Those World Leaders Who Were at the Paris Demonstration? They Weren’t Actually at the Paris Demonstration.

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As American media goes into all-out concern troll mode because President Obama didn’t join other world leaders at the demonstration in Paris, it should be pointed out that those world leaders weren’t actually at the demonstration either.

They were in a separate isolated area, under heavy security. This was a staged photo op, made to look like they joined the marchers spontaneously.

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1 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 11:14:10am

Retractions from the media in 3…2… wait, who am I kidding?

2 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 11:14:30am

If Obama had flown to Paris for this photo op——

Obama wasted all the taxpayer $$$ to go to Paris for this photo op?!?!?!?!???!

3 Richterscale  Jan 12, 2015 11:15:53am

“We’re right here with the protesters” . Several blocks away…under heavy guard…pissing our pants…

4 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:16:37am
5 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 12, 2015 11:16:47am

re: #2 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

If Obama had flown to Paris for this photo op——

Obama wasted all the taxpayer $$$ to go to Paris for this photo op?!?!?!?!???!

Yep. You can’t satisfy hate-driven wingnuts. They will always dream up a reason to rationalize their hate.

6 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 11:19:41am

re: #2 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

If Obama had flown to Paris for this photo op——

Obama wasted all the taxpayer $$$ to go to Paris for this photo op?!?!?!?!???!

Yup along with the “Obama stands far away from protesters for fake photo opp” followed by “he doesn’t really care he supports the terrorists”

7 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 12, 2015 11:22:43am

CCJ claims this photo is a fake in 3…2…1…

8 Jenner7  Jan 12, 2015 11:23:06am

So, I turn on the TV and it’s Josh Earnst apologizing to the media for not sending someone more important.

WHA??????????????????

This country is doomed if this is what we are talking about.

9 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 11:23:14am

I can even now imagine the face-melting hot lava of outrage that would emerge if POTUS had joined this party:
HURR HURR SELFIES!!!1!!!
HURR HURR HOW MUCH AIR FORCE ONE COST TEH TAXPAYER!!11!!1
HURR HURR MICHELLE SHOPPING SPREE!!!1!!!!
WHERE’S TEH PARISIAN GOLF COURSE HURR HURR!!!!1!!!
HURR HURR WE KNOWS WHAT TEH FRENCH PEOPLE DIDS TO TEH ROYAL TYRANTS!!!!!1
(Photoshops of POTUS & FLOTUS as King Louis & Marie Antoinette flood the #TCOT feed)

10 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 12, 2015 11:24:27am

re: #8 Jenner7

I saw that on Google News this morning. Much head shaking followed.

11 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 11:27:15am

Raw video: Woman wanted in French attack enters Turkey.

nzherald.co.nz

Video

12 lawhawk  Jan 12, 2015 11:28:10am

The people complaining about his absence are the same people who’d complain if he went. They complain. That’s what they do.

And as it turns out, it’s even more of a photo op than what the initial ground level photos would have you believe as the high-angle shot shows.

CNN doesn’t report on the fact that this photo was a staged photo-op but did note that more than 2,300 security forces were deployed for the security of the marchers.

Tapper noted that security has been tenuous. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and other officials said 2,300 police officers, as well as paramilitary forces, would be deployed Sunday. The dignitaries and leaders were to be protected by special units.

Police snipers, plainclothes and anti-terror officers were deployed, and parking and transit restrictions were in place. The government planned to close large sections of the city to traffic, Cazeneuve said.

Zakaria observed that security concerns didn’t dissuade Netanyahu or Abbas or other controversial leaders from showing up. The bright side, he said, is that Obama’s absence showed that the struggle against radical Islam is “not all about America.”

“Many people have tended to think that Islamic terrorism wouldn’t exist without America,” Zakaria said. “This is really a struggle between the civilized world and a band of extremists. Even if you take the U.S. out of it … the civilized world is up in arms.”

French investigators are still trying to piece connections between three terror suspects killed Friday and their suspected links to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and other terrorist groups. Security will remain heightened as the investigations continue, officials have said.

So, a number of other foreign leaders showed up, including Netenyahu (which makes sense since several of those killed were Jews and were being buried in Israel).

13 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:29:08am
14 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 11:29:24am

re:
#8

I wonder if the so-called liberal media knows it’s being played or if they’re willing participants in the sham?

15 jaunte  Jan 12, 2015 11:29:41am
16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 11:31:32am

re:
#13

Tapper’s such a tool. Anyway, I’m sure the media will have its fainting couches out for some other faux outrage tomorrow.

17 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:32:41am

re: #15 jaunte

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because the entire muslim world are inbred, illiterate, humans living in caves?

WTF?

18 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:33:41am
19 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:34:12am
20 jaunte  Jan 12, 2015 11:34:27am

re: #17 FemNaziBitch

Obama, he does it all.

22 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 11:36:10am

GOHMERT!!!!1!!!

23 lawhawk  Jan 12, 2015 11:37:34am

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

Typo. Deep should be Derp.

24 jaunte  Jan 12, 2015 11:37:53am

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

“Deep East Texas Legislator of the Year”

I’d like to propose this as an early entry for Qualifier of the Year.

25 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:38:08am
26 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 11:38:12am

re:
#22

Was Gohmert instrumental in passing important legislation this year?

//

27 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:38:46am

re: #26 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#22

Was Gohmert instrumental in passing important legislation this year?

//

*spit*

28 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 11:38:59am

He’s so predictable.

29 makeitstop  Jan 12, 2015 11:40:16am

re: #28 Charles Johnson

He’s so predictable.

Numbingly so.

30 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 12, 2015 11:41:00am

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

GOHMERT!!!!1!!!

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31 Decatur Deb  Jan 12, 2015 11:41:47am

Off for a nap. Try not to break anything.

32 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:42:11am
33 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 12, 2015 11:42:12am

re: #28 Charles Johnson

He’s so predictable.

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34 jaunte  Jan 12, 2015 11:42:13am
35 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 11:43:17am

re: #26 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#22

Was Gohmert instrumental in passing important legislation this year?

//

Did he get government subsidies for the asparagus growers?

36 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 11:44:43am

re:
#28

Evidence?

Crayons, pieces of cereal boxes, a Risk game board, and something from Steve Emerson’s website.

37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 11:45:46am

re:
#28

My guy in ISIS says it wasn’t them.

38 lawhawk  Jan 12, 2015 11:47:21am

re: #36 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

It’s the Kamchatka gambit! Or is it the Madagascar ruse. /

39 ObserverArt  Jan 12, 2015 11:47:31am

re: #28 Charles Johnson

He’s so predictable.

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I might have a cold and am all stuffed up, but dang it, I can still do a Photoshop! This is based on an Observation!

40 The War TARDIS  Jan 12, 2015 11:47:32am

It is 28 outside, with 23 MPhil winds.

Today sucks.

41 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 11:49:07am
42 ObserverArt  Jan 12, 2015 11:50:59am

re: #41 Charles Johnson

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Ha! Thanks for allowing the exposure to expose.

43 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 11:51:08am

WTFITS

44 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 12, 2015 11:51:36am

re: #40 The War TARDIS

It is 28 outside, with 23 MPhil winds.

Today sucks.

You’re a complainer. In the Chicago area, we’re happy that it made it all the way up to 20F.

45 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 12, 2015 11:52:56am

re: #1 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Retractions from the media in 3…2… wait, who am I kidding?

negative 1,457,267, negative 1,457,268, negative 1,457,269 …

46 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 12, 2015 11:53:45am

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

GOHMERT!!!!1!!!

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Isn’t “Deep East Texas” pretty much like Louisiana?

47 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 11:54:12am

re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth

Isn’t “Deep East Texas” pretty much like Louisiana?

Deep in the Ass of Texas

48 withak  Jan 12, 2015 11:54:44am

re: #44 No Country For Old Haters

You’re a complainer. In the Chicago area, we’re happy that it made it all the way up to 20F.

It’s 4F here, with a windchill of -10F, and that appears to be today’s high. But that’s January in Minnesota for you.

49 Jack Burton  Jan 12, 2015 11:55:00am

re: #43 The Vicious Babushka

WTFITS

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Anarchist kooks who love Luap Nor, conspiracy theories, and rant about Zionists… hate the Juice? You don’t say.

50 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 11:55:17am

re: #44 No Country For Old Haters

You’re a complainer. In the Chicago area, we’re happy that it made it all the way up to 20F.

When I was young, we were happy when it got up to 0F because that’s when our toes would start thawing.

51 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:55:36am
52 The War TARDIS  Jan 12, 2015 11:56:18am

re: #44 No Country For Old Haters

Doesn’t mean this still doesn’t suck. Wind is what is bothering me though.

53 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 11:57:24am

re: #52 The War TARDIS

Doesn’t mean this still doesn’t suck. Wind is what is bothering me though.

First rule of dealing with bad weather - don’t take it personally.

54 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 12, 2015 11:58:18am

re: #52 The War TARDIS

Doesn’t mean this still doesn’t suck. Wind is what is bothering me though.

Yeah, I’m just teasing you a little bit.

55 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 11:58:50am

re: #53 b_sharp

First rule of dealing with bad weather - don’t take it personally.

Sometimes that is difficult. It can feel like all of the Universe hates you.

56 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 11:59:49am

re:
#51

Yeah this is pretty awesome, although I think it’s kind of old news now. Wonder why WH is mentioning it today.

57 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 12:00:08pm
58 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 12:00:20pm

re: #51 FemNaziBitch

“I want to commend the @Spurs for…hiring Becky Hammon as the first female full-time assistant coach in the @NBA” —President Obama

FOX: Obama Embraces the Feminization of American Sports

59 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 12:01:29pm

re: #55 FemNaziBitch

Sometimes that is difficult. It can feel like all of the Universe hates you.

Well, the universe does hate us.

That’s why it keeps trying to kill us.

60 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 12, 2015 12:01:57pm

re: #44 No Country For Old Haters

You’re a complainer. In the Chicago area, we’re happy that it made it all the way up to 20F.

Most of the Chicago people I know are gnashing teeth about Green Bay winning yesterday.
//

61 lawhawk  Jan 12, 2015 12:05:13pm

Remember when GOPers were claiming that Obama got rolled by Cuba on releasing ppl in US custody in exchange for political prisoners who were unidentified at the time and would never get released because Obama was such a poor negotiator?

Or that the Cubans would go back on their word because Obama is so bad at foreign policy?

Well, the Cubans have since released the 53 political prisoners exactly as they said they would.

Baby steps. But important ones nonetheless.

62 FemNaziBitch  Jan 12, 2015 12:05:18pm

bbl

63 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 12:07:14pm

re: #61 lawhawk

Good point - you should turn this one into a Page.

64 lawhawk  Jan 12, 2015 12:08:07pm

re: #63 Charles Johnson

I would, but I’ve got some other obligations to attend to …

65 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 12:08:12pm

re: #17 FemNaziBitch

because the entire muslim world are inbred, illiterate, humans living in caves?

WTF?

Without the concept of zero, modern software would likely not have progressed one bit.

66 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 12:09:58pm

re:
#61

Yeah but the Cuba brothers are still ruling Castro!!!!111

67 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 12:09:59pm

re: #17 FemNaziBitch

because the entire muslim world are inbred, illiterate, humans living in caves?

WTF?

Because Obama loves him some Mooslim terrorists, he being one himself.

/

68 iossarian  Jan 12, 2015 12:10:04pm

re: #65 unproven innocence

Without the concept of zero, modern software would likely not have progressed one bit.

Awesome.

69 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 12:14:19pm
70 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 12:15:44pm

re: #65 unproven innocence

Without the concept of zero, modern software would likely not have progressed one bit.

The C language sure would have had a problem.

71 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 12:25:16pm

Glenn Greenwald trolling, trolling, trolling

72 Jenner7  Jan 12, 2015 12:26:49pm

Police Report: ‘Psychopath’ Zimmerman Allegedly Threw Wine Bottle At Girlfriend

talkingpointsmemo.com

Didn’t his previous girlfriend also claim that he broke her tablet and threatened her? And he claimed self defense?

The next girlfriend won’t get to go home.

73 lawhawk  Jan 12, 2015 12:27:44pm

re: #61 lawhawk

Paged.

74 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:27:55pm

re: #72 Jenner7

Police Report: ‘Psychopath’ Zimmerman Allegedly Threw Wine Bottle At Girlfriend

talkingpointsmemo.com

Didn’t his previous girlfriend also claim that he broke her tablet and threatened her? And he claimed self defense?

The next girlfriend won’t get to go home.

But Treyvon was a thug because marijuana.// Snark aside, I really do worry. This guy’s got a loose cannon. Makes me sick to think he got acquitted still.

75 Mattand  Jan 12, 2015 12:28:54pm

re: #43 The Vicious Babushka

WTFITS

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This is why you never trust Anonymous.

76 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:28:55pm

re: #61 lawhawk

Remember when GOPers were claiming that Obama got rolled by Cuba on releasing ppl in US custody in exchange for political prisoners who were unidentified at the time and would never get released because Obama was such a poor negotiator?

Or that the Cubans would go back on their word because Obama is so bad at foreign policy?

Well, the Cubans have since released the 53 political prisoners exactly as they said they would.

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Baby steps. But important ones nonetheless.

So when do Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz start complaining that these were the wrong kind of political prisoners to be freed.

77 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 12:30:13pm

re: #65 unproven innocence

Without the concept of zero, modern software would likely not have progressed one bit.

I c what you did there… lol

78 dog philosopher  Jan 12, 2015 12:34:15pm

re: #65 unproven innocence

Without the concept of zero, modern software would likely not have progressed one bit.

shave and a haircut, two bits

79 Kragar  Jan 12, 2015 12:36:00pm
80 b.d.  Jan 12, 2015 12:38:04pm

“We don’t want to be a charity,” said Greenwald. “We need to figure out how to be self-sustaining down the road. Whether that’s ads or something else, we’re going to have serious discussions.”

adweek.com

They’re toast.

81 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 12:38:14pm
82 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 12:39:25pm

Not linking, but there is little awareness here.

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald * 58m 58 minutes ago
Reading everything on the internet has always been goal of US/UK; they’re just exploiting Paris attack to admit it

Maybe if France had done a better job of keeping track of Said and Chérif Kouachi and Amedy Coulibaly those killings could have been averted.

83 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:39:32pm

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

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Okay Ayatollah Fischer.

84 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:40:23pm

re: #79 Kragar

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She not only is an insensitive jerk but also a moron. Fox sure knows how to pick some real winners with some real excellent analysis.//

85 leftynyc  Jan 12, 2015 12:40:46pm

Another police officer we can all be oh so proud of.

talkingpointsmemo.com

A Las Vegas police detective was allowed to keep his job despite posting photos of him aiming a gun at an image of Barack Obama and calling for “race war,” the Las Vegas Sun reported on Monday.

“Let’s just get this over! Race war, Civil, Revolution? Bring it! I’m about as fed up as a man (American, Christian, White, Heterosexual) can get!” Detective Bobby Kinch wrote on his Facebook page in 2013, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

He also reportedly posted photos of himself pointing a gun at a commemorative plate of the President, which he received for his birthday as a gag gift.

86 Romantic Heretic  Jan 12, 2015 12:41:36pm

re: #15 jaunte

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Wouldn’t it be more accurate to blame Amazon or Best Buy, Ben?

You know, Ben, you really should see about psychological therapy. It’s only a matter of time before you crack.

87 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:41:55pm

re: #85 leftynyc

Another police officer we can all be oh so proud of.

talkingpointsmemo.com

A Las Vegas police detective was allowed to keep his job despite posting photos of him aiming a gun at an image of Barack Obama and calling for “race war,” the Las Vegas Sun reported on Monday.

“Let’s just get this over! Race war, Civil, Revolution? Bring it! I’m about as fed up as a man (American, Christian, White, Heterosexual) can get!” Detective Bobby Kinch wrote on his Facebook page in 2013, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

He also reportedly posted photos of himself pointing a gun at a commemorative plate of the President, which he received for his birthday as a gag gift.

Stay classy Detective Dickwad.

88 lawhawk  Jan 12, 2015 12:42:22pm

Timing. It’s everything. (as is proper punctuation and grammar).

89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 12:43:08pm

Terry Jones no longer frying Quran’s, now making freedom fries.

90 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:44:39pm

re: #89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Terry Jones no longer frying Quran’s, now making freedom fries.

Heh.

91 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 12:46:09pm

re: #88 lawhawk

Timing. It’s everything. (as is proper punctuation and grammar).

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I wouldn’t doubt he already has done so. He may be a propaganda tool for the Russians, but not one that isn’t being utilized.

92 Dr Lizardo  Jan 12, 2015 12:49:03pm

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

Oh, I see His Highness Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued his latest fatwa.

Oh wait……. that was Bryan Fischer? Hard to tell the difference these days.

What an asshat.

*spit*

93 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 12:50:10pm

17m
Department of Homeland Security announces new security measures following attacks in Paris; orders TSA to conduct review to determine whether more is needed - statement
end of alert

More: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says, ‘We have no specific, credible intelligence of an attack of the kind in Paris last week being planned by terrorist organizations in this country’ - live video
end of alert

94 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 12:50:22pm
95 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:50:35pm

re: #92 Dr Lizardo

Oh, I see His Highness Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued his latest fatwa.

Oh wait……. that was Bryan Fischer? Hard to tell the difference these days.

What an asshat.

*spit*

Difference between Ali Khameini and Bryan Fischer is a Gillette blade and a can of Barbasol.

96 Kragar  Jan 12, 2015 12:50:44pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

She not only is an insensitive jerk but also a moron. Fox sure knows how to pick some real winners with some real excellent analysis.//

France’s gun control laws make them a magnet for gun violence, which is why the rate of gun related death there is 3.01 per 100k as opposed to the 10.03 rate here in the US.

Wait just a damn minute…

97 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 12:51:39pm

re: #92 Dr Lizardo

Oh, I see His Highness Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued his latest fatwa.

Oh wait……. that was Bryan Fischer? Hard to tell the difference these days.

What an asshat.

*spit*

Bryan Fischer is ISIS with good hair.

98 Lidane  Jan 12, 2015 12:52:15pm

The latest RWNJ babble about this photo op is that it puts the lie to the WH story of security concerns.

You know, because POTUS can fly halfway around the world to a photo op with that many world leaders and there are no added security concerns, especially after a terrorist attack and all.

99 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:52:17pm

re: #96 Kragar

France’s gun control laws make them a magnet for gun violence, which is why the rate of gun related death there is 3.01 per 100k as opposed to the 10.03 rate here in the US.

Wait just a damn minute…

Yeah this whole delusion that strict gun laws make people sitting ducks for gun violence is just pathetic but it doesn’t stop people like this woman form spreading the lie because FNC viewers love to hear it.

100 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 12:52:32pm

After CENTCOM hack, General Services Administration orders government-wide social media audit - @BuzzFeedNews
read more on buzzfeed.com

101 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 12, 2015 12:53:33pm

re: #89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Terry Jones no longer frying Quran’s, now making freedom fries.

Nice to see him do some honest work instead of spreading hate and stupidity.

102 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:53:41pm

re: #98 Lidane

The latest RWNJ babble about this photo op is that it puts the lie to the WH story of security concerns.

You know, because POTUS can fly halfway around the world to a photo op with that many world leaders and there are no added security concerns, especially after a terrorist attack and all.

They should just admit what we already know that they would be cheering if President Obama were to be killed by terrorists.The only thing that would sadden them is if Biden became president.

103 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:54:12pm

re: #101 No Country For Old Haters

Nice to see him do some honest work instead of spreading hate and stupidity.

Yep frying potatoes > the fear gospels. I hope he’s gotten rid of that ridiculous stache too.

104 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 12:54:21pm

re: #96 Kragar

France’s gun control laws make them a magnet for gun violence, which is why the rate of gun related death there is 3.01 per 100k as opposed to the 10.03 rate here in the US.

Wait just a damn minute…

Gun-fuckers are spamming this meme:

105 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:56:19pm

re: #104 The Vicious Babushka

Gun-fuckers are spamming this meme:

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I find it really classless really that they’re doing that but what does one expect from a bunch of gunfuckers who time and time again show that they care more about guns than people. An amateur gunfucker wasn’t going ot prevent the Paris attacks.

106 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 12:56:42pm

re: #104 The Vicious Babushka

Gun-fuckers are spamming this meme:

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Right, because some gun-fucker is going to be exactly in that spot as an armed police officer is shot to death, except more than likely he’d be pissing his pants.

107 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 12:57:36pm

re: #106 Justanotherhuman

Right, because some gun-fucker is going to be exactly in that spot as an armed police officer is shot to death, except more than likely he’d be pissing his pants.

Gun-fuckers always assume that it would never occur to the hostage taker to just use a hostage as a human shield.

108 Dr Lizardo  Jan 12, 2015 12:57:51pm

re: #95 HappyWarrior

Difference between Ali Khameini and Bryan Fischer is a Gillette blade and a can of Barbasol.

I can’t help but think that Ayatollah Khameini may actually be less demented than Fischer.

I remember a few years ago, I was poking around on the web, and found a website (in English) of some various fatwas by Khameini. One of them said it was perfectly find for Shi’a Muslims to say “Merry Christmas”, and even attend Christmas parties with one’s Western friends. His rationale was that Jesus is a prophet in Islam, and even though no one knows the date of his birth, Christmas is a holiday that celebrates his birth, and there’s nothing haram in celebrating the birthday of a prophet.

I gotta admit…..I was surprised. So yeah…….Khameini may actually be somewhat more tolerant in some areas than Bryan Fischer.

That says something.

109 Romantic Heretic  Jan 12, 2015 12:58:02pm

re: #79 Kragar

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Sigh.

So she with her pistol would nave stood down a trained assassin with an AK-47? That would have turned out well.

Red Dawn - They can have my gun when ….

110 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 12:58:36pm

re: #106 Justanotherhuman

Right, because some gun-fucker is going to be exactly in that spot as an armed police officer is shot to death, except more than likely he’d be pissing his pants.

Right. They treat it like a video game. Hell even the professionals face some nerves in situations like that. These idiots want to tell us that the same morons who time and time accidently shoot themselves or their friends and family are going to heroically save the day just because they have a gun? All I can say to that is delusion is a hell of a drug.

111 b.d.  Jan 12, 2015 12:59:21pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

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So the guy who is going to blow open the hacked Cent Com’s Twitter account scandal can’t even get a blue check mark by his name from them?

//

Ingrates!

112 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 1:00:29pm

re: #108 Dr Lizardo

I can’t help but think that Ayatollah Khameini may actually be less demented than Fischer.

I remember a few years ago, I was poking around on the web, and found a website (in English) of some various fatwas by Khameini. One of them said it was perfectly find for Shi’a Muslims to say “Merry Christmas”, and even attend Christmas parties with one’s Western friends. His rationale was that Jesus is a prophet in Islam, and even though no one knows the date of his birth, Christmas is a holiday that celebrates his birth, and there’s nothing haram in celebrating the birthday of a prophet.

I gotta admit…..I was surprised. So yeah…….Khameini may actually be somewhat more tolerant in some areas than Bryan Fischer.

That says something.

That’s scary. But yeah I guess my bad joke was that the difference between Fischer and one of these radical Islamist clerics is that Bryan can’t or doesn’t grow a beard. It really is scary to me how much he, Robertosn, and others resemble these guys. Why worry about Shariah law when you got Fischer who would be perfectly happy to return to the Dark Ages where the church ahd all the power.

113 Patricia Kayden  Jan 12, 2015 1:01:02pm

re: #71 The Vicious Babushka

Glenn Greenwald trolling, trolling, trolling

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Doesn’t matter if the satire is punching down, inappropriate, vulgar, tasteless, etc. It’s protected speech and no one should be murdered because of it. Shame on GG. Is he really arguing that Charlie Hebdo shouldn’t have printed satire which was offensive to Muslims? Or Jews? Or politicians? From what I’ve read, Charlie Hebdo satirized all types of people — not just Muslims.

114 Kragar  Jan 12, 2015 1:01:35pm

re: #104 The Vicious Babushka

Gun-fuckers are spamming this meme:

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115 b.d.  Jan 12, 2015 1:03:18pm

BREAKING! MUST CREDIT GOATNEWS! NORAD really doesn’t track Santa

116 Romantic Heretic  Jan 12, 2015 1:04:44pm

re: #107 The Vicious Babushka

Gun-fuckers always assume that it would never occur to the hostage taker to just use a hostage as a human shield.

They’d have no problem shooting through the hostage. Had to be done. Couldn’t let the bad guys win. Acceptable collateral damage.

117 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:04:54pm

The hold-out states are falling like dominoes…

Federal judge strikes down South Dakota ban on same-sex marriage; decision halted pending appeal - @WashBlade
read more on washingtonblade.com

118 Kragar  Jan 12, 2015 1:05:35pm
119 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 12, 2015 1:05:53pm

re: #114 Kragar

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120 Lidane  Jan 12, 2015 1:06:31pm
121 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:07:53pm

re: #120 Lidane

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Oh gawd…

122 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 1:08:36pm

re: #120 Lidane

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Makes sense.// If you’re a delusional moron who convinces himself every negative narrative about Obama possible.

123 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 1:09:10pm

re:
#81

Bryan Fischer Suggests #CharlieHebdo Attack Was God’s Punishment For Magazine’s Blasphemy

But the attack resulted in people marching against Islam so that was good and maybe after we elect Ted Cruz or Rick Perry we can bomb all of Islam and go back to setting the world on fire. ///

124 Patricia Kayden  Jan 12, 2015 1:09:51pm

re: #122 HappyWarrior

Like Lindsay Graham

mediaite.com

125 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 1:10:26pm

I really used to think the American Taliban phrase was hyperbole but these guys. These guys.

126 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 1:10:27pm

Only one house committee is headed by a woman and it’s basically the “Housekeeping” Committee…

127 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 1:11:26pm

re: #124 Patricia Kayden

Like Lindsay Graham

mediaite.com

Graham’s actually worse than that. He does that because he’s afraid of looking insufficiently anti-Obama for his lunatic base so he goes full wingnut whenever he can to skirt around the fact that he offers nothing of substance to the national debate.

128 A Cranky One  Jan 12, 2015 1:11:34pm

re: #70 b_sharp

The C language sure would have had a problem.

You mean the B sharp language?

(Yes, some of us got the joke of your nic)

129 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 1:12:26pm

re: #126 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Only one house committee is headed by a woman and it’s basically the “Housekeeping” Committee…

Who is honestly shocked.

130 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:12:31pm

re: #122 HappyWarrior

Makes sense.// If you’re a delusional moron who convinces himself every negative narrative about Obama possible.

Just like they’ll never be convinced that the Ambassador to France wasn’t “high enough” of a profile to represent the US, or even the WH admission that they probably should have sent someone with a higher one.

131 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 1:13:32pm

re: #125 HappyWarrior

I really used to think the American Taliban phrase was hyperbole but these guys. These guys.

As much as we’d wish it would be they really are a hair’s breadth away from going there. just run off the common factors between each

1) Fanatical religious beliefs…check
2) Distrust of elected gov’t…check
3) Belief in some form of theocracy…check
4) Belief that violence in the name of their cause is legit…check

and the list goes on. The only real differences are the name of the deity, the color of their skin (and even that is not always the case) and the language they speak.

132 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 1:13:43pm

re:
#65

Without the concept of zero, modern software would likely not have progressed one bit.

I see what you did there.

133 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:15:40pm

Cause not yet known.

L’Enfant Plaza station evacuated and shut down for smoke

washingtonpost.com

134 Lidane  Jan 12, 2015 1:18:02pm

re: #126 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Only one house committee is headed by a woman and it’s basically the “Housekeeping” Committee…

Meanwhile:

135 Dr Lizardo  Jan 12, 2015 1:19:24pm

Here it was! It was still up.

Q1373: In common with Christians, some Muslims celebrate Christmas. Is there a problem in that?
A: There is no harm in celebrating the birthday of the Holy Jesus Christ (May peace be upon him and our Prophet and his pure progeny).

There we are……so in a match between Fischer and Khameini, I have to give the Ayatollah a point for tolerance. Fischer would go berserk if anyone suggested celebrating a Muslim holiday and say that person is going straight to hell, do not pass go.

donotlink.com

136 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 1:19:48pm

re:
#133

L’Enfant Plaza station evacuated and shut down for smoke

I can literally see that metro station from my office. I used to take it all the time before starting with the bus in April.

137 Kragar  Jan 12, 2015 1:21:01pm

Based on Conservative logic ( and I use the term loosely) a region which is highly Christian, Conservative and has free access to firearms should be the safest places in the nation to live, and yet, if you look at Louisiana, where 44% of the population owns a gun, you’ll find its the state with the highest number of gun related murders

138 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 1:21:23pm

re: #134 Lidane

Meanwhile:

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I think it’s time to start looking to China for science.

139 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 1:22:01pm

re:
#136

Although it’s a little hard to tell from here what if anything is going on there. The metro station is tucked into a larger office building that used to house the Department of Transportion, although the DOT moved several years ago. I can see some light smoke exiting from about where the entrance would be.

140 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:22:12pm

Not that he had a chance of a snowball in hell.

2012 vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says he will not run for president in 2016 - @NBCNews
read more on nbcnews.com

141 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 1:23:02pm

re: #131 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

As much as we’d wish it would be they really are a hair’s breadth away from going there. just run off the common factors between each

1) Fanatical religious beliefs…check
2) Distrust of elected gov’t…check
3) Belief in some form of theocracy…check
4) Belief that violence in the name of their cause is legit…check

and the list goes on. The only real differences are the name of the deity, the color of their skin (and even that is not always the case) and the language they speak.

Right. I mean it’s not any real surprise that they use the same rhetoric to describe the conflict. They really do see this as a direct continuation of the Crusades.

142 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 1:24:41pm

re: #140 Justanotherhuman

Not that he had a chance of a snowball in hell.

2012 vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says he will not run for president in 2016 - @NBCNews
read more on nbcnews.com

Wonder who if anyone he will endorse. I am not surprised he’s not running. His star has faded pretty quickly. He should have honestly ran against Feingold five years ago but I think he knows that he’s not viable statewide as a candidate.

143 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 12, 2015 1:26:10pm

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

Our punishment for Blasphemy is Bryan Fischer.

144 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 12, 2015 1:28:28pm

re: #85 leftynyc

Why aren’t all cops everywhere in the world condemning him ?!?!?!

/

145 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 1:29:24pm

re: #141 HappyWarrior

Right. I mean it’s not any real surprise that they use the same rhetoric to describe the conflict. They really do see this as a direct continuation of the Crusades.

Yup. They adhere to the same ideologies just under different names. For them History stopped at the crusades and they want to pick up where they left off.

146 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 1:30:18pm

re:
#140

2012 vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says he will not run for president in 2016

Then who will save us from an unconstitutional 3rd term by Obama where Hillary will have the WH?

//

147 EPR-radar  Jan 12, 2015 1:31:26pm

re: #131 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

As much as we’d wish it would be they really are a hair’s breadth away from going there. just run off the common factors between each

1) Fanatical religious beliefs…check
2) Distrust of elected gov’t…check
3) Belief in some form of theocracy…check
4) Belief that violence in the name of their cause is legit…check

and the list goes on. The only real differences are the name of the deity, the color of their skin (and even that is not always the case) and the language they speak.

Actually, the only difference I see is point #4 above —- deity name, skin color and language being obviously irrelevant.

For point #4 above, the American Taliban is reasonably close to seizing power peacefully in the US via control of the GOP. That has relegated support of violent terrorism to the fringes of that movement, for now.

If/when it becomes clear that the GOP/Taliban party has no hope as a national party, then I expect to see domestic terrorism by the US far right to sharply increase.

148 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 12, 2015 1:32:19pm

re: #106 Justanotherhuman

Right, because some gun-fucker is going to be exactly in that spot as an armed police officer is shot to death, except more than likely he’d be pissing his pants.

My, my — such a lot of guns around
town, and so few brains. You’re the
second guy I’ve met to day who seems
to think a gat in the hand means the
world by the tail.
- William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, “The Big Sleep” script

149 Jack Burton  Jan 12, 2015 1:32:59pm

re: #104 The Vicious Babushka

Gun-fuckers are spamming this meme:

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Yep isn’t it great that 9/11, the LAX shooting, Ft Hood, and the Boston Marathon bombings were thwarted by citizens with guns… ohhhh… wait.

150 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 1:33:20pm

re: #72 Jenner7

Police Report: ‘Psychopath’ Zimmerman Allegedly Threw Wine Bottle At Girlfriend

talkingpointsmemo.com

Didn’t his previous girlfriend also claim that he broke her tablet and threatened her? And he claimed self defense?

Hell hath no wrath like a woman scorned, even a bigger threat than a thug in a hoodie.

151 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:33:22pm

re: #146 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#140

Then who will save us from an unconstitutional 3rd term by Obama where Hillary will have the WH?

//

The same guy he ran with in 2012—who also doesn’t have a chance of a snowball, etc? : )

152 Kid A  Jan 12, 2015 1:33:50pm
153 A Cranky One  Jan 12, 2015 1:35:02pm

re: #152 Kid A

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Depends…

154 EPR-radar  Jan 12, 2015 1:35:27pm

re: #137 Kragar

Based on Conservative logic ( and I use the term loosely) a region which is highly Christian, Conservative and has free access to firearms should be the safest places in the nation to live, and yet, if you look at Louisiana, where 44% of the population owns a gun, you’ll find its the state with the highest number of gun related murders

US gun culture is much easier to comprehend once it is correctly viewed as an irrational religious cult.

155 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 12, 2015 1:35:56pm

re:
#151

Only if Mittens becomes severely conservative enough, which he wasn’t the last time, which is only reason teabag party lost. That, and voter fraud.

////

156 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:38:29pm

re: #155 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#151

Only if Mittens becomes severely conservative enough, which he wasn’t the last time, which is only reason teabag party lost. That, and voter fraud.

////

Who except some self-obsessed, privileged egotist would run for a failed third time?

157 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:41:51pm

I’m sorry, but this should never happen in a country as rich as the US.

3 found dead inside vacant building in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood; police say deaths may be due to cold - @chicagotribune
read more on chicagotribune.com

I’m still an idealist who thinks that all humans are important enough to have basic necessities, like shelter, food, a job they’re capable of doing, etc.

158 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 1:42:06pm

re: #156 Justanotherhuman

Who except some self-obsessed, privileged egotist would run for a failed third time?

Someone with a realistic view of GOP chances of success…

159 CuriousLurker  Jan 12, 2015 1:42:48pm

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

Bryan Fischer Suggests #CharlieHebdo Attack Was God’s Punishment For Magazine’s Blasphemy http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bryan-fischer-… via @rightwingwatch
3:37 PM - 12 Jan 2015

So God was pissed at the magazine for its blasphemy, therefore He smote the employees via the hand of Muslim extremists, then proceeded to throw in the lives of four innocent Jews at a kosher deli, for… what? Shits & giggles?

*SMH*

160 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 1:45:15pm

re: #125 HappyWarrior

I really used to think the American Taliban phrase was hyperbole but these guys. These guys.

In 2002, I told a lady friend that parts of a sermon we attended about disciplining children sounded like the Taliban. She was not pleased.

Specifically, there were quotes from the OT about how to deal with — I’ll say “problem child”. The “due process” was for the father to speak to one of the elders about it, a meeting of the elders (and maybe the father & mother) to discuss the problem, and the elders then to decide on punishment. Typically that meant death. All without any advocate for the child, and probably without his/her even being informed of the process.

161 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 1:48:29pm

re: #157 Justanotherhuman

I’m sorry, but this should never happen in a country as rich as the US.

3 found dead inside vacant building in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood; police say deaths may be due to cold - @chicagotribune
read more on chicagotribune.com

I’m still an idealist who thinks that all humans are important enough to have basic necessities, like shelter, food, a job they’re capable of doing, etc.

But it is morally irresponsible to reward freeloaders.

Just ask Supply-Side Jesus.

162 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 1:50:15pm

Albuquerque Police Officers Actually Charged With Murder For On-Duty Shooting

thinkprogress.org

About time.

163 A Cranky One  Jan 12, 2015 1:50:34pm

re: #159 CuriousLurker

So God was pissed at the magazine for its blasphemy, therefore He smote the employees via the hand of Muslim extremists, then proceeded to throw in the lives of four innocent Jews at a kosher deli, for… what? Shits & giggles?

*SMH*

Bryan has suggested that tornadoes and other natural disasters are punishment for allowing certain behaviors. What interesting is that the natural disasters don’t hit the “guilty” parties. I guess he thinks his God has terrible aim.

164 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 1:52:50pm

re: #163 A Cranky One

Bryan has suggested that tornadoes and other natural disasters are punishment for allowing certain behaviors. What interesting is that the natural disasters don’t hit the “guilty” parties. I guess he thinks his God has terrible aim.

In his mind, we are all “guilty” for allowing such behavior to take place on the face of the Earth and not pre-emptively smiting them so God does not have to.

165 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 12, 2015 1:53:48pm

re: #147 EPR-radar

Actually, the only difference I see is point #4 above —- deity name, skin color and language being obviously irrelevant.

For point #4 above, the American Taliban is reasonably close to seizing power peacefully in the US via control of the GOP. That has relegated support of violent terrorism to the fringes of that movement, for now.

If/when it becomes clear that the GOP/Taliban party has no hope as a national party, then I expect to see domestic terrorism by the US far right to sharply increase.

I would say they really do believe violence is an answer they just have yet to embark on that course of action. Look at the ones who justify murdering doctors who perform abortion or call for the killing of all Muslims (infidels in their eyes). Yes, peaceful elections give them a way to try to change things without going the armed violence route but that never stopped them, completely, from doing so.

166 CuriousLurker  Jan 12, 2015 1:55:01pm

re: #164 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

In his mind, we are all “guilty” for allowing such behavior to take place on the face of the Earth and not pre-emptively smiting them so God does not have to.

Yeah, if we’d just be more like ISIS and smite everyone who isn’t part of our group, then we’d be fine—righteous even.

167 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 12, 2015 1:56:29pm

re: #166 CuriousLurker

Yeah, if we’d just be more like ISIS and smite everyone who isn’t part of our group, then we’d be fine—righteous even.

Smite makes right!!!

168 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 1:59:07pm

re: #162 Justanotherhuman

Albuquerque Police Officers Actually Charged With Murder For On-Duty Shooting

thinkprogress.org

About time.

I believe I viewed some video of that event.

169 Jenner7  Jan 12, 2015 2:00:18pm
170 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:03:06pm

re: #169 Jenner7

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Going for his third ball and a total strikeout.

Sorry, Ann, but it will never be your “turn”.

171 Mike Lamb  Jan 12, 2015 2:04:59pm

re: #104 The Vicious Babushka

Gun-fuckers are spamming this meme:

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The difference is that in Paris, TX, the shooter would be some white dude from Tarrant Open Carry who was, up until he wasn’t, a “responsible gun owner.”

172 goddamnedfrank  Jan 12, 2015 2:05:22pm

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

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American Christian So-Cons would catapult their bullshit a lot further if they could get together and come up with a consensus on how to react to events like this. If radical Islamist terrorists are the instruments of God’s Own Wrath, that has certain uncomfortable implications in the “religious war” being advocated against them.

173 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 2:07:26pm

re: #169 Jenner7

Romney moves to reassemble campaign apparatus

This time for sure!

Now here’s something we hope you’ll really like
174 Mike Lamb  Jan 12, 2015 2:07:37pm

re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

But it is morally irresponsible to reward freeloaders.

Just ask Supply-Side Jesus.

Teach a man to ice-fish…

175 dog philosopher  Jan 12, 2015 2:08:00pm

centcom twitter

just take it to the body shop and get all the rattles out

176 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 2:10:03pm
177 dog philosopher  Jan 12, 2015 2:12:36pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

In its latest statement on the hack, CENTCOM says they are viewing it “purely as a case of cybervandalism.”

i suffer more from the televandalism and televandalists with their telepompadours than all the cybervandalists in cybervandalia

178 Charles Johnson  Jan 12, 2015 2:13:47pm
179 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:14:49pm

New cover of Charlie Hebdo includes a depiction of Prophet Muhammad holding up a sign that reads ‘Je Suis Charlie’ - @CNNMoney

money.cnn.com

180 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:16:55pm

No doubt the outsourcing will be located in Malaysia…

United studies outsourcing up to 2,000 jobs at 28 airports - @MarketWatch

marketwatch.com

181 b.d.  Jan 12, 2015 2:17:49pm

Mitt is older than Hillary

182 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 2:18:40pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

The Hacking of Central Command

The Twitter and YouTube accounts of U.S. Central Command were apparently hacked on Monday just as President Obama was delivering a speech on new cyber-security proposals. Just after noon, individuals claiming to represent the Islamic State warned U.S. soldiers, “We are coming. Watch your back.” The hackers posted documents that purported to show the email addresses and phone numbers for high-ranking U.S. military officers stationed overseas, as well as Pentagon documents labeled “scenarios” for China and North Korea.
[snip]

183 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 2:19:53pm

re: #149 Jack Burton

Yep isn’t it great that 9/11, the LAX shooting, Ft Hood, and the Boston Marathon bombings were thwarted by citizens with guns… ohhhh… wait.

HURR HURR!!!!! THOSE WERR GUN FREE ZONES!!!1!!!!

184 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 2:21:54pm

re: #181 b.d.

Mitt is older than Hillary

Yes, but at least he’s not a grandmother!
///

185 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 2:21:58pm

re: #159 CuriousLurker

So God was pissed at the magazine for its blasphemy, therefore He smote the employees via the hand of Muslim extremists, then proceeded to throw in the lives of four innocent Jews at a kosher deli, for… what? Shits & giggles?

*SMH*

Bryan would say they had it coming for daring to not eat pork in a Christian country.

186 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:22:20pm

re: #182 unproven innocence

The Hacking of Central Command

OTOH,

US Central Command: Operational military networks were not compromised by hackers on Twitter account and there was ‘no operational impact’ - @Reuters
end of alert

187 ObserverArt  Jan 12, 2015 2:23:06pm

re: #181 b.d.

Mitt is older than Hillary

And with his thinking, even older than that.

But please proceed governor. No one can hold that ego of yours in check anyway.

Hopefully history will write you as the guy no one wanted and couldn’t take the hint.

188 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 2:24:02pm

re: #185 The Vicious Babushka

Bryan would say they had it coming for daring to not eat pork in a Christian country.

I do sometimes wonder how Jews feel when they hear wingnuts fantasizing about various porcine desecrations they imagine performing on those with different dietary restrictions.

189 Decatur Deb  Jan 12, 2015 2:24:57pm

re: #188 Blind Frog Belly White

I do sometimes wonder how Jews feel when they hear wingnuts fantasizing about various porcine desecrations they imagine performing on those with different dietary restrictions.

Like bludgeoning a Catholic with a frozen steak on a Friday in Lent?

190 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:25:04pm

re: #184 Blind Frog Belly White

Yes, but at least he’s not a grandmother!
///

And he still doesn’t know how many grandchildren he has…

191 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 2:26:02pm

re: #188 Blind Frog Belly White

I do sometimes wonder how Jews feel when they hear wingnuts fantasizing about various porcine desecrations they imagine performing on those with different dietary restrictions.

I once asked a wingnut, who recommended requiring every airline passenger to eat a piece of bacon before boarding a plane, “What about Jews & vegetarians?”

HURR HURR!!! THEY CAN DRINK A BEER!!!!!

OK but what about Mormons?

HURR HURR THEY WOULD EAT TEH BACON!!!!1 HURR HURR

192 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 2:26:36pm

re: #189 Decatur Deb

Like bludgeoning a Catholic with a frozen steak on a Friday in Lent?

I think a leg of lamb would work better - easier to grip, better balance.

193 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 2:26:41pm

re: #191 The Vicious Babushka

I once asked a wingnut, who recommended requiring every airline passenger to eat a piece of bacon before boarding a plane, “What about Jews & vegetarians?”

HURR HURR!!! THEY CAN DRINK A BEER!!!!!

OK but what about Mormons?

HURR HURR THEY WOULD HAV EATED TEH BACON!!!!1 HURR HURR

But what about a Mormon vegetarian?

194 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:28:00pm
195 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 2:28:03pm

re: #191 The Vicious Babushka

I once asked a wingnut, who recommended requiring every airline passenger to eat a piece of bacon before boarding a plane, “What about Jews & vegetarians?”

HURR HURR!!! THEY CAN DRINK A BEER!!!!!

OK but what about Mormons?

HURR HURR THEY WOULD EAT TEH BACON!!!!1 HURR HURR

I personally would like the OPTION of free bacon before any flight. Or during. Or after. Just pretty much any time.

196 Decatur Deb  Jan 12, 2015 2:28:50pm

re: #193 The Vicious Babushka

But what about a Mormon vegetarian?

Always felt sorry for the TWA cabin crew on the NY-Ben Gurion run: “OK who ordered the kosher vegetarian diabetic dinner?”

197 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 2:31:20pm

I’m pretty sure that a decrease of oil production on PUBLIC land is A Good Thing. Kochs are trying to spin this.

198 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 2:32:13pm

re: #196 Decatur Deb

Always felt sorry for the TWA cabin crew on the NY-Ben Gurion run: “OK who ordered the kosher vegetarian diabetic dinner?”

Why would you feel sorry for the cabin crew? Feel sorry for the poor shmuck who has to eat it!

199 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:32:17pm

re: #196 Decatur Deb

Always felt sorry for the TWA cabin crew on the NY-Ben Gurion run: “OK who ordered the Kosher vegetarian diabetic dinner?”

Being a strict non-meat eater for a number of years at least kept me away from fast food, but now I eat birds and fish, although I still tend to keep away from fast food joints.

And airplane food, since I haven’t flown since 1972. : )

200 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 2:33:05pm

Not going to lie, the events in Paris have made it very difficult to do the normal things I take for granted. I am patiently waiting for time for the coverage to subside somehow.

*sigh*

201 Decatur Deb  Jan 12, 2015 2:36:55pm

re: #198 The Vicious Babushka

Why would you feel sorry for the cabin crew? Feel sorry for the poor shmuck who has to eat it!

They often had to spend a good while hunting him down, especially if he was cheating.

202 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:40:31pm

White House issues formal veto threat for GOP amendments to House bill on Department of Homeland Security funding

Ordering more veto pens…

203 thedopefishlives  Jan 12, 2015 2:40:48pm

Evening Lizardim from the clear and bitterly cold wild north country. Just spent a refreshing 20 minutes under the hood of Mrs. Fish’s Fishmobile - well, I didn’t have much choice, considering that the hood wouldn’t stay closed. But, I got the hood latch cleaned out, the battery un-frozen, and everything’s prepped and ready to go for some more hot fish action this week. How go things among the lizardfolk on this frigid winter day?

204 Iwouldprefernotto  Jan 12, 2015 2:42:22pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the clear and bitterly cold wild north country. Just spent a refreshing 20 minutes under the hood of Mrs. Fish’s Fishmobile - well, I didn’t have much choice, considering that the hood wouldn’t stay closed. But, I got the hood latch cleaned out, the battery un-frozen, and everything’s prepped and ready to go for some more hot fish action this week. How go things among the lizardfolk on this frigid winter day?

Can’t compete with your life…

205 thedopefishlives  Jan 12, 2015 2:43:24pm

re: #204 Iwouldprefernotto

Can’t compete with your life…

And just think, I don’t tell you guys even half of what goes on here upon the frozen tundra.

206 Decatur Deb  Jan 12, 2015 2:43:26pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the clear and bitterly cold wild north country. Just spent a refreshing 20 minutes under the hood of Mrs. Fish’s Fishmobile - well, I didn’t have much choice, considering that the hood wouldn’t stay closed. But, I got the hood latch cleaned out, the battery un-frozen, and everything’s prepped and ready to go for some more hot fish action this week. How go things among the lizardfolk on this frigid winter day?

Really want to watch unfrozen batteries—great way to get a hydrogen explosion. I had plastic chunks on my roof for a couple years after one went off. Fortunately, I had just walked away from the open hood.

207 TedStriker  Jan 12, 2015 2:43:36pm

re: #199 Justanotherhuman

Being a strict non-meat eater for a number of years at least kept me away from fast food, but now I eat birds and fish, although I still tend to keep away from fast food joints.

And airplane food, since I haven’t flown since 1972. : )

No worries there, since, unless you’re paying for a business or first-class ticket (or are flying certain long-haul routes or international), most domestic airlines these days don’t give passengers much more than a can of Coke and a bag of mini-pretzels (and a cookie, if you’re lucky enough to fly Frontier).

208 thedopefishlives  Jan 12, 2015 2:44:01pm

re: #206 Decatur Deb

Really want to watch unfrozen batteries—great way to get a hydrogen explosion. I had plastic chunks on my roof for a couple years after one went off. Fortunately, I had just walked away from the open hood.

I very carefully unfroze it in the garage (and then in the laundry room) before placing it on a battery charger. I think I’m good.

209 Decatur Deb  Jan 12, 2015 2:45:32pm

re: #208 thedopefishlives

I very carefully unfroze it in the garage (and then in the laundry room) before placing it on a battery charger. I think I’m good.

Mine was weird—it unfroze naturally through a day and didn’t go off until the kid hit the starter.

210 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:45:51pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the clear and bitterly cold wild north country. Just spent a refreshing 20 minutes under the hood of Mrs. Fish’s Fishmobile - well, I didn’t have much choice, considering that the hood wouldn’t stay closed. But, I got the hood latch cleaned out, the battery un-frozen, and everything’s prepped and ready to go for some more hot fish action this week. How go things among the lizardfolk on this frigid winter day?

Not freezing my butt off here, glad to say. : ) Was in the low 40s this afternoon,, almost balmy.

We may have a bit of ice on Wed morning, though and I refuse to drive in it since most people can’t down here. Rainy, with temps falling at night.

211 thedopefishlives  Jan 12, 2015 2:46:36pm

re: #209 Decatur Deb

Mine was weird—it unfroze naturally through a day and didn’t go off until the kid hit the starter.

Well, I’m glad mine didn’t. It’s still reasonably new, though, and wasn’t severely frozen, just enough to kill the juice.

212 Archangelus  Jan 12, 2015 2:48:42pm

re: #134 Lidane

Meanwhile:

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213 A Cranky One  Jan 12, 2015 2:49:25pm

re: #170 Justanotherhuman

Going for his third ball and a total strikeout.

Sorry, Ann, but it will never be your “turn”.

Interesting thing. I looked around to see what other candidates in the past had run multiple times. One source suggested that Romney actually only ran once (as the official GOP candidate for President) and therefore this would be his second attempt (assuming he was the official candidate again).

Still hope it’s never Ann’s “turn”.

214 De Kolta Chair  Jan 12, 2015 2:51:08pm
Martine Franck, Station de métro, Tuileries Paris 1977
215 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 12, 2015 2:52:43pm

re: #170 Justanotherhuman

Going for his third ball and a total strikeout.

Sorry, Ann, but it will never be your “turn”.

Mitt is entitled to to the presidency, Ann is entitled to be First Lady. It’s that simple.

216 thedopefishlives  Jan 12, 2015 2:55:03pm

re: #215 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Mitt is entitled to to the presidency, Ann is entitled to be First Lady. It’s that simple.

And they are both entitled to go fuck themselves. We’ve told them this in no uncertain terms, but they just don’t seem to get it.

217 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 2:56:47pm

re: #213 A Cranky One

Interesting thing. I looked around to see what other candidates in the past had run multiple times. One source suggested that Romney actually only ran once (as the official GOP candidate for President) and therefore this would be his second attempt (assuming he was the official candidate again).

Still hope it’s never Ann’s “turn”.

Well, sure, but he did run in the primary and McCain won, then picked Palin…

The GOP establishment wasn’t going to let that happen again and they’ll be damn sure not to allow Romney to run just to lose. Jeb Bush is going to be their choice, although there’s a lot of family baggage connected with him and people will talk about it, one way or another.

I think the basic intelligence of the American voters is going to be severely tested in 2016. They’ve already shown it in the mid-terms when they turned the entire Congress over to Repubs. 2016 ought to be very interesting—and fatal for the ordinary working person if Rs get the upper hand and control of all 3 branches.

218 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 2:57:38pm

re: #216 thedopefishlives

And they are both entitled to go fuck themselves. We’ve told them this in no uncertain terms, but they just don’t seem to get it.

Fun fact but Mitt has won one election his entire life. Really he’s a perennial loser who is too stubborn to get the fact that the American people liberal and conservative alike see him as an unlikable asshole better fit for casting as the snobby WASP executive. His father was a better man than Mitt could dream to be.

219 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 2:58:21pm

Russell Brand: ‘We must love as they hate”

220 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 2:59:35pm

re: #219 electrotek

Russell Brand: ‘We must love as they hate”

I’ve really started to like him. He had another bit totally mocking Fox’s disdain for the working poor.

221 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 3:01:11pm

re: #220 HappyWarrior

I’ve really started to like him. He had another bit totally mocking Fox’s disdain for the working poor.

No kidding. I wonder what are the usual responses to this piece by him from the usual suspects lol

222 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 3:03:34pm

White House issues veto threat for House Regulatory Accountability Act; says bill would add ‘layers of additional procedural requirements’ - @Reuters
read more on reuters.com

223 bratwurst  Jan 12, 2015 3:03:39pm

Turns out it is expensive just to park your car ahead of watching amateur student athletes play football:

224 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 3:04:31pm

re: #223 bratwurst

This is why I never attend any games at that stadium. They really dropped the ball by not providing public transporting links to the stadium.

225 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 3:05:45pm

re: #223 bratwurst

Turns out it is expensive just to park your car ahead of watching amateur student athletes play football:

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That reminds me of the mistake in the CNN chyron this morning which proclaimed that “3.7” people marched in France.

226 Dr. Matt  Jan 12, 2015 3:09:34pm

re: #223 bratwurst

Everything is bigger in Texas….including the fleecing.

227 ObserverArt  Jan 12, 2015 3:12:40pm

Heh. There has been hatred between Ohio State fans and Mark May of ESPN College Football coverage. It goes back years. Fans, as usual, have thin skins for criticism, and they seem to think May singles out OSU for extra digs.

Anyway, I had just flipped to ESPN and they were showing fans outside the stadium and an OSU fan was holding a sign: BUCK YOU MARK MAY.

Go B1G Local College Football Team. Give us a good game. All I ask.

228 Lidane  Jan 12, 2015 3:17:25pm

I am officially on a job hunt again, and I couldn’t be happier.

After my (now-ex) managers basically had a fire sale on performance improvement plans for my team and my floor I was in the process of updating my resume. I’m exceeding my overall sales quota several times over and am at 95% or higher for my daily call rate and I’m on a performance improvement plan? Bitch plz.

Then came my paycheck for this last pay period. They changed the rules on what sales I bonus on without telling me. Basically, they decided that it didn’t matter how much money I brought into the company overall. I was only going to bonus on outbound sales. Last month I bonused on BOTH inbound AND outbound. They decided this without warning, screwing me on my last paycheck.

Today was the last straw. I had a customer call late Thursday afternoon wanting to make some changes to his product plans. I told him the contract would go out by close of business Friday or by Monday morning the latest. He called this morning asking where his contract was. Today is Monday. Suddenly I’m being dragged to my manager’s office and being told that I’m going to be written up because I didn’t send a contract out fast enough. Really? When the first call came in on Thursday right before 5pm and I was up to my eyeballs on Friday trying to meet the “performance improvement” metrics I’d been saddled with? Pfft. I asked for a bag or a box so I could clean out my desk instead, and I left.

Yeah, I’m looking for work, but I left the office with a smile on my face. They did me a favor by being unreasonable assholes. I’m glad for it. Maybe now I can find a job that’s worth my skills and my time.

229 EPR-radar  Jan 12, 2015 3:18:52pm

re: #216 thedopefishlives

And they are both entitled to go fuck themselves. We’ve told them this in no uncertain terms, but they just don’t seem to get it.

This is one of the few points of agreement between wingnuts and normal people in the US —- neither group has any use for Romney. Wingnuts were not amused that Romney ended up as the nominee in 2012.

It remains to be seen if they will put up with Jeb Bush or some other establishment type in 2016.

230 De Kolta Chair  Jan 12, 2015 3:20:16pm
The “Cyclomer” amphibious bicycle, Paris 1932
231 thedopefishlives  Jan 12, 2015 3:20:34pm

re: #228 Lidane

Wow, that sounds ridiculous. Times like these, I’m honestly glad for the job I’m working, even though it has its moments of supreme FAIL.

232 HappyWarrior  Jan 12, 2015 3:21:06pm

re: #229 EPR-radar

This is one of the few points of agreement between wingnuts and normal people in the US —- neither group has any use for Romney. Wingnuts were not amused that Romney ended up as the nominee in 2012.

It remains to be seen if they will put up with Jeb Bush or some other establishment type in 2016.

They will. They will bitch but vote for him because “at least Jeb isn’t (dem nominee).

233 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 12, 2015 3:22:46pm

re: #217 Justanotherhuman

I think the basic intelligence of the American voters is going to be severely tested in 2016.

And with that I gently release those last few shreds of optimism.

234 Lidane  Jan 12, 2015 3:24:22pm

re: #231 thedopefishlives

Wow, that sounds ridiculous. Times like these, I’m honestly glad for the job I’m working, even though it has its moments of supreme FAIL.

They were a call center that tries to pretend they’re not a call center. Call centers are able to get away with this kind of bullshit because the employees are basically expendable. There will always be someone available to fill an empty chair.

235 Jenner7  Jan 12, 2015 3:24:40pm

re: #228 Lidane

Sounds like you did the right thing. Good luck!!

236 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 12, 2015 3:26:02pm

re: #230 De Kolta Chair

He’s got a lot of balls.

237 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 3:27:31pm

re: #230 De Kolta Chair

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Lousy design, IMO. The upper floatation stabilizers should be lower or/and the rear wheel larger, so that rear wheel is only partially submerged. If completely submerged, rear wheel propels about as much water forward as backward.

238 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 3:27:47pm

re: #230 De Kolta Chair

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He’ll never get anywhere with the kickstand down.

239 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 3:29:55pm

re: #237 unproven innocence

Lousy design, IMO. The upper floatation stabilizers should be lower or/and the rear wheel larger, so that rear wheel is only partially submerged. If completely submerged, rear wheel propels about as much water forward as backward.

Brought to you by French Engineering, the same folks who brought you the Citroen DS’s high pressure hydraulic system, which runs the suspension, the brakes, and the clutch in the Citromatic transmission, and will blow 4 L of expensive hydraulic fluid out really quickly if you have leak.

Oh, and rust like a motherfucker.

240 garzooma  Jan 12, 2015 3:30:32pm

WaPo reporting the WH agreeing with critics:

“I think it’s fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile”

241 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 3:31:42pm

Welp apparently today was “NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE DAY”

Not posting pictures, you can Google if you want.

Just thinking of somebody’s bare ass crack on a subway seat makes me throw up in my mouth.

242 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 3:36:01pm

re: #240 garzooma

WaPo reporting the WH agreeing with critics:

I saw a Fox News post on FB (liked by my cousin from West By God Oh For Fuck’s Sake Virginia), taking Obama to task for not going to Paris after “the most serious terrorist attack on Western soil since 9/11!”

Really? The most serious?

Anders Breivik killed 77 people. The Madrid bombings killed 191 people. The London bombings killed 52 people.

But they weren’t SERIOUS, apparently.

243 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jan 12, 2015 3:40:03pm
244 sagehen  Jan 12, 2015 3:41:36pm

re: #241 The Vicious Babushka

Welp apparently today was “NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE DAY”

Not posting pictures, you can Google if you want.

Just thinking of somebody’s bare ass crack on a subway seat makes me throw up in my mouth.

if they ever did it when the temperature was over 60, I might be tempted to participate.

245 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 12, 2015 3:47:15pm

re: #239 Blind Frog Belly White

Brought to you by French Engineering, the same folks who brought you the Citroen DS’s high pressure hydraulic system, which runs the suspension, the brakes, and the clutch in the Citromatic transmission, and will blow 4 L of expensive hydraulic fluid out really quickly if you have leak.

Oh, and rust like a motherfucker.

The bloody buggering thing also had a “gas pedal” that looked like a mushroom.

246 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 3:48:34pm

re: #245 Higgs Boson’s Mate

The bloody buggering thing also had a “gas pedal” that looked like a mushroom.

That was the brake pedal. Virtually no travel, so it was all about pressure. But it WOULD lock up in a panic stop. Ask me how I know.

247 EPR-radar  Jan 12, 2015 3:53:02pm

re: #239 Blind Frog Belly White

A near-match for the Canadian’s lament: “We had an opportunity to get French culture, American technology and British government. Instead we got American culture, British technology and French government”.

248 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 3:53:45pm

re: #240 garzooma

WaPo reporting the WH agreeing with critics:

“The White House cited security concerns and the fact that the rally came together quickly, in about 36 hours. Earnest said presidential or vice presidential security for events such as the march are “onerous” and have a “significant impact” on those who attend.

“Had the circumstances been different, “I think the president himself would have liked to have had the opportunity to be there,” Earnest said.

“A Secret Service official said the agency was not asked or notified about a potential trip to Paris.”

I think, since the POTUS is considered among most circles as the “leader of the free world”, or at least the most populous democracy on the planet, that just the logistics planning to get him there wouldn’t have happened in time anyway.

I mean, 36 hrs notice? Maybe Merkel, Cameron and the others only had a short flight and less security concerns for a dog and pony show, but who would have expected someone who has already been threatened hundreds, if not thousands of times, to be ready to participate in such an event on such short notice? And if anything fatal had occurred, even Joe Biden would not have been a good choice, given our line of succession.

249 bubba zanetti  Jan 12, 2015 3:54:47pm

re: #237 unproven innocence

Lousy design, IMO. The upper floatation stabilizers should be lower or/and the rear wheel larger, so that rear wheel is only partially submerged. If completely submerged, rear wheel propels about as much water forward as backward.

They fold down.

250 Decatur Deb  Jan 12, 2015 3:59:58pm

re: #249 bubba zanetti

They fold down.

Land Rover like mine kitted out for swimming:

251 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 4:02:08pm

re: #249 bubba zanetti

They fold down.

Ok, wasn’t obvious from the pic.

252 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 12, 2015 4:03:17pm

re: #246 Blind Frog Belly White

That was the brake pedal. Virtually no travel, so it was all about pressure. But it WOULD lock up in a panic stop. Ask me how I know.

Ah. I worked on one of those things in the early 70s. The car belonged to a friend of the shop owner so… Gad. No parts available, humorous French engineering, no manual.

253 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 4:03:44pm

White House: President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu discussed Iran nuclear talks, Israeli-Palestinian relations in phone call; Obama says US believes Palestinian Authority does not yet constitute a state, does not qualify to be part of ICC - @Reuters
end of alert

254 simoom  Jan 12, 2015 4:06:35pm

re: #12 lawhawk

So, a number of other foreign leaders showed up, including Netenyahu (which makes sense since several of those killed were Jews and were being buried in Israel).

It actually sounds like PM Netanyahu, Abbas, Pres. Obama and VP Biden weren’t actually invited.

Haaretz claims that Hollande’s admin sent signals to Netanyahu and Abbas that they preferred they didn’t attend the rally, and that the Shin Bet was also worried about the difficult security situation at the event, and so the PM initially announced he wouldn’t be attending the rally. Abbas also announced he wasn’t coming. Then, on the last minute news that FM Avigdor Lieberman and Minister Naftali Bennett decided to go, the PM reversed himself and also announced he was coming.

According to Andrea Mitchell, citing an “official,” Obama and Biden didn’t receive an invitation either, perhaps because of how disruptive to the city and the event their security would have been. Mitchell also speculates in her tweet that maybe they signaled not to be asked, so perhaps there’s yet another goofy avenue for this media outrageous outrage to pursue.

255 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 4:08:34pm

re: #252 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Ah. I worked on one of those things in the early 70s. The car belonged to a friend of the shop owner so… Gad. No parts available, humorous French engineering, no manual.

They remind me of the last self-winding watch movements designed in America by Elgin - technologically advanced, super cool, but with several Achilles’ heels. If you collect them, you buy 2 parts movements for every running watch you have, since the stocks of the parts that break have long been used up

256 Jenner7  Jan 12, 2015 4:08:54pm

Why should Obama have been there?!?!

It’s absolutely pathetic that this is in the news and being compared to Bush and Katrina.

BUSH AND KATRINA.

GAAAH!

257 sagehen  Jan 12, 2015 4:08:56pm

re: #248 Justanotherhuman

I think, since the POTUS is considered among most circles as the “leader of the free world”, or at least the most populous democracy on the planet, that just the logistics planning to get him there wouldn’t have happened in time anyway.

we are not the most populous democracy — India is. Then Indonesia.

258 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 4:11:25pm

re: #256 Jenner7

Why should Obama have been there?!?!

It’s absolutely pathetic that this is in the news and being compared to Bush and Katrina.

BUSH AND KATRINA.

GAAAH!

He should have gone, so that wingnuts could spend today castigating him for spending $200 Million a day to go, and for making it all about himself.

259 De Kolta Chair  Jan 12, 2015 4:13:02pm

Expect Chucky to claim that this photo proves there was no mass demonstration in Paris, and that only foreign leaders showed up because the French are surrender monkeys. ////

260 TedStriker  Jan 12, 2015 4:13:13pm

re: #254 simoom

It actually sounds like PM Netanyahu, Abbas, Pres. Obama and VP Biden weren’t actually invited.

Haaretz claims that Hollande’s admin sent signals to Netanyahu and Abbas that they preferred they didn’t attend the rally, and that Shin Bet was also worried about the difficult security situation at the event, and so the PM initially announced he wouldn’t be attending rally. Abbas also announced he wasn’t coming. Then, on the last minute news that FM Avigdor Lieberman and Minister Naftali Bennett decided to go, the PM reversed himself and also announced he was coming.

According to Andrea Mitchell, citing an “official,” Obama and Biden didn’t receive an invitation either, perhaps because of how disruptive to the city and the event their security would have been. Mitchell also speculates in her tweet that maybe they signaled not to be asked, so perhaps there’s yet another goofy avenue for this media outrageous outrage to pursue.

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As with many things with this administration, they were damned if they did go to Paris themselves and damned if they didn’t, even with the valid points about the POTUS’/VPOTUS’ security needs for such a long-haul trip on such short notice.

No way to “win”, especially since the so-called “liberal” media outlets have taken the “if you can’t beat them, lamely ape them” approach to competing with Fox News and the RWNJ blogosphere over the past few years.

261 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 4:14:10pm

re: #255 Blind Frog Belly White

They remind me of the last self-winding watch movements designed in America by Elgin - technologically advanced, super cool, but with several Achilles’ heels. If you collect them, you buy 2 parts movements for every running watch you have, since the stocks of the parts that break have long been used up

I have an old self winding watch I could use as a weapon.

262 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 4:15:18pm

re: #261 b_sharp

I have an old self winding watch I could use as a weapon.

Does it look anything like this?

263 TedStriker  Jan 12, 2015 4:16:39pm

re: #262 Blind Frog Belly White

Does it look anything like this?

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Good lord, that’s fucking huge…like wearing a dinner plate on your wrist.

264 Jenner7  Jan 12, 2015 4:16:49pm

re: #260 TedStriker

That’s why I hate when, time and time again, this administration capitulates. If you know you can’t win, and you’re in the last two years of office, just F IT.

265 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 4:19:42pm

re: #262 Blind Frog Belly White

Does it look anything like this?

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Damned near. Slightly less bulky.

266 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 12, 2015 4:25:30pm

re: #263 TedStriker

Good lord, that’s fucking huge…like wearing a dinner plate on your wrist.

They always make me think of GI Joe clothing and accessories, like the fatigue shirts with two gigantic snaps. Or a little kid dressing up in Daddy’s shoes.

267 EPR-radar  Jan 12, 2015 4:26:16pm

re: #265 b_sharp

Damned near. Slightly less bulky.

I never knew weight training could be a function of a watch. Learned something new today.

268 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 4:26:33pm

re: #257 sagehen

we are not the most populous democracy — India is. Then Indonesia.

Ah yes, but yet not as old and somewhat different, considering that large numbers of their populations are considerably less well off economically as the average US citizen.

India: india.gov.in

Indonesia: en.wikipedia.org

269 EPR-radar  Jan 12, 2015 4:31:17pm

re: #268 Justanotherhuman

Our friends at the GOP are diligently trying to erase the difference in average standard of living between the US and India/Indonesia et al.

270 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 4:33:32pm
271 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 4:34:58pm

I would nevertheless say that they did march. And I would no more expect them to march in the crowd than I would Obama, for obvious security reasons (although wouldn’t that be nice).

272 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 4:36:17pm

The JCC in the neighborhood where I live (middle class) is closing down but they are keeping a center in another neighborhood where the rich people live.

273 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 4:36:20pm

re: #269 EPR-radar

Our friends at the GOP are diligently trying to erase the difference in average standard of living between the US and India/Indonesia et al.

So true. And it appears we may be developing an “untouchables” caste as well—our homeless population.

274 De Kolta Chair  Jan 12, 2015 4:39:37pm
275 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 4:42:21pm

re: #274 De Kolta Chair

276 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 4:47:12pm

LOL, French Jews gently poke Netanyahu in the eye.

nytimes.com

277 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 12, 2015 4:47:58pm

re: #242 Blind Frog Belly White

saw this on my FB today:

BUTTHURT!!1111

I reposted it with this reply:

LOL! So much butthurt!
If any of them would have gone they would have been accused of photo ops and free Paris vacations, except for Holder who was already in Paris working with French officials and was too busy doing actual work to fake a photo op.
And our Ambassador to France was there, but apparently US Ambassadors don’t count.
We get it, wingnuts, you hate President Obama and his entire administration. Get over yourselves already.

The same people whining about President Obama not attending the photo op are the same ones who were screeching “FREEDOM FRIES” not too many years ago. Sometimes I wonder how they manage to dress themselves in the morning…

So far, the usual wingnut suspects on my friends list are conspicuous by their silence…

278 Kragar  Jan 12, 2015 4:48:27pm
279 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 4:52:29pm

re: #273 Justanotherhuman

So true. And it appears we may be developing an “untouchables” caste as well—our homeless population.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart The Homeless Homed

Hulu Video

280 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 4:52:49pm

NTSB launching an investigation into the L’Enfant Plaza incident in Washington, DC, police say - @WNEW
read more on cbslocal.com

281 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 4:55:29pm

Looks like I’m going to avoid social media for another 3 days or so once the new issue of Charlie Hebdo hits newsstands. I wish there was a time machine to go a few months into the future somehow.

282 Khal Wimpo  Jan 12, 2015 4:57:58pm

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s a classic diversion move. Fox & the wingnuts, they want to continue hating on Muslims, but the Muslims attacked French dudes that were also banging away on narrow-minded religious nutcase bigots. Which is their whole base. But the public is united in wanting to stand behind freedom of expression, and they’ve got to surf the tide or they’ll be exposed for the frauds they are.

So they seize on some minor point, blow it up out of proportion, and dance around and point at it like it’s the only thing that matters (see also: Benghazi, “death panels,” the misdemeanors of black citizens shot & killed by cops, etc.).

283 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 4:59:18pm

re: #281 electrotek

Looks like I’m going to avoid social media for another 3 days or so once the new issue of Charlie Hebdo hits newsstands. I wish there was a time machine to go a few months into the future somehow.

It’s called surviving. Other than that, there’s sleep, and there’s coma.

284 Jenner7  Jan 12, 2015 5:00:23pm

Go Bucks! Oregon is too good, so I think they’ll win, but I will always root for my Buckeyes.

285 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 5:02:09pm

Wingnuts are Tweeting THIS SHIT: GWB interrupts the search for victims of 9/11 for a photo op & they call is “Being A Leader” *spit*

286 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 5:04:30pm

re: #285 The Vicious Babushka

1. It’s called being a populist.
2. But if he did their leader thing, they would complain about him being a dear leader.

287 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 5:07:12pm

re: #278 Kragar

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Report on Cloudflare:

storify.com

And it then appears that 8Chan doxxed the reporters of child porn.

288 Lancelot Link  Jan 12, 2015 5:07:53pm

re: #257 sagehen

we are not the most populous democracy — India is. Then Indonesia.

It’s worth noting that neither President Pranab Mukherjee nor President Joko Widodo attended the march.

289 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 5:08:45pm
290 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 5:09:27pm

haaretz.com

Netanyahu initially planned not to go, but he changed his mind after learning that his two main competitors in the upcoming election for the votes of the Israeli right-wing, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Economy Minister Naftali Bennet, would be attending.

291 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 5:15:00pm

Of course they did.

292 Ace-o-aces  Jan 12, 2015 5:16:18pm

re: #290 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

That explains why he pushed his way to the front.

293 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 5:16:21pm

re: #283 unproven innocence

I was just hoping we would have moved on from this stupid fiasco, a decade later. Especially when Danish Muslims themselves have realized their folly and learned from this.

I was really optimistic that we wouldn’t have these recurring controversies involving the use of caricatures depicting Mohammed after the embarrassing reactions in the Muslim world in 2006 or so.

But we still have to relive the guilt, and embarrassment of what these dipshits have accomplished.

An American Muslim scholar by the name of Omar Suleiman said it well, directed at the keyboard jihadis mainly:

“What is more insulting to the Prophet 𞘺llallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) than satirical cartoons are those who murder innocent people in his name.”

“‘And We have sent you not (Oh Muhammad) but as a mercy to all the worlds’ [Qur’an 21:107]. Innocent people were killed including a Muslim cop, the cartoons you supposedly hated are now published in millions of papers, Islamophobia is now even more widely accepted, da’wah efforts set back immensely, a‪#‎KillAllMuslims hashtag, Mosques being attacked in France and elsewhere, hate crimes against innocent Muslims and even “Muslim looking” people, and of course this was all conveniently as France was debating recognizing an independent Palestine. And you extremists are proud of these actions? Good luck facing your Lord with all of the above on the Day of Judgment.”

294 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 5:18:35pm

re: #292 Ace-o-aces

That explains why he pushed his way to the front.

The article says that the organizers did plan to have him in the front row, so he was indeed taking his place. But as a PR thing this didn’t look good (though let’s concede that it’s nothing).

295 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 5:21:05pm

re: #287 Justanotherhuman

Report on Cloudflare:

storify.com

And it then appears that 8Chan doxxed the reporters of child porn.

More than a little irony here:
US Attorney General urges tech companies to leave back doors open on gadgets for police - by Lisa Vaas on October 2, 2014

Crackers take over social media accounts of US Central Command
by Paul Ducklin on January 12, 2015

Former US cybersecurity director gets 25 years for online child abuse
by Lisa Vaas on January 12, 2015
[edit] From last link,
Last week, Stu Dornan, DeFoggi’s lawyer, wrote to Ars Technica, saying that his client “will be appealing the conviction and sentence and steadfastly maintains his innocence.”

296 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 5:31:29pm

re: #295 unproven innocence

Reset your password…

Reset Your Password: a SKETCH by UCB’s Horse + Horse

297 Justanotherhuman  Jan 12, 2015 5:35:38pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm, etc. : )

298 unproven innocence  Jan 12, 2015 5:36:19pm

re: #296 Justanotherhuman

Reset your password…

[Embedded content]

Video

I’m going to say it’s faked. Too much redundancy in a palindrome.

299 Egregious Philbin  Jan 12, 2015 5:38:03pm

re: #4 FemNaziBitch

I used to go to the Tuskegee Airmen reunions when they were held with Organization of Black Airline pilots. I was recruiting and went with several of my airline’s pilots. Those men are true heroes, can’t say that about many people any more.

300 bratwurst  Jan 12, 2015 5:53:11pm
301 darthstar  Jan 12, 2015 5:53:38pm
302 Belafon  Jan 12, 2015 5:54:33pm

re: #301 darthstar

I believe that blew up at the end of the movie.

303 darthstar  Jan 12, 2015 5:56:33pm

re: #302 Belafon

I believe that blew up at the end of the movie.

Details, details.

304 bratwurst  Jan 12, 2015 5:56:39pm

Not a Single Person Has Donated to Dick Morris’s Anti-Hillary Super PAC

All of the donors are probably waiting until Hillary actually announces she is going to run…right?

305 dog philosopher  Jan 12, 2015 5:59:48pm

I SO BELIEVE THE RIGHT WING WOULD NOT HAVE CRITICIZED OBAMA IF HE HAD MARCHED IN PARIS

i really do

306 dog philosopher  Jan 12, 2015 6:01:29pm

USA TODAY

Republican US Rep. Ryan says he’s not running for president in 2016

says he needs to concentrate on much more important job of killing social security

307 Kragar  Jan 12, 2015 6:04:42pm

re: #291 Justanotherhuman

Of course they did.

[Embedded content]

That would be the EO covering the program which is funded by user fees, not requiring congressional funding.

Morons

308 darthstar  Jan 12, 2015 6:06:18pm
309 teleskiguy  Jan 12, 2015 6:06:55pm
310 Lidane  Jan 12, 2015 6:10:37pm

Dear Marvel,

Shut up and take my money.

All my love,
Me

Avengers: Age of Ultron Official TRAILER #2 (2014) Marvel Movie HD

311 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 6:14:47pm

re: #308 darthstar

Finally a non-hippie take ;)

312 Belafon  Jan 12, 2015 6:15:05pm

re: #310 Lidane

Are they setting up the Inhumans?

313 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 6:16:22pm

I have this radical idea, which would probably be wildly unpopular, but a partnership with the Muslim community should be considered. I am sure there are Muslim ladies who would love water activities at a pool with women-only hours.

314 Lidane  Jan 12, 2015 6:18:00pm

re: #312 Belafon

Are they setting up the Inhumans?

And Black Panther, from the looks of it. They had Andy Serkis in that trailer and I think he’s Ulysses Klaw if that beard of his is anything to go by.

Agents of SHIELD has been setting up the Inhumans already, so I can totally see them doing more in Age of Ultron.

315 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 6:18:39pm

re: #310 Lidane

Doesn’t reach the pure awesomeness of the first trailer, but’ll do.

316 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 12, 2015 6:19:14pm

re: #313 The Vicious Babushka

I have this radical idea, which would probably be wildly unpopular, but a partnership with the Muslim community should be considered. I am sure there are Muslim ladies who would love water activities at a pool with women-only hours.

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I think this is a most excellent idea, and I’m sure the Muslim (and many more than a few Jewish) ladies will love it.

ETA: I’m agnostic or atheist or something like that and I would love to have a ladies only hour at a pool.
For that matter, I would love to have a pool available…

317 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 6:22:37pm

re: #316 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think this is a most excellent idea, and I’m sure the Muslim (and many more than a few Jewish) ladies will love it.

Women-only pool hours are not for the religious women only. A woman swimmer, who’s not Olympic caliber, who tries to swim laps in a pool with men, will just get pushed out of the way.

Not to mention that men like to swim nekkid.

318 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 12, 2015 6:24:08pm

re: #317 The Vicious Babushka

Women-only pool hours are not for the religious women only. A woman swimmer, who’s not Olympic caliber, who tries to swim laps in a pool with men, will just get pushed out of the way.

Not to mention that men like to swim nekkid.

Yes, see my edited to add above.

319 A Cranky One  Jan 12, 2015 6:27:37pm

re: #313 The Vicious Babushka

Excellent idea. I seem to recall reading of such a program recently.

Of course, the wingnuts weren’t happy, but it’s worth it just for that reason. ;)

Go for it.

320 Archangelus  Jan 12, 2015 6:30:08pm

re: #312 Belafon

Are they setting up the Inhumans?

Agents of SHIELD just started doing that in the first half of its second season, and will probably be expanding on that when the show returns in a few months.

321 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 6:31:34pm

Did anyone read what Pat Buchanan had to say about the Paris attacks?

Not sure what to make of it now.

322 Archangelus  Jan 12, 2015 6:32:35pm

re: #321 electrotek

Did anyone read what Pat Buchanan had to say about the Paris attacks?

I just finished eating, should I? /kinda

323 A Cranky One  Jan 12, 2015 6:32:53pm

re: #319 A Cranky One

More info. Rules will be different for a private facility. But it does indicate an interest in Muslim women-only swim times.

Women only swim times

324 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 6:33:14pm

re: #322 Archangelus

If you can stomach the garbage that is out on #tcot, this should be relatively mild.

325 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 6:35:28pm

re: #316 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think this is a most excellent idea, and I’m sure the Muslim (and many more than a few Jewish) ladies will love it.

ETA: I’m agnostic or atheist or something like that and I would love to have a ladies only hour at a pool.
For that matter, I would love to have a pool available…

Can I come? I’ll hide.

326 b_sharp  Jan 12, 2015 6:35:57pm

re: #317 The Vicious Babushka

Women-only pool hours are not for the religious women only. A woman swimmer, who’s not Olympic caliber, who tries to swim laps in a pool with men, will just get pushed out of the way.

Not to mention that men like to swim nekkid.

What’s wrong with that?

327 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 12, 2015 6:36:00pm

re: #321 electrotek

Why would you advertise a Buchanan column here?

328 electrotek  Jan 12, 2015 6:42:27pm

re: #327 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Same reason why many people would advertise #tcot tweets. Sometimes it’s important to know what the nutjobs think. I’m ashamed to say I used to be a fan of his writings but his rationalization for Breivik made me realize what a piece of shit he is.

329 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 12, 2015 6:42:28pm

re: #326 b_sharp

What’s wrong with that?

HURR HURR!! GENDER SEGREGATION!!! JIM CROW!!! ROSA PARKS!!!! TEH SHARIAS!!!!!!!

330 #FergusonFireside  Jan 12, 2015 9:13:08pm

re: #290 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

haaretz.com

Ambulance chaser. To the hurt of many. He hurts the cause, he never helps.


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