A Must-See, Totally Berserk NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Mucca Pazza

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This has to be the craziest NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert ever. A glorious noise indeed.

When I first imagined Mucca Pazza at the Tiny Desk, I honestly had no idea how the Chicago band’s 23 members would fit in — in the literal sense of the term. To load-test this performance, we actually gathered a gaggle of interns behind my desk and began to stack people on cabinets, step-stools and, of course, desks.

In nearly seven years of doing Tiny Desk Concerts, with more than 400 participating acts, this turned out to be the biggest one yet. It was also one of the most fun, with Mucca Pazza performing songs from its album L.Y.A. using trombones, saxophones, trumpets, woodwinds, violin, electric mandolin, accordion, cello, guitar, sousaphone, a big bass drum, percussion instruments and more. Then there were the cheerleaders.

I first heard this giant performance-art marching band at globalFEST 2013, and Mucca Pazza’s mix of cacophony, symphony and crazed frolic makes it a large, lovable renegade. The band just celebrated its first 10 years together, so if you missed the first decade, prepare to be a fan of the next. You may even be tempted to join this circus.— BOB BOILEN

Set List
“Subtle Frenzy” 0:00
“J’Accuse” 3:08
“Dirty Chompers” 6:34
“Holiday On Ice” 9:19

Credits
Producers: Bob Boilen, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Morgan McCloy, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Nick Michael; photo by Colin Marshall/NPR

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198 comments
1 Romantic Heretic  Feb 17, 2015 9:16:13pm

That was fun.

2 #FergusonFireside  Feb 17, 2015 9:25:07pm

Did you see the Tiny Desk winner?

All the superlatives.

tinydeskcontest.npr.org

3 teleskiguy  Feb 17, 2015 9:26:22pm

I’ll bet it was loud as fuck in that tiny little room!

4 Kragar  Feb 17, 2015 9:29:00pm
5 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 17, 2015 9:41:49pm

I love seeing Neo-Confederates bloviate about “treason”.

Lessee: “levying war against the United States”, “adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort”…. They don’t seem to realize that the US would have been perfectly within their legal rights to pretty much hang the lot of them in 1865.

6 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 17, 2015 9:43:32pm

Disclaimer: If they had, my mother would never have been born, and I wouldn’t be here.

7 teleskiguy  Feb 17, 2015 9:44:13pm

I really like the song “Holiday On Ice.” Reminds me of the more angular work of the latter day Mothers Of Invention, I’m thinking Uncle Meat and the more musical parts of Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

8 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 17, 2015 9:48:53pm
If things are done to the contrary to the security of this country, whoever does them is guilty of treason.

How articulate. He can see Sarah Palin from his house.

9 Charles Johnson  Feb 17, 2015 9:49:25pm
10 Pawn of the Oppressor  Feb 17, 2015 10:00:15pm

Wow. I’ve never seen anything quite like that before.

I think they should be part of a Wes Anderson movie.

11 Pip's Squeak  Feb 17, 2015 10:12:23pm

The band members are clearly enjoying themselves, which is always nice to see. But the music …..

12 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 17, 2015 10:22:43pm

Reposted from downstairs. ICYMI.

gotnwes.com debunks yet another UpChuck exposé.

BREAKING: Sinister Obama Justice Dept. makes finding interracial crime stats too hard for @GotNewsDotCom

GotNwes has learned that the the Holder Justice Department has likely made interracial crime statistics harder to find for stupid people since Obama came into office.

UpChuck has also ripped off content from a St. Pete TV station while gloating a black man died, and doxxed the real identity of Icarus Verum, the editor of addictinginfo.org and ifyouonlynews.com, and called him an anti-Semite.

I guess the bad fish didn’t slow him down much.

13 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 17, 2015 10:23:57pm

Well, I just finished the last episode of the last season of Breaking Bad. All I can say if any of you are still working through it is wow.

And with that I bid you adieu. Sleep well, stay warm, and don’t do meth.

RBS

14 Kragar  Feb 17, 2015 10:43:00pm

Typhus

Typhus, also known as Typhus the Traveller, originally the Space Marine named Calas Typhon of the world of Barbarus, is the Herald of Nurgle and the host of the terrible plague known as the Destroyer Hive. He is a Champion of Chaos and the former First Captain of the Death Guard Traitor Legion. Typhus is the most feared of all Chaos Lords to command one of the legendary Plague Fleets. He rules the greater portion of the Death Guard’s armada from the bridge of his flagship, the Terminus Est, a warship encrusted with the filth of aeons that was ancient even when the Horus Heresy began some ten thousand standard years ago. His skill in ship-to-ship combat has been honed over many millennia of war, and when he broods in his command throne upon his starship’s bridge, he and the titanic war machine become one. Though the warship exists on the cusp of Imperial legend, its three-pronged pict-sign is dreaded by admirals and Planetary Governors alike across the Segmentum Obscurus. Wherever Typhus’ flagship appears, it heralds plague, death and misery on a system-wide scale. Even whispers of its coming can cause panicked evacuations from worlds in its path, for wherever Typhus goes, pain and despair blossom in his wake.

Calas Typhon

Typhus the Traveller

15 Charles Johnson  Feb 17, 2015 10:45:14pm
16 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 1:11:25am

re: #15 Charles Johnson

Thanks again for reminding me why I have nothing to do with Twitter…

17 Charles Johnson  Feb 18, 2015 2:08:17am
18 Lidane  Feb 18, 2015 2:13:25am

The April Fool jokes write themselves:

19 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 2:14:14am

Oh, that would be Daniel Gouldman, who CCJ says is blogger Icarus Verum.

I hope he follows through on the suit. I think he has the funds for it.

20 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 2:25:23am

He is so fucked!

Chuckie’s response was to remove the reference to the Arab wife, reprint Gouldman’s private correspondence on his website, and so far the story remains up.

21 Decatur Deb  Feb 18, 2015 2:52:00am

Morning, all. It’s 0450 in Central Florida, a place that seems to suck less than the rest of the country this cold AM. Today we penetrate to the heart of the Evil Mouse’s lair.

22 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 2:54:58am

re: #21 Decatur Deb

Morning, all. It’s 0450 in Central Florida, a place that seems to suck less than the rest of the country this cold AM. Today we penetrate to the heart of the Evil Mouse’s lair.

Be brave. Good luck.

23 Decatur Deb  Feb 18, 2015 2:58:55am

re: #22 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Be brave. Good luck.

Wife and I are the ground party, penetrating the Magic Rodent Kingdom and establishing the logistic base for the air assault team that flies in at noon. That’s close-hold, Destroy Before Reading. Use a hammer on your hard drive.

24 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:04:04am

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Wife and I are the ground party, penetrating the Magic Rodent Kingdom and establishing the logistic base for the air assault team that flies in at noon. That’s close-hold, Destroy Before Reading. Use a hammer on your hard drive.

Roger that.

25 Decatur Deb  Feb 18, 2015 3:08:01am

Coffee is kicking in. “Mucca Pazza” is “Crazy Cow” in the Veneto.

26 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:10:24am

Good Morning! Are the computer geniuses up and about yet?

I have a problem with something I downloaded (and intended to post here in a comment—a graphic) and because the file was too large couldn’t use it).

Now, the same graphic appears on my laptop before my sign in page even comes up and I can’t get rid of it. Any suggestions?

27 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:14:23am

Did you reboot?

28 Decatur Deb  Feb 18, 2015 3:14:44am

re: #26 Justanotherhuman

Good Morning! Are the computer geniuses up and about yet?

I have a problem with something I downloaded (and intended to post here in a comment—a graphic) and because the file was too large couldn’t use it).

Now, the same graphic appears on my laptop before my sign in page even comes up and I can’t get rid of it. Any suggestions?

Hammer.

29 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:16:45am

re: #27 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Yes, I had some upgrades from MS and it shut down and I turned it back on. Funny that those upgrades didn’t because they have before.

30 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:18:25am

re: #29 Justanotherhuman

Do you know how to get to safe mode when rebooting?

31 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:19:56am

I went back through my downloads and said graphic has been deleted there, and I want it completely deleted and have no idea how it got on my desktop.

re: #30 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Um, no. This is a new laptop and I’m not quite used to it yet.

32 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:25:36am

re: #31 Justanotherhuman

So, Windows 8?

Shut down. restart and press F8. You should get a startup menu. If not, then we have to try more elaborate tricks.

If you can get into safemode, find the fie and delete it. Restart and see what happens.

33 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:32:10am

re: #31 Justanotherhuman

Oh, I just read your comment again. Right click on the desktop and change the desktop graphic.

34 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:38:26am

re: #33 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Oh, I just read your comment again. Right click on the desktop and change the desktop graphic.

Well, I thought that would help earlier and tried it, but it goes straight to my sign in page. Otherwise, my default desktop graphic is intact after that initial not-wanted thing,

35 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:43:44am

re: #34 Justanotherhuman

Did you do the F8 thing?

36 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 18, 2015 3:43:46am
37 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:46:21am

re: #35
Do I press the F8 key when it’s on that graphic?

38 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:47:48am

Let me try that; BB

39 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:48:22am

re: #37 Justanotherhuman

No. Shut down. Restart and press F8. You should see this, or something like it.

40 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:49:58am

You need to hold down F8 as the laptop reboots, BTW

41 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:50:55am

re: #40 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

OK, the F8 w/o any other key?

42 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:52:05am

re: #41 Justanotherhuman

OK, the F8 w/o any other key?

Roger that, right after you restart

43 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:53:30am

re: #42 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

OK, lemme try this again. : ) Thanks.

44 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 3:57:30am

Didn’t work.

45 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 3:59:35am

OK, now we get to more elaborate stuff.

Go here support.microsoft.com

Basically, you have to tell Win8 to give you a startup menu when you press F8. If you need advice, let me know.

46 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 4:02:04am

re: #45 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

OK, thanks. I’ll do it after I have breakfast. : )

47 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 4:03:15am

re: #46 Justanotherhuman

OK, thanks. I’ll do it after I have breakfast. : )

Good plan. Have some coffee, too.

48 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 4:15:19am

Grandson made it home all right, but he went to N Augusta, not the mountains (that’s tonight). Said the roads were OK. Wants me follow him to work late this afternoon as he has the co van. I said, hm, no, not getting me out there since we’re supposed to get snow later today.

49 Lidane  Feb 18, 2015 4:18:17am

For those who are starting Lent today:

50 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 4:18:46am

Does Putin actually think anyone would approve this except Russia?

British Foreign Secretary Hammond says Putin’s call for Ukrainian forces to surrender to Debaltseve is not in spirit of Minsk deal - @Reuters
end of alert

51 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 4:25:11am

re: #47 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I might just have my grandson rip out W8 and install the W7 he purchased for his computer if I can get this thing off my desktop. Let me describe. As we were talking about the miscreants in Halifax yesterday, I found a graphic on another site that I thought represented the mindset of the 23 yr old woman. It’s a swastiska made from kittens, a screen shot of one of her FB pages I got from another site. Now, of course, I regret downloading it.

I mean, who makes something like that but a disturbed mind?

52 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 4:26:42am

re: #21 Decatur Deb

Morning, all. It’s 0450 in Central Florida, a place that seems to suck less than the rest of the country this cold AM. Today we penetrate to the heart of the Evil Mouse’s lair.

I hope you have all been vaccinated.

53 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 4:30:57am

Gah, this morning my Twitter TL was strewn with debris from
HURR HURR MARIE HARD THINKZ WE JUST NEED A JRBS PROGRAM FOR TEH ISIS!!!!!!

and

OBUMA KENYEN TRAITOR SO TOTALLY DISRESPECT TEH SACRED FLAG!!!!! HEAR IS A PICTURE FROM A BBQ IN 2007 EVEN EBIL HILLARY IS SALUTIN TEH FLAG BUT TEH TRAYTER MUSLIN LOOK AWAY HE CAN’T STAND TO LOOK ARE FLAG IN TEH EYES!@!!!!!!!!TY

54 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 4:34:53am

Only half? That’s disturbing.

Poll: Half of US says Hillary Clinton represents the candidate of the future - @CNNPolitics
read more on cnn.com

55 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 18, 2015 4:47:39am

re: #19 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Is Gouldman that blogger or not? If so, he chose to spread a nasty piece of libel about a Palestinian woman shot in the head by an Israeli soldier, and whatever his motives were, a charge of antisemitism is within the range of reasonable interpretations.

56 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 4:50:55am

Bomb squad attending Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda in Orebro, Sweden, over suspicious letter to cartoonist Lars Vilks - @Expressen
read more on expressen.se

BTW, how is a newspaper “independently liberal”? I don’t know what that even means…

en.wikipedia.org

I see—it was all about Vilks.

“On 19 August 2007, the newspaper printed a drawing by Swedish artist Lars Vilks depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a roundabout dog. According to editor-in-chief Ulf Johansson, the publishing of the image was done by the newspaper in order to protest the refusal of several Swedish art galleries to show a series of Mohammed paintings by Vilks.[2]”

Still, while I’m not for anyone’s death, this guy’s arrogant self-obsession and sense of entitlement is truly off-putting.

57 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 4:52:13am

re: #55 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Is Gouldman that blogger or not? If so, he chose to spread a nasty piece of libel about a Palestinian woman shot in the head by an Israeli soldier, and whatever his motives were, a charge of antisemitism is within the range of reasonable interpretations.

Likely he is. I’ve asked a friend who used to write for those websites for confirmation. The piece about the Palestinian woman is a nasty piece of work, I agree, but Gouldman is Jewish himself and he’s insisting he’s not anti-Semitic.

58 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 18, 2015 4:54:57am

re: #57 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

It doesn’t really matter that he is Jewish and insists that he’s not antisemitic. Antisemitism is not based on heritage. There are plenty of Jewish antisemites.

59 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 5:00:48am

re: #58 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

It doesn’t really matter that he is Jewish and insists that he’s not antisemitic. Antisemitism is not based on heritage. There are plenty of Jewish antisemites.

UpChuck says as much in his blog, which under the circumstances seems unwise, but that’s him being “independent and unafraid.”

He has to take down the post by noon today (if I understand the timing correctly), so we’ll see what Mr Independent and Unafraid does in response to a likely defamation lawsuit.

60 wrenchwench  Feb 18, 2015 5:03:01am
61 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 18, 2015 5:04:15am

re: #59 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

UpChuck says as much in his blog, which under the circumstances seems unwise, but that’s him being “independent and unafraid.”

He has to take down the post by noon today (if I understand the timing correctly), so we’ll see what Mr Independent and Unafraid does in response to a likely defamation lawsuit.

This is Chuck’s method for learning the proper method and type of papers a defamation lawsuit generates. He couldn’t find out how to do it by searching the Internet since he has no skills for doing so. And he also couldn’t get anyone to pay his site money in order to help him file the paperwork.
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62 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:05:50am

re: #61 Feline Fearless Leader

This is Chuck’s method for learning the proper method and type of papers a defamation lawsuit generates. He couldn’t find out how to do it by searching the Internet since he has no skills for doing so. And he also couldn’t get anyone to pay his site money in order to help him file the paperwork.
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Not to mention, no lawyer worth her or his salt would represent him in a frivolous lawsuit.

63 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 5:07:02am

re: #61 Feline Fearless Leader

This is Chuck’s method for learning the proper method and type of papers a defamation lawsuit generates. He couldn’t find out how to do it by searching the Internet since he has no skills for doing so. And he also couldn’t get anyone to pay his site money in order to help him file the paperwork.
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He’ll also gain some insight into why media companies he’s always ragging on have lawyers well versed in libel law.

64 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:08:40am

re: #63 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

He’ll also gain some insight into why media companies he’s always ragging on have lawyers well versed in libel law.

I think you give Upchuck too much credit for gaining any insight into his own vicious nature.

65 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 5:11:58am

re: #64 Justanotherhuman

I think you give Upchuck too much credit for gaining any insight into his own vicious nature.

Well, true. He doesn’t seem to learn from his mistakes.

In looking over his timeline and listening to his videos, I’ve gotten the sense that he secretly resents his separation from the Wall Street Journal, and that explains his open hostility to the “traditional media.” He says he left the WSJ of his own volition, to set out on his own, but I suspect there’s more to it than that.

66 Teukka  Feb 18, 2015 5:16:41am

re: #56 Justanotherhuman

Bomb squad attending Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda in Orebro, Sweden, over suspicious letter to cartoonist Lars Vilks - @Expressen
read more on expressen.se

BTW, how is a newspaper “independently liberal”? I don’t know what that even means…

It means they are liberal, and not tied to any political party.

In totally different news, police precesence around risk objects heightened here in Sweden.
thelocal.se

67 darthstar  Feb 18, 2015 5:17:40am

Mornin’ everyone living in post-racial America…and Texas.

68 wrenchwench  Feb 18, 2015 5:18:59am
69 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 18, 2015 5:21:01am

re: #65 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Well, true. He doesn’t seem to learn from his mistakes.

In looking over his timeline and listening to his videos, I’ve gotten the sense that he secretly resents his separation from the Wall Street Journal, and that explains his open hostility to the “traditional media.” He says he left the WSJ of his own volition, to set out on his own, but I suspect there’s more to it than that.

heh:

70 darthstar  Feb 18, 2015 5:25:35am
71 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:25:44am

re: #66 Teukka

It means they are liberal, and not tied to any political party.

In totally different news, police precesence around risk objects heightened here in Sweden.
thelocal.se

Thanks. I was thinking it might mean what we call “libertarian” here in the States.

Still, my view is that by pushing that paper to publish his “art” because Swedish galleries refused to exhibit what I see as an amateurish work, he has put a lot of people at risk because of the content. And no, I’m not excusing those who would use violence toward him (and others considered “collateral damage”) because violence is no way to settle matters, IMHO, but neither is mocking an entire culture or religion. That is absolute bias.

72 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 5:26:10am

re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh:

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So he turned down a job in professional ratfking to try to make a living being an amateur. Surprise, surprise.

73 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 5:28:56am

re: #72 Targetpractice

So he turned down a job in professional ratfking to try to make a living being an amateur. Surprise, surprise.

Everything he says is a lie, especially when he says “true story”

74 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 5:34:42am

re: #73 The Vicious Babushka

Everything he says is a lie, especially when he says “true story”

Maybe Fox offered him a techie job, like “online media editor,” and not something that would give him any sort of writing job.

75 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 5:35:00am

re: #73 The Vicious Babushka

Everything he says is a lie, especially when he says “true story”

I know, but that doesn’t stop me from shaking my head. “I could have made serious money, but I chose to settle for living in poverty” is not really something to boast about, even if a complete lie.

76 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:43:41am

RW rhetoric coming up: The country is going into a recession!

Wholesale prices drop 0.8% on falling gas prices - @USATODAY
read more on usatoday.com

77 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 5:43:52am

Uh-oh, now she gone and done it, she’s invoked the name of He Who Shall Not Be Named:

78 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 5:44:01am

re: #75 Targetpractice

I know, but that doesn’t stop me from shaking my head. “I could have made serious money, but I chose to settle for living in poverty” is not really something to boast about, even if a complete lie.

His whole shtick is being an independent “journalist” unbeholden to any corporate interests, etc., etc. Instead he’s beholden to his own peculiar sense of how the world works.

Now he’s intimating that he’s got the Adult Friend Finder account info of some Congressmen and hinting he might divulge it just before CPAC. Real reporters don’t tip off the public, least of all the subjects of their reporting, to an upcoming story. Unless he’s hoping some Congresscritter will pass him a “donation” for his website.

79 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:46:32am

re: #78 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

His whole shtick is being an independent “journalist” unbeholden to any corporate interests, etc., etc. Instead he’s beholden to his own peculiar sense of how the world works.

Now he’s intimating that he’s got the Adult Friend Finder account info of some Congressman and hinting he might divulge it just before CPAC. Real reporters don’t tip off the public, least of all the subjects of their reporting, to an upcoming story. Unless he’s hoping some Congresscritter will pass him a “donation” for his website.

In other words, pay his blackmail demand. Well, we know how his uber-criminal mind works, don’t we? : )

80 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 5:46:51am

re: #78 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

His whole shtick is being an independent “journalist” unbeholden to any corporate interests, etc., etc. Instead he’s beholden to his own peculiar sense of how the world works.

Now he’s intimating that he’s got the Adult Friend Finder account info of some Congressman and hinting he might divulge it just before CPAC. Real reporters don’t tip off the public, least of all the subjects of their reporting, to an upcoming story. Unless he’s hoping some Congresscritter will pass him a “donation” for his website.

I’ve compared him to tabloid journalists before, but even they have better sense than to telegraph their intentions.

81 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:49:37am

Gah. It’s supposed to be 6 deg tomorrow morning and 3 on Fri.

I can’t remember when it’s been this cold in my neck of the woods. We’ll probably set records. : )

82 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 5:49:42am

re: #80 Targetpractice

I’ve compared him to tabloid journalists before, but even they have better sense than to telegraph their intentions.

He just wants the attention. Say something provocative and wait for the responses.

He got up early today, judging by the flurry of tweets. Isn’t like 7 am on the Left Coast now?

83 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:50:21am

re: #82 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

5:30 if compared to the East Coast.

84 darthstar  Feb 18, 2015 5:52:11am

It’s like 7am, only earlier.

85 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 5:53:05am

re: #83 Justanotherhuman

Then he either got up before dawn, or has been up all night. I’m off Twitter now and too lazy to recheck when he was tweeting. Charles can probably fill us in later.

86 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:53:21am

Was this a sewer break or a water line? Yecccch.

87 Romantic Heretic  Feb 18, 2015 5:53:43am
If things are done to the contrary to the security of this country to my wishes, whoever does them is guilty of treason.

FTFY, Ben. This is what you really mean.

88 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 5:54:50am

re: #85 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Then he either got up before dawn, or has been up all night. I’m off Twitter now and too lazy to recheck when he was tweeting. Charles can probably fill us in later.

He was probably tweaking and up all night. : )

89 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 6:08:43am

re: #74 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Maybe Fox offered him a techie job, like “online media editor,” and not something that would give him any sort of writing job.

Morning! How is everyone doing in this crazy weather. I’m waiting for the last bit of the overnight snow to trickle out and away, then out to clean off the walkways.

I am so not looking forward to tomorrow another single digit day temp wise. I sure as heck hope the change in the month brings the eastern half of the US back to normal weather.

So, is Chuck CJ going to get sued? I sure hope someone knocks him back.

I saw the bit about him being at the WSJ and maybe getting booted. I don’t care what job, or what company, but judging how he acts online I can well imagine him being moved on. The dude probably is a cancer in any group setting. One that would quickly be removed.

90 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 6:10:57am

Holy crap. Risen has gone full GG. I wouldn’t be surprised if, after having to pay Wen Ho Lee because of Risen’s hatchet job on him in the NYT, Risen was toxic to other newspapers. And if he was wrong about Wen Ho Lee engaging in espionage, what else was he, or is he, wrong about?

91 Doofus  Feb 18, 2015 6:12:50am

re: #86 Justanotherhuman

Accident at the split pea soup factory.

92 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 6:12:57am

re: #90 Justanotherhuman

He should start a blog and work from his in-law’s home. It’s a growing market.
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93 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 6:13:42am

re: #81 Justanotherhuman

Gah. It’s supposed to be 6 deg tomorrow morning and 3 on Fri.

I can’t remember when it’s been this cold in my neck of the woods. We’ll probably set records. : )

I’ve never seen this type of cold set in for this long a time half way to March. Sure, we have a day or two and then a rebound as the fronts in late winter tend to move quickly. This crap is stuck and if anything dropping lower.

Heck, Decatur Deb may be dusting snow flakes off Mickey.

94 darthstar  Feb 18, 2015 6:15:14am

Pitchers and Catchers report today in Scottsdale. Hello Spring.

95 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 6:19:11am

re: #90 Justanotherhuman

Holy crap. Risen has gone full GG. I wouldn’t be surprised if, after having to pay Wen Ho Lee because of Risen’s hatchet job on him in the NYT, Risen was toxic to other newspapers. And if he was wrong about Wen Ho Lee engaging in espionage, what else has has he, or is he, wrong about?

James Risen @JamesRisen

I plan to spend the rest of my life fighting to undo damage done to press freedom in the United States by Barack Obama and Eric Holder.

Damage. WTF? As far as I can tell all the idiot outlets are more wacky now than they were prior to Obama taking office. I don’t see anyone stopping any of their “freedom” at all. These people need to grab a paper bag and breathe into it to stop all the hyperventilating.

96 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 6:20:19am

WTFITS==>

97 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 6:25:50am

re: #95 ObserverArt

Damage. WTF? As far as I can tell all the idiot outlets are more wacky now than they were prior to Obama taking office. I don’t see anyone stopping any of their “freedom” at all. These people need to grab a paper bag and breathe into it to stop all the hyperventilating.

I’ve seen more than a couple of examples of where pieces in mainstream print media weren’t fact-checked and slid through. It seems today’s “journalists” want to be “independent” to avoid such screening of their “work”.

We don’t seem to have as many true reporters as in the old days as we do muckrakers today.

And yes, I think govt wrong-doing should be exposed, but not at the expense of real facts and the truth. If we need some secrecy in tactics and strategy in defending this country from prying eyes, what other alternative is there?

98 Great White Snark  Feb 18, 2015 6:27:30am

My take on the CNN headline at the moment…

I might need a Canadian couch to crash on for some months.
99 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 6:28:16am

re: #96 The Vicious Babushka

WTFITS==>

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Only if people are stupid enough to believe everything they read on the internet…

100 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 6:32:48am

re: #94 darthstar

Which means that the ARod circus in NYC metro is now on insane clown posse mode. He’s offered up a traditional non-apology apology - an apology for being caught, not for doing steroids and PEDs for years. At least a third of his career stats were accumulated while doing PEDs, and who knows about the rest.

He torched all relationships with anyone at the Yankees, and he screwed his fellow players and the union and league offices.

If he had any sense, he’d retire. But he’s too vain to give that a thought. Rather, he’ll show that he’s got nothing left, struggle to catch up to major league pitchers, and break down for all to see. He’ll make it impossible for the Yankees to move him or do anything with his roster position. It’s always about him.

And he just needs to go away. Permanently. Other players took their punishments and came back respectably. A Rod admitted under oath that he took PEDs, threw his cousin under the bus and testified against Bosch, who got just a few months shy of a max sentence the other day. A Rod got immunity from federal prosecution to put away Bosch. Otherwise, A Rod could have been facing crime time too for distributing steroids.

As for the game on the field, don’t think the Yanks are going to do so well this year. Too many question marks and key players are older. It’s going to be some lean times up in the Bronx. At least the Mrs has Matt Harvey to look forward to returning (the Mets have some killer young pitching; the hitting OTOH is suspect). Harvey is the most electrifying pitcher I’ve seen in person since Verlander a few years back. If he comes back from the injury as good as he claims, then he’ll make the Mets competitive in short order since he’ll make the rest of the pitching staff more effective.

101 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 6:33:05am

re: #99 Justanotherhuman

Only if people are stupid enough to believe everything they read on the internet…

They… are.

102 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 6:36:15am

re: #100 lawhawk

Which means that the ARod circus in NYC metro is now on insane clown posse mode. He’s offered up a traditional non-apology apology - an apology for being caught, not for doing steroids and PEDs for years. At least a third of his career stats were accumulated while doing PEDs, and who knows about the rest.

- CUT -

But…but…but…he took the time to write out a nice handwritten message to the fans!!!

(I wonder who he paid to write it…)

103 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 6:40:34am

Ignorant jack wagon white supremacists back in the news…

Outrage in India after Hindu temple vandalized with hate message in US

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: There has been strong reactions in India after reports of a Hindu temple being vandalized in the US.

“A Hindu temple was vandalized with hate message and swastika spray-painted on its wall in the US state of Washington, the latest incident that has shocked the community ahead of the Maha Shivratri festival.

“The incident happened when unidentified miscreants sprayed swastika and painted “Get Out” on one of the walls of the temple in the Seattle Metropolitan area. It is one of the largest Hindu temples in the entire North West.” More

104 Great White Snark  Feb 18, 2015 6:41:05am

re: #96 The Vicious Babushka

Silly nonsense. Just a twit on twitter.

105 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 18, 2015 6:51:07am

Mega-headdesk:

Obama literally cannot raise a finger without driving the rightwing into a hooting, screeching frenzy of hatred and fear:

Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign

Is President Obama a Muslim? A lot has been written about this, but if photographs speak louder than words, then a photo taken at last August’s U.S.-African Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C. might shed considerable light.

It shows Barack Hussein Obama flashing the one-finger affirmation of Islamic faith to dozens of African delegates.

The Associated Press took this astonishing photo as the African dignitaries joined Obama, who hosted the event, in a State Department auditorium for a group photograph. It was published in an article in Britain’s Daily Mail, and it was the only use ever of the photo.

The one-finger display is the distinctive Muslim gang sign: The index finger points straight up while the thumb wraps underneath and presses against the digital phalange of the middle finger. The remaining fingers are squeezed against the palm in order to highlight the extended forefinger. The extended finger is symbolic of the one-God concept of Muhammad and is understood by all believers to be a symbolic shahada, the Muslim affirmation of faith: There is but one God and Muhammad is his messenger.

106 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 6:51:37am

re: #102 ObserverArt

As a few snarky reporters and pundits have pointed out, has anyone done a handwriting analysis to see if he actually wrote it. I don’t care if he did or didn’t write it. It’s a BS apology for a player who’s torched all of his relationships - with fellow players, with the fans, with the team, and with the league.

A decade ago, his team, players, and fans would forgive and forget because he could still dig the long ball. Now? Nope.

107 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 6:58:06am

re: #105 Shiplord Kirel

OFFFFFS. Because one F simply will not do. These people are not right in the head. Tin foil isn’t quite strong enough either.

Everything this president does or has done is/has an ulterior motive and anti-American to the right. Period.

They complain the president has done nothing to stop ISIL, even as the bombs keep dropping on ISIL from American UAVs, aircraft, and we continue supporting the countries on the front lines against it.

The GOP demands that the President act, but when they’re provided with an AUMF request, they balk at acting because it would mean that they have to admit that the President is not only acting, but that the GOP assents to this course of conduct. The GOP has all but admitted that their foreign policy position is to snipe at the President while giving him a wink/nod to continue attacking, because they’ve got nothing better.

It’s a mess, and among the reasons the right is so screwed up is that they’re getting their news cues from Fox, which explains much. Fact-free and full of anti-Obama posturing unsupported by facts or logic.

108 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 18, 2015 7:04:53am

re: #105 Shiplord Kirel

OMFG *nukes desk and planet*

109 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:05:38am

Some people are simply equal opportunity destroyers because their egos are just too damn big for their own good. It’s the “I’m always right and eveybody else is always wrong” syndrome. It’s pretty sociopathic if you think about it.

110 Timothy Watson  Feb 18, 2015 7:05:41am

re: #105 Shiplord Kirel

Mega-headdesk:

Obama literally cannot raise a finger without driving the rightwing into a hooting, screeching frenzy of hatred and fear:

Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign

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Muslim gang member
111 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 18, 2015 7:07:27am

Apparently Da Vinci was also a secret Muslim. Note the figure in the right background (believed to represent Thomas the Doubter) giving the traditional “gang sign.”

112 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:08:39am

The hands! Watch the hands!

Derp.

113 Teukka  Feb 18, 2015 7:09:10am

re: #96 The Vicious Babushka

WTFITS==>

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re: #105 Shiplord Kirel

Mega-headdesk:

Obama literally cannot raise a finger without driving the rightwing into a hooting, screeching frenzy of hatred and fear:

Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign

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…

*SMH*

114 b.d.  Feb 18, 2015 7:11:54am

re: #110 Timothy Watson

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Obvious Muslim is obvious

but only half as obvious as this Muslim.
115 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 7:13:08am

re: #109 Justanotherhuman

Some people are simply equal opportunity destroyers because their egos are just too damn big for their own good. It’s the “I’m always right and eveybody else is always wrong” syndrome. It’s pretty sociopathic if you think about it.

And some people are outright bigots no matter how much they try to closet it.

If anything, the Obama years have shown we still have a lot of racists thinking to stomp out. If it can ever be stomped out. As long as there is home schooling, church based schooling, and family hand-me-down thinking it will never go away.

Humans just gotta hate. /

116 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 7:13:08am

re: #114 b.d.

I see, and raise a Reagan.

Glenn Beck. Crypto Muslim.

117 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:14:21am

Video: Residents and a dog navigate the streets after a water main break in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles - @NBCLA
nbclosangeles.com

118 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:18:19am

More of this, please. : )

120 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 7:20:07am

Looking over EFL job opportunities just now and came across one for the American University in Duhok, Kurdistan — as in northern Iraq.

I skipped that one.

121 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 7:21:27am

Times I think that, had the wingnuts been around during WWII, they’d have been screaming that the Nazis really were the “master race” and FDR needed to acknowledge that.

122 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 7:22:14am

re: #107 lawhawk

OFFFFFS. Because one F simply will not do. These people are not right in the head. Tin foil isn’t quite strong enough either.

WHACKO™

123 Doofus  Feb 18, 2015 7:22:44am

re: #119 FemNaziBitch

I thought it was a mistake, there are still two other signs not in the line up.

124 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:22:50am

re: #119 FemNaziBitch

‘White Power’ Signs Held Up at Texas High School Basketball Game

“According to WFAA-TV, it is believed that the ‘WHITE’ meant the team’s color, however the ‘POWER’ in the sign did no fit in with any of the school cheers. Witnesses also reported that there were slurs hurled at players throughout the game.

“Eric Littleton, coach of the Flower Mound team took to social media to decry the sign.

“Unacceptable. As head coach at FMHS I offer our full voice apology. I will pursue this fully. No place for this,” he wrote.”

125 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 7:24:06am

re: #124 Justanotherhuman

“According to WFAA-TV, it is believed that the ‘WHITE’ meant the team’s color, however the ‘POWER’ in the sign did no fit in with any of the school cheers. Witnesses also reported that there were slurs hurled at players throughout the game.

“Eric Littleton, coach of the Flower Mound team took to social media to decry the sign.

“Unacceptable. As head coach at FMHS I offer our full voice apology. I will pursue this fully. No place for this,” he wrote.”

The thing is that kids don’t often get how serious it is. They think it’s all a joke.

I’ve had to have some talks with my own kid about this. And he think’s I’m crazy.

126 wrenchwench  Feb 18, 2015 7:24:18am
127 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 7:25:28am

I’m sitting here enjoying my morning ritual —first coffee and cigarette of the day and signing on to LGF.

I’ve will have been doing this for 10 years come October.

WOW! I can’t believe it.

I feel so old.

128 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:25:41am

re: #121 Targetpractice

The American Bund did just that.

mind—blown.blogspot.com

129 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 7:25:47am

Speaking of WTF moments, there’s this bit out of Paris.

“We’re racist, we’re racist, and that’s the way we like it.”

That was the chant a group of alleged Chelsea fans sung on the Paris Metro system before the huge UEFA Champions League last 16 clash against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, which finished in a 1-1 draw, as the men in question pushed a black man off the Metro train and would not allow him to board.

[ RELATED: Three things we learned from Chelsea, PSG ]

Watch the video above, as a British expat filmed the incident as it unfolded at the platform of a Metro station.

Chelsea Football Club have since released the following statement as footage of the incident has spread across the world. The faces of those so-called Chelsea fans responsible are clearly evident in the video and some have already been identified on social media.

130 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 7:25:56am

re: #125 FemNaziBitch

The thing is that kids don’t often get how serious it is. They think it’s all a joke.

I’ve had to have some talks with my own kid about this. And he think’s I’m crazy.

Damn…your son? Now that is scary.

Brings up the old debates about how much influence there is outside the home.

131 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 7:26:38am

re: #127 FemNaziBitch

Newbie. /15 years in October.

132 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 7:27:35am

re: #128 Justanotherhuman

The American Bund did just that.

mind—blown.blogspot.com

Free Society of Teutonia?

133 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 7:29:11am

Okay wind…you can stop any time now. It would be a little more bearable without you. You blow!

134 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 7:30:14am

re: #130 ObserverArt

Damn…your son? Now that is scary.

Brings up the old debates about how much influence there is outside the home.

He is going to be 21 and all his friends ( of various flavors) are the same.

It’s not so much that he understands what not to say in polite company, it’s that to these kids, it’s an inside joke. They just think everyone in their generation is in on it.

WE live in a very diverse area—everyone rags on each other. I think he is going to have a rude awakening when he arrives at college for the first time. He’s going to finish his degree downstate Illinois.

135 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:30:26am

re: #132 FemNaziBitch

Free Society of Teutonia?

en.wikipedia.org

136 sagehen  Feb 18, 2015 7:31:48am

re: #121 Targetpractice

Times I think that, had the wingnuts been around during WWII, they’d have been screaming that the Nazis really were the “master race” and FDR needed to acknowledge that.

They sort of did… at least until Pearl Harbor. Then the day after PH the German Ambassador marched up to the State Department with a formal, written, Declaration of War against us. At which point the “isolationists” realized it was time to STFU.

137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 7:31:57am

re: #128 Justanotherhuman

The American Bund did just that.

mind—blown.blogspot.com

We like to downplay how popular the German-American Bund or the British Blackshirts (or analogous movements all over Europe) were before Hitler and Mussolini really sullied the name of Fascism with their warmongering and mass murder.

138 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 7:33:40am

Why?

139 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 7:37:42am

re: #131 lawhawk

Newbie. /15 years in October.

You ARE old!

:)

140 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:38:01am

French prosecutors say clear ‘anti-semitic motive’ in desecration of Jewish graves - @FRANCE24
…

141 ObserverArt  Feb 18, 2015 7:38:49am

re: #134 FemNaziBitch

He is going to be 21 and all his friends ( of various flavors) are the same.

It’s not so much that he understands what not to say in polite company, it’s that to these kids, it’s an inside joke. They just think everyone in their generation is in on it.

WE live in a very diverse area—everyone rags on each other. I think he is going to have a rude awakening when he arrives at college for the first time. He’s going to finish his degree downstate Illinois.

I hope for his sake he understands it is no joke. He may sometime find the other person will not be joking.

Just like the kids with the signs at the Texas basketball game. What would they have done if the other kids just had enough and went and up and took them on. I know who my money would have been on in that case, and they in a sad way would have deserved it.

And then they would have cried about the big meany Black kids beating on them and being racist not knowing they were just joking.

It’s a damn vicious cycle.

And with that…out to clean of the walks. Sun is out, snow seems to have moved on, and then work to do. Later all…keep up the good fight. Just be sure to wear the padded head bands. It keeps the bruising down from pounding your head against the desk/wall in frustration.

142 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:40:37am

Heh.

South African parliament speaker apologizes for calling opposition leader a cockroach - @insightafrica24
insightafrica.co.za

143 Mattand  Feb 18, 2015 7:42:51am

Real easy to call for a holy war when you or your children will never fight in it.

144 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 7:43:31am

re: #139 FemNaziBitch

Ancient.

145 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 7:44:49am

The WTF moments keep coming in this morning:

146 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 7:46:34am

re: #143 Mattand

Real easy to call for a holy war when you or your children will never fight in it.

It’s Daesh who are declaring what they’re fighting a “holy war.” And wingnuts, presented with the opportunity let their freak flag fly, are absolutely outraged that the President doesn’t let their long-simmering fantasies come true by declaring we’re effectively at war with Islam.

147 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 7:50:27am

re: #146 Targetpractice

It’s Daesh who are declaring what they’re fighting a “holy war.” And wingnuts, presented with the opportunity let their freak flag fly, are absolutely outraged that the President doesn’t let their long-simmering fantasies come true by declaring we’re effectively at war with Islam.

Because a nation of 300 million can easily take on 1.4 billion people all over the world…

148 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 7:56:14am

re: #141 ObserverArt

It’s a feature, not a bug, of peer pressure, and it too many times goes away slowly, if the person is intelligent and self-searching enough, or not at all.

We’re social beings, and it’s probably natural, in modern society anyway where we no longer have the tribal assignments of old, to fit into a sort of “tribal” situation where you’re accepted, such as social circles, gangs, even on the internet. All kids are trying to “fit in” the larger society, if they retain a modicum of insecurity about themselves and want to “rebel” against the “wrongness” of their parents’ thinking, and many times willingly fall in with those who readily accept them. It’s not entirely a bad thing, more like a feeling of sanctuary in being among your own kind. It was an entire cultural response in the ’60s, a movement in reaction to the “nuclear family” and the reactionary political atmosphere of the ’50s which touched millions of young people.

149 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 7:56:27am
150 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 7:56:57am

re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Because a nation of 300 million can easily take on 1.4 billion people all over the world…

Hence comments like those from the honorable state senator from Arkansas, who thinks we just need to use nukes to solve the problem.

151 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 7:57:33am

I believe there are laws against “After The Fact Killing Someone” because it’s you know, murder.

152 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 7:59:52am

re: #151 The Vicious Babushka

I believe there are laws against “After The Fact Killing Someone” because it’s you know, murder.

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It’s the Wild West all over again. Or a precursor to the Mad Max scenario.

I swear, these people would feel right at home working for a drug cartel or the Mafia.

153 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 18, 2015 8:00:10am

re: #59 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I do hope he gets sued to drain his resources a bit. But it will be a battle of two PoS, it would seem.

154 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 8:04:08am
155 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 8:04:35am

re: #153 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

I do hope her gets sued to drain his resources a bit. But it will be a battle of two PoS, it would seem.

My friend, who has yet to reply to my email about Icarus Verum. told me working for ifyouonlynews.com was no picnic, and had some choice words about the editors there.

There seems to be a certain demographic of white males who gravitate toward creating or editing snarky or “edgy” news websites, and who also seem to be total jerks in their relationships with others.

156 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 8:04:42am

re: #149 The Vicious Babushka

How does having a gun protect against a rapist slipping a roofie?

A woman needs to keep her gun loaded, cocked and pointed at all potential assailants at all times. She has to time to put it down to take a drink.

157 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 8:05:42am

Happy Year of the Ram, everyone! My neighbors are going crazy with the fireworks right now. No point in trying to sleep.

158 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 8:06:56am

re: #151 The Vicious Babushka

Yeah, there are instances where women are able to take advantage of battered wife syndrome to argue that they’re killing someone in anticipation of being further assaulted.

But it’s still a homicide, and they haven’t prevented the attacks even with the firearms in the home.

It’s ignorant (on purpose) to think that most firearms deaths are the result of either suicide or homicides involving acquaintances, friends, family, or co-workers. You’re far more likely to be killed by someone you know by firearms than a stranger on the street. But the fearmongers think that being armed will be a talisman against all threats. It simply isn’t borne out by the facts or statistics.

159 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 8:09:13am

re: #158 lawhawk

Part of the American fantasy. Guns and God have made this nation the Greatest on the Earth Evah!

160 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 8:09:32am

re: #158 lawhawk

The derp is strong with this one Vicious:

161 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 8:11:49am

re: #160 lawhawk

I see his name and think of Rooster Cogburn.

162 Dr. Matt  Feb 18, 2015 8:12:11am

re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

How does having a gun protect against a rapist slipping a roofie?

A woman needs to keep her gun loaded, cocked and pointed at all potential assailants at all times. She has to time to put it down to take a drink.

How does having a gun protect against a rapist if the rapist steals the firearm from his prey and now he is armed?

163 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 8:12:24am

re: #158 lawhawk

Yeah, there are instances where women are able to take advantage of battered wife syndrome to argue that they’re killing someone in anticipation of being further assaulted.

But it’s still a homicide, and they haven’t prevented the attacks even with the firearms in the home.

It’s ignorant (on purpose) to think that most firearms deaths are the result of either suicide or homicides involving acquaintances, friends, family, or co-workers. You’re far more likely to be killed by someone you know by firearms than a stranger on the street. But the fearmongers think that being armed will be a talisman against all threats. It simply isn’t borne out by the facts or statistics.

This guy is getting stupider by the minute. Muted.

164 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 8:12:31am

re: #161 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I see his name and think of Rooster Cogburn.

I expect RC is one of his heroes and role models.

165 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 8:14:12am

re: #161 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

It’s probably what he wants everyone to think.

166 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 8:20:35am
167 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 8:21:47am

re: #166 lawhawk

Dinesh D’Souza is just Chuck Johnson plus a felony conviction.

How long until the two achieve full parity?

168 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 18, 2015 8:22:20am

Mother calls police for help with mentally ill son, police shoot and kill him, he had a red broom.

169 Dr. Matt  Feb 18, 2015 8:23:04am

Ablow is an insufferable dick who should be publicly shamed by the medical community.

170 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 8:23:05am
171 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 8:23:06am

Apple has a patent for an eyeglass frame that will hold an iPhone right up to your eyes, for virtual reality use.

On the one hand, it’s an ingenious idea. On the other hand, phones are going to have become a lot lighter for it to be practical.

172 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 8:23:47am

re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

174 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 8:24:15am

re: #171 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

And dangerous for driving, too.

175 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 8:25:48am

re: #173 The Vicious Babushka

On Tuesday, a journalist for Sveriges Radio (SR) asked ambassador Isaac Bachman on air: “Are Jews themselves responsible for the progression of anti-Semitism?”

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Infidels are responsible for Jihad….

176 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 8:25:52am

re: #174 Justanotherhuman

And dangerous for driving, too.

By that time, your car will drive itself.

Eye doctors and opticians will see a booming business.

177 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 18, 2015 8:26:30am

re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Infidels are responsible for Jihad….

Christians were to blame for the Roman persecutions.

178 Dr. Matt  Feb 18, 2015 8:26:45am

re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Infidels are responsible for Jihad….

Children are responsible for childhood cancer.

179 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 8:28:04am

re: #178 Dr. Matt

Children are responsible for childhood cancer.

Otherwise those cancer cells would pick on adults…

180 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 8:33:42am

re: #176 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

By that time, your car will drive itself.

Eye doctors and opticians will see a booming business.

By the time everyone is driving that type of vehicle, I’ll be long dead and gone.

Right now, a lot of people can’t even manage a cell phone and drive. And there will always be idiotic, distracted people who won’t know what to do if a self-driving vehicle goes haywire because they don’t read the instructions. : )

181 Dr. Matt  Feb 18, 2015 8:34:08am

Looks like another pointgate/pointghazi might be brewing:

Conservative author says photo shows Obama ‘flashing one-finger affirmation of Islamic faith’

182 Targetpractice  Feb 18, 2015 8:35:46am

re: #181 Dr. Matt

Looks like another pointgate/pointghazi might be brewing:

Conservative author says photo shows Obama ‘flashing one-finger affirmation of Islamic faith’

Oh for fuck’s sake!

183 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 8:36:56am

re: #181 Dr. Matt

Looks like another pointgate/pointghazi might be brewing:

Conservative author says photo shows Obama ‘flashing one-finger affirmation of Islamic faith’

Or the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate?

184 Teukka  Feb 18, 2015 8:37:31am

re: #173 The Vicious Babushka

On Tuesday, a journalist for Sveriges Radio (SR) asked ambassador Isaac Bachman on air: “Are Jews themselves responsible for the progression of anti-Semitism?”

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re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Infidels are responsible for Jihad….

I doubt it is anti-semitism in the true sense of the word, more like the journo derping the question if Israeli policies (e.g. against Palestinians) have an effect of fanning anti-semitism?

Sadly, I think that it is the case, some policies do little more than look good in the domestic media and breed more resentment and hate in Gaza and the West Bank.

I just hope I am allowed to say that without being instantly labeled as an rabid anti-semite. Don’t get me wrong, I am not denying Israels right to defend itself, I’m just suggesting there are better ways of serving your countrys long-term interests.

185 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 8:38:48am

re: #181 Dr. Matt

It’s a ruse!

186 Justanotherhuman  Feb 18, 2015 8:38:49am

Las Vegas Mom Tammy Meyers Went Looking for Suspect Before Road Rage Killing

nbcnews.com

“A Las Vegas woman who was killed in an apparent road rage shooting last week drove around with her armed son looking for the suspect who would later shoot her in front of her home, police said Tuesday.

“Tammy Meyers, 44, was shot by someone in a gray or silver four-door sedan outside her home around 11:22 p.m. Thursday, and died two days later. The suspect or suspects remain unidentified, police said.

“Police said Meyers and her armed 22-year-old son followed a car she believed had been involved in a road rage incident earlier that night, that they stopped following the vehicle and returned home, and when they got there a car matching the description of the one they’d followed pulled up and someone inside it began shooting. Meyers’ son returned fire, police said.” More (including video)

187 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 18, 2015 8:40:04am

re: #184 Teukka

Look, to too many people,
opposing Israeli government policies = antisemitism

Do not go there or pay any attention to those who would take you there

188 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 18, 2015 8:40:19am

re: #184 Teukka

I doubt it is anti-semitism in the true sense of the word, more like the journo derping the question if Israeli policies (e.g. against Palestinians) have an effect of fanning anti-semitism?

Sadly, I think that it is the case, some policies do little more than look good in the domestic media and breed more resentment and hate in Gaza and the West Bank.

I just hope I am allowed to say that without being instantly labeled as an rabid anti-semite. Don’t get me wrong, I am not denying Israels right to defend itself, I’m just suggesting there are better ways of serving your countrys long-term interests.

I would say that it is anti-Semitism to attack Jews in Sweden (or Denmark, or France, or the UK, or anywhere that is not Israel) over something they have no control over.

189 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 18, 2015 8:40:30am

No doubt some ISIS types are giving Obama a one finger salute today, the ones who have survived a just departed airstrike that is.

190 lawhawk  Feb 18, 2015 8:41:18am

But remember, Jeb is his own person with his own foreign policy choices. Just ignore all the personnel overlap with his dad and brother.

191 Dr. Matt  Feb 18, 2015 8:44:26am

Apparently we are not allowed to question Jeb about his brother of his brother’s policies, yet President Obama’s rare encounters with Bill Ayers must be front-and-center.

192 Teukka  Feb 18, 2015 8:51:08am

re: #188 The Vicious Babushka

I would say that it is anti-Semitism to attack Jews in Sweden (or Denmark, or France, or the UK, or anywhere that is not Israel) over something they have no control over.

Indeed it is. But is it anti-semitism to ask whether the admittedly heavy-handed policies might have a fanning effect on anti-semitism?

Anyways, the journo got rapped hard pretty instantly.

193 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 8:51:41am

re: #158 lawhawk

Yeah, there are instances where women are able to take advantage of battered wife syndrome to argue that they’re killing someone in anticipation of being further assaulted.

But it’s still a homicide, and they haven’t prevented the attacks even with the firearms in the home.

It’s ignorant (on purpose) to think that most firearms deaths are the result of either suicide or homicides involving acquaintances, friends, family, or co-workers. You’re far more likely to be killed murdered or accidentally by someone you know with or without firearms than a stranger on the street. But the fearmongers think that being armed will be a talisman against all threats. It simply isn’t borne out by the facts or statistics.

FTFY

194 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 18, 2015 8:52:33am

re: #134 FemNaziBitch

He is going to be 21 and all his friends ( of various flavors) are the same.

It’s not so much that he understands what not to say in polite company, it’s that to these kids, it’s an inside joke. They just think everyone in their generation is in on it.

WE live in a very diverse area—everyone rags on each other. I think he is going to have a rude awakening when he arrives at college for the first time. He’s going to finish his degree downstate Illinois.

That sounds like me working with college undergraduates back in the early 2000s while a fraternity volunteer. In the uniform group you saw a lot of tactless wisecracking. And they thought I didn’t get the whole “Canadian” codeword for blacks until I chewed a bunch of them out for acting like racist assholes.

Cemented the reputation for them that you had to be wary of anyone over 35.
;P

195 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 8:52:49am

re: #160 lawhawk

The derp is strong with this one Vicious:

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196 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 8:53:52am

re: #171 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Apple has a patent for an eyeglass frame that will hold an iPhone right up to your eyes, for virtual reality use.

On the one hand, it’s an ingenious idea. On the other hand, phones are going to have become a lot lighter for it to be practical.

I want a bluetooth Borg implant for my ears!!!

197 FemNaziBitch  Feb 18, 2015 8:54:24am

re: #173 The Vicious Babushka

On Tuesday, a journalist for Sveriges Radio (SR) asked ambassador Isaac Bachman on air: “Are Jews themselves responsible for the progression of anti-Semitism?”

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of course, they continue, stubbornly, to exist … .

*spit*

198 retired cynic  Feb 18, 2015 9:13:03am

re: #190 lawhawk

GAH!


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