Report: Dennis Hastert Paid to Conceal Sexual Misconduct

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Wow. I mean, wowie. Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert has reportedly been paying off a man for many years to conceal “sexual abuse” that dates back to his days as a high school wrestling coach.

Indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying an individual from his past to conceal sexual misconduct, two federal law enforcement officials said Friday.

One of the officials, who would not speak publicly about the federal charges in Chicago, said “Individual A,” as the person is described in Thursday’s federal indictment, was a man and that the alleged misconduct was unrelated to Hastert’s tenure in Congress. The actions date to Hastert’s time as a Yorkville, Ill., high school wrestling coach and teacher, the official said.

“It goes back a long way, back to then,” the source said. “It has nothing to do with public corruption or a corruption scandal. Or to his time in office.” Thursday’s indictment described the misconduct “against Individual A” as having “occurred years earlier.”

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1 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 12:05:59pm

Of course it was live boy. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Now the countdown to ‘Dennis Hastert (D)’ on the Fox News Chyron can start.

2 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:06:16pm

As I said yet another right wing sexual hypocrite. Imagine my shock.

3 Dr. Matt  May 29, 2015 12:06:18pm
4 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 12:06:36pm

Quick, Dennis, tell them that God has forgiven you. That always fixes a Republican sex scandal.

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5 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 12:07:03pm

re: #3 Dr. Matt

They won’t. This is a gay sex scandal, after all.

6 Timothy Watson  May 29, 2015 12:07:39pm

Quick, someone find out what Hastert had to say during the Larry Craig scandal.

7 Iwouldprefernotto  May 29, 2015 12:08:03pm

re: #4 Targetpractice

Quick, Dennis, tell them that God has forgiven you. That always fixes a Republican sex scandal.

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As long as he didn’t support Obamacare or believe in global warming, I’m OK.

8 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:08:25pm

Did a pretty good job covering up something like that, to make it into congress and all the way to Speaker. Even with the hush money.

9 Timothy Watson  May 29, 2015 12:08:42pm

re: #6 Timothy Watson

Quick, someone find out what Hastert had to say during the Larry Craig scandal.

Or the Mark Foley scandal would more appropriate.

10 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:10:16pm

re: #6 Timothy Watson

Quick, someone find out what Hastert had to say during the Larry Craig scandal.

Better yet the Mark Foley one.

11 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:10:31pm

re: #9 Timothy Watson

Or the Mark Foley scandal would more appropriate.

Great minds.

12 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:10:55pm

This doesn’t happen often but I am shocked. I don’t know why but I am.

13 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:11:04pm

re: #8 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Did a pretty good job covering up something like that, to make it into congress and all the way to Speaker. Even with the hush money.

and he’s been out of office for over 5 years now too.

14 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:12:23pm

re: #12 WhatEVs

This doesn’t happen often but I am shocked. I don’t know why but I am.

I thought if Hasert were to be crooked it would be more of the Delay variety crook than the Foley variety. I would love to see statements by Hasert about gay people over the years. I know he had no problem pushing the SSM ban that Bush did before his re-election.

15 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 12:15:39pm

If America has an ‘Over-Criminalization Pathology’, it most certainly does not apply to a pudgy white former congressman.

16 Eclectic Cyborg  May 29, 2015 12:16:04pm

Hastert hasnt coached since the mid 70s. We are talking almost 40 years of coverup here.

17 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 12:18:49pm

Did I call it yesterday, or what?

18 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:20:17pm

re: #15 wrenchwench

If America has an ‘Over-Criminalization Pathology’, it most certainly does not apply to a pudgy white former congressman.

Is Pierre writing his own stuff now? Anyone else still in the Intercept building? Anyone? Anyone?

19 Lord Of The Pies  May 29, 2015 12:20:17pm
20 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:20:21pm

re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg

Hastert hasnt coached since the mid 70s. We are talking almost 40 years of coverup here.

Last taught in ‘81 according to Wiki. As FFotA said in #8, it’s remarkable he kept it quiet for this long since he’s since risen through the ranks of Congress and has been out of Congress for a while. And Greenwald again shows why he’s a lackey to the powerful by crying that this is America’s over-criminalization. Notice how Glenn never talks about poor kids being popped on small time drug charges and having their lives ruined but he sticks up for Hasert here.

21 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:20:31pm

re: #18 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is Pierre writing his own stuff now? Anyone else still in the Intercept building? Anyone? Anyone?

It’s a link to a Greenwald screed.

22 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 12:21:35pm

re: #15 wrenchwench

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If America has an ‘Over-Criminalization Pathology’, it most certainly does not apply to a pudgy white former congressman.

Apparently this is going to be the “defense” of Hastert, that he’s the victim because the federal laws he broke are “wrong,” that people should be able to withdraw however much they want from their own bank accounts whenever they like without justifying it to the government.

23 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:21:55pm

re: #18 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is Pierre writing his own stuff now? Anyone else still in the Intercept building? Anyone? Anyone?

Oh, OK, I see, it’s a GG piece. GG must have a lot of room to himself in the office these days.

24 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 12:21:56pm

re: #18 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is Pierre writing his own stuff now? Anyone else still in the Intercept building? Anyone? Anyone?

That one was written by Greenwald, tweeted by Omidar.

25 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 12:24:20pm

re: #18 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is Pierre writing his own stuff now? Anyone else still in the Intercept building? Anyone? Anyone?

That article is 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag.

A generic laundry list of more or less justified concerns about Federal over-reach has no relation to the Hastert case, unless one wants to make an argument that money laundering is a good thing and/or that the reporting requirements for large cash transactions should be reduce or eliminated.

However, neither of these arguments is made in the article. Are all dudebros completely incapable of having the title match the content of the article?

26 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:24:32pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Apparently this is going to be the “defense” of Hastert, that he’s the victim because the federal laws he broke are “wrong,” that people should be able to withdraw however much they want from their own bank accounts whenever they like without justifying it to the government.

And yet Fat Hasert was one of the biggest proponents of the War on Drugs in Congress. He’s the one who chose apparently to pursue a relationship with a male student and he’s also the one who chose a political career and to pay the man off from talking so Dennis s precious “family values” street cred wouldn’t go to shit if it was revealed he had a sexual relationship with a high schooler.

27 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:24:45pm

re: #14 HappyWarrior

I thought if Hasert were to be crooked it would be more of the Delay variety crook than the Foley variety. I would love to see statements by Hasert about gay people over the years. I know he had no problem pushing the SSM ban that Bush did before his re-election.

Haven’t thought of Hastert for years. Compared to today’s Teabag Congress, Denny’s reign already sounds like the good old days.

28 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 12:25:20pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Apparently this is going to be the “defense” of Hastert, that he’s the victim because the federal laws he broke are “wrong,” that people should be able to withdraw however much they want from their own bank accounts whenever they like without justifying it to the government.

He even acknowledges the racism in the Justice system, but goes on to defend any ‘non-violent crime’. Snowden apologist demonstrates his talent.

29 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:25:37pm

re: #27 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Haven’t thought of Hastert for years. Compared to today’s Teabag Congress, Denny’s reign already sounds like the good old days.

To be fair Denny never was Speaker while Obama was POTUS. I imagine if Denny had been in charge of the House R’s like Boehner was when the Teabags took over, he would have been happy to be their waterboy just like Boehner has been.

30 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:26:20pm

re: #15 wrenchwench

31 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:26:20pm

re: #28 wrenchwench

He even acknowledges the racism in the Justice system, but goes on to defend any ‘non-violent crime’. Snowden apologist demonstrates his talent.

If you are rich and powerful and being prosecuted fear not, Glenn is there to claim that you are a victim of a big bad government. Tough shit if you’re not white and poor and not GG’s boyfriend.

32 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:26:38pm

re: #29 HappyWarrior

To be fair Denny never was Speaker while Obama was POTUS. I imagine if Denny had been in charge of the House R’s like Boehner was when the Teabags took over, he would have been happy to be their waterboy just like Boehner has been.

Yeah, good point.

33 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 12:27:25pm

re: #26 HappyWarrior

And yet Fat Hasert was one of the biggest proponents of the War on Drugs in Congress. He’s the one who chose apparently to pursue a relationship with a male student and he’s also the one who chose a political career and to pay the man off from talking so Dennis s precious “family values” street cred wouldn’t go to shit if it was revealed he had a sexual relationship with a high schooler.

That’s what makes me laugh at such a “defense” as the one Greenwald is offering. Hastert was being blackmailed and could have told the FBI that when they inquired as to why he was withdrawing so much money from his account. But either his pride or his political future would not allow him to admit such, likely out of fear that the matter would go to trial and his past sin made public knowledge.

34 Stephen T.  May 29, 2015 12:27:32pm

A reminder that Hastert isn’t a closeted gay man who secretly had sex with a guy and then paid him to cover it up. The money paid was to cover up “sexual abuse”, which means that Hastert is a pedophile who had sex with a minor and then paid to cover up his crime.

35 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:28:18pm

re: #30 WhatEVs

Next at Intercept:

“Yeah, Nixon was contemptible, but the Watergate Investigation Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology”

36 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:30:34pm

re: #33 Targetpractice

That’s what makes me laugh at such a “defense” as the one Greenwald is offering. Hastert was being blackmailed and could have told the FBI that when they inquired as to why he was withdrawing so much money from his account. But either his pride or his political future would not allow him to admit such, likely out of fear that the matter would go to trial and his past sin made public knowledge.

I think it was public knowledge of such. This is the guy who was supposed to be the replacement to Gingrich and Livingston after their affairs were revealed after the Lewinsky scandal. Someone who the House R’s could point to and say “Look at Dennis, he’s a moral guy and just a simple former high school teacher/wrestling coach.” I really have a hard time feeling sorry for him since A) he as you say could have told the FBI he was being blackmailed, B) valued his political career so much that he made the payments, and C) continued to vote against gay people having rights. Not that Glenn really cares about that since he wasn’t impacted by the bigoted bullshit since he just went to Brazil.

37 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 12:30:36pm

re: #30 WhatEVs

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‘Sexual misconduct’ could involve violence, coercion, or merely taking advantage of a young person. People who don’t see those as criminal have no feeling for the victims.

38 Zamb  May 29, 2015 12:30:40pm

re: #20 HappyWarrior

Last taught in ‘81 according to Wiki. As FFotA said in #8, it’s remarkable he kept it quiet for this long since he’s since risen through the ranks of Congress and has been out of Congress for a while. And Greenwald again shows why he’s a lackey to the powerful by crying that this is America’s over-criminalization. Notice how Glenn never talks about poor kids being popped on small time drug charges and having their lives ruined but he sticks up for Hasert here.

This is why I could never get on board with all the Snowden shit. The people crying from the rooftops about civil liberties were not talking about poor black kids getting stopped and frisked, an actual violation of their rights, they were freaking out about the government having the ability to possibly go through their browsing history if they get a warrant, something that corporations do all the time without one. The self proclaimed champions of freedom and individual rights really don’t give a shit if its happening to already mistreated minorities, they only care if it could possibly happen to them, white men living comfortably, and ignore the civil rights advocates that have been documenting violations for years, because those things could never happen to them so the oppressed people must deserve it.

39 Eclectic Cyborg  May 29, 2015 12:31:32pm

re: #34 Stephen T.

A reminder that Hastert isn’t a closeted gay man who secretly had sex with a guy and then paid him to cover it up. The money paid was to cover up “sexual abuse”, which means that Hastert is a pedophile who had sex with a minor and then paid to cover up his crime.

I suspect we are talking about more than one minor here.

40 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:31:40pm

re: #35 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Next at Intercept:

“Yeah, Nixon was contemptible, but the Watergate Investigation Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology”

I’m sure Glenn thinks Enron was contemptible but charging Lay, Skilling, and the other guys was “America’s over-criminalization pathology.” Greenwald really is a sad sack of shit and this is a great example of why.

41 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:32:05pm

re: #37 wrenchwench

‘Sexual misconduct’ could involve violence, coercion, or merely taking advantage of a young person. People who don’t see those as criminal have no feeling for the victims.

Exactly.

42 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:32:16pm

re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg

I suspect we are talking about more than one minor here.

Wouldn’t shock me.

43 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:32:17pm

re: #33 Targetpractice

That’s what makes me laugh at such a “defense” as the one Greenwald is offering. Hastert was being blackmailed and could have told the FBI that when they inquired as to why he was withdrawing so much money from his account. But either his pride or his political future would not allow him to admit such, likely out of fear that the matter would go to trial and his past sin made public knowledge.

From his article, he had the bug up his ass before the details came out. I wonder if he feels the same way now that the “misconduct” has been further identified.

44 Charles Johnson  May 29, 2015 12:33:18pm

re: #34 Stephen T.

A reminder that Hastert isn’t a closeted gay man who secretly had sex with a guy and then paid him to cover it up. The money paid was to cover up “sexual abuse”, which means that Hastert is a pedophile who had sex with a minor and then paid to cover up his crime.

Yep, that’s what it looks like. He’s been paying hush money for many years to cover up a crime.

45 jamesfirecat  May 29, 2015 12:33:33pm

re: #27 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Haven’t thought of Hastert for years. Compared to today’s Teabag Congress, Denny’s reign already sounds like the good old days.

Well keep in mind he came up with the Hastert Rule (that’s why it’s name for him after all).

So every time something could pass with the votes of 10% of sane republicans and Democrats but doesn’t come up for a vote in the house make sure to “thank” him.

46 darthstar  May 29, 2015 12:33:38pm
47 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:33:46pm

re: #37 wrenchwench

‘Sexual misconduct’ could involve violence, coercion, or merely taking advantage of a young person. People who don’t see those as criminal have no feeling for the victims.

I was going to say pedophilia but I haven’t read enough to get all the details. That’s what it sounded like to me, though.

48 De Kolta Chair  May 29, 2015 12:33:52pm

re: #19 Lord Of The Pies

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During the eighties my late brother-in-law, who was African-American and born and raised in Baltimore, joined a New Orleans law firm. On his first day there, his co-workers took out a map of Louisiana and pointed out areas he should avoid, especially at night.

49 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 12:33:53pm

re: #43 WhatEVs

From his article, he had the bug up his ass before the details came out. I wonder if he feels the same way now that the “misconduct” has been further identified.

Nah, I’m sure Glenn will continue to excuse it. Declare that whatever the original crime was, the government was in the wrong for charging Hastert with anything.

50 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:34:49pm

re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg

I suspect we are talking about more than one minor here.

If it’s a minor, there is rarely just one…unless, perhaps, it is a family member and that is all that is available for the taking. (I need a bleach shower after typing that)

51 darthstar  May 29, 2015 12:36:00pm

Oh dear…and John McCain, if not properly informed, might launch a missive against Russia over this - which would make Borowitz culpable in the degradation of US-Russia relations.

52 Nyet  May 29, 2015 12:36:36pm

re: #47 WhatEVs

I was going to say pedophilia but I haven’t read enough to get all the details. That’s what it sounded like to me, though.

Pedophilia only applies to prepubescent children. So it could be that, or something else.

53 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:36:53pm

re: #49 Targetpractice

Nah, I’m sure Glenn will continue to excuse it. Declare that whatever the original crime was, the government was in the wrong for charging Hastert with anything.

If it is indeed child abuse, I doubt that. Only a true fucking moron would excuse that…and Hastert doesn’t have the god crusaders on his side like Duggar does.

54 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:37:39pm

re: #52 Nyet

Pedophilia only applies to prepubescent children. So it could be that, or something else.

Forgetting the specific word that applies to adolescents of 14-17 years of age which is what the victim likely was given Hasert’s job as wrestling coach/high school teacher. .

55 Stephen T.  May 29, 2015 12:37:45pm

re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg

Only one is mentioned in the linked article. I, too, suspect that there is more than one, but I didn’t want to make accusations where none were made.

56 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 12:38:06pm
57 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 12:38:40pm

As always, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. What will damn Hastert more than anything will not be the nature of the crime, it’s the lengths he was prepared to go to keep it quiet. The Foley scandal has already been brought up in this thread and I’ve been seeing people referencing rumors from 2006 and earlier about Hastert’s sexual orientation. Every dark chapter in this man’s history is about to be drug out into the light of day.

58 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 12:38:49pm

re: #48 De Kolta Chair

During the eighties my late brother-in-law, who was African-American and born and raised in Baltimore, joined a New Orleans law firm. On his first day there, his co-workers took out a map of Louisiana and pointed out areas he should avoid, especially at night.

I have a friend from New Orleans who was warned about the northern part of the state: ‘They’ll steal you!’

59 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:40:11pm

re: #52 Nyet

Pedophilia only applies to prepubescent children. So it could be that, or something else.

If not pedophilia, then maybe hebephilia…equally illegal and not any better. That’s why I wasn’t specific in my tweet…I don’t know what the exact charges are.

60 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:40:30pm

re: #57 Targetpractice

As always, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. What will damn Hastert more than anything will not be the nature of the crime, it’s the lengths he was prepared to go to keep it quiet. The Foley scandal has already been brought up in this thread and I’ve been seeing people referencing rumors from 2006 and earlier about Hastert’s sexual orientation. Every dark chapter in this man’s history is about to be drug out into the light of day.

Interesting. I had not heard rumors about Hasert himself when the story broke about Foley. I know there were definitely questions about how Hasert handled the Foley situation which I think are definitely relevant to ponder now with these present allegations.

61 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:40:49pm

re: #54 HappyWarrior

Forgetting the specific word that applies to adolescents of 14-17 years of age which is what the victim likely was given Hasert’s job as wrestling coach/high school teacher. .

Hebephilia.

62 Charles Johnson  May 29, 2015 12:41:16pm

From Amanda Hess’s wildly off-base article:

Johnson’s pal Neil O’Brien told me that Johnson helped him set up his Twitter account and teach him the basics of the network; he’s since used it just a few dozen times, mostly to tweet mild anti-government insults, and he hadn’t updated it since May 8. But his account was suspended this weekend, too. According to O’Brien, Twitter told him that he has “been permanently suspended for creating multiple accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes.”

Oh, you mean this Neil O’Brien, who was put on disciplinary probation by Fresno State for harassing Hispanic professors? California College Student Claims He Was Suspended for His Politics, Sues School.

I’d like to see those “mild anti-government insults” he says he tweeted; I’d be willing to bet they were batshit insane.

63 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 12:41:37pm

re: #57 Targetpractice

As always, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. What will damn Hastert more than anything will not be the nature of the crime, it’s the lengths he was prepared to go to keep it quiet. The Foley scandal has already been brought up in this thread and I’ve been seeing people referencing rumors from 2006 and earlier about Hastert’s sexual orientation. Every dark chapter in this man’s history is about to be drug out into the light of day.

The cover-up may have gotten Hastert past the statute of limitations for any crimes he committed.

64 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:42:04pm

re: #61 WhatEVs

Hebephilia.

Thanks.

65 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 12:42:12pm

re: #59 WhatEVs

If not pedophilia, then maybe hebephilia…equally illegal and not any better. That’s why I wasn’t specific in my tweet…I don’t know what the exact charges are.

He’s paid money to keep us from knowing.

66 Stephen T.  May 29, 2015 12:42:23pm

re: #52 Nyet

Pedophilia only applies to prepubescent children. So it could be that, or something else.

“Pedophila” as a psychological condition applies to prepubescent children. It is called “hebophilia” for early teens and “ephebophilia” if the attraction is to late teens.

However, the crime of pedophilia is applied to any person who has illegal sexual contact with a minor, including teens. It doesn’t matter if the victim was 7 or 17, both are still a crime.

67 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:42:54pm

re: #57 Targetpractice

As always, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. What will damn Hastert more than anything will not be the nature of the crime, it’s the lengths he was prepared to go to keep it quiet. The Foley scandal has already been brought up in this thread and I’ve been seeing people referencing rumors from 2006 and earlier about Hastert’s sexual orientation. Every dark chapter in this man’s history is about to be drug out into the light of day.

Sexual orientation and sex with kids (let’s go with under 18 since we don’t know at this point) are far, far points on a continuum.

68 Nyet  May 29, 2015 12:42:57pm

re: #59 WhatEVs

Are there statutes of limitations on those things?

69 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 29, 2015 12:43:04pm

re: #66 Stephen T.

“Pedophila” as a psychological condition applies to prepubescent children. It is called “ephebophilia” if the attraction is to teens.

However, the crime of pedophilia is applied to any person who has illegal sexual contact with a minor, including teens. It doesn’t matter if the victim was 7 or 17, both are still a crime.

Especially when the adult is in a position of authority over the minor in question…

70 Nyet  May 29, 2015 12:43:29pm

re: #66 Stephen T.

“Pedophila” as a psychological condition applies to prepubescent children. It is called “ephebophilia” if the attraction is to teens.

However, the crime of pedophilia is applied to any person who has illegal sexual contact with a minor, including teens. It doesn’t matter if the victim was 7 or 17, both are still a crime.

Was Harvey Milk, who had a 16 y.o. lover, a pedophile?

71 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 29, 2015 12:43:37pm

re: #68 Nyet

Are there statutes of limitations on those things?

Ask Roman Polanski…

72 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:44:18pm

re: #65 wrenchwench

He’s paid money to keep us from knowing.

Betcha anything that isn’t going to hold, unless Person A (from the indictment) is dead now.

73 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 12:44:56pm

re: #68 Nyet

Are there statutes of limitations on those things?

It depends on the jurisdiction.

74 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 12:46:15pm

re: #67 WhatEVs

Sexual orientation and sex with kids (let’s go with under 18 since we don’t know at this point) are far, far points on a continuum.

I think what it’s going to come down to is what he was being blackmailed for and whether or not it was itself a crime (and any potential statutes of limitations). Whatever he was trying to hide, he felt it serious enough (even if only in his mind) that he was going to fork over $3.5 million to keep it hidden.

75 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:46:17pm

re: #68 Nyet

Are there statutes of limitations on those things?

I don’t know. I would have thought yes, but someone in the Pages said no. I never looked it up.

76 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:46:45pm

re: #69 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Especially when the adult is in a position of authority over the minor in question…

This is so Sanduskyish. Ick.

77 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 12:47:14pm

re: #70 Nyet

Was Harvey Milk, who had a 16 y.o. lover, a pedophile?

Legally, yes. Unless Milk was 17 or younger.

78 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 12:49:05pm

re: #74 Targetpractice

I think what it’s going to come down to is what he was being blackmailed for and whether or not it was itself a crime (and any potential statutes of limitations). Whatever he was trying to hide, he felt it serious enough (even if only in his mind) that he was going to fork over $3.5 million to keep it hidden.

One interesting point that will likely get explained soon is why the extortion happened so recently. Apparently it only started in 2010.

79 Nyet  May 29, 2015 12:49:17pm

re: #77 WhatEVs

Legally, yes.

OK.

80 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:49:39pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

O’Brien, who filed suit in California Superior Court last month, says that the video proves he didn’t do anything wrong and that he was just asking questions.

Sounds like he’s got a great career ahead of him at Faux News where “just asking questions” is like a motto.

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81 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:49:48pm

re: #78 EPR-radar

One interesting point that will likely get explained soon is why the extortion happened so recently. Apparently it only started in 2010.

Weird. After he left office then.

82 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 12:50:44pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

Johnson’s pal Neil O’Brien told me that Johnson helped him set up his Twitter account and teach him the basics of the network.

Twitter is hard. Apparently.

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83 Charles Johnson  May 29, 2015 12:52:17pm

re: #80 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Sounds like he’s got a great career ahead of him at Faux News where “just asking questions” is like a motto.

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I watched the video, and he was unquestionably harassing professors. He thinks it exonerates him - it doesn’t. It makes it clear he was continuing to harass them even after they told him they didn’t want to talk to him. I would have called the police on the loon too.

84 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 12:52:53pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

From Amanda Hess’s wildly off-base article:

Oh, you mean this Neil O’Brien, who was put on disciplinary probation by Fresno State for harassing Hispanic professors? California College Student Claims He Was Suspended for His Politics, Sues School.

I’d like to see those “mild anti-government insults” he says he tweeted; I’d be willing to bet they were batshit insane.

It annoys me that one can argue for racist policies and call it ‘my politics’. Especially in Fresno.

85 darthstar  May 29, 2015 12:53:04pm
86 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 12:55:41pm

re: #85 darthstar

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Clown car is wide open and ready for a drive

87 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 29, 2015 12:56:02pm

Hola Lizards, happy friday.

Looks like there’s something really rotten behind the so-called “Orange Curtain”

88 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 1:00:26pm

Meeting time. Cheers! BBL.

89 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 1:01:40pm

re: #85 darthstar

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I don’t have nearly enough popcorn for this primary season.

90 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 1:03:20pm

re: #49 Targetpractice

Nah, I’m sure Glenn will continue to excuse it. Declare that whatever the original crime was, the government was in the wrong for charging Hastert with anything.

GG is so unethical, it’s always made me wonder what other kinds of skeletons are in his closet? Why did he really give up what was left of his law career and move to Brazil, anyway? Isn’t he supposed to owe the IRS some back taxes as a result of his porn business, for instance?

Repeal of DOMA hasn’t encouraged him to move back to the US, and he’s visited here several times after the Snowden theft. So what’s keeping him from moving back? Rather odd tweets between him and Michael C Moynihan, another right wing Libertarian, at the bottom of the piece and I don’t think it’s about Snowald:

slate.com

91 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 1:03:34pm

re: #85 darthstar

The Donald should be excluded automatically.

92 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 29, 2015 1:04:14pm

re: #91 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

The Donald should be excluded automatically.

Why are you prejudiced against sentient caterpillars? We all know the toupee has to be running the show…

93 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 1:05:54pm

re: #85 darthstar

Also not sure why Kasich is being included in either category; he’s not declared or stated an intention to declare or “explore” a candidacy.

94 The War TARDIS  May 29, 2015 1:07:23pm

re: #90 Justanotherhuman

Considering how sleazy he is, I would be surprised if he has done what Hastert did.

Isn’t Glenn’s boyfriend 20 or so years younger than him?

95 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 1:09:30pm

re: #91 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

The Donald should be excluded automatically.

No no, hell no. Jon Stewart is saying he’ll postpone his retirement if Trump jumps into the race.

96 GlutenFreeJesus  May 29, 2015 1:11:39pm

re: #30 WhatEVs

Makes me think what Glenn is hiding…

97 ipsos  May 29, 2015 1:11:41pm

Charles - don’t forget to ask Amanda Hess if she knows how to spell “Mckesson”! (Rothstein got it wrong, too.)

98 Eclectic Cyborg  May 29, 2015 1:11:44pm

re: #94 The War TARDIS

Considering how sleazy he is, I would be surprised if he has done what Hastert did.

Isn’t Glenn’s boyfriend 20 or so years younger than him?

16 I think.

99 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 1:12:07pm

re: #94 The War TARDIS

Yes, he claims he’s 20 yrs younger. “David” was a young hustler from the favela when they met on the beach at the time GG was on a 2 mo vacation and from what he says, they’ve never separated since that night. GG claims it was the impetus for him moving to Brazil, but I’m not buying it.

I don’t think it would matter much in Brazil if “David” had been younger, but something like that would have come out if GG had decided to try bringing him into the US at that time.

100 BeachDem  May 29, 2015 1:13:35pm

re: #57 Targetpractice

As always, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. What will damn Hastert more than anything will not be the nature of the crime, it’s the lengths he was prepared to go to keep it quiet. The Foley scandal has already been brought up in this thread and I’ve been seeing people referencing rumors from 2006 and earlier about Hastert’s sexual orientation. Every dark chapter in this man’s history is about to be drug out into the light of day.

Well, depending on the exact nature of the original crime, it could well be both the crime AND the cover-up.

101 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 29, 2015 1:15:00pm

If both parties are over the age of consent, the age difference is much less important than the people involved.

Just my two cents.

102 The War TARDIS  May 29, 2015 1:16:06pm

re: #99 Justanotherhuman

I’m thinking he’s afraid someone is going to go to the police, likely for what Hastert and Nugent have done.

103 BeachDem  May 29, 2015 1:16:32pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

From Amanda Hess’s wildly off-base article:

Oh, you mean this Neil O’Brien, who was put on disciplinary probation by Fresno State for harassing Hispanic professors? California College Student Claims He Was Suspended for His Politics, Sues School.

I’d like to see those “mild anti-government insults” he says he tweeted; I’d be willing to bet they were batshit insane.

More about Neil O’Brien, who sounds like he’s right out of the upchuck mold.
littlegreenfootballs.com

104 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 29, 2015 1:17:18pm

re: #15 wrenchwench

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If America has an ‘Over-Criminalization Pathology’, it most certainly does not apply to a pudgy white former congressman.

105 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 1:17:20pm

Professional conservative assholes are the worst.

106 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:18:27pm

re: #105 goddamnedfrank

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Professional conservative assholes are the worst.

Ah the Russell Pearce defense.

107 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 29, 2015 1:19:38pm

Who has two middle names, anyway? ///

108 Lidane  May 29, 2015 1:20:13pm

re: #19 Lord Of The Pies

He’s not wrong. There are whole parts of the South where I’d absolutely refuse to stop for gas, much less anything else, and I’m not even black.

109 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 1:20:36pm
110 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 1:20:45pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

From Amanda Hess’s wildly off-base article:

Oh, you mean this Neil O’Brien, who was put on disciplinary probation by Fresno State for harassing Hispanic professors? California College Student Claims He Was Suspended for His Politics, Sues School.

I’d like to see those “mild anti-government insults” he says he tweeted; I’d be willing to bet they were batshit insane.

His FB page banner is Oath Keepers and his posts there are more than weirdly fixated on sex offenders.

111 freetoken  May 29, 2015 1:20:52pm

Duggar badness - washing up on our digital beaches like some stinky thing:

Jim Bob’s Punishment for Masturbators: Crazy Duggar Tales We’ve Heard

112 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 29, 2015 1:21:23pm

re: #108 Lidane

He’s not wrong. There are whole parts of the South where I’d absolutely refuse to stop for gas, much less anything else, and I’m not even black.

You could be English:
…

113 freetoken  May 29, 2015 1:24:27pm

Candidate Santorum does a quick pivot on his once Duggar love:

Santorum says ‘sickened’ by molestation in TV’s Duggar family

114 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 1:25:10pm

Wont’s somebody think of the neo-nazi trolls?!

115 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 1:25:13pm

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

His FB page banner is Oath Keepers and his posts there are more than weirdly fixated on sex offenders.

Well he sounds nice….

116 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 1:26:15pm

re: #105 goddamnedfrank

The National Review has a vested interest in minimizing the visibility of neo-Nazis in the fringe of the US right.

117 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 1:28:10pm

Neil also has his very own SPLC article.
Imagine that.

118 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 29, 2015 1:28:25pm

Still at it downstairs.

119 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 1:29:20pm

I would kick Auernheimer off Twitter in an instant. His “day of the rope” comments are straight up calling for mass murder. And they aren’t hyperbole or rhetoric, he’s absolutely sincere about that shit.

120 missliberties  May 29, 2015 1:30:31pm

You are only as sick as your secrets.

121 Nyet  May 29, 2015 1:30:45pm

re: #119 goddamnedfrank

TD fan, heh.

122 Lord Of The Pies  May 29, 2015 1:33:10pm

LOL

123 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:34:29pm

re: #122 Lord Of The Pies

LOL

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I did see that but he’s acting like he doesn’t blame gays for disasters when he does.

124 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  May 29, 2015 1:35:05pm

re: #123 HappyWarrior

I did see that but he’s acting like he doesn’t blame gays for disasters when he does.

Clearly it was the bears’ fault.

125 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:35:22pm

re: #124 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Clearly it was the bears’ fault.

Obviously.//

126 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 1:36:48pm

re: #123 HappyWarrior

I did see that but he’s acting like he doesn’t blame gays for disasters when he does.

He makes his living off of blaming gays for disasters.

127 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 1:37:53pm
128 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:38:15pm

re: #126 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

He makes his living off of blaming gays for disasters.

Exactly

129 De Kolta Chair  May 29, 2015 1:39:41pm

From the Thoughts I Maybe Shouldn’t Be Thinking Department:

Chris Christie doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the nomination, but I can’t wait for his interminable self-serving speech at the next GOP convention.

130 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 1:40:53pm

re: #122 Lord Of The Pies

That’s like someone who trains a parrot to spew filthy obscenities and then says it is the fault of the parrot.

131 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:41:15pm

re: #130 EPR-radar

That’s like someone who trains a parrot to spew filthy obscenities and then says it is the fault of the parrot.

Haha good one.

132 aagcobb  May 29, 2015 1:41:49pm

re: #129 De Kolta Chair

Chris Christie doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the nomination, but I can’t wait for his interminable self-serving speech at the next GOP convention.

I am so hoping The Donald announces soon and gets to be one of the ten debaters on Fox because of his name recognition.

133 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 1:41:59pm

re: #119 goddamnedfrank

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I would kick Auernheimer off Twitter in an instant. His “day of the rope” comments are straight up calling for mass murder. And they aren’t hyperbole or rhetoric, he’s absolutely sincere about that shit.

Indeed. We are talking about someone whose objection to Holocaust denial is “it denies a good man his high score”.

134 De Kolta Chair  May 29, 2015 1:42:00pm

re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth

Did they ever get his hand unstuck from that tree? //

135 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:42:33pm

re: #133 EPR-radar

Indeed. We are talking about someone whose objection to Holocaust denial is “it denies a good man his high score”.

Precisely.

136 freetoken  May 29, 2015 1:44:16pm

America’s Duggar problem:

Quiverfull author delivers melodramatic defense of Duggars against ‘pagans and gullible Christians’

“Do you hear Josh’s sisters railing against him?” he continued. “Not, it’s not the victims howling for scalps, it’s pagans and gullible Christians, eagerly grabbing the bait and shooting their own wounded. Ok, go ahead and follow the crowd. I am taking a stand here and now, and you may quote me anywhere you care to. The Duggars are an exemplary family and I wish I were half the man that Jim Bob Duggar is.”

137 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 1:44:45pm

re: #132 aagcobb

I am so hoping The Donald announces soon and gets to be one of the ten debaters on Fox because of his name recognition.

That might screw up the Clown Count. Does The Hair(TM) count separately or not?

138 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:44:49pm

re: #136 freetoken

America’s Duggar problem:

Quiverfull author delivers melodramatic defense of Duggars against ‘pagans and gullible Christians’

Evil.

139 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 1:45:48pm
140 Charles Johnson  May 29, 2015 1:45:49pm

Comments at Chuck Johnson’s blog are pretty hilarious. about 80% of them are dissing him. Lots of snark about floor-pooping. The only ones left supporting him are the white supremacist types ranting about “hood rats.”

141 Lidane  May 29, 2015 1:47:33pm

…

142 Dave In Austin  May 29, 2015 1:47:51pm
143 ObserverArt  May 29, 2015 1:48:38pm

re: #93 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Also not sure why Kasich is being included in either category; he’s not declared or stated an intention to declare or “explore” a candidacy.

He is close to jumping in. He’s been in New Hampshire and South Carolina going through supporters couch cushions. The Ohio media is covering him like it is only a decision away and he certainly talks about what he’d be like as a president based on his career experience.

I think he is going to jump in, and I’ve posted around here that he will give Jeb, Scotty, and Marco fits for the moderate GOPer.

We will find out very soon, because he will want in on the debates.

144 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:49:23pm

re: #141 Lidane

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Lol.

145 freetoken  May 29, 2015 1:50:04pm

re: #141 Lidane

Bad, lame music.

146 Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2015 1:51:19pm

re: #141 Lidane

Today, one of my students said I totally reminded him of that J. Jonah scene when I laughed at a comment he made about FIFA corruption.

I’ll take that as a compliment.

147 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 1:51:42pm

re: #143 ObserverArt

He is close to jumping in. He’s been in New Hampshire and South Carolina going through supporters couch cushions. The Ohio media is covering him like it is only a decision away and he certainly talks about what he’d be like as a president based on his career experience.

I think he is going to jump in, and I’ve posted around here that he will give Jeb, Scotty, and Marco fits for the moderate GOPer.

We will find out very soon, because he will want in on the debates.

Yeah I think he’d be a pretty serious candidate. I just haven’t heard much before now.

148 Kragar  May 29, 2015 1:51:43pm

re: #145 freetoken

Bad, lame music.

…

149 Nyet  May 29, 2015 1:53:06pm

Chucky complains about mean tweets like:

Umm. That tweet was before he solicited murder of Tsarnaev in prison.

150 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 1:53:39pm
151 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 1:54:07pm

re: #136 freetoken

America’s Duggar problem:

Quiverfull author delivers melodramatic defense of Duggars against ‘pagans and gullible Christians’

Well OK then.
/

152 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:54:10pm

re: #149 Nyet

Chucky complains about mean tweets like:

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Umm. That tweet was before he solicited murder of Tsarnaev in prison.

Yeah hard time feeling sorry for him when he actually has called for murders.

153 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 1:54:12pm
154 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 1:55:26pm

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

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‘Own recognizance’ means it was zero, right?

155 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 1:55:45pm

Charles C.W. Cooke continuing to be a complete disingenuous cockneck.

156 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 1:56:09pm

re: #154 wrenchwench

‘Own recognizance’ means it was zero, right?

yep

157 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 1:56:29pm

re: #155 goddamnedfrank

Charles C.W. Cooke continuing to be a complete disingenuous cockneck.

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What a lame ass troll.

158 A Cranky One  May 29, 2015 1:57:28pm

re: #153 wrenchwench

Now you’re goatnews? ;)

159 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 1:57:44pm

re: #157 HappyWarrior

If people keep ragging him, he’ll eventually start spewing his long-held racist views.

160 Nyet  May 29, 2015 1:58:13pm

re: #153 wrenchwench

Video

161 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 1:58:15pm

re: #158 A Cranky One

Now you’re goatnews? ;)

A sideline from my usual ‘frognews’.

162 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 29, 2015 1:59:21pm

re: #155 goddamnedfrank

complete disingenuous cockneck

That’s always worth an upding.

163 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 1:59:39pm

re: #154 wrenchwench

‘Own recognizance’ means it was zero, right?

It’s an I-bond.
chicagobondcourt.com

164 De Kolta Chair  May 29, 2015 2:00:10pm

Sure and Gomorrah!!! Klingenschmitt Says Ireland Needs A New St. Patrick To Drive Out Demons Of Gay Marriage

…
SNAKES!!!

165 Kragar  May 29, 2015 2:00:12pm
166 Whack-A-Mole  May 29, 2015 2:00:46pm

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not really sure why people would be surprised by this. He was indicted on a financial crime, not the possible sexual misconduct.

167 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 2:01:15pm

Oh well, that’s different, because those things aren’t black.

168 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:01:51pm
169 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:02:21pm

re: #164 De Kolta Chair

Sure and Gomorrah!!! Klingenschmitt Says Ireland Needs A New St. Patrick To Drive Out Demons Of Gay Marriage

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good luck with Gordo, how’s your rent boy doing?

170 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:02:31pm

re: #166 Whack-A-Mole

Not really sure why people would be surprised by this. He was indicted on a financial crime, not the possible sexual misconduct.

I’m not surprised in the least.

171 freetoken  May 29, 2015 2:05:00pm

If there is good news about the Duggar scandal, it is that more activists working to help children will get more coverage:

5 Browns sisters to promote bill on statute of limitations of sex crimes

Two members of the famed piano group The 5 Browns are working with Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., to promote a bill that would incentivize states to reconsider their statute of limitations laws with regard to sexual crimes.

[…]

“(The bill) would help the states, (encourage) them to change their statute of limitations laws,”Deondra Brown said.

The sisters founded the Foundation for Survivors of Abuse after their father, Keith Brown, was sentenced to prison in 2011 for sexually abusing his daughters over a period of several years in the 1990s.

“We started receiving emails from victims all over the country saying that they were not allowed by their statute of limitations to prosecute when they were finally ready,” Deondra Brown said. “We realized what a big problem it is for victims (not) to be able to have that closure and that opportunity to prosecute and put these criminals away.”

[…]

172 urbanmeemaw  May 29, 2015 2:05:47pm

re: #31 HappyWarrior

Or if you’re a family member who is suing one of Glenn’s white supremacist clients who incited a follower to kill their family members (an Orthodox Jew and African American) Glenn will have this to say about you:

Fur­ther, Green­wald said, “I find that the peo­ple behind these law­suits are truly so odi­ous and repug­nant, that cre­ates its own moti­va­tion for me.”

173 steve_davis  May 29, 2015 2:06:31pm

re: #54 HappyWarrior

Forgetting the specific word that applies to adolescents of 14-17 years of age which is what the victim likely was given Hasert’s job as wrestling coach/high school teacher. .

CreepyJohnaphilia

174 sagehen  May 29, 2015 2:07:08pm

re: #166 Whack-A-Mole

Not really sure why people would be surprised by this. He was indicted on a financial crime, not the possible sexual misconduct.

I’m pretty sure the sexual misconduct is way past the statute of limitations.

175 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:07:38pm

re: #155 goddamnedfrank

Charles C.W. Cooke continuing to be a complete disingenuous cockneck.

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Such disingenuous cockneckery goes all the way back to the founding of the National Review. Let’s hear more of your sound arguments for white supremacy in the US south, Mr. Buckley.

176 darthstar  May 29, 2015 2:08:25pm

And, as an added bonus, they have a gay porn picture made entirely out of Rick Santorum images.

177 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:09:19pm

re: #175 EPR-radar

Such disingenuous cockneckery goes all the way back to the founding of the National Review. Let’s hear more of your sound arguments for white supremacy in the US south, Mr. Buckley.

Yep. Buckley was a defender of Jim Crow and pushed the Communists are behind Civil Rights bs. Buckley only distanced himself from the JBS since they made conservatives look loony not real disgust with their bigotry.

178 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 2:09:19pm
179 Lidane  May 29, 2015 2:10:08pm

re: #165 Kragar

Of course he did. Asshole.

I didn’t think we could do worse than Rick Perry as governor. I’ve been proven wrong in less than a year. WTF.

180 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:11:36pm

re: #179 Lidane

Of course he did. Asshole.

I didn’t think we could do worse than Rick Perry as governor. I’ve been proven wrong in less than a year. WTF.

Isn’t the TX Lt. Gov. a whack job that makes Abbott look relatively sane/competent?

181 Decatur Deb  May 29, 2015 2:11:47pm

re: #164 De Kolta Chair

Sure and Gomorrah!!! Klingenschmitt Says Ireland Needs A New St. Patrick To Drive Out Demons Of Gay Marriage

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SNAKES!!!

Why go to Ireland when the GOP House is so much closer?

182 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:13:30pm

re: #5 EPR-radar

They won’t. This is a gay sex scandal, after all.

I have to correct this egregious error. I should have said that this will be seen as gay sex scandal, not that it is one.

183 #FergusonFireside  May 29, 2015 2:15:57pm

re: #160 Nyet

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Best ever.

184 Lidane  May 29, 2015 2:17:53pm

re: #180 EPR-radar

Isn’t the TX Lt. Gov. a whack job that makes Abbott look relatively sane/competent?

Yes. And what’s even scarier is that the Lt. Gov runs the Legislature and sets the agenda.

In short, we’re fucked.

185 Amory Blaine  May 29, 2015 2:18:21pm

GOP plan would cut UW System funding, tenure

The University of Wisconsin System would see $250 million in cuts and sweeping changes in its operations, under a proposal put forward by GOP lawmakers Friday that would still be less dramatic than changes proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.

Lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget committee are poised to reduce Walker’s proposed cuts to the UW System from $300 million over two years to $250 million, which UW System leaders praised, but faculty members on campuses said was not nearly enough. The extra $50 million would be distributed to campuses around the state that are judged by UW leaders to be hardest hit by the cuts, according to a GOP motion.

The Joint Finance Committee would continue for another two years the freeze on tuition for undergraduate state residents that was proposed by the governor and likely 2016 presidential candidate.

In addition, the provisions of academic tenure for professors would no longer be included in state law. The UW Board of Regents could choose to retain tenure under its rules or decline to do so, which would allow it to lay off any faculty in cases of budget difficulties or changes to academic programs.

186 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:19:13pm

re: #185 Amory Blaine

GOP plan would cut UW System funding, tenure

My cousin goes there. Republicans never met an education cut they didn’t like.

187 bratwurst  May 29, 2015 2:19:55pm

I am really sickened by the fact we seem to have a few “rape truthers” here (check the bottom 10 for details). I guess it is a MAJOR burden for these guys to contemplate a world where drunken consent is not really consent at all.

188 freetoken  May 29, 2015 2:20:26pm

Shorter Dana Milbank - No TRUE Christian conservative is like the Duggars:

The overwhelming majority of Christian conservatives are upstanding Americans and are neither racist nor believers in exotic notions of patriarchy and fertility. Surely there is a way for Republican office seekers to appeal to them without wooing the most extreme.

And then he feigns puzzlement over why so many GOP leaders snuggled up to the Duggars.

Well, guess what, the Duggars are more symptomatic of a wider problem than Dana wants to admit.

189 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 2:21:11pm

HAHA Fucking genius!

190 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:21:29pm

re: #188 freetoken

Shorter Dana Milbank - No TRUE Christian conservative is like the Duggars:

And then he feigns puzzlement over why so many GOP leaders snuggled up to the Duggars.

Well, guess what, the Duggars are more symptomatic of a wider problem than Dana wants to admit.

Yeah what a load.

191 De Kolta Chair  May 29, 2015 2:23:22pm

re: #189 goddamnedfrank

Been saving this for just such a moment
192 #FergusonFireside  May 29, 2015 2:25:33pm

FYI, AT&T customer service is the devil.

193 Feline Fearless Leader  May 29, 2015 2:29:09pm

re: #185 Amory Blaine

GOP plan would cut UW System funding, tenure

Good luck keeping up your faculty quality if you dump tenure or keep its existence on a year-by-year basis.

194 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 2:29:25pm

The FBI has interviewed a second person concerning sexual allegations against Hastert.

Source: Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert allegedly paid to hide sexual misconduct

chicago.suntimes.com

Former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert allegedly paid hush money to cover up sexual misconduct with a male student dating to his time as a coach and teacher in Yorkville, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

The source said federal investigators identified, then interviewed at least one other alleged victim in the case against Hastert. The second victim’s statements to investigators were critical to corroborating allegations of past sexual misconduct, the source said. There was no allegations of a financial relationship involving the second individual, the source said.

Hastert, 73, of Plano, was indicted Thursday on allegations he paid hush money to cover up misconduct against an unnamed individual referred to in court papers only as “Individual A.” The misconduct wasn’t specified in the indictment, only that it happened years ago and that the individual had known Hastert for most of the individual’s life. More

195 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 2:29:43pm

re: #192 #FergusonFireside

FYI, AT&T customer service is the devil.

Uverse sucks. I only have it because Time Warner sucks too and with Uverse’s wireless TV system I could theoretically watch DVR content on the roof or out on the lawn or whatever. I never actually do any of that shit, but I what matters is that I could.

196 Decatur Deb  May 29, 2015 2:29:53pm

re: #192 #FergusonFireside

FYI, AT&T customer service is the devil.

Where does it fall on the Comcast Scale?

197 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:30:15pm

re: #194 Justanotherhuman

The FBI has interviewed a second person concerning sexual allegations against Hastert.

Source: Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert allegedly paid to hide sexual misconduct

chicago.suntimes.com

Former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert allegedly paid hush money to cover up sexual misconduct with a male student dating to his time as a coach and teacher in Yorkville, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

The source said federal investigators identified, then interviewed at least one other alleged victim in the case against Hastert. The second victim’s statements to investigators were critical to corroborating allegations of past sexual misconduct, the source said. There was no allegations of a financial relationship involving the second individual, the source said.

Hastert, 73, of Plano, was indicted Thursday on allegations he paid hush money to cover up misconduct against an unnamed individual referred to in court papers only as “Individual A.” The misconduct wasn’t specified in the indictment, only that it happened years ago and that the individual had known Hastert for most of the individual’s life. More

Oh my

198 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 2:31:04pm

re: #197 HappyWarrior

Yeah, there might even be more, I think.

The other alleged victim did not make any money demands.

199 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:31:53pm

re: #198 Justanotherhuman

Yeah, there might even be more, I think.

The other alleged victim did not make any money demands.

Yeah I think we got another Sandusky on our hands here.

200 Decatur Deb  May 29, 2015 2:33:50pm

re: #199 HappyWarrior

Yeah I think we got another Sandusky on our hands here.

This demands relentless investigation and incisive reporting by Goatnews.

201 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:34:20pm

re: #188 freetoken

Let’s just make Mr. Milbank’s statement correspond better with reality:

The overwhelming majority of Christian conservatives are upstanding Americans and are neither racist nor believers in exotic notions of patriarchy and fertility. , won’t support any action to oppose racism, and subscribe to very ordinary notions of patriarchy.

Surely there is a way for Republican office seekers to appeal to them without wooing the most extreme.

However, it is impossible to fix the second part of this quote. GOP primaries are all about the extremes.

202 Lidane  May 29, 2015 2:34:25pm

Your Friday afternoon comedy:

“IMMA BUILD A BORDER WALL AND MAKE MEXICO PAY FOR IT!”

Isn’t that the same idiocy that got us into a boondoggle in Iraq? “THE WAR WILL BE FREE! THE IRAQIS WILL PAY US FOR INVADING THEM BY GIVING US OIL!”

LOL. Please proceed, Trump.

203 #FergusonFireside  May 29, 2015 2:34:51pm

re: #195 goddamnedfrank

re: #196 Decatur Deb

This is for my damn phone.

New debit card. I have text to pay. Get text, hit 1 and pay.

Called last month to update card #. Get text today with old card #.
Spent 17 minutes updating new card #.
Get THANKS for signing up for auto pay!
Nawp.

Called again. I have zero faith they are not going to debit my acct next month.

204 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 2:35:07pm

re: #200 Decatur Deb

This demands relentless investigation and incisive reporting by Goatnews.

One of the downsides to Chucky being off Twitter is now we can’t watch him try to take credit for this shit in real time.

205 Nyet  May 29, 2015 2:35:20pm

re: #200 Decatur Deb

This demands relentless investigation and incisive reporting by Goatnews.

Speaking of which, didn’t he claim he could bury Clinton’s campaign?

206 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:36:27pm

re: #185 Amory Blaine

GOP plan would cut UW System funding, tenure

Well, they have to pay for this somehow:
Audit: School voucher expansion could cost $800M

MADISON — A Republican-approved expansion of the private-school voucher program could divert an additional $600 million to $800 million from public schools over the next decade, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released by Democrats on Thursday.

Who needs higher education? They only need the private schools paid for with tax dollars.

My surprise, etc:

Voucher school backers have been significant contributors both to Walker and Republicans in the Legislature. The national pro-voucher group American Federation for Children, spent $4.3 million helping to elect Republicans to the Wisconsin Legislature between 2010 and 2014, according to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign which tracks such spending. Additionally, pro-voucher donors have given Walker $1.3 million since 2009.

207 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:36:50pm

re: #205 Nyet

Speaking of which, didn’t he claim he could bury Clinton’s campaign?

He said he would bury Bush too.

208 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 2:36:56pm

This Starbucks is the one closer to home, it’s much nicer than the downtown one from yesterday. The only loudtalker so far has been an adorable little girl singing “This is America” over and over and over.

209 Nyet  May 29, 2015 2:37:27pm

re: #207 HappyWarrior

Seems like he’s busy with more important matters nowadays. 8)

210 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 2:40:10pm

White male privilege strikes again.

“I’ve had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years,” Ulbricht wrote in a pre-sentencing statement, “but please leave me my old age.”

theverge.com

20 years is a gift, you criminal. How many people suffered because of the “service” you provided and the millions you made from them? How many people’s identities were stolen when you provided a source for others? How man guns were put on the street? How many died as a result of your activities? Some of the parents of the dead were there and they don’t have their kids to love any more. And there are plenty of minority kids who did far less who got more time than you were given.

You may have “never wanted that to happen” but it did, thanks to your unbridled greed and flouting of the law.

Grow the fuck up and take your lumps.

211 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 2:41:01pm
212 ObserverArt  May 29, 2015 2:41:25pm

re: #203 #FergusonFireside

This is for my damn phone.

New debit card. I have text to pay. Get text, hit 1 and pay.

Called last month to update card #. Get text today with old card #.
Spent 17 minutes updating new card #.
Get THANKS for signing up for auto pay!
Nawp.

Called again. I have zero faith they are not going to debit my acct next month.

Have you tried to use their online payments? I do all mine through their site and have had no issues.

I go with the single payment method where they do not keep record of my card. Once you get access to your account online, they probably will allow you to change your payment info.

213 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:41:32pm

re: #203 #FergusonFireside

This is for my damn phone.

New debit card. I have text to pay. Get text, hit 1 and pay.

Called last month to update card #. Get text today with old card #.
Spent 17 minutes updating new card #.
Get THANKS for signing up for auto pay!
Nawp.

Called again. I have zero faith they are not going to debit my acct next month.

Can’t you pay it online?
MrBWS and I both have GoPhones, which are AT&T and I pay online. I just checked, and yes, you can pay your regular AT&T phone bill online AND change your debit card info.

Autopay is for suckers.

214 Decatur Deb  May 29, 2015 2:42:43pm

re: #202 Lidane

Your Friday afternoon comedy:

[Embedded content]

“IMMA BUILD A BORDER WALL AND MAKE MEXICO PAY FOR IT!”

Isn’t that the same idiocy that got us into a boondoggle in Iraq? “THE WAR WILL BE FREE! THE IRAQIS WILL PAY US FOR INVADING THEM BY GIVING US OIL!”

LOL. Please proceed, Trump.

It’s consistent with “I’ma build a casino and let the sucker investors pay for it.”

215 freetoken  May 29, 2015 2:43:47pm

Why Santorum turn on the Duggars - I think the case is obvious, but just to put the finishing touches on what is happening to the GOP regarding Duggar badness, when you lose Michael Reagan you’ve probably lost many others:

Michael Reagan: Conservative Christians miscount

Child molesting is not a “mistake” you make when you’re young. It’s a crime against the innocent that should be prosecuted — and one I believe that should have no statute of limitations. In fact, the statute of limitations is only there to protect the guilty, not protect the innocent.

I’ve noticed that some high-profile religious conservatives are absent on the Duggar scandal. I believe they realize they are now in a lose-lose situation and are just hoping the whole thing blows over quickly.

216 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 2:43:52pm

POTUS & FLOTUS BEES

217 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:43:53pm

re: #210 Justanotherhuman

It looks like the sentence is actually life with no parole. Good.

From the article:

The defense also made an extensive appeal for leniency, citing Ulbricht’s ability to contribute to society in spite of his crimes. Ulbricht’s team submitted nearly a hundred letters from friends, family, and other acquaintances, testifying to Ulbricht’s good character. “I’ve had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years,” Ulbricht wrote in a pre-sentencing statement, “but please leave me my old age.” Judge Forrest had a harsh reaction to Ulbricht’s plea, describing it as a “display of arrogance that the court takes into consideration.”

218 ObserverArt  May 29, 2015 2:44:10pm

re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth

Can’t you pay it online?
MrBWS and I both have GoPhones, which are AT&T and I pay online. I just checked, and yes, you can pay your regular AT&T phone bill online AND change your debit card info.

Autopay is for suckers.

Seconds Sleuth!

219 CuriousLurker  May 29, 2015 2:44:36pm

I’m gonna leave this live blog page from a station in Phoenix here because I’m starting to feel tense and might not watch. There’s supposed to be a “pre-rally meeting” at a park beginning at 5pm MT, which is about 2.25 hours from now. It’s already going on 6pm here in NJ, so I’m gonna pack it in and see if I can find something to take my mind off this nonsense.

LIVE BLOG: Updates from planned Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest outside Islamic Community Center - ABC15 Arizona

Looks like this reporter is on location:

Later, lizards.

220 Decatur Deb  May 29, 2015 2:45:27pm

re: #205 Nyet

Speaking of which, didn’t he claim he could bury Clinton’s campaign?

It was either him or Khrushchev—I get them confused.

221 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 2:45:56pm

re: #217 EPR-radar

20 yr minimum. He’ll get out with time for “good behavior” unless he starts another business from jail.

222 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:47:03pm

re: #205 Nyet

re: #207 HappyWarrior

It’s really amusing that UpChuck can’t be a “force for truth in journalism” without Twitter. Says so much about how much of an impact is (not) made by his GotNews website.

New Journalism in 140 characters or less!!11!!!

223 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 2:48:11pm
224 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 2:49:01pm

President Obama tells reporters he told Senate Majority Leader Mitch MicConnell he expected swift action on USA Freedom Act; says only a handful of senators are standing in the way of resolving issue - @jeffmason1
see original on twitter.com

225 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:49:04pm

re: #219 CuriousLurker

I’m gonna leave this live blog page from a station in Phoenix here because I’m starting to feel tense and might not watch. There’s supposed to be a “pre-rally meeting” at a park beginning at 5pm MT, which is about 2.25 hours from now. It’s already going on 6pm here in NJ, so I’m gonna pack it in and see if I can find something to take my mind off this nonsense.

LIVE BLOG: Updates from planned Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest outside Islamic Community Center - ABC15 Arizona

Looks like this reporter is on location:

[Embedded content]

Later, lizards.

Good move by them. Show the world how bigoted Geller and her allies are.

226 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:49:47pm

re: #216 wrenchwench

POTUS & FLOTUS BEES

[Embedded content]

Now I want a honey ball from my favorite Afghan place. Thanks Obamas.//

227 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:50:14pm

re: #221 Justanotherhuman

20 yr minimum. He’ll get out with time for “good behavior” unless he starts another business from jail.

From the linked article, it appears that the charges had a 20 year minimum sentence, and the maximum sentence was life with no parole. The judge apparently went for life with no parole.

228 allegro  May 29, 2015 2:50:52pm

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s really amusing that UpChuck can’t be a “force for truth in journalism” without Twitter. Says so much about how much of an impact is (not) made by his GotNews website.

New Journalism in 140 characters or less!!11!!!

It forces him to actually work for the traffic and ratings. Chuck is a very lazy guy who clearly feels like he deserves fame, respect, and fortune without having to put forth the effort to earn it.

229 #FergusonFireside  May 29, 2015 2:51:06pm

re: #212 ObserverArt

Thanks, you have no idea. Issue #2 is they have me set up as a business account and I gave up on trying to change it. Tried for a year. Can’t sign up online for business accounts.

joke city.

230 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:51:46pm

re: #223 goddamnedfrank

A lawyer I knew had a good name for that ‘time to shut up’ moment: “Period. Full stop.”

231 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:51:59pm

re: #221 Justanotherhuman

20 yr minimum. He’ll get out with time for “good behavior” unless he starts another business from jail.

Life with no possibility of parole

wired.com

On Friday Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in creating and running Silk Road’s billion-dollar, anonymous black market for drugs. Judge Katherine Forrest gave Ulbricht the most severe sentence possible, beyond what even the prosecution had explicitly requested. The minimum Ulbricht could have served was 20 years.

Note “could have served”.
The judge decided otherwise.

232 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 2:52:59pm
233 freetoken  May 29, 2015 2:53:44pm

There’s an app for everything now:

Can’t beat your porn addiction? This new app may be for you

Porn addicts sick of the smut and looking for a real way out of a deeply ingrained habit now have an awesome new app to help them in the battle.

“The fight for freedom from pornography is a battle you can win. But, every battle needs a plan,” say the developers of “Victory,” released this week for the iPhone.

“Victory,” available for free at Apple’s App Store, provides what its creators call a “strategic battle plan for liberty in the struggle against pornography.” The app along with a sleek website was created by LifeTeen’s Mark Hart and Catholic apologist and anti-porn speaker Matt Fradd.

[…]

234 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 2:53:47pm

re: #232 wrenchwench

Here kitty kitty.

235 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:55:24pm

re: #228 allegro

It forces him to actually work for the traffic and ratings. Chuck is a very lazy guy who clearly feels like he deserves fame, respect, and fortune without having to put forth the effort to earn it.

He thought, no doubt, that his huge numbers of followers meant something other than people watching a trainwreck.
Shannon’s little stealth GotNewsResearch twitter account has only 124 followers. I see a couple of lizardz are among those and suspect others are also trainwreck followers.

236 GlutenFreeJesus  May 29, 2015 2:56:08pm

Hastert is screwed. No statute of limitations in Illinois. (I’m sure it’s been mentioned. Too lazy to scroll.)

237 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 2:56:37pm

re: #232 wrenchwench

My friend Regina has a bunch of different bicycles on her blog today.
whattimeisoclock.blogspot.com

238 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 2:57:14pm

re: #236 GlutenFreeJesus

Hastert is screwed. No statute of limitations in Illinois. (I’m sure it’s been mentioned. Too lazy to scroll.)

I’m amazed that he managed to keep this under wraps for his entire political career. I don’t even remember hearing rumors about him during the Foley and other scandals involving Republicans.

239 GlutenFreeJesus  May 29, 2015 2:58:06pm

re: #238 HappyWarrior

Me neither. Never liked him though. Ever.

240 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 3:00:37pm

re: #233 freetoken

There’s an app for everything now:

Can’t beat your porn addiction? This new app may be for you

There’s an addiction for practically everything…and an app for every addiction.

241 thecommodore  May 29, 2015 3:01:19pm

OH WHAT ABOUT BILL CLINTON WHAT HE DID WAS WORSE DEMOCRATS ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE SEXUAL PREDATORS!!!!!!!

242 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 3:02:27pm

re: #236 GlutenFreeJesus

Hastert is screwed. No statute of limitations in Illinois. (I’m sure it’s been mentioned. Too lazy to scroll.)

Ahhh, now it makes sense.

243 TedStriker  May 29, 2015 3:02:57pm

re: #136 freetoken

America’s Duggar problem:

Quiverfull author delivers melodramatic defense of Duggars against ‘pagans and gullible Christians’

Man, what a fucking piece of shit.

244 TedStriker  May 29, 2015 3:03:37pm

re: #139 wrenchwench

*ponders like Sherlock Holmes*

245 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 3:04:12pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

My friend Regina has a bunch of different bicycles on her blog today.
whattimeisoclock.blogspot.com

Nice! Especially the silhouette in the sunset.

246 freetoken  May 29, 2015 3:04:58pm

re: #240 Targetpractice

There’s an addiction for practically everything…and an app for every addiction.

And if you’re addicted to apps…??

247 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 3:05:31pm

This happened today in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Start with this tweet and then read the rest of her TL after it:

good grief.

248 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 3:06:10pm

re: #239 GlutenFreeJesus

Me neither. Never liked him though. Ever.

Me neither. But underaged boys. That’s a real shocker.

249 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 3:06:14pm

re: #245 wrenchwench

Nice! Especially the silhouette in the sunset.

That was my favorite one!

250 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 3:06:45pm

re: #246 freetoken

And if you’re addicted to apps…??

I’m sure there’s an app for that.

251 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 3:06:52pm

re: #242 goddamnedfrank

Ahhh, now it makes sense.

Also explains why if he was being blackmailed why he didn’t go to the police. Think that’s what you mean though.

252 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 3:07:24pm

re: #251 HappyWarrior

Also explains why if he was being blackmailed why he didn’t go to the police.

Yeah, I’d say Dennis is in some pretty deep shit.

253 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 3:09:18pm

re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth

This happened today in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Start with this tweet and then read the rest of her TL after it:

[Embedded content]

good grief.

I’m all for cyclists getting pulled over, but it should be for TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, not for cycling while black.

254 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:09:36pm

re: #240 Targetpractice

There’s an addiction for practically everything…and an app for every addiction.

What if you have an addiction to apps???
/meta

255 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 3:09:46pm

re: #227 EPR-radar

OK, then, I just misread (trying to do 2 things at one time). He’s filing an appeal on the sentence. Trying to get another judge, no doubt, who he thinks will show him more “mercy”.

256 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 3:10:35pm

re: #252 Targetpractice

Yeah, I’d say Dennis is in some pretty deep shit.

Yeah the lack of stature of limitations makes this even more interesting. I’m willing to bet the boy in question was one of the wrestlers. Buzzfeed article quotes a former teacher as saying he really wasn’t that interested in his job teaching but really involved wrestling. The coaching would also give him more intimate contact with a child than if he were just teaching him for one class period. Perhaps if he were tutoring the child but as the article says he doesn’t seem to have been a very active teacher.

257 freetoken  May 29, 2015 3:10:51pm

One of the problems with puritanism is that there are blowbacks that are extreme in the other direction.

For the Duggars (ignoring the molestation angle)… the opposite are the Jenners/Kardashians

Almost nothing in celebrity limelight is how real life is lived by most people. And that doubly applies to sex.

258 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 3:11:32pm

re: #253 wrenchwench

I’m all for cyclists getting pulled over, but it should be for TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, not for cycling while black.

I fully expect to see this on the Cincinnati news quickly.
It is outrageous.

259 thedopefishlives  May 29, 2015 3:12:40pm

Evening Lizardim. What’s new among the lizardfolk?

260 Eric The Fruit Bat  May 29, 2015 3:12:53pm

re: #223 goddamnedfrank

Petreaus also got whacked with 18 USC 1001 as well.

Why don’t people understand that the second anyone from the Federal Government whips out a badge and wants to ask you a few questions means you should keep your fucking mouth shut? Remember, the Fed Agent can lie to you and they won’t face any penalty-on the other hand, you just misstate one tiny detail to them and BAM! - It’s Club Fed time.

261 ObserverArt  May 29, 2015 3:13:19pm

re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth

This happened today in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Start with this tweet and then read the rest of her TL after it:

[Embedded content]

good grief.

That’s in the northeast section of the Cincinnati area isn’t it?

262 TedStriker  May 29, 2015 3:14:03pm

re: #259 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim. What’s new among the lizardfolk?

Well, as the thread title suggests, Denny Hastert’s in deep shit…

263 thedopefishlives  May 29, 2015 3:15:09pm

re: #262 TedStriker

Well, Denny Hastert’s in deep shit…

Oh, so his bowels finally loosened then?

264 freetoken  May 29, 2015 3:16:02pm

For example, this:

Kylie Jenner Grabs Boobs in NSFW Instagram Photo

I’m the last one to want to diss eroticism in photography, yet in my mind being 17 ought to mean one shouldn’t be primed (by the parents and industry) for such (but maybe I’m just being old fashioned.) This is the flip side of the Duggars humiliating their children for masturbating.

265 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 3:18:35pm

re: #260 Eric The Fruit Bat

Petreaus also got whacked with 18 USC 1001 as well.

Why don’t people understand that the second anyone from the Federal Government whips out a badge and wants to ask you a few questions means you should keep your fucking mouth shut? Remember, the Fed Agent can lie to you and they won’t face any penalty-on the other hand, you just misstate one tiny detail to them and BAM! - It’s Club Fed time.

Hastert was well and truly busted on the structuring charges. Shutting up and lawyering up would have done nothing except delay matters.

266 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 3:19:00pm

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

I fully expect to see this on the Cincinnati news quickly.
It is outrageous.

The League of American Bicyclists is doing some outreach so cycling won’t seem such a strictly white thing (outreach to women too) but I don’t know if they’d be any help. They don’t usually do what I think they should do. I’ll contact them.

267 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 3:19:15pm

Follow-up from a story posted yesterday:

“I pointed out before I signed the law, I said, ‘Who’s opposed to an ultrasound?’” Walker said. “They tried to claim that there was certain type — no. Our law says that before someone has that procedure, they have to be given access to an ultrasound.”

It does not, you lying sack of shit. It says they are required to have an ultrasound before they can undergo an abortion. It’s a Hobson’s choice, get the ultrasound or don’t get an abortion. There is no third option.

268 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 3:19:21pm

re: #264 freetoken

Everyone of those girls was probably sexualized from puberty.

Sex sells, and Kris (and Bruce) know that.

269 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 3:20:13pm

re: #267 Targetpractice

Follow-up from a story posted yesterday:

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It does not, you lying sack of shit. It says they are required to have an ultrasound before they can undergo an abortion. It’s a Hobson’s choice, get the ultrasound or don’t get an abortion. There is no third option.

No one twisted your words Scott. You’re the one who chose to brag about defunding Planned Parenthood and mandating ultrasounds while you talked about ultrasounds. So fuck off you piece of sexist shit.

270 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 3:21:02pm

re: #261 ObserverArt

That’s in the northeast section of the Cincinnati area isn’t it?

yes. Kenwood area on I-71, just south of the Ronald Reagan Highway.
MrBWS’s apartment is just a few miles west of there.

271 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 3:22:31pm

I sent a thank you note to the Munchkin’s pediatrician for a xmas gift he had delivered and guess what? The card, postmarked Dec 27, was returned to me today as “unable to deliver”.

Well, I did use the street address. But 5 months later?

272 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 29, 2015 3:23:01pm

re: #93 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Also not sure why Kasich is being included in either category; he’s not declared or stated an intention to declare or “explore” a candidacy.

Kasich will run. Remember that, as a Republican politician, if the other Republican politicians jump off a cliff he must jump off too. It’s just a shame that he waited because now God already spoken about who should run.

273 HappyWarrior  May 29, 2015 3:24:30pm

re: #272 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Kasich will run. Remember that, as a Republican politician, if the other Republican politicians jump off a cliff he must jump off too. It’s just a shame that he waited because now God already spoken about who should run.

Maybe God being the joker that he is will tell Kasich to run.

274 BeachDem  May 29, 2015 3:26:27pm

re: #261 ObserverArt

That’s in the northeast section of the Cincinnati area isn’t it?

Blue Ash, from the mom’s tweets.

275 freetoken  May 29, 2015 3:26:32pm

re: #273 HappyWarrior

Maybe God being the joker that he is will tell Kasich to run.

Maybe it’ll be relayed via the Pope?

PAPIST!!

276 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 29, 2015 3:28:52pm

re: #219 CuriousLurker

That’s a beautiful space.

278 calochortus  May 29, 2015 3:31:08pm

Good afternoon, lizards. Totally off topic, but does anyone else think it’s a bit creepy that Google gives me a special doodle for my birthday? I really don’t need a birthday wish from a search engine…

Meanwhile, I’m 62 and we all know what that means-$10 lifetime national parks pass. Woohoo! Of course, Mr. Calochortus already has one and I can’t recall when I visited a national park without him, but it’s the principle of the thing. Presumably I’ll pick mine up sometime this summer when we’re at a location that sells them.

279 Lord Of The Pies  May 29, 2015 3:31:18pm

Says Ben the “Manly Man”==>
Look at Ben’s avi. What a freaking dweeb.

280 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 29, 2015 3:31:57pm

re: #273 HappyWarrior

Maybe God being the joker that he is will tell Kasich to run.

That would be cool. Think of the campaign staffs who will now have to devote time to assuring the RR that their candidate has also been divinely inspired.

281 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:32:17pm

re: #279 Lord Of The Pies

Says Ben the “Manly Man”==>

[Embedded content]

What a caveman he is.

282 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 3:37:12pm

re: #278 calochortus

Good afternoon, lizards. Totally off topic, but does anyone else think it’s a bit creepy that Google gives me a special doodle for my birthday? I really don’t need a birthday wish from a search engine…

Meanwhile, I’m 62 and we all know what that means-$10 lifetime national parks pass. Woohoo! Of course, Mr. Calochortus already has one and I can’t recall when I visited a national park without him, but it’s the principle of the thing. Presumably I’ll pick mine up sometime this summer when we’re at a location that sells them.

Happy Birthday!

283 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:37:53pm

re: #278 calochortus

Good afternoon, lizards. Totally off topic, but does anyone else think it’s a bit creepy that Google gives me a special doodle for my birthday? I really don’t need a birthday wish from a search engine…

Meanwhile, I’m 62 and we all know what that means-$10 lifetime national parks pass. Woohoo! Of course, Mr. Calochortus already has one and I can’t recall when I visited a national park without him, but it’s the principle of the thing. Presumably I’ll pick mine up sometime this summer when we’re at a location that sells them.

Happy Google is Watching Your Birthday Day!

284 Eric The Fruit Bat  May 29, 2015 3:38:38pm

re: #265 EPR-radar

Delaying is usually a good tactic-but pouring gasoline via 18 USC 1001 not only added fuel to the fire but short-circuited being able to delay the process-and in this case, it wound up prematurely exposing the whole sordid affair prematurely.

I think the thing that got him was when he changed the amount of the withdraws from the original amount (which were automatically required to be reported anyway as part of CTR regs) to below the reporting amount (‘smurfing’).

285 calochortus  May 29, 2015 3:38:43pm

re: #282 wrenchwench

Happy Birthday!

Thank you. It means much more from you than from an algorithm.

286 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 3:38:53pm

re: #274 BeachDem

Blue Ash, from the mom’s tweets.

Blue Ash is right on the border north of Dillonvale in Sycamore Township.

287 calochortus  May 29, 2015 3:39:11pm

re: #283 Varek Raith

Happy Google is Watching Your Birthday Day!

And thank you…I think.

288 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:40:00pm

Manly Man!
Image: ben-shapiro.jpg

289 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 3:40:04pm

re: #278 calochortus

Happy Birthday and many more!

290 calochortus  May 29, 2015 3:40:34pm

re: #284 Eric The Fruit Bat

Delaying is usually a good tactic-but pouring gasoline via 18 USC 1001 not only added fuel to the fire but short-circuited being able to delay the process-and in this case, it wound up prematurely exposing the whole sordid affair prematurely.

I think the thing that got him was when he changed the amount of the withdraws from the original amount (which were automatically required to be reported anyway as part of CTR regs) to below the reporting amount (‘smurfing’).

Sadly for Hastert, apparently lots of transactions just below the $10,000 amount are a big red flag for these things.

291 WhatEVs  May 29, 2015 3:40:58pm

re: #203 #FergusonFireside

This is for my damn phone.

New debit card. I have text to pay. Get text, hit 1 and pay.

Called last month to update card #. Get text today with old card #.
Spent 17 minutes updating new card #.
Get THANKS for signing up for auto pay!
Nawp.

Called again. I have zero faith they are not going to debit my acct next month.

I had that happen. Go to the website and dete your card (delete it from the app, too, if you use it). THEN call them to delete it. THEN add a new card.

Insane for a company that size.

292 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 3:41:08pm

re: #288 Varek Raith

Is that his vampire look before he bares his fangs?

293 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 3:42:00pm

I like how he tells me to get lost then asks for info. Douche.

294 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 29, 2015 3:43:10pm

re: #279 Lord Of The Pies

Says Ben the “Manly Man”==>
Look at Ben’s avi. What a freaking dweeb.

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What is with conservatives’ continuously trying to prove that they’re more manly than Democrats? A person might think that there’s something that they’re not telling us because they can’t even admit it to themselves.

295 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:43:24pm

re: #292 Justanotherhuman

Is that his vampire look before he bares his fangs?

The Norman Bates Look.
So fashionable!

296 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 3:43:32pm

Dirty bastard.

Federal judge Mark Fuller resigns

al.com

A federal judge since 2002, Fuller presided over the public corruption trial of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy.

297 BeachDem  May 29, 2015 3:44:20pm

re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth

Blue Ash is right on the border north of Dillonvale in Sycamore Township.

Used to misspend much time there. Can’t remember exact names of places, but a good time was had by all (I think.)

298 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 29, 2015 3:44:43pm

re: #293 goddamnedfrank

Wasn’t that the reason behind his first suspension?

299 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:44:58pm

re: #294 Higgs Boson’s Mate

What is with conservatives’ continuously trying to prove that they’re more manly than Democrats? A person might think that there’s something that they’re not telling us because they can’t even admit it to themselves.

They have really small…guns.
Or something stupid like that.

300 Lord Of The Pies  May 29, 2015 3:45:09pm

re: #295 Varek Raith

The Norman Bates Look.
So fashionable!

Ben is Children of the Corn

301 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:46:28pm

The only people who seem to care about manliness are other morons who care about others’ manliness.
Whatever the hell that is.

302 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 3:46:34pm

re: #288 Varek Raith

Manly Man!
Image: ben-shapiro.jpg

Looks like he’s a palm-tree wig away from being Sideshow Bob.

303 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 3:47:30pm

re: #293 goddamnedfrank

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I like how he tells me to get lost then asks for info. Douche.

Josh Smith has yet another sock?

304 calochortus  May 29, 2015 3:48:03pm

re: #301 Varek Raith

The only people who seem to care about manliness are other morons who care about others’ manliness.
Whatever the hell that is.

As a mere woman, I’m sure I know nothing about true manliness, but it seems to me that a truly manly man doesn’t need to spend that much time acting like a manly man.

305 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 3:49:14pm

this should work out well:

306 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:49:31pm

re: #304 calochortus

As a mere woman, I’m sure I know nothing about true manliness, but it seems to me that a truly manly man doesn’t need to spend that much time acting like a manly man.

Heh, I’m a man and don’t know what it means.
Am I supposed to be a muscle bound tough guy who doesn’t care???
Or some…
My head hurts.

307 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 3:50:02pm

re: #302 Targetpractice

Looks like he’s a palm-tree wig away from being Sideshow Bob.

We will need rakes.
Lots of rakes.
/

308 wrenchwench  May 29, 2015 3:50:34pm
309 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 3:51:22pm

That’s a lovely building.

310 thedopefishlives  May 29, 2015 3:55:32pm

re: #304 calochortus

As a mere woman, I’m sure I know nothing about true manliness, but it seems to me that a truly manly man doesn’t need to spend that much time acting like a manly man.

A real “manly man” isn’t afraid to embrace the “feminine” traits of common decency, nobility, honor, and patience.

311 calochortus  May 29, 2015 3:56:30pm

re: #310 thedopefishlives

A real “manly man” isn’t afraid to embrace the “feminine” traits of common decency, nobility, honor, and patience.

I like to think of those as “human traits.”

312 thedopefishlives  May 29, 2015 3:58:01pm

re: #311 calochortus

I like to think of those as “human traits.”

So do the rest of us. Douchebags live in an alternate reality where, apparently, only women and “beta males” believe in that kind of fairy-tale shit.

313 Varek Raith  May 29, 2015 4:00:28pm

Good night, beta humans…
;)

314 EPR-radar  May 29, 2015 4:01:32pm

re: #311 calochortus

I like to think of those as “human traits.”

Designating some human traits as being manly and other human traits as not being manly is an agenda-driven fool’s errand.

315 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 29, 2015 4:02:00pm

re: #310 thedopefishlives

A real “manly man” isn’t afraid to embrace the “feminine” traits of common decency, nobility, honor, and patience.

Don’t know about conservatives’ brand of manliness because I never consciously practiced it. The only really manly men I knew and/or served with didn’t give a crap about it either. They were secure enough in themselves to be, occasionally, unmanly.

316 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 4:04:19pm

What did you know and when did you know it?

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on charges against former Speaker Dennis Hastert: ‘The Denny I served with worked hard on behalf of his constituents and the country. I’m shocked and saddened to learn of these reports’
end of alert

317 Ace-o-aces  May 29, 2015 4:05:05pm

Dudebros react to Ross Ulbricht sentence:

318 #FergusonFireside  May 29, 2015 4:05:07pm

HB Calochortus!! Many more!

319 No Country For Old Haters  May 29, 2015 4:05:33pm

re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth

this should work out well:
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From the linked article:

A police report says Apperson had a fixation on the former neighborhood watch leader and that Apperson had recently been admitted to a mental institution.

I thought George was stalking Apperson. Didn’t an article say he showed up at Apperson’s workplace?

320 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 4:06:39pm

Minneapolis “nice”?

Cop Caught On Video Telling Black Teen ‘If You Fuck With Me, I’m Going To Break Your Legs’

thinkprogress.org

“Can you tell me why I’m being arrested?” Hamza Jeylani asks an officer in a video captured on his cell phone.

“Because I feel like arresting you,” the officer, who the American Civil Liberties Union identifies as Officer Rod Webber, replies in the short video.

This exchange happens after Webber calmly threatens Jeylani, who does not appear to be offering any resistance whatsoever. “Plain and simple,” Webber tells Jeylani, “if you fuck with me I’m going to break your legs before you even get a chance to run.” More

321 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 4:10:04pm

re: #319 No Country For Old Haters

From the linked article:

I thought George was stalking Apperson. Didn’t an article say he showed up at Apperson’s workplace?

yep.

322 No Country For Old Haters  May 29, 2015 4:11:09pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

yep.

I see he called 911 at the time, so it’s not something a mentally ill man made up after shooting at Zimmerman.
huffingtonpost.com

323 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 4:13:48pm
324 GlutenFreeJesus  May 29, 2015 4:14:49pm

re: #248 HappyWarrior

Eh. Not really. Doesn’t surprise me one bit.

325 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 4:15:05pm

Guess what kind of “non-profit”?

Nonprofit Ordered To Pay $75,000 Over ‘No Pregnancy In The Workplace’ Policy

thinkprogress.org

326 GlutenFreeJesus  May 29, 2015 4:16:33pm

re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth

I can’t even…

327 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 4:17:58pm

This should make all the “manly men” feel better…

328 Targetpractice  May 29, 2015 4:18:10pm

re: #323 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

I don’t think anyone ever accused Kelly Ayotte of being overly bright.

329 thedopefishlives  May 29, 2015 4:21:04pm

re: #320 Justanotherhuman

Minneapolis “nice”?

Cop Caught On Video Telling Black Teen ‘If You Fuck With Me, I’m Going To Break Your Legs’

thinkprogress.org

“Can you tell me why I’m being arrested?” Hamza Jeylani asks an officer in a video captured on his cell phone.

“Because I feel like arresting you,” the officer, who the American Civil Liberties Union identifies as Officer Rod Webber, replies in the short video.

This exchange happens after Webber calmly threatens Jeylani, who does not appear to be offering any resistance whatsoever. “Plain and simple,” Webber tells Jeylani, “if you fuck with me I’m going to break your legs before you even get a chance to run.” More

Guess I’m going to have to start keeping my finger on my iPhone camera button again.

330 #FergusonFireside  May 29, 2015 4:22:12pm

Assholes at the Mosque.

Damn.

331 calochortus  May 29, 2015 4:22:35pm

BBL

332 Lord Of The Pies  May 29, 2015 4:23:13pm

re: #304 calochortus

As a mere woman, I’m sure I know nothing about true manliness, but it seems to me that a truly manly man doesn’t need to spend that much time acting like a manly man.

A real “Manly Man” doesn’t point out other men who are less “manly” than he is, because he is confident in his own “manliness” whatever that is.

333 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 4:27:36pm

re: #298 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Wasn’t that the reason behind his first suspension?

Yes, it was. He posted Louise Troh’s home address. Troh was Thomas Eric Duncan’s fiance. Duncan was the first US Ebola victim. Troh’s apartment was under quarantine for a time after Duncan was taken to the hospital where he eventually died. Chuck also threatened to dox her children and post their pictures as a warning to area parents. However he did not carry out the child doxing, somebody apparently explained to him how bad that would look.

334 Lord Of The Pies  May 29, 2015 4:27:37pm

Zedushka forgot to buy vanilla ice cream to go with the apple pie.

But there is some cheddar cheese!

335 thedopefishlives  May 29, 2015 4:29:46pm

re: #334 Lord Of The Pies

Zedushka forgot to buy vanilla ice cream to go with the apple pie.

But there is some cheddar cheese!

No. Just, no.

336 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 4:31:11pm

re: #325 Justanotherhuman

And you know that probably most of those disabled patients are on some kind of Medicaid and/or Medicare.

Why should a tax-exempt church get such favors? Just because they put an LLC after their name?

337 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 4:33:15pm

More: Texas bill allowing licensed open carry of handguns will reverse ban dating back to post-Civil War era - @AP

abc13.com

338 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 4:36:43pm

Bwahahahahaha!

339 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 4:38:55pm
340 A Cranky One  May 29, 2015 4:39:24pm
Happy Birthday Calochortus!
341 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 4:40:47pm
342 Amory Blaine  May 29, 2015 4:46:05pm

365 gigapixel panoramic photograph

343 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 4:48:41pm

I missed Montel’s hot take on Twitter banning Chuck. So dumb.

The crickets coming from @joerogan are deafening.

344 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 4:49:40pm

This is why Langdale is a kook.

345 De Kolta Chair  May 29, 2015 4:52:18pm
From the 9th century naturalist al-Jahiz’s “Book of Animals.”
346 The War TARDIS  May 29, 2015 4:54:35pm

re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth

Florida Man.

He’s not the hero Florida deserves, and not the one it needs ever.

347 jaunte  May 29, 2015 4:54:46pm
348 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 4:55:18pm
since Twitter booted him off last week after the company charged that he had threatened to murder a supposed civil rights activist DeRay McKesson

Christ, Betsy Rothstein can’t get anything right. She knows goddamned well that Twitter’s stated reason for booting Chuck was “targeted abuse” and had nothing to do with any inference of a death threat. Chuck’s supporters are deliberately parroting this false notion as a distraction.

349 jaunte  May 29, 2015 4:55:22pm

“Who’ll Shoot The Rain.”

350 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 4:56:01pm

re: #346 The War TARDIS

Florida Man.

He’s not the hero Florida deserves, and not the one it needs ever.

I have no idea what you mean.
Did you read the article?

351 Justanotherhuman  May 29, 2015 5:02:44pm
352 Drive By Commenter  May 29, 2015 5:03:00pm

Report: Dennis Hastert Paid to Conceal Sexual Misconduct.
Wow. Color me surprised. Here’s my absolutely shocked face. Here’s my everyday face. See the difference? I’m stunned. STUNNED I tell you. Yes. Stunned. Stupefied. Amazed. Speechless. Let me hand you over to our spokespeople, the Huckabees and the Duggars and the rest of the self righteous self hating worms. There has to be something in some holy book somewhere about judgement…..Whoops.

353 The War TARDIS  May 29, 2015 5:03:02pm

re: #350 Backwoods_Sleuth

There’s a joke treating each headline in a Florida Man in a brain-meltingly weird situation as being the exploits of the world’s worst superhero.

Was going for that.

354 goddamnedfrank  May 29, 2015 5:03:09pm

That Rothstein DC chat with Chuck is just incredimanboobs!*

*Trying not to use amazeballs too often, branching out.

355 Lord Of The Pies  May 29, 2015 5:06:42pm

Muslims And Jews Spent A Day Of Prayer Together And The Result Was Beautiful
…

356 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2015 5:09:36pm

re: #353 The War TARDIS

There’s a joke treating each headline in a Florida Man in a brain-meltingly weird situation as being the exploits of the world’s worst superhero.

Was going for that.

Ah, ok.

357 Tigger2  May 29, 2015 5:27:33pm

re: #320 Justanotherhuman

Minneapolis “nice”?

Cop Caught On Video Telling Black Teen ‘If You Fuck With Me, I’m Going To Break Your Legs’

thinkprogress.org

“Can you tell me why I’m being arrested?” Hamza Jeylani asks an officer in a video captured on his cell phone.

“Because I feel like arresting you,” the officer, who the American Civil Liberties Union identifies as Officer Rod Webber, replies in the short video.

This exchange happens after Webber calmly threatens Jeylani, who does not appear to be offering any resistance whatsoever. “Plain and simple,” Webber tells Jeylani, “if you fuck with me I’m going to break your legs before you even get a chance to run.” More

That cop should be fired no ifs or buts about it.

358 BeachDem  May 29, 2015 6:13:30pm

re: #348 goddamnedfrank

Christ, Betsy Rothstein can’t get anything right. She knows goddamned well that Twitter’s stated reason for booting Chuck was “targeted abuse” and had nothing to do with any inference of a death threat. Chuck’s supporters are deliberately parroting this false notion as a distraction.

Wonkette has had the lovely Betsy’s number for a long time. A few apt descriptions:

Betsy Rothstein, that sack of failure and loneliness in a human skin-suit who dribbles out “thoughts” for Tucker Carlson’s Journal of Caucasian Butthurt.

wonkette.com

We haven’t had a good #WAR in a while; WeaselZippers are really beneath us, and Betsy Rothstein’s column at the Daily Caller is just Sad.
wonkette.com

Why have we been ignoring the news of Betsy Rothstein, whom Wonkette wants to be when we grow up (no we don’t), leaving FishbowlDC and moving on to Tucker Carlson’s Stormfront By Tucker Carlson? Well, because we didn’t have much to say that wasn’t just “Betsy Rothstein is human garbage” piling-on.

wonkette.com

and on it goes…

359 weltallica  May 30, 2015 6:05:00pm

reddit.com

Where Gamergate discusses how much they despise Chuckie Johnson, and his petulant “b-b-but free Speech”.


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