Video: CBS Staffers and Former Correspondents Strongly Contradict O’Reilly’s “War Zone” Claims

O’Reilly’s stories continue to unravel
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There are now seven journalists on the record who were with Bill O’Reilly in Argentina in 1982, and they’re all contradicting his “war zone” stories: CBS Staffers Refute Bill O’Reilly’s ‘War Zone’ Story.

On his show “The O’Reilly Factor” in 2013, O’Reilly told a guest, “I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, where my photographer got run down and then hit his head and was bleeding from the ear on the concrete. And the army was chasing us. I had to make a decision. And I dragged him off, you know, but at the same time, I’m looking around and trying to do my job, but I figure I had to get this guy out of there because that was more important.”

Mother Jones challenged some of these claims. O’Reilly responded by accusing the magazine of trying to smear him to hurt Fox News, and said the report’s co-author, David Corn, is a liar and an “irresponsible guttersnipe.”

Eric Engberg, a CBS correspondent who was also in Buenos Aires at the time, defended Corn in a Facebook post on Friday and said, “It was not a war zone or even close. It was an ‘expense account zone.’”

Longtime NBC News correspondent George Lewis, who was also there at the time, agreed with Engberg, writing on Facebook, “Cushiest war I ever covered.”

Did O’Reilly’s photographer get “run down” and bloodied?

CNN has interviewed seven people who were there for CBS, and none of them recall anyone from the network being injured.

“If somebody got hurt, we all would have known,” Alvarez said.

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474 comments
1 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 2:19:12pm

If O’Reilly worked for a network that was concerned about ethics then he would be in trouble.

2 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 2:19:14pm

O’Reilly will continue to claim that everyone else is lying about his claims, that he’s being persecuted here, etc., but the facts are that he lied and was caught.

Own up and go away. Except that this is Fox News we’re talking about. They wont shut him down for any amount of time, even though his actions are firing offenses too - I called for Williams to be fired after he was found to have made stuff up. O’Reilly has done the same thing.

The difference is that NBC isn’t Fox News. Fox means never having to say you’re sorry for lying to the public day-in-day-out.

3 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:19:45pm

If Fox actually cared about ethics, they wouldn’t be Fox.

4 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 2:20:10pm

In a lot of ways, I think this is a waste of time. Rather got the axe during Memogate because CBS could not afford in 2004 to be accused of partisan attacks on Dubya. Williams has been suspended for six months because NBC is afraid of being seen as employing a liar.

Faux, by contrast, doesn’t give a fuck if it has a liar and partisan hack as one of its main draws. If anything, Ailes would actually hurt the network by taking any action against O’Reilly. So Bill might as well just stand up tomorrow night and declare “I’M BULLETPROOF!”

5 sizzzzlerz  Feb 22, 2015 2:23:13pm

Given he works for Faux news, rather than canning him, I expect we’ll be seeing a biopic documenting O’Reilly’s bravery in Argentina when faced with poor room service.

6 mikec6666  Feb 22, 2015 2:23:27pm

Hypocrisy means nothing to the right wing. That’s a hallmark of their party.

7 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 22, 2015 2:23:35pm

re: #4 Targetpractice

In a lot of ways, I think this is a waste of time. Rather got the axe during Memogate because CBS could not afford in 2004 to be accused of partisan attacks on Dubya. Williams has been suspended for six months because NBC is afraid of being seen as employing a liar.

Faux, by contrast, doesn’t give a fuck if it has a liar and partisan hack as one of its main draws. If anything, Ailes would actually hurt the network by taking any action against O’Reilly. So Bill might as well just stand up tomorrow night and declare “I’M BULLETPROOF!”

And you can explain that.
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8 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 2:25:09pm

The only way FoxNews will react to this is if they figure that O’Reilly’s $20,000,000 a year doesn’t make dollars and cents. Their captive audience isn’t exactly the prime advertising demographic and I know he has the highest ratings in cable news but I fail to see how he makes them money.

9 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 2:33:13pm

Did anyone notice that CNN has placed this story on their “Money” site?

Heh.

10 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 2:33:27pm

This thread was in a war zone and I killed it.

11 PhillyPretzel  Feb 22, 2015 2:33:27pm

To be honest I would like to see him nailed for this but I know it will not happen.

12 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 2:35:14pm

Bill O’Reilly called Bob Schieffer an old man over 30 years ago.

13 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 2:35:54pm

We’ve seen this play out at Faux enough times to know it won’t amount to much. O’Reilly will double down on the attacks, going after those who are now calling him on his lies and possibly even attacking CBS. Look for him to bring up the Princetown story that he wanted to do but was shot down to suggest that the network “even then” had a strong liberal bias and that he was forced out because he wouldn’t do the stories they wanted.

14 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 2:36:05pm

I can hear Ailes now: “The past is the past. Now let’s move on.”

O’Leilly, as others have stated, will suffer no consequences because of this. In fact, those reporters who were there will be accused of “smearing” him and so, the DeNial River will continue to flow.

15 BigPapa  Feb 22, 2015 2:36:47pm

‘You’re in the No Spin Zone.’

Bill O’Lielly

16 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 2:38:19pm

re: #14 Justanotherhuman

I can hear Ailes now: “The past is the past. Now let’s move on.”

O’Leilly, as others have stated, will suffer no consequences because of this. In fact, those reporters who were there will be accused of “smearing” him and so, the DeNial River will continue to flow.

That’s another possible angle O’Reilly will go for, trying to argue now after giving Williams the third degree that “Whatever I did in the past doesn’t matter, but liberals want to obsess over what I did 30+ years ago so they don’t have to deal with what’s going on now.”

17 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:38:36pm

He should have been canned from Fox years ago for being a fucking pervert.

18 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 2:38:52pm

re: #12 b.d.

Bill O’Reilly called Bob Schieffer an old man over 30 years ago.

When Schieffer was in his 40s and O’Leilly was in his 30s. Yeah, great age gap, init?

19 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:39:25pm

re: #16 Targetpractice

That’s another possible angle O’Reilly will go for, trying to argue now after giving Williams the third degree that “Whatever I did in the past doesn’t matter, but liberals want to obsess over what I did 30+ years ago so they don’t have to deal with what’s going on now.”

Oh I totally expect that and I totally expect tons of bitching to done about the left in this case because it’s the conservative way- When you fuck up, bitch about the left and the right wing audiences will eat it all up.

20 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:42:38pm

Nothing’s going to happen though to O’Reilly. If anything, this will be just another excuse for Fox to whine about the left while skirting the fact that they have never valued journalistic integrity at all at that network. When your network’s founder is a tabloid owner and your president a former Nixon and H.W Bush hatchetman responsible for such lovely gems as the Willie Horton ad, integrity has never been part of the plan. Telling people what they want to hear OTOH.

21 Kid A  Feb 22, 2015 2:42:39pm

This couldn’t be happening to a better asshole.

22 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 2:43:14pm

In fact, now that I think about it, that was something O’Reilly harped on when he launched his ad hominem attack on Corn, that it was “so long ago” that he’d had to dig around in his dusty basement for documents from “33 years ago.” So yeah, now that he’s been pretty much exposed, he’ll go for arguing that the whole thing happened decades ago, nobody really cares about what happened, and the “liberal press” is only bringing it up to take attention off NBC.

23 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:44:26pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

In fact, now that I think about it, that was something O’Reilly harped on when he launched his ad hominem attack on Corn, that it was “so long ago” that he’d had to dig around in his dusty basement for documents from “33 years ago.” So yeah, now that he’s been pretty much exposed, he’ll go for arguing that the whole thing happened decades ago, nobody really cares about what happened, and the “liberal press” is only bringing it up to take attention off NBC.

That actually sounds pretty much exactly what will happen. Fox loves casting itself as a victim of the “liberal press” and the viewers of course eat ti up.

24 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 2:44:57pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Or that it happened while he was at CBS, so it’s their problem, not his.

25 Kid A  Feb 22, 2015 2:46:07pm

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26 PhillyPretzel  Feb 22, 2015 2:48:24pm

re: #25 Kid A

Right and I was a waitress serving Jesus Christ at the last supper. /

27 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:49:24pm

re: #26 PhillyPretzel

Right and I was a waitress serving Jesus Christ at the last supper. /

Did he tip well?

28 goddamnedfrank  Feb 22, 2015 2:50:06pm

Birthers say the dumbest shit.

29 Kid A  Feb 22, 2015 2:50:07pm

Made it myself!

30 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:50:47pm

re: #28 goddamnedfrank

Birthers say the dumbest shit.

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Suddenly. She was in her 80’s and had cancer and yeah the bit about her working at the bank is common knowledge.

31 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 2:51:32pm

re: #26 PhillyPretzel

Right and I was a waitress serving Jesus Christ at the last supper. /

You’re Mel Brooks?/

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32 Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2015 2:51:59pm

re: #26 PhillyPretzel

Right and I was a waitress serving Jesus Christ at the last supper. /

Did he finish his meal off with a nice red and a wafer?

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33 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 2:52:57pm
34 PhillyPretzel  Feb 22, 2015 2:53:03pm

re: #31 Targetpractice

No. But Mel is funnier than most.

35 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 2:53:07pm

re: #28 goddamnedfrank

Birthers say the dumbest shit.

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Yeah, she was also a Time Lord, which is why she could go back and change everything to ensure that nobody could ever find out that he’s not a real US citizen.

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36 spiderx  Feb 22, 2015 2:53:07pm

anyone notice how O’reilly (with the help of Howard Kurtz and other FOX “personalities”) has cleverly made this controversy not about whether or not O’reilly lied about being in the Falklands (he did), but whether or not Buenos Aires after the end of the war could be considered a combat zone? Now, it obviously was not a combat zone, but its much easier for the rat bastard to make it all about a difference of opinion on what constitutes a combat zone then actually defend what he is really accused of lying about.

He’s reset the argument and has started to patch together his defense. “Even the New York Times said there were gunshots in the air” etc etc. Nevermind that O’reilly actually said that he witnessed people getting gunned down right before his eyes. No…don’t pay attention to that. This is all just semantics (According to shoe shine boy Howie Kurtz). This is all about whether or not guns being fired in the air at protestors is a combat zone.

You gotta hand it to them. These wretched scoundrels know how to play the game. If you’re a right-winger you don’t admit defeat, you don’t apologize, you don’t admit anything. You hit them back and you hit them back hard. Then you get the propaganda machine rolling with the help of a few FOX liberals (what did you think Ailes was paying them so much for? Their opinions? LOL) and you’re home free. The weakened U.S press, not wanting to come off as being seen as left-wing, gives its typical he said, she said BS coverage, and within a news cycle or two, it’s over. The folks are back to watching Miley Cyrus pole dance with a chupacabra.

37 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:53:08pm

The birthers do know that even if Obama was born in Kenya, he’d be able to run given that Cruz had a foreign born father and was born in a foreign country. But it’s all fucking mute since Obama was born in Hawaii. I guess Obama and his guys changed all the microfiches from all the libraries from Honolulu to Bangor.

38 PhillyPretzel  Feb 22, 2015 2:53:39pm

re: #32 Dave In Austin

It was sooo long ago I can’t remember.

39 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 2:54:25pm

re: #33 Gus

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Maybe because Obama doesn’t like using his religion like Bush does as a political tool. Nah, too much for Byron and the dumbasses he works with to figure that out.

40 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 2:55:02pm

re: #33 Gus

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Oh for fuck’s sake, now we’re going to debate how often one must go to church to be viewed as Christian?

41 Kid A  Feb 22, 2015 2:55:15pm
42 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 2:56:31pm

re: #33 Gus

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How many times did St. Ronnie go to church?

43 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 22, 2015 2:56:34pm

re: #39 HappyWarrior

Maybe because Obama doesn’t like using his religion like Bush does as a political tool. Nah, too much for Byron and the dumbasses he works with to figure that out.

We need objective standards for measuring faith. Church attendance should be a no-brainer…

44 goddamnedfrank  Feb 22, 2015 2:56:54pm

re: #33 Gus

Who goes to church anymore?

45 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 22, 2015 2:57:12pm

re: #42 b.d.

How many times did St. Ronnie go to church?

Probably less often than Nancy consulted her astrologer…

46 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 2:59:29pm

re: #33 Gus

47 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 3:00:05pm

Just to lighten things up for a moment:

‘Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas’ sweeps the anti-Oscar Razzie awards

Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas”, a film which promises to “put Christ back into Christmas” … of which one critic said “even devout born-again Christians will find this hard to stomach” — took the worst picture, as well as worst actor, worst screenplay and worst screen combo on Saturday.

Way to go, Kirk!

rawstory.com

48 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 3:00:13pm

re: #42 b.d.

How many times did St. Ronnie go to church?

49 Belafon  Feb 22, 2015 3:00:28pm

re: #42 b.d.

How many times did Jesus go to church?

50 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 3:01:23pm

Seriously Byron, is your head that far up Scotty’s ass that you have to debate the number of times one must go to church to be considered a Christian just to defend his gaffe?

51 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 3:01:31pm
52 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 3:02:09pm

Prove your “defamation” claim, O’Leilly, because everyone really knows you are full of bullshit yourself, you self-aggrandizing asshole.

Bill O’Reilly calls accusations of exaggerated war reporting ‘total bullshit’

theguardian.com

53 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 3:02:14pm

re: #48 Gus

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54 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 22, 2015 3:03:11pm

re: #49 Belafon

How many times did Jesus go to church?

He went to the Temple once…to clean it up.

55 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 3:03:14pm

OT - Guess who it was: United with Israel social media network celebrates three millionth supporter

“At a time when there are leaders in this world, including some in my own country, who want to bring everything into some kind of ridiculous moral equivocation… there is a distinct difference between good and evil, and Israel is a good country with good people, because it has a good and godly foundation.” […]

I wonder who/what is “evil”? No I don’t. //

56 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 3:03:47pm

re: #40 Targetpractice

Oh for fuck’s sake, now we’re going to debate how often one must go to church to be viewed as Christian?

Next up is which version of the Bible. I’m going with Old Testament, because there’s Testament, and then there’s Old Testament. /

Of course, the Constitution really should slap York and the rest of the right wing nitwits down, but there’s something else about this President that they just can’t stand. Counting church is a substitute for what they’re really looking to say.

57 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 3:04:07pm

It seems the press has decided, at long last, that Scotty Walker is their unicorn. The “moderate” Republican that can win the primaries and the general election that they’ve hoped and wished for. They’ve had to deal with disappointment after disappointment, but now they have a guy who they think can feel good about supporting.

58 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 3:05:40pm

These are serious people?

I would puke my guts out if any reporter asked that idiotic question of the President.

59 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 22, 2015 3:06:58pm

re: #58 BeachDem

These are serious people?

Reporters outraged by suggestion Obama isn’t a Christian are the same ones who won’t ask Obama if he thinks Jesus is the only way to Heaven.

I want his views on how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

60 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 3:07:20pm

re: #58 BeachDem

These are serious people?

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I would puke my guts out if any reporter asked that idiotic question of the President.

He so casually shits on Jews with that statement.

61 Kid A  Feb 22, 2015 3:07:50pm

re: #33 Gus

62 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 3:09:22pm

Since I’m already OT: WTF didn’t anyone tell me Sesame Street has was infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood this past autumn??

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63 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 3:09:27pm

re: #33 Gus

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64 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 3:09:33pm

re: #60 #FergusonFireside

He so casually shits on Jews with that statement.

He actually shits on himself with it. But then, it’s Erick son of Erick, so not unexpected. (Remember, he used to be a paid yakker on CNN—which marked the last time I watched that buffoon-fest.)

65 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 3:09:52pm
66 wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2015 3:10:19pm
67 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 3:11:01pm

re: #58 BeachDem

68 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 3:11:41pm

re: #58 BeachDem

These are serious people?

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I would puke my guts out if any reporter asked that idiotic question of the President.

I’ll just climb the beanstalk to heaven.
Checkmate.

69 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 3:11:59pm
70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 22, 2015 3:12:11pm

re: #65 Gus

Wondering if Obama’s Jakarta elementary education Ages 6-10) led him to believe that Islam was woven into the US from the beginning.

I wonder if his time studying constitutional law at Harvard convinced that there is no separation between Church and State in the USA…

71 goddamnedfrank  Feb 22, 2015 3:12:40pm

I was going to let this one slide, but it’s indicative of his entire psychopathology:

Bloom is a petty thief, liar, sexual extortionist, saboteur and manipulative con man. He doctors both footage and crime scene physical evidence, actively obstructs justice, purposefully injures his rivals, engages in violent assault, and commits a depraved indifference murder.

But he is rewarded for all of this, so of course Chuck sees him as a hero.

72 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 3:14:03pm

Approved Presidential Qualifier

73 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 3:14:34pm

re: #60 #FergusonFireside

He so casually shits on Jews with that statement.

Not to mention Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus!

74 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 3:16:24pm

re: #73 bratwurst

Not to mention Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus!

And atheists.

75 Skip Intro  Feb 22, 2015 3:16:52pm

re: #58 BeachDem

These are serious people?

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I would puke my guts out if any reporter asked that idiotic question of the President.

Why doesn’t Erick ask each Republican candidate that? Only seems fair.

76 Skip Intro  Feb 22, 2015 3:18:27pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

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Swell. Now some group of assholes is going to try to do it.

77 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 3:18:31pm

I remember growing up in the South the chorus of you must accept Jesus as your lord and savior bullying.

It still exists.

78 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 3:19:43pm

re: #77 #FergusonFireside

I remember growing up in the South the chorus of you must accept Jesus as your lord and savior bullying.

It still exists.

They’ve been mishearing it all these years. It’s not Jesus.

It’s Hey! Zeus! /

79 blueraven  Feb 22, 2015 3:20:30pm

More Media Milkshake

Investigative reporter Ken Silverstein has resigned from First Look Media’s The Intercept after 14 months, saying he and others were hired “under what were essentially false pretenses [by being] told we would be given all the financial and other support we needed to do independent,inter important journalism, but instead found ourselves blocked at every step of the way by management’s incompetence and bad faith.

80 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 3:21:25pm

OT, trying something kinda new. Cooking a chicken breast swathed in jerk rub. Then going to cube it & mix with white beans, chicken broth, spinach & lime. Some kind of stew/soup will occur. It will feed me 1/2 the week.

81 subterraneanhomesickalien  Feb 22, 2015 3:21:31pm

re: #71 goddamnedfrank

I don’t know if he’s just being ironic here or not, but I assume this is the same attitude among those who watch films like A Clockwork Orange and think that the rape scene and psychological torture scenes in the movie theater are hilarious.

82 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 3:22:00pm

Abraham Lincoln was brought up by Baptist parents and occasionally attended Presbyterian churches in Springfield and Washington. He was married by an Episcopal minister. However, he never joined a church during his life. He sporadically attended services with his wife; she was a church member, and he was not.

rogerjnorton.com

83 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 3:23:00pm

re: #74 CuriousLurker

And atheists.

I have a beanstalk.
You’re all welcome to use it.
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84 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 3:24:02pm

It’s a little known fact — maybe because I just made it up — that the Academy presents internet awards before the main event…

86 subterraneanhomesickalien  Feb 22, 2015 3:25:18pm

By the way Jake Gyllenhaal got hosed this year at the Oscars.

Probably the best actor working not named Day-Lewis or Fiennes right now.

87 goddamnedfrank  Feb 22, 2015 3:25:30pm

re: #81 subterraneanhomesickalien

I don’t know if he’s just being ironic here or not, but I assume this is the same attitude among those who watch films like A Clockwork Orange and think that the rape scene and psychological torture scenes in the movie theater are hilarious.

He would do every.single.thing Gyllenhaal does in the film, as long as he thought he could get away with it. I have no doubt at all about this.

88 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 3:26:18pm

re: #77 #FergusonFireside

I remember growing up in the South the chorus of you must accept Jesus as your lord and savior bullying.

It still exists.

It still happens with the door-to-door proselytizers. They’re pretty presumptuous, so I presumptuously tell them I’m not interested, and close the door, just as I would any other unsolicited sales persons.

89 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 3:27:20pm
90 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 3:30:04pm

re: #86 subterraneanhomesickalien

By the way Jake Gyllenhaal got hosed this year at the Oscars.

Probably the best actor working not named Day-Lewis or Fiennes right now.

Yes, wassup with that? Nightcrawler was definitely one of the best flicks of the year, and Jake — who grew up not far from where I live and remains a neighborhood guy — was terrific in it. Some might say it was too dark, but they’d be forgetting the Silence of The Lambs’s Oscar sweep.

91 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 3:30:05pm

Speaking of atheists, have y’all seen this site, the Freedom from Atheism Foundation (FFAF)? Yes, seriously—this persecution of Christians must stop.

From their home page:

Welcome to the official website of the Freedom From Atheism Foundation (FFAF)! Our organisation exists in order to raise awareness of militant atheism and atheist atrocities around the world. In addition, we seek to stand for religious freedom on a global scale. The Freedom From Atheism Foundation holds firm in its faith in God and defends the rights of those whose religious liberty is infringed upon. Through our social media, victims of militant atheism are free to share their experiences without fear of harassment. We have over 300,000 fans on Facebook and growing. Why don’t you like us? Members of all faiths are welcome! […]

donotlink.com

It goes on to talk about Communism, Russia the USSR, and France’s Reign of Terror during which “ceremonies which substituted the leaders of the Revolution for Christian martyrs” leading to a “pogrom of dechristianisation”.

I just… O_o

92 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 22, 2015 3:30:50pm

‘nuf said:

93 Kid A  Feb 22, 2015 3:31:39pm
94 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 3:31:43pm

Rottweilers, and not that far from here, just up the road about 15 min. Haven’t heard anything more on TV; no info, except there were 2 boys.

At least 1 boy airlifted to hospital after being mauled by dogs in Newton, NC, authorities say - @wcnc
end of alert.

95 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 3:32:25pm

re: #91 CuriousLurker

Heh.

Most people think this page is nonsense

In one click, how would you describe this ffafintl.org page or article?

96 Khal Wimpo  Feb 22, 2015 3:32:28pm

Meanwhile, flying around the wingnutosphere at supersonic speed, the Politico piece by a general about Obama’s plan to defang ISIS. Shorter: give us a blank check, allow us to mount coups against the Saudis and Turks, and prepare for 30 years of war. Oh yeah, and bring back the draft.

If you have a particularly strong stomach, scroll down to the comments. The anti-war side has been hijacked by Russia Today trolls, screeching about Zionist-controlled media enslaving white Americans into funding Israel’s wars of aggression.

When the hell did the anti-neocon ideology somehow become a hiding place for frickin’ racist shitbags?

97 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 3:33:51pm

re: #95 Varek Raith

Heh.

Not that old “militant atheism” schtick. Fools, please.

98 electrotek  Feb 22, 2015 3:34:02pm

I think Muslim organizations need to be held accountable for inviting Glenn Greenwald as well. How can they invite a douchebag that has no problem accepting invitations from the same people that demonize Muslims on a regular basis?

99 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 3:34:59pm

Am I really that scary???
Guys?
Gals?

100 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 3:35:12pm

re: #93 Kid A

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Needz moar OxyContin, Vicodin, Lorcet, Coors Light, etc. etc. etc.

101 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 3:36:08pm

re: #99 Varek Raith

Am I really that scary???
Guys?
Gals?

You’re terrifying. //

102 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 3:36:34pm

Haha, nice. Anyone going to watch the yawn fest of the year?

Editor’s note: We’re beginning our coverage of the 2015 Academy Awards. To skip updates, hit the mute button or alert the ‘2015 Academy Awards’ arc to receive push notifications when the award ceremony begins. - Jillian
end of note

103 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 3:36:57pm

re: #101 CuriousLurker

You’re terrifying. //

Reading that site, it’s like I was StalinHitlerMao or something.
Yeesh.

104 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 3:42:07pm

re: #103 Varek Raith

Reading that site, it’s like I was StalinHitlerMao or something.
Yeesh.

Correction: StalinHitlerMaoObama. //

105 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 3:43:13pm

re: #65 Gus

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I know I formed all of my geopolitical views between 1st and 4th grade. Jeff Duncan, on the other hand, spent those years eating paste and learning how to tie his shoes. Another stellar representative from South Carolina. (Too small for a republic, too big for an insane asylum.)

106 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 3:47:00pm

The Oscars, Dystopian Movies, And How Hollywood Really Treats Climate Change

thinkprogress.org

107 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 3:48:46pm

And the award for baddest Aussie since Robert Hughes drank his first pint goes to…
…

108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 3:49:56pm

I say keep pushing and pushing and attacking and attacking and exposing O’Reilly’s lies until we get revenge for the Kerning Kommandos™ bullshit takedown of Dan Rather, whose toilet they aren’t fit to clean with their tongues.

109 sagehen  Feb 22, 2015 3:49:59pm

re: #102 Justanotherhuman

Haha, nice. Anyone going to watch the yawn fest of the year?

Editor’s note: We’re beginning our coverage of the 2015 Academy Awards. To skip updates, hit the mute button or alert the ‘2015 Academy Awards’ arc to receive push notifications when the award ceremony begins. - Jillian
end of note

I’m really looking forward to NPH’s song-and-dance numbers; the rest of the show I could do without. (I also care about the dresses, but those will be better in screenshots tomorrow morning).

110 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 3:52:03pm

re: #102 Justanotherhuman

Haha, nice. Anyone going to watch the yawn fest of the year?

Editor’s note: We’re beginning our coverage of the 2015 Academy Awards. To skip updates, hit the mute button or alert the ‘2015 Academy Awards’ arc to receive push notifications when the award ceremony begins. - Jillian
end of note

I watch it every year.

111 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 3:52:03pm

re: #108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I say keep pushing and pushing and attacking and attacking and exposing O’Reilly’s lies until we get revenge for the Kerning KommandosTM bullshit takedown of Dan Rather, whose toilet they aren’t fit to clean with their tongues.

I think you’re in the wrong place.

112 Timothy Watson  Feb 22, 2015 3:52:06pm
The day one of Louisiana’s levee boards filed an environmental damages lawsuit against 97 oil and gas companies, which would become the biggest issue during the last legislative session, Gov. Bobby Jindal issued a scathing response — from Aspen, Colorado.

His first in-depth comments about what impact the collapse of the price of oil was having on the state’s already beleaguered budget came while he was in Washington, D.C.

It should come as little surprise that the state’s business often is conducted from outside Louisiana’s borders.

Jindal, who is flirting with a presidential run, spent about 165 days — or 45 percent — of 2014 in places other than Louisiana. In 2013, he was gone about 74 days.

theneworleansadvocate.com

113 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 3:53:04pm

re: #108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I say keep pushing and pushing and attacking and attacking and exposing O’Reilly’s lies until we get revenge for the Kerning KommandosTM bullshit takedown of Dan Rather, whose toilet they aren’t fit to clean with their tongues.

Please say you’re missing a sarc tag there…

114 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 3:55:03pm

re: #113 TedStriker

Please say you’re missing a sarc tag there…

I’m wondering about that too.

If not, there is going to be one huge surprise coming up.

115 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 3:56:52pm

re: #113 TedStriker

Please say you’re missing a sarc tag there…

No sarc tag—that was 100% no-money-back, spun-glass bullshit from start to finish.

116 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 3:59:20pm

re: #115 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

No sarc tag—that was 100% no-money-back, spun-glass bullshit from start to finish.

Ahem…

littlegreenfootballs.com

littlegreenfootballs.com!

As LGF’s resident Renaissance Man, Charles knows quite a bit about computer fonts.

He later co-founded CodeHead Technologies,[2] which marketed productivity and desktop publishing software (mostly hand-coded in assembly language) for the Atari ST computer. In 2001, Johnson founded a web design firm called “Little Green Footballs” with his brother Michael. Little Green Footballs began as a testbed on the company’s website.

117 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 4:01:30pm
118 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 4:01:33pm

re: #116 TedStriker

Ahem…

littlegreenfootballs.com

This may be funny.

119 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 4:01:47pm

NOT AT ALL SURPRISED THAT THE HOLLYWOOD ELITE SNUBBED THIS MASTERPIECE!!!!1!!

120 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 4:05:10pm

re: #119 De Kolta Chair

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NOT AT ALL SURPRISED THAT THE HOLLYWOOD ELITE SNUBBED THIS MASTERPIECE!!!!1!!

KIRK CAMERON GOES TO CHURCH A LOT, HE SHOULD BE PRESIDENT

121 Romantic Heretic  Feb 22, 2015 4:05:56pm

re: #17 HappyWarrior

He should have been canned from Fox years ago for being a fucking pervert.

A person is only a pervert if it happens on camera.

Or if said person is a liberal in which case no evidence is needed at all.

122 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 4:07:35pm

re: #120 b.d.

KIRK CAMERON GOES TO CHURCH A LOT, HE SHOULD BE PRESIDENT

CAMERON/CHENEY 2016!!!

123 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 4:10:55pm

re: #103 Varek Raith

Reading that site, it’s like I was StalinHitlerMao or something.
Yeesh.

Indeed. You wouldn’t believe how I happened upon it.

I was looking at Malcom X’s biography over at Amazon and went to see who had written the 1-star reviews. Reading them I found something familiar:

Truth Revolt? As in Ben Shapiro, Breitbart Truth Revolt?

So I clicked on “See all my reviews,” and found this. Yep, that looked about right for an outfit sympathetic to Geller.

Clicking on his “Public Wish List” gave me his name, which I googled including “truth revolt” as keywords. That led me back to Amazon and a discussion indicating that he was also the author of a book critical of atheism. It also led me to this article on a Christian site. That, in turn, obviously led me to FFAF where. if you look under Resources > Books, you’ll find his book.

It’s crazy how the wingnut crap spreads its tentacles everywhere. That’s why I started cataloging name & orgs and polishing my Google Fu.

There are little threads all over the place, so whenever I see one I immediately begin pulling on it to see where it leads.

Kinda crazy I know, but the first half of my nic is Curious…

124 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 4:11:12pm

Evening Lizardim.

125 Skip Intro  Feb 22, 2015 4:13:11pm

re: #117 The Vicious Babushka

I now think Erick’s question should be the first one asked at the GOP debates. No wiggle room. Just a straight yes or no. Erick needs to bring this up at CPAC.

Let’s just get it out of the way early, so we don’t have any more Muslim communist antichrists as president.

126 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 4:14:19pm

re: #123 CuriousLurker

It’s Curious, yes. And it serves you well mostly.

But negative comments on a Malcolm X subject? Ah hell no.

But again, you have way more info at your fingertips than I. Because of your curiosity.

127 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 22, 2015 4:14:40pm

re: #82 b.d.

rogerjnorton.com

well, everyone knows that Lincoln was a RINO…

128 Romantic Heretic  Feb 22, 2015 4:16:09pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

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So that’s how the infamous ‘Trumpets of Doom’ work.

129 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 4:17:13pm

Has anyone following this seen any of the principals of C4? Think any of them have the guts to come back to the US just in case of a win? Naw.

Oscar nominees for best documentary feature are ‘CitizenFour,’ ‘Finding Vivian Maier,’ ‘Last Days in Vietnam,’ ‘The Salt of the Earth’ and ‘Virunga’ - @AP
end of alert

130 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 4:18:19pm

re: #122 De Kolta Chair

CAMERON/CHENEY 2016!!!

Liz, Mary or Dick?

131 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 4:20:30pm

re: #130 b.d.

Liz, Mary or Dick?

Yes.

132 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 4:21:09pm

re: #126 #FergusonFireside

It’s Curious, yes. And it serves you well mostly.

But negative comments on a Malcolm X subject? Ah hell no.

But again, you have way more info at your fingertips than I. Because of your curiosity.

I always read the negative reviews on books that involve Islam, Judaism, politics, history, etc. You often learn more about the books from the negative reactions than from the positive ones.

For other stuff, like electronics or software or whatever, I usually go elsewhere for reviews and don’t pay much attention to the ones at Amazon because some of them are so stupid it sets my hair on fire, heh.

133 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 4:23:04pm

re: #132 CuriousLurker

I always read the negative reviews on books that involve Islam, Judaism, politics, history, etc. You often learn more about the books from the negative reactions than from the positive ones.

For other stuff, like electronics or software or whatever, I usually go elsewhere for reviews and don’t pay much attention to the ones at Amazon because some of them are so stupid it sets my hair on fire, heh.

That’s why I shave my head.

134 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 4:23:22pm

re: #132 CuriousLurker

I gotcha. You and Gus can track it back quickly. And we are all grateful for the knowledge. I just can’t do it.

135 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 22, 2015 4:24:47pm

re: #94 Justanotherhuman

Rottweilers, and not that far from here, just up the road about 15 min. Haven’t heard anything more on TV; no info, except there were 2 boys.

At least 1 boy airlifted to hospital after being mauled by dogs in Newton, NC, authorities say - @wcnc
end of alert.

Could have easily been chihuahuas or dachshunds.

136 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 4:26:36pm

re: #132 CuriousLurker

For when I get out and about on racial issues. Or if I figure I’ll need donotlink I put these on…

‘Net Comment Safety Glasses
137 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 4:33:13pm

re: #133 b_sharp

That’s why I shave my head.

re: #136 Great White Snark

For when I get out and about on racial issues. Or if I figure I’ll need donotlink I put these on…

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LOL

138 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 4:34:11pm

I am reminded just how horrible some humans on the Internet really are, and how often I don’t speak about things because I know where I wouldn’t be able to deal with it.

And then I get to watch people say that other women are lying about the harassment they face and just trying to be professional victims. And I really have to wonder what world they’re living in.

139 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 4:34:30pm

I just may have to watch Virunga on Netflix tonight.

140 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 22, 2015 4:40:14pm

Got up to 36F today before heading back to the deep freeze the rest of the week.

One of the kittehs was batting something on the kitchen floor with occasional pouncing involved.

A FREAKING WASP!!11!!

WTFeckingF???

I caught the stinging monster wasp and threw it outside into an icy snowbank, where it became immediately paralyzed…

141 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 4:40:52pm

I am rooting for JK Simmons so hard. Haven’t seen Whiplash (reviews are awesome) but that guy is a journeyman actor. He really deserves it.

Oh and I was a Law & Order addict.

142 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 4:41:40pm

re: #138 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I am reminded just how horrible some humans on the Internet really are, and how often I don’t speak about things because I know where I wouldn’t be able to deal with it.

And then I get to watch people say that other women are lying about the harassment they face and just trying to be professional victims. And I really have to wonder what world they’re living in.

They’re living in a world ruled by fear and hatred, and the only thing they know is that everyone and everything is out to get them. I’m branding it “Dark Christianity” and it mixes the worst parts of having a hero complex and a martyr complex - you think that you are the most important thing in the universe because Jesus, but that means that you have to suffer through a world filled with unspeakable evil, all of which is out to steal your “joy”.

143 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 4:43:04pm

re: #142 thedopefishlives

They’re living in a world ruled by fear and hatred, and the only thing they know is that everyone and everything is out to get them. I’m branding it “Dark Christianity” and it mixes the worst parts of having a hero complex and a martyr complex - you think that you are the most important thing in the universe because Jesus, but that means that you have to suffer through a world filled with unspeakable evil, all of which is out to steal your “joy”.

It’s not just limited to Christians though. See MRAs and the whole Gamergate mess.

144 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 4:44:05pm

I don’t know if anyone has posted this disappointing postscript to the story of the Muslims protecting the Oslo synagogue:

The man who organised a Muslim ‘human shield’ to protect a synagogue blamed Jews for 9/11

Yes, he claims to have moderated his views in the past few years…but the feel good story of the month unfortunately feels a little less good.

I feel the same way I did when I found out the hilarious “rent is too damn high” blames Jews for the fact that…uh…the rent is too damn high.

145 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 4:44:10pm

Anyway, I am watching the Sharks game from Thursday to cheer up after watching them lose yesterday (ugh). The husband tried to see if we could get tickets and that completely condemned them.

146 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 4:46:54pm

Also, looking through cross stitch patterns. This one is gorgeous.

147 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 4:48:19pm

Well experiencing first hand what happens when a misfire flu shot meets the flu. So far feels light. Pondering minute clinic and Tamiflu. Got nothing done this weekend but lurk, channel surf and nap/

148 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 4:48:23pm

re: #144 bratwurst

I don’t know if anyone has posted this disappointing postscript to the story of the Muslims protecting the Oslo synagogue:

The man who organised a Muslim ‘human shield’ to protect a synagogue blamed Jews for 9/11

Yes, he claims to have moderated his views in the past few years…but the feel good story of the month unfortunately feels a little less good.

I feel the same way I did when I found out the hilarious “rent is too damn high” blames Jews for the fact that…uh…the rent is too damn high.

I’ll take the new him, over the old him.

149 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 4:49:39pm

re: #144 bratwurst

I don’t know if anyone has posted this disappointing postscript to the story of the Muslims protecting the Oslo synagogue:

The man who organised a Muslim ‘human shield’ to protect a synagogue blamed Jews for 9/11

Yes, he claims to have moderated his views in the past few years…but the feel good story of the month unfortunately feels a little less good.

I feel the same way I did when I found out the hilarious “rent is too damn high” blames Jews for the fact that…uh…the rent is too damn high.

People change.

150 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 4:50:33pm

re: #149 b_sharp

People change.

I used to be an AGW denier.
:/

151 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 4:51:54pm

re: #150 Varek Raith

I used to be an AGW denier.
:/

But you got better, so it’s ok.

152 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 4:52:40pm

For tv watchers who don’t give a flying fig about the Oscars, TCM is airing John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King at the top of the hour. Grand fun.

153 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 4:53:15pm

re: #147 Great White Snark

Well experiencing first hand what happens when a misfire flu shot meets the flu. So far feels light. Pondering minute clinic and Tamiflu. Got nothing done this weekend but lurk, channel surf and nap/

Tamiflu works, making you feel better almost right away (at least it did for The Munchkin who was diagnosed with “Flu Type A”). Although it’s expensive as hell if you don’t have ins. If you get it, have them flavor it w/cherry or something because they say the taste is crap straight.

Don’t know why I didn’t catch flu from him, but whatever. : )

154 Belafon  Feb 22, 2015 4:53:31pm

re: #144 bratwurst

I don’t know if anyone has posted this disappointing postscript to the story of the Muslims protecting the Oslo synagogue:

The man who organised a Muslim ‘human shield’ to protect a synagogue blamed Jews for 9/11

Yes, he claims to have moderated his views in the past few years…but the feel good story of the month unfortunately feels a little less good.

I feel the same way I did when I found out the hilarious “rent is too damn high” blames Jews for the fact that…uh…the rent is too damn high.

He did organize the shield and got a whole lot of people to participate. He moved in the direction we hope other people would and, like the Jesus from a religion I don’t follow would say, his works show a lot more than the speeches people like Erick give.

155 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 4:55:46pm

My soup (turned out more like soup than stew) was so fricking excellent. Yay me. My next bowl in an hour will be better.

156 Thanos  Feb 22, 2015 4:57:07pm

Wow. I’m watching the 60 mins story on Bob Simon, and then contrasting with the Bill O’Reilly bullshit. O’Reilly can’t hold a candle to Bob, indeed he’s not even 1/10,000th of the report that Simon was.

Some people have such a resume they don’t need to brag or embellish, and to see the snarking weasletry of O’Reilly in contrast to Bob Simon’s body of work and everyday humility will really put things in perspective. I recommend that everyone watch that report on demand or at cbs.com when you get the time.

157 Justanotherhuman  Feb 22, 2015 4:57:28pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm…it’s only Hollywood. : )

158 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 4:58:18pm

re: #150 Varek Raith

I used to be an AGW denier.
:/

So did I. I used to hold a lot of rather abominable beliefs. You can probably still find vestiges of nasty old posts here on LGF.

159 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 4:58:34pm

re: #155 #FergusonFireside

My soup (turned out more like soup than stew) was so fricking excellent. Yay me. My next bowl in an hour will be better.

It sounded good. I’ve got a kind of soup/chili I make with chicken or turkey and every legume known to man. May be about that time.

160 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 4:58:49pm

re: #148 #FergusonFireside

I’ll take the new him, over the old him.

re: #149 b_sharp

People change.

re: #154 Belafon

He did organize the shield and got a whole lot of people to participate. He moved in the direction we hope other people would and, like the Jesus from a religion I don’t follow would say, his works show a lot more than the speeches people like Erick give.

Totally agree. I wouldn’t say that previously espousing a despicable view makes his actions last week any less virtuous. However, just disappointing when someone (especially someone who does something heroic) displays a big genetic marker for insanity like that.

161 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 5:00:16pm

re: #158 thedopefishlives

So did I. I used to hold a lot of rather abominable beliefs. You can probably still find vestiges of nasty old posts here on LGF.

I have a lot more respect for people who looked at their positions, thought about things, and realized they were wrong versus those who double down repeatedly and pretend that they have an open mind.

162 Belafon  Feb 22, 2015 5:01:32pm

re: #160 bratwurst

How do you deal with blogs where their owners change positions on things?

163 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:02:32pm

re: #160 bratwurst

My first thought, and dog I admit to be an apologist, is that people when assaulted with the sights of 911 lost their shit. Tried everything to make it not them. Or someone else.

The difference is changing that incorrect thought.

I hope he is not smeared for this action.

164 PhillyPretzel  Feb 22, 2015 5:02:37pm

re: #152 De Kolta Chair

Another suggestion is PBS and Downton Abbey. :)

165 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 5:02:42pm

re: #141 #FergusonFireside

I am rooting for JK Simmons so hard. Haven’t seen Whiplash (reviews are awesome) but that guy is a journeyman actor. He really deserves it.

Oh and I was a Law & Order addict.

I love him as well—Burn After Reading—small part, but the best lines in the movie.

166 Timothy Watson  Feb 22, 2015 5:03:16pm

re: #158 thedopefishlives

So did I. I used to hold a lot of rather abominable beliefs. You can probably still find vestiges of nasty old posts here on LGF.

As someone who used to listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and voted straight Republican for a number of years, I’m a bit willing to forgive people for prior asinine beliefs.

167 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:03:30pm

re: #162 Belafon

How do you deal with blogs where their owners change positions on things?

He’s a member here.

168 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:04:17pm

re: #150 Varek Raith

I used to be an AGW denier.
:/

Now you’re just weird.

169 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 5:06:08pm

re: #168 b_sharp

Now you’re just weird.

You’re now realizing this???

170 electrotek  Feb 22, 2015 5:06:24pm

re: #144 bratwurst

I don’t know if anyone has posted this disappointing postscript to the story of the Muslims protecting the Oslo synagogue:

The man who organised a Muslim ‘human shield’ to protect a synagogue blamed Jews for 9/11

Yes, he claims to have moderated his views in the past few years…but the feel good story of the month unfortunately feels a little less good.

I feel the same way I did when I found out the hilarious “rent is too damn high” blames Jews for the fact that…uh…the rent is too damn high.

If we’re going to hold people accountable who repented, then by that logic, wouldn’t we hold our very own Charles accountable for how this site was during the Bush Admin years?

I thought we believe in redemption? Come on man, don’t be cynical about this.

171 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:07:30pm

re: #169 Varek Raith

You’re now realizing this???

No.

172 electrotek  Feb 22, 2015 5:08:23pm

re: #156 Thanos

Wow. I’m watching the 60 mins story on Bob Simon, and then contrasting with the Bill O’Reilly bullshit. O’Reilly can’t hold a candle to Bob, indeed he’s not even 1/10,000th of the report that Simon was.

Some people have such a resume they don’t need to brag or embellish, and to see the snarking weasletry of O’Reilly in contrast to Bob Simon’s body of work and everyday humility will really put things in perspective. I recommend that everyone watch that report on demand or at cbs.com when you get the time.

I’m watching his report on Srebrenica right now, and holy crap, if I ever meet ANY douchebag who has the nerve to deny what happened in Srebrenica, I wouldn’t hesitate to punch the Srebrenica deniers in the face.

173 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:08:34pm

Walk toward the light and you will eventually end up here.

174 BigPapa  Feb 22, 2015 5:08:38pm

Laura Marling: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

1 girl + 1 guitar = 11 minutes of awesomeness

175 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 5:09:08pm

re: #173 b_sharp

Walk toward the light and you will eventually end up here.

Or get hit by a train.

176 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 5:09:35pm

Dammit.

177 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:09:59pm

re: #166 Timothy Watson

As someone who used to listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and voted straight Republican for a number of years, I’m a bit willing to forgive people for prior asinine beliefs.

I never did get into Hannity, but I was even a subscriber to Rush for a few years. Immediately prior to finding LGF, as a matter of fact.

178 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:10:10pm

re: #173 b_sharp

Walk toward the light and you will eventually end up here.

Don’t follow the lights!

179 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 5:11:59pm

Something to watch for this week is the GOP in Congress trying to find someone who will “prove” that NASA and the climatologists for the government were making stuff up about global warming. They’re all on about how adjusting and zeroing out effects of buildings that affect taking readings somehow distorts or increases temperatures.

Yet, the numbers are coming in from all over the world, from different sources, and they corroborate each other.

Warmer and warmer. Even with the cold snap in the East Coast, it’s still warmer for the planet. Again.

180 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:12:31pm

Bratwurst is totally a good guy. Pls don’t pile on for his reposting of something crappy.

I’ll go out on a rope and say his intentions are pure.

(2 old school sayings in one sentence. heh)

181 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:13:28pm

re: #179 lawhawk

They use a photo of Al Gore. Story Disqualified.

182 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 5:15:39pm

Not sure how anyone could draw distrust of ANYONE who EVER had a serious change of heart out of what I posted. I will repeat again that I absolutely salute this man’s actions of last week. I just find that particular point of view he seemed to hold as recently as 2009 ESPECIALLY repugnant.

183 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 5:16:29pm

re: #180 #FergusonFireside

Bratwurst is totally a good guy. Pls don’t pile on for his reposting of something crappy.

I’ll go out on a rope and say his intentions are pure.

(2 old school sayings in one sentence. heh)

Okay.
I’ll throw these tomatoes at you then.
/:P

184 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:17:00pm
185 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:19:35pm

re: #179 lawhawk

Something to watch for this week is the GOP in Congress trying to find someone who will “prove” that NASA and the climatologists for the government were making stuff up about global warming. They’re all on about how adjusting and zeroing out effects of buildings that affect taking readings somehow distorts or increases temperatures.

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Warmer and warmer. Even with the cold snap in the East Coast, it’s still warmer for the planet. Again.

The method for adjusting the temps to better reflect accurate readings was determined decades ago and published in at least one journal. Why are they just discovering this now?

This is like those idiots Anthony Watts and Joseph D’Aleo who published an article that was evidence only that they don’t understand anomalies and elevation adjustments.

186 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:20:03pm

I guess I’ve never experienced a Sage. He is one. I love twitter.

187 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:21:17pm

That was fun. I just spent more than an hour trying to get my Mac Pro to start up. Finally had to start up in “single user mode” by holding Command-S while booting, then run fsck -fy. Somehow the boot information got hammered - possibly because we had a power glitch in the neighborhood a little while ago.

I wasn’t too worried because I have both a Time Machine backup and a nightly clone backup to an external drive. But what a hassle.

188 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:21:56pm
189 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 22, 2015 5:21:56pm

re: #178 thedopefishlives

Don’t follow the lights!

But there are three of them!

190 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 5:22:58pm

re: #189 Feline Fearless Leader

But there are three of them!

There are four lights!

/(Trekkie moment)

191 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:23:06pm

re: #184 Charles Johnson

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Poor UpChuck. Even Twitter doesn’t take him seriously.

192 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:24:38pm

re: #182 bratwurst

Not sure how anyone could draw distrust of ANYONE who EVER had a serious change of heart out of what I posted. I will repeat again that I absolutely salute this man’s actions of last week. I just find that particular point of view he seemed to hold as recently as 2009 ESPECIALLY repugnant.

We aren’t attacking you. We’re just hoping to get you to reflect a bit further knowing that you’re open to adjusting your opinion based on rational thought.

Around here an attack is a bit more,… nasty.

193 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:25:26pm

re: #192 b_sharp

We aren’t attacking you. We’re just hoping to get you to reflect a bit further knowing that you’re open to adjusting your opinion based on rational thought.

Around here an attack is a bit more,… nasty.

And something we traditionally reserve for beings who deserve it, like UpChuck and The Hypnowald and evil little dead-thread trolls.

194 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 5:25:42pm

re: #108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

until we get revenge for the Kerning KommandosTM bullshit takedown of Dan Rather

Wait, what?

195 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:25:57pm

re: #189 Feline Fearless Leader

But there are three of them!

You’re about to be well trained.

196 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 5:26:49pm

re: #115 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

No sarc tag—that was 100% no-money-back, spun-glass bullshit from start to finish.

No.

197 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 5:28:14pm

re: #144 bratwurst

People change. The heartening thing about the whole circle of Muslims coming out to protect a shul in Norway is that they got how many fellow Muslims? More than 1,000. I’d say that’s a step in the right direction. That means that the sentiment was shared by more than a few fellow Muslims, regardless of what they may have believed years before. It’s something that can be built upon for the future. It shows at least there’s hope in some corners of the globe for coexistence and cooperation in the face of hate.

With time comes perspective.

198 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 5:28:42pm

re: #190 Targetpractice

There are four lights!

/(Trekkie moment)

But how many lens flares? /JJ Abrams

199 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:29:16pm
200 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 5:29:33pm

re: #198 lawhawk

But how many lens flares? /JJ Abrams

*Whack*

201 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:30:13pm
202 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:30:36pm

re: #194 The Vicious Babushka

I think he read up.

Gah, I guess I just want peace on the blog.

When I first joined, you earned your stripes by posting something obnoxious, or replying obnoxiously to a poster’s comment. Survival was if you could handle the blow back.

It was kinda interesting, hell, I tried. Some of you remember this right? It was rather antagonistic in the comments. Well, it was pretty RW, so there.

Now, I’m over it kumbaya.

203 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:31:02pm

re: #201 Charles Johnson

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Oh, UpChuck. Does your mother-in-law know what you do late at night in her basement? If not, she probably should, before it’s her front door that gets kicked down by The Man.

204 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 5:31:20pm

re: #201 Charles Johnson

Legalizing cocaine? How about crack? Oh wait…

205 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 5:31:30pm

re: #199 Charles Johnson

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If Chucky wants to see real news, he needs to take a trip across the pond, where publishing bullshit that you know to be false can get your ass fined or worse. Even the muckrakers of Britain’s tabloids have better journalistic chops than he does.

206 lawhawk  Feb 22, 2015 5:31:58pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

What does his hot Asian wife think of his extracurricular activities? Or where his allowance goes? /

207 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:32:46pm

re: #206 lawhawk

What does his hot Asian wife think of his extracurricular activities? Or where his allowance goes? /

You think he keeps his hot Asian wife around because she thinks?

208 electrotek  Feb 22, 2015 5:33:10pm

re: #206 lawhawk

What does his hot Asian wife think of his extracurricular activities? Or where his allowance goes? /

Has he ever posted pics of this hot Asian wife of his for proof that she actually exists?

209 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 5:33:29pm

I am trying and trying and trying but I can’t seem to give a fuck about tonight’s Oscars.

210 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:33:31pm

re: #208 electrotek

Has he ever posted pics of this hot Asian wife of his for proof that she actually exists?

Mumble mumble something online enemies mumble.

;)

211 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 5:33:34pm

re: #192 b_sharp

We aren’t attacking you. We’re just hoping to get you to reflect a bit further knowing that you’re open to adjusting your opinion based on rational thought.

Around here an attack is a bit more,… nasty.

My reflection is that there are some opinions I find so offensive and beyond the pale of logic and reason I have a harder time accepting a change of heart on them than others. I think pretty much everyone would, upon reflection, agree.

212 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 5:33:50pm

re: #202 #FergusonFireside

I think he read up.

Gah, I guess I just want peace on the blog.

When I first joined, you earned your stripes by posting something obnoxious, or replying obnoxiously to a poster’s comment. Survival was if you could handle the blow back.

It was kinda interesting, hell, I tried. Some of you remember this right? It was rather antagonistic in the comments. Well, it was pretty RW, so there.

Now, I’m over it kumbaya.

…

213 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:34:38pm

re: #209 The Vicious Babushka

I am trying and trying and trying but I can’t seem to give a fuck about tonight’s Oscars.

I haven’t given a fuck about the Oscars for a long, long time. I have even less reason to watch this year because Glenn Greenwald might pop up on camera, preening and smirking.

214 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:35:00pm
215 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:35:53pm

re: #202 #FergusonFireside

The culture here underwent a rather remarkable change during and after Charles’s public split with the rabid right wing. Mostly because those holdovers who weren’t able to get through their heads that Islam is not our enemy quickly wound up getting themselves banned for the offense of spewing derploads of hatred.

216 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 5:36:17pm

re: #211 bratwurst

My reflection is that there are some opinions I find so offensive and beyond the pale of logic and reason I have a harder time accepting a change of heart on them than others. I think pretty much everyone would, upon reflection, agree.

I would not necessarily trust words alone, but I am willing to give people the chance to put actions into practice - and if their actions are consistent with the change of heart, I am willing to give them credit for it.

Your mileage may vary.

217 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 5:37:40pm

re: #216 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I would not necessarily trust words alone, but I am willing to give people the chance to put actions into practice - and if their actions are consistent with the change of heart, I am willing to give them credit for it.

Your mileage may vary.

Well put, thanks.

218 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 5:38:06pm

re: #214 Charles Johnson

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Greenwald is in the US? I thought that the evil tyrant Obama would lock Glenn up if he dared to touch US soil?

219 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 5:39:09pm

re: #213 Charles Johnson

I haven’t given a fuck about the Oscars for a long, long time. I have even less reason to watch this year because Glenn Greenwald might pop up on camera, preening and smirking.

I did not know that the Biggest Douche In The Universe Award was in Hollywood this year.
southpark.cc.com

220 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:39:16pm

re: #211 bratwurst

My reflection is that there are some opinions I find so offensive and beyond of pale of logic and reason I have a harder time accepting a change of heart on them than others. I think pretty much everyone would, upon reflection, agree.

I’m a practicing Christian. By definition, I’m inclined to give people another chance. I let God reserve final judgement. Not to say I always trust everybody, but that doesn’t mean I can’t continue to extend them grace.

221 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:40:22pm

re: #202 #FergusonFireside

I think he read up.

Gah, I guess I just want peace on the blog.

When I first joined, you earned your stripes by posting something obnoxious, or replying obnoxiously to a poster’s comment. Survival was if you could handle the blow back.

It was kinda interesting, hell, I tried. Some of you remember this right? It was rather antagonistic in the comments. Well, it was pretty RW, so there.

Now, I’m over it kumbaya.

I joined a week after you did, and my first comment of note was a critique of Albusteve, so yes I remember well.

The occasional friction is expected and won’t hurt the place. We’ve learned, for the most part, how to resolve conflict.

222 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:42:30pm

JK Simmons won.

Oh yeah.

223 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:43:35pm

Award show Twitter is the most boring Twitter.

224 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 5:44:12pm

re: #223 Charles Johnson

Award show Twitter is the most boring Twitter.

Needs more Greenwald.

225 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 5:45:10pm

re: #221 b_sharp

I joined a week after you did, and my first comment of note was a critique of Albusteve, so yes I remember well.

I was called an “O-bot” and other things more disparaging by this individual during my first week here (shortly before yours). When I reminded him of this a year or two later as he was lecturing someone else on the evils of name calling, he assured me I had deserved it because I didn’t seem to be “friendly enough”.

This place is a LOT better than it used to be. That is why I recently subscribed for the first time.

226 Stephen T.  Feb 22, 2015 5:46:08pm

re: #201 Charles Johnson

Apparently Chuckles has never heard about how Portugal decriminalized all drugs.

227 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 5:46:37pm

re: #222 #FergusonFireside

JK Simmons won.

Oh yeah.

Yeah—cute speech too. Now I can switch over to Downton Abbey.

228 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:48:09pm
229 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:50:09pm

re: #225 bratwurst

I was called an “O-bot” and other things more disparaging by this individual during my first week here (shortly before yours). When I reminded him of this a year or two later as he was lecturing someone else on the evils of name calling, he assured me I had deserved it because I didn’t seem to be “friendly enough”.

This place is a LOT better than it used to be. That is why I recently subscribed for the first time.

If I pull a derp out of my ass, and act like a shit, I’d rather do it here than elsewhere. I know I’ll get called on it, and forgiven, quickly.

230 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:50:56pm
231 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 5:51:28pm

I can always tell which of my kids allow their kids to watch TV and movies, and which limit their kids TV & movie watching.

My grandkids who watch TV/movies ask for branded Disney shit for their birthday.

My grandkids who don’t watch TV/movies ask for arts & crafts or science stuff for their birthday.

232 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 22, 2015 5:51:37pm

Sorry if already posted, but this is just so great. Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas got the Razzie for the worst POS this past year.

cnn.com

233 electrotek  Feb 22, 2015 5:51:58pm

As long as American Sniper doesn’t win Best Picture, I’m okay with it.

234 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 5:53:57pm

re: #233 electrotek

As long as American Sniper doesn’t win Best Picture, I’m okay with it.

The Legion of Butthurt is going to go ballistic if it doesn’t—so we’ve got that going for us.

235 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:54:04pm

re: #225 bratwurst

I was called an “O-bot” and other things more disparaging by this individual during my first week here (shortly before yours). When I reminded him of this a year or two later as he was lecturing someone else on the evils of name calling, he assured me I had deserved it because I didn’t seem to be “friendly enough”.

This place is a LOT better than it used to be. That is why I recently subscribed for the first time.

I used to be much more patient and forgiving about people like that, and I really regret it. I learned some real lessons over the years, and one of them is that abusive commenters are like abusive spouses - you can’t believe them when they say they’re going to change. They don’t change. These are horribly dysfunctional, manipulative people. You just have to cut them out of your life, period.

I’m sorry that cretin did that to you.

236 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:54:47pm

re: #231 The Vicious Babushka

I can always tell which of my kids allow their kids to watch TV and movies, and which limit their kids TV & movie watching.

My grandkids who watch TV/movies ask for branded Disney shit for their birthday.

My grandkids who don’t watch TV/movies ask for arts & crafts or science stuff for their birthday.

Interesting, and obvious.

237 electrotek  Feb 22, 2015 5:55:38pm

re: #234 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The Legion of Butthurt is going to go ballistic if it doesn’t—so we’ve got that going for us.

That’s one of the reasons why I hope it doesn’t win.

Anything to piss the jingoistic chickenhawk neckbeard wingnuts off is acceptable in my book.

238 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:56:51pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

Interesting to look back though, this blog was a tough one to join. You had to have guts, and statements to back it up.

239 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 5:56:52pm

re: #233 electrotek

As long as American Sniper doesn’t win Best Picture, I’m okay with it.

AS winning Best Picture would be great just to be the perfect ironic counterbalance of Greenwald’s inevitable claim of how Laura’s Oscar (if she wins) is some sort of righteous do-gooder acknowledgment by the American people.

240 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 5:57:23pm

re: #238 #FergusonFireside

Interesting to look back though, this blog was a tough one to join. You had to have guts, and statements to back it up.

You also had to wait until registration was open.

241 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 5:57:32pm

I’m sure there will be a massive wingnut gloat fest if American Sniper wins.

242 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 5:57:44pm

re: #225 bratwurst

re: #233 electrotek

Can’t happen ‘cause they used a fake baby.
\

243 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 5:58:07pm

American Sniper’s going to win lots of awards tonight.

244 Joe Bacon  Feb 22, 2015 5:58:55pm

re: #96 Khal Wimpo

WOW, I read those Politico comments.

Utter insanity!!!!!!!!!!!

245 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 5:59:16pm

re: #240 b_sharp

You also had to wait until registration was open.

Thus my stupid nic. I love seagulls OK?

246 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 5:59:36pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

I used to be much more patient and forgiving about people like that, and I really regret it. I learned some real lessons over the years, and one of them is that abusive commenters are like abusive spouses - you can’t believe them when they say they’re going to change. They don’t change. These are horribly dysfunctional, manipulative people. You just have to cut them out of your life, period.

I’m sorry that cretin did that to you.

Thanks for saying that. I appreciate that moderating is difficult in general, and particularly in a case like his. I have had the misfortune of running across a few people like that to whom you naturally WANT to show the highest possible level of empathy…but ultimately cannot no matter how hard you try.

247 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 6:00:26pm

re: #238 #FergusonFireside

Interesting to look back though, this blog was a tough one to join. You had to have guts, and statements to back it up.

You still do, but now the gauntlet consists of people I’m proud to call my friends - not creationists and right wing loons indulging violent fantasies.

248 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:00:34pm

re: #245 #FergusonFireside

Thus my stupid nic. I love seagulls OK?

I love your stupid nic.

249 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:01:16pm

I’m thinking Grand Budapest might just take it.

250 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 6:01:49pm

re: #243 Charles Johnson

I just hope it wins or loses on honest cinematic judgement. Brad Cooper was just amazing in the depth of his transformation into Chris Kyle.

251 Joe Bacon  Feb 22, 2015 6:02:07pm

re: #119 De Kolta Chair

Hey, we RAZZIE members didn’t snub it!

We gave Kirk Cameron the RAZZING he deserves!

252 subterraneanhomesickalien  Feb 22, 2015 6:02:21pm

I was told I had a “small pud”, and repeatedly told I was a communist over and over again before I finally gave up commenting my first time on this site in 2008.

There were some miserable fucking assholes that ran the comment section here back then.

Fenway Nation, Mandy Manners, and a host of other troglodytes.

253 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:03:32pm

re: #250 Great White Snark

I just hope it wins or loses on honest cinematic judgement. Brad Cooper was just amazing in the depth of his transformation into Chris Kyle.

And, from what I heard, Eastwood directed it with his usual aplomb.

Doesn’t necessarily mean that I’d watch it, but Eastwood and Cooper are no slouches.

254 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 6:04:04pm

On moderation—almost relevant from Wonkette.

255 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:04:06pm

re: #252 subterraneanhomesickalien

I was told I had a “small pud”, and repeatedly told I was a communist over and over again before I finally gave up commenting my first time on this site in 2008.

There were some miserable fucking assholes that ran the comment section here back then.

Fenway Nation, Mandy Manners, and a host of other troglodytes.

Funny enough, Mandy and I actually got along pretty well. At least, as well as someone with her notoriously prickly temperament could get along with anyone.

256 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 6:05:19pm

re: #252 subterraneanhomesickalien

These people have now dedicated their lives to stalking and harassing me all over the Internet. So I guess I’m paying penance for not taking action to stop them sooner.

257 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:05:29pm

re: #248 b_sharp

I love your stupid nic.

ha. Thanks so much.

258 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 6:05:38pm

Did Pillow Lips, mule, David Miranda not get asked to come to the Academy Awards with Glenn?

259 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:06:55pm

re: #250 Great White Snark

I just hope it wins or loses on honest cinematic judgement. Brad Cooper was just amazing in the depth of his transformation into Chris Kyle.

Haha, I’m a gossip queen. Very glad Bradley Cooper brought his mom rather than his 23 year old GF. He’s 40. He’s trying to earn points.

260 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:07:18pm

re: #256 Charles Johnson

These people have now dedicated their lives to stalking and harassing me all over the Internet. So I guess I’m paying penance for not taking action to stop them sooner.

Nah, they still would be all over you like flies on shit.

You can’t reason with the unreasonable and self-righteous.

261 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:09:28pm

re: #245 #FergusonFireside

Thus my stupid nic. I love seagulls OK?

Heh, same here: Registration window—quick, think of a nic!

I was pretty nervous the first time, though I probably didn’t show it. I knew about LGF’s history and avoided it like the plague, but when I saw it had changed I was intrigued. Still, it was kinda like walking into the belly of the beast for me, heh. I basically just closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and jumped in—came right out and said I was Muslim. I figured if they were gonna hate me for that, we might as well get it over with from the beginning. I mean seriously, I had to tell myself, “It’s just a blog FFS, what’s the worst that can happen?”

Most everyone was surprisingly friendly. It was damned difficult to keep up with the comments back then though—they would fly by at an alarming rate.

262 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 6:11:02pm

“…when the company pulled the plug some months back, it fired the remaining staff and told them to clear out of the office immediately, that very day, to take their things and get out and [First Look] would generously give them one month severance. I am pretty sure the Koch Brothers treat fired workers with greater respect.”

263 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:11:10pm

re: #261 CuriousLurker

Heh, same here: Registration window—quick, think of a nic!

I was pretty nervous the first time, though I probably didn’t show it. I knew about LGF’s history and avoided it like the plague, but when I saw it had changed I was intrigued. Still, it was kinda like walking into the belly of the beast for me, heh. I basically just closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and jumped in—came right out and said I was Muslim. I figured if the were gonna hate me for that, we might as well get it over with from the beginning. I mean seriously, I had to tell myself, “It’s just a blog FFS, what’s the worst that can happen?

Most everyone was surprisingly friendly. It was damned difficult to keep up with the comments back then—they would fly by at an alarming rate.

I didn’t need to wait for the window to open. I lied my way in.

264 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:11:46pm

re: #263 b_sharp

I didn’t need to wait for the window to open. I lied my way in.

What, you bribe Bouncer Stinky to get in?

///

265 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 22, 2015 6:12:24pm

Oh, been meaning to share this. Good excuse to take a break from the C chord…

This is called a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special - a big mouthful that means it’s a Telecaster body with typical Telecaster bridge & bright bridge pickup with a Jazzmaster neck (a bit thicker) and Jazzmaster neck pickup (nice! Almost a P90 type but still very Fender sound). A little bit of overdrive on that 10 watt Peavey and I get a sound like a cross between a surf band and a punk band :D Fit’s my tastes just fine.

Now back to practicing. Much more fun than the oscars!

266 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 6:12:28pm

“Paying penance?” Did I really type that?

Man, it’s hard to get away from those Catholic guilt memes.

267 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:12:30pm

re: #264 TedStriker

What, you bribe Bouncer Stinky to get in?

///

He recited some sad sad Canadian story I’m guessing.

268 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:12:38pm

re: #264 TedStriker

What, you bribe Bouncer Stinky to get in?

///

No money exchanged hands.

269 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 6:13:07pm

re: #247 Charles Johnson

Honestly Charles, of all the blogs, forums and web based communities I’ve been a part of this one one tops them all by a large margin. Thank you for all you do and to the rest of the Lizard family for making this place so awesome.

270 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:13:23pm

re: #261 CuriousLurker

I remember watching constantly for the registration window to open. I was excited; even though it was still a very right-wing place when I joined, I had already moved considerably left from where I had been, which should tell you something about how hard-core right-wing nutjob I was before my LGF days. I’ll just say this: Robert Spencer, Ace of Spades, and The Jawa Report were on my daily reading list.

271 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 6:14:01pm

For the longest time I had the nasty habit of dropping by just AFTER a registration window had opened. Seriously, I think I missed like 7 in a row before finally getting lucky.

272 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 22, 2015 6:14:21pm

re: #245 #FergusonFireside

Thus my stupid nic. I love seagulls OK?

I thought you just liked that picture of a seagull sneaking up on an unattended beer.

273 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:14:57pm

re: #270 thedopefishlives

I remember watching constantly for the registration window to open. I was excited; even though it was still a very right-wing place when I joined, I had already moved considerably left from where I had been, which should tell you something about how hard-core right-wing nutjob I was before my LGF days. I’ll just say this: Robert Spencer, Ace of Spades, and The Jawa Report were on my daily reading list.

E gad! O_O

274 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 6:15:34pm
275 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:15:39pm

re: #267 #FergusonFireside

He recited some sad sad Canadian story I’m guessing.

He was born a poor black child up in the frozen tundra…

///

…

276 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:16:16pm

re: #273 CuriousLurker

E gad! O_O

Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Seriously, you have no idea how close to falling off the deep end of the derp pool I was. I look at the deranged stalker trolls and think, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.”

277 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:16:59pm

re: #271 Eclectic Cyborg

For the longest time I had the nasty habit of dropping by just AFTER a registration window had opened. Seriously, I think I missed like 7 in a row before finally getting lucky.

Same, same.

It’ll have been eight years ago in a couple of weeks; what a long, strange trip it’s been.

278 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 6:17:41pm

re: #267 #FergusonFireside

He recited some sad sad Canadian story I’m guessing.

My hockey stick is broken and I’m all out of beer,
my igloo’s slowly melting and my touque has disappeared.
The maple syrup jar is empty and my beaver ran away,
It’s just an awful time for me, I wish I was dreaming, eh!

279 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 6:17:48pm
280 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 6:18:02pm

I’m just a newbie. I came long after the whole registration window concept and then lurked for 2 months after my registration before I felt comfortable saying something.

281 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:18:06pm

re: #278 Eclectic Cyborg

My hockey stick is broken and I’m all out of beer,
my igloo’s slowly melting and my touque has disappeared.
The maple syrup jar is empty and my beaver ran away,
It’s just an awful time for me, I wish I was dreaming, eh!

Canadian country songs.///

282 Majacita  Feb 22, 2015 6:18:46pm

I’m sure I’m not the only one here who’s been reading this blog for years but rarely comments. I’ve been reading since 2008, right after Charles wrote his Declaration of Independence. I didn’t know then how bad the right wing craziness would get. I like to read this blog because there are other Republicans here who’ve been kicked out of their party and don’t really feel comfortable with either the straight Democrats or Libertarians. Proof that people do change their opinions.

283 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:18:54pm

re: #280 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’m just a newbie. I came long after the whole registration window concept and then lurked for 2 months after my registration before I felt comfortable saying something.

That’s quite alright…even after I got through on an open registration, I still lurked for months.

284 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 6:19:07pm

re: #279 Charles Johnson

In principle I agree with recognizing excellent movies. It’s the politics, one upmanship and excessive self congratulatory atmosphere I can’t stand.

285 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 6:19:27pm

re: #280 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I might have been a year after I registered. Kept trying for weeks.

286 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:21:17pm

re: #276 thedopefishlives

It is for this reason, by the way, that I hold a special grudge for the stalker group and others on the far right wing whom we torment mercilessly every day. I know what it is like to live in that world of fear and paranoia. You can either reject it utterly and learn what Christlikeness is actually about, or you can embrace it and fall irretrievably into despair and derp. But for every one of us who refuses to jump off the cliff, there are ten who do, and they are the ones who get all the publicity and make the rest of us look bad.

287 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 6:21:17pm

re: #281 thedopefishlives

Canadian country songs.///

You laugh, but there IS such a thing as Canadian country music (and no, NOT Shania Twain!) :

…

288 nines09  Feb 22, 2015 6:21:22pm

re: #265 William Barnett-Lewis

Oh, been meaning to share this. Good excuse to take a break from the C chord…

Embedded Image

This is called a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special - a big mouthful that means it’s a Telecaster body with typical Telecaster bridge & bright bridge pickup with a Jazzmaster neck (a bit thicker) and Jazzmaster neck pickup (nice! Almost a P90 type but still very Fender sound). A little bit of overdrive on that 10 watt Peavey and I get a sound like a cross between a surf band and a punk band :D Fit’s my tastes just fine.

Now back to practicing. Much more fun than the oscars!

Here. I’m going to kick start your chordal journey. Buy this capo. It is the best one I have ever used. Follow what the Gearmandude says about tightness. Now you can play that C chord and D and G and E and on and on further on up the neck and discover a sonic highway without open tuning. Open tuning? Soon. Soon. Video

289 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:21:30pm

re: #281 thedopefishlives

Canadian country songs.///

All among the top 10 Canadian ethnic soul.

290 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 22, 2015 6:21:41pm

I got scolded by Walter within two days of finally hitting an open registration in 2009. I used to have a Notepad file that listed my perception of the various poster’s political leanings and a few other notes. Helped me keep up with discussions and to know who was potentially worth engaging.

291 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 22, 2015 6:22:07pm

re: #277 TedStriker

Same, same.

It’ll have been eight years ago in a couple of weeks; what a long, strange trip it’s been.

5 & 1/4 years for me. I knew as a hard lefty I was walking into a bit of a lions den but it was a place with intelligence discourse, mostly. Seems hard to realize just how long a time that’s been.

292 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 6:23:16pm

re: #290 Feline Fearless Leader

I got scolded by Walter within two days of finally hitting an open registration in 2009. I used to have a Notepad file that listed my perception of the various poster’s political leanings and a few other notes. Helped me keep up with discussions and to know who was potentially worth engaging.

klys: posts cat photos and cross stitch. very liberal on social issues. just sort of weird. prone to OT.

293 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:24:04pm

re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg

Honestly Charles, of all the blogs, forums and web based communities I’ve been a part of this one one tops them all by a large margin. Thank you for all you do and to the rest of the Lizard family for making this place so awesome.

As I will detest, during the Great Server Crash. I tried other blogs, I tried everything.

It was hell. It was really hell.

294 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:24:38pm

re: #288 nines09

Here. I’m going to kick start your chordal journey. Buy this capo. It is the best one I have ever used. Follow what the Gearmandude says about tightness. Now you can play that C chord and D and G and E and on and on further on up the neck and discover a sonic highway without open tuning. Open tuning? Soon. Soon. [Embedded content]

Video

That looks like one I had 45 years ago.

295 Bubblehead II  Feb 22, 2015 6:24:42pm

re: #273 CuriousLurker

E gad! O_O

He isn’t the only one who followed them. Quite a few of us were guilty of that laps of judgement. But we’re better now, honest.

296 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 22, 2015 6:24:56pm

re: #288 nines09

Got a capo in my Amazon cart. If the electric bill hadn’t doubled this month (yes, actually 2x what it was in January), I’d have oredered it this week. Hopefully next paycheck.

297 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:25:05pm

re: #293 #FergusonFireside

As I will detest, during the Great Server Crash. I tried other blogs, I tried everything.

It was hell. It was really hell.

We really are a spoiled bunch, aren’t we?

298 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:25:26pm

re: #291 William Barnett-Lewis

5 & 1/4 years for me. I knew as a hard lefty I was walking into a bit of a lions den but it was a place with intelligence discourse, mostly. Seems hard to realize just how long a time that’s been.

Sure a lot of 2009 people around.

299 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:26:08pm

re: #295 Bubblehead II

He isn’t the only one who followed them. Quite a few of us were guilty of that laps of judgement. But we’re better now, honest.

Back at the time I joined, Charles and these guys were mostly buddy-buddy. I remember when TJR posted their big “Charles is going bonkers” article and I knew I had to make a choice. That was the last time I ever visited any of those 3 sites.

300 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 6:26:31pm

re: #293 #FergusonFireside

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301 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:27:05pm

re: #276 thedopefishlives

Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Seriously, you have no idea how close to falling off the deep end of the derp pool I was. I look at the deranged stalker trolls and think, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.”

Glad you are here. Actually can’t imagine it without you.

302 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:29:27pm

re: #301 #FergusonFireside

Glad you are here. Actually can’t imagine it without you.

Damned right.

No way we could do without a living dope fish.

303 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 6:29:35pm

I also like the fact that I have been here for over a year and still consider myself a newbie.

304 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:29:41pm

re: #302 b_sharp

Damned right.

No way we could do without a living dope fish.

You’d probably eat better. SWIM SWIM, HUNGRY…

305 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 6:29:53pm

What always gets me is that I missed most of the major moving and shaking, including the Great Schism, due to an extended hiatus from roughly 2005 to 2010. It was actually the change in the direction the site had taken while I was away that helped me throw off the last vestiges of my wingnuttery.

306 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 6:30:02pm

re: #302 b_sharp

Damned right.

No way we could do without a living dope fish.

Too dope!

307 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 22, 2015 6:30:10pm
Just happiness and butterflies in these parts!
308 A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2015 6:32:50pm

re: #307 Feline Fearless Leader

Posting more food pictures for the Lizards? ;)

309 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 6:32:54pm

When I reflect back I don’t just recall the old Lizards or trolls. I think features. Images. Pages. The way the comments work. The monitors.

310 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:34:26pm

re: #309 Great White Snark

When I reflect back I don’t just recall the old Lizards or trolls. I think features. Images. Pages. The way the comments work. The monitors.

Yep, the features have improved greatly in the (almost) 5 years I’ve been here.

311 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:35:37pm

re: #309 Great White Snark

When I reflect back I don’t just recall the old Lizards or trolls. I think features. Images. Pages. The way the comments work. The monitors.

Spy Mode was a godsend. It let me have the conversation scroll by in an auto-updating window while I got distracted with work.

312 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:35:49pm

re: #309 Great White Snark

When I reflect back I don’t just recall the old Lizards or trolls. I think features. Images. Pages. The way the comments work. The monitors.

But then, you take pictures of fire. Strange.

313 OhNoZombies!  Feb 22, 2015 6:36:06pm

I lurked around here for two years before I registered.
After I realized laughing or yelling at my monitor was useless, and slightly crazy, I went ahead and took the leap. I did my first post immediately, but I was so freaking nervous.

314 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:36:27pm

Uh, this Glen Campbell song should win.

315 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:37:44pm

Next fall, I may have to write a “my 10 years at LGF” commemorative Page, recapping my whole journey from a real live rabid right-wing fundamentalist to the tempered moderate you guys know and (mostly) love.

316 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:38:22pm

re: #315 thedopefishlives

Next fall, I may have to write a “my 10 years at LGF” commemorative Page, recapping my whole journey from a real live rabid right-wing fundamentalist to the tempered moderate you guys know and (mostly) love.

That wold be WAY cool. I’d love to read it.

317 Bubblehead II  Feb 22, 2015 6:38:32pm

re: #299 thedopefishlives

Back at the time I joined, Charles and these guys were mostly buddy-buddy. I remember when TJR posted their big “Charles is going bonkers” article and I knew I had to make a choice. That was the last time I ever visited any of those 3 sites.

Yeah and some of us also posted on those sites at the time. I still keep an eye on them as well as the other assorted fever swamps. Matter of fact, just checked out DoD tonight and found several of my post from here over there. Definitely going to need tonight’s bath to wash the stench off.

318 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 6:39:13pm

I remember the beginning of registration mostly because, before it, this place was absolutely swarmed with trolls. We had all sorts of episodes, from ones that got in by making their subtly different from those of regulars in order to fuck around, ones who grab a bunch of buddies and spam threads, others who’d create offensive names just because they knew it would get a reaction, and so forth. Eventually most of us regulars had had enough and started calling for registration as it mean A) we could connect names to trolls and B) there could be some measure of control over who came and went.

Okay kids, story time with grandpa is over. GET OFF MY LAWN! //

319 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:39:50pm

re: #300 Eclectic Cyborg

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It is hell Charles. We rely on you. Suffer the consequences.

320 makeitstop  Feb 22, 2015 6:40:31pm

re: #265 William Barnett-Lewis

Oh, been meaning to share this. Good excuse to take a break from the C chord…

Embedded Image

This is called a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special - a big mouthful that means it’s a Telecaster body with typical Telecaster bridge & bright bridge pickup with a Jazzmaster neck (a bit thicker) and Jazzmaster neck pickup (nice! Almost a P90 type but still very Fender sound). A little bit of overdrive on that 10 watt Peavey and I get a sound like a cross between a surf band and a punk band :D Fit’s my tastes just fine.

Now back to practicing. Much more fun than the oscars!

Nice! I just landed a VM Strat last week, not a bad guitar at all.

321 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:40:57pm

re: #317 Bubblehead II

Yeah and some of us also posted on those sites at the time. I still keep an eye on them as well as the other assorted fever swamps. Matter of fact, just checked out DoD tonight and found several of my post from here over there. Definitely going to need tonight’s bath to wash the stench off.

I greatly respect you guys who keep an eye on the vast unwashed. I couldn’t do it; I already have anger management problems. I’d wind up punching someone in the face.

322 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 6:41:20pm

re: #305 Targetpractice

What always gets me is that I missed most of the major moving and shaking, including the Great Schism, due to an extended hiatus from roughly 2005 to 2010. It was actually the change in the direction the site had taken while I was away that helped me throw off the last vestiges of my wingnuttery.

Epic situations involved Ice and Jimmah. They made this place possible for people like me. Sorry, I used epic. But it was.

323 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:42:28pm

re: #319 #FergusonFireside

It is hell Charles. We rely on you. Suffer the consequences.

No kidding. I’d feel seriously adrift if I couldn’t count on come here every day, even if I mostly lurk some days. I’ve checked out other political blogs, but none appealed to me.

324 A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2015 6:42:55pm

re: #292 klys (maker of Silmarils)

klys: posts cat photos and cross stitch. very liberal on social issues. just sort of weird. prone to OT.

We’re supposed to post on topic? Rats. Now I’m cranky.

325 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:45:20pm

Although I’m not right wing by any definition, I went from Talk Origins to Free Republic until one of the science purges ol’ Jimbo performed. I was one of the founding members of Darwin Central (right wing pro-science) before it went batshit crazy when Obama was elected.

Finding this place was because of a dispute at DC that lead to a friend from there joining.

It’s all been fun, games, cookies and pies since then.

326 Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2015 6:45:26pm

An abundance of Boob Tape tonite…

327 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:47:04pm

re: #318 Targetpractice

I remember the beginning of registration mostly because, before it, this place was absolutely swarmed with trolls. We had all sorts of episodes, from ones that got in by making their subtly different from those of regulars in order to fuck around, ones who grab a bunch of buddies and spam threads, others who’d create offensive names just because they knew it would get a reaction, and so forth. Eventually most of us regulars had had enough and started calling for registration as it mean A) we could connect names to trolls and B) there could be some measure of control over who came and went.

Okay kids, story time with grandpa is over. GET OFF MY LAWN! //

You really are an old fart. The 2004 cohort is highly famous.

328 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:47:49pm

re: #322 #FergusonFireside

Epic situations involved Ice and Jimmah. They made this place possible for people like me. Sorry, I used epic. But it was.

I do miss reine.

329 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 22, 2015 6:49:17pm
Eat more pie!

Had a nice latke sandwich yesterday while walking around doing errands and getting snowed on.

330 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:49:51pm

re: #321 thedopefishlives

I greatly respect you guys who keep an eye on the vast unwashed. I couldn’t do it; I already have anger management problems. I’d wind up punching someone in the face.

Yeah, I used to drop by there every couple of months, but now I make a point to never go. I mean it’s just the SOS over and over and over again, ad nauseam. I have them all blocked on Twitter, never search for mentions of my handle, and never respond to new trolls there, so they all pretty much ceased to exist for me. I don’t need their toxic shit in my life—let them go ahead and stew in it.

331 Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2015 6:50:22pm

re: #327 b_sharp

You really are an old fart. The 2004 cohort is highly famous.

So few of us who made the transition are left. Too many either couldn’t let go of the hate or really were that dedicated to their beliefs. I miss some of those who are gone, but then again I doubt they’d want to associate with me as I am now.

332 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 6:51:10pm
333 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 6:51:41pm

re: #332 Charles Johnson

The Internet has approved, judging by the rate at which gifs showed up on my Tumblr.

334 thedopefishlives  Feb 22, 2015 6:51:51pm

And with that, I depart for the evening to cuddle a Mrs. Fish before bed and *sigh* work. We shall reminisce some more later, my friends.

335 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:54:18pm

re: #334 thedopefishlives

And with that, I depart for the evening to cuddle a Mrs. Fish before bed and *sigh* work. We shall reminisce some more later, my friends.

have a pleasant evening, bro.

336 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 6:54:31pm

re: #319 #FergusonFireside

re: #330 CuriousLurker

So true! Okay gonna share a recent moment. I logged in and got the account suspended message. Gasp! Of course it was just an odd glitch caused by an issue with my office machine. “Course I hailed Charles right away and he fixed it. But yeah that was a lil unnerving.

337 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:54:33pm

Speaking of old timers, I hardly ever see Floral Giraffe any more. She’s one of the first people who welcomed me. Haven’t seen Hoops in forever either.

338 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 6:55:12pm

Happy Oscar night Glenn!

Departing journalist disses Glenn Greenwald

politico.com

339 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 22, 2015 6:56:08pm

re: #238 #FergusonFireside

Interesting to look back though, this blog was a tough one to join. You had to have guts, and statements to back it up.

Took me literally years to join because open registrations happened so rarely.

The morning I was able to finally register was a wonderful day for me. And I remember that one of the first welcome hatchling comments said that I had the cutest avatar ever.

340 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:56:59pm

re: #338 b.d.

Happy Oscar night Glenn!

No doubt there’s a 5,000-word indignant rebuttal being written right now.

341 b_sharp  Feb 22, 2015 6:57:40pm

re: #337 CuriousLurker

Speaking of old timers, I hardly ever see Floral Giraffe any more. She’s one of the first people who welcomed me. Haven’t seen Hoops in forever either.

Floral shows up on occasion and she’s in contact with Hoops I believe.

342 Charles Johnson  Feb 22, 2015 6:58:12pm
343 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 6:59:14pm

re: #341 b_sharp

Floral shows up on occasion and she’s in contact with Hoops I believe.

That’s good to know. A lot of people have just sort of quietly faded away. I noticed some were here for the 2012 election, then disappeared after that.

344 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 7:00:23pm

re: #341 b_sharp

Floral shows up on occasion and she’s in contact with Hoops I believe.

P.S. If you see her when I’m not around, please give her my regards and ask her to say “hi” to Hoops for me.

345 Bubblehead II  Feb 22, 2015 7:03:11pm

Time to call it a night Lizards. Sun starting to come up in Africa if you want to catch it..

explore.org

346 TedStriker  Feb 22, 2015 7:03:19pm

re: #343 CuriousLurker

That’s good to know. A lot of people have just sort of quietly faded away. I noticed some were here for the 2012 election, then disappeared after that.

SFZ too.

Meatspace realities and priorities suck.

347 Jenner7  Feb 22, 2015 7:03:51pm

I miss Ellen. Can’t she just do it every year?

348 sagehen  Feb 22, 2015 7:04:28pm

re: #328 b_sharp

I do miss reine.

I miss SFZ.

349 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:04:43pm

re: #342 Charles Johnson

(you are watching)

350 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 7:04:47pm

re: #342 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Oh snap, I just now googled him and realized he’s the guy that played to son in Requiem for a Dream—he looks soooo different now. I freaking love that movie, despite it being depressing—it’s one of the few I’ve watched more than once.

351 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:05:18pm

re: #343 CuriousLurker

That’s good to know. A lot of people have just sort of quietly faded away. I noticed some were here for the 2012 election, then disappeared after that.

I miss Floral. I miss Hoops.

352 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 7:05:35pm

re: #346 TedStriker

SFZ too.

Meatspace realities and priorities suck.

Oh yeah, her too!

353 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 7:05:51pm

re: #332 Charles Johnson

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And keep their speeches brief. I’m thinking of when Alfred Hitchcock received a lifetime achievement Oscar — after never getting an Oscar for best direction though he’d made some of the best films ever made — and his entire acceptance speech was, “Thank you” which must be Eastender slang for “fuck you.”

354 Varek Raith  Feb 22, 2015 7:06:24pm

Anyone in contact with Obdicut?

355 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 7:06:58pm

Gotta say I was super sad to see Obdi got so hurt. Enough he was not comfortable commenting after his head injury. Concussions can be awful.

356 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 22, 2015 7:07:03pm

re: #341 b_sharp

Floral shows up on occasion and she’s in contact with Hoops I believe.

She was here briefly last Sunday.

357 Mattand  Feb 22, 2015 7:07:28pm

re: #265 William Barnett-Lewis

Oh, been meaning to share this. Good excuse to take a break from the C chord…

Embedded Image

This is called a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special - a big mouthful that means it’s a Telecaster body with typical Telecaster bridge & bright bridge pickup with a Jazzmaster neck (a bit thicker) and Jazzmaster neck pickup (nice! Almost a P90 type but still very Fender sound). A little bit of overdrive on that 10 watt Peavey and I get a sound like a cross between a surf band and a punk band :D Fit’s my tastes just fine.

Now back to practicing. Much more fun than the oscars!

This is from the “I’m an idiot” department: it only recently occurred to me to troll Youtube for specific song lessons. A most recent example is conquering Badfinger’s “Baby Blue”, lately famous as the final piece of music on Breaking Bad.

I had picked up bits and pieces of it, but was just getting completely frustrated with it. One search later, I’ve got four free lessons to show me what I was doing wrong.

I still have a bit of a tin ear, even after all these years. It’s very difficult for me to learn stuff by listening to it. These videos have really helped me either learn new stuff, or show me what the correct way to play songs I’ve been butchering for years.

358 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 7:10:21pm

re: #355 Great White Snark

Gotta say I was super sad to see Obdi got so hurt. Enough he was not comfortable commenting after his head injury. Concussions can be awful.

Same here. His ability to keep debating something for days if necessary used to tickle me. He was indefatigable. (Don’t get to use that word very often, heh.)

359 A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2015 7:10:43pm

I first came across LGF while reading articles on creationism. I became interested in the subject years ago when I was considering teaching and there was a push to start teaching creationism in schools (I’ve always considered it nonsense). I’ve learned so much about many different scientific fields from the debunking of creationist claims; it’s become a bit of a hobby. Talk.origins was a regular stop.

But at that time, some of the LGF comments on political posts were enough to keep me away. I wasn’t really interested in discussions with folks for whom evidence and intellectual consistency were unimportant.

I rediscovered LGF again for the same reason I discovered it for the first time, but was shocked at the change. I’ve never joined or commented on any blogs previously but found myself enjoying the comments and the community. It was so refreshing to see disagreement followed by rational discussions, presentation of evidence, and use of logic. I was even more impressed that the community seemed to care about each other. I really see very little of this on other blogs.

I’m very happy to find myself welcome in this community and look forward to interacting with the folks here. Given that I tend to be a strong introvert, that’s more of a compliment than you know. Thanks all!

360 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 7:13:18pm

Of course #tcot is enraged by Patricia Arquette’s call for equal pay for women.

HURR HURR MOVIE STARS DON’T MAKE ENOUGH MONEYS!!!!!

361 CuriousLurker  Feb 22, 2015 7:16:22pm

It’s 10:15 pm here and Monday morning comes fast, so I’m outta here.

Later, lizards.

362 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 7:17:14pm

re: #358 CuriousLurker

Same here. His ability to keep debating something for days if necessary used to tickle me. He was indefatigable. (Don’t get to use that word very often, heh.)

Heh, I hear ya.

363 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:17:53pm

NPH has BAD writers tonight.

364 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 7:19:53pm

re: #358 CuriousLurker

Same here. His ability to keep debating something for days if necessary used to tickle me. He was indefatigable. (Don’t get to use that word very often, heh.)

If you miss that, you should follow @PoliticalAnt on Twitter.

He pwns wingnuts endlessly.

365 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 7:21:29pm

HURR HURR WHO NEEDS EQUAL PAYS I CAN HAZ MAH GUNZ!!!!!!

366 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 7:21:52pm

re: #358 CuriousLurker

Same here. His ability to keep debating something for days if necessary used to tickle me. He was indefatigable. (Don’t get to use that word very often, heh.)

Showed up my SATs, way back when.

I knew it thanks to Monty Python and the song Spamalot.

367 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 7:22:58pm

re: #365 The Vicious Babushka

You can see the projection in Loesch assuming Patricia Arquette is only interested in her own salary.

368 Jenner7  Feb 22, 2015 7:23:51pm
369 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 7:23:54pm

re: #367 jaunte

You can see the projection in Loesch assuming Patricia Arquette is only interested in her own salary.

I just can’t even==>

370 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 7:24:27pm

re: #369 The Vicious Babushka

Deliberately missing the point, or just stupid?

371 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 22, 2015 7:24:50pm

re: #370 jaunte

Deliberately missing the point, or just stupid?

Yes.

372 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:26:12pm

Patricia Arquette is the epitome of hard work, and then success.

Fuck them all.

373 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 7:26:37pm

re: #369 The Vicious Babushka

That’s a joke right?

Please tell me that’s a joke.

374 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss  Feb 22, 2015 7:26:52pm

re: #365 The Vicious Babushka

Coincidentally, no woman is ever pure enough to make an claim about equal pay. Something always makes her a hypocrite.

Too poor, too rich.
Too dependent on her husband. Too independent and thus not being a wife.
Et cetera.

375 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 7:27:19pm
376 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:27:53pm

re: #374 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss

Coincidentally, no woman is ever pure enough to make an claim about equal pay. Something always makes her a hypocrite.

Too poor, too rich.
Too dependent on her husband. Too independent and thus not being a wife.
Et cetera.

misogyny squared.

377 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 7:28:45pm

re: #369 The Vicious Babushka

I just can’t even==>

Rachel @RightRachel

If Patricia Arquette has a problem w/ her pay…she should…find a new job, learn better negotiating skills, & STOP relying on govt #tcot

Memo to Rachel — Tell that to SAG, you idiotic idiot.

378 sagehen  Feb 22, 2015 7:30:38pm

re: #363 #FergusonFireside

NPH has BAD writers tonight.

I only watched the first half hour, then flipped over to Walking Dead. Did he have more dance numbers? (the opening number was… not nearly as good as what he did when he hosted the Tonys)

379 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 7:32:19pm

re: #354 Varek Raith

Anyone in contact with Obdicut?

Yes. Emailed several weeks ago. He’s OK.

380 gwangung  Feb 22, 2015 7:33:04pm

re: #377 De Kolta Chair

Memo to Rachel — Tell that to SAG, you idiotic idiot.

If your bosses LIE to you…who’s your recourse?

381 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:37:43pm

re: #378 sagehen

I only watched the first half hour, then flipped over to Walking Dead. Did he have more dance numbers? (the opening number was… not nearly as good as what he did when he hosted the Tonys)</blockq

Nope, bad. He is good, his team failed.

382 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 7:37:55pm

re: #380 gwangung

If your bosses LIE to you…who’s your recourse?

Growing a brain? Though I know it’s a stretch in her case.

383 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 7:38:32pm

re: #380 gwangung

If your bosses LIE to you…who’s your recourse?

I remember when James Garner and Roy Huggins were suing the network ( I wanna say NBC?) for the money they’d been cheated out of over the years.

Among other things, they always had a piece of the gross—which invariably turned out to be zero. Huggins said something about how funny it was they kept asking him back, since according to them every show he ever directed lost money….

384 A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2015 7:40:24pm

re: #373 Eclectic Cyborg

That’s a joke right?

Please tell me that’s a joke.

The right is driven by selfishness and greed. They really can’t understand the concept of concern for others; they seem incapable of empathy. The politicians owned by the rich are more than happy to be advocates for selfishness and greed, two traits that were once considered sins.

So when Sandra Fluke spoke on behalf of others who need birth control medications for reasons other than birth conrol, in the RW mind she wanted BC for herself and hence was a “slut”. When Obama speaks about not making generalizations about Muslims, it must be because he is a secret Muslim. Examples abound. To the RW crowd, it’s all about ME ME.

Heck, even when the Pope speaks of compassion for others he gets labeled a socialist who just doesn’t understand capitalism.

It’s just scary.

385 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:44:44pm

Whiplash got it for Editing. Big deal.

386 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 7:45:26pm

It’s the Logical Fallacy Collection!

387 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 7:46:08pm

Tom Cross wins Best Editing Oscar for Whiplash — Well and truly deserved.

388 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:46:59pm

re: #386 jaunte

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It’s the Logical Fallacy Collection!

h a t e r s

Gah, their poor neighbors.

389 OhNoZombies!  Feb 22, 2015 7:47:11pm
390 Lancelot Link  Feb 22, 2015 7:48:43pm

re: #385 #FergusonFireside

Whiplash got it for Editing. Big deal.

It’s a pretty big deal for the editor.

391 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:50:16pm

Oh here we go.

392 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 22, 2015 7:50:30pm

*crickets*

Al-Azhar top cleric calls for religious teaching reform

393 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:51:09pm

Oh we are in for it. Greenwald up on the stage.

394 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:51:46pm

the crowd is silent. like SILENT.

395 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 7:52:31pm

WOW…I did not expect that.

Now he’s going to call himself “Oscar winning journalist Glenn Greenwald”

396 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 7:53:39pm

Until. OH Neil!!!

Edward Snowden could not be here for some reason, er treason.

397 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 7:53:55pm

Is it my imagination or do the Oscars get longer every single year?

398 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 7:54:51pm
399 Belafon  Feb 22, 2015 7:55:09pm

re: #350 CuriousLurker

Oh snap, I just now googled him and realized he’s the guy that played to son in Requiem for a Dream—he looks soooo different now. I freaking love that movie, despite it being depressing—it’s one of the few I’ve watched more than once.

Jared’s a good actor, a good singer, and a horrid song writer. His songs are all chorus. 30 Seconds to Mars needs a different song writer.

400 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 7:58:26pm

I see the name “Leto” and it gives me Dune flashbacks—you don’t want that.

401 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 7:58:31pm
402 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 7:59:21pm
403 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 8:00:51pm

re: #402 Gus

I don’t know, GG is holding a statue in this pic…

404 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 8:02:34pm

re: #403 Eclectic Cyborg

I don’t know, GG is holding a statue in this pic…

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People frequently pick up Oscars for others.

405 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 8:03:14pm

re: #403 Eclectic Cyborg

Picturing the group prying it loose backstage.

406 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 8:03:39pm

If the subject of a Best Documentary Oscar are awarded Oscars then there are about 10,000 Emperor Penguins who need a trophy.

407 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:07:19pm

Glory won.

408 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 8:07:58pm

If this was airing on Fox News, they’d run a Sean Hannity rant instead of this segment.

409 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 8:11:54pm
410 jaunte  Feb 22, 2015 8:12:31pm
411 Egregious Philbin  Feb 22, 2015 8:13:45pm

The memorial, they left out John Lovitz…

412 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:15:33pm

re: #411 Egregious Philbin

The memorial, they left out John Lovitz…

And Joan Rivers. They always leave people out.

413 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 8:15:57pm

It’s getting to be bedtime for half of the country. How about handing out some awards instead of saluting The Sound of Music?

414 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 8:16:14pm

re: #411 Egregious Philbin

The memorial, they left out John Lovitz…

Maybe because he’s still alive?

415 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:16:20pm

Lady Gaga can SING. Fuck it all

416 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 8:17:15pm

re: #412 #FergusonFireside

And Joan Rivers. They always leave people out.

A lot of the people you might expect to see weren’t members of the Academy.

417 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 8:17:31pm

re: #414 b.d.

Maybe because he’s still alive?

INORITE

418 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:17:47pm

Very well.

419 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss  Feb 22, 2015 8:18:27pm

re: #384 A Cranky One

The politicians owned by the rich are more than happy to be advocates for selfishness and greed, two traits that were once considered sins.

Add in their driving need to tout their selfishness and greed as actually being virtues, both in secular ethics and religious morals, and you’ve got their mark.

I spent the day on the whole “Rachel Carson killed millions with the DDT ban” slander. It’s a venerable but telling demonstration of the blossoming of wingnut thinking, and a very successful hoax. It’s been completely forgotten that the idea was first elaborated by an astroturf group exploring “free market solutions” to malaria tied to the American Enterprise Institute.

It’s easy to debunk—the actual content of Silent Spring (notably lacking in calls for bans on any pesticide), the actual content of the Stockholm Convention (a ban on agricultural use of DDT that can be lifted by any state declaring a health crisis…an option immediately exercised by many malarial regions), the epidemiological arguments that led to the reduction of DDT use* (hello, DDT-immune mosquitoes)—yet the lie lurches on.

Why? Because there’s an audience. The audience likes the narrative that the well-intentioned person who asked uncomfortable questions** must be damnably wrong: not just factually inaccurate, but so wrong that is was wrong for them to speak, so wrong that their question is a threat.

Now repeat that pattern for forty years, and you’ve got wingnut culture. Truth is determined by affiliation, in the style of conspiracy theorists: everybody outside the approving set of opinions is a dupe or a monster.

* I should add that part of the reason I’m invested in this is I’ve spent a bunch of time in the malarial world. DDT is still produced and used for indoor residual spraying in India, but not used for agricultural spraying because the latter led to DDT-immune mosquitoes…most notably, in Sri Lanka. I’m directly, personally aware of the process by which the locals…via their own scientific studies…made the call to cut back DDT use.

The whole “Rachel Carson” thing is not just reductively stupid, it’s also dependent on disappearing the autonomous decision-making of dozens of governments, using their own scientist’s analysis…but it works, since they’re brown-people countries that only exist to prove a point about how dumb environmentalists are.

**I only read Rachel Carson because of this hoax. I had no prior impression of her. Her book is about the fact the chemicals are not wizard piss, and chucking them about unthinkingly will have consequences. It does not talk about bans, nor is it focused on DDT.

420 bratwurst  Feb 22, 2015 8:19:21pm
421 Great White Snark  Feb 22, 2015 8:19:49pm

re: #415 #FergusonFireside

Lady Gaga can SING. Fuck it all

Gettin a Barb Streisand vibe here.

422 Romantic Heretic  Feb 22, 2015 8:20:04pm

re: #287 Eclectic Cyborg

You laugh, but there IS such a thing as Canadian country music (and no, NOT Shania Twain!) :

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Can’t discuss Canadian country music without adding Stompin’ Tom Connors.

…

423 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:20:41pm

And the Miss Andrews shows up. Awesome

424 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 8:21:25pm

re: #423 #FergusonFireside

And the Miss Andrews shows up. Awesome

425 Jenner7  Feb 22, 2015 8:21:47pm

“Thank you Lady Gaga”…

Something I never thought I’d hear from Julie Andrews.

426 Timothy Watson  Feb 22, 2015 8:22:35pm

re: #222 #FergusonFireside

JK Simmons won.

Oh yeah.

Haven’t seen the film, but I’ve watched every episode of “The Closer”. :)

427 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:22:39pm

Grand Budapest for the win! predict.

428 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:23:36pm

re: #426 Timothy Watson

Haven’t seen the film, but I’ve watched every episode of “The Closer”. :)

Oh yeah, he was in the Closer (loved that too.) he’s our journeyman actor with an Oscar. So glad.

429 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:23:55pm

ooooh

430 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 8:24:12pm

The Oscar organizers really don’t give a shit about viewers on the East Coast do they?

431 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 8:24:15pm

re: #427 #FergusonFireside

Grand Budapest for the win! predict.

You were right.

432 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 8:25:13pm

Oh, the sniper-suckers are going to be in a rare swivet tomorrow. Can’t wait!

433 e e smith  Feb 22, 2015 8:25:26pm

re: #427 #FergusonFireside

Was hoping for Jóhann Jóhannsson, but I haven’t seen the movies.

434 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 8:27:37pm
435 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:27:52pm

Grand Budapest VS Boyhood.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

436 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 22, 2015 8:28:01pm

re: #419 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss

My Republican father had a copy of Silent Spring in his headboard. It inspired him to try organic gardening in the backyard, and over time he managed to grow some pretty good vegetables for my mom to cook. Her zucchini bread was a neighborhood hit.

Not sure how he’d react to the global warming developments. He was never a lockstep conservative, so I would hope that he would recognize that global warming was real and preventable, if he were alive now.

437 Egregious Philbin  Feb 22, 2015 8:28:12pm

re: #414 b.d.

Maybe because he’s still alive?

438 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:29:00pm

Kinda funny, they are at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, he’s in a Russian hotel.

439 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 8:29:29pm

re: #370 jaunte

Deliberately missing the point, or just stupid?

Yes.

440 e e smith  Feb 22, 2015 8:30:32pm

re: #433 e e smith

From his Englabörn:
…

441 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 22, 2015 8:31:19pm

re: #427 #FergusonFireside

Grand Budapest for the win! predict.

I saw GPH for the first time last night. Yeah, I’m a little behind the times. What a great movie! I’m glad it won.
re: #428 #FergusonFireside

Oh yeah, he was in the Closer (loved that too.) he’s our journeyman actor with an Oscar. So glad.

I love JK, too. L&O, The Closer, Spider-Man … he does a great job every time. Now I’ve got to see this movie.

442 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 8:33:42pm

re: #434 Gus

[Embedded content]

Maybe something got lost in the translation from Russian?

443 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 8:34:35pm

re: #396 #FergusonFireside

Until. OH Neil!!!

Edward Snowden could not be here for some reason, er treason.

HBO is showing it this week—I think I’ll pass. Just hearing Laura’s droning voice on the trailer put me to sleep.

444 b.d.  Feb 22, 2015 8:36:17pm

[oprah] And you get an Oscar and you get an Oscar and you get an Oscar! [/oprah]

445 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 8:36:49pm

Well, I just watched bits and pieces of the Oscar show—should have had Ted or Marshall hosting instead of Barney.

446 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:39:26pm
447 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:39:58pm

See the positive, not the neg.

448 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 8:40:21pm

re: #446 #FergusonFireside

[Embedded content]

Not watching. What are they saying heh?

449 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 22, 2015 8:42:32pm

re: #446 #FergusonFireside

[Embedded content]

It’s like every speech hits a different social conservative hot button. Beautiful.

I’m beginning to think it’s a considered strategy—roil the wingnuts into a continuous foaming frenzy so they’re showing their asses all the way to November 2016.

450 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:43:03pm
451 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 8:45:07pm

re: #449 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I’m beginning to think it’s a considered strategy—roil the wingnuts into a continuous foaming frenzy so they’re showing their asses all the way to November 2016.

It’s not hard to do that though.

452 Amory Blaine  Feb 22, 2015 8:46:06pm

What about Sat? Haven’t seen him around in many moons

453 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:46:52pm

Ben Affleck and the author turned screenwriter was ROBBED. Gone Girl was to the book good.

454 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 8:47:06pm

re: #452 Amory Blaine

What about Sat? Haven’t seen him around in many moons

Obdi is another old timer I haven’t seen in a while.

455 #FergusonFireside  Feb 22, 2015 8:47:57pm

re: #452 Amory Blaine

s

What about Sat? Haven’t seen him around in many moons

Somebody knows/talks to him I’m sure. Need update.

456 Kragar  Feb 22, 2015 8:49:13pm

re: #454 HappyWarrior

Obdi is another old timer I haven’t seen in a while.

Medical issues

457 sagehen  Feb 22, 2015 8:49:29pm

Would you laugh if I said the commercials made specially for this show… appealed to me more than the commercials made specially for the superbowl?

458 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 8:51:26pm

re: #456 Kragar

Medical issues

Damn. Hope he’s okay. That sucks.

459 Jenner7  Feb 22, 2015 8:53:07pm

Oh man, Redmayne’s reaction is just awesome.

460 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2015 8:53:36pm

I saw that movie, he was fucking incredible. Well deserved.

461 teleskiguy  Feb 22, 2015 8:54:03pm

I notice that Lizards are commenting on the comments section atmosphere and how it’s changed over the years.

I’ve visited LGF everyday for well over ten years. It was hard in the old days to register a LGF account, registration was always closed, so I was relegated to lurker for a number of years.

So many names spring to mind that I don’t see here anymore. MandyManners, Sharmuta, Cato The Elder, Walter L. Newton, Killgore Trout (he just recently left the joint), on and on.

That’s a weird/fascinating feature of LGF. It’s never stagnant, things are always changing.

If nothing else, the community here is as strong as ever. Whenever a Lizard suffers a hardship, they can come here and vent and get wonderful support and feedback from total strangers.

And it sometimes may seem that shit is just getting too fucked up to deal, then I go to LGF and find excellent information and plenty of good humor.

Oh, and the acoustic guitar tag, that’s one of the best things on the internet.

462 Gus  Feb 22, 2015 8:54:10pm

re: #456 Kragar

Medical issues

He’s OK.

463 OhNoZombies!  Feb 22, 2015 8:55:37pm

re: #457 sagehen

Would you laugh if I said the commercials made specially for this show… appealed to me more than the commercials made specially for the superbowl?

Nope. I kind of watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, and they were teh suck this year.

464 teleskiguy  Feb 22, 2015 8:56:53pm

I can still remember the night I registered at LGF, in my apartment in Gunnison, CO. I felt like I won the lottery.

I guess registration is open in perpetuity.

465 teleskiguy  Feb 22, 2015 8:58:51pm

My Twitter feed is going too fast. Stupid Oscars.

466 sagehen  Feb 22, 2015 8:58:59pm

re: #463 OhNoZombies!

Nope. I kind of watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, and they were teh suck this year.

(except for the budweiser puppy. I love the budweiser puppy.)

467 OhNoZombies!  Feb 22, 2015 9:00:07pm

Sweet dreams everyone! :-)

468 teleskiguy  Feb 22, 2015 9:00:57pm
469 HappyWarrior  Feb 22, 2015 9:03:01pm

re: #468 teleskiguy

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Haha.

470 BeachDem  Feb 22, 2015 9:06:04pm

So the sniper movie won an editing award and nothing else. I’m OK with that.

471 teleskiguy  Feb 22, 2015 9:06:42pm

I guess Lady Gaga killed it tonight.

472 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 22, 2015 9:16:36pm

I killed the thread.

473 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 22, 2015 9:22:14pm

re: #472 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I killed the thread.

Time to move upstairs. :)

474 De Kolta Chair  Feb 22, 2015 9:44:06pm

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