Justice Department Report: Sharyl Attkisson’s “Hacked Computer” Was a Complete Fantasy

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You may recall former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s absurd stories about her computer being hacked by the Post Office. I had some comments about her laughable claims last November.

Well, today the Justice Department’s Inspector General released a report on their investigation, and imagine my surprise: Justice Department’s IG Report Disputes Attkisson’s Computer-Intrusion Allegations.

Many of the allegations made by former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson regarding alleged computer intrusions by the U.S. government are disputed in a report by the Justice Department’s inspector general. “The OIG’s investigation was not able to substantiate the allegations that Attkisson’s computers were subject to remote intrusion by the FBI, other government personnel, or otherwise,” reads the inspector general’s report.

In her book “Stonewalled,” Attkisson had issued a wide-ranging set of claims — that her CBS News work computers and her personal computer had been hacked, that a strange wire was found hanging from the cable TV/broadband box outside of her home and that her phone service went fuzzy. The inspector general’s report found that the cable in question was a “common” cable used by Attkisson’s broadband provider. Here’s how the report sums up the situation:

Lastly, Attkisson reported to the OIG that a “suspicious” cable was attached to her Internet Service Provider’s connection box installed on her house. She opined to the OIG that perhaps this cable was being used to “tap” her house. Further investigation by the OIG revealed that the cable was a common cable used by the provider and could not be used to monitor or otherwise affect the phone or internet service at her residence.

And in response to Attkisson’s videotape of an alleged hacker deleting content from her computer screen, the report says that the activity was caused by “the back space key being stuck.”

And that last conclusion is exactly what I said in my post. (Because it’s obvious.)

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129 comments
1 Kragar  Jan 29, 2015 2:24:38pm

Obviously hackers caused her backspace key to become stuck.

2 klystron  Jan 29, 2015 2:25:06pm

re: #1 Kragar

Obviously hackers caused her backspace key to become stuck.

How to defeat hackers: don’t eat near your keyboard.

3 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 29, 2015 2:26:16pm

What is that with CBS and fake stories.

4 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 29, 2015 2:27:01pm

re: #1 Kragar

They secretly poured some soda on the key. Sharyl has the lab report.

5 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 29, 2015 2:27:45pm

Obviously Atkinson, like CCJ, is so very important and so very scary and diligent of an awardwinning Journalist that the DOJ and DHS and CIA and FBI had to destroy her computer and reporting and now DOJ’s IG is just covering up for the Holder/Obama cabal. And Valerie Jarrett.

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6 unproven innocence  Jan 29, 2015 2:27:49pm

Years ago, I had a ps/2 keyboard that seemed to be wonky. The problem cleared up when I replaced the mouse.

7 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 2:27:52pm

So, she left CBS because?

She was fired or forced to resign because of her RW insanity?

8 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 2:29:40pm

Can she still rant and rave about her husband innocently googling for pressure cookers?

heh…

9 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 2:32:28pm

lol:

10 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 29, 2015 2:33:45pm

re: #6 unproven innocence

Years ago, I had a ps/2 keyboard that seemed to be wonky. The problem cleared up when I replaced the mouse.

Also years ago, I had a g3 iMac running Tiger. Not only did the numeric keypad not work, but if I pressed any of them, it would disable the mouse buttons.

Wasn’t the keyboard, or the mouse. Using other units made no difference. Never did figure that one out.

11 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 29, 2015 2:34:11pm

re:
#9

CCJ must be having problems concentrating today.

12 A Cranky One  Jan 29, 2015 2:38:26pm

re: #1 Kragar

Obviously hackers caused her backspace key to become stuck.

Yah, hackers! Wait, what? Crackers? Never mind…

13 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 29, 2015 2:39:45pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol:

Why have so few gay men gotten married? Or are we not supposed to notice?

You’d think they would want to show off their hot Asian husbands…

14 Kragar  Jan 29, 2015 2:40:35pm

re: #12 A Cranky One

Yah, hackers! Wait, what? Crackers? Never mind…

Crackers, Hackers, same difference. Its like when that Jewish guy sunk the Titanic.

15 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2015 2:40:46pm

I want to Tweet this, but is it just trolling?

The #tcot “Christian Conservatives” who say they #StandWithIsrael just want scenery & extras for their bullshit “End Times” #UniteBlue

16 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2015 2:42:44pm

Never mind, not Tweeting that. I’m baking an Amaretto Cake.

Using a regular tube pan, not a Bundt mold because I never have any luck with those.

17 klystron  Jan 29, 2015 2:44:01pm

re: #16 The Vicious Babushka

Never mind, not Tweeting that. I’m baking an Amaretto Cake.

Using a regular tube pan, not a Bundt mold because I never have any luck with those.

That seems the right choice.

18 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 2:44:57pm

Israel should designate these people as undesirables…

U.S. NGO: Evangelical ‘hate group’ funding Republican National Committee trip to Israel

haaretz.com

NEW YORK - Some 60 members of the Republican National Committee, including its chairman, are heading to Israel at the end of the month on a trip fully paid for by an organization described as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

“The trip is being organized by the American Renewal Project, an endeavor housed in and financed by the American Family Association, a conservative Christian group in Tupelo, Mississippi. The AFA is described as a “hate group” and “extremist group” by the SPLC, an Alabama-based civil rights nonprofit, because of statements it made that are deemed anti-LGBTQ, anti-Latino and anti-black, and which suggest that the United States is a country for Christians only.

“The AFA has an extensive track record of bigotry and hate,” SPLC president and CEO Richard Cohen wrote in a letter to each member of the RNC, urging them not to go on the free trip.” More

19 A Cranky One  Jan 29, 2015 2:45:25pm

re: #17 klystron

That seems the right choice.

Only if she shares the cake with us!

20 klystron  Jan 29, 2015 2:47:10pm

re: #19 A Cranky One

Only if she shares the cake with us!

I have two slices of pizza left and then I will have to actually do something to figure out food.

21 BeachDem  Jan 29, 2015 2:48:04pm

Apparently “12 Years a Slave” winning the 2014 Best Picture award must have slipped the award-winning journalist’s mind. (or is 2014 just too far back to remember?)

22 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 2:50:07pm

re: #21 BeachDem

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Apparently “12 Years a Slave” winning the 2014 Best Picture award must have slipped the award-winning journalist’s mind. (or is 2014 just too far back to remember?)

idiot pontificates further:

23 jaunte  Jan 29, 2015 2:50:22pm

re: #21 BeachDem

Film idea: “Whatever Happened to Baby JaneCakes?”

24 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 29, 2015 2:50:43pm

re: #21 BeachDem

If you want to win an Oscar maybe make a movie about something other than slavery or segregation? It’s sorta passé now.

HAWT ASIAN LURV SLAVES!!!

25 BeachDem  Jan 29, 2015 2:51:21pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

idiot pontificates further:

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He truly is a total asshole, isn’t he?

26 nearly-headless smith25  Jan 29, 2015 2:52:16pm

re: #25 BeachDem

He truly is a total asshole, isn’t he?

I’m going with douchecanoe

27 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 2:52:41pm

re: #25 BeachDem

He truly is a total asshole, isn’t he?

He even embarrasses long-time internet trolls.

28 Archangelus  Jan 29, 2015 2:53:18pm

Sigh, re: #25 BeachDem

He truly is a total asshole, isn’t he?

Why are you being so nice? /

29 Archangelus  Jan 29, 2015 2:55:18pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

idiot pontificates further:

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That man’s boy’s thing’s icon (as it is now) should be displayed by future dictionary definitions of the terms “douchebag” and “troll”…

30 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 2:55:23pm

She has no business being a police officer.

SPD reviewing officer who posted troubling comments, arrested man with golf club

kirotv.com

SEATTLE — Seattle Police Department Chief Kathleen O’Toole has ordered a review into the conduct of Officer Cynthia Whitlatch, who the department confirmed posted questionable comments on Facebook and arrested an elderly veteran who was using his golf club as a cane.

(snip)

“KIRO 7 confirmed Whitlatch also posted comments on Facebook responding to a post about riots in Ferguson.

“She called it “chronic black racism” and said, “I am tired of black peoples [sic] paranoia that white people are out to get them.”

“When Facebook user Brian Davis reacted, she calls him “another black racist.” More

I feel so bad for this elderly Black veteran with no police record. He could sue for false arrest, but he probably won’t and he has, for $750M.

31 #FergusonFireside  Jan 29, 2015 2:57:22pm
32 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 29, 2015 2:57:26pm

This would be the same Sharyl Attkisson who was called by the GOP to testify at Loretta Lynch’s confirmation hearing for the post of Attorney General.

33 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 2:58:44pm

CCj is dwelling much MUCH too much on the ghey sexy times.

Think he’s auditioning to take for Bryan’s gig?

34 calochortus  Jan 29, 2015 2:59:05pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol:

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Notice what? That same sex marriage is an option, not an imperative?

35 Archangelus  Jan 29, 2015 3:00:05pm

And in today’s “Oh Crap” category:

YNET: 27 killed in Islamic State Terror Attack in Sinai, Egypt

Militants struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula with simultaneous attacks involving a car bomb and mortar rounds on Thursday, killing at least 27 people, including civilians, officials said.

Meanwhile, an army major was shot dead at a checkpoint in Rafah near the Gaza Strip, medical and security sources said

An Islamic State affiliate previously known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis claimed the attack, the group has launched several attacks against the police and the army in Sinai in recent years, particularly following the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

I fear this will get worse, much worse, before it gets better.
Sigh, and to think I had hopes a few years back of once again vacationing and scuba diving there…. :/

36 OhNoZombies!  Jan 29, 2015 3:02:18pm

re: #21 BeachDem

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Apparently “12 Years a Slave” winning the 2014 Best Picture award must have slipped the award-winning journalist’s mind. (or is 2014 just too far back to remember?)

That’s all.
37 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 3:02:43pm

Nigerian mobs stone president’s convoy over Boko Haram

cnn.com

I probably would, too, in that situation…

38 Mike Lamb  Jan 29, 2015 3:03:19pm

re: #21 BeachDem

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Apparently “12 Years a Slave” winning the 2014 Best Picture award must have slipped the award-winning journalist’s mind. (or is 2014 just too far back to remember?)

He thought it came out in 2002.

39 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 3:03:40pm

AH, someone else who uses the Daily Fail as an authoritative source:

40 Ace-o-aces  Jan 29, 2015 3:05:59pm
41 The Ghost of the Vanishing Commissar  Jan 29, 2015 3:07:54pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

CCj is dwelling much MUCH too much on the ghey sexy times.

Think he’s auditioning to take for Bryan’s gig?

I think they’re both part of the merry club of he-man woman haters that are terrified of the concept of being penetrated, because of deeply internalized understanding of sex being about control and dominance. rather than an act of social interaction.

You are the fucker, or you’re fucked.

42 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 3:07:55pm

Hackers are doing this now with unloaded guns?

Gunman arrested at Dutch news broadcaster NOS

bbc.com

43 goddamnedfrank  Jan 29, 2015 3:09:09pm

Oh God, this is going to be a gigantic festival of Derp.

If you haven’t seen any of Josh’s shows I dare you to pick any of them and last more than 60 seconds. It’s the most painful, groan worthy, embarrassment by proxy inducing shit imaginable.

44 jaunte  Jan 29, 2015 3:09:21pm
45 OhNoZombies!  Jan 29, 2015 3:11:13pm

I think I’ve had my fill of Chuckle-Butt for awhile.
Time for chili.

46 jaunte  Jan 29, 2015 3:12:02pm

No more low tech pepper spray and tasers for New York protestors.

47 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 3:12:19pm

re: #43 goddamnedfrank

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Oh God, this is going to be a gigantic festival of Derp.

If you haven’t seen any of Josh’s shows I dare you to pick any of them and last more than 60 seconds. It’s the most painful, groan worthy, embarrassment by proxy inducing shit imaginable.

I know Josh from ages ago about how smarter he than anyone else when discussing Supreme Court decisions. He’s even smarter than the SC!

48 ObserverArt  Jan 29, 2015 3:13:24pm

If Chuck C. Johnson has an IQ of 150+, why does he have the thinking and reasoning of a 7 year old.

He is flat naive of so much for someone who claims to be what he claims. Even Autism.

I know a young man that is 20 now, and was severely autistic. He isn’t dense at all. He may have some social issues but intellectually he would be able to reason why there are not more gay men getting married (whatever the hell CCJ is using to make that judgement data wise).

And, I do not intend to put down any 7 year old. Some of them may in fact have 150+ IQs and be smarter and more sharp when compared to Chucky.

49 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 3:14:40pm

Wow, the hype for the Super Bowl is off the chain this year. And Brady has a “cold”.

Wonder what in hell it’s going to be like for SB L?

50 Kragar  Jan 29, 2015 3:19:18pm

re: #49 Justanotherhuman

Wow, the hype for the Super Bowl is off the chain this year. And Brady has a “cold”.

Wonder what in hell it’s going to be like for SB L?

Is that this weekend?

51 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 29, 2015 3:21:19pm

re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth

DailyFail prints fake news items. So of course Chuck is a fan.

52 lawhawk  Jan 29, 2015 3:21:47pm

re: #44 jaunte

Even more than the ESU, which already has more capabilities than any SWAT team in the nation. And even more than the Hercules units that the NYPD already has? The Hercules teams have capabilities similar to those of US Special Forces on dealing with hostage situations, terrorism, and heavy combat situation with heavily armed suspects. They’ve got helicopters, boats, and other specialized equipment.

And it’s still not enough?

53 jaunte  Jan 29, 2015 3:24:01pm

re: #52 lawhawk

“…And there are the Hercules Teams, elite, heavily armed, Special Forces-type police units that pop up daily around the city. It can be at the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, or the stock exchange, wherever the day’s intelligence reports suggest they could be needed. These small teams arrive in black Suburbans, sheathed in armor-plated vests and carrying 9-mm. submachine guns—sometimes with air or sea support.”

I guess they need more LRADs and heat beam weapons.

54 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 3:25:06pm

re: #50 Kragar

Is that this weekend?

Yes. And it’s been going strong for 2 wks now, since “Deflate-gate”.

They were talking about how tight security is going to be. Doesn’t sound worth it to be in a crowd much these days. Public announcement saying”Leave Your Drone at Home”.

55 Kragar  Jan 29, 2015 3:27:25pm

re: #54 Justanotherhuman

Yes. And it’s been going strong for 2 wks now, since “Deflate-gate”.

They were talking about how tight security is going to be. Doesn’t sound worth it to be in a crowd much these days. Public announcement saying”Leave Your Drone at Home”.

It honestly didn’t occur to me that it was this weekend. I ignore it for the most part.

Cool, it means I can hit the stores this sunday and they’ll be empty

56 Dr. Matt  Jan 29, 2015 3:29:18pm
57 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 3:32:47pm

Rabbit hoardingre: #56 Dr. Matt

Aren’t they going to have to override Pres Obama’s veto? : )

The ones already there aren’t being inspected. Rachel had a good segment on it.

msnbc.com

#s 3-4 of 40.

58 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 29, 2015 3:34:43pm

re: #56 Dr. Matt

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Whenever you talk about investing in infrastructure, like just replacing bridges that are close to failing and such, the Right always bitches about jobs being only temporary. But, if there’s a chance to make rich people richer and fuck up the environment at the same time, there’s no such thing as a temporary job.

59 Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2015 3:35:04pm

President Obama has already said he’s going to veto the Keystone XL bill, and they won’t have the votes to override it, so this is dead in the water.

60 Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2015 3:35:51pm

This is your Republican Congress, wasting huge amounts of time and money on bills they know won’t become law.

61 Targetpractice  Jan 29, 2015 3:36:56pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

This is your Republican Congress, wasting huge amounts of time and money on bills they know won’t become law.

Yep, and this was the very first Senate bill of the new Senate Republican majority. Of all the major issues facing the nation, the first one on their plate was (as Charlie Pierce has dubbed it) the continent-spanning death funnel.

62 Dr. Matt  Jan 29, 2015 3:38:59pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

This is your Republican Congress, wasting huge amounts of time and money on bills they know won’t become law.

It’s all about scoring point in their rabid base.

63 stpaulbear  Jan 29, 2015 3:39:45pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol:

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Because they’re afraid to ask a baker to make them a cake! Duh!!!

64 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jan 29, 2015 3:40:40pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

idiot pontificates further:

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I guess he missed “Driving Miss Daisey”, “The Help”, “The Butler”, “Django Unchained”, “Jackie Brown”, “Do the Right Thing”, “Red Tails”…

I could go on.

65 Kragar  Jan 29, 2015 3:40:44pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

This is your Republican Congress, wasting huge amounts of time and money on bills they know won’t become law.

How long does the President have to respond? Can he let it sit there and fester for a while before the veto?

66 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 29, 2015 3:41:39pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

This is your Republican Congress, wasting huge amounts of time and money on bills they know won’t become law.

OR, they want to go against all our allies - with one exception - to make it more likely we go to war with Iran.

Then there’s the GOP’s inability to decide what to do if the SCOTUS rules against the ACA in the King v Burwell case. The only things they can actually pass are the things they know won’t get signed. It really truly is all theater, and nothing to do with the lives of Americans.

67 Mattand  Jan 29, 2015 3:43:56pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

This is your Republican Congress, wasting huge amounts of time and money on bills they know won’t become law.

I stand by my theory the Grand Old Tea Party is playing a bit of a long game here.

1. They try to pass every batshit idea they’ve been foaming at the mouth over for 20 years (repeal ACA, ban abortion, try to get gay marriage outlawed).

2. Obama, not being insane, vetoes them.

3. Republicans jump up and down screaming “Look! He won’t work with us!!!”

4. The American public, having the political comprehension of a pile of wet cheese sandwiches, goes “OMG the GOP was right about the black atheist Muslim Communist Socialist black all along!!!”

5. Aforementioned American public votes in a Republican, despite the fact a Democratic president is fixing the messes that a GOP President and Congress created.

6. Republicans finish the job of fucking up the country they started in 2001 and that got interrupted in 2008.

It’s a depressingly real possibility.

68 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jan 29, 2015 3:45:16pm

re: #67 Mattand

I stand by my theory they’re playing a bit of a long game here.

1. Try to pass every batshit idea they’ve been foaming at the mouth over for 20 years (repeal ACA, ban abortion, try to get gay marriage outlawed).

2. Obama, not being insane, vetoes them.

3. Republicans jump up and down screaming “Look! He won’t work with us!!!”

4. The American public, having the political comprehension of a pile of wet cheese sandwiches, goes “OMG the GOP was right about the black atheist Muslim Communist Socialist black all along!!!”

5. Aforementioned American public votes in a Republican, despite the fact a Democratic president is fixing the messes that a GOP President and Congress created.

6, Republicans finish the job of fucking up the country they started in 2001 and that got interrupted in 2008.

It’s a depressingly real possibility.

That has been their play book for 30 years. They are very, very good at it at the state level.

69 blueraven  Jan 29, 2015 3:46:31pm

re: #56 Dr. Matt

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About that KeyStone XL claim of 42, 000 new jobs

The Pinocchio Test

Yes, that 42,000 figure is in the report, but the number requires more context, especially if supporters want to pitch Keystone XL as an infrastructure project that will bring new jobs to the economy. Using the State Department math, it’s safe to say nearly 4,000 construction jobs will be created, at least temporarily. One could even say that 16,000 jobs would be or have been supported from direct spending on the project, such as those pipe makers in Arkansas.

But “42,000 new jobs” is going too far. Most of those jobs are far from the construction site, and it’s hard to argue they are new. Moreover, under State’s accounting, they only last for a year. For some workers, it would be a good but brief payday. In the context of the U.S. economy, the impact is barely a ripple.

Two Pinocchios

70 Mattand  Jan 29, 2015 3:47:00pm

re: #68 Aunty Entity Dragon

That has been their play book for 30 years. They are very, very good at it at the state level.

Heh, I need look no further than 30 miles north of me in Trenton. Of course, in retrospect the last two Democratic governors were, shall we say, problematic.

71 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 3:47:31pm

re: #59 Charles Johnson

President Obama has already said he’s going to veto the Keystone XL bill, and they won’t have the votes to override it, so this is dead in the water.

dead in the water, but the bogus job and economic benefits numbers, there’s something even worse, and this is something that totally displays GOP/TP personal liberty crap:

72 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 29, 2015 3:47:51pm

I have a gift for upChuck, I do hope that he takes it well…

Keep Those Genes From Spreading….
73 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 3:49:11pm

re: #65 Kragar

How long does the President have to respond? Can he let it sit there and fester for a while before the veto?

If he lets it sit and fester too long, it becomes law without his signature.

74 calochortus  Jan 29, 2015 3:49:47pm

re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth

dead in the water, but the bogus job and economic benefits numbers, there’s something even worse, and this is something that totally displays GOP/TP personal liberty crap:

So, the Senate just said it’s OK 4 a foreign company to seize privately-owned land in USA, & make landowners responsible 4 cleanup. #Murica
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THIS

75 Kragar  Jan 29, 2015 3:50:15pm

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

If he lets it sit and fester too long, it become law without his signature.

That is why I asked how long he has

76 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 3:51:17pm

re: #75 Kragar

That is why I asked how long he has

Ten days (excluding Sunday)

77 Kragar  Jan 29, 2015 3:52:50pm

re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ten days (excluding Sunday)

Personally, I’d stop the courier at the door, veto it and send it back without it even getting into the office

78 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 29, 2015 3:53:47pm

re: #67 Mattand

Once Obama vetoes the Keystone XL bill every Republican in the land will be bellowing that Obama cost the country a billion-gazillion high paying permanent jobs. The media will dutifully provide them with forums free of contradiction.

79 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 29, 2015 3:53:51pm

re: #77 Kragar

Personally, I’d stop the courier at the door, veto it and send it back without it even getting into the office

Or veto it, and write in “Stop wasting time. Do your damned jobs.”

80 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 29, 2015 3:54:25pm

re: #78 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Once Obama vetoes the Keystone XL bill every Republican in the land will be bellowing that Obama cost the country a billion-gazillion high paying permanent jobs. The media will dutifully provide them with forums free of contradiction.

Well, of course. All in the interest of balance!

81 darthstar  Jan 29, 2015 3:54:55pm

Washoe Lake - north of Lake Tahoe.

Drought sucks, y’all.

82 Targetpractice  Jan 29, 2015 3:55:58pm

If you spend any time digging into the “42,000 jobs” business, you quickly realize that the State Department was basically pulling the number out of its ass. It doesn’t just count the temporary jobs which will be a fraction of the 42K, it counts everybody down to the strippers they figure will be hired to entertain the workers. And the contracts are most likely to go to firms which already have enough manpower to do the jobs necessary, so the real figure in the end of jobs “created” will be an even smaller fraction of that 42K.

83 OhNoZombies!  Jan 29, 2015 3:56:22pm

This made my day. I just love Patrick Stewart.
He said Woadie…

84 Skip Intro  Jan 29, 2015 3:58:57pm

re: #62 Dr. Matt

It’s all about scoring point in their rabid base.

That’s all they’ve done for six years. The base appears to love it.

85 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 4:04:13pm

oh, my…

86 wrenchwench  Jan 29, 2015 4:05:02pm

Attkisson should be nailed for her anti-vax work.

87 CuriousLurker  Jan 29, 2015 4:05:08pm

Heh, just tweeted this. Let’s see how long it takes for the trolls to start:

88 BeachDem  Jan 29, 2015 4:05:15pm

One of the most depressing things is that Jon Tester, who voted for Keystone, is the new Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Quite the Dem I want leading the charge//

89 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 29, 2015 4:09:14pm

The comments under the WP article are all batshit insane.

I don’t know if the human race is getting crazier, or if the Internet just exposes me to more of the madness.

90 Skip Intro  Jan 29, 2015 4:09:33pm

re: #88 BeachDem

One of the most depressing things is that Jon Tester, who voted for Keystone, is the new Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Quite the Dem I want leading the charge//

How to keep losing seats 101. Did the Dems get rid of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC chair after the 2014 debacle?

If not, they’re just not serious about winning elections.

91 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 29, 2015 4:11:01pm

re: #88 BeachDem

One of the most depressing things is that Jon Tester, who voted for Keystone, is the new Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Quite the Dem I want leading the charge//

Democrats like Tester are doing their best to relieve the American people of the onerous task of choosing a political party.

92 The Ghost of the Vanishing Commissar  Jan 29, 2015 4:14:26pm

re: #87 CuriousLurker

Heh, just tweeted this. Let’s see how long it takes for the trolls to start:

This falls well within established wingnut specifications about The Right Kind of Jews and The Wrong Kind of Jews.

God’s only going to smite you for snubbing Likud politicians Benyamin Netanyahu, and only when Netanyahu is doing what the wingnuts in Congress want.

ETA: well, fuck, I walked right into that error glass-jaw first. Altered statement to reflect the situation much more accurately, because it’s not at all about Israeli politics, and even Bibi specifically isn’t responsible for US wingnut attitudes.

93 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 4:19:09pm

And tonight in Louisville, KY, this is happening about the Walmart that had the prayer circle yesterday and the dueling pastors today:

94 Lidane  Jan 29, 2015 4:20:21pm

This is why the rest of us in Texas can’t have nice things:

95 CuriousLurker  Jan 29, 2015 4:20:57pm

re: #92 The Ghost of the Vanishing Commissar

This falls well within established wingnut specifications about The Right Kind of Jews and The Wrong Kind of Jews.

God’s only going to smite you for snubbing Likud politicians.

But, but he’s the Right Kind of Jew™! I looked him up—he’s a member of Likud.

I went to go check Geller’s site to see if she was shrieking about it. Nada. Either she hasn’t heard or she’s ignoring it.

96 Skip Intro  Jan 29, 2015 4:21:42pm

The GOP has some big plans for February.

Republicans to open February with vote to repeal Obamacare

House Republicans will kick off February with a vote to repeal Obamacare, giving new members the chance to record their opposition to the law while the party pursues its own health plan.

That would be the Don’t Get Sick Plan they’re so enamored over.

washingtontimes.com

97 The Ghost of the Vanishing Commissar  Jan 29, 2015 4:22:05pm

re: #95 CuriousLurker

But, but he’s the Right Kind of JewTM! I looked him up—he’s a member of Likud.

I went to go check Geller’s site to see if she was shrieking about it. Nada. Either she hasn’t heard or she’s ignoring it.

I caught it right after I posted, so I immediately edited.

Also, it felt really important to be specific about who owns this problem, and that the Likud are not responsible for US wingnuttery. I’ve just come away from a piece about the resurgence of the Cultural Marxism CT—the most virulent, anti-Semitic version—amongst internet trolls and anti-feminist groups. I really feel sick.

ETA: omg, of all the errors, to leave the ‘not’ out of a statement. I’m going to avoid serious commenting for a bit. I’m pissed and upset and it’s making me make basic errors.

98 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 29, 2015 4:23:28pm

re: #96 Skip Intro

The GOP has some big plans for February.

Republicans to open February with vote to repeal Obamacare

That would be the Don’t Get Sick Plan they’re so enamored over.

washingtontimes.com

Good god, FIFTY OTHER VOTES were apparently not enough?

How much money is being wasted on this nonsense?

99 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 29, 2015 4:24:30pm

re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg

Good god, FIFTY OTHER VOTES were apparently not enough?

How much money is being wasted on this nonsense?

It’s like groundhog day.

RBS

100 Targetpractice  Jan 29, 2015 4:25:23pm

re: #99 RealityBasedSteve

It’s like groundhog day.

RBS

Yeah, every morning we wake up, we find that the GOP is still as crazy as ever.

101 Skip Intro  Jan 29, 2015 4:26:32pm

re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg

Good god, FIFTY OTHER VOTES were apparently not enough?

How much money is being wasted on this nonsense?

All new members have to publicly prove that they’re willing to let sick people die before they’re admitted to the club.

102 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 29, 2015 4:27:00pm

re: #94 Lidane

It takes some stones for a state Rep. from fucking Texas to demand pledges of allegiance to US laws from anyfuckingone.

103 CuriousLurker  Jan 29, 2015 4:29:18pm
104 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 29, 2015 4:31:00pm

re: #103 CuriousLurker

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You know you’re in the 1% when your cat has a fur coat.

RBS

105 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 29, 2015 4:31:45pm

re: #103 CuriousLurker

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Direcat in the Game of Thrones.

Winter is Coming…

106 Lidane  Jan 29, 2015 4:33:04pm

re: #102 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It takes some stones for a state Rep. from fucking Texas to demand pledges of allegiance to US laws from anyfuckingone.

The comments at her FB page are illuminating. I weep for this state.

As an aside, it looks like CCJ’s smearing of that Hobby Lobby chick has also taken off like wildfire. Note the repeated mentions of her infidelity.

107 lawhawk  Jan 29, 2015 4:33:54pm

re: #94 Lidane

This nitwit calls for Muslims to make a loyalty oath to the US, while using an Israeli flag? Sorry, but Israel isn’t a litmus test for so-con Christians who would throw Jews under the bus the moment their wish-fulfillment Apocalypto visions are achieved. They support Israel only so as to achieve their religious fervor, but support for Jews is fleeting.

Besides, swap Muslim for Jew in all the Islamophobic rhetoric and you’d find yourself transported back to the 1930s. Sick and disturbing.

108 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 29, 2015 4:36:53pm

re: #107 lawhawk

This nitwit calls for Muslims to make a loyalty oath to the US, while using an Israeli flag? Sorry, but Israel isn’t a litmus test for so-con Christians who would throw Jews under the bus the moment their wish-fulfillment Apocalypto visions are achieved. They support Israel only so as to achieve their religious fervor, but support for Jews is fleeting.

Besides, swap Muslim for Jew in all the Islamophobic rhetoric and you’d find yourself transported back to the 1930s. Sick and disturbing.

1930s? Overt anti-antisemitism was rampant in the US long after that. The movie “Gentleman’s Agreement” was made in 1947.

109 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 29, 2015 4:37:21pm

re: #99 RealityBasedSteve

It’s like groundhog day.

RBS

Well it is IS about that time of year!

110 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 29, 2015 4:38:17pm

re: #94 Lidane

This is why the rest of us in Texas can’t have nice things:

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I had posted downstairs that if I were there, I’d walk out of her office just on general principle. Of course, this will just add to her standing with her base.

/run out of spit

RBS

111 Archangelus  Jan 29, 2015 4:38:40pm

re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg

How much money is being wasted on this nonsense?

Too. Damn. MUCH.

112 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 29, 2015 4:38:56pm

re: #106 Lidane

The comments at her FB page are illuminating. I weep for this state.

As an aside, it looks like CCJ’s smearing of that Hobby Lobby chick has also taken off like wildfire. Note the repeated mentions of her infidelity.

Suddenly my brain cells are all like: “Stop torturing us!!”

113 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 29, 2015 4:43:46pm

re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg

Good god, FIFTY OTHER VOTES were apparently not enough?

How much money is being wasted on this nonsense?

It seems to be working for them though, doesn’t it? Although the idea is appalling to me I wold not in the least be surprised at some near future time to hear a House roll call go like this:
Mr. Batshit Insane of Alabama…
Mr. Batshit Insane of Alaska…
Mr. Batshit Insane of Arizona…
etc.

114 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 29, 2015 4:47:05pm

re: #113 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It seems to be working for them though, doesn’t it? Although the idea is appalling to me I wold not in the least be surprised at some near future time to hear a House roll call go like this:
Mr. Batshit Insane of Alabama…
Mr. Batshit Insane of Alaska…
Mr. Batshit Insane of Arizona…
etc.

“I yield the floor to my bugfuck nuts colleague from the great state of Texas.”

115 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2015 4:50:26pm
116 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 29, 2015 4:54:19pm

re: #114 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

“I yield the floor to my bugfuck nuts colleague from the great state of Texas.”

It will look like Monty Python’s Hospital for Over Acting:
Video

117 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 5:06:15pm

Well, the publisher knew what it was and let it ride anyway. Coward.

Idaho Publisher Explains Why His Paper Ran A Front-Page Anti-Gay Ad

talkingpointsmemo.com

118 Romantic Heretic  Jan 29, 2015 5:08:08pm

re: #31 #FergusonFireside

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Somebody is going to pay for that.

119 #FergusonFireside  Jan 29, 2015 5:09:49pm

re: #118 Romantic Heretic

Somebody is going to pay for that.

haha. What a wild photo eh?

120 Justanotherhuman  Jan 29, 2015 5:09:50pm

Holy shit, these people are fucking nuts.

Protester Grabs Mic At Muslim Event: ‘Islam Will Not Dominate’ Texas (VIDEO)

talkingpointsmemo.com

121 Romantic Heretic  Jan 29, 2015 5:10:53pm

re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth

AH, someone else who uses the Daily Fail as an authoritative source:

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Like The Ministry of Truth, I mean Fox New, I use the Fail as an anti-source.

If they say something I know it is untrue.

122 #FergusonFireside  Jan 29, 2015 5:12:16pm

Still have mine, full of all the old music I love along with my bose docking station that cost me a huge 350.00 back then.

123 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 29, 2015 5:13:11pm

re: #115 The Vicious Babushka
Amaretto Pound Cake

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Looks great, but are you sure it’s not armadillo pound cake?

RBS

124 Romantic Heretic  Jan 29, 2015 5:15:23pm

re: #64 Aunty Entity Dragon

I guess he missed “Driving Miss Daisey”, “The Help”, “The Butler”, “Django Unchained”, “Jackie Brown”, “Do the Right Thing”, “Red Tails”…

I could go on.

Chuck probably thought Red Tails was fiction because you know those people just can’t handle modern warfare.

125 CuriousLurker  Jan 29, 2015 5:16:10pm

Did y’all see the page SI just posted??

Bill Would Allow Texas Teachers to Use Deadly Force Against Students

WTFF?

126 blueraven  Jan 29, 2015 5:16:44pm

re: #104 RealityBasedSteve

You know you’re in the 1% when your cat has a fur coat.

RBS

My dog sleeps on a mink coat for real. Bought it at a thrift for about $8. It is from the 1950s or early 60s. In fact, I have found several old furs for cheap and have donated them to the local animal shelter. The pups love to sleep with them.

127 Romantic Heretic  Jan 29, 2015 5:26:51pm

re: #94 Lidane

I used an extremely rude word for a piece of female anatomy commonly used as street slang for a woman of few ethical qualities when I read that.

128 Bubblehead II  Jan 29, 2015 6:05:11pm

re: #117 Justanotherhuman

Well, the publisher knew what it was and let it ride anyway. Coward.

Idaho Publisher Explains Why His Paper Ran A Front-Page Anti-Gay Ad

talkingpointsmemo.com

The sad thing is that the Statesman is (for Idaho) a fairly liberal paper. Their decision to run the ad was unfortunate to say the least.

129 Swift2991  Jan 29, 2015 7:22:39pm

One of the symptoms of becoming a FOX conservative is that the backspace key in your brain stops working.


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