A Former Bank Teller With an Unbelievable Voice: St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Paul Janeway tears it up and shreds it
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We first saw this fantastic group from Alabama with their incredible singer on the 2014 Americana Music Honors & Awards show, and now here’s a Tiny Desk Concert right in time for a Sunday night music thread.

Close your eyes and listen, and you might imagine someone who looks a bit like Otis Redding. Open them, and you’re likely to see someone who looks more like your neighborhood bank teller.

That man standing on my desk in the golden shoes is Paul Janeway. He was, in fact, a bank teller in Alabama not long ago — and this stupendous seven-piece band from Birmingham has only been doing this since 2012. But take a look at this Tiny Desk Concert and you’ll see why St. Paul And The Broken Bones’ music is so winning. It’s got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting. — BOB BOILEN

Set List:
“Half The City”
“Call Me”
“Broken Bones And Pocket Change”

Credits:
Producers: Bob Boilen, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Becky Lettenberger, Colin Marshall, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: James Clark; photo by James Clark/NPR

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276 comments
1 Charles Johnson  Dec 7, 2014 6:18:22pm
2 Decatur Deb  Dec 7, 2014 6:22:27pm

From their FB page—glad to see someone is bringing back skinny Gibson & Camp ties.

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3 Charles Johnson  Dec 7, 2014 6:31:10pm
4 Dark_Falcon  Dec 7, 2014 6:31:38pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

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What did they do?

5 b.d.  Dec 7, 2014 6:32:57pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

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They’re not gone

6 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 7, 2014 6:33:01pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

I’m still seeing it.

7 Kragar  Dec 7, 2014 6:33:07pm

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

What did they do?

Easiest guess? Posting personal info.

8 Charles Johnson  Dec 7, 2014 6:36:06pm
9 Varek Raith  Dec 7, 2014 6:41:34pm

re: #7 Kragar

Easiest guess? Posting personal info.

And pretending to be associated with TMZ.
Pretty sure it’s not official.

10 Varek Raith  Dec 7, 2014 6:43:51pm

FFS, Twitter.
What does it take to get perma-banned?!

11 Dark_Falcon  Dec 7, 2014 6:46:48pm

re: #10 Varek Raith

FFS, Twitter.
What does it take to get perma-banned?!

Maybe if what the person posted was felony and they were convicted of it, that might do it.

12 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 7, 2014 6:52:55pm

So, my kids were having a discussion about the Infinite Hotel
“If it’s infinite how can there be no vacancies?”
“Who supplies the towels at the Infinite Hotel?”
“How many floors does the infinite elevator stop at?”
“The water pressure in the shower must suck”
“By the time you get to your room your vacation will be over”
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13 De Kolta Chair  Dec 7, 2014 6:55:18pm
Make your Christmas reservations today at the Bo’ Ling Chop Suey Palace. And try the duck!
15 BeachDem  Dec 7, 2014 7:00:20pm

I know TBogg’s piece was posted earlier, but he has so many choice observations about upchuck, it bears repeating:

to him, “journalism” means comforting the afflictors and harassing and humiliating their victims…

His audience seems to be made up of men’s rights activists, unabashed racists, and the usual assortment of outcasts, sociopaths, and idiots found lurking in the margins of society…

Using specious logic (see Kaci Hickox) that would would make Alex Jones say “Sounds like bullshit to me,” there is nothing Johnson won’t accuse a person of doing or being…

He needs to be made gone by Twitter.

What a dick.

rawstory.com

16 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 7, 2014 7:06:53pm

re: #15 BeachDem

I know TBogg’s piece was posted earlier, but he has so many choice observations about upchuck, it bears repeating:

to him, “journalism” means comforting the afflictors and harassing and humiliating their victims…

His audience seems to be made up of men’s rights activists, unabashed racists, and the usual assortment of outcasts, sociopaths, and idiots found lurking in the margins of society…

Using specious logic (see Kaci Hickox) that would would make Alex Jones say “Sounds like bullshit to me,” there is nothing Johnson won’t accuse a person of doing or being…

He needs to be made gone by Twitter.

What a dick.

rawstory.com

Best line: As Andy Richter once said, “Engaging with assholes on the internet is like trying to drown a vampire with your own blood.”

I don’t know who Andy Richter is, but that quote is GOLD.

17 BeachDem  Dec 7, 2014 7:09:40pm

re: #16 The Vicious Babushka

Best line: As Andy Richter once said, “Engaging with assholes on the internet is like trying to drown a vampire with your own blood.”

I don’t know who Andy Richter is, but that quote is GOLD.

Andy Richter is a man of many talents, but my favorite was when he schooled Wolf Blitzer on Jeopardy.

18 TedStriker  Dec 7, 2014 7:09:47pm

re: #2 Decatur Deb

From their FB page—glad to see someone is bringing back skinny Gibson & Camp ties.

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The comparison of Janeway with Redding is very apt; he sounds a lot like Otis.

As Donald “Duck” Dunn said of the Blues Brothers Band in the original movie (other than the soundtrack (most of which is really good), Blues Brothers 2000 does not exist), St. Paul and the Broken Bones have a sound “powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline”.

19 Kragar  Dec 7, 2014 7:09:58pm

re: #16 The Vicious Babushka

Best line: As Andy Richter once said, “Engaging with assholes on the internet is like trying to drown a vampire with your own blood.”

I don’t know who Andy Richter is, but that quote is GOLD.

Comedian and writer, used to work with Conan O’Brien as his sidekick

20 Amory Blaine  Dec 7, 2014 7:18:22pm

Ummagumma was a great album.

21 #FergusonFireside  Dec 7, 2014 7:18:31pm

The CNN hero that won the whole shebang was the dude who kept the dogs of Afghanistan with their care taker soldiers.

meh.

There were others more deserving in my mind.

Animals win heartstrings over humans.

22 #FergusonFireside  Dec 7, 2014 7:19:18pm

It was a vote.

23 Decatur Deb  Dec 7, 2014 7:21:30pm

re: #18 TedStriker

The comparison of Janeway with Redding is very apt; he sounds a lot like Otis.

As Donald “Duck” Dunn said of the Blues Brothers in the original movie (other than the soundtrack (most of which is really good), Blues Brothers 2000 does not exist), St. Paul and the Broken Bones have a sound “powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline”.

Checked their concert dates on their page. (I get to Birmingham more often than I like.) They seem to be staying on the road.

24 De Kolta Chair  Dec 7, 2014 7:23:24pm

Great Awkward Moments in Christianity #3,736,944, from John Julius Norwich’s excellent “A Short History of Byzantium” (Vintage Books 1997):

The deeply undistinguished reign of Leontius is notable for one thing only: the Muslim capture of Carthage which in 698 ended the Exarchate of Africa. The upstart Emperor had sent a sizeable fleet to its relief; ironically, it was this that overthrew him. Rather than return and report failure its leaders decided to rebel, acclaiming as basileus [monarch] one of their own number, whose Germanic name of Apsimar was hastily changed to Tiberius. When the fleet reached Constantinople, the Greens [one of the city’s two major gambling factions, the other being the Blues] upheld the cause of the mutineers, and their support proved decisive. Leontius lost — all too predictably — his nose, together with as much of his hair as was necessary to provide him with a tonsure, and was packed off to a monastery.

25 TedStriker  Dec 7, 2014 7:26:16pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Checked their concert dates on their page. (I get to Birmingham more often than I like.) They seem to be staying on the road.

I’d never heard of them before this thread, but when I started the video, it hooked me.

For Charles and anyone else who’s interested, the album’s on iTunes; I’m fixing to make a purchase of a few songs off it myself, especially “Half the City” and “It’s Midnight”.

Edit: It’s also on Google Play Music as well; that actually might be where I get it, since I’m not really in the iEcosystem. Even better, Google is pairing them up with Otis in their listings

26 Kragar  Dec 7, 2014 7:29:16pm
27 Kragar  Dec 7, 2014 7:32:11pm

For any gamers who like stealth games, I highly recommend “Styx: Master of Shadows”

Youtube Video

28 Decatur Deb  Dec 7, 2014 7:33:48pm

re: #26 Kragar

Car used to kill Muslim teen in Missouri had ‘Islam is worse than Ebola’ bumper sticker: police

Once again, this looks like sloppy ‘new’ journalism. There are photos of the SUV, taken before the day of the assault, in which that slogan is painted in soap on the rear window. It is reported to have been removed before the day of the crash. The text of the RS story allows that only if you twist it and forget the phrase ‘bumper sticker’.

29 ipsos  Dec 7, 2014 7:33:58pm

@TMZ_Politics finally showing as suspended for me. How long till they get to Chuck? As broken as @support is, they must be seeing a whole bunch of reports of his account by now.

30 Belafon  Dec 7, 2014 7:35:13pm

re: #17 BeachDem

That image should be used every time Blitzer says something.

About the only good use out of him was the parody in Cats & Dogs.

31 BeachDem  Dec 7, 2014 7:46:27pm

re: #30 Belafon

That image should be used every time Blitzer says something.

About the only good use out of him was the parody in Cats & Dogs.

The video with Blitzer’s hilariously stupid answers is even better.

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There are other videos with the whole humiliating experience—this is just a highlight reel.

32 De Kolta Chair  Dec 7, 2014 7:52:52pm

re: #27 Kragar

For any gamers who like stealth games, I highly recommend “Styx: Master of Shadows”

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The only stealth games I’ve played were the first two Thief games. I’m a big fan of Frogwares’ Sherlock Holmes adventure games, which have stealth elements, and which get better with each new one.

“Where the bloody hell are we, Holmes?” “My dear Watson, I thought you knew.”
33 Charles Johnson  Dec 7, 2014 7:57:42pm
34 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 8:05:28pm

re: #29 ipsos

@TMZ_Politics finally showing as suspended for me. How long till they get to Chuck? As broken as @support is, they must be seeing a whole bunch of reports of his account by now.

I’m not a Twitter user. I was curious about how certain people get away with being suspended for mere hours. So, I read their TOS and The Twitter Rules. Guess what?

We reserve the right at all times (but will not have an obligation) to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, to suspend or terminate users, and to reclaim usernames without liability to you. (emph added)

When your own TOS state that you’re not obliged to enforce your TOS then it’s Wild West time. Looks to me as though reporting someone on Twitter is pretty much like pissing in the wind. Some Twitter accountant came up with a metric that calculates Income Per X Number of Followers and unless you can come up with a boycott that hurts Twitter more than some asshole helps them you’re going to be out of luck. They know that you won’t just quit, don’t they?

35 BeachDem  Dec 7, 2014 8:05:38pm

He is truly insufferable.

36 Decatur Deb  Dec 7, 2014 8:06:45pm

re: #33 Charles Johnson

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From deep in that timeline:

Charles C. Johnson followed Gaile , Harry Ballzak, Nathan Nickell and 8 others

37 Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 7, 2014 8:09:31pm

I’d love to tell Chucky what I think of him on Twitter but I’m afraid he’d dox me and send his goons my way.

half /

38 LadyBehir  Dec 7, 2014 8:11:31pm

re: #35 BeachDem

He is truly insufferable.

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Awards? I thought there was only one award.

39 TedStriker  Dec 7, 2014 8:12:16pm

re: #38 LadyBehir

Awards? I thought there was only one award.

Forget it, he’s rolling…

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40 #FergusonFireside  Dec 7, 2014 8:13:22pm
41 #FergusonFireside  Dec 7, 2014 8:14:01pm

Jesus Christo, my ad is “old woman haircuts”

Really?

42 De Kolta Chair  Dec 7, 2014 8:14:09pm
“Chocolate frogs for Sherlock Holmes!” “You won’t fool me that easily, Ron Weasley, or should I say Professor Moriarty!”
43 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 8:18:17pm

re: #40 #FergusonFireside

Ninety minutes to catch a front-end loader? They must power those cop cars with a pair of D batteries.

44 Kragar  Dec 7, 2014 8:18:18pm

re: #35 BeachDem

He is truly insufferable.

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45 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 8:20:12pm

re: #44 Kragar

A gold star on your First Grade finger painting is still an award.

46 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 7, 2014 8:21:41pm

re: #43 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Ninety minutes to catch a front-end loader? They must power those cop cars with a pair of D batteries.

I guess for some reason they didn’t opt to shoot the thing (and driver) full of holes upon encountering it.
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47 Dark_Falcon  Dec 7, 2014 8:27:26pm

re: #46 Feline Fearless Leader

I guess for some reason they didn’t opt to shoot the thing (and driver) full of holes upon encountering it.
///

Well, the driver was white so the cops couldn’t claim DWB.

/mostly

48 retired cynic  Dec 7, 2014 8:27:37pm

re: #46 Feline Fearless Leader

Let me guess. The culprit was white?

49 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 7, 2014 8:29:44pm

re: #48 retired cynic

Let me guess. The culprit was white?

Yes.

The chase, really more of a shadowing of the plodding vehicle, finally came to an end in Shore Acres when the front-end loader ran out of gas. Clark, of St. Petersburg, was taken into custody after he tried to flee from officers, resisted attempts to arrest him and was subdued by a Taser, police said.

50 Dark_Falcon  Dec 7, 2014 8:31:02pm

re: #48 retired cynic

Let me guess. The culprit was white?

Here’s his photo. He looks like a thuggish loser if ever I’ve seen one.

51 BeachDem  Dec 7, 2014 8:32:29pm

re: #38 LadyBehir

Awards? I thought there was only one award.

From my exhaustive research (reading a Wonkette story) there were two ever so prestigious awards:

The Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award (4 of its total 7 winners went to upchuck’s college.) This one comes with an internship at Fox, the WSJ or the NY Post—it’s a very Murdochy honor. ericbreindel.org

The other was the Robert Novak fellowship (yeah, THAT Robert NOVAK.) The only other “winner” on the list whose name I even recognize is Matthew Continetti—not very auspicious company.

thephillipsfoundation.org

So, to summarize, a Murdoch-inspired award and a Novak-inspired fellowship. Not exactly Pulitzer-level recognition.

52 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 8:33:28pm

re: #46 Feline Fearless Leader

I guess for some reason they didn’t opt to shoot the thing (and driver) full of holes upon encountering it.
///

Thank goodness for that. I was just funnin’ the cops: corralling that beast with anything short of a D9 Cat would be a chore indeed.

53 De Kolta Chair  Dec 7, 2014 8:34:16pm
My favorite strategy game: Age of Empires II: The Conquerors — taking lumber, stone and food gathering to new heights of excitement! And pillaging, did I mention the pillaging?
54 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 8:35:45pm

re: #53 De Kolta Chair

Axe rush!

55 bratwurst  Dec 7, 2014 8:35:51pm

No no no no no:

Apparently this is limited to Australia…so far.

56 #FergusonFireside  Dec 7, 2014 8:36:25pm

re: #50 Dark_Falcon

Here’s his photo. He looks like a thuggish loser if ever I’ve seen one.

Black guy would be dead. Betcha.

I hate that I type that, but everyone needs to realize the actual truth.

#tamirrice

57 De Kolta Chair  Dec 7, 2014 8:36:51pm

re: #54 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Axe rush!

Aaaahh, good times.

58 #FergusonFireside  Dec 7, 2014 8:37:08pm

re: #51 BeachDem

From my exhaustive research (reading a Wonkette story) there were two ever so prestigious awards:

The Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award (4 of its total 7 winners went to upchuck’s college.) This one comes with an internship at Fox, the WSJ or the NY Post—it’s a very Murdochy honor. ericbreindel.org

The other was the Robert Novak fellowship (yeah, THAT Robert NOVAK.) The only other “winner” on the list whose name I even recognize is Matthew Continetti—not very auspicious company.

thephillipsfoundation.org

So, to summarize, a Murdoch-inspired award and a Novak-inspired fellowship. Not exactly Pulitzer-level recognition.

Where did he intern?

59 Dark_Falcon  Dec 7, 2014 8:39:31pm

re: #56 #FergusonFireside

Black guy would be dead. Betcha.

I hate that I type that, but everyone needs to realize the actual truth.

#tamirrice

I didn’t like typing it either, Stanley. Well, maybe the bad PR will mean the next time a black guy does something dumb like this he’ll just get arrested and flung into prison. Because prison is where the douche who pulled this stunt belongs.

60 BeachDem  Dec 7, 2014 8:40:27pm

re: #58 #FergusonFireside

Where did he intern?

I think the WSJ, but I’m too nauseated to look at his picture again to check.

61 BeachDem  Dec 7, 2014 8:42:02pm

re: #59 Dark_Falcon

I didn’t like typing it either, Stanley. Well, maybe the bad PR will mean the next time a black guy does something dumb like this he’ll just get arrested and flung into prison. Because prison is where the douche who pulled this stunt belongs.

Sadly, I wouldn’t bet good money on that.

62 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 7, 2014 8:43:16pm

re: #55 bratwurst

No no no no no:

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Apparently this is limited to Australia…so far.

Smells like desperation. Continuous search for cute tweeks or odd concepts in order to keep the business afloat. Sort of like Papa John’s dumping Fritos on one of theirs.

63 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 7, 2014 8:49:53pm
Get a set of Feline Overlord Bookends! Special Christmas Deal!

Night all. Stay scaly!

64 darthstar  Dec 7, 2014 8:50:34pm
How could I NOT post this?
65 #FergusonFireside  Dec 7, 2014 8:53:59pm

Pooped, going to crash.

See ya tom.

66 De Kolta Chair  Dec 7, 2014 9:00:27pm

Cooking in the actors’ rooms while on tour was banned by the Fred Karno Company, so whenever Stan Laurel fried his favorite pork dish, his roommate Charles Chaplin would cover up the sizzling by playing loudly on the violin.

67 PT Barnum  Dec 7, 2014 9:03:26pm

Been a big fan of St. Paul and co. Since I first heard them last year. Amazing pipes on that guy.

68 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 7, 2014 9:10:36pm

I’m still traveling so here’s a drive by comment. Would someone please give TBoggs the link to my dossier on UpChuck? I am deTwittered for a while yet. Thx. wheatdogg.com

69 Mattand  Dec 7, 2014 9:41:01pm

re: #17 BeachDem

Andy Richter is a man of many talents, but my favorite was when he schooled Wolf Blitzer on Jeopardy.

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re: #19 Kragar

Comedian and writer, used to work with Conan O’Brien as his sidekick

If you watch Conan’s current TBS show, you quickly learn that Andy is every bit as funny and quick as Conan.

As for that Jeopardy pic: that was from the NBC Late Night show. Their crew followed Andy around and did a little 8 minute documentary. Wolf was an insufferable prick. He deserved the ass beating Richter handed him.

70 ipsos  Dec 7, 2014 9:44:29pm

So UpChuck’s big award-winning midnight GoatNews dump was that he claims to have found the UVA victim’s…

…Pinterest account.

Ben Bradlee and Ed Murrow are, I’m sure, spinning furiously in their graves.

71 teleskiguy  Dec 7, 2014 9:46:00pm
72 Kragar  Dec 7, 2014 10:41:15pm
73 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 10:47:38pm

re: #72 Kragar

“I stopped working for other men when none of them would hire me.”

74 freetoken  Dec 7, 2014 10:50:21pm

re: #55 bratwurst

Doritos is a brand owned by Pepsi-Co, who used to own Pizza Hut. The current owner of Pizza Hut, Yum! Brands, maintains very close arrangements with Pepsi-Co across their empire.

From a culinary standpoint, the wrongness of a Doritos crust Pizza will probably be outdone by that other Yum! Brand - Taco Bell - imagine a Taco-Bell filling in a Pizza Hut pizza, using KFC gravy as the pizza sauce.

75 freetoken  Dec 7, 2014 10:51:45pm

If you have any care for humanity, you ought to avoid the franchised fast-food restaurant.

76 teleskiguy  Dec 7, 2014 10:51:53pm

re: #74 freetoken

From a culinary standpoint, the wrongness of a Doritos crust Pizza will probably be outdone by that other Yum! Brand - Taco Bell - imagine a Taco-Bell filling in a Pizza Hut pizza, using KFC gravy as the pizza sauce.

Good ol’ American food!

77 Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 7, 2014 10:55:06pm

re: #72 Kragar

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What an insufferable twat.

78 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 10:58:15pm

re: #74 freetoken

Doritos is a brand owned by Pepsi-Co, who used to own Pizza Hut. The current owner of Pizza Hut, Yum! Brands, maintains very close arrangements with Pepsi-Co across their empire.

From a culinary standpoint, the wrongness of a Doritos crust Pizza will probably be outdone by that other Yum! Brand - Taco Bell - imagine a Taco-Bell filling in a Pizza Hut pizza, using KFC gravy as the pizza sauce.

Makes me a bit peckish. I’m hankering for a pepperoni/bean/Cheetos burrito drenched with KFC gravy and wrapped in cheese filled garlic pizza crust.

79 freetoken  Dec 7, 2014 10:59:53pm

Stokowski and the PO, 1934:

MP3 Audio

80 TedStriker  Dec 7, 2014 11:02:19pm

re: #74 freetoken

Doritos is a brand owned by Pepsi-Co, who used to own Pizza Hut. The current owner of Pizza Hut, Yum! Brands, maintains very close arrangements with Pepsi-Co across their empire.

From a culinary standpoint, the wrongness of a Doritos crust Pizza will probably be outdone by that other Yum! Brand - Taco Bell - imagine a Taco-Bell filling in a Pizza Hut pizza, using KFC gravy as the pizza sauce.

Hey, the Doritos Locos tacos at Taco Bell are pretty good for what they are.

81 Aye Pod  Dec 7, 2014 11:02:24pm

re: #73 Higgs Boson’s Mate

“I stopped working for other men when none of them would hire me.”

He actually came out with a “I’ll do what I want!” on twitter earlier today, related to this. Yesterday he was like ‘Ner Ner You have AIDS ner ner’ Does he know he’s emulating Eric Cartman at his most pathetic moments?

82 freetoken  Dec 7, 2014 11:12:30pm
83 Kragar  Dec 7, 2014 11:20:54pm

re: #81 Aye Pod

He actually came out with a “I’ll do what I want!” on twitter earlier today, related to this. Yesterday he was like ‘Ner Ner You have AIDS ner ner’ Does he know he’s emulating Eric Cartman at his most pathetic moments?

One of them is a cartoonish buffon who everyone laughs at.
The other is a fictional character

84 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 7, 2014 11:23:35pm

re: #81 Aye Pod

He’s a mediocre talent in a crowded field. He only stands out at present because of his absolute lack of integrity. If the bigger dicks conclude that there’s money to be made by that kind of behavior then they’ll push him off the stage pronto.

85 Aye Pod  Dec 7, 2014 11:23:42pm

re: #77 Blind Frog Belly White

What an insufferable twat.

He’s an evil little piece of shit.

86 goddamnedfrank  Dec 7, 2014 11:26:13pm

re: #81 Aye Pod

He actually came out with a “I’ll do what I want!” on twitter earlier today, related to this.

I said “I’ll do what I want” awhile ago too, when he outed that nurse.

Still, his attitude is this: “I’m an investigative journalist,” he said, discussing his feelings toward Twitter and for those who don’t think he should have published Pham’s name. “Fuck you. I’ll do what I want.”

(File photo)

Hey man, it’s his hot body.

87 Aye Pod  Dec 7, 2014 11:29:30pm

I’m considering a comedy short in which Chuck C ends up in blackface in a heavily policed black neighbourhood, wearing a T-shirt that says “Fuck the Police”, and with a toy gun glued to each hand.

Spoiler: he dies at the end.

88 goddamnedfrank  Dec 7, 2014 11:40:27pm

I hate Aaron Sorkin so much right now.

89 Aye Pod  Dec 7, 2014 11:41:47pm

re: #84 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I think so, that ‘s the niche he’s going for, the lowest of the low.

90 teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2014 12:52:12am
91 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 3:46:04am

Massive downtown L.A. burns apartment complex; 2 other buildings damaged

A massive fire in downtown Los Angeles early Monday destroyed an apartment tower under construction, damaged two other buildings and left two major freeways closed.
lRelated Looting, vandalism during Eric Garner protest in Oakland

The California Highway Patrol said the 110 Freeway is closed between the 10 and 101, and that the 101 southbound is closed at Alvarado Street.

More than 250 firefighters are battling the blaze at an apartment tower under construction 909 W. Temple St., Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman David Ortiz said.

92 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 3:59:18am

So the latest complaint from the RW press is that “Some 6.7 million people gained insurance through Obamacare last year, flooding a primary care system that is struggling to deal with a growing shortage of doctors.”

So it’s Obama’s fault that we do not have enough doctors now that more people can actually afford one…

93 Varek Raith  Dec 8, 2014 4:39:18am
94 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 4:40:24am
95 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 4:43:40am

Here’s a Vine of the fire. Shows how close the fire is to the highway.

96 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 4:45:06am
97 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 4:45:38am

good grief.

98 Varek Raith  Dec 8, 2014 4:48:28am

re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief.

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My spidey sense is tingling.

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 4:49:12am

re: #98 Varek Raith

My spidey sense is tingling.

Mine, too.

100 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 4:49:56am

LA is burning?

Is it divine retribution for something?

101 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 4:50:15am

Another Vine, this one just posted by NBC4 in LA.

102 Dark_Falcon  Dec 8, 2014 4:51:08am

re: #87 Aye Pod

I’m considering a comedy short in which Chuck C ends up in blackface in a heavily policed black neighbourhood, wearing a T-shirt that says “Fuck the Police”, and with a toy gun glued to each hand.

Spoiler: he dies at the end.

An even better plot would have the cops he thinks like him pull up while he’s trying to break into someplace he shouldn’t be to get information he shouldn’t have. Chuckles tells them how he’ll “doing all this to help you”, but they react badly to his breaking the law and when Chuckles resists arrest he get tasered and pepper sprayed.

103 Dark_Falcon  Dec 8, 2014 4:52:01am

re: #100 FemNaziBitch

LA is burning?

Is it divine retribution for something?

LA is being punished for having voted for Obama.

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104 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:05:07am

105 darthstar  Dec 8, 2014 5:05:52am
106 Dr. Matt  Dec 8, 2014 5:07:18am

The original tweet is from a gun nut who is a public school counselor.

107 darthstar  Dec 8, 2014 5:08:26am

re: #106 Dr. Matt

The original tweet is from a gun nut who is a public school counselor.

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So is she going to shoot the Eagles or her kids?

108 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:08:32am
109 Dr. Matt  Dec 8, 2014 5:10:37am

re: #107 darthstar

So is she going to shoot the Eagles or her kids?

Only the librul ones.

110 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 5:11:27am

Someone left the cake out in the rain.

112 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:29:06am
@I_Am_SubVersive
Vincente Perez
“‘I have a boyfriend’ is the easiest way to get a man to leave you alone. Because he respects another man more than you. #yesallwomen

‘Is Domestic Violence A Bigger Problem Than We Realize?’ Illustrates How Deep The Problem Goes

113 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:29:16am
115 Targetpractice  Dec 8, 2014 5:30:35am

re: #111 Dr. Matt

“You don’t bring a Taser to a gun fight,”
Local law officials defend use of deadly force

Was Michael Brown armed? No.
Was Eric Garner armed? No.
Was Tamir Rice armed? No.
Was John Crawford armed? Only by the loosest of definitions.

Not every arrest is a gun fight and even in arrests where the suspect is armed, cops have succeeded in talking suspects down or using non-lethal methods to arrest them.

116 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 5:30:51am

Chucky posted a photo of “Jackie”

117 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 5:31:57am
118 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 5:33:29am

He’s being polite to Mediaite instead of threatening to do bad things to them. He must want to cultivate them as a possible clickbait venue.

119 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 8, 2014 5:40:31am

re: #117 The Vicious Babushka

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Perhaps “Fantasized” or “Hallucinated” would be better ways to phrase the fevered products of your imagination, UpChuck, that you post at GoatSe News?

120 Dr. Matt  Dec 8, 2014 5:40:47am
121 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:43:45am
122 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 5:45:15am
123 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:47:19am
124 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 5:51:26am

idiot…

125 Targetpractice  Dec 8, 2014 5:56:33am

re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth

idiot…

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I was wondering who’d be the first of the usual suspects to suggest that the fire was due to protests.

126 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:57:50am

re: #125 Targetpractice

I was wondering who’d be the first of the usual suspects to suggest that the fire was due to protests.

Mayhem and unrest are soooooo much more entertaining than a gas pipe malfunction or whatever …

127 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 5:59:21am
Because it’s worth re-posting —over and over
128 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 8, 2014 5:59:50am

Fisher should be tweeting soon about the car accident caused by a bear in Florida that killed three.

129 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 6:00:50am

re: #128 Feline Fearless Leader

Fisher should be tweeting soon about the car accident caused by a bear in Florida that killed three.

definitely divine retribution!

/

130 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 6:04:03am
131 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 8, 2014 6:09:05am

Good Morning Lizards.

Cloudy and below the freezing point here in Philadelphia this morning. Sort of matches the local mood since the Eagles were thoroughly handled by the Seahawks yesterday. No rain. Yet.

Feline Overlords got their Christmas present early on Saturday. A little “whack-a-mole” game where a toy mouse on a stick can be pushed up through one of a set of covered holes for them to paw at. (Courtesy of ThinkGeek) Both cats at a point have said “to heck with this” and gone around to the open end of the box to attack the mouse and stick directly. But it otherwise keeps them amused and is close to one of their other favored pounce and paw games. (Tuxedo Cat is also happy to have another box to sit in.)

How are things going for everyone else this morning?

(Oh, and we’re out of sugar at work for the coffee. GRUMP)

132 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 6:14:47am

In local news:

The Fugitive feels the low hanging fruit ornaments on the Xmas tree are special puppy toys.

We now have a pile of non-glass (formerly thought of as non-breakable ornaments) parts on the side-board we call the Fuguitive’s Pile of Shame.

133 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 6:15:38am

re: #131 Feline Fearless Leader

(Oh, and we’re out of sugar at work for the coffee. GRUMP)

THE HORROR!!!

134 Rightwingconspirator  Dec 8, 2014 6:20:40am

re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Massive downtown L.A. burns apartment complex; 2 other buildings damaged

Ugh what a thing to wake up to. My hometown is having a bad day.

135 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 6:23:44am

re: #120 Dr. Matt

The Tea Party ain’t a bunch of racists. They prefer the title “Caucasian Enthusiasts”.

They prefer the term “racial realists”; people who deny Evolution, climate change and the role of slavery in the Civil War but are happy to rely on (pseudo)science and (selective) history to justify their bigotry.

136 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 8, 2014 6:29:53am

re:
#124

MASSIVE FIRE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES! May Be Protest Related

Well, it may be. It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

/

137 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 8, 2014 6:31:48am

re: #136 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#124

Well, it may be. It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

/

I think it’s the FBI being overenthusiastic in the handling of a hostage situation.
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138 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 6:32:13am

re: #127 FemNaziBitch

Image: Because it’s worth re-posting —over and over

That kid looks like an old man.

139 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 6:42:07am

re: #137 Feline Fearless Leader

I think it’s the FBI being overenthusiastic in the handling of a hostage situation.
/////

A black man resisted arrest so he was subdued by police flamethrower.

/

140 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 8, 2014 6:45:36am

It’s Girlscout cookie season again and I remain convinced these cookies are laced with crack cocaine.
#cantstopeatingthem

141 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 6:46:11am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.

And of the 3 indictments, only one resulted in a conviction, but no prison time, as that one case the judge gave probation and community service instead.

The system isn’t broken. It’s fixed in favor of police and prosecutors who work hand in hand ordinarily. The justice system does not do a good job of handling cases involving its own. It just doesn’t. And the problems are worse for minorities since they’re disproportionately involved in these excessive force/officer involved shootings.

The protests are getting an early start this morning on Staten Island:

142 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 6:52:56am
143 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 6:53:30am

And the most notorious Russian honey pot is back in the news…

Anna Chapman was supposedly called upon to woo Ed Snowjob.

144 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 7:03:54am

re: #142 The Vicious Babushka

From the same WaPo article:

A DNA analysis did not find Wilson’s DNA under Brown’s fingernails or on his right hand. They found Wilson’s DNA only on Brown’s left palm. An autopsy found “no injuries to the back of the hands or fingers.”

Physical evidence released by the county prosecutor provides no conclusive proof that Brown did or did not hit Wilson, said Michael A. Knox, a Florida-based forensics expert whose firm, Knox & Associates Forensic Consulting, is often hired by police departments to do crime reconstructions.

Wilson’s injuries “could be from being punched,” Knox said. “It could be his head hit something in his vehicle, and he was struggling to get away. . . . You can’t relate those injuries to any particular event.”

Johnson insists that no punches were thrown. “It was more a tug of war and it was very intense, very intense,” he said. Because “Big Mike was standing up and he had better, more strength,” Brown had the advantage in the tussle, Johnson said.

So, it’s possible that there was only a slap - not even a punch. If even that - Wilson could have hit his head on the vehicle in trying to exit. No sign that Brown scratched Wilson - no DNA under his fingernails. So, the claims of a struggle more closely match Johnson’s version than Wilson.

Note too how where the witnesses who claimed to support Wilson’s story that Brown charged him were when they saw what they say they did. Too far away and in no position to be able to judge distance/speed since it was all in front of them. They weren’t perpendicular to the events since that would give them the ability to see distance and movement laterally.

And even if you want to claim that Wilson had the right to shoot Brown at the initial contact and struggle, the numerous witnesses claiming to see Brown surrendering and the autopsy results indicating that his hands were likely up shows that Wilson had no right to shoot him in the final barrage that took his life. The threat to Wilson was past. Wilson still fired to kill. And that’s an abuse of his power.

145 Franklin  Dec 8, 2014 7:05:31am

Quite possibly the most entertaining sentence ever formed.

As the Rolling Stone story unraveled over the weekend, this sociopathic spawn of a Garbage Pail Kid and morning eye crud took to Twitter to ask the legions of leg-humping shitlords who are his fans to uncover whatever personal info they could find on “Jackie,” the young woman at the center of the RS article.

Twitter’s Biggest Scumbag Chuck C. Johnson Outs Rape Victim To Teach Feminazis A Lesson

146 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 7:06:48am

re: #142 The Vicious Babushka

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This is all distraction. What happened between Wilson and Brown will never be known. Too much of the initial evidence and testimony was lost, destroyed or improperly collected and filed

The question here is a bigger one: we need another mechanism to investigate charges of excessive use of force by the police. Prosecutors are used to working with the police to obtain indictments, it is tantamount to a conflict of interest to ask them to work to obtain an indictment against the police.

147 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 8, 2014 7:08:28am

re:
#145

Quite possibly the most entertaining sentence ever formed.

Indeed, a classic.

148 Franklin  Dec 8, 2014 7:11:22am

re: #145 Franklin

Quite possibly the most entertaining sentence ever formed.

Twitter’s Biggest Scumbag Chuck C. Johnson Outs Rape Victim To Teach Feminazis A Lesson

There is a linkback to LGF on that article as well.

And a bonus quote:

No matter what Chuck Johnson, who looks like a dumpster fire in a shag carpet factory, tells you.
Read more at wonkette.com

149 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 7:13:20am

re: #145 Franklin

Quite possibly the most entertaining sentence ever formed.

Twitter’s Biggest Scumbag Chuck C. Johnson Outs Rape Victim To Teach Feminazis A Lesson

I liked this part:

Johnson, who is literally a pile of Cheeto-dusted mouse turds left for several years behind a refrigerator…

150 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 7:13:45am

re: #145 Franklin

There’s also this bit:

Johnson, who is literally a pile of Cheeto-dusted mouse turds left for several years behind a refrigerator, calls the Pinterest board “rape-obsessed.” Even the commenters on his site shot this notion down, noting that 70 or so sexual-assault-themed pins out of over 9000 spread across multiple boards does not constitute an obsession.

Read more at wonkette.com

Layers and layers of fact checkers. Or in Chuck’s case, posting first and not bothering to even read the links he cites to. It’s gotten to the point where even his readers are like WTF.

151 Eventual Carrion  Dec 8, 2014 7:16:18am

re: #143 lawhawk

And the most notorious Russian honey pot is back in the news…

Anna Chapman was supposedly called upon to woo Ed Snowjob.

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She probably just went ahead and ate the cyanide pill right away.

152 Franklin  Dec 8, 2014 7:17:08am

re: #150 lawhawk

Saw a great tweet last night but can’t track it down. Basically wondering if @ChuckCJohnson is a Kaufman-esque two year performance art bit.

153 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 7:18:47am

re: #152 Franklin

No way that he’s that self-aware. He’s an asshat and there’s zero humor in exposing a woman’s personal information who claimed to have been sexually assaulted. It’s the work of a sociopath.

154 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 7:19:53am

re: #153 lawhawk

No way that he’s that self-aware. He’s an asshat and there’s zero humor in exposing a woman’s personal information who claimed to have been sexually assaulted. It’s the work of a sociopath an award-winning journalist and genius.

/

155 FemNaziBitch  Dec 8, 2014 7:19:54am

bbl

156 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 7:23:52am

From the DoJ files on the Cleveland PD:

Talking about out-of-control police departments, the incident mentioned above had a police officer shoot first, then arrest and charge the driver for a minor traffic infraction. No other charges against the man who was shot.

There is a Vine of at least part of the incident, which occurred in an intersection with heavy traffic following the end of a concert. The driver is seen with at least one hand raised, and yet the cop shoots away.

Love said he tried to explain to the officer that the ignition was on a central console rather than the steering column. “After failing to locate the keys with his hand,” the lawsuit claims, “Montague took a few steps back, pointed the muzzle of the service weapon at Greg Love and Dunja Biggins, and opened fire into the cabin of the SUV”.

Montague, by contrast, says that he “instinctively pulled back” and opened fire because as he leant in for the keys, he felt Love “reach his right hand for [Montague’s] service weapon”.

Nicholas DiCello, an attorney for Spangenberg Shibley & Liber, representing Love, said they had seen no evidence that Love reached for the weapon, and suggested that his client would have been charged with a more serious crime if he had done so. Love has past convictions for a drug offence and theft.

“Oh my God, you shot him,” Biggins screamed. The bullet entered Love’s chest above his right nipple, exited his body and then lodged in one of his arms. “You just shot me!,” Love says he shouted. “I wasn’t doing nothing!”

157 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 7:35:55am

WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF TEH MANS, OF TEH POOR MANS WHO ARE TEH REAL VICTIMS!!!!!!!!

158 Franklin  Dec 8, 2014 7:39:32am
159 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 7:39:55am

re: #157 The Vicious Babushka

Women haters, misogynists, and the need to use fear to silence women who have been sexually assaulted.

160 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 7:41:52am

re: #159 lawhawk

Women haters, misogynists, and the need to use fear to silence women who have been sexually assaulted.

“No such thing as ‘rape culture’” because IT’S NOT RAPE WHEN TEH SLUTS COME BEGGING FOR IT!!!11!!!!!!

161 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 7:44:25am

re: #158 Franklin

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Fuck this shit.

Oh and good morning.

162 Rightwingconspirator  Dec 8, 2014 7:45:06am

latimes.com

163 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 7:45:51am

re: #161 #FergusonFireside

Fuck this shit.

That is about what I said when I saw the original Rolling Stone campus rape piece that prompted this latest kerfuffle. We simply do not have a civil enough climate of public discourse to discuss a topic like this without it dissolving into a shouting match of mutual recriminations.

164 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 7:47:37am

re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

That is about what I said when I saw the original Rolling Stone campus rape piece that prompted this latest kerfuffle. We simply do not have a civil enough climate of public discourse to discuss a topic like this without it dissolving into a shouting match of mutual recriminations.

I’m just heartbroken.

165 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 7:49:20am

BREAKING: Stay tuned for my 25,000th post on LGF…Gotta make it a good one!!!

166 SteelPH  Dec 8, 2014 7:50:56am

re: #158 Franklin

There aren’t enough tables to flip over, set on fire, and toss out a 30th story window in the world.

167 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 8, 2014 8:01:01am

re: #166 SteelPH

There aren’t enough tables to flip over, set on fire, and toss out a 30th story window in the world.

Maybe that’s what happened in Los Angeles.
//

168 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 8:02:00am

Who amongst you read about this and though of our old friend WUB?

169 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 8:03:55am

Bryan being a giant asshole, as usual.

170 BeachDem  Dec 8, 2014 8:06:08am

re: #115 Targetpractice

Was Michael Brown armed? No.
Was Eric Garner armed? No.
Was Tamir Rice armed? No.
Was John Crawford armed? Only by the loosest of definitions.

Not every arrest is a gun fight and even in arrests where the suspect is armed, cops have succeeded in talking suspects down or using non-lethal methods to arrest them.

I’d add that none pf the above would have even been arrest situations had the “suspects” been white.

171 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 8:06:50am

The decision comes after King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced that his office would not seek a state felony charge against Shepherd, 38, a nine-year department veteran, for punching Miyekko Durden-Bosley in the back of his police cruiser.

Durden-Bosley, 23, was intoxicated and was verbally abusive after her arrest outside the home of a Seattle man whose mother had called the police. Durden-Bosley swore at Shepherd and kicked at him while being shoved into the back of a police cruiser, according to the investigation.

Shepherd reacted by punching her once in the face, fracturing the orbit of her right eye. Shepherd suffered no visible injuries, according to court documents.

Shepherd has been on paid administrative leave since the incident.

Satterberg’s decision reflects a deep difference of opinion between his office and City Attorney Pete Holmes, whose criminal chief reviewed the case earlier and thought it “undoubtedly met the felony standard,” according to a news release issued by Holmes on Friday.

Holmes sent the case to Satterberg because the city attorney has no jurisdiction to prosecute felony crimes.

It now appears Shepherd will not be charged criminally unless the U.S. Attorney’s Office determines that his actions violate federal civil-rights criminal statutes. Such prosecutions are very rare and hard to prove.

She was drunk. She resisted arrest, but was handcuffed. She apparently kicked the officer. The officer’s response was to punch her in the face, breaking the orbital bone (yup, there’s that blowout fracture for you). The officer wont face any charges.

172 Dr Lizardo  Dec 8, 2014 8:10:17am

OK, I have a question for all you Lizards out there.

I have an Apple iPhone 3G 8Gb; it’s in great shape, works good, no problems. Should I keep it? It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the newest phones, but I will say it’s damned reliable.

Suggestions?

173 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 8:11:40am

re: #172 Dr Lizardo

OK, I have a question for all you Lizards out there.

I have an Apple iPhone 3G 8Gb; it’s in great shape, works good, no problems. Should I keep it? It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the newest phones, but I will say it’s damned reliable.

Suggestions?

Apple wants you to throw away you old phone and LINE UP OVERNIGHT TO BUY THE LATEST & GREATEST

That’s a good reason not to.

174 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 8, 2014 8:14:24am

re: #172 Dr Lizardo

OK, I have a question for all you Lizards out there.

I have an Apple iPhone 3G 8Gb; it’s in great shape, works good, no problems. Should I keep it? It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the newest phones, but I will say it’s damned reliable.

Suggestions?

Replace it. Who wouldn’t want a phone that bends to serve?

175 Dr Lizardo  Dec 8, 2014 8:16:03am

re: #173 The Vicious Babushka

Apple wants you to throw away you old phone and LINE UP OVERNIGHT TO BUY THE LATEST & GREATEST

That’s a good reason not to.

Well, of course…..planned obsolecence. But I have to admit, it’s in very good shape…..no scratches on the display or anything, the battery life is still decent (well, as long as it’s on EDGE) and other than I can’t install apps like WhatsApp, I can’t complain.

And surprisingly, they’re selling them for 199 Euro new on Amazon Germany. That’s a bit of a shocker for a six-year old phone.

176 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 8, 2014 8:16:58am

re: #172 Dr Lizardo

OK, I have a question for all you Lizards out there.

I have an Apple iPhone 3G 8Gb; it’s in great shape, works good, no problems. Should I keep it? It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the newest phones, but I will say it’s damned reliable.

Suggestions?

I only replaced my 3Gs 8GB with a Galaxy S4 when my iPhone battery just died in the middle of a call. Even plugged in it would no longer function. But I wasn’t going to spend the silly $$$ Apple is getting these days so I got a phone for $30 with a 1 year contract.

As long as it keeps going, keep it. But get something else when it finally gives up the ghost.

177 Dr Lizardo  Dec 8, 2014 8:20:48am

re: #176 William Barnett-Lewis

Yeah, iPhone’s are insanely expensive as it is. I saw this one, an iPhone 6 128Gb selling online here for the equivalent of $1,000.

Damn. That’s a month’s salary for the average Czech.

178 BeachDem  Dec 8, 2014 8:28:14am

Note upchuck’s new twitpic—his visage becomes more obnoxiously pompous to match his increasingly pompous idiocy. Oh yes, when I think of reasons for Landrieu’s loss, upchuck’s contribution (what was it again?) is right there at the top of the list. I say again—what. an. asshole.

Sigh. (he only needs about 84,000 more followers and he’ll run for office, y’all. I agree with whoever suggested yesterday that any twit timeout should wipe out all followers when they let the miscreants back on an hour later.)

179 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 8:31:00am
180 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 8, 2014 8:38:05am

re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth

So the protestors shot down a plane, eh?

181 BeachDem  Dec 8, 2014 8:41:21am

Um, I don’t think that was the reason they disliked you, dear.

182 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 8, 2014 8:42:09am

re: #180 Higgs Boson’s Mate

So the protestors shot down a plane, eh?

Well if a pilot held up their hands and said “I can’t breath” during landing there could be complications.
/

183 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 8:42:41am

Self awareness, he has none, even less than Chucky

184 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 8:43:05am
185 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 8:44:04am
186 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 8:45:48am
187 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 8:59:00am
188 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 9:01:13am

re: #187 #FergusonFireside

maybe they thought she was going to go for his gun…

189 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 9:12:34am
190 nearly-headless smith25  Dec 8, 2014 9:18:30am

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Re-posting this for Rolling Stone, Cleveland Police, upchuckles and anyone else who deserves it…

Have a good Monday all.

191 Franklin  Dec 8, 2014 9:28:06am

re: #178 BeachDem

all of the work I did on Landrieu I did for you, myfriend

When I read that last night, all I could think of was the Trashcan Man from the terrible TV series based on Steven King’s The Stand.

My Life For You!

192 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 9:31:03am

A couple of days ago it was mentioned that Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour made the shortlist for an Oscar.

Well, one of the other 15 documentaries on the short list is “Life Itself” about the life and legacy of Roger Ebert.

I’ll be rooting for that one.

193 dholmes32  Dec 8, 2014 9:32:18am

re: #169 The Vicious Babushka

Bryan being a giant asshole, as usual.

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Since a giant chunk of that government spending is for the military, I wonder what this guy would have us cut first. Although I have to hand it to him, at least he’s not insulting women or GLBT persons for once.

194 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 9:32:56am

re: #193 dholmes32

Since a giant chunk of that government spending is for the military, I wonder what this guy would have us cut first. Although I have to hand it to him, at least he’s not insulting women or GLBT persons for once.

When he says “welfare” he means “blacks on welfare”…

195 NJDhockeyfan  Dec 8, 2014 9:33:30am
196 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 9:37:56am

re: #195 NJDhockeyfan

He looks like a freakish contortionist in that.

197 NJDhockeyfan  Dec 8, 2014 9:42:29am
198 Dr. Matt  Dec 8, 2014 9:48:58am

Tim Tebow was basically a huge bust in the NFL (not uncommon for Heisman winning QBs) but he remains relevant and in the spotlight because of his ‘faith’. But, RWNJs still love playing the victim…

199 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 9:54:11am

re: #198 Dr. Matt

Tim Tebow was basically a huge bust in the NFL (not uncommon for Heisman winning QBs) but he remains relevant and in the spotlight because of his ‘faith’. But, RWNJs still love playing the victim…

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I prefer to think it’s because he’s hot.

201 Dr. Matt  Dec 8, 2014 9:55:00am

re: #199 #FergusonFireside

I prefer to think it’s because he’s hot.

Ah, yeah….on second thought. ///// :)

202 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 9:57:00am

re: #201 Dr. Matt

Ah, yeah….on second thought. ///// :)

I’m a Florida Gator too, ya know.

203 NJDhockeyfan  Dec 8, 2014 9:57:58am

re: #198 Dr. Matt

Tim Tebow was basically a huge bust in the NFL (not uncommon for Heisman winning QBs) but he remains relevant and in the spotlight because of his ‘faith’. But, RWNJs still love playing the victim…

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I’m not seeing any victims in that video, just a very happy woman with Tim Tebow. I like that video and would like to see more rich celebrities follow suit. This is a great season for giving and GMA did a great job with this :)

204 Dr. Matt  Dec 8, 2014 9:58:34am

re: #202 #FergusonFireside

I’m a Florida Gator too, ya know.

In that case…..

:)

205 Iwouldprefernotto  Dec 8, 2014 9:59:13am

At least Slate gets something right
singularly vile Charles C. Johnson

206 b_sharp  Dec 8, 2014 9:59:54am

re: #203 NJDhockeyfan

I’m not seeing any victims in that video, just a very happy woman with Tim Tebow. I like that video and would like to see more rich celebrities follow suit. This is a great season for giving and GMA did a great job with this :)

Dr. Matt didn’t say there was any victims in the video.

207 NJDhockeyfan  Dec 8, 2014 10:00:02am

re: #204 Dr. Matt

In that case…..

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Florida Man looks at Alabama/Florida scoreboard..

208 allegro  Dec 8, 2014 10:00:28am

re: #199 #FergusonFireside

I prefer to think it’s because he’s hot.

J.J. Watt is way cuter. Mostly cuz he’s a sweetheart… and a phenomenal player who is so much fun to watch.

bing.com

209 NJDhockeyfan  Dec 8, 2014 10:06:48am
210 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 10:07:10am

re: #204 Dr. Matt

In that case…..

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In rebuttal

Youtube Video

211 b_sharp  Dec 8, 2014 10:07:31am

re: #208 allegro

J.J. Watt is way cuter. Mostly cuz he’s a sweetheart… and a phenomenal player who is so much fun to watch.

bing.com

You people, all you think about is sex, sex, sex, sex.

212 Floral Giraffe  Dec 8, 2014 10:08:10am

re: #211 b_sharp

You people, all you think about is sex, sex, sex, sex.

Like you don’t……

213 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 10:08:11am

re: #208 allegro

J.J. Watt is way cuter. Mostly cuz he’s a sweetheart… and a phenomenal player who is so much fun to watch.

bing.com

eh.

214 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 10:08:29am

The Great Monday Morning Tebow Debate!!!!

lol

215 BeachDem  Dec 8, 2014 10:09:41am

And the media world ends not with a bang, but with a whimper, as Taylor Swift is a finalist for Time’s Person of the Year because she pulled her music off Spotify.

216 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 10:11:47am

re: #212 Floral Giraffe

Like you don’t……

All b_sharp thinks about is sammiches…

217 allegro  Dec 8, 2014 10:11:54am

re: #215 BeachDem

And the media world ends not with a bang, but with a whimper, as Taylor Swift is a finalist for Time’s Person of the Year because she pulled her music off Spotify.

WTF?

218 Franklin  Dec 8, 2014 10:12:33am
219 b_sharp  Dec 8, 2014 10:17:13am

re: #212 Floral Giraffe

Like you don’t……

Shhhhh…

220 b_sharp  Dec 8, 2014 10:17:52am

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

All b_sharp thinks about is sammiches…

Well, sexy sammiches are good.

221 NJDhockeyfan  Dec 8, 2014 10:19:22am

re: #212 Floral Giraffe

Hey FG, have a Monday morning giraffe!

222 Ace-o-aces  Dec 8, 2014 10:19:25am

re: #205 Iwouldprefernotto

At least Slate gets something right
singularly vile Charles C. Johnson

I didn’t realize RS used her real first name, so that all trolls had to do was search UVAs student directory for matching names. Even then, CCJ had to beg on twitter for someone to out her for him.

223 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 8, 2014 10:23:16am

re:
#222

Even then, CCJ had to beg on twitter for someone to out her for him.

Award-winning journalist, right there.

////

224 Jenner7  Dec 8, 2014 10:23:31am

re: #187 #FergusonFireside

I just read this and it makes me even more angry. I just can’t…

225 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 8, 2014 10:27:06am

re:
#205

Others are already a few steps ahead of him, posting pictures from Jackie’s Facebook feed—and even her mother’s Facebook feed—and adding nasty captions.

I’m turning in my Human Race membership card….

226 Ace-o-aces  Dec 8, 2014 10:31:45am
227 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 10:33:27am

I’m afraid this is going to have a very sad ending for a lot of families.

228 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 10:34:01am

re: #226 Ace-o-aces

Father Ct. Hulhu

229 CuriousLurker  Dec 8, 2014 10:34:07am

OT Drive-by: I finally got to WWII and the Holocaust in my book last night. I had no idea that Gen. Patton was a rank antisemite, so I went to Google to confirm.

Sure enough (DPs refers to displaced persons). Added emphasis is mine:

In a letter to Eisenhower, Truman quoted from a report on conditions in the DP camps. “As matters now stand, we appear to be treating the Jews as the Nazis treated them except that we do not exterminate them. They are in concentration camps in large numbers under our military guard instead of SS troops. One is led to wonder whether the German people, seeing this, are not supposing that we are following or at least condoning Nazi policy.”

The “military guard” that Truman mentioned was Patton’s idea. He had his reasons, Patton wrote in his diary: “If they [the Jewish DPs] were not kept under guard they would not stay in the camps, would spread over the country like locusts, and would eventually have to be rounded up after quite a few of them had been shot and quite a few Germans murdered and pillaged.” At least twice in his diary, Patton referred to the Jewish DPs as “animals.”

The report to Truman was written by Earl G. Harrison, the dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s law school who had inspected the camps. Here is what Patton thought about Harrison: “Harrison and his ilk believe that the Displaced Person is a human being, which he is not, and this applies particularly to Jews who are lower than animals.”

washingtonpost.com

This knowledge made me want to throw up.

That is all.

230 Lidane  Dec 8, 2014 10:38:26am
231 Lidane  Dec 8, 2014 10:39:24am
232 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 10:42:03am

re: #229 CuriousLurker

OT Drive-by: I finally got to WWII and the Holocaust in my book last night. I had no idea that Gen. Patton was a rank antisemite, so I went to Google to confirm.

Sure enough (DPs refers to displaced persons). Added emphasis is mine:

This knowledge made me want to throw up.

That is all.

I’m going to buy that book for Zedushka.

233 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 10:44:08am

o.m.g.
Chief McCubbin is freaking clueless:

234 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 10:44:29am

After shooting Tamir Rice, the officers at the scene then detained one of Rice’s siblings who had been in the vicinity, and then threatened to arrest Rice’s mom unless she calmed down.

The cops had given Rice less than 2 seconds to comply with any kind of instruction before they started shooting. And it was probably less than that. They gave him no chance to comply because when you look at the video of the shooting, the car drives up and is practically upon Rice when they get out and immediately begin shooting. There’s no excuse for any of this.

None.

Yet we know that the odds of indictment are low, and getting all the way to a conviction in an officer-involved shooting is slim to none. This was a wholly avoidable shooting and death. There’s no other way around that inescapable fact, except that they’ll be right wingers who are going to claim that he brought on himself (for having a gun, even though OH is an open carry state and whites can march through stores and streets with impunity with rifles like those used in any number of mass shootings, but a black kid gets killed for just playing).

235 CuriousLurker  Dec 8, 2014 10:44:54am

re: #232 The Vicious Babushka

I’m going to buy that book for Zedushka.

It’s really good (as in informative not entertaining), but it’s hard to read straight through because of all the awfulness, which is why it’s taking me forever to finish. The author uses lots of footnotes so you know what all her sources are.

236 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 10:46:38am

re: #235 CuriousLurker

It’s really good (as in informative not entertaining), but it’s hard to read straight through because of all the awfulness, which is why it’s taking me forever to finish. The author uses lots of footnotes so you know what all her sources are.

Just ordered it through Amazon Prime.

Also bought a bunch of presents for the grandkids in Canada, now we have an excuse to drive to Toronto for the weekend :)

237 Lidane  Dec 8, 2014 10:46:53am

re: #234 lawhawk

I’ve seen people blathering online that Tamir Rice brought the shooting on himself because there was no parental discipline at home. If he’d had discipline then he would’ve known not to wave a toy gun around or something.

It’s amazing what people will forgive as long as it’s not their kid.

238 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 10:48:04am

re: #237 Lidane

I’ve seen people blathering online that Tamir Rice brought the shooting on himself because there was no parental discipline at home. If he’d had discipline then he would’ve known not to wave a toy gun around or something.

It’s amazing what people will forgive as long as it’s not their kid.

You can Google images for “white kids with guns” and look at all the shit that comes up.

239 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 10:48:54am

re: #237 Lidane

I’ve seen people blathering online that Tamir Rice brought the shooting on himself because there was no parental discipline at home. If he’d had discipline then he would’ve known not to wave a toy gun around or something.

It’s amazing what people will forgive as long as it’s not their kid.

They have to dehumanize him somehow.

They can’t let a speck of empathy show for the other. Not a speck.

240 Lidane  Dec 8, 2014 10:49:42am

re: #238 The Vicious Babushka

You can Google images for “white kids with guns” and look at all the shit that comes up.

Right. Which is what makes the ZOMG PARENTAL DISCIPLINE excuse even more pathetically hollow. If Tamir Rice had been a middle class white boy RWNJs would be outraged by his death but because he was black there’s an excuse for why it was okay.

241 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 8, 2014 10:49:59am

re: #195 NJDhockeyfan

Tim Tebow, bringing the holiday spirit to Walmart customers:

and the lady sounds like Beaker from the Muppets…

242 lawhawk  Dec 8, 2014 10:50:36am

re: #237 Lidane

I’ve seen people blathering online that Tamir Rice brought the shooting on himself because there was no parental discipline at home. If he’d had discipline then he would’ve known not to wave a toy gun around or something.

It’s amazing what people will forgive as long as it’s not their kid.

Kids play with toy guns all the time. I recall having one of those cap gun revolvers as a kid. Now, a kid playing with the same kind of toy gun (similar to which are widely available in Toys r Us, Walmart, Target, and any number of other outlets), who is of the wrong pigmentation will end up on a slab because the cops decide to shoot first.

What’s unforgiveable is that the cops opened fire first and didn’t bother to talk with the kid. They rolled up on him and started shooting the moment they exited the vehicle. Rice had no chance.

I doubt anyone would have had a chance under the same circumstances. Especially if they weren’t white.

243 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 10:51:29am
244 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 10:52:18am

They misspelled “lynch”

245 gwangung  Dec 8, 2014 10:53:54am

re: #242 lawhawk

What’s unforgiveable is that the cops opened fire first and didn’t bother to talk with the kid. They rolled up on him and started shooting the moment they exited the vehicle. Rice had no chance.

Which leads to the thought that they had already decided to shoot Tamir Price before they came onto the scene. It’s damn poor tactics to run up right up to a shooter and not plan to come out shooting.

246 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 10:54:08am

re: #244 The Vicious Babushka

They misspelled “lynch”

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And they couldn’t find a milk crate or something for him to stand on to make him look at least sort of as tall as the other white guys?

247 Kragar  Dec 8, 2014 10:54:41am
248 Kragar  Dec 8, 2014 10:56:26am
249 JustMark  Dec 8, 2014 10:58:54am

re: #244 The Vicious Babushka

They misspelled “lynch”

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Is he that short?

250 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 10:59:53am

Mental health break (because I really need one right about now):

251 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 11:02:12am

re: #249 JustMark

Is he that short?

He is 1” taller than Vladimir Putin.

252 Kragar  Dec 8, 2014 11:02:49am
253 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 11:04:48am

Did you see Ted Nugent’s facebook photo?

facebook.com

WTF

254 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 11:07:58am

re: #253 #FergusonFireside

Did you see Ted Nugent’s facebook photo?

facebook.com

WTF

And a comment from one of his fans

If all you idiots would notice this is an old pic taken back in the day when idiots weren’t some common but common sense was. It’s obviously a joke and no he shouldn’t take it down because he’s a by God American and has every right to post this. If it offends you close your fucking commy eyes you fucking douche bags

Ted Nugent
255 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 11:11:11am

IT’S CALLED AN ELECTION DUMBASS==>

256 makeitstop  Dec 8, 2014 11:12:36am

re: #254 #FergusonFireside

And a comment from one of his fans

Image: Ted Nugent

That was back in the day, before he became a washed-up, attention whoring has-been.

257 BeachDem  Dec 8, 2014 11:15:17am

re: #252 Kragar

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6 people protesting in Rancho Cucamonga rates 700 words in the LA Times. Plus 2 photos (which means they sent a reporter AND a photographer to cover this major event!)

And people say journalism is dead. (See—Taylor Swift finalist for Time Person of the Year for pulling music from Spotify.)

258 Eventual Carrion  Dec 8, 2014 11:17:05am

re: #254 #FergusonFireside

And a comment from one of his fans

Image: Ted Nugent

War on Christmas?

259 dholmes32  Dec 8, 2014 11:17:54am

re: #257 BeachDem

6 people protesting in Rancho Cucamonga rates 700 words in the LA Times. Plus 2 photos (which means they sent a reporter AND a photographer to cover this major event!)

And people say journalism is dead. (See—Taylor Swift finalist for Time Person of the Year for pulling music from Spotify.)

Reason #$%^&*()@#!! why I’m glad I didn’t get that bachelor of journalism back in 1982. That said, I do work as technical support for masters of the universe bankers, so my moral compass is probably very skewed.

260 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 11:18:29am

re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chief McCubbin says in his vomit-inducing rant:

Also, one of us, a police officer, dies every 57 hours in the line of duty doing our job; protecting you, your families, and oh yes…your right to protest against us, hate us, and despise us, we will continue to do our job while you exercise the ability to hate us. I am confident that you will be busy every 57 hours because surely you will march and protest when one of us is killed, won’t you?

Trying to find stats for deaths as a result of police are impossible because those numbers really do not exist. But I found arrest-related death numbers from 2003-2009 at Bureau of Justice Statistics and it works out roughly one person dead at the hands of LE every 16 hours.

Shit like this does not help the good LE out there.

261 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 11:19:55am

This is the Second Stupidest Tweet Of The Day==>

262 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2014 11:20:35am

re: #261 The Vicious Babushka

This is the Second Stupidest Tweet Of The Day==>

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It’s called Fox News…

263 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 11:20:39am

Sarah Palin got tased? Why is this not all over Teh Internets?

264 Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 8, 2014 11:21:31am

re: #261 The Vicious Babushka

Fox News, TLC, CMT…

265 BeachDem  Dec 8, 2014 11:22:05am

re: #259 dholmes32

Reason #$%^&*()@#!! why I’m glad I didn’t get that bachelor of journalism back in 1982. That said, I do work as technical support for masters of the universe bankers, so my moral compass is probably very skewed.

I like to point out that I applied my journalism school education to the more honorable and ethical profession of advertising—where there are actual penalties for lies and screw-ups.

266 allegro  Dec 8, 2014 11:23:42am

re: #264 Eclectic Cyborg

Fox News, TLC, CMT…

Also ABC, NBC, CBS… throughout the history of teevee.

267 Kragar  Dec 8, 2014 11:26:19am

re: #261 The Vicious Babushka

This is the Second Stupidest Tweet Of The Day==>

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268 Whack-A-Mole  Dec 8, 2014 11:29:41am

re: #263 The Vicious Babushka

The comment section of that article is a cesspool. Gah! I need a shower.

269 Ace-o-aces  Dec 8, 2014 11:32:05am

re: #237 Lidane

I’ve seen people blathering online that Tamir Rice brought the shooting on himself because there was no parental discipline at home. If he’d had discipline then he would’ve known not to wave a toy gun around or something.

Oh heck, CCJ accused Tamir Rice of planning a robbery with his toy gun. Because his hatred of false accusations is a recent development.

270 #FergusonFireside  Dec 8, 2014 11:33:30am

re: #256 makeitstop

That was back in the day, before he became a washed-up, attention whoring has-been.

But he just re-posted it.

I just don’t get his sick mind.

271 Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 8, 2014 11:33:47am

re: #254 #FergusonFireside

And a comment from one of his fans

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Ted Nugent’s War on Christmas!
//

272 The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2014 11:34:01am

re: #268 Whack-A-Mole

The comment section of that article is a cesspool. Gah! I need a shower.

I did not click that link.

273 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 8, 2014 11:40:32am

re:
#261

Whites are Racist Really? Where’s the White Entertainment Television (WET) vs. BET?

Hurr hurr wheres are White History Month and White Association for the Advance of White Peoples????!!1

274 b_sharp  Dec 8, 2014 11:44:12am

re: #267 Kragar

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Up until recently all stations were white entertainment stations. The vast majority of news anchors, actors in ads and actors in TV shows are white, even now.

275 retired cynic  Dec 8, 2014 12:23:16pm

re: #172 Dr Lizardo

I’m late to this, but I have had an iPhone for some years now. I don’t get the latest one, but go back one generation. With a contract it is either free or under $50, and that works for me!

276 Floral Giraffe  Dec 8, 2014 1:19:17pm

re: #221 NJDhockeyfan

Hey FG, have a Monday morning giraffe!

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Aint we sweet!!!!


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