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The President delivers remark at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University to help shape public and private sector efforts to protect American consumers and companies from growing threats to consumers and commercial networks. The Summit brings together major stakeholders on consumer financial protection issues to discuss how all members of our financial system can work together to further protect American consumers and their financial data, now and in the future.

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1 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 11:37:16am

President Obama Speaks on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

So expect TCOT to be all about government spying and how consumer protection is just needless government regulation and the free market fixes everything for the next couple of hours

2 Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2015 11:38:00am
3 lawhawk  Feb 13, 2015 11:38:51am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

Alternatively, it’s what took him so long?

4 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 11:41:39am

re: #3 lawhawk

Alternatively, it’s what took him so long?

This. Whatever he says or doesn’t say whenever he does or doesn’t say it, is going to be complained about by someone.

5 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 13, 2015 11:42:29am

re: #4 CuriousLurker

Thankfully now he can ignore most of the bull.

6 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 13, 2015 11:43:02am

re:
#3

Also why didn’t he blame radical atheism which is a religion taking over America? /

7 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 13, 2015 11:43:49am

re: #6 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#3

Also why didn’t he blame radical atheism which is a religion taking over America? /

Because he is a secret atheist Muslim.

8 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 13, 2015 11:44:36am

THIS WEEK’S PIE
I decided to go with Vanilla Cream and fruit topping

9 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Feb 13, 2015 11:44:46am

how many moronians will confidently tell you “if we relied on government for everything like you liberals want we would never have the benefits of the creativity of capitalism like computers or the internet”

10 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 11:45:31am

OT, but for those following the imbroglio in the state of Oregon, it looks like Governor Kitzhaber may well be on the way out.

koin.com

We shall see. I’ve been following it because I used to live in Oregon. A sad end to an otherwise good political career.

11 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 13, 2015 11:48:35am

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

That’s much worse than waterboarding.//

12 jaunte  Feb 13, 2015 11:48:53am
13 jaunte  Feb 13, 2015 11:50:36am

The president just said “we’re going to have to constantly evolve.”

Don’t tell Sandy Rios.

14 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 11:50:46am

re: #12 jaunte

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My speed is so slow it doesn’t even show up on that chart…

15 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 11:52:02am

re: #13 jaunte

The president just said “we’re going to have to constantly evolve.”

Don’t tell Sandy Rios.

Yep, definitely an atheist Muslim.

16 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 11:54:15am

re: #15 CuriousLurker

Yep, definitely an atheist Muslim.

That is “gay atheist Muslim”, FYI

17 Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2015 11:54:36am

Coming soon at Breitbart “News:”

OUTRAGE! Obama makes pro-Muslim statement about Chapel Hill!

18 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 11:55:11am

re: #16 Kragar

That is “gay atheist Muslim”, FYI

“Gay atheist Muslim communist.”

FTFY

19 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 11:56:01am

re: #12 jaunte

“We’re helping more communities get access to the next generation of broadband faster with cheaper Internet” —President Obama

WORSE THAN HITLER!!!

20 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 11:56:14am
21 Dr. Matt  Feb 13, 2015 11:56:39am

Dow hit another record high today. Stoopid Socializt in the White House

22 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 11:59:34am

Snarky tweet gets teen fired before even starting job

A Texas boss spotted a soon-to-be employee complaining on Twitter about her new job and fired her before she even started the first day.

“Ew I start this f*** a** job tomorrow,” Twitter user @cellla_ tweeted last week. She was set to start the new gig at Jet’s Pizzeria the next day, outlets say.

And she wasn’t embarrassed about any of it…

23 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:00:27pm

The Munchkin’s class had a little Valentine’s party and there was a list on the wall of which other student they considered their best. He definitely picked the one he told me about the other night. She’s a little beauty who wears her hair natural and long, and he’s all agog. Teacher told me they sit together on the floor, even though they’re at different tables. It’s looooove! So sweet. : )

24 Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2015 12:01:55pm

Ugh. Just made the mistake of reading comments at Breitbart on the Chapel Hill shootings. More than a few of these people are cheering for the murderer.

25 Dr. Matt  Feb 13, 2015 12:03:03pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

Snarky tweet gets teen fired before even starting job

And she wasn’t embarrassed about any of it…

Whoa. Jet’s is in Texas now? Wow. One of the very first locations was in my hometown in Michigan.

26 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:04:42pm

These really were the JV team.

Pentagon: Attack on Al Asad Airbase in Iraq carried out by 20-25 Islamic State fighters, led by several suicide bombers; no US troops involved, Iraq forces suffered no casualties - @Reuters
read more on trust.org

27 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 12:08:07pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

Snarky tweet gets teen fired before even starting job

And she wasn’t embarrassed about any of it…

The girl has gained thousands of twitter followers and prompted a viral debate with commenters taking sides with @cella_ or the manager. Both of their original tweets have been deleted.

Sometimes Twitter is just TOO stupid. The manager’s response didn’t do Jet’s any favors either—it wasn’t professional at all. Idiots, both of them.

28 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 12:08:46pm

And Governor Kitzhaber has resigned from office.

katu.com

29 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:09:32pm

re: #26 Justanotherhuman

What, people blew themselves up for nothing? That’s pretty incompetent ‘warfare’ when the target suffers no casualties.

This type of guerrilla warfare can only bring losses and defeat with these kinds of tactics.

30 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 12:12:19pm

re: #28 Dr Lizardo

For those interested, here’s a livestream from the Governor’s office in Salem, OR, courtesy KGW of Portland.

kgw.com

31 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:12:23pm

re: #27 CuriousLurker

Sometimes Twitter is just TOO stupid. The manager’s response didn’t do Jet’s any favors either—it wasn’t professional at all. Idiots, both of them.

Don’t think I’d give them as a reference, though. : )

32 nearly-headless smith25  Feb 13, 2015 12:17:07pm

Just finished registering my kids to play baseball this spring. They play in a leauge under the Cal Ripken Division instead of the Little Leauge designation. It of course got me thiniking of Jackie Robinson West. I went and tried to find thier boundaries for the leauge and could not. So I searched around on the Little Leauge website and found the statement from the organization.

Statement on Jackie Robinson West

The way that I read some of the passages, it was someone from a neighboring Little League district that reported initially, it was investigated and the kids were determined eligible by the boundary map that was in place. Further investigation showed that it wasn’t just Jackie Robinson West but multiple leagues in that District that had faults. Also, the District Administrator had provided falsified documents ect.

The way that some are presenting this story is it’s just Jackie Robinson West. MLB Pitcher Mark Mulder claimed that JRW cheated 25 years ago when he played Little League. And while I don’t absolve JRW in any wrongdoing, I assert that this is a structural issue of the Little League Association. Especially as it seems, the kids on the team were determined to be eligible after one inquiry. The fact that it did not get to the bottom of the story is on the organization as much as it is the adults who caused the problem.

33 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:19:24pm

Teehee!

34 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 12:19:44pm

re: #29 Justanotherhuman

What, people blew themselves up for nothing? That’s pretty incompetent ‘warfare’ when the target suffers no casualties.

This type of guerrilla warfare can only bring losses and defeat with these kinds of tactics.

I maintain that ISIL is nothing more, or less, than a huge heavily armed gang whose leaders have cloaked it in a garment of religion and politics in order to assure a steady supply of henchmen.

35 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 12:20:19pm

re: #29 Justanotherhuman

What, people blew themselves up for nothing? That’s pretty incompetent ‘warfare’ when the target suffers no casualties.

This type of guerrilla warfare can only bring losses and defeat with these kinds of tactics.

They’re cannon fodder, so to speak. I had an Iranian friend who fought in the Iran-Iraq war and he told me how the powers that be got them all emotionally pumped up on religion + patriotism + honor (especially effective with young men) and then sent them out to do the dirty work—e.g. he (and others who were there) told me they used people to clear the mine fields. They told them to march on out there because martyrdom & paradise was waiting or whatever, and off they went.

36 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 13, 2015 12:20:39pm

“I have no intention of resigning.”

Party leaders call for him to resign.

And Governor Kitzhaber has resigned from office.

37 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:21:41pm

re: #34 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I maintain that ISIL is nothing more, or less, than a huge heavily armed gang whose leaders have cloaked it in a garment of religion and politics in order to assure a steady supply of henchmen.

Well, I’ve pretty consistently called them criminals, which I think they are.

38 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 13, 2015 12:22:06pm

re:
#33

I have to do this so that everybody gets a pen… I don’t mean everybody in the audience.

Everyone is dying ISIS and Obummer is making pen jokes how much is this cost are taxpayers?!?!?!??!

39 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:24:14pm

Anyone else getting a crappy stream from KGW on the Kitzhaber resignation?

40 lawhawk  Feb 13, 2015 12:25:12pm

re: #38 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Speaking of people who are wasting time and money for a signing ceremony of a bill that will create barely more jobs than the number of people who surrounded Boehner at that ceremony…

41 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 12:25:53pm

re: #39 Justanotherhuman

Anyone else getting a crappy stream from KGW on the Kitzhaber resignation?

Me too, so it’s not just you.

Here’s Kitzhaber’s resignation letter. Short and sweet.

Image: kitzhaber-resignation-letter-02132015.jpg

42 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 12:26:28pm

re: #40 lawhawk

43 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:27:29pm

Wow, talk about cognitive dissonance. Sir, there is an on-going investigation.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber when announcing resignation: ‘It is deeply troubling to me … where a person can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media’ - @KGWNews
see original on twitter.com

Also, a very short, terse resignation letter:

44 lawhawk  Feb 13, 2015 12:27:55pm

re: #34 Higgs Boson’s Mate

But yesterday SMOTI was claiming that the Marine base was being overrun by the ISIL and there was nothing the President could do to stop it.

Not sure what the tactical situation is there today, but it seems that they repulsed the attack easily and with support of the Iraqi military (the Marines were advisers to Iraqi military for training purposes). No casualties among Marines or Iraqi military suggests a combination of luck and bad tactics by the ISIL thugs.

45 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 13, 2015 12:29:22pm

Freepers respond to the fire at Houston Islamic Center:

(These were culled from the first 25 responses)

Work place accident?

Seems that everytime I read about a mosque fire here in Michigan it ends up being insurance arson.

I’d call that a very good start.
Islam is an abomination worthy only of extinction. It was and remains a serial murderer of entire peoples and cultures.

How much ordnance did they lose? Are the neighbors safe from collateral explosions?

Would be interested if there were any secondary explosions during the course of the fire.

Probably set it themselves for sympathy

Well then I Say, “LET HER BURN!”!

46 Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2015 12:29:35pm
47 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 12:30:45pm

re: #46 Charles Johnson

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Is his gun hidden in that ridiculous codpiece?

:D

48 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 12:32:19pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is his gun hidden in that ridiculous codpiece?

:D

That’s not a cod piece, its a diaper

49 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 12:32:24pm

re: #46 Charles Johnson

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FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S GOOD AND DECENT IN THIS WORLD, PLEASE TELL ME THAT’S PHOTOSHOP!!!

(I’m pretty sure it is - I think I’ve seen it before, just not with Chuckles mug on it)

50 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 13, 2015 12:32:36pm

re: #40 lawhawk

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Speaking of people who are wasting time and money for a signing ceremony of a bill that will create barely more jobs than the number of people who surrounded Boehner at that ceremony…

Which is going to be vetoed.

51 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 12:32:42pm

Rand Paul caught lying about his college record

He haz NO undergraduate degrees (he claimed to have bachelor’s degrees in English and biology).

My shocked face…

52 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 12:32:47pm

re: #46 Charles Johnson

Please tell me that’s a Photoshop.

53 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 12:33:10pm

re: #48 Kragar

That’s not a cod piece, its a full diaper

ftfy

54 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 12:33:39pm

re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul caught lying about his college record

He haz NO undergraduate degrees (he claimed to have bachelor’s degrees in English and biology).

My shocked face…

Next we’ll find out he has no MD, either.

55 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 12:34:15pm

re: #45 Shiplord Kirel

Freepers respond to the fire at Houston Islamic Center:

(These were culled from the first 25 responses)

This is why Muslims have a hard time believing the Chapel Hill shooting was (solely) about parking. The killer fought with damned near everyone in the area, but oddly only the Muslims ended up dead.

56 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 13, 2015 12:35:34pm

Did a Google image search, found this:

57 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 13, 2015 12:37:18pm

It is this guy
WARNING: Loud autoplay at link. Turn your speakers off.

58 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 12:37:36pm

re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul caught lying about his college record

He haz NO undergraduate degrees (he claimed to have bachelor’s degrees in English and biology).

My shocked face…

He didn’t lie, he misremembered!!11!

59 jaunte  Feb 13, 2015 12:39:31pm

re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul caught lying about his college record

He haz NO undergraduate degrees (he claimed to have bachelor’s degrees in English and biology).

My shocked face…

Unusual way to get into medical school.

60 leftynyc  Feb 13, 2015 12:39:39pm

re: #40 lawhawk

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Speaking of people who are wasting time and money for a signing ceremony of a bill that will create barely more jobs than the number of people who surrounded Boehner at that ceremony…

How much of a kink in keystone does this make:

latimes.com

Nebraska State District Court Judge Mark Kozisek issued a temporary injunction Thursday that stops condemnation cases along the proposed route, which would connect the tar-sands oil pipeline with an existing pipeline that delivers oil to Gulf of Mexico refineries.

In mid-January, TransCanada filed nearly 90 eminent domain cases against landowners on the route. Landowners sued to stop the land acquisition.

“We have always known our constitutional law arguments are very strong,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Dave Domina.

61 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 12:39:58pm

Meanwhile in Ohio:

Timeless Charm Weddings: Owner refuses same-sex couple’s ceremony, cites religious beliefs
(warning for autoplay video at link)

The holier-than-thou hypocrisy in the email is stunning:

62 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 13, 2015 12:41:08pm

re: #36 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

“I have no intention of resigning.”

Party leaders call for him to resign.

I wonder if there is enough self-awareness among Republicans who wanted to use this moment as a rah rah go team moment to recognize that the Democrats here did the right thing in applying pressure for him to resign.

Given the crickets after what Charles said last night, I’m guessing no.

63 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 13, 2015 12:41:13pm

re: #34 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I maintain that ISIL is nothing more, or less, than a huge heavily armed gang whose leaders have cloaked it in a garment of religion and politics in order to assure a steady supply of henchmen.

And given how they treat civilians, hostages, etc. I would not be surprised that the leadership would provide “special” assignments in order to winnow out 2nd-class or suspect recruits.
//

64 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 13, 2015 12:43:11pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

“But we’ll pray for you (and your families, for the trial of having so obvious a sinner in their midst), in line with our mission!”

That’s …pretty damn disgusting.

65 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 13, 2015 12:43:11pm

re: #40 lawhawk

Speaking of people who are wasting time and money for a signing ceremony of a bill that will create barely more jobs than the number of people who surrounded Boehner at that ceremony…

And immediately following the Obama veto of the bill will start the outrage about Obama and the Democrats not caring about creating jobs for Americans. (Add waving flag backdrop and flows of artificial tears at the destruction of America.)
////

66 Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2015 12:44:13pm

This made me laugh.

David Carr wrote that over-the-top hagiography of the Mighty Greenwald. Gee, I wonder if that has something to do with Glenn’s effusiveness?

67 lawhawk  Feb 13, 2015 12:45:51pm

re: #46 Charles Johnson

Holding a copy of the Constitution, all while showing that he couldn’t care about the 1A separation of church and state.

It’d be cognitive dissonance, if he even cared. But he doesn’t.

68 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 12:46:34pm

re: #60 leftynyc

How much of a kink in keystone does this make:

latimes.com

Nebraska State District Court Judge Mark Kozisek issued a temporary injunction Thursday that stops condemnation cases along the proposed route, which would connect the tar-sands oil pipeline with an existing pipeline that delivers oil to Gulf of Mexico refineries.

In mid-January, TransCanada filed nearly 90 eminent domain cases against landowners on the route. Landowners sued to stop the land acquisition.

“We have always known our constitutional law arguments are very strong,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Dave Domina.

In mid-January, TransCanada filed nearly 90 eminent domain cases against landowners on the route.

But, but, but, I thought that conservatives venerated private property rights.

69 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 12:50:37pm

re: #64 klys (maker of Silmarils)

“But we’ll pray for you (and your families, for the trial of having so obvious a sinner in their midst), in line with our mission!”

That’s …pretty damn disgusting.

Yep…that was the part that hit me.

70 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 13, 2015 12:52:19pm

re: #68 Higgs Boson’s Mate

In mid-January, TransCanada filed nearly 90 eminent domain cases against landowners on the route.

But, but, but, I thought that conservatives venerated private property rights.

On average they do. It’s just that some property (their own) is more equal than other property.
/

71 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 12:53:07pm

re: #67 lawhawk

Holding a copy of the Constitution, all while showing that he couldn’t care about the 1A separation of church and state.

It’d be cognitive dissonance, if he even cared. But he doesn’t.

That’s how I knew it was a photoshop.
Chuck would have been holding up a copy of “Why Coolidge Matters”.

72 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 13, 2015 12:53:07pm

re:
#45

These true patriot American freedom lovers sure sound nice but I don’t understand how they’re able to comment so quickly while being at work working hard at their jobs that only they have because the rest of us libtards are home unemployed living off welfare.

///

73 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 12:53:25pm

re: #68 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Isn’t acquiring land through eminent domain something that can only be done by a government?

74 Joe Bacon  Feb 13, 2015 12:53:29pm

re: #46 Charles Johnson

Did Chucky stick a sock in his jockstrap?

75 b_sharp  Feb 13, 2015 12:53:39pm

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

My speed is so slow it doesn’t even show up on that chart…

I’m at 20Mbps so I don’t either.

76 BeachDem  Feb 13, 2015 12:55:00pm

Fuck Peter King very much.

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Wednesday accused President Barack Obama of using his final years in office to “get back at Israel” as part of an effort to fulfill “all of his liberal fantasies,”

King also condemned Democratic lawmakers who have threatened to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech before Congress in early March.

…”To boycott our closest ally… to be turning our back on the leader of the only democracy in the region and the country which has always stood with us, it’s unforgivable,” King said.

talkingpointsmemo.com

77 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Feb 13, 2015 12:55:58pm

Rand Paul caught lying about his college record

just a sideshow

nothing will stop bush walker from walking the bush

78 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 13, 2015 12:56:55pm

re: #73 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Isn’t acquiring land through eminent domain something that can only be done by a government?

Yes. But they can then simply turn it over to a private firm for development.

Kelo vs City of New London was the 2005 SC case regarding this.

en.wikipedia.org

79 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 12:58:23pm

re: #76 BeachDem

Comments there are quite fun!

80 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 13, 2015 12:58:40pm
81 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 12:59:31pm

re: #76 BeachDem

I didn’t know that repeatedly suggesting, “Let’s you and him fight,” constituted an alliance.

82 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 1:02:43pm

re: #64 klys (maker of Silmarils)

“But we’ll pray for you (and your families, for the trial of having so obvious a sinner in their midst), in line with our mission!”

That’s …pretty damn disgusting.

Ditto.

I’m not saying, of course, that anyone who raises his or her voice against anything is a fanatic. I’m certainly not suggesting that anyone who has a strong opinion is a fanatic. I’m saying that the seed of fanaticism always lies in uncompromising self-righteousness, the plague of many centuries. —Amos Oz

83 Mike Lamb  Feb 13, 2015 1:03:04pm

re: #52 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Please tell me that’s a Photoshop.

Please tell me it’s not!!

84 Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2015 1:03:59pm

re: #52 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Please tell me that’s a Photoshop.

Unfortunately, yes.

85 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 13, 2015 1:04:29pm

re: #78 Feline Fearless Leader

Yes. But they can then simply turn it over to a private firm for development.

Kelo vs City of New London was the 2005 SC case regarding this.

en.wikipedia.org

Ironically enough, the land is now an empty lot.

An empty lot that cost the city and state $78 million.

86 ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2015 1:05:30pm

re: #40 lawhawk

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Speaking of people who are wasting time and money for a signing ceremony of a bill that will create barely more jobs than the number of people who surrounded Boehner at that ceremony…

I can see it now.

“While Congress does the work of the people and signs a jobs bill, President Obama is playing around on the internet.”

87 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 1:05:43pm

re: #85 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Ironically enough, the land is now an empty lot.

An empty lot that cost the city and state $78 million.

Yep, but the powers-that-be still made a bunch of money.

88 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 1:05:55pm

Gah, gotta get some work done. Later, lizards.

89 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 1:08:03pm

re: #82 CuriousLurker

Ditto.

Unless I just announced some bad news, someone telling me they were going to pray for me is a pretty sure fire way to piss me the fuck off.

90 ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2015 1:08:04pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

Meanwhile in Ohio:

Timeless Charm Weddings: Owner refuses same-sex couple’s ceremony, cites religious beliefs
(warning for autoplay video at link)

The holier-than-thou hypocrisy in the email is stunning:

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Johnny Bonehead territory.

91 WhatEVs  Feb 13, 2015 1:08:19pm

Hey, VB, if you’re around…that pie looks FABULOUS! Recipe, please!!

92 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 13, 2015 1:08:32pm

re:
#51

Yeah but whare are Oboma’s transcripts and class notes from Columbia where nobody remembers him wheres his Degree???!?!?!?!??

93 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 13, 2015 1:09:05pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yep, but the powers-that-be still made a bunch of money.

I wish my failures still made me that much money. :(

94 WhatEVs  Feb 13, 2015 1:09:06pm

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

THIS WEEK’S PIE
I decided to go with Vanilla Cream and fruit topping

Recipe please!! I so hope you’re still here!! I want to make that for Valentine’s Day.

95 Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 13, 2015 1:13:20pm

I just got back from the hospital. Significant Other Dragon came from class last night and saw the flashing lights of a cop car in the neighbrhood…she had some sort of seizure.

By the time she was able to walk in the door, she still couldn’t speak, and had speech delays and slurred words for a couple of hours after.

She was admitted from the ER aroound 5 this morning. Nothing on the CT scan and nothing on the MRI, but was have to wait until tomorrow morning at the soonest to get the EEG results, and they are not letting her go. They also blocked her driver’s liscense for the time being.

We could really use a break from medical emergencies.

That being said, thank God for Obama care.

96 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 1:14:08pm
97 b_sharp  Feb 13, 2015 1:16:38pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

I just got back from the hospital. Significant Other Dragon came from class last night and saw the flashing lights of a cop car in the neighbrhood…she had some sort of seizure.

By the time she was able to walk in the door, she still couldn’t speak, and had speech delays and slurred words for a couple of hours after.

She was admitted from the ER aroound 5 this morning. Nothing on the CT scan and nothing on the MRI, but was have to wait until tomorrow morning at the soonest to get the EEG results, and they are not letting her go. They also blocked her driver’s liscense for the time being.

We could really use a break from medical emergencies.

That being said, thank God for Obama care.

Oh no.

{{{{{ CD }}}}}

98 Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 13, 2015 1:17:59pm

re: #97 b_sharp

Oh no.

{{{{{ CD }}}}}

Thanks. Gonna go lay down for a bit now. I’ll be back to take her some books and toiletries later.

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 1:18:28pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

This is why I never drive while schoolbuses are running.
That blinking white light on the bus roof makes me physically ill if I get stuck behind one.

100 WhatEVs  Feb 13, 2015 1:19:00pm

re: #46 Charles Johnson

That pic of Chucky J needs a spoiler tag. GAG ACK BARF!

101 b_sharp  Feb 13, 2015 1:19:42pm

re: #98 Aunty Entity Dragon

Thanks. Gonna go lay down for a bit now. I’ll be back to take her some books and toiletries later.

Stay strong for now.

102 urbanmeemaw  Feb 13, 2015 1:20:44pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

Meanwhile in Ohio:

Timeless Charm Weddings: Owner refuses same-sex couple’s ceremony, cites religious beliefs
(warning for autoplay video at link)

The holier-than-thou hypocrisy in the email is stunning:

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That’s one of my city council people, who is a really great guy.

Thanks God it wasn’t Cincinnati again. We’re already suffering from a severe outbreak of Derpola.

103 ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2015 1:22:14pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

I just got back from the hospital. Significant Other Dragon came from class last night and saw the flashing lights of a cop car in the neighbrhood…she had some sort of seizure.

By the time she was able to walk in the door, she still couldn’t speak, and had speech delays and slurred words for a couple of hours after.

She was admitted from the ER aroound 5 this morning. Nothing on the CT scan and nothing on the MRI, but was have to wait until tomorrow morning at the soonest to get the EEG results, and they are not letting her go. They also blocked her driver’s liscense for the time being.

We could really use a break from medical emergencies.

That being said, thank God for Obama care.

Here’s hoping it was something very transient. Take care…the both of you.

104 leftynyc  Feb 13, 2015 1:22:17pm

A long article that has a lot of background information in it.

haaretz.com

Something’s in the wind in Israel: A change for the better
When Netanyahu’s running scared, he doesn’t run smart. Even Israel Hayom’s lead columnist calls his planned trip to address Congress ‘grievous,’ motivated not by concern for Israel, but for electoral gain.

105 urbanmeemaw  Feb 13, 2015 1:23:28pm

re: #98 Aunty Entity Dragon

{{{CD}}}

106 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 1:24:23pm

My coworkers don’t know why I’m in tears right now

107 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 1:25:50pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

{{{{{ CD }}}}}

108 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 13, 2015 1:26:14pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

This made me laugh.

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David Carr wrote that over-the-top hagiography of the Mighty Greenwald. Gee, I wonder if that has something to do with Glenn’s effusiveness?

Wait, he was the one who did that “throbbing jungle mountain top” softcore porno?

109 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 13, 2015 1:26:34pm

re: #104 leftynyc

Netanyahu has pilloried the running mates of the centrist-to-a-fault Herzog and Livni as extreme radical leftists and “Anti-Zionist” - an astonishing characterization of the party of scions of Israel’s two houses of political royalty, socialist Labor Zionism and rightist Revisionist Zionism.

He really did?

110 WhatEVs  Feb 13, 2015 1:26:39pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

I am so sorry! {{{ hugs }}}

111 makeitstop  Feb 13, 2015 1:29:46pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

I just got back from the hospital. Significant Other Dragon came from class last night and saw the flashing lights of a cop car in the neighbrhood…she had some sort of seizure.

By the time she was able to walk in the door, she still couldn’t speak, and had speech delays and slurred words for a couple of hours after.

She was admitted from the ER aroound 5 this morning. Nothing on the CT scan and nothing on the MRI, but was have to wait until tomorrow morning at the soonest to get the EEG results, and they are not letting her go. They also blocked her driver’s liscense for the time being.

We could really use a break from medical emergencies.

That being said, thank God for Obama care.

Hoping for the best here, CD.

112 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 1:30:02pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

Wait, he was the one who did that “throbbing jungle mountain top” softcore porno?

indeed, he was!

113 CuriousLurker  Feb 13, 2015 1:32:04pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

{{{AED}}}

114 leftynyc  Feb 13, 2015 1:38:31pm

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how the cops are claiming this guy was threatening them and they HAD to shoot him:

…

115 leftynyc  Feb 13, 2015 1:38:57pm

Sorry about the size of the video - just copied from youtube.

116 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 1:38:58pm

Well, well, well—gun and ammunition hoarder.

Search warrant: Chapel Hill, NC, shooting suspect had 12 guns in home, cache of ammunition - @WRAL
read more on wral.com

117 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 13, 2015 1:40:43pm

re: #116 Justanotherhuman

He is registered at lots of gun forums too.

118 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 1:40:57pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

So very sorry to hear this. Hopefully, they’ll find the cause. {{{Hugs}}}

119 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 1:42:49pm

The only passage in the body of the Constitution as drafted in 1787 that references religion at all is the paragraph in Article VI that makes clear that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office.” This profoundly progressive phrase, written in an era when every other constitutional government around the world featured an official state religion, was drafted by none other than Charles Pinckney.

After the Constitution was drafted, Pinckney was tasked with taking it before the South Carolina legislature for that state’s ratification debate. During the debate, he was asked by one of the legislators about that exact Article VI paragraph, and more exactly about whether it would mean that “a Muslim could run for office in these United States?” Pinckney’s answer? “Yes, it does, and I hope to live to see it happen.” His words are inspiring, and a challenge to those who say they believe in inclusion today. How many white, Christian elected officials today would say “I hope to see more Muslim Americans in elected office” the way Charles Pinckney did?

120 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 1:49:35pm

re: #114 leftynyc

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how the cops are claiming this guy was threatening them and they HAD to shoot him:

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Because he forgot that the police are sacred and their persons’ inviolate?
Because the motto “To protect and to serve,” doesn’t specify whom?

121 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 1:52:09pm

re: #114 leftynyc

122 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 1:54:29pm

Yeah, but only if you’re going for a philosophy degree

123 wrenchwench  Feb 13, 2015 1:56:33pm

re: #95 Aunty Entity Dragon

I just got back from the hospital. Significant Other Dragon came from class last night and saw the flashing lights of a cop car in the neighbrhood…she had some sort of seizure.

By the time she was able to walk in the door, she still couldn’t speak, and had speech delays and slurred words for a couple of hours after.

She was admitted from the ER aroound 5 this morning. Nothing on the CT scan and nothing on the MRI, but was have to wait until tomorrow morning at the soonest to get the EEG results, and they are not letting her go. They also blocked her driver’s liscense for the time being.

We could really use a break from medical emergencies.

That being said, thank God for Obama care.

I wish I could be there and cook you dinner. Be good to yourself!

124 BeachDem  Feb 13, 2015 1:58:16pm

re: #122 Kragar

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Yeah, but only if you’re going for a philosophy degree

I think he said the same thing BEFORE he got elected, and he got elected anyway. Sigh.

125 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 1:59:57pm

Of course it wasn’t justified, you dumb jack-wagon.

Officials in Kennewick, Wash., say victim in Pasco police shooting was not armed, video shows he threw at least 1 rock; autopsy shows he died of homicide, but does not conclude if death was justified or not - @DanCassuto
end of alert

126 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 13, 2015 2:01:26pm

re: #125 Justanotherhuman

It wasn’t of course. But I think it’s not an autopsy’s job?

127 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Feb 13, 2015 2:01:53pm

here is an old joke that i will repurpose for your delectation:

private joe blow has got himself sent to afghanistan but is unhappy because he has yet to see any action. so he takes his rifle, walks up to a likely mountain ridge, and shouts “fuck oasama bin laden! fuck mohammed!!”

pretty soon the answer comes back “fuck obama!!”

so the private lowers his rifle and says “oh durn, i could never shoot another republican”

128 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 2:03:37pm

This is Reason #eleventybillion why we can’t have nice things:

129 Great White Snark  Feb 13, 2015 2:04:13pm

re: #121 Justanotherhuman

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And geology maybe. Astronomy is gonna be tough though.
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130 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 13, 2015 2:04:41pm

re: #114 leftynyc

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how the cops are claiming this guy was threatening them and they HAD to shoot him:

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You’d just wish that the issue was that a bunch of departments are unfortunately having their PR officer and Range officer be the same person.
///

131 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 2:05:50pm

re: #126 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

It wasn’t of course. But I think it’s not an autopsy’s job?

I was calling the reporter a name for even mentioning it.

132 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 13, 2015 2:06:00pm

re: #129 Great White Snark

And geology maybe. Astronomy is gonna be tough though.

“The entire universe revolves around the Earth. Now, on to Biology…”

133 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 13, 2015 2:07:12pm

re: #132 Higgs Boson’s Mate

“The entire universe revolves around the Earth. Now, on to Biology…”

… and now the BBC news for Koalas.

134 wrenchwench  Feb 13, 2015 2:10:29pm
135 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 2:10:32pm

OTOH, here’s the winner in North Carolina:

136 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 2:13:20pm

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

She has four children, one with disabilities.

137 b_sharp  Feb 13, 2015 2:13:34pm

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

She has four children, one with disabilities.

Awesome.

138 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 2:14:11pm

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

How long before Chuckles starts trying to dig up dirt?

*spit*

139 EPR-radar  Feb 13, 2015 2:14:41pm

re: #119 Kragar

This would be more of that enlightenment philosophy the wingnuts despise so much.

140 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 13, 2015 2:15:20pm

re: #138 Dr Lizardo

How long before Chuckles starts trying to dig up dirt?

*spit*

He’s gonna be busy between her and the Puerto Rican winner!

141 Dr Lizardo  Feb 13, 2015 2:16:32pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s gonna be busy between her and the Puerto Rican winner!

I don’t know…..does Chuckles cover news from foreign lands far and away like Puerto Rico?

/////

142 Kragar  Feb 13, 2015 2:16:53pm

re: #139 EPR-radar

This would be more of that enlightenment philosophy the wingnuts despise so much.

Stupid hippies and their liberal arts degrees.

143 wrenchwench  Feb 13, 2015 2:18:16pm
144 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Feb 13, 2015 2:19:39pm

re: #139 EPR-radar

This would be more of that enlightenment philosophy the wingnuts despise so much.

a fundie once said to me “you’re a secular humanist, right? ‘man is the measure of all things’ isn’t that what you guys believe?”

145 EPR-radar  Feb 13, 2015 2:21:19pm

re: #122 Kragar

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Yeah, but only if you’re going for a philosophy degree

An old academia joke:

Three candidates, a physicist, mathematician and a philosopher, are looking for a faculty position at a cash-strapped university and are asked how they could deal with limited resources.

Physicist: I need lab equipment, which is unfortunately rather expensive.

Mathematician: All I need are pencils, paper and a garbage can.

Philosopher: I wouldn’t need the garbage can.

Despite my fondness for this joke, I respect most philosophy.

146 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 13, 2015 2:24:49pm

re: #91 WhatEVs

Hey, VB, if you’re around…that pie looks FABULOUS! Recipe, please!!

1 prepared pie crust (I make my own but whatever)
2 pkg vanilla pudding, prepared
bunch of fruits

1. Prepare pie crust according to package directions.
2. Pour prepared pudding into baked pie crust
3. Arrange fruits on top in nice pattern
4. Take a picture and post it to Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Pinterest
5. Slice
6. Eat

147 Justanotherhuman  Feb 13, 2015 2:29:30pm

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

OTOH, here’s the winner in North Carolina:

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One of her kids has cerebral palsy.

“Everything is for them. All the struggles that I went through it was all for them,” Holmes told wect.com. “I just want them to understand that money doesn’t change you. It can help you. They don’t have to worry about that. They can go to college, on me. And they don’t have to worry about nothing. I’m glad I can do that for them.”

She needs to see a financial adviser or lawyer, stat, although they’re probably already knocking at her door…

148 WhatEVs  Feb 13, 2015 6:23:58pm

re: #146 The Vicious Babushka

1 prepared pie crust (I make my own but whatever)
2 pkg vanilla pudding, prepared
bunch of fruits

1. Prepare pie crust according to package directions.
2. Pour prepared pudding into baked pie crust
3. Arrange fruits on top in nice pattern
4. Take a picture and post it to Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Pinterest
5. Slice
6. Eat

Thank you. Shabbat Shalom!

149 darthstar  Feb 13, 2015 6:54:34pm

re: #114 leftynyc

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how the cops are claiming this guy was threatening them and they HAD to shoot him:

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Can’t/Won’t watch. I did hear about the story. I already rue the day there’s so much video coverage that we are given all the deaths to watch.


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