Saturday Night Ballad: Mark Knopfler w/ Ruth Moody, “Wherever I Go”

Your star is fixed in my sky
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Wherever I Go from the album ‘Tracker’ by Mark Knopfler. Available now:
Official Store: http://po.st/MKstore
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S27RWZ4/?tag=littlegreenfo-20

iTunes: http://po.st/TrackerFBiT
iTunes Deluxe: http://po.st/TrackerDlxFBiT

This short film was made in association with Talenthouse. Mark Knopfler requested independent filmmakers create their own visual interpretations of the song.

Out of 66 entries, this video was the winner, shot and directed by Matthias Lebeer.

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223 comments
1 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 9:35:39pm

Very nice! Thanks Charles, I needed a little mellow tonight.

Love Mark Knopfler’s playing. He has such a distinctive style, I can always recognize his guitar work. And I’m quickly becoming a fan of Ruth Moody as well.

Only shame is we have one of the grandkids tonight, a toddler, who we just got to sleep. Otherwise I’d be checking this out on my good system instead of crappy laptop speakers. Ah well, it can wait until tomorrow.

Later, lizards. May you dream of guitars and pie.

2 jaunte  May 2, 2015 9:37:49pm

Maybe I’m bound to wander
From one place to the next
Heaven knows why
But in the wild blue yonder
Your star is fixed in my sky

Just another bar at a crossroads
So far from home
But that’s alright
Whenever I’m going down a dark road
I don’t feel alone in the night

There’s a place in my heart
Though we’re far apart
May you always know
No matter how long since I saw you
I’ll keep a flame there for you
Wherever I go

They’re looking to close up in here
They’re pulling down the blinds
But they’ll let you stay awhile
They’re not going to mind

Now I’ve got to leave you, brother
So this round’s mine
Here’s looking at you, anyhow
You can go on and have another
They won’t call time
I’m going to say my goodbyes now

There’s a place in my heart
Though we’re far apart
May you always know
No matter how long since I saw you
I’ll keep a flame there for you
Wherever I go

3 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 9:42:49pm

That’s a pretty good song; I’ve always liked Knopfler, with his distinctive guitar playing and his smoky voice.

Here’s one of my favorite Dire Straits songs:

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4 RealityBasedSteve  May 2, 2015 9:46:42pm

Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, If This is Goodbye

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Love their voices together. Roadrunning is one of my favorite CDs.

RBS

5 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 9:55:36pm

Maybe his best tune. And oh, by the way, a hell of a movie:

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6 Decatur Deb  May 2, 2015 10:08:36pm

re: #5 austin_blue

Maybe his best tune. And oh, by the way, a hell of a movie:

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Video

You can’t eat scenery.

7 Lidane  May 2, 2015 10:12:34pm

Hey, a_b can you shoot an email my way? Thank you! :)

8 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 10:13:57pm

Unless you prefer this one:

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Knopfler is a finger picker, so no plastic picks with his right hand. There a few others, like Lindsey Buckingham, but most rockers like to use use hard picks. I like the sound of finger pickers on electric guitars. Really warm and intimate.

9 b_sharp  May 2, 2015 10:19:50pm

re: #8 austin_blue

Unless you prefer this one:

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Knopfler is a finger picker, so no plastic picks with his right hand. There a few others, like Lindsey Buckingham, but most rockers like to use use hard picks. I like the sound of finger pickers on electric guitars. Really warm and intimate.

I don’t use a pick. I prefer the tone without it.

10 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 10:25:40pm

re: #7 Lidane

Hey, a_b can you shoot an email my way? Thank you! :)

Love to, but when I click your name, I’m punched back to the home page. I’m a Luddite and don’t have an e-mail account on my Apple here at home. It is going to be a beautiful day tomorrow in South Austin. El Alma’s, at Dawson and Barton Springs Road, is where I wander down to the C-Store next to it around ten to pick up the Sunday Times.

If there is another place that is more comfortable to you, please advise.

11 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 10:27:04pm

GotNwes is catching up to the current news cycle.

BREAKING: Why do pro-#BaltimoreRiots pundits move house so much? #FreddieGray

Lots of pundits are supporting the riots on Twitter. And some even are sympathetic to the ones in Baltimore.

We wanted to get a sense of what these pundits do in their private lives, so we could figure out what we’re doing wrong.

What is their revealed preferences? Also, how babby is formed?

Are the voices of black America or the so-called Baltimore uprising living in majority black areas, y’know, the ‘Hood, the ghetto, the slums?

Nope.

12 prairiefire  May 2, 2015 10:29:20pm

Dreamy style Beck on Austin City limits.

13 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 10:30:22pm

re: #11 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I will note that CCJ has used the term “revealed preferences” before. It’s a term coined by Paul Samuelson, the economist, for judging consumer behavior. en.wikipedia.org

And CCJ is applying the concept incorrectly.

14 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 10:32:07pm

re: #11 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

GotNwes is catching up to the current news cycle.

BREAKING: Why do pro-#BaltimoreRiots pundits move house so much? #FreddieGray

“What is their revealed preferences? Also, how babby is formed?”

Oh, my. That manchild is seriously intoxicated. Could someone please take his gun(s) way from him?

This is why Open Carry is such a shitty concept.

Have mercy on us all.

15 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 10:33:49pm

re: #14 austin_blue

Um, you know that GotNwes is my site, not UpChuck’s, right?

16 goddamnedfrank  May 2, 2015 10:43:26pm

re: #15 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Um, you know that GotNwes is my site, not UpChuck’s, right?

What’s funny is that I was reading it really lazily too and thought, “wait, this shit is amazingly well written for Chuck.” Then I looked up and saw it was you with the hot fresh nwes.

17 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 10:47:58pm

re: #15 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Um, you know that GotNwes is my site, not UpChuck’s, right?

Well, I’m an idiot. You got me, and I am desperately pulling on my forelock begging for forgiveness…

18 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 10:49:42pm

re: #16 goddamnedfrank

What’s funny is that I was reading it really lazily too and thought, “wait, this shit is amazingly well written for Chuck.” Then I looked up and saw it was you with the hot fresh nwes.

I can’t write like he does. It’s impossible. Maybe if I were really loaded I could reproduce his lack of grammar, syntax and logical organization, but even then 45+ years of writing for work and for school would get in the way.

19 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 10:49:52pm

re: #16 goddamnedfrank

What’s funny is that I was reading it really lazily too and thought, “wait, this shit is amazingly well written for Chuck.” Then I looked up and saw it was you with the hot fresh nwes.

I am *so* fucking punked.

20 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 10:50:23pm

re: #17 austin_blue

Well, I’m an idiot. You got me, and I am desperately pulling on my forelock begging for forgiveness…

No apologies needed. It’s all part of my plan.

21 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 10:50:28pm

re: #13 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I will note that CCJ has used the term “revealed preferences” before. It’s a term coined by Paul Samuelson, the economist, for judging consumer behavior. en.wikipedia.org

And CCJ is applying the concept incorrectly.

Quelle surprise.

22 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 10:51:25pm

re: #9 b_sharp

I don’t use a pick. I prefer the tone without it.

Had to log back in for a Knopfler thread.

I like playing both with and without a pick. Really depends on what I’m playing. There are some things you just can’t play properly without a pick.

Ever tried to Nit without one?

23 BeachDem  May 2, 2015 10:57:25pm

re: #18 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I can’t write like he does.

Thank dog for that! I can’t either, and I’ve made my living as a writer for more than 40 years.

Even before he completely went off the rails, his writing was utter crap. Pretentious. Poorly constructed. Boring. Disorganized. Totally
egocentric, no matter what the subject.

And that’s not even touching on his total lack of basic grammatical skills.

24 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 10:57:42pm

re: #14 austin_blue

re: #11 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

You managed to capture some of the spirit of his current drunken bender but your training betrays you.

Needs more megalomania, bragging and less proper use of grammar and syntax. Also needs a couple of spelling errors.

Nice job though and I’m glad to know that attempts to parody CCJ don’t seem to have caused any lasting damage. ;)

25 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 11:04:34pm

In the meantime, let’s all celebrate Norman Blake as one of the great flat pickers in the history of America:

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What a talent.

26 A Cranky One  May 2, 2015 11:08:01pm

re: #6 Decatur Deb

You can’t eat scenery.

Say what?
27 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 2, 2015 11:08:51pm

re: #8 austin_blue

Unless you prefer this one:

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Knopfler is a finger picker, so no plastic picks with his right hand. There a few others, like Lindsey Buckingham, but most rockers like to use use hard picks. I like the sound of finger pickers on electric guitars. Really warm and intimate.

I was looking at a Brian May interview (some website about players’ rigs) and he uses a coin. He does concede that he holds the coin lightly, but it’s still a frickin coin. He prefers coins made before 1952 (or so) because they’re a little bit softer. They showed his guitar (He uses the same one he made with his father when he was a teenager 95% of the time!) and it has all these metal filings in it that they have to clean every so often.

Someday that guitar will go to auction for charity, and it won’t be like So and So used this guitar when he recorded such and such. Brian May used that guitar for just about everything for decades, and since it’s handmade, it’s a one of a kind. Somebody made a replica in case he has a problem during a show, but it rarely gets used.

28 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 11:13:23pm

re: #24 A Cranky One

You managed to capture some of the spirit of his current drunken bender but your training betrays you.

Needs more megalomania, bragging and less proper use of grammar and syntax. Also needs a couple of spelling errors.

Nice job though and I’m glad to know that attempts to parody CCJ don’t seem to have caused any lasting damage. ;)

Time will tell. Intervention may be necessary. //

29 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 11:14:44pm

re: #27 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I was looking at a Brian May interview (some website about players’ rigs) and he uses a coin. He does concede that he holds the coin lightly, but it’s still a frickin coin. He prefers coins made before 1952 (or so) because they’re a little bit softer. They showed his guitar (He uses the same one he made with his father when he was a teenager 95% of the time!) and it has all these metal filings in it that they have to clean every so often.

Someday that guitar will go to auction for charity, and it won’t be like So and So used this guitar when he recorded such and such. Brian May used that guitar for just about everything for decades, and since it’s handmade, it’s a one of a kind. Somebody made a replica in case he has a problem during a show, but it rarely gets used.

And just as an aside:

“May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.”

What have you done with your life?

I, for one, am humbled.

30 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 2, 2015 11:17:44pm

re: #29 austin_blue

I bet it’s an online degree

/

31 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 11:28:56pm

re: #27 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I was looking at a Brian May interview (some website about players’ rigs) and he uses a coin. He does concede that he holds the coin lightly, but it’s still a frickin coin. He prefers coins made before 1952 (or so) because they’re a little bit softer. They showed his guitar (He uses the same one he made with his father when he was a teenager 95% of the time!) and it has all these metal filings in it that they have to clean every so often.

Someday that guitar will go to auction for charity, and it won’t be like So and So used this guitar when he recorded such and such. Brian May used that guitar for just about everything for decades, and since it’s handmade, it’s a one of a kind. Somebody made a replica in case he has a problem during a show, but it rarely gets used.

The Red Special.

32 TedStriker  May 2, 2015 11:29:57pm

re: #29 austin_blue

And just as an aside:

May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.

What have you done with your life?

I, for one, am humbled.

re: #30 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I bet it’s an online degree

/

It only took him 37 years to finish his thesis…

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33 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 11:34:00pm

Living the George Thorogood lifestyle

34 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 11:36:52pm

re: #33 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Living the George Thorogood lifestyle

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“my bartender Texan”?

Is this another GotNwes post?

35 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 11:41:31pm

re: #34 austin_blue

“my bartender Texan”?

Is this another GotNwes post?

Nope, right from the horse’s …. mouth.

36 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 11:45:25pm

So is this.

WTF?

37 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 2, 2015 11:52:54pm

OK. That’s all of UpChuck TL I can take today. He’s in a bar somewhere in Dallas getting hammered and writing free-association tweets in between slugs. It’s too bad Mayweather’s in Vegas and too busy to read Twitter right now. Chuck is talking shit about Mayweather that could get Mayweather a bit, um, annoyed.

For that matter, Pacquaio might not be too thrilled, either.

38 Kragar  May 2, 2015 11:53:23pm

re: #36 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

39 austin_blue  May 2, 2015 11:54:12pm

re: #35 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Nope, right from the horse’s …. mouth.

If he was a horse running in the Kentucky Derby, he would have gone off as a 100-1 shot named Dumperbutt and have been pulled up at the quarter pole for a complete lack of speed. What an insignificant, pitiful, putz.

Well, that was certainly a stretched metaphor…

And I’m for the rack. Good night , dear Lizards. Sweet scaly dreams.

40 freetoken  May 2, 2015 11:58:51pm

As part of the great opera revival (?) going on I noticed that in the season final episode of Daredevil that, in the penultimate climax scene, they used Nessun Dorma as the music. It was an abbreviated version. It struck me funnily, even though it was not totally out of place given the original context of the song.

More Puccini:

MP3 Audio

41 freetoken  May 2, 2015 11:58:52pm

As part of the great opera revival (?) going on I noticed that in the season final episode of Daredevil that, in the penultimate climax scene, they used Nessun Dorma as the music. It was an abbreviated version. It struck me funnily, even though it was not totally out of place given the original context of the song.

More Puccini:

MP3 Audio

42 freetoken  May 3, 2015 12:00:47am

Don’t know why that double posted.

43 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 12:09:08am

re: #38 Kragar

Most of his tweets about the fight focus on the fighters’ ethnicity. He’s obsessed with it.

44 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 12:12:38am

re: #41 freetoken

As part of the great opera revival (?) going on I noticed that in the season final episode of Daredevil that, in the penultimate climax scene, they used Nessun Dorma as the music. It was an abbreviated version. It struck me funnily, even though it was not totally out of place given the original context of the song.

More Puccini:

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I thought it was a great touch, given the melodramatic qualities of the episode.

45 freetoken  May 3, 2015 12:22:51am

re: #44 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I suppose, but in the series as a whole the music wasn’t exactly of that style, so it stood out to me. On the whole I think the music for the series was not that impressive, but small screen productions rarely have great scores.

46 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 12:26:20am

re: #45 freetoken

I suppose, but in the series as a whole the music wasn’t exactly of that style, so it stood out to me. On the whole I think the music for the series was not that impressive, but small screen productions rarely have great scores.

I agree. It was a real surprise. Maybe the intent was to heighten the drama and suggest a triumph, but with almost a half hour left to the episode it was easy to guess it would not be a total victory.

47 freetoken  May 3, 2015 12:35:35am

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

As a series I think it is much better than the usual TV offerings, though I liked it less than many people it appears. Some of the acting is not so hot in my opinion. The strong point is the story arc, the Wilson Fisk character (and his entourage), and the mood set in the environment as a whole.

The show could have used a bit more attention ($) on the music, and the dialogue writing for both the lead and for the Page character came off to me as too shallow at times (unless it was intended to maker her a bit of a ditzy character.)

48 prairiefire  May 3, 2015 12:44:36am

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49 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 12:48:28am

re: #47 freetoken

As a series I think it is much better than the usual TV offerings, though I liked it less than many people it appears. Some of the acting is not so hot in my opinion. The strong point is the story arc, the Wilson Fisk character (and his entourage), and the mood set in the environment as a whole.

The show could have used a bit more attention ($) on the music, and the dialogue writing for both the lead and for the Page character came off to me as too shallow at times (unless it was intended to maker her a bit of a ditzy character.)

Charlie Cox may have been trying to portray a character whose emotions are under tight control, except when he puts on the mask and pummels the shit out of evildoers. Or he might just not have the emotional range that D’Onofrio has. And, for all the chatter about his womanizing, Murdock had no serious liaisons during the 13 eps.

Page as a character doesn’t seem too well thought out, or maybe they’re trying to paint her as conflicted, too. On one hand, she’s fearful and vulnerable. On the other, she’s willing to risk her life going after Fisk & Co. She’s not ditzy, though.

Have you watched Gotham? If so, what’s your take on it?

50 Kragar  May 3, 2015 1:20:43am

re: #49 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Charlie Cox may have been trying to portray a character whose emotions are under tight control, except when he puts on the mask and pummels the shit out of evildoers. Or he might just not have the emotional range that D’Onofrio has. And, for all the chatter about his womanizing, Murdock had no serious liaisons during the 13 eps.

Page as a character doesn’t seem too well thought out, or maybe they’re trying to paint her as conflicted, too. On one hand, she’s fearful and vulnerable. On the other, she’s willing to risk her life going after Fisk & Co. She’s not ditzy, though.

Have you watched Gotham? If so, what’s your take on it?

If the story line plays out according to the original material, there was a reason why Page was afraid no one would take her seriously if they investigated her. The character she was based on was a reformed junkie and prostitute with ties to a drug cartel who moved to New York to try and start over.

51 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 1:30:29am

re: #50 Kragar

If the story line plays out according to the original material, there was a reason why Page was afraid no one would take her seriously if they investigated her. The character she was based on was a reformed junkie and prostitute with ties to a drug cartel who moved to New York to try and start over.

See, I’ve not followed the Daredevil comic, so I’m coming to this series a complete newb. I did pick up on Page being a newcomer to NYC and her reluctance to discuss her past or her family, though.

52 Kragar  May 3, 2015 1:51:57am

re: #51 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Personally, I’m hoping they can work out the rights to use the Punisher in the second season.

53 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 2:04:21am

re: #36 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

So is this.

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WTF?

No doubt he was referring to this:

54 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 2:40:13am

I always get up too early (life long habit), but I know the world doesn’t just shut down in other time zones.

It seems to have this morning, though.

Pepper sprayed in the face, then pulled down by his hair. This is policing? This is not only over-reaction, it’s cruelty. It’s pay back. It’s racism.

55 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 2:44:13am
56 Kragar  May 3, 2015 2:49:06am

re: #54 Justanotherhuman

I always get up too early (life long habit), but I know the world doesn’t just shut down in other time zones.

It seems to have this morning, though.

Pepper sprayed in the face, then pulled down by his hair. This is policing? This is not only over-reaction, it’s cruelty. It’s pay back. It’s racism.

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Sleeping is my problem, I can’t ever get to bed.

57 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 3:02:38am

re: #56 Kragar

Sleeping is my problem, I can’t ever get to bed.

I used to get by on 4 or 5 hrs of sleep, I had to, working & raising 2 kids on my own, so it was ingrained in me. Now, it takes at least 6. Usually a 10 min cat nap revives me after lunch.

Don’t worry, you’ll get old and tired soon enough : )

58 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 3:21:39am

Thank you, Miss Simone, for this song and your genius. This is from almost 40 yrs ago and nothing much seems to have changed in #Baltimore. “Ain’t it hard just to live.”

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59 Nyet  May 3, 2015 3:28:23am

He and Pam.

60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 3:33:12am

re: #59 Nyet

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He and Pam.

He’s spent the whole day drinking, AFAIK.

61 Nyet  May 3, 2015 3:34:01am

re: #60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

He’s spent the whole day drinking, AFAIK.

Probably did some harder drugs too.

62 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 3:36:20am

Do y’all see the difference in police treatment in #54 and #55, depending on who the cops are dealing with?

Now tell me that institutional and personal racism isn’t in play deep within the BPD.

How can anyone defend this? Yet it continues.

63 Nyet  May 3, 2015 3:40:48am

re: #62 Justanotherhuman

This is probably racism, but just to be sure: cops are very happy about pepper-spraying in general, incl. white people. This has been a huge topic here at LGF a while back, after the separate incidents at NYC Occupy and at UC Davis.

They think that this is a safe way to get back at the protesters.

64 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 3:41:34am

re: #61 Nyet

Probably did some harder drugs too.

The bartender Texan tweet was from four hours ago or so. So, that suggests he’s spent all this time in the bar on Twitter. I figure he was in the bar long before the bartender tweet.

Has he ever indicated why in fact he’s in Dallas, besides some meeting with an unnamed debunker of Nobel prize winners?

65 Nyet  May 3, 2015 3:44:02am

re: #64 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Has he ever indicated why in fact he’s in Dallas, besides some meeting with an unnamed debunker of Nobel prize winners?

I intended to ask you, since I haven’t really been paying attention. :)

66 Nyet  May 3, 2015 3:47:38am

In fact, that was, I think, the first of KT’s many shark-jump moments:

littlegreenfootballs.com

Killgore Trout
9/25/2011 7:13:09 pm PDT

Q:What’s funnier than Marxists with trust funds getting maced?
A: Marxists with trust funds getting maced in slow motion.

67 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 3:58:18am

re: #63 Nyet

This is probably racism, but just to be sure: cops are very happy about pepper-spraying in general, incl. white people. This has been a huge topic here at LGF a while back, after the separate incidents at NY Occupy and at UC Davis.

They think that this is a safe way to get back at the protesters.

Yet Blacks in #Baltimore have to deal with this kind of treatment every. single. day. They don’t get warnings and offers of rides home, either.

I’m not blaming those white protestors who joined in with residents in those neighborhoods to protest; I’m just pointing out the difference in treatment. I’m sure those white protestors in #Baltimore saw the difference.

The only 3 neighborhoods on curfew in #Baltimore were Black. Elsewhere in the city, nothing.

68 Nyet  May 3, 2015 4:00:00am

I’ll try something. (If you click, you won’t be able to stop it without reloading the page.)

Marxist Kittehs

69 Nyet  May 3, 2015 4:00:19am

re: #68 Nyet

OK, that autoplayed.

70 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 4:02:46am

It’s like racists want Black poor people to adhere to white middle class standards of “propriety” when Black poor people are nowhere close to having the resources to do so.

71 Nyet  May 3, 2015 4:04:09am

Pacman

72 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 4:06:22am

re: #71 Nyet

Refreshing (twice) doesn’t turn that off.

73 Nyet  May 3, 2015 4:06:27am

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74 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 4:10:15am
75 Nyet  May 3, 2015 4:10:27am

re: #72 Justanotherhuman

It will now.

PS: No music, so I figured it would be OK.

76 Bubblehead II  May 3, 2015 4:15:46am

re: #54 Justanotherhuman

I always get up too early (life long habit), but I know the world doesn’t just shut down in other time zones.

It seems to have this morning, though.

Pepper sprayed in the face, then pulled down by his hair. This is policing? This is not only over-reaction, it’s cruelty. It’s pay back. It’s racism.

[Embedded content]

And then you have this.

*spit*

77 Charles Johnson  May 3, 2015 4:18:26am

3.9 earthquake just woke me up in LA. Only a couple of miles from me.

78 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 4:19:51am

re: #77 Charles Johnson

Was just about to post this.

Magnitude 3.9 earthquake recorded in Los Angeles area - USGS
end of alert

Hope that’s all there is.

79 Nyet  May 3, 2015 4:25:47am

Super Mario

80 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 4:25:55am

re: #76 Bubblehead II

Yes, as noted in #67. The difference is treatment was pretty damned obvious, even to those whites.

81 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 4:34:25am

Well, Hell! I missed this the other day. Now that Scott Walker killed himself with the plutocrats by opposing legal immigration, it looked like Heb had clear sailing. But now it looks as if he’s RINOed himself out of the primary. Maybe Rubio and/or Cruz have a better chance than I thought.

82 Nyet  May 3, 2015 4:38:38am
plan to frog-march America’s schoolchildren into government math camps

An excellent idea, BTW.

83 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 4:39:03am

I knew this suspect was probably white, from where he lives. Cornelius is a pretty affluent town just north of Charlotte on the lake. Median family income is over $83K/yr (2012) and it’s 92% white, also conservative.

Suspect is 16 yr old and was wearing bullet-proof vest when he shot the cop during a “domestic” dispute involving his sister with his mother and girlfriend also at the house.

wsoctv.com

84 Joe Bacon  May 3, 2015 4:39:34am

re: #77 Charles Johnson

Woke me up at 407. Also woke up the neighbors in my apartment building here in Koreatown. They’re still chattering…

85 Bubblehead II  May 3, 2015 4:44:24am

re: #83 Justanotherhuman

I knew this suspect was probably white, from where he lives. Cornelius is a pretty affluent town just north of Charlotte on the lake. Median family income is over $83K/yr (2012) and it’s 92% white, also conservative.

Suspect is 16 yr old and was wearing bullet-proof vest when he shot the cop during a “domestic” dispute involving his sister with his mother and girlfriend also at the house.

wsoctv.com

Now for the $50.00 question. Will he be charged as a Juvie or as an adult?

86 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 4:55:09am

re: #85 Bubblehead II

Now for the $50.00 question. Will he be charged as a Juvie or as an adult?

That’s going to be the $64 question, but I’d bet as an adult. He shot a cop and it appears he was prepared to engage in a Bundy standoff, or somethin’ but was too impulsive with that gun. I suppose living with 2 females older than he is was just too much for this poor kid. ////

87 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 5:00:47am

Yeah, the kid knew exactly what he was doing.

88 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 5:01:44am

Los Angeles Fire Department is in earthquake mode following 3.9 shaker - @LAFD
end of alert

89 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 5:03:24am

Sounds like the one that shook me out of bed in San Diego many years ago (in a 3rd fl apt).

Editor’s note: Even though the Los Angeles area earthquake is mild at a magnitude of 3.9 many residents are reporting that it was strong enough to wake them - David
end of note

90 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 5:05:29am

re: #87 Justanotherhuman

Yeah, the kid knew exactly what he was doing.

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Steve Ohnesorge WBTV
@WBTVSteveO

Cripes, Ohnesorge is a great name! Only thing better would be “What? Me Worry?”

91 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 5:10:01am

re: #90 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Cripes, Ohnesorge is a great name! Only thing better would be “What? Me Worry?”

Old Steve has been around almost forever. : ) Went to Belmont Abbey College, and started as a photog in 1975 and except for a 1 yr stint at CBS NY in 1980, has worked for WBTV exclusively.

92 Bubblehead II  May 3, 2015 5:13:51am

re: #86 Justanotherhuman

That’s going to be the $64 question, but I’d bet as an adult. He shot a cop and it appears he was prepared to engage in a Bundy standoff, or somethin’ but was too impulsive with that gun. I suppose living with 2 females older than he is was just too much for this poor kid. ////

You are probably correct. But as you pointed out, he is white and comes from an affluent family. Bet his lawyer fights tooth and nail to have him charged as a juvie. Probably citing “emotional” issues as a mitigating factor.

93 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 5:20:29am

re: #92 Bubblehead II

You are probably correct. But as you pointed out, he is white and comes from an affluent family. Bet his lawyer fights tooth and nail to have him charged as a juvie. Probably citing “emotional” issues as a mitigating factor.

No doubt. Suffered harassment and mental abuse from all those females, doncha know.

94 Nyet  May 3, 2015 5:30:42am

OK, now to start with BG2:EE.

95 Decatur Deb  May 3, 2015 5:33:24am

re: #45 freetoken

I suppose, but in the series as a whole the music wasn’t exactly of that style, so it stood out to me. On the whole I think the music for the series was not that impressive, but small screen productions rarely have great scores.

Richard Rogers and some sailors are headed your way. They have guns, lots of guns.

96 Nyet  May 3, 2015 5:35:52am

…

97 PhillyPretzel  May 3, 2015 5:36:39am

re: #95 Decatur Deb

Is this what you are referring to? amazon.com

98 Dark_Falcon  May 3, 2015 5:40:33am

re: #3 TedStriker

That’s a pretty good song; I’ve always liked Knopfler, with his distinctive guitar playing and his smoky voice.

Here’s one of my favorite Dire Straits songs:

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My own favorite of theirs:

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99 Decatur Deb  May 3, 2015 5:41:07am

re: #97 PhillyPretzel

Is this what you are referring to? amazon.com

Very close. Rogers ‘quoted’ some of that music for the epic Victory at Sea B&W series.

amazon.com

100 Eventual Carrion  May 3, 2015 5:42:25am

re: #93 Justanotherhuman

No doubt. Suffered harassment and mental abuse from all those females, doncha know.

Affluenza

101 PhillyPretzel  May 3, 2015 5:46:39am

re: #99 Decatur Deb

I saw a few of those on PBS a while back. I thought they were very well made.

102 Dark_Falcon  May 3, 2015 5:49:27am

re: #81 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Well, Hell! I missed this the other day. Now that Scott Walker killed himself with the plutocrats by opposing legal immigration, it looked like Heb had clear sailing. But now it looks as if he’s RINOed himself out of the primary. Maybe Rubio and/or Cruz have a better chance than I thought.

A handful of comments in one speech is not going to sink a major candidate like Scot Walker or Jeb Bush this early in the cycle.

103 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 5:52:50am

The Roots of Poverty Are Many and Deep

brookings.edu

And this is why, for so many yrs, I encouraged any Black women I met on the job, to forge ahead. I was more than willing to let them pass me by because I knew my opportunities would be somewhat greater, even when we came from the same economic and social background, because of my race. Sometimes they would express doubt but I told them to file an EEOC complaint or threaten to sue, even those who applied for jobs when I worked at an all white law firm because none of the white women who worked there had any legal experience besides me except what they learned on that job. A couple had no experience at all. Yes, I was often seen as a “trouble maker” by other whites but I didn’t care. I’d done enough statistics as a legal worker for lawyers who did sue on EEOC issues to know and my own experience proved it, also.

“This state of affairs affects poor black and white Baltimoreans differently. White men without college degrees are better-off because they have access to relatively lucrative blue-collar jobs through social ties within their families and their largely segregated neighborhoods. Eighty-nine percent of white high school dropouts were working at age 22; the figure for black dropouts was 40 percent. Contrary to popular portrayals of inner-city Baltimore, this isn’t due to differences in drug use and related social maladies. Higher- and lower-income white men were more likely than their African American counterparts to use hard drugs and marijuana, smoke, and binge drink. These young men, poor white and black alike, had numerous problem encounters with the law, but a police record was less of an impediment to whites in the job market. And in the industrial and construction trades, where 45% of whites were employed, but just 15% of blacks, whites earned practically twice what African American men earned.

“This matters for women and children’s well-being. Lower-SES white women had relatively low individual earnings, but their average family income was at parity with that of lower-SES white men’s because they married or (more often) partnered with those men. By way of comparison, at age 28, many more lower-SES African American women were parenting alone, and struggling to get by on their own low personal earnings. These factors gave lower-income white families more stable neighborhoods and home environments. Coupled with their superior access to job networks, this afforded white children a decided material advantage over their lower-SES African American counterparts.”

104 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 6:02:48am

Whut?

Togo’s constitutional court confirms incumbent Faure Gnassingbe as president with 5877% after election - @Reuters
end of alert

105 Lord Of The Pies  May 3, 2015 6:11:12am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY EARLY MORNING EDITION==>

106 Lord Of The Pies  May 3, 2015 6:12:30am

Why do the Makers Of Stupid Memes always use pictures of 1950’s white people to decorate their memes? Is there some royalty-free respository of Stupid-Looking 1950’s White People somewhere on Teh Internets?

107 Lord Of The Pies  May 3, 2015 6:16:56am

As for “demonizing” Christian bakers & Pizza store owners, was Lester Maddox “demonized”?

108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 6:18:16am

re: #106 Lord Of The Pies

Why do the Makers Of Stupid Memes always use pictures of 1950’s white people to decorate their memes? Is there some royalty-free respository of Stupid-Looking 1950’s White People somewhere on Teh Internets?

That can’t be it. They’ve repeatedly demonstrated they don’t give a crap about copyright—except to keep extending it so that Mickey Mouse never enters the public domain.

109 Feline Fearless Leader  May 3, 2015 6:20:51am

re: #108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

That can’t be it. They’ve repeatedly demonstrated they don’t give a crap about copyright—except to keep extending it so that Mickey Mouse never enters the public domain.

That illustration looks like a perfect representation of a Stepford Wife - fresh out of the crate from the Disney Studio Factory.
/

110 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 6:26:38am

re: #32 TedStriker

It only took him 37 years to finish his thesis…

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I just might finish my bachelors next week. Started in September 1982

111 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 6:28:02am

re: #109 Feline Fearless Leader

That illustration looks like a perfect representation of a Stepford Wife - fresh out of the crate from the Disney Studio Factory.
/

Well, I think “Stepford Wife” and I think Paula Prentiss:

And then I think: “Hmmm….”

112 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 6:31:03am

re: #56 Kragar

Sleeping is my problem, I can’t ever get to bed.

I don’t even try anymore. I get up Monday morning and go to bed Friday night. Sometimes I get an hour or two during the week.

113 Lord Of The Pies  May 3, 2015 6:36:30am

re: #108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

That can’t be it. They’ve repeatedly demonstrated they don’t give a crap about copyright—except to keep extending it so that Mickey Mouse never enters the public domain.

LOL, I once got a Tweet from a “UniteBlue” meme-maker (they’re supposed to be the “Liberals”) to STOP RETWEETING HIS ORIGINAL MEMES THAT HE WORKED TO HARD ON!!!!!

LOL they were so lame, used crappy fonts & colors and get this: copyrighted illustrations of Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker and other copyrighted images owned by Time-Warner.

114 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 6:39:06am

Where protests are happening. The long-running “Moral Monday” vigils that have been happening in NC for so long will be in Charlotte May 4 at 5:30 pm near police hdqtrs and the courthouse.

fergusonresponse.tumblr.com

There is even a solidarity #BlackLivesMatter protest in London called “#Baltimore to #Brixton” going on today.

brixtonbuzz.com

115 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 6:40:00am

re: #113 Lord Of The Pies

LOL, I once got a Tweet from a “UniteBlue” meme-maker (they’re supposed to be the “Liberals”) to STOP RETWEETING HIS ORIGINAL MEMES THAT HE WORKED TO HARD ON!!!!!

LOL they were so lame, used crappy fonts & colors and get this: copyrighted illustrations of Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker and other copyrighted images owned by Time-Warner.

Isn’t the point of a meme that it be shared?

116 Bubblehead II  May 3, 2015 6:45:58am

re: #115 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Isn’t the point of a meme that it be shared?

Shared with only the right kind of people. Having it held up and ridiculed by others for its out right stupidity is not to be tolerated.

117 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 6:54:58am

Well, here’s a bit of media trivia for you. Sean Pertwee, who plays Alfred on Gotham, is the son of Jon Pertwee, the Third Doctor.

118 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 3, 2015 6:55:58am

re: #116 Bubblehead II

Shared with only the right kind of people. Having it held up and ridiculed by others for its out right stupidity is not to be tolerated.

Oh, in other words, his First Amendment rights were trampled. Got it. /

119 Lord Of The Pies  May 3, 2015 6:56:42am

re: #115 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Isn’t the point of a meme that it be shared?

Teh Twitters, how do they fucking work?

He wanted a RETWEET of his original meme, no MT’s adding hashtags, etc.

120 Bubblehead II  May 3, 2015 6:59:05am

re: #118 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Oh, in other words, his First Amendment rights were trampled. Got it. /

Yeah, probably something like that.

121 ObserverArt  May 3, 2015 7:05:53am

Morning LGF members!

I had The Today show on for a few minutes and happened to see a Meet The Todd preview of today’s show. He is going to be talking with John Boehner, and in the preview Chuck Todd asked Boehner if he was concerned about the police problems in America. A very watery-eyed Boehner said he was concerned about it…and that was the end of the tease with Todd saying more in the show.

I think I am going to watch just to see what Boehner is going to say about Baltimore, Freguson, Cleveland, New York, North Charleston SC, etc. I want to see how a leading Republican handles this issues knowing there is a big election year coming up.

122 darthstar  May 3, 2015 7:06:29am

I don’t watch boxing, but I do think this is the right attitude.

123 Belafon  May 3, 2015 7:13:26am

We’re off to see the ‘vengers.

124 darthstar  May 3, 2015 7:14:20am
125 #FergusonFireside  May 3, 2015 7:16:14am

Baltimore.

126 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 7:20:14am

re: #125 #FergusonFireside

Somebody probably thinks it’s sweet. As far as I’m concerned, if you’re holding a rifle, you don’t let anybody near you.

127 #FergusonFireside  May 3, 2015 7:21:58am
128 #FergusonFireside  May 3, 2015 7:22:18am

re: #126 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Somebody probably thinks it’s sweet. As far as I’m concerned, if you’re holding a rifle, you don’t let anybody near you.

I thought it was an old photo from Iraq.

129 Belafon  May 3, 2015 7:26:47am

re: #127 #FergusonFireside

Stay vertical will just be taken as a challenge.

130 #FergusonFireside  May 3, 2015 7:31:13am

re: #129 Belafon

Stay vertical will just be taken as a challenge.

exactly.

131 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 7:43:06am

And did anyone notice the headline on the far right top of this page, too, “Ex-DOC Chief Leads Juvenile Bureau”? Tulsa Talks? Really? And it’s OK for a 90 yr old Black man to teach white kids now since obviously he’s not a threat at his age even though when he started it was in segregated schools in 1950?

Tulsa will never get it, no matter how much they talk.

132 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 7:45:59am
133 Lord Of The Pies  May 3, 2015 7:48:28am

re: #131 Justanotherhuman

And did anyone notice the headline on the far right top of this page, too, “Ex-DOC Chief Leads Juvenile Bureau”? Tulsa Talks? Really? And it’s OK for a 90 yr old Black man to teach white kids now since obviously he’s not a threat at his age even though when he started it was in segregated schools in 1950?

Tulsa will never get it, no matter how much they talk.

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134 Timothy Watson  May 3, 2015 7:50:23am

re: #131 Justanotherhuman

And did anyone notice the headline on the far right top of this page, too, “Ex-DOC Chief Leads Juvenile Bureau”? Tulsa Talks? Really? And it’s OK for a 90 yr old Black man to teach white kids now since obviously he’s not a threat at his age even though when he started it was in segregated schools in 1950?

Tulsa will never get it, no matter how much they talk.

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Sycophantic local papers are the norm unfortunately.

135 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 7:51:34am
136 Amory Blaine  May 3, 2015 7:53:36am

Body cameras are the new magic wand of the day. This country doesn’t have the sauce to deal with problems in the city. We need good paying jobs, healthcare, education, paid sick leave, family leave, etc. Quite frankly none of us deserve peace for the pathetic way we treat our own poor. If schools are incubators for business maybe business should pay the full ride for the schools. They got no skin in the game.

137 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 8:03:13am

Oh shit, they wanna start something? After all these years of intimidation and oppression of Blacks, even though they’re 40% of the population?

wfmynews2.com

138 HappyWarrior  May 3, 2015 8:03:38am

re: #133 Lord Of The Pies

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One of the worst racial riots in history.

139 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 8:10:44am

kkk greensboro massacre 1979

…

Those deaths didn’t matter because they were all “communists” and “Jews”, according to one commenter.

This is the fucking attitude even today.

140 #FergusonFireside  May 3, 2015 8:15:19am

I’ll be working :(

141 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 8:20:51am

Wow. Jim Wright has gotten around to the Jade Helm insanity. A truly epic smackdown.

If you think the president can just wave his big Magic Negro Ray of Chocolate Mojo and declare martial law, you really don’t understand how your government works - but then again that’s not even a little bit surprising given a sitting US senator such as Ted Cruz apparently doesn’t understand how the very government he is part of works either.

142 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 8:27:12am

re: #141 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Wow. Jim Wright has gotten around to the Jade Helm insanity. A truly epic smackdown.

That was fucking out of this world epic to be downright hyperbolic about it.

143 Amory Blaine  May 3, 2015 8:27:24am

The threats of secession from top officials alone should start the wheels in motion for pulling US bases out of the state. These fucks need to understand their stupidity has consequences.

144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 8:35:16am

re: #143 Amory Blaine

The threats of secession from top officials alone should start the wheels in motion for pulling US bases out of the state. These fucks need to understand their stupidity has consequences.

Sometimes I daydream about it—without Texas’ electoral votes there’d never be another republican president…. Of course, I think Texas is the only red state that pays more in taxes than they get back, so we’d lose a little money. Nah, I’ll take it!

145 Romantic Heretic  May 3, 2015 8:44:36am

re: #142 Justanotherhuman

That was fucking out of this world epic to be downright hyperbolic about it.

I’m going to be using his, “That isn’t research. That is masturbation.” line in the future.

146 ObserverArt  May 3, 2015 8:51:03am

Well, I should have known. Baltimore is all the problem of Democratic and Liberal policies like (yawn) job creation…blah, blah, blah…according to John Boehner.

How did he ever get elected? Oh yeah, Ohio farm and small town voting along the Indiana boarder. How did he get to be House Minority/Majority leader? Apparently no else wanted the job.

Oh yeah, thanks for those softballs Chuck Todd. Slow pitch where every politician has a chance to dance.

I keep trying to take an interest in our government. I sure wish the media and the politicians would.

147 Romantic Heretic  May 3, 2015 8:51:10am

re: #144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Sometimes I daydream about it—without Texas’ electoral votes there’d never be another republican president…. Of course, I think Texas is the only red state that pays more in taxes than they get back, so we’d lose a little money. Nah, I’ll take it!

Last I looked they broke even, which put them outside the norm for red states.

148 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 8:55:49am

re: #147 Romantic Heretic

Last I looked they broke even, which put them outside the norm for red states.

Yeah, those figures I saw were about 10 years old. They may be closer to or even below the line now. In 2005 it went from California getting back about 75%, I think, to Alabama at 207%.

149 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 8:58:12am

re: #144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Sometimes I daydream about it—without Texas’ electoral votes there’d never be another republican president…. Of course, I think Texas is the only red state that pays more in taxes than they get back, so we’d lose a little money. Nah, I’ll take it!

Give the entire State back to Mexico for the difference. Those who run TX probably wouldn’t care since there are probably plenty of rich oil men who would love to get control of the Mexican drug trade and expand it and take over that country, no doubt about it. It is all about greed and keeping all the wealth for themselves, after everything is said and done. Without the influence of the oil baron lobbyists, we could even concentrate more on sustainable energy sources to battle climate change.

And I don’t even think that scenario would wake up those brain-dead Jade Helm types, even though I wouldn’t want to inflict any of them on Mexico, but we could exchange them for the more intelligent Mexicans, too.

150 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 9:01:24am

N.Y cop under investigation for racist Facebook post, fellow officers turned him in

thegrio.com

151 Nyet  May 3, 2015 9:02:16am
Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she no longer wanted her father to speak on behalf of the French far-right National Front party that he founded and she leads, a day before he may be sanctioned by the party for his comments about World War Two.

Sorry, Marine, you’re still an apple off the ole tree.

uk.reuters.com

152 Nyet  May 3, 2015 9:02:54am

When you defend Petain, you’re a fucking unreconstructed old Nazi.

153 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 9:09:12am
154 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 9:10:42am

Gotta be #JadeHelm

Gotta be.

Magnitude 3.1 earthquake strikes near Irving, Texas - @earthshook
read more on usgs.gov

155 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 9:12:09am

No, Your Cat Is Not Vegan. You Are An Idiot Who Is Killing Your Cat.

156 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 3, 2015 9:19:46am

re: #99 Decatur Deb

Very close. Rogers ‘quoted’ some of that music for the epic Victory at Sea B&W series.

amazon.com

“Beneath the Southern Cross” is still my favorite from that series.
…

157 darthstar  May 3, 2015 9:22:36am

re: #154 Justanotherhuman

Gotta be #JadeHelm

Gotta be.

Magnitude 3.1 earthquake strikes near Irving, Texas - @earthshook
read more on usgs.gov

Nah…just fracking.

158 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 3, 2015 9:25:05am

From last night.

159 BeachDem  May 3, 2015 9:29:16am

re: #141 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Wow. Jim Wright has gotten around to the Jade Helm insanity. A truly epic smackdown.

My favorite line (it was hard to choose)

And just because you have the word “Senator” in front of your name doesn’t mean you’re sane, rational, qualified to run the country, or have an IQ higher than that of a sea cucumber.

160 Nyet  May 3, 2015 9:31:34am

re: #155 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Probably by some YECs who believe T-Rex used to be vegetarian./

161 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 9:32:49am

re: #156 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Awww. I forgot the sarc tags. : )

162 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 3, 2015 9:33:18am

re: #159 BeachDem

My favorite line (it was hard to choose)

And just because you have the word “Senator” in front of your name doesn’t mean you’re sane, rational, qualified to run the country, or have an IQ higher than that of a sea cucumber.

Nope, this one wins:

Announce a Veterans Day sale with 50% off all ammunition, Duck Dynasty camouflage, and frozen chicken nuggets, unlock the doors, and step the hell out of the way before you get trampled.

163 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 3, 2015 9:33:19am
164 retired cynic  May 3, 2015 9:35:23am

re: #112 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I don’t even try anymore. I get up Monday morning and go to bed Friday night. Sometimes I get an hour or two during the week.

That’s not good for your body or your mind!

165 darthstar  May 3, 2015 9:35:32am

re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth

Was just about to post that…hilarious.

166 Nyet  May 3, 2015 9:36:32am

How does one accidentally use a wingnut distributor? Don’t their sites scream “bad craziness is afoot”?

167 stpaulbear  May 3, 2015 9:36:35am

re: #141 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Wow. Jim Wright has gotten around to the Jade Helm insanity. A truly epic smackdown.

He covers absolutely everything. What a great rant.

Look, maybe you haven’t noticed, but we in the military are often called upon to operate in foreign lands, particularly in urban and suburban environments. How in the hell do you think we train for that? What? You think it’s just fucking magic? We get by on our charm and wholesome American looks? Do you have any idea what it takes to do what we do? Coordination, communication, navigation, talking to civilians, security, just finding your way around in a strange city, and a thousand other mundane things you’ve never thought of. How in the hell do you think we learn that?

You can’t exactly send troops to Tehran to practice you know - well, you can, but it’s bound to get you talked about, especially that part involving, you know, military invasion of a foreign country. So we do it here, in our country, where we can concentrate on the skills necessary without being shot at - except given the rise in paranoid droolers here at home, maybe it would be easier to do it in a hostile foreign land. These days, Baghdad is far more sane and friendly than whatever the fuck is going on down there in Texas.

Honest to God, what the hell is wrong with you people?

We do this all of the time. This is what we do when conservatives don’t have us invading other countries. We practice.

168 Bubblehead II  May 3, 2015 9:36:59am

re: #159 BeachDem

My favorite line (it was hard to choose)

And just because you have the word “Senator” in front of your name doesn’t mean you’re sane, rational, qualified to run the country, or have an IQ higher than that of a sea cucumber.

169 austin_blue  May 3, 2015 9:37:32am

re: #158 klys (maker of Silmarils)

From last night.

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Striped hawk moth.

Pretty.

170 makeitstop  May 3, 2015 9:37:51am

re: #145 Romantic Heretic

I’m going to be using his, “That isn’t research. That is masturbation.” line in the future.

I liked ‘paranoia is a mental illness, not a super power’ myself.

171 Bubblehead II  May 3, 2015 9:40:50am
172 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 9:41:58am

re: #168 Bubblehead II

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One of my favorites (all of it is, actually):

“This right here, this drooling lunacy, this mental illness, is the state of America. This is what talk radio and reality TV and Budweiser fueled NASCAR has done to the gene pool.

“This, right here.”

173 stpaulbear  May 3, 2015 9:42:42am

re: #171 Bubblehead II

SNAP!!

He’s really pissed off his targets. A lot of sane Texans are supporting his rant and wondering what the hell happened to the state that could elect Ann Richards.

174 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 3, 2015 9:42:49am

re: #169 austin_blue

Striped hawk moth.

Pretty.

It’s always useful to have someone tell me these things.

Saves me having to Google it. :)

175 Nyet  May 3, 2015 9:43:10am

Vegans, huh. Do they also force their kids to be vegans? Because I count that as abuse.

176 Teukka  May 3, 2015 9:44:31am

re: #159 BeachDem

My favorite line (it was hard to choose)

And just because you have the word “Senator” in front of your name doesn’t mean you’re sane, rational, qualified to run the country, or have an IQ higher than that of a sea cucumber.

My favorite is the tagline of his blog:

“Don’t just embrace the crazy, sidle up next to it and lick its ear.”

177 Nyet  May 3, 2015 9:44:33am

* force. Mobile phone.

178 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 3, 2015 9:44:58am

re: #175 Nyet

BTW, there was a dump and run a little while ago:
littlegreenfootballs.com

179 Kid A  May 3, 2015 9:45:23am

Tony Schumacher before his top fuel semi-final race. Nikon D3s and 200-400mm, for the Houston Chronicle.

180 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 9:46:47am

re: #179 Kid A

Doesn’t the Chronicle own those photos?

181 Dark_Falcon  May 3, 2015 9:50:36am

re: #167 stpaulbear

You know, most conservatives don’t go in for this shit. It’s not that the people who listen to Alex Jones about Jade Helm ‘fall for’ what Jones is putting out, its that the people who believe it do so because they want to ‘sort-of believe it ‘. They want to think the worst of the government in general, and Barack Obama in specific, and they want to feel they have access to special knowledge denied to others.

Now for those who care to find out the facts, there are right-of-center sites where the real truth is explained about this training operation, but the people who believe the conspiracy theory don’t believe because they’re conservative, they believe because they don’t want to deal with reality.

As for Gov. Abbott, I still think he’s just trying to win credit from the nutbars, though it could also be he wants to derail the exercise in order to claim such a stoppage as A Victory Over Obamunism!!1

182 darthstar  May 3, 2015 9:51:41am

re: #168 Bubblehead II
“Paranoia is a mental illness, not a superpower” was also good.

183 ObserverArt  May 3, 2015 9:51:49am

I watched the Greensboro Massacre video Justanotherhuman put up in #139 again having seen it before. That led me to do a search on some further info as I remember the incident, but not all the outcome.

One name stood out was that of Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. What was it about that name?

Well, he was a member of the National Socialist Party of America, the group involved in the Greensboro Massacre. Wiki says he made the claim the Communist Workers’ Party (the anti-Klan group in Greensboro) fired the first shot.

He has always been very politically active and a white supremacist pretty much his whole lifetime. He tried to run for political offices like governor many times, mostly in North Carolina and Missouri (any surprise there?). Wiki has him a member of first the Democratic party, then a Republican and finally he declared himself an Independent.

And not just a hate talker, he was a very active all through the years, a tradition seemingly passed down from his father. He was arrested in 1987 in Ozark Missouri where he and others were busted with many illegal automatic guns, C4, dynamite and over a half-ton of ammunition.

He even received $200,000 from Robert Jay Mathews, the leader of The Order. The Order was responsible for the shooting death of radio talk show host Alan Berg. Later he turned on the Order and was a states witness to help lessen his own convictions. I guess even other bad people couldn’t trust this piece of dirt.

Damn. I guess the F.B.I., ATF and other authorities should have had someone following the guy for ever. He was a determined, life-long hater.

So determined, on April 13, 2014, he was the only suspect in the Overland Park (Kansas) Jewish Community Center shootings where three people were killed. On December 18, 2014 he was judged competent to stand trial and they are seeking a death penalty. He is up for a bunch of federal hate-crimes.

Check the page on him at the SPLC site. This guy has been in and around a lot of the fringe media and even appeared on The Howard Stern Show. I guess they were all just asking questions.

SPLC - Frazier Glenn Miller

184 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 9:53:39am

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

The problem with the Republican Party is they can’t handle the wingnuts. Left wingnuts are on the fringe of the Democratic Party and have little influence. Right wingnuts must be heeded and appeased by anybody who wants to make a run. You can try to sound as reasonable as you want, but the Republicans could care less, only to be amused at your attempt to sound sane.

185 Dark_Falcon  May 3, 2015 9:53:51am

re: #172 Justanotherhuman

Why blame NASCAR? What the heck does car racing do to promote conspiracism? Or is hating on NASCAR (which I don’t watch but don’t hate) just a way for Mr. Wright to flash the hand sign that shows him to be a member of the left-wing fraternity.

186 Kid A  May 3, 2015 9:53:57am

re: #180 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Doesn’t the Chronicle own those photos?

No, as a freelancer I own the copyright. One of the very few publications left where the photographer owns the rights.

187 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 3, 2015 9:56:43am

re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth

BTW, there was a dump and run a little while ago:
littlegreenfootballs.com

I really enjoy it when people who are new and clearly don’t give a shit about the community here come in to lecture us all about what we’re doing wrong and play gotchas.

188 stpaulbear  May 3, 2015 9:58:04am

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

As for Gov. Abbott, I still think he’s just trying to win credit from the nutbars, though it could also be he wants to derail the exercise in order to claim such a stoppage as A Victory Over Obamunism!!1

And this is what you have to do to be part of the Republican base now. No republican politicians are even listening to your reasonable conservatives. Ted Cruz thinks that these paranoid nutbars wil get him the republican nomination.

189 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 9:58:12am

Protesters demonstrating against police brutality and racism toward Ethiopians block the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, Israel

190 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 3, 2015 9:58:21am

re: #185 Dark_Falcon

Why blame NASCAR? What the heck does car racing do to promote conspiracism? Or is hating on NASCAR (which I don’t watch but don’t hate) just a way for Mr. Wright to flash the hand sign that shows him to be a member of the left-wing fraternity.

LOLOLOL

191 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 3, 2015 10:00:08am

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

You know, most conservatives don’t go in for this shit. It’s not that the people who listen to Alex Jones about Jade Helm ‘fall for’ what Jones is putting out, its that the people who believe it do so because they want to ‘sort-of believe it ‘. They want to think the worst of the government in general, and Barack Obama in specific, and they want to feel they have access to special knowledge denied to others.

Now for those who care to find out the facts, there are right-of-center sites where the real truth is explained about this training operation, but the people who believe the conspiracy theory don’t believe because they’re conservative, they believe because they don’t want to deal with reality.

As for Gov. Abbott, I still think he’s just trying to win credit from the nutbars, though it could also be he wants to derail the exercise in order to claim such a stoppage as A Victory Over Obamunism!!1

This would be everything that is fucking wrong with it, and why the rant was written in the first place. And you’re making excuses for him.

Like sure, most of us are aware that it’s not all conservatives. But high level politicians in the Republican party are either taking it seriously or being unwilling to take a stand against the nutcases that take this shit seriously and at a fundamental level, if they are unwilling to stop letting the crazies control them, it doesn’t fucking matter that they aren’t crazy themselves.

192 ObserverArt  May 3, 2015 10:02:26am

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

You know, most conservatives don’t go in for this shit. It’s not that the people who listen to Alex Jones about Jade Helm ‘fall for’ what Jones is putting out, its that the people who believe it do so because they want to ‘sort-of believe it ‘. They want to think the worst of the government in general, and Barack Obama in specific, and they want to feel they have access to special knowledge denied to others.

Now for those who care to find out the facts, there are right-of-center sites where the real truth is explained about this training operation, but the people who believe the conspiracy theory don’t believe because they’re conservative, they believe because they don’t want to deal with reality.

As for Gov. Abbott, I still think he’s just trying to win credit from the nutbars, though it could also be he wants to derail the exercise in order to claim such a stoppage as A Victory Over Obamunism!!1

Keep excusing it all Dark. Maybe (hopefully) you will realize the GOP is kissing the butts of many a deranged individual. And you, by not being a lot more critical and demanding are in a way a party to it.

Is there any one thing that would make you at least pause and wonder what you are doing backing those that allow the nuts to be considered legitimate votes? Can’t you see if the party has to mine the depths to be in a national running they may never be able to wash the stink off?

I just don’t get it. You seem to be a good egg, rational (to a point) and I can understand you have a history (family?) with the party…but damn, how can you stand it all???

193 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 10:04:11am

Also from Wright:
“Right. And the world may be destroyed by impact with the giant invisible planet Nibiru or conquered by naked purple lizard people from the alternate dimension of Crazyfuckistan.”

They’re on to us.

194 Kid A  May 3, 2015 10:04:20am

Dark, I left the Republicans long ago. If I can do it, you can do it.

195 Dark_Falcon  May 3, 2015 10:05:11am

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

I used ‘fraternity’ because the had I instead used the other two words I’ve used in this context, ‘gang’ or ‘tribe’, I would have gotten yelled at, and given recent events I would have deserved it. So I used a word that didn’t quite fit in order to not be an ass. So laugh if you want, I know I said it as right as could be.

196 Justanotherhuman  May 3, 2015 10:05:32am

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

“…most conservatives don’t go for this shit.”

More and more do, or we wouldn’t have members of Congress who are repeating and condoning what they saying, not to mention adding their own bullshit to it, even if you think it’s just pandering.

Where are the “good” conservatives who are standing up to these idiots and slamming them for their paranoid fantasies?

197 Iwouldprefernotto  May 3, 2015 10:06:21am

re: #196 Justanotherhuman

”...most conservatives don’t go for this shit.”

More and more do, or we wouldn’t have members of Congress who are repeating and condoning what they saying, not to mention adding their own bullshit to it, even if you think it’s just pandering.

Where are the “good” conservatives who are standing up to these idiots and slamming them for their paranoid fantasies?

They don’t “go” for it, but they do nothing to stop it.

198 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 10:06:26am

re: #194 Kid A

Dark, I left the Republicans long ago. If I can do it, you can do it.

Got bad news, dude, you gotta go back in. The Republican Party needs you. They don’t know it, they won’t like it, but the only way to restore sanity is for normal people to flood the party and drown out the wingnuts. We gotta send them back where they came from - the Democratic Party!

199 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 3, 2015 10:06:36am

re: #195 Dark_Falcon

I laughed because you called Jim Wright left-wing.

200 gwangung  May 3, 2015 10:08:02am
“…most conservatives don’t go for this shit.”

Evidence needed for this.

201 ObserverArt  May 3, 2015 10:08:05am

re: #198 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Got bad news, dude, you gotta go back in. The Republican Party needs you. They don’t know it, they won’t like it, but the only way to restore sanity is for normal people to flood the party and drown out the wingnuts. We gotta send them back where they came from - the Democratic Party!

Are you forgetting some sarc tags, or should we treat this as a real comment?

202 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 3, 2015 10:08:14am

re: #195 Dark_Falcon

I used ‘fraternity’ because the had I instead used the other two words I’ve used in this context, ‘gang’ or ‘tribe’, I would have gotten yelled at, and given recent events I would have deserved it. So I used a word that didn’t quite fit in order to not be an ass. So laugh if you want, I know I said it as right as could be.

I think she’s laughing at the idea that he’s trying to show he’s a member of some far-left cabal by disliking NASCAR.

Which, honestly? Is pretty fucking funny, except for the part where you believe that to be true is depressing as all get out.

P.S. - My mother hates NASCAR and I’m pretty sure she’s not far-left. Where by pretty sure I mean at best she leans somewhat left. At best.

203 blueraven  May 3, 2015 10:08:18am

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

You know, most conservatives don’t go in for this shit. It’s not that the people who listen to Alex Jones about Jade Helm ‘fall for’ what Jones is putting out, its that the people who believe it do so because they want to ‘sort-of believe it ‘. They want to think the worst of the government in general, and Barack Obama in specific, and they want to feel they have access to special knowledge denied to others.

Now for those who care to find out the facts, there are right-of-center sites where the real truth is explained about this training operation, but the people who believe the conspiracy theory don’t believe because they’re conservative, they believe because they don’t want to deal with reality.

As for Gov. Abbott, I still think he’s just trying to win credit from the nutbars, though it could also be he wants to derail the exercise in order to claim such a stoppage as A Victory Over Obamunism!!1

Which is worse: That he is pandering, that this is totally political, or that he is actually a believer himself?

204 Charles Johnson  May 3, 2015 10:08:59am

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

You know, most conservatives don’t go in for this shit.

Right. Just governors and presidential candidates.

205 Kid A  May 3, 2015 10:09:12am

Also, Dark, if you want to see the insanity that has consumed the Republicans, why don’t you get out Illinois and come on down here to Montgomery County in Texas where I live. I guarandamntee you you would not go back without being disgusted. I live in the reddest county in the state, if not the country.

206 Teukka  May 3, 2015 10:09:54am

re: #203 blueraven

Which is worse: That he is pandering, that this is totally political, or that he is actually a believer himself?

Either has the potential to make shit go sideways (and up, and down, left and right, as it will be hitting the fan).

207 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 10:11:05am

re: #201 ObserverArt

Are you forgetting some sarc tags, or should we treat this as a real comment?

It’s real. For better or worse, we have a two party system. When one of those parties is dysfunctional, our government is dysfunctional. I think it’s pretty clear that govt isn’t working right now, and I think it’s pretty clear why it isn’t working. If we’re going to have to hold our noses and vote for Hilary Clinton, we might as well register R and take over the primaries. You can still vote D in November even if you’re an R.

208 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 3, 2015 10:11:52am

re: #188 stpaulbear

And this is what you

to do to be part of the Republican base now.

Finally! Somebody else did what I’m always doing and hit blockquote when they meant to hit italic. I feel like a little less of an idiot now.

209 sizzzzlerz  May 3, 2015 10:11:55am

re: #32 TedStriker

It only took him 37 years to finish his thesis…

///

To be fair, he did have another day job

210 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 10:12:35am

Figures, just in time for a shiny new thread.

211 ObserverArt  May 3, 2015 10:13:07am

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I laughed because you called Jim Wright left-wing.

Apparently if you are critical of the Republican party then you are automatically a leftist. I put that type of thinking into the brain washed category.

Maybe that is a hint to why Dark is, well Dark. He must feel like he is turning his back on the GOP if he is himself critical.

For someone seemingly aware of history, I’d like to know how he can excuse it knowing how blind dedication to something that becomes bad/dangerous/evil can lead to a ton of bad things for a lot of people.

What is that pharase? Oh yeah: Do the right thing.

212 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 3, 2015 10:13:39am

re: #207 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

It’s real. FOr better or worse, we have a two party system. When one of those parties is dysfunctional, our government is dysfunctional. I think it’s pretty clear that govt isn’t working right now, and I think it’s pretty clear why it isn’t working. If we’re going to have to hold our noses and vote for Hilary Clinton, we might as well register R and take over the primaries. You can still vote D in November even if you’re an R.

…ok, you do that.

I live in a state with open primaries, so a) I don’t have to register as a party member to vote in the primary and b) I would still like a say in some of the down-ticket D races, so I’m going to skip that and vote in the D primary instead.

213 BeachDem  May 3, 2015 10:15:29am

re: #162 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Nope, this one wins:

Tie.

214 stpaulbear  May 3, 2015 10:15:40am

re: #196 Justanotherhuman

Where are the “good” conservatives who are standing up to these idiots and slamming them for their paranoid fantasies?

Here’s one. He’s a former TX GOP lawmaker. He’s not there anymore.

In his letter to the governor, Todd Smith of Euless, who retired from public office in 2013, said he is “horrified that I have to choose between the possibility that my Governor actually believes this stuff and the possibility that my Governor doesn’t have the backbone to stand up to those who do.”

He said he wrote because the thought that the U.S. military would be a threat to Texas is “embarrassing” and it is important “to rational governance that thinking Republicans call you out on it.”

“Is there ANYBODY who is going to stand up to this radical nonsense that is a cancer on our State and our Party?” Smith asked.

And the answer is that we haven’t heard of anyone standing up to this radical nonsense that is a cancer on their state and party.

215 TedStriker  May 3, 2015 10:16:05am

re: #185 Dark_Falcon

216 Dark_Falcon  May 3, 2015 10:16:47am

re: #205 Kid A

Also, Dark, if you want to see the insanity that has consumed the Republicans, why don’t you get out Illinois and come on down here to Montgomery County in Texas where I live. I guarandamntee you you would not go back without being disgusted. I live in the reddest county in the state, if not the country.

Here’s the thing: I can accept that Republicans are the problematic but dominant party in Texas, but I live in Illinois, where that same ‘problematic but dominant party’ role is occupied by the Democrats. I’m not going to stand with the party of Michael Madigan, not unless its a dire matter like Ted Cruz winning the Republican nomination. If its him, then I’d vote for Hillary Clinton. If its any other of the 2016 ‘Big Five’, I’ll vote for that candidate.

217 stpaulbear  May 3, 2015 10:22:05am

re: #208 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Finally! Somebody else did what I’m always doing and hit blockquote when they meant to hit italic. I feel like a little less of an idiot now.

Fixed. I felt like an idiot. ;)

218 ObserverArt  May 3, 2015 10:27:01am

re: #207 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

It’s real. For better or worse, we have a two party system. When one of those parties is dysfunctional, our government is dysfunctional. I think it’s pretty clear that govt isn’t working right now, and I think it’s pretty clear why it isn’t working. If we’re going to have to hold our noses and vote for Hilary Clinton, we might as well register R and take over the primaries. You can still vote D in November even if you’re an R.

I disagree. The Republican seems to have abandoned the idea of representing anyone other than the ultra rich. How will you turn that around? Sane moderates are being ignored. You cannot help that which does not want to be helped. I think any attempt like you say is naive and enabling.

It’s like the drug addict that doesn’t want help or intervention. They either end up asking for it after they have fallen as far down as they can go, or they die. I am thinking we are going to see that death, they sure show no signs of wanting actual help. They do like enablers and people that excuse them. That keeps them alive, not viable, but able to keep up the abuse.

Remember how they said 2016 would be different? They would throw that big tent open and invite everyone form every ilk into it. They lied. They will keep lying. How long will they keep lying? As long as they can read responses like your’s and Dark’s. In fact they count on it.

Time to get some stuff done. Probably a good thing, because I notice my temperature gauge is starting to rise.

219 BeachDem  May 3, 2015 10:27:43am

re: #191 klys (maker of Silmarils)

This would be everything that is fucking wrong with it, and why the rant was written in the first place. And you’re making excuses for him.

Like sure, most of us are aware that it’s not all conservatives. But high level politicians in the Republican party are either taking it seriously or being unwilling to take a stand against the nutcases that take this shit seriously and at a fundamental level, if they are unwilling to stop letting the crazies control them, it doesn’t fucking matter that they aren’t crazy themselves.

And that includes Senator “I demand answers from the Pentagon” Cruz. (Although I believe he is crazy—not stupid, but crazy.)

220 retired cynic  May 3, 2015 10:29:37am

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I laughed because you called Jim Wright left-wing.

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I laughed because you called Jim Wright left-wing.

He is really epic on not being left wing. He rows his own boat, on his own map.

I gather that being a retired Chief Warrant Officer does that to one.

221 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 3, 2015 10:34:25am

re: #218 ObserverArt

I am aware of these things. The only one I disagree with is that the Republican Party will die. It won’t. The craziness is here to stay, and the only recourse is to hold your nose, jump in the pool and crowd them out.

222 William Lewis  May 3, 2015 10:48:44am

re: #166 Nyet

How does one accidentally use a wingnut distributor? Don’t their sites scream “bad craziness is afoot”?

Buy on Amazon and not note that it’s from a third party distributor is the way it usually happens for me.

I usually notice though and give them throw away addresses.

223 EPR-radar  May 3, 2015 11:28:42am

re: #221 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I am aware of these things. The only one I disagree with is that the Republican Party will die. It won’t. The craziness is here to stay, and the only recourse is to hold your nose, jump in the pool and crowd them out.

The GOP needs to lose, badly, in order to have any chance of reform. So voting GOP in any contested general election is merely enabling the bad crazy.

Do as you please with party registration and voting in primaries, but that will realistically only have an effect if the GOP goes on an extended losing streak (which hasn’t happened since the FDR era).


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