In Which Chuck C. Johnson Tries to Go to a Boehner Fundraiser, Ends Up Being Questioned by Police

For some reason they thought he might be a threat
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Yesterday, our stalker pal Chuck C. Johnson proudly announced on Twitter that he was headed to a fundraiser for John Boehner in Bakersfield, California:

Chuck obviously yearns for access to the corridors of power — but this little excursion to play with the big boys didn’t exactly go as planned. In fact, it can only be described as yet another massive fail for the Ginger Avenger:

Chuck concluded his tweets by posting the business card of the Capitol Hill police; his souvenir of another triumph of high-IQ right wing journalism.

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677 comments
1 William Barnett-Lewis  Mar 15, 2015 3:16:52pm

Of course you’re not in trouble upchuck, they realized you’re too stupid to be able to be trouble.

2 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 3:17:51pm

Well, it would have been nice if they had held him for 24 hours.

That would have given the world 24 hrs of Upchuck-free Twitter time.

3 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 3:19:43pm
There was some confusion. I got the wrong invitation to the event in Bakersfield when I should have gone to the Fresno one.

Oh, someone else’s fault then. Ok.

4 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 15, 2015 3:20:26pm

LOL, as if he actually got an invitation to anything.

5 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 3:21:01pm

re: #3 jaunte

Oh, someone else’s fault then. Ok.

Quelle surprise!

6 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 3:24:32pm

Such fail.

7 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 3:26:08pm

Hey Fred! Do you have one of those generic business cards, without anyone’s name on it, that you can give to this loser punk?

8 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 15, 2015 3:26:20pm

has vladimir “i’m just fine!” putin been verified in public yet?

9 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 3:28:03pm

re: #8 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

has vladimir “i’m just fine!” putin been verified in public yet?

Nope. “Wait till Tuesday”, say some.

10 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 15, 2015 3:30:20pm

re: #9 Nyet

Nope. “Wait till Tuesday”, say some.

that’s when i pay for the hamburgers

11 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 3:30:42pm

There are some rumors coming from journos that all the accreditations for all events planned for the next few days are being annulled [apparently meaning the events won’t take place]. Take it with a large spoon of salt though.

12 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 15, 2015 3:31:45pm

I’m guessing that Chuck’s “invitation” means he got punked…again.

13 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 3:32:12pm

re: #9 Nyet

Nope. “Wait till Tuesday”, say some.

So he sobers up for St. Patrick’s Day? Boy, cultures differ, I guess./

14 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 3:36:58pm

re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m guessing that Chuck’s “invitation” means he got punked…again.

Heh:

DEER CHUCK. PRINT THIS OUT AS YOUR INVITATION TO COME SEE SPEAKER BONER IN CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY COCAINE.

15 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 3:38:16pm

This was all payback by Kevin McCarthy’s staffers. They had Valadao’s people purposefully send him the wrong invite so the Capitol Police would tie up Chuck allowing GOP ninjas to do butt stuff to his car and plant listening devices in his Teddy Ruxpin.

16 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 3:39:11pm

re: #14 b.d.

Heh:

DEER CHUCK. PRINT THIS OUT AS YOUR INVITATION TO COME SEE SPEAKER BONER IN CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY COCAINE.

And Chuck is all like:
…

17 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 3:39:15pm

Did he tell them he is an award winning journalist?

18 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 15, 2015 3:39:25pm

I almost wish they’d found drugs or empty alcohol containers in his car.

Am i wrong for that?

19 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 3:39:40pm

So now white people come out en masse?

20 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 3:40:36pm

That whole twitter stream, though…

To quote the late, great Archie Campbell: “I don’t think I’d have told that!”

21 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 3:41:27pm

re: #19 Justanotherhuman

“Thank you FPD, for your racist policies have kept my taxes low!”

22 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 3:42:36pm

re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m guessing that Chuck’s “invitation” means he got punked…again.

I’m actually leaning halfway in this direction. Valadao and McCarthy are Republican Congressmen in neighboring districts. The fundraiser was held in Bakersfield, McCarthy’s district. Chuck accused McCarthy and Renee Ellmers of having an affair, based on nothing but his assertions of anonymous innuendo.

I’m not saying that they fucked with him on purpose, but it actually wouldn’t surprise me in the least if they did. It’s kind of hard to believe that they wouldn’t have allowed him in if it was an honest mixup and he had a legit invite to the Fresno event from a day earlier. Having the Capitol Police caramelize his onions smacks of deliberate hazing.

23 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 15, 2015 3:48:14pm

re: #21 Amory Blaine

“Thank you FPD, for your racist policies have kept my taxes low!”

until you start getting hit with lawsuits…

24 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 3:48:18pm

re: #22 goddamnedfrank

Typically, if you aren’t a dick, people will work with you if there was an honest misunderstanding and let you in to things like that.

25 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 3:49:19pm

I want to shake up the ant nest and make them fight.

26 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 3:50:23pm

re: #15 goddamnedfrank

Oh lol. Bravo Frank.

27 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 3:53:09pm

re: #22 goddamnedfrank

I’m not giving him a pass on anything and not buying his excuse. He probably went there either drunk or with a massive hangover, looking like shit. And if he looked like he did at CPAC, I wouldn’t have let him in, either.

Mix up, my ass.

28 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 3:53:43pm

re: #24 b.d.

Typically, if you aren’t a dick, people will work with you if there was an honest misunderstanding and let you in to things like that.

Yep, it seems that whether it was an intentional effort to fuck with him or not, someone in charge knew exactly who Chuck was and did not want him going inside. An operation like that, if they did screw up and send the invite to the wrong event, would usually own it rather than needlessly alienate a supporter. Whether it was premeditated ratfucking or just an opportunistic rejection it’s actually pretty hard to read this as anything other than Republicans are getting really sick of his shit.

29 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 15, 2015 3:55:42pm

Found the invite he got via email:

30 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 3:56:37pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahaha

31 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 3:56:40pm

re: #25 goddamnedfrank

I want to shake up the ant nest and make them fight.

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My sources are telling me…

Same fontes ex culo that Chucky uses, perhaps?

32 austin_blue  Mar 15, 2015 3:57:38pm

Twenty-one year old plays game for four days, wins $1.1 million.

UT ex, Jordan Spieth, wins in Florida in a 3-man playoff.

33 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 3:58:26pm
34 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 4:01:08pm
35 Dr. Matt  Mar 15, 2015 4:03:04pm

Oh jebus. Who is responsible for this?

ChucksAsianWife

36 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 4:08:33pm
37 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 4:11:59pm

re: #36 jaunte

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Video

littlegreenfootballs.com

38 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:12:15pm

re: #35 Dr. Matt

Oh jebus. Who is responsible for this?

ChucksAsianWife

Not me, is all I know.

39 Dr. Matt  Mar 15, 2015 4:12:40pm

re: #33 goddamnedfrank

40 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 4:12:43pm

re: #37 #FergusonFireside

Proof that he knows his rhetoric is way over the top.

41 Archangelus  Mar 15, 2015 4:14:30pm

re: #35 Dr. Matt

Oh jebus. Who is responsible for this?

ChucksAsianWife

Small tip: do NOT drink or eat anything while reading that… not unless you were already contemplating getting a new keyboard/screen beforehand….

42 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 4:15:38pm

Politico is a fucking cesspool of RWNJ ignorance. And now, with their new format, I will ignore it.

43 makeitstop  Mar 15, 2015 4:15:57pm

re: #41 Archangelus

Small tip: do NOT drink or eat anything while reading that… not unless you were already contemplating getting a new keyboard/screen beforehand….

I agree. Very funny, whichever of you is responsible.

44 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 4:17:01pm

re: #38 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

OMG I couldn’t see how it could be you. With your job, websites and thoughtful posts here, you’d have to type with your feet!

45 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 4:21:13pm

re: #35 Dr. Matt

Oh jebus. Who is responsible for this?

twitter.com

That Twitter account needs a blue check by it bad.

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46 Viscous Obama  Mar 15, 2015 4:21:19pm

Pro-Likud campaign call warns voters of ‘Hussein Obama’

47 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:22:15pm

re: #44 Amory Blaine

OMG I couldn’t see how it could be you. With your job, websites and thoughtful posts here, you’d have to type with your feet!

I’d also have to have another computer for my feet. ;-)

The account is funny, though. I also found Got News, another parody account.

48 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 4:25:04pm

re: #46 Viscous Obama

Pro-Likud campaign call warns voters of ‘Hussein Obama’

Flat out racism. Arab v. Jew. It is horrible.

49 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 15, 2015 4:25:54pm

re: #2 Justanotherhuman

Well, it would have been nice if they had held him for 24 hours.

That would have given the world 24 hrs of Upchuck-free Twitter time.

God doesn’t love us that much.

50 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 4:26:07pm

Boston breaks its all-time seasonal snowfall record with 2.9 inches falling in the city Sunday, reaching a total of 108.6 inches - @7News
end of alert

51 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:31:27pm

Chuck’s website has been very quiet lately, despite his promising some big story a few days ago. I’m wondering if he had to go out and get an honest job.

52 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 4:31:34pm

Scott Walker’s Sons To Take Off From College To Help Dad With Potential Presidential Campaign

Apples, trees, etc…

53 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 4:32:44pm

re: #51 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

54 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 4:33:31pm

Obviously, he knows she didn’t get an I-Phone until after she left the office, so it’s no money out of his pocket.

55 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:33:49pm

re: #52 Amory Blaine

Vote for my dad, who says college is a waste of time, but is letting me go to college, so I can later take time off from college to help his campaign.

56 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:34:23pm

re: #53 Amory Blaine

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Which one is he?

57 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 4:35:08pm

You know. ;)

58 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 4:36:07pm

re: #56 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, we know Upchuck is the monkey (he has the cup, after all).

59 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:36:36pm

re: #54 Justanotherhuman

Obviously, he knows she didn’t get an I-Phone until after she left the office, so it’s no money out of his pocket.

I don’t understand why this would be a “death blow,” in any event.

60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:37:08pm

re: #58 Justanotherhuman

Well, we know Upchuck is the monkey (he has the cup, after all).

The cup needs 99¢ on the side, then.

61 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 4:38:05pm

re: #52 Amory Blaine

Scott Walker’s Sons To Take Off From College To Help Dad With Potential Presidential Campaign

Apples, trees, etc…

Wingnut $ better than knowledge.

62 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 15, 2015 4:38:58pm

re: #54 Justanotherhuman

Obviously, he knows she didn’t get an I-Phone until after she left the office, so it’s no money out of his pocket.

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I thought she had an iPhone 3? I mean, I dgaf what she was using, anyway.

63 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 4:39:15pm

re: #59 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

You know Upchuck uses a lot of hyperbole and outrageous statements to try for those clicks…

64 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 15, 2015 4:40:30pm

re: #62 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I thought she had an iPhone 3? I mean, I dgaf what she was using, anyway.

I think she was using a Blackberry when she was SoS

65 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 4:40:45pm

re: #62 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I think she used a Blackberry.

66 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 4:40:46pm
67 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 15, 2015 4:41:43pm

re: #65 Justanotherhuman

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’d heard an earlier version where she had an iPhone 3. No biggie to me, either way.

68 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 4:43:05pm

Reported meteor seen over Austria.

Sternschnuppe, Meteorit 15.03.2015 Tirol

…

69 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 4:45:24pm

re: #67 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I’d heard an earlier version where she had an iPhone 3. No biggie to me, either way.

What the hell difference does it make if she had an iPhone or not and when? Generic right-wing Apple-hate? What?

70 TedStriker  Mar 15, 2015 4:47:57pm

re: #51 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Chuck’s website has been very quiet lately, despite his promising some big story a few days ago. I’m wondering if he had to go out and get an honest job.

re: #53 Amory Blaine

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I was thinking something more along the lines of, “Do you want fries with that?”

71 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 4:52:08pm

Isn’t the iPhone hullaballoo revolving around this, with the iPhone she could have navigated several email accounts. Which would have negated a need for mixing emails together?

72 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 4:52:36pm

re: #70 TedStriker

I stick by my choice. :P

73 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 4:54:05pm

re: #68 Justanotherhuman

Reported meteor seen over Austria.

Sternschnuppe, Meteorit 15.03.2015 Tirol

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Putin’s escape pod.

74 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 4:54:06pm

re: #52 Amory Blaine

Scott Walker’s Sons To Take Off From College To Help Dad With Potential Presidential Campaign

Apples, trees, etc…

That’s privilege for ya. I’m surprised he has a college aged son. That makes me feel old since he seems so young but then again I have a lot of first cousins around Wanker’s age with college aged kids.

75 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 4:55:53pm

Been reading more about the SAE frat. Yikes. The national chapter I commend for taking the steps they did but seems to me that frat has a host of problems and they weren’t just at Norman.

76 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 4:57:02pm

re: #74 HappyWarrior

He’s 47. I was a first time grandmother at 48. : )

77 Lancelot Link  Mar 15, 2015 4:57:05pm

re: #73 b.d.

Putin’s escape pod.

…

78 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 4:58:07pm

re: #76 Justanotherhuman

He’s 47. I was a first time grandmother at 48. : )

Yeah and now come to think of it, my own mom was around that age when I was a freshman. It’s just me getting older where someone 47 seems younger.

79 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 4:58:51pm

re: #77 Lancelot Link

You see something new every day.

80 Floral Giraffe  Mar 15, 2015 4:59:06pm

Fresno instead of Bakersfield. OMG! Just stop! My ribs hurt from laughing.

81 Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2015 5:00:01pm
82 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:00:39pm

re: #81 Charles Johnson

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“Get the hell away from me!”

83 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:02:10pm

re: #75 HappyWarrior

Been reading more about the SAE frat. Yikes. The national chapter I commend for taking the steps they did but seems to me that frat has a host of problems and they weren’t just at Norman.

HW, it’s been their history from the start. It is only being spoken aloud to the public now.

84 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:02:47pm

re: #80 Floral Giraffe

Fresno instead of Bakersfield. OMG! Just stop! My ribs hurt from laughing.

I know. We CA residents laugh.

85 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:05:02pm

re: #83 #FergusonFireside

HW, it’s been their history from the start. It is only being spoken aloud to the public now.

Oh I know. It’s just that I read about an incident that actually happened at my alma mater where they accepted a black pledge because he “sounded” white and “could actually speak English.” Turned out that their president who was part of student government was actually tossed out for some bigoted language about immigrants.This while I was there I’m pretty sure or right around when I graduated. Not really surprised unfortunately. Youth for Western Civ had a GMU chapter and that economics department at Mason with its Austrian School roots is bound to breed a few racist assholes.

86 freetoken  Mar 15, 2015 5:06:47pm

In other news, we’ve mentioned before about the scariness of “DNA” and such, now the monster is getting a new gig:

Call for Germline Editing Moratorium

Gene-editing technologies should not be used to edit human eggs, sperm, or embryos, Edward Lanphier, chairman of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine in Washington, DC, and four other researchers argued in a Nature commentary published this week (March 12). Lanphier told MIT Technology Review that the statements he and his coauthors make in their comment reflects the views of his entire organization, which includes some 200 members and represents companies working on gene and cell therapy, including GE Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson.

“In our view, genome editing in human embryos using current technologies could have unpredictable effects on future generations,” Lanphier and his coauthors wrote. “This makes it dangerous and ethically unacceptable.” Moreover, they added, such techniques could potentially be used for nontherapeutic modifications, as implied by the headline of a recent MIT Technology Review article, “Engineering the Perfect Baby,” which noted that experiments involving the editing of human embryos are “pending publication.”

[…]

Different publications will handle this subject differently of course, and I expect a lot of scare stories.

Note how the simple mitochondrial replacement recently done in the UK cried of “3 parent babies” which claim is fundamentally inaccurate and led many readers astray.

“Humans are not rats or other (experimental) organisms, and this is not something we want to do,” Lanphier said in an interview. “The research should stop.”

I suspect that it’s not the issue of human uniqueness - which is a creationist argument, not a biological one - that is the worry , but outcries of EUGENICS! might be too much blow-back for American scientists and other scientists living in nations with elected legislators who might call for hearings.

87 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:09:39pm

re: #85 HappyWarrior

Oh I know. It’s just that I read about an incident that actually happened at my alma mater where they accepted a black pledge because he “sounded” white and “could actually speak English.” Turned out that their president who was part of student government was actually tossed out for some bigoted language about immigrants.This while I was there I’m pretty sure or right around when I graduated. Not really surprised unfortunately. Youth for Western Civ had a GMU chapter and that economics department at Mason with its Austrian School roots is bound to breed a few racist assholes.

What sad is people are *shocked SO shocked* It’s about damn time this shit is exposed, because it’s been influencing our society for 150 years now.

88 Justanotherhuman  Mar 15, 2015 5:11:28pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm…

89 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:12:16pm

re: #87 #FergusonFireside

What sad is people are *shocked SO shocked* It’s about damn time this shit is exposed, because it’s been influencing our society for 150 years now.

It stopped surprising me honestly once I moved to a more rural area. When I was younger and more idealistic, it would have but now not at all.

90 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 15, 2015 5:13:00pm

re: #81 Charles Johnson

I raise you a sad cat:

91 Floral Giraffe  Mar 15, 2015 5:15:29pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

That picture of Gerard is enough to make anyone sad!

92 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 15, 2015 5:15:33pm

re: #75 HappyWarrior

Been reading more about the SAE frat. Yikes. The national chapter I commend for taking the steps they did but seems to me that frat has a host of problems and they weren’t just at Norman.

Unfortunately there is still a widespread problem with hazing and “initiation” related alcohol poisoning events.

en.wikipedia.org

And that is just a list of deaths. I also noted that it’s not just fraternities, though that seems to be the majority of the cases in the past few decades.

I thought things were getting better, but now I am not so sure.

93 Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2015 5:16:20pm
94 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:17:39pm

re: #92 Feline Fearless Leader

Unfortunately there is still a widespread problem with hazing and “initiation” related alcohol poisoning events.

en.wikipedia.org

And that is just a list of deaths. I also noted that it’s not just fraternities, though that seems to be the majority of the cases in the past few decades.

I thought things were getting better, but now I am not so sure.

Do you think it’s related to the increase in age for legal alcohol consumption and purchasing? I’ve approached that subject like I do the criminalization of pot in that I think it’s created for our youth a certain taboo about alcohol that results in abuse.that would not happen in a society if it were at the age of 18.

95 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:18:10pm

re: #93 Charles Johnson

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Says the man who pushes anti-semitic conspiracy kooks.

96 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:18:44pm

He always one up’s his past. Ghetto Blacks.

Hate to use the word hate, but Hate.

97 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:19:26pm

re: #96 #FergusonFireside

He always one up’s his past. Ghetto Blacks.

Hate to use the word hate, but Hate.

He is what he is and that’s a sorry ass bigot.

98 Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2015 5:19:58pm
99 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:20:46pm

re: #98 Charles Johnson

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God I had forgotten about him believing that since that one is so absurd.

100 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:22:23pm

Levity from that asshole.

101 Joe Bacon  Mar 15, 2015 5:22:54pm

re: #98 Charles Johnson

As I posted before, this ginger has snapped.

And he still continues to cross the line with impunity.

When will he finally get to the point that he’s gone too far?

102 Floral Giraffe  Mar 15, 2015 5:23:09pm

re: #96 #FergusonFireside

Meh, he’s just trailer trash white.

103 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:23:51pm

re: #101 Joe Bacon

As I posted before, this ginger has snapped.

And he still continues to cross the line with impunity.

When will he finally get to the point that he’s gone too far?

I don’t think ever get to that point. He’s too full of himself.

104 b_sharp  Mar 15, 2015 5:24:22pm

Is there a Chuckles to human translator somewhere?

105 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 15, 2015 5:24:34pm

re: #102 Floral Giraffe

Meh, he’s just trailer trash white.

Trailer park trash of America says “we don’t want him!”

106 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 15, 2015 5:30:38pm

re: #94 HappyWarrior

Do you think it’s related to the increase in age for legal alcohol consumption and purchasing? I’ve approached that subject like I do the criminalization of pot in that I think it’s created for our youth a certain taboo about alcohol that results in abuse.that would not happen in a society if it were at the age of 18.

I think the alcohol abuse in college would probably still be there. There is a forbidden fruit / underground factor due to the higher drinking age. But there is a long-standing cultural attitude in colleges towards drinking and being free of parental control.

If the drinking age was still 18 I think there would still be alcohol issues at colleges. However, the environment would also be modified since younger students would be clubbing or drinking in bars instead of depending on older purchasers or the underground party scene provided by fraternities.* Such a modified environment would probably still require universities to pay a lot more attention to the issue from an education and public safety standpoint. And we’d have students dying in car accidents, etc. coming home from bars.

Whether this would cause the fraternities to move away from using alcohol as part of abusive practices? Not sure.

* - And I think this is one area where fraternities have massively hurt themselves. Being the social scene may make them popular, but it heavily distracts from their proclaimed goals of creating gentlemen and being an academic and developmental asset to their members. (Speaking in broad generalities based on personal experience. Your fraternal experience may vary.)

107 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:32:05pm

Florida not in the tournament. Usually I do like 5 brackets. This year maybe 2, picking a dark horse all the way. So Sad.

108 Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2015 5:36:30pm

Laser treatment claims to turn brown eyes blue

…

109 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:36:41pm

re: #106 Feline Fearless Leader

I think the alcohol abuse in college would probably still be there. There is a forbidden fruit / underground factor due to the higher drinking age. But there is a long-standing cultural attitude in colleges towards drinking and being free of parental control.

If the drinking age was still 18 I think there would still be alcohol issues at colleges. However, the environment would also be modified since younger students would be clubbing or drinking in bars instead of depending on older purchasers or the underground party scene provided by fraternities.* Such a modified environment would probably still require universities to pay a lot more attention to the issue from an education and public safety standpoint. And we’d have students dying in car accidents, etc. coming home from bars.

Whether this would cause the fraternities to move away from using alcohol as part of abusive practices? Not sure.

* - And I think this is one area where fraternities have massively hurt themselves. Being the social scene may make them popular, but it heavily distracts from their proclaimed goals of creating gentlemen and being an academic and developmental asset to their members. (Speaking in broad generalities based on personal experience. Your fraternal experience may vary.)

I agree with you on this. I am just trying to ponder what’s created the rise in the past 30 years.

110 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:37:26pm
111 makeitstop  Mar 15, 2015 5:39:40pm

re: #59 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I don’t understand why this would be a “death blow,” in any event.

He bases it on the fact that he manages 6 email accounts from his iPhone, or something.

112 Floral Giraffe  Mar 15, 2015 5:43:11pm

re: #107 #FergusonFireside

This is when I really miss the Hoopster!

113 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 15, 2015 5:43:44pm

re: #109 HappyWarrior

I agree with you on this. I am just trying to ponder what’s created the rise in the past 30 years.

It’s a good question.

But also probably a very complicated one stemming from a lot of variables. Colleges moving away from “en loco parentus” (sp) status. Better research and reporting finding more cases that were previously not reported. A societal shift towards viewing alcohol consumption as more dangerous and meriting more control. Fraternities moving away from having “house mothers” or other sources of mature oversight. Etc.

The 60’s and 70s were very damaging to fraternities in terms of membership and possibly led to a lowering of standards as well. It’s hard to tell without a lot more research. And then you face the issue that fraternities are not monolithic. Colleges have different fraternal environments, and then the individual chapters develop different characteristics and internal environments as well. And these vary by time as well.

114 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:44:16pm

re: #112 Floral Giraffe

This is when I really miss the Hoopster!

I miss him too. Is he okay? Used to enjoy talking hoops with him especially after I started coaching. H

115 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 15, 2015 5:44:16pm

re: #110 #FergusonFireside

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Lucky for him the dune cat is not nearby.

116 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:45:27pm

re: #113 Feline Fearless Leader

It’s a good question.

But also probably a very complicated one stemming from a lot of variables. Colleges moving away from “en loco parentus” (sp) status. Better research and reporting finding more cases that were previously not reported. A societal shift towards viewing alcohol consumption as more dangerous and meriting more control. Fraternities moving away from having “house mothers” or other sources of mature oversight. Etc.

The 60’s and 70s were very damaging to fraternities in terms of membership and possibly led to a lowering of standards as well. It’s hard to tell without a lot more research. And then you face the issue that fraternities are not monolithic. Colleges have different fraternal environments, and then the individual chapters develop different characteristics and internal environments as well. And these vary by time as well.

Yeah there’s a lot of variables at play here. And you’re right about fraternities being different at different colleges and I’d add that different frats are of course different too.

117 Timothy Watson  Mar 15, 2015 5:45:29pm

re: #36 jaunte

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118 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:46:21pm

re: #112 Floral Giraffe

This is when I really miss the Hoopster!

You are not kidding me. I think about him quite often. :( & :)

119 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:47:15pm

re: #115 Feline Fearless Leader

Lucky for him the dune cat is not nearby.

Petty the Dune Goon! Love him so much.

edit. I spelled Dune, doon. ha

120 Floral Giraffe  Mar 15, 2015 5:47:21pm

re: #114 HappyWarrior

Last I heard, he was doing very well.

121 HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2015 5:48:14pm

re: #120 Floral Giraffe

Last I heard, he was doing very well.

That’s good to hear.

122 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 5:50:51pm
123 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 5:58:09pm

Chuck C Johnson should really sue John Boehner for sending him the wrong invitation and making him subject to detainment.

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124 wrenchwench  Mar 15, 2015 5:59:57pm
125 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 6:02:41pm

Walking Dead on East Coast now.

Is there anyway West Coaster’s can get that?

126 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 6:05:04pm

Found AMC Live. Signed on w my cable. We will seeeee

127 Shiplord Kirel  Mar 15, 2015 6:05:09pm

Not an unexpected outcome, I should think……

Fight with Machetes, Chainsaws Leave (sic) People Injured in City Heights

128 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 6:06:42pm

re: #127 Shiplord Kirel

Not an unexpected outcome, I should think……

Fight with Machetes, Chainsaws Leave (sic) People Injured in City Heights

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Ha! “Screenplay by Quentin Werty”.

129 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 6:08:23pm

YES

130 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 15, 2015 6:18:50pm

re: #116 HappyWarrior

Yeah there’s a lot of variables at play here. And you’re right about fraternities being different at different colleges and I’d add that different frats are of course different too.

And chapters within a given fraternity are different as well. It’s like a group of organisms with variant alleles.

131 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 6:19:46pm

I am so slow to tech. It’s amazing I’m alive at this point. Found the Walking Dead live.

beyond happy that I can go to bed @ school night hours.

132 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 15, 2015 6:28:26pm

UpChuck is so predictable now in his tweets, it’s just boring.

133 BeachDem  Mar 15, 2015 6:29:47pm

For anyone who was curious about how the last installment of the Robert Durst doc on HBO ended (again I say, it was a good show, but realllllly drawn out—6 episodes—could have done it in two)

On HBO’s ‘The Jinx,’ Robert Durst Says He ‘Killed Them All’

His arrest on Saturday in the New Orleans Marriott on Canal Street was in connection with Ms. Berman’s death, though the Westchester authorities said they are still investigating him in his wife’s case. Mr. Durst was walking toward an elevator and mumbling to himself when F.B.I. agents intercepted him at the hotel, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said.

mobile.nytimes.com

134 sagehen  Mar 15, 2015 6:34:03pm

re: #117 Timothy Watson

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There’s a better vid for that song — for Stargate fans especially…

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135 Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2015 6:40:46pm
136 BeachDem  Mar 15, 2015 6:41:28pm

Unfortunately, while reading the Robert Durst article, I allowed myself to click on MoDo’s “I hate Hillary” column of the week, containing such superlative prose as:

Ronald Reagan seemed like an ancient king, as one aide put it, gliding across the landscape. You seem like an annoyed queen, radiating irritation at anyone who tries to hold you accountable.

mobile.nytimes.com

137 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 15, 2015 6:42:27pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

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He just setting up a alibi that it’s the cat or his MIL who is sending out all the garbage due to him “accidentally” leaving his computer on every night.
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138 Floral Giraffe  Mar 15, 2015 6:47:47pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

Pity the poor fool that married him! Can you imagine? *shudders*

139 GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 15, 2015 6:48:59pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

Going to dinner = she’s nuking him a hot pocket.

140 Kragar  Mar 15, 2015 6:52:53pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

141 Timothy Watson  Mar 15, 2015 6:55:59pm

re: #134 sagehen

There’s a better vid for that song — for Stargate fans especially…

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LIES HATHOR NEVER HAPPENED!1!!

142 EmmaAnne  Mar 15, 2015 6:58:55pm

...

143 Kragar  Mar 15, 2015 7:02:05pm

re: #141 Timothy Watson

LIES HATHOR NEVER HAPPENED!1!!

Next, you’ll try and tell us that 3 shots from a Zat’nik’tel disintegrate the target.

144 EmmaAnne  Mar 15, 2015 7:02:48pm

Ran across this elsewhere. It is from a TNG screen cap.

Spoiler: not really Hillary
145 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 7:02:53pm

Oh my holy hell The Walking Dead.

I love that show mucho.

146 EmmaAnne  Mar 15, 2015 7:03:48pm

re: #145 #FergusonFireside

Oh my holy hell The Walking Dead.

I love that show mucho.

I hide in my room while DH watches it. I scare easy. :-) No munching sounds!

147 Skip Intro  Mar 15, 2015 7:04:13pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

The drive-thru at McDonald’s doesn’t take long.

148 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 7:14:18pm

re: #128 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Ha! “Screenplay by Quentin Werty”.

“…For some reason, MacDougall chose to take credit for this script under the name Quentin Werty, a pseudonym he also used in writing the blaxploitation flick That Man Bolt (1973). He was married to actress Nanette Fabray from 1957 until his death in 1973.”
tcm.com

149 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 7:18:56pm

re: #148 jaunte

I thought maybe it was a screenwriter’s placeholder I didn’t know about, like “George Spelvin” for actors.

150 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 15, 2015 7:31:59pm

re: #139 GlutenFreeJesus

Going to dinner = she’s nuking him a hot pocket.

Nah, they’ll dine a la carte from the sample stands at Costco.

151 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 7:34:12pm

re: #150 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Nah, they’ll dine a la carte from the sample stands at Costco.

I don’t think Chucky would set foot in a libtard outfit like Costco—he’s a Sam’s Club man if I ever saw one.

152 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 7:35:15pm

Lookie what Greenwald retweeted.

Quell shock!

So I guess Rand just announced that he is running?

153 #FergusonFireside  Mar 15, 2015 7:35:29pm

The Talking Dead is great as well. Do not turn off, keep a watching.

154 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 7:36:52pm

re: #153 #FergusonFireside

The Talking Dead is great as well. Do not turn off, keep a watching.

Talking Dead was needed after that episode. AARRGGHH!

155 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 15, 2015 7:38:56pm

re: #144 EmmaAnne

Ran across this elsewhere. It is from a TNG screen cap.

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I can tell you exactly which episode too. “The Next Phase”.

Nerd cred. I haz it.

:P

156 Kragar  Mar 15, 2015 7:41:30pm

re: #152 b.d.

157 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 7:41:36pm

re: #152 b.d.

Lookie what Greenwald retweeted.

Quell shock!

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So I guess Rand just announced that he is running?

Here’s the thing—I can depend on the NSA being pretty comprehensively uninterested in anything I say or do. The DHS under GOP administration? Not so sure.

158 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 7:41:56pm

re: #152 b.d.

I’ll go out on a limb and bet Rand doesn’t announce to the sxsw hashtag that he won the 2015 CPAC straw poll.

159 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 7:45:15pm

re: #158 jaunte

I’ll go out on a limb and bet Rand doesn’t announce to the sxsw hashtag that he won the 2015 CPAC straw poll.

Ha!

160 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 7:50:17pm

This whole Paul père-et-fils phenomenon is the wingnut/moonbat convergence writ large.

161 b.d.  Mar 15, 2015 7:51:57pm

re: #152 b.d.

Lookie what Greenwald retweeted.

Quell shock!

So I guess Rand just announced that he is running?

LOL Such fail:

Sure thing Rand. ;)

162 allegro  Mar 15, 2015 7:54:27pm

re: #161 b.d.

LOL Such fail:

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Sure thing Rand. ;)

As he fights to get the rules changed so he can run for both positions at once.

163 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 7:55:48pm
“…Paul and his allies have stated publicly before they believe the state law doesn’t apply to federal elections and this is likely the argument they would take to court.

Joshua Douglas, an election law expert and professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, says as it stands right now the “law is absolutely clear.”

“You cannot be a candidate for more than one office in the state of Kentucky,” Douglas said. “He cannot run for two offices at the same time.”abcnews.go.com

164 makeitstop  Mar 15, 2015 7:57:06pm

So, that Canadian feller wants unlimited campaign contributions?

Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday that eliminating limits on how much money voters can give politicians would give people a greater say in the political process.

He just doesn’t say which people…

165 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 15, 2015 7:57:19pm

Looks like Rand will have to pick his poison.

166 Romantic Heretic  Mar 15, 2015 7:57:32pm

re: #52 Amory Blaine

Scott Walker’s Sons To Take Off From College To Help Dad With Potential Presidential Campaign

Apples, trees, etc…

When you’re rich you can pay people to think for you.

167 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 15, 2015 7:57:43pm

re: #164 makeitstop

So, that Canadian feller wants unlimited campaign contributions?

Sure, let’s just put Citizens United on steroids because why the fuck not?

168 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 8:00:20pm

re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg

Looks like Rand will have to pick his poison.

I think he’ll fold if he has to choose.

169 CuriousLurker  Mar 15, 2015 8:02:07pm

Just dropping this off for anyone who might think Jeb Bush is “moderate”. I don’t know why the the tweet says Jay Sekulow—he’s the father and the article is about the son, Jordan. Full metal evangelical wingnuts the both of them, as far as I can tell.

The second link in my tweet are the search results for the father at SPLC. Ugh:

170 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 8:14:39pm

Hay all.

UpChuck just can’t help but UpChuck his vile bile.

He’s young, too.

*shudder*

171 CuriousLurker  Mar 15, 2015 8:14:43pm

re: #169 CuriousLurker

From a special report by the SPLC in 2013, pages 15-16:

The ACLJ is led by Jay Alan Sekulow, a messianic Jew and a former general counsel for Jews for Jesus; his son, Jordan, began serving as executive director after a stint on Mitt Romney’s unsuccessful 2012
presidential campaign. Sekulow argues that “Satan’s legions” have “perverted” the First Amendment to the detriment of Christians, and says that Christians face persecution today. “If you are a God-fearing Christian, then powerful forces in our culture say YOU are the dangerous radical that needs to be censored, chastised and even punished!” Sekulow wrote in 2009. “It is as if ‘open season’ has been declared in the courts on Christians.”

The group has a strong international focus, representing clients not only in the U.S. but also in “international tribunals around the globe.” It has affiliates in France, Israel, Kenya, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea and Zimbabwe, where a new constitution is being drafted. The ACLJ is involved in that drafting and has allied itself with the human rights-violating Mugabe regime. It has also worked in Kenya to criminalize gay sex. Political Research Associates, a liberal group that analyzes the far right, has described it as “the key organization involved in ensuring African constitutions and laws criminalize homosexuality.” [.,..]

I suddenly feel like I need to take a hot shower.

172 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 8:16:04pm

re: #171 CuriousLurker

“If you are a God-fearing Christian, then powerful forces in our culture say YOU are the dangerous radical that needs to be censored, chastised and even punished!”

I guess he didn’t get specific about exactly who?

173 freetoken  Mar 15, 2015 8:16:39pm

re: #171 CuriousLurker

Sekulow has long been a fav on the religious TV and radio circuit.

174 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 8:17:43pm

Powerful, shadowy forces, like the un-named ones who begin the Fox War on Christmas every shopping season.

175 freetoken  Mar 15, 2015 8:20:13pm

Years ago Sekulow was popular on TBN:

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176 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 8:27:46pm

re: #171 CuriousLurker

These religious loons will never get it through their thick skulls that many of those around them are rather indifferent - rather than hostile - to their faith. Religious persecution in the United States is stupid, baseless and fake.

177 Kragar  Mar 15, 2015 8:28:19pm

re: #175 freetoken

Mr Show nailed it:

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178 Kragar  Mar 15, 2015 8:31:43pm

re: #171 CuriousLurker

The number one cause of Christian persecution in the US is Christians acting like complete assholes and getting called out for it.

179 freetoken  Mar 15, 2015 8:31:43pm

Jeb has hired the son, who has not been as successful as the father Sekulow, but still, Jeb knows he needs to get the religious right to vote for him, and the ACLJ is a way to do it.

I think this Sekulow business shows once again how ingrained these religious family business can be, in our society. The more famous father-son Graham duo is the best example, but case after case illustrate that the religions business is often handed down.

I guess this has to do with “branding” also.

Jeb can bring on the Sekulow/ACLJ brand just as say a sports team can bring on Pepsi or Wells Fargo.

180 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 8:33:02pm

I ought to append my #176. The Muslim hate is real.

181 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 8:36:15pm

So nice you have a dinky time window to edit comments. Twitter should do that, dammit!

182 CuriousLurker  Mar 15, 2015 8:38:26pm

re: #175 freetoken

re: #177 Kragar

I have really really bad memories of past experiences with this shit. My mom used to be a HUGE fan of the PTL club. Aaargh.

183 Kragar  Mar 15, 2015 8:47:34pm

re: #182 CuriousLurker

I have really really bad memories of past experiences with this shit. My mom used to be a HUGE fan of the PTL club. Aaargh.

I had some cousins who were into that bullshit, and some kids in my high school were all part of one of those megachurches. I didn’t really face it by myself until I was in the Corps

184 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 15, 2015 8:53:44pm

re: #178 Kragar

The number one cause of Christian persecution in the US is Christians acting like complete assholes and getting called out for it.

Actually, that’s the official definition of “Christian persecution”.

185 Varek Raith  Mar 15, 2015 8:55:42pm

90s, yo.
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186 Joe Bacon  Mar 15, 2015 8:56:58pm

re: #175 freetoken

I got a whole bunch of my family who are brainwashed by various pulpit pimps. My aunt literally gave away thousands of my grandmother’s life savings to ol’ Helmet Head Paul Crouch.

Here’s a little background about Closet Queen Paul Crouch and his payoff to silence his ex-lover:

articles.latimes.com

187 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 9:01:58pm

Road rage shootings are about to jump.

188 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 9:03:23pm

re: #185 Varek Raith

…

189 jaunte  Mar 15, 2015 9:09:13pm
190 prairiefire  Mar 15, 2015 9:11:44pm

re: #188 Nyet

Still no Putin?

191 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 9:13:35pm

re: #189 jaunte

I had to tweet this.

192 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 9:14:44pm

re: #190 prairiefire

Still no Putin?

Ask Schrödinger.

193 prairiefire  Mar 15, 2015 9:23:32pm

Could the western aggression have been instigated by military powers and not Putin? If there is a lot of corruption, government could be on shaky ground.

194 Lidane  Mar 15, 2015 9:41:06pm

Tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead was stunning. A few thoughts:

Click to Reveal

1. Gabriel needs to swallow some bullets. Now. What a bitch ass move, especially since his self-righteous ass locked the church doors rather than help his congregation survive.

2. Nooooo. I liked Noah. That sucked. And I hope that other punk ass bitch from Alexandria gets his for leaving Glenn and Noah to die and trying to take the van from Eugene.

3. Carol is scary. And Pete’s a moron for acting like the typical drunk abuser in front of a woman who was abused.

195 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 9:56:31pm

Apparently the Capitol Police are a bunch of salty sea men. Who knew?

196 Great White Snark  Mar 15, 2015 9:57:46pm

re: #191 teleskiguy

Heh. Might just hinder. I wanted to drop off a rather lucky photo I got Saturday morning before I get to bed. Long day out and a long drive back.

I was outside waiting for a train Saturday morning about 10:00 am when three of these guys came by. That Amtrak station is right off the end of a runway at Burbank airport. Since I had my gear with me for the trip I got the camera out for a few shots. I guess that’s the new Marine One. Maybe I saw one of them leaving. That shot is not cropped at all. I got it with a Tamron 18-200 (106mm at the moment of the image) tele at F8. 1/350th exposure. ISO 200.

Leaving Burbank Airport
197 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 10:00:04pm

Video

198 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 10:04:49pm

re: #197 Nyet

This is my take on the whole thing.

199 Great White Snark  Mar 15, 2015 10:05:14pm

Oh and one of the pretty ones…

Spent a whole morning at a marshland at Goleta. Got up to Cachuma and back. I’ll have a Page of the shots in a few days. Cachuma looks terrifying drought wise.

Spring!
200 Kragar  Mar 15, 2015 10:06:00pm

re: #196 Great White Snark

Bit of trivia:

Back when the Osprey program was under investigation because they were falling out of the sky, I was part of the team to secure the servers at New River Air Station on site pending them being handed over to the incident investigators. It was a about 5 other IT guys and a squad full of MPs as back up to make sure the local command didn’t scrub their records.

Pentagon to Investigate Osprey Program

201 prairiefire  Mar 15, 2015 10:07:00pm

re: #197 Nyet

OMG, that guy. The Grim Reaper roaming the earth. The editing on the show has been quite good.

202 Great White Snark  Mar 15, 2015 10:10:52pm

re: #200 Kragar

Well properly fixed I guess? So many times we read of a totally effed up airplane or ship or missile. Then years later it’s a valued part of the mission. F-15 for example. JDAM. Peacekeeper ICBM. Of course we have those cancelled ones along the way as well. I just hope the F-22 and F-35 work out. But it looks bad so far.

203 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 15, 2015 10:11:20pm

re: #196 Great White Snark

Nice shot. You wouldn’t catch me riding in one of those things, I know too much about them.

204 prairiefire  Mar 15, 2015 10:11:57pm

re: #200 Kragar

Very cool. I see more and more of them. There are always two in front and two behind when President Obama flies in. A sturdy helicopter, what’s not to like?

205 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 10:12:45pm

Trusted Fox News analyst.

206 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 10:14:11pm

re: #198 goddamnedfrank

Of course, if the police don’t do their job again, he will walk scot-free again. We understand what the confession meant, but try proving that in court! He’ll just say he was bitterly sarcastic.

207 Great White Snark  Mar 15, 2015 10:16:13pm

re: #203 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Nice shot. You wouldn’t catch me riding in one of those things, I know too much about them.

I admit I’d love to get a ride. If it’s good enough for our President etc I am not gonna worry much. But hey I love to fly other than commercial airlines. I see that tired old worn fabric on the seats or old paint and I wonder… Is the rest like that?!

208 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 10:21:26pm

re: #206 Nyet

Of course, if the police don’t do their job again, he will walk scot-free again. We understand what the confession meant, but try proving that in court! He’ll just say he was bitterly sarcastic.

This is literally what the sound guy looked like at the time.

209 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 10:23:39pm

re: #208 goddamnedfrank

nytimes.com

Near the documentary’s end, the filmmakers were packing up their equipment when Mr. Durst asked to use the bathroom. He did not remove his wireless microphone as he closed the door, however, and began to whisper to himself.

More than two years passed after the interview before the filmmakers found the audio.

210 goddamnedfrank  Mar 15, 2015 10:27:17pm

re: #209 Nyet

nytimes.com

HAHAHA LOLWUT? That’s crazy.

211 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 10:32:00pm

Well, Crimea has been a part of Russia for a year now. Maybe that’s where Putin is?

212 teleskiguy  Mar 15, 2015 10:42:56pm
213 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 10:56:49pm

Here’s the thing about that clown committee investigating whether Obama was somehow involved in the Israeli elections.

Assume for a second that he was. So the fuck what? You can do it in, say, Ukraine but not in Israel? It’s foreign policy, deal with it. If Obama was somehow involved (which I don’t believe) all I can say is, good for him.

214 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 11:08:24pm
215 Targetpractice  Mar 15, 2015 11:11:57pm

re: #213 Nyet

Here’s the thing about that clown committee investigating whether Obama was somehow involved in the Israeli elections.

Assume for a second that he was. So the fuck what? You can do it in, say, Ukraine but not in Israel? It’s foreign policy, deal with it. If Obama was somehow involved (which I don’t believe) all I can say is, good for him.

I’m not sure which I marvel more: That Congress magically decided to launch this investigation the day after Bibi goes off on a wild rant about how there’s a vast conspiracy against him, or that Congress plans to investigate whether the US government attempted to influence the government of a foreign power.

216 Nyet  Mar 15, 2015 11:19:02pm

In fact, I blame Obama for not trying to oust the racist fucker Netanyahu through democratic means.

half-/

217 Targetpractice  Mar 15, 2015 11:37:25pm

Heh, if Republicans really have a problem with it, just tell them that US involvement in the Israeli elections is “regime change.”

218 freetoken  Mar 15, 2015 11:45:27pm

Picked a few loquats today - they were ok but too small. The fruit is turning quickly with our hot weather, and with so little rain the fruit are small.

Not only are we setting record highs, but the low temps are also record high lows, decimating previous long records:


SXUS76 KSGX 160032
RERSGX

RECORD EVENT REPORT...FINAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
530 PM PDT SUN MAR 15 2015

...HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON MAR 15 2015 ...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD

VISTA 93 83 IN 1978 1962
CHULA VISTA 93 80 IN 1994 1918
EL CAJON 92 87 IN 2014 1979
SANTA ANA 92 89 IN 1931 1916
ESCONDIDO 92 TIED 92 IN 1901 1943
ELSINORE 91 90 IN 2013 1948
SAN DIEGO 89 80 IN 1978 1875
RAMONA 86 84 IN 1976 1974
ALPINE 86 83 IN 2014 1951
NEWPORT BEACH 85 83 IN 1959 1929
OCEANSIDE HARBOR 82 80 IN 1918 1914


...HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON MAR 15 2015 ...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD

SANTA ANA 68 59 IN 1993 1916
SAN DIEGO 68 59 IN 1993 1875
NEWPORT BEACH 65 59 IN 2003 1929
OCEANSIDE HARBOR 64 56 IN 1993 1914
VISTA 60 55 IN 2001 1962
CHULA VISTA 60 TIED 60 IN 1993 1918
RIVERSIDE 60 55 IN 1993 1893
ALPINE 60 54 IN 1995 1951
ESCONDIDO 59 54 IN 1932 1943
EL CAJON 59 58 IN 1993 1979
ELSINORE 54 TIED 54 IN 1905 1948


219 Kragar  Mar 16, 2015 12:12:03am

re: #218 freetoken

Midnight here and its around 70

220 freetoken  Mar 16, 2015 12:27:54am

MP3 Audio

221 freetoken  Mar 16, 2015 1:26:45am

MP3 Audio

222 BillinGlendaleCA  Mar 16, 2015 1:30:48am

re: #219 Kragar

1:30am, it’s 74.

223 Kragar  Mar 16, 2015 1:54:29am

re: #222 BillinGlendaleCA

1:30am, it’s 74.

Holding steady at 66 here right now.

224 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 1:57:22am

Apparently the latest nattering amongst the wingnuts about “Emailghazigate” (HT: Rawstory) has to do with whether Hillary signed a OF-109, declaring that its standard practice for all departing State Department employees, and that if she did then she’s committed a felony by retaining official emails on a private server.

Thing is, just looking at the text of the OF-109 I keep seeing quoted, any charges against her would be thin gruel and largely dependent on producing proof that she intended to conceal or destroy official documents by not immediately turning over those emails at the time she left office.

225 goddamnedfrank  Mar 16, 2015 2:08:22am

Durst consented to the interview, then at its conclusion wore a hot mic into the bathroom and started talking to himself. HBO’s lawyers aren’t stupid, Durst totally compromised whatever reasonable expectation of privacy he otherwise might have had.

226 nkdee  Mar 16, 2015 2:17:28am

re: #83 #FergusonFireside

Now they are suing the University for violating their right to “free speech”. Jeez…what’s going on in colleges these days? They really don’t understand this whole “Congress shall make no law respecting…” thingy, do they.

227 Kragar  Mar 16, 2015 2:24:30am

re: #226 nkdee

Now they are suing the University for violating their right to “free speech”. Jeez…what’s going on in colleges these days? They really don’t understand this whole “Congress shall make no law respecting…” thingy, do they.

As students, they signed a Code of Conduct. They violated that by their racist activity. They can say anything they want, and deal with the consequences.

228 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 2:24:37am

I’m so fucking fed up withe Rs this morning after watching the first segment of the news I feel like they all should be charged with absolute treason but it won’t happen to the vile usurpers. They are out to impeach Pres Obama, I’m sure of it. This would be their act of revenge for this uppity N*clang! being elected at all since he’s not bowing and scraping to them.

What they fuck are they doing inserting themselves into these negotiations w/Iran? Obama was elected twice—by the people. The Rs should get a grip, read the Constitution and STFU, the fascist fucks.

Meanwhile, guess what this guy is doing?

Putin visit to Kazakhstan, initially planned for last week, rescheduled for March 20, Kremlin and Kazakh presidential press service say - @Reuters
end of alert

Moscow concerned about increase in NATO exercises held close to Russian borders, deputy foreign minister Meshkov says - Interfax

Snap combat readiness drills of Russia’s Northern Fleet include 38,000 military personnel, 3,360 pieces of equipment, 41 ships, 15 submarines, and 110 airplanes and helicopters, Defense Minister Shoigu says - @SputnikInt
sputniknews.com

229 BillinGlendaleCA  Mar 16, 2015 2:35:09am

re: #228 Justanotherhuman

If the R’s want to impeach the President, I’ve got two phrases for them: Bring it on, and Fish or cut bait. I’m sure the Red Hots get that funny feeling in the pants thinking about it, but the leadership tells them no.

230 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 2:43:40am

re: #171 CuriousLurker

From a special report by the SPLC in 2013, pages 15-16:

I suddenly feel like I need to take a hot shower.

This is part and parcel of the fascist fucks to get an R in the WH on their terms. Jeb is seen by far too many as “moderate” and a lot of people won’t pay attention to this, even though his brother was a complete disaster, as Jeb would be.

231 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 2:44:40am

re: #228 Justanotherhuman

Meanwhile, guess what this guy is doing?

Should appear in Saint-Petersburg today to meet with the pres. of Kyrgyzstan.

232 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 2:48:19am

re: #229 BillinGlendaleCA

Please, sir, I don’t trust McConnell and Boehner as far as I could throw them; in fact, I couldn’t even lift them, not at 5’ tall and 74 yrs old.

I don’t trust one single person in the R leadership to do anything whatsoever about any of the wrongful activities being done by their lessers.

They allowed a 37 yr old wet-behind-the-ears idiot, less than 2 mos in the Senate, to concoct a letter of treason, for chrissakes.

233 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 2:53:38am

re: #231 Nyet

I’m sure the Finns would say he’s too close.

234 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 3:10:05am

Has the mob lynched the 20 yr old suspect in the cop shootings in MO?

You know they want to.

235 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 3:38:39am

Very sad, esp for the kids, and a true story of a theocratic community whose people had no rights or say so in how they lived.

Fleeing the FLDS: Followers are abandoning the notorious sect in droves

america.aljazeera.com

236 The War TARDIS  Mar 16, 2015 3:55:11am

Well, my body woke me up early for my new job.

Ottoman Progress Report- It is 1530. The Mumluks have been reduced to 2 small provinces, which will be absorbed in 1538.

The Circassians have also been absorbed, along with all the Island Nations of the Eastern Mediterranean. Serbia has been vassalized, and Montenegro absorbed.

The next target is Qara Qoyunlu. To absorb them if possible, and if not, to atleast offer a united front for an eventual war with Shirvan to the North.

Growth Spurt
237 freetoken  Mar 16, 2015 3:56:25am

I guess I missed this yesterday, to my betterment, but it seems that Voight continues to fall off into wingnutville as he ages:

…

238 Romantic Heretic  Mar 16, 2015 4:01:09am

re: #224 Targetpractice

Apparently the latest nattering amongst the wingnuts about “Emailghazigate” (HT: Rawstory) has to do with whether Hillary signed a OF-109, declaring that its standard practice for all departing State Department employees, and that if she did then she’s committed a felony by retaining official emails on a private server.

Thing is, just looking at the text of the OF-109 I keep seeing quoted, any charges against her would be thin gruel and largely dependent on producing proof that she intended to conceal or destroy official documents by not immediately turning over those emails at the time she left office.

She’s a librul so of course she broke the law. That’s what libturd’s do!!1!!

Now excuse me while I defraud the government on my taxes.

239 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 4:02:23am

re: #234 Justanotherhuman

Has the mob lynched the 20 yr old suspect in the cop shootings in MO?

You know they want to.

Well, no. The St. Louis County Police caught him and according to the County Prosecutor he confessed (though that’s the same guy who ran the Darin Wilson grand jury so take he words for what you think they’re worth). He’s been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, as opposed to attempted murder, which looks like part of a plea-deal to me.

So the shooter is bound for prison for a good long while, which he deserves. But the police acted professionally is catching him and the prosecutor resisted the temptation to throw the book at him. That’s how it ought to be done.

240 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 4:04:47am

What, the prosecutor didn’t decide to put this to a grand jury, allowing the accused to spend four hours telling his side of the story, with all questions directed to him being totally non-adversarial?

241 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 4:05:03am

re: #239 Dark_Falcon

You’re making a lot of assumptions there. If he simply fired over the crowd and had no intentions of actually shooting anyone, it wouldn’t be attempted murder anyway.

Am I not keeping up, or have you personally heard from his lawyer about his defense?

242 BillinGlendaleCA  Mar 16, 2015 4:11:38am

re: #232 Justanotherhuman

I don’t trust them either, but they’re not that dumb. If they were, there would have articles of impeachment in January 2011. As far a Yertle the Turtle goes, he’s really a non-factor in that he’d need more than a dozen dems to go along with him. It takes 67 to convict in the Senate.

243 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 4:14:05am
244 The War TARDIS  Mar 16, 2015 4:15:32am

re: #236 The War TARDIS

Update. Iraq broke off from Qara Qoylunu.

Leaving them half their former size. I should now be able to absorb them totally.

245 William Barnett-Lewis  Mar 16, 2015 4:17:40am

re: #239 Dark_Falcon

Actually, that plea deal sounds more like a Capt Renault kind of thing to me (one of the usual suspects pleads guilty to something) but then, I have utterly no trust for any of the alleged law enforcement that I do not personally know - and even they are suspect when non-whites are involved.

246 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 4:28:56am

re: #241 Justanotherhuman

You’re making a lot of assumptions there. If he simply fired over the crowd and had no intentions of actually shooting anyone, it wouldn’t be attempted murder anyway.

Am I not keeping up, or have you personally heard from his lawyer about his defense?

A guy who shoots two cops doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt in my mind.

247 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 4:29:39am

re: #245 William Barnett-Lewis

Actually, that plea deal sounds more like a Capt Renault kind of thing to me (one of the usual suspects pleads guilty to something) but then, I have utterly no trust for any of the alleged law enforcement that I do not personally know - and even they are suspect when non-whites are involved.

He may very well have decided that, given the way the system operates in Ferguson, he’d rather take a prison stretch that sees him out before he’s 60 versus trying to challenge two attempted murder charges and ending up in there for life.

248 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 4:30:07am
249 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 4:31:57am

re: #248 Lidane

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Whoa, the long knives have been unsheathed.

250 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 4:36:58am

re: #249 Targetpractice

Whoa, the long knives have been unsheathed.

Whoa nothing, its just electoral yammering. Don’t take it too seriously.

251 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 4:38:13am

re: #250 Dark_Falcon

Whoa nothing, its just electoral yammering. Don’t take it too seriously.

I take any scrap of good news I can get these days. And the rapidly collapsing situation for Bibi is good news indeed.

252 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 4:38:24am

re: #171 CuriousLurker

Jay Alan Sekulow, a messianic Jew and a former general counsel for Jews for Jesus

That is sure to get him the Jewish vote!
//

253 Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)  Mar 16, 2015 4:43:02am

re: #249 Targetpractice

Whoa, the long knives have been unsheathed.

Not really a metaphor you want to go with when discussing Jewish politics.

en.wikipedia.org

254 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 4:43:30am

re: #249 Targetpractice

Whoa, the long knives have been unsheathed.

Netanyahu is apparently in real trouble in the polls. He’s gone apocalyptic, blaming a vast worldwide conspiracy to try and unseat him.

255 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 4:46:12am

re: #253 Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)

Not really a metaphor you want to go with when discussing Jewish politics.

en.wikipedia.org

It’s a phrase in common usage, despite its origins. Not to mention it was used to refer to the downfall of the Brownshirts, who one would struggle in vain to say were friends of the Jewish people.

256 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 4:48:19am

re: #254 Lidane

Netanyahu is apparently in real trouble in the polls. He’s gone apocalyptic, blaming a vast worldwide conspiracy to try and unseat him.

It’s not just Bibi, apparently Likud and its allied parties are losing seats. There was initially an assumption that seats lost by Likud would be picked up by the right-wing parties, allowing him to still put together a viable coalition. But with those parties also losing seats, some might not even make the 4 seat threshold. And if that’s the case, then Bibi would have a hell of a time stitching together a coalition government and would be more likely to face another election in the near future.

257 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 5:03:28am

I went and done killed the thread.

258 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 5:11:54am

He’s alive and seemingly well. Well, maybe next time.

259 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 5:13:07am

re: #257 Targetpractice

I went and done killed the thread.

Well, this’ll get it going:

Democrats prepared to buck White House on Iran nuclear deal
The damage from Tom Cotton’s letter has been contained, lawmakers of both parties say.
By Burgess Everett
3/15/15 1:02 PM EDT, Updated 3/15/15 8:05 PM EDT

Even as the White House ramps up pressure on Congress to stay out of its negotiations with Iran on a nuclear agreement, Republicans are on the brink of veto-proof majorities for legislation that could undercut any deal.

And that support has held up even after the uproar last week over the GOP’s letter to Iranian leaders warning against an agreement.

Though several Democratic senators told POLITICO they were offended by the missive authored by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), none of them said it would cause them to drop their support for bills to impose new sanctions on Iran or give Congress review power over a nuclear deal.

That presents another complication for the administration ahead of a rough deadline of March 24 to reach a nuclear agreement with the country.

“The letter’s incredibly unfortunate and inappropriate,” said Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, a centrist Democrat who voted for the sanctions bill in committee and is a sponsor of the congressional approval legislation. “That doesn’t diminish my support for the legislation that we introduced.”

260 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 5:14:25am

re: #258 Nyet

He’s alive and seemingly well. Well, maybe next time.

Yes, but what about the love child?

//

261 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 5:15:54am

re: #259 Dark_Falcon

Well, this’ll get it going:

Democrats prepared to buck White House on Iran nuclear deal
The damage from Tom Cotton’s letter has been contained, lawmakers of both parties say.
By Burgess Everett
3/15/15 1:02 PM EDT, Updated 3/15/15 8:05 PM EDT

Once again demonstrating that the DNC is its own worst enemy.

262 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 5:18:49am

re: #261 Targetpractice

Once again demonstrating that the DNC is its own worst enemy.

No, it just demonstrates that the Senate doesn’t trust the State Department and wants to make sure Iran is promptly punished if it cheats on any terms of an agreement or balks at its implementation. Which seems proper to me. It’s just the Senate insisting on its prerogatives.

263 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 5:21:13am

re: #262 Dark_Falcon

No, it just demonstrates that the Senate doesn’t trust the State Department and wants to make sure Iran is promptly punished if it cheats on any terms of an agreement or balks at its implementation. Which seems proper to me. It’s just the Senate insisting on its prerogatives.

You believe that any deal made will not make clear that the sanctions go back into place if Iran does not live up to its end of the bargain? And approve of the Senate being given veto authority over how the President conducts our foreign policy?

264 Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)  Mar 16, 2015 5:22:16am

re: #262 Dark_Falcon

No, it just demonstrates that the Senate doesn’t trust the State Department and wants to make sure Iran is promptly punished if it cheats on any terms of an agreement or balks at its implementation. Which seems proper to me. It’s just the Senate insisting on its prerogatives.

You don’t actually believe this, right? This is your Political Brain talking, not your real one, right?

265 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 5:23:07am

re: #259 Dark_Falcon

Ha, DINOs like Heitkamp?

Come on, it’s Politico…

266 sagehen  Mar 16, 2015 5:27:30am

re: #262 Dark_Falcon

No, it just demonstrates that the Senate doesn’t trust the State Department and wants to make sure Iran is promptly punished if it cheats on any terms of an agreement or balks at its implementation. Which seems proper to me. It’s just the Senate insisting on its prerogatives.

You do realize, don’t you, that these are not just bilateral US/Iran negotiations, right? France, Germany, the UK, Russia and China are all sitting at that table with them. If all those countries come to an agreement, and it’s the US Senate scuttles it, there will be no sanctions. At all. The only reason there’s sanctions is because lots of countries agreed to it; they can unagree just as quick.

267 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 5:27:45am

re: #263 Targetpractice

You believe that any deal made will not make clear that the sanctions go back into place if Iran does not live up to its end of the bargain? And approve of the Senate being given veto authority over how the President conducts our foreign policy?

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

268 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 5:27:53am

Angus King is an “independent” who sometimes leans D, although he used to be a Dem, some 20 yrs ago. Get it right, Politico, for chrissakes…

images.politico.com

269 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 5:28:13am

re: #264 Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)

You don’t actually believe this, right? This is your Political Brain talking, not your real one, right?

Yes, Obdi, I believe it.

270 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 5:29:25am

re: #269 Dark_Falcon

“Belief” will get you nowhere. Facts, on the other hand…

271 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 5:30:55am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

Except the State Department and the administration are not the only parties to these talks, as already noted. There are six countries who are negotiating with Iran on this deal, and it will be backed by a UN Security Council mandate, just as the sanctions that led to these talks were.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

So you would handicap a future Republican president by requiring him to conduct all foreign policy with the understanding that a Democrat-controlled Senate can and likely will scuttle any deals he makes?

272 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 5:32:48am

re: #271 Targetpractice

Except the State Department and the administration are not the only parties to these talks, as already noted. There are six countries who are negotiating with Iran on this deal, and it will be backed by a UN Security Council mandate, just as the sanctions that led to these talks were.

So you would handicap a future Republican president by requiring him to conduct all foreign policy with the understanding that a Democrat-controlled Senate can and likely will scuttle any deals he makes?

Not all foreign policy, no. But this sort of binding agreement, yes.

273 Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)  Mar 16, 2015 5:32:48am

re: #269 Dark_Falcon

Yes, Obdi, I believe it.

I’m not sure how I’m supposed to trust anything you say that you believe.

Or to put it another way: You believe this today. If the GOP and your friends and family changed their opinion on this, I think that you would too, just as your opinion on Romney immediately reversed itself when he was nominated. Remember how shortly before his nomination you gave very cogent critical reasons why Romney wasn’t suited for the presidency and then shortly afterwards completely dropped those criticisms and began to support him?

If you do this sort of thing often enough—as the GOP in general has—there is no reason to actually trust that your opinion is going to remain the same. It generally is going to be “Whatever is against Obama, I’m for.”

274 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 5:33:55am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!

275 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 5:34:25am

It’s alive! But no photos, so take it with a grain of salt.

Russia’s Putin appears in public for first time since March 5

reuters.com

276 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 5:35:10am

re: #272 Dark_Falcon

Not all foreign policy, no. But this sort of binding agreement, yes.

So suppose we find ourselves, three years hence, with a Republican president presented with the opportunity to negotiate a deal with Iran that will see all of the demands Republicans want fulfilled, from abandonment of uranium enrichment to renouncing support of terrorism. You would approve of Senate Democrats being able to vote down that deal?

277 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 5:37:26am

“A group of 10 Democrats wrote to President Barack Obama this month and vowed not to support the bill that would allow Congress to reject a nuclear deal until after March 24.”

Read more: politico.com

Um, 9, Politico, 9.

Journalism is dead anyway.

278 Decatur Deb  Mar 16, 2015 5:37:44am

World’s first penis transplant patient is able to have sex

“The operation was carried out by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, using a donated penis.”

dailymail.co.uk

And I thought kidney donors were heroic.
‘Morning, all.

279 Dark_Falcon  Mar 16, 2015 5:37:53am

re: #276 Targetpractice

So suppose we find ourselves, three years hence, with a Republican president presented with the opportunity to negotiate a deal with Iran that will see all of the demands Republicans want fulfilled, from abandonment of uranium enrichment to renouncing support of terrorism. You would approve of Senate Democrats being able to vote down that deal?

In theory, yes.

BBL

280 Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)  Mar 16, 2015 5:38:57am

re: #279 Dark_Falcon

In theory, yes.

BBL

And in reality, no.

281 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 5:49:01am

re: #279 Dark_Falcon

In theory, yes.

BBL

As Obdi noted, the reality is you wouldn’t and I don’t think any sane person really would approve of such a situation.

Thing is, that “better deal” is not going to happen, certainly not if Iran thinks that any negotiations it conducts with the White House can be undone by a Senate opposition that is focused on politics and not national security. Nor will our allies agree to be party to this much longer if they feel that they are being dragged into an inevitable war.

282 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 5:51:25am

Are Republicans ready to say, “Fuck France” now? I thought not.

France: Assad cannot be part of negotiated solution on Syria, says position remains unchanged after Secretary of State Kerry’s comments - @Reuters
end of alert

Syria?

Syria’s Assad dismisses John Kerry comment to include him in negotiations - state media via @Reuters
end of alert

Here’s what Kerry said:

jpost.com

283 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 16, 2015 6:01:47am

Hello, everyone. While I’ve been off doing my day job (all day today), I see UpChuck has been extra busy on GotNews finding more slander and libel to sling at people.

Gonna take some time to catch up. I left my flat for an 8 am class and got back 12 hours later.

Long class.

No, not really. Just lots of teacherly activities today.

284 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 6:11:10am

Republicans really don’t want diplomacy—they want war, and lots of it.

285 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 6:13:01am

re: #284 Justanotherhuman

Republicans really don’t want diplomacy—they want war, and lots of it.

Indeed, hence the editorial the other day from one of the architects of Iraq War, arguing that despite all the failures of the last administration in showing us that war ends all of America’s problems, war with Iran is totally necessary and indeed a good idea.

286 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 6:16:05am
287 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 6:19:37am
288 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 16, 2015 6:28:51am

Found this in comments at Gawker, uploading for posterity:

“The World Is On Fire!”: Ted Cruz's Speech Terrifies 3-Year-Old Girl

289 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 16, 2015 6:30:55am

re: #288 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

“The World Is On Fire!”: Ted Cruz’s Speech Terrifies 3-Year-Old Girl

At least his trousers are fireproof…

290 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 16, 2015 6:32:54am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

Jesus fuck, D_F, that is some high level tin-foil you must be wearing. Do you think the U.S. is going to be monitoring the nuclear agreement by itself?

(and yeah, I see you did the usual “drop a stupid statement and then scram instead of defend it” bit)

291 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 6:36:31am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Haha, that’s a really funny site!

20 Of The Greatest Ironic Photos Ever Captured

thepoke.co.uk

292 Romantic Heretic  Mar 16, 2015 6:38:04am

re: #251 Targetpractice

I take any scrap of good news I can get these days. And the rapidly collapsing situation for Bibi is good news indeed.

I’d be pleased as well. But it looks like Bibi is losing his cachet because he’s not ‘tough enough’ to deal with ‘Israel’s problems.’ So the electorate is shifting further right.

Not good for Israel. Not good for the Middle East. Not good for America.

293 Romantic Heretic  Mar 16, 2015 6:41:31am

re: #256 Targetpractice

It’s not just Bibi, apparently Likud and its allied parties are losing seats. There was initially an assumption that seats lost by Likud would be picked up by the right-wing parties, allowing him to still put together a viable coalition. But with those parties also losing seats, some might not even make the 4 seat threshold. And if that’s the case, then Bibi would have a hell of a time stitching together a coalition government and would be more likely to face another election in the near future.

Hmmm. Haven’t seen that. What I’ve seen indicates the opposite.

But, hopefully, I could be wrong. Still, I haven’t seen a really liberal and progressive government since my teens, and I’m almost sixty now, so I’m not hopeful. Selfishness and cruelty seems to be a winning policy every time.

295 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 6:42:50am

re: #292 Romantic Heretic

I’d be pleased as well. But it looks like Bibi is losing his cachet because he’s not ‘tough enough’ to deal with ‘Israel’s problems.’ So the electorate is shifting further right.

Not good for Israel. Not good for the Middle East. Not good for America.

That really doesn’t fit with the polls, which show that the votes Likud is losing are not going to other right-wing parties. Plus the leaders of the two parties leading the center-left opposition to him both approve of a two-state solution. So it seems that it’s that classic situation of Bibi’s base, as it is, seeing him as not sufficiently dedicated to the cause and choosing to abandon him.

296 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 16, 2015 6:45:04am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is a good one:
Postcards In Newsagent’s Windows | The Poke

297 BeachDem  Mar 16, 2015 6:46:48am

re: #225 goddamnedfrank

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Durst consented to the interview, then at its conclusion wore a hot mic into the bathroom and started talking to himself. HBO’s lawyers aren’t stupid, Durst totally compromised whatever reasonable expectation of privacy he otherwise might have had.

Even if they can’t use the tape, the two envelopes addressed to “Beverley Hills” in identical handwriting are pretty strong evidence. Durst even admitted he wrote one of them and that, when shown the two side by side, couldn’t tell which was his and which “wasn’t.”

298 Dr. Matt  Mar 16, 2015 6:53:43am

The Ferguson shooter says he did not intend to shoot the two officers, but rather that he “may have had a dispute with some other individuals”. So, let me guess, Fox and Jeff Roorda have issued apologies to the POTUS and Holder….right?

299 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 7:03:10am

re: #298 Dr. Matt

The Ferguson shooter says he did not intend to shoot the two officers, but rather that he “may have had a dispute with some other individuals”. So, let me guess, Fox and Jeff Roorda have issued apologies to the POTUS and Holder….right?

Of course not. They’ll just plow on ahead with their derision, unless they think they might gain traction suggesting the guy’s lying about his reasons for shooting.

300 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 16, 2015 7:06:42am

Here’s an interesting idea that will never happen:
Fight Inequality: Abolish the Senate
I’m not sure that would do much, considering the insanity that is the house.

301 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:07:34am
302 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:07:57am

Mornin’ everyone. Happy Monday.

303 Dave In Austin  Mar 16, 2015 7:09:25am

re: #301 darthstar

Beat me to it.

304 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 7:09:37am

re: #302 darthstar

Mornin’ everyone. Happy Monday.

“Happy” and “Monday,” two words that rarely go together in the same sentence.

305 Timothy Watson  Mar 16, 2015 7:11:09am

re: #300 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Here’s an interesting idea that will never happen:
Fight Inequality: Abolish the Senate
I’m not sure that would do much, considering the insanity that is the house.

Article. V.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

So, all we need to do is get 50 state legislatures to agree to the proposal.

What next?

306 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 16, 2015 7:15:29am

re: #305 Timothy Watson

I wouldn’t actually mind seeing the Senate’s power reduced substantially, making it more akin to the House of Lords.

307 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:15:32am

re: #304 Targetpractice

“Happy” and “Monday,” two words that rarely go together in the same sentence.

What can I say? I’m an optimist.

308 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 7:16:12am

re: #305 Timothy Watson

The counter argument to that craziness is found in the Federalist Papers (see 62 for example). The point of the Senate (the members of which were originally selected by state legislators, not directly elected) was to offset the more frequent elections and radicalization that can occur in the House. So, while each state would be demographically represented proportionally in the House, each state would have an equal number of Senators - a check and balance against the House and giving small states an equal say against larger states.

309 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 7:16:43am

Well, I guess that answers that question…

This bit particularly sticks out to me:

KINDER: No, no, no, he doesn’t deign to speak to people like me. He comes into town and meets with one side. He met with the family of Michael Brown and it’s fine that he met with them but, Arthel, he did not meet with the family of Officer Darren Wilson or with his brother and sister officers to say, “I’m backing you up.”

I think that says more than the rest of the nonsense this nimrod spewed, the idea that an officer is supposed to expect unquestioning loyalty from those higher up the food chain, no matter what he is accused of. This is why Ferguson exploded like a powder keg last August.

310 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 7:21:01am

Sure, that seems reasonable:

311 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 7:21:41am

I have to say, putting up a new liner and shower curtain is easily one of the most frustrating chores in the bathroom. Gah. The fault, dear friends, lies in the rings. I stand on the side of the tub because I still have it, balance wise. Except when someone knocks me down when I’m trying to back up.

: P

312 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 7:22:32am

re: #310 Lidane

Christonabiscuit, can he get any more fanatical?

‘Fraid so.

313 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 7:23:12am
There was some confusion. I got the wrong invitation to the event in Bakersfield when I should have gone to the Fresno one.

Journalism. Award-winning.

314 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 7:23:34am

re: #310 Lidane

Sure, that seems reasonable:

Also, too, Freedom.

//

315 Mattand  Mar 16, 2015 7:23:50am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

The amount of insanity in this post almost defies description:

1) I’m sure from 2001 to 2008, you were quite comfortable with the amount of power the Executive Branch grabbed. The perfect example of IOKIYAR: It’s Okay If You’re A Republican.

2) You are endorsing the Republicans actively destroying the President’s attempts at diplomacy; powers which IIRC the fucking Constitution grants him. Nice to see your comfortable with borderline treason, as long as your party benefits politically.

3) You want a nuclear Iran so you can thumb Obama and Kerry in the eye. Basically, you want war. Because enough people haven’t died via US fighting in the Middle East over the last twelve years.

If you’re one of the “sane, moderate” Republicans, this country is fucked.

316 Doofus  Mar 16, 2015 7:29:21am

re: #311 Justanotherhuman

Especially when you get half way finished and realized you missed a rung

317 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Mar 16, 2015 7:29:41am

re: #315 Mattand

Don’t waste your time, he posted it and bailed so he wouldn’t have to defend it.

318 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 7:29:45am

And people think he’s qualified to be POTUS. WTF.

319 bratwurst  Mar 16, 2015 7:29:57am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

I didn’t think there was any way I could get online today to find you espousing a point of view more obnoxious than this…but you topped yourself.

320 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 7:30:39am

re: #318 Lidane

And people think he’s qualified to be POTUS. WTF.

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People think Scott Walker is qualified to be POTUS.

People are fucking stupid.

321 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 7:31:08am

Man, 20, accused of shooting officers at Ferguson protest

bigstory.ap.org

County police spokesman Brian Schellman said Monday that the officers are both white and St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar has identified Williams as black. But Schellman said it was not clear if race played a role in the shooting.

(snip)

“He was out there earlier that evening as part of the demonstration,” McCulloch said of Williams.

But several activists who’ve been involved in the protests since the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer told The Associated Press they were not familiar with Williams.

Williams used a handgun that matches the shell casings at the scene, McCulloch said. He also said tips from the public led to the arrest.

Williams is being held on $300,000 bond. He was appearing in county court in Clayton Monday morning. Schellman said he didn’t know whether Williams had an attorney or when he’d appear in court. A message left at the St. Louis County Justice Center was not immediately returned.” More

Really, McCulloch should resign. Also, it could be that William had no lawyer present during his questioning. Were his Miranda rights violated, too?

322 Mattand  Mar 16, 2015 7:31:26am

re: #317 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Don’t waste your time, he posted it and bailed so he wouldn’t have to defend it.

Yeah, I know. I did it more to make myself feel better than anything else.

I’d be willing to bet he lurks after officially BBLing, though.

323 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 7:32:34am

re: #320 The Mother Of All Pies

People think Scott Walker is qualified to be POTUS.

People are fucking stupid.

Those people also buy Walker’s bullshit that firing a bunch of American air traffic controllers was Reagan’s greatest foreign policy achievement.

324 Mattand  Mar 16, 2015 7:33:25am

re: #319 bratwurst

I didn’t think there was any way I could get online today to find you espousing a point of view more obnoxious than this…but you topped yourself.

Swear to Christ, the amount of empathy you seemingly have to shed in order to be conservative these days is depressing.

325 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Mar 16, 2015 7:33:40am

To tell you the troof, if I were King of Iran, I would stop the program, get the sanctions lifted, and keep on with my foreign policy. Nukes are more trouble than they’re worth. As long as Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapons program, it can keep on playing China, Russia and the USA against each other.

326 bratwurst  Mar 16, 2015 7:33:45am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

And if you truly believe this last part, you are no friend of Israel or GOP Chairman Netanyahu.

327 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:36:18am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

I don’t believe you know what the fuck you’re talking about. Seriously. What the fuck are you talking about? This isn’t a bi-lateral deal, it’s a P5+1 United Nations fucking deal. The rest of the world doesn’t revolve around the US, nor should it. Shut the fuck up about shit you know nothing about. Please.

(I said, “please”)

328 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Mar 16, 2015 7:36:40am

re: #326 bratwurst

I forgot about THAT one!

329 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:38:16am

re: #326 bratwurst

And if you truly believe this last part, you are no friend of Israel or GOP Chairman Netanyahu.

The Unitary Executive was fine under Bush. When DF says he wants “it cut down a bit” about the presidency, he’s really saying “Put that boy in his place.”

It’s dog-whistle politics.

330 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 7:38:23am

re: #318 Lidane

And this idiot studied law at Harvard? Well, it appears he probably followed the RW line at Harvard, not the law. He’s obviously forgotten more than he ever learned.

331 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 16, 2015 7:39:53am

Jebus, fact checking UpChuck is a full-time job.

@GOTNEWSDOTCOM BUSTED: There’s no evidence that Shaun King lied about hate crime in Versailles, KY

gotnwes.com looked really, really hard in like one place, and it says nothing about a hate crime involving Ferguson activist Shaun King, so we have concluded it never happened. King was not beaten to within an inch of life at age 15, no matter what he or Forbes says.

332 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 7:41:45am

re: #318 Lidane

And people think he’s qualified to be POTUS. WTF.

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Okay, I am starting to think Ted really is that stupid and he’s not just a pandering moron.

333 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:42:33am

Okay…I swore off responding to DF for Lent and I fucked that up. Back to just letting that shit go.

334 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 7:42:36am

Wingnut Outrage Du Jour==>

335 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 7:43:19am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

This is your belief, which you’re entitled to, but the facts show a completely different picture.

The State Department’s ability to call out violations is restrained in part by Congressional funding (sequester). So if there are violations, someone has to investigate and go after the violators. If Congress cuts the funding, the State Department has fewer resources to devote to catching violators.

Now, you can further attempt to argue that the State Department and the Administration are willing to turn a blind eye to Iranian violations, but that would fly in the face that Obama has repeatedly called for nuclear nonproliferation and eliminating nuclear weapons as an end goal. He doesn’t want to see Iran go nuclear any more than the GOP does (though the GOP has politicized the entire process with its letter to the Iranian regime that was factually incorrect and irresponsible).

The Presidency is constrained by the same balance of power and separation of powers that it always has had. The President has used EOs far less than his contemporaries. He’s vetoed bills far fewer than his predecessors - and you’d have go to back decades to find someone who has used either method less. If anything, President Obama has continued moving the Office of the President back towards a pre-FDR model of what the Executive does.

Where the difference occurs is that the President has taken a stand against GOP obstructionism on the two major issues of the day - Obamacare and immigration. And on both, the GOP has no interest in compromise. It’s all or nothing, and in both policy matters, we’re talking about millions losing insurance, or forcing deportations for millions even though there’s no funding for that either. The GOP hasn’t put forth a credible alternative in either policy matter and the GOP can’t even agree what to do about immigration or Obamacare.

So, they’re left with bitching about the President’s actions, even though they’re completely within his powers under the Constitution. The GOP just can’t stand the fact that he’s using his power judiciously and in a limited manner.

If anything, there’s one area in which the President has restrained his use of Presidential power too much - and that’s the power of the pardon. He’s used that power far less than his contemporaries and that’s despite Ferguson and other recent events showing how law enforcement has failed minority communities by treating them as a revenue source instead of protecting them.

336 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 7:45:09am

Rulz is rulz, cont.

Facebook clarifies what you’re allowed to post on its social network

engadget.com

It appears some won’t be happy with the elimination of “revenge porn”.

337 Timothy Watson  Mar 16, 2015 7:45:12am

re: #321 Justanotherhuman

Man, 20, accused of shooting officers at Ferguson protest

bigstory.ap.org

County police spokesman Brian Schellman said Monday that the officers are both white and St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar has identified Williams as black. But Schellman said it was not clear if race played a role in the shooting.

(snip)

“He was out there earlier that evening as part of the demonstration,” McCulloch said of Williams.

But several activists who’ve been involved in the protests since the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer told The Associated Press they were not familiar with Williams.

Williams used a handgun that matches the shell casings at the scene, McCulloch said. He also said tips from the public led to the arrest.

Williams is being held on $300,000 bond. He was appearing in county court in Clayton Monday morning. Schellman said he didn’t know whether Williams had an attorney or when he’d appear in court. A message left at the St. Louis County Justice Center was not immediately returned.” More

Really, McCulloch should resign. Also, it could be that William had no lawyer present during his questioning. Were his Miranda rights violated, too?

If he didn’t ask for lawyer, well, that’s his problem. Plenty of people talk even after being given a Miranda warning, assuming he was actually in custody and being interrogated instead of just being “interviewed”.

338 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 7:45:24am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

Seriously dude? And you a Republican are complaining about the presidency growing too powerful? Funny how like the deficit your party only gets concerned about these sort of things now that they’re out of office and furthermore Obama has actually been a comparatively limited executive compared to both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.. I don’t want to come off as ganging up on you but you come off like such a partisan hack at times because you see politics more like sports teams than reality which is that these people involved are making decisions that have real impact on people’s lives.

339 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 7:48:47am

re: #334 The Mother Of All Pies

340 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:48:57am
341 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 7:49:57am

re: #340 darthstar

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Dumb and Dumber.

I’ll leave you to decide which is which.

342 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 7:50:12am

re: #339 Lidane

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But of course. Jesus fucking Christ, I’m sick of conservatives nicking everything this administration does because hatred of the Obamas comes first.

343 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:50:49am

re: #341 Targetpractice

Dumb and Dumber.

I’ll leave you to decide which is which.

I hope it was a folded contract agreeing to have Cruz be his VP candidate if he got the nomination.

344 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 7:51:21am

re: #343 darthstar

I hope it was a folded contract agreeing to have Cruz be his VP candidate if he got the nomination.

That would be funny.

345 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 7:52:02am

re: #340 darthstar

If that’s what happened, Imma laugh my ass off.

346 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 7:53:17am

re: #337 Timothy Watson

If he didn’t ask for a lawyer, that’s his problem.

Except, of course, if they didn’t read him his Miranda rights and told him he had been picked up only to answer “questions”.

OTOH, the guy may not be very bright, either, if he talked w/o a lawyer.

Even if we think someone is guilty, and even admits during questioning he committed some kind of crime, everyone deserves a defense, and that includes answering questions from the police.

347 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 7:54:12am

Good morning Lizards.

Back to the grind at work after 9 days off*. :(

Coffee, and cranberry/pecan scones with homemade raspberry jam. :)

Catching up on ~600 emails and the various projects and tasks I left in limbo.

* - First world problems. I am employed at a job paying me enough to support a middle-class lifestyle.

How are things in Lizardville today?

348 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:54:29am
349 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 7:55:18am

Happy Monday all. I’ve been off-line for a few days.

What did I miss?

and HOW ARE YOU?

350 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 7:56:00am
351 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 7:56:08am

re: #348 darthstar

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It’s a party of hypocritical idiots and I knew that when I was 11 when you had serial adulterers leading the way condemning Bill Clinton for having an affair with Monica Lewinsky.

352 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 7:57:29am

I don’t care about Hillary all that much, to be honest, but I think this email thing is a non-story. Yes, lots of people in government have private domains. It helps them control who has access and who doesn’t.

353 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 7:58:42am

Stopped clock, blind squirrel, etc. —

354 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:00:37am

re: #352 darthstar

I don’t care about Hillary all that much, to be honest, but I think this email thing is a non-story. Yes, lots of people in government have private domains. It helps them control who has access and who doesn’t.

If honestly, the email is the best they got on her, then they’re in for a long campaign. I expect once this fades, we’ll get on our time machine and be transported to the late 90’s.

355 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:02:18am

re: #353 Lidane

Stopped clock, blind squirrel, etc. —

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Once again, Joe reaches that point where excuse-making goes from being simply ridiculous to being totally clown shoes.

356 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:03:54am

re: #352 darthstar

I don’t care about Hillary all that much, to be honest, but I think this email thing is a non-story. Yes, lots of people in government have private domains. It helps them control who has access and who doesn’t.

You are correct, they can’t find anything of substance to pin on her so they are going with gossip and bullshit!

BENGHAZI!!!

357 Camp Waconda  Mar 16, 2015 8:04:37am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

This. This made my Monday. I think I can go back to bed.

358 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:05:48am
359 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:08:14am

re: #358 FemNaziBitch

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360 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 8:08:25am

The Texas Senate is currently attempting to restructure the state’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening program in a way that would prevent Planned Parenthood from participating. It represents lawmakers’ latest attempt to strip funding from the national women’s health organization, which has come under repeated attack from abortion opponents.

At a legislative meeting on Tuesday, State Rep. Sarah Davis (R) spoke out against that particular aspect of the Senate’s proposed budget, pointing out that excluding Planned Parenthood from the program will limit the number of health clinics where low-income women are able to receive cancer screenings.

“I don’t think it is appropriate to continue to fund the women’s health program so that we can make some type of a political statement as Republicans that we care about women, only to chip away at the safety net of the providers,” the GOP lawmaker said. “If we don’t have the provider network, women cannot be served. And they will die.”

361 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 8:09:01am
362 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:09:54am

re: #360 Lidane

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Wow so there’s a Republican who actually looked up what Planned Parenthood actually does rather than just buy the right wing crap line on it.

363 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:10:49am

re: #361 darthstar

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He really is the coolest former astronaut and he’s really cool by default being well a former astronaut.

364 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 8:13:29am

re: #362 HappyWarrior

Wow so there’s a Republican who actually looked up what Planned Parenthood actually does rather than just buy the right wing crap line on it.

She’s an exception, not the rule. And statements like that have to come from Republicans here in Texas since they have super-majorities in both houses of the Legislature.

I’ll believe she’s sincere if she votes against the legislation if it defunds PP.

365 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:14:07am

re: #358 FemNaziBitch

So, this means a 10 yr old has to carry her daddy”s baby, no matter how much pain it might cause her. I don’t see any exceptions whatsoever.

366 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:14:22am

WHAT???

367 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:14:34am

re: #364 Lidane

She’s an exception, not the rule. And statements like that have to come from Republicans here in Texas since they have super-majorities in both houses of the Legislature.

I’ll believe she’s sincere if she votes against the legislation if it defunds PP.

Yeah I know, she’s the exception not the rule and I too have a wait and see attitude until she actually votes since a lot of these Republicans sometimes will talk a good game but then go the party line.

368 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:15:12am

re: #366 FemNaziBitch

WHAT???

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He really is a creepy fucker. It’s no wonder why GOP lawmakers adore him so.

369 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:15:42am

re: #365 Justanotherhuman

So, this means a 10 yr old has to carry her daddy”s baby, no matter how much pain it might cause her. I don’t see any exceptions whatsoever.

Rape is a blessing if a child results
…

370 darthstar  Mar 16, 2015 8:16:38am
371 Dr. Matt  Mar 16, 2015 8:16:40am

Conservatives blast Michelle Obama’s nod to Persian new year, a tradition started by Bush I

Quite amusing. Here’s my favorite faux outrage tweet….Conservatives pretending to care about Tey Gays:

Hey, @FLOTUS while you celebrated the Iranian holiday of Nowruz, were you also celebrating how Iran treats their gay population?
— Jill (@ItsJustJill) March 16, 2015

372 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:16:47am
373 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 8:16:59am

re: #362 HappyWarrior

Wow so there’s a Republican who actually looked up what Planned Parenthood actually does rather than just buy the right wing crap line on it.

Maybe she made use of it and her younger days and therefore had a clue.

374 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 8:17:46am

re: #367 HappyWarrior

Yeah I know, she’s the exception not the rule and I too have a wait and see attitude until she actually votes since a lot of these Republicans sometimes will talk a good game but then go the party line.

It works for John McCain.
///

375 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:18:07am

A point that will no doubt be ignored by the “liberal media”:

376 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:18:21am

re: #373 Feline Fearless Leader

Maybe she made use of it and her younger days and therefore had a clue.

I am hoping so but skepticism is understandable.

377 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:18:25am

re: #369 FemNaziBitch

The hell with that shit. No child or woman should have to carry a rapist’s terror forever, no matter what kind of law these deviants pass.

378 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 8:19:05am

Because we all know that the Bible was written in English, and Jesus spoke English:

379 ObserverArt  Mar 16, 2015 8:19:50am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

I was going to say good morning…but after reading this crap I think I am just going to be sick.

Does anyone actually know any of the facts in the supposed agreement? Are the details out and I missed them?

Or, is this just Dark yammering and I shouldn’t take it too seriously.

380 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 8:20:38am

re: #379 ObserverArt

I was going to say good morning…but after reading this crap I think I am just going to be sick.

Does anyone actually know any of the facts in the supposes agreement? Are the details out and I missed them?

Or, is this just Dark yammering and I shouldn’t take it too seriously.

The latter. It’s Falcontown in there.

381 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:20:43am
382 Dr. Matt  Mar 16, 2015 8:20:47am

re: #353 Lidane

Stopped clock, blind squirrel, etc. —

Watch Joe Scarborough admit the GOP approach to the Iran deal is a “toxic mix” t.co pic.twitter.com
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 16, 2015

All last week he was defending the 47 Traitors Letter which eventually de-evolved into a “both sides do it” rant. What a tool.

383 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:20:47am

re: #371 Dr. Matt

Conservatives blast Michelle Obama’s nod to Persian new year, a tradition started by Bush I

Quite amusing. Here’s my favorite faux outrage tweet….Conservatives pretending to care about Tey Gays:

They care about human rights in Iran like they care about human rights anywhere. Also, could it be that celebrating the Iranian new year could be a way of showing solidarity with the Iranian people who celebrate it who are human rights victims. Hmmm of course not, obviously FLOTUS totally supports the Iranian regime’s clampdown on human rights because that’s teh only logical answer//.

384 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 8:22:13am

re: #375 Targetpractice

A point that will no doubt be ignored by the “liberal media”:

Weren’t conservatives saying something just the other day about how Civil Rights leaders in the 60’s should have been armed?

And now they’re upset that someone, for whatever reason, tried to execute some 2nd Amendment solutions.

385 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 8:23:10am

re: #378 Lidane

Bryan Fischer says…

Wait, I think I see the problem…

386 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 8:23:19am

re: #383 HappyWarrior

They care about human rights in Iran like they care about human rights anywhere. Also, could it be that celebrating the Iranian new year could be a way of showing solidarity with the Iranian people who celebrate it who are human rights victims. Hmmm of course not, obviously FLOTUS totally supports the Iranian regime’s clampdown on human rights because that’s teh only logical answer//.

I await the massive fauxrage and then explodey heads when the FLOTUS wishes everyone a happy Easter. I’m not sure yet whether they will castigate her about celebrating an appropriated pagan holiday, or about how fattening and non-nutritious marshmallow peeps are.
//

387 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:23:26am
388 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:23:33am

re: #378 Lidane

Because we all know that the Bible was written in English, and Jesus spoke English:

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So how does Fischer feel about the tongues spoken at Pentecostal churches? Seriously Bryan, just shut the fuck up you pathetic bigot. If someone wants to speak a language other than English in this country, they have every right to. There’s nothing wrong with it and if your “God” is judging America for it, then your “God” can go the hell away honestly but it seems to me that “God” is only your manifestation of your own pathetic bigotry that resembles a klansman.

389 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:23:50am

re: #384 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Weren’t conservatives saying something just the other day about how Civil Rights leaders in the 60’s should have been armed?

And now they’re upset that someone, for whatever reason, tried to execute some 2nd Amendment solutions.

Many were armed.

They don’t know their history.

390 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 8:24:04am

re: #384 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Weren’t conservatives saying something just the other day about how Civil Rights leaders in the 60’s should have been armed?

And now they’re upset that someone, for whatever reason, tried to execute some 2nd Amendment solutions.

Those solutions can only be executed by non-lone wolf white people.
////

391 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:24:55am

re: #379 ObserverArt

I was going to say good morning…but after reading this crap I think I am just going to be sick.

Does anyone actually know any of the facts in the supposes agreement? Are the details out and I missed them?

Or, is this just Dark yammering and I shouldn’t take it too seriously.

I don’t know. I got here after the storm. I try not to make much of it but I hope he realizes he loses a lot of respect and goodwill when he pulls that crap.

392 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:25:04am

re: #389 FemNaziBitch

Many were armed.

They don’t know their history.

Indeed, I’m sure we all know by now that many of the laws in California today against the public display of firearms came from white fear of Black Panthers walking around in public visibly armed.

393 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:25:36am

Bibi is desperate…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to build thousands of settler homes in Arab east Jerusalem if reelected - @AFP
read more on yahoo.com

394 Timothy Watson  Mar 16, 2015 8:26:24am

re: #386 Feline Fearless Leader

I await the massive fauxrage and then explodey heads when the FLOTUS wishes everyone a happy Easter. I’m not sure yet whether they will castigate her about celebrating an appropriated pagan holiday, or about how fattening and non-nutritious marshmallow peeps are.
//

WHERE’S OBAMA’S EASTER PROCLAMATION?!?!?!?!

Wait, that actually happened:
mediamatters.org

395 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:26:33am

try hastag #waronwomen on twitter. You get all sides.

396 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:27:04am

re: #392 Targetpractice

Indeed, I’m sure we all know by now that many of the laws in California today against the public display of firearms came from white fear of Black Panthers walking around in public visibly armed.

MLKJr’s men were armed as well. All thought not as obviously.

397 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:27:04am

re: #393 Justanotherhuman

Bibi is desperate…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to build thousands of settler homes in Arab east Jerusalem if reelected - @AFP
read more on yahoo.com

Well, word is that internal polls for Likud have been more dire than the public ones. And the public ones are pretty worrying if you’re a Likudnik.

398 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 8:28:08am

re: #395 FemNaziBitch

try hastag #waronwomen on twitter. You get all sides.

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“End Cultural Marxism” is a white supremacist slogan used by the same wonderful folks who use the #whitegenocide hashtag.

399 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:28:15am

re: #394 Timothy Watson

I’m partial to the Russell Stover chocolate covered marshmallow eggs myself.

Crispy chocolate shell, most delicious filling. : )

400 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 8:28:41am

re: #398 The Mother Of All Pies

“End Cultural Marxism” is a white supremacist slogan used by the same wonderful folks who use the #whitegenocide hashtag.

Just block & mute those fuckers, do not retweet, do not engage.

401 Dave In Austin  Mar 16, 2015 8:28:48am

re: #373 Feline Fearless Leader

Maybe she made use of it and her younger days and therefore had a clue.

I believe she is a breast cancer survivor. She knows the benefit that PP provides. Won’t make any difference with the basket of pigs she has to deal with here.

403 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 16, 2015 8:29:23am

Another GotNwes exclusive:

BREAKING, EXCLUSIVE: Using innuendo, we have found MOTIVE in #JeffreyWilliams’s #Ferguson cop shooting

Based on a blurry photo of some black kids, GotNwes asks the question, were Ferguson shooter Jeffrey Williams and St. Louis shooting victim VonDerritt Myers in the same gang?

Damned if we know for sure, because they all look the same to us (see above), but we’re guessing that it was payback to Ferguson police for a St. Louis cop shooting Myers in Shaw, which is 16 miles away from Ferguson on the other side of St. Louis.

404 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 16, 2015 8:30:06am

re: #398 The Mother Of All Pies

“End Cultural Marxism” is a white supremacist slogan used by the same wonderful folks who use the #whitegenocide hashtag.

I am sure UpChuck is one of their fans.

405 Timothy Watson  Mar 16, 2015 8:31:09am

re: #399 Justanotherhuman

I’m partial to the Russell Stover chocolate covered marshmallow eggs myself.

Crispy chocolate shell, most delicious filling. : )

I like Terry’s Chocolate Oranges, which are hard to find outside of holidays. :/

406 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:31:47am

Seems pretty telling that, a week later, the only place that’s giving much attention to Emailghazigate is the same museum for all the other nonstories of the past six years.

407 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 8:32:22am

re: #393 Justanotherhuman

Bibi is desperate…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to build thousands of settler homes in Arab east Jerusalem if reelected - @AFP
read more on yahoo.com

Related:

Rightist rally proves: Likud turned from party of the masses to party of settlers

408 ObserverArt  Mar 16, 2015 8:33:06am

re: #322 Mattand

Yeah, I know. I did it more to make myself feel better than anything else.

I’d be willing to bet he lurks after officially BBLing, though.

You know it. I was going to post a similar comment…thank you.

409 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 8:33:30am

re: #399 Justanotherhuman

I’m partial to the Russell Stover chocolate covered marshmallow eggs myself.

Crispy chocolate shell, most delicious filling. : )

Cadbury creme eggs FTW. I buy those damn things every year.

410 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:33:30am

re: #401 Dave In Austin

I believe she is a breast cancer survivor. She knows the benefit that PP provides. Won’t make any difference with the basket of pigs she has to deal with here.

Oh so it’s one of those Republicans that have benefited from something and see that it’s not all bad and now support it. I don’t want to come across too harsh since I applaud she’s condemning but for once, I’d like to see a Republican policymaker realize these sort of things without that. That is to say, I’d like to see a Republican without a gay sibling or child realize why SSM bans are wrong etc.

411 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 8:33:59am

re: #404 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I am sure UpChuck is one of their fans.

He probably follows them but I’m sure not going through his following list to find out.

412 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:34:12am

I’m a sucker for jelly beans and spiced drops myself. Anything peanut butter and chocolate is also really good too though.

413 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:36:39am

re: #412 HappyWarrior

I’m a sucker for jelly beans and spiced drops myself. Anything peanut butter and chocolate is also really good too though.

Love jelly beans, but particularly if they’re Jelly Belly ones.

414 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:36:41am

re: #412 HappyWarrior

Reese is making peanut butter eggs this year, too. : )

415 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:37:44am
416 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:38:15am

Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held 4 hours of nuclear talks in Switzerland Monday - @Reuters
end of alert

Iranians brought up letter from 47 Republicans during nuclear talks, senior US official says - @Reuters
end of alert

417 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:38:50am

re: #414 Justanotherhuman

Reese is making peanut butter eggs this year, too. : )

Yeah I saw those at the grocery store the other day.

418 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 8:38:53am

re: #414 Justanotherhuman

Reese is making peanut butter eggs this year, too. : )

I only like them when I eat them.

419 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:39:20am
420 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:39:38am

re: #413 Targetpractice

Love jelly beans, but particularly if they’re Jelly Belly ones.

The abundance of flavors alone. I hate the popcorn flavor though.

421 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:40:02am

re: #415 FemNaziBitch

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No wonder his entire schtick is talking up his electoral history. He has absolutely nothing else to run on.

422 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:40:06am
423 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:40:23am

re: #416 Justanotherhuman

Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held 4 hours of nuclear talks in Switzerland Monday - @Reuters
end of alert

Iranians brought up letter from 47 Republicans during nuclear talks, senior US official says - @Reuters
end of alert

“You’ll have to excuse Senator Cotton, Minister Zarif, he was shocked to learn about you guys controlling Tehran.”

424 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:40:26am

re: #418 b_sharp

For some reason, I buy more candy at Easter than any other time of the year.

425 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:40:48am

zzzzzzzz …

426 makeitstop  Mar 16, 2015 8:41:25am

re: #378 Lidane

Because we all know that the Bible was written in English, and Jesus spoke English:

Bryan Fischer says that people speaking languages other than English is a sign of God’s judgment upon America

This just in: The major scale is now only 7 notes, because Bryan Fischer has been singing one note for so long, he’s completely worn it out.

427 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:41:25am

re: #424 Justanotherhuman

For some reason, I buy more candy at Easter than any other time of the year.

Spring-Time.

428 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:41:33am

re: #425 FemNaziBitch

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zzzzzzzz …

“Republicans Skip Election, Move Straight To Impeachment”

429 ObserverArt  Mar 16, 2015 8:41:36am

re: #333 darthstar

Okay…I swore off responding to DF for Lent and I fucked that up. Back to just letting that shit go.

I already have an ignore policy on all things Chuck C. I think I shall join you on your Lenten fast…and maybe extend it to forever.

430 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:41:43am

re: #421 Targetpractice

No wonder his entire schtick is talking up his electoral history. He has absolutely nothing else to run on.

Hey guys, I may be a terrible governor but I’ve won! And honestly I think that may just help propel him to the nomination.

431 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:42:22am

re: #426 makeitstop

This just in: The major scale is now only 7 notes, because Bryan Fischer has been singing one note for so long, he’s completely worn it out.

You know, when Bryan leaves us, another version of him will just pop-up to replace the one that left.

We’ll never be rid of these Whackos.

*sigh*

432 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 8:43:06am

re: #425 FemNaziBitch

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zzzzzzzz …

Republicans all think alike. #WaronWomen.

433 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:43:13am

re: #380 Feline Fearless Leader

The latter. It’s Falcontown in there.

Where?

434 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 16, 2015 8:43:56am

re: #378 Lidane

Bryan Fischer says that people floating SBD air biscuits in closed spaces is a sign of God’s judgment upon America.

435 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 8:44:01am

My younger brother got taken in by a computer scam on Saturday. His anti-virus popped up a notice of malware found but it had an overlay of a phone number to call to remove the malware. He called and they remote controlled his system until he panicked when they asked for money.

I’m a phone call call and a 5 minute drive away but he didn’t call me until after. Honestly, he’s not normally a stupid man.

436 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:44:17am

re: #430 HappyWarrior

Hey guys, I may be a terrible governor but I’ve won! And honestly I think that may just help propel him to the nomination.

He’s the only “Not-Jeb” whose list of negatives doesn’t read like a checklist for someone sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

437 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:44:24am

re: #431 FemNaziBitch

You know, when Bryan leaves us, another version of him will just pop-up to replace the one that left.

We’ll never be rid of these Whackos.

*sigh*

He already did that himself. I had never heard of him until Obama became president. The thing is though these guys keep on getting more and more nutty and hateful. I think Fischer is more hateful and disgusting than Jerry Falwell and Jerry Falwell was pretty damn hateful.

438 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 8:44:48am

re: #424 Justanotherhuman

For some reason, I buy more candy at Easter than any other time of the year.

I always have chocolate in the house.
At Easter I steal from my grandkids.

439 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:45:34am

re: #435 b_sharp

My younger brother got taken in by a computer scam on Saturday. His anti-virus popped up a notice of malware found but it had an overlay of a phone number to call to remove the malware. He called and they remote controlled his system until he panicked when they asked for money.

I’m a phone call call and a 5 minute drive away but he didn’t call me until after. Honestly, he’s not normally a stupid man.

Was alcohol involved?

440 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:45:56am

re: #436 Targetpractice

He’s the only “Not-Jeb” whose list of cons doesn’t read like a checklist for someone sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

Right. What I think ultimately he has though which will also help him is that he’s someone that both the nutter base and corporate donors will both love. You got Jeb who only really appeals to the corporate bigwigs and then you got guys like Cruz/Paul who only really appeal to the base. Walker I think does both of that.

441 FemNaziBitch  Mar 16, 2015 8:45:58am

ahhh-

bbl

442 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 8:46:06am

re: #424 Justanotherhuman

For some reason, I buy more candy at Easter than any other time of the year.

It doesn’t have anything to do with stores setting up aisles and aisles of chocolate.

443 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 8:46:55am

That reminds me, I should pack a crapload of chocolate for the trip to Israel.

444 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:47:34am

re: #440 HappyWarrior

Right. What I think ultimately he has though which will also help him is that he’s someone that both the nutter base and corporate donors will both love. You got Jeb who only really appeals to the corporate bigwigs and then you got guys like Cruz/Paul who only really appeal to the base. Walker I think does both of that.

Honestly, I think Walker is the Perry of this election season, being pushed by a media desperate to keep this a horse race rather than a blowout. Without Walker, Jeb basically coasts to the nomination.

445 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 8:47:42am

re: #439 FemNaziBitch

Was alcohol involved?

Worse. Windows was involved.

446 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 8:47:53am

re: #439 FemNaziBitch

Was alcohol involved?

Nope. He doesn’t drink much anymore, he has a 6 year old son.

The popup was there for a week before he finally called.

You have a brother who deals with computers for a living and you don’t call him when something hinky happens?

I gave him shit (that’s what oldest brothers are for)

447 makeitstop  Mar 16, 2015 8:48:17am

re: #420 HappyWarrior

The abundance of flavors alone. I hate the popcorn flavor though.

The popcorn is okay, IMO.

Those medium-colored green ones are horrible, though. My wife picked up a couple of small bags of Jelly Bellies, and when I tasted those green ones, I couldn’t even tell what they were supposed to taste like. The package said they were pear flavored, but they didn’t taste remotely like pears.

I picked them out of the bag and threw them away.

448 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 8:48:17am

re: #445 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Worse. Windows was involved.

Vista.

449 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 8:48:46am

re: #447 makeitstop

The popcorn is okay, IMO.

Those medium-colored green ones are horrible, though. My wife picked up a couple of small bags of Jelly Bellies, and when I tasted those green ones, I couldn’t even tell what they were supposed to taste like. The package said they were pear flavored, but they didn’t taste remotely like pears.

I picked them out of the bag and threw them away.

Booger?

450 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 8:49:21am

re: #445 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Worse. Windows was involved.

451 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:49:39am

re: #444 Targetpractice

Honestly, I think Walker is the Perry of this election season, being pushed by a media desperate to keep this a horse race rather than a blowout. Without Walker, Jeb basically coasts to the nomination.

Hmmm perhaps but I think Walker’s smarter politically than Perry.

452 makeitstop  Mar 16, 2015 8:51:38am

re: #449 b_sharp

Booger?

LOL. Also, ew.

453 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:51:45am

re: #451 HappyWarrior

Hmmm perhaps but I think Walker’s smarter politically than Perry.

He’s a meat puppet for the Kochs, which doesn’t really leave a lot of room for more than a room temp IQ. This is a guy who the other day compared ISIS to a computer virus. God help us when the debates begin and he has to start dealing with unscripted questions.

454 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 8:52:16am

re: #453 Targetpractice

He’s a meat puppet for the Kochs, which doesn’t really leave a lot of room for more than a room temp IQ. This is a guy who the other day compared ISIS to a computer virus. God help us when the debates begin and he has to start dealing with unscripted questions.

IIRC Walker compared labor unions to ISIS.

455 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 8:52:29am

re: #405 Timothy Watson

I like Terry’s Chocolate Oranges, which are hard to find outside of holidays. :/

One christmas we got the dark-chocolate/raspberry ones. They’re the same thing, still divided into orange segments, but it was the most horrible taste you can imagine. And I like both raspberry and dark chocolate. Weird!

456 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 8:53:16am

re: #413 Targetpractice

Love jelly beans, but particularly if they’re Jelly Belly ones.

I like the soda flavored Jelly Belly beans. Those are probably my favorites.

457 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 8:53:31am

The GOP problem in a nutshell. Take the response to Ferguson and the DOJ report.

Leon Wolf writes a very even-handed post at RedState, wherein he indicates that even if you take the DOJ report at its most favorable to the FPD, you’re still left with a huge problem not only for the FPD, but all law enforcement nationally.

The FPD, by its own admission (and its own personnel reports, internal documents, etc.) operated as a revenue generator for Ferguson, never adequately trained or carried out oversight of police re: excessive force, etc.

The laundry list of problems is staggering, writes Wolf.

And of course, he’s targeted by right wingers at RedState for stating the astoundingly obvious.

This is the crux of the GOP problem. If you’re not nuts enough to reach the base, you’re ignored or treated as RINO. If you state the obvious, you’re treated as a pariah.

If you recite facts that are based on Ferguson’s own document’s you’re considered a Michael Brown supporter (even as the DOJ chose not to bring charges against Wilson because the law wouldn’t support it).

The GOP faces troubles that are far deeper and more ingrained than merely trying to win in 2016. They face a reality gap.

458 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:53:36am

re: #454 The Mother Of All Pies

IIRC Walker compared labor unions to ISIS.

He did, bastard.

459 ObserverArt  Mar 16, 2015 8:54:06am

re: #438 b_sharp

I always have chocolate in the house.
At Easter I steal from my grandkids.

I know that at Christmas we have Scrooges and Grinches

What does this behavior at Easter make you?

460 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 8:54:30am

re: #454 The Mother Of All Pies

IIRC Walker compared labor unions to ISIS.

Anything he doesn’t like is the same as ISIS. Typical Republican, IOW.

461 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:54:42am

re: #457 lawhawk

The GOP problem in a nutshell. Take the response to Ferguson and the DOJ report.

Leon Wolf writes a very even-handed post at RedState, wherein he indicates that even if you take the DOJ report at its most favorable to the FPD, you’re still left with a huge problem not only for the FPD, but all law enforcement nationally.

The FPD, by its own admission (and its own personnel reports, internal documents, etc.) operated as a revenue generator for Ferguson, never adequately trained or carried out oversight of police re: excessive force, etc.

The laundry list of problems is staggering, writes Wolf.

And of course, he’s targeted by right wingers at RedState for stating the astoundingly obvious.

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This is the crux of the GOP problem. If you’re not nuts enough to reach the base, you’re ignored or treated as RINO. If you state the obvious, you’re treated as a pariah.

If you recite facts that are based on Ferguson’s own document’s you’re considered a Michael Brown supporter (even as the DOJ chose not to bring charges against Wilson because the law wouldn’t support it).

The GOP faces troubles that are far deeper and more ingrained than merely trying to win in 2016. They face a reality gap.

It really illustrates everything wrong with conservatism at the moment that they’re flipping out on Wolf.

462 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:54:54am

re: #460 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Anything he doesn’t like is the same as ISIS. Typical Republican, IOW.

OBAMA!

463 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 8:55:57am

re: #453 Targetpractice

He’s a meat puppet for the Kochs, which doesn’t really leave a lot of room for more than a room temp IQ. This is a guy who the other day compared ISIS to a computer virus. God help us when the debates begin and he has to start dealing with unscripted questions.

Yeah I guess you’re right. I just think Jeb is going to struggle a bit since he hasn’t really run a campaign in over a decade now and I don’t see him as craven as Romney was but i could be wrong.

464 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:56:20am

re: #454 The Mother Of All Pies

IIRC Walker compared labor unions to ISIS.

Yep, said he was a strong leader because he’d stand up to ISIS like he did those labor unions.

Two weeks later, he bowed to the GOP-controlled state legislature, which is even nuttier than he is, and signed “right-to-work” legislation that he characterized as a “distraction” last year and said he would not sign.

465 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 8:57:09am

re: #459 ObserverArt

I know that at Christmas we have Scrooges and Grinches

What does this behavior at Easter make you?

Full of chocolate.

466 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 8:59:04am

re: #457 lawhawk

It’s really fitting that, a month away from the one year anniversary of the Bundy Ranch Stand-off, wingnuts have suddenly rediscovered their faith in law enforcement.

467 ObserverArt  Mar 16, 2015 9:00:26am

re: #465 b_sharp

Full of chocolate.

Bad Bunny!

468 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:00:38am

I wonder who’s being considered for VP in both parties. I’ve said it before but I would love Castro for the Dems. The guy is young, he’s served as both mayor of a major U.S city and right now he’s administering a U.S cabinet department so while young he’s also got good experience in and outside of Washington. Plus, I think he would be another step to making the Hispanic vote a strong part of the Democratic base, and the guy is a really likable guy.

469 Kragar  Mar 16, 2015 9:01:07am
470 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 16, 2015 9:01:16am

re: #395 FemNaziBitch

try hastag #waronwomen on twitter. You get all sides.

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That is one seriously busy black man. /////

471 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:03:41am

I cannot believe we live in a political environment where Jeb Bush is seen as a Republican moderate. But then again it’s the same world that Jon Huntsman who vowed to eliminate the EPA is a RINO.

472 Dr. Matt  Mar 16, 2015 9:04:47am

re: #469 Kragar

One of the RWNJ comments was whining about Raw Story picking on conservatives because he clearly remembers that online conservative forums were bashing HW Bush when he started the tradition…..the tradition started in 1992.…. *SMH*

473 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:05:46am

re: #472 Dr. Matt

One of the RWNJ comments was whining about Raw Story picking on conservatives because he clearly remembers that online conservative forums were bashing HW Bush when he started the tradition…..the tradition started in 1992.…. *SMH*

Ah 1992 when Republicans actually treated American Muslims like people.

474 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 9:07:02am
475 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 9:07:23am

re: #472 Dr. Matt

One of the RWNJ comments was whining about Raw Story picking on conservatives because he clearly remembers that online conservative forums were bashing HW Bush when he started the tradition…..the tradition started in 1992.…. *SMH*

Also too: much shrieking outrage that Michelle had a party in the White House, probably even with cake.

476 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 9:08:13am

re: #472 Dr. Matt

One of the RWNJ comments was whining about Raw Story picking on conservatives because he clearly remembers that online conservative forums were bashing HW Bush when he started the tradition…..the tradition started in 1992.…. *SMH*

The Internet ruled in 1992. The Internet was much worse during the ‘80’s.

/

477 makeitstop  Mar 16, 2015 9:08:21am

Cool thing of the Day: Ridgewing Guitars

Beautiful and functional. Also a little pricey, but damn, they’re cool.

478 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 9:08:38am

re: #459 ObserverArt

Stealing-candy-from-a-child thief.

479 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 9:09:02am

Major crisis averted at work today. I am breathing a sigh of relief.

So I’ve been working at a new gig and my job is to compile daily reports and social media stats across all channels of the campaign — YouTube, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. I have to put all the data — including total money spent — together into final reports that get sent out. I’ve busting my ass getting these monsters done every day, and last Friday it came to light that I’d gotten one of the client email addresses wrong. He’d never gotten any of the reports I’d been sending. The contact used [first initial last name]@[provider .com] for his email. I goofed and missed the first initial. I had accidentally been sending confidential info to the wrong address for three days. The ONLY reason I still have a job at all is because that incorrect address ended up being a throwaway that someone had, presumably for spam, and they hadn’t logged into it for at least a year.

Of course now I still have to compile all the data and prepare all the reports, but now I have to send them to the VP and he sends them on to the client. It’s annoying, but I’ll take it over unemployment. And now I have to work that much harder to turn this contract gig into a full-time one. Oh well. I always did like a challenge.

480 Dr. Matt  Mar 16, 2015 9:09:23am

re: #473 HappyWarrior

Ah 1992 when Republicans actually treated American Muslims like people.

1992…..when a fraction of the US populace had access to the internet.

481 Snarknado!  Mar 16, 2015 9:09:51am

re: #435 b_sharp

My younger brother got taken in by a computer scam on Saturday. His anti-virus popped up a notice of malware found but it had an overlay of a phone number to call to remove the malware. He called and they remote controlled his system until he panicked when they asked for money.

I’m a phone call call and a 5 minute drive away but he didn’t call me until after. Honestly, he’s not normally a stupid man.

A while back one of the people in my department clicked on a “you got a raise” email — he also is not a stupid man, but he was expecting notification of a salary increase, and clicked on it without thinking. He was properly chagrined when I contacted him (an administrator was notified automatically whenever a direct deposit is changed). No harm done — at that time, he was actually being paid from an entirely different location, so I left it as it was and notified Central so they could check to see if anyone else had been scammed, and (I think) block that bank account systemwide.

482 CuriousLurker  Mar 16, 2015 9:10:33am

Interesting question:

Here in the United States, that raises an interesting question. In recent years, the Republican Party has elevated “support for Israel” to a level of passion and consensus usually reserved for things such as tax cuts and opposition to abortion rights. But that happened during a string of conservative Israeli governments. If Israel is led by a Labor Party prime minister and begins to change some of its policies, will Republicans decide that “support” is more complicated than they used to think?

It may be hard to remember now, but Israel became a Republican fetish object relatively recently. At times in the past, support for Israel was seen as a liberal cause, but as the Labor Party’s long dominance of the country’s politics faded and policy toward the Palestinians hardened, Republicans became more and more devoted to the country. […]

483 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 9:10:47am

re: #468 HappyWarrior

I wonder who’s being considered for VP in both parties. I’ve said it before but I would love Castro for the Dems. The guy is young, he’s served as both mayor of a major U.S city and right now he’s administering a U.S cabinet department so while young he’s also got good experience in and outside of Washington. Plus, I think he would be another step to making the Hispanic vote a strong part of the Democratic base, and the guy is a really likable guy.

I wanted Castro to run for governor, and I suspect that was the plan for the Dems all along. They’d had him give the keynote at the 2012 DNC, he was increasing his social profile and his statewide presence, etc. Then Wendy Davis came along and suddenly Castro was being moved to a Cabinet spot.

I definitely think he’s got a future.

484 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 9:11:19am

re: #478 Justanotherhuman

Stealing-candy-from-a-child thief.

I prefer ‘grandpa’

485 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:11:25am

re: #480 Dr. Matt

1992…..when a fraction of the US populace had access to the internet.

We didn’t even have a computer until 1995. Hell didn’t have cable until the year before.

486 ObserverArt  Mar 16, 2015 9:11:45am

re: #478 Justanotherhuman

Stealing-candy-from-a-child thief.

A really really bad bunny!

487 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:12:08am

re: #483 Lidane

I wanted Castro to run for governor, and I suspect that was the plan for the Dems all along. They’d had him give the keynote at the 2012 DNC, he was increasing his social profile and his statewide presence, etc. Then Wendy Davis came along and suddenly Castro was being moved to a Cabinet spot.

I definitely think he’s got a future.

I hope so. I really like the guy and his brother seems like a great guy too.

488 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:14:46am

re: #482 CuriousLurker

Interesting question:

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I’ve been wondering about that myself CL. It’s something interesting to ponder since as the article gets at, the Republican Party hasn’t exactly been strongly supportive of Israel in the past when they were Labor led like they have been since 2001. I really do feel that their support for Israel has always been shallow at its core given that I feel that their support for Israel is rooted in Anti-Semitic beliefs as strange as that may sound.

489 Kragar  Mar 16, 2015 9:16:36am
490 ObserverArt  Mar 16, 2015 9:17:52am

Later all…got to get some work done.

Watch out for those bad bunnies.

491 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:18:07am

re: #489 Kragar

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You never had to take it out Rick, you just couldn’t have special privileges for it you clerical fascist fuckwad.

492 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:19:30am

Anyone who says prayer isn’t allowed in schools has never had a chemistry pop quiz during first period on a Monday morning.

493 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 9:20:29am

re: #492 HappyWarrior

Anyone who says prayer isn’t allowed in schools has never had a chemistry pop quiz during first period on a Monday morning.

Or walked into a graduate level Finance class on midterm day. Heh.

494 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 9:21:12am

More desperation and grasping by Bibi…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises there will be no Palestinian state if he is re-elected - @AP
read more on bigstory.ap.org

495 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:21:48am

re: #493 Lidane

Or walked into a graduate level Finance class on midterm day. Heh.

Heh yep.

496 Mattand  Mar 16, 2015 9:21:51am

re: #435 b_sharp

My younger brother got taken in by a computer scam on Saturday. His anti-virus popped up a notice of malware found but it had an overlay of a phone number to call to remove the malware. He called and they remote controlled his system until he panicked when they asked for money.

I’m a phone call call and a 5 minute drive away but he didn’t call me until after. Honestly, he’s not normally a stupid man.

LOL, join the club. My dad got bit by SpyAxe 10 years ago, thankfully before the current age of ransomware. Happily gave his credit card number to the “company” that promised to fix the problem.

It didn’t help that his go-to-guy for computer advice was just as clueless as he was/is about this stuff. His buddy got bit by it previously, and advised my father the only way to deal with it was to pay the fee.

Of course, 2 minutes of Googling ID’d the real problem and fixed it on the spot.

This is the same guy who once advised my dad that the only way to make a word bold in in Microsoft Word was to:

1. type your sentence
2. go back to the word you wanted to make bold and delete it
3. turn on the Bold button in the toolbar and retype it again.

When I informed him that SpyAxe was probably some Russian hacker who now had complete access to his credit card, he shrugged and said it was just a cost of owning a computer. No worries about his credit because that happens to other people.

I switched him to a Mac to cut down on the viruses, but he’s still a target for e-mail phishing and the such. At this point, when it comes to IT support for family members, they get one chance to take my advice. If they ignore me, they own their fucking own after that.

497 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 9:22:05am

Watch Live: Hillary Clinton Irish America Hall of Fame Induction

nbcnews.com

498 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 9:23:00am
499 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:24:04am

re: #497 Justanotherhuman

Watch Live: Hillary Clinton Irish America Hall of Fame Induction

nbcnews.com

Didn’t know she was one of us. Glad to have her. Less so the more obviously Irish-Americans Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Joseph McCarthy but all is well.

500 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:24:28am

re: #498 Lidane

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I think he’s going down tomorrow.

501 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 9:24:49am

Heh.

502 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 9:25:05am

re: #494 Justanotherhuman

More desperation and grasping by Bibi…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises there will be no Palestinian state if he is re-elected - @AP
read more on bigstory.ap.org

“I’ll give you anything you want, just please don’t boot me out!”

503 Justanotherhuman  Mar 16, 2015 9:26:08am

BBL. : )

504 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 9:26:25am

re: #501 Justanotherhuman

Heh.

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Putin emerged from hiding and saw his shadow. Guess that means we’ve got to weather four more years of his BS.

505 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 9:31:01am

Time to pull out yer fainting couch:

506 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 9:34:30am

re: #496 Mattand

LOL, join the club. My dad got bit by SpyAxe 10 years ago, thankfully before the current age of ransomware. Happily gave his credit card number to the “company” that promised to fix the problem.

It didn’t help that his go-to-guy for computer advice was just as clueless as he was/is about this stuff. His buddy got bit by it previously, and advised my father the only way to deal with it was to pay the fee.

Of course, 2 minutes of Googling ID’d the real problem and fixed it on the spot.

This is the same guy who once advised my dad that the only way to make a word bold in in Microsoft Word was to:

1. type your sentence
2. go back to the word you wanted to make bold and delete it
3. turn on the Bold button in the toolbar and retype it again.

When I informed him that SpyAxe was probably some Russian hacker who now had complete access to his credit card, he shrugged and said it was just a cost of owning a computer. No worries about his credit because that happens to other people.

I switched him to a Mac to cut down on the viruses, but he’s still a target for e-mail phishing and the such. At this point, when it comes to IT support for family members, they get one chance to take my advice. If they ignore me, they own their fucking own after that.

Tough love.

507 Dave In Austin  Mar 16, 2015 9:34:58am
508 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 9:35:06am

re: #505 Lidane

Time to pull out yer fainting couch:

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Always 5 o’clock somewhere, ain’t it Maureen?

509 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 9:36:35am

118 malware objects on my bro’s ‘puter so far.

Fuck.

510 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 9:39:00am

Conduit
Funweb
searchprotect
mypcbackup
bundleinstaller
scramblepacker
pricefountain
installcore
.
.
.
Regcleanerpro
safemonitor

511 Jenner7  Mar 16, 2015 9:42:53am

That damn Obama.

512 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 9:43:58am

re: #511 Jenner7

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That damn Obama.

BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE CANCELLED INSURANCE POLICIES?!

513 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:47:32am

re: #511 Jenner7

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That damn Obama.

You can tell how much he hates America. Seriously though that’s really impressive.

514 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 9:49:10am
515 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 9:49:52am

re: #512 Targetpractice

BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE CANCELLED INSURANCE POLICIES?!

Giving gays moochers SSM health insurance invalidates my marriage health insurance!!!

516 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 9:51:01am

re: #515 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Giving gays moochers SSM health insurance invalidates my marriage health insurance!!!

UNITED HEALTHCARE KILLED MY SHITTY POLICY THAT I LIKED & OBAMA SAID I COULD KEEP!!!!! HE LIED!!!1!!!!

517 makeitstop  Mar 16, 2015 9:51:40am

re: #514 The Mother Of All Pies

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Bud Light. The Shame of a Nation.

518 Targetpractice  Mar 16, 2015 9:52:34am

re: #517 makeitstop

Bud Light. The Shame of a Nation.

Yeah, I was just thinking “It says ‘BEER’, not piss water.”

519 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 9:52:54am

re: #516 The Mother Of All Pies

UNITED HEALTHCARE KILLED MY SHITTY POLICY THAT I LIKED & OBAMA SAID I COULD KEEP!!!!! HE LIED!!!1!!!!

Sure, they would have canceled me if I ever tried to make a claim, but….

520 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 9:53:23am

re: #517 makeitstop

Bud Light. The Shame of a Nation.

Whut, Bud is the Beer of Canada. Molson & Labatt has a sad.

521 danarchy  Mar 16, 2015 9:54:34am

re: #476 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

The Internet ruled in 1992. The Internet was much worse during the ‘80’s.

/

Well usenet and BBS services had already been around for quite a while. I have no idea how many conservative forums existed, but I am pretty sure you could find pretty much anything on usenet. At that age I was too busy very slowly downloading porn to be paying attention to political forums…

522 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 9:55:00am

re: #514 The Mother Of All Pies

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Not Rainier? I’ve been misinformed!

523 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 9:55:06am

re: #514 The Mother Of All Pies

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Bud light come on America.

524 Ace-o-aces  Mar 16, 2015 9:55:10am

re: #516 The Mother Of All Pies

UNITED HEALTHCARE KILLED MY SHITTY POLICY THAT I LIKED & OBAMA SAID I COULD KEEP!!!!! HE LIED!!!1!!!!

NOW I HAVE TO GO AND GET A BETTER POLICY FOR LESS MONEY!!! TYRANY!!!!!!!

525 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 9:57:23am

re: #494 Justanotherhuman

More desperation and grasping by Bibi…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises there will be no Palestinian state if he is re-elected - @AP
read more on bigstory.ap.org

1. We are always told that being against the existence of the Jewish state is racist because of the right of self-determination. Then how is it any less racist being against the Palestinian state?

2. No Palestinian state means either endless occupation or an apartheid Israel.

526 Dr. Matt  Mar 16, 2015 9:57:38am
527 Ace-o-aces  Mar 16, 2015 9:57:44am

re: #514 The Mother Of All Pies

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Just as I suspected. Jamaicans really don’t like that shitty Red Stripe.

528 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 9:58:31am
529 danarchy  Mar 16, 2015 9:58:45am

re: #514 The Mother Of All Pies

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Considering how many different beers I have sampled, it is pretty shocking how few of the most popular ones I have had.

Also, I wonder how many of those brands are owned by InBev

530 Ace-o-aces  Mar 16, 2015 9:58:58am

re: #501 Justanotherhuman

531 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 9:59:02am

re: #525 Nyet

2. No Palestinian state means either endless occupation or an apartheid Israel.

Why can’t we have both?

532 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 9:59:31am

re: #489 Kragar

We’ll take away your healthcare, you moochers, but no worries, we’ll put a Gideon’s Bible in every public school. Doesn’t that make you feel better?

533 Timothy Watson  Mar 16, 2015 9:59:39am

re: #517 makeitstop

Bud Light. The Shame of a Nation.

So much for American Exceptionalism.

534 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 10:00:26am

re: #514 The Mother Of All Pies

Bud Light in the US? Bad enough, but Budweiser in Canada? Not Molson? Not Labatt’s? Seriously?

Sounds to me like this is a map showing the cheapest beers in wide distribution in the countries represented.

535 Ace-o-aces  Mar 16, 2015 10:00:51am

re: #533 Timothy Watson

So much for American Exceptionalism.

As Eric Idle once said, American beer is like making love on a boat. It’s fucking near water.

536 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 10:01:00am

re: #533 Timothy Watson

So much for American Exceptionalism.

Bud Light is exceptional. It’s exceptionally bad.

537 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 10:01:35am

re: #534 lawhawk

Bud Light in the US? Bad enough, but Budweiser in Canada? Not Molson? Not Labatt’s? Seriously?

Sounds to me like this is a map showing the cheapest beers in wide distribution in the countries represented.

We’re American wannabes

538 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:03:41am

BUT OBAMA MADE 18 TRILLION IN DEBT WITH HIS & MICHELLE’S VACATIONS!!!!1!!!!

539 Timothy Watson  Mar 16, 2015 10:06:08am

re: #538 The Mother Of All Pies

BUT OBAMA MADE 18 TRILLION IN DEBT WITH HIS & MICHELLE’S VACATIONS!!!!1!!!!

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It isn’t defaulting, but I can’t wait for Moody and S&P to see how much they screw up the state’s credit rating.

540 allegro  Mar 16, 2015 10:06:25am

Spring FINALLY arrived on the Gulf Coast last week and after a solid week of rain and mud, I got my planting done yesterday. I planted tomatoes (heirloom and roma), bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, green beans, cilantro, basil, dill, thyme, chives, parsley, peppermint, spearmint, and the garlic that spontaneously sprouted in my veggie basket. I cleaned the patio and furniture and set up the rest of my pet fencing around the patio so my boys don’t have to be tied up. Oh, and planted 3 beautiful hanging baskets.

Today my bones hurt to the point I’m ready to raid the Vicodan I have saved for emergencies. But all my growies look happy and perky. :)

541 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 10:06:38am

re: #525 Nyet

He’s lying to someone. The question is who. Israelis, Palestinians, or US?

My bet? He’s lying to everyone. He has backchannel talks with the Palestinians just like prior administrations. He’d even consider a peace deal with the appropriate terms (and there was a deal supposedly floated involving 1967 lines that Netanyahu’s government vehemently denied).

At this point he’s saying whatever he thinks might get him reelected and garner enough support for the possible coalition partners. He’s got to hope that coalition party partners can outnumber what Zionist Union can put together, because Netanyahu’s Likud is behind Zionist Union.

So, these statements are designed to make people think twice about voting for Zionist Union/Hatnuah or Yesh Atid or Kadima, because they might form a coalition government with the Arab bloc, while Netanyahu would never go that route to form a government - instead working with the nationalist and far right parties to get to 60+.

It’s an admission that the election is out of Netanyahu’s hand and in the hands of the smaller parties that might be the difference in forming a coalition or not.

542 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 10:07:10am

I R SERIOUS PREZNIT CANDIDATE!

543 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:11:10am

re: #542 Lidane

I R SERIOUS PREZNIT CANDIDATE!

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Former diabetic and constant lunatic.

544 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 10:12:23am

re: #542 Lidane

I R SERIOUS PREZNIT CANDIDATE!

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Huckabee lies.

545 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:12:46am

re: #544 b_sharp

Huckabee lies.

Huckabee breathes, related.

546 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 10:12:53am

re: #543 HappyWarrior

Former diabetic and constant lunatic.

Still diabetic. He never used the cure.

547 makeitstop  Mar 16, 2015 10:13:04am

re: #542 Lidane

I R SERIOUS PREZNIT CANDIDATE!

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I heard that radio spot one night while driving home.

No matter what they call it, it still smells like snake oil.

548 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:14:23am

FAIL. The chart does not show what this wingnut wants it to show.

549 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 10:15:08am

re: #542 Lidane

Doubt he’s a former diabetic since he’s probably still taking diabetes meds. And cinnamon is the supposed magic cure.

There’s a reason doctors hate it. It doesn’t work, and people who think that it does are doing their bodies serious harm by not properly treating their diabetes.

Ugh.

550 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:15:34am

LOL the chart shows fed outlays going down during Dem administrations, up during GOP and skyrocketing during Bush admin.

551 danarchy  Mar 16, 2015 10:16:02am

re: #547 makeitstop

I heard that radio spot one night while driving home.

No matter what they call it, it still smells like snake oil.

Am I missing something? I don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, but it sounds like he is pushing a diet plan which really is the only way to reverse type II Diabetes. I was expecting some sort of “dietary supplement” based on the headline and reactions here.

552 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 10:18:18am
553 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:18:45am

re: #552 lawhawk

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Thanks Obama.//

554 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:19:49am

re: #551 danarchy

Am I missing something? I don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, but it sounds like he is pushing a diet plan which really is the only way to reverse type II Diabetes. I was expecting some sort of “dietary supplement” based on the headline and reactions here.

Zedushka once listened to AN ENTIRE 45-MINUTE infomercial about SEEKRIT CURE FOR DIABEETUS THAT DOCTORS DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT!!!!! After investing 45 minutes of his life in watching the entire presentation, he found out that the only way to learn the “One Weird Seekrit” is to send $40.

555 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Mar 16, 2015 10:19:54am

One of the things that worries me about cheep oil is that when the price goes back up, it’s gonna go up fast.

556 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 10:20:51am
557 lawhawk  Mar 16, 2015 10:21:00am
558 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 10:21:08am

re: #555 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

One of the things that worries me about cheep oil is that when the price goes back up, it’s gonna go up fast.

Only if supply crashes and demand soars.

559 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:22:27am

re: #556 Lidane

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This isn’t far from me. Sigh.

560 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:22:58am

re: #557 lawhawk

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Yeah but Obama didn’t appoint him.

561 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Mar 16, 2015 10:23:18am

re: #558 b_sharp

Only if supply crashes and demand soars.

You mean, like, war with Iran.

562 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:23:36am

This looks lame, not “cool”

563 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Mar 16, 2015 10:24:35am

re: #562 The Mother Of All Pies

Is Superman going bowling?

564 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 10:25:31am

re: #562 The Mother Of All Pies

This looks lame, not “cool”

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Can’t tell if he dresses to the right or left.

565 Shiplord Kirel  Mar 16, 2015 10:25:39am

(Chicago) UPDATE: 5 killed, 24 wounded in weekend gun violence

(CHICAGO) Five people were killed and at least 24 other people-including a 12-year-old boy-were wounded in shootings across Chicago over St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

The most recent fatal shooting happened early Monday outside a Bucktown neighborhood nightclub on the North Side.

RWNJs love to cite stories like this to mock Chicago’s relatively strict gun ordinances. This completely ignores the completely different and much more permissive set of gun laws just the other side of the city limits, literally within walking distance of many neighborhoods.

566 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:29:14am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
(Keep in mind it’s only lunch time)

567 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:31:44am

re: #566 The Mother Of All Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
(Keep in mind it’s only lunch time)

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Just as stupid as his brother. You’re not resisting Communism, David.

568 gwangung  Mar 16, 2015 10:31:55am

re: #566 The Mother Of All Pies

You can resist communism without being racist, you know. Survivors of of Mao suggests Republicans try it.

569 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:33:30am

re: #568 gwangung

You can resist communism without being racist, you know. Survivors of of Mao suggests Republicans try it.

What survivors of Mao went through is nothing like what we have to to go through.//

570 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:33:52am

re: #568 gwangung

You can resist communism without being racist, you know. Survivors of of Mao suggests Republicans try it.

For one thing, being a Black President is not the same as Communism.

571 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:34:38am

re: #570 The Mother Of All Pies

For one thing, being a Black President is not the same as Communism.

Even being a socialist isn’t the same as being a communist but I can’t expect Limbaugh’s brother to realize that.

572 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:34:43am
573 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 10:35:01am

re: #570 The Mother Of All Pies

For one thing, being a Black President is not the same as Communism.

For another, communism hasn’t existed in any form or fashion in decades.

The GOP seriously need to punch their cultural references forward a few decades.

574 Kragar  Mar 16, 2015 10:37:29am

re: #566 The Mother Of All Pies

575 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 10:38:17am

heh…Upchuck tweets and no one responds.
His last two tweets don’t even get any ridicule.

:D

576 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 10:38:46am

re: #573 Lidane

For another, communism hasn’t existed in any form or fashion in decades.

Communism has never existed and will never exist. It’s a purely utopian vision.

577 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 10:38:49am

re: #573 Lidane

For another, communism hasn’t existed in any form or fashion in decades.

The GOP seriously need to punch their cultural references forward a few decades.

Did you know that poor people in America have color TVs? And refrigerators, and….

578 RadicalModerate  Mar 16, 2015 10:38:52am

re: #566 The Mother Of All Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
(Keep in mind it’s only lunch time)

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Funny, I distinctly remember a whole lot of “anti-communists” who were hardcore racists - the John Birch Society, the KKK (and its affiliated groups), and all those guys over in Germany during the 1930s-1940s just to name a famous few.

I mean really - each of these groups were absolutely convinced that the rise of communism was the result of some Jewish conspiracy. And the thing is, I STILL see rightwingers making the same insane claims to this day.

579 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 10:39:41am

re: #562 The Mother Of All Pies

This looks lame, not “cool”

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And that’s not Superman.

580 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:40:29am

re: #578 RadicalModerate

Funny, I distinctly remember a whole lot of “anti-communists” who were hardcore racists - the John Birch Society, the KKK (and its affiliated groups), and all those guys over in Germany during the 1930s-1940s just to name a famous few.

I mean really - each of these groups were absolutely convinced that the rise of communism was the result of some Jewish conspiracy. And the thing is, I STILL see rightwingers making the same insane claims to this day.

And that great conservative “thinker” William F. Buckley who thought civil rights was a communist plot.

581 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:40:42am

re: #578 RadicalModerate

Funny, I distinctly remember a whole lot of “anti-communists” who were hardcore racists - the John Birch Society, the KKK (and its affiliated groups), and all those guys over in Germany during the 1930s-1940s just to name a famous few.

I mean really - each of these groups were absolutely convinced that the rise of communism was the result of some Jewish conspiracy. And the thing is, I STILL see rightwingers making the same insane claims to this day.

I see RWNJ’s spamming the same out-of-context Margaret Sanger quote over and over so make it seem like she was genocidal.

Hey do you want to know who WASN’T racist during the 1920’s?

Communists.

582 Shiplord Kirel  Mar 16, 2015 10:41:28am

re: #566 The Mother Of All Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
(Keep in mind it’s only lunch time)

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David, do you remember when keeping ni(clangs) in their place was part of your civic duty, at least according to what was then the older generation?

Well I do, and you’re not fooling anyone.

While we’re on it, neither you nor your brother have ever shot at any communists, having famously declined the opportunity when you had it.

583 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:41:53am

re: #581 The Mother Of All Pies

I see RWNJ’s spamming the same out-of-context Margaret Sanger quote over and over so make it seem like she was genocidal.

Hey do you want to know who WASN’T racist during the 1920’s?

Communists.

They were the only American political party that universally condemned lynching and for all my problems with Communism, that deserves commendation.

584 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 10:41:57am

re: #555 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

One of the things that worries me about cheep oil is that when the price goes back up, it’s gonna go up fast.

The Saudis will just wait long enough for the Western countries to cut their funding for alternative energy and development of shale gas deposits.
/

585 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 10:42:55am

re: #576 Nyet

Communism has never existed and will never exist. It’s a purely utopian vision.

Fair point. But for the dipshits on the American right who are still fighting the Cold War, everything they hate is Communism.

586 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:43:41am

Look at this way, they’re still fighting the same enemy they saw in everyone to the left of Eisenhower in the McCarthy years.

587 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 10:44:33am

re: #566 The Mother Of All Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
(Keep in mind it’s only lunch time)

Hi, my name’s David Limbaugh. I don’t have anything original or uplifting to say, but I don’t have much else to do, so here’s a derp.

588 Viscous Obama  Mar 16, 2015 10:44:48am

More Israeli election fun

If reelected, Netanyahu vows wave of E. Jerusalem building

Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s general election on a whistlestop tour of Har Homa, a contentious settlement neighbourhood of annexed east Jerusalem, Netanyahu vowed he would never allow the Palestinians to establish a capital in the city’s eastern sector.

“I won’t let that happen. My friends and I in Likud will preserve the unity of Jerusalem,” he said of his ruling rightwing party, vowing to prevent any future division of the city by building thousands of new settler homes.

“We will continue to build in Jerusalem, we will add thousands of housing units, and in the face of all the (international) pressure, we will persist and continue to develop our eternal capital,” he added.

“We will preserve Jerusalem’s unity in all its parts. We will continue to build and fortify Jerusalem so that its division won’t be possible and it will stay united forever,” he said. “Likud’s victory is the only thing that can ensure the continuation of a national leadership and will prevent the establishment of a left-wing government.”

…

“If Tzipi and Bougie set up the next government, Hamastan 2 will be established on these hills here,” he said, pointing to the surrounding landscape.

589 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:45:28am

Remember the days when conservatives didn’t claim anything done by the government to improve the lives of average people was communism. Oh those were the days. Oh wait that’s been happening since the days of William Jennings Bryan?

590 GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 16, 2015 10:45:32am

So ChuckyPoo posts a pic of a business card, but not of the actual invite in which he claims there was a “mixup”. Yeah. I’m calling it. Bullshit. He was never invited. To anything.

591 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:45:40am

re: #586 HappyWarrior

Look at this way, they’re still fighting the same enemy they saw in everyone to the left of Eisenhower in the McCarthy years.

JBS even called Ike a “Commie”

592 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 10:45:55am
593 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:46:40am

re: #591 The Mother Of All Pies

JBS even called Ike a “Commie”

Yep. And I’ll argue that the only reason why Buckley ran away from JBS is because he felt it was hurting the conservative movement’s image not because he actually disagreed with their kook conspiracy nonsense.

594 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:48:19am

re: #593 HappyWarrior

Yep. And I’ll argue that the only reason why Buckley ran away from JBS is because he felt it was hurting the conservative movement’s image not because he actually disagreed with their kook conspiracy nonsense.

JBS is the “The Power Behind” the Tea Party. I don’t think they are even bothering to hide it any more.

595 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 10:48:47am

re: #549 lawhawk

Doubt he’s a former diabetic since he’s probably still taking diabetes meds. And cinnamon is the supposed magic cure.

There’s a reason doctors hate it. It doesn’t work, and people who think that it does are doing their bodies serious harm by not properly treating their diabetes.

Ugh.

Huckabee is aware that what the FTC unaccountably allows them to sell as “cinnamon” in this country is really just cassia bark, right?

596 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:49:53am

re: #594 The Mother Of All Pies

JBS is the “The Power Behind” the Tea Party. I don’t think they are even bothering to hide it any more.

Yeah the TP is a lot of what’s old is new again. The Koch brothers’ father was a JBS guy. And a lot of the Austrian school nonsense is rooted is reactionary right wing shit from the Gilded Age. Today’s conservatives are honestly more reactionary than conservative. I’d call Obama a conservative before I would any prominent Republican.

597 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 10:50:42am

“…The Israeli elections are less than a day away, and Fox News is pulling out all the stops to prepare its audience for a possible Likud Party defeat. Liz Cheney appeared on Fox and Friends with Brian Kilmeade in an attempt to incense viewers by falsely claiming the President and his staffers are illegally meddling in the elections in the Jewish State.”
crooksandliars.com

598 GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 16, 2015 10:51:21am

re: #565 Shiplord Kirel

Meanwhile, this all goes uncovered. It’s not news when drunk privileged white kids “celebrate” St. Pat’s.

cwbchicago.com

599 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 10:51:27am

re: #592 Lidane

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Damn! I haven’t seen one of those three-way rotating-prism signs for almost 50 years!

600 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:52:24am

re: #596 HappyWarrior

Yeah the TP is a lot of what’s old is new again. The Koch brothers’ father was a JBS guy. And a lot of the Austrian school nonsense is rooted is reactionary right wing shit from the Gilded Age. Today’s conservatives are honestly more reactionary than conservative. I’d call Obama a conservative before I would any prominent Republican.

“Fiscal Responsibility” conservatives are stupid as shit.

I give you the example upthread of the idiot who sent me a chart which proves the exact opposite of the point he was trying to make.

601 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:53:05am

re: #597 jaunte

“…The Israeli elections are less than a day away, and Fox News is pulling out all the stops to prepare its audience for a possible Likud Party defeat. Liz Cheney appeared on Fox and Friends with Brian Kilmeade in an attempt to incense viewers by falsely claiming the President and his staffers are illegally meddling in the elections in the Jewish State.”
crooksandliars.com

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Classy Likud. There’s Bibi’s “appreciation” for President Obama that he talked about in his pep rally to the GOP Congresmembers. Really, he deserves to lose because of this shit.

602 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 10:53:20am

re: #597 jaunte

“…The Israeli elections are less than a day away, and Fox News is pulling out all the stops to prepare its audience for a possible Likud Party defeat. Liz Cheney appeared on Fox and Friends with Brian Kilmeade in an attempt to incense viewers by falsely claiming the President and his staffers are illegally meddling in the elections in the Jewish State.”
crooksandliars.com

Obama’s running for president prime minister of Israel?

/

603 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 10:54:33am

READY! FIRE! AIM!

604 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:55:01am

Didn’t Bibi pretty much all but endorse Mitt?

605 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 10:55:02am
606 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:55:48am

re: #605 jaunte

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He’s desperate and showing that he’s the asshole that stirred up hatred against Rabin following Oslo.

607 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 10:55:49am

re: #605 jaunte

[Embedded content]

God forbid Israeli citizens vote!

608 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 10:56:27am

I’ve said before and I will repeat it: Netanyahu is a racist scumbag.

609 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 10:57:11am

re: #605 jaunte

[Embedded content]

gee, does Bibi have a problem with all Israelis voting?

610 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 10:58:07am

Even a Republican candidate wouldn’t dare to say something like “There are sinister enemy efforts to increase the black voter turnout”.

611 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:58:09am

re: #609 Backwoods_Sleuth

gee, does Bibi have a problem with all Israelis voting?

He really should just renounce his Israeli citizenship and come here and run as a Republican if he’s going to act like that.

612 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 10:58:37am

MOAR WINGNUT MEME FAIL:
Complains about OBAMA’S AMERICA!!!!!
Includes copy of Homeowner’s Association note FROM THE UK

613 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 10:58:46am

re: #610 Nyet

Even a Republican candidate wouldn’t dare to say something like “There are sinister enemy efforts to increase the black voter turnout”.

Maybe Jesse Helms. But if Bibi is acting close to Jesse Helms, that alone shows you the problem with the guy.

614 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 10:59:10am

re: #601 HappyWarrior

Classy Likud. There’s Bibi’s “appreciation” for President Obama that he talked about in his pep rally to the GOP Congresmembers. Really, he deserves to lose because of this shit.

Well why did Obama invite Bibi to speak before congress if he wasn’t interfering in the election, huh?

615 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:00:04am

re: #612 The Mother Of All Pies

MOAR WINGNUT MEME FAIL:
Complains about OBAMA’S AMERICA!!!!!
Includes copy of Homeowner’s Association note FROM THE UK

[Embedded content]

Oh for fuck sake, the .uk is visible not once but twice there. It’s obviously a British form and writer too.

616 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:00:06am

CMIIW but isn’t display of “England flag” in the UK like a sports team banner?

617 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 11:00:06am

re: #612 The Mother Of All Pies

MOAR WINGNUT MEME FAIL:
Complains about OBAMA’S AMERICA!!!!!
Includes copy of Homeowner’s Association note FROM THE UK

Obama’s a terrible censor. Why’s he letting this Troubled Heart tweet about how censorious Obama’s America is?

/

618 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 11:00:45am

re: #612 The Mother Of All Pies

How’s the gun ban going? Do we have them all yet?

/

619 Timothy Watson  Mar 16, 2015 11:01:26am

re: #612 The Mother Of All Pies

MOAR WINGNUT MEME FAIL:
Complains about OBAMA’S AMERICA!!!!!
Includes copy of Homeowner’s Association note FROM THE UK

[Embedded content]

THE SANCTITY OF CONTRACTS IS SACRED UNLESS IT’S AN HOA THAT COMPLAINS ABOUT SOMETHING OF MINE!1!!

620 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:01:48am

re: #618 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

How’s the gun ban going? Do we have them all yet?

/

Obama’s confiscated so many guns that they have more guns now than when Obama began his presidency, that’s how bad it is!

621 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 11:02:01am

re: #612 The Mother Of All Pies

geography is hard…just ask Sen. Cotton…

622 Romantic Heretic  Mar 16, 2015 11:02:40am

re: #517 makeitstop

Bud Light. The Shame of a Nation.

It claims that here in Canada freakin’ Budweiser is the most popular.

I despair for my country.

623 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:03:10am

re: #621 Backwoods_Sleuth

geography is hard…just ask Sen. Cotton…

Heh it reminds me of when some wingnut twit claimed that Stephen Hawking would have died “years ago” if he had been on NHS. Dr. Hawking pointed out that he’s benefited from Britiain’s health care system for years now.

624 Nyet  Mar 16, 2015 11:03:29am

re: #614 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Well why did Obama invite Bibi to speak before congress if he wasn’t interfering in the election, huh?

If anyone was interfering with the election, it’s Boner. Good luck trying to get him investigated.

625 Jenner7  Mar 16, 2015 11:03:32am
I’m always amazed at what women will do because they’re afraid of being rude.

Watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt…pretty funny.

626 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:04:12am

That Twitter account that posted the HOA meme appears to be UKIP.

627 Romantic Heretic  Mar 16, 2015 11:04:23am

re: #524 Ace-o-aces

NOW I HAVE TO GO AND GET A BETTER POLICY FOR LESS MONEY!!! TYRANY!!!!!!!

I support the free market even if it grinds me up in a tree shredder and uses me as fertilizer! MURICA!!!11!1!

628 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:04:59am

re: #616 The Mother Of All Pies

CMIIW but isn’t display of “England flag” in the UK like a sports team banner?

Some discussion here:

“…According to my dad, who works in town planning, it’s only legal to fly the union flag as a patriotic gesture, anything else is counted as unlawful advertising. He tells me, although he too finds this silly, that the idea is that if you allow someone to fly one flag that isnt the union jack, then what’s to stop someone flying a flag saying ‘eat at joes’? ”
bbs.stardestroyer.net

629 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 11:06:10am

re: #610 Nyet

Even a Republican candidate wouldn’t dare to say something like “There are sinister enemy efforts to increase the black voter turnout”.

The code word for that is ACORN!!!!

630 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 16, 2015 11:06:44am

re: #584 Feline Fearless Leader

The Saudis will just wait long enough for the Western countries to cut their funding for alternative energy and development of shale gas deposits.
/

Yes, and the prices of solar panels have drastically decreased, battery/hybrid cars are becoming more practical, and water is becoming more important than oil. The Saud family knows very well that the only thing that keeps their heads from adorning pikes is oil money. They’ll do every thing they can to keep oil prices as high as possible for as long as possible.

631 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:07:30am

Fresh madness:

Tom Cotton ‘Corruption Of Blood’ Bill Would Convict Family Members Of Iran Sanctions Violators

“…Cotton also seeks to punish any family member of those people, “to include a spouse and any relative to the third degree,” including, “parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, great grandparents, grandkids, great grandkids,” Cotton said.

“There would be no investigation,” Cotton said during Wednesday’s markup hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “If the prime malefactor of the family is identified as on the list for sanctions, then everyone within their family would automatically come within the sanctions regime as well. It’d be very hard to demonstrate and investigate to conclusive proof.”

632 Iwouldprefernotto  Mar 16, 2015 11:07:39am

Bibi is starting to remind me of a Republican President by the name of Nixon.

633 BeachDem  Mar 16, 2015 11:08:09am

re: #610 Nyet

Even a Republican candidate wouldn’t dare to say something like “There are sinister enemy efforts to increase the black voter turnout”.

They’re a bit more subtle here:

…

634 GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 16, 2015 11:08:22am

re: #612 The Mother Of All Pies

635 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:08:34am

re: #630 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Yes, and the prices of solar panels have drastically decreased, battery/hybrid cars are becoming more practical, and water is becoming more important than oil. The Saud family knows very well that the only thing that keeps their heads from adorning pikes is oil money. They’ll do every thing they can to keep oil prices as high as possible for as long as possible.

HURR HURR SOLYNDRA!!!!! SOLYNDRA MEANS U CAN NEVER EVER EVER HAVE SOLAR PANELS EVER BECAUSE SOLYNDRA!!!!1!!1!!!!

636 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 11:09:01am

re: #631 jaunte

Fresh madness:

Tom Cotton ‘Corruption Of Blood’ Bill Would Convict Family Members Of Iran Sanctions Violators

What could possibly go wrong?

637 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:10:11am

re: #636 Lidane

At least he withdrew it. It’s really amateur hour with him.

638 Romantic Heretic  Mar 16, 2015 11:11:51am

re: #579 Nyet

And that’s not Superman.

He’s dead anyway. I attended his funeral.

…

639 Kragar  Mar 16, 2015 11:11:53am
640 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 16, 2015 11:13:07am

re: #634 GlutenFreeJesus

Wake up! Those sharia law zones are right next to all of the FEMA camps.

641 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:14:52am

re: #639 Kragar

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Yet he tried blaming Obama for it. Oh and who is the PM of the UK right now? Hmmm a conservative. May want to take it up with Cameron buddy and not Obama.

642 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:15:46am

Besides I thought conservatives were big on allowing private entities i.e. homeowners associations to decide their own rules.

643 b_sharp  Mar 16, 2015 11:16:11am

re: #599 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Damn! I haven’t seen one of those three-way rotating-prism signs for almost 50 years!

We just got a new one in November. I think they’re trying a comeback.

644 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:16:43am

re: #641 HappyWarrior

Yet he tried blaming Obama for it. Oh and who is the PM of the UK right now? Hmmm a conservative. May want to take it up with Cameron buddy and not Obama.

Looking at that guy’s timeline, he appears to be UKIP

645 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:17:05am

re: #639 Kragar

The management probably isn’t big on displays of ethnic supremacy.

“Sanctuary Group is an inclusive and diverse organisation committed to ensuring that all of its staff, service users and partners are treated fairly and equally and receive equal services and opportunities regardless of their race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age or any other ground that cannot be justified.”
sanctuary-housing.co.uk

646 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:18:15am

re: #644 The Mother Of All Pies

Looking at that guy’s timeline, he appears to be UKIP

Ah a Brit fascist who considers himself too dignified for the BNP.

647 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:20:35am

re: #646 HappyWarrior

Ah a Brit fascist who considers himself too dignified for the BNP.

I was right:

648 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 16, 2015 11:20:36am

re: #644 The Mother Of All Pies

Looking at that guy’s timeline, he appears to be UKIP

But his twitter profile says “proud conservative U.S.A.”

People LIE about themselves on twitter???!!??

//////

649 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:21:16am

If you hated Illinois Nazis, you’ll hate British Nazis too.

650 Romantic Heretic  Mar 16, 2015 11:23:00am

re: #644 The Mother Of All Pies

Looking at that guy’s timeline, he appears to be UKIP

I suspect that fascists now look to the teahadis in America the same way they used to look at Shicklegruber’s people in the 30s.

With envy and for inspiration.

651 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:24:41am
652 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:25:53am

re: #651 The Mother Of All Pies

[Embedded content]

Win.

653 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:30:55am

re: #644 The Mother Of All Pies

Looking at that guy’s timeline, he appears to be UKIP

Check out the people he follows. It’s like Mos Eisley in there.

654 The War TARDIS  Mar 16, 2015 11:31:12am

re: #631 jaunte

This man is pure evil.

655 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:31:59am

re: #654 The War TARDIS

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

656 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:32:21am

re: #654 The War TARDIS

This man is pure evil.

The North Korean and PRC would approve of his guilt by association methods but Obama’s the one who resembles Mao and Kim Jong Un.//

657 GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 16, 2015 11:33:42am

re: #639 Kragar

658 Lidane  Mar 16, 2015 11:35:17am

*facepalm*

659 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:36:30am

re: #658 Lidane

*facepalm*

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Ladies and gentlemen, the 2012 GOP primary runner up in all his glory. I guess Rick’s upset that the only place he’ll ever be president is in his deranged little mind.

660 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:36:41am

re: #658 Lidane

“Later in the summit, an attendee told Santorum that Obama is an “Iranian plant” who is working with Valerie Jarrett to secretly help the Iranian regime.”

661 jaunte  Mar 16, 2015 11:36:48am
662 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 16, 2015 11:40:16am

re: #660 jaunte

“Later in the summit, an attendee told Santorum that Obama is an “Iranian plant” who is working with Valerie Jarrett to secretly help the Iranian regime.”

I’m starting to lose track of which government or group Obama is supposedly a plant for.

663 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:41:13am

re: #662 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I’m starting to lose track of which government or group Obama is supposedly a plant for.

HURR HURR SOROS & TEH MUSLINS!!!!1!!1!!

664 #FergusonFireside  Mar 16, 2015 11:41:38am

VB - did you see this?

665 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 16, 2015 11:42:52am

re: #661 jaunte

[Embedded content]

There you have it: The government run by the Mad Mullahs™ (“Come for the taqiyyah, stay for the shari’a!”) are the adults in the room.

666 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:43:48am

My 3-year-old granddaughter looks to Elsa as a “hero”
There is something fucked about a 3-year-old who looks to Ted Cruz or any other politician (including Obama) as a “hero”

667 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:44:09am

re: #660 jaunte

“Later in the summit, an attendee told Santorum that Obama is an “Iranian plant” who is working with Valerie Jarrett to secretly help the Iranian regime.”

And let me guess, Santorum politely nodded and didn’t tell the woman that was absurd because he has to be nice to that part of the base if he wants to keep the party reasonable.

668 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:45:11am

re: #666 The Mother Of All Pies

My 3-year-old granddaughter looks to Elsa as a “hero”
There is something fucked about a 3-year-old who looks to Ted Cruz or any other politician (including Obama) as a “hero”

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I don’t see anything wrong with a three year old African-American child looking at Obama as a hero. I also highly doubt this three year old actually sees Cruz as a hero. But yeah that’s messed up.

669 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 16, 2015 11:46:28am

re: #662 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I’m starting to lose track of which government or group Obama is supposedly a plant for.

It’s brainslugs all the way down.
//

670 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:46:35am

I was going to say I’m sure there’s a wingnut voter that believes Obama to be the reincarnation of Hitler and then I remembered that Rick Wiles actually said that on teh radio.

671 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:47:49am

re: #670 HappyWarrior

I was going to say I’m sure there’s a wingnut voter that believes Obama to be the reincarnation of Hitler and then I remembered that Rick Wiles actually said that on teh radio.

672 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:49:10am

re: #671 The Mother Of All Pies

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If you think Obama is just like Hitler then you should be punched in the jaw by ten Holocaust survivors who went on to become boxers. I mean that. It’s not only pathetic, it’s greatly insensitive and insulting to the people who went through it.

673 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:49:57am
674 HappyWarrior  Mar 16, 2015 11:50:20am

The GOP should just admit it. They’ve created a base that will believe anything absurd you tell them about Obama because they’ve created a base full of hateful lunatics that resemble the coalition that Strom Thurmond and George C. Wallace put together more so than what Thomas Dewey and Richard Nixon had.

675 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 11:50:43am

Going upstairs now.

676 EPR-radar  Mar 16, 2015 12:57:14pm

re: #655 jaunte

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

I think for most GOPers, we can embrace the healing power of ‘and’. The usual GOPer is both stupid and evil.

677 palomino  Mar 16, 2015 3:39:11pm

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

I don’t believe the State Department or the administration can be trusted to call Iran out for violations. They’ve got too much invested in a deal to see it fall apart, and I believe forcing their hands on this will let Iran know we mean business.

I also think the presidency has gotten too powerful, and I want it cut down a bit. I’m prepared to accept a nuclear Iran in order to do this.

I thought the whole point of your argument supporting Cotton and the 46 Senators was not trusting the Obama administration to prevent Iran from getting nukes…because Iran having nukes would be terrible. But now you’re prepared to accept nukes if it means you can blame it on Obama. Talk about priorities out of whack.

You have no moral compass, and don’t seem to care about the lives of the millions of people who hang in the balance. I used to think you were just a typical partisan tool, of which there are millions on both sides. But you’ve exposed yourself here as a really sick and amoral person. Your ideas are dangerous, reckless, borderline sociopathic. I guess your extreme enthusiasm for weapons of all sorts really does mean what it suggests: you just love war, above all else. Fuck peace treaties, right? We’re America, let’s go to war. How sick, how depraved.


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