3 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 2:57:25pm |
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
6 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jun 16, 2015 3:02:00pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
Now this feels perfect. Nicely done, as always!
7 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 3:04:22pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
I like it much better without the excerpts. I admit the excerpts drive me mad because they frequently cut off mid-sentence and that is a pet peeve.
8 | Targetpractice Jun 16, 2015 3:04:36pm |
Just a Wheelbarrow Full of Orangutans
*rips open envelope, pulls out card*
Describe the GOP bench of candidates in six words.
//
9 | aagcobb Jun 16, 2015 3:05:35pm |
re: #5 Kragar
More fun than a barrel of monkeys…
Though you have to admit, Trump adds fun to the GOP Clown Car which it had been sorely lacking. I can hardly wait for him to tell Ted Cruz in a debate that he is a Canadian and can’t run for President. Now if only Sarah would run …
10 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 3:06:19pm |
re: #8 Targetpractice
*rips open envelope, pulls out card*
Describe the GOP bench of candidates in six words.
//
Nah these cuties are more intelligent than the GOP bench.
11 | Nyet Jun 16, 2015 3:06:51pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
Looks great. The only nitpick is again about the chronological order… It just takes time to compare the dates. If the boxes also had small sequential numbers, with the main one always being 1, chronologically earlier ones 2, 3 and so on, that would help to orient oneself…
12 | Nyet Jun 16, 2015 3:07:42pm |
re: #11 Nyet
Looks great. The only nitpick is again about the chronological order… It just takes time to compare the dates. If the boxes also had small sequential numbers, with the main one always being 1, chronologically earlier ones 2, 3 and so on, that would help to orient oneself…
The numbers could be a part of the photos, for example.
13 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 3:07:55pm |
re: #5 Kragar
More fun than a barrel of monkeys…
Brings back memories. When I was a little kid in Enid,OK, circa 1957-58, there was a Saturday morning show called the Tiny Tots Show. Dunno how it came to be except my mom was a bit of a stage parent, but I was a prop kid on that show for a year or so. One of my jobs was to play with toys the show was advertising. I have distinct memories of misery trying to look like I was having fun with the most boring toy ever invented, the Barrel of Monkeys.
14 | De Kolta Chair Jun 16, 2015 3:13:27pm |
re: #13 allegro
Brings back memories. When I was a little kid in Enid,OK, circa 1957-58, there was a Saturday morning show called the Tiny Tots Show. Dunno how it came to be except my mom was a bit of a stage parent, but I was a prop kid on that show for a year or so. One of my jobs was to play with toys the show was advertising. I have distinct memories of misery trying to look like I was having fun with the most boring toy ever invented, the Barrel of Monkeys.
I never got beyond the peanut gallery. :_(
15 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 3:16:02pm |
re: #14 De Kolta Chair
I never got beyond the peanut gallery. :_(
Well at least you got seen. No one ever watched the Tiny Tots Show cuz it was too lame even for tiny tots.
16 | William Lewis Jun 16, 2015 3:17:34pm |
17 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 3:19:58pm |
re: #16 William Lewis
Ok, this is the Rock And Roll singer moment of the day. Not quite as good as Dave Grohl finishing the show after getting his broken leg set but a bit more dexterous…
I had to watch it several times to believe it.
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And their band name comes from my favorite Stephen King story of all time. Now I want to hear some of their tunes because that was awesome.
18 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 3:20:29pm |
Fake Microsoft phone call just now.
I was too tired to play with them this time.
19 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 3:20:47pm |
re: #16 William Lewis
Ok, this is the Rock And Roll singer moment of the day. Not quite as good as Dave Grohl finishing the show after getting his broken leg set but a bit more dexterous…
I had to watch it several times to believe it.
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I think I’m more impressed with whoever threw it that distance without spilling it.
20 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:21:48pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
That one makes it more difficult to see the order in which the articles were posted. I like the last one better, FWIW.
21 | William Lewis Jun 16, 2015 3:22:39pm |
re: #20 WhatEVs
That one makes it more difficult to see the order in which the articles were posted. I like the last one better, FWIW.
Agreed.
22 | The Vicious Babushka Jun 16, 2015 3:24:26pm |
23 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 3:24:43pm |
re: #20 WhatEVs
That one makes it more difficult to see the order in which the articles were posted. I like the last one better, FWIW.
Heh, as someone long ago once told me… “No matter what it is, a third will like it, a third will hate it, and a third won’t give a shit. Do what you think is best and get over it.”
25 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 3:26:06pm |
re: #22 The Vicious Babushka
LOLOLOL Is Donald’s IQ higher than 150?
So now we know where Chuck went. He’s running for President.
26 | The Vicious Babushka Jun 16, 2015 3:26:47pm |
Why do I think this is a fake?
Eshbaal Revealed: Biblical name found on 3,000-year-old jar in Israel http://t.co/YnO3FJyI3o pic.twitter.com/VSoFeMZlk5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 16, 2015
28 | Nyet Jun 16, 2015 3:27:25pm |
re: #26 The Vicious Babushka
Why do I think this is a fake?
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Because there were lots of similar fakes before. (Not that I’m saying it’s fake.)
29 | Decatur Deb Jun 16, 2015 3:28:57pm |
re: #26 The Vicious Babushka
Why do I think this is a fake?
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Thermoluminescent heat map?
30 | BongCrodny Jun 16, 2015 3:29:35pm |
I just want to let it be known that in 2016, I will march down to the polling station and cast my vote for Donald Trump.
…but only if he appears on the ballot as THE DONALD.
31 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:29:41pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
After further review, these are my thoughts (hope you don’t mind):
- Pics should be a standard Height= and Width= across all of the posts, except for the most current.
- The Pages area on the right is a too wide. I would take off 1/2”.
- The text is a quite large in the main post. Bigger is good, but that is really, really big.
- I like the first X characters of a post content displaying near the picture.
- The first one we saw was more eye appealing, but the text there was too big, too.
- The last one is too asymmetrical for my eyes. It looks cluttered and kind of scattered.
I didn’t log out and look at it. I wonder what it looks like with all the ads.
32 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:30:31pm |
re: #23 allegro
Heh, as someone long ago once told me… “No matter what it is, a third will like it, a third will hate it, and a third won’t give a shit. Do what you think is best and get over it.”
Agreed! But I thought Charles was asking for feedback. My bad if I was mistaken!!
33 | Jebediah, RBG Jun 16, 2015 3:32:04pm |
So, which of those cute orangutans gets the lousy job of trying to teach Ben Shapiro to tweet coherently?
34 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:32:47pm |
re: #33 Jebediah, RBG
So, which of those cute orangutans gets the lousy job of trying to teach Ben Shapiro to tweet coherently?
Any one of them could do it better. :D
35 | wrenchwench Jun 16, 2015 3:34:23pm |
re: #30 BongCrodny
I just want to let it be known that in 2016, I will march down to the polling station and cast my vote for Donald Trump.
…but only if he appears on the ballot as THE DONALD.
If, anywhere on my ballot, ‘BongCrodny’ appears, I shall cast a vote in favor and stuff it into the box.
36 | Decatur Deb Jun 16, 2015 3:34:51pm |
re: #33 Jebediah, RBG
So, which of those cute orangutans gets the lousy job of trying to teach Ben Shapiro to tweet coherently?
Not until they finish the next draft of The Tempest.
37 | jaunte Jun 16, 2015 3:36:28pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
I like that; simpler navigation.
38 | #FergusonFireside Jun 16, 2015 3:37:05pm |
re: #19 allegro
I think I’m more impressed with whoever threw it that distance without spilling it.
Damn, it was a cup!
39 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 3:37:41pm |
re: #32 WhatEVs
Agreed! But I thought Charles was asking for feedback. My bad if I was mistaken!!
Oh no! I didn’t mean that as a criticism of your comment at all. My apologies if it appeared that way. In fact, I agree with you. I was just amused at the way the opinions were falling and that they seemed to be in line with this “rule.”
40 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 3:40:18pm |
Donald Trump apparently hired paid actors to participate in his presidential launch event: https://t.co/ay5nCMI0j3
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) June 16, 2015
41 | #FergusonFireside Jun 16, 2015 3:41:19pm |
Another armed hate protest scheduled to take place - this time outside Tucson's mosque. https://t.co/zfMcvzA8mC pic.twitter.com/kXs2uRvvQF
— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) June 16, 2015
42 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 3:43:07pm |
This giraffe who isn’t ready to adventure on her own just yet. pic.twitter.com/Jg9yLuwhmR
— Animal Planet (@MeetAnimals) June 16, 2015
43 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 3:44:15pm |
No. Just no.
brehhhh RT @VICE: 'Redneck sandals' are the bastard children of flip-flops and cowboy boots http://t.co/vCK82DwAWj pic.twitter.com/BndfoSu3r8
— america (@greghoward88) June 16, 2015
44 | TedStriker Jun 16, 2015 3:44:19pm |
re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s hilarious to see RWNJ Trump “bus” actors into his launch event.
45 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 3:46:11pm |
re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Makes sense because only in a movie would the idea of Donald Trump being president remotely make sense.
46 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 3:46:36pm |
48 | goddamnedfrank Jun 16, 2015 3:49:11pm |
Donald Trump Hired Paid Actors To Attend Presidential Launch Event
The gentleman who posted the pic is a paid actor who regularly posts photos from his gigs on social media. This seemed like all the others from his gigs that he posts. Sure. It seemed fishy. But, but I figured that perhaps it was just a coincidence? Paid actors can support presidential candidates too. No big. I persisted in my incredulity at the thought that Trump might actually pay actors to attend his campaign launch.
Then I discovered the other person pictured in the photo is also a paid actress. Hmmm. That got me thinking a bit. So, I did some digging. Here’s what I discovered…
According to sources: some actors were hired to attend and participate in the event; and, a company called Extra Mile NYC connected Trump’s campaign/event organizers with the paid actors.
49 | William Lewis Jun 16, 2015 3:49:40pm |
50 | TedStriker Jun 16, 2015 3:51:23pm |
re: #31 WhatEVs
After further review, these are my thoughts (hope you don’t mind):
- Pics should be a standard Height= and Width= across all of the posts, except for the most current.
- The Pages area on the right is a too wide. I would take off 1/2”.
- The text is a quite large in the main post. Bigger is good, but that is really, really big.
- I like the first X characters of a post content displaying near the picture.
- The first one we saw was more eye appealing, but the text there was too big, too.
- The last one is too asymmetrical for my eyes. It looks cluttered and kind of scattered.
I didn’t log out and look at it. I wonder what it looks like with all the ads.
I kind of like the current beta version, but, then again, I’m fairly easy on such matters, just as long as it doesn’t look like Drudge or, worse, Time Cube.
51 | Bird in the Paw Jun 16, 2015 3:51:34pm |
52 | piratedan Jun 16, 2015 3:56:53pm |
re: #41 #FergusonFireside
I don’t see that he’s getting a lot of traction on this after a glance at the facebook link or on the organizer’s personal page. Then again, Tucson isn’t Phoenix, usually a shade of blue prevails here but it’s not to say that there aren’t any wingnuts here, because frankly, they’re everywhere.
53 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:57:02pm |
Charles, I made a little mock up of the front page for you. I used elements you already have. I offset the Pages a little. FWIW. I love doing this shit. I Spoiler’d it to not bore the uninterested. :-)
54 | ipsos Jun 16, 2015 3:57:41pm |
I’ll say this for the double derpsplosion of Dolezal and Captain Combover:
It’s allowed me to do some much-needed thinning of my FB herd.
55 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:58:31pm |
re: #48 goddamnedfrank
Donald Trump Hired Paid Actors To Attend Presidential Launch Event
Donald Trump: I will pay $1000 to every voter who votes for me. $5000 if you vote twice!
56 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:59:04pm |
57 | WhatEVs Jun 16, 2015 3:59:36pm |
re: #51 Bird in the Paw
Oh man. Not during dinnertime. Just. Say. No. (shudder)
58 | TedStriker Jun 16, 2015 4:03:20pm |
re: #51 Bird in the Paw
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Saw this with caption on the kids facespace page. It is quite derogatory to lizards.
Ewwww…
59 | Jenner7 Jun 16, 2015 4:04:41pm |
“We do not yet know justice.” @deray on Washington's role in police violence http://t.co/n3cfoL1sK8 #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/s4sPrglSrG
— Kimberly Cooper (@literatigurl) June 16, 2015
60 | wrenchwench Jun 16, 2015 4:07:28pm |
re: #52 piratedan
I don’t see that he’s getting a lot of traction on this after a glance at the facebook link or on the organizer’s personal page. Then again, Tucson isn’t Phoenix, usually a shade of blue prevails here but it’s not to say that there aren’t any wingnuts here, because frankly, they’re everywhere.
I reported the Page to Facebook as removable.
61 | wrenchwench Jun 16, 2015 4:09:11pm |
re: #59 Jenner7
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‘Favoriting’ this one was not enough.
I continue to talk about race because race continues to impact my life & the lives of those who look like me. I'm not the enemy, racism is.
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 16, 2015
62 | makeitstop Jun 16, 2015 4:10:15pm |
re: #16 William Lewis
Ok, this is the Rock And Roll singer moment of the day. Not quite as good as Dave Grohl finishing the show after getting his broken leg set but a bit more dexterous…
I had to watch it several times to believe it.
[Embedded content]
That’s wild.
It’s just as cool as Ginger from the Wildhearts catching an egg.
63 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 4:13:41pm |
re: #53 WhatEVs
Thanks - I’ll consider your ideas. But it’s not going to be feasible to make all the images the same width and height, because there’s way too much variation in aspect ratios.
64 | thecommodore Jun 16, 2015 4:14:32pm |
You do realize that had this photo appeared on Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Daily Caller, and the like, there would be commenters calling those orangutans “Obama’s sons.”
65 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 4:16:07pm |
re: #64 thecommodore
You do realize that had this photo appeared on Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Daily Caller, and the like, there would be commenters calling those orangutans “Obama’s sons.”
Yeah, Gateway Pundit commenters are now completely indistinguishable from Stormfront neo-Nazis. They’re probably the same people, in fact.
66 | Jenner7 Jun 16, 2015 4:16:41pm |
Meet Jerry Hartfield. Conviction overturned in 1980 Has been WAITING 35 years for a new trial http://t.co/Ntsj8HyJd0 pic.twitter.com/inHwEbfzHr
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 16, 2015
67 | wrenchwench Jun 16, 2015 4:16:45pm |
re: #63 Charles Johnson
Will each post’s ‘rating’ appear with it?
68 | makeitstop Jun 16, 2015 4:17:41pm |
re: #63 Charles Johnson
Thanks - I’ll consider your ideas. But it’s not going to be feasible to make all the images the same width and height, because there’s way too much variation in aspect ratios.
Just use different sized pixels!
/
69 | wrenchwench Jun 16, 2015 4:18:27pm |
70 | Drive By Commenter Jun 16, 2015 4:18:47pm |
71 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 4:18:55pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Some thoughts:
The top bar looks a bit too spartan to me. E.g., the title “little green footballs” could run all the way across, rather than be bunched up in the left hand corner. Or perhaps other graphics could fill in the space.
Also, have you thought of adding a wider margin at the top, between the top bar and the articles? Perhaps some navigation functionality could be added there.
72 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 4:19:01pm |
re: #66 Jenner7
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Fuck me. I had no idea this shit was going on. Mind completely and very painfully blown.
73 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 4:19:36pm |
re: #67 wrenchwench
Will each post’s ‘rating’ appear with it?
I’m thinking about leaving the rating off the front page, and just having it appear on the individual article’s page instead.
74 | #FergusonFireside Jun 16, 2015 4:20:05pm |
75 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jun 16, 2015 4:22:11pm |
re: #73 Charles Johnson
I’m thinking about leaving the rating off the front page, and just having it appear on the individual article’s page instead.
Just a couple of minor requests:
1) Please hit an inside-the-park home run
2) Call it
76 | wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Jun 16, 2015 4:22:55pm |
Charles, using Opera and right now all I see is the sidebar in the new design. No main content at all.
77 | #FergusonFireside Jun 16, 2015 4:23:48pm |
re: #66 Jenner7
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A comment there:
I’d like to know who the prosecutors are (12+ / 0-)
who want to retry him. Names and faces. The US legal system needs a lot of sunshine.
SERIOUSLY
79 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 4:35:28pm |
re: #76 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Charles, using Opera and right now all I see is the sidebar in the new design. No main content at all.
Just tried Opera and everything looks fine here. I suspect something isn’t loading again, through the Great Firewall. The Masonry Javascript file that sets up the main post area loads from a Cloudflare CDN - that’s probably the issue.
80 | #FergusonFireside Jun 16, 2015 4:36:14pm |
Selling these for $19.99. Two for $40. pic.twitter.com/rNZHDffFFb
— jamie (@gnuman1979) June 16, 2015
Gnuman hasn’t had a good one in a while, or I’ve just been missing them.
81 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 4:40:13pm |
I see that Jeb! has joined Santorum and Inhofe, trying to prove he’s a True Conservative:
Jeb Bush thinks Pope Francis should avoid climate change: Stick to ‘making us better as people’
“I hope I’m not going to get castigated for saying this by my priest back home,” Bush said. “But I don’t get my economic policy from my bishops or my cardinals or my pope.”
Channelling JFK in order to channel Inhofe????
82 | Targetpractice Jun 16, 2015 4:43:25pm |
re: #81 freetoken
“I hope I’m not going to get castigated for saying this by my priest back home,” Bush said. “But I don’t get my economic policy from my bishops or my cardinals or my pope.”
“I get it from my corporate backers and my corrupt buddies, some of whom worked for that guy we don’t talk about from the first 8 years of this century.”
83 | wrenchwench Jun 16, 2015 4:46:43pm |
re: #81 freetoken
I see that Jeb! has joined Santorum and Inhofe, trying to prove he’s a True Conservative:
Jeb Bush thinks Pope Francis should avoid climate change: Stick to ‘making us better as people’
Channelling JFK in order to channel Inhofe????
[Nasty remark about Bush converting to the religion I abandoned] removed.
84 | Timothy Watson Jun 16, 2015 4:47:08pm |
re: #81 freetoken
I see that Jeb! has joined Santorum and Inhofe, trying to prove he’s a True Conservative:
Jeb Bush thinks Pope Francis should avoid climate change: Stick to ‘making us better as people’
Channelling JFK in order to channel Inhofe????
Because not dying of starvation or dehydration has nothing to do with making people better.
85 | Belafon Jun 16, 2015 4:48:19pm |
re: #81 freetoken
Someone’s finally telling them to act like a Christian and it stings.
87 | Targetpractice Jun 16, 2015 4:49:56pm |
They should just go ahead and say “The Pope should shut up about anything but how abortion and homosexuality are bad until he drinks the ‘free market’ kool-aid.”
88 | Belafon Jun 16, 2015 4:52:06pm |
re: #84 Timothy Watson
Because not dying of starvation or dehydration has nothing to do with making people better.
Why do you think the wealthy built big churches during the dark ages.
89 | jaunte Jun 16, 2015 4:52:06pm |
re: #81 freetoken
The Pope’s encyclical on climate change is arriving shortly. The squealing will be deafening.
90 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 4:57:07pm |
Meanwhile, down in Carolina:
TEACHER RESIGNS AFTER READING STUDENTS BOOK ABOUT GAY COUPLE
After a third-grader tearfully recounted how another boy had called him “gay” during gym class, teacher Omar Currie chose to raise the issue during story time by reading his students a fable about a prince who falls in love with another prince, ending with a happily-ever-after royal wedding.
That decision in April ignited a public outcry from some parents in the rural hamlet of Efland, North Carolina, resulting in Currie’s resignation this week from a job he loved. The assistant principal who loaned Currie her copy of “King & King” has also resigned, and outraged parents are pressuring administrators at the Orange County Schools to ban the book.
[…]
But… but… I thought it’s the Christians who are being persecuted by Big Gay??
91 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 5:00:16pm |
But at the committee meetings to discuss Currie’s use of the book, some parents whose children were not in his class made their attacks personal, telling him he would die young and spend eternity in hell. He also began receiving hate-filled letters and emails, including one copied to other teachers at the school, described homosexuality as a “birth defect” while accusing Currie of trying to “indoctrinate” children through “psycho-emotional rape.”
Oh, how I’d love to bring up this example at the next GOP “debate” and see the candidates squirm.
92 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 5:01:07pm |
re: #91 freetoken
Oh, how I’d love to bring up this example at the next GOP “debate” and see the candidates squirm.
You’re assuming they’d be bothered by it.
93 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 5:01:31pm |
94 | The Vicious Babushka Jun 16, 2015 5:02:47pm |
LOLWHUT
@viciousbabushka We just featured your tweet on our #naturalhair newsroom http://t.co/eHe2AA9VOe
— Voodoo Roots Organic (@natralhairluver) June 17, 2015
95 | b.d. Jun 16, 2015 5:04:15pm |
re: #94 The Vicious Babushka
LOLWHUT
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I, for one, get all of my news from the Natural Hair Newsroom.
96 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 5:11:48pm |
Your men, Republican, in office:
House GOP Tries to Eliminate Public Funding for Family Planning
The House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee’s new budget proposal would zero out funds for Title X, the only federal program devoted to providing low-income people with family planning services, birth control, well-woman visits, cancer screenings, screening for sexually transmitted infections, and other preventive services.
No, there’s no War on Women, none, none at all…
98 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:15:54pm |
By the way, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of that vine of Darrell Issa being kicked out of a Benghazi hearing.
99 | ObserverArt Jun 16, 2015 5:16:43pm |
re: #48 goddamnedfrank
Donald Trump Hired Paid Actors To Attend Presidential Launch Event
Hmmm. Maybe he can pay people to vote for him.
He says he is worth 9 billion or so.
Last election had a total of 126,849,296 voters.
That comes out to $70.95 per vote if he spends the full 9 billion.
So, say he pays 68 million folks a $100 each, he could buy the vote and still have 2.8 billion left!
Obama won the last election with 65,915,796 votes. 68 million would probably be enough to get him in.
///
100 | goddamnedfrank Jun 16, 2015 5:17:46pm |
This Melissa Harris-Perry interview with Rachel Dolezal is fucked beyond belief.
Just miles of WTF? “[Black women] don’t know me, they don’t know what I’ve walked through.” #RachelDolezal
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) June 17, 2015
“Sometimes decisions have been made for survival reasons.” NO! That was never you. That was black people passing as white to avoid lynching.
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) June 17, 2015
101 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 5:23:54pm |
re: #100 goddamnedfrank
Speaking of Dolezal, this paragraph struck me at the recent HuffPo piece on her parents:
Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, both residents of Troy, Montana, have been advocates for social justice in their own way. They practice Young Earth Creationism, a fundamentalist branch of Christianity that takes the Bible’s stories about the beginning of the world quite literally. Young Earth Creationists believe that God created the world in six consecutive 24-hour days, that humans and dinosaurs once walked together and that the Earth is only about 6,000 years old. To Young Earth Creationists, the great flood described in the Bible isn’t just poetry — it’s historical fact.
102 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 5:28:29pm |
Speaking of creationists, look who popped back up on the radar, one Harun Yahya, in a rather sad story about the murder of a secularist in Pakistan:
What Ananta Das was best known for, and perhaps the reason fundamentalist Muslims picked up his scent in the first place, was a magazine, which his organization put together and published, called “Jukti”, which translates to “Reason”. The first issue of Jukti was published in 2007 and featured, translated to Bengali of course, a chapter titled “What is a Freethinker?” from the well known book “Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist” written by the evangelical preacher turned atheist, Dan Barker. It was a sign of things to come, and over the years, Jukti featured many such thought provoking writings, many of which were translated from English with permission, such as an interview with Dr. Sean B. Carrol, which appeared in the 2009 issue of Discovery, and a piece titled “Turtles All the Way Down: The Atlas of Creation” written by Matt Cartmill, which is a review of the book “Atlas of Creation” by Harun Yahya, to name a few. Harun Yahya, a Turkish Islamic Creationist author, is popular with the “Islamic Foundation”, the largest Islamic Organization in Bangladesh, which is involved in the publication of this and many other books written by him, and their distribution to all levels of the education system throughout Bangladesh. Mr. Das, who was the editor of Jukti, also wrote an article whose Bangla title translates to “Harun Yahya: All That Glitters is Not gold”, in which he exposed the holes in the creationist’s arguments. In addition, many articles in Jukti provided critical evaluations of the views of other prominent promoters of Islam, such as the extremely popular Indian cleric, Zakir Naik, who was recently awarded by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia for his “services to Islam”. Other articles featured in Jukti leave no room for doubt about Mr. Das’s keen enthusiasm for science, particularly the Darwinian theory of evolution, which is in stark contrast to the creationism that Islam, and many other religions teach. Needless to say, such articles proved to be highly controversial in our country, where an overwhelming majority follows the Sunni sect of Islam. Jukti and the articles it featured turned out to be highly popular among Bangladeshis nonetheless, not just in the published form, but over the country’s blogosphere as well.
103 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 5:28:42pm |
re: #100 goddamnedfrank
This Melissa Harris-Perry interview with Rachel Dolezal is fucked beyond belief.
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At first, I didn’t really know how to feel about her and her misrepresentation. It was like it wasn’t my right to cast judgment because it wasn’t my ethnicity and culture being appropriated. But now that more of her story has emerged… damn, that woman is a fucking amoral grifter.
105 | ipsos Jun 16, 2015 5:35:39pm |
re: #103 allegro
I started watching the interview, and then started asking myself why I was watching the interview, and why MSNBC was broadcasting it.
I couldn’t come up with a reasonable answer to the first question other than “rubbernecking at a car crash.” Is there anything about Rachel Dolezal’s story that actually edifies us about anyone other than Rachel Dolezal? I’ll be damned if I can think of anything.
And so… *click*
106 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:35:55pm |
re: #101 freetoken
Speaking of Dolezal, this paragraph struck me at the recent HuffPo piece on her parents:
Yep…her parents are whack-job adoption fundies. So she was raised in a fucked up home…not a lot unlike the Duggar clan or Duck Dynasty.
107 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 5:36:27pm |
re: #104 jaunte
Looking from the outside, the whole Dolezal affair strikes me as someone desperate to escape one fantasy and creates another.
Among its other attributes, the real world can be really boring for long stretches.
Over the years I have met people like Dolezal, who work really, really hard at trying to be something they never were. I’m not going to judge them (morally) about that, but I do know that it’s a lot of work. I prefer to just be boring old me.
108 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:40:23pm |
@blakehounshell No, Jeb!, of course we don't. Now kindly fuck off and go live with your brother in Houston.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 17, 2015
109 | jaunte Jun 16, 2015 5:40:40pm |
“If you’re having a hard time as a white ally maybe you should just deal.”
— Elon James White
110 | No Country For Old Haters Jun 16, 2015 5:41:32pm |
re: #72 allegro
Fuck me. I had no idea this shit was going on. Mind completely and very painfully blown.
If comments I’m reading under the article are true, he’s a murderer with an IQ of 51, so he’s not really competent to stand trial, and he’s not someone who can be released. This seems to be more complicated than what we see in Shaun’s Kos post.
111 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 5:44:02pm |
Charles,
I like the new front page design. Nice ‘n’ clean. Though being a fairly long-time reader, it’ll take some getting used to when it’s finally rolled out. Maybe include a button that reverts the new front page to the old one?
I remember you commenting days earlier that the redesign is necessary to keep up on those Google rankings, I’ve thought about that as I’ve perused the web recently. And by golly, that’s just the way the stone tumbles, the web is largely moving on from list formats and coalescing into, uh, something else besides lists? Speech bubbles? I’m not a programmer, so I’m talking out of my ass here.
I also noticed in the new beta version, wrenchwench’s LGF User Guide is missing from the upper right.
112 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 5:44:04pm |
You asked for it and I delivered! Check out my “interview” w/ “Rachel Dolezal”… http://t.co/VSFuGeZMkC pic.twitter.com/hMHlypVuA4
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 17, 2015
It’s buffering too much for me to watch just yet, but Goldie is supposed to be asking hard questions.
;)
113 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:45:10pm |
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s buffering too much for me to watch just yet, but Goldie is supposed to be asking hard questions.
Goldie didn’t interview her, obviously. She’s mocking (rightly so) MHP for her enabling interview.
115 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 5:45:55pm |
re: #113 darthstar
Goldie didn’t interview her, obviously. She’s mocking (rightly so) MHP for her enabling interview.
I know, forgot to add my winkie.
116 | Targetpractice Jun 16, 2015 5:46:25pm |
re: #108 darthstar
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Jeb! and the rest of the GOP chorus line don’t seem to understand that what’s happening in Iraq is a direct result of the actions of the last Republican in office. And all this “what we know now” BS is excuse-making, not a serious answer.
117 | #FergusonFireside Jun 16, 2015 5:48:27pm |
re: #107 freetoken
Looking from the outside, the whole Dolezal affair strikes me as someone desperate to escape one fantasy and creates another.
Among its other attributes, the real world can be really boring for long stretches.
Over the years I have met people like Dolezal, who work really, really hard at trying to be something they never were. I’m not going to judge them (morally) about that, but I do know that it’s a lot of work. I prefer to just be boring old me.
On the continual search for kumquats.
118 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:50:03pm |
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s buffering too much for me to watch just yet, but Goldie is supposed to be asking hard questions.
Okay, I just watched it…funny, but not something I’d worry about if I forgot to watch it later. “sweetest va-jay-jay in the milky way” is a phrase I’ll remember though.
119 | CuriousLurker Jun 16, 2015 5:52:44pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
This one feels less cluttered than the previous iteration. I realize you’re not done yet, but is it eventually going to be fully responsive? Just wondering because right now it doesn’t appear to be and it’s failing Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test.
120 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 5:53:35pm |
Why I think @realDonaldTrump actually has a chance at becoming @POTUS. I think highly of my fellow Americans. https://t.co/msc5zehxxa
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) June 16, 2015
“Think about how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of 'em are stupider than that.” —George Carlin #Trump2016
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) June 16, 2015
121 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:54:08pm |
There’s a large droopy penis over Texas right now.
Timeline for Impacts from Bill across North and Central Texas | Read this article at http://t.co/tYMlw3BC5I #txwx pic.twitter.com/pctwKTzCgn
— Texas Storm Chasers (@TxStormChasers) June 17, 2015
123 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:55:36pm |
re: #120 teleskiguy
I hope Donald Trump has a long, competitive primary life. I don’t want him to win the nomination - because then the media will be forced to pretend he’s not fucking crazy - but I do want him to do so much damage to the GOP brand that DF thinks about voting for the Democratic candidate.
124 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 5:56:44pm |
125 | goddamnedfrank Jun 16, 2015 5:57:12pm |
Goldie’s “interview” with Dolezal is the TITS!
You asked for it and I delivered! Check out my “interview” w/ “Rachel Dolezal”… http://t.co/VSFuGeZMkC pic.twitter.com/hMHlypVuA4
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 17, 2015
126 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 5:58:06pm |
re: #123 darthstar
I hope Donald Trump has a long, competitive primary life. I don’t want him to win the nomination - because then the media will be forced to pretend he’s not fucking crazy - but I do want him to do so much damage to the GOP brand that DF thinks about voting for the Democratic candidate.
Hahahaha! Oh wait… you’re serious?
127 | Belafon Jun 16, 2015 5:59:19pm |
re: #110 No Country For Old Haters
If comments I’m reading under the article are true, he’s a murderer with an IQ of 51, so he’s not really competent to stand trial, and he’s not someone who can be released. This seems to be more complicated than what we see in Shaun’s Kos post.
Why was his conviction overturned 35 years ago? Whether or not he killed someone, we don’t hold onto people for 35 years under the pretense that he’s not someone who can be released.
128 | austin_blue Jun 16, 2015 5:59:53pm |
re: #121 darthstar
There’s a large droopy penis over Texas right now.
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That’s no a rain shield, that’s Governor Greg “Wheels” Abbott.
129 | darthstar Jun 16, 2015 5:59:57pm |
re: #126 allegro
Hahahaha! Oh wait… you’re serious?
Yeah…a little. I’d be okay if he came in second in Iowa and maybe 3rd in New Hampshire, and made South Carolina a toss-up. That would be enough to drive the Republicans into a right wing froth so far out that they’d never be able to recover for the general.
131 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 6:02:10pm |
re: #124 freetoken
Looks like a lot of rain.
It is. Thus far we’ve been spared in Houston - we’re getting the worst of ours tonight - but those a very few miles south are swimming.
132 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 6:03:27pm |
re: #119 CuriousLurker
This one feels less cluttered than the previous iteration. I realize you’re not done yet, but is it eventually going to be fully responsive? Just wondering because right now it doesn’t appear to be and it’s failing Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test.
Oh yes, definitely. Not quite ready to go there yet, but when it’s released it will be responsive to mobile devices.
133 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 6:04:01pm |
re: #127 Belafon
Why was his conviction overturned 35 years ago? Whether or not he killed someone, we don’t hold onto people for 35 years under the pretense that he’s not someone who can be released.
From the comments, apparently one juror was improperly removed because they were against the death penalty. It was a unanimous decision by the jury at the time, for whatever one feel’s that is worth.
134 | jaunte Jun 16, 2015 6:04:25pm |
re: #124 freetoken
#abc13eyewitness Reifel's Feed & Ranch Supply Store in Brazoria, Tx. pic.twitter.com/GUWAQg3byb
— courtney. ⚓️ (@cdshetters) June 16, 2015
135 | No Country For Old Haters Jun 16, 2015 6:04:43pm |
re: #127 Belafon
Why was his conviction overturned 35 years ago? Whether or not he killed someone, we don’t hold onto people for 35 years under the pretense that he’s not someone who can be released.
It’s Texas. Clearly they do hold on to someone who can’t be released. A more advanced state would have put him in a psychiatric facility, but this is Texas.
136 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 6:05:27pm |
137 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 6:05:42pm |
138 | Belafon Jun 16, 2015 6:07:03pm |
re: #135 No Country For Old Haters
It’s Texas. Clearly they do hold on to someone who can’t be released. A more advanced state would have put him in a psychiatric facility, but this is Texas.
True. A psychiatric facility would cost extra money of which my state would much rather spend on moving gold out of NY.
139 | jaunte Jun 16, 2015 6:07:33pm |
re: #137 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Winds “gusting” to 9mph.
wunderground.com
140 | CuriousLurker Jun 16, 2015 6:08:31pm |
re: #132 Charles Johnson
Oh yes, definitely. Not quite ready to go there yet, but when it’s released it will be responsive to mobile devices.
I hear you. The responsive stuff is… ugh… let’s just say I have a ways to go before I’ll feel that I’ve mastered it.
141 | Bird in the Paw Jun 16, 2015 6:08:52pm |
The girl really ain’t right…
SPOKANE, Wash. - After resigning from her post as president of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the N.A.A.C.P due to a highly publicized scandal regarding her race, Rachel Dolezal created even more controversy on Monday by claiming to be a founding member of legendary hardcore punk band Bad Brains.
142 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 6:11:11pm |
the only hope Donald Trump gives me is that perhaps he's Andy Kaufman's greatest prank ever
— Matt Oswalt (@Puddinstrip) June 17, 2015
145 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 6:13:18pm |
146 | CuriousLurker Jun 16, 2015 6:14:30pm |
re: #141 Bird in the Paw
The girl really ain’t right…
Satire site. There’s a lot of that crap out there now.
About
The Hard Times is a very real punk news site that you should not question. Just absorb the information as truth and move on. The historic satire site was founded in December 1982 at 171A studios while the founding members were eating broken glass with The Bad Brains. […]
147 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 6:14:34pm |
re: #141 Bird in the Paw
The girl really ain’t right…
parody/fake news site.
One of their other “news” articles is “Recently Thawed out Caveman Misses the Way Scene Used to Be”
148 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 6:15:22pm |
re: #101 freetoken
Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, both residents of Troy, Montana, have been advocates for social justice in their own way. They practice Young Earth Creationism, a fundamentalist branch of Christianity that takes the Bible’s stories about the beginning of the world quite literally.
What the fuck! Spreading young Earth creationist anti-science ignorance to other countries is “social justice?”
This is me, gobsmacked. How the hell can anyone write something so brainless?
149 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 6:17:02pm |
re: #146 CuriousLurker
I was trying to find that. I knew that was some stupid shit. Thanks CuriousLurker!
And you too, Backwoods_Sleuth!
[edited, golly, things go fast in here]
150 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 6:17:09pm |
re: #148 Charles Johnson
This is me, gobsmacked. How the hell can anyone write something so brainless?
It’s the HuffPo religion page. Pretty much anything goes there.
152 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 6:19:35pm |
The media is in full-on feeding frenzy mode over Rachel Dolezal, but I have to admit I find the story sordid and not very interesting.
153 | CuriousLurker Jun 16, 2015 6:20:29pm |
re: #151 Bird in the Paw
*blush*
Fooled by my nephew
Don’t feel bad, it’s happened to most of us at one time or another.
154 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 6:20:59pm |
https://t.co/GDCHuVxSIE #Pw4Prez pic.twitter.com/KYm2QZd94p
— Pee-wee Herman (@peeweeherman) June 17, 2015
155 | Jenner7 Jun 16, 2015 6:21:08pm |
re: #152 Charles Johnson
I’m just surprised she got away with this for so long and the lies were some pretty big whoppers.
156 | jaunte Jun 16, 2015 6:22:40pm |
re: #101 freetoken
Izaiah Dolezal, one of the couple’s adopted sons, reportedly sought emancipation from his parents in 2010. According to CNN, Izaiah, who is now 21, claimed the Dolezals “had sent his brother and sister away to group homes because they didn’t cooperate with the couple’s religion and rules.”
This is an exceptionally creepy act of bad parenting.
157 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 6:23:31pm |
re: #152 Charles Johnson
It’s cheap headlines for people who like to watch crashes.
I also think it reveals just how poorly some portions of our society are dealing with the concept of identity, and the non-reality of “race” but the very real reality of bigotry.
My feeling is that the Dolezal issue attracts those who want to trash the NAACP.
re: #156 jaunte
I get the faint whiff of Duggar-badness about all this.
158 | b_sharp Jun 16, 2015 6:23:40pm |
re: #140 CuriousLurker
I hear you. The responsive stuff is… ugh… let’s just say I have a ways to go before I’ll feel that I’ve mastered it.
FLEX BOX!!!
161 | Romantic Heretic Jun 16, 2015 6:25:06pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
Nice. I really like that.
162 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 6:27:22pm |
She needs help.
Seriously.
Rachel Dolezal: “There’s been no biological proof that [they] are my biological parents” http://t.co/eppRhv3PAt pic.twitter.com/sqgk6A6USd
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 17, 2015
163 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 6:27:23pm |
164 | freetoken Jun 16, 2015 6:28:04pm |
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s a silly statement given how cheap DNA tests are these days.
165 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 6:28:45pm |
re: #164 freetoken
It’s a silly statement given how cheap DNA tests are these days.
I think her delusions are so deep now that she would dispute results of a DNA test.
166 | CuriousLurker Jun 16, 2015 6:28:52pm |
re: #149 teleskiguy
I was trying to find that. I knew that was some stupid shit. Thanks CuriousLurker!
You’re welcome.
Despite the enormous amount of very real bad crazy out there these days, I tend to regard anything that doesn’t come from a MSM source with suspicion. Even then, the rush for clicks makes the MSM screw up sometimes too, like with the alleged Muslim Brotherhood puppy firebombs. When I saw it I knew immediately that it had to be BS (and it made me LOL), but CBS New York fell for it hook, line and sinker.
167 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jun 16, 2015 6:29:35pm |
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
She needs help.
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Well, you’d be messed up too if you were Sideshow Bob’s sister.
168 | RealityBasedSteve Jun 16, 2015 6:30:54pm |
Any of those Orangutans would be a better candidate than any of the current GOP Pack, and they all have better hair than The Donald.
As a side note, I know evolution can’t be true, because why is there still a GOP now that we have orangutans?
Haven’t been here in a few days, been busy as can be at the shop and other things. Just stopping in while I have a coffee before I go home.
Hugs and High-Fives all around.
RBS
169 | No Country For Old Haters Jun 16, 2015 6:33:10pm |
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
She needs help.
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Reading about her parents, and watching a video of them, it’s clear that she was raised in a very weird environment by people with insane beliefs. The odds were against her from the start.
170 | A Cranky One Jun 16, 2015 6:37:26pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The latest beta version of the LGF front page emphasizes the images much more, and does away with the excerpts except in the top post.
I like it. Improved from the previous drafts. The latest article is obvious and the layout gives a better idea of previous content.
Where exactly will ads go in this scheme? Will they interfere with the visual scan of the page?
And where is the button to download edible samples of VB’s baked goods? ;)
171 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 6:38:28pm |
No dog walkies tonight because rain so quickie piddles in the “yard”. Figured I could send The Boys out to pee while I stayed dry. My elderly blind spaniel got stuck behind my bike. Then my elderly eyeballs couldn’t see to do the numbers on the combination lock on the bike thingie without my glasses.
So now we’re all wet but at least everyone’s bladder is empty.
172 | EPR-radar Jun 16, 2015 6:38:48pm |
re: #148 Charles Johnson
What the fuck! Spreading young Earth creationist anti-science ignorance to other countries is “social justice?”
This is me, gobsmacked. How the hell can anyone write something so brainless?
We have a real problem in the US of the media mostly failing to call out young earth creationism as the useless drivel that it is. It’s pretty clear that the reason for this failure is that doing so would tick off the creationists and allow them and their enablers to whine about persecution of Christians.
173 | Timothy Watson Jun 16, 2015 6:39:45pm |
re: #169 No Country For Old Haters
Reading about her parents, and watching a video of them, it’s clear that she was raised in a very weird environment by people with insane beliefs. The odds were against her from the start.
Yeah, and mental illness isn’t outside the realm of possibility.
174 | Charles Johnson Jun 16, 2015 6:40:22pm |
Rachel Dolezal’s parents were missionary Young Earth Creationists. Clearly, she grew up in an irrational, dysfunctional environment.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 17, 2015
175 | No Country For Old Haters Jun 16, 2015 6:43:17pm |
re: #172 EPR-radar
We have a real problem in the US of the media mostly failing to call out young earth creationism as the useless drivel that it is. It’s pretty clear that the reason for this failure is that doing so would tick off the creationists and allow them and their enablers to whine about persecution of Christians.
I don’t think anyone cares if they whine. Media companies don’t want to alienate viewers and lose ad dollars.
176 | Bubblehead II Jun 16, 2015 6:45:22pm |
Document it and then do a page. @Green_Footballs will be more than happy to give you a platform. Trust me. https://t.co/TldFajtTiI
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) June 17, 2015
177 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 6:46:53pm |
Dolezol is a Dolezol birther https://t.co/kGU2cSvJNU
— David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) June 17, 2015
178 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 6:51:00pm |
re: #177 teleskiguy
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Mental illness and/or desperate unhappiness are becoming increasingly apparent. The media needs to back off this woman.
179 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 6:51:44pm |
180 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 6:52:50pm |
Thunderstorm moving overhead. What a wet friggin spring/early summer. At my buddy’s place in Redcliff, the river’s been bank-full for almost a week.
182 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 6:57:06pm |
re: #178 allegro
The media needs to back off this woman.
I agree. Regardless of her background, she’s proven herself a fraud. She’s disgraced now. Best thing for her is to fade into obscurity and start over rebuilding relationships and her reputation.
183 | EPR-radar Jun 16, 2015 6:57:48pm |
re: #175 No Country For Old Haters
I don’t think anyone cares if they whine. Media companies don’t want to alienate viewers and lose ad dollars.
If picking on young earth creationists would cause (or is assumed to cause) media to alienate viewers and lose ad dollars, that pretty much amounts to the media caring about YEC whining.
184 | Joe Bacon Jun 16, 2015 6:58:32pm |
re: #22 The Vicious Babushka
LOLOLOL Is Donald’s IQ higher than 150?
HOT DAMN! Trump’s IQ is the same as Chuck C’s???????
185 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 6:58:44pm |
re: #179 allegro
Who is Alice Dreger and what is her story?
Her website: alicedreger.com
She’s a friend of mine and some lizards got to know her very well a little while back when she live-tweeted an abstinence-only sex ed class at her son’s school. (It was hilarious, although rather sad and infuriating that adults were teaching kids that nonsense in a public school.)
186 | EPR-radar Jun 16, 2015 6:59:47pm |
re: #182 teleskiguy
I agree. Regardless of her background, she’s proven herself a fraud. She’s disgraced now. Best thing for her is to fade into obscurity and start over rebuilding relationships and her reputation.
I also agree. It’s not as if she’s running for office at the state level as a GOPer, where being floridly insane is often more helpful than not.
187 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 7:00:14pm |
Los Angeles County supervisors approve wage increase of $11 for in-home caregivers http://t.co/S8Kj9xLGGB pic.twitter.com/5aIXAjeexH
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 16, 2015
188 | Bubblehead II Jun 16, 2015 7:01:16pm |
189 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:01:56pm |
re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth
Her website: alicedreger.com
She’s a friend of mine and some lizards got to know her very well a little while back when she live-tweeted an abstinence-only sex ed class at her son’s school. (It was hilarious, although rather sad and infuriating that adults were teaching kids that nonsense in a public school.)
Ohhh, I remember her story, just forgot the name. Thanks.
190 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 7:04:47pm |
Here comes the wind. It’s times like these I wish I had an anemometer.
191 | b_sharp Jun 16, 2015 7:06:20pm |
re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth
Her website: alicedreger.com
She’s a friend of mine and some lizards got to know her very well a little while back when she live-tweeted an abstinence-only sex ed class at her son’s school. (It was hilarious, although rather sad and infuriating that adults were teaching kids that nonsense in a public school.)
Well hell, any friend of yours is also a friend of yours.
Joking aside, bring her on board.
192 | b_sharp Jun 16, 2015 7:07:07pm |
re: #190 teleskiguy
Here comes the wind. It’s times like these I wish I had an anemometer.
I hear they have a pill for that.
193 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:07:15pm |
re: #191 b_sharp
Well hell, any friend of yours is also a friend of yours.
Joking aside, bring her on board.
Oh yes, please do!
194 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 7:09:10pm |
195 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 7:10:12pm |
re: #194 teleskiguy
That makes a lot more sense than what I was trying to figure out.
Since I haven’t run into one with spinning cups on the top yet.
196 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jun 16, 2015 7:10:31pm |
re: #190 teleskiguy
Here comes the wind. It’s times like these I wish I had an anemometer.
Sometimes you don’t want to know. Ashore, riding out a hurricane in South Texas with the Navy, our anemometer read 144 mph just before the wind carried it off.
197 | Bubblehead II Jun 16, 2015 7:12:17pm |
re: #191 b_sharp
Well hell, any friend of yours is also a friend of yours.
Joking aside, bring her on board.
I don’t know about BWS, But I have been trying to get her to open a account. Maybe an invitation by Charles? I think she would be a great addition to the Lizard Nation.
198 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 7:13:03pm |
re: #195 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Since I haven’t run into one with spinning cups on the top yet.
I see them in the winter all the time, they’re on top of chairlift towers.
199 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 7:13:29pm |
re: #198 teleskiguy
I see them in the winter all the time, they’re on top of chairlift towers.
…not what I was talking about. >.>
200 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 7:14:52pm |
Am I on the outside of an inside joke? I hate it when that happens.
201 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 7:15:45pm |
re: #200 teleskiguy
Am I on the outside of an inside joke? I hate it when that happens.
No, just my mind goes off in strange directions.
What else are there pills for? In this case, think small blue pills.
202 | Bubblehead II Jun 16, 2015 7:16:21pm |
re: #200 teleskiguy
Am I on the outside of an inside joke? I hate it when that happens.
To what are you referring?
203 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:16:22pm |
re: #201 klys (maker of Silmarils)
No, just my mind goes off in strange directions.
What else are there pills for? In this case, think small blue pills.
You can’t get an erection?
204 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 7:16:46pm |
re: #203 allegro
You can’t get an erection?
It’s true, I can’t.
Especially not one with spinning cups for measuring the wind on top.
205 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 7:16:57pm |
re: #201 klys (maker of Silmarils)
No, just my mind goes off in strange directions.
What else are there pills for? In this case, think small blue pills.
Grampa’s little helper.
(now that the Rolling Stones are that age…)
207 | b_sharp Jun 16, 2015 7:18:08pm |
re: #204 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s true, I can’t.
Especially not one with spinning cups for measuring the wind on top.
208 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:18:32pm |
re: #206 b_sharp
I’ve built many an erection with my erector set.
Did you call your doctor after 4 hours?
209 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 7:19:05pm |
re: #207 b_sharp
I was going to be really terrified at what you could order on Amazon but thankfully I am safe.
210 | austin_blue Jun 16, 2015 7:19:08pm |
211 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 7:19:25pm |
re: #202 Bubblehead II
To what are you referring?
I don’t even know anymore.
So, church is a total waste of time, right? Full of dorks and losers. Also there's no god. Arbys: let's get high
— Nihilist Arby's (@nihilist_arbys) June 14, 2015
212 | Bubblehead II Jun 16, 2015 7:20:24pm |
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
Grampa’sGrandma’s little helper.
(now that the Rolling Stones are that age…)
213 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:20:51pm |
re: #211 teleskiguy
I don’t even know anymore.
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That’s entirely reasonable advice.
214 | b_sharp Jun 16, 2015 7:40:08pm |
Going off on a tangent isn’t something you should take laying down.
215 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:41:30pm |
re: #214 b_sharp
Going off on a tangent isn’t something you should take laying down.
Not without a little blue pill.
216 | teleskiguy Jun 16, 2015 7:46:03pm |
.@seanhannity So, is @JebBush saying that senators should just sit there and do nothing? Like, they're just figureheads? WTF?!? #Hannity
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) June 17, 2015
217 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 7:47:54pm |
re: #216 teleskiguy
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That’s total bullshit on Bush’s part. Senators have to deal with foreign policy in a way that most governors do not. I see that Hannity was merely quoting Jeb. It is crap still.
218 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:48:20pm |
re: #216 teleskiguy
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They are talking about Republicans. They get their orders from the Koch’s et al. No decisions required. I submit that applies to governors as well.
219 | Kragar Jun 16, 2015 7:49:40pm |
Its depressing to see the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower reduced to the party of Trump and Cruz #GOP #GOPClownCar #UniteBlue
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 17, 2015
220 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 7:50:51pm |
re: #219 Kragar
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Hell I’d say it’s depressing to see the party of Nixon and Goldwater become that. I mean say what one will about Nixon but he actually cared about getting shit done and running an effective government.
221 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:51:15pm |
re: #219 Kragar
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Damn, it would be depressing to see an average kindergarten reduced to that.
222 | William Lewis Jun 16, 2015 7:53:28pm |
re: #216 teleskiguy
This is why Governor’s like Walker do far more damage to the nation than any Senator.
223 | Kragar Jun 16, 2015 7:54:37pm |
re: #220 HappyWarrior
Hell I’d say it’s depressing to see the party of Nixon and Goldwater become that. I mean say what one will about Nixon but he actually cared about getting shit done and running an effective government.
EPA, opened relations with China…
COMMIE!
224 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 7:55:10pm |
re: #223 Kragar
EPA, opened relations with China…
COMMIE!
His health care reform plan would have Obama calling it too liberal.
225 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 7:56:30pm |
re: #224 HappyWarrior
His health care reform plan would have Obama calling it too liberal.
Y’all are making me less depressed by my first presidential election vote.
226 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 7:57:06pm |
re: #225 allegro
Y’all are making me less depressed by my first presidential election vote.
And you’re hearing this from a guy whose username is in tribute to one of his opponents.
227 | wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Jun 16, 2015 8:00:15pm |
228 | piratedan Jun 16, 2015 8:00:50pm |
re: #108 darthstar
damn, if he’s tired of it now, cripes, how is he going to feel in three months?
229 | wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Jun 16, 2015 8:02:59pm |
Hey, Charles! I can see the new front page in full now. I opened up my VPN and the js loaded fine. I like this format much better than the first version.
230 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 8:03:11pm |
re: #228 piratedan
damn, if he’s tired of it now, cripes, how is he going to feel in three months?
If he doesn’t want to talk about it then maybe he shouldn’t be unapologetic about his brother’s FP and how Dubya “kept us safe.”
231 | jaunte Jun 16, 2015 8:03:19pm |
232 | RealityBasedSteve Jun 16, 2015 8:03:58pm |
re: #226 HappyWarrior
And you’re hearing this from a guy whose username is in tribute to one of his opponents.
Going back to that era, I recall a piece I heard (probably on NPR) comparing news coverage (especially political campaign coverage) from the 50-60’s era to today. Back then on the average news story, the typical “sound bite” was actually a minute or so long, compared to something like 10 seconds today.
It irks me to no end that people think that coherent strategies to complex problems will fit on a bumper sticker (think “Drill Baby Drill”). American Politics has become “Short Attention Span Theater”.
234 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 8:05:08pm |
re: #232 RealityBasedSteve
Going back to that era, I recall a piece I heard (probably on NPR) comparing news coverage (especially political campaign coverage) from the 50-60’s era to today. Back then on the average news story, the typical “sound bite” was actually a minute or so long, compared to something like 10 seconds today.
It irks me to no end that people think that coherent strategies to complex problems will fit on a bumper sticker (think “Drill Baby Drill”). American Politics has become “Short Attention Span Theater”.
I’ve seen ads from those days- a lot longer and more detailed than our ads today.
235 | Higgs Boson's Mate Jun 16, 2015 8:05:11pm |
re: #228 piratedan
Good point. It’s a legitimate question. After all, his dad sent troops into Kuwait and his brother sent troops into Afghanistan and Iraq. A person would be justified in thinking that sending troops into the ME is a habit with the Bush family
236 | GlutenFreeJesus Jun 16, 2015 8:06:24pm |
237 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 8:07:05pm |
re: #235 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Good point. It’s a legitimate question. After all, his dad sent troops into Kuwait and his brother sent troops into Afghanistan and Iraq. A person would be justified in thinking that sending troops into the ME is a habit with the Bush family
And he’s been perhaps the biggest backer of his brother’s FP and I think is on record as saying he would be an unofficial FP adviser to him if elected. Jeb is trying to have it both ways here.
238 | CuriousLurker Jun 16, 2015 8:07:45pm |
Before I go to bed, some funnnies for the night crew:
30 Hilarious Street Posters You Certainly Haven’t Seen Around
re: #222 William Lewis
This one’s for you & the other photo enthusiasts. I’m not all that crazy about b&w photography, but these duotones are gorgeous:
Ancient Trees: Woman Spends 14 Years Photographing World’s Oldest Trees
G’nite, all. ;-)
239 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:08:54pm |
240 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:09:44pm |
re: #237 HappyWarrior
And he’s been perhaps the biggest backer of his brother’s FP and I think is on record as saying he would be an unofficial FP adviser to him if elected. Jeb is trying to have it both ways here.
Oh wow, he’s bisexual?
242 | RealityBasedSteve Jun 16, 2015 8:16:27pm |
Well, I’m off to bed. Going in early to try and straighten out some inventory issues. According to the computer we have a negative 7402 Orange Aqualung Medium fins on hand. Deep down inside, I’m thinking that might not be correct.
Be good, and help yourself to the doughnuts on the counter. They were fresh this morning, so they are still OK I’m sure.
RBS
243 | RealityBasedSteve Jun 16, 2015 8:18:17pm |
re: #239 allegro
That was kind of terrifying.
Yea, it’s the electric drill that makes it just creepy
RBS
244 | jonhendry Jun 16, 2015 8:20:05pm |
Cute orangutan pics always make me sad, because they won’t be around long as a species.
245 | GlutenFreeJesus Jun 16, 2015 8:23:31pm |
re: #239 allegro
The drill, huh? lol Actually I use that with a spade bit to peel potatoes. :)
246 | Kragar Jun 16, 2015 8:24:41pm |
Jon Stewart Thanks Trump for 'Making My Last 6 Weeks My Best 6 Weeks' http://t.co/Hv7qRG3bjU (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/GCQ9aoJGXw
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 17, 2015
247 | #FergusonFireside Jun 16, 2015 8:25:17pm |
re: #238 CuriousLurker
Before I go to bed, some funnnies for the night crew:
30 Hilarious Street Posters You Certainly Haven’t Seen Around
For you & the other photo enthusiasts. I’m not all that crazy about b&W photography, but these duotones are gorgeous:
Ancient Trees: Woman Spends 14 Years Photographing World’s Oldest Trees
G’nite, all. ;-)
The street posters really made me laugh. Gracias.
248 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:32:45pm |
re: #245 GlutenFreeJesus
The drill, huh? lol Actually I use that with a spade bit to peel potatoes. :)
You guys are weird.
249 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:37:42pm |
I just took off my bra. I feel free. Nothing like liberated breasts.
Will that get the thread going again? Hey, I’m trying.
250 | Belafon Jun 16, 2015 8:37:48pm |
re: #224 HappyWarrior
His health care reform plan would have Obama calling it too liberal.
Imagine what could have been passed had Obama had Nixon’s congress.
251 | retired cynic Jun 16, 2015 8:38:39pm |
re: #249 allegro
I just took off my bra. I feel free. Nothing like liberated breasts.
Will that get the thread going again? Hey, I’m trying.
Sounds like a plan!
252 | HappyWarrior Jun 16, 2015 8:39:29pm |
re: #250 Belafon
Imagine what could have been passed had Obama had Nixon’s congress.
I know sigh. I’ve come to realize that a lot of a president’s successes are due to the Congress he has. Obama’s had some of the worst Congresses ever.
253 | b_sharp Jun 16, 2015 8:40:12pm |
re: #249 allegro
I just took off my bra. I feel free. Nothing like liberated breasts.
Will that get the thread going again? Hey, I’m trying.
So you’re just hangin’ out with some friends?
254 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:40:49pm |
255 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:41:36pm |
re: #253 b_sharp
So you’re just hangin’ out with some friends?
They’ve served me pretty well, actually.
256 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:42:47pm |
re: #249 allegro
That’s what working at home is good for.
257 | piratedan Jun 16, 2015 8:43:26pm |
re: #249 allegro
obligatory pics or it didn’t happen remark……
sorry allegro, but I do love you for your mind….
258 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:43:31pm |
I made a kale lemon Caesar salad with Brussels sprouts and olives to go with some leftover pasta for dinner tonight.
It was tasty.
259 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:44:38pm |
re: #256 klys (maker of Silmarils)
That’s what working at home is good for.
It really is. Free range breasts just aren’t welcome in the workplace.
260 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:45:18pm |
re: #259 allegro
It really is. Free range breasts just aren’t welcome in the workplace.
Unless it’s gone organic.
261 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:46:13pm |
As a result of my husband trying to look up if you can eat raw Brussels sprouts, I now have a recipe for a Brussels sprouts and mustard salad to try.
262 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 16, 2015 8:47:47pm |
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) June 16, 2015
gonna read in bed a bit and hope this happens.
niterz, lizardz!
263 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:48:24pm |
I could go upstairs to the new thread but a) I would feel lonely and b) I’d go off topic immediately.
264 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:49:40pm |
re: #263 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I could go upstairs to the new thread but a) I would feel lonely and b) I’d go off topic immediately.
I feel ya. But I can’t deal with Brussels Sprouts.
265 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:50:42pm |
re: #257 piratedan
obligatory pics or it didn’t happen remark……
sorry allegro, but I do love you for your mind….
I promise at my age my mind is much more interesting.
266 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:50:46pm |
re: #264 allegro
I feel ya. But I can’t deal with Brussels Sprouts.
I am …learning to handle them.
The pasta had them too, but there they were sauteed in bacon grease. I am beginning to think bacon grease makes all things better.
267 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:51:52pm |
re: #266 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am …learning to handle them.
The pasta had them too, but there they were sauteed in bacon grease. I am beginning to think bacon grease makes all things better.
Bacon grease even gets my dogs to eat green beans. They hate green beans.
268 | piratedan Jun 16, 2015 8:53:13pm |
re: #265 allegro
speaking as a guy who enjoys titillating conversation, any time you can enjoy innuendo laden snark with a smart lady, you never pass up that opportunity
269 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:53:17pm |
Someone in my Twitter TL was ranting today about how a romantic relationship between a 50 year old guy and a 20 year old woman is presented as the “reward” in a non-small number of fiction novels these days.
I just wish some of these novels dealt with the issues in those kinds of relationships. Retirement planning fucking sucks.
270 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 8:54:00pm |
re: #268 piratedan
speaking as a guy who enjoys titillating conversation, any time you can enjoy innuendo laden snark with a smart lady, you never pass up that opportunity
I love you. ;)
271 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:55:06pm |
Also I remain unconvinced there is a purpose to hand-wash only clothing.
272 | piratedan Jun 16, 2015 8:55:20pm |
re: #270 allegro
back at ya… just because we’re older doesn’t mean that we’ve forgotten anything
273 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 8:59:20pm |
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274 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 9:01:26pm |
re: #269 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Someone in my Twitter TL was ranting today about how a romantic relationship between a 50 year old guy and a 20 year old woman is presented as the “reward” in a non-small number of fiction novels these days.
I just wish some of these novels dealt with the issues in those kinds of relationships. Retirement planning fucking sucks.
As one who married a man 14 years my senior who left me a young (47) widow, retirement is a distracting future issue. Good to think about, but live for today. You will likely not grow old together. There’s a joy in that, too.
275 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 9:03:19pm |
re: #274 allegro
As one who married a man 14 years my senior who left me a young (47) widow, retirement is a distracting future issue. Good to think about, but live for today. You will likely not grow old together. There’s a joy in that, too.
mr. klys is 17 years my senior.
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276 | allegro Jun 16, 2015 9:11:03pm |
re: #275 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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277 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Jun 16, 2015 9:14:53pm |
re: #276 allegro
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