Updates on Bill O’Reilly’s “War Zones” Scandal

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David Corn lists The Questions Bill O’Reilly Won’t Answer.

And Media Matters has put together a video of O’Reilly’s greatest hits, with transcripts of his long history of exaggerating his “combat zone” experiences: Bill O’Reilly’s “Combat Situation” Reporting, in His Own Words.

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UPDATE at 2/20/15 6:20:19 pm by Charles Johnson

And O’Reilly is now tripling down, with assists from Bernie Goldberg and Geraldo Rivera.

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1 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 20, 2015 6:04:38pm

Well, I remember an Inside Edition clip that got pretty intense. They had to do it live.

2 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 6:11:00pm

I guess O’Reilly tripled down on his show.

See, it’s like this with bullies. They don’t back down.

Conscious, thoughtful people do, when faced with their failings.

We live in a tough world.

3 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 20, 2015 6:15:44pm

Winter storms are taking a toll on me. 13 inches of snow so far this week.
Was -14F outdoors overnight and 35F in the house at 6 am.
The water line to the toilet is still frozen.
And, despite all our best efforts to keep her warm, our goat is in very serious distress.
Another Winter Storm Warning is starting in 45 minutes. Forecast is for 4-6 inches of snow followed by freezing rain.

If one more person on Facebook makes a crack about global warming, I’m gonna go all global nuclear on them.

4 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 6:15:59pm

re: #2 #FergusonFireside

I guess O’Reilly tripled down on his show.

See, it’s like this with bullies. They don’t back down.

Conscious, thoughtful people do, when faced with their failings.

We live in a tough world.

I see o’Reilly as more of a common blowhard. It amazes me that anyone believes anything he says.

5 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 6:16:16pm

re: #2 #FergusonFireside

And O’Reilly is the worst kind of bully - super-rich, with one of the most powerful cable news networks fully backing him up.

6 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 20, 2015 6:20:16pm

Saw this article yesterday and it reminded me of bullshit artists like Billo:

A load of excrement forced the closure of the southbound Interstate 65 exit ramp onto Indiana 18 about 1:45 p.m. Thursday.

Apparently a tanker dumped its load, accidentally spilling about 300 or 400 gallons of raw sewage onto the ramp, Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley said, noting that the waste was 6 to 8 inches deep in places on the ramp.

7 Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2015 6:21:00pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

And O’Reilly is the worst kind of bully - super-rich, with one of the most powerful cable news networks fully backing him up.

And secure in the knowledge that Ailes won’t take any action against him.

8 goddamnedfrank  Feb 20, 2015 6:23:22pm
“Nobody sent me, nobody forced me, I went, and that’s what these guys did. And these guys are in much more danger than I was ever in. Although it got a little hairy in The Falklands, that’s for sure.”

It got a little hairy “in the Falklands”?

Fuckin’ seriously? There is no defense for this, he’s just flat out lying.

Oh, it was metaphorical. That’s okay then, because Buenos Aires after the surrender is totally metaphorically the same as “the Falklands.”

Metaphorically I’m in Dallas Texas right now. I mean, it’s 1200 miles away but it’s still the same country and everything so it’s totally the same as being there.

9 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 6:28:05pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

I hope that things warm up for you soon.

10 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 6:28:41pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

Saw this article yesterday and it reminded me of bullshit artists like Billo:

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Bahahahaha, I know exactly where that is. Good thing I wasn’t headed back to fish country.

Evening Lizardim.

11 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 6:28:41pm

re: #9 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I hope that things warm up for you soon.

… and for your little goat, too!

12 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 6:31:34pm

O’Reilly is now tripling down on his lies, with help from Bernie Goldberg and Geraldo Rivera.

…

13 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 6:31:47pm

re: #8 goddamnedfrank

Metaphorically I’m in Dallas Texas right now. I mean, it’s 1200 miles away but it’s still the same country and everything so it’s totally the same as being there.

Here in Houston tonight it’s a little hairy, because as you know Los Zetas are in control of the city, which is a warzone.

14 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 6:33:30pm

“Is Mother Jones using journalism to go after a political enemy…”

FoxNewsIrony

15 Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2015 6:33:49pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

O’Reilly is now tripling down on his lies, with help from Bernie Goldberg and Geraldo Rivera.

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He can’t address the lies, so he’ll instead settle for accusing his factcheckers of an agenda. SSDD

16 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 6:36:09pm
In a 2009 interview, O’Reilly claimed other CBS journalists were too fearful to cover this event: “I was out there pretty much by myself because the other CBS news correspondents were hiding in the hotel.” Yet veteran CBS News reporter Bob Schieffer, who was then the lead correspondent in Buenos Aires says, “We were all out with our camera crews that day to cover the protest. I’d been out there with a crew too.”
motherjones.com
17 Thanos  Feb 20, 2015 6:37:13pm

“Hello, I’m Bill O’liarly, and tonight in the Spin spin zone…”

18 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 6:37:42pm
19 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 6:39:16pm

re: #7 Targetpractice

And secure in the knowledge that Ailes won’t take any action against him.

If the situation affected Billo’s rating, Ailes might move him to a less prominent timeslot. Did that to Hannity. Now that OLielly has tripled down, folks will publicize other examples of his exaggeration or outright lying. We’ll hear about the sexual harrassment again, the Peabody award claims again, etc.

OLielly’s core audience probably won’t care. If they minded hypocrisy they wouldn’t be his core audience.

20 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 20, 2015 6:39:18pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Leaded gasoline should have been outlawed decades earlier.

21 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 6:39:29pm

Daily Caller’s Al Weaver manages to “write the controversy” without actually reporting on whether O’Reilly’s stories were true.

dailycaller.com

22 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 6:40:34pm

Such a double standard eh?

23 Emoprog Refugee  Feb 20, 2015 6:41:02pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

If one more person on Facebook makes a crack about global warming, I’m gonna go all global nuclear on them.

Tell them to check out the left half the country’s weather and see if they can spot anything amiss for mid-February. And early Feb. And Jan. And Dec. 2014. And Nov. 2014. Anything at all amiss. For half the country. 51 degrees when I walked home ~6 pm today. No coat needed at all. My kids have been hiking after school for the last 2 weeks. There’s no snow. There are leaves beginning to bud.

I’m sorry it’s so cold for you and the goat, and hope it’s better soon.

24 Sionainn  Feb 20, 2015 6:43:47pm

re: #23 Emoprog Refugee

Tell them to check out the left half the country’s weather and see if they can spot anything amiss for mid-February. And early Feb. And Jan. And Dec. 2014. And Nov. 2014. Anything at all amiss. For half the country. 51 degrees when I walked home ~6 pm today. No coat needed at all. My kids have been hiking after school for the last 2 weeks. There’s no snow. There are leaves beginning to bud.

I’m sorry it’s so cold for you and the goat, and hope it’s better soon.

Yep, trees are blooming in my city right now. It’s been unseasonably warm.

25 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 6:44:08pm
26 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 6:44:12pm

If there are any fight fans out there, they FINALLY signed and announced the Pacquiao / Mayweather fight for 2 May. I have no doubt that it’s going to be the biggest PPV in boxing history, that PacMan will win, and it’s not going to be that exciting a fight, the styles are just too different.

RBS

27 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 20, 2015 6:44:24pm
28 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 6:47:39pm
29 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 6:48:21pm

Ya’ll keep the posts going, or imma going OT soon.

30 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 6:49:11pm
31 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 6:49:35pm
32 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 6:55:02pm
“Men and women have fought, died, been wounded, and scarred by war. There are many journalists who actually were in the crossfire, who died, trying to bring the story to the American people,” [votevets.org] president, Jon Soltz, said in a statement. “What Bill O’Reilly has done is steal their valor, and it is wrong.”
rawstory.com
33 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 6:58:38pm

Ugh. Must enforce discipline. I am hungry but I am fat. Plenty of fat to burn, there, body, so forget about getting any food!

34 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:01:10pm

re: #33 thedopefishlives

Ugh. Must enforce discipline. I am hungry but I am fat. Plenty of fat to burn, there, body, so forget about getting any food!

hose yourself down, then stand outside for 10 minutes in wet underwear. That will stoke up that inner furnace and the pounds will melt away.

RBS
Check with a sane person before following this advice.

35 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 7:03:16pm

re: #33 thedopefishlives

Ugh. Must enforce discipline. I am hungry but I am fat. Plenty of fat to burn, there, body, so forget about getting any food!

Not gourmet. But low cal & filling. Can of tuna, small dollop of mayo, lots of spice (I like oregano) Go for it.

36 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:03:23pm

re: #34 RealityBasedSteve

hose yourself down, then stand outside for 10 minutes in wet underwear. That will stoke up that inner furnace and the pounds will melt away.

RBS
Check with a sane person before following this advice.

Okay, let’s just be clear here: Yesterday, the low temperature was -12 degrees F (-24.4 degrees C). I am NOT going out there in anything less than a fur parka. Kapiche?

37 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:06:32pm

re: #36 thedopefishlives

Okay, let’s just be clear here: Yesterday, the low temperature was -12 degrees F (-24.4 degrees C). I am NOT going out there in anything less than a fur parka. Kapiche?

Details.

RBS

38 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 7:06:49pm

re: #36 thedopefishlives

Okay, let’s just be clear here: Yesterday, the low temperature was -12 degrees F (-24.4 degrees C). I am NOT going out there in anything less than a fur parka. Kapiche?

It’d probably still work. Just wear the parka over the wet underwear ;)

P.S. I’m not a sane person nor do I play one on TV.

39 Swift2991  Feb 20, 2015 7:08:42pm

re: #8 goddamnedfrank

If you parse Brian Williams’ post-event comments on entertainment shows the same way, he was friggin’ Audie Murphy. He was in a helicopter that wasn’t the chopper that got hit, but that may or may not have drawn AK 47 fire. And they did have to sit down and wait for the front lines to get there. Within what happened, Williams evidently fell to the tug of ego, to dramatize the thing more. When confronted by it, he didn’t deny it.

And then there’s O’Reilly.

40 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 7:12:45pm

OK, I’ve received the OT clearance.

Today was hilarious for my office mate & me.

We were in the break area, downstairs, with a girl from a law firm.

Girl from law firm does the same commute as me. We were talking how we see the same people, sometimes.

I comment, yeah! I see this truck with a KEEP CALM CHIVE ON sticker. I’m always WTF. So random what you see, blah blah blah.

So my office mate calls me from the road, I’m behind the Chive Guy!!!!

laughing so hard. Buy a lottery ticket bitches.

Then, I decide to finally look it up:

A saying commonly used by frequent visitors to the website the Chive. Chivers, as they’re commonly referred to, are known for their worship of actor Bill Murray, pictures of cats, and soft pornography.

This gives me hope.

41 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 7:13:44pm

re: #40 #FergusonFireside

Thanks for the explanation. I saw one of those yesterday and was wondering.

42 calochortus  Feb 20, 2015 7:14:20pm

re: #33 thedopefishlives

Ugh. Must enforce discipline. I am hungry but I am fat. Plenty of fat to burn, there, body, so forget about getting any food!

Also remember that if you starve yourself your body will simply try to become even more efficient at storing those calories. Sadly, only long term sensible eating and exercise are going to be effective.
Now, if your body is telling you that you need a big slab of cake, the you are totally correct in telling your body to shut up.

43 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 7:15:05pm

Actually, Bill-o was talking about that time in Buenos Aires when he was seated next to Evita Peron’s stuffed corpse at the dinner table in the presidential palace, and not to go into sordid details (this being a family site and all), but eyelashes were batted and one thing led to another — mummified tongues from both parties were involved — and Juan had him put in front of a firing squad. Luckily Ollie North happened to be in the area searching for Sandinista guerrillas and some primo bud and procured O’Bill-o’s release. To this day, Evita pines for her “dulce Guillaume.”

Anyway, if that isn’t combat I don’t know what is.

44 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 7:15:33pm

re: #41 jaunte

Thanks for the explanation. I saw one of those yesterday and was wondering.

hahahaha.

Seriously. Cats, Bill Murray & soft porn.

45 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:16:05pm

re: #42 calochortus

Also remember that if you starve yourself your body will simply try to become even more efficient at storing those calories. Sadly, only long term sensible eating and exercise are going to be effective.
Now, if your body is telling you that you need a big slab of cake, the you are totally correct in telling your body to shut up.

Not starving myself. Simply trying to reduce portions a bit and cut out the late-night snacking. Or at least reduce it to a reasonable amount rather than a half bag of chips.

46 calochortus  Feb 20, 2015 7:17:18pm

re: #45 thedopefishlives

Sounds good.

47 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:19:29pm

re: #46 calochortus

Sounds good.

Doesn’t help that I’m studying for a certification exam, and so my brain is trying desperately to find distractions to the tedium of reading tomes of technical data.

48 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 7:21:54pm

re: #45 thedopefishlives

Not starving myself. Simply trying to reduce portions a bit and cut out the late-night snacking. Or at least reduce it to a reasonable amount rather than a half bag of chips.

I like cucumbers. Tasty and almost 0 calories.

I do some cottage cheese in the food processor with a little bit of milk and the packets of Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix and that’s a really tasty low calorie dip. And I won’t touch cottage cheese normally.

49 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 7:22:39pm
50 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:23:08pm

re: #48 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I like cucumbers. Tasty and almost 0 calories.

I do some cottage cheese in the food processor with a little bit of milk and the packets of Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix and that’s a really tasty low calorie dip. And I won’t touch cottage cheese normally.

I’m a big fan of cottage cheese, but I like it pretty much straight-up as a dip. That’s the problem - it’s so addicting to dip and eat. I really need to work mainly on portion sizes and not indulging.

51 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:24:32pm

YEA!!!! My water is flowing freely from the taps. The dam has burst!!!! Life is has purpose and meaning again.

RBS

52 sagehen  Feb 20, 2015 7:26:28pm

re: #33 thedopefishlives

Ugh. Must enforce discipline. I am hungry but I am fat. Plenty of fat to burn, there, body, so forget about getting any food!

helpful hint: if your home thermostat is set uncomfortable (maybe 5-10º too cold in the winter, or 5-10º too warm in the summer) your own metabolism willl burn lots of extra calories regulating your body temp.

Also — 100 calories a day is 10 pounds a year.

53 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 7:27:12pm

Now … I had to spend hours last night … on the phone with various reporters … and crawling around my basement covered with dust to find documents from 33 years ago.* Again, it was a miracle I found them. all because an irresponsible … guttersnipe … a far left zealot … who has attacked Fox News many times before … spit this stuff out on the net. and you know what? … nothing is going to happen to David Corn.

*What did he find that made his “Falklands” experience not a lie?

54 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:29:13pm

re: #52 sagehen

helpful hint: if your home thermostat is set uncomfortable (maybe 5-10º too cold in the winter, or 5-10º too warm in the summer) your own metabolism willl burn lots of extra calories regulating your body temp.

Also — 100 calories a day is 10 pounds a year.

it doesn’t take much for it to slip up… I’m not what anybody would call heavy by any means 5’8”, 157 typical, but I know that if I let myself “graze” it will sneak on up. That’s what happened when I quit working and was around my kitchen all day. Now I’m getting back down to my fighting trim so to speak.

RBS

55 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 7:29:37pm
56 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 20, 2015 7:30:25pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

O’Reilly is now tripling down on his lies, with help from Bernie Goldberg and Geraldo Rivera.

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Rivera should help: he was the one who found O’Reilly’s combat experiences in Al Capone’s vault.

57 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:30:49pm

re: #54 RealityBasedSteve

it doesn’t take much for it to slip up… I’m not what anybody would call heavy by any means 5’8”, 157 typical, but I know that if I let myself “graze” it will sneak on up. That’s what happened when I quit working and was around my kitchen all day. Now I’m getting back down to my fighting trim so to speak.

RBS

Yeah, I also need to get back to being active. I used to be when I first moved to the wild north country, although Mrs. Fish’s home-cookin’ definitely put some pounds on me despite the exercise. But since my attendance at tae kwon do has become more sporadic and my eating has not, my weight has increased noticeably.

58 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 7:30:57pm

re: #47 thedopefishlives

Doesn’t help that I’m studying for a certification exam, and so my brain is trying desperately to find distractions to the tedium of reading tomes of technical data.

Excuse me, but tomes of technical data are inherently fascinating! When I read them I can hardly stay in my chair. And if I don’t, I usually wake up when I hit the floor ;)

59 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 20, 2015 7:31:27pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

Saw this article yesterday and it reminded me of bullshit artists like Billo:

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What the heck is CCJ doing in Indiana?

(am I too late on that joke?)

60 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:32:13pm

re: #58 A Cranky One

Excuse me, but tomes of technical data are inherently fascinating! When I read them I can hardly stay in my chair. And if I don’t, I usually wake up when I hit the floor ;)

It’s all for a good cause. Company duty.

61 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 7:32:23pm

re: #51 RealityBasedSteve

The dam has burst? How long were you waiting for the toilets to work again? <evil grin>

Water good.

62 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 7:35:19pm

re: #50 thedopefishlives

I’m a big fan of cottage cheese, but I like it pretty much straight-up as a dip. That’s the problem - it’s so addicting to dip and eat. I really need to work mainly on portion sizes and not indulging.

What has helped me in the past is to refrain from taking the whole container of dip with me but instead portion out things in the kitchen and put back away. I’d recommend getting a kitchen scale if you don’t have one; they’re helpful for things like baking but also for easily getting an idea of what your portion sizes are.

As far as the husband is concerned there are no crackers in the house. He has no self-control.

63 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:36:38pm

re: #61 A Cranky One

The dam has burst? How long were you waiting for the toilets to work again? <evil grin>

Water good.

Since Wednesday. :( I had a couple of jugs of water that I had put aside for a “Daily Flush”, but it’s just not the same thing. I really think that it freezes at the meter box that is located in the driveway. All my lines are well protected and have heat tapes.

64 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:37:17pm

re: #62 klys (maker of Silmarils)

What has helped me in the past is to refrain from taking the whole container of dip with me but instead portion out things in the kitchen and put back away. I’d recommend getting a kitchen scale if you don’t have one; they’re helpful for things like baking but also for easily getting an idea of what your portion sizes are.

As far as the husband is concerned there are no crackers in the house. He has no self-control.

I have a will of cold-rolled steel, but it’s just a matter of choosing to apply it. When I get lazy, I stop caring about whether I should be enforcing my discipline or not.

65 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 7:39:09pm
Ten-Star General Bill O’Reilly storming Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944.

Photograph by the great Robert Capa.

66 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 7:39:29pm

Dinner tonight was taco salads and the husband paid me the ultimate complement of saying that if we’d gotten it out, we would go back to the restaurant just for it.

I’ve been experimenting with salad dressings and did a cilantro lime thing that is still in the experimentation stage but I’m at a pretty happy point with it. I want to figure out a homemade taco seasoning I’d be happier with (I have been resorting to store mixes which have more starch than I would like, but none of the recipes I have tried on the Internet have hit the spot yet).

Add grapefruit mimosas because our sparkling wine club shipment finally arrived and it is a good evening.

67 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 7:41:12pm

re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Last Saturday, I bought Mrs. Fish a combination coffeemaker/blender so she can make her own iced coffee drinks. I christened it by making her a tiramisu frappe with rum in it. She was, ahem, surprised. And mildly tipsy after all was said and done.

68 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 7:42:31pm

re: #48 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I like cucumbers. Tasty and almost 0 calories.

I do some cottage cheese in the food processor with a little bit of milk and the packets of Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix and that’s a really tasty low calorie dip. And I won’t touch cottage cheese normally.

Have you discovered Tajin? It’s a Mexican spice in the vege isle. Girl I work with taught me how to sprinkle it over cukes & tomatoes. Soooo yum.

69 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 7:43:12pm

re: #67 thedopefishlives

I am IN LOVE with the mini food processor my folks gave me for Christmas. It was like $40 and I never ever ever have to mince garlic by hand again and it is dishwasher safe and it is how I made the dressing for dinner and the tapenade for our favorite sandwiches and I have plans to try hummus and oh god I can’t say enough good about this thing.

The 13 cup one is only coming out when I desperately need the size, at this point.

70 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:44:24pm

re: #62 klys (maker of Silmarils)

What has helped me in the past is to refrain from taking the whole container of dip with me but instead portion out things in the kitchen and put back away. I’d recommend getting a kitchen scale if you don’t have one; they’re helpful for things like baking but also for easily getting an idea of what your portion sizes are.

As far as the husband is concerned there are no crackers in the house. He has no self-control.

yep.. for me it’s anything baked. I’ve eaten just about a whole loaf of homemade bread in the course of a day. If I make a batch of cupcakes, I’ll eat a few of them and take the majority over to the community office.

Kitchen scales are a good thing. It’s amazing how what you think is a “Normal” portion is actually much larger than the recommended serving size.

RBS

71 Egregious Philbin  Feb 20, 2015 7:44:57pm

re: #24 Sionainn

Yep, trees are blooming in my city right now. It’s been unseasonably warm.

Been in the 80’s all week, plants are going nuts, bananas putting out nice huge fronds. Going hiking tomorrow, it will be 110 degrees here soon enough.

72 bratwurst  Feb 20, 2015 7:46:21pm

The O’Reilly saga now getting play in Argentina:

73 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 7:48:04pm
74 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:48:51pm

re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’ve been experimenting with salad dressings and did a cilantro lime thing that is still in the experimentation stage but I’m at a pretty happy point with it. I want to figure out a homemade taco seasoning I’d be happier with (I have been resorting to store mixes which have more starch than I would like, but none of the recipes I have tried on the Internet have hit the spot yet).

I’ll toss this out there, have you tried Alton Browns Taco Potion #19? Might make a good starting point.

75 prairiefire  Feb 20, 2015 7:49:38pm

re: #64 thedopefishlives

I have a will of cold-rolled steel, but it’s just a matter of choosing to apply it. When I get lazy, I stop caring about whether I should be enforcing my discipline or not.

I joined the Y.

76 CleverToad  Feb 20, 2015 7:50:11pm

You guys are making me hungry, drat it. Resisting the urge to go get some cottage cheese now, and trying not to think about crackers. (Also making a note to add ranch dressing mix to the grocery list. That sounds like it would be good with carrots and celery and broccoli…)

77 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 20, 2015 7:50:24pm

re: #75 prairiefire

I joined the Y.

Must…resist…urge…to…post…video.

78 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:50:39pm

re: #71 Egregious Philbin

Been in the 80’s all week, plants are going nuts, bananas putting out nice huge fronds. Going hiking tomorrow, it will be 110 degrees here soon enough.

You can go stand in the corner until you understand why what you just said is not acceptable and apologize.

RBS

79 #FergusonFireside  Feb 20, 2015 7:51:19pm

re: #64 thedopefishlives

I have a will of cold-rolled steel, but it’s just a matter of choosing to apply it. When I get lazy, I stop caring about whether I should be enforcing my discipline or not.

That, is the definition of life.

For us in the easy lane.

80 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 7:51:58pm

re: #72 bratwurst

Google translated:

The trouble Bill are not few. He is also alleged to have invented stories in the Middle East, Northern Ireland and even in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship. In the latter case, the journalist said he survived a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo where he was persecuted and where several were killed. However the official reports of this event and also the news did not report any casualties that day.
translate.google.com

81 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 7:52:01pm

re: #76 CleverToad

You guys are making me hungry, drat it. Resisting the urge to go get some cottage cheese now, and trying not to think about crackers. (Also making a note to add ranch dressing mix to the grocery list. That sounds like it would be good with carrots and celery and broccoli…)

I prefer to mix ranch dressing mix with greek yogurt. More of that yummy sour cream flavor without the calories and fat.

82 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 7:53:27pm
83 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 7:53:38pm

re: #81 allegro

I prefer to mix ranch dressing mix with greek yogurt. More of that yummy sour cream flavor without the calories and fat.

Try both! I find the cottage cheese does a good job of mimicking the Hidden Valley Ranch dressing which I like a lot but shouldn’t eat. >.>

84 CleverToad  Feb 20, 2015 7:54:54pm

re: #81 allegro

Ooh, have to try that too! You hafta do something with broccoli to make it edible.

85 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 7:54:56pm

re: #83 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Try both! I find the cottage cheese does a good job of mimicking the Hidden Valley Ranch dressing which I like a lot but shouldn’t eat. >.>

I love cottage cheese too much to adulterate it. It wouldn’t last long enough for that use anyway.

86 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 7:55:15pm

re: #63 RealityBasedSteve

Since Wednesday. :( I had a couple of jugs of water that I had put aside for a “Daily Flush”, but it’s just not the same thing. I really think that it freezes at the meter box that is located in the driveway. All my lines are well protected and have heat tapes.

Ouch. Your guess sounds reasonable as to the location if it’s affecting the whole house. The water lines and meter should be low enough to prevent freezing but around the meter there’s no insulation so it’s exposed to the ambient temperature.

Only suggestion I might offer (if it happens again or you’re worried it will happen again) would be to get a trouble light (I’d use one with a metal bulb surround) with an incandescent bulb (60-100 watts), suspend it above the meter and then pack some insulation above the light. The meter cover would be open enough for the power cord to go through but the insulation should trap the heat from the light and keep the meter warm.

87 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 7:56:30pm

I’ve tended to give Dave Weigel a lot of slack for years, because he wrote a sympathetic piece about me when almost everybody else was attacking me. But he’s REALLY losing me today, defending Rudy Giuliani.

His blind spot (if that’s what it is) about right wing racism is really showing .

88 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 7:56:35pm
“You ask if I recall Bill O’Reilly serving under my command? Let me think… Oh yes, come to think of it, I do. Worst mojito ever. Tasted like a fucking tannery, and I hate tanneries.”
89 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 7:58:30pm

re: #82 jaunte

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Creeping Premium Sharia Law. (with Snarkoline).

Wondering if “Screeching Harpy” Geller will swoop down on this?

RBS

90 calochortus  Feb 20, 2015 7:59:17pm

Mr. Calochortus is headed this way with a glass of wine, and possibly a suggestion of a movie to watch.

Good night all. Hasta mañana.

91 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 7:59:28pm

re: #85 allegro

I love cottage cheese too much to adulterate it. It wouldn’t last long enough for that use anyway.

Heh, to each their own. :)

I have to run it in the food processor because the texture weirds me out.

92 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:00:34pm

re: #90 calochortus

Mr. Calochortus is headed this way with a glass of wine, and possibly a suggestion of a movie to watch.

Good night all. Hasta mañana.

Debbie Does Dallas?

93 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 8:00:44pm

re: #91 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Heh, to each their own. :)

I have to run it in the food processor because the texture weirds me out.

I like the dry large curd cottage cheese, with just a grind or two of black pepper on it.

RBS

94 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 8:01:18pm

re: #92 allegro

Debbie Does Dallas?

O’Reilly Does Rio?

RBS

95 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:01:20pm

re: #93 RealityBasedSteve

I like the dry large curd cottage cheese, with just a grind or two of black pepper on it.

RBS

My idea of heaven is cottage cheese and fruit, like pears or peaches. Nom.

96 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:01:33pm

re: #94 RealityBasedSteve

O’Reilly Does Rio?

RBS

Ew

97 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:03:03pm

re: #95 allegro

How do people not like pears? I don’t understand that.

98 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:03:36pm

re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How do people not like pears? I don’t understand that.

Someone doesn’t like pears? Tell me it ain’t so!

99 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:03:38pm

Poor Charles is all “politics and important things!” and we are sitting here talking food.

But it is Friday.

100 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 20, 2015 8:04:01pm

re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How do people not like pears? I don’t understand that.

A-pear-antly some don’t care for the taste.

/

101 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:04:01pm

re: #98 allegro

Someone doesn’t like pears? Tell me it ain’t so!

My husband is a strange, strange creature who vaguely tolerates them.

I’m not sure there is a better fruit.

102 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 8:05:14pm

re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How do people not like pears? I don’t understand that.

Most men love pairs. Can’t take their eyes…

What? Pears? Never mind.

103 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:05:43pm

The husband is doing the daily read of Japanese news, which is talking about how security measures are high for the Tokyo Marathon.

Apparently they have deployed the “running police.”

104 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:06:13pm

re: #101 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My husband is a strange, strange creature who vaguely tolerates them.

I’m not sure there is a better fruit.

With my husband, it was peas. The man would not eat a pea if you paid him. Whenever I got one of those packaged skillet meal things, I would pick out all the peas and eat them before he’d see it. LOL

105 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:06:16pm

re: #103 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The husband is doing the daily read of Japanese news, which is talking about how security measures are high for the Tokyo Marathon.

Apparently they have deployed the “running police.”

They are equipped with cameras and get to run 10km segments. Apparently.

106 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 8:06:25pm

re: #99 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Poor Charles is all “politics and important things!” and we are sitting here talking food.

But it is Friday.

I’m busy trying not to panic about the possibility of failing my MCSD exams. Thankfully, retakes are free, but I have to get the certification by the end of March. That’s 5.5 weeks away.

107 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 8:07:37pm

re: #106 thedopefishlives

I’m busy trying not to panic about the possibility of failing my MCSD exams. Thankfully, retakes are free, but I have to get the certification by the end of March. That’s 5.5 weeks away.

I know exactly what you are feeling. I took a number of them over my career as a trainer. I presume you’re working with Transcenders or MeasureUp practice exams?

RBS

108 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 8:08:45pm

re: #107 RealityBasedSteve

I know exactly what you are feeling. I took a number of them over my career as a trainer. I presume you’re working with Transcenders or MeasureUp practice exams?

RBS

Yup. And the good news for me is that I have always tested extremely well (part of what makes me a top-flight programmer). In reality, I almost never have anything to actually worry about, but as a serial worrier, I do so anyway.

109 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 8:09:54pm

re: #99 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Poor Charles is all “politics and important things!” and we are sitting here talking food.

But it is Friday.

INORITE?

110 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:10:48pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

INORITE?

This is why you like us as a community though, right?

I could give you the recipe for the salad dressing…

111 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 8:11:41pm

re: #108 thedopefishlives

Yup. And the good news for me is that I have always tested extremely well (part of what makes me a top-flight programmer). In reality, I almost never have anything to actually worry about, but as a serial worrier, I do so anyway.

Serial worrier? Hah. In my day we had to parallel worry. Hrmfff. Amateurs.

112 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 8:11:48pm

Self-deleted cuz it’s Friday dammit.

113 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 8:12:47pm
114 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:13:41pm

re: #111 A Cranky One

Serial worrier? Hah. In my day we had to parallel worry. Hrmfff. Amateurs.

And now my brain is trying to take the circuits metaphor waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far. Thanks.

/

115 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 8:13:49pm

re: #113 Charles Johnson

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Defend him? Like I said, I’m waiting for him to earn a promotion. They really do trade in bullshit as a currency in right-wing circles, and our dear friend The Bloviator is absolutely full to the brim with it.

There, see, I can be on-topic sometimes. Friday night notwithstanding.

116 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 8:14:02pm
Who could ever forget the immortal last words uttered by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, “Kiss me, O’Reilly”? To which Able Seaman O’Reilly replied, “I’d love to, sir, but that would harm my brand and bring shame and calumny upon my lord, Sir Roger Ailes.”
117 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 8:14:05pm

re: #114 klys (maker of Silmarils)

And now my brain is trying to take the circuits metaphor waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far. Thanks.

/

Congratulations, you’ve been nerd sniped.

118 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:14:34pm

re: #117 thedopefishlives

Congratulations, you’ve been nerd sniped.

BUT MY MIMOSA GOT REFILLED AND I HAVE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. WHO WINS NOW?!?

119 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 8:14:44pm

re: #112 De Kolta Chair

Look for Bill’s latest book “Killing Nelson,” at all fine emporia.

120 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:15:18pm
121 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 8:15:33pm
122 thedopefishlives  Feb 20, 2015 8:16:13pm

And now I’m off to bed. Hope to get at least a decent night’s rest and then we’ll test out Microsoft’s shiny new online exam system. I hope.

123 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:16:56pm

re: #118 klys (maker of Silmarils)

BUT MY MIMOSA GOT REFILLED AND I HAVE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. WHO WINS NOW?!?

Shut up.

///

124 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:17:16pm

re: #122 thedopefishlives

And now I’m off to bed. Hope to get at least a decent night’s rest and then we’ll test out Microsoft’s shiny new online exam system. I hope.

Good luck. :)

125 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 8:18:02pm
126 CleverToad  Feb 20, 2015 8:18:25pm

re: #95 allegro

My idea of heaven involves dark chocolate. Or some form of crunchy, salty potato, be it chips or tater tots. Cottage cheese and fruit is merely a pleasant snack (or will be once they let me have fruit again, the dieter sulks).

Okay, will be good and stop talking about food. Need to go back and catch up on the last couple of days of politics anyway.

It’s Friday! And supposedly gonna snow in Denver.

127 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:19:03pm

re: #123 allegro

Shut up.

///

This wine club is great.

Ok, their store is the most fantastic thing ever because a) $5 mimosas and b) $2 refills. But the wine is also good. Tonight we did the brut with grapefruit juice. I am going to get some cranraspberry juice to do mimosas with the sparkling raspberry. There is also pomegranate, citrus, peach, and another brut to do at some point. And it was like $90 for the 6 bottles, including shipping.

128 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:19:48pm
129 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:20:14pm
130 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:20:23pm

I am a big fan of this whole tater-tots in high cuisine fad.

Had “totchos” in SF in December - tater tot nachos. And then “poutine-ish” last month - tater tots with curry and gouda and bacon oh god. We need that again.

131 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 8:22:19pm

When Samson used the jawbone of an ass to slay his enemies, Bill OReilly was still attached.

132 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:22:56pm

re: #126 CleverToad

My idea of heaven involves dark chocolate. Or some form of crunchy, salty potato, be it chips or tater tots. Cottage cheese and fruit is merely a pleasant snack (or will be once they let me have fruit again, the dieter sulks).

Okay, will be good and stop talking about food. Need to go back and catch up on the last couple of days of politics anyway.

It’s Friday! And supposedly gonna snow in Denver.

Peanut M&Ms. That is all.

133 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:23:29pm

re: #131 A Cranky One

When Samson used the jawbone of an ass to slay his enemies, Bill OReilly was still attached.

Aaaaaaaand the internet is won.

134 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:23:55pm

re: #131 A Cranky One

135 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 20, 2015 8:24:31pm

re: #134 Kragar

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Bah! Beat me to it, I was totally thinking of a Biblical war stories entry.

136 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 8:24:39pm

Bill O’Reilly eagerly anticipating new war stories as a Manhattan tunnel rat.

137 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 8:25:02pm

re: #120 Kragar

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Because we all know ISIL loves baseball even more than mom’s apple pie. At this pace, expect Boehner to invite Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to speak in front of a joint session of Congress by next week at the latest. I suspect canasta is not the only thing they have in common.

138 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 8:25:10pm

Being careful to only say his name once, I wonder if Upchuck is too drunk to tweet tonight? re: #133 allegro

I don’t tweet or use twitter. Feel free to do so if it hasn’t yet been done.

139 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:26:28pm

re: #138 A Cranky One

Being careful to only say his name once, I wonder if Upchuck is too drunk to tweet tonight?

I don’t tweet or use twitter. Feel free to do so if it hasn’t yet been done.

I don’t tweet but yo, Krager!

140 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 20, 2015 8:26:47pm

re: #138 A Cranky One

I haven’t visited Twitterland yet, but his website has no new BREAKING or EXCLUSIVE stories today.

141 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:27:52pm
142 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 8:28:34pm
143 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 8:29:23pm

Crime of the fucking century, I tells ya.

144 Dark_Falcon  Feb 20, 2015 8:29:28pm

re: #14 jaunte

“Is Mother Jones using journalism to go after a political enemy…”

FoxNewsIrony

Answer: Yes, but it’s OK to do that as long as you’re right on the facts and aren’t attacking someone over irrelevant personal traits. Mother Jones is clearly not doing the latter, so the only question is: Are they right on the facts? And it looks like they’ve got a case based on the facts that Bill O’Reilly has been resume-padding.

145 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:30:00pm

re: #139 allegro

I don’t tweet but yo, Krager!

146 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 8:30:26pm

re: #136 jaunte

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Bill O’Reilly eagerly anticipating new war stories as a Manhattan tunnel rat.

I do believe that’s a file photo, and sensationalist fear mongering from either side of the political spectrum bores me to tears. Good punch line, though. ;-[)

147 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 8:30:26pm
148 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 8:36:12pm

Well, the snows have returned to my twenty, though it seems to be coming in dribs and drabs. Meanwhile upwards of a foot of snow will fall tonight where it really doesn’t need to fall, down the hill in Denver/Boulder etc.

149 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 8:37:04pm

re: #148 teleskiguy

Well, the snows have returned to my twenty, though it seems to be coming in dribs and drabs. Meanwhile upwards of a foot of snow will fall tonight where it really doesn’t need to fall, down the hill in Denver/Boulder etc.

Those little frozen bastards,

150 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 8:37:09pm

re: #145 Kragar

One day Samson was walking along,
looked upon the ground and spied an old jawbone

…

151 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 20, 2015 8:38:59pm

I wonder if CCJ would be entertaining if he were singing drunken Karaoke…

…probably not.

152 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 8:39:47pm

re: #142 Charles Johnson

Your one-stop shop for award winning journalism!

Upchuck must really be in a snit tonight.

Must not make obvious pun. Must not make obvious pun.

153 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 20, 2015 8:40:31pm

That’s gonna leave a mark:

The most pathetic part of this whole episode is that someone thought that future presidential candidate Scott Walker needed some of the Giuliani shine to rub off on him. That’s right: there are people who still believe that cowardly asshole who gobbles air time like a horny power bottom gobbles cock on a Fire Island weekend is relevant, that he’s not just a worn-out anus who needs to use bigger and spikier dildos to feel anything. We probably need to count Giuliani’s continued presence on the national stage as one of the worst things terrorists did to us on 9/11.

154 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 8:41:53pm
155 Egregious Philbin  Feb 20, 2015 8:42:23pm

re: #78 RealityBasedSteve

You can go stand in the corner until you understand why what you just said is not acceptable and apologize.

RBS

I don’t know how people can choose to live in a frozen wasteland. I’ll take normal weather.

156 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:43:30pm

re: #155 Egregious Philbin

I don’t know how people can choose to live in a frozen wasteland. I’ll take normal weather.

That would make sense if RBS was one of our Canadian Lizards, but Tennessee is normally considered to have “normal” weather…

157 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:46:00pm
158 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 8:46:25pm

re: #149 Charles Johnson

Those little frozen bastards,

INORITE?!? Meanwhile Backwoods_Sleuth is experiencing something akin to Amundsen Station in the freaking woods of Kentucky, and ski areas on the west coast are closing mid-winter due to lack of snow.

159 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 8:47:19pm

re: #158 teleskiguy

INORITE?!? Meanwhile Backwoods_Sleuth is experiencing something akin to Amundsen Station in the freaking woods of Kentucky, and ski areas on the west coast are closing mid-winter due to lack of snow.

It will be fun to watch when the passes open, and please don’t mind those that didn’t close at all…

160 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 8:48:24pm

Letterman:
“Jeb Bush has even hired the guy who taught George Bush how to say nucular.”

161 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 20, 2015 8:50:50pm

re: #155 Egregious Philbin

I don’t know how people can choose to live in a frozen wasteland. I’ll take normal weather.

re: #156 klys (maker of Silmarils)

That would make sense if RBS was one of our Canadian Lizards, but Tennessee is normally considered to have “normal” weather…

Generally here in TN we’ve got the standard 4 seasons, Winter normally is 1 small snowfall, and having to get the “puffy jacket” off the rack for 3 days a year. This has been “the worst of all winters” condensed into the last week. Of course, the 115 deg heat index in the summer isn’t that much fun. I made the comment that “Mother Nature realised winter was almost done, and said “I’ll fit it all into 1 week”.

RBS

162 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 8:51:09pm
163 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 8:51:31pm

All you can do is laugh.

164 WhatEVs  Feb 20, 2015 8:51:55pm

re: #42 calochortus

Now, if your body is telling you that you need a big slab of cake, the you are totally correct in telling your body to shut up.

Well, shit. :-(

165 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 8:51:59pm

re: #155 Egregious Philbin

I don’t know how people can choose to live in a frozen wasteland. I’ll take normal weather.

I do it for moments like this.

NOTE: This is my friend Glenn, not me. Though I have skied snow that deep on a number of occasions, and…well, it’s hard to describe with mere words.

Start video at 1:20 for optimum snow chokage.

…

166 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 8:53:25pm
Feck Rudy Giuliani
167 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 8:53:28pm

re: #164 WhatEVs

Well, shit. :-(

But pie is a different story!

168 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 20, 2015 8:56:45pm

re: #163 Charles Johnson

The story says there was no bomb, but a firecracker, and it was not done by an outsider, but set up by some ex-con working for the NAACP office. Also, the story says the dark smudge on the wall was pre-existing, so it even the firecracker failed.

So, it’s exactly how things turned out!

169 WhatEVs  Feb 20, 2015 8:57:37pm

re: #50 thedopefishlives

I’m a big fan of cottage cheese, but I like it pretty much straight-up as a dip. That’s the problem - it’s so addicting to dip and eat. I really need to work mainly on portion sizes and not indulging.

From my understanding, the best way to lose weight is to not eat meals, but to divy up your allotted calories in 5-6 eats a day. This keeps the metabolism at full speed all waking hours.

Sugar free Jello at night is great. Tastes good, almost no calories, and helps sate you at night when you really want something (anything!)

FWIW.

170 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 8:58:40pm

re: #163 Charles Johnson

All you can do is laugh.

171 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 20, 2015 8:58:59pm

re: #154 Charles Johnson

Once again, who the fuck is “we”, the voices in his head?

172 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 20, 2015 8:59:36pm

Sitting in the living room reading a book. Hear a low rattle and look up…

Death From Above!
173 Dark_Falcon  Feb 20, 2015 9:00:27pm

re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg

Once again, who the fuck is “we”, the voices in his head?

It’s the Royal We, since UpChuck is King of the Bottom-Feeding Floor-Poopers.

174 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 20, 2015 9:02:06pm

re: #173 Dark_Falcon

It’s the Royal We, since UpChuck is King of the Bottom-Feeding Floor-Poopers.

I hear a “Floor poopers” chant in my head a la Crab People from South Park.

175 Dark_Falcon  Feb 20, 2015 9:02:48pm

re: #172 Feline Fearless Leader

Sitting in the living room reading a book. Hear a low rattle and look up…

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Glad you’re here, as I’ve been saving this one for you:

“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.” - Robert A. Heinlein

Click the link for many photos combining three Very Important Things: Cats, Guns, and Money.

176 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 9:03:50pm

Oh, probably should at least say something about what’s being written about at LGF.

The political and cultural right wing in the United States are fucking reactionaries, borderline radical/revolutionary. The John Birch Society has been mainstreamed.

The first black President has made racist sentiments simmer to an exploding boil. Even when President Obama has all the tables turned on him politically for his last two years in office the rhetoric has only gotten more strident and vicious from writers and pundits on the right. It’s only going to get worse.

I’ve said it before in these comments in the past; I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if one of these freshman Republican Tea Party-type congresscritters called the President a n***** on the House Floor. That’s the ultra-cynic in me.

And it’s so fucking true. There’s a ridiculous double-standard with right and left media. Billo will suffer no consequences for being a bold-faced liar. Can’t say the same for Dan Rather or Brian Williams.

177 Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2015 9:04:35pm
178 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 9:05:01pm
179 WhatEVs  Feb 20, 2015 9:06:37pm

re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How do people not like pears? I don’t understand that.

Pears and gargonzola makes a delightful salad dressing.

180 Dark_Falcon  Feb 20, 2015 9:08:27pm

There’s no way Our Charles can be attracted to Chuckles, as Chuckie isn’t his type. Our Charles does not find pathological dishonesty to be an appealing trait in a person.

181 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 9:09:30pm

How to sleep, lesson one.

182 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 9:11:51pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

Proof positive that UpChuck has the mind of a 12-year-old. I stopped using the adjective “gay” a long time ago. You know, like “That’s so gay!” or UpChuck’s tweet describing Charles in #177. It’s immature and kind of offensive to, you know, actual gay people.

183 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 9:13:18pm

From the Gotnews employee manual:

Section 3: Debunking

184 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 9:13:30pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

185 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 9:13:42pm
186 allegro  Feb 20, 2015 9:14:09pm

re: #182 teleskiguy

Proof positive that UpChuck has the mind of a 12-year-old. I stopped using the adjective “gay” a long time ago. You know, like “That’s so gay!” or UpChuck’s tweet describing Charles in #177. It’s immature and kind of offensive to, you know, actual gay people.

It really is offensive to imply gay guys have such ghastly taste.

187 Single-handed sailor  Feb 20, 2015 9:15:24pm

Today I drove up to Lake Tahoe. I decided to do a side trip to Wrights Lake to see how far up the road I could get before the snow became impassable. Wrights Lake Rd is a left turn off of highway 50 about 5 miles past Kyburz at about 5400’ altitude. Normally at this time of year it should be closed at highway 50 and snow behind the gate. I drove up to the first crest at 6800’ without any snow in sight, after that about 25% of the road had snow up to six inches deep and made it to Wrights Lake at almost 7000’ without even going out of 2WD. At the lake snow cover on the ground was about 40-50% and still only eight inches deep at the most. Here are pictures of the lake (with Desolation Wilderness in the background) and a campsite.

Wrights Lake (Desolation Wilderness in background)<
Wrights Lake Campground

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188 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 9:16:49pm

re: #185 teleskiguy

189 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 9:17:37pm

re: #187 Single-handed sailor

At the current rate I expect Sonora to be open by the end of March - and that late only because I suspect they don’t want to have to potentially plow it during a late storm, unlikely as that is.

190 WhatEVs  Feb 20, 2015 9:19:15pm

re: #167 A Cranky One

But pie is a different story!

Alrighy then!!

191 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 9:20:04pm

re: #185 teleskiguy

DUIDICK.
“He always wanted to make a name for himself.”

192 BeachDem  Feb 20, 2015 9:21:30pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

Uh, what brought that one on anyway? He was patting himself on the back about the hoax that wasn’t, then slamming Bob Cesca, then, suddenly he’s saying you’re too gay for him—say what? Is he lonely on a Friday night and looking for love? Or, as the right wing always like to say “are you IN HIS HEAD???”

193 Varek Raith  Feb 20, 2015 9:22:35pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

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No one’s gay for Mole Man…
/

194 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 9:24:27pm

…

195 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 9:27:42pm

Torres del Paine2
Kirill Trubitsyn

500px.com

Torres del Paine National Park, Chilean Patagonia:
en.wikipedia.org

196 BeachDem  Feb 20, 2015 9:29:50pm

re: #153 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

That’s gonna leave a mark:

And a great line in the first graph:

Giuliani humped the Crown Heights riots like they were hookers named 9 and 11.

I love the Rude Pundit—nobody (except, perhaps, Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station) does a righteous rant like he does.

- See more at: rudepundit.blogspot.com

197 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 9:30:05pm
198 Jenner7  Feb 20, 2015 9:31:09pm

Video

G’night. Have a good weekend.

199 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 9:32:40pm

re: #187 Single-handed sailor

It breaks my skier heart to see so little snow at Tahoe. And the wider consequences of multiple low-snowpack winters will have devastating effects in the future.

:-(

200 jaunte  Feb 20, 2015 9:34:50pm

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201 Dark_Falcon  Feb 20, 2015 9:35:44pm

re: #197 Kragar

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Question: If that makes Bill O’Reilly a Roman during the 3rd Servile War (as the Romans called it) then whom at CNN gets cast as Spartacus?

202 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 9:36:34pm

re: #193 Varek Raith

203 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 20, 2015 9:37:17pm

OT but I really wish I understood Web advertising. Why do I suddenly get all these Date Arab Women! ads? Some how I doubt any of them are interested in a overweight middle aged white guy in the middle of frozen flyover ;)

204 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 9:38:23pm

re: #192 BeachDem

Uh, what brought that one on anyway? He was patting himself on the back about the hoax that wasn’t, then slamming Bob Cesca, then, suddenly he’s saying you’re too gay for him—say what? Is he lonely on a Friday night and looking for love? Or, as the right wing always like to say “are you IN HIS HEAD???”

Upchuck’s narcissistic enough that I’ll bet he reads this blog, looking for mentions.

205 sagehen  Feb 20, 2015 9:43:29pm

re: #201 Dark_Falcon

Question: If that makes Bill O’Reilly a Roman during the 3rd Servile War (as the Romans called it) then whom at CNN gets cast as Spartacus?

Shep Smith.

206 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 9:45:07pm

re: #203 William Barnett-Lewis

OT but I really wish I understood Web advertising. Why do I suddenly get all these Date Arab Women! ads? Some how I doubt any of them are interested in a overweight middle aged white guy in the middle of frozen flyover ;)

I get similar ads. I think it’s because of the phrase “Hot Asian Wife” appearing in the comments. Either that or the dogs have been doing some strange searches when the computer is unattended ;)

How’s the guitar progressing? Fingers sore yet?

207 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 9:45:50pm

re: #201 Dark_Falcon

Question: If that makes Bill O’Reilly a Roman during the 3rd Servile War (as the Romans called it) then whom at CNN gets cast as Spartacus?

208 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 9:46:14pm

re: #201 Dark_Falcon

Question: If that makes Bill O’Reilly a Roman during the 3rd Servile War (as the Romans called it) then whom at CNN gets cast as Spartacus?

We’re all Spartacus.

209 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 20, 2015 9:48:54pm

re: #40 #FergusonFireside

I’ve got a chive tshirt. One of the guys that works at the range I shoot at is a member of the site. I get free range time whenever he’s there and I’m wearing the shirt. :)

210 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 20, 2015 9:55:49pm

re: #201 Dark_Falcon

Let’s see competent and charismatic? Ted would have to come back to lead the rebellion.

211 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 20, 2015 9:59:48pm

re: #206 A Cranky One
Very sore at times, but I’ve gotten seven chords memorized and am working on better fingering of them and changing between them.

Got easier when my cable arrived and I could fire up the amp - easier to know that my fingers were in the wrong spots!

212 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 10:01:00pm

How to sleep, lesson two

213 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 10:12:31pm

Night all

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214 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 10:12:51pm

re: #201 Dark_Falcon

Question: If that makes Bill O’Reilly a Roman during the 3rd Servile War (as the Romans called it) then whom at CNN gets cast as Spartacus?

Nope, he was just embedded with them.

215 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 10:13:43pm

I begin to think some people are just chronically missing a sense of humor.

216 De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2015 10:18:47pm

re: #215 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Because the internet
218 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 10:29:56pm

re: #215 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I begin to think some people are just chronically missing a sense of humor.

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I couldn’t resist.

219 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 10:31:54pm

re: #211 William Barnett-Lewis

Sounds like you’re making nice progress. Guessing you’re already working on some tunes. The little practice amps have an “overdrive” mode; turn that way up and the primary gain down (to control the volume) and you’ll get a more distorted, interesting tone.

I have a brain that’s always doing ten things at once. My brain just doesn’t let some things go, churning away in the background when I’m dealing with an issue, no matter what else I’m doing. What I love about playing guitar is that I’m doing so many things at once that it actually pushes some of the background noise away. Between fingering with the left hand, picking with the right, keeping the rhythm, recalling the lyrics and singing the part of my brain that frets doesn’t get much bandwidth. So for me, it’s a great way to relax in addition to just being fun.

Enjoy!

220 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 10:32:11pm

re: #218 teleskiguy

I mean, will that go over well with little old ladies? Probably not.

But then again, most* little old ladies aren’t looking to Twitter for their news updates.

* Some of our Lizards excepted, that’s why I said most, don’t hurt me.

221 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 10:33:43pm

re: #220 klys (maker of Silmarils)

…most* little old ladies aren’t looking to Twitter for their news updates.

When will they learn?!?

222 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 10:36:32pm

re: #220 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I mean, will that go over well with little old ladies? Probably not.

But then again, most* little old ladies aren’t looking to Twitter for their news updates.

* Some of our Lizards excepted, that’s why I said most, don’t hurt me.

Glad you qualified that. I’ve heard rumors of vicious ones on LGF.

223 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 10:37:31pm
224 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 10:40:05pm

re: #221 teleskiguy

When will they learn?!?

One of the better “brand” social media accounts that I know of is the Columbus Blue Jackets Twitter, which has an ongoing love affair with the LA Kings (BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO) Twitter. And also, this.

Really a bunch of the hockey Twitters have their moments.

225 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 10:41:26pm

Did I just see Taylor Swift do one of her, uh, things she does?

226 jonhendry  Feb 20, 2015 10:41:33pm

re: #23 Emoprog Refugee

Tell them to check out the left half the country’s weather and see if they can spot anything amiss for mid-February. And early Feb. And Jan. And Dec. 2014. And Nov. 2014. Anything at all amiss. For half the country. 51 degrees when I walked home ~6 pm today. No coat needed at all. My kids have been hiking after school for the last 2 weeks. There’s no snow. There are leaves beginning to bud.

I’m sorry it’s so cold for you and the goat, and hope it’s better soon.

Has anyone checked if the Atlantic Conveyor is running? Anyone? Anyone?

227 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 10:41:50pm

re: #224 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Check one?

I saw what they did there.

228 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 10:42:14pm

re: #227 A Cranky One

Check one?

I saw what they did there.

Well it is the Oilers…

229 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 10:45:40pm

Thanks to the damn Blue Jackets I had to opine on my personal Twitter account about Taylor Swift.

Curses!

230 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 10:47:07pm

re: #229 teleskiguy

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Thanks to the damn Blue Jackets I had to opine on my personal Twitter account about Taylor Swift.

Curses!

Shake it off. *ducks*

231 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 20, 2015 10:47:26pm

re: #230 A Cranky One

Shake it off. *ducks*

I admit, I LOLed.

232 jonhendry  Feb 20, 2015 10:50:49pm

re: #172 Feline Fearless Leader

You don’t, by any chance, live on Dearborn Street in Chicago, do you?

233 A Cranky One  Feb 20, 2015 10:51:47pm

My guitars keep calling me, so I guess I’ll go pay attention to them.

Next thing you know, they’ll want me to put out electric blankets.

Night all.

234 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 10:52:50pm

Taylor Swift is so big she’s got Twitter bots that just say NO

EDIT: Oh jeez, it’s probably not a bot. Whoa nelly!

235 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 11:02:35pm

At times people wear hats to make them look taller, I’ll bet.

236 goddamnedfrank  Feb 20, 2015 11:02:54pm

re: #229 teleskiguy

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Thanks to the damn Blue Jackets I had to opine on my personal Twitter account about Taylor Swift.

Curses!

I saw an older lady at Starbucks recently ask one of the barista’s what was playing on the speakers, because she liked it. When the answer came back “Taylor Swift” she was kind of crestfallen. Said something like, “well shit, so this is what my life has come to … I like Taylor Swift.”

I told her it could be worse, it could have been Bieber.

237 goddamnedfrank  Feb 20, 2015 11:05:08pm

re: #235 teleskiguy

At times people wear hats to make them look taller, I’ll bet.

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My theory is that people wore hats back in the day because everything was coal fired and soot was constantly falling on their heads.

238 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 11:07:46pm

re: #236 goddamnedfrank

I saw an older lady at Starbucks recently ask one of the barista’s what was playing on the speakers, because she liked it. When the answer came back “Taylor Swift” she was kind of crestfallen. Said something like, “well shit, so this is what my life has come to … I like Taylor Swift.”

I told her it could be worse, it could have been Bieber.

The same thing happened to me with Lady Gaga a while back. In my second stint of college a gal played her song “Born This Way” for me. She didn’t tell me who it was, told me to just listen, and I dug it! “This kind of cheesy pop I can get into!” Then she told me who it was. I was a little heartbroken, I’ll admit. “Now I like Lady Gaga. Eww.”

239 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 20, 2015 11:14:25pm

re: #238 teleskiguy

I have a soft spot for Pink.

240 teleskiguy  Feb 20, 2015 11:21:55pm

re: #237 goddamnedfrank

My theory is that people wore hats back in the day because everything was coal fired and soot was constantly falling on their heads.

Makes sense.

241 Kragar  Feb 20, 2015 11:23:51pm

Going thru my closet, I realized I had a unassembled Land Raider just sitting their waiting to be built.

Looks like the Night Lords are getting an upgrade.

Land Raider

The standard Land Raider, also known as the Land Raider Phobos, is an Imperial main battle tank and troop transport which serves as the “armoured fist of the Space Marines.” Available to the Space Marines, the Traitor Legions of the Chaos Space Marines and the forces of the Inquisition, it is one of the most resilient and iconic vehicles in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The Land Raider’s heritage predates even the founding of the Imperium of Man, yet it remains the single most destructive weapon in the Adeptus Astartes’ arsenal. Protected by bonded Ceramite and Adamantium armour, the Land Raider is nearly impervious to all save the most destructive weaponry. Equally impressive are the Land Raider’s armaments: 2 Twin-linked Lascannons and a Twin-linked Heavy Bolter allow the Land Raider to deliver punishing fire support capable of decimating enemy infantry and armour alike.

242 Pawn of the Oppressor  Feb 20, 2015 11:26:16pm

re: #235 teleskiguy

At times people wear hats to make them look taller, I’ll bet.

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Not related to the hat, but here are pictures from that same visit:

FDR at the keel-laying of the U.S.S. Arizona (!).

He looked to be pretty tall anyway.

243 Amory Blaine  Feb 20, 2015 11:29:35pm

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244 Amory Blaine  Feb 21, 2015 1:01:32am

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245 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 21, 2015 1:17:29am

re: #238 teleskiguy

The same thing happened to me with Lady Gaga a while back. In my second stint of college a gal played her song “Born This Way” for me. She didn’t tell me who it was, told me to just listen, and I dug it! “This kind of cheesy pop I can get into!” Then she told me who it was. I was a little heartbroken, I’ll admit. “Now I like Lady Gaga. Eww.”

It took me a while to outgrow the stage where we were not “allowed” to like certain bands because they were too poppy or uncool…I will admit here and now that there even are a coupla disco songs I like (Disco Inferno and Rubber Band come to mind).

And Lady G does solid pop, have to respect the craftswomanship behind it.

246 Amory Blaine  Feb 21, 2015 1:22:39am

I hope there’s organizing going on over right to work. Should be all in again. 100,000 at the Capitol. Drums, singers, segway boy, the HNY.

247 goddamnedfrank  Feb 21, 2015 2:12:43am

LOL, this is typical of the kind of idiotic supporter CCJ has left, someone genuinely bewildered as to why the story making fun of a then teenage girl’s bout with toxic shock syndrome and near death, was finally pulled.

Somebody, (maybe his wife?) actually got through to Chuck and got him to pull that absolutely atrocious, sickening story, and the goddamned slithering turds who still actually like him are left in a state of befuddlement. There’s literally nothing left he can do that’s too low down or despicable for them at this point. He’s found his bottom.

248 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 2:14:30am

re: #247 goddamnedfrank

It’s still there. I just pulled it up.

249 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 2:16:25am

re: #247 goddamnedfrank

Give him this link, and see if he bites. gotnwes.wheatdogg.com You’ll need to spoof the address as GotNews.

250 goddamnedfrank  Feb 21, 2015 2:23:09am

re: #248 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

It’s still there. I just pulled it up.

I check before posting. It was briefly down, giving a 404. Apparently I wrongly credited CCJ with actually being shame-able.

251 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 2:26:10am

re: #250 goddamnedfrank

I think someone is working on his site. Yesterday, it came up asking me to verify an SSL certificate, and his GOtNews logo looked different. Then, it went back to normal.

252 goddamnedfrank  Feb 21, 2015 2:34:23am

re: #251 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I think someone is working on his site. Yesterday, it came up asking me to verify an SSL certificate, and his GOtNews logo looked different. Then, it went back to normal.

Probably malware in one of the ad servers. He’s got some pretty sketchy stuff going on there. He doesn’t have an SSL cert, which is part of what makes his “pay me to send me tips” page so hilarious.

253 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 2:43:53am

re: #252 goddamnedfrank

Probably malware in one of the ad servers. He’s got some pretty sketchy stuff going on there. He doesn’t have an SSL cert, which is part of what makes his “pay me to send me tips” page so hilarious.

I think he’s outsourcing the data collection to Google+, judging from the source code for that page. Nevertheless, no one should be providing him name, phone, Twitter handle, etc., from a WordPress form page, even if the content is going to a secure Google+ database server. The form page is not secure, and unscrupulous types could intercept the information.

There’s a captcha and I suspect the credit card information does go to a secure site, but I’m not going to risk my data to find out.

254 goddamnedfrank  Feb 21, 2015 2:53:36am

Also, he’s just realizing that Jonah Goldberg dissed him last week, and is making a thing of it now.

I think he’s going to have a lot of fun at CPAC. And by fun, I mean he’ll be lucky not to get knocked the fuck out. The rest of the Conservatives are thinking about actually trying to win in 2016, and I think most of them now realize that CCJ is a straight up liability and incredibly dangerous to be associated with. The smirking Frank Marshall Davis, toxic tampon, serial lying about every goddamned thing might play well with the all important demographic of anonymous flag fetishist eagle diddling twibbon aficionados on Twitter, but it’s absolutely indefensible outside of that subset and medium.

255 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 2:59:35am

re: #254 goddamnedfrank

I missed the Jonah dissing. That must have stung a little. One conservative doughboy dissing another.

256 HappyWarrior  Feb 21, 2015 4:18:30am

re: #254 goddamnedfrank

Also, he’s just realizing that Jonah Goldberg dissed him last week, and is making a thing of it now.

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I think he’s going to have a lot of fun at CPAC. And by fun, I mean he’ll be lucky not to get knocked the fuck out. The rest of the Conservatives are thinking about actually trying to win in 2016, and I think most of them now realize that CCJ is a straight up liability and incredibly dangerous to be associated with. The smirking Frank Marshall Davis, toxic tampon, serial lying about every goddamned thing might play well with the all important demographic of anonymous flag fetishist eagle diddling twibbon aficionados on Twitter, but it’s absolutely indefensible outside of that subset and medium.

He’s a train wreck. That even Jonah Goldberg realizes that should be a hint to him.

257 Jayleia  Feb 21, 2015 4:18:34am

re: #252 goddamnedfrank

He WHAT? I knew he was a lazy shitlord. But really, that’s…impressive.

258 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 4:32:56am

Twitter won’t even remove Upchuck for his vile and venal crap, so why should they cooperate w/the French on what commenters to this story consider “censorship”? While censorship is a consideration (a slippery slope), asking cooperation in taking down obvious accts like terroristic recruiting and propaganda accts of any kind, is a different can of worms. People have been removed for less. And these social media sites are worldwide, not confined to a specific area of the world, just because they might be headquartered in Silicon Valley.

France asks US internet giants to ‘help fight terror’

Google, Facebook, Twitter asked to immediately remove “extremist propaganda” when French authorities alert them to it.

aljazeera.com

I’ll bet if I opened a FB account and had nothing on it but hate and threats against Mark Zuckerberg, it would be removed. I really don’t know what standard that social media outlets use before they remove a user, but it doesn’t appear they pay a lot of attention to the facts of those who request that something be done, when the evidence is out there for everyone to see, as we have seen in the past. You have a right to your opinion, of course, but acting on it in to the detriment of another person or in a violent and/or deadly way is not your right under any circumstances. Don’t give people a platform from which they are able to fulfill those kinds of goals.

I don’t expect social media outlets to follow the dictates of any government entities, but I do expect them to investigate complaints seriously and thoroughly to prevent any immediate damage, no matter who complains. The internet should be a safe and secure place for people to go, not a medium that imperils the reputation, safety and security of their users, no matter if it’s an individual or a group involved.

259 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 4:58:52am

re: #257 Jayleia

He WHAT? I knew he was a lazy shitlord. But really, that’s…impressive.

I’m only guessing here, but I think he’s getting website advice from his photographer friend. I doubt he could put up even a WordPress site all by himself.

260 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 5:12:40am

US and Britain discussing new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine - @AP
bigstory.ap.org

261 Teukka  Feb 21, 2015 5:13:53am

Really? REALLY? Christians Against Dinosaurs [CAD]

“You know that dinosaurs are just a gateway to the harder stuff though. One day your children are watching Walking With Dinosaurs then suddenly they’re onto the hard stuff and reading The Origin of Species. Dinosaurs, just say no!”

262 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 5:14:55am

re: #261 Teukka

Really? REALLY? Christians Against Dinosaurs [CAD]

Spoof site.

263 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 5:17:44am

re: #261 Teukka

Really? REALLY? Christians Against Dinosaurs [CAD]

I think that’s a parody or satire site. : ) But considering the mentality of the religious far right, it’s possible since they think the earth was created only 6K years ago.

264 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 5:37:00am

You can’t protect yourselves locally, says State. So, take it to the Supreme Court? Follow the money while you’re at it.

Ohio Supreme Court Says Towns Aren’t Allowed To Ban Fracking

thinkprogress.org

265 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 6:00:19am

NWS says slight chance of something here today but at least it will get above freezing for the first time all week. Grandson said he encountered snow and sleet in the mountains overnight, and today he’ll make his 3rd trip in a row up there. I didn’t think this front would get below I-40.

“Today A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of snow and sleet between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of rain after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 37. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.”

What’s it like where you are?

266 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 6:01:00am

re: #197 Kragar

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Question: If that makes Bill O’Reilly a Roman during the 3rd Servile War (as the Romans called it) then whom at CNN gets cast as Spartacus?re: #235 teleskiguy

At times people wear hats to make them look taller, I’ll bet.

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Sometimes, but FDR wouldn’t have needed a hat for that. Prior to contracting polio (which shrunk his legs) he stood 6’ 2”, which is above average for a man.

267 Dave In Austin  Feb 21, 2015 6:01:59am

Balmy 65’ here in Austin. BTW Happy belated JAH…..

268 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 6:05:50am

re: #264 Justanotherhuman

You can’t protect yourselves locally, says State. So, take it to the Supreme Court? Follow the money while you’re at it.

Ohio Supreme Court Says Towns Aren’t Allowed To Ban Fracking

thinkprogress.org

re: #264 Justanotherhuman

You can’t protect yourselves locally, says State. So, take it to the Supreme Court? Follow the money while you’re at it.

Ohio Supreme Court Says Towns Aren’t Allowed To Ban Fracking

thinkprogress.org

That dissenting judge is entitled to his opinion, but IMO he’s wrong. If the state constitution of Ohio gives control of oil and gas production to the state government, then local governments may not ban what the state chooses to permit. It’s called ‘preemption’ and its perfectly legal for state governments to do.

269 Dr Lizardo  Feb 21, 2015 6:06:05am

Somehow I missed this story from last month, but a 35-year old mystery has been solved.

The unidentified young woman, a homicide victim found in Caledonia, NY and known for three decades as “Caledonia Jane Doe”, has been positively identified as Tammy Jo Alexander of Brookesville, FL.

whec.com

en.wikipedia.org

Seems some persistent internet sleuthing paid off at last.

RIP, Tammy Jo. At least the world now knows who you were.

270 wrenchwench  Feb 21, 2015 6:10:43am
271 lawhawk  Feb 21, 2015 6:15:43am
272 Dr. Matt  Feb 21, 2015 6:17:46am

Ah, brilliant tactic….when all else fails, move the goal posts:

So, a riot is now considered “combat” in BillO’s pathetic little world.

273 Dr. Matt  Feb 21, 2015 6:21:41am
274 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 6:22:32am

re: #272 Dr. Matt

Ah, brilliant tactic….when all else fails, move the goal posts:

So, a riot is now considered “combat” in BillO’s pathetic little world.

While Bilbo spins and spins, we have not heard a peep out of Brian Williamson since his hiatus began. Brian taking it like a man. Bilbo like a sniveling little boy caught in a lie.

275 lawhawk  Feb 21, 2015 6:23:19am

re: #272 Dr. Matt

So, by that measure, anyone who reported on Occupy Wall Street was reporting on a war? Seriously? I must be a war blogger from the front lines then! #BillOReillywarstories.

276 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 6:26:31am

re: #275 lawhawk

So, by that measure, anyone who reported on Occupy Wall Street was reporting on a war? Seriously? I must be a war blogger from the front lines then! #BillOReillywarstories.

Well, Killgore spent that whole autumn hyperventilating over “Occupier Rapey-Stabby”, so O’Reilly could claim that justification: “Of course it was a war, there were hippies out there protesting about it!”

277 Dr. Matt  Feb 21, 2015 6:31:17am

BillO is way too prideful to let this go quietly. The fact that he brought on Bernie and Geraldo is quite telling. After Dr. Tiller was murdered by the conservative terrorist/Fox viewer, the first guest that came on to defend BillO was Bernie. Expect David Corn to be ambushed by BillO’s lapdog in the next week.

278 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 7:04:49am

re: #277 Dr. Matt

BillO is way too prideful to let this go quietly. The fact that he brought on Bernie and Geraldo is quite telling. After Dr. Tiller was murdered by the conservative terrorist/Fox viewer, the first guest that came on to defend BillO was Bernie. Expect David Corn to be ambushed by BillO’s lapdog in the next week.

Don’t forget that we’re dealing with another malignant narcissist here—O’Leilly.
: )

279 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 7:10:57am

This is in the Port Richmond neighborhood, not far from where I lived in 71-72.

280 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 7:31:14am

re: #277 Dr. Matt

BillO is way too prideful to let this go quietly. The fact that he brought on Bernie and Geraldo is quite telling. After Dr. Tiller was murdered by the conservative terrorist/Fox viewer, the first guest that came on to defend BillO was Bernie. Expect David Corn to be ambushed by BillO’s lapdog in the next week.

Well, here’s a New York tourist likely to greet dishonest ‘war stories with hoots of derision:

Image: 25E3591C00000578-2962325-A_snowy_owl_was_cited_on_Governor_s_Island_and_the_park_s_staff_-m-14_1424481715008.jpg

281 Bear  Feb 21, 2015 7:46:52am

re: #280 Dark_Falcon

What was the charge?

282 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 7:48:23am

re: #281 Bear

What was the charge?

Huh? I didn’t mention any charges, criminal or electric.

283 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 21, 2015 7:48:28am

re: #281 Bear

What was the charge?

Excessive and unnecessary hooting, no doubt.

284 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 7:53:12am

Bill Murray Explains Why He Doesn’t Have a Girlfriend

Asked what has stopped him from committing to himself, Murray continued, “What stops [any of] us is we’re kinda really ugly if we look really hard. We’re not who we think we are. We’re not as wonderful as we think we are. It’s a little bit of a shock … it’s hard.”

…

Alas, he continued, “Not to diminish a relationship with a woman but I can’t take care of another relationship if I can’t take care of the things I really need to take care of the most. It’s not a selfish thing … it’s just sort of an obligation.”

It’s wonderful to hear such honesty. Young people need to hear more adults to say things like this.

285 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 7:53:52am

re: #278 Justanotherhuman

Don’t forget that we’re dealing with another malignant narcissist here—O’Leilly.
: )

QFT!

286 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 7:54:13am

re: #282 Dark_Falcon

Huh? I didn’t mention any charges, criminal or electric.

Oh, I get it now: the IP address for the photo says that the owl was ‘cited’ instead of ‘sighted’. The Daily FAIL strikes again.

287 ObserverArt  Feb 21, 2015 7:55:23am

Good morning from newly snow covered Columbus. 4-5 inches of fresh powdery white stuff overnight. Just finished cleaning walks and making sure I maintain a path out to my garage and then the garage opening to the alley.

I hope Backwoods is getting by down in backwoods country. Hi Sleuth!

Looks like we are going to warm up enough today to get a little rain or sleet then back down enough to put an ice cap on the whole mess.

Hurry up March…and bring some regular temps with you.

288 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 21, 2015 7:58:06am

re: #280 Dark_Falcon

Well, here’s a New York tourist likely to greet dishonest ‘war stories with hoots of derision:

Image: 25E3591C00000578-2962325-A_snowy_owl_was_cited_on_Governor_s_Island_and_the_park_s_staff_-m-14_1424481715008.jpg

I just learned that a group of owls is a “parliament”. And of course, we need some True Facts About the Owl.

…

RBS

289 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 8:01:18am

But here the DM reports on a much more EPIC FAIL than any they’ve produced recently:

Rudy Giuliani insists he was right to say Obama ‘doesn’t love America’… because future President met a communist in Indonesia when he was NINE YEARS OLD

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has made another attempt to justify his claims that Barack Obama doesn’t love America - claiming it dates back to when the President was nine years old.

Giuliani said that the President’s lack of affection for his country can be attributed to meeting Communist Party members when he was living in Indonesia 44 years ago.

SNIP

Speaking to the New York Daily News, he said: ‘The ideas that are troubling me and are leading to this come from communists with whom he associated when he was nine years old’.

He specifically pointed to Frank Marshall Davis, an American communist organizer to whom the young Obama was apparently introduced by his grandfather.

The President-to-be was living with Stanley Dunham and his mother Ann Dunham in Indonesia at the time.

No need for any of this article’s photos because I already have the graphic that says it all:

290 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 21, 2015 8:04:05am

re: #287 ObserverArt

Where I am, it feels like we got cheated out of a proper winter this year. It’s been a warm couple of months, even by Texas standards. I hope this doesn’t mean we’ll pay for it with apocalyptic tornado-spawning storms and months-long stretches of 110-degree summer heat.

291 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 21, 2015 8:04:11am

re: #287 ObserverArt

Good morning from newly snow covered Columbus. 4-5 inches of fresh powdery white stuff overnight. Just finished cleaning walks and making sure I maintain a path out to my garage and then the garage opening to the alley.

I hope Backwoods is getting by down in backwoods country. Hi Sleuth!

Looks like we are going to warm up enough today to get a little rain or sleet then back down enough to put an ice cap on the whole mess.

Hurry up March…and bring some regular temps with you.

Much warmer today (32F at the moment) with about 2-3 inches of snow this morning, now some sort of rain.
The water line to the toilet tank thawed this morning (YAY!)
Trying to enjoy the heat wave while I can…I see that there are single digits and below-zero low temps in this coming week’s forecast.

292 Varek Raith  Feb 21, 2015 8:06:31am

It’s snowing.
Wheee.

293 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 21, 2015 8:07:54am

And the rain just changed back over to snow.

294 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 21, 2015 8:09:21am

re: #291 Backwoods_Sleuth

Much warmer today (32F at the moment) with about 2-3 inches of snow this morning, now some sort of rain.
The water line to the toilet tank thawed this morning (YAY!)
Trying to enjoy the heat wave while I can…I see that there are single digits and below-zero low temps in this coming week’s forecast.

I got my water back early last evening, and sometime early morning it started to rain hard. They have canceled the winter storm warning here, and have replaced it with a flood warning.

We aren’t looking at the bitter cold you’re facing BS, maybe 3-4 more cold (low teens) nights in the next week. Wishing you well with the weather.

RBS

295 A Cranky One  Feb 21, 2015 8:09:56am

re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hope things are okay there. Goat doing okay?

Yes, I just asked for Goat news. ;)

296 Dr. Matt  Feb 21, 2015 8:10:57am
297 allegro  Feb 21, 2015 8:13:23am

Mmmm, cottage cheese and pears for breakfast. Can’t imagine why I woke up with that craving this morning.

298 ObserverArt  Feb 21, 2015 8:14:07am

re: #294 RealityBasedSteve

I got my water back early last evening, and sometime early morning it started to rain hard. They have canceled the winter storm warning here, and have replaced it with a flood warning.

We aren’t looking at the bitter cold you’re facing BS, maybe 3-4 more cold (low teens) nights in the next week. Wishing you well with the weather.

RBS

Good for you. It sounded like you could have gotten the ice storm. No one needs that.

299 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 21, 2015 8:15:23am

re: #295 A Cranky One

Hope things are okay there. Goat doing okay?

Yes, I just asked for Goat news. ;)

The goat is still not happy, but she drank half a gallon of water this morning.

300 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 8:15:31am

re: #288 RealityBasedSteve

I just learned that a group of owls is a “parliament”. And of course, we need some True Facts About the Owl.

[Embedded content]

RBS

A Murder of Crows
A Parliment of Owls
A Wedge of Swans
A Convocation of Eagles!
A Cast of Falcons
A Charming of Finches
An Exaltation of Larks
A Richness of Martens
A Company of Parrots
An Ostentation of Peacocks

and a

Rumba of Rattlesnakes!

301 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 8:16:26am

re: #297 allegro

Mmmm, cottage cheese and pears for breakfast. Can’t imagine why I woke up with that craving this morning.

You’re pregnant!

302 allegro  Feb 21, 2015 8:17:31am

re: #301 FemNaziBitch

You’re pregnant!

Haha! *slap*

303 Mattand  Feb 21, 2015 8:25:21am

re: #300 FemNaziBitch

A Murder of Crows
A Parliment of Owls
A Wedge of Swans
A Convocation of Eagles!
A Cast of Falcons
A Charming of Finches
An Exaltation of Larks
A Richness of Martens
A Company of Parrots
An Ostentation of Peacocks

and a

Rumba of Rattlesnakes!

An Orgy of Amoebas.

304 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 8:27:03am

re: #303 Mattand

A Confederacy of Dunces

305 Mattand  Feb 21, 2015 8:30:36am

re: #279 Justanotherhuman

This is in the Port Richmond neighborhood, not far from where I lived in 71-72.

[Embedded content]

That seems to happen a lot in cold weather. I read somewhere that part of the problem for a city like Philly is that a lot of the sewer systems are really antiquated. Like “Built around the Civil War” antiquated.

306 Dr. Matt  Feb 21, 2015 8:31:42am
307 Great White Snark  Feb 21, 2015 8:33:50am

re: #297 allegro

Mmmm, cottage cheese and pears for breakfast. Can’t imagine why I woke up with that craving this morning.

The science is IN. The munchies are all in your mind.

308 Varek Raith  Feb 21, 2015 8:34:33am

re: #306 Dr. Matt

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That’s right outside the window.
What’s your point?
/

309 Mattand  Feb 21, 2015 8:34:57am

re: #238 teleskiguy

The same thing happened to me with Lady Gaga a while back. In my second stint of college a gal played her song “Born This Way” for me. She didn’t tell me who it was, told me to just listen, and I dug it! “This kind of cheesy pop I can get into!” Then she told me who it was. I was a little heartbroken, I’ll admit. “Now I like Lady Gaga. Eww.”

My initial reaction to Lady Gaga is usually “Madonna 2.0”, but she does seem to geniuely care about things like LGBT rights. Maybe I’m wrong, but it seemed like it was part of the act for Madonna; “Lookit me, I’m hanging with Teh Gayz, aren’t I radical???”

310 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 8:35:22am

re: #307 Great White Snark

The science is IN. The munchies are all in your mind.

A friend sent me some Jello chocolate pudding mix. I had coconut milk in the fridge. Guess what my evening dessert was.

311 Varek Raith  Feb 21, 2015 8:35:52am

re: #310 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

A friend sent me some Jello chocolate pudding mix. I had coconut milk in the fridge. Guess what my evening dessert was.

Slim Jim?

312 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 8:36:44am

re: #311 Varek Raith

Slim Jim?

Nope. Haha!

313 Mattand  Feb 21, 2015 8:41:41am

So is the mainstream press picking up on this O’Reilly thing, or are they still cowering in a corner for fear of their conservative readers/viewers screaming “Liberal bias!!!”?

314 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 8:43:03am

re: #309 Mattand

My initial reaction to Lady Gaga is usually “Madonna 2.0”, but she does seem to geniuely care about things like LGBT rights. Maybe I’m wrong, but it seemed like it was part of the act for Madonna; “Lookit me, I’m hanging with Teh Gayz, aren’t I radical???”

I love GAGA.

She is not Madonna 2.0.

She’s more like Elton John 2.0 —

315 Great White Snark  Feb 21, 2015 8:46:33am

re: #309 Mattand

Just might see her at the Hollywood Bowl with Tony Bennett. How many pop stars can hang with the classics and make them live again?

316 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 8:46:45am

HEY Great White!

I just sent you an email.

317 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 21, 2015 8:47:28am

re: #315 Great White Snark

Just might see her at the Hollywood Bowl with Tony Bennett. How many pop stars can hang with the classics and make them live again?

You’re talking about the songs, I hope, and not Tony. ;-)

318 Dr. Matt  Feb 21, 2015 8:48:11am

re: #313 Mattand

So is the mainstream press picking up on this O’Reilly thing, or are they still cowering in a corner for fear of their conservative readers/viewers screaming “Liberal bias!!!”?

I saw the tail end of a piece about it on CBS news last night.

319 Great White Snark  Feb 21, 2015 8:52:54am

re: #317 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

You’re talking about the songs, I hope, and not Tony. ;-)

Two-fer! When you see clips from their performances you can see a friendship there. Real professional chemistry.

320 makeitstop  Feb 21, 2015 8:53:03am

re: #313 Mattand

So is the mainstream press picking up on this O’Reilly thing, or are they still cowering in a corner for fear of their conservative readers/viewers screaming “Liberal bias!!!”?

I can’t speak to the mainstream press, but my Facebook feed is mostly stuff about this story.

And I’d estimate that a good 90% is very negative. BillO can bluster all he wants, but people are seeing O’Reilly for the total asshole he is for once.

321 Great White Snark  Feb 21, 2015 8:56:00am

re: #313 Mattand

What they don’t want is the investigations to spread. The list so far is waaay too short. Check all the video and quotes from 100 correspondents and then watch the chips fall. Especially at CNN btw.

322 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 8:56:48am

Bill O is an ass. Everyone knows he is an ass. He get’s away with it because is actually pretty honest (an unapologetic) about being an ass.

323 ObserverArt  Feb 21, 2015 8:58:47am

re: #322 FemNaziBitch

Bill O is an ass. Everyone knows he is an ass. He get’s away with it because is actually pretty honest (an unapologetic) about being an ass.

And other asses like to watch him being an ass.

324 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 8:59:24am

WOOT! We are over 100 likes on Team Oscar!

You have no idea what this does for my Hubby. When he signs on and sees new “likes” he is so psyched!

So, for those who accessed the page on fb and liked it—THANK YOU.

Please spread the word and help us get more “Likes”.

I think for every 30 or so likes, we actually get a donation, so SHOUT IT OUT

TEAM OSCAR TIGER WALKS!

I’ll be working on the 2015 logo in the next couple of weeks. I have to get a new picture of Oscar and that involves grooming him. :)

325 rhuarc  Feb 21, 2015 9:05:20am

re: #187 Single-handed sailor

I’m so jealous of people who can just drive up to Lake Tahoe as a day trip. :) It’s the most beautiful place on the planet in my opinion. Maybe one day my wife and I will get back there again for a vacation.

326 Dr. Matt  Feb 21, 2015 9:12:47am

Not The Onion AND not Florida:

327 lawhawk  Feb 21, 2015 9:13:34am
328 makeitstop  Feb 21, 2015 9:15:25am

re: #324 FemNaziBitch

WOOT! We are over 100 likes on Team Oscar!

You have no idea what this does for my Hubby. When he signs on and sees new “likes” he is so psyched!

So, for those who accessed the page on fb and liked it—THANK YOU.

Please spread the word and help us get more “Likes”.

I think for every 30 or so likes, we actually get a donation, so SHOUT IT OUT

TEAM OSCAR TIGER WALKS!

I’ll be working on the 2015 logo in the next couple of weeks. I have to get a new picture of Oscar and that involves grooming him. :)

Liked! :)

329 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:18:16am

We are having a heat wave!

330 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:18:38am

re: #328 makeitstop

Liked! :)

YOU ARE SO OOOO AWESOME.

I should say “like and share”

HA!

331 Varek Raith  Feb 21, 2015 9:18:54am

re: #326 Dr. Matt

Not The Onion AND not Florida:

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Party Hard!

332 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:19:24am

re: #325 rhuarc

I’m so jealous of people who can just drive up to Lake Tahoe as a day trip. :) It’s the most beautiful place on the planet in my opinion. Maybe one day my wife and I will get back there again for a vacation.

I agree. It is seconded only by the South Pacific.

333 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 9:19:26am

Turkish men wear skirts in protest for victimized women

hurriyetdailynews.com

“I would walk around in Taksim wearing a skirt, if you can do that…”

“For many Turkish men, this is a common phrase they use when they want to assert a claim or make a bet. It has turned into reality when a group of men went to Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square wearing skirts, keeping their word they have been pledging for the past few days on social media.

“On Feb. 17, Erkan Doᇺn had donned a skirt in Istanbul’s Asian side neighborhood of Kadıköy to demonstrate in memory of slain 20-year-old student Özgecan Aslan.

“Doᇺn’s individual action had inspired social media calls for a massive “skirt-wearing” march over the weekend to show Turkish men’s support for the women who were victimized by the recent wave of male violence in Turkey.” More

334 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:21:30am

re: #333 Justanotherhuman

Turkish men wear skirts in protest for victimized women

hurriyetdailynews.com

“I would walk around in Taksim wearing a skirt, if you can do that…”

“For many Turkish men, this is a common phrase they use when they want to assert a claim or make a bet. It has turned into reality when a group of men went to Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square wearing skirts, keeping their word they have been pledging for the past few days on social media.

“On Feb. 17, Erkan Doᇺn had donned a skirt in Istanbul’s Asian side neighborhood of Kadıköy to demonstrate in memory of slain 20-year-old student Özgecan Aslan.

“Doᇺn’s individual action had inspired social media calls for a massive “skirt-wearing” march over the weekend to show Turkish men’s support for the women who were victimized by the recent wave of male violence in Turkey.” More

HOW KEWL IS THAT?

even if most of them are wearing the skirt over their jeans.

335 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:23:06am

I whhhhhhaaaaannnnt all of them!

337 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:26:13am
338 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:27:27am
339 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 21, 2015 9:28:32am

re: #324 FemNaziBitch

WOOT! We are over 100 likes on Team Oscar!

You have no idea what this does for my Hubby. When he signs on and sees new “likes” he is so psyched!

So, for those who accessed the page on fb and liked it—THANK YOU.

Please spread the word and help us get more “Likes”.

I think for every 30 or so likes, we actually get a donation, so SHOUT IT OUT

TEAM OSCAR TIGER WALKS!

I’ll be working on the 2015 logo in the next couple of weeks. I have to get a new picture of Oscar and that involves grooming him. :)

Got one more like added in just now.

Well, I’m outta here. Off to Starbucks, then the Dive Shop. Hop in the van and up to Bonne Terre Mines for 3 dives in the mines on Sunday. I’ll see you all Monday, be good, stay warm and dry. Have a great weekend.

RBS

340 Justanotherhuman  Feb 21, 2015 9:29:28am

Weather related?

341 ObserverArt  Feb 21, 2015 9:29:30am

re: #326 Dr. Matt

Not The Onion AND not Florida:

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Looks like the spirits moved her. Or, was that the crystal meth? Or a combination of spirits and meth.

The lord works in mysterious ways. Just like the drugs.

342 wrenchwench  Feb 21, 2015 9:31:28am

re: #339 RealityBasedSteve

Got one more like added in just now.

Well, I’m outta here. Off to Starbucks, then the Dive Shop. Hop in the van and up to Bonne Terre Mines for 3 dives in the mines on Sunday. I’ll see you all Monday, be good, stay warm and dry. Have a great weekend.

RBS

Stay warm, because I don’t think you’ll stay dry.

343 Great White Snark  Feb 21, 2015 9:31:49am

My opinion on Brian and Bill is straight cynical. Suddenly like an unexpected hit pop song, veracity is suddenly important in the instance of two well know media personalities. One pure pundit the other a “news” guy. News that became pretty weak tea over the years. Brian and Bill O.

What of the rest of these guys? What is everyone waiting for? Dig up ten, twenty years of reportage, and ten or twenty years of public commentary and audit it all for truth. Could it be that many are keeping their heads low so as to not also get reviewed? Who dares cast the next stone? Let’s see who has been truthful over an entire career. News needs a housecleaning anyway. Not gonna happen tho is it? Nope, this will blow over in a month or less.

And BTW lets bust CNN for staging up the talent the way they do on location. Too much video trickery going on there.

344 sunnygal  Feb 21, 2015 9:34:57am

re: #40 #FergusonFireside

A girl? You mean woman, don’t you. Unless there really was a female person under 18 employed by that law firm, which I really doubt.

Sorry, but I am still educating people about gender issues, forty years later.

345 wrenchwench  Feb 21, 2015 9:38:38am

re: #344 sunnygal

A girl? You mean woman, don’t you. Unless there really was a female person under 18 employed by that law firm, which I really doubt.

Sorry, but I am still educating people about gender issues, forty years later.

Forty years and you have ‘gal’ in your nic?!?! Come on!

/kidding wench

346 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 21, 2015 9:39:05am

Now snowing in Center City Philadelphia.

Not expecting much to stay and accumulate. And I think the trend is warming and rain tomorrow anyways.

The Feline Overlords are restless and demand to be entertained.

347 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:43:27am

re: #339 RealityBasedSteve

Got one more like added in just now.

Well, I’m outta here. Off to Starbucks, then the Dive Shop. Hop in the van and up to Bonne Terre Mines for 3 dives in the mines on Sunday. I’ll see you all Monday, be good, stay warm and dry. Have a great weekend.

RBS

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

348 Great White Snark  Feb 21, 2015 9:44:14am

re: #346 Feline Fearless Leader

My two had a loud fight this morning. Very unusual for them. Big young 15 lb Maine Coon cat gets pwned by 17 year old 5 lb cat. Maine Coon cat is very sweet, just does not have any fight in her for her companion. Uninjured due to her thick fur.

349 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 21, 2015 9:44:45am

re: #339 RealityBasedSteve

Have fun and stay safe.

350 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:45:15am

re: #323 ObserverArt

And other asses like to watch him being an ass.

You got THAT right!

351 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:48:19am
352 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:50:11am
353 stpaulbear  Feb 21, 2015 9:51:40am

It’s such a disconnect listening to people talk about snow this year. I finally broke down and bought a snowblower when it was on sale back on Veteran’s Day. Three of the last four winters before this one had been pretty rough - snowy and unending. We’ve had our share of cold in MN this year, but I have not used the snowblower ONCE so far this season. The Twin Cities hasn’t had more than 3” of easy-to-shovel fluffy snow at a time (although the last one had a layer of ice on the bottom that made it hard to scrape off). I know we still have two more months until we’re in the clear here, but it’s been a weird winter everywhere. The new normal isn’t normal…

354 wrenchwench  Feb 21, 2015 9:52:17am
355 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:52:31am
356 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:53:24am

re: #353 stpaulbear

It’s such a disconnect listening to people talk about snow this year. I finally broke down and bought a snowblower when it was on sale back on Veteran’s Day. Three of the last four winters before this one had been pretty rough - snowy and unending. We’ve had our share of cold in MN this year, but I have not used the snowblower ONCE so far this season. The Twin Cities hasn’t had more than 3” of easy-to-shovel fluffy snow at a time (although the last one had a layer of ice on the bottom that made it hard to scrape off). I know we still have two more months until we’re in the clear here, but it’s been a weird winter everywhere. The new normal isn’t normal…

It didn’t show much because you bought the snowblower. Really, it’s not a lot of money when you figure the trouble and mess you saved by not having the snow.

Good Choice!

:)

357 BeachDem  Feb 21, 2015 9:57:00am

littlegreenfootballs.com

The President-to-be was living with Stanley Dunham and his mother Ann Dunham in Indonesia at the time.

Some really excellent reporting right there by that beacon of journalistic excellence. So accurate, so informative. //

358 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:58:06am

Domestic Terrorism —I don’t think muslims did this:

359 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 9:58:36am

re: #357 BeachDem

littlegreenfootballs.com

The President-to-be was living with Stanley Dunham and his mother Ann Dunham in Indonesia at the time.

Some really excellent reporting right there by that beacon of journalistic excellence. So accurate, so informative. //

Who is Stanley?????

*teehe***

360 stpaulbear  Feb 21, 2015 9:59:41am

re: #356 FemNaziBitch

It really did stop the moment I bought it. We were having a storm on Veteran’s Day so I bought it online and ordered home delivery. We were supposed to have another big snow on the day of delivery, but we only got a couple inches and then didn’t get much of anything for another month. Christmas was just barely white in the Twin Cities.

361 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 21, 2015 10:00:14am

re: #342 wrenchwench

Stay warm, because I don’t think you’ll stay dry.

Actually, I’ll be wearing a drysuit and a 400 gram fleece and thinsulate jumpsuit along with a silk weight base layer. 5mm of neoprene on my head. I’ll be warm AND dry.

362 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 10:01:04am

re: #357 BeachDem

littlegreenfootballs.com

The President-to-be was living with Stanley Dunham and his mother Ann Dunham in Indonesia at the time.

Some really excellent reporting right there by that beacon of journalistic excellence. So accurate, so informative. //

Give the DM a break on this one; They’re right on the facts and they’re calling Rudy out for immolating his reputation on a pyre of Burning Stupid.

363 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:01:31am

re: #360 stpaulbear

It really did stop the moment I bought it. We were having a storm on Veteran’s Day so I bought it online and ordered home delivery. We were supposed to have another big snow on the day of delivery, but we only got a couple inches and then didn’t get much of anything for another month. Christmas was just barely white in the Twin Cities.

You did such a public service for your community. Savings in auto damage alone! You might have saved a life!

You should really be commended!

:)

364 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:02:30am

I put this in my Post today.

I think it’s going to be my mantra for 2015.

:(

365 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 21, 2015 10:04:16am

re: #363 FemNaziBitch

You did such a public service for your community. Savings in auto damage alone! You might have saved a life!

You should really be commended!

:)

Also, you should point out that no tigers were sighted in the area since you got the snow blower. They owe you big time

366 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:06:32am

sign if you wish

367 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:07:00am

re: #365 RealityBasedSteve

Also, you should point out that no tigers were sighted in the area since you got the snow blower. They owe you big time

True, no one in my family has been in that part of the word for at least a year!

368 stpaulbear  Feb 21, 2015 10:08:29am

re: #363 FemNaziBitch

You did such a public service for your community. Savings in auto damage alone! You might have saved a life!

You should really be commended!

:)

We’ve still got LOTS of auto damage. A morning rush hour snow yesterday caused something like 400 accidents in the metro.

369 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 21, 2015 10:09:32am

re: #367 FemNaziBitch

True, no one in my family has been in that part of the word for at least a year!

Actually that was directed to stpaulbear, I was sorry of tagging along on your post,

370 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:13:18am

re: #369 RealityBasedSteve

Actually that was directed to stpaulbear, I was sorry of tagging along on your post,

No prob — It’s still early in the day. My communication skills are not at their best before dark.

371 BeachDem  Feb 21, 2015 10:16:38am

re: #362 Dark_Falcon

Give the DM a break on this one; They’re right on the facts and they’re calling Rudy out for immolating his reputation on a pyre of Burning Stupid.

I don’t give the Daily Mail a break on anything, particularly something that is so easily proofread. Journalism 101.

And I don’t get where they called Rudy out very much, as they repeated every obnoxious claim he’s made and, other than the snarky headline, about the most “damning” line in the article is:

Democrats, the White House, and even members of the GOP have condemned his comments and heaped scorn on the retired politician, who was a Presidential contender in 2008.

dailymail.co.uk

372 stpaulbear  Feb 21, 2015 10:17:48am

re: #365 RealityBasedSteve

Also, you should point out that no tigers were sighted in the area since you got the snow blower. They owe you big time

No Tigers, just an endless parade of boring ol’ squirrels and bunnies.

373 stpaulbear  Feb 21, 2015 10:29:20am

Looks like I bored the thread to death…

374 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:30:26am
375 Dark_Falcon  Feb 21, 2015 10:30:44am

re: #373 stpaulbear

Looks like I bored the thread to death…

No, it’s just resting, but I can’t wait for it to wake up.

BBL

376 b.d.  Feb 21, 2015 10:32:33am

Nice to see that future generations took climate change seriously and got their s*it together.

377 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:34:35am
Little Friends Photos
378 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 10:36:44am
379 A Cranky One  Feb 21, 2015 10:39:43am

For anyone interested, I’ve just put together a page showing some of Mrs Cranky’s quilts.

littlegreenfootballs.com

380 blueraven  Feb 21, 2015 10:42:59am

So now Dave Weigel doubles down on his defense of Rudy. It goes from tweets to a full blown article in which the conservatives are the victims.

After all, Rudy has been saying this shit for years, y’all. So why is this time any different? Oh, because Scott Walker was sitting in the audience!
And…to distract from the Dems own issues with DWS and Hillary. The MSM is complicit, and BTW there is nothing racial here!

Ugh! I am usually OK with Weigel but lately he has shown his ugly side.

bloomberg.com

381 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 21, 2015 10:47:23am

Rudy G. aka “Racist asshole piece of shit”: I’m the victim! People are threatening me!

…

382 Varek Raith  Feb 21, 2015 10:52:30am

re: #376 b.d.

Nice to see that future generations took climate change seriously and got their s*it together.

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He’s such a troll.
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383 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 11:08:05am
from Zooborns.con
384 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 11:10:22am

bbl

385 FemNaziBitch  Feb 21, 2015 11:13:12am

omg!

HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL!

386 Mattand  Feb 21, 2015 11:15:30am

re: #385 FemNaziBitch

It was a ruff day.
387 b_sharp  Feb 21, 2015 11:19:22am

More fun and games for old Billo

mediamatters.org

388 b_sharp  Feb 21, 2015 11:30:31am

Where are you?

389 Eventual Carrion  Feb 21, 2015 11:30:37am

re: #387 b_sharp

More fun and games for old Billo

mediamatters.org

And wasn’t Williams in a war zone? And wasn’t the formation he was in attacked by RPG’s or some such? I would guess if a platoon was on patrol and the point was attacked they would say the platoon was attacked, not that those guys up there got attacked. So yeah, he embellished. Doesn’t seem BillDoh was anywhere near the fighting, so that is a flat out lie.

390 Varek Raith  Feb 21, 2015 11:35:02am

re: #388 b_sharp

Where are you?

In the Orion Arm.
You?

391 b_sharp  Feb 21, 2015 11:37:22am

re: #390 Varek Raith

In the Orion Arm.
You?

Carina-Sagittarius arm.

Looking for illegal aliens.

392 Targetpractice  Feb 21, 2015 11:42:22am

re: #380 blueraven

So now Dave Weigel doubles down on his defense of Rudy. It goes from tweets to a full blown article in which the conservatives are the victims.

After all, Rudy has been saying this shit for years, y’all. So why is this time any different? Oh, because Scott Walker was sitting in the audience!
And…to distract from the Dems own issues with DWS and Hillary. The MSM is complicit, and BTW there is nothing racial here!

Ugh! I am usually OK with Weigel but lately he has shown his ugly side.

bloomberg.com

About the only thing in that article I can credit Wiegel for is acknowledging the bullshit about how the Iranian Hostage Crisis ended because Reagan became president. The rest is usual “Our shit don’t stink!” business from conservatives about how wrong it is to be caught acting like hypocrites and doing shit that they’d have castrated a Democrat for doing six years ago. They like to engage in selective amnesia, but I remember how much of an uproar there was when the President, as a candidate, attacked Dubya’s piling on of national debt as “unpatriotic.” I also remember the times when the conservative press piled onto Democrats for questioning Dubya’s patriotism.

Oh, and I shouldn’t forget the other bit, which is “There’s more important news!” that wingnuts throw out there when caught in an embarrassing situation.


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