1 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 6:46:23pm
2 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 6:46:53pm
3 WhatEVs  May 26, 2015 6:47:19pm

I can’t listen…any good bits you’d care to share in type?

4 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 6:49:03pm

I still can’t get to Chuck’s website. And downforeveryoneorjustme.com also says it’s down, down, down.

5 Lord Of The Pies  May 26, 2015 6:51:16pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

I still can’t get to Chuck’s website. And downforeveryoneorjustme.com also says it’s down, down, down.

I can get to it. :(

6 Belafon  May 26, 2015 6:51:21pm

Just a question: When do we actually ignore Chuck? Chips and Ice Cream are gone, and we really should let them go.

7 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 6:51:25pm

I’ll say this about Anonymous, they really know how to kick a motherfucker when he’s down.

8 Belafon  May 26, 2015 6:51:59pm

re: #5 Lord Of The Pies

I can get to it. :(

Ctrl+F5 to make sure it’s not your cache.

9 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 6:52:00pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

I still can’t get to Chuck’s website. And downforeveryoneorjustme.com also says it’s down, down, down.

If they would just stop telling me a site isn’t down as long as it goes to a “this website may be for sale” page.

10 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 6:52:08pm

re: #6 Belafon

Just a question: When do we actually ignore Chuck? Chips and Ice Cream are gone, and we really should let them go.

SOON.

11 stpaulbear  May 26, 2015 6:54:11pm

Chuck, the autoplay ads that drag me down to the bottom of the page are back. It just happened on the previous thread. Wonkette has those ads too. When they’re running, there’s nothing to do but close out of the page and go away. The most annoying ads ever.

12 EPR-radar  May 26, 2015 6:54:11pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

SOON.

I really can’t imagine how annoying it has been to share a name with one of the internet’s single worst shit spigots.

13 danarchy  May 26, 2015 6:54:26pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

I still can’t get to Chuck’s website. And downforeveryoneorjustme.com also says it’s down, down, down.

I can get to it ok and definitely not cached, actually seems pretty responsive.

14 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 6:55:13pm

Not to gloat or anything, but I’m pretty sure that if I hadn’t kept the focus on Chuck the way I did, he’d still be using Twitter to doxx and stalk and harass and threaten people.

It doesn’t work to ignore cranks like Chuck.

15 Lord Of The Pies  May 26, 2015 6:55:35pm

re: #8 Belafon

Ctrl+F5 to make sure it’s not your cache.

BREAKING: “Journalists” Celebrate Censorship of “Metaphor” Journalist #ChuckCJohnson

16 jaunte  May 26, 2015 6:55:56pm

“Chuck C. Johnson has even threatened to sue left wing blogger, Charles Johnson over his feigned persecution. It should be noted that Chuck has gone as far as to stalk the owner of Little Green Footballs in the past.”

17 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 6:55:58pm

re: #12 EPR-radar

I really can’t imagine how annoying it has been to share a name with one of the internet’s single worst shit spigots.

Those people who keep saying “Smith” is the most common surname must not get out much.

18 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 6:57:16pm

re: #11 stpaulbear

Chuck, the autoplay ads that drag me down to the bottom of the page are back. It just happened on the previous thread. Wonkette has those ads too. When they’re running, there’s nothing to do but close out of the page and go away. The most annoying ads ever.

Ugh. There’s an advertiser abusing Google’s Adsense service, and they keep coming back with new dodges. I disabled that ad for now.

19 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 6:58:20pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

Not to gloat or anything, but I’m pretty sure that if I hadn’t kept the focus on Chuck the way I did, he’d still be using Twitter to doxx and stalk and harass and threaten people.

It doesn’t work to ignore cranks like Chuck.

“Don’t give them the attention they want—just ignore them” is first cousin to “Why do you keep hitting yourself?” Hated it when I was a kid, hate it now.

20 A Cranky One  May 26, 2015 6:58:24pm

I can still get to goatnews. Last line from his latest:

If you want to join our research collective (and yes, we do sometimes pay when we aren’t being hit with DDOS), email us at editor@gotnews.com.

We do sometimes pay.

Ha. As if.

21 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 6:59:38pm

This page of mine has the highest number on the Twitter counter than any other page I’ve published here.

22 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 7:00:07pm

re: #20 A Cranky One

I can still get to goatnews. Last line from his latest:

If you want to join our research collective (and yes, we do sometimes pay when we aren’t being hit with DDOS), email us at editor@gotnews.com.

We do sometimes pay.

Ha. As if.

Obligatory “I’d like to pay for this with cookies.”

23 Kryptik  May 26, 2015 7:00:12pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

It’s truly amazing what ad creators will do to inconvenience users for the sake of eyeballs.

I truly hate the ones on mobile that either kick you straight into the app store, or completely erase your music audio for some autoplay video ad that never fully loads anyway.

24 jaunte  May 26, 2015 7:00:28pm

re: #20 A Cranky One

He should be featured on ForExposure:

25 TedStriker  May 26, 2015 7:00:34pm

re: #20 A Cranky One

I can still get to goatnews. Last line from his latest:

If you want to join our research collective (and yes, we do sometimes pay when we aren’t being hit with DDOS), email us at editor@gotnews.com.

We do sometimes pay.

Ha. As if.

He probably gives tips like “Don’t take any wooden nickels!”

26 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 7:00:55pm

For a Reptilian Overlord, you interview very well!

27 jaunte  May 26, 2015 7:01:07pm
28 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 7:01:36pm
29 Sionainn  May 26, 2015 7:02:06pm

re: #22 goddamnedfrank

Obligatory “I’d like to pay for this with cookies.”

He’ll accept Bitcoins (whatever the heck those are).

30 danarchy  May 26, 2015 7:02:56pm

re: #17 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Those people who keep saying “Smith” is the most common surname must not get out much.

Um those people are right as long as they’re just talking about the US.

At least as of the last census, although Johnson is second.

31 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 7:04:13pm

re: #11 stpaulbear

Chuck, the autoplay ads that drag me down to the bottom of the page are back. It just happened on the previous thread. Wonkette has those ads too. When they’re running, there’s nothing to do but close out of the page and go away. The most annoying ads ever.

For a dollar a day, they can magically go away.

32 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 7:05:18pm

re: #30 danarchy

Um those people are right as long as they’re just talking about the US.

At least as of the last census, although Johnson is second.

In my experience, Johnson, Jones, and Williams (at least—maybe Nelson, too) outnumber Smith enormously. Lot of Scandiwegians here, of course….

33 A Cranky One  May 26, 2015 7:06:02pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

Not to gloat or anything, but I’m pretty sure that if I hadn’t kept the focus on Chuck the way I did, he’d still be using Twitter to doxx and stalk and harass and threaten people.

It doesn’t work to ignore cranks like Chuck.

Please, gloat away. I believe that if you hadn’t kept the focus on Chuck that he would not only have continued his behaviors but the behaviors would have escalated. You were performing a public service by keeping a spotlight on the shit roach; a service that I know came at a personal cost.

Thanks Charles!

34 danarchy  May 26, 2015 7:08:53pm

re: #32 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

In my experience, Johnson, Jones, and Williams (at least—maybe Nelson, too) outnumber Smith enormously. Lot of Scandiwegians here, of course….

I imagine regionally there are big differences in the list. But there are about 2.4 million smith’s nation wide. Number 2 is johnson at about 1.9 million.

35 makeitstop  May 26, 2015 7:10:50pm

re: #11 stpaulbear

Chuck, the autoplay ads that drag me down to the bottom of the page are back. It just happened on the previous thread. Wonkette has those ads too. When they’re running, there’s nothing to do but close out of the page and go away. The most annoying ads ever.

They’re showing up everywhere. An NBA forum that I lurk on has them now, too. Annoying as hell.

36 Kryptik  May 26, 2015 7:11:00pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Unless you’re talking about virgin, untrolled territory somewhere, chances are trolls have already been fed enough that either they’ve become confident enough to carry on even when they get ignored, have gathered enough to be self-feeding and self-perpetuating, or outright protected by whatever environment or platform they’re using to harrass and troll.

Ignoring trolls, especially in politics, is a good way to let noxious attitudes fester under the surface until a boil pops all over everyone.

37 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 7:11:37pm
38 stpaulbear  May 26, 2015 7:11:59pm

re: #31 austin_blue

For a dollar a day, they can magically go away.

I only pay $2 a day for my internet service. Paying to stop ads is a luxury I don’t have the budget for.

39 RealityBasedSteve  May 26, 2015 7:12:08pm

Good piece Charles. Did a great job on getting the facts out.

RBS

40 Lord Of The Pies  May 26, 2015 7:12:34pm

re: #38 stpaulbear

I only pay $2 a day for my internet service. Paying to stop ads is a luxury I don’t have the budget for.

AdBlock Plus.

41 A Cranky One  May 26, 2015 7:15:03pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

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Mushroom people. Ha.

A common substrate for growing mushrooms? Horse manure.

How appropriate.

42 Dr. Matt  May 26, 2015 7:19:11pm

Hipster Darth or Ginger Avenger Darth?

43 danarchy  May 26, 2015 7:19:12pm

re: #32 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

In my experience, Johnson, Jones, and Williams (at least—maybe Nelson, too) outnumber Smith enormously. Lot of Scandiwegians here, of course….

Jones and Williams are both in the top 5.

Rank Name Occurrences
1. Smith 2,376,206
2. Johnson 1,857,160
3. Williams 1,534,042
4. Brown 1,380,145
5. Jones 1,362,755
6. Miller 1,127,803
7. Davis 1,072,335
8. Garcia 858,289
9. Rodriguez 804,240
10. Wilson 783,051

44 CuriousLurker  May 26, 2015 7:20:23pm

Sleepy time—g’nite, lizards.

45 De Kolta Chair  May 26, 2015 7:24:26pm
Jacob Samuel
46 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 7:26:57pm
47 WhatEVs  May 26, 2015 7:30:09pm

re: #46 Charles Johnson

Love this:

I’m not sure what’s sillier about this: that BigJournalism (Chuck’s attorney) apparently thinks lucrative speaking gigs are a civil right, or that their understanding of the Jim Crow South is gleaned from Forrest Gump.

48 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 7:35:37pm
49 Dr. Matt  May 26, 2015 7:39:32pm

The butthurt is strong:

50 S'latch  May 26, 2015 7:40:34pm

The Chuck C. Johnson show has been very entertaining today. I bet the show isn’t over yet, though. Not looking forward to the next episode right now, but when it’s on, I’ll probably watch a little.

51 jaunte  May 26, 2015 7:40:58pm

re: #49 Dr. Matt

“Lynches?”

52 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 7:41:29pm

Hey Charles, saw that you couldn’t get into GoatNews. I got in and I summarized, as best I could, his latest Woe-Is-Me drivel.

So, UpChuck’s latest persecution complex piece at GoatNews is written in the third person, with a byline “Charles C. Johnson”.

GotNews dot com editor-in-chief Charles C. Johnson appears to have been banned from Twitter permanently for using the metaphor “take out.”

He was referring to doing an expose on DeRay McKesson, a radical activist with ties to Black Nationalist organizations…. and Twitter.

Not content to censor just Johnson Twitter has also banned Gotnews dot com’s twitter feed as well in a first ever mass censorship.

He’s such a piss-poor writer. He refers to himself in the first person two paragraphs later.

The more interesting material is what’s coming out from the “journalists,” none of whom have offered to contact me.

He then refers to himself in the third person for the rest of the semi-literate piece.

It’s his own version of UpChuck’s Greatest Hits. Jackie, Ebola nurse, Obama is gay. Then he puts up a bunch of tweets of mainstream journalists calling him out, slanders @deray as a “riot instigator,” announces some kind of project with that Milo-Breitbart asshole, proudly announces Weev is on his side, and finally, asks for money from his pathetic neckbeard audience.

53 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 7:42:02pm

re: #51 jaunte

“Lynches?”

Forget it, he’s rolling.

54 #FergusonFireside  May 26, 2015 7:43:01pm
55 HappyWarrior  May 26, 2015 7:43:25pm

re: #49 Dr. Matt

The butthurt is strong:

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Man the butthurt is strong with that one.

56 HappyWarrior  May 26, 2015 7:44:18pm

re: #51 jaunte

“Lynches?”

Of course. These are the same people who think taxation is slavery so for sure they think one of theirs getting in trouble for making threats is lynching.

57 jaunte  May 26, 2015 7:46:13pm

I think he’s talking about Darren Wilson, whose neck is just fine.

58 #FergusonFireside  May 26, 2015 7:46:35pm

re: #56 HappyWarrior

Of course. These are the same people who think taxation is slavery so for sure they think one of theirs getting in trouble for making threats is lynching.

He’s talking about poor poor Officer Darren Wilson. Ya know, the one who killed unarmed Mike Brown.

It’s Dollard, though. Still makes me sick.

59 Charles Johnson  May 26, 2015 7:46:54pm
60 HappyWarrior  May 26, 2015 7:47:19pm

re: #58 #FergusonFireside

He’s talking about poor poor Officer Darren Wilson. Ya know, the one who killed unarmed Mike Brown.

It’s Dollard, though. Still makes me sick.

Yeah I forgot where being upset that a man not being indicted is in the same realm of killing someone without trial. Conservatives are such dumb pricks.

61 HappyWarrior  May 26, 2015 7:47:36pm

re: #59 Charles Johnson

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Scratch a conservative, find a white nationalist.

62 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 7:48:50pm

I know I’m going to regret this, whatever.

63 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 7:49:23pm

re: #43 danarchy

Jones and Williams are both in the top 5.

Rank Name Occurrences
1. Smith 2,376,206
2. Johnson 1,857,160
3. Williams 1,534,042
4. Brown 1,380,145
5. Jones 1,362,755
6. Miller 1,127,803
7. Davis 1,072,335
8. Garcia 858,289
9. Rodriguez 804,240
10. Wilson 783,051

I guess I have to defer to the Census Bureau, but I remember going to grade school with one kid named Smith, and rack my brain as I might, I can’t remember physically meeting another one. I’ve known more apparently unrelated Gilstraps and Frombacks than I have Smiths.

64 Targetpractice  May 26, 2015 7:50:02pm

re: #52 teleskiguy

Hey Charles, saw that you couldn’t get into GoatNews. I got in and I summarized, as best I could, his latest Woe-Is-Me drivel.

So, UpChuck’s latest persecution complex piece at GoatNews is written in the third person, with a byline “Charles C. Johnson”.

He’s such a piss-poor writer. He refers to himself in the first person two paragraphs later.

He then refers to himself in the third person for the rest of the semi-literate piece.

It’s his own version of UpChuck’s Greatest Hits. Jackie, Ebola nurse, Obama is gay. Then he puts up a bunch of tweets of mainstream journalists calling him out, slanders @deray as a “riot instigator,” announces some kind of project with that Milo-Breitbart asshole, proudly announces Weev is on his side, and finally, asks for money from his pathetic neckbeard audience.

I agree with the sentiment expressed earlier that we haven’t seen the last of Chucky. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s gone groveling back to Breitbart, begging for some sort of forgiveness and perhaps a semi-paying gig so he can get back out there with his BS. Perhaps begging Twitter to let him back in with (false) promises that he’ll be a really good boy this time and totally won’t engage in any of the douchebaggery he’s been suspended seven times now for.

65 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 7:50:47pm

Ah nice! We now have the @GotNwes translation of UpChuck’s latest spew.

wheatdogg doing yeoman’s work in China, everybody!

66 HappyWarrior  May 26, 2015 7:51:53pm

re: #62 teleskiguy

I know I’m going to regret this, whatever.

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Darren Wilson hasn’t even been injured. Really likening people being pissed he wasn’t indicted to a lynching not only is stupid but downright insulting to actual victims of lynchings.

67 Eventual Carrion  May 26, 2015 7:52:32pm

re: #34 danarchy

I imagine regionally there are big differences in the list. But there are about 2.4 million smith’s nation wide. Number 2 is johnson at about 1.9 million.

Seems in the 2000 census my surname came in 6741 in the list.

68 jaunte  May 26, 2015 7:53:07pm

re: #66 HappyWarrior

downright insulting to actual victims of lynchings.

I’m sure that’s calculated.

69 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 7:57:13pm

Did I see that correctly? Rand Paul is on The Daily Show tonight. Ugh. I expect some completions of the Circle of Derp.

70 HappyWarrior  May 26, 2015 7:58:11pm

re: #68 jaunte

I’m sure that’s calculated.

Oh no doubt about it.

71 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 26, 2015 7:59:38pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

I still can’t get to Chuck’s website. And downforeveryoneorjustme.com also says it’s down, down, down.

Reposted from downstairs, in case you can’t get to CCJ’s site.

BREAKING: “World” celebrates “censorship” of metaphor “journalist” #ChuckCJohnson

We at GotNwes know many of you one or two of you are disappointed by the loss of blogger Chuck C. Johnson from the Twitterverse, and frustrated by DDOS attacks on his blog, the parody nwes site GotNewsDotCom.

In the public interest, we present a freely translated version of his latest whine-fest.

GotNewsDotCom’s editor-in-thief Charles C. Johnson appears to have been banned from Twitter permanently for using the metaphor phrasal verb “take out.”

In an interview with himself, Johnson said he was referring to doing an exposé on @DeRay McKesson, a radical activist with ties to Black Nationalist organizations … and Twitter, and CNN, and the Washington Post … and not referring to taking out DeRay as in killing him, or worse yet, as in going out with him on a date. Eww!

Not content to censor just Johnson’s @ChuckCJohnson account and the two others he created in a last minute, desperate grasp to maintain his Twitter lifeline, the service has also banned GotnewsDotcom’s twitter feed as well, in a first ever mass censorship of one person. Except maybe for Todd Kincannon.

72 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 8:02:47pm

Theocrats in our midst.

73 Great White Snark  May 26, 2015 8:08:12pm

re: #72 teleskiguy

Well then, since God is in the classroom, he won’t be needing these loudmouths talking him up in there as well will he?
//

74 jaunte  May 26, 2015 8:11:44pm

re: #72 teleskiguy

Pfaff, I say.

75 Shiplord Kirel  May 26, 2015 8:11:58pm

I hear all the time that liberals have taken God out of the classroom. How powerful do these nuts we are anyway? Seems unlikely that even FDR, the Federal Reserve and the NEA combined could tell God to get out of anywhere and make it stick.

I went to public schools before the landmark SCOTUS ruling on school prayer. I wish someone had bothered to point God out to me, since I don’t remember seeing Him at the time.

Forget God and classrooms. How about getting the superstitious grifters out of our churches?

76 jaunte  May 26, 2015 8:13:10pm

re: #75 Shiplord Kirel

I hear all the time that liberals have taken God out of the classroom. How powerful do these nuts we are anyway?

It does make it seem that they’re unclear on the concept of an omnipresent, all-powerful Supreme Being.

77 Varek Raith  May 26, 2015 8:14:00pm

re: #75 Shiplord Kirel

I hear all the time that liberals have taken God out of the classroom. How powerful do these nuts we are anyway? Seems unlikely that even FDR, the Federal Reserve and the NEA combined could tell God to get out of anywhere and make it stick.

I went to public schools before the landmark SCOTUS ruling on school prayer. I wish someone had bothered to point God out to me, since I don’t remember seeing Him at the time.

Forget God and classrooms. How about getting the superstitious grifters out of our churches?

WE ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN GOD!
Sweet.

78 Shiplord Kirel  May 26, 2015 8:15:26pm

re: #77 Varek Raith

WE ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN GOD!
Sweet.

Even so, they think they can cow us with their AR-15s. Makes it clear who, and what, they really worship, doesn’t it.

79 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 8:16:07pm

re: #75 Shiplord Kirel

Forget God and classrooms. How about getting the superstitious grifters out of our churches?

Video

80 William Lewis  May 26, 2015 8:19:26pm

re: #75 Shiplord Kirel

Forget God and classrooms. How about getting the superstitious grifters out of our churches?

Amen.

81 jaunte  May 26, 2015 8:19:48pm
82 Varek Raith  May 26, 2015 8:20:00pm

re: #76 jaunte

It does make it seem that they’re unclear on the concept of an omnipresent, all-powerful Supreme Being.

Indeed.
I’m often surprised at how limited they make him seem.
Isn’t that, I dunno, blasphemy or something?
*shrugs*

83 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 8:20:23pm
84 Varek Raith  May 26, 2015 8:21:25pm

re: #83 goddamnedfrank

True, true.

That’s gold.

85 jaunte  May 26, 2015 8:24:05pm

Rand Paul on the Daily Show: just said “lack of genuineness” was a problem for Congress.

86 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 8:25:17pm

re: #83 goddamnedfrank

As an older millenial (or younger Gen X?) I approve.

87 Eclectic Cyborg  May 26, 2015 8:25:57pm

So is the CCJ fallout the most publicity LGF has gotten since Rathergate?

88 Lidane  May 26, 2015 8:26:25pm
89 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 8:27:23pm

re: #87 Eclectic Cyborg

So is the CCJ fallout the most publicity LGF has gotten since Rathergate?

Links in the Washington Post, Mother Jones, Wonkette, lots of other blogs and such, maybe. Charles would probably know, he’s got the numbers.

90 Lidane  May 26, 2015 8:28:30pm

So I just finished listening to the podcast. That sounded like a lot of fun. And kicking Instantly Boring while he was already down is awesome.

I am amused by a rental lawyer demanding that Twitter archive all of CCJ’s tweets for anything other than their air tight case for why he’ll never be allowed back on their site. ROFL.

91 BeachDem  May 26, 2015 8:29:17pm

re: #15 Lord Of The Pies

BREAKING: “Journalists” Celebrate Censorship of “Metaphor” Journalist #ChuckCJohnson

I laughed a lot at the quote on his “sign up to be annoyed regularly by upchuck” popup

This conversation cannot be controled by Social Justice Warriors and their Facist enablers.

Two spelling errors in a simple sentence (I copied and pasted it)—he must be rattled!

92 Varek Raith  May 26, 2015 8:32:01pm

Finally got around to playing Borderlands 2.
I am most amused.

93 jaunte  May 26, 2015 8:32:42pm
94 RadicalModerate  May 26, 2015 8:34:59pm

At this rate, I figure CCJ’s next business model is going to somehow involve Craigslist.

95 RealityBasedSteve  May 26, 2015 8:35:06pm

Well gang, it’s getting that time here at the RBS Ranch and Dance Club to turn in for the evening. I’ll see you probably tomorrow PM.

Hugs all around, and have a round at the Bar… Krager said to put it on Teleskiguy’s tab. Sounds legit to me.

RBS

96 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 8:35:18pm
97 De Kolta Chair  May 26, 2015 8:35:23pm

Speaking to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show tonight, Rand Paul kept referring to the World Trade Center as “9-11,” as in “the mosque at 9-11.” Pandering oaf.

98 RadicalModerate  May 26, 2015 8:38:15pm

re: #97 De Kolta Chair

Speaking to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show tonight, Rand Paul kept referring to the World Trade Center as “9-11.” Pandering oaf.

Given that a whole lot of his followers are genuine 9-11 “truthers” this could alienate a significant percentage of his voting base.

99 Targetpractice  May 26, 2015 8:40:25pm

re: #88 Lidane

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Obligatory:

100 BeachDem  May 26, 2015 8:46:26pm

Also, keep in mind that upchuck’s HIGH-POWERED lawyer, in addition to being a white nationalist and an idiot, is also anti-gay, and a lying scumbag. Perfect match for upchuck.

And, before his illustrious law career, he was a tea-bagging activist who was involved with O’Keefe and company, Gina Louden and Dana Loesch, and also led an anti-public transit campaign (that failed.)

From 2010:
In this post and the following, I want to examine the recent political activities of John Burns characterized by the blatant use of misinformation, sketchy connections, and contempt for the LGBT community.

…John Burns is now the head of an anti-transit group…Like most of the St. Louis Tea Party activities, the anti-transit groups strategy appears to be based on repeating falsehoods and misleading information over and over.

stlactivisthub.blogspot.com

101 De Kolta Chair  May 26, 2015 8:46:49pm

re: #88 Lidane

The Independent @Independent

Arnie to star in ‘brutal’ Conan The Barbarian sequel: ‘Conan despises civilisation’

Without the director of the original Conan, rightwinger John Milius, at the helm it just won’t have that full-bodied fascist flavor.

102 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 26, 2015 8:55:24pm

Catching up to GotNews, now that the site is momentarily available.

BREAKING: GotNewsDotCom sort of IDs another #FakeRape accuser, and a few other women besides … #EmmaSulkowicz

It’s one of these people, I think. maybe

We at GotNwes know many of you one or two of you are disappointed by the loss of blogger Chuck C. Johnson from the Twitterverse, and frustrated by DDOS attacks on his blog, the parody nwes site GotNewsDotCom.

In the public interest, we present a freely translated version of his latest blockbuster “outing” of a victim.

Based on our vivid imagination and high IQ use of the Internet, we can now introduce the writer of Jezebel’s Anonymous post and who appears to have lodged yet another sexual impropriety accusation against Paul Nungesser at Columbia University.

She is one of the people in the above photograph.

103 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 26, 2015 8:57:41pm

My snarky gotnwes.com piece about the “world” celebrating “censorship” of CCJ has had 250 hits in just one hour.

Wow!

104 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 8:59:09pm

re: #93 jaunte

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105 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 26, 2015 9:00:11pm

BTW, Chucky Jo has now set up a Coinbase account so he can take Bitcoin donations. Coinbase has TOS similar to PayPal, so he can still run afoul of them.

106 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 9:01:47pm

re: #54 #FergusonFireside

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I knew Mike when he was a young kid cartooning for the Times-Picayune. Smart kid. Clever. He’s grown teeth.

107 #FergusonFireside  May 26, 2015 9:04:41pm

re: #106 austin_blue

I knew Mike when he was a young kid cartooning for the Times-Picayune. Smart kid. Clever. He’s grown teeth.

I feel like I’ve seen his work forever. He is great.

108 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 26, 2015 9:07:30pm
109 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 9:07:34pm

re: #81 jaunte

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That’s so much better!

110 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 9:08:10pm

Any UHF reference in LGF comments automatically gets an upding by me, no matter the context.

111 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 26, 2015 9:09:27pm

Other interesting news from Twitter tonight:

112 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 9:09:39pm

austin_blue, how are things in the [Stevie Ray Vaughan’s debut album]?

113 #FergusonFireside  May 26, 2015 9:12:45pm

re: #111 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Other interesting news from Twitter tonight:

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114 Lidane  May 26, 2015 9:14:28pm

I eagerly await all the conspiracy theories that will soon follow:

115 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 26, 2015 9:15:14pm

re: #113 #FergusonFireside

We’re the perfect country to pull it off because nobody in the US gives a shit if we piss off the soccer federation.

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116 Targetpractice  May 26, 2015 9:16:06pm

re: #113 #FergusonFireside

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Corruption? In professional sports? Surely you jest!

117 Lidane  May 26, 2015 9:19:02pm

re: #116 Targetpractice

Corruption? In professional sports? Surely you jest!

Corruption in FIFA? ROFL. Perish the thought:

118 Eric The Fruit Bat  May 26, 2015 9:20:33pm

re: #113 #FergusonFireside

The Times article notes that when it comes to tax matters, the Swiss normally tell the US to pound sand. But in this case, since it appears to be wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering, the Swiss/US treaty agreements call for such extradition to usually happen unencumbered.

BBC World Service did a major series on FIFA.

119 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 26, 2015 9:23:07pm
120 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 9:33:37pm

Weapons-grade derp.

121 De Kolta Chair  May 26, 2015 9:39:24pm

J. J. Abrams?

122 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 26, 2015 9:40:39pm

Hahaha! I’m listening to the HuffPo interview with CCJ’s renta-lawyer. The interviewer is good, and isn’t letting him get away with weasel words.

123 BigPapa  May 26, 2015 9:40:55pm

re: #120 teleskiguy

Weapons-grade derp.

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WAKE UP SHEEPLE! KYLIE JENNER IS IS RIGHT!

124 BigPapa  May 26, 2015 9:43:48pm

re: #122 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Those women were way smarter than him and way better people than me. I would have just started yelling at him:

‘Dude! That’s the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard. I literally feel like half my brain sucked out of my skull it was so fucking stupid.’

125 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 26, 2015 9:44:24pm

re: #123 BigPapa

WAKE UP SHEEPLE! KYLIE JENNER IS IS RIGHT!

Someone with millions of followers on Twitter cannot be wrong!
— Plato

126 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 9:44:45pm

Chuck’s lawyer isn’t even licensed to practice law in California. The idiot is just straight trifling.

127 De Kolta Chair  May 26, 2015 9:48:30pm

re: #125 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Someone with millions of followers on Twitter cannot be wrong!
— Plato

“Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two tweets.” — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

128 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 9:48:40pm

re: #112 teleskiguy

austin_blue, how are things in the [Stevie Ray Vaughan’s debut album]?

Outside of the slow count of bodies piling up because of the flooding? Peachy.

Twelve still missing on the Blanco River flood (including three young children).

If you are not familiar with Balcones Fault Complex flood events, ahem (puts on hydrogeologist hat):

The Balcones Fault Complex consists of a down-thrown collapse feature in surficial Cretaceous limestones that runs from SW of San Antonio to N of Georgetown, Texas, a curving outcropping complex about 150 miles long. The up-block is anywhere from 50 to 400 feet higher than the collapse block, highest from New Braunfels to Austin, with some of the highest relief differential in the Blanco River basin. The result is that the Blanco has cut a relatively long, thin canyon from west of Wimberley to San Marcos, a distance of +/-15 miles. Wimberley is closer to the top of the complex and the Blanco River valley is wider, because the limestone is much harder. They took some major damage, but the flood wasn’t focused yet. Here’s the USGS gauge in Wimberley:

waterdata.usgs.gov

You will note that the graph is logarithmic and that in a matter of an hour and a half or so, the flow in the Blanco went from 400 cubic ft/sec to over 70,000 cu ft/sec and was still rising vertically. And it was near midnight. As the flood surge travelled east, the height of the surge built up vertically. The valley pinched in because the softer rock resulted in a steeper water course, decreasing the width of the flood plain.

Long story short, the Blanco exits the Balcones Fault Complex south of Kyle, a few miles north of San Marcos. When it did, it exited as a 45’ foot tall wall of water that overtopped the Interstate 35 bridge.

That, my friends, is a Texas flood. It is a stone cold killer.

129 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 26, 2015 9:49:53pm

re: #128 austin_blue

I looked at some videos on Youtube today. It was impressive to see how high up in the trees the debris was.

130 Targetpractice  May 26, 2015 9:50:30pm

re: #126 goddamnedfrank

Chuck’s lawyer isn’t even licensed to practice law in California. The idiot is just straight trifling.

I’m absolutely convinced Chuck figured that threatening a lawsuit would scare Twitter into unsuspending his account.

131 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 26, 2015 9:50:35pm

re: #126 goddamnedfrank

Chuck’s lawyer isn’t even licensed to practice law in California. The idiot is just straight trifling.

The Miami law prof pwns him.

132 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 9:52:19pm

re: #128 austin_blue

LGF is for *learning*.

:-D

It seems all our Texas lizards have been accounted for. That’s good. And it looks like the jet stream is going to move further north in the next week, reducing the chances for “the world’s gonna end” thunderstorms on a nightly basis in the Red River Valley.

133 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 9:57:34pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

LGF is for *learning*.

:-D

It seems all our Texas lizards have been accounted for. That’s good. And it looks like the jet stream is going to move further north in the next week, reducing the chances for “the world’s gonna end” thunderstorms on a nightly basis in the Red River Valley.

Actually, it can’t happen too soon. DFW got it in the neck again tonight.

Big hail, ‘naders, &c.

Today was the first day in twenty two that we didn’t have any precip.

We could use a little break. We need to collect and account for our dead. It’ll surely be over twenty, maybe thirty, in the five county MSA. Sucks to be us.

134 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 9:58:20pm

I should comment on the article at hand. I enjoyed the interview, though it was a rehash of what we all know about UpChuck, with sound effects.

I think Bob Cesca has a great radio voice.

135 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 9:59:40pm

re: #133 austin_blue

We could use a little break. We need to collect and account for our dead. It’ll surely be over twenty, maybe thirty, in the five county MSA. Sucks to be us.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s a worse death toll than the Great 1981 Texas Flood.

136 De Kolta Chair  May 26, 2015 10:00:30pm

‘nighty night lizards

137 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 10:09:01pm

re: #135 teleskiguy

Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s a worse death toll than the Great 1981 Texas Flood.

In 1981 there was probably still some kind of Public Sector in Texas, funded and ready to deal with disasters like this. After being Reaganed for 35 years, not so much. The rest of us are only slightly better off.

138 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 10:09:52pm

re: #135 teleskiguy

Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s a worse death toll than the Great 1981 Texas Flood.

That one was confined to Austin, and overwhelmingly to Shoal Creek (which was what y’all saw pictures of yesterday). There was one death on Waller Creek (car) and the other twelve were either in cars or in homes built right up to the creek bed.

A storm parked itself over northwest Austin for eight hours and dropped over a foot of rain.

It was, obviously, an Act of God against the Liberal Hippie People’s Republic of Travis County, source of all evil in the Great State of Texas.

By the way, tonight is drop-dead night for the Texas Leg to pass bills. It looks like many of the craziest stuff (well, the crazy stuff that hasn’t already been forwarded to Governor Wheels) is meeting resistance. We’ll count up the damage tomorrow.

139 Targetpractice  May 26, 2015 10:12:05pm

Damn you, BBC America! You got me hooked again on a series that I can’t find on Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon Prime.

140 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 10:13:04pm

re: #137 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

In 1981 there was probably still some kind of Public Sector in Texas, funded and ready to deal with disasters like this. After being Reaganed for 35 years, not so much. The rest of us are only slightly better off.

Good grief! That is as snarky as hell, as cynical as hell, and

Should Be Quoted For Truth.

Well played, sir! I pull my forelock in your general direction!

141 Kragar  May 26, 2015 10:14:26pm

re: #139 Targetpractice

You got me hooked again on a series

Oogah chaka oogah oogah oogah chaka

142 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 10:16:09pm

Unofficial Networks (purportedly the #1 skiing blog) put up a 10th Mountain Division blog post for Memorial Day.

10th Mountain Division soldiers during WWII were the baddest of the badass, in my mind. Ski troopers storming machine gun nests in the Alps in 1944-45

I read about the 10th Mountain Division’s first recipient of the Medal of Honor, Pfc. John D. Magrath, who was killed in action on 14 April 1945 in Italy, age 20. His Medal of Honor citation, from Wikipedia:

He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty when his company was pinned down by heavy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, near Castel d’Aiano, Italy. Volunteering to act as a scout, armed with only a rifle, he charged headlong into withering fire, killing 2 Germans and wounding 3 in order to capture a machinegun. Carrying this enemy weapon across an open field through heavy fire, he neutralized 2 more machinegun nests; he then circled behind 4 other Germans, killing them with a burst as they were firing on his company. Spotting another dangerous enemy position to this right, he knelt with the machinegun in his arms and exchanged fire with the Germans until he had killed 2 and wounded 3. The enemy now poured increased mortar and artillery fire on the company’s newly won position. Pfc. Magrath fearlessly volunteered again to brave the shelling in order to collect a report of casualties. Heroically carrying out this task, he made the supreme sacrifice—a climax to the valor and courage that are in keeping with highest traditions of the military service.

Badass.

143 Targetpractice  May 26, 2015 10:17:47pm

Do I still damn Ron Moore for the disappointing ending of BSG? Sure, but it was still a good series…right up until it went off the rails in season 4.

144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 10:18:36pm

re: #140 austin_blue

Good grief! That is as snarky as hell, as cynical as hell, and

Should Be Quoted For Truth.

Well played, sir! I pull my forelock in your general direction!

Like I said, the whole country’s been going through the same process. I remember 2005, when we had a drought that lasted from January to November. Then a huge windstorm came along in December, and all the dried-out trees snapped and took out power lines all over the area. Before the Tax Revolt™, armies of workers would have been out dealing with it. As it was, we were without power for three days—in a close-in suburb of the State’s biggest city.

145 Lidane  May 26, 2015 10:19:36pm

re: #138 austin_blue

By the way, tonight is drop-dead night for the Texas Leg to pass bills. It looks like many of the craziest stuff (well, the crazy stuff that hasn’t already been forwarded to Governor Wheels) is meeting resistance. We’ll count up the damage tomorrow.

Oy. Tell me about it. Part of my job involves running ad reports for some of the lobbying groups that are trying to wheel and deal the Lege.

Part of me appreciates the income and the fact that I’m employed in a field that is never, ever dull. The rest of me wants to point out to these people that the solutions to the problems they’re babbling about would be easier to come by if they weren’t paralyzed by Republican stupidity. Heh.

146 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 10:26:30pm

re: #145 Lidane

Oy. Tell me about it. Part of my job involves running ad reports for some of the lobbying groups that are trying to wheel and deal the Lege.

Part of me appreciates the income and the fact that I’m employed in a field that is never, ever dull. The rest of me wants to point out to these people that the solutions to the problems they’re babbling about would be easier to come by if they weren’t paralyzed by Republican stupidity. Heh.

Home girl! Long time, no chat.

Hope you are well. Good to be on high ground, eh?

147 Egregious Philbin  May 26, 2015 10:28:39pm

Only advice I have for the ginger avenger: Find a burning building. Enter it, Sit down. Wait.

148 Lidane  May 26, 2015 10:33:16pm

re: #146 austin_blue

Home girl! Long time, no chat.

Hope you are well. Good to be on high ground, eh?

Oh yes. My new apartment is over in the Riverside area and is nicely elevated. Lucky me, no flooding in the house.

The office wasn’t so lucky in that I work in the Pease Park area. The House Park stadium off Lamar & 15th that flooded all to hell is within walking distance of my office. I was very happy to work for an agency that took Memorial Day off. We weren’t anywhere near any of that yesterday, thank SRV.

The worst that happened to us was that our internet was down and we had to piggyback off WiFi hotspots until we got back up and running. And we almost called it at work due to the AC crapping out yesterday, but they got it working this morning.

149 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 10:33:54pm

Just keeps getting better and better.

150 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 10:34:56pm

re: #147 Egregious Philbin

Only advice I have for the ginger avenger: Find a burning building. Enter it, Sit down. Wait.

Harsh. Damn funny, but harsh. But it assumes a good ol’ fashioned American work ethic on the part of Chuckychuckychuckchuckchuck.

Now if it was “Set your house on fire. Sit down. Wait.”

That would have been better.

(Work Team technical documents editor being a noodge. Sorry.)

151 Dark_Falcon  May 26, 2015 10:39:41pm

re: #61 HappyWarrior

Scratch a conservative wingnut, find a white nationalist.

Fixed. I’m not a white nationalist and I don’t think Marco Rubio is either.

152 Dark_Falcon  May 26, 2015 10:42:31pm

re: #147 Egregious Philbin

Only advice I have for the ginger avenger: Find a burning building. Enter it, Sit down. Wait.

Ah, the Dr. House method of disappearing.

153 Kragar  May 26, 2015 10:43:34pm

re: #149 goddamnedfrank

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Just keeps getting better and better.

154 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 10:45:53pm

I don’t know how tactful this is, I’ll say it anyway. My favorite dead soldier is John David Magrath. He skied into battle.

155 Nyet  May 26, 2015 10:53:50pm

I’m in a mood for cheesy Europop.

156 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 10:56:40pm

HAHAHA You can’t fool me crazy jasian lady.

It’s a trap!
157 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 10:57:07pm

re: #148 Lidane

Oh yes. My new apartment is over in the Riverside area and is nicely elevated. Lucky me, no flooding in the house.

The office wasn’t so lucky in that I work in the Pease Park area. The House Park stadium off Lamar & 15th that flooded all to hell is within walking distance of my office. I was very happy to work for an agency that took Memorial Day off. We weren’t anywhere near any of that yesterday, thank SRV.

The worst that happened to us was that our internet was down and we had to piggyback off WiFi hotspots until we got back up and running. And we almost called it at work due to the AC crapping out yesterday, but they got it working this morning.

Does your company have a 3 in its name?

158 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 10:58:15pm

re: #156 goddamnedfrank

She changed her Twitter avi again! Fuckin’ photo thief.

159 Nyet  May 26, 2015 11:00:46pm

re: #156 goddamnedfrank

She’s not as much fun as Chuck. Sorta like when you take out a level boss and there are still a couple of clueless underlings about.

160 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 11:03:55pm

re: #155 Nyet

I’m in a mood for cheesy Europop.

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I’ll see your Kim Wilde and raise you a Berlin:

161 Dark_Falcon  May 26, 2015 11:07:19pm

re: #159 Nyet

She’s not as much fun as Chuck. Sorta like when you take out a level boss and there are still a couple of clueless underlings about.

Yeah. Tracking down the goons after you take out the boss is just a chore. But in real life it needs to get done or you risk a goon becoming the next boss.

162 Nyet  May 26, 2015 11:08:22pm

re: #160 austin_blue

No more words!

163 Nyet  May 26, 2015 11:09:56pm

re: #161 Dark_Falcon

She doesn’t have that spark, that special bee up her arse.

164 Dark_Falcon  May 26, 2015 11:11:06pm

re: #163 Nyet

She doesn’t have that spark, that special bee up her arse.

You’re right. She’s the kind of weak sauce follower we can simply ignore.

165 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 11:11:57pm

re: #160 austin_blue

I’ll see your Kim Wilde and raise you a Berlin:

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Holy Shit! Posting that caused my flesh to break out in in boils!

Here, this is mo bettah:

166 goddamnedfrank  May 26, 2015 11:14:06pm

re: #163 Nyet

She doesn’t have that spark, that special bee up her arse.

Mostly I just feel sad for her.

167 Nyet  May 26, 2015 11:16:36pm

Speaking of sparks, this fits right in with the recent events.

168 Kragar  May 26, 2015 11:20:31pm

re: #163 Nyet

She doesn’t have that spark, that special bee up her arse.

She’s trying to hard, but lacks that inner core of pure crazy to really get fired up

169 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 26, 2015 11:21:35pm

re: #154 teleskiguy

I don’t know how tactful this is, I’ll say it anyway. My favorite dead soldier is John David Magrath. He skied into battle.

Ski troops are Da Bomb. The Finns gave the Soviet armor fits in the Winter War, too.

170 Shiplord Kirel  May 26, 2015 11:23:35pm

The suggested name for ChuckC’s own social networking site was simple, obvious, and relevant; in short, brilliant:

171 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 11:33:47pm

Interesting. Matt Taibbi follows “KellyLee”.

172 austin_blue  May 26, 2015 11:38:16pm

re: #148 Lidane

Oh yes. My new apartment is over in the Riverside area and is nicely elevated. Lucky me, no flooding in the house.

The office wasn’t so lucky in that I work in the Pease Park area. The House Park stadium off Lamar & 15th that flooded all to hell is within walking distance of my office. I was very happy to work for an agency that took Memorial Day off. We weren’t anywhere near any of that yesterday, thank SRV.

The worst that happened to us was that our internet was down and we had to piggyback off WiFi hotspots until we got back up and running. And we almost called it at work due to the AC crapping out yesterday, but they got it working this morning.

Does your company have a “3” in it?

If so, Kelly from New Orleans used to be my next door neighbor.

173 teleskiguy  May 26, 2015 11:55:15pm

re: #170 Shiplord Kirel

174 Nyet  May 26, 2015 11:56:00pm

The Germans took Europop/disco to its very depths heights. (And no posting Dschinghis Khan, that amounts to cheating.)


175 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 27, 2015 12:00:21am

re: #174 Nyet

But but but but I love Moskau.

176 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 27, 2015 12:06:41am

They had a USGS seismologist do a livetweet of the San Andreas premier.

177 austin_blue  May 27, 2015 12:11:42am

Well, it’s late late. I’ll throw this in as a topic: Chess

en.wikipedia.org

An interesting musical with a remarkable tune, well worth listening:

Oh, and Lidane, if Kelly *is* a coworker, watch what you say. A stone Conservative. It informs her life.

Night, all. Sweet scaly dreams.

178 Kragar  May 27, 2015 12:16:39am

re: #174 Nyet

re: #176 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My brother said its just awful. Nothing but a CGI fest

179 Nyet  May 27, 2015 12:22:56am

re: #175 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Let this (also from Germany) be a consolation.

180 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 27, 2015 12:25:09am

re: #178 Kragar

My brother said its just awful. Nothing but a CGI fest

I think if I were drunk enough to make that film watchable, I should instead go to the ER.

181 Nyet  May 27, 2015 12:30:26am

Well, ciao for the rest of the day, I guess.

182 Kragar  May 27, 2015 12:32:29am

re: #180 klys (maker of Silmarils)

They apparently had to cut out little things like character development, plot or coherent story to stay on budget

183 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 27, 2015 12:36:34am

re: #182 Kragar

They apparently had to cut out little things like character development, plot or coherent story to stay on budget

Good thing there are no other visual spectacles out right now that have those as potential competition…

//

184 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 27, 2015 12:56:53am

The smiting of Ireland for the whole SSM vote continues:

185 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 27, 2015 1:12:12am

re: #184 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The smiting of Ireland for the whole SSM vote continues:

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Nah—that was such a big rainbow the other day that the pot of gold just now hit the ground.

186 BigPapa  May 27, 2015 2:24:31am

re: #184 klys (maker of Silmarils)

That’s a pretty half assed smiting if you ask me.

187 Shiplord Kirel  May 27, 2015 2:54:26am

Genuine 102 year old color photograph of a Turkmen woman outside a yurt in Turkestan. This was taken in 1913 by pioneer color photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.
Prokudin-Gorky himself in 1912:


The linked article contains a number of links to this man’s remarkable work and a good description of the laborious 3 color process he used to create these amazing images.
188 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 3:21:24am

Dawn raid

DOJ: A search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF soccer federation headquarters in Miami, Florida - @thejusticedept
end of alert

189 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 3:28:33am

re: #187 Shiplord Kirel

That’s amazing photography for 100 yrs ago. Looking at some of them, though, it’s not surprising that the Russian revolution was taking form. The women look absolutely miserable.

More photos here: Image: File:Sergei-Prokudin-Gorski-Larg.jpg

190 Shiplord Kirel  May 27, 2015 3:29:17am

I’ve combined some of my latest ramblings into a new page. Century Old Color Photography.

191 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 27, 2015 3:29:33am

re: #188 Justanotherhuman

Dawn raid

DOJ: A search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF soccer federation headquarters in Miami, Florida - @thejusticedept
end of alert

Now I want Interpol to swoop in, arrest Bush, Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz, Kristol, Bolton, Rice, Rumsfeld, et-fuckin-cetera, and cart them all off to The Hague.

192 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 3:37:37am

re: #191 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I get your point, but this was an intl effort. Appears Qatar may have been the worst of the worst, also.

FIFA: ‘The timing may not be the best but FIFA welcomes the process and co-operates fully with the Attorney General of Switzerland and the Federal office of Justice’
end of alert

193 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 3:39:34am

‘A 47-count indictment was unsealed early this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants’ participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer’ - @thejusticedept
end of alert

US Department of Justice: 9 FIFA officials and 5 corporate executives indicted for racketeering conspiracy and corruption - @thejusticedept
end of alert

194 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 3:40:26am

‘The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has opened criminal proceedings against persons unknown on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 Football World Cups. In the course of said proceedings, electronic data and documents were seized today at FIFA’s head office in Zurich’ - statement
end of alert

Swiss federal prosecutors open criminal proceedings related to 2018 and 2022 World Cups, seize documents at FIFA HQ - @AP
end of alert

195 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 3:44:32am

FIFA will not consider a re-vote on 2018 and 2022 World Cup, says they will be played in Russia and Qatar - live video
end of alert

196 Dr Lizardo  May 27, 2015 3:44:35am

re: #192 Justanotherhuman

My students here are all quite pleased to see this DOJ action against FIFA. The general consensus is that the European authorities are too damned scared to go after FIFA in any meaningful way, so they’re pretty pleased that the DOJ did the job and went after them.

197 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 3:47:37am

Dept of Justice press release:

justice.gov

198 Shiplord Kirel  May 27, 2015 3:50:34am

re: #188 Justanotherhuman

Dawn raid

DOJ: A search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF soccer federation headquarters in Miami, Florida - @thejusticedept
end of alert

The real soccer hooligans. Am I a mean person for wanting to gloat at the image of international soccer fatcats being rounded up like common criminals?

199 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 27, 2015 3:52:32am

I begrudgingly follow the World Cup here in Germany out of a sense of social solidarity (my girlfriend is a fan) and support the US team until it is disqualified, usually no later than the quarter finals, then root for Germany.

But now I have a valid excuse to ignore it completely. Thank heaven for small favors.

200 Decatur Deb  May 27, 2015 3:58:23am

re: #169 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Ski troops are Da Bomb. The Finns gave the Soviet armor fits in the Winter War, too.

Italian Alpini at the site of their greatest battle.

And they can sing about it:

201 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 3:58:34am

re: #198 Shiplord Kirel

The real soccer hooligans. Am I a mean person for wanting to gloat at the image of international soccer fatcats being rounded up like common criminals?

Nope

202 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 27, 2015 4:00:06am

re: #190 Shiplord Kirel

I’ve combined some of my latest ramblings into a new page. Century Old Color Photography.

I figured these had to be Maxwell process three-negative pictures. Before too long, as the dyes fade in all the color negatives and prints and positive film and slides in between, these may be the only color photographs left until the advent of digital photography.

203 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 4:01:53am

U.S. indicts world soccer officials in alleged $150 million FIFA bribery scandal

washingtonpost.com

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Today’s arrests are a damaging blow to FIFA. After accusations of bribery first arose in 2011, FIFA launched an internal investigation. But the investigation itself became a scandal. Former U.S. prosecutor Michael J. Garcia spent nearly two years compiling a report, only for FIFA to block its release. Garcia quit in protest. FIFA later released a summary of the report, in which the organization admitted that ethics violations had occurred but denied that the World Cup bidding process had been dirtied.

Suspicions over the next two World Cups are sure to intensify now that top FIFA officials have been indicted for corruption.

The selection of Russia and Qatar for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, respectively, were already controversial enough without being connected to corruption allegations. Critics have questioned the decision to award Russia the World Cup when the country is currently occupying Crimea, for example.

Qatar, meanwhile, has come under criticism for its treatment of migrant workers. More than 1,000 workers have died building soccer stadiums. Earlier this month, critics demanded World Cup sponsors pull out of Qatar over work conditions. And on Saturday, the Nepalese government said its citizens had not been allowed to leave Qatar to attend funerals for family members killed in the recent earthquake. More

204 William Lewis  May 27, 2015 4:02:41am

This is good. I love footie and hate FIFA.

Still it will be better yet when every member of the IOC is in chains.

205 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 27, 2015 4:09:55am

re: #204 William Lewis

This is good. I love footie and hate FIFA.

Still it will be better yet when every member of the IOC is in chains.

The 2014 Winter Olympics going to Sochi—and not being moved after Putin passed his anti-gay laws—was bad enough, but I would love to know how the 2016 Summer Games wound up in Brazil. There’s no earthly sign that they’re going to be remotely ready by next summer, is there? The last I heard, they “couldn’t guarantee” water uncontaminated by sewage for the aquatic events.

206 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 4:19:18am

More trouble in Texas:

207 Shiplord Kirel  May 27, 2015 4:19:28am

re: #203 Justanotherhuman

Qatar, meanwhile, has come under criticism for its treatment of migrant workers. More than 1,000 workers have died building soccer stadiums. Earlier this month, critics demanded World Cup sponsors pull out of Qatar over work conditions.

A thousand? This should be a gigantic scandal all over the world but this is the first I have heard of it.

These would be foreign workers of course, many from the subcontinent or such places as the Philipines.

Coolieism, next worst thing to slavery.

208 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 4:22:38am

You want to have a chuckle? This image UpChuck is using at GotNewsDotCom for his latest whinging first appeared in a blog about press censorship in Morocco, judging from TinEye results.
naim.over-blog.org

It also appeared in an Arabic blog that appears to be down.

feddan.maktoobblog.com;

Both are dated Feb. 2008. [CORRECTION: It appears to have been first uploaded in 2007.]

It appears the Islamophobe is using a graphic created by a Muslim. How rich is that?

Artist unknown
209 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 4:23:08am

re: #207 Shiplord Kirel

Yes, there have been reports of this before, but most of the reports have been suppressed in Qatar, although human rights orgs have tried to shed daylight on the situation.

A lot of workers from India, Bangladesh, also.

210 Dark_Falcon  May 27, 2015 4:24:21am

re: #204 William Lewis

This is good. I love footie and hate FIFA.

Still it will be better yet when every member of the IOC is in chains.

Indeed. Naturally, there will be those who’ll decry “American Unilateralism”, but since they’ve failed to address FIFA’s obvious corruption problems, they’ll just be DERPing. And both left and right in America will be unified in flipping those DERPers the bird.

211 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 27, 2015 4:27:44am

re: #207 Shiplord Kirel

Coolieism, next worst thing to slavery.

Sometimes worse, just because of the limited term of the contract. If they hadn’t been worked to death by the end date, you didn’t get your money’s worth out of them.

212 Lidane  May 27, 2015 4:34:21am

re: #157 austin_blue

Does your company have a 3 in its name?

Nope. But I’m vaguely familiar with that one, since they’re close by.

I always watch what I say at work. It’s a good survival skill.

213 Dark_Falcon  May 27, 2015 4:46:01am

The newest Virginia-class attack sub to begin production has been named, and its a name that gives her much to live up to:

The US Navy (USN) has selected a name for its 23rd Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as officials announced on 24 May that SSN 796 is to bear the name USS New Jersey .

New Jersey will be the fifth Block IV Virginia submarine, to be built under a teaming agreement with Huntington Ingalls Industries at General Dynamics Electric Boat’s (GDEB’s) shipyard based in Groton, Connecticut. The USN in April 2014 awarded an historic USD17.6 billion multi-year contract to GDEB to support acquisition of 10 Block IV Virginia submarines from fiscal year (FY) 2014-18. New Jersey will be procured in FY 2016.

BBL

214 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 4:51:07am
215 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 5:27:25am

Damn.

216 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 5:29:00am

BTW, congrats on the interview, Charles.

Wish you’d had more time, though. : )

217 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 5:34:07am

What post-racial America? (cont)

The Supreme Court Will Hear An Almost Comically Egregious Case Of Race Discrimination

thinkprogress.org

If a man’s life was not potentially at stake in Foster v. Humphrey, a case the Supreme Court announced that it will hear on Tuesday, and if the case did not involve what appears to be complete and utter disregard of the Constitution’s prohibitions on race discrimination, then the facts of this case would almost be humorous. The prosecution created detailed records suggesting that they engaged in unconstitutional race discrimination. Short of publishing a book entitled “Violating The Supreme Court’s Holding In Batson v. Kentucky Is Our Bag, Baby,” it’s hard to imagine anything more the prosecutors in this case could have done to demonstrate that they disregarded the Constitution.

Timothy Tyrone Foster was convicted of murder and sentenced to die by an entirely white jury after prosecutors struck all four members of the jury pool who were African American. Some time after the trial, Foster’s attorneys obtained the prosecution’s notes on jury selection, and, as his attorneys explain, the notes provide compelling evidence indicating that the black jury pool members were struck because of their race:

The notes reflect that the prosecution (1) marked the name of each black prospective juror in green highlighter on four different copies of the jury list; (2) circled the word “BLACK” next to the “Race” question on the juror questionnaires of five black prospective jurors; (3) identified three black prospective jurors as “B#1,” “B#2,” and “B#3”; (4) ranked the black prospective jurors against each other in case “it comes down to having to pick one of the black jurors;” and (5) created strike lists that contradict the “race-neutral” explanation provided by the prosecution for its strike of one of the black prospective jurors. More

218 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 5:38:05am

heh:

219 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 27, 2015 5:40:02am

re: #211 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Sometimes worse, just because of the limited term of the contract. If they hadn’t been worked to death by the end date, you didn’t get your money’s worth out of them.

It only exists because the end consumers (fashion designers, football fans, etc.) are more interested in cheap goods and services then in basic human rights.

220 BeenHereAwhile  May 27, 2015 5:42:07am

re: #128 austin_blue

-snip-

Long story short, the Blanco exits the Balcones Fault Complex south of Kyle, a few miles north of San Marcos. When it did, it exited as a 45’ foot tall wall of water that overtopped the Interstate 35 bridge.

That, my friends, is a Texas flood. It is a stone cold killer.

Had a caretaker at some property on a watershed in GA, who couldn’t read or write, but he knew the nature of things on that property.

Once while discussing runoff control on a hillside, his explaination was, “that water sits there, and then it’s got to go.”

Ben, I learned so much from you.

221 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 5:42:43am

FIFA down.
Next;
IOC.

222 nearly-headless smith25  May 27, 2015 5:48:40am

re: #217 Justanotherhuman

Justice Roberts needs the ghost of Justice Blackmun to slap him around.

As Blackmun once stated(much more to the truth than for Roberts): “In order to get beyond racism, we must first take racism into account.”

223 Dr. Matt  May 27, 2015 5:53:26am
224 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 5:54:01am

re: #222 nearly-headless smith25

A lot of white people in various venues know exactly what color of jury they want, whether they’re a defendant or a plaintiff, or the State itself. Color figures prominently in a “jury of your peers”.

225 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 6:04:05am

re: #128 austin_blue

Damn… Just damn. I was in that area last November sightseeing. I remember driving that stretch of I35. Driving through New Braunfels and the Texas Hill Country up to Fredericksburg, Johnson City, and over to Luckenbach and Stonewall to see the LBJ Home.

Guess we need to get used to all or nothing - either drought conditions, or flooding, with little room in between.

Stay safe!

226 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 6:05:07am
227 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 6:06:32am

Personally, I see Uber and Lyft as “gypsy cabs” who try to avoid regulations regular cab companies must adhere to. Paying a stranger to ride in an unregulated, unmarked vehicle doesn’t inspire confidence, IMHO.

Even as Uber, Lyft gain riders, drivers face $500 city fines

Drivers lack city permit

bostonglobe.com

228 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 6:10:13am

Because the clown bus needs another passenger, Rick Santorum is going all in.

And next week we’re supposed to get George Pataki too? Seriously? George Pataki? Who the hell was advising him to run? Can anyone actually identify a single achievement from his terms in office? Yes, he defeated Mario Cuomo, but that’s going on 20+ years ago. But that’s it. Debt boomed under Pataki’s term, and the WTC rebuilding became a total mess because of his meddling.

Yeah, that’ll go over swell. And yet, with this field, Santorum and Pataki (and Joe the Plumber?) could think that they have a chance at winning the nomination. This is the weakest field of prospective candidates we’ve seen in a long time. The big field isn’t a sign that the GOP has a deep bench; it’s a sign that they’ve got a bunch of people who simply can’t break out of the signal to noise ratio and who are incapable of putting together a coherent vision for anything beyond taxes=evil; federal government=evil; abortion=evil; and Obama=evil.

229 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 6:15:24am

Taking On Twitter’s Worst Trolls

msmagazine.com

Any woman who’s ever been on Twitter knows harassment is de rigueur—and a new study from Women, Action and the Media (WAM!) confirms that once and for all.

(snip)

The WAM! researchers found Twitter’s response mechanisms to be lacking. For example, users who wish to file complaints are required to submit URLs of harassing tweets (screenshots are inadmissible) thus failing to address “tweet and delete,” a popular doxxing technique. Moreover, Twitter’s URL requirement makes it nearly impossible to report abuse that is not linked to a URL, such as being subject to disturbing and sexually violent imagery and language contained in profile pictures and usernames made ubiquitous through favorite and follower notifications.

But even if users meet Twitter’s rigid harassment evaluation requirements, few see immediate action. According to WAM!, 67 of their study’s submitters mentioned notifying Twitter at least once prior to filing their complaint with WAM! and 18 percent reported contacting Twitter at least five times. Of the 161 reports of harassment WAM! escalated, Twitter acted on only 55 percent of them, suspending 70 accounts, issuing 18 warnings and deleting one account. In addition, while Twitter moved to resolve most complaints involving hate speech submitted to WAM!, they dragged their feet with cases of doxxing, ignoring nearly twice as many requests for action than they addressed. More

230 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 6:18:20am
The FIFA boardroom (before the corruption arrests)
231 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 6:19:32am

re: #202 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I figured these had to be Maxwell process three-negative pictures. Before too long, as the dyes fade in all the color negatives and prints and positive film and slides in between, these may be the only color photographs left until the advent of digital photography.

I am going to experiment with recovering images off 50-year-old 35mm slides tonight using the new scanner. That is one reason I want to do this.

The main reason is recovering four file boxes worth of space from my closet. Secondary are getting the pictures onto a sharable electronic media for review by my brother towards what to keep around. Tertiary is that I figure I might find some photos of interest to my cousin who is doing family genealogy, or of minor historical interest since I think there are a few boxes of slides from my father’s naval service period. Boils down to the fact that these items are benefiting no one moldering in a closet.

232 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 6:21:11am

re: #228 lawhawk

Because the clown bus needs another passenger, Rick Santorum is going all in.

And next week we’re supposed to get George Pataki too? Seriously? George Pataki? Who the hell was advising him to run? Can anyone actually identify a single achievement from his terms in office? Yes, he defeated Mario Cuomo, but that’s going on 20+ years ago. But that’s it. Debt boomed under Pataki’s term, and the WTC rebuilding became a total mess because of his meddling.

Yeah, that’ll go over swell. And yet, with this field, Santorum and Pataki (and Joe the Plumber?) could think that they have a chance at winning the nomination. This is the weakest field of prospective candidates we’ve seen in a long time. The big field isn’t a sign that the GOP has a deep bench; it’s a sign that they’ve got a bunch of people who simply can’t break out of the signal to noise ratio and who are incapable of putting together a coherent vision for anything beyond taxes=evil; federal government=evil; abortion=evil; and Obama=evil.

All I can figure is that Pataki figures he can become the establishment candidate. No Romney, Santorum is a nutcase, and he figures he can beat out Bush, Walker, and Jindal for the corporate bucks.

233 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 6:22:34am

This is another example of unbridled police brutality. I hope this 82 yr old man gets what he wants, and more. Bankrupt the bastards if that’s what it takes.

Elderly Texas Man Sues After Officers Allegedly Stormed His Home, Broke His Hip and Left Him Unattended

theroot.com

Herman Crisp was just sitting outside, smoking a cigarette, in late September when, he says, Georgetown, Texas, deputies in full SWAT gear approached him with no warning and threw a “flash bang” explosive device at his residence. The explosion, he says, knocked him out of his chair.

Then, the 82-year-old claims, officers slammed him to the ground and handcuffed him with such force that he broke his hip, MyFoxAustin reports. The officers had a search warrant pertaining to Crisp’s nephew, who had been staying with him. They searched the elderly man’s home and took him inside but did not call for aid or assistance. His family says they found him the next day lying in his own feces.

“After they left, I tried to get up then because I had to go to the bathroom and I couldn’t go, so I just crawled over here and laid on the floor right down there, and my sister came and called the paramedics, and they came in here,” Crisp told the news station. More

234 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 6:29:04am
235 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 6:30:27am

If cops don’t beat Blacks, humiliate them.

CPD cops posed for photo standing over black man dressed in antlers

chicago.suntimes.com

Chicago Cops and Unnamed Suspect
236 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 6:37:30am

re: #228 lawhawk

Because the clown bus needs another passenger, Rick Santorum is going all in.

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And next week we’re supposed to get George Pataki too? Seriously? George Pataki? Who the hell was advising him to run? Can anyone actually identify a single achievement from his terms in office? Yes, he defeated Mario Cuomo, but that’s going on 20+ years ago. But that’s it. Debt boomed under Pataki’s term, and the WTC rebuilding became a total mess because of his meddling.

Yeah, that’ll go over swell. And yet, with this field, Santorum and Pataki (and Joe the Plumber?) could think that they have a chance at winning the nomination. This is the weakest field of prospective candidates we’ve seen in a long time. The big field isn’t a sign that the GOP has a deep bench; it’s a sign that they’ve got a bunch of people who simply can’t break out of the signal to noise ratio and who are incapable of putting together a coherent vision for anything beyond taxes=evil; federal government=evil; abortion=evil; and Obama=evil.

To me, the crowded field demonstrates just how low the expectations are for a GOP presidential nominee. As long a candidate can rail against Obama, taxes and big government while professing a love for Jesus and family values they’re in. No knowledge of government or governing required. Drove your state’s economy into the dumper? No problem as long as you did it to lower taxes. No plan? No vision? The Lord will provide.

There are so many hopefuls because their party requires so little of them.

237 Amory Blaine  May 27, 2015 6:41:51am

“I’m shitting on the floor right now.” That was a fun interview.

238 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 6:47:24am

re: #236 Higgs Boson’s Mate

To me, the crowded field demonstrates just how low the expectations are for a GOP presidential nominee. As long a candidate can rail against Obama, taxes and big government while professing a love for Jesus and family values they’re in. No knowledge of government or governing required. Drove your state’s economy into the dumper? No problem as long as you did it to lower taxes. No plan? No vision? The Lord will provide.

There are so many hopefuls because their party requires so little of them.

And probably due to the fact that there is a lot of conservative dollars out there to grift.
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239 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 6:50:35am

re: #238 Feline Fearless Leader

And probably due to the fact that there is a lot of conservative dollars out there to grift.
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From the “keep the rubes dumb and reproducing” crowd.

240 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 6:54:12am

re: #226 lawhawk

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Are they allowed in the Texas house chamber yet?

241 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 6:55:47am

BTW, thanks to the Lizards for the educational comments yesterday on the conditions setting up the flood issues in Texas. True “flood geology” work there!

:)

242 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 7:00:27am

Woman accused of witchcraft axed to death in PNG - missionary

trust.org

BANGKOK, May 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Police in Papua New Guinea vowed to find the men who axed to death a woman accused of using witchcraft to spark a measles outbreak in the country’s remote jungle highlands, a missionary said on Wednesday after meeting authorities.

The woman, Mifila, was one of four women accused with 13 of their family members of using sorcery to cause measles deaths last November in the village of Fiyawena, in Enga province, said Lutheran missionary Anton Lutz.

Women are often accused and killed in witch hunts even though laws passed in 2013 make revenge killings over black magic punishable by death. Human Rights Watch earlier this year named Papua New Guinea as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman due to gender based violence.

(snip)

People in the country are deeply superstitious and accusations of sorcery are commonly used to explain deaths caused by disease or to kill rivals or enemies. More

243 William Lewis  May 27, 2015 7:07:11am

re: #213 Dark_Falcon

Another reminder that I wish the Navy would have stuck with traditional boat names. There would be much more meaning to naming a boat for the USS Wahoo forex.

244 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 7:17:04am
245 Lidane  May 27, 2015 7:17:50am
246 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 7:18:14am

We need the rain, but getting all of our rain deficit in one shot isn’t a help.

247 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 7:21:02am

In the third week of May, it was warmer in Fairbanks, Alaska, than in Washington, D.C. The small town of Eagle, Alaska, was hotter on May 23 than it has been on any day in Houston or Dallas this year. In what has become a frequent occurrence in the past few years, temperature profiles in North America appeared to be upside down.

The map above shows North American land surface temperatures from May 17-24, 2015, compared to the 2001-2010 average for the same eight-day period. Shades of red depict areas that were hotter than the long-term average; areas in blue were below average for the week. White pixels were normal, and gray pixels did not have enough data, most likely due to excessive cloud cover.

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On May 23, the air temperature at Fairbanks International Airport reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), breaking the record of 80°F (26.7°C) from 2002. That same day, thermometers hit 91°F (32.8°C) in Eagle, marking the earliest 90-degree day in state history. The town had nine consecutive days above 80°F. In Barrow, Alaska, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, temperatures climbed to 47°F on May 21, close to 18°F above normal. Temperatures normally do not reach that high until mid-June.

To the south and east, at least 12 temperature records were set in Canada’s Yukon and Northwest Territories. Temperatures in Faro reached 81.3°F (27.4°C), 14°F (7.5°C) above the old record. With humidity levels between 10 and 20 percent, civil agencies warned of wildfire. At least 31 fires were reported in the Yukon alone as of May 24.

248 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 7:21:03am

re: #245 Lidane

The Venn diagram of those candidates chances of winning the WH? All the names outside the circle of those who have shot at winning in November 2016.

249 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 7:21:08am

re: #230 lawhawk

I had the same thought.

250 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 7:23:16am

re: #243 William Lewis

Another reminder that I wish the Navy would have stuck with traditional boat names. There would be much more meaning to naming a boat for the USS Wahoo forex.

My experience at sea with the Navy suggests that every vessel be named the USS Bitch and Moan followed by the designation and hull number. Thus, a nuclear attack carrier would be named The USS Bitch and Moan CVAN 25.

One of the most spot on lines I ever read was in Thomas Pynchon’s V where he mentions that when the destroyer USS Scaffold got underway you could hear the bitching five miles out to sea.

251 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 7:24:00am

re: #223 Dr. Matt

Rather prophetic, wouldn’t you say?

252 Lidane  May 27, 2015 7:30:03am

Please proceed:

253 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 7:34:05am

re: #252 Lidane

We now have definitive proof that Fox News is not colluding with the RNC to limit the presidential debate field.

254 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 7:34:35am

Chucky still ranting over his twitter banishment; now referring to himself in 3d person in said rants:

255 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 7:37:57am

re: #254 lawhawk

Chucky still ranting over his twitter banishment; now referring to himself in 3d person in said rants:

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Wonder how close he is to hearing the four fatal words: “Get a real job.”

256 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 7:39:10am

I keep forgetting how young CCJ is.
GET A JOB!
GET OFF MY LAWN!
DAMN ROCK AND/OR ROLL!
/

257 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 7:39:13am
259 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 7:40:45am

re: #254 lawhawk

Chucky still ranting over his twitter banishment; now referring to himself in 3d person in said rants:

That’s the one he wrote yesterday or day before, starting in the third person then switching to first person halfway through.

He and his joke of a lawyer are portraying his banishment as a First Amendment issue, or a plot by liberals, or a ploy by “big business” to squelch an independent “journalist,” or all three, depending on time of day and barometric pressure.

260 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 7:41:24am
261 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 7:42:02am
262 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 7:43:38am

re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth

Speaking of which, wasn’t he trying to arrange an AMA on reddit?

263 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 7:44:10am

re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth

a 2015 version of ‘jerry springer’ but it’s hosted by chuck johnson and he only interviews himself

Yet it would still showcase a very dysfunctional relationship.

264 Bubblehead II  May 27, 2015 7:44:18am

re: #259 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

That’s the one he wrote yesterday or day before, starting in the third person then switching to first person halfway through.

He and his joke of a lawyer are portraying his banishment as a First Amendment issue, or a plot by liberals, or a ploy by “big business” to squelch an independent “journalist,” or all three, depending on time of day and barometric pressure.

You left out the cocaine and alcohol consumption as contributing factors to his depraved rantings.

265 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 7:44:32am

re: #262 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Speaking of which, wasn’t he trying to arrange an AMA on reddit?

yep. And his big interview with Nero is this afternoon.

266 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 7:44:56am

re: #254 lawhawk

Chucky still ranting over his twitter banishment; now referring to himself in 3d person in said rants:

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267 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 7:47:30am

re: #254 lawhawk

Chucky still ranting over his twitter banishment; now referring to himself in 3d person in said rants:

I think mine’s better. gotnwes.wheatdogg.com

268 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 7:47:53am

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

yep. And his big interview with Nero is this afternoon.

Who is this Nero character?

269 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 7:48:21am

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

Who’s Nero?

EDIT: Missed it by that much.

270 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 7:49:02am

re: #268 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

re: #269 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Milo Yiannopoulis

271 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 7:51:10am

re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ahh … another Breitbartian.

272 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 7:52:33am

HURR HURR TEH COMMUNIST SNOAPS SEZ THESE ARE TEH FAKE QUOATS BUT THEIR NOT I FOUND THEM ON BRAINYQUOTE SO CHECKMATE LIBTARDS!!!!!!

273 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 7:53:18am

re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth

Milo Yiannopoulis

Thank you. Google shows him to be one of the Breibart troop.
Should be hard hitting, or not. Depends on whether Nero has decided to join Chucky’s well-earned dogpile.

274 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 7:55:08am

re: #273 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Thank you. Google shows him to be one of the Breibart troop.
Should be hard hitting, or not. Depends on whether Nero has decided to join Chucky’s well-earned dogpile.

To busy fiddling while Rome burns, I suspect.

275 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 7:55:50am

re: #254 lawhawk

“Metaphor journalist”?

Bwahahahahaha!

276 withak  May 27, 2015 7:56:13am

re: #272 Lord Of The Pies

So Spock == Hitler, then?

Edit: Ugh, why did I click that link? And then, after clicking, why did I read the comments?

277 withak  May 27, 2015 7:57:23am

re: #273 Higgs Boson’s Mate

He’s also an awful, awful self-published poet. Like Vogon-level bad. @ChrisWarcraft did a really amusing breakdown of his most recent “work.” I’ll try to find it.

278 Shiplord Kirel  May 27, 2015 8:00:02am

We Are All the Duggers (sic)

Popcorn time! This nauseatingly pious defense of the Duggars seems to have set off a civil war of sorts among freepers. (The amusing error in the name of the tribe is the re-poster’s)

Not me. I don’t go around diddling my siblings.

Not me.

I may be many things, but an incestuous baby-raper is not among them.

To which a pro-Duggar partisan responds:

You disdain the very sanctimony your post exemplifies, both of you. Self loathing is the sickness of the self righteous.

The anti-Duggars are having none it though:

I’ll tell you what I disdain.
I disdain perverts who grope the privates of five year-olds, and who keep doing so despite being caught red-handed.

I disdain creepy, cult-member parents who cover it up and go on to accept a TV show so they can hold themselves & their molesting son up as moral examples.

I disdain those same parents for playing “See what we can do because we’re married, but you can’t” games in front of their teenaged daughter and her fiancee…namely the father grinding his pelvis into his wife’s butt, and kissing her and asking, “Did that turn you on?”

So, no…we might all have our own sins to answer for, but I’m thankful to say we are not all the Duggars.

279 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 8:00:06am

Hold the fuck up.
The ticking time bomb scenario that the GOP loves to trot out is completely in the realm of ‘putting society above the individual’.
Facepalm.

280 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 8:00:30am

re: #275 Justanotherhuman

“Metaphor journalist”?

Bwahahahahaha!

Even more amusing is his misunderstanding of what a metaphor is. “Taking out” is not a metaphor; it’s phrasal verb with several meanings.

281 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 8:01:38am

re: #274 Varek Raith

To busy fiddling while Rome burns, I suspect.

Odd, that, If Suetonius The Twelve Caesars is any where near accurate, Nero wouldn’t be a nickname I’d adopt.

282 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 8:01:56am

re: #281 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Odd, that, If Suetonius The Twelve Caesars is any where near accurate, Nero wouldn’t be a nickname I’d adopt.

Indeed.

283 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:02:29am

re: #278 Shiplord Kirel

We Are All the Duggers (sic)

Popcorn time! This nauseatingly pious defense of the Duggars seems to have set off a civil war of sorts among freepers. (The amusing error in the name of the tribe is the re-poster’s)

To which a pro-Duggar partisan responds:

The anti-Duggars are having none it though:

LOL I left FReep in 2008 and never looked back. My account there is still active, didn’t even give enough of a shit to get myself banned.

284 Shiplord Kirel  May 27, 2015 8:03:02am

re: #275 Justanotherhuman

“Metaphor journalist”?

Bwahahahahaha!

He meant “mephistophelean journalist” but couldn’t get all the syllables out.

285 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 8:03:58am

re: #277 withak

He’s also an awful, awful self-published poet. Like Vogon-level bad. @ChrisWarcraft did a really amusing breakdown of his most recent “work.” I’ll try to find it.

Like Vogon-level bad. Wonderfully evocative description.

286 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:04:00am

re: #281 Higgs Boson’s Mate

The clown whose handle is “Nero” only burns himself, though. He does fiddle, though, but not musically.

287 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 8:06:38am

re: #286 Justanotherhuman

The clown whose handle is “Nero” only burns himself, though. He does fiddle, though, but not musically.

“Own goals” or 20,000 cubic feet of ego ballasted with a BB-sized brain?

288 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:06:59am

Sign of the times: Copper Cannibals

Cable Theft Near Howard Beach Disrupted Service for Hundreds of Thousands; NYPD Transit Bureau Investigating Crime While MTA Crews Make Repairs

mta.info

289 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 8:08:21am

re: #286 Justanotherhuman

The clown whose handle is “Nero” only burns himself, though. He does fiddle, though, but not musically.

A guy with the handle Nero interviews a guy whose blog’s Twitter image is the Graf Hindenburg in flames. Quite fitting, if you ask me.

290 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:09:02am

re: #289 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

It’s all self-immolation, though.

291 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 8:09:48am

re: #289 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

A guy with the handle Nero interviews a guy whose blog’s Twitter image is the Graf Hindenburg in flames. Quite fitting, if you ask me.

At first I thought that was something Anon did.
XD

292 withak  May 27, 2015 8:10:17am

re: #285 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Like Vogon-level bad. Wonderfully evocative description.

Sadly, I can’t claim credit for the Vogon descriptor: storify.com

Warning: It’s bad, and not even Kluwe’s acerbic wit will save you from brain damage.

293 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 27, 2015 8:12:22am

re: #14 Charles Johnson

Not to gloat or anything, but I’m pretty sure that if I hadn’t kept the focus on Chuck the way I did, he’d still be using Twitter to doxx and stalk and harass and threaten people.

It doesn’t work to ignore cranks like Chuck.

But what about the ones who don’t share your name? There are probably a ton of them out there.

294 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:12:34am

I wish he’d say this about Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al.

FBI Director James Comey on FIFA scandal: ‘Nobody is above or beyond the law’
end of alert

295 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 8:15:21am

re: #292 withak

Sadly, I can’t claim credit for the Vogon descriptor: storify.com

Warning: It’s bad, and not even Kluwe’s acerbic wit will save you from brain damage.

WTF is that?!

296 goddamnedfrank  May 27, 2015 8:15:29am

re: #281 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Odd, that, If Suetonius The Twelve Caesars is any where near accurate, Nero wouldn’t be a nickname I’d adopt.

He’s one of these edgy conservative gays like Josh Smith who parrot the entire line of anti gay conservative bullshit while still pretending to be proud of what they are. They maintain that they chose to be gay, that the state has a legitimate interest in banning gay marriage. Josh goes so far as to oppose the Lawrence v. Texas decision.

Basically they come off as gay not because they like dudes, but because they just hate women that much.

Today, thanks to society’s endless mollycoddling and celebration of “alternative” lifestyles, the joy of rebellion is drying up for me. You see, I only plumped for homosexuality to irritate my parents. But now even they are fine with it. A few years ago, my mum said, perhaps cannily, “All I want is for you to be happy.”

That came as devastating news. Because my sexuality was never about maternal acceptance, but rather the mischievous and incorrigible pursuit of social censure and the threat of being cut out of the will. Now my gayness was not only roundly applauded by wider society but even my own parents, what was the point?

So I find myself in the perplexing position of asking: what’s next? Casting my eye around modern Britain, in the last few months I’ve been on the look-out for the most marginalised, ridiculed and socially ostracised slice of the population. And I think I’ve nailed it: it’s time for me to become a straight white male.

No other subset of the populace is as relentlessly maligned and demonised as those with the misfortune of being born white, straight, and a man. They are constantly bashed in the media, on the internet, and even at schools and universities, where there are very real structural disadvantages these days to being a boy.

It pains me to admit that, in today’s permissive culture, it is easier to be an outrageously gay man than it is to present with the symptoms of so-called toxic masculinity. By pure accident of birth, your skin colour, sexuality and sex can today be used with impunity against you, to dismiss your opinions and even pay you less at work: under the age of 30, women now earn more than men for the same jobs in both Britain and America.

Since gay people have been so endlessly praised, flattered and catered to by the media and politicians, I’ve lost interest in sleeping with men. I want to feel oppressed again! That’s why, from today, I’m going to make a go of being straight. Wish me luck!

It’s really creepy. Reminds me of a quote from Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. “I suspect he’s tried to be many things in his time.”

297 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 27, 2015 8:15:48am

On a separate note, you sound like a really cool dude on the podcast.

298 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 8:16:06am

re: #253 Higgs Boson’s Mate

We now have definitive proof that Fox News is not colluding with the RNC to limit the presidential debate field.

What happens if they have so many candidates and dilute the field so much that no one can clear the hurdles for being included in the debate?

Or if they have more people on the stage than they do in the audience?
// ;P

299 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 8:16:59am

re: #298 Feline Fearless Leader

What happens if they have so many candidates and dilute the field so much that no one can clear the hurdles for being included in the debate?

Or if they have more people on the stage than they do in the audience?
// ;P

RPS.

300 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 8:17:13am

I am so slow that it only just occurred to me that some of the same people who were supportive of a baker’s right to refusing to serve a gay couple are now in an uproar about Twitter’s refusing to serve Chucky.

Where’s my popcorn?

301 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 8:17:16am

re: #293 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

But what about the ones who don’t share your name? There are probably a ton of them out there.

I don’t know of any who reached the nadir of abuse that CCJ did. The other RW bloggers like Hoft, Malkin, and Loesch are vile for different reasons. UpChuck made attacking helpless victims into an artform, until he picked on the wrong guy. Then his grand strategy of creating a media empire went down in flames.

302 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 8:18:22am

re: #300 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I am so slow that it only just occurred to me that some of the same people who were supportive of a baker’s right to refusing to serve a gay couple are now in an uproar about Twitter’s refusing to serve Chucky.

Where’s my popcorn?

World shortage, I’m afraid.

303 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:19:02am

re: #292 withak

Sadly, I can’t claim credit for the Vogon descriptor: storify.com

Warning: It’s bad, and not even Kluwe’s acerbic wit will save you from brain damage.

OH LOOK A JUICE HATER==>

304 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 27, 2015 8:19:14am

re: #301 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I don’t know of any who reached the nadir of abuse that CCJ did. The other RW bloggers like Hoft, Malkin, and Loesch are vile for different reasons. UpChuck made attacking helpless victims into an artform, until he picked on the wrong guy. Then his grand strategy of creating a media empire went down in flames.

There’s some gamergaters who are as bad. And yeah, CCJ chose a stupid business model.

305 Shiplord Kirel  May 27, 2015 8:20:02am

Freepers are on a roll today, breaking new wind in their ever greater zeal to raise RW hypocrisy and ignorance to unheard heights.

First the Duggars, and now they jump into the breech to defend FIFA, or at least to attack Loretta Lynch for going after a sport that many RWNJs usually disparage as “communist football.”
Loretta Lynch’s Justice Department Just Launched a Full-Blown Offensive Against FIFA

Does not surprise me. This is ALL POLITICAL IN NATURE.

So we are protected from Big Soccer?………………

As usual someone questions the timing:

Can you say…”distraction?” Story will now dominate all news outlets for days/weeks.

306 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 8:20:04am

re: #300 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I am so slow that it only just occurred to me that some of the same people who were supportive of a baker’s right to refusing to serve a gay couple are now in an uproar about Twitter’s refusing to serve Chucky.

Where’s my popcorn?

I suspect many RWNJs are secretly glad to see Chucky Jo go. He was tarnishing their brand, and was a loose cannon on deck besides.

307 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 27, 2015 8:20:14am

re: #303 Lord Of The Pies

Chris Kluwe is a pretty cool ex-NFL punter.

308 withak  May 27, 2015 8:20:15am

re: #295 Varek Raith

WTF is that?!

It’s the fourth-worst poetry in the universe.

Seriously, though, it’s an actual (self-)published poetry work by everybody’s favorite “Alpha” Male, @nero.

309 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:21:12am

Holocaust Denial Poetry. Who ever imagined that could be A Thing?

310 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 8:22:03am

re: #296 goddamnedfrank

Great comment!

Basically they come off as gay not because they like dudes, but because they just hate women that much.

They may be shy about identifying as hopelessly misogynistic.

311 Bubblehead II  May 27, 2015 8:22:40am

re: #288 Justanotherhuman

Sign of the times: Copper Cannibals

Cable Theft Near Howard Beach Disrupted Service for Hundreds of Thousands; NYPD Transit Bureau Investigating Crime While MTA Crews Make Repairs

mta.info

Copper theft has always been a problem. Hell, aluminum is another commonly stolen metal. I recycle aluminum cans and the local scrap yard requires a valid photo I.D. before they will buy them.

312 Dr. Matt  May 27, 2015 8:23:18am

I need a “babbling idiot translator”:

313 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 8:23:58am
314 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 8:24:31am

re: #311 Bubblehead II

Copper theft has always been a problem. Hell, aluminum is another commonly stolen metal. I recycle aluminum cans and the local scrap yard requires a valid photo I.D. before they will buy them.

Copper thieves exist in China, too. They strip metal out of the hundreds of empty housing and commercial developments here.

315 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 8:25:06am

re: #312 Dr. Matt

I need a “babbling idiot translator”:

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I got a ‘Division by zero’ error on my universal translator.

316 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 8:25:34am

re: #312 Dr. Matt

I need a “babbling idiot translator”:

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Just make a nice tinfoil hat for yourself and read it again.

317 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 8:25:50am

re: #311 Bubblehead II

Copper theft has always been a problem. Hell, aluminum is another commonly stolen metal. I recycle aluminum cans and the local scrap yard requires a valid photo I.D. before they will buy them.

catalytic converter thefts got so bad here that our local scrapyards now require a vehicle title.

318 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 27, 2015 8:26:49am

re: #312 Dr. Matt

I need a “babbling idiot translator”:

His next door neighbor is a Democrat. Or a reptilian. Maybe both.

319 makeitstop  May 27, 2015 8:26:57am

re: #311 Bubblehead II

Copper theft has always been a problem. Hell, aluminum is another commonly stolen metal. I recycle aluminum cans and the local scrap yard requires a valid photo I.D. before they will buy them.

The house next door to mine was vacated a few years ago, and a contractor bought it with plans for a total renovation - but he kind of jumped the gun on some work and the town shut him down, pending granting of variances for a couple of parts of the house.

By the time he got the variances and permission to proceed with the reno, someone had gone in and stripped his basement of all copper wire. He said they even took the fuse panel while they were at it.

320 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:29:33am

re: #292 withak

The ravings of a delusional maniac?

Funny, but my gawd, is there anything in the DSM that he fits? Or does his condition cover every single one?

321 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 8:29:41am

re: #305 Shiplord Kirel

Freepers are on a roll today, breaking new wind in their ever greater zeal to raise RW hypocrisy and ignorance to unheard heights.

First the Duggars, and now they jump into the breech to defend FIFA, or at least to attack Loretta Lynch for going after a sport that many RWNJs usually disparage as “communist football.”
Loretta Lynch’s Justice Department Just Launched a Full-Blown Offensive Against FIFA

As usual someone questions the timing:

Pretty much a bunch of nattering negativity naysayers.
As predictable and annoying as cicadas in the summer. Though the cicada might actually succeed in mating, which makes their noise a bit more understandable.
//

322 CuriousLurker  May 27, 2015 8:30:26am

I guess two dead jihadis and one wounded cop wasn’t enough blood for this pathetic excuse for a human being. Now she wants to post the winning cartoon from her stupid contest on D.C. Public Transportation: ibtimes.com

She has moved WAY beyond shonda territory and has become an evil, loathsome, black-hearted purveyor of violent hatred. She is exactly the thing she claims to be fighting against. *spit*

323 D_Red  May 27, 2015 8:31:42am

“Lowery also has a history of lying and even celebrated Thanksgiving and profiled a man who burned down his own church.”

I take it Chuckles didn’t win any journalism awards for the quality of his prose.

324 Dr. Matt  May 27, 2015 8:32:08am

re: #305 Shiplord Kirel

Freepers are on a roll today, breaking new wind in their ever greater zeal to raise RW hypocrisy and ignorance to unheard heights.

First the Duggars, and now they jump into the breech to defend FIFA, or at least to attack Loretta Lynch for going after a sport that many RWNJs usually disparage as “communist football.”
Loretta Lynch’s Justice Department Just Launched a Full-Blown Offensive Against FIFA

As usual someone questions the timing:

It’s just a distraction from…..you guessed it…..BENGHAZI!!!!!

325 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:34:37am

re: #314 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Same in this area. They like the ‘burbs, and strip A/C units, since everyone is out working real jobs.

326 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:38:46am

re: #322 CuriousLurker

Geller has to be one of the most repulsive people that I can remember.

327 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:40:17am

This is hella creepy and something that only fascists would be proud of==>

328 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:40:41am

re: #326 Justanotherhuman

Geller has to be one of the most repulsive people that I can remember.

Chucky in a dress.

329 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 8:41:55am

So, this morning, I’ve got someone trying to compare the Duggar scandal to Bill Cosby on Twitter.

Which is the same except in how it’s not. Duggars engaged in conspiracy to cover up the abuse; avoided jail b/c they found a cop who later turned out to be up to his eyeballs in child porn; and whose idea of good Christian values include treating women as mere reproductive vessels who are second class citizens, and otherwise treat the victims as having deserved it (brought it upon themselves, even though they were sleeping at the time Josh began his abuse).

Let’s also note the rank hypocrisy by the Duggars over their Christian values and how they even considered incest to be a crime worthy of stoning, except when it came to their own son. Or that homophobia is a good Christian value (ignoring the whole Jesus’ teachings bit).

330 Timothy Watson  May 27, 2015 8:42:28am

re: #327 Lord Of The Pies

This is hella creepy and something that only fascists would be proud of==>

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Public displays of support for our military are far and few in between

lolwhut

331 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 8:43:24am

This Chuck Johnson is a real journalist.
Sucks that UpChuck’s nonsense is overshadowing his retirement.

332 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:44:55am

Chris Kluwe ✔@ChrisWarcraft
Fuuuuuu. It keeps going. Like a rabid dog humping a couch leg. (warning - racism) #papoose
12:23 AM - 15 Jan 2015

333 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 8:44:59am

re: #327 Lord Of The Pies

Public displays of the military are in short supply? Really? See displays all the time.

This isn’t post-Vietnam where soldiers were spit upon and treated awfully, even though they were drafted into a military bogged down in a conflict with no way out.

But public displays of support aren’t the real problem; public displays - especially by politicians - cover up the fact that we as a nation don’t provide sufficient mental health support, jobs training, and adequate wages to service members, especially after separation from service. That leads to a whole host of mental health woes, and additional costs to all of us.

334 Bubblehead II  May 27, 2015 8:45:58am

re: #314 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Copper thieves exist in China, too. They strip metal out of the hundreds of empty housing and commercial developments here.

I remember a couple of years ago listening to the Police scanner when some idiots stole a couple of spools of copper wire from a construction site. Unbeknownst to them, the owner, aware of the possibility of theft had embedded GPS enabled motion sensor/tracker inside the spools. When they loaded the spools onto their trailer, it set them off and notified the owner who in turned called the police. The owner was able to track their location and pass it on to the Police who quickly caught up with em and busted them.

335 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:48:03am

re: #333 lawhawk

Public displays of the military are in short supply? Really? See displays all the time.

This isn’t post-Vietnam where soldiers were spit upon and treated awfully, even though they were drafted into a military bogged down in a conflict with no way out.

But public displays of support aren’t the real problem; public displays - especially by politicians - cover up the fact that we as a nation don’t provide sufficient mental health support, jobs training, and adequate wages to service members, especially after separation from service. That leads to a whole host of mental health woes, and additional costs to all of us.

We are talking about people whose Twitter profiles are full of eagles, flags, guns, and colonial dudes. Public military displays for them are the epitome of “patriotism”

Homeless vets, feh. GET A JOB LAZY MOOCHER!!!!!!

336 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 8:48:52am

re: #288 Justanotherhuman

Sign of the times: Copper Cannibals

Cable Theft Near Howard Beach Disrupted Service for Hundreds of Thousands; NYPD Transit Bureau Investigating Crime While MTA Crews Make Repairs

mta.info

The section of track where the copper was stolen is a remote area not far from the area affected by Sandy that required a complete rebuild of the tracks and signal/power systems due to a full washout of the tracks.

The thieves were lucky that they didn’t steal power from an energized system - they could have killed themselves; but the damage they did was considerable.

337 CuriousLurker  May 27, 2015 8:50:00am

re: #333 lawhawk

But public displays of support aren’t the real problem; public displays - especially by politicians - cover up the fact that we as a nation don’t provide sufficient mental health support, jobs training, and adequate wages to service members, especially after separation from service. That leads to a whole host of mental health woes, and additional costs to all of us.

They’re interested in cosmetic displays of patriotism, not the real thing. They’ve demonstrated that over & over with their flag pins & other mawkish bullshit, all while supporting warmongering, attacking the commander-in-chief, and cutting benefits to service people.

338 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 8:50:19am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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beetlejuice, beetlejuice… .

339 Dr. Matt  May 27, 2015 8:51:40am

re: #333 lawhawk

Public displays of support for our military are far and few in between, and to see young people pay our troops respect is even more rare, which is what makes the touching tribute a boy gave during his visit to Normandy last year so special.

What rock is the author living under? EVERY single U.S. sporting event EVERY single day of the week pays tributes to the military. EVERY weekday morning CNN pays tributes to the military. There are state license plates in numerous states that pay tribute to the military. The list is endless…

More alternative reality from a conservative.

340 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:53:54am

re: #339 Dr. Matt

What rock is the author living under? EVERY single U.S. sporting event EVERY single day of the week pays tributes to the military. EVERY weekday morning CNN pays tributes to the military. There are state license plates in numerous states that pay tribute to the military. The list is endless…

More alternative reality from a conservative.

They wish we could have military displays like this==>

341 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 8:53:56am

re: #333 lawhawk

I was in a lot of marches and demos, from Charlotte to DC to Philly to NYC, and I do not ever remember anyone I knew or was around to ever say or act that way toward vets. In fact, I remember on a few occasions that returnees actually joined us in the protests.

Maybe there was the occasional jerk (with whom I wouldn’t associate) who did do something like that, but I never saw it.

It’s almost like the “bra burning” thing which I never witnessed until some of us women were at at an all women’s party and decided we’d make the rumor come true at a friend’s house. She lit up the BBQ.

342 Ace-o-aces  May 27, 2015 8:54:27am

re: #312 Dr. Matt

I need a “babbling idiot translator”:

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I WANNA SEE MOR DICK PICS!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE JOURNOLAMISIM!!!!!!!

343 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 8:56:43am

LOLWHUT

344 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 9:02:29am

Is anything “normal” anymore?

345 Slap  May 27, 2015 9:03:01am

re: #179 Nyet

I’m always behind on these things….Having lived in Deutschland in 1983-84, these never fail to bring back extremely happy memories of time and place….

I have many time/place memories triggered by song, but the only one that evokes stronger feelings than these was hearing those first few measures of “Like a Rolling Stone” on our car radio when I was a kid….

346 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:03:14am

re: #187 Shiplord Kirel

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Genuine 102 year old color photograph of a Turkmen woman outside a yurt in Turkestan. This was taken in 1913 by pioneer color photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.
Prokudin-Gorky himself in 1912:

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The linked article contains a number of links to this man’s remarkable work and a good description of the laborious 3 color process he used to create these amazing images.

These pictures actually give depth in a 2D format.

347 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 9:03:57am

Hey Lord of Pies.

To pick up where we were last Night in Bioshock Infinite I agree with most of what you said.

For one thing the “switch villains” halfway through a story thing was weird when it happened with the first Bioshock from WOULD YOU KINDLY KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT….

In this one however the problem is that it isn’t even switching.

At no point do the Vox become bigger villians than Comstock, especially considering that we make the switch halfway through, then three quarters of the way through we need to make THE SWITCH BACK making it hard to get emotionally invested.

As you said maybe they were trying to generate an air of pessimism in the player, but that’s not an air you typically want to be generating if you want someone TO KEEP PLAYING THE GAME!

Tension is your friend, it makes them feel that anything could happen, pessimism is your enemy it makes people feel like it what happens next can’t possibly matter or will only be horrific.

I totally agree with you on the Vox having a heavy stink of “both sides are bad” about them, I don’t care if they were the equivalent of John Brown levels of crazy… they’ve doubtlessly earned the right to rebel by that point…

It especially stuck in my craw hearing that line about “Kill everyone with glasses!” Which I know is something the Khmer Rouge is said to have done/actually did /(lets not have an argument about that right now) but it feels like a pointless shorthand for “These guys are bad also okay?” rather than proper character development, because the Vox no longer have any characters TO DEVELOP after Elizabeth kills off their leader.

Maybe they should have had Daisy kidnap Elizabeth for a while to put her in a proper position of being more of a big bad than Comstock, but honestly they could have just as easily from a game perspective had the Vox be justified and reasonable revolutionaries and still kept the game more or less the same since it’s not like fighting the Vox feels ANY different than fighting Comstock’s goons.

I think that somewhere around figuring out how to end the game they decided that since they were completely obliterating Columbia from the Time Stream, they didn’t have to care about it and so ultimately it feels like it and its people are given less care and development then they should have.

The part where you start jumping universes isn’t so great either, because for all we know the Vox were reasonable revolutionaries in the universe you started in, and that got lost in some of the universe jumps you made… jumping universes is as bad as having clones when it comes to making it hard to give anything that happens the proper narrative weight.

348 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 9:05:07am

re: #347 jamesfirecat

Um you have me confused for someone else. I don’t do games.

349 Ace-o-aces  May 27, 2015 9:06:50am

re: #303 Lord Of The Pies

OH LOOK A JUICE HATER==>

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Is that….supposed to be anti-Semitic? Really, the poetry is so bad, I can’t tell.

350 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 9:07:13am

re: #348 Lord Of The Pies

Um you have me confused for someone else. I don’t do games.

Neither do I.
I don’t do pies either.

In fact, I don’t do anything.

351 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 9:09:12am

re: #348 Lord Of The Pies

Um you have me confused for someone else. I don’t do games.

Sorry don’t know why I got you confused with Ghost of a Flea clearly I can’t think properly today.

352 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 9:09:49am

re: #351 jamesfirecat

Sorry don’t know why I got you confused with Ghost of a Flea clearly I can’t think properly today.

Zombie meal.

353 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 9:10:03am

re: #351 jamesfirecat

Sorry don’t know why I got you confused with Ghost of a Flea clearly I can’t think properly today.

It’s Wednesday.
Happens to all of us.

354 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:11:58am

re: #217 Justanotherhuman

What post-racial America? (cont)

The Supreme Court Will Hear An Almost Comically Egregious Case Of Race Discrimination

thinkprogress.org

VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY:

INSIDIOUS
in*sid*i*ous, inˈsidēəs
adjective: insidious

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
“sexually transmitted diseases can be insidious and sometimes without symptoms”

synonyms: stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, cunning, crafty, treacherous, artful, sly, wily, shifty, underhanded, indirect; informalsneaky
“the insidious bond between big money and political decisions”
treacherous; crafty.

“tangible proof of an insidious alliance”

355 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 9:12:51am

re: #348 Lord Of The Pies

Um you have me confused for someone else. I don’t do games.

Not even Mario???
:(
/

356 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 9:14:19am

re: #355 Varek Raith

Not even Mario???
:(
/

I played some Marble Madness back in the day.

357 goddamnedfrank  May 27, 2015 9:14:58am

re: #347 jamesfirecat

Maybe they should have had Daisy kidnap Elizabeth for a while to put her in a proper position of being more of a big bad than Comstock …

They sort of retcon / rehabilitate Fitzroy’s character in the Burial at Sea DLC, to a degree. Still, her turning on the Alt World (from her perspective) Booker seems rather contrived.

358 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 9:18:05am

re: #355 Varek Raith

Not even Mario???
:(
/

I still play Zork once in a while every few years.

359 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 9:19:37am

Well hello there, Josh! How are your 18 siblings?

360 goddamnedfrank  May 27, 2015 9:20:33am

Seriously, I sometimes think working in service for a couple of years should be a mandatory thing. I know not everyone needs it, some people are just naturally nice, but I think everyone could benefit from the perspective.

361 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 9:20:33am
362 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 9:21:56am

re: #357 goddamnedfrank

They sort of retcon / rehabilitate Fitzroy’s character in the Burial at Sea DLC, to a degree. Still, her turning on the Alt World (from her perspective) Booker seems rather contrived.

Probably am not going to buy any of the DLC because I didn’t think ahead to buy a season pass and really the way the system plays… Bioshock infinite was not well designed as VIDEO GAME (IE strip it down to just polygons and ignore the story) I feel like the enemies have way too much health, the standard mook should go down to one headshot from a fully upgraded semi-automatic weapon not like 2 or 3. That sort of thing just pads out the length of the game especially with the constant…

1: Find choke point.

2: Pop out of choke point.

3: Take a shot.

4: Get hit enough times to empty regenerating portion of health.

5: Return to choke point.

5a: Shoot anyone who tries to come through choke point

6: Wait for regenerating portion of health to refill.

7: Go to step 2 unless all enemies are dead.

Bioshock 2 worked much better combat wise, on hard mode upgrade rivet gun damage, 1 rivet to the head puts down a leadhead/thug splicer and you can move on, no need to keep lining up several head shots.

363 Amory Blaine  May 27, 2015 9:22:03am

re: #343 Lord Of The Pies

Nothing says pious devotion to god like a private in ground pool in your backyard. Tithe bitches!!! Cabana boys don’t pay for themselves!

364 De Kolta Chair  May 27, 2015 9:22:30am
365 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 9:22:48am

re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth

366 withak  May 27, 2015 9:23:39am

re: #360 goddamnedfrank

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Seriously, I sometimes think working in service for a couple of years should be a mandatory thing. I know not everyone needs it, some people are just naturally nice, but I think everyone could benefit from the perspective.

I’ve been saying this for years.

My kids will work in retail in some capacity at some point before they graduate from high school. They already know the right way to treat service workers from how my wife and I interact with them, but there’s something to be said for a bit of experience on the other side of the counter.

367 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:23:41am

THAT moment when you realize the sounds coming from the other room which you thought were a dog mellowing out and chewing a bone, don’t sound like a bone being chewed.

Investigation leads to knowledge that it is, indeed, not a bone, but a large plastic hair accessory.

Dilemna, leave dog to it and have peace, or confiscate hair accessory and live with the consequences?

368 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 9:23:58am

re: #363 Amory Blaine

Nothing says pious devotion to god like a private in ground pool in your backyard. Tithe bitches!!! Cabana boys don’t pay for themselves!

IT’S A BAPTISMAL FONT!!!!!11!!!

369 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:24:24am

re: #360 goddamnedfrank

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Seriously, I sometimes think working in service for a couple of years should be a mandatory thing. I know not everyone needs it, some people are just naturally nice, but I think everyone could benefit from the perspective.

There are some that are immune to the lesson.

370 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 9:25:31am

re: #364 De Kolta Chair

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The flowers in the foreground show it was a wet Spring.

371 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:25:53am

re: #366 withak

I’ve been saying this for years.

My kids will work in retail in some capacity at some point before they graduate from high school. They already know the right way to treat service workers from how my wife and I interact with them, but there’s something to be said for a bit of experience on the other side of the counter.

Frankly, I think any minimum wage job should be mandatory for a year before college.

Learning what it is like for a large part of the population is not a bad thing.

372 Amory Blaine  May 27, 2015 9:26:57am

Working service as a youth has helped turn me into the cynical asshole I am today. People are assholes.
//

373 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 9:27:09am

re: #367 FemNaziBitch

Confiscate immediately.
Especially if there is any potential of swallowing plastic bits.

374 goddamnedfrank  May 27, 2015 9:27:13am

re: #362 jamesfirecat

Probably am not going to buy any of the DLC because I didn’t think ahead to buy a season pass and really the way the system plays… Bioshock infinite was not well designed as VIDEO GAME (IE strip it down to just polygons and ignore the story) I feel like the enemies have way too much health, the standard mook should go down to one headshot from a fully upgraded semi-automatic weapon not like 2 or 3. That sort of thing just pads out the length of the game especially with the constant…

1: Find choke point.

2: Pop out of choke point.

3: Take a shot.

4: Get hit enough times to empty regenerating portion of health.

5: Return to choke point.

5a: Shoot anyone who tries to come through choke point

6: Wait for regenerating portion of health to refill.

7: Go to step 2 unless all enemies are dead.

Bioshock 2 worked much better combat wise, on hard mode upgrade rivet gun damage, 1 rivet to the head puts down a leadhead/thug splicer and you can move on, no need to keep lining up several head shots.

The only weapons worth fully upgrading were the hand cannon and the shotgun, everything else totally sucks in comparison. The best Vigors to upgrade are Devils Kiss and Murder of Crows, and use them in that order. Shock Jockey is also good for crowd control when you get the full upgrade.

375 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 9:27:40am

re: #365 lawhawk

…cameras are great for investigating crashes, not so great for preventing them. PTC is what’s needed. And that needs more funding.

This looks like another feelgood move that avoids dealing with the real problems with that line.

376 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:28:00am
377 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 9:28:51am

The Kansas Bureau of Investigations has opened an investigation into Edwardsville City Councilman Chuck Stites, who has been accused of shouting racial slurs at a teenage girl during a road rage incident.

Kali Chatmon, 17, told WDAF that she was preparing to take a right turn on May 3 when she noticed a Black Lincoln with its turn signal on. But the Lincoln continued to go straight, causing a near collision.

“He had on his signal like he was going to turn right to where I was, so I proceeded to take my right and we almost collided because he continued to go straight,” Chatmon recalled.

The teen said that she tried to apologize, but the driver of the car insulted her with sexist and racial slurs.

“He was just saying things like go back to Baltimore then he called me a black n****r b*tch,” Chatmon said.</blockquote

good freaking grief.

378 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:29:43am

re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth

Confiscate immediately.
Especially if there is any potential of swallowing plastic bits.

I’m not as concerned about the plastic bits —as this dog thoroughly chews everything. There is a metal spring involved tho.

Hair accessory was confiscated, elk horn substituted. Dog decided to patrol windows instead.

379 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 9:30:27am

re: #378 FemNaziBitch

good.
Swallowing the spring would have been very bad.

380 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 9:31:16am
381 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:31:19am
382 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 9:31:19am

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383 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:33:03am

re: #382 b_sharp

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Anyone who links the two is totally ignorant.

384 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 9:33:09am

re: #359 Lord Of The Pies

Well hello there, Josh! How are your 18 siblings?

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I don’t talk to my demons, I talk to the person who brings them to me. The conversation usually consists of me saying, “I’ll have another.” and the bringer saying, “Coming right up.”.

385 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 9:34:00am

re: #384 Eventual Carrion

I don’t talk to my demons, I talk to the person who brings them to me. The conversation usually consists of me saying, “I’ll have another.” and the bringer saying, “Coming right up.”.

I AM MY DEMONS!
/

386 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:34:11am
387 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 9:34:13am

re: #374 goddamnedfrank

The only weapons worth fully upgrading were the hand cannon and the shotgun, everything else totally sucks in comparison. The best Vigors to upgrade are Devils Kiss and Murder of Crows, and use them in that order. Shock Jockey is also good for crowd control when you get the full upgrade.

Oh yeah, that two weapon Halo like switch up weapon system much like the static health recovering shield (another thing taken from Halo) were not welcome alterations to the combat system in my opinion.

If you’re only going to give us money to upgrade a few guns (instead of having enough Power to the People stations to upgrade all of them) and then have no machines to buy more ammo for whatever guns we like best in the last 5/6th of the game… that’s a pretty d**k move in my opinion.

388 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 9:35:35am

re: #375 Higgs Boson’s Mate

The real problems with the NEC require money. Lots of it. Billions. With a B.

And Congressional GOPers voted hours after the crash to slash $250 million from the Amtrak budget, which was barely adequate to keep trains rolling as it is.

There’s a multibillion dollar backlog on infrastructure repairs/upgrades, and it would take centuries to get them funded at their current rate.

389 De Kolta Chair  May 27, 2015 9:39:08am

re: #343 Lord Of The Pies

LOLWHUT

Diane Arbus’ color photography isn’t appreciated enough imho. ////
390 The Ghost of a Flea  May 27, 2015 9:41:08am

re: #347 jamesfirecat

Cough, cough.

I don’t have nearly as many grandkids as VB. And absolutely no pie-making chops. I’m more the curry maker around these parts.

But your points are well-made and I concur with your analysis about both the plot structure and the gameplay. I tried Infinite on higher difficulties and just got fed up with plinking away at opponents. ****ing Handymen.

Still might spring for Burial at Sea, though. A lot of folks felt it was a good wrap to the story.

391 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:41:44am
392 Decatur Deb  May 27, 2015 9:42:13am

re: #385 Varek Raith

I AM MY DEMONS!
/

You are Legion.

393 withak  May 27, 2015 9:42:59am

re: #359 Lord Of The Pies

Well hello there, Josh! How are your 18 siblings?

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Okay, serious question:

Assuming Robertson is not simply a charlatan (which is a big assumption, I know) at what point does “I talk to demons” become a real, actionable sign of mental illness?

394 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 9:45:01am

I’m have real trouble with anger issues lately.

Punching somebody in the face isn’t out of the question.

395 Charles Johnson  May 27, 2015 9:45:12am
396 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:47:37am

So, I’ve started reading (listening to) Neal Stephenson’s new book. The moon has been exploded by some cosmic event I don’t understand and humanity has 2 years to figure out how to build a space ark and get the hell out of dodge.

One of the primary characters (a version of Neal DeGrasse-Tyson) observes that the majority of the inhabitants are going to have to be women— because men can not get along— if humanity has a chance of actually survive.

I thought that was an interesting observation.

397 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:48:00am

re: #394 b_sharp

I’m have real trouble with anger issues lately.

Punching somebody in the face isn’t out of the question.

try some bubble wrap first.

398 withak  May 27, 2015 9:48:38am

re: #396 FemNaziBitch

So, I’ve started reading (listening to) Neal Stephenson’s new book. The moon has been exploded by some cosmic event I don’t understand and humanity has 2 years to figure out how to build a space ark and get the hell out of dodge.

One of the primary characters (a version of Neal DeGrasse-Tyson) observes that the majority of the inhabitants are going to have to be women because men can not get along—not if humanity has a chance of actually survive.

I thought that was an interesting observation.

Please, no spoilers! :-)

399 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:49:18am

re: #398 withak

Please, no spoilers! :-)

no, I’m not that far along and it wasn’t a spoiler.

400 Amory Blaine  May 27, 2015 9:50:24am

re: #394 b_sharp

I received my Newsweek Greatful Dead commemorative issue last night. Some cool pics and sturdy stock.

401 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 9:50:35am

re: #393 withak

Okay, serious question:

Assuming Robertson is not simply a charlatan (which is a big assumption, I know) at what point does “I talk to demons” become a real, actionable sign of mental illness?

IMHO, Robertson is neither clinically mentally ill or a total charlatan. He simply can’t cope with post-1950 America.

402 withak  May 27, 2015 9:51:16am

re: #399 FemNaziBitch

no, I’m not that far along and it wasn’t a spoiler.

I figured not, that was more of a plea for no further plot discussion.

403 freetoken  May 27, 2015 9:53:09am

re: #391 FemNaziBitch

Supreme Court to Revisit “One Person, One Vote” Rule

The issue seems to revolve around what defines an apportionment and if “legal voter” is what matters or not.

404 Amory Blaine  May 27, 2015 9:53:35am

Nothing is more fun than pulling easter grass out of a dogs asshole.

405 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 9:54:08am

re: #390 The Ghost of a Flea

Cough, cough.

I don’t have nearly as many grandkids as VB. And absolutely no pie-making chops. I’m more the curry maker around these parts.

But your points are well-made and I concur with your analysis about both the plot structure and the gameplay. I tried Infinite on higher difficulties and just got fed up with plinking away at opponents. ****ing Handymen.

Still might spring for Burial at Sea, though. A lot of folks felt it was a good wrap to the story.

Sorry for confusion honestly don’t know what happened.

I’ll keep my eyes open for the next time there is a steam sale then.

I especially felt the difficulty on hard when I had my first fight with the siren/ghost and literally ran out of ammo for my two guns (rocket launcher and carbine) and had to scrounge up whatever else I could find.

Part of that may be my fault for favoring murder of crows which she is immune to, but still being in a situation where you are out of ammo and can not buy more despite having money with your money… that shouldn’t happen unless you’ve been playing badly enough to already be killed in my opinion (I did manage to eventually win the fight without dying but it was still a not fun situation that was more upsetting than challenging).

406 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 9:54:37am

re: #404 Amory Blaine

Nothing is more fun than pulling easter grass out of a dogs asshole.

Let the dog do it.

407 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 9:56:04am

re: #404 Amory Blaine

Nothing is more fun than pulling easter grass out of a dogs asshole.

You’re not speaking metaphorically, are you?

408 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 9:56:10am
409 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 9:56:18am

re: #393 withak

Okay, serious question:

Assuming Robertson is not simply a charlatan (which is a big assumption, I know) at what point does “I talk to demons” become a real, actionable sign of mental illness?

The dog next door told me it never will.

410 Lidane  May 27, 2015 9:57:08am

re: #343 Lord Of The Pies

That’s about as crazy as the lunatics who think the Pope is a raging librul.

411 Amory Blaine  May 27, 2015 9:57:28am

re: #407 wrenchwench

Nope. This year DeeDee put out easter baskets with the grass inside of baggies because we didn’t want to try that with George.

412 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 9:57:32am

re: #408 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Thus the case of the missing beers was solved.

413 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 10:00:35am

re: #408 Backwoods_Sleuth

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A little hair of the cat.

414 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 10:00:56am
Go gull!
415 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 10:02:40am

re: #414 wrenchwench

That eagle has a glass beak. Go gull!

416 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:04:17am

re: #414 wrenchwench

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owl faces give me the willies.

417 Dave In Austin  May 27, 2015 10:04:20am

Blanco TX suffered its worst floods in its history a few days ago.

Tornado is currently on the ground in the area

This is getting nuts

418 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:04:22am
419 Lidane  May 27, 2015 10:04:35am

Heh.

420 Lidane  May 27, 2015 10:05:39am

re: #417 Dave In Austin

Blanco TX suffered its worst floods in its history a few days ago.

Tornado is currently on the ground in the area

This is getting nuts

I’m sick of rain. I just hope I make it home today before another deluge comes down.

421 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:05:59am

re: #416 FemNaziBitch

owl faces give me the willies.

My wife collects owls. Most of them are a bit abstract, but many are quite realistic. You’d hate our living room.

422 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 10:06:10am

re: #416 FemNaziBitch

owl faces give me the willies.

How about a Willie face?

423 Charles Johnson  May 27, 2015 10:06:22am
424 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:08:21am

Fuck, I’m itchy all over today. I found two ticks on me yesterday, one had embedded, and my brain hasn’t gotten over the trauma yet.

425 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:08:57am

kitties!!!!!

426 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 10:08:57am

re: #417 Dave In Austin

Texas Motto: Don’t Mess with Texas
G-d: Challenge….. Accepted.

Seriously though, I wish you lots of luck and that y’all stay safe!

427 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:09:52am
428 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 10:10:22am

re: #424 b_sharp

Fuck, I’m itchy all over today. I found two ticks on me yesterday, one had embedded, and my brain hasn’t gotten over the trauma yet.

Try putting baby powder or corn starch all over you. (Do it outside.)

429 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:10:29am
430 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:10:46am

re: #428 wrenchwench

Try putting baby powder or corn starch all over you. (Do it outside.)

benedryl?

431 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 10:10:46am

re: #420 Lidane

I’m sick of rain. I just hope I make it home today before another deluge comes down.

You have my sympathy. Been there.

432 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:11:05am

:D

433 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 10:11:08am

re: #428 wrenchwench

Try putting baby powder or corn starch all over you. (Do it outside.)

No.
What he needs is an exoskeleton.

434 Lidane  May 27, 2015 10:11:33am
435 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 10:11:35am

re: #430 FemNaziBitch

benedryl?

Well, if you want to get chemical about it…..

436 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 10:12:02am

re: #428 wrenchwench

Try putting baby powder or corn starch all over you. (Do it outside.)

If nothing else, you’ll entertain your neighbors.

437 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:13:04am

re: #428 wrenchwench

Try putting baby powder or corn starch all over you. (Do it outside.)

Why?

Can I walk on water if I use corn starch?

438 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 10:13:53am

re: #437 b_sharp

Why?

Can I walk on water if I use corn starch?

If it’s hot water, you might turn into a bagel.

439 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:14:00am

re: #433 Varek Raith

No.
What he needs is an exoskeleton.

Two critters just tried to share theirs with me.

Eww.

440 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:14:20am

Autumn Burke responds to anti-choice legislator at AB 775 hearing

441 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 10:14:28am

re: #436 Higgs Boson’s Mate

If nothing else, you’ll entertain your neighbors.

“Abner, he’s at it again!”

442 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:14:47am
443 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:15:49am

re: #434 Lidane

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Is this in regard to MadMax?

444 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:15:55am

re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He needs one shoved up his ass, without lubricant.

445 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 10:15:56am

re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Is it wrong of me to want to shove a “cool thing” no make that a “cold thing” into a portion of his body where the sun does not shine?

446 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 10:16:20am

re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Alrighty then, Scott.
Please drive to your nearest doctor and have him shove…
Nevermind.

447 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 10:16:24am

re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Time for your colonoscopy Scott.

448 Kragar  May 27, 2015 10:16:49am

re: #443 FemNaziBitch

Is this in regard to MadMax?

Yes

449 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 10:16:53am

re: #447 Eventual Carrion

Time for your colonoscopy Scott.

They are cool!

452 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 10:18:05am

re: #450 FemNaziBitch

Jeb Bush’s claim that Islamic State ‘didn’t exist when my brother was president’

He’s right, his bro just opened the door for them.

453 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 10:18:14am

re: #437 b_sharp

Yes. Yes you can.

It creates a non-Newtonian fluid.

454 Dr Lizardo  May 27, 2015 10:18:18am

re: #434 Lidane

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Love it!

I regret I have but one upding for that.

455 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 10:18:34am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Now I don’t claim to be an expert on guns, but is her finger on the trigger? And she is pointing it straight at the person taking the picture?

456 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 10:18:35am

re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m getting an awful premonition that my esteem for our political system will take a precipitous drop in the next few months.

457 Lidane  May 27, 2015 10:18:47am

re: #443 FemNaziBitch

Is this in regard to MadMax?

Yep. And to the MRA dweebs who are whining about all teh wimminz in the movie.

Tom Hardy’s face is hilarious.

458 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 10:18:54am

re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Walker is about as bright as a burned out light bulb.

This is what you get when someone thinks they’re too smart for college.

459 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:19:12am

re: #440 FemNaziBitch

Autumn Burke responds to anti-choice legislator at AB 775 hearing
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I kinda want to reverse the question on the anti-choice legislator. “Why do YOU-PEOPLE think a woman’s choice is your business?

460 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:19:44am

re: #452 Eventual Carrion

He’s right, his bro just opened the door for them.

opened the door and unrolled the red carpet.

461 Lidane  May 27, 2015 10:20:07am

First Ireland legalizes gay marriage, now this:

It’s a bad week for any religious fundies in the UK.

462 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 10:20:26am

re: #458 Justanotherhuman

Walker is about as bright as a burned out light bulb.

This is what you get when someone thinks they’re too smart for college.

I have never seen a picture of him where he doesn’t look inbred, drunk, and/or stoned.

463 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:20:42am

I haz a real sad. :(

464 Targetpractice  May 27, 2015 10:21:03am

re: #455 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Now I don’t claim to be an expert on guns, but is her finger on the trigger? And she is pointing it straight at the person taking the picture?

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Of course, those four cities also don’t exist in a vacuum, people wanting to obtain guns just travel outside them, buy guns in places with far looser regs, then drive back into the city with their new firearms.

465 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:21:09am

re: #455 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Now I don’t claim to be an expert on guns, but is her finger on the trigger? And she is pointing it straight at the person taking the picture?

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yeah, makes me want to cringe out the line-of-sight.

466 Varek Raith  May 27, 2015 10:21:10am

re: #455 Lord Of The Pies

Yes and yes.

467 TedStriker  May 27, 2015 10:21:26am

re: #215 Justanotherhuman

Damn.

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Holy fuck…

468 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 27, 2015 10:22:39am

Morning Lizards.

469 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:23:37am

re: #453 lawhawk

Yes. Yes you can.

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It creates a non-Newtonian fluid.

Grateful that somebody recognized the reference.

470 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 10:24:09am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY (REPLACES THE STUPID GUN FUCKING MEME)==>

471 Lidane  May 27, 2015 10:24:32am

Mah surprise, etc. —

472 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:24:43am

Stop Romanticizing Your Grandparents’ Food

You wouldn’t know it from grazing the virtuous bounty on display at Whole Foods, but securing good food has always been a struggle. Laudan, a historian who has authored a book on food and empire, spices her essay liberally with pungent facts about preindustrial food. “All too often,” she writes, “those who worked the land got by on thin gruels and gritty flatbreads,” because all the good stuff went to their feudal lords and a rising urban merchant class. French peasants “prayed that chestnuts would be sufficient to sustain them from the time when their grain ran out to the harvest still three months away,” while their Italian counterparts “suffered skin eruptions, went mad, and in the worst cases died of pellagra brought on by a diet of maize polenta and water.”

473 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 10:25:02am

re: #464 Targetpractice

A lot of guns up north are brought up from the southern states w/far looser regs.

474 BeenHereAwhile  May 27, 2015 10:26:55am

re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth

catalytic converter thefts got so bad here that our local scrapyards now require a vehicle title.

One of our clients owns a junkyard.

Catalytic converter thieves were taking pickup truck loads of removed catalytic converters out of his yard.

We cut open a catalytic converter, installed a battery powered GPS unit, Covered the hole with a disguised plastic plate (you’d be surprised how small satellite-pinging-GPS units have become), and placed it back in the pile.

Couple of nights later, the owner knew who, and where the thieves were.

475 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:27:48am

re: #473 Justanotherhuman

A lot of guns up north are brought up from the southern states w/far looser regs.

Yeah, it’s been a big deal for NYC. The mayor has tried to go after other states for it. (or had—it’s been a while since I payed attention).

I’ve pretty much decided its impossible to control small arms.

476 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 10:28:03am

re: #470 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY (REPLACES THE STUPID GUN FUCKING MEME)==>

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No because one of them is a bunch of people burning the flag of a racist cause that in a just world would be reviled alongside the Nazi Swastika and the other is protesters igniting an actual American flag, tabling for a moment the argument of how offended I should be over such a thing.

477 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:28:19am

re: #455 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Now I don’t claim to be an expert on guns, but is her finger on the trigger? And she is pointing it straight at the person taking the picture?

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Why do these people use such crappy correlations?

478 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 10:28:21am

re: #474 BeenHereAwhile

Couple of nights later, the owner knew who, and where the thieves were.

Well, don’t leave us hanging. What happened next?

479 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:29:12am

A crucial timber rail bridge burned and collapsed early Wednesday morning in Koochiching County, tipping two rail cars onto the banks of the Rat Root River and blocking a Canadian National rail artery that connects the Pacific Coast with Chicago.

“It burned down to the water,” said Jim Biersach, owner of Border Boatworks in Ericsburg, a half mile south of the collapsed bridge. “They cut the front end of the train loose and sent it south with about a dozen cars, which seemed real odd ‘cause that’s a short train for around here. They’re usually about two miles long.”

The bridge collapse blocks the Canadian National line that runs from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to Chicago. The route has made Ranier, Minn., just east of International Falls, one of the busiest rail crossings on the U.S.-Canada border.

480 withak  May 27, 2015 10:30:41am

re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah, we don’t need any infrastructure improvements. ////

481 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:31:08am

I have no idea what this means, but it sounds sooper-kewl:

LHC achieves record-energy collisions
The Large Hadron Collider broke its own record again in 13-trillion-electronvolt test collisions.

482 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:31:56am
483 wrenchwench  May 27, 2015 10:31:58am

re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth

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International Falls indeed.

484 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 10:32:37am

re: #472 FemNaziBitch

OTOH, we’re talking modern times here, not medieval conditions. Even so, my late aunt told me stories of the Depression (when she was a young teen) of going to her aunt & uncle’s in GA and the wonderful food they had living on a farm. Plenty of fresh foods which they couldn’t get in the city. Even around here, supplies of fresh vegs and fruit is really bountiful since so many plant gardens—lots of little road side stands and people will just give you fresh tomatoes, cukes, peppers, squash, etc all the time. Even the local farmers market can’t match that since it’s become more of a crafters convention. : )

485 Decatur Deb  May 27, 2015 10:33:00am

re: #424 b_sharp

Fuck, I’m itchy all over today. I found two ticks on me yesterday, one had embedded, and my brain hasn’t gotten over the trauma yet.

So you’re just ticked-off?

486 lawhawk  May 27, 2015 10:35:09am

re: #455 Lord Of The Pies

It’s dumb because she has fingers from both hands on the trigger.

It’s also dumb because it simply isn’t true.

By state and region, the claim falls flat. Even though DC’s murder rate is well above the national rate; once you take that rate out, it has a negligible effect given that we’re talking about 103 homicides/manslaughters out of 14,000+ in 2013.

However, if you dropped the South (and South Central) US, you’d see the rate drop significantly. And that correlates with lax gun laws.

Moreover, the Iron Pipeline that runs from the South up to the NYC metro area via DC, and similar routes to Detroit and Chicago allow illegal firearms to circumvent the strong gun control regs in those locales. The problem isn’t the strong gun control laws, it’s the lax laws in the South.

487 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:36:05am

re: #484 Justanotherhuman

OTOH, we’re talking modern times here, not medieval conditions. Even so, my late aunt told me stories of the Depression (when she was a young teen) of going to her aunt & uncle’s in GA and the wonderful food they had living on a farm. Plenty of fresh foods which they couldn’t get in the city. Even around here, supplies of fresh vegs and fruit is really bountiful since so many plant gardens—lots of little road side stands and people will just give you fresh tomatoes, cukes, peppers, squash, etc all the time. Even the local farmers market can’t match that since it’s become more of a crafters convention. : )

the article goes on to state that still a great many people on the planet don’t have good food to eat and are exploited so the rest of us can have the benefits of modern food production.

488 Lidane  May 27, 2015 10:36:42am

Helicopter parents are insufferable.

I just had a mom call in demanding to talk to someone in hiring or HR about internships. I put her on hold and asked the VP what I should do. He said get her name and contact number and have her email him with a resume. Seems fair, right?

I give her his email address and say that the best way to contact him is by email because he’s in meetings most of the day, but that he is the person to talk to. She starts going on and on and on about how she wants to talk to someone on the phone, she doesn’t want email. Then she starts babbling about internships for high school kids. My guess is that her kid was supposed to have some sort of internship set up by now for their school, kid slacked off, and mom is scrambling to try and get something for her kid.

489 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 27, 2015 10:36:49am

re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth

A crucial timber rail bridge burned and collapsed early Wednesday morning in Koochiching County…

A crucial bridge built out of timber?

490 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:37:21am
491 BeenHereAwhile  May 27, 2015 10:37:57am

re: #478 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Well, don’t leave us hanging. What happened next?

Owner (this happened in another county) utilized his political muscle and arrests were made.

After that. Dunno.

I suspect some jail time was involved.

Client was happy that we solved his problem.

492 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:38:07am

re: #488 Lidane

I don’t get that whole subset of parenting.

493 Decatur Deb  May 27, 2015 10:38:22am

re: #490 FemNaziBitch

and here we go:

Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department

I thought weapons deals were a good thing in RWland.

494 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:39:52am

5 Most Appalling “Christian” Defenses of Duggars

2.) In a Facebook rant Carrie Hurd, wife of Heritage Covenant Church Pastor Patrick Hurd, said Josh Duggar was just “playing doctor” and wondered what the big deal was:

495 withak  May 27, 2015 10:40:08am

re: #489 Higgs Boson’s Mate

A crucial bridge built out of timber?

I’ll ask my bridge-expert friend if that’s out of the ordinary.

(And, unlike some metaphorical journalists, I actually do have a man on the inside.)

496 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:40:21am

re: #493 Decatur Deb

I thought weapons deals were a good thing in RWland.

I don’t even want to try to unravel the propaganda and rhetoric that will be spun on this one.

497 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 10:40:31am

re: #490 FemNaziBitch

and here we go:

Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department

Did Donald Rumsfeld and Ollie North deliver them?

498 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:40:32am
499 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:41:57am

re: #481 FemNaziBitch

I have no idea what this means, but it sounds sooper-kewl:

LHC achieves record-energy collisions
The Large Hadron Collider broke its own record again in 13-trillion-electronvolt test collisions.

The biggest demolition derby in the world of subatomic particles.

500 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:42:56am

re: #485 Decatur Deb

So you’re just ticked-off?

Ouch.

Yes indeed.

And the scratching is really making me irritated.

501 Eventual Carrion  May 27, 2015 10:44:14am

re: #495 withak

I’ll ask my bridge-expert friend if that’s out of the ordinary.

(And, unlike some metaphorical journalists, I actually do have a man on the inside.)

That’s funny because this morning I ran into a friend of mine at the store while were were both there getting coffee whom I hadn’t seen in a while. He and I used to jam together a few years back, and he is a bridge inspector for the county. So I too have an inside man.

502 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:45:19am

re: #486 lawhawk

It’s dumb because she has fingers from both hands on the trigger.

It’s also dumb because it simply isn’t true.

By state and region, the claim falls flat. Even though DC’s murder rate is well above the national rate; once you take that rate out, it has a negligible effect given that we’re talking about 103 homicides/manslaughters out of 14,000+ in 2013.

However, if you dropped the South (and South Central) US, you’d see the rate drop significantly. And that correlates with lax gun laws.

Moreover, the Iron Pipeline that runs from the South up to the NYC metro area via DC, and similar routes to Detroit and Chicago allow illegal firearms to circumvent the strong gun control regs in those locales. The problem isn’t the strong gun control laws, it’s the lax laws in the South.

When you target a group of ideologues who have a difficult time with statistics, you can make any correlation sound convincing.

It’s all about knowing the limits of your target audience, and with some, those limits are debilitating.

503 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:46:53am

re: #488 Lidane

Helicopter parents are insufferable.

I just had a mom call in demanding to talk to someone in hiring or HR about internships. I put her on hold and asked the VP what I should do. He said get her name and contact number and have her email him with a resume. Seems fair, right?

I give her his email address and say that the best way to contact him is by email because he’s in meetings most of the day, but that he is the person to talk to. She starts going on and on and on about how she wants to talk to someone on the phone, she doesn’t want email. Then she starts babbling about internships for high school kids. My guess is that her kid was supposed to have some sort of internship set up by now for their school, kid slacked off, and mom is scrambling to try and get something for her kid.

I have to fight my way through a pile of them clogging up the only way out of my street every day because they think their kids can’t walk 4 blocks home from school.

504 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:47:23am

re: #435 wrenchwench

Well, if you want to get chemical about it…..

knowing someone with lymes disease, I’m really more concerned with internal reactions. ticks are serious little shits.

505 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 10:47:57am

re: #487 FemNaziBitch

Yes, I saw that. One way to do it is to have a small plot for a vegetable garden every year and start cannning—much as was done in the south and still is. Gardens don’t take much care once they’re planted—and use manure, not fertilizers. Water when needed and enjoy the bounty. We used to fence ours to keep out critters.

I try to eat foods in season as much as possible; everyone looks forward to spring for the berries and summer for the veggies. But since most of us are wedded to supermarket stuff (even Whole Foods or its equivalent), they’re going to keep large growers in business, and will need agri workers, even “organic” farmers.

506 b_sharp  May 27, 2015 10:49:02am

re: #494 FemNaziBitch

5 Most Appalling “Christian” Defenses of Duggars

He was 14/15, they were considerably younger, asleep and he did it multiple times with more than one kid.

That isn’t playing doctor any more than torturing animals is playing veterinarian.

507 ChuckJager95  May 27, 2015 10:49:04am

re: #455 Lord Of The Pies

The message behind that meme has been going around for a while now, associated with different images.

It’s also demonstrably false. United States was 8th in total homicides by the last study. Removing those four cities drops us to about 12-13, pretty goddamn far from “close to the bottom of the list.”

508 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:49:14am

re: #505 Justanotherhuman

Yes, I saw that. One way to do it is to have a small plot for a vegetable garden every year and start cannning—much as was done in the south and still is. Gardens don’t take much care once they’re planted—and use manure, not fertilizers. Water when needed and enjoy the bounty. We used to fence ours to keep out critters.

I try to eat foods in season as much as possible; everyone looks forward to spring for the berries and summer for the veggies. But since most of us are wedded to supermarket stuff (even Whole Foods or its equivalent), they’re going to keep large growers in business, and will need agri workers, even “organic” farmers.

A lot of people do that up here too.

if they don’t can, they at least have fresh stuff during the growing season.

Composting is big too.

509 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 10:49:26am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, CRAPPY PHOTOSHOP CATEGORY==>

510 FemNaziBitch  May 27, 2015 10:51:32am

bbl

511 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 10:52:37am

re: #509 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, CRAPPY PHOTOSHOP CATEGORY==>

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Oh for chrisssakes—they just get more ridiculous with each passing day.

512 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 27, 2015 10:52:59am

re: #499 b_sharp

that’s a lot more than 1.21 gigawatts Marty!

513 withak  May 27, 2015 10:55:42am

re: #509 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, CRAPPY PHOTOSHOP CATEGORY==>

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It’s like “forwards from Grandma” became sentient and made its own Twitter account.

514 jaunte  May 27, 2015 10:55:56am

And even with the massive flooding, the Texas legislature is still focused laser-like on guns everywhere and restricting women.

515 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 10:56:41am

re: #403 freetoken

The issue seems to revolve around what defines an apportionment and if “legal voter” is what matters or not.

That seems to imply that the representative is only representing voters, and not citizens* or a region in general. I’m not sure that is a path we want to go down.

Sounds like more minority voting suppression trying to pass itself off as being “logical”.

* - Such as children

516 Feline Fearless Leader  May 27, 2015 10:57:02am

re: #514 jaunte

And even with the massive flooding, the Texas legislature is still focused laser-like on guns everywhere and restricting women.

Have they supported open carry of water guns?
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517 Ace-o-aces  May 27, 2015 10:57:19am
518 jaunte  May 27, 2015 10:57:28am

re: #516 Feline Fearless Leader

They passed “Campus Carry” last night.

519 jaunte  May 27, 2015 10:58:02am

Should be lots of fun on campus next time there’s a sports related riot.

520 Dr. Matt  May 27, 2015 10:59:05am

College kids and guns….what could possibly go wrong?

521 jaunte  May 27, 2015 10:59:09am
522 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 10:59:39am

re: #516 Feline Fearless Leader

Have they supported open carry of water guns?
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523 jaunte  May 27, 2015 11:00:12am

Serious, adult legislators, priorities in order.

524 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 11:00:18am

re: #519 jaunte

And in Texas, football is a religion, as it is in other southern states.

525 jaunte  May 27, 2015 11:00:45am

re: #524 Justanotherhuman

RED RAIDER INFIDELS!!!!

526 Lord Of The Pies  May 27, 2015 11:01:22am

STUPIDEST LOOKING WINGNUTS OF THE DAY==>

527 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 11:01:26am
528 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 11:02:37am

There have been 15 weather-related deaths in Texas and four in Oklahoma since the weekend, AP reports. More than a dozen remain missing in Texas

Latest on flooding: High water hampering Texas search

bigstory.ap.org

529 Lidane  May 27, 2015 11:04:38am
530 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 11:06:10am

re: #527 Backwoods_Sleuth

My grandson had a green anole. Does that count?

531 Romantic Heretic  May 27, 2015 11:13:15am

re: #374 goddamnedfrank

The only weapons worth fully upgrading were the hand cannon and the shotgun, everything else totally sucks in comparison. The best Vigors to upgrade are Devils Kiss and Murder of Crows, and use them in that order. Shock Jockey is also good for crowd control when you get the full upgrade.

I found Bucking Bronco and Charge to be an excellent way to take out some of the tougher mobs like Firemen and Rocket/Volley Gun users. Bucking Bronco to get them floating and then Charge to knock them off of Columbia completely. Since you’re always close to an edge there’s no place for them to land except the ground, which is a very long way down.

532 Nyet  May 27, 2015 11:13:18am

re: #303 Lord Of The Pies

533 Justanotherhuman  May 27, 2015 11:13:40am

re: #529 Lidane

Whose going to believe this guy serving 56 yrs for child pornography?

I do, though. The entirety of Josh Duggar’s molestion and sexual abuse crimes was covered up by the parents, no matter how many times Duggar claims he told the trooper Josh committed them.

It’s probably not the first time Duggar has used the “favor bank” to make his family look “squeaky clean”.

534 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 27, 2015 11:14:49am

re: #532 Nyet

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yikes!

535 RadicalModerate  May 27, 2015 11:16:27am

re: #272 Lord Of The Pies

HURR HURR TEH COMMUNIST SNOAPS SEZ THESE ARE TEH FAKE QUOATS BUT THEIR NOT I FOUND THEM ON BRAINYQUOTE SO CHECKMATE LIBTARDS!!!!!!

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Given how often Blount has used the “white genocide” hashtag - not to mention his retweets of League of the South and other openly white nationalist groups - one would think that he would consider being like Hitler as a net positive.

Then again, he thinks that Nazi Germany was a socialist state. Never mind that socialists under his reign were also rounded up into concentration camps.

536 Romantic Heretic  May 27, 2015 11:16:30am

re: #380 Lord Of The Pies

Good fucking Christ.

The woman that held her parents hostage isn’t mentally ill though. She’s a hater and an addict to that hate. As I’ve noted before hate is just like crack, and causes the same behavioural problems.

537 Decatur Deb  May 27, 2015 11:16:47am

re: #505 Justanotherhuman

Yes, I saw that. One way to do it is to have a small plot for a vegetable garden every year and start cannning—much as was done in the south and still is. Gardens don’t take much care once they’re planted—and use manure, not fertilizers. Water when needed and enjoy the bounty. We used to fence ours to keep out critters.

I try to eat foods in season as much as possible; everyone looks forward to spring for the berries and summer for the veggies. But since most of us are wedded to supermarket stuff (even Whole Foods or its equivalent), they’re going to keep large growers in business, and will need agri workers, even “organic” farmers.

This is the hoophouse, as reestablished as a container experiment this year. So far, so good. A large toad has moved into the netted area to act as bug security.

538 Nyet  May 27, 2015 11:19:55am

re: #347 jamesfirecat

I totally agree with you on the Vox having a heavy stink of “both sides are bad” about them

Or the game was just being realistic. Because in the real world left-wing revolutionaries were usually bastards.

539 Nyet  May 27, 2015 11:23:42am

re: #534 Backwoods_Sleuth

yikes!

But Breitbart is pro-Israel, uh-huh.

540 Romantic Heretic  May 27, 2015 11:25:15am

re: #455 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Now I don’t claim to be an expert on guns, but is her finger on the trigger? And she is pointing it straight at the person taking the picture?

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That’s like the meme I saw years ago claiming the UK was more violent than the US and that’s because they don’t have gunz!

Actually it’s that the UK has different standards for violent crime than the US.

541 Romantic Heretic  May 27, 2015 11:26:33am

re: #461 Lidane

First Ireland legalizes gay marriage, now this:

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It’s a bad week for any religious fundies in the UK.

They’ll move to the Southern US after claiming refugee status because they are being persecuted.

542 ObserverArt  May 27, 2015 11:28:10am

Hey all. Busy day so far, and I’m not getting a lot done. How does that work?

I saw upthread some discussion about George Pataki running for president on the fact that he is not as crazy as other GOP candidates.

I swear…keep an eye out for Ohio governor John Kasich. He is positioning himself just as I thought he would. He wants to be The Real Moderate, the un-Walker, The Man with the Real Experience and The Down Home Christian with a Heart.

He was campaigning in Georgia yesterday. Check out some of his “moderate Republican speak” and how he can be quick and in-your-face with his answers:

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The first question from his first Georgia audience was the tough one for John Kasich.

Mike Fitzgerald, chairman of the 6th District GOP, confessed that he’d been “grinding on this” during the Ohio governor’s speech here on Tuesday.

Fitzgerald noted that the possible Republican presidential candidate had expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. “Is that a sustainable model long-term?” the GOP activist asked.

Kasich first noted that his application of Medicaid expansion to prisoners and the mentally ill actually would save his state money in the long run.

The Ohio governor then fell back on biography.

“I was chairman of the (House) Budget Committee when we balanced the federal budget,” he said. “I took Ohio from an $8 billion hole to a $2 billion surplus. If the federal government fools around and changes the formula, I’ve told the people in the state we’ll get out of it. I’m not going to let my budget be put into a hole.”

But in the end, Kasich sounded a note that Georgia Republicans have heard only rarely. “My (other) choice in that decision was to ignore some of the most vulnerable people in our population,” the governor said. “I’ve been criticized for this decision. Do you think it bothers me? It doesn’t.”

Later in the day, Kasich met with potential financial backers in Atlanta, and he closed out his post-Memorial Day adventure in Georgia with a rain-soaked barbecue on a farm near Monroe.

Among those waiting for him was Phil Neff of Dalton, who said he has watched Kasich “since he was a congressman in Ohio.”

Neff wasn’t bothered by the Medicaid expansion.

“The money’s out there. Georgia’s going to be on board very quickly,” Neff said — a reference to a Medicaid “experiment” that Gov. Nathan Deal is pursuing.

Interest in Kasich was high throughout the day. In Sandy Springs, he nearly packed the house, with an audience that included longtime GOP strategist Ralph Reed and Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

“(Kasich) will make a great president if we can get him that far,” said Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, who once worked for the late Jack Kemp when Kemp was secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

That was from this Columbus Dispatch article: Dispatch - Critics of Medicaid expansion don’t bother him, Kasich tells Georgia GOP

And in this bit…he goes right after Wisconsin’s Walker:

SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia - Gov. John Kasich says he still believes Ohio doesn’t need a right-to-work law, even though he last week rescinded union rights for roughly 15,000 health-care and child-care workers.

The governor’s increasingly moderate stance on unions had drawn criticism from fellow Republicans - whom he’s courting as he explores a possible bid for president.

Kasich largely backed down from anti-union stances after a statewide referendum in 2011 overturned Senate Bill 5, which limited the collective bargaining rights of Ohio’s public employees. Meanwhile, other possible 2016 presidential candidates such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have embraced right-to-work measures.

But Kasich last fall downplayed the importance of passing right to work in Ohio, saying CEOs rarely bring it up when they’re considering locating a business in the state. And, he says, he still believes that.

“We don’t have any disruptive labor situations” in Ohio, so a push for right-to-work isn’t necessary, he told an Enquirer reporter on the sidelines of a 2016-related luncheon in Georgia, itself a right-to-work state.

That was from this cincinnati.com article: John Kasich on campaign trail: No need for right-to-work law

I think he is running. He is just letting the money men get a early view of how bad the rest of the field is and how they are not ready for prime time and he will sell himself as the stable guy that won’t say stupid stuff.

He is slick. Keep your eyes on him. He is the dangerous candidate. Add in the GOP convention is in Cleveland and it is perfect for the Ohio guy to get the nomination. He will kill Scott Walker and the lesser lights. I fear him…and he will give Hillary fits.

543 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 12:04:17pm

re: #538 Nyet

Or the game was just being realistic. Because in the real world left-wing revolutionaries were usually bastards.

How about we settle for

Or the game was just being realistic. Because in the real world left-wing revolutionaries were usually often bastards regardless of their political ideology due to the real world difficulties of rebelling against a standing government, and the more oppressive the government the frequently more violent the revolution needed to oust them.

This is one time when honestly “both sides have had their faults to say the very least” strikes me as an entirely legitimate thing to say.

544 Nyet  May 27, 2015 12:26:38pm

re: #543 jamesfirecat

Except they were usually even more bastardly after the success of their respective revolutions.

545 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 12:32:02pm

re: #544 Nyet

Except they were usually even more bastardly after the success of their respective revolutions.

Because they got power and power corrupts.

No disagreement there.

I was chiefly drawing objection to the idea that it is only “left-wing revolutionaries” who are/go onto become bastards.

546 Nyet  May 27, 2015 12:34:37pm

re: #545 jamesfirecat

Because they got power and power corrupts.

No disagreement there.

I was chiefly drawing objection to the idea that it is only “left-wing revolutionaries” who are/go onto become bastards.

No such idea was expressed here.

547 jamesfirecat  May 27, 2015 12:44:17pm

re: #546 Nyet

No such idea was expressed here.

Yeah I know, sorry for overreacting and dragging this thread out a few hours after it should have naturally ended.

Lets put a few rounds in its head to make sure it doesn’t get up again and move upstairs.


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