Exquisite Live Performance by the Ruth Moody Band: “Dancing in the Dark”

Hey baby I’m just about starvin’ tonight
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The Ruth Moody Band
“Dancing in the Dark” (Bruce Springsteen)
Recorded Live, April 2013
Victoria, BC

Ruth Moody: voice, guitar
Adrian Dolan: viola, voice
Adam Dobres: mandolin
Sam Howard: bass, voice

Directed and edited by Matt Miles for Approach Media
Filmed by Matt Miles and Chris Wilson
Location audio by Adrian Dolan
Audio mixdown by David Travers-Smith

“Dancing in the Dark”
(B. Springsteen, Springsteen Music / ASCAP)
(c) 1984

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599 comments
1 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 4:41:42pm

I give you a real, not ironic, Amazon review of Dick Morris’ book:

I’m not sure there has ever been a book that required more research than Here Come the Black Helicopters. There are a half a dozen pages of small print references in the back. Wow. Thanks for your work, Dick.

2 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 16, 2015 4:48:13pm

do they sing the blues in a moody way?

3 Decatur Deb  Apr 16, 2015 4:54:41pm

That’s a very, very nice track.

4 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 4:55:10pm

re: #2 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Walk along with them, to the next bend.

5 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 4:55:50pm

Ruth Moody’s voice is just gorgeous.

Here’s an achingly beautiful duet with Mark Knopfler.

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6 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:00:01pm
7 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 5:00:22pm
Ruth also appears on the following recordings:

Daryl Purpose, Next Time Around (2012)
Mark Knopfler, Privateering (2012)
The Fretless, Waterbound (2012)
Oh Susana, Soon the Birds (2011)
ruthmoody.com

8 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 16, 2015 5:01:47pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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He’s up to $75 now (minus the GoFundMe fee)

9 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 5:03:28pm

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s up to $75 now (minus the GoFundMe fee)

“We Can Do It! (Maybe (Nah…))”

10 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 5:06:10pm

Plz report this scum for impersonation.

twitter.com

11 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 5:12:19pm
12 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:13:29pm

I’ve been looking back through Chuck’s tweets about how he’s going to “destroy” Hillary Clinton. He’s been bragging about already having “the goods” for almost a year now.

13 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 16, 2015 5:14:21pm
14 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:14:42pm
15 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:15:17pm

This never appeared.

16 Decatur Deb  Apr 16, 2015 5:17:33pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

What do you think would happen if I had the smoking gun to end Hillary Clinton’s political career?

He still couldn’t get a backrub at CPAC.

17 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 16, 2015 5:21:03pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

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This never appeared.

Neither did his Monday night thing that “his lawyers” were “checking” for “legal” stuff.

18 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:23:12pm
19 thedopefishlives  Apr 16, 2015 5:26:34pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

*yawn*

Pass the popcorn.

Evening Lizardim.

20 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:29:25pm

I may have to do a post on these Hillary Clinton tweets by Babycakes. He’s been building up to this grift for a LONG time.

21 Lancelot Link  Apr 16, 2015 5:29:45pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

He’ll just spend whatever money he gets on cheap vodka and flakka.

22 Decatur Deb  Apr 16, 2015 5:31:20pm

re: #21 Lancelot Link

He’ll just spend whatever money he gets on cheap vodka and flakka.

And waste the rest.

23 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:32:07pm

I haven’t been posting much today - had some stuff to do in meatworld. Also, I get tired of politics sometimes, and just need to take a break to recharge.

24 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 16, 2015 5:36:37pm

Thanks for turning me on to Ruth Moody!

25 thedopefishlives  Apr 16, 2015 5:43:40pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

I haven’t been posting much today - had some stuff to do in meatworld. Also, I get tired of politics sometimes, and just need to take a break to recharge.

Think nothing of it. We’ve all had those days.

26 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:45:34pm
27 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 16, 2015 5:46:31pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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Good Lord, she is pathetic!

28 #FergusonFireside  Apr 16, 2015 5:47:36pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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It was D’oh!

29 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 16, 2015 5:48:32pm

Think I’ll curl up with the kittehs and dogs and read in bed for a while.

laterz!

30 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 16, 2015 5:50:28pm

Key Challah, for the Sabbath after Passover
joyofkosher.com

31 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:50:32pm
32 #FergusonFireside  Apr 16, 2015 5:51:14pm

re: #30 Lord Of The Pies

Key Challah, for the Sabbath after Passover
joyofkosher.com

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I may have missed it, but do tell of your conversation with Lee Weissman!!

33 #FergusonFireside  Apr 16, 2015 5:53:17pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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Could be….
34 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 5:54:38pm

(Harry follows me, by the way.)

35 Iwouldprefernotto  Apr 16, 2015 5:58:37pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

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(Harry follows me, by the way.)

Almost as cool as being on SNL.

36 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:01:10pm
37 Belafon  Apr 16, 2015 6:02:58pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

Or is it how she was abusive to a husband that had only cheated on her and lied about it to the entire country?

38 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:03:20pm
39 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:04:58pm

re: #37 Belafon

Or is it how she was abusive to a husband that had only cheated on her and lied about it to the entire country?

SHE THREW A LAMP AT THE BASTARD

/lampgate

40 thedopefishlives  Apr 16, 2015 6:07:07pm

re: #39 Charles Johnson

SHE THREW A LAMP AT THE BASTARD

/lampgate

At least she didn’t pull a Ballmer. CHAIRGHAZI!

41 Belafon  Apr 16, 2015 6:12:09pm

re: #39 Charles Johnson

SHE THREW A LAMP AT THE BASTARD

/lampgate

The real scandal there is did the lamp have a CFL or a plain old incandescent bulb?

42 Targetpractice  Apr 16, 2015 6:12:32pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

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Who does Gus think he is, Mr. Pink?

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43 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:13:48pm
44 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:15:29pm
45 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:16:08pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

“hot blonde woman”

Hahahahaha

46 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:16:32pm

Chuck is such a dork.

47 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:16:57pm

If Britt McHenry were black, Chuck would be taking exactly the opposite position.

48 thedopefishlives  Apr 16, 2015 6:17:20pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

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Yes, UpChuck, the most important thing to say about a woman when describing her relevance to your position is how attractive she is.

49 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 16, 2015 6:17:25pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

I may have to do a post on these Hillary Clinton tweets by Babycakes. He’s been building up to this grift for a LONG time.

Here’s a few of them, from this month, in the HRC placeholder I wrote. gotnwes.wheatdogg.com

50 bratwurst  Apr 16, 2015 6:17:49pm
51 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:20:20pm
52 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 6:27:14pm

re: #50 bratwurst

Honestly, those were 2 awful movies. The last one was OK.

53 A Cranky One  Apr 16, 2015 6:31:02pm

So Upchuck upped his GoFundMe to $40K?

Must have been told that $20K wasn’t enough to buy a clue. Don’t think 40K will be enough either. :)

Must be why he wants “private eyes”. /

54 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 16, 2015 6:32:00pm

KEY CHALLAH FAIL
(Those are supposed to look like keys, but you’re not seeing keys are you?)

55 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:32:11pm

“…Cruz enjoys The Simpsons enough that he used a clip of Homer Simpson booing the Internal Revenue Service in order to call for abolishing the IRS on Tax Day last year.”
thedailybeast.com

56 allegro  Apr 16, 2015 6:34:54pm

re: #55 jaunte

“…Cruz enjoys The Simpsons enough that he used a clip of Homer Simpson booing the Internal Revenue Service in order to call for abolishing the IRS on Tax Day last year.”
thedailybeast.com

Well I’m always impressed by wanna be world leaders who quote cartoon characters. Does he fit in “Hey Booboo! I’m smarter than the average bear!” somewhere?

57 gocart mozart  Apr 16, 2015 6:36:21pm
58 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 6:36:36pm

This BS about Ted Cruz liking the Simpsons is being put out there because his handlers know he’s a humorless crank, and they need to do something to make him look like a real human being.

59 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:38:50pm

Cruz doesn’t understand the Simpsons.

60 Varek Raith  Apr 16, 2015 6:39:22pm

re: #54 Lord Of The Pies

KEY CHALLAH FAIL
(Those are supposed to look like keys, but you’re not seeing keys are you?)

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61 Targetpractice  Apr 16, 2015 6:39:55pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

This BS about Ted Cruz liking the Simpsons is being put out there because his handlers know he’s a humorless crank, and they need to do something to make him look like a real human being.

I wonder if anybody on his campaign team bothered to remind him that The Simpsons has been lampooning the GOP and conservatives for years? Perhaps he remembers this:

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62 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:40:07pm

“Now that we’ve abolished the IRS, we’re going to have to have an agency to deal with tax collection.
…
…
DOH!”

63 Varek Raith  Apr 16, 2015 6:42:49pm

re: #62 jaunte

“Now that we’ve abolished the IRS, we’re going to have to have an agency to deal with tax collection.
…
…
DOH!”

Yeah…
What is their plan after they do that???
/

64 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:43:17pm

re: #63 Varek Raith

Postcards. Sent to… someone.

65 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:44:09pm
Cruz advocated a flat tax system so everyone could file their taxes “on a postcard.”
theweek.com
66 Varek Raith  Apr 16, 2015 6:44:43pm

Oh god flat tax.

67 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 6:45:26pm
Cruz adviser Rick Tyler told the Associated Press that the Treasury Department could collect the postcard tax forms. “There would be a very small division inside Treasury,” he said, “and it would not be in any way representative of the old IRS.”

Chris Edwards, who leads the libertarian Cato Institute’s tax policy studies, questions whether a small department could do the job. He told AP that even the most simplified tax code would require 10,000 to 20,000 tax collectors.abajournal.com

68 b_sharp  Apr 16, 2015 6:47:03pm

re: #54 Lord Of The Pies

KEY CHALLAH FAIL
(Those are supposed to look like keys, but you’re not seeing keys are you?)

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Not in the least.

69 A Cranky One  Apr 16, 2015 6:49:43pm

Hey Charles. Thanks for posting the Ruth Moody stuff. She just got a new fan. The duet with Mark Knopfler cinched the deal!

70 Amory Blaine  Apr 16, 2015 6:51:35pm

Looks delicious to me. Smear of some nice creamy butter and jam on the tip, err I mean heel is making my mouth water.

71 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 16, 2015 6:52:27pm

re: #61 Targetpractice

I wonder if anybody on his campaign team bothered to remind him that The Simpsons has been lampooning the GOP and conservatives for years? Perhaps he remembers this:

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why does mr burns have a picture of that socialist t roosevelt in his study??

72 Belafon  Apr 16, 2015 6:53:32pm

re: #67 jaunte

Start the taxing at $40K and tax capital gains as part of your income, and we can talk. Oh, what do you mean capital gains won’t be taxed? So, the reason it’s a flat tax is that the upper crust won’t pay anything?

(No, I would never support a flat tax, just starting the conversation.)

73 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 16, 2015 6:58:07pm

re: #72 Belafon

Start the taxing at $40K and tax capital gains as part of your income, and we can talk. Oh, what do you mean capital gains won’t be taxed? So, the reason it’s a flat tax is that the upper crust won’t pay anything?

(No, I would never support a flat tax, just starting the conversation.)

i find most wingnuts are incapable of realizing that a flat tax would mean their tax bill would skyrocket

one reason for this - besides being totally incapable of doing arithmetic - is that they dont believe in the federal budget, or rather they believe in an ass-pulled-out-of version that they hand around like an urban legend

74 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 16, 2015 7:01:01pm

re: #72 Belafon

Start the taxing at $40K and tax capital gains as part of your income, and we can talk. Oh, what do you mean capital gains won’t be taxed? So, the reason it’s a flat tax is that the upper crust won’t pay anything?

(No, I would never support a flat tax, just starting the conversation.)

Even worse than the flat tax: the “fair” tax. Srsly look at their own site fairtax dot org and see how utterly fucked up that is.

75 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 16, 2015 7:02:48pm

WHAT THE FUCK==>

76 Bubblehead II  Apr 16, 2015 7:03:23pm

Night Lizards.

77 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:04:31pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

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This never appeared.

So, UpChuck’s the Hindenburg in that image. He’s certainly a big enough gasbag.

78 Belafon  Apr 16, 2015 7:07:05pm

re: #75 Lord Of The Pies

Someone probably “reported” them and Twitter, being good citizens, blocked them first. God can sort out the bodies.

79 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 7:08:26pm
80 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:09:31pm

re: #67 jaunte

Cato’s made it pretty clear that Cruz’s idea won’t work. The IRS can be reformed, but it cannot be abolished as a practical matter. The fact is that for its problems, it adequately performs its critical functions and is not by the standards of government overly wasteful.

I don’t expect Ted Cruz to back off of this bad idea, since he clearly thinks its wingnut catnip. But he’s just given me yet another reason not to vote for him in the Illinois primary next March.

81 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 7:12:11pm

re: #80 Dark_Falcon

For someone who’s held out as an intellectual, he’s pretty goofy.

82 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 7:17:54pm
83 Iwouldprefernotto  Apr 16, 2015 7:18:10pm

re: #80 Dark_Falcon

Cato’s made it pretty clear that Cruz’s idea won’t work. The IRS can be reformed, but it cannot be abolished as a practical matter. The fact is that for its problems, it adequately performs its critical functions and is not by the standards of government overly wasteful.

I don’t expect Ted Cruz to back off of this bad idea, since he clearly thinks its wingnut catnip. But he’s just given me yet another reason not to vote for him in the Illinois primary next March.

John Oliver’s show on HBO compared the IRS with an anus. It’s not popular but you can’t live without it. He even had Michael Bolton sing a theme song. It was a fun.

84 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:20:14pm

Michigan auto shop offers discounts for gun owners, bans gays

Fed up with his perceived acceptance of gay Americans and the shunning of firearms, a Michigan auto shop owner posted a message on Facebook offering a discount to gun owners and a refusal to serve those who are openly gay all in the “spirit of freedom.”

Brian Klawiter, who owns Dieseltec Automotive Repair in Grandville, wrote the message on April 14 detailing a dichotomy he sees as unfair (adding emphasis by writing words in all caps).

“Our rights as conservative Americans are being squashed more and more everyday. Apparently if you are white (or close to it), you have a job, go to church, and own a gun… That translates into racists, privileged, bigot, conspiracy theorist,” he writes. “Too many of us say nothing. Well, freedom of speech isn’t just for Liberals, THEY are the ones that need to learn to “co-exist”, THEY are the ones who need to WORK to be ‘equal.’”

“Guns ARE allowed at DIESELTEC, so much so in fact that we will offer a discount if you bring in your gun,” he continues, adding, “I am a Christian. My company will be run in a way that reflects that. Dishonesty, thievery, immoral behavior, etc. will not be welcomed at MY place of business. (I would not hesitate to refuse service to an openly gay person or persons. Homosexuality is wrong, period. If you want to argue this fact with me then I will put your vehicle together with all bolts and no nuts and you can see how that works.)”

Bigoted asshole angling for sympathy purchased by wingnuts. Neither a good American nor a good Christian.

85 retired cynic  Apr 16, 2015 7:22:26pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

Well, we can hope THAT backfires!

86 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 7:23:24pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

I see someone angling for a fat pay off from the Christian Pizza Club

87 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 16, 2015 7:23:47pm

re: #53 A Cranky One

So Upchuck upped his GoFundMe to $40K?

Must have been told that $20K wasn’t enough to buy a clue. Don’t think 40K will be enough either. :)

Must be why he wants “private eyes”. /

GotNwes has the scoop.

BREAKING: No big Hillary story yet, because we need $40K first

Dear GotNwes Readers:

I know I’ve been promising a big Hillary Clinton shocker for weeks now, but, you know, I decided it needs something else.

Money. A lot of money.

I don’t have a lot of money, otherwise I’d be living somewhere else than at my in-laws, so that’s where you come in.

I’m working on the story of a lifetime: stopping Hillary Clinton from becoming president and need your help proofreading my copy so it makes grammatical sense.

88 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 7:25:12pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

Homosexuality is wrong, period. If you want to argue this fact with me then I will put your vehicle together with all bolts and no nuts and you can see how that works.

A new word in formal logic.

89 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:25:51pm

re: #85 retired cynic

Well, we can hope THAT backfires!

It already is: Of the 4 people who posted comments, only one supported this doofus. Here’s one of the one’s condemning him:

Alexander Competitor * The University of Melbourne

This fucking moron. “In the spirit of freedom” my ass. how is banning gays in your store in the spirit of freedom? Is this guy retarded? Not to mention he’s just giving the anti gun peeps ammo. Should of kept his toothless mouth shut.

Reply * * 3 hours ago

90 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 7:27:03pm

re: #88 Nyet

I will put your vehicle together with all bolts and no nuts

It’s a new Junkyard Tornado variant.

91 Belafon  Apr 16, 2015 7:27:11pm

re: #88 Nyet

How does he think gay sex works: “Put your penis inside mine”?

92 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 7:28:30pm
93 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:28:48pm

re: #86 Kragar

I see someone angling for a fat pay off from the Christian Pizza Club

He seems to be working from a Wingnut Bingo Card, covering the ‘Freedom’, ‘Guns’, ‘God’, ‘Gays’, and ‘Liberals are the Bigots’ spaces.

94 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 7:29:04pm

re: #90 jaunte

It’s a new Junkyard Tornado variant.

With a wingnut in the role of the tornado.

95 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:31:14pm

re: #90 jaunte

It’s a new Junkyard Tornado variant.

Pity Jeremy Clarkson can’t be turned loose on this buffoon. The PWNing the former Top Gear host would give this scolding ass would be epic.

But giving him a pasting on South Park would work well, too. Bigots like this need to be laughed at, a lot.

96 A Cranky One  Apr 16, 2015 7:32:34pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

The scumball owner who said “I am a Christian. My company will be run in a way that reflects that. Dishonesty, thievery, immoral behavior, etc. will not be welcomed at MY place of business…” has a criminal record, including assault and battery.

Court Records

97 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 16, 2015 7:33:13pm

re: #96 A Cranky One

The scumball owner who said “I am a Christian. My company will be run in a way that reflects that. Dishonesty, thievery, immoral behavior, etc. will not be welcomed at MY place of business…” has a criminal record, including assault and battery.

Court Records

“Do as I say, not as I do.”

Surprise, surprise.

98 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 7:33:28pm
99 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 16, 2015 7:36:43pm

Have fun, everyone! I’ll be mostly off the Inter-tubes this weekend to attend wedding festivities out-of-town. See you later on!

100 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:38:45pm

re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)

“Do as I say, not as I do.”

Surprise, surprise.

Though his record does end in 2001, so maybe he cleaned up his act. But if he’s stopped committing crimes he still hasn’t become a good Christian. He just changed from a punch throwing asshole into a holier-than-thou asshole.

101 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 16, 2015 7:42:30pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

Screw that twit.

Me? I put an old Stevens 311 12 gauge side by side double barrel shotgun on layaway today. Mallards, pheasants & squirrels will grace my table this fall.

102 Amory Blaine  Apr 16, 2015 7:42:53pm

One irritating thing in Milwaukee is that every Chinese restaurant in town is closed by 10:00.

103 Mike Lamb  Apr 16, 2015 7:43:08pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

What about gay gun owners? A pink .45 maybe?

And I like how he threatens to sabotage people’s cars. Very Christian.

104 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 16, 2015 7:44:15pm

re: #103 Mike Lamb

What about gay gun owners? A pink .45 maybe?

And I like how he threatens to sabotage people’s cars. Very Christian.

pinkpistols.org’

:D

105 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 7:47:01pm
106 Targetpractice  Apr 16, 2015 7:48:07pm

re: #105 Kragar

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Signs that your campaign has hit the skids, Exhibit A.

107 retired cynic  Apr 16, 2015 7:48:19pm

re: #105 Kragar

He still needs ironing.

108 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:49:38pm

re: #101 William Barnett-Lewis

Screw that twit.

Me? I put an old Stevens 311 12 gauge side by side double barrel shotgun on layaway today. Mallards, pheasants & squirrels will grace my table this fall.

I just want to see bigots like this get the ridicule they deserve. What we have is a bigot looking for his 15 minutes of fame. I’m of the opinion he should be given said 15 minutes, but his ‘fame’ should consist of him being relentlessly mocked for the entire 15 minutes.

109 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 7:49:38pm
110 Dark_Falcon  Apr 16, 2015 7:54:01pm

re: #105 Kragar

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George W. Bush: Jeb has a problem: ‘Me’

For all his verbal misses, when W. does hit the ball verbally it tends to be good for a double at least.

111 Targetpractice  Apr 16, 2015 8:01:22pm

I’m beginning to wonder if Jeb is having second thoughts about running.

112 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 8:01:46pm

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

The phone rings at 2:00 am, Jeb picks up:

“Hello?”

“You do realize you’ll never be President, right?”

“Fuck off George!”

113 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 8:02:14pm
114 Timothy Watson  Apr 16, 2015 8:06:52pm

re: #113 Charles Johnson

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So McChuckleNuts was a Secret Ginger Agent Man or something?

115 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 8:08:20pm

re: #113 Charles Johnson

116 jaunte  Apr 16, 2015 8:08:50pm
117 Joe Bacon  Apr 16, 2015 8:11:44pm

re: #114 Timothy Watson

So McChuckleNuts was a Secret Ginger Agent Man or something?

3 year old Ginger Snapped thought he was a secret agent when he found a decoder ring in a box of Sugar Crisp.

118 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 16, 2015 8:17:25pm

re: #116 jaunte

What kind of camera were you using?

119 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 8:18:20pm

re: #114 Timothy Watson

So McChuckleNuts was a Secret Ginger Agent Man or something?

Yes, he was offered a super secret job by the FBI while still a wee lad.

120 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 16, 2015 8:20:55pm

Well, they trust me enough at the scuba shop that I now have a set of keys and permission to come in when they are closed to work on things on the repair bench. I’m moving up in the world.

Doing “Rescue Diver” (think “Scuba Lifeguard”) this weekend. Going to be a long couple of days, 6 dives on Saturday and 3 on Sunday, and all of them are going to be pretty ‘active’ in terms of towing somebody, stuff like that. I know I’m going to sleep like a log those evenings.

I’m excited. This is the last certification I need before I can start on my professional level certs.

Have a great evening, and remember, no matter how bad things may be at the moment, you’re not “The Ginger Avenger”, so life isn’t really that bad now, is it?

RBS

121 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 16, 2015 8:21:41pm

re: #118 Higgs Boson’s Mate

What kind of camera were you using?

He must have had a hell of a telephoto on it. :)

RBS

122 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 16, 2015 8:22:40pm

re: #111 Targetpractice

I’m beginning to wonder if Jeb is having second thoughts about running.

When Mittens decided not to run, I half-thought they’d wind up with him anyway. It’s getting closer to 60%-think now. After all, anybody can beat Hitlery, amirite?

123 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 16, 2015 8:23:12pm

re: #121 RealityBasedSteve

He must have had a hell of a telephoto on it. :)

RBS

World’s longest selfie stick!

124 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 8:23:56pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

Yes, he was offered a super secret job by the FBI while still a wee lad.

But he chose to turn them down for the job he was interviewing for.

Twice.

…

125 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 8:26:47pm
126 Charles Johnson  Apr 16, 2015 8:42:14pm

Josh Marshall pulled a lot of interesting admissions out of drunk Chuck tonight.

127 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 16, 2015 8:45:09pm

re: #121 RealityBasedSteve

He must have had a hell of a telephoto on it. :)

RBS

Either that or I want some of whatever he’s smoking. I’ve been higher than you can throw a ball, but I’ve never been interplanetary - that I can remember.

128 Targetpractice  Apr 16, 2015 8:51:23pm

Apparently Rubio is turning into the unicorn that Republican “moderates” have been pining for. Their sales pitches for him sound like those for the XBox One: “Yeah, he’s got nothing of note to call his own and he’s hated by his party’s base, but think of all the potential!”

129 Amory Blaine  Apr 16, 2015 8:55:46pm

Is there something going on with the dingers?

130 Amory Blaine  Apr 16, 2015 9:02:58pm

Sliver of good news for Wisconsin.

New Poll Finds Russ Feingold Beating Sen. Johnson By Double Digits

A new poll finds former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) beating Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) by double digits in the 2016 race for Johnson’s senate seat.

The Marquette University Law School poll released Thursday found that 54 percent of registered voters say they would support Feingold in a 2016 matchup, while 38 percent said they would support Johnson.

Bad news for Walker.

Scott Walker’s Wisconsin approval rating drops in latest poll

As Gov. Scott Walker moves closer to a formal announcement that he will run for president, a new poll shows his approval rating in Wisconsin is slipping and some of his legislative priorities are deeply unpopular.

Still, the poll released Thursday by Marquette University Law School found Walker leading the Republican presidential field in Wisconsin. And nearly two-thirds of GOP-leaning voters in the state want him to run.

131 withak  Apr 16, 2015 9:03:44pm

re: #130 Amory Blaine

Our neighbors to the east appear to be coming to their senses, finally.

132 #FergusonFireside  Apr 16, 2015 9:04:20pm

Night all.

133 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 9:05:01pm
134 Varek Raith  Apr 16, 2015 9:10:50pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

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Sharp man, sharp man.
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135 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 16, 2015 9:11:40pm

I could watch this assembly line all day. (Tesla)

wsj.com

136 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 9:11:55pm

re: #133 Kragar

137 Varek Raith  Apr 16, 2015 9:14:24pm

re: #128 Targetpractice

Apparently Rubio is turning into the unicorn that Republican “moderates” have been pining for. Their sales pitches for him sound like those for the XBox One: “Yeah, he’s got nothing of note to call his own and he’s hated by his party’s base, but think of all the potential!”

Last I checked, the X-Bone was doing horribly.
:P

138 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 16, 2015 9:31:43pm

re: #137 Varek Raith

Last I checked, the X-Bone was doing horribly.
:P

Isn’t HALO the only thing keeping it alive?

139 SteelPH  Apr 16, 2015 9:33:03pm

re: #138 William Barnett-Lewis

Life support at best.

140 Amory Blaine  Apr 16, 2015 9:41:04pm

County supervisor defends calling Hillary Clinton ‘Ovary’

Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander is not a fan of former Secretary of State Hillary Cinton, a Democrat running for president.

So Alexander has come up with her own derisive nickname for Clinton.

Ovary.

141 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 10:20:01pm

File under “Not Surprising”:

Rick Santorum: I wouldn’t attend a loved one’s gay wedding

142 LastYearsMan  Apr 16, 2015 10:23:47pm

Superman V. Batman trailer just leaked. You know how excited you got by the Avengers 2 trailer or the latest Star Wars trailer? This is like the opposite of that.
vulture.com

143 Lidane  Apr 16, 2015 10:28:50pm

THIS BULLSHIT AGAIN:

That’s nice, Ted, but unless the average American has their own military armed with more than just the usual penile extensions the gun nuts parade around, you’re just pissing in the wind.

144 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 10:33:22pm

re: #142 LastYearsMan

Yeah, just peeked at it. Rather poor handheld video from a phone.

The problem with any Batman vs. Superman story line is that fundamentally the stories’ basic premises don’t mix.

Superman is a Christ-replacement, and rather obviously so (just like Doctor Who.) Batman became over time the classic anti-hero in a faux New York.

The former calls for magical beings from magical places. The latter calls for very human, if occassionaly biologically or mechanically improved, characters playing out psychological dramas.

145 Lidane  Apr 16, 2015 10:36:18pm

re: #142 LastYearsMan

Superman V. Batman trailer just leaked. You know how excited you got by the Avengers 2 trailer or the latest Star Wars trailer? This is like the opposite of that.
vulture.com

If that’s even remotely legit, count me out. I’ll stick with Marvel.

146 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 10:40:56pm

And how does keeping the population armed help against tyranny? By keeping the government agents from enforcing the tyrannical decrees? OK, let’s assume so. But just as well it may keep the government from forcing the population that has become a mob from obeying the legitimate laws and from preventing the mob tyranny.

But the mob tyranny is what his conservatism is all about.

147 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 10:42:36pm

re: #145 Lidane

Perhaps DC is going to move Batman towards an even darker, antagonist character? Perhaps the character even becomes deranged?

I do feel that the recycling of the mid to late 20th century comic book characters into cinema and TV is getting way over exposed. We’ve had too much, and the one-up-manship is going to go nowhere.

148 LastYearsMan  Apr 16, 2015 10:44:52pm

re: #144 freetoken

The movie is obviously based heavily on Frank Miller’s iconic Dark Knight Returns series (which also heavily influenced Christopher Nolan’s series). The thing is, Miller’s series was bat-shit insane (pun!). Mostly in a good way, but still insane. And humorless. And a deconstruction of the superhero mythos, as it stood in the 1980s.

Turning that into a satisfying movie experience in 2015 is pretty frickin’ tough. I suspect it’s basically going to be like the Watchman movie.

149 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 10:46:05pm

I see that one of Chuck’s heros is back at it again, ranting on about IQ and such:

In today’s social science, wishing makes it so

Sigh… these “IQ” people are as annoying as the IDiots.

150 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 10:46:42pm

re: #148 LastYearsMan

Sounds like the new and improved Batman will be a glibertarian hero.

151 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 10:49:16pm

re: #143 Lidane

Dipshits with AR-15s aren’t going to stand up against a modern military force. The only way it has any meaning is by threatening to assassinate political opponents, because they aren’t going to win a stand up fight.

152 Lidane  Apr 16, 2015 10:50:12pm

re: #148 LastYearsMan

Turning that into a satisfying movie experience in 2015 is pretty frickin’ tough. I suspect it’s basically going to be like the Watchman movie.

Zack Snyder directed both this movie and Watchmen, so you may not be far off.

153 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 10:54:07pm

re: #152 Lidane

I skipped the last Batman movie, had no interest in Superman, and even less in whatever Dawn of Justice turns out to be.

Superman is quite frankly a boring character.

154 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 10:56:41pm

re: #153 Kragar

Superman is quite frankly a boring character.

Because he is non-human and indestructible, and All-American rah-rah and such.

But I feel the same what about many of these “superhero” movies/tv shows.

155 LastYearsMan  Apr 16, 2015 11:04:00pm

re: #153 Kragar

Superman is quite frankly a boring character.

Although kind of fascinating that he was co-invented by Joe Shuster, a Canadian-American Jew — which is partially why Superman had black hair, instead of being blond, and was an immigrant, and the Daily Planet was modeled on the old Toronto Star building. As an icon for Americana, he’s very different than, say, Captain America.

But, yeah, he’s pretty tough to write for. Alan Moore’s “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow” was a pretty good attempt, though.

156 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 16, 2015 11:04:14pm

I wouldn’t say Superman is boring per se, but all american, vanilla Superheroes just aren’t really the order of the day. We live in the era of the anti-hero.

157 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 16, 2015 11:13:00pm

re: #147 freetoken

Perhaps DC is going to move Batman towards an even darker, antagonist character? Perhaps the character even becomes deranged?

I do feel that the recycling of the mid to late 20th century comic book characters into cinema and TV is getting way over exposed. We’ve had too much, and the one-up-manship is going to go nowhere.

So I guess that you wouldn’t be interested in the fact that Dwayne Johnson has been signed to play the protagonist in the upcoming “Mighty Mouse” movie?

158 LastYearsMan  Apr 16, 2015 11:16:30pm

re: #157 Higgs Boson’s Mate

He’s also playing Black Adam in the Shazam movie. I’m nerding out for that a bit. Shazam was my favorite TV show when I was a kid — basically a Superman rip-off, but I preferred it, for some reason.

Video

159 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 16, 2015 11:16:53pm

re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg

I wouldn’t say Superman is boring per se, but all american, vanilla Superheroes just aren’t really the order of the day. We live in the era of the anti-hero.

Yet Captain America still works with out most of these issues.

160 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 11:17:36pm

re: #157 Higgs Boson’s Mate

So I guess that you wouldn’t be interested in the fact that Dwayne Johnson has been signed to play the protagonist in the upcoming “Mighty Mouse” movie?

Dwayne Johnson now does movies just so the producers can have a name that potential ticket buyers will recognize. This is like the old studios, with their stable of stars, which they would put in an endless list of not so good movies, just to have the right names on the billboard.

161 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 11:19:21pm

Dwayne Johnson is this generation’s Eroll Flynn. Because of modern production methods, Johnson will make many times as many movies as Flynn did, but it’s the same basic roll.

162 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 16, 2015 11:21:52pm

re: #159 William Barnett-Lewis

Yet Captain America still works with out most of these issues.

I think Captain America’s military background makes him more accessible to audiences of today.

163 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 11:24:03pm

re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg

Guns + Nazis = film script.

164 freetoken  Apr 16, 2015 11:29:37pm

Maybe if they turned Superman gay… could lead to interesting story lines.

No?

165 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 11:34:17pm
166 The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 16, 2015 11:34:58pm

re: #155 LastYearsMan

Although kind of fascinating that he was co-invented by Joe Shuster, a Canadian-American Jew — which is partially why Superman had black hair, instead of being blond, and was an immigrant, and the Daily Planet was modeled on the old Toronto Star building. As an icon for Americana, he’s very different than, say, Captain America.

But, yeah, he’s pretty tough to write for. Alan Moore’s “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow” was a pretty good attempt, though.

I’d count Morrison’s “All Star Superman” and the animated series versions as very good and highly entertaining.

In my opinion, Superman is at his best when he’s written as a thinker, and when he’s placed in scenarios where he can’t just power through…or, more tellingly, doesn’t want to power through because meeting force with force could mean other people getting hurt.

167 Kragar  Apr 16, 2015 11:38:58pm

re: #159 William Barnett-Lewis

Yet Captain America still works with out most of these issues.

The difference there is Captain America isn’t an all powerful alien. He started off as a scrawny guy trying to do the right thing. Even with his powers, he’s not invulnerable.

168 Nyet  Apr 16, 2015 11:54:14pm

re: #164 freetoken

Maybe if they turned Superman gay… could lead to interesting story lines.

No?

Or atheist.

169 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 12:01:17am

re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg

I think Captain America’s military background makes him more accessible to audiences of today.

That and the fact that even though he’s supposed to be the cliche epitome of God, country, and apple pie, Steve Rogers is far more complicated than that. Hell, in the films he’s actually been the one to swear the most out of all the Avengers. He was the guy to risk jail by lying on his recruitment forms multiple times to get into the Army. He risked court martial to save Bucky by basically going AWOL to find him. He also basically fought a one man war against the US government in the Winter Soldier film.

170 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 12:08:12am

re: #169 Lidane

That and the fact that even though he’s supposed to be the cliche epitome of God, country, and apple pie, Steve Rogers is far more complicated than that. Hell, in the films he’s actually been the one to swear the most out of all the Avengers. He was the guy to risk jail by lying on his recruitment forms multiple times to get into the Army. He risked court martial to save Bucky by basically going AWOL to find him. He also basically fought a one man war against the US government in the Winter Soldier film.

Additionally, Superman has a secret identity, and hides his true identity. At the end of the day, he can go home and be Clark Kent with almost no one the wiser.

Steve Rogers was the literal posterboy for the war effort and his story out there for the whole nation to hear. He was in movies, trading cards, collectibles, etc. Everyone knows who he was, and he has to deal with that.

171 Amory Blaine  Apr 17, 2015 12:15:19am

I think a Hancock style makeover for superman, say dealing with depression or crippling loneliness would be interesting.

172 LastYearsMan  Apr 17, 2015 12:18:03am

The great Superman deconstruction was Miracleman (ne Marvelman), Alan Moore’s amazing series in the 1980s. Okay, he was really taking about the Shazam myth, but most of it still could apply to Superman.

In his story, the superheros decide they’re tired of our shit, destroy all of humanities’ nukes, and take control of the world, turning it into a communist paradise. Good times!

173 Amory Blaine  Apr 17, 2015 12:18:15am

He could be the lead singer in a flailing punk band after the internet crushes The Daily Planet.

174 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 12:23:33am

re: #172 LastYearsMan

Then something bad happens?

175 LastYearsMan  Apr 17, 2015 12:27:57am

re: #174 Nyet

Then something bad happens?

Yeah. Then a bunch of people all claim to own the copyright for Miracleman and the story ends up in legal hell.

Actually, after Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman took over the series and hinted at great imperfections in the superhero Utopia … Something vital was missing in life, without it turning into an outright dystopia. But he never had a chance to finish the series.

176 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 12:53:53am

re: #175 LastYearsMan

Acc. to wiki there will be a continuation.

177 LastYearsMan  Apr 17, 2015 1:03:03am

re: #176 Nyet

Nothing would make me happier, but they’ve been promising that forever.

Fyi, Miracleman Nos. 14-16 feature some of the most beautiful comic book artwork I’ve ever seen, at least in a superhero comic. By John Totleben, who was legally blind (with Retinitis pigmentosa) by the time he drew those issues.

178 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 1:08:00am

Picked up the new Warhammer book for the Skitarii Legions and its as festively insane as only the Adeptus Mechanicus can be.

Lead lined robes to protect what little meat they have left from their radioactive weapons.

No front line officers because the enginseers can just follow their troops remotely.

No transport vehicles, because when you’re building disposable cyborg warriors, you can simply program them to walk everywhere.

179 goddamnedfrank  Apr 17, 2015 1:30:35am

re: #178 Kragar

Who / what are their HQ options?

180 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 2:29:38am

Britt McHenry has never grown up out of princess mode and is very insecure, or,

ESPN’s Britt McHenry berated an attorney on Twitter who was tweeting about the sexualization of women in broadcasting.

al.com

McHenry is just another member of the narcissist class, a real “Queen Bee”*, I suppose, who will never have respect for other women because she has none for herself. It must make her feel powerful to berate women she considers lesser in every aspect of their lives and for her to become more identified as a sex object for men to drool over on TV. For her to berate, in public, a clerk who probably has never had the privileges and opportunities she had in her life just confirms it. Back in my day, we called it being a “male identified” woman because everything such a woman did was not only for the approval of men, but for their benefit, also, accruing special treatment for themselves. They would never help another woman, ever, no matter the circumstances.

“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” Madeleine Albright

Sarah Sparkman, the attorney on the receiving end of the above McHenry attack, blogged about the incident: incidentaljustice.blogspot.com

*Queen Bee Syndrome en.wikipedia.org

181 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 4:25:14am

UK postpones £3 billion debt sale as Bloomberg financial terminals around the world go offline - @guardian

theguardian.com

Interesting: About 320K people pay Bloomberg $20K/yr to use those terminals.

182 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 4:33:06am

Good morning Lizards!

I just read this:

A quick sidebar on Vox Day, one of a handful of this saga’s bold-faced names. In addition to writing sci-fi, he’s a video game designer and early proponent of Gamergate, which, he argues, resembles Sad Puppies in that “both groups are striking back against the left-wing control freaks who have subjected science fiction to ideological control for two decades and are now attempting to do the same thing in the game industry.” He is the second human being to be expelled from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), after he used the organization’s official Twitter feed to slam the award-winning black novelist N.K. Jemisin as a “half-savage.” He questions the need for women’s suffrage. And he believes that our national ills can be partially attributed to “the infestation of even the smallest American heartland towns by African, Asian, and Aztec cultures.” Yes, Aztecs. ANYWAY.

slate.com

Who are these people?

183 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 4:39:32am

Welp, Delta Airlines (in partnership with KLM) has issued $500 worth of travel vouchers to Zedushka & me to make up for the inconvenience that we endured in Prague.

184 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 4:44:27am

re: #182 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Good morning Lizards!

I just read this:

slate.com

Who are these people?

Semi-sentient pond scum.

185 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 4:58:20am

VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY:

opisthograph

PRONUNCIATION:
(o-PIS-thuh-graf)

MEANING:
noun: A text written on both front and back (of some parchment, papyrus, stone, etc.).

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek opistho- (back) + -graph (writing). Earliest documented use: 1623.

USAGE:
“There are another twenty Qumran opisthographs with different compositions on the verso and recto.”
Joan E. Taylor; The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea; Oxford University Press; 2012.

186 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 4:58:53am

ALL THESE moving buttons confuses the hell out of me.

What can I say, I’m old(er).

:)

How is your day so far?

187 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:06:40am

re: #184 William Barnett-Lewis

Semi-sentient pond scum.

Man! I’m reading (listening) to a book about that. Well, semi-sentient fungi.

close enough.

188 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:07:13am

re: #182 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Good morning Lizards!

I just read this:

slate.com

Who are these people?

linky returns 404

189 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 5:08:17am

re: #182 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Vox Day is at least as bad as described, and in fact worse.

Read this, if you will:

scienceblogs.com

190 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:09:01am

re: #180 Justanotherhuman

Britt McHenry has never grown up out of princess mode and is very insecure, or,

ESPN’s Britt McHenry berated an attorney on Twitter who was tweeting about the sexualization of women in broadcasting.

al.com

McHenry is just another member of the narcissist class, a real “Queen Bee”*, I suppose, who will never have respect for other women because she has none for herself. It must make her feel powerful to berate women she considers lesser in every aspect of their lives and for her to become more identified as a sex object for men to drool over on TV. For her to berate, in public, a clerk who probably has never had the privileges and opportunities she had in her life just confirms it. Back in my day, we called it being a “male identified” woman because everything such a woman did was not only for the approval of men, but for their benefit, also, accruing special treatment for themselves. They would never help another woman, ever, no matter the circumstances.

“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” Madeleine Albright

Sarah Sparkman, the attorney on the receiving end of the above McHenry attack, blogged about the incident: incidentaljustice.blogspot.com

*Queen Bee Syndrome en.wikipedia.org

I call these women the PEDESTAL ELITE.

The “I’m entitled because I never had to grow-up”.

191 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:11:02am

re: #180 Justanotherhuman

Britt McHenry has never grown up out of princess mode and is very insecure, or,

ESPN’s Britt McHenry berated an attorney on Twitter who was tweeting about the sexualization of women in broadcasting.

al.com

McHenry is just another member of the narcissist class, a real “Queen Bee”*, I suppose, who will never have respect for other women because she has none for herself. It must make her feel powerful to berate women she considers lesser in every aspect of their lives and for her to become more identified as a sex object for men to drool over on TV. For her to berate, in public, a clerk who probably has never had the privileges and opportunities she had in her life just confirms it. Back in my day, we called it being a “male identified” woman because everything such a woman did was not only for the approval of men, but for their benefit, also, accruing special treatment for themselves. They would never help another woman, ever, no matter the circumstances.

“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” Madeleine Albright

Sarah Sparkman, the attorney on the receiving end of the above McHenry attack, blogged about the incident: incidentaljustice.blogspot.com

*Queen Bee Syndrome en.wikipedia.org

Did anyone mention the Barbification of Fox News?

192 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 5:12:11am

re: #188 FemNaziBitch

Try this:
slate.com

193 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:13:03am

re: #189 Nyet

Vox Day is at least as bad as described, and in fact worse.

Read this, if you will:

scienceblogs.com

PEOPLE!!!!!

194 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 5:13:27am

re: #189 Nyet

Vox Day, our “favorite” Libertarian Christian commentator at WorldNet Daily, who never fails to disappoint with sheer unbridled wingnuttery. This time around, forwarded to me by a fellow member of The Holocaust History Project, comes this little gem from Vox:

Well, that pretty much sums it up right there. /facepalm

195 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:14:32am

re: #192 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Try this:
slate.com

It’s just a sad state of affairs.

IN SCIENCE-FICTION!!!

which I hold sacrosanct.

I gave my $40 to WorldCon over it.

196 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 5:15:06am

re: #193 FemNaziBitch

PEOPLE!!!!!

Capitalism has made it this way,
Old-fashioned fascism will take it away

The beautiful people, the beautiful people
It’s all relative to the size of your steeple
//

198 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 5:17:34am

re: #195 FemNaziBitch

It’s just a sad state of affairs.

IN SCIENCE-FICTION!!!

which I hold sacrosanct.

I gave my $40 to WorldCon over it.

I read Willis’ explanation yesterday. I hope WorldCon can fix this shit somehow.

199 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 5:19:46am

Here’s an excellent post by someone who was on the Sad Puppy/Rabid Puppy slate and declined his nomination:
blackgate.com

Which leads directly to my next point. Looking over the list of past Hugo-winning novels — the category I feel I know the most about, if only in relative terms — I don’t see that books which have won or been nominated in the last ten years are appreciably more ideological than books which have won or been nominated in any other ten-year stretch.
Some of that may have to do with the way I approach the books (more on this in 1.A.iv, below). I look at Heinlein, in particular, as fundamentally a political writer concerned (speaking generally) with issues of liberty and society — others will disagree, but all my life I’ve generally found the core of his books have less to do with the narratives than with his political beliefs. This is more true in some books, less so in others. But it’s what I find when I read him.
Similarly, take a look at something like H. Beam Piper’s Little Fuzzy (nominated 1963), which I loved as a young teenager. It’s about a man in conflict with a corporation — specifically, a business trying to declare native life on an alien planet to be non-sapient so it can better exploit the planet. That would strike me as a political theme, and I assume it would strike Torgersen as such also: among his list of “subversive switcheroos” he gave on February 4, he mentions “Planetary colonization [stories in which] The humans are the invaders and the native aliens are the righteous victims.” Which to me is essentially Little Fuzzy.

Beyond that, though, I don’t know how to describe writers like Kurt Vonnegut (nominated 1960, 1964, and 1970) and Ursula Le Guin (won 1970, nominated 1972, won 1975) as anything other than political. Or Samuel Delany. Or William Gibson. Or Kim Stanley Robinson.

Vonnegut was nothing if not political.

200 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:23:59am
“I’m eating my breakfast, I’m checking my Facebook, all of a sudden I see this Amber Alert for this child and it looks like this child in my bed, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God! What’s going on?’” John Truong told ABC affiliate KOMO-TV in Seattle.

As I understand it, the WHACKOS would say that social media is the devil, invading privacy and all that …

201 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 5:26:00am

re: #200 FemNaziBitch

Wow!

202 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:26:23am

re: #199 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Here’s an excellent post by someone who was on the Sad Puppy/Rabid Puppy slate and declined his nomination:
blackgate.com

Vonnegut was nothing if not political.

The writers mentioned also had something called “talent” in excess! Their stories were GOOD STORIES. Innovative and interesting.

They didn’t rehash old memes. They innovated.

203 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 5:28:21am

re: #202 FemNaziBitch

The writers mentioned also had something called “talent” in excess! Their stories were GOOD STORIES. Innovative and interesting.

They didn’t rehash old memes. They innovated.

I loved Vonnegut’s biting humor in high school. I need to check out some of the other writers mentioned. It’s just a shame to me that these assholes decided to hijack the process.

204 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:31:55am

re: #199 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Here’s an excellent post by someone who was on the Sad Puppy/Rabid Puppy slate and declined his nomination:
blackgate.com

Vonnegut was nothing if not political.

My understanding is that most of the people involved in the Sad Puppies campaigns are right-wing Americans, whereas I’m a left-wing Canadian and therefore to a right-wing American probably indistinguishable from Karl Marx (I suppose the beard doesn’t help).

205 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 5:33:20am

re: #203 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I loved Vonnegut’s biting humor in high school. I need to check out some of the other writers mentioned. It’s just a shame to me that these assholes decided to hijack the process.

If rightwingers can’t “persuade” with their fact-free rhetoric and talent-less BS, then they start using blunt instruments—today, it’s social media and it reaches a helluva lot of people who want their bigotry and reactionary thinking confirmed.

206 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:33:56am

re: #203 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I loved Vonnegut’s biting humor in high school. I need to check out some of the other writers mentioned. It’s just a shame to me that these assholes decided to hijack the process.

Ursula K. LeGuin’s Lavinia is just amazing. Not Sci-Fi, but shows her unending talent.

207 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:37:16am

John Ringo is one author I consider to be more right-wing. I enjoyed the books of his I’ve read. He is one of the few male writers who can actually write female characters.

the Last Centurian was a book I thoroughly enjoyed (in audio—it was excellently narrated).

I get bored with series novels, and he’s written a few.

208 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 5:40:37am

re: #206 FemNaziBitch

Ursula K. LeGuin’s Lavinia is just amazing. Not Sci-Fi, but shows her unending talent.

Oh, that is such an exquisite novel. I loved every moment of reading it.

210 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 5:44:27am

For those who are members of Worldcon, here’s a Puppies free voting guide to this years Hugos: deirdre.net

I am sad to note that the nomination of “Guardians of the Galaxy” has been tainted by association with them and will unhappily vote for Captain America instead.

211 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 5:47:27am

re: #186 FemNaziBitch

ALL THESE moving buttons confuses the hell out of me.

What can I say, I’m old(er).

:)

How is your day so far?

Sitting at home with a cold that hit full-force yesterday. Might have to go out simply to refill the tissue supply.

Plus something bit me up while I was traveling Monday and walking beaches (or while sitting in a park eating lunch.) Got a rash in a few places on my legs that looks like a series of inflamed small bite or sting wounds. Irritating and slightly itchy.

Drinking tea and watching it rain while they pour concrete on the construction site across the street.

212 LastYearsMan  Apr 17, 2015 5:48:27am

George RR Martin (a longtime Worldcom attender) had a long series of posts of the whole Sad Puppies/Rabid Puppies vs. Hugos situation — fairly moderate politically, but he does a great job of showing the whole brouhaha is yet another big, whiny, right-wing nothingburger (the apex of which was probably this post, but there are a whole bunch of other ones going into even more detail).

213 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 5:49:05am

re: #210 William Barnett-Lewis

For those who are members of Worldcon, here’s a Puppies free voting guide to this years Hugos: deirdre.net

I am sad to note that the nomination of “Guardians of the Galaxy” has been tainted by association with them and will unhappily vote for Captain America instead.

Groot would have nothing to do with these guys.

214 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:51:41am

re: #213 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Groot would have nothing to do with these guys.

Groot.com

215 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:52:35am

re: #208 William Barnett-Lewis

Oh, that is such an exquisite novel. I loved every moment of reading it.

I know, it is such a wonderful gift of a book. I’m so glad Le Guin wrote it.

216 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 5:55:48am

re: #215 FemNaziBitch

I know, it is such a wonderful gift of a book. I’m so glad Le Guin wrote it.

I have enjoyed everything of her’s I’ve ever read. An utterly amazing talent. I am so grateful that SF has a real diversity to it - Heinlein to her to Bujold to even Mr Reactionary himself, Jerry Pournelle. All brought great things to the table.

Vox Day? Not so much.

217 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:57:55am

re: #190 FemNaziBitch

I read a book years ago actually called Queen Bee. It was a novel. The Bee was an extreme version of the syndrome.

I sat thru a presentation once about male/female differences in management.
Men play as a team, women have a hierarchy. Which struck me as bizarre, since the speaker went on to say men lead from the pinnacle of a pyramid and women lead from the center of a wagon wheel.

whatever.

All I know is that in MY house, I am the Lady of the House and She Who Must Be Obeyed.

The later is also a book series. The original by H. Rider Haggard was borrowed by Rumpole.

(Your Book Trivia for the Day)

218 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 5:59:16am

re: #216 William Barnett-Lewis

I have enjoyed everything of her’s I’ve ever read. An utterly amazing talent. I am so grateful that SF has a real diversity to it - Heinlein to her to Bujold to even Mr Reactionary himself, Jerry Pournelle. All brought great things to the table.

Vox Day? Not so much.

Does Vox mean voice??????? often paired with populi?

A Socialist kind of word.—no?

219 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 6:00:33am

I heard a report of a Boston poll on NPR this am that stated 58% of those polled did not want the death penalty for Tsarnaev, but life in prison.

Parents of boy killed in Boston Marathon bombing ask Justice Department to drop pursuit of death penalty, ‘end the anguish’ of continued court proceedings - @BostonGlobe
read more on bostonglobe.com

I’m with that. Living with what he did and having to endure the disgust of other prisoners would make his life a living hell anyway, although I would wish him no harm at their hands.

220 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:05:30am
221 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 6:06:51am

Crews in beekeeper suits work to clear a stretch of Interstate 5 north of Seattle after a semi truck carrying hives overturned

222 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:07:35am
Station: Chicago Area (Melrose Park), IL
Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Station Head(s): Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Date of Pollen and Mold Count: 04/17/2015

*********************************
Pollen & Mold Summary
*********************************
Trees: High Concentration
Weeds: Absent
Grass: Absent
Mold: Low Concentration

*********************************
Pollen & Mold Detail

(Top three species per category)
*********************************

Trees
————————————————
1. Poplar, Cottonwood, Aspen
2. Oak
3. Birch

Weeds
————————————————
Absent

Grass
————————————————
Absent

Mold
————————————————
1. Cladosporium
2. Ascomycete/Ascospore
3. Ascospores: includes Leptosphaeria, Venturia, Ascobolus, Diatrypaceae, Pleospora, Xylaria, Chaetomium, Sporomiella, Claviceps, Ascomycete, et al.

So you know.

223 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 6:10:11am

re: #221 Justanotherhuman

Crews in beekeeper suits work to clear a stretch of Interstate 5 north of Seattle after a semi truck carrying hives overturned

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Sweet!

224 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:11:11am

re: #219 Justanotherhuman

I heard a report of a Boston poll on NPR this am that stated 58% of those polled did not want the death penalty for Tsarnaev, but life in prison.

Parents of boy killed in Boston Marathon bombing ask Justice Department to drop pursuit of death penalty, ‘end the anguish’ of continued court proceedings - @BostonGlobe
read more on bostonglobe.com

I’m with that. Living with what he did and having to endure the disgust of other prisoners would make his life a living hell anyway, although I would wish him no harm at their hands.

Since, AIUI, it costs more to carry out the Death Penaltly than it does to carry out a life sentence, I concur.

I don’t think we should remove the Death Penalty totally. I just do not see any practical benefit from it as things stand. We can remove a person from society without killing them.

While it seems wrong that society must then be obliged to maintain them, it is more cost-effective than not doing so.

I have particular issues with seriously violent criminals. At some point, I think they crossed a line and chose to give-up their rights. Obdi and I have been over this.

I don’t think I’m going to change my mind.

225 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:11:42am

re: #223 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Sweet!

and sticky!

226 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 17, 2015 6:14:34am

re: #221 Justanotherhuman

Crews in beekeeper suits work to clear a stretch of Interstate 5 north of Seattle after a semi truck carrying hives overturned

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BEES! Why did it have to be BEES?

RBS

227 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:14:55am

LOL

228 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 6:16:29am

re: #222 FemNaziBitch

Fucking pollen is going to be the death of me.

229 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 6:17:42am

Koch Brothers continue their crusade of fucking the poors==>

230 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:18:57am

re: #228 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Fucking pollen is going to be the death of me.

this is an interseting perspective.

I actually had a fever on the weed days last week.

231 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 6:23:08am

re: #220 FemNaziBitch

Gawd, what a dino. Lose my self-respect to someone who will show me none and remind me of my dependence, what?

I’ve always advised women to get as much education as they can and make their own money, instead of making a huge mistake like I did as a young woman 56 yrs ago. It’s not hatred of men, it’s simply looking out for yourself and your own prospects first. You actually may find someone who respects that attitude of maturity which can foster mutual love and care in the long run, no matter what your sexual orientation.

232 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 6:31:25am

re: #209 Nyet

Some testy comments in there.

How summarize something similar: You can take the boy out of the Confederacy, but you can’t take the Confederacy out of the boy.

233 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 6:31:36am

re: #228 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Fucking pollen is going to be the death of me.

We’re collecting all the pollen we can. Be patient.
234 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:33:16am

Conservatives act like women are not-very-bright children.

235 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:39:07am

oldest known leather shoe (wiki)

236 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 6:39:13am

re: #234 FemNaziBitch

Conservatives act like women are not-very-bright children.

Which is why Jeb Bush can get away with saying what he did.

237 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 6:39:33am

My photographing safari in Norfolk got me a few new wallpaper patterns for my laptop to use. :)

238 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 6:40:33am

re: #229 Lord Of The Pies

Koch Brothers continue their crusade of fucking the poors==>

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So maybe we could fund and staff the system so it wouldn’t be so jammed?

Is that tweet a variant of “nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded”?

239 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 17, 2015 6:40:49am

re: #237 Feline Fearless Leader

I especially like the stoneflower one.

RBS

240 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 6:41:21am

re: #235 FemNaziBitch

oldest known leather shoe (wiki)

How soon after the shoe was invented was one thrown at someone to indicate displeasure and disrespect?

241 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 6:42:30am

re: #240 Feline Fearless Leader

How soon after the shoe was invented was one thrown at someone to indicate displeasure and disrespect?

If it was a woman’s shoe, how soon did she want another pair?

242 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 6:42:49am

re: #239 RealityBasedSteve

I especially like the stoneflower one.

RBS

I took two photos of stoneflowers at the relatively small patch of them I found.

243 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 6:42:52am

re: #235 FemNaziBitch

oldest known leather shoe (wiki)

The world was so much of a simpler and less concerning place when there was only one style of shoe.

244 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 6:43:42am

re: #243 b.d.

The world was so much of a simpler and less concerning place when there was only one style of shoe.

Yes, but what *leather* was it made out of!
;)

245 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 17, 2015 6:44:01am

re: #235 FemNaziBitch

oldest known leather shoe (wiki)

and still more attractive than Uggs.

RBS

246 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:50:38am

re: #240 Feline Fearless Leader

How soon after the shoe was invented was one thrown at someone to indicate displeasure and disrespect?

Not until the French and their sabots —shoes that could do some real damage!

247 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 6:51:13am

Strange thing in West Virginia:
Vandalism Reported at Post Office in Chelyan

Deputies tell WSAZ someone wrote several things on the exterior walls of the post office including “Kill Cops” and “WV Wake Up Your Being Used.” There were also anarchy symbols drawn on the building, a letter A inside a circle, according to a news release.

248 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:51:23am

re: #243 b.d.

The world was so much of a simpler and less concerning place when there was only one style of shoe.

back when a having shoes could mean the difference between living and not.

249 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:53:39am

As we are on a meme:

The first book of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to us as Dr. Seuss, was rejected by twenty-seven publishers before it was finally accepted by Vanguard Press:

can we say it’s Folio Friday?

250 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 6:55:06am

re: #243 b.d.

The world was so much of a simpler and less concerning place when there was only one style of shoe.

“No cat fur trim? How charmingly, um, retro. These? They’re just some Gukkis I picked up on a whim.”

251 blueraven  Apr 17, 2015 6:55:08am
252 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:56:11am

re: #246 FemNaziBitch

Not until the French and their sabots —shoes that could do some real damage!

BTW, I know about Sabots because of Kim Cattrall’s Vulcan Character on STVI

253 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 6:57:13am

re: #237 Feline Fearless Leader

My photographing safari in Norfolk got me a few new wallpaper patterns for my laptop to use. :)

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The top pansies, definitely, for me. When spring comes, I also must have potted flowers on the walk and patio, too. : )

We’ve had so much rain, flowers are flourishing and the trees are leafing rather spectacularly.

OTOH, the Clown Car mgmt co still has not seen fit to send someone up here to mow. They’ll need a bush hog by the time they finally send someone.

We’re going to try to find a house to buy, again. Never say never, but our lease ends June 30.

254 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 6:58:58am

3D-Printed Coffee Cups Help Liquids Defy Gravity

255 Decatur Deb  Apr 17, 2015 6:59:01am

re: #252 FemNaziBitch

BTW, I know about Sabots because of Kim Cattrall’s Vulcan Character on STVI

To expand your definition, this is a sabot round. It’s named for the plastic fly-away ‘shoe’ that surrounds the DU penetrator (green in drawing).

en.wikipedia.org

256 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 7:00:02am
257 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 7:01:14am
258 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 7:01:55am

re: #256 FemNaziBitch

I guess that means we’ll never adopt this scheme, then.

The Brilliant Idea From Europe That Could Revolutionize Child Support

thinkprogress.org

259 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 7:06:19am

In honor of Folio Friday

260 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 7:07:59am

re: #258 Justanotherhuman

I guess that means we’ll never adopt this scheme, then.

The Brilliant Idea From Europe That Could Revolutionize Child Support

thinkprogress.org

SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, MARXISM, REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, THEFT BY GOVERMENT, LAZY PEOPLE TAKING MY STUFF!!!!!

261 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 7:11:28am

The latest from Alice:

262 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 7:11:57am

So I bought Besiege on Steam last night at the early adopter price of $6.99. It’s a physics-based construction for destruction game in which you combine basic parts to build machines from simple catapults to flying machines that would make da Vinci green with envy. The game is still under development though great fun already. Early adopters will get all of the updates fer free.

There goes Friday.

263 FemNaziBitch  Apr 17, 2015 7:14:32am

I have to get ready for the day.

bbl

264 nearly-headless smith25  Apr 17, 2015 7:15:27am

re: #251 blueraven

I remember when I actually owned those cards. Not like I was a big time pro-war hawk, but when you’re 22 those cards worked well for card games; and by card games, I mean drinking games…oh the times…

265 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 7:19:18am

I see that Cruz the Elder is preaching, once again, that where America went wrong was in the 1960’s, turning against God and such.

This is going to be quite the election season.

266 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 7:22:13am

re: #257 FemNaziBitch

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They probably put out the most MBAs, lawyers, etc. (well, technically not MIT, but they turn out a quite a few entrepreneurs, too, don’t they?).

Are there any Ivies that aren’t included in that group? Well, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth.

I imagine the State schools listed get quite a ton of alumni gifts as well from those who’ve accumulated a lot of wealth. When you have a lot of money pouring in as “gifts” and endowments, you can afford the kinds of investments, and risks, most smaller and State schools cannot.

I remember my short time working at NYU School of Mgmt in 1981 and the scuttlebutt that Harvard MBAs at that time, 35 yrs ago, were starting right out of school making $80K/yr on Wall St. It boggled my mind.

267 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 7:23:02am

re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth

I graduated high school in 1991 and I still remember the freak from Birthright who came to our high school health class to tell us that condoms fail all the time and that abortion = ripping a fully developed child to shreds, and that having sex before marriage would ruin us for the rest of our lives.

268 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 7:25:03am

Today’s bug photo. Had to dig a bit in order to identify it. It’s hiding in a dogwood tree blossom.

Assassin Bug Nymph
Dogwood blossom - with hiding assassin bug
269 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 7:26:23am

University of Kentucky student shot to death; he was photo editor for student newspaper

The University of Kentucky’s student newspaper photo editor was shot to death early Friday on East Maxwell Street near Transylvania Park.

Jonathan W. Krueger, 22, was from Perrysburg, Ohio, according to his Facebook page. He was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Fayette County coroner’s office. Krueger was to be the paper’s ad manager in the fall.

Krueger was a junior in the UK College of Communications and Information, UK officials said.

Lexington police Lt. Clay Combs said officers suspect that the shooting involved an attempted robbery, although many details remain unclear.

270 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 7:27:20am

re: #267 Lidane

I graduated high school in 1991 and I still remember the freak from Birthright who came to our high school health class to tell us that condoms fail all the time and that abortion = ripping a fully developed child to shreds, and that having sex before marriage would ruin us for the rest of our lives.

That’s worse than having no sex ed at all, IMHO. I hit the library when I was a teen, but it was all just medical stuff at that point—there was little else, except the male coach who was too embarrassed to even discuss it candidly, even to describe how our reproductive organs worked in a “health” class.

A coach, for crying out loud.

271 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 7:28:10am

STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY, MIDMORNING EDITION==>

272 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 7:28:44am

Way, way back when… I was in school, “Sex Ed” was taught in a one hour phys-ed class time, by the phys-ed teachers. I think it was 10th grade. I can’t really remember much of it, but I’m pretty sure it was almost all biology.

273 nearly-headless smith25  Apr 17, 2015 7:28:45am

re: #269 Backwoods_Sleuth

Saw the alert pop up last night. Pretty shocking.

Here’s President Capiloutos statement

274 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 7:30:12am

GOHMERT!

275 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 7:31:05am

re: #271 Lord Of The Pies

The morning is still young here.

276 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 7:32:25am

re: #270 Justanotherhuman

That’s worse than having no sex ed at all, IMHO. I hit the library when I was a teen, but it was all just medical stuff at that point—there was little else, except the male coach who was too embarrassed to even discuss it candidly, even to describe how our reproductive organs worked in a “health” class.

A coach, for crying out loud.

The first real (and very helpful) information I got about how lady parts worked was from the illustrated how-to-use-this-product paper that came with my first box of tampons.
My reaction was “why is this so difficult for a grownup to explain to kids?”

277 Eventual Carrion  Apr 17, 2015 7:33:28am

re: #141 freetoken

File under “Not Surprising”:

Rick Santorum: I wouldn’t attend a loved one’s gay wedding

It’s ok Rickey, they don’t want you there anyway.

278 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 7:34:18am

The thing about teaching sex-ed in a phys-ed class one day… is that being phys-ed and being way back when, the entire classroom was just guys. So you had two male phys-ed teachers and a bunch of 15/16 year old students (yeah, a bit late I think.) I’m pretty sure the class consisted of a) defining puberty, b) defining secondary sexual characteristics, and c) something about “VD” as we used to call STDs back then.

279 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 7:34:29am

re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth

The first real (and very helpful) information I got about how lady parts worked was from the illustrated how-to-use-this-product paper that came with my first box of tampons.
My reaction was “why is this so difficult for a grownup to explain to kids?”

Ayep. I got more out of reading the pamphlets I got from the school nurse when I got my first period and the instructions in a box of tampons than I ever got at home or at school. I had to pretty much teach myself about sex.

280 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 7:34:32am

re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth

The first real (and very helpful) information I got about how lady parts worked was from the illustrated how-to-use-this-product paper that came with my first box of tampons.
My reaction was “why is this so difficult for a grownup to explain to kids?”

Yeah, I remember all those “In the Know” pamphlets that Kotex put out. Invaluable in the olden days. : ) We girls passed them around.

281 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 7:34:54am
Enough bugs - how about an orchid?
282 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 7:35:07am

re: #271 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY, MIDMORNING EDITION==>

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Erick doesn’t think that him being loud, crass, inhuman, rude and obnoxious hurts his brand either.

283 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 7:36:06am
284 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 7:36:58am

re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth

The first real (and very helpful) information I got about how lady parts worked was from the illustrated how-to-use-this-product paper that came with my first box of tampons.
My reaction was “why is this so difficult for a grownup to explain to kids?”

My middle school showed the Disney/Kotex menstruation film to the girls’ phys ed class.

Youtube Video

285 nearly-headless smith25  Apr 17, 2015 7:37:58am

This caught my attention this morning a little more. Will America as a whole ever recognize?

286 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 7:38:51am

re: #284 Lord Of The Pies

…

287 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 7:39:09am

re: #280 Justanotherhuman

Yeah, I remember all those “In the Know” pamphlets that Kotex put out. Invaluable in the olden days. : ) We girls passed them around.

One other thing that helped me? Judy Blume books. And I’m being serious. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was one of those books that I deeply identified with at that age. S.E. Hinton’s books, too.

288 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 7:39:53am

re: #281 Feline Fearless Leader

Lots of “orchids” abound in the Orchidacease family.

Ophrys Apifera, a common Orchidaceae

289 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 7:41:47am

SECOND STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY (MIDMORNING EDITION)
This advice just enables the bad behavior to continue.

290 blueraven  Apr 17, 2015 7:42:19am

re: #251 blueraven

Lot of jokes (Izzat really al Douri?) comparisons to WW.

291 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 7:44:35am
292 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 7:46:17am

re: #289 Lord Of The Pies

SECOND STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY (MIDMORNING EDITION)
This advice just enables the bad behavior to continue.

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Forgive and forget, the wingnut motto.

//

293 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 7:46:50am

re: #288 Justanotherhuman

Lots of “orchids” abound in the Orchidacease family.

Ophrys Apifera, a common Orchidaceae

A common native orchid grows in my forest/woodlands here on the farm Goodyera pubescens aka rattlesnake plantain.
The foliage is the best part of it.

rattlesnake plantain
294 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 7:47:17am

re: #292 b.d.

Forgive and forget, the wingnut motto.

//

I thought their motto was “Fear and Contribute”.

295 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 7:48:38am

re: #294 Feline Fearless Leader

I thought their motto was “Fear and Contribute”.

That and “Shoot first, Defame later”.

296 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 7:49:44am
Touchdown!
297 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 7:50:01am
298 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 7:51:59am

heh…

299 Great White Snark  Apr 17, 2015 7:57:16am

re: #281 Feline Fearless Leader

I started reading Orchid Digest since D_L is an apprentice/student judge for AOS. So now of course I simply must set up a little macro lighting booth to shoot her best Orchids, maybe take that setup to shows. Maybe it’s a conceit but I have a desire to score a cover photo some day in that magazine.

300 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 7:58:31am

re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth

Shit, there they go with that “dirty” bullshit again. Sex is dirty, you little perverts…

301 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:00:18am

re: #141 freetoken

File under “Not Surprising”:

Rick Santorum: I wouldn’t attend a loved one’s gay wedding

“Because my beliefs matter more to me than people I supposedly ‘love’.”

Makes you want to join whatever church or group Ricky affiliates with, doesn’t it? //

302 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 8:00:23am

re: #289 Lord Of The Pies

SECOND STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY (MIDMORNING EDITION)
This advice just enables the bad behavior to continue.

[Embedded content]

We’ve all said cruel things we didn’t mean in moments of anger. The Christian thing to do is forgive and move on.

“Paging Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Paging William Ayers.”

303 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:01:56am

re: #271 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY, MIDMORNING EDITION==>

I wonder why ESPN didn’t consult Erick son of Erick about this.

////

304 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 8:02:36am

re: #301 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

“Because my beliefs matter more to me than people I supposedly ‘love’.”

Makes you want to join whatever church or group Ricky affiliates with, doesn’t it? //

There’s a First Church of Irredeemable Assholes?

305 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:05:33am

re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth

The latest from Alice:

Cue the “Christian conservatives are being persecuted” outrage from Bryan Fischer, Tony Perkins, Todd Starnes, Erick son of Erick.

306 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:06:18am

re: #265 freetoken

I see that Cruz the Elder is preaching, once again, that where America went wrong was in the 1960’s, turning against God and such.

This is going to be quite the election season.

Heard that sermon so often I could preach it myself.

307 blueraven  Apr 17, 2015 8:06:26am

I know, I know…just one poll and very early but this has to sting a bit.

Wisconsin: Walker vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 52, Walker 40
Clinton +12

Wisconsin: Bush vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 49, Bush 38
Clinton +11

Wisconsin: Paul vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 49, Paul 41
Clinton +8

Wisconsin: Cruz vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 52, Cruz 36
Clinton +16

Wisconsin: Rubio vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 50, Rubio 38
Clinton +12

Wisconsin Senate - Johnson vs. Feingold Marquette University Feingold 54, Johnson 38
Feingold +16

308 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 8:06:55am

Here’s an “abstinence educator” defending his views==>

309 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 8:08:01am

re: #299 Great White Snark

I used to get the old Orchid Digest years ago. Still have a box of them somewhere in storage.

310 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:08:16am

re: #274 Lidane

GOHMERT!

In fact, we [conservatives] are coming closer to the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. because we care more about the content of the character than we do the color of anybody’s skin.”

“Content of character not color of skin!”

Drink!

311 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:09:57am

re: #308 Lord Of The Pies

Here’s an “abstinence educator” defending his views==>

I’m still confused about how manly teenage boys are supposed to lose their virginity and prove their manhood if we’re teaching abstinence.

///

312 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 8:10:42am

re: #310 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Anything is possible once you slip the surly bonds of reality.

313 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:10:43am

re: #307 blueraven

I know, I know…just one poll and very early but this has to sting a bit.

Wisconsin: Walker vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 52, Walker 40
Clinton +12

Wisconsin: Bush vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 49, Bush 38
Clinton +11

Wisconsin: Paul vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 49, Paul 41
Clinton +8

Wisconsin: Cruz vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 52, Cruz 36
Clinton +16

Wisconsin: Rubio vs. Clinton Marquette University Clinton 50, Rubio 38
Clinton +12

Wisconsin Senate - Johnson vs. Feingold Marquette University Feingold 54, Johnson 38
Feingold +16

Clinton in trouble! Dems in disarray!!

314 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 8:10:47am

Media are full of stories on the following this morning:

Leaked Sony emails reveal ‘Doctor Who’ is bound for Hollywood

That story, and others, are completely void of any acknowledgement that Doctor Who has already been to Hollywood.

Amazing how a history can be rewritten if you don’t like the old version.

315 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 8:12:20am

re: #229 Lord Of The Pies

Koch Brothers continue their crusade of fucking the poors==>

If too many people get healthcare, a lot more people won’t get healthcare. Math. Duh.

316 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 8:14:29am

Speaking of Doctor Who:

Which Doctor are you? The definitive Doctor Who personality quiz

I knew before taking the test which one I’d be pegged as.

317 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:15:40am

re: #313 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Clinton in trouble! Dems in disarray!!

Good to see. Would love to see Feingold back. Johnson is a pathetic joke.

318 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 8:19:10am

Co-worker of my g-son’s (female) robbed Wed night. She is fine, but shaken by the experience. They have’t had a robbery in a long time, considering they transport narcotics. The vans are unmarked, but that doesn’t mean they’re not targeted, usually when leaving a site to which they’re delivering.

wfmynews2.com

He’s been assigned to that route tomorrow night. Shit. They don’t get paid enough.

319 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 8:22:37am

Another small barrage of flower photos.

320 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 8:22:38am

I don’t want them drilling at all…

Interior Department to propose higher royalties for oil and gas drilling on federal land, official says - @Reuters
read more on cnbc.com

321 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 8:23:57am

And here are the set of camillias:

322 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 8:25:54am

re: #316 freetoken

Speaking of Doctor Who:

Which Doctor are you? The definitive Doctor Who personality quiz

I knew before taking the test which one I’d be pegged as.

Eh. I am the First Doctor.

323 Sionainn  Apr 17, 2015 8:26:12am

re: #301 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

“Because my beliefs matter more to me than people I supposedly ‘love’.”

Makes you want to join whatever church or group Ricky affiliates with, doesn’t it? //

As if anyone would invite that sanctimonious prick to their same-sex wedding.

324 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 8:27:13am

Upchuck is awake and still butthurt that Josh Marshall whipped his sorry ass on twitter last night.

325 Ace-o-aces  Apr 17, 2015 8:28:57am

re: #144 freetoken

Yeah, just peeked at it. Rather poor handheld video from a phone.

The problem with any Batman vs. Superman story line is that fundamentally the stories’ basic premises don’t mix.

They “can” mix if handled correctly. Yeah, it takes suspension of disbelief, but we’re talking about superheroes here, so that’s a given. The 1990’s DC animated universe did a heck of a jog on those kinds of stories.

326 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 8:29:25am

And Chuck’s GoFundMe page is off to a roaring start: $255 donated by 11 people in 17 hours.

heh…

327 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:29:47am

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

And Chuck’s GoFundMe page is off to a roaring start: $255 donated by 11 people in 17 hours.

heh…

Is that his Hilalry take down hahaha?

328 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 8:30:07am

re: #327 HappyWarrior

Is that his Hilalry take down hahaha?

Yep.

329 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 8:30:51am

“Clinton Secret Oppo Project”

Shhh…it’s a SEKRIT!!!

330 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 8:33:45am

hahahaaa

331 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:34:03am

re: #328 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yep.

And he wonders why he’s not in TIME’s 100 lol. He’s not even the most famous Charles Johnson in political blooging.

332 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 8:34:11am

ZEBRAS!!!

333 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:34:53am

Chuck”s going to bring Hillary down because she didn’t tip at a fast food restaurant. This will be just devastating to her campaign chances.

334 BeachDem  Apr 17, 2015 8:42:29am

re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth

The first real (and very helpful) information I got about how lady parts worked was from the illustrated how-to-use-this-product paper that came with my first box of tampons.
My reaction was “why is this so difficult for a grownup to explain to kids?”

I don’t remember having any sex ed classes in school. My only recollection of information obtained from anyone other than friends was seeing a “You’re a Young Lady Now” movie in Girl Scouts.

335 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 8:42:53am

re: #333 HappyWarrior

Chuck”s going to bring Hillary down because she didn’t tip at a fast food restaurant. This will be just devastating to her campaign chances.

Do people necessarily tip cash when they’re using a credit card? Or do they just add it to the charge?

336 #FergusonFireside  Apr 17, 2015 8:43:15am

re: #332 Backwoods_Sleuth

ZEBRAS!!!

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It’s not live. :(

337 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:44:23am

re: #335 Justanotherhuman

Do people necessarily tip cash when they’re using a credit card? Or do they just add it to the charge?

It depends. if I have some cash on hand, I will. OTOH this is the first I ever knew of Chipolte having a iip jar. Most quick dining places that I see with tip jars are usually mom and pop small businesses not multinationals like Chipolte.

338 Timothy Watson  Apr 17, 2015 8:44:49am

re: #335 Justanotherhuman

Do people necessarily tip cash when they’re using a credit card? Or do they just add it to the charge?

Add to the charge usually, but not always.

339 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:45:07am

It’s been a tough week. College doesn’t prepare you for job rejection.

340 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 8:46:58am

re: #335 Justanotherhuman

Do people necessarily tip cash when they’re using a credit card? Or do they just add it to the charge?

It’s not customary to tip when you’re picking up a takeout order.

341 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 8:49:12am

In Japan, tipping is a no-no.

Difficult as it might be for some, cultures are different around the world.

Personally I prefer the way the Japanese deal with food in nearly all aspects (other than killing off the ocean, but that is a minor point.)

342 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:49:30am

My SiL who has been a server a few times posted this a couple weeks back.
businessinsider.com

343 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 8:51:16am

re: #341 freetoken

In Japan, tipping is a no-no.

Difficult as it might be for some, cultures are different around the world.

Personally I prefer the way the Japanese deal with food in nearly all aspects (other than killing off the ocean, but that is a minor point.)

We usually tip the wheelchair pushers at the airport, but at Schiphol they are not allowed to accept tips.

344 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:51:34am

I mean if Hillary had eaten at a fine dining establishment and hadn’t tipped. I’d agree that she made a faux pas by not tipping but this was Chipolte and as I said I wasn’t even aware that Chipolte had tip jars before then.

345 #FergusonFireside  Apr 17, 2015 8:53:21am

re: #342 HappyWarrior

My SiL who has been a server a few times posted this a couple weeks back.
businessinsider.com

I waitress part time. I get from 10% to 20%. The 10%ers are usually the high ticket, hard as hell tables & they suck.

346 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:53:29am

So did all the Republican politicians like Palin who went out of their way to eat at Chik a Fila when the cons were extolling that establishment tpi when they ate there because Chipolte and Chik a Fila are both fast food restaurants?

347 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:54:31am

re: #345 #FergusonFireside

I waitress part time. I get from 10% to 20%. The 10%ers are usually the high ticket, hard as hell tables & they suck.

I usually do 20%. I try to be equally generous to bartenders.

348 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 8:54:35am
349 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 8:55:47am

THIS ASSHOLE:

350 Timothy Watson  Apr 17, 2015 8:57:02am

re: #349 Lidane

THIS ASSHOLE:

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The guy who released a future cop killer says what?

351 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:57:10am

re: #349 Lidane

THIS ASSHOLE:

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Whatever you say Mike. It is you are who the bigot and hostile one you pompous piece of shit.

352 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 8:57:29am

re: #350 Timothy Watson

The guy who released a future cop killer says what?

Guy who thinks we need to listen to David Theocrat Barton at gunpoint.

353 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 17, 2015 8:59:42am

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

And Chuck’s GoFundMe page is off to a roaring start: $255 donated by 11 people in 17 hours.

heh…

fifteen bucks an hour. better than minimum wage for no work at all…

354 #FergusonFireside  Apr 17, 2015 8:59:49am

re: #347 HappyWarrior

I usually do 20%. I try to be equally generous to bartenders.

Of course you do!!!

355 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 9:01:47am

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

And Chuck’s GoFundMe page is off to a roaring start: $255 donated by 11 people in 17 hours.

heh…

Doesn’t really matter. Chuck has all these billionaire sugar daddies to fund him.

//

356 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:05:33am

re: #287 Lidane

One other thing that helped me? Judy Blume books. And I’m being serious. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was one of those books that I deeply identified with at that age. S.E. Hinton’s books, too.

Her books helped us boys understand what was going on too. You think your mothers wanted to talk about that with you? Yeesh!

357 blueraven  Apr 17, 2015 9:07:02am

re: #346 HappyWarrior

So did all the Republican politicians like Palin who went out of their way to eat at Chik a Fila when the cons were extolling that establishment tpi when they ate there because Chipolte and Chik a Fila are both fast food restaurants?

*Pedant mode*

It is Chipotle.
chi-poht-lay

358 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 9:07:33am

Star Wars: The Memes Awaken —

359 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 9:07:40am

re: #357 blueraven

*Pedant mode*

It is Chipotle.
chi-poht-lay

Whoops. Sorry.

360 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 9:07:54am
361 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 9:08:57am

Welp, just got followed by this==>

Followback? I don’t think so.

362 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:10:03am

re: #308 Lord Of The Pies

Here’s an “abstinence educator” defending his views==>

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Dude, the only way you could improve it is to stop giving it. There is a place for teaching chaste living - in religion classes at church - and it’s not in a school where the real world needs to be addressed.

But I sure he thinks that he’s on a “mission from god”… & God help the rest of us all.

363 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 9:10:04am

re: #361 Lord Of The Pies

Welp, just got followed by this==>

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Followback? I don’t think so.

Is the PhD short for Pretty Hellva Dumb?

364 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 9:10:42am

re: #361 Lord Of The Pies

Welp, just got followed by this==>

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Followback? I don’t think so.

The hashtags are a fine summary of why we can’t have nice things.

365 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 9:10:47am

re: #358 Lidane

Star Wars: The Memes Awaken —

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Looks like Ford found a sand trap this time around.
// ;P

366 blueraven  Apr 17, 2015 9:12:04am

re: #359 HappyWarrior

Whoops. Sorry.

ha, no need to apologize. Very common mistake. It is just that I have been cooking with and loving these smoky peppers for years. Everyone should try them with braised short ribs!

367 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:12:14am

re: #355 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Doesn’t really matter. Chuck has all these billionaire sugar daddies to fund him.

//

Funny. I’ve gotten $170 while being much less well known. :D

368 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 9:12:40am

re: #363 HappyWarrior

Is the PhD short for Pretty Hellva Dumb?

Piled Higher and Deeper

369 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 9:12:47am

re: #366 blueraven

ha, no need to apologize. Very common mistake. It is just that I have been cooking with and loving these smoky peppers for years. Everyone should try them with braised short ribs!

Ooooh that’s an idea.

370 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 9:12:58am

re: #368 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Piled Higher and Deeper

Pretty High Derp.

371 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:14:31am

re: #358 Lidane

Star Wars: The Memes Awaken —

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I love the little x-wing wreck in the middle foreground… :eek:

I am so stoked after that trailer but … Star Wars, don’t you DARE break my heart again!

372 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 9:15:21am
373 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 9:15:28am

No word yet on casualties after car bomb explodes near US consulate in northern Iraqi city of Erbil - @CBSNews
read more on cbsnews.com

IRBIL, Iraq — A car bomb exploded outside the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomy zone.

“There was no immediate word on casualties. A U.S. official said no consulate personnel or guards were killed or injured in Friday’s blast. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.

“An Associated Press reporter on the scene said the large blast went off just outside the consulate building in Erbil’s Ankawa neighborhood, setting nearby cars on fire. Kurdish security forces quickly arrived on the scene.” More

374 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 9:17:06am

re: #371 William Barnett-Lewis

I am so stoked after that trailer but … Star Wars, don’t you DARE break my heart again!

All the lens flare in the world will not save J.J. Abrams if the movie ends up being a huge pile of shit.

Also, if I hear any talk of midichlorians or see Jar Jar anywhere but at the bottom of a sarlacc pit, I’ll be pissed.

375 Justanotherhuman  Apr 17, 2015 9:18:49am

Later…

376 BeachDem  Apr 17, 2015 9:20:04am

re: #347 HappyWarrior

I usually do 20%. I try to be equally generous to bartenders.

And when I’m out with a group getting separate checks, I usually tip 25-30% because I just know somebody else will undertip.

377 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 9:21:34am

re: #376 BeachDem

And when I’m out with a group getting separate checks, I usually tip 25-30% because I just know somebody else will undertip.

That’s a good RoT too.

378 A Cranky One  Apr 17, 2015 9:23:14am

re: #347 HappyWarrior

I usually do 20%. I try to be equally generous to bartenders.

I usually do 20%, unless the service was lousy. I have great sympathy for anyone who has to deal with the general public in a service job. Too many jerks out there; don’t have the tolerance to deal with them.

Which is also why I don’t do Twitter. ;)

379 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 9:24:30am

re: #378 A Cranky One

I usually do 20%, unless the service was lousy. I have great sympathy for anyone who has to deal with the general public in a service job. Too many jerks out there; don’t have the tolerance to deal with them.

Which is also why I don’t do Twitter. ;)

I do too. Plus i have a special weakness for waitstaff. My parents met waiting tables.

380 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 9:25:24am

re: #358 Lidane

Star Wars: The Memes Awaken —

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“How am I going to explain this to the insurance company?”

381 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 9:28:03am

re: #378 A Cranky One

I usually do 20%, unless the service was lousy. I have great sympathy for anyone who has to deal with the general public in a service job. Too many jerks out there; don’t have the tolerance to deal with them.

Same here. Unless that server was a rude, condescending asshole, or I have to wait forever for my food or whatever, I generally tip 20%.

Having worked at a sports bar back in a different life, I am totally sympathetic to bartenders and waitstaff. Customers can be complete assholes. It’s not an easy gig.

382 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 9:28:40am

re: #380 Targetpractice

Honestly I’m amazed we see that much of the ship. You’d think the Jawas would have stripped that baby for parts by now.

383 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 9:28:49am

Well, we have this to report in the big picture of energy flow from the planet to space:

The average temperature across global land and ocean surface temperatures combined for March 2015 was 0.85°C (1.53°F) higher than the 20th century average of 12.7°C (54.9°F). This marks the highest March temperature in the 136-year period of record, surpassing the previous record of 2010 by 0.05°C (0.09°F). The Northern Hemisphere had its second highest March temperature on record, behind only 2008, while the Southern hemisphere tied with 2002 for third highest.

[…]

The first quarter of 2015 was the warmest such period on record across the world’s land and ocean surfaces […]

Carry on.

384 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 9:29:02am

re: #361 Lord Of The Pies

Welp, just got followed by this==>

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Followback? I don’t think so.

#PamGeller

Derp

385 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 9:30:47am

HA HA

386 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 9:30:50am

re: #382 Lidane

Honestly I’m amazed we see that much of the ship. You’d think the Jawas would have stripped that baby for parts by now.

Or breaking it down to sell off as scrap metal.

387 #FergusonFireside  Apr 17, 2015 9:33:22am

re: #381 Lidane

Same here. Unless that server was a rude, condescending asshole, or I have to wait forever for my food or whatever, I generally tip 20%.

Having worked at a sports bar back in a different life, I am totally sympathetic to bartenders and waitstaff. Customers can be complete assholes. It’s not an easy gig.

What’s funny is when the nicest people where the service was impeccable leave you 10%. They shouldn’t be going out to dinner.

It all works out in the end & I have fun doing it so I just put a pox on them in my mind.

388 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 9:34:55am

re: #385 Lord Of The Pies

HA HA

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He tried to ape Memories success at grifting and instead has been the subject of nothing but mockery. HA!

389 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:36:13am

re: #382 Lidane

Honestly I’m amazed we see that much of the ship. You’d think the Jawas would have stripped that baby for parts by now.

It’s not Tattooine. No Jawas…

390 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 9:37:40am
391 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 9:38:55am

Elsewhere:

New genetic mutation could signal start of malaria drug resistance in Africa

Early indicators of the malaria parasite in Africa developing resistance to the most effective drug available have been confirmed, according to new research published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites with a mutation to the gene Ap2mu were less sensitive to the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

[…]

392 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 9:39:47am

GENEVA, April 17 (Reuters) - ‘Isis’ has been removed from the official list of names of future hurricanes as it was now deemed inappropriate because of the eponymous militant group, the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.

As the name of an ancient goddess of Egypt, Isis had been on the WMO list of names for hurricanes in the eastern North Pacific in 2016, WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis said.

But ISIS is also used to describe the Islamic State militant group, whose forces have captured large swathes of Iraq and Syria and which stands accused by U.N. war crimes investigators of committing brutal atrocities against civilians.

The proposal by the WMO regional centre was endorsed by the WMO Hurricane Committee, composed of experts from 27 member states and territories meeting in Costa Rica this week, Nullis said. “The Hurricane Committee removed the name “Isis” from the rotating list, and agreed to replace it with “Ivette”.”

393 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 9:40:29am

re: #391 freetoken

Elsewhere:

New genetic mutation could signal start of malaria drug resistance in Africa

So, will there be more commentary about this being evolution or God’s plan to smite the heathens by tweaking genomes?
/

394 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:41:25am

re: #390 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I think that right there is the one thing that will keep that SOB out of the White House despite everything the establishment GOP tries. Lots of very middle of the road and even fairly conservative people that I know here in flyover were utterly horrified by the pandering to the Far Far Far Right Wing over Schiavo. That’s not something they’ve forgotten.

395 Dr. Matt  Apr 17, 2015 9:42:24am

re: #385 Lord Of The Pies

HA HA

Bankruptcy lawyer mockingly offers services to anti-gay Mich auto shop after fundraiser fails t.co #StopRush #UniteBlue
— FierceFeline (@FFierceFFeline) April 17, 2015

I wonder how many people are continue to resort to wingnut welfare to fund their post-homophobic rants?

396 CuriousLurker  Apr 17, 2015 9:44:17am

E gad, the map—and it’s just a sliver. How could people not realize what was going on all around them?

When assholes whine and go Godwin, someone needs to shove this map down their throats, though I doubt it would do much good. *sigh*

397 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 9:44:17am

re: #389 William Barnett-Lewis

It’s not Tattooine. No Jawas…

Really? I thought it was. Shows what I know. Heh.

398 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 9:44:21am

re: #391 freetoken

Elsewhere:

New genetic mutation could signal start of malaria drug resistance in Africa

Ban GMO’s!

///////////

399 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 17, 2015 9:47:10am

re: #381 Lidane

Same here. Unless that server was a rude, condescending asshole, or I have to wait forever for my food or whatever, I generally tip 20%.

Having worked at a sports bar back in a different life, I am totally sympathetic to bartenders and waitstaff. Customers can be complete assholes. It’s not an easy gig.

We do a baseline of 20%, unless we are regulars/recognize the folks, in which case it is 25%.

And goes up from there as appropriate. Or, occasionally, down …but that’s generally extreme cases.

400 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 9:49:19am

re: #396 CuriousLurker

E gad, the map—and it’s just a sliver. How could people not realize what was going on all around them?

[…]

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They knew, and now they want to replace the memorial site (where there is one) with a grocery store.

401 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 9:50:51am

Your daily moment of “WTF?!”

The plaintiffs had agreed to pay for an attorney to serve a subpoena to Jensen in prison, but the defendants asked to expand the role of that attorney - a guardian ad litem who oversees the legal affairs of an incarcerated or incompetent person - and place him on their defense team.

The plaintiffs objected, saying defendants had no right to counsel in civil cases, and balked at paying the attorney’s legal fees.

They argued that the guardian, Kirk Bottner, acted as Jensen’s defense lawyer anyway, over their objections, and they asked a court in September to limit his role.

A court official recommended that each side in the case pay half of Bottner’s $46,000 bill.

402 danarchy  Apr 17, 2015 9:51:16am

re: #359 HappyWarrior

Whoops. Sorry.

As long as we are being pedantic, it is also Chik-fil-a

403 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:51:59am

re: #396 CuriousLurker

E gad, the map—and it’s just a sliver. How could people not realize what was going on all around them?

When assholes whine and go Godwin, someone needs to shove this map down their throats, though I doubt it would do much good. *sigh*

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I read “Hitler’s Willing Executioners” a long time ago. I have no patience for those who excuse the German public.

404 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 9:53:26am

re: #179 goddamnedfrank

Who / what are their HQ options?

They don’t have any, just 2 additional troops slots, where you can designate one of the squad leaders as the warlord.

405 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:56:33am

re: #397 Lidane

Really? I thought it was. Shows what I know. Heh.

Not sure why they’ve gone out of their way to make it look so much like it but it’s a different (heh) desert planet. Well, we’ll know more in December.

She’s a moisture farmer… He’s a Stormtrooper… and they’re holding the lightsaber of a legend. Better basis for a series of movies than Jake Loyd (who, god bless him, deserves more than the memory of being the butt monkey of George Lucas’ incompetence.)

406 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 9:56:55am
407 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 9:58:26am

re: #399 klys (maker of Silmarils)

We do a baseline of 20%, unless we are regulars/recognize the folks, in which case it is 25%.

And goes up from there as appropriate. Or, occasionally, down …but that’s generally extreme cases.

I do 20% when I can, as much as possible other times :(

If it’s not the best service but excusable, I go 15%

I have dropped a penny twice for absolutely hideous service.

408 bratwurst  Apr 17, 2015 9:59:03am

re: #396 CuriousLurker

E gad, the map—and it’s just a sliver. How could people not realize what was going on all around them?

When assholes whine and go Godwin, someone needs to shove this map down their throats, though I doubt it would do much good. *sigh*

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I had this realization my first month as a student in Germany when I visited Dachau. I took a suburban train from the Munich main station and 20 minutes later I was in the middle of this small town on the outskirts called Dachau…and a short time later I was in the camp looking at the ovens. While this was not a mass extermination facility, every man, woman and child in that village knew human bodies were being incinerated there. Every. One.

409 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 9:59:39am

re: #406 Kragar

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Yeah, because having a gun inside a pressurized metal tube flying at tens of thousands of feet can’t possibly lead to bad things.

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410 A Cranky One  Apr 17, 2015 9:59:48am

It’s a beautiful day outside, but here I sit trying to read and understand two 200+ page technical documents that are so dense with acronyms as to be almost unreadable.

Just want a nice nap. Sigh.

If only there was somewhere soft to lay.
411 Slap  Apr 17, 2015 10:00:54am

re: #203 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

A bit late, but….

FWIW, Delany and Gibson are worth every second of your time. (If you’re a bit squeamish about harshly sexual lit, best to avoid Delany’s “Tides of Lust”, though it’s brilliantly written.)

I also have a soft spot in my heart for Phillip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld series (the books, DEFINITELY not any of the film adaptations).

412 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 10:00:55am

re: #409 Targetpractice

Yeah, because having a gun inside a pressurized metal tube flying at tens of thousands of feet can’t possibly lead to bad things.

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“Surely bringing my .357 on board an airliner will convince a terrorist not to bring his own guns!”

413 stpaulbear  Apr 17, 2015 10:02:58am

re: #385 Lord Of The Pies

HA HA

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The auto shop owner also doesn’t have a city business license.

“This is a blatant and intentioned violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution,” Klawiter told the council on Jan. 26. “I dispute your lawful ability to do what you claim. I will not sign the application. I cannot and will not give up my civil rights, especially when requested by a government entity for which the Constitution was designed to limit the power of. Would you sign something giving me the right to search your home as I pleased?”

This guy is just downright stupid on every count.

414 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 10:03:16am

re: #406 Kragar

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Chris probably fantasizes about 9/11

Wingnut 9/11 fantasy
415 Slap  Apr 17, 2015 10:03:55am

re: #321 Feline Fearless Leader

I see your camelias, and raise you some Monkey Orchids:

416 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 10:04:03am
Meanwhile, McGraw told The Washington Post that he supports gun ownership, but added, “I also believe that with gun ownership comes the responsibility of education and safety — most certainly when it relates to what we value most, our children. I can’t imagine anyone who disagrees with that.” He said the concert is intended to help the community.

The Sandy Hook Promise group formed in the wake of the massacre to honor 20 children and six staff members killed. In his concert announcement, McGraw said, “Out of this tragedy a group was formed that made a promise to honor the lives lost and turn it into a moment of transformation. Sandy Hook Promise teaches that we can do something to protect our children from gun violence. I want to be a part of that promise — as a father and as a friend.”

Why does country singer Tim McGraw hate Amercia?

/

Seriously, 26 people were massacred by guns legally owned, 20 of them children.

Sigh.

Bring on the meteor.

417 Dr. Matt  Apr 17, 2015 10:04:39am

Since when is airline hijacking been a problem thereby requiring ammosexuals to save the day?

418 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 10:04:50am

That sound you hear is a TV era coming to an end:

419 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 10:05:38am

re: #408 bratwurst

I had this realization my first month as a student in Germany when I visited Dachau. I took a suburban train from the Munich main station and 20 minutes later I was in the middle of this small town on the outskirts called Dachau…and a short time later I was in the camp looking at the ovens. While this was not a mass extermination facility, every man, woman and child in that village knew human bodies were being incinerated there. Every. One.

I visited Ravensbrück concentration camp north of Berlin. That’s where my German-speaking brother heard the remark about the grocery store.

420 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 10:07:38am

Satan’s latest trick is auto-playing videos that. you. can’t. shut. off.

421 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 17, 2015 10:08:03am
422 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 10:08:12am

re: #418 Lidane

There goes our never-ending supply of busty, scantily clad senoritas…

423 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 17, 2015 10:09:19am

re: #421 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Apparently I did the wrong things with my chemistry degree.

424 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 10:09:24am

re: #418 Lidane

That sound you hear is a TV era coming to an end:

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Becoming Sábado Pequeño?

425 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 10:11:08am

re: #414 Lord Of The Pies

Chris probably fantasizes about 9/11

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I just want to fly in an airliner with aisles that wide.

426 A Cranky One  Apr 17, 2015 10:11:17am

re: #423 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Apparently I did the wrong things with my chemistry degree.

At least you get to keep your hair. ;)

427 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 10:11:23am

re: #421 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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428 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 10:12:21am

That gun-fucking 9/11 cartoon is
THE STUPIDEST MEME OF ALL TIME

429 stpaulbear  Apr 17, 2015 10:13:06am

re: #415 Slap

I see your camelias, and raise you some Monkey Orchids:

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No way!! Those are so cool.

430 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:13:46am

re: #416 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Why does country singer Tim McGraw hate Amercia?

/

Seriously, 26 people were massacred by guns legally owned, 20 of them children.

Sigh.

Bring on the meteor.

Sounds reasonable to me, Tim. Really says a lot the people who are flipping out over this.

431 William Barnett-Lewis  Apr 17, 2015 10:14:11am

re: #411 Slap

A bit late, but….

FWIW, Delany and Gibson are worth every second of your time. (If you’re a bit squeamish about harshly sexual lit, best to avoid Delany’s “Tides of Lust”, though it’s brilliantly written.)

I also have a soft spot in my heart for Phillip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld series (the books, DEFINITELY not any of the film adaptations).

Both are excellent. I dearly love Gibson (his newest book The Peripheral is his best yet and the single best time travel story in decades. Period.)

432 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:14:21am

re: #406 Kragar

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Yeah guns on airplanes. Great idea Dana. God she’s such a fucking shill for the gun lobby.

433 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:16:24am

re: #408 bratwurst

I had this realization my first month as a student in Germany when I visited Dachau. I took a suburban train from the Munich main station and 20 minutes later I was in the middle of this small town on the outskirts called Dachau…and a short time later I was in the camp looking at the ovens. While this was not a mass extermination facility, every man, woman and child in that village knew human bodies were being incinerated there. Every. One.

This was my experience too when I went to Munich seven years ago.

434 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 10:17:07am

re: #421 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Don’t teach history or your kids will become Nazis.

435 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 10:18:56am

re: #432 HappyWarrior

Yeah guns on airplanes. Great idea Dana. God she’s such a fucking shill for the gun lobby.

You know where else we should be able to carry guns? The White House. Terrorists would never attack the WH if they knew American citizens were milling around the WH armed.

/

436 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 10:19:23am

re: #425 b.d.

I just want to fly in an airliner with aisles that wide.

I want an airliner with aisles that wide and with that much room for people to stand up and be able to pull guns in the first place.

437 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 10:21:28am

THIS IS THE MOST INFURIATINGLY STUPID THING YOU WILL READ ALL DAY==>

438 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:21:29am

re: #436 Lidane

I want an airliner with aisles that wide and with that much room for people to stand up and be able to pull guns in the first place.

Heh you ain’t kidding. When I saw this ridiculous meme the other day, I thought about how it’s pain to get my Kindle or iPod when I’m on the plane. Really a plane’s the last place for some yahoo to have a gun. Dana really needs to find a new hobby rather than gun fucking. It’s not healthy.

439 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 10:23:12am

re: #437 Lord Of The Pies

The day is still young out here in the west.

440 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 10:24:57am
441 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:25:01am

re: #437 Lord Of The Pies

I just thank the GOP that millionaires and billionaires offspring will never have to pay inheritance taxes.

442 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:26:15am

re: #437 Lord Of The Pies

THIS IS THE MOST INFURIATINGLY STUPID THING YOU WILL READ ALL DAY==>

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Fucking government, how does it work?
443 #FergusonFireside  Apr 17, 2015 10:26:20am

re: #440 Kragar

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He is such.a.pig.

444 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:27:33am

A rising tide lifts all yacht manufacturers.

445 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 10:28:04am

Oh - and additional kudos to whatever Lizard(s) recommended B&H Photo for ordering equipment. I put in an order for some stuff two hours ago and I just got notification that it has shipped.

(Excellent.)

446 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 10:28:13am

re: #437 Lord Of The Pies

THIS IS THE MOST INFURIATINGLY STUPID THING YOU WILL READ ALL DAY==>

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Okay, this just fails basic Business 101. If your workforce is so poorly paid that your workers cannot afford basic necessities like food, housing, or water without seeking government assistance, then you are benefiting from the government stepping in to cover the costs of providing those necessities.

447 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 10:28:55am
448 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 10:29:11am

re: #446 Targetpractice

Okay, this just fails basic Business 101. If your workforce is so poorly paid that your workers cannot afford basic necessities like food, housing, or water without seeking government assistance, then you are benefiting from the government stepping in to cover the costs of providing those necessities.

I guess that explains Walmart not expanding to libertarian paradises where government assistance is not necessary.
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449 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:29:30am

re: #440 Kragar

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Says the man on his second trophy wife.

450 Dr. Matt  Apr 17, 2015 10:30:10am

re: #440 Kragar

Hey @realDonaldTrump - In case you’re looking for that tweet you deleted .. I got it right here. pic.twitter.com
— Lenny Jacobson (@Lennyjacobson) April 17, 2015

Coming from a “man” who inherited millions yet bankrupt numerous businesses and thinks he can be president. Yeah, well played, Trump, well played….

451 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 10:30:32am

re: #446 Targetpractice

Okay, this just fails basic Business 101. If your workforce is so poorly paid that your workers cannot afford basic necessities like food, housing, or water without seeking government assistance, then you are benefiting from the government stepping in to cover the costs of providing those necessities.

HURR HURR TEH JERB CREEYATERZ WILL PAY TEH WORKERS MOAR IF THEY WOOD JUST REPEEL ALL TEH WELFARES & TEH MINIMUM WAGE LAWS & LET TEH FREE MARKIT BE FREE!!!!!!!!

452 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:32:35am

re: #445 Feline Fearless Leader

Oh - and additional kudos to whatever Lizard(s) recommended B&H Photo for ordering equipment. I put in an order for some stuff two hours ago and I just got notification that it has shipped.

(Excellent.)

I think I rec’d them earlier. They also take off all the Jewish holidays and have a serious hardcore photo porn catalog :)

453 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 10:32:49am

re: #451 Lord Of The Pies

HURR HURR TEH JERB CREEYATERZ WILL PAY TEH WORKERS MOAR IF THEY WOOD JUST REPEEL ALL TEH WELFARES & TEH MINIMUM WAGE LAWS & LET TEH FREE MARKIT BE FREE!!!!!!!!

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Yep. Until the starving crowd simply says “fuck it”, riots, and loots your business. And your underpaid security guards decide that the crappy wage is not worth putting their lives on the line trying to stop it.

454 stpaulbear  Apr 17, 2015 10:33:07am

re: #437 Lord Of The Pies

I don’t want to give that ass a click, but I’m dying to see if he gets torn to shreds in the comments.

Given that people might actually support him, I guess I’ll resist the urge to click.

455 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 10:33:37am

There are some sane local politicians in Kentucky:

456 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 10:33:39am

re: #449 HappyWarrior

Says the man on his second trophy wife.

Third

457 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:34:06am

re: #451 Lord Of The Pies

I don’t know why these people love feudalism so much.

458 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 10:34:42am

re: #457 jaunte

I don’t know why these people love feudalism so much.

Who doesn’t want to live in a castle and not be a dirty rascal?

459 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:34:48am

re: #457 jaunte

I don’t know why these people love feudalism so much.

Because it benefits them.

460 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:35:03am

re: #456 Kragar

Third

Heh in any case, last guy to be talking about “satisfying” your spouse when he uses his up.

461 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 10:35:38am

re: #452 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I think I rec’d them earlier. They also take off all the Jewish holidays and have a serious hardcore photo porn catalog :)

I get the catalogs since I ordered my Nikon D3200 from them two years ago.

This order was “discretionary toy fund” from my company bonus* to get a telephoto lens and an additional memory card.

* - Bonus pretty much gets eaten to help with taxes every year, but I earmark a bit for personal stuff. Plus the company did an additional “plus” this year by tossing a free $1000 into everyone’s 401K.

462 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:35:48am

re: #457 jaunte

I don’t know why these people love feudalism so much.

Because it goes back to the right at least in a European context as being the champions of the monarchy and lords over the common people.

463 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 10:35:50am

re: #451 Lord Of The Pies

HURR HURR TEH JERB CREEYATERZ WILL PAY TEH WORKERS MOAR IF THEY WOOD JUST REPEEL ALL TEH WELFARES & TEH MINIMUM WAGE LAWS & LET TEH FREE MARKIT BE FREE!!!!!!!!

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Decided to read the article itself and I shake my head, because it’s an article at WaPo that would not look out of place at WSJ. He starts with “The market pays you what your job is worth!” business, then he moves onto a case of moralization I’ve not ever seen before. He says that yes the companies like McDonald’s and Wal-Mart are benefiting from fucking their workers over, BUT, society wants a person who works full-time to not be in poverty so it is society as a whole who is responsible for keeping these people fed and housed. So taxpayers are not subsidizing those low wages, they’re keeping up their part of the bargain.

Mein gott.

464 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:37:23am

re: #462 HappyWarrior

Because it goes back to the right at least in a European context as being the champions of the monarchy and lords over the common people.

Confused villeins thinking they’re the nobility.

465 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:37:32am

re: #461 Feline Fearless Leader

I get the catalogs since I ordered my Nikon D3200 from them two years ago.

This order was “discretionary toy fund” from my company bonus* to get a telephoto lens and an additional memory card.

* - Bonus pretty much gets eaten to help with taxes every year, but I earmark a bit for personal stuff. Plus the company did an additional “plus” this year by tossing a free $1000 into everyone’s 401K.

We haven’t seen a bonus in years, but they are my top suggestion when we need to order serious equipment.

466 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 10:37:38am

re: #457 jaunte

I don’t know why these people love feudalism so much.

Not knowing how logistics and economics works, and thinking that they will be the guy living in the castle and making the rules. (Or, at least, a trusted servant who gets to skim off the top and live well.)

467 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:38:53am

re: #463 Targetpractice

Decided to read the article itself and I shake my head, because it’s an article at WaPo that would not look out of place at WSJ. He starts with “The market pays you what your job is worth!” business, then he moves onto a case of moralization I’ve not ever seen before. He says that yes the companies like McDonald’s and Wal-Mart are benefiting from fucking their workers over, BUT, society wants a person who works full-time to not be in poverty so it is society as a whole who is responsible for keeping these people fed and housed. So taxpayers are not subsidizing those low wages, they’re keeping up their part of the bargain.

Mein gott.

The WaPo’s main editorial page editor is a huge RWNJ.
washingtonpost.com

468 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 10:39:50am

re: #463 Targetpractice

Decided to read the article itself and I shake my head, because it’s an article at WaPo that would not look out of place at WSJ. He starts with “The market pays you what your job is worth!” business, then he moves onto a case of moralization I’ve not ever seen before. He says that yes the companies like McDonald’s and Wal-Mart are benefiting from fucking their workers over, BUT, society wants a person who works full-time to not be in poverty so it is society as a whole who is responsible for keeping these people fed and housed. So taxpayers are not subsidizing those low wages, they’re keeping up their part of the bargain.

Mein gott.

Maybe the argument back is to make the process more efficient by having the company pay more and not require as much bureaucracy to collect the monies and then pay them out again. Then again, he is missing the point that Walmart is leeching off the taxpayer in any case.

469 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 10:39:55am

re: #467 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

The WaPo’s main editorial page editor is a huge RWNJ.
washingtonpost.com

Yep, which is why Jen Rubin is still taking up space when a “liberal” publication would have booted her ass right around the time she was slobbering all of Willard in 2012.

470 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 10:40:40am

re: #466 Feline Fearless Leader

Not knowing how logistics and economics works, and thinking that they will be the guy living in the castle and making the rules. (Or, at least, a trusted servant who gets to skim off the top and live well.)

You have to ask why history calls them “Robber Barons” and not “Road-building Barons”

Even the railroad Barons of the 1800’s were called “Robber Barons” because they built the mighty railroads with government land grants, government protection through seized Native American lands, and importation of cheap Asian labor.

471 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:41:24am

re: #469 Targetpractice

Yep, which is why Jen Rubin is still taking up space when a “liberal” publication would have booted her ass right around the time she was slobbering all of Willard in 2012.

I could have done without that image, TYVM. ;)

472 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 10:42:32am

GOHMERT!

473 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 10:43:37am

re: #469 Targetpractice

Yep, which is why Jen Rubin is still taking up space when a “liberal” publication would have booted her ass right around the time she was slobbering all of Willard in 2012.

Jen Rubin’s salary is completely wasted. WaPo would be better served using that money for office supplies. Or interns.

475 sagehen  Apr 17, 2015 10:46:32am

re: #470 Lord Of The Pies

You have to ask why history calls them “Robber Barons” and not “Road-building Barons”

Even the railroad Barons of the 1800’s were called “Robber Barons” because they built the mighty railroads with government land grants, government protection through seized Native American lands, and importation of cheap Asian labor.

Plus $32,000/mile in federal cash subsidies. (that’s in 1865 dollars; adjusted for inflation, the charts don’t go back that far so I couldn’t say).

476 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:47:36am

re: #472 Lidane

And see, a dark (dork?) horse enters the race!

477 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 10:48:09am

Meanwhile in Chuck’s Mancave of Solitude:

$305 of $40k
Raised by 12 people in 19 hours

At this rate only 100+ days to go.

478 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 10:48:30am

*facepalm*

Er, no. Bisexual =/= orgies. What the fuck. That’s not how it works.

479 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:49:26am

re: #478 Lidane

*facepalm*

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Er, no. Bisexual =/= orgies. What the fuck. That’s not how it works.

He says that like it’s a bad thing. /////

480 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 10:49:40am

re: #478 Lidane

Bisexual = twice as sexy = twice as many orgies!

481 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:49:51am

re: #475 sagehen

Plus $32,000/mile in federal cash subsidies. (that’s in 1865 dollars; adjusted for inflation, the charts don’t go back that far so I couldn’t say).

$463,768
davemanuel.com

482 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:49:53am

re: #478 Lidane

*facepalm*

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Er, no. Bisexual =/= orgies. What the fuck. That’s not how it works.

Is James lonely?

483 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 10:50:35am

re: #479 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

He says that like it’s a bad thing. /////

It’s Dobson. For him, anything more than missionary style wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am with the lights out is a bad thing.

484 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:50:47am

This is the guy that DF told us that John McCain was so afraid of that he just had to pick Palin for his running mate. A man who conflates sexual attraction to both sexes as orgies.

485 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 17, 2015 10:50:52am
486 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:51:17am

re: #485 GlutenFreeJesus

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GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!

487 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 10:51:26am

Rand Paul trying to be all hip and whatnot:

488 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:52:01am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul trying to be all hip and whatnot:

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Dude you’re 50.

489 Dr. Matt  Apr 17, 2015 10:52:01am

re: #477 Nyet

Meanwhile in Chuck’s Mancave of Solitude:

At this rate only 100+ days to go.

What is CCJ’s grift about?

490 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:52:50am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

America chooses the Live Free Of Rand Paul shirt.

491 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 10:52:53am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul trying to be all hip and whatnot:

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Failing.

492 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 10:53:09am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul trying to be all hip and whatnot:

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That empty loop on his head says it all.

493 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 10:53:28am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Every time I see the phrase “Live Free or Die” I’m reminded of George Carlin’s bit about license plates:

…

494 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 10:53:56am

re: #489 Dr. Matt

What is CCJ’s grift about?

He’ll end Hillary! Any minute hour day month year now!

495 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 10:54:05am

re: #492 wrenchwench

That empty loop on his head says it all.

I like how his hair is trying to escape.

496 Dr. Matt  Apr 17, 2015 10:54:05am

re: #478 Lidane

*facepalm*

Er, no. Bisexual =/= orgies. What the fuck. That’s not how it works.

If if bisexuality did = orgies, so what?

…

497 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 10:54:14am

re: #488 HappyWarrior

Dude you’re 50.

This reminds me of Paul Ryan’s “Trying To Be A Hep Cat” picture with the same backwards ball cap look.

498 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 10:54:38am

re: #478 Lidane

499 Dr. Matt  Apr 17, 2015 10:54:49am

re: #494 Nyet

He’ll end Hillary! Any minute hour day month year now!

If I was independently wealthy I would fund the assclown just for the entertainment factor.

500 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 10:54:57am

re: #493 Lidane

Every time I see the phrase “Live Free or Die” I’m reminded of George Carlin’s bit about license plates:

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Video

I miss him. I remember the Pennsylvania one hahaha.

501 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 17, 2015 10:55:01am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

These morons make it too easy.

502 Nyet  Apr 17, 2015 10:56:28am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul trying to be all hip and whatnot:

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Paul/Poochie 2016!

503 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:56:29am

re: #496 Dr. Matt

If if Bisexuality did = orgies, so what?

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504 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 10:56:31am
505 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 10:56:33am

re: #478 Lidane

*facepalm*

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Er, no. Bisexual =/= orgies. What the fuck. That’s not how it works.

What’s really pissing off Dobson is neither the orgies nor the orientation of the participants, it’s the fact that people are enjoying themselves without a trace of guilt.

506 stpaulbear  Apr 17, 2015 10:56:35am

re: #478 Lidane

The B actually stands for Beatles.

…

508 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 10:57:28am

re: #485 GlutenFreeJesus

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Are we sure he’s not Chuck C. Johnson’s real father?

509 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 17, 2015 10:57:45am

re: #488 HappyWarrior

Dude you’re 50.

Hip, slick and sick.

510 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:57:57am

re: #507 Lord Of The Pies

Ha. “Vaccine” bottle on the side table.

511 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 10:58:00am
512 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 10:59:38am

re: #507 Lord Of The Pies

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That is not subliminal at all lol.

513 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 10:59:43am

Open carry pitchman at TX Lege:
txlege.texastribune.org

514 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 17, 2015 11:00:26am

re: #508 darthstar

Eeeew.

515 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 11:01:30am

“…Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, said he will ask his fellow members to vote on so-called constitutional carry, which would allow open carrying of handguns without a license. If they refuse, he said, he has 162 amendments he can offer to make the bill less restrictive.”
chron.com

516 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 11:02:08am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul trying to be all hip and whatnot:

If that doesn’t earn Dr. Paul Rand a vote in NH, I don’t know what will.

///

517 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 11:02:36am

re: #513 jaunte

Open carry pitchman at TX Lege:
txlege.texastribune.org

Is that the hat dude?

518 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 11:02:56am

re: #517 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

No this is a state legislator.

519 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 11:03:46am

re: #515 jaunte

“…Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, said he will ask his fellow members to vote on so-called constitutional carry, which would allow open carrying of handguns without a license. If they refuse, he said, he has 162 amendments he can offer to make the bill less restrictive.”
chron.com

And, of course, the only people who will get asked by cops to show their license will be the fellows of swarthy complexion. The white guy who looks nervous and jittery? He can’t be a threat with that gun, so obviously he must have a license.

520 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 11:03:53am

re: #518 jaunte

No this is a state legislator.

Damn, the hat dude woulda been worth it. ;)

521 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 11:04:14am

re: #515 jaunte

“…Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, said he will ask his fellow members to vote on so-called constitutional carry, which would allow open carrying of handguns without a license. If they refuse, he said, he has 162 amendments he can offer to make the bill less restrictive.”
chron.com

162?!?!

522 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 11:04:27am

re: #515 jaunte

Open carry without a license is the most goddamn retarded idea I’ve ever heard come from the Texas Lege, and they’re famous for stupid ideas.

523 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 11:04:49am

re: #519 Targetpractice

“Does this law cover black men?”
“How about large organized groups of black men?”
“Are you sure?”

524 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 11:05:19am

re: #521 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

162?!?!

Nobody in the Texas Lege is going to sift through 162 amendments for anything. He’s desperate.

525 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 11:05:24am

re: #523 jaunte

“Does this law cover black men?”
“How about large organized groups of black men?”
“Are you sure?”

AMG, please tell me someone didn’t ask this lol.

526 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 11:05:43am

re: #525 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

No, it’s just me.

527 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 17, 2015 11:06:26am

re: #526 jaunte

No, it’s just me.

Given that it’s the Texas lege, I couldn’t be sure. :D

528 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 11:06:47am
529 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 11:07:41am

Apropos the discussion of Open Carry, there’s an ad at the bottom of the page: “Should the GOP Fight Obama On Gun Control?”

So, what gun control is Obama pushing, exactly? Or is this just the usual “You KNOW he’s just waiting for the right moment to take everybody’s guns away, even though gun rights have actually been expanding the last 6 years and he’s not done a damned thing” schtick?

530 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 11:09:32am

re: #528 jaunte

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The Rights response to Sandy Hook - the one for public consumption - is that it’s not about guns, we need to do more about mental health.

Unless it costs money, or involves actually DOING something.

531 #FergusonFireside  Apr 17, 2015 11:10:18am

re: #528 jaunte

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Those children have been so disrespected in death.

532 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 11:11:37am

re: #530 Blind Frog Belly White

The Rights response to Sandy Hook - the one for public consumption - is that it’s not about guns, we need to do more about mental health.

Unless it costs money, or involves actually DOING something.

It’s NEVER about guns. And it’s NEVER the right time to talk about guns.

Just like how it’s not a pattern for cops to kill unarmed black men, even though last year a black man died almost every other day at the hands of police. It’s just a series of isolated incidents.

533 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 11:12:51am

re: #532 Lidane

It’s NEVER about guns. And it’s NEVER the right time to talk about guns.

Just like how it’s not a pattern for cops to kill unarmed black men, even though last year a black man died almost every other day at the hands of police. It’s just a series of isolated incidents.

A series of isolated incidents, almost once a week, and almost invariably involving white police doing the shooting. Nothing to see here. Move along.

534 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 11:13:52am

re: #533 Blind Frog Belly White

A series of isolated incidents, almost once a week, and almost invariably involving white police doing the shooting. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Now let’s take a moment to talk about black-on-black crime. Don’t you know black kids are dying almost by the hour in Chicago?!

////

535 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 11:16:01am

I said on FB, commenting on yet another stupid wingnut re-post from my wingnut cousin, that gun worshippers would be easier to take if they’d just be honest and say they believe that the kids at Sandy Hook and all the other victims of mass and individual shootings, as well as the gun suicides, are a necessary and acceptable sacrifice for their right to have as many guns as they want.

It’s really what they are telling us, but none of them is honest enough to say it.

536 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 11:16:44am

And this one rocks.

Image: slack-imgs.com.0.gif

537 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 11:17:49am

Chuck is now fat-shaming a person (who isn’t even a public figure) he doesn’t know and never met.

538 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 11:18:29am

re: #536 darthstar

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And this one rocks.

Image: slack-imgs.com.0.gif

The Emperor’s New Bicycle.

539 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 11:18:51am
540 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 11:19:23am

re: #537 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chuck is now fat-shaming a person (who isn’t even a public figure) he doesn’t know and never met.

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Can someone please confirm that GotNews is run by an anatomical marvel - a man who talks exclusively out his ass?

541 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 11:19:58am

BEES!

542 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 11:21:14am

The Republicans: Bringing you more easier ways to carry a killing machine but making it more difficult to exercise your right of enfranchisement.

543 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 11:21:42am

re: #537 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chuck is now fat-shaming a person (who isn’t even a public figure) he doesn’t know and never met.

[Embedded content]

In the Spy I read that as fact-shaming. I like reading in there.

544 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 11:22:07am

re: #533 Blind Frog Belly White

A series of isolated incidents, almost once a week, and almost invariably involving white police doing the shooting. Nothing to see here. Move along.

It’s all because we don’t have school prayer and same sex marriage. Oh easy access to guns? No way, why do you hate freedom Hitler!!?!

545 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 17, 2015 11:25:03am

re: #543 wrenchwench

In the Spy I read that as fact-shaming. I like reading in there.

Fact-shaming - it’s what the Denial Movement* does.

*antivaxxers, AGW deniers, HIV/AIDS deniers, Supply Side economists, birthers, truthers, JKF CT’ers - you name it.

546 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 11:25:30am

Magic 8 Ball sez, “Reply hazy. Ask again later.”

547 No Country For Old Haters  Apr 17, 2015 11:25:52am

re: #537 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chuck is now fat-shaming a person (who isn’t even a public figure) he doesn’t know and never met.

[Embedded content]

548 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 11:27:47am
549 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 11:28:14am

re: #541 Lidane

BEES!

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Bees don’t sting when they’re swarming. But there are probably a lot of pissed off bees in broken boxes that are trying to protect their hives…that’s not swarming.

I worked bees for a few years - they’re really quite gentle if you handle them correctly.

550 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 11:29:00am

President Obama ripped Mitch McConnell without mentioning his name by calling the Senate dysfunctional and calling McConnell’s leadership embarrassing because the Kentucky Republican is refusing to call a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch.

551 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 17, 2015 11:29:14am

re: #542 HappyWarrior

The Republicans: Bringing you more easier ways to carry a killing machine but making it more difficult to exercise your right of enfranchisement.

Just setting up for the new wave of legislation requiring you to be carrying a gun in order to vote.
//

552 BeachDem  Apr 17, 2015 11:29:17am

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand Paul trying to be all hip and whatnot:

[Embedded content]

And was that in addition to doing his, you know, actual job or instead of it? (Remember, he only attended 5 of 73 Homeland Security hearings since 2014.)

553 jaunte  Apr 17, 2015 11:32:21am

Everybody frack now.

554 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 11:33:53am

Embedded tweet:

555 #FergusonFireside  Apr 17, 2015 11:35:01am

re: #549 darthstar

Bees don’t sting when they’re swarming. But there are probably a lot of pissed off bees in broken boxes that are trying to protect their hives…that’s not swarming.

I worked bees for a few years - they’re really quite gentle if you handle them correctly.

I hope they aren’t being killed. Foam makes me think they are.

556 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 11:35:03am

re: #553 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Everybody frack now.

Thanks for the earworm.

557 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 11:35:31am

re: #555 #FergusonFireside

I hope they aren’t being killed. Foam makes me think they are.

They are. :(

558 CuriousLurker  Apr 17, 2015 11:37:32am

Meat world trolls suck.

Our super, a Uruguayan woman in her late 50’s who’s been taking care of this building for 10+ years, just called me asking if she could come talk to me about something because she needed a favor.

She showed up at my door in tears because she’d put up a sign about the exterminators coming tomorrow and someone wrote a bunch of nastiness on it (f*ck you, b*tch, mf, etc.)

Anyway, she wanted me to scan it and print copies so she could give it to whoever, which I did. She kept asking me “Why? Why? I treat everyone nice.” Because some people are just sick assholes, that’s why. I assured her that it wasn’t about her, it was about the person who wrote that trash. So anyway, I gave her a hug and assured her that I love her, then sent her on her way.

WTF? Why do people do that kind of sick, chickenshit stuff? It seriously pisses me off. There are WAY too many assholes in the world.

</end rant>

559 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 11:39:46am

I love Minna Hong (@asiangrrlMN’s) new icon on Twitter.

560 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 11:40:04am

re: #555 #FergusonFireside

I hope they aren’t being killed. Foam makes me think they are.

They are. Foam will suffocate them. Then the beekeeper will lose all the colonies that could otherwise be repaired and transferred to new ‘supers’ (the name for the boxes bee frames are hung inside). Also lost, all the brood frames (new bee larvae). So, assuming it was a full sized (2-ton) bee truck, that would be 120 colonies lost. If it was an 18 wheeler, there could be as many as 300 colonies stacked on the back of the truck.

When I worked bees I would pick up 120 colonies at a time and move them around - we put 40 colonies per bee ‘yard’ so 120 would be enough for three yards around a large alfalfa field.

561 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 11:41:00am

re: #558 CuriousLurker

Meat world trolls suck.

Our super, a Uruguayan woman in her late 50’s who’s been taking care of this building for 10+ years just called me asking i she could come talk to me about something because she needed a favor.

She showed up at my door in tears because she’d put up a sign about the exterminators coming tomorrow and someone wrote a bunch of nastiness on it (f*ck you, b*tch, mf, etc.)

Anyway, she wanted me to scan it and print copies so she could give it to whoever, which I did. She kept asking me “Why? Why? I treat everyone nice.” Because some people are just sick assholes, that’s why. I assured her that it wasn’t about her, it was about the person who wrote that trash. So anyway, I gave her a hug and assured her that I love her, then sent her on her way.

WTF? Why do people do that kind of sick, chickenshit stuff? It seriously pisses me off. There are WAY too many assholes in the world.

</end rant>

Meat-world troll-fighters rule!

562 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 11:45:29am
563 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 11:46:35am

re: #555 #FergusonFireside

I hope they aren’t being killed. Foam makes me think they are.

There is a way to save most of the colonies, but it’s too time-consuming and the road would have to stay closed.
Opening the road is the main priority.
And those firefighters don’t know what they’re doing.

dammit.
(wearing my beekeeper hat)

564 HappyWarrior  Apr 17, 2015 11:48:48am

re: #562 Kragar

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Seriously. The same network that condemns any effort to increase wages is acting all “outraged” because Hillary Clinton did not tip at a fast food restaurant.

565 Targetpractice  Apr 17, 2015 11:49:40am

re: #553 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Everybody frack now.

“LOCAL CONTROL!!!*”

*Except where it gets in the way of corporate profits

566 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 11:53:38am

This should go over well with the RWNJs:

567 freetoken  Apr 17, 2015 11:55:29am

re: #566 Lidane

It looks like he is losing weight. If he gets thinner he’ll look more like his father.

568 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 11:56:47am

re: #541 Lidane

BEES!

[Embedded content]

I used to work in Lynnwood.

569 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 11:58:23am

re: #565 Targetpractice

“LOCAL CONTROL!!!*”

*Except where it gets in the way of corporate profits

STATE RIGHTS!!!

Yes, the Feds have no right to exercise control on the states, and local authorities have no right to resist the State. Got it.

570 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 11:58:28am
571 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 12:00:56pm

re: #570 darthstar

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Looks like “the team” will be feasting off of the dollar menu tonight.

572 stpaulbear  Apr 17, 2015 12:04:06pm

re: #570 darthstar

It’s too bad that Chuck doesn’t have any useful skills that could be denied to gay people…

573 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 12:04:12pm

re: #571 b.d.

Looks like “the team” will be feasting off of the dollar menu tonight.

If he can talk his mom into letting them take the mini-van.

574 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 12:06:19pm

re: #573 darthstar

If he can talk his mom into letting them take the mini-van.

No way. Take the bike.

575 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 12:06:19pm
576 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 17, 2015 12:07:55pm

You need to have an actual job first, Chuck:

577 Ace-o-aces  Apr 17, 2015 12:07:58pm

BTW, this putting a whole other tweet in a tweet thing seems new to me. How is it done?

578 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 12:10:36pm

This must be one of Chuck’s successful relatives (also a gofundme loser):

579 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 12:11:43pm

re: #577 Ace-o-aces

[Embedded content]

BTW, this putting a whole other tweet in a tweet thing seems new to me. How is it done?

I don’t know, but whatever reporter asked this question of John Bolten needs to get his pee-pee whacked with a ruler.

580 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 12:12:14pm

re: #577 Ace-o-aces

[Embedded content]

BTW, this putting a whole other tweet in a tweet thing seems new to me. How is it done?

Twitter changed their retweet format

581 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 12:12:20pm

re: #577 Ace-o-aces

BTW, this putting a whole other tweet in a tweet thing seems new to me. How is it done?

It’s pretty cool. For once a social media thingy device change I like.

On my smartphone, when I go to retweet something, it gives me the option to “retweet” or “quote tweet”. And the “quote tweet” option does the new thing of the tweet in the tweet.

582 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 12:13:56pm

re: #581 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

It’s pretty cool. For once a social media thingy device change I like.

On my smartphone, when I go to retweet something, it gives me the option to just retweet it gives me the option to retweet or to quote tweet.

That’s a very smart phone indeed.

583 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 12:19:26pm

re: #579 darthstar

I don’t know, but whatever reporter asked this question of John Bolten needs to get his pee-pee whacked with a ruler.

Breitbart? CNS? PJMedia? WND?

584 Dr. Matt  Apr 17, 2015 12:20:34pm

Why do people like Rick Santorum, who will never, ever be president, even bother running? Do you think it’s to stay “relevant” or are they actually delusional and he believes he can win?

585 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 12:22:39pm

re: #584 Dr. Matt

Why do people like Rick Santorum, who will never, ever be president, even bother running? Do you think it’s to stay “relevant” or are they actually delusional and he believes he can win?

Wingnut welfare. The also-rans end up on the speaker circuit and make millions off the rubes.

586 darthstar  Apr 17, 2015 12:23:36pm

Oh, god…there’s a narrative under Chuck’s gofundme page in addition to the stolen copyrighted image…

I need $40,000 to hire private eyes, pick up the material, run the requisite stupidly expensive tests, and produce a high production quality video.

Any money leftover (and there shouldn’t be) or raised over the will be used as a fund to induce people in the Clinton world to leak material to us. As there is serious dissension in the Clinton empire, this shouldn’t be too hard to get them to rat on one another. (We are also working at establishing more connection with the hacker Guccifer to see if we obtain some of his materials legally.)

Yes, this is vague (because we don’t want to tip off the Clintons to what we’re up to) and no, it’s not illegal. (I checked with five different lawyers.)

Any money left over will be used for bribes…hilarious. Oh, and his grammar sucks.

But he checked with FIVE DIFFERENT LAWYERS!

587 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 17, 2015 12:23:40pm
588 b.d.  Apr 17, 2015 12:24:28pm

re: #584 Dr. Matt

Why do people like Rick Santorum, who will never, ever be president, even bother running? Do you think it’s to stay “relevant” or are they actually delusional and he believes he can win?

Santorum campaigns so he can have anonymous gay sex in as many different cities as possible.

589 stpaulbear  Apr 17, 2015 12:24:37pm

re: #579 darthstar

I don’t know, but whatever reporter asked this question of John Bolten needs to get his pee-pee whacked with a ruler.

[Embedded content]

You just know that now someone thinks that Bolton’s denial means that he’s in on it. Treachery is everywhere!!

When you can’t even trust John Bolton, it’s time to buy moar guns.

590 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 17, 2015 12:24:44pm

re: #586 darthstar

Oh, god…there’s a narrative under Chuck’s gofundme page in addition to the stolen copyrighted image…

Any money left over will be used for bribes…hilarious. Oh, and his grammar sucks.

But he checked with FIVE DIFFERENT LAWYERS!

This is great strategery.

591 Kragar  Apr 17, 2015 12:25:04pm
592 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 17, 2015 12:25:13pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, MIDAFTERNOON EDITION==>

593 wrenchwench  Apr 17, 2015 12:25:39pm
594 b_sharp  Apr 17, 2015 12:30:27pm

re: #592 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, MIDAFTERNOON EDITION==>

[Embedded content]

ranker.com

595 danarchy  Apr 17, 2015 12:37:55pm

re: #594 b_sharp

ranker.com

That list sucks, MC Frontalot isn’t even on it:

…

596 Lidane  Apr 17, 2015 12:42:03pm

If I ever had any question about whether or not I worked with wingnuts, they’ve been definitively answered.

Right now, they’re streaming the First in the Nation leadership summit and Rep. Peter King (R-IRA) was taking questions from the audience. Some woman started with the usual wingnut babble of WE GAVE YOU TEH MAJORITY TO STOP OBUMMER’S UNLAWFUL UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUBMINT! WHY HAVEN’T YOU YET?! and everyone in the room rolled their eyes and groaned, calling her clueless and stupid.

597 plansbandc  Apr 17, 2015 12:59:49pm

re: #370 HappyWarrior

Pretty High Derp.

Phenomenally High Derp.

598 Romantic Heretic  Apr 17, 2015 1:02:37pm

re: #566 Lidane

This should go over well with the RWNJs:

[Embedded content]

Well, that just lost lost him the primary.

599 Great White Snark  Apr 17, 2015 2:47:41pm

re: #367 William Barnett-Lewis

Funny. I’ve gotten $170 while being much less well known. :D

Quality not quantity.


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