1 darthstar  Dec 19, 2014 6:19:46pm
2 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 6:24:01pm

re: #1 darthstar

Florida Man will need a canoe. And a paddle. And another state to call home.

But Florida is hardly alone. Louisiana might disappear before Florida.

3 freetoken  Dec 19, 2014 6:31:11pm

re: #2 lawhawk

Bush can just ignore climate change because he knows the votes for which he’s fishing will be dead soon enough that those people don’t have to worry.

All Jeb has to do is convince his desired voters that the other guy wants to destroy Social Security.

4 dog philosopher  Dec 19, 2014 6:33:30pm

seems to me that colbert was censored, in a very low key way…

5 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 6:35:31pm

Here’s my original response, before he deleted the tweet.

I think he forgot for a second that he’s trying to distract people from the fact he grifted off of yet another lawsuit bluff, not call attention to it.

6 bratwurst  Dec 19, 2014 6:41:22pm
7 darthstar  Dec 19, 2014 6:42:15pm

re: #2 lawhawk

Florida Man will need a canoe. And a paddle. And another state to call home.

But Florida is hardly alone. Louisiana might disappear before Florida.

More electoral votes pushed north into blue land!

8 Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 19, 2014 6:42:46pm

re: #2 lawhawk

You’d think that Louisiana, that was ravaged by Katrina, would be interested in climate science.

9 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 19, 2014 6:44:05pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

You’d think that Louisiana, that was ravaged by Katrina, would be interested in climate science.

I was ravaged by a Katrina one time.

RBS

10 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 19, 2014 6:45:30pm

re: #9 RealityBasedSteve

I was ravaged by a Katrina one time.

RBS

I was derailed by a dancer down in Dallas.

11 bratwurst  Dec 19, 2014 6:48:54pm

If you haven’t watched this clip yet, you really need to. It is like the Sgt. Peppers cover picture come to life for the 21st century.

12 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 19, 2014 6:53:01pm

re: #10 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I was derailed by a dancer down in Dallas.

I must admit I felt a little uneasy, when she bent down to tie the laces of your shoes.

RBS

13 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 19, 2014 6:54:56pm

OK, I have to admit the appearance by Kissinger kinda bummed me.

Also, it’s autoplay atm.

14 psddluva4evah  Dec 19, 2014 6:57:27pm

ok, any lawyerly folk here, cause I need to know WTF this ain’t considered negligent or prosecutorial misconduct.

Ferguson Prosecutor: I Knew Witnesses Lied To The Grand Jury

15 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 6:57:57pm

re: #9 RealityBasedSteve

I was ravaged by a Katrina one time.

RBS

Really? Me too! That girl gets around!

16 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 19, 2014 6:59:02pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

You’d think that Louisiana, that was ravaged by Katrina, would be interested in climate science.

Why? That was god punishing us for teh gayz. Not climate change!

17 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 19, 2014 6:59:11pm

re: #14 psddluva4evah

ok, any lawyerly folk here, cause I need to know WTF this ain’t considered negligent or prosecutorial misconduct.

Ferguson Prosecutor: I Knew Witnesses Lied To The Grand Jury

We’ve been wondering that all day.

18 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:02:28pm

re: #14 psddluva4evah

I think it’s definitely prosecutorial misconduct. It could also be subornation of perjury and that also falls into obstruction of justice.

McCullough has said he wouldn’t prosecute those who testified under oath and lied - like Witness 40, even though that witness clearly engaged in perjury.

Everything about the grand jury and McCullough’s handling of the case screams prosecutorial misconduct. His statements today makes that even clearer than was already a gross miscarriage of justice.

19 Belafon  Dec 19, 2014 7:02:47pm

re: #14 psddluva4evah

My non-lawerly input: Is isn’t misconduct until someone charges him with it.

20 Souliren  Dec 19, 2014 7:06:12pm

This is off topic sort-of.
The clip above tells me that the clip cannot be seen from my location probably due to my overly polite attitudes.

It also tells me that I can watch clips from the Colbert Report on The Comedy network dot ca

The “polite attitudes” part is wrong. We are assholes. Having lived and worked in both countries, It is my view that Americans are (slightly) better than us on that scale..

Let’s say you have one of them Star Trek communicators…

You are walking in a mall in Toronto. You accidentally bump into a native Canadian, totally your fault. He says, “Sorry”, or “excuse me”

The translator would output, “Watch where you are going, asshole.”

You are walking in the street in New York. You bump into a guy and it is ambiguous to who’s fault it is. He says, “Watch where you are going asshole”

The translator would output “Excuse me.”

The second part is bullshit. Yes I can go to thecomedynetwork dot ca and maybe I can find the featured clip above but it will take me twenty minutes to find it (I haven’t tried for the clip above and I’m not going to bother)

File in First World Problems

21 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 19, 2014 7:06:22pm

re: #19 Belafon

My non-lawerly input: Is isn’t misconduct until someone charges him with it.

An umpire once said something to the effect that “it’s not a strike or a ball until I call it a strike or a ball”

RBS

22 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 19, 2014 7:07:22pm

re: #18 lawhawk

I think it’s definitely prosecutorial misconduct. It could also be subornation of perjury and that also falls into obstruction of justice.

McCullough has said he wouldn’t prosecute those who testified under oath and lied - like Witness 40, even though that witness clearly engaged in perjury.

Everything about the grand jury and McCullough’s handling of the case screams prosecutorial misconduct. His statements today makes that even clearer than was already a gross miscarriage of justice.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

The problem is, who has jurisdiction to file such charges?

Can the feds use such misconduct as the basis of a violation of civil rights case?

23 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 19, 2014 7:09:23pm

re: #20 Souliren

This is off topic sort-of.
The clip above tells me that the clip cannot be seen from my location probably due to my overly polite attitudes.

It also tells me that I can watch clips from the Colbert Report on The Comedy network dot ca

The “polite attitudes” part is wrong. We are assholes. Having lived and worked in both countries, It is my view that Americans are (slightly) better than us on that scale..

Let’s say you have one of them Star Trek communicators…

You are walking in a mall in Toronto. You accidentally bump into a native Canadian, totally your fault. He says, “Sorry”, or “excuse me”

The translator would output, “Watch where you are going, asshole.”

You are walking in the street in New York. You bump into a guy and it is ambiguous to who’s fault it is. He says, “Watch where you are going asshole”

The translator would output “Excuse me.”

The second part is bullshit. Yes I can go to thecomedynetwork dot ca and maybe I can find the featured clip above but it will take me twenty minutes to find it (I haven’t tried for the clip above and I’m not going to bother)

File in First World Problems

It’s like living in the south. (I’m a transplanted Yankee). When a southern woman says “Bob is such a good worker when he comes in, bless his heart”, what’s she’s really saying is “He’s drunk half the time and isn’t reliable”. Took me a while to figure that one out.

RBS

24 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 7:16:17pm

“Image not found” is a metaphor for Chuck’s imaginary source.

25 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:16:47pm

re: #22 William Barnett-Lewis

State Attorney General could file state charges; Gov. Nixon should appoint a special prosecutor, but wont. The DoJ could file on civil rights grounds (or add to the growing list of issues with MO justice and law enforcement in the greater STL area).

The deck is stacked against anything coming of this, despite what we’ve seen to date.

26 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:18:27pm

re: #24 goddamnedfrank

Cyber Command? Missing image? Why do I get the feeling that he was trying to either 1) hotlink; or 2) confused Cyber Command with Missile Command the video game on Atari 2600 and realized that no one would believe an 8 bit image.

27 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:18:29pm

re: #20 Souliren

For what it’s worth, I think it is this clip?

I, of course, can’t watch to check.

28 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:19:10pm

Please have snow tomorrow, please have snow tomorrow, please have snow tomorrow…

29 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:21:37pm
30 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 7:21:38pm

re: #24 goddamnedfrank

He’s hardwired not to apologize or retract any blather he puts out there. He promised $15K for information proving it was North Korea only because he’s confident no one will take him up on the offer, and if they do, he’ll just discount the information as less reliable than what his imaginary sources tell him.

He’s such a transparent troll than even Dan Riehl is mocking him on Twitter.

31 jaunte  Dec 19, 2014 7:22:29pm

Not first faceplant.

32 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:22:35pm

re: #28 klystron

Yosemite looks awesome any time of year, but a snow-kissed Yosemite is special, especially since you’re doing Bracebridge aren’t you?

33 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:22:45pm

Boo!

How does this work?

34 Whack-A-Mole  Dec 19, 2014 7:23:06pm

re: #14 psddluva4evah

At the very least, it should be grounds for disbarment.

35 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:23:15pm

re: #32 lawhawk

Yosemite looks awesome any time of year, but a snow-kissed Yosemite is special, especially since you’re doing Bracebridge aren’t you?

Yep. Tomorrow night.

So excited!

36 TedStriker  Dec 19, 2014 7:23:22pm

re: #33 Gus

Boo!

How does this work?

Damn, dude, LTNS!

37 jaunte  Dec 19, 2014 7:23:26pm

re: #33 Gus

Hey, where am I?

38 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 7:23:33pm
39 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:23:47pm

re: #31 jaunte

40 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:24:10pm

re: #33 Gus

Boo!

How does this work?

It’s Gus!

You have been missed. :) Even if I have been able to poke you on the Twitters.

41 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:24:20pm

re: #36 TedStriker

Damn, dude, LTNS!

Still alive! Nothing new to report. Got whizmo to turn on the DSL. I’ve been on punishment with this silly Virgin broadband.

42 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:24:54pm

re: #40 klystron

It’s Gus!

You have been missed. :) Even if I have been able to poke you on the Twitters.

Yep, I’m still available. :D

43 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:25:34pm

re: #37 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Hey, where am I?

Little Green Footballs?

44 TedStriker  Dec 19, 2014 7:25:49pm

re: #41 Gus

Still alive! Nothing new to report. Got whizmo to turn on the DSL. I’ve been on punishment with this silly Virgin broadband.

Welcome Back Kotter - Theme Song

45 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:26:02pm

re: #14 psddluva4evah

ok, any lawyerly folk here, cause I need to know WTF this ain’t considered negligent or prosecutorial misconduct.

Ferguson Prosecutor: I Knew Witnesses Lied To The Grand Jury

Seems to me that McCulloch did everything possible to ensure Wilson would never be tried. What a fucking mess this is. This is something that a Jim Crow era prosecutor would have done and yet here we are in 2014.

46 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 7:26:07pm

re: #31 jaunte

I am reminded of that computer geek in Goldeneye saying “I am invincible!” just before the building comes down on top of him.

47 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 19, 2014 7:26:14pm

re: #33 Gus

Boo!

How does this work?

Good to see you here, sir. Hope things are going well for you.

48 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:26:28pm

Traffic is much better, husband is almost done packing, and UPS just delivered the last package that was expected.

It might be time to get this show on the road soon.

49 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:26:47pm

re: #34 Whack-A-Mole

At the very least, it should be grounds for disbarment.

That’s what I was thinking too. Disbar the bastard.

50 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:26:56pm

re: #47 William Barnett-Lewis

Good to see you here, sir. Hope things are going well for you.

Thanks. Well enough I guess. How are you? Staying warm? It’s not winter yet!

51 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 7:27:05pm

re: #33 Gus

Boo!

How does this work?

Yo!

52 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:27:12pm

re: #33 Gus

Boo!

How does this work?

Good to see ya back.

53 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 19, 2014 7:27:23pm

re: #26 lawhawk

Cyber Command? Missing image? Why do I get the feeling that he was trying to either 1) hotlink; or 2) confused Cyber Command with Missile Command the video game on Atari 2600 and realized that no one would believe an 8 bit image.

Hey, he’s at best a 2 bit blogger, of course he’d have 8 bit images

54 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 19, 2014 7:27:32pm

re: #26 lawhawk

Cyber Command? Missing image? Why do I get the feeling that he was trying to either 1) hotlink; or 2) confused Cyber Command with Missile Command the video game on Atari 2600 and realized that no one would believe an 8 bit image.

There is a United States Cyber Command. Its mission is the defense of US military networks. It has as much to do with civilian networks as the 101st Airborne has to do with car theft. UpChuck’s source at that command exists solely in his fertilizer imagination.

55 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:27:42pm

re: #51 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Yo!

Yo yo ma!

56 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:28:25pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

Good to see ya back.

Thanks! Maybe I’ll get out of my doldrums or something. Been on Twitter way to long. Think I may have lost a marble. :D

57 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:28:41pm

“I can Breathe - Because I don’t steal” That’s the shirt NYPD supporters came up with?

Right. Selling untaxed cigarettes is a killing offense.

58 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:29:13pm

re: #56 Gus

Thanks! Maybe I’ll get out of my doldrums or something. Been on Twitter way to long. Think I may have lost a marble. :D

Heh all good.

59 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:29:14pm

re: #57 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

“I can Breathe - Because I don’t steal” That’s the shirt NYPD supporters came up with?

Right. Selling untaxed cigarettes is a killing offense.

Classy.

60 lawhawk  Dec 19, 2014 7:29:50pm

re: #54 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I am well aware of Cyber Command and it’s mission - I was going for the juxtaposition with the Atari video game but if I’ve got to explain it, then the joke fell flat.

61 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:29:50pm

re: #56 Gus

Thanks! Maybe I’ll get out of my doldrums or something. Been on Twitter way to long. Think I may have lost a marble. :D

I have some nice cobalt blue glass ones, if you want a replacement.

;)

62 jaunte  Dec 19, 2014 7:30:07pm

re: #57 lawhawk

They need some NO SENSE OF PROPORTION shirts.

63 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:30:10pm

re: #57 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

“I can Breathe - Because I don’t steal” That’s the shirt NYPD supporters came up with?

Right. Selling untaxed cigarettes is a killing offense.

Yet Alex Holmes breathed fine. Oh wait, he was white so he wasn’t a mortal threat.// Really fuck this shit man. I’m beginning to think NWA was being kind when they said fuck the police.

64 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:30:12pm

BEES

65 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 19, 2014 7:31:03pm

re: #50 Gus

Thanks. Well enough I guess. How are you? Staying warm? It’s not winter yet!

Not bad up here. Staying in the 20’s (F) so about normal, unlike last year.

Start training for my second job tomorrow so I might have a little play money on my rare days off.

66 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:31:03pm

re: #61 klystron

I have some nice cobalt blue glass ones, if you want a replacement.

;)

Thanks!

67 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 19, 2014 7:31:23pm

re: #60 lawhawk

I am well aware of Cyber Command and it’s mission - I was going for the juxtaposition with the Atari video game but if I’ve got to explain it, then the joke fell flat.

: (

And I’m too pedantic sometimes.

68 jaunte  Dec 19, 2014 7:32:30pm

re: #56 Gus

Been on Twitter way to long. Think I may have lost a marble. :D

You haven’t been numbering your tweets yet, so you’re probably fine.

69 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:32:42pm

Crazy times around the world since my hiatus. Glad to see a new direction in our Cuba policy which I 100 percent support.

70 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:33:25pm

re: #68 jaunte

You haven’t been numbering your tweets yet, so you’re probably fine.

Think I’ve seen that. Twitter is, interesting. Some really INTERESTING people. :O

71 Usually refered to as anyways  Dec 19, 2014 7:34:00pm

re: #28 klystron

Please have snow tomorrow, please have snow tomorrow, please have snow tomorrow…

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My favourite when visiting from Australia was the view coming out of the Wawona Tunnel, just stunning, took my breath away.

72 Varek Raith  Dec 19, 2014 7:34:05pm

re: #33 Gus

Boo!

How does this work?

Long time no see!

73 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 7:34:12pm

re: #55 Gus

Yo yo ma!

Yao!

myvideo.ge

Sorry, YouTube doesn’t work for me here.

74 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:34:53pm

re: #72 Varek Raith

Long time no see!

Hi Varek! I saw you on Twitter! Fact.

75 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:35:43pm

re: #73 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Yao!

myvideo.ge

Sorry, YouTube doesn’t work for me here.

He’s done some great stuff with Mark O’Connor. OK, with lots of musicians.

76 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:36:05pm

re: #69 Gus

Crazy times around the world since my hiatus. Glad to see a new direction in our Cuba policy which I 100 percent support.

That really came out of nowhere didn’t it? I am glad to see it too. I shockingly find myself thinking similiarly to Rand Paul who had to put it this way to Marco Rubio that if regime change was the end goal of the embargo then it obviously wasn’t working. I mean the embargo’s been around longer than either of those two have alive been alive. Longer than the president himself too. I think it was a good time to try something new. Plus we got a guy freed out of it and I think some Cuban political prisoners got out too.

77 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:36:11pm

Me and the NSA team has split up. [Sad face] :D

78 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:37:28pm

re: #76 HappyWarrior

That really came out of nowhere didn’t it? I am glad to see it too. I shockingly find myself thinking similiarly to Rand Paul who had to put it this way to Marco Rubio that if regime change was the end goal of the embargo then it obviously wasn’t working. I mean the embargo’s been around longer than either of those two have alive been alive. Longer than the president himself too. I think it was a good time to try something new. Plus we got a guy freed out of it and I think some Cuban political prisoners got out too.

I think the embargo would have to be repealed by congress. So that’s going to take some time especially with this new insane 114th Congress. Everything will take a long time. This is just a first step of many.

79 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:38:37pm

Nom nom nom.

80 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:38:49pm

re: #78 Gus

I think the embargo would have to be repealed by congress. So that’s going to take some time especially with this new insane 114th Congress. Everything will take a long time. This is just a first step of many.

Yeah it was told to me that the travel ban has to be repealed by Congress. I am just glad that we’re finally doing something on this. The embargo frankly is a relic of a time gone by.

81 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:38:54pm

re: #76 HappyWarrior

That really came out of nowhere didn’t it? I am glad to see it too. I shockingly find myself thinking similiarly to Rand Paul who had to put it this way to Marco Rubio that if regime change was the end goal of the embargo then it obviously wasn’t working. I mean the embargo’s been around longer than either of those two have alive been alive. Longer than the president himself too. I think it was a good time to try something new. Plus we got a guy freed out of it and I think some Cuban political prisoners got out too.

Vietnam is also a good example of how normalizing relationships help. I would also add China. None of the two are anything remotely similar to my younger days. You also create new markets for American companies.

82 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:40:29pm

And we all know who helped normalize relationship with Vietnam. John McCain who’s now freaking out about the Cuba announcement. I’m sure you know.

83 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:40:37pm

re: #81 Gus

Vietnam is also a good example of how normalizing relationships help. I would also add China. None of the two are anything remotely similar to my younger days. You also create new markets for American companies.

That’s actually a great example that I didn’t think about. And I have to say while the PRC is still a hardline dictatorship, it was much worse before trade was opened up with them.

84 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:43:31pm

re: #83 HappyWarrior

That’s actually a great example that I didn’t think about. And I have to say while the PRC is still a hardline dictatorship, it was much worse before trade was opened up with them.

Militarily too as they were once our great enemy. Now, not so much. I know the hawks and FP “experts” are always warning us about some latest submarine or something. Or the one (1) aircraft carrier they have and how we’re all gonna die if we don’t keep up. We can thank Nixon for that. He was the guy who started this all.

85 Belafon  Dec 19, 2014 7:43:42pm

re: #82 Gus

He got credit for normalizing relations with Vietnam. He gets nothing out of normalizing relations with Cuba.

Obama should offer him a trip on a delegation.

86 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:43:46pm

Am I heartless in thinking that Rubio and hte others in the Cuban-American lobby act like Cuba’s the only one effected by a dictatorship. The Castro brothers would be far from the worse of dictators our country has had trade with. To me, the embargo was always something of a pride thing. It was our government’s inability to admit that we were unable to topple Fidel in the Cold War.

87 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 7:44:07pm

re: #83 HappyWarrior

That’s actually a great example that I didn’t think about. And I have to say while the PRC is still a hardline dictatorship, it was much worse before trade was opened up with them.

The opening-up of China and the new capitalist economy has had unforeseen consequences. There are more Chinese who know more about the outside world, either by travel or by Internet, than ever before. The younger ones are growing more restless, and I can’t see how much longer the Politburo is going to be able to keep a lid on things.

“Once they see Paris, there’s no getting them back to the farm.”

88 blueraven  Dec 19, 2014 7:44:38pm

Marco Rubio is getting hammered on the replies to his tweet re Cuba.

I think this is going to be a very unpopular stance to take.
Please proceed, Senator.

89 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:44:57pm

re: #85 Belafon

He got credit for normalizing relations with Vietnam. He gets nothing out of normalizing relations with Cuba.

Obama should offer him a trip on a delegation.

That would be funny.

90 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:45:33pm

re: #87 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

The opening-up of China and the new capitalist economy has had unforeseen consequences. There are more Chinese who know more about the outside world, either by travel or by Internet, than ever before. The younger ones are growing more restless, and I can’t see how much longer the Politburo is going to be able to keep a lid on things.

“Once they see Paris, there’s no getting them back to the farm.”

Right, China before Nixon’s visit was fairly isolated. Now I know Nixon and Kissinger had ulterior motives- exploiting the Sino-Soviet split but it had a good outcome for the Chinese people as well. Sino-Chinese ad redundancy. Anyhow, the thing that’s amusing to me about this is that these conservatives who oppose it are the same ones who told opponents of dealing with the Apartheid regime in Africa which by the way had no desire to compromise at all on anything that sanctions didn’t work are flipping out over this.

91 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 7:45:44pm

re: #89 Gus

That would be funny.

Obama would probably do it. He’s on a roll lately.

92 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:46:39pm

re: #88 blueraven

Marco Rubio is getting hammered on the replies to his tweet re Cuba.

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I think this is going to be a very unpopular stance to take.
Please proceed, Senator.

The sad thing is and I hope to the political gods that his opponent mentions is that he’s hurting his homearea of Miami big time with this. Miami’s going to have some nice economic benefits as a result of this especially if they get rid of the travel ban.

93 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:46:40pm

re: #88 blueraven

Marco Rubio is getting hammered on the replies to his tweet re Cuba.

[Embedded content]

I think this is going to be a very unpopular stance to take.
Please proceed, Senator.

I like the Samsung monitor there which is probably made in China. :D

94 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 7:46:59pm

Perhaps Obama can send Marco Rubio too?

95 blueraven  Dec 19, 2014 7:47:27pm

re: #93 Gus

I like the Samsung monitor there which is probably made in China. :D

LOL…no doubt.

96 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:49:22pm

re: #95 blueraven

LOL…no doubt.

They’re all a bunch of hypocrites.

97 Souliren  Dec 19, 2014 7:50:07pm

Forgive the formatting. I suppose I should RTFM but I don’t post often.

23 RealityBasedSteve

Years ago I landed in Newfoundland with a co-worker. In the Taxi from the airport, we chatted with the very friendly driver. Early in the conversation he says, “You bie’s don’t belong from here, do ya?”

“Where do you belong from?” Is perfectly correct Newfoundland grammar. It means, “Where were you born?”

I thought it meant “Where have you lived recently?” until I got in shit with the mayor of a town where we promised to hire local people and I hired a guy who had move to that town from 40 miles away five years prior.

27 klystron

Thanks! One mouseclick from LGF rather than the thirty or so I’d have to make to find it myself. In the old days, I’ gety a kick in the arse for postin a question to usenet that could be answered with RTFM.

Someone should pick up the Imperial to Metric conversion of comedychannel links on US blogs. There might be a demographic you could sell stuff to?

98 klystron  Dec 19, 2014 7:53:35pm

Kicking off here for the weekend. I hope all of you have a safe, happy, and healthy one. :)

99 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 7:56:17pm

re: #42 Gus

Yep, I’m still available. :D

Damn, Gus! Good to hear from you.

100 Romantic Heretic  Dec 19, 2014 7:57:13pm

re: #69 Gus

Crazy times around the world since my hiatus. Glad to see a new direction in our Cuba policy which I 100 percent support.

Good to see you back.

101 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:57:40pm

re: #99 austin_blue

Damn, Gus! Good to hear from you.

Hello! How’s Texas! Hey, we got a Republican Senator now. Cory Gardner! Hoooooo boy. Replaced Mark Udall.

102 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 7:58:15pm

re: #100 Romantic Heretic

Good to see you back.

Good to see you as well.

103 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:00:35pm

Here’s another side effect of having regular trade relations with Cuba. Those fleeing Cuba to get to America aren’t going to have to risk their lives to get here like they have in the past. That’s one thing that I think Rubio and Mendenez I think hav e overlooked. I haven’t heard Ted Cruz’s comments on this yet surprisingly. I expect his comments to be really lame.

104 Romantic Heretic  Dec 19, 2014 8:00:55pm

re: #88 blueraven

Marco Rubio is getting hammered on the replies to his tweet re Cuba.

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I think this is going to be a very unpopular stance to take.
Please proceed, Senator.

What Rubio means is ‘the wrong type of oppression.’ If Pinochet was still around Rubio would adore him.

105 blueraven  Dec 19, 2014 8:01:02pm

re: #96 Gus

They’re all a bunch of hypocrites.

Indeed. I do have some empathy for some of the Cuban Americans who had to flee Cuba in the 50s and 60s. I can understand their real hatred of Castro.

However, 50 years is long enough and it is politics, rather than reason at play for much of the opposition.

106 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:01:03pm

Gov. Hickenlooper almost lost too. :|

107 blueraven  Dec 19, 2014 8:02:42pm

re: #106 Gus

Gov. Hickenlooper almost lost too. :|

His re-election was one of the few bright spots in the midterms.

108 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:02:55pm

re: #105 blueraven

Indeed. I do have some empathy for some of the Cuban Americans who had to flee Cuba in the 50s and 60s. I can understand their real hatred of Castro.

However, 50 years is long enough and it is politics, rather than reason at play for much of the opposition.

I understand it too. I just don’t like Rubio acting like the Cuban-American people are the only diaspora group in this country that had to flee a dictatorship. My SiL has talked about Fujimori in Peru for example. And conservatives like Marco had no problem with the right wing dictatorships in Latin and South America either because they were anti-communist too.

109 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:04:26pm

re: #101 Gus

Hello! How’s Texas! Hey, we got a Republican Senator now. Cory Gardner! Hoooooo boy. Replaced Mark Udall.

We’ve got nothing but Republicans! And. They. Just. Get. Crazier. Every. Election. Cycle.

Our New Governor-elect, Greg Abbott (aka Wheels) once described his job as the Attorney General thusly: “I get up in the morning, go to work, sue the Federal Government, and go home.”

110 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:05:52pm

I mean it’s to the point where Rubio is so tied to using Castro as a political weapon that he’s even resorted to saying he was the reason why his parents emigrated here in the first place which is an easily disproved lie. That’s not to say I’ve got any real love or admiration for the Castro regime but at the same time, this isn’t the only dictatorship and we’ve happily done business with far worse ones. Using Cuba’s proximity geographically and the dictatorship is nonsense too given Papa Doc and Trujillo in Haiti and the DR respectively too.

111 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:06:45pm

re: #109 austin_blue

We’ve got nothing but Republicans! And. They. Just. Get. Crazier. Every. Election. Cycle.

Our New Governor-elect, Greg Abbott (aka Wheels) once described his job as the Attorney General thusly: “I get up in the morning, go to work, sue the Federal Government, and go home.”

The south has finally gone just about all red. No more southern Dems in the Senate, right?

112 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 8:07:02pm

Don’t know if this has been covered here yet. Over 100 NY legal aides walk out in protest. countercurrentnews.com

113 Belafon  Dec 19, 2014 8:07:56pm

re: #111 Gus

The south has finally gone just about all red. No more southern Dems in the Senate, right?

All the Southern Democrats are black.

114 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:09:35pm

re: #111 Gus

The south has finally gone just about all red. No more southern Dems in the Senate, right?

Warner survived here in VA but it was very close and we have Kaine. I think Florida has a Dem senator too, Nelson. However, Landrieu, Pryor, and I think there was another one went down in defeat. Now the last white Congressman in the deep South was defeated. Seems to me the South is becoming as red as it once was tied to the Democratic Party.

115 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:10:03pm

re: #113 Belafon

All the Southern Democrats are black.

Deep south. Va’s got two white Congressmen representing Fairfax and Arlington.

116 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:10:40pm

re: #110 HappyWarrior

I mean it’s to the point where Rubio is so tied to using Castro as a political weapon that he’s even resorted to saying he was the reason why his parents emigrated here in the first place which is an easily disproved lie. That’s not to say I’ve got any real love or admiration for the Castro regime but at the same time, this isn’t the only dictatorship and we’ve happily done business with far worse ones. Using Cuba’s proximity geographically and the dictatorship is nonsense too given Papa Doc and Trujillo in Haiti and the DR respectively too.

The Cuba policy was based on the fact that Castro poked us in the eye with a very sharp stick after the overthrow of Batista (What?!? He’s a Commie?!?) and that he destroyed our counterforce at the Bay of Pigs.

More than a half-century of embargo was instituted because we were embarrassed.

117 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:11:35pm

re: #111 Gus

The south has finally gone just about all red. No more southern Dems in the Senate, right?

Nope. It’s all White Power, all the time.

118 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:11:57pm

re: #116 austin_blue

The Cuba policy was based on the fact that Castro poked us in the eye with a very sharp stick after the overthrow of Batista (What?!? He’s a Commie?!?) and that he destroyed our counterforce at the Bay of Pigs.

More than a half-century of embargo was instituted because we were embarrassed.

Yep and this guy (Rubio) wasn’t even alive when that all went down. I agree with you. We kept it because of embarrassment. We kept it while our allies were fine with establishing relations with the regime.

119 makeitstop  Dec 19, 2014 8:13:34pm

Allow me to join the throng welcoming Gus back to LGF.

120 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:14:18pm

re: #119 makeitstop

Allow me to join the throng welcoming Gus back to LGF.

Hello!

121 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:15:29pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

Yep and this guy (Rubio) wasn’t even alive when that all went down. I agree with you. We kept it because of embarrassment. We kept it while our allies were fine with establishing relations with the regime.

Personally, I predict a huge influx of ‘56 Chevy Nomads making their way back to the good old US of A.

122 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:15:36pm

Anyone flounce?

123 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:17:10pm

re: #121 austin_blue

Personally, I predict a huge influx of ‘56 Chevy Nomads making their way back to the good old US of A.

Think you’ll see a rise in cigar sales too. I know quite a few people who want to try Cubans. I want to try some of that rum though. Hoping we see some more Cuban restaurants too.

124 dholmes32  Dec 19, 2014 8:17:25pm

re: #82 Gus

And we all know who helped normalize relationship with Vietnam. John McCain who’s now freaking out about the Cuba announcement. I’m sure you know.

Arizona’s junior Senator, Jeff Flake, has been all in this. In fact, his stand of opening up trade with Cuba is about the only thing I agree with him on.

125 makeitstop  Dec 19, 2014 8:17:38pm

re: #122 Gus

Anyone flounce?

No one that I know of.

Danarchy almost flounced, but then couldn’t resist coming back to gloat after the midterms.

126 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:17:42pm

re: #122 Gus

Anyone flounce?

I’m not a Constant Reader (sigh), so I can’t speak for the Board, but I can’t recall one of the old guard going all ‘splody, but there have certainly been numerous troll outbreaks.

127 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:18:10pm

re: #125 makeitstop

No one that I know of.

Danarchy almost flounced, but then couldn’t resist coming back to gloat after the midterms.

I thought that was Dantes.

128 blueraven  Dec 19, 2014 8:18:48pm

re: #122 Gus

Anyone flounce?

He hasn’t flounced, I don’t think, but SATT has been silent of late. Hope he is OK.

129 makeitstop  Dec 19, 2014 8:18:55pm

re: #127 HappyWarrior

I thought that was Dantes.

You might be right. Getting my Dans mixed up.

130 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:20:23pm

re: #129 makeitstop

You might be right. Getting my Dans mixed up.

So many people, so little time. Whoever was, I liked how he thought he was getting everyone furious. I think everyone was more amused by it at all.

131 blueraven  Dec 19, 2014 8:20:46pm

re: #112 dell*nix

Don’t know if this has been covered here yet. Over 100 NY legal aides walk out in protest. countercurrentnews.com

This is good. Keep it going!

132 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 19, 2014 8:21:57pm

Off to work, will check in later on.

133 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:22:47pm

re: #130 HappyWarrior

So many people, so little time. Whoever was, I liked how he thought he was getting everyone furious. I think everyone was more amused by it at all.

Staying amused is key. I get some trolls on Twitter which are rather amusing. My right hand is always accidentally blocking them.

134 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:25:21pm

re: #133 Gus

Staying amused is key. I get some trolls on Twitter which are rather amusing. My right hand is always accidentally blocking them.

You have to be. There’s something amusing about someone who claims you’re not worth shit yet here they are wasting valuable time on you. That’s why I never got trolls. It’s like “This is how you prefer to spend your night?” It’s like sports fans who go to another team’s blog or forum after winning the big game to talk shit. I don’t know about you guys but I never thought about going on FR after Obama won either time to mock them. Just seemed like a waste of time and was better spent with people actually happy about what happened.

135 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 8:26:03pm

It’s kind of like how Charles gets told he’s irrelevant yet here that person is spending their time to tell him how “irrelevant” he is.

136 blueraven  Dec 19, 2014 8:27:02pm

I’m out, Lizards.

Really good to see you here Gus!

137 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:27:45pm

re: #136 blueraven

I’m out, Lizards.

Really good to see you here Gus!

Thanks! Later.

138 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:28:54pm

re: #134 HappyWarrior

You have to be. There’s something amusing about someone who claims you’re not worth shit yet here they are wasting valuable time on you. That’s why I never got trolls. It’s like “This is how you prefer to spend your night?” It’s like sports fans who go to another team’s blog or forum after winning the big game to talk shit. I don’t know about you guys but I never thought about going on FR after Obama won either time to mock them. Just seemed like a waste of time and was better spent with people actually happy about what happened.

That’s why I avoid hashtags. Couple of nights ago though I said something about the racists in the #tamirrice tag. Then came some derp. Another time I just mention ExJon. Then came the derp.

139 Belafon  Dec 19, 2014 8:31:13pm

re: #115 HappyWarrior

You’re right: Deep South.

140 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 8:31:19pm

re: #81 Gus

I remember loading bombs for delivery by B-52 to Hanoi. I now follow Viet photographers on Flckr.

Hanoi, Saigon and Bangkok look nothing today like they did from 1965 to 1975.

I can remember when the blockade of Cuba was first instituted and now it seems to be going the way of the Berlin Wall. A lot of changes since I became a charter subscriber to Soldier of Fortune.

141 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:31:41pm

re: #123 HappyWarrior

Think you’ll see a rise in cigar sales too. I know quite a few people who want to try Cubans. I want to try some of that rum though. Hoping we see some more Cuban restaurants too.

The cigar embargo was always a nudge and a wink. Kinky Friedman lit up a Cohiba fatty while in the White House (true story).

W: “Kinky, is that a Cuban?”

The Kinkster: “Why, yes, Mr. President, it is. I bought a box in Montreal. They are really excellent cigars.”

W: “It’s wrong to support their economy.”

The K: “Well, Mr. President, the Canadians had already bought it and the Cubans weren’t making money off of me. In addition, you shouldn’t think of it as supporting their economy, you should think of it as burning their fields.”

142 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:33:35pm

re: #134 HappyWarrior

You have to be. There’s something amusing about someone who claims you’re not worth shit yet here they are wasting valuable time on you. That’s why I never got trolls. It’s like “This is how you prefer to spend your night?” It’s like sports fans who go to another team’s blog or forum after winning the big game to talk shit. I don’t know about you guys but I never thought about going on FR after Obama won either time to mock them. Just seemed like a waste of time and was better spent with people actually happy about what happened.

This is an indication that you actually have a life. Good thing.

143 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:33:53pm

re: #140 dell*nix

I remember loading bombs for delivery by B-52 to Hanoi. I now follow Viet photographers on Flckr.

Hanoi, Saigon and Bangkok look nothing today like they did from 1965 to 1975.

I can remember when the blockade of Cuba was first instituted and now it seems to be going the way of the Berlin Wall. A lot of changes since I became a charter subscriber to Soldier of Fortune.

Vietnam has a way to go many issues but I’m really happy how it’s turned out. I don’t think anyone expected this. At least I didn’t.

144 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:35:10pm

Uh oh. It’s coming!

145 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:35:15pm

re: #140 dell*nix

I remember loading bombs for delivery by B-52 to Hanoi. I now follow Viet photographers on Flckr.

Hanoi, Saigon and Bangkok look nothing today like they did from 1965 to 1975.

I can remember when the blockade of Cuba was first instituted and now it seems to be going the way of the Berlin Wall. A lot of changes since I became a charter subscriber to Soldier of Fortune.

Thailand or Anderson?

146 Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 19, 2014 8:35:55pm

re: #131 blueraven

at first I misread that as “100 Legal Ladies”

147 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:37:45pm

re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg

at first I misread that as “100 Legal Ladies”

Are there that many in NY?

;-)

148 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 8:38:01pm

This is fun to watch. Wingnut Twitterato Dan Riehl dumping on UpChuck.

149 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 8:38:45pm

re: #147 austin_blue

Are there that many in NY?

;-)

Upper East SIde, probably.

//

150 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:41:08pm

re: #144 Gus

Uh oh. It’s coming!

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Man, that thing is wrapped up tighter than a Scotsman’s money roll. But it’ll clear New England by noon Sunday.

Santabomb?

Pffft.

151 Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 19, 2014 8:41:28pm

re: #144 Gus

I have many friends and family in Ontario, hopefully everyone makes it through ok. We Canadians are tough at handling winter storms.

152 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 8:43:26pm
153 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 8:45:02pm

re: #145 austin_blue

Thailand. U-T

154 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 8:45:16pm

re: #152 goddamnedfrank

I’m wondering why anyone buys a $19,700 wristwatch, other than to show other people how rich they are.

155 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:45:17pm

re: #152 goddamnedfrank

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At that price, why aren’t they buying the 24-pack?

156 Charles Johnson  Dec 19, 2014 8:45:34pm

THE RETURN OF GUS

157 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:46:47pm

re: #156 Charles Johnson

THE RETURN OF GUS

Hello, I hath returned. Perhaps I can break my Twitter obsession now.

158 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:47:28pm

re: #153 dell*nix

Thailand. U-T

We lost quite a few Buffs with battle damage near the runways there. And it was hot enough without the JP-4 setting the neighborhood on fire.

159 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 8:49:24pm

re: #154 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I’m wondering why anyone buys a $19,700 wristwatch, other than to show other people how rich they are.

Which is kind of my point. If you’re going to spend that much on pointless man jewelry, wouldn’t you want to go into a boutique horology studio and have your testicles gently massaged by German Elves while you peruse the wares with lofty indifference?

160 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:50:16pm

re: #156 Charles Johnson

THE RETURN OF GUS

Nice, innit? Missed his grace and charm.

No, really.

I did.

Seriously.

I’m not hot-dogging’ ya.

161 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:50:42pm

re: #160 austin_blue

Nice, innit? Missed his grace and charm.

No, really.

I did.

Seriously.

I’m not hot-dogging’ ya.

Grace? Me? I must have changed. :D

162 dog philosopher  Dec 19, 2014 8:54:18pm

boopsie’s chess menorah

163 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:54:35pm

re: #161 Gus

Grace? Me? I must have changed. :D

Good to have you back, my man. Anyone who can smirk while typing without being an asshole is aces by me.

164 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 8:56:42pm

re: #163 austin_blue

Good to have you back, my man. Anyone who can smirk while typing without being an asshole is aces by me.

Thanks man.

165 Kragar  Dec 19, 2014 8:56:47pm
166 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 8:56:59pm

re: #162 dog philosopher

boopsie’s chess menorah

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That floor is going to be a fucking mess tomorrow.

(Unless no one is getting that PEG rotated 90 degrees, in which case I sound like a feeb.)

167 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 8:59:17pm

re: #159 goddamnedfrank

Which is kind of my point. If you’re going to spend that much on pointless man jewelry, wouldn’t you want to go into a boutique horology studio and have your testicles gently massaged by German Elves while you peruse the wares with lofty indifference?

While I was in Hong Kong last week, I gazed at the expensive watches in the shop windows, amazed at the prices. Then I went to a common people’s watch shop and bought a Casio for US$40. It looks stylish, tells me the time and date, and isn’t a quarter-inch thick.

Rolex, Shmolex

168 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 9:00:09pm

re: #165 Kragar

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He fucking tossed the case. Nothing’s going to convince me otherwise.

169 HappyWarrior  Dec 19, 2014 9:00:59pm

re: #148 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

This is fun to watch. Wingnut Twitterato Dan Riehl dumping on UpChuck.

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So even his wingnut brothers in arms think he’s full of shit. May want to find a new job, Mr. Award Winning Journalist.

170 Charles Johnson  Dec 19, 2014 9:02:29pm
171 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 9:02:38pm

re: #158 austin_blue

It did get a bit warm at times. And more than a bit humid. I was there in 1972 and worked pre-load.

172 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 9:05:02pm

re: #170 Charles Johnson

That’s my blog’s header image. Hah!

173 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 9:05:03pm

The alternate reality surrounding Benghazi is officially an article of religious faith on the right.

174 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 9:10:13pm

re: #171 dell*nix

It did get a bit warm at times. And more than a bit humid. I was there in 1972 and worked pre-load.

Which was ball-busting work for Arc Light preps. Lots of iron bombs…

175 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:11:56pm

re: #173 goddamnedfrank

The alternate reality surrounding Benghazi is officially an article of religious faith on the right.

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“A well-placed captain at Cyber Command confirmed to Gotnews…”

Uh huh. A “well placed” captain.

176 Kragar  Dec 19, 2014 9:12:22pm

Ah, the sweet pleasure of embarrassing a teen in front of her friends.

And she didn’t think I knew the entire lyrics to Shpadoinkle Day.

177 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 19, 2014 9:12:35pm

re: #173 goddamnedfrank

The alternate reality surrounding Benghazi is officially an article of religious faith on the right.

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Truth is anathema to the American reactionaries.

178 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 9:13:47pm

re: #175 Gus

“A well-placed captain at Cyber Command confirmed to Gotnews…”

Uh huh. A “well placed” captain.

A high White Horse souse

179 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 9:14:35pm

re: #174 austin_blue

Depending on the frag that could add up to a lot of iron on just on one BUFF.

180 Kragar  Dec 19, 2014 9:16:10pm

re: #175 Gus

“A well-placed captain at Cyber Command confirmed to Gotnews…”

Uh huh. A “well placed” captain.

181 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:16:50pm

SONY HACK WAS AN INSIDE JOB!

182 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 9:16:52pm

re: #179 dell*nix

Depending on the frag that could add up to a lot of iron on just on one BUFF.

The H models I flew never had the Big Belly mod. What was it, 108 500-pounders you could load up on a D model? Something ridiculous…

183 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 9:17:05pm

re: #175 Gus

“A well-placed captain at Cyber Command confirmed to Gotnews…”

Uh huh. A “well placed” captain.

184 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:19:25pm

“A well placed captain at cyber command!” Yep, he’s in charge of the graphics department.

185 EPR-radar  Dec 19, 2014 9:19:33pm

re: #180 Kragar

Of course CCJ has secret sources on the inside.

The problem is that most people refer to such things as ‘colon polyps’.

CCJ is confused because polyps are internal, and may be hard to find.

186 Kragar  Dec 19, 2014 9:21:45pm
187 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 9:21:53pm

re: #183 goddamnedfrank

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Poor Chuck. It’s like his fingers are pistols and every keystroke fires through his keyboard and perforates his poor, continuously punctured feet.

188 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 9:21:54pm

re: #182 austin_blue

108 sounds about right with a full internal load out and MER’s on the wings.

This should be a familiar sight for anyone that has been to U_T. flickr.com

189 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:23:19pm

Meanwhile USCYBERCOM is linking to NBC news…

North Korea Behind Sony Hack: U.S. Officials
[DEC 18, 2014 - NBC News] U.S. officials have concluded that the North Korean government ordered the hacking attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment — a breach that led to the studio cancelling the planned release of “The Interview”.

190 Kragar  Dec 19, 2014 9:23:36pm
191 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 9:26:34pm

re: #177 William Barnett-Lewis

Truth is anathema to the American reactionaries.

What’s weird is how far they’ve been allowed to overplay this. They could have simply let it go at “the Administration was wrong,” and gotten some modicum of traction. That would have been at least a debatable point considering our nebulous understanding of the attack’s inception even today. But they feel a need to sell the video explanation as something that was so laughable and insane that it constituted some sort of desperate lie. To do that one needs to completely pretend that the contemporaneous riots in dozens of other cities never occurred, to excise them totally from history. Because otherwise, within the context of that global unrest and given the limitations of information at the time, the video explanation becomes imminently reasonable and totally fucking understandable.

192 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 9:30:14pm

re: #188 dell*nix

108 sounds about right with a full internal load out and MER’s on the wings.

This should be a familiar sight for anyone that has been to U_T. flickr.com

Is that Buff in the process of crashing, or is it derelict? The outrigger landing gear is gone or retracted, the external tank is in the weeds, and the number 4 pod is scraping the dirt. If that thing is still moving, I’ve got the right-hand cockpit window open and the rope is being thrown outside.

Jeez.

193 Jenner7  Dec 19, 2014 9:30:44pm

Video

194 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 9:30:49pm

re: #190 Kragar

The Award-Winning Journalist lives with his in-laws in Fresno. So, either his wife or his MIL does the arranging.

195 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:34:16pm

GUS IS BACK ON LGF!

196 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 9:34:25pm

re: #192 austin_blue

Outbound taxi if I recall correctly. Pic was taken from in front of flight line chow hall. Road is elevated above that taxiway and perspective kind of hides the outboard tips.

This is my album of shots at U-T. flickr.com

197 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:35:28pm

re: #195 teleskiguy

GUS IS BACK ON LGF!

Apparently. //

198 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:37:06pm

re: #197 Gus

Apparently. //

You still owe me five bucks.

/

199 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 19, 2014 9:38:10pm

Behind the scenes at Cyber Command:

200 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:40:08pm

The Great Christmas Tourist Horde has descended upon the Rocky Mountain ski areas, as of today. The population of the county I live in just doubled. The damn airplanes were coming into the airport like a choo choo train.

IT BEGINS…

201 Pawn of the Oppressor  Dec 19, 2014 9:40:21pm

re: #188 dell*nix

108 sounds about right with a full internal load out and MER’s on the wings.

This should be a familiar sight for anyone that has been to U_T. flickr.com

I went to art school with a North Vietnamese guy who was born by the side of a road during a B-52 raid. I’m not sure if it was Linebacker I or II, but I’m leaning towards the first Linebacker because his birthday was in the fall. He’s an extremely skilled artist and sculptor - Communist Vietnamese art schools are intense! - and the guy here in DFW who helped him come to the U.S. was an air traffic controller.

I soundtracked my graduation animation with the Russian song “Katyusha” and he knew it because he had learned it in school…

It’s really a trip to meet somebody who was on the “other side” of these things, as an infant while bombs are exploding, as a receiver of a Communist education, and now as an artist living and working in the U.S.

Yesterday’s enemies and casualties of war are tomorrow’s immigrants and neighbors.

Edit: I’m reminded also of a fellow in a nearby town who fixed my car a couple of times… Turns out he was an H-34 pilot for the 219th VNAF “King Bee” squadron. He had a couple of eyebrow-raising stories, and on the wall of his office is a commendation letter from MACV-SOG and a map of a unified, non-Communist Vietnam on the wall, in which the capital is NOT “Ho Chi Minh City”.

I knew both of these people simultaneously. Capitalism sucks in many unique ways, but free markets do make strange things possible.

202 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:41:43pm

Oh, and it has snowed up in the high mountains everyday this week. I seen it!

203 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 9:44:23pm

re: #201 Pawn of the Oppressor

Seems the older you get the weirder the world gets when it comes to friends and enemies. Sometimes you just lose track of who is supposed to be who.

204 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 9:45:47pm

re: #201 Pawn of the Oppressor

I went to art school with a North Vietnamese guy who was born by the side of a road during a B-52 raid. I’m not sure if it was Linebacker I or II, but I’m leaning towards the first Linebacker because his birthday was in the fall. He’s an extremely skilled artist and sculptor - Communist Vietnamese art schools are intense! - and the guy here in DFW who helped him come to the U.S. was an air traffic controller.

I soundtracked my graduation animation with the Russian song “Katyusha” and he knew it because he had learned it in school…

It’s really a trip to meet somebody who was on the “other side” of these things, as an infant while bombs are exploding, as a receiver of a Communist education, and now as an artist living and working in the U.S.

Yesterday’s enemies and casualties of war are tomorrow’s immigrants and neighbors.

One of the most touching moments I’ve had here in China is meeting an old duffer who fought in the Korea War for the Communists. We attended the same outdoor celebration event. He was in full dress uniform, and reached out to shake my hand. I wasn’t even born back then, but the message was still clear.

205 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:48:50pm
206 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:50:29pm
207 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:51:57pm

Frank Zappa’s son Ahmet.

208 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 9:52:30pm

re: #191 goddamnedfrank

What’s weird is how far they’ve been allowed to overplay this. They could have simply let it go at “the Administration was wrong,” and gotten some modicum of traction. That would have been at least a debatable point considering our nebulous understanding of the attack’s inception even today. But they feel a need to sell the video explanation as something that was so laughable and insane that it constituted some sort of desperate lie. To do that one needs to completely pretend that the contemporaneous riots in dozens of other cities never occurred, to excise them totally from history. Because otherwise, within the context of that global unrest and given the limitations of information at the time, the video explanation becomes imminently reasonable and totally fucking understandable.

What’s tragic is the fact that four good men died at the American Consulate in the second largest city in Libya during a demonstration that escalated into an attack. That simple tragedy was lost in the follow-up.

Faux News took the early confusion and made a brilliant pivot, turning it into the perfect example of Executive incompetence. This is how they presented it to the Great Unwashed of its viewers. They went apeshit and Faux pressed it for all it was worth.

I feel for the dead horse of actual fact, who, beaten to shreds by now, has had its flesh rot away and is left with nothing but a scrap of skin, a hank of hair, and a bit of bone.

The fact that this is still “news” speaks volumes to the ignorance of Faux viewers and the cynicism of the people who continue to manipulate them.

209 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:52:31pm
210 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 9:52:59pm

Damn it Gus, now I’m getting waaay into Twitter, it’s all your fault!

:-P

211 dell*nix  Dec 19, 2014 9:56:15pm

re: #206 teleskiguy

Ahh! Visions of the lovely legs of the dancing cigarette packs.

212 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:56:42pm

re: #209 Gus

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Stupid people.

213 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 9:59:12pm

I like how they’re always saying “Islam is not a race” yet they’re always profiling brown people with “funny names” as being Muslim.

214 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 10:02:10pm

re: #209 Gus

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That un-Christian un-American Hindoo bastard thinks that gun violence is a public health issue! And he calls himself a Doctor! A Doctor of Obamanistic Socialist Commonism, maybe!

Da noive of dat guy!!

215 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 10:05:26pm

re: #207 teleskiguy

Of course y’all want to see me reply to Ahmet Zappa’s mustache tweet with a (very) current picture of my hideous fu manchu.

216 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 10:06:47pm

re: #214 austin_blue

That un-Christian un-American Hindoo bastard thinks that gun violence is a public health issue! And he calls himself a Doctor! A Doctor of Obamanistic Socialist Commonism, maybe!

Da noive of dat guy!!

Yeah. Gun deaths aren’t a public health issue. I mean, something like 30,000 people die every year due to gun violence, suicides, accidents, etc. Death. Not including injuries which sometimes handicaps people for life. Death or injury as unrelated to health! It’s about are freedoms!

217 freetoken  Dec 19, 2014 10:09:41pm

Wow, Colbert got all those America-haters in one spot.

Where were the real Americans, like Allen West and Sarah Palin?

218 RadicalModerate  Dec 19, 2014 10:09:44pm

re: #175 Gus

“A well-placed captain at Cyber Command confirmed to Gotnews…”

Uh huh. A “well placed” captain.

Someone please tell Chuck that Optimus Prime and Megatron are not universally accepted as “well placed” sources.

219 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 19, 2014 10:18:21pm

re: #218 RadicalModerate

Someone please tell Chuck that Optimus Prime and Megatron are not universally accepted as “well placed” sources.

His frequent begging for “info” sets him up for any joker with a few minutes to spare. He’s the easiest type to dupe because he’s incapable of believing that anyone’s smarter than he is.

220 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 10:19:25pm

re: #218 RadicalModerate

Someone please tell Chuck that Optimus Prime and Megatron are not universally accepted as “well placed” sources.

Well, he *does* have their cellphone numbers, so he’s got that going for him.

221 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 10:24:59pm

re: #220 austin_blue

Well, he *does* have their cellphone numbers, so he’s got that going for him.

But his calls just go to voicemail.

222 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 10:26:53pm

re: #215 teleskiguy

Of course y’all want to see me reply to Ahmet Zappa’s mustache tweet with a (very) current picture of my hideous fu manchu.

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I need to trim that motherfucker.

I’ve been busy. Ski stuff.

223 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 10:35:13pm

Super high concentrations of derp detected.

224 BeachDem  Dec 19, 2014 10:38:29pm

re: #219 Higgs Boson’s Mate

His frequent begging for “info” sets him up for any joker with a few minutes to spare. He’s the easiest type to dupe because he’s incapable of believing that anyone’s smarter than he is.

Case in point—the time upchuck tried to school Robert Reich:

You want to pay higher taxes or contribute to highway funds or what have you? You pay for those programs with donations or through charity. Nothing is stopping you.
Of course the real reason Reich favors high taxes is control. Many of us will take the themes of that new movie, Atlas Shrugged Part I and “go Galt.”

claremontconservative.com

(surely even upchuck knew that Atlas Shrugged was a book before it was a movie, right?)

225 austin_blue  Dec 19, 2014 10:39:16pm

re: #223 goddamnedfrank

Super high concentrations of derp detected.

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Was that the Twilight Zone theme I just heard?

Goodnight, all. Sweet scaly dreams.

226 Kragar  Dec 19, 2014 10:39:40pm

re: #223 goddamnedfrank

227 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 10:46:01pm

Does anybody remember the account name for that crazy lady who was live tweeting the military coup she was certain was overthrowing Obama? This was after the elections a month and a half ago. She saw truck convoys and helicopters, which meant shit was going down. Told us libs not to resist, that Obama was going to either be summarily executed tor exiled to Kenya.

228 TedStriker  Dec 19, 2014 10:54:48pm

re: #227 goddamnedfrank

Does anybody remember the account name for that crazy lady who was live tweeting the military coup she was certain was overthrowing Obama? This was after the elections a month and a half ago. She saw truck convoys and helicopters, which meant shit was going down. Told us libs not to resist, that Obama was going to either be summarily executed tor exiled to Kenya.

Hopefully they’re eating soft food in a soft room right now.

229 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 10:56:05pm

re: #227 goddamnedfrank

Here she is, still totes fucking insane.

230 #FergusonFireside  Dec 19, 2014 10:57:00pm

re: #221 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

But his calls just go to voicemail.

you tried, didn’t you?

231 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 11:02:01pm

re: #229 goddamnedfrank

Here she is, still totes fucking insane.

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JHC people are insane.

232 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 11:03:06pm

Send all libelous tweets and other whatever about UpChuck to this address.

233 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 11:08:11pm

Gah. Started looking through some of those Twitter accounts. Need some brain bleach.

234 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 11:14:09pm

MoFos about to ski stoopidly fast. Unreal athleticism if you ask me.

235 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 11:15:38pm

re: #233 Gus

Gah. Started looking through some of those Twitter accounts. Need some brain bleach.

Twitter has rolled away the rock that once blocked off the crazy cave from public dialog. Motherfuckers speaking in tongues, using smart phones to mainline their fucking lunatic bullshittery directly into America’s face holes.

236 BillinGlendaleCA  Dec 19, 2014 11:20:01pm

re: #235 goddamnedfrank

You’re a braver man than I.

BTW, I noticed in a few other threads that you live in Ventura County, I grew up there(1000 Oaks). Did you also go to UW?

237 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 11:22:29pm

re: #235 goddamnedfrank

Twitter has rolled away the rock that once blocked off the crazy cave from public dialog. Motherfuckers speaking in tongues, using smart phones to mainline their fucking lunatic bullshit directly into America’s face holes.

Exactly.

[Drops mic.]

238 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 11:23:28pm

Dinosaurs
Aliens
Tongues
Ancient Texts
NWO
The Juice
End Times
Satan

239 Gus  Dec 19, 2014 11:24:29pm
240 teleskiguy  Dec 19, 2014 11:25:10pm
241 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 11:42:42pm

CCJ showing his inner Trekkie

242 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 11:45:10pm

re: #236 BillinGlendaleCA

You’re a braver man than I.

BTW, I noticed in a few other threads that you live in Ventura County, I grew up there(1000 Oaks). Did you also go to UW?

Yep, I keep trying to move back to Seattle, but need to find a job up there first.

243 goddamnedfrank  Dec 19, 2014 11:56:35pm

re: #241 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

CCJ showing his inner Trekkie

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Ha, this is beautiful. Chuck thought he could engage Patton Oswalt and Wil, and he got stiff-armed.

He wasn’t fucking mentioned at all, just tried to drum up some quick relevance and capitalize off of their huge number of followers. It didn’t work so now he’s all butthurt.

244 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 19, 2014 11:58:34pm

re: #243 goddamnedfrank

A “researcher” with ties to law enforcement — meaning, I know a guy on the Fresno PD and tells me all kinds of shit.

245 BillinGlendaleCA  Dec 20, 2014 12:04:06am

re: #242 goddamnedfrank

I loved my 3 years in Seattle(grad school), but I’m a Cali boy. It’s too damn cold up there.

246 teleskiguy  Dec 20, 2014 12:07:13am

re: #243 goddamnedfrank

Pathetic.

247 teleskiguy  Dec 20, 2014 12:09:21am

UpChuck shows numerous symptoms of sociopathy.

248 goddamnedfrank  Dec 20, 2014 12:13:43am

re: #246 teleskiguy

Pathetic.

249 BeachDem  Dec 20, 2014 12:22:22am

re: #243 goddamnedfrank

Ha, this is beautiful. Chuck thought he could engage Patton Oswalt and Wil, and he got stiff-armed.

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He wasn’t fucking mentioned at all, just tried to drum up some quick relevance and capitalize off of their huge number of followers. It didn’t work so now he’s all butthurt.

And, as always, his ties to the English language are tenuous at best.

250 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Dec 20, 2014 12:23:35am

re: #248 goddamnedfrank

It’s like crashing a wedding reception, then getting all mad when you’re asked to leave.

251 goddamnedfrank  Dec 20, 2014 12:25:26am

My sources tell me that “ties to law enforcement” is a euphemism for once having given a cop a sloppy handjob.

Hey man, I don’t judge. We’ve all done things we’re not proud of.

252 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 1:26:21am

re: #167 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

While I was in Hong Kong last week, I gazed at the expensive watches in the shop windows, amazed at the prices. Then I went to a common people’s watch shop and bought a Casio for US$40. It looks stylish, tells me the time and date, and isn’t a quarter-inch thick.

Rolex, Shmolex

I bought a Seiko SKX007K2 divers watch; it cost about $188, but it sure is nice. The “poor man’s Rolex”, as it were.

Image: seiko-divers-automatic-mens-skx007k2-13301-MCO2969552826_072012-F.jpg

And here it is, on my wrist:

uploadpie.com

253 goddamnedfrank  Dec 20, 2014 1:28:50am
254 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 2:07:07am

re: #252 Dr Lizardo

And sorry for the poor pic quality; my mobile phone cam has a scratch on the lens. It’s a Nokia C5 03, but I’m looking to find a Nokia N8, which has an astonishing (for a mobile phone) 12 Mpx Carl Zeiss lensed camera.

255 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 2:18:52am

Interesting take here on the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack:

Months before the hacker intrusion on Sony Pictures’ network, analyst firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) performed an analysis on the company’s security, and found it lacking. More than 100 devices were found to be unmonitored by corporate security following an incomplete transition from a private security firm to an in-house team. As a result, any Sony response to network intrusion would be, in the words of the auditors, “slow, fragmented, and incomplete, if it would even happen at all.” However, corrective actions proposed by PWC seemingly went undone, which left the doors to the company open, sometimes literally, facilitating the attack.

Sony had moved from a third party to in-house security teams in September 2013. The transition was anything but smooth, with the 100 devices cited by PWC not properly turned over to the staff. Most of the unmonitored, and unpatched, devices were web servers and managed routers.

Another former employee says that corporate culture is the root cause of the security lapses. He noted that the real problem with Sony Pictures’ network security was “there was no real investment in, or real understanding of what information security is,” pointing to the vast amount of sensitive data gleaned by the hackers that was stored unencrypted. Employees of Sony Pictures for the last 15 years were listed in the leaked documents. Sony’s offer of credit monitoring and identity theft protection does not extend to former employees at this time.

Wow. SPE really dropped the ball big-time. Hard to believe that in our cyber-age, that there’s still a lot of people out there who simply don’t pay sufficient attention to security measures.

electronista.com

256 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 2:42:37am

re: #173 goddamnedfrank

The alternate reality surrounding Benghazi is officially an article of religious faith on the right.

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What it really was: An attack thought up in advance as something to do if the chance came. With the protests in Cairo, the chance came. It was never going to be a protest in Benghazi, violence was present from the outset. But it wasn’t something planned out in detail in advance.

On a related note, in my stories-actually-about-Benghazi (as opposed to wingnut fever dreams):

The Pentagon Is Watching for Islamic State in Libya

North Africa could become the war’s third front

Islamic State has established training camps and a supply network in eastern Libya, U.S. Army general David Rodriguez told reporters on Dec. 3. But “as far as a huge command-and-control network, I’ve not seen that yet,” Rodriguez added.

While far from the group’s traditional stomping grounds Iraq and Syria, Libya offers a almost perfect space for the organization. The North African country has been in a near-constant state of crisis since rebels overthrew long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi with NATO’s help in 2011.

Unfortunately, the insurgent groups never disarmed or demobilized after they ousted Gaddafi. The militias still roam the country, fighting with terrorists, the central government and amongst themselves—with civilians often caught in the crossfire.

A destructive, months-long battle over the eastern city of Benghazi is a microcosm of these larger problems. Rogue general Khalifa Haftar—who lived fewer than 30 miles from the American capital for years—is fighting with Islamist militias over the major oil hub.

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have also launched air strikes to back up Haftar’s troops. Meanwhile, Libyan authorities have been helpless to halt the violence—or have been disinterested in doing so.

I know this article’s view of Gen. Haftar differs from my own, but overall its a good overview of the problems in Libya.

257 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 2:50:59am

Yay! The Grumpy Cat of LGF is back! I missed you :D

258 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 2:55:12am

See, this is the correct diminutive form, not “Vlad” (which means Vladislav).

259 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 3:10:13am

themoscowtimes.com

A few years back, then-President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama pressed a button to symbolically “reset” U.S.-Russian relations. However, in a Freudian slip, the Russian version of the word was written as “reload” — an action more fitting for a rifle than a computer.

Umm. Nope.
“Reset” = “perezagruzka”
What they mistakenly wrote was “peregruzka”, overload. (Which is sorta prophetic). It has nothing to do with rifles (in that case the word is “perezaryadka”). Interestingly enough, the article’s author is Russian and knows this.

260 goddamnedfrank  Dec 20, 2014 3:21:58am
A German steel factory suffered massive damage after hackers managed to access production networks, allowing them to tamper with the controls of a blast furnace, the government said in its annual IT security report.

…

Due to these failures, one of the plant’s blast furnaces could not be shut down in a controlled manner, which resulted in “massive damage to plant,” the BSI said, describing the technical skills of the attacker as “very advanced.”

!O_o!

261 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 3:22:33am

Deleted.

262 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 3:24:02am

re: #261 Dark_Falcon

You haven’t read the article, have you?

263 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 20, 2014 3:24:27am

re: #258 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

See, this is the correct diminutive form, not “Vlad” (which means Vladislav).

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That’s good to know. I have the Devils own time with Russian names and can’t keep the patronymics straight much less the proper diminutive.

264 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 3:25:22am

re: #262 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

You haven’t read the article, have you?

Nope, I hadn’t. Seems I was a bit off base.

265 Timothy Watson  Dec 20, 2014 3:45:14am

Everyone:
Feel free to file a compliant against Robert McCulloch with the Missouri State Bar:
mobar.org

It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:

(a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;

(b) commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects;

(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. It shall not be professional misconduct for a lawyer for a criminal law enforcement agency, regulatory agency, or state attorney general to advise others about or to supervise another in an undercover investigation if the entity is authorized by law to conduct undercover investigations, and it shall not be professional misconduct for a lawyer employed in a capacity other than as a lawyer by a criminal law enforcement agency, regulatory agency, or state attorney general to participate in an undercover investigation, if the entity is authorized by law to conduct undercover investigations;

(d) engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;

(e) state or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or official or to achieve results by means that violate the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law;

(f) knowingly assist a judge or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct or other law; or

(g) manifest by words or conduct, in representing a client, bias or prejudice based upon race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, or sexual orientation. This Rule 4-8.4(g) does not preclude legitimate advocacy when race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, or other similar factors, are issues.

courts.mo.gov

266 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 4:19:03am

re: #265 Timothy Watson

On a related note:

George Zimmerman and Massad Ayoob discuss self-defense (AUDIO)

George Zimmerman called into the Armed American Radio show Sunday to speak with self-defense expert Massad Ayoob, with the result being a half hour impromptu interview in which Zimmerman talked extensively about the profound changes that have occurred in his own life and the lessons he has learned after he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman’s is perhaps one of the most well-known self-defense cases in the country. He was acquitted of murder in July 2013 for the February 2012 shooting death of Martin, but some still say the justice system acted unfairly and racial undertones were even displayed - Zimmerman is half white and half Mexican [sic] and Martin was black. Prosecutors argued that Zimmerman pursued Martin before he fatally shot the unarmed teen, but the defense argued that Zimmerman shot Martin in self-defense when he feared for his life as his head was being beaten on the concrete below him.

In a seemingly foreshadow of the call which was about to come in, Ayoob attempted to paint a grim picture of reality.

“The image that had always been portrayed in the entertainment media that you shoot the bad guy, the scene fades out as the last piece of grass rolls across the pavement and you get on that horse with a pretty girl and ride off into the sunset,” Ayoob said.

“Even if you have the best possible outcome you’ve still had to do something that is going to change the way you’re seen by others,” he added.

Minutes later, Zimmerman called the show and discussed those issues, including how he believed the media has impacted his life and portrayed him in a bad light.

267 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 4:19:16am

2 notes on the preceding post:

1. I placed ‘[sic]’ next to the part about Zimmerman’s ancestry because the author is wrong on that part. Zimmerman’s mother is from Peru, not Mexico. I am undoubtedly be pedantic in pointing this detail out, but it is my way.

2. Zimmerman likely called in because Massad Ayoob has been highly sympathetic to him. Given the lists of Trayvon Martin’s misdeeds (alleged and real) Ayoob has gone over in his columns, it seems clear to me that he thinks Martin was a young thug who attacked Zimmerman without provocation. To be clear, this is my analysis of Ayoob’s words on the case, and I am not saying that I share his views.

268 darthstar  Dec 20, 2014 4:19:34am

re: #229 goddamnedfrank

Here she is, still totes fucking insane.

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This comment on that youtube video is hilarious.

269 darthstar  Dec 20, 2014 4:20:59am
270 darthstar  Dec 20, 2014 4:25:38am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

You don’t share Ayoob’s views that Trayvon Martin was a thug with a history of misdeeds…you just think that others should consider them as meaningful. Just puttin’ it out there…a little food for thought as it were.

271 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 20, 2014 4:30:30am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

He’s a cop. When all is said and done, he’s a thug in Blue like the rest of them. Pity. I used to respect him.

272 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 4:31:24am

re: #270 darthstar

You don’t share Ayoob’s views that Trayvon Martin was a thug with a history of misdeeds…you just think that others should consider them as meaningful. Just puttin’ it out there…a little food for thought as it were.

Actually, no. I wanted to explain why Zimmerman likely wanted to call into a show Ayoob was on. To do that I needed to explain what Ayoob thought of the Zimmerman case. Said explanation also seemed wise to me because I figured others would either ask me about Ayoob’s views on the Zimmerman case or would research to find out for themselves. I felt it better to present them myself in the interests of completeness, and I admit I feared criticism on those grounds if I did not do so.

273 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 4:36:11am

re: #271 William Barnett-Lewis

And you base Massad Ayoob being a ‘thug’ on what, exactly? His views on one case hardly seem to merit designation as a ‘thug’, and he’s only a part time cop in a small town in New Hampshire.

274 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 4:41:37am

MP3 Audio

275 William Barnett-Lewis  Dec 20, 2014 4:47:26am

re: #273 Dark_Falcon

And you base Massad Ayoob being a ‘thug’ on what, exactly? His views on one case hardly seem to merit designation as a ‘thug’, and he’s only a part time cop in a small town in New Hampshire.

DF he takes the police side with out regard to the facts of the case. If you ally yourself with the thugs, it will rub off. In his I the older he gets the more a cop can do no wrong.

We have serious problems in this nation with out of control police and he has decided to be part of the problem rather than the solution.

I have a number of his books and have read much of his magazine writing. His decent to the dark side, if you will, is near complete. It’ll be done when he starts calling minorities “goblins” like Jeff Cooper liked to do.

276 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 4:49:57am

Chilly blast for the truth

The polar vortex blew into 2014, coating the first couple of months with snow and record-low temperatures across the country. Some climate change skeptics said the chilly phenomenon was evidence that the Earth isn’t warming, while some scientists said the dramatic pattern was actually a symptom of climate change.

[…]

Despite mounting evidence and scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is real, many Americans’ skepticism and flat-out denial remains strong. A Pew Research survey from September showed 61 percent of Americans believe there is solid evidence of global warming, while 35 percent disagree.

This hasn’t changed in at least 17 years, said Jon Krosnick, who researches public opinion on climate change at Stanford University.

He said the country is split into two groups: two-thirds who believe climate scientists, and one-third who don’t. Growing scientific evidence hasn’t affected that split much.

“Of the people who don’t trust scientists, any change in the findings or conclusions or opinions of scientists are not of interest,” Krosnick said. “So any change in scientists’ opinions will not be consequential.”

Denial remains among politicians and pundits, too, providing PolitiFact with many statements to fact-check throughout 2014. The statement “Climate change is a hoax” won PolitiFact’s annual readers’ poll for Lie of the Year with 31.8 percent of the vote.

That claim was the title of a five-minute video released by congressional hopeful Lenar Whitney, a Republican from Louisiana. Whitney’s claim ignored consequential evidence about climate change and relied on distorted and debunked evidence.

[…]

277 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 4:51:12am

There were numerous outrageous claims that could compete for “Lie Of The Year”, but I agree that “Climate Change is a Hoax” is one of the more obvious ones.

278 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 4:54:59am

GISS has their data for Nov online:

Image: nmaps.gif

Note that the majority of the continental US was below the 1951-1980 mean.

Indeed, it was the only large area of the globe to be so.

And most ironically, as it is in the “red” states of the US the “Climate change is a hoax!” is most often heard.

279 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 4:55:03am

re: #275 William Barnett-Lewis

DF he takes the police side with out regard to the facts of the case. If you ally yourself with the thugs, it will rub off. In his I the older he gets the more a cop can do no wrong.

We have serious problems in this nation with out of control police and he has decided to be part of the problem rather than the solution.

I have a number of his books and have read much of his magazine writing. His decent to the dark side, if you will, is near complete. It’ll be done when he starts calling minorities “goblins” like Jeff Cooper liked to do.

Which ‘police side’ do you mean? I haven’t read anything he’s said on the Ferguson matter.

280 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 4:58:16am

Here’s the map for the climatological year, which runs from December through November:

Image: nmaps.gif

281 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 5:08:21am

The Individualist (Randian) essay I got in my email this am if anyone is interested in what is being said:

All About Race

There was a big bruhaha in the Objectivist Society a couple of years ago if anyone has been keeping up.

It’s fun to watch the drama.

282 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 5:09:04am

re: #280 freetoken

Here’s the map for the climatological year, which runs from December through November:

Image: nmaps.gif

Does the blue spot over Chicago have any specific meaning?

:)

283 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 5:09:20am

The “.65” in the upper right of that graph is the surface average temp in degrees Celsius over the 1951-1980 average.

Depending on what algorithm one uses to calculate the “average” of the surface over the globe, the anomaly will be a bit more or less than .65C.

In the text data at GISS:
data.giss.nasa.gov
which uses algorithms to adjust for “outliers”, the value is .66C.

Which is less than the 2010 average anomaly of .67C ….

GLOBAL COOLING!!

I’m sure we’ll see stories about how wrong the scientists were when they warned us that 2014 would be the warmest year on record.

Note that NOAA uses a slightly different set of algorithms to calculate these things, and the NOAA average can differ from the GISS numbers by a tiny amount. The NOAA announcements tend to get wider coverage, as they are the agency tasked with releasing climate forecasts for the country. They also tend to be a few days later in the month than GISS for data release.

284 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 5:10:01am

re: #282 FemNaziBitch

Does the blue spot over Chicago have any specific meaning?

:)

It’s the way Alinsky planned it.

285 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 5:14:04am

re: #281 FemNaziBitch

One of the many disappointments of the Obama era is the failure of the one promise which, more than any other, brought him into office backed by a surge of goodwill, with approval ratings around 80% on Inauguration Day. As the first black president, Barack Obama was going to heal the nation’s racial divisions and put an end to our divisive racial politics.

He lies right from the start. Nobody made any such promise, and the racial divisions flared up because of the guys on his side of the political fence.

286 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 5:19:01am

It appears as if the usual news media and online shouting sites have yet to pick up on yesterday’s GISS data release.

That will change as the obfuscation industry picks up story line the next few days, especially if the NOAA analysis also shows that 2014 just barely beat missing 2010 as the warmest year.

287 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 5:21:54am
288 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 5:23:20am

Whoops, spoke too soon. Looks like NOAA is out today:

ncdc.noaa.gov

NOAA is still saying that the calendar year Jan-Dec could be the warmest on record.

The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the year-to-date (January-November) was 0.68°C (1.22°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.2°F), the warmest such period on record.

[…]

The first 11 months of 2014 (January-November) was the warmest such period on record across the world’s land and ocean surfaces, with an average temperature that was 0.68°C (1.22°F) above the 20th century average. If December is at least 0.42°C (0.76°F) higher than its 20th century average, 2014 will surpass 2005 and 2010 as the warmest year on record.

289 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 5:24:34am

re: #288 freetoken

Whoops, spoke too soon. Looks like NOAA is out today:

ncdc.noaa.gov

NOAA is still saying that the calendar year Jan-Dec could be the warmest on record.

All I know is that for the last 3 (ish) years, my alleriges have been year round. Normally I get a reprieve between the first frost and about February (when the trees start pushing their roots deeper).

290 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 5:27:17am

Brave New World:
Man Successfully Controls 2 Prosthetic Arms With Just His Thoughts

291 JustMark  Dec 20, 2014 5:30:23am

re: #69 Gus

Welcome back!

292 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 5:33:05am

re: #290 FemNaziBitch

We’re in the fucking future.

293 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 5:40:11am

re: #285 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

He lies right from the start. Nobody made any such promise, and the racial divisions flared up because of the guys on his side of the political fence.

Can’t tell if sarcasm or you need to explain that in more detail.

294 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 5:40:43am

Also, why did I not know about Agents of SHIELD sooner?

295 Maggie's Pa  Dec 20, 2014 5:41:57am
Being cute for the Holidays!!

Its Caturday!!!

296 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 5:44:39am

re: #293 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

“He” = the libertarian prick.

297 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 5:47:50am

re: #296 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

“He” = the libertarian prick.

Ah, now makes more sense.

(to be fair, I haven’t had coffee yet ;) )

298 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 5:53:57am

FUR REAL?

299 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:02:58am

re: #297 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Ah, now makes more sense.

(to be fair, I haven’t had coffee yet ;) )

Hell, man, how do you even log on to the computer?????

300 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:05:03am

re: #296 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

“He” = the libertarian prick.

There is all of one sentence that has any merit in that entire essay:

We should remember that whenever the police use force, there is the danger that they will kill someone, whether through malice, poor judgment, poor training, or sheer accident. From time to time, they’re going to shoot the wrong person or wrestle a guy to the ground without knowing that he has serious health problems and can’t survive this kind of rough handling. That is one good reason (among many) to make sure that police are only authorized to interfere with someone whose actions are a threat to the lives and property of others, and not just to enforce some dumb, petty regulation.

301 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:10:27am

Watchdog: 2 Million Illinois Residents On Food Stamps Is “Extremely Embarrassing”

We are supposed to be embarrassed that corporations aren’t paying a living wage?

302 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:11:17am

re: #299 FemNaziBitch

Hell, man, how do you even log on to the computer?????

Very carefully :D

303 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:12:09am
304 William of Orange  Dec 20, 2014 6:13:42am

As a tribute, here are some classic moments where Stephen Colbert could not contain himself and laughed uncontrollably.

flabber.nl

306 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:16:59am

re: #305 FemNaziBitch

Obama Takes Executive Action To Protect Alaska’s Coastline Forever

They see me trolling.;)

307 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 6:19:22am

re: #302 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Very carefully :D

Hey! That’s how hedgehogs make love :)

308 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:23:55am

re: #300 FemNaziBitch

There is all of one sentence that has any merit in that entire essay:

Even then, I have issues with the word property in that. Lethal force to prevent someone from destroying or stealing property just doesn’t sit with me. (‘cepting perhaps Arson).

309 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:24:08am

re: #307 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Hey! That’s how hedgehogs make love :)

And porcupines.

310 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:24:10am

re: #307 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Hey! That’s how hedgehogs make love :)

They need coffee!

311 lawhawk  Dec 20, 2014 6:25:13am

re: #170 Charles Johnson

That’s the first of two sunrises over Tatooine. You know. We know it. Even NASA knows it. /

312 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 6:25:24am

Tomorrow is Winter Solstice (for us in right-side-up half of the planet), and if I have done by UTC conversion correctly it will be at 3:03 PM here on the left coast.

I always kind of preferred this Solstice to the other one in the year. Somehow it is just more … magical.

MP3 Audio

313 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 6:26:48am

re: #308 FemNaziBitch

Even then, I have issues with the word property in that. Lethal force to prevent someone from destroying or stealing property just doesn’t sit with me. (‘cepting perhaps Arson).

Depends. This property might feed children or provide medicine to the sick, its absence can be lethal in some cases. Case by case basis, I would say.

314 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:26:52am

OK, seriously, I had no idea Agent Coulson was such the player.

315 lawhawk  Dec 20, 2014 6:27:35am

re: #260 goddamnedfrank

As the article indicates, it’s likely based on a Stuxnet attack. SCADA controls get hacked, and it goes downhill from there.

316 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:28:44am

I could definitely go for this!!!

317 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:29:46am

re: #313 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Depends. This property might feed children or provide medicine to the sick, its absence can be lethal in some cases. Case by case basis, I would say.

Yeah, but looting an electronics store?

Not something I’d leave to the individual officer, he’d have to get clearance from above.

318 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 6:30:40am

re: #316 FemNaziBitch

I could definitely go for this!!!

[Embedded content]

Wingnut heads explode in unison!!!

Idris Elba’s a good actor; I could see him pulling him off. Certainly would lend credence to the fan theory that ‘James Bond’ is merely a cover name, and ‘007’ is the number assigned to that particular agent.

319 lawhawk  Dec 20, 2014 6:31:01am
320 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:31:14am

speaking of coffee …

321 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 6:32:17am

re: #318 Dr Lizardo

I could see him pulling him off. Certainly would lend credence to the fan theory that ‘James Bond’ is merely a cover name, and ‘007’ is the number assigned to that particular agent.

It’s the only way to reconcile the now 50 year long story arc.

Unlike Dr. Who, whose main character is now written as having to undergo physical transformations every now and then.

322 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:32:57am

re: #316 FemNaziBitch

I could definitely go for this!!!

Merry Christmas! Sony Execs Want Idris Elba To Be the Next James Bond. buff.ly

I just watched Skyfall, and I would LOVE to see Idris as bond.

323 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 6:33:56am

re: #321 freetoken

It’s the only way to reconcile the now 50 year long story arc.

Unlike Dr. Who, whose main character is now written as having to undergo physical transformations every now and then.

Yep….. a great way to reconcile the story arc.

324 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:36:02am

BTW, sean connery was the best bond. Just gonna leave that here ;)

325 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 6:36:12am

re: #323 Dr Lizardo

Well, “M” and “Q” clearly are just office designations, so why not “James Bond”?

326 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:37:07am

Idris Elba is perfectly British as well. Just a perfect Bond.

327 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 6:37:58am

Then we have this:

Franciscan Order in ‘grave’ financial trouble after massive fraud

The Franciscan Order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi, who advocated a life of poverty, is in deep financial trouble following the discovery of massive fraud and is appealing for help.

Italy’s Panorama magazine said the 800-year-old order had invested tens of millions of euros in suspect firms currently under investigation in Switzerland for dodgy practices.

The Italian press has also questioned the order’s financial wisdom in spending millions of euros on renovating Il Cantico, a luxury hotel it owns in Rome.

[…]

328 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 20, 2014 6:38:14am

re: #316 FemNaziBitch

I could definitely go for this!!!

Since there was great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the wingnut universe when he was cast as heimdahl this will put them over the edge. Cries of political correctness in 3, 2, 1

329 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 6:39:04am

re: #325 freetoken

Well, “M” and “Q” clearly are just office designations, so why not “James Bond”?

Yes, exactly. Basically, it’s just a cover name, and it ties the Bond franchise together really nicely, in my opinion. Bond is the basically one of the top ten intel agents, and his real identity is carefully hidden and unknown to all but a tiny handful; perhaps the only person who knows Bond’s true identity is ‘M’, and you could have a subplot about how even ‘M’ doesn’t know. Maybe even the British PM doesn’t know.

Heh.

330 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:41:49am

re: #328 RealityBasedSteve

Since there was great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the wingnut universe when he was cast as heimdahl this will put them over the edge. Cries of political correctness in 3, 2, 1

Who has the wingnut tears photo?

331 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:43:01am

Some concepts just don’t seem penetrate.

332 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:43:45am

Idris was freaking awesome in Luther.

I WANT MORE EPISODES ON NETFLIX.

333 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 20, 2014 6:44:49am

I’ve got some last minute shopping to take care of today before I head to Florida to see my dad. Having a jumbo mocha to get me alert then of to the stores. In, out, and done. That’s the plan

334 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 6:45:56am

Yesterday we were joking about the click-bait headlines.

We also mentioned the racial identity study that 23andMe published in Cell.

Sure enough, catch this headline:

Geneticists Just Discovered a Shocking Truth About Race in White People’s DNA

Found here:
mic.com

It seems like there is no end of the race to be as infantile as possible.

335 lawhawk  Dec 20, 2014 6:46:19am

re: #325 freetoken

Well, “M” and “Q” clearly are just office designations, so why not “James Bond”?

Because they made hash of that theory in Skyfall when they showed the boyhood home and his parents were named Bond. Unless that was all a ruse to keep up appearances, then they’ve worked themselves into a box.

336 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 6:49:10am

re: #335 lawhawk

I always wondered about that. To me it doesn’t seem like a hole out of which they can’t dig.

For example, the whole “Bond” homestead could be just a cover, and Daniel Craig’s reaction to it partly can be explained as his internal conflict of reconciling of what he knows to be true versus the government sponsored lie he has to live.

337 lawhawk  Dec 20, 2014 6:51:09am

re: #324 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

BTW, sean connery was the best bond. Just gonna leave that here ;)

We don’t get the Bond we want. We get the Bond we need. Right now, that would be Daniel Craig.

And in the order of Bonds, Connery will forever be 1st. He originated the role and everyone else has to fill his shoes. Craig does that admirably, and is my 2d. Pierce Brosnan, then Roger Moore, then Lazenby, and Dalton round out the list.

338 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 6:52:52am

bbl

339 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 6:53:38am

re: #336 freetoken

I always wondered about that. To me it doesn’t seem like a hole out of which they can’t dig.

For example, the whole “Bond” homestead could be just a cover, and Daniel Craig’s reaction to it partly can be explained as his internal conflict of reconciling of what he knows to be true versus the government sponsored lie he has to live.

That would reduce everything to a “comic book death” type of a shitty far-fetched excuse. Then it will turn out that Bond is a cyborg sent from the future or some such thing.

340 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 6:55:46am

re: #337 lawhawk

We don’t get the Bond we want. We get the Bond we need. Right now, that would be Daniel Craig.

And in the order of Bonds, Connery will forever be 1st. He originated the role and everyone else has to fill his shoes. Craig does that admirably, and is my 2d. Pierce Brosnan, then Roger Moore, then Lazenby, and Dalton round out the list.

Craig was a badass. Brosnan was fucked because of contract shit. :/

341 lawhawk  Dec 20, 2014 6:58:12am

Cue the RWNJ outrage….

342 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 7:02:37am

re: #339 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Well, I could argue that the whole James Bond paradigm is now way outdated, a holdover from the Cold War. For the past 20 years new villains have had to be created, and they seem to reflect the general fears amongst the Anglo-speaking countries.

The whole spy genre was capped with the Austin Powers series. Once spoofed, it’s time for the industry to move on.

343 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:07:44am

re: #342 freetoken

Then invent something new, why hold onto the “Bond” brand?
And if you must, then make a clean break, like they did with Spiderman.

344 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:11:57am

In St.-Petersburg:

“Crisis is inevitable! Winter-time! Yours! #crimeaisours #stability #146%”

345 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Dec 20, 2014 7:12:29am

re: #6 bratwurst

[Embedded content]

Banned South Park Scene

346 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 7:24:31am

re: #344 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

In St.-Petersburg:

[Embedded content]

“Crisis is inevitable! Winter-time! Yours! #crimeaisours #stability #146%”

Why is there a picture of MH17? And what does all that argle-bargle even mean?

347 Snarknado!  Dec 20, 2014 7:30:35am

re: #346 Dark_Falcon

And what is #146%?

(May we assume that the posters are not Putin supporters?)

348 Targetpractice  Dec 20, 2014 7:32:09am

The fan theory of “James Bond” being a codename might have worked had they set the groundwork for it in Casino Royale. Doing it now, simply to bring in Idris as the new James Bond, would raise so many questions that you’d effectively have to retcon 90% or more of the last three films just to make it work.

349 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:33:52am

re: #347 Snarknado!

And what is #146%?

(May we assume that the posters are not Putin supporters?)

gawker.com

350 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:34:16am

re: #348 Targetpractice

Exactly. That would be a bullshit move.

351 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 7:34:41am

re: #348 Targetpractice

Yet, even without any new Bond actor we still have 50 years of non-reconcilable stories if indeed “James Bond” was the birth name of a single person.

The only way to have a multi-decade story arc is, like with Doctor Who, a storyline which eventually embraces that the named character is not supposed to be one person.

352 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:40:32am

re: #351 freetoken

Yet, even without any new Bond actor we still have 50 years of non-reconcilable stories if indeed “James Bond” was the birth name of a single person.

The only way to have a multi-decade story arc is, like with Doctor Who, a storyline which eventually embraces that the named character is not supposed to be one person.

Craig’s Bond is a restart of the series. In the first film Bond only gets his 00s for the first time. So it’s not connected to the old series. Thus no need for accounting for the old stuff.

353 Targetpractice  Dec 20, 2014 7:42:25am

re: #352 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Craig’s Bond is a restart of the series. In the first film Bond only gets his 00s for the first time. So it’s not connected to the old series. Thus no need for accounting for the old stuff.

Just got ready to post this long post when you pretty much took the piss right out of it. Yes, Casino Royale was supposed to be effectively a reboot of the franchise. So there’s no need to really explain the past films and thus the change in actors.

354 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 7:42:51am

On a somewhat unrelated topic, and some light reading for a Saturday morning, we have this:

Disgust and mating strategy

An evolutionary task analysis predicts a connection between disgust and human mating, two important but currently disconnected areas of psychology. Because short-term mating strategies involve sex with multiple partners after brief temporal durations, such a strategy should be difficult to pursue in conjunction with high levels of sexual disgust. On this basis, we hypothesized that individuals with a stronger proclivity for short term mating would exhibit dispositionally lower levels of sexual disgust. Two independent studies provided strong support for this hypothesis: among both men and women, an orientation toward short-term mating was associated with reduced levels of sexual disgust, but not with suppressed moral or pathogen disgust. Our discussion highlights an unexpected finding and suggests important questions for future research.

355 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 7:43:25am

re: #349 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

gawker.com

Thanks, because for a moment there I thought we were about to be treated to some bizzare subspecies of wingnut math with ‘the 99%’ added to Mitt Romney’s ‘47%’ to produce the 146% of humanity out to oppose brave conservative and Randian hero John Gault.

/Must I?

356 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 7:46:09am

I know this idea of “rebooting” has taken hold among some film makers (and their customers), but I find it hard to really accept when:

1) you recreate previous theme music;
2) integrate older characters whose backstory is, even tangentially, associated with previous stories.

To me, “rebooting” means that the producers simply want to make more money by cashing in on a “brand”, without having to do the heavy creative work of creating a new brand.

357 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 7:46:26am

re: #352 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Craig’s Bond is a restart of the series. In the first film Bond only gets his 00s for the first time. So it’s not connected to the old series. Thus no need for accounting for the old stuff.

Bingo. Because Casino Royale was a reboot of the entire franchise, it means the screenwriters are somewhat freed of the previous continuity. If they want to make “James Bond” simply a nom de guerre for an agent designated as 007, they can pretty much do it.

358 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:46:43am

Hey, an easy way out: Bond’s had a plastic surgery.///

Yes, every retroactive retelling will suck as much as this one possible scenario.

359 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:47:48am

re: #357 Dr Lizardo

Bingo. Because Casino Royale was a reboot of the entire franchise, it means the screenwriters are somewhat freed of the previous continuity. If they want to make “James Bond” simply a nom de guerre for an agent designated as 007, they can pretty much do it.

They have already gone with “Bond is his real name” in Skyfall. No plausible way out of that one.

360 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:48:59am

I have no problem with another reboot though.

361 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 7:51:42am

re: #359 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

They have already gone with “Bond is his real name” in Skyfall. No plausible way out of that one.

Good point. The only way you could explain it - in a rather half-assed way - is that it was just merely an uncanny coincidence.

In any event, Idris Elba would still make a good James Bond, IMHO; he’s a damned good actor.

362 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Dec 20, 2014 7:54:15am

re: #361 Dr Lizardo

I really enjoyed “Luther”, cheesy though it was at times.

363 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 7:55:16am

re: #343 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Then invent something new, why hold onto the “Bond” brand?
And if you must, then make a clean break, like they did with Spiderman.

Bond is Bond. The cool toys, the license to kill, it’s just TOO FREAKING KEWL to abandon.

Besides, it still sells.

364 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:56:05am

There is another problem with Bond being just a job name. Both M and Q are clearly defined jobs. What job title is “James Bond”? There are lots of those agents out there - Bond is supposedly the seventh - what is “unique” about this particular job that it needs own title? Not to mention that the title already is there - 007.

365 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 7:56:26am

re: #363 FemNaziBitch

Bond is Bond. The cool toys, the license to kill, it’s just TOO FREAKING KEWL to abandon.

Besides, it still sells.

Sure, then reboot.

366 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 7:57:45am

bbl

367 Amory Blaine  Dec 20, 2014 8:01:31am

Colbert Report was a great show. Got some of us through some rough times. I didn’t see papa bear at the finale’, was he there?

368 TedStriker  Dec 20, 2014 8:06:36am

re: #359 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

They have already gone with “Bond is his real name” in Skyfall. No plausible way out of that one.

It doesn’t mean that they can’t make “James Bond” a code name when Craig leaves the role. Remember, in Skyfall, they made it a huge plot point that Craig’s Bond has no next of kin.

369 Targetpractice  Dec 20, 2014 8:08:00am

re: #368 TedStriker

It doesn’t mean that they can’t make “James Bond” a code name when Craig leaves the role.

It does if you don’t want to effectively say that everything we’ve learned about the character since Casino Royale was a lie. It’s plausible to argue that replacing M is a job title, a bit harder to say that a guy who not only say he’s James Bond but believes it himself is not really James Bond.

370 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 8:08:02am

re: #368 TedStriker

It doesn’t mean that they can’t make “James Bond” a code name when Craig leaves the role.

A code name for what unique position? What does he do that the other 00 agents don’t?

371 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 8:12:21am

Chirussian.

The Russian translation says: “An academician who survived Stalin’s repressions.”

372 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 8:14:33am

I guess our likes of cinema has to do with what we want out of our entertainment.

I find “rebooting” in general to be a cheap excuse, if one is interested in the art of film making.

If all we care about is merchandising, then yes, reboot away.

Part of this is my old-timer-ness. I’m at the point where I don’t see the need to view another “James Bond” story created only so that whoever owns the Broccoli estate rights can make more money.

Nothing against the actors in Skyfall or the other Craig-era films. They are in some ways the best set of actors in all the Bond films.

373 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 20, 2014 8:15:20am

re: #367 Amory Blaine

Colbert Report was a great show. Got some of us through some rough times. I didn’t see papa bear at the finale’, was he there?

Here’s Everyone From the Colbert Report’s Epic Finale

Note: it’s an autoplay video.

374 TedStriker  Dec 20, 2014 8:17:41am

re: #369 Targetpractice

It does if you don’t want to effectively say that everything we’ve learned about the character since Casino Royale was a lie. It’s plausible to argue that replacing M is a job title, a bit harder to say that a guy who not only say he’s James Bond but believes it himself is not really James Bond.

re: #370 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

A code name for what unique position? What does he do that the other 00 agents don’t?

I guess I should said “cover name”, not “code name”, because “007” is the code name. As I said above in my last post, Craig’s Bond is an orphan, with no next of kin, so there’s still a way for Danjaq and MGM to address a change in actors by making “James Bond” a cover for the agent holding the 007 license to kill.

375 Targetpractice  Dec 20, 2014 8:18:07am

Besides, the fan theory behind “James Bond” was already tried once…as a parody film. I’m not sure fans really want to see their series become a parody of itself, every actor under orders not just from the writers and directors but now the fictional MI6 to act a certain way in order to be “James Bond.”

376 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 8:18:55am

re: #372 freetoken

I also don’t like frequent reboots, but if everybody would like a black Bond without making the story told so far idiotic, this seems to be the best way. Because consistency matters too.

377 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 8:22:01am

re: #375 Targetpractice

That’s the best point so far. Bond is not merely a job description even if it is one.

378 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 8:23:48am
379 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 8:25:24am

re: #371 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

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Chirussian.

The Russian translation says: “An academician who survived Stalin’s repressions.”

What does that mean when set alongside pictures of a Chinese fish dish?

380 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 8:25:59am

Speaking of the need to reboot, that term was used in the first comment to this article about the wonders of a virgin birth:

The Excessive Miracle of the Virgin Birth (and Should We Believe it?)

Religions get rebooted. Some of the basic beliefs are harder to reboot.

I doubt if a virgin birth can be “rebooted” unless one wants to go with parthenogenesis. However, in this case “Jesus” has to be a female, which strikingly can be made to fit with a redacted version of a synoptic gospel.

However, then we also need to go with a new name. Anyone know what the feminine form of the Hebrew “Yeshua” would be?

This also harkens back to the occasionally genderless YHWH of the early iron age, or even the bronze age pantheon that include feminine figures, such as Asherah.

381 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 8:30:55am

re: #380 freetoken

Virgin birth is a great example of how the gospel authors, whoever they were, took the Old Testament prophecies (more specifically, the Septuagint prophecies) and based Jesus’ life on them. Which is one of the reasons why it’s hard to prove Jesus’ historicity with any measure of certainty - the gospels are hagiographies, creative statements of new faith, not bios.

A modern liberal Christian can deny the virgin birth without abandoning Christianity, but I’m not sure this option is available to the traditional believers.

382 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 8:32:49am

Creepy.

383 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 8:34:49am

re: #382 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Creepy.

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The man in uniform on the left has an AKM assault rifle. Are those hats a type on Cossack hat?

384 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 8:40:47am

re: #381 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Indeed, other writers on Patheos are exalting the need to not give up the virgin birth, even if some writers on the “progressive Christian” channel seem fine with dumping the idea.

As I have concluded that the “Jesus” of Christianity is a composite character, made up of everything from creative fiction to mis-remembered tragic figures from the end times of the Roman conquered Palaestina (the term the Romans used for their territory, which did not necessarily respect the borders created by the beliefs of the inhabitants), the whole concept of rebooting a “virgin birth” seems quite artificial to me.

As we saw even last week, cheesy politicians will go for the cheap “Jesus is the reason for the season” when it fits their agenda.

I suspect the converse is what is best called truth: The season is the reason for Jesus.

The need for a Virgin Birth gets back to that research I posted upstream, about disgust and sexuality. In case it has escaped anyone’s notice, much of religion has to do with sexuality, and that is certainly true of contemporary American Christianity, which puts forth no end of connections between disgust and sex.

So I do wonder if the need for Jesus to be born of a virgin is directly tied to the need to remove Jesus as far away from sex as possible.

385 Snarknado!  Dec 20, 2014 8:49:21am

re: #379 Dark_Falcon

What does that mean when set alongside pictures of a Chinese fish dish?

The rest of the quote is (the tweet, not the tiny picture text), “but not Chinese food.”

386 lawhawk  Dec 20, 2014 8:53:04am

Good news. After video surfaced of an undercover cop sucker punching a 12-year old, Internal Affairs launched an investigation. They’ve suspended the cop.

Next up? Seeing charges filed by prosecutors and getting this guy fired.

387 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 8:55:15am

re: #386 lawhawk

Until attention goes elsewhere, then he will be back, business as usual.

388 Iwouldprefernotto  Dec 20, 2014 8:57:33am

re: #387 GlutenFreeJesus

Until attention goes elsewhere, then he will be back, business as usual.

Not so sure. The video is not going away either is the topic of police brutality.

389 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 20, 2014 8:59:09am

re: #301 FemNaziBitch

Watchdog: 2 Million Illinois Residents On Food Stamps Is “Extremely Embarrassing”

We are supposed to be embarrassed that corporations aren’t paying a living wage?

The fact that a lot of people on Food Stamps are the working poor is lost on the conservative movement. Those people are just too lazy to get a better-paying job.

390 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 9:00:45am

re: #319 lawhawk

The one portrayed in Zero Dark Thirty? heh…

391 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 9:01:58am

re: #356 freetoken

I know this idea of “rebooting” has taken hold among some film makers (and their customers), but I find it hard to really accept when:

1) you recreate previous theme music;
2) integrate older characters whose backstory is, even tangentially, associated with previous stories.

To me, “rebooting” means that the producers simply want to make more money by cashing in on a “brand”, without having to do the heavy creative work of creating a new brand.

Wasn’t the original Casino Royale the worst bond movie?

392 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 9:03:48am

re: #391 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Wasn’t the original Casino Royale the worst bond movie?

Are you thinking of the comedy from 1967?
imdb.com

393 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 9:05:14am

re: #392 freetoken

Are you thinking of the comedy from 1967?
imdb.com

Yep. that one.

394 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 9:06:43am

The first time I saw the original Casino Royale after seeing several other Bond films was a serious WTF moment.

395 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 9:08:59am

re: #393 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I found it to be an occasionally humorous movie but clearly overworked, as far as having too much on-screen talent for the amount of humor material with which they could work.

Spoofs can be laborious if they go on too long.

396 KerFuFFler  Dec 20, 2014 9:10:10am

re: #223 goddamnedfrank

Super high concentrations of derp detected.

[ Drones, even tiny ones, are now able to carry lasers that can kill you; that’s how he takes over
And if you refuse to worship the hologram or screen image of the AntiChrist, he can send drones.
]

I was surprised to encounter this raving derp in the comments at Chait’s blog:

jjgonz10 7 days ago
We are assuming that torture was the only option. The CIA has access to
very advanced technology, I hate to sound crazy, but they have
technology that can read thoughts, hence physical torture is
unnecessary. Not to mention this technology has been around for a while,
since the late 70s or thereabouts. This technology has even been
integrated into computers since the late 90s. Hence, if any terrorist
used a computer, cell phone, watched Satellite TV, even if they listened
to a radio, anytime in the 90s the CIA knew what they were doing and
what they were thinking. Hence, the CIA knew what the the terrorists
were going to do!!
Oh one last thing, secret agencies torture innocent people around the world, including Western Europe and the U.S.
this is called vigilante gangstalking, this has escalated since about 2008. They tend to focus on dissidents, people who criticize the government, people who believe in ETs, and people who watch porn on the internet.(yea the secret agencies are uptight)

Oh, and it isn’t only republicans, vigilante gangstalking escalated in 2011, when Obama was in office.

397 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 9:11:34am

re: #396 KerFuFFler

That dude better continue to not think then. He won’t be safe otherwise.

398 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 9:11:59am

re: #395 freetoken

I found it to be an occasionally humorous movie but clearly overworked, as far as having too much on-screen talent for the amount of humor material with which they could work.

Spoofs can be laborious if they go on too long.

that was a serious amount of talent.

399 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 9:14:22am

And speaking of the need to reboot, I see the Republican party continues to speed ahead to the 18th century:

Rep. Mike Kelly Gives Republican Weekly Address: “I’m Offering Obama A Lump Of Coal For Christmas”

Weekly Republican Address: Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA)

400 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 9:16:41am

Coal: The Future of Humanity.

Yes, that is the GOP platform for 2015.

401 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 20, 2014 9:22:04am

Back from the shopping safely and still sane!!! Got a full sized suitcase (Lightest one I could find) to pack the dive gear and some clothes in. The critical stuff goes in my carry on, along with a couple of changes. It’s Florida and Key Largo, so I won’t be packing both the tux and the morning jacket. :)

Also got some great news, I was on standby for the afternoon dive trip, but the dive center just called me, some people have canceled / changed their schedules, and now I’m a go! Happy Dance.

To top it off, I needed to get a good pair of sport sandals, (keens, teva’s or the like), since my old pair has sort of died after 5 years of hard service. Went to Dicks Sporting Goods, and they were giving out 10 dollar in-store coupons valid that day only. Woot!!!! They had exactly what I wanted (Keen Newport H2’s) in my size. I don’t mind paying for good stuff when I know its worth it, and in my opinion Keens are. I’ve a set of their cycling sandals, and they are the most comfortable things I’ve ever ridden in.

Starting the packing process, flight out isn’t until late afternoon Sunday, so it won’t be a mad scramble in the AM.

Life is good.

RBS

402 freetoken  Dec 20, 2014 9:26:44am

Species death watch:

Scientists seek to grow test tube rhino using Kenya’s animal DNA

Kenya is at the heart of efforts to grow a test-tube white rhino in the latest effort to conserve the endangered species.

This is after keepers at California’s world-renowned San Diego Zoo announced this week that Angalifu, one of its two northern white rhinos, had died at the ripe old age of 44.

That leaves only five other members of the species in the world: one female in California, one in the Czech Republic, and two females and one male — the sole remaining on the planet — in Kenya.

The trouble is, four of the five are already on their last legs — being already into their 40s, for a species with an average age of 43.

Only one, a female in Kenya, is still young, having been born in 2000.

[…]

403 Mattand  Dec 20, 2014 9:32:00am

re: #367 Amory Blaine

Colbert Report was a great show. Got some of us through some rough times. I didn’t see papa bear at the finale’, was he there?

I think even Bill O is smart enough to realize that appearing at a celebration of a comedian who’s been mocking him for nine years is not a good move. Maybe.

Mike Huckabee was there, though, so it’s possible Colbert used up his shithead Fox News employee quotient.

404 sagehen  Dec 20, 2014 9:41:22am

re: #390 GlutenFreeJesus

The one portrayed in Zero Dark Thirty? heh…

Carrie Mattheson is supposedly also based on her. Which, um… considering how very bad Carrie is at her job….

I didn’t want to be the one to say it. But.

405 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Dec 20, 2014 9:41:30am

re: #403 Mattand

I think even Bill O is smart enough to realize that appearing at a celebration of a comedian who’s been mocking him for nine years is not a good move. Maybe.

Mike Huckabee was there, though, so it’s possible Colbert used up his shithead Fox News employee quotient.

There were plenty of obnoxious shitheels up there that Papa Bear wasn’t missed.

406 De Kolta Chair  Dec 20, 2014 9:42:38am

The good news is NORAD’s Santa Tracker doubles as a Colbert Tracker.

Come to think of it, it triples as a Trebek Tracker™.

407 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 20, 2014 9:44:26am

re: #403 Mattand

I think even Bill O is smart enough to realize that appearing at a celebration of a comedian who’s been mocking him for nine years is not a good move. Maybe.

Mike Huckabee was there, though, so it’s possible Colbert used up his shithead Fox News employee quotient.

Grover Norquist was there, too.

eeeeeewww

408 Dark_Falcon  Dec 20, 2014 9:59:29am

re: #406 De Kolta Chair

The good news is NORAD’s Santa Tracker doubles as a Colbert Tracker.

Come to think of it, it triples as a Trebek TrackerTM.

It better track more than that. Putin’s going to have his Mig-31Ms ‘waiting for Santa’ again this year, I’m certain. Only they carry AAMs and 30mm automatic cannon instead of milk and cookies.

/semi-kidding and BBL

409 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 20, 2014 10:00:26am

We streamed BBC’s ‘Broadchurch’ on Netflix last night. My wife and I enjoy a good mystery and ‘Broadchurch’ delivered for us. Yesterday, Variety announced that ‘Broadchurch’ Season 2 will premiere on BBC America this coming March. Looking forward to more ‘Broadchurch’ and more David Tennant.

410 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 20, 2014 10:00:57am
411 Romantic Heretic  Dec 20, 2014 10:02:30am

re: #319 lawhawk

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So, that’s who the scapegoat is going to be. ‘An incompetent acting alone. Not a breakdown of ethics due to organizational structure and political interference at all.’

Took them longer than I thought to come up with one. But I guess they had a lot of papers to shred as well as disks and servers to wipe.

412 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 20, 2014 10:07:42am

re: #411 Romantic Heretic

So, that’s who the scapegoat is going to be. ‘An incompetent acting alone. Not a breakdown of ethics due to organizational structure and political interference at all.’

Took them longer than I thought to come up with one. But I guess they had a lot of papers to shred as well as disks and servers to wipe.

In this age of declining government revenues we can no longer afford to blame a few bad apples. Henceforth, one bad apple will have to suffice.

413 allegro  Dec 20, 2014 10:07:47am

re: #409 Higgs Boson’s Mate

We streamed BBC’s ‘Broadchurch’ on Netflix last night. My wife and I enjoy a good mystery and ‘Broadchurch’ delivered for us. Yesterday, Variety announced that ‘Broadchurch’ Season 2 will premiere on BBC America this coming March. Looking forward to more ‘Broadchurch’ and more David Tennant.

I watched that a few days ago and it was excellent. Surprised to hear there’s a second season after the way the first ended. Glad to hear it!

414 Targetpractice  Dec 20, 2014 10:08:55am

re: #411 Romantic Heretic

So, that’s who the scapegoat is going to be. ‘An incompetent acting alone. Not a breakdown of ethics due to organizational structure and political interference at all.’

Took them longer than I thought to come up with one. But I guess they had a lot of papers to shred as well as disks and servers to wipe.

Yes, apparently a single agent was enough to make an entire organization lose every shred of morality. Does the CIA really think it makes them look better to blame everything on a single person?

415 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 20, 2014 10:09:44am
416 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 20, 2014 10:11:24am

re: #412 Higgs Boson’s Mate

In this age of declining government revenues we can no longer afford to blame a few bad apples. Henceforth, one bad apple will have to suffice.

Pretty soon that will simply be a contracted position. Designated scapegoat

RBS

417 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 10:11:45am

re: #415 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Kim is the reason for the season. /

418 Romantic Heretic  Dec 20, 2014 10:15:17am

re: #399 freetoken

And speaking of the need to reboot, I see the Republican party continues to speed ahead to the 18th century:

Rep. Mike Kelly Gives Republican Weekly Address: “I’m Offering Obama A Lump Of Coal For Christmas”

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Well, they are not the types to go, “Fuck you, commie!” on camera. So they did this instead.

419 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 10:18:18am

Time for the 36ish hour bath for the baby back ribs. Is it tomorrow yet?

420 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 10:18:51am

re: #414 Targetpractice

They probably do think that.

421 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 10:32:29am

Reading more about Sandy McElroy (lie-witness #40). Still can’t get over the fact that when she was forging that “diary entry”, she chose to include those n-word musings. I mean, who does that sort of thing even when one perjures oneself?

422 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 10:42:21am

Christmas always gets me thinking about Santa Claus.

But sometimes, it makes me think of other folks named Claus. Or Klaus.

Like Klaus Kinski, certifiable madman - and legendary actor.

So without further ado, Aguirre, Der Zorn Gottes, in German but with English subtitles. Because Christmas isn’t just presents and Christmas trees and wide-eyed kids and cherub-cheeked carollers. It’s also Klaus Kinski in the Amazon, declaiming to a raft of monkeys that he will establish the purest dynasty the world has ever seen and rule over the South American continent.

Aguirre, a Cólera dos Deuses - Filme Completo - Legendado

423 blueraven  Dec 20, 2014 10:45:27am

re: #421 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Reading more about Sandy McElroy (lie-witness #40). Still can’t get over the fact that when she was forging that “diary entry”, she chose to include those n-word musings. I mean, who does that sort of thing even when one perjures oneself?

She is crazy. Seriously. No other explanation.
Most racists will try to hide/rationalize their views somewhat, but that would seem especially prudent if you claim to be a witness.

424 ObserverArt  Dec 20, 2014 11:01:13am

GUS!!!

425 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 11:03:47am

re: #424 ObserverArt

GUS!!!

BEES!!!

426 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 20, 2014 11:09:09am

re: #425 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

BEES!!!

BEARS!!!

427 ObserverArt  Dec 20, 2014 11:10:14am

re: #421 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Reading more about Sandy McElroy (lie-witness #40). Still can’t get over the fact that when she was forging that “diary entry”, she chose to include those n-word musings. I mean, who does that sort of thing even when one perjures oneself?

re: #423 blueraven

She is crazy. Seriously. No other explanation.
Most racists will try to hide/rationalize their views somewhat, but that would seem especially prudent if you claim to be a witness.

I have come across people that are very proud to use the ‘n’ word. Usually it is followed by an excuse like “I just don’t like those people” and with a belief they have that right.

And that has been here in Ohio, with educated, well-off white people that should know better…and only temper it in mixed company. When they feel safe to let it rip, they often do.

There is an age thing involved, still hanging onto old ways I suppose. At least I hope so.

428 BeachDem  Dec 20, 2014 11:11:49am

Could the little twit be any more full of himself? I don’t think so.

429 ObserverArt  Dec 20, 2014 11:13:19am

re: #425 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

re: #426 Backwoods_Sleuth

BEES!!!

BEARS!!!

GUS!!!

GOOD TIMES!!!

430 RealityBasedSteve  Dec 20, 2014 11:13:31am

Well, I think I’ve made the most important decision about what camera gear to take on the the Florida trip. Since I’m already going to be traveling a lot heavier than I like (I’ve done week long trips with just a carry-on), I’m not bringing the heavy gear (Canon DSLRs).

How’s this sound… The Olympus Micro 4/3 with a 14-42 (28-84 FF Equiv) and the 40-150 (80-300 FF Equiv). That will cover all the still shots I’d want to do on land, along with basic vacation videos, and the quality is quite good. I can see differences at 100% zoom and start to pixel peek, but for real world use, it’s fine. That packs nice and small, and the camera and both lens scale in at 1.4 pounds, which is exactly what my Canon 15-85 weights by itself.

Also taking the GoPro Hero 3+ Black, the LCD back, dive housing, couple of batteries and some underwater filters. That will handle all the underwater stuff. That weighs in around 8 oz.

I’ll worry about stuff like clothes to pack in the morning. A couple of tailored shorts, a couple of pairs of convertible pants, a few shirts and some socks / underwear and I’ll be good there.

Can’t you tell, I’m excited to be going. :)

RBS

431 Dr Lizardo  Dec 20, 2014 11:13:53am

re: #428 BeachDem

Could the little twit be any more full of himself? I don’t think so.

I took over the narrative. #2014In5Words

More like “I shit on the floor”.

432 TedStriker  Dec 20, 2014 11:14:51am

re: #428 BeachDem

Could the little twit be any more full of himself? I don’t think so.

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You know, this Guns N’ Roses song fits ol’ Chuck to a T (it’s a bit NSFW for language):

Youtube Video

433 TedStriker  Dec 20, 2014 11:15:06am

re: #431 Dr Lizardo

More like “I shit on the floor”.

GMTA…

434 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 11:18:30am

Ugh!

Drive Thru Headless Prank

435 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 11:20:30am

How is it now?

436 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 11:22:12am

re: #389 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The fact that a lot of people on Food Stamps are the working poor is lost on the conservative movement. Those people are just too lazy to get a better-paying job.

It’s the democrats fault because so many businesses have moved out of Illinois or out of the country …

TAXES, REGULATIONS, OBAMACARE oh my

437 Charles Johnson  Dec 20, 2014 11:24:57am

Checking something…

Mike Dawes - Titanium - Solo Guitar (David Guetta - ft. Sia)

438 Charles Johnson  Dec 20, 2014 11:26:03am

Cool. Now the image preview for YouTube videos will show the high resolution image, if the video has a 720p version.

439 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 11:30:01am
440 FemNaziBitch  Dec 20, 2014 11:30:56am

bbl

441 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 11:35:43am

re: #426 Backwoods_Sleuth

BEARS!!!

Bryan, is that you? ///

442 unproven innocence  Dec 20, 2014 11:39:37am

Re Colbert’s grand exit, well done. I imagine the assembly of so many famous people cost a fortune, but that one or more airlines arranged a sweet deal, so I expect there will likely be some replays in commercials.

443 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 20, 2014 11:43:05am

re: #439 FemNaziBitch

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They’re defending torture and condemning torturing commies in the same breath.
Even fucking Joe McCarthy abhorred torture - and that when the Nazis were alleged to have been tortured by the Americans.

444 Justanotherhuman  Dec 20, 2014 11:43:50am

Loved that SC picked this song.

Being a WWII baby, I still love Vera Lynn, though.

We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

445 Amory Blaine  Dec 20, 2014 11:46:19am

re: #419 GlutenFreeJesus

Is that sous vide?

446 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 20, 2014 11:49:01am

re: #442 unproven innocence

Re Colbert’s grand exit, well done. I imagine the assembly of so many famous people cost a fortune, but that one or more airlines arranged a sweet deal, so I expect there will likely be some replays in commercials.

My guess is that most of the famous people were just happy with an invitation to take part.

447 urbanmeemaw  Dec 20, 2014 11:49:10am

re: #341 lawhawk

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Cue the RWNJ outrage….

And the emo prog “not good enough ever becuz droneeeezzz and spying and stuff”.

448 Amory Blaine  Dec 20, 2014 11:49:18am

God damn it I’ve been waiting for an invite for a OnePlus one phone and now they give it to me. Good thing I am broke from the holidays ARGGGHH!!

449 Justanotherhuman  Dec 20, 2014 11:51:24am

re: #448 Amory Blaine

God damn it I’ve been waiting for an invite for a OnePlus one phone and now they give it to me. Good thing I am broke from the holidays ARGGGHH!!

Hahaha, yeah, ain’t that right? I have just enough in my checking acct to pay for Netflix and a gallon of milk, but gifts and everything else for the xmas feast already bought, too. And Grandson gets paid the day after xmas…

450 Justanotherhuman  Dec 20, 2014 11:55:10am

Like this will ever happen. N Korea won’t even provide for its starving masses.

White House National Security Council spokesman: ‘The government of North Korea has a long history of denying responsibility for destructive and provocative actions. If the North Korean government wants to help, they can admit their culpability and compensate Sony for the damages this attack caused’ - @Reuters
read more on reuters.com

451 b_sharp  Dec 20, 2014 11:59:32am

I don’t think NK did the Sony attack. A little birdie told me it was ChuckC who planned and executed it after a dream.

452 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 12:02:52pm

re: #445 Amory Blaine

Indeed it is! Honestly, it feels like cheating. I love cooking this way.

453 Justanotherhuman  Dec 20, 2014 12:03:00pm

Why would anyone use Uber? I’m certainly not willing to risk it.

Uber apologizes, launches investigation after South African singer tweets that her driver sexually harassed her in her driveway - @mashable
read more on mashable.com

N.J. lawmakers drafting Uber and ride sharing regulations, as incidents reported nationally

nj.com

“Questions of the services’ safety have been posed since recent incidents from across the globe. An Uber driver allegedly drove a woman to a desolate area of Cambridge, Mass. and raped her earlier this month. Similar incidents allegedly occurred in New Delhi, India, and again in the Boston area this past weekend.”

454 psddluva4evah  Dec 20, 2014 12:03:23pm

Wow! Is it me or can u see resemblance?

Historic photograph of Obama’s Irish ancestor is discovered fw.to

455 Justanotherhuman  Dec 20, 2014 12:05:43pm

re: #454 psddluva4evah

Wow! Is it me or can u see resemblance?

Historic photograph of Obama’s Irish ancestor is discovered fw.to

Esp around the eyes…

456 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 20, 2014 12:08:21pm

This guy makes suits of armor for cats

457 retired cynic  Dec 20, 2014 12:21:47pm

re: #454 psddluva4evah

Comments gagworthy. Is no place safe? (Besides here?)

458 BeachDem  Dec 20, 2014 12:22:22pm

re: #454 psddluva4evah

Wow! Is it me or can u see resemblance?

Historic photograph of Obama’s Irish ancestor is discovered fw.to

Ah—a perfect time to remember…

Theres no one as Irish as Barack OBama- Corrigan Brothers

459 BeenHereAwhile  Dec 20, 2014 12:23:52pm

re: #167 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

While I was in Hong Kong last week, I gazed at the expensive watches in the shop windows, amazed at the prices. Then I went to a common people’s watch shop and bought a Casio for US$40. It looks stylish, tells me the time and date, and isn’t a quarter-inch thick.

Rolex, Shmolex

You should always wonder if that Rolex Presidential being sold by that Rolex dealer is really old Oyster works in a knockoff Rolex Presidential case made in Venezuela, or Hong Kong.

Even Rolex is concerned about knockoff Rolex watches being sold by Rolex dealers.

460 Eventual Carrion  Dec 20, 2014 12:56:36pm

re: #454 psddluva4evah

Wow! Is it me or can u see resemblance?

Historic photograph of Obama’s Irish ancestor is discovered fw.to

The way they hold their mouth and the eyes.

461 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 20, 2014 1:04:18pm

re: #454 psddluva4evah

Wow! Is it me or can u see resemblance?

Historic photograph of Obama’s Irish ancestor is discovered fw.to

Exact same nose and ears.


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