Andrew Sullivan Says He’s Quitting Blogging

So long, no thanks for the eugenics
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Andrew Sullivan says he’s going to quit blogging: A Note to My Readers.

I don’t have much to say about this, because to be honest I was not a fan of Mr. Sullivan and I haven’t paid much attention to his writing for years. I didn’t like his apologia for the absolutely horrible Ron and Rand Paul, his defense of the crypto-racist pseudo-scientific “The Bell Curve” and discredited eugenics theories, or his advocacy of conspiracy theories about Sarah Palin’s pregnancy. I could list a lot more reasons, but I think I’ll just leave it there — with the note that I seriously doubt this is really the end of Sullivan’s blogging.

Now get ready for a deluge of mainstream journalism think pieces about THE DEATH OF BLOGGING. As if.

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234 comments
1 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 10:53:31am

Targetpractice said it best:

“Andrew Sullivan To Quit Blogging, Millions Report Inability To Give A Shit.”

2 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 10:53:57am
3 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 28, 2015 10:54:20am

I suspect he’ll be back eventually.

4 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 28, 2015 10:54:45am

re: #2 Kragar

Also describes CCJ to a tee.

5 Ace-o-aces  Jan 28, 2015 10:54:47am
6 Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2015 10:55:33am

re: #2 Kragar

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Ayep, one of the things that made me write off Sully back in the day was how he was a major booster for Dubya…right up until he realized that the “compassionate conservative” was as anti-gay as the rest of his party.

7 darthstar  Jan 28, 2015 10:57:50am

Come to think of it, isn’t not posting the easiest way to quit blogging?

8 BadExampleMan  Jan 28, 2015 10:59:44am

re: #7 darthstar

Sure, but you know Sully — gotta have his flounce or it’s not worth it.

9 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 11:00:19am

re: #7 darthstar

Come to think of it, isn’t not posting the easiest way to quit blogging?

Worst flounce ever.

10 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 11:02:04am

You’re not going to see very many African Americans praising Andrew Sullivan.

11 piratedan  Jan 28, 2015 11:02:27am

and thus another wafer thin veneer of the polite Conservativism is stripped from the ugly face of what is quickly becoming a quite scary construct of narcissistic mammon worshipers, ammo fetishists and fanatical true believers in some Aryan supreme entity as the components of the Right.

Sometimes I fear for our future because these fuckers are as scary up close and personal as they are from afar.

12 darthstar  Jan 28, 2015 11:02:58am
13 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 11:03:41am

re: #2 Kragar

Which is suspiciously like a few other notorious notables, like CCJ and Glenn Greenwald, although Greenwald and Sullivan at least had command of the English language, and could even string a fact or two together (though I may be being a bit charitable on the facts and Greenwald).

14 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 11:04:02am

re: #7 darthstar

Come to think of it, isn’t not posting the easiest way to quit blogging?

If a tree blogger falls in the forest stops posting, and there’s nobody there to hear it no one was reading him, does it make a noise difference?

15 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 11:04:21am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

16 nines09  Jan 28, 2015 11:05:22am

Crap. I’m all out of fucks to give.

17 darthstar  Jan 28, 2015 11:06:13am
18 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 28, 2015 11:06:23am

Does anyone have a spare fuck? I have none to give over Sullivan’s temporary departure.

19 iossarian  Jan 28, 2015 11:06:55am

A poem - apologies to Private Eye:

So, farewell, then, Andrew Sullivan.
You thought black people were a bit slow
and that war was a fine idea.

You were quite good on gay rights though
so not a complete waste of time.

20 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 11:07:11am
21 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 11:07:20am
22 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 11:08:47am

re: #18 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Does anyone have a spare fuck? I have none to give over Sullivan’s temporary departure.

“If there was a contest to see who doesn’t give a fuck the most, I wouldn’t win because I don’t give a fuck about winning, yo.”

23 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 28, 2015 11:08:55am
24 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 11:09:13am

This “fight with Andrew Sullivan” was really just Chuck writing a blog post glorifying torture.

25 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2015 11:10:40am
26 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 11:10:58am

re: #20 Kragar

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The most vile language I ever heard from a human was spoken by a woman I worked with one summer, who used ‘fuck’ as every imaginable type of word.

27 Skip Intro  Jan 28, 2015 11:12:29am

re: #24 Charles Johnson

“Let me remind you of the time I made a blog post referencing Andrew Sullivan that nobody read because if there’s a story I’m going insert myself into it”.

28 b_sharp  Jan 28, 2015 11:12:45am

re: #26 Blind Frog Belly White

The most vile language I ever heard from a human was spoken by a woman I worked with one summer, who used ‘fuck’ as every imaginable type of word.

It is a highly adaptive word.

29 nearly-headless smith25  Jan 28, 2015 11:14:49am

Love Bernie Mac from Kings of Comedy i.e. use of the term “Muthafukin’”

30 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 11:16:07am

re: #28 b_sharp

It is a highly adaptive word.

“Did you see how those fucking fucks fucked up when they were fucking?

31 Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2015 11:17:06am

re: #30 Kragar

“Did you see how those fucking fucks fucked up when they were fucking?

“Fuckin’ A!”

32 b_sharp  Jan 28, 2015 11:17:11am

re: #30 Kragar

“Did you see how those fucking fucks fucked up when they were fucking?

Fucken eh!

33 BadExampleMan  Jan 28, 2015 11:17:19am

Fuck can be used as nearly any part of speech or even, Marine-style, as a comma.

34 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 11:17:27am

re: #21 Charles Johnson

Sorry, TL;DR. /////

Seriously though, they’ve been lamenting the end of blogging for years now. Yet it’s still around. Like most writing, some of it is awful. Some isn’t memorable. And some of it sticks with you.

35 b_sharp  Jan 28, 2015 11:17:47am

Beat me by that much.

36 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 11:18:15am

re: #33 BadExampleMan

Fuck can be used as nearly any part of speech or even,fuckin’ Marine-style, fuckin’ as a comma.

FTFY

37 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 11:19:15am

Every Samuel L. Jackson mo-fo on film:

…

38 b_sharp  Jan 28, 2015 11:19:16am

re: #34 lawhawk

Sorry, TL;DR. /////

Seriously though, they’ve been lamenting the end of blogging for years now. Yet it’s still around. Like most writing, some of it is awful. Some isn’t memorable. And some of it sticks with you.

Like the little booger that sits on the end of your finger and just won’t flick off.

39 Lidane  Jan 28, 2015 11:19:32am
40 BadExampleMan  Jan 28, 2015 11:20:07am

re: #36 lawhawk

FFTFY

41 Sionainn  Jan 28, 2015 11:21:34am

re: #20 Kragar

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Fuck him!

42 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 28, 2015 11:22:06am
43 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 11:23:15am

I guess I just learned a bit more about Sullivan. Not good. How can someone in a community that has long been looked down upon look down on another community???

Oh well. I guess people always need some kind of a pedestal.

44 Sionainn  Jan 28, 2015 11:24:02am

re: #28 b_sharp

It is a highly adaptive word.

It’s so versatile that it can act as almost any part of speech, e.g., noun, verb, adjective.

45 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 28, 2015 11:26:06am

re: #7 darthstar

Come to think of it, isn’t not posting the easiest way to quit blogging?

It’s sort of like a flounce in that regard.

46 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 28, 2015 11:27:35am

re: #35 b_sharp

Beat me by that much.

And here I thought you were simply offering up the Canadian version. :P

47 Mattand  Jan 28, 2015 11:28:49am

Huh. Didn’t know about Sullivan’s racist baggage. Makes me wonder how Colbert managed to look the other way on that, given all the times Sullivan was on his show.

48 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 28, 2015 11:29:34am

re: #47 Mattand

Maybe he didn’t know?

49 Jack Burton  Jan 28, 2015 11:31:00am

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

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Ah you beat me to it. I was looking for that to post.

50 Jack Burton  Jan 28, 2015 11:32:45am

re: #37 lawhawk

Every Samuel L. Jackson mo-fo on film:

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Apparently Jackie Brown is his Magnum Opus as far as that is concerned. Even more than Pulp Fiction.

51 Mattand  Jan 28, 2015 11:33:45am

re: #20 Kragar

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That whole article was just painful to read. More and more, the Huckster comes off like Greg Stillson, holier-than-thou politician and main villain from King’s The Dead Zone.

Click to Reveal

And like Stillson, I could easily see Huckabee starting a nuclear war because God told him to.

And again: I’m so sick of people claiming “real” Americans only live in the South and Midwest. Fuck them.

52 WhatEVs  Jan 28, 2015 11:33:54am

re: #20 Kragar

Mike Huckabee has far too the delicate sensibilities. Ah do naht think thaa he hahs the, ah should say, constitution, fo highah office.

53 darthstar  Jan 28, 2015 11:34:03am
54 WhatEVs  Jan 28, 2015 11:34:37am

re: #24 Charles Johnson

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This “fight with Andrew Sullivan” was really just Chuck writing a blog post glorifying torture.

And to do what he always does…inject himself into every story.

Sully is trending so Chuck needs to become the story.

55 Mattand  Jan 28, 2015 11:34:47am

re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg

Maybe he didn’t know?

Anything’s possible, but it’s Colbert we’re talking about here. Generally, shoddy research wasn’t a hallmark of him or his staff.

56 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 11:35:32am

re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg

Maybe he didn’t know?

That’s where I am at…thus my #43.

And Charles…I know you and others call this a blog, but really you have created a true hybrid. The fact that every member contributes makes this site a lot different from a traditional blog.

It is a Politics Sociological News Commentary Site with Member input. Ain’t no ol’ blog!

57 nearly-headless smith25  Jan 28, 2015 11:35:49am
58 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 11:35:58am

re: #53 darthstar

Speaking of which:

Dugin is a neo-fascist.

59 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 28, 2015 11:36:02am

re: #54 WhatEVs

And to do what he always does…inject himself into every story.

Sully is trending so Chuck needs to become the story.

BREAKING: My threat of a dynamite expose drove Andrew Sullivan off the internet!

60 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 28, 2015 11:36:34am

re: #56 ObserverArt

That’s where I am at…thus my #43.

And Charles…I know you and others call this a blog, but really you have created a true hybrid. The fact that every member contributes makes this site a lot different from a traditional blog.

It is a Politics Sociological News Commentary Site with Member input. Ain’t no ol’ blog!

I thought it was a Feline Overlord pictures and food/cooking blog that discussed politics on the side!
O_o

61 klystron  Jan 28, 2015 11:37:15am

His bloodwork and chest x-rays have been normal so far. Although he nearly passed out again sitting up for the chest x-rays. They’ve done a CT scan.

62 De Kolta Chair  Jan 28, 2015 11:37:22am
63 Dr Lizardo  Jan 28, 2015 11:37:47am

re: #52 WhatEVs

Mike Huckabee has far too the delicate sensibilities. Ah do naht think thaa he hahs the, ah should say, constitution, fo highah office.

And yet, the Huckster seems to be a fan of Ted Nugent. Gaack.

Mikey, if you’re reading this, this is what it’s all about - and I doubt Ted ever pulled in a crowd like this.

…

64 Ace-o-aces  Jan 28, 2015 11:37:49am
65 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 11:37:53am

re: #58 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Speaking of which:

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Dugin is a neo-fascist.

Once again a far-left-far-right co-operation.

66 Tigger2  Jan 28, 2015 11:37:53am

re: #59 Higgs Boson’s Mate

BREAKING: My threat of a dynamite expose drove Andrew Sullivan off the internet!

Yep Chuckles you are the chosen one your meer threats can alter the universe and run people away from twitter and blogs. ///

67 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 11:38:20am
68 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 11:38:57am

re: #60 Feline Fearless Leader

I thought it was a Feline Overlord pictures and food/cooking blog that discussed politics on the side!
O_o

That would be the sociological part!

: )

69 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 11:39:43am
70 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 11:41:15am

re: #65 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Once again a far-left-far-right co-operation.

The result:

71 Ace-o-aces  Jan 28, 2015 11:43:05am

Not quite. Sully always couched his support with, “well, we need to do more research on this. But isn’t it interesting…” Whereas CCJ is like “YES, DA BELL CURVE PROOFS I IZ THE UBERMENCH!!!!”

72 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 11:44:12am

Figures that the one thing CCJ clearly opposed Sullivan on was about the one time Sullivan unambiguously held the ethical and moral high ground.

73 De Kolta Chair  Jan 28, 2015 11:44:52am
Too busy facepalming to enumerate the fucks I don’t give
74 b_sharp  Jan 28, 2015 11:45:14am

re: #61 klystron

His bloodwork and chest x-rays have been normal so far. Although he nearly passed out again sitting up for the chest x-rays. They’ve done a CT scan.

Low blood pressure does that.

75 klystron  Jan 28, 2015 11:47:00am

re: #74 b_sharp

Low blood pressure does that.

I know, and he can have quirky low blood pressure reactions to things like …hearing all the possible things that could be wrong with him. (He’s not allowed to look up shit online.)

76 WhatEVs  Jan 28, 2015 11:47:08am

re: #63 Dr Lizardo

And yet, the Huckster seems to be a fan of Ted Nugent. Gaack.

Mikey, if you’re reading this, this is what it’s all about - and I doubt Ted ever pulled in a crowd like this.

In keeping with the theme of this thread, I think Huckster would consider himself sullied in reading anything but the true faithful word of the God monied elite he serves.

77 Ace-o-aces  Jan 28, 2015 11:47:56am
78 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 28, 2015 11:48:12am

re:
#24

That time I got into a fight with Andrew Sullivan re: Winston Churchill & torture.

Sully sure regretted the day he tangled with an Awardwinning Journalist.

//

79 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 28, 2015 11:48:22am

Story behind that Walmart prayer circle earlier today in Louisville, KY:

80 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 11:49:04am

re: #75 klystron

I know, and he can have quirky low blood pressure reactions to things like …hearing all the possible things that could be wrong with him. (He’s not allowed to look up shit online.)

How is he with clowns???

(Just trying to keep you smiling a bit…)

81 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2015 11:49:28am

re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

Story behind that Walmart prayer circle earlier today in Louisville, KY:

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Paywalled :(

82 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 11:49:40am
83 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 28, 2015 11:49:57am

re: #80 ObserverArt

How is he with clowns???

(Just trying to keep you smiling a bit…)

They didn’t serve fish on that flight, did they?

84 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 28, 2015 11:50:08am

re:
#27

“Let me remind you of the time I made a blog post referencing Andrew Sullivan that nobody read because if there’s a story I’m going insert myself into it”.

CCJ is about as predictable as the monthly lunar cycle.

85 WhatEVs  Jan 28, 2015 11:50:08am

re: #61 klystron

His bloodwork and chest x-rays have been normal so far. Although he nearly passed out again sitting up for the chest x-rays. They’ve done a CT scan.

What did I miss? Is your hubby ok?

86 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 11:50:13am

re: #78 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#24

Sully sure regretted the day he tangled with an Awardwinning Journalist.

//

That’s why he is giving up his blog. Chuck just took down another journalist.

The Plan is working!

/

87 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 11:51:17am

re: #83 Feline Fearless Leader

I had the lasagna.

88 Dr Lizardo  Jan 28, 2015 11:51:29am

re: #80 ObserverArt

How is he with clowns???

(Just trying to keep you smiling a bit…)

Who doesn’t love a clown?

Click to Reveal
89 klystron  Jan 28, 2015 11:51:54am

re: #85 WhatEVs

What did I miss? Is your hubby ok?

He is in a hospital in London right now because he had a very sharp headache while landing, plus nearly passed out after deplaning and his blood pressure was very low.

Probably related to the sinus congestion he was flying with, but since he described it as his worst headache ever they are taking it seriously and doing the right things.

I am, predictably, rather freaked out.

90 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2015 11:54:31am

re: #89 klystron

He is in a hospital in London right now because he had a very sharp headache while landing, plus nearly passed out after deplaning and his blood pressure was very low.

Probably related to the sinus congestion he was flying with, but since he described it as his worst headache ever they are taking it seriously and doing the right things.

I am, predictably, rather freaked out.

What about hypoglycemia? Considering no food was provided.

91 klystron  Jan 28, 2015 11:55:52am

re: #90 The Vicious Babushka

What about hypoglycemia? Considering no food was provided.

Paramedics checked his blood sugar and it was good. I’d sent him with snacks, and he’d saved half his sandwich from dinner for the plane.

92 Dr Lizardo  Jan 28, 2015 11:56:01am

Meanwhile, in Dresden, Germany, PEGIDA seems to be falling apart:

German anti-Islam movement PEGIDA looked in disarray on Wednesday, losing its second leader in a week when Kathrin Oertel, who took over after the founder quit for posing as Hitler, also resigned, and the group cancelled its next rally.

The Dresden-based group, whose weekly marches in the city have rattled the German political establishment, announced on its Facebook page that Oertel and another board member were stepping down, due to threats, hostility and media hounding.

Oertel, a 37-year-old mother-of-three became PEGIDA’s national figurehead after founder Lutz Bachmann resigned a week ago on news that he was subject to official investigations.

PEGIDA said Oertel had quit “due to the massive hostility, threats and career disadvantages”, adding: “Even the strongest of women has to take time out when at night photographers and other strange figures are sneaking around outside her house.”

Another board member faced massive problems because his business had lost public contracts, PEGIDA said, adding its cause remained “good and just”. German Chancellor Angela Merkel had warned people not to be manipulated by the group, cautioning some of its members have “hatred in their hearts”.

At the end of the article, this caught my eye:

PEGIDA’s woes could also spell trouble for the eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has faced internal division after some of its members made overtures to the group.

cbc.ca

93 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 28, 2015 11:57:35am

Marshawn Lynch Reportedly Facing Fine for Wearing ‘BeastMode’ Hat at Media Day

Wear a hat that isn’t pre-approved on media day: get fined.
Cheat in a playoff game:…

94 WhatEVs  Jan 28, 2015 11:57:59am

re: #89 klystron

I am so very sorry!! I will send some positive energy his way. And yours.

{{{hugs}}}

95 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 28, 2015 11:58:57am

re:
#73

I got Andrew Sullivan to spend 15 minutes discussing Trig Palin’s parentage at Claremont McKenna in 2009. It was awesome.

I got so excited afterward I pooped right on the floor.

96 Jack Burton  Jan 28, 2015 11:58:58am
97 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 28, 2015 11:59:08am

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

Paywalled :(

long story short: Walmart wanted to build a new superstore according to their own specs, which totally went against the city’s planning commission demands. No middle ground was reached. It’s now a pissing macth.

98 calochortus  Jan 28, 2015 12:00:43pm

re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth

long story short: Walmart wanted to build a new superstore according to their own specs, which totally went against the city’s planning commission demands. No middle ground was reached. It’s now a pissing macyh.

Were they praying for or against Walmart? Oh wait, let me guess. Walmart will bring jobs and prosperity along with low, low prices.

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 28, 2015 12:01:11pm

re: #98 calochortus

Were they praying for or against Walmart? Oh wait, let me guess. Walmart will bring jobs and prosperity along with low, low prices.

They were praying FOR Walmart.

100 Ace-o-aces  Jan 28, 2015 12:01:15pm
101 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2015 12:01:38pm

re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth

long story short: Walmart wanted to build a new superstore according to their own specs, which totally went against the city’s planning commission demands. No middle ground was reached. It’s now a pissing macyh.

Walmart is not inevitable. They can be denied. That property has been rezoned for small business.

102 Mattand  Jan 28, 2015 12:06:49pm

re: #89 klystron

He is in a hospital in London right now because he had a very sharp headache while landing, plus nearly passed out after deplaning and his blood pressure was very low.

Probably related to the sinus congestion he was flying with, but since he described it as his worst headache ever they are taking it seriously and doing the right things.

I am, predictably, rather freaked out.

Sorry to hear that. Hang in there and hope he has a speedy recovery.

103 Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2015 12:09:21pm

re: #89 klystron

He is in a hospital in London right now because he had a very sharp headache while landing, plus nearly passed out after deplaning and his blood pressure was very low.

Probably related to the sinus congestion he was flying with, but since he described it as his worst headache ever they are taking it seriously and doing the right things.

I am, predictably, rather freaked out.

Aaakk. With any luck it’s the combination of sinus gunk and rapid descent from the 8000 ft cabin pressure. Good thoughts.

104 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:09:40pm

Jeralyn at TalkLeft has read through the V. Roberts filing and thinks there are some inconsistencies there:

talkleft.com

Keep in mind that Jeralyn openly states that she always sees cases through the eyes of the defense and in a sense she takes a pro-Dersh position. Still, all perspectives should be heard. Single-witness cases are always a conundrum.

105 De Kolta Chair  Jan 28, 2015 12:11:36pm
106 EPR-radar  Jan 28, 2015 12:13:00pm

re: #100 Ace-o-aces

The Bell Curve actually does serve a useful purpose. It’s a very useful asshole detector. Anyone who cites it as an authoritative text or supports its thesis is guaranteed to be an asshole.

107 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 12:13:03pm

Just had to do it…

108 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:14:38pm

re: #107 ObserverArt

Can you do the same one with a pervy smile (his former twitter avi)?

109 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2015 12:15:19pm

re: #107 ObserverArt

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Just had to do it…

Correct typo “Your residence” not “You residence”

110 EPR-radar  Jan 28, 2015 12:15:48pm

re: #108 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Can you do the same one with a pervy smile (his former twitter avi)?

The blurry photo where CCJ appears to be trying to extract boogers from his frontal lobe might also work here.

111 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 12:17:59pm

re: #106 EPR-radar

The Bell Curve actually does serve a useful purpose. It’s a very useful asshole detector. Anyone who cites it as an authoritative text or supports its thesis is guaranteed to be an asshole.

“Then…then there are some people, they’re not stupid…they’re full of shit.
That doesn’t take very long to spot either, does it? Take you about the same amount of time. You’ll be listening to some guy..and saying, “well, he’s fairly intelligent……ahht, he’s full of shit!” - George Carlin

112 Varek Raith  Jan 28, 2015 12:18:18pm

How ever will be go on?!?!

113 Dr Lizardo  Jan 28, 2015 12:18:29pm

re: #105 De Kolta Chair

114 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 12:19:08pm

re: #101 The Vicious Babushka

Walmart is not inevitable. They can be denied. That property has been rezoned for small business.

Waldemort?

115 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 12:20:34pm

re: #109 The Vicious Babushka

Correct typo “Your residence” not “You residence”

Done. Sorry…I try to do these too fast. Many times I get one ready and the topic moves on…so, strike while the iron is hot.

116 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 12:20:45pm
117 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:22:41pm

re: #116 goddamnedfrank

He’s so lacking in basics of everything (not only science) that I would’ve taken him for a parody persona like Colbert, if I didn’t know better. “People can’t be that dumb and live!”

118 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 12:23:50pm
119 b_sharp  Jan 28, 2015 12:25:06pm

re: #100 Ace-o-aces

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There were several reviews of the book in the late 90s that tore the Bell Curve apart.

The authors of the ‘book’ modified the data to fit their hypothesis.

120 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:25:19pm

re: #118 Kragar

OK, that made me chuckle.

121 Ace-o-aces  Jan 28, 2015 12:27:56pm

re: #119 b_sharp

The authors of the ‘book’ modified the data to fit their hypothesis.

That was obvious to everyone who wasn’t a racist asshole.

122 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 12:28:14pm
123 SteelPH  Jan 28, 2015 12:28:45pm

Apparently owls melt in direct sunlight.

No wonder they’re nocturnal.
//

124 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:29:31pm

re: #122 lawhawk

*eyeroll*

125 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:30:42pm

re: #123 SteelPH

Apparently owls melt in direct sunlight.

No wonder they’re nocturnal.
//

Not only owls.

Psalm 58:8 King James Version (KJV)

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

126 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:31:42pm

re: #122 lawhawk

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His defense? 1001 links to Gatestone Institute. UGH.

127 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 28, 2015 12:31:46pm

re:
#122

Bobby Jindal defends the Muslim “no-go zone” myth on his 2016 campaign state website

When confronted, always double-triple-double down on the Derp.

128 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 12:32:49pm
129 Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2015 12:33:33pm

re: #126 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

His defense? 1001 links to Gatestone Institute. UGH.

You mean John Bolton’s propaganda mill?

130 Timothy Watson  Jan 28, 2015 12:33:50pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

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He is aware that there are filing dates and whatnot…right?

131 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:33:58pm

re: #129 Targetpractice

You mean John Bolton’s propaganda mill?

Which still has all the Fjordman articles intact.

132 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:35:04pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

Has he sued Politico yet? Thought so.

133 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 12:36:52pm

re: #132 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

134 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 28, 2015 12:37:57pm

Some interesting stuff in history today; (Henry VIII dies, Diet of Worms begins, Lego brick design patented, etc.)

But this:
1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

That is not a snowflake.

en.wikipedia.org

135 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 28, 2015 12:39:40pm

I suspect CCJ will announce he is running, gobble up all the attention (and fundraising money) he can get and then drop out long before election day.

136 b.d.  Jan 28, 2015 12:40:49pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

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137 Timothy Watson  Jan 28, 2015 12:41:08pm

You know, I could have filed my taxes a week ago if this damn student loan servicer would post a bloody form student loan interest form.

138 klystron  Jan 28, 2015 12:42:13pm

Bless his boss, who arrived and handed my husband his cell phone so we were able to talk briefly. He sounded tired and congested, both of which are to be expected since he hasn’t slept and was developing a sinus infection.

The CT came back normal, but they are doing a lumbar puncture and keeping him overnight as the last check. Hopefully the meetings he went over there for can be rescheduled. He’s feeling fine enough to be freaking out about how much this all will cost (it looks like we will owe just on the overnight hospitalization, from what I have been able to find, and that should be reasonable).

So now I get to research the aftereffects of a lumbar puncture and e-mail him some info about what to expect so that he doesn’t look for himself and freak out more.

139 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 12:43:24pm
140 BeachDem  Jan 28, 2015 12:43:53pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

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And I’m sure someone who tries to grift for his server bills would have NO trouble raising enough money to run a campaign. Yeah, right. What an over-inflated ball of gas he is.

141 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 12:45:27pm
142 freetoken  Jan 28, 2015 12:47:27pm

I never understood why Andrew Sullivan got the following that he did. I only visited his blog a couple of times, when others would link to it.

My feeling about him and several others high-profile bloggers who got lots of attention but really had nothing original to say, is that the east coast media bubble picked their darlings, those who went to dinner in the same restaurants as them, etc.

143 WhatEVs  Jan 28, 2015 12:48:24pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

144 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 12:49:37pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

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145 BeachDem  Jan 28, 2015 12:50:17pm

re: #138 klystron

Sounds like things are looking up—so glad for you.

I, who never go to the doctor unless in dire circumstances, went last week with horrible headache, shortness of breath, lowgrade fever and cough. My BP was 94/54—they sent me to the ER where they did about every test known to man and determined it was bronchitis—odd, as I usually get bronchitis at the end of a cold, and this came out of nowhere.

Hope Mr. Klys makes a speedy recovery and you can breathe easy.

146 Timothy Watson  Jan 28, 2015 12:51:37pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

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Ah yes, a “conservative intellectual”, about as real as a unicorn.

147 OhNoZombies!  Jan 28, 2015 12:51:51pm

I wonder why anyone would want to bully CCJ ?
I just can’t figure it out.
//<—- surely I don’t need these…

Also, I had no idea Sullivan was a Bell Curve fan.
I have nothing remotely nice to say, so I’ll leave it at that.

148 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 12:52:27pm
149 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 12:53:06pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

The convicted felon/fraudster says what?

150 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 12:53:17pm
151 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:53:40pm

re: #148 Kragar

That’s a new low.

152 Timothy Watson  Jan 28, 2015 12:54:02pm

re: #148 Kragar

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133 characters to say “I hate black people”?

153 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 12:54:39pm
154 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 28, 2015 12:56:14pm

re:
#148

The right isn’t racist. It’s anti-anti-racist. Anti-racist is anti-white so the right is against people who are against white people.

My head hurts….

I think it means

Hurr hurr conservatives not teh racists its leftist Democrat Party that’s the racists!!!11

155 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 28, 2015 12:56:30pm

Shorter CCJ - “Look at me! Look at me! I’m over here!”

156 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 12:57:24pm

In a year or so Chucky is probably a full-blown explicit white nationalist a la CCC.

157 ipsos  Jan 28, 2015 12:58:01pm

Have there been UpChuck sightings in rural Texas lately?

ksdk.com

158 Dr Lizardo  Jan 28, 2015 12:58:05pm

re: #148 Kragar

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That’s 100% straight-up Stormfront/neo-Nazi terminology. “Anti-racist is code for anti-white” - that’s a direct quote I’ve seen on Stormfront.

159 Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2015 1:01:11pm

re: #150 goddamnedfrank

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Think he lost count of the ‘antis’. Math is hard.

160 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 1:01:21pm

re: #158 Dr Lizardo

Considering the amount of time he spends linking to CCC, Takimag, and other racist right wing sites, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him lifting quotes like that from those sites.

161 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 1:02:35pm
162 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:03:43pm

Council of Conservative Chuckies.

163 Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2015 1:04:03pm

re: #161 Kragar

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When you’re done with that, teach my dog to play the tuba.

164 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 1:06:26pm

re: #157 ipsos

Have there been UpChuck sightings in rural Texas lately?

ksdk.com

Texas.

That state scares me.

165 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 1:07:18pm

re: #161 Kragar

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Only if you think ‘racist’ = bad, which apparently Chuckie doesn’t.

166 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 1:07:59pm

re: #157 ipsos

Have there been UpChuck sightings in rural Texas lately?

ksdk.com

I saw that, and immediately thought of him.

167 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 1:08:27pm

re: #165 Blind Frog Belly White

Only if you think ‘racist’ = bad, which apparently Chuckie doesn’t.

Of course he doesn’t. Bell Curve. He’s just coming right out and admitting it in stark terms.

168 Justanotherhuman  Jan 28, 2015 1:09:18pm

Sullivan never overcame the upper crust British veneer he sought at Oxford.

That always came through loud and clear to me in his attitudes toward others.

169 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:10:48pm

There’s a certain trend on the right… remember how “anti-colonial” suddenly became a “bad” thing?

170 OhNoZombies!  Jan 28, 2015 1:10:50pm

re: #161 Kragar

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That reminds me of when Leela tried to hit Robot Santa with a paradox on Futurama.
May as well not bother, the head just grows back.

171 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 1:12:00pm

re: #167 goddamnedfrank

Of course he doesn’t. Bell Curve. He’s just coming right out and admitting it in stark terms.

Well, he’s a malignant narcissist with no real accomplishments whose ego depends on being superior, so of course he gloms onto ‘research’ that makes him part of the genetic elite.

You know, in a way the old style of racism was easier to take. This pseudoscientific bullshit is insidious - it allows people to be racist without being Merl from The Walking Dead.

172 ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2015 1:12:04pm

I wonder how many Black ‘friends’ Chuck C. Johnson has?

If need be, he could probably whip out $200 and make a couple.

/

173 makeitstop  Jan 28, 2015 1:12:13pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

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I’m beginning to think he’s sitting there reading LGF and tweeting in response.

That’s twice now he’s tweeted something responding to comments on this thread.

Soo…

Hey, Chuck!

Makeitstop raises both middle fingers

174 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 1:12:49pm

re: #171 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, he’s a malignant narcissist with no real accomplishments whose ego depends on being superior, so of course he gloms onto ‘research’ that makes him part of the genetic elite.

You know, in a way the old style of racism was easier to take. This pseudoscientific bullshit is insidious - it allows people to be racist without being Merl from The Walking Dead.

At least Merl was honest about it.

175 Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2015 1:13:28pm

re: #173 makeitstop

I’m beginning to think he’s sitting there reading LGF and tweeting in response.

That’s twice now he’s tweeted something responding to comments on this thread.

Soo…

Hey, Chuck!

Makeitstop raises both middle fingers

I’m pretty sure he does.

176 Justanotherhuman  Jan 28, 2015 1:14:08pm

BTW, have the RWNJs commented on FLOTUS being “dissed” by the Saudis (who didn’t shake her hand) and her refusal to wear a head covering?

The Obamas always will be damned if they do, and damned if they don’t by RWNJs.

177 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 1:14:38pm

Oh goodie, because the twerp who claims he’s all about exploring different views, can’t handle facts and will block/mute anyone who challenges him.

178 lawhawk  Jan 28, 2015 1:15:46pm

re: #175 Charles Johnson

Remember, you’re still irrelevant. Which is why they keep tabs on every last thing you say and stalk you and some of your commenters.

179 EPR-radar  Jan 28, 2015 1:17:01pm

re: #171 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, he’s a malignant narcissist with no real accomplishments whose ego depends on being superior, so of course he gloms onto ‘research’ that makes him part of the genetic elite.

You know, in a way the old style of racism was easier to take. This pseudoscientific bullshit is insidious - it allows people to be racist without being Merl from The Walking Dead.

Definitely. Scientific racism is already at the fringes of relatively respectable RW outlets like NRO. A certainly level of deniability is all that is needed.

180 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 1:18:29pm

re: #179 EPR-radar

Definitely. Scientific racism is already at the fringes of relatively respectable RW outlets like NRO. A certainly level of deniability is all that is needed.

And like most ‘science’ on the right, the hypothesis is the conclusion, and all that remains is cherrypicking the data and cooking the statistics.

181 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2015 1:19:47pm

re: #178 lawhawk

Remember, you’re still irrelevant. Which is why they keep tabs on every last thing you say and stalk you and some of your commenters.

Here’s how you know you’re irrelevant - nobody tells you you’re irrelevant.

182 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 1:21:35pm
183 OhNoZombies!  Jan 28, 2015 1:22:43pm

This bears repeating I think:
Dec. 28, 2014

184 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:23:11pm

re: #183 OhNoZombies!

Yes, he is.

185 Jack Burton  Jan 28, 2015 1:24:57pm

re: #161 Kragar

186 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:25:03pm

Whenever there is a political storm brewing, Chucky is always at the storm front.

;)

187 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2015 1:29:05pm

Drove a Tesla P85D today. Needless to say, I am now taking donations. Please PayPal me. Please.

188 EPR-radar  Jan 28, 2015 1:29:11pm

re: #183 OhNoZombies!

This bears repeating I think:
Dec. 28, 2014

Would it be rude to start a betting pool on the date ‘88’ or some other telltale sign of Nazi tendencies shows up in CCJ’s output?

189 Justanotherhuman  Jan 28, 2015 1:30:35pm

Editor’s note: The U.S. Supreme Court order delaying the executions of three inmates challenging Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol leaves open the possibility that executions could proceed if the state obtains a substitute chemical, The New York Times reports. The order barred Oklahoma from executing the inmates with the controversial sedative midazolam. - Stephanie
read more on nytimes.com

190 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2015 1:30:49pm

re: #89 klystron

Please keep us updated.

191 Justanotherhuman  Jan 28, 2015 1:30:58pm

BBL.

192 Timothy Watson  Jan 28, 2015 1:31:00pm

Speaking of McChuckleNuts:

193 Jack Burton  Jan 28, 2015 1:31:04pm

re: #187 GlutenFreeJesus

Drove a Tesla P85D today. Needless to say, I am now taking donations. Please PayPal me. Please.

If a large sum of money fell into my lap, my first stop after the bank would be a Tesla dealer.

194 dog philosopher  Jan 28, 2015 1:31:48pm

re: #183 OhNoZombies!

This bears repeating I think:
Dec. 28, 2014

there you go blaming it on the bears again

195 OhNoZombies!  Jan 28, 2015 1:32:28pm

re: #188 EPR-radar

Would it be rude to start a betting pool on the date ‘88’ or some other telltale sign of Nazi tendencies shows up in CCJ’s output?

Nope. I’m in.
$250 for the person who finds photos of CCJ wearing jack-boots.
0:-)

196 b_sharp  Jan 28, 2015 1:32:45pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

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He’s can’t really be that stupid can he?

197 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2015 1:34:18pm

re: #193 Jack Burton

Me too. Damn you, Elon!

198 Timothy Watson  Jan 28, 2015 1:35:26pm

re: #196 b_sharp

He’s can’t really be that stupid can he?

You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.

199 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 1:37:20pm

Is that shit like Geert Wilders’ bread and butter? Oops, no, he just hates muslims.

David Duke?

It sucks for these people that they’ve been so marginalized. It’s hard to find a modern Strom Thurmond or George Wallace actually serving in office.

Fuck ‘em.

200 calochortus  Jan 28, 2015 1:37:23pm

re: #196 b_sharp

He’s can’t really be that stupid can he?

It wouldn’t be stupid if people were looking at the world, not just their own neighborhood. A sustained run of cold winters in the majority of the world would be a decent indicator that maybe the warming was temporary.
Trust me, here in the SF Bay Area we are not shoveling snow. We are out starting to work in our gardens because it is in the upper 60s almost every day. It’s warm and it’s dry. It is incredibly hard to remember that it is January and there are people dealing with snow and frozen pipes elsewhere in the country.

201 goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2015 1:38:13pm

re: #199 goddamnedfrank

Shit, edited, wrong tweet. Reload.

202 OhNoZombies!  Jan 28, 2015 1:38:48pm

“Two things are infinite:
The universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
-Albert Einstein

203 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 28, 2015 1:43:20pm

re: #188 EPR-radar

Would it be rude to start a betting pool on the date ‘88’ or some other telltale sign of Nazi tendencies shows up in CCJ’s output?

If I’m not mistaken, Chuck was born in ‘88.

204 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 1:43:57pm

re: #199 goddamnedfrank

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Is that shit like Geert Wilders’ bread and butter? Oops, no, he just hates muslims.

David Duke?

It sucks for these people that they’ve been so marginalized. It’s hard to find a modern Strom Thurmond or George Wallace actually serving in office.

Fuck ‘em.

205 De Kolta Chair  Jan 28, 2015 1:44:30pm

re: #199 goddamnedfrank

Fuck ‘em.

White displacement? That’s nothing compared to

206 De Kolta Chair  Jan 28, 2015 1:45:23pm
White displacement, Irish famine style.

///

207 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:45:23pm

re: #202 OhNoZombies!

There’s this cool blog that says this is not directly attributable to Einstein:

quoteinvestigator.com

Remember:

“50% of the quotes you find on the internet are fake” ~ Mark Twain

;)

208 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 28, 2015 1:45:55pm

White displacement?

As in geographically displaced, culturally displaced, demographically displaced?

/

209 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:46:05pm

re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg

If I’m not mistaken, Chuck was born in ‘88.

That’s become a problem recently. When you see someone with 88 in their nickname, you never know whether it’s a Nazi or just a whippersnapper. /

210 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2015 1:46:07pm

re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg

No. That’s his IQ. That’s why he hates bell curves so much.

211 calochortus  Jan 28, 2015 1:46:25pm

re: #208 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

White displacement?

As in geographically displaced, culturally displaced, demographically displaced?

/

Hip displacement

212 De Kolta Chair  Jan 28, 2015 1:48:23pm

re: #208 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

White displacement?

As in geographically displaced, culturally displaced, demographically displaced?

/

Maybe he means white display mat?
213 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 1:50:49pm
214 OhNoZombies!  Jan 28, 2015 1:51:00pm

re: #202 OhNoZombies!

“Two things are infinite:
The universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
-Albert Einstein*

*possibly sort of.

215 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:52:33pm

re: #213 Kragar

Boom.

216 taserian  Jan 28, 2015 1:53:37pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

Not to be a pedantic arsehole, which I am, but Fermat’s Last Theorem has already been solved. Of course, CCJ could always plagiarize it and claim that he did it well beforehand.

FLT is a sub-case of the modularity theorem, for which Andrew Wiles provided a partial solution for semistable elliptic curves. Others have already completed the proofs for all cases of the modularity theorem, so it’s a done deal.

217 Kragar  Jan 28, 2015 1:55:18pm
218 Amory Blaine  Jan 28, 2015 1:55:34pm

Governor Dropout showered us with wisdom on his chosen RWNJ mouthpiece today.

Scott Walker says UW faculty should be ‘teaching more classes and doing more work’

Faculty and staff in the University of Wisconsin System should be “teaching more classes and doing more work,” Gov. Scott Walker said during an interview Wednesday morning with a Milwaukee conservative radio talk show host.

During back to back interviews with radio talk show hosts Charlie Sykes and Jay Weber, Walker discussed how a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks would be funded, his preparations to run for president, and his state budget proposal that would cut $300 million in funding over two years for the UW System while granting new flexibilities in how the UW System does business.

Sykes asked how listeners could be sure the proposed $300 million in budget cuts “won’t damage the quality of education.”

Walker gave a lengthy answer, noting former Gov. James Doyle made similar size cuts to the UW System, though Doyle’s cuts were not coupled with a tuition freeze. He said the UW would have to be “more effective, efficient.”

Walker then told Sykes:

“I think you were right, your comments today on Right Wisconsin, that maybe it’s time for faculty and staff to start thinking about teaching more classes and doing more work. And this authority frees up the UW administration to make those sorts of requests, which I think are needed not only here but across the country.”

219 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 28, 2015 1:56:33pm

Some pretty vile yet comical racist below the spoiler. I’m posting it because of the last tweet.

Click to Reveal
220 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 28, 2015 1:59:58pm

re: #208 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

White displacement?

As in geographically displaced, culturally displaced, demographically displaced?

/

So white replacement would be to ship them all back to Europe?
/// ;P

221 CuriousLurker  Jan 28, 2015 2:02:00pm

re: #217 Kragar

Whoa, just went to the SPLC link this guy posted. That Mantra/White Rabbit thing is some seriously weird, twisted shit.

222 Jenner7  Jan 28, 2015 2:04:29pm

re: #61 klystron

Thinking of you two…

:)

223 klystron  Jan 28, 2015 2:05:01pm

re: #222 Jenner7

Thinking of you two…

:)

Thanks, I am trying to not be too much of a basketcase.

Trying is probably the key word, but…

224 Timothy Watson  Jan 28, 2015 2:07:53pm

re: #208 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

White displacement?

As in geographically displaced, culturally displaced, demographically displaced?

/

Is it anything like “white flight”?

225 klystron  Jan 28, 2015 2:08:00pm

He’s been moved for the night. The Internet doesn’t work in the new ward. I have a phone number for the nurse’s station but I am entirely unclear on the etiquette of calling a nurse’s station. Also, sleep would be a good thing for him, and he still has to have the lumbar puncture.

I have only priced flights to Heathrow once today. I figure I am doing ok.

His boss was going to see about getting him a phone in the morning. He now has some cash, at least (thanks to his boss again).

226 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Jan 28, 2015 2:17:12pm

Andrew Sullivan Says He’s Quitting Blogging

Good
227 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 28, 2015 2:19:19pm

re: #226 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Andrew Sullivan Says He’s Quitting Blogging

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God—a feline version of Jim, from Mike & Molly!

228 Romantic Heretic  Jan 28, 2015 2:28:59pm

re: #134 Feline Fearless Leader

But this:
1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

That is not a snowflake

Um, I’m guessing they measured them after pulling them from the bodies of those they hit.

229 Romantic Heretic  Jan 28, 2015 2:32:33pm

re: #138 klystron

Bless his boss, who arrived and handed my husband his cell phone so we were able to talk briefly. He sounded tired and congested, both of which are to be expected since he hasn’t slept and was developing a sinus infection.

The CT came back normal, but they are doing a lumbar puncture and keeping him overnight as the last check. Hopefully the meetings he went over there for can be rescheduled. He’s feeling fine enough to be freaking out about how much this all will cost (it looks like we will owe just on the overnight hospitalization, from what I have been able to find, and that should be reasonable).

It should be.

So now I get to research the aftereffects of a lumbar puncture and e-mail him some info about what to expect so that he doesn’t look for himself and freak out more.

My wife was visiting recently and we had to go to the emergency room because of really severe chest pains. Since she’s still an American citizen she wasn’t covered under Ontario’s health insurance. (OHIP)

The bill for everything was less than $900.

230 Romantic Heretic  Jan 28, 2015 2:34:59pm

re: #148 Kragar

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Chuck? No matter how hard you try to sound like an intelligent human being you will never succeed.

So give it up already.

231 TedStriker  Jan 28, 2015 5:14:24pm

re: #51 Mattand

That whole article was just painful to read. More and more, the Huckster comes off like Greg Stillson, holier-than-thou politician and main villain from King’s The Dead Zone.

[Embedded content]

And again: I’m so sick of people claiming “real” Americans only live in the South and Midwest. Fuck them.

Hey, I’m a “real” American that just happens to live in the South… :-(

///

232 LastYearsMan  Jan 28, 2015 5:55:17pm

Okay, I’ll take the unpopular position around here and say that I really like Sullivan. Even when I disagree with him (not infrequently), I find him bold and I like his willingness to give voice to a wide range of opinions from all quarters. His commitment to putting dialogue and debate at the forefront — ahead of ideology or tribalism — is a much-needed trait these days.

I also think the “racism” charge against him is lazy and undeserved, despite his poor decision to give credence to the arguments of The Bell Curve. While there are many white people out there who pretend to be about “just asking questions” when they are really just racist, that does not fit Sullivan at all. In his case, I think he really is just that committed to ideas, wherever they might lead him.

That said, sometimes he could be a real drama queen…

233 Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2015 10:19:34am
234 Roger S  Jan 31, 2015 3:35:56pm

re: #232 LastYearsMan

Thanks, I was a fan too. Stopped reading his blog last summer, for some of the reasons other posts brought up earlier. I did like his personal, well expressed, varied and often interesting blogging.


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