Bob and Chez’s latest podcast is a hoot as always.
Sarah Palin Gets Totally Confused with Bill O’Reilly; The Insufferable Jesse Watters Punches More Hobos; It’s Possible to Care About Cecil the Lion and Other Issues at the Same Time; Bob’s Latest Twitter Battle with Dan Bidondi; The Bionic Dan Bidondi Bionic Italian Airlines; and much more.
I'm sorry, is the communist flag being flown over a state capital somewhere I'm not aware of? @k_mcq
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 2, 2015
I could also point out that the Confederate flag is not “banned”, but what would be the point?
The idiotic @gatewaypundit is a popular RW blogger who wins awards; everything you need to know about the total debasement of the right.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
Fox News and the GOP have indoctrinated the right wing base to idolize dishonest raving idiots like @gatewaypundit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
Gee whillikers. @batchelorshow @gatewaypundit
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
Golly. @batchelorshow @gatewaypundit
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
re: #1 Ace-o-aces
I’m sorry, is the communist flag being flown over a state capital somewhere I’m not aware of?
No, but Sarah Palin can see it from her house in Alaska.///
In a weird way I actually miss Andrew Breitbart. He was an awful human being in almost every way but he wasn’t flat out stupid.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
The ranting parrots Breitbart inspired are just fucking morons, pandering to other fucking morons.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
WHO I SUPLEX TODAY?
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) July 25, 2015
I ask myself this question every morning. https://t.co/aiw2JRAftf
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 2, 2015
Attention twitter peeps…my new baby niece is ready to greet the world. My lil sister is now in labor!! pic.twitter.com/ZfMysaNOi4
— Nelly B (@psddluva4evah) August 2, 2015
Hey look. Only 4 Republicans voted against the bill containing fetal tissue research back in 1993. https://t.co/4MxdEKn1oH
— Gus ¯_(?)_/¯ (@Gus_802) August 2, 2015
Good times. https://t.co/uwf3O4QPg3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
re: #7 Charles Johnson
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They musta thought ‘fetal tissue’ came from feet.
Or tissues.
Still working on a massive post about Chucky’s “Summer of Justice.”
re: #1 Ace-o-aces
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I could also point out that the Confederate flag is not “banned”, but what would be the point?
The Stone Mountain flag rally goes on until 11 PM, well after dark. That’s some really good park management, there. What are the odds a cross gets burned on top of that rock?
SPLC Tweet:
Since #CharlestonShooting there have been 132 pro-Confederate rallies. Today’s at Stone Mountain might be biggest.
Wondering how long it will take the wingers to conclude that Texas AG Ken Paxton is being railroaded because of his part in thwarting Jade Helm15.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Still working on a massive post about Chucky’s “Summer of Justice.”
If your going to use that picture of him shirtless on a horse, please give advanced warning.
re: #11 Decatur Deb
SPLC Tweet:
Since #CharlestonShooting there have been 132 pro-Confederate rallies. Today’s at Stone Mountain might be biggest.
re: #10 Decatur Deb
The Stone Mountain flag rally goes on until 11 PM, well after dark. That’s some really good park management, there. What are the odds a cross gets burned on top of that rock?
Just saw a video from it where good ole white guy called a black guy a boy.
SMFH & crying.
If you couldn't find your meth dealer today… Confederate Flag Rally at Stone Mountain, GA: http://t.co/YxtjI4ctuR pic.twitter.com/Ux1tzxbWxJ
— Plez (@plezWorld) August 2, 2015
re: #17 jaunte
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re: #17 jaunte
Guy with the beard was ripping the S&B’s up and a guy almost pulled on him. Cops stopped it. There’s an earlier tweet about it.
Well, I”ve made it halfway through “Heat”, and now i’m off to bed. Long day today, going to be a long one tomorrow.
Catch you all later on.
RBS
re: #20 RealityBasedSteve
DeNiro’s most underrated performance.
I want to watch Life Of Pi again.
Seriously that movie hit me.
Watching The Social Network now. Greed. Weak.
From downstairs.
Why is Scott Walker popular?
The one and only reason: He beat up on unions. Hey, it worked for Reagan, so why not?
re: #11 Decatur Deb
SPLC Tweet:
Since #CharlestonShooting there have been 132 pro-Confederate rallies. Today’s at Stone Mountain might be biggest.
Because it is heritage, bigot KKK heritage.
re: #23 Iwouldprefernotto
From downstairs.
Why is Scott Walker popular?
The one and only reason: He beat up on unions. Hey, it worked for Reagan, so why not?
And it proves he can do the same to Putin, if he starts getting uppity. Hey, they called it The Soviet Union for a reason, amirite?
re: #21 Kid A
Did you catch this little piece of writing about the director of Heat, Michael Mann?
An absolutely fascinating read on big-shot Hollywood director Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider, Last of the Mohicans). http://t.co/CMYXGtseZk
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 17, 2015
@Dswagon Maybe you should actually read what I’ve written before judging me. Because you obviously have no clue about my history.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
Mmkay, I’m going to watch the latest episode of Rectify now before I get too irritated at Sanctimonious Twitter.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2015
Just for the fun of starting a Saturday night free-for-all, via Wonkette’s Saturday Nerdout:
My favorite paragraph:
*Let us now pause for a moment to marvel at the political stupidity of this. Miller had the Randian Reagan government throwing itself behind an adopted undocumented alien immigrant newspaper journalist, against a trust-fund billionaire industrialist vigilante who’d just squashed city-wide riots by rallying a bunch of angry white teen boys to beat the shit out of poor people with no help from the government. Why did anyone ever think Frank Miller isn’t a goddamn moron?
re: #28 Charles Johnson
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I watched last night & re-watched today.
Check the background music.
re: #32 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Reminds me of I.R. Baboon…
“2,000-year-old cat’s paw print uncovered in Gloucester.
The print has only just been noticed on a Roman roof tile unearthed in the city in 1969”
re: #34 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I bet it was noticed in 1969, and nobody gave a shit. “Look, there are paw prints on this tile. How about that.”
re: #35 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I bet it was noticed in 1969, and nobody gave a shit. “Look, there are paw prints on this tile. How about that.”
Want paw prints, look at the hood of my car after a rain and mud night.
Bad craziness at Stone Mountain. Dude almost got shot today.
They’re white, they’re angry, and they’re armed. And they want everybody to know it.
This is the most Texas thing to ever happen.
A Texas man was hospitalized this week, after being hit in the head by a ricocheting bullet he had aimed at an armadillo.
OT, unless you want to say it fits in with the cat-print tiles above.
Our copy of Exploding Kittens arrived today, complete with the Secret Surprise in the lid of the game box. Kickstarter game by Elan Lee & The Oatmeal, which they promised to ship in July and by gum they shipped it in July. My gamer son chortled like a loon when he opened it up and started reading the cards. Mind you, he hasn’t shown me the NSFW deck yet — I will probably get some Bad Mama Points for ordering this for him, especially if he leaves the cards out where MY mother can see them.
But he’s a happy little camper tonight!
re: #38 goddamnedfrank
This is the most Texas thing to ever happen.
A ricochet?
Yeah, yeah, it was a “ricochet”
zzzzzzzzzzz
Hitting the pillow… things seem pretty quiet here, unless you are a stuffed armadillo!
Money Ball, my 3rd movie of the day.
Good.
Life Of Pi changed my life tho.
re: #45 Varek Raith
Ain’t nobody here but us chickens.
Ah, that’s why my pockets are full of chicken feed.
re: #45 Varek Raith
Ain’t nobody here but us chickens.
But not just any chickens. Chickens with ponytails!
re: #47 A Cranky One
But not just any chickens. Chickens with ponytails!
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is trump back stateside yet? any rallies coming? i feel like im going cold turkey.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 2, 2015
Minutes later….
BREAKING TRUMP WILL BE ON THIS WEEK, FACE THE NATION, AND MEET THE PRESS (per people telling me on twitter) UNSTOPPABLE. ITS A MIRACLE.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 2, 2015
Just a blue moonSee if this works as an image upload.
re: #51 dell*nix
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Well, there’s a full moon…
Oh!, and Chelsea plays Arsenal tomorrow in a Community Shield match. Should be interesting to see if Arsenal’s moves in the Transfer Market result in improvements on the pitch.
I’ll predict 2-1 Chelsea.
This man is running for president as a Republican in 2015.
Believe the hype. The Donald™ doesn’t want you to see this.
re: #54 teleskiguy
He’ll either be the greatest Bond villain of all time, or Howard Hughes.
I’m convinced Trump will not be the GOP nominee. I hope he runs a third party candidacy when he is rebuffed by Republicans, that would be awesome.
re: #56 teleskiguy
He’ll either be the greatest Bond villain of all time, or Howard Hughes.
I can see Trump ending up wearing Kleenex boxes on his feet.
Clean language, proper syntax and correct usage are the most important things to me, I shit you not.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 2, 2015
Ever wondered where that fart came from? Wonder no more. Go to my kickstarter for FartFinder(TM) and find the EYE OF THE FART.
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) August 2, 2015
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Still working on a massive post about Chucky’s “Summer of Justice.”
Summer’s nearly over, and his legal battles are not going well. The Gawker suit was moved to US District Court on Thursday, and Gawker’s attorney will probably mop the floor with Chuck’s counsel.
Morning MoonA morning moon shot. Still have to work on color and brightness.
re: #52 austin_blue
Well, there’s a full moon…
Oh!, and Chelsea plays Arsenal tomorrow in a Community Shield match. Should be interesting to see if Arsenal’s moves in the Transfer Market result in improvements on the pitch.
I’ll predict 2-1 Chelsea.
3 - 1 Gunners :D (starts in about 45 minutes!)
Today’s Doonsbury is about three of our fav GOP candidates.
Any luck yet? No. You? Nothing. Whatcha using? Teeth. Me too. http://t.co/3KNd4ro2z7 #BrooksFallsBearCam
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 2, 2015
Comi-con Spidey…check out that physique!
Spider-Man-Action-Figure-Sofubi-Previews-Exclusive-Limited-Edition-of-500 http://t.co/dCoVBVTfTT #Marvel #Comics pic.twitter.com/BZrdDQDqMZ
— Knowing Flame Comics (@KnowingFlame) August 2, 2015
re: #68 darthstar
Comi-con Spidey…check out that physique!
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Chubby 3 year old kids can see themselves in him. Literally.
Someone call Iowa. Tell them they’re relevant again as we need more popcorn.
I wish good luck to all of the Republican candidates that traveled to California to beg for money etc. from the Koch Brothers. Puppets?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2015
re: #70 darthstar
Someone call Iowa. Tell them they’re relevant again as we need more popcorn.
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I’d rather have a donut but on Sunday mornings the Shipley’s has cars lined up around the block.
Morning!
So, it appears Cincinnati U cop Ray Tensing has had some history of pulling people over and being dickish about why he pulled them over and goading them into something he can arrest them for.
Here is an NBC story that came out late yesterday. Apparently people are going through their closets now that they know him. The video is quite long but in a way the length and the way it proceeds is the interesting part. It is actually creepy. I’d be scared of him.
NBC News - Officer Charged With DuBose Killing Appears to Be Seen in Heated 2014 Stop
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Demetrius Pace, 27, told NBC News that he was the passenger who filmed the heated May 2014 stop, which was set off by the car’s dragging bumper.
The officer asks Pace and the driver, Sexton Henley, if they have been in an accident. They say no, and then the officer asks Pace to identify himself.
Pace says his first name and refuses to give his birthday, citing his “rights.”
Under Ohio law, a police officer can ask for identification of anyone who is suspected of committing a crime or witnessing a felony offense.
The officer then asks Pace to step out of the car. He refuses and asks what the charge is, leading the officer to ask: “Why do you keep interrupting me?”
The two men in the car request a supervisor, and the officer tersely responds, “Just because you ask means I have to provide it to you?”
The officer then tells the men they will receive a citation for an “equipment violation.” But it isn’t immediately issued and the men are told they are being detained.
When a supervisor does arrive, the officers who originally made the stop say very little.
Pace described the interaction as “a bad experience” and said the officer was “antsy.” He also said he regrets not getting the officers’ information to file a complaint after the stop.
“I feel like anytime I have an interaction with a cop, it could be my last day,” Pace said. “I should not feel like that.”
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Mo the fish has learned his first trick. He gives my finger a little fishy kiss then takes the pellet. So cute. We’re gonna work on some fishy acrobatic routines next. :D
re: #72 ObserverArt
Morning!
So, it appears Cincinnati U cop Ray Tensing has had some history of pulling people over and being dickish about why he pulled them over and goading them into something he can arrest them for.
Here is an NBC story that came out late yesterday. Apparently people are going through their closets now that they know him. The video is quite long but in a way the length and the way it proceeds is the interesting part. It is actually creepy. I’d be scared of him.
NBC News - Officer Charged With DuBose Killing Appears to Be Seen in Heated 2014 Stop
I keep wondering why a U cop is making traffic stops. Seems quite outside of his job description.
re: #23 Iwouldprefernotto
From downstairs.
Why is Scott Walker popular?
The one and only reason: He beat up on unions. Hey, it worked for Reagan, so why not?
Which is one of the most revealing anti-democratic traits of the wingnut Right.
The right to assemble peacefully is a central principle of democracy. By destroying unions Walker, Reagan and the rest of the wingnuts show they have no liking for that right.
Nor for any other right of democracy either.
re: #74 allegro
I keep wondering why a U cop is making traffic stops. Seems quite outside of his job description.
All I can think of is Tensing is a power monger and just likes to be a bad cop. Pretty strange that he has the attitude he has and at a young age. I guess I always thought a cop could turn bad from years of dealing with bad people and start to think everyone is bad. Tensing seems to come pre-loaded with attitude.
re: #76 ObserverArt
All I can think of is Tensing is a power monger and just likes to be a bad cop. Pretty strange that he has the attitude he has and at a young age. I guess I always thought a cop could turn bad from years of dealing with bad people and start to think everyone is bad. Tensing seems to come pre-loaded with attitude.
People pre-loaded with that attitude may gravitate to jobs like policing. I would expect a lot of authoritarians to be in the police force.
Life always has a way of finding balance. Clue was removed from Netflix a few months ago. But now, Top Secret was added. There goes my late morning.
re: #72 ObserverArt
As a non-African American citizen, even for me, it’s getting to the point where I’d be putting on my blinkers, and pulling over into some kind of busy public place if I were ever pulled over. What ever happened to Officer Friendly???
Need a dash cam soon.
Are our house photographers in this morning? William it looks like you are in.
Anyway found myself learning an old tool. The following image without a ND filter would have a totally blown out sky to keep the beach from going too dark. By combining a neutral density filter and polarizer I got this result.
4 stop ND filter + polarizerre: #79 GlutenFreeJesus
Dash cams and this app, free from the ACLU. I promise you it is on both our cell phones here at RWC HQ.
Almost all cell phones come with video cameras, but Police Tape has a “stealth mode” that makes the app disappear from the screen once the recording starts, to minimize the chances the police might squelch the recording.
There is also a mode for audio recording, a link to a page explaining a citizen’s legal rights, and a way to send the video directly to the ACLU for backup storage and analysis of possible civil liberties violations, according to the Los Angeles Times.
re: #79 GlutenFreeJesus
As a non-African American citizen, even for me, it’s getting to the point where I’d be putting on my blinkers, and pulling over into some kind of busy public place if I were ever pulled over. What ever happened to Officer Friendly???
Need a dash cam soon.
He was killed in 1979 when he pulled a drug dealer over for a bad lane change.
Quite seriously, the levels of real and dramatized homicides has made cops pucker up every time they try to make quota. Oh, and racism.
re: #82 Decatur Deb
Granted, were I live, things aren’t bad. But some outlying municipalities are known for their a-hole cops. When I’m driving through those towns, I don’t mess around.q
Since those assholes smashed the ignition on my Cherokee I’ve been unable to start it and it’s been sitting on the street for more than a month so yesterday I decided to tow it up on to the driveway where I can legally work on it. I hooked up my tow rope to the hitch on the Cherokee and the other end to the hitch on the Subaru & got the wife to drive the Subaru.
Stupidly I just set the hooks into the chain loops knowing full well they could pop out and hurtle toward either vehicle and smash out a window. Meh. As V started pulling the jeep moved about 3 feet and I heard/felt this huge snap. Crap! I expected to get out of the jeep and see the hook embedded in the Subaru’s back window.
I don’t get to say very often “I’m glad the rope broke” but I got to say it yesterday.
Sometimes taking stupid chances doesn’t result in your worst expectations so what does happen looks not too bad.
re: #83 GlutenFreeJesus
Granted, were I live, things aren’t bad. But some outlying municipalities are known for their a-hole cops. When I’m driving through those towns, I don’t mess around.q
Anyone familiar with the rate of murders/hour on cable TV? We like to pretend that doesn’t affect the national consciousness, while showing old farts in bathtubs does sell pills. Natural Born Killers was an exciting movie, but it has a price. Oh, and our history of expansionist genocide.
re: #84 b_sharp
Sometimes the good get lucky too. :-)
re: #73 allegro
Mo the fish has learned his first trick. He gives my finger a little fishy kiss then takes the pellet. So cute. We’re gonna work on some fishy acrobatic routines next. :D
If you really love your fish, feed him blood worms.
re: #89 Decatur Deb
And hide the tartar sauce.
(And by the way, he may not be kissing your finger as much as tasting it.)
re: #91 Snarknado!
(And by the way, he may not be kissing your finger as much as tasting it.)
Let me have my illusions. Just like when he rushes to the front of his pond with his fins all flashy when I stop to visit - I’m telling myself it’s cuz he’s really happy to see me and not that he’s wanting to tear my face off for invading his territory.
Hey @StationCDRKelly, loving the photos. Do you ever look out the window and just freak out?
— President Obama (@POTUS) August 1, 2015
I don't freak out about anything, Mr. President. Except getting a Twitter question from you. https://t.co/AT0nvUXkq4
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) August 1, 2015
It’s not everyday you find new music from Tangerine Dream, but then I’m a shameless fan.
Watching some of that TRUMP the Movie linked by teleskiguy in #54. Pretty good piece so far, just wonder how good and true the facts are.
Already seeing some things I did not know about The Donald™. One surprise, thought it shouldn’t be, Roy Cohen was his father’s lawyer and an adviser for a 28-year-old Donald when he really started to make his power moves. That says a lot.
Only watched 20 minutes so far, but already pretty clear TRUMP will say and do anything to get what he wants. And of course…using other people’s money. Which makes me think The Donald wants some of that US Tax Payer Money to do some ‘projects’ that most likely help The TRUMP!
re: #96 Great White Snark
It’s not everyday you find new music from Tangerine Dream, but then I’m a shameless fan.
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Wow. There’s still a Tangerine Dream? I am amaze.
re: #98 allegro
Wow. There’s still a Tangerine Dream? I am amaze.
Beautiful little guy ya got there BTW. I had aquariums for years and years.
Breaking: @realDonaldTrump fires Sam Nunberg. pic.twitter.com/NN1HARvMvN
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) August 2, 2015
Shocker!
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Trump campaign investigating staffer’s Facebook posts
Sam Nunberg, a Trump political adviser, allegedly wrote racially-charged and disparaging political posts dating back to 2007, including one calling civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton’s daughter a “N—!” and another calling President Barack Obama a “Socialist Marxist Islamo Fascist Nazi Appeaser,” Business Insider reported Friday. Nunberg is denying he wrote the posts.
Campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN on Friday that the posts are “offensive” and said Nunberg would be fired if he indeed wrote those posts.
“They were offensive and they do not reflect Mr. Trump’s position and we take them very seriously,” he said. “If it determined that Mr. Nunberg made these statements then he will no longer be part of the campaign.”
re: #50 austin_blue
Belated upding for Asleep at the Wheel, and western swing. LMAO
re: #98 allegro
Wow. There’s still a Tangerine Dream? I am amaze.
They were always a pick-up group centered on Froese and his son. Either the father or son has died, i think. Iris Kamaa has been important in a couple of the albums—Divine Comedy.
Off-topic, but this just happened as I was outside:
Stockholm Pride ‘15 - totally ending in style :3re: #99 Great White Snark
Beautiful little guy ya got there BTW. I had aquariums for years and years.
He is a handsome devil. I had aquariums for many years back when I had an actual house, including an 80 gallon set up we got for our monster Oscars, Seek and Destroy. Loved those guys. Missed them terribly. When I saw this cute little aquarium that would fit perfectly in my motorhome, I snatched it right up.
re: #38 goddamnedfrank
This is the most Texas thing to ever happen.
A Texas man was hospitalized this week, after being hit in the head by a ricocheting bullet he had aimed at an armadillo.
Karma-dillo!
Shoot. I forgot TRUMP was going to be on Meet The Todd. I wanted to see how softly Chuckles was going to dance around The Donald™. Anyone get to see it? I did manage to see about the last 7 minutes and when I tuned in ol’ Doc Carson was on and had just been asked a question from an NBC Facebook user.
The question was something like what is more important in your decision making, The Bible or the U.S. Constitution? Carson sorta cringed about Todd calling it a simple question and then did a nifty move of not wanting to answer by saying it depended on what part of the Constitution and what part of the Bible. Clearly Ben didn’t want to offend any fundie types. He needs them to stay alive and keep the grift and sham going.
Ahhh…modern non-politicians. It’s what for dinner!
re: #106 ObserverArt
I briefly considered watching but didn’t want to lose my breakfast by having to look at Trump. He grosses me out.
So Rand Paul, being interviewed by Jake Tapper, keeps repeating the lie that PP is “selling baby parts”. Now I didn’t catch the first minute , but I haven’t heard JT even suggest that selling baby parts has been strongly denied by PP. That is the very least he should do. Asshole.
Robot that safely hitchhiked all the way across Canada only gets 600 miles through the U.S. before disappearing. http://t.co/hY4Q9zOhIU
— SarcasticRover (@SarcasticRover) August 2, 2015
re: #104 allegro
My wife, a friend and I tried to reinvent the equipment ‘cause so much of it was so poorly designed. Got two Magnum cartridge filters. Ditched the factory pumps and replaced then with a double ended pump that was originally made for film developing labs that circulate different chemical at the same time. Made the heater inline instead of ugly in the tank. Made the gravel filter out of screened pvc pipe so the bottom glass could still be vacuumed. All the stuff worked great but nobody had any commercial interest. So I just gave away the designs to other folks.
re: #1 Ace-o-aces
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I could also point out that the Confederate flag is not “banned”, but what would be the point?
@aceoaces @k_mcq No. They ran down the Communist/Obama flag in Springfield, IL back in January when gov. Rauner took office. /kidding
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) August 2, 2015
Several news organizations gained rare access Saturday into a private gathering of influential Republican donors hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.
But journalists covering the three-day event, held at a luxurious California resort, had to agree to an unusual restriction. They weren’t allowed to report the names of any of the 450 donors attending without the individual’s permission.
How Orwellian. Redefining three terms in two paragraphs! (And how pathetic that any of these “news organizations/journalists” agreed to the terms.)
re: #112 BeachDem
I am upset at this type of restriction but I am not surprised.
Been watching a con going on at the bird feeding area. One of this years “baby” juncos is still having its parent feeding it. The “baby” is picking up its own seeds and the parent is still putting seeds into the little ones mouth.
This guy said to say hello to Stanley Sea before he took off yesterday…
re: #113 PhillyPretzel
I am upset at this type of restriction but I am not surprised.
I’m not surprised at the Koch-imposed restrictions, just that anyone calling himself/herself a journalist would agree to such obvious bullshit.
Because Americans secretly, desperately want a president who will punch their kids' teachers in the face. https://t.co/xNqS87CMaO
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 2, 2015
?Always the bully Chris Christie vows to punch the national teachers union ‘in the face’ because they ‘deserve’ it https://t.co/QgmO6si6qk
— Cynthia (@cynthia4877) August 2, 2015
re: #116 BeachDem
I’m not surprised at the Koch-imposed restrictions, just that anyone calling himself/herself a journalist would agree to such obvious bullshit.
They likely don’t have much of a choice. They were sent by their employers to write a story about the FPCC confab and if they were to refuse the conditions they’d be denied enterance, their publication would be forced to run someone else’s story and they’d be seen as a trouble-maker, both by Freedom Partners and by their employer for ticking Freedom Partners off.
The great majority of reporters are corporate employees who do the job the corporation wants done.
@NHolmstedt @LibertyBritt U R in a fucking insane cult. And dumb: if the baby parts were crunched up they could not be used for research.
— JadeHelmCurious (@BigPapa1849) August 2, 2015
re: #118 Dark_Falcon
Sadly true. +1 for reality check. That’s why Indy journos are important. Indy from big media, Indy by attitude and perhaps registration.
re: #115 Great White Snark
This guy said to say hello to Stanley Sea before he took off yesterday…
Heeeey
Off-topic, but regarding the story about the knife attack at the Pride Parade in Jerusalem.
Israeli media is reporting that 16-year old Shira Banki has died of her injuries sustained in the knife attack.
Prayers, good thoughts, good vibes etc. to her next of kin and the other injured is suggested.
re: #112 BeachDem
Several news organizations gained rare access Saturday into a private gathering of influential Republican donors hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.
But journalists covering the three-day event, held at a luxurious California resort, had to agree to an unusual restriction. They weren’t allowed to report the names of any of the 450 donors attending without the individual’s permission.
How Orwellian. Redefining three terms in two paragraphs! (And how pathetic that any of these “news organizations/journalists” agreed to the terms.)
What!? You want them to put some kind of tired-old thinking about craft and doing what is right in front of the buffet table, the great champagne, wine, aged alcohols and hobnobbing with the rich.
Besides. There might be a connection made there and some of them could get out of the lowly journalist job and maybe make it as a press agent or spokesman for one of those nifty organizations the Koch’s and other’s run. Opportunity!!!
Sad news:
A 16-year-old girl who was stabbed during Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade on Thursday died Sunday after succumbing to her wounds, hospital officials said.
Shira Banki had been hospitalized at Ein Karem in the capital in serious condition following the attack, in which five other people were stabbed as well.
One other person, Yarden Noy, was injured critically in the stabbing but has since recovered and is set to be released from the hospital in the coming days.
As for the attacker:
[Yishai] Schlissel carried out the attack three weeks after he was released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence for perpetrating an identical crime a decade ago.
Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was found fit to stand trial on Friday, although he refused legal counsel, saying he did not recognize the legal standing of the court since it did not abide by Jewish law.
Schlissel was unrepentant after an attack in 2005 in which he stabbed and wounded three people and said he was on a mission from God.
“……on a mission from God”? Wingnuts. Wingnuts everywhere.
*sigh*
Strange media moment-In Africa Cecils brother thought to be killed has now said to have not been killed and not be Cecils bro. We sorted that out in about a week.
But a bunch of people still claim Obama is from Africa.
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re: #124 Dr Lizardo
Sad news:
As for the attacker:
“……on a mission from God”? Wingnuts. Wingnuts everywhere.
*sigh*
That is horrible, but even in tragedy there is a small bit of solace: Yisai Schlissel is now going down for murder. Sadly it took the death of an teenage girl, but Israel is now going to be able to put Schlissel away for life.
And Israel needs to put Schlissel away for life. Like Radical Islamist terrorists, that Ultra-Orthodox Jewish terrorist isn’t going to get better with age. He’s a violent minded bigot and he belongs in prison.
re: #126 Dark_Falcon
That is horrible, but even in tragedy there is a small bit of solace: Yisai Schlissel is now going down for murder. Sadly it took the death of an teenage girl, but Israel is now going to be able to put Schlissel away for life.
And Israel needs to put Schlissel away for life. Like Radical Islamist terrorist, that Ultra-Orthodox Jewish terrorist isn’t going to get better with age. He’s a violent minded bigot and he belongs in prison.
I don’t even want to guess the reactions on the comment fields at von Breitbarts on this one.
*shudders*
re: #118 Dark_Falcon
They likely don’t have much of a choice. They were sent by their employers to write a story about the FPCC confab and if they were to refuse the conditions they’d be denied enterance, their publication would be forced to run someone else’s story and they’d be seen as a trouble-maker, both by Freedom Partners and by their employer for ticking Freedom Partners off.
The great majority of reporters are corporate employees who do the job the corporation wants done.
“Ticking Freedom Partners off” should not be a concern of a news organization. Pedantically explaining the employment situation of the individual reporters does not forgive the breach of standards that “journalists” should be employing in covering “news.”
While journalism occupies a much smaller space than the talk, entertainment, opinion, assertion, advertising and propaganda that dominate the media universe, it is nevertheless perceived as being more valuable than most of the “stuff out there.”
That value flows from its purpose, to provide people with verified information they can use to make better decisions, and its practices, the most important of which is a systematic process - a discipline of verification - that journalists use to find not just the facts, but also the “truth about the facts.”
The journalist places the public good above all else
re: #126 Dark_Falcon
That is horrible, but even in tragedy there is a small bit of solace: Yisai Schlissel is now going down for murder. Sadly it took the death of an teenage girl, but Israel is now going to be able to put Schlissel away for life.
And Israel needs to put Schlissel away for life. Like Radical Islamist terrorist, that Ultra-Orthodox Jewish terrorist isn’t going to get better with age. He’s a violent minded bigot and he belongs in prison.
That’s not the only change - I saw this earlier today from Al Arabiya:
Israel intends to detain without trial citizens suspected of political violence against Palestinians, government officials said on Sunday following a lethal West Bank arson attack blamed on Jewish militants.
The extension to Israelis of so-called “administration detention”, a practice commonly applied to Palestinian militant suspects and condemned internationally, laid bare authorities’ frustration at failing to curb Jewish ultra-nationalist attacks.
Friday’s torching of a Palestinian home killed a toddler and seriously hurt his parents and brother, causing an outcry abroad and vows by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to crack down on what he deemed “terrorism” by “criminals in our nation”.
Looks like the Israeli government has had enough of this shit. Good.
ETA: The Israeli wingnuts are gonna scream bloody murder about this - you can take that to the bank.
@vivigold197 @stephenmatlock @GovernorDeal Did that man get arrested? Should have. Then if he's convicted and could lose the guns.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 2, 2015
Twitter misfire dammit
Okay here we go…
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
— Hope (@09LETHA_Hope56) August 2, 2015
re: #129 Dr Lizardo
That’s not the only change - I saw this earlier today from Al Arabiya:
Looks like the Israeli government has had enough of this shit. Good.
ETA: The Israeli wingnuts are gonna scream bloody murder about this - you can take that to the bank.
Harsh, but needed.
re: #112 BeachDem
Several news organizations gained rare access Saturday into a private gathering of influential Republican donors hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.
But journalists covering the three-day event, held at a luxurious California resort, had to agree to an unusual restriction. They weren’t allowed to report the names of any of the 450 donors attending without the individual’s permission.
How Orwellian. Redefining three terms in two paragraphs! (And how pathetic that any of these “news organizations/journalists” agreed to the terms.)
And yet, you can be sure that the same journalists or media networks agreeing to such terms are the same ones who gave the Clinton campaign shit for putting journalists behind a rope or refusing to meet with them when out and about to speak with voters. And regularly bitch about how she’s keeping them, the fourth estate, from doing its job and thus violating the tenants of freedom and democracy.
Fucking hypocrites.
Mo reminds me of all our aquatic pets and the lengths we’ve gone to for them. We had a little Red Eared Slider we bought because the younger boy really likes turtles. Most pet shops used to sell them, but they have NO IDEA what they need. So Mrs. FBW looked into it.
Next thing you know, we’ve got a really big tank, with a big-ass filter/pump. Then a friend has a Red Eared Slider they want to get rid of. Now we have two. The started out maybe 3 or so inches long (carapace length). Well, they just keep getting bigger. Now they’re easily 8 inches long.
We were going to build a pond for them in the back yard. I was carefully designing an enclosure that would keep them safe from Rackety-Coons. Mrs. FBW had the Boys start digging a hole for it. Then I looked into the requirements - you need a HUGE-ass filter/pump. So, we still have a hole…..
Then a teacher friend had the turtle she’d bought for a class pet. The new turtle ended up with the old tank and the Sliders got a new, bigger tank.
Earlier this year, Mrs. FBW buys a Betta. Calls him Fin, because he’s missing one. Starts him out in a large glass vase we had. Then she looks into it. Now he’s in an aquarium on her desk, with a filter/pump.
There’s always the sound of pumps running, the babble of the water from the output splashing into the tank, the *clonk* as the turtles dive off the dock, or haul themselves up onto it. And of course, we need to periodically clean the accumulated crud and turtle scutes out of the filters. Yeesh.
Edited to clarify antecedents.
re: #80 Great White Snark
Are our house photographers in this morning? William it looks like you are in.
Anyway found myself learning an old tool. The following image without a ND filter would have a totally blown out sky to keep the beach from going too dark. By combining a neutral density filter and polarizer I got this result.[Embedded content]
I’d recommend getting a graduated ND filter like this. It allows you to be much more selective and will give more control over the scene.
re: #136 Blind Frog Belly White
Heh, story of my life. I brought home a couple of little Oscars and put them in a 20 gallon community tank. The other fish disappeared one by one thus earning the Oscars the names Seek and Destroy. In less than a year the boys outgrew the tank so we set up a 40 gallon aquarium for them. A year or so later they had outgrown that so we got an 80 gallon for them. Of course I had to get more fish for the 20 and 40 gallon aquariums.
This is how obsessions are born.
@DJSPINtel 'forecast' a Lambo? GTFO you're just comedy now. Insane, but comedy none the less.
— JadeHelmCurious (@BigPapa1849) August 2, 2015
LAMBORGHINIS FOR ALL PP EMPLOYEES!
re: #138 allegro
Heh, story of my life. I brought home a couple of little Oscars and put them in a 20 gallon community tank. The other fish disappeared one by one thus earning the Oscars the names Seek and Destroy. In less than a year the boys outgrew the tank so we set up a 40 gallon aquarium for them. A year or so later they had outgrown that so we got an 80 gallon for them. Of course I had to get more fish for the 20 and 40 gallon aquariums.
This is how obsessions are born.
Everyone I’ve known that has had Oscars had to keep a lid on ‘em as they seemed to like to leap out and end up on the floor flopping around. Has that happened to you too?
re: #137 goddamnedfrank
I’d recommend getting a graduated ND filter like this. It allows you to be much more selective and will give more control over the scene.
Quite so, just recently exploring the whole ND concept. Graduated will be nice to have and also some much stronger grades. Looking to do some very long daylight exposures. Not so much sky in those for what I’m working on lately. I’m getting access to a bunch of filters made for cinema lenses which of course have a whole bigger size and mounting hardware. Probably going to cut to fit the cokin frames unless I find something better. I think I’ll get two filters out of each one. These are lightly damaged rejects so it depends on exactly what happened to them.
Kicking myself for not looking into this method long ago. EDIT-Maybe Lee has a better mount?
re: #138 allegro
There was a 47 year old oscar living in a tank in the old science building. It seemed he thrived living in a lot of algae, and they mostly left the tank and him untouched. He had an old soul stare, if you could catch his eye.
re: #80 Great White Snark
Are our house photographers in this morning? William it looks like you are in.
Anyway found myself learning an old tool. The following image without a ND filter would have a totally blown out sky to keep the beach from going too dark. By combining a neutral density filter and polarizer I got this result.[Embedded content]
Real nice shot given the lighting angle.
re: #139 JadeHelmCurious
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LAMBORGHINIS FOR ALL PP EMPLOYEES!
They’re trying as hard as possible to present this image of PP as being so flush with cash, cutting federal funding from it won’t cause even a blip, thus neutralizing accusations that those pushing for defunding are doing so with an aim to bankrupt PP.
re: #140 ObserverArt
Journalism almost seems to eb
Everyone I’ve known that has had Oscars had to keep a lid on ‘em as they seemed to like to leap out and end up on the floor flopping around. Has that happened to you too?
Never had one hit the floor but they’re jumpers so a good hood is a requirement. I had my boys trained to leap out of the water to take meal worms or bugs from my fingers. The suckers could achieve a surprising height. Great party trick. Paid for it when I cleaned their aquarium though cuz they’d be nipping at my arm.
re: #143 Feline Fearless Leader
Thanks. Since i was out experimenting I was really pushing for hard to get angles and lighting.Most of the time I have not had to solve the problem of too much light. When I did a little fill flash would get me through. But this is a much more powerful tool. Learning what it can do is a very enjoyable time for me.
re: #144 Targetpractice
They’re trying as hard as possible to present this image of PP as being so flush with cash, cutting federal funding from it won’t cause even a blip, thus neutralizing accusations that those pushing for defunding are doing so with an aim to bankrupt PP.
Of course they want to bankrupt PP. What I hear coming from non-firebreathing Conservatives these days is that the services PP has always provided can be provided by County health departments etc, and they should fund THEM rather than PP. And the next thing will be that counties run by wingnuts will cut back on the womens’ health services, and contraceptive services, putting poor and working class women back under the thumb.
It’s like the apparently successful campaign to convince Americans that we don’t need unions anymore. So union membership falls, the number of union shops falls. And wages and benefits fall.
Get rid of the organization that defends the group. Then you can get back to screwing them.
re: #137 goddamnedfrank
I’d recommend getting a graduated ND filter like this. It allows you to be much more selective and will give more control over the scene.
Yep. The use of the basic ND was pretty good, but the graduated ones give just that much more flexibility. Polarizing filters are great tools as well as RWC found.
I must say, though, that I don’t miss calculating bellows and filter factors, especially when the exposure gets long enough to be into reciprocity failure. I like sticking to nice bright light when I do break out the 4x5 any more.
re: #112 BeachDem
…private gathering of influential Republican donors hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.
How Orwellian. Redefining three terms in two paragraphs! (And how pathetic that any of these “news organizations/journalists” agreed to the terms.)
Yet another fine example of when wingnuts use the word ‘Freedom’ they’re really saying ‘Power’.
re: #129 Dr Lizardo
I am far more cynical than you on this.
Good afternoon Lizards.
Quiet day so far today after using yesterday to catch up on errands and also cooking dinner and having having neighbors over to share in eating it.
Did a “Moroccan Rub” on a few pork tenderloins that I then cooked in a crock pot with a pile of root vegetables (potato, parsnip, carrot) and topped with lightly browned onions and the contents of the deglazed skillet. Served it with a simple cheese risotto and a fennel-celery salad. Had a apple pie* for dessert that I had baked Friday night.
The pork came out alright. I would have preferred a stronger impact from the dry rub, so next time I will probably go more cajun with the seasoning and try to get a bit more kick. The vegetables were good as well, but the risotto was the star of the show. I used chicken stock I’d made from a chicken carcass from last week and also some very good 18-month parmesan cheese. And I hit the desired consistency dead on.
Served it with a couple of bottles of white wine from my Virginia trip. Decent stuff, but not spectacular.
* - Apple pie with a cup of dried cherries macerated in Benedictine added in that is.
re: #153 Feline Fearless Leader
I had ham salad on Wheat Thins and a rum & coke. I’m coming to your house.
Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
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