Daredevil Volume 1, Issue 18: “There Shall Come a Gladiator!”

In which Foggy Nelson causes trouble
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Published in July 1966, issue #18 of Daredevil featured a cover by John Romita and a storyline in which Foggy Nelson is trying to impress Karen Page — by pretending to be Daredevil himself. Needless to say, things don’t go as Foggy planned and he ends up having to fight the Gladiator, who makes his first ever appearance in this issue. Foggy gets his ass thoroughly kicked, of course, until the real Daredevil shows up and bails him out. That Foggy.

Like most of our Silver Age comics, the Lizard Collection copy of this issue is in great shape, with sharp corners, bright inks, and white pages throughout.

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364 comments
1 jaunte  Apr 24, 2015 7:51:47pm
“…Gladiator owns a costume shop, but in his spare time has always thought that anyone could be a superhero or super-villain with the right powers built into their clothes. So he creates the Gladiator costume. Does a less motivating origin story exist? In the Mighty Marvel Age of Kooky Coincidences, Foggy wanders into the costume shop and tells Gladiator he wants a DD costume to pretend to be DD to impress a girl. Gladiator convinces Foggy that he should stage a fake fight against him to impress Karen. “It sounds completely foolproof!” concludes the always on the ball legally trained mind of Foggy Nelson. Gladiator then tosses on his costume claiming that he will be mightier than Spider-Man, Iron Man and Thor and goes about proving it by … attacking someone he knows isn’t DD! Thor must have been quaking in his boots. Through a wacky misunderstanding, Gladiator gets the idea that Foggy really is DD and everyone believes him when he tells the press.”
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2 Iwouldprefernotto  Apr 24, 2015 7:53:02pm

Are all the cool kids watching Daredevil on Netflix?

3 Belafon  Apr 24, 2015 7:55:05pm

re: #2 Iwouldprefernotto

Are all the cool kids watching Daredevil on Netflix?

I bet some Republicans are as well, which means if you do it, you’ll be agreeing with Republicans, which we all know is wrong.

4 Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2015 7:57:00pm
5 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 24, 2015 8:03:11pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

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I don’t think she knows….

RBS

6 Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2015 8:05:07pm

re: #5 RealityBasedSteve

I don’t think she knows….

RBS

Maybe she’s drunk?

7 Belafon  Apr 24, 2015 8:05:26pm

re: #5 RealityBasedSteve

I don’t think she knows….

RBS

You mean Charles did something other than run a website?

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8 Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2015 8:07:40pm

She obviously read my Twitter profile, though.

10 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:10:48pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

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I remember that lady from way back but figured she would have been long gone by now due to lack of oxygen to the brain.

11 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 8:12:47pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

I think she actually enjoys Al Jarreau’s music (good on her!) and she’s trying to say “Hey, we’re the same!”

She’ll never actually address the batshit lunacy of her writings, she’s quick to fall behind the stupid conservative “It’s Satire, dummy!” excuse. She doesn’t know what satire is.

12 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 8:14:43pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

OK, she’s drunk.

13 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 24, 2015 8:15:18pm

re: #11 teleskiguy

I think she actually enjoys Al Jarreau’s music (good on her!) and she’s trying to say “Hey, we’re the same!”

She’ll never actually address the batshit lunacy of her writings, she’s quick to fall behind the stupid conservative “It’s Satire, dummy!” excuse. She doesn’t know what satire is.

Maybe she’ll have an epiphany and leave behind the Dark Side. It could happen.

14 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:16:26pm

Dear Bruce Jenner, here are what your fellow Republicans think of your recent statements:

freerepublic.com

I guess it’s all good if your taxes stay low, right?

15 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 8:19:07pm

re: #14 b.d.

So, we listen the Kardashian clan, why?

16 Unabogie  Apr 24, 2015 8:20:02pm

re: #14 b.d.

Dear Bruce Jenner, here are what your fellow Republicans think of your recent statements:

freerepublic.com

I guess it’s all good if your taxes stay low, right?

Let’s not judge too harshly. I sort of agree with the Freepers here. After all, Bruce Jenner coming out as trans has affected me and all straight people in myriad ways. It’s ruined our quality of life.

For example, theres…

Well, ok, but maybe…

Hmmm, what about the kids…?

Fuck it. I got nothing. Bruce Jenner living as a woman doesn’t do squat to affect my life, and those assholes are just hateful bigots.

Carry on.

17 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 24, 2015 8:22:27pm

re: #16 Unabogie

Let’s not judge too harshly. I sort of agree with the Freepers here. After all, Bruce Jenner coming out as trans has affected me and all straight people in myriad ways. It’s ruined our quality of life.

For example, theres…

Well, ok, but maybe…

Hmmm, what about the kids…?

Fuck it. I got nothing. Bruce Jenner living as a woman doesn’t do squat to affect my life, and those assholes are just hateful bigots.

Carry on.

But you forget how it also threatens the sanctity of marriage because, well, you know, it’s obvious…. ok, I got nothing.

RBS

18 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Apr 24, 2015 8:23:28pm

How about Kanye West delivering a perspective that helped Kim deal with it?

19 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:23:54pm

re: #15 The War TARDIS

So, we listen the Kardashian clan, why?

A lot of people do, far more people than pay attention to political websites that is for sure.

I’ve never followed the Kardashians for one second but know that if they wanted to really influence politics then they could have a larger effect than anything we spout.

That should scare us all but for Jenner to say he is a republican?

Out of all of the stuff I heard Jenner say, that him being a republican may be the most shocking and selfish of them all.

20 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 8:24:21pm

re: #14 b.d.

BRUCE JENNER IS PROOF WE’RE SODOM AND GOMMORAH, THE FALL OF MAN! REPENT, THE END IS NIGH!

21 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:24:56pm

re: #16 Unabogie

Let’s not judge too harshly. I sort of agree with the Freepers here. After all, Bruce Jenner coming out as trans has affected me and all straight people in myriad ways. It’s ruined our quality of life.

For example, theres…

Well, ok, but maybe…

Hmmm, what about the kids…?

Fuck it. I got nothing. Bruce Jenner living as a woman doesn’t do squat to affect my life, and those assholes are just hateful bigots.

Carry on.

Bruce Jenner may demand you bake a trans cake for him someday or something!!!!!

//

22 Belafon  Apr 24, 2015 8:26:07pm

re: #17 RealityBasedSteve

But you forget how it also threatens the sanctity of marriage because, well, you know, it’s obvious…. ok, I got nothing.

RBS

How are straight men supposed to stay in the closet if everyone keeps pulling them out?

23 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:27:37pm

re: #20 teleskiguy

BRUCE JENNER IS PROOF WE’RE SODOM AND GOMMORAH, THE FALL OF MAN! REPENT, THE END IS NIGH!

So when Jenner beat the Soviets and the rest of the world, the wingnuts really shouldn’t have been cheering afterall?

24 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 8:29:31pm

re: #19 b.d.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they are all republican. They are the most self-centered family in the US.

25 Belafon  Apr 24, 2015 8:30:34pm

re: #22 Belafon

How are straight men supposed to stay in the closet if everyone keeps pulling them out?

Now that I think about it, has a winger tried “closeted men and women will choose to end their marriage in order to live a hedonistic lifestyle” defense against gay marriage?

26 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 24, 2015 8:31:52pm

re: #22 Belafon

How are straight men supposed to stay in the closet if everyone keeps pulling them out?

I had a friend over one day, who happens to be gay. I was doing some laundry, he looked in my closet, and told me not only was I straight, there was no chance there was any latent gay hiding inside.

I ask him, “Does this mean I can’t come out of the closet?” Thought he was going to rupture a gut he was laughing so hard.

RBS

27 Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2015 8:33:47pm
28 jaunte  Apr 24, 2015 8:34:25pm

The Jenner news reminds me of the recent flap over the Houston non-discrimination ordinance, and all the absurd fear-mongering over who was going to be using the restroom near you.

The “bathroom panic” is not an issue here

Both opponents of HERO and some supporters have focused on the “gender identity” section of the bill, and specifically a part of the ordinance that had mentioned the use of public restrooms by transgender people: When Mike Huckabee took up the issue, he claimed that the bill would “be unsafe for women and children,” a reference to a point he’d made on his Fox show recently:

“If the child…a boy…walks in and says ‘you know what, I really am feeling my girl’s side, he gets to go shower with the girls when he’s 14. I mean, I’m just thinking of all the 14-year-old boys I went to school with, and how many of them would have awakened with that revelation.”

The fear of transgender women—or of fourteen-year-old boys pretending to be transgender women—entering bathrooms to spy on or expose themselves to girls and women is one that, according to experts, has a no basis in reality. Nonetheless, that aspect of the ordinance was stricken from its final version.
texasmonthly.com

Speaking of right wing loons. Maybe it starts with toilet training issues.

29 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:34:34pm

re: #24 The War TARDIS

I wouldn’t be surprised if they are all republican. They are the most self-centered family in the US.

I guess those people are hated for so many things that they don’t feel like they should have to stick up for any other ostracized group. Haters gonna hate and I need my tax cut.

Good luck suckers!

30 jaunte  Apr 24, 2015 8:37:11pm

Mike Huckabee is ridiculous.

31 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:37:17pm

So all that the wingnuts need to vindicate themselves is to beat Jenner’s decathlon records?

32 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 8:38:08pm
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33 stpaulbear  Apr 24, 2015 8:38:47pm

re: #25 Belafon

Now that I think about it, has a winger tried “closeted men and women will choose to end their marriage in order to live a hedonistic lifestyle” defense against gay marriage?

Yes. Well, sort of.

Gay Men Married To Women Tell SCOTUS: Don’t Demean Our Opposite-Sex Marriages

Ads at the link can be a little NSFW.

34 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 8:41:15pm

re: #27 Charles Johnson

Fear.

It comes down to fear. I have heard of a number of studies that have showed that those who tended to be fearful, even as children turn out to be Conservatives.

The whole thing about them talking about “Scaredy Liberals?” Projection, larger than any IMAX, or Drive-In Theater.

Of course, they are using their fear wrong.

…

Listen. Listen. This is just a dream. But very clever people can hear dreams. So please, just listen. I know you’re afraid. But being afraid is all right. Because didn’t anybody ever tell you? Fear is a super power. Fear can make you faster, and cleverer, and stronger. And one day, you’re going to come back to this barn, and on that day, you’re going to be very afraid indeed. But that’s okay. Because if you’re very wise and very strong, fear doesn’t have to make you cruel or cowardly. Fear can make you kind. It doesn’t matter if there’s nothing under the bed, or in the dark, so long as you know it’s okay to be afraid of it. So listen. If you listen to nothing else, listen to this. You’re always going to be afraid, even if you learn to hide it. Fear is like…a companion. A constant companion, always there. But that’s okay, because fear can bring us together. Fear can bring you home. I’m going to leave you something, just so you’ll always remember — fear makes companions of us all.

35 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 8:43:44pm

re: #34 The War TARDIS

Linky, I has one.

Peering inside the brain with MRI scans, researchers at University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala (link is external) than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety. Liberals had more gray matter at least in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain that helps people cope with complexity.

The results are not that surprising as they fit in with conclusions from other studies. Just a year ago, researchers from Harvard and UCLA San Diego reported finding a “liberal” gene. This gene had a tiny effect, however, and worked only for adolescents having many friends. The results also mesh with psychological studies on conflict monitoring.

36 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 24, 2015 8:44:38pm

re: #24 The War TARDIS

I wouldn’t be surprised if they are all republican. They are the most self-centered family in the US.

Since I’ve paid almost zero attention to Kim K, I looked at the WIkipedia entry on her. Talk about an intersection of Los Angeles fame: her dad was OJ’s defense attorney, her mom is Kris Jenner and step-father Bruce Jenner. Add a sprinkling of sex tape and reality TV show, and you end up with a person who’s famous for being famous.

37 Unabogie  Apr 24, 2015 8:47:23pm

re: #21 b.d.

Bruce Jenner may demand you bake a trans cake for him someday or something!!!!!

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Pizza. Bruce Jenner may want me to make a pizza for his big ghey wedding.

(although trans does not mean gay, but GHEY, MAN! GHEY PIZZA!!11!!)

38 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 8:47:50pm

re: #34 The War TARDIS

And another:

The occasion of this revelation is a paper by John Hibbing of the University of Nebraska and his colleagues, arguing that political conservatives have a “negativity bias,” meaning that they are physiologically more attuned to negative (threatening, disgusting) stimuli in their environments. (The paper can be read for free here.) In the process, Hibbing et al. marshal a large body of evidence, including their own experiments using eye trackers and other devices to measure the involuntary responses of political partisans to different types of images. One finding? That conservatives respond much more rapidly to threatening and aversive stimuli (for instance, images of “a very large spider on the face of a frightened person, a dazed individual with a bloody face, and an open wound with maggots in it,” as one of their papers put it).

In other words, the conservative ideology, and especially one of its major facets—centered on a strong military, tough law enforcement, resistance to immigration, widespread availability of guns—would seem well tailored for an underlying, threat-oriented biology.

39 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 8:48:10pm

Seriously, people need to stop thinking that if you are a part of a minority group you automatically adhere to certain political beliefs. Bet you don’t know a whole hell of a lot of rural poor white Democrats.

40 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 24, 2015 8:50:17pm

re: #39 teleskiguy

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Seriously, people need to stop thinking that if you are a part of a minority group you automatically adhere to certain political beliefs. Bet you don’t know a whole hell of a lot of rural poor white Democrats.

There are many people who give as much thought to their political party membership as to what color socks they’ll wear tomorrow.

41 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 8:51:15pm

DailyKos has become unreadable due to their blind dog in a butchershoppish sniping over what they imagine coulda sorta might maybe be in the TPP.

The people screaming the loudest are the same pallookas who complained that not naming Warren to head the CFPB and free her up to run for Senate was the biggest diss towards progressives EVER.

I love that place but when they go crazy they dial crazy up to 11.

42 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 8:53:10pm

re: #37 Unabogie

GHEY, MAN! GHEY PIZZA!!11!!)

To reduce it to its basest form:


Your move, Know Nothing Party. ///
43 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 8:53:40pm

In the Netflix series, Melvin Potter, the Gladiator, is the inventor who creates Fisk’s and Daredevil’s armor. In the fight with Daredevil, he throws saw blades like the ones Gladiator has on his armor.

44 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 24, 2015 8:54:35pm

re: #41 b.d.

DailyKos has become unreadable due to their blind dog in a butchershoppish sniping over what they imagine coulda sorta might maybe be in the TPP.

The people screaming the loudest are the same pallookas who complained that not naming Warren to head the CFPB and free her up to run for Senate was the biggest diss towards progressives EVER.

I love that place but when they go crazy they dial crazy up to 11.

I used to hang out at DKos quite a lot, before I discovered LGF. It does have its share of loonies, but usually they’re outweighed by the more rational contributors.

45 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 8:55:31pm

re: #44 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

And a loony having see-sawing control of his mind?

46 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 8:56:05pm

Old high school chum is venturing in the Himalayas. I’m kind of jealous.

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47 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 24, 2015 8:56:18pm

re: #43 Kragar

In the Netflix series, Melvin Potter, the Gladiator, is the inventor who creates Fisk’s and Daredevil’s armor. In the fight with Daredevil, he throws saw blades like the ones Gladiator has on his armor.

Hey! I’m only up to episode 9. Have the decency of using spoiler tags, whydontcha? /

48 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 8:59:06pm

re: #47 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

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49 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:00:01pm

SHOCKING LAPDOG MEDIA NEWS!!

64 percent of Americans familiar with Snowden hold a negative opinion of him, according to KRC Research poll results shared with U.S. News. Thirty-six percent hold a positive opinion, with just 8 percent holding a very positive opinion.

usnews.com

He better look for a trial in his beloved Russia where they think more highly of his stealing the people’s sensitive documents.

50 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 9:00:05pm

re: #48 Kragar

Damn, that’s cold.

51 Unabogie  Apr 24, 2015 9:01:06pm

re: #47 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Hey! I’m only up to episode 9. Have the decency of using spoiler tags, whydontcha? /

Daredevil is really dead. He’s been a ghost the whole time!

52 The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 24, 2015 9:01:09pm

re: #38 The War TARDIS

Fair warning: wingnuts and neoreactionaries have already re-processed this data and claimed that their enlarged amygdala represents an inherently superior moral character to genetic conservatives, set in contrast to amoral liberals (who are simultaneously evil collectivists and narcissists)

It’s all packaged up with evolutionary psych and made catch-phrase-able by applying the old r/K reproduction strategy. “Real” conservatives are K-type wolves, liberals are r-type sheep. It’s very elaborate…there’s even a book with scientific citations that is the reference point. If you really want to read it yourself, you can Google “r/K selection in humans” and find it. It’s a site firmly imbedded in amongst other woo-woo peddlers of evolutionary psych, and has a lot of cross-talk with both evo psych racists and PUAs that think evo psych justifies bad treatment of women.

It is gross and awful, but it’s a warning that this whole “fundamental orientation of politics” thing is both reductive and cuts both ways. You’re being snarky and feeling superior; they’re feeling superior and postulating about how their superior humanity means that they can do whatever they want and be moral.

Sadly, I learned about this *this* week, because it’s become part of the parlance of my one libertarian “friend,” who’s becoming more and more reflexively conservative, and has started citing “Dark Enlightenment” cockbags. I’m actually really disappointed and let down. While I sometimes criticize or mock libertarians, I thought this guy had some kind of moral core.

53 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 9:01:24pm

re: #50 The War TARDIS

…

54 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 24, 2015 9:01:38pm

re: #51 Unabogie

Daredevil is really dead. He’s been a ghost the whole time!

That’s Deadman. You no canna fool me!

55 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:03:21pm

re: #51 Unabogie

Daredevil is really dead. He’s been a ghost the whole time!

I loved it when Mrs. Daredevil pulls back the shower curatin and the whole thing is exposed as a dream/

56 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 9:03:45pm

re: #43 Kragar

In the Netflix series, Melvin Potter, the Gladiator, is the inventor who creates Fisk’s and Daredevil’s armor. In the fight with Daredevil, he throws saw blades like the ones Gladiator has on his armor.

On the very rare occasions I see the name Melvin I can’t help but think of this 1953 movie

57 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 9:03:57pm

They were talking to Charlie Cox earlier, who stated the producers were talking about an Iron Fist tie in for the 2nd Season, and they were discussing both Punisher and Elektra as opponents.

58 Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2015 9:04:58pm
59 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 9:06:23pm

re: #52 The Ghost of a Flea

I know they have.

However, when you come down to it, people who are not afraid of their own shadow will make more progress.

They can have the dark enlightenment, or whatever mental venereal disease they want.

When it comes down to it, on a basic level, people who are less frightened and scared will be considered more attractive. Listening to the Listen Speech again, did help me get that.

Fear really can be a superpower. Conservatives though can’t do this. All they can do is lash out and attack.

I admit that doing the same things. Partially from fear(if Utoya could happen in Norway, it can happen here), partially wanting revenge for the past.

60 BeachDem  Apr 24, 2015 9:06:46pm

So. Got to shake Bernie Sander’s hand, chat with Chafee (really nice guy) and briefly meet Mark Warner,who gave a fun and motivating speech. More of them plus O’Malley, McCauliffe and Webb tomorrow. And they were nice enough to schedule tomorrow’s events on my birthday. Life is good.

61 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:08:07pm

re: #51 Unabogie

Daredevil is really dead. He’s been a ghost the whole time!

On a related note. I had been following a bunch of good new comics: Great Pacific, Mercenary Sea that both folded during mid storyline. The Shadow has gone dark along with apparently Flash Gordon who was only 8 issues into a rebirth.

Sigh.

I know that I am not their demographic, but still, those were all good.

62 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 9:08:37pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

There ya go: If elected, Ted Cruz will be the first 100% Black president. //

63 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 9:11:19pm

re: #52 The Ghost of a Flea

You also made a critical mistake.

I had a friend who was a sweet conservative, who turned into a shrewish Libertarian.

Libertarians are all about themselves, and how they know better than anyone else. The only core they have are themselves.

64 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 9:12:06pm

re: #61 b.d.

I pretty much stopped collecting comics when the last new one I tried to get into went under.

65 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:15:18pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

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My old barbershop was closed or something one day and I was looking for and found a brand new barbershop one day that just opened by a bunch of African American Katrina refugees. I walked in the door, everything stopped, even the music, all eyes looked at me. I sat down, got my hair cut and my barber said that he had just given the easiest haircut he had given in many years.

i go their still

:P

66 goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2015 9:16:36pm

re: #52 The Ghost of a Flea

Fair warning: wingnuts and neoreactionaries have already re-processed this data and claimed that their enlarged amygdala represents an inherently superior moral character to genetic conservatives, set in contrast to amoral liberals (who are simultaneously evil collectivists and narcissists)

It’s all packaged up with evolutionary psych and made catch-phrase-able by applying the old r/K reproduction strategy. “Real” conservatives are K-type wolves, liberals are r-type sheep.

That seems totally backwards. It tends to be conservatives who emphasize breeding in large numbers (Duggar types) and liberals who emphasize having fewer, better cared for offspring. Also not sure how they interpret a greater response to fear conditioning as creating a “superior moral character.” Real morality is frequently murky and complex, so what you’d want is a brain that deals with complexity and ambiguity well, not the opposite.

67 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 9:18:52pm
He’s purple and he’s a man, hence the world calls him The Purple Man!
68 gwangung  Apr 24, 2015 9:20:05pm

re: #67 De Kolta Chair

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Heh. Not yet. Two series away.

69 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 9:22:22pm

re: #67 De Kolta Chair

Father to the superhero dubbed “The Purple Woman”

70 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:22:43pm

Chuck C has already procured $1,030 of the $40k needed to bring down HRC already after only 8 days.

Looks like the GOP is fine with her being president.

//

71 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 9:23:16pm

re: #66 goddamnedfrank

Heck, the majority of these people are hardline Christians, and refer to themselves as flocks, and refer to shepherds.

They ARE sheep.

72 Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2015 9:23:42pm

re: #67 De Kolta Chair

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Is it just me or are the Daredevil villains, other than Fisk, a little on the lame side?

(I liked the series, although the mysticism elements were a little weird in the context of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there doesn’t seem to be a deep bench to pull bad guys from.)

73 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 9:25:29pm
74 Belafon  Apr 24, 2015 9:26:33pm

re: #72 Timothy Watson

Is it just me or are the Daredevil villains, other than Fisk, a little on the lame side?

(I liked the series, although the mysticism elements were a little weird in the context of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there doesn’t seem to be a deep bench to pull bad guys from.)

Setting up for Doctor Strange?

75 goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2015 9:28:05pm

re: #70 b.d.

Chuck C has already procured $1,030 of the $40k needed to bring down HRC already after only 8 days.

Looks like the GOP is fine with her being president.

//

He’s been stuck there for a few days now, seems to have hit a plateau. It’s the inverse square law of fundraising falloff vs. time. He’s tapped out most of the rubes and has alienated a ton of erstwhile supporters that might otherwise have contributed to his retarded scheme.

76 The War TARDIS  Apr 24, 2015 9:28:22pm

And, now we have a 5th side in the 2nd Libyan CIvil War.

Tuaregs aligned with the MB in Misrata control much of the southwest.

The MB is destroying Libya.

I think the heads of the GNC really need to be executed for this.

77 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 9:29:41pm

re: #72 Timothy Watson

Is it just me or are the Daredevil villains, other than Fisk, a little on the lame side?

(I liked the series, although the mysticism elements were a little weird in the context of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there doesn’t seem to be a deep bench to pull bad guys from.)

There were a ton of minor villains along the way.

Some of Daredevils major villains included:
The Maggia Crime Family
Blackheart
The Hand
Typhoid Mary

78 goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2015 9:29:57pm
79 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 9:30:02pm

re: #73 darthstar

Good on Sean McCabe. For a second there, I thought they were talking about the exciting new AMC adventure series “Trace Amounts, P.I.” starring Bill Maher. //

80 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 9:32:02pm

Personally, if I were making the 2nd Season, I would have the Maggia Crime Family moving in to take over after the Kingpin, with Daredevil trying to take them down by getting them into courts, with the Punisher going after the Maggia as revenge for killing his family.

81 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 9:34:50pm
82 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 9:35:26pm

re: #79 De Kolta Chair

Good on Sean McCabe. For a second there, I thought they were talking about the exciting new AMC adventure series “Trace Amounts, P.I.” starring Bill Maher. //

Sean is me…or should I say, I’m Sean. :)

83 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 24, 2015 9:36:53pm

re: #54 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

That’s Deadman. You no canna fool me!

And that’s why the show is done in just under an hour…

RBS

84 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:36:54pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

He’s been stuck there for a few days now, seems to have hit a plateau. It’s the inverse square law of fundraising falloff vs. time. He’s tapped out most of the rubes and has alienated a ton of erstwhile supporters that might otherwise have contributed to his retarded scheme.

Chuck really needs a jumpstart to that campaign again, maybe he can discover an outbreak of lockjaw in southern California that he can blame on teh brown people?

85 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 9:40:53pm

re: #82 darthstar

Sean is me…or should I say, I’m Sean. :)

My memory ain’t what it never was. ‘0)

86 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 24, 2015 9:41:13pm

re: #70 b.d.

Chuck C has already procured $1,030 of the $40k needed to bring down HRC already after only 8 days.

Looks like the GOP is fine with her being president.

//

I posted this downstairs, but I’ll do it again before I retire for the evening….

87 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:41:20pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

It must have come to a startling reality lately to Chuck and his in-laws that the GoatNews website plus his sporadic grifting efforts won’t be enough to pay the bills.

My hunch is that in-laws will be making available hours for Chuck to work at their nursing supply company.

Unlike Chuck, I will not be offering monies for pictures.

88 austin_blue  Apr 24, 2015 9:42:11pm

re: #78 goddamnedfrank

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And if you really want to talk about mercury emissions and its ubiquity in the environment, please note that 6 out of the ten largest power plant emitters are in the Lone Star State, which strip mines lignite adjacent to the the generating stations:

It is an absolutely filthy fuel source, but it’s cheap and easily available.

Yay! We’re Number One!

God Bless Texas.

89 Belafon  Apr 24, 2015 9:46:13pm

re: #88 austin_blue

And yet, strangely enough, we have the largest wind turbine site in the world at Roscoe.

90 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 9:48:02pm

I only see Schindler in RTs now…is he still dick tweeting to women online?

Still, this tweet is funny.

91 Belafon  Apr 24, 2015 9:48:37pm

The price of solar and batteries are dropping fast enough that, in a few years, Texas Republicans will replace all of the state plants and declare, in an statement that will make Orwell jealous, that they’ve always been for clean energy.

92 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:50:50pm

Pierre wants his freshest milk no matter the destruction to the environment, he could just have it flown over fresh every morning rather than ruin that beautiful state and that not too flat island of Kauai.

Community group Friends of Mahaulepu raised more than $200,000 to fight Hawaii Dairy Farms’ plans for the south side dairy on 578 acres.

The $17.5-million farm is backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s Ulupono Initiative,

hawaiitribune-herald.com

My guess is that the little guy will lose to the corporate interests, thanks Pierre and Glenn.

93 De Kolta Chair  Apr 24, 2015 9:50:56pm

Caveman Superman battles Hipster Between Girlfriends Beard Superman

My money’s on the former.

94 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 9:52:33pm

re: #90 darthstar

I only see Schindler in RTs now…is he still dick tweeting to women online?

Still, this tweet is funny.

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I thought Schindler was only following Jenner for the dick pics.

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95 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 9:56:06pm

re: #94 b.d.

I thought Schindler was only following Jenner for the dick pics.

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Oh, jesus…I just thought of a great and easy money maker. An art display that scrolls through celebrity dick pics…call it Candida Camera.(I know, candida hits the good sex more but I’m spending some poetic license capital here…)

96 austin_blue  Apr 24, 2015 9:56:39pm

re: #89 Belafon

And yet, strangely enough, we have the largest wind turbine site in the world at Roscoe.

Yes. We do. But we aren’t clamping down on ancient, inefficient fuel sources, because of the power of the oil/coal/gas industry in the state. Texas could be 80% renewable in the next twenty years if the Powers That Be just acknowledged that anthropogenic climate change was a fact and adjusted our power production to accept that fact.

We spew over 5 and 1/2 tons of mercury into the air every year and it’s “meh’ from our Legislators.

Shameful.

97 The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 24, 2015 9:58:14pm

re: #66 goddamnedfrank

That seems totally backwards. It tends to be conservatives who emphasize breeding in large numbers (Duggar types) and liberals who emphasize having fewer, better cared for offspring. Also not sure how they interpret a greater response to fear conditioning as creating a “superior moral character.” Real morality is frequently murky and complex, so what you’d want is a brain that deals with complexity and ambiguity well, not the opposite.

I simply don’t have the mental energy to describe and debunk the book’s claim, but: there is exactly zero effort at rigor displayed in the use r/K terminology. The “reproduction” part is immediately dropped, and a variety of high-order human traits (such as monogamy versus “single-moming”) are assigned. The concept of parental investment is shot through a fun house mirror. Your analysis is too pertinent to actual ecology and evolution to be relevant.

Up is down. Nipple salads.

It’s pseudoscience on par with Food Babe: using words and citations as symbolic veracity, but with no actually stringing together of an empirical argument. The cited scientist says X, the author says, “the scientist says X, so it’s completely obvious that my claim Y is continuous with X, and therefore my overarching model, Z, is totally true…and anybody who disagrees is doing so because science says they’re an evil narcissist who wants to destroy all good things. This is science for Real Men, not pansies.”

98 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 9:59:45pm

Mmm….Nipple Salads.

99 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 10:03:25pm
100 The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 24, 2015 10:03:52pm

re: #63 The War TARDIS

Private Comment

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101 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 10:04:25pm

re: #95 darthstar

Oh, jesus…I just thought of a great and easy money maker. An art display that scrolls through celebrity dick pics…call it Candida Camera.(I know, candida hits the good sex more but I’m spending some poetic license capital here…)

It could be Canada camera of dick pics?

Question #1

Does this wiener belong to:

a.) Justin Bieber
b.) Seth Rogan
c.) Michael Cera

Question # 2

Does this wiener belong to:

a.) William Shatner
b.) Alan Thicke
c.) Micheal J. Foxx

102 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 10:06:43pm

re: #101 b.d.

Alan Thicke is my secret porn name.

103 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 24, 2015 10:07:48pm

re: #101 b.d.

It could be Canada camera of dick pics?

Question #1

Does this wiener belong to:

a.) Justin Bieber
b.) Seth Rogan
c.) Michael Cera

Question # 2

Does this wiener belong to:

a.) William Shatner
b.) Alan Thicke
c.) Micheal J. Foxx

Does this weiner belong to a member of:

a.) Chilliwack
b.) Bachman-Turner Overdrive
c.) Rush

104 darthstar  Apr 24, 2015 10:08:00pm

laptop (actually chest top right now) is getting overheated…uncomfortable. Time to close the lid and get some sleep.

G’night, motherfuckers…peace.

105 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 10:14:37pm

re: #102 darthstar

Gristle McThornBody

106 austin_blue  Apr 24, 2015 10:18:15pm

re: #104 darthstar

laptop (actually chest top right now) is getting overheated…uncomfortable. Time to close the lid and get some sleep.

G’night, motherfuckers…peace.

Well, there are motherfuckers and then there are motherfuckers…

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107 freetoken  Apr 24, 2015 10:26:37pm

As the American religious right goes through a generation change is becoming more radical:

Baptist Pastors Won’t Hear Ben Carson after Young Pastors Object

Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon turned pundit, has backed out of plans to speak at a major gathering of evangelical pastors this summer.

Carson, who will likely run for president, had been scheduled to appear in June at the annual Southern Baptist Pastors Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

But a group of young ministers, known as Baptist21, raised concerns this week about his appearance.
The mostly Calvinist preachers objected to the beliefs of Carson’s booming Seventh-day Adventist Church—including the claim that worshiping on Sunday is sin and the idea that sinners who are barred from heaven will be annihilated rather than sent to hell.

They also objected to a statement made on Easter by Carson that Jews, Christians, and Muslims are all God’s children.

“Certainly, we do not all worship the same God—we worship the Trinity whom Muslims and Jews would deny,” leaders of Baptist21 wrote on their blog. “And, the idea that we are all God’s children is at best the type of liberalism the Conservative Resurgence sought to address, and at worst, it is universalism.”

[…]

The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the US. Since Mullah Mohler has taken over their top seminary he and his cohorts have introduced quite a bit of Calvinism, including very rigid views on fellowship and church control.

And now we see how this is going to play into the future religious civil wars to which our country is heading.

108 b.d.  Apr 24, 2015 10:27:30pm

re: #104 darthstar

laptop (actually chest top right now) is getting overheated…uncomfortable. Time to close the lid and get some sleep.

G’night, motherfuckers…peace.

ditto

peace to all (i remember when that wasn’t controversial)

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109 Nyet  Apr 24, 2015 10:31:12pm

re: #107 freetoken

“Certainly, we do not all worship the same God—we worship the Trinity whom Muslims and Jews would deny,” leaders of Baptist21 wrote on their blog.

Many people forget this when, either in a feel-good spirit of ecumenism or in a fit of “Judeo-Christianity”, they claim that “yeah, we actually do worship the same God”. Except neither Jews, nor Muslims worship Jesus.

110 freetoken  Apr 24, 2015 10:32:01pm

From the B21 blog:

Concerns About Dr. Ben Carson’s Invitation To The SBC Pastors’ Conference

We are concerned because in our evangelical climate it is often easy to confuse what it means to be a follower of Christ with what it means to be a patriotic American. So much of Bible-belt Christianity has equated, whether consciously or unconsciously, being a Christian with being a conservative, patriotic Republican. The narrative many of us were raised with was that the path to changing America or maintaining good values in our country was simply electing the right people and passing the right laws, but legislation will not transform a nation. […]

111 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 24, 2015 10:33:43pm

re: #109 Nyet

Many people forget this when, either in a feel-good spirit of ecumenism or in a fit of “Judeo-Christianity”, they claim that “yeah, we actually do worship the same God”. Except neither Jews, nor Muslims worship Jesus.

Yeah, but YHWH The Wind God is all the same, call him what you will.

112 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 10:36:22pm

re: #110 freetoken

Why the Tea Party is Un-Christian

Perhaps nothing is as demoralizing as religious hypocrisy; it destroys not only perpetrators but witnesses. Every time a non-believer observes adherents acting in contradiction to the precepts of their faith, the non-believer is only strengthened in his resistance to God’s call. We are not talking about the usual human failings but outrageous, repugnant, destructive violations. The scandal of false Christianity forms an insurmountable stumbling block for some who are being called to conversion. For this reason I am exposing the hypocrisy of Tea Party members who claim they are defending Christianity-a way of life they don’t follow.

Nowhere in the New Testament does Jesus exhort his followers to be nationalistic. All that Jesus said regarding the political state was that we must pay our taxes. Believers ought instead to be patriots of heaven, as Paul explains in Philippians 3: 20 “For our citizenship is in heaven…” Nor did Jesus instruct his followers to stem the tide of what the world considers progress by force, but to be set apart as pure examples of godliness. For the end times we are told only to prepare for Jesus’ return by keeping ourselves in fit spiritual condition. In fact, Jesus reserved his direst warnings for members of the church themselves, whom he warns against false teaching and ear-tickling; even love of country can be an idol or a kind of heresy if placed before love of God and fellow man.

Jesus never delegated the authority to judge the nations to any of his followers. Instead, he promised to come back and sort out sheep from goat. Jesus clearly states that only those of his children who do his will, that is: feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked and visit prisoners and the sick, will receive the reward of eternal life. The good news we are told to spread in the Great Commission is not the gospel of economic doctrine or political philosophy, but the message that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ. Some of the fruits we can expect when we do God’s will include love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. That sure doesn’t sound like the Tea Party rally to me! When we disobey God’s will in favor of our own however, the results can be anger, greed, division, strife, gossip, ugly speech, hatefulness, and every manner of uncleanness.

113 freetoken  Apr 24, 2015 10:39:28pm

re: #112 Kragar

Realize though that what the B21 group believes is that the GOP is just not Biblical enough. They don’t shun politics because they think politics is unimportant. They just want politicians who are dogmatically pure.

114 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 10:43:17pm

re: #113 freetoken

Realize though that what the B21 group believes is that the GOP is just not Biblical enough. They don’t shun politics because they think politics is unimportant. They just want politicians who are dogmatically pure.

Anyone who worries about being dogmatically pure is a person I don’t want near political office.

115 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 24, 2015 10:45:16pm

re: #102 darthstar

Alan Thicke is my secret porn name.

Rod Glidewell

116 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 10:45:22pm
117 Nyet  Apr 24, 2015 10:45:45pm

re: #111 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Yeah, but YHWH The Wind God is all the same, call him what you will.

Not quite. If we don’t believe in that God, it doesn’t make much sense for us to decide whether Allah=YHWH “for reals” or not, because for us those are just mythological personages.

At most we could do some sort of classification. E.g. we could trace the historical development of the concept(s), find the common root(s) and on that basis decide that in that context and sense they’re the “same” (but that would also include the Canaanite El, for example; I’m not sure Muslims and Jews would much appreciate the identity if their Gods with a pagan deity ;) ). Of course, alternative classifications would then also be available, and according to them Allah wouldn’t be Elohim/YHWH.

On the other hand, deciding whether Gods of different religions are the same God in a “for real” metaphysical sense is strictly a province of the individual believer. If a Baptist group decides that Allah and YHWH are different Gods, then it is true (for them). If a Muslim group decides the opposite, then it is also true (for them). If a Krishnaite believes that Gods of all world religions are just manifestations of Krishna, then it is true, and if a religious Jew rejects such a view, it is also true.

118 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 24, 2015 10:57:18pm

re: #117 Nyet

On the other hand, deciding whether Gods of different religions are the same God in a “for real” metaphysical sense is strictly a province of the individual believer. If a Baptist group decides that Allah and YHWH are different Gods, then it is true (for them). If a Muslim group decides the opposite, then it is also true (for them). If a Krishnaite believes that Gods of all world religions are just manifestations of Krishna, then it is true, and if a religious Jew rejects such a view, it is also true.

I would agree with this if we were talking about three randomly selected religions, or something like the Interpretatione Graecae—trying to form identities between the gods of different peoples.

This isn’t like that at all, however. This is supposed to be a “historical” record, invented by the Old Testament Hebrews, showing the creation and development of the world under the command of their (borrowed Arab) God. Christianity accepted this narrative in its entirety, as did Islam, since Abraham, Moses, and Jesus are all accepted as prophets. Therefore it’s all the same god from start to finish. Adding more prophets (including Joseph Smith) doesn’t change the earlier parts of the story.

119 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 11:05:09pm

Everyone knows that God only revealed the truth to a few specific individuals from one geographic region several thousand years ago and never again spoke to anyone to clarify his message.

120 Single-handed sailor  Apr 24, 2015 11:15:14pm

Zydeco - The only music where an accordian is acceptable

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121 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 24, 2015 11:19:11pm

re: #120 Single-handed sailor

Zydeco - The only music where an accordian is acceptable

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Hey, now. What about polka music?

122 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 11:21:50pm

re: #121 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

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123 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 24, 2015 11:21:55pm

re: #119 Kragar

Everyone knows that God only revealed the truth to a few specific individuals from one geographic region several thousand years ago and never again spoke to anyone to clarify his message.

Personally, I think he was playing one of those parlor games deities love. It’s like the game of telephone: Tell the humans some stuff and then come back a few thousand years later to see how much we totally fucked up the message. Then smite us but good.

Telephone + whack a mole.

124 goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2015 11:32:12pm

re: #120 Single-handed sailor

Zydeco - The only music where an accordian is acceptable

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Um … bro.

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Seriously.

125 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 11:38:05pm

Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” during his ‘68 campaign (orchestrated in part by a dude named Roger Ailes) bearing fruit 47 years later.

126 teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2015 11:52:34pm

re: #125 teleskiguy

More data:

127 Kragar  Apr 24, 2015 11:57:31pm

Spent 20 minutes going thru boxes looking for something, then I see it sitting on a shelf.

128 austin_blue  Apr 25, 2015 12:06:15am

re: #127 Kragar

Spent 20 minutes going thru boxes looking for something, then I see it sitting on a shelf.

“Senior Moments”

<sigh>

129 TedStriker  Apr 25, 2015 12:08:08am

re: #126 teleskiguy

More data:

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Note when Red and Blue started really separating out, all through the 80s…it’s no coincidence that the overlap pretty much stopped near the end of Bush 41’s term and the beginning of Clinton’s 1st, right about the same time Rush’s show really got started, among other things.

130 Nyet  Apr 25, 2015 1:20:49am

re: #118 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I would agree with this if we were talking about three randomly selected religions, or something like the Interpretatione Graecae—trying to form identities between the gods of different peoples.

This isn’t like that at all, however. This is supposed to be a “historical” record, invented by the Old Testament Hebrews, showing the creation and development of the world under the command of their (borrowed Arab) God. Christianity accepted this narrative in its entirety, as did Islam, since Abraham, Moses, and Jesus are all accepted as prophets. Therefore it’s all the same god from start to finish. Adding more prophets (including Joseph Smith) doesn’t change the earlier parts of the story.

First of all, it does. E.g. Muslims don’t accept the Bible as is. Second, there is no two-way compatibility here anyway, even if one accepts that the basis is the same.

Moreover, the principles I have outlined apply to all religions, for the reasons stated, not only to randomly selected ones.

131 Kragar  Apr 25, 2015 1:24:11am

Small game tomorrow, 1500pts. Salamanders vs Imperial Guard, more of a learning game than anything else, trying out some new builds and tactics

132 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 2:39:45am

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133 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 2:44:02am

re: #49 b.d.

SHOCKING LAPDOG MEDIA NEWS!!

usnews.com

He better look for a trial in his beloved Russia where they think more highly of his stealing the people’s sensitive documents.

Well, the poll was taken by the ACLU who represent Snowden. Results of polls depend not only on who you poll, but who operates the poll, how the poll was taken, where it was taken, etc. Too many variables in the poll itself make polls pretty meaningless.

“The survey was commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union, which provides legal representation to Snowden, who received asylum in Russia after the U.S. canceled his passport.”

Box office, OTOH, can tell you a lot.

the-numbers.com

If so many (over 1/3) actually support Snowden, then why aren’t they storming theaters? This is the real Edward Snowden and what he thinks! It won an Oscar! The only other country for which box office figures are available is Australia, so don’t know if the movie is being shown in Europe anyway (anyone tried to pirate it yet?).

Even so, it appears that some minds have softened toward Snowden as he fades from most people’s memories. Still, you can always find sympathy for someone even if they’ve done the wrong thing—such as damage the security of their country.

I’m just wondering how long Snowden, and he’s very young, can weather the conditions he’s living under. Time will no doubt erode his demands to get off scot-free for his actions. Perhaps he will realize that his reasoning for committing his crimes is a shallow puddle after all, not worth the ultimate price he’s having to pay.

Change can occur but it’s not always when we want it to—and conditions themselves are always in a state of flux. It’s a lesson we sometimes don’t learn soon enough.

134 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 2:50:31am

Nepal.

Avalanches reported in Mount Everest region after 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal - @cnnbrk
read more on cnn.com

BBC reporting already 100 deaths; earthquake could be felt in Delhi; India’s PM says they will help.

135 Dr Lizardo  Apr 25, 2015 2:51:31am

re: #134 Justanotherhuman

Nepal.

Avalanches reported in Mount Everest region after 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal - @cnnbrk
read more on cnn.com

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BBC reporting already 100 death; earthquake could be felt in Delhi; India’s PM says they will help.

This may have altered a former student of mine’s travel plans - he and his brother were heading to Kathmandu in a week.

136 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 2:58:49am

re: #133 Justanotherhuman

Snowden’s girlfriend (of fleeting fame) seems to have quietly joined him. That could complicate their living arrangements.

theguardian.com

137 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 2:59:03am

re: #135 Dr Lizardo

Yes, plans for a vacation, at least. Perhaps they could do some aid work? Nepal is going to need it.

Nepal earthquake: More than 100 dead, many injured

bbc.com

And many, many bldgs have collapsed; there is massive damage.

138 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 3:06:16am

re: #136 Decatur Deb

She was a distraction for him; briefly took the public eye off his activities. They probably see Russia as an adventure—at first glance anyway. Day after day, not so much, I’d bet, once the publicity has worn off.

139 Amory Blaine  Apr 25, 2015 3:25:51am

Heh.

Band names from Seinfeld…..?

140 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 25, 2015 3:30:38am

I’ve been busy with real world stuff recently, and only today got to witness yet another mangling of the English language by UpChuck.

Said snippet accompanies the latest gotnwes.com stroy.


EXCLUSIVE (‘cause no one else cares): #TedCruz was too a master debater at Princeton!!

Chuck is really sensitive about any criticism of his fave presidential candidate.

141 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 3:31:07am

re: #136 Decatur Deb

Also, she appears to be able to travel freely, unlike Snowden.

vanityfair.com

A story and photo in the VF Hollywood section with the usual suspects. Hey, any publicity is good, right?

142 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 3:37:35am

I expect the death toll will be massive, as will the injuries, although I hope I’m wrong.

Death toll from earthquake in Nepal rises to 449, police say - @Reuters
end of alert

143 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 3:42:49am

Interesting:

Conservatives in Tennessee are taking a stand to re-evaluate the current capital punishment system with the launch of the coalition, Tennessee Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty.

Polls show that national support for the death penalty has steadily decreased over the past two decades and has reached a 40-year low - even among conservatives who have traditionally been strong proponents of capital punishment.

Our state continues to spend millions of dollars a year on an unpopular punishment that hasn’t been used since 2009. The 2004 Tennessee Comptroller’s “Tennessee’s Death Penalty: Costs and Consequences” report revealed that death penalty trials cost an average of 48 percent more than the average cost of trials in which prosecutors seek life imprisonment. The death penalty fails at both efficiency and results.

Together, we are questioning a system marked by inefficiency, inequity and inaccuracy.

Tennessee Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, a project of TADP, is a network of political and social conservatives who question the alignment of Tennessee’s capital punishment system with conservative principles and values.

144 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 3:46:14am
145 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 3:49:01am

Finished Swerve last night. The first non-fiction book I’ve read/listened to in a long time. I highly recommend it. It seems we’ve been battling the Whackos for at the very least 2 millennium.

Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. That book was the last surviving manuscript of an ancient Roman philosophical epic, On the Nature of Things, by Lucretius—a beautiful poem of the most dangerous ideas: that the universe functioned without the aid of gods, that religious fear was damaging to human life, and that matter was made up of very small particles in eternal motion, colliding and swerving in new directions.

The copying and translation of this ancient book-the greatest discovery of the greatest book-hunter of his age-fueled the Renaissance, inspiring artists such as Botticelli and thinkers such as Giordano Bruno; shaped the thought of Galileo and Freud, Darwin and Einstein; and had a revolutionary influence on writers such as Montaigne and Shakespeare and even Thomas Jefferson. 16 pages of color illustrations

146 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 25, 2015 3:50:20am

From The Guardian:

Liquid mercury found under Mexican pyramid could lead to king’s tomb

Archaeologists have to wear hazmat gear to avoid mercury poisoning from pools of the liquid metal under Teotihuacan.

147 Amory Blaine  Apr 25, 2015 3:56:38am

re: #143 FemNaziBitch

RINOS!!

148 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 25, 2015 3:57:23am

re: #145 FemNaziBitch

Atomism was a hotly debated topic among scientists of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, until Dalton’s theory pretty much settled the issue in the early 1800s. Even so, Newton was comfortable with the idea of corpuscles of light, which we now call photons.

149 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 4:00:54am

re: #148 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Atomism was a hotly debated topic among scientists of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, until Dalton’s theory pretty much settled the issue in the early 1800s. Even so, Newton was comfortable with the idea of corpuscles of light, which we now call photons.

Newton is a strange one. He seemed to have to find a way to include God in everything.

150 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 4:01:44am

re: #148 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Atomism was a hotly debated topic among scientists of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, until Dalton’s theory pretty much settled the issue in the early 1800s. Even so, Newton was comfortable with the idea of corpuscles of light, which we now call photons.

There was reference to St. Thomas More in the book. More could see no way to manage mankind without fear.

I don’t get that.

151 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 4:01:44am

Avalanche buries part of Everest basecamp after Nepal quake, 8 people dead, tourism official says - @Reuters
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152 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 25, 2015 4:04:22am

In the Catholic countries at least, atomism (and the possibility of a vacuum) was regarded as tantamount to atheism because it was tarred from the beginning with Democritus’ “Swerve”—a random diversion in the atoms of the universe that caused them to start colliding with each other and generating all the happenings since. No need for a Creator.

153 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 4:04:22am
154 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 4:07:16am
155 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 4:17:40am

I have a copy of On the Nature of Things from college. I don’t remember a thing about it—although I got good grades in philosophy. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

oy

156 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 4:28:36am

re: #153 FemNaziBitch

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That pretty much lines up with menarche, although it’s become earlier and earlier since I was a kid, when the average age was 13; it wasn’t unusual for girls to be as late as 16, such as my sister and aunt. I know this is anecdotal, but girls talk and you always knew when someone had started their period. In my day, it was always jr high (7-9), and sometimes HS, before a girl got her period. I only remember 1 girl in the 6th grade who was maturing faster than the rest of us, with breasts, etc, and she was “unique” to say the least. There was a big boom in teeny bras and cup sizes, AA to AAAA during that period. I bought my first one at 14, I think. They weren’t really “normal” size until I was 17.

It couldn’t really be all modern nutrition, since most people really don’t eat very well anyway, so it must be the amount of consumption. You have to remember that girls of my generation and older were coming out of a period of much less food, following the Great Depression and WWII. It wasn’t unusual to get by on much less, since it wasn’t available. I have some photos from the WWII period of my mother, relatives and friends, and no one had an extra ounce of fat on them—no one.

157 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 4:57:58am

re: #156 Justanotherhuman

That pretty much lines up with menarche, although it’s become earlier and earlier since I was a kid, when the average age was 13; it wasn’t unusual for girls to be as late as 16, such as my sister and aunt. I know this is anecdotal, but girls talk and you always knew when someone had started their period. In my day, it was always jr high (7-9), and sometimes HS, before a girl got her period. I only remember 1 girl in the 6th grade who was maturing faster than the rest of us, with breasts, etc, and she was “unique” to say the least. There was a big boom in teeny bras and cup sizes, AA to AAAA during that period. I bought my first one at 14, I think. They weren’t really “normal” size until I was 17.

It couldn’t really be all modern nutrition, since most people really don’t eat very well anyway, so it must be the amount of consumption. You have to remember that girls of my generation and older were coming out of a period of much less food, following the Great Depression and WWII. It wasn’t unusual to get by on much less, since it wasn’t available. I have some photos from the WWII period of my mother, relatives and friends, and no one had an extra ounce of fat on them—no one.

I had no clue at that age.

158 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:00:13am

POLICE: SEX OFFENDER STOLE SCHOOL BUS, TRIED TO PICK UP CHILD

159 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 5:02:31am

Americans waste 40% of food produced. And look where the waste is—fish, fruits, vegetables, grains. It’s not unusual when I shop to find that while the avocados look OK, they’re already soft. The produce mgr said they’re no longer shipped “hard”, for some reason. And the regular price is $1.39/ea. I still use them if they get overripe, even though I have at least 1/2 every day, even if I have to have guacamole. And I have started shopping more frequently so less is thrown away. Most stuff that can be put in the freezer is immediately frozen. Most of my waste is from packaging—overdone, IMHO. I suppose it’s my childhood, but I despise seeing food just thrown into the garbage. And some restaurants tend to serve far too much, even to kids.

Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill

nrdc.org

160 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 25, 2015 5:04:17am

re: #152 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

In the Catholic countries at least, atomism (and the possibility of a vacuum) was regarded as tantamount to atheism because it was tarred from the beginning with Democritus’ “Swerve”—a random diversion in the atoms of the universe that caused them to start colliding with each other and generating all the happenings since. No need for a Creator.

Because of Aquinas, Catholicism had real troubles with anything that contradicted Aristotle’s “science.”

161 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 5:05:49am

Nepal officials confirm death toll from earthquake has reached at least 688 - @AP
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162 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:08:47am

So the Fox Morning Porn Review had a segment on (I think) a tweet in which a woman of color is derided for wearing an “I stand with Rand” t-shirt. The Fox Paid Drone said that the writer wanted to take away the woman’s “right to choose” her candidate.

*spit*

163 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 25, 2015 5:18:00am

re: #159 Justanotherhuman

There have been some public education in China about inappropriate waste of food, which has made some limited headway.

Inviting a guest to a lavish meal shows generosity, wealth and respect. To package up leftover food at a restaurant, especially for the host, would be a sign of poverty or miserliness. It would be unthinkable to offer the leftovers to a guest, as it would be insulting. It’s all about “face.”

China no longer faces threats of famine, so the government is trying to dispel the negative connotations of taking leftovers home. Among my associates and friends, it’s perfectly acceptable to take home a doggie bag. Not sure how that plays among the rich and famous here, though.

Food waste at supermarkets is a different issue. Since I live in a largely agricultural area, I suspect some of that discarded food goes to the hogs or into compost, but most probably ends up in the dumpster and the landfill. It’s a logistical nightmare, knowing that uneaten food, which could feed someone somewhere else, has to end up in the garbage.

164 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:23:21am
TaKiyah Wallace never planned on starting an organization that celebrates and supports girls of color who want to be ballerinas, but that’s exactly what happened. When Wallace was looking for a dance school for her then 3-year-old daughter, she noticed something was missing: brown girls.

At the time, Wallace’s daughter hadn’t been enrolled in day care or school, so she wanted to find a dance academy where she’d feel completely at ease. “Her hair was not long and flowing, and she wears her Afro proudly,” Wallace explains. “So I wanted to find a school that was diverse enough for her first experience outside of the house.”

As she surfed several schools’ websites, Wallace, a public school teacher and freelance photographer in Dallas, didn’t find what she was looking for—so she decided to create it. That’s when Brown Girls Do Ballet was born.

You know who else studied ballet?

165 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:24:26am
Mustard gas use during WWI led to the partial or full loss of vision in many soldiers. Schools in Germany began to train dogs to help the soldiers. A police dog trainer, Dorothy Harrison Eustis, wrote about the efforts in Germany in an article for the Saturday Evening Post in 1927. The response she got from visually impaired people wanting their own guide dog was overwhelming. Eustis, along with a blind man named Morris Frank, founded The Seeing Eye in 1929, the first guide dog school in the US and by the time of her death in 1946, the school had provided over 1300 visually impaired individuals with guide dogs. (Photo via The Seeing Eye, Inc.)

from my facebook and YES, I whaaaaannnntt another German Shepard!

166 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:26:00am
167 Targetpractice  Apr 25, 2015 5:27:19am

re: #166 FemNaziBitch

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Donald Trump thinks she’s a lightweight.

168 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:27:36am

re: #163 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

There have been some public education in China about inappropriate waste of food, which has made some limited headway.

Inviting a guest to a lavish meal shows generosity, wealth and respect. To package up leftover food at a restaurant, especially for the host, would be a sign of poverty or miserliness. It would be unthinkable to offer the leftovers to a guest, as it would be insulting. It’s all about “face.”

China no longer faces threats of famine, so the government is trying to dispel the negative connotations of taking leftovers home. Among my associates and friends, it’s perfectly acceptable to take home a doggie bag. Not sure how that plays among the rich and famous here, though.

Food waste at supermarkets is a different issue. Since I live in a largely agricultural area, I suspect some of that discarded food goes to the hogs or into compost, but most probably ends up in the dumpster and the landfill. It’s a logistical nightmare, knowing that uneaten food, which could feed someone somewhere else, has to end up in the garbage.

I hate throwing away food. If it isn’t inappropriate, I save it and add it to the dogs kibble the next day.

They are my 4-legged compost piles.

169 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:30:08am

oooohhhh, more shoes!

170 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:30:24am

going back to bed.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled LGF.

171 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 25, 2015 5:34:23am

re: #167 Targetpractice

Donald Trump thinks she’s a lightweight.

He could probably run more than four corporations into the ground with one hand tied behind his back, and get bigger separation bonuses to boot.

172 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 25, 2015 5:39:34am

re: #171 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

He could probably run more than four corporations into the ground with one hand tied behind his back, and get bigger separation bonuses to boot.

Yeah, but…weren’t all the corporations he ran into the ground ones he created himself? Carly Fiorina runs corporations with a long, rich, profitable history into the ground. That’s much harder.

173 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 25, 2015 5:43:00am

re: #172 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Yeah, but…weren’t all the corporations he ran into the ground ones he created himself? Carly Fiorina runs corporations with a long, rich, profitable history into the ground. That’s much harder.

Trump lost money running casinos and hotels. That, my friend, takes real talent.

Neither one of them should be anywhere near a government position.

174 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 5:45:24am

OMG!
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175 LastYearsMan  Apr 25, 2015 5:54:25am

Newton was endlessly fascinating. When he was a student and first read Descartes, his first arguments weren’t with Descartes’ math or the details, but because “I fear it leads to atheism.” Much of Newton’s work (well, his non-alchemy work) was about trying to put God back into an atomistic universe.

176 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 25, 2015 6:07:58am

re: #174 FemNaziBitch

OMG!
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Hell, she’s better already than I ever was in my short stint at amateur boxing.

RBS

177 Lidane  Apr 25, 2015 6:20:34am

Keep ‘em stupid to keep ‘em voting Republican:

178 makeitstop  Apr 25, 2015 6:41:40am

‘Morning, Lizards,

It’s unexpectedly cold here in Syracuse. Wife has some work to wrap up after hearing back from the client here, at which point we’re out of the hotel and off to see a nearby waterfall, then back to Long Island.

From what we’ve seen, this is a pretty nice little town. We were out on the street earlier, and we were both pretty amazed at how quiet it was.

A nice little jaunt, although I always kinda hate driving back home and wish for a teleportation device of some sort.

I did find a pretty cool guitar shop about a block from the hotel yesterday, but kept my credit card in my pocket. Had a nice chat with the owner and took his card. There are a couple of pieces in the shop that I might consider ordering in a few weeks.

179 Tigger2  Apr 25, 2015 6:51:57am

re: #177 Lidane

Keep ‘em stupid to keep ‘em voting Republican:

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Jindal’s doing a great job.///////

180 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 6:55:21am

re: #175 LastYearsMan

Fortunately, I never fully subscribed to the entirety of cogito ergo sum. Life has meaning, but it’s up to each individual to discover it, not allow oneself to be caught up in that which cages you into a certain philosophical jail. Even in his Third and Fifth Meditations, Descartes subscribed to an ontological proof of god, although he subsequently puts the onus of truth as being the responsibility of human beings. I think this created a dilemma for him, also, since some still think there is a god, while more people increasingly in these times have a disbelief in a god or gods. He was no doubt a genius thinker but still a man of his time and all that entailed.

Being able to think, reason, and act upon it is the icing on the human cake, since we must first have a bodily presence, so I suppose you might call me an existentialist. After all, we all do things that aren’t rational, and without Descartes and other thinkers, we could still be living in caves, but we should continually fight against that irrationality since personal responsibility and discipline are constantly required to have a meaningful life. And it requires the ability to think to do that, to know that everything isn’t going to fall into your lap, or that you insist that it does, or for a person to assume the “it’s not my fault” mentality or a “feel good” attitude” but the realization that everyone is basically good, but we are shaped by societal forces we must constantly question and it’s our responsibility to do that as individuals in every sector of our lives.

As a group, Americans do a lousy job of it.

181 darthstar  Apr 25, 2015 7:00:04am
182 darthstar  Apr 25, 2015 7:00:26am

Mornin’ everyone

183 darthstar  Apr 25, 2015 7:00:56am

Thoughts to Nepal…big assed quake there.

184 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:01:45am

re: #181 darthstar

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I don’t know why people are surprised by that.

185 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:04:30am

re: #183 darthstar

Help is on the way, landing now.

Kathmandu Airport in Nepal resumes operations; 1st rescue and relief planes arrive - @vaitor
see original on twitter.com

186 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:05:52am

Nepal declares state of emergency as death toll from 7.8-magnitude earthquake nears 900 - @BBCNews
read more on bbc.com

187 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:11:48am

House in Nepal destroyed.

Meanwhile, I complained to myself about having to clean the fridge. I really have no complaints, considering the scale of this earthquake we’re seeing. I just hope the death and injury rate doesn’t rise much more than we’ve seen already.

188 darthstar  Apr 25, 2015 7:12:28am
189 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 25, 2015 7:13:28am

Sigh…

190 PhillyPretzel  Apr 25, 2015 7:14:07am

My thoughts and prayers are with the Nepalese.

191 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:16:48am
192 LastYearsMan  Apr 25, 2015 7:19:58am

re: #184 Justanotherhuman

When I was in university and still developing into my brain (and coming from a conservative background), I used to be constantly amazed at how racist or otherwise assholey minority groups could be to each other. I knew so many racist homosexuals, anti-gay blacks, anti-Puerto Rican Jews, etc. … Which is natural, I guess (people are people, and we are all screwed up). But at first, it really messed with my sense of liberalism.

193 Iwouldprefernotto  Apr 25, 2015 7:23:41am

re: #192 LastYearsMan

When I was in university and still developing into my brain (and coming from a conservative background), I used to be constantly amazed at how racist or otherwise assholey minority groups could be to each other. I knew so many racist homosexuals, anti-gay blacks, anti-Puerto Rican Jews, etc. … Which is natural, I guess (people are people, and we are all screwed up). But at first, it really messed with my sense of liberalism.

Liberals are far from perfect. We know this. Conservatives on the other hand.

194 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 7:24:59am

Good morning Lizard Nation!

An update: I was able to secure corsets for my Frank N Furter costume last night. With the wig and fishnet stockings, it was a success. The looks I got were priceless. Now I have to figure out how to top it next month :D

195 Whack-A-Mole  Apr 25, 2015 7:25:09am

re: #67 De Kolta Chair

The Purple Man is going to figure prominently in the next Netflix/Marvel series “A.K.A. Jessica Jones” and will be played by David Tennant. Depending on how closely they follow the “Alias” comic storyline, the Purple Man is really a nasty piece of work.

In other comic book news, the first official pic of Jared Leto’s Joker in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie has been released:

196 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 7:26:08am

re: #195 Whack-A-Mole

Not sure how I feel about the Marilyn Manson look for Joker, honestly.

197 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:26:31am

re: #192 LastYearsMan

The purposeful life, for me, is to discover truth, and from the point that I see everyone as a human being and myself as merely one of billions, it brings a certain perspective to my own thinking and can be very humbling.

198 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:27:26am

re: #194 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Good morning Lizard Nation!

An update: I was able to secure corsets for my Frank N Furter costume last night. With the wig and fishnet stockings, it was a success. The looks I got were priceless. Now I have to figure out how to top it next month :D

It didn’t happen if there is no video. : ) Glad you had a great time!

199 Whack-A-Mole  Apr 25, 2015 7:31:03am

re: #196 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I can live with the look though I’d prefer they lose the facial tats.

200 Dr Lizardo  Apr 25, 2015 7:36:24am

re: #199 Whack-A-Mole

I can live with the look though I’d prefer they lose the facial tats.

It’s not bad; the only thing……it’s inevitably gonna be compared to Heath Ledger’s interpretation of the character, which was itself quite different in comparison to Batman mythos.

Personally, I liked the Glasgow Smile on Ledger’s Joker - nice touch, I thought. And his complete lack of background story was a huge plus.

201 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:38:43am
202 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 7:40:50am

The locusts will surely follow. ////

203 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 7:42:35am

re: #198 Justanotherhuman

It didn’t happen if there is no video. : ) Glad you had a great time!

There is video, at least snippets. But I appear to be the Whitest Man In the World lol.

204 Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 25, 2015 7:43:46am

I lived in Costa Rica in 2012 when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck. I was outside, talking to friends in their driveway when it happened. It lasted for about a minute and a half, and we were all frozen, staring at each other in disbelief/fear. Luckily it was a very rural community so there was no fear of buildings collapsing and damage to houses was pretty minimal. It was to this day the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced. There were hundreds of aftershocks for weeks afterward. Sometimes, there would be an audible sound I can’t describe, like a “pop” from the earth. Those felt like someone rammed a bulldozer into the side of the house. Other times it felt like when you make a bed and shake the sheet out over the bed and it gently falls into place - like the earth was doing that, gently rolling.

One pretty scary aftershock occurred when I was in the nearby town of Santa Cruz. I was in line at a meat market when one of the “popping” ones hit. Everyone’s eyes got wide, and people started to run into the street. It was then I realized if a really big one hit, there truly was nowhere to go - it would have been impossible to get away from buildings and power lines collapsing all around. People in cities are screwed when that happens.

205 Whack-A-Mole  Apr 25, 2015 7:47:22am

re: #200 Dr Lizardo

I agree, Ledger’s Joker is going to be a hard act to follow; he really nailed the role. It’s probably my favorite on-screen comic book performance of out of all of them (though D’Onofrio comes close with his Wilson Fisk). Ledger’s subtle touches added so much to the performance like the constant licking of his lips and the way he moves.

206 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 7:49:13am

re: #205 Whack-A-Mole

I agree, Ledger’s Joker is going to be a hard act to follow; he really nailed the role. It’s probably my favorite on-screen comic book performance of out of all of them (though D’Onofrio comes close with his Wilson Fisk). Ledger’s subtle touches added so much to the performance like the constant licking of his lips and the way he moves.

I’d say Loki came pretty close, but yeah, Ledger was a beast.

207 makeitstop  Apr 25, 2015 7:55:40am

re: #202 Justanotherhuman

The locusts will surely follow. ////

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There have been quite a few sightings of coyotes around Lower Manhattan in recent weeks. They actually tranquilized one and got him off the street last week, but I heard yesterday that there was one with suspected rabies that they shot but couldn’t catch.

208 darthstar  Apr 25, 2015 8:03:00am

If you’re going to ‘attack’ Rush, do it right.

209 Dr Lizardo  Apr 25, 2015 8:08:40am

re: #208 darthstar

If you’re going to ‘attack’ Rush, do it right.

@mmfa Please don’t use “attacks Rush Limbaugh” unless knives or swords are The Kurgan is actually involved. #clickbait

FTFY.

210 Targetpractice  Apr 25, 2015 8:13:22am

re: #195 Whack-A-Mole

The Purple Man is going to figure prominently in the next Netflix/Marvel series “A.K.A. Jessica Jones” and will be played by David Tennant. Depending on how closely they follow the “Alias” comic storyline, the Purple Man is really a nasty piece of work.

In other comic book news, the first official pic of Jared Leto’s Joker in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie has been released:

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I think this article says everything I want to say about this picture:

8 Reasons ‘Suicide Squad’s’ Joker is actively offending me

211 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 8:13:49am

The director of the Ferguson documentary I posted about the other night retweeted my tweet about it. Pretty cool little brush with fame for a small-time lizard. :)

212 #FergusonFireside  Apr 25, 2015 8:17:50am

re: #211 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

The director of the Ferguson documentary I posted about the other night retweeted my tweet about it. Pretty cool little brush with fame for a small-time lizard. :)

I haven’t watched yet. I will.

I’m watching the Bruce interview now. Very well done.

213 Ace-o-aces  Apr 25, 2015 8:27:37am

re: #202 Justanotherhuman

The locusts will surely follow. ////

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Coyotes are actually fairly common in urban areas. They’re solitary, don’t require large territory and don’t mind scavenging through garbage. Remember that next time you leave the cat out at night.

214 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 8:29:24am
215 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 25, 2015 8:35:47am

re: #177 Lidane

Facing 82% funding cut, LSU and other Louisiana colleges may be forced to file for “academic bankruptcy.”

Bobby Jindal has a plan:

Gov. Bobby Jindal says he’d veto budget tied to tax break suspensions

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he won’t support a legislative effort to temporarily suspend tax breaks to drum up quick cash to patch together next year’s budget.

The Republican governor, in a sit-down with reporters to recap the second week of the legislative session, said he’s told legislative leaders that he would consider the move a tax increase and he would veto a budget dependent on it.

“I made it very clear to them that we’re not encouraging any kind of games or workarounds or loopholes,” he said.

But he added: “I don’t think we’re going to get in that situation.”

Jindal said he thinks lawmakers will find a longer-term solution to the state’s $1.6 billion budget shortfall, with tax changes and spending reductions that he won’t consider a net increase in taxes.

Bobby Jindal doesn’t have a longer term solution, he has “No.” Louisiana’s health care system is in tatters and its universities are going under, but spending reductions will fix that. Withal and despite, Louisiana will still elect another Republican governor.

216 Nyet  Apr 25, 2015 8:37:41am

re: #192 LastYearsMan

When I was in university and still developing into my brain (and coming from a conservative background), I used to be constantly amazed at how racist or otherwise assholey minority groups could be to each other. I knew so many racist homosexuals, anti-gay blacks, anti-Puerto Rican Jews, etc. … Which is natural, I guess (people are people, and we are all screwed up). But at first, it really messed with my sense of liberalism.

I don’t think there ever existed a people that didn’t exhibit racism. On the other hand, it seems that the long-term (very long-term) trend is towards anti-racism. Racism remains, but at the very least it is now a thing to be ashamed of in the political field.

217 Timothy Watson  Apr 25, 2015 8:37:57am

re: #215 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Bobby Jindal has a plan:

Bobby Jindal doesn’t have a longer term solution, he has “No.” Louisiana’s health care system is in tatters and its universities are going under, but spending reductions will fix that. Withal and despite, Louisiana will still elect another Republican governor.

His plan is about as good as Cylons’ and that says a lot.

218 Eventual Carrion  Apr 25, 2015 8:47:24am

Summer concert season is shaping up. Just picked up tickets for Rob Thomas in Akron in June. The wife had picked up tickets for James Taylor a week ago for Aug., and I got Jackson Browne tickets a couple weeks back for Sept.. We are going to try to hit at least one concert a month this summer season. Still have a couple months to fill in at least one concert.

219 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 25, 2015 8:50:25am

re: #217 Timothy Watson

His plan is about as good as Cylons’ and that says a lot.

I doubt that we’ll see much better from the three Republican running to replace Jindal in this October’s gubernatorial election.

220 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 8:57:15am

re: #165 FemNaziBitch

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from my facebook and YES, I whaaaaannnntt another German Shepard!

(Late) Morning all!

I like that photo of the Shepherds They are all ears up, noses pointed forward and ready for work.

It is kind of strange. When I was younger and helped my brothers on their paper route, I used to be so scared of Shepherds. The old neighborhood had plenty with nasty reputations. I remember getting chased off from one of the houses with a meany dog as a kid, fell and cut the hell out of my knees. I still have small scars. I think at that time Shepherds were feared like people fear Pit Bulls.

Then I met Sammy, a Shepherd a friend had in college. Sammy was the coolest 120 pound ‘lap’ dog ever. Such a big puppy, always on the lookout for pets and laps to plop down on, Sammy never showed a mean streak, never growled at other dogs or people he didn’t know. He changed my whole outlook on German Shepherds.

221 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 9:02:07am

re: #177 Lidane

Keep ‘em stupid to keep ‘em voting Republican:

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Somehow though…I bet they roll out an SEC football team. Must never forget the important aspects of a college.

When will that state figure out Bobby Jindal was one of the worst things that could have happened to them?

222 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 9:07:46am

In DC right now:

223 Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 25, 2015 9:10:16am

Seeing Bob Schneider tonight in Corpus! We don’t get a lot of live music of the non-country variety, so I’m pretty excited. :)

224 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:11:59am

It’s now gnarly in my part of the woods. It wasn’t like that when I went back to bed this morning.

At last the Amorous Cardinal is quiet.

you?

225 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:17:55am
226 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:18:25am

re: #225 FemNaziBitch

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This reminds me of how some people vacuum the carpet. Mostly young people.

227 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:20:59am

New Hugo Award categories for puppies

228 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:22:34am
230 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 9:26:33am

re: #228 FemNaziBitch

[Media Matters ✔@mmfa
With Jake Tapper, white men will now host all broadcast Sunday morning political shows: mm4a.org
8:30 PM - 24 Apr 2015]

Ugh. What a bunch of softballers.

231 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 9:30:54am

re: #228 FemNaziBitch

I posted that yesterday (?) under “Faces that need to be punched”

232 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 9:31:24am
233 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:32:02am
234 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:32:23am

re: #231 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

I posted that yesterday (?) under “Faces that need to be punched”

we need to keep posting it —although I can’t advocate violence. I suggest we just not turn to those stations.

235 Nyet  Apr 25, 2015 9:37:08am

No one could see the color blue until modern times?

Richard Carrier debunks this comically ignorant nonsense.

236 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 9:39:31am

re: #234 FemNaziBitch

we need to keep posting it —although I can’t advocate violence. I suggest we just not turn to those stations.

Sadly, there are no other stations. :( And we’re not their audience.

237 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 9:43:52am

Guess which wingnut!!!

238 freetoken  Apr 25, 2015 9:47:08am

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

Don’t you realize? It’s just another case of SATIRE!!

239 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 9:51:16am
240 Higgs Boson's Mate  Apr 25, 2015 9:54:20am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cute little sucker.

241 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:54:54am

re: #236 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Sadly, there are no other stations. :( And we’re not their audience.

There are online …

242 Dr Lizardo  Apr 25, 2015 9:55:32am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cutethulu fhtagn! Iä! Iä!

243 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 9:56:55am

How to help: The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) is working with the Nepal Red Cross Society, marshaling resources from nearby countries to help earthquake victims. To donate to the IFRC’s disaster response, click below:
ifrc.org

244 FemNaziBitch  Apr 25, 2015 9:57:47am

bbl

245 Nyet  Apr 25, 2015 9:58:33am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sweet sea food!

246 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 10:01:45am

Nepal earthquake death toll reaches 1,130, says police spokesman - @ReutersIndia
see original on twitter.com

Editor’s note: The Associated Press notes that the shallowness of the Nepal earthquake, at 7 miles, contributed to the widespread damage. In addition, much of the damage is attributable to building standards in the country. - Tom
end of note

In Kathmandu, most are choosing to spend night outside, gathering in open spaces - parks, vacant lots and the city’s main avenues - @irinnews
see original on twitter.com

247 Varek Raith  Apr 25, 2015 10:08:32am

Dem Rep. Introduces Bill To Keep GOP Rep. Steve King From Legislating

Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), who is openly gay, on Friday introduced a bill to keep Rep. Steve King (R-IA) from legislating in response to a bill introduced by King related to gay marriage.

King on Wednesday introduced the “Restrain the Judges on Marriage Act of 2015,” a bill aimed at keeping federal judges from weighing in on gay marriage.

And so Polis wrote up the “Restrain Steve King from Legislating Act,” which would block King from introducing legislation related to judicial authority, the Huffington Post reported.

According to a statement form Polis’ office, “the bill would prevent Steve King from abusing taxpayer dollars by substituting the judgments of the nation’s duly serving judicial branch of government with his own beliefs.”

248 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 10:09:16am

re: #246 Justanotherhuman

Nepal earthquake death toll reaches 1,130, says police spokesman - @ReutersIndia
see original on twitter.com

Editor’s note: The Associated Press notes that the shallowness of the Nepal earthquake, at 7 miles, contributed to the widespread damage. In addition, much of the damage is attributable to building standards in the country. - Tom
end of note

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In Kathmandu, most are choosing to spend night outside, gathering in open spaces - parks, vacant lots and the city’s main avenues - @irinnews
see original on twitter.com

I’ve been through tornadoes, hurricanes, but nothing beats an earthquake for a WTF moment.

249 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Apr 25, 2015 10:10:06am

re: #247 Varek Raith

LOOOOOOL

250 bratwurst  Apr 25, 2015 10:13:05am
251 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 10:16:38am

I can see why my grandson’s good friend brought his wife and baby daughter back to NC from Maine. I hope this doesn’t become too much of a trend, though. At least E was able to get a job here and I don’t think he spends any time in strip clubs, either. But their old Volvo bit the dust after they’d been here a couple of months.

Maine Governor Prepares To Make Food Stamps Recipients Jump Through New Hoops At The Grocery Store

thinkprogress.org

(snip)

“LePage isn’t following the herd, though. He’s got a long record of statements and policy ideas that correspond with this mentality toward public assistance beneficiaries in his state.

“The problem behind Maine’s 32,000 unemployed people, according to LePage, is that they’re lazy. Maine’s 12,000 families on welfare, he says, are too busy getting high to pull up their bootstraps. The state wouldn’t have 230,000 people on food stamps, LePage believes, if they’d just stop spending so much time in bars and strip clubs and start getting jobs that don’t necessarily exist. The governor’s other big idea for helping people in need was moving the building that houses many Maine social service programs from a downtown Portland building to a new spot in South Portland, 72 bus-stops away.

“LePage’s efforts have sometimes been at odds with concrete evidence about how benefits are used and what is effective at getting people out of poverty. When his study of where food stamps and welfare cards withdraw cash found that just two-tenths of a percent of all such spending happens at bars and strip clubs, he said the finding “indicates a larger problem than initially thought.” Despite overwhelming evidence from other states that drug testing welfare applicants is misguided and expensive, LePage sought and received permission to make Maine applicants pee in a cup if they have been convicted on a drug charge in the past 20 years.” More

This is the new, poorer working class.

252 Kid A  Apr 25, 2015 10:17:19am

Shot this yesterday while on assignment.

Two boys watch the second session of pro stock qualifying from the stands during the qualifying session of the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals, Friday, April 24, 2015, at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX.

253 Nyet  Apr 25, 2015 10:18:41am

re: #250 bratwurst

so that picture of Jared Leto as the Joker is just not very scary.

It’s not scary, it’s ridiculous.

254 Dark_Falcon  Apr 25, 2015 10:20:56am

re: #18 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

How about Kanye West delivering a perspective that helped Kim deal with it?

On this one, Kanye likely to keep his mouth shut.

255 Dark_Falcon  Apr 25, 2015 10:23:54am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

In DC right now:

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If that fellow took God’s words about not perverting justice to heart, he’d be holding up a sign with a picture of Walter Scott and another of someone who’d been wrongfully convicted by prosecutorial misconduct.

256 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 25, 2015 10:25:52am

Even the Taboola ads are starting to go full wingnut…

257 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 10:42:04am

re: #256 Eclectic Cyborg

Even the Taboola ads are starting to go full wingnut…

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Starting?

I’ve thought all along they were intended for the ‘tender’ brain.

I wonder how Google will rank some of that crap if they go to rating based on facts, evidence and good info.

258 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 10:43:32am

re: #256 Eclectic Cyborg

Even the Taboola ads are starting to go full wingnut…

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Well, it is “rant lifestyle”.

259 Charles Johnson  Apr 25, 2015 10:50:18am

I love it when right wing kooks register LGF accounts and pretend to be someone they’re not. Never get tired of this one. (Referring to the previous thread where “Berecca” showed up again overnight.)

260 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 25, 2015 10:50:25am

re: #258 Justanotherhuman

I noticed that too. lol

261 Lidane  Apr 25, 2015 10:52:34am

re: #233 FemNaziBitch

That entire TED Talk is brilliant:

…

262 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 11:00:28am

Evidently, the death toll at Everest base camp may be quite high.

263 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 11:01:42am
264 Lidane  Apr 25, 2015 11:04:11am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

265 freetoken  Apr 25, 2015 11:04:11am

re: #263 Justanotherhuman

I see that CNN doesn’t recognize Tibet.

266 darthstar  Apr 25, 2015 11:08:50am
267 Timothy Watson  Apr 25, 2015 11:09:24am

re: #265 freetoken

I see that CNN doesn’t recognize Tibet.

Mustn’t anger the Chinese.

268 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 25, 2015 11:09:32am

re: #265 freetoken

I see that CNN doesn’t recognize Tibet.

And has Sikkim been absorbed by India since I learned my Geography?

269 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 11:09:49am

re: #265 freetoken

I see that CNN doesn’t recognize Tibet.

Neither does Google, except as a part of China.

google.com

270 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 11:12:36am

Death toll from Nepal earthquake rises to 1,341, with 630 dead in Kathmandu Valley, says Nepal police - @Reuters
end of alert

271 Timothy Watson  Apr 25, 2015 11:13:09am

re: #268 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

And has Sikkim been absorbed by India since I learned my Geography?

In 1975 according to Wikipedia.

272 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 11:13:40am

re: #266 darthstar

I accidentally opined on a #vaccination thread. Now my TL is polluted with anti-vax rage addicts. Still doesn’t cause #Autism.

Should be a shot for that.

273 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 25, 2015 11:15:11am

re: #271 Timothy Watson

In 1975 according to Wikipedia.

Well, that would do it. It’s just been in the last year or two I learned that they don’t call Dahomey Dahomey any more, too.

274 Dark_Falcon  Apr 25, 2015 11:15:34am

re: #272 Decatur Deb

Should be a shot for that.

DS wouldn’t need it. Even if the anti-vaxxers are rabid, he always PWNs them before they can bite.

275 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 11:16:23am

Protesting Freddy Gray’s death.

276 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 11:17:58am

Jenner: I’m A Republican And A Christian
alan.com

Some would say she’ll have to choose.

277 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 25, 2015 11:21:15am

re: #272 Decatur Deb

Should be a shot for that.

I know advocating violence is a no-no, so I’ll just point out that in certain places not so long ago, that shot could have been nine grams in the back of the head.

278 #FergusonFireside  Apr 25, 2015 11:25:50am

We have no Portland lizards??

I miss WUB and Windy!!

279 #FergusonFireside  Apr 25, 2015 11:26:22am

I’m heading there this August for a wedding & staying a couple days extra. FYI

280 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 11:26:43am

re: #277 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I know advocating violence is a no-no, so I’ll just point out that in certain places not so long ago, that shot could have been nine grams in the back of the head.

Too simplisitic. My fantasy is turning them all into good progressives, one at a time.

281 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 11:28:40am

Saw this on the local NBC news this morning.

NBC 4 Columbus - Both Sides Of The Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Watch the video. I’d like the impressions the LGF members have toward Mr. Burris. I think we’ve all heard about him, this is the first time I’ve actually seen the guy. I already know what I think of him. He’s a very gruff hater and just look at how he takes to the Constitution and Law in the quote of his in bold type.

This all seems to be the newer Republican plan to stop gay marriage. They appear to be ready to defy the Supreme Court. You have Cruz and King trying to get an amendment passed and to prevent a court ruling before their can be a vote on an amendment. What happens if their stupid desire for an amendment doesn’t get anywhere?

Maybe King will throw himself of the floor in the Capitol rotunda and throw a tantrum. Cruz will do some kind of grandstand and read the bible passage against men being with men over and over and FOX will show it 24/7.

What the hell? Do moderate and reasonable GOP people want to be a party to this? This is unprecedented legal thinking in my times of being politically aware. This is conservatism. It seems like some form of religious radicalism and we all know where that usually goes.

—CUT—

“We are born this way. We don’t choose this,” said Obergerfell.

“That’s a bunch of garbage; that you’re born that way. We’re all born heterosexual,” said Burris.

Burris firmly believes gay marriage is wrong and homosexuality is a choice, “We know gender identity confusion is real, and I actually served my wife and I served on a board for four and a half years helping people who wanted to walk away. We saw hundreds of people walk away from homosexuality.”

Obergerfell said being gay is not a choice. The only ‘choice” he made was to marry the love of his life, John Arthur, who was dying from ALS when they flew to Maryland where they could legally marry.

Now Obergerfell wants Ohio to recognize the marriage, so his name can go on his husband’s death certificate.

“We are simply two people who loved each other. All we want and all we are asking for is the same respect, the same responsibilities and the same rights as everyone else. So it’s very hurtful to be told that we don’t deserve it; we’re not natural; we don’t deserve those same things.”

“There is a lot of hatred out there towards us. And that is something we will have to continue to fight,” said Obergerfell.

“We have to stand firm that marriage is between one man and one woman, and if the Supreme Court rules, as far as we are concerned, they are ruling wrong and we will not accept it.”

282 Belafon  Apr 25, 2015 11:32:51am

re: #281 ObserverArt

It’ll be interesting afterwards. It wasn’t the SCOTUS that ended segregation, it was the national guard.

283 Dark_Falcon  Apr 25, 2015 11:33:16am

re: #280 Decatur Deb

Too simplisitic. My fantasy is turning them all into good progressives, one at a time.

Doesn’t work, sad to say. You’d have to find some way to deal with what it is that is causing their minds to flee reality, and that is not only different but in some cases you’ll find people who want to reject reality, as it does not assign them the important role they think they should have.

284 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 11:34:25am

re: #281 ObserverArt

Saw this on the local NBC news this morning.

NBC 4 Columbus - Both Sides Of The Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Watch the video. I’d like the impressions the LGF members have toward Mr. Burris. I think we’ve all heard about him, this is the first time I’ve actually seen the guy. I already know what I think of him. He’s a very gruff hater and just look at how he takes to the Constitution and Law in the quote of his in bold type.

This all seems to be the newer Republican plan to stop gay marriage. They appear to be ready to defy the Supreme Court. You have Cruz and King trying to get an amendment passed and to prevent a court ruling before their can be a vote on an amendment. What happens if their stupid desire for an amendment doesn’t get anywhere?

Maybe King will throw himself of the floor in the Capitol rotunda and throw a tantrum. Cruz will do some kind of grandstand and read the bible passage against men being with men over and over and FOX will show it 24/7.

What the hell? Do moderate and reasonable GOP people want to be a party to this? This is unprecedented legal thinking in my times of being politically aware. This is conservatism. It seems like some form of religious radicalism and we all know where that usually goes.

Folk of that bent have a long list of things they ‘won’t accept’. Alphabetized, it starts with ‘abolition’.

285 Belafon  Apr 25, 2015 11:34:34am

I got an email from Al Franken. He’s supporting Hillary Clinton for president, in part because she campaigned for him at the end of his last election. He also said she did this:

We won by 312 votes in 2008. There’s no doubt Hillary’s visits helped put us over the top. But she’s not just a good friend to me — when it comes to fighting for middle class families, Hillary never quits. Ever.

Hillary helped create the Children’s Health Insurance Program, refusing to back down even when it faced numerous hurdles and failed to pass Congress when it was first introduced. And today, 8 million children have health insurance because of her efforts.

Hillary led the effort to address health care for first responders who were contaminated at Ground Zero and helped secure recovery aid to rebuild.

286 bratwurst  Apr 25, 2015 11:46:31am

re: #285 Belafon

I got an email from Al Franken. He’s supporting Hillary Clinton for president, in part because she campaigned for him at the end of his last election. He also said she did this:

I honestly think every American who is not a Time Warner stockholder owes Franken a debt of gratitude today. For over a year he was the one and only national figure speaking out against a merger that would have given one company (which also happens to be a major content provider) control of two thirds of broadband connections in this country.

287 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 11:47:03am

re: #282 Belafon

It’ll be interesting afterwards. It wasn’t the SCOTUS that ended segregation, it was the national guard.

After the 101st Airborne regulars brushed them aside.

Several segregationist councils threatened to hold protests at Central High and physically block the black students from entering the school. Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to support the segregationists on September 4, 1957. The sight of a line of soldiers blocking out the students made national headlines and polarized the nation. …snip

Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students. On September 24, the President ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army—without its black soldiers, who rejoined the division a month later—to Little Rock and federalized the entire 10,000-member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of the hands of Faubus.[8]

en.wikipedia.org

288 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 11:49:37am

re: #284 Decatur Deb

Folk of that bent have a long list of things they ‘won’t accept’. Alphabetized, it starts with ‘abolition’.

What concerns me Deb, is the fundies have both to get steamed about. We’ve already seen trouble in America with clinic bombings. Put these together and the main culprit becomes our government. Hello Oklahoma McVeigh.

Toss in a little Bundy ranch sauce, sprinkle in some back lash about protesters in Ferguson, Baltimore, Cleveland and the steam is rising…pressure building. I sure hope we still have pressure valve vents. I know we have some good creators of all that steam.

289 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 11:51:24am

re: #288 ObserverArt

What concerns me Deb, is the fundies have both to get steamed about. We’ve already seen trouble in America with clinic bombings. Put these together and the main culprit becomes our government. Hello Oklahoma McVeigh.

Toss in a little Bundy ranch sauce, sprinkle in some back lash about protesters in Ferguson, Baltimore, Cleveland and the steam is rising…pressure building. I sure hope we still have pressure valve vents. I know we have some good creators of all that steam.

President HRC will exert a calming influence on them.

290 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 11:52:46am

re: #287 Decatur Deb

After the 101st Airborne regulars brushed them aside.

Several segregationist councils threatened to hold protests at Central High and physically block the black students from entering the school. Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to support the segregationists on September 4, 1957. The sight of a line of soldiers blocking out the students made national headlines and polarized the nation. …snip

Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students. On September 24, the President ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army—without its black soldiers, who rejoined the division a month later—to Little Rock and federalized the entire 10,000-member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of the hands of Faubus.[8]

en.wikipedia.org

Nice touch of history there Deb. Thanks for that. We always need to remember the little details.

With that…time to really get something done with the remainder of this cold, damp and dreary fall spring day. Back later to catch up on things.

291 stpaulbear  Apr 25, 2015 11:53:35am

re: #286 bratwurst

Franken has been a thoroughly honorable senator. He’s smart and a very hard worker behind the scenes. He’s not out to grab the spotlight, and he’s not in it for the grift. I’m so glad to have MN rid of Norm Coleman and have Franken as my senator.

292 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 11:54:17am

re: #290 ObserverArt

Nice touch of history there Deb. Thanks for that. We always need to remember the little details.

With that…time to really get something done with the remainder of this cold, damp and dreary fall spring day. Back later to catch up on things.

History to you young’uns. Old grainy black and white TV to me.

293 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 11:55:49am

re: #276 Decatur Deb

Jenner: I’m A Republican And A Christian
alan.com

Some would say she’ll have to choose.

First things first: A reality TV show and replenishing the coffers like a good Republican. It sounds as though he learned a thing or two from Kris about publicity, and not a whole lot from other transgender people.

Bruce Jenner E! show about life as a transgender woman will air in July

ew.com

“I’m me. I’m a person. This is who I am. I’m not stuck in anybody’s body. My brain is much more female than male,” Jenner said. “

“Jenner has not indicated a preference for female pronouns This story uses male pronouns in deference to that.”

I wonder how transgender people are going to see all this?

294 ObserverArt  Apr 25, 2015 11:56:15am

re: #292 Decatur Deb

History to you young’uns. Old grainy black and white TV to me.

60…not so young! Still of the black and white TV world being in it since summer ‘54!

: )

295 allegro  Apr 25, 2015 11:56:29am

Just saw that tonight is the White House Correspondent’s dinner. Looking forward to President “no more fucks to give” Obama’s speech, his last at that event. Should be a hoot.

296 allegro  Apr 25, 2015 11:58:31am

re: #295 allegro

Just saw that tonight is the White House Correspondent’s dinner. Looking forward to President “no more fucks to give” Obama’s speech, his last at that event. Should be a hoot.

Oops, I retired Obama a year early. LOL

297 stpaulbear  Apr 25, 2015 12:00:35pm

re: #294 ObserverArt

60…not so young! Still of the black and white TV world being in it since summer ‘54!

: )

Me too! Born about a week before Independence Day in ‘54. I can remember getting our first color TV.

298 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 12:01:31pm

re: #294 ObserverArt

60…not so young! Still of the black and white TV world being in it since summer ‘54!

: )

299 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 12:06:54pm

White House: US deploying team of disaster response experts to Nepal after major earthquake; providing $1 million in initial aid - @ABC
see original on twitter.com

300 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 12:20:09pm

re: #297 stpaulbear

Me too! Born about a week before Independence Day in ‘54. I can remember getting our first color TV.

But do you remember those 12 inchers?

Holy cow, as a kid, I had to sit on the floor about 2 ft from the thing to see anything at all, and jump up and down to adjust the rabbit ears.

301 allegro  Apr 25, 2015 12:23:25pm

re: #300 Justanotherhuman

But do you remember those 12 inchers?

Holy cow, as a kid, I had to sit on the floor about 2 ft from the thing to see anything at all, and jump up and down to adjust the rabbit ears.

Watchin’ Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo?

302 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 12:23:59pm

The first mass produced TV (1946-47) in the US.

RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set,

303 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 12:29:00pm

re: #301 allegro

Watchin’ Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo?

Sure. Later, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coco—great entertainers, the Ed Sullivan Show. Variety shows were favorites back then.

304 Romantic Heretic  Apr 25, 2015 12:29:17pm

re: #281 ObserverArt

To the ‘Gay is a choice’ people I always pose the question: When did you decide to be straight?

305 Amory Blaine  Apr 25, 2015 12:31:43pm

We got our first color TV from Goodwill in ‘82.

306 Belafon  Apr 25, 2015 12:32:25pm

re: #304 Romantic Heretic

To the ‘Gay is a choice’ people I always pose the question: When did you decide to be straight?

And the guy’s answer in the article:

“That’s a bunch of garbage; that you’re born that way. We’re all born heterosexual,” said Burris.

307 allegro  Apr 25, 2015 12:32:50pm

re: #303 Justanotherhuman

Sure. Later, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coco—great entertainers, the Ed Sullivan Show. Variety shows were favorites back then.

I remember Saturday nights with our elderly, and much loved, babysitter watching Leave it to Beaver and Lawrence Welk.

308 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 12:36:24pm

Gah! I should know better. I do know better.

I hadn’t gone outdoors to shoot photos in a while. I wanted to photograph some of the (finally) blooming trees in the neighborhood today, despite the fact that it’s a bright sunny day and the sun was still high in the sky. That was mistake #1. I checked my camera battery and it looked okay, but since I hadn’t used in at least a month I thought it might drain quickly. I considered taking an extra battery, but decided against it—mistake #2. Not wanting to carry a bunch of heavy gear with me, I left behind all my lens hoods and my long(er) lenses, taking only my 40mm prime and my 18mm-55mm kit lens—mistake #3. *sigh*

After spending 10 minutes trying to avoid glare from the sun by trying to find shady spots to shoot from, I finally started taking pics. I wasn’t getting the shots I wanted—surprise!—because the light was too contrasty and, for the most part, the lenses weren’t the right focal length, so I kept switching lenses.

Just as I was getting warmed up and thought I’d photograph the interesting roots of a tree from a ground’s eye tree trunk perspective. I carefully framed the shot, focused, pressed the shutter and… BATTERY DEAD. ^$%@%$#!

So I ended up with 8 photos, all of which were awful enough to get deleted, and, annoyingly, I have no one to blame but myself. I guess I’ll try again again tomorrow. Maybe I should go play with my new art supplies instead…

</end pity party>

309 stpaulbear  Apr 25, 2015 12:39:54pm

re: #300 Justanotherhuman

But do you remember those 12 inchers?

Holy cow, as a kid, I had to sit on the floor about 2 ft from the thing to see anything at all, and jump up and down to adjust the rabbit ears.

I don’t remember having anything that small. The earliest TV I can remember is probably this one, complete with doors. We lived in the suburbs so it usually had enough signal to get stuff tuned in clearly, but some of those old tvs were pretty tempermental.

310 Dr Lizardo  Apr 25, 2015 12:42:14pm

re: #307 allegro

I remember Saturday nights with our elderly, and much loved, babysitter watching Leave it to Beaver and Lawrence Welk.

See what you made me do?!

…

311 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 12:43:57pm

re: #308 CuriousLurker

Why do we do that? Y’know, do something we know is pretty much guaranteed to fail, telling ourselves that maybe this time the outcome will be different?

We never seem to learn. *smh*

312 wrenchwench  Apr 25, 2015 12:44:28pm

re: #308 CuriousLurker

Maybe a sketch pad and a pencil are in order.

313 goddamnedfrank  Apr 25, 2015 12:46:08pm

HAHAHA someone’s sad because their oppo project is pure shit.

314 wrenchwench  Apr 25, 2015 12:47:07pm
315 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 12:47:38pm

re: #314 wrenchwench

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LOL

316 wrenchwench  Apr 25, 2015 12:49:00pm

re: #315 CuriousLurker

LOL

I try not to promote violence, but dude in store is too much to handle. (Can you tell its opening day today?)

317 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 12:49:31pm

re: #313 goddamnedfrank

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HAHAHA someone’s sad because their oppo project is pure shit.

And how does Mr. 150+ IQ propose such a venture would turn a profit?

318 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 12:52:20pm

re: #309 stpaulbear</

Another thing I remember is that they were really expensive for that era. A 12” could easily run a couple of hundred dollars—more than a mortgage pmt at the time.

So, people would gather around store windows which had speakers on the outside and watch a show or two. Some even brought chairs.

319 unproven innocence  Apr 25, 2015 12:52:36pm

OT - Public service announcement:
It seems Mozilla has made some blunders in their signed-addons initiative.
More info is available at the PaleMoon forum. Look for
Warning: signed add-ons crash Pale Moon posted today.

If you use Firefox or *any* Mozilla code based browser —any version, on any platform —with *any* add-ons, you might want to disable automatic updating of such add-ons —temporarily —to limit the damage.

But it’s not just PaleMoon that’s affected. This seems to be a major f***up.

320 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 12:54:01pm

re: #313 goddamnedfrank

321 stpaulbear  Apr 25, 2015 12:54:46pm

re: #310 Dr Lizardo

See what you made me do?!

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Gah. I watched about 10 minutes. My grandma (mom’s side) lived with us and she and my dad just LOVED the Lawrence Welk Show. We watched it every week without fail.

322 #FergusonFireside  Apr 25, 2015 12:54:49pm

re: #316 wrenchwench

I try not to promote violence, but dude in store is too much to handle. (Can you tell its opening day today?)

Congratulations! Welcome back.

323 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 12:55:39pm

Writer Russell Finch enjoys a smoke, a bath and a TV show in 1948

324 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 12:58:23pm

re: #318 Justanotherhuman

Another thing I remember is that they were really expensive for that era. A 12” could easily run a couple of hundred dollars—more than a mortgage pmt at the time.

So, people would gather around store windows which had speakers on the outside and watch a show or two. Some even brought chairs.

Our neighborhood had TVs in the furniture store windows—remember USS Missouri salvos during the Korean War. The bar down the street had TV, but it was never tuned to anything but the Gillette Cavalcade fights.

Eventually the family got a TV by dropping quarters in a timer that sat on top, but by then I was off to the nuns—a TV in each dorm bay of 50 or so kids. Monsignor Sheen’s show was ‘popular’, and that damn animal show where the insurance guy kept sending his assistant out to screw with carnivores.

325 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 25, 2015 12:59:54pm

re: #264 Lidane

It almost looks as though the scowling women in each photo could be related.

326 stpaulbear  Apr 25, 2015 1:00:11pm

re: #324 Decatur Deb

that damn animal show where the insurance guy kept sending his assistant out to screw with carnivores.

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.

327 Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 25, 2015 1:00:50pm

I really worry for the LGBT community if SCOTUS legalizes SSM. There will be a swift and potentially violent wingnut backlash that ensues. In the shadow of the 2016 elections, that should make for some interesting times.

I hope it goes more smoothly than I fear it will.

328 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 1:00:55pm

re: #326 stpaulbear

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.

Yeah. Marlin “You First” Perkins.

329 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 1:01:31pm

re: #324 Decatur Deb

Our neighborhood had TVs in the furniture store windows—remember USS Missouri salvos during the Korean War. The bar down the street had TV, but it was never tuned to anything but the Gillette Cavalcade fights.

Eventually the family got a TV by dropping quarters in a timer that sat on top, but by then I was off to the nuns—a TV in each dorm bay of 50 or so kids. Monsignor Sheen’s show was ‘popular’, and that damn animal show where the insurance guy kept sending his assistant out to screw with carnivores.

Marlin Perkins and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom…I remember it well!
And John Cameron Swayze doing the Timex commercials on the same show: “It’s takes a licking and keeps on ticking!”

330 allegro  Apr 25, 2015 1:04:02pm

Who remembers Sing Along with Mitch and the Mitch Miller male chorus? Also known for introducing a pretty teenager with a lovely voice, Leslie Uggums. That was a pretty big deal for the time.

331 retired cynic  Apr 25, 2015 1:05:27pm

re: #330 allegro

That was my Dad’s favorite. He sang Barbershop.

332 Amory Blaine  Apr 25, 2015 1:06:49pm

I had to watch Hee Haw.

333 Belafon  Apr 25, 2015 1:06:57pm

re: #327 Eclectic Cyborg

I really worry for the LGBT community if SCOTUS legalizes SSM. There will be a swift and potentially violent wingnut backlash that ensues. In the shadow of the 2016 elections, that should make for some interesting times.

I hope it goes more smoothly than I fear it will.

There’ll be some fits, and some retaliation - probably involving protests at weddings - but for the most part this will blow over. Most LGBTs are white.

Edit: I hate to mix that in, but I think that’s the reason views have turned around so quickly: It’s not those “others” who are doing it, but our children.

334 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 1:07:03pm

re: #330 allegro

Who remembers Sing Along with Mitch and the Mitch Miller male chorus? Also known for introducing a pretty teenager with a lovely voice, Leslie Uggums. That was a pretty big deal for the time.

He had a hit with The Bridge on the River Kwai theme. We were too young to know the words.

335 unproven innocence  Apr 25, 2015 1:09:35pm

re: #334 Decatur Deb

He had a hit with The Bridge on the River Kwai theme. We were too young to know the words.

There were words to it? From the movie, I recall only the whistling.

336 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 1:09:54pm

re: #330 allegro

Who remembers Sing Along with Mitch and the Mitch Miller male chorus? Also known for introducing a pretty teenager with a lovely voice, Leslie Uggums. That was a pretty big deal for the time.

Leslie Uggams is still active.

facebook.com

337 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 1:11:05pm

re: #335 unproven innocence

There were words to it? From the movie, I recall only the whistling.

It’s the WWII “Colonel Bogey March”.

“Hitler has only one left ball,
Goering has two, but they are small…”

338 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 1:12:17pm

Google exec Dan Fredinburg, climbing in the Mount Everest area before he was killed by an earthquake

339 Bear  Apr 25, 2015 1:12:38pm

In a way I think the “old” TV shows were much better than so many of the one now on the TV.

340 stpaulbear  Apr 25, 2015 1:13:14pm

re: #327 Eclectic Cyborg

I really worry for the LGBT community if SCOTUS legalizes SSM. There will be a swift and potentially violent wingnut backlash that ensues. In the shadow of the 2016 elections, that should make for some interesting times.

I hope it goes more smoothly than I fear it will.

It’s already legal in, what, 33 states? My feeling is that maybe 3-5% of the population may go apeshit and then feel betrayed when they find out that hardly anyone feels the same way they do.

Some of them (the ‘religious’ ones) may do desperate shit and some state legislatures will pass stupid, unconstitutional bills that get shot down, but I don’t see this causing a conservative sunami at the polls in 2016. (Knock on wood)

341 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Apr 25, 2015 1:15:07pm

re: #60 BeachDem

So. Got to shake Bernie Sander’s hand, chat with Chafee (really nice guy) and briefly meet Mark Warner,who gave a fun and motivating speech. More of them plus O’Malley, McCauliffe and Webb tomorrow. And they were nice enough to schedule tomorrow’s events on my birthday. Life is good.

Did you get a visit from the Capitol Police?

342 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 25, 2015 1:15:12pm
343 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 1:15:25pm

And yet UpChuck-for-brains is still without progeny:

344 PhillyPretzel  Apr 25, 2015 1:17:06pm

re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth

That is because he spends more time online and tweeting than with the wife.

345 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 25, 2015 1:17:06pm

re: #304 Romantic Heretic

When they say being gay is a choice, just walk away after saying “So is being ignorant”.

346 Decatur Deb  Apr 25, 2015 1:18:24pm

The Colonel Bogey lyrics are somewhat flexible. One version:

ingeb.org

Not Safe For Church Picnics.

347 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 1:19:15pm

Seriously, Tennessee? A bill prohibiting no-go zones?

*facepalm, headdesk*

HB 1141 > Summary > Bill Summary

This bill authorizes the attorney general and reporter or the attorney general and reporter’s designee, upon complaint, to investigate the existence of a no-go zone. A “no-go zone” means a contiguous geographical area consisting of public space or privately owned public space where community organizing efforts systematically intimidate or exclude the general public or public workers from entering or being present within the area.

If the attorney general and reporter determines that a no-go zone exists within a municipality, a county, or a county having a metropolitan form of government, then the attorney general and reporter must deliver to the United States department of justice a report that outlines the basis for such a determination. The attorney general and reporter, in coordination with the United States department of justice and local law enforcement, must take all steps necessary to eliminate the no-go zone to enforce compliance with state and federal law.

wapp.capitol.tn.gov

The second paragraph is a killer. So do they suppose that if the DoJ was notified of this (currently non-existent) no-go zone, they’d do nothing?

Oh wait, I forgot—we have an incoming Attorney General who’s as blackity-black as the outgoing one, so she clearly can’t be trusted to do her job. //

348 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 1:19:41pm

re: #344 PhillyPretzel

That is because he spends more time online and tweeting than with the wife.

I’ll bet he’s a “bip, bam, thank you ma’am” kind of guy.

349 allegro  Apr 25, 2015 1:21:14pm

re: #344 PhillyPretzel

That is because he spends more time online and tweeting than with the wife.

For which she is grateful, no doubt.

350 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 1:21:23pm

re: #345 GlutenFreeJesus

When they say being gay is a choice, just walk away after saying “So is being ignorant”.

I’m always tempted to ask, “Really? So when did you choose to be heterosexual?”

351 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Apr 25, 2015 1:22:30pm

I was at a Chick Fil-A a little while ago and a kid was going to the bathroom as his mother called out “Number 1 or Number 2?”

352 unproven innocence  Apr 25, 2015 1:28:20pm

re: #351 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

They were speaking in code.

353 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 25, 2015 1:29:36pm

re: #308 CuriousLurker

Gah! I should know better. I do know better.

I hadn’t gone outdoors to shoot photos in a while. I wanted to photograph some of the (finally) blooming trees in the neighborhood today, despite the fact that it’s a bright sunny day and the sun was still high in the sky. That was mistake #1. I checked my camera battery and it looked okay, but since I hadn’t used in at least a month I thought it might drain quickly. I considered taking an extra battery, but decided against it—mistake #2. Not wanting to carry a bunch of heavy gear with me, I left behind all my lens hoods and my long(er) lenses, taking only my 40mm prime and my 18mm-55mm kit lens—mistake #3. *sigh*

After spending 10 minutes trying to avoid glare from the sun by trying to find shady spots to shoot from, I finally started taking pics. I wasn’t getting the shots I wanted—surprise!—because the light was too contrasty and, for the most part, the lenses weren’t the right focal length, so I kept switching lenses.

Just as I was getting warmed up and thought I’d photograph the interesting roots of a tree from a ground’s eye tree trunk perspective. I carefully framed the shot, focused, pressed the shutter and… BATTERY DEAD. ^$%@%$#!

So I ended up with 8 photos, all of which were awful enough to get deleted, and, annoyingly, I have no one to blame but myself. I guess I’ll try again again tomorrow. Maybe I should go play with my new art supplies instead…

</end pity party>

I need to go out and “play” with my new lens. Maybe tomorrow morning to get some tree bloom or bird shots.

(got my left hand torn up a bit by a cat today. He got startled right after I picked him up and I got clawed up. :( )

Also about to get hit with a serious car repair bill. Got estimate to get a dent fixed finally. Also found out that the power steering is leaking badly and has to have pump and other repairs done there.

354 #FergusonFireside  Apr 25, 2015 1:30:46pm

Really looking forward to this

355 Belafon  Apr 25, 2015 1:31:18pm

re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth

I wonder if he has any?

356 Lidane  Apr 25, 2015 1:32:29pm

re: #332 Amory Blaine

I had to watch Hee Haw.

I grew up watching Hee Haw. Mom thought it was funny, so it was on every week. That and Sha-Na-Na, since my mom graduated from high school in the 50’s and all the music was what she grew up with. If there was any kind of variety show in the 70’s, I watched it because that’s what mom loved.

357 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 1:33:06pm

re: #347 CuriousLurker

Seriously, Tennessee? A bill prohibiting no-go zones?

*facepalm, headdesk*

The second paragraph is a killer. So do they suppose that if the DoJ was notified of this (currently non-existent) no-go zone, they’d do nothing?

Oh wait, I forgot—we have an incoming Attorney General who’s as blackity-black as the outgoing one, so she clearly can’t be trusted to do her job. //

Oh man, Tennessee, Tennessee… search results for Sharia.

358 stpaulbear  Apr 25, 2015 1:34:40pm

re: #350 CuriousLurker

I’m always tempted to ask, “Really? So when did you choose to be heterosexual?”

That’s really the best argument to hit them with. Ask for specifics. When did they sit down and have this conversation with themselves about which way they wanted to go. Did they have no indications or leanings before then that told them which sex they preferred? Just needle the hell out of them about when they purposefully made that decision.

359 Justanotherhuman  Apr 25, 2015 1:34:59pm

Lawrence Welk was only 52 in 1955 but he seemed ancient and just too old-fashioned. We teens thought he was an insufferable bore and square. And the singers and dancers were too squeaky clean. My friends and I listened to rhythm and blues and thought we were cool.

We weren’t going to be like our parents. : )

360 CuriousLurker  Apr 25, 2015 1:35:06pm

re: #353 Feline Fearless Leader

I need to go out and “play” with my new lens. Maybe tomorrow morning to get some tree bloom or bird shots.

(got my left hand torn up a bit by a cat today. He got startled right after I picked him up and I got clawed up. :( )

Also about to get hit with a serious car repair bill. Got estimate to get a dent fixed finally. Also found out that the power steering is leaking badly and has to have pump and other repairs done there.

So what’s the new lens?

Ouch on all the other stuff. Hope you get some good shots that lift your spirits.

361 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 25, 2015 1:45:16pm

re: #350 CuriousLurker

I’m always tempted to ask, “Really? So when did you choose to be heterosexual?”

362 Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 25, 2015 2:21:48pm

re: #360 CuriousLurker

So what’s the new lens?

Ouch on all the other stuff. Hope you get some good shots that lift your spirits.

I got a 50-300 telephoto for my Nikon D3200. Hope that allows for much better bird photos. For flowers and close-up stuff I tend to just use my base lens and a macro setting.

363 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 25, 2015 2:27:36pm

re: #334 Decatur Deb

He had a hit with The Bridge on the River Kwai theme. We were too young to know the words.

You mean “Winners Warm up with Malto-Meal?”

364 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 25, 2015 2:30:28pm

re: #340 stpaulbear

It’s already legal in, what, 33 states? My feeling is that maybe 3-5% of the population may go apeshit and then feel betrayed when they find out that hardly anyone feels the same way they do.

Some of them (the ‘religious’ ones) may do desperate shit and some state legislatures will pass stupid, unconstitutional bills that get shot down, but I don’t see this causing a conservative sunami at the polls in 2016. (Knock on wood)

The conservative tsunami was for the last SSM scare, in 2004—they got enough troglodyte fundies to turn out to get Dumbya reelected. That mine is played out.


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