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1 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 3:15:06pm
2 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 3:17:06pm

That’s 1 for every 200 citizens in #Baltimore.

3 CuriousLurker  May 2, 2015 3:19:44pm

re: #1 Justanotherhuman

#BaltimoreIntifada, heh. I was just joking, but apparently it’s actually in use.

4 CuriousLurker  May 2, 2015 3:22:59pm

ShopRite’s gonna be delivering my groceries soon, so I’m outta here. In case y’all need some brain bleach later, you can use this:

Later, lizards.

5 HappyWarrior  May 2, 2015 3:23:03pm

re: #3 CuriousLurker

#BaltimoreIntifada, heh. I was just joking, but apparently it’s actually in use.

Groans.

6 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 3:25:42pm

Wow, apparently some very large waves are flooding Acapulco and Panama is expecting same. One person has apparently died.

At least 60 homes flooded by large ocean swell near Acapulco, Mexico, local media reports - @1aplana
read more on sinembargo.mx

7 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 3:37:54pm

I love this photo. And that tshirt, too. Those like these intelligent, generous young people will be this country’s salvation. We’re entering a new phase of these United States—so, suck it up, RWNJs.

8 wrenchwench  May 2, 2015 3:41:07pm

Tweeted by the guy that sells the horse heads.

9 PhillyPretzel  May 2, 2015 3:43:23pm

re: #4 CuriousLurker

Thanks. :)

10 wrenchwench  May 2, 2015 3:45:25pm

This goes with the song posted at the top.

11 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 3:46:54pm

How many jails do you have, #Baltimore?

12 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 3:50:01pm

This has got to be the most ironic win in Derby history.

American Pharoah wins 141st running of Kentucky Derby in front of record crowd - @NBCSports
end of alert

13 wrenchwench  May 2, 2015 3:50:58pm
14 allegro  May 2, 2015 4:00:49pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

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They would get hoof -to-mouth disease. :D

15 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 4:03:57pm

re: #14 allegro

They would get hoof -to-mouth disease. :D

Besides, prize fighting would just be a huge step down for a good professional race horse. Well actually it would be a step down for the old ass that can’t carry any weight or a plow anymore. Some would rather be glue. Prize fighting may exist just to make the NFL look good.

16 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 4:04:49pm

The name has been used before, and not on a horse.

American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation

amazon.com

17 wrenchwench  May 2, 2015 4:07:47pm
18 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 4:12:57pm
19 allegro  May 2, 2015 4:15:17pm

re: #15 Great White Snark

Besides, prize fighting would just be a huge step down for a good professional race horse. Well actually it would be a step down for the old ass that can’t carry any weight or a plow anymore. Some would rather be glue. Prize fighting may exist just to make the NFL look good.

Won’t be watching the big fight tonight then? The “fight of the century”! Oh my!

Neither will I. Clippers v Spurs 7th game will keep me rapt watching serious athleticism.

20 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 4:20:02pm

re: #19 allegro

Won’t be watching the big fight tonight then? The “fight of the century”! Oh my!

Neither will I. Clippers v Spurs 7th game will keep me rapt watching serious athleticism.

Good for you. I love a good athletic challenge. But hurting people for money? Oh hell no.

21 Decatur Deb  May 2, 2015 4:38:11pm

Caught a good part of the 1962 classic Requiem For a Heavyweight the other night. Amazing people==Susskind, Rod Serling writing, Gleason Rooney, Anthony Quinn. There was a by a 21 yr old kid named Cassius Clay, but it got him into the credits. He sort of disappeared.

22 thedopefishlives  May 2, 2015 4:38:49pm

Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, warm, clear wild north country. Did somebody call for a picture of this year’s spring project?

Land yacht!
23 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 2, 2015 4:42:32pm

Watched Fruitvale Station.
MrBWS had to leave the house and stop watching after 10 minutes, because it hit too close to him.

It hit very close to home for me, too, but I watched the entire thing.

I did not cry.

I am angry. VERY ANGRY.

24 Decatur Deb  May 2, 2015 4:42:33pm

re: #22 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, warm, clear wild north country. Did somebody call for a picture of this year’s spring project?

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Gonna paint a fence?

25 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 4:42:47pm

This sort of enhances my opinion about Deray McKesson. It makes him even more amazing.

26 b_sharp  May 2, 2015 4:43:27pm

re: #22 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, warm, clear wild north country. Did somebody call for a picture of this year’s spring project?

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So how many people can you get on board before it sinks?

27 PhillyPretzel  May 2, 2015 4:44:59pm

re: #26 b_sharp

hmm. Six in the passenger compartment and a couple of stiffs in the trunk. //

28 ObserverArt  May 2, 2015 4:45:28pm

re: #22 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, warm, clear wild north country. Did somebody call for a picture of this year’s spring project?

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Wasn’t that era/series of Continental considered the longest car ever???

Or, was it the Cadillac El Dorado?

Long and wide no matter. You can always use it for a spare room.

29 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 4:46:14pm

re: #22 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, warm, clear wild north country. Did somebody call for a picture of this year’s spring project?

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Nice. Old school American rolling steel.

30 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 2, 2015 4:47:34pm

re: #22 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, warm, clear wild north country. Did somebody call for a picture of this year’s spring project?

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Looking good for something pulled out of the fence row!

31 thedopefishlives  May 2, 2015 4:47:47pm

re: #28 ObserverArt

Wasn’t that era/series of Continental considered the longest car ever???

Or, was it the Cadillac El Dorado?

Long and wide no matter. You can always use it for a spare room.

The El Dorado is technically longer, but this specific year, GM downsized its fleet, leaving the ‘79 Continental as the longest full-size sedan in production at that time.

32 thedopefishlives  May 2, 2015 4:49:20pm

re: #29 Great White Snark

Nice. Old school American rolling steel.

As I called it to another friend of mine, a “100% genuine Detroit land boat.” It’s in solid shape for having sat for 16 years; when we towed it down the hill into the driveway, I was locking up the tires with the brakes - with no power boost. I put new engine oil in it and am working on getting the ignition and fuel systems replaced/cleaned so that we can try to drive it back here to the fishbowl.

33 thedopefishlives  May 2, 2015 4:50:25pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looking good for something pulled out of the fence row!

It’s been cleaned up a little bit in this picture, but it’s in good shape, with only a very small amount of body rust and the typical surface rust on the frame. The tires are new; after 16 years, the old ones were completely cracked and dry-rotted.

34 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 4:54:13pm
35 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 4:57:45pm

re: #22 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, warm, clear wild north country. Did somebody call for a picture of this year’s spring project?

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And in the very worst case, if you can’t get it to run, simply strip the front seats out, toss in a dinette set, and you can rent it out on AirBnB

RBS

36 The War TARDIS  May 2, 2015 4:58:45pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

Nothing to say, except he is evil.

Because I was working, I missed Free comic day. :(

And, what is happening Mexico, I heard all hell broke loose.

37 thedopefishlives  May 2, 2015 5:00:12pm

re: #35 RealityBasedSteve

And in the very worst case, if you can’t get it to run, simply strip the front seats out, toss in a dinette set, and you can rent it out on AirBnB

RBS

Mrs. Fish’s daily (well, weekly) driver is a ‘97 Lincoln, which is, of course, renowned as a limousine and as a favorite for mafia bosses. We already joke about stuffing bodies in its voluminous trunk. Now that we have this beast on the way, we could open up a rather profitable murder-for-hire business…

38 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:01:03pm

Only 3 neighborhoods in #Baltimore under the curfew. All are Black ones.

39 goddamnedfrank  May 2, 2015 5:04:55pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

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WTF is that even supposed to mean? She’d obviously be in a much worse position if she hadn’t established a career of her own, or had a husband who supported that. It’s also not like they forewent having kids. Even from a right wing nutjob point of view it makes no sense.

40 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 5:06:37pm
41 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:08:12pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

I wonder if Upchuck was dropped on his head as an infant?

Charles C. Johnson @ChuckCJohnson * 4h 4 hours ago
LOL! At the people who want to call the cops on me for asking where pro-#BaltimoreRiots journalists live. Good luck with that.

42 thedopefishlives  May 2, 2015 5:09:05pm

re: #41 Justanotherhuman

I wonder if Upchuck was dropped on his head as an infant?

Charles C. Johnson @ChuckCJohnson * 4h 4 hours ago
LOL! At the people who want to call the cops on me for asking where pro-#BaltimoreRiots journalists live. Good luck with that.

Given his history, I’m pretty sure there are valid reasons to call the cops on him just for asking.

43 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:12:15pm
44 Eventual Carrion  May 2, 2015 5:14:53pm

re: #37 thedopefishlives

Mrs. Fish’s daily (well, weekly) driver is a ‘97 Lincoln, which is, of course, renowned as a limousine and as a favorite for mafia bosses. We already joke about stuffing bodies in its voluminous trunk. Now that we have this beast on the way, we could open up a rather profitable murder-for-hire business…

Invest in a dozen hogs and you should be good to go.

45 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:16:00pm

I have always hated boxing. I just can’t watch 2 people pummeling each other. Physical injury and even sometimes death, sanctioned as a “sport”. Some pay huge amounts of money to witness it in person.

46 thedopefishlives  May 2, 2015 5:18:21pm

re: #44 Eventual Carrion

Invest in a dozen hogs and you should be good to go.

The thought occurred to me that I mentioned a “profitable” murder-for-hire enterprise. It wouldn’t be very profitable if we used the Continental; while its spacious trunk would allow us a pretty good corpse-to-car ratio, unfortunately the miles-to-gallon ratio is probably going to reduce the profit margins considerably.

47 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 5:19:07pm
48 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 2, 2015 5:20:49pm

re: #45 Justanotherhuman

Dad was Golden Gloves and briefly a prize fighter. I boxed in the Navy. I haven’t been able to watch a fight because I know exactly how it feels.

49 The War TARDIS  May 2, 2015 5:23:29pm

re: #48 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Not to mention that Pacquaio and Merryweather are not good examples of human beings

50 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:24:31pm
51 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:33:38pm
52 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 5:35:30pm

re: #49 The War TARDIS

Not to mention that Pacquaio and Merryweather are not good examples of human beings

What?!? Pacquaio is a much better person than “Money” Mayweather is, IMO:

Beyond boxing, Pacquiao has participated in basketball, business, acting, music recording and politics. In May 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the province of Sarangani. He was re-elected in 2013 to the 16th Congress of the Philippines.[16]

Pacquiao, while mostly focused on being a boxer and a congressman, is listed as the head coach of the basketball team Kia Sorento. He was also drafted onto the team as 11th overall pick in the first round of the 2014 PBA draft, making him the oldest rookie drafted,[17] as well as the shortest player and the first dual-sport athlete in the Philippine Basketball Association.[18] He played 7 minutes of one of the team’s games. Pacquiao also owns a team in the PBA Developmental League (PBA D-League), the MP Hotel Warriors.

53 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 5:36:44pm
54 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 2, 2015 5:37:12pm

re: #47 Charles Johnson

“You don’t get to call me a racist because you drive a sedan.”
“You don’t get to call me a racist because you chew gum.”
“You don’t get to call me a racist because you’re a Presbyterian.”
etc.

55 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 5:40:48pm
56 The War TARDIS  May 2, 2015 5:43:12pm

re: #52 TedStriker

His position on Homosexuals is Leviticus 20:13.

Not to mention, he defines himself as “Evangelical Prostestant.”

I have enough experience with evangelical protestants to make a negative call towards him personally. There are others I do that with, namely Katy Perry.

57 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:45:52pm

White people riots, cont.

Polish soccer fan killed after being hit by a rubber bullet when police tried to quell violence between rival supporters - @Reuters
read more on dailymail.co.uk

58 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:51:59pm

Update: No evidence to support report of dangerous situation in University of Toledo’s Student Union building, school says - @UToledo
read more on utoledo.edu

59 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 5:53:24pm
60 Justanotherhuman  May 2, 2015 5:54:02pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm…

61 Cheechako  May 2, 2015 5:54:20pm

re: #45 Justanotherhuman

Ahh…airport attendant…I need to leave shortly…would you please get my plane ready? Yah…it’s the small one…over near the fence.

62 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 5:56:57pm

re: #36 The War TARDIS

Nothing to say, except he is evil.

Because I was working, I missed Free comic day. :(

And, what is happening Mexico, I heard all hell broke loose.

The Mexican military is going after the Jalisco-based New Generation (NG) drug cartel, which is fighting back hard. The cartel enforcers have RPGs., machine guns, grenade launchers, even their own gun assembly facilities. The NG cartel is like still not going to win this fight, but they’re going to do a good amount of damage and civilians are going to get caught in the crossfire.

63 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 6:00:29pm

re: #56 The War TARDIS

I’ve also got this for you:

Libya’s Islamist Rebels Have Their Own Air Forces

64 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 6:02:51pm

re: #52 TedStriker

Well done there sir.

65 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:04:12pm
66 The War TARDIS  May 2, 2015 6:04:49pm

re: #63 Dark_Falcon

I saw that. It is beyond alarming.

At what point does the US, and Europe wake up?

The MB attempted overthrow of a legitimate government, and has been fighting a war ever since. I could make the argument that the current prime minister of Libya Dawn tacitly supported the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi.

In fact, that sounds like a good idea.

67 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 6:05:08pm

re: #62 Dark_Falcon

Remember when some tried to blame US gun dealers/makers for that weaponry? The question “where is the RPG store?” seemed to slip away without much notice.

68 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 6:05:19pm

I’m rewatching the complete Star Wars collection starting tonight. Tell me again please…. How is it possible that nobody at LucasFilms, after the first viewings of anything with Jar Jar Binks in it not say “Shit, we’ve got a problem, this is straight up blackface material”?

RBS

69 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:06:16pm
70 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 6:06:47pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

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And 150 years ago, he would have been in the slave business.

RBS

71 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:06:51pm
72 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 2, 2015 6:08:26pm

niterz, all.

73 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:10:48pm
74 The War TARDIS  May 2, 2015 6:11:06pm

re: #67 Great White Snark

Yeah, sorry, there is still a flow of weapons from the US to Mexico. Just not RPGs.

While I may have mellowed, I am still very uncompromising with the other side politically. There is a culture war in the US, and only two sides, the Republicans, and the Democrats.

You seem to be on the wrong side.

75 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 6:11:36pm

re: #56 The War TARDIS

His position on Homosexuals is Leviticus 20:13.

Not to mention, he defines himself as “Evangelical Prostestant.”

I have enough experience with evangelical protestants to make a negative call towards him personally. There are others I do that with, namely Katy Perry.

The Paquiao-Leviticus thing is bunk, by the way.

On Wednesday, Granville Ampong wrote a follow-up post on the matter, saying of the Leviticus quote, “Pacquiao never said nor recited, nor invoked and nor did he ever refer to such context.” And Pacquiao likewise issued a statement, saying, “I didn’t say that, that’s a lie… I didn’t know that quote from Leviticus because I haven’t read the Book of Leviticus yet,” and adding, “I’m not against gay people … I have a relative who is also gay. We can’t help it if they were born that way. What I’m critical off are actions that violate the word of God. I only gave out my opinion that same-sex marriage is against the law of God.”

Manny may be a bit old-fashioned (and not necessarily in a way we’d like), but the truth should not be a casualty.

76 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 6:12:35pm

re: #67 Great White Snark

Remember when some tried to blame US gun dealers/makers for that weaponry? The question “where is the RPG store?” seemed to slip away without much notice.

Well, many of the parts for those cartel-made AR-15s did come from the US. The cartel most often makes the lower receiver (also just called a ‘lower’), which is the part the ATF considers to be the controlled component of a rifle. Things like barrels, trigger groups, and bold carriers are fairly easy to buy here in the US. The bolt carrier is in many ways the real heart of the AR-15 design, and its harder than the lower receiver to build because it can only be built out of high-quality steel.

So those cartel rifles have underground made lowers and pistol grips, but the great majority of the bolt carriers are being smuggled in from El Norte.

77 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 6:13:38pm

re: #74 The War TARDIS

You’re getting overly-hostile again. Calm down.

78 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 6:17:14pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

I’m rewatching the complete Star Wars collection starting tonight. Tell me again please…. How is it possible that nobody at LucasFilms, after the first viewings of anything with Jar Jar Binks in it not say “Shit, we’ve got a problem, this is straight up blackface material”?

RBS

You forget one thing: what George Lucas wanted, he got, because he was the Big Boss.

Even if he didn’t really think Jar Jar out completely.

79 goddamnedfrank  May 2, 2015 6:18:55pm

re: #67 Great White Snark

Remember when some tried to blame US gun dealers/makers for that weaponry? The question “where is the RPG store?” seemed to slip away without much notice.

You’re being hyper literal. Yes they have Russian made RPG’s, but Mexican gangs also have US made LAW rockets.

They were armed to the teeth. Their arsenal ranged from semi-automatic rifles to rocket-propelled grenades. When the smoke finally cleared and the government had prevailed, Mexican federal agents captured 540 assault rifles, more than 500,000 rounds of ammunition, 150 grenades, 14 cartridges of dynamite, 98 fragmentation grenades, 67 bulletproof vests, seven Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifles and a Light Anti Tank (LAW) rocket.

And the US does hold a lot of blame for the weapons that fuel the drug gange. We gave hundreds of thousands of grenades to Central American Governments under Reagan and Bush, and far too many of them are now on the black market.

The majority of grenades have been traced back to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, according to investigations by agents at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and their Mexican counterparts. ATF has also found that almost 90 percent of the grenades confiscated and traced in Mexico are more than 20 years old.

The administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush sent 300,000 hand grenades to friendly regimes in Central America to fight leftist insurgents in the civil wars of the 1980s and early 1990s, according to declassified military data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the Federation of American Scientists.

Not all grenades found in Mexico are American-made. Many are of Asian or Soviet and Eastern European manufacture, ATF officials said, probably given to leftist insurgents by Cuba and Nicaragua’s Sandinistas.

One of the most common hand grenades found in Mexico is the M67, the workhorse explosive manufactured in the United States for American soldiers and for sale or transfer to foreign militaries. Some 266,000 M67 grenades went to El Salvador alone between 1980 and 1993, during the civil war there.

80 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 6:18:59pm

re: #66 The War TARDIS

I saw that. It is beyond alarming.

At what point does the US, and Europe wake up?

The MB attempted overthrow of a legitimate government, and has been fighting a war ever since. I could make the argument that the current prime minister of Libya Dawn tacitly supported the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi.

In fact, that sounds like a good idea.

I dunno. After those Africans and Bangladeshis drown in the holds of that smuggler boat in late April, Italy once again put out the idea of sending peace keepers to Misrata. Lt. Gen. Haftir, head of the Libyan National Army, wasted no time in pouring cold water on that stupid idea. Europe still does not get that the Misrata militia is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood. As such it cannot be won over into a peace deal, because many of its members and most of its leaders see themselves as being on a Mission From God. It has to be destroyed as a fighting entity.

81 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:20:53pm

re: #78 TedStriker

You forget one thing: what George Lucas wanted, he got, even if he didn’t really think Jar Jar out completely.

It ended up being a textbook example of “no publicity is bad publicity.” The Star Wars franchise is poised to become the biggest-grossing movie series in US history.

82 KingKenrod  May 2, 2015 6:22:11pm

re: #70 RealityBasedSteve

And 150 years ago, he would have been in the slave business.

RBS

Yes, and he’d be defending it with “science” or the Bible or economic theory just like southern slave owners did. People who think they are superior will rationalize it any way they have to.

83 goddamnedfrank  May 2, 2015 6:22:52pm

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

So those cartel rifles have underground made lowers and pistol grips, but the great majority of the bolt carriers are being smuggled in from El Norte.

We’re also pretty much the sole supplier of .50 bmg caliber and .338 lapua bolt action and semi auto rifles. There’s a ton of pretty crazy overpowered shit available in most states, especially when you factor in the private party transfer loophole.

84 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 6:24:51pm

re: #74 The War TARDIS

Overstatement is overstatement as in the RPG’s. The US, Russia China and others send weapons all over the world and they wind up in the wrong hands. Criminals will often outwit the law like criminals do. It’s their job, some are adept at it. Connecting your perception of gun culture to the weapons down south strikes me as terribly distant.

Associating me with the most egregious facets of gun culture is the same kind of baloney as your comment about Pacquio. And worth about as much attention. Your religious bigotry as shown there in number #75 is offensive especially from a fellow man of faith. Back up a bit young man, you got too much wrong. My culture is not guns. I have guns for a reasonable purpose and with reasonable cause. Like it or not. My culture is quite apart from your perception.

85 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 6:25:28pm

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

re: #79 goddamnedfrank

Yes, but criminal not cultural.

86 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 6:26:26pm

re: #81 Charles Johnson

It ended up being a textbook example of “no publicity is bad publicity.” The Star Wars franchise is poised to become the biggest-grossing movie series in US history.

At least the Star Wars franchise is out of Lucas’ hands now and is now in Disney’s; let’s just hope they continue to take the same (largely) hands-off approach that they appear to have done with Marvel Studios.

87 Aye Pod  May 2, 2015 6:26:39pm

Brilliant cartoon by Chris Riddel in the Guardian today about the nightmare prospect of a Tory Election victory (not a likely outcome IMO, if polls are reliable). Vote is on thursday.

88 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:26:45pm
89 gwangung  May 2, 2015 6:28:09pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

I’m rewatching the complete Star Wars collection starting tonight. Tell me again please…. How is it possible that nobody at LucasFilms, after the first viewings of anything with Jar Jar Binks in it not say “Shit, we’ve got a problem, this is straight up blackface material”?

RBS

How many people of color on staff at Lucasfilms?

90 dell*nix  May 2, 2015 6:28:30pm

Not caught up so this may have been covered already. CNN and Philly. rawstory.com

91 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  May 2, 2015 6:29:08pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

I’m rewatching the complete Star Wars collection starting tonight. Tell me again please…. How is it possible that nobody at LucasFilms, after the first viewings of anything with Jar Jar Binks in it not say “Shit, we’ve got a problem, this is straight up blackface material”?

RBS

It’s not possible. Yet, it happened. Delight in the mysteries of human possibilities.

92 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:30:43pm
93 goddamnedfrank  May 2, 2015 6:31:55pm

P.S. I picked up the Browning Twelvette today.re: #84 Great White Snark

Connecting your perception of gun culture to the weapons down south strikes me as terribly distant.

To be fair US Gun culture is the reason there’s still a private party transfer loophole in place in most states. That alone facilitates the funneling of countless assault, sniper, and anti material rifles down south. Resistance to closing that is massive.

In other gun news I picked up the Browning Twelvette today. Aluminum receiver, two shot semi auto 12 gauge, it already feels like the best upland game gun I’ve ever held. Shoulders, balances and points as well or better than my Fox and LC Smith doubles, and noticeably lighter than either. It’s a shame that design never caught on.

94 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 6:36:03pm

re: #93 goddamnedfrank

Well that’s a loophole I have been on record again and again in opposition for quite some time. Perhaps The War Tardis will notice that someday.

95 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 6:37:05pm

re: #87 Aye Pod

You’re voting SNP*, I take it?

I’m not going to go after you regarding the Tories. You and Isee the UK Conservative Party in very different ways and we’re not going to agree about it. I will, however, say that I think that I think the SNP is effectively planning to win seats that will then effectively boycott real governance. I also think that Westminster devolving some real powers on the Scottish Parliament is the best way to defang the SNP. The SNP’s popularity will fall once it is forced to actually govern and take ownership of unpopular policies.

Note for those not following the UK elections: SNP = Scottish National Party.

96 Feline Fearless Leader  May 2, 2015 6:43:47pm

re: #95 Dark_Falcon

You’re voting SNP*, I take it?

I’m not going to go after you regarding the Tories. You and Isee the UK Conservative Party in very different ways and we’re not going to agree about it. I will, however, say that I think that I think the SNP is effectively planning to win seats that will then effectively boycott real governance. I also think that Westminster devolving some real powers on the Scottish Parliament is the best way to defang the SNP. The SNP’s popularity will fall once it is forced to actually govern and take ownership of unpopular policies.

Note for those not following the UK elections: SNP = Scottish National Party.

How much of a hit did the SNP take when the independence referendum failed?

97 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 6:46:26pm

re: #96 Feline Fearless Leader

How much of a hit did the SNP take when the independence referendum failed?

Not as much as you’d think. It’s poised to pound the Labor Party in Scotland.

98 Aye Pod  May 2, 2015 6:47:57pm

Hi DF. Yes I’ll be voting SNP. The SNP are looking for almost a clean sweep in Scotland this week. Labour are paying the price up here for completely failing to oppose the tories austerity narrative and accepting their framing of almost every issue. They could have done what the SNP have done - stuck to their principles and energised the young and disaffected, but instead chose to chase after the shiny tory voters.

Not to mention that the ‘vow’ made by the Westminster leaders including Labour’s Ed Milliband before the referendum vote to give more power to Scotland was of course a complete lie. Labour have said they will refuse to allow the SNP into government as part of a coalition, even if that is the only way to stop the tories governing for another five years. The Westminster parties speak about us almost as though we were terrorists. All the talk is of the desperate need to deny the Scots representation unless they vote for one of the main Westminster parties. It’s an absolute disgrace.

Whatever happens next, it’s looking increasingly certain that the union’s days are numbered. I’m looking forward to thursday night - especially after the disappointment of the referendum - it’s going to be quite a ride, with a great result for SNP voters like myself but there will be an extremely messy outcome, with weeks of dirty dealing before a new government is in place.

99 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 6:52:32pm

re: #93 goddamnedfrank

P.S. I picked up the Browning Twelvette today.

To be fair US Gun culture is the reason there’s still a private party transfer loophole in place in most states. That alone facilitates the funneling of countless assault, sniper, and anti material rifles down south. Resistance to closing that is massive.

In other gun news I picked up the Browning Twelvette today. Aluminum receiver, two shot semi auto 12 gauge, it already feels like the best upland game gun I’ve ever held. Shoulders, balances and points as well or better than my Fox and LC Smith doubles, and noticeably lighter than either. It’s a shame that design never caught on.

I had never heard of that gun. D_L used to work at a shotgun range called Oak Tree who sold lots of shotguns, some for epic$$. She filled me in a bit. But two shot? Huh. Quite an oddity. Looks sweet to shoot. I like shooting clays, it’s more intuitive than my usual run and gun on the clock.

100 Belafon  May 2, 2015 6:54:47pm

re: #92 Charles Johnson

So I decided to follow her, and twitter then recommended Ross Douthat. Like Hell I will.

101 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 6:55:35pm

re: #98 Aye Pod

It’s pretty clear that the Unionist parties made a major mistake by trumpeting devolution to win the independence referendum and then essentially going back on their word after making only token efforts to keep it. That’s the sort of dishonest politics that some people remember come the next election. Which is also a lesson that the candidates for US President (of both parties) should take to heart as well.

102 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 6:56:04pm
103 Mentis Fugit  May 2, 2015 6:58:16pm

re: #68 RealityBasedSteve

I’m rewatching the complete Star Wars collection starting tonight. Tell me again please…. How is it possible that nobody at LucasFilms, after the first viewings of anything with Jar Jar Binks in it not say “Shit, we’ve got a problem, this is straight up blackface material”?

They were probably still numbed with shock from the blatant yellowface in the first five minutes.

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104 Aye Pod  May 2, 2015 7:01:07pm

re: #96 Feline Fearless Leader

None whatsoever as it turns out! Quite the reverse - it is not only possible but quite probable that the SNP will win every Scottish seat in Scotland on thursday. The SNP also has a new leader - Nicola Sturgeon. After her performance in the TV debates, a lot of English people were searching online to find out if there was any way they could vote for her. Very smart, effective and honest.

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105 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 2, 2015 7:02:35pm

re: #102 Charles Johnson

What happens if everyone who wishes to boycotts Twitter on a specific day? Their policies need to be tightened up and enforced. They aren’t listening to individuals. Maybe it’s time for collective action.

106 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 7:05:03pm
107 Aye Pod  May 2, 2015 7:06:30pm

re: #102 Charles Johnson

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In the UK he’d be in jail right now for his behaviour on twitter for inciting violence.

108 goddamnedfrank  May 2, 2015 7:06:44pm

re: #99 Great White Snark

Looks sweet to shoot.

Browning’s advertising at the time said something like “don’t think of it as only holding two shells, think of it as never empty.” Because it has an automatic hold open and the lifting gate mechanism chambers the first shot shell immediately as you load it. Because of that guys who practiced with it could reportedly get three aimed shells off faster than those using pump action shotguns.

I just like it because it’s kind of a rare oddity and seems so logically thought out. If you’re used to a double barreled break action it just makes sense.

109 Aye Pod  May 2, 2015 7:07:41pm

re: #104 Aye Pod

every Scottish seat in Scotland

Lol my bedtime I think. Later folks:)

110 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 7:08:03pm

re: #107 Aye Pod

In the UK he’d be in jail right now for his behaviour on twitter for inciting violence.

Yeah, but incitement is a much harder charge to make out in the US. UpChuck would pretty much have send out tweets organizing an actual attack on a person before such a charge would stick.

111 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 7:10:28pm

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

re: #107 Aye Pod

It’s an interesting contrast as in showing us the best and worst of the 1st. A.

112 William Lewis  May 2, 2015 7:11:31pm

re: #108 goddamnedfrank

Browning’s advertising at the time said something like “don’t think of it as only holding two shell, think of it as never empty.” Because it has an automatic hold open and the lifting gate mechanism chambers the first shot shell immediately as you load it. Because of that guys who practiced with it could reportedly get three aimed shells off faster than those using pump action shotguns.

I just like it because it’s kind of a unique oddity and seems so logically thought out. If you’re used to a double barreled break action it just makes sense.

Sounds neat. Do you hunt or will it be for clays?

I don’t know if I mentioned, but I have a Stevens 311 double on hold at my FLGS. 2 3/4” 12 gauge, 28” barrels, F/M chokes & Two triggers. $250 for an old very plain jane farmer’s bird gun.

113 goddamnedfrank  May 2, 2015 7:17:06pm

re: #112 William Lewis

Sounds neat. Do you hunt or will it be for clays?

I don’t know if I mentioned, but I have a Stevens 311 double on hold at my FLGS. 2 3/4” 12 gauge, 28” barrels, F/M chokes & Two triggers. $250 for an old very plain jane farmer’s bird gun.

I hardly ever shoot at all anymore to be honest. But I think I might go camping during pheasant season in November.

114 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 7:19:07pm
115 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 7:19:47pm
116 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 7:20:24pm
117 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 7:23:02pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

I hate most of the journolists in this country

… and he obviously hates most of the proofreaders as well.

118 William Lewis  May 2, 2015 7:23:47pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

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Jealousy is a hell of vicious drug.

119 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 7:29:11pm
120 William Lewis  May 2, 2015 7:29:27pm

So last night I had to be a good little professional innkeeper and not let my personal feelings get in the way. The Governor of Wisconsin spent the night at our hotel to be in town for the fishing season opening today. The Governor’s office has big shin-ding every year on opening weekend & this was the 50th anniversary of it.

It is about as apolitical event as you can get as fishing and outdoor sports are all everyone up here lives for.

Still, had to fight the urge to leave a copy of the Gideon’s bible out on his bed with a note asking if he’d like to learn the Good News :D Alas, the implication would have gone over his head anyway (the dude makes Dubya look like Einstein) and it’s better to just make a comfortable stay for all our guests. And in the end his personal aide was full of complements on their way out to the lake this morning and that’s no small thing.

121 Varek Raith  May 2, 2015 7:32:21pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

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What.

122 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 7:33:47pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

Coward with a gun. Always the worst combination of gun and possession.

123 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 7:34:19pm
124 Decatur Deb  May 2, 2015 7:35:16pm

re: #45 Justanotherhuman

I have always hated boxing. I just can’t watch 2 people pummeling each other. Physical injury and even sometimes death, sanctioned as a “sport”. Some pay huge amounts of money to witness it in person.

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Boxing was a mandatory sport at our gradeschool, optional in the summer.
We had a regulation ring. In theory, it kept the unsanctioned fighting to a minimum.

125 William Lewis  May 2, 2015 7:36:17pm

So did Merryweather win the Derby? //////

126 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 7:37:13pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

Just like Star Trek, and how it only portrays upper middle class United Federation of Planets employees bitching about the Borg. Jeez, get over it and assimilate already, Jean-Luc.

127 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 7:39:06pm

Two Female Reporters Banned From MayPac Fight After Questioning Mayweather About Domestic Abuse
Read more at inquisitr.com

Pac mans guys should get them credentials.

128 jaunte  May 2, 2015 7:39:39pm
129 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 7:40:28pm

re: #125 William Lewis

So did Merryweather win the Derby? //////

Boy, did he ever… Book ‘em, Dan-o!
130 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 7:43:42pm

re: #120 William Lewis

So last night I had to be a good little professional innkeeper and not let my personal feelings get in the way. The Governor of Wisconsin spent the night at our hotel to be in town for the fishing season opening today. The Governor’s office has big shin-ding every year on opening weekend & this was the 50th anniversary of it.

It is about as apolitical event as you can get as fishing and outdoor sports are all everyone up here lives for.

Still, had to fight the urge to leave a copy of the Gideon’s bible out on his bed with a note asking if he’d like to learn the Good News :D Alas, the implication would have gone over his head anyway (the dude makes Dubya look like Einstein) and it’s better to just make a comfortable stay for all our guests. And in the end his personal aide was full of complements on their way out to the lake this morning and that’s no small thing.

Good man. What you describe is what ‘True Professionalism’ looks like.

131 jaunte  May 2, 2015 7:45:37pm
132 stpaulbear  May 2, 2015 7:46:48pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

Does CCJ perhaps not realize that the women he’s stalking may have friends? …perhaps in California? Someone is going to beat the living crap out of him someday and he’s not even going to know which one of his victims to blame.

133 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 7:49:15pm

re: #124 Decatur Deb

Boxing was a mandatory sport at our gradeschool, optional in the summer.
We had a regulation ring. In theory, it kept the unsanctioned fighting to a minimum.

I boxed a bit in High School and afterwards. Standard amateur rules, headgear, larger gloves, a jab that just makes contact is a point, same for a powerful body blow. If you were fast, you could win a lot of fights by outpointing your opponent. If you hit hard, you could win a lot of fights, since your opponent wouldn’t want to come in at you.

If you weren’t fast OR a heavy hitter, then everybody wanted a match against you. Let’s just say that I was an opponent that was always in demand. :)

RBS

134 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 7:50:22pm

Irony; noun

135 Belafon  May 2, 2015 7:51:30pm

re: #131 jaunte

If CNN, MSNBC, and FOX we’re worth their weight in airwaves, they’d turn the cameras on, go live, and dare the police to arrest them.

136 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 7:53:52pm

re: #132 stpaulbear

Does CCJ perhaps not realize that the women he’s stalking may have friends? …perhaps in California? Someone is going to beat the living crap out of him someday and he’s not even going to know which one of his victims to blame.

I wonder what his reaction would be if someone pubbed the name of his sister and her address, or the same for his wife and her workplace address? He’d be quick as lightning calling the cops, threatening lawsuits, etc. He’s got the introspection of a lamppost.

I just logged into Twitter to check his TL. He’s really on a tirade, isn’t he? I may be unusual in such things, but when I travel I don’t spend every freakin’ minute on social media. Where is he, and what is he doing (or not doing) that gives him the time to tweet such shit?

137 Dark_Falcon  May 2, 2015 7:54:47pm

re: #132 stpaulbear

Does CCJ perhaps not realize that the women he’s stalking may have friends? …perhaps in California? Someone is going to beat the living crap out of him someday and he’s not even going to know which one of his victims to blame.

He fantasizes that if such a ‘liberal mob’ comes for him:

1. He’ll have a gun and they won’t.

2. He’ll shoot some of them.

3. The rest of them will run.

4. The police will take his side and applaud his brave imposition of a ‘2nd Amendment Solution’.

5. Conservatives will proclaim him a hero, having fought off liberalism with a gun.

In reality, if a group of friend of a woman he tormented ever come for him, Chuckles will simply floor-poop in sheer cowardice and fear.

138 jaunte  May 2, 2015 7:55:06pm
139 stpaulbear  May 2, 2015 7:58:14pm

re: #137 Dark_Falcon

I don’t see him as the kind of guy who’s even aware of his surroundings. He wouldn’t see it coming.

140 jaunte  May 2, 2015 7:58:34pm
141 stpaulbear  May 2, 2015 7:59:19pm

re: #135 Belafon

If CNN, MSNBC, and FOX we’re worth their weight in airwaves, they’d turn the cameras on, go live, and dare the police to arrest them.

This.

Fuck the Baltimore police department.

142 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 8:00:28pm

Cate Blanchett/Scarlett Johansson 2016

143 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 8:00:39pm

re: #137 Dark_Falcon

He fantasizes that if such a ‘liberal mob’ comes for him:

1. He’ll have a gun and they won’t.

2. He’ll shoot some of them.

3. The rest of them will run.

4. The police will take his side and applaud his brave imposition of a ‘2nd Amendment Solution’.

5. Conservatives will proclaim him a hero, having fought off liberalism with a gun.

In reality, if a group of friend of a woman he tormented ever come for him, Chuckles will simply floor-poop in sheer cowardice and fear.

It would be a ‘poopnado’. (Which actually is a real thing that sperm whales do. )

resourcemagonline.com

144 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:01:48pm

I’m not sure if CCJ is angry because he thinks journalists who are sympathetic to the protesters in Baltimore are being hypocritical living in “nice” neighborhoods, or because those mostly AA journalists are living in mostly white neighborhoods.

He made a big thing about Louisville Judge Olu Stevens living in a McMansion in mostly white Prospect, with the sly implication that Stevens might have done something illegal to afford such a home. Stevens has been a lawyer for years, and his wife is a radiologist, so in real life — not UpChuck’s fevered imagination — they probably bought the house with their own money.

145 Belafon  May 2, 2015 8:02:10pm

re: #143 RealityBasedSteve

It would be a ‘poopnado’. (Which actually is a real thing that sperm whales do. )

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That is both fascinating and disgusting.

146 Charles Johnson  May 2, 2015 8:05:07pm

I think Chuck may have crossed a line tonight by posting journalist’s addresses, that may end up getting him kicked out of Twitter for good. He’s fucking around with some pretty connected people this time.

Maybe I’m wrong, who knows? Wouldn’t surprise me if nothing happens, either. But he’s really losing it if he thinks there won’t be any consequences for doing this.

147 William Lewis  May 2, 2015 8:06:01pm

re: #137 Dark_Falcon

Chuckles McUpchuck is the kind that fails to understand that us lefties serve in the military and have CCW permits as well.

148 #FergusonFireside  May 2, 2015 8:07:38pm

re: #145 Belafon

That is both fascinating and disgusting.

It’s krill based.

149 Varek Raith  May 2, 2015 8:08:13pm

re: #131 jaunte

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Bullshit.
More like they put them there so they don’t film the cops.

150 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:13:02pm

He’s posting more revelatory tweets again.

It provides some insight into his behavior and attitudes.

151 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 8:14:06pm

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe…

Rockabilly fans insist that Carl Perkins’ “Honey Don’t” was far superior to the Beatles’ cover version

Who’s to say that the Glabofratorians don’t have a point?

152 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 8:14:36pm

re: #146 Charles Johnson

What’s scary about Upchuck is that he really doesn’t have much to lose, especially if the wife booted him out the door. His so-called career has gone nowhere and he’s on most people’s shit list.

Add in the drug/alcohol abuse and I worry about what he is capable of doing. I note that he never tweeted about shooting the UZI, which makes me think his new “friends”, crazy as they may be, realized that it wasn’t a good idea giving the idiot an automatic weapon, even temporarily.

He’s been burning bridges like crazy and will soon find himself totally isolated. I worry about what he’s capable of under the circumstances.

153 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 8:17:00pm

re: #149 Varek Raith

Bullshit.
More like they put them there so they don’t film the cops.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!

RBS

154 stpaulbear  May 2, 2015 8:17:56pm

re: #151 De Kolta Chair

Ringo would probably be the first one to agree with that.

155 sagehen  May 2, 2015 8:18:03pm

re: #140 jaunte

So the media can’t leave the media staging area, and people not of the media aren’t allowed in the media staging area… so the BPD wants the media to just watch from a distance and not interview anybody?

156 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 8:18:53pm

re: #154 stpaulbear

Rockabilly fans insist that Carl Perkins’ “Honey Don’t” was far superior to the Beatles’ cover version

Ringo would probably be the first one to agree with that.

All four Fab’s would agree with you, especially George.

157 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:20:09pm

re: #156 De Kolta Chair

All four Fab’s would agree with you.

Weren’t their covers of earlier hits a requirement of their producers?

158 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:20:36pm

re: #155 sagehen

So the media can’t leave the media staging area, and people not of the media aren’t allowed in the media staging area… so the BPD wants the media to just watch from a distance and not interview anybody?

Yup.

159 Zamb  May 2, 2015 8:25:40pm

re: #150 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Jesus, why do I get the feeling he was a mediocre student and his parents just kept telling him he was the best and he just went with that.

160 stpaulbear  May 2, 2015 8:25:58pm

re: #157 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Weren’t their covers of earlier hits a requirement of their producers?

Their first album was recorded in one day so they needed to use some songs that they’d been playing for years and could perform flawlessly in their sleep. That said, they were recording a lot of covers because they liked the songs so much. George had a real flair for playing Chet Atkins style country licks, and Paul sang the hell out of Little Richard covers.

Beatles For Sale had a lot of covers because they were so exhausted and pinched for time, but from then on they were writing everything.

161 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 8:27:16pm

re: #152 A Cranky One

My take is as per his recent actions, his greatest risk is to himself. Too cowardly to take action outside himself. I could be wrong but that’s my take. One day his hapless suicide would be a tiny sad internet footnote.

162 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 8:27:21pm

re: #157 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Weren’t their covers of earlier hits a requirement of their producers?

That depends on whether we’re talking about George Martin and his alliance with the Glabofratorians of the planet Cexnar IV in the 94th dimension, or EMI and Capitol Records. If the latter, just write the check out to “Cash.”

163 jaunte  May 2, 2015 8:28:08pm
164 Belafon  May 2, 2015 8:31:35pm

re: #163 jaunte

Though he says later that the actual time was 4:45.

Black people obviously don’t work, otherwise they wouldn’t be poor.
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165 Zamb  May 2, 2015 8:32:55pm

re: #164 Belafon

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Though he says later that the actual time was 4:45.

Black people obviously don’t work, otherwise they wouldn’t be poor.
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How dare people not have 9-5 jobs lazy thugs.
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166 William Lewis  May 2, 2015 8:35:58pm

Well, actually have the night off. I going to go to bed. Have a good night lizards.

167 Great White Snark  May 2, 2015 8:37:37pm

I remember breaking the LA King riot curfew. We so could have gone to jail. What we were doing was removing 12 or so big cylinders of hydrogen and oxygen from the building to the parking lot. Proof? Had nothin. Daytime access was out of the question as per the violence like Reginald Denny. But if our building was set on fire especially as a known white operated biz, well that was so hazardous we took a chance and it paid. Awful days.

168 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:38:42pm

re: #159 Zamb

Jesus, why do I get the feeling he was a mediocre student and his parents just kept telling him he was the best and he just went with that.

He was on a underwater robot team that won some prize in ‘06 or ‘07. His parents were/are teachers, whether at Milton Academy or not I don’t know. His mom had cancer while he was in school. Those are the facts as I know them.

He says he’s autistic, but take that with a grain of salt. In any case, he must have been one of the “nerds” in school. Given his apparent lack of people skills, doughboy appearance, and scholarship status, he must have been an easy target for high school bullies.

I suspect his college experience was not much better.

Might explain why he resents “journolists” and AA judges living in ritzy digs.

169 jaunte  May 2, 2015 8:42:19pm
170 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:42:34pm

re: #162 De Kolta Chair

re: #160 stpaulbear

I’ve read some of Revolution in the Head, and I recall the early albums were produced quickly under a lot of corporate pressure to capitalize on the band’s popularity. Their EMI recording studio was also relatively primitive. It wasn’t until the boys took over creative control that the situation changed.

171 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 8:45:07pm

re: #161 Great White Snark

My take is as per his recent actions, his greatest risk is to himself. Too cowardly to take action outside himself. I could be wrong but that’s my take. One day his hapless suicide would be a tiny sad internet footnote.

My take is a little different. He takes obvious joy in hurting people and appears to be a sadist. I’m afraid that he’ll act on his impulses to hurt people and in combination with his desire for fame, do it in a big way.

My only hope is that he’s as incompetent in doing that as he is in everything else.

172 jaunte  May 2, 2015 8:45:13pm
173 freetoken  May 2, 2015 8:47:03pm

Since I’ve viewed some of the softball interviews (or more accurately, job applications) from the NR “summit” I thought I might try the one with Carly Fiorina being interviewed by John Fund.

I couldn’t make it a couple of minutes in. There was something so off putting that I couldn’t stand spending any more time.

Pretentious people with too much money, enough to buy the machinery to make them look intelligent when they are just lucky and ungracefully so - I just can’t stomach it.

174 Amory Blaine  May 2, 2015 8:48:27pm

re: #172 jaunte

Wow that’s insulting.

175 jaunte  May 2, 2015 8:49:42pm

re: #174 Amory Blaine

Must be VERY VERY DANGEROUS out there beyond the yellow tape.

176 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 8:50:34pm

re: #175 jaunte

Must be VERY VERY DANGEROUS out there beyond the yellow tape.

Yes… The Truth is out there….

RBS

177 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:50:51pm

re: #171 A Cranky One

My take is a little different. He takes obvious joy in hurting people and appears to be a sadist. I’m afraid that he’ll act on his impulses to hurt people and in combination with his desire for fame, do it in a big way.

My only hope is that he’s as incompetent in doing that as he is in everything else.

My two cents is he’s retaliating for all those unhappy times at school: Chuck against the cruel world. Plus he’s really got a hardline attitude about “purity” and hypocrisy, given his attacks on conservatives’ sexual escapades. I’m sure there’s some fancy shmancy psychological term for his behavior.

178 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 8:51:32pm

re: #172 jaunte

Academy Awards photographers section 2015 ////
179 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 8:51:57pm

re: #175 jaunte

Must be VERY VERY DANGEROUS out there beyond the yellow tape.

Here be monsters.

180 stpaulbear  May 2, 2015 8:57:05pm

re: #170 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I’ve read some of Revolution in the Head, and I recall the early albums were produced quickly under a lot of corporate pressure to capitalize on the band’s popularity. Their EMI recording studio was also relatively primitive. It wasn’t until the boys took over creative control that the situation changed.

It also helped when The Beatles made Parlophone a shitload of money. ;)

I was thinking about The Beatles in 1964 the other day. Capitol records wouldn’t touch their records until the beginning of 1964, and by the end of that year Capitol had released Meet The Beatles, The Beatles 2nd Album, Something New, The Beatles Story, and Beatles 65. Then there was the Hard Day’s Night soundtrack on United Artists and their first UK album (that Capitol rejected) on VeeJay records. Seven freakin’ albums in one year. The record companies were milking them for all they could get.

181 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 8:58:28pm

Night lizards. And note to Texas Governor Abbott: all your bases belong to us.

182 Varek Raith  May 2, 2015 8:59:53pm

re: #181 De Kolta Chair

Night lizards. And note to Texas Governor Abbott: all your bases belong to us.

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YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME HAHA.

183 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 9:00:17pm

re: #181 De Kolta Chair

Night lizards. And remember, Texas Governor Abbott, all your bases belong to us.

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There must be some reason why the gummint has placed so many military bases in Texas! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

184 Single-handed sailor  May 2, 2015 9:01:15pm

re: #181 De Kolta Chair

All Your Base

185 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 9:01:34pm

re: #177 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

My two cents is he’s retaliating for all those unhappy times at school: Chuck against the cruel world. Plus he’s really got a hardline attitude about “purity” and hypocrisy, given his attacks on conservatives’ sexual escapades. I’m sure there’s some fancy shmancy psychological term for his behavior.

I agree that his school experiences seem to be part of his issue and feed his rage.

He does seem to be a malignant narcissist; his reactions to any criticism are consistent with that. I think many of his failures and broken relationships are a result of him attacking people for anything he perceives as a put down. He can’t tolerate any criticism. People who don’t acknowledge his greatness are enemies.

I appreciate the work Charles has done to shine a light on Upchuck’s words and deeds. It’s like cleaning the cat box; a shitty job but if you don’t do it the consequences can be worse than the job.

186 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 9:03:00pm

re: #183 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

There must be some reason why the gummint has placed so many military bases in Texas! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn. ‘Nuff said y’all. ;-)
187 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 9:06:40pm

re: #185 A Cranky One

I agree that his school experiences seem to be part of his issue and feed his rage.

He does seem to be a malignant narcissist; his reactions to any criticism are consistent with that. I think many of his failures and broken relationships are a result of him attacking people for anything he perceives as a put down. He can’t tolerate any criticism. People who don’t acknowledge his greatness are enemies.

I appreciate the work Charles has done to shine a light on Upchuck’s words and deeds. It’s like cleaning the cat box; a shitty job but if you don’t do it the consequences can be worse than the job.

Witness this one:

Now I want Manny to win, just so I can retweet this to make CCJ the loser.

188 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 9:08:15pm

re: #171 A Cranky One

My take is a little different. He takes obvious joy in hurting people and appears to be a sadist. I’m afraid that he’ll act on his impulses to hurt people and in combination with his desire for fame, do it in a big way.

My only hope is that he’s as incompetent in doing that as he is in everything else.

Well, so far he’s gotten Radley Balko’s address wrong TWICE. But, of course it was an “honest mistake and the fault of Lexus-Nexus” because the AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST is never wrong.

189 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 9:12:36pm

re: #187 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Did you see I left you another little family history claim for the dossier?

littlegreenfootballs.com

190 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 9:13:14pm

re: #188 BeachDem

Well, so far he’s gotten Radley Balko’s address wrong TWICE. But, of course it was an “honest mistake and the fault of Lexus-Nexus” because the AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST is never wrong.

And it misses the point of why publishing Balko’s address is at all necessary or ethical. Plus, it opens up the possibility that some of his knuckle-dragging followers will harass the current residents of those addresses.

191 Timothy Watson  May 2, 2015 9:13:39pm

re: #188 BeachDem

Well, so far he’s gotten Radley Balko’s address wrong TWICE. But, of course it was an “honest mistake and the fault of Lexus-Nexus” because the AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST is never wrong.

How the fuck does he have access to LexisNexis? Who’s paying for it?

192 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 9:14:30pm

re: #189 BeachDem

Did you see I left you another little family history claim for the dossier?

littlegreenfootballs.com

I missed that one, because it came during my sleep time on this side of the world. Thanks for the re-post.

193 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 9:15:47pm
194 b_sharp  May 2, 2015 9:16:23pm

re: #187 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Witness this one:

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Now I want Manny to win, just so I can retweet this to make CCJ the loser.

Is this him coming out of the closet?

195 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 9:16:32pm

re: #188 BeachDem

Well, so far he’s gotten Radley Balko’s address wrong TWICE. But, of course it was an “honest mistake and the fault of Lexus-Nexus” because the AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST is never wrong.

It’s like when he was trying to stalk Charles and showed up at an old address. Later tried to claim he knew it wasn’t the current address so he wasn’t stalking. Don’t think he fooled anybody.

At least right now he’s flying around and so doesn’t have his gun. Hope his wife is smart enough to make it disappear while he’s gone.

196 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 9:19:19pm

re: #191 Timothy Watson

How the fuck does he have access to LexisNexis? Who’s paying for it?

Either he has spent some of his GoFundMe money on his own access, or he’s got some loyal follower who has access doing the legwork for him. Either way, I think using LN for the purpose of publicizing someone’s home address violates their TOS.

197 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 9:21:26pm

re: #169 jaunte

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198 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 9:24:10pm

re: #190 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

And it misses the point of why publishing Balko’s address is at all necessary or ethical. Plus, it opens up the possibility that some of his knuckle-dragging followers will harass the current residents of those addresses.

Oh, his whole premise that you can’t be for social justice if you don’t live in poverty is completely bogus, for sure. (And that HE is righteously charged with exposing those he finds wanting in sanctity.)

I was just pointing out that his cracker-jack research is so pitiful that he usually comes up with the wrong address, or the wrong city, or the wrong person.

199 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 9:24:53pm

Since things seem to be quiet in Baltimore right now, how about some luting here?

…

200 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 9:26:09pm

re: #192 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I missed that one, because it came during my sleep time on this side of the world. Thanks for the re-post.

I kinda figured as much—thus the re-post.

201 De Kolta Chair  May 2, 2015 9:26:20pm

We wuz rootin’ for ya, Danzig Moon!

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

— Jimmy Driftwood

202 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 9:27:48pm

re: #198 BeachDem

Yup. The sooper-genius doesn’t seem to get much right. Which is a good thing for everyone.

203 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 9:28:25pm

re: #196 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Either he has spent some of his GoFundMe money on his own access, or he’s got some loyal follower who has access doing the legwork for him. Either way, I think using LN for the purpose of publicizing someone’s home address violates their TOS.

Or, he made the whole thing up about where he got the info (I repeat, he did get the address wrong twice.)

204 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 9:40:36pm

re: #203 BeachDem

Or, he made the whole thing up about where he got the info (I repeat, he did get the address wrong twice.)

I sent LN a media inquiry asking if using their service to publish private addresses violates the TOS. Waiting for a reply.

205 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 9:47:10pm

re: #204 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I sent LN a media inquiry asking if using their service to publish private addresses violates the TOS. Waiting for a reply.

Good for you—can’t wait to hear their reply. (You might also point out that “someone” is maligning their reputation by claiming they provided him with incorrect information.)


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