1 Jenner7  Jan 25, 2015 8:26:15pm
2 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 25, 2015 8:27:48pm

re: #1 Jenner7

Liberal mayor demands that snow replace God in NYC churches!

3 Charles Johnson  Jan 25, 2015 8:30:28pm
4 jaunte  Jan 25, 2015 8:32:26pm
5 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 25, 2015 8:35:04pm

and the Breitbart purity catfight continues:

6 Kragar  Jan 25, 2015 8:38:42pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

7 goddamnedfrank  Jan 25, 2015 8:39:29pm
8 goddamnedfrank  Jan 25, 2015 8:40:29pm

I don’t know why the chicken burrito thing cracks me up, but it does. Perhaps because it’s so random, and is almost certain to have ended in poop.

I’m a very immature person.

9 jaunte  Jan 25, 2015 8:44:43pm
10 Charles Johnson  Jan 25, 2015 8:45:00pm
11 makeitstop  Jan 25, 2015 8:46:31pm

At this rate, Chuck is well on his way to being the most universally loathed person on the entire internet.

12 jaunte  Jan 25, 2015 8:46:38pm

“The ads now feature Kamala Khan, Marvel’s Comics first Muslim character…”

13 Charles Johnson  Jan 25, 2015 8:51:10pm
14 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 8:51:39pm

Well this is interesting.

15 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 25, 2015 8:52:11pm

re: #9 jaunte

Are those power lines or telephone lines? Or both? Either way, that’s a lot of cables!

16 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 25, 2015 8:52:37pm

That the CCJ/Loesch spat is known to anyone other than them is unsettling to me.

17 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 25, 2015 8:54:03pm

re: #12 jaunte

Mad respect to whoever did that. That’s brilliant.

18 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 25, 2015 8:56:45pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

I gather that there’s another wingnut event going on tonight featuring Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, but I just can’t even.

And that’s not all, folks. Marco Rubio is the third participant.

19 goddamnedfrank  Jan 25, 2015 8:59:26pm

re: #14 teleskiguy

Global warming’s gonna murder the absolute crap out of places like Bangladesh too. It’ll be horrible.

Climate change in Bangladesh is an extremely crucial issue and according to National Geographic, Bangladesh ranks first as the nation most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in the coming decades (Braun, 2010).

20 Kragar  Jan 25, 2015 9:00:56pm

3 things that make any music video better:

Magical Rock Lightning

Ninjas

Cheerleaders

…

21 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 9:02:00pm
22 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 25, 2015 9:02:40pm

Hovering a few degrees above freezing, still raining, woodstove loaded, off to sleep for a few hours.

East coast folks…be safe and warm.

23 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 9:03:20pm

re: #21 teleskiguy

Those are tights, not leggings.

Leggings don’t cover the whole foot.

24 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 9:04:28pm

re: #23 klystron

Those are tights, not leggings.

Leggings don’t cover the whole foot.

Ah! I see. I’m a guy, so these things don’t tend to be common knowledge. Thanks for the correction!

:-D

25 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 9:05:11pm

re: #24 teleskiguy

Ah! I see. I’m a guy, so these things don’t tend to be common knowledge. Thanks for the correction!

:-D

Be glad. I think tights/stockings/pantyhose are one of the most god-awful inventions ever, but as a female I am expected to wear them for certain formal occasions.

26 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 9:06:02pm

re: #25 klystron

Be glad. I think tights/stockings/pantyhose are one of the most god-awful inventions ever, but as a female I am expected to wear them for certain formal occasions.

I feel this way about high heels.

27 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 9:06:54pm

re: #26 teleskiguy

I feel this way about high heels.

I can’t actually walk in high heels. I wear flip flops everywhere I can get away with it and then have ballet flats for when I can’t.

28 retired cynic  Jan 25, 2015 9:07:58pm

re: #26 teleskiguy

I feel that way about both tights and heels. I shuffle around in fake crocs and envy those with wooden shoes!

29 Kragar  Jan 25, 2015 9:09:17pm

re: #26 teleskiguy

I feel this way about high heels.

Originally, high heels were developed by horsemen to keep their feet in the stirrup. Later, nobility adopted the fashion in court, predominantly by males.

30 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 9:09:49pm

re: #29 Kragar

Originally, high heels were developed by horsemen to keep their feet in the stirrup. Later, nobility adopted the fashion in court, predominantly by males.

You guys could have kept wearing them instead of foisting them off on women but noooooooooooooooooooooo…

;)

31 retired cynic  Jan 25, 2015 9:10:49pm

re: #29 Kragar

Yeah, but they can keep your feet in the stirrups when you don’t want that response, and you can get hung up. No thanks!

32 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 9:12:51pm

re: #27 klystron

I can’t actually walk in high heels.

I work in a ski shop in a Hyatt hotel. I’ve befriended a number of front-of-house Hyatt employees and they wear heels to work everyday, it’s expected of them by the all male management. I hear a lot of “my feet hurt” and “my back hurts” in conversation. Hell, just today I saw one of the HR gals walking down the hallway in heels. “Do you have to wear those damned heels?” I asked. “Uh, yeah, kind of,” she said.

“That sucks.”

“Tell me about it.”

33 Kragar  Jan 25, 2015 9:13:07pm

re: #31 retired cynic

Yeah, but they can keep your feet in the stirrups when you don’t want that response, and you can get hung up. No thanks!

Of course when the alternative was being unhorsed and being butchered by infantry, then maybe high heels are okay.

34 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 9:13:40pm

The Verve - The Drugs Don’t Work

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35 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 9:14:02pm

re: #29 Kragar

Originally, high heels were developed by horsemen to keep their feet in the stirrup. Later, nobility adopted the fashion in court, predominantly by males.

It makes their legs and ass look good!

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36 retired cynic  Jan 25, 2015 9:15:29pm

re: #33 Kragar

I have fallen off, but haven’t been butchered by infantry lately! I’ll take my odds with the infantry and avoid being dragged, thanks!

37 Kragar  Jan 25, 2015 9:16:16pm

re: #36 retired cynic

I have fallen off, but haven’t been butchered by infantry lately! I’ll take my odds with the infantry and avoid being dragged, thanks!

To each their own.

38 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 9:16:42pm

I used to rock pants like these.

39 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 9:19:05pm

re: #25 klystron

Heh some guys at work rock pantyhose for warmth.

40 makeitstop  Jan 25, 2015 9:26:48pm

re: #27 klystron

I can’t actually walk in high heels. I wear flip flops everywhere I can get away with it and then have ballet flats for when I can’t.

My wife is just the opposite - she’ll wear heels before anything.

In the”I’ll never live it down” department - we were on vacation in New Orleans, and were heading out to the Garden District one morning. I mentioned that the sidewalks out that way were a total mess and that maybe she should wear sneakers. She humored me and put her sneakers on.

We got out to the Garden District, and my wife got off the streetcar, took two steps and turned her ankle. I haven’t made a suggestion regarding footwear since.

41 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 9:33:51pm

An excerpt from George Carlin’s book “When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?”

And, my friend, I hope you’re aware that when we talk about women looking good, we’re also talking about clothing. Clothing is what generates all this shopping shit that occupies so much of a woman’s time. Because the truth is, women have to buy, own and wear and unbelievably bewildering number of garments.

Slips, half-slips, camisoles, thongs, panties, pantyhose, stockings, half hose, knee-highs, anklets, socks, leg warmers, garter belts, girdles, corsets, training bras, padded bras, sports bras, nursing bras, push-up bras, strapless, bras, Wonderbras, bustiers, teddies, petticoats, peignoirs, negligees,, nightgowns, shorties, muumuus, stockings…

…blouses, sweaters, jerseys, pullovers, halter tops, miniskirts, maxiskirts, slacks, suits, sunsuits, business suits, pants suits, culottes, capris, shorts, short shorts, hot pants, formal gowns, bridal gowns, evening gowns, street dresses, sundresses, cocktail dresses, housedresses, housecoats, winter coats, fall coats, spring coats, hats and scarves…

…brooches, pins, necklaces, pendants, medallions, lockets, bracelets, earrings, wedding rings, engagement rings, friendship rings, thumb rings, toe rings and (optional, of course) nipple, nose and labia rings.

And let’s not even begin to talk about shoes. Oh, God! Sorry girls! I take it back. But at least let’s keep it brief: tennis shoes, sandals, open-toes, slingbacks, mules, wedges, flats, half-heels and…high heels. High heels that damage a woman’s feet, ankles and knees, but make her ass and legs look great…

42 goddamnedfrank  Jan 25, 2015 9:38:28pm

I feel strongly about this. Sharing a chicken burrito is serious. I’ve been there man.

43 Viscous Obama  Jan 25, 2015 9:51:44pm

YOU MUST WATCH THIS LIVESTREAM NOW

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insane indian floats = awesome

44 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 10:00:31pm
45 Ace-o-aces  Jan 25, 2015 10:00:33pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

and the Breitbart purity catfight continues:

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46 Varek Raith  Jan 25, 2015 10:05:57pm

re: #38 Amory Blaine

I used to rock pants like these.

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That ain’t something to sound proud of.
/

47 Viscous Obama  Jan 25, 2015 10:06:18pm

obama looks perplexed but so would you if you saw a GIGANTIC LION MADE OUT OF MOVING GEARS float by

48 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 25, 2015 10:11:41pm

re: #44 teleskiguy

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“The Jerk Store called….”

49 goddamnedfrank  Jan 25, 2015 10:11:45pm

re: #38 Amory Blaine

I used to rock pants like these.

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Did they come with a free bowl of soup?

I’m sorry. That was mean.

50 TedStriker  Jan 25, 2015 10:17:16pm

re: #38 Amory Blaine

I used to rock pants like these.

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re: #49 goddamnedfrank

Did they come with a free bowl of soup?

I’m sorry. That was mean.

…

51 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 10:18:53pm

mr. klys is off to the UK (without me) this week and so he is required to bring me back a new gin to try.

Which led to perusing the regulations regarding bringing back alcohol, and CA’s wonderful understatedness:

Adults traveling into California from a foreign country by steamship or airplane may bring with them a reasonable amount of alcoholic beverages for personal or household use. A reasonable amount is not more than 60 liters (approximately five cases). (ABC agreement with U.S. Customs)

52 Viscous Obama  Jan 25, 2015 10:20:34pm

you guys just missed obama giving the thumbs up to 49 indian soldiers balancing on 9 motorcycles

53 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 10:29:53pm

re: #51 klystron

Five cases.

ZANG!
54 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 10:31:42pm

It’s funny how I’ll get some mileage out of certain images in my LGF image library. It’s something I’ve picked up from watching lawhawk use the Alan Rickman Deskflip GIF over and over for a time.

55 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 10:35:17pm

re: #41 teleskiguy

It might be pride, but I must say this. This excerpt was NOT copy/pasted. I put the book in my lap and typed.

I made one typo. Thanks to LGF’s cool pencil icon in comments, it’s gone!

56 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 10:40:07pm

re: #49 goddamnedfrank

re: #46 Varek Raith

Hey! :p Remember them old black satin coats with album art on the back? I used to rock one of these on the back

Had a friend paint me this on the back of my jean jacket many moons ago.

57 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 10:40:09pm

re: #23 klystron

Leggings don’t cover the whole foot.

THESE are leggings.

58 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 10:40:41pm

re: #57 teleskiguy

THESE are leggings.

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Those are a crime against humanity.

59 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 25, 2015 10:45:37pm

re: #58 klystron

Those are a crime against humanity.

That just cheapens a term which should be reserved for real atrocities—such as Penny’s new haircut on The Big Bang Theory.

60 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 10:45:39pm

re: #58 klystron

I’m curious. What do you think of the language shift - “leggings” into “yoga pants”?

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But seriously, George Carlin and his lists! #41

61 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 10:47:21pm

I was looking to buy this $700 vacuum cleaner. It goes up to 11.

62 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 10:48:23pm

re: #61 Amory Blaine

I was looking to buy this $700 vacuum cleaner. It goes up to 11.

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You really like vacuums?

63 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 10:50:43pm

Jesus Christ.

64 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 10:51:40pm

re: #62 klystron

It is a HEPA with (2) self cleaning filters and is suitable for concrete dust and other shop duties.

65 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 10:52:48pm

re: #64 Amory Blaine

It is a HEPA with (2) self cleaning filters and is suitable for concrete dust and other shop duties.

Ah, shop vacs are a different story.

66 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 10:54:01pm

re: #63 teleskiguy

Jesus Christ.

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Have you read Jill Fredston’s books, particularly her memoir regarding her work on avalanches?

I highly recommend.

67 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 10:58:35pm

Hmm. A shot of the Kraken is in order.

68 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:00:42pm

re: #66 klystron

I’ll look into it.

Honestly though, avalanche deaths are something that I’ve gotten used to. As horrible as that may sound, I’ve been skiing in Colorado since I was a small child, so I have my ties to the folks who ski, and these things happen, and they’ll continue to happen because humans are greedy.

I don’t want to say here how many funerals I’ve been to because of avalanches. An avalanche that killed five on 20 April 2013 near Loveland Pass was especially harsh.

69 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 25, 2015 11:03:53pm

re: #62 klystron

You really like vacuums?

Doofy LOVES his vac:
…

70 A Cranky One  Jan 25, 2015 11:03:57pm

re: #56 Amory Blaine

Hey, were you one of those hippeyes I’ve been hearin’ bout?

71 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 25, 2015 11:05:23pm

I wanted to be a hippy, but I was a seventies child. Worse, when I did try to grow my hair, I wound up looking like Ronald MacDonald.

72 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 11:05:26pm

re: #68 teleskiguy

Her writing speaks to me and she has a unique perspective, both from researching them and from establishing one of the earlier schools teaching folks involved in recreation how to assess avalanche risk, etc. Some of the stories she relates are fascinating, if depressing as shit.

She also addresses a lot about human risk assessment (it sucks) and other avalanche hazards (there’s neighborhoods in Alaska built in the path of avalanche chutes) and talks about triggering avalanches for filming purposes or safety purposes. Just a really neat, wide range of experiences and a lot of educational stuff in there too.

73 A Cranky One  Jan 25, 2015 11:06:01pm

re: #61 Amory Blaine

It really DOES go up to 11. Has it been endorsed by Spinal Tap yet?

74 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:09:01pm

re: #72 klystron

So encouraging to see a human who hated skiing when she tried it (in Breckenridge, IIRC) still delve deep into the woods. Inquisitive minds are the best minds!

:-D

75 klystron  Jan 25, 2015 11:10:47pm

re: #74 teleskiguy

So encouraging to see a human who hated skiing when she tried it (in Breckenridge, IIRC) still delve deep into the woods. Inquisitive minds are the best minds!

:-D

I swore off skiing long before Breckenridge. My last time on a hill was at Steamboat, and I came down the hill on a backboard.

But I like snow. Read that book the first time while recovering from having my appendix out, a fantastic distraction.

76 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:13:34pm

re: #70 A Cranky One

Heh. Too young to be a hippie, but I discovered the Dead in the mid 80s and it was like a fish takes to water for me. Milwaukee being such a segregated, conservative place.

77 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:15:49pm

re: #75 klystron

Steamboat

I spent seven winters in Steamboat. It’s where I taught myself how to telemark ski. It’s where I skied the deepest snow in my life (up to my eyeballs!), it’s where I first fell in love, it’s where I’ve seen the best sunset, the best moonlight, the most beautiful sunrises…

I could go on and on and on. Steamboat Springs shaped me as a person.

Ah! I’m getting wistful thinking about it. Those were the days.

78 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:17:29pm

The first time I read Little Green Footballs was in the Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs, CO, circa 2004.

79 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:30:42pm

re: #78 teleskiguy

Fuckin’ A , Man
80 Lancelot Link  Jan 25, 2015 11:36:00pm

re: #79 Amory Blaine

That caption is a bit ambiguous. You may want to add a comma (or possibly not).

81 goddamnedfrank  Jan 25, 2015 11:38:30pm
82 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:41:53pm

re: #81 goddamnedfrank

HAH! Motherfucker is picking his nose

UpChuck is swirling around the drain. He’ll be totally irrelevant soon, right?

83 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:42:18pm

My oldest friend (31 years) is coming over tomorrow for a night of revelry. Acoustic guitars and a small playlist shall rule!

84 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:45:33pm

re: #83 Amory Blaine

My oldest friend (31 years)

Your oldest friend is younger than me. Just barely!

I’m 32. 33 comes in May.

85 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:46:15pm

We’ve been friends for 31 years. :)

86 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:48:57pm

…

87 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:49:27pm

I’m so young. I’ve got my whole life ahead of me.

/ or whatver

88 teleskiguy  Jan 25, 2015 11:52:15pm
89 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:52:59pm

re: #87 teleskiguy

Even better, you’re young at heart. Active and friendly is a way through life.

90 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 25, 2015 11:53:56pm

I just read the entire UpChuck piece on Dana Loesch, dog help me, so I could update gotnwes.com. That boy needs a real editor. He could write for Sarah Palin.

BUSTED: How dare @DanaLoesch lie about Andrew Breitbart and me? WITH UPDATED SMEARS

91 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:54:20pm

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92 Amory Blaine  Jan 25, 2015 11:58:22pm

Drinking some of these bad boys tonight.

93 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 12:28:14am

re: #44 teleskiguy

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So if I point out a couple of people who literally created millions of jobs, Cruz is bound to like them, right?

On that note:

Yet I imagine this shithead wouldn’t want to associate with someone who has a David Duke link on their site.

94 Amory Blaine  Jan 26, 2015 12:47:06am

Some of the root of Milwaukee’s segregation is described surprisingly, in this off topic book from Purdue.

Hard water: Politics and water supply in Milwaukee,
1870-1995

There is, and always has been a strict “hierarchy” in this city.

The isolation and exclusivity were not all on the part of the Polish.
Because Poles had long been regarded as inferior to true Teutonic stock,
many of the German residents of the city, immigrants or children of
immigrants themselves, shunned the newcomers. Politically, despite
the strong support of the Polish for the Democratic Party, there was
little or no attempt to use any of the party’s power to accommodate the
Poles or to take steps to improve their conditions.60 Suspicion on the
part of the Yankee business owners was perhaps highest. Accustomed
to professional guilds because of the large German skilled population,
the owners were not as accepting of the unions that arose among the
unskilled workers of the south side. In the turbulent decade of the 1880s,
repeated strikes in other cities, including the famed Haymarket Riot in
Chicago in 1886, led police to respond to working-class strikes in Milwaukee
by firing on the crowd in an effort to force dispersal and to
vigorously pursue the ringleaders. When caught, these men were charged
with inciting to riot, imprisoned, and black-listed among employers.
Within a year, many of the Polish workers, fearful of job security and
warned sharply by their priests about the evils of associating with socialism,
had left the unions.61

Petitions for water were denied exclusively for southside residents.

For the Polish areas of the eleventh, twelfth, and fourteen wards,
however, a different procedure was followed. From the years 1890 to
1910, a total of 452 watering petitions were submitted, with 189 being
from the three Polish wards. From 1890 to 1900, 90 Polish petitions
were filed, only 3 of which were approved by the board and sent on to
the common council for official action. The others were simply stamped
as received by the board and filed. In contrast, the petitions filed by
the non-Polish wards during the same decade were almost unanimously
approved (144 out of 147 cases).7

95 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 1:03:30am

re: #93 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

On that note:

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Yet I imagine this shithead wouldn’t want to associate with someone who has a David Duke link on their site.

Apparently, in Wingnut World I’m supposed to be ashamed that I don’t want to be associated with people who link to Pamela Geller.

This is exactly why I renounced these people. They’re not right in the head.

96 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 1:05:39am
97 Amory Blaine  Jan 26, 2015 1:38:45am
98 Amory Blaine  Jan 26, 2015 2:14:48am

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99 Amory Blaine  Jan 26, 2015 2:38:42am

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100 Amory Blaine  Jan 26, 2015 2:45:02am

Dropkick Murphys ask Scott Walker to stop using their music

You know presidential campaign season is underway when bands start slamming candidates with opposing political views for using their music.

This time, its Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys who have a beef with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (not officially a 2016 presidential candidate yet, but almost certain to be one), after Walker used Murphys’ “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” as intro music for his speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit Saturday.

“Please stop using our music in any way .. . we literally hate you !!! Love, Dropkick Murphys” the band wrote in a tweet Saturday.

101 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 3:03:43am

Lets Pakistanize our schools!!!

102 Amory Blaine  Jan 26, 2015 3:08:43am

George the cat will literally eat your homework.

103 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 3:23:05am

re: #24 teleskiguy

re: #25 klystron

re: #28 retired cynic

Y’all wear what you choose, but quit referring to 1969 as “history”.

104 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 3:39:42am

Nibbling around the edges, they are:

White House: ‘Device’ discovered on grounds

politico.com

105 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 4:22:45am

Rained all night, now light snow in eastern Kentucky.
I see that CCJ continued his slapfight with Nick Searcy.

106 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 4:32:36am

re: #25 klystron

Be glad. I think tights/stockings/pantyhose are one of the most god-awful inventions ever, but as a female I am expected to wear them for certain formal occasions.

They replaced girdles and garter belts.

107 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 4:45:19am

re: #61 Amory Blaine

I was looking to buy this $700 vacuum cleaner. It goes up to 11.

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Oh, your cats are going to love that.

108 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 4:53:26am

re: #96 Charles Johnson

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Reminds me of the Bolsheviks who fought over who was closest to Lenin after Lenin died.

I hope the wingnut fight doesn’t turn out the way the Bolshevik fight did.

109 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 4:57:59am

RECYCLED FAKE OUTRAGE OF THE DAY:

110 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 5:05:09am

My son is flying from Paris into JFK today.

111 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 5:06:27am

re: #78 teleskiguy

The first time I read Little Green Footballs was in the Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs, CO, circa 2004.

I like Steamboat. My sister moved there back in the 80s. My BIL still lives west of there in Craig. Very pretty country in all four seasons.

I also had my first kidney stone attack while in Steamboat. Nice thing about ski areas is that they have much better hospital facilities than towns that size usually do.

112 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 5:07:36am

8AM Philly weather report.

30 F - flurries. No accumulation.

113 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 5:12:33am

Is Tweetdeck being flaky for anyone else?

114 nearly-headless smith25  Jan 26, 2015 5:14:28am

re: #113 The Vicious Babushka

Is Tweetdeck being flaky for anyone else?

Yep. Pretty fickle right now.

115 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 5:26:23am

re: #110 The Vicious Babushka

My son is flying from Paris into JFK today.

Snow God willing.

116 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 5:33:30am

Off to do kidney selfies—BBL.

117 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 5:43:16am

The blizzard is God’s retribution for the cops turning their back on DiBlasio.

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Stay safe Lizards

118 Franklin  Jan 26, 2015 5:53:58am

Stay safe in your neck of the woods. Here are the totals projected for my locale.

119 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 6:01:13am

9 AM - Philly weather report

28 F - light snow - no current accumulation.

OH NOES - SNOWPACOLYPSE!

(I kid about this for two reasons. First, I live and work in Philly and this walk and don’t have to deal with the trains, buses, Surekill Crawlway, etc. So I don’t get the commuter hell the others do. Second, I lived for a decade in northern NY state right on the Canadian border. Area that gets and stays cold. So the northeast freakout about cold weather and snow just amuses me since I’ve seen and experienced worse.)

120 Maggie's Pa  Jan 26, 2015 6:02:18am

I hear there is some snow coming.

121 darthstar  Jan 26, 2015 6:02:35am

re: #118 Franklin

Stay safe in your neck of the woods. Here are the totals projected for my locale.

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The Jet Stream sucks right now. We’re warm and dry on the left coast. El Nino was supposed to bring us the pineapple express of moisture…but the damn planet is too wobbly and everything is missing us.

122 Maggie's Pa  Jan 26, 2015 6:03:29am

re: #119 Feline Fearless Leader

It would get so cold my eyelids would freeze together.

123 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 6:05:45am

re: #109 The Vicious Babushka

RECYCLED FAKE OUTRAGE OF THE DAY:

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I hope he brought enough for everyone.

124 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 6:06:23am

And an item for the global warming crowd.

Was conversing with a co-worker in Brazil. Sao Paulo is currently in a drought with very low reservoir levels. They’re hoping for rain.

washingtonpost.com

125 Sionainn  Jan 26, 2015 6:11:43am

re: #106 The Vicious Babushka

They replaced girdles and garter belts.

I don’t feel right in a dress without leggings or pantyhose.

126 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 6:11:45am

re: #122 Maggie’s Pa

It would get so cold my eyelids would freeze together.

IIRC, you were around Old Forge/Watertown. Definitely one of the cold spots.

127 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 6:13:13am

re: #125 Sionainn

I don’t feel right in a dress without leggings or pantyhose.

I wear very long skirts so I can get away with wearing socks.

128 Maggie's Pa  Jan 26, 2015 6:18:06am

re: #126 Feline Fearless Leader

Potsdam NY

129 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 6:18:06am

Hello.
Expecting about 3 inches of snow in the DC area.
To anyone in the NE, good luck… Suckers!
/

130 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:18:26am

Greets and saluts from Lower Manhattan. The commute in to Manhattan was uneventful even as the snow has begun falling. Northern NJ was already seeing secondary roads getting a light coating, but major roads were not having any issues. So far mass transit is weathering things okay, but the situation will be deteriorating as the day goes on. The PM commute is likely to be a mess, especially if the transit agencies shut things down (which I’m figuring will be between 8-9pm, but slowing things down before that.

I’ve been seeing some fluctuations in the snow totals being predicted. Channel 7 in NYC is predicting 2+ feet for northern NJ into CT, with lesser amounts on Long Island, but that’s an outlier given that most of the other model runs are pushing 1-2 feet generally for NYC and east, with lesser amounts to the West.

For instance, the NWS is predicting for Bergen County a general 1-3 today, 6-10 tonight, and another 8-12 tomorrow. That runs to 15-25 inches.

For NYC (Brooklyn), the NWS is predicting 1-3 today, 8-12 tonight, and 7-11 tomorrow. That runs to 16-26 inches.

For Nassau and most of Suffolk County, it’s running the same. 16-26 inches.

You know things are going to be bad when the NWS breaks out the reds, magentas, and oranges for storm warnings.

With the Nor’easter ramping up later tonight out on Long Island, I think we might see thunder snow, especially to the East, where the atmosphere is being roiled the most and the offshore low begins bombing out (which is what happens when the air pressure drops by 24mb or more in a 24 hour period. Given that we’re talking about potentially hurricane force winds offshore, we might see some incredible air pressure readings in the area as well, which will give a sense of just how intense the storm is.

This storm has the potential to break records all over the Northeast.

Interestingly, four of the top 10 heaviest snowfall events in NYC have been since 2000 (which might have something to do with climate change given that warmer air holds more moisture than cold air, and that temperature differentials can set up significant storm events of extraordinary magnitude.

(Can you say I’m a weather junkie?) /

131 wrenchwench  Jan 26, 2015 6:19:04am

re: #125 Sionainn

I don’t feel right in a dress without leggings or pantyhose.

I refused to learn how to type so there would be fewer occasions when I was asked to wear high heels or pantyhose. Wouldn’t do it again.

132 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 6:19:56am

re: #128 Maggie’s Pa

Potsdam NY

Oops.

I was living in Massena. Almost neighbors!

133 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:20:30am
134 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 6:23:03am

Last time I wore high heels was in 1999 at my son’s wedding. All during the ceremony all I could think about was MY FEET FUCKING HURT!!!! instead of I’M SO PROUD OF MY BOY!!!!

Flats for all the rest of my kids’ weddings, and lace-up oxfords for the last 2 (but they were silver-colored)

135 Mike Lamb  Jan 26, 2015 6:24:35am

re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg

Are those power lines or telephone lines? Or both? Either way, that’s a lot of cables!

Seriously, how is it that there aren’t about 4 generations of people with tumors right now?

136 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 6:25:28am

re: #103 Decatur Deb

Y’all wear what you choose, but quit referring to 1969 as “history”.

Yeah! Dammit!!!

By the way…the image teleskiguy put up in #21 with the young ladies in the colorful psychedelic tights must have been a fashion photo for the company that made them. I do not remember any of the girls back in my day (I would have been 14/15) wearing anything quite like that. They probably didn’t sell.

By the way…good morning.

Just got back in from cleaning off the walkways around my house and the public sidewalk out front. Looks like we got a tad over 3” in my part of Ohio. A little layer of still kind-of-wet ice under it all. Sun is coming out, so, I expect that’ll all melt away soon. The sun is good, it’ll help clean the streets off fast.

They did call school for the kiddies. I guess since we haven’t had a lot of bad weather, they decided to use one of the weather days. It really is not that bad.

Why back in my schoolkid days…in northern Ohio this would have been nothing as far as going to school. A few bread bags and all would have been good!

137 wrenchwench  Jan 26, 2015 6:28:06am
138 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 6:28:46am

re: #103 Decatur Deb

Y’all wear what you choose, but quit referring to 1969 as “history”.

WHEN DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH
/dramatic voice
//

139 darthstar  Jan 26, 2015 6:28:54am

I think the GOP is ready to tell Sarah she’s not allowed on the stage any more.

140 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 26, 2015 6:31:07am

Good morning, just waking up to coffee. And reports that Manhattan will get four feet of snow?!

141 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 6:33:26am

Speaking of dinosaurs, anyone seen satt lately?

142 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 6:35:05am

re: #139 darthstar

I think the GOP is ready to tell Sarah she’s not allowed on the stage any more.

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No!!!

They wouldn’t stop one of their biggest comedians would they? And piss off her followers too…

143 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 6:35:57am

re: #142 ObserverArt

No!!!

They wouldn’t stop one of their biggest comedians would they? And piss off her followers too…

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144 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 26, 2015 6:35:59am

re: #141 Varek Raith

He is alive and well for a guy into his millions.

145 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:40:34am

re: #139 darthstar

Nope. Sorry. Not buying it. Like so many vainglorious politicians and grifters, they’ll have to pry the microphone from their cold dead hands before they exit stage left.

Palin will not go quietly into the night. In fact, she’d probably turn it on the Establishment in the problem.

No, the GOP’s problem isn’t Palin. Or Jindal. Or Trump. Or Carson. Or Christie.

It’s all of them. They’re a party that’s looking to roll back rights across the board, slash and burn the safety net, and accelerate the accumulation of wealth in those that already have an abundance of it, all while infrastructure falls apart, people go hungry, and health care grinds along.

Indeed, the GOP and Tea Party followers simply don’t get what government does (after all, you’ll see signs at rallies calling on the politicians to protect Medicare or Social Security from socialist takeover - the ahistorical nature of the GOP and Tea Party comes home to roost).

146 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 6:42:09am

re: #145 lawhawk

It’s also a party of people who are willing to toss any ideology, constituency or ally overboard if it promotes their own personal interest.

147 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:43:12am
148 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 6:43:31am

WILL ALL OF THESE IDIOTS QUIT SAYING WHAT WE ARE ALL SAYING, THEY’RE MAKING US LOOK BAD

149 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:44:40am
150 Sionainn  Jan 26, 2015 6:44:59am

re: #127 The Vicious Babushka

I wear very long skirts so I can get away with wearing socks.

That would work. My feet sweat, so not having anything on them in shoes is unbearable. If my legs show at all, they need a covering. Too pasty white, translucent, and spotty. LOL.

151 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:45:20am

re: #148 b.d.

WILL ALL OF THESE IDIOTS QUIT SAYING WHAT WE ARE ALL SAYING, THEY’RE MAKING US LOOK BAD

But if the idiots all shut their mouths, who will show up at the Iowa Conference? We need someone to speak. /

152 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 6:46:17am

re: #146 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It’s also a party of people who are willing to toss any ideology, constituency or ally overboard if it promotes their own personal the wealthys’ interest.

FTFY.

The majority of the Tea Party have drunken the koolaid and effectively are not promoting their real interests. They’ve been suckered into a fear-driven existence where anyone the demagogues point to is out to get them; along with the belief that anyone other than the same demagogues are lying to them about reality and being suckers.

153 Sionainn  Jan 26, 2015 6:46:55am

re: #131 wrenchwench

I refused to learn how to type so there would be fewer occasions when I was asked to wear high heels or pantyhose. Wouldn’t do it again.

My dad insisted that I take typing in high school way back when. I’m glad he did because that’s how I make my living…and I work from home so I don’t have to get dressed up.

154 Snarknado!  Jan 26, 2015 6:49:37am

re: #150 Sionainn

That would work. My feet sweat, so not having anything on them in shoes is unbearable. If my legs show at all, they need a covering. Too pasty white, translucent, and spotty. LOL.

I wear (probably should say “wore”) skirts long enough that knee-high nylon stockings work.

155 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 6:54:08am
156 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 6:59:38am

re: #152 Feline Fearless Leader

FTFY.

The majority of the Tea Party have drunken the koolaid and effectively are not promoting their real interests. They’ve been suckered into a fear-driven existence where anyone the demagogues point to is out to get them; along with the belief that anyone other than the same demagogues are lying to them about reality and being suckers.

I was referring to the candidates, not the constituency

157 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 7:00:28am

re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I was referring to the candidates, not the constituency

If you have the constituency the candidates to milk it will appear.

158 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 7:11:45am

re: #157 Feline Fearless Leader

If you have the constituency the candidates to milk it will appear.

and totally fail to see how they are being railroaded

159 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 7:11:50am

re: #119 Feline Fearless Leader

9 AM - Philly weather report

28 F - light snow - no current accumulation.

OH NOES - SNOWPACOLYPSE!

(I kid about this for two reasons. First, I live and work in Philly and this walk and don’t have to deal with the trains, buses, Surekill Crawlway, etc. So I don’t get the commuter hell the others do. Second, I lived for a decade in northern NY state right on the Canadian border. Area that gets and stays cold. So the northeast freakout about cold weather and snow just amuses me since I’ve seen and experienced worse.)

Same here. I’ve twice in my life lived in places where eight feet of snow was average for a winter and temperatures rarely climbed above -10C (14F). Both places frequently had -40 (C&F they’re the same thing) nights.

Had to work outside one of those nights due to a new middle manager who was out to prove himself to upper management.

160 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 7:14:10am
Captain Derp @chuckcjohnson
161 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 7:14:11am

re: #159 Romantic Heretic

Same here. I’ve twice in my life lived in places where eight feet of snow was average for a winter and temperatures rarely climbed above -10C (14F). Both places frequently had -40 (C&F they’re the same thing) nights.

Had to work outside one of those nights due to a new middle manager who was out to prove himself to upper management.

We also lived in a world where schedules were not as tight and deadlines not as ominously looming, a bit of extra time for snow days was available and could be planned in a lot more successfully.

162 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 7:14:13am

re: #158 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

and totally fail to see how they are being railroaded

At least with this bunch.

163 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 7:17:54am

re: #159 Romantic Heretic

I don’t freak out about this kind of weather since I lived in Albany for a decade, and where we could get a foot of snow 3 times a week, and life would go on without so much as a hiccup.

However, 2-3 feet of snow is nothing to laugh about. Pretty serious situation,especially with mass transit likely to shut down later and CT has already issued a state of emergency with a travel ban starting 9pm tonight.

Figure NYC and LI will see something similar.

164 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 7:18:16am
165 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 7:19:06am

Loved this comment from the Washington Examiner article darthstar linked in #139 regarding the Palin problem for the GOP.

datakcy • 12 hours ago

I’m a huge Sarah Palin fan. My wife and I have waited in line to have her sign her books. But this was a sad, pathetic performance. We were stunned and shocked by the low caliber of this speech. This was akin to a classic prize fighter who is either out of shape or over the hill. She needs to take some time off and reassess who she is and the role she wants to play in the party. She is becoming the very caricature the Left has painted: superficial, no depth. Between this and the shenanigans involving her family, it’s time to step back. We need serious candidates and not those who are shameless self-promoters (e.g. Trump).

Uh, Sarah Palin paints herself superficial and lacking depth. Own up to it buster! You idiots bought her bag of simpleton tricks. She is your problem. The rest of the world laughs at the idiocy of people like you that didn’t see it from the get-go.

166 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 7:21:18am

re: #165 ObserverArt

Loved this comment from the Washington Examiner article darthstar linked in #139 regarding the Palin problem for the GOP.

Uh, Sarah Palin paints herself superficial and lacking depth. Own up to it buster! You idiots bought her bag of simpleton tricks. She is your problem. The rest of the world laughs at the idiocy of people like you that didn’t see it from the get-go.

The rubes are catching on and rather than getting pissed they want her to get a better act.

167 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 7:21:37am
168 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 7:30:39am

re: #166 b.d.

The rubes are catching on and rather than getting pissed they want her to get a better act.

They’re embarrassed that the empress has no clothes.

Question is whether they will move on to recognizing they have been had. And from there maybe take a step back themselves and reevaluating what they really need and what they are really being offered, and at what price.

(HA)//

169 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 7:32:17am

re: #168 Feline Fearless Leader

They’re embarrassed that the empress has no clothes.

Question is whether they will move on to recognizing they have been had. And from there maybe take a step back themselves and reevaluating what they really need and what they are really being offered, and at what price.

(HA)//

But then they wouldn’t get to indulge in the Two Minute Hate anymore. Then what would they do for fun?

170 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 7:36:22am

re: #169 Romantic Heretic

But then they wouldn’t get to indulge in the Two Minute Hate anymore. Then what would they do for fun?

I would suggest knitting or light industry that would help stoke the economy that Obama has destroyed.
/// ;)

171 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 7:37:08am

re: #168 Feline Fearless Leader

They’re embarrassed that the empress has no clothes.

Question is whether they will move on to recognizing they have been had. And from there maybe take a step back themselves and reevaluating what they really need and what they are really being offered, and at what price.

(HA)//

The Left saw her as superficial, depth lacking, and cringe-worthy from the word ‘go’. Her attempts to be a dubyah folksy-like politician was beyond failure. I hated everything about dubyah, but I give him credit for being able come off as an approachable, non-stuffy person. Palin is just an awful person, awful politician, awful parent, and awful American.

172 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 7:41:48am

re: #171 Dr. Matt

The Left saw her as superficial, depth lacking, and cringe-worthy from the word ‘go’. Her attempts to be a dubyah folksy-like politician was beyond failure. I hated everything about dubyah, but I give him credit for being able come off as an approachable, non-stuffy person. Palin is just an awful person, awful politician, awful parent, and awful American.

I tried not to even go there and simply stated that I did not think that she was qualified for the office she was running for. I cannot really judge what sort of job she did in Alaska, but it is a state with the population of Louisville, KY, over 2/3rds of which is owned by the federal government.

173 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 7:42:32am

re: #166 b.d.

Here are some who figured it out:

:D

174 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 7:43:19am
175 Maggie's Pa  Jan 26, 2015 7:44:36am

A guy in a bar was so drunk he threw up all over himself. He said to the bartender: “When I get home, my wife’s going to kill me.”
So the bartender put $20 in the guy’s shirt pocket and said: “Go home and tell your wife that a drunk threw up all over you and gave you $20 to get your shirt cleaned.”
When he got home, his wife yelled: “Just look at you! You threw up all over yourself!”.
The guy explained: “Honey, this drunk threw up on me but he put $20 in my shirt pocket.”
The wife reached in and pulled out $40. “What’s the other $20 for?” she demanded.
“He shit in my pants, too!” , he says.

zing
pow

176 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 7:46:10am

re: #51 klystron

As someone who has gone to and through the UK airports, there’s a few things to consider:

- The UK allows one carry on, that’s it. If you have a purse and a laptop bag, they have to fit into one. Not that this would apply to hubby but he may have a computer and a small overnighter. They will not allow you to board even connections if you don’t fit the one bag requirement.

- Their one bag carry on is smaller than the US carriers allow. It must fit into their size or you can’t carry it on.

- If you buy duty free alcohol and have any connections, it is very likely that your booze will not be allowed to move with you. Only if you have NO intermediate security checks at all will that booze make it back with you, even if it is only a gate change at the airport where there is a security check. This also applies to any liquid at all that won’t fit into that ounce/ziploc bag paradigm, so for me, I had problems with some cosmetics I bought at duty free.

If he’s going to bring booze back, it’s better if he packs it in luggage or it very may well not make it back.

177 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 7:46:33am

Holy shit, this is one frightening fucking oped:

End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay.

In a world of scarce resources, a slightly higher mortality rate is an acceptable price to pay for certain goals — including more cash for other programs, such as those that help the poor; less government coercion and more individual liberty; more health-care choice for consumers, allowing them to find plans that better fit their needs; more money for taxpayers to spend themselves; and less federal health-care spending. This opinion is not immoral. Such choices are inevitable. They are made all the time.

[…]

The insurance system should be designed to financially protect people from low-probability events, rather than provide comprehensive coverage for all health events, as Obamacare envisions. People should be free to pay for whatever care they like, but the government should not take money out of their paychecks to subsidize small-scale events that will happen with near-certainty (such as my annual sinus infection) or truly elective procedures (some states choose to cover acupuncture and most cover chiropractic care under their interpretations of the law). Instead, universal coverage should concern itself with the catastrophic expenses associated with serious medical events that will affect a minority of the population. People who can afford such coverage should be incentivized to purchase it, and those who can’t should receive a government subsidy to do so.

178 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 7:47:41am

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

@Neal_Dewing I think Palin realized after 2010 her actual political career was over & embraced the caricature / the role of bomb thrower.
— Matthew Newman (@MDMRN) January 26, 2015

Dead on accurate.

179 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 7:56:27am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

Holy shit, this is one frightening fucking oped:

End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay.

American Enterprise Institute, another Koch front

180 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 7:58:33am

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

Here are some who figured it out:

Neal Dewing @Neal_Dewing

Theory: Palin’s career after 2010 almost entirely a result of our unwillingness to admit that liberals were right about her in 2008.

:D

Ahh. Someone actually woke up and took a big smell of his coffee and then drank a couple of cups too.

181 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 7:59:12am

re: #179 The Vicious Babushka

American Enterprise Institute, another Koch front

I hope and pray that the GOP start using their talking points: “Repeal Obamacare, and people could die. But, that’s okay, you betcha!”

182 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 8:01:38am

re: #181 Dr. Matt

I hope and pray that the GOP start using their talking points: “Repeal Obamacare, and people could die. But, that’s okay, you betcha!”

Neither do they understand that there is not a clear line distinguishing preventive care from treatment.

183 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 8:01:49am

FRANKIE SEZ LISTEN UP NOVA SCOTIA — BIG STORM COMING!!!

…

184 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 8:05:19am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

Holy shit, this is one frightening fucking oped:

End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay.

Monsters.
Pure and simple.

185 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 8:05:42am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

Holy shit, this is one frightening fucking oped:

End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay.

DEATH SQUADS!!!

Crazy Eyes Bachmann was right all along. It’s just that she missed who would be behind the death squads. It would be Republican Idealism. A good choice to allow those that can’t afford to live to die. Resources are scarce…the 1% needs to become the 0.25%!!!

186 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:05:48am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

How does someone put that into words where others can see what a fucked up sociopath that person is.

187 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 8:06:02am

YEAH, IT’S CALLED A SCIENCE BIAS

188 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:08:14am

re: #178 Dr. Matt

Dead on accurate.

I disagree. The always embraced it…or rather, it was always her. While she may be politically astute in screwing over people who get in her way, her schtick wasn’t something that could ever gain national acceptance.

She didn’t embrace it. She is it.

189 A Cranky One  Jan 26, 2015 8:10:35am

re: #184 Varek Raith

Monsters.
Pure and simple.

But wait, wasn’t the “scandal” about Benghazi that 4 Americans died and we didn’t save them?

Guess American lives only matter if they aren’t poor.

190 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:12:19am

re: #189 A Cranky One

But wait, wasn’t the “scandal” about Benghazi that 4 Americans died and we didn’t save them?

Guess American lives only matter if they aren’t poor.

They wouldn’t have given a shit about American’s dying if it wasn’t for a dem in the WH. If a GOPer was in the WH it would have been exactly what it was, a tragedy…and nothing more.

191 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 8:13:58am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

It seems not to occur to this genius that low cost preventative care can obviate the need for some hugely expensive catastrophic care. People were able “to find plans that better fit their needs” before ACA, it’s just that they either couldn’t afford them or were barred by pre-conditions, including pregnancy, from buying health insurance at any price. The RQ objects to any extension of health care because it removes one more distinction between the haves and the have nots. It’s that simple.

192 makeitstop  Jan 26, 2015 8:15:06am

I finally decided to bite the bullet and watch some of that Palin speech.

I agree with Stanley Sea - that woman is jumped up on something. Her whole demeanor reminds me of coke heads I knew back in the 80s.

193 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 8:17:11am

re: #187 The Vicious Babushka

YEAH, IT’S CALLED A SCIENCE BIAS

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194 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 8:18:24am

re: #192 makeitstop

I finally decided to bite the bullet and watch some of that Palin speech.

I agree with Stanley Sea - that woman is jumped up on something. Her whole demeanor reminds me of coke heads I knew back in the 80s.

I’m starting think she is suffering from some sort of substance abuse, most likely alcoholism. Over the last several years she has exponentially deteriorated both physically and mentally. Substance abuse is a likely culprit.

195 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 8:18:51am

re: #190 WhatEVs

They wouldn’t have given a shit about American’s dying if it wasn’t for a dem in the WH. If a GOPer was in the WH it would have been exactly what it was, a tragedy…and nothing more.

Disagree a bit. It would have been:

” 4 extremely brave Americans that gave their lives in order to represent the great work being accomplished by our fantastic (Republican) President in a world that hates Americans.” “They died doing what they loved, and thankfully we have a president that has not been shy in trying to change things in even the most dangerous parts of the world.”

196 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 8:20:46am

re: #190 WhatEVs

They wouldn’t have given a shit about American’s dying if it wasn’t for a dem in the WH. If a GOPer was in the WH it would have been exactly what it was, a tragedy…and nothing more.

If a GOPer was in the WH it would have been Bill Clinton’s fault.

197 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 8:23:32am

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

Here are some who figured it out:

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:D

198 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 8:26:42am

re: #194 Dr. Matt

I’m starting think she is suffering from some sort of substance abuse, most likely alcoholism. Over the last several years she has exponentially deteriorated both physically and mentally. Substance abuse is a likely culprit.

Ageing and dementia will do that as well. She was never very bright, and may just have lost what little mind she had naturally.

199 nearly-headless smith25  Jan 26, 2015 8:27:21am

re: #197 No Country For Old Haters

200 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 8:27:38am

LOL!

“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough said on Monday morning that Sarah Palin’s rambling speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit was “a tragedy,” marveling at how far the former Republican vice presidential nominee had fallen from her 2008 heyday.

talkingpointsmemo.com

201 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:29:55am

re: #195 ObserverArt

Disagree a bit. It would have been:

” 4 extremely brave Americans that gave their lives in order to represent the great work being accomplished by our fantastic (Republican) President in a world that hates Americans.” “They died doing what they loved, and thankfully we have a president that has not been shy in trying to change things in even the most dangerous parts of the world.”

This!

Oh, and what irony, eh?

202 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 8:29:59am

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL!

talkingpointsmemo.com

“Fallen”? Sorry, she is just continuing the same madness she started with in 2008.

203 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 8:31:35am

Sure have been a lot of wingnuts chunked overboard in the past week or so.

204 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:31:58am

re: #198 No Country For Old Haters

Ageing and dementia will do that as well. She was never very bright, and may just have lost what little mind she had naturally.

Perhaps. Perhaps speared on by hatred, anger, resentment. That can eat at your soul.

I think I tend to go with some kind of substance abuse, myself, though. With her constant concern about her weight, it’s possible (likely) that there were a lot of amphetamines taken over a good number of years.

205 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 8:31:59am
talkingpointsmemo.com
“I think it’s a tragedy, too,” Scarborough chimed in. “We all remember that night she spoke in 2008 at the [Republican national] convention. I will say, it remains one of the most electrifying performances I’ve seen in the last four or five conventions I’ve been to. Nobody expected her to do well. She delivered the lines well; she hit it out of the park.

Translation: She perfectly read the teleprompter.

206 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:32:55am

re: #202 Dr. Matt

“Fallen”? Sorry, she is just continuing the same madness she started with in 2008.

Really. She was a nasty piece of work then and is one now. Only difference is that she is apparently writing her own speeches now.

207 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 8:33:12am

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL!

talkingpointsmemo.com

People are finally starting to notice that Palin is mentally-challenged, but the wingnuts still can’t admit that she’s always been an incoherent clown. This may be her weirdest speech, but they’ve all been pretty bizarre.

The conservative reverse meritocracy elevates idiots, and makes these fools believe than they’re smart people.

208 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 8:33:25am

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL!

talkingpointsmemo.com

Joe’s sorrow results from not having all of his blood doesn’t rush to his lap as it did when she appeared in 2008.

209 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 8:33:36am

re: #203 b.d.

Sure have been a lot of wingnuts chunked overboard in the past week or so.

Beautiful is’t it?!

I just hope it is not too early. This would have been great a year from now. But hey, I’ll take it. It had to happen sometime…the natural order of things.

210 nearly-headless smith25  Jan 26, 2015 8:34:29am

Dude, you talk about an unwillingness to admit you were wrong, and now you get butthurt because I point out other areas you are wrong.

211 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 8:34:31am

Okay, Mr. President, it’s seriously past time to call up Tel Aviv and tell them to recall this moron. And while you’ve Bibi on the phone, tell him any replacement ambassador with Republican ties is equally unwelcome.

212 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 8:35:13am

Here’s another Stupid Meme from the guy who posts SMUT (Stupidest Memes Using Twitter)

213 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:37:18am

re: #207 No Country For Old Haters

People are finally starting to notice that Palin is mentally-challenged, but the wingnuts still can’t admit that she’s always been an incoherent clown. This may be her weirdest speech, but they’ve all been pretty bizarre.

The conservative reverse meritocracy elevates idiots, and makes these fools believe than they’re smart people.

What I find amusing is that the higher levels of GOP echelon want someone controllable (like GWB) who will do what they are told (Scott Walker is a perfect example) so that the top 1% and corporations get everything they want at no cost. If they think Palin is that person I think they’re sadly mistaken.

I think Cruz is the same way. I don’t know how much of what he says is bullshit or if he is a true believer, but if it’s the latter, the GOP will not get what it wants from him.

214 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 8:38:14am

re: #210 nearly-headless smith25

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Dude, you talk about an unwillingness to admit you were wrong, and now you get butthurt because I point out other areas you are wrong.

215 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 8:38:25am

re: #212 The Vicious Babushka

So few of them have been in combat that their opinions regarding anything to do with it are meaningless.

216 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 8:38:37am

re: #179 The Vicious Babushka

American Enterprise Institute, another Koch front

It’s a variation on “We got ours, fuck you.”

217 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 8:39:12am

re: #215 Higgs Boson’s Mate

So few of them have been in combat that their opinions regarding anything to do with it are meaningless.

Hey man, they played all the Call of Duty games! That means they’ve got combat experience stretching back to ‘Nam!

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218 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 8:39:36am

re: #216 Feline Fearless Leader

It’s a variation on “We got ours, fuck you.”

Class warfare!

219 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 8:39:41am

re: #212 The Vicious Babushka

Here’s another Stupid Meme from the guy who posts SMUT (Stupidest Memes Using Twitter)

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220 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 8:39:44am

re: #206 WhatEVs

Really. She was a nasty piece of work then and is one now. Only difference is that she is apparently writing her own speeches now.

She probably has to. If you were a legit speechwriter, she’d be the last person you’d want to write for knowing she would butcher it.

As far as her health. She may be caught in that cycle of up and down with cocaine (or even worse, crystal meth) and alcohol. Snort a bit to get the day rolling. Snort some more to maintain, and then find yourself drinking to balance things and maybe even to feel better.

221 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 8:40:18am

So, how have the first weeks of total Republican control of Congress gone?

Anything on the economy, jobs, terrorism?

Let’s let a serving Republican lay it out for us.

Rep. Charlie Dent, a Pennsylvania Republican, famously summed up the situation: “Week one, we had a speaker election that did not go … well,” Dent said. “Week two, we got into a big fight over deporting children. … Week three, we are now talking about rape and incest and reportable rapes and incest for minors. … I just can’t wait for week four.”

This is what you GOP morons voted for. I hope you’re enjoying it.

sfgate.com

222 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 8:41:25am

re: #212 The Vicious Babushka

“Hollywood leftists aren’t fit to shine Chris Kyle’s combat boots.” Sarah Palin #tcot #pjnet #tlot #lnyhbt #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com

The right wouldn’t give a fuck about Chris Kyle if gave interviews to Rachel Maddow rather than Bill O’Reilly.

223 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 8:42:43am

re: #207 No Country For Old Haters

The conservative reverse meritocracy elevates idiots, and makes these fools believe than they’re smart people.

They elevate people based on ideological purity, which in their case simply means being consistently anti-anything-Obama-stands-for.

224 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 8:42:46am

re: #220 ObserverArt

That was my thought, too.

225 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 8:44:52am

re: #208 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Joe’s sorrow results from not having all of his blood doesn’t rush to his lap as it did when she appeared in 2008.

Oh god. Not the ‘hawt’ Sarah bullshit that most guys seemed to fall for. Ugh.

226 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 8:45:24am

re: #223 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

They elevate people based on ideological purity, which in their case simply means being consistently anti-anything-Obama-stands-for.

Which means being reactionary idiots. “Conservative” is a subset of “severely-mentally-handicapped.”

227 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 8:46:28am

re: #223 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

They elevate people based on ideological purity, which in their case simply means being consistently anti-anything-Obama-stands-for.

Internet comment that explains it all:

The single accomplishment of the conservative movement has been to convince millions of weak minded individuals that selfishness, greed, and hatred of the poor are good Christian values.

228 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 8:55:30am

Heh. That’s actually funny, because it almost fits Anderson’s palette of characters and visual style.

229 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 8:57:07am

re: #228 lawhawk

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Heh. That’s actually funny, because it almost fits Anderson’s palette of characters and visual style.

Or Bollywood’s.

230 calochortus  Jan 26, 2015 8:57:19am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

Holy shit, this is one frightening fucking oped:

End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay.

Yes, it’s OK because we are all sinners, so who cares what happens to those guys over there.

From the op/ed:

How do policymakers decide such things? In the deepest sense, every human life is inestimably valuable. But in a fallen world where trade-offs are inevitable, public policy can’t treat each life that way. [bolding mine]

231 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 8:57:46am

A former Fox News employee (worked for an affiliate in Austin TX) committed suicide outside the News Corp HQ in Midtown. He had tweeted out a series of grievances against the company.

A Twitter account that appeared to belong to Perea included messages criticizing Fox using the hashtag #theAmericanWorkplaceBully. The account sent tweets directly to several Fox anchors and contributors. One tweet posted on Thursday showed a photo of a wallet and said “this is all the money I have left to my name, $104”

The account also linked to a series Youtube videos, 35 in total, all titled “The American Workplace Bully: How FOX News Ended My Career.”

In the videos, a man identifying himself as Phillip Perea can be heard narrating several recordings that he said were made during meetings with superiors at KTBC.

In the first of many recordings, a man can be heard telling Perea he was suspending him with pay, telling him, “You make some people uncomfortable in this building. They’re afraid of you.”

“Your coworkers, and there’s several, they’re starting to fear you,” the man in the video could be heard saying. “They’re concerned about your behavior, your aggressiveness.”

The New York Post also reported that before he began shooting the man was heard protesting Fox News, crying that the news channel had ruined his life, according to a source.

232 Ace-o-aces  Jan 26, 2015 9:00:03am
233 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 9:01:11am

re: #230 calochortus

Yes, it’s OK because we are all sinners, so who cares what happens to those guys over there.

From the op/ed: But in a fallen world where trade-offs are inevitable, public policy can’t treat each life that way and still allow the upper 1% to own half the world.

234 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 9:01:42am

re: #231 lawhawk

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A former Fox News employee (worked for an affiliate in Austin TX) committed suicide outside the News Corp HQ in Midtown. He had tweeted out a series of grievances against the company.

Wingnuts are celebrating:

235 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 9:04:25am

re: #234 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are celebrating:

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236 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:04:44am

It’s not terribly awful in my part of the world.

You?

Have a good weekend?

237 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 9:05:17am

re: #234 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are celebrating:

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238 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 9:07:07am
239 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 9:09:14am

The reason that you don’t hear of Fox News lovers shooting themselves in the chest is because they miss.

240 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 9:09:20am
241 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:12:58am
242 withak  Jan 26, 2015 9:13:24am

re: #187 The Vicious Babushka

I’d be more upset about the use of i.e. instead of e.g.

243 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:13:36am

Everyone on the East Coast —stay safe!

244 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 9:13:41am

re: #241 FemNaziBitch

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“Imma kill it dead!”

245 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 9:13:44am

Did this Obama India trip cost 818 Billionty Dollars per second like the wingnuts claimed the last one did?

246 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 9:13:49am

re: #240 lawhawk

Irony Alert: all lanes on the George Washington Bridge will remain open.

247 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:14:47am
grammarly.com
248 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:17:16am

I have something like 700 followers on Twitter. I think maybe 1/3 of them are not social media marketing companies.

249 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 9:19:28am
250 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 9:20:46am

re: #54 teleskiguy

It’s funny how I’ll get some mileage out of certain images in my LGF image library. It’s something I’ve picked up from watching lawhawk use the Alan Rickman Deskflip GIF over and over for a time.

That’s not Alan Rickman, but Dustin Hoffman.

251 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:20:52am

Blood of the Tiger
…

252 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 9:23:04am

Sports Illustrated lays off last remaining staff photographers

dpreview.com

253 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:23:04am
254 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:24:19am
Six states (North Carolina, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Nevada, Alabama and West Virginia) place no restrictions on owning a tiger

Read more: smithsonianmag.com

255 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:27:38am

This is different from the radical Imams how?

256 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 9:28:44am

re: #255 FemNaziBitch

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This is different from the radical Imams how?

The Imams are reading from a different book of fables.

257 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 9:29:30am

re: #254 FemNaziBitch

Read more: smithsonianmag.com

All states where people live in fear of being assaulted by liberals carrying pints of raspberries.
// ;p

258 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 9:29:49am

re: #255 FemNaziBitch

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This is different from the radical Imams how?

One group has beards and the other hires beards?

259 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 9:29:53am

re: #256 Targetpractice

The Imams are reading from a different book of fables.

But strikingly similar rules and laws.

260 Sionainn  Jan 26, 2015 9:31:46am

re: #194 Dr. Matt

I’m starting think she is suffering from some sort of substance abuse, most likely alcoholism. Over the last several years she has exponentially deteriorated both physically and mentally. Substance abuse is a likely culprit.

Either alcohol or pharmaceuticals. I’m going with pharmaceuticals because she’d reek of alcohol and that would have gotten out already. She’s definitely abusing something.

261 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 9:32:21am

re: #250 lawhawk

That’s not Alan Rickman, but Dustin Hoffman.

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Zombie Girl is now my favorite Table Flipping Gif

262 withak  Jan 26, 2015 9:34:42am

re: #261 The Vicious Babushka

Um… that’s Muscle Man, from Regular Show.

263 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 9:35:45am

STUPIDEST WINGNUT ANTI-CHOICE MEME IN FOREVER:
Because, contrary to what Rush says, no woman carries a pregnancy to 36 weeks and then aborts just for TEH LULZ

264 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 9:36:23am

re: #262 withak

Um… that’s Muscle Man, from Regular Show.

Why Muscle Man have boobs?

265 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 9:37:08am

re: #264 The Vicious Babushka

Why Muscle Man have boobs?

moobs…

266 withak  Jan 26, 2015 9:38:55am

re: #264 The Vicious Babushka

Why Muscle Man have boobs?

No idea. I don’t watch the show, mostly because of that character, who has a very annoying voice.

267 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 9:41:39am

re: #255 FemNaziBitch

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This is different from the radical Imams how?

Hucksterbee, Perry, Santorum, and Jindal. With so many far right religious lunatics to choose from, how will the base decide on just one.

268 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 9:41:45am

Right now in West Virginia:

269 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:42:20am

re: #267 Skip Intro

Hucksterbee, Perry, Santorum, and Jindal. With so many far right religious lunatics to choose from, how will the base decide on just one.

There can be only one.

/:)

270 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 9:42:30am

re: #263 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST WINGNUT ANTI-CHOICE MEME IN FOREVER:
Because, contrary to what Rush says, no woman carries a pregnancy to 36 weeks and then aborts just for TEH LULZ

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They keep perpetuating this lie because it’s the only real thing they can rest their opposition to abortion on anymore that will find acceptance outside their stunted little circles. If they ever acknowledge that the majority of abortions happen before the second trimester, and that an abortion at 36 weeks is due to medical necessity 9 time outta 10, their entire argument against choice would collapse.

271 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 9:42:38am

re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth

Right now in West Virginia:

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272 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:42:59am
273 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 9:44:42am

re: #270 Targetpractice

They keep perpetuating this lie because it’s the only real thing they can rest their opposition to abortion on anymore that will find acceptance outside their stunted little circles. If they ever acknowledge that the majority of abortions happen before the second trimester, and that an abortion at 36 weeks is due to medical necessity 9 time outta 10, their entire argument against choice would collapse.

An “abortion” at 36 weeks is called “delivery” either by induction or C-section, and usually results in a live baby.

274 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:44:46am

Yoko Ono is now involved …

275 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:46:19am
276 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 9:47:12am

After a long, disreputable career, John McCain will forever be remembered as the desperate, power hungry politician who elevated this sociopath to prominence in an attempt to save his campaign.

The McCain name will always be spitworthy to me until the day he publicly renounces her and apologizes for what he’s done..

277 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 9:52:03am

re: #276 Skip Intro

After a long, disreputable career, John McCain will forever be remembered as the desperate, power hungry politician who elevated this sociopath to prominence in an attempt to save his campaign.

The McCain name will always be spitworthy to me until the day he publicly renounces her and apologizes for what he’s done..

She was not his first choice, but Joseph Liebermann, was both an independent ex-democrat and Jewish, that would never have flown with the right wing of the party.

278 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 9:52:06am

McCain spends every Sunday making the rounds calling the President a “failure” and “delusional” and yet every time the Hillbilly from Wasilla speaks we are reminded that McCain is responsible for unleashing this twit.

279 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 9:54:20am

re: #277 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

She was not his first choice, but Joseph Liebermann, was both an independent ex-democrat and Jewish, that would never have flown with the right wing of the party.

Also too: Al Gore’s VP candidate

280 ObserverArt  Jan 26, 2015 9:54:45am

re: #267 Skip Intro

Hucksterbee, Perry, Santorum, and Jindal. With so many far right religious lunatics to choose from, how will the base decide on just one.

God is gonna have his work cut out for him, but I expect it is up to him to help decide!

Down on yer knees boys…gots some praying/begging to do.

///

281 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:55:26am

Just because it’s a Space thing.

282 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 9:58:16am

NASA Wants to Send a Helicopter to Mars

A recent episode of the new JPL webseries Crazy Engineering detailed the development and design of the 3.6 foot long Martian copters, and outlined some of the challenges of flight on Mars. For example, even though Mars has only 38 percent the surface gravity of Earth, getting airborne is tricky for a host of reasons.

283 bratwurst  Jan 26, 2015 9:59:44am
284 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 9:59:51am

re: #277 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

She was not his first choice, but Joseph Liebermann, was both an independent ex-democrat and Jewish, that would never have flown with the right wing of the party.

Which I think it a lot of ways sums up the man’s career in recent decades: Opportunism. The man forever has his finger in the air, following the polls rather than trying to influence them. There’s not a policy or ideal today that he’s held onto longer that it took for it to become unpopular.

285 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 10:01:01am

LOL

286 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:01:59am

NASA | Greenland’s Ice Layers Mapped in 3D
…

287 Kafitrar  Jan 26, 2015 10:03:40am

Governor Christie has declared a state of emergency for New Jersey, effective immediately. To that end, he is staggering dismissal of state employees today starting at 1 PM, plus the closure of state offices Tuesday for non-essential personnel. He is also advising residents to stay off the roads.

288 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 10:03:44am

re: #284 Targetpractice

Which I think it a lot of ways sums up the man’s career in recent decades: Opportunism. The man forever has his finger in the air, following the polls rather than trying to influence them. There’s not a policy or ideal today that he’s held onto longer that it took for it to become unpopular.

The Fundamentalist Christian wing of the party had already threatened to abandon the GOP and run its own candidate if McCain did not play along. I think Sarah was his quid pro quo for their support.

And it might of worked, if she had been able to just keep her mouth shut and let herself be a blank canvas on which voters could project their image of an ideal candidate.

289 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 10:04:16am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

Surest sign of a fanatic is how many people they are willing to hurt in order to achieve perfection.

ETA: After re-reading the column yet again I was once again struck by the notion that it is strange that those most opposed to Marx work busily to prove that Marx’s analysis of capitalism was correct.

290 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 10:05:09am

re: #282 FemNaziBitch

NASA Wants to Send a Helicopter to Mars

Considering that the copter’s endurance is around one-third of the time that it would take a control input to reach Mars, this seems like a silly idea.

291 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 10:07:16am

Back in 2012 the favorite wingnut REQUIREMENT TO BE POTUS was “Served as CEO for a Major Corporation”

292 withak  Jan 26, 2015 10:07:21am
293 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:07:53am

re: #285 The Vicious Babushka

LOL

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OMG! Is that enough to generate a Strongly Worded Letter from the UN?

294 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:08:48am

re: #290 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Considering that the copter’s endurance is around one-third of the time that it would take a control input to reach Mars, this seems like a silly idea.

Maybe, but kewl as hell!

295 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:10:18am

re: #291 The Vicious Babushka

UpChuck will have a sad since Coolidge never served.

296 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 10:12:00am

re: #291 The Vicious Babushka

Helllloooo Lindsey Graham.

297 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 26, 2015 10:14:05am

re: #291 The Vicious Babushka

Back in 2012 the favorite wingnut REQUIREMENT TO BE POTUS was “Served as CEO for a Major Corporation”

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Just like Jimmy Carter and Jack Kennedy? And does a no-show stint with the Air National Guard count?

298 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 10:14:26am

re: #291 The Vicious Babushka

Back in 2012 the favorite wingnut REQUIREMENT TO BE POTUS was “Served as CEO for a Major Corporation”

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Which of course is why they supported the guys who actually served in ‘Nam over the guy who spent the war protecting the skies of Texas, right?

/

299 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:15:10am
300 iossarian  Jan 26, 2015 10:15:27am

re: #298 Targetpractice

Which of course is why they supported the guys who actually served in ‘Nam over the guy who spent the war protecting the skies of Texas, right?

/

Don’t forget the crucial diplomatic outreach to France via Mormon evangelism.

301 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 10:17:42am

re: #297 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Just like Jimmy Carter and Jack Kennedy? And does a no-show stint with the Air National Guard count?

And got a student exemption to live it up eating croissants in gay Paree…

302 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:17:52am

Military service is kinda a non-issue for men who turned 18 before the end of the draft (‘cepting Clinton, I guess).

It would only mean something if they volunteered, IMHO.

303 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 10:17:52am

re: #300 iossarian

Don’t forget the crucial diplomatic outreach to France via Mormon evangelism.

Mock if you will: Mitt Romney can do the 15 Count Manual of Arms with a baguette.

304 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 10:18:42am

re: #291 The Vicious Babushka

Back in 2012 the favorite wingnut REQUIREMENT TO BE POTUS was “Served as CEO for a Major Corporation”

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So who would the wingnut 2016 nominee be then?

Cruz
Romney
Bush
Carson
Paul
Trump
Huckabee
Jindal

Perry?

305 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 10:19:11am

re: #269 FemNaziBitch

There can be only one.

/:)

Can we get their sword fights on pay per view?

306 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 10:19:25am

re: #304 b.d.

So who would the wingnut 2016 nominee be then?

Cruz
Romney
Bush
Carson
Paul
Trump
Huckabee
Jindal

Perry?

Allen West!

307 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:19:39am

re: #305 Romantic Heretic

Can we get their sword fights on pay per view?

dunno, you could do a kickstarter …

308 William of Orange  Jan 26, 2015 10:19:44am
309 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:19:56am

re: #306 The Vicious Babushka

Allen West!

999

upside down is

666

310 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 10:20:10am

re: #306 The Vicious Babushka

Allen West!

aarrgghh!

311 iossarian  Jan 26, 2015 10:21:11am

re: #306 The Vicious Babushka

Allen West!

“Here’s why our national security policy should be based on this truck commercial I just saw.”

312 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:21:12am

#Snowmagedden2015 is trending

313 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:21:58am

NEVER FEAR - - Business will continue as normal …

314 Ace-o-aces  Jan 26, 2015 10:22:34am

Really, If you ever saw that show, the camera work was just ridiculous. Are we to believe the scientist were like, “Hey, this may be some of the most important footage ever filmed by mankind. Make sure you move around randomly and keep it all out of focus.”.

316 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 10:23:12am

STAY CLASSY!

317 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:23:58am

re: #315 Dr. Matt

Dana Loesch, Charles C. Johnson In The Andrew Breitbart Legacy Thunderdome

And he is STILL whining about it and how Dana started it…

318 Dr. Matt  Jan 26, 2015 10:24:08am

re: #291 The Vicious Babushka

Back in 2012 the favorite wingnut REQUIREMENT TO BE POTUS was “Served as CEO for a Major Corporation”

And back in 2008 the favorite wingnut “requirement” to be POTUS was be a military veteran. ….moving targets….

319 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 26, 2015 10:24:39am

2 Pages this morning…

What Partisans Get Wrong About American Sniper

Which went “under the fold” when I put up this one on how Glendale Az may lose millions hosting the NFL end of season thing.

320 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:24:53am

re: #316 The Vicious Babushka

STAY CLASSY!

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She put her Sharpie to use by writing the same thing in the corner of the poster and signed it.

321 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 10:25:06am

re: #313 FemNaziBitch

Ah, the sight of all those courageous traders with their ties fluttering bravely in the frigid wind. Now that’s America.

322 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:25:35am
323 William of Orange  Jan 26, 2015 10:26:13am

re: #316 The Vicious Babushka

STAY CLASSY!

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That indeed makes me mad as hell!! WHAT A SPELLING MISTAKE!!! DUMBASSES CAN’T SEE THERE’S A “K” MISSING!!

324 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 10:26:42am
Cartoon by Robert Leighton
325 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 10:27:22am
326 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 10:28:21am

re: #325 klystron

The storm that launched a million selfies.

327 William of Orange  Jan 26, 2015 10:28:24am

Haahaha!!

328 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 10:30:53am

re: #325 klystron

Have the undeleted version:

329 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:31:08am

N E E D . M O R E . C O F F E E

330 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 10:32:29am

re: #316 The Vicious Babushka

STAY CLASSY!

[Embedded content]

331 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 10:33:27am

re: #316 The Vicious Babushka

STAY CLASSY!

[Embedded content]

332 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 10:34:11am
333 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 10:35:12am
Cartoon by Chris Weyant
334 iossarian  Jan 26, 2015 10:35:16am

re: #331 No Country For Old Haters

“Anything To Annoy Smart People” should be the name of Ted Cruz’s PAC.

335 leftynyc  Jan 26, 2015 10:35:58am

re: #110 The Vicious Babushka

My son is flying from Paris into JFK today.

He should be fine although it’s started snowing pretty heavily in the last 1/2 hour so. Depending on when he lands, he may have a harder time getting into the city (they’re closing streets to all traffic at 11PM.

336 b_sharp  Jan 26, 2015 10:36:31am

There is one thing I can always be sure of when coming to LGF - that at some point I will have to say “What the Fuck?”.

337 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 10:37:03am

I’ve been favorited by Dana Loesch

338 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 10:38:15am

re: #337 Kragar

I’ve been favorited by Dana Loesch

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We’re through the looking-glass.

339 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:39:09am

SO, while the adults freak-out about the snow, the kids are all celebrating!

SNOW DAY!!!

340 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:39:26am

re: #338 No Country For Old Haters

We’re through the looking-glass.

Down is up.

341 b_sharp  Jan 26, 2015 10:39:39am

re: #339 FemNaziBitch

SO, while the adults freak-out about the snow, the kids are all celebrating!

SNOW DAY!!!

What snow? The snow is all melting here.

342 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 10:39:50am

While the East Coast freaks out, this is what I get:

343 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 10:40:34am

re: #338 No Country For Old Haters

We’re through the looking-glass.

We’re in Bat Country.

344 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 10:40:34am
345 WhatEVs  Jan 26, 2015 10:40:34am

re: #337 Kragar

I’ve been favorited by Dana Loesch

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Quick…go shower.

346 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:40:59am
347 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 10:41:31am
348 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 10:42:18am

re: #323 William of Orange

That indeed makes me mad as hell!! WHAT A SPELLING MISTAKE!!! DUMBASSES CAN’T SEE THERE’S A “K” MISSING!!

They don’t even know you’re supposed to put * in place of the “U” if you want to be delicate about swears

349 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 10:42:40am

re: #342 klystron

While the East Coast freaks out, this is what I get:

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It’s 30° and snowing in South Jersey.

It’s going up to 70° in Denver.

W.
T.
F.

350 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 10:43:24am

re: #349 Mattand

It’s 30° and snowing in South Jersey.

It’s going up to 70° in Denver.

W.
T.
F.

Nothing to see here, climate is behaving exactly as predicted, global climate change cannot possibly be real. Move along.

///

351 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 10:43:36am

re: #303 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Mock if you will: Mitt Romney can do the 15 Count Manual of Arms with a baguette.

352 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 10:43:52am

re: #344 #FergusonFireside

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How do we know he didn’t want to creep it outside Malia & Sasha’s windows?

353 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 10:44:41am

re: #344 #FergusonFireside

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The term “Drone” has gotten so de-valued. I’m sorry, a 100 buck RC Quadcopter with a joystick controller isn’t a “drone” in my opinion. It’s an RC Copter. When you start talking about things like the FJI Phantom, with GPS Programmable flights and real time video linkage back to operator, then it’s a drone.

That being said, I would love to play with even a basic quadcopter with a gopro mount, but don’t have the need for a high end one of my own.

RBS

354 makeitstop  Jan 26, 2015 10:45:31am

It’s looking like we’ve moved past the ‘intermittent snowfall’ part of the day and gotten to the Main Event here on Long Island.

It’s officially snowing like a bastard out there. Stay safe, everyone.

355 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:45:39am

re: #344 #FergusonFireside

So that’s what Joe Biden does when the President is out of town…

356 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 10:46:44am

re: #355 Backwoods_Sleuth

So that’s what Joe Biden does when the President is out of town…

DING DING DING!!!!!! We have a winner!!!! Young lady gets her choice of prizes from the top shelf.

RBS

357 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 10:47:08am

re: #356 RealityBasedSteve

DING DING DING!!!!!! We have a winner!!!! Young lady gets her choice of prizes from the top shelf.

RBS

Toaster! I want the toaster!

358 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 10:47:29am

re: #344 #FergusonFireside

If it had been a Black drone…

359 FemNaziBitch  Jan 26, 2015 10:47:39am

re: #343 Kragar

We’re in Bat Country.

You wanna talk about guano?

360 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 10:53:27am

re: #324 De Kolta Chair

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You just need to toss some poutine over the cliff to kick things off.
/

361 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 12:13:44pm

re: #313 FemNaziBitch

Which is possible because they can do pretty much everything remotely these days. Back office operations are off-site, and everyone’s been told to work from home where possible.

362 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 1:51:56pm

From Indian film director and producer Shekhar Kapur


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