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1 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:28:10am
2 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 9:28:36am

Rand Paul.

Which FP position will he take today? Dovish Libertarian or Hawk. Or any at all?

3 Great White Snark  Feb 27, 2015 9:29:42am

Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…

4 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:30:16am

re: #3 Great White Snark

Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…

Just heard. Never been a Trekkie but he guest starred on two awesome Simpsons episodes.

5 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:30:54am

This will go on Leonard Nimoy’s tombstone:

6 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:31:34am

…

7 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 27, 2015 9:32:28am

re: #3 Great White Snark

Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…

I was surprised at how many non-SF movies he had directed, including the remake of Three Men and a Baby.

He had COPD. He had smoked heavily until about 30 years ago, but the damage was done.

8 nearly-headless smith25  Feb 27, 2015 9:33:45am
9 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 9:33:55am

re: #5 The Mother Of All Pies

Two hands, with four fingers each divided into two sets of two fingers, is the symbol of a priestly blessing — this signifies a Kohen, a descendant of the biblical high priest Aaron.

10 #FergusonFireside  Feb 27, 2015 9:34:43am

:(

11 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:35:01am
12 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 9:37:23am

Rand Paul: Cut ALL the taxes.

13 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:38:09am

re: #9 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Two hands, with four fingers each divided into two sets of two fingers, is the symbol of a priestly blessing — this signifies a Kohen, a descendant of the biblical high priest Aaron.

Leonard Nimoy supposedly is a Cohanic descendant. This is where he got the idea for the Vulcan salute.

14 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:38:14am
15 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 9:39:07am

And like that, CPAC day two is overshadowed by outside events - this time much more significant than the llamas and what color is this fugly dress.

16 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:39:35am
17 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 9:40:02am

re: #14 Lidane

Well, that would explain why the South by and large refused to expand Medicaid and set up exchanges under ACA. /////////////////////////////11ty

18 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:40:11am
19 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:40:33am

re: #14 Lidane

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Rand, the John Birch Society called, it’s suing you for plagiarism.

20 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:41:00am

LOL good luck balancing the budget, Dr. Paul==>

21 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 9:41:39am

A stronger military what do you want to do give the military complex 95% of our budget.

22 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:41:44am

re: #18 Lidane

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Ah yes activist judges or as we know them, judges that rule against Rand’s ideology. Sorry Rand, it doesn’t work that way. Either judges are lifelong appointees until retirement or they’re term limited. You can’t put term limits on those you disagree with you fucking totalitarian hack. Glad Rand’s showing the totalitarianism that exists within his ideology there though.

23 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:42:53am

re: #21 Tigger2

A stronger military what do you want to do give the military complex 95% of our budget.

So he’s going the hawkish route away from his father. Really we already spend more than the other top ten nations combined do on the military and Dr. Doodoo Brain is trying to argue here that we’re not spending enough? Fuck you Rand and fuck the liberals who think he’s better than Obama.

24 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:42:58am

re: #20 The Mother Of All Pies

Oh come on! Everyone knows that we can cut ALL the taxes and balance the budget in five years while securing the border, fixing infrastructure and solving ALL the problems of gubmint.

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25 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:43:32am

re: #24 Lidane

Oh come on! Everyone knows that we can cut ALL the taxes and balance the budget in five years while securing the border, fixing infrastructure and solving ALL the problems of gubmint.

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30% SALES TAX ON ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!

26 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 9:43:59am

The only amendment the republicans care about is the second amendment.

27 calochortus  Feb 27, 2015 9:45:11am

re: #25 The Mother Of All Pies

30% SALES TAX ON ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!

Because the power to tax consumption is the power to destroy consumption. And with it, our economy.

28 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:45:16am

re: #26 Tigger2

The only amendment the republicans care about is the second amendment.

No, they care about the 10th. Well at least when it comes to the states denying people rights.

29 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 9:45:18am

re: #16 Lidane

Not a single example of lower tax rates resulting in higher tax revenues.

Heck, Kansas just disproved this all over again by chopping taxes and watching revenues fall off a cliff without creating the jobs or economic growth they claimed would come from all the other states nearby that have higher rates.

30 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 27, 2015 9:46:01am

GOP supports our troops!
More gadgets!
More medals!

Fewer benefits.

31 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 27, 2015 9:46:23am

re: #24 Lidane

Oh come on! Everyone knows that we can cut ALL the taxes and balance the budget in five years while securing the border, fixing infrastructure and solving ALL the problems of gubmint.

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by cutting all entitlement programs, social programs and regulatory agencies.

32 nines09  Feb 27, 2015 9:46:25am

One more day of the steady drip drip drip of mentally challenged Titans Of Twerpdom foisting off flawed and destructive ideas that serve no one but themselves. BEHOLD! I give you The Cult Of The Cowboy. Thanks Ronnie!

33 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 9:46:32am

re: #20 The Mother Of All Pies

LOL good luck balancing the budget, Dr. Paul==>

BUT THE DEBT!!!!!11 OBMA HAAS US DROWNNIG IN DEBTDEFICIT!!!!11

34 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:46:56am

re: #27 calochortus

Because the power to tax consumption is the power to destroy consumption. And with it, our economy.

Srsly, visit the fairtax dot org website. They are all kinds of fucked up.

35 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:47:09am

We tried what Rand Paul wanted before and Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age.

36 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:47:30am

re: #33 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

BUT THE DEBT!!!!!11 OBMA HAAS US DROWNNIG IN DEBTDEFICIT!!!!11

OBAMA SPENT 6 TRILLION DOLLARS ON HIS GOLF & MICHELLE’S VACATIONS!!!!!!1!!!!!!

37 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:48:00am
38 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:48:42am

You know what, I really don’t care about CPAC. We should have a Leonard Nimoy thread.

39 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:50:00am

re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

by cutting all entitlement programs, social programs and regulatory agencies.

Good luck telling all the old people who vote Republican that they can happily live without their Medicare and Social Security, Rand.

40 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:50:13am

Wheee!

41 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 9:50:25am

re: #28 HappyWarrior

No, they care about the 10th. Well at least when it comes to the states denying people rights.

Yep I forgot about that old civil war throwback.

42 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 9:50:55am

re: #40 Lidane

Wheee!

Stay classy, wingnuts

43 calochortus  Feb 27, 2015 9:51:02am

re: #34 The Mother Of All Pies

Srsly, visit the fairtax dot org website. They are all kinds of fucked up.

I think I’ll just take your word for it. My derp tolerance has been severely affected by CPAC.

44 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 9:51:26am

Responsible gun owner in Texas:

Mom Packs Pistol to Teen Daughter’s Fight Over a Dumb Boy

Video

45 nines09  Feb 27, 2015 9:51:42am
Bet you wish the monkey won, huh?

Before he was The Cowboy he was a two bit actor with stars like this.

46 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:51:59am

re: #44 Dr. Matt

Responsible gun owner in Texas:

Mom Packs Pistol to Teen Daughter’s Fight Over a Dumb Boy

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Yeah a well armed society is a polite society my fat ass.

47 nines09  Feb 27, 2015 9:52:23am

re: #39 Lidane

Good luck telling all the old people who vote Republican that they can happily live without their Medicare and Social Security, Rand.

Oh not their benefits. The ones that come after them.

48 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 9:53:09am

re: #46 HappyWarrior

Yeah a well armed society is a polite society my fat ass.

Bingo. An armed society is a society that uses guns to settle disputes.

49 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:53:43am
50 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 9:53:55am

Santorum you stand for the 1% too just like the rest of your party, you all don’t give a piss about the middle class or the poor, you’re full of it.

51 Eventual Carrion  Feb 27, 2015 9:54:13am

re: #16 Lidane

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Didn’t Ronny Raygun try that and then have to back off it because it fucked everything up?

52 Timothy Watson  Feb 27, 2015 9:55:42am

Not a huge Trek fan, but still, damn that sucks. I thought he was great on Fringe too. :(

53 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 9:56:22am

Fun with right-wing “logic”:

Ronny Raygun was a shill for Big Tobacco
Leonard Nimoy died of a tobacco-related disease
Hence, Ronny Raygun killed Leonard Nimoy

54 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 9:56:29am

re: #50 Tigger2

Santorum you stand for the 1% too, you’re full of it.

Yeah this is the guy who thinks wanting all Americans to have a chance at post secondary education is snobbery on the president’s part. Actually, Rick, it is you with your BA, MBA, and law degree from public institutions that is the real snob.

55 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 9:56:57am
56 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 9:58:59am

In the 1980’s, Leonard Nimoy narrated an audio album of Jewish children’s folk tales, “The Mysterious Golem of Prague”

My kids loved that album, played it over and over.

57 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 10:00:06am

re: #3 Great White Snark

Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…

Overheard in his hospital room: “Away team to Enterprise: Mr. Scott, beam me up.”

Alas for all of us; the world is just a little bit dimmer (and less logical) today.

58 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:01:10am

re: #38 The Mother Of All Pies

You know what, I really don’t care about CPAC. We should have a Leonard Nimoy thread.

I’m sure we will.

59 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:01:19am

There isn’t a good Commander And Chief running to be President on the GOP ticket.

60 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:01:48am
61 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 10:01:58am
62 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 10:02:34am
63 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:02:40am

re: #61 darthstar

Spock, I am your faazha.

64 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:03:10am

re: #60 Lidane

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Is Rand Paul wearing “mom jeans”? Yes he is!

65 Romantic Heretic  Feb 27, 2015 10:03:12am

re: #16 Lidane

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If they cut all the taxes the reason the budget will be balanced is because there will be no budget.

I wish they’d just come out and admit they hate America and won’t be happy until it’s as gone as the Soviet Union.

66 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:03:29am

Piss on you Santorum, Reagan screwed up this country we are still feeling the effects of his failure.

67 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 27, 2015 10:04:06am

re: #39 Lidane

Good luck telling all the old people who vote Republican that they can happily live without their Medicare and Social Security, Rand.

Don’t tell them, just quietly cut them.

But then the economy will prosper and Good Christian Charity will take care of all those who are worthy of it.

/

68 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:04:31am

Dana go fuck a gun.

69 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:05:20am
70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 27, 2015 10:05:49am

re: #60 Lidane

“We must remember that our rights are unlimited, un-enumerated, and given to us by God,”

I don’t even know what that means except that I don’t have to listen to any dumb government!!!

71 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 10:06:35am

re: #68 The Mother Of All Pies

Dana go fuck a gun.

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I guess Dana forgets “We came unarmed this time” and the talk about 2nd amendment solutions but go ahead make poor widdle Scotty Walker the victim here.

72 Kilroy01  Feb 27, 2015 10:07:19am

Mr Nimoy will be missed.
Video

Now try to get this out of your head

73 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 10:07:41am

re: #60 Lidane

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Unless the state decides it’s okay, then it’s okay. Rand loves to talk a good game about “rights” but he’s just for the states being able to be as authoritarian as they want which you can see with his views on civil rights.

74 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:08:14am

re: #72 Kilroy01

Mr Nimoy will be missed.
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Video

Now try to get this out of your head

I still have James Taylor’s “Bought Me A Cat” running through my head.

75 Romantic Heretic  Feb 27, 2015 10:08:33am

re: #68 The Mother Of All Pies

Dana go fuck a gun.

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With the safety off.

76 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 10:09:59am

re: #68 The Mother Of All Pies

Dana go fuck a gun.

Are remarks are always lighthearted but liberals threaten our families!!!!111

77 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:10:13am

Who’s the next idiot up to give a speech.

78 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 10:11:09am

re: #60 Lidane

Awesome. We can haz the gay marriage then.

79 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 10:11:47am

re: #77 Tigger2

Who’s the next idiot up to give a speech.

Zombie Breitbart.

80 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:11:58am
our rights are unlimited

Uh, he might want to re-think that.

81 calochortus  Feb 27, 2015 10:12:03am

re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I don’t even know what that means except that I don’t have to listen to any dumb government!!!

It means if my car breaks down I have a right to take his because my freedom is total (except that he gets to control my reproductive health…)

82 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:12:45am

re: #75 Romantic Heretic

With the safety off.

Now now

83 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 10:12:49am
84 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:13:46am

re: #79 blueraven

Zombie Breitbart.

I’m waiting for them to bring Reagans bones out and construct a shrine.

85 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 10:14:25am

re: #77 Tigger2

Who’s the next idiot up to give a speech.

Actually, Zombie Phil Robinson, I think.

86 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:14:38am
87 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:16:59am

LOL Britbart.re: #79 blueraven

Zombie Breitbart.

You nailed it lol

88 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 10:17:31am

CCJ: CPAC offered me the prime speaking gig but I’m too busy burning down the establishment.

89 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:17:45am
90 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:18:48am

re: #89 Lidane

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God he looks so stupid. I don’t understand why some people at events like this and conventions think they have to dress like fools.

91 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:19:28am

Found a better photo of the Cohanim hand sign

92 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 10:19:49am

re: #53 Dr. Matt

heh…there’s a Mitch McConnell punchline in that graphic.

93 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 10:20:42am

Prediction:

If President Obama mentions Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!
If President Obama doesn’t mention Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!!!

94 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:20:54am

re: #89 Lidane

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They really, really, really need more of this:

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95 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 10:21:51am

re: #93 Dr. Matt

Prediction:

If President Obama mentions Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!
If President Obama doesn’t mentions Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!!!

Obama didn’t mention Chris Kyle without whom this nation would not survive!!!!!!11

96 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 10:24:29am

re: #85 blueraven

Actually, Zombie Phil Robinertson, I think.

fixed

shows how much I know about the DD people.

97 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:24:37am

I never heard much truth coming out of Breitbart or Phil.

98 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 10:25:15am

re: #88 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

CCJ: CPAC offered me the prime speaking gig but I’m too busy burning down the establishment.

99 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:25:26am

re: #85 blueraven

Actually, Zombie Phil Robinson, I think.

You got it right too, haha

100 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:26:02am

re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If they don’t give him the floor he’ll shit on it.

101 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:26:05am

re: #91 The Mother Of All Pies

Image: Worms-Judenfriedhof-03.jpg

102 No Country For Old Haters  Feb 27, 2015 10:26:06am

re: #91 The Mother Of All Pies

Found a better photo of the Cohanim hand sign

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The seemingly-broken finger on the right hand is a bit creepy.

103 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:26:54am
104 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 10:26:55am

re: #101 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Image: Worms-Judenfriedhof-03.jpg

It’s a commonly used icon to identify Cohanim.

105 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:27:57am
106 Mattand  Feb 27, 2015 10:28:05am

The most irritating part about Sean Hannity being a moderator at CPAC? It’s that he’s going to slither back to his Fox News show and scream that he’s a moderate and not a conservative.

107 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 10:29:29am

re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth

“I have requested a sizeable speaking fee as befits my accomplishments.”

108 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 10:30:14am

Good grief. Idiot DD dude says no politicians ever say “I Love You”.

Obama says it all the time…in response to chants of “I Love you” from the crowd.

109 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 10:30:29am
110 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 10:30:39am
111 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 27, 2015 10:31:08am

re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Imagine if ChuckC teams up with Nugent at CPAC, a floor-shitter and a pants-shitter surrounded by bullshitters.

112 No Country For Old Haters  Feb 27, 2015 10:31:23am

re: #106 Mattand

The most irritating part about Sean Hannity being a moderator at CPAC? It’s that he’s going to slither back to his Fox News show and scream that he’s a moderate and not a conservative.

Don’t let blatant liars irritate you. Mock them.

113 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:31:31am

George Takei just posted this on his FB:

Today, the world lost a great man, and I lost a great friend. We return you now to the stars, Leonard. You taught us to “Live Long And Prosper,” and you indeed did, friend. I shall miss you in so many, many ways.

:(

114 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 27, 2015 10:31:51am

re: #111 Shiplord Kirel

Imagine if ChuckC teams up with Nugent at CPAC, a floor-shitter and a pants-shitter surrounded by bullshitters.

at a place already so full of shit the DC sewers will be backed up for weeks.

115 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 10:32:38am

re: #111 Shiplord Kirel

Imagine if ChuckC teams up with Nugent at CPAC, a floor-shitter and a pants-shitter surrounded by bullshitters.

And Kid Rock.

Kid Rock puts his Obama-hating right-wing jackassery on full display ahead of new album

116 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:33:12am

re: #108 blueraven

Good grief. Idiot DD dude says no politicians ever say “I Love You”.

Obama says it all the time…in response to chants of “I Love you” from the crowd.

Now this is CPAC do you believe you will hear the truth about anything. //

117 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 10:33:26am
118 Mike Lamb  Feb 27, 2015 10:34:08am

re: #40 Lidane

And they’d all gladly vote for him like they did his dad and brother.

119 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 10:35:14am

re: #115 Dr. Matt

And Kid Rock.

Kid Rock puts his Obama-hating right-wing jackassery on full display ahead of new album

Showing the writer the three wild pigs he had trapped in a pen — explaining that they are not native to the area and over-reproduce — Rock and his girlfriend Audrey proceeded to shoot the penned animals, with Rock exclaiming, “His ass is done,” after shooting one.

So many GOP VP candidates, so few GOP VP slots….

Seriously, what a prick.

120 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:35:15am
121 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 10:35:23am
122 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 10:36:33am

re: #119 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

So many GOP VP candidates, so few GOP VP slots….

Seriously, what a prick.

Ted Nugent Jr.

123 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 10:38:31am
124 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 10:41:21am

BTW, what’s the over/under on CCJ posting something nasty about Nimoy?

125 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 10:41:39am
126 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 10:43:16am

Where is the HOOK?

crazy fuck

127 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:43:58am
128 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 10:45:35am
129 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 10:45:57am

re: #125 Charles Johnson

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And I bet they all “Stand With Bibi!”

130 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 10:46:38am

re: #126 blueraven

Where is the HOOK?

crazy fuck

They reserve that for anyone whom they detect managed to make it onstage without the mandatory pre-event frontal lobotomy.

131 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:46:45am

re: #109 Charles Johnson

Heh, what a bunch of failures.

He told them he couldn’t believe that we’d so uncritically accepted the state’s view of the murder—even though our stories were backed up by our own research, our unique reporting and our reading of court documents.

I would bet good money that Scahill also has some free Mumia to offer.

132 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:47:10am
133 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:47:15am

re: #121 Charles Johnson

Wait, I thought Osama was dead?

134 iossarian  Feb 27, 2015 10:47:42am

HOLD ON TO YOUR WEAPONS!!!

135 iossarian  Feb 27, 2015 10:48:18am

NAZIS IN CHINA!!!

136 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:49:51am
137 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 10:50:05am
138 Great White Snark  Feb 27, 2015 10:50:42am

What if the Dem primary were today? LGF Poll

139 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:50:50am

And they are probably sin tonight too.

140 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 10:51:13am

re: #137 Charles Johnson

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OOGA BOOGA!

141 iossarian  Feb 27, 2015 10:51:16am

Atheists are contradicting themselves every time they write a check.

That probably explains the rise in online banking.

142 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 10:51:18am

re: #109 Charles Johnson

Where Journalism goes to die.

143 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:51:23am

The danger of radical Christianity is all too real.

144 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 10:52:55am
145 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 10:53:12am
146 iossarian  Feb 27, 2015 10:54:44am

Great shot of guy waving tricorne hat as Robertson shambles off.

147 No Country For Old Haters  Feb 27, 2015 10:54:49am

re: #143 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

The danger of radical Christianity is all too real.

Of course. The Republican party has already succumbed to the disease. The far-right-wing Christianists have broken our political system by voting for stupid people, because they only value adherence to archaic dogma.

148 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 10:54:54am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

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What the … What does that even MEAN?

149 Kragar  Feb 27, 2015 10:55:09am
150 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:56:35am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

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Uh, Jesus, if he existed, was born several years BCE. (That is, if one trusts the date indications in the gospels at all.)

He wasn’t born in 1AD.

151 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 27, 2015 10:56:41am

re: #143 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

The danger of radicalism is all too real.

152 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 10:56:43am

That was a shit ton of RW, radical, theocratic, crazy from Robertson and now we get Wayne LaPierre.

Wow.

153 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 10:56:55am

Phil wants all the Government out of your life so does that go for the patent office to Phil since i imagine him and his family have patents on all their duck calls and other stuff they sell.

154 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:57:29am

re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

We’re talking specifically about Christianists here.

155 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 10:59:19am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

“When an atheist writes a check and puts the date down, he’s saying ‘JESUS WAS HERE.’”

But let’s accept the premise for a second. Then so do Jews. So?

156 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 10:59:40am

re: #148 thedopefishlives

What the … What does that even MEAN?

It means the fact that every time we post to LGF there’s a time stamp that shows the time, which has a year in it, and that means everything we do is based on time, and time originated with Jesus.
So all of LGF is an atheist. But not really because time stamp.

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157 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 27, 2015 10:59:59am

re: #154 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

We’re talking specifically about Christianists here.

In America yes. Worldwide we can apply it to several faiths.

158 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:00:20am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

159 Kragar  Feb 27, 2015 11:00:25am

re: #150 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Uh, Jesus, if he existed, was born several years BCE. (That is, if one trusts the date indications in the gospels at all.)

He wasn’t born in 1AD.

Accepting the idea that Jesus was a historical figure who is the basis for a dating system has nothing to do with accepting that there is a God

160 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 11:00:37am

re: #156 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

It means the fact that every time we post to LGF there’s a time stamp that shows the time, which has a year in it, and that means everything we do is based on time, and time originated with Jesus.
So all of LGF is an atheist. But not really because time stamp.

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My head hurts.

161 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 11:01:13am

re: #155 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

But let’s accept the premise for a second. Then so do Jews. So?

So because shut up.

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162 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:01:22am

No I call you idiots I have had guns all my life but I don’t worship them.

163 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:01:24am

You knew it was coming:

164 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:01:24am

re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

In America yes. Worldwide we can apply it to several faiths.

The reason for the comment were the radical Christianists, not other radicals.

165 Teukka  Feb 27, 2015 11:01:25am

re: #159 Kragar

Accepting the idea that Jesus was a historical figure who is the basis for a dating system has nothing to do with accepting that there is a God

Also, there is A.D. in dating and C.E. Anno Domini might imply things, Common Era doesn’t.

166 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 27, 2015 11:01:47am

re: #121 Charles Johnson

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Glad we can see “American” on the podium, or we might think this is a Taliban honcho declaring solidarity with ISIS or something.

167 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:02:43am

re: #163 Lidane

You knew it was coming:

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OK, as long as the French surname and his friends are dropped off in the ISIS territory with their penis toys.

168 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:03:15am

Don’t forget to add Fox to you rant about the media lying. Of course if he gets around to Fox he will call it a bastion of truth.

169 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:04:36am

Every time Phil uses electricity he says “SCIENCE IS GREAT”.

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170 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 27, 2015 11:05:32am

re: #163 Lidane

You knew it was coming:

NRA’s Wayne LaPierre: we need more guns to fight ISIS

If Wayne and his gang want to chip in for a few Helllfires or JDAMs, I’m sure somebody can arrange the transaction. They can’t take them home first though.

171 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:06:19am

The fact that there are votes about this shit in 2015 is infuriating:

172 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 11:07:32am
173 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:07:40am

The only thing keeping the likes of Robertson from going the way of ISIS is that the US is a relatively orderly, stable society. If a crisis happens, you better stay far, far away from the likes of him.

174 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 11:09:27am

re: #172 Charles Johnson

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Nope. Jesus just hasn’t seen fit to bring about the end of the world yet, so, uhh, get ‘em next year. Kinda like Harold Camping, but without the exact date and time predictions.

175 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:10:23am

The more and more I listen to them the more and more I think they are sick people.

176 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 11:10:24am

What’s LaPeter doing at this conference speaking? Shouldn’t he be in jail and his guns confiscated?

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177 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 27, 2015 11:10:39am

Attention, Wayne LaPierre! This is the gun you fight ISIS with:

GAU-8 30mm cannon on A-10 attack aircraft.

And, no, you still can’t have one.

178 dholmes32  Feb 27, 2015 11:10:49am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

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Jesus, save us from your professional followers.

179 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 11:10:53am

My cousin just posted this on facebook. The US falls are looking pretty frozen.

180 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 11:11:41am

re: #172 Charles Johnson

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Yep, America is doomed, it’s in such horrid shape, BUT, the President doesn’t say enough nice things about America.

The mystery of our ages remains how long the media figures it can keep ignoring the insanity of the wingnuts.

181 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 11:11:49am

re: #177 Shiplord Kirel

Attention, Wayne LaPierre! This is the gun you fight ISIS with:

Image: GAU-8 30mm cannon on A-10 attack aircraft.And, no, you still can’t have one.

Not for lack of trying, I might add.

182 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 11:11:51am

Debit cards R a tool of teh DEVIL!

183 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:11:57am
184 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:11:59am

re: #165 Teukka

Also, there is A.D. in dating and C.E. Anno Domini might imply things, Common Era doesn’t.

If you’re into C14 dating, “the Present” is always 1954.

en.wikipedia.org

185 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:13:24am

Fuck the NRA I canceled my membership years ago.

186 CuriousLurker  Feb 27, 2015 11:15:16am

Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?

187 Kragar  Feb 27, 2015 11:15:24am
188 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 11:16:11am

So Jeb Bush opts for softball Q’s from Hannity instead of a prepared speech.

hmmm

189 Mattand  Feb 27, 2015 11:16:30am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

190 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 11:17:37am

re: #188 blueraven

So Jeb Bush opts for softball Q’s from Hannity instead of a prepared speech.

hmmm

Courage.

191 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:19:20am

re: #188 blueraven

So Jeb Bush opts for softball Q’s from Hannity instead of a prepared speech.

hmmm

Coward.

192 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 11:19:27am
193 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:19:59am

LOL Bush it’s you policies that are killing you along with the way you talk.
And there goes the BOOOOOOs when you talk about immigration in the audience to back me up.

194 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:20:09am

re: #192 Charles Johnson

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I think the difficulty at CPAC is finding someone who is not a kook or pandering to the kooks.

195 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 11:20:13am
196 OhNoZombies!  Feb 27, 2015 11:20:32am

Still catching up, but the last time I heard Loenard Nimoy was during the holidays. He was on NPR reading from Hannukka Story and Song. It was fascinating and beautiful, so me and the kids listened to it while doing our holiday shopping.
RIP

197 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 11:20:37am

re: #182 Ace-o-aces

Cut the Check! /Anthony Mackie

198 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:20:52am

re: #195 darthstar

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To be fair, I would have walked out too but to be even more fair, I’d rather attend an Algebra lecture than CPAC.

199 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 11:21:01am

re: #186 CuriousLurker

Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?

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You mean Inter-factional bickering, constant argument, and a lack of overall consensus? You do realize we are talking about a country made up mostly of Jews? This is normal for how we decide on pizza toppings.

200 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 11:21:28am

re: #199 Ace-o-aces

You mean Inter-factional bickering, constant argument, and a lack of overall consensus? You do realize we are talking about a country made up mostly of Jews? This is normal for how we decide on pizza toppings.

Okay, that had me laughing at my desk. You win an Internet.

201 Varek Raith  Feb 27, 2015 11:21:39am

RIP Leonard Nimoy.
:(

202 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:22:06am
203 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 27, 2015 11:22:33am

Can I get a transcript of Robertsons speech somewhere?

204 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 11:23:26am
205 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:23:40am

re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg

Can I get a transcript of Robertsons speech somewhere?

Ark of the Covenant.

206 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 11:24:06am

re: #204 Charles Johnson

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Wait, no, please, I’m trying so hard to remember how to wingnut! DON’T LEAVE ME HERE WITH THESE PSYCHOPATHS!

207 piratedan  Feb 27, 2015 11:24:11am

re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg

the transcribers take a bit longer with the stylus and clay tablets that are so in vogue with the CPAC constituency….

208 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:24:31am

Hey Bush let the courts decide if The President is right or wrong.

209 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:24:59am

re: #204 Charles Johnson

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I don’t feel bad for him there. He’s been trying to pander to the nativists on the issue as of late. Sorry Jeb, this isn’t your father or even your brother’s GOP anymore.

210 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 11:25:48am

It’s a standing interview.

Oh dear, he’s invoking St. Reagan, the great drooler.

211 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:25:56am

re: #198 HappyWarrior

To be fair, I would have walked out too but to be even more fair, I’d rather attend an Algebra lecture than CPAC.

You said an Arabic word. You a terrierist?

212 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 11:26:01am

re: #210 darthstar

It’s a standing interview.

Oh dear, he’s invoking St. Reagan, the great drooler.

DRINK!

213 allegro  Feb 27, 2015 11:26:29am

I watched about 30 seconds of Jeb, long enough to laugh at his statement that he isn’t an expert on the ways of Washington. Jeb is trying to paint himself as an outsider? Really? LOL

214 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:26:45am

re: #212 thedopefishlives

DRINK!

No thanks, I have a class tomorrow all day.

215 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:26:45am

re: #211 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

You said an Arabic word. You a terrierist?

He used the subjunctive. Burn Him !!!

216 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 27, 2015 11:27:12am

re: #211 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Don’t make me send a haboob your way!

217 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 11:27:25am

re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg

Can I get a transcript of Robertsons speech somewhere?

Just put a copy of the John Birch Society newsletter in a blender. Same basic thing.

218 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:27:35am
219 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:27:37am

re: #213 allegro

I watched about 30 seconds of Jeb, long enough to laugh at his statement that he isn’t an expert on the ways of Washington. Jeb is trying to paint himself as an outsider? Really? LOL

Hahahhahahhaha. He’s seriously trying to act like he’s an outsider? God Jeb, the people at CPAC may be morons but even they’re not that stupid.

220 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:28:17am

re: #218 Lidane

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And yet homophobic assholes like Phil Robertson get cheers. Lovely crowd you got there CPAC.

221 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:28:57am

re: #216 Eclectic Cyborg

Don’t make me send a haboob your way!

No, send me some alcohol.

222 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:29:00am

This clip will hurt Bush bad with hispanics.

223 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:29:11am

How was Mitt’s reception at 2011 CPAC by the way? I know the base disliked Mitt but I am trying to remember if Mitt was more or less disliked than Jeb is.

224 sagehen  Feb 27, 2015 11:29:14am

re: #29 lawhawk

Not a single example of lower tax rates resulting in higher tax revenues.

Heck, Kansas just disproved this all over again by chopping taxes and watching revenues fall off a cliff without creating the jobs or economic growth they claimed would come from all the other states nearby that have higher rates.

Beg to differ, there is one (and only one) example.

When the Kennedy admin reduced the highest marginal rate from 92% to 70% (and also reduced some of the lower brackets), revenues did go up. Because

1) people whose huge income was from sporadic chunks of work (prizefighters, Vegas headliners, etc) were motivated to work more

2) people whose huge income was the continuing flow from grandpa’s work (Fords, Rockefellers, etc) stopped pouring everything into tax-free foundations. They suddenly had massively more taxable income.

3) the “regular rich” (doctors, lawyers, successful entrepreneuers) just had a lot more to spend, and they spent it on American-made goods from companies that had to increase pay scales to get enough workers to meet demand (Europe and Asia were still rebuilding from WWII, not making a lot of exports, no competition).

This was of course a once and only once phenom — when your reduction gives people 2 or 3 times as much take-home pay, that’s a huge increase in what they’ll spend or invest. Reducing rates from 35% to 28% only gives people 10% more take-home, which for above-median earners doesn’t affect their consumption much at all.

225 CuriousLurker  Feb 27, 2015 11:29:19am

OT (sort of): Speaking of lunacy, there’s a new book out about Anders Breivik by a Norwegian journalist & writer named Åsne Seierstad. Some people are gonna be really pissed that they are mentioned as Breivik’s “inspiration”.

From the review, emphasis added:

Around 2006, he decided to go it alone. From then on, he lived almost entirely in his imagination, but his fantasies were still linked to the real world of politics and ideology. Breivik became obsessed with the idea that the west was at war with Islam. Inspired by websites, such as Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch, or the Neo-Nazi Stormfront, books by the US journalist Bruce Bawer, speeches by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, or a Norwegian blogger, named Fjordman, Breivik transformed himself into a character in cyberspace called Andrew Berwick.

As Berwick, he wrote a long manifesto entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence”, full of bellicose talk, cobbled together from his favourite websites, about the need to save western civilisation from being conquered by Islam.

In fact, however, Muslims were not the main targets of Berwick’s war, in which he dreamed of martyrdom and murder. The main enemies of Berwick’s Knights Templar, of which he himself was the “Justicious Knight Commander”, were “cultural Marxism”, “multiculturalism” and the “cultural elites” who collaborated with the “Islamisation” of the west. […]

theguardian.com

226 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 11:29:31am

re: #180 Targetpractice

Yep, America is doomed, it’s in such horrid shape, BUT, the President doesn’t say enough nice things about America.

The mystery of our ages remains how long the media figures it can keep ignoring the insanity of the wingnuts.

America is in decline, under divine punishment from God, a republic no more, no more freedom or liberty, and how come the left is so unpatriotic and doesn’t believe America exceptional?

227 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:29:34am
228 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:29:39am

re: #221 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

No, send me some alcohol.

Out of hashish?

229 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:31:06am
230 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 11:31:49am
231 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 11:31:56am

re: #229 Lidane

“How much do you hate the Romans?”

“I really, really hate them.”

“Ok, right, you’re in.”

232 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:32:02am

re: #229 Lidane

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I’m so conservative that Ronald Reagan thought my taxes were too low. I’m so conservative that I didn’t get invited to CPAC.

233 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:32:10am

re: #225 CuriousLurker

I’m doing a little project on Breivik’s manifesto right now.

234 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 11:32:14am

re: #198 HappyWarrior

To be fair, I would have walked out too but to be even more fair, I’d rather attend an Algebra lecture than CPAC.

I’d rather watch llamas running wild.

235 sagehen  Feb 27, 2015 11:32:51am

re: #186 CuriousLurker

Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?

Have you ever heard the expression, “two Jews, three opinions”?

236 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 11:32:54am

So, is it safe to say that Scott Walker is now the mark to beat in the GOP primaries?

237 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:32:55am
238 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 11:32:59am

CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.

239 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:33:10am

re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’d rather watch llamas running wild.

Yeah but I’d rather watch llamas run wild than a lot of things. Math and in particular math lectures bore me generally.

240 thedopefishlives  Feb 27, 2015 11:33:37am

re: #236 Targetpractice

So, is it safe to say that Scott Walker is now the mark to beat in the GOP primaries?

That is disturbing on multiple levels.

241 CuriousLurker  Feb 27, 2015 11:33:37am

re: #235 sagehen

Have you ever heard the expression, “two Jews, three opinions”?

Heh, yeah.

242 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:34:22am

re: #238 Dr. Matt

CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.

243 allegro  Feb 27, 2015 11:34:24am

re: #238 Dr. Matt

CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.

How many walked out? A few or a whole bunch?

244 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:34:27am

re: #236 Targetpractice

So, is it safe to say that Scott Walker is now the mark to beat in the GOP primaries?

I think that’s a good bet.

245 Tigger2  Feb 27, 2015 11:34:30am

re: #238 Dr. Matt

CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.

Hope msnbc carries a clip of that I missed it.

246 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:34:35am

re: #228 Decatur Deb

Out of hashish?

Out of lemons. Should come with a jar of hummus. I’ll be waiting for the caravan.

247 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 11:34:57am

Mohammed Emwazi, i.e., “Jihadi John”, is a Pittsburgh Pirates Fan

news.sky.com

248 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:35:41am

re: #247 Dr. Matt

Mohammed Emwazi, i.e., “Jihadi John”, is a Pittsburgh Pirates Fan

news.sky.com

We don’t have a morals test.

249 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 11:36:14am

re: #243 allegro

How many walked out? A few or a whole bunch?

If you have access to twitter, go to @owillis. He retweeted a video. Hard to tell how many, but it seems like a decent sized mass of idiots walked out.

250 CuriousLurker  Feb 27, 2015 11:37:21am

re: #233 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

I’m doing a little project on Breivik’s manifesto right now.

I hadn’t heard of Åsne Seierstad before, but it looks like she has several books I would love. I’m debating whether or not to buy the Brievik one as I’m already juggling several books and it like 500+ pages—not ridiculousy long, but more than what I can read in an afternoon. It sounds really interesting.

251 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 11:37:40am

See, I figured the debates would be where the candidates began imploding. But it seems they didn’t even make it past CPAC before the wheels began falling off.

252 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 11:37:59am

Benghazi!!!!1

253 Kid A  Feb 27, 2015 11:38:19am

re: #68 The Mother Of All Pies

254 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 11:40:00am

When does CCJ speak?

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255 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:40:50am

re: #251 Targetpractice

See, I figured the debates would be where the candidates began imploding. But it seems they didn’t even make it past CPAC before the wheels began falling off.

That bad huh? I knew Jeb would have problems adjusting to a party and ideology that’s become only about hating Obama but sheesh.

256 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:40:53am

re: #254 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

When does CCJ speak?

/

When he chews through the duct tape.

257 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:41:13am

Hard hitting journalism!

258 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 11:41:26am

Hannity just posed the question to Jeb: Why does he love this country enough to go through the trials of running for president.

But Obama, who has done that twice? NOT!

259 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 11:41:41am
260 allegro  Feb 27, 2015 11:42:04am

re: #251 Targetpractice

See, I figured the debates would be where the candidates began imploding. But it seems they didn’t even make it past CPAC before the wheels began falling off.

Has anyone told them to make their wheels round rather than square? Oh yeah, that would be communist. And Obama likes round wheels.

Neverrrrrrrr mind.

261 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 27, 2015 11:42:53am

re: #258 blueraven

Hannity just posed the question to Jeb: Why does he love this country enough to go through the trials of running for president.

But Obama, who has done that twice? NOT!

Hannity is pointing out the differences between a powermonger and a patriot. The former will say anything and adopt any position in order to get elected.
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262 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 11:43:04am

re: #254 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

When does CCJ speak?

/

On Monday. Just like Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.

263 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:43:21am

re: #259 Charles Johnson

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That needs to be used in Democratic ads if he’s the nominee.

264 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:44:37am

re: #257 Lidane

Hard hitting journalism!

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And the right accuses Jon Stewart who is a comedian of “throwing softballs” at Democratic politicians. Sheesh Hannity, are you going to ask him what he likes on his pizza next and if he loves puppy dogs and apple pie?

265 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 11:45:02am

re: #258 blueraven

Hannity just posed the question to Jeb: Why does he love this country enough to go through the trials of running for president.

But Obama, who has done that twice? NOT!

And why does Sean Hannity love America so much he came to CPAC to interview presidential candidates, and why do all the CPAPers love America so much they traveled all the way to DC TO MAKE DC LISTEN to attend CPAC despite their busy work lives of working hard all day and being so taxed enough already they can’t afford plane tickets?

/

266 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:45:04am

re: #261 Feline Fearless Leader

Hannity is pointing out the differences between a powermonger and a patriot. The former will say anything and adopt any position in order to get elected.
//

What is it with right wingers and self-projecting?

267 allegro  Feb 27, 2015 11:45:24am

re: #264 HappyWarrior

And the right accuses Jon Stewart who is a comedian of “throwing softballs” at Democratic politicians. Sheesh Hannity, are you going to ask him what he likes on his pizza next and if he loves puppy dogs and apple pie?

He should probably avoid the pizza part. Just sayin’…

268 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 11:45:29am

re: #259 Charles Johnson

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Jeb, watch out for that rake! *THWACK!*

269 Great White Snark  Feb 27, 2015 11:45:35am
270 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:46:38am

re: #256 Decatur Deb

When he chews through the duct tape.

He’s the conservatives’ Gimp? //

271 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:46:51am

re: #259 Charles Johnson

When Terri Schiavo was subpoenaed to appear before Congress the Republicans showed what what a bunch of ghoulish assholes they truly were.

272 Kid A  Feb 27, 2015 11:46:54am

The Schiavo case was the most sickening spectacle from the party of “personal freedom” I have ever witnessed. Dr. Frist diagnosing Schiavo from a videotape, for fuck’s sake.

273 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:48:02am

re: #267 allegro

He should probably avoid the pizza part. Just sayin’…

You think Jeb’s a pineapple guy or worse an anchovies guy like my father?

274 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 11:48:26am

Meanwhile, this is shocking. Another climate naysayer has ties to oil industry:

275 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:49:02am

The worst part of the Schiavo case people who didn’t even know Michael Schiavo demonizing him and I think I read his new wife and children got death threats. Your pro life right wing in action of course.

276 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 11:49:11am

re: #186 CuriousLurker

Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?

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Hells yeah

277 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:49:30am

re: #272 Kid A

The Schiavo case was the most sickening spectacle from the party of “personal freedom” I have ever witnessed. Dr. Frist diagnosing Schiavo from a videotape, for fuck’s sake.

Heavily edited video, at that.

Terri’s final autopsy put the lie to the whole ghoulish spectacle. Her brain was liquid. She was blind and deaf. Anything and everything that had made her who she was had long since disappeared. All that was left was her automatic body functions.

278 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 11:49:37am

re: #274 lawhawk

Meanwhile, this is shocking. Another climate naysayer has ties to oil industry:

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An oil company bankrolling a scientist to push their propaganda? Surely you jest?!

279 allegro  Feb 27, 2015 11:50:33am

re: #273 HappyWarrior

You think Jeb’s a pineapple guy or worse an anchovies guy like my father?

If he likes anything but bacon and cheese he’s unMerikan.

280 Khal Wimpo  Feb 27, 2015 11:50:47am

In honor of the GOP’s apparent determination to go right straight off the cliff, I humbly submit this meme that made me float my keyboard this morning.

“Let’s just keep going.”
281 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 11:50:51am

re: #253 Kid A

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Wow, with such severe scoliosis she couldn’t be wearing shoes like that, she would be in a wheelchair.

Oh right, it’s Photoshop.

282 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:51:14am

re: #279 allegro

If he likes anything but bacon and cheese he’s unMerikan.

He’ll be OK if he doesn’t order jalapenos.

283 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 11:51:57am

re: #277 Lidane

Heavily edited video, at that.

Terri’s final autopsy put the lie to the whole ghoulish spectacle. Her brain was liquid. She was blind and deaf. Anything and everything that had made her who she was had long since disappeared. All that was left was her automatic body functions.

But they support the Dignity of Life™

284 Dave In Austin  Feb 27, 2015 11:52:42am
285 Kid A  Feb 27, 2015 11:52:46am

GOP- So pro-life, we’ll execute the innocent on death row, and make husbands suffer while we prolong the lives of their wives that are brain dead.

286 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 11:53:20am
287 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 11:54:19am

re: #286 Charles Johnson

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So much for the “moderate” candidate, eh?

288 Kid A  Feb 27, 2015 11:54:24am

re: #286 Charles Johnson

It’s shocking that at 51, she’s never been married.

289 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:55:35am

re: #284 Dave In Austin

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And he’s in your party, Benny. Enjoy.

290 Decatur Deb  Feb 27, 2015 11:56:32am

re: #285 Kid A

GOP- So pro-life, we’ll execute the innocent on death row, and make husbands suffer while we prolong the lives of their wives that are brain dead.

Georgia is making a great leap toward gender equality on Monday.

ajc.com

291 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 11:57:33am

re: #288 Kid A

It’s shocking that at 51, she’s never been married.

It is strange given the conservative obsession with marrying young and creating. Coulter’s never been married either though I think she was engaged to Dinesh the Douche at one point.

292 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 11:57:33am

re: #288 Kid A

It’s shocking that at 51, she’s never been married.

Ann Coulter has never been married either.

293 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 11:58:32am
294 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 11:59:13am

Someone haz a sad:

WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.

295 Khal Wimpo  Feb 27, 2015 11:59:16am

re: #286 Charles Johnson

No matter how much money the Kochs & their ilk shower on Jeb, he’s never gonna win over the racist redneck Deep South derp base with that Messican wife of his. They’re just not going to tolerate going from a blah to a Hispanic in what (to their minds at least) should be a lily—White House.

296 Kid A  Feb 27, 2015 11:59:50am

re: #291 HappyWarrior

Douche Dinesh dated both Ann and Laura and set back human sexuality centuries because of it.

297 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 12:00:35pm
298 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:00:36pm

re: #296 Kid A

Douche Dinesh dated both Ann and Laura and set back human sexuality centuries because of it.

I believe I also heard Ann and Maher had a fling. Never dated. God that’s a lot of self-righteous bullshit for one bed.

299 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:01:02pm

re: #297 Charles Johnson

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And to think I was a Kucinich admirer at one time. Oh teenage years.

300 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:01:21pm

Bill Maher used to date Ann Coulter.

301 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 12:01:36pm

re: #294 Lidane

Someone haz a sad:

WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.

What does Malkan have against cheap labor? I thought that was the end goal of wingnut economic policy.
/

302 Dr. Matt  Feb 27, 2015 12:01:56pm

re: #296 Kid A

Douche Dinesh dated both Ann and Laura and set back human sexuality centuries because of it.

re: #298 HappyWarrior

I believe I also heard Ann and Maher had a fling. Never dated. God that’s a lot of self-righteous bullshit for one bed.

Dear Dog, let us hope and pray that sex tapes DO NOT exist for any of them.

303 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 12:02:05pm

Don’t care that Ingraham or Coulter are not married. I care that both are illogical amoral ahistorical right wingers whose views set back equal rights and equal protection by decades.

304 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:02:48pm

re: #300 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Bill Maher used to date Ann Coulter.

Oh they did date. I thought it was just a fling. I would never refuse to date someone because of ideological reasons but Ann Coulter is just a genuinely mean spirited person. I mean Maher’s no prize himself either.

305 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:03:28pm

re: #302 Dr. Matt

Dear Dog, let us hope and pray that sex tapes DO NOT exist for any of them.

I think Ann asked Dinesh if it was okay for her to call him Senator McCarthy during fornication.

306 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:03:45pm

re: #304 HappyWarrior

Oh they did date. I thought it was just a fling. I would never refuse to date someone because of ideological reasons but Ann Coulter is just a genuinely mean spirited person. I mean Maher’s no prize himself either.

They probably agreed on the Muslims. //

307 Lidane  Feb 27, 2015 12:04:07pm

re: #301 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

What does Malkan have against cheap labor? I thought that was the end goal of wingnut economic policy.
/

She wants cheap AMERICAN labor. H-1B visas are somehow a sign of cheap FOREIGN labor.

308 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:04:10pm

re: #303 lawhawk

Don’t care that Ingraham or Coulter are not married. I care that both are illogical amoral ahistorical right wingers whose views set back equal rights and equal protection by decades.

I certainly don’t either. I just resent them being part of yeah an ideology that tells unmarried women who have sex they are sluts.

309 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:04:38pm

re: #306 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

They probably agreed on the Muslims. //

and vaccines.

310 Timothy Watson  Feb 27, 2015 12:04:45pm

re: #286 Charles Johnson

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But under current system, Laura Ingraham can appoint as many foreign born children as she wants…

311 The Mother Of All Pies  Feb 27, 2015 12:05:04pm

re: #294 Lidane

Someone haz a sad:

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WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.

Ted Cruz wants more H1B’s

312 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:06:13pm

re: #311 The Mother Of All Pies

Ugh, the mug.

313 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:08:19pm

re: #312 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Ugh, the mug.

Do you guys have any sayings in Russian about punchable faces? i swear Ted just has that face. If Jeff Sessions has the name of a sleazy antebellum senator, then Ted Cruz has first prize on most sleazy looking politician.

314 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 27, 2015 12:08:51pm

re: #294 Lidane

Someone haz a sad:

WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.

It’s the meme where the Mexicans are stealing all the high-paying Walmart jobs.
//

315 CuriousLurker  Feb 27, 2015 12:12:03pm

re: #259 Charles Johnson

Jeb ‘Put Me Through Hell’
Michael Schiavo knows as well as anyone what Jeb Bush can do with executive power. He thinks you ought to know too.

CLEARWATER, Fla.—Sitting recently on his brick back patio here, Michael Schiavo called Jeb Bush a vindictive, untrustworthy coward.

For years, the self-described “average Joe” felt harassed, targeted and tormented by the most important person in the state.

“It was a living hell,” he said, “and I blame him.” […]

politico.com

316 b.d.  Feb 27, 2015 12:12:44pm

re: #297 Charles Johnson

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I remember when Kucinich joined FoxNews how all of his dudebro fanboys assured me that he would absolutely change minds and not be a cartoonish character punching bad liberal.

317 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:13:26pm

re: #313 HappyWarrior

Do you guys have any sayings in Russian about punchable faces? i swear Ted just has that face. If Jeff Sessions has the name of a sleazy antebellum senator, then Ted Cruz has first prize on most sleazy looking politician.

“That mug is asking for a brick”.

318 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:13:52pm

re: #317 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

“That mug is asking for a brick”.

Brilliant.

319 b.d.  Feb 27, 2015 12:14:02pm

re: #300 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Bill Maher used to date Ann Coulter.

I pity both of them

320 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:14:18pm

re: #319 b.d.

I pity both of them

I pity the bed.

321 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:14:28pm

re: #319 b.d.

I pity both of them

I don’t. ;)

322 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 12:14:59pm

re: #300 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Bill Maher used to date Ann Coulter.

Keith Olbermann denies it, but there are plenty of rumors that he once dated Coulter.

323 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:16:12pm

re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well, many don’t like Keith’s style, but he’s not known for bigotry or craziness, so I’ll take his word for it.

324 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:16:41pm

re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth

Keith Olbermann denies it, but there are plenty of rumors that he once dated Coulter.

Olbermann’s another guy that I don’t really like even if I agree with him more often than not.

325 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:17:39pm

re: #323 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Well, many don’t like Keith’s style, but he’s not known for bigotry or craziness, so I’ll take his word for it.

Yeah he’s not a kook like Maher is. His style just isn’t for me. He is a good sports commentator though and his rant about Derek Jeter’s farewell tour was right on.

326 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 12:17:52pm

re: #323 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Well, many don’t like Keith’s style, but he’s not known for bigotry or craziness, so I’ll take his word for it.

OTOH, Keith did once date Laura Ingraham.

327 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 12:17:55pm

Update on the Missouri spree killing with nine dead in total (including gunman).

It appears that the shooter came upon his mother, who appears to have died of natural causes at one of the locations, and then proceeded to shoot people at other locations (six locations in total).

There were three women and four men fatally shot, ranging in age from their early 40s to mid 60s. Authorities say several of the victims are related — including a husband and wife — but they haven’t confirmed a connection with the gunman.

A woman who survived being shot told police she knew who the gunman was and gave police his name. As word spread of the killings, some additional victims were discovered when worried family members went to homes to check on their well-being, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said in an interview. Police also went door-to-door to check for victims.

Authorities aren’t releasing names of the victims until they notify relatives. Tyrone is an unincorporated rural community of about 20 people.

Before the suspect was found dead, police went to his mother’s home to see if he was there, the coroner said. They found her dead on the couch of apparent natural causes, Whittaker said. It appears she had been dead at least 24 hours, he said. She was in her 70s and had been under a doctor’s care for an illness, and there was no visible sign of trauma, so Whittaker believes she died of her illness.

The woman has the same surname as some of the victims, he said. Investigators suspect her death may have sparked the man’s murder spree.

“We’re speculating that he came home and found her deceased and then for whatever reason went on a rampage and started killing people,” Whittaker said. “This is just so strange. Right now, with the shooter dead, we don’t know. Is there something that sparked this? We’re still in the information-gathering stage.”

Bizarre. And another community will grieve over senseless killings.

328 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 27, 2015 12:18:09pm

re: #204 Charles Johnson

Jeb Bush started out sounding confident, but there’s a note of desperation creeping in the more he talks about immigration and gets booed.

They backed down when they got booed at the early Tea Party rallies instead of standing up to these people, and now the chickens are doming home to roost.

329 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:19:07pm

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

OTOH, Keith did once date Laura Ingraham.

Sigh.

;)

330 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 12:20:56pm

re: #315 CuriousLurker

Don’t go telling me that the GOP is for small government. Not after the Schiavo affair, where they were looking to insert government action into the health care of a woman who was already brain dead (but for which you had Senator Frist diagnosing her from a video). And not after the way the GOP tries to worm its way up into all manner of lady bits with unnecessary and expensive procedures to prevent women from getting abortions.

Or when they say, swallow this pill so you can do a gynecological exam, because GOP representatives across the country arent’ familiar with science, math, or medicine.

Etc.

331 Eventual Carrion  Feb 27, 2015 12:21:25pm

re: #159 Kragar

Accepting the idea that Jesus was a historical figure who is the basis for a dating system has nothing to do with accepting that there is a God

I’m going to start writing the dates on my checks in Aztec format.

332 Eventual Carrion  Feb 27, 2015 12:22:16pm

re: #163 Lidane

You knew it was coming:

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I think they have enough guns. Now they just need a plane ticket to get there.

333 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 12:23:11pm

re: #331 Eventual Carrion

I’m going to start writing the dates on my checks in Aztec format.

I’m looking at my checks right now and I don’t see “God” or “Jesus” or any other supreme being on any of them.

Apparently I have atheist checks…

334 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:24:33pm

re: #332 Eventual Carrion

I think they have enough guns. Now they just need a plane ticket to get there.

Even if they managed to defeat ISIS (which they wouldn’t), they would just create CSIS in its place.

335 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:25:23pm

re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m looking at my checks right now and I don’t see “God” or “Jesus” or any other supreme being on any of them.

Apparently I have atheist checks…

But if we squint, we can see “AD” after the date… OK, you can’t see it, but you know it’s there… if you have faith…

336 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 27, 2015 12:26:15pm

re: #335 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

But if we squint, we can see “AD” after the date… OK, you can’t see it, but you know it’s there… if you have faith…

hahahaa

AD = After Doge

337 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:27:43pm

re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahaa

AD = After Doge

What do you mean, after? Doge is alive and well in his palace.

Image: Photograph_of_of_the_Doges_Palace_in_Venice.jpg

338 Snarknado!  Feb 27, 2015 12:29:30pm

B.C. — backwards counting

A.D. — advancing dates

What is this “common era” of which you speak?

339 Dave In Austin  Feb 27, 2015 12:30:02pm

re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahaa

AD = After Doge

340 iossarian  Feb 27, 2015 12:30:42pm

re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahaa

AD = After Doge

Alarmed

Such chronological

341 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:31:01pm

re: #339 Dave In Austin

Image: 7AqqqIB.jpg

342 Charles Johnson  Feb 27, 2015 12:31:42pm
343 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 27, 2015 12:33:18pm

re: #335 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

But if we squint, we can see “AD” after the date… OK, you can’t see it, but you know it’s there… if you have faith…

Nitpick: “B.C.” comes after the date, “A.D.” comes before the date.

344 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:35:07pm

re: #343 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Nitpick: “B.C.” comes after the date, “A.D.” comes before the date.

Oh ye, of little faith…

//

345 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 12:35:26pm

I don’t know, but is this how a foreign embassy in the US behaves?

This is getting out of hand. Fox and other RW spots will blast our diplomats if they say the “wrong” thing about Bibi or his policy, but not a word about something like this.

346 iossarian  Feb 27, 2015 12:37:44pm

re: #345 blueraven

O noes. We must all bow down to Bibi or gas will cost teh $$$ in 2025.

347 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 12:38:47pm

I know it’s just a family member or an assistant, but seeing Nimoy’s Twitter account retweeting messages about his own death is kinda creepy.

348 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 12:39:32pm

re: #345 blueraven

I don’t know, but is this how a foreign embassy in the US behaves?

This is getting out of hand. Fox and other RW spots will blast our diplomats if they say the “wrong” thing about Bibi or his policy, but not a word about something like this.

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Close the embassy and expel their diplomats until they stop acting like John Boehner’s adopted children.

It’d be political suicide, but imagine the shock it would send.

349 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 27, 2015 12:39:32pm

R.I.P., Leonard Nimoy. You really lived with dignity and grace in your post-Spock era, and we’ll all miss you.

Glad you decided to take the role of Spock, after worrying that it might be “too freaky”. (After being in Radar Men from the Moon.)

350 iossarian  Feb 27, 2015 12:40:11pm

re: #343 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Nitpick: “B.C.” comes after the date, “A.D.” comes before the date.

Nitpick: “B.C.” and “A.D.” are part of the date. I think you mean “before/after the numerical representation of the year”.

351 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 12:40:26pm

re: #347 Ace-o-aces

I know it’s just a family member or an assistant, but seeing Nimoy’s Twitter account retweeting messages about his own death is kinda creepy.

And not very logical.

352 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:40:50pm

re: #347 Ace-o-aces

Yes. The account is called “TheRealNimoy”, and this goes against that.

353 Ace-o-aces  Feb 27, 2015 12:41:57pm

re: #346 iossarian

O noes. We must all bow down to Bibi or gas will cost teh $$$ in 2025.

haaretz.com

Israel placed third in a ranking of 60 countries according to the price of a gallon of gas, published by Bloomberg last week.`

Israeli drivers pay $9.28 a gallon for premium gasoline, compared to $4.89 in China and $3.75 in the United States, according to Bloomberg.

354 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:43:30pm

re: #353 Ace-o-aces

haaretz.com

Seems to me then that Bibi’s government should kindly shut up about our oil prices. Maybe just maybe Obama knows what he’s doing. Really the complete lack of respect and contempt shown to the administration by Bibi especially has been appalling. Even more so are the so called patriotic right wingers who take Bibi’s side because hey at least he’s not a damn Kenyan.//

355 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 27, 2015 12:43:35pm

re: #350 iossarian

Nitpick: “B.C.” and “A.D.” are part of the date. I think you mean “before/after the numerical representation of the year”.

Right you are….

356 lawhawk  Feb 27, 2015 12:44:49pm

Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.

The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).

357 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 27, 2015 12:45:34pm

re: #354 HappyWarrior

Seems to me then that Bibi’s government should kindly shut up about our oil prices. Maybe just maybe Obama knows what he’s doing. Really the complete lack of respect and contempt shown to the administration by Bibi especially has been appalling. Even more so are the so called patriotic right wingers who take Bibi’s side because hey at least he’s not a damn Kenyan.//

If only Obama spelled his first name “Baruch” instead of “Barack”.

358 Kragar  Feb 27, 2015 12:45:49pm

My Team Leader last week said “We have this new process, I’ll show you how to pull the numbers later.”

They were out sick Monday.

I call Tuesday. “Its no big deal. We just need the numbers for the end of month. I’ll get up with you later.

I call yesterday. “I’m too busy right now. I’ll go over the process with you later.”

If they can’t make the time in a whole week, I’m not going to fucking call them at 12:45 on a Friday to remind them.

359 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:45:50pm

re: #356 lawhawk

Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.

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The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).

If he actually cared more about bettering the country than his own power, he wouldn’t have these problems.

360 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 12:47:41pm

re: #356 lawhawk

Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.

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The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).

Be fun if they did, just to see the look on Boehner’s (and the rest of the GOP leadership’s) face(s) when they had to go to Nancy Pelosi and ask her if she’d help quash the coup with a few Democratic votes.

361 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 12:48:09pm

re: #359 HappyWarrior

If he actually cared more about bettering the country than his own power, he wouldn’t have these problems.

No, the Speaker of the House would.
/rimshot!

362 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 12:49:03pm
363 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:49:40pm

re: #362 darthstar

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Nice tribute.

364 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 12:49:47pm

re: #356 lawhawk

Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.

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The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).

We’ve seen this movie enough times to guess how it goes: Dems refuse to sign onto the three week extension bill, Boehner tries to push forward with it under the assumption that enough TPers will sign onto it to avoid embarrassing him. They won’t, leaving him at the 11th hour with a bill that’s doomed to failure, so he pulls it and puts up the Senate bill that passes with mostly Dem support. The TPers make a lot of noise about deposing him, but realize there’s no “true conservative” who has enough votes to replace him, so they just continue to rattle their sabers.

SSDD

365 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 12:50:21pm
366 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 27, 2015 12:50:37pm

re: #358 Kragar

My Team Leader last week said “We have this new process, I’ll show you how to pull the numbers later.”

They were out sick Monday.

I call Tuesday. “Its no big deal. We just need the numbers for the end of month. I’ll get up with you later.

I call yesterday. “I’m too busy right now. I’ll go over the process with you later.”

If they can’t make the time in a whole week, I’m not going to fucking call them at 12:45 on a Friday to remind them.

I’m getting the same treatment from a co-worker trying to get details needed for an interface specification. And I am leaving for vacation next Thursday.

367 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 12:50:52pm

re: #365 darthstar

That one’s enough to make me want to go to Temple and I’m not even Jewish.

368 aagcobb  Feb 27, 2015 12:50:58pm

re: #364 Targetpractice

We’ve seen this movie enough times to guess how it goes: Dems refuse to sign onto the three week extension bill, Boehner tries to push forward with it under the assumption that enough TPers will sign onto it to avoid embarrassing him. They won’t, leaving him at the 11th hour with a bill that’s doomed to failure, so he pulls it and puts up the Senate bill that passes with mostly Dem support. The TPers make a lot of noise about deposing him, but realize there’s no “true conservative” who has enough votes to replace him, so they just continue to rattle their sabers.

SSDD

The only question is one of timing; will the bill funding DHS pass before or after it temporarily shuts down?

369 Kragar  Feb 27, 2015 12:51:38pm
370 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 27, 2015 12:51:57pm

re: #364 Targetpractice

We’ve seen this movie enough times to guess how it goes: Dems refuse to sign onto the three week extension bill, Boehner tries to push forward with it under the assumption that enough TPers will sign onto it to avoid embarrassing him. They won’t, leaving him at the 11th hour with a bill that’s doomed to failure, so he pulls it and puts up the Senate bill that passes with mostly Dem support. The TPers make a lot of noise about deposing him, but realize there’s no “true conservative” who has enough votes to replace him, so they just continue to rattle their sabers.

SSDD

You must admit though that it takes some sort of talent to be able to make sabres rattle so convincingly after they have been fallen on.
/

371 calochortus  Feb 27, 2015 12:52:22pm

re: #358 Kragar

My Team Leader last week said “We have this new process, I’ll show you how to pull the numbers later.”

They were out sick Monday.

I call Tuesday. “Its no big deal. We just need the numbers for the end of month. I’ll get up with you later.

I call yesterday. “I’m too busy right now. I’ll go over the process with you later.”

If they can’t make the time in a whole week, I’m not going to fucking call them at 12:45 on a Friday to remind them.

What?! There are only 28 days this month? Why didn’t someone tell me that?

372 b_sharp  Feb 27, 2015 12:52:29pm

re: #303 lawhawk

Don’t care that Ingraham or Coulter are not married. I care that both are illogical amoral ahistorical right wingers whose views set back equal rights and equal protection by decades.

There we go.

373 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 12:53:32pm

re: #368 aagcobb

The only question is one of timing; will the bill funding DHS pass before or after it temporarily shuts down?

I figure we’ll know the answer by the middle of the night. If he hasn’t pulled the three-week bill by then and scheduled the Senate bill, then he intends to push this past the deadline. If he has, then he’ll try to squeak in passage and signature so that he can say that the GOP has kept its promise not to allow any further shutdowns.

374 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:53:33pm

re: #369 Kragar

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Assholes.These fuckwads are always accusing Muslim-Americans of not being American enough and here this girl is singing the national anthem and these bigoted pricks shout insults at her. These fuckers make me ashamed to be an American.

375 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:53:43pm

re: #365 darthstar

This is awesome.

376 aagcobb  Feb 27, 2015 12:53:59pm

re: #369 Kragar

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Disgusting bigots.

377 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 12:56:03pm

re: #369 Kragar

A rally by hundreds of American Muslims at the Oklahoma Capitol on Friday to promote religious tolerance was interrupted by anti-Islamic protesters holding signs proclaiming the United States a Christian nation.

That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.

378 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 12:59:39pm

re: #377 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.

Yeah pretty much. I really do worry about Christian theocrats getting their way in the US much more than I do Muslim ones. Why because there’s a lot more of them and they have politicians willing to do their bidding. We’ll get “Shariah Law” the same way Sinclair said we’ll get fascism.

379 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 1:00:12pm
380 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 1:01:57pm

re: #377 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the difference between the wingnuts and the Taliban is the invisible sky god they pray to. Any time someone brings up the parallels between Christianity and Islam, they like to make a lot of noise about Christ and his teachings. But don’t be fooled, the only part of the Bible they take seriously is the Old Testament and the idea of a narrow-minded, bloodthirsty God.

381 OhNoZombies!  Feb 27, 2015 1:02:31pm

re: #377 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.

It’s also a testament to how tolerant religious and ethnic minorities are in this country.
The task is extra difficult when you see these people mistreat children.

382 aagcobb  Feb 27, 2015 1:03:10pm

re: #379 darthstar

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He is probably in a desperate hunt for votes for his three week funding plan. If that fails, then he may have to let DHS temporarily shut down to show the Tea Party Caucus he fought to the bitter end before putting a clean bill up for a vote.

383 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 1:03:14pm

Uhura - still hot.

384 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Feb 27, 2015 1:03:52pm

if you were add up the combined brainpower from that event, just imagine the possibilities… converted into pure energy, one might be able to power a small hamster wheel.

385 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 1:03:53pm

re: #382 aagcobb

He is probably in a desperate hunt for votes for his three week funding plan. If that fails, then he may have to let DHS temporarily shut down to show the Tea Party Caucus he fought to the bitter end before putting a clean bill up for a vote.

Clean funding bill on Monday - retroactive to Friday.

386 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 1:05:35pm

re: #382 aagcobb

He is probably in a desperate hunt for votes for his three week funding plan. If that fails, then he may have to let DHS temporarily shut down to show the Tea Party Caucus he fought to the bitter end before putting a clean bill up for a vote.

Except none of them are fooled, they know the cave is coming. That he’s put up a stop-gap bill and is trying to float a conference committee is a signal that he knows he just doesn’t have the support for an all-or-nothing shutdown bid. The question is how long he intends to keep up the charade.

387 darthstar  Feb 27, 2015 1:14:32pm
388 Kragar  Feb 27, 2015 1:15:13pm
389 Targetpractice  Feb 27, 2015 1:16:57pm

re: #388 Kragar

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390 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 1:17:08pm

re: #388 Kragar

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ODS much. Yeah Spock was only his most iconic character. And the man even had an autobiography called “I Am Spock.” These people can’t even let Obama pay tribute to an actor without their raging ODS getting in the way of things.

391 calochortus  Feb 27, 2015 1:17:39pm

re: #388 Kragar

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Yes, and he said he loved the character and hoped the person would rest in peace. What’s wrong with that?

392 blueraven  Feb 27, 2015 1:18:56pm

Leonard Nimoy was a very accomplished photographer.

Here is his gallery pages. Unfortunately the site is mostly down due to heavy traffic I imagine. I have visited the site often and his photos are beautiful. Well worth visiting, later if not today.

rmichelson.com

393 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 1:19:15pm

re: #391 calochortus

Yes, and he said he loved the character and hoped the person would rest in peace. What’s wrong with that?

It’s not a problem with the statement as with everything that Obama does, it’s who makes it. Obama could declare that ridding the world of disease and hunger was a noble endeavor and people like Paige there would get upset because they hate Obama that much.

394 Nyet  Feb 27, 2015 1:19:20pm

A story of an astrology skeptic turned a passionate astrologer turned an astrology skeptic again. A bit tl, but I like these personal narratives.

395 calochortus  Feb 27, 2015 1:20:14pm

re: #393 HappyWarrior

Yeah, I know. These people need better hobbies.

396 HappyWarrior  Feb 27, 2015 1:21:39pm

re: #395 calochortus

Yeah, I know. These people need better hobbies.

Yeah they really do. I mean I couldn’t stand Bush but I didn’t nitpick every statement the guy had.

397 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 1:25:16pm

re: #388 Kragar

Uncompetence!!!!!11

398 Romantic Heretic  Feb 27, 2015 1:27:24pm

re: #315 CuriousLurker

Read the article.

“Canary in the coal mine” is my thought. The Schiavo case was the first indication of how unhinged and cruel the Right has become in America.

399 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 27, 2015 1:27:57pm

So who’s on deck tomorrow at CPAC?

400 gwangung  Feb 27, 2015 1:28:02pm

re: #393 HappyWarrior

It’s not a problem with the statement as with everything that Obama does, it’s who makes it. Obama could declare that ridding the world of disease and hunger was a noble endeavor and people like Paige there would get upset because they hate Obama that much.

Not to mention that it was a pretty incompetent reading of his statement.

401 OhNoZombies!  Feb 27, 2015 1:29:09pm

re: #388 Kragar

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Sometimes I really hate people.
Serenity now!!!

402 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Feb 27, 2015 1:29:42pm

a loss to all of us round ears

we are unworthy primates ruled by emoticons

403 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Feb 27, 2015 1:30:54pm

Conservatives gather at CPAC

of course “real conservatives” have already excommunicated half of the attendees

404 No Country For Old Haters  Feb 27, 2015 1:41:05pm

re: #403 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Conservatives gather at CPAC

of course “real conservatives” have already excommunicated half of the attendees

That’s the beauty of conservatism. The movement can’t survive the dysfunction of wingnut purity tests.

405 vgranucci  Feb 27, 2015 10:11:20pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

I don’t know about Phil, but I see no reason to use A. D. with any dates


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