Dumbest Man on Internet Freaks Out Over “SHOCK VIDEO” That Isn’t the Least Bit Shocking

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Yes, dear reader, the Dumbest Man on the Internet has beclowned himself again, in Jim Hoft’s Never-Ending Cavalcade of Pure Fail! This time Jim has seen a SHOCK VIDEO on Gretchen Carlson’s ridiculous Fox News show, a horrifying SHOCK VIDEO that depicts two New York City police officers throwing gloves and masks into a public trash can. That’s all Jim needs to start running around screaming, “EBOLA GLOVES! EBOLA MASKS! EBOLA TRASH CAN! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”

SHOCK VIDEO—- NYC Police Seen Tossing Ebola Gloves, Masks Into Trash Can on Street! | the Gateway Pundit

Do not panic. All is well.
New York City police officers were seen tossing their Ebola masks and gloves into a trash can on the street.
The officers were seen walking near Dr. Craig Spencer’s apartment building.

But don’t worry. It’s not like anyone goes dumpster diving in New York City(?)
Via The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson:

It’s the Gateway Pundit, so you just know there’s a punch line coming up, right? Wait for it… the cops were never inside Dr. Spencer’s apartment.

From Mashable, where they actually bothered to call the police about the story before losing their shit: NYPD: Cops Who Threw Away Gloves in Street Didn’t Enter Ebola Patient’s Home.

An NYPD spokeswoman dismissed the concerns, telling Mashable that the two officers were just on “a traffic post” and were not “inside of the residence or anything like that.” Asked again whether they were ever inside Spencer’s apartment, the spokeswoman responded: “Absolutely not.”

Will Jim Hoft add a correction to his post now? Wait for it… (but don’t hold your breath…)

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354 comments
1 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 12:49:34pm

“What’s a guy got to do around here to keep his SMOTI?”

2 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 24, 2014 12:49:40pm

Will Jim Hoft add a correction to his post now? Wait for it… (but don’t hold your breath…)

I’d have to be a world class freediver to hold my breath long enough for DimJim to have a responsible fault, much less the awareness to actually correct something.

RBS

3 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 24, 2014 12:53:08pm

DONT tell us not to PANIC and FREAK OUT well FREAKOUT whenever WE want!!!!1111

4 Vogon Poetry  Oct 24, 2014 12:53:58pm

Pointed this out in the dead thread, but the Daily Mail, on which that video and story were based (and then run by other outlets, including Fox) even included the line that they had no way to know whether the officers seen in the video/photos were in contact with the patient or entered the building. They just left it up to the reader to scroll all the way to the bottom for the exquisite caveat:

The photos and video, all shot before Spencer’s Ebola was actually confirmed, do not show whether these officers actually entered his building.

However, some are suggesting that for the sake of safety - not to mention public sanity - it would have made sense to discard of these masks and gloves and tape in a biohazard bag.

There’s no evidence these officers actually entered the scene, let alone touched anything that might resemble a biohazard. But the Daily Fail warns that for psychological purposes, they should have bagged everything biohazard anyways - even stuff that was in no way ever in contact with the doctor - like the police tape.

5 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 12:56:43pm

Those gloves could have rubbed up against Jim’s Friday night dinner

6 jaunte  Oct 24, 2014 12:57:08pm

re: #4 Vogon Poetry

But the Daily Fail warns that for psychological purposes, they should have bagged everything biohazard anyways - even stuff that was in no way ever in contact with the doctor - like the police tape.

The Daily Mail’s experts in drumming up panic could have written their way around that one, too.

7 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 24, 2014 12:57:50pm

re:
#4

PANIC!!!!! BAN ALL FLIGHTS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!

8 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 12:58:44pm

NOW I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SPECIAL CARE ON WHICH ITEMS DUG OUT OF THE NEW YORK TRASH I EXPOSE TO MY VULNERABLE BODY PARTS! THANKS OBAMA!

9 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 1:02:00pm

NYC is so afraid of Ebola that the Dow gained 126. Tough crowd.

10 jaunte  Oct 24, 2014 1:04:51pm

The mayor in a tweet said in some spots she is listed as the girl’s mother, while in others Annise Parker’s wife, Kathy Hubbard, is listed at the mother. They adopted the girl in 2003 and both are her parents.

11 Danny Isn't Here Mrs Torrence  Oct 24, 2014 1:06:37pm

Is anyone else getting popups on LGF in Safari 8 even though “Block Popup Windows” is checked?

12 jaunte  Oct 24, 2014 1:07:33pm

I would bet the only reason she got the license is that one of her moms is the Mayor of Houston.

13 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 1:07:40pm

Jim Hoft knows a threat when he sees it.

Of course, in this case the threat is losing the attention of dim-witted RWNJs because of SMOTI competition from CCJ.

14 freetoken  Oct 24, 2014 1:07:55pm

I’m thinking of tweeting my latest (first in almost a year) Page with the only words being VOTER FRAUD PROVEN!!!!! with tags like #tcot, just to get some cheap clicks.

But then… might need an automated whack-a-troll on steroids.

15 Targetpractice  Oct 24, 2014 1:11:26pm

Meanwhile, more Americans died today due to a kid bringing a gun to school than have been killed by Ebola.

16 Iwouldprefernotto  Oct 24, 2014 1:12:45pm

re: #15 Targetpractice

Meanwhile, more Americans died today due to a kid bringing a gun to school than have been killed by Ebola.

Same will be true for next week and the week after that….

17 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 1:13:44pm

Fresh froggie.

18 Vicious Piebola  Oct 24, 2014 1:20:39pm

LOL

19 Targetpractice  Oct 24, 2014 1:22:07pm

re: #18 Vicious Piebola

LOL

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20 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 1:23:27pm
21 Jenner7  Oct 24, 2014 1:25:04pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

No, they’ll only blow you up aor shoot you at women’s health clinics…..

22 allegro  Oct 24, 2014 1:25:32pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

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LOLWUT?

23 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 1:26:33pm

Notice that my tweet didn’t say anything about Muslims. These people are whacked.

24 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 1:27:23pm

re: #18 Vicious Piebola

LOL

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@JamesOKeefeIII @facebook the nazisused to do the same thing

— Tony Barbose(@TonyBarbose) October 24, 2014
25 Mentis Fugit  Oct 24, 2014 1:27:27pm

Fanatical Christians prefer to employ the bullet to the back of the head. Much more civilized and Christlike.

26 No Country For Old Haters  Oct 24, 2014 1:28:32pm

re: #4 Vogon Poetry

But the Daily Fail warns that for psychological purposes, they should have bagged everything biohazard anyways - even stuff that was in no way ever in contact with the doctor - like the police tape.

The problem is that you’re not thinking of the stupid, panicky people.

Like Fox News closer to home, the Daily Fail makes its living separating stupid, panicky people and their money, so that’s the only demographic they’re concerned with.

27 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 24, 2014 1:28:43pm

re: #25 Mentis Fugit

Fanatical Christians prefer to employ the bullet to the back of the head. Much more civilized and Christlike.

The Inquisition, what a show!
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28 Kragar  Oct 24, 2014 1:29:28pm

re: #25 Mentis Fugit

Fanatical Christians prefer to employ the bullet to the back of the head. Much more civilized and Christlike.

29 klystron  Oct 24, 2014 1:29:57pm

Unsurprisingly, the lead author on that WaPo article and study about non-citizens voting appears to come from a family of wingnuts.

30 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 1:31:28pm
31 Vogon Poetry  Oct 24, 2014 1:31:42pm

Another health care worker returning from Africa and not showing symptoms - meaning she can’t be spreading the disease because the only way to get it is to be actively symptomatic. Hopefully this person doesn’t get the disease, but she too is following protocols and working with authorities.

Memo to right wing: want to stop Ebola? Spend the money and deliver the goods and doctors to West Africa so that they can stop it in its tracks. We’ve shown that a proper medical institution with well staffed and trained professionals can heal those sickened by the disease. They can improve the survival rate tremendously. They can make a deadly outbreak a survivable one. They can get those who are unwilling to come to the hospital because it’s seen as a death sentence to come because they know they’ve got a shot at beating Ebola.

Proper and prompt medical care makes a world of difference.

Instead, we’re going to hear about travel bans. That’s akin to nothing more than burying your head in the sand and letting Africa burn.

32 Aunty Entity Dragon  Oct 24, 2014 1:32:03pm

re: #4 Vogon Poetry

Pointed this out in the dead thread, but the Daily Mail, on which that video and story were based (and then run by other outlets, including Fox) even included the line that they had no way to know whether the officers seen in the video/photos were in contact with the patient or entered the building. They just left it up to the reader to scroll all the way to the bottom for the exquisite caveat:

There’s no evidence these officers actually entered the scene, let alone touched anything that might resemble a biohazard. But the Daily Fail warns that for psychological purposes, they should have bagged everything biohazard anyways - even stuff that was in no way ever in contact with the doctor - like the police tape.

It is simply bad practice for disposing of hazmat gear…and reinforcing bad habits when it doesn’t really count will set you up for failure when it does count.

Always practice the way you want to perform for the real thing. If you don’t want officers doing stupid shit when they do come into contact witha deadly pathogen…DO NOT have them doing it on a normal basis.

33 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 24, 2014 1:35:32pm

re:
#29

Unsurprisingly, the lead author on that WaPo article and study about non-citizens voting appears to come from a
family of wingnuts

Here’s my surprise face.

34 Vogon Poetry  Oct 24, 2014 1:37:03pm

re: #32 Aunty Entity Dragon

That’s actually a rational explanation for wanting to dispose of them in a certain fashion - consistency makes for good technique and practice, so if they face the real deal, they might not expose themselves or others.

But the Daily Fail wasn’t interested in any of that - only that they were spreading Ebola even though they never came into contact with anything.

35 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 1:39:25pm
36 teleskiguy  Oct 24, 2014 1:40:09pm

re: #18 Vicious Piebola

LOL

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37 Kragar  Oct 24, 2014 1:40:18pm

A tall man in a black cowboy hat approaches and asks the angry man what he’s upset about.

“Queers!” the man shouted. “That’s what I’m upset about. This faggot right here.”

After a tense exchange, the angry man kicks the man in the pink shirt, then slaps at him and grabs his hair.

A number of people rush to intervene as the man is tacked and put on the floor.

The man in the cowboy hat can be heard saying loudly, “No way! No way, you motherfucker. You ain’t doin’ that fucking shit, motherfucker.”

38 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 1:46:35pm
39 makeitstop  Oct 24, 2014 1:48:04pm

Piers Morgan is a fucking idiot.

40 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 1:49:02pm
41 freetoken  Oct 24, 2014 1:49:45pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

He might be lying for some weird reason.

Or he could just be lying out of habit.

42 makeitstop  Oct 24, 2014 1:53:14pm

re: #41 freetoken

Or he could just be lying out of habit.

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly…

43 Iwouldprefernotto  Oct 24, 2014 1:53:28pm

re: #35 goddamnedfrank

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re: #40 Charles Johnson

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I think that O’keefe is just trying to get people to his Project Veritas page.

BREAKING: For some unknown reason, Facebook just shut James O’Keefe’s personal Facebook account. Please follow James at our new FB account for the latest — and be sure to spread the word to your friends. too. facebook.com

44 Flying Squirrel Girl  Oct 24, 2014 1:55:39pm

re: #37 Kragar

Please remember that not all of us Texans are the guy who got his ass taken down. Some of us are the rest of the folks who helped take his ass down.

45 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 1:55:57pm

re: #37 Kragar

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I like that the guy in the wheelchair got in on it.

46 De Kolta Chair  Oct 24, 2014 1:55:59pm


“Elementary, you dumb wanker.”

47 jaunte  Oct 24, 2014 1:57:22pm

re: #39 makeitstop

Obama to meet Ebola patient Nina Pham now she’s cured - would have supported his ‘no risk’ claim better if he’d gone when she was infected.

I notice Morgan didn’t quote the ‘claim’, or give a link to it.

48 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 1:57:54pm

re: #31 Vogon Poetry

…
Proper and prompt medical care makes a world of difference.

This x100. Not-so-random factoid for the day, per wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org

In 2011, the WHO estimated that there were about 158,000 deaths caused by measles. This is down from 630,000 deaths in 1990. In developed countries, death occurs in 1 to 2 cases out of every 1,000 (0.1% - 0.2%). In populations with high levels of malnutrition and a lack of adequate healthcare, mortality can be as high as 10%. In cases with complications, the rate may rise to 20-30%. Increased immunization has led to a 78% drop in measles deaths which made up 25% of the decline in mortality in children under five.

49 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 1:58:39pm
50 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 1:59:00pm

re: #45 goddamnedfrank

I like that the guy in the wheelchair got in on it.

He was all like, fuck this disability, it’s my time to shine.

51 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 2:00:03pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

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It works fine for me.

52 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 2:00:07pm
53 freetoken  Oct 24, 2014 2:00:18pm

The hate right is still in full mode on this one:

Ax Attack Against New York City Cops Was Inspired by Terrorists, Police Say

The commenters are what you expect. They just don’t want to be forced to actually think, like acknowledging the criminal had a history, that his supposed conversion to Islam was recent and thus the man was likely already off before the supposed conversion.

We now have an entire segment of our society, no, make that a consumer segment of hate talk and conspiracies, who refuse to acknowledge reality.

54 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 2:01:10pm

Unreal

55 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 2:02:51pm

re: #51 goddamnedfrank

It works fine for me.

Yeah, but you’re using Mavericks.

56 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 2:03:04pm

re: #52 NJDhockeyfan

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Who feeds a one year old Cheetos?

57 Iwouldprefernotto  Oct 24, 2014 2:07:18pm

re: #56 goddamnedfrank

Who feeds a one year old Cheetos?

Maybe the kid was high.

58 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 2:07:31pm

re: #56 goddamnedfrank

Who feeds a one year old Cheetos?

Grandma of course

59 sagehen  Oct 24, 2014 2:08:09pm

re: #56 goddamnedfrank

Who feeds a one year old Cheetos?

On behalf of the other passengers… if a bullshit excuse keeps a screaming child off my flight, bring on the bullshit.

60 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 2:08:14pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

Yeah, but you’re using Mavericks.

Nope. I upgraded to Yosemite on day one, have been running it all this week. System Specs concur, OS X 10.10, Safari 8.0. FYI I have my Safari User Agent in the Develop tab set to “default.”

61 Vicious Piebola  Oct 24, 2014 2:08:26pm

Here is a #tcot wingnut on today’s school shooting:

62 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 2:08:48pm

ORANGEBOLA!

63 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 24, 2014 2:09:23pm

re:
#61

WHAT ABOUT CHICAGO THUG CITY OBAMA????!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

64 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 2:10:19pm

re: #60 goddamnedfrank

Nope. I upgraded to Yosemite on day one, have been running it all this week. System Specs concur, OS X 10.10, Safari 8.0. FYI I have my Safari User Agent in the Develop tab set to “default.”

Also, the only extension I have installed is 1 Password 4.2.5. It’s got to be something more than just Safari 8.0

65 Targetpractice  Oct 24, 2014 2:10:47pm

re: #61 Vicious Piebola

Here is a #tcot wingnut on today’s school shooting:

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That’s standard wingnut post-shooting boilerplate now. “Well yeah, but what about Chicago?!”

66 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 2:11:00pm

re: #57 Iwouldprefernotto

Maybe the kid was high.

Man, first Grandma gets the kid high, then she feeds him Cheetos.

/could happen

67 Vicious Piebola  Oct 24, 2014 2:11:32pm
68 SteveMcGazi  Oct 24, 2014 2:11:37pm

re: #17 wrenchwitch

How can a rain forest be a pristine place? It’s full of mud, bugs, creepy crawlers, weeds, more mud, more bugs. Yuck.

69 Iwouldprefernotto  Oct 24, 2014 2:11:47pm

re: #66 wrenchwitch

Man, first Grandma gets the kid high, then she feeds him Cheetos.

/could happen

Who are we to judge?

70 bratwurst  Oct 24, 2014 2:11:51pm

Ok, BBC got to non-ebola related news 9 minutes into the newscast. Between ebola in NYC and the school shooting there is no hope whatsoever of learning what else is going on in the world via US media today.

71 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 2:12:27pm

re: #59 sagehen

On behalf of the other passengers… if a bullshit excuse keeps a screaming child off my flight, bring on the bullshit.

He’s awfully cute, though.

72 freetoken  Oct 24, 2014 2:12:42pm

re: #70 bratwurst

I think I’ve lost track of the number of shootings already today.

73 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 2:14:05pm

re: #68 SteveMcGazi

How can a rain forest be a pristine place? It’s full of mud, bugs, creepy crawlers, weeds, more mud, more bugs. Yuck.

To the frog that’s bed, food, food, playground, bed, and more food!

74 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 24, 2014 2:15:02pm

MMMMEEEEEbolaaaaaa

Meeeebollllaaaaaa

75 dog philosopher  Oct 24, 2014 2:17:09pm

Dumbest Man on Internet

SO many candidates

76 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 2:18:13pm

P.S. Here’s my system specs, with the HD name and Serial # obscured.

77 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 2:19:54pm

re: #67 Vicious Piebola

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78 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 2:21:47pm

re: #76 goddamnedfrank

OK, gotcha. Well, for some reason I just can’t get Facebook to load here with Safari 8.0. Odd.

79 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 2:26:07pm

Just another average day in Shoot ‘em Up Nation:

Two Dead, Including Gunman, in School Shooting Near Seattle

Washington state high-school “homecoming prince” opened fire in the cafeteria on Friday, killing one person and wounding three others in the head before fatally shooting himself, police and witnesses said.

A hospital official said three patients were in “very critical condition” after the 10:30 a.m. PDT shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. A 14-year-old boy was in serious condition at another hospital with a jaw wound.

80 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 2:28:37pm

Another shitty day in America…

Fucking depressing as hell.

These shooters aren’t content to just take themselves out; they project their misery onto others in a hopeless fit of selfishness.

81 allegro  Oct 24, 2014 2:28:40pm

re: #66 wrenchwitch

Man, first Grandma gets the kid high, then she feeds him Cheetos.

/could happen

Reason #423 for why I didn’t reproduce. I would be that grandma. Heh.

82 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 2:28:40pm

re: #78 Charles Johnson

OK, gotcha. Well, for some reason I just can’t get Facebook to load here with Safari 8.0. Odd.

I did reinstall an older version of Java that wasn’t included in Yosemite, because I needed it for some legacy software packages that I use.

On a related note I’ve been seeing some weird graphics glitches on the Amazon Prime Instant Videos web player since the upgrade. Some panels will frequently and randomly glitch out as I mouseover various links. Doesn’t have an effect on video playback though.

83 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 2:30:45pm

Police preparing to send dogs into house in Auburn, Calif., where they believe suspect in shooting of 3 officers may be hiding - from @CBSSacramento broadcast
end of alert

All Auburn, Calif.,-area schools are on lockdown, including Placer High - @kcranews
end of alert

84 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 2:31:10pm

On the subject of guns, Ebola and RWNJs, Hunter at DailyKos hits another one out of the park: dailykos.com

An astute observer would note that the United States currently has no surgeon general. The United States has no surgeon general because the president’s nominee for the position once opined that yes, getting shot by one of America’s many guns would be bad for a person’s health, and that was all it took for the conspiracy theorists at the NRA to have a fit, and for Jason Chaffetz’s party to block the nomination until the president nominates a surgeon general who correctly reckons getting shot with one of America’s many guns should be considered a nutritional supplement. Chaffetz does not know this because he is not serious about governing, and therefore appears on Fox News only to spout whatever criticism of Obama comes to mind.

85 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 2:32:41pm

Freeper madness responds to the Washington HS shooting. I just knew one or more of the criminally insane gun humpers would suggest this was staged by you-know-who to influence gun control legislation. Sure enough, they did not let me down:

Bettyprob: “Right before the state of Washington is to vote on some stupid Bill Gates-supported gun control.”

The other freepers respond with Pavlovian haste:

Paulie: “That would lead someone to think this maybe was some sort of false flag or something to influence the vote.

Also, this guy reportedly had a ‘blank stare’ just prior to shooting - doesn’t that imply some kind of drug or medication? Or evil.

Although you do point out a convenient coincidence here. You know how badly they want the guns…”

BenLurkin: “Odd, isn’t it — it’s almost like there is a pattern to these timings”

86 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 2:33:24pm

As if there weren’t enough shootings yet…

Nobody is saying anything yet.

87 Targetpractice  Oct 24, 2014 2:36:34pm

re: #86 wrenchwitch

As if there weren’t enough shootings yet…

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Nobody is saying anything yet.

Nobody in an official capacity, anyway. I’m sure before the day’s out, we’ll be told that it’s Obama’s fault by the usual suspects.

88 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 2:37:49pm

Just checking something.

89 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 2:38:04pm

Being reported that the dead victim in Marysville is a female. Four others in hospital.

90 freetoken  Oct 24, 2014 2:38:41pm

Who could forget that iconic, nee, definition of, conservative Ron Reagan and his family astrologer?

Reagan astrologer, Joan Quigley, dies at 87

Joan Quigley, the astrologer who helped determine President Ronald Reagan’s schedule and claimed to have convinced him to soften his stance toward the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 87.

[…]

91 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 2:39:38pm
92 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 2:40:56pm

I used to be a firm Second Amendment advocate in that I did not think we should go much past current class 3 regs and the licensing of ownership (as opposed to licensing and registration of individual guns).

I still think so, but the goal posts have moved right out of sight in recent years. Now I am a gun grabbing lefty fanatic and probably in league with Muslims, communists, and Mexican infiltrators.

93 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 2:43:02pm

Checking again.

94 EmmaAnne  Oct 24, 2014 2:43:20pm

There’s a Gamegate bingo card! Here:

goo.gl

Here is one:

Gamergate Bingo

95 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 2:44:40pm

One more time.

96 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 2:44:58pm

re: #85 Shiplord Kirel

False flag is the new black.

97 dog philosopher  Oct 24, 2014 2:47:26pm

re: #94 EmmaAnne

she doxxed herself

you kids and your crazy slang i’ll “dox” you buster get offa my lawn

98 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 2:47:48pm

re: #94 EmmaAnne

I am confused. I was under the impression somehow that the Gamergate douchenozzles were using SJW (Social Justice Warrior) in an unironic way to refer to themselves?

This whole GG thing would be laughable if it weren’t for the very real lives that have been damaged by these basement-dwelling cretins.

99 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 2:49:18pm

So, what has happened to all those predictions that Obama would use the “epidemic” of Ebola to cancel the election and declare martial law?

On a similar note, the evil Kenyan usurper has been in office for almost six years and I have yet to see his ACORN zombie militia going door to door to seize guns and Bibles.
MOST INCOMPETENT TYRANT EVER!

100 bratwurst  Oct 24, 2014 2:50:12pm
101 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 2:50:32pm

At last a calendar I understand.

102 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 2:50:56pm

re: #92 Shiplord Kirel

I used to be a firm Second Amendment advocate in that I did not think we should go much past current class 3 regs and the licensing of ownership (as opposed to licensing and registration of individual guns).

I still think so, but the goal posts have moved right out of sight in recent years. Now I am a gun grabbing lefty fanatic and probably in league with Muslims, communists, and Mexican infiltrators.

I own an absolutely appalling, embarrassing number of firearms, which happens when one comes from gun folk and happen to be the only reasonable and responsible person in the family to inherit such devices. I used to be pretty damned pro 2A, but lately I’ve been fronting ideas like making all handguns NFA weapons without exception.

103 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 2:51:38pm

CBS Sacramento reporting female suspect has been captured

104 Vicious Piebola  Oct 24, 2014 2:52:07pm

MEATBOLLA!!

105 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 24, 2014 2:52:30pm

re: #87 Targetpractice

Nobody in an official capacity, anyway. I’m sure before the day’s out, we’ll be told that it’s Obama’s fault by the usual suspects.

There will also be the usual chorus of Responsible Gun Owners bellowing “He/She is not like us!”

Guess what? He/She is exactly like you: a person who shouldn’t be allowed near firearms.

106 Mike Lamb  Oct 24, 2014 2:53:17pm

re: #91 NJDhockeyfan

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Responsible gun owners, no doubt.

107 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 2:53:31pm

re: #104 Vicious Piebola

Better than covering any real news going on in NYC /TV camera crew

108 NJDhockeyfan  Oct 24, 2014 2:53:51pm
109 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 2:55:11pm

re: #100 bratwurst

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Ranks right up there with “Headless Body in Topless Bar” and “Talking Dog Robs Bank, Flees in UFO”

110 The Ghost of a Flea (R)  Oct 24, 2014 2:57:11pm

If you’ve got 20 minutes, this is an excellent criticism video about the bad base assumptions inherent in GamerGate. It’s a somewhat different take than other, also valid criticisms, and I find it particularly valuable since it points out the continuity between the “extreme” behavior and the larger movement: specifically, that GG’s idea of “normal” versus “interloper.”

It starts slow and explains some ideas beforehand with a film example, but the meat—the last two-thirds—is very well executed.

111 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 2:57:14pm

The enhanced quarantine procedures announced for New York and New Jersey to impact travelers arriving at JFK International and Newark Airport - @nytimes
read more on nytimes.com

112 EmmaAnne  Oct 24, 2014 2:57:57pm

re: #98 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

I am confused. I was under the impression somehow that the Gamergate douchenozzles were using SJW (Social Justice Warrior) in an unironic way to refer to themselves?

This whole GG thing would be laughable if it weren’t for the very real lives that have been damaged by these basement-dwelling cretins.

No - social justice warriors are enemies of gamergate. Because yuck - social justice.

113 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 2:58:37pm

“The governors of New York and New Jersey announced Friday afternoon that they were ordering all people entering the country through two area airports who had direct contact with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to be quarantined.

“The announcement comes one day after an American doctor, who had worked in Guinea and returned to New York City earlier in October, tested positive for Ebola and became the first New York patient of the deadly virus.

“A voluntary Ebola quarantine is not enough,” said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York. “This is too serious a public health situation.” More

nytimes.com

114 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 2:59:06pm

re: #98 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

I am confused. I was under the impression somehow that the Gamergate douchenozzles were using SJW (Social Justice Warrior) in an unironic way to refer to themselves?

This whole GG thing would be laughable if it weren’t for the very real lives that have been damaged by these basement-dwelling cretins.

As far as I can tell, “social justice warrior”, when used by a Gamergater, is applied to the opposition as a derogatory epithet and mainly amounts to an updated version of whining about “political correctness”.

115 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 2:59:24pm

re: #112 EmmaAnne

No - social justice warriors are enemies of gamergate. Because yuck - social justice.

Ah, thanks. I was wondering why MRA types would label themselves thusly.

116 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 2:59:43pm

Speaking of headlines, this story appeared in (iirc) the original edition of the Book of Lists:
Back in the twenties, right after World War I, a German newspaper sponsored a contest for the most sensational headline possible.
Most of the entries dealt with things like the Second Coming of Christ or Martian invasion. The winner, though, was “Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand Alive, World War Fought by Mistake!”

117 ObserverArt  Oct 24, 2014 2:59:58pm

I’m disgusted. I’m sick of living in a country so full of callous, cynical people that no longer seem to have any grip on reality and really act as if reality does not matter.

We don’t have a gun problem per say in this country. We have an ignorance problem. And it is tearing this great nation to shreds when they lose their shit over Ebola and ISIS beheadings, but right in their fucking faces are guns actually killing people hourly.

A lone patient in Texas…and the country freaks about Ebola in America like it is right down the street.

How many shooting today? Washington. California, and others…why those are far away and have no bearing on their lives.

“Don’t take away my rights” they scream. But I guess it is okay for someone to take away a life. What more of a right does any human have but to live? What right does anyone have to own instruments that take away that basic fundamental right?

No I don’t have an answer. Answers fly right over the heads of the ignorant anyway. All I know is there are many nations that have gun control measures, if they allow them at all, and they do not have the issues we have. They don’t have the crimes that gun supporters claim guns stop and they don’t have the daily shootings. So, what is the problem with sensible gun law?

Reality tells me this country is fucking stupid about guns. It’s pathetic. We are pathetic.

Maybe when Congressmen start to lose their lives right and left in random shootings they will do something.

I guess that says they do not represent the people that do lose their lives left and right in random shootings. They represent the stupid and the gun industry.

Where can I vote the gun industry out? Oh wait, I can’t. That is un-American.

Grrrrrrrrr. I guess I am shit outta luck. And that is what has me pissed. Live with it.

118 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 3:03:17pm

This is how infinitely goddamned stupid #gamergate strikes me:

Actually, it’s about ethics in miniature donkey journalism.

119 EmmaAnne  Oct 24, 2014 3:03:22pm

re: #110 The Ghost of a Flea (R)

If you’ve got 20 minutes, this is an excellent criticism video about the bad base assumptions inherent in GamerGate. It’s a somewhat different take than other, also valid criticisms, and I find it particularly valuable since it points out the continuity between the “extreme” behavior and the larger movement: specifically, that GG’s idea of “normal” versus “interloper.”

It starts slow and explains some ideas beforehand with a film example, but the meat—the last two-thirds—is very well executed.

Thanks - I am going to check it out. I’ve read a bunch of stuff about this mess but it is still confusing.

I have noticed, though, that any discussion soon leads to the fact that Zoe Quinn is a slut and Anita Sarkeesian isn’t a real gamer. :-(

120 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 3:03:31pm

re: #115 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

Ah, thanks. I was wondering why MRA types would label themselves thusly.

Gamergaters using rhetoric that logically puts them on the side of social injustice is an unintended element of honesty in this mess.

121 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 24, 2014 3:03:40pm
The governors of New York and New Jersey announced Friday afternoon that they were ordering all people entering the country through two area airports who had direct contact with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to be quarantined.

Governor William J. LePetomaine and the Other Governor William J. LePetomaine do something to protect their cockamamie jobs. Harrumph!

122 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 3:07:45pm

re: #117 ObserverArt

I’m disgusted. I’m sick of living in a country so full of callous, cynical people that no longer seem to have any grip on reality and really act as if reality does not matter.

We don’t have a gun problem per say in this country. We have an ignorance problem. And it is tearing this great nation to shreds when they lose their shit over Ebola and ISIS beheadings, but right in their fucking faces are guns actually killing people hourly.

A lone patient in Texas…and the country freaks about Ebola in America like it is right down the street.

How many shooting today? Washington. California, and others…why those are far away and have no bearing on their lives.

“Don’t take away my rights” they scream. But I guess it is okay for someone to take away a life. What more of a right does any human have but to live? What right does anyone have to own instruments that take away that basic fundamental right?

No I don’t have an answer. Answers fly right over the heads of the ignorant anyway. All I know is there are many nations that have gun control measures, if they allow them at all, and they do not have the issues we have. They don’t have the crimes that gun supporters claim guns stop and they don’t have the daily shootings. So, what is the problem with sensible gun law?

Reality tells me this country is fucking stupid about guns. It’s pathetic. We are pathetic.

Maybe when Congressmen start to lose their lives right and left in random shootings they will do something.

I guess that says they do not represent the people that do lose their lives left and right in random shootings. They represent the stupid and the gun industry.

Where can I vote the gun industry out? Oh wait, I can’t. That is un-American.

Grrrrrrrrr. I guess I am shit outta luck. And that is what has me pissed. Live with it.

Something of historic magnitude will have to happen before we see real action. A large scale massacre involving gun humper militias seems a likely possibility. It almost happened at Bundy Ranch and it could yet happen in Ferguson if things come completely unglued and law enforcement cannot or will not control the kooks.

123 De Kolta Chair  Oct 24, 2014 3:08:01pm

Fun with memes

124 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 3:08:04pm

Ethical issues in journalism deserving of a movement to reform, ranked:

1, Business journalism
2, Washington politics journalism
3. Tech journalism
4. Sports journalism
5. Automotive journalism
6. Journalism journalism
7. Music journalism
8. Entertainment journalism
9. Being hit by a car*
10. Games journalism

(stolen from Gawker’s lists*)

125 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 24, 2014 3:08:21pm

re: #113 Justanotherhuman

“The governors of New York and New Jersey announced Friday afternoon that they were ordering all people entering the country through two area airports who had direct contact with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to be quarantined.

“The announcement comes one day after an American doctor, who had worked in Guinea and returned to New York City earlier in October, tested positive for Ebola and became the first New York patient of the deadly virus.

“A voluntary Ebola quarantine is not enough,” said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York. “This is too serious a public health situation.” More

nytimes.com

If Christie is quick he can claim that the bridge stoppages were a preemptive attempt (or a practice run) to minimize New Jerseyites getting into NYC and potentially being exposed to Ebola.
////

126 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 3:09:27pm

re: #37 Kragar

Perfect example of Republicans.

127 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 24, 2014 3:09:51pm

re: #122 Shiplord Kirel

Anything that happens in Ferguson will be blamed on Obama and/or the black residents. Eventually the word “uppity” will be mentioned.
///

128 goddamnedfrank  Oct 24, 2014 3:12:20pm

re: #124 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

Ethical issues in journalism deserving of a movement to reform, ranked:

1, Business journalism
2, Washington politics journalism
3. Tech journalism
4. Sports journalism
5. Automotive journalism
6. Journalism journalism
7. Music journalism
8. Entertainment journalism
9. Being hit by a car*
10. Games journalism

(stolen from Gawker’s lists*)

This is actually a thing, people read it and it matters more than #gamergate.

129 freetoken  Oct 24, 2014 3:13:16pm

re: #122 Shiplord Kirel

Speaking of “gun humpers”:

Police, Guard face penalties in bikini film shoot

It’s not even a challenge to demonstrate the connection between guns/weapons and sex.

130 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 24, 2014 3:13:30pm

SURGE is back (but ridiculously overpriced) however the reviews are pure awesome

131 freetoken  Oct 24, 2014 3:15:17pm

Reading up on some climate change articles today and I now am so far into the cynical curmudgeon category that I’m starting to see Homer Simpson in the rear view mirror.

132 Dead Tired  Oct 24, 2014 3:15:23pm

I know everyone has moved on from the upper part of the thread but. ..

Is it just me or is there something slightly ironic in a person named Parker Parker going for her driver’s license?

133 Dead Tired  Oct 24, 2014 3:16:39pm

re: #131 freetoken

Reading up on some climate change articles today and I now am so far into the cynical curmudgeon category that I’m starting to see Homer Simpson in the rear view mirror.

Say what?

134 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:18:53pm

re: #125 Feline Fearless Leader

If Christie is quick he can claim that the bridge stoppages were a preemptive attempt (or a practice run) to minimize New Jerseyites getting into NYC and potentially being exposed to Ebola.
////

Well, I admitted in an earlier thread that I didn’t think voluntary “quarantines” were enough.

Health experts say that Ebola can’t be transmitted until you show symptoms—yet they really aren’t that specific about when in the course of the disease you should be considered a carrier. At least, I’m not clear on that. Dr. Spencer came back to the US on 10/17, and 6-7 days later, had a fever of 103. So, he had obviously been infected for some time if 21 days (?) is the quarantine period.

One other area not being mentioned in the press is the subject of sex, just a general avoidance of “bodily fluids”, avoiding the subject of sex altogether in listing activities. I would suspect that sexual activity could be one of the major transmitters of the disease, considering the “bodily fluids” involved in it.

135 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 3:19:43pm
136 The Ghost of a Flea (R)  Oct 24, 2014 3:20:35pm

re: #119 EmmaAnne

Thanks - I am going to check it out. I’ve read a bunch of stuff about this mess but it is still confusing.

I have noticed, though, that any discussion soon leads to the fact that Zoe Quinn is a slut and Anita Sarkeesian isn’t a real gamer. :-(

It’s not just disingenuous tribal bullshit, it’s exactly the same disingenuous tribal bullshit used by wingnuts.

The single best thing is where it’s pointed out that GG simultaneously claims that games are the way they are because of market forces, but also insists that anyone who comments on representation can’t be a consumer (ergo, is an interloper with an agenda).

Replace “consumer” with “citizen” and the whole thing sounds very, very familiar.

137 Amory Blaine  Oct 24, 2014 3:21:11pm

Ebola gloves? This seasons stocking stuffer?

138 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:22:11pm

Now meningitis quarantines a plane.

PLANE CARRYING 2-YEAR-OLD WITH MENINGITIS QUARANTINED AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT

abc7.com

(Not my caps…)

139 Amory Blaine  Oct 24, 2014 3:22:26pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

He’s very, very important.

/wretch

140 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 3:22:54pm
141 Mike Lamb  Oct 24, 2014 3:22:54pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Attentionwhoresayswhat?

142 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 3:23:24pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

‘Unreal’ is right.

143 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 3:23:34pm
144 ObserverArt  Oct 24, 2014 3:24:09pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

A major media outlet emailed Facebook about my page being disabled…it went back up in 90 seconds! Unreal. facebook.com

Breitbart?

145 Mike Lamb  Oct 24, 2014 3:24:36pm

re: #140 wrenchwitch

[Embedded content]

Right, because…you know what? Fuck it. Don’t have the energy.

146 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 3:25:05pm

One of the main treatments for Ebola is very aggressive fluid replacement because the disease causes massive fluid loss.

Think that might be why her face looks fuller (if it even does)?

147 ObserverArt  Oct 24, 2014 3:26:53pm

re: #146 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

One of the main treatments for Ebola is very aggressive fluid replacement because the disease causes massive fluid loss.

Think that might be why her face looks fuller (if it even does)?

Better yet. How did Anthony Cumia get such a fat head?

/

148 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 3:27:06pm
149 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:27:27pm

re: #147 ObserverArt

Better yet. How did Anthony Cumia get such a fat head?

/

The same way Chuckles did?

150 Vogon Poetry  Oct 24, 2014 3:27:44pm

re: #146 Charles Johnson

Aggressive hydration therapy, perhaps steroids to deal with infections?

151 Tigger2  Oct 24, 2014 3:28:01pm

I was messing with a righwing old friend of mine on FB today, I told him Obama was having the Ebola virus genetically altered to only effect Republicans.

152 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 3:28:28pm

re: #136 The Ghost of a Flea (R)

It’s not just disingenuous tribal bullshit, it’s exactly the same disingenuous tribal bullshit used by wingnuts.

The single best thing is where it’s pointed out that GG simultaneously claims that games are the way they are because of market forces, but also insists that anyone who comments on representation can’t be a consumer (ergo, is an interloper with an agenda).

Replace “consumer” with “citizen” and the whole thing sounds very, very familiar.

Agreed. Once I recognized the nearly identical patterns of ‘thought’ and rhetoric between Gamergaters and political RWNJs, it really wasn’t very confusing any more.

153 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 3:28:34pm

re: #150 Vogon Poetry

Aggressive hydration therapy, perhaps steroids to deal with infections?

Also, laying around in bed all day.

/

154 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:30:35pm

Fox doing its usual fear-mongering…

155 Belafon  Oct 24, 2014 3:30:38pm

re: #140 wrenchwitch

Yeah, in the same way as Christians. It’s so hard for them to get their games. They have to go underground and back alleys. You can’t find them anywhere.

156 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 3:31:01pm

re: #153 wrenchwitch

Also, laying around in bed all day.

/

Hey, there’s no need for a sarc tag on that. Bed rest is a great form of treatment :D

157 ObserverArt  Oct 24, 2014 3:31:50pm

Later lizards. Friday night jam session about to start. Gotta turn on all the equipment to warm it up.

Keep batting down the dumb asses…even if it seems futile at times, like at this time.

158 EmmaAnne  Oct 24, 2014 3:32:54pm

re: #110 The Ghost of a Flea (R)

If you’ve got 20 minutes, this is an excellent criticism video about the bad base assumptions inherent in GamerGate. It’s a somewhat different take than other, also valid criticisms, and I find it particularly valuable since it points out the continuity between the “extreme” behavior and the larger movement: specifically, that GG’s idea of “normal” versus “interloper.”

It starts slow and explains some ideas beforehand with a film example, but the meat—the last two-thirds—is very well executed.

Thanks for this. The part where he said that every individual in GG benefits from the fear on the part of potential opponents (of being doxed or DDSed or swarmed or whatever) even if that individual didn’t himself attack anyone is revealing. And the listing of all the unpersons (can’t remember his term) - all seven of whom are women.

159 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2014 3:33:56pm

re: #134 Justanotherhuman

Well, I admitted in an earlier thread that I didn’t think voluntary “quarantines” were enough.

Health experts say that Ebola can’t be transmitted until you show symptoms—yet they really aren’t that specific about when in the course of the disease you should be considered a carrier. At least, I’m not clear on that. Dr. Spencer came back to the US on 10/17, and 6-7 days later, had a fever of 103. So, he had obviously been infected for some time if 21 days (?) is the quarantine period.

One other area not being mentioned in the press is the subject of sex, just a general avoidance of “bodily fluids”, avoiding the subject of sex altogether in listing activities. I would suspect that sexual activity could be one of the major transmitters of the disease, considering the “bodily fluids” involved in it.

Dr. Spencer didn’t have 103 degree fever until after he arrived at the hospital. His temperature was normal up until that morning when it was a bit over 100, and he called immediately to report that.

160 Timothy Watson  Oct 24, 2014 3:34:20pm

Playing Civilization: Beyond Earth: Is there a way to get resource balloon popups? I’m having trouble scanning the map since I’m not familiar with what all the resources look like.

161 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 3:37:35pm

OK, I just read the Annie Lennox thing. It was even stupider than I expected, and from the reaction I was seeing, it had to be damn stupid.

162 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:37:55pm

re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth

Dr. Spencer didn’t have 103 degree fever until after he arrived at the hospital. His temperature was normal up until that morning when it was a bit over 100, and he called immediately to report that.

Yes, so it would have escalated pretty fast then? Seems it lies “dormant” for a period of time in the body until these symptoms start appearing?

163 A Mom Anon  Oct 24, 2014 3:39:48pm

re: #117 ObserverArt

As far as Congress goes, one of their own WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD in a public place and they didn’t bat a fucking eyelash. Instead, some of them have used her fairly sensible ideas about gun laws/rules/regulations as an excuse to bleat and bitch about how big of a stinking commie she is. And worse. All they’ve done is circle their own fucking wagons and make sure they’re safe. The rest of us can go fuck ourselves I guess.

SEVENTY FIVE school shootings since Sandy Hook. All those dead kids at schools aren’t moving the conversation, let alone the laws in a less permissive direction.

I’ve been trying to avoid the news, because to be honest, it’s like having my fucking heart broken every god damned day. I can’t take much anymore.

164 missliberties  Oct 24, 2014 3:39:48pm

re: #151 Tigger2

I was messing with a righwing old friend of mine on FB today, I told him Obama was having the Ebola virus genetically altered to only effect Republicans.

That’s brilliant.

If you don’t mind, may I use that! :)

165 Timothy Watson  Oct 24, 2014 3:40:00pm

re: #160 Timothy Watson

Playing Civilization: Beyond Earth: Is there a way to get resource balloon popups? I’m having trouble scanning the map since I’m not familiar with what all the resources look like.

Shift+R is the answer for anyone curious.

166 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 3:42:06pm
167 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:43:00pm

re: #164 missliberties

That’s brilliant.

If you don’t mind, may I use that! :)

Open that can of worms…

They’ll be all over it, if they haven’t thought of it yet. : )

168 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 3:45:17pm

Blaming and attacking the victims seems to be the red hot trend in RW conspiracy culture: the Sandy Hook parents, Bowe Bergdahl, and now the recently recovered ebola patients.
Conspiracy believers apparently respond very favorably to this. Among their other despicable attributes, these stupid people seem to be vicarious bullies, especially cowardly and vicious ones at that.

169 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:47:28pm

re: #161 wrenchwitch

OK, I just read the Annie Lennox thing. It was even stupider than I expected, and from the reaction I was seeing, it had to be damn stupid.

Contained in that is the kernel of why Black women didn’t (and generally don’t) flock to the womens movements.

170 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 24, 2014 3:47:47pm

re: #168 Shiplord Kirel

Blaming and attacking the victims seems to be the red hot trend in RW conspiracy culture: the Sandy Hook parents, Bowe Bergdahl, and now the recently recovered ebola patients.
Conspiracy believers apparently respond very favorably to this. Among their other despicable attributes, these stupid people seem to be vicarious bullies, especially cowardly and vicious ones at that.

And maybe there is something behind their paranoia… Not

171 The Ghost of a Flea (R)  Oct 24, 2014 3:48:51pm

re: #166 wrenchwitch

(H/T wehuntedthemammoth.com)

172 Tigger2  Oct 24, 2014 3:49:35pm

re: #164 missliberties

That’s brilliant.

If you don’t mind, may I use that! :)

Sure go ahead. Lets see how long it takes to get on Fox News and gets puked out of Limbaugh’s mouth.

173 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2014 3:52:37pm

re: #162 Justanotherhuman

Yes, so it would have escalated pretty fast then? Seems it lays “dormant” for a period of time in the body until these symptoms start appearing?

“escalated pretty fast” is subjective.
I have no idea of the actual timeline, not do I particularly care.
Dr. Spencer was not contagious before that morning. His fever was not near 103 degrees when he reported in.
I’m just not going to join the freakout bandwagon demanding involuntary quarantines. Mr. Duncan’s family went into quarantine and none of them ended up infected. Where will all of these mandatory quarantines take place? Are we going to reopen Ellis Island or Alcatraz?

174 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 3:54:00pm

Breathe easier, Californians…

John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., says 2-year-old girl with symptoms of meningitis transported to hospital; WestJet passengers cleared - @JohnWayneAir
see original on twitter.com
UNION STATION, LOS ANGELES, CA, US
9m
Los Angeles County Department of Health says ill man on bus is not a suspected or possible Ebola patient - @ABC7
read more on abc7.com

Meningitis isn’t that easy to contract, either. The little girl’s sibling had previously died from it, though, according to the earlier article.

175 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 3:55:00pm

Former communist asshole turned RW asshole David Horowitz holds forth on Ferguson:

Democrats Join The Ferguson Lynch Mob Right As The Case Against Officer Wilson Collapses

Freep re-post, new just now but I predict much prime freeper madness as an amusing bonus.

176 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 24, 2014 3:57:46pm

re: #168 Shiplord Kirel

Blaming and attacking the victims seems to be the red hot trend in RW conspiracy culture: the Sandy Hook parents, Bowe Bergdahl, and now the recently recovered ebola patients.
Conspiracy believers apparently respond very favorably to this. Among their other despicable attributes, these stupid people seem to be vicarious bullies, especially cowardly and vicious ones at that.

Their reaction to ISIS, Ebola, you name it and they’re afraid of it, demonstrates to me that they’re deep-dyed cowards. They want to be tough guys, but their cowardice precludes it. And that drives them mad.

177 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 3:57:58pm

Lo and behold: At least one freeper knows how to spell “martial law.”

178 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 3:59:23pm

re: #163 A Mom Anon

Hey! I’ve been hoping to catch you while I’m lurking. I’ve been saving this for you and anyone else who might be dealing with autism (or Asperger syndrome, as some here have mentioned ):

To Siri, With Love
How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri

Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri. Gus has autism, and Siri, Apple’s “intelligent personal assistant” on the iPhone, is currently his BFF. Obsessed with weather formations, Gus had spent the hour parsing the difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms — an hour in which, thank God, I didn’t have to discuss them. After a while I heard this:

Gus: “You’re a really nice computer.”

Siri: “It’s nice to be appreciated.”

Gus: “You are always asking if you can help me. Is there anything you want?”

Siri: “Thank you, but I have very few wants.”

Gus: “O.K.! Well, good night!”

Siri: “Ah, it’s 5:06 p.m.”

Gus: “Oh sorry, I mean, goodbye.”

Siri: “See you later!”

[…]

nytimes.com

179 dog philosopher  Oct 24, 2014 3:59:55pm

re: #177 Shiplord Kirel

Lo and behold: At least one freeper knows how to spell “martial law.”

dint jimmy hendrix used to play through a martial amp?

180 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 4:01:18pm

re: #140 wrenchwitch

#gamergate “gamers are the most discriminated group in america right now.” who’s going to tell him about ferguson?
5:08 PM - 24 Oct 2014

Is that the new first-person shooter?

181 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 4:01:44pm

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

“escalated pretty fast” is subjective.
I have no idea of the actual timeline, not do I particularly care.
Dr. Spencer was not contagious before that morning. His fever was not near 103 degrees when he reported in.
I’m just not going to join the freakout bandwagon demanding involuntary quarantines. Mr. Duncan’s family went into quarantine and none of them ended up infected. Where will all of these mandatory quarantines take place? Are we going to reopen Ellis Island or Alcatraz?

I’m just trying to understand how Ebola develops in the human body and how “contagious” someone is during the process, that’s all.

I suppose a lot depends on how “intimate” the contact is with the afflicted person. Just being around someone with Ebola would not be enough, I would think, and from what I’ve read earlier, the virus dies on dry surfaces—it has to have some kind of medium in which to thrive. Don’t know if that’s an absolute or not, but it makes sense.

Health pros who handle bodily fluids of an infected person would seem to be “easy targets” if they had any skin exposure whatsoever to those fluids.

182 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 4:03:40pm

re: #171 The Ghost of a Flea (R)

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(H/T wehuntedthemammoth.com)

183 jaunte  Oct 24, 2014 4:04:33pm

Russia Today, right on top of the latest outrage.

184 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 4:04:34pm

“We got him.”

Placer County, Calif., deputy says suspect in custody after deputy fatally shot, 2 deputies and 1 motorist injuried - @MojganCBS13
end of alert

185 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 24, 2014 4:05:35pm

re: #179 dog philosopher

dint jimmy hendrix used to play through a martial amp?

Yes, yes he did. He used to play it so loud that the Martials made him turn it down.

186 A Mom Anon  Oct 24, 2014 4:05:43pm

re: #178 CuriousLurker

I read that this morning, it’s actually very sweet. He’s learning social skills from Siri, lol. Assistive technology is a godsend for a lot of people on the spectrum. Finding a balance is difficult though. Thanks for thinking of me, it’s been a real shit show of a week here. I’m like “this far” from looking for places to hide some bodies.

187 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 4:08:06pm

re: #186 A Mom Anon

I read that this morning, it’s actually very sweet. He’s learning social skills from Siri, lol. Assistive technology is a godsend for a lot of people on the spectrum. Finding a balance is difficult though. Thanks for thinking of me, it’s been a real shit show of a week here. I’m like “this far” from looking for places to hide some bodies.

Heh, is it wrong that I really enjoy your rants? ;-)

188 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 4:09:12pm

re: #180 Decatur Deb

Is that the new first-person shooter?

It’s the new blah person shooter, yes. //////

189 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 24, 2014 4:11:49pm

re: #186 A Mom Anon

If memory serves, you and I have commiserated regarding raising an autistic child. So have a hug from someone who’s walking ahead of you.

190 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 4:13:32pm

re: #183 jaunte

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Russia Today, right on top of the latest outrage.

Russia Today is the WND for the cool kids.

191 Romantic Heretic  Oct 24, 2014 4:13:39pm

re: #80 Justanotherhuman

Another shitty day in America…

Fucking depressing as hell.

These shooters aren’t content to just take themselves out; they project their misery onto others in a hopeless fit of selfishness.

Our society encourages selfishness, so this sort of thing doesn’t surprise me.

192 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 4:15:15pm

re: #186 A Mom Anon

I read that this morning, it’s actually very sweet. He’s learning social skills from Siri, lol. Assistive technology is a godsend for a lot of people on the spectrum. Finding a balance is difficult though. Thanks for thinking of me, it’s been a real shit show of a week here. I’m like “this far” from looking for places to hide some bodies.

Hoping you get the break of stress free fun that you deserve soon AMA

193 Bubblehead II  Oct 24, 2014 4:15:38pm

Afternoon Lizards. Late to the thread. Has Chucky chimed in on this? Or did dimjim scoop him on this non story and left him flat footed?

194 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 4:15:39pm

Wut?

Police called to Charlotte, NC, airport to meet US Airways flight from Dallas, airline says - @theobserver
read more on charlotteobserver.com

195 A Mom Anon  Oct 24, 2014 4:17:31pm

re: #187 CuriousLurker

LOL, my bullshit tolerance level is at its absolute maximum. One. More. Thing….heh.

196 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 4:17:41pm

re: #178 CuriousLurker

I love the story, but this line shows why I don’t read the NYT so much:
“But the companionability of Siri is not limited to those who have trouble communicating. We’ve all found ourselves like the writer Emily Listfield, having little conversations with her/him at one time or another.”

No, no we all haven’t. I don’t use Siri at all on my phone. But I don’t live in Manhattan.

197 Tigger2  Oct 24, 2014 4:18:03pm

re: #194 Justanotherhuman

Wut?

Police called to Charlotte, NC, airport to meet US Airways flight from Dallas, airline says - @theobserver
read more on charlotteobserver.com

Someone probable coughed on the plain. ////

198 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 4:18:18pm
199 Skip Intro  Oct 24, 2014 4:19:32pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

The real question is what’s right with him.

200 A Mom Anon  Oct 24, 2014 4:20:31pm

re: #189 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Thank you. The No Longer A Teenager will be 21 in the spring. Lordy, that’s terrifying. He’s not the problem, I wish he was, hell, I can deal with that. Other so called “adults” on the other hand? Oh. My. *&!~$*

201 Bubblehead II  Oct 24, 2014 4:20:57pm

re: #199 Skip Intro

The real question is what’s right with him.

Nothing. And he owns a gun.

202 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2014 4:21:02pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

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And he’s off and running with the story at gotnonews, complete with photos he found on the internet and put his watermark on.

clueless asshat.

203 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 4:22:06pm

re: #182 wrenchwitch

Oh yeah, I have something for you too! The guy in the video below telling the story of how the raven brought light to the world is Gene Tagaban, an Alaska Tlingit native storyteller. He also dances with a really cool raven costume. ;-)

Youtube Video

204 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 4:24:47pm

re: #196 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

I love the story, but this line shows why I don’t read the NYT so much:
“But the companionability of Siri is not limited to those who have trouble communicating. We’ve all found ourselves like the writer Emily Listfield, having little conversations with her/him at one time or another.”

No, no we all haven’t. I don’t use Siri at all on my phone. But I don’t live in Manhattan.

Heh, I have a 5th gen iPod and I don’t use it either.

205 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 4:26:03pm

Hopefully, his victory will be short-lived when he’s beaten by Travis Childers, who he refuses to debate, saying voters know “all about me”.

Sen. Thad Chochran, R-Miss., campaign says state Supreme Court ruling ‘brings an end to the challenge of the primary runoff election and reconfirms the voters’ choice of Thad Cochran as the Republican nominee for US Senate’ - statement
end of alert

206 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 4:26:08pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

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Unfreaking believable, what an unhuman bastard

207 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 4:28:29pm

For those interested in GamerGate: Felicia Day And Gamergate: This Is What Happens Now (Kotaku)

208 prairiefire  Oct 24, 2014 4:31:05pm

Feigning indifference about the ball game tonight.

209 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 4:33:24pm

re: #197 Tigger2

Or had a beard and started praying. Orthodox Jewish men have given airline passengers & crews a fright more than once: google.com *smh*

210 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 4:33:41pm

Hey, how do I share a Tweet I made?

211 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 4:36:20pm

re: #210 The War TARDIS

Hey, how do I share a Tweet I made?

I believe you copy the embed code and paste into the comments.

212 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 24, 2014 4:36:28pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

And now he’s an expert on another subject. Gosh, it’s getting hard to name anything about which he knows exactly zed point dick.

213 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 4:38:41pm

re: #210 The War TARDIS

Click on the timestamp next to your Twitter handle, then copy the URL, or just hover your mouse over the timestamp, then right-click and choose “Copy Link Location” (or whatever similar wording your browser uses). Once you’ve copied it, just paste the URL into your comment and LGF take care of the rest.

214 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 4:38:42pm

re: #203 CuriousLurker

Oh yeah, I have something for you too! The guy in the video below telling the story of how the raven brought light to the world is Gene Tagaban, an Alaska Tlingit native storyteller. He also dances with a really cool raven costume. ;-)

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Video

Thank you! And thanks for the hijabi cyclist made of words!

215 De Kolta Chair  Oct 24, 2014 4:39:00pm

re: #183 jaunte

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Russia Today, right on top of the latest outrage.


Youth Don White Gloves for Putin — Headline in The Moscow Times, Dec. 23, 2011

216 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 4:40:23pm

Placer County, Calif., sheriff’s department says 2nd deputy has died after shootings; 1 deputy and 1 civilian injured - @kylebuis
see original on twitter.com

So much carnage today…

217 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 4:40:59pm

I put two and two together, and got a hope for what happens to CCJ. :)

It is not taking my link.

218 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 4:42:07pm

Welp, I’m back from my company rah rah event at the go cart racing place.

My dog, it was soooooooooo not up my alley.

219 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 4:42:35pm

On the #Gamergate tip: if there are “moderate” GGers, they should do like moderates in other movements do and form their own offshoot group and distance themselves the hell away from the assholes who are doxxing and threatening all those who disagree with them.

220 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 4:44:11pm

re: #214 wrenchwitch

Thank you! And thanks for the hijabi cyclist made of words!

You’re welcome! Which reminds me that I also found a very nice calligraphy hoopoe.

221 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 4:44:31pm

re: #217 The War TARDIS

Fixed it, I think.

222 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 4:45:06pm

re: #218 Stanley Seabola

Welp, I’m back from my company rah rah event at the go cart racing place.

My dog, it was soooooooooo not up my alley.

Reminds me of being in Wallyworld yesterday around 8 am (for a walk around the store) and heard the sissboombah of the depts morning meeting and the company cheer.

Sounded rather like—never mind.

223 TedStriker  Oct 24, 2014 4:45:15pm

re: #218 Stanley Seabola

Welp, I’m back from my company rah rah event at the go cart racing place.

My dog, it was soooooooooo not up my alley.

Go carts? How can anyone not like go carts? What’s wrong with you?

///

224 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 4:45:47pm

re: #222 Justanotherhuman

Reminds me of being in Wallyworld yesterday around 8 am (for a walk around the store) and heard the sissboombah of the depts morning meeting and the company cheer.

Sounded rather like—never mind.

The young guys of the company had a blast.

225 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 4:46:41pm

re: #220 CuriousLurker

You’re welcome! Which reminds me that I also found a very nice calligraphy hoopoe.

Someday I want to learn to read Arabic.

226 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 4:47:43pm

I have a sudden need for Oreos.

227 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 4:51:47pm

re: #221 The War TARDIS

Fixed it, I think.

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Wonder if that guy jumped bail and flew to Charlotte today (see tweet above about police called to airport for a flight from Dallas).

228 Aunty Entity Dragon  Oct 24, 2014 4:51:47pm

re: #122 Shiplord Kirel

…it could yet happen in Ferguson if things come completely unglued and law enforcement cannot or will not control the kooks

I would take that to mean the kooks within their own ranks, given the numerous documented accounts of LE officers threatening summary execution of credentialed news reporters, physical assault and harrasment of protesters, pedestrians and news reporters and overall menacing behavior towards the public in the greater St Louis metro area.
.

229 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 4:52:00pm

re: #218 Stanley Seabola

Welp, I’m back from my company rah rah event at the go cart racing place.

My dog, it was soooooooooo not up my alley.

Years ago I had one of those. My arms ached for days afterward because of the death grip I had on the steering wheel.

230 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 4:53:23pm

And on the MRA front: Men’s Rights Idiots Impersonating Domestic Violence Prevention Group
A sample:

That’s pretty much the direct opposite of A Voice for Men and its founder Paul Elam, who, as Filipovic points out, has written about one prominent feminist scholar, “I find you, as a feminist, to be a loathsome, vile piece of human garbage. I find you so pernicious and repugnant that the idea of fucking your shit up gives me an erection.” Elam has also made a career of sorts out of claiming that men are victims of domestic violence as often as women. (No.) On his new copycat White Ribbon site, he also claims that the only difference between male and female perpetrators of domestic violence is that he has “found significantly less remorse in women.”

He seems nice! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

231 HappyWarrior  Oct 24, 2014 4:54:22pm

re: #230 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

And on the MRA front: Men’s Rights Idiots Impersonating Domestic Violence Prevention Group
A sample:

He seems nice! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Sounds like a perfectly reasonable individual. Man MRA’s are the worst. They really are.

232 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 4:54:32pm

re: #219 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

On the #Gamergate tip: if there are “moderate” GGers, they should do like moderates in other movements do and form their own offshoot group and distance themselves the hell away from the assholes who are doxxing and threatening all those who disagree with them.

Frequently this doesn’t happen because said moderates perceive political benefits for themselves in the silencing of critics by GG extremists. Meanwhile, they can pretend to be innocent because they themselves haven’t directly performed extreme actions.

233 prairiefire  Oct 24, 2014 4:54:34pm

re: #218 Stanley Seabola

Welp, I’m back from my company rah rah event at the go cart racing place.

My dog, it was soooooooooo not up my alley.

OMG, i love them so much. last time I drove a go cart, my lips dried out on my teeth cause I was smiling so big as I was zooming around.

234 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 4:55:25pm

re: #225 wrenchwitch

Someday I want to learn to read Arabic.

There used to be this young American kid that was a taxi driver back in TX. We called him Forrest Gump becuase, well, he looked a lot like him and was very innocent and friendly. Anyway, I was practicing writing my Farsi & Arabic one day and he came up and remarked that is must be really difficult to learn because “It’s just meaningless squiggles all over the paper—how can you even learn to make that into words??”

I had to laugh and remind him that ALL alphabets are just meaningless squiggles until your brain learns becomes so familiar with them that they’re almost instantaneously associated with certain sounds. He was utterly thunderstruck; apparently that had never occurred to him before. LOL

235 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 4:55:53pm

re: #223 TedStriker

Go carts? How can anyone not like go carts? What’s wrong with you?

///

If you’re over 40, over 200 pounds or over 6’ there’s not a lot of fun there

236 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 4:56:25pm

re: #233 prairiefire

OMG, i love them so much. last time I drove a go cart, my lips dried out on my teeth cause I was smiling so big as I was zooming around.

I would love to run a mini-sprint car around an oval, but I think my smile might turn me into The Joker. :D

237 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 4:56:53pm

re: #228 Aunty Entity Dragon

I would take that to mean the kooks within their own ranks, given the numerous documented accounts of LE officers threatening summary execution of credentialed news reporters, physical assault and harrasment of protesters, pedestrians and news reporters and overall menacing behavior towards the public in the greater St Louis metro area.
.

Deckard: I was quit when I come in here, Bryant, I’m twice as quit now.
Bryant: Stop right where you are! You know the score, pal. You’re not cop, you’re little people!
Deckard: No choice, huh?
Bryant: No choice, pal.

238 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 4:57:24pm

re: #223 TedStriker

Go carts? How can anyone not like go carts? What’s wrong with you?

///

I’m an unapologetic spa type of girl.

239 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 4:57:35pm

re: #231 HappyWarrior

Sounds like a perfectly reasonable individual. Man MRA’s are the worst. They really are.

I briefly flirted with the MRA thing after I got divorced and my ex was being particularly nasty. Fortunately, the process of getting divorced matured me enough to realize that those were the attitudes that led to her leaving in the first place.

240 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 4:59:08pm

Gah the news today. Catching up.

241 Bubblehead II  Oct 24, 2014 5:00:02pm

WTF!.

Chuck has really lost his mind.

242 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:00:21pm

re: #238 Stanley Seabola

I’m an unapologetic spa type of girl.

Why do we need to do rah rah events at work anyway? I just want to come to work, do my job, collect my check, and go home. If I wanted to spend time with those people I’ll do it on my own time.

\\grouchy misanthrope

243 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:00:31pm

re: #240 Stanley Seabola

Gah the news today. Catching up.

You might not want to…

244 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 5:00:48pm

re: #234 CuriousLurker

I stuggle so hard to learn other languages.

The only reason I passed Italian (after I had to withdraw from Arabic), was because I was going to the teacher for help everyday for an hour, and was visibly becoming exasperated and depressed.

I hate me sometimes. :( Ok, I hate me as much as the Doctor hates himself.

245 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 5:01:16pm
246 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:02:26pm

re: #242 PT Barnum

Why do we need to do rah rah events at work anyway? I just want to come to work, do my job, collect my check, and go home. If I wanted to spend time with those people I’ll do it on my own time.

\grouchy misanthrope

Because it justifies their stupidly large paychecks. Go team! :P

247 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:03:09pm

re: #246 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

Because it justifies their stupidly large paychecks. Go team! :P

Give me their stupidly large paycheck or portion thereof and I’ll be all sorts of rah rah

248 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:03:26pm

re: #241 Bubblehead II

re: #245 Charles Johnson

I see UpChuck is getting his gin on early tonight. He’s in Cali, isn’t he?

249 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:03:48pm

Oops, double post - browser froze.

250 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:05:35pm

re: #247 PT Barnum

Give me their stupidly large paycheck or portion thereof and I’ll be all sorts of rah rah

But then they wouldn’t be their stupidly large paychecks, would they?. See how that works? You thrive on rah rah events and achievement certificates. They thrive on money and stock options.

(gad that’s depressing to type)

251 CuriousLurker  Oct 24, 2014 5:06:10pm

Alrighty, earlier this week I bought Monsters University and Despicable Me from iTunes, so I’m gonna make a cuppa Joe and go curl up and watch them. I could use the laughs after all the crap that’s gone on this week.

Later, lizards.

P.S. You never know when I’ll be lurking, so no talking smack about me, m’kay? // LOL

252 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:06:35pm

It’s been quite some time since I’ve been on with any regularity….we lose anybody since Walter? (I think that was the last flounce I knew of)

253 KingKenrod  Oct 24, 2014 5:07:01pm

re: #230 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

And on the MRA front: Men’s Rights Idiots Impersonating Domestic Violence Prevention Group
A sample:

He seems nice! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Paul Elam and Chuck Johnson are Twitter buds.

254 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:07:15pm

re: #252 PT Barnum

It’s been quite some time since I’ve been on with any regularity….we lose anybody since Walter? (I think that was the last flounce I knew of)

Were you around when Killgore Trout flounced?

255 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 5:07:25pm

re: #234 CuriousLurker

There used to be this young American kid that was a taxi driver back in TX. We called him Forrest Gump becuase, well, he looked a lot like him and was very innocent and friendly. Anyway, I was practicing writing my Farsi & Arabic one day and he came up and remarked that is must be really difficult to learn because “It’s just meaningless squiggles all over the paper—how can you even learn to make that into words??”

I had to laugh and remind him that ALL alphabets are just meaningless squiggles until your brain learns becomes so familiar with them that they’re almost instantaneously associated with certain sounds. He was utterly thunderstruck; apparently that had never occurred to him before. LOL

Yes, it looks very intimidating! : ) But I learned the Greek alphabet before I went to Greece and was surprised at how much sense the squiggles made. So I think I could do it!

256 bratwurst  Oct 24, 2014 5:07:25pm

re: #252 PT Barnum

It’s been quite some time since I’ve been on with any regularity….we lose anybody since Walter? (I think that was the last flounce I knew of)

Whoa…you HAVEN’T been around much!

257 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 5:07:36pm

re: #251 CuriousLurker

CL!

SO DISTURBING.

258 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 5:08:36pm

re: #252 PT Barnum

It’s been quite some time since I’ve been on with any regularity….we lose anybody since Walter? (I think that was the last flounce I knew of)

You may have missed the flame-out of LVQ.

259 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:08:46pm

re: #242 PT Barnum

Why do we need to do rah rah events at work anyway? I just want to come to work, do my job, collect my check, and go home. If I wanted to spend time with those people I’ll do it on my own time.

\grouchy misanthrope

The only company event I ever really enjoyed was a mini- “survival” course held at the fire training facility in Charlotte while working for Barclays. We rapelled down a 3 story bldg, flew out on a guy wire, climbed, etc. Cured me of my fear of heights somewhat. I was already in my 40s, about the only decade in which I was very athletic and fit , which helped, and was glad I signed up for it. I’d do it again, too. : )

260 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:08:54pm

Anybody got plans for Halloween? I’m going as a Republican. I’m going to take all the candy from the kids that show up and tell them it’s because the kids across the street are threatening to take it from them. Then I’ll stay home and gorge myself and watch the riots.

261 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 5:11:00pm
262 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:11:02pm

re: #252 PT Barnum

It’s been quite some time since I’ve been on with any regularity….we lose anybody since Walter? (I think that was the last flounce I knew of)

We’ve lost a few good Lizards through RL erosion. SFZ, CCA, a couple others.

263 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 5:11:11pm

re: #253 KingKenrod

What a surprise. Not.

One of the functions the MRA lunatics serve is to make the completely anti-women policies of the GOP seem ‘reasonable’ by comparison. This facilitates magical balance fairy nonsense from a largely lazy and corrupt main stream media.

264 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:11:48pm

re: #258 EPR-radar

LVQ left? Wow. I was kind of expecting Kilgore, as he was getting a bit loopy at the last, but I don’t think I saw LVQ make the final dismount.

I’ve been busy with work, being sick for 6 months with an auto-immune thing a SkyRim addiction that took time to kick, and then rediscovering D&D and starting to write adventures again.

265 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:12:45pm

re: #264 PT Barnum

LVQ left? Wow. I was kind of expecting Kilgore, as he was getting a bit loopy at the last, but I don’t think I saw LVQ make the final dismount.

I’ve been busy with work, being sick for 6 months with an auto-immune thing a SkyRim addiction that took time to kick, and then rediscovering D&D and starting to write adventures again.

Back just in time for the 2014 election and 2016 campaign—good timing.

266 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:13:26pm

re: #262 Decatur Deb

We’ve lost a few good Lizards through RL erosion. SFZ, CCA, a couple others.

CCA? doesn’t ring a bell, though it probably will once you spell it out.

267 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 5:13:42pm

re: #260 PT Barnum

Anybody got plans for Halloween? I’m going as a Republican. I’m going to take all the candy from the kids that show up and tell them it’s because the kids across the street are threatening to take it from them. Then I’ll stay home and gorge myself and watch the riots.

Splendid idea. Will you have moats with sharks (+ lasers) on the property to show the little panhandlers who is really in charge? A machine gun pillbox would also help with this Republican rebranding effort.

268 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:14:44pm

re: #265 Decatur Deb

Back just in time for the 2014 election and 2016 campaign—good timing.

Yeah..been following the Senate race and 4th District race here in Iowa. Hoping that we’ll lose King and get Braley, but my fear is we’ll end up with Ernst and King and have one more reason to be ashamed to be from here.

269 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 5:14:52pm

re: #252 PT Barnum

Killgore for one.

SFZ hasn’t been seen in a long time, and Obdicut, has migraines. :’(

270 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:14:58pm

re: #266 PT Barnum

CCA? doesn’t ring a bell, though it probably will once you spell it out.

Cannadian Club Akbar (sic), one of the East Coast morning crowd. Kept us up on Florida Man.

271 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 5:15:46pm

re: #264 PT Barnum

LVQ left? Wow. I was kind of expecting Kilgore, as he was getting a bit loopy at the last, but I don’t think I saw LVQ make the final dismount.

I’ve been busy with work, being sick for 6 months with an auto-immune thing a SkyRim addiction that took time to kick, and then rediscovering D&D and starting to write adventures again.

LVQ indulged in his habit of turning the abrasiveness up to 12 against fellow commenters for no good reason once too often. It was over the burning political issue of weight loss, hard as that may be to believe.

272 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:15:50pm

re: #267 EPR-radar

Splendid idea. Will you have moats with sharks (+ lasers) on the property to show the little panhandlers who is really in charge? A machine gun pillbox would also help with this Republican rebranding effort.

I was thinking more along the lines of signs that say “You know if you were better at getting candy you wouldn’t have these problems” right over the tar pits and spike traps.

273 Floral Giraffe  Oct 24, 2014 5:17:09pm

re: #251 CuriousLurker

Just WRONG.

274 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:17:19pm

re: #270 Decatur Deb

Cannadian Club Akbar (sic), one of the East Coast morning crowd. Kept us up on Florida Man.

He used to post some awesome photos of the sunrise didn’t he?

275 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:18:11pm

re: #260 PT Barnum

Anybody got plans for Halloween? I’m going as a Republican. I’m going to take all the candy from the kids that show up and tell them it’s because the kids across the street are threatening to take it from them. Then I’ll stay home and gorge myself and watch the riots.

Plans centered around my 4 yr old great grandson who will wear the Spiderman costume his grandma boughthim to his Pre-K class and they’ll trip around trick or treating. At 1 I have to show up with the pizzas for the partay. That will be his real intro to Halloween shenanigans. I doubt after all the party junk he’ll feel like doing anything else. : )

Around here, kids don’t generally go door to door anymore and the churches hold their own little to-dos. We don’t do church, though I did a bit of decorating of our patio entrance.

276 Floral Giraffe  Oct 24, 2014 5:19:02pm

I don’t own the site, but I fucking hate the discussions of Lizards, who, for, whatever reasons, aren’t here anymore. It makes me crabbier than usual.

277 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:19:21pm

re: #271 EPR-radar

LVQ indulged in his habit of turning the abrasiveness up to 12 against fellow commenters for no good reason once too often. It was over the burning political issue of weight loss, hard as that may be to believe.

I lost 50 pounds earlier this year on a combination of Topamax, really bad reaction to antibiotics (caused liver problems) and generalized inflammation I’m just now starting to recover from. I don’t recommend anything other than the Topamax. That worked really well, though it makes everything carbonated taste really awful.

278 Skip Intro  Oct 24, 2014 5:19:54pm

About to turn on the World Series of Commercials to see if the jerk with the orange Marlins jersey scored a seat behind home plate like he did in KC.

279 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:20:09pm

re: #274 PT Barnum

He used to post some awesome photos of the sunrise didn’t he?

Could be. He worked a series of cook jobs in Florida diners, (great perspectives). I think he got a good job that required a move and long hours.

280 Vogon Poetry  Oct 24, 2014 5:20:33pm

re: #245 Charles Johnson

What an amazing asshat he is.

So, he’s now pushing baseless rumors and smears about DWB/MSF.

They’ve been fighting the Ebola outbreak with next to no outside support and they were ahead of the WHO warning that the outbreak was spiraling out of control because they couldn’t get enough resources to stop it. The WHO downplayed their warnings. And the consequences have been dire.

And more than 400 of MSF/DWB health workers have been sickened or died b/c of their attempts to care for other stricken patients under the worst conditions imaginable.

Here in the US, if you get sick with Ebola, you’ll likely end up in a Level 1 trauma center facility with an isolation ward with negative air pressure and HEPA filters with UV protection for air handling, strict PPE protocols, and stringent controls and access to pretty much any medicine known or considered.

In Africa, in the heart of the outbreak, you might have one kind of heart medicine, aspirin, and other basics - all in short supply. They’re short on everything.

281 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:20:35pm

re: #276 Floral Giraffe

I don’t own the site, but I fucking hate the discussions of Lizards, who, for, whatever reasons, aren’t here anymore. It makes me crabbier than usual.

Sorry FG..Being an infrequent visitor as of late, i’m just trying to catch up.

282 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:21:08pm

re: #277 PT Barnum

I lost 50 pounds earlier this year on a combination of Topamax, really bad reaction to antibiotics (caused liver problems) and generalized inflammation I’m just now starting to recover from. I don’t recommend anything other than the Topamax. That worked really well, though it makes everything carbonated taste really awful.

Latest health headline I saw the other day on teh TV: Sodas can take 4.8 yrs off your life.

Fact. ////

283 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 5:22:35pm

re: #274 PT Barnum

He used to post some awesome photos of the sunrise didn’t he?

Florida.

284 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:22:46pm

re: #282 Justanotherhuman

Latest health headline I saw the other day on teh TV: Sodas can take 4.8 yrs off your life.

Fact. ////

Getting out of bed can take years off your life. I’ve come to the point where I believe it’s just a race to the end, the only thing that keeps us going any faster is the view of all the things we leave behind in the rear view mirror.

285 bill d  Oct 24, 2014 5:23:25pm

re: #276 Floral Giraffe

I don’t own the site, but I fucking hate the discussions of Lizards, who, for, whatever reasons, aren’t here anymore. It makes me crabbier than usual.

Seems they all left around the time I showed up and I am sure that that is just the strangest of coincidences.

//

286 Floral Giraffe  Oct 24, 2014 5:23:37pm

re: #281 PT Barnum

“S OK. Missed you!

287 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:24:13pm

re: #282 Justanotherhuman

Latest health headline I saw the other day on teh TV: Sodas can take 4.8 yrs off your life.

Fact. ////

Thank god, else I’d be 75.

288 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:24:13pm

Arrrggghhh!

Ottawa gunman once complained Vancouver mosque he attended was too liberal and inclusive, Muslim leaders say - @AP
read more on bigstory.ap.org

289 Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2014 5:24:32pm

re: #280 Vogon Poetry

He’s really an evil bastard. He seems to have no limits to what kind of despicable things he’ll say.

This is where all the right wing rhetoric has been leading — to hateful monsters like Chuck C. Johnson. When people like Podhoretz and other establishment conservatives act all shocked at his fucked up comments, I just laugh. What did they think was going to happen?

They’ve been building this insane asylum for many years. It’s on them. This is what they wanted — demagogues with no boundaries at all.

290 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 5:25:14pm

These young people are doing some WORK in Ferguson. They are hope for the future of change. I sent a little.

291 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 5:25:27pm

re: #277 PT Barnum

I lost 50 pounds earlier this year on a combination of Topamax, really bad reaction to antibiotics (caused liver problems) and generalized inflammation I’m just now starting to recover from. I don’t recommend anything other than the Topamax. That worked really well, though it makes everything carbonated taste really awful.

{{{PT}}} I’m glad you’re on the mend!

292 Skip Intro  Oct 24, 2014 5:25:37pm

re: #278 Skip Intro

Son of a bitch. There he is. Thank Dog the Giants fans are wearing orange too so it’s easier to blank him out.

How much does it cost to get home plate seats for all the World Series games in two cities anyway?

293 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:26:11pm

re: #287 Decatur Deb

Thank god, else I’d be 75.

Hush. I’ll be 74 in Feb. Feel 54.

And still have a Coke Zero maybe once a week. Maybe every other week. : )

294 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:26:11pm

re: #289 Charles Johnson

He’s really an evil bastard. He seems to have no limits to what kind of despicable things he’ll say.

This is where all the right wing rhetoric has been leading — to hateful monsters like Chuck C. Johnson. When people like Podhoretz and other establishment conservatives act all shocked at his fucked up comments, I just laugh. What did they think was going to happen?

They’ve been building this insane asylum for many years. It’s on them. This is what they wanted — demagogues with no boundaries at all.

CCJ is the pure distillate of the RW. If they don’t think so, they need only say it.

295 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 5:26:26pm

re: #288 Justanotherhuman

Because of course he did.

I hope he likes Hell.

296 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 5:27:34pm

re: #287 Decatur Deb

Is your Eyebola depressurized?

297 bratwurst  Oct 24, 2014 5:29:04pm

re: #292 Skip Intro

How much does it cost to get home plate seats for all the World Series games in two cities anyway?

He was reported to have paid $8000 per night in KC. The club offered him all kinds of incentives to change his outerwear. Failing that they OFFERED HIM HIS OWN SUITE. He refused and spent most of Wednesday’s game talking on his phone.

298 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 5:29:36pm

re: #294 Decatur Deb

CCJ is the pure distillate of the RW. If they don’t think so, they need only say it.

I still wonder when CCJ or a functionally equivalent little monster will first get the GOP nomination for POTUS. 2024 seems to be a reasonable guess.

299 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:29:37pm

re: #295 The War TARDIS

Because of course he did.

I hope he likes Hell.

Well, if I were religious I’d agree.

I just think he doesn’t exist anymore.

300 Skip Intro  Oct 24, 2014 5:29:37pm

re: #294 Decatur Deb

CCJ is the pure distillate of the RW. If they don’t think so, they need only say it.

I’ve noticed he still gets invited to speak to GOP women’s groups. The GOP just loves the evil little sociopath.

301 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:29:47pm

re: #296 wrenchwitch

Is your Eyebola depressurized?

Not yet. The followup pressure was the same, but iDoc says that’s not uncommon. Typing with one eye—the other will be jacked until it settles and I get glasses to match the new lens.

Plan B—I get an eye patch and a fuckn’ parrot.

302 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 5:30:33pm

Freeper madness:
Freepers are belly-aching because Parlamentary Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers apparently used a 15 shot S&W pistol, a weapon prohibited for civilians in Canada, to stop a crazed gunman a couple of days ago.
It matters not at all to them that Mr. Vickers is a retired officer of the RCMP with many years of training and demonstrated proficiency , that he is still a law enforcement officer, and that he has perhaps the most important such posting in the country.
They are probably apoplectic that the Canadian army has tanks, artillery, and even automatic rifles when these are similarly denied to civilians.

303 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 5:31:26pm

re: #301 Decatur Deb

Not yet. The followup pressure was the same, but iDoc says that’s not uncommon. Typing with one eye—the other will be jacked until it settles and I get glasses to math the new lens.

Plan B—I get an eye patch and a fuckn’ parrot.

Prehensile eyeball? Cooooooollll…

304 Skip Intro  Oct 24, 2014 5:31:49pm

re: #297 bratwurst

I’d have thought it was more than that. SRO was going for $1000 on StubHub.

It was distracting watching him spin his visor around his head. Anyone over 20 who wears a cap, visor sideways just looks like a moron.

305 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:32:03pm

re: #293 Justanotherhuman

Hush. I’ll be 74 in Feb. Feel 54.

And still have a Coke Zero maybe once a week. Maybe every other week. : )

I gave up soda altogether though I drink a lot of Crystal Light, but I’ve gone from two or three 2 liters of Mt. Dew per day to 2 or 3 packets of Crystal Light which is a lot less aspertame and caffeine both and a hell of a lot cheaper.

306 Skip Intro  Oct 24, 2014 5:33:26pm

re: #298 EPR-radar

I still wonder when CCJ or a functionally equivalent little monster will first get the GOP nomination for POTUS. 2024 seems to be a reasonable guess.

When will some GOPer invite him to be their guest at the SOTU? Before 2016?

307 prairiefire  Oct 24, 2014 5:33:50pm

re: #305 PT Barnum

Good grief, that’s a lot of Dew! How did you do with caffeine withdrawal?

308 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:34:29pm

re: #306 Skip Intro

When will some GOPer invite him to be their guest at the SOTU? Before 2016?

No stretch to see him featured at CPAC.

309 Franklin  Oct 24, 2014 5:34:47pm

Took my Brown Ale recipe and tweaked it for a Pumpkin Ale. Northern English Nut Brown Pumpkin Ale to be more specific.

Couldn’t find any quality sugar pumpkins on short notice, went with Libby’s canned pumpkin. Brewing now, house smells great!

310 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 24, 2014 5:36:53pm

re: #304 Skip Intro

I’d have thought it was more than that. SRO was going for $1000 on StubHub.

It was distracting watching him spin his visor around his head. Anyone over 20 who wears a cap, visor sideways just looks like a moron.

Now why isn’t Chuckie doxing this guy so that people can email him and tell him that the Marlins aren’t playing and thus his jersey preference makes him look like an idiot?
//

311 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:36:58pm

re: #301 Decatur Deb

Not yet. The followup pressure was the same, but iDoc says that’s not uncommon. Typing with one eye—the other will be jacked until it settles and I get glasses to math the new lens.

Plan B—I get an eye patch and a fuckn’ parrot.

Make sure when you walk around you wear a beret. Then when somebody asks you where got the parrot you can teach the parrot to say “France! They got a million of em there”

312 Cheechako  Oct 24, 2014 5:37:28pm

re: #293 Justanotherhuman

Hush. I’ll be 74 in Feb. Feel 54.

And still have a Coke Zero maybe once a week. Maybe every other week. : )

Wow…there’s enough septuagenarians on LGF that we could have our own private wing at the older folks home!!

313 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:37:35pm

re: #305 PT Barnum

I gave up soda altogether though I drink a lot of Crystal Light, but I’ve gone from two or three 2 liters of Mt. Dew per day to 2 or 3 packets of Crystal Light which is a lot less aspertame and caffeine both and a hell of a lot cheaper.

I usually just drink black coffee or bottled water; no alcohol unless it’s a celebratory glass of wine, say at xmas, not often. A Coke Zero even once a week is only about 2 oz a day. I have a great liver and other internals. So far. : )

314 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:38:11pm

re: #305 PT Barnum

I gave up soda altogether though I drink a lot of Crystal Light, but I’ve gone from two or three 2 liters of Mt. Dew per day to 2 or 3 packets of Crystal Light which is a lot less aspertame and caffeine both and a hell of a lot cheaper.

re: #307 prairiefire

Good grief, that’s a lot of Dew! How did you do with caffeine withdrawal?

Does a Sodastseam avoid the health issues? I’m guessing it eliminates the sodium and sweeteners. We’ve been doing a lot of 50/50 fizzie and orange or grapefruit juice. (Amarreto helps.)

315 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:38:13pm

re: #276 Floral Giraffe

I don’t own the site, but I fucking hate the discussions of Lizards, who, for, whatever reasons, aren’t here anymore. It makes me crabbier than usual.

Hey, I don’t like when D_F and various folks slip into discussions of gun pr0n, but, whatever. They put up with my discussions of guitar pr0n.

316 Shiplord Kirel  Oct 24, 2014 5:38:25pm

re: #302 Shiplord Kirel

Just my opinion fwiw:
A deadly physical attack on the Canadian Parliament is a direct assault on the very concept of democracy and the rule of law. Someone who does this in any elected body needs to be shot down like a rabid dog.
Mr. Vickers and his colleagues can have any kind of gun they think they need as far as I am concerned.
I say this because it can happen in this country, indeed, it probably will.

317 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:39:31pm

re: #312 Cheechako

Wow…there’s enough septuagenarians on LGF that we could have our own private wing at the older folks home!!

Someones’s got to keep these punks in line.

318 Cheechako  Oct 24, 2014 5:40:30pm

re: #317 Decatur Deb

Someones’s got to keep these punks in line.

And off the grass!!

319 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:40:37pm

re: #307 prairiefire

Good grief, that’s a lot of Dew! How did you do with caffeine withdrawal?

Umm..I used to drink Red Bull/Mt Dew cocktails.

I actually didn’t seem to have much of a problem. I’m down now to a morning cup of Lg McD coffee and that’s about it

320 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:41:28pm

re: #316 Shiplord Kirel

Just my opinion fwiw:
A deadly physical attack on the Canadian Parliament is a direct assault on the very concept of democracy and the rule of law. Someone who does this in any elected body needs to be shot down like a rabid dog.
Mr. Vickers and his colleagues can have any kind of gun they think they need as far as I am concerned.
I say this because it can happen in this country, indeed, it probably will.

I would not want to fuck with Kevin Vickers (or anyone in his vicinity) in any way whatsoever. : )

321 PT Barnum  Oct 24, 2014 5:42:13pm

re: #314 Decatur Deb

Does a Sodastseam avoid the health issues? I’m guessing it eliminates the sodium and sweeteners. We’ve been doing a lot of 50/50 fizzie and orange or grapefruit juice. (Amarreto helps.)

I just got a water filter. I do okay with either plain water or the crystal lite. Figure I’m still doing better than I did with the soda.

322 De Kolta Chair  Oct 24, 2014 5:43:56pm

It’s a tad warmish here in New York City, perfect weather for ebola and the Liverbirds performing “Heat Wave”
Youtube Video


I will not rest until everyone in the galaxy is hip to The Liverbirds!

323 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:44:03pm

re: #321 PT Barnum

I just got a water filter. I do okay with either plain water or the crystal lite. Figure I’m still doing better than I did with the soda.

That’s a given. Now if I could just give up the entire pot of coffee I drink every day…

324 wrenchwitch  Oct 24, 2014 5:44:33pm

If only Chuckie could be convinced to cover Navajo politics. He’d be so busy he couldn’t annoy anybody else.

Navajo council votes to remove language requirement, should have final decision Monday; Deschene says voters’ voices heard

After the Navajo Nation Council voted 11-10-1 to amend the tribe’s election code’s language requirements early Friday morning to allow voters to determine a candidate’s fluency, the fate of this year’s general election, originally scheduled for Nov. 4, is even more up in the air than it was Thursday.

If signed by the president the measure would apply retroactively, meaning it could still apply to the upcoming election, whenever it should happen.

Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly is meeting with lawyers this weekend in Albuquerque, according to Wallace Charlie, with the Navajo Nation Election Commission. Charlie said the commission hopes to have either a veto or signature from Shelly by Monday.

Charlie said the commission has also requested the Navajo Nation Attorney General’s Office give it legal advice on all the matters that have been brought by the commission and Supreme Court this week.

The Election Commission will meet again Monday at 9 a.m., and Charlie said the commission hopes it will have a decision about if the legislation will apply to the upcoming election or not then.

During Friday morning’s proceedings, council members argued that the Navajo law that establishes retroactive decisions cannot be applied in the middle of an election and should not apply, if passed, until the next election

[…]

Here’s another article. It will not make things any more understandable, and both are from today.

Navajo election at standstill amid confusion

325 TedStriker  Oct 24, 2014 5:45:44pm

re: #320 Justanotherhuman

I would not want to fuck with Kevin Vickers (or anyone in his vicinity) in any way whatsoever. : )

Especially when he totes around that huge-ass ceremonial mace…

326 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:45:44pm

Damn it. Get well soon.

Passenger from Newark Airport quarantined after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is now in isolation after developing a fever, health officials say - @ABC7NY
read more on 7online.com

327 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 5:50:20pm

re: #326 Justanotherhuman

Damn it. Get well soon.

Passenger from Newark Airport quarantined after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is now in isolation after developing a fever, health officials say - @ABC7NY
read more on 7online.com

One of the Dr. correspondent’s on CNN just talked about her. APPARENTLY, the oral temperature take was no fever. The strip on her head after she was stressed and freaked out from being stopped & detained showed a fever.

The Dr.’s are not too thrilled about the independent NJ/NY Governor’s decision.

328 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:50:24pm

Who else could afford to finance it himself?

Google executive sets new world record after skydive jump from 135,890 feet - @BBCWorld
read more on bbc.com

329 The War TARDIS  Oct 24, 2014 5:51:26pm

Hey, that story with Honey Boo Boo?

It got worse.

Earlier today, TLC announced that it was canceling Here Comes Honey Boo Boo in the wake of rumors that Mama June was now dating an ex boyfriend who had just finished serving prison time for molesting an 8-year-old girl. According to TMZ, that 8-year-old girl was none other than Mama June’s daughter Anna, nicknamed “Chickadee.” Ugh.

TMZ reports that June had tried to hide her rekindled relationship with Mark McDaniel from her daughter (now an adult). But now, it appears, the jig is up.

Anna Cardwell — who is now 20 and married with a child — believed her mom earlier today that she was not dating the man who molested her. But we’re told Anna has now received a lot more info, and is now convinced June betrayed her by seeing McDaniel again.

Anna wants it known she’s the victim because it makes what her mom is doing all the more egregious. We’re told Anna feels her relationship with her mom has been destroyed, and the only way June can see her granddaughter is if McDaniel is nowhere to be seen.

330 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:53:48pm

re: #327 Stanley Seabola

One of the Dr. correspondent’s on CNN just talked about her. APPARENTLY, the oral temperature take was no fever. The strip on her head after she was stressed and freaked out from being stopped & detained showed a fever.

The Dr.’s are not too thrilled about the independent NJ/NY Governor’s decision.

Was it Nancy Synderman (Snyderman?)? She shouldn’t be on this beat anymore after her atrocious behavior when she was in self-quarantine.

331 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:55:52pm

re: #329 The War TARDIS

Hey, that story with Honey Boo Boo?

It got worse.

They’re not the brightest stars in the firmament, you know.

But really—this is some filthy, selfish shit on June’s part. I would give her a choice—and no visits with me or her granddaughter until McDaniel is gone.

Wonder if DSS will intervene?

332 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 5:55:53pm

re: #330 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing

Was it Nancy Synderman (Snyderman?)? She shouldn’t be on this beat anymore after her atrocious behavior when she was in self-quarantine.

Nononononono. Another lady.

333 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 5:56:18pm

re: #328 Justanotherhuman

Who else could afford to finance it himself?

Google executive sets new world record after skydive jump from 135,890 feet - @BBCWorld
read more on bbc.com

Cool. Looks like he used a heavy atmospheric suit instead of a gondola. Waiting on the FAI to accept the record.

fai.org

334 Bubblehead II  Oct 24, 2014 5:56:18pm

Night Lizards.

335 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 5:56:58pm

re: #332 Stanley Seabola

Just checkin’ :) I wouldn’t put it past CNN.

336 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 5:59:02pm

re: #333 Decatur Deb

Cool. Looks like he used a heavy atmospheric suit instead of a gondola. Waiting on the FAI to accept the record.

fai.org

I almost laughed, though, when he said he saw the different layers of the earth’s atmosphere, something he’d never seen before.

Have very many people? : )

337 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 24, 2014 6:01:57pm

Details of the interesting start my day got off to:

Emergency message irks cable users, sends conspiracy theorists into frenzy

338 Justanotherhuman  Oct 24, 2014 6:07:30pm

Keep calm and carry on, Lizards!

Later. : )

339 EPR-radar  Oct 24, 2014 6:08:41pm

re: #171 The Ghost of a Flea (R)

Another fine item from that source:

340 Decatur Deb  Oct 24, 2014 6:09:52pm

re: #337 Eclectic Cyborg

Details of the interesting start my day got off to:

Emergency message irks cable users, sends conspiracy theorists into frenzy

We had the opposite problem around 1960. The Emergency Broadcast System of the day relied on pre-recorded tapes kept at each radio station. When they got the code authorization, the station was to drop programming and play the appropriate tape. During a drill, the HQ sent out the real go-to-war code (Hatefulness, Hatefulness). No one believed it, no station played the tape.

341 teleskiguy  Oct 24, 2014 6:19:06pm

A Google executive did a 25 mile sky dive today, breaking Felix Baumgartner’s record.

342 Vogon Poetry  Oct 24, 2014 6:25:51pm

re: #341 teleskiguy

I think the more fascinating thing is that he did it without a gondola ride up in the balloon. He was strapped to the balloon directly, and there was nothing but him and his suit between him and his jump.

343 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 24, 2014 6:26:00pm

Ahhh the end of the workweek. So some music seems in order. I can’t find this version anywhere else…. But just seems appropriate on this nice Friday evening.

Video

344 Vogon Poetry  Oct 24, 2014 6:27:42pm

Moths to the flame - they’re going for this story full metal:

345 sagehen  Oct 24, 2014 6:31:33pm

re: #316 Shiplord Kirel

Just my opinion fwiw:
A deadly physical attack on the Canadian Parliament is a direct assault on the very concept of democracy and the rule of law. Someone who does this in any elected body needs to be shot down like a rabid dog.
Mr. Vickers and his colleagues can have any kind of gun they think they need as far as I am concerned.
I say this because it can happen in this country, indeed, it probably will.

It has.

findingdulcinea.com

This is why Congress was so pissed off at Clinton giving FALN clemency in ‘99.

(there was another shooting in the capitol more recently; Bill Frist was new then, he rendered aid until the EMT’s got there).

346 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 24, 2014 6:45:30pm

Gotta brag on myself a bit. Tomorrow the scuba club is doing a “Zombie Apocalypse” dive, (I’m Dr. Romero), and one of the stations is going to be an underwater zombie shooting range (with spearguns). I got tasked this evening to setup that station.

The shop owners (both very experienced divers and instructors) had gotten 2 of the styrofoam arrow backstops. The idea was that I would take them down to 20 feet, anchor them down, and stick the targets on them. They are about 2 foot high / wide and a foot+ deep. That works out to about 4 +cubic feet.

I asked, “and how do I get them down to the bottom?”, they said “no problem, you can handle it”. (love that confidence) I ran the numbers in my head, cubic foot of water appx 62#, I’m displacing 4 of them… lets see, going to need about 250 pounds of dead weight to get them to sink. Pointed that out, they agreed that “might” be a problem.

We came up with a couple of other things we could use, I’ll have plenty of time tomorrow to come up with a working solution. Probably use some sheets of 3/4 inch foam I’ve got lying around, make a back stop with that. The spear guns aren’t that powerful, and it won’t have to last too long.

Damn, it feels good to spot a problem that would have butt-bit us tomorrow.

RBS

347 De Kolta Chair  Oct 24, 2014 6:47:53pm

re: #344 Vogon Poetry

Moths to the flame - they’re going for this story full metal:

348 Stanley Seabola  Oct 24, 2014 6:48:16pm

re: #346 RealityBasedEbola

how cold is the H20?

349 De Kolta Chair  Oct 24, 2014 6:49:10pm

re: #346 RealityBasedEbola

Sounds like tons o’ fun

350 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 24, 2014 6:53:28pm

re: #344 Vogon Poetry

Moths to the flame - they’re going for this story full metal:

[Embedded content]

The fact that dim jim got that story so quickly shows that this is a RWNJ meme in the making. It was called here!

351 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 24, 2014 6:53:29pm

It’s a quarry, somebody who was out there today said that it’s about 75 at the top layer, a thermocline about 40 feet drops to about 60, and at 90 it’s about 43 degrees. Three very pronounced layers, we’re going to be doing it in about 25 feet so it will be easy in just my wetsuit.

I got an oversized set of blue hospital scrubs that will fit over the wetsuit, so i can look “doctorish”

RBS

352 wheat-dogghazi-bola  Oct 24, 2014 9:28:14pm

re: #183 jaunte

The BBC interviewed Sen. John Mica (R-whatever) today, and he naturally referred to the NYPD officers disposing their gloves in the public trash. He was using it as ammo for more fear mongering about how we aren’t doing enough, that everyone coming from West Africa who’s been in contact with ebola should be immediately quarantined for 21 days, etc., etc. The BBC reporter got a word in edgewise about over-reaction and while she was talking Mica was practically apoplectic at not being able to continue his stream of fear alarm murder death kill! 11ty!!

We aren’t doing enough, says he.

353 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 24, 2014 11:25:39pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

You know who won’t chop your head off? Creationists. You know who will? Fanatical Muslims. Your priorities are messed up.

Fanatical Muslims are creationists, dumbass.

354 Tigger2  Oct 24, 2014 11:54:07pm

re: #197 Tigger2

Someone probable coughed on the plain. ////

Plane, lol just noticed it.


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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ...
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