Sean Hannity: McKinney Cop Was Afraid of Being “Shanked” - Houston Radio Host Calls Teens “Jungle Animals”

Vile as usual
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Houston right wing radio host Michael BerryAs usual, right wingers are being absolutely disgusting and openly racist as they leap to attack the victims of the pool party incident in McKinney, Texas. This is who they are.

For example, Houston talk radio host Michael Berry (a wanna-be Rush Limbaugh), who calls the black teenagers “jungle animals” in this clip from Media Matters.

Media Matters

Then there’s Fox News star Sean Hannity on his radio show, saying the cops in McKinney had an “obligation to protect” themselves, because they didn’t know if one of the kids would “hit them in the back with a shank.”

Media Matters

Yes, a “shank” — prison lingo for an illegal blade.

In which universe is this kind of talk about black teenagers considered acceptable?

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262 comments
1 The Vicious Babushka  Jun 9, 2015 10:13:21am

Where was she hiding it?

2 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:16:28am

“People ready to storm the streets, didn’t have day jobs…’

Young teenagers, Friday afternoon, school’s out; you, Mr. Berry, are part of the problem.

3 Iwouldprefernotto  Jun 9, 2015 10:16:47am

What has to happen, on video, for Republicans to think cops have gone too far?

4 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 10:18:47am

Morning all!

5 piratedan  Jun 9, 2015 10:18:48am

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

if they had accidentally mowed down one of the white Moms during their armed response? I’m not sure, I think that they would gleefully write her off as acceptable collateral damage….

6 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 10:18:57am

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

What has to happen, on video, for Republicans to think cops have gone too far?

Shoot a pretty white girl.

7 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 10:19:23am

Still no activity from Gotnews. If he were still on Twitter, CCJ would be all over this.

8 Mattand  Jun 9, 2015 10:19:32am

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

What has to happen, on video, for Republicans to think cops have gone too far?

Start killing white kids.

9 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 10:19:50am

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

What has to happen, on video, for Republicans to think cops have gone too far?

I really don’t want to know.

10 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 10:20:09am

re: #8 Mattand

Start killing white Christian kids.

FTFY

11 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 9, 2015 10:20:11am

They found a talking point to justify excessive and unnecessary force. They will stick to it at all costs now.

12 Eventual Carrion  Jun 9, 2015 10:20:38am

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

What has to happen, on video, for Republicans to think cops have gone too far?

One of their own children (white, upper class) have to be involved and slammed face first into the turf.

13 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 9, 2015 10:21:05am

re: #8 Mattand

Start killing middle-class Christian white kids.

14 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 10:22:21am

re: #13 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

So basically a cop would have to kill a Duggar?

15 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 10:23:12am

re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg

Still no activity from Gotnews. If he were still on Twitter, CCJ would be all over this.

Amusing new hashtag:

16 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 10:23:15am

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

What has to happen, on video, for Republicans to think cops have gone too far?

Or Wall Street CEOs drug out of their ivory towers and beat in the street, but we all know that will never happen.

17 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 10:23:24am

Of course, if they do shoot a pretty white girl, it will then be painted as that cop was “a bad apple” and “not all cops” and we all know how that song and dance would go too.

With some people, I think you would need the cop to run up and shoot them completely unprovoked, similar to the Tamir Rice case. And then you’d need the department to behave exactly as it has again. Maybe that would get through to some people.

18 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:24:03am

Having a black president contributes to a bad environment for the police, according to Hannity.

It looks to me like having a black president contributes to the spread of the idea that black people have the same rights as white people.

19 Mattand  Jun 9, 2015 10:24:34am
Yes, a “shank” — prison lingo for an illegal blade.

Because Hannity has tons of street creed, yo.

20 Targetpractice  Jun 9, 2015 10:25:14am

re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg

So basically a cop would have to kill a Duggar?

Hell, even if they did that, there would still be rationalizing. They’d put it all on the one cop, or one any minorities in the chain of command. There’s simply no way they’d agree that the incident said anything about the need to stop cops from acting like they’re soldiers in an occupying army.

21 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 10:25:16am

re: #17 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Of course, if they do shoot a pretty white girl, it will then be painted as that cop was “a bad apple” and “not all cops” and we all know how that song and dance would go too.

LONE WOLF!

22 piratedan  Jun 9, 2015 10:25:36am

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

first they came for Chuck and the property values and the neighborhood improved…. c ya Chuck!

23 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:25:45am

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

Amusing new hashtag:

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24 Iwouldprefernotto  Jun 9, 2015 10:25:45am

Another question, Is there anything that Hannity will not make political? Anything.

25 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 10:26:05am

Another amusing Hannity/Fox moment with Palin

26 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 10:26:08am

re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg

So basically a cop would have to kill a Duggar?

ZOMG WORSE THAN THE HOLOCAUST!!

*smdh*

27 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 10:27:32am

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

Another amusing Hannity/Fox moment with Palin

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LOLOLOL it looks like she’s pinching a loaf.

28 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 9, 2015 10:28:17am

re: #18 wrenchwench

Having a black president contributes to a bad environment for the police, according to Hannity.

This is another point where conservatism totally derailed.

They could have held up Obama as an example that in modern America, there are no more excuses, anyone who works hard can make it to the top on their merits, and encourage minority kids all over to do the same.

But that would involve saying at least something positive about Obama, and their Neanderthal rage brains will not allow that.

29 No Country For Old Haters  Jun 9, 2015 10:29:11am

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

Amusing new hashtag:

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30 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 10:29:12am

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

Amusing new hashtag:

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Drama Llama
31 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 10:30:24am

re: #30 CuriousLurker

LLAMAFACE!

32 No Country For Old Haters  Jun 9, 2015 10:30:26am

re: #27 Dr Lizardo

LOLOLOL it looks like she’s pinching a loaf.

Being filled with hate is not a good look.

33 Iwouldprefernotto  Jun 9, 2015 10:30:29am

ChuckCJohnson’s spirit lives on within his legions of supporters on Twitter who learned from the master. (Not going to embed the tweet).

Don’t you have to die before your spirit lives on? (asking for a friend. My friend would also like to know what happens if you never had a spirit to begin with?)

34 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:31:08am

re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

This is another point where conservatism totally derailed.

They could have held up Obama as an example that in modern America, there are no more excuses, anyone who works hard can make it to the top on their merits, and encourage minority kids all over to do the same.

But that would involve saying at least something positive about Obama and their Neanderthal rage brains will not allow that.

I think they tried the ‘racism is over’ thing for a bit, but reality shut them up.

35 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 10:31:59am

I finally discovered the HBO show The Newsroom —now that it is no longer being produced.

I feel like we’ve been living in reality TV and it’s all about ratings.

36 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 10:32:58am

re: #34 wrenchwench

I think they tried the ‘racism is over’ thing for a bit, but reality shut them up.

And yet the meme still pops up in the oddest places.

Like the Supreme Court.

37 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 10:35:48am
38 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:36:26am

re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)

And yet the meme still pops up in the oddest places.

Like the Supreme Court.

People smart enough to know better, if they weren’t white enough be ignorant of reality and resemble the racists they say don’t exist.

All racism is stupid.

39 S'latch  Jun 9, 2015 10:37:20am

Sean Hannity is hip to the prison jive, don’t ya know. Cause he knows what’s goin’ down. Bein’ all wise and shit.

40 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 10:38:12am

re: #39 S’latch

Sean Hannity is hip to the prison jive, don’t ya know. Cause he knows what’s goin’ down. Bein’ all wise and shit.

Sean’s practically an OG, you know.

*snort*

41 Mike Lamb  Jun 9, 2015 10:38:34am

Once again, I am flummoxed that right wingers want to hitch their wagon to a guy like Casebolt. What he did was not necessary and should not be acceptable to anyone (regardless of political persuasion). There should be universal outrage to this, not the knee jerk, full throated defense of the cops.

Hell, at least give me the “That video looks bad, but I’ll reserve judgment for after a full investigation.” It would make them look marginally human. Then, if Casebolt is “justified”, they can do a happy dance.

42 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:39:47am

re: #2 wrenchwench

“People ready to storm the streets, didn’t have day jobs…’

Young teenagers, Friday afternoon, school’s out; you, Mr. Berry, are part of the problem.

Seriously. Shaming these kids because they didn’t have jobs is so fucking stupid.

43 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:40:16am

re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto

What has to happen, on video, for Republicans to think cops have gone too far?

A cop harassing Rush Limbaugh?

44 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 10:40:51am

re: #43 HappyWarrior

A cop harassing Rush Limbaugh?

Nah, they’ll just write the cop off as a liberal plant.

45 Great White Snark  Jun 9, 2015 10:40:54am

re: #39 S’latch

Sean Hannity is hip to the prison jive, don’t ya know. Cause he knows what’s goin’ down. Bein’ all wise and shit.

Well he did watch Orange Is The New Black once.
//

46 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:42:34am

re: #44 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Nah, they’ll just write the cop off as a liberal plant.

Damn, you’re right. I dunno then. It amazes me how people can watch the video and come away with the idea that this officer acted properly.

47 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:42:41am

re: #43 HappyWarrior

A cop harassing Rush Limbaugh?

Worth a try!

48 Drive By Commenter  Jun 9, 2015 10:42:59am

Hannity showing his street cred once again. He’s a bad man. Tight on the spot reporting. Fox. We spew, you clean it up.

49 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 10:44:15am

I have to apologize.

I see that smug face and the first thing that comes to mind is - spin kick.

And yes, I was in martial arts long enough that I do have a decent spin kick.

50 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:45:13am

re: #47 wrenchwench

Worth a try!

Yeah. I dunno then. I really thought Eric Garner would be enough for people but enough people on that grand jury didn’t think so.

51 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:48:16am
52 urbanmeemaw  Jun 9, 2015 10:48:24am

re: #19 Mattand

Because Hannity has tons of street creed, yo.

He’s such a bad ass.

53 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:49:08am

Nothing says bad ass like Sean Hanniy.

54 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:50:45am

re: #51 wrenchwench

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Social Justice porn, a scantily clad SJW.

55 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 10:52:18am

To the tune of Ice-T’s “New Jack Hustler”

Pundit.
Word I pull the trigger long
Grit my teeth, spray till every lib is gone

OK. That’s all I got. I’m not that creative.

And, with apologies to Ice-T.

56 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 10:52:41am

I’m trying to envision what the reaction would be if a “free speech” campaign put up 100 billboards sponsored by the KKK showing stereotypical caricatures of blacks, or by Stormfront showing stereotypical caricatures of Jews.

AFDI Rolls Out New Free Speech Billboard Campaign Featuring Muhammad Cartoon (DoNotLink)

57 OhNoZombies!  Jun 9, 2015 10:53:40am

re: #53 HappyWarrior

Nothing says bad ass like Sean Hanniy.

The word ass and Hannity are interchangeable.

How’s everyone doing?

58 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 10:53:51am
59 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:56:03am

re: #57 OhNoZombies!

The word ass and Hannity are interchangeable.

How’s everyone doing?

Heh I know but I was making fun of him for thinking he’s tough. I’m doing well . Stuck on some roadblocks on my family tree but I shouldn’t complain since I’ve gotten a lot accomplished.

60 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 10:56:25am

re: #57 OhNoZombies!

The word ass and Hannity are interchangeable.

How’s everyone doing?

Hey! Long time no see. ;-)

61 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 10:56:33am

re: #56 CuriousLurker

I’m trying to envision what the reaction would be if a “free speech” campaign put up 100 billboards sponsored by the KKK showing stereotypical caricatures of blacks, or by Stormfront showing stereotypical caricatures of Jews.

AFDI Rolls Out New Free Speech Billboard Campaign Featuring Muhammad Cartoon (DoNotLink)

Apparently, KKK billboards would be welcomed in St. Louis. To their further detriment.

62 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:57:09am

re: #56 CuriousLurker

I’m trying to envision what the reaction would be if a “free speech” campaign put up 100 billboards sponsored by the KKK showing stereotypical caricatures of blacks, or by Stormfront showing stereotypical caricatures of Jews.

AFDI Rolls Out New Free Speech Billboard Campaign Featuring Muhammad Cartoon (DoNotLink)

Really just erase Muslim and replace it with any other group and you’ll see immediately why there’s an acceptable prejudiced directed at Muslims in this culture that you can’t get away with other groups. The real fucked up thing is that Pam and her allies pretty much echoed what the Anti-Semites in the Russian empire said about Jews.

63 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 10:57:45am

ff to about 50:00 for perspective and listen to Tony Porter at about 54:00
…

This is regarding rape —but I think it shows we have a long way to go.

64 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 10:57:50am

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah I don’t believe Dietl’s second hand statement in the slightest.

65 OhNoZombies!  Jun 9, 2015 10:58:37am

re: #60 CuriousLurker

Hey! Long time no see. ;-)

Yeah. I missed you guys, but I needed a break.
:-)

66 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 10:59:29am

This is also happening today; lots of anti-vax derp at that hashtag.

67 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:00:06am

re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is also happening today; lots of antt-vax derp at that hashtag.

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Pull Pan Pol Pot

What does that even mean?

68 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 11:00:27am

re: #67 FemNaziBitch

Pull Pan Pol Pot

What does that even mean?

I got a headache trying to figure it out.

69 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:00:50am

re: #67 FemNaziBitch

Pull Pan Pol Pot

What does that even mean?

I was going to ask the same thing.

70 calochortus  Jun 9, 2015 11:01:01am

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

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One of the kids could have confessed to the murder of Jimmy Hoffa… The possibilities are endless!

71 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:01:09am

What is SB-227 about?

72 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:01:12am

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

I got a headache trying to figure it out.

I just got over a 3 day migraine.

I think I’ll just leave it to the interwebs to let it fade away.

73 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:01:28am

re: #71 HappyWarrior

What is SB-227 about?

mandatory vaccinations

74 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:01:30am

re: #70 calochortus

One of the kids could have confessed to the murder of Jimmy Hoffa… The possibilities are endless!

I think one of the kids was the second shooter on the grassy knoll.

75 Iwouldprefernotto  Jun 9, 2015 11:01:39am

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

I got a headache trying to figure it out.

Pol Pot was a bad guy. Peter Pan. not so sure.

76 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:01:55am

re: #73 FemNaziBitch

mandatory vaccinations

Ah thanks. Yeah I can’t figure out for the life of me what that means.

77 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:02:04am
78 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:02:27am

re: #75 Iwouldprefernotto

Pol Pot was a bad guy. Peter Pan. not so sure.

Well as one Captain Hook’s attorney, I can tell you that Mr. Pan’s actions resulted in my client losing a hand.

79 Dr. Matt  Jun 9, 2015 11:02:29am
80 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 11:02:41am

re: #62 HappyWarrior

Really just erase Muslim and replace it with any other group and you’ll see immediately why there’s an acceptable prejudiced directed at Muslims in this culture that you can’t get away with other groups. The real fucked up thing is that Pam and her allies pretty much echoed what the Anti-Semites in the Russian empire said about Jews.

She’s not going to be satisfied until dead, bloodied bodies of American Muslims are pulled out of some place after an attack, at which point she’ll be in high dudgeon if anyone suggests she contributed to the climate of fear & hate, and will say that she never meant for any innocent Muslims to be harmed. *spit*

81 Kilroy01  Jun 9, 2015 11:02:52am

re: #74 HappyWarrior

I think one of the kids was the second shooter on the grassy knoll.

One admitted to stealing the Lindbergh baby.

82 blueraven  Jun 9, 2015 11:03:02am

Really Slate, WTF?

83 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:03:14am

re: #77 FemNaziBitch

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His spin makes it all the more funny. It’s part of my plan! Gotta love it. This from a man who thinks advocating universal post secondary education is a form of snobbery. Proof you can be well educated but quite stupid.

84 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 11:03:21am

re: #65 OhNoZombies!

Yeah. I missed you guys, but I needed a break.
:-)

I hear ya—I have to pull back too every once in a while.

85 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:04:44am

re: #80 CuriousLurker

She’s not going to be satisfied until dead, bloodied bodies of American Muslims are pulled out of some place after an attack, at which point she’ll be in high dudgeon if anyone suggests she contributed to the climate of fear & hate, and will say that she never meant for any innocent Muslims to be harmed. *spit*

She already sort of got her wish with what happened in Norway some years back. Yeah who would have thought that violent rhetoric against Muslims would have inspired an Anders Brevik type to do what he did.

86 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:04:49am
87 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 11:04:54am

re: #72 FemNaziBitch

I just got over a 3 day migraine.

I think I’ll just leave it to the interwebs to let it fade away.

I’m on my eighth day of hives from some sort of allergy. Got a steroid shot this morning (my doctor took one look at the almost full body outbreak and went OMG!!!) By the time I got home, the outbreak was already significantly reduced. A couple hours later, some new outbreaks happened and I took the prescription antihistamine and another pill to go with it…hives knocked right out.
I’m looking forward to getting a full night’s sleep finally.

88 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:05:31am

re: #86 FemNaziBitch

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What the Teapot Dome Scandal lawyer wasn’t available?

89 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:05:56am

re: #79 Dr. Matt

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that could be difficult for a segment of the population.

Having a criminal record doesn’t mean what it used to mean. So many have served time for trumped up charges and racial profiling that it has diluted the meaning.

90 darthstar  Jun 9, 2015 11:06:53am

Looks like the flood they had last month missed its intended targets.

91 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:07:05am

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m on my eighth day of hives from some sort of allergy. Got a steroid shot this morning (my doctor took one look at the almost full body outbreak and went OMG!!!) By the time I got home, the outbreak was already significantly reduced. A couple hours later, some new outbreaks happened and I took the prescription antihistamine and another pill to go with it…hives knocked right out.
I’m looking forward to getting a full night’s sleep finally.

I’m all about getting a full-night’s sleep.

It can be elusive.

92 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 11:07:13am

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m on my eighth day of hives from some sort of allergy. Got a steroid shot this morning (my doctor took one look at the almost full body outbreak and went OMG!!!) By the time I got home, the outbreak was already significantly reduced. A couple hours later, some new outbreaks happened and I took the prescription antihistamine and another pill to go with it…hives knocked right out.
I’m looking forward to getting a full night’s sleep finally.

Yay drugs!!!

93 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 11:07:32am

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m on my eighth day of hives from some sort of allergy. Got a steroid shot this morning (my doctor took one look at the almost full body outbreak and went OMG!!!) By the time I got home, the outbreak was already significantly reduced. A couple hours later, some new outbreaks happened and I took the prescription antihistamine and another pill to go with it…hives knocked right out.
I’m looking forward to getting a full night’s sleep finally.

Oh gosh, I broke out in hives once in my life and that was more than enough. They’re pure misery. *shudder*

94 The War TARDIS  Jun 9, 2015 11:08:29am

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Where are you doing your research?

re: #65 OhNoZombies!

I have been trying to do that, but failing. I really should, but I need an outlet.

For the past 2 months I have been holding everything in. A friend told me I was putting to much on her in terms of needing support. So I stoppedal using friends for support, and have been dealing with everything on my own. But I am now slipping back towards depression.

95 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 11:08:44am

re: #91 FemNaziBitch

I’m all about getting a full-night’s sleep.

It can be elusive.

yep. I’ve been taking benedryl for the past week, but that only lasts for 4-6 hours…not nearly enough time for sleep (at least for me). The prescription meds are 24-hour. Hoping they really are.

96 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 11:08:47am

Gotta get back to work. BBL

97 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 11:11:30am

re: #93 CuriousLurker

Oh gosh, I broke out in hives once in my life and that was more than enough. They’re pure misery. *shudder*

I’ve only ever had hives twice. In both cases, it was from laundry detergent. One of them was Era laundry detergent and the other was a storebrand of detergent I bought at a nearby shop.

I just switched and now I use Persil Sensitive - never had a problem since. There must some common ingredient in Era and the storebrand that I’m allergic to.

98 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 11:11:32am

re: #80 CuriousLurker

She’s not going to be satisfied until dead, bloodied bodies of American Muslims are pulled out of some place after an attack, at which point she’ll be in high dudgeon if anyone suggests she contributed to the climate of fear & hate, and will say that she never meant for any innocent Muslims to be harmed. *spit*

Let’s keep her dissatisfied for a long long time. We can outwait her.

99 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:11:55am

re: #94 The War TARDIS

Where are you doing your research?

I have been trying to do that, but failing. I really should, but I need an outlet.

For the past 2 months I have been holding everything in. A friend told me I was putting to much on her in terms of needing support. So I stoppedal using friends for support, and have been dealing with everything on my own. But I am now slipping back towards depression.

ancestry.com mostly. Having a real pain in the ass with the Irish and Eastern European fam. The Germans have proven the easiest. I was telling my parents that it’s a funny irony that Germany has been by far the biggest foreign country I’ve been researching yet I’ve found the most on yet Slovenia is by far the smallest and I only have names. Hell I wouldn’t even have my g-g grandparents names on that branch if my grandfather’s parents had died after 1963.

100 lawhawk  Jun 9, 2015 11:12:16am

re: #77 FemNaziBitch

101 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:12:59am

re: #100 lawhawk

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At least Santorum won’t have to spend that much on drinks to drain away his and his supporter’s sorrows away from the fact he’ll never be president.

102 team_fukit  Jun 9, 2015 11:13:13am

at least Hannity looks happy in his pic, that Berry guy just looks like a psycho

103 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:13:47am

re: #102 team_fukit

at least Hannity looks happy in his pic, that Berry guy just looks like a psycho

Hannity has what my Dad would call a shit eating grin.

104 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 11:13:56am

re: #102 team_fukit

at least Hannity looks happy in his pic, that Berry guy just looks like a psycho

I bet he’d crumple quickly if threatened.

105 Kryptik  Jun 9, 2015 11:15:26am

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

The most depressing thing I’ve continued to see just within the last year alone is the mainstream re-perpetuation of the black body (and to a lesser extent, any non-Caucasian body) as both symbol and evidence of imminent violence. Just the fact that soon as someone vaguely brown is involved into something, the assumption is immediately that of criminality and violence on the part of the non-Caucasian.

106 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 11:16:16am
107 lawhawk  Jun 9, 2015 11:17:50am

First the Congressional hearings were suspended over security threats, now the WH briefing:

108 OhNoZombies!  Jun 9, 2015 11:18:49am

re: #94 The War TARDIS

Where are you doing your research?

I have been trying to do that, but failing. I really should, but I need an outlet.

For the past 2 months I have been holding everything in. A friend told me I was putting to much on her in terms of needing support. So I stoppedal using friends for support, and have been dealing with everything on my own. But I am now slipping back towards depression.

Personally, I just had shut it all off — TV, radio, Twitter, all of it, and focused on the things I enjoy, and on the people I love.
Internalizing the avalanche of bad news isn’t good for anyone.

109 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:19:59am

Power is restored. Thanks Obama!

(And also the lovely gentleman from PG&E whose truck I saw parked outside the neighbor’s.)

110 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 11:21:34am

I’m in a bit of a debate over Obama with a wingnut on Twitter. I keep asking for information, you know, facts, raw data, even reasoned opinion, but all I’m getting are insults and arrogance.

Is asking for straight information just too much?

111 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 11:21:47am

re: #94 The War TARDIS

Where are you doing your research?

I have been trying to do that, but failing. I really should, but I need an outlet.

For the past 2 months I have been holding everything in. A friend told me I was putting to much on her in terms of needing support. So I stoppedal using friends for support, and have been dealing with everything on my own. But I am now slipping back towards depression.

Either write everything down, EVERYTHING, or (preferably) find a professional to listen to you.

112 Kid A  Jun 9, 2015 11:21:54am

Living in the Houston area I can attest to the douchiness of Michael Berry. All the area wingnuts hire him to pimp their products/services on the air, he has the worst radio voice imaginable, lacks any creativity, is a member of the “Redneck Country Club” (yes, it’s a real place), and was accused of a hit-and-run after backing his Tahoe into another vehicle after leaving a well-known gay bar in Houston about 2.5 years ago.

113 Great White Snark  Jun 9, 2015 11:22:10am

re: #57 OhNoZombies!

The word ass and Hannity are interchangeable.

How’s everyone doing?

Welcome! All good around my tiny slice of the world.

114 The Vicious Babushka  Jun 9, 2015 11:22:13am

re: #110 b_sharp

I’m in a bit of a debate over Obama with a wingnut on Twitter. I keep asking for information, you know, facts, raw data, even reasoned opinion, but all I’m getting are insults and arrogance.

Is asking for straight information just too much?

If you ask nicely they may send you a link to Breitbart.

115 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:22:41am
116 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 11:23:00am

re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Power is restored. Thanks Obama!

(And also the lovely gentleman from PG&E whose truck I saw parked outside the neighbor’s.)

Most of the city was without power yesterday morning and we haven’t had a thunderstorm for weeks.

117 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:23:41am

re: #116 b_sharp

Most of the city was without power yesterday morning and we haven’t had a thunderstorm for weeks.

…what’s a thunderstorm? I’ve forgotten.

118 Kid A  Jun 9, 2015 11:24:03am

The gay bar incident and a profile of the douchenozzle that is Michael Berry:
texasobserver.org

119 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 11:24:27am

re: #114 Lord Of The Pies

If you ask nicely they may send you a link to Breitbart.

Ouch. That would be more arrogant ignorance.

I don’t mind people being ignorant, but do they have to be smug about it?

120 Ace-o-aces  Jun 9, 2015 11:24:30am

re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg

Still no activity from Gotnews. If he were still on Twitter, CCJ would be all over this.

At this point I assume CCJ is laying drunk in a bathtub filled mostly with his own urine.

121 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 11:25:07am

re: #110 b_sharp

I’m in a bit of a debate over Obama with a wingnut on Twitter. I keep asking for information, you know, facts, raw data, even reasoned opinion, but all I’m getting are insults and arrogance.

Is asking for straight information just too much?

From a wingnut?

Most assuredly so.

122 Snarknado!  Jun 9, 2015 11:25:30am

re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Power is restored. Thanks Obama!

(And also the lovely gentleman from PG&E whose truck I saw parked outside the neighbor’s.)

I was one of the squirrel’s victims last night. Power went out about 8:00 and was back around 10:00. Cracked the earthquake supplies for the Coleman lantern, used the backup battery for the phone. But NO FAN — and it was hot.

123 Decatur Deb  Jun 9, 2015 11:25:47am

re: #77 FemNaziBitch

re: #100 lawhawk

One unconvinced voter at the meetup is good. This, from the sidebar, is gold:

Santorum’s wife authored children’s book on good manners, with foreword by Joe Paterno, blurb by Bono

boingboing.net

124 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 11:26:31am

re: #118 Kid A

The gay bar incident and a profile of the douchenozzle that is Michael Berry:
texasobserver.org

Next up: He wears blackface to a public pool.

125 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:26:47am

re: #122 Snarknado!

I was one of the squirrel’s victims last night. Power went out about 8:00 and was back around 10:00. Cracked the earthquake supplies for the Coleman lantern, used the backup battery for the phone. But NO FAN — and it was hot.

I am grateful that I can now have lunch.

Also, I need to clean out the fridge today, but that was a clear no-no while the power was off.

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 11:26:55am

re: #110 b_sharp

I’m in a bit of a debate over Obama with a wingnut on Twitter. I keep asking for information, you know, facts, raw data, even reasoned opinion, but all I’m getting are insults and arrogance.

Is asking for straight information just too much?

127 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:27:13am

re: #123 Decatur Deb

One unconvinced voter at the meetup is good. This, from the sidebar, is gold:

Santorum’s wife authored children’s book on good manners, with foreword by Joe Paterno, blurb by Bono

boingboing.net

ROTFLMAO

128 Kryptik  Jun 9, 2015 11:28:18am

Keep in mind, the Biker thing in Waco was also accounted as a ‘Melee’. Same word choice. Telling as fuck.

129 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:28:53am

re: #111 wrenchwench

Either write everything down, EVERYTHING, or (preferably) find a professional to listen to you.

I have a lot of it digitized. I printed out a bare bones tree for my Dad the other day that just has the name. How far back do you think a professional would be able to go and how much do you think they’d charge? Slovenian records man are practically non-existent online. The Irish records are a little tough too since I can only really speculate about which county they came from. One of the other Irish came over in the 1820’s and while I do know the county, I can’t figure anything more out. I actually had some success with the Slovaks since Slovak naming patterns are fairly predictable.

130 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:29:53am

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Heh. Normally not a Dilbert fan but that’s good.

131 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 11:30:13am
132 Ace-o-aces  Jun 9, 2015 11:30:53am

re: #29 No Country For Old Haters

133 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:31:04am

re: #131 Kragar

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12 more days until the summer of JUSTICE begins!

134 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 11:31:10am

re: #117 klys (maker of Silmarils)

…what’s a thunderstorm? I’ve forgotten.

I love thunderstorms. The thunder, the lightning, the pitter patter of rain drops, the thunder…

135 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:31:15am

re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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oooh yeah!

There was a great series of books originally self published on Podiobooks (free) then picked-up by a paying publisher that used the solar winds and sails as the means of locomotion around the galaxy.

Nathan Lowell

136 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 11:31:44am

re: #120 Ace-o-aces

At this point I assume CCJ is laying drunk in a bathtub filled mostly with his own urine.

You forgot to add, “….and playing with his feces while laughing maniacally and muttering about he’s going to conquer the media.”

137 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:32:22am

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

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maybe they heard a rumor that Santorum was coming …

138 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 11:33:04am

re: #122 Snarknado!

I was one of the squirrel’s victims last night. Power went out about 8:00 and was back around 10:00. Cracked the earthquake supplies for the Coleman lantern, used the backup battery for the phone. But NO FAN — and it was hot.

I was driving V to work this morning and both of us were quietly trying to wake up when V exclaimed ‘squirrel!’ I laughed out loud and had to explain to her why.

139 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 11:33:06am

re: #136 Dr Lizardo

You forgot to add, “….and playing with his feces while laughing maniacally and muttering about he’s going to conquer the media.”

“and then the BIG BROWN SHARK CAME!”

140 Jenner7  Jun 9, 2015 11:33:36am
141 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:33:42am

re: #134 b_sharp

I love thunderstorms. The thunder, the lightning, the pitter patter of rain drops, the thunder…

Now you’re just being mean.

142 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:33:52am

re: #105 Kryptik

The most depressing thing I’ve continued to see just within the last year alone is the mainstream re-perpetuation of the black body (and to a lesser extent, any non-Caucasian body) as both symbol and evidence of imminent violence. Just the fact that soon as someone vaguely brown is involved into something, the assumption is immediately that of criminality and violence on the part of the non-Caucasian.

Yeah. I’ve worked to overcome that inbred fear for most of my adult life.

When Trayvon was killed, all I could think about was my neighbor kids and how they used to walk to the corner gas station to get soda etc.

I was truly shocked at how many people thought his death was justified.

143 Kryptik  Jun 9, 2015 11:34:45am

re: #140 Jenner7

The smile on the cop in the middle on that right pic is just….christ fucking all.

144 Decatur Deb  Jun 9, 2015 11:34:56am

re: #135 FemNaziBitch

oooh yeah!

There was a great series of books originally self published on Podiobooks (free) then picked-up by a paying publisher that used the solar winds and sails as the means of locomotion around the galaxy.

Nathan Lowell

Cordwainer Smith might have done it first, certainly did it best with The Lady Who Sailed the Soul. A digitized copy is to be on the ‘first’ sailship.

fourth-millennium.net

145 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:34:59am
146 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 11:35:14am

re: #139 Kragar

“and then the BIG BROWN SHARK CAME!”

LOLOLOLOL

I wish I had more than one upding for that one. I can visualize it all too well.

147 HappyWarrior  Jun 9, 2015 11:36:00am

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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No war on women my ass.

148 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:36:20am

There is actually a Homeschoolers Anonymous for adults dealing with dysfunction and other issues stemming from their parents choice in homeschooling curriculum.

Shameless Pages Promotion, and totally worth reading.

149 Kryptik  Jun 9, 2015 11:37:33am

re: #142 FemNaziBitch

Not just justified, but how swiftly the entire thing was flipped on its head. How easily the case turned into a trial against Trayvon Martin for the crime of being an inherently violent criminal thug, and how wildly successful the campaign against him was. How his name became directly synonymous with ‘thug’ and ‘criminal even now. It continues to be so fucking galling and depressing and the fact we’re getting direct repeats over and over and fucking over again, social media exposing it constantly only for the American Public become even further convinced of inherent black criminality somehow just…

I fucking want to cry.

150 lawhawk  Jun 9, 2015 11:38:47am

re: #132 Ace-o-aces

Not every action/event is occasion to trot out Martin Niemoller’s famous quote.

No, the government refusing to allow you to discriminate against x/y/z on grounds of your religion, is not infringing on your religious freedom.

No, the USG/Obama isn’t coming for your guns.
No, the USG/Obama isn’t invading Texas.
No, giving people access to health insurance isn’t the end of life as we know it (but it will mean millions of people may end up with healthier lives).

Etc.

151 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:39:21am

re: #144 Decatur Deb

Cordwainer Smith might of done it first, certainly did it best with The Lady Who Sailed the Soul. A digitized copy is to be on the ‘first’ sailship.

fourth-millennium.net

EXCELLENT!

Nathan Lowell did a good job explaining things for this non-major. Only problem is that all the ships in his books are merchant vessels and he neglected to include a cat on any of them.

Just seems wrong.

152 Dr Lizardo  Jun 9, 2015 11:39:38am

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Yeah, what war on women? ///

Welcome to Georgiastan.

153 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:40:34am

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Page that.

154 Decatur Deb  Jun 9, 2015 11:41:58am

re: #151 FemNaziBitch

EXCELLENT!

Nathan Lowell did a good job explaining things for this non-major. Only problem is that all the ships in his books are merchant vessels and he neglected to include a cat on any of them.

Just seems wrong.

Helen America is the first and greatest feminist in Sci-Fi. She and the meat-world Helen are profiled at the end of that write-up.

155 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 11:42:08am
156 Targetpractice  Jun 9, 2015 11:44:25am

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Keep this story handy the next time a wingnut tells you that nobody wants to put women in jail for getting an abortion.

157 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 11:44:36am

necessary cuteness break

158 lawhawk  Jun 9, 2015 11:47:28am

So not looking forward to this.

I really appreciated Norman Foster’s original Kissing Towers idea for rebuilding at the WTC, and came to appreciate the 1WTC design that was ultimately picked (if you ignore the blast hardened base that is now clad in glass to hide the concrete base). I even began to like 4 WTC, and was watching how 3WTC was starting to rise to the sky again.

2WTC was the bastard stepchild, as construction stopped while Silverstein looked around for a major tenant.

He found one, though I’m not particularly happy to report who the tenant is. News Corp / Fox News will be moving from midtown to the WTC complex once the tower is build and after the lease expires on their midtown offices.

As part of the deal to move, News Corp got Silverstein to dump Foster’s design, and they’ve gone with a different starchitect.

Oh, and we will be close to having a twin towers vision as 2WTC will be only 30 feet shorter than 1WTC (excepting the spire).

159 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 11:48:41am

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Pro LIFE, bitches!

160 blueraven  Jun 9, 2015 11:49:51am

re: #140 Jenner7

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Yeah, his face assaulted that asphalt. Unreal.

161 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 11:50:00am
162 Jenner7  Jun 9, 2015 11:50:05am

Going swimmin’ with the kiddos. BBL.

163 Jenner7  Jun 9, 2015 11:50:40am

re: #161 Kragar

Wow, they aren’t even trying to hide it any more….

164 Kryptik  Jun 9, 2015 11:51:09am

re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth

I choose to live in the past, because far too often the past rarely ever is. To put it in video game terms, the present regularly turns itself into a reskin or recolor of the past. Spruced up and different looking just enough to make people forget it’s the same damn model as before, and nothing important changed or improved about it.

165 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 9, 2015 11:51:54am

re: #161 Kragar

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That is some weapons-grade WTF…

166 withak  Jun 9, 2015 11:52:17am

re: #161 Kragar

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How is this not called out as straight-up racism?

167 Kryptik  Jun 9, 2015 11:53:16am

re: #166 withak

Because it’s “race realism” instead, of course.

168 Targetpractice  Jun 9, 2015 11:53:18am

re: #161 Kragar

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But remember, “it’s not about race.”

169 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 11:53:21am

re: #165 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

That is some weapons-grade WTF…

Also known as ‘white supremacy’.

170 Timothy Watson  Jun 9, 2015 11:53:56am

re: #158 lawhawk

So not looking forward to this.

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I really appreciated Norman Foster’s original Kissing Towers idea for rebuilding at the WTC, and came to appreciate the 1WTC design that was ultimately picked (if you ignore the blast hardened base that is now clad in glass to hide the concrete base). I even began to like 4 WTC, and was watching how 3WTC was starting to rise to the sky again.

2WTC was the bastard stepchild, as construction stopped while Silverstein looked around for a major tenant.

He found one, though I’m not particularly happy to report who the tenant is. News Corp / Fox News will be moving from midtown to the WTC complex once the tower is build and after the lease expires on their midtown offices.

As part of the deal to move, News Corp got Silverstein to dump Foster’s design, and they’ve gone with a different starchitect.

Oh, and we will be close to having a twin towers vision as 2WTC will be only 30 feet shorter than 1WTC (excepting the spire).

That is so fugly…

171 Romantic Heretic  Jun 9, 2015 11:54:08am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Start killing white Christian kids.

In church.

172 withak  Jun 9, 2015 11:54:49am

I tried following the trail on that tweet back to @FoxNews but I couldn’t find the original; either it’s been deleted, or something else is afoot.

173 Great White Snark  Jun 9, 2015 11:55:09am

Ordinarily I don’t like to point and laugh, but totally making an exception.

One voter shows up at Santorum event in Iowa
By NICK GASS 6/9/15 8:07 AM EDT Updated 6/9/15 11:53 AM EDT
At first, one was the loneliest number for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Monday.
Just one Iowan showed up at 2 p.m. campaign stop Monday at a restaurant in the unincorporated community of Hamlin, population 300, according to a report from The Des Moines Register — Peggy Toft, an insurance agent who chairs the county’s Republican Party.

Read more: politico.com

174 Timothy Watson  Jun 9, 2015 11:55:43am

re: #172 withak

Yeah, I am kinda suspicious myself, looks like it’s from a Mobile app if it’s real.

175 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 11:55:44am

re: #161 Kragar

I can’t find any sign of that story on the Fox site.

176 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:55:54am
177 Romantic Heretic  Jun 9, 2015 11:56:07am

re: #27 Dr Lizardo

LOLOLOL it looks like she’s pinching a loaf.

She is. It’s just coming out of the wrong end.

Happens every time she opens her mouth.

178 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 11:56:08am
179 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 11:56:47am

re: #161 Kragar

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WTF is this?

180 The War TARDIS  Jun 9, 2015 11:57:09am

re: #158 lawhawk

Damn it. The older design was far nicer.

Fuck Murdoch.

181 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 11:57:11am

re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg

I can’t find any sign of that story on the Fox site.

Dateline is from yesterday, maybe they pulled it down since then

182 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:57:34am

re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg

I can’t find any sign of that story on the Fox site.

A Google turns up an address linked on a Yahoo site:

foxnews.com?

Article is gone, however.

183 makeitstop  Jun 9, 2015 11:57:46am

re: #178 Kragar

White House Briefing Room Evacuated by Secret Service for Bomb Threat

How in the world could anyone smuggle a bomb into the White House?

184 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 11:59:05am

re: #182 klys (maker of Silmarils)

A Google turns up an address linked on a Yahoo site:

foxnews.com?

Article is gone, however.

This does, however, assume that the article existed in the first place, as the only places I find references to it are anonymous posts on Yahoo Q&A sites.

185 Timothy Watson  Jun 9, 2015 11:59:15am

re: #182 klys (maker of Silmarils)

A Google turns up an address linked on a Yahoo site:

foxnews.com?

Article is gone, however.

That couldn’t have been a real link since the slug is 2015/08/05, as in August 5th, 2015.

186 The Vicious Babushka  Jun 9, 2015 12:00:26pm

re: #185 Timothy Watson

That couldn’t have been a real link since the slug is 2015/08/05, as in August 5th, 2015.

2015/08/05 is May 8, 2015 in European format.

187 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:00:45pm
188 Decatur Deb  Jun 9, 2015 12:01:06pm

re: #185 Timothy Watson

That couldn’t have been a real link since the slug is 2015/08/05, as in August 5th, 2015.

Is the yr/mo/day date format protocol locked?

189 b_sharp  Jun 9, 2015 12:01:16pm

re: #186 Lord Of The Pies

2015/08/05 is May 8, 2015 in European format.

That’s also the format we’re supposed to use.

190 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 12:01:21pm

re: #186 Lord Of The Pies

2015/08/05 is May 8, 2015 in European format.

Yeah, but the article byline claims it was published yesterday, June 8th.

191 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 9, 2015 12:01:37pm

re: #186 Lord Of The Pies

2015/08/05 is May 8, 2015 in European format.

I make a point of writing out the name of the month in all documents meant for an international audience.

192 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 12:01:58pm

re: #190 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Yeah, but the article byline claims it was published yesterday, June 8th.

Varying the link to account for a typo (a typo which is consistent across all the references I saw) didn’t turn up anything either.

193 Snarknado!  Jun 9, 2015 12:02:02pm

re: #125 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Also, I need to clean out the fridge today, but that was a clear no-no while the power was off.

Don’t remind me….

194 retired cynic  Jun 9, 2015 12:02:18pm

re: #83 HappyWarrior

His spin makes it all the more funny. It’s part of my plan! Gotta love it. This from a man who thinks advocating universal post secondary education is a form of snobbery. Proof you can be well educated but quite stupid.

Santorum’s ‘education vaccine’ didn’t take.

195 Decatur Deb  Jun 9, 2015 12:02:50pm

re: #191 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I make a point of writing out the name of the month in all documents meant for an international audience.

Army is very good: 9Jun15.

196 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 12:03:04pm

re: #192 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Varying the link to account for a typo (a typo which is consistent across all the references I saw) didn’t turn up anything either.

Worth remembering this is the kind of occasion where confirmation bias can bite one in the ass hard. Be extra critical. :)

197 Great White Snark  Jun 9, 2015 12:03:34pm

re: #187 FemNaziBitch

This guy…

Video

198 Timothy Watson  Jun 9, 2015 12:03:46pm

re: #186 Lord Of The Pies

2015/08/05 is May 8, 2015 in European format.

Look at the links on Fox News’s front page, all the links are 2015/06/09. Don’t know if Fox is using WordPress or not, but that’s WordPress’s standard behavior when making links.

199 Romantic Heretic  Jun 9, 2015 12:07:33pm

re: #119 b_sharp

Ouch. That would be more arrogant ignorance.

I don’t mind people being ignorant, but do they have to be smug about it?

They can’t help it as there is a marked inverse relationship between ignorance and arrogance.

As Socrates pointed out it’s hard to be arrogant once a person discovers they are ignorant.

200 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:07:34pm

REALITY
…

Source

201 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 9, 2015 12:08:29pm

re: #187 FemNaziBitch

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So two cowboys are out in the brush, one goes to take a leak and gets bitten on the end of his member by a rattlesnake.

“I been bit by a snake’” he tells his buddy,”Go into town and ask the doctor what to do!”

Buddy rides into town and asks the doc what to do about a snakebite. “Make two x-shapes incisions on the wounds, and suck the poison out with your mouth,” the doctor explains.

Buddy rides back. Cowboy asks “What’d the doc say?”

Buddy answers “He says you’re gonna die!”

202 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 12:11:05pm

On Friday, Mickelson spoke to two announced candidates, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who told him during the show that President Obama is “redistributing poverty” to states like Iowa, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

When Graham tried to draw a parallel between the American Civil War and the current conflict in Iraq, Mickelson jumped in to defend the Confederacy: “I don’t consider the North amongst ourselves. You mentioned capturing territory, I’m considering [Fort] Sumter South Carolinian territory and you were invaded, pretty much like the Russians are invading the Ukraine.”

203 lawhawk  Jun 9, 2015 12:11:09pm

re: #161 Kragar

I’m calling shenanigans on that.

204 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:11:32pm

Wonkette is on it:

Is Sarah Palin on drugs? We don’t know, but maybe! We hear Alaska is a great place for scoring meth, to buy with your government hand-out checks from sweet drill-baby-drilled oil profits. And maybe those drugs have eated up the itsy bits of Palin’s brain? We’re just asking, with question marks, which makes it OK to say whatever we want.

We will report, so you can decide if Sarah Palin is on drugs? Here she is, on Sean Hannity’s show (on Fox News), saying a whole mess of words about how terrible it is that The Media (Fox News) exposed two of the Duggar girls (on Fox News) by interviewing them about that one time their brother Josh repeatedly molested them, for more than a year (that we are aware of):

205 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jun 9, 2015 12:13:15pm

re: #195 Decatur Deb

Army is very good: 9Jun15.

Holy shit! It’s my anniversary!

206 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:14:38pm

re: #202 Kragar

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Remember Amistad?

It’s about property rights.

follow the money.

207 Decatur Deb  Jun 9, 2015 12:15:00pm

re: #205 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Holy shit! It’s my anniversary!

Better get down to the drugstore for a Whitman Sampler.

208 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:17:04pm
209 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jun 9, 2015 12:17:10pm

re: #199 Romantic Heretic

They can’t help it as there is a marked inverse relationship between ignorance and arrogance.

As Socrates pointed out it’s hard to be arrogant once a person discovers they are ignorant.

That’s when you put the arrogant pedal to the medal!

210 Mattand  Jun 9, 2015 12:17:12pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If you’ve ever read any of Scott Admas’ internet editorials about stuff like gender equality or evolution, your brain will explode Scanners-style from the absolute lack of self-awareness in this strip.

211 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:18:31pm

re: #210 Mattand

yeah, I know about him. I just liked that particular one about internet trolls.

212 Khal Wimpo  Jun 9, 2015 12:19:00pm

Currently playing on KCRW’s “Press Play” - the author of “Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America”

Great context to the problems we’re seeing surface here - as the white southern racists retreated further and further from any mixing with the blah people, pools were privatized (see screencap)

213 De Kolta Chair  Jun 9, 2015 12:20:04pm

The replies to this moron’s tweet are right on:

214 unproven innocence  Jun 9, 2015 12:21:50pm

re: #51 wrenchwench

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IMO, it would look better if those hands were tied with the bikini.

215 Justanotherhuman  Jun 9, 2015 12:23:42pm

Federal judge orders former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert to surrender passport as condition of pre-trial release; Hastert must also have any firearms removed from his property by June 23 - @Reuters, @AP

bigstory.ap.org

216 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:24:05pm

Dennis Hastert Pleads Not Guilty in Chicago Court

217 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:24:17pm
218 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:24:46pm

re: #215 Justanotherhuman

Federal judge orders former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert to surrender passport as condition of pre-trial release; Hastert must also have any firearms removed from his property by June 23 - @Reuters, @AP

bigstory.ap.org

HA!

He is a total gun nut from what I understand!

219 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 12:26:08pm
220 Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 9, 2015 12:26:51pm

re: #212 Khal Wimpo

Currently playing on KCRW’s “Press Play” - the author of “Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America”

Great context to the problems we’re seeing surface here - as the white southern racists retreated further and further from any mixing with the blah people, pools were privatized (see screencap)

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Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children,
Wade in the water
God’s a-going to trouble the water

See that host all dressed in white
God’s a-going to trouble the water
The leader looks like the Israelite
God’s a-going to trouble the water

221 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:26:51pm

Awkward!!!
Women In McKinney Fight Video Identified

According to witnesses, the older women instigated the tussle by hurling racial slurs at partygoers. Now, the ladies involved have reportedly been identified by social media. Twitter is saying the woman in the black swimsuit’s name is Tracey Carver-Allbritton, and the woman in the green and black swimsuit is reportedly Shannon Barber Toon.

That would be Sean Toon’s wife.

222 Justanotherhuman  Jun 9, 2015 12:28:59pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

WTF?

Just. What. The. Fuck?

Isn’t this going to the SC?

You’d think these backward yokels never heard of Roe v Wade.

223 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:29:53pm

re: #222 Justanotherhuman

WTF?

Just. What. The. Fuck?

Isn’t this going to the SC?

You’d think these backward yokels never heard of Roe v Wade.

Whacko Men just can’t stand to lose their illusion of control.

224 Timothy Watson  Jun 9, 2015 12:31:23pm

re: #213 De Kolta Chair

The replies to this moron’s tweet are right on:

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If we ever need someone to talk a robot to death, a la Captain Kirk, Thune’s our man.
…

226 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 12:32:32pm

re: #224 Timothy Watson

If we ever need someone to talk a robot to death, a la Captain Kirk, Thune’s our man.
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I still say we need Harcourt Fenton Mudd in the new Star Trek movies.

227 Snarknado!  Jun 9, 2015 12:34:56pm

re: #226 Kragar

I still say we need Harvey Fenton Mudd in the new Star Trek movies.

<ahem> Harcourt

228 Justanotherhuman  Jun 9, 2015 12:37:02pm

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

Tracey Carver-Allbritton has taken down her FB pg.

229 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:37:18pm

What could possibly go wrong?

230 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 12:37:39pm

re: #227 Snarknado!

That is what I said.

231 withak  Jun 9, 2015 12:39:18pm

re: #226 Kragar

I still say we need Harcourt Fenton Mudd in the new Star Trek movies.

He’s mentioned offhand in Into Darkness. “Use the shuttlecraft we obtained during the Mudd incident” or somesuch.

232 Ace-o-aces  Jun 9, 2015 12:40:06pm

re: #161 Kragar

233 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:40:37pm

re: #224 Timothy Watson

If we ever need someone to talk a robot to death, a la Captain Kirk, Thune’s our man.
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Video

I remember that episode.

234 Eventual Carrion  Jun 9, 2015 12:41:19pm

re: #161 Kragar

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They must be. What with them walking around locked and loaded in public. Ready to pull the trigger at any instant. Just wishing someone would give them an excuse to use their 2nd amendment rights. Violent people I tells ya.

235 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:42:41pm
reprojusticewalking.tumblr.com
236 Snarknado!  Jun 9, 2015 12:43:10pm

re: #230 Kragar

I saw Harvey. Then I reloaded after seeing your comment.

237 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:44:29pm
238 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 12:46:05pm

re: #235 FemNaziBitch

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40 million Catholics can’t be wrong, or wait, 45 million.

239 Kragar  Jun 9, 2015 12:47:20pm
240 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 9, 2015 12:49:06pm

HUCKABEE: Megyn, he was an unadjudicated minor at the time that this happened. You’re an attorney. You understand that a person is innocent until proven guilty.

KELLY: But he confessed.

HUCKABEE: He was never adjudicated. He did not confess in a court of law. The law does not hold him accountable, even if he confesses. The bigger issue is not Josh, the bigger issue, the girls. How were the girls served? How were the victims served by the exploitation, by the release, the unlawful release, I’m going to go back and emphasize the illegal unlawful release of that information. It was not about the victims. It was about trying to go after the Duggars. They have been known as a family that is a Christian family. If a Liberal has anything like this kind of situation, it’s no big deal. And I think we all have heard the comparison between this and Lena Dunham who wrote about it in her book.

241 Snarknado!  Jun 9, 2015 12:49:18pm

re: #239 Kragar

I. just. can’t. even.

242 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:49:52pm

This is true —how man girls do you know are being raised to be leaders?

243 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:50:17pm

re: #236 Snarknado!

I saw Harvey. Then I reloaded after seeing your comment.

does he really have pink ears?

244 William Lewis  Jun 9, 2015 12:50:43pm

re: #239 Kragar

Evil little shit. I will dance a jig the day he goes back to his master in hell.

245 EmmaAnne  Jun 9, 2015 12:51:49pm

re: #210 Mattand

If you’ve ever read any of Scott Admas’ internet editorials about stuff like gender equality or evolution, your brain will explode Scanners-style from the absolute lack of self-awareness in this strip.

Wow! I particularly liked this quote:

The reality is that women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently. It’s just easier this way for everyone. You don’t argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn’t eat candy for dinner. You don’t punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don’t argue when a women tells you she’s only making 80 cents to your dollar. It’s the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles.

What an ass.

246 wrenchwench  Jun 9, 2015 12:52:32pm

re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It was not about the victims.

It’s never about the victims. It’s about the defenders of the perpetrator. To an asshole.

247 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 9, 2015 12:53:45pm

Since this is OT and just me finding things to laugh about after the slew of depressing shit, I will put it here instead of on the new thread.

248 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:53:48pm

re: #238 wrenchwench

40 million Catholics can’t be wrong, or wait, 45 million.

249 FemNaziBitch  Jun 9, 2015 12:54:11pm
250 ObserverArt  Jun 9, 2015 12:54:25pm

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

Awkward!!!
Women In McKinney Fight Video Identified

That would be Sean Toon’s wife.

Imagine my surprise!

Just caught up with some of the comments since I logged out this morning.

Wow!!! RWNJs are really struggling with Texas. FOX is full on full of shit. Palin looks to be withering away. Santorum can’t seem to to realize it is over for him. No one likes him. Geller plastering her bullshit is some really lousy neighborhoods in St. Louis. I think the sign company sold her their worst spots. I bet some of those sign boards haven’t seen bills place on them for years.

And it all makes me wonder…will this country be able to get through an election next year without coming completely apart???

And I am not kidding. This could be ‘68 Dem convention all over…but worse. Way worse.

251 lawhawk  Jun 9, 2015 12:54:54pm

re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s pushing the same BS line that a few others have tried that the release of the police report was somehow illegal (hint: it wasn’t). The Duggars did the girls no justice by doing more to protect Josh’s future than they did about the girls’ past, present, or future.

Josh admitted to the abuse of his sisters when he was an adult. Yes, the acts occurred while he was a minor, but his parents had a duty of care to his sisters, which they utterly and abominably failed. They failed in their duty of care to him as well - instead of putting him in a proper treatment facility, they shipped him off to a friend who was in no way qualified to treat/handle his abuse situation.

His parents further engaged in criminality by obstructing justice and failing to report the crimes committed by their son.

But Huckabee is flailing about to try and blame everyone but his close warm personal friends in the Duggars for their own heinous activities.

That shows Huckabee’s judgment simply can’t be trusted. Period.

252 Eventual Carrion  Jun 9, 2015 12:55:07pm

re: #239 Kragar

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Or Pat Robertson *shudder*

253 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 12:56:08pm

Oh man, this interview with Geller just came in via my Google Alerts. The photo they used makes her look absolutely ancient—ouch:

Pamela Geller: Hollywood Is “In the Pocket” of Jihadists (Q&A) - Hollywood Reporter - The Hollywood Reporter

Guess they weren’t too fond of her answers, huh? //

254 Eventual Carrion  Jun 9, 2015 12:56:41pm

re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yes, the damage was caused by the release of what had happened, not what had happened. Of course it was.

255 De Kolta Chair  Jun 9, 2015 12:57:41pm

Great Moments in Medical Inquiringness #64

— Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A.

256 Justanotherhuman  Jun 9, 2015 1:00:34pm

re: #253 CuriousLurker

Hate really ages ya.

257 De Kolta Chair  Jun 9, 2015 1:06:18pm

re: #253 CuriousLurker

Geller: “I love life. But I will not live as a slave.”

That’s what her ex says every month when he signs her alimony check.

258 CuriousLurker  Jun 9, 2015 1:16:25pm

re: #257 De Kolta Chair

That’s what her ex says every month when he signs her alimony check.

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He’s dead, Jim. She got $4 million when they divorced, another $5 million after he (conveniently) died the following year, and also kept some of the $1+ million from the sale of his house. So that’s what, almost $10 million? She made out like a bandit.

Ms. Geller got nearly $4 million when the couple divorced in 2007, and when Mr. Oshry died in 2008, there was a $5 million life-insurance policy benefiting her four daughters, said Alex Potruch, Mr. Oshry’s lawyer. She also kept some proceeds from the sale of Mr. Oshry’s $1.8 million house in Hewlett Harbor. […]

nytimes.com

259 urbanmeemaw  Jun 9, 2015 1:20:02pm

re: #149 Kryptik

Not just justified, but how swiftly the entire thing was flipped on its head. How easily the case turned into a trial against Trayvon Martin for the crime of being an inherently violent criminal thug, and how wildly successful the campaign against him was. How his name became directly synonymous with ‘thug’ and ‘criminal even now. It continues to be so fucking galling and depressing and the fact we’re getting direct repeats over and over and fucking over again, social media exposing it constantly only for the American Public become even further convinced of inherent black criminality somehow just…

I fucking want to cry.

I agree with you. That thread weaves through reporting of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and every other egregious killing of African American males. But Bundy, Waco, no big deal.

260 urbanmeemaw  Jun 9, 2015 1:21:45pm

re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg

Pro LIFE, bitches!

Yes. The Right to Life will insist that she is sentenced to death.

261 Romantic Heretic  Jun 9, 2015 2:29:24pm

re: #235 FemNaziBitch

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There’s a term for women who use the rhythm method; mothers.

262 EPR-radar  Jun 9, 2015 2:36:37pm

re: #255 De Kolta Chair

That meme doesn’t really have much bite to it. As a child, I was pretty much the designated opener of “child-proof” containers for years in my family.


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