Commander Shepard, Pluto is in range. Send out probe? #PlutoFlyby pic.twitter.com/lGfnLAG0kK

— BioWare (@bioware) July 14, 2015

All systems go!!! new Horizons is in line!

— AlanStern (@AlanStern) July 15, 2015

Science! Fuck yeah!

Blue Hair!

Sarcastic Rover is classy.

Congrats to @NASANewHorizons for flying by Pluto and not landing on it and staying there forever like some dummy. pic.twitter.com/EDUHyDkzcY

— SarcasticRover (@SarcasticRover) July 14, 2015

Hey, what if the people who sent a machine 9 billion miles to fly by an icy rock are right about climate? http://t.co/ALKkp8yFwF

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) July 15, 2015

Bringing up a topic from downstairs, but the Starnes piece on Fox is bringing in about one comment per second, at times.

Idiots by droves.

Saw a few seconds on CNN, hoping to see New Horizons stuff.

What I saw instead was the Israeli Ambassador complaining that they would have a nuclear program at all.

I think Israel doesn’t want Iran to even have Nuclear Power.

So what Flash plugin update is missing? I just checked and they are all “up to date”.

science, my Aunt Fanny…

re: #1 Targetpractice

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At least he isn’t probing Uranus (in the game, Mass Effect 2, the ship’s artificial intelligence will mock the player if he launches a probe at Uranus).

I still remember the thrill I had when I was at JPL seeing Voyager’s images of Neptune. It’s just so amazing to realize that we’ve found out more about Pluto during the past couple days than we knew from when we discovered it till last week!

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

I can’t get UStream videos to play, I don’t know why. It’s been that way for a while and I eventually gave up trying to play stuff from there.

This is @Nasa right now #PlutoFlyby pic.twitter.com/dXce6BjTWh

— Jason Cartwright (@techAU) July 15, 2015

re: #11 freetoken

I can’t get UStream videos to play, I don’t know why. It’s been that way for a while and I eventually gave up trying to play stuff from there.

Seems to me that Flash needs updating damned near every day.
I’m tired of it.

Youtube works though:

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Oh, boy! There's no pup more stellar than Pluto. pic.twitter.com/QwH1r51GGG

— Disney (@Disney) July 14, 2015

Did I hear the all the images New Horizons is taking will take months to download?

If that is so, I wonder how the images they are showing fall in the order of images taken. Are they stored on some kind of hard drive and NASA can go through and take one or two out of sequence?

Just the fact they can communicate with something like this probe still blows my mind. Having it send down images is icing on the cake.

I still get light headed when I think of all the rapid changes in science and technologies since WW2.

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

So what Flash plugin update is missing? I just checked and they are all “up to date”.

science, my Aunt Fanny…

I keep hitting the ‘check for updates’ button in Chrome, and all it will tell me is that the plugin isn’t updated. On both laptops. I’ve been closing ugly yellow bars all day long.

Back on topic: There’s a pretty good show about Pluto on Nat Geo TV right now.

re: #16 ObserverArt

Did I hear the all the images New Horizons is taking will take months to download?

If that is so, I wonder how the images they are showing fall in the order of images taken. Are they stored on some kind of hard drive and NASA can go through and take one or two out of sequence?

Just the fact they can communicate with something like this probe still blows my mind. Having it send down images is icing on the cake.

I still get light headed when I think of all the rapid changes in science and technologies since WW2.

The probe is 10 years old. They’re stored on BetaMax.

I remember one of my favorite science toys as a child.

*Stars sold separately

Seriously, how cool is that we have developed the technology and the skill to actually pull off something like this.

RBS

re: #19 RealityBasedSteve

“I placed this on a table and whenever we need a little evolution we give it a touch. The cat is now writing software manuals. The only drawback is that the roaches are really good at UNO now.”
amazon.com

Backwoods—Got a better radar map. Your storm is jacking up Virginia. Ours is an earlier wave, that might also have come from KY. It’s made it to Birmingham already.

re: #18 Decatur Deb

The probe is 10 years old. They’re stored on BetaMax.

It was a good technology. I remember a guy that recorded his music on them. He claimed the fidelity was better than regular taping. I never was around them. VHS sucked in my opinion.

And to my original point…look at all the recording formats we’ve had in the last 60 years.

re: #9 Timothy Watson

Jenna Coleman made a Uranus joke at the Doctor Who Panel.

Michelle Gomez sighed, gestured her head to Jenna. Peter smirked, said nope silently, and shook his head. I will have to find it.

re: #21 Decatur Deb

Backwoods—Got a better radar map. Your storm is jacking up Virginia. Ours is an earlier wave, that might also have come from KY. It’s made it to Birmingham already.

Buckle up. It looks like it’s getting stronger the longer it goes.

re: #22 ObserverArt

It was a good technology. I remember a guy that recorded his music on them. He claimed the fidelity was better than regular taping. I never was around them. VHS sucked in my opinion.

And to my original point…look at all the recording formats we’ve had in the last 60 years.

A couple years ago sattv told us his downlink station still used some BetaMax for quality/reliability.

Wax cylinders or GTFO.

re: #18 Decatur Deb

The probe is 10 years old. They’re stored on BetaMax.

… on which also was placed episodes of 1980’s Japanese TV game shows, just so whatever aliens find the probe in a billion years will really know something about the creatures that built it.

re: #26 Amory Blaine

Wax cylinders or GTFO.

Wax gets stiff at -240 C.

re: #27 freetoken

There was Cowboy Bebop episode with a Betamax video, and needing to find it.

MOAR DERP

It's time to take a stand and END taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood! Add your name: https://t.co/4YbCGYJ2t2 pic.twitter.com/Z79KuqbcF8

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 15, 2015

re: #25 Decatur Deb

A couple years ago sattv told us his downlink station still used some BetaMax for quality/reliability.

I miss Satt.

re: #31 b_sharp

I miss Satt.

I’ve seen him log in from time to time recently.

ah what a pleasure to watch the gop scramble to off trump. rupert murdoch and the wall st journal praising the lawfullness of immigrants inlcuding illegal ones, and fxx news casting about for ways to keep him out of the debate. jeb! piling on with his radically moderate oatmeal

considering the base, at this rate the party will be empty by christmas and selling off the furniture

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’ve seen him log in from time to time recently.

Cool. Enjoyed him NJDevils and CCAkbar in the mornings.

The lizard with a schedule as shitty as mine.

re: #30 The Vicious Babushka

Self-Approved Eye Doctor Science!

re: #22 ObserverArt

It was a good technology. I remember a guy that recorded his music on them. He claimed the fidelity was better than regular taping. I never was around them. VHS sucked in my opinion.

And to my original point…look at all the recording formats we’ve had in the last 60 years.

I used a BetaMax machine as a mastering machine for years. Sweet compression in those machines, made my home demos sound really smooth.

re: #29 The War TARDIS

There was Cowboy Bebop episode with a Betamax video, and needing to find it.

Speak Like A Child. Home of the immortal paean to percussive maintenance, “My ship works better when I kick it.”

re: #7 The War TARDIS

Saw a few seconds on CNN, hoping to see New Horizons stuff.

What I saw instead was the Israeli Ambassador complaining that they would have a nuclear program at all.

I think Israel doesn’t want Iran to even have Nuclear Power.

Correct. Or an economy strong enough to fund a single IED. Or feed it’s youth.

Notice Netanyahu never even admits the existence of snapback provision? Or Israels undiminished military nuclear deterrent. Guess who else hates the deal? Irans former President. Says Iran caved. How can what he says be true along with Netanyahu? They can’t. It’s impossible. that’s why I call them The Masters of Angry Rhetoric.

If HRC’s smartest advisors wanted to pull together an energized women’s vote, they would pay TPGOPs to make an all-out fraudulent attack on PP.

Oh, here it is from the Panel.

Starting at 38:50.

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re: #40 Decatur Deb

If HRC’s smartest advisors wanted to pull together an energized women’s vote, they would pay TPGOPs to make an all-out fraudulent attack on PP.

Jame O’Keefe & Co. are not smart enough to stop hitting themselves.

Where are the hard-hitting questions for pro-abortion Democrats on their support for this kind of madness? (1/2)

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 15, 2015

Where is the media storm over the selling of babies' body parts? It's time to defund @PPFA: https://t.co/YxFkvRt6QS (2/2)

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 15, 2015

Today’s Twitter was THE UTTER FUCKING WORST I have ever seen, and I have seen some eruptions of Derp.

This was like the Krakatoa of Teh Twitters

I wish pot was legal in Michigan :(

The Kackatoa of Teh Twitters.

re: #42 jaunte

Jame O’Keefe & Co. are not smart enough to stop hitting themselves.

It’s almost like the RWNJs are Wile E. Coyote and they are damn sure the latest ACME scandal or expose is going to be the one that brings down the Road Runner. And then KA-BOOM!!!

Foiled again.

Hey…I have a p’shop for that from months ago…

GOP ACME Scandal Kit - WIle E. Coyote - National Chairman

They're just displaying entrepreneurship! Why are you against capitalism?@RandPaul @PPFA

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 15, 2015

Too late to get in on the previous thread, but after reading the so-called story, including all of the easily-provable falsehoods that they are attempting to generate outrage over, and the imagery they are attempting to portray, I can only come to one conclusion.

They are actively trying to cultivate another “lone wolf” in the vein of Scott Roeder, Paul Hill, Eric Rudolph, Michael Bray, and the dozens of others who use violent terrorism in the name of their cause.

“@qntm: New Horizons is now transferring the ~40Gb of data it gathered at Pluto back to Earth at ~1kbps for sixteen months” I have AT&T too

— Scott McDaniel (@mcdev) July 15, 2015

It's time to take a stand and END taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood! Add your name: https://t.co/4YbCGYJ2t2 pic.twitter.com/Z79KuqbcF8

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 15, 2015

Rand is trolling for more email addresses.

Can't be AT&T. They actually are receiving a signal. @mcdev @qntm

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 15, 2015

re: #44 The Vicious Babushka

Today’s Twitter was THE UTTER FUCKING WORST I have ever seen, and I have seen some eruptions of Derp.

This was like the Krakatoa of Teh Twitters

I wish pot was legal in Michigan :(

Well, the tweets in the #43 post of yours prove it when a “serious” candidate for president is just as dopey as your average RWNJ. And yes I know he is often times pandering, but that is no excuse to be just another CCJ or Benji Shapiro.

re: #52 ObserverArt

Well, the tweets in the #43 post of yours prove it when a “serious” candidate for president is just as dopey as your average RWNJ. And yes I know he is often times pandering, but that is no excuse to be just another CCJ or Benji Shapiro.

Ted Cruz and Rand Paul fell hard for this hoax. Also Carly, although I do not follow her Twitters because she is freaking lame.

re: #51 Ace-o-aces

OOooooo, shots fired!

re: #48 RadicalModerate

Too late to get in on the previous thread, but after reading the so-called story, including all of the easily-provable falsehoods that they are attempting to generate outrage over, and the imagery they are attempting to portray, I can only come to one conclusion.

They are actively trying to cultivate another “lone wolf” in the vein of Scott Roeder, Paul Hill, Eric Rudolph, Michael Bray, and the dozens of others who use violent terrorism in the name of their cause.

They wouldn’t mind it, but this is just CCJ, O’Keefe, and Co. It’s simply a pack of evil-minded children who are not half as clever as they think. The joy is that they’ve sucked in a bunch of their party’s evil-minded adults.

re: #48 RadicalModerate

They are actively trying to cultivate another “lone wolf” in the vein of Scott Roeder, Paul Hill, Eric Rudolph, Michael Bray, and the dozens of others who use violent terrorism in the name of their cause.

Eventually, they’re going to forget to keep their tracks covered. There’ll be a clinic bomber who’s being followed by too many presidential candidates on Twitter, a few too many text messages between GOP apparatchiks who thought for sure he would’ve disposed of his phone like he promised, a fist-pump from an anchor who didn’t realize the camera was live.

These guys are just no damn good with technology, and eventually, it’ll hang them all.

Gov. Conspiracy to the rescue:

Abbott: Texas to investigate claim that abortion clinics sell body parts

re: #55 Decatur Deb

They wouldn’t mind it, but this is just CCJ, O’Keefe, and Co. It’s simply a pack of evil-minded children who are not half as clever as they think. The joy is that they’ve sucked in a bunch of their party’s evil-minded adults.

Why did I think of that image in an earlier thread of the two dildos slung over some utility wires?

Oh yeah…because you are talking about a couple of dildos.

Where zygotes are people and hungry children are animals.

re: #57 freetoken

Gov. Conspiracy to the rescue:

Abbott: Texas to investigate claim that abortion clinics sell body parts

They’re selling them in the Jade Helm Walmarts at rollback prices.

Who would even think of naming their kid Atticus? That’s just hella lame.

Parents who chose Atticus as a name for their child are crestfallen by new book http://t.co/Lzu2apy6w2 pic.twitter.com/r6plSxutYB

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 15, 2015

re: #57 freetoken

Gov. Conspiracy to the rescue:

Abbott: Texas to investigate claim that abortion clinics sell body parts

This ought to be interesting. When Abbott was AG, he investigated voter fraud, and found no significant cases of fraud. Notice that he doesn’t talk about it, though.

re: #50 jaunte

@RandPaul No! PP has been a godsend to my wife when we were young married and uninsured. cancer tests, reproductive health and kind people.

— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 15, 2015

Thanks with all my heart for bringing that to my attention.

re: #59 Amory Blaine

Where zygotes are people and hungry children are animals.

I am so stealing that and Tweeting it.

Chambergodwin.

re: #16 ObserverArt

I’ve heard that some of the images are being sent at some very low bitrates (128 b/sec).

re: #57 freetoken

Gov. Conspiracy to the rescue:

Abbott: Texas to investigate claim that abortion clinics sell body parts

I heard that the US special ops are smuggling baby parts.

re: #59 Amory Blaine

Where zygotes are people and hungry children are animals.

#Tcot: where zygotes are people & children on food stamps are wild animals #UniteBlue #PlannedParenthood #prochoice pic.twitter.com/T5ElrVX9TA

— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 15, 2015

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

Who would even think of naming their kid Atticus? That’s just hella lame.

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I know a kid named Atticus—I thought it was great that his parents named him that. (And he’s a really cool kid!)

re: #65 jaunte

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Chambergodwin.

Chamberlain killed all the Jews? Damn, I thought it was Hitler. Public schools have failed me.

re: #70 Single-handed sailor

Chamberlain disastrously appeased… somebody… ummm.. ??
/Kurt Schlichter

“Gov. #ScottWalker signs state budget axing #tenure for #college #professors due to the fact he has never actually met one.”

— Daniel T. Clark (@Danieldcclark) July 13, 2015

re: #68 The Vicious Babushka

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And one of my all-time favorites:

One of the things that really angers me is those who would give a false impression, “false witness” as some fundies would call it about people so dedicated to helping others. The people at PP were clearly a cut above the average looks out for themselves kind of human. You won’t find a more genuine place for help than PP.

re: #56 scottslemmons

Eventually, they’re going to forget to keep their tracks covered. There’ll be a clinic bomber who’s being followed by too many presidential candidates on Twitter, a few too many text messages between GOP apparatchiks who thought for sure he would’ve disposed of his phone like he promised, a fist-pump from an anchor who didn’t realize the camera was live.

These guys are just no damn good with technology, and eventually, it’ll hang them all.

Keep in mind that until Eric Rudolph decided to detonate a bomb in Centennial Park at the 1996 Olympic Games, his terroristic actions of firebombing women’s clinics and bars catering to LGBTs were actually celebrated and funded by the religious right. The reason he was able to evade law enforcement as long as he did was because he was provided money and shelter by those who are actually considered mainstream groups today. The same groups who were posting names, home addresses, phone numbers, and make/model/license plates of vehicles used by providers, - those groups are still around today, and still very active.

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

Who would even think of naming their kid Atticus? That’s just hella lame.

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A new study shows that naming your children after movie characters doesn't hurt their self esteem My daughter Shrek: let's see this study

— Steve Suckington (@SteveSuckington) July 12, 2015

Congrats to @GWillowWilson & the entire #Marvel team for the #Harveys nomination for #MsMarvel Keep Calm & call Kamal Khan #comicbooks

— Mrs.Mouseward Bound (@MousewardBound) July 14, 2015

re: #75 RadicalModerate

ADL:

Rudolph is charged in four bombings committed over a span of eighteen months. On July 27, 1996, he is alleged to have bombed Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. On January 27, 1997, authorities believe he bombed the Atlanta Northside Family Planning Services; a month later, the Otherside Lounge, a lesbian bar, also in Atlanta, was bombed. This bombing was followed by a letter sent to Atlanta media organizations railing against abortion clinics and homosexuality and claiming responsibility for the bombing by the “Army of God.” It concluded with the phrase “Death to the New World Order,” popularized by Michigan militia figure Mark Koernke.

On January 29, 1998, Rudolph allegedly used a radio-controlled nail bomb at the New Woman All Women Health Care Centre in Birmingham, Alabama. These four terrorist acts killed a mother attending the Olympics and an off-duty police officer (and caused a fatal heart attack in a third person), while injuring over a hundred more - some severely.

adl.org

Planned Parenthood must be defunded after the horror revealed today. Add your name if you agree: https://t.co/HvfFp7QK1R

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 15, 2015

re: #74 Great White Snark

One of the things that really angers me is those who would give a false impression, “false witness” as some fundies would call it about people so dedicated to helping others. The people at PP were clearly a cut above the average looks out for themselves kind of human. You won’t find a more genuine place for help than PP.

Hey, it’s not like it’s carved in stone or anything.

How long will this outrage go on? Will it replace Benghazi?

re: #79 The Vicious Babushka

Really, don't you get tired of being so full of shit? The only horror is that you are my Senator. @RandPaul

— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) July 15, 2015

The right wing establishment is really trying hard to push this BOGUS Planned Parenthood hit job into the mainstream. Fight back.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 15, 2015

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

How long will this outrage go on? Will it replace Benghazi?

At least through the early debates. After then some other bright shiny object will come by.

Remember, the “base” of the GOP is highly dependent upon the anti-abortion crowd. Almost exclusively so, other than the pothead college glibertarian crowd.

re: #79 The Vicious Babushka

@RandPaul Add your name to my email list if you've figured out Paul's been had. I promise to only mail you for important stuff, like money.

— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) July 15, 2015

re: #81 The Vicious Babushka

Jade Helm officially kicks off tomorrow.

I haven’t been pestered by this many RWNJs on Twitter since, well, ever, I think. They’re like gnats flying into my skull, having to swat them away here and there. I’ve had no less than five Twitter accounts rebut my “the video is selectively edited” tweet with a link to the full two hours of footage. Annoying!

Next, we need missions to Uranus and Neptune. We still don’t have a huge amount of info on them.

I picked up a guitar and now I can’t put it down. Later Lizards.

Jade Helm tomorrow. Gonna add to the heavy derpage going this week. I have hip waders, Maine rain jacket and a fisherman’s rain hat ready for the morning.

Bring it on!

re: #86 jaunte

Jade Helm officially kicks off tomorrow.

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texasmonthly.com

Hey, bombshell-proof ice cream trucks? That sounds amazing!

Bastrop Quiet on Eve of Jade Helm 15

Bastrop… Mosul… I get these places mixed up, but at least I know our Army equipment is there.

Not getting as much outrage as it otherwise would, due to the PP hit piece:

Health Law’s Contraceptive Coverage Isn’t Burden on Religion, Court Rules

re: #91 freetoken

“What you would expect to see is equipment and material coming in that they are going to actually have to live with and use, but you just don’t see it,” Whitaker said.

Highly suspicious!

Also won’t get much coverage:

Democrat Martin O’Malley unveils immigration plan

re: #92 freetoken

Not getting as much outrage as it otherwise would, due to the PP hit piece:

Health Law’s Contraceptive Coverage Isn’t Burden on Religion, Court Rules

Oh this is the Derping Nuns ruling

re: #95 The Vicious Babushka

Oh this is the Derping Nuns ruling

Yeah, what a load of horseshit. “I don’t want to cover contraception, and I don’t want to tell anyone I won’t cover contraception, because then the workers might find out how to get it despite me!”

Heh.

@teleskiguy you just smoke your herb.

— Jerrah Jones (@MDTwankyTwank) July 15, 2015

The Never-Ending Torture of Campaign Season http://t.co/TGIbTTV0I1 pic.twitter.com/caWdSADkGI

— The Nation (@thenation) July 15, 2015

A video that should cause outrage:

Beating death of 13-year-old boy by mob sparks protests across Bangladesh

re: #94 freetoken

Also won’t get much coverage:

Democrat Martin O’Malley unveils immigration plan

Well, to be fair, it wouldn’t even on a slow news day.

re: #99 freetoken

Noting one of the accused fled to Saudi.

Likely a bunch Jamaat-i-Islami thugs.

re: #83 Charles Johnson

I just pissed off John Nolte, for the record.

re: #102 Eric The Fruit Bat

I just pissed off John Nolte, for the record.

Thank you very much for the generous donation to our GoFundMe page! @ericdafruitbat

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 15, 2015

ICYMI:

Ashes of astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930 on board New Horizons as it makes Pluto flyby http://t.co/n4jVS2ScdD pic.twitter.com/Haf42sZdIU

— ABC News (@ABC) July 15, 2015

Getting a little bit of coverage, and it was noticed downstairs, but stories are still rolling out:

Donald Trump campaign misfires after Nazi pic gets tweeted out by intern

Donald Trump unofficially kicked off open season for the Republican primaries when he became one of the first candidates to blame an intern for a Twitter gaffe.

This tried-and-true political maneuver occurred after a historian noticed that Trump’s latest campaign picture included images of German Waffen-SS troops marching on the White House lawn.

[…]

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

ICYMI:

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re: #83 Charles Johnson

They’re desperate for a scalp. They’ve lost on the Confederate flag, they’ve lost on Obamacare, they’ve lost on gay marriage, the military is going to let transgender soldiers fight, and their standard-bearer is a nincompoop with a cartoon combover. They’re desperate for a scalp.

Well.

WTF?

What a coincidence. Those all pissed about the confederate flag going down now all over Planned Parenthood.

Who is John Manyers?

re: #112 jaunte

Who is John Manyers?

Don’t know, but someone evidently is angry at him.

re: #112 jaunte

Who is John Manyers?

I was kinda wondering that myself.

re: #113 freetoken

Don’t know, but someone evidently is angry at him.

Vewy, very angwy!

re: #108 Dire Straits

For the record, Ludwig had to leave because he couldn’t play nice in the sandbox. As much as I respected him for some of his causes, he just lacked the self-discipline necessary to interact with others.

I believe Spinal Tap was first to perform Lurking On A Hellhole.

Aw shit—another trip to the hatemail tipjar.

Sigh…..the whole Planned Parenthood thing is so depressing because I feel like I’ve been teleported to 16th century European witch trials. Reason, evidence, the like, all go out the fucking window. What century am I in? What country?

I need some kick-ass feminist music to cheer me up. This will do:

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re: #108 Dire Straits

You have no damn right speaking for those people, banned or just strolled on. You don’t like this place, fine keep your distance.

angry person got angry downstairs also…

re: #108 Dire Straits

What. The. Fuck?!?

Also, Jacob deGrom striking out the side on 10 pitches in the All-Star game was sweet.

The Mets: a rotation overloaded with future Cy Young winners, and a lineup that could be average in AA. Sigh….

Almost a bingo.

re: #124 Dire Straits

Um….what?

re: #124 Dire Straits

Who is this twit and why is he disgracing the name of one of the finest of rock bands that would go all Dropkick Murphy on his neo ass?

Why can’t we all just be friends?

re: #108 Dire Straits

Crank it up!

I believe Stinky Beaumont is on his way with the ban hammer.

re: #112 jaunte

Who is John Manyers?

angry person is so angry, didn’t spell the name correctly.

re: #108 Dire Straits

Someone done lost his meds…

Let’s just skip the grill and go straight to the hammer.

re: #120 Ian G.

Sigh…..the whole Planned Parenthood thing is so depressing because I feel like I’ve been teleported to 16th century European witch trials. Reason, evidence, the like, all go out the fucking window. What century am I in? What country?

I need some kick-ass feminist music to cheer me up. This will do:

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While abortion in the 16th century was OK in the west, as long as you did it before the quickening.

re: #112 jaunte

He has the name wrong but I think he’s referring to this:

182 John_Manyjars
7/14/2015 12:06:53 pm PDT

‘Modern’ conservatives are always wrong…about everything. The Iran situation is, of course, no different. Good show Obama…!! Israel has brought us nothing but misery, anyway. Let them get welfare from some other country besides us. Iran hasn’t slaughtered our sailors, after all.

Go play with your cartoons, Bibi- we’ve had enough!

re: #108 Dire Straits

To John_Manyers

Who?

Why you piece of filth and excrement (note that I do not say human excrement because a Jew hating mother fucker such as yourself is not a human) you sound like you are Pat Buchanan’s bastard offspring. Why don’t you have the guts and say that the Jews deliberately attacked an American ship killing 34 sailors? The fact that 6 investigations (4 being from the U.S. Navy) came to the conclusion that it was a case of misidentification during a time of combat is just an unimportant matter I suppose. Also I guess you never heard of the U.S.S. Stark incident (May 17, 1987) when an Iraqi jet attacked an American ship killing 37 sailors (which was also said to be one of misidentification). Needless to say the Iran Air Flight 655 incident (July 3, 1988) where the U.S.S. Vincennes shot down a passenger plane killing 265 people is not part of your frame of reference either. As for the Israelis being “welfare” recipients, you clearly have your fat head up your fat ass. Israel gets military credits which it uses to purchase American equipment right here in the good old USA.

WTF do the Stark and Vincennes have to do with anything?

Your beloved Iran is a terrorist nation which kills homosexuals, non Muslims, and stones women to death i.e. (a perfect place for a girlie-man such as yourself to live) as well as being a rogue nation responsible for killing couple of hundred Marines in Beirut in 1983, taking our embassy personnel hostage in 1979 in Tehran, and was a major player in the deaths of our young men in Iraq, as well as being the number one supporter of terrorism.

Apparently if you don’t want to go to war with someone, you LUUUURRVV them. Binary thinking again.

Benjamin Netanyahu is twice the man your formerly coke sniffing Pretender-in-Chief will ever be and frankly since you are so sanguine about the Jewish State being nuked I hope you fucking drop dead way before that ever happens, you sexually incompetent, piece of shit.

“Sexually Incompetent”? I guess he’s telling you you don’t know where the G-Spot is. Or you roll over and go to sleep.

Just lurking on this hellhole makes me feel dirty.

Door….Ass….Way Out.

Charles Johnson I hope you are pleased by the quality of commentary you have on your blog

It was fine, till you showed up and jerked off on your keyboard.

and really believe that you prefer scum such as John_Manyars to the great people who posted back in the early 00’s.

You mean the crazy Islamophobes? Nobody misses them.

Bashing the Jewish nation will still not get you past the door of the leftist blogosphere because frankly nobody likes a fucking turncoat even if they defect to your side, you could ask Benedict Arnold about that if he were alive. At least lefties such as SanFranciscoZionist and Ludwig saw through your anti-Semitic blog and left.

Disagreeing with the policies of the Israeli government, even thinking Israel gets too much aid, and doesn’t get reminded which one is the client state does not make one anti-Semitic, fucknose.

Well, fuck you to TF2, fuck you to my monitor, and fuh-huck yuh-HOO to that guy up there!

You know why Pluto is my favourite planet?

It has a heart.

On a less angry note…

Poll: Palin Would Bring Much-Needed Dignity to Republican Field http://t.co/CgsVyKrazS via @BorowitzReport

— Cheri DelBrocco (@cdelbrocco) July 15, 2015

re: #136 Skandal

What are the odds that Dire Straits and Manyjars are the same person? Ya think either one have enough brainpower to cook up a scheme that complicated?

re: #136 Skandal

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Looks like one sock tangling with another.

My cat is sad because the lemons life gave him have been stolen by a happier cat who is using them to make cocktails. pic.twitter.com/IGyBzL00br

— WHY MY CAT IS SAD (@MYSADCAT) July 14, 2015

laterz, lizardz~

re: #140 WhatEVs

On a less angry note…

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I saw that on FB and damned near crapped my drawers till I saw the byline. Friggin’ Borowitz! Someday reality will lap his satire, I fear.

re: #141 scottslemmons

Definite possibility.

re: #141 scottslemmons

What are the odds that Dire Straits and Manyjars are the same person? Ya think either one have enough brainpower to cook up a scheme that complicated?

Well, if it is one person he’d need some fancy VPN stuff to keep from being identified as coming from the same location.

re: #137 Blind Frog Belly White

His reference to the Stark and the Vincennes actually make sense, since he’s (rightly) claiming that Iraq didn’t intend to attack the Stark, and the Vincennes didn’t intend to shoot down an Iranian civilian airliner, just as Israel didn’t intend to attack a US vessel when it hit the Liberty.

But then he lost me with the drivel about Netanyahu being more of a man than our “coke sniffing” president, and the lunatic paranoia about Israel being nuked.

Earth to the “IZREAL IZ GONNA ASPLODE!!!11” crowd: North Korea hasn’t nuked the south. Pakistan hasn’t nuked India. Aside from the small detail that Iran doesn’t have a bomb, what makes anyone think they would behave any more irrationally with the bomb than Kim Jong Un or the country that sheltered bin Laden for a decade?

re: #141 scottslemmons

They both have that ‘way across the Pacific’ vibe.

re: #142 Decatur Deb

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Looks like one sock tangling with another.

I get that when I forget to throw in the Dryer Balls…

re: #148 jaunte

They both have that ‘way across the Pacific’ vibe.

Yes, correct.

re: #149 Blind Frog Belly White

I get that when I forget to throw in the Dryer Balls…

Is that like truck nutz?

re: #144 Blind Frog Belly White

I saw that on FB and damned near crapped my drawers till I saw the byline. Friggin’ Borowitz! Someday reality will lap his satire, I fear.

I know. I always think of Palin as the least angry person in the room. //

Apparently, tonight that’s the truth.

Well, that was weird.

re: #153 teleskiguy

He’s still here.

Waiting for the Manifesto.

re: #151 Decatur Deb

Is that like truck nutz?

I’ma tell Mrs. FBW you said that. She’s like a Dryer Ball Evangelist. One year, that’s what she gave all her friends for Christmas.

Despite some hiccups along the way, I had a great time at AnthroCon again.

Looking forward to next year’s!

re: #155 jaunte

Waiting for the Manifesto.

In Chinese.

I’ve turned in my term grades, so my official teaching duties are over for now. But I have a stack of writing contest entries to read and evaluate by Friday. I’ve read seven so far, and three of those plagiarized articles on the Internet. Now, I feel I’ll need to test all of them for plagiarism.

Shit.

Great way to spend the first week of my summer vacation.

re: #154 jaunte

He’s still here.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a full-on flounce.

Here, maybe it’s not too late to fire up the grill.

Scalding hot take https://t.co/9uTUkkdaFU

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) July 15, 2015

re: #156 Blind Frog Belly White

I’ma tell Mrs. FBW you said that. She’s like a Dryer Ball Evangelist. One year, that’s what she gave all her friends for Christmas.

Wife insists I throw some kind of little stinking parchment in with the towels when I do them.

Another thing about Iran: every claim that can (correctly) be made about Iran’s human rights record or its support for groups like Hezbollah can doubly be applied to our “ally” Saudi Arabia. And one huge difference between the two is that we can actually count on Iran to fight ISIS with sincerity. I wouldn’t trust the Saudi royal family in a fight against ISIS under any circumstances.

re: #148 jaunte

They both have that ‘way across the Pacific’ vibe.

Hmm. What’s the Chi-Coms motivation? Like I said, weird.

re: #163 Ian G.

It’s likely that at least part of the Saudi royal family is funding ISIS.

re: #164 teleskiguy

Maybe they’re experimenting, building an angry comment section AI.

re: #162 Decatur Deb

Wife insists I throw some kind of little stinking parchment in with the towels when I do them.

Mrs. FBW cannot abide any scents or perfumes. We buy scentless everything.

re: #161 jaunte

They’re so divorced from reality they must constantly walk into doors because they don’t exist in their minds.

re: #128 William Lewis

Who is this twit and why is he disgracing the name of one of the finest of rock bands that would go all Dropkick Murphy on his neo ass?

And speaking of Dropkick Murphy—let’s hope Scottie WalkEr learned his lesson and doesn’t use their music again. (I just love this tweet and could look at it every day!)

@ScottWalker @GovWalker please stop using our music in any way…we literally hate you !!! Love, Dropkick Murphys

— Dropkick Murphys (@DropkickMurphys) January 25, 2015

re: #159 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I’ve turned in my term grades, so my official teaching duties are over for now. But I have a stack of writing contest entries to read and evaluate by Friday. I’ve read seven so far, and three of those plagiarized articles on the Internet. Now, I feel I’ll need to test all of them for plagiarism.

Shit.

Great way to spend the first week of my summer vacation.

Sorry dude. That kind of shit makes me so mad. I’m one of those old school types who actually takes pride in writing my own stuff.

re: #162 Decatur Deb

Wife insists I throw some kind of little stinking parchment in with the towels when I do them.

Never throw a dryer sheet in with khaki pants. It leaves sort of ‘grease’ marks on them. /Don’t_ask_how_I_know

re: #161 jaunte

You don’t have to scroll down far in the comments to find a numbskull with the battle flag in his avatar.

re: #171 RealityBasedSteve

Never throw a dryer sheet in with khaki pants. It leaves sort of ‘grease’ marks on them. /Don’t_ask_how_I_know

Spent dryer sheets are supposed to have some other Martha Stewartish use, but can’t remember it.

re: #173 Decatur Deb

Repels mice.

re: #171 RealityBasedSteve

Never throw a dryer sheet in with khaki pants. It leaves sort of ‘grease’ marks on them. /Don’t_ask_how_I_know

Turn them inside out to dry. Fold em warm and you never have to iron them.

Or do like me…always wear black.

re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg

Sorry dude. That kind of shit makes me so mad. I’m one of those old school types who actually takes pride in writing my own stuff.

What gets me is that it’s for a writing contest, so the students should expect their prose will get extra attention. The Chinese faculty have already run the essays through a computer scoring app, but this app obviously doesn’t check for plagiarism.

In some defense of the students, they just don’t know any better. The Western academic concept of “plagiarism = very bad” really is not stressed in Chinese universities until senior thesis time rolls around. Then teachers and students both get frustrated, because the teachers have to enforce rules they never taught and students have to suddenly learn rules no one bothered to teach them in the previous three years of university.

They get almost zero English composition learning in middle school, except to prepare for the college entrance exam.

Came home to find that Mrs. FBW was off at a lecture on bats and bat rescue. The woman loves bats! And Giraffes. And Octopi. And bugs. And Gilbert and Sullivan. And puns.

Nothing for dinner but newly bought Ben and Jerry’s in the freezer.

How could I NOT love her?

re: #174 jaunte

Repels mice.

Me too.

Huh. Just noticed that Dire Straits posted the exact same comment to John_Manyjars in this thread and the Iran thread downstairs.

re: #173 Decatur Deb

Spent dryer sheets are supposed to have some other Martha Stewartish use, but can’t remember it.

They make your drawers smell nice. I think you can rub them over something that’s static clingy to relieve some of it, too.

re: #178 Decatur Deb

Me too.

Why do you repel mice?

re: #177 Blind Frog Belly White

Came home to find that Mrs. FBW was off at a lecture on bats and bat rescue. The woman loves bats! And Giraffes. And Octopi. And bugs. And Gilbert and Sullivan. And puns.

Nothing for dinner but newly bought Ben and Jerry’s in the freezer.

How could I NOT love her?

Ben&Jerry’s Cephalo-pops?

re: #175 WhatEVs

Turn them inside out to dry. Fold em warm and you never have to iron them.

Or do like me…always wear black.

At first I thought you meant turn the DRYER SHEETS inside out. I thought, “Who am I? Moebius?”
//

re: #183 Blind Frog Belly White

At first I thought you meant turn the DRYER SHEETS inside out. I thought, “Who am I? Moebius?”
//

Ha! That made me LOL.

re: #181 A Cranky One

Why do you repel mice?

He and the little critters aren’t miscible.

/ducks

RBS

Rappelling mouse

re: #115 Dire Straits

Hoho, scathing.
/acidic

re: #187 Dire Straits

Go pound sand somewhere.

re: #187 Dire Straits

Alouette’s not here, Talks-To-Air.

re: #173 Decatur Deb

Spent dryer sheets are supposed to have some other Martha Stewartish use, but can’t remember it.

You can use them to clean eyeglasses or sunglasses. Work good.

I’d almost swear this guy is CCJ but he’s managed to spell all his words right so far.

re: #192 Eclectic Cyborg

I’d almost swear this guy is CCJ but he’s managed to spell all his words fight so far.

Now that’s what you call ironic.

re: #141 scottslemmons

What are the odds that Dire Straits and Manyjars are the same person? Ya think either one have enough brainpower to cook up a scheme that complicated?

Weird part is that before tonight’s spewage, Dire Straits’ previous postings were pretty benign in nature. About the most outspoken he(?) got was taking Snowden’s Russian escapades to task about a year and a half ago. Not really much that would trigger any alarms for me at least.

re: #187 Dire Straits

Fuck off.

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Charles, haven’t we had enough of this loathsome creature?

re: #191 Higgs Boson’s Mate

You can use them to clean eyeglasses or sunglasses. Work good.

It was WhatEV’s static cling thing, above. Didn’t remember because—cotton.

I do need to update my Linked In pic, though.

A Wild Rage Bot has appeared!

re: #195 Dire Straits

Oh, do me next!

re: #195 Dire Straits

Jesus. Go away you fucking asshole.

re: #199 Varek Raith

A very slow wild ragebot.

re: #195 Dire Straits

Tiresome troll is tiresome.

Crisis therapy is one of the services we provide.

…Gears grinding…

re: #191 Higgs Boson’s Mate

You can use them to clean eyeglasses or sunglasses. Work good.

I’d think only once they’ve been used otherwise you’d get a film in your glasses. No?

re: #193 Blind Frog Belly White

Now that’s what you call ironic.

Bah! Guilty. If you only knew the day I’ve had…

re: #206 WhatEVs

Keeps the mice off the lenses.

re: #201 WhatEVs

Jesus. Go away you fucking asshole.

Don’t think that’s Jesus. Could be El Guapo.

re: #209 Decatur Deb

Yes, but he dug up.

Geez. What’s next with this guy?

Obscene ASCII art?

re: #207 Eclectic Cyborg

Bah! Guilty. If you only knew the day I’ve had…

Hey, nobody’s perfect. Anybody could flush his socks down the toilet!

-3/10.
Bored now.

re: #212 RadicalModerate

Geez. What’s next with this guy?

Obscene ASCII art?

Guy’s jacking off at his own rage.

re: #204 Decatur Deb

Crisis therapy is one of the services we provide.

We’re very helpful.
thesaurus.com

So apropos.

“…a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” #ObamaDerangement #IranDeal pic.twitter.com/fBnICmra9B

— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) July 14, 2015

C’mon, this is some weak-sauce flouncing.

Paint drying.

Are NASA photographs public domain?

re: #218 teleskiguy

C’mon, this is some weak-sauce flouncing.

Wingnut tears. Glorious to behold.

re: #216 jaunte

We’re very helpful.
thesaurus.com

Always liked “opprobrium”. Has a nice Jeremiad sound.

I must protest the substandard trolls on this blog.

No wit, no verve, just mind-numbing, low grade insults to personal appearance. And the responses are getting shorter and shorter, as if he had been building all this up for a long time, savoring the thought of our quailing before his rapier-like wit, but then he shot his wad and has nothing left to say.

At this point, he’s probably hoping he’ll be banned, because he’s all out of anything to say, but if he just stops, it’ll be obvious.

re: #206 WhatEVs

I’d think only once they’ve been used otherwise you’d get a film in your glasses. No?

Correct. 55 Ways to Reuse, Re-purpose and Recycle Dryer Sheets

re: #223 Decatur Deb

And contumely, that’s a good one.

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Your Musial career has struck out!

re: #220 Eclectic Cyborg

Are NASA photographs public domain?

Would think so—should be a Public Affairs Office on a NASA website.

Musial career? STAN Musial?

re: #222 Dire Straits

Waaaaah! Sniff. Cry.

“I hate you! You suck!”

Ok. Your rage is noted.

re: #226 jaunte

And contumely, that’s a good one.

Yeah—Elizabethan vibe.

re: #220 Eclectic Cyborg

Are NASA photographs public domain?

nasa.gov

Pretty much.

re: #232 Decatur Deb

Yeah—Elizabethan vibe.

Billingsgate.

Your Musial career is over.

Apparently Stan Musial offers some sort of career these days. Or something.

Did CCJ get really crocked and start drunk-trolling this joint? ‘Cause this is just sad at this point.

I think I’ve seen better & more incisive trolling from toddlers in sandboxes.

re: #233 Varek Raith

nasa.gov

Pretty much.

Sweet! Want to use one of those pluto pics for a blog post. Thanks for the help!

re: #213 Blind Frog Belly White

Hey, nobody’s perfect. Anybody could flush his socks down the toilet!

But the fact that you did while you were still wearing the socks…. that’s the part that has us puzzled.

re: #108 Dire Straits

I guess someone REALLY didn’t like the nuke deal with Iran. Tough shit, too fucking bad for you. We can always bomb Iran or fight a war with them later, so that should keep your armchair warrior erection stiff for another 25 years.

Enough already with the anti-semite charge against all non-Likud supporting Americans. It’s bullshit, and you either know that or are just plain hysterical.

What you want apparently are not genuine supporters of Israel, but instead people who will unquestioningly agree with you on all matters regarding Israel. Americans don’t reflexively and unquestioningly agree with the governments of ANY nation, including Israel. And that’s exactly the way it should be. Again, tough shit if you don’t like it.

re: #232 Decatur Deb

Yeah—Elizabethan vibe.

Shakespearean - “For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, the oppressors wrong, the proud man’s contumely…”

Is it Chuck?

re: #234 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Billingsgate.

Heh. Kids gave me this for Christmas years ago:

amazon.com

Wow, I reloaded the comments and apparently it’s 2005 again.

I’d say it’s probably easy to pick out what set this one off, but these days? This week? Not so much. I blame Pluto.

re: #222 Dire Straits

Time to post this again.

re: #222 Dire Straits

Thanks for adding to the conversation. Bye now!

re: #240 Dire Straits

See ‘Projection’.

re: #240 Dire Straits

Why would I trust someone who’s named after a band that hasn’t been around for 20 years?

My avatar is a magical doll who is rather mean.
That clearly means something.
Or something.

My avatar is over six years old. I guess I suck as a human being. Woe is me.

re: #248 Varek Raith

Mine’s a green football, and I can tell you what it says about me: I’m too lazy to find a picture that I could use as an avatar.

See, a really GOOD troll can inspire not just anger, but great efforts at documented refutation of their points. This? This is just pathetic. It’s like a 12 year old kid got ahold of his Dad’s account.

re: #249 teleskiguy

My avatar is over six years old. I guess I suck as a human being. Woe is me.

Mine’s a 73 year old pinup. Don’t want to guess what that means.

re: #249 teleskiguy

My avatar is over six years old. I guess I suck as a human being. Woe is me.

Mine on Twitter is a several thousand year old mummified Egyptian goat. I must really suck.

Boring troll is boring.

re: #192 Eclectic Cyborg

I’d almost swear this guy is CCJ but he’s managed to spell all his words fight so far.

Maybe he’s emailing the posts to one of his wife’s relatives, like a bank-shot in pool.

Totally uninspired flounce. You’re no fun Dire Straits!

re: #254 Dire Straits

Nolte? Is that you?

re: #240 Dire Straits

I don’t know if he’s fat or not. Who gives a shit? I come here to discuss social and political issues, not inquire about the weight of the blog proprietor.

No offense, but are you a fucking retard?

re: #257 teleskiguy

Totally uninspired flounce. You’re no fun Dire Straits!

And the worst troll ever. No fun indeed.

re: #256 jaunte

Maybe he’s emailing the posts to one of his wife’s relatives, like a bank-shot in pool.

I hear voice dictation software is a lot better than it used to be.

Ah, the joy of global VPNs….

re: #254 Dire Straits

Congress is constantly auditing Planned Parenthood and have found bupkis. Where have you been for the past few years? @F2Ford

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) July 15, 2015

re: #260 WhatEVs

And the worst troll ever. No fun indeed.

Maybe if we rub it with a used dryer sheet?

RBS

re: #248 Varek Raith

My avatar is a magical doll who is rather mean.
That clearly means something.
Or something.

At least you don’t end every post with ‘desu’, and hopefully don’t do much skulking around carrying scissors.

re: #263 Varek Raith

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Wyle E. Coyote has more class….

re: #263 Varek Raith

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Tonight was the perfect night to put a bit of wax hash on the bowl of kush. I’m entertained.

re: #266 RadicalModerate

At least you don’t end every post with ‘desu’, and hopefully don’t do much skulking around carrying scissors.

Poi?
…

re: #265 RealityBasedSteve

Maybe if we rub it with a used dryer sheet?

RBS

He’d still attract rodents.

re: #265 RealityBasedSteve

Maybe if we rub it with a used dryer sheet?

RBS

Why waste a perfectly good used dryer sheet? He’ll still stink.

re: #269 Single-handed sailor

Tonight was the perfect night to put a bit of wax hash on the bowl of kush. I’m entertained.

Here’s to the 46 nonviolent (mostly drug) “criminals” whose sentences were just commuted by Obama. Hopefully he’ll use that commutation/pardon pen a lot more often over the next year and a half for people who would never have been locked up to begin with in most of the developed world.

The Chicago Fox affiliate just teased their local news after the All-Star Game with a reference to the “disgusting Planned Parenthood” video.

Well, I’m off to bed. I’ll see you all tomorrow some time in the evening.

Saw this on my FB timeline today, seems appropriate for the thread

re: #268 freetoken

Well played freetoken, well played.

re: #270 Varek Raith

Poi?
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Video

I learned a long time ago that Japanese fandom has WAY too much time on their hands.

re: #269 Single-handed sailor

Tonight was the perfect night to put a bit of wax hash on the bowl of kush. I’m entertained.

A puff of kif in the morning beats a pack of camels in the courtyard every time.

re: #250 Belafon

Mine’s a green football, and I can tell you what it says about me: I’m too lazy to find a picture that I could use as an avatar.

Ditto (I’m even too lazy to write my own comment about my football avatar!)