer do we have to put up with retailers retaining our credit card information? It’s not their information, it’s mine. If there is a problem or credit that needs to be handled, we’ll handle it some other way. That credit card information is my information, not yours.

196 WhatEVs  Oct 10, 2014 7:27:03pm

re: #165 Romantic Heretic

Chuck, dude. When the only person who backs you is your father you’re doing something wrong.

P.S. He’s lying.

He’s an enabler.

197 goddamnedfrank  Oct 10, 2014 7:27:49pm
198 EPR-radar  Oct 10, 2014 7:29:15pm

re: #185 goddamnedfrank

Young Republican continues to say stupid shit.

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What else is a young Republican going to do? Make sense?

199 b.d.  Oct 10, 2014 7:30:16pm

re: #194 Charles Johnson

Number of times Chuck C has referred to any white pol as (any ethnicity)-American……0

200 jaunte  Oct 10, 2014 7:34:32pm

re: #197 goddamnedfrank

Gay marriage is now legal in my state. RIP to the morals of our country.

If Newt’s marriages didn’t destroy the country, it should survive gay marriage.

201 ausador  Oct 10, 2014 7:35:58pm

I see the wonderful MRA folks pushing #GamerGate still haven’t learned anything… :(

202 Lancelot Link  Oct 10, 2014 7:38:30pm

re: #187 RealityBasedSteve

I used to get “You remind me of Woody Allen” when I was younger. Now, it’s Sid Haig.

RBS

Count yourself lucky. Not long ago someone thought i was Richard Stallman.

203 Belafon  Oct 10, 2014 7:39:01pm

re: #176 stpaulbear

What came to mind for me was the scene in A Clockwork Orange where Alex’s parents are wondering what he does at night, and the mom echos Alex’s claim that he’s out ‘like, helping people’ every night. If Chuck is such a chronic bullshitter online, it would be a hoot to hear how he describes his job to his parents.

“It’s a little hard to explain how I do it, but I have done so much journalism from the basement. I am an award-winning journalist, you know.”

204 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 10, 2014 7:41:58pm

re: #202 Lancelot Link

Count yourself lucky. Not long ago someone thought i was Richard Stallman.

That would inspire in instant trip to a barber shop for a shave & a high-n-tight haircut if it happened to me… Ugh.

205 WhatEVs  Oct 10, 2014 7:42:58pm

re: #201 ausador

I see the wonderful MRA folks pushing #GamerGate still haven’t learned anything… :(

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Twitter suspended him. I wonder for how long.

206 simoom  Oct 10, 2014 7:43:59pm

re: #68 b.d.

So the Russian’s are footing the bill for a comfortable living and heavy security for not just one, but two westerners, plus I imagine they did Snowden a solid when it comes to the GF’s immigration & residency… all simply out of the kindness of their hearts ///.

207 ausador  Oct 10, 2014 7:44:13pm

re: #205 WhatEVs

Twitter suspended him. I wonder for how long.

Assume it was a “one-time use” account anyway given the name.

208 ausador  Oct 10, 2014 7:48:02pm

Course all the dorks are doing their “false flag” and “no true gamegater” routine…again.

209 stpaulbear  Oct 10, 2014 7:54:20pm

re: #203 Belafon

“It’s a little hard to explain how I do it, but I have done so much journalism from the basement. I am an award-winning journalist, you know.”

“And I can do it without hardly ever having to leave the house!” resulting in a noticably deep sigh from his mom.

210 RealityBasedSteve  Oct 10, 2014 7:55:57pm

re: #203 Belafon

“It’s a little hard to explain how I do it, but I have done so much journalism from the basement. I am an award-winning journalist, you know.”

I just don’t understand why journalism needs so many kleenex tissues.

RBS

211 EPR-radar  Oct 10, 2014 8:24:19pm

re: #210 RealityBasedSteve

I just don’t understand why journalism needs so many kleenex tissues.

RBS

And rubber gloves. Can’t forget those.

212 De Kolta Chair  Oct 10, 2014 9:21:05pm

re: #191 ausador

Any idea what the hackers do with the info once they’ve got it?


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