Bloomberg News Falls for Fake Story About Nancy Reagan Endorsing Hillary Clinton

This isn’t “satire,” it’s deception
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So today, this happened: Bloomberg News fell for a fake news story originally posted at one of those awful sites that plays on confirmation bias to circulate seemingly genuine stories and generate clicks for them: RETRACTED: Nancy Reagan Gives Her Endorsement to … Hillary Clinton? - Bloomberg Politics.

There’s now a notice at the top of the article:

This story has been retracted. We fell for a hoax. Apologies.

Here’s a screenshot of the original, before the retraction:

Everyone needs to stop falling for the click-bait hoaxes posted at sites like NationalReport [dot] net. What they’re doing isn’t “satire,” it’s deception for profit. And note that Bloomberg writer Emily Greenhouse says she originally found the fake story at right wing sewer Drudge Report. Lovely.

Hopefully, this will be a learning experience for all involved.

(h/t: @Gus_802)

UPDATE at 4/10/15 3:15:43 pm by Charles Johnson

But wait — the fail gets even more absurd, because Greenhouse apparently found the story at a fake Drudge Report (donotlink.com). So it was a double fake. Fakes all the way down!

UPDATE at 4/10/15 3:41:23 pm by Charles Johnson

I don’t mean to be overly harsh on Ms Greenhouse, by the way; these fake news sites cleverly disguise their hoaxes by making them seem just credible enough to be genuine. Greenhouse isn’t the first to be tricked by this money-making ploy and she probably won’t be the last.

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128 comments
1 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 2:52:37pm
says she originally found the fake story at right wing sewer Drudge Report

The funny thing is that it wasn’t even the real Drudge Report. It was a fake clickbait site with content from another “satire”/deception site, that was masked as an unprincipled right-wing smear merchant.

2 allegro  Apr 10, 2015 2:52:56pm

I trusted Kragar! Teach me, it will.

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3 Great White Snark  Apr 10, 2015 2:53:15pm

Journalism? What journalism?

4 ObserverArt  Apr 10, 2015 2:54:02pm

Welcome to the internet. Watch your step.

Heck, I bought into Kragar’s post in the last thread and thought about Allegro’s question with a response.

If you can’t trust a trusted Lizzard, who can you trust!

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: )

5 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2015 2:54:47pm

wingnuts will be frothing:

6 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 2:55:44pm
7 allegro  Apr 10, 2015 2:56:00pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

wingnuts will be frothing:

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I think that’s terrific and about damn time.

8 Kragar  Apr 10, 2015 2:56:02pm

re: #4 ObserverArt

Welcome to the internet. Watch your step.

Heck, I bought into Kragar’s post in the last thread and thought about Alegro’s question with a response.

If you can’t trust a trusted Lizzard, who can you trust!

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: )

In a momentary lapse, I took something I thought was from Drudge at face value.

Now, excuse me while I poke myself in the leg with a plastic fork for the next hour.

9 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2015 2:56:45pm

re: #4 ObserverArt

Welcome to the internet. Watch your step.

Heck, I bought into Kragar’s post in the last thread and thought about Alegro’s question with a response.

If you can’t trust a trusted Lizzard, who can you trust!

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: )

fake or not, soon as I saw it was Drudge (fake or not) was enough to make it suspect.
I updinged Kragar anyway because it made me smile.

10 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 2:56:51pm
And note that Bloomberg writer Emily Greenhouse says she originally found the fake story at right wing sewer Drudge Report. Lovely.

She only thought she found it there. It was a fake Drudge site:
drudgereport[dot]com[dot]co instead of drudgereport[dot]com.

The site looked wrong in terms of design, which set off alarms for me and made me double-check the URL. Then I saw the “Church Of Scientology Wins FAA, NASA Approval To Build Spaceship” in the news ticker, and that was a dead give-away.

Here’s the fake Drudge site: donotlink.com

11 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 2:58:22pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Yep.

12 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 2:59:06pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

fake or not, soon as I saw it was Drudge (fake or not) was enough to make it suspect.
I updinged Kragar anyway because it made me smile.

Ditto.

13 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 10, 2015 2:59:46pm
14 Kragar  Apr 10, 2015 3:00:58pm
15 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 3:01:25pm

Wouldn’t it be funny if Nancy did come out for Hillary. : )

16 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 3:01:49pm

re: #14 Kragar

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WP is a POS.

17 Ace-o-aces  Apr 10, 2015 3:02:26pm
18 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 3:03:06pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

fake or not, soon as I saw it was Drudge (fake or not) was enough to make it suspect.
I updinged Kragar anyway because it made me smile.

It was a classic case of “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” I so wish it had been true.

19 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 3:04:26pm

Fat chance?

Armored truck spilled money on Interstate 20 in Weatherford, Texas; police asking anyone who picked up cash to return it to police - @CBSDFW

20 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2015 3:05:52pm
21 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 3:05:57pm

re: #15 Justanotherhuman

Wouldn’t it be funny if Nancy did come out for Hillary. : )

Everybody knows Nancy is an Elizabeth Warren fan.

22 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 3:06:12pm

re: #15 Justanotherhuman

Wouldn’t it be funny if Nancy did come out for Hillary. : )

It would, but then again I wouldn’t want to watch the RWNJ brutally tear apart an elderly woman & former FLOTUS (I have no doubt they’d do it).

23 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 3:06:38pm

Looks like it was more than several people picking up cash.

facebook.com

24 TedStriker  Apr 10, 2015 3:08:08pm

re: #10 CuriousLurker

She only thought she found it there. It was a fake Drudge site:
drudgereport[dot]com[dot]co instead of drudgereport[dot]com.

The site looked wrong in terms of design, which set off alarms for me and made me double-check the URL. Then I saw the “Church Of Scientology Wins FAA, NASA Approval To Build Spaceship” in the news ticker, and that was a dead give-away.

Here’s the fake Drudge site: donotlink.com

In other words, she got double punked.

25 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 3:09:13pm

re: #24 TedStriker

Exactly. It’s getting pretty elaborate these days.

26 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 3:09:34pm

Attorney General Eric Holder memo to Justice Department staff reminds employees ‘they are prohibited from soliciting, procuring, or accepting commercial sex’; letter follows internal report - @politico

politico.com

27 allegro  Apr 10, 2015 3:10:23pm

I gotta wonder what was going on in that Brink’s truck. LOL

28 allegro  Apr 10, 2015 3:11:19pm

re: #26 Justanotherhuman

Attorney General Eric Holder memo to Justice Department staff reminds employees ‘they are prohibited from soliciting, procuring, or accepting commercial sex’; letter follows internal report - @politico

politico.com

“Stuff one would think should not have to be said” for $200, Alex.

29 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 3:13:11pm

A page title just crossed ‘Spy’ without showing on the main sidebar. Its author nic does not respond when pinged. Subject: Ted Cruz Money.

30 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2015 3:15:33pm

And there’s a hatchling:
littlegreenfootballs.com

31 bratwurst  Apr 10, 2015 3:17:23pm

This is a good example of why I give exactly zero fucks about ethics in “gaming journalism”. Maybe once we get to a point in journalism (full stop) where Emily Greenhouse thinks twice before placing her mugshot next to a turd like this, I will change my mind.

32 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 3:18:22pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

And there’s a hatchling:
littlegreenfootballs.com

That was ‘kmg’ back again to pimp for Pamela Geller.

33 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 3:18:30pm

And he doesn’t even own a gun…

At NRA meeting in Nashville, Tenn., former Gov. Jeb Bush attacks President Obama, brags that Florida had nearly twice as many concealed weapons permits as Texas - @nytimes

nytimes.com

Seems as though most of them were attacking Obama…

34 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 3:18:45pm

My younger cat—who is currently snoozing in the throw on my desk with her head resting on my electronic die cutter (and the snail mail)—is clearly not the least bit impressed with the whole fake-of-the-fake, double punked thing:

Wholly unimpressed.
35 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2015 3:18:46pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

That was ‘kmg’ back again to pimp for Pamela Geller.

aha!

36 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 3:20:11pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

That was ‘kmg’ back again to pimp for Pamela Geller.

Damn, you’re quick. I totally missed that one.

37 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 3:21:48pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

That was ‘kmg’ back again to pimp for Pamela Geller.

What about the page re Ted Cruz money/Puerto Rico?

38 b_sharp  Apr 10, 2015 3:23:48pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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Does that end up working like a double negative?

39 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 3:23:50pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

It’s showing up now. He might have unpublished it to fix something.

40 wrenchwench  Apr 10, 2015 3:24:18pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

What about the page re Ted Cruz money/Puerto Rico?

That showed up normally for me here.

41 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 3:26:32pm

re: #40 wrenchwench

That showed up normally for me here.

re: #39 Charles Johnson

OK—Recognize that nic. It was weird in Spy at first.

42 b_sharp  Apr 10, 2015 3:28:55pm

Happy daze lizards the flies and spiders are oot and aboot. 19C and I’m sweating in my car waiting for V.

43 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2015 3:29:58pm

LOL, Ace, check it out:

(for those who missed it downstairs: littlegreenfootballs.com)

45 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 3:33:56pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

It only shows his (lack of) cool tech skillz. He apparently doesn’t know how to make a third person account, so has to post articles under his name and specify another name when he’s not the author.

46 wrenchwench  Apr 10, 2015 3:36:53pm
47 Kragar  Apr 10, 2015 3:42:50pm

Well, I got blurry spots in my vision and pressure in my temples. Another round of migraines are coming in.

48 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 3:43:19pm

re: #46 wrenchwench

Police In New Mexico Will No Longer Seize Your Property Without Finding You Guilty Of A Crime

Big of them.

49 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 3:44:54pm

re: #45 Nyet

It only shows his (lack of) cool tech skillz. He apparently doesn’t know how to make a third person account, so has to post articles under his name and specify another name when he’s not the author.

He doesn’t even have to do that, if he had the sense to just note at the top of the article that it was contributed by someone else. In addition to being horrible in every way, Chuck is also very, very sloppy in his writing.

50 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 3:44:57pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL, Ace, check it out:

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(for those who missed it downstairs: littlegreenfootballs.com)

I guess he thinks no one knows how WordPress works? Except for the tens of millions (if not more) of people whose websites use it. //

What an idiot—he doesn’t even bother to create one or more fake users so he can post articles under their names and (maybe) make some people believe someone other than himself is doing all the writing.

51 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 10, 2015 3:52:59pm

re: #50 CuriousLurker

I guess he thinks no one knows how WordPress works? Except for the tens of millions (if not more) of people whose websites use it. //

What an idiot—he doesn’t even bother to create one or more fake users so he can post articles under their names and (maybe) make some people believe someone other than himself is doing all the writing.

on the plus side mom left lots of nice treats in the fridge this week

52 wrenchwench  Apr 10, 2015 3:57:08pm
53 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:01:52pm
54 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:03:05pm

…

55 jaunte  Apr 10, 2015 4:04:46pm

EPA:

“Sewage sludge that is used in agriculture is regulated under the Clean Water Act, and is currently subject to concentration limits for the metals arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, and zinc.”
epa.gov

Hey Rand, drink this!

56 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 4:05:08pm

Somebody fill me in. “Crazy diamonds”? Does that have anything to do with Aqua Buddha?

57 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 4:05:31pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

He doesn’t even have to do that, if he had the sense to just note at the top of the article that it was contributed by someone else. In addition to being horrible in every way, Chuck is also very, very sloppy in his writing.

For example, from his About page:

Johnson was frustrated with the lack of serious investigative journalism, and the adversity to risk of the national media, with the constant “stenography” of DC and NYC media who cozied up to power rather than spoke truth to it.

Um… the what? The word is aversion, Mr. 150+ IQ.

Oh, and stop talking about yourself in the third person and saying “we”—you’re not fooling anyone.

Good grief.

58 TedStriker  Apr 10, 2015 4:07:13pm

re: #56 Nyet

Somebody fill me in. “Crazy diamonds”? Does that have anything to do with Aqua Buddha?

…

59 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:07:22pm

re: #56 Nyet

Somebody fill me in. “Crazy diamonds”? Does that have anything to do with Aqua Buddha?

It’s a Pink Floyd song.

…

60 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 4:08:10pm

re: #56 Nyet

Somebody fill me in. “Crazy diamonds”? Does that have anything to do with Aqua Buddha?

I think he said something about crazy diamonds being allowed to shine (or something along those lines). It’s a reference to the Pink Floyd song.

61 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 4:08:49pm

re: #58 TedStriker

Still could be a junkie jargon. //

62 jaunte  Apr 10, 2015 4:14:30pm
@RandPaul: For the crazy diamonds to shine government must get out of the way. “Shine on you crazy diamond.”

“…During 1983-84, [Syd] Barret spent eighteen months at Greenwoods, a National Health Service treatment facility in Brentwood, Essex.”
— Julian Palacios, Syd Barret & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe

63 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2015 4:15:32pm
64 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:17:07pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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I hope Pink Floyd makes him retract that.

65 jaunte  Apr 10, 2015 4:19:55pm

LOL

66 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 4:23:12pm

re: #61 Nyet

Still could be a junkie jargon. //

Drugs? At a Pink Floyd concert? Why, I never…

67 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 4:24:01pm

re: #64 Justanotherhuman

I hope Pink Floyd makes him retract that.

He’s trying too hard to be cool. I have a hard time imagining the GOP’s base being keen on Pink Floyd though, so maybe he was aiming that one at his Libertarian base. Who knows…

68 b.d.  Apr 10, 2015 4:24:39pm

Did any of the GOP candidates chime in before the story was found out to be bogus?

69 stpaulbear  Apr 10, 2015 4:25:15pm

re: #65 jaunte

Son Atrophy.

70 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:26:08pm
71 Timothy Watson  Apr 10, 2015 4:26:16pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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I guess Rand Paul doesn’t know that Pink Floyd is “progressive rock”?

72 b.d.  Apr 10, 2015 4:26:20pm

re: #55 jaunte

[Embedded content]

EPA:

Hey Rand, drink this!

So that means that Rand Paul is coming out for ending Federal Government Ag subsidies? Best of luck in that Iowa Caucus Rand.

73 BeachDem  Apr 10, 2015 4:26:26pm

re: #57 CuriousLurker

For example, from his About page:

Um… the what? The word is aversion, Mr. 150+ IQ.

Oh, and stop talking about yourself in the third person and saying “we”—you’re not fooling anyone.

Good grief.

Here’s a quick rewrite:

Johnson was frustrated with the lack of anyone taking his terrible writing seriously and the fact that nobody on the planent (ED NOTE—I meant to do that—it was not a typo—that’s just how I roll.) was confusing his little hate-book with investigative journalism, and tThe aversion adversity to paying any attention to him at all by risk of the national media, with the constant “stenography” of DC and NYC media who cozied up to power rather than spoke truth to it.caused me Johnson to sink further and further into the slime, screaming, “Look at me! Look at me!”

74 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:26:33pm

re: #67 CuriousLurker

He’s trying too hard to be cool. I have a hard time imagining the GOP’s base being keen on Pink Floyd though, so maybe he was aiming that one at his Libertarian base. Who knows…

Libertarians are too young to remember Pink Floyd. And too hipster.

75 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 4:28:27pm

re: #66 Decatur Deb

Drugs? At a Pink Floyd concert? Why, I never…

From what I’ve read just now, the song was about a junkie. So who is Paul’s message aimed at? Who are the “crazy diamonds”?

76 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 4:29:03pm

re: #71 Timothy Watson

I guess Rand Paul doesn’t know that Pink Floyd is “progressive rock”?

He certainly doesn’t know the words:

…

It’s a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it’s shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we’re all alone
In the dream of the proud

(My only rock concert)

77 CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2015 4:30:03pm

I’m out. Later, lizards.

78 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:30:57pm
79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 10, 2015 4:31:30pm

pun too obvious

Jeyne Poole is a background character in the first season. She is played by an unidentified extra and only appears in the series premiere. Jeyne Poole is a friend of Sansa Stark and daughter of Vayon Poole, the Steward of Winterfell.

80 Varek Raith  Apr 10, 2015 4:31:42pm

So amusing when a politician tries to be ‘cool’.

81 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:32:30pm

Comfortably Dumb.

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

82 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:34:27pm
83 BeachDem  Apr 10, 2015 4:36:38pm

re: #80 Varek Raith

So amusing when a politician tries to be ‘cool’.

Yeah—it seems like only yesterday that cool Paul Ryan was groovin’ on Rage Against the Machine. Until Tom Morello wrote:

Paul Ryan is clueless about his favorite band, Rage Against the Machine.

Ryan claims that he likes Rage’s sound, but not the lyrics. Well, I don’t care for Paul Ryan’s sound or his lyrics.

And later said:

“[Rage] is a band that casts the nets really wide, and that’s part of the strength of the band. People are drawn to it by the music, the aggression, the rockingness of it, and then they’re exposed to different ideas. Paul Ryan was a jackass before he listened to it, came out a jackass at the end, so he missed a lot of it.”

84 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:37:16pm

Send the Boys to Iran

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

85 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 4:38:59pm

Dark Side of the Loon.

86 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:41:03pm
87 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 10, 2015 4:41:55pm

normally this would just be a noir western that only played in art houses:

Ten Southern California deputies have been placed on leave after news video showed them kicking and beating an identity-theft suspect who fell off a stolen horse during a three-hour pursuit that ended in the desert, the San Bernardino County sheriff …

88 TedStriker  Apr 10, 2015 4:44:13pm

(Rand’s Going To) Run Like Hell (From Reporters)

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

89 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:45:27pm

Hahahaha!

racymind ‏@racymind 12m12 minutes ago
Just Another Dick In the Hall

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

90 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 10, 2015 4:45:32pm

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

reminds me of the republican version of ‘this land is my land”:

this land is my land
this land is my land…

91 Mike Lamb  Apr 10, 2015 4:46:32pm

re: #55 jaunte

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EPA:

Hey Rand, drink this!

You mean except for the ones that make them profitable?

92 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 4:47:30pm
93 stpaulbear  Apr 10, 2015 4:48:48pm

re: #71 Timothy Watson

I guess Rand Paul doesn’t know that Pink Floyd is “progressive rock”?

I doubt that he even knows who Syd Barrett is.

94 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:51:20pm

Run Like Hell From the Press

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

95 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:52:19pm
96 BeachDem  Apr 10, 2015 4:53:30pm

re: #87 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

normally this would just be a noir western that only played in art houses:

Ten Southern California deputies have been placed on leave after news video showed them kicking and beating an identity-theft suspect who fell off a stolen horse during a three-hour pursuit that ended in the desert, the San Bernardino County sheriff …

Why am I suddenly humming…

…

97 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 4:54:18pm

National Bar Association calls for 2nd North Charleston, SC, officer in Walter Scott shooting video to be fired, arrested - @postandcourier

postandcourier.com

98 jaunte  Apr 10, 2015 4:56:08pm

re: #96 BeachDem

In the desert you can remember your name
Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain

Needs a slight rework.

99 BeachDem  Apr 10, 2015 5:00:45pm

re: #98 jaunte

Needs a slight rework.

Well, sure—but they were in the desert, the horse’s name was not revealed, and the guy was wanted for identity theft, so…

100 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 5:01:37pm

re: #88 TedStriker

Didn’t see yours. : )

101 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 5:03:45pm

Remember these kids from a coupla years ago?

…

102 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 5:05:08pm

‘Tis the Night Before BBQ. Tomorrow is a holy day of obligation in our town. This is the second time the fest will be nationally-televised, focusing on the teams of Myron Mixon and other contenders.

103 jaunte  Apr 10, 2015 5:05:23pm

Look at those crazy diamonds shine.

104 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 5:10:46pm

re: #103 jaunte

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Look at those crazy diamonds shine.

What’s the little dot between Ireland and GB, a pirate radio ship?

105 Justanotherhuman  Apr 10, 2015 5:11:11pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm…

106 jaunte  Apr 10, 2015 5:11:35pm

re: #104 Decatur Deb

Anglesey?

107 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 5:11:50pm
108 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 10, 2015 5:12:28pm

For those who were suggesting, in the fund raiser thread, that I should come up with an alternative name for my essay, I’ve put a new suggestion in that thread. Please feel free to stop by it again and comment for make your own suggestions.

Since it’s fallen off the featured pages list, here’s the link again:

littlegreenfootballs.com

Thanks again everyone for your help and comments!

109 goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2015 5:12:33pm

re: #104 Decatur Deb

What’s the little dot between Ireland and GB, a pirate radio ship?

Probably Isle of Man.

110 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 5:13:28pm
111 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 5:15:50pm

re: #106 jaunte

Anglesey?

Interesting place. There’s a quirky magic-realism movie in there someplace.

en.wikipedia.org

112 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 5:16:16pm
113 Mattand  Apr 10, 2015 5:16:37pm

re: #88 TedStriker

(Rand’s Going To) Run Like Hell (From Reporters)

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

Comfortably Dumb

#PinkFloydSongsReworkedForRandPaul

114 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 5:18:14pm

re: #109 goddamnedfrank

Probably Isle of Man.

That works—it’s self-governing.

115 b.d.  Apr 10, 2015 5:20:15pm

Harry was asking too many questions about HAARP

116 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 10, 2015 5:21:50pm

re: #104 Decatur Deb

What’s the little dot between Ireland and GB, a pirate radio ship?

The island of Sodor?

117 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 5:23:09pm

re: #116 William Barnett-Lewis

The island of Sodor?

Had to look it up—grandkid probably knows.

118 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 5:23:14pm
119 gwangung  Apr 10, 2015 5:23:34pm

re: #80 Varek Raith

So amusing when a politician tries to be ‘cool’.

Actually, I think a politician can pull it off if they actually ARE cool.

Like, say, a certain president of the united states….

120 Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2015 5:25:00pm
121 goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2015 5:25:06pm

re: #114 Decatur Deb

That works—it’s self-governing.

Kinda of sort of. Is in the same category as Jersey and Guernsey, a Crown Dependency. It doesn’t control its own foreign relations or defense. Not a member of the EU. All three are notorious tax havens.

122 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 10, 2015 5:25:18pm

re: #117 Decatur Deb

Had to look it up—grandkid probably knows.

My boy was so into it that I’ll never forget it. Really not that bad a set of stories (the originals by the Reverend) compared to some of the “stuff” out there for young kids.

123 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 5:29:22pm

re: #108 William Barnett-Lewis

“Imagine there’s no heaven…” ;)

124 Nyet  Apr 10, 2015 5:32:01pm

re: #117 Decatur Deb

Had to look it up—grandkid probably knows.

You’ve never heard of the Sodorites? They’re all the rage.

///

125 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 10, 2015 5:39:28pm

re: #123 Nyet

“Imagine there’s no heaven…” ;)

Copyright issues I’m afraid, especially since it’s an explicitly religious work. Yoko’s lawyers would use me as chum ;)

126 Decatur Deb  Apr 10, 2015 5:47:05pm

re: #124 Nyet

You’ve never heard of the Sodorites? They’re all the rage.

///

Is that from the story of Sodor and Begorrah?

127 CleverToad  Apr 10, 2015 7:26:28pm

re: #122 William Barnett-Lewis

I have two very large bins full of tracks and engines with names and faces, which I am saving for my grandchildren. (Hopefully not anytime soon.) The new stuff is all plastic, but my little fan was into this while one could still get wooden tracks and buildings. I rather liked the older, classic stories. Fortunately, because I had to watch them many, many times over.

128 Tigger2  Apr 10, 2015 8:27:08pm

re: #74 Justanotherhuman

Libertarians are too young to remember Pink Floyd. And too hipster.

I sure remember this song, listing to it while getting ready for work speeding my fucking head off.


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