This Stephen Colbert bit hilariously illustrates the essential douchebagginess of libertarians, as he discovers a gang of delusional “patriots” fighting back against the tyranny of parking meters in Keene, New Hampshire.
If the republic is to survive, it will be no thanks to these asshats.
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 20, 2014 10:44:38am |
I accept that Robertson did not evolve from no monkey. He evolved from the Alien.
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freetoken Nov 20, 2014 10:44:49am |
The “libertarians” will also be in denial that we should meter our shared atmosphere, too:
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for October 2014 was the highest on record for October, at 0.74°C (1.33°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F).
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Feline Overlord Nov 20, 2014 10:47:27am |
When I carry a gun, people are less likely to hit me, however someone else with a gun is more likely to shoot me.
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lawhawk Nov 20, 2014 10:47:37am |
What are the odds that any of these 3 nitwits in Keene were involved in the pumpkin riot?
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HappyWarrior Nov 20, 2014 10:51:58am |
Man the self-righteousness emulating from those guys just oozed. Nice job. Assholes. Harassing people just trying to do their jobs.
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Romantic Heretic Nov 20, 2014 10:53:13am |
re: #5 HappyWarrior
Anarchy, I mean Libertarianism, is an ideology custom made for assholes.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Nov 20, 2014 10:54:29am |
Libertarians: Still waiting for the world to realize how cool they are.
They’re the AV Club of politics.
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HappyWarrior Nov 20, 2014 10:55:06am |
re: #6 Romantic Heretic
Anarchy, I mean Libertarianism, is an ideology custom made for assholes.
Seriously. I hear Libertarians complain all the time about why people don’t take them seriously. Well guys. Pulling shit like that doesn’t help your cause nor doing being illiterate about how a modern economy actually works.
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HappyWarrior Nov 20, 2014 10:55:52am |
re: #7 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Libertarians: Still waiting for the world to realize how cool they are.
They’re the AV Club of politics.
Mean but true heh. They want to be relevant so bad but they act like shit and then act shocked that most people want nothing to do with their party and ideology.
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lawhawk Nov 20, 2014 10:56:44am |
re: #5 HappyWarrior
Man the self-righteousness emulating from those guys just oozed. Nice job. Assholes. Harassing people just trying to do their jobs.
Harassing local officials enforcing local law. Local law that regulates the public use of public goods (the parking spaces on a public road).
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 20, 2014 11:01:38am |
Just watched the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not bad.
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Dr Lizardo Nov 20, 2014 11:03:54am |
re: #11 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Just watched the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not bad.
I enjoyed it; good film, and Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer) pretty much nailed it.
Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel did some great voice over work too, though Diesel’s dialogue was just permutations of “I am Groot”.
An enjoyable film overall.
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Kragar Nov 20, 2014 11:08:07am |
re: #11 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Just watched the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not bad.
Alternate ending…
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No Country For Old Haters Nov 20, 2014 11:08:11am |
re: #11 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Just watched the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not bad.
It’s a really fun film.
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Franklin Nov 20, 2014 11:09:46am |
re: #11 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Just watched the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not bad.
Great soundtrack too, Spotify playlist for those that spotify:
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Higgs Boson's Mate Nov 20, 2014 11:10:27am |
re: #10 lawhawk
Harassing local officials enforcing local law. Local law that regulates the public use of public goods (the parking spaces on a public road).
For libertarians, those parking places are just like the roads, schools, streetlights, sewers, and sidewalks: they just grew, like dandelions. Therefore, none of them require taxes, fees or other revenue for their upkeep.
And for FSM’s sake don’t ever mention that Ayn Rand collected Social Security.
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 20, 2014 11:11:39am |
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HappyWarrior Nov 20, 2014 11:12:35am |
re: #16 Higgs Boson’s Mate
For libertarians, those parking places are just like the roads, schools, streetlights, sewers, and sidewalks: they just grew, like dandelions. Therefore, none of them require taxes, fees or other revenue for their upkeep.
And for FSM’s sake don’t ever mention that Ayn Rand collected Social Security.
It’s as I’ve said often an ideology grown of modernity and taking shit for granted. Libertarianism would never work as an ideology in a pre-industrialized country or even a country that didn’t have the New Deal. It’s paradoxically because of the success of big government that Libertarianism has grown as an ideology. See, the more we have programs like thoes you mention that people take for granted, the more easy it is to believe crap about “If only we got rid of the government then it would be even better.”
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Higgs Boson's Mate Nov 20, 2014 11:13:17am |
re: #11 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Just watched the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not bad.
I’ll wait for it to show up on BluRay. I’m more of a Galaxy Quest kind of person anyway.
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FemNaziBitch Nov 20, 2014 11:13:39am |
Grandma’s smoke weed for the first time:
Youtube Video
I am soooo jealous
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Kragar Nov 20, 2014 11:13:50am |
This asshole here is pissing me off.
Yes, the office is having a potluck.
No, I didn’t bring anything, because I didn’t intend to join in.
You’d think I pissed on their kid from the reaction this turd is giving me.
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 20, 2014 11:14:52am |
re: #21 Kragar
This asshole here is pissing me off.
Yes, the office is having a potluck.
No, I didn’t bring anything, because I didn’t intend to join in.
You’d think I pissed on their kid from the reaction this turd is giving me.
You are now allowed to./
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Higgs Boson's Mate Nov 20, 2014 11:14:57am |
re: #21 Kragar
This asshole here is pissing me off.
Yes, the office is having a potluck.
No, I didn’t bring anything, because I didn’t intend to join in.
You’d think I pissed on their kid from the reaction this turd is giving me.
No potlucks for me either, thanks. You don’t know where that stuff’s been.
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ObserverArt Nov 20, 2014 11:16:18am |
James O’Keefe sign these bozos up yet? While he is busy on one of his projects, he could have group #2 busy somewhere else they are not needed.
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Kragar Nov 20, 2014 11:16:30am |
re: #23 Higgs Boson’s Mate
No potlucks for me either, thanks. You don’t know where that stuff’s been.
Exactly.
I’ve been here 12 fricking years. I have never participated in one, yet every time, people seem shocked that I didn’t join in.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 20, 2014 11:17:32am |
There’s a wingnut political analogy here, I believe:
A detailed report on an encounter I had a few years ago with some cows in Norfolk. pic.twitter.com/MdlhPBmZyz
— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) November 20, 2014
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Kragar Nov 20, 2014 11:23:09am |
Every month for a year, one of our sites complains that we messed up their scans, because they have everything right on their side, so it must be our fault.
The regular guy was out of the office today, so I had to work with his back up today.
It turns out that for the last year, the dumbass on site has been using the wrong name for the service account, meaning we never had access to the servers.
Fucking awesome.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Nov 20, 2014 11:24:36am |
re: #24 ObserverArt
James O’Keefe sign these bozo up yet? While he is busy on one of his projects, he could have group #2 busy somewhere else they are not needed.
The Ginger Avenger tried to hire them but they won’t work on spec. Not even the signing bonus of 100 free copies apiece of Why Coolidge Matters could budge them.
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ObserverArt Nov 20, 2014 11:27:13am |
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
There’s a wingnut political analogy here, I believe:
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Heh. That reminds me of a time at a model rocket contest when I was in early high school. A lot of times around Ohio we flew big contests in farmer’s fields for the open space and the ability to track and chase down rockets for recovery.
One time, one of the kids I was helping chase a rocket had it land out in this field just across a fence. In our haste, we jumped the fence and ran out to get the rocket. When we turned around to go back to the launch area, a pack of cows that were herding there started to move toward us to check us out. 20 or so big beef cattle looking at you, moving toward you mooing and grunting can be a bit daunting.
Thankfully…no bull was there. That might have added a little extra thrill.
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 20, 2014 11:28:01am |
To round off the thread: The Ginger Avengers, dissemble!
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ObserverArt Nov 20, 2014 11:48:00am |
re: #27 Kragar
Every month for a year, one of our sites complains that we messed up their scans, because they have everything right on their side, so it must be our fault.
The regular guy was out of the office today, so I had to work with his back up today.
It turns out that for the last year, the dumbass on site has been using the wrong name for the service account, meaning we never had access to the servers.
Fucking awesome.
Sure it is your fault. You didn’t find this out until now! Good techs have the ability to save people from themselves.
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I used to run three web stores in my previous job/life. One of my daily tasks was uploading all the data to the site to make sure costs and inventory was always refreshed. That task was added to me when the boss fired our regular ‘net guy and asked if I thought I could do the job. I told him to give me some time, and I could figure it out and be patient and I’d learn. As a classic analog graphic artist that had transitioned to digital and still fairly new to the ‘net as far as data banks and code and such, it was all new to me.
One day a few months later the boss called in a huff (he wintered in Florida and used a remote connection to access our servers) bitching he could no longer send data to the web sites, and wondered what the fuck I had done. He told me I better get on it right away, and he was upset as this had never happened before.
So, still being fairly new to the whole thing, I called our software guys who also controlled the servers. it was a package deal…Mail Order Manger. Anyway, I explained the problem. The one tech had me go to a setting and asked what the value was. It was packet transfer rates. I told him it was set at 500. He said, there is your problem, it can only be set at 100 or less.
I told him thanks. He asked, how did it happen? I told him I thought I knew. I was the only one in our office that had the keys to that part of the system being the one admin outside the boss. Guess who?
So. I called the boss back, told him it was all fixered up and I had just published the data. I explained that the value had been changed and what was happening was we were transferring too much data at one time and their servers were rejecting it. He said, how the hell did that happen and never mentioned it again.
I knew how it happened. He was an auto racer, and he thought he could spend less time waiting to transfer the data by hotrodding the number. Bigger number (RPM/Horsepower) faster data transfer.
Funny thing…he had a degree in computer tech from Ohio State in the late 60s and thought he knew everything. Arrogant son of a bitch. I think he knew I knew, but would never acknowledge he fucked up. That transfer rate didn’t change itself. He is also a biggie Republican too.
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nines09 Nov 20, 2014 11:59:02am |
Me and my wife saw John Wick the other week. It’s a good revenge flick, ultra shoot ‘em up, great ensemble cast and very nicely filmed. Keanu Reeves plays it like his Neo character. Cool, calm, and mumbly. It’s so violent, John Wick jumps off the screen and shoots three people in the audience.
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John Vreeland Nov 21, 2014 9:01:14pm |
“When I carry a gun people are less likely to hit me”
Have a problem with that, do you? I must say that such a thing is a little outside my experience. How, exactly, do you discourage people from hitting you? Do you scream obscenities while waving the gun wildly in the air? I do not imagine that would work as well as you might have hoped. Well, you said they are only “less likely to hit you”, so I was assuming that sometimes it didn’t work. If you started acting like a crazed lunatic in front of me I would be inclined to hit you even if I had not been so inclined previously. Although I must confess, even though you are neither waving a gun around nor covering me with spittle just yet, I am beginning to feel an impulse. No, if you reach for it I will not be able to control myself.
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