The Most Disgusting Right Wing Tweet on the Paris Terrorist Attack
#HandsUpDontShoot pic.twitter.com/CYMG38KZ3B
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) January 8, 2015
#HandsUpDontShoot pic.twitter.com/CYMG38KZ3B
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) January 8, 2015
1 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 5:59:29pm |
What the hell is wrong with these people? I’ll never understand how you can be so driven by hatred that you debase yourself in public with a comment like this.
3 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:01:02pm |
Pocket Liberty.
That explains a lot.
4 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:01:31pm |
re: #2 Targetpractice
Picture, one thousand words, I regret that I have but one upding to give, yada yada.
5 | jaunte Jan 7, 2015 6:02:00pm |
THE ISLAMIC SCUM WHO SHOT A COP IN FRANCE WITH HIS HANDS UP, ARE THE SAME ONES WHO MARCH WITH THE THUGS IN #Ferguson #HandsUpDontShoot
— GLENN (@GCGATOR24) January 7, 2015
It’s dim bulb convention.
6 | bratwurst Jan 7, 2015 6:02:02pm |
If your tent is big enough to include this guy, it is perfectly acceptable to seek a smaller tent.
7 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:02:38pm |
re: #5 jaunte
The ALLCAPS is the most convincing part of this guy’s tweets.
8 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:02:46pm |
He is spinning wildly right now but never actually explains what he meant.
9 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:03:24pm |
re: #8 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
He is spinning wildly right now but never actually explains what he meant.
Use the google urself I don’t have to explain my tweets to you!!!!!11
10 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 6:03:28pm |
11 | jaunte Jan 7, 2015 6:03:28pm |
re: #8 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
I saw that. It’s apparently too subtle for mere humans to understand.
12 | Blind Frog Belly White Jan 7, 2015 6:03:46pm |
re: #7 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
The ALLCAPS is the most convincing part of this guy’s tweets.
If you can’t say something nice, say something real loud.
13 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:03:54pm |
re: #11 jaunte
It’s the new journalist. We’re all just hopelessly out of touch. /
14 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:04:21pm |
re: #8 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
He is spinning wildly right now but never actually explains what he meant.
Wingnut humor is lost on us plebs.
15 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:04:36pm |
16 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 6:04:41pm |
#tcot is full of even MOAR DUMBASSERY than yesterday when they turned on their “See I’m Not Teh Racist!!!” girlfriend Mia Love.
17 | jaunte Jan 7, 2015 6:05:35pm |
re: #13 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
It’s the new journalist. We’re all just hopelessly out of touch. /
“It’s an obscure little conspiracy/connection, you probably never heard of it.”
— hipster wingnut
18 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 6:05:51pm |
How about pipe-dream idealism?
If everybody skied, there'd be no war. RT @matthiasgiraud: Skiing my #anger away thinking about #charliehebdo pic.twitter.com/914EttPlDW— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 8, 2015
19 | Blind Frog Belly White Jan 7, 2015 6:06:00pm |
20 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:07:19pm |
22 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:07:45pm |
I think I’m beginning to get it. The poor guy on the photo is a cop.
So this conservative piece of shit thought that it was somehow ironic and somehow destroyed the “liberal narrative” (Ferguson) or something.
It’s like trying to understand how a xenomorph thinks.
23 | dog philosopher Jan 7, 2015 6:08:36pm |
24 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:08:41pm |
re: #21 b.d.
Who raised these freakin’ people?
People like the fishfolk - fine, upstanding conservative Christians.
Which is incredibly embarrassing for me to state, because descendants of such should be much better people than these fucktards.
25 | Blind Frog Belly White Jan 7, 2015 6:08:49pm |
re: #20 thedopefishlives
Wait, who what now? I’ve been, uhh, away from LGF for a while and haven’t had time to keep up with the wingnut stupid.
She voted for Boehner for Speaker, so she was tossed on the RINO list. The butthurt was impressive in its intensity and lack of sense.
26 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 6:09:21pm |
re: #20 thedopefishlives
Wait, who what now? I’ve been, uhh, away from LGF for a while and haven’t had time to keep up with the wingnut stupid.
She voted for Boehner for SOTH and now all her white friends want nothing to do with her any more.
27 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:09:25pm |
re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
It’s like how all the protesters with their hands up saying hands up don’t shoot were actually shooting all the cops. Or something.
28 | #FergusonFireside Jan 7, 2015 6:09:36pm |
Zero empathy.
My empathy say’s fuck that prick.
29 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:10:08pm |
re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Checkmate Libtards!!!!
30 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 7, 2015 6:10:16pm |
re: #18 teleskiguy
How about pipe-dream idealism?
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If everyone skied the slopes would get overcrowded and fights would break out.
31 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:10:40pm |
re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
BTW, the initial “he was making fun of this guy” interpretation was the most natural one before the lightbulb went on in my head, but the real meaning is no less disgusting. Also, this pocketliberty guy is a terrible communicator.
32 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:11:12pm |
BTW, speaking of people attacking cops and authority, when is Operation American Spring happening again?
33 | Blind Frog Belly White Jan 7, 2015 6:11:17pm |
re: #30 Feline Fearless Leader
If everyone skied the slopes would get overcrowded and fights would break out.
Someone would graft brass knuckles onto the grips of ski poles.
34 | Joe Bacon Jan 7, 2015 6:11:23pm |
I wish I could honestly say I could shake my head in disbelief but I can’t. It’s so sad to say that this is the kind of reaction I expect from the insane right…
35 | Randall Gross Jan 7, 2015 6:12:24pm |
With fanatics any and all news events are a chance to advance their miserable agenda, they have a one track brain that’s instinctively dashing down the drain.
36 | goddamnedfrank Jan 7, 2015 6:12:42pm |
FYI @flippingoffcat has just unlocked their account in case anybody wants to ask them about their fraudulent photography analysis.
37 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:12:53pm |
OK, so it looks like the youngest of the suspects has turned himself in but the other two are still at large.
38 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 6:13:28pm |
re: #37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
OK, so it looks like the youngest of the suspects has turned himself in but the other two are still at large.
Wait so who was killed by the cops?
39 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:13:36pm |
re: #36 goddamnedfrank
FYI @flippingoffcat has just unlocked their account in case anybody wants to ask them about their fraudulent photography analysis.
getting a ‘sorry that page doesn’t exist’….
40 | goddamnedfrank Jan 7, 2015 6:13:45pm |
re: #36 goddamnedfrank
Oh yeah, and they’ve changed their Twitter handle to @VerumLibertati
41 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:14:20pm |
re: #39 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Add an ‘s’
42 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:14:20pm |
re: #40 goddamnedfrank
Oh yeah, and they’ve changed their Twitter handle to @VerumLibertati
Oddly enough, I am blocked.
43 | Blind Frog Belly White Jan 7, 2015 6:14:30pm |
re: #31 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
BTW, the initial “he was making fun of this guy” interpretation was the most natural one before the lightbulb went on in my head, but the real meaning is no less disgusting. Also, this pocketliberty guy is a terrible communicator.
What IS the real meaning? Because if it’s what you posted at #15, then it’s not only disgusting, it’s also really, really stupid.
44 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:14:47pm |
re: #40 goddamnedfrank
Tweeter is now all about the Paris shooting.
45 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 7, 2015 6:15:49pm |
46 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:16:39pm |
re: #43 Blind Frog Belly White
What IS the real meaning? Because if it’s what you posted at #15, then it’s not only disgusting, it’s also really, really stupid.
It’s what I posted, based on his tweets.
47 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:17:26pm |
48 | Jenner7 Jan 7, 2015 6:17:30pm |
This dude said he was destroying the liberal narrative. What is that narrative and how did posting a picture of a human beings last moments on this earth destroy that narrative?
Whatever his point, it was a sick and evil thing to tweet.
49 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 6:17:41pm |
re: #30 Feline Fearless Leader
If everyone skied the slopes would get overcrowded and fights would break out.
Which is why I added the “pipe-dream” qualifier.
50 | goddamnedfrank Jan 7, 2015 6:18:04pm |
51 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:18:30pm |
re: #42 Charles Johnson
Oddly enough, I am blocked.
They’re catching on. Pretty soon you’ll come pre-blocked on new Twitter accounts.
52 | Lidane Jan 7, 2015 6:18:34pm |
re: #1 Charles Johnson
What the hell is wrong with these people?
The sun will explode before anyone can answer that.
53 | Randall Gross Jan 7, 2015 6:18:52pm |
re: #44 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Tweeter is now all about the Paris shooting.
A tweeter who changes profile, handle, and personality for the news event. That means it’s probably a dummy, probably belonging to some bozo ‘ward winnin’ journalist who’s gearing up another imaginary source to report on the latest news flash.
54 | goddamnedfrank Jan 7, 2015 6:19:16pm |
re: #44 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Tweeter is now all about the Paris shooting.
The tweets that I posted screenshots of are still there though, and now that that the account is unlocked can again be viewed in their timeline.
55 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:19:45pm |
re: #53 Randall Gross
A tweeter who changes profile, handle, and personality for the news event. That means it’s probably a dummy, probably belonging to some bozo ‘ward winnin’ journalist who’s gearing up another imaginary source to report on the latest news flash.
Oh, come now, no one would ever dare to use sockpuppets like that. Certainly no serious journalist.
[Cough.]
56 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 6:20:08pm |
re: #33 Blind Frog Belly White
Someone would graft brass knuckles onto the grips of ski poles.
They already make these.
57 | Eventual Carrion Jan 7, 2015 6:20:52pm |
re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
I think I’m beginning to get it. The poor guy on the photo is a cop.
So this conservative piece of shit thought that it was somehow ironic and somehow destroyed the “liberal narrative” (Ferguson) or something.
It’s like trying to understand how a xenomorph thinks.
Maybe he is just admitting that Wilson was/is a terrorist.
58 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 6:21:19pm |
Good for you, Family Circus. pic.twitter.com/wOZK1PEl9b— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 8, 2015
59 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:21:35pm |
re: #53 Randall Gross
Some bored idiot troll with a burn account.
60 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:21:59pm |
This popped up in one of my TweetDeck columns:
Also Little Green Footballs, before Charles Johnson went bananas (live at http://t.co/r7wumYfuf1)— Dave Bigboote (@DaveBigboote) January 8, 2015
Right. I’m the one who went bananas. Not people like Jay Caruso, using a dying man’s last moments to advance a racist political position. Me.
61 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:23:53pm |
re: #60 Charles Johnson
This popped up in one my TweetDeck columns:
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Right. I’m the one who went bananas. Not people like Jay Caruso, using a dying man’s last moments to advance a racist political position. Me.
Remember, these guys are so far off the right side they are incapable of making left-hand turns. From their perspective, you did go bananas - because you held to the moderate course, rather than following them off the deep end.
62 | Belafon Jan 7, 2015 6:24:13pm |
re: #5 jaunte
He retweeted this:
Dear Terrorists, You lose. Sincerely, Paris PS: #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/NcEneRRQLf
— IMZ (@IMZ_Politics) January 8, 2015
And somehow in his brain Paris Shooters::Ferguson Protesters as Paris Protesters::Ferguson Police.
64 | Lidane Jan 7, 2015 6:24:49pm |
re: #26 The Vicious Babushka
She voted for Boehner for SOTH and now all her white friends want nothing to do with her any more.
She’s also committed the sin of joining the Congressional Black Caucus.
65 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:25:09pm |
Whoa now.
@RoryBBellows1 Fuck off, stalker creep. Get out of your mother's basement and find a job @goddamnedfrank @Green_Footballs @ChuckCJohnson— Charlie Hebdo (@VerumLibertati) January 8, 2015
66 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:26:41pm |
re: #65 Charles Johnson
Whoa now.
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Wow. That really provoked a serious reaction. I detect a faint odor of rodent in the vicinity.
67 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 6:27:05pm |
68 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:28:28pm |
re: #66 thedopefishlives
Wow. That really provoked a serious reaction. I detect a faint odor of rodent in the vicinity.
Well, here is the reason for making her account private:
I activated privacy settings on this account because there are far too many verbally abusive misogynistic nut jobs to block on Twitter.— Charlie Hebdo (@VerumLibertati) January 6, 2015
Yeah, sure.
If not a troll, then some sociopath or an unstable person.
69 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:28:37pm |
re: #63 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
wut
I see right wingers saying things like this all the time. It’s a nice convenient excuse for why I renounced their sickness — because I “went crazy.” It’s a way to keep from actually confronting the very deep right wing problems I brought up, by demonizing me personally.
70 | WhatEVs Jan 7, 2015 6:30:50pm |
71 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 6:30:58pm |
re: #69 Charles Johnson
I see right wingers saying things like this all the time. It’s a nice convenient excuse for why I renounced their sickness — because I “went crazy.” It’s a way to keep from actually confronting the very deep right wing problems I brought up, by demonizing me personally.
When everyone in the room is crazy, the one sane guy looks like he’s the crazy one, and everyone else isn’t.
72 | Snarknado! Jan 7, 2015 6:32:01pm |
re: #34 Joe Bacon
I wish I could honestly say I could shake my head in disbelief but I can’t. It’s so sad to say that this is the kind of reaction I expect from the insane right…
Welcome, hatchling.
73 | b.d. Jan 7, 2015 6:32:12pm |
re: #62 Belafon
He retweeted this:
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And somehow in his brain Paris Shooters::Ferguson Protesters as Paris Protesters::Ferguson Police.
That’s the bozo who use to be TMZ Politics before people here brought his infringement name to the attention of TMZ & support.
74 | WhatEVs Jan 7, 2015 6:32:14pm |
re: #25 Blind Frog Belly White
She voted for Boehner for Speaker, so she was tossed on the RINO list. The butthurt was impressive in its intensity and lack of sense.
And she joined the black caucus. They hate Love now.
75 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 6:32:53pm |
re: #74 WhatEVs
And she joined the black caucus. They hate Love now.
How dare she be independent-minded!
76 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:33:19pm |
re: #75 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
How dare she be independent-minded!
WE ELECTED YOU TO BE A TEA PARTY STOOGE! WE DEMAND A REFUND!
77 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:33:23pm |
Seems like Alan Grayson needs more donations.
78 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:35:25pm |
@Johngcole I don't remember him having a reputation for sanity. But the entire right wing blogosphere has gone bugfuck nuts, this is true.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 8, 2015
79 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:36:43pm |
This is the new account of @ChuckCJohnson's “forensic image analyst.” pic.twitter.com/MO8cTZ7ink— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 8, 2015
80 | thedopefishlives Jan 7, 2015 6:38:20pm |
re: #79 Charles Johnson
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The forensic image analyst who doesn’t know how pixels work. What’s next, a French culture expert who doesn’t speak French?
81 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:38:53pm |
re: #78 Charles Johnson
I thought Cole went all asshole?
82 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:39:33pm |
83 | Rightwingconspirator Jan 7, 2015 6:40:08pm |
re: #42 Charles Johnson
Do they have you mixed up with lesser Charles? Why else would they be pissed at you? Or GDFrank?!
84 | ObserverArt Jan 7, 2015 6:40:31pm |
re: #27 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
It’s like how all the protesters with their hands up saying hands up don’t shoot were actually shooting all the cops. Or something.
I was wondering if he was saying that the cops in Ferguson were acting like terrorists or something.
I guess I can sort of understand that point of view…if that is what he was going for.
/// (uncomfortable quip)
85 | dog philosopher Jan 7, 2015 6:40:53pm |
my suggestion would be to paste charlie hebdo cartoons on every public surface in france
86 | Belafon Jan 7, 2015 6:41:36pm |
re: #82 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
History of Cole and our Johnson: Both leaned right and both are now left. They get on each others nerves as two intense people do. I read and like both sites whether or not the two of them would have a conversation together.
87 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:43:00pm |
re: #83 Rightwingconspirator
Do they have you mixed up with lesser Charles? Why else would they be pissed at you? Or GDFrank?!
Because they’re a troll. Or a wingnut. Or both.
88 | Rightwingconspirator Jan 7, 2015 6:44:57pm |
re: #87 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Right, thought it was what it said it was. Twitter. Full o twits.
89 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:46:42pm |
re: #81 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
I thought Cole went all asshole?
He seems to be trying to walk that back lately.
90 | Pawn of the Oppressor Jan 7, 2015 6:46:55pm |
The perps are dead-eyed creeps with penises, as usual.
The hyper-masculine right wing glories in blood and makes up its own twisted, sick reality on the fly, as usual.
Sometimes I feel like the Y chromosome is a disease.
That cop - a Muslim, yes? - was a goddamned hero, if the accounts coming out are correct. He went up against two men with rifles, severely under-gunned, and walked into the threat, not away from it.
Looking at how tight the shot grouping is on the police car’s windshield, it’s amazing they weren’t all killed. Either the thugs were taking their time or they were firing from very close range. If you told me they had prior gun-handling experience, I’d believe it.
Awful, sickening stuff. Part of me just wants them to burn.
91 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 6:47:28pm |
re: #83 Rightwingconspirator
Do they have you mixed up with lesser Charles? Why else would they be pissed at you? Or GDFrank?!
This is Chuck’s source for his ridiculous “different sized pixels” theory.
92 | unproven innocence Jan 7, 2015 6:48:00pm |
re: #79 Charles Johnson
Still January 7 in my time zone— EST. Time error somewhere?
93 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:48:57pm |
re: #89 Charles Johnson
Glad to hear that.
95 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 6:49:35pm |
re: #94 unproven innocence
Or maybe twitter uses GMT ?
Twitter shows you timestamps in your own timezone.
96 | electrotek Jan 7, 2015 6:49:41pm |
Isn’t that cop being shot by Salafist scum the Muslim cop? If so, oh boy how will the anti-Muslim bigot brigade spin this one?
97 | D_Red Jan 7, 2015 6:49:47pm |
I’m also blocked by the artist formerly known as flippingoffcat. Maybe its Chuckle’s wife? He’s the only other person blocking me on twitter.
98 | dog philosopher Jan 7, 2015 6:50:45pm |
who will be the first right wing pundit to insist that progressives approve of the hebdo attack?
99 | WhatEVs Jan 7, 2015 6:51:41pm |
re: #89 Charles Johnson
He seems to be trying to walk that back lately.
Wasn’t he sick? Like life-altering sick?
100 | goddamnedfrank Jan 7, 2015 6:51:55pm |
.@ChuckCJohnson’s highly professional photo expert here LOL. pic.twitter.com/533ADGMPsW— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 8, 2015
101 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:52:51pm |
re: #96 electrotek
Isn’t that cop being shot by Salafist scum the Muslim cop? If so, oh boy how will the anti-Muslim bigot brigade spin this one?
One of the two cops was Muslim.
102 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 6:54:38pm |
104 | unproven innocence Jan 7, 2015 6:56:15pm |
re: #95 klystron
Twitter shows you timestamps in your own timezone.
Receiver or sender? (I’ve never tweeted.)
105 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 6:56:45pm |
I’m pissed when I read something like “[Topic]: n facts you need to know”. Fuck you, how would you know what I need?
/rant off
106 | ObserverArt Jan 7, 2015 6:56:47pm |
re: #74 WhatEVs
And she joined the black caucus. They hate Love now.
Interesting sentence that which I have highlighted in bold type.
Also, it sort of reminds me of the Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” in a weird way.
Think of the lyrics as if you are a RWNJ defending the lack of color in your party.
I need love, love
To ease my mind
I need to find, find someone to call mine
But mama said
You can’t hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
It’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you just have to wait
You got to trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes
…con’t
So RWNJs…you tried to hurry Love because you thought she was someone you could call your own. But your mommas told you, Love don’t come easy! I guess you’ll just have to wait, and it is going to take a long time, if ever.
/
/
107 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 6:57:33pm |
re: #104 unproven innocence
Receiver or sender? (I’ve never tweeted.)
All tweets are shown to you in your timezone. If you’re looking at a screencap of a tweet, then it’s the timezone of the person who took the screencap.
It makes following breaking news a pain in the butt, at times.
108 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 6:57:33pm |
I mentioned an avalanche accident last night. The person caught in the avalanche on Kendall Mountain outside of Silverton, CO succumbed to her injuries. 23-year-old woman, resident of Durango. My raft-guide friend employed her last year. Very sad.
Skier caught in the avy on Kendall Mtn died of her injuries last night. Our deepest sympathy to her family. http://t.co/TX3RgaYlmY— CAIC:Statewide Info (@CAICstate) January 7, 2015
She’s the 4th avalanche death in the U.S. this winter.
109 | unproven innocence Jan 7, 2015 6:59:37pm |
re: #107 klystron
All tweets are shown to you in your timezone. If you’re looking at a screencap of a tweet, then it’s the timezone of the person who took the screencap.
It makes following breaking news a pain in the butt, at times.
That clarifies things much. Thank you.
110 | Egregious Philbin Jan 7, 2015 6:59:48pm |
On exhibit, the results of people who purposely pickle their brains in hours of regurgitated echo chamber right wing hate. The crassness level of people has gotten too high. What the hell ever happened to reasoned debate and intellect? Oh yeah, Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, etc.
111 | dog philosopher Jan 7, 2015 7:03:21pm |
re: #102 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Did you all see these tweets by UpChuck earlier? He’s in his hater mode now.
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he seems like someone in ‘go ahead, hit me’ mode
112 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 7:05:56pm |
113 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 7:06:41pm |
re: #66 thedopefishlives
Wow. That really provoked a serious reaction. I detect a faint odor of rodent in the vicinity.
Smells like unwashed socks.
114 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 7:07:03pm |
115 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 7:08:52pm |
re: #113 The Vicious Babushka
Smells like unwashed socks.
There is a distinct eau de sock puppet going on.
116 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 7:09:33pm |
re: #111 dog philosopher
he seems like someone in ‘go ahead, hit me’ mode
He’s tweeted that his wife left Indonesia because of Muslims, and has offered to print any offensive (to Muslims) cartoons on his website.
But I bet the minute anyone threatens him with mayhem, those cartoons and tweets would be gone in a jiffy.
117 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 7:10:44pm |
You can watch me on FOX News in 1 Hr responding to Sean Hannity. May Allah (SWT) accept all our efforts to please him http://t.co/8n6KL04uD3— Anjem Choudary (@anjemchoudary) January 8, 2015
They were born for each other.
[rest self-censored]
118 | ObserverArt Jan 7, 2015 7:11:27pm |
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
Family Circus still blows.
Barfy!
///
Later all, had enough human craziness and death for the day. Unfortunately there will be more to discuss tomorrow.
119 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 7:11:36pm |
120 | dog philosopher Jan 7, 2015 7:11:59pm |
re: #116 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
He’s tweeted that his wife left Indonesia because of Muslims, and has offered to print any offensive (to Muslims) cartoons on his website.
But I bet the minute anyone threatens him with mayhem, those cartoons and tweets would be gone in a jiffy.
actually i should have said that i think he means to provoke a reaction from “libberuls”
121 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 7:14:21pm |
re: #119 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Feeding the fire.
122 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 7:14:51pm |
re: #119 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
And this - USA Today, what the fuck?
PAGE VIEWS!!! OUTRAGE1!!!! CLICKS!!! ADS!!!!!!
123 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 7:15:43pm |
OK, this is an official WTF moment, brought to you by USA Today http://t.co/2xAhQqNa28— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 8, 2015
124 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 7, 2015 7:15:57pm |
Somebody is dropping hits of acid
What do you think of this? #tcot #conspiracy #moneyandpower #money #dollars #government #gov pic.twitter.com/xeVWGaxJl9— Rev. Dr. Red (@TheRevDrRed) January 8, 2015
125 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 7:17:07pm |
re: #120 dog philosopher
actually i should have said that i think he means to provoke a reaction from “libberuls”
He’s just trying to get street creds with his nutjob followers.
Also, his bragging about his French skills is fucking annoying me. He was in some French language program in Boston when he was younger, and now says he is fluent in French.
I think @aceoaces called him on it.
126 | Targetpractice Jan 7, 2015 7:17:27pm |
re: #124 The Vicious Babushka
Somebody is dropping hits of acid
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So the Founding Fathers worshiped bearded aliens?
127 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 7:18:25pm |
re: #126 Targetpractice
So the Founding Fathers worshiped bearded aliens?
Dude, they WERE bearded aliens. Then they got shaves. Sneaky bastards.
128 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 7:19:10pm |
Choudary needs the anti-Muslim brigade just as the anti-Muslim brigade needs Choudary. (Also, Choudary needs to be in prison for incitement.)
129 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 7:19:38pm |
re: #124 The Vicious Babushka
Somebody is dropping hits of acid
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130 | dog philosopher Jan 7, 2015 7:19:54pm |
the charlie hebdo cartoons that led to the massacre
truly, i must take my hat off to those who were martyred for the freedom of speech of all of us
131 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 7:20:07pm |
I’ve updated the Dossier on UpChuck, BTW. Still need to work in the whole photographic analysis stuff.
133 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 7:21:59pm |
re: #130 dog philosopher
The one where an Islamist kills Mohammed for being an infidel is pretty poignant.
135 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 7:26:46pm |
Vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity doesn’t help though.
136 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 7:28:33pm |
re: #132 b_sharp
I’m going to bed to watch a movie from netflix.
Any movie.
Avoid “Dream House.” It’s amazingly bad and not in a good way.
137 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 7, 2015 7:29:30pm |
re: #133 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
The one where an Islamist kills Mohammed for being an infidel is pretty poignant.
Reminds me of Dostoyevski’s bit on the Grand Inquisitor…
138 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 7:31:46pm |
Slate republished this essay by Christopher Hitchens, titled “Cartoon Debate: The case for mocking religion.” The man definitely had a way with words.
Required reading in re: #CharlieHebdo. RT @pennjillette: http://t.co/ZTrfhf8ZdM. I miss Hitchens. We need him now— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 8, 2015
139 | goddamnedfrank Jan 7, 2015 7:35:53pm |
I’m going to pay some Borderlands 2, listen to Brick call me Slab over and over.
140 | electrotek Jan 7, 2015 7:42:38pm |
re: #138 teleskiguy
Just a heads up: Christopher Hitchens interviewed Alija Izzetbegovic, the late leader of Bosnia, and Hitchens asked him what he thought of the Rushdie fatwa. Alija’s response? He stated that while he would not have liked the book, he did state that it would be wrong to kill him for it. And this, coming from a man who was once himself jailed by Tito in the 80s for his Islamic teachings.
Some food for thought for the keyboard jihadis on Twitter, since those freaks and the wingnuts all feed off of each other.
141 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 7:44:38pm |
re: #131 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
I’ve updated the Dossier on UpChuck, BTW. Still need to work in the whole photographic analysis stuff.
Good work, wheatdogg! By the time UpChuck turns 30 you could publish a book!
142 | electrotek Jan 7, 2015 7:44:40pm |
re: #123 Charles Johnson
How much did USA Today pay that piece of shit for that horrible piece?
145 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 7, 2015 7:48:51pm |
re: #119 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
And this - USA Today, what the fuck?
Ah, the Useless Today strikes again. I am reminded why even the propagandists at Fox have a better reputation than they do. The only thing worse is the Useless News And World Distortion.
146 | Gus Jan 7, 2015 7:49:22pm |
147 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 7:49:36pm |
re: #145 William Barnett-Lewis
USAToday, Happy News for Happy People with Happy Problems.
148 | calochortus Jan 7, 2015 7:49:52pm |
It has probably been said before here, but my sincere sympathy to all our Muslim friends here and elsewhere.
I can’t imagine waking up every morning being expected to be responsible for the actions of some whack-job just because you share a religion.
As far as I am concerned, you are welcome in my country, and my life.
149 | ipsos Jan 7, 2015 7:50:24pm |
What Cable News Taught Me Today:
100 different ways to mispronounce “Hebdo”
(and not much else)
150 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 7:51:05pm |
Ancient scriptures are like time bombs. The original rants of ancient “prophets”, priests, rabbis and mullahs, the n-th century morality - all that is out of place in the modern world and liberal democracy. Religious moderates will reinterpret or conveniently forget the bad parts, but there will always be someone who still takes them seriously and acts on them. That’s why we can’t have nice things.
151 | calochortus Jan 7, 2015 7:51:52pm |
re: #145 William Barnett-Lewis
Ah, the Useless Today strikes again. I am reminded why even the propagandists at Fox have a better reputation than they do. The only thing worse is the Useless News And World Distortion.
Heck, I couldn’t really figure out what he was trying to tell us. Senile dementia on my part, or maybe it’s just hard to understand rambling, illogical commentary.
152 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 7:53:08pm |
153 | electrotek Jan 7, 2015 7:53:20pm |
re: #148 calochortus
It has probably been said before here, but my sincere sympathy to all our Muslim friends here and elsewhere.
I can’t imagine waking up every morning being expected to be responsible for the actions of some whack-job just because you share a religion.
As far as I am concerned, you are welcome in my country, and my life.
Appreciate the kind words. I’m staying the fuck off social media because of gung-ho idiots wanting to engage in some false bravado by reposting those stupid photos as an act of “solidarity” with those who perished. Too much stupid for me to endure on FB and Twitter and Instagram even.
Not going to lie, times like this wished I would work from home. I dread going into the office and overhearing conversation about any terror attack or anything that involves Muslims in general. It’s fucking frustrating to deal with it. You know the Islamophobic right doesn’t distinguish between liberal and conservative Muslims so we’re all a target, including the “cultural Muslims” who don’t practice.
154 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 8:04:49pm |
Damn, it’s been 16 years.
January 7, 1999 - The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.— OnThisDay & Facts (@NotableHistory) January 8, 2015
155 | Areopagitica Jan 7, 2015 8:06:44pm |
What a sick piece of dog poop. This guy just brought down humanity a bit.
157 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 8:07:53pm |
We know Anders Brevik's terrorism was inspired by @Green_Footballs, who inspired the #ParisShooting? pic.twitter.com/ZV81vzo6Zd— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 8, 2015
158 | jaunte Jan 7, 2015 8:10:56pm |
“— Breivik extensively quotes Robert Spencer, a leading anti-Muslim writer sponsored by David Horowitz: Spencer’s blog Jihad Watch, along with Geller’s site (Spencer and Geller created the group “Stop Islamization of America” to distribute action alerts), have driven anti-Muslim memes in the news for years. Sponsored by David Horowitz’s think tank, Jihad Watch has led efforts to purge the Republican Party of Muslim Americans and is a constant purveyor of strange anti-Muslim claims, like one recently that former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) had secretly converted to Islam. Despite his links to Holocaust deniers and other unsavory individuals, Spencer provides punditry for Fox News, National Review, and other top conservative media organs. ThinkProgress has found his books sold at CPAC, the College Republican conference, and events for Young Americans for Freedom.”
thinkprogress.org
159 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 8:12:44pm |
For a guy who threatens to sue everyone who criticizes him, he's amazingly ready to indulge in gross libel himself. pic.twitter.com/knFNrqCpIx— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 8, 2015
160 | The War TARDIS Jan 7, 2015 8:12:45pm |
re: #157 Charles Johnson
Do you have his contact information?
I want to yell at him, and he blocked me.
161 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 8:12:56pm |
re: #157 Charles Johnson
They never quit, do they?
162 | The War TARDIS Jan 7, 2015 8:13:13pm |
re: #159 Charles Johnson
I think you should pursue libel on this clown.
163 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 8:13:45pm |
re: #157 Charles Johnson
@ChuckCJohnson @Green_Footballs Hey dumbfuck, Brevik condemned the sane and reasonable Charles Johnson. pic.twitter.com/TMah5MZg0D— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 8, 2015
164 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 8:14:55pm |
re: #163 teleskiguy
Better send him a tweet in French, ‘cause he’s fluent in that language.
165 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 8:14:57pm |
This is what Anders Breivik copied and pasted into his manifesto about me. pic.twitter.com/dXqrQfSedI— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 8, 2015
166 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 8:15:10pm |
Hey ProLifeLiberal. You still want the city my sister and her family has called home for two decades to be “judged”?
167 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 8:16:01pm |
Oh, I’m already seeing the “Charlie Hebdo was like KKK” comparisons. Plus digging up dirt on the dead people. The far left and the far right are so similar sometimes. *spit*
168 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 8:17:19pm |
re: #163 teleskiguy
A bit of pedantry: it was Fjordman (though apparently Breivik agreed, seeing how he inserted it in his manifesto).
169 | The War TARDIS Jan 7, 2015 8:17:25pm |
re: #166 teleskiguy
I have cooled down. No I do not.
However, I have enough bad memories there that I will never go back.
170 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 8:18:44pm |
The left-wing version of “he was no angel”, on steroids.
172 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 8:21:29pm |
re: #169 The War TARDIS
I have cooled down. No I do not.
However, I have enough bad memories there that I will never go back.
That’s fair. C. Springs isn’t the most tolerant place, I’m well aware.
Your comments last night were unworthy of LGF, as your karma count shows. Think before you comment, dude. Condemning an entire city to “judgment” is entirely too fucked up.
173 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 8:22:08pm |
re: #160 The War TARDIS
Do you have his contact information?
I want to yell at him, and he blocked me.
You can find his email on his website GotNews. It’s embedded in the PayPal donation plea.
174 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 8:23:35pm |
re: #160 The War TARDIS
I want to yell at him, and he blocked me.
I’ve been blocked by UpChuck for a while now. I still engage him when appropriate, I can still see his tweets on TweetDeck.
175 | Jenner7 Jan 7, 2015 8:25:22pm |
The extended video re: Tamir Rice has been released. Watch how they treat his sister. America. http://t.co/mYwIiKoHba— deray mckesson (@deray) January 8, 2015
I don’t have it in me to watch this. I’ve seen his murder once, don’t want to see it again.
176 | CleverToad Jan 7, 2015 8:27:09pm |
re: #103 jaunte
All the up dings
Thank you, needed that infant elephant break
177 | Charles Johnson Jan 7, 2015 8:27:21pm |
Typical of @ChuckCJohnson to avoid my direct question and go for a sleazy smear instead. https://t.co/vMrXM2QPVV— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 8, 2015
178 | The War TARDIS Jan 7, 2015 8:28:22pm |
re: #174 teleskiguy
Chuck-bucket there seems a lot like Breivik, if I am being honest. The grandiosity, delusions of grandeur, the hate, the lust for violence.
I think Chuck will eventually cause a major tragedy. I also think he is lying about having a wife. I cannot fathom a woman who would be able to deal with his shit.
179 | Dark_Falcon Jan 7, 2015 8:28:22pm |
180 | RealityBasedSteve Jan 7, 2015 8:28:23pm |
Well, I’m off to bed. Going to be manning the “Be A Diver” booth and demo tank at the Nashville Boat Show starting tomorrow. Going to be a very brisk 1 degree or so tomorrow AM. When I was down helping with the setup on Tuesday, they were bringing in the Geico Offshore Racing Boat. (Miss Geico). What a way to turn lots of dollars into noise.
181 | goddamnedfrank Jan 7, 2015 8:28:52pm |
A reminder that @ChuckCJohnson requested that @sean_p_walsh and @DailyMailUK comment on his absolutely ridiculous pixel size story.— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 8, 2015
182 | Lidane Jan 7, 2015 8:29:00pm |
My managers have clearly had the hammer brought down on their heads by their higher ups. After months of basically slacking, they’re suddenly running morning meetings on time, sending notices to people who are late, enforcing the dress code, and are planning on “getting more involved” by having more 1-on-1 meetings and “coaching sessions”. They also had what amounts to a fire sale on performance improvement plans for damn near everyone on the floor.
It’s definitely time to update my resume. I don’t get paid enough to deal with this shit.
183 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 8:31:58pm |
re: #178 The War TARDIS
I also think he is lying about having a wife.
He’s got pictures of him and his unnamed spouse on his Facebook page. Here’s one, their wedding.
184 | Dark_Falcon Jan 7, 2015 8:32:37pm |
re: #178 The War TARDIS
Chuck-bucket there seems a lot like Breivik, if I am being honest. The grandiosity, delusions of grandeur, the hate, the lust for violence.
I think Chuck will eventually cause a major tragedy. I also think he is lying about having a wife. I cannot fathom a woman who would be able to deal with his shit.
I don’t agree about the major tragedy. “The grandiosity, delusions of grandeur, the hate, the lust for violence”, on those I agree completely. But as vile as Anders Brevik is, his attack was planned with skill and precision. He’s a monster, but a meticulous monster.
Charles C. Johnson lacks the precision and the patience of an Anders Brevik and for that reason will never be able to do as much damage. Chuckles is and will remain a fuck-up floor-pooper.
185 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 8:35:30pm |
re: #184 Dark_Falcon
Having read his manifesto, I agree. Breivik is a total nutso, but a “highly-functioning” one. Chuckie can’t find his way out of a paper bag.
186 | WhatEVs Jan 7, 2015 8:35:58pm |
re: #183 teleskiguy
He’s got pictures of him and his unnamed spouse on his Facebook page. Here’s one, their wedding.
It still looks more graduation than wedding to me.
187 | retired cynic Jan 7, 2015 8:36:09pm |
re: #148 calochortus
It has probably been said before here, but my sincere sympathy to all our Muslim friends here and elsewhere.
I can’t imagine waking up every morning being expected to be responsible for the actions of some whack-job just because you share a religion.
As far as I am concerned, you are welcome in my country, and my life.
Right. Fred Clark had a good one: patheos.com
I’m sorry, I don’t know how to make that URL shorter!
188 | calochortus Jan 7, 2015 8:37:58pm |
re: #187 retired cynic
Right. Fred Clark had a good one: patheos.com
I’m sorry, I don’t know how to make that URL shorter!
Excellent.
189 | retired cynic Jan 7, 2015 8:41:18pm |
re: #187 retired cynic
Well! Thank you, Charles, for doing it for me!
190 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 8:43:38pm |
Hillary Clinton at age 22 was a very pretty woman, IMHO.
Hillary Clinton, aged 22 pic.twitter.com/1eTlcRMnSv— ClassicPics (@History_Pics) January 8, 2015
191 | GlutenFreeJesus Jan 7, 2015 8:44:00pm |
re: #68 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Must be his pretend wife’s account.
192 | GlutenFreeJesus Jan 7, 2015 8:54:18pm |
re: #183 teleskiguy
Someone needs to pull a pixel size trick on him and that woman to prove its fake! *snark*
193 | Jenner7 Jan 7, 2015 8:54:46pm |
2 Utah County youths get measles at Disneyland
I live in Utah County and this infuriates me. Ugh, stupid people.
194 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 8:57:43pm |
Because life goes on:
Maple-mustard glazed pork (starting recipe here calls for chicken, I have modified it extensively) with wild mushroom and herb couscous (out of a box) and garlicky green beans.
Fantastic success.
195 | Dark_Falcon Jan 7, 2015 8:58:23pm |
197 | Teukka Jan 7, 2015 9:01:41pm |
re: #195 Dark_Falcon
The Anti-Vaxxer Credo: Fuck the needs of others, I’m going to service my own ego, paranoia, and butthurt!
/spits
*sighs*
It is only a question of when, not if, a major epidemic or pandemic is facilitated by anti-vaxxers.
198 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 9:02:20pm |
re: #185 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Having read his manifesto, I agree. Breivik is a total nutso, but a “highly-functioning” one. Chuckie can’t find his way out of a paper bag.
He said a website mentioned in one of his articles was “down” when in fact he garbled the link in the article and got a 404 page in French. He’s since fixed the article to omit the link altogether.
199 | Dark_Falcon Jan 7, 2015 9:02:40pm |
I know we give the Daily Mail a lot of well-earned grief, but it has a very good graphic of how the Charlie Hebdo Attack went down:
Image: 247DFCC000000578-2901191-image-m-54_1420680144982.jpg
Full article is here.
200 | calochortus Jan 7, 2015 9:07:32pm |
Goodnight all. Hasta mañana.
And may mañana be a better day.
201 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 9:10:23pm |
“I left you a voicemail.” You honestly might as well have written it on a post-it and thrown it into the sea.— Rebbeca Will (@scrawnymeerkat) January 5, 2015
May possibly apply to me.
202 | Dark_Falcon Jan 7, 2015 9:12:16pm |
re: #200 calochortus
Goodnight all. Hasta mañana.
And may mañana be a better day.
I’m going to sign off as well. Good night, all.
203 | jaunte Jan 7, 2015 9:12:39pm |
re: #201 klystron
I don’t know my voicemail access code. I told my partners when they got it that it would be wasted on me.
204 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 9:14:39pm |
re: #203 jaunte
I don’t know my voicemail access code. I told my partners when they got it that it would be wasted on me.
I have mostly trained my family out of leaving it.
Mostly.
Google Voice does some hysterical things transcribing my baby sister’s messages.
205 | Gus Jan 7, 2015 9:15:07pm |
207 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 9:18:21pm |
re: #198 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Regarding UpChuck
He said a website mentioned in one of his articles was “down” when in fact he garbled the link in the article and got a 404 page in French. He’s since fixed the article to omit the link altogether.
Because he garbled a link, his article led to this:
The language master took this to mean the page was down, when in fact it was his bad linkage skills.
208 | Single-handed sailor Jan 7, 2015 9:20:19pm |
- @sword_duke, check the view: #askdawnwall pic.twitter.com/PQKONmkiqU
— Kevin Jorgeson (@kjorgeson) January 3, 2015
209 | funky chicken Jan 7, 2015 9:20:46pm |
re: #98 dog philosopher
who will be the first right wing pundit to insist that progressives approve of the hebdo attack?
Bill Donohue?
210 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 9:20:59pm |
An all around jerk-off Max Blumenthal posts this (because, of course, he needs to be a jerk-off on every issue):
Charlie Hebdo cartoon portraying black Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira as a monkey #JeNeSuisPasCharlie pic.twitter.com/MMmBj4TQOc— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) January 8, 2015
The problem is, of course, that Blumenthal ignores the context.
The context was a publication by a far-right rag Minute of a photo of Taubira with a caption about a banana, a usual racist trope. The Minute tried to defend themselves by referencing Charlie Hebdo, saying, no one gets offended about their covers. CH’s response:
“Some people have actually taken offense at the covers of Charlie Hebdo, among which the Catholic far-right which has sued us 12 times in 20 years (…) Minute does not defend the freedom of the press. It prepares the ground for future racist crimes.”
An unequivocal condemnation of the racist photo. So what about this cartoon? This was juxtaposed in a 2013 edition of CH with the aforementioned Minute photo. The original was “the 1st degree”, this one was the “2nd degree”, or, “what they really mean”. Note the symbol of the National Front on the cartoon and the caption which satirizes this group, in effect calling them racists. This cartoon basically shows the minister through the eyes of the far right.
That’s right, Blumenthal turned CH’s condemnation of racism into an expression of racism. On the day of the murder.
211 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 7, 2015 9:21:03pm |
re: #201 klystron
Voicemail is okay, I guess. I don’t text so sending me a text is pretty much like sending me smoke signals from Mombasa.
212 | funky chicken Jan 7, 2015 9:22:05pm |
re: #203 jaunte
I don’t know my voicemail access code. I told my partners when they got it that it would be wasted on me.
I didn’t even bother to set it up on my new phone.
213 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 9:22:45pm |
re: #211 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Voicemail is okay, I guess. I don’t text so sending me a text is pretty much like sending me smoke signals from Mombasa.
Argh, don’t get me started on texts.
A lot of my contemporaries still have trouble with the concept that not everyone pays for a texting plan and therefore each text costs me $$$.
215 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 9:24:34pm |
re: #213 klystron
Argh, don’t get me started on texts.
A lot of my contemporaries still have trouble with the concept that not everyone pays for a texting plan and therefore each text costs me $$$.
You have to pay extra for a texting plan? Mine’s included in my China Mobile service plan.
216 | WhatEVs Jan 7, 2015 9:25:25pm |
re: #207 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Regarding UpChuck
Because he garbled a link, his article led to this:
The language master took this to mean the page was down, when in fact it was his bad linkage skills.
THAT is freaking hysterical. That guy is so full of shit.
217 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 9:26:06pm |
re: #215 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
You have to pay extra for a texting plan? Mine’s included in my China Mobile service plan.
YES.
I’m clinging to my unlimited data plan which means things like “unlimited texting” require extra fees which I don’t bother with. I have mostly convinced people not to text me.
218 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 9:26:19pm |
re: #214 Gus
So many stupid people.
I’d reach that conclusion too if I hung out where you hang out on Twitter.
I clicked on #tcot for the first time in a looong time to check out what was happening with the SOTH vote. I became very angry and sullen quickly.
I don’t know how you do it, man. How many keyboards do you go through per year?
219 | WhatEVs Jan 7, 2015 9:29:31pm |
re: #217 klystron
YES.
I’m clinging to my unlimited data plan which means things like “unlimited texting” require extra fees which I don’t bother with. I have mostly convinced people not to text me.
I couldn’t live without texting. I loathe, hate, despise talking on the phone.
220 | Gus Jan 7, 2015 9:29:41pm |
re: #218 teleskiguy
I’d reach that conclusion too if I hung out where you hang out on Twitter.
I clicked on #tcot for the first time in a looong time to check out what was happening with the SOTH vote. I became very angry and sullen quickly.
I don’t know how you do it, man. How many keyboards do you go through per year?
She’s so fine.
221 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 9:32:55pm |
re: #216 WhatEVs
THAT is freaking hysterical. That guy is so full of shit.
I wish I had captured his page, but he edited the link out entirely. He had his website URL spliced to the Liberation URL with some extra stuff on the end. When I took the GotNews link off myself, that 404 page is what I got.
Trying the full garbled link would have got you a generic 404 page from your browser — here it is from downstairs: gotnews dot com/breaking-charliehebdo-terrorists-attended-radical-mosque-paris-jesuischarlie/%20http://liberation.fr portrait/1995/08/17/l-imam-que-la-france-habille-en-fou-de-dieu_141282 &usg=ALkJrhj230OyszW2lxVutuKh_EzcfqP2ew
I added spaces so the whole mess can be seen
222 | funky chicken Jan 7, 2015 9:36:57pm |
re: #193 Jenner7
2 Utah County youths get measles at Disneyland
I live in Utah County and this infuriates me. Ugh, stupid people.
Those kids spend a lot of time at the movies. The hospital visits are bizarre too. Don’t Utah hospitals have infectious disease protocols? I’ve never been sent to the lab waiting room from an ER for tests. The tech has always come in to draw blood in the room.
223 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 9:37:57pm |
re: #219 WhatEVs
I couldn’t live without texting. I loathe, hate, despise talking on the phone.
I’m not a fan of it either, but I solve this problem by not communicating with people.
/half
224 | The War TARDIS Jan 7, 2015 9:38:46pm |
I am going to try to win you all back over. I have been a foul up.
In regards to the shooters, I saw this just now on Wiki, sourced to the NYT.
One of the suspects in the killings, Hamyd Mourad, volunteerily surrenders to police in Charleville-Mézières while the other two suspects are still at large.
I think I have an idea, looking at details in the articles themselves.
Suspects
Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi were identified by French police as the main suspects in the shooting. The two Franco-Algerian brothers, both from Gennevilliers, are aged 34 and 32, respectively.[55][56] In 2008, Chérif Kouachi was convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to three years in prison, along with 18 months of suspension, for having assisted in sending fighters to Iraq’s insurgency.[57][56] Chérif Kouachi said he was inspired to help Iraq’s insurgency by outrage at the torture of inmates of the U.S. prison at Abu Ghraib.[58][59]
Hamyd Mourad, an 18-year-old homeless man of unknown nationality, was identified by the police as a third suspect in the shooting.[60][61] He is believed to have been living recently in Charleville-Mezieres, approximately 140 miles northeast of Paris near France’s border with Belgium.[62] AFP news agency reported that France’s elite anti-terrorist unit had gone to Reims.[63][64] At 2.22 a.m. CET on 8 January, it was reported he had turned himself in at a Charleville-Mezieres police station.
Two nutjobs convince a third homeless man, possibly with mental defect, to join them?
225 | WhatEVs Jan 7, 2015 9:43:04pm |
re: #223 klystron
I’m not a fan of it either, but I solve this problem by not communicating with people.
/half
Ah, if only. I work at home and if I never had to deal with anyone but my dogs, I’d be content for life!
226 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 7, 2015 9:47:34pm |
re: #223 klystron
I’m not a fan of it either, but I solve this problem by not communicating with people.
/half
Growing up as a military brat left me affable, but not social. The only people who call me at all are my wife and son. We’re a close-knit family and we live in the same home so we rarely have to call.
227 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 9:49:44pm |
re: #226 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Growing up as a military brat left me affable, but not social. The only people who call me at all are my wife and son. We’re a close-knit family and we live in the same home so we rarely have to call.
My cell exists from going off to college, and my folks are still the main folks I talk to on it. Sometimes my sisters, or my in-laws. Occasionally friends. The dentist’s office when it is time for my appointment reminder.
My husband runs cell phones through the wash, so his is an el-cheapo model and the only time we actually call each other is either a request for an errand or one of us it out of town and the other calls the home #.
228 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 9:49:44pm |
I imagine this is CL :)
229 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 9:50:55pm |
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
Family Circus still blows.
This is for you Alouette! It was retweeted By G-d Himself.
231 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 9:59:24pm |
Gawker’s weather guru (who I think writes well about meteorology) just tried the ol’ “throw boiling water into freezing-ass dry atmosphere” trick, where the water appears to turn to snow.
@teleskiguy My understanding is that it has to be very cold (11, check) and very dry (DP is -18, check). About to see if I'm wrong…— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) January 8, 2015
@teleskiguy It worked. :D I think my fingers fell off, but it worked.— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) January 8, 2015
He’s in western North Carolina, if I’m not mistaken.
Stay warm, Lizards!
232 | funky chicken Jan 7, 2015 10:00:59pm |
re: #225 WhatEVs
My dogs are both sick right now so they aren’t even too fun right now. I just found out today that one of them has lymphoma and she seems to have caught the diarrhea that the other one had last week and got over by taking flagyl. Ugh.
233 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 10:02:10pm |
re: #232 funky chicken
My dogs are both sick right now so they aren’t even too fun right now. I just found out today that one of them has lymphoma and she seems to have caught the diarrhea that the other one had last week and got over by taking flagyl. Ugh.
:(
Keeping you (and your doggies!) in mind over here.
234 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 10:02:45pm |
re: #232 funky chicken
My dogs are both sick right now so they aren’t even too fun right now. I just found out today that one of them has lymphoma and she seems to have caught the diarrhea that the other one had last week and got over by taking flagyl. Ugh.
My younger stepson just had to put his pit bull to sleep. Poor dog was 14 and in failing health. One of the biggest overgrown puppies you’d ever meet. We’re all sad about it.
235 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 10:07:45pm |
re: #231 teleskiguy
Threw boiling water into 11°F air w/ -18°F dew point. May have used too much water, but not disappointed with result! pic.twitter.com/rtxkYxd1CQ— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) January 8, 2015
236 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 7, 2015 10:08:54pm |
- This is atrocious.
- But what about [a long list]?
237 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 7, 2015 10:09:31pm |
re: #232 funky chicken
Holding you and your pets in my thoughts.
238 | funky chicken Jan 7, 2015 10:13:26pm |
Thanks. They bring so much joy but it’s hard on the way down :(. We will just go without pets for a while after we lose these guys I think. Do some traveling and see if we want to dive back in later.
239 | Kragar Jan 7, 2015 10:16:53pm |
Well, with the new year upon us, its time for me to face facts that Obdi has taken off to parts unknown while recovering and the book we were working on isn’t going to write itself. If anyone is interested in working on a scifi/supernatural novel, let me know. I enabled my email.
240 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 10:20:59pm |
Vile filth attract, nod heads. Retweeted by UpChuck.
@ChuckCJohnson is the fucking Terminator. Not a goddamn thing gets by this guy.— Patrick Dollard (@PatDollard) January 8, 2015
242 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 10:38:57pm |
re: #240 teleskiguy
Dullard is a fanboi of UpChuck’s, no matter how wrong or ridiculous the issue may be.
244 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 10:43:18pm |
UpChuck is the laziest internet sleuth out there.
@ChuckCJohnson Hey fuckstick, what you're writing about on your pitiful website did not happen in Denver. It happened in C. Springs, dipshit— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 8, 2015
245 | Targetpractice Jan 7, 2015 10:43:27pm |
re: #243 klystron
I hope Backwoods Sleuth is keeping the pipes warm.
Is that what they call it these days?
//
246 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 10:44:53pm |
re: #244 teleskiguy
UpChuck is the laziest internet sleuth out there.
Good call. Gotnwes is on the story!
247 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 10:49:41pm |
re: #244 teleskiguy
I have no qualms using such salty language with UpChuck on Twitter. He blocked me, so…
248 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 11:02:58pm |
Would be nice if the next awful free speech battle could be over, like, a beautiful novel.— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) January 8, 2015
249 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 11:06:52pm |
re: #247 teleskiguy
I have no qualms using such salty language with UpChuck on Twitter. He blocked me, so…
Here’s the scoop.
250 | BeachDem Jan 7, 2015 11:21:51pm |
re: #244 teleskiguy
UpChuck is the laziest internet sleuth out there.
[Embedded content]
Did you say lazy? Oh yeah.
Please send me all of the Muslim cartoons that the cowardly AP & New York Daily News refused to run. I'll run them. #CharlieHebdo #Muslims
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 8, 2015
@alfortish Send me the correct one.
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 8, 2015
I'll have more material on #CharlieHebdo suspects throughout the day. I speak fluent French so send me what you've got. #JesuisCharlie.
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 7, 2015
251 | teleskiguy Jan 7, 2015 11:22:14pm |
re: #249 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Here’s the scoop.
I just shared the shit out of that!
wheatdogg in China, everybody!
.@ChuckCJohnson covering the hard-hitting shit, like the #NAACPBombing in Denver! Fuck all y'all who say he's wrong! http://t.co/tEnFcDGo60— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 8, 2015
252 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 11:25:26pm |
re: #250 BeachDem
We need to send him a shitload of stuff in French.
253 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 11:26:08pm |
re: #251 teleskiguy
Updinging as a big thanks! Let’s see if he catches on and corrects the page.
254 | BeachDem Jan 7, 2015 11:28:45pm |
re: #249 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Here’s the scoop.
That’s hilarious. Perhaps a map showing the distance between Denver and Colorado Springs (with a goatnwes.com watermark, of course) would be a good enhancement.
You are funny, wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality (But if you add one more hyphen to your name, I’m going to have to hurt you.)
255 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 11:29:28pm |
He’s got some article about someone in the Colo Spgs NAACP, but I have to go out and do real world shit. I’ll get to that later.
256 | BeachDem Jan 7, 2015 11:33:04pm |
re: #253 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Updinging as a big thanks! Let’s see if he catches on and corrects the page.
Well, he’d have to explain why his “police sources” in Denver had all that to say in the first place, wouldn’t he? And why they would have mentioned it not being brought up at roll call, since it happened 70 fucking miles away.
He’ll just do what the rest of the wingers do—delete it altogether and pretend it never happened.
257 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 7, 2015 11:34:32pm |
re: #256 BeachDem
Well, he’d have to explain why his “police sources” in Denver had all that to say in the first place, wouldn’t he? And why they would have mentioned it not being brought up at roll call, since it happened 70 fucking miles away.
He’ll just do what the rest of the wingers do—delete it altogether and pretend it never happened.
I have a screencap.
258 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 7, 2015 11:38:33pm |
re: #243 klystron
I hope Backwoods Sleuth is keeping the pipes warm.
I got a couple hours of sleep, now awake (more or less) for the next six hours or so. Temperature has hit 0F, wind chill -18. Water taps are still dripping (bathroom sink cold water tap is trying to freeze, despite dripping).
Kittehs are having way too much fun with water dripping from the bathtub taps.
My feet are cold.
259 | klystron Jan 7, 2015 11:41:25pm |
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
I got a couple hours of sleep, now awake (more or less) for the next six hours or so. Temperature has hit 0F, wind chill -18. Water taps are still dripping (bathroom sink cold water tap is trying to freeze, despite dripping).
Kittehs are having way too much fun with water dripping from the bathtub taps.My feet are cold.
/provides fluffy slippers
260 | BeachDem Jan 7, 2015 11:41:43pm |
re: #257 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
I have a screencap.
I had no doubt that you would. But now upchuck is rambling about how he and his staff all have guns (multiple). He is so full of shit, it is hardly even amusing anymore.
261 | BeachDem Jan 7, 2015 11:48:27pm |
Wonkette has now picked up on the moronic bill that my moronic rep has proposed
And yet another braintrust has added another wonderful idea.
Lock-N-Load High School
South Carolina Will Learn Your Kids To Love The Second Amendment Proper
262 | Kragar Jan 8, 2015 12:02:49am |
BREAKING: shootout in South Paris; one police officer down; suspect in metro— Stefan de Vries (@stefandevries) January 8, 2015
263 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 12:14:14am |
re: #239 Kragar
What kind of assistance with the book do you need?
264 | Kragar Jan 8, 2015 12:23:34am |
re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth
What kind of assistance with the book do you need?
Fleshing out the story, helping with the writing, making sure it all fits together. I had worked out the story, plot, characters, everything to make the story, and Obdi had been working with me to turn it into an actual novel. We had been making steady process when his medical stuff started and I haven’t heard from him since summer.
265 | Charles Johnson Jan 8, 2015 12:29:03am |
Anyone surprised to see @ChuckCJohnson say that if he lived in France he’d vote for the fascist National Front? https://t.co/5boAHohVLg— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 8, 2015
266 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 8, 2015 12:32:28am |
re: #265 Charles Johnson
[grumpy cat says no.jpg]
267 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 8, 2015 12:33:30am |
A neofascist party sponsored by Putin. Fitting for an NK apologist like Chuck.
268 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 8, 2015 12:35:31am |
There is a nice pic of LePen Sr. together with David Duke.
269 | Dr Lizardo Jan 8, 2015 12:36:58am |
re: #267 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
A neofascist party sponsored by Putin. Fitting for an NK apologist like Chuck.
Didn’t FN (National Front) get a rather sizeable loan from some Russian bank not long ago? I’m pretty sure I read that somewhere.
In France, thus far, seven people have been arrested in connection to the Charlie Hebdo massacre yesterday - the shooters themselves are still on the run, but one of the seven arrested was the 18 year-old accused getaway driver, who turned himself in to the police.
270 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Jan 8, 2015 12:38:05am |
re: #269 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I meant that loan.
271 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 12:41:28am |
re: #264 Kragar
I can’t get the LGF email thing to work.
272 | Kragar Jan 8, 2015 12:44:24am |
re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth
I can’t get the LGF email thing to work.
You should just be able to click my name.
273 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 12:46:12am |
re: #272 Kragar
You should just be able to click my name.
The verification thing keeps repeating.
Oh wait, just figured it out.
:D
274 | klystron Jan 8, 2015 12:46:50am |
re: #272 Kragar
You should just be able to click my name.
I got the box to come up when I clicked on the comment from spy, but the form keeps looping me around.
Although if you have two emails from me now that’s why, since I was trying to test it.
275 | klystron Jan 8, 2015 12:47:13am |
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
The verification thing keeps repeating.Oh wait, just figured it out.
:D
Oh good, someone is more awake than me tonight.
277 | Kragar Jan 8, 2015 12:59:43am |
278 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 1:03:29am |
re: #277 Kragar
Got it, I’ll shoot you a reply with more info tomorrow
OK. I might be sleeping for a while.
:D
279 | Varek Raith Jan 8, 2015 1:06:10am |
re: #264 Kragar
Fleshing out the story, helping with the writing, making sure it all fits together. I had worked out the story, plot, characters, everything to make the story, and Obdi had been working with me to turn it into an actual novel. We had been making steady process when his medical stuff started and I haven’t heard from him since summer.
I can help.
Add as many cliched bs as you can.
/
280 | Kragar Jan 8, 2015 1:08:43am |
281 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 1:37:37am |
Coal companies are selling coal to themselves to get more government subsidies http://t.co/M5v1mjaQTk pic.twitter.com/16vkTqPTg7
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 8, 2015
Under current regulations, coal companies pay royalties on the first sale to another company after mining coal on federal land. The coal then can be bought and sold multiple times until it reaches a final destination and is sold to an end user, such as a power plant where it is burned for electricity. By building up hundreds of subsidiaries, coal companies have been able to sell to their own companies and partners, allegedly paying royalties based on an artificially low sale price. The CAP analysis presents evidence that captive transactions are common practice in the coal industry and regularly exploited to evade royalty payments and maximize subsidies.
“Increasingly, the major coal companies are selling Powder River Basin coal not on an open market, but to an elaborate network of shell companies that they own and control,” said Matt Lee-Ashley, a Senior Fellow and Director of the Public Lands Project at CAP in a press release. “This gaming of the system is costing federal and state governments millions of dollars in lost royalty payments and giving the Powder River Basin an unfair advantage over other U.S. coal producing regions.”
282 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 1:39:11am |
Fox exploits tragic Charlie Hebdo shooting to promote racial profiling and smear Bill De Blasio: http://t.co/5RzBZplYCx
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 8, 2015
283 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 1:39:14am |
re: #280 Kragar
Its not a rush.
I’m not an SF writer, but I got a young friend in Chicago who is. You want her contact info?
286 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 2:14:05am |
re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth
Coal companies are selling coal to themselves to get more government subsidies
As soon as they figure out how to do that with solar, we will see panels on every rooftop.
287 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 2:44:45am |
#BREAKING Two armed suspects in Paris magazine shooting 'located' in north France: sources
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 8, 2015
288 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 3:22:59am |
UpChuck is keeping me busy today.
290 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 3:40:21am |
re: #289 Bubblehead II
Morning Lizards.
Good to see you up and about - means I’m getting close to being done with my night :)
291 | Bubblehead II Jan 8, 2015 3:41:27am |
re: #290 William Barnett-Lewis
Good to see you up and about - means I’m getting close to being done with my night :)
Anything to pass on?
292 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 3:45:23am |
Good morning
It’s evening on my side of the globe. Two of the Charlie Hegbo attackers are still on the run. The third turned himself in. There was another shooting incident in Paris, leaving a female officer dead.
UpChuck has been busy smearing anyone even vaguely associated with any news event, and confused Denver with Colorado Springs.
293 | Bubblehead II Jan 8, 2015 3:55:17am |
11:35
A local television station, BFMTV, reports that the main entrance points to Paris have been blocked by police, and the car with suspects in is believed to be to the west of the city.
294 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 3:58:08am |
#Paris update 3: Multiple mosques attacked in France after #CharlieHebdo. http://t.co/bvWHrN4Q7y via @mashable pic.twitter.com/7PiVltMrbR
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 8, 2015
295 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 4:13:04am |
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
Paris update 3: Multiple mosques attacked in France after CharlieHebdo.
That’ll show ‘em which culture is superior!!!
/
296 | Dark_Falcon Jan 8, 2015 4:18:18am |
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Stupid and wrong, but predictable. Not the actions people actually fighting Salafist Radical Islam, but those who want to vent their hate and rage at their perceived inferiors. The effect will be to be to gain recruits for the jihadi, for terrorists and insurgents gain when retaliation is random and clumsy. The bigotry of attacking mosques goes without saying, as a grenade attack on a mosque in Le Mans is morally the same as an IED attack on a black church in Birmingham, AL.
297 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 4:35:48am |
re: #210 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
An all around jerk-off Max Blumenthal posts this (because, of course, he needs to be a jerk-off on every issue):
Has Blumenthal blamed the attack on Mossad, like some of his compatriots have done?
298 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 4:36:18am |
re: #296 Dark_Falcon
Or an NAACP office being bombed in Colorado., just don’t expect Fox or CNN to care.
299 | Bubblehead II Jan 8, 2015 4:38:04am |
re: #298 William Barnett-Lewis
Or an NAACP office being bombed in Colorado., just don’t expect Fox or CNN to care.
H/T to Dr. Matt for the retweet.
Nailed it. #NAACPBombing pic.twitter.com/7hARdZ0Tm0
— jordyn~ (@JordynDucotey) January 8, 2015
300 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 4:45:11am |
Wingnuts have a meme in which they justify the shooting of Tamir Rice and John Crawford:
Police Departments All Over The Country Are Having This Very Dangerous Problem!! #tcot #ccot #pjnet @amymek @peddoc63 pic.twitter.com/PYDj798vxn— DR. TWEET, Ph.D. (@Callisto1947) January 7, 2015
301 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 4:47:22am |
re: #300 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts have a meme in which they justify the shooting of Tamir Rice:
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Which nicely leaves out the entire context and situation leading up to and following his shooting…
302 | Decatur Deb Jan 8, 2015 4:47:55am |
re: #300 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts have a meme in which they justify the shooting of Tamir Rice:
[Embedded content]
Trans: “Kill them all, and let our grand jury sort out the innocent.”
304 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 4:48:51am |
re: #300 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts have a meme in which they justify the shooting of Tamir Rice:
[Embedded content]
Hmmm. Maybe we shouldn’t allow so many gunz.
305 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 4:49:35am |
re: #300 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts have a meme in which they justify the shooting of Tamir Rice:
[Embedded content]
Reply is “Survey says oops you’re Incompetent and a murderer.”
Said in your best Richard Dawson voice…
306 | Decatur Deb Jan 8, 2015 4:49:53am |
re: #304 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Hmmm. Maybe we shouldn’t allow so many gunz.
And train and pay more competent cops.
307 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 4:53:56am |
BUT HOW CAN A COP KNOW WHAT’S A REAL GUN & WHAT’S A TOY GUN?
EASY!!! IF THE PERSON HOLDING THE GUN IS BLACK, SHOOT TO KILL!!!!!!
308 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 5:02:51am |
re: #300 The Vicious Babushka
Quick, which one is a 12 year old child?
Oops, too late…he’s dead.
309 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 5:10:24am |
re: #252 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
We need to send him a shitload of stuff in French.
And slip in a couple of Hebdo cartoons poking fun at the right as well since he won’t vet them.
310 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 5:11:41am |
re: #309 Feline Fearless Leader
And slip in a couple of Hebdo cartoons poking fun at the right as well since he won’t vet them.
#TCOT while you're Tweeting every cartoon Charlie Hebdo ever published don't forget this one==> https://t.co/ZVrVDZl7Gf #JeSuisCharlie— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 7, 2015
311 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 5:12:18am |
re: #309 Feline Fearless Leader
And slip in a couple of Hebdo cartoons poking fun at the right as well since he won’t vet them.
The thing is, with Google Translate, he can fake his way through most anything. We need someone who’s really fluent in French — like a native speaker — to exchange tweets with him to see if CCJ really is fluent.
312 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 5:12:27am |
Hopefully Chuck Todd jumps all over this and disqualifies Carson’s presidential campaign:
Typical Teabagger: Ben Carson Plagarized Parts Of His Book http://t.co/atBuf6MUdj #tcot #uniteblue
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) January 8, 2015
313 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 5:16:19am |
re: #308 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Quick, which one is a 12 year old child?
Oops, too late…he’s dead.
Which one is being held by a customer standing in the toy aisle of a Wal-Mart? Oops, too late…he’s dead!!!
314 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 5:17:30am |
re: #311 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
The thing is, with Google Translate, he can fake his way through most anything. We need someone who’s really fluent in French — like a native speaker — to exchange tweets with him to see if CCJ really is fluent.
He has an excuse lined up:
@damedialies @billkaz2009 @eliesalem I'm very rusty.
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 8, 2015
315 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 5:17:47am |
Good morning Lizards! 10 F in Center City Philadelphia. Some co-workers staying home, but others have been trickling in heavily bundled up. The native Brazilians especially so. (Was talking with one who is from Salvador, below freezing weather there is something very very rare.)
Feline Overlords are enjoying extra window sill space since I moved all the plants into the center of the room. Better view, but also frost on the windows to sniff at as well.
Less wind than last night, so walking in this is more comfortable even if it is 8-10 degrees colder out.
Time for a 2nd cup of coffee.
316 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 5:21:32am |
Mild and rainy and storm warnings out for parts of Germany, tropical storm blowing in by way of the Gulf Stream…
317 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 5:21:52am |
“You keep saying 'free speech.' I don't think it means what you think it means.” pic.twitter.com/439wlbviuX— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) January 8, 2015
318 | PhillyPretzel Jan 8, 2015 5:24:04am |
re: #315 Feline Fearless Leader
Since I work outside I used a day off and I am at home today. :)
319 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 5:24:18am |
re: #317 The Vicious Babushka
Thank you for reminding us all that Twitter is not the place to discuss a matter as involved and nuanced as this, or basically, anything deeper than where your homies are hanging and what you had for lunch…
320 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 5:25:43am |
re: #6 bratwurst
If your tent is big enough to include this guy, it is perfectly acceptable to seek a smaller tent.
Or perhaps, look around and realize you ARE in the small tent.
321 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 5:25:44am |
Wingnuts still listening to the voices in their heads in their hermetically sealed fact-free universe
The French called it a “terrorist attack”… Obama called it an “act of violence” that says it all. #tcot— CDM (@RWSurferGirl) January 8, 2015
322 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 5:27:31am |
re: #318 PhillyPretzel
Since I work outside I used a day off and I am at home today. :)
Probably a good idea. I feel sorry for the construction workers across the street since I presume things are a bit miserable, and also a bit more hazardous as well since cold metal surfaces can get you.
I came in wearing a squall jacket and a baseball cap. Then again, I have a fairly short walk and thus can dress lighter than I would if I knew I would be spending a greater amount of time exposed to the elements.
323 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 5:28:12am |
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
He has an excuse lined up:
Well, he’s either fluent, or rusty. You really can’t be both at once. Fluent means you can code switch without thinking between languages. Rusty means you have to think before speaking/writing.
324 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 5:28:18am |
re: #124 The Vicious Babushka
Somebody is dropping hits of acid
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Like I said yesterday —ALIENS!!!
325 | BlueSpotinAL Jan 8, 2015 5:29:06am |
re: #320 FemNaziBitch
Or perhaps, look around and realize you ARE in the small tent.
Scalise can fit in a small tent with David Duke because they don’t need room for baggage.
326 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 5:29:24am |
re: #323 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Well, he’s either fluent, or rusty. You really can’t be both at once. Fluent means you can code switch without thinking between languages. Rusty means you have to think before speaking/writing.
“Fluent and rusty” means you are talking out your ass in both languages.
327 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 5:30:35am |
re: #190 teleskiguy
Hillary Clinton at age 22 was a very pretty woman, IMHO.
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328 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 5:31:07am |
re: #322 Feline Fearless Leader
Probably a good idea. I feel sorry for the construction workers across the street since I presume things are a bit miserable, and also a bit more hazardous as well since cold metal surfaces can get you.
I came in wearing a squall jacket and a baseball cap. Then again, I have a fairly short walk and thus can dress lighter than I would if I knew I would be spending a greater amount of time exposed to the elements.
I used to have an insulated coverall to work on my cars in cold weather. I bet those guys have something similar.
330 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 5:31:40am |
re: #310 The Vicious Babushka
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heh. I have to remember that when I’m trying to make sense out of the mystery of the Trinity ;)
331 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 5:32:52am |
Ok, I’m not scanning the rest of the posts. I’m barely awake and it’s still freakin’ cold in my part of the world. With snow in the forecast.
332 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 5:34:52am |
re: #328 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
I used to have an insulated coverall to work on my cars in cold weather. I bet those guys have something similar.
They’re bundled up pretty well from what I can see. But still the cold will start seeping in unless you’re moving around, especially with a wind blowing. Plus, with activity, you can easily start sweating in the coverall and that gets uncomfortable real quickly as well.
In addition to the additional hazards from wearing bulky clothing that may affect your balance, hearing, and maneuverability, cold surfaces (metal, ice, etc.), and the fact that it’s also a potential distraction (e.g. hurrying in order to get out of it.)
333 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 5:39:25am |
re: #332 Feline Fearless Leader
They’re bundled up pretty well from what I can see. But still the cold will start seeping in unless you’re moving around, especially with a wind blowing. Plus, with activity, you can easily start sweating in the coverall and that gets uncomfortable real quickly as well.
In addition to the additional hazards from wearing bulky clothing that may affect your balance, hearing, and maneuverability, cold surfaces (metal, ice, etc.), and the fact that it’s also a potential distraction (e.g. hurrying in order to get out of it.)
I don’t doubt it. Not a job I’d like to do, especially in my late middle age.
334 | Timothy Watson Jan 8, 2015 5:40:45am |
re: #329 Maggie’s Pa
-15 F At my house in upstate NY this morning.
Down to 9 F here in Virginia, thankfully I’m off today.
335 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 5:40:53am |
Actual temperatures at 7am EST. Wind chills are even colder. Frigid morning! #ColdSnap http://t.co/Encl3uyc2s pic.twitter.com/8tutIpRWwm
— NWS (@NWS) January 8, 2015
I am sooo tired…
336 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 5:41:12am |
Solzenitsyn wrote in “Ivan Denisovich” that the convicts were not sent out to work at temperatures below minus 40 degrees (which is identical in both F and C)
337 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 5:41:55am |
That segment of the I-80 is horrific. I narrowly avoided a 20-car pileup 3 years ago in the same place.
Two killed in an 18-vehicle pileup in whiteout conditions in Pennsylvania. http://t.co/TWcsT6G9Rp pic.twitter.com/ZMmJ3jico8— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) January 8, 2015
338 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 5:44:38am |
-1 here in Boston. Schools cancelled due to extreme cold. Dog refusing to go outside. How goes it?
339 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 5:47:20am |
re: #337 The Vicious Babushka
That segment of the I-80 is horrific. I narrowly avoided a 20-car pileup 3 years ago in the same place.
I-80 through PA is a nice “good weather” road when the rolling terrain is sort of enjoyable to drive through. Outside of that it should be avoided since the same rolling terrain is dangerous in wet/snowy conditions.
And the highway is particularly dangerous in winter. It is also within lake effect snow range of Lake Erie, and often right on the thaw/freeze line and thus more prone to ice than either I-90 to the north or I-70/I-76 farther south.
340 | PhillyPretzel Jan 8, 2015 5:47:20am |
Current conditions in NE Philly. Brrrr.
forecast.weather.gov
341 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 5:50:03am |
re: #321 The Vicious Babushka
nationaljournal.com “I strongly condemn the horrific shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris that has reportedly killed 12 people. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this terrorist attack and the people of France at this difficult time. France is America’s oldest ally, and has stood shoulder to shoulder with the United States in the fight against terrorists who threaten our shared security and the world. Time and again, the French people have stood up for the universal values that generations of our people have defended. France, and the great city of Paris where this outrageous attack took place, offer the world a timeless example that will endure well beyond the hateful vision of these killers. We are in touch with French officials and I have directed my Administration to provide any assistance needed to help bring these terrorists to justice.”
342 | Bubblehead II Jan 8, 2015 5:51:20am |
re: #338 Franklin
-1 here in Boston. Schools cancelled due to extreme cold. Dog refusing to go outside. How goes it?
343 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 5:51:53am |
re: #341 Dr. Matt
He did not call it Islamist terror and remind us that the Koran calls on all true Muslims to be terrorists in Allah’s name.
/
344 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 5:53:21am |
re: #339 Feline Fearless Leader
I-80 through PA is a nice “good weather” road when the rolling terrain is sort of enjoyable to drive through. Outside of that it should be avoided since the same rolling terrain is dangerous in wet/snowy conditions.
And the highway is particularly dangerous in winter. It is also within lake effect snow range of Lake Erie, and often right on the thaw/freeze line and thus more prone to ice than either I-90 to the north or I-70/I-76 farther south.
I have driven the I-80 from Detroit to New York many times, but now we stay overnight at about the halfway point which is Clarion or Lock Haven.
No more winter drives, though. Next planned visit to NY is in August for my grandson’s Bar Mitzvah.
345 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 5:53:58am |
re: #337 The Vicious Babushka
That segment of the I-80 is horrific. I narrowly avoided a 20-car pileup 3 years ago in the same place.
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346 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 5:54:43am |
Staying home today. It’s obscenely cold out. Near zero with windchill. F that.
347 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 5:54:57am |
348 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 5:55:07am |
Not sure if this is verified yet:
Unverified reports that one of Charlie Hebdo terrorists dropped his ID at scene of attack. pic.twitter.com/0ruEYDBee2
— Polly Boiko (@Polly_Boiko) January 7, 2015
349 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 5:56:12am |
re: #348 Dr. Matt
Not sure if this is verified yet:
It’s been shown on BBC and elsewhere. He left it in the car they were driving.
350 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 5:56:56am |
re: #349 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
It’s been shown on BBC and elsewhere. He left it in the car they were driving.
What a moron
351 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 5:57:22am |
re: #341 Dr. Matt
Took him too long to say it. Didn’t say ISIS or AlQ. Didn’t say how it was his fault. ////
352 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 5:57:44am |
re: #350 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
What a moron
Or a clever move by the Mossad.
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353 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 5:58:01am |
re: #350 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Thankfully.
354 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 5:59:39am |
Has @chuckcjohnson taken credit yet for identifying the Paris terrorists before anyone else? #waitforit
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) January 8, 2015
355 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 6:00:21am |
re: #354 Dr. Matt
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356 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 6:01:11am |
re: #349 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
It’s been shown on BBC and elsewhere. He left it in the car they were driving.
FALSE FLAG!!!! TEH MOSSADS STOLED ID CARD OF TEH INNOCENT TO SET HIM UP!!!!!!
357 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 6:01:13am |
Yay! Temperature is rising here in the backwoods.
We hit a low of -2 at 6:30 a.m. and now up to zero.
Hoping I can stop worrying about the plumbing soon and finally go to bed.
358 | ChuckJager95 Jan 8, 2015 6:01:15am |
So this appears to be making it’s way through my ever decreasing list of RWNJ friends:
SUCH SCIENCE!
359 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 6:01:47am |
President Obama explicitly calls #CharlieHebdo “Terrorist Attack” http://t.co/PxMulI6C2Z #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/Acn7zqoQei— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 8, 2015
360 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 6:02:11am |
re: #348 Dr. Matt
Seems a bit odd though stranger things have happened. If he’d dropped his wallet I’d buy it. Dropping an ID belonging to someone else might delay investigators.
361 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 6:03:24am |
re: #354 Dr. Matt
He’s trying to tie them to the Democrat party and Obama
362 | Bubblehead II Jan 8, 2015 6:03:57am |
Question for you Lizards on Facebook. I had to log into my Facebook account in order to post to a local rags comment section. Did I just reactivate/make public my Facebook profile?
363 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 6:05:41am |
re: #362 Bubblehead II
Question for you Lizards on Facebook. I had to log into my Facebook account in order to post to a local rags comment section. Did I just reactivate/make public my Facebook profile?
You allowed that comment section to access your Facebook.
364 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 6:06:39am |
re: #362 Bubblehead II
Question for you Lizards on Facebook. I had to log into my Facebook account in order to post to a local rags comment section. Did I just reactivate/make public my Facebook profile?
Theoretically, no. The local rag probably uses OAuth to log you in using the FB credentials, so there’s a layer of anonymity between the rag and FB
365 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 6:10:03am |
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
He has an excuse lined up:
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366 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 6:10:32am |
Haven’t had a chance to read through all the overnight thread, but there’s some serious bad crazy out there - especially among the right wingers. Chuck Johnson isn’t some outlier. He’s preaching to the choir who think just as he does.
And it’s some sick stuff too. He’s all for ignoring the 1st Amendment when it suits him (banning Muslims from coming to America etc), and his followers go way over the line to calling for genocide - nuking all of them.
I tweeted out a bunch of stuff this morning about how the right wing thinks bombing someone is the solution - more than a few pundits were claiming that this is the result of the US policy not being harsh enough against ISIL.
For nitwits who think #CharlieHebdo was result of not going after ISIL sufficiently, what else can be done w/out helping Assad? Be specific— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 8, 2015
That’s right folks, if you’re saying that the US hasn’t done enough, what more should be done and be specific. Let’s see that rabbit hole you’re going down towards calling for genocide (and already blocked one for the nuke ‘em all route). If you think that sending multiple airstrikes on a daily basis isn’t enough, or that providing aid to Kurds and Iraq, and carrying out UAV airstrikes against Islamic terror groups all over the Middle East and South Asia to go after ISIL, AQ in Yemen, AQ affiliates in South Asia, and Taliban forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan are chump change, then you’re clearly not paying attention.
And that’s really what this is all about; media outlets feed a steady stream of pundits who don’t know what they’re talking about and misinforming the public about what is going on - that Muslims are the predominant target of Islamic terrorists the world over, and that the attacks on the West are increasingly rare. They’re not completely prevented (no one ever is), but the threat is far less than say in Islamabad or Karachi, let alone Nigeria, where Boko Haram runs rampant and slaughters kids in schools and teachers on a regular basis (that’s a tactic shared by LeT and other Taliban elements in Pakistan too - go after soft targets rather than military).
Or, you get the “Europe brought this on itself for letting Muslims immigrate”. Ummm, wrong again. Muslims were among the victims here again too - one of the editors was Muslim as was one of the policemen gunned down in cold blood.
But if you want to play underlying sources, how about autocratic regimes in the ME that export their extremists, courtesy of petrodollars from the US and the West, or colonialism that split up the ME in the first place, or the Ottoman Empire whose decadence and failings influenced the rise of Islamic extremist thought as a way to restore the grandeur of the Islamic caliphate, or hey, why not go back to the Romans, Babylonians, or Persians.
367 | Eventual Carrion Jan 8, 2015 6:12:09am |
re: #348 Dr. Matt
Not sure if this is verified yet:
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At the point in the video of the cop being shot while lying down on the sidewalk, when they were going back to the car, one of the men had dropped something and bent down to pick it up. Maybe it fell out at that point and he didn’t notice it.
368 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 6:12:29am |
re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth
I seem to remember awhile back reading something about, I think it was Steel companies, who were making money by effectively just moving their stock around the country from yard to another because they were able to charge the government some kind of transport fees or something every time they moved it.
369 | Eventual Carrion Jan 8, 2015 6:13:14am |
re: #349 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
It’s been shown on BBC and elsewhere. He left it in the car they were driving.
Ok. I had read someone speculate about that possibility but had not heard verification that that was where the ID was found.
370 | Bubblehead II Jan 8, 2015 6:13:46am |
371 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 6:14:10am |
re: #368 Eclectic Cyborg
I seem to remember awhile back reading something about, I think it was Steel companies, who were making money by effectively just moving their stock around the country from yard to another because they were able to charge the government some kind of transport fees or something every time they moved it.
372 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 6:14:40am |
I’m glad NYTimes’s @comradewong deleted his insensitive and insane Tweet. pic.twitter.com/fRIa6kETzq— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 8, 2015
Seriously, WTF. There are more cops killed every year in the US than killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack. The homicide rate in US is 4.7 per 100k versus 1.0 per 100k in France. We’ve got a huge problem with firearms, and Loesch and the rest of the gun fetishists see nothing wrong with this - or that more firearms can’t solve. When all you see is guns, the only solution is even more guns.
The right wing’s debasement continues to shine through.
373 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 6:15:02am |
re: #367 Eventual Carrion
At the point in the video of the cop being shot while lying down on the sidewalk, when they were going back to the car, one of the men had dropped something and bent down to pick it up. Maybe it fell out at that point and he didn’t notice it.
I’m still wondering what the deal was with what looked like a pair of shoes on the pavement right next to the open passenger side door of their car.
374 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 6:15:29am |
re: #370 Bubblehead II
Thanks. I had thought I deactivated that account a while back and was surprised when it actually logged me in. Guess I’m stuck with it.
Deactivate is not the same as delete.
375 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 6:15:56am |
re: #348 Dr. Matt
How soon until some aspiring wingnut Photoshops that with Obama’s headshot?
376 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 6:17:31am |
377 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 6:18:13am |
re: #374 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Deactivate is not the same as delete.
That’s the thing about the internet. Once you remove something…is it ever truly deleted?
379 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 6:20:06am |
re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m still wondering what the deal was with what looked like a pair of shoes on the pavement right next to the open passenger side door of their car.
I haven’t looked at the video. But if it was a well-prepared attack they might have worn shoes and then dropped them before entering the car to reduce evidence traces - especially if they might have stepped in blood, glass, or something else that could be easily connected to the attack site.
(Just thinking aloud here for the most part, but part of the logistics of such an operation is minimizing leads in getting traced.)
380 | ObserverArt Jan 8, 2015 6:20:32am |
re: #335 Backwoods_Sleuth
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GooBrrrddd Morbrrrrnning.
See that -8 right there in the south/middle of Ohio? That would be Coolumbus.
Hopefully you got through the night and will get through today with no frozen water pipes.
381 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 6:20:57am |
re: #379 Feline Fearless Leader
I haven’t looked at the video. But if it was a well-prepared attack they might have worn shoes and then dropped them before entering the car to reduce evidence traces - especially if they might have stepped in blood, glass, or something else that could be easily connected to the attack site.
(Just thinking aloud here for the most part, but part of the logistics of such an operation is minimizing leads in getting traced.)
They were spotted at a gas station, so they’re not exactly Jason Bourne.
382 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 6:21:10am |
Mike Huckabee says faith — not finances — is the biggest divide in America. http://t.co/pW47ys0MPC pic.twitter.com/ExRY0Laasl— Early & Often (@CSTearlyoften) January 8, 2015
383 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 6:21:16am |
384 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 6:21:53am |
re: #370 Bubblehead II
Thanks. I had thought I deactivated that account a while back and was surprised when it actually logged me in. Guess I’m stuck with it.
I have been trying to get Eprey to delete my account for years (since they forced the use of the Paypal thieves). I still get crap from them about that account. I expect that would be the case with Facebook too.
385 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 6:21:57am |
re: #382 FemNaziBitch
And everybody should believe my Faith or else!
386 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 6:22:22am |
re: #382 FemNaziBitch
Preach all you want. Finances can be objectively measured, faith cannot.
387 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 6:24:20am |
re: #380 ObserverArt
GooBrrrddd Morbrrrrnning.
See that -8 right there in the south/middle of Ohio? That would be Coolumbus.
Hopefully you got through the night and will get through today with no frozen water pipes.
Temperature here is now up to 1F and the water pipes are doing good so far. (fingers crossed!) Kittehs are having too much fun with the taps running in the bathroom.
388 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 6:25:09am |
I learned today from the BBC that French law prohibits the census to ask a person’s religious affiliation or ethnic background. So French RWNJs can overinflate the number of Muslims and no one can contradict them
389 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 6:26:17am |
re: #388 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
I learned today from the BBC that French law prohibits the census to ask a person’s religious affiliation or ethnic background. So French RWNJs can overinflate the number of Muslims and no one can contradict them
Nor are these guys going to address France’s colonial history in Africa and the Muslim world.
390 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 6:26:33am |
#BryantPark fountain is frozen - my face is frozen!! Dress warmly today - sooo cold out @StormTeam4NY #NBC4NY pic.twitter.com/scaNUNOrLE— Katherine Creag (@katcreag4NY) January 8, 2015
391 | ObserverArt Jan 8, 2015 6:26:35am |
re: #372 lawhawk
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Seriously, WTF. There are more cops killed every year in the US than killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack. The homicide rate in US is 4.7 per 100k versus 1.0 per 100k in France. We’ve got a huge problem with firearms, and Loesch and the rest of the gun fetishists see nothing wrong with this - or that more firearms can’t solve. When all you see is guns, the only solution is even more guns.
The right wing’s debasement continues to shine through.
Dana Lowsch knows all about insensitivity and insanity.
392 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 6:26:49am |
re: #382 FemNaziBitch
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393 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 6:28:49am |
394 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 6:28:55am |
re: #343 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
He did not call it Islamist terror and remind us that the Koran calls on all true Muslims to be terrorists in Allah’s name.
/
The true Koran? Are those the ones strewn along the southern border with the prayer rugs?? //
395 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 6:29:49am |
re: #391 ObserverArt
Dana Lowsch knows all about insensitivity and insanity.
Shouldn’t she be fantasizing about squatting over them and taking a piss?
396 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 6:30:17am |
397 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 6:30:33am |
I see Dana Loesch has endorsed the Most Disgusting Right Wing Tweet On The Paris Terrorist Attack
#HandsUpDontShoot http://t.co/J1qPIdJYYb— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 7, 2015
398 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 6:31:11am |
re: #397 The Vicious Babushka
But everybody else should take down their tweets if they offend Dana. /
399 | ObserverArt Jan 8, 2015 6:31:40am |
re: #387 Backwoods_Sleuth
Temperature here is now up to 1F and the water pipes are doing good so far. (fingers crossed!) Kittehs are having too much fun with the taps running in the bathroom.
It’s a heat wave!!!
Just checked, now -3° with 10 mph winds, so it now feels like -18°.
But, we will get to 18° today which is a few degrees warmer than yesterday and it is predicted to be 16° for the low tonight. I’ll take it.
400 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 6:32:10am |
re: #386 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Preach all you want. Finances can be objectively measured, faith cannot.
I think the Dalai Lama had something to say about hunger and faith. Something about basic needs being met …
401 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 6:33:15am |
re: #398 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
But everybody else should take down their tweets if they offend Dana. /
Every time I see that photo she uses in her Twitter avi I wonder why she doesn’t get treatment for her severe scoliosis.
Then I realize that’s just a shitty Photoshop to make her look “hot”
402 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 6:34:02am |
re: #400 FemNaziBitch
I think the Dalai Lama had something to say about hunger and faith. Something about basic needs being met …
That is the philosophy behind Catholic Revolution Theology as well.
403 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 6:35:17am |
If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. By learning from science about aspects of reality where its understanding may be more advanced, I believe that Buddhism enriches its own worldview.
The New York Times (12 November 2005).
404 | ObserverArt Jan 8, 2015 6:36:26am |
re: #392 William Barnett-Lewis
As someone who tries to be a Christian, I have to say that I feel that Mike Huckabee is the personification of everything wrong with Christianity in America. A 24 k example of what the cheap grace of pretending to believe so that you don’t actually have to _do_ what Christ told us to do. Feh.
Love the way you worded that William. “Tries to be a Christian” is the way to go about it. Huckabee, as you are saying, already thinks he is and he is ‘saved’ so he can go on being a judgmental ass. It does not work that way.
Even if you are an atheist, you can still work to try to be a good human being. Huckabee even fails that.
405 | darthstar Jan 8, 2015 6:37:35am |
Happy birthday to the one true King. #ElvisPresley pic.twitter.com/7AztwFPpIK— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 8, 2015
406 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 6:37:41am |
Jon Stewart is the first person I want to hear.
The last person I want to hear from on this Paris Massacre is America's #1 speech policer Jon Stewart.— John Nolte (@NolteNC) January 8, 2015
407 | darthstar Jan 8, 2015 6:38:47am |
Jesus: now go and make disciples of all nations John: retweet Luke: retweet Mary: retweet Judas: fav Jesus: fuck you judas— Cocaine Cola (@SatansTongue) January 6, 2015
408 | ObserverArt Jan 8, 2015 6:39:07am |
re: #400 FemNaziBitch
I think the Dalai Lama had something to say about hunger and faith. Something about basic needs being met …
But the Dalai Lama is not a Christian…so he is disqualified.
/
409 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 6:39:12am |
Demoted Catholic cardinal: ‘Radical feminists’ are to blame for pedophile priests http://t.co/ABVNv51w6z #fem2— Cathy Kaelin (@EE_Woman) January 8, 2015
410 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 6:39:59am |
re: #409 FemNaziBitch
Demoted Catholic cardinal: ‘Radical feminists’ are to blame for pedophile priests
Anything but a culture of denial and coverup…
411 | thedopefishlives Jan 8, 2015 6:40:26am |
Morning Lizardim from the frozen popsicle wild north country. How go things on this frigid wintry Thursday?
412 | FemNaziBitch Jan 8, 2015 6:40:54am |
Happy Thursday :) pic.twitter.com/jfamGeBFDF— Olivia M (@AnchorTrec) January 8, 2015
413 | ObserverArt Jan 8, 2015 6:42:12am |
re: #409 FemNaziBitch
Cathy Kaelin @EE_Woman
Follow
Demoted Catholic cardinal: ‘Radical feminists’ are to blame for pedophile priests rawstory.com … #fem2
He needs more demotion. Like right on out the door of the church. Hopefully by boot.
414 | Sionainn Jan 8, 2015 6:43:29am |
415 | ObserverArt Jan 8, 2015 6:44:09am |
re: #411 thedopefishlives
Morning Lizardim from the frozen popsicle wild north country. How go things on this frigid wintry Thursday?
Just frozen. No artificial or real fruit flavors and no coloring dyes.
416 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 6:44:11am |
re: #382 FemNaziBitch
Huckabee scores a twofer by simultaneously blaming the victims and absolving the perpetrators of income inequality. That’s very Christian of you, Mike.
417 | b.d. Jan 8, 2015 6:45:08am |
re: #414 Sionainn
He needs to be excommunicated, not just demoted.
Excommunicated from the Catholic Church for being a dumbass sexist bigot? That’s a slippery slope if I have ever have heard of one.
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419 | darthstar Jan 8, 2015 6:46:00am |
Chris Christie's latest indignity: Re-election campaign subpoenaed http://t.co/IXrPKTx9eR
420 | Eventual Carrion Jan 8, 2015 6:46:16am |
re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m still wondering what the deal was with what looked like a pair of shoes on the pavement right next to the open passenger side door of their car.
Thinking on it more I could see this scenario.
Gunman drops wallet/holder out of car in haste to get to the officer that was executed on sidewalk. Returning he picks up bundle/wallet which had hit the ground. ID is dislodged a bit from impact with the ground and falls out when he gets back into car (unnoticed by him in haste). Ditch car with ID still inside. Found by cops and identified.
421 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 6:47:27am |
re: #400 FemNaziBitch
I think the Dalai Lama had something to say about hunger and faith. Something about basic needs being met …
Epistle of James, Chapter 2:
“14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
Yep. It’s a really simple thing to treat everyone else the way you’d like to be treated. So why do these asshats refuse to do so?
422 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 6:48:38am |
re: #421 William Barnett-Lewis
Yep. It’s a really simple thing to treat everyone else the way you’d like to be treated. So why do these asshats refuse to do so?
Because they hate themselves and therefore have no problem hating everyone.
423 | thedopefishlives Jan 8, 2015 6:48:45am |
re: #421 William Barnett-Lewis
Epistle of James, Chapter 2:
“14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”Yep. It’s a really simple thing to treat everyone else the way you’d like to be treated. So why do these asshats refuse to do so?
Most of the time, they claim to have read the words but never really did. They just signed on for some of that old-time religion because it’s what everybody around them does, not because they’re genuinely trying to follow the beliefs.
424 | darthstar Jan 8, 2015 6:50:24am |
Think before you tweet it pic.twitter.com/XbvvvVylJT— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 8, 2015
426 | CuriousLurker Jan 8, 2015 6:53:16am |
Oh look—imagine my surprise, this is all the fault of the Jews:
Oh good. Assange knows who's REALLY responsible for the attack. Guessing Cumberbatch won't be up for the sequel. pic.twitter.com/ydW0Msq1D4— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) January 8, 2015
If you look at their Twitter timeline, you’ll see them also trying to use this attack to their advantage and showing what brave defenders of freedom they are by Tweeting the most offensive CH cartoons they can find.
427 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 6:54:01am |
re: #423 thedopefishlives
Most of the time, they claim to have read the words but never really did. They just signed on for some of that old-time religion because it’s what everybody around them does, not because they’re genuinely trying to follow the beliefs.
I know. I attend a tiny church in the middle of flyover. We do the best we can with what little we have. Then I turn on a TV and I see rich asshats calling themselves Christians but pissing on the backs of the poor and telling them it is raining. And then I see decent people who actually are doing good calling themselves atheists.
I find it very easy to understand how Atheism has become one of the most holy paths in modern America.
428 | CuriousLurker Jan 8, 2015 6:54:57am |
429 | Mike Lamb Jan 8, 2015 6:57:54am |
re: #300 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts have a meme in which they justify the shooting of Tamir Rice and John Crawford:
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That does sound difficult. Now, pray tell, at which police officers were Rice and Crawford pointing their bb guns?
430 | thedopefishlives Jan 8, 2015 6:59:10am |
re: #427 William Barnett-Lewis
I know. I attend a tiny church in the middle of flyover. We do the best we can with what little we have. Then I turn on a TV and I see rich asshats calling themselves Christians but pissing on the backs of the poor and telling them it is raining. And then I see decent people who actually are doing good calling themselves atheists.
I find it very easy to understand how Atheism has become one of the most holy paths in modern America.
I attend a medium-sized church in the heart of the western suburbs right now, but my previous church was one of the megachurches in the area. When the pastor spoke about how he was making a great personal sacrifice by giving up the church jet to help pay the bills, I realized just how out of touch with Christianity the place really was. I think of these “Christian” right-wing nutjobs as just the type of people who eagerly sign on to that Prosperity Gospel type of religion, all in the name of selfish advancement.
431 | KerFuFFler Jan 8, 2015 6:59:13am |
re: #210 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
An all around jerk-off Max Blumenthal posts this (because, of course, he needs to be a jerk-off on every issue):
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The problem is, of course, that Blumenthal ignores the context.
The context was a publication by a far-right rag Minute of a photo of Taubira with a caption about a banana, a usual racist trope. The Minute tried to defend themselves by referencing Charlie Hebdo, saying, no one gets offended about their covers. CH’s response:An unequivocal condemnation of the racist photo. So what about this cartoon? This was juxtaposed in a 2013 edition of CH with the aforementioned Minute photo. The original was “the 1st degree”, this one was the “2nd degree”, or, “what they really mean”. Note the symbol of the National Front on the cartoon and the caption which satirizes this group, in effect calling them racists. This cartoon basically shows the minister through the eyes of the far right.
That’s right, Blumenthal turned CH’s condemnation of racism into an expression of racism. On the day of the murder.
It’s nice to know that Hebdo sought to fight racism. Clearly this image was one such effort. But I have to say that several of his depictions of Arabs look startlingly like the ones of Jews nazis put in their propaganda with grossly enlarged hook noses. I find the bulk of his stuff repellent. No one should be killed over it, but I am sorry it has enough of a market to keep it funded. I am sure the right wingers who are frothing at the mouth with anger at all Muslims just love those horrid images.
432 | Mike Lamb Jan 8, 2015 6:59:29am |
433 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 7:00:28am |
434 | Dr Lizardo Jan 8, 2015 7:00:55am |
re: #388 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
I learned today from the BBC that French law prohibits the census to ask a person’s religious affiliation or ethnic background. So French RWNJs can overinflate the number of Muslims and no one can contradict them
I recall reading that somewhere - it has to do with laïte, the French concept of secularism.
Thus, French RWNJ’s can claim THERE’S 100 BAZILLION MUSLIMS IN FRANCE!! pretty much with impunity.
435 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:01:03am |
re: #431 KerFuFFler
It’s nice to know that Hebdo sought to fight racism. Clearly this image was one such effort. But I have to say that several of his depictions of Arabs look startlingly like the ones of Jews nazis put in their propaganda with grossly enlarged hook noses. I find the bulk of his stuff repellent. No one should be killed over it, but I am sorry it has enough of a market to keep it funded. I am sure the right wingers who are frothing at the mouth with anger at all Muslims just love those horrid images.
I do not recall CH promoting an ideology that called for the eradication of all Muslims. That is where any comparison of those caricatures with Nazi imagery must end.
436 | KerFuFFler Jan 8, 2015 7:06:00am |
re: #435 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I do not recall CH promoting an ideology that called for the eradication of all Muslims.
I did not say that he did. But some of his depictions of Arabs seem to be inspired by racial animus. Depicting people in such an intentionally ugly and exaggerated manner comes across as hateful. Look at the cartoon of the Arab saying “100 lashes if you don’t die laughing”. That is a vile depiction of an ethnicity.
437 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 7:07:44am |
re: #436 KerFuFFler
I did not say that he did. But some of his depictions of Arabs seem to be inspired by racial animus. Depicting people in such an intentionally ugly and exaggerated manner comes across as hateful. Look at the cartoon of the Arab saying “100 lashes if you don’t die laughing”. That is a vile depiction of an ethnicity.
Do you understand that Charlie Hebdo is not a person, but the name of the magazine?
438 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:09:01am |
re: #436 KerFuFFler
I did not say that he did. But some of his depictions of Arabs seem to be inspired by racial animus. Depicting people in such an intentionally ugly and exaggerated manner comes across as hateful. Look at the cartoon of the Arab saying “100 lashes if you don’t die laughing”. That is a vile depiction of an ethnicity.
That is one of the reasons that we have free speech: often what we see as “racial animus” is actually intended as a caricature of people who truly hold those views.
Do you think that the people who presented us characters like Alf Garnett or Archie Bunker held those racist views? They wanted to make fun of those very sorts of people.
439 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 7:09:03am |
Hebdo is short for ‘hebdomadaire’ - ‘weekly’
440 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 7:14:47am |
Some wingnut tweeted this incomprehensible shit:
@viciousbabushka @mydoggigi but not a single Indian I wonder why …. Oh that's right they felt the same way …. #tcot #teaparty— Harbinger (@1Harbinger) January 8, 2015
441 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:16:16am |
re: #440 The Vicious Babushka
I think he is referring to certain Indian tribes that kept slaves.
442 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 7:18:16am |
re: #440 The Vicious Babushka
Some wingnut tweeted this incomprehensible shit:
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Actually very comprehensible. It’s pure Stormfront.
He’s equating blacks with domesticated livestock and Indians with feral animals with the feral being slightly more honorable but still animals. Frankly that’s more despicable than 99% of the right wing’s tweets and that saying something.
443 | b.d. Jan 8, 2015 7:19:10am |
re: #440 The Vicious Babushka
Some wingnut tweeted this incomprehensible shit:
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I think he is saying that Indians had guns and shot people who would have tried to enslave them.
That guy watched to many John Wayne movies.
444 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 7:23:10am |
re: #442 William Barnett-Lewis
Actually very comprehensible. It’s pure Stormfront.
He’s equating blacks with domesticated livestock and Indians with feral animals with the feral being slightly more honorable but still animals. Frankly that’s more despicable than 99% of the right wing’s tweets and that saying something.
It is incomprehensible to me.
My point in creating that meme is that Patrick Henry used rhetoric about slavery and freedom, which wingnuts love to quote, but choose to ignore the irony that this eloquent “freedom lover” owned other human beings to whom this rhetoric did not apply.
445 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 7:24:27am |
IBTIMES has joined the ITS A JUICE CONSPIRISY!!!!1!!!!
446 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 7:24:32am |
re: #421 William Barnett-Lewis
Epistle of James, Chapter 2:
“14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”Yep. It’s a really simple thing to treat everyone else the way you’d like to be treated. So why do these asshats refuse to do so?
Because the goal is control and power, not justice.
//
447 | Eventual Carrion Jan 8, 2015 7:26:09am |
re: #430 thedopefishlives
I attend a medium-sized church in the heart of the western suburbs right now, but my previous church was one of the megachurches in the area. When the pastor spoke about how he was making a great personal sacrifice by giving up the church jet to help pay the bills, I realized just how out of touch with Christianity the place really was. I think of these “Christian” right-wing nutjobs as just the type of people who eagerly sign on to that Prosperity Gospel type of religion, all in the name of selfish advancement.
They should just change to Scientology then. At least they can truthfully claim to be following the teachings of the church leader then rather than have to bastardize the bible to justify their money grubbing.
448 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 7:26:29am |
re: #431 KerFuFFler
It’s nice to know that Hebdo sought to fight racism. Clearly this image was one such effort. But I have to say that several of his depictions of Arabs look startlingly like the ones of Jews nazis put in their propaganda with grossly enlarged hook noses. I find the bulk of his stuff repellent. No one should be killed over it, but I am sorry it has enough of a market to keep it funded. I am sure the right wingers who are frothing at the mouth with anger at all Muslims just love those horrid images.
Probably to the point that a Hebdo cartoon is rolled out that gores their particular ox. Since I doubt their entire body of work was just anti-Muslim, there are probably anti-right, anti-left, anti-Catholic, etc. cartoons there as well.
449 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 7:27:17am |
FUCK YOU ANTI VAXXERS
Two Infants Too Young For Vaccinations Contract Measles From Unvaccinated People At Disneyland http://t.co/85pWBqbT87— Dave Pederson (@David_Pederson) January 8, 2015
450 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:27:34am |
re: #448 Feline Fearless Leader
Probably to the point that a Hebdo cartoon is rolled out that gores their particular ox. Since I doubt their entire body of work was just anti-Muslim, there are probably anti-right, anti-left, anti-Catholic, etc. cartoons there as well.
yes, that is the point.
451 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 8, 2015 7:30:59am |
somebody flinging downdings on the Limbaugh page…
452 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 7:31:43am |
re: #450 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
yes, that is the point.
CH skewers everyone, not just Muslims. They’re pretty merciless with Catholics, for example.
453 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 7:32:45am |
re: #435 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I do not recall CH promoting an ideology that called for the eradication of all Muslims. That is where any comparison of those caricatures with Nazi imagery must end.
Two observations:
1) Freedom of speech issues get really complicated. I think the cliched American “100% freedom of speech all the time” position is unhelpful, FWIW.
2) It’ll be really interesting to see how the chips fall with right-wing US commentators in the next couple of days, since CH was fundamentally a left-liberal organ critical of capitalism, corporatism, and religious conservatism in general.
454 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 7:33:45am |
re: #452 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
CH skewers everyone, not just Muslims. They’re pretty merciless with Catholics, for example.
When Donohoe hedged yesterday I was pretty sure that CH had taken it’s share of shots at conservative Catholics and The Church in general.
455 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 7:35:40am |
This could be the best article I’ve read about the CH attack so far:
Excerpt:
The civil society made possible by Western capitalism is a great accomplishment, and also one that has external costs and consequences we rarely witness. One can believe both things at once. Similarly, the carnage in Paris represents a tiny proportion of the bloodshed inflicted on civilians in the Arab-Muslim world by both foreign military forces and Islamic militants. At virtually the same time as the Charlie Hebdo attack, 37 people were killed in a terrorist bombing in Yemen, likely the work of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. (Another 26 people died there last week in a suicide bombing.) None of which excuses the criminality of the Paris attack in the slightest, or lessens its horror.
456 | Dr Lizardo Jan 8, 2015 7:36:32am |
re: #452 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
CH skewers everyone, not just Muslims. They’re pretty merciless with Catholics, for example.
Yeah, from what I’ve seen of their cartoons at least, they’re pretty equal opportunity in the ruthless satire department.
457 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 7:38:11am |
re: #453 iossarian
Two observations:
1) Freedom of speech issues get really complicated. I think the cliched American “100% freedom of speech all the time” position is unhelpful, FWIW.
Good thing KT’s not here to hear you say that … :roll eyes:
458 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 7:39:46am |
@TheObamaDiary trying to remember if “Christian” groups ever committed acts of murder and terror. Hmmm… pic.twitter.com/747IUlS2gM— Herbert (@HHooversGhost) January 8, 2015
Heh.
Meanwhile, still no real coverage of the bombing of the NAACP offices in Colorado. Pathetic. Domestic terrorists carry out attack, and the media gives a collective shrug. I get that it’s not the top story - that’d be the Charlie Hebdo bombing, but this should be right behind it.
And if you think that the lack of casualties is reason enough to demote it as a story, consider then that the Times Square bombing didn’t result in any casualties either. Yet that was plastered coverage wall to wall.
I can’t quite pin my finger on why. ////11ty
Oh, and I get that some people will point out that the reason that the TS bombing got higher billing was because it was Times Square, and that it was a terrorist who was inspired by Islamic terror groups, but then again given what we know so far of the NAACP bombing it’s likely someone who is inspired by right wing extremists or white nationalists - who are just as much of a threat to people. But because this was in the hinterlands (Colorado), it simply doesn’t rate.
The media in this country sucks. Bleed = it leads.
459 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 8, 2015 7:40:00am |
re: #454 Feline Fearless Leader
When Donohoe hedged yesterday I was pretty sure that CH had taken it’s share of shots at conservative Catholics and The Church in general.
He would be a prime target if CH paid any attention to American public figures.
460 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:40:03am |
re: #453 iossarian
Two observations:
1) Freedom of speech issues get really complicated. I think the cliched American “100% freedom of speech all the time” position is unhelpful, FWIW.
2) It’ll be really interesting to see how the chips fall with right-wing US commentators in the next couple of days, since CH was fundamentally a left-liberal organ critical of capitalism, corporatism, and religious conservatism in general.
If you do not like what a person says, then you are free to speak or act out against it. But not to kill, injure or destroy. That seems pretty clear.
Even the most liberal interpretation of Freedom of Speech draws a line at incitement to crime or violence.
461 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 7:43:53am |
re: #460 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
If you do not like what a person says, then you are free to speak or act out against it. But not to kill, injure or destroy. That seems pretty clear.
Even the most liberal interpretation of Freedom of Speech draws a line at incitement to crime or violence.
My view (which I don’t intend to push on anyone particularly hard) is that this dualism between “speech” and “action” is too neat and doesn’t reflect what happens in the real world well enough. I think there need to be some curtailments on speech, in some cases. Verbal bullying of children and teens would be an example; there are others.
But I will agree that the US position is close to being ideal. In general it’s probably better to err on that side of the line than the other.
462 | CuriousLurker Jan 8, 2015 7:44:27am |
re: #448 Feline Fearless Leader
Probably to the point that a Hebdo cartoon is rolled out that gores their particular ox. Since I doubt their entire body of work was just anti-Muslim, there are probably anti-right, anti-left, anti-Catholic, etc. cartoons there as well.
Correct, there are, but as Sergey said in his #135, “Vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity doesn’t help though.” Some of the cartoons were just plain vulgar, unnecessarily so. I found many of them disgusting—not just the ones about Muslims, but the ones about other religions too.
I mean seriously, what’s the point, just to offend? Because that’s all most people belonging to those (religious) groups are going to see—any other message will be completely lost. If the point is to educate or communicate, then they’re doing it wrong. I’m not sure when needless vulgarity began being perceived as brave truth-telling, but I don’t buy it.
463 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 7:45:39am |
Last night at dinner there was a guy sitting behind me wearing an infowars.com t-shirt. Never in my life have I been so tempted to smack someone in the back of the head….but, I resisted because I’m too pretty for jail.
464 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:45:42am |
re: #461 iossarian
My view (which I don’t intend to push on anyone particularly hard) is that this dualism between “speech” and “action” is too neat and doesn’t reflect what happens in the real world well enough. I think there need to be some curtailments on speech, in some cases. Verbal bullying of children and teens would be an example; there are others.
But I will agree that the US position is close to being ideal. In general it’s probably better to err on that side of the line than the other.
I was talking about adults. We certainly observe restrictions regarding minors.
A lot of humor goes around several corners to make its point, the fact that it offends a few people along the way is irrelevant.
465 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:47:32am |
re: #463 Dr. Matt
Last night at dinner there was a guy sitting behind me wearing an infowars.com t-shirt. Never in my life have I been so tempted to smack someone in the back of the head….but, I resisted because I’m too pretty for jail.
I was at a biker festival in Germany, some fellow there was wearing a T-shirt covered in total white supremacist text…in English. And, of course, it was shot through with grammatical and spelling errors. I resisted my temptation to approach him with a marker and correct the errors…
466 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 7:47:35am |
re: #462 CuriousLurker
I mean seriously, what’s the point, just to offend? Because that’s all most people belonging to those (religious) groups are going to see—any other message will be completely lost. If the point is to educate or communicate, then they’re doing it wrong. I’m not sure when needless vulgarity began being perceived as brave truth-telling, but I don’t buy it.
I think a big part of America’s unchecked militarism is that it’s become a social taboo to criticize the military at any time, in any place. I think one major point to some people being deliberately offensive is that it keeps open the possibility of being mildly offensive and irreverent for everyone else.
467 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 7:51:42am |
re: #462 CuriousLurker
I mean seriously, what’s the point, just to offend?
I find an offensive cartoon a lot less disgusting than a religious leader who tolerates or advocates violence, rape or abuse.
468 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 7:52:16am |
IBTimes responds to the Mossad Conspiracy story it published:
@dazk84 @Yair_Rosenberg @ChrisMoos_ story you flagged indeed beneath our standards, should never have been published. we are taking down— Peter S. Goodman (@petersgoodman) January 8, 2015
469 | Decatur Deb Jan 8, 2015 7:52:24am |
re: #462 CuriousLurker
Correct, there are, but as Sergey said in his #135, “Vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity doesn’t help though.” Some of the cartoons were just plain vulgar, unnecessarily so. I found many of them disgusting—not just the ones about Muslims, but the ones about other religions too.
I mean seriously, what’s the point, just to offend? Because that’s all most people belonging to those (religious) groups are going to see—any other message will be completely lost. If the point is to educate or communicate, then they’re doing it wrong. I’m not sure when needless vulgarity began being perceived as brave truth-telling, but I don’t buy it.
Free speech is not always effective speech, is not always wise speech, and is very often not well-mannered speech. Fumbling that can get you killed in Paris, France and Paris, TX.
470 | CuriousLurker Jan 8, 2015 7:53:00am |
re: #466 iossarian
I think a big part of America’s unchecked militarism is that it’s become a social taboo to criticize the military at any time, in any place. I think one major point to some people being deliberately offensive is that it keeps open the possibility of being mildly offensive and irreverent for everyone else.
I hear you, but being offensive isn’t the same as being needlessly vulgar, just like there’s a point at which criticism of Islam, Judaism, Christianity, atheism, blacks, hispanics, etc. ceases being such and crosses over into bigotry/racism.
Criticism can be constructive, but I’ve never heard of such a thing as “constructive vulgarity”.
471 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 7:53:03am |
But remember, the right wing thinks Obama isn’t going after AQ or ISIL and right wing outlets spread this misinformation ad nauseum:
U.S., partner nations continue #Airstrikes against #ISIL. details:http://t.co/6Ak4AfTBBV pic.twitter.com/2Q7npEdY8w— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) January 8, 2015
472 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 7:54:12am |
re: #464 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I was talking about adults. We certainly observe restrictions regarding minors.
A lot of humor goes around several corners to make its point, the fact that it offends a few people along the way is irrelevant.
I agree about humor, and it seems we also agree somewhat about balancing the protection of vulnerable people against unlimited speech.
When it comes to adults, that’s where it gets really complicated IMO. There are issues of power imbalance and social injustice which I think are reinforced by unchecked “speech”. Although maybe it would be more accurate for me to say that there are forms of behavior that get characterized as “speech” in the US which I don’t think deserve the same level of protection as actual making-a-noise-via-my-mouth speech.
With freedom of speech also comes the responsibility not to be a dick for no good reason, which is fundamentally the problem, isn’t it?
473 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 7:57:09am |
re: #470 CuriousLurker
I hear you, but being offensive isn’t the same as being needlessly vulgar, just like there’s a point at which criticism of Islam, Judaism, Christianity, atheism, blacks, hispanics, etc. ceases being such and crosses over into bigotry/racism.
Criticism can be constructive, but I’ve never heard of such a thing as “constructive vulgarity”.
Some comedians rely excessively on vulgarity. If they are talented, you say “OK it’s gross but it made me LOL” If they are less talented you say “How disgusting”
There are some comedians (no names) who are excessively vile and disgusting and racist and hateful because they lack the talent to be actually funny.
474 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 7:57:28am |
re: #471 lawhawk
But remember, the right wing thinks Obama isn’t going after AQ or ISIL and right wing outlets spread this misinformation ad nauseum:
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There are three reasons for that:
1) We haven’t issued a deck of cards with ISIS and AQ luminaries on them.
2) Halliburton hasn’t been issued any contracts to rebuild something that we blew up.
3) We haven’t killed the #2 man in either organization several dozen times.
475 | Dr Lizardo Jan 8, 2015 7:57:42am |
re: #471 lawhawk
There was a suicide bombing attack in Istanbul the other day. At first, a far-left group, the DHKP/C, took credit for it. However, it’s now turned out that the bomber was a Russian woman, a Russian national who entered Turkey in June 2014 as a tourist and she may have been one of the Chechen “black widows” - the Turks are currently exploring that angle.
476 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 7:59:38am |
re: #470 CuriousLurker
I hear you, but being offensive isn’t the same as being needlessly vulgar, just like there’s a point at which criticism of Islam, Judaism, Christianity, atheism, blacks, hispanics, etc. ceases being such and crosses over into bigotry/racism.
Criticism can be constructive, but I’ve never heard of such a thing as “constructive vulgarity”.
That’s where context is everything. In context, CH were always attacking the leaders of groups that they saw as exerting various forms of social or physical oppression on people. At some point, though, that starts to grate if the person doing the attacking isn’t closely connected enough to the actual oppressed groups. That’s the whole “they may be assholes but they’re our assholes” thing.
477 | CuriousLurker Jan 8, 2015 8:00:39am |
re: #467 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I find an offensive cartoon a lot less disgusting than a religious leader who tolerates or advocates violence, rape or abuse.
So do I. Was there some point at which I implied otherwise?
If free speech grants people the right to offend, then it also grants people the right to say they’re offended, doesn’t it? What would be the point of being offensive in the first place if it didn’t provoke?
478 | CuriousLurker Jan 8, 2015 8:01:56am |
re: #469 Decatur Deb
Free speech is not always effective speech, is not always wise speech, and is very often not well-mannered speech. Fumbling that can get you killed in Paris, France and Paris, TX.
I get that and I agree, but free speech also works both ways.
479 | Decatur Deb Jan 8, 2015 8:02:26am |
re: #477 CuriousLurker
…snip
What would be the point of being offensive in the first place if it didn’t provoke?
Sometimes being a dick becomes a lifestyle.
480 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 8:03:38am |
A quick OT:
Is it wrong to want to throw into the nearest river people who paint perfectly good antique and vintage furniture pastel colors and then “distress” the result?
481 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 8, 2015 8:03:43am |
Good night all, see you in 8 or so hours.
482 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 8:04:44am |
re: #469 Decatur Deb
Free speech is not always effective speech, is not always wise speech, and is very often not well-mannered speech. Fumbling that can get you killed in Paris, France and Paris, TX.
A RWNJ should walk into a biker bar and start calling the patrons “fat hick rednecks who drive POS American-made bikes”….see how well that “free speech” work out for them.
483 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 8:05:19am |
re: #480 Higgs Boson’s Mate
A quick OT:
Is it wrong to want to throw into the nearest river people who paint perfectly good antique and vintage furniture pastel colors and then “distress” the result?
Watching Flea Market Flip? /
484 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 8:05:24am |
Cleveland releases footage of #TamirRice shooting showing officer tackling Rice’s 14-year-old sister after shooting http://t.co/RNKqcI3f2Y— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 8, 2015
485 | Dr. Matt Jan 8, 2015 8:06:03am |
Very good news: Feds Subpoena Christie’s Reelection Campaign
486 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:06:06am |
re: #482 Dr. Matt
A RWNJ should walk into a biker bar and start calling the patrons “fat hick rednecks who drive POS American-made bikes”….see how well that “free speech” work out for them.
There is a reason PETA avoids confronting leather-clad bikers.
488 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 8:07:25am |
re: #482 Dr. Matt
A RWNJ should walk into a biker bar and start calling the patrons “fat hick rednecks who drive POS American-made bikes”….see how well that “free speech” work out for them.
In an ideal world, the biker gentlemen there would sit down at a table and take him to task for his choice of language and attempt to discern in civilized accord why he is so unfairly judging their lifestyle choice of motorized transport.
In the real world, however, he would be dog meat…
489 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 8:07:57am |
re: #483 lawhawk
Watching Flea Market Flip? /
Never have. I’ve been searching for waterfall-style furniture for years. I just tried Etsy and was treated to several examples of furniture abuse that should be indictable.
490 | Decatur Deb Jan 8, 2015 8:08:07am |
re: #482 Dr. Matt
A RWNJ should walk into a biker bar and start calling the patrons “fat hick rednecks who drive POS American-made bikes”….see how well that “free speech” work out for them.
Don’t blame the victim defunctus.
491 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 8:08:25am |
re: #489 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Never have. I’ve been searching for waterfall-style furniture for years. I just tried Etsy and was treated to several examples of furniture abuse that should be indictable.
Alas, furniture hath no voice…
492 | Decatur Deb Jan 8, 2015 8:09:11am |
re: #491 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Alas, furniture hath no voice…
My dresser has a tongue and grooves.
493 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 8:11:30am |
494 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:16:11am |
OUTRAGE!!!! SPITTLE!!! FROTH!!!!
WHO bought anti-cop t-shirt that Obama's underage, unemployed daughter wears? WHERE was it bought? Her parents allow/encourage? #tcot #PJNET— TheyreOutofControl (@DefundDC) January 8, 2015
495 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 8:19:05am |
496 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 8:20:02am |
Speaking as a Christian, I think there are a lot more similarities between Christian ideology and Muslim ideology than most Christians care to admit. I don’t believe either religion is at its heart violent. It’s what the believers twist it into that causes problems.
498 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 8:20:55am |
Of course I’m not sure I’d even post such a thing to my FB because many of my Christian friends would probably go into “Christianity is NOT ISLAM!” overdrive and overload me with all this supposed “information” showing the two are radically different.
499 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:21:48am |
SMH
In 2010, Jon Stewart noted Comedy Central censored the “South Park” Mohammed episode, and shrugged: “It's their right.” #freespeechwarrior— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 8, 2015
500 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:22:19am |
re: #494 The Vicious Babushka
Is this an implication that perhaps the TAX PAYERS bore the cost of a teenage girls rap tshirt?
501 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 8:22:23am |
Starting to think these guys were on to something…
502 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:23:05am |
Dear Ben:
“Comedy Central” is a privately owned venue that has the right to decide their own content.
503 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:23:22am |
re: #499 The Vicious Babushka
He just doesn’t get it. If CC decided to air that episode, Stewart would have equally said (or atleast thought) Heh, It’s their right.
504 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 8:23:39am |
re: #494 The Vicious Babushka
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a’ trouble.
I’m thinkin’ of the kids in the knickerbockers,
Shirt-tail young ones, peekin’ in the pool
Hall window after school, ya got trouble, folks!
Right here in River City.
Trouble with a capital “T”
And that rhymes with “P” and that stands for pool!
505 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:24:10am |
re: #500 Franklin
Is this an implication that perhaps the TAX PAYERS bore the cost of a teenage girls rap tshirt?
The word “unemployed” implies that the child is a MOOCHING MOOCHER LIKE HER MOTHER MOOCHELLE!!!!11!!!!!
507 | Decatur Deb Jan 8, 2015 8:25:39am |
re: #505 The Vicious Babushka
The word “unemployed” implies that the child is a MOOCHING MOOCHER LIKE HER MOTHER MOOCHELLE!!!!11!!!!!
In a properly ordered society, there would be work for First Children at the coal tipples.
508 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Jan 8, 2015 8:26:11am |
re: #506 lawhawk
Barbara Boxer will not run for reelection in 2016.
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Well, we do need some new blood from CA. I just wish it was Feinstein who was retiring. Boxer hasn’t been bad.
509 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:26:30am |
The problem is not with artists and authors performing/publishing offensive content or venues not allowing it, the problem is with MURDEROUS ASSHOLES WHO THINK IT’S OK TO KILL PEOPLE WHO PERFORM/PUBLISH CONTENT THEY DON’T LIKE.
How difficult is that to comprehend?
510 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 8:27:37am |
MURDEROUS ASSHOLES WHO THINK IT’S OK TO KILL PEOPLE WHO PERFORM/PUBLISH CONTENT THEY DON’T LIKE.
Reposting with emphasis to drive the point home.
511 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:28:02am |
I’m still trying to figure out exactly what about the rap group Pro Era makes them anti-cop?
Is it this?
They ran around the park—Steez in the panda mask that he would later wear in the video for “Survival Tactics,” and Sanchez in a ski mask—screaming “Stop stop-and-frisk!” and “Fuck police” at the cops, according to Sanchez.
Source: thefader.com
I mean, yeah. Young black males get shafted by the system that was designed to shaft them. Speak out via the platform they created (rap collective) about getting the shaft. Sounds logical to me. Doesn’t make you anti-cop.
512 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:28:16am |
re: #507 Decatur Deb
In a properly ordered society, there would be work for First Children at the coal tipples.
YOONYUNS TOOK THESE KIDS JRRBS!!!!1!!!!
513 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 8:28:40am |
Gotta go. Thoughtful commentary and bad puns as always.
514 | b.d. Jan 8, 2015 8:28:40am |
re: #506 lawhawk
Barbara Boxer will not run for reelection in 2016.
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I wonder who the 1,200 candidates running for Boxer’s seat will be?
515 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:29:43am |
STUPIDEST DUDEBRO MEME OF THE DAY
Occupy Voting Booths on fb. #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/WYqgMvWvkQ— Republicans R Evil (@CanProveIt) January 8, 2015
516 | Mattand Jan 8, 2015 8:30:43am |
But, you see, we can’t call Bill Maher an Islamophobe because his family voted for JFK.
Seriously, fuck this guy. And I say this as an atheist who thinks humanity needs to ween itself off of religion at this point.
I’ve been watching bigoted behavior in my family for nearly half a century.
Every.
Single.
One of them.
Has themselves convinced they’re not racist/prejudiced, they’re just telling the truth.
EDIT: Changed composition.
517 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 8:31:06am |
re: #515 The Vicious Babushka
Forgive my ignorance but who’s the dude on the bottom left?
518 | b.d. Jan 8, 2015 8:32:10am |
519 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:32:19am |
re: #517 Eclectic Cyborg
Forgive my ignorance but who’s the dude on the bottom left?
That’s not a dude, that’s Chelsea Manning.
520 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 8:32:59am |
re: #518 b.d.
Pfc Manning
OFFS…REALLY?
Honestly, only Peyton Manning and Lebron James in that photo would even be potential candidates to look up to.
Me, I look up to people like Stephen Hawking.
521 | Mattand Jan 8, 2015 8:33:45am |
re: #517 Eclectic Cyborg
Forgive my ignorance but who’s the dude on the bottom left?
Formely Bradely, now Chelsea Manning. The person who released the video of the gunship mowing down the Iraqi civilians, along with millions of other classified military documents.
Same smash and grab mentality as Snowden. For every leak that the public needed to see, there were tons others that should have remained classified.
522 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 8:34:42am |
re: #506 lawhawk
Barbara Boxer will not run for reelection in 2016.
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Now for the return of Carly Fiorina and her Demon Sheep. Damn it, every wingnut in California will be running because “California’s Conservatives Deserve a Voice.” Those assholes will handily overlook the fact that the state has thrived since we elected a Democratic governor and broke the Republican minority’s stranglehold on the state lege.
523 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 8:35:13am |
re: #521 Mattand
Formely Bradely, now Chelsea Manning. The person who released the video of the gunship mowing down the Iraqi civilians, along with millions of other classified military documents.
Same smash and grab mentality as Snowden. For every leak that the public needed to see, there were tons others that should have remained classified.
Snowden and Manning are criminals, period end of sentence. At least Manning stayed to face the consequences. Snowden is just a cowardly snivelling shitbag.
524 | Skip Intro Jan 8, 2015 8:38:06am |
re: #522 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Now for the return of Carly Fiorina and her Demon Sheep. Damn it, every wingnut in California will be running because “California’s Conservatives Deserve a Voice.” Those assholes will handily overlook the fact that the state has thrived since we elected a Democratic governor and broke the Republican minority’s stranglehold on the state lege.
Carly wants to be president, not senator. If Kamala Harris runs, it won’t matter what clown the GOP puts up, Game over, GOPers.
525 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 8:44:05am |
re: #504 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a’ trouble.
I’m thinkin’ of the kids in the knickerbockers,
Shirt-tail young ones, peekin’ in the pool
Hall window after school, ya got trouble, folks!
Right here in River City.
Trouble with a capital “T”
And that rhymes with “P” and that stands for pool!
I’ve been introducing some co-workers to Robert Preston’s donation to physical fitness - “Chicken Fat”.*
* - And finding out that quite a few of them were not scarred for life via this song in elementary school, even the ones my age.
526 | b.d. Jan 8, 2015 8:45:01am |
re: #522 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Now for the return of Carly Fiorina and her Demon Sheep. Damn it, every wingnut in California will be running because “California’s Conservatives Deserve a Voice.” Those assholes will handily overlook the fact that the state has thrived since we elected a Democratic governor and broke the Republican minority’s stranglehold on the state lege.
Carly Fiorina
@CarlyFiorina195,855 Real
145,952 FakeFollowers
57%Audit score
Tweet Re-Audit!
527 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:45:19am |
Doesn't @DarrellIssa live in Calfornia? #BenghaziForSenate— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 8, 2015
528 | Eventual Carrion Jan 8, 2015 8:46:46am |
re: #501 Eclectic Cyborg
Starting to think these guys were on to something…
I’m sure they lived the problem, not just heard about it.
529 | Dr Lizardo Jan 8, 2015 8:47:11am |
re: #527 Franklin
Sounds like the GOP’s California Clown Car is gonna be filled to overflowing by the end of next week.
530 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:47:53am |
CNN's Don Lemon just asked a Muslim human rights attorney if he supports terrorists: http://t.co/J1ifez7GrD pic.twitter.com/XyxEFbVX2m— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 8, 2015
531 | b_sharp Jan 8, 2015 8:50:32am |
Morning chilly lizards. How goes it in the frigid south?
Up here it’s 3C, sunny with no wind. Beautiful weather.
532 | Dr Lizardo Jan 8, 2015 8:51:50am |
533 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:52:01am |
534 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:53:31am |
I was just thinking of the Carpet Bagger™ himself, and here we are:
*prays for a Scott Brown vs. Orly Taitz primary race in CA*— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 8, 2015
535 | nearly-headless smith25 Jan 8, 2015 8:55:39am |
Just showed my class (HS Seniors) PBS Frontline: Death By Fire, the story of the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. Almost makes me puke that America has so callously executed innocent people.
536 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 8:57:55am |
NO!!! IT”S THE YOONYUNS AND TEACHERS FOR LYFE THT CAUSE BAD STUDENT PERFORMACE!!!!
Receiving food stamps boosts academic performance and IQ scores in poor children http://t.co/HPigs3xPx3— RationalWiki (@RationalWiki) January 8, 2015
h/t Gus for the RT
537 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 8, 2015 9:00:17am |
re: #536 Franklin
NO!!! IT”S THE YOONYUNS AND TEACHERS FOR LYFE THT CAUSE BAD STUDENT PERFORMACE!!!!
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h/t Gus for the RT
They just want to have a brown bag lunch packed by a stay-at-home mommy
/
538 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 9:01:44am |
Holy shit these people just don’t get it:
On Pres Obama's immigration order, Speaker Boehner says: “Congress can't just sit here and do nothing.”— carl hulse (@hillhulse) January 8, 2015
That’s how you got here in the first place!!!
539 | b_sharp Jan 8, 2015 9:02:18am |
Oh crap, I lied.
It’s -18C and going down, with 60Km winds gusting to 80Kms,
I thought the howling and creaking I heard was all in my mind. Now I find out it’s just the wind outside and the house complaining about it.
540 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 9:03:44am |
re: #529 Dr Lizardo
Sounds like the GOP’s California Clown Car is gonna be filled to overflowing by the end of next week.
Oh hell yes! Many of us here are sick to death of a solvent state with the cleanest air it’s had in decades and that lacks the savage beauty of offshore oil rigs. The time is ripe for a bigoted, free market worshiping Real American™ to run for one of our Senate seats.
Even money that when one of the ratweasels finally claws his or her way to the top Dianne Feinstein will issue a statement saying that she could work with that person.
541 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 9:04:20am |
Dim “SSMOTI” Jim doesn’t want to give up his crown too easily:
MOSQUES ATTACKED in France - Explosion at Kebab Restaurant (Video) http://t.co/nTGxDVXvJI via @gatewaypundit— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 8, 2015
542 | b_sharp Jan 8, 2015 9:06:05am |
re: #536 Franklin
NO!!! IT”S THE YOONYUNS AND TEACHERS FOR LYFE THT CAUSE BAD STUDENT PERFORMACE!!!!
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Back in the ’40s (I think) there was a study done in a few First Nation residential schools that showed depriving kids of nutrition made learning more difficult for them.
Not one of Canada’s prouder moments.
543 | darthstar Jan 8, 2015 9:11:11am |
Elvis would be 80 today, and women would be throwing their Depends on stage.
544 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 9:11:49am |
re: #543 darthstar
Elvis would be 80 today, and women would be throwing their Depends on stage.
You made me throw up in my mouth.
545 | The War TARDIS Jan 8, 2015 9:15:31am |
re: #540 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Color me skeptical that a Republican will be able to get the seat.
Feinstein needs to go though. How she got on the intelligence committee is beyond me.
546 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 9:17:14am |
re: #543 darthstar
Elvis would be 80 today, and women would be throwing their Depends on stage.
Now I have to go to the market and buy a jug of Brano.
547 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 9:18:21am |
re: #541 The Vicious Babushka
Not sure that is SMOTI material; an actual report claimed at least two attacks on or around mosques. The kebab location was near a mosque.
One attack took place at a kebab shop next to a mosque in the town of Villefranche-sur-Saône, north of Lyon.
#BREAKING Several attacks against France mosques since magazine killings: officials— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 8, 2015
A blast was reported at about 6am and destroyed the glass frontage of the kebab shop. No injuries were reported.
Hand grenades were reportedly thrown at another mosque in Le Mans, which lies south west of Paris.
Four training grenades were lobbed into the mosque, local media said.
SMOTI material, however, was trying to blame one of the Charlie Hebdo editors for letting the gunmen into the building and then cowering under her desk. I think it was a tweet, but haven’t been able to find it since. Blaming victims. Lovely attitude there.
548 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 9:19:44am |
re: #547 lawhawk
Not sure that is SMOTI material; an actual report claimed at least two attacks on or around mosques. The kebab location was near a mosque.
SMOTI material, however, was trying to blame one of the Charlie Hebdo editors for letting the gunmen into the building and then cowering under her desk. I think it was a tweet, but haven’t been able to find it since. Blaming victims. Lovely attitude there.
I’m pretty sure SSMOTI was whipping up his followers to cheer on the attacks.
549 | Bubblehead II Jan 8, 2015 9:20:15am |
re: #546 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Now I have to go to the market and buy a jug of Brano.
Would you settle for a bottle of brain bleach instead?
550 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 9:21:47am |
re: #549 Bubblehead II
Would you settle for a bottle of brain bleach instead?
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Lamentably, I have an old brain and it’s not colorfast.
552 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 9:28:17am |
Starting Friday, a Saudi blogger will receive 50 lashes each week for 20 weeks as a sentence for insulting Islam. http://t.co/EyPBNd8lCT— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 8, 2015
553 | BeachDem Jan 8, 2015 9:31:33am |
re: #506 lawhawk
Barbara Boxer will not run for reelection in 2016.
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I wonder if this will encourage Carly to give up her lofty presidential ambitions and dust off the demon sheep campaign for Boxer’s seat.
It went so well the last time…
554 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 9:34:16am |
Ben wants to get in on the SMOTI challenge:
Leftists: You're biologically male, but if you say you're a gal, ok. Leftists: We'll judge if you're a real Muslim, no matter what you say.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 8, 2015
555 | Franklin Jan 8, 2015 9:37:18am |
1984: “Here, smell this, it's gross” 2014: “Hey look at this Tweet, it's stupid”— Ian (@iboudreau) January 8, 2015
556 | b.d. Jan 8, 2015 9:40:45am |
re: #554 The Vicious Babushka
Ben wants to get in on the SMOTI challenge:
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My brain hurts
557 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 9:41:34am |
re: #554 The Vicious Babushka
So too does Sen. Lindsay Graham.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the deadly Paris attack on Wednesday shows the U.S. faces a “religious war” with Islamic extremists, and he blamed President Obama’s policies for “getting a lot of people killed.”
Appearing on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday, Graham said Obama’s policies “are making us very much less safe here at home.”
He goes on to quote closing Gitmo (which so far hasn’t happened, and any released recidivists were on Bush’s watch, not Obama’s), claiming a treasure trove of intel, even though there’s no proof that anyone currently in Gitmo has actionable intel, or that treating them in the criminal justice system has harmed US national security, or well, that anyone has actually been killed (other than terrorists eliminated by the ongoing UAV attacks against targets of opportunity or airstrikes against ISIL).
Graham simply flings nonsense up against the wall to see what sticks, and Hewitt and other right wingers lap that crap up.
558 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 9:45:41am |
5 better ways to respond to the recent atrocity from @MuslimIQ http://t.co/DmD4arJPDW— Lee Weissman (@JihadiJew) January 8, 2015
560 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 9:49:37am |
John Boehner says he's the 'most anti-establishment speaker' ever http://t.co/kRiOPeaAiI pic.twitter.com/uxLIPLxrj6— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 8, 2015
Hecka job there Boehner. Consistently attempting to simultaneously dismantle the safety net and further enrich the already wealthy is not something anyone should ever be proud of.
561 | Mike Lamb Jan 8, 2015 9:51:35am |
re: #554 The Vicious Babushka
Ben wants to get in on the SMOTI challenge:
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All hail Ben Shapiro! Sofa King Dumb! Long live the king!
562 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 8, 2015 10:06:29am |
re: #499 The Vicious Babushka
Ben works from home right? I can’t imagine him being able to figure out the whole commuting thing, bus schedules, etc.
/
563 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 10:08:03am |
LIVE: President Obama is in Arizona speaking about the middle class and the housing market. http://t.co/PUWoJcgJr3— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 8, 2015
564 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 10:14:13am |
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN…
I wonder how many of the murdered Parisians, including police, would be alive today had they been armed? #NRA #tcot #teaparty #AZ— Ken Jones (@KenJonesAZAgent) January 8, 2015
565 | Kragar Jan 8, 2015 10:17:30am |
re: #564 The Vicious Babushka
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN…
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Murder Rate of France: 1.4 Murder Rate of US: 5 Your argument is invalid @KenJonesAZAgent— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 8, 2015
566 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 10:18:03am |
re: #564 The Vicious Babushka
I wonder how many of the murdered Parisians, including police, would be alive today had they been armed?
At least as many and the terrorists would have a few more guns. They shot down two armed, trained policemen. Untrained, unprepared people with guns would be dead before they got the safety off.
567 | BeachDem Jan 8, 2015 10:20:43am |
Speaking of Colorado Springs (or, in the case of upchuck, Denver):
Zany CO Springs Mayoral Candidate In Jail For Menacing With AR-15, Other Hijinks
According to her Facebook page, Justine Herring is the next mayor of Colorado Springs. According to Colorado Springs law enforcement, Justine Herring is in jail for pointing an AR-15 assault rifle at her boyfriend in a public park, and, in a separate incident, impersonating an ATF agent.
568 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 8, 2015 10:21:19am |
re: #566 Higgs Boson’s Mate
At least as many and the terrorists would have a few more guns. They shot down two armed, trained policemen. Untrained, unprepared people with guns would be dead before they got the safety off.
Don’t interrupt their meme with facts.
I had to stop RT’ing my “No, a bunch of civilians with guns could not have stopped the Holocaust” because no actual history can penetrate the gun-fuckers fact-proof kevlar.
569 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 8, 2015 10:23:34am |
re: #568 The Vicious Babushka
Don’t interrupt their meme with facts.
I had to stop RT’ing my “No, a bunch of civilians with guns could not have stopped the Holocaust” because no actual history can penetrate the gun-fuckers fact-proof kevlar.
Derplar. Stronger than steel since it is fact-proof.
570 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 10:24:58am |
re: #564 The Vicious Babushka
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN…
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*headdesk*
They busted in on an OFFICE MEETING. How many office buildings do you know in America that are filled with people packing heat? Would you really want to work for a company where EVERYONE had a gun at the job site? Because nothing could EVER possibly go wrong…
571 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 10:26:27am |
re: #570 Eclectic Cyborg
*headdesk*
They busted in on an OFFICE MEETING. How many office buildings do you know in America that are filled with people packing heat? Would you really want to work for a company where EVERYONE had a gun at the job site? Because nothing could EVER possibly go wrong…
Srsly. There are people out there who think you should have a machine-gun under your desk at all times, with the safety off.
Just in case!
572 | Eclectic Cyborg Jan 8, 2015 10:27:36am |
re: #571 iossarian
Srsly. There are people out there who think you should have a machine-gun under your desk at all times, with the safety off.
Just in case!
Imagine having to be the guy who announces layoffs in a company like THAT.
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573 | Ace-o-aces Jan 8, 2015 10:27:52am |
I thought #PoliceLivesMatter? Or is that only white police that matter? @DLoesch
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 8, 2015
574 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 10:31:46am |
re: #573 Ace-o-aces
Little grifter with 5.56mm dildo says what?
575 | De Kolta Chair Jan 8, 2015 10:32:04am |
Not sure if this has been mentioned here already so here goes — “Kevin Vickers, the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms who became a household name in October after his confrontation with a gunman in the hallway on Parliament Hill, will be Canada’s next ambassador to Ireland.”
576 | blueraven Jan 8, 2015 10:32:39am |
Heh
Broken. pic.twitter.com/iEIEgTje69
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 8, 2015
577 | iossarian Jan 8, 2015 10:33:49am |
re: #572 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine having to be the guy who announces layoffs in a company like THAT.
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Even worse: imagine trying to tell someone in that office “you’re /F/antastic”.
I think you’d have to pre-clear it via email first.
578 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 10:38:56am |
Obama motorcade drives by scandal-plagued VA hospital in Phoenix: http://t.co/yX4nthB1QF— The Hill (@thehill) January 8, 2015
Because stopping would have accomplished what exactly. Be specific there right wingers? Hoping the President would give apologies for what, that GOPers in Congress continue screwing over veterans in every way imaginable?
Long waits? That’s inexcusable, and heads should roll (and some did). But what exactly has the GOP done to fix the problem? They’re agitating once again for more military action, even as they’re doing whatever they can to undermine the support net for servicemembers once they separate from service. They’ve fought against minimum wage hikes (which also affect service members out of service); they’ve fought pay hikes for in-service, etc.
Far too many in the GOP sees the military as disposable heroes. Out of sight. Out of mind.
579 | Ace-o-aces Jan 8, 2015 10:40:03am |
Few things sadder than a 26 y/o man who still talks up his AP and SAT scores. @ChuckCJohnson @damedialies @billkaz2009 @eliesalem
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 8, 2015
580 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 10:45:04am |
re: #579 Ace-o-aces
SAT subject test in French? Really, that’s what he’s going to go with? As proof of what? That his logic and reasoning are as screwed up in French as they are in English? Seriously, who cares what his scores on standardized tests are; his logic/reasoning skills are beyond compare - as in godawful.
582 | De Kolta Chair Jan 8, 2015 10:50:23am |
re: #579 Ace-o-aces
Charles C. Johnson @ChuckCJohnson
I took le Bac.
That’s a typo. He meant Mel Blanc, the voice of Pepé Le Pew.
583 | Kragar Jan 8, 2015 10:51:57am |
Get your screen shots while its up
How the Jewish pro-censorship lobby legitimized attacks on Charlie Hebdo for “offensive” speech http://t.co/6Ts6rWgw7p #CharlieHebdo— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 8, 2015
584 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 8, 2015 10:52:07am |
re: #579 Ace-o-aces
He seems to never have learned the word “poseur.”
585 | darthstar Jan 8, 2015 10:52:30am |
@SaraLibby But there will never be another Boxer.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 8, 2015
586 | lawhawk Jan 8, 2015 10:56:54am |
Preach! “Bill Maher: Liberal Failure to Confront Islam Turning America Into a ‘Pussy Nation’” http://t.co/QgKX7OvzNr— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) January 8, 2015
My response, which can’t be printed, will boil down to this:
Because invading Iraq, Afghanistan, and killing tens of thousands of terrorists in both countries (along with UAV strikes and airstrikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere) including the leaders who carried out major terror attacks against the US domestically and overseas, is somehow a sign of weakness?
Since Obama took office, he’s made sure AQ has gone through a steady stream of #2s (something that Chuckles would know all about, but I digress), and OBL was killed on Pakistani soil by US special forces.
587 | No Country For Old Haters Jan 8, 2015 11:13:10am |
re: #494 The Vicious Babushka
OUTRAGE!!!! SPITTLE!!! FROTH!!!!
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.@DefundDC You seem like a crazed #wingnut You're even still caught in in the discredited RWNJ Benghazi fake outrage. Seek help.— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 8, 2015
588 | Eventual Carrion Jan 8, 2015 12:41:53pm |
re: #564 The Vicious Babushka
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN…
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Or how many more people that decided to pull a gun on them would have died rather than being left alone to concentrate on the ones they were there to kill.
589 | Eventual Carrion Jan 8, 2015 12:42:14pm |
re: #566 Higgs Boson’s Mate
At least as many and the terrorists would have a few more guns. They shot down two armed, trained policemen. Untrained, unprepared people with guns would be dead before they got the safety off.
Exactly.
590 | jonhendry Jan 8, 2015 12:51:59pm |
So basically this wingnut is comparing American cops to French terrorists.
591 | BeenHereAwhile Jan 8, 2015 3:18:12pm |
re: #180 RealityBasedSteve
Well, I’m off to bed. Going to be manning the “Be A Diver” booth and demo tank at the Nashville Boat Show starting tomorrow. Going to be a very brisk 1 degree or so tomorrow AM. When I was down helping with the setup on Tuesday, they were bringing in the Geico Offshore Racing Boat. (Miss Geico). What a way to turn lots of dollars into noise.
Offshore boat racing AKA “wallet racing.”