Defunct Furniture Store Leaves Behind Hateful Message for Area “Commies”

Hard to believe this guy couldn’t stay in business!
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You will probably be aware that Kansas is among the reddest of red states. There are, however, exceptions to every rule. Lawrence is home to the large University of Kansas and is a significant liberal enclave in the state.

Recently, the owner of a Lawrence furniture store in operation since 1978 closed his doors for good. He was nice enough to leave a message on a truck parked in front of his former shop for the community, which naturally includes many of his former customers:

No idea what the extra stars on the flag represent!

The “Town Talk” online blog from the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper identifies the departing shop owner as Robert “Bob” Fyfe. While online reviews are always to be taken with a grain of salt, a quick search shows a pattern of behavior:

I have nothing good to say about this place or my experience there - Yelp 2010

I will absolutely never shop there again.For me it all comes down to how unbelievably rude “Bob” the owner was to my wife and I. - Pissed Consumer 2014

I was having a friendly conversation with an associate about K-State and KU. Bob suddenly chimed in, very loudly, saying that he doesn’t like Lawrence or KU because Lawrence “has the highest percentage of [black] people in the state”. He went on a rant about how KU and Lawrence are trying to attract [black] people and how disgusting that is. I was shocked to say the least. - Pissed Consumer 2014

I’d just bought a bed from him, and while he was ringing up my order, he started ranting about black people (he used the n word) ruining Kansas, esp Lawrence. WTF? Did he think that a white customer would welcome his comments? - Pissed Consumer 2015

It truly is a pity that “commies” were able to drive this responsible business owner from the community!

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144 comments
1 Snarknado!  May 12, 2015 2:58:59pm

Two nice people not meant for that town.

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2 Ace-o-aces  May 12, 2015 3:01:53pm

Read through his rantings. I like how he complains that liberals are “judgmental”.

3 Amory Blaine  May 12, 2015 3:02:26pm

61 stars. Nice.

4 Decatur Deb  May 12, 2015 3:03:37pm

re: #2 Ace-o-aces

Read through his rantings. I like how he complains that liberals are “judgmental”.

To be fair, then, he uses a lot of polysyllables and has a good proofreader.

5 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 3:04:47pm

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass, Bob.

6 Nyet  May 12, 2015 3:04:47pm

* to my wife and I

and me

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

7 bratwurst  May 12, 2015 3:05:23pm

Wow, third promotion in a week. Thanks Charles!

This is probably a good opportunity to let my friends here know what is behind my increased output: I have been diagnosed with a “neurodegenerative disorder”. We are still in the process of narrowing down exactly what specifically we are dealing with here and what type of treatment options there might be. Contributing pages is good therapy for me: attempting to keep myself sharp and distracted from the situation at the same time.

8 Nyet  May 12, 2015 3:06:38pm

re: #7 bratwurst

{{{bratwürstchen}}}

9 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 3:09:14pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Wow, third promotion in a week. Thanks Charles!

This is probably a good opportunity to let my friends here know what is behind my increased output: I have been diagnosed with a “neurodegenerative disorder”. We are still in the process of narrowing down exactly what specifically we are dealing with here and what type of treatment options there might be. Contributing pages is good therapy for me: attempting to keep myself sharp and distracted from the situation at the same time.

Ah, gee. This might be helpful?

neurodegenerationresearch.eu

10 thedopefishlives  May 12, 2015 3:09:28pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Wow, third promotion in a week. Thanks Charles!

This is probably a good opportunity to let my friends here know what is behind my increased output: I have been diagnosed with a “neurodegenerative disorder”. We are still in the process of narrowing down exactly what specifically we are dealing with here and what type of treatment options there might be. Contributing pages is good therapy for me: attempting to keep myself sharp and distracted from the situation at the same time.

{{{bratwurst}}}

11 Ace-o-aces  May 12, 2015 3:09:43pm

How do you end up with a 61 star flag anyway?

12 Snarknado!  May 12, 2015 3:09:53pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Hang in there!

13 CuriousLurker  May 12, 2015 3:10:05pm

re: #7 bratwurst

{{{bratwurst}}}

14 makeitstop  May 12, 2015 3:10:42pm

Hang in there, bratwurst. And good post!

15 makeitstop  May 12, 2015 3:11:29pm

re: #11 Ace-o-aces

How do you end up with a 61 star flag anyway?

Bob’s probably one of those people who ragged on Obama for the ‘57 states’ remark.

16 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 3:11:30pm

My neighbor just brought me 2 dozen brown eggs from the chickens that invade our yard. That neighbor gives them to her and she had 6 dozen.

Can’t wait for breakfast in the am. : )

17 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 12, 2015 3:12:42pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Sorry to hear about your situation, sending postive vibes your way. With regard to the article, sounds like a place my father would frequent or for that matter own…sadly.

18 wrenchwench  May 12, 2015 3:13:22pm

re: #7 bratwurst

‘Little Green Bratwursts’ doesn’t sound so good. ‘Little Bratwurst Footballs’?

Best of luck and health to you!

19 Nyet  May 12, 2015 3:14:10pm

re: #18 wrenchwench

‘Little Bratwurst

Hey!

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20 Decatur Deb  May 12, 2015 3:14:38pm

re: #16 Justanotherhuman

My neighbor just brought me 2 dozen brown eggs from the chickens that invade our yard. That neighbor gives them to her and she had 6 dozen.

Can’t wait for breakfast in the am. : )

If they range the place like ours used to, you might break those eggs one at time into a cup rather than a common bowl.

21 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:15:14pm

More fun with wingnuts:

Lang, a 49-year-old resident of Fort Mill, S.C., has bleeding in his eyes and a partially detached retina caused by diabetes.

“He will lose his eyesight if he doesn’t get care. He will go blind,” said Dr. Malcolm Edwards, the Lancaster, S.C., ophthalmologist who examined Lang.

Lang is a self-employed handyman who works with banks and the federal government on maintaining foreclosed properties. He has done well enough that his wife, Mary, hasn’t had to work. They live in a 3,300-square-foot home in the Legacy Park subdivision valued at more than $300,000.

But he has never bought insurance. Instead, he says, he prided himself on paying his own medical bills.

That worked while he and his wife were relatively healthy. But after 10 days of an unrelenting headache, Lang went to the emergency room on Feb. 25. He says he was told he’d suffered several mini-strokes. He ran up $9,000 in bills and exhausted his savings. Meanwhile, his vision worsened and he can’t work, he says.

That’s when he turned to the Affordable Care Act exchange. Lang learned two things: First, 2015 enrollment had closed earlier that month. And second, because his income has dried up, he earns too little to get a federal subsidy to buy a private policy.

Lang, a Republican, says he knew the act required him to get coverage but he chose not to do so. But he thought help would be available in an emergency. He and his wife blame President Obama and Congressional Democrats for passing a complex and flawed bill.

“(My husband) should be at the front of the line because he doesn’t work and because he has medical issues,” Mary Lang said last week. “We call it the Not Fair Health Care Act.”

I have no pity for him.

He deliberately avoided the insurance. He made his bet, and he lost. Personal responsibility, anybody?

Natch, it’s all Obama’s fault with these people.

22 Nyet  May 12, 2015 3:17:51pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

As I read, I felt pity… but in the end I have to agree with you. He’s made his bed.

23 A Cranky One  May 12, 2015 3:18:33pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

Not to mention that the governor of S.C. refused the Medicare expansion, which would have covered him.

But is he blaming himself for not signing up when he was supposed to or blaming the governor for not expanding Medicare? Nope.

It’s Obama’s fault. SMH

24 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 3:18:49pm

re: #20 Decatur Deb

Oh, I intend to. I’ve seen plenty of farm eggs before that weren’t candled.

25 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 3:19:38pm

Good thoughts to you Bratwurst.

26 Decatur Deb  May 12, 2015 3:20:07pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

More fun with wingnuts:

I have no pity for him.

He deliberately avoided the insurance. He made his bet, and he lost. Personal responsibility, anybody?

Natch, it’s all Obama’s fault with these people.

He was born to be him. It’s still frustrating to compare him to people who desperately wanted to get ACA, when we couldn’t get them through the income/Medicaid hoops.

27 Nyet  May 12, 2015 3:21:22pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

Welcome to the world millions of people live in, Mr. Lang.

28 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 3:21:37pm

re: #23 A Cranky One

That would be Medicaid, not Medicare.

And if the guy is truly disabled, he should get SS disability and would be covered under Medicare.

I’m just wondering if he paid all his taxes, including SS and Medicare?

29 Decatur Deb  May 12, 2015 3:21:51pm

re: #24 Justanotherhuman

Oh, I intend to. I’ve seen plenty of farm eggs before that weren’t candled.

Thinking more about the stray ones we ‘discovered’ about the yard a little late.

30 A Cranky One  May 12, 2015 3:23:13pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

Prior to Obamacare, he couldn’t have gotten insurance anyway due to his preexisting conditions.

Remember the Republicans talking about how people who don’t take care of themselves and have preexisting conditions shouldn’t be allowed to get insurance? Since Obamacare was passed, that problem went away. He could have gotten insurance if he’d tried.

The party of personal responsibility. ////

31 A Cranky One  May 12, 2015 3:24:13pm

re: #28 Justanotherhuman

That would be Medicaid, not Medicare.

And if the guy is truly disabled, he should get SS disability and would be covered under Medicare.

I’m just wondering if he paid all his taxes, including SS and Medicare?

Ah, you are correct. Thanks!

32 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:24:19pm

re: #22 Nyet

As I read, I felt pity… but in the end I have to agree with you. He’s made his bed.

Check out the picture showing pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket.

Diabetes and needs surgery…but still smoking.

33 Lidane  May 12, 2015 3:25:16pm

Shorter Bob Fyfe:

34 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:25:53pm

re: #28 Justanotherhuman

That would be Medicaid, not Medicare.

And if the guy is truly disabled, he should get SS disability and would be covered under Medicare.

I’m just wondering if he paid all his taxes, including SS and Medicare?

He said he hasn’t bothered to start the SS disability process because of time considerations.

It does take time (mine took 4 years)…but sooner started and all that, you know?

35 Decatur Deb  May 12, 2015 3:26:07pm

re: #28 Justanotherhuman

That would be Medicaid, not Medicare.

And if the guy is truly disabled, he should get SS disability and would be covered under Medicare.

I’m just wondering if he paid all his taxes, including SS and Medicare?

Not up on SS disability, but I think there is a rather punitive waiting period between disability onset and full benefits.

36 retired cynic  May 12, 2015 3:26:55pm

re: #35 Decatur Deb

Not up on SS disability, but I think there is a rather punitive waiting period between disability onset and full benefits.

There is indeed.

37 Nyet  May 12, 2015 3:27:08pm

re: #32 Aunty Entity Dragon

He’s experiencing the dog-eat-dog reality wingnuts are so fond of [when it comes to “thugs”, “welfare queens” and “moochers”, that is].

38 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 12, 2015 3:28:05pm

re: #24 Justanotherhuman

Oh, I intend to. I’ve seen plenty of farm eggs before that weren’t candled.

Even when they are…. Ever since Jacques Pépin taught me how to hard boil an egg, I’ve been poking holes in the broad end and dumping them into already boiling water. Used to be when people were doing the candling, you could depend on the small end being down in the carton. Now with automatic candlers, you can’t depend on that. Guess wrong and you get egg flower soup. First World problems, I guess.

39 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:29:30pm

re: #37 Nyet

He’s experiencing the dog-eat-dog reality wingnuts are so fond of [when it comes to “thugs”, “welfare queens” and “moochers”, that is].

This is the usual mindset with these people.

I deserve this!

All those other people are moochers who do not deserve it!

This is how you get right wing women who have abortions and still have no hesitation in telling any other woman she is murdering her baby.

40 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 12, 2015 3:30:31pm

re: #35 Decatur Deb

Not up on SS disability, but I think there is a rather punitive waiting period between disability onset and full benefits.

There are those mandatory first and second “your application has been denied but you can appeal” hoops to go through…

41 A Cranky One  May 12, 2015 3:31:01pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Positive thoughts your way. Enjoyed your pages and comments and hope to continue to enjoy them for a long time!

42 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 12, 2015 3:33:28pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

There are those mandatory first and second “your application has been denied but you can appeal” hoop s to go through…

I guess my girlfriend really lucked out. She had been working in a drapery shop, and I guess they figured a broken vertebra was a pretty definitive disability. It only took a couple of months to get approval and then a couple more for benefits to start.

43 Targetpractice  May 12, 2015 3:35:18pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

More fun with wingnuts:

I have no pity for him.

He deliberately avoided the insurance. He made his bet, and he lost. Personal responsibility, anybody?

Natch, it’s all Obama’s fault with these people.

Personal responsibility would have been taking care of his diabetes and quitting smoking, both items I’m sure his doctor regularly gave him hell for and he blew off. Personal responsibility would have been getting insured because even a minor injury can leave you thousands in the hole. But no, he was one of those “island unto oneself” idiots who thought he’d beat the odds so far, so he’d just keep going. He crapped out, and now he’s trying to blame everybody but himself.

I have absolutely no pity for him.

44 nkdee  May 12, 2015 3:36:36pm

re: #28 Justanotherhuman

If SC is anything like Ohio sometimes people have to apply…reapply….reapply…reapply before they are approved. Nonetheless, the guy (and his wife) need to put the blame where it belongs. First with himself and then the SC government. Obama has nothing to do with this.

45 Nyet  May 12, 2015 3:38:53pm

“Obamacare? Hate it. Won’t register. I blame Obama.”
[Later:] “I want to get on Obamacare, but can’t. I blame Obama.”

46 Amory Blaine  May 12, 2015 3:39:05pm

re: #7 bratwurst

47 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:39:18pm

Finally heard back from a missing friend of ours last night. My faculty adviser (now retired) at Guilford College and also my Official Jewish Mom has been out of touch for about three months, and C*****y and I were getting real concerned. We had been leaving emails and phone messages for weeks.

Turns out she was in an accident that demolished her Prius and left her with a broken foot and what seems to be a bad case of depression. We are plotting to get her out of her house and do something, but good thoughts etc for her are appreciated.

48 wrenchwench  May 12, 2015 3:39:45pm

I have no idea…

49 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 3:39:47pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

He could also think about selling that 3366 sq ft, 2 story house on an acre lot that he’s going to wind up losing, and downsize. Isn’t that what they tell starving people to do?

That’s a large house just for 2 people to be rattling around in, from looking at the photo, also. It has 3 baths, # of BRs isn’t shown, but probably 4. And it’s in Indian Land, not Ft. Mill. Ft Mill pretty much filled up over the years as a white flight destination, got crowded and IL, an unincorporated area, now fills that bill. It’s located just south of Ballantyne,which is an exclusive development in Charlotte. All are sought-after areas for whites.

50 CuriousLurker  May 12, 2015 3:41:59pm

Totally OT, but I ordered one of those hair cutting kits because after they shaved my head in the hospital and I regrew my hair, I decided I liked it better short (cooler, low maintenance), so I chopped it off myself. Twice. In the bathroom with all purpose scissors. Yeah, I know—it did come out all crappy & uneven—but I didn’t really care ‘cause no one sees my hair anyway except the cats, and as long as I provide food, clean litter, and affection on demand, they couldn’t care less what my hair looks like.

Anyway, it arrived today and I just tried it out. Woohoo—totally loving it! It’s super fast and the guide combs means there won’t be any weird long and/or bald spots. *happy dance*

51 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:42:00pm

re: #43 Targetpractice

Personal responsibility would have been taking care of his diabetes and quitting smoking, both items I’m sure his doctor regularly gave him hell for and he blew off. Personal responsibility would have been getting insured because even a minor injury can leave you thousands in the hole. But no, he was one of those “island unto oneself” idiots who thought he’d beat the odds so far, so he’d just keep going. He crapped out, and now he’s trying to blame everybody but himself.

I have absolutely no pity for him.

Another Randian bootstrapper gets dick punched by the invisible hand of the marketplace.

52 Kragar  May 12, 2015 3:42:21pm
53 Targetpractice  May 12, 2015 3:44:14pm

re: #52 Kragar

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Jeb, there’s just no way to answer that question, not when your last name is “Bush.” It certainly didn’t help you when you announced that your brother is an adviser on the Mid-East for your campaign.

54 wrenchwench  May 12, 2015 3:44:46pm

re: #47 Aunty Entity Dragon

Everything I’ve read about head injury says depression is a common effect. You’re great for thinking about her, and plotting to do something! Even if she didn’t hit her head.

55 wrenchwench  May 12, 2015 3:46:57pm

re: #50 CuriousLurker

I told the woman who fixed mine that the plan was to grow it out. She kept trimming the back, saying ‘We’ll be sure it doesn’t go all mullety as it grows.’ That cracked me up.

56 Lord Of The Pies  May 12, 2015 3:47:58pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

More fun with wingnuts:

I have no pity for him.

He deliberately avoided the insurance. He made his bet, and he lost. Personal responsibility, anybody?

Natch, it’s all Obama’s fault with these people.

He can sell his mansion and go live in a trailer.

57 CuriousLurker  May 12, 2015 3:48:13pm

re: #55 wrenchwench

I told the woman who fixed mine that the plan was to grow it out. She kept trimming the back, saying ‘We’ll be sure it doesn’t go all mullety as it grows.’ That cracked me up.

Hahahahaha! Yeah please, no mullet.

58 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:48:19pm

re: #54 wrenchwench

Everything I’ve read about head injury says depression is a common effect. You’re great for thinking about her, and plotting to do something! Even if she didn’t hit her head.

We all love her dearly, and she went through a lot in her last couple years at Guilford. Bad divorce (her husband is a professor also and was seeing a student) and she was still trying to hold down a full class schedule. I stepped in and helped with course material when necessary. She is a regular guest for movie and dinner nights and at holidays, so we will see if she will come out this weekend.

59 Lidane  May 12, 2015 3:49:30pm

Idiot client in Mexico is lucky they haven’t invented the technology to reach through teh internets and throttle someone.

I got an email at 3:45 begging me for a full report of everything we’ve done since May 1. WTF. It’ll get done, but on MY deadline, not his. He needs to learn boundaries, since he pulled the same shit two weeks ago with a meeting they were going to have on a Sunday night.

60 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 12, 2015 3:49:37pm

dinner time coming. BBL.

61 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 12, 2015 3:50:07pm

re: #56 The Pie Mother

He can sell his mansion and go live in a trailer.

Or camp under a blue tarp like those “off the grid” gomers in Kentucky. Fuck me! I thought blue tarp camping was a Pacific Northwest peculiarity.

62 Lord Of The Pies  May 12, 2015 3:52:20pm

I predict Mr. Lang will end up cooking meth.

If he hasn’t totally been for years already.

63 Ace-o-aces  May 12, 2015 3:52:31pm
64 TedStriker  May 12, 2015 3:53:54pm

re: #57 CuriousLurker

Hahahahaha! Yeah please, no mullet.

Hey, “business in the front, party in the back”…know what I’m saying?

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65 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 3:54:00pm

re: #61 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Or camp under a blue tarp like those “off the grid” gomers in Kentucky. Fuck me! I thought blue tarp camping was a Pacific Northwest peculiarity.

Yeah, why don’t they move the 10 kids into this space? Too fancy?

blessedlittlegroomingcompany.com

66 Frenchy  May 12, 2015 3:54:22pm

Bob sounds…nice. And definitely not deranged.

67 Targetpractice  May 12, 2015 3:56:53pm

re: #56 The Pie Mother

He can sell his mansion and go live in a trailer.

No shit, he’s sitting on $300K in house and begging for charity. Really says it all about modern conservatism, doesn’t it? Sitting on a fortune and begging others to save his ass.

68 Charles Johnson  May 12, 2015 3:56:56pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Wow, sorry to hear that. Your Pages have been great, and if it helps to write them I hope you continue for a long time!

69 Skip Intro  May 12, 2015 3:57:13pm

There’s sure a lot of hatin’ going on out there in the heartland. The condition needs a name.

Limbosis? Fox Syndrome? Brieit Bartum depression?

70 funky chicken  May 12, 2015 3:57:22pm

re: #21 Aunty Entity Dragon

More fun with wingnuts:

I have no pity for him.

He deliberately avoided the insurance. He made his bet, and he lost. Personal responsibility, anybody?

Natch, it’s all Obama’s fault with these people.

I have negative pity for this buffoon. He worked “maintaining” homes for banks after they had been taken through foreclosure, and for the federal government and refused to get health insurance? And unless there is a typo the guy was wiped out by a single $9000 ER bill? And now he wants to run crying and blaming others because the safety net he despised wasn’t constructed with an extra-special provision to catch his ass? Nope, sorry but F off dude.

71 Ace-o-aces  May 12, 2015 3:57:29pm

re: #63 Ace-o-aces

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You know, I’m so used to wingnuts on Twitter doubling down when called on their bullshit, I’m not sure how to react to this.

72 Amory Blaine  May 12, 2015 3:58:15pm

Macaroni salad trail leads to arrest for 3

A trail of macaroni salad led police investigators in Livingston County to three suspected burglars on Sunday.

Deputies of the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary at Build-A-Burger Restaurant in Mt. Morris at 6:30 a.m., after the owners reported their surveillance system and cash register were missing.

The investigation led police to the Greenway Trail, a hiking and biking path, where they found cash register parts, surveillance system parts, rubber gloves, loose change and “a steady trail of macaroni salad,” according to a news release issued by the office.

73 Charles Johnson  May 12, 2015 3:59:32pm

Here’s an ad from the guy who’s the subject of this article:

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74 Charles Johnson  May 12, 2015 4:00:10pm
75 Charles Johnson  May 12, 2015 4:02:56pm
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76 wrenchwench  May 12, 2015 4:04:33pm

re: #73 Charles Johnson

Here’s an ad from the guy who’s the subject of this article:

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Sofa King Stupid.

77 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 4:05:15pm

re: #66 Frenchy

I’ll bet Lang hasn’t file an honest tax return in years. A normal person with a diagnosis like that which prevented work would hurry up and file a SS claim, even if s/he did think a turn down was coming the first time. And if he’s been paid on a 1099 from his various jobs and hasn’t paid into SS, he’s going to find out exactly how little SC is willing to give him in SSI. At least he’d get Medicaid then. He qualified for a loan for a $300K house (in 2005) and only had $9K in savings lately. and his wife didn’t work? He must have been making a bundle or got one of those liar loans through one of the banks he works for.

He’s not unusual in what he does.

78 Kragar  May 12, 2015 4:05:46pm
79 Skip Intro  May 12, 2015 4:06:00pm

re: #71 Ace-o-aces

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You know, I’m so used to wingnuts on Twitter doubling down when called on their bullshit, I’m not sure how to react to this.

I think she’s say that was different but it doesn’t mean anything.

80 RealityBasedSteve  May 12, 2015 4:09:53pm
Cruz: ‘Of course’ Iraq was a mistake

Ted Cruz is breaking from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) about whether or not he would have ordered the U.S. military into its eight-year war in Iraq.

“Knowing what we know now, of course we wouldn’t go into Iraq,” the Texas Republican told The Hill on Tuesday.

“At the time, the intelligence reports indicated that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction that posed a significant national security threat to this country. That’s the reason there was such widespread bipartisan support for going into Iraq,” he added. “We now know in hindsight, those intelligence reports were false.”
“Without that predicate, it is difficult to imagine the decision would have been made to go into Iraq, and that predicate proved erroneous,” Cruz said.

thehill.com

It’s going to be interesting to see how the RWNJs handle this one. I suspect that it’s going to be some version of “Of course it’s a mistake, Saddam wasn’t that bad.”

Going to have to make up some popcorn.

81 Great White Snark  May 12, 2015 4:12:38pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Best thoughts and prayers for you. And happy to read through every Page you put up.

82 Nyet  May 12, 2015 4:16:22pm

re: #80 RealityBasedSteve

Cruz is more sane than Jeb. Argh.

83 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 12, 2015 4:17:13pm
84 Nyet  May 12, 2015 4:17:42pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

Thug.

85 wrenchwench  May 12, 2015 4:18:29pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Sen. Rand Paul’s son pleads guilty to driving under the influence.

Under the influence of Rand?

86 Decatur Deb  May 12, 2015 4:18:39pm

93 degrees, and less than an hour to sunset. It was an unusually nice Spring, but this is probably the end of it. Evening dogwalk—BBL

87 WhatEVs  May 12, 2015 4:24:40pm

re: #7 bratwurst

{{{{ hugging you }}}}

88 Drive By Commenter  May 12, 2015 4:25:04pm

And You Thought Crazy Eddie Was Crazy?

Well, uh, yeah.
But he wasn’t a bigoted stepped in patch of fetid offal warming in the mid day sun…

89 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 12, 2015 4:25:40pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Hugs and good thoughts.

90 Drive By Commenter  May 12, 2015 4:26:29pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Keep swinging, friend.

91 makeitstop  May 12, 2015 4:26:42pm

re: #88 Drive By Commenter

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Video

Well, uh, yeah.
But he wasn’t a bigoted stepped in patch of fetid offal warming in the mid day sun…

I miss those spots. Jerry Carroll was a NYC icon.

92 Drive By Commenter  May 12, 2015 4:28:22pm

re: #91 makeitstop

At 230 AM and they jacked up the sound and it was like a bomb went off….HE’S INSANEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

93 wrenchwench  May 12, 2015 4:28:49pm

Later, lizards.

94 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 4:30:11pm

Yikes! Cocaine and pot.

Report: Parents Bribed Their Teens With Cocaine to Get Them to Do Chores

gawker.com

95 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 4:36:07pm
96 WhatEVs  May 12, 2015 4:36:30pm

re: #46 Amory Blaine

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That’s the best hug!

97 Charles Johnson  May 12, 2015 4:37:19pm
98 WhatEVs  May 12, 2015 4:37:44pm

re: #47 Aunty Entity Dragon

Good thoughts and AB’s Ghost Hugs to all involved!

99 ObserverArt  May 12, 2015 4:39:38pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Wow, third promotion in a week. Thanks Charles!

This is probably a good opportunity to let my friends here know what is behind my increased output: I have been diagnosed with a “neurodegenerative disorder”. We are still in the process of narrowing down exactly what specifically we are dealing with here and what type of treatment options there might be. Contributing pages is good therapy for me: attempting to keep myself sharp and distracted from the situation at the same time.

Logged in to let you know I am thinking of you Brats. Hang tough.

100 WhatEVs  May 12, 2015 4:42:10pm

re: #50 CuriousLurker

What did you get? I’ve been having horrible headaches. I cut off 6” myself then went to a salon and got another 3” off and had it layered. Then when I got home, I hit it with my thinning shears (I have a ton of hair).

I’m thinking of going short but I hate having to get it cut monthly (my hair grows about 1” a month, 1.5” in winter months). An At Home solution would be fab!

101 makeitstop  May 12, 2015 4:46:15pm

re: #92 Drive By Commenter

At 230 AM and they jacked up the sound and it was like a bomb went off….HE’S INSANEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Part of the fun! :)

102 Cheechako  May 12, 2015 4:50:08pm

re: #92 Drive By Commenter

At 230 AM and they jacked up the sound and it was like a bomb went off….HE’S INSANEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like “Dealin’ Doug” in Denver or any of the Cal Worthington commercials.

103 makeitstop  May 12, 2015 4:53:00pm

re: #102 Cheechako

Sounds like “Dealin’ Doug” in Denver or any of the Cal Worthington commercials.

Cal was in a class all his own.

…

104 bratwurst  May 12, 2015 4:54:50pm

Thanks everyone…very grateful for the love here. I had a serious symptomatic episode starting in October 2013 (just as I was closing on my first home!) and have not been “right” ever since…so I knew there was something significantly wrong with me. Getting confirmation of what I am up against is strangely a relief in a sense. Even looking at the rogue’s list of neurodegenerative diseases, this is better than hearing “we have NO IDEA what is wrong with you.”

105 Lancelot Link  May 12, 2015 4:55:38pm

re: #103 makeitstop

Cal Worthington’s inspiration;
…

106 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 4:56:39pm

Wonder if this will include the radical right wing?

David Cameron to set out string of new anti-radicalization powers, saying UK has been a ‘passively tolerant society’ for too long - @BBCBreaking

ww.bbc.com

Probably not.

(snip)

“For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens ‘as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone,’” he will say.

“It’s often meant we have stood neutral between different values. And that’s helped foster a narrative of extremism and grievance.”

The Conservative government will “conclusively turn the page on this failed approach,” he will add, saying the UK must confront “head-on the poisonous Islamist extremist ideology”.

107 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 12, 2015 4:56:54pm

re: #103 makeitstop

Cal was in a class all his own.

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Well, we had Dick Balch here who would take a sledgehammer to his used cars….

I see “Crazy Eddie” I just assume it’s a literary reference.

108 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 12, 2015 5:01:56pm

Ah, here’s Dick Balch:

Video

109 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 5:02:04pm
110 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 12, 2015 5:04:50pm

re: #109 Justanotherhuman

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Violent crime has been pretty monotonically decreasing 1% a year for the last 55 years—faster since the ’90s. Meanwhile the frenzy of ever more and more brutal policing shows no sign of abating.

111 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 5:09:31pm

People never learn. Now we have to hear reports of these for the next 6 mos.

16-month-old girl dies after being left in hot car in Columbia County, Fla., for hours, authorities say -

news4jax.com

Not sure if she was in the mother’s car, but

“The case has been turned over to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at the request of Sheriff Mark Hunter because, according to sources, the mother of the baby works in the State Attorney’s office. “

112 thedopefishlives  May 12, 2015 5:09:39pm

Alright. Got my homework done and now I’m free to … *looks at clock* DAMMIT!

113 Charles Johnson  May 12, 2015 5:10:17pm
114 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 5:12:06pm

Baaaaaaad.

Report: Number of sheep in New Zealand has dropped below 30 million for 1st time since 1943 - @NZstuff
read more on stuff.co.nz

115 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 12, 2015 5:13:07pm

re: #112 thedopefishlives

Alright. Got my homework done and now I’m free to … *looks at clock* DAMMIT!

I finished up last night at midnight.

I know exactly how you feel.

116 thedopefishlives  May 12, 2015 5:15:12pm

re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I finished up last night at midnight.

I know exactly how you feel.

Yeah. This is one where my boss sent me an email on Friday after work, blasting me for not providing proper leadership on the project and demanding I rectify the situation. Which, he’s not wrong - the project was kind of set up in a rush and I didn’t take time to really build out the design - but yeah.

117 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 12, 2015 5:17:47pm

re: #116 thedopefishlives

Yeah. This is one where my boss sent me an email on Friday after work, blasting me for not providing proper leadership on the project and demanding I rectify the situation. Which, he’s not wrong - the project was kind of set up in a rush and I didn’t take time to really build out the design - but yeah.

Where you get both someone else beating you up and you know you deserve some of it is the worst.

:(

118 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 12, 2015 5:19:29pm

re: #116 thedopefishlives

Been there. Ouch!

119 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 5:20:02pm

re: #113 Charles Johnson

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LOL

Cal was something else.

120 thedopefishlives  May 12, 2015 5:20:18pm

re: #117 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Where you get both someone else beating you up and you know you deserve some of it is the worst.

:(

The good news is, the guys at my company aren’t really that evil about it. He took me to task, but it was simple and professional, and when I met him yesterday afternoon to talk about a proper design, we laughed and had a good time, and we all agreed that the impromptu nature of this project did not lend itself to proper planning and forethought.

121 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 12, 2015 5:21:17pm

re: #120 thedopefishlives

No, no, that’s really the worst.*

Because then you have to totally own your own fuckup, and can’t siphon any of it off onto righteous anger at the person being mad at you.

* My opinion, anyway.

122 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 12, 2015 5:21:30pm

re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Just when I thought I passed my finals I face the prospect of getting yanked out of graduation. I didn’t make the 2.75 nursing curriculum GPA for the semester, I wound up with 2.58

123 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 5:24:35pm
124 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 5:24:36pm

What is “reckless possession of paraphernalia”?

Evidently he had been smoking synthetic marijuana.

125 thedopefishlives  May 12, 2015 5:25:20pm

re: #123 #FergusonFireside

Iunno, he looks like he could be pretty useful on my Lincoln project.///

126 BeachDem  May 12, 2015 5:29:17pm

re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I finished up last night at midnight.

I know exactly how you feel.

And I just finished editing that 200-some page report that I was bitching about (and not working on) over the weekend. 18 actual hours since Sunday on the thing. And I had to not only edit and proofread the copy that was written by four separate people, but also include comments/edits from 3 different agencies who had a go at it. My eyes are crossing.

And some of it was just amazingly tedious—like a chart that appeared in 3 different chapters, but was different in each one. Lucky for them that I’m a total pedant when it comes to shit like that.

Now, some wine and relaxation. Ahhhh.

127 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 5:29:27pm

re: #125 thedopefishlives

Iunno, he looks like he could be pretty useful on my Lincoln project.///

haha, I did think of you.

128 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 12, 2015 5:30:55pm

re: #125 thedopefishlives

Iunno, he looks like he could be pretty useful on my Lincoln project.///

Getting in some of those nooks and crannies is a bitch, isn’t it?

129 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 5:32:40pm

They don’t give all the details, but—I assume the suicider had a gun?

Deputies shoot, kill man in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., neighborhood while responding ‘attempted suicide’ call, police say - @NBCLA
read more on nbclosangeles.com

130 thedopefishlives  May 12, 2015 5:32:57pm

re: #128 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Getting in some of those nooks and crannies is a bitch, isn’t it?

Ayep. There’s been times where I’ve been tempted to squeeze one of the fishspawn up under there and see if they can fit their hand into that tiny little gap.

131 Lord Of The Pies  May 12, 2015 5:32:59pm

My g-g-grandfather is buried here.
Paged, with a freaky family story==>

132 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 5:41:24pm

re: #122 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Aw, tough. Is a do-over a possibility?

133 freetoken  May 12, 2015 5:41:41pm

I see McKibben in continuing with the friendly fire:

Obama’s Catastrophic Climate-Change Denial

What McKibben cannot own, his own beliefs disallow it, is that a US President has far less ability to change what we are doing wrt changing the physical and biological environment than the Congress has.

And the reason Congress doesn’t really tackle climate change is that there is little political motivation for them to do so.

So what McKibben has transferred to President Obama is what McKibben ought to be directing at his fellow Americans.

134 Justanotherhuman  May 12, 2015 5:42:30pm

Later, Lizards!

Keep calm…

135 jaunte  May 12, 2015 5:50:26pm
136 austin_blue  May 12, 2015 5:58:48pm

re: #7 bratwurst

Wow, third promotion in a week. Thanks Charles!

This is probably a good opportunity to let my friends here know what is behind my increased output: I have been diagnosed with a “neurodegenerative disorder”. We are still in the process of narrowing down exactly what specifically we are dealing with here and what type of treatment options there might be. Contributing pages is good therapy for me: attempting to keep myself sharp and distracted from the situation at the same time.

{{{bratwurst}}}

137 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 6:00:41pm

re: #135 jaunte

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Flat out xenophobic racist.

” So being the inquisitive fella I am, I used my additional set of eyes — glasses — to see the young checkout man’s name. Let me just say it was NOT “Steve.”

138 jaunte  May 12, 2015 6:02:06pm

re: #137 #FergusonFireside

Based on his reasoning, Texas is already ruled by Sharia law on Sundays before noon. You just can’t get a grocery store clerk to sell you a beer.

139 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 6:03:37pm

re: #138 jaunte

Based on his reasoning, Texas is already ruled by Sharia law on Sundays before noon. You just can’t get a grocery store clerk to sell you a beer.

Typical racist. Hides behind ignorance.

140 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 6:04:40pm

This is the thing that really pisses me off, he makes a comment about someone’s name. To imply they are not one of us.

So fucked up, so historical.

141 #FergusonFireside  May 12, 2015 6:05:07pm

My dog.

142 jaunte  May 12, 2015 6:05:35pm

re: #140 #FergusonFireside

Imagining a world in which everyone’s name was Steve.

143 RealityBasedSteve  May 12, 2015 6:09:10pm

re: #142 jaunte

Imagining a world in which everyone’s name was Steve.

What a wonderful world that would be. :)

144 meteor  May 12, 2015 10:12:46pm

This guy. Ugh.


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