Wednesday Jam: Crowded House Farewell Tour, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
It really is one of the best songs ever written. From Crowded House’s farewell tour, this was the last song of the last performance, and they never played it better.
It really is one of the best songs ever written. From Crowded House’s farewell tour, this was the last song of the last performance, and they never played it better.
1 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:24:24pm |
“It looks like your name is Chuck C. Johnson. Are you sure you don't want to delete your account?” #AntiRacistClippy— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
2 | bratwurst Feb 11, 2015 5:26:44pm |
Repost:
I stopped subscribing to The Atlantic due to the facts they refuse to acknowledge they sold subscriber info to third party subscription services and they were only in retrospect able to see the problem with turning over a piece of their website to Scientology . Even so, I still follow them on Twitter to remind myself I am not missing anything. Usually those moments come when I see David Frum’s latest idiocy, but not this time…
Why the next “Daily Show” host should declare victory over Fox News and move on http://t.co/DhHjWGGQTE pic.twitter.com/bGpq4Mv8az— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 12, 2015
Give me a fucking break.
4 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 11, 2015 5:29:23pm |
re: #2 bratwurst
What’s their argument - “Now you’re just running up the score”?
5 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:29:32pm |
re: #2 bratwurst
Conor Friedersdorf, of course. This guy is such an ass.
6 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 11, 2015 5:30:02pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Star Wars reenactment.
7 | OhNoZombies! Feb 11, 2015 5:30:43pm |
I just love that song.
Poor neighbor’s dog can probably hear me singing.
Poor fella.
8 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 5:32:12pm |
Is it time to start the upchuck lawsuit clock again? (I don’t even know what he’s going on about here, but he certainly sounds DETERMINED!!)
.@warkin I guess we'll affix your dishonest reply. I'm also going to be contacting your publisher. Have to be sure of “reporting.”
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 12, 2015
9 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 5:36:02pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Lemme see ya shake a tail feather!
[Incomprehensible Japanese shouting.]
SUBTITLE: “Super ninja awesome front-flip tail whip ATTACK!”
10 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 5:36:46pm |
They really sound excellent. Would’ve loved to be there.
11 | GlutenFreeJesus Feb 11, 2015 5:37:26pm |
Well… Netgear WNDR3700v1 has been tossed into the trash (to be brought to Best Buy for recycling), and the new TP-Link Archer C9 is up and running. No need for that dinky unreliable range extender in the dining room. Signal goes all through the house now. Setup was a pain though. Two Roku boxes, of which the older one had to be factory reset before it could connect. The PS3 in the basement, and numerous tablets/laptops/phones. An hour of my life that I may get back in a few months. This router is a huge upgrade. And a 2 year warranty. Phew.
14 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 5:39:26pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Conor Friedersdorf, of course. This guy is such an ass.
That’s his second piece of clueless DERP this week. I called him out on the first piece.
15 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 11, 2015 5:41:40pm |
Hey Dark, since I answered your question seriously downstairs, I was wondering if you could answer one of mine. You said yesterday that Whitney Houston’s daughter ODed on drugs. What was your source for that?
I ask because I follow celebrity news as a lunch habit and I haven’t seen any reports that support this. Not to mention I have seen reports that her boyfriend is under investigation at the moment, potentially relating to this.
16 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:41:52pm |
Look out… HE'S GONNA SUE https://t.co/79MR6T5wg4— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
17 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 11, 2015 5:42:37pm |
re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Hey Dark, since I answered your question seriously downstairs, I was wondering if you could answer one of mine. You said yesterday that Whitney Houston’s daughter ODed on drugs. What was your source for that?
I ask because I follow celebrity news as a lunch habit and I haven’t seen any reports that support this. Not to mention I have seen reports that her boyfriend is under investigation at the moment, potentially relating to this.
He’s “not a dead threader”….
18 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 11, 2015 5:42:57pm |
re: #16 Charles Johnson
Does Sue know?
19 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 11, 2015 5:42:58pm |
20 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 5:43:23pm |
re: #18 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Does Sue know?
MY NAME IS SUE! HOW DO YOU DO! NOW YOU’RE GONNA DIE!
21 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Feb 11, 2015 5:43:28pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Conor Friedersdorf, of course. This guy is such an ass.
Conor Friedersdork. Same as it ever was.
22 | Bubblehead II Feb 11, 2015 5:44:27pm |
23 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 5:45:27pm |
— Goldie Taylor (c) (@goldietaylor) February 12, 2015
24 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 5:46:15pm |
re: #23 #FergusonFireside
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Aw, man. And I took the over in the lawsuit countdown pool.
25 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 5:46:29pm |
re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Hey Dark, since I answered your question seriously downstairs, I was wondering if you could answer one of mine. You said yesterday that Whitney Houston’s daughter ODed on drugs. What was your source for that?
I ask because I follow celebrity news as a lunch habit and I haven’t seen any reports that support this. Not to mention I have seen reports that her boyfriend is under investigation at the moment, potentially relating to this.
That was my understanding, but I may have been wrong about it. I only really followed the early reports in her case. If later reports are showing something else happened then I defer to those reports.
26 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 11, 2015 5:46:54pm |
27 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:46:58pm |
Babycakes has a different concept of “humor” than most human beings. @goldietaylor @ChuckCJohnson— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
28 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:47:39pm |
I know. He's like a parody of the most insanely egomaniacal loon anyone could possibly imagine. @rothschildmd— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
Don't know which is worse, inquiry at 1057pm or PST as PTSD; don't have “side” to convey. #BrianWilliams pic.twitter.com/faVy9pD2zM— William M. Arkin (@warkin) February 11, 2015
30 | TedStriker Feb 11, 2015 5:47:53pm |
re: #8 BeachDem
Is it time to start the upchuck lawsuit clock again? (I don’t even know what he’s going on about here, but he certainly sounds DETERMINED!!)
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He damn sure is feeling his oats, isn’t he?
31 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 5:48:41pm |
re: #28 Charles Johnson
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I love how he’s got the whole tag in his email account’s name: “Charles C. Johnson, Founder of GotNews”.
32 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 5:48:44pm |
re: #22 Bubblehead II
Trolling the Seahawks fans are we? :-)
Well, those are red squirrels and Tom Brady did give Malcolm Butler the red F-150 he got for being Superbowl MVP…
33 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 5:50:08pm |
re: #23 #FergusonFireside
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Goldie Taylor rings the dinner bell and Chuckles gets served!
34 | Amory Blaine Feb 11, 2015 5:50:42pm |
Haven’t seen this around these parts in a long time, so I had to grab a few.
35 | GlutenFreeJesus Feb 11, 2015 5:50:51pm |
re: #16 Charles Johnson
@ChuckCJohnson @warkin WOLF!!!!!!!!— efuseakay (@efuseakay) February 12, 2015
36 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:51:09pm |
In a way it's awesome that wingnuts are searching through everything Deah Barakat posted online. Illustrates what evil scumbags they are.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
37 | Dave In Austin Feb 11, 2015 5:51:16pm |
@goldietaylor Goldie, You need to follow that up with “On the floor” .@ChuckCJohnson
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) February 12, 2015
38 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 11, 2015 5:51:43pm |
re: #25 Dark_Falcon
That was my understanding, but I may have been wrong about it. I only really followed the early reports in her case. If later reports are showing something else happened then I defer to those reports.
I might suggest that next time, you should either be sure your report is accurate or think about whether it really needs to be included in the comment.
39 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 11, 2015 5:53:07pm |
re: #36 Charles Johnson
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He RETREATED it!!11!!
@socalmike_SD @arabprodigy30 @benshapiro WOW. Did he retreat that?— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 12, 2015
40 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 11, 2015 5:54:08pm |
And yeah, repeat what media tells you instead of random anonymous cat ladies on the twitters…
.@ChrisWarcraft Do you even research bro or do you just accept what the media tells you?— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 12, 2015
41 | dell*nix Feb 11, 2015 5:55:10pm |
O T. Intersting strip. quantumvibe.com
Mentions two names often seen here.
42 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:55:33pm |
Anyone else find it suspicious that Chuck C. Johnson and Mr. Hankey have never been photographed in the same place?— Chris Warcraft (@ChrisWarcraft) February 12, 2015
43 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 11, 2015 5:55:33pm |
re: #31 thedopefishlives
I love how he’s got the whole tag in his email account’s name: “Charles C. Johnson, Founder of GotNews”.
Dumbass misspelled “flounder.”
44 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 11, 2015 5:56:29pm |
re: #36 Charles Johnson
Scum-sucking sleaze-vultures.
45 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 5:58:07pm |
re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth
And yeah, repeat what media tells you instead of random anonymous cat ladies on the twitters…
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He’s engaging Chris Kluwe? What delusions of grandeur.
46 | bratwurst Feb 11, 2015 5:58:22pm |
Another item for the “give me a fucking break” file tonight:
The @DSCC now attempting to list build / fundraise off Jon Stewart's departure pic.twitter.com/xUqfy8onkJ— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) February 11, 2015
I am so goddamn sick of this Jon Stewart farewell event already and it has barely even started. Literally every person in American who taps on a keyboard or talks into a microphone for fun and/or profit feels obliged to opine on Stewart, his legacy, and his possible replacement.
A FUNNY GUY WHO DID A FUNNY SHOW FOR YEARS IS MOVING ON IN HIS CAREER. CHANCES ARE I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
/rant off
47 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 5:58:27pm |
Imagine, if you will, my shock. RT @daveweigel At the American Spectator dinner, Rand Paul is seated at the head table next to David Koch.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
And I should also point out that Dave Weigel has long been a supporter of the American Spectator paleo-loons, so it’s not surprising he’s at one of their events.
48 | Kragar Feb 11, 2015 5:59:00pm |
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE HAVE A PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE DOT REPLY. I REPEAT, CODE BROWN. WE HAVE A CODE BROWN. pic.twitter.com/y67aMmxhCf— Chris Warcraft (@ChrisWarcraft) February 12, 2015
49 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 5:59:25pm |
50 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:00:40pm |
Kind of amazing how often I see people on Twitter reacting with horror to a tweet, I check the profile, and I blocked the creep long ago.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
51 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:01:20pm |
Dave has been playing both sides of the fence for a long time.
52 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:01:31pm |
53 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 6:02:26pm |
re: #31 thedopefishlives
I love how he’s got the whole tag in his email account’s name: “Charles C. Johnson, Founder of gotnews.com”.
How old is Upchuck? Thought he was in his mid-twenties.
gotnews.com
The age of gotnews.com is 13 years 228 days . According to the alexa.com, this site has #42720 rank in the world wide web. Low Alexa rank indicates that the site is visited by a lot of visitors and popular in the Internet. This web site has Google PageRank 0 out of 10 maximal and is Not Listed in DMOZ.
Last updated on 2015-02-10 10:51:52 AM
He founded the site when he was 12 or 13?
54 | Kragar Feb 11, 2015 6:03:04pm |
Do you think Chuck Johnson is going to take this shit lying down? @RainierOunce @ChrisWarcraft— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 12, 2015
55 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:03:16pm |
re: #46 bratwurst
Another item for the “give me a fucking break” file tonight:
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I am so goddamn sick of this Jon Stewart farewell event already and it has barely even started. Literally every person in American who taps on a keyboard or talks into a microphone for fun and/or profit feels obliged to opine on Stewart, his legacy, and his possible replacement.
A FUNNY GUY WHO DID A FUNNY SHOW FOR YEARS IS MOVING ON IN HIS CAREER. CHANCES ARE I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
/rant off
We’re onto them, to their peril. Edit: The Democratic fundraisers I mean.
56 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 6:03:46pm |
57 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 11, 2015 6:04:22pm |
re: #53 A Cranky One
How old is Upchuck? Thought he was in his mid-twenties.
gotnews.com
The age of gotnews.com is 13 years 228 days . According to the alexa.com, this site has #42720 rank in the world wide web. Low Alexa rank indicates that the site is visited by a lot of visitors and popular in the Internet. This web site has Google PageRank 0 out of 10 maximal and is Not Listed in DMOZ.Last updated on 2015-02-10 10:51:52 AM
He founded the site when he was 12 or 13?
Figure that’s been how long that domain name has been registered by someone or another, not how long Upchuck has owned/used it.
58 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 11, 2015 6:04:29pm |
59 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:04:49pm |
I hope everyone's aware that the Koch brothers have raised nearly a billion dollars to tilt the next presidential election to the far right.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
60 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 11, 2015 6:05:04pm |
Hey @ElonMusk and @SpaceX! MT @alexdrewchin: Ummmm we saw this from the plane window a few hours ago pic.twitter.com/R58XOf92ki— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) February 12, 2015
61 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 6:05:27pm |
re: #59 Charles Johnson
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Yeah, but campaign finance reform has surely made certain that they can’t spend all of it on one election.
[Cough.]
63 | bratwurst Feb 11, 2015 6:06:10pm |
.@GOP to have a mobile “Hillary's Hiding” billboard at Vice President Biden's event in Des Moines tomorrow. http://t.co/pj4TaEBISr— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) February 12, 2015
Do we suppose this means the GOP had to return the giant squirrel suit?
64 | nines09 Feb 11, 2015 6:06:26pm |
re: #59 Charles Johnson
I’ll bet that was reported on the nightly news. Not.
65 | dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Feb 11, 2015 6:06:28pm |
re: #59 Charles Johnson
I hope everyone’s aware that the Koch brothers have raised nearly a billion dollars to tilt the next presidential election to the far right.
that shows how much weight the progressive agenda has
it takes a billion dollars to throw it off course
66 | Dave In Austin Feb 11, 2015 6:06:39pm |
re: #60 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Every Sperm is Sacred, Every Sperm is Good….
67 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:07:56pm |
re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Figure that’s been how long that domain name has been registered by someone or another, not how long Upchuck has owned/used it.
Got Milk is such an old thing. I know someone who had it as their Company name, Got(his business) From the fucking 90’s.
Such a lame name.
68 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 6:08:36pm |
re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Figure that’s been how long that domain name has been registered by someone or another, not how long Upchuck has owned/used it.
I can believe that, since he doesn’t appear to own the domain. Just chuckling because he claims to have “founded” it on his letterhead.
Or should that be upchuckling?
69 | Belafon Feb 11, 2015 6:09:40pm |
re: #59 Charles Johnson
I wouldn’t worry about it too much if I were them. Now that we’ve won two elections in a row, Democrats will spend more time infighting instead of making sure that Republicans don’t get the presidency and lose control of Congress.
70 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 11, 2015 6:12:27pm |
71 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 11, 2015 6:13:20pm |
Be afraid, people. Be very afraid.
David Koch chats to @SenRandPaul at VIP reception before American Spectator gala dinner pic.twitter.com/LbFVNABWD7— Toby Harnden (@tobyharnden) February 12, 2015
72 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:15:00pm |
Fuck Chuck, read this editorial.
This article is powerful and concise. ― Lynching as Racial Terrorism http://t.co/O4LEirSt4w @eji_org
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) February 12, 2015
73 | Great White Snark Feb 11, 2015 6:15:13pm |
Yeah, I’d be tempted to do the same. Maybe not… Couple grab/wrestle and hold man after he wrecks their car in a high speed police pursuit.
74 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 11, 2015 6:15:15pm |
re: #67 #FergusonFireside
The domain name belonged to gotmilk: web.archive.org
75 | Dave In Austin Feb 11, 2015 6:15:22pm |
Watching Rachel.
Jeb Bush just Doxed half of Florida by dumping all his emails while Gov. complete with SSN’s, medical info, etc…..
That could leave a mark…
76 | Dave In Austin Feb 11, 2015 6:19:26pm |
LOLOLOL!! Choke…
“The House has done its job,” Boehner said at a press conference after he met with House Republican members. “Why don’t you go ask the Senate Democrats when they’re going to get off their ass and do something other than to vote no?”
77 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 6:20:43pm |
re: #76 Dave In Austin
LOLOLOL!! Choke…
“The House has done its job,” Boehner said at a press conference after he met with House Republican members. “Why don’t you go ask the Senate Democrats when they’re going to get off their ass and do something other than to vote no?”
Funny, isn’t it, the things they say when the tables are turned. Why doesn’t Sir John of Orange tell us why they’re “doing their job” now as opposed to the last 7 years?
78 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:21:11pm |
re: #74 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
The domain name belonged to gotmilk: web.archive.org
I wonder what Chuck paid for that domain name?
79 | EPR-radar Feb 11, 2015 6:21:14pm |
re: #75 Dave In Austin
Watching Rachel.
Jeb Bush just Doxed half of Florida by dumping all his emails while Gov. complete with SSN’s, medical info, etc…..
That could leave a mark…
Wasn’t Jeb Bush supposed to be competent (for a Republican)?
I suppose he’ll be graded on a curve, and that this is still pretty good (again, for a Republican).
80 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 6:22:23pm |
re: #78 Charles Johnson
I wonder what Chuck paid for that domain name?
What little was left of his brain, it appears. I was going to say “his immortal soul”, but I’m pretty sure he never had one. (He is a ginger, after all.)
81 | EPR-radar Feb 11, 2015 6:23:40pm |
re: #76 Dave In Austin
LOLOLOL!! Choke…
“The House has done its job,” Boehner said at a press conference after he met with House Republican members. “Why don’t you go ask the Senate Democrats when they’re going to get off their ass and do something other than to vote no?”
CCJ et al. aren’t all that important. Boehner and the rest of the Republican elected officials are the real cancer on society.
82 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 11, 2015 6:23:53pm |
heh…
@ChuckCJohnson @socalmike_SD Really, this is embarrassing. C'mon Chuck. Do your own “research.” (Is reading tweets “research”?!?)— Ed Rollo (@edrollo) February 12, 2015
83 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:28:03pm |
Chuck C. Johnson's “GotNews” domain name was previously owned by “GotMilk.” http://t.co/FChsN7k181 (ht Sergey)— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
84 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 11, 2015 6:28:44pm |
85 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 11, 2015 6:30:18pm |
Bob Simon, '60 Minutes' correspondent, killed in crash on West Side Highway http://t.co/zwlDW4Ifr4 pic.twitter.com/0hjvsqJ3Y7— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) February 12, 2015
86 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 11, 2015 6:30:40pm |
I see UpChuck has got the whole Chapel Hill shooting motive nailed. gotnwes.com responds.
87 | Great White Snark Feb 11, 2015 6:30:55pm |
.@Green_Footballs Well that deal sure went sour. \
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) February 12, 2015
88 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 11, 2015 6:31:18pm |
re: #85 The Vicious Babushka
Oh, no! I liked Bob Simon.
89 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:31:20pm |
On the plus side, it's pretty great that Todd Kincannon is no longer spewing hatred on Twitter. Tiny steps, people.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
90 | WhatEVs Feb 11, 2015 6:33:14pm |
re: #81 EPR-radar
CCJ et al. aren’t all that important. Boehner and the rest of the Republican elected officials are the real cancer on society.
QFT.
91 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 6:33:32pm |
re: #84 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Ah, Van Morrison. Nice!
92 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 11, 2015 6:33:35pm |
re: #71 The Vicious Babushka
Be afraid, people. Be very afraid.
Especially if you’re not a white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant with libertarian or conservative leanings.
93 | EPR-radar Feb 11, 2015 6:37:15pm |
re: #92 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Especially if you’re not a filthy rich white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant straight male with libertarian or conservative leanings.
FTFY
94 | bratwurst Feb 11, 2015 6:37:50pm |
On this date in 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years, paving the way for the end of Apartheid…greatly disappointing Dick Cheney.
95 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:38:52pm |
re: #74 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
The domain name belonged to gotmilk: web.archive.org
L O L.
what a crock.
96 | stpaulbear Feb 11, 2015 6:39:02pm |
re: #72 #FergusonFireside
Fuck Chuck, read this editorial.
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I saw that yesterday and my first thought was that I wish the report would have been nationwide so that people couldn’t point to the report as being anti-south and feeding anyone’s sense of victimhood. It reminded me of a story about three men being lynched in Duluth MN.
ON A JUNE NIGHT IN 1920, hundreds of angry men and thousands of curious onlookers surrounded the downtown headquarters of the Duluth police department. The crowd might have reached 10,000. They wanted the handful of police officers inside to turn over their prisoners - a group of young, black circus workers. The police had arrested the men earlier that day. They accused some of the out-of-towners of raping a young, white woman at the circus grounds. Later investigations cast serious doubt on the rape charges, but the howling mob outside the police station had no doubts.
In 2003, the city of Duluth created a memorial to the hanged men.
…the fact that lynchings took place in many parts of the country was underscored recently in the northern Minnesota city of Duluth when the city unveiled a moving memorial commemorating the deaths of Elmer Jackson, Elias Clayton and Isaac McGhie, three young black men who were lynched in Duluth in 1920 while a mob of 10,000 looked on. The dedication drew thousands of people from all over the area. The emotional high point came with a speech by Warren Read, a fourth-grade teacher from Kingston, Wash., who had learned while researching his family that his great-grandfather had helped lead the mob that stormed the local jail and took the three men, who were circus workers, from their cells. His voice choking with emotion, he apologized to the victims and their families.
Here’s a link to a webpage with photos of the memorial. It’s pretty moving even in the photos. This is the kind of memorial that should be built wherever hangings occurred.
97 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:40:18pm |
98 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 6:41:49pm |
99 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:43:14pm |
Any excuse to become a video game hero. WTF people
Eureka fire chief says events in #Ferguson caused uptick in fire fighters' access to body armor #MoLeg @MDNnews
— Jill Ornitz (@Jill_Ornitz) February 12, 2015
100 | Dave In Austin Feb 11, 2015 6:46:37pm |
re: #98 A Cranky One
That man has talent….. Listened to him since HS dayz in the 60’s/70’s. Natural white boy soul…
101 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:47:20pm |
And here's Chuck, busily smearing a murder victim. Not for the first time. pic.twitter.com/hJK7b7SJIH— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
102 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:48:14pm |
Wow. Bob Simon killed in a car crash? Very sad news.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
103 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 11, 2015 6:49:14pm |
STUPIDEST GODWIN OF THE DAY==>
Democrats For #NetNeutrality #tcot #ocra @SteveLwise @curticemang @dmcgowen1776 @MorelHunting pic.twitter.com/PW3M0HzZDt— Bob Mack (@CrockettLives) February 12, 2015
104 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 6:49:32pm |
re: #102 Charles Johnson
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U/D Manhattan: 12 Ave & West 30 St 2 Victims removed, 1 being transported with CPR @NYPDHighway CIS responding— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) February 12, 2015
105 | TedStriker Feb 11, 2015 6:50:07pm |
re: #94 bratwurst
On this date in 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years, paving the way for the end of Apartheid…greatly disappointing Dick Cheney.
Mandela’s dead, while Darth Cheney still draws breath.
Something’s seriously wrong with that.
106 | KingKenrod Feb 11, 2015 6:50:39pm |
107 | Dave In Austin Feb 11, 2015 6:50:56pm |
@Green_Footballs Bob was most defiantly a “Award Winning Journalist”
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) February 12, 2015
108 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:51:35pm |
I did a pork loin in the pressure cooker. OMG.
109 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 11, 2015 6:51:36pm |
re: #105 TedStriker
Mandela’s dead, while Darth Cheney still draws breath.
Something’s seriously wrong here…
Time to put Cheney where Mandela used to be.
110 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 6:52:32pm |
If you want to be loved, journalism is a poor career choice.— Bob Simon (@BobSimon1) August 24, 2013
111 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 6:52:44pm |
re: #78 Charles Johnson
I wonder what Chuck paid for that domain name?
Probably not much, since he doesn’t appear to gotmoney. ;)
112 | Great White Snark Feb 11, 2015 6:53:49pm |
I did a pork loin in the pressure cooker. OMG.
Really? Better that way? Been tempted but the risk of a breach puts me off.
113 | EPR-radar Feb 11, 2015 6:54:31pm |
re: #111 A Cranky One
Probably not much, since he doesn’t appear to gotmoney. ;)
Fortunately for us all. CCJ with money would be taken seriously, because all rich people have opinions that are validated by their money.
114 | stpaulbear Feb 11, 2015 6:55:16pm |
re: #105 TedStriker
Mandela’s dead, while Darth Cheney still draws breath.
Something’s seriously wrong with that.
Not much of a condolence, but at least Mandela died with his own heart.
115 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 6:55:24pm |
Bob Simon was one of the real journalists from a time passed. He’ll be missed.
116 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 6:56:01pm |
re: #115 Charles Johnson
Bob Simon was one of the real journalists from a time passed. He’ll be missed.
Back when journalists did their own investigations, rather than just reading Twitter and Facebook and trying to get ahead of the social media curve.
117 | Bubblehead II Feb 11, 2015 6:56:39pm |
re: #105 TedStriker
Mandela’s dead, while Darth Cheney still draws breath.
Something’s seriously wrong with that.
Well when you have a liquid helium pump for a heart, the body does tend to go into a cryogenic state of preservation.
118 | OhNoZombies! Feb 11, 2015 6:58:13pm |
re: #105 TedStriker
Mandela’s dead, while Darth Cheney still draws breath.
Something’s seriously wrong here…
Yup.
My guess is that Satan is trying to delay Cheny’s entrance into Hell, so he has provided him an ample supply of human hearts and unicorn tears to feed on.
119 | TedStriker Feb 11, 2015 6:58:20pm |
re: #117 Bubblehead II
Well when you have a liquid helium pump for a heart, the body does tend to go into a cryogenic state of preservation.
No, the evil flowing through Cheney’s twisted veins preserved him well before that.
120 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 6:58:59pm |
121 | Bubblehead II Feb 11, 2015 6:59:06pm |
I did a pork loin in the pressure cooker. OMG.
Did a pork sirloin roast in the slow cooker tonight. With (real) buttered potatoes and baby carrots, onion and celery. Just letting it settle a bit before I trundle off to bath and bad.
122 | TedStriker Feb 11, 2015 7:00:09pm |
re: #118 OhNoZombies!
Yup.
My guess is that Satan is trying to delay Cheny’s entrance into Hell, so he has provided him an ample supply of human hearts and unicorn tears to feed on.
Satan just hates competition.
123 | RadicalModerate Feb 11, 2015 7:00:31pm |
re: #34 Amory Blaine
Haven’t seen this around these parts in a long time, so I had to grab a few.
Everywhere else in the world except for in North America and a few South American countries and England, that beer is known as Budweiser.
There’s really an interesting story regarding how the US brewery basically tried to steal the trademark that two breweries originated in what is now the Czech Republic in the 13th Century - predating Anheuser-Busch by more than 600 years. In just about every court case, the bigger AB brewery has lost- primarily because the name “Budweiser” is derived from the city where the beer was created - Budweis. As a result, Anheuser-Busch is barred from using the name outside of what are considered its home markets.
124 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:00:42pm |
re: #112 Great White Snark
Really? Better that way? Been tempted but the risk of a breach puts me off.
It’s like pulled pork actually, falls apart. Very tasty, I did std rosemary & garlic seasoning. & Jasmine rice.
RE: the cooker, Cuisinart 99.00 I think on Amazon. All electric. Easy as pie.
125 | Bubblehead II Feb 11, 2015 7:02:11pm |
re: #119 TedStriker
No, the evil flowing through Cheney’s twisted veins preserved him well before that.
Hmmmmm. Is this why we have never seen Cheney and Palpatine in the same room together? Oh Varek?
126 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:03:24pm |
CNN has a good Bob Simon thingy on now. (warning it’s Don Lemon, but he’s interviewing Anderson Cooper)
129 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 7:06:08pm |
It's sickening that there's a right wing audience for @ChuckCJohnson's creepy smears against murder victims. But there it is.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
130 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 7:06:22pm |
132 | b_sharp Feb 11, 2015 7:09:09pm |
re: #130 A Cranky One
Just get yourself one of these:
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I’ve been eating pudding.
I tried to eat a bun and my mouth started bleeding again.
I’m really getting good at this whining thing.
133 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:10:01pm |
You know, I listen to NPR religiously, but I guess not at night when Tiny Desk appears. Charles brought it to me & you.
Such a great show.
Here’s are really good story about it, they are announcing the winner of their new artist on tiny desk tomorrow.
They received nearly 7,000 video submissions of bands musicians playing original songs at desks - all sorts of desks all over the place - at the beach, in the woods, in fields, offices and subway stations.
136 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 7:12:25pm |
Seeing calls to ignore Chuck Johnson. But he's being pimped by Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and Fox News. Ignoring him is a bad idea.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
137 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 7:12:28pm |
re: #132 b_sharp
I’ve been eating pudding.
I tried to eat a bun and my mouth started bleeding again.
I’m really getting good at this whining thing.
Nothing like whining and dining ;)
138 | RadicalModerate Feb 11, 2015 7:13:38pm |
re: #103 The Vicious Babushka
STUPIDEST GODWIN OF THE DAY==>
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Says the guy who follows and retweets dyed in the wool white supremacists, neoconfederates, and militia groups.
139 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 7:20:30pm |
If you think Chuck Johnson is too insane to become a right wing voice, you're underestimating how insane the right wing has become.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
140 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 11, 2015 7:22:54pm |
Ok, I just had to do this:
“Hi, I’m Charles Johnson and I have LGF.”
CCJ: “And I’m Creepy Charles Johnson and I have a lame blog called Gotnews. com”
“On LGF, I host lively political discussions with a diverse range of intellectual commentary.”
CCJ: “I have no actual talent, so I spend my time doxxing rape victims and minorities,”
“I work hard daily to maintain a smooth running, top quality online community.”
CCJ: “I’ll give you sexy pictures of my Hot Asian Wife (tm) if you send me money!”
“Don’t be like this me, stay with LGF.”
141 | RadicalModerate Feb 11, 2015 7:23:00pm |
I think someone needs to tell NBC’s web administrators that there’s been a slight change.
Yeah, it’s still up more than a day afterward, and is the active link from the main site.
142 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 11, 2015 7:24:26pm |
re: #141 RadicalModerate
I think someone needs to tell NBC’s web administrators that there’s been a slight change.
Yeah, it’s still up more than a day afterward, and is the active link from the main site.
I think the program is still officially called “Nightly News with Brian Williams”. At this junction they are probably still thinking Holt is a temporary change.
143 | Great White Snark Feb 11, 2015 7:24:48pm |
144 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 7:25:37pm |
re: #140 Eclectic Cyborg
Ok, I just had to do this:
You have won the Internet for tonight. Very well done.
145 | Great White Snark Feb 11, 2015 7:27:45pm |
Small tweak.
“Hi, I’m Charles Johnson and I have LGF.”
CCJ: “And I’m Creepy Charles Johnson and I have a lame blog called Gotnews. com”
“On LGF, I host lively political discussions with a diverse range of intellectual commentary.”
CCJ: “I have no actual talent, so I spend my time doxxing rape victims and minorities,”
“I work hard daily to maintain a smooth running, top quality online community.”
CCJ: “I’ll give you sexy pictures of my Hot Asian Wife (tm) if you send me money!”
“Don’t be like this me, stay subscribe with LGF.”
146 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 11, 2015 7:28:09pm |
ANALYSIS: It’s always the victim’s fault #ChapelHillShooting
Following the time-honored DARVO* protocol of criminal analysis, GotNwes has concluded that it was the victims of the Chapel Hill shooting that are to blame for their own deaths, not the man who actually shot them dead.
147 | Dave In Austin Feb 11, 2015 7:28:54pm |
re: #134 b_sharp
I feel your pain Brother…. I got bone graft surgery in 2 weeks. Joy!
148 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:31:59pm |
re: #147 Dave In Austin
I feel your pain Brother…. I got bone graft surgery in 2 weeks. Joy!
I go in for an implant next week. Saving money for the nitrous, because I went clean last time and the whole scene hurt me until today. And tomorrow.
Dental work is the biggest ignored problem. Insurance? hahaha. I am in debt now w/second job because of this shit.
i.e., do not get me started.
149 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:35:54pm |
And WW, fyi, this cat makes my day every day. Petty the beach cat.
When the world is shit, watch Petty (there are videos of him on the dunes)
Petty spots a dog coming down the boardwalk to HIS beach & doesn't take it lying down. #DuneGoon #PettyTheBeachCat pic.twitter.com/hZGyhdmxKr
— One-Legged Sandpiper (@OneLegSandpiper) February 11, 2015
150 | Great White Snark Feb 11, 2015 7:36:47pm |
Got me started. ‘Inflation is low”. Uh huh. Except for college tuition, medical costs and food. Details details.
153 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 11, 2015 7:41:30pm |
February is always a fun month in the Cyborg household. Not only do we have Valentines Day, my wife’s birthday is Feb. 17. Suffice to say, the bank account never likes this time of year much. :P
154 | Charles Johnson Feb 11, 2015 7:42:56pm |
Rand was obviously advised by David Koch to re-focus his attacks on Hillary. @Gus_802 @SenRandPaul— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
Rand's dad never needed to be told what to do, but this younger generation of loons needs their hands held. @Gus_802 @SenRandPaul— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 12, 2015
155 | thedopefishlives Feb 11, 2015 7:43:23pm |
re: #153 Eclectic Cyborg
February is always a fun month in the Cyborg household. Not only do we have Valentines Day, my wife’s birthday is Feb. 17. Suffice to say, the bank account never likes this time of year much. :P
It’s April in the fish household. Mrs. Fish’s birthday, both the fishspawns’ birthdays, my mother’s birthday, my mother-in-law’s birthday, and at least half a dozen others on Mrs. Fish’s side of the family are all in April.
156 | Belafon Feb 11, 2015 7:43:40pm |
re: #153 Eclectic Cyborg
My wife’s birthday is late November, then Christmas, then my youngest son’s birthday in February, Valentine’s day, then my middle son’s birthday in March. Totally understand the paycheck thing.
157 | Decatur Deb Feb 11, 2015 7:44:12pm |
Kory Watkins, the deranged hipster from Open Carry TC, really impressed the Speaker of the Texas House with his threatening video:
158 | TedStriker Feb 11, 2015 7:45:20pm |
re: #157 Decatur Deb
Kory Watkins, the deranged hipster from Open Carry TC, really impressed the Speaker of the Texas House with his threatening video:
Straus will find a horse’s head in his bed before too long…
160 | The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss Feb 11, 2015 7:46:26pm |
Both science & my faith dictate my belief that we are created by God. I believe faith & science are compatible, & go hand in hand.— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) February 11, 2015
161 | Belafon Feb 11, 2015 7:46:28pm |
re: #157 Decatur Deb
Contrary to what the 2nd amendment only people think, this is the point where your rights end: The intimidation of others to achieve your goals is terrorism, not rights.
162 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 7:46:33pm |
re: #158 TedStriker
Straus will find a horse’s head in his bed before too long…
He’s already seen the horse’s ass….
163 | b_sharp Feb 11, 2015 7:46:33pm |
re: #147 Dave In Austin
I feel your pain Brother…. I got bone graft surgery in 2 weeks. Joy!
Have fun.
164 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:46:58pm |
re: #153 Eclectic Cyborg
February is always a fun month in the Cyborg household. Not only do we have Valentines Day, my wife’s birthday is Feb. 17. Suffice to say, the bank account never likes this time of year much. :P
Enjoy your good Husbandmanship ranking.
165 | Kragar Feb 11, 2015 7:46:59pm |
Is @SenRandPaul competing with @tedcruz for dumbest jackass in the Senate?— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 12, 2015
166 | Decatur Deb Feb 11, 2015 7:47:17pm |
re: #158 TedStriker
Straus will find a horse’s head in his bed before too long…
Per the article, some not-quite-crazy-enough legislators have been given enhanced security details.
167 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:47:36pm |
168 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 11, 2015 7:47:48pm |
Enjoy your good Husbandmanship ranking.
lol, my wife has threatened bad things for me if I ever try to give her a combined gift for both occasions. :P
169 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:48:43pm |
re: #156 Belafon
My wife’s birthday is late November, then Christmas, then my youngest son’s birthday in February, Valentine’s day, then my middle son’s birthday in March. Totally understand the paycheck thing.
Dude, you have year long trauma. Summers off.
170 | The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss Feb 11, 2015 7:50:57pm |
re: #160 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss
Remember what I said last thread about epistemology?
Apply directly forehead.
171 | A Cranky One Feb 11, 2015 7:51:33pm |
When my kids were growing up, summer was an interesting time. Had my older daughter’s birthday,then a two week break, then my son’s, another two week break, then mine, another two week break and then my (now ex) spouses. So a birthday party every two weeks.
Youngest daughters birthday wasn’t until October. Poor kid used to walk around singing “Happy Birthday to me?”
Broke my heart and made me laugh at the same time.
172 | Belafon Feb 11, 2015 7:52:19pm |
I think if we all actually wrote down our “obligations” we would be filled with despair. While I can remember the dates, I don’t keep a calendar because I don’t actually want to see them laid out before me. It’s bad enough that I do the bills.
173 | b_sharp Feb 11, 2015 7:53:44pm |
re: #156 Belafon
My wife’s birthday is late November, then Christmas, then my youngest son’s birthday in February, Valentine’s day, then my middle son’s birthday in March. Totally understand the paycheck thing.
I have a similar problem. Christmas, wife’s birthday and anniversary all within 10 days. Then both grandkids’ birthdays in April.
174 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 7:55:47pm |
You poor things.
Do the right thing and just open the wallet. Best gifts ever, each year.
/hopeless romantic
175 | Khal Wimpo Feb 11, 2015 7:57:40pm |
re: #59 Charles Johnson
We’re aware. The problem is, the low-information voters are just gonna do what their TV tells them to do, like good little consumers.
176 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 8:00:36pm |
re: #160 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss
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I'm curious how science dictates your belief that humans are created by God because that's what the 1st sentence implies. @ScottWalker— Gus (@Gus_802) February 12, 2015
177 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 8:01:34pm |
Both science…
& my faith…
dictate my belief that we are created by God.
He’s implying that science dictates that God created human primates.
178 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 11, 2015 8:04:36pm |
Pretty sure he’s going for the Ken Ham brand of “science” there.
179 | WhatEVs Feb 11, 2015 8:05:02pm |
re: #160 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss
Ugh @ScottWalker You were too much of a wuss to state that. Not to mention you're FOS. Your base would not abide. #WimpyWimpyWimpy— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) February 12, 2015
180 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 11, 2015 8:06:19pm |
re: #94 bratwurst
On this date in 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years, paving the way for the end of Apartheid…greatly disappointing Dick Cheney.
Never mind Cheney. Nelson Mandela was here in Seattle in 1999 to an enthusiastic reception. A week later, we played host to the WTO conference. Now if the WTO (yeah, I know it was called something else then) had had its way before 1990, the sanctions that got Mandela released would have been illegal, and he would still have been rotting on Robben Island. So the whole country’s schizophrenic on the subject.
At least the Battle of Seattle gave them a little pushback. The whole crowd would probably be mowed down with machine guns now….
181 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 8:09:26pm |
OK, this Facebook post in my feed cracked me up!
182 | Joe Bacon Feb 11, 2015 8:20:10pm |
re: #165 Kragar
I’m sorry, but when it comes to DUMB in the Senate, nobody comes close to Joni Ernst. She makes Bachman look like a Ph.D!
183 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 8:27:17pm |
re: #160 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss
The rubber will meet the road come primary time, and I guarantee Walker goes against climate science, stem cell research, women’s reproductive rights, you name it. This next Republican primary is going to be a goddamned shit show of right wing weirdness.
184 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 11, 2015 8:27:21pm |
re: #182 Joe Bacon
I’m sorry, but when it comes to DUMB in the Senate, nobody comes close to Joni Ernst. She makes Bachman look like a Ph.D!
Pretty Horrible Dumbass?
185 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 8:30:01pm |
What the Washington Post said:
Throughout Thursday, Williams was pounded by bloggers and newspaper columnists
How AWARD-WINNING upchuck reported it:
WaPo admits “bloggers” like GotNews took down #BrianWiliams. http://t.co/aLXbRbq6Xz
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 12, 2015
186 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 8:35:24pm |
re: #185 BeachDem
What the Washington Post said:
Throughout Thursday, Williams was pounded by bloggers and newspaper columnists
How AWARD-WINNING upchuck reported it:
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Doesn’t mention GotNews. Just says bloggers.
187 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 8:35:45pm |
Upchuck states:
Brian Williams's scalp was from the Katrina lies we helped unearth at http://t.co/op723RxxFL, WaPo admits. One down..
Washington Post article says:
But inside NBC, the Iraq fabrication was seen as the most damaging.
Not only can he not write, apparently, he can’t read either.
188 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 8:36:20pm |
189 | Kragar Feb 11, 2015 8:36:58pm |
This is so accurate. #ChapelHillShooting pic.twitter.com/1CFTBqE1KT— Francesco Fenty (@Londonandreams) February 11, 2015
192 | #FergusonFireside Feb 11, 2015 8:40:16pm |
Nighty. Onto my no less than 8 hours of sleep goal.
193 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 8:40:20pm |
194 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 11, 2015 8:42:18pm |
The Rude Pundit re Sam Brownback:
Kansas Governor, and a sexual position just waiting to be defined,
Brownback (definition: fucking in a bed after a diarrhea accident there)
Brownback (definition: two partners take a bunch of Ex-Lax and then use a double-sided dildo to go ass-to-ass)
Brownback (definition: when you’re fucking in a field and roll into cow shit, but you don’t stop fucking)
Dan Savage has been surpassed.
195 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 8:45:09pm |
Charles,
Is there any such thing as UpChuck fatigue? I figure you’d know the best.
UpChuck is such a festering pustule, a bloody boil, he proves his worthlessness to the human race over and over and over, seemingly on an hourly basis.
I agree that folks should keep hammering at the miserable fuck, for the reasons you mentioned above. I surely hope our fierce push back bears fruit. It’d be nice if UpChuck gets banned like Todd Kincannon got banned.
196 | wrenchwench Feb 11, 2015 8:45:18pm |
Nighty. Onto my no less than 8 hours of sleep goal.
Is it nap time yet? pic.twitter.com/M3wAjBz3J4— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) February 12, 2015
197 | VegasGolfer Feb 11, 2015 8:49:31pm |
re: #34 Amory Blaine
Love that, and Budvar. Going to Germany in September, looking forward to drinking a few of those.
198 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 8:53:23pm |
Is there anyone who’s been killed recently who has escaped being maligned posthumously by upchuck?
Let’s see:
Trayvon Martin
Michael Brown
Tamir Rice
James Foley
Kayla Mueller
the Chapel Hill three
I’m sure I’ve missed some—in addition to being an insufferable asshole, he’s also a total ghoul.
199 | RadicalModerate Feb 11, 2015 8:54:56pm |
re: #195 teleskiguy
Charles,
Is there any such thing as UpChuck fatigue? I figure you’d know the best.
When that happens do we get to change his name to DryHeave?
200 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 8:57:20pm |
So, genuine skier badass @RahlvesBanzai ran the Birds of Prey Men's Downhill and filmed his tushy. Insane. https://t.co/58036TLOlu— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) February 12, 2015
202 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 9:01:30pm |
re: #195 teleskiguy
Well, Chris Kluwe is on the case now, so it’s only a matter of time…
Right now, Satan is looking at Chuck C. Johnson and going “What the fuck, man, how are you such an asshole?
203 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 9:02:46pm |
re: #200 teleskiguy
I’ve skied damn near every inch of what you see in this video. I’ll never ski those slopes like that!
I love how the very first place I skied is home to the most fearsome Downhill courses in the world.
204 | VegasGolfer Feb 11, 2015 9:03:43pm |
re: #37 Dave In Austin
I always think of this scene from The Sopranos when someone mentions Chucky shits on the floor.
206 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 9:05:25pm |
re: #202 BeachDem
Well, Chris Kluwe is on the case now, so it’s only a matter of time…
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UpChuck’s been on a tear ever since learning he wasn’t going to win his normal “Sick Fuck of the Month Award”. The award for February is going to Omar al-Hagdadi for ISIS having burned a man alive and filmed it. So Chuck’s peeved about being upstaged.
/spits
207 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 9:07:10pm |
Dude, Bob Simon’s passing is a real bummer. That guy was one of those “last” links to a bygone era of journalism. Crazy that the man survived in so many ridiculously violent situations - barely escaping by the skin of his teeth in Saigon, to name one incident - only to die in a car crash in New York City.
RIP
208 | RadicalModerate Feb 11, 2015 9:07:32pm |
Before anyone thinks that the Texas Legislature is having a bout of sanity in regards to their reaction to the open-carry nutcase, this bit of news came out of Austin today -
(forgive the cache, apparently Houston Chronicle has a good bit of its site behind a paywall now)
Lawmaker seeks to eliminate state Confederate holiday
The pushback that Republicans are putting on this is absolutely insane.
Democrat suggests Texas recognize Union too, but a critic says if one must change, it should be King’s birthday
In fact, the Austin Democrat can expect to hear more than that in response to her bill to replace Texas’ Confederate Heroes Day with a springtime Civil War Remembrance Day to honor all who fought in the Civil War. That’s all as in, both the Confederate and Union sides.
“We have quite a few holidays throughout the year that are either national holidays or are days of recognition,” Howard said. “I think there are so many that certain things get lost in the shuffle.”
This year, for instance, Confederate Heroes Day shared its traditional Jan. 19 commemoration with the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
[…]
Brand said she was not concerned with the coinciding holidays, but said if one has to change it should be the King holiday.
“We had Confederate Heroes Day before there was a Martin Luther King Jr. Day, why can’t they change theirs?” she asked. “I have no problem with them both being celebrated on the same day because most of the people who celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day don’t celebrate Confederate Heroes Day.”
Brand also is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a sister organization to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Both groups organize memorials for prominent Confederate soldiers, as well as host banquets and reenactments throughout the year. The Sons of Confederate Veterans currently is in a legal battle with the state over its refusal to offer specialty license plates with the Confederate flag. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on March 23.
209 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 9:10:38pm |
I can't believe this beta male @chriswarcraft is trying to take a shot at me for exposing #ChapelHillShooting hoax.
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 12, 2015
I can’t believe:
1. He’s calling Chris Kluwe a “beta male”
2. He’s calling the Chapel Hill shooting a “hoax.”
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry (or as my dad always said, whether to shit or go blind.)
210 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 9:11:20pm |
re: #205 A Cranky One
Damn! How fast was he going?
Near the bottom of Pete’s Arena skiers regularly get clocked at over 80 m.p.h. in competition. They’re only going that fast for a few seconds, as the Birds of Prey is a terrain-filled course.
The skier in the video, Daron Rahlves, is a retired racer, so he held back to be sure. At his fastest at the bottom of Pete’s Arena he was definitely going well over 70 m.p.h.
211 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 9:11:51pm |
‘I’m finally tired of it, I’m settling down and I’m defending my home,’ he said.’ I’m tired of running. I’ve gone from being frightened to mostly angry.’
Still - he’s prepared for if authorities turn up at his door. He says it’s just a matter of time.
‘I’m fully prepared for the eventuality that there will be an attempted raid on my residence or my car or my person at some place or at some time,’ he said. ‘At some point you have to stand up and defend your position, your home, your family - and that’s what I’m doing.’
He claimed that his car had recently been shot at, but that the vehicle has been fitted with a heavy-duty crash guard in case he is ever cornered and needs to force his way through vehicles.
He added, ‘I am constantly armed, I am an excellent shot’ - explaining that he has won numerous shooting contests.
Authorities in Lexington [TN] and the mayor have welcomed him and his tech acumen with open arms, he said. He now lives there with his wife Janice, whom he married in 2013.
He works as a security expert for Fox News via Skype and occasionally appears at hacker conferences, where his security is tight.
(Bolding mine)
Is this guy sick in the head or just emulating UpChuck? Either way, I’m sure he fits in just fine at Fox News, as his paranoia and gun-stroking fit key demographics there.
John McAffee: A man whose guns actually should be grabbed by law enforcement.
212 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 9:13:18pm |
re: #209 BeachDem
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I can’t believe:
1. He’s calling Chris Kluwe a “beta male”
2. He’s calling the Chapel Hill shooting a “hoax.”I don’t know whether to laugh or cry (or as my dad always said, whether to shit or go blind.)
You should go blind, because shitting in inopportune places at inopportune times is what Chuckles does.
213 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 9:13:18pm |
Go to bed! @ChuckCJohnson— Gus (@Gus_802) February 12, 2015
214 | Timothy Watson Feb 11, 2015 9:16:16pm |
re: #160 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss
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I have more questions about that fugly shirt/sweater he’s wearing.
215 | teleskiguy Feb 11, 2015 9:19:25pm |
re: #200 teleskiguy
Note that Daron Rahlves skied the course in a 1:55. The winner of the gold medal at the World Championships this year (skied on the same course) was Patrick Kueng, he did it in a 1:43.
So crazy. Insane. It takes a special kind of crazy to do those things. And I tell ya, people, I’m not that crazy.
216 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 9:20:06pm |
re: #213 Gus
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Watch out Gus! Chuckles is gonna try to have you deported as an “Argentine Peronist Progressive!!1”.
/Kidding, but I can actually see him trying to do that.
217 | Kragar Feb 11, 2015 9:21:15pm |
Once again, @ChuckCJohnson shows he doesn't really understand how words actually work @ChrisWarcraft— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 12, 2015
218 | Gus Feb 11, 2015 9:22:58pm |
re: #216 Dark_Falcon
Watch out Gus! Chuckles is gonna try to have you deported as an “Argentine Peronist Progressive!!1”.
/Kidding, but I can actually see him trying to do that.
“Argentine commie.”
219 | Kragar Feb 11, 2015 9:24:36pm |
.@ChrisWarcraft is that why you cover up the rape of a little girl or did that not happen like your career? #GamerGate— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 12, 2015
220 | Dark_Falcon Feb 11, 2015 9:28:11pm |
re: #219 Kragar
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So he feigns concern over a rape while using the #GamerGate hashtag?
222 | Lidane Feb 11, 2015 9:45:59pm |
Got an onsite job interview tomorrow afternoon. It’s for a company that specializes in RFID tracking and business intel for trade shows. Should be fun.
223 | Varek Raith Feb 11, 2015 9:47:38pm |
re: #222 Lidane
Got an onsite job interview tomorrow afternoon. It’s for a company that specializes in RFID tracking and business intel for trade shows. Should be fun.
SPY!11!1ty
Good luck. :)
224 | Lidane Feb 11, 2015 9:53:13pm |
re: #223 Varek Raith
SPY!11!1ty
Good luck. :)
Yeah, I won’t exactly be burnishing my Snowden cred.
OTOH, it has the potential to pay me close to double what the last gig paid, so there’s that. I can live with it.
225 | Lidane Feb 11, 2015 10:06:05pm |
*facepalm*
Ted Cruz submits bill to block federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples in red states http://t.co/K8KaMHAYy7— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 11, 2015
Tea Party darling Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced an anti-same-sex marriage bill that would strip federal marriage benefits from same-sex couples living in states where only mixed-gender marriages are recognized.
According to David Badash at the New Civil Rights Movement, Cruz’s State Marriage Defense Act will also give anti-same-sex marriage states the right to nullify the marriages of same-sex couples living within their borders, should the Supreme Court find that such couples ultimately do not have the same right to marry as other U.S. citizens.
Cruz has framed the bill as a “states’ rights” issue, insisting that the federal government has no say in determining whose marriages a state will recognize and whose it will not.
226 | Kragar Feb 11, 2015 10:06:34pm |
227 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 11, 2015 10:13:52pm |
Captain Coward gets 16 years.
Should take the 1.2 gigabucks it cost to raise the ship out of his hide at 89¢ a pound.
228 | William Barnett-Lewis Feb 11, 2015 10:53:42pm |
Maybe those of you on Twitter should start calling Upchuck an Omega male?
229 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 11, 2015 10:54:01pm |
re: #227 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Captain Coward gets 16 years.
Should take the 1.2 gigabucks it cost to raise the ship out of his hide at 89¢ a pound.
What a poltroon. I’ll never forget the video of an Italian Coast Guard officer approaching Captain Schettino’s lifeboat and screaming “return to your ship!” while passengers were still trapped on board.
230 | TedStriker Feb 11, 2015 10:55:42pm |
re: #229 Shiplord Kirel
What a poltroon. I’ll never forget the video of an Italian Coast Guard officer approaching Captain Schettino’s lifeboat and screaming “return to your ship!” while passengers were still trapped on board.
And his bullshit excuse that he “slipped and fell into the lifeboat”.
231 | BeachDem Feb 11, 2015 10:58:40pm |
re: #228 William Barnett-Lewis
Maybe those of you on Twitter should start calling Upchuck an Omega male?
I must admit, I get some perverse pleasure in knowing that, whatever happens in his life going forward, upchuck will always have to defend himself against the floor-shitting accusation.
232 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 11, 2015 10:59:38pm |
re: #225 Lidane
Doesn’t anybody read the fuckin’ Constitution anymore? A high school student could tell Cruz his legislation violates the equal protection clause, and the “states’ rights” angle is pure bullshit.
233 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 11, 2015 11:01:14pm |
234 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 11, 2015 11:01:16pm |
re: #227 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Captain Coward gets 16 years.
Should take the 1.2 gigabucks it cost to raise the ship out of his hide at 89¢ a pound.
On a different note, this reminds me of a joke from WW2. A recent draftee is going through infantry training in Geogia. One exercise involves crossing an unstable rope bridge above a fast flowing stream. The soldier slips and catches himself but his rifle falls into the torrent. A search is hopeless so he returns to the barracks and reports the loss.
Payday rolls around and the soldier finds that his envelope contains only 27 dollars instead of the expected 82.
He returns to the paymaster, “Hey, sarge, what gives? Where’s the rest of my dough?”
The sergeant looks at him as though he were a bug, “Uncle Sam took it to pay for that rifle you lost. It’s a rule, you lose government property, you pay for it.”
The soldier responds, “Gee, now I see why the captain always goes down with his ship.”
235 | Mentis Fugit Feb 11, 2015 11:38:41pm |
236 | Mentis Fugit Feb 11, 2015 11:44:40pm |
237 | Dr Lizardo Feb 11, 2015 11:47:03pm |
re: #34 Amory Blaine
Haven’t seen this around these parts in a long time, so I had to grab a few.
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Cool. That’s Budvar (aka, original Budweiser) over here in the Czech Republic.
238 | Mentis Fugit Feb 11, 2015 11:55:36pm |
239 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 12:44:53am |
re: #110 Gus
If you want to be
lovedmake a living wage, journalism is a poor career choice.
240 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 1:05:41am |
Buzzfeed has a link to Hicks’ old posting:
The first amendment to our constitution guarantees freedom of religion, which takes precedence over any other “feeling” that any of us as Americans may have.
Beyond that though after being in D.C. for a decade and knowing several dozen Muslims for most of that time I can say that they aren’t what most think of them. In fact, I’d prefer them to most Christians as I was never coerced in any way by the Muslims to follow their religion, which I cannot say about many Christians.
While the terrorists who did the 9/11 attacks were Muslims, they were extremists in that faith which isn’t common. I know of many Christian extremists personally, much less the ones we have heard about on the news. People of this country don’t seem to hold that against Christianity though(probably because they’re a majority in this country).
While it may cause problems with those that don’t want it there with vandalizing and such, what if that excuse stopped our forefathers from starting a new nation. Civil rights, suffrage, heck even our own gun rights have been “fought” for at times. On that matter, the vast majority of our own ancestors in this country had to fight for their rights as Americans as most of the ethnic groups in this country were looked down on at some point(some still are).
This country was founded on freedoms, and many forget that one of the biggest freedoms that was fought for was freedom of religion. Then after all was said and done, Americans pushed west and took the lands of the Native Americans, put them on reservations(land that has no use), and stuffed religion down their throat. Their children were often taken from them to be taught Christianity(brainwashed might be a better word). They were not allowed to have their ancestral hair or garments, not allowed to use their given names but had to use the Christian ones assigned to them, and not allowed to speak their native tongue among other things. Funny how during World War 2, the same government that violated the Native Americans 1st amendment rights in the previous century were called upon because of their ancestral language.
With all that being said, I don’t see how anyone who calls themselves American can claim that a Mosque shouldn’t be TWO BLOCKS AWAY from what is known as ground zero.
(Side note: it’s interesting that in an article pompously entitled “Everything We Know So Far About The Alleged Chapel Hill Shooter” Buzzfeed totally omits him being a liberal).
241 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 1:24:22am |
re: #240 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
It is funny how the victims are generally ignored (except to mention their religious affiliation) in order to use the shooter to make political talking points.
242 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 1:27:26am |
re: #241 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It is funny how the victims are generally ignored (except to mention their religious affiliation) in order to use the shooter to make political talking points.
Thankfully this hasn’t been the case in this instance.
243 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 1:40:11am |
If fighters in eastern Ukraine are not Putin's proxies, why is Putin representing them in Minsk?— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) February 12, 2015
244 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 1:41:27am |
re: #243 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
If fighters in eastern Ukraine are not Putin’s proxies, why is Putin representing them in Minsk?
He is the Spiritual Father of all Russians, no matter where the winds of fate have cast them…
245 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 1:50:43am |
BREAKING: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says heavy weaponry will be pulled out in 14 days— The Associated Press (@AP) February 12, 2015
246 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 2:20:39am |
#Ukraine: last diplomatic chance - © Chappatte in Le Temps, Geneva pic.twitter.com/i6lU4dpTNo— Chappatte Cartoons (@PatChappatte) February 9, 2015
247 | Ace-o-aces Feb 12, 2015 2:26:17am |
re: #209 BeachDem
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2. He’s calling the Chapel Hill shooting a “hoax.”
Does Mr. Award winning Journalist not know what “hoax” means? “Hoax” implies the shootings were somehow faked. All he’s shown is that an Arab Muslim re-tweeted a few anti-Zionist posts, along with many calls for peace. (Have you seen the victim’s Twitter feed? It’s 90% basketball, maybe 1% religion).
248 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 2:31:52am |
re: #247 Ace-o-aces
Does Mr. Award winning Journalist not know what “hoax” means? “Hoax” implies the shootings were somehow faked. All he’s shown is that an Arab Muslim re-tweeted a few anti-Zionist posts, along with many calls for peace. (Have you seen the victim’s Twitter feed? It’s 90% basketball, maybe 1% religion).
1% religion is all that is needed to fly an airplane into a skyscraper.
/
249 | Ace-o-aces Feb 12, 2015 2:40:50am |
re: #248 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
1% religion is all that is needed to fly an airplane into a skyscraper.
/
Yeah, but this was not that kind of religious posts.
250 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 2:45:21am |
re: #249 Ace-o-aces
Yeah, but this was not that kind of religious posts.
Remember, he was a Muslim, to some, that makes him automatically complicit.
251 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 2:46:51am |
#BREAKING Merkel says has 'no illusion' after Ukraine deal, 'big hurdles' remain— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 12, 2015
252 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 2:53:20am |
re: #247 Ace-o-aces
Does Mr. Award winning Journalist not know what “hoax” means? “Hoax” implies the shootings were somehow faked. All he’s shown is that an Arab Muslim re-tweeted a few anti-Zionist posts, along with many calls for peace. (Have you seen the victim’s Twitter feed? It’s 90% basketball, maybe 1% religion).
In his mind, the only hate crimes that exist are against white men. Crimes of hate against blacks, Muslims, women, etc., are all hoaxes. UpChuck and his loyal followers are still insisting the bomb attempt on the Colo Springs NAACP offices was a hoax.
Thanks for the tip about the victim’s Twitter feed. I need to edit my GotNwes post to reflect the proportion of sports vs. other stuff.
253 | Timothy Watson Feb 12, 2015 3:22:05am |
re: #225 Lidane
*facepalm*
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What will it take for a reporter to grow a pair and ask him if that’s true, does that mean that states don’t have to recognize interracial marriages if they don’t want to?
254 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 3:33:31am |
255 | Romantic Heretic Feb 12, 2015 3:43:10am |
re: #160 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss
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Aaaand with that Walker loses the GOP primary.
The base knows science is evil and they will not stand for it being equal to their American faith.
256 | Timothy Watson Feb 12, 2015 3:44:00am |
re: #254 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
BATTING AVERAGE .000: How many stories has @GotNewsDotCom got right so far?
Uh…what? I guess McChuckleNuts doesn’t know anything about baseball either.
257 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 3:44:54am |
re: #255 Romantic Heretic
Aaaand with that Walker loses the GOP primary.
The base knows science is evil and they will not stand for it being equal to their American faith.
Moderates don’t play well in front of an audience that only wants fire-breathing extremists.
258 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 3:46:23am |
re: #256 Timothy Watson
Uh…what? I guess McChuckleNuts doesn’t know anything about baseball either.
Right. Everyone remembers Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron for those times they struck out.
Only Casey gets that accolade.
259 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 3:50:41am |
260 | Romantic Heretic Feb 12, 2015 4:02:39am |
re: #259 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Agreed.
261 | William Barnett-Lewis Feb 12, 2015 4:10:34am |
: #257 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Moderates don’t play well in front of an audience that only wants fire-breathing extremists.
Oh he’s only playing at being moderate for the media. His inner theocrat comes out as soon as decent people look away.
You have to remember that he’s a college dropout who has made it his life’s purpose to destroy public education and all unions. The only thing he is concerned about is that his real bosses, the Koch brothers, are happy with him. And he sells it to the older voters via the usual racist fear and anti tax greed.
(I really hate posting from my phone.)
262 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 4:15:05am |
re: #261 William Barnett-Lewis
Oh he’s only playing at being moderate for the media. His inner theocrat comes out as soon as decent people look away.
You have to remember that he’s a college dropout who has made it his life’s purpose to destroy public education and all unions. The only thing he is concerned about is that his real bosses, the Koch brothers, are happy with him. And he sells via anti tax greed.
I don’t doubt it. Walker’s a consummate politician. He can say one thing to his UK audience, and quite another to his Tea Party audience. He knows if he said he accepts evolution, his chances of election are nil. The fan base would disappear faster than the UW budget.
264 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 4:59:25am |
265 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 12, 2015 5:12:15am |
re: #259 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
This. Is. Awesome. That is all.
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Aren’t we supposed to start the day thinking *everything* is awesome. I seem to recall the President saying that. It’s in the instructions!
;)
266 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 5:14:28am |
re: #265 Feline Fearless Leader
Aren’t we supposed to start the day thinking *everything* is awesome. I seem to recall the President saying that. It’s in the instructions!
;)
Doooode… ur comment is awesome…
My hand is awesome too…
267 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 5:15:10am |
@FoxNews Lies About Marines Leaving Weapons Behind In #Yemen http://t.co/Po4p0CavWr When will @megynkelly's 6-month suspension begin?
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 12, 2015
268 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 5:16:45am |
re: #267 Dr. Matt
If any Fox personality was suspended for one day for every significant lie, there would be no Fox.
270 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 5:20:14am |
re: #269 Decatur Deb
Aw. Some asshole called and woke me up.
Sorry. I was trying to text you a dirty joke but accidentally dialed the phone.
271 | Doofus Feb 12, 2015 5:24:41am |
re: #269 Decatur Deb
One day the different parts of the body were having an argument to see which should be in charge.
The brain said “I do all the thinking so I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”
The eyes said “I see everything and let the rest of you know where we are, so I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”
The hands said “Without me we wouldn’t be able to pick anything up or move anything. So I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”
The stomach said “I turn the food we eat into energy for the rest of you. Without me, we’d starve. So I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”
The legs said “Without me we wouldn’t be able to move anywhere. So I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”
Then the rectum said “I think I should be in charge.”
All the rest of the parts said “YOU? You don’t do anything! You’re not important! You can’t be in charge.”
So the rectum closed up. After a few days, the legs were all wobbly, the stomach was all queasy, the hands were all shaky, the eyes were all watery, and the brain was all cloudy.
They all agreed that they couldn’t take any more of this and agreed to put the rectum in charge.
The moral of the story: You don’t have to be the most important to be in charge, just an asshole.
272 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 5:27:00am |
I’ve read the Minsk-2 agreement. Not bad. Except of course Putin can hardly be expected to follow it.
273 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 5:32:57am |
274 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 5:36:10am |
VIDEO: Chemical explosion sends toxic cloud soaring above Igualada, In Spain. http://t.co/uM4dRTGzso pic.twitter.com/Qy0xQl2Hgg
— Breaking News (@NewsOnTheMin) February 12, 2015
277 | darthstar Feb 12, 2015 5:52:14am |
@nbcbayarea @metaquest Oh, dear…I have a LinkedIn account.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 12, 2015
278 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 5:54:08am |
Conservatives celebrate Black History Month by insisting Dr. King only cared about rich white kids getting into the college of their choice.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 11, 2015
279 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 5:56:21am |
280 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 5:58:13am |
I can’t believe cavemen like this still exist:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore: I Have 'Many Friends Who Are Homosexual' // And some of his best friends are Black! http://t.co/5BkvlqirsV
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 12, 2015
281 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 5:59:31am |
re: #279 Decatur Deb
And I’m going to Barcelona in a few days. Such a “good luck”.
282 | darthstar Feb 12, 2015 6:00:21am |
People who claim to know exactly what God want should never be allowed to sit in the emergency exit row of an airplane.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 12, 2015
283 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 6:00:28am |
re: #280 Dr. Matt
It’s notable that he even has to defend himself. I see that as progress (not for him personally, he’ll die an incorrigible bigot).
284 | darthstar Feb 12, 2015 6:01:07am |
re: #281 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
And I’m going to Barcelona in a few days. Such a “good luck”.
It doesn’t look all that toxic to me. Just a little orange.
285 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 6:01:43am |
re: #284 darthstar
It doesn’t look all that toxic to me. Just a little orange.
Relax and smell the oranges.
286 | darthstar Feb 12, 2015 6:02:43am |
287 | darthstar Feb 12, 2015 6:03:26am |
Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee To Appear In Anti-Gay Documentary — is that what they're calling the GOP debates now? http://t.co/QfGjkPpV3m #HIYO— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 12, 2015
288 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:06:51am |
If people weren’t all tapped out by xmas…
Falling gas prices, car purchases send US retail sales down 0.8% in January, but other spending categories up - @AP
read more on retail sales dropped 0.8 percent in january
When filling up the other day, I said to the clerk, “You’re selling more gas, aren’t you?” He replied, “Yeah, a little.” Not making much on people like me, though, when it only takes $20 to fill up my tank. : )
Then, we have this:
Oil bounces back toward $56 as dollar weakens
I only really worry about food costs.
289 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 6:08:08am |
How is it now?
Kinda cold where I am and the dogs want to go out … .
290 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:09:16am |
You gotta feel sorry for Boston’s weather.
3 to 4 FEET of snow on the field at #Fenway. Just incredible with more to come and no melting in site!!! @RedSox @MLB pic.twitter.com/Lrs9fV47xn
— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) February 12, 2015
291 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 6:09:48am |
292 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 6:10:15am |
re: #280 Dr. Matt
I can’t believe cavemen like this still exist:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore: I Have ‘Many Friends Who Are Homosexual’ // And some of his best friends are Black!
His gay friend is a Black female. Three-fer !1!!
We know how this works in Alabama.
293 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 6:11:31am |
re: #290 Justanotherhuman
This, right here, is the #1 reason why Spring Training is always held in warm climates. I should dig up images of the Target Field grounds crew using massive slides to shovel out the stadium in the runup to last year’s Opening Day.
294 | darthstar Feb 12, 2015 6:11:42am |
re: #290 Justanotherhuman
You gotta feel sorry for Boston’s weather.
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295 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 6:12:58am |
Another one bites the dust: @SharylAttkisson has now blocked me.
296 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:13:10am |
re: #289 FemNaziBitch
It was 29 when i took the Munchkin to school at 7:30; will get up to bout 50-53 today. Overnight in the low teens Sat and Sun and not getting out of the 30s during those days. : (
I’m too ready for spring…
297 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 6:13:21am |
re:
#287
Rand Paul? You mean, Less Government Libertarian, Rand Paul? Get government off our backs, Rand Paul? Liberty Freedom Rand Paul is in an anti-gay documentary?
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299 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 6:13:53am |
LOL
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie heading to Chicago today to build support for 2016 http://t.co/0NsUFM5hWD pic.twitter.com/9nGn3CkH4o— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) February 12, 2015
300 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 6:14:17am |
re: #296 Justanotherhuman
It was 29 when i took the Munchkin to school at 7:30; will get up to bout 50-53 today. Overnight in the low teens Sat and Sun and not getting out of the 30s during those days. : (
I’m too ready for spring…
It was -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) when I left for work this morning. It’s supposed to get colder tonight, I believe.
301 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 6:14:35am |
re:
#295
Another one bites the dust: @SharylAttkisson has now blocked me.
Now you’re just showing off…
//
302 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 6:15:06am |
Ms. Ghosts in the Keyboard is linking to an anti-vaxxer site. How fitting
An alleged scientific fraudster & his ties to the movement trying to discredit vaccine-autism links & researchers. http://t.co/YCQoDq6lk4— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) February 11, 2015
303 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 12, 2015 6:15:18am |
re: #299 FemNaziBitch
LOL
Who has been running the state while Christie is out collecting donors for his 2016 run with the Clown Car?
//
304 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 6:15:54am |
305 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 6:15:59am |
re:
#299
I coulda sworn Christie still had a state to govern. //
306 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 6:16:34am |
re: #303 Feline Fearless Leader
Who has been running the state while Christie is out collecting donors for his 2016 run with the Clown Car?
//
Let’s be fair here: It is New Jersey. There’s nothing to run except a gianormous traffic jam.
307 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 6:17:24am |
A wingnut retweeted this:
TT:@ viciousbabushka: Fox News Lies Abt Marines Leaving Weapons In Yemen-When Do Suspensions Begin? #tcot #UniteBlue http://t.co/UZUmyrzBpF;— Clearly Conservative (@PatriotTweetz) February 12, 2015
308 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:17:38am |
re: #305 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#299I coulda sworn Christie still had a state to govern. //
Hasn’t it always been on auto-pilot with him and his cronies?
309 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 6:18:37am |
re: #307 The Vicious Babushka
In wingnut world, Megyn Kelly is too librul.
310 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 6:19:17am |
re: #307 The Vicious Babushka
A wingnut retweeted this:
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You only have to go as far as Freep to learn that Fox is part of the left-wing media conspiracy.
311 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 12, 2015 6:19:19am |
re: #306 thedopefishlives
Let’s be fair here: It is New Jersey. There’s nothing to run except a gianormous traffic jam.
Lots of tensions to be adjusted for to avoid the state turning into the US equivalent of the asteroid belt as part rips off to orbit Philadelphia, a bigger chunk to orbit New York City, and then a bunch of quasi-independent townships that are too small to support life.
And I’m sure a chunk or two that will simply hold large signs saying “TRUMP”.
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312 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 6:20:20am |
313 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 6:20:36am |
re:
#302
Which wingnut welfare magnet is now paying Ms. Ghosts in the Keyboard (what an awesome name) for her daily dribblings?
314 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 6:22:14am |
re:
#302
What does “TT” mean?
316 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 6:23:37am |
re:
#308
Yeah I guess there can only be so many town halls you can organize where you get to yell at people. Eventually people don’t need the show anymore.
317 | wrenchwench Feb 12, 2015 6:23:52am |
Moose hide campaign helps men fight violence towards aboriginal women http://t.co/0YotCzd4sK— Tantoo Cardinal (@tantooC) February 12, 2015
318 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 6:26:51am |
Happy Birthday Abe Lincoln! If u could see today's #GOP u'd say “Who let all these pro-slavery Secesh into my party?” #tcot #UniteBlue— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 12, 2015
319 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:26:58am |
Ancient Turtle Fossils Uncovered in San Juan Capistrano
320 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 6:28:49am |
I completely support the Biblical position on #marriage: multiple wives and the use of concubines. #Amen
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 12, 2015
321 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 6:30:24am |
re: #290 Justanotherhuman
You gotta feel sorry for Boston’s weather.
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7 days to pitchers and catchers for most teams!
322 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:31:05am |
re: #320 Dr. Matt
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And I made it a point to only give to the needy, not the greedy. : )
323 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 6:31:26am |
re: #320 Dr. Matt
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You know, I’ve mentioned this before, but with regard to some of the nuttier elements of the religious right, I often wonder if they couldn’t do with just a single good mind-blowing lay to give them a fresh perspective. It’s like many of them have never had real sex before.
324 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 6:32:30am |
re: #295 Dr. Matt
Another one bites the dust: @SharylAttkisson has now blocked me.
You sure it wasn’t a stuck keyboard?
She’s stuck on stupid with her anti-vax tweets though.
325 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 6:33:13am |
re: #323 thedopefishlives
You know, I’ve mentioned this before, but with regard to some of the nuttier elements of the religious right, I often wonder if they couldn’t do with just a single good mind-blowing lay to give them a fresh perspective. It’s like many of them have never had real sex before.
Wouldn’t work. They’d be too guilt-ridden to enjoy the moment.
326 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 6:34:12am |
re: #323 thedopefishlives
You know, I’ve mentioned this before, but with regard to some of the nuttier elements of the religious right, I often wonder if they couldn’t do with just a single good mind-blowing lay to give them a fresh perspective. It’s like many of them have never had real sex before.
first let them have some weed!
327 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:36:09am |
Good news for Detroiters…
General Motors says its new all-electric Bolt car will be made at a plant near Detroit. $GM
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) February 12, 2015
328 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 6:36:28am |
re: #326 FemNaziBitch
first let them have some weed!
Whatever it takes to get them to unclench their chronically tight sphincters. Though it must be said, when a fundamentalist Christian does cut loose, they can get into some surprisingly kinky stuff. All that repressing and inhibiting of desires kinda builds up after a while.
329 | Great White Snark Feb 12, 2015 6:37:04am |
330 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 6:37:35am |
331 | Patricia Kayden Feb 12, 2015 6:38:27am |
re: #208 RadicalModerate
What is it about the pro-slavery Confederacy that deserves celebration?
332 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 6:40:01am |
re: #331 Patricia Kayden
What is it about the pro-slavery Confederacy that deserves celebration?
It was a happy time. Everyone was happy. Everyone.
//
334 | wrenchwench Feb 12, 2015 6:42:03am |
I don’t have to go to court. The woman who hit me pleaded guilty to a felony. I only had to agree that community service was OK vs jail time (up to 3 years if she was found guilty).
Now I can focus on recovery, not, “Look how bad off I am.”
335 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 6:43:30am |
re: #334 wrenchwench
I don’t have to go to court. The woman who hit me pleaded guilty to a felony. I only had to agree that community service was OK vs jail time (up to 3 years if she was found guilty).
Now I can focus on recovery, not, “Look how bad off I am.”
Good news. How about the insurance?
336 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 6:43:39am |
re: #334 wrenchwench
I don’t have to go to court. The woman who hit me pleaded guilty to a felony. I only had to agree that community service was OK vs jail time (up to 3 years if she was found guilty).
Now I can focus on recovery, not, “Look how bad off I am.”
Put her to painting crosswalks.
337 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 6:43:42am |
Later, Lizards. Off to do an income tax return for my DIL.
338 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 6:44:22am |
re: #334 wrenchwench
I don’t have to go to court. The woman who hit me pleaded guilty to a felony. I only had to agree that community service was OK vs jail time (up to 3 years if she was found guilty).
Now I can focus on recovery, not, “Look how bad off I am.”
Good for you. Kinda wish they’d thrown the book at her, but I’m protective of my people.
339 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 6:45:05am |
A blast at a chemical plant cloaked a region in northern Spain in a huge orange toxic cloud on Thursday, according to local reports. Three at the plant some 30 miles from the city of Barcelona were injured in the explosion, which also forced some 60,000 people in the surrounding communities to remain confined indoors for hours, La Verdad newspaper reported.
The explosion at the installation owned by Simar — which distributes and stores chemicals, according to its website — occurred at 9:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m. ET), the newspaper reported. Company officials were not immediately available for comment.
Officials ordered school and university students to remain indoors and said parents should not pick them up, news website 20 Minutes reported. Pregnant women, children, the elderly and those with respiratory problems were told to remain indoors even after the general warning was lifted, according to La Verdad.
340 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 6:47:46am |
RT @SteveKornacki: Philly convention hosting history: 1856 GOP, 1872 GOP, 1900 GOP, 1936 Dem, 1940 GOP, 1948 Dem & GOP, 2000 GOP, 2016 Dem— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) February 12, 2015
341 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 6:49:13am |
New Va. GOP leader’s toxic Twitter account via @paulschwartzman http://t.co/fTGC3AQq5K— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) February 12, 2015
342 | wrenchwench Feb 12, 2015 6:49:50am |
re: #335 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Good news. How about the insurance?
She has none,
re: #336 Decatur Deb
Put her to painting crosswalks.
You share a brain with Mr.w. He actually called the state’s Loss Prevention office a number of years ago and the next day that very crosswalk (and several others) was painted. He would like to see her with a bucket and a brush.
re: #338 thedopefishlives
Good for you. Kinda wish they’d thrown the book at her, but I’m protective of my people.
Mr.w would have liked that too. I should have done it for him, his life has been as disturbed as mine.
343 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 6:50:07am |
re:
#340
So Dems haven’t done Phily since 1948? I wouldn’t have imagined that. And before the GOP in 2000, neither party had done since 1948.
344 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 6:50:17am |
NICE BLUE pic.twitter.com/fxln9rjPTw— burhan dinç (@burhand09) February 11, 2015
346 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 6:52:59am |
347 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 6:53:32am |
re: #342 wrenchwench
She has none,
You share a brain with Mr.w. He actually called the state’s Loss Prevention office a number of years ago and the next day that very crosswalk (and several others) was painted. He would like to see her with a bucket and a brush.
Mr.w would have liked that too. I should have done it for him, his life has been as disturbed as mine.
Since it was a felony, do you qualify for a crime victim’s fund?
348 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 6:53:51am |
re: #342 wrenchwench
She has none,
You share a brain with Mr.w. He actually called the state’s Loss Prevention office a number of years ago and the next day that very crosswalk (and several others) was painted. He would like to see her with a bucket and a brush.
Mr.w would have liked that too. I should have done it for him, his life has been as disturbed as mine.
So, are you considering a civil suit, or would that be trying to get blood from a turnip?
350 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 6:57:09am |
“It also propagates the strange myth of the artist as a special class of human… . “
351 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 7:04:14am |
re: #342 wrenchwench
You share a brain with Mr.w. He actually called the state’s Loss Prevention office a number of years ago and the next day that very crosswalk (and several others) was painted. He would like to see her with a bucket and a brush.
Mr.w would have liked that too. I should have done it for him, his life has been as disturbed as mine.
Mr. W sounds like a good man.
352 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:06:13am |
Indian Man Left Partially Paralyzed After Ala. Police Stop Him for Walking http://t.co/tSr7eupwL9 via @TheRoot— ggt (@geegeetee) February 12, 2015
353 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 7:06:36am |
re: #225 Lidane
Tea Party darling Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced an anti-same-sex marriage bill that would strip federal marriage benefits from same-sex couples living in states where only mixed-gender marriages are recognized.
According to David Badash at the New Civil Rights Movement, Cruz’s State Marriage Defense Act will also give anti-same-sex marriage states the right to nullify the marriages of same-sex couples living within their borders, should the Supreme Court find that such couples ultimately do not have the same right to marry as other U.S. citizens.
Cruz has framed the bill as a “states’ rights” issue, insisting that the federal government has no say in determining whose marriages a state will recognize and whose it will not.
This would be the same Ted Cruz who’s repeatedly criticized the Obama administration for not vigorously enforcing federal drug laws in those states which have legalized marijuana.
Like all of the GOP’s other staunch defenders of states; rights, Cruz’s stance on the issue depends on whether or not the states enact laws of which he approves.
354 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 7:06:59am |
re: #295 Dr. Matt
Another one bites the dust: @SharylAttkisson has now blocked me.
How do you do that?
355 | wrenchwench Feb 12, 2015 7:07:25am |
356 | Teukka Feb 12, 2015 7:07:59am |
Man, I just dropped this in a RWNJ infested chat, and they are actually rushing to defend the actions of the parents…. O.O
Texas teen fighting legal ID hurdles because of parents’ homeschooling Christian ways
357 | wrenchwench Feb 12, 2015 7:08:15am |
re: #348 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
So, are you considering a civil suit, or would that be trying to get blood from a turnip?
Turnip juice, and other lawyer strategies.
358 | wrenchwench Feb 12, 2015 7:08:48am |
359 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 7:08:54am |
re: #300 thedopefishlives
It was -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) when I left for work this morning. It’s supposed to get colder tonight, I believe.
Same as the temp here.
You poor people seem to be suffering Canadian prairie weather. I wouldn’t wish that on even Chuckie. Well, actually I would. I’d like to see his ass freeze solid.
360 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 7:09:08am |
re:
#341
New Va. GOP leader’s toxic Twitter account via
She sounds nice./
362 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:10:35am |
eek!
Metro Detroit braces for -25 nighttime windchills http://t.co/JjhS3VdfLh— Detroit Free Press (@freep) February 12, 2015
363 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 7:11:09am |
re:
#334
I don’t have to go to court. The woman who hit me pleaded guilty to a felony.
Was she intoxicated or impaired in some way?
Sorry it looks like I’ve missed your story but glad the case is getting resolved.
364 | Mike Lamb Feb 12, 2015 7:14:10am |
re: #362 FemNaziBitch
eek!
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It’s been north of 80 in Phoenix for about a week now, and probably won’t get chilly (75) until Monday.
365 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:14:11am |
N . E . E . D . M . O . R . E . C . O . F . F . E . E
366 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 7:14:13am |
re:
#362
Yeah even here in the Chesapeake we’re supposed to see some of this frozenness. But don’t think we’ll be hit this hard.
367 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:14:25am |
re: #364 Mike Lamb
It’s been north of 80 in Phoenix for about a week now, and probably won’t get chilly (75) until Monday.
show off!
368 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 7:15:35am |
re: #341 lawhawk
New Va. GOP leader’s toxic Twitter account…
Describing herself as a Libertarian, she said, “I don’t fit in with any of the factions anyway.
Ah, to be present at the birth of a euphemism. In this case, “Libertarian” for “asshole.”
369 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:15:53am |
the 1 degree we are forecasted for tonite doesn’t seem so cold in comparison!
370 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 7:16:58am |
re:
#353
Cruz has framed the bill as a “states’ rights” issue, insisting that the federal government has no say in determining whose marriages a state will recognize and whose it will not.
So the states’, that is governments’, rights are greater than a person’s, a couple’s, rights.
Yes this is the less government conservatism I’ve come to know. ///
371 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:17:50am |
Remember when our parents would go to whereever the had the “record player”, pick-out an albumn, blow on it to remove any dust and carefully place it on the turntable and place the needle to play it?
Now, I have no idea where my various CD’s are —don’t feel like messing with my iTunes library, so I go to youtube and find what I want there.
372 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 7:18:28am |
re: #369 FemNaziBitch
Meanwhile, in SoCal we’re looking at a high of 84° today and 86° tomorrow.
But there’s nothing to see here folks, just move along.
373 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:19:19am |
re: #370 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#353So the states’, that is governments’, rights are greater than a person’s, a couple’s, rights.
Yes this is the less government conservatism I’ve come to know. ///
Less government except military. “The only role of Federal government is to protect against foreign invaders.”
How do we keep the union together when the various states decide to squabble, cedeed or disobey the rules about making independent treaties with other countries?
374 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Feb 12, 2015 7:19:32am |
re: #372 Higgs Boson’s Mate
yeah I wish the weather would make up its mind. I want the cooler temps back!
375 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:19:35am |
re: #372 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Meanwhile, in SoCal we’re looking at a high of 84° today and 86° tomorrow.
But there’s nothing to see here folks, just move along.
*sigh*
376 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 7:20:13am |
re:
#368
Describing herself as a Libertarian, she said, “I don’t fit in with any of the factions anyway.
Oh, so she doesn’t really believe in or support anything.
But let me guess: she’s opposed to SSM and abortion rights.
377 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 7:20:36am |
re: #374 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
yeah I wish the weather would make up its mind. I want the cooler temps back!
I just wish we’d get a hard freeze that lasted a few days. I really need some allergens and other micro beasties to be killed dead by it.
Also the bees and wasps will be vicious in the spring without a general die-off caused by the freeze.
378 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:21:08am |
.@jojokejohn @milesjreed @MikeLoBurgio Is this why Jon left @TheDailyShow ? pic.twitter.com/WcfCfL8CnY”— patricia (@pppatticake) February 11, 2015
379 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 7:21:25am |
re: #359 b_sharp
Same as the temp here.
You poor people seem to be suffering Canadian prairie weather. I wouldn’t wish that on even Chuckie. Well, actually I would. I’d like to see his ass freeze solid.
Considering I don’t live all that far from the Canadian prairie, it’s not entirely surprising. Occasionally we get bursts of warm from the more southerly plains, but more often we are cursed to endure the ill wind blowing nobody any good from across the Canuckistan border.
380 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:21:51am |
re: #377 FemNaziBitch
I just wish we’d get a hard freeze that lasted a few days. I really need some allergens and other micro beasties to be killed dead by it.
Also the bees and wasps will be vicious in the spring without a general die-off caused by the freeze.
We need bees. Wasps can die in a fire.
381 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 7:21:51am |
re: #375 FemNaziBitch
*sigh*
That does sound good when you’re freezing your tail off. Only thing is, we’ll likely see some days in the low 100s come March.
382 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:24:13am |
What kind of pie this week? I’m thinking Lemon Meringue.
383 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Feb 12, 2015 7:25:48am |
re: #377 FemNaziBitch
I just wish we’d get a hard freeze that lasted a few days. I really need some allergens and other micro beasties to be killed dead by it.
Also the bees and wasps will be vicious in the spring without a general die-off caused by the freeze.
we recently had to deal with the pets getting fleas. Usually there are none in the winter, only summer. Last summer I don’t think we had to give them flea treatment at all. Last month they showed up.
384 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:26:20am |
STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY (so far)==>
It is far less troubling to have doubts about evolution than to cheer the murder of a million unborn children each year as a right.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 12, 2015
385 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 7:26:52am |
re: #371 FemNaziBitch
Remember when our parents would go to whereever the had the “record player”, pick-out an albumn, blow on it to remove any dust and carefully place it on the turntable and place the needle to play it?
Now, I have no idea where my various CD’s are —don’t feel like messing with my iTunes library, so I go to youtube and find what I want there.
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A couple of months after I digitized my LP collection, sold a few and gave the rest away to the Goodwill, my son and stepson suddenly got interested in vinyl. Now they scour thrift stores for vintage vinyl to play on their USB-equipped turntables.
Life is strange.
386 | wrenchwench Feb 12, 2015 7:27:14am |
re: #363 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#334Was she intoxicated or impaired in some way?
Sorry it looks like I’ve missed your story but glad the case is getting resolved.
Nope, just in a hurry.
387 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 7:32:27am |
re: #381 Higgs Boson’s Mate
That does sound good when you’re freezing your tail off. Only thing is, we’ll likely see some days in the low 100s come March.
Now off to mow up a couple month’s worth of pine debris. We’re on a warm break now. We pay for it in August.
(Radishes are up, tulip trees blooming.)
388 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 7:32:57am |
re:
#384
It is far less troubling to have doubts about evolution than to cheer the murder of a million unborn children each year as a right.
OFFS
389 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 12, 2015 7:36:12am |
re: #371 FemNaziBitch
Respectfully, I don’t think it’s proper to substitute youtube for music that can be purchased.
390 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 12, 2015 7:38:58am |
WXPN in Philadelphia has a relativedly new slogan “Vinyl at heart”, yet they keep playing digital versions of songs. I went through a big stack of LPs I had in storage, but there wasn’t anything I hadn’t bought in CD form or got from iTunes.
391 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 7:41:06am |
re: #247 Ace-o-aces
Does Mr. Award winning Journalist not know what “hoax” means? “Hoax” implies the shootings were somehow faked. All he’s shown is that an Arab Muslim re-tweeted a few anti-Zionist posts, along with many calls for peace. (Have you seen the victim’s Twitter feed? It’s 90% basketball, maybe 1% religion).
That was my first thought, too. But I give up on paying attention to this clown. He is really, truly stupid. Not just ignorant (for he is that, as well), but out and out stupid.
Hence how he fits in well with the rest of the Clown Car.
394 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:42:17am |
We have a new STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY==>
Dear #UniteBlue we don't agree on much, but we both should agree that the Gov regulating the Internet is bad, right?— Equality 7-2521 (@Major_Skidmark) February 12, 2015
395 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 7:42:19am |
re: #253 Timothy Watson
What will it take for a reporter to grow a pair and ask him if that’s true, does that mean that states don’t have to recognize interracial marriages if they don’t want to?
I don’t know how many actual reporters are near him. If he’s like a good amount of his brethren, he only has Fox types around him.
396 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 7:45:21am |
re: #395 WhatEVs
What will it take for a reporter to grow a pair and ask him if that’s true, does that mean that states don’t have to recognize interracial marriages if they don’t want to?
I don’t know how many actual reporters are near him. If he’s like a good amount of his brethren, he only has Fox types around him.
First, we’ll have to import an actual reporter from England.
397 | jaunte Feb 12, 2015 7:47:20am |
re: #394 The Vicious Babushka
If we had relied on private industry for rural electrification, we might not be reading a lot of these tweets now.
398 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:47:32am |
Learn what #NetNeutrality is before opening the bag of stupids==> http://t.co/s6UtVP8wmh @Major_Skidmark— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 12, 2015
399 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 7:48:09am |
Jon Stewart destroys Sam Brownback rolling back LBGT protections: There's No Place Like Homophobia http://t.co/HNg4Vr4cPV— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 12, 2015
400 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 7:50:07am |
re: #398 The Vicious Babushka
#NetNeutrality. They keep using that term. It doesn’t mean what they think it means.
401 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 7:51:33am |
re: #394 The Vicious Babushka
We have a new STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY==>
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Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle would like a word with Equality 7-2521 .
402 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:53:15am |
re: #401 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle would like a word with Equality 7-2521 .
He named himself after the character in the only Ayn Rand book I ever read, when in 8th grade.
403 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 7:55:13am |
re: #391 WhatEVs
That was my first thought, too. But I give up on paying attention to this clown. He is really, truly stupid. Not just ignorant (for he is that, as well), but out and out stupid.
Hence how he fits in well with the rest of the Clown Car.
I’ve watched both his videos in order to parody them. It’s easy to do; I can just rephrase what he says and maybe exaggerate here and there. He parodies himself — no understanding of fact-based journalism, no realization of how his big scoops are big jokes to everyone else, no conception of how he’s “an empty hat, no cattle” figure in journalism.
Besides all that, he can’t write, and can’t develop a logical argument. UpChuck is not a shining example of the quality of a Claremont McKenna education.
Then, again, neither are Ted Cruz and Andy Schlafly shining examples of a Princeton education.
404 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Feb 12, 2015 7:56:17am |
LOL:
On DHS funding Sen. Kirk goes from “Dems killing Americans” to “I agree with Dems” at warp speed
what a fucking tool.
405 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 7:58:30am |
re: #403 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
I’ve watched both his videos in order to parody them. It’s easy to do; I can just rephrase what he says and maybe exaggerate here and there. He parodies himself — no understanding of fact-based journalism, no realization of how his big scoops are big jokes to everyone else, no conception of how he’s “an empty hat, no cattle” figure in journalism.
Besides all that, he can’t write, and can’t develop a logical argument. UpChuck is not a shining example of the quality of a Claremont McKenna education.
Then, again, neither are Ted Cruz and Andy Schlafly shining examples of a Princeton education.
Ben Shapiro went to Harvard.
406 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 12, 2015 8:01:14am |
It just started snowing.
Big fat fluffy stuff.
407 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 12, 2015 8:01:26am |
re: #405 The Vicious Babushka
Ben Shapiro went to Harvard.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
A liberal education sadly does not always produce liberal minds.
408 | Varek Raith Feb 12, 2015 8:01:53am |
re: #398 The Vicious Babushka
Switch isps?
Lol.
My ‘choices’ are;
Verizon.
Comcast.
409 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:02:28am |
re: #404 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
LOL:
On DHS funding Sen. Kirk goes from “Dems killing Americans” to “I agree with Dems” at warp speed
what a fucking tool.
Whiplash ALERT!
410 | Timothy Watson Feb 12, 2015 8:03:06am |
In Virginia: ONOES SNOW FLURRIES EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!1!
411 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:03:32am |
re: #408 Varek Raith
Switch isps?
Lol.
My ‘choices’ are;
Verizon.
Comcast.
[ comcast ]
There’s a ton of competition in the ISP market! That’s why we’ve got to Merge with Time Warner to stay competitive!
[ /comcast ]
412 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 8:03:34am |
re: #408 Varek Raith
Switch isps?
Lol.
My ‘choices’ are;
Verizon.
Comcast.
My “choices” are:
Comcast.
There is AT&T but it’s so shitty and just as expensive that it’s not even a choice.
413 | Eventual Carrion Feb 12, 2015 8:03:58am |
re: #339 lawhawk
Warnings like that would happen in Houston/Baytown TX area every once in a while. Some storage tank of killer chemicals would rupture or an explosion at a plant. They would warn you to stay inside and shut off your air conditioner for a period of time. Breath in the chemicals.
414 | Varek Raith Feb 12, 2015 8:04:24am |
re: #410 Timothy Watson
In Virginia: ONOES SNOW FLURRIES EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!1!
We can’t drive in this!
/seriously.
:P
415 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 8:04:34am |
re: #410 Timothy Watson
In Virginia: ONOES SNOW FLURRIES EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!1!
Almost the same here in NC, except it’s time to go get bread and milk.
Except we’ve had more than just one—but nothing stuck.
416 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 8:05:38am |
re: #412 The Vicious Babushka
My “choices” are:
Comcast.There is AT&T but it’s so shitty and just as expensive that it’s not even a choice.
We are Comcast-free here, thankfully. Well, in my neighborhood we are. We have Mediacom and Frontier. Uptown, it’s Comcast and CenturyLink. Funny how there’s only ever two choices; almost like there isn’t any competition…
417 | Teukka Feb 12, 2015 8:06:51am |
re: #408 Varek Raith
Switch isps?
Lol.
My ‘choices’ are;
Verizon.
Comcast.
My choices?
Let’s see…
ComHem
Telia
3*
Tele2/Comviq*
Telenor*
Bahnhof
Bredbandsbolaget
STOKAB
418 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 8:07:12am |
re: #413 Eventual Carrion
Warnings like that would happen in Houston/Baytown TX area every once in a while. Some storage tank of killer chemicals would rupture or an explosion at a plant. They would warn you to stay inside and shut off your air conditioner for a period of time. Breath in the chemicals.
HURR HURR IT TEH SMELL OF NO REGULASHUNS FREEDOM!!!!!1!!!
419 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 8:07:12am |
So tired of this shit. Find and prosecute.
Middle school students in East Windsor, Conn., sent home due to bomb threat - @ WTIC1080
read more on cbslocal.com
420 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 8:07:39am |
re: #417 Teukka
My choices?
Let’s see…
ComHem
Telia
3*
Tele2/Comviq*
Telenor*
Bahnhof
Bredbandsbolaget
STOKAB
U COMMUNIST!!!!!!
421 | Varek Raith Feb 12, 2015 8:08:16am |
re: #417 Teukka
My choices?
Let’s see…
ComHem
Telia
3*
Tele2/Comviq*
Telenor*
Bahnhof
Bredbandsbolaget
STOKAB
Cheater.
422 | Teukka Feb 12, 2015 8:08:46am |
re: #420 The Vicious Babushka
U COMMUNIST!!!!!!
WUT? I thought being a commie meant you had to make do with what the state offered?
Also * in the above means wireless provider.
423 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 8:09:02am |
re: #418 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR IT TEH SMELL OF NO REGULASHUNS FREEDOM!!!!!1!!!
See, they have all these regulations in soshulist Europe and they don’t help, let’s get rid of them! /wingnut
424 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 8:10:11am |
re: #420 The Vicious Babushka
U COMMUNIST!!!!!!
And, besides that: Jobs! Never forget that whatever the megacorps want will create Jobs! - even if it provably doesn’t.
425 | Teukka Feb 12, 2015 8:12:03am |
re: #422 Teukka
WUT? I thought being a commie meant you had to make do with what the state offered?
Also * in the above means wireless provider.
Oh, and did I mention that I am a happy customer of ComHem, which uses the same type of gear as Comcast (only thing different is that it’s Eurodocsis), yet manages a triple-nine uptime and always deliver what or slightly more what I pay for (50/10).
426 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 8:13:06am |
Yesterday some idiot tried to Kochsplain that HURR HURR YOONYUNZ IS GREEDY THAT WHY TEH MIDDLE CLASS IS SHRINKING!!!!!!
So I created these helpful memes:
The Middle Class & Union Membership are declining at the same rate. Who is greedy? #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/Oa7GtpH90S— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 12, 2015
Workers income goes down while corp profits soar. Who is greedy? #tcot #UniteBlue #RaiseTheWage @UAW pic.twitter.com/4LqtDe09Qa— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 12, 2015
428 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 8:14:11am |
I suppose they want to kick around Eric Holder some more.
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans request delay in vote on Loretta Lynch’s nomination until after Presidents’ Day recess - @NBCNews
end of alert
429 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 8:15:03am |
Reading about the Old East Slavic past verb forms. We used to have 4 past tenses: perfect, pluperfect, aorist and imperfect, but somehow lost that all along the way. The auxiliary verb was “be”, unlike in the Germanic languages, which had both “be” and “have”.
430 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 8:16:38am |
re: #426 The Vicious Babushka
Stock buybacks are another way that workers get screwed. Instead of passing on the profits to employees, the companies buy back company stock, which benefits a few shareholders at the expense of everyone else.
You’ve got Apple sitting on a hoard of cash that would make Smaug grin with delight. If they upped their wages to every last employee down to the idiots at the Genius bar, it might reduce that hoard by a few hundred million, but the ripple effect would be huge across the economy. And other companies might do the same in order to retain workers.
431 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 8:21:06am |
re: #430 lawhawk
Stock buybacks are another way that workers get screwed. Instead of passing on the profits to employees, the companies buy back company stock, which benefits a few shareholders at the expense of everyone else.
You’ve got Apple sitting on a hoard of cash that would make Smaug grin with delight. If they upped their wages to every last employee down to the idiots at the Genius bar, it might reduce that hoard by a few hundred million, but the ripple effect would be huge across the economy. And other companies might do the same in order to retain workers.
i thought about getting a Mac, but figured the 3x price tag wasn’t worth it in the long run. Happy w/this HP w/a 15” screen.
432 | Eventual Carrion Feb 12, 2015 8:22:42am |
re: #382 The Vicious Babushka
What kind of pie this week? I’m thinking Lemon Meringue.
I saw a recipe for an orange meringue a month or so ago, it looked really good.
433 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:23:09am |
re: #426 The Vicious Babushka
How long a timespan does the second graph cover?
434 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:24:11am |
Radical Brownies?
'Radical Brownies' Forego Girl Scout Cookies In Favor Of Social Justice http://t.co/0KlU9L1rvm via @Liberaland— Carla Akins (@carlaakins) February 12, 2015
435 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:25:07am |
re: #389 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Respectfully, I don’t think it’s proper to substitute youtube for music that can be purchased.
Wel, I did purchase the albumn, years ago.
436 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:26:20am |
re: #383 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
we recently had to deal with the pets getting fleas. Usually there are none in the winter, only summer. Last summer I don’t think we had to give them flea treatment at all. Last month they showed up.
I treat all year long —because 2 of our dogs hunt and they all have social outings with other dogs.
you just never know …
437 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:26:52am |
re: #380 The Vicious Babushka
We need bees. Wasps can die in a fire.
Ok, I mean the little yellow jackets —I think they are technically wasps . .
438 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 12, 2015 8:28:17am |
re: #413 Eventual Carrion
Warnings like that would happen in Houston/Baytown TX area every once in a while. Some storage tank of killer chemicals would rupture or an explosion at a plant. They would warn you to stay inside and shut off your air conditioner for a period of time. Breath in the chemicals.
I’ve been in a plant* in Pasadena and during the tour was shown where the shrapnel rained down and damaged buildings after the plant next door had an alcohol reactor blow up.
The control room for the plant a few miles up the road in Laporte is a big concrete bunker.
* - We shared the site with 2-3 other companies and the buildings and support services were split up. Sunoco sold it off to someone else back in the 2000s when they started shedding their chemical plants and refineries.
439 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:29:50am |
re: #390 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
WXPN in Philadelphia has a relativedly new slogan “Vinyl at heart”, yet they keep playing digital versions of songs. I went through a big stack of LPs I had in storage, but there wasn’t anything I hadn’t bought in CD form or got from iTunes.
I’m a little miffed that I’ve bought multiple versions of the same music over the years. I know I can digitize the albums, but it’s honestly just to freakin’ hard for old(er) people.
440 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 12, 2015 8:30:18am |
re: #432 Eventual Carrion
I saw a recipe for an orange meringue a month or so ago, it looked really good.
Boehner pie - orange outside and fluffy inside full of air. Except for the pie being sweet and appetizing.
//
441 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:31:38am |
442 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:33:40am |
Forgive my mini rant, but when did it become so hard to just pay for something at a store?
I was at a pharmacy last night to pick up two over the counter medicines for my wife.
That’s all. Nothing else.
I’m paying with debit and after swiping my card, this is what I go through:
1) Do you have one of our super awesome reward cards? YES/NO
NO
2) Would you like to sign up for one of our super awesome reward cards? YES/NO
NO
3) Care to donate to the American Heart Association? $1 $2 $5 NO THANKS
NO THANKS
(In my defense I donated to them the LAST time I was at this Pharmacy)
4) Would you like cash back? $20 $40 $60 OTHER NO
NO
5) TOTAL CORRECT? YES/NO
YES
6) PLEASE ENTER PIN
***
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PURCHASE.
I’m not against rewards cards (well ok, I sort of am but that’s a topic for another post) and I’m not against charitable giving but surely the cashier could have covered all that with me BEFORE I swiped the card?
I can’t help but wonder if this nonsense is a passive aggressive effort to make me switch back to using cash.
443 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:34:11am |
re: #441 FemNaziBitch
FBI Director To Address Law Enforcement’s Relationship With Minorities
Sounds like a great idea for an SNL cold open.
444 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:34:16am |
Chicago Little League Team Stripped Of U.S. Championship
On Wednesday, league officials said adult mangers of the team cheated by skirting fair play rules that require all players to live inside the same geographical boundaries.
Kids are hurt because of adults … .
*spit*
445 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 8:34:22am |
re: #433 Eclectic Cyborg
How long a timespan does the second graph cover?
Here’s the original page, can’t get a higher res.
446 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:34:54am |
re: #442 Eclectic Cyborg
believe me, it’s just as infuriating for the cashier.
447 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 8:36:22am |
re: #442 Eclectic Cyborg
3) Care to donate to the American Heart Association? $1 $2 $5 NO THANKS
I don’t think they should be asking that at all.
448 | #FergusonFireside Feb 12, 2015 8:36:42am |
re: #444 FemNaziBitch
Chicago Little League Team Stripped Of U.S. Championship
Kids are hurt because of adults … .
*spit*
You take all we got away from us, leave us with scraps. We make a masterpiece and then tell us, “oh, you can't use those parts.”
— Jackie Robinson West (@TheBoyIllinois) February 11, 2015
449 | nearly-headless smith25 Feb 12, 2015 8:42:37am |
I wan’t Mike Wilbon of ESPN do a column on this. He is from the area and knows the neighborhoods.
I wan’t to know how the boundaries are agreed to and decided. Are the boundaries population based, or area based.
Once again, not excusing any rule breaking by adults, but if the structure of the system is faulty you would expect some of this to happen. Was it the Atlanta area school principals and teachers caught “fixing” some students standardized tests?
450 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:43:51am |
re: #445 The Vicious Babushka
Here’s the original page, can’t get a higher res.
I zoomed in but you’re right, the res makes it impossible to know for sure. I did determine that there are exactly 64 entries on the lower axis so I’m thinking 1950-2014 seems logical.
451 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 8:44:23am |
re: #449 nearly-headless smith25
I wan’t Mike Wilbon of ESPN do a column on this. He is from the area and knows the neighborhoods.
I wan’t to know how the boundaries are agreed to and decided. Are the boundaries population based, or area based.
Once again, not excusing any rule breaking by adults, but if the structure of the system is faulty you would expect some of this to happen. Was it the Atlanta area school principals and teachers caught “fixing” some students standardized tests?
Black people in Chicago were frozen out of neighborhoods and the accompanying government mortgage assistance for decades.
Where are the righteous crusaders for truth demanding that the injustice be corrected?
452 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:47:27am |
re: #447 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
I don’t think they should be asking that at all.
and they count it as “corporate” donations when marketing themselves as a “good corporation”.
453 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 8:48:56am |
re: #451 iossarian
Black people in Chicago were frozen out of neighborhoods and the accompanying government mortgage assistance for decades.
Where are the righteous crusaders for truth demanding that the injustice be corrected?
I can’t imagine how crushed these kids are.
What are they to think of our world now?
454 | makeitstop Feb 12, 2015 8:49:21am |
re: #384 The Vicious Babushka
STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY (so far)==>
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Wingnut Mad Libs.
He’s comparing apples and cucumbers here.
455 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 8:50:04am |
re: #452 FemNaziBitch
And a portion of that amount likely goes to overhead, so your $1 donation is actually less than that. But the corporation gets the benefit of your donation on their tax returns. That’s why you see a proliferation of these requests at checkout.
456 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:50:25am |
re: #446 FemNaziBitch
believe me, it’s just as infuriating for the cashier.
Oh I know. I’ve worked retail and I know they get no say in crap like this. I don’t take it out on them.
457 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 8:50:38am |
re: #453 FemNaziBitch
I can’t imagine how crushed these kids are.
What are they to think of our world now?
It really sucks for them. And they (and their parents) can quite clearly see that the rules that are being strictly applied in their case are very easily bent when it comes to rich white guys making a shitload of money on Wall Street.
458 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 8:51:31am |
re: #455 lawhawk
Pure emotional blackmail. If they want these donations, they should put up a jar, that’s all.
459 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 8:53:18am |
The only “Women’s Right” that Dana cares about is the “right” to shoot people.
You can’t fudge the facts. Stop trying to take away women’s rights http://t.co/g0n4iCVS6F #2A #TXlege #campuscarry— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) February 12, 2015
460 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 8:57:57am |
re: #447 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
I don’t think they should be asking that at all.
Agreed. Radio Shack in fact got in some hot water a few years back when a bunch of cashiers added $1 LIVESTRONG donations to customers bills without their knowledge or consent.
Sometimes companies go way overboard with the charitable giving stuff. The last company I worked for ran a huge United Way campaign every year and, while employees were not required to donate (by way of a paycheck deduction), they sure pressured us to do so. Every year around the same time we were pulled into a two hour long “pep rally” and told about how awesome it was to donate and help those in need. The company also required us to fill out paperwork whether we donated or not. If you didn’t, you basically had to check a box that said “I do not wish to donate” and sign it.
It got so old listening to my supervisor telling us every single day how it was a really good idea to donate and that we should all seriously consider it. He even told me it’s a great way to “look good with the company”, implying that it might be good idea to donate if I was interested in advancing my career.
I still declined.
461 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 8:59:06am |
re: #460 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve always assumed that United Way is a massive scam. Happy to be educated otherwise but I start from a point of skepticism!
462 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 9:00:17am |
re: #461 iossarian
I’ve always assumed that United Way is a massive scam. Happy to be educated otherwise but I start from a point of skepticism!
I feel the same way. I DO donate to charitable causes but I don’t always donate money, sometimes I donate my time to local organizations. If I do donate money, I give it to groups where I KNOW it’s being used directly to help people and not to pay the salary of some “Executive director”.
463 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 9:00:32am |
re:
#459
Hurr hurr until I can carry my bazooka with me everywhere at all times than you suffer me with the Tyrannies!!!
464 | nearly-headless smith25 Feb 12, 2015 9:00:32am |
If you check out @deray ‘s TL, you’ll see another police shooting. Kid started running, ran across intersection, turned, did not in my opinion appear to be a threat to their safety as he turned. They shot and killed him. Pasco Washington.
465 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 9:00:37am |
- Do you wish to donate to the Cute Puppies With Huge Eyes Who Are Sick With Cancer Foundation?
- No, thanks.
- OK. [Heartless asshole.]
466 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:02:21am |
The Debtor’s Prison resurgence I’ve posted about for a couple of years and now made it to the national state. Attorneys are suing #Ferguson , Missouri for jailing poor people for failing to pay court costs etc.
It’s a shitty system.
Much of it, it seems, stems from a lack of public transportation … .
467 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 9:03:34am |
re: #464 nearly-headless smith25
Looks like a straightforward murder.
468 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 9:04:45am |
re: #463 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#459Hurr hurr until I can carry my bazooka with me everywhere at all times than you suffer me with the Tyrannies!!!
Some of these fake quotes are getting really refined in terms of tone capture. “You suffer me with the Tyrannies” is today’s leader so far.
469 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:05:08am |
re: #462 Eclectic Cyborg
I feel the same way. I DO donate to charitable causes but I don’t always donate money, sometimes I donate my time to local organizations. If I do donate money, I give it to groups where I KNOW it’s being used directly to help people and not to pay the salary of some “Executive director”.
The local Domestic Violence shelter and Sexual Assault center for which I volunteer depends on their partnership with the United Way. As does Planned Parenthood.
GOP in Illinois (now with their governor) is proposed cutting even more funding for VAWA related agencies.
penny wise and pound foolish —as always.
470 | Dr. Matt Feb 12, 2015 9:05:14am |
And this exemplifies the underlying pathology of the ammosexuals: they stock up on weapons and ammunition hoping that someday they can use them. When that day never arrives, they become frustrated and invent a reason to murder someone with their penis extensions.
471 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 9:06:12am |
Speaking of MN, here’s a good thing:
Breaking: Minnesota Orchestra to become 1st American orchestra to play in Cuba in the Obama era, with 2 perfs in May: http://t.co/slmrHaQlFj
— Anne Midgette (@classicalbeat) February 12, 2015
472 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 9:06:20am |
re: #464 nearly-headless smith25
Albany GA police sued by woman who suffers miscarriage from police beating b/c officer didn't appreciate her tone http://t.co/RVazpe1KMT— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 12, 2015
473 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 9:06:28am |
re:
#401
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle would like a word with Equality 7-2521 .
Equality 7-2521 sounds like a name spit out by a Koch Industries twitter name generator.
474 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 9:07:49am |
475 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 9:09:28am |
Anthem is so horribly written, it’s like 50 Shades of Grey without the sex.
476 | nearly-headless smith25 Feb 12, 2015 9:10:18am |
re: #470 Dr. Matt
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And this exemplifies the underlying pathology of the ammosexuals: they stock up on weapons and ammunition hoping that someday they can use them. When that day never arrives, they become frustrated and invent a reason to murder someone with their penis extensions.
This vigilante action is also crazy (Yes you Zimmerman). Call the police(not always going to end much better). And this vigilante actions don’t seem to be forgiven if the races/cultures are reversed.
477 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 9:11:33am |
I like how this pro-choice activist took the gun-fucking meme and turned it around.
Not #prolife but pro-control of pregnant people #prochoice #tcot #liberalism #UniteBlue #abortion #1in3 #socialism pic.twitter.com/tdN5n7YVVy— Feminist activist (@ProWomanChoice) February 12, 2015
478 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:12:17am |
You simply cannot treat others badly and expect to be #blessed in your own life.— Miss Sara (@misssaraatrspt) February 12, 2015
479 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 9:13:21am |
re:
#474
It’s the name of a character in an Ayn Rand novel, Anthem.
Ayn Rand sounds like a name spit out by a Koch Industries name generator….
480 | De Kolta Chair Feb 12, 2015 9:15:20am |
re: #277 darthstar
Sean McCabe @darthstar99
Oh, dear…I have a LinkedIn account.
481 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:15:22am |
re: #397 jaunte
If we had relied on private industry for rural electrification, we might not be reading a lot of these tweets now.
One of LBJ’s hot buttons IIRC.
482 | thedopefishlives Feb 12, 2015 9:15:35am |
re: #470 Dr. Matt
And this exemplifies the underlying pathology of the ammosexuals: they stock up on weapons and ammunition hoping that someday they can use them. When that day never arrives, they become frustrated and invent a reason to murder someone with their penis extensions.
I love my adoptive home state, I really do. But this just goes to show that Teh Crazy is just as prevalent here in the wild north country as it is anywhere. Well, okay, maybe the gun-fuckers are more prevalent down in the South, but we have our fair share of wackos. Never forget, Michele Bachmann (R-Mars) is from the state whose official bird is the loon.
483 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 9:16:11am |
re:
#468
I’m all about the tone capture.
484 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 9:16:36am |
485 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 9:17:42am |
re:
#480
….and they’re both spambots.
486 | ObserverArt Feb 12, 2015 9:17:47am |
re: #340 lawhawk
RT @SteveKornacki: Philly convention hosting history: 1856 GOP, 1872 GOP, 1900 GOP, 1936 Dem, 1940 GOP, 1948 Dem & GOP, 2000 GOP, 2016 Dem
Awww, bummer. I guess it has been decided. No Dem Convention for Columbus.
Warning Democrats…Ohio has been a big decider for your presidential candidate lately. This may have just cost you this state since the GOP will be up in Cleveland pounding hard. It would not surprise me if some buckeyes vote on that decision alone.
: (
487 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 9:19:14am |
re: #469 FemNaziBitch
The local Domestic Violence shelter and Sexual Assault center for which I volunteer depends on their partnership with the United Way. As does Planned Parenthood.
GOP in Illinois (now with their governor) is proposed cutting even more funding for VAWA related agencies.
penny wise and pound foolish —as always.
I’m looking at some charity ratings websites right now. It actually seems that UW isn’t all that bad after all. Still prefer to give directly though.
488 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 9:20:23am |
re: #475 The Vicious Babushka
Anthem is so horribly written, it’s like 50 Shades of Grey without the sex.
You mean you actually suffered through both of them? : )
489 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:20:28am |
Via @nprnews: Couples Who Chose Not To Have Children Are 'Selfish,' Pope Says http://t.co/9xL1grsrRa— Robin Marty (@robinmarty) February 12, 2015
*spit!
490 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 9:21:27am |
re: #488 Justanotherhuman
You mean you actually suffered through both of them? : )
I have never read “50 Shades” just hate-read some excerpts that were posted on Gawker.
491 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 12, 2015 9:21:49am |
re:
#489
Said by the leader of a group of celibate men.
492 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 9:22:12am |
re: #490 The Vicious Babushka
Same here. i don’t intend to see the movie they’re heavily promoting, either.
493 | GlutenFreeJesus Feb 12, 2015 9:22:29am |
re: #476 nearly-headless smith25
No need for me to invent any reasons to use my ammo. That’s what the range is for. ;)
P.S. That dude with the gun in that video = douchebag.
494 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:24:23am |
495 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:24:48am |
re: #491 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
re:
#489Said by the leader of a group of celibate men.
exactly!
fucking hypocrites.
496 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 9:25:30am |
re: #490 The Vicious Babushka
The Onion Reviews 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' http://t.co/hxiXFFq0kT pic.twitter.com/nEZBlqfCJd— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 12, 2015
(note that the video does include a brief potential NSFW glimpse of a woman’s breasts and couples engaging in movie coitus). /as everyone now rushes to watch…
497 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 9:25:31am |
re: #489 FemNaziBitch
Eh, I’ve given up on him. He’s better than his predecessors, but that’s not saying much.
498 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:26:22am |
re: #497 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Eh, I’ve given up on him. He’s better than his predecessors, but that’s not saying much.
NPSAOP
new pope same as old pope
499 | nearly-headless smith25 Feb 12, 2015 9:26:57am |
re: #497 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Eh, I’ve given up on him. He’s better than his predecessors, but that’s not saying much.
And I work at a Catholic school with some Teachers, Students and Parents who think he is “Dangerous” because he is so Liberal.
500 | ObserverArt Feb 12, 2015 9:27:48am |
re: #412 The Vicious Babushka
My “choices” are:
Comcast.There is AT&T but it’s so shitty and just as expensive that it’s not even a choice.
Do you have ATT Uverse up there?
I have it, and I find no problems with it. I watched a livestream feed of an auto race from Australia last weekend, and it ran almost 8 hours with no real hiccups in download speed, bandwidth, etc.
501 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 9:28:25am |
re: #496 lawhawk
I always love “Rosenthal’s” reviews.
502 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 9:29:11am |
re: #499 nearly-headless smith25
And I work at a Catholic school with some Teachers, Students and Parents who think he is “Dangerous” because he is so Liberal.
For the freepers he’s the Antichrist.
503 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:29:13am |
Obama supports gay marriage, ergo, is a secret Muslim http://t.co/BfuF2D7Q91— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 12, 2015
504 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 9:30:05am |
re: #489 FemNaziBitch
Couples Who Chose Not To Have Children Are ‘Selfish,’ Pope Says
What ever happened to respecting people for the decisions they make?
Might as well say that people who take vows of celibacy are “selfish” for not choosing to procreate.
505 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 9:30:39am |
re: #503 FemNaziBitch
Cashill is such a distilled “high-brow” wingnut…
506 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 9:31:18am |
But just because freepers hate him doesn’t mean that we have to like him.
507 | De Kolta Chair Feb 12, 2015 9:33:01am |
re: #496 lawhawk
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Judging by the trailer, a better title might be The Dark Knight 4: Bruce Wayne & The Chamber of Secrets.
508 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:33:26am |
We are all broken, that's how the light gets in. -Ernest Hemingway http://t.co/mVBj5encpM #secondlife #sl— Grid Syndicate (@gridsyndicate) February 12, 2015
509 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 9:35:14am |
re: #472 lawhawk
And I have to wonder if they’re going to count that miscarriage as a murder charge against the officer (it wont). You know, because the so-con right is all about being pro-life and that life begins at conception, so the miscarriage is a homicide by the cop. /so-con logic
The same people who claim abortion is murder will simply gloss this over, or claim that it was the woman’s fault for talking back to the officers who were detaining her son. These officers didnt’ like her tone, so they gave her a beating sufficient to induce a miscarriage. Odds are they’ll take the latter route, rather than admit that the officer committed a homicide and ignore the double standard they hold to.
510 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 9:36:07am |
re: #489 FemNaziBitch
Well Mr. Pope, my wife and I infertile. What say you about that?
511 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 9:36:36am |
LOVE THIS
RT @EmmyA2: hearts. pic.twitter.com/2JHxx0veOW//The terrorists have not won!— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) February 12, 2015
512 | makeitstop Feb 12, 2015 9:36:59am |
re: #509 lawhawk
And I have to wonder if they’re going to count that miscarriage as a murder charge against the officer (it wont). You know, because the so-con right is all about being pro-life and that life begins at conception, so the miscarriage is a homicide by the cop. /so-con logic
The same people who claim abortion is murder will simply gloss this over, or claim that it was the woman’s fault for talking back to the officers who were detaining her son. These officers didnt’ like her tone, so they gave her a beating sufficient to induce a miscarriage. Odds are they’ll take the latter route, rather than admit that the officer committed a homicide and ignore the double standard they hold to.
A friend on Facebook raised that question yesterday - which do conservatives like better, embryos or cops?
513 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:38:21am |
re: #512 makeitstop
A friend on Facebook raised that question yesterday - which do conservatives like better, embryos or cops?
embryos cost them less
514 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:38:56am |
re: #510 Eclectic Cyborg
Well Mr. Pope, my wife and I infertile. What say you about that?
you must be at fault, repent!
515 | ObserverArt Feb 12, 2015 9:40:34am |
re: #462 Eclectic Cyborg
I feel the same way. I DO donate to charitable causes but I don’t always donate money, sometimes I donate my time to local organizations. If I do donate money, I give it to groups where I KNOW it’s being used directly to help people and not to pay the salary of some “Executive director”.
I give to Charity Newsies here in Columbus. They have a huge fund drive around Christmas where their volunteer members are out on major street corners from 8 am until about 4 pm collecting from people driving by. The police are usually helping them form a lane to pull up and stop and give your donation safely. You get a copy of the Columbus Dispatch for that day with a donation.
100% of the money goes into buying coats, pants, skirts, shirts, socks, underwear, gloves shoes and hats. They operate a store for people in the community to go to to get free clothing for school age children.
The volunteers receive recommendations and requests the rest of the year and then go out to the folk’s houses to do an interview of the needs. If a family qualifies, they get a certificate and then can go to the store to pick out the clothes for the kiddies. The store is also all volunteer operated,
It has been ongoing since the early 1900s. A great program.
516 | FemNaziBitch Feb 12, 2015 9:41:11am |
re: #504 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
What ever happened to respecting people for the decisions they make?
Might as well say that people who take vows of celibacy are “selfish” for not choosing to procreate.
Free Will only applies if you compliantly obey.
517 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 9:42:03am |
519 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 12, 2015 9:46:32am |
Musk comments unsettle investors, stock falls
Tesla Motor shares dived in morning trading today after an unsettling analysts’ conference call with CEO Elon Musk late Wednesday, after the company announced large losses in the fourth quarter and for all of 2014.
The share price dropped as low as $193.40 this morning, down 9.1% from Wednesday’s close of $212.80. The price had worked back up near $200 by noon.
One of the comments by Musk that seemed to rattle investors was: “We’re going to spend staggering amounts of money on capex,” referring to capital expenditures on development of the Model X and Model 3, as well as the huge battery “gigafactory” under construction in Nevada.
Even though he reassured analysts the outlay will have “good ROI,” or return on investment, their remarks and questions in the call made clear that it was a startling comment.
He also said the effect of very slow sales in China had been “blown out of proportion,” even though he has said previously that China’s an important part of Tesla’s global expansion plans.
Tesla on Wednesday reported a loss of $107;.6 million, or $0.86 a share, in the fourth quarter, worse than the $74.7 million it lost a year earlier.
For all of 2014, the maker of electric luxury cars reported, it lost $294 million, vs. a loss of $74 million for all of 2013.
520 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 9:48:07am |
Bipartisan group of 5 senators introduces bill seeking to lift Cuba trade embargo - @Reuters
read more on reuters.com
521 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 9:52:15am |
re: #341 lawhawk
Karen Tumulty ✔ @ktumulty
FollowNew Va. GOP leader’s toxic Twitter account via @paulschwartzman wpo.st
From the article:
Another tweet from her account that month offered an analysis of the Republicans running for lieutenant governor, using three words to describe Davis’s wife, Jeannemarie Davis, a former state delegate.
“She’s a slut,” read the tweet.
…
Not all of the derision was aimed at Republicans. At one point, a tweet from the account lashed out at Terry McAuliffe, then a candidate for governor, for his support for abortion rights.
“McAuliffe,” the tweet said, “just wants to kill babies for sport.”
She sounds nice.
522 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 9:56:10am |
No doubt under different circumstances, other than living in a Mormon community and being out of her mind on meth, no doubt, she could have had abortions or put those babies up for adoption, or at least used some form of b/c. Instead, she killed them.
Utah mother accused of killing six babies pleads guilty
523 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 10:07:45am |
re: #487 iossarian
I’m looking at some charity ratings websites right now. It actually seems that UW isn’t all that bad after all. Still prefer to give directly though.
UW isn’t a charity as much as it is an umbrella support structure for other groups. Our Habitat affiliate coordinates most of their fund raising through UW. UW also runs the 211 front-end service, getting callers plugged into the agency that can help them.
524 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 12, 2015 10:08:01am |
so, I see that Chuck thanked Tommy Robinson for a tweet and retweeted him overnight…
O_o
525 | Ace-o-aces Feb 12, 2015 10:12:13am |
Hey, did you miss my tweet about abortion being provided by Israel's socialized healthcare? Does this mean Israelis not Jewish? @benshapiro
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 12, 2015
526 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 10:12:13am |
Al-Qaida militants seize control of important army base in Sanaa, Yemeni military officials say - @AP
read more on bigstory.ap.org
I’d say Yemen is already engaged in civil war.
527 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 12, 2015 10:13:20am |
#OTD 80 Years Ago The #USSMacon, A Behemoth Of The Skies, Crashed Into The Sea http://t.co/qcCbooYVQS @MBNMS @USNavy pic.twitter.com/1ZvlMSBQfw— Sanctuaries (NOAA) (@sanctuaries) February 12, 2015
528 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 10:13:32am |
529 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 10:13:57am |
re: #407 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
A liberal education sadly does not always produce liberal minds.
Or the ability to actually, you know, use that mind and think.
530 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 10:15:35am |
Worthy rip from TPM: Firsthand report from the front on the gay marriage wars in Blount County, AL
531 | GlutenFreeJesus Feb 12, 2015 10:16:20am |
re: #405 The Vicious Babushka
He must have been rejected by all the sororities. That would explain his attitude.
532 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 10:16:22am |
533 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:17:48am |
Time for a new thread. This one’s getting old and fat.
I was dismayed to read a post on TPM by Amanda Marcotte, about how atheists should not blind ourselves to the possibility of violence in the name of atheism, after yesterday’s murderous attack on 3 Muslims in NC.
She speaks of atheism as a movement, a community, etc. I realize that humans are inherently tribal, but if atheism really is the rational conclusion, then it also gives atheists the opportunity to rise above irrational tribalism, by understanding that NOT believing in something is not an organizing principle. Forming communities and movements organized around a shared lack of belief is falling into the same trap we decry in religions.
But hey, I guess I’m becoming the voice that crieth in the wilderness.
534 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 10:20:01am |
re: #533 Blind Frog Belly White
Famous Marxist quote:
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.
Groucho Marx
535 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 10:22:12am |
re: #533 Blind Frog Belly White
Time for a new thread. This one’s getting old and fat.
I was dismayed to read a post on TPM by Amanda Marcotte, about how atheists should not blind ourselves to the possibility of violence in the name of atheism, after yesterday’s murderous attack on 3 Muslims in NC.
She speaks of atheism as a movement, a community, etc. I realize that humans are inherently tribal, but if atheism really is the rational conclusion, then it also gives atheists the opportunity to rise above irrational tribalism, by understanding that NOT believing in something is not an organizing principle. Forming communities and movements organized around a shared lack of belief is falling into the same trap we decry in religions.
But hey, I guess I’m becoming the voice that crieth in the wilderness.
I’m with you.
536 | GlutenFreeJesus Feb 12, 2015 10:22:19am |
re: #519 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m still absolutely sold on Tesla. A friend of mine brought home a P85D. That thing is amazing.
537 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 10:23:18am |
re: #524 Backwoods_Sleuth
so, I see that Chuck thanked Tommy Robinson for a tweet and retweeted him overnight…
O_o
TR may be out of the EDL, but I doubt he’s changed his ideology.
538 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:23:45am |
539 | GlutenFreeJesus Feb 12, 2015 10:24:42am |
re: #530 Decatur Deb
I’m out and can’t watch. All I can say is that I hope that guy is being sarcastic.
540 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 10:24:47am |
re: #523 Decatur Deb
UW isn’t a charity as much as it is an umbrella support structure for other groups. Our Habitat affiliate coordinates most of their fund raising through UW. UW also runs the 211 front-end service, getting callers plugged into the agency that can help them.
Fair enough. I’m naturally suspicious of big charitable umbrella orgs, but they do seem to have good transparency procedures etc. in place.
541 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 10:25:11am |
re: #538 Blind Frog Belly White
Think I should lead an anti-movement movement?
//
Think an anti-movement movement is called a “still”.
542 | rhuarc Feb 12, 2015 10:25:44am |
re: #539 GlutenFreeJesus
He is being hugely facetious. It’s actually really funny to read/watch. :)
543 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:25:49am |
544 | Great White Snark Feb 12, 2015 10:26:23am |
re: #536 GlutenFreeJesus
I love the car, the looks and I’m a fan of the founder.
The first electric car I buy won’t have batteries or an engine. I’m holding out for H power via fuel cells. Maybe with the methane reactor to get the H and box the carbon as soot. I’m convinced the current tech is a dead end over charging times and battery fire risks. It’s gonna go like diesel in the EU. Ooops policy fail. Maybe 5-10 years about the time we realize what a toxic waste problem lithium ion batteries are.
H is the one solitary clean fuel to use.
545 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:26:56am |
re: #533 Blind Frog Belly White
Of course there can be and has been violence in the name of atheism. Everybody remembers about communists.
Why “remember” about it now? The evidence so far points to an armed gun nut with short temper, not to a religion-based hate crime.
546 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 10:27:33am |
re: #539 GlutenFreeJesus
I’m out and can’t watch. All I can say is that I hope that guy is being sarcastic.
Well, some of us might be concerned that the squirrels are playing more grab-ass than usual.
547 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 10:28:32am |
re: #538 Blind Frog Belly White
Think I should lead an anti-movement movement?
//
I’ll bring the Kaopectate.
548 | Great White Snark Feb 12, 2015 10:29:34am |
549 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:30:08am |
re: #545 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Of course there can be and has been violence in the name of atheism. Everybody remembers about communists.
Why “remember” about it now? The evidence so far points to an armed gun nut with short temper, not to a religion-based hate crime.
I would argue, as Marcotte does, the violence in the name of Communism is not violence in the name of atheism. Communism is not inherently atheist, nor atheism inherently communist.
550 | Ace-o-aces Feb 12, 2015 10:30:18am |
551 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:31:11am |
Wake-up call my ass. Just as easily one can blame liberal, Obama-voting, pro-choice, pro-LGBT activists. Hicks is one after all.
552 | Justanotherhuman Feb 12, 2015 10:31:21am |
Wowser, I can hear the wind roaring outside, bringing in those really cold temps.
Did I mention lately that I’m ready for spring? : )
553 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:31:28am |
re: #546 Decatur Deb
Well, some of us might be concerned that the squirrels are playing more grab-ass than usual.
“Anyone caught playing grab-ass spends a night in the box!”
554 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 12, 2015 10:32:14am |
re: #545 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Of course there can be and has been violence in the name of atheism. Everybody remembers about communists.
Why “remember” about it now? The evidence so far points to an armed gun nut with short temper, not to a religion-based hate crime.
I’m not sure you’re going to get much more evidence. The police have a confession, the murder weapon, all the evidence they need to put the guy away. I think the only source for evidence will be a defense lawyer who might try for some sort of case. From what we already know, this doesn’t look to me like a rage crime. I would expect a guy in a rage to be shouting at his victims, and he probably wouldn’t get a chance to shoot all 3 in the head.
555 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 10:32:26am |
re: #549 Blind Frog Belly White
I would argue, as Marcotte does, the violence in the name of Communism is not violence in the name of atheism. Communism is not inherently atheist, nor atheism inherently communist.
There are people who respect others’ beliefs (or lack thereof) and those who don’t. The MBF has scattered them all about the world like pixie dust…
556 | Eventual Carrion Feb 12, 2015 10:32:26am |
re: #534 Justanotherhuman
Famous Marxist quote:
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.
Groucho Marx
Another one:
I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.
557 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:32:46am |
re: #549 Blind Frog Belly White
I would argue, as Marcotte does, the violence in the name of Communism is not violence in the name of atheism. Communism is not inherently atheist, nor atheism inherently communist.
Yes, not all communist violence is atheistic violence, but anti-believer violence in officially atheistic communist states, i.e. violence against believers for being believers, is atheistic violence. No, it doesn’t represent atheists, but it’s still atheistic violence.
558 | Eventual Carrion Feb 12, 2015 10:34:09am |
re: #538 Blind Frog Belly White
Think I should lead an anti-movement movement?
//
Cool, we could put out signs that read:
“Do not read this sign under penalty of the law!”
559 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 10:34:50am |
re: #556 Eventual Carrion
Another one:
I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.
I have a brother-in-law who once shot a deer in his pajamas, for real.
561 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:35:35am |
re: #554 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
We can’t get into his head, and new evidence may come up during the investigation. Right now we can only base our conclusions on the available evidence. This evidence doesn’t point to a religion-based hate crime.
562 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 10:35:52am |
re: #559 iossarian
I have a brother-in-law who once shot a deer in his pajamas, for real.
Isn’t it more sporting to let the deer wake up and get a cup of coffee first?
563 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:35:54am |
re: #557 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Yes, not all communist violence is atheistic violence, but anti-believer violence in officially atheistic communist states, i.e. violence against believers for being believers, is atheistic violence. No, it doesn’t represent atheists, but it’s still atheistic violence.
Can’t agree on that. It was violence in the name of CONTROL, and in the countries like Russia where it occurred, the Church was competition for the State for control. It was primarily to wrest control from the church, much like Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, and the establishment of the CofE.
564 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:38:00am |
re: #561 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
We can’t get into his head, and new evidence may come up during the investigation. Right now we can only base our conclusions on the available evidence. This evidence doesn’t point to a religion-based hate crime.
I agree. I know that by some accounts he called them nasty, religion-based names, but it’s my observation that when angry we say nasty shit.
I think it was a parking-based crime, committed by an angry guy.
565 | Charles Johnson Feb 12, 2015 10:39:15am |
re: #537 Justanotherhuman
TR may be out of the EDL, but I doubt he’s changed his ideology.
He hasn’t. His ‘renunciation’ of his extremism was a total sham; just look at his Twitter timeline. He’s every bit as hateful as ever, and it’s still directed at Muslims mostly.
A lot of people fell for his ‘change of heart’ who should have known better than to trust a duplicitous neo-Nazi skinhead piece of trash.
566 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:39:59am |
re: #563 Blind Frog Belly White
Can’t agree on that. It was violence in the name of CONTROL, and in the countries like Russia where it occurred, the Church was competition for the State for control. It was primarily to wrest control from the church, much like Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, and the establishment of the CofE.
I’m not talking about violence against organizations, such as the church. I’m talking about violence against believers for believing. USSR was an officially atheistic state. An atheistic terror-state’s violence against believers based on their mere beliefs is atheistic violence, just as violence against non-Christians (non-Muslims, non-Jews, non-Hindus. …) in a Christian (Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, …) theocracy would be Christian (Muslim, Jewish, Hindu…) violence.
567 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:40:45am |
re: #564 Blind Frog Belly White
I agree. I know that by some accounts he called them nasty, religion-based names, but it’s my observation that when angry we say nasty shit.
I think it was a parking-based crime, committed by an angry guy.
The only accounts I have read from relatives and neighbors say that the topic of religion never came up.
568 | gwangung Feb 12, 2015 10:42:54am |
re: #567 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
The only accounts I have read from relatives and neighbors say that the topic of religion never came up.
Hm. Not what I’ve read. The father and sister mentioned it came up more than once.
569 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:45:51am |
re: #568 gwangung
Hm. Not what I’ve read. The father and sister mentioned it came up more than once.
That’s not what I read about their accounts. So please quote.
570 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 10:47:10am |
re: #530 Decatur Deb
Worthy rip from TPM: Firsthand report from the front on the gay marriage wars in Blount County, AL
That was hysterical! What a great video.
Maybe he can get some fabulous homosexuals to help him out with that junk pile. I bet he could get a nice sculpture up since we all know how absolutely fabulous they all are at home design. /
571 | lawhawk Feb 12, 2015 10:48:43am |
Ah, so today’s outrageous outrage? The President used a selfie stick.
The right wing needs to get a hobby. Stat. Because a President already has an official photographer to record their actions for posterity. It’s not like the selfie stick is going to get much use.
But as a tool to troll the right? It’s once again spot on. I get the sense that the President is all in on trolling the GOP because they simply can’t help themselves.
572 | gwangung Feb 12, 2015 10:49:36am |
re: #569 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
That’s not what I read about their accounts. So please quote.
Well, there’s
Abu-Salha said his daughter, who lived next door to Hicks, wore a Muslim head scarf and told her family a week ago that she had “a hateful neighbor.”
“Honest to God, she said, ‘He hates us for what we are and how we look,’ ” he said.
I couldn’t interpret that as being that connected to the parking.
573 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:53:48am |
re: #572 gwangung
Well, there’s
I couldn’t interpret that as being that connected to the parking.
There you go, that’s what I read. Not a word about religion coming up in talks. Only an opinion as to why he was hostile (the article omits the words “I think”: “‘Dad, I think he hates us for what we are and how we look”).
We have learned since then that he was hostile to all neighbors and was seen as a menace in the community. Then there’s this:
Farris Barakat, Deah Barakat’s brother, said Hicks had confronted his brother previously about a dispute over a parking space, adding that he never heard Hicks make any anti-Muslim remarks.
574 | William Barnett-Lewis Feb 12, 2015 10:54:00am |
575 | Blind Frog Belly White Feb 12, 2015 10:55:36am |
re: #566 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
I’m not talking about violence against organizations, such as the church. I’m talking about violence against believers for believing. USSR was an officially atheistic state. An atheistic terror-state’s violence against believers based on their mere beliefs is atheistic violence, just as violence against non-Christians (non-Muslims, non-Jews, non-Hindus. …) in a Christian (Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, …) theocracy would be Christian (Muslim, Jewish, Hindu…) violence.
I see what you’re saying, but I don’t agree with your conclusion. IMO the USSR’s attack on religion was all about consolidating total control over the population, wresting it from any historical institution that might compete for that control.
But I’m also not happy with referring to violence against non-Christians by Christians as ‘Christian Violence’ (for example).
576 | Great White Snark Feb 12, 2015 10:57:28am |
re: #574 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, I now have my guitar. No cord to the amp or picks or stand alone tuner (still waiting on Amazon) but I’ve tuned up with the phone and have a couple of lessons on the A & D chords to practice.
Later folks… ;)
Heh, we’ll miss you around here.
577 | Decatur Deb Feb 12, 2015 10:57:33am |
re: #570 WhatEVs
That was hysterical! What a great video.
Maybe he can get some fabulous homosexuals to help him out with that junk pile. I bet he could get a nice sculpture up since we all know how absolutely fabulous they all are at home design. /
Can’t speak to their orientation, but a pair of brothers near here do some extremely cool junk sculpture.
578 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 10:57:48am |
re: #569 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
re: #572 gwangung
I read an article last night in which they reported talking to neighbors at the apartment complex. Not one of the people interviewed mentioned religion. They just said Hicks was angry all the time; angry to the point that it was brought up to the management how several people felt threatened by him, but nothing was ever done. Not one person mentioned religion as any sort of factor. Just that he was always extremely angry.
579 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 10:59:10am |
re: #575 Blind Frog Belly White
It doesn’t matter what the real goal was (assuming there was some hidden goal). The actions themselves were by atheists in an officially atheistic state with officially atheistic purposes. That makes them acts of atheistic violence.
And yes, Inquisition was an example of Christian violence.
580 | WhatEVs Feb 12, 2015 10:59:49am |
re: #577 Decatur Deb
Can’t speak to their orientation, but a pair of brothers near here do some extremely cool junk sculpture.
I have seen some amazing junk art. I personally love it. Especially when it’s a dog. Some have been really nice.
581 | gwangung Feb 12, 2015 11:00:01am |
re: #573 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
There you go, that’s what I read. Not a word about religion coming up in talks. Only an opinion as to why he was hostile (the article omits the words “I think”: “‘Dad, I think he hates us for what we are and how we look”).
We have learned since then then he was hostile to all neighbors and was seen as a menace in the community. Then there’s this:
I think that’s a little disingenuous, given the rather visible signs of their religion.
I’m not arguing that religious hate is the primary impulse here, but I just don’t think you can ignore it here (and that minorities, as a survival trait, cannot afford to rule it out). (Though, whatever the reason, I do find it interesting that for such an angry individual, this was a fairly clinical, methodical crime).
582 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 12, 2015 11:00:36am |
The first “angry owl” sign has been installed at Bush's Pasture Park. #SalemOR #sjnow @maddow @Salem_Statesman pic.twitter.com/on9wOHXzj7— Alisha Roemeling (@alisharoemeling) February 12, 2015
583 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 11:01:43am |
re: #557 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Yes, not all communist violence is atheistic violence, but anti-believer violence in officially atheistic communist states, i.e. violence against believers for being believers, is atheistic violence. No, it doesn’t represent atheists, but it’s still atheistic violence.
Was it done for control or to eliminate religion?
My belief is that it was done because religion is a method of control and the communists wanted the state to have that control.
That isn’t anti-religion in quite the same way one religion hates another.
584 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 11:02:44am |
re: #563 Blind Frog Belly White
Can’t agree on that. It was violence in the name of CONTROL, and in the countries like Russia where it occurred, the Church was competition for the State for control. It was primarily to wrest control from the church, much like Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, and the establishment of the CofE.
I guess I’m too late.
That’s what I get for bouncing between twitter and LGF I suppose.
585 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 11:04:15am |
re: #571 lawhawk
Ah, so today’s outrageous outrage? The President used a selfie stick.
The right wing needs to get a hobby. Stat. Because a President already has an official photographer to record their actions for posterity. It’s not like the selfie stick is going to get much use.
But as a tool to troll the right? It’s once again spot on. I get the sense that the President is all in on trolling the GOP because they simply can’t help themselves.
I’m pretty sure that’s Obama’s latest troll stick.
586 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 11:05:41am |
re: #574 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, I now have my guitar. No cord to the amp or picks or stand alone tuner (still waiting on Amazon) but I’ve tuned up with the phone and have a couple of lessons on the A & D chords to practice.
Later folks… ;)
Don’t forget your B# chords.
587 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 11:08:50am |
re: #581 gwangung
I think that’s a little disingenuous, given the rather visible signs of their religion.
That’s illogical, for it would automatically make any crime against any person with visible signs of being a minority a hate crime.
If he were hostile only to this family, that would be probative, but as he was hostile to everybody, it can’t, by itself, prove much. Someone would interpret it as religion-based hostility, someone else in a different way. As you write:
minorities, as a survival trait, cannot afford to rule it out).
- this explains why such an interpretation came up. In a world full of folks with anti-Muslim sentiments it was plausible for them to do so. But right now we know a bit more. For example, that he didn’t exhibit the typical anti-Muslim behavior online, going as far as to defend the Muslims during the Park51 brouhaha. That’s not a typical redneck Islamophobe behavior and this also should be taken into account, together with the lack of evidence that the topic of religion came up during altercations.
Note that I’m formulating very carefully here: I’m not excluding a possible ideological motive. I’m saying that so far there is no evidence for it.
588 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 11:11:47am |
re: #583 b_sharp
That isn’t anti-religion in quite the same way one religion hates another.
Sorry, I find this to be hair-splitting.
589 | William Barnett-Lewis Feb 12, 2015 11:15:10am |
re: #586 b_sharp
Don’t forget your B# chords.
I’ll be sure to C what I can do about it ;)
/// piano lessons showing through there.
590 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 11:15:46am |
re: #559 iossarian
I have a brother-in-law who once shot a deer in his pajamas, for real.
do tell us how the deer got into them…
591 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 11:16:35am |
I love when I make a joke: https://t.co/v7Rpfb5Bjs And ELEVEN MINUTES LATER it comes true: https://t.co/D9i1SFYPDw cc @TwitchyTeam— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) February 12, 2015
592 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 11:16:59am |
re: #563 Blind Frog Belly White
Can’t agree on that. It was violence in the name of CONTROL, and in the countries like Russia where it occurred, the Church was competition for the State for control. It was primarily to wrest control from the church, much like Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, and the establishment of the CofE.
Do not forget that the Church worked hand-in-hand with their arch-enemies, the Romanov dynasty. Not that it justifies their violence, but put it into some perspective, they were not just picking on a few poor, helpless clerics.
593 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 12, 2015 11:17:05am |
re: #590 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
do tell us how the deer got there…
The deer was wearing his own pajamas!
594 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 12, 2015 11:17:55am |
re: #574 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, I now have my guitar. No cord to the amp or picks or stand alone tuner (still waiting on Amazon) but I’ve tuned up with the phone and have a couple of lessons on the A & D chords to practice.
Later folks… ;)
dude, looks awesome, I like the color
595 | Eventual Carrion Feb 12, 2015 11:18:13am |
re: #582 Backwoods_Sleuth
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My dad and I would take a yearly trip up into Quebec fishing. Driving up, once you got past North Bay Ont. and heading into Quebec there would be signs showing a moose walking to signify that moose cross the roads. As you got closer to the lake where we rented our fishing cabin the signs changed from a moose walking to a moose, head down, charging. And if you have ever seen a full grown moose close up, you don’t want to be in front of it when it is charging.
596 | Mattand Feb 12, 2015 11:18:33am |
re: #533 Blind Frog Belly White
Time for a new thread. This one’s getting old and fat.
I was dismayed to read a post on TPM by Amanda Marcotte, about how atheists should not blind ourselves to the possibility of violence in the name of atheism, after yesterday’s murderous attack on 3 Muslims in NC.
She speaks of atheism as a movement, a community, etc. I realize that humans are inherently tribal, but if atheism really is the rational conclusion, then it also gives atheists the opportunity to rise above irrational tribalism, by understanding that NOT believing in something is not an organizing principle. Forming communities and movements organized around a shared lack of belief is falling into the same trap we decry in religions.
But hey, I guess I’m becoming the voice that crieth in the wilderness.
I think the inherit idea of atheists falling into the No True Scotsman fallacy is always a problem. Of course, the few atheists I know are smart enough to know that rationality isn’t a vaccine against making bad choices, but there’s people out there who aren’t.
*COUGH* Bill Maher Sam Harris *COUGH*
As for the issue of tribalism: not sure where I am on that. I see the point of the Atheism Plus crowd: being an atheist can be more than just sleeping in on Sundays. Exposing and fighting against the misogyny and bigotry problems within the atheist ranks demonstrates that.
I also get where you’re coming on that. To twist a cliché around, declaring I don’t collect stamps should not force membership in the non-stamp collecting community on me.
597 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 11:19:07am |
re: #574 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, I now have my guitar. No cord to the amp or picks or stand alone tuner (still waiting on Amazon) but I’ve tuned up with the phone and have a couple of lessons on the A & D chords to practice.
Later folks… ;)
Here is the guitar I’m keeping:
Here are the rest waiting for cleaning, restringing, packaging and to be sold. All of the cases you see there have guitars in them.
Oops I lied. The one soft case in the centre is empty.
598 | Eventual Carrion Feb 12, 2015 11:21:26am |
re: #594 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
dude, looks awesome, I like the color
I liked that too. I was picking up strings a couple months ago and saw that Dean guitars had an orange color model, it looked sweet. My Dean is a smokey brown finish that I love, but the orange stands out.
599 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 11:23:20am |
re: #592 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Do not forget that the Church worked hand-in-hand with their arch-enemies, the Romanov dynasty. Not that it justifies their violence, but put it into some perspective, they were not just picking on a few poor, helpless clerics.
I can’t blame commies for kicking the ROC’s ass as an organization. For example, it was previously a part of a repressive state which severely limited religious freedom (e.g. atheism was prohibited), so as an org it was complicit in this. The organization was hardly better than the Bolsheviks. That’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about personal repression for belief.
600 | Higgs Boson's Mate Feb 12, 2015 11:25:09am |
re: #595 Eventual Carrion
My dad and I would take a yearly trip up into Quebec fishing. Driving up, once you got past North Bay Ont. and heading into Quebec there would be signs showing a moose walking to signify that moose cross the roads. As you got closer to the lake where we rented our fishing cabin the signs changed from a moose walking to a moose, head down, charging. And if you have ever seen a full grown moose close up, you don’t want to be in front of it when it is charging.
- or even paying cash.
601 | makeitstop Feb 12, 2015 11:25:54am |
re: #574 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, I now have my guitar. No cord to the amp or picks or stand alone tuner (still waiting on Amazon) but I’ve tuned up with the phone and have a couple of lessons on the A & D chords to practice.
Later folks… ;)
Jazzmaster pickup in the neck position? Brilliant.
602 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 12, 2015 11:27:43am |
re: #596 Mattand
I think the inherit idea of atheists falling into the No True Scotsman fallacy is always a problem.
Thankfully, I haven’t yet seen a single atheist or an atheist org claim that he wasn’t really an atheist ;)
603 | makeitstop Feb 12, 2015 11:30:47am |
re: #597 b_sharp
Here is the guitar I’m keeping:
I like that one! Got sort of an ES-175 vibe about it.
Here are the rest waiting for cleaning, restringing, packaging and to be sold. All of the cases you see there have guitars in them.
You’re really gonna sell them? Boo, I say!
604 | makeitstop Feb 12, 2015 11:31:29am |
re: #598 Eventual Carrion
I liked that too. I was picking up strings a couple months ago and saw that Dean guitars had an orange color model, it looked sweet. My Dean is a smokey brown finish that I love, but the orange stands out.
Fender calls that finish ‘Butterscotch Blonde.’
605 | iossarian Feb 12, 2015 11:39:00am |
re: #593 The Vicious Babushka
The deer was wearing his own pajamas!
Surprise! This all happened in Michigan.
606 | b_sharp Feb 12, 2015 11:44:41am |
re: #603 makeitstop
You’re really gonna sell them? Boo, I say!
I no longer give them the attention they crave.
607 | victor27 Feb 16, 2015 7:03:18am |
re: #445 The Vicious Babushka
Thanks for linking that chart - the original source comes from here: nytimes.com
(I’ll see if I can work on an updated version, since this one’s originally from 2011.)
Update: here’s a version from FRED: research.stlouisfed.org