FL GOP Congressional Candidate: Liberals Will “Set Up Concentration Camps for Christians” Like Nazis Did to Jews

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Following the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol, Breitbart “editor” John Nolte launched a frenzied deluge of hateful comments on Twitter; dozens and dozens of crazed tweets like this one:

I just happened to be looking through his timeline when I saw another tweet go by from a user named @morningforfl — a guy who’s running for Congress
in Florida’s 7th District, as a self-described “independent Republican.”

The tweet Morning posted in reply to Nolte’s insane ranting was even farther out there than Nolte’s craziness; I posted a link to the tweet with this comment:

And Congressional candidate John Morning replied to me, “So you’re opposed to religious freedom?” To which I sarcastically replied:

Well, there’s a reason why I’m not posting the tweets Morning sent to Nolte and myself: he subsequently blocked me and then deleted both tweets, perhaps because he realized Florida’s 7th District has a sizeable number of Jewish voters.

Why is that relevant? Because here’s what Morning tweeted to John Nolte (screenshots were sent to me by several people, including @gabi_sbd and @bedsandwich — thanks!):

There you have it; a Republican candidate for Congress who follows raving crackpot John Nolte, believes Christians are being “persecuted” in America, and thinks “liberals” are about to set up concentration camps for Christians any day now, just like the Nazis did to the Jews. And then deletes his tweets when they’re noticed. (I wasn’t going to write an article about this, until he tried to cover it up.)

This has been your glimpse into the mind of one of the people who thinks he should run the government of the United States.

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359 comments
1
Iwouldprefernotto  Jul 10, 2015 12:50:35pm

I’d vote for him the primary, just to see his ass kicked in the general.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 12:55:04pm

He’s been desperately trying to back pedal on that, to no avail.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 12:56:38pm

He’s fucked himself pretty good. He even responded to me on Twitter.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 12:57:03pm
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 10, 2015 12:57:27pm

re: #4 Kragar

Why not? There’s the legislature, the governor, the church.

/

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 12:59:06pm

re: #3 darthstar

There was no “hatred over religious beliefs.” That’s just his persecution complex talking again.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 1:00:11pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 1:00:16pm

re: #3 darthstar

hyperbolic

ballistic trajectories for everybody!

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 10, 2015 1:02:10pm

re: #1 Iwouldprefernotto

I’d vote for him the primary, just to see his ass kicked in the general.

I tried that once with Governor Evan Mecham in Arizona, registered Republican, even (it was a closed primary) and voted for him because I thought him the GOP candidate least likely to get a majority.

Then an independent candidate split the Democratic vote and Mecham got in on a plurality (the law has since been changed) and Evan Mecham went onto become a disgrace and embarrassment for the state before being impeached.

That was the last time I tried to get all Machiavellian

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:05:58pm

Happy birthday Nikola.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:06:01pm

re: #1 Iwouldprefernotto

I’d vote for him the primary, just to see his ass kicked in the general.

A lot of people (not me, though) did that in Kentucky a few years ago.
That’s why we are now stuck with Rand Paul.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 1:06:06pm
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lawhawk  Jul 10, 2015 1:09:06pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

There was no “hatred over religious beliefs.” That’s just his persecution complex talking again.

Separation of church and state is such a hard concept for these folks, who think that the 1st Amendment means that they’ve got the right to impose their religious beliefs on others through government action, and that if government acts to stop improper actions - taking religious beliefs and imposing them on others through government action, that’s a restriction on their religious beliefs.

These people simply don’t get it, and likely never will.

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lawhawk  Jul 10, 2015 1:11:40pm

re: #7 darthstar

That actually is more instructive as to what the GOP wants to do - and the right wing in particular than anything else. They want to run roughshod over minorities and ignore Constitutional protections by leaving it up to voters who would deprive people of equal rights and protections under the law as interpreted by the courts.

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 1:12:35pm

re: #1 Iwouldprefernotto

I’d vote for him the primary, just to see his ass kicked in the general.

I could do this in Oklahoma and vote for Donald Trump. Hilary will beat Bernie easily in OK so my vote there won’t mean anything, but if Trump is still in it by then…hmmm

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 1:13:06pm

OT, but irresistible:

There’s a lot to be jazzed about in the rekindling of relations between the US and Cuba. […] Cuba is an absolute gem, a place where conservation—not to mention the lack of ecosystem-ravaging capitalism—has preserved all manner of majestic creatures to gawk at.

Among these island wonders is the smallest bird in the world: the bee hummingbird. It weighs a mere 1/15 of an ounce—less than a dime—and builds nests the size of a quarter (sorry, all this talk of capitalism is getting to me). It hunts mosquitoes like a hawk would hunt a pigeon. And its eggs? They’re the size of coffee beans. The bee hummingbird is so tiny, it actually competes with insects for resources, as opposed to other birds. Oh, and it’s somewhat hyperactive, beating its wings up to 200 times per second. […]

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Romantic Heretic  Jul 10, 2015 1:13:47pm

re: #4 Kragar

Saw that the other day.

Is there a term for injuries sustained from eye rolling too hard and pissing yourself laughing at the same time?

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:14:03pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 10, 2015 1:14:20pm

Climate change effects: ongoing.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:14:52pm

re: #16 CuriousLurker

A bird AND a bee in one!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:16:38pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 10, 2015 1:17:24pm

re: #20 wrenchwench

A bird AND a bee in one!

Climate change has led to an odd species of hummingbird moth that finding its way up into Germany from the Mediterranean. It has a snout and flaps its wings rapidly.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:18:05pm

re: #20 wrenchwench

A bird AND a bee in one!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:19:19pm

re: #22 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Climate change has led to an odd species of moth that looks like a miniature hummingbird finding its way up into Germany from the Mediterranean. It has a snout and flaps its wings rapidly. Will try to find a photo of it.

Sounds like a sphinx moth that we have here in Kentucky. Its larval stage is the tobacco/tomato hornworm.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 1:21:34pm
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Dave In Austin  Jul 10, 2015 1:21:40pm
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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:23:01pm

re: #22 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Climate change has led to an odd species of hummingbird moth that finding its way up into Germany from the Mediterranean. It has a snout and flaps its wings rapidly.

We have some around here.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:24:00pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Honeycomb that looks like tripe, but not made of tripe, I hope.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:24:05pm

re: #27 wrenchwench

We have some around here.

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yep, that’s the sphinx moth.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:25:26pm

FREEDUMB!!11!!

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 1:25:57pm

re: #18 wrenchwench

Wha? How?

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:26:12pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

yep, that’s the sphinx moth.

I saw dozens of them on a blooming tree last year. I seem to have missed the blooming this year.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:26:33pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 10, 2015 1:27:15pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

FREEDUMB!!11!!

For The Record: #RandalPaul on what to replace Obamacare with once repealed, “we could try freedom for a while”.

This is a man who makes a public event over burning the tax code.

There is a word for people who destroy things without at least trying to replace them with something equal or better, or at all.

“Vandal” comes to mind here…

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 1:27:26pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

Freedom to die of pneumonia in the privacy of your own tenement, just like in the good old days.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 10, 2015 1:27:48pm

re: #12 Kragar

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Lane, who is tight-lipped about who funds his initiatives, added in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network that the “skills of a successful politician are the same skills of a successful pastor.” The workshops help translate those skills by offering practical tools and tips for entering the political sphere.

hmm….

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 10, 2015 1:27:52pm

re: #25 Kragar

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You know what’s really horrifying? I’ve been thinking about it for a few days, and if worse came to worst and a Republican got into the White House in 2016—Trump would actually be the best of the lot.

Sure, he’d preside over tax cuts for the rich, and even more regressive immigration policy, they’d all do that, but I don’t believe for a minute he gives a shit about any of the other SoCon crap the wingnuts think he’d help them get through.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 10, 2015 1:27:57pm

re: #35 funky chicken

Freedom to die of pneumonia in the privacy of your own tenement, just like in the good old days.

You can always just bring a chicken…

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Amory Blaine  Jul 10, 2015 1:28:14pm

Thank you for exposing this lunatic Charles.

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 1:28:54pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

Freedom to go blind because ophthalmologists sure as hell don’t work for free.

Augh. Enough internet for me today already.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 10, 2015 1:29:11pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

FREEDUMB!!11!!

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syphonblue  Jul 10, 2015 1:29:50pm

As a liberal Jew (yes, there are a few of us!), I’m getting really, really, really, really, really fucking tired of these assholes constantly comparing everything Democrats do to the Holocaust.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:30:09pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 10, 2015 1:30:10pm

re: #26 Dave In Austin

Allahu Akbar: What the lowering of the Confederate flag is REALLY about

At first I misread that as “Admiral Akbar” and became genuinely curious.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:30:31pm

re: #31 funky chicken

Wha? How?

Maybe they’re neighbors or something. Byrne does have an agenda he’s pushing. Why the portrait of Reagan, I don’t know.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:30:57pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 10, 2015 1:31:14pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

FREEDUMB!!11!!

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Didn’t we try freedom for years before Obamacare? Isn’t that was caused all the problems in the first place?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 10, 2015 1:32:22pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s a good thing because i guarantee you someone would have scaled that pole and put the flag back up ASAP otherwise.

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calochortus  Jul 10, 2015 1:33:19pm

re: #47 Eclectic Cyborg

I think if we repeal Obamacare we should make everyone buy insurance (should they choose to be insured) on the open, individual market. No groups, no employer policies, etc. We’d have single payer in no time.

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Timothy Watson  Jul 10, 2015 1:34:14pm

re: #44 Eclectic Cyborg

At first I misread that as “Admiral Akbar” and became genuinely curious.

“Admiral Akbar” would make the same amount of sense as “Allahu Akbar” in that tweet and post.

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Amory Blaine  Jul 10, 2015 1:34:34pm

re: #18 wrenchwench

You should see his collection of guitar pedals.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 1:37:26pm

Wingnuts sure do love them some Holocaust.

If a certain populist billionaire demogogue, who incites war crimes on Mexicans, becomes a serious contender it will look like history repeating itself.

Just sayin’

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 10, 2015 1:37:46pm

Hey, wasn’t Jade Helm supposed to start this week or have the wingnuts forgotten about that one?

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:40:11pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 1:40:51pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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Ian G.  Jul 10, 2015 1:40:56pm

re: #44 Eclectic Cyborg

At first I misread that as “Admiral Akbar” and became genuinely curious.

On that note, and on military officers turned politicians, I think I’d vote for Governor Tarkin before I’d ever vote for Allen West. The former was less of a mad tyrant.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 10, 2015 1:40:59pm
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sffilk  Jul 10, 2015 1:41:06pm

To put it politely, HE’S FULL OF IT!

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Amory Blaine  Jul 10, 2015 1:41:26pm

It’s not full of candy.
/

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 10, 2015 1:41:32pm

re: #53 Eclectic Cyborg

Hey, wasn’t Jade Helm supposed to start this week or have the wingnuts forgotten about that one?

July 15th. It had to wait till after New Horizons’ flyby of Pluto on the 14th so the last of the alien shapeshifters could be included.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:42:18pm

re: #53 Eclectic Cyborg

Hey, wasn’t Jade Helm supposed to start this week or have the wingnuts forgotten about that one?

It starts on Wednesday, July 15.

Jade Helm 15, heavily scrutinized military exercise, to open without media access

Why don’t they want everyone to know how our sekrit trainings are conducted??!!???

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:43:27pm

Posted because I love Moniz’s hair.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:44:42pm
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Ian G.  Jul 10, 2015 1:45:08pm

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Da fuq? And Toys R Us wouldn’t lose their business for refusing to sell hardcore pornography. This isn’t about what your business does and does not sell. It’s about selecting who can and cannot have your business.

And, speaking as an atheist, you’re damn right my bakery would sell cakes with nativity scenes. I’m a businessman. I don’t want to miss out on Christmastime business for petty reasons.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:47:43pm
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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 1:48:14pm

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

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Amory Blaine  Jul 10, 2015 1:49:08pm

Seriously, I don’t know the numbers but I’d say the wedding business is going to go up in a historic way right now. Seizing the moment is what smart business people do.

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William Lewis  Jul 10, 2015 1:49:19pm

re: #66 Kragar

Amen.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 1:50:47pm

re: #64 Ian G.

Da fuq? And Toys R Us wouldn’t lose their business for refusing to sell hardcore pornography. This isn’t about what your business does and does not sell. It’s about selecting who can and cannot have your business.

And, speaking as an atheist, you’re damn right my bakery would sell cakes with nativity scenes. I’m a businessman. I don’t want to miss out on Christmastime business for petty reasons.

Would you make the Baby Jesus & Mary & Joseph & the Wise men edible?

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BlueGrl21  Jul 10, 2015 1:50:49pm

Screen shots and phone cameras have become the best way to expose lies, grift, and general assholeishness.

have them in your arsenal, people.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 1:50:55pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 1:51:19pm

If y’all excuse me, Ima bake a Key Lime Pie now.

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Varek Raith  Jul 10, 2015 1:52:03pm

re: #72 The Vicious Babushka

If y’all excuse me, Ima bake a Key Lime Pie now.

Make it gay.
Or something.
/

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William Lewis  Jul 10, 2015 1:52:19pm

re: #69 The Vicious Babushka

Would you make the Baby Jesus & Mary & Joseph & the Wise men edible?

Heh. I sure as fuck hope so…

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allegro  Jul 10, 2015 1:53:12pm

re: #69 The Vicious Babushka

Would you make the Baby Jesus & Mary & Joseph & the Wise men edible?

Jesus is edible every Sunday in a location near you.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 1:54:09pm

re: #75 allegro

Jesus is edible every Sunday in a location near you.

Just don’t let Him stick to the roof of your mouth.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 1:54:14pm

re: #54 wrenchwench

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Darn, no photos. I was hoping to see the donkey-eared version, but neither of the articles it linked to had it either. I’m kinda partial to that one as he really is like a braying donkey (but not as cute as real ones).

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 1:55:33pm

re: #75 allegro

Jesus is edible every Sunday in a location near you.

transubstantiation is bad for your cholesterol

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 10, 2015 1:57:11pm

re: #78 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

transubstantiation is bad for your cholesterol

The FDA says trans faiths need to be phased out within three years….

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 1:58:14pm

re: #73 Varek Raith

Make it gay.
Or something.
/

A Key West lime pie?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 10, 2015 1:58:25pm

re: #78 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

transubstantiation is bad for your cholesterol

Omly if Jesus has hypercholesterolemia.

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 1:58:44pm

re: #69 The Vicious Babushka

Would you make the Baby Jesus & Mary & Joseph & the Wise men edible?

Chocolate. mmmmmm

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William Lewis  Jul 10, 2015 2:00:10pm

re: #81 Blind Frog Belly White

Thanks but I’ll stick to “real presence” as a result.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 2:00:21pm

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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Riiiight, ‘cause a Jewish deli or Muslim caterer would totally carry pork products, they’d just refuse to sell them to Christians because…? Wait, why would they do that? Oh right…

I can’t see an atheist getting upset over a Christmas cake with a nativity scene. Gawd, these people are stupid. ZERO critical thinking skills.
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Iwouldprefernotto  Jul 10, 2015 2:02:35pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

Riiiight, ‘cause a Jewish deli or Muslim caterer would totally carry pork products, they’d just refuse to sell them to Christians because…? Wait, why would they do that? Oh right…

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I can’t see an atheist getting upset over a Christmas cake with a nativity scene. Gawd, these people are stupid. ZERO critical thinking skills.

In my experience most customers of Jewish owned business are —wait for it—non Jewish.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 2:03:06pm

re: #67 Amory Blaine

Seriously, I don’t know the numbers but I’d say the wedding business is going to go up in a historic way right now. Seizing the moment is what smart business people do.

THIS. If I specialized in wedding cakes I’d be plastering rainbows all over my bakery.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 2:03:11pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

Riiiight, ‘cause a Jewish deli or Muslim caterer would totally carry pork products, they’d just refuse to sell them to Christians because…? Wait, why would they do that? Oh right…

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I can’t see an atheist getting upset over a Christmas cake with a nativity scene. Gawd, these people are stupid. ZERO critical thinking skills.

They’ll all be serving SQUIRREL!

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 2:03:15pm

Found on that internet

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Jenner7  Jul 10, 2015 2:03:42pm
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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 2:05:22pm
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b.d.  Jul 10, 2015 2:05:28pm

OMG!

GOP killing virus goes airborne!

Run Away!
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BlueGrl21  Jul 10, 2015 2:05:43pm

I’m Episcopalian, which conservative Christians will tell you makes me an arm of Satan, since we just adopted same-sex marriages as a sacrament of our church. Come one, come all!

I have been in a BATTLE with the Frother Wing of my family for 2 weeks. They have dropped the egg basket, lost their shit, use anything you want as a metaphor, they’re there. I’ve never seen them like this, even when the Prez was reelected. PERSECUTION!

I remind them, sweetly, that I am a Christian as well and I really don’t feel persecuted right now…I’m quite pleased, actually, and I’m very happy to be helping plan our first gay wedding in our 100+ year old church!

They are trying SO HARD to do the, “love the sinner, hate the sin, Jesus loved everyone,” thing but they just can’t do it. To all of our credit, we have remained a close family even though none of us is shy about what we support and do not support. But the bonds of affection are being severely tested. I am not making any sudden moves around them. They’re really torqued.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 2:06:37pm

re: #88 De Kolta Chair

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 2:08:11pm

Cats and dogs!
CATS AND DOGS!!11!!

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 2:09:28pm

re: #85 Iwouldprefernotto

In my experience most customers of Jewish owned business are —wait for it—non Jewish.

Prolly more true down south than up here. Regardless, even back in Texas I don’t recall ever seeing pork in any form sold at a Jewish deli.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 2:11:23pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

Riiiight, ‘cause a Jewish deli or Muslim caterer would totally carry pork products, they’d just refuse to sell them to Christians because…? Wait, why would they do that? Oh right…

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I can’t see an atheist getting upset over a Christmas cake with a nativity scene. Gawd, these people are stupid. ZERO critical thinking skills.

top secret research reveals that it is apparently not against the law to not serve ham sandwiches in your restaurant

who knew???

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allegro  Jul 10, 2015 2:12:38pm

re: #95 CuriousLurker

Prolly more true down south than up here. Regardless, eeven back in Texas I don’t recall ever seeing pork in any form sold at a Jewish deli.

I can never see past the lox and fresh bagels to ever give it a thought.

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calochortus  Jul 10, 2015 2:13:48pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

Riiiight, ‘cause a Jewish deli or Muslim caterer would totally carry pork products, they’d just refuse to sell them to Christians because…? Wait, why would they do that? Oh right…

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I can’t see an atheist getting upset over a Christmas cake with a nativity scene. Gawd, these people are stupid. ZERO critical thinking skills.

I will guarantee you that somewhere, some time, someone will refuse to bake a nativity themed cake for Christmas, claiming it is against their lack of religion or something. People are stupid. This, however, will not prove Christians are being discriminated against in any meaningful way.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 10, 2015 2:17:36pm

re: #97 allegro

I can never see past the lox and fresh bagels to ever give it a thought.

I miss real bagels. :(

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ComradeDread  Jul 10, 2015 2:20:05pm

I’ll just post this here as a helpful flowchart for my fellow Christians.

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 2:20:52pm

I posted link about this the other day, but it is staying in the news and presents an interesting case in contrast with the US:

Danish minister: ‘God created the world’

The Danish minister for higher education, Esben Lunde Larsen, has been under fire throughout the past week for having told journalists that he believes God created the world.

Larsen holds a PhD in theology and has not been bashful about the fact that he believes in God, which critics argue make him an unfit choice for his position.

The minister, who hails from Denmark’s ‘Bible belt’ in Ringkøbing, has also said that he believes the universe was created by God and that, accordingly, so was humankind.

“I believe that God is behind it, but how he did it [created humankind, ed.] is something I have not considered, and there isn’t anyone who can give a theological explanation - or anything similar - for how it happened,” Larsen told Jyllands-Posten.

[…]

“Humanity was created through a long process of development. I am not a natural scientist, so I cannot explain if it is molecules that turn into apes, which subsequently turn into humans,” Larsen said.

Larsen has also said that he does not feel that creationism and the Big Bang theory are necessarily at odds with one another.

“I think that God is behind the creation of most things in this world, […]

Larsen’s statements have been received with criticism from the academic community in particular, who worry that his faith may influence government policy in education and research.

“We wouldn’t complain if he had become minister of anything else [than higher education and research, ed.]. But when he demonstrates such an incredible ignorance and a portrayal of the world that can so easily be debunked by basic school curriculum, one has to protest,” argued religious historians Jens-André Herbener and Mikael Rothstein in a Politiken opinion column.

Larsen himself believes the criticism is unwarranted, and even dangerous for critics to point out that a minister of higher education is not allowed to believe in God.

[…]

Larsen isn’t a Ken Ham-esque character, but is espousing something more similar to a cross between Biologos and ID.

Here that would be seen as hardly backwards (and considerably not as YEC-ish as the Texas BOE can be at times.) Yet the educators in Denmark point out that what Larsen espouses is “an incredible ignorance and a portrayal of the world that can so easily be debunked by basic school curriculum”.

If only we called out more of our politicians for their ” incredible ignorance and a portrayal of the world that can so easily be debunked by basic school curriculum”.

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 2:21:58pm

Well, it’s not like they’re going to see it

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 2:23:26pm

This is my shocked face. It just happens to look like my normal face with a side of schadenfreude.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 2:23:27pm

re: #102 De Kolta Chair

Well, it’s not like they’re going to see it

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Ay, Chihuahua.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 2:26:10pm

The only thing more terrifying than realizing Louie Gohmert is an elected member of Congress, tasked with voting on laws that impact the most powerful nation in the history of humankind, is hearing Louie Gohmert talk about science.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 2:30:02pm
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CleverToad  Jul 10, 2015 2:30:03pm

re: #82 funky chicken

Marzipan. Baby Jesus wasn’t brown in their Bible Stories books, y’know.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 10, 2015 2:34:30pm

re: #101 freetoken

Thus the massive resistance to Common Core since a basic education is dangerous to their memes.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 2:35:25pm

re: #107 CleverToad

“Water into wine? That was nothing. 2000 years ago, I wasn’t even white!” - Jesus

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 2:35:47pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

Ay, Chihuahua.

I can’t stand Chiuahuas, but every time I see one it reminds of of this taxi driver back in Texas who used to pronounce it Chi-hoowah-hoowah. He was a white guy, but knew full well how to pronounce it correctly, which I guess is why it cracked me up every time.

Speaking of white people and Texas, when I was in high school I had a job working at a popular Tex-Mex restaurant. One day some people came in and started asked what a chalupa was. We all thought they were joking, so we LOL—turns out they were from a town (presumably a small one) that didn’t offer Mexican food, and honestly had never heard of things like chalupas, enchiladas, pico de gallo, borracho beans, fajitas, carne guisada. We were like, “Seriously? not even a Taco Bell??”

Dammit, now I’m hungry.

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 2:36:52pm

Speaking of crying:

Mormon sez:

Marriage ruling may bring God’s wrath

About 2,200 years ago, on the American continent, a righteous Israelite king had a problem. He had four sons, none of whom would serve as a successor king for King Mosiah, in the Book of Mormon. To avoid a civil war crisis, King Mosiah set up a system of judges elected by the voice of the people in a Democratic/Republican government.

The system of laws of the country they governed were set up by their fathers, which were given by the hand of the Lord Jesus Christ, who was yet to come onto the Earth. […um… ok…]

[…]

The American republic has a general election coming up in 2016. We will see if impeachment of five unrighteous Supreme Court justices and new correct marriage of male and female will prevail in this land, or judgments of God may soon occur.

Barclay W. Conrad

Blackwood

Multiple shades of delusion in that one. Moving on, a more traditional Protestant take:

Ruling threatens our country

[…]

We have had more than 200 years as a free people, but again a Supreme Court decision threatens our country. I do not know how to oppose the Supreme Court. The same-sex marriage judgement defies God and his holy word. There are at least 31 biblical passages on marriage, and all of them refer to marriage being between a man and a woman. There are 13 verses regarding the sin of homosexuality — God hates it. God created Eve as a helpmate for Adam and to be a mother. These same-sex marriages cannot create life. Through scientific means a child can be born, but not through natural methods.

Only God gives life. Surely God is grieved when man tries to take over the gift of breathing — living.

Someday we will all face our maker. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth from those who engineered this decision.
Dorothy Carrel
Gower, Mo.

I take it that if something is “scientific” but not “natural” that it is then bad??

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 2:43:10pm

WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCK==>

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calochortus  Jul 10, 2015 2:43:12pm

re: #111 freetoken

Yes, just like modern medicine.

Also too, “helpmate” drives me nuts. Wasn’t Eve a “help, meet [suitable] for his needs?”

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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 10, 2015 2:45:52pm

re: #112 The Vicious Babushka

WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCK==>

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 10, 2015 2:46:25pm

re: #111 freetoken

Speaking of crying:

Mormon sez:

Marriage ruling may bring God’s wrath

Multiple shades of delusion in that one. Moving on, a more traditional Protestant take:

Ruling threatens our country

I take it that if something is “scientific” but not “natural” that it is then bad??

Given the history of the Mormon and even Baptist churches in terms of being chased and picked on themselves you’d think they would have a clearer attitude towards religious freedom and practices.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 2:46:40pm

All right I suited up in Level 6 Hazmat and read 3 of Steven Crowder’s 5 REASON DYLANN ROOF WAS ACTUALLY A LIBRUL ACTIVIST!!!!

They are just as batshit idiotic as you would expect.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 2:50:57pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

All right I suited up in Level 6 Hazmat and read 3 of Steven Crowder’s 5 REASON DYLANN ROOF WAS ACTUALLY A LIBRUL ACTIVIST!!!!

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 2:51:34pm

re: #95 CuriousLurker

Prolly more true down south than up here. Regardless, even back in Texas I don’t recall ever seeing pork in any form sold at a Jewish deli.

My grandma used to get hard salami from a Jewish deli in Dallas I think. I remember it was a long drive but definitely still Dallas. They also carried pickled herring in the jar. Obviously not a Kosher deli.

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urbanmeemaw  Jul 10, 2015 2:51:48pm

re: #5 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Why not? There’s the legislature, the governor, the church.

/

Isn’t it the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost?

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 10, 2015 2:52:05pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

All right I suited up in Level 6 Hazmat and read 3 of Steven Crowder’s 5 REASON DYLANN ROOF WAS ACTUALLY A LIBRUL ACTIVIST!!!!

They are just as batshit idiotic as you would expect.

Thank you for that. Now, how many fingers am I holding up?

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EPR-radar  Jul 10, 2015 2:52:31pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

All right I suited up in Level 6 Hazmat and read 3 of Steven Crowder’s 5 REASON DYLANN ROOF WAS ACTUALLY A LIBRUL ACTIVIST!!!!

They are just as batshit idiotic as you would expect.

I’ll make a wild guess, and assume that Mr. Crowder is also a young earth creationist. Reality denial of this level cannot be maintained without disciplined practice in all available fields of stupidity.

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 2:53:09pm

Two days old, but worth the read, and some good comments:

Stop Saying That Teaching Children Creationism Is Child Abuse

From where I sit, forcing your child to watch Fox News, Hannity, etc. is at least as abusive as creationism.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 10, 2015 2:53:14pm

re: #117 Kragar

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 2:54:22pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

All right I suited up in Level 6 Hazmat and read 3 of Steven Crowder’s 5 REASON DYLANN ROOF WAS ACTUALLY A LIBRUL ACTIVIST!!!!

They are just as batshit idiotic as you would expect.

He supports taxing the rich to provide enhanced social services for Black Americans to break the cycle of crime?

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TedStriker  Jul 10, 2015 2:58:45pm

re: #76 wrenchwench

Just don’t let Him stick to the roof of your mouth.

I wonder how He would taste with a little peanut butter…

///

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urbanmeemaw  Jul 10, 2015 2:58:55pm

And Morning is good buds with Nolte, Chuck Todd’s go to for daring, edgy “both sides” aisle reaching “insight”.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 3:00:01pm

re: #118 funky chicken

My grandma used to get hard salami from a Jewish deli in Dallas I think. I remember it was a long drive but definitely still Dallas. They also carried pickled herring in the jar. Obviously not a Kosher deli.

Yep, that’s why I said I didn’t recall ever seeing one selling pork, not that they don’t exist. That said, up here there are also halal beef versions of hard salami & bacon as well as beef & turkey pepperoni, pastrami, etc. so I figure there are probably kosher versions as well.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 10, 2015 3:03:40pm

re: #120 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Thank you for that. Now, how many fingers am I holding up, Winston?

Added for extra double-plus-ungoodness.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 3:03:56pm

re: #125 TedStriker

I wonder how He would taste with a little peanut butter…

///

I had a friend who worked at a Christian supply store. They had whole wheat hosts. She bought us a box. Her bosses didn’t ask what a nice Jewish girl wanted a box of whole wheat hosts for. They’d be good with peanut butter. (Almost left an ‘o’ out of ‘good’ there.)

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 10, 2015 3:04:21pm

re: #128 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Added for extra double-plus-ungoodness.

There are four lights!
;)

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 3:05:59pm
Today’s daydream: Nancy Allen, Brian De Palma and Dennis Franz making another movie together. Above: Dressed To Kill (1980)
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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 3:06:08pm

This Christian religious persecution fuckery in the United States just goes to show how badly manipulated and psychologically abused conservatives are in this country. I’d feel sorry for them if they weren’t such hateful horrible people.

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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 3:09:14pm

re: #117 Kragar

by Krystal Heath and Steven Crowder

He actually had to get help to write that drivel.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 10, 2015 3:10:25pm

re: #133 jaunte

He actually had to get help to write that drivel.

I think they misspelled ‘crystal meth’.

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Mike Lamb  Jul 10, 2015 3:12:05pm

re: #112 The Vicious Babushka

1. Flag burning



5. Profit!

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 3:13:29pm
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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 3:14:00pm

Alright y’all, do you know who The Biggest Threat to the United Sates™ is according to Daniel Pipes? Not the far-right, not undocumented immigrants, not AQ or ISIS, it’s…

THE LEFT!!11!

Video

Naturally, the left is where all the other multikulti evils and Muslamic threats germinate. These guys sound more & more like Anders Breivik every day.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 10, 2015 3:14:52pm

re: #129 wrenchwench

My church growing up used plain old baked bread.

Sometimes the kids got the leftovers after the service. >.> It was tasty bread though!

Also, grape juice > wine.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 10, 2015 3:16:32pm

re: #112 The Vicious Babushka

WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCK==>

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We talking Jonah Goldberg-level horseshit? You know- ‘Hitler was a vegetarian, many liberals are vegetarian, therefore Hitler was a Liberal’ kinda stuff?

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 3:16:40pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

This Christian religious persecution fuckery in the United States just goes to show how badly manipulated and psychologically abused conservatives are in this country. I’d feel sorry for them if they weren’t such hateful horrible people.

My hope is that the ragegasms over the confederate flag and gay marriage will be enough to finally bring and end to the Limbaughization of the GOP.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 3:17:25pm

I’m also getting pretty sick and tired of “The Left” being portrayed as a millions-strong nebulous horde of Satanist gay baby killers. The lack of critical thinking on the part of these conservative voices going off on “The Left” makes me very concerned for The Republic.

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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 3:17:40pm

re: #137 CuriousLurker

He thinks The Left want to destroy the nuclear family, while in fact liberals are in favor of policies which expand the possibilities for children to have families. He’s a yutz.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 3:18:05pm

re: #139 Blind Frog Belly White

We talking Jonah Goldberg-level horseshit? You know- ‘Hitler was a vegetarian, many liberals are vegetarian, therefore Hitler was a Liberal’ kinda stuff?

HURR HURR DEMOCRATS WAS TEH RACISTS 60 YEARS AGO!!!!!
You know, long before Dylann Roof or his parents were even ALIVE.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 3:18:11pm

re: #138 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My church growing up used plain old baked bread.

Sometimes the kids got the leftovers after the service. >.> It was tasty bread though!

Also, grape juice > wine.

When my parents divorced, my mom found a priest holding masses in a bank community room. We went there for about a year, and had leavened baked bread and grape juice. Then the priest heard a call to marry his girlfriend, and I guess my mom didn’t hear it.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 3:18:23pm
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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:19:04pm

re: #140 funky chicken

My hope is that the ragegasms over the confederate flag and gay marriage will be enough to finally bring and end to the Limbaughization of the GOP.

I feel sorry for the people who have spent the better part of the last decade fighting against demons that don’t exist. At some point they’ll realize they’ve wasted all those years and want that time back.

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EPR-radar  Jul 10, 2015 3:19:21pm

re: #137 CuriousLurker

The biggest near-term threat to the US is the possible election of a Republican president in 2016.

It really is that simple.

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 10, 2015 3:19:43pm

re: #114 No Country For Old Haters

I love your tweets! They’re always hilarious.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 3:19:54pm

re: #140 funky chicken

My hope is that the ragegasms over the confederate flag and gay marriage will be enough to finally bring and end to the Limbaughization of the GOP.

That sounds reasonable, so I don’t see it happening.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 3:20:12pm

Those copper pots and pans and stuff!!!
That stove!!!

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 3:20:30pm

re: #147 EPR-radar

Agreed.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 10, 2015 3:21:15pm

re: #143 The Vicious Babushka

HURR HURR DEMOCRATS WAS TEH RACISTS 60 YEARS AGO!!!!!
You know, long before Dylann Roof or his parents were even ALIVE.

Geez.

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EPR-radar  Jul 10, 2015 3:22:24pm

re: #140 funky chicken

My hope is that the ragegasms over the confederate flag and gay marriage will be enough to finally bring and end to the Limbaughization of the GOP.

I’ll believe that when I see it. Presently the GOP is as strong in Congress and in the statehouses as it has ever been, so it’s not like they are actually paying for their transformation into a political prion disease.

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 3:23:30pm

re: #149 wrenchwench

That sounds reasonable, so I don’t see it happening.

Could break the coalition though. Northern educated Catholics have voted GOP for a few years, and hopefully won’t love being lumped in with the neo-confederates and homophobes.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 10, 2015 3:23:50pm

re: #146 darthstar

I feel sorry for the people who have spent the better part of the last decade fighting against demons that don’t exist. At some point they’ll realize they’ve wasted all those years and want that time back.

The adrenalin is too addictive.

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TedStriker  Jul 10, 2015 3:25:21pm

re: #155 Blind Frog Belly White

The adrenalin is too addictive.

Hate is a helluva drug.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 3:25:53pm

Federal court documents do not name that accomplice, but they state that a South Carolina resident who had wiretapped conversations with Doggart faces federal charges.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:27:02pm

Too bad DF isn’t here…this fucker is partially his fault.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 3:28:35pm
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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:29:27pm

Okay…I read the link. He doesn’t cite any specific words he can’t understand.

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A Cranky One  Jul 10, 2015 3:31:05pm

re: #155 Blind Frog Belly White

The adrenalin is too addictive.

It seems to me that many of the haters simply have nothing to feel proud or positive about. Their identity is based on “I’m not one of those people”, where those people are characterized as evil.

Atheists? Evil.
Muslims? Evil.
Scientists? Evil.
Democrats? Evil
Liberals? Evil

If the only things you have to be proud of are where you were born, your skin color or religion, it’s really kind of sad.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:31:13pm
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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 3:32:12pm

Big syllable words are harder to read quickly.

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allegro  Jul 10, 2015 3:32:38pm

re: #158 darthstar

Too bad DF isn’t here…this fucker is partially his fault.

[Embedded content]

Yeah, ol’ Jeb! is just a regular man o’ the people there, by god. And Jindal just has a really good tan.

Dayum, do these guys have consultants?

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 10, 2015 3:34:16pm

This thing is going on in my ‘hood. Utter batshit insanity. This judge should be removed from bench.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 3:34:18pm

re: #159 Kragar

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Sen. Marco Rubio (FL) compared the fight to limit women’s access to abortion to the fights to end slavery and for women to win the right to vote.

Fucking fascist woman-killer. He should move to Ecuador.

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EPR-radar  Jul 10, 2015 3:34:52pm

re: #158 darthstar

Because the ‘he man woman haters club’ approach of the GOP is supposed to work better in foreign relations than it does for domestic issues?

Please. GOPers live in serious glass houses when they try to make an incompetence attack stick vs. the Obama administration.

The W Bush administration was eight solid years of all-day and every-day incompetence. No stone was left unturned in fostering incompetence. They even managed to screw things up in the patent office, apparently for shits and giggles.

And this was hardly the worst thing about the Bushies.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 3:35:35pm

Heh.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 10, 2015 3:35:53pm

re: #162 darthstar

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 3:36:32pm

re: #157 wrenchwench

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I wonder if he’ll be released on bail too as not “a true threat.”

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:36:42pm

re: #164 allegro

Yeah, ol’ Jeb! is just a regular man o’ the people there, by god. And Jindal just has a really good tan.

Dayum, do these guys have consultants?

Apparently, “Tan, Rested, and Ready to Fight” comes from a draft Nixon effort.

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Snarknado!  Jul 10, 2015 3:37:27pm

re: #160 darthstar

Okay…I read the link. He doesn’t cite any specific words he can’t understand.

[Embedded content]

Jebbie dear,

Not big-syllable. Multi-syllable. Sesquipedalian if you want to go all big-syllable.

No love,
Me.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 10, 2015 3:37:34pm

re: #163 jaunte

Big syllable words are harder to read quickly.

Maybe Jeb! should spend more hours working on his vocabulary.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 3:37:48pm

Pitchfork has a very interesting interview with Jason Cherkis, the author of yesterdays article about the gang rape of Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs.

Pitchfork: Once you started working on it, how did you approach it?

JC: I worked on the story on two parallels: interviewing Jackie, tracking down and interviewing witnesses and bystanders in her case and then also researching the social science. A lot of the social science didn’t make it into the story—we did a sidebar or sort of a companion piece, and are gonna do a couple more in the coming weeks. [Jackie] was mainly interested in that and getting at the dynamic of the people in the room and sort of what they went through. By the time I talked to her, she had a lot of anger towards the other band members and the other people in the room. Many of the people in the room she had no idea were there, but she had already come to an understanding that they were victims, too, that they had gone through something as well being witnesses and not acting. That certainly came through when I interviewed them. One person that I interviewed, he cried. He was really shaken up by it and said that it took him decades to get over it. He really felt guilty about it. He was devastated.

Pitchfork: When we hear about stories like this—where people witness rape or abuse—lots of times even adults do not know what to do, like in the case of Penn State. Rape is often used as a weapon to silence and intimidate people, and in this case it was a room full of people who were teenagers. And then you add drugs, the scenario, the dynamics of power—

JC: A couple things sort of stick out in what you’re saying. One is that Brett Williams, one of the witnesses, he said he had never been to an after-show party and didn’t really know what they were like, so he’s thinking—this is before the rape—but he’s thinking, maybe this is kind of how things are. People are doing a lot of drugs, because people were sort of bragging, talking up how much Jackie had taken. Like, “Oh wow, Jackie is loaded.” He didn’t know her, so he thought, maybe that’s just who she is, not knowing that she had never done those drugs or was a straight arrow. A common sort of refrain among the teenagers that I’d interviewed and I’d interviewed a lot more people than were obviously in the story who had either experienced Kim Fowley in other ways, varying degrees of sort of brutality—two things sort of stuck out. One is what Trudy said, ‘I was a virgin. I had no idea what I was really looking at, and it scared me. I knew it was wrong, but Kim was dominating the room.’ I asked her what was the feeling that haunted her the most, and she said it was the feeling of being powerless. She said she knew something was wrong, and couldn’t do anything, and [Fowley] had that power over her. He shut the room down. Other people said the same thing. That Fowley had total control of that room. Part of it was because everybody was so young.

Pitchfork: Were you surprised at all by the reactions of other Runaways, when you asked them for comment?

JC: They have such a complicated history. I wish they’d resolved their differences a long time ago, because I think the resentments are still there, and still at play. I wish Lita Ford gave a shit because she doesn’t and doesn’t care at all. I brought it up to her, and she says, “I heard about it, obviously, but I don’t have a comment. You can talk to Jackie.” You could tell she had to force herself to say, five minutes later, “Oh, and rape is bad. It’s a bad thing.” But she didn’t care to talk about what happened with Jackie. She just wasn’t interested. At all. And Joan doesn’t wanna talk about it at all. It wasn’t a total surprise that she didn’t. I think that she…I think the story speaks for itself in terms of what we say about her in the story.

Joan very much believes in that rock myth Fowley [perpetuated]. In the L.A. Weekly she said, “These girls, they wanted to make him out to be this bad guy, but they’re just blaming him for their own failure.” That was the gist. “Was there abuse? If there was, why did we take it then?” So she was sort of defending him in this story. I think it was the one about Sandy West.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 3:38:46pm

re: #137 CuriousLurker

Alright y’all, do you know who The Biggest Threat to the United SatesTM is according to Daniel Pipes? Not the far-right, not undocumented immigrants, not AQ or ISIS, it’s…

THE LEFT!!11!

[Embedded content]

Naturally, the left is where all the other multikulti evils and Muslamic threats germinate. These guys sound more & more like Anders Breivik every day.

Daniel Pipes likes to portray himself these days as a sort of “moderate” anti-Muslim, not as crazy as Spencer, Geller and that bunch. But he’s as much of a loon as they are - just slightly better at hiding it. This video is what he really thinks, though.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 3:38:49pm

re: #160 darthstar

Stop Big Syllable Now!

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:39:22pm
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allegro  Jul 10, 2015 3:39:33pm

re: #171 darthstar

Apparently, “Tan, Rested, and Ready to Fight” comes from a draft Nixon effort.

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Not really an improvement izzit?

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:39:36pm

re: #176 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Stop Big Syllable Now!

I was thinking the same thing.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 3:39:48pm
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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 3:41:36pm

re: #176 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

“The syllables are still big; it’s just the pages that got small.”

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 10, 2015 3:42:16pm

re: #178 allegro

Not really an improvement izzit?

“flabby, pasty-skinned, riddled with phlebitis—a good Republican body”
didn’t get past the first focus group.

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b_sharp  Jul 10, 2015 3:42:50pm

Things in the world will go swimmingly if the other countries just fear the US enough. Historically that has worked so well.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 10, 2015 3:44:03pm

Oh look at my big giant boring weather hole. Sigh.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 3:44:25pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 3:45:32pm

re: #181 jaunte

“The syllables are still big; it’s just the pages that got small.”

i cried because my syllables were too big, until i met a man with no vowels

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 3:46:46pm
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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 3:49:07pm

re: #174 goddamnedfrank

Good work here and on Twitter covering this. Thanks.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 3:49:19pm

re: #139 Blind Frog Belly White

We talking Jonah Goldberg-level horseshit? You know- ‘Hitler was a vegetarian, many liberals are vegetarian, therefore Hitler was a Liberal’ kinda stuff?

studying logic under jonah goldberg has helped me prove that hoot owls are human

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 3:50:08pm
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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:50:15pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

I like Pandora (though they just waved off my resume last week when I had everything - actual experience not just keywords - that they were looking for).

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 10, 2015 3:51:04pm

re: #186 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

i cried because my syllables were too big, until i met a man with no vowels

And he was a Czech.

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A Cranky One  Jul 10, 2015 3:51:12pm

re: #160 darthstar

Okay…I read the link. He doesn’t cite any specific words he can’t understand.

[Embedded content]

My lizard is sad because Obama uses big words.

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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 3:52:32pm
You will be assimiliateded
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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 3:52:43pm
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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 3:54:04pm

re: #186 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

i cried because my syllables were too big, until i met a man with no vowels

An oldie but goodie from The Onion.

Clinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia

Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to Be First Recipients

Before an emergency joint session of Congress yesterday, President Clinton announced US plans to deploy over 75,000 vowels to the war-torn region of Bosnia. The deployment, the largest of its kind in American history, will provide the region with the critically needed letters A,E,I,O and U, and is hoped to render countless Bosnian names more pronounceable.

“For six years, we have stood by while names like Ygrjvslhv and Tzlynhr and Glrm have been horribly butchered by millions around the world,” Clinton said. “Today, the United States must finally stand up and say ‘Enough.’ It is time the people of Bosnia finally had some vowels in their incomprehensible words. The US is proud to lead the crusade in this noble endeavour.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 3:54:07pm

re: #195 Kragar

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danarchy  Jul 10, 2015 3:54:52pm

re: #190 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Not the entire iTunes library, just most of it.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 3:55:45pm
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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 3:58:48pm
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plansbandc  Jul 10, 2015 3:59:36pm

re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth

The level of stupidity here made my eye twitch violently. Not sure it’s ever going to stop. (The twitching or the stupidity)

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Great White Snark  Jul 10, 2015 3:59:44pm

Well lookie what I just found whilst rearranging my living room.

REALITY BITES!
Diverse Delights for a Deficit Economy
A Cookbook for the Lizard Minions of 2010

And most of the contributors are still around.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 3:59:54pm

This is the Republican running for KY governor:

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 4:00:22pm

re: #199 darthstar

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I can upding it, but I couldn’t retweet it.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 4:01:07pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 4:03:14pm
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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 4:03:22pm

re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is the Republican running for KY governor:

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I wish him luck. Bad luck. Big bad luck.

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 4:04:17pm

re: #160 darthstar

Okay…I read the link. He doesn’t cite any specific words he can’t understand.

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If the quotes are accurate I think he may struggle to understand the words coming out of his own mouth. He sounds like Sarah Palin.

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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 4:04:22pm

re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth

I wonder if there will be plutons.

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 4:04:34pm

Donald Trump is meeting with relatives of people killed by undocumented immigrants.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 4:04:57pm
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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 4:06:24pm

re: #210 #FergusonFireside

Donald Trump is meeting with relatives of people killed by undocumented immigrants.

I bet it’s a smaller group than people who shot themselves by accident.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 4:08:13pm
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 10, 2015 4:08:25pm

re: #210 #FergusonFireside

Donald Trump is meeting with relatives of people killed by undocumented immigrants.

Who’s meeting with the families of undocumented immigrants killed by coyotes, or vigilantes, or just criminals emboldened by the fact that they have no law to protect them?

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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 10, 2015 4:08:47pm

re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is the Republican running for KY governor:

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Romantic Heretic  Jul 10, 2015 4:09:47pm

re: #115 Feline Fearless Leader

Given the history of the Mormon and even Baptist churches in terms of being chased and picked on themselves you’d think they would have a clearer attitude towards religious freedom and practices.

“What you resist, you become,” as the old Taoist saying goes.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 10, 2015 4:10:03pm

re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is the Republican running for KY governor:

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re: #210 #FergusonFireside

Donald Trump is meeting with relatives of people killed by undocumented immigrants.

Well, bless his heart.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 4:10:44pm

re: #188 wrenchwench

Good work here and on Twitter covering this. Thanks.

Thanks. I usually hate it when people pull the “what if it was a man” argument but in this case seriously, what if it was a man? Can you imagine all these white women and liberal dudes caping for some guy whose entire lucrative career turned out to have been predicated on their active cover up of a gang rape they witnessed first hand? Can you imagine people defending a guy who told another witness to keep quiet, who joked about their manager raping a colleague with their band mates afterwards, who kept the secret for decades as an adult, and who then gave a glowing eulogy at the rapist’s funeral?

I was a fan of Jett’s before this, but cannot for the life of me imagine why anybody would seek to excuse her continued depraved indifference and refusal to deal with this now that it’s out in the open.

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 4:11:28pm

He is so fucking crass.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 4:11:42pm

re: #210 #FergusonFireside

Donald Trump is meeting with relatives of people killed by undocumented immigrants.

i heard a rumor that the overwhelming majority of murderers in the united states are protestants

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 4:14:36pm

re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is the Republican running for KY governor:

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Kewl, so does that mean I can move to Kentucky and get a job in a restaurant or grocery store and then refuse to sell people pork, alcohol, etc.? It’s gonna get even tougher when some place hires a Jew who keeps kosher ‘cause kosher rules are way more strict.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 10, 2015 4:15:21pm

Trump is the GOP’s worst nightmare: an egomaniacal loose cannon who has every chance of locking in the 27%ers. Ted Cruz is furious that Trump beat him to it.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 4:15:41pm
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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 4:15:49pm

re: #218 goddamnedfrank

On the other hand I’ve always despised Kim Fowley and Joan Jett and the Runaways and anything else ever touched by Kim Fowley, so I’m not surprised at all to find out that they’re just as horrible as I already knew they were.

I met Kim Fowley once, long ago, at the Rainbow Bar next to the Roxy nightclub when I played there with George Duke, and he was an absolutely awful person. Slimy.

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No Depression  Jul 10, 2015 4:17:01pm

Apparently this 7 year old story is making the rounds in conservative circles:

christianpost.com

Unsurprisingly, a lot of wingnuts seem to think this story is recent. How fucking hard is it to research this?

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 4:20:05pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

On the other hand I’ve always despised Kim Fowley and Joan Jett and the Runaways and anything else ever touched by Kim Fowley, so I’m not surprised at all to find out that they’re just as horrible as I already knew they were.

I met Kim Fowley once, long ago, at the Rainbow Bar next to the Roxy nightclub when I played there with George Duke, and he was an absolutely awful person. Slimy.

Maybe I was naive. I mean, I didn’t figure that she was any kind of Saint, but this shit? This is basically as cynical as it gets.

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 4:21:19pm

How to say “shut the door” in Finnegans Wakese:

Lukkedoerendunandurraskewdylooshoofermoyportertoory-
zooysphalnabortansporthaokansakroidverjkapakkapuk

John Stanislaus Joyce, father of James Joyce. Painting by Patrick Tuohy, 1923.
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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 4:21:47pm
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Varek Raith  Jul 10, 2015 4:22:49pm

re: #213 darthstar

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SOMEONE SAVE THAT DOG!!1!1

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jayjaybear  Jul 10, 2015 4:22:53pm

re: #18 wrenchwench

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“This is definitely not my beautiful wife…”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 4:23:56pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

Some of the discussion about this got really weird and icky here last night.

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Romantic Heretic  Jul 10, 2015 4:26:32pm

re: #161 A Cranky One

It seems to me that many of the haters simply have nothing to feel proud or positive about. Their identity is based on “I’m not one of those people”, where those people are characterized as evil.

Atheists? Evil.
Muslims? Evil.
Scientists? Evil.
Democrats? Evil
Liberals? Evil

If the only things you have to be proud of are where you were born, your skin color or religion, it’s really kind of sad.

But it’s easier than thinking.

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 4:28:34pm

re: #226 goddamnedfrank

Maybe I was naive. I mean, I didn’t figure that she was any kind of Saint, but this shit? This is basically as cynical as it gets.

I was way naive. I’m about the same age as The Runaways. My boyfriend had a punk radio show before Rodney Bingenheimer did, and I met the Dickies and the Ramones and the Gogos. I saw The Runaways and got hit on the head by one of Sandy West’s thrown drumsticks. Maybe the fact that I was always with my boyfriend kept me a bit safer.

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thedopefishlives  Jul 10, 2015 4:34:03pm

re: #225 No Depression

Apparently this 7 year old story is making the rounds in conservative circles:

christianpost.com

Unsurprisingly, a lot of wingnuts seem to think this story is recent. How fucking hard is it to research this?

Remember who you’re talking about. Wingnuts have zero true research skills at all; they are all spoon-fed by the talking heads at the top.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 4:37:36pm

re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth

Some of the discussion about this got really weird and icky here last night.

The interview with Cherkis should put to bed any notion that this story is fake or bears any resemblance whatsoever to the Rolling Stone Jackie tale. There are just too many first hand accounts now, too much corroboration from people with nothing to gain, people whose own financial self interest and reputations would have been best served by remaining silent . More witnesses are coming out now too, one’s who didn’t speak up or come forward before because they didn’t know that Fuch’s was finally telling her story and they didn’t want to out her as a rape victim. The longer Jett avoids dealing with her role in all this the worse it looks, because she’s the one whose entire career was built on the pretense of feminism along with keeping Fowley’s secret.

Pitchfork: It sounds like there was this cult of true believers around him, or people who were like him, who basically thought young women are there almost as a reward. Being able to use and abuse women is a right of power within, as you’re saying, the mean streets of Hollywood.

JC: There was a little bit of a cult of personality around him. One of the witnesses who described him as a Manson figure… Kim had a certain way of talking. He had a list of Fowleyisms that he would say, that he sort of invented. People around him would say the same things, use the same words. Joan Jett talks like that. Other people that I’d interviewed…a couple of guys, they would revert back to talking, sounding just like him. They’d use the same words. It was weird and eerie how they eased back into it as if it was 1976 all over again. You could never utter those words in public, now. They’re horrible.

Yeah, there was this weird sort of conspiracy, to not say anything. Jackie told me she didn’t say anything for three reasons: one, that if she did, no one would back her up, and she was full of shame about what happened. And really confused, because in a way she worried about her own, like, “why aren’t people comforting me? I must have done something wrong.” And so she was full of shame and anguish over it. She also knew that if she had gone forward, she would destroy the band. Not just her chances in the music industry, but their chances, too, and that was really complicated, because they were the bystanders, they watched her get raped, and she’s still concerned about their well-being.

Jackie said to me, “I knew the industry was all male and this was it for me. I’m either in this band and trying to make it, or I’m never going to be in music.” It was a very limited opportunity. She saw this as her chance, because there were so few options.

Pitchfork: In the story, it’s very clear that he used fear and intimidation to control them. He had them watch someone in their band get raped for not being appropriately pliant.

JC: It’s hard to be in their shoes. I felt sorry for them. I felt Jackie did, too. That’s what makes me so proud of her courage, and respectful of her courage, because she not only opened up about it and talked about it, but she called people and tracked down people who watched her get raped, and really wanted to hear what they had to say, and really listened and empathized. And to care for them, it’s an incredible strength of hers to do that.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 4:39:43pm

isnt there a giant trumpapalooza tonight?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 4:39:54pm

re: #235 goddamnedfrank

Being able to use and abuse women is a right of power

THIS!
It’s all about power.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 10, 2015 4:40:44pm

re: #191 darthstar

I like Pandora (though they just waved off my resume last week when I had everything - actual experience not just keywords - that they were looking for).

What was the position?

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BeachDem  Jul 10, 2015 4:41:03pm

On a positive note, PBS is showing Harper Lee: American Masters tonight—an updated version of the 2012 documentary Harper Lee: Hey, Boo.

I loved Hey, Boo and am anxious to see what they’ve added. Alice Finch Lee, Harper’s sister, was featured prominently in Hey, Boo—she died last year, and it was after her death that all the brouhaha about “Go Set a Watchman” being released came up. Wonder if they’ll talk about that in this update.

Edited to add pbs link with info, and to mention that Alice was still practicing law when she was 100 years old!

pbs.org

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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 4:42:42pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

THIS!
It’s all about power.

The RWNJs first loss was the loss of control over women. I’m expecting their ire to rise up and be added to their other losses and make some more of them flip out, like Rubio is doing.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 4:49:27pm

re: #240 wrenchwench

The RWNJs first loss was the loss of control over women. I’m expecting their ire to rise up and be added to their other losses and make some more of them flip out, like Rubio is doing.

I’ve said before that both historical anti black racism and homophobia can be viewed through the lens of misogyny.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 4:50:07pm

Trump and Rubio are doing a fantastic job. Keep it up!

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 4:54:44pm

See Goldie’s latest tweet that I retweeted. I still can’t figure out how to paste.

Omg nooooooooooo. I guess the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman is out.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 4:55:00pm

New feature on the front page - just for fun. Hover your mouse over the images and check it out.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 4:55:05pm

Anybody who’s been reading my comments (Hello you fine people!) know that I’ve been raving about Umphrey’s McGee’s performance at Red Rocks a week ago. Today they put out their professionally-shot video of them playing “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” on YouTube and, let’s just say I got those goosebumps all over again!

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 4:55:54pm

re: #244 Charles Johnson

New feature on the front page - just for fun. Hover your mouse over the images and check it out.

I just off-handed noticed that! Charles, you’re a wizard, how do achieve such sorcery?!?

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funky chicken  Jul 10, 2015 4:56:28pm

The Scott Walker miracle. Helluva job Scottie!

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thedopefishlives  Jul 10, 2015 4:57:26pm

re: #246 teleskiguy

I just off-handed noticed that! Charles, you’re a wizard, how do achieve such sorcery?!?

Very Carefully (tm)

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 4:58:23pm

re: #246 teleskiguy

I just off-handed noticed that! Charles, you’re a wizard, how do achieve such sorcery?!?

Like this:

.imgcontainer:hover .bigimg {
	-webkit-transform: scale(1.3);
	transform: scale(1.3);
}
.imgcontainer {
	overflow: hidden;
	border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
}
.bigimg {
	min-width: 100%;
	max-width: 100%;
	max-height: auto;
	display: block;
	border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
	position: relative;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease;
	transition: all 0.7s ease;
}
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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 4:59:19pm
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wrenchwench  Jul 10, 2015 5:00:26pm

Later, lizards.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:01:13pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

LOL!

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 5:01:57pm

This seems like it should have gotten more attention when it came out last week:

Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings

Background

Several past studies have found that media reports of suicides and homicides appear to subsequently increase the incidence of similar events in the community, apparently due to the coverage planting the seeds of ideation in at-risk individuals to commit similar acts.

Methods

Here we explore whether or not contagion is evident in more high-profile incidents, such as school shootings and mass killings (incidents with four or more people killed). We fit a contagion model to recent data sets related to such incidents in the US, with terms that take into account the fact that a school shooting or mass murder may temporarily increase the probability of a similar event in the immediate future, by assuming an exponential decay in contagiousness after an event.

Conclusions

We find significant evidence that mass killings involving firearms are incented by similar events in the immediate past. On average, this temporary increase in probability lasts 13 days, and each incident incites at least 0.30 new incidents (p = 0.0015). We also find significant evidence of contagion in school shootings, for which an incident is contagious for an average of 13 days, and incites an average of at least 0.22 new incidents (p = 0.0001). All p-values are assessed based on a likelihood ratio test comparing the likelihood of a contagion model to that of a null model with no contagion. On average, mass killings involving firearms occur approximately every two weeks in the US, while school shootings occur on average monthly. We find that state prevalence of firearm ownership is significantly associated with the state incidence of mass killings with firearms, school shootings, and mass shootings.

[…]

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BeachDem  Jul 10, 2015 5:03:00pm

re: #243 #FergusonFireside

See Goldie’s latest tweet that I retweeted. I still can’t figure out how to paste.

Omg nooooooooooo. I guess the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman is out.

Are you omg noooooing because they’re releasing a chapter early? Or do you not think they should release it at all? I admit, I pre-ordered the book the day they announced it.

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 5:03:08pm

re: #250 goddamnedfrank

There’s this one dude I follow on twitter. He’s outrageous crude. I won’t stop following him. I like the spice he throws in my feed. That is why I love twitter.

I follow baseball crank too, but he’s boring.

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 5:04:40pm

re: #254 BeachDem

Are you omg noooooing because they’re releasing a chapter early? Or do you not think they should release it at all? I admit, I pre-ordered the book the day they announced it.

Goldie’s tweet suggests that Atticus has turned racist. (Gif of Oprah crying)

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:04:41pm

That’s why LGF stands out from so many websites, it is the true brainchild of its creator. Charles built all the guts to this website, and it’s so pretty! And user-friendly! And it was all coded by one man.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 5:06:39pm

re: #175 Charles Johnson

I’d add that the creepiest part is that what they’re saying about the Left is almost word for word the same as some of the antisemitic canards (as are the claims they make about Muslims). Anyone can see this for him/herself at antisemitic canards and antisemitic conspiracy theories.

It’s the creepiest part because it’s coming from Jews who are willing to use it against fellow Jews (and anyone else that disagrees with them politically). Stirring up that kind of shit in a non-Jewish country where you have groups like the KKK, CofCC, and other white supremacist groups who are angry and clearly willing to do violence, as Dylan Roof demonstrated… well, we’ve seen how that turned out before, haven’t we?

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BeachDem  Jul 10, 2015 5:07:27pm

re: #256 #FergusonFireside

Goldie’s tweet suggests that Atticus has turned racist. (Gif of Oprah crying)

I just looked at the tweet, so I understand what you’re saying. THIS SHALL NOT STAND!!! Not Atticus—it must be a misunderstanding, or a momentary lapse or a mistake. Please, dog, let it be one of those.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:08:05pm

re: #255 #FergusonFireside

There’s this one dude I follow on twitter. He’s outrageous crude. I won’t stop following him. I like the spice he throws in my feed. That is why I love twitter.

I follow baseball crank too, but he’s boring.

I met a dude in Vegas early morning-like (was it 3 or 4 a.m., I couldn’t tell you) who had a bald head and this huge ZZ Top beard.

He was celebrating his 22nd birthday in Vegas. I was stunned, he looked older than me! We follow each other on Twitter and he tweets such inane silliness! We’re meeting up next year in May right around our birthdays in Vegas.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 5:15:15pm

The floor-pooper strikes again! With a deranged smear post on Dave Weigel and Wesley Lowery this time. What a crazy, crazy fuck this guy is.

donotlink.com

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Jenner7  Jul 10, 2015 5:23:11pm

re: #243 #FergusonFireside

Woowee…..

wsj.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 5:24:12pm

re: #261 Charles Johnson

The floor-pooper strikes again! With a deranged smear post on Dave Weigel and Wesley Lowery this time. What a crazy, crazy fuck this guy is.

donotlink.com

LOLOL!!!

I interviewed people from Booker’s neighborhood, going deep into the ghetto, to accomplish this job.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:25:04pm

I’m reading the latest floating turd by UpChuck about Dave Weigel at gotnews dot com. Gawd he’s such a terrible writer.

The Washington Post has rehired disgraced Journolist writer David Weigel.

Weigel was fired — he says he resigned — from the Washington Post after he was caught wishing for the deaths of conservative figures on a controversial listserv. (The story was first broken by the Daily Caller. Matt Lewis wrote previously about how Weigel called social conservatives “bigots” for favoring gay marriage)

Uh, dipshit, aren’t social conservatives against gay marriage?

And he’s still claiming credit for “proving” that Cory Booker didn’t reside in Newark.

I interviewed people from Booker’s neighborhood, going deep into the ghetto, to accomplish this job.

Oooh! Had to go where all those scary blah people are to get the story! Somebody call the Pulitzer committee!

Oh, and he’s complicated, y’all!

I have an admittedly odd sense of humor and I have difficulty recognizing humor-I said as much to David Weigel-but he left that out of the story to try to harm me. In recent years he’s claimed I’m a racist-still happily married to the brown girl-and made various ad hominem attacks

Oh gawd, the fucking thing goes on for another several paragraphs, including a bullet-point conspiracy as to “why conservatives and others on the right continue to pretend that the Washington Post or the New York Times put up with” David Weigel and Wesley Lowery. I’m gonna spare myself the rest.

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 5:29:07pm

Speaking of something which should get more attention, here is a paper from Wednesday:

Evolutionary History of Atmospheric CO2 during the Late Cenozoic from Fossilized Metasequoia Needles

The change in ancient atmospheric CO2 concentrations provides important clues for understanding the relationship between the atmospheric CO2 concentration and global temperature. However, the lack of CO2 evolution curves estimated from a single terrestrial proxy prevents the understanding of climatic and environmental impacts due to variations in data. Thus, based on the stomatal index of fossilized Metasequoia needles, we reconstructed a history of atmospheric CO2 concentrations from middle Miocene to late Early Pleistocene when the climate changed dramatically. According to this research, atmospheric CO2 concentration was stabile around 330-350 ppmv in the middle and late Miocene, then it decreased to 278-284 ppmv during the Late Pliocene and to 277-279 ppmv during the Early Pleistocene, which was almost the same range as in preindustrial time. According to former research, this is a time when global temperature decreased sharply. Our results also indicated that from middle Miocene to Pleistocene, global CO2 level decreased by more than 50 ppmv, which may suggest that CO2 decrease and temperature decrease are coupled.

Note that this estimation is less than plotted often for the late Miocene and the late Pliocene. And we know from previous analysis that the late Miocene and the Pliocene surface temps were significantly warmer than today.

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BeachDem  Jul 10, 2015 5:29:36pm

re: #262 Jenner7

Woowee…..

wsj.com

Clicked the link. Read the first few sentences. Then thought, nope. Not going to read any reviews. Just going to wait till the book hits my kindle!

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 10, 2015 5:30:35pm

Jett issues a weak “if I was aware” denial. She refuses to address the phone call Brent Williams says he got from her, or the other witness accounts by Currie and Krome that claim Jett was there and did witness the rape. She also doesn’t address the statement by Fuch’s replacement Tischler-Blue that afterwards the band treated the rape like it was comedy, “They would talk about Kim fucking Jackie like a dog. It was kind of a running joke.”

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Decatur Deb  Jul 10, 2015 5:31:07pm

re: #261 Charles Johnson

The floor-pooper strikes again! With a deranged smear post on Dave Weigel and Wesley Lowery this time. What a crazy, crazy fuck this guy is.

donotlink.com

The money quote: “Oftentimes very low amounts of money can wreak havoc on a dishonest journalist’s personal life.”

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:33:34pm

It’s been pointed out in a couple of media profiles of UpChuck - most notably Mother Jones - that UpChuck has deep contempt for elite journalists.

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Kid A  Jul 10, 2015 5:34:31pm

My grandmother (she’s 96) is in poor health and her caregiver is an 84-year-old (turns 85 tomorrow) African-American woman named Vertis; she grew up in Texas and has lived here her entire life. Vertis also took care of my grandfather until his death in 2003; she will care for my grandmother until her death which will be soon. Vertis is one of the kindest, most gentle people I have ever met, and I consider her a part of my family. So when you tell me that the Confederate battle flag is a symbol of heritage and not hate, I look at that rag you call a flag and see a great big white middle finger being shown to Vertis’ face.

Sorry, it’s been on my mind this week. Thanks for listening.

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thedopefishlives  Jul 10, 2015 5:34:35pm

re: #269 teleskiguy

It’s been pointed out in a couple of media profiles of UpChuck - most notably Mother Jones - that UpChuck has deep contempt for elite journalists.

Because they’re not award-winning journalists like he is.

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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 5:35:14pm

re: #269 teleskiguy

UpChuck has deep contempt for elite* journalists

*Salaried

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Kid A  Jul 10, 2015 5:36:20pm

re: #271 thedopefishlives

Because they’re not award-winning journalists like he is.

Awarded when he was in college by right-wingers, like anyone gives a shit.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:36:23pm

re: #272 jaunte

*Salaried

Touché.

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Kid A  Jul 10, 2015 5:37:48pm

I got Vertis a card and a $50 gift card for her birthday too. Man, that woman knows how to give a hug!

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 5:38:15pm

re: #267 goddamnedfrank

Jett issues a weak “if I was aware” denial. She refuses to address the phone call Brent Williams says he got from her, or the other witness accounts by Currie and Krome that claim Jett was there and did witness the rape. She also doesn’t address the statement by Fuch’s replacement Tischler-Blue that afterwards the band treated the rape like it was comedy, “They would talk about Kim fucking Jackie like a dog. It was kind of a running joke.”

Read first comment and was omg.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 5:38:25pm

re: #268 Decatur Deb

The money quote: “Oftentimes very low amounts of money can wreak havoc on a dishonest journalist’s personal life.”

He’s basically admitting he tries to harm people. But of course, that was obvious already.

The irony of Chuck Johnson calling anyone else “disgraced” — off the scale. This is a guy who’s now writing for an openly white nationalist site.

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thedopefishlives  Jul 10, 2015 5:39:38pm

re: #273 Kid A

Awarded when he was in college by right-wingers, like anyone gives a shit.

HOW DARE YOU disrespect the great UpChuck! It’s a major award! HE WON!

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BeachDem  Jul 10, 2015 5:39:44pm

re: #269 teleskiguy

It’s been pointed out in a couple of media profiles of UpChuck - most notably Mother Jones - that UpChuck has deep contempt for elite journalists.

re: #272 jaunte

*Salaried

*Able to string actual words together into comprehensible sentences.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:40:31pm

Kid A, Vertis sounds like a wonderful human being! Good people! I send her my good karma and gratitude! FWIW.

I’m sorry about your grandmother. End of life crap is pretty fucking hard on the living.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 10, 2015 5:41:14pm

cubefarm has reached the fukit lets shoot the shit portion of the workweek

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thedopefishlives  Jul 10, 2015 5:42:19pm

re: #280 teleskiguy

Kid A, Vertis sounds like a wonderful human being! Good people! I send her my good karma and gratitude! FWIW.

I’m sorry about your grandmother. End of life crap is pretty fucking hard on the living.

Tell me about it. When my last grandmother died, my parents had an awful time of it because they elected to take care of her themselves. Immediately after, they informed my sister and I that they had set aside end-of-life care money so that we wouldn’t have to deal with them ourselves, because they didn’t want us to experience what they experienced.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 5:43:36pm

Chuck is using code from this user-tracking website now: siftscience.com

So if you’re firewall-aware you may want to add this to your block list. On the Mac I use Little Snitch to do this stuff - great utility.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 5:43:44pm

re: #272 jaunte

*Salaried

*Haz a blue verified twitter checkmark

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BeachDem  Jul 10, 2015 5:47:11pm

Damn, didn’t know Neil deGrasse Tyson was on the Week—Charlie Rose looks totally confused (more so than usual!)

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 5:47:12pm

Eh, kid A. There’s a photo journalism oppy in front of you. Vertis. Her life. And your gma of course, but I expect she expects privacy. But Vertis. Tell her about the renewed civil rights movement.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 5:47:37pm

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOLOL!!!

I can just picture him all pasty white with his flaming red hair, looking like a neon sign as he fearlessly marched deep into the ghetto in Newark.

I… excuse me for a minute while I…

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Kid A  Jul 10, 2015 5:49:13pm

re: #286 #FergusonFireside

Eh, kid A. There’s a photo journalism oppy in front of you. Vertis. Her life. And your gma of course, but I expect she expects privacy. But Vertis. Tell her about the renewed civil rights movement.

Yes!

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:50:30pm

So that’s, what, two whole blog posts in a month by UpChuck? I’ve typed more into the comment section at LGF in the same amount of time! Though I admit I haven’t done any public television appearances nor have I talked to douche bag Adam Carolla.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 10, 2015 5:50:35pm

re: #288 Kid A

That’s a great idea, I’d love to see that! You’d be very welcome to post it here - guaranteed front page promo.

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 5:54:17pm

There are many many AA still providing care with love. Hopefully the pay is way better.

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Jenner7  Jul 10, 2015 5:57:23pm

amc.com

Here’a s better quality of TWD Season 6. I’ve watched it three times now. lol

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 5:58:52pm

I’m actually really looking forward to David Weigel’s upcoming book about progressive rock.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 6:00:45pm

I started watching Graceland earlier this week. I’m pretty sure my weekend is gonna be shot once I start up again.

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lawhawk  Jul 10, 2015 6:01:02pm

re: #270 Kid A

Wishing you all the best during this difficult time. Finding caregivers like that are a godsend - in every sense of the word. They can make a world of difference and the compassion and care they provide and the respect they show is all too infrequently not recognized by the person for whom the care is being given.

That you’re doing so is tremendous. Kudos to her, and for you.

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Bubblehead II  Jul 10, 2015 6:01:43pm
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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 6:02:47pm

re: #295 lawhawk

Speaking of, how are things going with your family situation?

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:04:53pm

Deep.

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 6:05:48pm
Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole catching up on old times tonight during the greatest pub crawl that heaven has ever seen.
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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 6:06:52pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 6:07:45pm

re: #300 Kragar

yowser

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 6:08:04pm

Not only did GOP House leadership create possibly days’ worth of controversy by trying to sneak some language protecting the display of the Confederate flag into a larger spending bill. They did it while keeping most of their rank-and-file in the dark about it, including the Republican lawmakers tasked with pulling together the appropriations bill, which was pulled from the floor Thursday due to the Confederate flag fracas.

A report by CQ Roll Call details which Republican lawmakers knew what when Wednesday night, as Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) introduced the disastrous amendment that would have reversed previously approved measures banning the display of the Confederate flag on certain federal lands. The failed gambit appeared to be a last-minute attempt by leadership to save the Interior appropriations bill — the first major spending bill Republican lawmakers were hoping to pass this session — which was facing opposition from the caucus’ right flank over the Confederate flag prohibitions, as well as for going too soft, in their view, on the EPA.

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#FergusonFireside  Jul 10, 2015 6:08:04pm

re: #292 Jenner7

amc.com

Here’a s better quality of TWD Season 6. I’ve watched it three times now. lol

The trauma that is coming. We love it.

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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 6:08:52pm
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BlueSpotinAL  Jul 10, 2015 6:09:36pm

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He could lead a horticulture, but not cast asparagus at her.

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The War TARDIS  Jul 10, 2015 6:11:26pm

Noticed this story from a friend on FB.

I do wonder if Clinton realizes its already too late for a Palestinian State.

A future Palestinian state at this point be a bunch of fragmented areas of land surrounded by checkpoints, letting few people through, and no roads between the various fragments in the West Bank. No water rights either.

I presume only Areas A and B will be considered by Israel for Palestine.

I would love to here thoughts on Jerusalem too.

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Decatur Deb  Jul 10, 2015 6:11:55pm

re: #300 Kragar

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When I pass the huge battle flag on I-65, it often makes me think of livestock abusers. Then we get to the great ice cream joint at Clanton, and it all goes away.

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 6:12:25pm

Okay, I’m out.

Later, lizards.

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Bubblehead II  Jul 10, 2015 6:14:34pm
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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:14:39pm

re: #300 Kragar

“I’m gonna club this baby seal! That’s right, I’m gonna club a seal to make a better deal!”

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:15:59pm
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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 6:16:51pm

Okay…this was a funny reply.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:17:06pm
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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 6:17:22pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 6:18:23pm
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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 6:18:51pm

This afternoon’s 45 minute SUP paddle - about 1.5 miles total…nice little workout…and the bar at the yacht club was open when I got back, so I was able to have a cold beer with almost no effort.

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Decatur Deb  Jul 10, 2015 6:19:35pm

re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That’s very disturbing. Uber is in Kalamazoo? They’ll be here next. Both our taxi drivers are at risk.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:19:45pm
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Jenner7  Jul 10, 2015 6:20:35pm

re: #300 Kragar

Alright then….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 6:20:45pm

re: #317 Decatur Deb

That’s very disturbing. Uber is in Kalamazoo? They’ll be here next. Both our taxis are at risk.

And she is apparently one of those Southern Heritage people in Michigan, like Kid Rock…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 6:22:28pm

Freedom Sculpture in Philadelphia, by Zenos Frudakis

zenosfrudakis.com

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:23:17pm

Fuckin’ aye!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 10, 2015 6:23:27pm

re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth

And she is apparently one of those Southern Heritage people in Michigan, like Kid Rock…

I’d like to send these Confederate-flag-waving idiots in Northern states back to 1864, and see how they get along….

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CuriousLurker  Jul 10, 2015 6:23:41pm

I had to come back for a sec because this is too cool not to share:

Google Map’s Ocean ‘Street’ Views
If you don’t have the time (or are too afraid of flying) to brave the 15-hour flight to Australia’s Great Barrier reef, you can visit it from your desk. The Caitlin Seaview Survey and Google have teamed up to photograph the ocean’s many reef ecosystems in 360-degree views that’ll make you feel like you’re swimming with the fishes. Poke around a shipwreck off the coast of Aruba. Stare down humpback whales near the Cook Islands. Take in the electric colors of the Outer Devil’s Crown in Galapagos. The Seaview project is also creating an invaluable database that scientists can use to track the health of the world’s coral, recording wins—and losses—resulting from changes in our ocean’s ever-warming temperature.

Via @WIREDScience

Laters.

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 10, 2015 6:24:54pm
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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:26:37pm

re: #325 FormerDirtDart

I posted this already here: #313

You’re new here, so it’s cool :)

BTW, welcome!

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Kid A  Jul 10, 2015 6:26:54pm

re: #295 lawhawk

Thank you for that, and thank you for the perspective you being here to LGF. I always enjoy your posts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 6:31:02pm

While she had her account locked down, she deleted the tweet, changed her avi, and unlocked to tweet this:

She really doesn’t know how any of this works, LOL!

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 6:32:12pm

In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately dome decree… but he still lost a bunch of ships off the Japanese coast:

Archeology: Japanese Experts Confirm Found Remnants Of Shipwreck Are From 13th Century Invasion By Kublai Khan

Archeologists in Japan have now confirmed that the remnants of a shipwreck that was discovered last fall is part of a Mongolian armada used in a failed attempt to invade Japan during the 13th century.

Discovered below the waters of the Takashima island, the remains measured twelve meters long and three meters across. It had a bow that was pointed southward.

[…]

As history has told, Kublai Khan and his fleet attempted to take Japan in 1274, after repeatedly sending messages to the Japanese emperor to surrender. Their battle was known as the Battle Of Bun’ei. However, strong typhoons prevented the Mongols from successfully carrying out their early invasion. Many of the ships docked at Hakata Bay were destroyed by the strong winds, killing thousands of Mongol soldiers. The Japanese believed this had been the work of the gods and the Kamikaze or “divine wind.”

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 6:33:22pm

UPDATE — Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole’s epic pub crawl in heaven was almost halted by the puritanically stern St. Paul, until the latter was forced to back down by a higher authority, The Holy Ghost, who was supported by Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Oliver Reed, and Amy Winehouse. Then they all got smashed and played bridge into the wee hours of eternity.

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:35:25pm

Okay, I might rid of the “UpChuck” nomenclature and transition right to “Floor Pooper”.

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 6:36:37pm

Another one:

COUNTY CLERK IN EAST TEXAS RESIGNS OVER GAY MARRIAGE RULING

An East Texas county clerk has resigned rather than comply with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the right of same-sex couples to marry.

Rusk County Clerk Joyce Lewis-Kugle submitted her resignation letter Thursday. County Judge Joel Hale, Rusk County’s top administrator, said Lewis-Kugle wrote that she could not in good conscience issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

[…]

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jul 10, 2015 6:40:35pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Freedom Sculpture in Philadelphia, by Zenos Frudakis

zenosfrudakis.com

Right around the corner is this:

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 6:40:37pm

Unruly youth… or YANKEE THUGS!?:

Delaware police have charged three young men with stealing a Confederate flag from a private home in Newark.

Barry Binkley Jr. reported that the flag had been removed from a flagpole outside his home on Wednesday. A boat on the property had been spray-painted with the word “racist,” and a window to his pickup truck was damaged.

Investigators found a fingerprint that led to three suspects being identified. Officers say all three turned themselves in on Friday.

Cameron Canty and Austin Maxwell, both 18; and a 17-year-old were charged with theft, trespassing and other offenses. […]

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RealityBasedSteve  Jul 10, 2015 6:41:48pm

re: #332 freetoken

Another one:

COUNTY CLERK IN EAST TEXAS RESIGNS OVER GAY MARRIAGE RULING

And I have exactly 0 problems with that. If you can’t do your job, find a job you can do.

RBS

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 6:42:10pm

re: #333 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Looks like one of the results of the Philadelphia Experiment?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 10, 2015 6:42:25pm

Gonna go read in bed.

laterz, lizardz!

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 6:43:06pm
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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 10, 2015 6:43:08pm

re: #332 freetoken

Good for her. If someone’s religious scruples prevent them from doing their job then resigning is the correct thing to do.

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 6:43:36pm

re: #333 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Not aerodynamic.

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Belafon  Jul 10, 2015 6:43:45pm

re: #337 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gonna go read in bed.

[Embedded content]

laterz, lizardz!

Shouldn’t you be saying going to go bed in read?

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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 6:44:04pm

Something in this story caught my eye:

HISTORICAL WOMEN’S GROUP ENDS 110-YEAR ALAMO STEWARDSHIP

Flags were lowered and prayers were said in the myriad languages of the Alamo’s 1836 defenders as the Daughters of the Republic of Texas ended their 110 years as custodians of the mission-turned-fortress-turned shrine.

Members of the 124-year-old group held a solemn, low-key ceremony to mark the handover of the Alamo to the General Land Office of Texas.

Tourists came and went apparently unaware of the ceremony. The Daughters ended the event by lowering their U.S. and Texas flags. Another Texas flag was run up the Alamo’s flagpole.

[…]

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Kilroy01  Jul 10, 2015 6:44:43pm

re: #334 freetoken

Unruly youth… or YANKEE THUGS!?:

Damn northern abolitionists

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Jenner7  Jul 10, 2015 6:46:07pm
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freetoken  Jul 10, 2015 6:47:52pm

It’s ComicCon time here, the original one. Maybe that is why traffic was so light yesterday - everybody is down at the convention center ogling the new Star Wars stuff?

THE LATEST: GLEESON SAYS HIS ‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTER IS ‘EVIL’

The dark side of the force is also at Comic-Con. Audiences got to meet “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” bad guys Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie for the first time.

[…]

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 6:48:24pm

Ask a stupid question…

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 6:51:51pm

Really, people? It’s just a squirrel and a T-Rex making out…but SIXTY-NINE dude! /juvenile-off

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teleskiguy  Jul 10, 2015 6:57:06pm

re: #346 darthstar

One of the most heavy psychedelic experiences I’ve ever had was after I ate a mushroom chocolate.

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jaunte  Jul 10, 2015 7:01:39pm
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Kragar  Jul 10, 2015 7:03:46pm

So my brother will be sitting on his first panel for Comic-Con coming up in about 30 minutes

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Bubblehead II  Jul 10, 2015 7:05:56pm

Night Lizards.

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Decatur Deb  Jul 10, 2015 7:05:56pm

re: #340 darthstar

Not aerodynamic.

A little Bondo and Army Green Tape….

archive.marinecorpstimes.com

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 10, 2015 7:08:19pm

Gah. If I see another post on FB about Kathryn Steinle, asking why Obama doesn’t do this or that about HER, I may puke. The latest is ‘Why isn’t the DOJ investigating this?!? They investigated Michael Brown’s death!”

I’m starting to hate people. Individuals, I like. People, as a whole? Not so much.

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Lancelot Link  Jul 10, 2015 7:38:36pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

On the other hand I’ve always despised Kim Fowley and Joan Jett and the Runaways and anything else ever touched by Kim Fowley, so I’m not surprised at all to find out that they’re just as horrible as I already knew they were.

Oh, like these guys?

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De Kolta Chair  Jul 10, 2015 7:42:34pm

All kidding aside, rest in peace Omar Sharif. And sweet dreams lizards.

This is how one holds a hand.
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jul 10, 2015 8:06:59pm

re: #205 darthstar

What’s all this I hear about a presidential erection?
— “Emily Latella,” SNL,1976 (?)

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BillinGlendaleCA  Jul 10, 2015 8:54:14pm

re: #356 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The national erection.

John Lennon, “In his Own Words”(1964 or 1965).

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darthstar  Jul 10, 2015 10:54:11pm

re: #348 teleskiguy

One of the most heavy psychedelic experiences I’ve ever had was after I ate a mushroom chocolate.

You got a good one!

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D Koch  Jul 16, 2015 9:11:02pm

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