BREAKING, EXCLUSIVE: GotNewsDotCom’s Coercion Business Model

Aided and abetted by Twitter
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Confess, or my thousands of readers will know the truth!

Here’s how Award Winning Journalism works.

  • Target someone in the news, especially a victim of a crime or a well known person.
  • Get some dirt on them. If it's of a sexual nature, so much the better.
  • Tweet that you have dirt on Person X and will publish it unless X does something first.
  • Carefully word the tweet so as to include the general idea of the dirt.
  • Wait for a reaction.

In the old days, this was called coercion, which is, you know, kinda illegal and certainly unethical. Strangely though, Twitter lets users like @ChuckCJohnson get away with it.

Yesterday Johnson was in full swing, dealing with the burning issues of the latest news cycle: the “mattress girl” of Columbia University, the revelation that Josh Duggar as a teenager had molested five younger girls, and the release of adultfriendfinder.com’s users’ emails and private information.

More at GotNwes.com

In a 24-hour period. Chuck Johnson went after a Columbia university student, actor/comedian John Fugelsang, a government official, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee — all on Twitter and/or his website — threatening to reveal information about them. In some cases, the tweets revealed Johnson’s accusations.

In the case of the government employee, Johnson has already named him on his blog, without giving the person a chance to comment first.

This is Johnson’s SOP. Dig up dirt and fling it around like monkey poo, all to discredit the people he doesn’t like, to get people to click on his parody of a website. Twitter is part of his business model. Without Twitter, his marketing options would be severely limited.

One wonders if and when Twitter will respond to this shady use of their service.

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142 comments
1 KingKenrod  May 23, 2015 10:38:04am

Johnson’s direct link the the stolen Adult Friend Finder data is still up in his timeline. Twitter doesn’t give a shit.

2 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 10:49:59am

Imagonna start fresh.

Glad I never opened a Twitter acct for the reasons cited above.

3 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 10:51:50am

Well, they haven’t shut down Snowden and his associations yet.

Putin signs Russian law to shut ‘undesirable’ organizations

bigstory.ap.org

4 WhatEVs  May 23, 2015 10:51:59am

Twitter is a fucking sewer.

Honestly, I’m tired. Tired of all the political bullshit, our LOLingly awful media requirement of MBF mumbo jumbo, the media altogether, police killing citizens at will and too many being ok with it.

America depresses me. And saddens me. And angers me.

Twitter is all that and more. It’s a capsule of all that’s wrong in the world.

5 Great White Snark  May 23, 2015 10:53:16am

Heh, when do we get a kidnap font? just kidding I’d guess that’s more work for Charles than would be worthwhile.

6 Dr. Matt  May 23, 2015 10:53:29am
7 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 10:56:53am

Final count in Ireland marriage equality referendum:

1,949,725 total votes

13,818 invalid ballots

1,935,907 valid ballots

1,201,607 yes votes

734,300 no votes

Referendum passes.

rte.ie

soon to be posted on referendum.ie

8 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 10:57:59am

Hmmm. I get this message “Error establishing a database connection” when I try to access Wheatdogg’s blog, “GotNwes”.

9 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 10:59:26am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

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13 cops, yet only one was charged with anything, so they could let him walk by saying that he just acted as part of the group.

I don’t have any confidence whatsoever that the Rice case will end any differently.

10 Dr. Matt  May 23, 2015 10:59:30am

Holy SHIT! You won’t believe this video…..

The officer, Shaun Jurgens, resigned from the city police department on May 14, and was one of three officers who responded when the disoriented Washington drove the wrong way on a street before stopping in an intersection.

In the video, Jurgens is seen walking up to Washington’s car and using his Taser on him, without warning, as he sits at the wheel of his car staring forward.

After another officer opens the door of the car, Jurgens sprays a massive amount of pepper spray into the face of Washington, who barely flinches..

Jurgens can then be heard yelling, “ Get out the car. Get out the car, or I’m going to f*cking smoke you. Get out the car, right now. We ain’t playing.”

As Washington slowly attempts to unbuckle his seat-belt, officers pull the subdued man to the ground, bending his arm behind his back.

While on the ground, Washington tell the officers “I can’t breath,” adding that he has been sick for days. It was later determined that he was having a stroke.

11 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 10:59:42am

re: #7 Dr Lizardo

Woot! Almost half a million more “yes” votes.

12 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:01:48am

re: #10 Dr. Matt

Holy SHIT! You won’t believe this video…..they

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OMFG. That is absolutely dereliction of duty and attempted murder.

13 retired cynic  May 23, 2015 11:02:28am

re: #10 Dr. Matt

I just can’t watch these any more.

14 Nyet  May 23, 2015 11:02:31am

re: #3 Justanotherhuman

At this point a golden tobacco box is Russia’s only hope.

15 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 23, 2015 11:04:17am

re: #10 Dr. Matt

In the cops’ eyes, if you’re not doing what they say, you’re resisting.

16 WhatEVs  May 23, 2015 11:06:23am

re: #15 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

In the cops’ eyes, if you’re not doing what they say, you’re resisting.

And you deserve to be killed. Like the guy inWA who stole a case of beer. $7.99 and you’re dead. Trials are for losers (and cops who get off). Police remove the judicial system, they’re judge, jury and executioner.

17 freetoken  May 23, 2015 11:07:53am

re: #8 Justanotherhuman

Downstairs he said he needed to update his WP theme to be compatible with a new WP installment. That might be the problem?

18 BeachDem  May 23, 2015 11:09:54am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

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19 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 11:10:11am

re: #11 Justanotherhuman

Woot! Almost half a million more “yes” votes.

Yeah, that’s pretty overwhelming. A clear victory for the “yes” campaign, and a historic first as well.

Good on Ireland.

20 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:12:22am

re: #13 retired cynic

I just can’t watch these any more.

I’m tired of crying and tired of watching these cops treating people as though they have no rights, and simply executing people on a whim.

21 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:13:20am
22 De Kolta Chair  May 23, 2015 11:16:09am

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I love this tweet from Ireland’s Minister for Equality, Aodhan O Riordain:

23 freetoken  May 23, 2015 11:16:31am

As the day is wearing on the Duggar defenders are starting to coalesce around a handful of talking points:

1) Dunham
2) Clinton
3) You shouldn’t throw stones
4) Because Je$u$

#1 and #2 are of course irrelevant to the Duggar issues and are red herrings. It’s the #3 one that gets me though - as if Josh Duggar and his mother are anything other than professional stone throwers. #4 is tricky because it’s hard to argue against a well hidden tautology.

24 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 11:18:40am

re: #19 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, that’s pretty overwhelming. A clear victory for the “yes” campaign, and a historic first as well.

Good on Ireland.

And so sad for the US, that we have to settle for the courts ruling against laws banning gay marriage. Hell, then again, Ireland’s been ahead of us for awhile, considering homosexuality had been legal in Ireland for a decade by the time we finally had SCOTUS strike down sodomy laws here in the US with Lawrence.

“Leader of the Free World,” my ass.

25 calochortus  May 23, 2015 11:19:38am

re: #23 freetoken

As the day is wearing on the Duggar defenders are starting to coalesce around a handful of talking points:

1) Dunham
2) Clinton
3) You shouldn’t throw stones
4) Because Je$u$

#1 and #2 are of course irrelevant to the Duggar issues and are red herrings. It’s the #3 one that gets me though - as if Josh Duggar and his mother are anything other than professional stone throwers. #4 is tricky because it’s hard to argue against a well hidden tautology.

I’ve seen a lot of #3 cropping up, and even without all the Duggar stone-throwing, these are the same people who are busy throwing all the stones they can find at people who are Not Like Us.

26 Dr. Matt  May 23, 2015 11:19:47am

re: #23 freetoken

As the day is wearing on the Duggar defenders are starting to coalesce around a handful of talking points:

1) Dunham
2) Clinton
3) You shouldn’t throw stones
4) Because Je$u$

#1 and #2 are of course irrelevant to the Duggar issues and are red herrings. It’s the #3 one that gets me though - as if Josh Duggar and his mother are anything other than professional stone throwers. #4 is tricky because it’s hard to argue against a well hidden tautology.

Same approach when it comes to invasion of Iraq….they blame Hillary because she voted for it but refuse to lay blame on the falsified intelligence, dick, and dubyah.

27 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:21:26am

Wow, the vote was almost 2 to 1 in Ireland. This is really huge.

Official says Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum was approved 1,201,607 votes to 734,300, or 62.1% to 37.9% - @guardian
read more on theguardian.com

28 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 11:22:48am

re: #27 Justanotherhuman

Wow, the vote was almost 2 to 1 in Ireland. This is really huge.

Official says Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum was approved 1,201,607 votes to 734,300, or 62.1% to 37.9% - @guardian
read more on theguardian.com

The wingnuts will have even more reason to cry into their drinks.

29 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 11:23:40am

re: #24 Targetpractice

And so sad for the US, that we have to settle for the courts ruling against laws banning gay marriage. Hell, then again, Ireland’s been ahead of us for awhile, considering homosexuality had been legal in Ireland for a decade by the time we finally had SCOTUS strike down sodomy laws here in the US with Lawrence.

“Leader of the Free World,” my ass.

Hell, the Ottoman Empire decriminalized homosexuality in 1858. It was part of the Tanzimat Reforms.

Think about that - that’s before the American Civil War. It’s also well ahead of a good deal of the Western world.

30 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 23, 2015 11:24:32am

It’s going to be hard to change laws about the use of force by the police when this is your turnout. In the primary election last week (which is the de facto election for mayor) turnout was believed to be around 30%.

31 freetoken  May 23, 2015 11:25:33am

Remember the Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye scandal? All those religious marks just continually defending them, even as they were defrauded.

That’s how you know you’re dealing with a cult.

And that is happening now with the Duggarites.

32 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2015 11:25:50am

Not just a win but overwhelmingly so. Way to go Ireland.

33 allegro  May 23, 2015 11:25:58am

re: #30 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

It’s going to be hard to change laws about the use of force by the police when this is your turnout. In the primary election last week (which is the de facto election for mayor) turnout was believed to be around 30%.

Depends on how that 30% votes.

34 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:27:45am

Will the right wing be crying over this guy?

UPDATE: Sedalia police confirm James Horn has been shot and killed

kshb.com

35 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 11:28:49am

If the vote had been close, the wingnuts could console themselves, say that there had been fraud in the vote or that people had been intimidated into changing their votes by the “gay mafia.” But a 2:1 ratio of yays to nays? No, there’s no real way to overlook this except to perhaps argue that there’s now something wrong with Catholicism. The Freepers are blaming “Marxism” and, of course, putting it all on Pope Francis.

36 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 23, 2015 11:28:49am

re: #33 allegro

For the most part, the 30% votes for the status quo. Remember, most legislative seats are safe seats. There is very little turnover.

37 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 11:28:53am

Told MrBWS that I needed some sausage for the lasagna.
He brought home a package of “Wampler’s Apple Pie Moonshine Sausage”.

This should be interesting…

38 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 23, 2015 11:30:54am

If you really wanted to change local laws, you would probably have to put it on a ballot referendum and vote on it during a Presidential election year. Even then, turnout isn’t spectacular, but it’s twice what you get in a off year local election.

39 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:31:02am

re: #35 Targetpractice

Fuck the wingnuts. What are they now, about 25% of the entire population?

And even though they’re loud as shit, they’ll keep shrinking.

40 darthstar  May 23, 2015 11:31:20am

Interesting take on the Waco biker brawl.

Deadliest motorcycle “gang” in Waco shoot-out was not Bandidos, Cossacks, Scimitars, or Vaqueros. It was police.

The nine casualties died of gunshot wounds, sustained outside the restaurant. No shell casings were found around the bodies. Eight of the nine were Cossacks. The eighteen wounded are not expected to be charged. So much for the narrative that gangs were fighting each other, or that Bandidos were the aggressors.

41 WhatEVs  May 23, 2015 11:31:29am

re: #25 calochortus

I’ve seen a lot of #3 cropping up, and even without all the Duggar stone-throwing, these are the same people who are busy throwing all the stones they can find at people who are Not Like Us.

They don’t just throw stones, they hurl boulders.

So, if a good Christian murders someone, it’s ok? A good Christian rapes a baby, all good? Grrrrrrrrr!

Why have laws?

42 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 11:31:44am

re: #35 Targetpractice

If the vote had been close, the wingnuts could console themselves, say that there had been fraud in the vote or that people had been intimidated into changing their votes by the “gay mafia.” But a 2:1 ratio of yays to nays? No, there’s no real way to overlook this except to perhaps argue that there’s now something wrong with Catholicism. The Freepers are blaming “Marxism” and, of course, putting it all on Pope Francis.

Quelle surprise.

43 darthstar  May 23, 2015 11:32:34am

Had to fix that. Wrong pasty in wrong place.

44 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 11:33:15am
45 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 23, 2015 11:34:07am

re: #39 Justanotherhuman

Unfortunately, I disagree. There is enough ignorance and hate in the younger people to maintain those numbers. And you don’t need that many wingnuts. As long as the Democratic voters don’t bother to vote, like they’ve shown over and over, that 25% get a force multiplier.

46 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 11:35:25am

re: #40 darthstar

Interesting take on the Waco biker brawl.

Deadliest motorcycle “gang” in Waco shoot-out was not Bandidos, Cossacks, Scimitars, or Vaqueros. It was police.

I heard the talk about this yesterday, and I wasn’t really surprised. Of course, I imagine the same excuse as just used in Cleveland will also apply here: Somebody fired a gun or a cop got frightened and opened fire, so the rest did in concert and nobody realized what was happening until nine guys lay dead. The cops will just argue “We had no idea what was going on!” and that will be that.

47 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 11:37:14am

Everyone else’s patriotism is INVALID!!11!!

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48 freetoken  May 23, 2015 11:38:27am

What was that website that checked twitter accounts for false followers?

49 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 11:38:59am
50 freetoken  May 23, 2015 11:39:38am
51 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:40:06am

re: #40 darthstar

Everyone’s wrong but us!

52 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 11:40:19am

Watching Hellboy II.
Can’t stop smiling during the drunk singing scene.

53 jaunte  May 23, 2015 11:40:51am

re: #50 freetoken

Because there’s no difference between a six year old girl and a fifteen year old boy.

54 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 11:40:53am

re: #50 freetoken

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He apologized for getting caught, that’s all he really did. He certainly hasn’t shown any remorse for the victims of his actions.

55 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 11:42:26am

re: #44 Charles Johnson

Oh, that’s but a mild foretaste, a mere hors d’oeuvre of the insanity that’ll explode all over the place if SCOTUS legalizes marriage equality next month.

56 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:43:12am

re: #45 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

The young people will mature and say, WTF was I taught? That was some crazy shit. Family may bind when you’re dependent, but on your own, it’s a different ball game and a different world. Run away, children!

57 freetoken  May 23, 2015 11:43:13am

This is how you know the other person is a raving idiot:

58 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 11:44:18am

re: #57 freetoken

This is how you know the other person is a raving idiot:

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That level of stupidity should hurt.

59 jaunte  May 23, 2015 11:44:27am

re: #57 freetoken

He would love Lena Dunham if he found her attractive.

60 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 11:45:07am

re: #55 Dr Lizardo

Oh, that’s but a mild foretaste, a mere hors d’oeuvre of the insanity that’ll explode all over the place if SCOTUS legalizes marriage equality next month.

TYRANTS IN BLACK ROBES!!!!

61 darthstar  May 23, 2015 11:45:52am

re: #46 Targetpractice

I heard the talk about this yesterday, and I wasn’t really surprised. Of course, I imagine the same excuse as just used in Cleveland will also apply here: Somebody fired a gun or a cop got frightened and opened fire, so the rest did in concert and nobody realized what was happening until nine guys lay dead. The cops will just argue “We had no idea what was going on!” and that will be that.

The ‘this was an assassination of leaders’ part is hard to believe, but the rest isn’t.

62 Eric The Fruit Bat  May 23, 2015 11:45:53am

In the case of Mike Huckabee, if this was untrue then Huckabee should file a libel/defamation suit against CCJ. OTOH, bringing such a suit against CCJ is the kind of oxygen CCJ desperately needs to survive as you know this action would make it into the mainstream press. I hope someone has forwarded CCJ’s claim to Huckabee’s camp and we’ll see what happens. At a minimum I would at least expect a flat denial, but if nothing is said in response, then there’s only two outcomes: (1) The Huckabee camp doesn’t want to give him any oxygen (good) (2) The story is true and don’t want to come out into the open unless CCJ actually coughs up the proof-at which point, Huckabee’s 2016 run is toast.

63 WhatEVs  May 23, 2015 11:46:35am
64 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 11:47:20am

re: #50 freetoken

I blocked that moron immediately.

And by the way, Lena Dunham DID apologize. Lena Dunham Apologises After Critics Accuse Her of Sexually Molesting Sister.

65 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:48:36am

re: #50 freetoken

Oh, for chrissakes. My playmates and I, ages 5 and 6, pulled our drawers down and played “doctor” at least once. I even cautiously touched a boy’s penis—it was almost like an electric shock. Then, another boy and I were sitting on my grandmother’s back stairs and she caught us playing “doctor” again. She wasn’t amused, to put it lightly, and made it seem like godalmighty was going to strike us down. Haha, I was 16 before I saw another penis.

{sigh}

66 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 11:49:23am

re: #60 Targetpractice

TYRANTS IN BLACK ROBES!!!!

I wouldn’t be surprised one iota to hear the secessionist talk ramp up to eleven. Seriously; it’ll be an all-out freak festival of batshit, frothing insanity the likes of which even God has never seen (to paraphrase from Dune).

67 WhatEVs  May 23, 2015 11:50:36am

re: #65 Justanotherhuman

I did the I’ll Show You Mine with boys and girls when I was seven. That’s normal curiosity. At 15? Not so much.

68 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 11:50:48am

The only way to make Twitter tolerable is to block early and often. You have no obligation to engage with anyone, especially not abusive assholes. At the first sign that they’re a right wing loon, or the first insult, just block them and if you’re using TweetDeck mute them as well.

69 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 11:53:40am

Also, insta-block anyone with a Benghazi twibbon, a bald eagle or “WE THE PEOPLE” or Gadsden flag background pic, or profiles describing themselves as “CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN PATRIOT GUN RIGHTS MOLON LABE.”

You’ll never go wrong. They’re always nuts if their profiles look like this.

70 allegro  May 23, 2015 11:54:32am

re: #62 Eric The Fruit Bat

In the case of Mike Huckabee, if this was untrue then Huckabee should file a libel/defamation suit against CCJ. OTOH, bringing such a suit against CCJ is the kind of oxygen CCJ desperately needs to survive as you know this action would make it into the mainstream press. I hope someone has forwarded CCJ’s claim to Huckabee’s camp and we’ll see what happens. At a minimum I would at least expect a flat denial, but if nothing is said in response, then there’s only two outcomes: (1) The Huckabee camp doesn’t want to give him any oxygen (good) (2) The story is true and don’t want to come out into the open unless CCJ actually coughs up the proof-at which point, Huckabee’s 2016 run is toast.

I’m probably gonna be sorry for asking, but what did CCJ say about Huckles?

71 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:55:48am

Whoa!

Nigerian drug agency arrests local senator-elect wanted in US since 1998 for drug-dealing; deal was basis for ‘Orange is the New Black’

bigstory.ap.org

72 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 11:59:29am
73 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 12:00:51pm
74 ObserverArt  May 23, 2015 12:00:57pm

As a citizen of Ohio and a visitor often to Cleveland, I just sent an email to the office of the Mayor and the thisiscleveland.com visitors bureau expressing my disappointment with officer Michael Brelo being found not guilty and how that added to the Tamir Rice shooting and the police departments history of bad policing makes me fear for my safety in their city.

No going to Cleveland for me…Indians baseball, Brown’s football, Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, all no go for me. And I made it clear I am a 60 year old white man.

If I see them do something to fix that historically corrupt department I will be glad to reverse my thinking.

Sometimes the only way to force change is to do it with your dollars and let them know about it.

And I made them aware that I feel bad for hurting their good businesses and people, but they should consider their policing hurts those businesses daily and overall by the impression they leave.

Sad day in Ohio. I love Cleveland. This hurts.

75 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 12:01:14pm

re: #72 Justanotherhuman

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And rightly so. This was a formidable victory for Ireland’s LGBT citizens, and they deserve to celebrate.

76 blueraven  May 23, 2015 12:01:19pm

re: #70 allegro

I’m probably gonna be sorry for asking, but what did CCJ say about Huckles?

I think he accused him of having lap band surgery, rather than dieting as he wrote in his book about weight loss.

I don’t think Huck’s supporters give a shit one way or the other.

Anyway, I saw one of his tweets about that. There may be more.

77 Eric The Fruit Bat  May 23, 2015 12:01:42pm

re: #70 allegro

The Rage Furby claimed that Huckabee had lap-band surgery, which accounted for his weight loss, and that he has proof. Needless to say if he had the proof he’d be in deep shit and so would the person(s) who provided that info to him.

78 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 12:03:00pm
79 calochortus  May 23, 2015 12:03:40pm

re: #76 blueraven

re: #77 Eric The Fruit Bat

Ooookay. I’m not a supporter of Huckabee, and even I don’t care if he had a lap band rather than dieting through will power alone.

80 freetoken  May 23, 2015 12:03:59pm

No one will ever say this guy doesn’t have an opinion (NSFW):

81 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 12:05:46pm

re: #74 ObserverArt

UpChuck is slipping. He hasn’t tweeted anything yet about the verdict.

82 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 12:06:26pm

re: #79 calochortus

And it’s not like Huckabee’s lap band has been a secret.

83 calochortus  May 23, 2015 12:07:37pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

And it’s not like Huckabee’s lap band has been a secret.

Well, no one told me about it.

84 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 12:10:33pm

Let’s see the right wing match this.

85 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 12:12:27pm
86 PhillyPretzel  May 23, 2015 12:12:34pm

re: #84 Justanotherhuman

They cannot come close to it. And that is why they will condemn it.

87 bratwurst  May 23, 2015 12:15:47pm

Welp…that’s it…election is OVER:

88 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 12:15:51pm

That asshole Cernovich called out a ton of GamerGate Neanderthals to harass me. Ugh.

89 Timothy Watson  May 23, 2015 12:19:03pm

re: #87 bratwurst

Welp…that’s it…election is OVER:

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Wait…a pawnshop owner endorsing your campaign is a good thing? What next, rounding up the used car salesmen for an endorsement?

90 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 12:19:33pm

BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!

Ben Carson was first and Ted Cruz was third.

hahahaaaaaa!!!

91 bratwurst  May 23, 2015 12:19:55pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

That asshole Cernovich called out a ton of GamerGate Neanderthals to harass me. Ugh.

Where is our own “proud GamerGater”?

You know it is REALLY about ethics in “gaming journalism”, right? /

92 wrenchwench  May 23, 2015 12:21:05pm

One thing leads to another.

93 freetoken  May 23, 2015 12:23:11pm

First reasonable thing Dreher has written in a while, though he’s mostly quoting another person:

[…]

Josh Duggar grew up in a home that was close to Bill Gothard. Gothard had to resign from his ministry because he fondled at least 32 girls. The Duggars were also connected with Doug Phillips, who was forced from his ministry after being outed as a sexual predator. The pastor of the Duggars’ church, the man who gave Mrs. Duggar her Mother of the Year award, resigned after a sex scandal. The highway patrolman, a family friend and an elder in a church connected to the Duggars’ religious circles, who was the first law enforcement person Jim Bob Duggar reported Josh’s issues to, is now serving a 56 year prison sentence for child porn. Josh Duggar grew up in a home that revered men in leadership who have turned out to be sexual abusers. One way or another, Josh Duggar did to his sisters what he knew (intuitively or directly) to do.

[…] if we want to kick somebody, lets kick those who profited out of making this kid and his siblings into celebrities — starting with the Duggar parents.

94 Targetpractice  May 23, 2015 12:23:35pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!

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Ben Carson was first and Ted Cruz was third.

hahahaaaaaa!!!

The real laugh is that Jeb, the guy everybody says is gonna be the nominee, placed sixth. Right after Chris Christie and Rick Perry, two guys who nobody takes seriously anymore.

95 goddamnedfrank  May 23, 2015 12:24:03pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

That asshole Cernovich called out a ton of GamerGate Neanderthals to harass me. Ugh.

Cernovich seems super nice and totally not at all like a creeper.

96 PhillyPretzel  May 23, 2015 12:26:31pm

re: #95 goddamnedfrank

Could someone re-tweet that to his local police? It may help solve a few unsolved crimes.

97 TedStriker  May 23, 2015 12:26:36pm

re: #91 bratwurst

Where is our own “proud GamerGater”?

You know it is REALLY about ethics in “gaming journalism”, right? /

Whaaaa?

Who?

98 freetoken  May 23, 2015 12:31:19pm

Another good blog entry:

[…]

For the past 7 years, Americans have been watching a reality TV show about the Duggars, a fundamentalist Quiverfull family. Some of my Facebook friends have oohed and ahhed at how idyllic their life seems to be. Everyone is always smiling. The kids are sweet and helpful. Jim Bob, the husband, is confident and in control. No one is punching or throwing things. No one is screaming obscenities. No one is stealing the car or sneaking out of the house to attend a wild party. No one is depressed, gay, or addicted. And because we call it a “reality show,” people assume that all this utopia they see on the screen is, in fact, reality.

But it’s not. It’s scripted.

I’m not talking about the producers at TLC giving a script to the Duggars to follow during filming. Nor am I speaking of the creative editing that goes on during production to make certain aspects of the Duggars’ lives seem more than they really are-which I’m sure happens. I’m speaking of their lives being scripted by fundamentalism. Fundamentalism is, first and foremost, a script to follow. It’s a career in acting from which you never take a day off. Fundamentalism teaches people to subvert their reality by putting on a different face. Feeling sad? Smile. Feeling frustrated or angry? Smile and hold your tongue. Don’t rock the boat. Don’t air the dirty laundry. People have to see that this is what an obedient Christian life gets you: a blessed, happy and trouble-free existence. Not happy? Smile until you believe it. Smile until everyone believes it!

[…]

One of the creepiest things is when you search for Duggar images and they are always… smiling. Always:
google.com

99 WhatEVs  May 23, 2015 12:31:43pm

I had no idea.

100 allegro  May 23, 2015 12:31:56pm

re: #95 goddamnedfrank

Cernovich seems super nice and totally not at all like a creeper.

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Oh dear. I don’t know whether what he says is worse or that he clearly feels so comfortable saying it on a very public forum. Beyond creepy.

101 bratwurst  May 23, 2015 12:34:14pm

re: #97 TedStriker

Whaaaa?

Who?

It’s a person who (blessedly) keeps their advocacy to the Pages…along with a big dollop of whining about downdings received for same. Here is an example.

By the way, tonight is the infamous Eurovision Song Context (this year in Vienna) so we should probably brace ourselves for some smug “think pieces” from National Review, et al explaining how it is an example of the inexorable downfall of Europe.

102 calochortus  May 23, 2015 12:34:40pm

re: #93 freetoken

First reasonable thing Dreher has written in a while, though he’s mostly quoting another person:

[…] if we want to kick somebody, lets kick those who profited out of making this kid and his siblings into celebrities — starting with the Duggar parents.

The last quoted paragraph in the article troubles me.

This sin is disgusting. All sin is disgusting. Josh Duggar isn’t any more disgusting than you or me. He’s no different than the kids I eat my meals with at work, who also come from very messed up families. I would hate to see any of them become the laughingstock of the world, and a “proof” of everything we hate about their kind of people. I think we might do well to offer kind words to and about Josh Duggar. This world is dirty, messy, hateful, unfair, and brutal. What the boy did was in keeping with the world around him, as he had experienced it. Let’s not kick a person who is down.

I quoted it in its entirety because both the beginning and end are problematic for me. First, I don’t like the “all sins are equal” concept. I really don’t know about relative sinfullness, but practically speaking, lusting in one’s heart, stealing a bicycle, and murder really aren’t anything equivalent in the real world.

Ending with not kicking a person who is down smacks of privilege to me-send that guy selling weed on the corner to jail forever, but gosh, this guy has been publicly shamed and lost his job-surely that is punishment enough? Umm, no.

I do agree that a lot of blame goes to the parents who enabled him.

103 Eric The Fruit Bat  May 23, 2015 12:35:15pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

Unless Huckabee signed a HIPPA waiver, everyone involved in any kind of medical procedure are bound by HIPPA-hell, HIPPA even extends into the financial services sector.

If CCJ has his paws on anything at all related to a presumed Huckabee lap-band procedure, and assuming there’s no Huckabee HIPPA waiver, CCJ’s in deep shit. If this was indeed the case, I’d cheerfully donate to a civil Huckabee case against CCJ should the Feds fail to score a conviction on HIPPA violations.

104 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 12:35:49pm
105 TedStriker  May 23, 2015 12:38:23pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

LOL

106 wrenchwench  May 23, 2015 12:38:24pm
107 makeitstop  May 23, 2015 12:39:20pm

re: #99 WhatEVs

I had no idea.

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That one kind of slipped under the radar, but yeah. That one surprised me, too.

But someone damn well better start asking questions about the connections between TLC programming execs, their ‘stars,’ and why a pretty hefty percentage of them are either involved with molesters or molesters themselves.

108 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 12:39:44pm

re: #95 goddamnedfrank

Cernovich is a major GamerGate scumbag. A full-fledged woman-hater.

109 freetoken  May 23, 2015 12:40:02pm

re: #102 calochortus

Agree. Which I why I didn’t quote that part of the writing, because I think it is fallacious. What I agreed with is that in assigning guilt we have to start with the Duggar parents.

The “we’re all sinners” bit is part of the fundamentalist programming that is drilled into the pew warmers, in order to keep the alter call business in business.

Even if it is true that each of us will fail if held up to some artificial moral standard, that doesn’t mean all of us are equally reprobate (to borrow a term.)

110 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 23, 2015 12:40:15pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

Cernovich is a major GamerGate scumbag. A full-fledged woman-hater.

He had issues well before GamerGate. He just recognized a good grift when he found one.

111 calochortus  May 23, 2015 12:44:05pm

BBL.
I’m going out for a walk, and then I have to spend some time getting a warp onto my loom. And by “have to” I mean “am really looking forward to.”

112 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 12:45:52pm

re: #95 goddamnedfrank

That guy’s a damned psycho. Seriously. Would anyone really be surprised if he goes on to kill someone? Provided he hasn’t already done so.

113 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 12:47:15pm
114 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2015 12:49:18pm

re: #113 Charles Johnson

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Okay, now that’s just funny right there.

Afternoon Lizardim from the warm and wet wild north country. Taking the afternoon off after spending all morning elbows-deep in my car, pulling off the front bumper so I could change a headlight. Stupid plastic cars. How go things among the lizardfolk?

115 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 12:54:07pm

re: #114 thedopefishlives

Okay, now that’s just funny right there.

Afternoon Lizardim from the warm and wet wild north country. Taking the afternoon off after spending all morning elbows-deep in my car, pulling off the front bumper so I could change a headlight. Stupid plastic cars. How go things among the lizardfolk?

Making a huge mess in my kitchen making large quantities of lasagna.

116 goddamnedfrank  May 23, 2015 12:54:19pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

Cernovich is a major GamerGate scumbag. A full-fledged woman-hater.

Close. Mike glommed onto GG as as way of increasing his visibility. He couldn’t give a shit less about gaming, gaming culture, or the idiotic arguments that constitute GG’s gripe about “ethics in journalism.” Mike simply saw a movement largely comprised of mentally deficient woman hating man-children as a bunch of marks and a chance to enhance his own stature. Like a lot of MRAs and self styled “life coaches” Mike needs to feed his own ego by constantly seeking out subordinates and other men who will acknowledge him as some kind of leader.

117 Charles Johnson  May 23, 2015 12:56:35pm

re: #116 goddamnedfrank

Close. Mike glommed onto GG as as way of increasing his visibility. He couldn’t give a shit less about gaming, gaming culture, or the idiotic arguments that constitute GG’s gripe about “ethics in journalism.” Mike simply saw a movement largely comprised of mentally deficient woman hating man-children as a bunch of marks and a chance to enhance his own stature. Like a lot of MRAs and self styled “life coaches” Mike needs to feed his own ego by constantly seeking out subordinates and other men who will acknowledge him as some kind of leader.

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Yes, I know his history - but he’s a hero of GamerGate cavemen now, no doubt about it. I just had to block a couple dozen of these numbskulls swarming to attack me from his tweet.

118 Amory Blaine  May 23, 2015 1:00:51pm

re: #80 freetoken

He says he was molested as a child as well.

119 stpaulbear  May 23, 2015 1:02:36pm

What’s with the autoplay ads that won’t let you scroll away from the ad? I know CJ just got rid of them at LGF, but now Wonkette has them and the site has become completely unusable. You can’t even scroll down to see their stories. What marketing genius thought this was a good idea?

120 goddamnedfrank  May 23, 2015 1:03:09pm

Cernovich is also a massive steroid abuser. He’s seriously fucked up his brain with that shit, and has also admitted publicly that his testicles have shrunk quite a bit as a result. Puts a lot of his rage into context.

121 Varek Raith  May 23, 2015 1:04:37pm

My blocklist on twitters is almost all gamersgate morons.
That’s telling, no?

122 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 23, 2015 1:06:59pm

re: #28 Targetpractice

The wingnuts will have even more reason to cry into their drinks.

The wingnuts will be demanding that we change St’ Patrick’s Day to Religious Freedom Day.

123 wrenchwench  May 23, 2015 1:14:30pm

I’m thinking we should lower the voting age to about 14.

124 Eric The Fruit Bat  May 23, 2015 1:15:56pm

And here’s how CCJ measures his success:

Link

125 Nyet  May 23, 2015 1:16:36pm

Good news: someone killed Aleksey Mozgovoy.

126 thedopefishlives  May 23, 2015 1:17:26pm

re: #125 Nyet

Good news: someone killed Aleksey Mozgovoy.

May I ask why that’s a good thing? I am not well-versed in all things Russian.

127 TedStriker  May 23, 2015 1:18:22pm

re: #125 Nyet

Good news: someone killed Aleksey Mozgovoy.

re: #126 thedopefishlives

May I ask why that’s a good thing? I am not well-versed in all things Russian.

One of the Ukrainian “rebel” leaders (otherwise known as one of Putin’s puppets), right?

128 Nyet  May 23, 2015 1:19:05pm

re: #126 thedopefishlives

For the same reason it’s a good thing when ISIS leaders are killed. Look him up.

129 Dr Lizardo  May 23, 2015 1:21:09pm

re: #128 Nyet

For the same reason it’s a good thing when ISIS leaders are killed. Look him up.

Yep, Aleksey Mozgovoy’s mentality wasn’t much different from your average Da’esh leader, either.

No great loss.

130 stpaulbear  May 23, 2015 1:22:52pm

Here’s Brian Brown’s statement about the Marriage Referendum. Of course, he can’t stop himself from telling an obvious lie about the number of people who opposed it. Via JoeMyGod

“We want to thank David Quinn and The Iona Institute for fighting the good fight running the No campaign against tremendous odds in Ireland. We are disappointed but not surprised with the apparent passage of a referendum in Ireland providing for the redefinition of marriage in that country. This is a reflection on the increasingly secularized nature of Ireland, together with the utter abandonment of principle by every political party in the nation, all of whom endorsed the referendum. This, combined with intense harassment of any group or individual who spoke out in opposition to the referendum, made it difficult for opponents.

“Despite this, millions of Irish citizens stood to vote to uphold the truth of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Even with this decision in Ireland, the idea of same-sex marriage has been widely rejected by the community of nations around the world, where only 18 nations recognize same-sex ‘marriage’, almost all of them in the west, which represents less than 10% of the nations in the world.

“If there is any relevance to the Irish vote for people here in the United States, it is that the US Supreme Court should take note that the people of Ireland at least had the opportunity to vote. This is what we demand of our justices — respect the right of people to define marriage in the law for themselves. If that occurs, we are confident that the American people will continue to support marriage in the law as it exists in reality — the union of one man and one woman in order to provide the ideal environment for any children born of their union.”

131 BeachDem  May 23, 2015 1:24:46pm

re: #107 makeitstop

That one kind of slipped under the radar, but yeah. That one surprised me, too.

But someone damn well better start asking questions about the connections between TLC programming execs, their ‘stars,’ and why a pretty hefty percentage of them are either involved with molesters or molesters themselves.

Uh—another one that never gets mentioned—Myrtle Manor. (I think it’s still on)

Police: Myrtle Manor star arrested for sexual relations with teen girl, another charged with DUI

wbtw.com

‘Welcome to Myrtle Manor’ stars arrested on sex, DUI charges

Amanda Adams, identified on the show’s website as a “turtle hunting, four wheel driving redneck,” was arrested for driving under the influence…Her blood alcohol level was .20 — .08 is the legal limit in South Carolina.

Taylor Burt, known as “the king of Myrtle Beach nightlife” on the TLC series, was arrested for having sex with a minor under the age of 16.

…the brushes with the law continued on Sunday, with the latest incident involving 21-year-old Lindsay Colbert.

A Myrtle Beach police report reveals that Colbert was arrested for driving under the influence — with a blood alcohol level above .15 — and speeding…She was also said to have made racial slurs toward the officer.
today.com

Classy network there…

132 Nyet  May 23, 2015 1:25:34pm

You might notice that Mozgovoy’s rhetoric could have easily come from the likes of Roosh V and Cernovich.

133 TedStriker  May 23, 2015 1:26:14pm

re: #130 stpaulbear

Here’s Brian Brown’s statement about the Marriage Referendum. Of course, he can’t stop himself from telling an obvious lie about the number of people who opposed it. Via JoeMyGod

Lying for Jesus: A feature, not a bug.

134 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 23, 2015 1:32:23pm

re: #130 stpaulbear

734,300 no votes = “millions” in wingnut land.

135 William Lewis  May 23, 2015 1:34:21pm

re: #125 Nyet

Good news: someone killed Aleksey Mozgovoy.

That’s the second best bit of good news today. Only the Irish vote is better :)

136 Nyet  May 23, 2015 1:35:18pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

734,300 no votes = “millions” in wingnut land.

And now that the results are in, BILLIONS WILL DIE!

(older Lizards will get it ;)

137 HappyWarrior  May 23, 2015 1:35:42pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

734,300 no votes = “millions” in wingnut land.

Yeah and they won only one county. Brown’s cause is a loser & the Irish showed him.

138 Decatur Deb  May 23, 2015 1:38:07pm

re: #83 calochortus

Well, no one told me about it.

Fairly common knowledge around here, discussed only in terms of effectiveness. I smell the stench of desperation in the wind out of Fresno.

139 Nyet  May 23, 2015 1:38:09pm

re: #135 William Lewis

And I wouldn’t bet that Ukraine had anything to do with that, ironically. Could be his bandit buddies or Russian puppeteers (he was a bit too independent… like the previously killed Bednov-Batman).

140 Justanotherhuman  May 23, 2015 1:39:07pm

With a threat from the PD:

Cleveland police chief asks residents to keep kids close this weekend; says they will keep traffic moving downtown, will not tolerate violence following Michael Brelo verdict - @SarahBuduson
see original on twitter.com

141 William Lewis  May 23, 2015 1:43:12pm

re: #133 TedStriker

Lying for Jesus: A feature, not a bug.

Ah, screw them.

Towards the end of the Gospel of John, Jesus says that there are lessons the disciples weren’t ready for then but that the holy spirit (Spirit of Truth) would teach when we were ready. The last time as large a wave of social change went through the west was in the abandonment of chattel slavery in the 1800’s; sometimes peacefully and sometimes not. It could be argued that the spirit was teaching us then. That evil does still exist but now only the worst of us can pretend that it is anything but evil.

Likewise, it is possible to look at the idea that the spirit is leading the young in the west forward on the understanding and acceptance of all people no matter what their gender or sexuality identities are.

This is certainly in opposition to fundamentalism but it is in agreement with the idea to love your neighbor, no matter who, as you love yourself.

142 Jay C  May 23, 2015 1:44:49pm

re: #130 stpaulbear

Jeez, the butthurt is right off the end of the painscale with these people! In addition to bad math skills (no, dude: 734,000 does NOT come out to “millions”!), Bryan Brown also farts out that same-old whine about “intense harassment” of potential “No” voters: a meme I saw Rod Dreher also re-posted in his last AmCon piece on the subject.
It just never seems to occur to the Religious Right types that maybe results like the Irish referendum (i.e. results they don’t like) might actually be the genuine expression of popular will - it always has to be the result of a campaign of vicious fascistic intimidation by intolerant “liberals” (or whatever boogeyman they prefer) - cruelly bullying all those harmless “traditionalists” into voting against their (or God’s) interests.

Boo freakin’ hoo.


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