A Wild, Surreal Animated Short From Japan: ‘Small Garden’

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One of the most unique animated shorts I’ve seen in a long time, with a gorgeous painterly design.

Small Garden

Director / Animator : Shunsuke Saito
Music : Noriaki Okamoto
Sound, Mixing : Kazutaka Someya
2D Background painting : Tatsuya Sasaki
2D Animation finishing : Haruka Sasaki
Logo design : Kiho Ito

12 min. 22 sec. / 2014

Story of a life form which wakes up in an unknown mysterious world. As he go deeper, he slowly understands what kind of place it is. The world seems beautiful, but it lacks what the real life has. He has to make a choice to stay or not.

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241 comments
1 Jenner7  Jan 17, 2015 3:08:38pm

First female speaker of the Utah House dies at 46

sltrib.com

Very sad.

2 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 3:11:19pm
3 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 3:12:17pm
4 allegro  Jan 17, 2015 3:19:11pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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All this time I thought it was a, yanno, moon.

5 thedopefishlives  Jan 17, 2015 3:19:49pm

re: #4 allegro

All this time I thought it was a, yanno, moon.

That’s no moon, it’s a space station.

/For Nazis!

6 jaunte  Jan 17, 2015 3:20:35pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

No wonder none of those wishes came true.

Arousing jealousy of all those lucky, lucky people wishing on the sun.

7 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 17, 2015 3:21:58pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

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Woolery’s an idiot. That’s been clear for years. Now we’ve learned that his idiocy isn’t confined to the political sphere.

I do remember fondly the commercial where the pontificating papa tells his son that, no, the moon is not made of green cheese … it’s made of molecules.

8 Jenner7  Jan 17, 2015 3:30:44pm
9 blueraven  Jan 17, 2015 3:35:58pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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Chuck Woolery, go directly to QVC.

10 b_sharp  Jan 17, 2015 3:37:54pm

Is that DNA I see in there?

11 ObserverArt  Jan 17, 2015 3:43:26pm

re: #7 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Woolery’s an idiot. That’s been clear for years. Now we’ve learned that his idiocy isn’t confined to the political sphere.

I do remember fondly the commercial where the pontificating papa tells his son that, no, the moon is not made of green cheese … it’s made of molecules.

I never heard of that type of cheese?

/

12 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 3:43:29pm

re: #10 b_sharp

Is that DNA I see in there?

Pretty sure it is.

13 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 17, 2015 3:45:24pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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oh lordie…

14 b_sharp  Jan 17, 2015 3:46:34pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Pretty sure it is.

LABEL IT!!

15 A Cranky One  Jan 17, 2015 3:46:59pm

re: #14 b_sharp

LABEL IT!!

Does Not Apply.

16 A Cranky One  Jan 17, 2015 3:47:51pm

Distributed Network Attack?

17 Justanotherhuman  Jan 17, 2015 3:48:06pm

re: #8 Jenner7

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So—it’s perfectly fine for white civilians to shoot Black cops and suffer no consequences?

OK, let the Justice Dept handle Little Dallas Horton and those protecting him from prosecution.

18 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 17, 2015 3:48:20pm

Well, dat’s just weird.

19 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 3:56:54pm

Nice shot.

20 Varek Raith  Jan 17, 2015 3:59:37pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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I…uhhh.
Okely dokely.

21 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 17, 2015 4:01:45pm

re: #5 thedopefishlives

…

22 Justanotherhuman  Jan 17, 2015 4:02:33pm

Seems to me that this whole scenario is just unacceptable in a city that depends on a viable public transportation system.

WMATA Apologizes to Riders for D.C. Tunnel Incident
Radio Communication “Nonexistent” for Rescuers During Fatal Metro Smoke Incident

Source: nbcwashington.com
Follow us: @nbcsandiego on Twitter | NBCSanDiego on Facebook

23 Varek Raith  Jan 17, 2015 4:03:27pm

re: #22 Justanotherhuman

Seems to me that this whole scenario is just unacceptable in a city that depends on a viable public transportation system.

WMATA Apologizes to Riders for D.C. Tunnel Incident
Radio Communication “Nonexistent” for Rescuers During Fatal Metro Smoke Incident

Source: nbcwashington.com
Follow us: @nbcsandiego on Twitter | NBCSanDiego on Facebook

DC metro is notorious for its screw ups.

24 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 17, 2015 4:05:56pm

re: #22 Justanotherhuman

Proof that government is evil. EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES!!!!

25 Justanotherhuman  Jan 17, 2015 4:10:35pm

Indonesia is a democracy. Really?

Indonesia executes six drug convicts, including foreigners

smh.com.au

26 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 17, 2015 4:12:04pm

re: #21 GlutenFreeJesus

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great flick. I laughed my butt off, and I don’t have much to spare.

RBS

27 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 17, 2015 4:16:38pm

This is just too sad for words:

28 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 17, 2015 4:19:54pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is just too sad for words:

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Sad? The emotion I feel about this is not sadness, it is RAGE.

29 Mattand  Jan 17, 2015 4:20:38pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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30 nearly-headless smith25  Jan 17, 2015 4:20:38pm

My first Page

Tried to get it up earlier this week, but the flu has run through the family. Everyone got a little bit of it, with my Dad getting the worst. Had to go to the Hospital after picking up pneumonia. Everything seems it will be okay though.

31 ObserverArt  Jan 17, 2015 4:21:07pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is just too sad for words:

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She’s new, so no baggage, yet .

Let’s see where she is in a year and how she fares backing one of the clowns late in the year when the presidential race really gets going. America needs to learn more about her.

32 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 17, 2015 4:25:14pm

re: #26 RealityBasedSteve

I can’t wait for part 2. There’s a trailer if you haven’t seen it by now. Looks even better.

33 Justanotherhuman  Jan 17, 2015 4:26:16pm

Later, Lizards!

34 Bubblehead II  Jan 17, 2015 4:29:57pm

Evening Lizards.

Well at least they got it to the barge. That in itself is an engineering feat.

35 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 17, 2015 4:32:06pm

Think I’m going to watch Citizen X tonight.
RBS

36 Mattand  Jan 17, 2015 4:33:11pm

re: #31 ObserverArt

She’s new, so no baggage, yet .

Let’s see where she is in a year and how she fares backing one of the clowns late in the year when the presidential race really gets going. America needs to learn more about her.

Broken record time: being on record as carrying gun because she’s afraid of the government she just spent a ton of money getting elected to, should count as baggage.

37 thedopefishlives  Jan 17, 2015 4:33:28pm

re: #34 Bubblehead II

Evening Lizards.

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Well at least they got it to the barge. That in itself is an engineering feat.

Yeah, especially since atmospheric effects make it incredibly difficult for precision prediction of where it will come down. Presumably they have the thing guided somehow.

38 A Cranky One  Jan 17, 2015 4:34:19pm

re: #34 Bubblehead II

Missed it by THAT much!

39 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 17, 2015 4:35:17pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is just too sad for words:

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Not to me it isn’t. Ernst is the new flavor. The list of GOP power players and fast rising stars whose names have been forgotten by all save those who do the booking for Sunday talk shows is a long one. Every new face is gonna’ be the one that will cause the smarty-pants Blue Staters to be agog at his or her wisdom. Ben Carson is already an embarrassment, Mia Love turned out to be black, and so it goes.

40 thedopefishlives  Jan 17, 2015 4:36:51pm

Alright, kids, I’m going to meander off for tonight. Mrs. Fish is returning home sometime soon from visiting with her nephew, whose time is growing short. I will need to be available for her. Have a blessed weekend, and I will see you all later.

41 Mattand  Jan 17, 2015 4:40:03pm

So we found this in the basement:

I’m seriously thinking about putting it on eBay. Unless anyone here needs it.

42 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 17, 2015 4:40:51pm

re: #41 Mattand

Cuba and North Korea. I’d trade for some good Cuban rum.

43 b_sharp  Jan 17, 2015 4:46:53pm

re: #40 thedopefishlives

Alright, kids, I’m going to meander off for tonight. Mrs. Fish is returning home sometime soon from visiting with her nephew, whose time is growing short. I will need to be available for her. Have a blessed weekend, and I will see you all later.

{{{ fish family }}}

44 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 17, 2015 4:49:09pm

re: #40 thedopefishlives

{{{{fishes!}}}

45 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 17, 2015 4:51:19pm

re: #41 Mattand

Hell of a cool relic. I worked on CNC equipment that used some very floppy (8 in) disks. What a PITA.

46 Mattand  Jan 17, 2015 4:54:08pm

re: #40 thedopefishlives

Alright, kids, I’m going to meander off for tonight. Mrs. Fish is returning home sometime soon from visiting with her nephew, whose time is growing short. I will need to be available for her. Have a blessed weekend, and I will see you all later.

Ugh. Sorry to hear that. Condolences to the her family, and you and the Mrs.

47 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 4:55:28pm

…

48 Bubblehead II  Jan 17, 2015 4:55:50pm

re: #37 thedopefishlives

Yeah, especially since atmospheric effects make it incredibly difficult for precision prediction of where it will come down. Presumably they have the thing guided somehow.

Well we’ll get to see if they have better luck next month.

Luckily for fans of SpaceX, Musk intends to do just that. According to Musk, the “hypersonic grid fins” — or more poetically, “X-wings” — that help to slow the Falcon’s descent and maneuver it to its target “ran out of hydraulic fluid right before landing.” So next time, SpaceX will simply add 50% more hydraulic fluid, and see if that does the trick.

49 dog philosopher  Jan 17, 2015 4:59:05pm

re: #41 Mattand

So we found this in the basement:

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I’m seriously thinking about putting it on eBay. Unless anyone here needs it.

aaaaa, those things never worked - i still have a dirty mind

50 Souliren  Jan 17, 2015 4:59:27pm

Wow! Small Gardens… Great Art. There are grace notes sprinkled in the video and audio.
I’d love to watch it while the one of the artists sat nearby saying what they were thinking for each of the sequences.

51 Bubblehead II  Jan 17, 2015 5:00:27pm

re: #41 Mattand

So we found this in the basement:

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I’m seriously thinking about putting it on eBay. Unless anyone here needs it.

No thanks.Just got done destroying about 30 or so 5 1/4” floppies last weekend while cleaning out my computer room. Anybody need a Zip drive?

52 #FergusonFireside  Jan 17, 2015 5:04:36pm

re: #30 nearly-headless smith25

My first Page

Tried to get it up earlier this week, but the flu has run through the family. Everyone got a little bit of it, with my Dad getting the worst. Had to go to the Hospital after picking up pneumonia. Everything seems it will be okay though.

Bravo.

53 #FergusonFireside  Jan 17, 2015 5:05:46pm

re: #36 Mattand

Broken record time: being on record as carrying gun because she’s afraid of the government she just spent a ton of money getting elected to, should count as baggage.

Being proud of castrating pigs and using that to apply to congress etc., should be fucking crazy, beyond baggage.

54 Decatur Deb  Jan 17, 2015 5:06:28pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is just too sad for words:

.@JoniErnst emerges as GOP power player ow.ly by @Cam_Joseph

Michele’s old pod is sitting in the back of a truck somewhere.

55 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 17, 2015 5:07:26pm

re: #51 Bubblehead II

No thanks.Just got done destroying about 30 or so 5 1/4” floppies last weekend while cleaning out my computer room. Anybody need a Zip drive?

Oh shit, it’s the clicking of death! I felt so hip working at an ISP where I had genuine T3 connectivity and a ZIP drive. Nearly went broke buying ZIP disks.

56 b_sharp  Jan 17, 2015 5:14:36pm

re: #49 dog philosopher

aaaaa, those things never worked - i still have a dirty mind

It only works on 5-1/4” floppys, not 3-1/2”.

57 b_sharp  Jan 17, 2015 5:14:56pm

re: #51 Bubblehead II

No thanks.Just got done destroying about 30 or so 5 1/4” floppies last weekend while cleaning out my computer room. Anybody need a Zip drive?

No thanks, I still have 2.

58 #FergusonFireside  Jan 17, 2015 5:20:38pm

I just love following @onelegsandpiper

He has the coolest beach cat. #thedunegoon Every day that cat goes on the beach walk & it just makes everything good.

59 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 17, 2015 5:30:23pm

re: #58 #FergusonFireside

Doctor, my eyes!

60 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 5:36:35pm

re: #53 #FergusonFireside

Being proud of castrating pigs and using that to apply to congress etc., should be fucking crazy, beyond baggage.

It’s what she means by that: “My work included castrating pigs” = “My work involved the kind of un-PC, not glamorous, but very important work that we farmers do in Iowa.” Against a trial lawyer who berated incumbent senator Chuck Grassley for being a farmer instead of a lawyer, Ernst’s talk about her farm work struck a cord with Iowans who found her opponent condescending.

Even if she is crazy (which I don’t believe, but for that sake of argument let’s stipulate it), people will generally take a crazy one of their own over a sane but condescending outsider.

61 #FergusonFireside  Jan 17, 2015 5:46:00pm

I don’t know Dark, I take her bragging about her past work (and getting a metal castrating tool as a wall hanging) as a Tea Party Loon who wants to get in government to castrate it. Cray cray.

On the other hand, I just followed @TomBradysEgo

62 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 5:50:05pm

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

It’s what she means by that: “My work included castrating pigs” = “My work involved the kind of un-PC, not glamorous, but very important work that we farmers do in Iowa.” Against a trial lawyer who berated incumbent senator Chuck Grassley for being a farmer instead of a lawyer, Ernst’s talk about her farm work struck a cord with Iowans who found her opponent condescending.

Even if she is crazy (which I don’t believe, but for that sake of argument let’s stipulate it), people will generally take a crazy one of their own over a sane but condescending outsider.

Right, she isn’t crazy at all. She just thinks Agenda 21 is a plot to steal America’s sovereignty, wants to ban abortion in all cases, and has called for impeaching Obama.

Nothing crazy about that if you compare it to the rest of the GOP.

63 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 17, 2015 5:56:13pm

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

64 Belafon  Jan 17, 2015 6:07:51pm

re: #25 Justanotherhuman

Indonesia is a democracy. Really?

Indonesia executes six drug convicts, including foreigners

smh.com.au

If the people elect officials that they know will execute convicts, yes, it would be a democracy.

65 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 6:08:53pm

re: #63 Higgs Boson’s Mate

You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

[rumbles]

“What the Hell is that?”

…

66 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 17, 2015 6:12:53pm

Anyone cooking? Stew beef soup with mushrooms and seared potato. Worked it up from a mirepoix base.

67 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 6:15:12pm

I linked to this article earlier this week, but it really needs its own Page, since it smacks down Fox News so well. So I gave it that page:

This is Paris
On the cluelessness of Fox News and its treatment of the terrorist attacks in the french capital.

68 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 17, 2015 6:18:30pm

re: #66 Rightwingconspirator

Anyone cooking? Stew beef soup with mushrooms and seared potato. Worked it up from a mirepoix base.

I did real simple tonight. Did up a batch of wings with my all purpose spice mix, baked them at 500*, then hit them with Franks Hot Wing Sauce. That and some Amish potato salad. (Don’t know what makes it “Amish”). Was going to do old school Chicken ala King, but decided I didn’t want to wait.

Your’s sounds great however. Ya start with a good base of aromatics, let everything get all mingled together, it’s got to be good.

On a side note, looks like I’ll get one of the recumbent bikes out on the road tomorrow. Weather is promising, and a nice 20-25 mile spin might be just what I need.

Life is good.

RBS

69 ObserverArt  Jan 17, 2015 6:21:27pm

Dark_Falcon, any chance you want to take on any of the comments in the last thread about your opening comment in that thread?

70 #FergusonFireside  Jan 17, 2015 6:23:19pm

re: #66 Rightwingconspirator

Anyone cooking? Stew beef soup with mushrooms and seared potato. Worked it up from a mirepoix base.

Jerk chicken. I bought a case of the jerk rub. I might be sick of it next month. Might.

71 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 17, 2015 6:25:39pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

The wife just loves good hot wings.

My plan tomorrow is some macro photography. My dad gave me his old pocket watches. One is 14kt and was never sold. Literally new condition but circa 1915 maybe newer. Another saw a lot of use, oversize glass face and solid silver. I’m shooting them in opened up internal detail to send the images to an expert for review and possible appraisal. Others are gold filled and worn. So while I’m at it just might try for some art shots. few period items tell a visual story or convey emotion as well as old watches.

72 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 6:28:24pm

re: #69 ObserverArt

Dark_Falcon, any chance you want to take on any of the comments in the last thread about your opening comment in that thread?

No, I don’t. What I said was said as a minor ‘go team, go” comment on a thread I figured most people here wouldn’t read. I figured wrong and I’m not going to make the mistake of trying to defend it. I got caught DERPing, and that’s all there is to it.

73 Bubblehead II  Jan 17, 2015 6:30:31pm

Night Lizards. See you in the morning.

74 Belafon  Jan 17, 2015 6:33:38pm

re: #64 Belafon

If the people elect officials that they know will execute convicts, yes, it would be a democracy.

I should add, it would be messed up, just like the US.

I’m actually kind of steamed over an article on Balloon Juice. The top is an image from Fox, showing a Republican blasting the IRS for not being able to do its job, which was caused by Republicans cutting funding for the IRS.

75 ObserverArt  Jan 17, 2015 6:35:12pm

See you’alls later…

76 #FergusonFireside  Jan 17, 2015 6:36:44pm

re: #74 Belafon

I should add, it would be messed up, just like the US.

I’m actually kind of steamed over an article on Balloon Juice. The top is an image from Fox, showing a Republican blasting the IRS for not being able to do its job, which was caused by Republicans cutting funding for the IRS.

Everyone forgets sequestration lives on.. with the do nothing congress…and on and on.

77 Varek Raith  Jan 17, 2015 6:45:25pm

re: #70 #FergusonFireside

Jerk chicken. I bought a case of the jerk rub. I might be sick of it next month. Might.

What a jerk.

78 dog philosopher  Jan 17, 2015 6:51:18pm

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

un-PC

this expression has no real meaning in this context except, as far as i can tell, to infer that “libberuls” are impractical effete paper pushers who’ve never had the experience of being elbow deep in pigshit

so, fuck that and stick it somewhere

79 Varek Raith  Jan 17, 2015 6:51:24pm

re: #72 Dark_Falcon

No, I don’t. What I said was said as a minor ‘go team, go” comment on a thread I figured most people here wouldn’t read. I figured wrong and I’m not going to make the mistake of trying to defend it. I got caught DERPing, and that’s all there is to it.

*Whack*
:P

80 Sionainn  Jan 17, 2015 6:58:49pm

re: #78 dog philosopher

this expression has no real meaning in this context except, as far as i can tell, to infer that “libberuls” are impractical effete paper pushers who’ve never had the experience of being elbow deep in pigshit

so, fuck that and stick it somewhere

I agree with your first paragraph, but think the second one is a bit harsh.

81 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 17, 2015 7:00:41pm

Just finished watching Citizen X. Pretty good movie, and Donald Sutherland (and his magic eyebrows) actually delivered a very nice performance.

RBS

82 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 7:03:02pm

re: #78 dog philosopher

I was saying what Joni Ernst meant by what she said. She was facing Bruce Braley, a trial lawyer, in a farm state. Braley had also made the mistake of smacking at Chuck Grassley for being a farmer instead of a lawyer. A good bit of her messaging was to the effect that Braley was an ” impractical effete paper pusher who’d never had the experience of being elbow deep in pigshit”. But that line of attack struck a cord with people in rural Iowa, and she clearly gained electorally from it.

83 Teukka  Jan 17, 2015 7:03:19pm

re: #81 RealityBasedSteve

Just finished watching Citizen X. Pretty good movie, and Donald Sutherland (and his magic eyebrows) actually delivered a very nice performance.

RBS

Yeah, “Citizen X” is a very good movie, albeit about a very uncomfortable subject
Andrei Chikatilo).

84 Sionainn  Jan 17, 2015 7:09:05pm

Off to eat cookies and watch something…not sure what. Thinking I should start watching Doctor Who since I don’t understand any references people throw around. My husband said it was great, but I wouldn’t like the first episode at all because it was cheesy and I need to just deal with it. Oooh, sounds like fun! Good night, all!

85 dog philosopher  Jan 17, 2015 7:11:51pm

re: #82 Dark_Falcon

I was saying what Joni Ernst meant by what she said. She was facing Bruce Braley, a trial lawyer, in a farm state. Braley had also made the mistake of smacking at Chuck Grassley for being a farmer instead of a lawyer. A good bit of her messaging was to the effect that Braley was an ” impractical effete paper pusher who’d never had the experience of being elbow deep in pigshit”. But that line of attack struck a cord with people in rural Iowa, and she clearly gained electorally from it.

tell me, what is about “not glamorous, but very important work that we farmers do in Iowa” that would be “un-PC”?

this myth of “PC”, as i usually experience it, involve the idea that “libberuls” like, supposedly, myself, go about gasping if people are so un-sensitive as to use words like ‘fat’, or that we are against criticism in any form because of a fear that it will damage somebody’s psyche. which is nonsense anyway

i can’t, however, fathom why you inserted it into a conversation about farming except as slander against people like me

35 years of nonstop, highly paid calumny against anybody who ever dared to vote democratic and i am heartily sick of it

86 CuriousLurker  Jan 17, 2015 7:15:38pm

OT - Here we go again with the right-wing antisemitic conspiracy theories:

Jean-Marie Le Pen claims Paris attacks ‘were the work of western intelligence agencies’

In an interview with a virulently anti-western Russian newspaper, Mr Le Pen, 86, gave credence to conspiracy theories circulating on the internet suggesting that the attack was the work of American or Israeli agents seeking to foment a civil war between Islam and the west.

His comments - only partially retracted in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde today - provoked outrage amongst French politicians. They will also infuriate Marine Le Pen, his daughter, and successor as leader of the FN, who has been trying to distance the party from her father’s extreme and provocative remarks. […]

Oh, and guess what? Now poor, persecuted Spencer is being likened to those murdered at the Charlie Hebdo offices:

87 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 17, 2015 7:17:52pm

re: #86 CuriousLurker

OT - Here we go again with the right-wing antisemitic conspiracy theories:

Oh, and guess what? Now poor, persecuted Spencer is being likened to those murdered at the Charlie Hebdo offices:

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Who is Asra Nomani? I never heard of her.

88 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 7:20:21pm

re: #85 dog philosopher

tell me, what is about “not glamorous, but very important work that we farmers do in Iowa” that would be “un-PC”?

this myth of “PC”, as i usually experience it, involve the idea that “libberuls” like, supposedly, myself, go about gasping if people are so un-sensitive as to use words like ‘fat’, or that we are against criticism in any form because of a fear that it will damage somebody’s psyche. which is nonsense anyway

i can’t, however, fathom why you inserted it into a conversation about farming except as slander against people like me

35 years of nonstop, highly paid calumny against anybody who ever dared to vote democratic and i am heartily sick of it

I put that word there as part of my attempt to explain what Ernst was trying to convey. That doesn’t mean I’d use the term ‘un-PC’ myself. Describing someone’s message should not be read as implying agreement with it.

89 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 7:23:10pm

re: #86 CuriousLurker

OT - Here we go again with the right-wing antisemitic conspiracy theories:

Oh, and guess what? Now poor, persecuted Spencer is being likened to those murdered at the Charlie Hebdo offices:

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The Old Fascist Fuckwad says what?

90 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 7:23:55pm
91 Dark_Falcon  Jan 17, 2015 7:26:30pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

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92 retired cynic  Jan 17, 2015 7:27:53pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

My first reading was that he was going for a marital revolution. Whoa!

93 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 17, 2015 7:28:22pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

I don’t have high hopes for political change short of technical, martial, or spiritual revolution.

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Beware the Kung Fu Monk Robots that are coming….

RBS

94 CuriousLurker  Jan 17, 2015 7:30:02pm

re: #87 The Vicious Babushka

She calls herself a feminist, but writes stuff like the article about Spencer or this one in favor of NYPD profiling monitoring:

Why NYPD Monitoring Should Be Welcome News to U.S. Muslims
Muslim groups are objecting after reports that police are watching places where Muslims gather. It’s welcome news for Asra Nomani, who says Muslims don’t police themselves enough.

95 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 7:33:37pm

re: #94 CuriousLurker

She calls herself a feminist, but writes stuff like the article about Spencer or this one in favor of NYPD profiling monitoring:

Why NYPD Monitoring Should Be Welcome News to U.S. Muslims
Muslim groups are objecting after reports that police are watching places where Muslims gather. It’s welcome news for Asra Nomani, who says Muslims don’t police themselves enough.

She must be perfectly OK with racial profiling and the TSA watch lists, too.

96 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 17, 2015 7:35:17pm

re: #94 CuriousLurker

She calls herself a feminist, but writes stuff like the article about Spencer or this one in favor of NYPD profiling monitoring:

Why NYPD Monitoring Should Be Welcome News to U.S. Muslims
Muslim groups are objecting after reports that police are watching places where Muslims gather. It’s welcome news for Asra Nomani, who says Muslims don’t police themselves enough.

Somebody should tell her that Muslims are not being profiled in order to protect Muslims.

97 CleverToad  Jan 17, 2015 7:38:25pm

re: #84 Sionainn

Depends on what he’s calling the first episode. Are you planning to start with the current set (2005, Doctor #9) or try to go all the way back to Doctor #1 in 1963? Either way, it’s time-consuming project…

(Addictive show, if one acquires a taste for it. Some of the episodes are less than whelming, some of the recent story arcs haven’t caught my fancy. But they hit more often than they miss! The folks running it the reboot are fans of the first run, and it shows.)

98 Romantic Heretic  Jan 17, 2015 7:42:18pm

re: #8 Jenner7

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If the races of the police chief and the perp had been reversed the perp would have been taken back to the station in ziplock bags.

Oi vay iz mir.

99 CuriousLurker  Jan 17, 2015 7:44:20pm

re: #95 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

She must be perfectly OK with racial profiling and the TSA watch lists, too.

But of course. Airport Security: Let’s Profile Muslims

re: #96 The Vicious Babushka

Somebody should tell her that Muslims are not being profiled in order to protect Muslims.

I don’t think she cares as long as she’s making $$$ selling books.

100 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 7:52:10pm

re: #99 CuriousLurker

But of course. Airport Security: Let’s Profile Muslims

I don’t think she cares as long as she’s making $$$ selling books.

Jeez. (If I can use that word in this context - hah) She’s got her civil liberties cap on backwards, then. Either that, or she’s trolling for attention.

Having never heard of her before, I googled. She’s written for the WSJ, American Prospect (a liberal rag), The Daily Beast, NYT, Sojourner (!!), plus penned two books about Islam and women’s rights therein.

Without delving too deeply into her oeuvre, I’m going to suggest she’s looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Trusting the police and the government to err on the side of the individual’s rights of expression and free assembly is asking a lot.

101 goddamnedfrank  Jan 17, 2015 7:56:25pm

Oh Christ, another libertarian fighting the good fight against 200 years of judicial review, legal precedent and societal progress.

Apparently I’ve got it all wrong and Amendments to the Constitution don’t actually amend the Constitution in anything but the most facile and toothless capacity. What the 14th Amendment explicitly says doesn’t matter because the Federal Courts are supposedly powerless to do fuck all about it.

102 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 7:57:28pm
103 Belafon  Jan 17, 2015 8:00:08pm

re: #101 goddamnedfrank

Forget libertarian, this is the thinking of a Confederate. His view is the one that persisted for the next 150+ years after the end of Reconstruction.

104 goddamnedfrank  Jan 17, 2015 8:03:23pm

re: #102 Charles Johnson

His mission to Bakersfield that was going to change the face of the Republican leadership was also reportedly a resounding success. Yet over a week has passed and not a peep, and Kevin McCarthy mysteriously retains his position.

105 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 8:05:54pm
106 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 17, 2015 8:06:29pm

I’m confused now…. does this mean that upChuck doesn’t have an army of Kung Fu Robot Monks at his disposal. Maybe he’s got somebody inside the KFRM factory feeding him the info.

RBS

107 CuriousLurker  Jan 17, 2015 8:06:45pm

re: #100 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Jeez. (If I can use that word in this context - hah) She’s got her civil liberties cap on backwards, then. Either that, or she’s trolling for attention.

Having never heard of her before, I googled. She’s written for the WSJ, American Prospect (a liberal rag), The Daily Beast, NYT, Sojourner (!!), plus penned two books about Islam and women’s rights therein.

Without delving too deeply into her oeuvre, I’m going to suggest she’s looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Trusting the police and the government to err on the side of the individual’s rights of expression and free assembly is asking a lot.

Indeed. She’s most likely trolling for attention/clickbait since she sides with the Islamophobes on pretty much every issue that makes it into the news, for example on the subject of the “Ground Zero” Mosque where she says:

A Muslim Questions the Mosque

The Tea Party activists actually express the sentiments of Muslims such as myself who believe we have a serious problem inside our Muslim communities. […]

108 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 17, 2015 8:08:00pm

re: #82 Dark_Falcon

I was saying what Joni Ernst meant by what she said. She was facing Bruce Braley, a trial lawyer, in a farm state. Braley had also made the mistake of smacking at Chuck Grassley for being a farmer instead of a lawyer. A good bit of her messaging was to the effect that Braley was an ” impractical effete paper pusher who’d never had the experience of being elbow deep in pigshit”. But that line of attack struck a cord with people in rural Iowa, and she clearly gained electorally from it.

I don’t usually correct spelling on the Internet, but make the occasional exception when (a) the misspelling produces the correct spelling of a different, but unintended, word, and (b) it’s clearly not just a typo. That I do it at all may make me a fool.

You mean “struck a chord.”

109 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 8:25:28pm
110 Charles Johnson  Jan 17, 2015 8:28:46pm
111 CleverToad  Jan 17, 2015 8:35:04pm

re: #48 Bubblehead II

Will be cheering on the next attempt. As the spousal unit says, Musk is failing upwards, gaining with every experience. Not to mention the tweets we’ve seen from him on this topic have been great.

112 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 8:39:30pm
113 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 8:39:53pm

re: #105 Charles Johnson

Targets of lawsuits for defamation, libel, invasion of privacy, etc.

Anyone taking a critical look at his website would not spend a dime on it. It exists only as a way to make a little money, not as a way to stand for truth and all that stuff.

114 jaunte  Jan 17, 2015 8:39:54pm

re: #104 goddamnedfrank

“…it was a smashing success.”

The worst, still full of passionate intensity.

115 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 8:40:47pm

re: #107 CuriousLurker

Indeed. She’s most likely trolling for attention/clickbait since she sides with the Islamophobes on pretty much every issue that makes it into the news, for example on the subject of the “Ground Zero” Mosque where she says:

So, she’s the Ben Shapiro of the Muslim community, you’re saying.

116 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 8:43:28pm
117 jaunte  Jan 17, 2015 8:44:38pm

re: #116 teleskiguy

Throwing reporters off balconies…

118 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 8:45:10pm

I come home from work and UpChuck is making an ass of himself on Twitter again. I tell ya, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.

119 dog philosopher  Jan 17, 2015 8:54:28pm

boopsie is out of town so i am spending my saturday night working on new software for my little company and watching wall to wall wwi documentary

might go jam later

120 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 17, 2015 8:58:40pm

re: #116 teleskiguy

121 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:02:08pm
122 Sionainn  Jan 17, 2015 9:02:09pm

re: #97 CleverToad

Depends on what he’s calling the first episode. Are you planning to start with the current set (2005, Doctor #9) or try to go all the way back to Doctor #1 in 1963? Either way, it’s time-consuming project…

(Addictive show, if one acquires a taste for it. Some of the episodes are less than whelming, some of the recent story arcs haven’t caught my fancy. But they hit more often than they miss! The folks running it the reboot are fans of the first run, and it shows.)

Current set. Just watched two. The first was awful. The second was a bit better. My husband said the original series was unwatchable, and that’s saying something for him because he likes everything.

123 A Cranky One  Jan 17, 2015 9:02:16pm

re: #120 GlutenFreeJesus

REAR admiral? I see what you did there…

124 A Cranky One  Jan 17, 2015 9:04:01pm

re: #121 teleskiguy

Whoa dude, you just blew my mind!

125 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 9:06:44pm

re: #118 teleskiguy

I come home from work and UpChuck is making an ass of himself on Twitter again. I tell ya, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.

GotNews has been very quiet lately. I guess there’s no news anywhere.

126 Kragar  Jan 17, 2015 9:08:31pm

Well, had my eldest girl’s 13th Birthday party today, where after the party we had the nice little discussion that if she wants to invite friends from school, she needs to tell us before they show up at the front door.

127 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 9:10:12pm

re: #126 Kragar

Well, had my eldest girl’s 13th Birthday party today, where after the party we had the nice little discussion that if she wants to invite friends from school, she needs to tell us before they show up at the front door.

So, you were expecting a small get-together, just a few close friends, eh?

128 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 17, 2015 9:11:45pm

re: #124 A Cranky One

…

129 Kragar  Jan 17, 2015 9:12:01pm

re: #127 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

So, you were expecting a small get-together, just a few close friends, eh?

We were expecting 8 kids, ended up with 11 there

130 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:13:47pm

Dave Weigel, retweeting some bovine manure.

131 WhatEVs  Jan 17, 2015 9:16:15pm

re: #96 The Vicious Babushka

Somebody should tell her that Muslims are not being profiled in order to protect Muslims.

Kinda like whitesplaining slavery to thems coloreds. Remember, MLK wz a republican. Mmm hmmm. Yes indeedy.

132 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:17:30pm

Soon, we will take over the world!

133 retired cynic  Jan 17, 2015 9:18:28pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

And good luck to you, I say.

134 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:22:41pm

So this is what it’s like a lot of the times to be a weekend warrior skier on the Front Range (Denver et al). The 70 mile stretch on Interstate 70 from Denver’s edge to Summit County (Breckenridge, Copper Mountain) was consistently a 4+ hour drive from 6 a.m to well after noon.

Reason number one I don’t live in Denver anymore.

135 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 9:23:16pm

re: #129 Kragar

We were expecting 8 kids, ended up with 11 there

Well, chill out. It could have been much worse, like the entire 7th (8th?) grade.

Next time, tell her the kids have to bring their own beers.
///

136 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 9:24:27pm

re: #133 retired cynic

And good luck to you, I say.

Considering the mess we boomers are leaving the millennials, they’ll need it.

137 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:25:07pm

What a raging asshole.

138 retired cynic  Jan 17, 2015 9:26:13pm

re: #137 teleskiguy

And if he’s an example, I’ll run like hell.

139 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 9:27:38pm

re: #137 teleskiguy

What a raging asshole.

We’ll call it MensaFinder, and you can use it to find out which of your neighbors you won’t invite to the next post-game cookout.

140 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 9:29:25pm

I’m joking. I know many high IQ people who are decent people. UpChuck would not be on my invite list, though.

141 CleverToad  Jan 17, 2015 9:31:21pm

re: #122 Sionainn

Which Doctor and which episodes, out of curiosity?

My heart is back with the old run, especially the 3rd & 4th Doctors: BBC Special Effects, which is to say shoe-string budgets and suspension of visual disbelief required; coupled with great writing and some wonderful actors. It definitely colors my view that I was lucky enough to meet many of the actors and a couple of the writers at cons in the 80’s & 90’s, and loved ‘em all. Also helps that I cut my wisdoms on Star Trek so I have a high tolerance and even a certain fondness for cheesy special effects. I got hooked on the stories and the characters.

To each his own! De gustibus non est disputandum

142 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:33:04pm

I guess having to put up with the likes of UpChuck is a small price to pay for the First Amendment.

Sometimes though, I can’t get over what a lousy human being he is. He’s massively involved in the devolution of humans, a malevolent piss turd who thinks breaking a kid’s arm when he was in the 6th grade is something to be proud of.

UpChuck is such a fucking cockpunch, is what I’m trying to say.

143 Kragar  Jan 17, 2015 9:33:16pm

re: #137 teleskiguy

What a raging asshole.

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144 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:33:58pm

Kragar, you da man!

145 goddamnedfrank  Jan 17, 2015 9:35:00pm

Hi, I’m super smart, please come to me now and irritate the shit out of me.

146 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:36:37pm

goddamnedfrank, you da man!

147 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 17, 2015 9:38:20pm

re: #141 CleverToad

Which Doctor and which episodes, out of curiosity?

My heart is back with the old run, especially the 3rd & 4th Doctors: BBC Special Effects, which is to say shoe-string budgets and suspension of visual disbelief required; coupled with great writing and some wonderful actors. It definitely colors my view that I was lucky enough to meet many of the actors and a couple of the writers at cons in the 80’s & 90’s, and loved ‘em all. Also helps that I cut my wisdoms on Star Trek so I have a high tolerance and even a certain fondness for cheesy special effects. I got hooked on the stories and the characters.

To each his own! De gustibus non est disputandum

#4 and #9 remain my favorites.

148 CleverToad  Jan 17, 2015 9:43:33pm

re: #147 William Barnett-Lewis

Good choices :)
Got quite fond of #10 & #11, especially bouncing off each other in the 50th special. But still love #3 with the cape and ruffles, swashing his buckle and bickering with the Brigadier.

149 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 17, 2015 9:49:01pm

re: #148 CleverToad

Good choices :)
Got quite fond of #10 & #11, especially bouncing off each other in the 50th special. But still love #3 with the cape and ruffles, swashing his buckle and bickering with the Brigadier.

The 50th was good. I would not mind more of the War Doctor, actually…

150 teleskiguy  Jan 17, 2015 9:49:16pm

Things are starting to get a little crazy at the ski area. The World Alpine Ski Championships start in a little over two weeks. There are about seven enormous temporary structures at the finish area, including a 3000-seat grandstand, a pavilion bigger than any of the on-mountain restaurants (and those buildings are big, Two Elk Restaurant at the top of Vail Mountain is 26,000 sq. feet) and several auxiliary “tents” for media, tune shops, etc. The famous “double-black diamond” trails of Beaver Creek - the ones that are part of the race courses - closed a couple of weeks ago and won’t open again until the middle of March, maybe. The race crews and groomers have been hard at work building the most fearsome goddamned race courses in the U.S. On the men’s downhill course, speeds of over 80 m.p.h. at certain points on the course are not uncommon.

Exciting times. Vail/Beaver Creek has only hosted the Worlds twice before, in 1989 and 1999. It’s a pretty big deal around here.

151 KingKenrod  Jan 17, 2015 9:54:28pm

re: #125 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

GotNews has been very quiet lately. I guess there’s no news anywhere.

Based on a scan of his recent timeline, I’d say he’s just been tweeting whatever the rocks in his head are telling him the past few days. Nothing but self-inflated babbling.

152 CleverToad  Jan 17, 2015 10:06:45pm

re: #149 William Barnett-Lewis

Good script and great role — yes, would be interesting to see more of the War Doctor.

Was disappointed at first that the old Doctors weren’t in the script for the 50th, but it was a good story, and the curator was a delightful surprise. Then saw The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot and forgave Moffat. Just flippin’ marvelous and nary a leak on the fan sites — how they pulled that one off…!

Oh well, have to get some sleep now. Church comes much too early in the a.m.

153 Varek Raith  Jan 17, 2015 10:08:22pm
154 Kragar  Jan 17, 2015 10:10:11pm
155 Kragar  Jan 17, 2015 10:16:50pm

re: #153 Varek Raith

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“You have fulfilled the prophecy and have completed the quest proving that you are the hero foretold of in legend! You are our great savior!”

Sees you accidentally pick up a fork.

“KILL HIM!”

156 Jocko's Rocket Ship  Jan 17, 2015 10:39:00pm

I decided to see Inherent Vice tonight. What a pleasant, bizarre mess of a movie. And, as far as I can tell, that’s by design.

It ‘s hard to follow - and if you focus on that you’ll never get down - it’s mostly incoherent. But I settled in after accepting that it had a form of the “unreliable narrator”, the stoner narrator (though technically, the “narration” is done by the only sober character.) Phoenix and Brolin are outstanding. Think 2/3 Big Lewbowski, 1/3 Pineapple Express, with a dash of Pulp Fiction.

157 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 17, 2015 10:39:21pm

re: #151 KingKenrod

Based on a scan of his recent timeline, I’d say he’s just been tweeting whatever the rocks in his head are telling him the past few days. Nothing but self-inflated babbling.

Award Winning Journalism has taken a holiday, I reckon.

158 Pawn of the Oppressor  Jan 17, 2015 11:19:39pm

For anybody wondering about the moon / planet / star thing, it’s in reference to a confused exchange on the QVC shopping channel.

Phil Plait’s got you covered.

I’ve seen enough interviews with Isaac Mizrahi to know that he’s not a dumb guy. He’s not truly wrong to call the Moon a planet since it has several planet-y qualities. :)

The hostess Shawn Killinger though… Jeezus. I am not impressed. Moon is a star? WTF ><

Just look at all this amazing TV I’m missing…

159 KiTA  Jan 17, 2015 11:58:43pm

Reading up on Obama’s plans to Tax the Rich, lower taxes on the middle class, end the Romney loophole…

… And I can’t think of how crass it is of him to wait until after his team lost both house and senate and thus it’s literally impossible to pass this to even bother bringing it up.

He must think we’re idiots.

160 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 18, 2015 12:55:01am

So, I hear the Tea Party is having some meeting in Myrtle Beach and this year’s version of the Clown Car will attend.

161 Ace-o-aces  Jan 18, 2015 1:07:56am

re: #125 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

GotNews has been very quiet lately. I guess there’s no news anywhere.

OMG, his last article, from three days ago is all about what a debate team stud Ted Cruz is. And it’s labeled “BREAKING” of course, because what could be more timely than 20 year-old intercollegiate debate results. And he wonders why his media empire gets no investors.

162 Ace-o-aces  Jan 18, 2015 1:15:42am

Uh, oh, trouble at home?

163 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 18, 2015 1:21:47am

re: #161 Ace-o-aces

OMG, his last article, from three days ago is all about what a debate team stud Ted Cruz is. And it’s labeled “BREAKING” of course, because what could be more timely than 20 year-old intercollegiate debate results. And he wonders why his media empire gets no investors.

I had to laugh at that. He posted two articles about the same topic: Cruz’ many trophies from his collegiate debate career and the “master debater” article, both ripped out of The Daily Princetonian. For the first one, he republished the entire article as a jpeg.

He was trying to counter the Buzzfeed piece about choirboy Cruz being arrested for drinking underage during his college years.

Juvenile response.

164 Ace-o-aces  Jan 18, 2015 1:39:35am

re: #163 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

It’s not just that. Three days of silence on Gotnews? Tweeting about looking for women with high IQs? I’m telling you, I bet his old lady finally kicked his ass out.

165 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 18, 2015 2:04:56am

re: #164 Ace-o-aces

It’s not just that. Three days of silence on Gotnews? Tweeting about looking for women with high IQs? I’m telling you, I bet his old lady finally kicked his ass out.

Inquiring minds want to know. Maybe the sheriff came to serve that subpoena he’s been ignoring, or the car payment’s due and his media empire can’t pay for it.

166 Bubblehead II  Jan 18, 2015 3:24:50am

Morning Lizards.

167 Dr Lizardo  Jan 18, 2015 3:34:52am

re: #164 Ace-o-aces

It’s not just that. Three days of silence on Gotnews? Tweeting about looking for women with high IQs? I’m telling you, I bet his old lady finally kicked his ass out.

GotNews, with Chuckles rockin’ it from the Motel 6!

Heh.

168 freetoken  Jan 18, 2015 4:05:24am

MP3 Audio

169 Bubblehead II  Jan 18, 2015 4:10:45am

time to go to work. Have a good day Lizards.

170 Archangelus  Jan 18, 2015 4:34:58am

re: #132 teleskiguy

Soon, we will take over the world!

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“Millennials refers to the population ages 18 to 34 as of 2015”

As someone on the very edge of that particular definition, allow me to express the following sentiment when reflecting upon it after careful, lengthy thought:

Yeah, no way am I willing to be lumped in with that crowd! Tail end of Generation X, representin’!

171 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 18, 2015 5:05:39am

re: #154 Kragar

Some really hit the mark, (Aries, Taurus, Scorpio, Sagittarius) but others rather rather miss the point. In my subjective opinion

172 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 18, 2015 5:06:51am

re: #165 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Inquiring minds want to know. Maybe the sheriff came to serve that subpoena he’s been ignoring, or the car payment’s due and his media empire can’t pay for it.

I would stop speculating and enjoy the silence…

173 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 18, 2015 5:20:25am

re: #172 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I would stop speculating and enjoy the silence…

Well, he’s been tweeting up a storm, but I’ve not been on Twitter all day. So, I just get his derp second-hand.

174 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 18, 2015 5:42:15am

re: #173 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Well, he’s been tweeting up a storm, but I’ve not been on Twitter all day. So, I just get his derp second-hand.

I would not get any of it at all if not for the attention that he is given on this site…

175 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 18, 2015 5:48:59am

re: #101 goddamnedfrank

Oh Christ, another libertarian fighting the good fight against 200 years of judicial review, legal precedent and societal progress.

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Apparently I’ve got it all wrong and Amendments to the Constitution don’t actually amend the Constitution in anything but the most facile and toothless capacity. What the 14th Amendment explicitly says doesn’t matter because the Federal Courts are supposedly powerless to do fuck all about it.

Any time someone uses the word “statist” you know instantly they are an Ayn Rand cultist.

176 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 18, 2015 5:50:53am

I just used AirBnb to book an apartment for our visit to Prague this spring. Found a place right across the street from the iconic “Staronova” synagogue.

177 wrenchwench  Jan 18, 2015 5:51:22am
178 wrenchwench  Jan 18, 2015 5:52:53am
179 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 18, 2015 5:58:55am

While UpChuck and GotNews are twiddling their thumbs, gotnwes.com has a news update.

BREAKING: Absolutely nothing has happened in the world in 3 days

180 b.d.  Jan 18, 2015 6:10:44am

re: #179 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

While UpChuck and GotNews are twiddling their thumbs, gotnwes.com has a news update.

BREAKING: Absolutely nothing has happened in the world in 3 days

That’s a nice update and totally deserves the BREAKING banner.

Looks like Chuck went on a drunken tirade last night about wanting to find a place where geniuses like him can hang out without him having to wear that white hood?

181 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 18, 2015 6:23:36am

Keep calm and remember your talking points:

Democrats founded the KKK
Chris Rock uses the N-word and is not called “racist”
Affirmative Action is reverse racism
Minimum-wage workers deserve what they get for being undermotivated
Tax Cuts increase overall revenues

182 b.d.  Jan 18, 2015 6:25:18am

re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Thanks you for the reminder and now I am off for a run on a beautiful mid-January day which just PROVES that global warming is a lie.

//

183 Maggie's Pa  Jan 18, 2015 6:40:09am

New York City may yank terrorism report to “appease” its critics.

Under former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, the report served as a blueprint for the NYPD’s “demographic unit,” which sent plainclothes detectives into Muslim cafes, stores and mosques to detect potential terrorists. After the initiative was exposed by The Associated Press, Muslim leaders and groups filed two lawsuits in Brooklyn federal court claiming they were subjected to unwarranted surveillance.
The suits complain the radicalization report puts virtually all Muslims under suspicion.
Last April, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton disbanded the intelligence-gathering unit.

184 wrenchwench  Jan 18, 2015 6:47:08am
185 Sionainn  Jan 18, 2015 6:57:29am

re: #141 CleverToad

Which Doctor and which episodes, out of curiosity?

My heart is back with the old run, especially the 3rd & 4th Doctors: BBC Special Effects, which is to say shoe-string budgets and suspension of visual disbelief required; coupled with great writing and some wonderful actors. It definitely colors my view that I was lucky enough to meet many of the actors and a couple of the writers at cons in the 80’s & 90’s, and loved ‘em all. Also helps that I cut my wisdoms on Star Trek so I have a high tolerance and even a certain fondness for cheesy special effects. I got hooked on the stories and the characters.

To each his own! De gustibus non est disputandum

The 9th doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston. Considering that it was filmed in 2005, I was shocked by how bad the CGI was, but my 10-year-old loved it! I grew up watching Star Trek from about age 3 or 4, so I get what you are saying. :-)

186 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 7:01:11am

re: #183 Maggie’s Pa

New York City may yank terrorism report to “appease” its critics.

That would be a mistake, IMO. The report data is valid and correct; Pulling it would send the message that litigant’s feelings are more important than people knowing the truth of how radicalization happens.

I say its more important that the public have access to that knowledge, even if some people misuse it for political ends (I’m afraid I’m looking at you, Congressman King). People need to know how radicalization occurs so they can spot it. Spotting would-be terrorists ahead of time is our best (and sometimes only) way to avoid the kind of attacks we saw in Paris.

I’ll be honest: I think the NYPD should withdraw from settlement discussions and I also believe the lawsuit should be quashed on national security grounds. We cannot have law enforcement crippled simply because of profiling concerns. This isn’t ‘stop and frisk’, people weren’t actually being directly impacted by the surveillance.

187 Sionainn  Jan 18, 2015 7:02:48am

re: #170 Archangelus

“Millennials refers to the population ages 18 to 34 as of 2015”

As someone on the very edge of that particular definition, allow me to express the following sentiment when reflecting upon it after careful, lengthy thought:

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Yeah, no way am I willing to be lumped in with that crowd! Tail end of Generation X, representin’!

I don’t have a clue what generation I’m supposed to be lumped in with.

188 Sionainn  Jan 18, 2015 7:03:32am

re: #171 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Some really hit the mark, (Aries, Taurus, Scorpio, Sagittarius) but others rather rather miss the point. In my subjective opinion

I agree. Aquarius looked like something from Pirates of the Caribbean.

189 Eventual Carrion  Jan 18, 2015 7:08:33am

re: #170 Archangelus

“Millennials refers to the population ages 18 to 34 as of 2015”

As someone on the very edge of that particular definition, allow me to express the following sentiment when reflecting upon it after careful, lengthy thought:

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Yeah, no way am I willing to be lumped in with that crowd! Tail end of Generation X, representin’!

I’m supposedly at the end of Baby Boomers gen per my birthday. But I feel more Gen X

190 Decatur Deb  Jan 18, 2015 7:12:51am

re: #189 Eventual Carrion

I’m supposedly at the end of Baby Boomers gen per my birthday. But I feel more Gen X

War Baby.

“Get off my field of fire.”

191 Decatur Deb  Jan 18, 2015 7:18:38am

re: #178 wrenchwench

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Heh.

littlegreenfootballs.com

192 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 7:21:09am

re: #189 Eventual Carrion

I’m supposedly at the end of Baby Boomers gen per my birthday. But I feel more Gen X

I was born in 1977, so I fall into the Gen X range, which fits right by my thinking. And unlike John Mayer (also born in ‘77), I don’t think the generation he and I belong to is ever really going to be ‘in charge’, as there just aren’t enough of us. Things will pass from the Baby Boomers to the Millennials, just as the passed from the Greatest Generation to the Boomers. Generation X, like the Silent Generation before it, will be remembered as a small generation that did some things notable but never truly defined the tone of the nation.

193 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 7:26:24am

re: #191 Decatur Deb

Heh.

littlegreenfootballs.com

Well, hopefully the reminders of what he said will keep Todd Hate-cannon off of Twitter. Shortly after he posted that hateful Tweet his account was blocked and has not been restored. nor should it ever be restored.

194 Varek Raith  Jan 18, 2015 7:38:46am

Fox Correction: “We Have Made Some Regrettable Errors On-Air Regarding The Muslim Population In Europe”

Fox Host: There Is “No Credible Information” To Support Existence Of Muslim “No-Go Zones”

195 Teukka  Jan 18, 2015 7:45:04am

re: #194 Varek Raith

Fox Correction: “We Have Made Some Regrettable Errors On-Air Regarding The Muslim Population In Europe” Link

Took them long enough
*hisses*

196 lawhawk  Jan 18, 2015 7:46:56am

re: #194 Varek Raith

Fox Correction: “We Have Made Some Regrettable Errors On-Air Regarding The Muslim Population In Europe”

Given on the equivalent of a Friday night news dump. In the middle of a holiday weekend. When few are paying attention.

Which is exactly how Fox works. Hype the BS, bury the facts.

197 Eventual Carrion  Jan 18, 2015 7:50:14am

re: #186 Dark_Falcon

That would be a mistake, IMO. The report data is valid and correct; Pulling it would send the message that litigant’s feelings are more important than people knowing the truth of how radicalization happens.

I say its more important that the public have access to that knowledge, even if some people misuse it for political ends (I’m afraid I’m looking at you, Congressman King). People need to know how radicalization occurs so they can spot it. Spotting would-be terrorists ahead of time is our best (and sometimes only) way to avoid the kind of attacks we saw in Paris.

I’ll be honest: I think the NYPD should withdraw from settlement discussions and I also believe the lawsuit should be quashed on national security grounds. We cannot have law enforcement crippled simply because of profiling concerns. This isn’t ‘stop and frisk’, people weren’t actually being directly impacted by the surveillance.

Glenn Beck doesn’t agree.

198 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 7:52:51am

re: #194 Varek Raith

Fox Correction: “We Have Made Some Regrettable Errors On-Air Regarding The Muslim Population In Europe”

Varek, would you kindly post that on Jimmah’s Page on the topic, and my own as well? It’s an important correction and I think you deserve all the updings for it.

199 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 18, 2015 7:54:16am

Good morning Lizards.

Rainy and low 40s today in Philadelphia; e.g. icky.

Just feel slow and run-down this morning. Probably combo of allergies, sinus clog-up, and eating too much stuff yesterday that is making my liver work overtime.

Feline Overlords are avoiding me so far today. I was visiting friends yesterday and came home smelling like *dog*. So I am being punished for traitorishly consorting with the enemy — after I feed them of course. So I’m possibly having some allergic reaction from the dogs, plus whatever newly mutated viruses their 6-year-old daughter brought home from school.

Might get around to doing some cooking today. And I guess I will watch handegg since it will be on.

200 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 7:55:56am

re: #197 Eventual Carrion

Glenn Beck doesn’t agree.

Glenn Beck is also a raving freakazoid nut sandwich, to whom I do not listen.

201 Maggie's Pa  Jan 18, 2015 7:58:36am

Meet The Reaper an Army Ranger sniper, who couldn’t volunteer for the Navy Seals due to being color blind, but became a top sniper in Iraq.

Irving had another girl on his mind: Dirty Diana, his SR-25 rifle. Jessica didn’t know that the reason he sometimes stayed late after work was he wanted to doll up Dirty Diana. “I would stay at work for three, four or five extra hours just painting various colors and patterns,” he writes. “If there was an edge that was not painted correctly or crooked, I’d start the whole thing over again.”

202 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 18, 2015 8:00:45am
203 Romantic Heretic  Jan 18, 2015 8:07:48am

re: #141 CleverToad

Which Doctor and which episodes, out of curiosity?

My heart is back with the old run, especially the 3rd & 4th Doctors: BBC Special Effects, which is to say shoe-string budgets and suspension of visual disbelief required; coupled with great writing and some wonderful actors. It definitely colors my view that I was lucky enough to meet many of the actors and a couple of the writers at cons in the 80’s & 90’s, and loved ‘em all. Also helps that I cut my wisdoms on Star Trek so I have a high tolerance and even a certain fondness for cheesy special effects. I got hooked on the stories and the characters.

To each his own! De gustibus non est disputandum

Haven’t seen any thing that came close to Babylon 5 for characters and plot. The BSG reboot came close though, and I’m still pissed about Firefly.

204 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 8:09:35am

re: #201 Maggie’s Pa

Meet The Reaper an Army Ranger sniper, who couldn’t volunteer for the Navy Seals due to being color blind, but became a top sniper in Iraq.

Wingnut reaction: ZOMG!!1 KILLER NEGRO WITH A RIFLE!!!1!

205 Archangelus  Jan 18, 2015 8:11:54am

re: #203 Romantic Heretic

This, so very much. As much as I like DW, and despite my love for Star Trek (I grew up watching reruns of The original Series and new episodes of Next Generation), B5 was and is at the top of my scifi preferences, with BSG and Firefly essentially tied for second place.

206 Romantic Heretic  Jan 18, 2015 8:12:07am

re: #170 Archangelus

“Millennials refers to the population ages 18 to 34 as of 2015”

As someone on the very edge of that particular definition, allow me to express the following sentiment when reflecting upon it after careful, lengthy thought:

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Yeah, no way am I willing to be lumped in with that crowd! Tail end of Generation X, representin’!

Me? I’m just old.

207 Romantic Heretic  Jan 18, 2015 8:14:38am

re: #186 Dark_Falcon

Well, okay, Dark.

But when law enforcement starts hanging out at gun shows to keep track of RWNJs you can’t complain.

208 Targetpractice  Jan 18, 2015 8:16:27am

re: #202 The Vicious Babushka

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Gee, what do you wanna bet the odds are that Martha has so many sick days a year written into her contract?

209 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 18, 2015 8:24:12am

re: #186 Dark_Falcon

It’s not a crippling blow to remove a report, nor actually think probable cause or at least some good reason to do surveillance on any legal establishment. It’s not as if the data is unique. When bigoted assumptions drive resources, real bad guys get to operate more freely.

210 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 8:28:33am

re: #207 Romantic Heretic

Well, okay, Dark.

But when law enforcement starts hanging out at gun shows to keep track of RWNJs you can’t complain.

Not only would I not complain, I’d welcome that. I’d rather the more fervent gun owners had some of the cold water of reality poured on them.

211 Targetpractice  Jan 18, 2015 8:37:31am

WTF?

212 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 18, 2015 8:37:52am

re: #208 Targetpractice

Gee, what do you wanna bet the odds are that Martha has so many sick days a year written into her contract?

I think restaurants that force sick employees to come in to work should all receive “C” ratings, because it’s a danger to public health.

213 A Cranky One  Jan 18, 2015 8:45:06am

re: #212 The Vicious Babushka

I think restaurants that force sick employees to come in to work should all receive “C” ratings, because it’s a danger to public health.

You want germs with that?

214 Sionainn  Jan 18, 2015 8:47:11am

re: #212 The Vicious Babushka

I think restaurants that force sick employees to come in to work should all receive “C” ratings, because it’s a danger to public health.

I’d go further and shut them down completely.

215 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 18, 2015 9:04:29am
216 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 18, 2015 9:07:09am

re: #215 GlutenFreeJesus

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He doesn’t know how to use Goggle or research. That’s why there are constant appeals for others to do his homework for him.
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217 Dark_Falcon  Jan 18, 2015 9:08:14am

re: #215 GlutenFreeJesus

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The 1116th Couch Cavalry, led by the Ginger Avenger.

218 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 18, 2015 9:15:38am

re: #216 Feline Fearless Leader

He knows. He’s just too lazy.

219 Ace-o-aces  Jan 18, 2015 9:19:50am

re: #189 Eventual Carrion

I’m supposedly at the end of Baby Boomers gen per my birthday. But I feel more Gen X

Easy way to test that. Check your closet. Any plaid?

220 Timothy Watson  Jan 18, 2015 9:22:21am

re: #215 GlutenFreeJesus

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221 A Cranky One  Jan 18, 2015 9:43:02am

Football playoffs today. Hard to get excited though, since Chicago isn’t playing.

Which reminds me of a handy tip:

How can you keep bears out of your backyard?

Click to Reveal

Paint it to look like an endzone…

222 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 18, 2015 10:34:02am

re: #221 A Cranky One

Football playoffs today. Hard to get excited though, since Chicago isn’t playing.

Which reminds me of a handy tip:

How can you keep bears out of your backyard?

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So apparently Chicago Bears jokes kill the thread. Good to know.

223 CleverToad  Jan 18, 2015 10:35:35am

re: #206 Romantic Heretic

Second-half Boomer, the kid brothers and sisters of the revolutionaries. Too young for the hippies, had to deal with the preppies and the yuppies. Bleah.

224 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 18, 2015 10:36:40am

re: #222 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Everyone’s gone to paint their backyards. It’s a proven deterrent.

225 b_sharp  Jan 18, 2015 10:38:07am

re: #224 GlutenFreeJesus

Everyone’s gone to paint their backyards. It’s a proven deterrent.

I let the snow and grass do that.

226 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 18, 2015 10:41:19am

Think I’m going for a bicycle ride this afternoon. It’s about 55* out, and a nice easy 25 mile spin is just what I need. Later Gators.

RBS

227 Varek Raith  Jan 18, 2015 10:43:46am

re: #226 RealityBasedSteve

‘Easy’ and ‘25 miles’ do not belong in the same sentence.
/

228 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 18, 2015 10:48:32am

re: #227 Varek Raith

‘Easy’ and ‘25 miles’ do not belong in the same sentence.
/

I’ll be riding this….

Easy Racers GRR (Gold Rush Replica)
229 Jenner7  Jan 18, 2015 10:48:33am
230 Varek Raith  Jan 18, 2015 10:52:27am

re: #228 RealityBasedSteve

I’ll be riding this….

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Get to the choppa!
:)

231 b_sharp  Jan 18, 2015 10:53:58am

re: #228 RealityBasedSteve

I’ll be riding this….

Image: Easy Racers GRR (Gold Rush Replica)

It comes with its own picnic table?

Cool.

232 Timothy Watson  Jan 18, 2015 10:55:40am

I have a 2TB hard drive and the damn thing is almost full.

Curse you iTunes and Steam!

233 Jenner7  Jan 18, 2015 10:56:39am

wetheprotesters.org

234 CleverToad  Jan 18, 2015 10:58:01am

re: #185 Sionainn

My son was about six when the Eccleston reboot first aired, he thought it was pretty cool. I watched ‘em and thought, “Wow, pretty good for a BBC budget.” Technology’s wonderful, particularly in the special effects fields, though it can never cover for indifferent scripts or acting.

Fun to watch how CGI has changed in the last decade or so. Then look back at the leap between Steamboat Willie (1928) and Fanatsia (1940). The beat goes on!

235 Varek Raith  Jan 18, 2015 10:58:10am

…

236 Timothy Watson  Jan 18, 2015 10:59:10am

Got some free space now by deleting HD television episodes from iTunes which I have already decrypted, put into mkvs, and placed on another computer for watching on Blu-Ray players via my intranet.

237 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 18, 2015 11:07:01am

re: #231 b_sharp

It comes with its own picnic table?

Cool.

It’s got to be tough dragging that thing around, especially uphill.

238 b_sharp  Jan 18, 2015 11:08:50am

re: #237 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

It’s got to be tough dragging that thing around, especially uphill.

But you have a nice place to sit and have a snack when you get tired.

239 Varek Raith  Jan 18, 2015 11:10:07am

*Shakes head*

240 lawhawk  Jan 18, 2015 11:20:20am

So, Fox News comes out and admits that Steve Emerson was BSing about the whole no-go zones, and that he was just making stuff up.

Guess who’s still claiming that there’s no go zones, and that Europeans are covering up?

Allen West is promoting this BS. Yeah, another paragon of virtue.

241 Dr. Matt  Jan 18, 2015 11:22:56am

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