Chuck C. Johnson Trying to Use Twitter to Dox Another Rape Victim
Uh, @twitter? @support? @safety? Anyone watching what @ChuckCJohnson is using your service for? pic.twitter.com/vve1O1WK5T
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2015
Uh, @twitter? @support? @safety? Anyone watching what @ChuckCJohnson is using your service for? pic.twitter.com/vve1O1WK5T
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2015
1 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 8:10:58pm |
[re-posted from downstairs]
lawhawk has said before in these comments that UpChuck operates with only two tools at his dispersal: doxxing and smearing. That’s all he does. He can spout off his intrepid journamalism and upending the establishment, the fact of the matter is he’s a malevolent creep, a disgusting human being, a real horror show.
One day, he’ll doxx or smear the wrong person and he’ll get in real trouble. That’s the only way he might stop being such a pissant online.
3 | goddamnedfrank Jan 21, 2015 8:17:20pm |
Fuckin’ cockneck.
“DNA backlog persists at NC crime lab, stalls cases” http://t.co/Nrzq5R1CII @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
“District Attorney Ron Moore said sometimes it takes a couple of years for DNA results to be returned” http://t.co/Nrzq5R1CII @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
4 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 8:20:17pm |
re: #3 goddamnedfrank
If nothing else, he’s displaying the attitude that a lot of people probably have and just don’t clearly express.
Disgustingly.
5 | goddamnedfrank Jan 21, 2015 8:20:50pm |
re: #1 teleskiguy
[re-posted from downstairs]
lawhawk has said before in these comments that UpChuck operates with only two tools at his dispersal: doxxing and smearing. That’s all he does. He can spout off his intrepid journamalism and upending the establishment, the fact of the matter is he’s a malevolent creep, a disgusting human being, a real horror show.
One day, he’ll doxx or smear the wrong person and he’ll get in real trouble. That’s the only way he might stop being such a pissant online.
Also, wholesale invention, passing off total fiction as fact.
Yes, I’m still pissed off about the pixel shit. You go to grad school, get an M.S. then and have some retard get away with spreading blatant objective lies to the public about your field of expertise, see if it doesn’t rile you a bit.
6 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 21, 2015 8:23:09pm |
I’m all UpChucked for the evening.
I think The Bear sums up CCJ’s life:
My cat is sad because he may tell himself “This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!” pic.twitter.com/SIPoD3f7JV
— WHY MY CAT IS SAD (@MYSADCAT) January 21, 2015
laterz…
7 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 8:25:25pm |
Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum
I smell shit in the auditorium
Chuck C Johnson, Chuck C. Johnson
He’s a clown, son, that Chuck C. Johnson
He’s gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?)
— With apologies to The Drifters
8 | goddamnedfrank Jan 21, 2015 8:25:26pm |
re: #4 klystron
If nothing else, he’s displaying the attitude that a lot of people probably have and just don’t clearly express.
Disgustingly.
They hate women. They hate gays. They hate brown people. They hate expertise when it gets in the way. All they know is that the traditional (white, christian, male dominated) culture changing, and it scares the everlovin’ fuck out of them.
9 | jaunte Jan 21, 2015 8:25:47pm |
I will pay $200 for anyone who can prove @ChuckCJohnson pooped in public.
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) January 22, 2015
11 | Timothy Watson Jan 21, 2015 8:35:16pm |
re: #3 goddamnedfrank
Fuckin’ cockneck.
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On CSI/NCIS/Criminal Minds/Law & Order they get the DNA tests back in an hour!!1!
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12 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 8:36:18pm |
re: #11 Timothy Watson
On CSI/NCIS/Criminal Minds/Law & Order they get the DNA tests back in an hour!!1!
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And the DNA results always match someone in the system!
13 | CuriousLurker Jan 21, 2015 8:37:36pm |
re: #8 goddamnedfrank
They hate women. They hate gays. They hate brown people. They hate expertise when it gets in the way. All they know is that the traditional (white, christian, male dominated) culture changing, and it scares the everlovin’ fuck out of them.
I’m pretty much convinced that it’s guilty conscience, fear that when minorities become the majority and seize the reins of power they’ll seek retribution by treating white, christian males the same way white, christian males treated them. An eye for an eye—it’s terrifying if you see things that way.
14 | RealityBasedSteve Jan 21, 2015 8:40:10pm |
re: #11 Timothy Watson
On CSI/NCIS/Criminal Minds/Law & Order they get the DNA tests back in an hour!!1!
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Zoom in…. Enhance…. Zoom …. Enhance….. There, you can see in the security film footage from the gas station across the street, reflected in the the hubcap of that vehicle, the suspect was wearing a 1993 PS 54 class ring with a football emblem…. Run it though the database.
Science, it really doesn’t make good TV a lot of the time. (Unless you’re a sciencey person)
15 | darthstar Jan 21, 2015 8:43:34pm |
Are you really THAT shocked that a man who once interviewed a chair would put a fake baby in his movie? pic.twitter.com/FZAp6iGx8Q— ?Christine Erickson? (@christerickson) January 21, 2015
16 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 8:44:36pm |
I'm about to use @twitter as it was meant to be used. Ready? My skivvies and socks are in the wash. That is all.— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 22, 2015
17 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Jan 21, 2015 8:46:03pm |
I have a friend at Appalachian State U., and they’ve had 5 suicides in as many months. Everyone is scrambling to figure out how this happened. They are horrified and shellshocked. Seriously fuck this tool.
18 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 8:46:42pm |
So UpChuck’s site Gnotnews is up for sale for $250? And his personal sites are about to expire?
And now he’s offering a $200 reward. I think we now know the size of his liquid capital…
19 | RealityBasedSteve Jan 21, 2015 8:47:23pm |
re: #8 goddamnedfrank
They hate women. They hate gays. They hate brown people. They hate expertise when it gets in the way. All they know is that the traditional (white, christian, male dominated) culture changing, and it scares the everlovin’ fuck out of them.
They fear being treated like they treated others.
20 | darthstar Jan 21, 2015 8:48:37pm |
Twitter, as it was meant to be used.
@SBNationNFL I love my balls, but not enough to pay $7500 to have them fluffed.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 22, 2015
21 | darthstar Jan 21, 2015 8:49:28pm |
re: #18 A Cranky One
So UpChuck’s site Gnotnews is up for sale for $250? And his personal sites are about to expire?
And now he’s offering a $200 reward. I think we now know the size of his liquid capital…
Hang on…I can own Gotnews for $250? Oh dear…hello liberal news blog.
22 | WhatEVs Jan 21, 2015 8:51:35pm |
re: #21 darthstar
Hang on…I can own Gotnews for $250? Oh dear…hello liberal news blog.
I’m willing to chip in.
23 | plansbandc Jan 21, 2015 8:52:34pm |
What happened to this person to make him such a despicable piece of shit?
24 | darthstar Jan 21, 2015 8:53:31pm |
re: #22 WhatEVs
I’m willing to chip in.
And the first link on the home page will be, “Name That Poop: Left on the Floor by Chuck or not?”
25 | darthstar Jan 21, 2015 8:54:01pm |
re: #23 plansbandc
What happened to this person to make him such a despicable piece of shit?
Well, the best parts of him are on the floor.
26 | WhatEVs Jan 21, 2015 8:55:31pm |
27 | goddamnedfrank Jan 21, 2015 8:57:03pm |
WTF is wrong with people?
“NC crime lab director says funding needed to clear DNA testing backlog” http://t.co/Oua4RFqfxs @bobloblaw1717 @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
Article: “prosecutors dropped a murder charge … because the state crime lab had not completed DNA testing.” @bobloblaw1717 @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
28 | makeitstop Jan 21, 2015 8:58:18pm |
One of these days, Chuck is going to catch a good beating. You can’t just fuck with people’s lives like he does and not expect to have it catch up with you one day.
29 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 8:58:31pm |
Got bored, adjusted color on my set so everyone looks orange. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/byG4h2v9zx— Peter Hartlaub (@peterhartlaub) January 21, 2015
Adjusted TV so @SpeakerBoehner no longer looks orange, but now everyone else is green. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/63D5CCT4bq— Peter Hartlaub (@peterhartlaub) January 21, 2015
30 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 9:01:49pm |
re: #28 makeitstop
One of these days, Chuck is going to catch a good beating. You can’t just fuck with people’s lives like he does and not expect to have it catch up with you one day.
Holly Fisher’s husband was none too pleased with him. If they lived near each other, CCJ would have been in big trouble. But I reckon he would only pick on someone who lives hundreds of miles away.
31 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Jan 21, 2015 9:02:44pm |
re: #28 makeitstop
One of these days, Chuck is going to catch a good beating. You can’t just fuck with people’s lives like he does and not expect to have it catch up with you one day.
from your lips …
32 | darthstar Jan 21, 2015 9:03:48pm |
@Green_Footballs I'll bet his wife starts locking her ATM card in the car at night. @ChuckCJohnson— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 22, 2015
33 | CuriousLurker Jan 21, 2015 9:06:05pm |
re: #19 RealityBasedSteve
About an hour ago I was going through my Google alerts and saw a wingnut article about “Muslim privilege”. I was like, “LOL wut?”
Yep, apparently POTUS is using his crypto-Muslim powers to protect & promote Islam at the expense of the real victims (white, christian men, naturally). They seem to have convinced themselves that these things are really & truly happening and they’re now a persecuted minority.
I kid you not: donotlink.com
Enough with the loonies for one day. O_o
G’nite, lizards.
34 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 9:06:39pm |
36 | WhatEVs Jan 21, 2015 9:10:13pm |
re: #34 A Cranky One
Stunning! The one you posted last night made me drool. It was that gorgeous.
Tell her I have major talent envy.
38 | darthstar Jan 21, 2015 9:10:17pm |
@KagroX The toddler knew what he was doing when he grabbed the—wait…a FUCKING TODDLER? No charges? Stupid fuckers.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 22, 2015
39 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 21, 2015 9:11:14pm |
re: #34 A Cranky One
Beautiful work. Compelling choices of color and pattern. Love it!
40 | goddamnedfrank Jan 21, 2015 9:11:57pm |
Yep, a huge dick. Just gonna mute in Tweetdeck.
@goddamnedfrank @ChuckCJohnson Feminazi's would light their hair on fire if cops delayed charging someone and warning public about predator— Bob Loblaw (@bobloblaw1717) January 22, 2015
41 | jaunte Jan 21, 2015 9:12:44pm |
42 | WhatEVs Jan 21, 2015 9:13:58pm |
re: #38 darthstar
That’s tragic.
When guns are used, nothing ever comes of it. Fear of the NRA.
But have a miscarriage and it’s time to investigate fetuscide.
The hold guns have over us is insane. Absolutely insane.
43 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 9:14:33pm |
re: #36 WhatEVs
Stunning! The one you posted last night made me drool. It was that gorgeous.
Tell her I have major talent envy.
I’ll pass that along gladly along with the compliments from other folks!
44 | RealityBasedSteve Jan 21, 2015 9:15:26pm |
re: #33 CuriousLurker
About an hour ago I was going through my Google alerts and saw a wingnut article about “Muslim privilege”. I was like, “LOL wut?”
Yep, apparently POTUS is using his crypto-Muslim powers to protect & promote Islam at the expense of the real victims (white, christian men, naturally). They seem to have convinced themselves that these things are really & truly happening and they’re now a persecuted minority.
I kid you not: donotlink.com
Enough with the loonies for one day. O_o
G’nite, lizards.
Not quite the exact same thing, but closely relates…. Sandy Rios (who’s a wacko by any measure, and also president of the Culture Campaign PAC, Fox New Contributor and Townhall contributor) says that “Obama Used Islamic Subliminal Messages In The State Of The Union”…. Her ‘proof’, and I’m not making this up, is that he used the word “pillar” to describe the foundations of American Leadership. Know who else uses the term pillars… Muslims. There’s your proof. Don’t try to argue with it… it will just make your head hurt and one eye will slowly rotate in a counter-clockwise direction independent of the other one.
RBS
45 | Viscous Obama Jan 21, 2015 9:15:51pm |
46 | jaunte Jan 21, 2015 9:16:01pm |
“The gun was secured in the drawer.”
“The gun was secured in the refrigerator.”
“The gun was secured under the bed.”
“The gun was secured in his underpants.”
47 | WhatEVs Jan 21, 2015 9:17:56pm |
re: #46 jaunte
If anyone involved was accidentally shot it wasn’t “secured” anything. It was unsecured, accessible, available. It was the anti-secured.
48 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 9:18:55pm |
49 | jaunte Jan 21, 2015 9:21:31pm |
re: #47 WhatEVs
“The family was getting ready to leave home in the father’s car, when Kaleb [2 years old] got into the vehicle, where the gun was in the glove box. Kaleb found the weapon and shot himself in the chest.”
50 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 9:24:12pm |
Current retweet count:
UpChuck’s $200 bounty: 10
Charles’s screenshot of the tweet: 285
51 | WhatEVs Jan 21, 2015 9:24:31pm |
re: #49 jaunte
“The family was getting ready to leave home in the father’s car, when Kaleb [2 years old] got into the vehicle, where the gun was in the glove box. Kaleb found the weapon and shot himself in the chest.”
So a 2 year old wasn’t looked in a car seat, had access to an unlocked glove box, and boom! (literally).
Joyousness.
52 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 9:26:13pm |
Aw SNAP! Retweeted by @pattonoswalt.
Chuck Johnson and Newt Gingrich both have faces on which their features fled inwards, in shame— Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) January 22, 2015
53 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 9:27:25pm |
re: #44 RealityBasedSteve
So, a pillar of the community is really a Muslim? Who knew?
54 | RealityBasedSteve Jan 21, 2015 9:31:54pm |
re: #53 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
So, a pillar of the community is really a Muslim? Who knew?
I also appear to have some apple - cinnamon scented Muslims in my bedroom… all this time I thought they were just candles.
RBS
55 | RealityBasedSteve Jan 21, 2015 9:36:36pm |
56 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 21, 2015 9:39:27pm |
re: #49 jaunte
“The family was getting ready to leave home in the father’s car, when Kaleb [2 years old] got into the vehicle, where the gun was in the glove box. Kaleb found the weapon and shot himself in the chest.”
According to the deputies on scene the weapon was a .380 caliber. There is only one revolver made in that caliber, the rest of the weapons using it are semi-automatic pistols. That suggests to me that the weapon was not only loaded, it was cocked with a round under the hammer. A weapon in that state, left adrift in the glove box, would have discharged sooner or later. It’s tragic that a child had to die because his parents were so cavalier with a deadly weapon.
57 | CleverToad Jan 21, 2015 9:44:12pm |
re: #34 A Cranky One
Oooh! The pieced design is very cool and that cloud/flower quilting pattern is incredibly intricate. Admires greatly.
Are you folks anywhere near Colorado? Sometime in July 2015 should be the biennial Capitol Quilt Show — quilts on display on three floors of the State Capitol building. It’s impressive, even if you don’t quilt.
58 | Chez Ko Pe Jan 21, 2015 9:50:07pm |
Happy hunting.
There are lifelong Misandry-is-Real-shrieking douchebros reading that, removing their trilbys, and backing slowly away.
59 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 9:50:43pm |
re: #57 CleverToad
Oooh! The pieced design is very cool and that cloud/flower quilting pattern is incredibly intricate. Admires greatly.
Are you folks anywhere near Colorado? Sometime in July 2015 should be the biennial Capitol Quilt Show — quilts on display on three floors of the State Capitol building. It’s impressive, even if you don’t quilt.
First, thanks. I’ll let her know!
Second, now I’m doomed. She’s been bugging me to take some vacation (we are near Chicago) and my sister lives near Denver. Ruh-roh. ;)
60 | De Kolta Chair Jan 21, 2015 9:53:22pm |
NY Times reporting Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said. The case is likely to throw Albany into disarray at the beginning of a new session.
61 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Jan 21, 2015 9:54:09pm |
re: #55 RealityBasedSteve
Well gang, I’m off to bed. All I can say is that it is my most devout wish that CCJ reaps exactly what he has sown.
Seconded, and good night as well.
62 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 9:54:32pm |
re: #59 A Cranky One
First, thanks. I’ll let her know!
Second, now I’m doomed. She’s been bugging me to take some vacation (we are near Chicago) and my sister lives near Denver. Ruh-roh. ;)
There are worse places to vacation than Colorado.
Especially if you like beer at all.
63 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 9:55:51pm |
re: #62 klystron
There are worse places to vacation than Colorado.
Especially if you like beer at all.
Or cannabis!
64 | Kragar Jan 21, 2015 9:56:39pm |
He'll find evidence the rape kit contains different sized pixels @goddamnedfrank @ChuckCJohnson— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 22, 2015
65 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 10:00:19pm |
re: #62 klystron
There are worse places to vacation than Colorado.
Especially if you like beer at all.
Just beer? All seriousness aside, my sister and her husband are retired and have a very nice place with lots of room. Went to visit them a couple of years ago and had a great time, doing some driving and hiking in the mountains. Only issue was that my wife really wanted to try the train for the return trip. Let’s just say that flat fields and cows get boring as scenery after the first 16 hours or so…;)
66 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:01:53pm |
re: #65 A Cranky One
Just beer? All seriousness aside, my sister and her husband are retired and have a very nice place with lots of room. Went to visit them a couple of years ago and had a great time, doing some driving and hiking in the mountains. Only issue was that my wife really wanted to try the train for the return trip. Let’s just say that flat fields and cows get boring as scenery after the first 16 hours or so…;)
Ah, see, that was your mistake. If you do the train from Denver, you have to do it west.
In fact, I highly recommend it that way.
67 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 10:08:14pm |
re: #66 klystron
Ah, see, that was your mistake. If you do the train from Denver, you have to do it west.
In fact, I highly recommend it that way.
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I always did have a terrible sense of direction!
It might be fun to head to Denver, visit and then take a trip west and sight-see before returning. Darn it, you folks are a bad influence! My corporate masters want the nose to the grindstone.///
68 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:10:52pm |
re: #67 A Cranky One
I always did have a terrible sense of direction!
It might be fun to head to Denver, visit and then take a trip west and sight-see before returning. Darn it, you folks are a bad influence! My corporate masters want the nose to the grindstone.///
I am a horrible influence when it comes to travel.
I blame mr. klys. We’ve done a reasonable amount of driving in CO and WY, and definitely more at points further west (based in CA). We have a little teardrop trailer, so we like road trips, although this year it might be a short one in favor of Iceland. We’re still sorting out details. (He is off to the UK on business next week, sigh. I wanted to do the UK but he didn’t want to use vacation. He owes me good gin.)
Yellowstone! If you haven’t done Yellowstone yet that is mandatory.
69 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 10:11:52pm |
re: #66 klystron
De Beque Canyon, just west of Grand Junction.
There’s 20 more hours of train ride to California from this spot.
71 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:14:28pm |
re: #69 teleskiguy
De Beque Canyon, just west of Grand Junction.
There’s 20 more hours of train ride to California from this spot.
Yep. And if you are on the train on Thanksgiving, you hit it just as the sun is setting. And then you can have Thanksgiving dinner on the train, as is right and proper, and there’s nobody else to bother you in the observation car, and it’s perfect.
Two years ago, that’s what we did. Sigh.
72 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:15:40pm |
Sigh, Oakland.
#BREAKING: #Oakland police working simultaneous multiple shooting locations with multiple victims.— KTVU (@KTVU) January 22, 2015
74 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 10:19:08pm |
re: #71 klystron
I knew it! I’ve acquired an ability to look at pictures of places in Colorado and know where the picture was taken. A lifetime of residency and recreation in the state will do that to a guy.
I did that same train ride when I was 21. I rode the train from Glenwood Springs, CO to the Bay Area. My sister picked me up and I spent the next week in the Bay Area. My sister even took me to Napa Valley. It was my 21st birthday present from my sister.
I flew back, BTW.
75 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:21:12pm |
re: #74 teleskiguy
I knew it! I’ve acquired an ability to look at pictures of places in Colorado and know where the picture was taken. A lifetime of residency and recreation in the state will do that to a guy.
I did that same train ride when I was 21. I rode the train from Glenwood Springs, CO to the Bay Area. My sister picked me up and I spent the next week in the Bay Area. My sister even took me to Napa Valley. It was my 21st birthday present from my sister.
I flew back, BTW.
We flew out for it and took the train to Glenwood Springs for a few days before continuing on to CA. At some point we’d like to do the Coast Starlight down to LA, then LA to Chicago, then Chicago to Seattle, and then Seattle back here.
You have to have the right mindset for train travel though, which involves not necessarily moving fast all the time and no firm schedule. AND YAY SAN JOSE WINS OVER THE KINGS BWAHAHAHAHA. I mean. Ahem. We got lucky when we went down to Paso Robles in early November and our train down was on time, but our train back ended up getting in 6 hours late.
76 | Chez Ko Pe Jan 21, 2015 10:22:25pm |
77 | Amory Blaine Jan 21, 2015 10:25:44pm |
The Koch brothers are bored in deep here in Wisconsin.
Americans for Prosperity working with Donovan to derail streetcar plan.
Americans for Prosperity, a political arm of the billionaire Koch brothers, has been working with Ald. Bob Donovan to force Milwaukee to hold a binding referendum on the proposed downtown streetcar project, the organization’s state director said Wednesday.
“We have field staff in Milwaukee,” David Fladeboe said.
The Milwaukee staff is being paid, Fladeboe said, but “we’re not funding anything.”
Americans for Prosperity’s involvement, first reported by the website Urban Milwaukee, came as the Milwaukee Common Council on Wednesday voted 10-5 to back the $124 million streetcar project — but to delay final approval until Feb. 10.
The delay is to give United for Milwaukee, an organization led by Donovan and Ald. Joe Davis, a chance to collect the 31,000 signatures needed under the state’s direct legislation statute to compel a binding referendum on the project.
Another flunkie
New state treasurer causes stir over global warming, New York Times
Wisconsin’s new state treasurer is making waves on an obscure state board — trying to get it to cancel its subscription to The New York Times, change its letterhead so the top administrator doesn’t appear on it anymore and make sure any references to global warming are dropped from its website.
State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk in recent months has raised issues large and small at the Board of Commissioners of Public Land, which operates a trust that provides funding for school libraries and makes loans to municipalities and school districts.
Since he was elected treasurer in November, he has sent dozens of emails and made numerous calls to get details about the board’s operations.
The situation has resulted in the board’s executive secretary, Tia Nelson, telling staff to document all contacts they’ve had with Adamczyk, which includes typing up rough transcripts of their conversations with him in some cases.
78 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 10:28:16pm |
re: #75 klystron
You have to have the right mindset for train travel though, which involves not necessarily moving fast all the time and no firm schedule.
The reason that my sister loves me and that I’ll never forget that train ride. I remember smoking a joint with some businessman from Aspen at the back of the train in the middle of the night somewhere in Utah. I remember the magnificent desolation of the scenery in Nevada.
re: #75 klystron
AND YAY SAN JOSE WINS OVER THE KINGS BWAHAHAHAHA.
My Avs beat the Bruins in a shootout tonight, so the feeling is mutual. YAY LOCAL SPORTS TEAM!
79 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:29:20pm |
re: #78 teleskiguy
My Avs beat the Bruins in a shootout tonight, so the feeling is mutual. YAY LOCAL SPORTS TEAM!
This is why I can’t rag too much on football, because I have my own vice when it comes to hockey.
Which is in general a more civilized sport, because at least we’re honest about the fights.
80 | A Cranky One Jan 21, 2015 10:31:31pm |
re: #68 klystron
I am a horrible influence when it comes to travel.
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I grew up in a military family and was fortunate to travel with them through Europe and around the country. But haven’t been to Yellowstone yet, and I know the spouse would love going back since she hasn’t been in a long while.
I was going to show her the thread to see the quilt comments but now I’m afraid. Because if she reads this far I know what the topic of future conversations is going to be. Doomed, doomed I say!
Best sign off for the night. Pleasant dreams all.
81 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:32:40pm |
re: #80 A Cranky One
Go to Yellowstone, you won’t regret it. And I have book recommendations for when you do, if you like geysers at all.
82 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 10:32:52pm |
re: #79 klystron
Hockey is definitely a more honest sport than football. And they play 82 matches as opposed to football’s 16 matches per season.
I really despise American Football these days. What a crock!
83 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 10:32:54pm |
re: #75 klystron
Amtrak seldom runs on time. Even short runs, like NY to Toronto, can be delayed by freight (which has ROW) or trouble on the ONLY line available for traffic in some places. It’s not the kind of travel for people with a strict schedule.
I did the Denver east run once, to get to Omaha. Most of it was at night. We met some interesting people in the club car to talk to and while away the hours.
84 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 10:34:38pm |
Living fossil scares bejesus out of Aussie fishermen
85 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:35:08pm |
re: #83 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Amtrak seldom runs on time. Even short runs, like NY to Toronto, can be delayed by freight (which has ROW) or trouble on the ONLY line available for traffic in some places. It’s not the kind of travel for people with a strict schedule.
I did the Denver east run once, to get to Omaha. Most of it was at night. We met some interesting people in the club car to talk to and while away the hours.
It’s on time in the northeast corridor, barring a few exceptions - which was most of my exposure in college. But they aren’t sharing the line with freight there.
I still enjoy train travel a lot. Mr. klys and I have dreams of doing from London to Tokyo via train and ferry at one point in retirement.
86 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 10:37:56pm |
re: #85 klystron
It’s on time in the northeast corridor, barring a few exceptions - which was most of my exposure in college. But they aren’t sharing the line with freight there.
I still enjoy train travel a lot. Mr. klys and I have dreams of doing from London to Tokyo via train and ferry at one point in retirement.
Check out The Man in Seat 61 seat61.com He knows stuff.
87 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 21, 2015 10:38:13pm |
re: #82 teleskiguy
I’ve shifted my interest to English Premier League football instead of the NFL for many similar reasons. I haven’t missed it.
88 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:39:14pm |
re: #86 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Check out The Man in Seat 61 seat61.com He knows stuff.
There may have been several hours wasted on that website in Key West this summer. >.>
89 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 21, 2015 10:41:46pm |
re: #83 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Amtrak seldom runs on time. Even short runs, like NY to Toronto, can be delayed by freight (which has ROW) or trouble on the ONLY line available for traffic in some places. It’s not the kind of travel for people with a strict schedule.
I did the Denver east run once, to get to Omaha. Most of it was at night. We met some interesting people in the club car to talk to and while away the hours.
Someday I want to start in Chicago and do the loop down to New Orleans to LA to Seattle and back to Chicago with lots of time (& $$$) to get off often and take lots of photographs.
90 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 10:43:19pm |
re: #89 William Barnett-Lewis
Someday I want to start in Chicago and do the loop down to New Orleans to LA to Seattle and back to Chicago with lots of time (& $$$) to get off often and take lots of photographs.
Don’t they have a USARail pass that will let you do that?
91 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 10:44:01pm |
re: #88 klystron
There may have been several hours wasted on that website in Key West this summer. >.>
Nonsense! it was research. ;-)
92 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 10:44:27pm |
re: #90 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Don’t they have a USARail pass that will let you do that?
Not like in other countries. From our friend in seat 61:
Segments: Sadly, since 2008 Amtrak’s USA railpasses no longer give unlimited travel. They only cover a maximum of 8, 12 or 18 ‘segments’ depending on your pass duration. This is the maximum number of individual train rides you can take during your 15, 30 or 45 day pass duration. A segment is one train ride on one train, so a 2-day trip counts as one segment, and so does a 30-minute one! A journey involving a change of train counts as two segments.
93 | goddamnedfrank Jan 21, 2015 10:56:36pm |
Deleted a tweet today ‘cuz it linked to biz address of Got News LLC's registered agent , yet @ChuckCJohnson is allowed to dox rape victims.— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
94 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 21, 2015 10:56:42pm |
re: #90 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Don’t they have a USARail pass that will let you do that?
If I were 20 years younger that would be very tempting. ,
95 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 21, 2015 10:58:46pm |
re: #92 klystron
Not like in other countries. From our friend in seat 61:
That’s too bad. It was an option about, um, 35 years ago, IIRC.
You’re right about the NE corridor. I’ve never had serious delays on it, despite less than ideal trackage in northern NJ. Back when I was in college, before I got a car, I went home and back via Conrail or Amtrak and the LIRR. I used to be able to recite the NJ stations in order by memory.
“Station Rahway, Rahway, next stop!”
96 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 10:59:12pm |
UpChuck is a pissant ginger mongoloid.
@ChuckCJohnson Gee, I wonder why? Maybe because she was sexually assaulted and it's becoming increasingly difficult to exact justice.— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 22, 2015
97 | klystron Jan 21, 2015 11:03:37pm |
re: #95 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
I did it between Baltimore and northern NJ to get home for breaks in college. Same amount of time on the road, except for Thanksgiving where it was a hell of a lot faster. We also do it to cover part of the trip between my folks and his over Christmas - a nice break from the relatives.
98 | teleskiguy Jan 21, 2015 11:43:21pm |
It's nuts out there. Take care of the ones you love. And never stop spreading the good word, the species depends on it.— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 22, 2015
And with that I bid the Lizards good evening.
99 | goddamnedfrank Jan 22, 2015 12:10:49am |
The whole issue in a nutshell.
Basically you’re an asshole. You dive in skeptical of a woman’s claims for political reasons. @blastdoubleleg @_sophienash @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
This is exactly what I mean. You’re an asshole. Can’t believe a woman w/out documentation. @blastdoubleleg @_sophienash @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
Of course. He’s an asshole. He doesn’t even realize how inappropriate / invasive that demand is. @_sophienash @blastdoubleleg @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
She’s saying the onus isn’t on her to prove to you she’s not some lying slut. @blastdoubleleg @_sophienash @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
Block me if you don’t like what I’m saying bro. Your implications are obvious. @blastdoubleleg @_sophienash @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
This is it in a nutshell. A woman can’t claim rape without random d-bags demanding her identity. @blastdoubleleg @_sophienash @ChuckCJohnson— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2015
100 | goddamnedfrank Jan 22, 2015 12:18:01am |
Total asshole.
@_sophienash @goddamnedfrank @ChuckCJohnson Yes i do. Just like #dukelacrosse just like #UVAHoax and i think you're lying as well— olympic wrestling (@blastdoubleleg) January 22, 2015
101 | Viscous Obama Jan 22, 2015 12:53:18am |
If Twitter hasn’t shut down a litany of ISIS linked accounts, what chance is there that they’ll care about some right wing nobody?
102 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 1:07:16am |
re: #99 goddamnedfrank
The whole issue in a nutshell.
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They always care about the “real victims”…until those victims actually speak up, then they’re always “lying.”
103 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 1:50:31am |
The real victims are white male college students who cannot engage in casual forced sexual encounters without being compelled to deal with unsavory consequences.
/
104 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 2:16:14am |
And I was being sarcastic until I ran across this article
The College Rape OvercorrectionLink
Colleges, encouraged by federal officials, are instituting solutions to sexual violence against women that abrogate the civil rights of men.
I have no problem with people engaging in casual sex, but it is foolish on anyone’s part to think that it can be free of consequences, sometimes unpleasant. And responsible people consider these consequences before hooking up.
106 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 3:20:45am |
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And I was being sarcastic until I ran across this article
The College Rape OvercorrectionLink
Colleges, encouraged by federal officials, are instituting solutions to sexual violence against women that abrogate the civil rights of men.
I have no problem with people engaging in casual sex, but it is foolish on anyone’s part to think that it can be free of consequences, sometimes unpleasant. And responsible people consider these consequences before hooking up.
You ever notice that all these sob stories from male college students seem to follow the same script? Guy just minding his own business when this hot and horny female student shows up, “one thing leads to another,” she’s practically begging him for sex, they do the deed, and then the next day she’s “crying rape” either because she’s afraid of being in trouble or because her seduction ploy didn’t work? His buddies are always there to tell reporters about how she was hot to trot, her “friends” either say she’s lying or they think she’s lying, and of course the college is out to get them.
108 | KiTA Jan 22, 2015 3:27:55am |
re: #107 Bubblehead II
Morning Lizards.
Mornin’. That Signal generator works great, and Julie wants one now. I put a 9V battery in and it’s super portable.
109 | Bubblehead II Jan 22, 2015 3:33:57am |
re: #108 KiTA
Mornin’. That Signal generator works great, and Julie wants one now. I put a 9V battery in and it’s super portable.
Mine show up yet?
110 | KiTA Jan 22, 2015 3:43:27am |
re: #109 Bubblehead II
Mine show up yet?
If it did, Tim and Lisa didn’t know about it.
Apparently MyVoice came in. Expect a 1 on 1, apparently we’re all getting them.
111 | Bubblehead II Jan 22, 2015 3:51:19am |
re: #110 KiTA
If it did, Tim and Lisa didn’t know about it.
Well hopefully it will be there when I get in tomorrow.
Apparently MyVoice came in. Expect a 1 on 1, apparently we’re all getting them.
Nothing new about that.
112 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 4:20:43am |
re: #106 Targetpractice
There is this quaint and archaic tradition known as “courtship”, which was practiced well into the second half of the 20th century on some isolated rural college campuses.
I have nothing against consensual sex between adults, or even against casual hookups, but whatever happened to taking time to get to know someone before sleeping with them?
113 | Bubblehead II Jan 22, 2015 4:25:33am |
re: #110 KiTA
If it did, Tim and Lisa didn’t know about it.
Apparently MyVoice came in. Expect a 1 on 1, apparently we’re all getting them.
Just checked the shipping update. Said it was delivered yesterday. If its not on my bench in the morning it is either stuck in admin or down in the warehouse.
114 | Decatur Deb Jan 22, 2015 4:28:32am |
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
There is this quaint and archaic tradition known as “courtship”, which was practiced well into the second half of the 20th centuries on some isolated rural college campuses.
I have nothing against consensual sex between adults, or even against casual hookups, but whatever happened to taking time to get to know someone before sleeping with them?
Required degrees of social and ideological control sufficient to overcome YA physiology. Those controls have diminished. Also, Rock n’ Roll, too.
115 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 4:35:46am |
re: #114 Decatur Deb
Required degrees of social and ideological control sufficient to overcome YA physiology. Those controls have diminished. Also, Rock n’ Roll, too.
Not all my young adult sexual liaisons were deep, meaningful or romantic, but they generally involved people I knew to some extent and had some interest in maintaining relations with.
116 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 4:39:28am |
Personally, I just marvel at how many college guys seem to always be the victim of aggressive women. In virtually every case I hear about these “victims,” they never initiate the liaison, they never have second thoughts about having sex, and they always get blindsided by rape allegations. Bonus points if they try to excuse their behavior by saying one or both sides had been drinking but were not drunk enough to impair their judgment.
117 | Decatur Deb Jan 22, 2015 4:40:41am |
re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Not all my young adult sexual liaisons were deep, meaningful or romantic, but they generally involved people I knew to some extent and had some interest in maintaining relations with.
Once kissed a girl I didn’t love, once loved a girl I didn’t kiss.
118 | CleverToad Jan 22, 2015 4:41:52am |
re: #97 klystron
Oh shoot, I had to go to bed and missed the train thread.
Trains are fun, if you have plenty of amusements and time. Have mostly done the California Zephyr between Denver and Omaha to the east, Glenwood Springs and once to Reno in the west. Would love to do the Pacific coast run one of these decades.
Yellowstone is a must-see, at least once on your bucket list.
Colorado has lots of craft beer, starting on craft whiskey, and lots and lots of pot stores. (Which I’ve never been in, actually, but I’m cheering on the industry.)
And mountains. Lovely mountains.
If you’ve been tempted sufficiently by the inducements offered by the various Lizardim, tell Mrs. Cranky to watch the website for the Colorado Quilt Council. The dates for the Capitol show haven’t been announced yet, just ‘July 2015’ so far, but I’m sure the planning is well underway.
(Ooh, I’m a Bad Influence! Giggles madly and sneaks off to work…)
119 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 4:41:55am |
You can’t make this stuff up:
One Jew attacks another Jew for wearing a kippah in Boulder, CO bar.
120 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 4:42:18am |
re: #117 Decatur Deb
Once kissed a girl I didn’t love, once loved a girl I didn’t kiss.
You very nicely sum up the fact that human interactions, especially sexual interactions, are much to complicated to discuss in the form of Tweets and bullet points.
121 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 4:46:11am |
re: #119 The Vicious Babushka
You can’t make this stuff up:
One Jew attacks another Jew for wearing a kippah in Boulder, CO bar.
I hold every Jew in the world responsible for the actions of both these men.
/
122 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 4:46:50am |
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I hold every Jew in the world responsible for the actions of both these men.
/
Two Jews and a Muslim walk into a bar…
123 | Decatur Deb Jan 22, 2015 4:47:41am |
124 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 4:49:30am |
125 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 4:49:49am |
126 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 4:51:13am |
re: #122 The Vicious Babushka
Two Jews and a Muslim walk into a bar…
You’d think one of them would have seen it.
127 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 4:56:54am |
128 | Decatur Deb Jan 22, 2015 4:57:11am |
Near dawn, 48 degrees in Baja Alabama. Off to walk the dog.
129 | GlutenFreeJesus Jan 22, 2015 5:04:54am |
re: #118 CleverToad
Grandma used to take the California Zephyr from Chicago to Iowa all the time. It wasn’t always on schedule due to rock slides out west though. I like that choo-choo.
130 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 5:09:20am |
The last time I rode on a train, in 2004, was VIARail from Windsor to Toronto. It took over 6 hours and wasn’t all that scenic.
It takes less time than that to drive, and you have a car when you get there.
131 | GlutenFreeJesus Jan 22, 2015 5:13:08am |
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Courtship today: “Nice boobs. DTF?”
132 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 5:17:59am |
133 | Decatur Deb Jan 22, 2015 5:37:12am |
re: #130 The Vicious Babushka
The last time I rode on a train, in 2004, was VIARail from Windsor to Toronto. It took over 6 hours and wasn’t all that scenic.
It takes less time than that to drive, and you have a car when you get there.
Wife and I looked into Canadian rail from Toronto to Vancouver, just for the ride. It looked great, very scenic, and completely accessible. It was pretty pricey, though, about the same as air to Venice.
134 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 5:41:03am |
re: #133 Decatur Deb
Wife and I looked into Canadian rail from Toronto to Vancouver, just for the ride. It looked great, very scenic, and completely accessible. It was pretty pricey, though, about the same as air to Venice.
I took the California Zephyr from Flagstaff, Arizona to Chicago and back in 1981. The way out was awesome: sunrise across the Painted Desert, sunset in the Colorado Rockies, we slept through the Great Plains, woke up in time to cross the Mississippi…
The way back was just the opposite, all we got was miles and miles of Iowa, Nebraska and Eastern Colorado.
135 | nkdee Jan 22, 2015 5:43:08am |
I know next to nothing about twitter. Can it be overloaded and thus shut down if there are, say, thousands of bogus names sent to Chuckie? If I were to send him “Edwina Karpovskistan” or “Elenor Krupke” or any number of fake names would his twitter account be so full or would he just whine that people were making his work as a “journalist” WAY to difficult?
136 | Dr. Matt Jan 22, 2015 5:44:08am |
I can’t imagine Chuck’s wife is aware to what level her pig of husband sinks to on a daily basis.
137 | Dr. Matt Jan 22, 2015 5:45:59am |
re: #122 The Vicious Babushka
Two Jews and a Muslim walk into a bar…
…..and no ones order a drink because they are all strict fundamentalists?
138 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 5:46:51am |
re: #137 Dr. Matt
…..and neither order a drink because they are both strick fundamentalists?
The Juice can order adult beverages and the Muslim can order a soft drink.
139 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 5:47:33am |
re: #122 The Vicious Babushka
Two Jews and a Muslim walk into a bar…
…and turn right back around because it is a no-go area.
140 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 5:50:47am |
re: #27 goddamnedfrank
There is a backlog of DNA testing on rape kits because the money isn’t there to get them done in a timely fashion. Some states have moved to clear the backlog faster than others, but it’s still a national problem. You did more journalism in a few tweets than Chuckles has done in trying to doxx yet another person.
Here’s the facts. Only three states require local law enforcement to count and keep track of untested kits.
n the past, the federal government estimated that hundreds of thousands of rape kits sit untested in police and crime storage facilities across the country in what is known as the rape kit backlog. Each kit represents a lost opportunity to bring healing and justice to a survivor of sexual violence.
We cannot be sure of the total number of untested kits nationwide because most jurisdictions do not have systems for tracking or counting rape kits. Only three states—Illinois, Texas and Colorado—require law enforcement agencies to count, track and test their untested kits. There is no federal law mandating a nationwide movement toward tracking and testing rape kits, despite efforts by some members of Congress to pass such legislation.
Jurisdictions often cite lack of resources and personnel as the largest barrier to processing more rape kits. Another, less frequently acknowledged, cause of the backlog is unwillingness among many law enforcement agencies to prioritize and dedicate sufficient resources to sexual assault cases.
Lack of money and lack of personnel to process the kits. So they sit. And rapists remain at large.
Add to that the fact that some law enforcement still don’t take rape victims’ statements and claims seriously, so even more incidents fall through the cracks.
All Chuckles can do is poop all over the victims. It’s all he does. It’s all he ever does. No compassion. No empathy. Just single minded determination to prove whatever nonsensical point he’s making - which is usually wrong or completely off-topic (but is guaranteed to get attention, which is his ultimate goal).
141 | Dr. Matt Jan 22, 2015 5:50:55am |
Watch the whole video…..
ICYMI: An Australian Open ball boy was hit with the ball in the worst possible spot. #SCNotTop10 VIDEO: http://t.co/rko26ZIZ5w
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 22, 2015
142 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 5:51:27am |
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I hold every Jew in the world responsible for the actions of both these men.
/
Two Jews. Three opinions? /
143 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 5:52:27am |
144 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 6:04:07am |
So, the massive fire in Edgewater NJ is still not yet out; more than 400 people have been displaced and the investigation is still in the earliest stages. The cause isn’t yet known, though I’ve seen some reports that it was the result of a plumber’s blowtorch doing a repair on one of the units.
All I know is that a fire should have been contained to one unit (or at least a couple of adjacent units. Instead, the fire swept through the entire complex. Yet, there’s reports saying that the complex was equipped with fire sprinklers. Something just doesn’t add up here.
Officials said the building was equipped with sprinklers and it was unclear why the flames spread so quickly in the 175-unit building, one of two at the complex.
Hundreds of firefighters from Bergen, Union and Hudson counties were on scene battling the blaze, one of the most destructive in the county’s history. Fire boats from New York City and Jersey City also responded to ferry water to fire crews, the mayor said.
There were injuries to some pets at the building, according to the mayor. Bergen County Humane Law Enforcement officers were at the scene tending to the animals and a representative could not immediately say how many pets were removed from the building.
The cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation, said Bergen County Executive James Tedesco, who joined McPartland at the scene.
145 | Sionainn Jan 22, 2015 6:08:24am |
re: #34 A Cranky One
OT, but I’ve got a couple of photos of a quilt my spouse did for my daughter. I’ll post a few more as time permits, since folks seemed interested.
Did find out the previously posted quilt was from a pattern. I’ll try to find pics of a couple of her designs.
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Oh, that’s beautiful. I haven’t attempted a mariner’s compass type block because I know how hard it is to get those points done right.
146 | Shvaughn Jan 22, 2015 6:10:43am |
God, Chuck is really gross and awful.
Yeah, I know I’m late to the party in this thread.
147 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 6:15:24am |
.@Green_Footballs @twitter @Support @safety: @ChuckCJohnson repeatedly violates Twitter TOS, gets revolving door suspensions. It's BS!— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 22, 2015
148 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 6:16:35am |
re: #144 lawhawk
Sprinklers were working during Edgewater apartment fire, but flames infiltrated ceilings & floors, fire chief says http://t.co/o2HSQgJlZe— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) January 22, 2015
149 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 6:19:42am |
re:
#3
Meanwhile,
NEW YORK — New York City’s jails commissioner has fired five guards and a captain for the 2012 beating of a handcuffed Rikers Island inmate.
Joseph Ponte says in a statement Wednesday that most correction officers perform their jobs with integrity. He says there is “no room for this type of behavior on Rikers.”
Jail investigators found Robert Hinton suffered a broken nose and other injuries for refusing to be escorted in a now-shuttered solitary confinement dorm for mentally ill inmates.
They said guards fabricated a story that the 27-year-old man put one of them in a chokehold to justify the use-of-force.
The NYT story was even more graphic. They hogtied/cuffed this guy and beat him bloody, broke his nose and vertebrae. In another incident officers at Rikers got a prisoner into a space without a security camera and beat him to the point blood sprayed on the walls.
Sickening stuff. Glad DeBlasio is trying to clean things up.
150 | darthstar Jan 22, 2015 6:20:41am |
Secret meeting about 2 backfire on Boehner> Mossad has broken w/Netanyahu on Iran, adding fuel to fire in Washington http://t.co/x3zOIkuksG— PragmaticObotsUnite (@PragObots) January 22, 2015
151 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 6:21:32am |
Mike Huckabee says he played a clean cut of a dirty Ted Nugent song, forgets there's video http://t.co/hWyvZYsaTb— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 22, 2015
152 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 6:23:47am |
NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been an Albany fixture for 2+ decades. He was Speaker back when I was working in the legislature. And he’s survived and thrived despite multiple scandals. But this is one scandal too far.
New York state assembly speaker surrenders to FBI http://t.co/pHWUMbR2jg
He’s being charged with corruption over payments from one law firm (he is of counsel with another firm too).
I’ve been saying for years that the legislature should stop being a part time gig; they pay full time wages ($79,500, plus perks on position). Yet, they allow members to work elsewhere - like law firms, and can serve up conflicts of interest in no time. Eliminate the outside work, and you eliminate a major source of conflicts of interest.
Silver has stood against those reforms for years, in part because he benefited from the status quo arrangement. According to the NYT:
While it is legal for lawmakers to hold outside jobs, investigators said Mr. Silver failed to list the payments from the firm, Goldberg & Iryami, on his annual financial disclosure filings with the state.
In the past, Mr. Silver has been criticized for his outside law practice, a lucrative career that supplements the $121,000 he earns as speaker.
In 2013, Mr. Silver earned at least $650,000 in legal income, including work for the personal injury law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, according to his most recent financial disclosure filing.
But what he does to earn that income has long been a mystery in Albany, and Mr. Silver has refused to provide details about his work.
He also managed to survive threats to his speakership when there were multiple sexual harassment/sexual assault cases that his office bungled/fumbled/buried. His actions in those cases should have been grounds for his caucus to send him packing, but he used divide and conquer to split the caucus from picking a replacement.
But he couldn’t outrun federal prosecutor Preet Bharara. He’s managed to do more to roll up corruption in Albany than Gov. Cuomo’s defanged Moreland Commission. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I suspect there’s lots more to come.
153 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 6:25:05am |
re:
#151
Well, if he had to play a clean version of the song, doesn’t that sort of beg the question? Why is he hanging out with and seemingly condoning someone who’s music needs to be sanitized?
154 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 6:27:01am |
re:
#152
Wow. Not surprising, given the reputation the NY legislature has had for decades. But still..
155 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 6:27:18am |
re: #153 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#151Well, if he had to play a clean version of the song, doesn’t that sort of beg the question? Why is he hanging out with and seemingly condoning someone who’s music needs to be sanitized?
Likely because he figures the people in the early primaries who matter either A) love Nugent and/or his music or B) think the “moral guardians” are raising a fuss over nothing.
156 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 6:27:24am |
re: #150 darthstar
The whole Mossad angle is interesting. In the past, the Mossad has stayed in the shadows and nonpolitical. But this is a huge departure to openly disagree with the PM on a foreign policy/diplomatic posture.
Netenyahu figures that going to Congress to talk will help with his reelection chances. The latest polling had been finding his party running neck and neck with the opposition in Labor/Hatnuah. But now that Mossad has come out and said that this isn’t a good idea might shift the outcome of the election even further towards the opposition.
It’s revealing as to the backroom dealings with the Netenyahu govt and what they’re willing to do to stay in office, even if it undermines efforts to reign in Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
157 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 6:29:06am |
re: #153 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#151Well, if he had to play a clean version of the song, doesn’t that sort of beg the question? Why is he hanging out with and seemingly condoning someone who’s music needs to be sanitized?
It’s more likely that he didn’t understand the meaning of Cat Scratch Fever. I mean all that talk about pussy and such…zoom!, right over his head. //
158 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 6:31:38am |
Did you know? If ALL kids learned to read, 171M fewer ppl would live in poverty. That's Spain, Italy & UK combined! pic.twitter.com/j2wUDsSOJP— Malala Fund (@MalalaFund) January 22, 2015
159 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 6:33:01am |
re: #157 WhatEVs
It’s more likely that he didn’t understand the meaning of Cat Scratch Fever. I mean all that talk about pussy and such…zoom!, right over his head. //
Family pets, family values…
160 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 6:34:22am |
re: #156 lawhawk
The whole Mossad angle is interesting. In the past, the Mossad has stayed in the shadows and nonpolitical. But this is a huge departure to openly disagree with the PM on a foreign policy/diplomatic posture.
Netenyahu figures that going to Congress to talk will help with his reelection chances. The latest polling had been finding his party running neck and neck with the opposition in Labor/Hatnuah. But now that Mossad has come out and said that this isn’t a good idea might shift the outcome of the election even further towards the opposition.
It’s revealing as to the backroom dealings with the Netenyahu govt and what they’re willing to do to stay in office, even if it undermines efforts to reign in Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
I’ve seen the suggest put out there that the best thing that the President could do in response to this latest ploy by the GOP is just to refuse to meet with Bibi while he’s in town. That by slamming the door in his face publicly, a message will be sent to Israeli voters that Netanyahu is endangering US-Israeli relations with his warmongering BS. Sure, the wingnuts will go apeshit and the pundits will opine at length about how this makes the President look “anti-Israeli,” but what’s the alternative? A very frosty reception where both sides mime cordial relations when in reality one is using the other to improve his chances at reelection?
161 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 6:37:23am |
re:
#155
B) think the “moral guardians” are raising a fuss over nothing.
Although Huck wants to be regarded as one of those moral guardians when it suits him. Has made a career of it, actually. Wingnuts can be kind of funny that way.
162 | Decatur Deb Jan 22, 2015 6:38:01am |
From a Gawker site: CCJ has a couple (twins) who are strongly similar to his shtick, but with a Weather Service fetish. They’ve apparently been at it for 12 years. (There’s also a touch of Barrett Brown in there.)
The video is important, as well as the comments.
163 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 6:43:17am |
re: #160 Targetpractice
I’ve seen the suggest put out there that the best thing that the President could do in response to this latest ploy by the GOP is just to refuse to meet with Bibi while he’s in town. That by slamming the door in his face publicly, a message will be sent to Israeli voters that Netanyahu is endangering US-Israeli relations with his warmongering BS. Sure, the wingnuts will go apeshit and the pundits will opine at length about how this makes the President look “anti-Israeli,” but what’s the alternative? A very frosty reception where both sides mime cordial relations when in reality one is using the other to improve his chances at reelection?
I don’t think that’s the wisest course. Let the President meet with Bibi. Have it done in private. No public pomp and circumstances. The GOP will go nuts no matter what the President says or does, even if the US gives Israel billions more for anti-missile defense systems. The President could simply say that he’s not going to meddle in the internal politics of a near-dear ally like Israel, so saying/doing more than that would be inappropriate. Israel’s electorate will make the decision as they see fit, and the US will not meddle in the outcome. The GOP will, of course, claim that by not meddling, the US is meddling.
164 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 6:45:10am |
re: #159 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Family pets, family values…
As long as the kiddies aren’t torturing and killing those family pets. But Mikey wouldn’t know anything about that, right? His kid would never, ever do something that awful (unless it was preparation for how to treat them poors when said kid runs for elected office, following in daddy’s footsteps).
165 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 6:57:58am |
re: #163 lawhawk
I don’t think that’s the wisest course. Let the President meet with Bibi. Have it done in private. No public pomp and circumstances. The GOP will go nuts no matter what the President says or does, even if the US gives Israel billions more for anti-missile defense systems. The President could simply say that he’s not going to meddle in the internal politics of a near-dear ally like Israel, so saying/doing more than that would be inappropriate. Israel’s electorate will make the decision as they see fit, and the US will not meddle in the outcome. The GOP will, of course, claim that by not meddling, the US is meddling.
Thing is, Bibi is a willing participant in this whole affair, it’s not as though he’s been snookered into accepting an invitation by the GOP. The man should be treated as an uninvited guest by the White House, not taken in so he can pose for a few photos and project the illusion that relations between him and the President are at least cordial. Even make a public statement that they don’t wish to present the image of meddling in Israeli political affairs by meeting with Netanyahu when he is the guest of the GOP, not of the President.
166 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 6:59:21am |
re: #164 WhatEVs
As long as the kiddies aren’t torturing and killing those family pets. But Mikey wouldn’t know anything about that, right? His kid would never, ever do something that awful (unless it was preparation for how to treat them poors when said kid runs for elected office, following in daddy’s footsteps).
“That dog was gay!”
167 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 7:01:23am |
Good day!
Well, it was good before I read this thread.
I am now at the point where even seeing the small image of Chuck C. on his stupid tweets makes me want to hurl random objects. He cannot be taken down fast enough. Just. Go. Away.
168 | Bubblehead II Jan 22, 2015 7:02:06am |
Jon Stewart destroys GOP’s #SOTU responses: ‘How many f*cking people are at this tea party?’ http://t.co/rtuJQf0WVm pic.twitter.com/83IrNUwp1w
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 22, 2015
169 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 7:05:45am |
Ah, Charles Pierce’s piece on Rick Santorum’s “sometimes very difficult to listen to” tirade about the pope.
Read the comments. Hysterical. I think the Wonkette crowd intersects with Pierce’s followers.
My fav comment:
“Sometimes very difficult to listen to Santorum—is that his real name?— and some of the things he says off the cuff, and this is one of them,” Pope Francis said. “When he he stops being a dick, I’ll certainly pay attention,” the Pontiff continued. “But when he speaks in interviews, he’s giving his own asshat opinions, which I certainly will listen to, but from my perspective, he’s a walking Exhibit A for the idea that people shouldn’t be fruitful and multiply, and that people should be open to the notion that they may be such a loser as to not bear children, particularly when the child might think and act like them. Doubling down on stupid is not a core value of the faith and of the Catholic Church.”
170 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 7:06:51am |
re: #168 Bubblehead II
”“‘Liberal elites’?” the host scoffed. “You’re a doctor and a senator, with a 12-term congressman father and a first name synonymous with a Russian novelist. That’s pretty f*cking elite. So I guess the smear here is ‘liberal.’”“
171 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 7:11:27am |
Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are meeting privately in Utah today http://t.co/R4bMwfp444— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 22, 2015
Two RINOs enter! One RINO leaves!
172 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 7:12:29am |
re: #171 Targetpractice
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Two RINOs enter! One RINO leaves!
Maybe they’re discussing whether it’s a vote winner to go onstage with Ted Nugent and sing about fingering women’s vaginas.
173 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 7:14:35am |
re: #172 iossarian
Maybe they’re discussing whether it’s a vote winner to go onstage with Ted Nugent and sing about fingering women’s vaginas.
Pet Rack Fever
174 | wrenchwench Jan 22, 2015 7:15:30am |
This is awesome: Cheers erupt in Virginia Senate as anti-DREAM Act bill fails. http://t.co/2OoWTUrMaf— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 22, 2015
175 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 7:17:38am |
re: #163 lawhawk
I don’t think that’s the wisest course. Let the President meet with Bibi. Have it done in private. No public pomp and circumstances. The GOP will go nuts no matter what the President says or does, even if the US gives Israel billions more for anti-missile defense systems. The President could simply say that he’s not going to meddle in the internal politics of a near-dear ally like Israel, so saying/doing more than that would be inappropriate. Israel’s electorate will make the decision as they see fit, and the US will not meddle in the outcome. The GOP will, of course, claim that by not meddling, the US is meddling.
I disagree. Netanyahu was invited by the Congressional GOP, not the president. Bibi’s visit has everything to do with derailing the painstaking progress we’ve managed to make in relations with Iran and nothing to do with what’s best for the region or for the US. If Obama meets with him under these circumstances he’ll appear to be validating the Congressional GOP’s attempts to meddle in foreign policy. The last thing I’d want to see is the GOP fucking that up like they fuck up everything else that they touch.
176 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 7:20:40am |
re: #172 iossarian
Blech. That’s a mental image I did not need. (shudder)
177 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 7:22:25am |
re: #173 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Pet Rack Fever
“Just clearin’ some brush here.”
178 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 7:24:31am |
re: #176 WhatEVs
Blech. That’s a mental image I did not need. (shudder)
Sorry to be crude. I think it’s worthwhile to hammer on this point though. These straight white god-fearin’ dudes are all about family values and “black thugs are so morally corrupt” but then if there’s a vote in it they’re up on stage crooning about how they got STDs by screwing a bunch of loose women.
It’s bizarre even beyond the surface hypocrisy.
179 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 7:27:31am |
re: #171 Targetpractice
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Two RINOs enter! One RINO leaves!
“Heads I win, tails you lose.”
“No. Heads I win, tails you lose.”
“I said it first.”
“So what, I have more money than you do.”
“My daddy and my brother were both presidents.”
“Doesn’t count.”
“Does so.”
“Does not…”
180 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 7:31:31am |
re: #178 iossarian
Oh, please, be as crude as you want. I don’t care about that. It’s not that what you wrote was crude, it was putting those two in the picture. It was not like thinking about mommy and daddy doing the deed. It was more like thinking about grandma and grandpa getting it on.
Come to think of it, I pretty much have that reaction to those two no matter what they’re doing. :-)
182 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 7:35:21am |
So if Bonehead has Netanyahu address Congress in a special session, do the Democratic members even need to show up? I would think having no Democrats at the session would send a pretty strong message, and might get the point across without the President even being involved.
183 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 7:35:23am |
re: #181 lawhawk
Thunderdome.
The Bush/Romney meeting is one of those rare instances when it’s absolutely safe to say that no good will come of this.
184 | Dr. Matt Jan 22, 2015 7:36:28am |
Even if the Huckster played a “clean version” of Nugent’s song (which he didn’t), he still appeared on stage with an admitted pedophile and draft dodger.
185 | Timothy Watson Jan 22, 2015 7:37:25am |
re: #151 Targetpractice
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What’s with the GOP and their affection for pants shitters?
186 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 7:37:49am |
re: #40 goddamnedfrank
Yep, a huge dick. Just gonna mute in Tweetdeck.
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No, we are lighting our hair on fire precisely because this doesn’t happen. And it never happened before we got pissed-off enough to make it happen.
187 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 7:38:22am |
188 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 7:39:34am |
re: #187 FemNaziBitch
Watch: Vigilante White Guy Tackles Black Man Licensed to Carry a Gun
Florida.
Florida Man strikes again. Hope he gets done for assault.
189 | Rocky-in-Connecticut Jan 22, 2015 7:40:04am |
this lunatic’s last step before suicide will be to publish the name and all available lifetime activity and info of the girl who turned down his advances in 10th grade.
The level of hatred for women in this guy I have never seen before- at least someone who isn’t already dead or in prison.
190 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 7:41:37am |
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
Three opinions per Jew
Don’t they first have to debate for a year or two on the meaning of “per”?
191 | nearly-headless smith25 Jan 22, 2015 7:42:05am |
Kentucky Democratic icon Wendell Ford dead at age 90 http://t.co/s6L6oXQGFh
— heraldleader (@heraldleader) January 22, 2015
Man oh man…
192 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 7:42:11am |
Here is my Field of Fucks for Domino’s, the guy who built the only town in America ruled by Sharia Church Law.
Domino’s Gets a Little Slice of Hell Trying to Comply with ‘Unworkable’ New Obamacare Regulation http://t.co/jN3yNcM503 #tcot— Bossy Brat (@JGalt9) January 22, 2015
193 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 7:42:57am |
re: #140 lawhawk
There is a backlog of DNA testing on rape kits because the money isn’t there to get them done in a timely fashion. Some states have moved to clear the backlog faster than others, but it’s still a national problem. You did more journalism in a few tweets than Chuckles has done in trying to doxx yet another person.
Here’s the facts. Only three states require local law enforcement to count and keep track of untested kits.
Lack of money and lack of personnel to process the kits. So they sit. And rapists remain at large.
Add to that the fact that some law enforcement still don’t take rape victims’ statements and claims seriously, so even more incidents fall through the cracks.
All Chuckles can do is poop all over the victims. It’s all he does. It’s all he ever does. No compassion. No empathy. Just single minded determination to prove whatever nonsensical point he’s making - which is usually wrong or completely off-topic (but is guaranteed to get attention, which is his ultimate goal).
All the more reason to make rape a federal crime. WE uniform standards and too many sexual assault crimes involve either victims or criminals who cross state lines.
194 | Feline Fearless Leader Jan 22, 2015 7:43:14am |
re: #188 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Florida Man strikes again. Hope he gets done for assault.
Article says that he was arrested and charged with battery.
195 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 7:43:51am |
Feb. 11th, 2015: Israeli Premier Netanyahu addresses Congress.
Feb.12th, 2015: Congress passes bill directing the president to hasten the End Times.
196 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 7:44:22am |
Well, this is a kinda important Page.
See some of the links below, there was a shot series given in the 60’s that proved ineffective - if you received that shot, you don’t have immunity.
197 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 7:45:29am |
re: #192 The Vicious Babushka
Here is my Field of Fucks for Domino’s, the guy who built the only town in America ruled by
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There are no end of easy workarounds for that, they are just whining like a two-year-old who cannot reach the spoon without leaning over.
198 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 7:45:41am |
For any auto racing fans in LGF land (of which I am one…) just heard Jeff Gordon has announced this will be his last year on the NASCAR circuit. I don’t follow NASCAR all that much, but I find it a bit surprising. And then again…maybe not. Maybe he just wants to enjoy life without all the travel and sponsor duties, etc. It is a long season.
199 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 7:46:39am |
re: #192 The Vicious Babushka
Here is my Field of Fucks for Domino’s, the guy who built the only town in America ruled by
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So is it a town or a golf club whose members are woefully behind on their dues?
200 | Timothy Watson Jan 22, 2015 7:47:34am |
re: #192 The Vicious Babushka
Here is my Field of Fucks for Domino’s, the guy who built the only town in America ruled by
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I like how every wingnut seems to think every regulation is due to Obamacare…
201 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 7:48:57am |
re:
#195
Feb. 13th, 2015: Congress passes Fair Tax bill to create a flat tax rate to ensure a future of strong economic growth.”
/
202 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 7:49:10am |
re: #200 Timothy Watson
I like how every wingnut seems to think every regulation is due to Obamacare…
Well of course.
203 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 7:50:19am |
re: #200 Timothy Watson
I like how every wingnut seems to think every regulation is due to Obamacare…
The regulation has nothing to do with Obamacare, it’s a new requirement of the FDA that fast food has to include calorie count in their nutritional information.
Considering that fast food portions are processed according to corporate and industry metrics, that little bit of information shouldn’t be too difficult to obtain. It’s just they are afraid consumers will see it and be more conscious of what they order.
204 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 7:50:25am |
205 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 7:50:31am |
re: #200 Timothy Watson
I like how every wingnut seems to think every regulation is due to Obamacare…
Or that business can’t efficiently handle their finances—so just blame it on the gubernet.
206 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 7:51:53am |
You know what regarding the government and health. Wingnuts are the same people who bitch up a storm about “their hardearned taxdollars” going to someone else’s health care yet they also have a problem with POTUS and FLOTUS especially encouraging more healthy eating. I WANNA EAT ALL THE DEEP FRIED SHIT I WANT BUT I WANNA BITCH WHEN I HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S MEDICAL EXPENSES.
207 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 7:53:05am |
re:
#200
I like how every wingnut seems to think every regulation is due to Obamacare…
Government regulation is terrible, a violation of Freedom, and unconstitutional.
Oh, here is are Bill to make abortion teh illegal and make womenz who claim so-called “rape” to prove real rape.
/
208 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 7:55:32am |
re: #207 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#200Government regulation is terrible, a violation of Freedom, and unconstitutional.
Oh, here is are Bill to make abortion teh illegal and make womenz who claim so-called “rape” to prove real rape.
/
Or here is a bill to force women getting an abortion to get a transvaginal ultrasound before the procedure is done but we’re against the nanny state we swear it! Really fuck the wingnuts. They’re not against big government at all. They’re against any government program that may benefit people other than themselves and that’s at the crux of their hatred for ACA. The fact that someone previously uninsured may now get insured just outrages them because they’re convinced that they and only they deserve anything.
209 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 7:55:58am |
re: #206 HappyWarrior
You know what regarding the government and health. Wingnuts are the same people who bitch up a storm about “their hardearned taxdollars” going to someone else’s health care yet they also have a problem with POTUS and FLOTUS especially encouraging more healthy eating. I WANNA EAT ALL THE DEEP FRIED SHIT I WANT BUT I WANNA BITCH WHEN I HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S MEDICAL EXPENSES.
HURR HURR LOOK AT TEH DELICIOUS FOOD OBAMA’S KIDS GET TO ENJOY AT THERE SCHOOL BUT TEH PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIAS HAVE TO SERVE MICHELLE’S HORRIBLE SHIT HURR HURR!!!!!!!!!
Like school lunches were never the object of ridicule ever.
210 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 7:58:22am |
re: #209 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR LOOK AT TEH DELICIOUS FOOD OBAMA’S KIDS GET TO ENJOY AT THERE SCHOOL BUT TEH PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIAS HAVE TO SERVE MICHELLE’S HORRIBLE SHIT HURR HURR!!!!!!!!!
Like school lunches were never the object of ridicule ever.
Americans are particularly obsessed with bodily openings, and all the things that go into and come out of them.
211 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 7:59:39am |
re: #209 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR LOOK AT TEH DELICIOUS FOOD OBAMA’S KIDS GET TO ENJOY AT THERE SCHOOL BUT TEH PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIAS HAVE TO SERVE MICHELLE’S HORRIBLE SHIT HURR HURR!!!!!!!!!
Like school lunches were never the object of ridicule ever.
Yeah not like the school lunches were to die for in the Bush years or the Clinton years. Really, we have record levels of obesity in children. It’s a very real problem.
212 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:02:08am |
back on the legitimate rape meme:
In the meantime, said Graham, the pain capable bill would need to be tweaked and rescued. “We need to find a consensus position on the rape exception,” he said. “The rape exception will be part of the bill. We just need to find a way definitionally to not get us into a spot where we’re debating what legitimate is. That’s not the cause. We’re not here debating legitimate rape. We’re talking about saving babies at 20 weeks.”
and this insane logic from the same article:
After Santorum left, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham took the rostrum and asked activists to cheer up. “My belief is that most Americans will say, when they understand this issue, that nothing bad comes out of debating it,” he said. “The medical community is required to administer anesthesia to a child older than 20 weeks if there’s surgery on a pregnant woman… if the medical community is protecting the baby from pain, should we not stand up to protect the baby from death?”
213 | De Kolta Chair Jan 22, 2015 8:02:44am |
Regarding Sheldon Silver, and paraphrasing Lord Acton — power corrupts, and being in the NY State Assembly corrupts absolutely.
214 | Snarknado! Jan 22, 2015 8:04:34am |
re: #212 FemNaziBitch
How can you anesthetize the mother without anesthetizing the fetus?
215 | CuriousLurker Jan 22, 2015 8:05:06am |
re: #175 Higgs Boson’s Mate
I disagree. Netanyahu was invited by the Congressional GOP, not the president. Bibi’s visit has everything to do with derailing the painstaking progress we’ve managed to make in relations with Iran and nothing to do with what’s best for the region or for the US. If Obama meets with him under these circumstances he’ll appear to be validating the Congressional GOP’s attempts to meddle in foreign policy. The last thing I’d want to see is the GOP fucking that up like they fuck up everything else that they touch.
This whole thing is making me really resent Netanyahu and the GOP, and I didn’t think I could resent the latter further. Both the former and the latter are attempting to insert themselves into our foreign policy and it pisses me off.
Presidents & PMs get briefed by agencies like the CIA & Mossad on a level the rest of us (including Congress) don’t. That the Mossad is breaking with Netanyahu over this leads me to suspect that there may be much more to it, and more at stake, than we realize.
Netanyahu has no business meddling in our internal politics, regardless of whether or not the GOP invited him. He sure as hell doesn’t like anyone telling Israel what they should do and has said so on more than one occasion. Like Israel’s PM, our President’s job is do what’s in the best interests of the United States, not the interests of some foreign country (or their PM’s political needs), regardless of how chummy our relationship is with them.
The fact that the GOP is willing to use a foreign leader to try to influence internal foreign policy decisions SUCKS in a major way and makes me despise them more than usual. It’s far too easy to imagine the howls of outrage and finger pointing about unpatriotic treachery that would occur if the Dems did the same to a sitting GOP President.
216 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:06:08am |
“@dtmfman: @CruzWhobris @joan_evans_nyc pic.twitter.com/vA4mZ8ejkA“Pretty much all republicans?#GOPworksForTheRich— Cookie Haber (@cookietweets) January 22, 2015
217 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:08:23am |
re: #209 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR LOOK AT TEH DELICIOUS FOOD OBAMA’S KIDS GET TO ENJOY AT THERE SCHOOL BUT TEH PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIAS HAVE TO SERVE MICHELLE’S HORRIBLE SHIT HURR HURR!!!!!!!!!
Like school lunches were never the object of ridicule ever.
I remember some high school kid who had a blog and was always posting pictures from her daily school lunch menu. If that didn’t make people go Hmmm? after looking at the shit they give to kids, I don’t know what would.
This isn’t the blog I referred to, but these are pics of school lunches. I wouldn’t feed half this shit to my dogs.
218 | CuriousLurker Jan 22, 2015 8:09:30am |
219 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:09:44am |
re: #214 Snarknado!
How can you anesthetize the mother without anesthetizing the fetus?
I guess they are talking about rare instances in which a 20 week old fetus is born pre-mature and needs surgery.
In such a case, one would anesthetize the infant for safety reasons and to make it possible for the surgeon to perform the surgery at all, not just for pain. Pain is the reason the body won’t stay still for surgery.
IIRC, no pre-mature child born at 20 weeks has ever survived. I think 21 weeks is the best so far.
220 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:10:33am |
re: #217 WhatEVs
I remember some high school kid who had a blog and was always posting pictures from her daily school lunch menu. If that didn’t make people go Hmmm? after looking at the shit they give to kids, I don’t know what would.
This isn’t the blog I referred to, but these are pics of school lunches. I wouldn’t feed half this shit to my dogs.
Hell they considered the school lunches I had growing up in Fairfax County among the best in the nation. If those were “good”, I shiver to think about what bad or even average was. I actually started bringing my own lunch. Really the stupid wingnuts are like little kids when it comes to nutrition. IF IT IS HEALTHY, IT MUST TASTE BAD.
221 | Bubblehead II Jan 22, 2015 8:11:48am |
re: #215 CuriousLurker
This whole thing is making me really resent Netanyahu and the GOP, and I didn’t think I could resent the latter further. Both the former and the latter are attempting to insert themselves into our foreign policy and it pisses me off.
Presidents & PMs get briefed by agencies like the CIA & Mossad on a level the rest of us (including Congress) doesn’t. That the Mossad is breaking with Netanyahu over this leads me to suspect that there may be much more to it, and more at stake, than we realize.
Netanyahu has no business meddling in our internal politics, regardless of whether or not the GOP invited him. He sure as hell doesn’t like anyone telling Israel what they should do and has said so on more than one occasion. Like Israel’s PM, our President’s job is do what’s in the best interests of the United States, not the interests of some foreign country (or their PM’s political needs), regardless of how chummy our relationship is with them.
The fact that the GOP is willing to use a foreign leader to try to influence internal foreign policy decisions SUCKS in a major way and makes me despise them more than usual. It’s far too easy to imagine the howls of outrage and finger pointing about unpatriotic treachery that would occur if the Dems did the same to a sitting GOP President.
I can sum that outrage up in one word.
TREASON 11TTTYYY!!!
222 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 8:11:49am |
re: #217 WhatEVs
I remember some high school kid who had a blog and was always posting pictures from her daily school lunch menu. If that didn’t make people go Hmmm? after looking at the shit they give to kids, I don’t know what would.
This isn’t the blog I referred to, but these are pics of school lunches. I wouldn’t feed half this shit to my dogs.
Consider the budget that public schools receive and ask how the hell can anyone make decent lunches with that? It’s like taking the Food Stamp Minimum Wage Challenge.
223 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 8:13:31am |
Also too: private catering companies like Aramark are just frothing to get the public schools contract.
224 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:14:19am |
re: #220 HappyWarrior
Hell they considered the school lunches I had growing up in Fairfax County among the best in the nation. If those were “good”, I shiver to think about what bad or even average was. I actually started bringing my own lunch. Really the stupid wingnuts are like little kids when it comes to nutrition. IF IT IS HEALTHY, IT MUST TASTE BAD.
When I was a kid, a salad was iceberg lettuce with a couple of carrot shavings and a cherry tomato. To this day I loathe iceberg lettuce (to me it is on par with Styrofoam shipping popcorn).
Back in my day I don’t think there was any health standards. There was a hot dog stand across the street from my high school and that’s where a lot of kids ate. (Chicago, after all, does have some fantastic hot dogs!)
Today, healthy food actually does taste good, if you use a spice other than salt and the occasional pepper flake.
225 | De Kolta Chair Jan 22, 2015 8:14:50am |
226 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:16:02am |
i think there was only one time that I was excited to eat school cafeteria food and that was the first time we got to eat in the cafeteria at the end of the kindergarten year and then you know I actually tried the cafteria food. Really cafeteria food wasn’t beloved before Obama when I was a kid and it’s not going suddenly become beloved by American schoolchildren if President True Conservative Good School Lunch gets elected.
227 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 8:16:34am |
re:
#212
We’re not here debating legitimate rape. We’re talking about saving babies at 20 weeks.”
“…And banning all abortions, the morning after pill, condoms and all other forms of birth control and contraceptives. God Bless Freedom and America.”
228 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:17:02am |
re: #224 WhatEVs
When I was a kid, a salad was iceberg lettuce with a couple of carrot shavings and a cherry tomato. To this day I loathe iceberg lettuce (to me it is on par with Styrofoam shipping popcorn).
Back in my day I don’t think there was any health standards. There was a hot dog stand across the street from my high school and that’s where a lot of kids ate. (Chicago, after all, does have some fantastic hot dogs!)
Today, healthy food actually does taste good, if you use a spice other than salt and the occasional pepper flake.
I can still remember the pizza. It looked and tasted like cardboard.
229 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:17:12am |
re: #223 The Vicious Babushka
Also too: private catering companies like Aramark are just frothing to get the public schools contract.
I used to work at a company that did free lunches for all its employees and used one of the industrial food companies for the catering. Honestly, the food was good. Maybe not restaurant good but at least on par with (if not better than) Subway and the fast food burger chains. I don’t think it was Aramark…I don’t recall the name (I would if I saw it).
If that could be had for school lunches, kids wouldn’t throw out their lunches.
230 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 8:17:14am |
School lunch sucked back in the ‘50’s when it cost 35¢
231 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:18:02am |
re: #227 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#212“…And banning all abortions, the morning after pill, condoms and all other forms of birth control and contraceptives. God Bless Freedom and America.”
The epitome of small government. So small you can drown it in a vagina.
232 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 8:18:49am |
re: #215 CuriousLurker
This whole thing is making me really resent Netanyahu and the GOP, and I didn’t think I could resent the latter further. Both the former and the latter are attempting to insert themselves into our foreign policy and it pisses me off.
Presidents & PMs get briefed by agencies like the CIA & Mossad on a level the rest of us (including Congress) don’t. That the Mossad is breaking with Netanyahu over this leads me to suspect that there may be much more to it, and more at stake, than we realize.
Netanyahu has no business meddling in our internal politics, regardless of whether or not the GOP invited him. He sure as hell doesn’t like anyone telling Israel what they should do and has said so on more than one occasion. Like Israel’s PM, our President’s job is do what’s in the best interests of the United States, not the interests of some foreign country (or their PM’s political needs), regardless of how chummy our relationship is with them.
The fact that the GOP is willing to use a foreign leader to try to influence internal foreign policy decisions SUCKS in a major way and makes me despise them more than usual. It’s far too easy to imagine the howls of outrage and finger pointing about unpatriotic treachery that would occur if the Dems did the same to a sitting GOP President.
Hell, I don’t have to imagine it. How many times during Dubya’s reign did we get told that we shouldn’t allow foreign governments a “veto” on our foreign policy?
233 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 8:19:15am |
re:
#216
Obama should have turned around, taken off his flag pin, handed it to Bayner, and said, “Here, you look like you could use a flag pin. And any other mutherfckers here who didn’t wear their flag pin tonight?”
234 | Lancelot Link Jan 22, 2015 8:19:32am |
I guess Netanyahu is here to meet the Republican members of the Jewish Congressional Caucus; all zero of them.
235 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Jan 22, 2015 8:19:40am |
re: #229 WhatEVs
I used to work at a company that did free lunches for all its employees and used one of the industrial food companies for the catering. Honestly, the food was good. Maybe not restaurant good but at least on par with (if not better than) Subway and the fast food burger chains. I don’t think it was Aramark…I don’t recall the name (I would if I saw it).
If that could be had for school lunches, kids wouldn’t throw out their lunches.
Sodexo?
236 | Timothy Watson Jan 22, 2015 8:21:54am |
re: #228 HappyWarrior
I can still remember the pizza. It looked and tasted like cardboard.
The pizza here in the Caroline County schools was pretty good actually, but that was about it.
I absolutely hated the fish sandwiches, I would go hungry through the day rather than eat those.
237 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 8:22:13am |
Ben Shapiro is spamming Teh Twitters with fetus porn.
238 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:22:34am |
re: #232 Targetpractice
Hell, I don’t have to imagine it. How many times during Dubya’s reign did we get told that we shouldn’t allow foreign governments a “veto” on our foreign policy?
And something about foreign politics not taking place beyond the shores of the US. But that’s only when a Republican is in office. If it’s a Dem, fuck the US, and our foreign policy.
Rage doesn’t begin to cover it for me. As a leader in the global everything, that the GOP is actively trying to fuck up the US, which will have global repercussions, I can’t begin to express the anger I feel.
And for that, this voter will never, ever, EVER vote for a Republican again. I will obtain from voting before doing ticking off that GOP box.
239 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:22:42am |
re: #234 Lancelot Link
I guess Netanyahu is here to meet the Republican members of the Jewish Congressional Caucus; all zero of them.
Yeah that’s right. The party that professes to love Israel and Jews doesn’t have a single frigging Jewish congressional member and I don’t think they have any governors either but somehow Obama and the Dems are the Anti-Semites because Obama doesn’t kiss Bibi’s ass.
240 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:23:19am |
re: #235 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Sodexo?
Yes, that was it! I knew it started with an S but could not remember the name. Thanks!
241 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:24:48am |
re: #236 Timothy Watson
The pizza here in the Caroline County schools was pretty good actually, but that was about it.
I absolutely hated the fish sandwiches, I would go hungry through the day rather than eat those.
Oh god. That was enough to turn anyone off of fish. But yeah here in Fairfax, I really can’t recall anyone who loved the food. Sure plenty of people bought their lunch but plenty brought too. I’m sure there’s many a wingnut out there who would be happy to dispose of the school lunch program all together.
242 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 8:27:27am |
Of course, there is an alternative to whose who think that removing the welcome mat at the White House while Bibi is in town is a bad move: Just leave town for the length of his visit. Go give speeches, tour hospitals, take photo ops at military bases, or just play a few rounds of golf on the other side of the country. If anybody asks, the President had already planned to be out of town and couldn’t make time to see the Israeli PM.
243 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:27:29am |
That Exploding Kittens Kickstarter that was trying to raise $10k, is now up to:
67,773 backers
$2,651,045 pledged of $10,000 goal
28 days to go
244 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 8:27:44am |
re: #229 WhatEVs
I used to work at a company that did free lunches for all its employees and used one of the industrial food companies for the catering. Honestly, the food was good. Maybe not restaurant good but at least on par with (if not better than) Subway and the fast food burger chains. I don’t think it was Aramark…I don’t recall the name (I would if I saw it).
If that could be had for school lunches, kids wouldn’t throw out their lunches.
I’m not sure that the regulations for some school districts would allow food service to be contracted out - even if food service budgets were sufficient to pay for contracting.
245 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 8:28:18am |
re: #239 HappyWarrior
Yeah that’s right. The party that professes to love Israel and Jews doesn’t have a single frigging Jewish congressional member and I don’t think they have any governors either but somehow Obama and the Dems are the Anti-Semites because Obama doesn’t kiss Bibi’s ass.
Does the lingering after-effect of Eric Cantor count?
246 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:28:25am |
I posted this on the below thread:
Female Republicans are not freaking out over the bill, they are positioning themselves for 2016.
Let’s see how they vote on the Hyde Amendment …
247 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:28:57am |
re: #244 Higgs Boson’s Mate
I’m not sure that the regulations for some school districts would allow food service to be contracted out - even if food service budgets were sufficient to pay for contracting.
Do you have an example? I don’t understand this.
248 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:29:30am |
re: #245 iossarian
Does the lingering after-effect of Eric Cantor count?
He who was apparently very deeply disliked by his cohorts? Probably not. :)
249 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 8:31:50am |
Contract food services can be very good, but it’s all about the dollars per plate. It’s not like you can magically obtain fresh vegetables for the same amount of money as you pay for pink slime.
School and prison food is crappy (when it’s crappy) because LOW TAXES ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE.
250 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:33:40am |
Although the Hyde Amendment has been reenacted every year since 1976, the exceptions to the funding ban have varied over the years. After hard-fought battles in Congress, the fiscal 1978 Hyde Amendment contained — in addition to the exception for life endangerment — new exceptions for rape and incest victims and women whose health would be severely damaged by carrying a pregnancy to term. However, in 1980 the Supreme Court decided Harris v. McRae (formerly McRae v. Mathews) and upheld the constitutionality of the original Hyde Amendment language containing a single exception for life endangerment. Thereafter, Congress enacted the Hyde Amendment with only that exception from the second half of fiscal 1981 through fiscal 1993. In fiscal 1994 and 1995, the Hyde Amendment again contained exceptions for rape and incest victims.
251 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 8:34:29am |
re: #247 WhatEVs
Do you have an example? I don’t understand this.
I just Gurgled “school district contract food service” and found that there are plenty of districts that do contract out food service. I was thinking that the regulations in some districts may require that food service must be kept in-house. My local school district does so. I couldn’t quickly determine whether it’s mandated or not.
252 | Targetpractice Jan 22, 2015 8:35:27am |
re: #246 FemNaziBitch
I posted this on the below thread:
Let’s see how they vote on the Hyde Amendment …
That’s a formality at this point. Personally, I wish the media would acknowledge that all this “sudden change of heart” business is bunk, that the anti-choice legislation passed last year with many of those who are now supposedly up in arms voting for it. The opposition to the bill had everything to do with fear that it would hurt incumbent Republicans next year during their reelection bids.
253 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:35:56am |
re: #245 iossarian
Does the lingering after-effect of Eric Cantor count?
I dunno. Maybe Dave Brat does but I’m sure he’s busy marrying Ayn Rand to John Calvin.
254 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:36:16am |
re: #249 iossarian
Contract food services can be very good, but it’s all about the dollars per plate. It’s not like you can magically obtain fresh vegetables for the same amount of money as you pay for pink slime.
School and prison food is crappy (when it’s crappy) because LOW TAXES ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE.
One of my favorite industrial foods was how the managed leftovers. All the meat and veggies from the prior day was turned into a variety of soups. They made the best soups, never just tasty water with a few thrown in chewy bits. Real tummy filling food.
None of the low tax crowd, like anyone else virtually anywhere, can look past tomorrow (or for business, the next quarterly or annual report). Looking at children as the future of a country is not allowed when it intersects with the concept of no taxes for anything.
255 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:37:44am |
“State abortion funding” by Blank US Map.svg: User:Theshibbolethderivative work: His male lover - Blank US Map.svg with information from the ACLU. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - commons.wikimedia.org
256 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:38:00am |
re: #251 Higgs Boson’s Mate
I just Gurgled “school district contract food service” and found that there are plenty of districts that do contract out food service. I was thinking that the regulations in some districts may require that food service must be kept in-house. My local school district does so. I couldn’t quickly determine whether it’s mandated or not.
If I was to venture a guess, I would think any regulations of that sort would come from local/state elected officials, a la city investments in broadband.
257 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 8:38:24am |
The end of the Romney campaign. I think the headline is wrong. It should have read “I’m One of two Republicans Who Belives in Climate Change”.
Mitt Romney: ‘I’m One Of Those Republicans’ Who Believes In Climate Change
“I’m one of those Republicans who thinks we are getting warmer and that we contribute to that,” he said of climate change, charging that federal leaders have failed to enact global agreements needed to tackle the problem.
258 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:39:11am |
I think the quality of school lunches has everything to do with the person in charge of it.
Some Cafeteria mangers really get into it and want to create a buzz with the kids. Others just do a job.
259 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:39:52am |
re: #257 Skip Intro
The end of the Romney campaign.
Mitt Romney: ‘I’m One Of Those Republicans’ Who Believes In Climate Change
That’s definitely not going to get him past the primary. And that is the problem with anyone the GOP puts up. Whomever wins the primary can’t win the general. You cannot pander to the base and expect that your every sentiment isn’t being recorded for infinite loop playback in the general.
261 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:40:34am |
re: #257 Skip Intro
The end of the Romney campaign.
Mitt Romney: ‘I’m One Of Those Republicans’ Who Believes In Climate Change
It’s too early in the morning for me to formulate a sarcastic line, but my idea is that Mitt (and otohers) emit soo much hot air, they think the climate has always been this warm.
Someome do it for me.
262 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 8:41:11am |
re: #259 WhatEVs
The GOP can win if the same idiots who sat out 2014 do it again in 2016. Having Hillary as the candidate isn’t going to help much.
263 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:41:23am |
re: #257 Skip Intro
The end of the Romney campaign.
Mitt Romney: ‘I’m One Of Those Republicans’ Who Believes In Climate Change
Sounds like another Romney flip flop special to me. Didn’t he pander to the deneir side in 2012?
264 | GlutenFreeJesus Jan 22, 2015 8:41:49am |
re: #175 Higgs Boson’s Mate
He could meet with him. And the idiots that invited him. Only to tell them to fuck off.
265 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 8:42:46am |
re: #263 HappyWarrior
I’d need access to a supercomputer to keep track of Romney’s positions over the years.
266 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:43:22am |
re: #259 WhatEVs
That’s definitely not going to get him past the primary. And that is the problem with anyone the GOP puts up. Whomever wins the primary can’t win the general. You cannot pander to the base and expect that your every sentiment isn’t being recorded for infinite loop playback in the general.
Yep. Mitt in primary: We need to make illegal immigrants self deport and here is my immigration adviser and writer of the infamous Arizona immigration law, Kris Kobach
Mitt in GE: I welcome all immigrants, I promise!
Seriously, the nominee’s going to be some establishment dude who will reduce himself to pandering like McCain and Romney did but the base still won’t trust him so he’ll be forced to choose some right wing sweetheart who the right will profess “scares the left” but in reality disturbs the rest of the country even more.
267 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 8:43:48am |
268 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:45:02am |
Michigan couple pleads guilty to raping 1-year-old http://t.co/65ijQoK8dU— Detroit Free Press (@freep) January 22, 2015
269 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:45:24am |
re: #262 Skip Intro
The GOP can win if the same idiots who sat out 2014 do it again in 2016. Having Hillary as the candidate isn’t going to help much.
Said idiots do not tend to sit out a presidential cycle. They do, repeatedly, sit out midterms.
I’d vote for Hillary. I’d have voted for her last time if she had made it through to the general election.
270 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:46:07am |
re: #263 HappyWarrior
Sounds like another Romney flip flop special to me. Didn’t he pander to the deneir side in 2012?
To quote McCaskill…Whiplash!
271 | BeenHereAwhile Jan 22, 2015 8:46:40am |
re: #198 ObserverArt
For any auto racing fans in LGF land (of which I am one…) just heard Jeff Gordon has announced this will be his last year on the NASCAR circuit. I don’t follow NASCAR all that much, but I find it a bit surprising. And then again…maybe not. Maybe he just wants to enjoy life without all the travel and sponsor duties, etc. It is a long season.
Hadn’t really followed NASCAR racing since the days of Fireball Roberts & Smokey Yunick.
But made an exception for Jeff Gordon, as he has proven throughout his career that he could win driving anything; on dirt tracks, NASCAR turn lefts, and road racing. Gordon seemed to have the ability to find the racing groove on the track; be it high, low, or in the middle.
Gordon was also denied at least two NASCAR championships by NASCAR rule changes.
272 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 8:47:12am |
re: #270 WhatEVs
Romney will say he believes everything if it help gets him elected.
273 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:47:51am |
re: #272 Skip Intro
Romney will say he believes everything if it help gets him elected.
It’s his god-given destiny …
*spit*
274 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:47:54am |
re: #272 Skip Intro
Romney will say he believes everything if it help gets him elected.
Yep story of Mitt’s political career.
275 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:48:15am |
276 | No Country For Old Haters Jan 22, 2015 8:48:22am |
re: #259 WhatEVs
That’s definitely not going to get him past the primary. And that is the problem with anyone the GOP puts up. Whomever wins the primary can’t win the general. You cannot pander to the base and expect that your every sentiment isn’t being recorded for infinite loop playback in the general.
Yep. Republicans are doomed by modern media, because whatever crazy nonsense they say to keep their wingnut base happy doesn’t go away when they try to win the general election.
277 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:48:41am |
Gun safety has support from a new national ally who's broadening pro-life platform: http://t.co/uagPbIrZBZ #gunsense— Shannon (@shannonrwatts) January 22, 2015
278 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 8:48:59am |
re: #272 Skip Intro
Romney will say he believes everything if it help gets him elected.
RomneyBot 2016:
“Let’s deal with poverty,” he said Wednesday night. “Have we done it? No. Let’s do it.”
Fuck you Romney and your party’s history of screwing the poor.
279 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:49:02am |
280 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:49:16am |
281 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 8:50:51am |
re: #269 WhatEVs
One of Hillary’s problems is she doesn’t generate much excitement among younger (or older) voters. Obama did, and so did Bill Clinton. She’s going to be 2016’s Al Gore, except with a whole lot more hate sent her way.
The GOP is going to go with the tried and true 24/7 message of hate and fear to get their votes out. I’m not sure what the Dems will do to get out theirs.
282 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:50:52am |
re: #280 FemNaziBitch
Do not get me started …
I already have a headache.
It hits close to home. My niece is 10 months. I don’t know what I would do if I found out someone did something like that to here. I’m not a violent guy I swear but.
283 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:51:47am |
@Bluetruandtru @GetWisdomDude @kharyp Despicable ?? pic.twitter.com/L6AdBlzjnb— Rhae Marie (@ginou1010) January 22, 2015
284 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 8:51:54am |
Seriously, if anyone out there is dumb enough to believe that President Mittens has any intention of “fixing poverty” they’re beyond help. If I was the interviewer I think I’d burst into laughter at that point.
285 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:52:27am |
re: #281 Skip Intro
One of Hillary’s problems is she doesn’t generate much excitement among younger (or older) voters. Obama did, and so did Bill Clinton. She’s going to be 2016’s Al Gore, except with a whole lot more hate sent her way.
The GOP is going to go with the tried and true 24/7 message of hate and fear to get their votes out. I’m not sure what the Dems will do to get out theirs.
I think she’ll do well with older voters but it’s definitely a legitimate point about her and younger voters. She really doesn’t excite me at all. And the idea of 2016 being another Bush-Clinton election agh recipe for apathy. Don’t get me wrong. I’m gonna vote but don’t expect me to be humanistic. I really was turned off big time by her campaign in 2008.
286 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:52:42am |
re: #282 HappyWarrior
It hits close to home. My niece is 10 months. I don’t know what I would do if I found out someone did something like that to here. I’m not a violent guy I swear but.
Did you read the article? They were babysitting a friend’s child.
It’s the people you think you know …
287 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 8:53:23am |
re: #282 HappyWarrior
Just remember…do it alone and don’t tell anyone where the evidence is. ;-)
288 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:53:30am |
re: #284 iossarian
Seriously, if anyone out there is dumb enough to believe that President Mittens has any intention of “fixing poverty” they’re beyond help. If I was the interviewer I think I’d burst into laughter at that point.
Yeah I would have had a hard time not laughing because Mitt has never shown that he cares about anyone not as well off as he is in both personality and his policies.
289 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:53:50am |
re: #286 FemNaziBitch
Did you read the article? They were babysitting a friend’s child.
It’s the people you think you know …
I couldn’t. But damn.
290 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 8:54:00am |
12 year old Eagle Idaho girl sets world record for yellow perch! http://t.co/jLFHuqyyK1 pic.twitter.com/IfrUg2Rg2T— Idaho Fish and Game (@idfg) January 16, 2015
I knew girls/women tended to be better at shooting sports, but damn …
291 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 8:55:59am |
re: #288 HappyWarrior
Yeah I would have had a hard time not laughing because Mitt has never shown that he cares about anyone not as well off as he is in both personality and his policies.
We already heard Romney’s solution last time around. Borrow $20,000 from your parents and start a business while living on the dividends from the stock portfolio they gave you.
292 | Sionainn Jan 22, 2015 8:56:20am |
re: #285 HappyWarrior
I think she’ll do well with older voters but it’s definitely a legitimate point about her and younger voters. She really doesn’t excite me at all. And the idea of 2016 being another Bush-Clinton election agh recipe for apathy. Don’t get me wrong. I’m gonna vote but don’t expect me to be humanistic. I really was turned off big time by her campaign in 2008.
I am not excited about Hillary at all. She carries way too much baggage from when her husband was president. I’d hold my nose and vote for her if I had to, but I really don’t want to have to do that. I hope the Democrats can come up with someone more exciting than her, someone who is going to get the people to the polls.
293 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 8:56:25am |
re: #286 FemNaziBitch
Did you read the article? They were babysitting a friend’s child.
It’s the people you think you know …
ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE LIKE THIS!!!!!!
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294 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 8:57:52am |
I have this silly daydream/fantasy where I become a journalist, play by the rules for a few years, and then land an interview with someone like Romney in which I just laugh in their face when they trot out the whole “I’m serious about helping poor people no really I am” shtick.
At which point I become a minor internet celebrity and start an underground political interview/Japanese game show mashup. Only the strongest survive!
And there you have it. A little peek into my strange inner life.
295 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 8:58:05am |
re: #276 No Country For Old Haters
Yep. Republicans are doomed by modern media, because whatever crazy nonsense they say to keep their wingnut base happy doesn’t go away when they try to win the general election.
I wouldn’t be too sure this time around. We can’t be the only ones who’ve noticed that completely pandering to the base to win early primaries poisons the waters for the General Election. We also can’t be the only ones who’ve noticed that the winners of the early Republican primaries never gained sufficient momentum to carry them through. As a last resort, either Bush or Romney could simply pick up enough primary wins to get the nomination at a brokered convention.
296 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:58:15am |
re: #292 Sionainn
I am not excited about Hillary at all. She carries way too much baggage from when her husband was president. I’d hold my nose and vote for her if I had to, but I really don’t want to have to do that. I hope the Democrats can come up with someone more exciting than her, someone who is going to get the people to the polls.
Yes, this.
297 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 8:58:17am |
re: #268 FemNaziBitch
There are still some crimes I think justify the death penalty. This is one of them.
298 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 8:58:52am |
re: #291 Skip Intro
We already heard Romney’s solution last time around. Borrow $20,000 from your parents and start a business while living on the dividends from the stock portfolio they gave you.
God, I remember that. So out of touch he is.
299 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 8:59:25am |
[facepalm]
You know what… RT @ReignOfApril: Help. Me. RT “@steenfox: Y’all. pic.twitter.com/QNfFiHWQv0”— Jeremy Jewitt (@jeremyjewitt) January 20, 2015
300 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 9:00:14am |
Did Mitt decide that he cared about poverty before or after he thought joking about liking to fire people was the ultimate witty thing?
301 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 9:00:50am |
302 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:00:55am |
re: #295 Higgs Boson’s Mate
I wouldn’t be too sure this time around. We can’t be the only ones who’ve noticed that completely pandering to the base to win early primaries poisons the waters for the General Election. We also can’t be the only ones who’ve noticed that the winners of the early Republican primaries never gained sufficient momentum to carry them through. As a last resort, either Bush or Romney could simply pick up enough primary wins to get the nomination at a brokered convention.
THATZ BECUZ THEY WERNT CONSERVATIVE ENUF!!!11!
303 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 9:01:04am |
re: #300 HappyWarrior
And I forgot about that. See why I need access to a supercomputer?
304 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 9:02:18am |
re: #299 lawhawk
[facepalm]
[Embedded content]
True fact: Vince Lombardi wore a powdered cheese wig to the first White House visit by a Super Bowl winner when the Packers visited John Adams.
305 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:03:13am |
re: #297 Skip Intro
There are still some crimes I think justify the death penalty. This is one of them.
Hubby and I discuss this often (we’re big watchers of Investigation Discovery, or The Murder Shows as we call them) and the problem with that is that we’d have more dead kids. A no win situation.
On this I like old world retribution. Let the community mete out justice…baseball bat style.
306 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 9:03:16am |
re: #303 Skip Intro
And I forgot about that. See why I need access to a supercomputer?
Heh it was hard to forget for me because even if it was joking, what kind of shit head thinks that’s funny especially given Bain’s rep of taking people’s jobs.
307 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:03:27am |
re: #292 Sionainn
I am not excited about Hillary at all. She carries way too much baggage from when her husband was president. I’d hold my nose and vote for her if I had to, but I really don’t want to have to do that. I hope the Democrats can come up with someone more exciting than her, someone who is going to get the people to the polls.
I’m 50 and I can’t remember that baggage. I don’t care about it. It’s been 20 years and I think we are finally ready for Hillary. We weren’t then and that was a big part of the baggage.
308 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:03:37am |
309 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:04:08am |
re: #300 HappyWarrior
Did Mitt decide that he cared about poverty before or after he thought joking about liking to fire people was the ultimate witty thing?
He filed it in his binders full of wimmens…and just found it.
310 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:04:15am |
re: #294 iossarian
I have this silly daydream/fantasy where I become a journalist, play by the rules for a few years, and then land an interview with someone like Romney in which I just laugh in their face when they trot out the whole “I’m serious about helping poor people no really I am” shtick.
At which point I become a minor internet celebrity and start an underground political interview/Japanese game show mashup. Only the strongest survive!
And there you have it. A little peek into my strange inner life.
You’d be better off writing pulp fiction —with a journalist as the protagonist.
311 | De Kolta Chair Jan 22, 2015 9:04:31am |
re: #299 lawhawk
[facepalm]
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Little know political fact: President Vince Lombardi served two non-consecutive terms.
312 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 9:04:41am |
New Senate environment chair goes on rant arguing climate science is a hoax http://t.co/uePvF77zIC pic.twitter.com/mOgUmr4zwk— Climate Progress (@climateprogress) January 22, 2015
313 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 22, 2015 9:05:05am |
re: #277 FemNaziBitch
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Always wondered how the fascist right would justify disarming the nation. “It’s for the children!!11ty!”
314 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:05:43am |
re: #297 Skip Intro
There are still some crimes I think justify the death penalty. This is one of them.
Well, I think it shows why such crimes need to be Federal Felonies.
The Supreme Court ruled that child rape is not a capital offense (I can’t remember when).
Most rapists are serial rapists.
315 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 9:07:52am |
re: #292 Sionainn
I am not excited about Hillary at all. She carries way too much baggage from when her husband was president. I’d hold my nose and vote for her if I had to, but I really don’t want to have to do that. I hope the Democrats can come up with someone more exciting than her, someone who is going to get the people to the polls.
” I’d hold my nose and vote for her if I had to, but I really don’t want to have to do that.” Think about that for a few seconds. I consider most of the commentariat here to be dedicated Democrats. If we’re talking about having to hold our noses to vote for Clinton then how can we reasonably expect the public at large to be enthusiastic about her? Me? I won’t vote for her no matter which of Satan’s little helpers gets the Republican nomination. IMHO, we aren’t going to get better Democrats by voting for shitty ones.
316 | freetoken Jan 22, 2015 9:08:00am |
re: #312 lawhawk
Next up: Exposition on how humans and dinosaurs lived together.
317 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 9:08:18am |
re: #294 iossarian
I have this silly daydream/fantasy where I become a journalist, play by the rules for a few years, and then land an interview with someone like Romney in which I just laugh in their face when they trot out the whole “I’m serious about helping poor people no really I am” shtick.
At which point I become a minor internet celebrity and start an underground political interview/Japanese game show mashup. Only the strongest survive!
And there you have it. A little peek into my strange inner life.
Do you know what it takes to become a Journalist?
A Twitter account!
318 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 9:08:22am |
re: #307 FemNaziBitch
I’m 50 and I can’t remember that baggage. I don’t care about it. It’s been 20 years and I think we are finally ready for Hillary. We weren’t then and that was a big part of the baggage.
Don’t worry. Fox News, talk radio, and the RW innertubes will be happy to remind you.
319 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:08:52am |
ersre: #313 William Barnett-Lewis
Always wondered how the fascist right would justify disarming the nation. “It’s for the children!!11ty!”
AT least we finally have a right-to-lifer who get’s it.
I just want domestic abusers and those served with Orders of Protection to be disarmed.
In other words (worn out meme) I want the laws we have on the books to be vigorously and evenly enforced.
I’d like to see the gun nuts push for this as well instead of just giving it lip service.
320 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:11:44am |
7 Big Lies ‘American Sniper’ Is Telling America
7. Chris Kyle’s Family Claimed He Donated His Book Proceeds To Veterans’ Charity, But He Kept Most Of The Profits: The National Review debunks the claim that all proceeds of his book went to veterans’ charities. Around 2 percent - $52,000 - went to the charities while the Kyles pocketed $3 million.
321 | b_sharp Jan 22, 2015 9:12:29am |
re: #316 freetoken
Next up: Exposition on how humans and dinosaurs lived together.
It was a troubled union, with both set of parents violently opposed, but through hard work and many trips to a councillor they were able to work out a satisfactory if not happy relationship.
322 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 9:13:39am |
.@SenJohnMcCain ignores Cuban Missile Crisis, Great Depression, Holocaust, etc. So No. We aren't living in most serious period of turmoil”— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 22, 2015
McCain was born and lived through the Great Depression. He lived through WWII, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, OPEC boycott, and still thinks we’re probably living in most serious period of turmoil?
How’s that ahistorical revisionism working for you?
323 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:15:10am |
re: #322 lawhawk
No, @lawhawk it's @SenJohnMcCain looking for a reason to bomb someone. There's always a justification to Bomb Bomb Bomb somewhere.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 22, 2015
324 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 9:17:26am |
re: #323 WhatEVs
We should start a pool on when the first missiles are fired by us at Iran.
325 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:18:03am |
VOCUBULARY WORD OF THE DAY:
PRONUNCIATION:
(huh-MUHNG-kyuh-luhs, HO-)MEANING:
noun:
1. A diminutive human being.
2. A fully formed, miniature human being that was earlier believed to be present in a sperm or an egg.
3. WHAT WHACKOS BELIEVE A FERTILIZED HUMAN EGG to be.ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin homunculus (little man), diminutive of ho-mo* (man). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhghem- (earth), which also gave us allochthonous, autochthonous, chameleonic, chthonic, disinter, and inhume. Earliest documented use: 1656.
I added a bit …
326 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:18:25am |
re: #324 Skip Intro
We should start a pool on when the first missiles are fired by us at Iran.
McCain has been humping that dog for years now.
327 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 22, 2015 9:19:27am |
re: #315 Higgs Boson’s Mate
” I’d hold my nose and vote for her if I had to, but I really don’t want to have to do that.” Think about that for a few seconds. I consider most of the commentariat here to be dedicated Democrats. If we’re talking about having to hold our noses to vote for Clinton then how can we reasonably expect the public at large to be enthusiastic about her? Me? I won’t vote for her no matter which of Satan’s little helpers gets the Republican nomination. IMHO, we aren’t going to get better Democrats by voting for shitty ones.
Planning to cut off our nose to spite our face, are we?
328 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 9:21:03am |
BREAKING: White House says Obama will not meet Netanyahu during his visit in March due to the proximity to the Israeli elections— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) January 22, 2015
329 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 9:21:36am |
re: #326 WhatEVs
McCain has been humping that dog for years now.
So has Graham. Limbaugh has been doing it for decades (remember Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran?).
330 | Jenner7 Jan 22, 2015 9:22:18am |
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when we elect a new President, Republicans will still have majority, right? So, we could have a Republican President and a Republican majority. Right?
331 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 9:23:15am |
re: #330 Jenner7
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when we elect a new President, Republicans will still have majority, right? So, we could have a Republican President and a Republican majority. Right?
There will also be congressional elections in 2016…but it is likely that the GOP will keep its majority at least in the House.
332 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 9:23:21am |
re: #330 Jenner7
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when we elect a new President, Republicans will still have majority, right? So, we could have a Republican President and a Republican majority. Right?
If that happens, the bombs will start falling on Iran by spring of 2016.
334 | nearly-headless smith25 Jan 22, 2015 9:24:35am |
re: #330 Jenner7
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when we elect a new President, Republicans will still have majority, right? So, we could have a Republican President and a Republican majority. Right?
Due to Gerrymandering, the Republicans are almost guaranteed to hold on to the House after the 2016 Elections. The Senate is another thing. Republicans must defend more seats in 16, so the map may give the Democratic party a bit of hope to retake the Senate majority.
336 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:26:04am |
re: #329 Skip Intro
So has Graham. Limbaugh has been doing it for decades (remember Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran?).
I do indeed. So damn funny to joke about bombing another country. I mean really, it’s a laugh riot.
337 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 9:27:00am |
One of the brave lady Republicans who was for the GOP anti-abortion bill, then against it, but voted for it anyway.
US Rep. Renee Ellmers wavers, then says she will support abortion bill
338 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:29:07am |
339 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:30:02am |
340 | Jenner7 Jan 22, 2015 9:30:05am |
Well, then, I will vote for whomever wins the Dem primary. Call it what you will, but I will fight tooth and nail to prevent a Republican President and I hope my fellow Dems do the same. With where the Republican party is today, we Dems need to fall in line.
With that said, I hope it’s Clinton. Mainly because I don’t think anyone else could win. But, I do like her and I think she can win IF we get out and vote.
Okay, hope I’m making sense. I’m sure I’m in the minority here. Going to run errands. Have a good day all!
341 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Jan 22, 2015 9:30:08am |
Again, Those “bread bags” must have been expensive ones:
342 | GlutenFreeJesus Jan 22, 2015 9:30:15am |
re: #337 Skip Intro
More of them will fold. Unfortunately.
343 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:30:47am |
pic.twitter.com/lxSemoRUqH— miles reed (@milesjreed) January 22, 2015
344 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 22, 2015 9:31:01am |
he’s still at it:
Any luck finding the name of the alleged rape victim at Duke? The bounty is now $350.
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 22, 2015
345 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 9:32:10am |
re: #340 Jenner7
Well, then, I will vote for whomever wins the Dem primary.
I cannot imagine the GOP nominating anyone I could vote for.
That said, I hope that Hilary is not the Democratic candidate. Things will get so ugly out there that I will have to give up my favorite pastime, namely following politics.
346 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 22, 2015 9:32:14am |
re: #327 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Planning to cut off our nose to spite our face, are we?
Not at all and it’s facile of you to suggest that I am. I’ve voted straight Democratic for more than forty years because I believed that our candidates were worth voting for. To me, Clinton is not worth voting for and to me she’s barely a Democrat.
347 | William Barnett-Lewis Jan 22, 2015 9:32:53am |
re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s still at it:
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Can I offer a bounty for finding any of the alleged functioning brain cells in UpChuck’s head?
348 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 9:33:27am |
re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s still at it:
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Someone earlier in this thread suggested spamming him with fake names and photos, wanted to know if doing do would break Teh Twitters.
349 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:33:47am |
re: #343 FemNaziBitch
@milesjreed is definitely someone to follow. His is always one of my favorite timelines.
350 | Mattand Jan 22, 2015 9:34:45am |
re: #348 The Vicious Babushka
Someone earlier in this thread suggested spamming him with fake names and photos, wanted to know if doing do would break Teh Twitters.
Is it worth it to flag this shit to Twitter? I sorta know what the answer is, I guess, but what this guy is doing is beyond revolting.
351 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 9:35:00am |
re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s still at it:
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Has UpChuck ever actually paid up a doxxer? Does he do it in bitcoins?
352 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 22, 2015 9:35:02am |
re: #348 The Vicious Babushka
Someone earlier in this thread suggested spamming him with fake names and photos, wanted to know if doing do would break Teh Twitters.
That already happened to him recently when somebody bought thousands of fake followers for him and he ended up locking his account briefly a couple of times.
353 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 22, 2015 9:35:12am |
re: #346 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Not at all and it’s facile of you to suggest that I am. I’ve voted straight Democratic for more than forty years because I believed that our candidates were worth voting for. To me, Clinton is not worth voting for and to me she’s barely a Democrat.
Barely a Democrat is better than absolutely a Republican.
As far as I’m concerned, the attitude you are expressing is part of the reason we got GWB in 2000 instead of Al Gore.
Is that facile enough for you?
354 | Charles Johnson Jan 22, 2015 9:35:36am |
Please use Twitter’s new reporting tools to let them know what this disgusting person is doing: https://t.co/PQFPcaFySI— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2015
355 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 9:37:06am |
re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s still at it:
Any luck finding the name of the alleged rape victim at Duke? The bounty is now $350.
Or, 1.75 Gotnewses.
356 | Charles Johnson Jan 22, 2015 9:38:47am |
Twitter has made it a lot easier to report people like Chuck lately. Who knows if they’ll do anything, but it no longer takes a half hour to fill out a complicated form, and you can report tweets that aren’t addressed to you now.
357 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 9:38:49am |
re: #353 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Barely a Democrat is better than absolutely a Republican.
As far as I’m concerned, the attitude you are expressing is part of the reason we got GWB in 2000 instead of Al Gore.
Is that facile enough for you?
I understand your point but at the same time, I think Gore deserves some of the blame there too. You need to give people a reason to want to vote for you. Gore ran away from Clinton even though the economy was booming in 2000 and while the American people didn’t think too much of Clinton as a person, they did approve of the job he did as president.
358 | Mattand Jan 22, 2015 9:38:54am |
re: #354 Charles Johnson
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Well, I did my part. Still blows my mind about how Twitter looks the other way with this shit.
359 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 9:39:38am |
re: #353 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Barely a Democrat is better than absolutely a Republican.
As far as I’m concerned, the attitude you are expressing is part of the reason we got GWB in 2000 instead of Al Gore.
Is that facile enough for you?
I just could not bring myself to vote for Gore/Liebermann in 2000.
Just couldn’t.
Nor did I want to toss my vote away to a third-party candidate.
So I choked down my own vomit and voted for GWB, and regretted it the second he took office.
360 | #FergusonFireside Jan 22, 2015 9:41:14am |
361 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 22, 2015 9:41:14am |
re: #357 HappyWarrior
I understand your point but at the same time, I think Gore deserves some of the blame there too. You need to give people a reason to want to vote for you. Gore ran away from Clinton even though the economy was booming in 2000 and while the American people didn’t think too much of Clinton as a person, they did approve of the job he did as president.
Not giving Gore a free pass, but he did win the popular vote. And the votes cast for Nader in Florida would have given Gore an unconditional win there - and in the Electoral College.
362 | Bubblehead II Jan 22, 2015 9:41:17am |
re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s still at it:
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So am I.
.@ChuckCJohnson So that means I can increase offer from $200.00 to $350.00 for your verified phone # & address? @safety @twitter w/no prob?
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) January 22, 2015
363 | Bubblehead II Jan 22, 2015 9:42:01am |
re: #347 William Barnett-Lewis
Can I offer a bounty for finding any of the alleged functioning brain cells in UpChuck’s head?
That would be a safe bet.
364 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 9:42:50am |
re: #359 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I just could not bring myself to vote for Gore/Liebermann in 2000.
Just couldn’t.
Nor did I want to toss my vote away to a third-party candidate.
So I choked down my own vomit and voted for GWB, and regretted it the second he took office.
I voted for Gore/Lieberman. If he had won do you think he would have taken action on climate change or did he not become aware of climate change until after losing the election?
365 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 9:44:04am |
re: #347 William Barnett-Lewis
Can I offer a bounty for finding any of the alleged functioning brain cells in UpChuck’s head?
I think that’s like the offer of $10 million bucks for finding bigfoot. You’re pretty safe on ever having to pay out.
366 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:44:11am |
We drank beer and while we were kissing, he quickly pulled aside my underwear and was suddenly inside me. I exclaimed, “Hey!” And he whispered, “I can tell you’re not a virgin. I can tell you like it.” I was quiet until it was over.
Yeah, it happens that quick.
to all those who think “well, can’t people just not have sex?”
*ahem*
367 | lawhawk Jan 22, 2015 9:44:36am |
re: #356 Charles Johnson
Twitter has made it a lot easier to report people like Chuck lately. Who knows if they’ll do anything, but it no longer takes a half hour to fill out a complicated form, and you can report tweets that aren’t addressed to you now.
It’s still a revolving door suspension though. Unless and until he’s permanently banned for his atrocious violations of the Twitter TOS, this is also on Twitter (which benefits from trolls like CCJ to generate revenue from all the outrage).
368 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 9:46:21am |
The devastating impact of vaccine deniers, in one measles chart http://t.co/dEvaKJvWKa pic.twitter.com/Di1kuS5FWV— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 22, 2015
369 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 9:47:24am |
re: #364 The Vicious Babushka
I voted for Gore/Lieberman. If he had won do you think he would have taken action on climate change or did he not become aware of climate change until after losing the election?
For starters, I voted in Arizona, which is always heavily GOP, so it did not matter much on that account, either.
And I could not bring myself to vote for Liebermann nor could I stand the thought of Tipper in the White House. That lady makes me sick.
370 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 22, 2015 9:47:58am |
re: #364 The Vicious Babushka
I voted for Gore/Lieberman. If he had won do you think he would have taken action on climate change or did he not become aware of climate change until after losing the election?
Gore was an environmentalist from way back. He wrote Earth in the Balance in 1992 before running for VP. I’m not sure, never having read the book, but I believe global warming was one of the environmental topics he covered, along with things like loss of biodiversity, deforestation and ozone depletion.
371 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 9:48:33am |
re: #361 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Not giving Gore a free pass, but he did win the popular vote. And the votes cast for Nader in Florida would have given Gore an unconditional win there - and in the Electoral College.
True that.
372 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 9:49:50am |
re: #364 The Vicious Babushka
I voted for Gore/Lieberman. If he had won do you think he would have taken action on climate change or did he not become aware of climate change until after losing the election?
Gore was always a big environmentalist but if he wins, I think while he certainly wouldn’t ignore the issue, he wouldn’t have adopted as his pet issue. Not being president allowed him to focus on that.
373 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 9:51:40am |
re: #372 HappyWarrior
Gore was always a big environmentalist but if he wins, I think while he certainly wouldn’t ignore the issue, he wouldn’t have adopted as his pet issue. Not being president allowed him to focus on that.
Had he adopted it at all, the blowback would have been even more extreme. As it is, it took nearly 15 years for the GOP to even recognize climate change at all.
374 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 9:53:34am |
re:
#344
Any luck finding the name of the alleged rape victim at Duke? The bounty is now $350.
Also, The Establishment is afraid of me, hates me. I’m gonna destroy them. Can someone bring me a sammich?
//
375 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 9:53:56am |
re: #374 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#344Also, The Establishment is afraid of me, hates me. I’m gonna destroy them. Can someone bring me a sammich?
//
All he wanted was a Pepsi!!!
376 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:56:17am |
Dear GOP, Today is the 42 anniversary of Roe Vs Wade. #Roe42 pic.twitter.com/r4fido2Dv5— My Daughter's Army (@mydaughtersarmy) January 22, 2015
377 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 9:56:56am |
re: #242 Targetpractice
Of course, there is an alternative to whose who think that removing the welcome mat at the White House while Bibi is in town is a bad move: Just leave town for the length of his visit. Go give speeches, tour hospitals, take photo ops at military bases, or just play a few rounds of golf on the other side of the country. If anybody asks, the President had already planned to be out of town and couldn’t make time to see the Israeli PM.
I was thinking along the same line. I figured he could set up a meeting with representatives from Syria and Iran and hold some preliminary meetings to set up regional peace talks or something.
That would blow both Republican and Benjamin Netanyahu minds.
378 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:57:12am |
re: #369 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
For starters, I voted in Arizona, which is always heavily GOP, so it did not matter much on that account, either.
And I could not bring myself to vote for Liebermann nor could I stand the thought of Tipper in the White House. That lady makes me sick.
Tipper (which I can’t even imagine with out saying it like Rosanna Rosanna Danna might) was a big turn-off!
380 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 9:58:30am |
381 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 9:59:18am |
re: #378 FemNaziBitch
Tipper (which I can’t even imagine with out saying it like Rosanna Rosanna Danna might) was a big turn-off!
A big turnoff to younger voters too. I don’t think Tipper is a bad person but her involvement with music censorship was crap.
382 | Charles Johnson Jan 22, 2015 10:00:21am |
Today thousands of delusional religious fanatics are marching to stamp out women’s right to choose. What a country. #marchforlife— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2015
383 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:00:51am |
D.C. Police Chief: Arresting People For Marijuana Possession 'Never Was Productive To Begin With' | ThinkProgress http://t.co/aaxIvVu1Ea— Missy Leanos (@EffieMissy) January 22, 2015
384 | RealityBasedSteve Jan 22, 2015 10:02:23am |
re: #379 Varek Raith
What’s it gonna take to permaban CCJ?
FFS.
About the same as for me to start dating Kim Kardashian. A cosmic alignment of unprecedented magnitude.
RBS
385 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 10:02:23am |
386 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 22, 2015 10:02:30am |
re: #378 FemNaziBitch
Tipper (which I can’t even imagine with out saying it like Rosanna Rosanna Danna might) was a big turn-off!
And, to be honest, I found Joe Lieberman an enormous turn-off too, to the point where I threw away my vote on a write-in for, of all people, John McCain. In my defense, this was the old McCain who called people like Jerry Falwell “agents of intolerance” instead of sucking up to them, and hadn’t yet foisted Caribou Barbie on an unsuspecting nation. And I was voting in Massachusetts, where my vote for President had no effect on anything.
However, having seen what happened in 2000, I’m not about to make that sort of mistake again.
387 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:02:32am |
re: #382 Charles Johnson
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Including a few I probably grew up with. The local Catholic schools would actually give the kids the day off to protest Roe. I still remember my one friend’s sister bragging about how she taunted an abortion clinic worker. I was too young to really understand the issue but this was the 90’s and I remembered hearing about James Kopp and the many other fanatics who actually killed doctors and it just disgusted me. There was never any desire by these fanatics to actually try to work on the conditions that made women choose to get abortions in the first place- just slut shaming and harassing people doing their jobs at the clinics.
388 | Timothy Watson Jan 22, 2015 10:02:46am |
re: #382 Charles Johnson
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And not a soul in the conservative world is worried about disrupting traffic and people’s lives, funny isn’t it?
389 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:03:13am |
390 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 10:03:24am |
I’d page this but RawStory hassles Charles if we link their stuff here.
GOP rep: Keep minimum wage low ‘for minorities’ who aren’t worth more than $7 an hour http://t.co/KrQ0QVnFWb #tcot #UniteBlue #RaiseTheWage— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 22, 2015
391 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:03:54am |
re: #388 Timothy Watson
And not a soul in the conservative world is worried about disrupting traffic and people’s lives, funny isn’t that it?
They’re not inquiring about the employment status of these protesters either. Only for lefty rallies I suppose.
392 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:05:01am |
re: #380 FemNaziBitch
Two giant California “non-profits” reach agreement on health coverage for 280,000 Californians.
Non-profit Blue Shield of CA (2013 profits of $171 million) and non-profit medical provider Sutter (2013 profits of $300 million) reach agreement.
The term “non-profit” certainly has considerable elasticity here.
393 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:05:04am |
re: #390 The Vicious Babushka
I’d page this but RawStory hassles Charles if we link their stuff here.
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So not only is he a bigot, he’s also an idiot.
394 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:05:53am |
396 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:06:57am |
397 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 10:07:03am |
re: #290 FemNaziBitch
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I knew girls/women tended to be better at shooting sports, but damn …
I love fresh water yellow perch. And that sure is one huge perch. Damn. must have grown up thinking it was a Walleye! (Same fish family)
398 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:07:27am |
re: #381 HappyWarrior
A big turnoff to younger voters too. I don’t think Tipper is a bad person but her involvement with music censorship was crap.
She’d have been a breath of fresh air compared to Romney’s Queen Ann.
399 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 10:08:47am |
re: #398 Skip Intro
She’d have been a breath of fresh air compared to Romney’s Queen Ann.
There’s definitely that. I cannot imagine That Woman as FLOTUS. She is already insufferable enough now.
400 | Varek Raith Jan 22, 2015 10:08:55am |
re: #390 The Vicious Babushka
I’d page this but RawStory hassles Charles if we link their stuff here.
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They do?
My bad.
:/
401 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:09:58am |
re: #398 Skip Intro
She’d have been a breath of fresh air compared to Romney’s Queen Ann.
Damning with faint praise. I don’t dislike Tipper truthfully but it’s easy to see why Tipper would be unlikable to a younger voter given her involvement in the music censorship of the 80’s. I don’t disagree though. Ann’s much more unlikable since she seems to view that first lady’s position as something she’s entitled to. Never got that vibe from Tipper or really any other prospective first lady in either major party except Ann.
402 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 10:09:58am |
re: #396 FemNaziBitch
I am a little frightened that all that came out of Grassley’s mouth. It’s just…weird, and I think I want to see what plays out before I give him a Good On Ya, you know?
403 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:11:23am |
re: #390 The Vicious Babushka
I’d page this but RawStory hassles Charles if we link their stuff here.
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Career politician Tom McClintock. Spit.
404 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:11:45am |
405 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:12:08am |
re: #402 WhatEVs
I am a little frightened that all that came out of Grassley’s mouth. It’s just…weird, and I think I want to see what plays out before I give him a Good On Ya, you know?
I know.
406 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 10:13:15am |
Ugh.
Tune in to Comcast 187 or antenna 43.6 or 13.1 right now to see a live interview with @ChuckCJohnson. Don't forget to call in!— John Malos METV (@johnmalosmetv) January 22, 2015
407 | WhatEVs Jan 22, 2015 10:14:50am |
re: #404 FemNaziBitch
Identifying US K-12 Public Schools with Deliberate Sex Segregation
WHAT? Wow. Just wow.
408 | klystron Jan 22, 2015 10:17:34am |
Once again, I challenge my fellow Lizards to consider what kind of justices for the Supreme Court we would get out of Clinton versus out of the Republican nominee.
If you don’t think Bush did enough damage, feel free to sit out this election.
409 | nearly-headless smith25 Jan 22, 2015 10:21:59am |
re: #408 klystron
Once again, I challenge my fellow Lizards to consider what kind of justices for the Supreme Court we would get out of Clinton versus out of the Republican nominee.
If you don’t think Bush did enough damage, feel free to sit out this election.
This.
410 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 10:23:07am |
re: #307 FemNaziBitch
I’m 50 and I can’t remember that baggage. I don’t care about it. It’s been 20 years and I think we are finally ready for Hillary. We weren’t then and that was a big part of the baggage.
I’m 60 and I remember all baggage of many a politician.
If I have a scale and I put all of Hillary’s baggage on the left weigh plate and then place the baggage of the last 20 years of Republican BS on the right plate, the beam supporting the right weigh plate breaks every damn time.
So, I’ll vote for Hillary because I can not see any Republican that can be a moderate, considerate, realistic human being. I will note vote for Koch Industries and any of the other big money lobbyists that have their hands up the back of the Republican party. Just can’t do it.
And one more thing to add. I think Hillary should be aware by now that her baggage and age are going to be an issue, so take them on directly and then add to it by taking a bunch of Democratic young Rep and Senate candidates along on your campaign stops and say you are working on adding youth to this countries politics for the future. Tell them as a package you are working to rebuild America for now and the next 50 years.
411 | allegro Jan 22, 2015 10:24:23am |
Whenever I find myself shuddering at having to cast a vote for Hillary, I stop and think about how much fun Bill is going to be as First Gentleman. Heh.
412 | Varek Raith Jan 22, 2015 10:26:16am |
re: #411 allegro
Whenever I find myself shuddering at having to cast a vote for Hillary, I stop and think about how much fun Bill is going to be as First Gentleman. Heh.
413 | Charles Johnson Jan 22, 2015 10:27:37am |
Tune in to Comcast 187 or antenna 43.6 or 13.1 right now to see a live interview with @ChuckCJohnson. Don't forget to call in!— John Malos METV (@johnmalosmetv) January 22, 2015
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414 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 10:28:47am |
re: #312 lawhawk
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James Inhofe is a hoax. He keeps passing himself off as a statesmen.
Oh, he has 63 weather casters that can back him up. How many times can his weather casters get the damn daily forecast correct? Yeah, that is what I thought.
416 | nearly-headless smith25 Jan 22, 2015 10:29:32am |
re: #410 ObserverArt
Much of HRC’s baggage is hung on her for being a female, and a female who didn’t “stay in her place” in the 93 Health Care work.
417 | klystron Jan 22, 2015 10:29:49am |
re: #414 ObserverArt
James Inhofe is a hoax. He keeps passing himself off as a statesmen.
Oh, he has 63 weather casters that can back him up. How many times can his weather casters get the damn daily forecast correct? Yeah, that is what I thought.
Oh, but he’s not a scientist…
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418 | Dave In Austin Jan 22, 2015 10:30:45am |
419 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 10:31:42am |
re: #315 Higgs Boson’s Mate
” I’d hold my nose and vote for her if I had to, but I really don’t want to have to do that.” Think about that for a few seconds. I consider most of the commentariat here to be dedicated Democrats. If we’re talking about having to hold our noses to vote for Clinton then how can we reasonably expect the public at large to be enthusiastic about her? Me? I won’t vote for her no matter which of Satan’s little helpers gets the Republican nomination. IMHO, we aren’t going to get better Democrats by voting for shitty ones.
And you’ll get nothing voting for a Republican.
I hope you consider your vote. There is evil and there is pure evil.
420 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:32:29am |
addictinginfo.org
Hey GOP, how’s that minority outreach looking for ya? Really a deportable?
421 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:33:28am |
re: #408 klystron
Once again, I challenge my fellow Lizards to consider what kind of justices for the Supreme Court we would get out of Clinton versus out of the Republican nominee.
If you don’t think Bush did enough damage, feel free to sit out this election.
If the Senate stays GOP we’ll get no SC Justices that the GOP doesn’t want. Still better than with a Repub Pres (maybe), but nothing to get excited about.
422 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:33:35am |
re: #408 klystron
Once again, I challenge my fellow Lizards to consider what kind of justices for the Supreme Court we would get out of Clinton versus out of the Republican nominee.
If you don’t think Bush did enough damage, feel free to sit out this election.
Sure and I understand that. I am just not excited about her. I won’t insult you or anyone here by saying she’s no better than the Republicans she’s running against but I just can’t get excited for her.
423 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:34:05am |
re: #421 Skip Intro
If the Senate stays GOP we’ll get no SC Justices that the GOP doesn’t want. Still better than with a Repub Pres (maybe), but nothing to get excited about.
I think there’s a possibility the Dems could regain the Senate in 2016.
424 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:35:28am |
re: #423 HappyWarrior
I won’t vote for a Republican, no matter what. All I want is another option to Hillary.
425 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 10:36:11am |
re: #424 Skip Intro
I won’t vote for a Republican, no matter what. All I want is another option to Hillary.
I like Joe Biden.
426 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:36:39am |
re: #424 Skip Intro
I won’t vote for a Republican, no matter what. All I want is another option to Hillary.
Right this is my position as well.
427 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jan 22, 2015 10:37:02am |
re:
#413
John Malos METV
Ara Catchatoorian
I didn’t realize times were so hard for wingnut radio/TV people as to have CCJ on.
428 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:38:04am |
re: #425 The Vicious Babushka
Yeah, he seems to still be alive. Hillary is so busy triangulating her positions all we’re going to know about her is that she isn’t a Republican.
429 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:38:19am |
re: #423 HappyWarrior
I think there’s a possibility the Dems could regain the Senate in 2016.
wait, you may be surprised by Hillary as a candidate when she isn’t in Bill’s Shadow.
430 | Kragar Jan 22, 2015 10:38:50am |
re: #424 Skip Intro
I won’t vote for a Republican, no matter what. All I want is another option to Hillary.
I can’t see myself voting for her in the primary, but if it came down to her versus any Republican in November, there really isn’t any other choice
431 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 10:39:37am |
re: #378 FemNaziBitch
Tipper (which I can’t even imagine with out saying it like Rosanna Rosanna Danna might) was a big turn-off!
She and Joe Liebermann were driving forces behind attempts to censor rock and roll content.
432 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 10:40:09am |
re: #357 HappyWarrior
I understand your point but at the same time, I think Gore deserves some of the blame there too. You need to give people a reason to want to vote for you. Gore ran away from Clinton even though the economy was booming in 2000 and while the American people didn’t think too much of Clinton as a person, they did approve of the job he did as president.
Hell, I’ll say it.
I’d vote for Hillary over Al Gore today. Gore has done some okay things politically, but he could just be an arrogant ass too. I think Al thought he was smarter than he really was and that came through.
But he still won! ///
433 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:40:10am |
re: #430 Kragar
Since I live in California, and the primaries are always over before they get here, and because California always votes Dem for Pres, I really have no dog in this race.
434 | klystron Jan 22, 2015 10:40:22am |
re: #422 HappyWarrior
Sure and I understand that. I am just not excited about her. I won’t insult you or anyone here by saying she’s no better than the Republicans she’s running against but I just can’t get excited for her.
With all due respect, I think Obama was a bad thing for Democrats in this regard, in that now apparently we need to be “excited” by our candidate.
Obama was the type of candidate that I don’t expect to see again for 20 years, at least. Using him as the standard is not really a good plan. I am all for supporting young up-and-coming new blood in the party but at the end of the day I also support winning. Because we can’t afford more Roberts on the court.
435 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:40:38am |
re: #429 FemNaziBitch
wait, you may be surprised by Hillary as a candidate when she isn’t in Bill’s Shadow.
I hope so. I just wasn’t impressed at all by her last campaign.
436 | No Country For Old Haters Jan 22, 2015 10:40:57am |
re: #356 Charles Johnson
Twitter has made it a lot easier to report people like Chuck lately. Who knows if they’ll do anything, but it no longer takes a half hour to fill out a complicated form, and you can report tweets that aren’t addressed to you now.
I doubt they’ll do anything. They’ll host a freak show for as long as it gets them clicks. They very rarely do anything to rein in the psychos that use their platform to hurt people. They just pretend to care in an attempt to stop all decent people from abandoning the service. I’d never visit Twitter without ad-block, as I don’t want to support a platform that supports hateful throwbacks.
437 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:41:40am |
re: #429 FemNaziBitch
If she doesn’t use Bill she’ll be making a huge mistake.
438 | Kragar Jan 22, 2015 10:42:09am |
re: #433 Skip Intro
Since I live in California, and the primaries are always over before they get here, and because California always votes Dem for Pres, I really have no dog in this race.
Well sure, there is that…
439 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:42:20am |
Holding HIllary accountable for the baggage of 20years ago is like calling LGF a Conservative Blog.
Move on people.
440 | No Country For Old Haters Jan 22, 2015 10:43:06am |
re: #430 Kragar
I can’t see myself voting for her in the primary, but if it came down to her versus any Republican in November, there really isn’t any other choice
Correct. There’s no chance of the Republicans nominating a good person as long as the party’s base is made up of racists, homophobes, religious extremists, and right-wing lunatics.
441 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:43:22am |
re: #435 HappyWarrior
I hope so. I just wasn’t impressed at all by her last campaign.
I think this time she’ll actually have the Party backing her 100%. It was never in the cards for her last time around.
442 | Skip Intro Jan 22, 2015 10:43:24am |
re: #439 FemNaziBitch
Holding HIllary accountable for the baggage of 20years ago is like calling LGF a Conservative Blog.
Move on people.
We’re not the ones who will be doing it. It’s going to be the members of the “liberal” media who won’t let it go.
443 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jan 22, 2015 10:43:54am |
re: #390 The Vicious Babushka
Keep minimum wage low ‘for minorities’ who aren’t worth more than $7 an hour
We see two conflicting mindsets here: labor as just another cost to be minimized, like staples or toner, and on the other hand, the vaunted Dignity of Hard Work.
And how can work be dignified if it does not allow workers to support their families?
444 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:44:21am |
re: #434 klystron
With all due respect, I think Obama was a bad thing for Democrats in this regard, in that now apparently we need to be “excited” by our candidate.
Obama was the type of candidate that I don’t expect to see again for 20 years, at least. Using him as the standard is not really a good plan. I am all for supporting young up-and-coming new blood in the party but at the end of the day I also support winning. Because we can’t afford more Roberts on the court.
I don’t know klys. I just look at successful Democrats like Bill Clinton and the above mentioned Obama and I see that both of them were able to generate enthusiasm. Hillary feels like she’s more in the camp that Gore and Kerry were. I agree that we shouldn’t use Obama as the absolute standard since every election year is a different political climate. I have no problem with voting for Hillary Clinton if she’s the nominee but I really do feel that there could be a better candidate out there. And you’re absolutely right. We can’t afford more Roberts on the court and I will agree with you strongly over anyone who tries to push Hillary as “Repub lite.”
446 | klystron Jan 22, 2015 10:45:28am |
re: #444 HappyWarrior
I don’t know klys. I just look at successful Democrats like Bill Clinton and the above mentioned Obama and I see that both of them were able to generate enthusiasm. Hillary feels like she’s more in the camp that Gore and Kerry were. I agree that we shouldn’t use Obama as the absolute standard since every election year is a different political climate. I have no problem with voting for Hillary Clinton if she’s the nominee but I really do feel that there could be a better candidate out there. And you’re absolutely right. We can’t afford more Roberts on the court and I will agree with you strongly over anyone who tries to push Hillary as “Repub lite.”
I figure that Republicans weren’t really thrilled with the first Bush after Reagan, but they still managed to elect him.
447 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:45:59am |
re: #441 FemNaziBitch
I think this time she’ll actually have the Party backing her 100%. It was never in the cards for her last time around.
Sure, I’ll give her a chance. I am not refusing to vote for her just so it’s clear but I really think the Democratic Party could benefit from not handing her the nomination on a silver platter so to speak. Her husband and Obama defintiely worked hard for their nominations. I feel she (or anyone who is going to be the party’s standard bearer) should have to work just as.
448 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:46:02am |
re: #444 HappyWarrior
I don’t know klys. I just look at successful Democrats like Bill Clinton and the above mentioned Obama and I see that both of them were able to generate enthusiasm. Hillary feels like she’s more in the camp that Gore and Kerry were. I agree that we shouldn’t use Obama as the absolute standard since every election year is a different political climate. I have no problem with voting for Hillary Clinton if she’s the nominee but I really do feel that there could be a better candidate out there. And you’re absolutely right. We can’t afford more Roberts on the court and I will agree with you strongly over anyone who tries to push Hillary as “Repub lite.”
Sorry, I haven’t been hearing any non-emotional reasons to vote against Hillary.
Think long and hard about it.
Do you see her as an old woman or a political player?
Clean your glasses and look at Hillary again.
449 | De Kolta Chair Jan 22, 2015 10:46:36am |
450 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:46:42am |
re: #446 klystron
I figure that Republicans weren’t really thrilled with the first Bush after Reagan, but they still managed to elect him.
True and I don’t think Hillary is unelectable for that matter either. I just want the Dems to have a healthy primary.
451 | FemNaziBitch Jan 22, 2015 10:47:39am |
re: #447 HappyWarrior
Sure, I’ll give her a chance. I am not refusing to vote for her just so it’s clear but I really think the Democratic Party could benefit from not handing her the nomination on a silver platter so to speak. Her husband and Obama defintiely worked hard for their nominations. I feel she (or anyone who is going to be the party’s standard bearer) should have to work just as.
She’s been working for the party since she was in College.
She will continue to work for this country, regardless of whether she wins or not.
And not as a Journalist.
453 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 10:48:01am |
re: #443 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Keep minimum wage low ‘for minorities’ who aren’t worth more than $7 an hour
We see two conflicting mindsets here: labor as just another cost to be minimized, like staples or toner, and on the other hand, the vaunted Dignity of Hard Work.
And how can work be dignified if it does not allow workers to support their families?
HURR HURR IF YOU PAY PEOPLE MOAR TO DO BACK BREAKING EXHAUSTING UNSATISFYING MENIAL LABOR THEY WON’T BE MOTIVATED TO FIND A BETTER JOB!!!1!!!!
454 | The Vicious Babushka Jan 22, 2015 10:48:42am |
re: #448 FemNaziBitch
Sorry, I haven’t been hearing any non-emotional reasons to vote against Hillary.
Think long and hard about it.
Do you see her as an old woman or a political player?
Clean your glasses and look at Hillary again.
If Hillary was a man she’d be Jeb Bush.
455 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:48:55am |
re: #448 FemNaziBitch
Sorry, I haven’t been hearing any non-emotional reasons to vote against Hillary.
Think long and hard about it.
Do you see her as an old woman or a political player?
Clean your glasses and look at Hillary again.
I see her as a legitimate political player but at the same time, I am tired of the Clintons and the Bushes. It’s honestly fatigue. The Obama years are the only two presidential elections in my lifetime that we haven’t had a Bush or Clinton on the ticket. I am not refusing to vote for her in the general, I just want to see if there are other viable options.
456 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 22, 2015 10:49:16am |
re: #429 FemNaziBitch
wait, you may be surprised by Hillary as a candidate when she isn’t in Bill’s Shadow.
I think that’s the first time I ever took issue with one of your posts. Hillary Clinton wasn’t in Bill’s shadow when she made her worst mistake of the 2008 campaign. Remember Snipergate, when she was trying to act like a tough guy? Everytime Hillary Clinton had an extended campaign in the run-up to a primary, her numbers went down. She’s the one candidate who can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
457 | HappyWarrior Jan 22, 2015 10:50:21am |
re: #454 The Vicious Babushka
If Hillary was a man she’d be Jeb Bush.
I disagree with you there VB, I think she’s got more substance than Bush since she’s actually got something going for her other than her name but Hillary supporters really can’t underestimate that there is legitimate and I frankly feel very understandable Clinton and also Bush fatigue by many in the electorate.
458 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 22, 2015 10:52:02am |
re: #446 klystron
I figure that Republicans weren’t really thrilled with the first Bush after Reagan, but they still managed to elect him.
I voted for George Bush in 1988. Try to remember that the alternative was Michael Dukakis. It was a shame what happened to Bush. He wasn’t the man in 1988 that he was in 1980. Sort of like John McCain in 2008 and 2000.
459 | iossarian Jan 22, 2015 10:54:03am |
re: #448 FemNaziBitch
Sorry, I haven’t been hearing any non-emotional reasons to vote against Hillary.
Think long and hard about it.
Do you see her as an old woman or a political player?
Clean your glasses and look at Hillary again.
I haven’t been persuaded, over the years, that Hillary has a strong motivation to improve the life chances of the poor, minorities, women, etc. I think she’s more about the kind of fantasy “pragmatic centrism” that tries to marry social liberalism with lightly-regulated capitalism, and which got us into the fucking mess we find ourselves in now.
Anyone with a brain should be voting for her in the general. But it would be nice to have a candidate who actually gets that letting the private sector control large swathes of economic activity leads to a shit deal for 90% of the population.
460 | ObserverArt Jan 22, 2015 10:57:25am |
re: #437 Skip Intro
If she doesn’t use Bill she’ll be making a huge mistake.
I think what FemNazi was saying is that Hillary will be running on some issues Bill wouldn’t have touched as a candidate. I expect a lot more women’s issues, education and healthcare from her.
Hillary is not stupid. She will of course use Bill…and she has already indicated she will be using the Obama “get out the vote” community organizer methods to sign up and move voters to vote.
I do think Obama taught her a lot, and her being a Senator and Secretary of State has helped her since ‘08.
And she will not suffer Republican fools. To me she is sharper than all of the GOP idiots announcing. That is why they hope to tear her down before they have to debate her. She will slice and dice a Ted Cruz or a Rand Paul.
461 | Jay in Oregon Jan 24, 2015 9:14:05am |
I know conservatives like to rile up and piss liberals off, then use that as “proof” of how despicable we are.
But in CCJ’s case I don’t give a rat’s ass. If he couldn’t use the internet to harass people and make himself feel powerful, he’d be the nobody everyone else knows he is.
For all of the fear and misery he puts forth into the world, any ass-whipping he gets is more than richly deserved. And if his dumbass, trash-talking mouth gets him killed, then his is an obituary that I will read with great satisfaction.