New York Times Dumps “Race Realist” Writer With History of Writing for White Nationalist Sites

“Race realism”
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On Wednesday, Gawker’s J.K. Trotter exposed the history of Razib Khan, newly hired by the New York Times as a science writer: New Times Op-Ed Writer Has a Colorful Past With Racist Publications.

It seems Mr. Khan has a habit of writing “race realism” articles for white nationalist websites such as Takimag and VDARE.

(“Race realism” is the phrase dirtbag racists use to describe themselves these days, in a feeble, transparent attempt to give a scientific veneer to their bigotry. It relies on discredited pseudo-science to argue that African Americans are less intelligent than Caucasians for genetic reasons.)

Well, it’s good to know that people who write for Takimag and VDARE are still persona non grata at the New York Times, although we might ask why the Times didn’t vet Mr. Khan in the first place: New York Times Signs Contract Writer Razib Khan, Then Dumps Him.

In a statement released by spokeswoman Eileen Murphy this morning, the New York Times has signaled that it is severing its recently inked relationship with Razib Khan:

After reviewing the full body of Razib Khan’s work, we are no longer comfortable using him as a regular, periodic contributor. We remain open to consideration of submissions from him to our op-Ed pages, both in print and online.

And of course, look who’s sticking up for Razib Khan and his white nationalist connections:

Related
Chuck C. Johnson and His Neo-Nazi Friends

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269 comments
1 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 12:53:48pm

Why in hell did they hire him in the first place?

2 Great White Snark  Mar 20, 2015 12:54:02pm

A place is always better after a little housecleaning.

3 Iwouldprefernotto  Mar 20, 2015 12:55:12pm

I’ll give this to conservatives, they are really good at euphemisms:

Race Realist
Death Tax
Pro Life

Fell free to add more

4 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 20, 2015 12:56:06pm

re: #1 Justanotherhuman

Why in hell did they hire him in the first place?

PhD student in genetics and cats who’s written for some pretty high end magazines in the past. It was a “contributor” position along with 19 other people, so they probably didn’t do as much due diligence. And it’s not like they didn’t hire Bloody Bill Kristol for a while.

5 Charles Johnson  Mar 20, 2015 12:56:25pm

re: #1 Justanotherhuman

Why in hell did they hire him in the first place?

Because he’s got a resumé of writing for publications like Slate and The Atlantic. Some of these “race realist” creeps are incredibly sneaky, and Khan is very careful to avoid openly racist language in his articles while still promoting the sick idea that African Americans are less intelligent than whites for genetic reasons.

6 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 12:57:32pm

CENSORSHIP!
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7 Targetpractice  Mar 20, 2015 12:58:34pm

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

I’ll give this to conservatives, they are really good at euphemisms:

Race Realist
Death Tax
Pro Life

Fell free to add more

Right to Work
School Choice

8 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Mar 20, 2015 12:58:51pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Because he’s got a resumé of writing for publications like Slate and The Atlantic. Some of these “race realist” creeps are incredibly sneaky, and Khan is very careful to avoid openly racist language in his articles while still promoting the sick idea that African Americans are less intelligent than whites for genetic reasons.

He seems to be using the “teach the controversy” tack used by some other folks.

9 Targetpractice  Mar 20, 2015 12:59:50pm

Between this hire and last week’s handling of the “bombshell” story that began “Emailghazigate,” one might almost get the impression that the people in charge of doing research at the Times are slacking off.

10 lawhawk  Mar 20, 2015 1:00:46pm

I’m shocked. Shocked that Chuckles is out there defending Khan and spreading his noxious commentary all at the same time. But don’t call him a racist, because that makes you a racist.

I’ll be blunt. Chuckles is a racist. And an addled one at that. Whether it’s the drugs, alcohol, or auto-erotic asphyxia (and I’m just asking the questions), I cannot say, nor rule out. I’m not like former Senator Frist who can identify and treat patients from video/photographs alone.

11 Mattand  Mar 20, 2015 1:01:09pm

First, a Style writer uses alt med loon Joe Mercola to justify his science-ignorant “Apple Watch will give you cancer” idiocy.

Today, it turns out the NYT has a science writer who’s an ignorant racist.

It’s like someone keeps daring this NY Times to completely fuck up their reputation for rational science reporting, and the paper’s going “Challenge accepted!”

12 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:01:17pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Thanks. I would have thought a paper like the NYT would have vetted anyone a little better than they did, esp since he had published in mainline stuff like that. Surely they must have also heard something about this guy.

It’s not like the NYT is the Podunk Press or something…

13 Mattand  Mar 20, 2015 1:02:37pm

re: #10 lawhawk

I’ll be blunt. Chuckles is a racist. And an addled one at that. Whether it’s the drugs, alcohol, or auto-erotic asphyxia (and I’m just asking the questions), I cannot say, nor rule out.

It’d be irresponsible not to.

14 blueraven  Mar 20, 2015 1:03:46pm

Awaiting FBI press conference on black man found hanging…

15 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:04:10pm

re: #14 blueraven

Same here.

16 Lidane  Mar 20, 2015 1:05:15pm

Speaking of being a friend to the Jews:

17 Iwouldprefernotto  Mar 20, 2015 1:08:57pm

re: #16 Lidane

Speaking of being a friend to the Jews:

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Is this a good time to tell Steve King to fuck off?

18 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 1:08:58pm

CCJ is well-positioned to recognize a “stain on the media”.

19 Targetpractice  Mar 20, 2015 1:09:21pm

re: #16 Lidane

Speaking of being a friend to the Jews:

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Translation: “How much do we have to suck Israel’s dick before you Jews vote for us?!”

20 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:09:39pm

re: #17 Iwouldprefernotto

Yes, fuck him and the elephant he rode in on.

Fucking circus clown.

21 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:10:54pm

Stock market cheering on the weak dollar…

US stocks surge on weaker dollar; Nasdaq closes above 5,000 - CNBC
read more on cnbc.com

22 Mattand  Mar 20, 2015 1:11:15pm

re: #16 Lidane

You’ll notice Rep. King missing the bigger picture that most US Jews probably consider themselves Americans first.

Republicans just really aren’t trying to hide their small-minded bigotry anymore. Everyday the GOP becomes more and more like the residents of Columbia in Bioshock Infinite.

23 nkdee  Mar 20, 2015 1:12:27pm

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

Healthy Forests Initiative
Clear Skies Act

24 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 1:12:42pm

re: #16 Lidane

Speaking of being a friend to the Jews:

Steve King: I Don’t Get How U.S. Jews ‘Can Be Democrats First and Jewish Second’

This is why you have to approach TPGOP fake quotes with a relaxed skepticism. Yes, they really are this stupid.

25 A Cranky One  Mar 20, 2015 1:12:49pm

re: #17 Iwouldprefernotto

Is this a good time to tell Steve King to fuck off?

It’s always a good time to tell Steve King to fuck off. /no snark/

26 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 20, 2015 1:13:58pm

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

I’ll give this to conservatives, they are really good at euphemisms:

Race Realist
Death Tax
Pro Life

Fell free to add more

There was the Clear Skies Act of 2003 (Sponsored by Sens. Inhofe and Voinovich) that would have allowed 42,000,000 more tons of pollutants to be released into the atmosphere than the competing EPA proposal.

27 Lidane  Mar 20, 2015 1:20:12pm

Ooh. Beignets. From Cafe Du Monde. Just delivered by a coworker returning from NOLA.

This more than makes up for the shitty weather and SXSW traffic clusterfuck.

28 CuriousLurker  Mar 20, 2015 1:21:20pm

re: #16 Lidane

Speaking of being a friend to the Jews:

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Yeah, that’s classic “questionable loyalty” antisemitism. Democrats aren’t loyal, patriotic Americans because of their support for their socialist Muslim president, ergo if you’re a Jewish American Dem you’re just as bad/suspect as those horrible Muslim Americans. I knew it was just a matter of time before Jews were included with us in the “sneaky subversive” category.

29 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 1:21:49pm

re: #21 Justanotherhuman

Stock market cheering on the weak dollar…

US stocks surge on weaker dollar; Nasdaq closes above 5,000 - CNBC
read more on cnbc.com

WSPE

30 lawhawk  Mar 20, 2015 1:21:49pm

re: #16 Lidane

Speaking of being a friend to the Jews:

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And that’s why so many Jews don’t trust the GOP. When you say something like that you ignore that Jewish Americans are more than single issue voters; that there are important issues besides Israel that don’t comport with GOP positions.

Like equal rights and equal protection under the law. The GOP has undermined the CRA and VRA, but many Jews see those laws as essential protections of civil rights - for all Americans.

Trying to distill all Jewish support down to where it’s support for Israel ignores all the other issues, let alone that Democrats have also been strong supporters of Israel.

The GOP has repeatedly spun efforts by the Obama Administration as being anti-Israel, but the record simply doesn’t bear this out. Obama extended additional assistance last year to let Israel roll out more Iron Dome batteries, and has not forced Israel to resume talks with the Palestinians (even though nearly every Admin in the last 40 years has attempted a peace initiative to burnish their legacies, whether the parties wanted it or not). Obama hasn’t even clashed with the Israeli govt over settlement construction, which was a regular feature of the 1980s and into the 1990s (which should tell you that 1) settlements aren’t an impediment to a peace process, and 2) Israel isn’t being pressured into stopping the settlements with the loan guarantees and other economic measures that the US has used in past disputes over Israel’s reticence over resuming/starting a peace process).

Obama doesn’t want Iran getting nukes (and he’s far more hawkish on trying to get to zero nukes - he’s a true-believe on nonproliferation), so claiming that his negotiations would result in Iran’s nuclearization ignores that the GOP has no alternative other than the “harsher sanctions” that they can’t specify in any way that makes sense.

About the only thing someone can point to as being even somewhat against Israel’s interest is that the US still has not renewed a memo of understanding that allows Israel access to oil reserves in a crisis (even though it has never been called upon since the memo of understanding was created 35 years ago).

31 lawhawk  Mar 20, 2015 1:23:04pm

Heh.

32 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 1:24:07pm

*sigh*

33 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 20, 2015 1:24:26pm

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

I’ll give this to conservatives, they are really good at euphemisms:

Race Realist
Death Tax
Pro Life

Fell free to add more

Religious freedom.

34 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 1:25:04pm

re: #31 lawhawk

Heh.

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posted this downstairs, but it fits with that:

35 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 1:26:04pm
36 darthstar  Mar 20, 2015 1:26:13pm

re: #33 Eclectic Cyborg

Religious freedom.

New, from Florida where you can’t say “climate change” - atmospheric reemployment

37 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 1:27:19pm
38 FemNaziBitch  Mar 20, 2015 1:29:24pm
Treatment of Gun Sellers

Another vendor who set up shop at the New Orleans gun show wonders why the product he sells would make his business more scrutinized.

“Honestly, we are relegated to porn sites,” Bart Wilson, owner of Advanced Weapon Systems and Security Concepts in Baton Rouge, La., said. “I’ve actually had this conversation with bank managers, and [for example] that is Bank One’s policy. Gun companies are no different from porn sites as far as they’re concerned.”

Does someone have the graphic for the world’s smallest violins?

39 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 1:30:23pm

re: #16 Lidane

Speaking of being a friend to the Jews:

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Well this would explain the Muslimphobia - since it appears that religion trumps politics or nationalism. That is, until it’s important to be American first again.
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40 blueraven  Mar 20, 2015 1:30:37pm

re: #14 blueraven

Awaiting FBI press conference on black man found hanging…

Nothing new in presser. Just confirmed the identity of the victim as Otis Byrd.

41 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 1:32:30pm
42 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 20, 2015 1:32:40pm

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

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*sigh*

Not gonna click, but it’s the Irish driving down scores again, isn’t it?
/My racism is really out of date. We’ve always blamed some kind of “other” for our problems.

43 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 20, 2015 1:33:57pm

re: #40 blueraven

Nothing new in presser. Just confirmed the identity of the victim as Otis Byrd.

Wingers to declare that Otis Byrd hanged himself to make white racists look bad in 3..2..1

44 FemNaziBitch  Mar 20, 2015 1:36:16pm

Why Science Fiction is too important to be left to the Scientists, by Peter Watts
…

45 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 1:37:04pm
46 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 20, 2015 1:37:47pm

re: #44 FemNaziBitch

Why Science Fiction is too important to be left to the Scientists, by Peter Watts
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He’s written some really brilliant stuff.

47 Lidane  Mar 20, 2015 1:41:14pm

Asshole:

48 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:41:33pm

re: #35 Kragar

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What was that BWS said about his family? Dysfunction from hell?

“He’s visited us in Alaska, and I’ve visited his wonderful family in Kentucky.” — Bristol Palin

Of course, Bristol would know all about dysfunction and embrace it, no doubt.

rawstory.com

49 freetoken  Mar 20, 2015 1:41:43pm

re: #44 FemNaziBitch

Literature is an art and I agree that science education is not a good prep for being a good creative writer.

50 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 20, 2015 1:42:11pm

re: #45 Kragar

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My son tells me that Suge Knight collapsed when the judge set bail.

51 FemNaziBitch  Mar 20, 2015 1:42:45pm

re: #47 Lidane

Asshole:

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I just Paged that.

GMTA

52 Lidane  Mar 20, 2015 1:43:08pm

re: #50 Higgs Boson’s Mate

My son tells me that Suge Knight collapsed when the judge set bail.

He did. There are photos on TMZ. And a video too, I think.

53 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 1:43:33pm

re: #48 Justanotherhuman

What was that BWS said about his family? Dysfunction from hell?

“He’s visited us in Alaska, and I’ve visited his wonderful family in Kentucky.” — Bristol Palin

Of course, Bristol would know all about dysfunction and embrace it, no doubt.

rawstory.com

He has no wonderful family in Kentucky. At least not the biological kind.

54 freetoken  Mar 20, 2015 1:43:34pm

Here I will note that Murdoch’s WSJ loves Brimelow.

56 FemNaziBitch  Mar 20, 2015 1:44:44pm

H.R.749 - Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015

Directs Amtrak to develop a pilot program to allow passengers to transport domesticated cats or dogs on certain Amtrak trains.

57 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 20, 2015 1:45:05pm

re: #52 Lidane

He did. There are photos on TMZ. And a video too, I think.

Hell, I’d collapse too. Even if he could find a bondsman who could post for him he’d still be out $2.5 million.

58 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:45:18pm

re: #50 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Update: Suge Knight’s attorney says Knight is diabetic, has blood clot; hasn’t received medication since Thursday - @AP
read more on abcnews.go.com

59 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 20, 2015 1:46:05pm

re: #58 Justanotherhuman

Update: Suge Knight’s attorney says Knight is diabetic, has blood clot; hasn’t received medication since Thursday - @AP
read more on abcnews.go.com

They must have him in LA County Jail.

60 FemNaziBitch  Mar 20, 2015 1:47:46pm

V WORD OF THE DAY:

duoliteral

PRONUNCIATION:
(doo-uh-LIT-uhr-uhl)

MEANING:
adjective: Having two letters.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin duo (two), from Greek duo + littera (letter). Earliest documented use: 1828.

USAGE:
“The teacher will then proceed with another letter in a similar manner, taking one that, with the preceding, will make a duoliteral word.”
Charles Northend; The Teacher’s Assistant; Crosby, Nichols, and Co.; 1859.

OR

It is good to know duoliterals when playing Scrabble.

61 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:49:35pm

I just asked my son if he’d filled out his brackets. Yes. And who are you rooting for?

Same school I always root for. UNC-CH

He’s consistent, for sure. He’s loved that team ever since Dean Smith (RIP) was coaching. And even at 5’6”, he was a pretty good amateur himself. Loves b-ball.

62 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 20, 2015 1:49:57pm

re: #60 FemNaziBitch

“Republican Representative declares duoliterals ‘A threat to family values,’ in fiery floor speech.”

63 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 1:50:18pm

re: #60 FemNaziBitch

“Your spelling bee word is synergy.”
“Could you use that in a sentence?”
“Your spelling bee word is synergy.”
“Thank you.”

64 allegro  Mar 20, 2015 1:50:31pm

re: #49 freetoken

Literature is an art and I agree that science education is not a good prep for being a good creative writer.

You oughta read some of the papers submitted to scientific mags for peer review. They define “creative writing.”

65 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 1:57:24pm

The Iowa House settled in for what appeared to be lengthy debate late Tuesday evening over a bill altering collective bargaining rights for teachers.

Rep. Ross Paustian, R-Walcott, apparently passing the time, cracked open a copy of “Sex After Sixty” while House Democrats presented amendments to the bill.

snip

The book is gag gift, and the pages are blank, according to a quick Google search.

66 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 1:59:06pm

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

So the idiot is staring at a blank page. Figures.

67 allegro  Mar 20, 2015 2:01:06pm

re: #66 Justanotherhuman

So the idiot is staring at a blank page. Figures.

Well at least it’s content he can understand.

68 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 2:02:57pm

re: #66 Justanotherhuman

So the idiot is staring at a blank page. Figures.

I’ve been seeing the picture, with no real context, on twitter since this morning, but finally there was a tweet that explained who, what, where, etc.

69 CuriousLurker  Mar 20, 2015 2:06:26pm

re: #54 freetoken

I posted this night before last, but you weren’t here so I assume you missed it. Just letting you know because I know you like that stuff.

70 allegro  Mar 20, 2015 2:07:34pm

Just a few minutes into the 4pm news… a woman shot in the head for daring to honk her car horn at a rude driver who cut her off. So he got next to her and shot her. Next, a 6 year old boy shot and killed in his own home by a wall penetrating bullet.

Too soon to talk about gun control?

71 Lidane  Mar 20, 2015 2:08:16pm
72 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 2:11:31pm

Just a laughing gull to break up the depressing monotony of disaster and the politics of the world.

73 CuriousLurker  Mar 20, 2015 2:12:02pm

re: #72 Feline Fearless Leader

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Just a laughing gull to break up the depressing monotony of disaster and the politics of the world.

Stanley!

74 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 2:12:18pm

The look on Tucker Carlson’s face says it all

75 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 2:15:44pm

re: #74 Kragar

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The look on Tucker Carlson’s face says it all

He’s still wrong since Obama in no way said voting should be mandatory. It would be a good thing if more people voted which is what he said and the only people that have a problem with that are predictably people like Tucker who are not small letter d-democrats or r-Republicans at all but actually plutocrats who want the government to sexist for the purpose and benefit of the very wealthy elite.

76 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 2:17:14pm

re: #75 HappyWarrior

He’s still wrong since Obama in no way said voting should be mandatory. It would be a good thing if more people voted which is what he said and the only people that have a problem with that are predictably people like Tucker who are not small letter d-democrats or r-Republicans at all but actually plutocrats who want the government to sexist for the purpose and benefit of the very wealthy elite.

That might have been the discussion, but its not what Lane was saying:


LANE: What the heck. So I’m going to say, first of all, I agree with my colleagues to this extent, he says it’s low income people who aren’t voting, and then threatens them with a fine, right, if they continue to not vote and that seems a little strange to impose further burdens on the… whatever.

But actually, there is a problem in this country with voter participation. We do vote at a much lower rate than a lot of other democracies, but there’s so many other things we could do to make voting easier and cheaper, starting with putting it on a Sunday, or making it a national holiday, increasing direct mail voting, a whole lot of other… automatic registration… a whole lot of other measures which may not be popular at this table, but would increase participation before you start threatening people with compulsory voting.

77 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 2:20:40pm

re: #74 Kragar

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The look on Tucker Carlson’s face says it all

I just can’t understand how people go along with this voter suppression bullshit. Our long-time Secretary of State in Washington, Sam Reed, was admittedly a Republican, but he did everything possible to make it easy for people to register and to vote, culminating in the current statewide vote-by-mail system. Maximizing participation was a declared goal of all sides for so long that I don’t know how people can switch their mental gears so fast.

Shouldn’t the teabaggers, who are outsiders “fighting the system” according to them, be the most afraid of being excluded, whether there’s any chance of that or not?

I know why the GOP pols and plutocrats want to limit the vote—they know low turnout helps them. But they publicly deny that, and I thought we were supposed to take everything they say as gospel?

78 Targetpractice  Mar 20, 2015 2:22:16pm

re: #76 Kragar

That might have been the discussion, but its not what Lane was saying:

And I agree with him totally. Mandatory voting should be a last resort, because there are so many other things we could try to bring up voter participation rates. First amongst them is making the day a mandatory paid holiday for all workers, so that the poor don’t feel as if they have to choose between a paycheck and a vote.

79 FemNaziBitch  Mar 20, 2015 2:24:07pm

bbl

80 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 2:24:57pm

re: #76 Kragar

That might have been the discussion, but its not what Lane was saying:

Ah fair enough, my apologies to Lane. He’s right.

81 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 2:25:06pm
82 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 2:25:21pm

Evening Lizardim.

83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 2:25:45pm

It’s such petty crap, too. When Oregon went to vote-by-mail, the envelope they sent out was Reply Mail. The GOP called that “buying votes” and forced them to switch to requiring a stamp.

As buying postage stamps becomes a less common activity, this is actually beginning to reduce participation, I’ll bet.

84 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 2:26:44pm
85 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 2:26:56pm

re: #83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

It’s such petty crap, too. When Oregon went to vote-by-mail, the envelope they sent out was Reply Mail. The GOP called that “buying votes” and forced them to switch to requiring a stamp.

As buying postage stamps becomes a less common activity, this is actually beginning to reduce participation, I’ll bet.

Poll tax!

86 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 2:28:15pm

I remember when there was a proposal to add a precinct at my alma mater, the local Republicans fought it tooth and nail. It to me really showed their true colors in regards to participating in the democratic process. And if I recall, the college R’s like good little sheep followed their party masters even though it was screwing with their franchise. too.

87 Kragar  Mar 20, 2015 2:28:48pm

re: #83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

It’s such petty crap, too. When Oregon went to vote-by-mail, the envelope they sent out was Reply Mail. The GOP called that “buying votes” and forced them to switch to requiring a stamp.

As buying postage stamps becomes a less common activity, this is actually beginning to reduce participation, I’ll bet.

If they paid their taxes, the voters paid for the Reply Mail envelopes already.

88 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 2:29:22pm

re: #85 wrenchwench

Poll tax!

My last might have been read as saying that WA doesn’t require a stamp, but they knew better after Oregon’s experience and always have. This needs to stop.

89 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 2:30:08pm

re: #82 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim.

Lionfish on the loose
90 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 2:30:13pm

re: #87 Kragar

If they paid their taxes, the voters paid for the Reply Mail envelopes already.

Exactly!

91 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 2:31:09pm

re: #86 HappyWarrior

I remember when there was a proposal to add a precinct at my alma mater, the local Republicans fought it tooth and nail. It to me really showed their true colors in regards to participating in the democratic process.

They’re big fans of it, as long as it works in their favor. Any chance of giving “the enemy” an advantage must be stopped.

And on that note, the one major thing that REALLY pisses me off about Republicans: Democrats should not be “the enemy”. We are all Americans. Fuck this partisan, I’ll-kill-the-country-if-I-don’t-get-my-way bullshit. Man up and learn to compromise in the name of American patriotism.

92 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 2:31:54pm

2. After you have removed the spines, use a sharp knife to score crosshatch in the paddle from the round end toward the base, about 1/3 inch apart, being careful not to cut through the base. (This not only makes them look pretty after grilling but helps to speed the cooking process and to reduce some of the mucilage from the pads.)

The last time I dealt with fresh nopales pads, the quantity of mucilage was overwhelming.

93 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 2:33:30pm

re: #92 wrenchwench

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The last time I dealt with fresh nopales pads, the quantity of mucilage was overwhelming.

Worse than okra?

94 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 2:33:59pm

re: #16 Lidane

Suggesting that “the Jews” are or should be a hive mind monolithic block with cookie-cutter opinions on everything is antisemitic in itself.

95 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 2:34:20pm

re: #94 Nyet

Suggesting that “the Jews” are or should be a hive mind monolithic block with cookie-cutter opinions on everything is antisemitic in itself.

Feature not a bug with that bigot.

96 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 20, 2015 2:35:02pm

Uh Ben, this does not make Bibi look good==>

97 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 2:35:26pm

re: #91 thedopefishlives

They’re big fans of it, as long as it works in their favor. Any chance of giving “the enemy” an advantage must be stopped.

And on that note, the one major thing that REALLY pisses me off about Republicans: Democrats should not be “the enemy”. We are all Americans. Fuck this partisan, I’ll-kill-the-country-if-I-don’t-get-my-way bullshit. Man up and learn to compromise in the name of American patriotism.

It’s the whole idea that they’ve convinced themselves that they are the “real Americans” and liberals especially those who live in cities, bright blue areas, etc are less than them. I blame Palin for fueling a lot of that. Nothing wrong with living in a rural conservative area mind you but it does NOT make you more of an American than urban liberal city dweller.

98 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 2:35:35pm

re: #93 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Worse than okra?

Quantity-wise, yes. Texture-wise, they can duke it out.

99 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 2:38:34pm

Another turn-out enhancement that’s been fought by the GOP:

100 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 2:41:15pm

re: #99 wrenchwench

Another turn-out enhancement that’s been fought by the GOP:

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Typical. But they’re all for measures that make it easier for people to possess military type weaponry because that’s freedom but expressing your franchise is not.

101 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 2:46:01pm
Are the rest of us gulls invited over, or just the one-legged beer swilling ones?
102 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 2:48:00pm

Former US Rep. Bob Kastenmeier, D-Wisc., an early opponent of the Vietnam War, dies at age 91 - @AP
lacrossetribune.com

103 Jack Burton  Mar 20, 2015 2:50:52pm

re: #97 HappyWarrior

It’s the whole idea that they’ve convinced themselves that they are the “real Americans” and liberals especially those who live in cities, bright blue areas, etc are less than them. I blame Palin for fueling a lot of that. Nothing wrong with living in a rural conservative area mind you but it does NOT make you more of an American than urban liberal city dweller.

That and many of them think they have God on their side, making the other side “anti-God”. In their minds, the other side is evil and evil is not to be compromised with.

They are completely unsuitable for, and incapable of, governing.

104 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 2:51:41pm

Oh.

^ me, having read llh’s latest

105 Great White Snark  Mar 20, 2015 2:52:04pm

re: #83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Stamps dot com. Easy as Amazon.

106 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 2:53:21pm

re: #105 Great White Snark

Stamps dot com. Easy as Amazon.

Assuming you can afford internet service or have access to a location with free internet and devices to use.

107 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 2:54:50pm
108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 2:55:13pm

re: #105 Great White Snark

Stamps dot com. Easy as Amazon.

Well, I buy them at the checkout counter at Safeway, but that’s only because I have exactly one thing I have to mail every month. A lot of people don’t even have that, and aren’t going to make a special effort to buy stamps just to vote.

109 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 2:55:13pm

re: #103 Jack Burton

That and many of them think they have God on their side, making the other side “anti-God”. In their minds, the other side is evil and evil is not to be compromised with.

They are completely unsuitable for, and incapable of, governing.

Exactly, it’s not like they merely disagree. It’s that they’ve got God on their side and we’re “demonic” because we believe in things like women having the right to choose or gay people having equality. You’re right. They’re unsuited and incapable of governing and that’s frustrating is that their leadership panders to that endlessly.

110 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 2:55:26pm

I bought 100 Forever stamps years ago.
Figure I’ll be long gone before they’re used up.

111 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 2:56:07pm

re: #109 HappyWarrior

Exactly, it’s not like they merely disagree. It’s that they’ve got God on their side and we’re “demonic” because we believe in things like women having the right to choose or gay people having equality. You’re right. They’re unsuited and incapable of governing and that’s frustrating is that their leadership panders to that endlessly.

And then they wonder why they’re losing people like me, God-fearing Christian folks who are fed up with how stupid they’re being with this “because Jesus” shit.

112 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 2:57:33pm

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

I bought 100 Forever stamps years ago.
Figure I’ll be long gone before they’re used up.

Yeah, that’s another thing—why weren’t stamps always “Forever” stamps? </grumblegrumble>

113 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 2:58:49pm
Pelicans

Time to go feed the cats before they decide to feed on me.

Photo is east entrance to Mobile Bay right around sunset. Pelicans feeding while an inbound ship appears in the haze. (For the history buffs, Fort Morgan lies off to the north about 1/4 mile from where the photo was taken.)

114 TedStriker  Mar 20, 2015 2:59:00pm

re: #91 thedopefishlives

They’re big fans of it, as long as it works in their favor. Any chance of giving “the enemy” an advantage must be stopped.

And on that note, the one major thing that REALLY pisses me off about Republicans: Democrats should not be “the enemy”. We are all Americans. Fuck this partisan, I’ll-kill-the-country-if-I-don’t-get-my-way bullshit. Man up and learn to compromise in the name of American patriotism.

And not even necessarily “an advantage”…just trying to create an even playing field for vital stuff like elections is enough to make RWNJs all apoplectic enough to draw out the long knives.

115 Justanotherhuman  Mar 20, 2015 2:59:14pm

re: #107 Justanotherhuman

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Three cops fired; 1 resigned.

“Adderley added Alvarez was responsible for a video that he described as “racially biased.” The clip came to light last year that became a part of an internal affairs investigation in 2014
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When asked to elaborate about the content of the video, Adderley said, “There is someone with hood, KKK, in the video.”

116 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 3:01:22pm
117 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:04:53pm
118 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:05:02pm

re: #116 wrenchwench

Mrrrmeow.

119 RadicalModerate  Mar 20, 2015 3:06:56pm

re: #107 Justanotherhuman

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That doesn’t appear to be a working link.

Here’s the updated story - and the involved police officers have been fired.

4 Fort Lauderdale Police officers ousted after alleged racist messages

Updated: Mar 20, 2015 4:55 PM CDT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) — Three Fort Lauderdale Police officers have been fired and another has resigned after an internal affairs investigation uncovered an extensive exchange of racially-insensitive material among the law enforcers.

Addressing reporters Friday afternoon, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley said the investigation revealed 31-year-old Officer Jason Holding, 25-year-old Officer Christopher Sousa and 29-year-old Officer James Wells have been terminated. A fourth officer, 22-year-old Alex Alvarez, has tendered his resignation of his own accord.

Adderley said the officers engaged in “sustained department misconduct and … conduct unbecoming of a police officer” which “involved racist text message exchange among themselves.”

120 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 3:06:59pm

re: #118 Nyet

Mrrrmeow.

Caw.

121 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:08:12pm

re: #120 wrenchwench

Moo.

122 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:09:58pm

lol
That’s what Bibi’s domain name contained in 2001:

web.archive.org

123 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 3:10:17pm

re: #119 RadicalModerate

That doesn’t appear to be a working link.

Here’s the updated story - and the involved police officers have been fired.

4 Fort Lauderdale Police officers ousted after alleged racist messages

Addressing reporters Friday afternoon, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley said the investigation revealed 31-year-old Officer Jason Holding, 25-year-old Officer Christopher Sousa and 29-year-old Officer James Wells have been terminated. A fourth officer, 22-year-old Alex Alvarez, has tendered his resignation of his own accord.

I’m sure officers Sousa and Alvarez are OK with how the KKK feels about them. Cripes.

124 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:11:26pm
125 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 3:11:43pm

re: #121 Nyet

Moo.

Actually, one of our cats says “Moo”. Dialectal for “Meow” I assume….

126 Romantic Heretic  Mar 20, 2015 3:12:01pm

re: #38 FemNaziBitch

Does someone have the graphic for the world’s smallest violins?

Not the smallest but appropriate for the sentiment.

…

127 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:12:30pm

re: #125 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Actually, one of our cats says “Moo”. Dialectal for “Meow” I assume….

It’s a caw.

128 Romantic Heretic  Mar 20, 2015 3:12:31pm

re: #39 Feline Fearless Leader

Well this would explain the Muslimphobia - since it appears that religion trumps politics or nationalism. That is, until it’s important to be American first again.
///

To these people America is a religion.

129 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:13:44pm

re: #127 Nyet

It’s a caw.

In New England, that would be a car…

130 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 3:13:45pm

re: #128 Romantic Heretic

To these people America is a religion.

It’s a facade to justify gaining, holding, and abusing power. Just like all the other facades.

131 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 3:14:37pm
Ruddy Turnstone

More birds.

132 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Mar 20, 2015 3:15:03pm

re: #16 Lidane

…because it is up to white right wing Evangelicals to decide who is and who is not the “right sort of Jew”.

…and also any appearance of “love” for Jews usually goes only as far as how they can fit Jews into their dystopian End-Times fantasy war scenario, where the blood of Liberals will run like a river. …and Jews too in the end.

133 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:15:05pm

re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth

In New England, that would be a car…

It’s usually the dogs the ones with exhaust…

134 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 3:15:16pm
135 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 3:15:24pm

re: #131 Feline Fearless Leader

Well, this thread has absolutely gone to the birds.

136 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:16:07pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Good thing I’m not hungry.

137 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:16:32pm

re: #135 thedopefishlives

Well, this thread has absolutely gone to the birds.

stop squawking about it.

138 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:17:34pm

re: #135 thedopefishlives

Well, this thread has absolutely gone to the birds.

Something only a loon would say!

139 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:18:11pm

welp…

Target Corp. cuts 40 HR workers who helped implement layoffs

MINNEAPOLIS - A week after massive layoffs at its Minneapolis headquarters, Target Corp. has laid off members of its human resources team whose departures were delayed because they were needed to help implement the job cuts.”

140 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 20, 2015 3:18:17pm
141 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 3:18:58pm

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

welp…

Target Corp. cuts 40 HR workers who helped implement layoffs

Not terribly surprised at that. The Target layoff has basically been dominating the news up here.

142 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 3:19:17pm

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

welp…

Target Corp. cuts 40 HR workers who helped implement layoffs

Classy. Give them some tax breaks though. They totes deserve it.

143 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 3:20:07pm
It’s hard wading through all the comments sometimes!

BTW, anyone up on identifying shorebirds. I know this is a sandpiper of some kind, but not sure which. (Only one I remember off-hand when I see them is the sanderlings.)

144 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 20, 2015 3:20:09pm
145 CuriousLurker  Mar 20, 2015 3:20:39pm

re: #138 Nyet

Here, this is for you—LOL:

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146 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 20, 2015 3:20:48pm

re: #128 Romantic Heretic

To these people America is a religion.

It’s an impossible situation. You can’t regard America as a voluntary association, if you can be born a member or excluded based on which side of a line you were born on. Every effort to turn “American” into a nationality, though, founders on the very ridiculousness of the concept.

Even in 1787, when everyone but British, Scots/Irish, and German could be ignored, it was an impossible circle to square. Now, it’s just insanity.

If you’re one of those people who has to divide up the world into “us” vs. “them”, there’s no way that line will ever divide “American” from “Everybody else”. It will always divide “My Kind of American” from “The Wrong Kind of American + Everybody Else”.

147 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 3:21:07pm

re: #144 The Mother Of All Pies

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That’s just creepy.

148 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:21:48pm
149 Romantic Heretic  Mar 20, 2015 3:24:18pm

re: #89 Feline Fearless Leader

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Years ago a local pet shop had a small seawater aquarium set up out front to pull in customers. Amonf the many beautiful denizens was a small lion fish.

One day I’m watching it and a trio of teenage boys comes up. “Look at the spiky fish!” said one. “Pffft!” replied another, “I could pick it up if I wanted.”

I stuck around to see if the kid was going to collect his Darwin Award but like most teenagers he was just talk.

150 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 3:24:20pm

re: #145 CuriousLurker

Here, this is for you—LOL:

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Now he’s thirsty!

151 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:24:31pm

re: #145 CuriousLurker

He learned from the best.

…

152 TedStriker  Mar 20, 2015 3:25:09pm

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

welp…

Target Corp. cuts 40 HR workers who helped implement layoffs

Link

That’s gotta be a mindfuck, having your own layoff delayed just long enough to carry out laying off everyone else that’s being cut loose.

At least everyone laid off got 15 weeks of pay and six months of health insurance paid for; too many companies that big (or of any size, really) seem to simply cut redundant employees loose into space with nothing these days.

153 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:29:21pm
154 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:29:23pm

re: #145 CuriousLurker

For context: the video is taken from this ironic clip:

…

For more on the topic: gopnik.

PS: no offense to Adam Gopnik, but that’s why I mentally snicker every time I see his name.

155 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 3:34:42pm

[…]

But doing that would not serve to deflect the media from Arpaio and his Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan’s doing an about-face and stating in a federal court filing in the ACLU’s big racial profiling case Melendres v. Arpaio, that they, “consent to a finding of civil contempt against them and the imposition of remedies designed to address their conduct.”

Translation: “Please spank us, fine us, whatever, just don’t make us go through a four day hearing before federal Judge G. Murray Snow in April, which could result in a criminal contempt referral being made to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”

[…]

156 CuriousLurker  Mar 20, 2015 3:34:51pm

re: #154 Nyet

For context: the video is taken from this ironic clip:

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Video

For more on the topic: gopnik.

PS: no offense to Adam Gopnik, but that’s why I mentally snicker every time I see his name.

I ran across that word “gopnik” while I was watching videos linked to that one, but it never occurred to me to look it up.

157 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 3:37:23pm

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

welp…

Target Corp. cuts 40 HR workers who helped implement layoffs

They ate them last.

158 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 3:37:51pm

re: #157 Decatur Deb

They ate them last.

And then they came for the HR workers…

159 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 3:42:22pm
160 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 20, 2015 3:42:40pm

re: #152 TedStriker

That’s gotta be a mindfuck, having your own layoff delayed just long enough to carry out laying off everyone else that’s being cut loose.

At least everyone laid off got 15 weeks of pay and six months of health insurance paid for; too many companies that big (or of any size, really) seem to simply cut redundant employees loose into space with nothing these days.

15 weeks+ based on years of service, which is very generous to newer employees. Losing your job is always hard, but this package is going to be a big help to people transitioning to new jobs or retirement. If they had to let people go, this is a kind way to do it.

161 Three Chord Monty  Mar 20, 2015 3:43:26pm

Here’s an interesting defense of Khan, from Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science forum (de-linked from his main site some time ago because of some pretty nasty posts that mysteriously got a 300-page thread ‘lost,’ but that’s a long story…) :

This is utterly mental. Khan does write for odd places, but his blogging is strictly evidence based, yet somehow some morons on the internet interpret highlighting genetic differences between populations as being racist.

Read the comments on that gawker piece. Alternates between scientific illiteracy denying any difference due to genetics, and scientific illiteracy stating black people are stupid, because genetics.

Khan’s had a blog on population genetics since the early days of science blogging and was one of the regulars at scienceblogs. He’s been around for years without any significant controversy following him, other than the usual differences of opinion.

…he absolutely does not go beyond highlighting genetic differences, his interpretations might lean to one conclusion or the other that other people may disagree with for sound reasons, but not beyond the evidence.

Incidentally, the charge that writing for Taki means somebody should be sacked has political repercussions in Britain. Where a certain American citizen was notorious for publishing and defending Taki for articles which were explicitly racist. That citizen is Boris Johnson.

Bad Science Forum

162 freetoken  Mar 20, 2015 3:45:27pm

re: #161 Three Chord Monty

Note that Khan has written before that he believes in what his pals write.

163 Great White Snark  Mar 20, 2015 3:45:42pm

re: #106 Feline Fearless Leader

Assuming you can afford internet service or have access to a location with free internet and devices to use.

Any of the above should be okay for voting not just getting stamps. Sure it’s not a solution for 100%. But it’s an easy one for a lot of people, many of which might be able to hit up a friend. Free at the libraries. i would hope that would get the number low enough so as to not effect results. Like fraud, just a tiny number. Step in the right direction.

164 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 3:46:51pm
Also in 2006, Prince William of Wales and his younger brother Prince Harry had dressed up as chavs, resulting in headlines in The Sun naming him “Future Bling of England”.
165 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 3:48:36pm

re: #163 Great White Snark

Any of the above should be okay for voting not just getting stamps. Sure it’s not a solution for 100%. But it’s an easy one for a lot of people, many of which might be able to hit up a friend. Free at the libraries. i would hope that would get the number low enough so as to not effect results. Like fraud, just a tiny number. Step in the right direction.

Why can’t we just say that, as this is part of our civic duty and it is expected for everyone, the postage is paid by the taxpayers?

Seriously, I fail to see how requiring stamps is a better solution than that.

166 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 3:49:04pm

re: #165 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Why can’t we just say that, as this is part of our civic duty and it is expected for everyone, the postage is paid by the taxpayers?

Seriously, I fail to see how requiring stamps is a better solution than that.

Old people have stamps. Old people vote Republican. Do the math.

167 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:51:12pm

re: #166 thedopefishlives

Old people have stamps. Old people vote Republican. Do the math.

Get. Off. My. Lawn.

168 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 3:53:46pm
169 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 4:00:40pm

re: #161 Three Chord Monty

Boris Johnson is a defense for having written for Taki?

170 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 4:03:18pm

re: #169 wrenchwench

Boris Johnson is a defense for having written for Taki?

elusive straws must be clutched when pearls aren’t available…

171 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 4:05:11pm

Must keep this handy:

172 Three Chord Monty  Mar 20, 2015 4:09:14pm

re: #169 wrenchwench

Boris Johnson is a defense for having written for Taki?

Don’t look at me. I have posted on that forum, probably always in disagreement.

173 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 4:12:21pm

re: #172 Three Chord Monty

Don’t look at me. I have posted on that forum, probably always in disagreement.

I’m only lookin’ at you for saying ‘Here’s an interesting defense of Khan’, for whom I don’t think there is a defense.

174 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 4:13:36pm

Those moments where you have been buried in code but you finally get something to work, dammit, and work well.

Now I have to figure out how much of the rest of what was there (that isn’t used in the new implementation) I should strip out. There is some chance some of it would be useful later, but…

175 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 4:15:20pm

re: #174 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Those moments where you have been buried in code but you finally get something to work, dammit, and work well.

Now I have to figure out how much of the rest of what was there (that isn’t used in the new implementation) I should strip out. There is some chance some of it would be useful later, but…

I managed to write some really cool implementations this week. Made me feel like I legit earned that certification.

176 wrenchwench  Mar 20, 2015 4:17:19pm

Later, lizards.

177 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 4:21:37pm

re: #175 thedopefishlives

I managed to write some really cool implementations this week. Made me feel like I legit earned that certification.

I will devolve into techno-babble here, under a cut for Lizards who don’t care. :)

Click to Reveal

The app has fragments nested in fragments (hah) and those sub-fragments had specific menu options available. Unfortunately, as the user was swiping between them, the update of the menu options at the top was delayed by about 2-3 seconds - long enough that you could click on a menu option that no longer applied to the current view. Also, it just looked fucking sloppy. Not even StackOverflow yielded answers that worked.

I hated having to move the menu items out of the fragment because that loses some of the reuseability that they are supposed to support (by having all parts relevant to the fragment in the fragment, as opposed to the hosting activity) BUT the user experience is much better for having done so. I already had something that was updating information back in the host activity (so that I knew which view was active in the nested fragment) so it was easy enough to add things to its menu set as invisible and then toggle the appropriate visibility commands so that it appears instantaneous instead of with the delay.

This ignores the 30 minutes wasted because findItem() and getItem() both return menuItems but one searches by id and one searches by index and if you get them confused it is bad.

And then another 20 minutes because I commented out one line of code, not realizing how it interacted with the rest.

178 Three Chord Monty  Mar 20, 2015 4:23:37pm

re: #173 wrenchwench

I’m only lookin’ at you for saying ‘Here’s an interesting defense of Khan’, for whom I don’t think there is a defense.

Uhhh…in the context of how they’re a bunch of really nice people whose incredibly nasty postings about people they don’t like (in this case a doctor) led their leader to all but kick them off his website. They were defending him, and, yes, I found that very interesting, especially since they’re such a bunch of swell chaps whose views (fairly garden variety ‘skeptic’) are generally in line with what most would consider sane (i.e. pro-science, not anti-vax, not climate change deniers, anti-creationist, etc. etc.).

Apologies if that wasn’t clear.

179 William Barnett-Lewis  Mar 20, 2015 4:24:25pm

Well, sneaking out early tonight. Going to go catch The Lamont Cranston Band, serious old school electric blues, at a local venue before going to work. So have a good evening, lizards.

Now… where’d I put those ear plugs?

180 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 4:24:55pm

re: #177 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I will devolve into techno-babble here, under a cut for Lizards who don’t care. :)

*Spoiler*

That’s fantastic. How do you do the spoiler thing? I wouldn’t mind sharing the finer points of my craft with the few here who are interested.

181 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 20, 2015 4:25:01pm

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Out on the presidential campaign trail, Gov. Scott Walker has left “Wiscahnsin” back home in Wisconsin. He now wants to strengthen the economy, not the “ecahnahmy.” And while he once had the “ahnor” of meeting fellow Republicans, he told one group here this week that he simply enjoyed “talkin’ with y’all.”

The classic Upper Midwest accent - nasal and full of flat a’s - is one of several Walker trademarks to have fallen away this month after an intense period of strategizing and coaching designed to help Mr. Walker capitalize on his popularity in early polls and show that he is not some provincial politician out of his depth.

He is tailoring his pitch to his audiences — wearing pullover sweaters in earth-tone colors in one early primary state, New Hampshire, and discussing the power of prayer in another, here in South Carolina.

good freaking grief…

182 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 4:25:21pm

re: #180 thedopefishlives

That’s fantastic. How do you do the spoiler thing? I wouldn’t mind sharing the finer points of my craft with the few here who are interested.

[ spoiler ] [ /spoiler ]

183 calochortus  Mar 20, 2015 4:27:04pm

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good freaking grief…

It’ll be great because the media won’t show his changes from state to state to anyone-nor will the other candidates.
/

184 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 4:27:59pm

re: #178 Three Chord Monty

What people? What doctor? What…? I probably don’t want to know.

185 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 20, 2015 4:28:42pm

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

He forgot the pickup truck.

186 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 4:29:38pm

Right. Like so:

Click to Reveal

Our application is a fairly substantial business sales and service app that the client’s field associates use to record their service calls. I managed to take the central feature of our application - the data-driven protocol that the field associates follow - and create a flexible, self-updating tree structure that will basically take all the work out of writing the UI elements. All we have to do now is walk the tree, render the items, and the self-updating structure is smart enough to refresh only the elements that change as the user records their responses.

187 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 4:30:57pm

re: #186 thedopefishlives

Right. Like so:

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One thing this project has taught me is how much work goes into UI.

Like seriously, the backend stuff on this app has been (relatively) easy, but every time I have to play with the UI stuff it has been UGH.

188 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 4:34:13pm
Click to Reveal

Unleash more birdies!

Full Metal Heron
189 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 4:35:16pm

re: #187 klys (maker of Silmarils)

One thing this project has taught me is how much work goes into UI.

Like seriously, the backend stuff on this app has been (relatively) easy, but every time I have to play with the UI stuff it has been UGH.

UIs are always hard since that part has to deal with humans - and thus assume they are idiots that will make every single mistake and mis-entry possible.

190 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 4:36:05pm

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191 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 4:36:35pm

re: #179 William Barnett-Lewis

Well, sneaking out early tonight. Going to go catch The Lamont Cranston Band, serious old school electric blues, at a local venue before going to work. So have a good evening, lizards.

Now… where’d I put those ear plugs?

Is a band with that name even viewable? And do they know what pop music lurks in the heart of men?

192 Feline Fearless Leader  Mar 20, 2015 4:39:47pm
Whirlibirdies!

This photo came out pretty well since it was the USCG copter running along the barrier islands at Santa Rosa. Not bad for a mid-flight shot of a moving object that wasn’t that close.

193 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 4:46:10pm

And I am now LGF’ing from phone, as trying to use Internet Connection Sharing with a dodgy USB wireless device appears to be a kernel-killer. We gots to have our Netflix!

194 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 4:57:20pm

…

Heeeey

195 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 5:01:26pm

It’s been a while, but this is still moving forward.

I have to finish before I should get more. Even if I say it is for research purposes. >.>

196 The War TARDIS  Mar 20, 2015 5:03:17pm

So, it has been a month since I went for help in finding someone to the Mosque in Plano.

They decided to kick the can down the road. They did not assign the matchmakers at the Mosque anyone more recent than who applied in November.

So, since Fatemeh has stated she feels like a dead end in Iran, and wishing things could work, I may find a way to get her a job here.

And I am really close to writing the article on how the Muslim Community is failing in helping converts find someone. Or more simply, I will be pulling an Oswald. I will get their attention.

Do I have your Attention?

I am quite willing to air out dirty laundry. I have been try for 2 years, in 3 states, and have gotten nowhere expect for some bizarre form of Romeo and Juliet. If no one will take me seriously, I will make public my issues. Moreso than now.

197 The War TARDIS  Mar 20, 2015 5:06:36pm

re: #196 The War TARDIS

Mom said this was a..uh…drastic step. While impressed by that scene, she also thought Clara had completely gone around the bend.

198 The War TARDIS  Mar 20, 2015 5:08:36pm

Sorry, needed to vent.

I was told by my Imam, then people in Dallas I would be able to quickly get help. That is not the case, evidently.

Who would be willing to hire a someone from Iran who graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science?

199 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 5:09:08pm

re: #196 The War TARDIS

re: #196 The War TARDIS

So, it has been a month since I went for help in finding someone to the Mosque in Plano.

They decided to kick the can down the road. They did not assign the matchmakers at the Mosque anyone more recent than who applied in November.

So, since Fatemeh has stated she feels like a dead end in Iran, and wishing things could work, I may find a way to get her a job here.

And I am really close to writing the article on how the Muslim Community is failing in helping converts find someone. Or more simply, I will be pulling an Oswald. I will get their attention.

Image: Do I have your Attention?I am quite willing to air out dirty laundry. I have been try for 2 years, in 3 states, and have gotten nowhere expect for some bizarre form of Romeo and Juliet. If no one will take me seriously, I will make public my issues. Moreso than now.

Hmmmm. I will not be able to put into text my thoughts at this moment. I had a shitty week, work in and of itself is shitty.

But here I go.

Dude. The mating game has always been a hard road. HARD. If you stick through of course you will find a love. When you find that love, it makes all the previous effort trivial.

You’re expectations probably are bullshit. No win for you.

200 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 5:09:44pm

re: #197 The War TARDIS

You’re expectations probably are bullshit. No win for you.

I will repeat.

201 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:09:47pm

re: #198 The War TARDIS

Sorry, needed to vent.

I was told by my Imam, then people in Dallas I would be able to quickly get help. That is not the case, evidently.

Who would be willing to hire a someone from Iran who graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science?

There’s a lot of tech-heavy work here in the wild north country. I think that might be a little far for you, though.

202 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 5:13:49pm

Those guys we give hero hats to.

203 The War TARDIS  Mar 20, 2015 5:14:00pm

re: #201 thedopefishlives

North Country as in Canada?

re: #199 #FergusonFireside

You say that, but this is beyond frustrating. I am the only person in my group of friends that is not in a relationship. Hell, most of them are married, and 2 or 3 of them have kids. Meanwhile, friends are beginning to dwindle, and I need a support structure, as my family won’t really function as such.

Purely from a logical standpoint, I need something, and I have fallen through the cracks most everyone. I really do want to marry within my faith.

I will not be ignored again when I ask for help.

204 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:16:43pm

re: #203 The War TARDIS

Le sigh. No. Wild north country is Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes. As for your predicament, don’t get married just to get married. That is unhealthy and a quick way to a short, painful relationship. Enjoy the journey, don’t be so eager for the destination.

205 The War TARDIS  Mar 20, 2015 5:20:09pm

re: #204 thedopefishlives

I don’t like doing anything alone, except for games and Museums, and the museums are even dull without someone.

I feel really damn empty without people to share my life with. I know this is unusual for those with Asperger’s Syndrome, but this eats away at me constantly.

Minnesota would be nice, but I started a nice job this week. And the winter is really brutal.

206 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 5:21:40pm

Revival is great so far, and it’s all “life” stuff, haven’t even gotten to the horror part.

207 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 5:23:00pm

re: #205 The War TARDIS

I don’t like doing anything alone, except for games and Museums, and the museums are even dull without someone.

I feel really damn empty without people to share my life with. I know this is unusual for those with Asperger’s Syndrome, but this eats away at me constantly.

Minnesota would be nice, but I started a nice job this week. And the winter is really brutal.

Listen Mr. I’m a gonna tell you. You base your existence on someone else, you are toast. I read your posts and sigh, every single time.

Take this advice.

208 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:25:30pm

re: #205 The War TARDIS

I don’t like doing anything alone, except for games and Museums, and the museums are even dull without someone.

I feel really damn empty without people to share my life with. I know this is unusual for those with Asperger’s Syndrome, but this eats away at me constantly.

Minnesota would be nice, but I started a nice job this week. And the winter is really brutal.

Make friends. I know, I make it sound so easy, but as someone who is painfully shy and introverted in the extreme, I know it’s important for mental health and balance. A spouse is a full-time job, even if it’s a fun one. It is not a vacation.

209 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 5:25:43pm

If I as someone who also has Asperger’s and knows the pains and frustrations of the romance game. I have to agree with the suggestions made. I know it can be frustrating watching friends and other acquaintances find love and settle down but love and marriage should never be rushed. And I have to agree also that your standards for the right woman are too rigid. I know it’s important for you to marry a fellow Muslim but at the same time, the focus ought to be on someone makes you happy and vice versa. I know ASperger’s is tough but you’ll enjoy life much more if you don’t let society peer pressure you. I know easier said than done.

210 Drive By Commenter  Mar 20, 2015 5:25:58pm

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

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*sigh*

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

Buffing that turd known as him. Spit Shine on a toad. Case of empties and no ride.

211 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 5:26:47pm

re: #208 thedopefishlives

Make friends. I know, I make it sound so easy, but as someone who is painfully shy and introverted in the extreme, I know it’s important for mental health and balance. A spouse is a full-time job, even if it’s a fun one. It is not a vacation.

For sure. I’ve been seeing this with my younger brother who has been married for over a year now. He’s happy, she’s happy, and they’re raising their daughter together but at the same time, don’t marry for the sake of marrying. Marry someone you truly love.

212 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 5:28:01pm

re: #211 HappyWarrior

Oy, marriage.

213 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 5:28:34pm

re: #212 prairiefire

Oy, marriage.

Take my wife, please.

214 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 5:29:32pm

re: #212 prairiefire

Oy, marriage.

OY

215 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 5:30:08pm

re: #208 thedopefishlives

Make friends. I know, I make it sound so easy, but as someone who is painfully shy and introverted in the extreme, I know it’s important for mental health and balance. A spouse is a full-time job, even if it’s a fun one. It is not a vacation.

Also if you depend on your spouse for everything, that is far, far, FAR too big a burden for them to carry if you want a successful marriage. That is not what a healthy relationship is, either.

216 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 5:30:26pm

re: #212 prairiefire

Oy, marriage.

There is no formula. There is no right way. There is no guarantee. It’s a wild leap in the dark, and a surprising number of people survive it.

217 William Barnett-Lewis  Mar 20, 2015 5:30:34pm

re: #212 prairiefire

Oy, marriage.

Shrug. Divorce is worse.

218 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:30:55pm

re: #215 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Also if you depend on your spouse for everything, that is far, far, FAR too big a burden for them to carry if you want a successful marriage. That is not what a healthy relationship is, either.

A million times this. This almost broke our marriage. It still might, even though it’s in the past now.

219 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 5:32:27pm

re: #217 William Barnett-Lewis

Shrug. Divorce is worse.

My tales of the remnants. With ya.

But the marriage was over.

220 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 5:32:32pm

re: #217 William Barnett-Lewis

Not necessarily.

221 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 5:34:45pm

re: #216 Decatur Deb

There is no formula. There is no right way. There is no guarantee. It’s a wild leap in the dark, and a surprising number of people survive it.

I will be making major life changes in about 5 years. I won’t break up my home now, but the mental health issues of the other in this boat are becoming worse and separation in the least is on the table.

222 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 5:36:29pm

re: #221 prairiefire

I will be making major life changes in about 5 years. I won’t break up my home now, but the mental health issues of the other in this boat are becoming worse and separation in the least is on the table.

Mental health calls for doctors. Not possible?

223 Charles Johnson  Mar 20, 2015 5:36:59pm

re: #206 Nyet

Revival is great so far, and it’s all “life” stuff, haven’t even gotten to the horror part.

Stephen King is a hell of a writer. Even his worst books are readable. I just started Revival too.

224 Charles Johnson  Mar 20, 2015 5:38:16pm
225 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 5:39:35pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

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Shit, Lizardom knows I have no love for Ronald W. Reagan but even I would have a problem with that since Reagan at least had interest in governing. Breitbart was a nasty piece of work who made his bones defaming innocent people like Shirley Sherrod.

226 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 5:40:17pm

re: #222 Decatur Deb

Mental health calls for doctors. Not possible?

Not if the one who is sick knows they are sick, but it is ok. Do a Google on Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. It ain’t no cute “Monk” scenario. Hoarding, hysteria, aggression, paranoia. Self diagnosed, but bonus!: they think they are ok, just taking care of things. Double bonus!: they can be suicidal.

227 Charles Johnson  Mar 20, 2015 5:40:24pm
228 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:42:01pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

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Sarcasm so thick, you can cut it with a knife.

229 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 5:42:30pm

re: #226 prairiefire

Not if the one who is sick knows they are sick, but it is ok. Do a Google on Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. It ain’t no cute “Monk” scenario. Hoarding, hysteria, aggression, paranoia. Self diagnosed, but bonus!: they think they are ok, just taking care of things. Double bonus!: they can be suicidal.

{{ prairiefire }}

230 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 5:42:46pm

re: #226 prairiefire

Not if the one who is sick knows they are sick, but it is ok. Do a Google on Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. It ain’t no cute “Monk” scenario. Hoarding, hysteria, aggression, paranoia. Self diagnosed, but bonus!: they think they are ok, just taking care of things. Double bonus!: they can be suicidal.

Then you go to the medics. Get coping, mitigation, management and SAFETY strategies.

231 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 5:47:57pm

I’m not supposed to “tell anyone about it”, but, believe me, my mom, step-mom, friends, brother all know about it. I have a long range plan and am beginning to heal from the trauma of this all hitting the fan 3 years ago. My boy is still just 12. It’s just very sad for this adventure to have taken the turn it has. Onward and upward.

{{lizards}}

232 Belafon  Mar 20, 2015 5:49:17pm

re: #198 The War TARDIS

Are you an American citizen? L-3 in Greenville is hiring but you have to pass a security clearance.

233 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:49:56pm

re: #231 prairiefire

I’m not supposed to “tell anyone about it”, but, believe me, my mom, step-mom, friends, brother all know about it. I have a long range plan and am beginning to heal from the trauma of this all hitting the fan 3 years ago. My boy is still just 12. It’s just very sad for this adventure to have taken the turn it has. Onward and upward.

{{lizards}}

Sometimes, onward and upward is the best thing in the end. It’s hard for me to say that, knowing that it’s possible Mrs. Fish might soon be saying the same.

234 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 5:50:24pm

re: #232 Belafon

Are you an American citizen? L-3 is hiring but you have to pass a security clearance.

I think he’s looking for his lady friend in Iran, and I doubt that she (as an Iranian citizen) would pass the security clearance.

235 teleskiguy  Mar 20, 2015 5:50:26pm

Hey-o, lizards.

Weather was gorgeous skiing today, too gorgeous. Brown spots are showing up. It seems rather early for mashed potatoes spring skiing.

And ProLifeLiberal, take it from Stanley Sea, finding a mate is HARD. Try living in a ski town, where there are easily six or seven guys for every gal in the community. I’m in my early 30s and I’m perpetually single. So I get to ski, a lot. Or something.

236 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 5:51:31pm

re: #233 thedopefishlives

As a former nun recently told me “many people just find life so difficult.”

{dopefish}

237 Decatur Deb  Mar 20, 2015 5:52:16pm

re: #231 prairiefire

I’m not supposed to “tell anyone about it”, …snip.

Screw that. Someone knows how to stabilize or even improve the mess. Don’t get isolated.

238 The War TARDIS  Mar 20, 2015 5:52:59pm

re: #235 teleskiguy

I would feel more relaxed if someone was taking me seriously, and people gave me serious advice leading to this point.

Then the mosque decides to punt me down the road. That is the part that has got me close to throwing keys into lava.

239 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:53:07pm

re: #236 prairiefire

As a former nun recently told me “many people just find life so difficult.”

{dopefish}

Thanks. {{{prairiefire}}}

The good news for me is, things have been better over the last couple of weeks. There is still plenty of hope for me.

240 Varek Raith  Mar 20, 2015 5:54:11pm

Hugs for everyone.

241 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 5:54:14pm

re: #239 thedopefishlives

Thanks. {{{prairiefire}}}

The good news for me is, things have been better over the last couple of weeks. There is still plenty of hope for me.

How old is the smallest fishspawn?

I know post-pregnancy hormones can trigger some messy situations, and sometimes takes a bit to realize that things haven’t cleared up like you might have expected.

242 Belafon  Mar 20, 2015 5:54:33pm

re: #234 klys (maker of Silmarils)

You’re right I misread. View my comment as an announcement for anyone interested in a job in the Dallas area.

243 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:55:35pm

re: #241 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How old is the smallest fishspawn?

I know post-pregnancy hormones can trigger some messy situations, and sometimes takes a bit to realize that things haven’t cleared up like you might have expected.

She thinks that might be possible, too. Junior fishspawn is about to turn 2 next month.

244 teleskiguy  Mar 20, 2015 5:57:03pm

re: #238 The War TARDIS

That is the part that has got me close to throwing keys into lava.

If you ever drop your keys in a river of molten lava, let ‘em go, ‘cause man, they’re gone.

-Jack Handey

245 Nyet  Mar 20, 2015 5:57:04pm

Amen. I would say even more, but we try to be classy here ;)

246 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 5:57:26pm

re: #243 thedopefishlives

She thinks that might be possible, too. Junior fishspawn is about to turn 2 next month.

Sometimes just acknowledging that there is a problem can be one of the hardest steps.

{{ the fish family }}

247 Varek Raith  Mar 20, 2015 5:58:18pm

re: #244 teleskiguy

If you ever drop your keys in a river of molten lava, let ‘em go, ‘cause man, they’re gone.

-Jack Handey

…

248 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 5:59:35pm

re: #246 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Sometimes just acknowledging that there is a problem can be one of the hardest steps.

{{ the fish family }}

And so it is. But we’re working on it.

249 The War TARDIS  Mar 20, 2015 5:59:48pm

re: #244 teleskiguy

I wish I could get the scene off youtube. That was an amazing scene, even for Doctor Who. Nice little Clara got really damn threatening.

Strangely, I found it sort attractive. I think I have the Taylor Swift problem. I like Nightmares dressed like a daydream. :P

250 darthstar  Mar 20, 2015 6:00:11pm

Steve Inskeep of NPR PWNS Laura Ingraham.

251 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 6:01:00pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

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Andrew Breitbart was a puss. A boil of hate person.

His ultimate karma was dying on a sidewalk after drinking and spouting off to an innocent.

252 jaunte  Mar 20, 2015 6:02:05pm

re: #250 darthstar

“What if the skinheads want to do the Pledge of Allegiance, we’re gonna do that too?” she said on her radio show, using a term often synonymous with neo-Nazism. “To some people that would be offensive. We’re gonna let them do that?”

This makes no sense at all.

253 teleskiguy  Mar 20, 2015 6:02:50pm

Hey darthstar!

soundcloud.com

254 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 6:02:52pm

re: #237 Decatur Deb

Thanks, papa decatur, I’m not isolated. I’ve joined the Y, will meditate more, strive for positivity.
I can’t tell you how the condescension from the shrinks I talked to 3 years ago pissed me off! The couple I talked to sniffing their noses at me for staying. I have two children and no visible means of individual support, assholes!
My girl is now 17 and we can discuss events with the clear knowledge of what is going on. That has been so helpful. I hate to burden her, but with knowledge comes clearer understanding, and she’s seen most of it.

255 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 6:02:53pm

re: #226 prairiefire

You and your girls have a house in San Diego. Tomorrow.

256 austin_blue  Mar 20, 2015 6:03:02pm

re: #251 #FergusonFireside

Andrew Breitbart was a puss. A boil of hate person.

His ultimate karma was dying on a sidewalk after drinking and spouting off to an innocent.

Does hate kill its owner?

Maybe so, but not as often as it should.

257 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 6:04:05pm

re: #255 #FergusonFireside

{stanley} Any news from SC?

258 makeitstop  Mar 20, 2015 6:10:41pm

It’s not been a good day, Lizards.

In the space of maybe two hours, I got the news that Twisted Sister’s drummer, AJ Pero, passed away this morning. Then I found out that an old friend from NYC’s Bitter End club, a guy who gave my band a shot when just about no one else would, also passed away today.

I was talking to a friend, and he made the observation that it’s not our aunts and uncles passing away now, it’s our friends.

I feel sad and old today. The snow does not help.

259 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 6:11:39pm

re: #250 darthstar

Steve Inskeep of NPR PWNS Laura Ingraham.

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Equating Arabic speakers to skinheads, stay classy Laura.

260 HappyWarrior  Mar 20, 2015 6:12:17pm

re: #252 jaunte

This makes no sense at all.

It makes perfect sense if you’re a bigot like Laura who knows her audience.

261 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 20, 2015 6:14:08pm

re: #258 makeitstop

It’s not been a good day, Lizards.

In the space of maybe two hours, I got the news that Twisted Sister’s drummer, AJ Pero, passed away this morning. Then I found out that an old friend from NYC’s Bitter End club, a guy who gave my band a shot when just about no one else would, also passed away today.

I was talking to a friend, and he made the observation that it’s not our aunts and uncles passing away now, it’s our friends.

I feel sad and old today. The snow does not help.

{{ makeitstop }}

262 #FergusonFireside  Mar 20, 2015 6:14:36pm

re: #257 prairiefire

{stanley} Any news from SC?

NOPE. My dad still want’s me there. lol.

It isn’t easy.

Oh, your SON is welcome too.

Actually, let’s you and me, Thelma & Louise it. With a motor home behind with the kids!

Smile.

263 teleskiguy  Mar 20, 2015 6:16:14pm

{{{makeitstop}}}

264 Lancelot Link  Mar 20, 2015 6:16:51pm

re: #92 wrenchwench

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The last time I dealt with fresh nopales pads, the quantity of mucilage was overwhelming.

It’s actually pretty good if you boil it first.

265 thedopefishlives  Mar 20, 2015 6:20:55pm

Night, gentle lizardfolk.

266 prairiefire  Mar 20, 2015 6:33:19pm

re: #262 #FergusonFireside

We’d have a blast.

267 TedStriker  Mar 20, 2015 6:40:03pm

re: #213 HappyWarrior

Take my wife, please.

OK, Henny…

///

268 Roger S  Mar 20, 2015 9:34:42pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

I don’t think the idea is totally sick. I don’t think blacks area the position the because of their genes (is it likely hundreds of years of enforced terrorism, torture slavery, limited education and employment opportunists and negative propaganda will all be cleared up in a few generations?) but I’m willing to explore ideas even those that may be used by disgusting people.
Most of the people who believe this are racist though.
They tend to have a deep dislike and contempt of blacks that they won’t challenge so look to ways to justify it.

269 wrenchwench  Mar 21, 2015 12:15:58pm

re: #178 Three Chord Monty

Apologies if that wasn’t clear.

Sorry if I misinterpreted ‘interesting’.


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