Fox News Go-To Baptist Preacher Says SCOTUS Marriage Equality Decision Is a Sign of the End Times

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Robert Jeffress is a frequent guest on Fox News, where they present him as a kindly avuncular Baptist pastor.

But in reality, he’s a totally insane religious fanatic preaching conspiratorial End Times hatred.

Jeffress had some good news, though: The Supreme Court’s decision and the ensuing rainbow-flag projection on the White House all just confirm the Bible’s reports of what will happen before the return of Christ.

“What happened Friday was nothing short of an affront in the face of Almighty God,” Jeffres said in his introduction of Perkins. “And how did our president respond? President Obama responded Friday night by bathing the White House, the people’s house, in colors that represent what the Bible calls degredation, depravity and sexual perversion.”

Jeffress and his church, he said, are “not going to be silenced by the liberal left, Barack Obama or the United States Supreme Court.”

“We’re not despondent, we’re not discouraged in the least,” he added, “because everything that happened Friday is simply confirmation of what the Bible says is going to happen before the return of Jesus Christ.”

Right Wing Watch’s posts since the Supreme Court decision on same sex marriage are a picture of the religious right getting increasingly insane. The incitement is reaching dangerous levels.

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136 comments
1 thedopefishlives  Jul 2, 2015 5:54:35pm

EVERYTHING is a “sign of the end times” to these people. No, literally - they are fully convinced that the world will end in their time, and every little sign and wonder they can find to “prove” it just sends them deeper into apocalyptic hysteria. I don’t miss it at all.

2 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 5:54:35pm

We’re waiting, fundies.

Any day, now.
3 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 5:55:27pm

“…an affront in the face of Almighty God!”

4 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 5:56:32pm

thedopefishlives, I’m so glad you found your way out of the fundie morass! You’re unique from my perspective as you are still religious. Most ex-fundies I know cast away religion altogether.

I tip my hat to you, sir.

5 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 5:57:04pm

So is it time to plant those heirloom seeds yet?

6 thedopefishlives  Jul 2, 2015 5:59:09pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

thedopefishlives, I’m so glad you found your way out of the fundie morass! You’re unique from my perspective as you are still religious. Most ex-fundies I know cast away religion altogether.

I tip my hat to you, sir.

Aw, shucks. Thanks. Honestly, a lot of my friends and peers have done exactly as you say - ex-fundies in every sense of the word. Me, I have other reasons to hang on to faith… Just not the batshit crazy faith of my fathers.

7 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 5:59:33pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

8 stpaulbear  Jul 2, 2015 5:59:40pm

It must piss the hell out of christianists to grow old and die before the rapture comes. They didn’t get a chance to see the big event that justified their life of judgemental superiority. Sucks to be them…

9 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 2, 2015 6:00:43pm

confirm the Bible’s reports of what will happen before the return of Christ

by my reckoning he’s nearly 2000 years late

10 EPR-radar  Jul 2, 2015 6:01:06pm

re: #8 stpaulbear

It must piss the hell out of christianists to grow old and die before the rapture comes. They didn’t get a chance to see the big event that justified their life of judgemental superiority. Sucks to be them…

On the other hand, just imagine how much more governable the US would be if the Rapture were to come and remove many of the most obnoxious impediments to progress.

11 goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2015 6:01:57pm

Trap crudely set and baited, now we wait …

12 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 6:03:50pm

A round of raucous applause for Alouette, who wades into the derpiest of derp on Twitter fucking daily so we can see how dumb these assholes are in real time. I don’t know how you do it. I guess it’s easy to sustain when you bake delicious pies every freaking day!

13 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 6:03:55pm

“We’re not despondent, we’re not discouraged in the least,” he added, trying his best to fake a smile over the snarl of disgust.

14 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 6:05:26pm

I really can’t wait until Jade Helm starts opening up those FEMA camps

15 stpaulbear  Jul 2, 2015 6:05:49pm

re: #10 EPR-radar

On the other hand, just imagine how much more governable the US would be if the Rapture were to come and remove many of the most obnoxious impediments to progress.

I’ve seen the bumper sticker “Rapture NOW! Get these assholes out of here”. Tempting.

16 goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2015 6:05:54pm

“We’re not upset because this means everyone is going to die soon!”

How fucked up is that?

17 PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2015 6:06:11pm

This guy is the so called electronic version of the guy walking the streets with a sandwich board reading on both sides, “The End is Near.”

18 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 6:06:27pm
“Seriously deranged”

Yes, Jeffress is.

As well as the rest of the fundamentalist wingnuts.

I just wish we had public leaders who would call them out on this.

19 thedopefishlives  Jul 2, 2015 6:06:33pm

re: #16 goddamnedfrank

“We’re not upset because this means everyone is going to die soon!”

How fucked up is that?

From people who’ve flat-out said they want to murder “sinners”? Pretty much par for the course for these ghouls.

20 thedopefishlives  Jul 2, 2015 6:07:18pm

I wish, just once, these sanctimonious bastards would sit down and realize that EVERYONE, including themselves, is a sinner. Not WAS, IS. Nobody’s perfect, so sit down, shut up, stop fucking judging, and live your own goddamn life.

21 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 6:07:55pm

Sierra On-Line games were evil. Evil!

King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
22 EPR-radar  Jul 2, 2015 6:10:38pm

So this Jeffress creep thinks the marriage case was the worst blunder by the US supreme court in its entire history.

Even if one were to charitably assume this human dumpster fire weren’t 100% wrong on the marriage issue, there is still the question of what about the Dred Scott case?

How fucked up in the head must one be to claim that a SCOTUS decision granting marriage equality is somehow worse than the Dred Scott case?

This raving lunacy is typical of the US religious right.

23 Bubblehead II  Jul 2, 2015 6:12:03pm

Night Lizards. Don’t let the Fundies bite.

24 Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Jul 2, 2015 6:12:52pm

Typo comment from downstairs is what happens when you cross 5 IPA’s and an iPhone. Have fun and goodnight from the beach y’all.

25 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 2, 2015 6:13:03pm
One Nation, Under Cod

Good evening Lizards. Was in Gloucester today. :)

26 EPR-radar  Jul 2, 2015 6:13:27pm

re: #18 freetoken

Yes, Jeffress is.

As well as the rest of the fundamentalist wingnuts.

I just wish we had public leaders who would call them out on this.

Indeed. Some kinds of religious belief should get absolutely no deference or respect from the government and media. Batshit insane US right wing christianity is right at the top of the list of things I’d like to see dismissed as noxious cults.

27 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 6:18:08pm

re: #25 Feline Fearless Leader

Good evening Lizards. Was in Gloucester today. :)

A grand old town. Added: I just noticed the nice weather vane.

28 S'latch  Jul 2, 2015 6:19:14pm

When (if) they figure out that climate change is real and it’s destroying the plant, they’ll call it end times and blame it on gay marriage.

29 steve_davis  Jul 2, 2015 6:19:19pm

re: #8 stpaulbear

It must piss the hell out of christianists to grow old and die before the rapture comes. They didn’t get a chance to see the big event that justified their life of judgemental superiority. Sucks to be them…

I’m an episcopalian, so I take the position that the rapture already happened and that we’re what’s left. After all, if God can flood the world, destroying the Egyptians in the process, and then put the Egyptians right back where they were, with no remembrance of perishing, presumably the Rapture would work the same way.

30 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 2, 2015 6:21:19pm

re: #27 De Kolta Chair

A great old town.

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Been eating chowder the past few days. A nice corn chowder in Boston the other day and a very creamy clam chowder last night in Manchester-by-the-sea.

No lobster roll yet though.

31 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 6:22:11pm
32 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 6:22:22pm

OT, but if you are interested CNN is showing the 70’s again.

They just covered the free speech trials of TV, when the FCC tried to enforce a ‘family hour’ (actually 2) of TV.

Alan Alda, Carrol O’Connor et al testified.

Verrrrry interesting.

I also love seeing the old footage.

33 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 6:24:57pm

re: #30 Feline Fearless Leader

Been eating chowder the past few days. A nice corn chowder in Boston the other day and a very creamy clam chowder last night in Manchester-by-the-sea.

No lobster roll yet though.

Any chance you’ll be heading out Sandwich way? On the surface it looks yuppiefied, but the locals are generally cool.

And don’t even think of leaving the Cape without munching on a lobster roll!

34 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 2, 2015 6:25:16pm
“because everything that happened Friday is simply confirmation of what the Bible says is going to happen before the return of Jesus Christ.”

After which, He will storm into your House of Superstition and chase you and your fellow quacks into the street with a whip.

35 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 6:26:15pm

I’d chip in $100 or more so these guys can build a Mayflower II spaceship and find themselves a new intolerant homeplanet

36 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 6:26:52pm

What an awkward looking handshake.

37 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 6:27:32pm

That’s what happens in the “sharing” economy.

38 Belafon  Jul 2, 2015 6:29:01pm

re: #37 jaunte

Marge Simpson didn’t go that far.

39 thedopefishlives  Jul 2, 2015 6:29:35pm

re: #36 teleskiguy

What an awkward looking handshake.

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He doesn’t want to get the black cooties.

40 Great White Snark  Jul 2, 2015 6:30:16pm

re: #17 PhillyPretzel

This guy is the so called electronic version of the guy walking the streets with a sandwich board reading on both sides, “The End is Near.”

Once on the street one guy was hollering about the end. I told him he was approaching the end of my patience.

41 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 6:31:17pm

re: #12 teleskiguy

A round of raucous applause for Alouette, who wades into the derpiest of derp on Twitter fucking daily so we can see how dumb these assholes are in real time. I don’t know how you do it. I guess it’s easy to sustain when you bake delicious pies every freaking day!

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TYVM!

42 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 6:33:37pm

re: #39 thedopefishlives

He doesn’t want to get the black cooties.

That, and he’s afraid of his base.

43 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 6:35:21pm

re: #32 #FergusonFireside

Oh yes, old video.

One of my favorites:

MP4 Video

44 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 2, 2015 6:36:28pm

Quack hate-preachers are very big on the indoctrination of children, They would do well to stop pounding their Bibles long enough to read Luke 17:1-2

(NIV)

1. Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.
2. It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

45 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 6:36:38pm

They were just talking about Sesame Street & the celebs who appeared.

Oscar just called Johnny Cash “Johnny Trash”

lol

46 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 2, 2015 6:39:25pm

re: #36 teleskiguy

What an awkward looking handshake.

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It’s the super sekeret Stone-Cutters Quad-lateral Commission Build-A-Burger handshake. They are so on probation and having to buy rounds at the next lodge meeting.

RBS

47 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 6:39:40pm

re: #42 teleskiguy

That, and he’s afraid of his base.

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A real Republican wouldn’t shake that gay Kenyan communist’s hand. A real Republican would have knocked 0bama in the jaw, taken his Presidenting ring off his hand and taken over on the spot.

48 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 6:39:49pm

I keep my FB for family.

So this happened:
I logged into FB, hoping to see new pix of the grandkids, and I get this message:

Your Memories On Facebook

We care about you and the memories you share here. You posted this photo exactly 5 years ago. We thought you’d like to look back on it today.

OK it was a pie, because that’s mostly all I post to FB, pies and other baked goods, but what if somebody else got a little drunk and posted something they shouldn’t have, and then forgot about it and Facebook shows it to them 5 years later?

That is creepy as shit.

49 thedopefishlives  Jul 2, 2015 6:40:59pm

re: #48 The Vicious Babushka

Speaking of which, it’s coming up on 10 years since my big car wreck. Lots of 10-year things coming up here within the next year; it’s been 10 years since I started dating Mrs. Fish as of late last month.

50 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 6:42:07pm
51 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 6:42:33pm

re: #42 teleskiguy

That, and he’s afraid of his base.

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If you look really close you can see Walker bowing to Obama

52 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 6:43:48pm

I notice I don’t get audio with the embedded mpeg4 files.

How about anyone else?

53 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 6:46:05pm

re: #43 freetoken

This? I got audio.

(I did not recognize the clip tho :()

54 dholmes32  Jul 2, 2015 6:46:52pm

Ever since I started hearing this stuff, which would have been around 1970, the end has been coming Real Soon Now. I remember when Henry Kissinger was supposed to be the Antichrist. (Then Anwar Sadat, then Saddam Hussein, wash, rinse, repeat.) Jeffress can babble all he wants, but his predicted end is not coming.

55 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 6:47:15pm

The 70’s:

Mike Wallace is reporting on Cable.

Now onto HBO.

heh, this is extremely interesting.

56 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 6:48:40pm

HBO - Sept 1975 - the Thrilla in Manila.

Boom.

57 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 6:48:47pm
58 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 6:49:48pm

re: #53 #FergusonFireside

Yeah, that. I don’t get any sound with embedded mpeg4s.

And on key post page, even mp3’s don’t give me audio, though they are playing.

Embedded mp3s in the Spy work.

MP3 Audio

59 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 6:50:00pm

re: #55 #FergusonFireside

The 70’s:

Mike Wallace is reporting on Cable.

Don’t tell me he’s reporting on hippies again?

60 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 6:50:26pm

Ooops…. let me take that back. Even mp3’s give me no audio in spy. Was working the other night.

61 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 6:50:48pm

Using Chrome anyway.

62 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 6:52:02pm

re: #57 teleskiguy

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How long before all of those people who have paid a fortune to live in a Trump branded high dollar condo demand that his name gets ripped of the building?

63 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 6:52:34pm

re: #59 De Kolta Chair

Don’t tell me he’s reporting on hippies again?

Embedded Image

Now they are onto the story of ESPN.

Y’all, we have witnessed a magnificent change in media. For better or worse.

I always go back to the Yellow Journalism of Hearst when I’m in the dumps. At least we have twitter and LGF to debunk.

64 Single-handed sailor  Jul 2, 2015 6:53:04pm

re: #61 freetoken

Using Chrome anyway.

Works in Firefox for me, are your speakers plugged in? Have you tried turning it off and back on? ;)

65 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 2, 2015 6:53:14pm

Had a fun day at work today. All the first-aid type certifications I’ve been studying for we did as an 8 hour class. I am now Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid Certified (2 of those now), Emergency Oxygen Provider for Diving Injuries, Neurological Assessment, and First Aid for Hazardous Marine Animal Injuries.

These courses were offered by DAN (Divers Alert Network). They are affiliated with Duke University’s School of Hyperbaric Medicine, and are generally considered the “Gold Source” for Dive Medicine related stuff. The training sessions were good, better than the typical First Aid classes, and stuff like doing basic neurological assessments folks like Red Cross and EFR don’t even touch, based on the idea that EMTs / Paramedics will be there in 15 minutes or less.

Also had to tell a person who got some scuba gear at a flea market (Yea, that’s where I go for life sustaining equipment) that the reg they spend 100 bucks for is going to need 150 dollars of work to get it to the shape where it’s worth 80 bucks. (and that’s making a pretty shaky assumption that it could be rebuilt, it was really rough)

Having a nice grilled Ham and Swill on Rye, with some potato salad. A big kosher dill spear is proudly standing in for vegetables.

/ramble

RBS

66 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 6:53:37pm

DIM JIM FAIL
No audio of alleged “threats” and no violence as promised in the video

67 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 6:56:46pm

re: #64 Single-handed sailor

Yes, speakers are plugged in.

Works in Firefox, not in Chrome.

Sigh…

68 CuriousLurker  Jul 2, 2015 6:56:56pm

I’m calling it a night. If you’re bored, here’s a nice slideshow:

Best American Small Towns - 50 Coolest Small Towns in United States

Later, lizards.

69 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 6:57:44pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

DIM JIM FAIL
No audio of alleged “threats” and no violence as promised in the video

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Oh the horror!!!

At one point, the group ripped up a copy of the book, littering the space outside the store with paper.

70 Drive By Commenter  Jul 2, 2015 6:58:22pm

The true end time will be the end of all persecution against others by members of any and all organized religion world wide. Never happen. Just like his end times will never happen. But he likes the idea and the press, the attention and the contributions too I bet. I’ll bet that’s a large part of the effort. Contributions…..Grifting 101 v.2…..Find a fear. Pour it on people. Getting to listen to himself talk is a big plus. A TB Station likes hims. He’s besides himself he doesn’t have to wear a sandwich board and walk the streets. Or stand on corners and scream at passing cars. Progress. Where the hell is my check?

71 Single-handed sailor  Jul 2, 2015 6:59:19pm

re: #67 freetoken

I use daily’s of Chromium when Firefox doesn’t work right on a page, but that’s it. Each to his own.

72 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 6:59:37pm

re: #54 dholmes32

Ever since I started hearing this stuff, which would have been around 1970, the end has been coming Real Soon Now. I remember when Henry Kissinger was supposed to be the Antichrist. (Then Anwar Sadat, then Saddam Hussein, wash, rinse, repeat.) Jeffress can babble all he wants, but his predicted end is not coming.

For years, my money was on Bea Arthur turning out to be the Anti-Christ. Seriously, have you seen her in Mame? Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin!

////

73 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 7:00:22pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

Another viewpoint on that story from OCWeekly:

“The guidelines for the rule-crazy event disallowed for any candid photography of the author, and people clamoring for an autograph had to buy her book (30% off!) from the Barnes & Noble…”

“…I walked out of the bookstore with ¡Adios, America! still in hand. Roughly 30 protesters started chanting me down saying “Shame on you! Shame on you!” I gave them the book to use in the protest instead. “Do whatever you want with it!” I told them. They proceeded to rip pages from it, littering the floor in front of the bookstore with Coulter confetti.”
blogs.ocweekly.com

74 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 7:00:34pm

re: #69 b.d.

Oh the horror!!!

LITTERBUGS!!!!!!!!

75 allegro  Jul 2, 2015 7:00:46pm

re: #69 b.d.

Oh the horror!!!

OMG! Not littering! Oh the humanity!

76 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 7:01:13pm

re: #68 CuriousLurker

Some very historic locations in that selection.

77 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 7:01:28pm
78 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:01:54pm

re: #63 #FergusonFireside

Now they are onto the story of ESPN.

Y’all, we have witnessed a magnificent change in media. For better or worse.

I always go back to the Yellow Journalism of Hearst when I’m in the dumps. At least we have twitter and LGF to debunk.

LGF Live Blog of the 70’s, via SS:

They just did a really good segment on Roots. And how they took a risk & hit the #1 spot.

Remember that? I was a kid & remember it, kinda. But damn just watching the scenes makes me need to watch it again.

We do have a really deep media library to peruse.

79 b.d.  Jul 2, 2015 7:02:05pm

re: #75 allegro

OMG! Not littering! Oh the humanity!

Somebody could have tripped on it and died!

80 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 2, 2015 7:03:30pm

re: #67 freetoken

Yes, speakers are plugged in.

Works in Firefox, not in Chrome.

Sigh…

FWIW, my copy of Chrome on my laptop got real flaky all of a sudden yesterday. I ended up un-installing it and then doing a fresh install. Seemed to fix all the problems.

RBS

81 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 7:05:34pm

re: #69 b.d.

At one point, the group ripped up a copy of the book

They sound pretty spineless.

◔_◔

82 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 7:07:18pm

Where do I find this ski suit?!?!

83 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jul 2, 2015 7:07:20pm

re: #74 The Vicious Babushka

LITTERBUGS!!!!!!!!

And creatin’ a nuisance .

… And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the
Bench talkin’ about crime, mother-stabbin’, father-rapin’, … all kinds
Of groovy things that we was talkin’ about on the bench, and everything was
Fine.

84 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 2, 2015 7:07:39pm

re: #81 De Kolta Chair

They sound pretty spineless.

◔_◔

I think you’ve got it covered

RBS

85 Drive By Commenter  Jul 2, 2015 7:09:39pm

re: #68 CuriousLurker

I’m calling it a night. If you’re bored, here’s a nice slideshow:

Best American Small Towns - 50 Coolest Small Towns in United States

Later, lizards.

Been through 9 and close to two others. But then again this was spaced over several years some years back. 10% of cool small towns, as of 2015? I’ve been around, man…. Wonder where cool will be next year? Some of it is over rated, not all. My 2 cents.
Nite all.

86 calochortus  Jul 2, 2015 7:09:52pm

re: #20 thedopefishlives

I wish, just once, these sanctimonious bastards would sit down and realize that EVERYONE, including themselves, is a sinner. Not WAS, IS. Nobody’s perfect, so sit down, shut up, stop fucking judging, and live your own goddamn life.

They’ve got that covered with a bumper sticker: Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven.

Take that non-Christians!!!!!!

87 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jul 2, 2015 7:13:53pm

re: #85 Drive By Commenter

Been through 9 and close to two others. But then again this was spaced over several years some years back. 10% of cool small towns, as of 2015? I’ve been around, man…. Wonder where cool will be next year? Some of it is over rated, not all. My 2 cents.
Nite all.

I’ve only been to 4. I guess I gravitate toward larger towns.

88 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 7:14:00pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

Where do I find this ski suit?!?!

Any mall store that sells wallet chains.

89 RealityBasedSteve  Jul 2, 2015 7:14:57pm

re: #88 De Kolta Chair

Any mall store that sells wallet chains.

Do you HAVE to have a mullet to purchase one?

RBS

90 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:18:02pm

re: #68 CuriousLurker

I’m calling it a night. If you’re bored, here’s a nice slideshow:

Best American Small Towns - 50 Coolest Small Towns in United States

Later, lizards.

I’ve been most fortunate to have been to:

Sitka, Sedona, Avalon, Stuart, Natchitoches, Taos, Harpers Ferry.

I am lucky.

I may have missed a place, but that damn site has so many ads it is a joke to navigate. What have we done?

91 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 7:19:13pm

re: #77 The Vicious Babushka

So what if it’s a tart and not a pie, that does look good.

92 bratwurst  Jul 2, 2015 7:19:46pm

Best line on this lame meme yet:

93 Drive By Commenter  Jul 2, 2015 7:21:58pm

re: #87 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Work was the reason that I saw most of these towns. Most of my travels was through rural areas. I got to know the people for better and worse. I always found it amusing that the best place to be one year is no where to be found the next. How the hell does that happen? Another paradox was, “Man this place is beautiful. I like everything about it. Can I find a job that won’t involve a 4 hour commute? No? Oh…”

94 Romantic Heretic  Jul 2, 2015 7:21:58pm

re: #8 stpaulbear

It must piss the hell out of christianists to grow old and die before the rapture comes. They didn’t get a chance to see the big event that justified their life of judgemental superiority. Sucks to be them…

Not to worry. They’ll get the appropriate reward when they shuffle off this mortal coil.

It will be a most unpleasant surprise.

95 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 7:24:13pm

re: #91 De Kolta Chair

Embedded Image

So what if it’s a tart and not a pie, that does look good.

When I looked at it I was like all OH YEAH GOTTA MAKE THAT & GET IT IN MY MOUTH RIGHT NOW

Except the recipe is for 10-12 people and I don’t feel like recalculating.

96 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 7:25:05pm

Laters

97 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:33:17pm

The 70’s onto Watergate.

Great old clips.

98 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jul 2, 2015 7:35:10pm

re: #93 Drive By Commenter

Work was the reason that I saw most of these towns. Most of my travels was through rural areas. I got to know the people for better and worse. I always found it amusing that the best place to be one year is no where to be found the next. How the hell does that happen? Another paradox was, “Man this place is beautiful. I like everything about it. Can I find a job that won’t involve a 4 hour commute? No? Oh…”

Small town life has a certain appeal to it, if you base your decision on romantic notions culled from books and movies. Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson, comes closer to reality in terms of local behavior.

If I had a decent paying job in a small town, and enough free time to escape to a bigger city once in a while, I could tolerate it, especially now that I’m older. As a young man, though, it would have driven me bonkers.

99 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:36:10pm

My 86 year old Aunt has her “Watergate Quilt” she knitted while watching every single testimony.

I, as her only major Democratic heir, expect that as my legacy.

Hell, we were vacationing together in San Francisco when Vanity Fair published the name of Deep Throat. She was ecstatic.

100 bratwurst  Jul 2, 2015 7:37:13pm

re: #97 #FergusonFireside

The 70’s onto Watergate.

Great old clips.

That was a very good and concise look at the whole story, largely told through those period news clips. Seems like Dean, Chapin, Buchanan and Liddy are the only living Watergate figures…and Rather, Stahl and Walters are the only living journalists seen during that hour.

101 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:38:36pm

re: #100 bratwurst

That was a very good and concise look at the whole story, largely told through those period news clips. Seems like Dean, Chapin, Buchanan and Liddy are the only living Watergate figures…and Rather, Stahl and Walters are the only living journalists seen during that hour.

It is amazing.

102 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 7:40:59pm

Later gators.

And now, your moment of Bob (damn, but that is one badass band)

…

103 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:42:11pm

re: #99 #FergusonFireside

My 86 year old Aunt has her “Watergate Quilt” she knitted while watching every single testimony.

I, as her only major Democratic heir, expect that as my legacy.

Hell, we were vacationing together in San Francisco when Vanity Fair published the name of Deep Throat. She was ecstatic.

Heh, just called her, she screamed & got out of bed to turn on the TV.

I love my Aunt Joan.

104 bratwurst  Jul 2, 2015 7:44:30pm
105 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:44:59pm

Robert Bork fires Archibald Cox.

wow, I need to re-read this shit.

106 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 7:48:09pm

For all you Zappa heads!

107 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 7:49:13pm

Ah, the end of the news broadcast, when the anchor gives a COMMENTARY.

Those were the days.

108 De Kolta Chair  Jul 2, 2015 7:53:39pm

Oh, one other thing — Al Pacino as Doctor Who?

“Booyah, K-9, booyah!”

109 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 7:59:21pm
110 Dark_Falcon  Jul 2, 2015 7:59:37pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

DIM JIM FAIL
No audio of alleged “threats” and no violence as promised in the video

[Embedded content]

Indeed. Ripping up a book can be ominous, but if the book was already paid for it is not violent, since one is allowed to destroy one’s own property (in general, of course exceptions apply).

111 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 8:01:40pm

The best thing about The End Times will be all the confused Fundies wondering why they’re still here after The Rapture.

112 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 2, 2015 8:02:55pm

re: #111 Kragar

The best thing about The End Times will be all the confused Fundies wondering why they’re still here after The Rapture.

They’ll simply deny that it actually happened. And the people disappearing will be Obama’s fault. Of course.

113 Chan Kobun  Jul 2, 2015 8:03:21pm

I really ought to buy a big hammer and write “Southern Strategy” on it. That way I have something to tell cons to pound themselves with every time they forget.

And they always forget.

114 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 8:03:47pm

re: #112 Feline Fearless Leader

They’ll simply deny that it actually happened. And the people disappearing will be Obama’s fault. Of course.

THE FEMA CAMPS ARE OPERATIONAL!

115 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 2, 2015 8:11:36pm

re: #51 b.d.

If you look really close you can see Walker bowing to Obama

…

116 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 8:12:54pm

I know Charles told us about this new feature I discovered just now on the front page in some other thread, I’ll repeat it here. If you click on a time stamp of an article on the front page, it’ll take you to a page with all of the days articles.

117 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 2, 2015 8:13:44pm

Yes, Mr. Jefress, Ace and Gary are coming for YOU!!!

118 Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2015 8:15:26pm

re: #68 CuriousLurker

I’m calling it a night. If you’re bored, here’s a nice slideshow:

Best American Small Towns - 50 Coolest Small Towns in United States

Later, lizards.

“Small Towns”? Those places have thousands of people living there! You want a small town, you’re talking triple digits AT MOST!

119 Chan Kobun  Jul 2, 2015 8:16:35pm

re: #118 Blind Frog Belly White

“Small Towns”? Those places have thousands of people living there! You want a small town, you’re talking triple digits AT MOST!

Triple digits? Try 80 people. Four blocks either way. Three families. Half the buildings are a century old and aren’t used.

120 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 2, 2015 8:17:00pm

re: #117 GlutenFreeJesus

121 Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2015 8:19:55pm

re: #119 Chan Kobun

Triple digits? Try 80 people. Four blocks either way. Three families. Half the buildings are a century old and aren’t used.

On the way to my brother’s wedding, in Northern Minnesota, in a town with 119 people, we passed through Funkley, MN. Population 19.

ETA: That was in 1973. It’s now down to 5.

122 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 8:19:55pm

I mentioned in the last thread that one of my former roommates is a professional BASE jumper for GoPro. Well, I was just checking Facebook and today’s his birthday! Funny co-inky-dinks!

123 Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 2, 2015 8:20:43pm

I had a rather disconcerting dream last night:

I was swinging something around as I was walking down an urban street (a stick or some other solid object). I have no idea why I was swinging it but I accidentally hit a man who was walking a few feet ahead of me.

The guy freaked out, threw me to the sidewalk, beat me up for a few minutes and then pinned me to the ground in a headlock. He then drew a pistol and shot me in the head…twice.

I can’t even describe what I felt after I got shot except to say it was some sort of bizarre dream world paralysis. I literally could not move, could not speak. I didn’t know if I was dead or alive.

I finally snapped awake and had a minor panic attack. It took me a few moments to get my bearings and realize that:

a) I HAD been dreaming
b) I was actually in my bedroom
c) My head was perfectly intact

I’ve had bad/unusual dreams before, even a couple in which I’ve been shot, but never shot in the head and never one that I’d reacted to like this one.

I literally stayed wide awake for an hour watching youtube videos on my phone at 4 a.m. because I was scared to go back to sleep.

It sounds so stupid and irrational but I’ve never been so jarred by a dream before. Hopefully I find a more peaceful sleep tonight.

124 Chan Kobun  Jul 2, 2015 8:27:36pm

re: #121 Blind Frog Belly White

On the way to my brother’s wedding, in Northern Minnesota, in a town with 119 people, we passed through Funkley, MN. Population 19.

I figured Monterey, IL can beat that… but looking at it on Google Earth it really IS more than just two houses.

125 teleskiguy  Jul 2, 2015 8:28:41pm

re: #123 Eclectic Cyborg

Every now and again (probably four or five times a year) I have horrible dreams where I’m falling off a really high place (a skyscraper, the Grand Canyon, etc.), and when I impact, I get jolted awake immediately and I’m covered in sweat.

I wish you a better nights sleep, what you described sounds fucking terrifying.

126 stpaulbear  Jul 2, 2015 8:40:36pm

I’m feeling kind of embarassed this evening. Earlier today I blew up on another blog at a guy who’s trying to be one of the guys when his parents are living ‘frugally’ on a 6-figure investment return and he’s in line to inherit over $10 million. He wasn’t bragging about the money, but he was kind of bragging about how much he wasn’t like Trump. There wound up being a LOT of comments on that thread.

I had promised myself that if I could keep one good habit through June that I was going to treat myself to a MN-made birthday/early retirement gift (even though I don’t get to retire for another 3.5 years - less than 1000 work days!). I wasn’t perfect at keeping the habit but I still made my goal, so here’s to me. Whoopie!!

I bought the waxed canvas version. Big indulgence…

127 stpaulbear  Jul 2, 2015 8:45:14pm

…and of course the thread is dead now.

128 Snarknado!  Jul 2, 2015 8:46:14pm

re: #126 stpaulbear

Cool. I got a choice of retirement gifts when I left, and picked the Samsonite spinner suitcase. Only decent gift they ever gave me.

129 BeachDem  Jul 2, 2015 8:47:48pm

re: #55 #FergusonFireside

The 70’s:

Mike Wallace is reporting on Cable.

Now onto HBO.

heh, this is extremely interesting.

My dad went to high school with Mike Wallace. Mike Wallace became a lot better known than my dad./

130 stpaulbear  Jul 2, 2015 8:50:12pm

re: #128 Snarknado!

I got a weather monitor as a 10 year gift and a fleece jacket as a 15 year gift. Everybody gets a nice jacket when they retire and I’m looking forward to that. I won’t make it to 20 years.

131 #FergusonFireside  Jul 2, 2015 8:51:24pm

re: #125 teleskiguy

Every now and again (probably four or five times a year) I have horrible dreams where I’m falling off a really high place (a skyscraper, the Grand Canyon, etc.), and when I impact, I get jolted awake immediately and I’m covered in sweat.

I wish you a better nights sleep, what you described sounds fucking terrifying.

I have a recurring (as in 10 prob) dream where I’m flying over the cliff while in a car - I’m never the driver - like SOAR of beauty knowing death is coming.

I looked it up, and blah. Everyone has this?

132 sagehen  Jul 2, 2015 8:56:56pm

re: #131 #FergusonFireside

I have a recurring (as in 10 prob) dream where I’m flying over the cliff while in a car - I’m never the driver - like SOAR of beauty knowing death is coming.

I looked it up, and blah. Everyone has this?

Like Thelma and Louise? No, I don’t have that one.

My flying dreams are sort of… my body position and movements are like swimming, but apparently the air is thick enough to support me and let me move forward. The ground below me is a large map, I navigate by recognizing state lines, highways, rivers, it’s not always to the same scale.

133 stpaulbear  Jul 2, 2015 8:58:23pm

re: #123 Eclectic Cyborg

I had a dream last winter where my car went out of control and plunged into a lake. I was just sitting in the car wondering if someone was going to rescue me, wondering if I wanted to escape, and wondering why I wasn’t drowning. I finally decided to take a big deep breath in and get it over with. When I still didn’t drown I realized I was dreaming and I was PISSED. I woke up and I was like you where the disorientation was total. I didn’t know where I was and I was in a panic. I didn’t get up because I still wanted to fall back to sleep, but I was staring at the ceiling for a long time. It was pretty awful.

134 No Country For Old Haters  Jul 2, 2015 9:19:20pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

The comments under that post are just bizarre. Hoft’s readers need adult supervision.

We will probably die in jail. Our children will die as Christian martyrs.

135 Virginia Dreaming  Jul 3, 2015 6:04:04am

re: #31 jaunte

Of course it will not stand, Santorum prefers to bend over.

136 GayEGO  Jul 5, 2015 12:01:25pm

It is the end of time, for looney-tunes like Robert Jeffress. Marriage Equality is a civil marriage and as some churches like the U.S. Presbyterian and the Episcopal churches are performing same-gender marriages, it is also a religious marriage, and a traditional marriage as is now defined in the dictionary -
1. (law) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) - “a long and happy marriage”
2. Two people who are married to each other - “his second marriage was happier than the first”
3. The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony - “their marriage was conducted in the chapel”
4. A close and intimate union - “the marriage of music and dance”; “a marriage of ideas”


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