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1 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 3:18:38pm
2 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 3:18:47pm

Oh shit.

Editor’s note: We’re seeing numerous reports of shots fired at a shopping center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We’re monitoring official channels for confirmation and will update accordingly. - Jimmy
end of note

Looks as though they didn’t get all those suspects.

3 De Kolta Chair  Feb 14, 2015 3:21:20pm
Boston, 2015
4 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 3:23:17pm
5 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 3:26:16pm

Never quite understood the appeal of Breitbart. I imagine he was so popular to wingnuts because he proved that “unscrupulous dickhead” can be a paying job.

6 The War TARDIS  Feb 14, 2015 3:27:12pm

Less serious news Salem, Oregon is having an owl problem. A problem with one owl.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow inspired Oregon’s capital to post new warning signs in a park where four runners reported attacks from an angry owl likely defending its nest against perceived threats.

One jogger, a surgeon, said the owl hit him twice in Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem, and so hard he thought he was having a stroke or an aneurysm. Another said the bird swiped his longtime running cap and nicked his scalp.

7 Dark_Falcon  Feb 14, 2015 3:27:51pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

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[smiles] Just shake it off, Charles.

8 Dark_Falcon  Feb 14, 2015 3:28:49pm

re: #6 The War TARDIS

Less serious news Salem, Oregon is having an owl problem. A problem with one owl.

Well, that story seems to be a hoot. [rimshot]

9 Kragar  Feb 14, 2015 3:37:00pm

re: #5 Targetpractice

Never quite understood the appeal of Breitbart. I imagine he was so popular to wingnuts because he proved that “unscrupulous dickhead” can be a paying job.

I loved him in Robocop

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10 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 14, 2015 3:38:30pm

re: #2 Justanotherhuman

Damn. And they are calling the ones they caught “misfits”. So we know they’re white.

11 stpaulbear  Feb 14, 2015 3:39:48pm

re: #2 Justanotherhuman

Oh shit.

Editor’s note: We’re seeing numerous reports of shots fired at a shopping center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We’re monitoring official channels for confirmation and will update accordingly. - Jimmy
end of note

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Looks as though they didn’t get all those suspects.

More recent tweets at that site imply that it may have been kids with a slingshot. Hope that’s all it was.

12 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 14, 2015 3:40:05pm

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

Well, that story seems to be a hoot. [rimshot]

You Obviously Like Owls…

(YOLO!)

13 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 3:42:10pm

Halifax Shooting Plot Foiled by Tipster, Police Say - Nova Scotia - CBC News

Police said they took three suspects involved in the alleged plot into custody. Another was found dead in a home in Timberlea, N.S.

“I can tell you that it was a tip, a source from the public that initiated the initial investigation,” said Nova Scotia RCMP Commanding Officer Brian Brennan. “We want people to know we became aware, we acted quickly and intercepted a threat.”

He revealed no more information about the source of the information.

What Nova Scotia police said about the alleged mass shooting plot

He said a man and woman planned to go to a public venue in the Halifax region on Feb. 14 “with a goal of opening fire to kill citizens, and then themselves.”

Brennan said a tip was received Thursday morning that a 19-year-old man from Timberlea and a 23-year-old woman from Geneva, Ill., had access to firearms and presented a significant weapons-related threat.

Police tracked the 19-year-old down to Tiger Maple Drive in Timberlea, entered the house and found him dead early Friday.The roles of the other male suspects, aged 20 and 17, of Halifax and Cole Harbour respectively, is still to be determined as part of the investigation, police said Friday night.

14 Great White Snark  Feb 14, 2015 3:44:35pm

re: #12 William Barnett-Lewis

Hahahaha!
15 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 3:44:48pm

Right. I’m sure this will help. Just ask them nicely enough.

16 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 14, 2015 3:45:16pm

Breitbart was a piece of shit.

17 WhatEVs  Feb 14, 2015 3:45:59pm

Rand Paul created a fake Hillary Pinterest account and I got this from the RNC this morning.

Does everyone associated with Republicans have a 5 year old’s mentality?

18 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 3:47:52pm

re: #17 WhatEVs

Rand Paul created a fake Hillary Pinterest account and I got this from the RNC this morning.

Does everyone associated with Republicans have a 5 year old’s mentality?

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Pretty much, yeah. They really have nothing at all to hit the President or Clinton with, so they’re resorting to schoolyard taunting.

19 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 3:56:43pm

Beth Hart really is terrific. Great blues voice, just great. Listen to this old Al Kooper song, now pretty much a standard.

…

That must have been an awesome tour…

20 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 3:59:20pm

re: #11 stpaulbear

More recent tweets at that site imply that it may have been kids with a slingshot. Hope that’s all it was.

Seems that way. It was yoots with slingshots.

Update: No shots fired at Halifax Shopping Centre, police say; situation involved kids with sling shot; 7 youths in custody, police say - @HfxRegPolice
see original on twitter.com

21 wrenchwench  Feb 14, 2015 4:01:12pm
23 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:08:14pm

re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

As Houston Islamic Center Burns, Firefighter Posts, “Let it burn…block the fire hydrant.”

Good gawd. Hope he loses his job. That was just outrageous.

24 Great White Snark  Feb 14, 2015 4:09:36pm

re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

As Houston Islamic Center Burns, Firefighter Posts, “Let it burn…block the fire hydrant.”

SMH just seems to be terribly weak tea.

25 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 4:09:42pm

re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

re: #23 Justanotherhuman

Perhaps that firefighter should be reminded of the “Golden Rule.”

26 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 14, 2015 4:09:58pm

Chuck on twitter for the last hour or so is like the 2-year-old who just learned that yelling “PENIS!!!” in public makes people laugh.
And he’s tweeting about all sorts of sex stuff.
Must be a Valentines Day dream come true for the HotAsianWifeTM

27 Great White Snark  Feb 14, 2015 4:10:22pm

Video

There aint no easy way out.

28 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 4:11:04pm

re: #14 Great White Snark

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29 Dark_Falcon  Feb 14, 2015 4:12:12pm

re: #25 PhillyPretzel

Perhaps that firefighter should be reminded of the “Golden Rule.”

He thinks he is by killing the ‘Scary Muslims’ before they kill him.

30 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 4:12:23pm

re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chuck on twitter for the last hour or so is like the 2-year-old who just learned that yelling “PENIS!!!” in public makes people laugh.
And he’s tweeting about all sorts of sex stuff.
Must be a Valentines Day dream come true for the HotAsianWifeTM

The HAF must have told him she’s got a headache.

31 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 4:14:07pm

re: #19 Justanotherhuman

Beth Hart really is terrific. Great blues voice, just great. Listen to this old Al Kooper song, now pretty much a standard.

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That must have been an awesome tour…

It’s been a long time since I’ve heard Al Kooper’s name. And then the first notes of your video hit my ears and I remembered the song right off. His version of it when he was with Blood Sweat and Tears is great. Here it is…

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And on YouTube, it looks like this song was covered by many artists. A song that will never go away.

32 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:15:50pm
33 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 4:19:23pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

OMG. too much.

34 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 4:19:32pm

re: #30 Targetpractice

The HAF must have told him she’s got a headache.

She always has a headache. It’s named Chuck.

35 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:21:25pm

My heart is breaking…

Shots fired at synagogue in central Copenhagen, police say - @DRNyheder
read more on dr.dk

New York Times media columnist David Carr died of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease, medical examiner says - @nytimes
read more on nytimes.com

36 Dark_Falcon  Feb 14, 2015 4:23:51pm

re: #35 Justanotherhuman

My heart is breaking…

Shots fired at synagogue in central Copenhagen, police say - @DRNyheder
read more on dr.dk

New York Times media columnist David Carr died of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease, medical examiner says - @nytimes
read more on nytimes.com

Fucking terrorist bastards.

37 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 4:25:59pm

OT “You must remember this a kiss is not a kiss …” Casablanca is on local PBS station tonight at 8 EST.

38 prairiefire  Feb 14, 2015 4:26:51pm

re: #36 Dark_Falcon

Fucking terrorist bastards.

Damn it.

39 prairiefire  Feb 14, 2015 4:29:24pm

re: #31 ObserverArt

Awesome full bodied blue eyed soul.

40 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:32:56pm
41 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:33:34pm
42 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 4:35:05pm

re: #39 prairiefire

Awesome full bodied blue eyed soul.

Great Hammond organ work by Kooper really makes it. And the muted fuzz guitar adds a lot.

It is kind of sad, many people don’t know this version of Blood Sweat and Tears existed. I always liked this one best.

43 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:35:11pm

Holy cow, the wind is roaring outside like a beast—all 3 of my wind chimes are banging away and I’m afraid the Adirondack chairs are going to go flying off into the woods…and that’s on a covered patio. And these aren’t even the worst winds we’re going to have—must have been gusts, though, because it comes and goes. We have a wind advisory until Sun 9 am from the NWS, with gusts up to 45 mph.

Still, doesn’t come close to what others are experiencing.

44 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:37:34pm
45 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:37:53pm

re: #42 ObserverArt

Great Hammond organ work by Kooper really makes it. And the muted fuzz guitar adds a lot.

It is kind of sad, many people don’t know this version of Blood Sweat and Tears existed. I always liked this one best.

I was a big Kooper and Mike Bloomfield fan back in the day.

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46 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 4:38:02pm

re: #43 Justanotherhuman

Holy cow, the wind is roaring outside like a beast—all 3 of my wind chimes are banging away and I’m afraid the Adirondack chairs are going to go flying off into the woods…and that’s on a covered patio. And these aren’t even the worst winds we’re going to have—must have been gusts, though, because it comes and goes. We have a wind advisory until Sun 9 am from the NWS, with gusts up to 45 mph.

Still, doesn’t come close to what others are experiencing.

I think we are getting the 45 mph gusts now. The ol’ house is rumbling…and it is made of brick.

47 jaunte  Feb 14, 2015 4:38:50pm

That sounds so familiar…
donotlink.com

48 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:40:47pm
49 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:42:34pm

re: #47 jaunte

This is also a recurring theme of Chuck Johnson’s.

50 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 4:43:06pm

re: #45 Justanotherhuman

I was a big Kooper and Mike Bloomfield fan back in the day.

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Oh yeah. My one brother had all of those records. Super Sessions!

Do you remember the name Shuggie Otis? He played with Kooper when he was like 15 or so (if I remember correctly).

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51 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:43:35pm
52 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:46:11pm
53 Archangelus  Feb 14, 2015 4:47:29pm

re: #17 WhatEVs

Rand Paul created a fake Hillary Pinterest account and I got this from the RNC this morning.

Does everyone associated with Republicans have a 5 year old’s mentality?

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When it comes to the leadership, the answer isn’t ‘yes’ so much as ‘duh!!!” at this point…

54 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:47:36pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

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I say Upchuck.

55 Great White Snark  Feb 14, 2015 4:48:00pm

re: #54 Justanotherhuman

Yup.

56 TedStriker  Feb 14, 2015 4:48:16pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

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I’m going to say Chuck.

57 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 4:48:54pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

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Chuck for all the money.

But no, he is not a racist…too much.

58 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 14, 2015 4:51:00pm

If Halfax plotters weren’t white, they wouldn’t be labeled “misfits”.

59 TedStriker  Feb 14, 2015 4:52:16pm

re: #57 ObserverArt

Chuck for all the money.

But no, he is not a racist…too much.

There’s no way Chuck could be a racist, because he has a Hot Asian Wife(tm).

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60 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 14, 2015 4:52:25pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

This is also a recurring theme of Chuck Johnson’s.

He’s being a huge fanboy of Lars Vilks tonight, when he isn’t talking about sexy body parts.

61 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:52:47pm

Bzzzt! Oooh, I’m sorry! That was the Halifax murder plotter.

62 Archangelus  Feb 14, 2015 4:53:21pm

For those in need of a good laugh, be sure to read Dave Barry’s review of 50 Shades of Grey (otherwise known by yours truly as “50 Shades of Dear God Why Did I Lose that Damned Bet and Actually Have to Read This”):

Times.com: Dave Barry Learns Everything You Need to Know About Being a Husband From Reading 50 Shades of Grey

So I read Fifty Shades of Grey. This is the book written by female British author “E. L. James” that became a huge bestseller, devoured by pretty much every woman on Earth except my wife (or so she claims).

I think I might be the only man who read this book. I did it sneakily, hiding the cover, especially when I was on an airplane, which actually is a good place to read this book because you have access to a barf bag…

63 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:53:26pm
64 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 4:55:22pm

It seems that the media predilection to portray white supremacists as few and far between is not something limited to the US.

65 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 4:55:45pm
66 nines09  Feb 14, 2015 4:55:46pm

Joe Bonamassa is one of those talents that can play with anyone. If you ever get the opportunity to be able to see him live, buy the best seat you can afford and just soak it in. Definitely one man you must hear live before you die.

67 Archangelus  Feb 14, 2015 4:56:47pm

re: #66 nines09

Joe Bonamassa is one of those talents that can play with anyone. If you ever get the opportunity to be able to see him live, buy the best seat you can afford and just soak it in. Definitely one man you must hear live before you die.

I did, and I agree with that sentiment wholeheartedly.

68 retired cynic  Feb 14, 2015 4:56:56pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

He should learn to spell.

69 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 4:56:57pm

This will blow your socks off. Of course, everyone should be familiar with Billie Holiday’s version.

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The story behind the song…

“Strange Fruit” originated as a poem written by Abel Meeropol, a white, Jewish high school teacher from the Bronx and a member of the Communist Party, as a protest against lynchings of black African Americans. In the poem, Meeropol expressed his horror at what Lawrence Beitler’s photograph showed of the 1930 lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. He published the poem under the title “Bitter Fruit” in 1937 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine.Though Meeropol had asked others (notably Earl Robinson) to set his poems to music, he set “Strange Fruit” to music himself. His protest song gained a certain success in and around New York. Meeropol, his wife Anne, and black vocalist Laura Duncan performed it at Madison Square Garden. Meeropol chose to write as “Lewis Allan” in memory of the names of his two stillborn children. Later, he and his wife Anne adopted Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s two sons, Michael and Robert, after their parents’ executions. Michael and Robert took the Meeropol surname.

en.wikipedia.org

70 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 4:58:05pm

re: #22 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

As Houston Islamic Center Burns, Firefighter Posts, “Let it burn…block the fire hydrant.”

Holy shit. Flat out anarchy there.

71 Joe Bacon  Feb 14, 2015 4:58:17pm

re: #62 Archangelus

Google “Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades Of Grey”.

Left me in stitches!

72 Skip Intro  Feb 14, 2015 4:58:28pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

I was going to guess Todd Kincannon.

73 The War TARDIS  Feb 14, 2015 4:58:44pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

I think he missed a decimal point with his IQ test.

15.0 is a lot more likely that 150. Or maybe he is dyslexic or reading it upside down, where it would be 051.

74 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 4:59:06pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

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What’s this “we” business? Did he put on a uniform or a lab coat while I was on holiday?

75 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:01:38pm

That sounds like Chuck is advocating genocide, doesn’t it? Because if we can’t do ground-breaking science because of the “Muslim menace,” what’s the alternative besides wiping them all out?

What a horrible human being this is.

76 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 5:02:13pm

For those who want to watch Casablanca here is a link: PBS Video

77 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 5:03:51pm

re: #71 Joe Bacon

Google “Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades Of Grey”.

Left me in stitches!

It’s now literature? : )

78 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 5:05:22pm

@luvvie had an epic live blog of when she read that piece of carp.

Yeah, I’m keeping my mispelling.

79 Skip Intro  Feb 14, 2015 5:05:28pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

UpChuck just needs a slight nudge to get to suggesting we need a final solution to the Muslim question.

80 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 14, 2015 5:08:02pm

re: #63 Charles Johnson

The guy who mumbled something about something “cultural” redefined terrorism. Terrorism is about politics/ideology + sending a message. Seems it fits like a glove here.

81 Dark_Falcon  Feb 14, 2015 5:08:43pm

re: #69 Justanotherhuman

This will blow your socks off. Of course, everyone should be familiar with Billie Holiday’s version.

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Abel Meeropol can be seen as a reminder that not all Communists were/are evil. He was wrong about many things but his concern about racism was real (for the USSR, American racism was simply a club with which to beat the USA, as Russia remained quite bigoted itself). His willingness to adopt the Rosenbergs’ son and give them his name so they’d not suffer stigma was also honorable. Overall, he can be considered to have done good deal more good than harm.

BBL

82 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 5:10:49pm

I just put up a Page of non-U.S. fact checker sites. There are five of them: two from Europe, two from South America, and one from Africa; two are in English, two in Spanish, and one in Italian.

Oh, and a little snark over a U.S.-based conservative fact checker site. I guess it’s sort of like the Conservapedia of fact checkers. Don’t want to burst that bubble and let any reality in!

83 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 5:11:20pm

re: #69 Justanotherhuman

This will blow your socks off. Of course, everyone should be familiar with Billie Holiday’s version.

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In regards to your post info on the poem/song background it is very important to note…Marion, Indiana.

People think lynching and the KKK was only a southern thing. Everyone needs to remember Indiana was home of the largest KKK organization at the time of the lynchings.

84 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 14, 2015 5:14:12pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

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He means wind-breaking research…….

85 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:17:05pm
86 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 5:17:55pm

re: #81 Dark_Falcon

Abel Meeropol can be seen as a reminder that not all Communists were/are evil. He was wrong about many things but his concern about racism was real (for the USSR, American racism was simply a club with which to beat the USA, as Russia remained quite bigoted itself). His willingness to adopt the Rosenbergs’ son and give them his name so they’d not suffer stigma was also honorable. Overall, he can be considered to have done good deal more good than harm.

BBL

Both the Rosenberg children went on to careers: Michael was a respected professor of economics, and Robert eventually went to law school. Both remained liberal-left and wrote books about their parents and were convinced their mother Ethel was totally innocent, while their father committed much less than a death penalty crime. But it was the 50s and the Rosenbergs were pretty much, as members of the Communist Party, widely reviled and found guilty by orchestrated public opinion.

87 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 5:19:48pm

re: #76 PhillyPretzel

For those who want to watch Casablanca here is a link: [Embedded content]

I recall reading somewhere that the famous scene at the airport, with “Major Strassers been shot” followed by a series of cuts across all the faces, finishing with “Round up the usual suspects” was originally edited as a straight “statement / response” without the tension building, wondering if Capt. Renault will do the right thing.

Also, the scene at the airport, the Lockheed Constellation in the background is actually a cardboard model and there are little people actors walking around it to give a false image of size. The fog also helped with that. It was because due to the war, they couldn’t shoot at night at the airport.

RBS

88 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 5:21:35pm

re: #87 RealityBasedSteve

That and there was no script for the movie. There are a lot of interesting facts about that movie.

89 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 5:23:04pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

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Ugh, I was just reading about David Duke last night. But Canada? Canada?

STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF NOW.

90 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:25:00pm

Chuck smokes, by the way.

91 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:26:53pm
92 sagehen  Feb 14, 2015 5:27:08pm

re: #87 RealityBasedSteve

I recall reading somewhere that the famous scene at the airport, with “Major Strassers been shot” followed by a series of cuts across all the faces, finishing with “Round up the usual suspects” was originally edited as a straight “statement / response” without the tension building, wondering if Capt. Renault will do the right thing.

Also, the scene at the airport, the Lockheed Constellation in the background is actually a cardboard model and there are little people actors walking around it to give a false image of size. The fog also helped with that. It was because due to the war, they couldn’t shoot at night at the airport.

RBS

I had to be reminded, and it’s deepened my emotional response to watching that film, that in the original run, when the characters in the casino stand up to sing the Marsellaises, and the audience sings along in the theater… they all had good reason to be uncertain if there would ever again be a “France”.

93 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 5:28:17pm
94 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:28:25pm
95 Amory Blaine  Feb 14, 2015 5:29:44pm

10-year-old daughter of Madera County sheriff’s lieutenant shoots sister, 8, with father’s gun in Fresno

Fresno police are investigating an incident in which a Madera County sheriff’s lieutenant’s 10-year-old daughter shot her younger sister Friday.

The incident occurred just before 8 a.m. near Bullard and Cornelia avenues. Fresno police Lt. Joe Gomez said officers found an 8-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to her torso. She was talking and in stable condition Friday afternoon at Community Regional Medical Center.

Gomez said preliminary findings are that the girls’ father was getting ready for work and put his handgun on the bed in his bedroom while he was in the bathroom. The magazine was removed from the weapon, but there was a round in the chamber. The 10-year-old grabbed the gun, “manipulated it” and one round discharged, hitting the younger girl in the lower torso. Gomez said the lieutenant immediately called 911 for an ambulance and also notified Fresno police, who sped to the home.

96 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 5:29:46pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

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Haha, organized chaos. Excellent for a scientist.

97 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:30:43pm

Interesting. Lars Vilks, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer.

98 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 5:31:32pm

re: #95 Amory Blaine

“The magazine was removed from the weapon, but there was a round in the chamber.”

And this guy’s a cop?

99 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 5:37:38pm

re: #98 Justanotherhuman

“The magazine was removed from the weapon, but there was a round in the chamber.”

And this guy’s a cop?

If all the people who’ve been killed with “unloaded” automatics were laid end to end…well, they’d stink up the place pretty good. Add another “People are stupid, film at 11” moment.

100 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 5:37:42pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

Interesting. Lars Vilks, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer.

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Uuugghh… *reaches for barf bag*

101 [deleted]  Feb 14, 2015 5:38:12pm
102 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 5:40:10pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

Interesting. Lars Vilks, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer.

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“Uninalienable rights”? Really, Geller?

I’ve wondered about the political leanings of Vilks for a while now. Using “art” as an excuse to vilify another culture is, to me, the same as using hate speech. You can hide behind criticism in your position as “artist”, but art is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t think Vilks is an unsophisticated rube who didn’t know who he was in bed with.

103 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 5:42:08pm

re: #102 Justanotherhuman

“Uninalienable rights”? Really, Geller?

I’ve wondered about the political leanings of Vilks for a while now. Using “art” as an excuse to vilify another culture is, to me, the same as using hate speech. You can hide behind criticism in your position as “artist”, but art is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t think Vilks is an unsophisticated rube who didn’t know who he was in bed with.

Vilks has always been an asshole. Of course, if that were a capital crime we’d have no population problem.

104 KingKenrod  Feb 14, 2015 5:42:24pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

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Chuck smokes, by the way.

It probably wasn’t a good idea for Eric Breindel to shoot all that heroin but hey, he put the “Award Winning” in a certain “Award Winning Journalist”.

105 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 5:42:50pm

re: #101 Souliren

You need to walk back that last paragraph or your entire comment is probably going to get deleted.

106 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:43:14pm
107 Mattand  Feb 14, 2015 5:44:14pm

re: #105 CuriousLurker

You need to walk back that last paragraph or your entire comment is probably going to get deleted.

Ditto.

108 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 5:44:15pm

re: #98 Justanotherhuman

“The magazine was removed from the weapon, but there was a round in the chamber.”

And this guy’s a cop?

Cops are human, and humans often times think they’ve done something correctly when they didn’t. Sometimes confidence becomes over confidence and then you get this result.

Gun lovers too many times think they are perfect and no mistakes happen if you are a responsible gun owner. Well…anyone want to say this guy wasn’t a responsible gun owner and professional?

109 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 5:52:35pm

I’m seriously not understanding why people are reacting to my comments about Vilks this way. He wasn’t murdered. He’s alive. Why am I supposed to refrain from mentioning his connections to anti-Muslim extremist groups?

Fuck that. Not gonna stop.

110 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 5:55:01pm

re: #98 Justanotherhuman

“The magazine was removed from the weapon, but there was a round in the chamber.”

And this guy’s a cop?

A typical one.

111 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 5:58:49pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

I’m seriously not understanding why people are reacting to my comments about Vilks this way. He wasn’t murdered. He’s alive. Why am I supposed to refrain from mentioning his connections to anti-Muslim extremist groups?

Fuck that. Not gonna stop.

Race traitor… // only half

112 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 6:01:37pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

I’m seriously not understanding why people are reacting to my comments about Vilks this way. He wasn’t murdered. He’s alive. Why am I supposed to refrain from mentioning his connections to anti-Muslim extremist groups?

Fuck that. Not gonna stop.

I suppose after someone at the cafe was killed, his audience will get somewhat smaller. Why would anyone now risk their own life to hear this jerk?

No, he shouldn’t be murdered, but why drag people with him when he himself is under police protection? They sure aren’t.

113 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:02:05pm

There’s a reason why Chuck C. Johnson is suddenly so enamored with Lars Vilks. And it isn’t about free speech.

114 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:02:59pm

Has anyone found out yet who put on that “free speech event” Vilks was speaking at?

115 goddamnedfrank  Feb 14, 2015 6:06:03pm

Why do people do crap like this to their pistols? Seriously, is that a gun any defendant would ever want in front of a jury?

I swear, Truck Nutz, firearms style. There’s a certain segment of the population that mentally never left middle school.

117 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:12:42pm

Again - Vilks has an absolute right to draw whatever cartoons he feels like drawing. I wouldn’t stop him even if I could.

However, he’s one of the people who’s driving the “war with Islam” narrative that the Geller-Spencer gang and their fascist allies are trying to make mainstream opinion. I don’t think he’s doing this for pure free speech - he wouldn’t be supporting fascists and bigots is he was. He’s intent on dividing people and feeding hatred.

118 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 6:12:43pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

Lars Vilks Defends Decision to Join Geller’s Hate Fest: “If the Ku Klux Klan Had Invited Me, I Would Have Gone”

Yeah, I have no doubt that’s true.

119 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:13:50pm

And if you ever find yourself saying you’d speak to a Klan meeting if they asked you, you are one seriously fucked up individual.

120 goddamnedfrank  Feb 14, 2015 6:18:38pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

I’m seriously not understanding why people are reacting to my comments about Vilks this way. He wasn’t murdered. He’s alive. Why am I supposed to refrain from mentioning his connections to anti-Muslim extremist groups?

Fuck that. Not gonna stop.

I can see where people’s instinct is to say it’s crass to try and contextualize the attack in any way, even while explicitly condemning it. I don’t really have an opinion either way but the reaction is honest and understandable.

On the other hand this week saw the character assassination of three muslims who actually were murdered. The only justification offered for this was the combatting of hate crime allegations, which was ironic, in that those doing it were saying the victims actually deserved to be hated.

121 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 6:18:50pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Has anyone found out yet who put on that “free speech event” Vilks was speaking at?

On her site, she also has a number of photos, one with her, someone named Ramaleh, Vilks, Spencer, with their arms around each other.

I googled “International Freedom Conference” (which she called it), couldn’t find that, and can only surmise that she and Spencer put it on with some kind of private funding.

“Other notable speakers were my lawyer, AFLC’s David Yerushalmi, who has represented me in a number of free speech cases; Israeli scholar Dr. Mordechai Kedar, who held up the Palestinian jihad to the light of reality beyond jihad propaganda; Bev Perlson of Band of Mothers; my European partner Anders Gravers of SIOE; and so many others -” including Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll.

122 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 6:20:35pm

It drives me a bit nuts that it’s 2015 and we’re seeing the sort of hatred and bigotry that once would make you a social pariah now defended as “free speech.” Yeah, I know that under free speech/association that Nazis and the KKK can demonstrate and expect the same protection as those marching for peace or understanding. But how in the hell did we get to the point where people started arguing that being associated with the Klan could be seen as a good thing?

123 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:22:01pm

re: #121 Justanotherhuman

On her site, she also has a number of photos, one with her, someone named Ramaleh, Vilks, Spencer, with their arms around each other.

I googled “International Freedom Conference” (which she called it), couldn’t find that, and can only surmise that she and Spencer put it on with some kind of private funding.

“Other notable speakers were my lawyer, AFLC’s David Yerushalmi, who has represented me in a number of free speech cases; Israeli scholar Dr. Mordechai Kedar, who held up the Palestinian jihad to the light of reality beyond jihad propaganda; Bev Perlson of Band of Mothers; my European partner Anders Gravers of SIOE; and so many others -” including Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll.

Ugh. There you go. Yerushalmi (a white supremacist), EDL founder Tommy Robinson (another white supremacist), Anders Gravers, etc.

He’s deeply connected with the European fascist/Islamophobic movement. Absolutely horrible people.

124 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:23:34pm

re: #121 Justanotherhuman

On her site, she also has a number of photos, one with her, someone named Ramaleh, Vilks, Spencer, with their arms around each other.

I googled “International Freedom Conference” (which she called it), couldn’t find that, and can only surmise that she and Spencer put it on with some kind of private funding.

“Other notable speakers were my lawyer, AFLC’s David Yerushalmi, who has represented me in a number of free speech cases; Israeli scholar Dr. Mordechai Kedar, who held up the Palestinian jihad to the light of reality beyond jihad propaganda; Bev Perlson of Band of Mothers; my European partner Anders Gravers of SIOE; and so many others -” including Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll.

Do you have a link to this? Seriously considering writing an article about it.

125 Great White Snark  Feb 14, 2015 6:25:08pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

Absolutely. Call them out.

With our right to pen and sketch and speak as we please comes non trivial responsibilities. Proportionate to our audience and the real effects on the ground. I see little moral difference between the proverbial “fire’ in a crowd and those that burn Qurans.

126 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 6:26:10pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Has anyone found out yet who put on that “free speech event” Vilks was speaking at?

Do you mean the one in your #97? The opening screen says:

September 11,2012
Stop Islamization of Nations’
World Freedom Conference
U.N. Plaza

127 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 6:28:55pm

re: #123 Charles Johnson

More reason for me to stand by my comment at #102.

128 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 6:29:12pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Has anyone found out yet who put on that “free speech event” Vilks was speaking at?

Never mind. I just realized you were talking about the one today. Duh.

129 ObserverArt  Feb 14, 2015 6:29:22pm

See you all later. Time to batten down the hatches and get ready to fight off the cold for the overnight.

130 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 6:31:39pm

re: #124 Charles Johnson

Here ya go: pamelageller.com

Here’s another, also: pamelageller.com

131 goddamnedfrank  Feb 14, 2015 6:32:48pm

The rather obvious problem with attacks on people like Vilks is that the net effect is the justification of their poisonous rhetoric and a further polarization and destabilization of society.

Radical islamists and european ethno-nationalists are working together to undermine and destroy the peace and prosperity offered by a modern, globalized society. The idea of multiculturalism and mutual respect and tolerance is an affront to both of these factions, and governments would do well to treat them as two sides of the same toxic, anti-social coin.

132 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 6:34:26pm

It’s very revealing that UpChuck’s latest piece about the attacks on Lars Vilk blames the attackers, and not the victim. Quite different from his usual DARVO posts blaming the victims for their demise or rape or whatever.

Vilk is a white male with apparent Islamophobic tendencies, so I guess that explains it.

133 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 6:35:28pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Has anyone found out yet who put on that “free speech event” Vilks was speaking at?

According to The Telegraph, Vilks organized it: telegraph.co.uk

Still looking…

134 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:36:26pm

re: #130 Justanotherhuman

Here ya go: pamelageller.com

Wow.

I look at the pictures on that page and thank whatever gods there may be that I got out of this crowd. They tried hard to make me part of that.

135 Justanotherhuman  Feb 14, 2015 6:38:05pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm…

136 Amory Blaine  Feb 14, 2015 6:38:21pm

re: #115 goddamnedfrank

Wingnut scrimshaw?

137 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 6:38:25pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

The name, World Freedom Conference, seems so unassuming, until you find out what they want freedom from.

138 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 6:38:56pm
139 De Kolta Chair  Feb 14, 2015 6:39:07pm
140 Amory Blaine  Feb 14, 2015 6:40:50pm

re: #137 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Heh. Anything with freedom, liberty or eagles throws up red flags for me.

141 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 14, 2015 6:49:12pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

And if you ever find yourself saying you’d speak to a Klan meeting if they asked you, you are one seriously fucked up individual.

Glenn Greenwald would speak to a Klan meeting if they asked him, and then happily go and speak to the ACLU, if they asked him.

142 b_sharp  Feb 14, 2015 6:50:53pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

Glenn Greenwald would speak to a Klan meeting if they asked him, and then happily go and speak to the ACLU, if they asked him.

While we sit here and wonder why anyone asks him to speak.

143 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 6:52:47pm

VB, who I suppose is offline for Shabbos, posted a tweet about this photo a couple of days ago.

Uyghur imams dancing in Xinjiang, China

The attached story was that the Chinese authorities had coerced these men into dancing, and to sign a statement all but renouncing their beliefs in Islam.

I went on a search for the origin of the photo, and finally located it yesterday.

xj.xinhuanet.com

The Chinese story here is the local government in Shule County, near Kashgar, put on a “Little Apple (Xiao Pingguo)” dance contest, and “invited” groups to compete. My Uyghur friends tell me that pious men and women would not normally participate in such an event, so the internet rumor that these men were forced to dance, etc., has some truth to it.

If you look at this photo, from the Chinese site, you can tell the dancers are not altogether happy.

The Internet story says Uyghur dancers were forced to wave Chinese flags, which this photo certainly supports.

When I get more details, I’ll page it.

144 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 14, 2015 6:53:28pm

re: #142 b_sharp

While we sit here and wonder why anyone asks him to speak.

Last year there were photos of him speaking at a synagogue. And I’m like whose fucking idea was that and why did they go along with it?

145 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 6:57:01pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

Wow.

I look at the pictures on that page and thank whatever gods there may be that I got out of this crowd. They tried hard to make me part of that.

WRT the free speech event today, The Irish Times says Vilks was NOT the organizer (though an earlier cached version—which now redirects to the URL below—said he was). :

“The security guards shouted ‘everyone get out’ and we were being pushed out of the room,” Helle Merete Brix, organiser of the event, said by telephone. […]

irishtimes.com

Googling for images of Helle Merete Brix brings up some interesting results.

146 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 6:58:27pm

re: #143 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Heh, I was thinking about that photo last night and wondering if it was misrepresented, but I couldn’t remember where I saw it. Good to know, thanks.

147 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 6:58:50pm

Apropos of nothing in particular—I don’t care how lousy a movie Pitch Perfect 2 may be, I want to see it because I really love Rebel Wilson and I really miss Super Fun Night.

Now returning to gloom and disaster….

148 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 7:00:07pm

re: #145 CuriousLurker

Oops, edited to add the link to the quoted part. Please refresh to view.

149 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:00:12pm

Is there something wrong with Israeli society that allows young Israeli teens to be so heartless and barbaric these days?

I’m just at a loss of words, really.

150 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 14, 2015 7:00:56pm

re: #143 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

VB, who I suppose is offline for Shabbos, posted a tweet about this photo a couple of days ago.

Image: Uyghur imams dancing in Xinjiang, ChinaThe attached story was that the Chinese authorities had coerced these men into dancing, and to sign a statement all but renouncing their beliefs in Islam.

I went on a search for the origin of the photo, and finally located it yesterday.

xj.xinhuanet.com

The Chinese story here is the local government in Shule County, near Urumqi, put on a “Little Apple (Xiao Pingguo)” dance contest, and “invited” groups to compete. My Uyghur friends tell me that pious men and women would not normally participate in such an event, so the internet rumor that these men were forced to dance, etc., has some truth to it.

If you look at this photo, from the Chinese site, you can tell the dancers are not altogether happy.

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The Internet story says Uyghur dancers were forced to wave Chinese flags, which this photo certainly supports.

When I get more details, I’ll page it.

Thanks for looking that up. The photo was Tweeted by Niraj Warikoo, who is a reporter for the Detroit Free Press so I figured it must have more credibility than some random Twitter account.

151 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 7:01:20pm

hahahaha, yes.

152 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 7:01:54pm

re: #149 electrotek

Is there something wrong with Israeli society that allows young Israeli teens to be so heartless and barbaric these days?

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I’m just at a loss of words, really.

How did it become “Israeli society” and “young Israeli teens” when it was just one random Twitter asshole? You’re doing it again…

153 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 7:02:30pm

re: #149 electrotek

Is there something wrong with Israeli society that allows young Israeli teens to be so heartless and barbaric these days?

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I’m just at a loss of words, really.

Troubles a brewing.

154 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 14, 2015 7:02:37pm

re: #149 electrotek

Is there something wrong with Israeli society that allows young Israeli teens to be so heartless and barbaric these days?

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I’m just at a loss of words, really.

How does one Tweet represent all of Israeli society?

155 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 7:02:39pm

re: #146 CuriousLurker

Heh, I was thinking about that photo last night and wondering if it was misrepresented, but I couldn’t remember where I saw it. Good to know, thanks.

It’s gone viral all over social media and Muslim websites and blogs. That’s why it took me so long to track down the original appearance with Google Image search. Plus, the Chinese media have a tendency to use each other’s content without attribution, so I got to wade through those, too.

Here’s the viral Internet story, which has been translated into several other languages besides English. onislam.net

156 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:02:48pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

And if you ever find yourself saying you’d speak to a Klan meeting if they asked you, you are one seriously fucked up individual.

Wonder if he would speak at an event praising Anders Breivik as a hero to defend European Christendom?

157 BeenHereAwhile  Feb 14, 2015 7:03:26pm

re: #88 PhillyPretzel

That and there was no script for the movie. There are a lot of interesting facts about that movie.

According to Howard Koch, the script writer, the script was halfway completed when they started shooting the film.

So the daily script was written in the morning and the written scenes were filmed in the afternoon & evenings.

amazon.com

158 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 7:04:31pm

re: #155 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I’ll never understand why people believe stuff they see on Twitter without verifying it first. *smh*

159 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 7:04:53pm

re: #150 The Vicious Babushka

Thanks for looking that up. The photo was Tweeted by Niraj Warikoo, who is a reporter for the Detroit Free Press so I figured it must have more credibility than some random Twitter account.

Oh hai.

Yeah, Warikoo is reliable, but getting confirmation about such viral stories is difficult here. I have a built-in skepticism about any news that circulates on Twitter or Facebook.

160 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 7:04:56pm

They have just updated the weather forecast here in Clarksvegas for 4-8 inches from late Sunday night through Tuesday AM. If it’s even at the low side of the scale, it’s going to be ‘interesting’.

Excuse me, I’m off to buy milk and bread before the storm of doom hits////

RBS

161 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:06:00pm

re: #154 The Vicious Babushka

How does one Tweet represent all of Israeli society?

I’m not saying it represents all of Israeli society, but this is not the first time we’ve seen Israeli teens tweet their satisfaction over any killing of Muslims and Arabs, as this post from Jezebel last summer shocked me.

162 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:06:55pm

re: #152 CuriousLurker

How did it become “Israeli society” and “young Israeli teens” when it was just one random Twitter asshole? You’re doing it again…

See my post above.

163 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:07:29pm
164 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 14, 2015 7:07:39pm

New addition to the pantry (Dr’s orders):

I guess this makes me an officially certified Old Person now.

165 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 7:08:45pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel

New addition to the pantry (Dr’s orders):

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I guess this makes me an officially certified Old Person now.

Fully Certified.

166 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss  Feb 14, 2015 7:09:06pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel

…

167 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 14, 2015 7:09:19pm
168 jaunte  Feb 14, 2015 7:09:22pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel

Now you can be a Grit-Free old person.

169 jaunte  Feb 14, 2015 7:09:43pm

“What’s a grit?”

170 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:09:46pm

re: #155 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

It’s gone viral all over social media and Muslim websites and blogs. That’s why it took me so long to track down the original appearance with Google Image search. Plus, the Chinese media have a tendency to use each other’s content without attribution, so I got to wade through those, too.

Here’s the viral Internet story, which has been translated into several other languages besides English. onislam.net

OnIslam has a horrible habit of not verifying their sources for as long as it caters to their slant. It’s problematic and counterproductive. Yes, China does have a problem with its oppression of Uyghurs, but I wouldn’t go as far to paint all of China as hostile to Muslims. The status of Hui Muslims would directly contradict the claims made by some that China is an enemy of Islam.

171 b_sharp  Feb 14, 2015 7:10:21pm

What a disappointing blizzard.

Barely enough to notice.

172 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 7:11:14pm

re: #169 jaunte

grit: thefreedictionary.com

173 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 7:11:56pm

Sorry, hate is hate. It needs to be stopped. In review, my upding does not represent a broad brush.

I just hate seeing hate. Especially from the young ones. Troubles a brewing.

174 KingKenrod  Feb 14, 2015 7:12:07pm

re: #143 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I found this, if you haven’t seen it:

foreignpolicy.com

175 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 7:12:10pm

re: #161 electrotek

I’m not saying it represents all of Israeli society, but…

Actually, that is what you said.

…this is not the first time we’ve seen Israeli teens tweet their satisfaction over any killing of Muslims and Arabs, as this post from Jezebel last summer shocked me.

You DO realize that people could very easily use your words and simply substitute examples of Muslim teens in country “X” (take your pick) tweeting satisfaction over the killing of Jews and other non-Muslims, right?

176 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 7:12:23pm

re: #171 b_sharp

We had a brief period of heavy snow and now the winds are picking up. At least my back up batteries are charged.

177 CuriousLurker  Feb 14, 2015 7:13:49pm

Okay, my patience is wearing thin, so it’s better if I just go now.

Later, lizards.

178 darthstar  Feb 14, 2015 7:13:55pm

I had birdie putts twice today and parred three of the nine holes I played. Two bogeys, and a handful of shitty holes.

Then we had a good swim, my wife and I…lovely day. Getting home sucked though, as there were thousands of cars full of heat refugees trying to get OUT of Half Moon Bay as we were coming in, which caused sympathetic slowdown in our direction.

179 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:14:14pm

Here’s me, reacting to a hypothetical call from the KKK:

“Would you please come speak to our meeting? We’ll pay you.”

“Fuck you. Don’t ever call me again.” [click] [block number]

180 PhillyPretzel  Feb 14, 2015 7:16:29pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

*57 Call Trace is a good thing to do. *57 is for Verizon. I have no idea what it is outside the greater Philly area.

181 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:17:41pm

re: #174 KingKenrod

I found this, if you haven’t seen it:

foreignpolicy.com

No matter what, other than a few jihadi groups, you won’t see the Muslim masses mobilize in the streets against China for obvious reasons.

182 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 7:18:20pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

Here’s me, reacting to a hypothetical call from the KKK:

“Would you please come speak to our meeting? We’ll pay you.”

“Fuck you. Don’t ever call me again.” [click] [block number]

For me, it would be “How the hell did you get this number?!”

183 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:18:55pm

re: #175 CuriousLurker

Actually, that is what you said.

You DO realize that people could very easily use your words and simply substitute examples of Muslim teens in country “X” (take your pick) tweeting satisfaction over the killing of Jews and other non-Muslims, right?

You do have a point.

*sigh*

I just got annoyed with how some keep stating love of violence is a trait unique to Muslims solely while ignoring the other groups who are no less immune to it.

184 sagehen  Feb 14, 2015 7:20:37pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel

New addition to the pantry (Dr’s orders):

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I guess this makes me an officially certified Old Person now.

I’m also Newly Certified Old (what I thought was an ortho problem with my wrists… turns out to be rheumatoid arthritis.)

185 BlueSpotinAL  Feb 14, 2015 7:20:43pm

re: #182 Targetpractice

“We got it from our buddy CCJ.”

186 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 7:21:36pm

re: #174 KingKenrod

I found this, if you haven’t seen it:

foreignpolicy.com

Nice! Thanks!

re: #170 electrotek

OnIslam has a horrible habit of not verifying their sources for as long as it caters to their slant. It’s problematic and counterproductive. Yes, China does have a problem with its oppression of Uyghurs, but I wouldn’t go as far to paint all of China as hostile to Muslims. The status of Hui Muslims would directly contradict the claims made by some that China is an enemy of Islam.

Most of the sites running the story are not what I’d call unimpeachable sources. They’ve all just copypasta’d the same content, complete with misspellings and poor grammar, without verifying it. I want to know how much of the viral story is true, and how much has been embellished, so to speak.

The Hui and the Uyghurs are in two different situations, as far as I know. The Hui were Chinese converts to Islam centuries ago, while the Uyghurs are of Turkic heritage and see themselves as separate from Chinese culture. Beijing is trying mightily to quell unrest in Xinjiang, as it also tries to suppress local culture in favor of the Han majority culture. See, also, Tibet.

187 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:21:49pm

Good God Charles, this guy still doesn’t get it:

188 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:22:45pm
189 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:24:22pm
The Hui and the Uyghurs are in two different situations, as far as I know. The Hui were Chinese converts to Islam centuries ago, while the Uyghurs are of Turkic heritage and see themselves as separate from Chinese culture. Beijing is trying mightily to quell unrest in Xinjiang, as it also tries to suppress local culture in favor of the Han majority culture. See, also, Tibet.

I totally agree, which is why I get annoyed when some people try to paint this as another example of a “war on Islam”, when China itself is actually more tolerant of Islam than Greece would be.

Xinjiang also has a problem with Saudi-imported Wahabi Islam suppressing local culture in a way that is more discreet and more deadly than the Chinese attempts are. Just look at Pakistan for proof.

190 b_sharp  Feb 14, 2015 7:25:04pm

re: #178 darthstar

I had birdie putts twice today and parred three of the nine holes I played. Two bogeys, and a handful of shitty holes.

Then we had a good swim, my wife and I…lovely day. Getting home sucked though, as there were thousands of cars full of heat refugees trying to get OUT of Half Moon Bay as we were coming in, which caused sympathetic slowdown in our direction.

Shut! Up!

191 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:25:54pm
192 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 14, 2015 7:26:39pm
193 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:28:08pm
194 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 7:29:43pm

re: #193 Charles Johnson

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He’s in the tank. Wifey must be working.

195 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:29:52pm
196 jaunte  Feb 14, 2015 7:30:05pm
I have a large private collection of things that Barack Obama wrote.

cough

197 retired cynic  Feb 14, 2015 7:30:08pm

re: #193 Charles Johnson

Hah ha!

198 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:31:25pm

re: #195 Charles Johnson

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hahahahahahaha what a clown

199 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:31:27pm
200 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 14, 2015 7:34:06pm

I believe Chuck has a large private collection of something but it’s not Obama’s writings!

201 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 7:34:13pm

He’s mental.

202 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 7:35:45pm

re: #188 Charles Johnson

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“Legitimate research”? I bet if one looked far enough back on Chuck’s timeline or that joke of a blog he runs, he was one of those who helped perpetuate the “foreign student ID” hoax.

203 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 7:37:03pm

re: #193 Charles Johnson

I have this image of Chuck buying a collection of “Barack Obama” stuff from some Internet source, not realizing that all of it is fake.

204 goddamnedfrank  Feb 14, 2015 7:37:32pm

re: #188 Charles Johnson

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205 goddamnedfrank  Feb 14, 2015 7:37:52pm
206 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 14, 2015 7:37:54pm

I was gonna dox a girl that got raped, but I was high,
I was gonna take my Asian Wife out on a date, but I was high,
Now I’m spewing nonsense about Obama and I know why,
Because I got high,
Because I got high,
Because I got high.

207 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:40:22pm

re: #206 Eclectic Cyborg

I was gonna dox a girl that got raped, but I was high,
I was gonna take my Asian Wife out on a date, but I was high,
Now I’m spewing nonsense about Obama and I know why,
Because I got high,
Because I got high,
Because I got high.

Didn’t he once say his “Asian Wife” comes from a Muslim country at one point?

208 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:47:21pm
209 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 7:47:42pm

re: #207 electrotek

Didn’t he once say his “Asian Wife” comes from a Muslim country at one point?

He has said she’s an Indonesian Christian who fled the “pogroms” there. AFAIK, there have been no pogroms in Indonesia.

210 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 7:48:31pm

re: #193 Charles Johnson

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211 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:49:54pm

re: #209 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

He has said she’s an Indonesian Christian who fled the “pogroms” there. AFAIK, there have been no pogroms in Indonesia.

He’ll probably cite East Timor /smh

And is there any wonder why he’s the type of guy that would go for women overseas because they can’t stand the “independent-minded Western” women?

212 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 7:50:17pm

re: #208 Charles Johnson

Interestingly enough, when I listened to his “Late Night with CCJ” video, he tells Peter Duke that he deliberately chooses to be provocative in his Twitter feed to draw attention to himself, and says he’s a much nicer person in real life. I have my doubts, but I know plenty of people who are outwardly nice and inwardly spiteful.

213 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:52:39pm
214 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 7:54:21pm

re: #186 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Also, I just finished reading this about one Uyghur’s experience with Chinese society that may be of interest to you also.

215 Gus  Feb 14, 2015 7:56:12pm
216 KingKenrod  Feb 14, 2015 7:56:45pm

Chuck is a birther. He’s denied it by saying he believes Obama was born in the US. What he doesn’t deny is he believes Obama became an Indonesian citizen. It’s just a different flavor of birther.

217 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 7:58:12pm
218 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 7:59:09pm

re: #217 Charles Johnson

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Jesus fuck! What is wrong with this guy?

219 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss  Feb 14, 2015 7:59:19pm

re: #215 Gus

Free speech heroes…that coincidentally aren’t into free speech if it criticizes them.

Anyone remember that Hirsi Ali speech a few years ago? The one about “agents of silence”?

Yeah. Free speech heroes.

220 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 14, 2015 8:00:37pm

re: #208 Charles Johnson

Con man, pure and simple. He jumps around from topic to topic hoping to hit the jackpot. He’ll never hit it because his work is bottom tier and there’s just too much free competition at that level.

221 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 8:00:49pm

re: #218 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Jesus fuck! What is wrong with this guy?

If I had to guess, I’d say “Alot.”

222 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:01:58pm
223 Gus  Feb 14, 2015 8:02:42pm
224 #FergusonFireside  Feb 14, 2015 8:07:31pm

Nighty. Fight it hard LGF.

225 jaunte  Feb 14, 2015 8:08:52pm

Keep shining a light on it.

226 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 8:13:28pm

re: #225 jaunte

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Keep shining a light on it.

From tweet:

No it does work. Every time you tweet his nonsense you’re doing his bidding

We tried ignoring scurrilous attacks that were beneath our dignity to refute during the 1988 election. How did that work out again?

227 Gus  Feb 14, 2015 8:16:06pm
228 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:19:14pm
229 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 8:19:32pm

re: #222 Charles Johnson
The birthers are right about the birth certificate being fake. But they are wrong as to why…

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And with that his transformation to full birther is complete.

RBS

230 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 14, 2015 8:19:55pm

re: #225 jaunte

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Keep shining a light on it.

Amen. Sunlight remains the best disinfectant of things like Upchuck.

231 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:20:38pm
232 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:20:57pm
233 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:22:27pm
234 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:22:53pm
235 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 8:24:43pm

Conservaspeak: ‘Saying “Nuh-uh!” three times constitutes “debunking”’.

236 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 8:27:27pm

re: #230 William Barnett-Lewis

Amen. Sunlight remains the best disinfectant of things like Upchuck.

ZOMG!! ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC!!!

237 Kragar  Feb 14, 2015 8:29:24pm
238 sagehen  Feb 14, 2015 8:34:32pm

Reminder: tonight’s SNL is a rerun of the 1975 debut. Original cast, host George Carlin, special guest Andy Kaufman, etc.

239 Gus  Feb 14, 2015 8:34:58pm
240 BeachDem  Feb 14, 2015 8:35:54pm

I’m not even going to dignify the idiocy by posting the tweet, but now he thinks Sasha Obama is Jesse Jackson Jr.’s child. (and for some reason, not knowing her middle name is part of the puzzle.)

The guy is seriously whacked.

241 retired cynic  Feb 14, 2015 8:36:48pm

re: #239 Gus

Well, he sure is programmed incorrectly!

242 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 8:37:26pm

Jesus fuck the derp is strong tonight.

243 BeachDem  Feb 14, 2015 8:38:48pm

Oh, and according to upchuck, there are no existing photos of a pregnant Michelle Obama, proving dog knows what.

I’m sure once he reveals his secret treasure trove of Obama writings that he has bought with his hard earned money his wife’s salary and/or money he’s grifted at gofundhimforbeinganasshole, we’ll have a complete picture of everything. Um hmm.

244 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 8:39:06pm

re: #231 Charles Johnson

Dude, he’s totally drunk. He’s “been to Harvard, Occidental, Columbia” like he fucking attended classes at these places. What a dunderhead.

245 BeachDem  Feb 14, 2015 8:40:55pm

re: #244 teleskiguy

Dude, he’s totally drunk. He’s “been to Harvard, Occidental, Columbia” like he fucking attended classes at these places. What a dunderhead.

…

246 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 8:41:54pm
247 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss  Feb 14, 2015 8:42:21pm

re: #241 retired cynic

Well, he sure is programmed incorrectly!

You’d be surprised at how many extra lines of code are required to make a Turing machine that maliciously ignorant.

248 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 8:44:52pm

I’ve smoked dope, chewed rope, danced, French romanced, farted, fought, shot the moon and drove big trucks. I’ve been to Janesville, Maine, Spain, Spokane, and Fort Wayne, seen three world fairs, been around the world twice, looked danger in the face, and seen goats hump in the marketplace, but I ain’t never seen no shit like Charles C Johnson.

RBS

249 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:44:59pm
250 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 8:48:29pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

UpChuck is one incredibly predictable fucker.

251 Charles Johnson  Feb 14, 2015 8:48:33pm
252 Gus  Feb 14, 2015 8:52:02pm
253 Gus  Feb 14, 2015 8:55:18pm
254 WhatEVs  Feb 14, 2015 9:01:02pm

re: #238 sagehen

Reminder: tonight’s SNL is a rerun of the 1975 debut. Original cast, host George Carlin, special guest Andy Kaufman, etc.

I’m watching it now. It’s a blast from the past…I was 16. At Seventeen was one of my favorite songs (still love it).

Kaufman doing Mighty Mouse is still hysterical.

If only I had a doob, it would be completely authentic.

255 b_sharp  Feb 14, 2015 9:01:46pm

I’m listening to Beth Hart and Joe Bonamasa Live in Amsterdam. What a voice. Artists like these two exist yet we’re forced to listen to Rihanna and Kanye on the radio and award shows.

256 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 9:04:07pm

Pamela Geller will never quit, will she? Who’s willing to bet Lars Vilks will show up to Texas for this event? Scheduled for May 3 in Garland.

257 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 14, 2015 9:06:05pm

Whatever would Chuck do with himself if Twitter didn’t exist?

258 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 14, 2015 9:06:59pm

re: #251 Charles Johnson

Epic grammar fail.

259 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 9:14:59pm

OK, I’ve used a variant of the word ‘fuck’ in every comment I’ve made in this thread. I place the blame squarely at UpChuck’s feet. He better apologize or I will sue for damages, namely that this fucker has fucking fucked my vocabulary, nothing but pure unadulterated fuckery.

260 Targetpractice  Feb 14, 2015 9:17:52pm

re: #259 teleskiguy

OK, I’ve used a variant of the word ‘fuck’ in every comment I’ve made in this thread. I place the blame squarely at UpChuck’s feet. He better apologize or I will sue for damages, namely that this fucker has fucking fucked my vocabulary, nothing but pure unadulterated fuckery.

Not to worry, I’ve spent the better part of the evening watching The Thick of It, and there’s no way you could use the f-bomb more than Capaldi does in any single episode.

261 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 14, 2015 9:21:22pm

re: #259 teleskiguy

OK, I’ve used a variant of the word ‘fuck’ in every comment I’ve made in this thread. I place the blame squarely at UpChuck’s feet. He better apologize or I will sue for damages, namely that this fucker has fucking fucked my vocabulary, nothing but pure unadulterated fuckery.

Hey, a little respect! That word can fill every grammatical function.

As Anthony Burgess heard a fellow soldier whose Sten gun had jammed say: “The fuckin’ fucker’s fuckin’ fucked!!!”

262 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 9:23:38pm

She’s 19 years old, she grew up where I grew up, and she has one Olympic Gold Medal and two World Championships Gold Medals.

263 goddamnedfrank  Feb 14, 2015 9:24:47pm

Steam has Borderlands the Pre-Sequel on sale at half off. Is it worth it?

264 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 9:28:41pm

re: #262 teleskiguy

She’s 19 years old, she grew up where I grew up, and she has one Olympic Gold Medal and two World Championships Gold Medals.

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and she’s better looking too.

RBS

265 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 9:30:37pm

re: #259 teleskiguy

OK, I’ve used a variant of the word ‘fuck’ in every comment I’ve made in this thread. I place the blame squarely at UpChuck’s feet. He better apologize or I will sue for damages, namely that this fucker has fucking fucked my vocabulary, nothing but pure unadulterated fuckery.

George Carlin on that subject….

Click to Reveal

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RBS

266 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 14, 2015 9:34:14pm

re: #263 goddamnedfrank

Steam has Borderlands the Pre-Sequel on sale at half off. Is it worth it?

Here’s a review on Rock, Paper, Shotgun from October of last year. Take it for what it’s worth at the time; the game may be much improved in the intervening months.

267 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 9:35:45pm

re: #264 RealityBasedSteve

and she’s better looking too.

RBS

Seriously, there’s something about women ski racers (and badass skier women in general, @SierraQuitiquit and @carolinegleich spring to mind). They’re all drop dead gorgeous. Some kind of cruel irony for us avid skiers I guess.

268 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 9:38:08pm

Dear Internet Retailers,

If you want me to give you my email address first before I can browse your site, I guess you really don’t want me to browse your site.

RBS

269 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 14, 2015 9:51:52pm

re: #268 RealityBasedSteve

Dear Internet Retailers,

If you want me to give you my email address first before I can browse your site, I guess you really don’t want me to browse your site.

RBS

Same here I’ve been seeing a lot more of it these days.

270 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 14, 2015 9:52:42pm

re: #214 electrotek

Also, I just finished reading this about one Uyghur’s experience with Chinese society that may be of interest to you also.

Thanks.

It’s worth noting that the Foreign Policy website is apparently blocked in China. I have to use a VPN to get to it.

271 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 14, 2015 9:55:51pm

Well, I’m going to go make sure the far tap is dripping and that everything is ready for the cold tonight. Going to have a couple of nights where if I don’t prep Casa Del Steve, I’ll be without water in the AM.

272 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 9:56:06pm

Can we imagine the freakout if there were insulting caricatures of the right’s cause celebre Chris Kyle?

273 teleskiguy  Feb 14, 2015 10:03:00pm

Holy smokes. I scrolled through my old man’s Twitter, and I found this.

FWIW, my father was listening to Rage Against The Machine before I even knew of them. I was introduced to RATM by finding their first self-titled LP in my pops’ collection.

Like Jerry wrote, Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.

274 Lidane  Feb 14, 2015 10:24:57pm
275 electrotek  Feb 14, 2015 10:26:05pm

Charles, I must bring this to your attention. Lars Vilks has indeed come out in support of a Swedish artist that is a staunch admirer of Anders Breivik, and was invited to speak a mere 200 meters away from where Breivik blew up his first target 4 years ago. It’s from Google Translate of course, but if there are any Swedish speakers here who can provide a better translation that would be greatly appreciated as well.

Lars Vilks has displayed absolutely no shame if he’s even willing to extend support to a fellow artist that venerates a mass murdering psychopath. Wow, just wow.

276 Kid A  Feb 14, 2015 11:01:26pm

Fun with multiple exposures.

277 Kragar  Feb 14, 2015 11:01:29pm

re: #263 goddamnedfrank

Steam has Borderlands the Pre-Sequel on sale at half off. Is it worth it?

For 50% off, I’d say grab it

278 Kragar  Feb 14, 2015 11:22:12pm

I wish Krieg was in the Pre-Sequel

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279 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 12:32:00am

even if much of the fake news is spread by “new media” or tabloid journals, the traditional or “quality” journalism outlets often sit by, allowing rumors to gain traction.

“When (fake) information is out there and websites are covering it, there is an imperative on the part of news organizations to look at it, flag it for readers and tell them what we know and what we don’t know,” Silverman said.

“If we remain silent, the ones who win are the mindless propagators.”

280 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 12:38:02am

Temp : 11
Wind Chill : -9
Gusts : 52

Wheeee.

281 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 12:46:41am

re: #280 Varek Raith

Temp : 11
Wind Chill : -9
Gusts : 52

Wheeee.

It was 90 here today.

282 Single-handed sailor  Feb 15, 2015 12:47:37am

re: #280 Varek Raith

Temp : 11
Wind Chill : -9
Gusts : 52

Wheeee.

It was sunny and 75 today. Weather we didn’t see till April in the old days. Due to many droughts I don’t have a lawn to get off of.

283 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 12:47:45am

re: #279 Kragar

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I never do this, but…”The Mindless Propagators” has to be the greatest band name ever!

284 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 12:56:31am

re: #281 Kragar

It was 90 here today.

You and your state suck.

285 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 12:57:25am

re: #284 Varek Raith

You and your state suck.

We’ve also had a drought for the last 2+ years

286 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 1:02:20am

re: #285 Kragar

We’ve also had a drought for the last 2+ years

That also sucks.

287 TedStriker  Feb 15, 2015 1:06:24am

re: #285 Kragar

We’ve also had a drought for the last 2+ years

Not to be selfish or anything, but I’ll take freezing my balls off for a while (and having plenty of water available) versus perpetually warm weather (but not having a drop to drink); it’s one of the few “good” (or, at least, “tolerable”) things right now about living in Tennessee.

Now, come tornado season on the ass end of Tornado Alley, that’ll be a whole ‘nother mess of fish.

288 PhillyPretzel  Feb 15, 2015 1:17:03am

My power was out for roughly 1 hour; now I am back with power and just checking everything out. So far everything is working. :)

289 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 1:23:18am

Lost power for a bit there.
Hearing lots of sirens.

290 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 1:30:10am

weather.com
/Awesome

291 PhillyPretzel  Feb 15, 2015 1:31:47am

Philly Weather: weather.gov

Not a pretty picture. :(

292 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 1:34:01am

I was going to head in to DC today on Metro but…
Nope.
Not in this shit.
:)

293 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 2:06:57am

Hard to tell the cat she can’t go outside just yet.

294 Dr Lizardo  Feb 15, 2015 2:14:47am

Meanwhile, this is the weather in Ostrava, Czech Republic today:

accuweather.com

295 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 2:15:18am

What you folks in the NE are getting now may not be the last; you might see more from the system we’re getting in the south, depending on whether or not it strengthens as it moves north.

accuweather.com

Also,
Danish police shoot and kill suspect in fatal attacks on synagogue, cafe

One dead in Copenhagen synagogue shooting, hours after man killed at free speech event; victim at synagogue was young Jewish man guarding synagogue during bat mitzvah, victim at cafe was 40-year-old event participant.

haaretz.com

296 Varek Raith  Feb 15, 2015 2:21:39am

Storms that come up from the south are usually bad for the Mid-Atlantic.
Wheee.

297 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 2:22:58am
Dog enjoying CT snow
298 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 2:27:12am

re: #294 Dr Lizardo

Meanwhile, this is the weather in Ostrava, Czech Republic today:

accuweather.com

That’s about where we should be. It’s been frigid in the Sunny South this winter.
: (

Well, the sun will come out today but it still will be cold as shit. Snow should start tomorrow around 5 pm; they’ll call off school on Tues, maybe Wed since no one can drive worth a damn here. Wheeeeee!

299 Dr Lizardo  Feb 15, 2015 2:29:58am

re: #298 Justanotherhuman

That’s about where we should be. It’s been frigid in the Sunny South this winter.
: (

Well, the sun will come out today but it still will be cold as shit. Snow should start tomorrow around 5 pm; they’ll call off school on Tues, maybe Wed since no one can drive worth a damn here. Wheeeeee!

That’s actually a bit (by a few degrees) above normal for this time of year. Mind you, no one’s complaining. :D

300 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 2:33:32am

Doctor L,

Where I am: 35.5311° N, 81.0297° W

Where you are: 49.8356° N, 18.2925° E

301 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 2:37:14am

The “peace” is not going to hold in Ukraine with these attitudes:

Senior pro-Russian separatist commander in Ukraine says rebels can on fire on town of Debaltseve despite cease-fire as it is ‘our territory’ - @Reuters
end of alert

Fuckers.

302 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 2:42:44am

OFFS.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Lieberman: ‘The international community must not satisfy itself with declarations and rallies against this terror, but must break out of the boundaries of what is politically correct and wage all-out war to root out Islamic terror’ - @IsraelMFA
mfa.gov.il

303 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 2:47:06am

re: #302 Justanotherhuman

OFFS.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Lieberman: ‘The international community must not satisfy itself with declarations and rallies against this terror, but must break out of the boundaries of what is politically correct and wage all-out war to root out Islamic terror’ - @IsraelMFA
mfa.gov.il

Good thing for them nobody said the same thing about Irgun and the Stern Gang in the 40s, innit?

304 Who_is_Jon_Snow?  Feb 15, 2015 3:47:46am

re: #147 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Apropos of nothing in particular—I don’t care how lousy a movie Pitch Perfect 2 may be, I want to see it because I really love Rebel Wilson and I really miss Super Fun Night.

Now returning to gloom and disaster….

AOL !!!eleventy!!!

306 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 3:50:42am

re: #303 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Good thing for them nobody said the same thing about Irgun and the Stern Gang in the 40s, innit?

Yes, esp since Stern would have formed an alliance with the Nazis and/or fascists to fight the British if Germany and Italy had allowed all Jews in those countries to move to the territory. Luckily, he never got the chance.

307 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 4:06:49am

1ST LEAD Police cancel German carnival procession over terror threat By Oliver Pietschmann, dpa

Hanover, Germany (dpa) - Police in the northern German city of Braunschweig cancelled the annual carnival procession shortly before it was due to begin on Sunday over fears of a terrorist attack.

“A police spokesman said they had received the information during the night and investigated it Sunday morning.

“Reliable state security sources” informed the police that “a concrete danger existed from an attack with an Islamist background,” the spokesman said.” More

dpa-international.com

250K people were expected to attend.

308 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 4:10:59am

re: #303 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Good thing for them nobody said the same thing about Irgun and the Stern Gang in the 40s, innit?

Two Israeli premiers were former terrorists (Shamir and Begin), but we’ll forget about it because it’s inconvenient.

309 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 4:12:16am

re: #307 Justanotherhuman

1ST LEAD Police cancel German carnival procession over terror threat By Oliver Pietschmann, dpa

Hanover, Germany (dpa) - Police in the northern German city of Braunschweig cancelled the annual carnival procession shortly before it was due to begin on Sunday over fears of a terrorist attack.

“A police spokesman said they had received the information during the night and investigated it Sunday morning.

“Reliable state security sources” informed the police that “a concrete danger existed from an attack with an Islamist background,” the spokesman said.” More

dpa-international.com

250K people were expected to attend.

Things are edgy here in China as well. The Chinese New Year is in a few days, and the US embassy sent out an email advising Americans to avoid Kunming in Yunnan if possible. Uighur extremists attacked people last year in Kunming, and officials fear a repeat performance.

310 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 4:12:55am

re: #301 Justanotherhuman

The “peace” is not going to hold in Ukraine with these attitudes:

Senior pro-Russian separatist commander in Ukraine says rebels can on fire on town of Debaltseve despite cease-fire as it is ‘our territory’ - @Reuters
end of alert

Fuckers.

311 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 4:13:07am

re: #308 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Two Israeli premiers were former terrorists freedom fighters (Shamir and Begin), but we’ll forget about it because it’s inconvenient.

Gotta get with the local parlance.

312 freetoken  Feb 15, 2015 4:20:05am

Meanwhile, here in San Diego, we are once again starting to get really, really dry. I thought this year might be a good one for loquats and figs given the rain awhile back, but since then it has been back to being too-dry.

The past month has been very warm:
wrh.noaa.gov

And, record high temps around here the past few days. Oceanside smashed a record yesterday:

SXUS76 KSGX 150307
RERSGX

RECORD EVENT REPORT...FINAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
700 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2015

...HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON FEB 14 2015 ...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD

OCEANSIDE HARBOR 82 76 IN 1977 1910

313 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 4:23:25am

re: #311 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Gotta get with the local parlance.

Lehi called themselves terrorists.

314 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 4:41:44am
Most assailants were not young like the Boston Marathon bombers, but “were clustered most heavily between 30 and 49 years of age, although a surprising number were older than that,” it said. “This suggests that perpetrators spend many years on the radical right, absorbing extremist ideology, before finally acting out violently.”

That summation strongly resembles Craig Stephen Hicks.

salon.com

Yes, Hicks spent years absorbing the radical right, extremist ideology of Rachel Maddow, Neil deGrasse Tyson and SPLC.

/youmustbekiddingme

315 Dr Lizardo  Feb 15, 2015 4:54:59am

re: #314 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

I certainly agreed with this from the Salon article:

“The one thing we know is that the psychology has always been the same,” Joe Navarro, a former FBI agent and co-founder of the agency’s Behavioral Analysis Program, said in a Q&A in the SPLC report. “By that, I mean you have individuals who are collecting wounds, they’re looking for social ills, or things that have gone wrong, and they are nourishing these things that they’re ideating, that they’re thinking about. The solution for them is violence.”

“What they have in common is that once they begin to ideate this philosophy, whatever their passion is, whatever their hatred is, whatever their ideology is, they certainly all begin to communicate this to people around them,” Navarro said. “And when we go back and do the post-event analysis, we find that they were talking about this, they were telling people about this, and the people either ignored it, didn’t pay attention or didn’t think it would go any further.”

Basically, there’s far too many people out there with an unmitigated sense of grievance, and for far too many of them, their ‘solution’ is to resort to violence.

316 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 4:56:31am

re: #315 Dr Lizardo

And these people have guns.

317 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 4:58:19am

re: #316 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

And these people have guns.

More than one each.

318 Doofus  Feb 15, 2015 4:58:58am

Remember the toy the sit-n-spin?! Spin around to you hurl your milk and cookies?! Cape Cod is enjoying snowfall that is sitting and spinning.
radar.weather.gov

319 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 5:17:58am

re: #314 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Hicks was more than likely a Libertarian, not a left wing liberal (even though he cited some considered ‘leftists”) since he seemed to be a selfish asshole more interested in his own “rights” than those of other people, mainly people of faith.

I’m an atheist, although I was raised in religion and in spite of it. Still, that is my personal philosophy and I don’t hate people who are believers and would never wish to harm them in any way. I don’t preach atheism nor do I try to cram in down other people’s throats, but merely express my own opinion that I can live a good life and be a good person based on my own self-examination.

320 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 5:20:25am

Cease-fire largely holding in eastern Ukraine but exceptions include Debaltseve and Lugansk, OSCE says - @Reuters
end of alert

16m
Female suicide bomber kills 10 in attack on crowded bus station in northeastern Nigeria city of Damaturu, police say - @Reuters
end of alert

I wonder how old she was…

321 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 5:29:57am

re: #319 Justanotherhuman

Hicks was more than likely a Libertarian, not a left wing liberal

He mocked libertarians. He defended socialism. And he called himself a “proud member of the armed left”.

If he is a “libertarian” after that, words have no meanings.

(More here and here.)

322 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 15, 2015 5:31:07am

re: #320 Justanotherhuman

I wonder how old she was…

No matter what age, the only answer is “Too young…”

323 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 5:41:58am

Best description of Geller I’ve read:

She’s relentlessly shrill and coarse in her broad-based denunciations of Islam.

Emphasis added for that broad.

324 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 5:42:27am

People are freaking out about Iran developing nuclear weapons. Rightly so. But one must ask whether priorities here are correctly balanced. There is one particular dictator with the red button who can single-handedly destroy the world if he so wishes.

325 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 5:49:11am

re: #321 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Well, I’ve known a lot of leftists, and never in my life have I met one so self-centered, hateful, and murderous, no matter what he posted.

326 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 5:49:39am

re: #325 Justanotherhuman

Well, I’ve known a lot of leftists, and never in my life have I met one so self-centered, hateful, and murderous, no matter what he posted.

No True Leftist…

327 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 5:51:56am

re: #326 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

No True Leftist…

I said I was basing it on my own experiences, and that was with the American left.

328 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 6:01:54am

But of course.

Kremlin Think Tank Confirms Close Links with Kremlin and with New Greek Premier

Putin’s Trojan horse, as it were.

329 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 15, 2015 6:10:16am

re: #328 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

But of course.

Kremlin Think Tank Confirms Close Links with Kremlin and with New Greek Premier

Putin’s Trojan horse, as it were.

Does he ride it bareback?

330 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 6:11:13am

re: #328 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

But of course.

Kremlin Think Tank Confirms Close Links with Kremlin and with New Greek Premier

Putin’s Trojan horse, as it were.

As is SPD, at least in part. One should only look at where Schröder’s at.

331 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 15, 2015 6:17:22am

re: #330 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

As is SPD, at least in part. One should only look at where Schröder’s at.

Germany is full of Putinversteher and they annoy me a lot. Putin knows that he can take advantage of a lot of people’s anti-Western sympathies to get away with his plans.

332 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 6:19:21am

re: #331 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Naive idiots who reflexively reject anything that “MSM” report but pig out on RT, Sputnik and other such “outlets”, thinking they’re getting objective information.

333 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 6:20:57am
334 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:22:49am

Nice quotation about David Carr:

He didn’t rock the boat at the Times. He became the boat.

Read more: politico.com

335 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 15, 2015 6:23:44am

re: #332 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Naive idiots who reflexively reject anything that “MSM” report but pig out on RT, Sputnik and other such “outlets”, thinking they’re getting objective information.

There are a lot of Snowden fans in Germany, too.

336 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 6:27:23am

re: #335 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

There are a lot of Snowden fans in Germany, too.

That’s different. Germans don’t owe allegiance to the US.

And when they learn things like NSA spying on Merkel, it’s understandable that they get pissed. (Even if BND does all the same things.)

337 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:31:28am

re: #336 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

That’s different. Germans don’t owe allegiance to the US.

And when they learn things like NSA spying on Merkel, it’s understandable that they get pissed. (Even if BND does all the same things.)

I have two siblings who are US citizens living (long term) in Germany. They like Snowden and Poitras et al.

338 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:35:08am

They don’t feel they owe any allegiance to the US.

339 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 6:44:31am

re: #337 wrenchwench

I have two siblings who are US citizens living (long term) in Germany. They like Snowden and Poitras et al.

Are they otherwise liberal or libertarian?

340 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:46:18am

re: #339 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Are they otherwise liberal or libertarian?

Liberals, but not the best thinkers. One of them is full of hate.

341 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 6:47:21am

As a non-American, and not bound by any oaths, my take on this whole issue is at least partially different from that of a US citizen. The whole brouhaha about being a “traitor”, “stealing”, etc. leaves me cold. A big meh. I certainly welcome some of the revelations, even if they piss off many Americans.

That said, I can also see where this is not about principle. If you claim to only want to reveal the materials about abuses (like Manning did), then you don’t release the whole package and put people at risk. If you claim to care about the identities of those involved, you don’t share the materials with antisemitic sociopaths (as Assange did with Shamir, who then reportedly shared some of them with Lukashenko). If you claim to be for freedom etc., you don’t participate in staged interviews with dictators (Snowden). And of course there is the fact that this is all very one-sided. Where are all the Russian leaks, for starters? So while not being anti-leaks as such, I certainly don’t share any good feelings about that bunch of misfits.

342 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 6:49:18am

re: #273 teleskiguy

Your old man is funny.

343 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:49:34am
344 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 6:59:56am

Morning!

Columbus just passed 0° and is now a sunny and blistering 1° with a wind chill factor of -17°.

I don’t really buy the wind chill thing…1° is cold enough for me. It sucks.

I hope Backwoods Sleuth and RealtyBasedSteve have running water. I understand snow is heading Backwood’s way next. Southern Ohio, Kentucky and parts of Tennessee.

345 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:02:13am

This is just funny.

346 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:03:39am

Getchyer Apocolypse & Rapture Ready doo-dads right here, folks…only $19.99 plus shipping and handling.

Mornin’ gang.

347 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 7:15:32am

re: #343 wrenchwench

An excerpt which goes a bit further than just the law and into our very essence as humans:

“In a world without faces, compassion is a practice that requires discipline, even imagination. Social media seems so easy; the whole point of its pleasure is its sense of casual familiarity. But we need a new art of conversation for the new conversations we are having — and the first rule of that art must be to remember that we are talking to human beings: “Never say anything online that you wouldn’t say to somebody’s face.” But also: “Don’t listen to what people wouldn’t say to your face.”

“The neurological research demonstrates that empathy, far from being an artificial construct of civilization, is integral to our biology. And when biological intersubjectivity disappears, when the face is removed from life, empathy and compassion can no longer be taken for granted.”

348 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:17:17am
349 Romantic Heretic  Feb 15, 2015 7:20:46am

re: #263 goddamnedfrank

Steam has Borderlands the Pre-Sequel on sale at half off. Is it worth it?

I stopped trusting Gearbox after the Tiny Tina’s DLC.

They put one boss in it that could not be beaten except by the most powerful weapons and even then it was a fifteen minute battle. The only time I got past it was when it got hung up on some scenery. I emptied all my magazines into it and I wouldn’t have won if I hadn’t been playing the Mechromancer. I had to wait a couple of more minutes for the robot to finish him off.

And then they threw in another one not long after. With no place to hide or hang it up.

Did I mention it would one shot you if it got close enough to hit you?

It was such a horribly frustrating experience I haven’t bought a single thing from them since. Not all game players are hyperactive teenagers with a near fatal dose of dexedrine in their system.

350 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:25:36am

Subtle, Fox.

“At 10:04 p.m., viewers heard anchor Kathleen Bade say: ‘The only suspect in a sex assault at SDSU will not be charged.’ At the same time, a picture of Obama appeared with the legend ‘NO CHARGES.’”

351 Targetpractice  Feb 15, 2015 7:28:36am

“I have not. The fact is that we had every right to do what we did,” Boehner responded. “I wanted the prime minister to come here. There’s a serious threat facing the world. And radical Islamic terrorists are not going to go away.”

*snip*

Wallace then pointed out that Boehner asked Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., not to tell the White House about the joint meeting with Netanyahu.

“Why would you do that?” Wallace asked.

“Because I wanted to make sure that there was no interference. There’s no secret here in Washington about the animosity that this White House has for Prime Minister Netanyahu. I frankly didn’t want that getting in the way, quashing what I thought was a real opportunity,” Boehner responded.

If ever there was a good reason for Democrats to avoid this speech like the plague, Boehner has just given it to them. This is a Speaker’s temper tantrum over the State of the Union Address.

352 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 7:34:46am

Does Netanyahu underestimate European Jews or what? Shades of the Stern Gang.

First Copenhagen shooting victim identified as film maker

bigstory.ap.org

(snip)

“Denmark’s Chief Rabbi, Jair Melchior, identified the Jewish victim as Dan Uzan, 37, a longtime security guard for the 7,000-strong community. He was guarding a building behind the synagogue during a bat mitzvah when he was shot in the head. Two police officers who were there were slightly wounded.

“Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried the attack and said his government plans to encourage a “massive immigration” of Jews from Europe.

“Again, Jews were murdered on European soil just because they were Jews,” Netanyahu said at the start of his Cabinet meeting Sunday. “This wave of attacks is expected to continue, as well as murderous anti-Semitic attacks. Jews deserve security in every country, but we say to our Jewish brothers and sisters, Israel is your home.” More

353 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 7:37:15am

45.5” in Feb already and counting.

354 Belafon  Feb 15, 2015 7:40:18am

re: #351 Targetpractice

And any time Boehner starts talking about the President following the constitution, Democrats should ask about the Speaker’s foreign policy authority.

355 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:40:54am
356 Romantic Heretic  Feb 15, 2015 7:42:30am

re: #344 ObserverArt

Morning!

Columbus just passed 0° and in now a sunny and blistering 1° with a wind chill factor of -17°.

I don’t really buy the wind chill thing…1° is cold enough for me. It sucks.

I hope Backwoods Sleuth and RealtyBasedSteve have running water. I understand snow is heading Backwood’s way next. Southern Ohio, Kentucky and parts of Tennessee.

For a moment I was thinking, “That’s not so bad.”

Then I was all, like, “Oh, Fahrenheit! I keep forgetting Americans still use Fahrenheit.”

Oops.

357 Targetpractice  Feb 15, 2015 7:42:34am

re: #354 Belafon

And any time Boehner starts talking about the President following the constitution, Democrats should ask about the Speaker’s foreign policy authority.

Personally, I think that this is the perfect time for the President to respond to Boehner’s remarks by saying that, in the same spirit, he will continue to use EOs to address what he can because he doesn’t want “interference” from Congress.

358 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:45:08am

re: #355 darthstar

Tortures pigs? Okay…found that reference in the comments.

Jourdan Beers: Let’s not forget Christie vetoing Gestation Crates where pigs spend their entire, sad lives in dark, dank cages so small they can’t stand up or turn around. This is a brutal, inhumane way to treat sentient, intelligent creatures who feel the same basic emotions as we do. Christie vetoed this simple change that would better the lives of 10’s of millions of animals — to line his pocket and help out his buddies in the Corporate Agriculture and Factory Farming businesses, which not only cause immense suffering but also are a major component in climate change and ecological destruction.

359 Romantic Heretic  Feb 15, 2015 7:45:46am

re: #350 darthstar

Subtle, Fox.

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I think that might be just a little over the line. I’m thinking that there will be a lawsuit shortly.

360 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:48:35am
361 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:52:57am
362 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 7:53:08am

re: #360 darthstar

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They’re all white!

363 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 7:53:58am

Wow. Most Fucked-Up Meme Of The Day. Jesus congratulated Chris Kyle for shooting a kid.

364 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:54:45am

re: #362 The Vicious Babushka

They’re all white!

Yeah, there is that…

365 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 7:54:55am

I just looked at that guy’s timeline. What a sick fucked up freak. He thinks Israelis did 9/11.

366 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 7:55:51am

re: #360 darthstar

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Whoa…

I get the feeling that image shoots some big holes in some cliched thinking about food stamp ripoffs.

And that is all I will say about that.

Oh, other than, I wonder how many of them fashion themselves as conservatives that hate them some Obama?

Very interesting darthstar.

I liked this comment (first currently):

David OConnor

These people didn’t aim high enough. When you steal a few thousand dollars everyone gets pissed. When you steal a few hundred million dollars you can spread some of the wealth and get a slap on the wrist. Spend some time in a really fancy prison with nice clothes, nice food, and non violent people. Then go relax on the beach in Tijuana until you die of old ago, secure that while you may have destroyed the lives of millions, you got your piece of the dream.

367 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:57:42am

re: #364 darthstar

Yeah, there is that…

But this suspect isn’t.

368 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 7:58:17am

re: #363 The Vicious Babushka

Wow. Most Fucked-Up Meme Of The Day. Jesus congratulated Chris Kyle for shooting a kid.

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I don’t care what religion anyone believes in, or if they do not believe. That is some fucked up thinking.

369 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 7:59:07am
370 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 8:02:01am
371 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 8:02:13am

re: #344 ObserverArt

Water still running here (got down to 2F last night) and there’s a winter storm warning for 5 am Monday through 5 am Tuesday with 4-8 inches of snow in the forecast.

blech….

372 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 8:03:42am

Brushton, NY: en.wikipedia.org

The population in the 2000 census was less than 500; the median income for a family was less than $30K, and the per capita income was $13,674.

373 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 8:04:33am

Heh…

374 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 8:09:20am

More from the Boehner Circus:

375 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 8:13:57am

re: #352 Justanotherhuman

One day Bibi says: my speech is all about the survival of Israel.

Implication: Israel is in mortal danger.

The next day he says: Israel is the safest place for Jews on Earth.

Implication: forget what I said the other day.

376 Targetpractice  Feb 15, 2015 8:14:08am

re: #374 Justanotherhuman

More from the Boehner Circus:

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Why wouldn’t he be? Does anyone really believe that he or his party will pay the price for this? Unless Homeland Security goes unfunded into next November, by the time the elections roll around, most people will have forgotten. Except the wingnuts, who will remain convinced Democrats were to blame for not giving into Republican demands.

377 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 8:15:30am

Looks like school’s out in Halifax…

378 Targetpractice  Feb 15, 2015 8:17:30am

re: #377 Justanotherhuman

Looks like school’s out in Halifax…

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LOOK AT THE SNOW!!! SO MUCH FOR GLOBAL WARMING!!!

379 Great White Snark  Feb 15, 2015 8:17:31am

This war is not going well at all.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi and American military officials have intensified talk in recent weeks of a major offensive against Islamic State militants, casting it as a quickly approaching operation that is likely to target the extremists’ stronghold in the northern city of Mosul.

Daesh is far more powerful than the Iraqi military. They will own it if not stopped with ground troops. Competent regional troops.

380 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 15, 2015 8:19:22am

If you think that Iran may strike Israel with nuclear weapons in a matter of months, maybe it’s not such a good idea to implore all European Jews to immigrate there?

381 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:20:19am

re: #375 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

One day Bibi says: my speech is all about the survival of Israel.

Implication: Israel is in mortal danger.

The next day he says: Israel is the safest place for Jews on Earth.

Implication: forget what I said the other day.

I wish he would just shut up and go away.

382 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 8:20:50am

re: #362 The Vicious Babushka

They’re all white!

The racial makeup of the village was 98.33% White…so, yeah.

383 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 8:21:12am
384 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 8:24:42am

Chris Christie was one of the few voices in the GOP that took a stand against Islamophobia a few years back. I am very disappointed to see how far he has sunk into the abyss these days.

385 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:24:53am

re: #382 Justanotherhuman

The racial makeup of the village was 98.33% White…so, yeah.

But, but, but…

/

386 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 8:25:40am

re: #384 electrotek

Chris Christie was one of the few voices in the GOP that took a stand against Islamophobia a few years back. I am very disappointed to see how far he has sunk into the abyss these days.

Political opportunists tend to do that kind of thing. True colors will eventually come out.

387 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 8:31:18am

Bahrain sending troops to Jordan to help in fight against terrorism, state news agency reports - @NBCNews
end of alert

388 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:33:27am

re: #386 Justanotherhuman

Political opportunists tend to do that kind of thing. True colors will eventually come out.

Nothing that a nice fat check from Murdoch’s Saudi money backers can’t fix. Heck, if it is big enough Christie may not even care if he doesn’t get the nomination.

390 Targetpractice  Feb 15, 2015 8:39:19am

re: #387 Justanotherhuman

Bahrain sending troops to Jordan to help in fight against terrorism, state news agency reports - @NBCNews
end of alert

It seems that ISIS has done something that Al-Q managed to avoid: It’s pissed off the people who otherwise would have been happy to leave the mess for us to clean up alone.

391 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Feb 15, 2015 8:42:25am

re: #389 electrotek

“This is crazy, and I’m tired of dealing with the crazies,” he also said.

That was before he realized he needed their support in the primaries.

392 b_sharp  Feb 15, 2015 8:44:04am

re: #315 Dr Lizardo

I certainly agreed with this from the Salon article:

Basically, there’s far too many people out there with an unmitigated sense of grievance, and for far too many of them, their ‘solution’ is to resort to violence.

Glenn Greenwald is one who has decided his violence should take the form of words.

393 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 8:47:59am

re: #392 b_sharp

Glenn Greenwald is one who has decided his violence should take the form of words.

Speaking of him, honest to God even after all of his associations with far-right dipshits have been revealed, it still boggles the mind how he still gets invited to speak at conferences run by Muslims.

He is not a friend of Muslims if he continues to associate himself with far-right elements. No need to give him a free pass just because he’s a critic of the Obama Administration.

394 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 8:48:11am

re: #392 b_sharp

At least not in public. Wonder if there are any holes in his walls?

395 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 9:01:09am

Water is running, Cats are complaining, life is normal here. Looking at lows of 10 on Monday, 9 on Tuesday, -10 on Wednesday and 4 on Thursday. Oh well, it had been very mild up to this point.

RBS

396 b_sharp  Feb 15, 2015 9:01:33am

I wonder where GG’s zealotry sits on the Authoritarian/Libertarian - Conservative/Liberal spectrum or if a third dimension needs to be added.

397 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 9:06:06am

re: #352 Justanotherhuman

Does Netanyahu underestimate European Jews or what? Shades of the Stern Gang.

First Copenhagen shooting victim identified as film maker

bigstory.ap.org

(snip)

“Denmark’s Chief Rabbi, Jair Melchior, identified the Jewish victim as Dan Uzan, 37, a longtime security guard for the 7,000-strong community. He was guarding a building behind the synagogue during a bat mitzvah when he was shot in the head. Two police officers who were there were slightly wounded.

“Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried the attack and said his government plans to encourage a “massive immigration” of Jews from Europe.

“Again, Jews were murdered on European soil just because they were Jews,” Netanyahu said at the start of his Cabinet meeting Sunday. “This wave of attacks is expected to continue, as well as murderous anti-Semitic attacks. Jews deserve security in every country, but we say to our Jewish brothers and sisters, Israel is your home.” More

That plays right into the hands of the anti-Semite nationalists. Netanyahu is implying that all these people are Jews first and citizens of whatever country second.

398 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 9:11:20am

re: #275 electrotek

Charles, I must bring this to your attention. Lars Vilks has indeed come out in support of a Swedish artist that is a staunch admirer of Anders Breivik, and was invited to speak a mere 200 meters away from where Breivik blew up his first target 4 years ago. It’s from Google Translate of course, but if there are any Swedish speakers here who can provide a better translation that would be greatly appreciated as well.

Lars Vilks has displayed absolutely no shame if he’s even willing to extend support to a fellow artist that venerates a mass murdering psychopath. Wow, just wow.

Re-quoting in case anyone missed it last night.

399 Mattand  Feb 15, 2015 9:13:14am

re: #389 electrotek

I agree but man, he could have been a man of principle in a party that lacks a lot of it these days.

re: #391 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

That was before he realized he needed their support in the primaries.

When Christie realizes he has to pull a Romney and grovel before the Maher/Harris/Hitchens “Kill all Muslims” faction of the GOP (a.k.a., a large portion of them), it’s not going to be pretty.

Sad thing is, if Christie gets the nomination while doing that, most of my neighbors will still support him. I know two teachers, whose livelihood Christie makes no bones about wanting to negatively impact, who are in the bag for him.

They’re not going to care about their hero demonizing a whole subsection of Americans to get to the White House.

400 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 9:13:16am

re: #385 ObserverArt

But, but, but…

/

I was up in that general area back in June of 2014. The area got economically devastated in the 2007-08 recession and simply did not and has not recovered. And the truth is that most welfare is not given out in cities, but spread across the rural areas of the US. And overwhelmingly to whites as well. But that doen’t fit the RWNJ narrative, so no one talks about it that way.

401 darthstar  Feb 15, 2015 9:16:56am

If you ever get a chance to see Schools play live, go. Awesome bass player…and yeah, like Phil Lesh, he goes with the six string.

402 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 9:19:42am

Popular culture is pretty much dead to me. And people wonder why I don’t go to the movies, but I can find better elsewhere and be choosy. Besides, theaters around here don’t play anything but this kind of junk food and that includes nearby towns. I don’t mind a little mindless entertainment, but these people take themselves far too seriously as they tickle the fantasies of those unwilling to be discriminating in their choices and make big bucks from them. Rant over. : )

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ tops Hollywood box office receipts, on track to earn $90.7 million over holiday weekend; ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ is No. 2 at $41 million - @THRmovies
read more on hollywoodreporter.com

403 Dr. Matt  Feb 15, 2015 9:20:05am
404 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 9:25:03am

re: #403 Dr. Matt

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I so hope the Pope blasts them about social issues and caring for the poor when he speaks.

405 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 9:27:48am

Cats and I have settled down in the main room of the apartment. More heating ducts here (but more windows) and some direct sun as well. Afghan has been deployed.

I have one cat under afghan and wrapped about my ankles. Which means I am not getting up soon. Chat Noir is doing black body experiments in a sunny spot under the dining room table.

406 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 9:39:08am

good freaking grief.
littlegreenfootballs.com

407 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 9:42:43am

re: #406 Backwoods_Sleuth

good freaking grief.
littlegreenfootballs.com

Talk about brain-dead.

408 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 9:48:22am

Pretty weak sauce.

Cartoonist Lars Vilks, who believes he was the main target of Copenhagen attack on free speech event, says terrorists ‘must realize their project is meaningless’ - @FRANCE24
france24.com

Of course, he’s not going to like that headline, which calls him a cartoonist. Artist, I am an artist!

409 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 9:57:30am

re: #408 Justanotherhuman

So is his project of fanning the flames of extremism with his association with the disciples of Breivik. He’s exactly no saint to begin with.

410 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 9:59:16am

People trapped, dying, elec outages, miserable cold and inconvenience, everything pretty much at a standstill—but Brittany thinks everything is so pretty!

instagram.com

And why the hell would anyone be sailing in the middle of a major storm, putting others at risk while having to be rescued?

411 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 10:03:35am

This guy was known to police for a series of weapons offenses, also.

Police say gunman believed to have attacked Copenhagen synagogue, free speech event was 22 years old, Danish-born - @Reuters
end of alert

412 Great White Snark  Feb 15, 2015 10:04:06am

Taking a news break, but set up a rig to get video footage of the Hummingbirds at the feeder. Thinking to record at 60fps so as to slow them on playback.

413 b_sharp  Feb 15, 2015 10:08:44am

So, it looks to me that the Halifax conspirators are gun/violence nuts and have nothing to do with religion or ME conflicts.

just goes to show Canadians aren’t immune to looking to violent solutions for their problems.

414 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 10:17:06am

re: #413 b_sharp

So, it looks to me that the Halifax conspirators are gun/violence nuts and have nothing to do with religion or ME conflicts.

just goes to show Canadians aren’t immune to looking to violent solutions for their problems.

The information coming out about Kantha, the young woman from Geneva, Illinois, is revealing someone who is deeply, DEEPLY disturbed.

415 WhatEVs  Feb 15, 2015 10:17:47am

re: #413 b_sharp

So, it looks to me that the Halifax conspirators are gun/violence nuts and have nothing to do with religion or ME conflicts.

just goes to show Canadians aren’t immune to looking to violent solutions for their problems.

Sounded to me more like kids enamored with death, murder, et al. Like Manson and his cult.

416 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 10:27:53am

Yemen’s Jews eye exodus after Houthi takeover

A couple of things in the article stood out for me:

Israel-linked organisations have in the past repeatedly helped whisk Jews out of Yemen, but Israeli government officials declined comment on the matter, citing reluctance to endanger Yemen’s Jews by association with Israel.

“There are certainly discussions going on over options available regarding the Yemenite Jews,” said an Israeli official briefed on immigration matters.

But these are individuals who will have to make their own individual decisions about what to do,” the official added.

How ironic that this concern didn’t apply when it comes to Europe’s Jews. But the next tidbit may explain the possible lack of concern by Bibi:

Safety may not be the only concern for the deeply conservative community though, who fear life in Israel or elsewhere will be an affront to their traditional values.

“In Israel, the girls rebel against their fathers, and we fear for our daughters. I could not accept that my daughter might come to me one day and tell me that she was married to her boyfriend,” Rabbi Yahya said.

“This is not permissible in our religion.”

Perhaps deeply conservative Jews from south of the Arabian Peninsula aren’t useful for Bibi’s political ambitions in the following month?

417 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 10:28:40am

Oh, awful.

A man found in -13 degrees F cold after falling out of his wheelchair has died, Toronto police say - @GPmedia_24
see original on twitter.com

Wind chill warning in place until noon Monday for much of northern New York, Central and Northern Vermont; weather service warns of hypothermia, frostbite risk
end of alert

More: Gov. Baker urges residents to dig out vents, clear roofs after latest storm, says 4 roof collapses reported - @NBCNews
end of alert

418 Justanotherhuman  Feb 15, 2015 10:32:08am

re: #416 electrotek

Speaking of the Houthis…

UN Security Council to vote Sunday on Yemen crisis resolution to demand Houthis step aside - @AlArabiya_Eng
read more on alarabiya.net

419 sagehen  Feb 15, 2015 10:34:31am

re: #416 electrotek

Yemen’s Jews eye exodus after Houthi takeover

A couple of things in the article stood out for me:

How ironic that this concern didn’t apply when it comes to Europe’s Jews. But the next tidbit may explain the possible lack of concern by Bibi:

Perhaps deeply conservative Jews from south of the Arabian Peninsula aren’t useful for Bibi’s political ambitions in the following month?

I’m surpised to hear there are Yemeni Jews still in Yemen, I thought they all moved to Israel (were evicted from Yemen) in 1949-1950.

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420 The War TARDIS  Feb 15, 2015 10:35:21am

re: #379 Great White Snark

I think we need to be willing to more heavily compromise with Iran. And have them fight of DAESH in Iraq. They have a relatively competent army, and we can provide air support.

421 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 10:48:16am

re: #419 sagehen

I’m surpised to hear there are Yemeni Jews still in Yemen, I thought they all moved to Israel (were evicted from Yemen) in 1949-1950.

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Yeah me too. And speaking of Ofra Haza, I wouldn’t have known about her if it wasn’t for this hip hop classic:

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422 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 10:49:38am

re: #420 The War TARDIS

I think we need to be willing to more heavily compromise with Iran. And have them fight of DAESH in Iraq. They have a relatively competent army, and we can provide air support.

Agreed. Iranians will fight to the finish if need be in order to eliminate Daesh. Even the most strident Pahlavi-worshiping nationalist in Los Angeles wouldn’t be dumb enough to oppose a tacit endorsement of Iranian intervening in Daesh controlled territory.

423 Romantic Heretic  Feb 15, 2015 10:51:45am

re: #374 Justanotherhuman

More from the Boehner Circus:

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After which Boehner asked the Tea Party Caucus if they would please give him his testicles back.

424 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 15, 2015 11:36:10am

re: #336 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

That’s different. Germans don’t owe allegiance to the US.

And when they learn things like NSA spying on Merkel, it’s understandable that they get pissed. (Even if BND does all the same things.)

Germans are very, very touchy about anything that smacks of government surveillance.

425 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 11:53:48am

re: #416 electrotek

Yemen’s Jews eye exodus after Houthi takeover

A couple of things in the article stood out for me:

How ironic that this concern didn’t apply when it comes to Europe’s Jews. But the next tidbit may explain the possible lack of concern by Bibi:

Perhaps deeply conservative Jews from south of the Arabian Peninsula aren’t useful for Bibi’s political ambitions in the following month?

The Yemenite Jewish community is ancient. Their history goes back 2500 years to the time of the First Temple.

426 electrotek  Feb 15, 2015 11:55:04am

re: #425 The Vicious Babushka

The Yemenite Jewish community is ancient. Their history goes back 2500 years to the time of the First Temple.

Which would be an utter shame if they were to leave Yemen.

Call me crazy but I wish the British were still in control of South Yemen.


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