Elizabeth Warren absolutely tears apart the Republican attempt to destroy women’s reproductive rights in this barn-burner of a speech at yesterday’s Senate hearing. Worthy of a standing ovation.
Morning Joe is a pathetic pile:
This Is The New MSNBC: Joe Scarborough Uses Edited Videos To Attack Elizabeth Warren http://t.co/wOq0KjGhzO via @politicususa #p2 #p2b #ctl
— Sarah Reese Jones (@srjones66) August 4, 2015
Good to see that Dems are not caving on Planned Parenthood the way they caved on ACORN.
I’m really glad Democrats are fighting back. No reason to cave, plus if they did—just a little PP would lose funding.
NYC man attacks first gay couple married at West Point, flees scene after suffering military-trained beatdown. http://t.co/tqZNKAUiNz
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) August 4, 2015
re: #4 Kragar
See what happens when we let gays in the military! They learn to fight then beat the shit out of patriotic americans exercising their right to free speech!
//
Seriously, read this an laughed my ass off.
McCain: Defund Planned Parenthood or Shut Down Federal Government http://t.co/dNViOpuVNI
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) August 4, 2015
BREAKING: Gunmen Open Fire on Mil Training Facility Used in Jade Helm Excercise http://t.co/aIpVimMzFr
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 4, 2015
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
The fact that these assholes are treating shutdown threats as simple common political maneuvering, and enough in the media and across social media are swallowing the idea up is just…christ, I don’t have enough hair to tear out to underscore how baffling and infuriating it is.
Memo to #GOP: Threatening a shutdown of US Govt over policy you don't like has consequences: like never being trusted with keys to WH
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 4, 2015
Update on Camp Shelby MS shooting:
Perry County deputies told the news station that they are searching for two people accused of firing the shots at about noon Tuesday. They were driving a two-door red Ford Ranger with “broken arrow” written across the top, WDAM-TV said.
re: #12 wrenchwench
Fortunately, our red Ford Ranger is in the shop….
You’re safe anyway: theirs has an air horn that plays “Dixie.”
re: #12 wrenchwench
Fortunately, our red Ford Ranger is in the shop….
Mine is sitting on flat tires in the orchard, with what appear to be little trees growing out of the bed.
After none of his Jade Helm 15 predictions came true, Rick Wiles now claims Obama will nuke Texas during Jade Helm 16 http://t.co/zAerlr34qt
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 4, 2015
This is so true:
10 things to know when moving to the countryside http://t.co/B1rZ78Msg1 pic.twitter.com/tvVeFmLORD
— The Poke (@ThePoke) August 4, 2015
I especially like #8:
Just wanted to drop in quickly and say Joke Scarborough is one of the biggest assholes on TV. With his own personal record he has no room to talk about anything dealing with morality.
And you can tell his disdain for women they way he treats his co-host. Probably similar to how he treated his two ex-wives. I do not understand how Mika can be on that show with that scuzzbucket.
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So Federal employees better get ready for another stupid Republican-generated shutdown. Alrighty then.
¿¿¿Qué coño???
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
On yesterday’s edition of “The Savage Nation,” Savage said he felt the need to tell his audience about this prophecy, which he said he read about in an email, because of “the hatred towards white people that is being fanned primarily from inside of the American administration.”
“They interviewed an ancient, an old Mayan woman who said she had a dream and she said, ‘I see the future and in the future we will be missing our white brothers,’” Savage said. “That was chilling, that was a shocking, chilling statement. I don’t want to dwell on that too much but the fact of the matter is that unless something drastic is done quickly, how does this all end?”
Well this isn't good. #ATToutage pic.twitter.com/SBgQkLDPnf
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 4, 2015
re: #10 lawhawk
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Hope you’re right about that. Republicans should be held accountable for their temper tantrums. It shows that they cannot run the government even when they have the House and Senate.
re: #19 Patricia Kayden
So Federal employees better get ready for another stupid Republican-generated shutdown. Alrighty then.
They didn’t pay any meaningful price for doing it the last time. They know that all they have to do is yell “Look what Obama made us do!” long and loud to enlist the backing of the media so, why not?
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿Qué coño?
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
On yesterday’s edition of “The Savage Nation,” Savage said he felt the need to tell his audience about this prophecy, which he said he read about in an email, because of “the hatred towards white people that is being fanned primarily from inside of the American administration.”
“They interviewed an ancient, an old Mayan woman who said she had a dream and she said, ‘I see the future and in the future we will be missing our white brothers,’” Savage said. “That was chilling, that was a shocking, chilling statement. I don’t want to dwell on that too much but the fact of the matter is that unless something drastic is done quickly, how does this all end?”
Maybe those white brothers fall at the hands of the white sisters who finally get fed up with their patronizing misogynist crap.
So I wonder if the white open carry “patriots” are gonna go down and patrol the perimeter of Camp Shelby to protect them from the white conspiracy theorists shooting at them… somehow I don’t see that happening. //
re: #24 allegro
Maybe those white brothers fall at the hands of the white sisters who finally get fed up with their patronizing misogynist crap.
I kinda like the idea of a half-black youngish man and an old Mayan woman calling all the shots.
Trump: I would shut down government over #PlannedParenthood http://t.co/ErcIRmdCNS pic.twitter.com/U7VpgyP1rc
— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2015
re: #27 Charles Johnson
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I would burn that hat and bury the ashes because it has been on that head.
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿Qué coño?
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
On yesterday’s edition of “The Savage Nation,” Savage said he felt the need to tell his audience about this prophecy, which he said he read about in an email, because of “the hatred towards white people that is being fanned primarily from inside of the American administration.”
“They interviewed an ancient, an old Mayan woman who said she had a dream and she said, ‘I see the future and in the future we will be missing our white brothers,’” Savage said. “That was chilling, that was a shocking, chilling statement. I don’t want to dwell on that too much but the fact of the matter is that unless something drastic is done quickly, how does this all end?”
Why would a Mayan woman care about seeing white brothers, when it was white “brothers” who decimated her culture?
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Luckily neither the president nor a failed business man has the power to shut down the government.
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿¿¿Qué coño???
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
When your actual speech patterns start to resemble an Onion headline, you really need to seek professional help.
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Trump seems to not understand that the President doesn’t own the country. He or she can’t go BK on behalf of the nation.
re: #28 wrenchwench
I would burn that hat and bury the ashes because it has been on that head.
You would take it off of him first?
Apparently Sprint and Virgin Mobile are also out, along with ATT, across several states, but mostly Kentucky and Tennessee.
Twitter is lighting up about it.
Folks whose cellphones aren’t working are probably screaming, but we can’t hear them….
re: #32 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Trump seems to not understand that the President doesn’t own the country. He or she can’t go BK on behalf of the nation.
In this case, I don’t think he cares. He’s looking at the actions the GOP takes and is going “Me, too” because that’s what conservative want to hear.
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿¿¿Qué coño???
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
That’s some heap good Injun talk, yessiree. It’s almost like being there.
Trump has been wearing hats everywhere Lately. I wonder why. (No. Not really.)
re: #23 Higgs Boson’s Mate
They didn’t pay any meaningful price for doing it the last time. They know that all they have to do is yell “Look what Obama made us do!” long and loud to enlist the backing of the media so, why not?
You’re right about the feckless media but some of us have figured out that these shutdowns are useless and costly. huffingtonpost.com
Secretary Clinton should be running ads about this threatened shutdown and the cost to average Americans.
re: #24 allegro
Maybe those white brothers fall at the hands of the white sisters who finally get fed up with their patronizing misogynist crap.
I remember reading about a hoax e-mail going around a few years ago, something about an old Hopi lady relating how the legend of the “Pahana,” or “long lost white brother,” foretold the coming of — wait for it! — Obama.
Crazy coot’s got his meme’s mixed up.
re: #23 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Exactly, and that’s what’s infuriating.
which he said he read about in an email,
Well, gosh, if he read it in an email, its gotta be true! Now, if someone texted it to him, that I could see would make a person want to dig a little deeper, but emails are the bestiest, trustiest communications mechanism evah! No possibility of bullshit there.
re: #28 wrenchwench
I would burn that hat and bury the ashes because it has been on that head.
I think the hat is gonna be in this run the entire time. Why? Because it hides that head and that hair.
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿Qué coño?
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied […]
Heh, reminds me of this:
2012 isn’t the end of the world, Mayans insist
MEXICO CITY - Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly “running out” on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it’s not the end of the world.
Or is it?
Definitely not, the Mayan Indian elder insists. “I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff.”
It can only get worse for him. Next month Hollywood’s “2012” opens in cinemas, featuring earthquakes, meteor showers and a tsunami dumping an aircraft carrier on the White House.
At Cornell University, Ann Martin, who runs the “Curious? Ask an Astronomer” Web site, says people are scared.
“It’s too bad that we’re getting e-mails from fourth-graders who are saying that they’re too young to die,” Martin said. “We had a mother of two young children who was afraid she wouldn’t live to see them grow up.”
Chile Pixtun, a Guatemalan, says the doomsday theories spring from Western, not Mayan ideas. […]
MS police are talking to a few folks who have a red pickup in the yard.
There’s more in the Jackson Clarion, but it’s firewalled.
I knew that red pickup around here with the Confederate Flag looked suspicious…
“JSOC would like to thank y’all for adding that touch of realism to our little exercise.”
re: #46 Decatur Deb
MS police are talking to a few folks who have a red pickup in the yard.
There’s more in the Jackson Clarion, but it’s firewalled.
But no connection to the run on spray paint at Lowe’s.
re: #46 Decatur Deb
MS police are talking to a few folks who have a red pickup in the yard.
There’s more in the Jackson Clarion, but it’s firewalled.
From the Clarion:
2:24 p.m. update
WDAM reporter Ryan Moore is reporting that Perry County sheriff deputies are questioning a pair of white male suspects who “pulled up from driving another truck” while authorities were at a residence investigating a vehicle matching the description of the truck used in the Camp Shelby shooting.
#UPDATE Two men being questioned by MHP, no arrests at this time >> http://t.co/THMNTmFONA
— wdam (@wdam) August 4, 2015
The 2 males taken from scene arrived in this truck, said they came from Mobile. pic.twitter.com/z2bSxnQl7E
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 4, 2015
Front view of the vehicle recovered in 600 block of Old Augusta Road. pic.twitter.com/SNd8cTx5pV
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 4, 2015
Vehicle matching the description of the one involved in Camp Shelby shooting recovered. pic.twitter.com/nnJFaXpz0i
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 4, 2015
re: #46 Decatur Deb
MS police are talking to a few folks who have a red pickup in the yard.
There’s more in the Jackson Clarion, but it’s firewalled.
I’m sure the third person they speak to knows who broken arrow is.
Come on, speak up peeps.
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿¿¿Qué coño???
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
I’d like to believe that, when I used to occasionally listen to that asshole, he wasn’t as deranged as he is now. Or, at least, he wasn’t as vocal about it.
re: #54 #FergusonFireside
I’m sure the third person they speak to knows who broken arrow is.
Come on, speak up peeps.
Broken Arrow is at the top of the windshield in my #52
re: #54 #FergusonFireside
I’m sure the third person they speak to knows who broken arrow is.
Come on, speak up peeps.
Broken Arrow might refer to an old western movie, a bad John Travolta movie, or to AR 385-40, where it means a mishap involving a nuke.
re: #57 Decatur Deb
Broken Arrow might refer to an old western movie, a bad John Travolta movie, or to AR 385-40, where it means a mishap involving a nuke.
Or a damn fine Buffalo Springfield song.
Take a moment to ponder that those guys in Mississippi are representative of the group which believes that they can successfully battle the US military. One platoon of Marines would go through them like a hot knife through shit.
re: #61 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Take a moment to ponder that those guys in Mississippi are representative of the group which believes that they can successfully battle the US military. One platoon of Marines would go through them like a hot knife through shit.
They’d get mowed down?
re: #62 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Or an arrow that is broken.
In the neck of a beloved lion. Or Beanie Baby.
re: #55 Deez Nuts for President
I’d like to believe that, when I used to occasionally listen to that asshole, he wasn’t as deranged as he is now. Or, at least, he wasn’t as vocal about it.
If the Mayans were so great at predicting how come their calendar is out of date?
good grief.
Googled “broken arrow” and “jade helm”.
It’s all survivalists and groups that describe themselves as “outlaw militias”.
re: #65 aagcobb
What a surprise that they were found at a mobile home./
Are we going to get “what a surprise they left incriminating evidence against, and leading to, themselves in plain sight”?
Anyone?
Bueller?
Bueller?
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief.
Googled “broken arrow” and “jade helm”.
It’s all survivalists and groups that describe themselves as “outlaw militias”.
Because “outlaw militia” sounds better than ” a bunch of guys who spend all of their families’ money on guns and beer.”
re: #69 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Because “outlaw militia” sounds better than ” a bunch of guys who spend all of their families’ money on guns and beer.”
and drive big trucks with no bumpers…
“South Mississippi Outlaw Militia” is apparently a thing and they have a Facebook page.
O_o
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿¿¿Qué coño???
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
OK, I think we can al agree that Savage is obviously coked out of his head.
re: #60 allegro
Or a town in Oklahoma.
For which the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise is named.
re: #68 Teukka
Are we going to get “what a surprise they left incriminating evidence against, and leading to, themselves in plain sight”?
Anyone?
Bueller?
Bueller?
They couldn’t pedal the kiddie car fast enough. Sometimes you gotta go with what ya got.
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
“South Mississippi Outlaw Militia” is apparently a thing and they have a Facebook page.
O_o
Does it have a Favorite Recipes tab?
re: #73 TedStriker
For which the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise is named.
I did not know that.
re: #72 Ace-o-aces
OK, I think we can al agree that Savage is obviously coked out of his head.
Why? Are you a Honkeycaust denier?
re: #75 Decatur Deb
Does it have a Favorite Recipes tab?
They’ve got a photo of a well-fed black couple proudly displaying the stars & bars, so they are totally not racist…
sigh
The 2 suspects were taken to the Perry Co Sheriff's Department for questioning. pic.twitter.com/M1HdL2rJls
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 4, 2015
The two taken in for questioning have not been charged at this time. Still being questioned.
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 4, 2015
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
The two taken in for questioning have not been charged at this time. Still being questioned.
Can’t find a Shitkicker-to-English interpreter.
re: #82 Decatur Deb
Can’t find a Shitkicker-to-English interpreter.
Well, they should be loads of them just hanging around.
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
The two taken in for questioning have not been charged at this time. Still being questioned.
What type of questions?
1) Is Obama more like Stalin or Hitler?
2) Is your father also your uncle?
3)
*sigh*
“I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues,” Jeb Bush says at Southern Baptist Convention.
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) August 4, 2015
re: #84 Iwouldprefernotto
What type of questions?
1) Is Obama more like Stalin or Hitler?
2) Is your father also your uncle?
3)
3) Where’s the beer?
Now that it’s white dudes shooting up military bases, it’s still Obama’s fault for leaving them all unarmed and defenseless.
When it’s one (in this case, two) of their own nut cases, it’s still never their fault for inciting them to violence.
re: #85 gwangung
*sigh*
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re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The outage was caused by fiber cut in the western part of the state. I suspect that this is the beginning of the Jade Helm imposition of martial law, and that even now jackbooted thugs are going door-to-door in the Commonwealth seizing guns and patriots.//
re: #85 gwangung
*sigh*
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All this time the media has had me believing that Jeb was the smart one.
Texas paramedic has the perfect response to conservatives whining about a living wage for burger flippers http://t.co/phN1YF7a2K
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 4, 2015
“I’m a paramedic. My job requires a broad set of skills: interpersonal, medical, and technical skills, as well as the crucial skill of performing under pressure,” Rushing wrote. “I often make decisions on my own, in seconds, under chaotic circumstances, that impact people’s health and lives. I make $15/hr. And these burger flippers think they deserve as much as me? Good for them.”
“Look, if any job is going to take up someone’s life, it deserves a living wage. If a job exists and you have to hire someone to do it, they deserve a living wage. End of story. There’s a lot of talk going around my workplace along the lines of, “These guys with no education and no skills think they deserve as much as us? Fuck those guys.” And elsewhere on FB: ‘I’m a licensed electrician, I make $13/hr, fuck these burger flippers.’”
He continued, “And that’s exactly what the bosses want! They want us fighting over who has the bigger pile of crumbs so we don’t realize they made off with almost the whole damn cake. Why are you angry about fast food workers making two bucks more an hour when your CEO makes four hundred TIMES what you do? It’s in the bosses’ interests to keep your anger directed downward, at the poor people who are just trying to get by, like you, rather than at the rich assholes who consume almost everything we produce and give next to nothing for it. “
re: #87 GlutenFreeJesus
I think some racial profiling is in order.
re: #85 gwangung
*sigh*
“I’m not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues,” Jeb Bush says at Southern Baptist Convention.
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re: #76 allegro
I did not know that.
Oops…“Broken Bow”, not “Broken Arrow” (although both towns are in OK):
“Broken Bow” is the pilot episode of the science fiction television series Enterprise (later renamed Star Trek: Enterprise). It originally aired as a double-length episode, but has been split into two segments for syndication. A novelization of the episode, written by Diane Carey, was published in 2001. The episode won the 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, and was also nominated for sound editing and make-up.
It is nine decades since Zephram Cochrane produced Human’s first warp flight (as seen in the movie Star Trek: First Contact), and Earth finally launches its first starship of exploration, Enterprise NX-01. Commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer, and against the objections of the Vulcans, it departs on an urgent mission to return an injured Klingon [played by Tiny Lister, BTW - ed.] to Qo’noS, the Klingon homeworld.
re: #90 aagcobb
The outage was caused by fiber cut in the western part of the state. I suspect that this is the beginning of the Jade Helm imposition of martial law, and that even now jackbooted thugs are going door-to-door in the Commonwealth seizing guns and patriots.//
That’s what they want you to think. Nation of Islam lofted a low-yield Iranian nuke over Leitchfield KY. EMP, baby.
????????? pic.twitter.com/7pRSLsXdR4
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) August 4, 2015
On this day in 1964, FBI discovered bodies of 3 #civilrights workers. #MississippiBurning http://t.co/u56Fb6oL0V pic.twitter.com/nWNzAJ5xea
— Jerry Mitchell (@JMitchellNews) August 4, 2015
We were talking about Sabbath elevators the other day?
This is at a public rest stop near Kingston, Ontario, courtesy of the Canadian govt
Rest stop near Kingston ON @JihadiJew pic.twitter.com/UsKyZ3fayt
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 4, 2015
re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is so true:
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I especially like #8:
Yep. From paved, onto tar chip, onto gravel, onto dirt, onto “Think the undercarriage will clear that rut?”.
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿¿¿Qué coño???
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
I had a dream I could fly. Hope that comes true soon too.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kinda takes the fun out of inept Mississippi marksmen.
re: #20 De Kolta Chair
¿¿¿Qué coño???
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Michael Savage: Obama Will Commit Anti-White Genocide, Just As The Mayans Prophesied
There aren’t enough drugs to help me make sense of that insane gibberish. WTF.
re: #38 GlutenFreeJesus
Trump has been wearing hats everywhere Lately. I wonder why. (No. Not really.)
The head rodent is molting.
White Privilege
Open fire on US troops: Taken in for questioning
Change lanes without signaling: Arrested and found dead in jail
LOLWUT:
After none of his Jade Helm 15 predictions came true, Rick Wiles now claims Obama will nuke Texas during Jade Helm 16 http://t.co/zAerlr34qt
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 4, 2015
YES! YES THEY MADE A HOVERBOARD IN TIME FOR BACK TO THE FUTURE!
Round of applause for @Lexus please - they have invented a real #hoverboard. It is now officially 2015: https://t.co/Tk8jIMzMHJ
— Alex Myers (@AlexMyers) August 4, 2015
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
YES! YES THEY MADE A HOVERBOARD IN TIME FOR BACK TO THE FUTURE!
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Great Scott!
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
YES! YES THEY MADE A HOVERBOARD IN TIME FOR BACK TO THE FUTURE!
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Must be LN2-cooled?
FUCK THIS GUY==>
jeb bush: we don't need half a billion dollars for “women's health issues” https://t.co/lsJb3O0tLU #waronwomen
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 4, 2015
Knight Rider KITT USB Charger http://t.co/lH9AOYuqYF #gadgets
— Gadgology (@Gadgology) July 28, 2015
re: #111 The Vicious Babushka
FUCK THIS GUY==>
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Can we just skip to the Clinton-Bush debates now?
That music they’re playing in the background of the Lexus hoverboard video sounds like it was plagiarized from “Next Time He Cheats”
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
can’t be real… everyone knows hoverboards don’t work on water!
re: #24 allegro
Why are white supremacists always so inferior?
What a drama queen:
Glenn Beck Takes Down His American Flag Because Planned Parenthood http://t.co/r8CDg3iGRE (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/QkZcy2UBKl
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 4, 2015
My favorite ginger on twitter:
Going to write a blog about my first date. Unfollow
— John F. Brennan (@UpturnedBathtub) August 4, 2015
From Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy:
I am very pleased to give y’all a quick update on the fundraising campaign to conserve Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 EVA spacesuit: We are fully funded! In fact, we hit the $500,000 goal in just five days, thanks to thousands of people who generously supported the Kickstarter project.
Proud to say that I chipped in $10 .
re: #121 darthstar
There are simply no words. I just….no.
re: #121 darthstar
OK. That’s clever. It took me a second.
Airshow Budapest 2014 Highlights. Beautifully shot, interesting aircraft, and some extreme piloting.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
is this meant ironically or are they that dense?
Yes.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
is this meant ironically or are they that dense?
yes and yes
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
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That’s pretty fucking cool.
Happy birthday President Obama! May you have a day with little derp!
And also happy birthday me. I’m in denial about no longer being in my 20s.
re: #130 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Happy birthday President Obama! May you have a day with little derp!
And also happy birthday me.
I’m in denial about no longer being in my 20s.
Welcome to maturity!
I’ve been following the Rocky Fire in CA as it is threatening one of my favorite places (Wilbur Hot Springs) and stumbled on this news article. I thought several Lizards might get a kick out of it.
When a mountain biker riding through the foothills of Boise, Idaho had to use the bathroom, there wasn’t one nearby. So his solution was to go down to a ravine and take care of business there.
The consequences ended up being pretty dramatic.
The Idaho Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Carrie Bilbao told CBS News the cyclist was responsible for the fire that burned 73 acres of brush and grass in the foothills when he set his toilet paper on fire to try and dispose of it. When a spark got away, he tried to thump it out, but it was too late.
Heh.
Ted Cruz's Website Accidentally Links to Gigantic Ass Picture http://t.co/lBQJWWWIph pic.twitter.com/Qk2YZoSJ1Z
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 4, 2015
re: #130 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Happy birthday President Obama! May you have a day with little derp!
And also happy birthday me.
I’m in denial about no longer being in my 20s.
Happy birthday to you—now get off my lawn! (My 30s were the bestest. I like to say I retired in my 30s, did a lot of traveling, partying, playing, and now I’m back at work till forever.)
re: #130 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Happy Birthday!
re: #131 wrenchwench
Welcome to maturity!
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
That’s pretty fucking cool.
‘Cept that I’d look like Lassie on a freshly waxed linoleum floor if I tried to ride it.
re: #132 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’ve been following the Rocky Fire in CA as it is threatening one of my favorite places (Wilbur Hot Springs) and stumbled on this news article. I thought several Lizards might get a kick out of it.
That’s why you’re supposed to bury it, not burn it!
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
Is that a form of synesthesia? I have a niece who sees a color for each number.
re: #130 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Happy birthday President Obama! May you have a day with little derp!
And also happy birthday me.
I’m in denial about no longer being in my 20s.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
My 30s were better than my 20s. I got married to the woman I’d wanted above all others since I was 17; we had 2 kids; we bought our house; I had a first-author paper in Science; my name was in the Wall Street Journal.
re: #130 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Happy birthday President Obama! May you have a day with little derp!
And also happy birthday me.
I’m in denial about no longer being in my 20s.
Many happy returns. I’d offer you some witty quip meant to help you feel better, but I’m still in denial about the same damn thing and I’m coming up on the next anniversary of my birth already.
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
Well—30, 32, 34, 36 and 38 are even numbers; and if you take the digits in 31, 33, 35, 37 and 39, they each add up to an even number, so voila! No bad. (not sure what to say about your vowel values.)
re: #139 wrenchwench
Is that a form of synesthesia? I have a niece who sees a color for each number.
I don’t know. It’s this weird …thing… that’s just been for as long as I can remember. No colors, no tastes, nothing of that nature, just …value judgments. But strong ones that make no sense and have been very static for my whole life.
So possibly.
I’m going to have to watch Hannity tonight. He gave a sneek peek of a focus group with Luntz and they argue over Trump. It was so great to hear. One lady said regardless of his flip flops and donations to democrats (which was pointed out to her by another in the group), she still thought Trump was the one.
re: #138 wrenchwench
That’s why you’re supposed to bury it, not burn it!
Hey, cut the cyclist some slack! There’s only a one letter difference between BURY and BURN.
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re: #3 Iwouldprefernotto
I’m really glad Democrats are fighting back.
This. I’m so tired of the good people caving in the face of obvious smears.
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
As long as I can turn on the flashlight fast enough to drive away the Mole People I’m good.
re: #130 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Happy birthday President Obama! May you have a day with little derp!
And also happy birthday me.
I’m in denial about no longer being in my 20s.
Happy Day Klys!
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
Not issues, just unique ways of dealing with things.
Be glad you are not in Europe, imagine the trouble you would have with umlauts, O’s with slashes or A’s with little circles on them…
re: #133 Lidane
Heh.
Ted Cruz’s Website Accidentally Links to Gigantic Ass Picture
Selfie? Picture of Donald Trump?
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re: #143 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I don’t know. It’s this weird …thing… that’s just been for as long as I can remember. No colors, no tastes, nothing of that nature, just …value judgments. But strong ones that make no sense and have been very static for my whole life.
So possibly.
Makes more sense (to me) than colors and stuff. Write it all down for future reference. (You never know…)
re: #85 gwangung
He’s sure he’ll need a trillion for “defense” though.
re: #153 Nyet
He’s sure he’ll need a trillion for “defense” though.
“Trillions for defence, but not one cent for lady parts!”
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Not issues, just unique ways of dealing with things.
Be glad you are not in Europe, imagine the trouble you would have with umlauts, O’s with slashes or A’s with little circles on them…
Or Vietnamese written in Latin letters with a bushel basket full of diacritical marks.
Attorneys say toxicology report proves security guard was high when he shot Monroe Bird III
The family of Monroe Bird III, who was shot by an apartment security guard earlier this year, said at a news conference Tuesday the guard’s toxicology report show’s he was high on marijuana on the night of the shooting.
And the police statement on the toxicology report:
I can point out based upon reports provided to my office from the Tulsa Police Department, not one person who interacted with Mr. Stone indicated in any report that Mr. Stone appeared to be impaired by alcohol or any drug.
So, if a victim is on drugs….”See? This is why they are dead.” A cop/security guard is on drugs….”meh. He didn’t look high.”
re: #154 Blind Frog Belly White
That’s how it works in the caveman land.
re: #154 Blind Frog Belly White
“Trillions for defence, but not one cent for lady parts!”
He will allocate funds so that TSA can perform pregnancy screenings on all women of child bearing age before they’re allowed to board.
Senator Warren should just call Republicans, “Vagina Nazis”. Name calling is all they understand. No way they understood her complete sentences.
re: #155 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Or Vietnamese written in Latin letters with a bushel basket full of diacritical marks.
We get that around here.
The base values still apply. Ordering is I > A > E > O > U.
Digits (and it’s only digits, the full number judgment is based on the digits that make it up) go 2 > 4 > 0 > 8 > 6 > 1 > 3 > 9 > 5 > 7. Preference to numbers where the digits are in increasing order.
UPDATE: Netflix announces unlimited paid paternity and maternity leave for its employees during the 1st year after birth, adoption. • $NFLX
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) August 4, 2015
Maybe if get half a billion loops on this vine, Jeb will reconsider the importance of women's health… https://t.co/MRjJCbNmt9
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) August 4, 2015
Because of course he did:
Ted Cruz appoints couple behind anti-gay marriage billboards to Iowa leadership team
They have one billboard, but they’re shootin’ for 1,000. And the tag line is:
“Please … I need your help with this! - God”.
Because of course it is.
re: #156 Jenner7
Attorneys say toxicology report proves security guard was high when he shot Monroe Bird III
And the police statement on the toxicology report:
So, if a victim is on drugs….”See? This is why they are dead.” A cop/security guard is on drugs….”meh. He didn’t look high.”
It also says:
….as well as other prescription drugs
.@JebBush: You are absolutely, unequivocally wrong. https://t.co/a6O17dlEh4
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 4, 2015
re: #166 Nyet
That piece is gorgeous.
I am onto the backstitching with the current one, which has the effect of making me want to tear my hair out. All the travel has been both beneficial and not.
Two more plane trips in the next week and one more day trip and then I am done and in one place until …the end of the month. Hah.
What a great way for Jeb! to reenter the national conversation.
In Amsterdam, watch out for tow trucks — for bikes http://t.co/cXq9I94da1 pic.twitter.com/euBUeNhFm3
— PRI (@PRI) August 4, 2015
re: #169 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s from China (of course!), tho I can’t say now what century. Gulbenkian Museum.
Can you post the state of your current piece?
re: #170 iossarian
What a great way for Jeb! to reenter the national conversation.
Well, Donald’s got the bigot vote all lined up, so he might as well shoot for the remaining sexists.
re: #168 thedopefishlives
Wow. Tell it like it really is.
Meanwhile, Gov. Bridgegate is busy blowing up his Twitter feed with lots of argle bargle about how Hillary is dead wrong because New Jersey funds women’s health clinics and Hillary’s a big meanie liarpants who needs to explain why she defends Planned Parenthood. Or something.
re: #172 Nyet
Since you asked so nicely. ;)
Backstitching started. You can see why I suffer through it. pic.twitter.com/b8ClBxBReJ
— sylk (@sylk) August 4, 2015
re: #174 Lidane
In all of my long life I have yet to hear anyone say, “We have too many low cost medical clinics around here.”
So in response to the need to win the polls back from Trump, the bench of Republican cavemen decide to just drop the masks and go full metal wingnut.
Sundew discovery on Facebook makes plant science news http://t.co/x58ivEhhiZ pic.twitter.com/5l5APJ0kvc
— Calestous Juma (@calestous) August 4, 2015
“As a botanist, I see Facebook as an important tool,” he said. “It allows me to be in touch with not only other fellow botanists, but also plant enthusiasts from all over the globe. I participate in a few plant identification groups, where people post photos of the plants they see in nature, and from these photographs, it is not rare for specialists to discover new regional records, new populations of rare plants and, now, new species.”
Read more at: phys.org
Jeb Bush is really good at explaining why he just said something that was obviously terrible.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 4, 2015
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
Just had a birthday recently, also in the 3x range. Of course, I started using hex for my birthdays years ago since it makes me sound younger. ;)
Happy Birthday!
@darth Jeb! doesn't think we need to spend half a billion dollars on women, but he'll spend a billion trying to beat one.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 4, 2015
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
It’s like synesthesia (except it’s not).
re: #180 darthstar
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That’s the difference between Trump and Jeb!: Trump doesn’t give a shit if what he says rubs people the wrong way, while Jeb! has an entire wing of his staff whose job seems to be convincing the press that their boss was saying something totally different from what he was quoted saying.
So Christie and Kasich are #9 and #10 in The Big TRUMP Debates™ sponsored by the Republican Party (who just happen to have 16 other warm bodies in the running but are just bums to The Donald™)
Ricky Perry is to the Kids stage with Ricky and Bobby and Carly and Lindsay and…snore.
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have this thing about numbers. Digits, really. And 30 has a 3 in it, which is odd (bad). And I am stuck with it for ten years.
I also assign values to vowels. E, O, and U are all inferior to I (top) and A.
Really, I probably just have a lot of issues.
for me, the only thing is even numbers being somehow superior to odd numbers. the volume settings on the tee vee, for example, can be at 10 or 12 but not at 11
re: #185 ObserverArt
So Christie and Kasich are #9 and #10 in The Big TRUMP DebatesTM sponsored by the Republican Party (who just happen to have 16 other warm bodies in the running but are just bums to The DonaldTM)
Ricky Perry is to the Kids stage with Ricky and Bobby and Carly and Lindsay and…snore.
BREAKING: Fiorina, Perry, Jindal, Graham, Santorum, Pataki, Gilmore miss cut for first GOP 2016 debate.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 4, 2015
re: #186 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
for me, the only thing is even numbers being somehow superior to odd numbers. the volume settings on the tee vee, for example, can be at 10 or 12 but not at 11
Now YOU have ISSUES!
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re: #184 Targetpractice
That’s the difference between Trump and Jeb!: Trump doesn’t give a shit if what he says rubs people the wrong way, while Jeb! has an entire wing of his staff whose job seems to be convincing the press that their boss was saying something totally different from what he was quoted saying.
the comment-tatoes still think it’s important for trump to have Serious Policy Positions and bs like that
in the meantime trump just continues to make his giant Fuck You sound and his fans eat it up
re: #185 ObserverArt
So Christie and Kasich are #9 and #10 in The Big TRUMP DebatesTM sponsored by the Republican Party (who just happen to have 16 other warm bodies in the running but are just bums to The DonaldTM)
Ricky Perry is to the Kids stage with Ricky and Bobby and Carly and Lindsay and…snore.
Kasich was higher in the polls than Perry? Fox may be pulling a fast one to let him in.
re: #186 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
for me, the only thing is even numbers being somehow superior to odd numbers. the volume settings on the tee vee, for example, can be at 10 or 12 but not at 11
I have a slight compulsive numerical thing involving the speed at which I drive on the Autobahn: I always prefer to travel at even multiples of 10, that is, at 80, 100, 120 kph, etc. I don’t like driving at 90 or 110 kph for some reason.
Maybe because those speeds are easier for me to translate into my “native” miles per hour…
The way to defeat Trump is to play on his defeats and to rail the rest of his supporters to show that he won’t give a flying fuck for them. A three-timed bankrupt loser that even his father couldn’t save his ass the first go-round. He needs to be proved he’s been a serial liar, and that his first-class facade is nothing more than first-class shit.
re: #188 Nyet
OK, so who’ll be their nominee? Bush?
At this point, I think it’s a safe bet that Jeb! is the GOP nominee. Which will lead to the same shit as the last two elections: Weeks of screeching and teeth gnashing from wingnuts, as well as threats that they’ll stay home rather than voting for a “RINO,” before they come around and decide that they’d rather a “RINO” than a Democrat be president.
re: #188 Nyet
OK, so who’ll be their nominee? Bush?
jeb has been chosen, but if trump does well in the primaries but the party elders refuse to allow him to be nominated, there might be major trouble
and perhaps even the long anticipated fatal split in the gop. if the cosmic dog is favoring us, there might even be a dramatic walk-out of the convention when jeb is crowned
re: #191 stpaulbear
Kasich was higher in the polls than Perry? Fox may be pulling a fast one to let him in.
In the end, they are free to let anybody in that they like: they are a private company, not any sort of official body or organ of the GOP (although many might think otherwise)
If you don’t like the rules they set, then organize your own damn debate.
re: #188 Nyet
OK, so who’ll be their nominee? Bush?
Way too early to tell. We have several name-calling, mud-slinging, aspersions casting, name dragging, down’n’dirty lying fests and media interviews to go!
May the bottom dwellers seek their level and the remaining body float to the surface.
re: #195 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
jeb has been chosen, but if trump does well in the primaries but the party elders refuse to allow him to be nominated, there might be major trouble
and perhaps even the long anticipated fatal split in the gop. if the cosmic dog is favoring us, there might even be a dramatic walk-out of the convention when jeb is crowned
That’s no doubt a nightmare that keeps Rinsed Prius up at night: Trump deciding that there’s enough outraged wingnuts out there calling on him to run to throw caution to the wind and attempt a third party bid.
re: #192 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I have a slight compulsive numerical thing involving the speed at which I drive on the Autobahn: I always prefer to travel at even multiples of 10, that is, at 80, 100, 120 kph, etc. I don’t like driving at 90 or 110 kph for some reason.
Maybe because those speeds are easier for me to translate into my “native” miles per hour…
yeah i do that too - sometimes i wonder why i think it is important to keep the speedometer needle exactly on the 60 or 70
re: #198 Nyet
Perot 2.0?
re: #199 Targetpractice
That’s no doubt a nightmare that keeps Rinsed Prius up at night: Trump deciding that there’s enough outraged wingnuts out there calling on him to run to throw caution to the wind and attempt a third party bid.
i dare not even hope for such an entertaining outcome
re: #130 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Happy birthday President Obama! May you have a day with little derp!
And also happy birthday me.
I’m in denial about no longer being in my 20s.
Moe Berg sends his regards….
re: #191 stpaulbear
Kasich was higher in the polls than Perry? Fox may be pulling a fast one to let him in.
Could be…I speculated that could happen back some time ago. He’s one of their boys after all and he has more new tread on his GOP tires so he could be good for TV.
I noticed Kasich shaking hands with the questioner in last evening’s NH event in some video this morning. He looked like he couldn’t be bothered or he was wasting his time at such a funky event. That’s the dickish Kasich BeachDem often talks about.
Here’s how I hope the first debate goes.
Kasich - I want him to be damn near invisible, and have almost nothing to contribute that is memorable.
Carson - A couple of good quotes - memorable zingers at Rubio or Paul
Rubio - At least one long cotton-mouthed answer that includes visible white spittle building on his lower lip.
Jeb! - He fumbled a memorized anecdote about a tshirt for sale on his page (I looked - it doesn’t exist. Fucker lied…about a t-shirt.) I hope he does the same trying to return fire on another candidate on stage if he feels slighted.
Paul - I just want him to be short and ignored. The first part he’s got down. Lindsey Graham’s not on stage so there’s nobody there to make him look like he’s similar to them.
Cruz - Loads of Jesus talk, some conspiracies about Iran and Obama, and a demonstration that he’s not as intelligent as anyone thinks he is.
Christie - May he be blessed with a combination of uncontrollable flatulence and a leaky bowel, and may his neighbors wrinkle their noses at the odor.
Huckabee - Oh, fuck that asshole and his pedophile friends.
Walker - Stage fright. And pick a fight with Jeb!
Trump - Sharp, concise responses to what he’d do. Bombastic rebuttals to Jeb! Ted, etc. that make for repeat plays on all the networks. I want him in the thirties by next week.
re: #196 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
If you don’t like the rules they set, then organize your own damn debate.
Whoa. Okay.
Given that there is nothing that could make me vote for any of them, I’m not going to give more than a rat’s pitootie about the rules.
I’m going to be rooting for injuries.
re: #202 makeitstop
Hey, I love TPOH! I used to listen to their stuff while I did Minix 1.5/ST hacking!
(I bet the Chief Lizard remembers the Atari ST event way back in the late 1980s in Southfield MI when he doing his CodeHead gig and the Atari ST 2’s and ST 4’s were being released….)
re: #202 makeitstop
Moe Berg sends his regards….
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Happy B’Day to you. Nice that you share a birthday with the Prez.
re: #207 Eric The Fruit Bat
Hey, I love TPOH! I used to listen to their stuff while I did Minix 1.5/ST hacking!
I loved ‘em, too.
And the album that ‘I’m An Adult Now’ was on has the bonus of being produced by perennial LGF fave, Todd Rundgren.
I just noticed a good point on another board, that the earlier “Kiddie Table” debate might actually be the more interesting one to watch, as those consigned to it will do everything and say virtually anything to win enough wingnut votes to get themselves back into contention.
re: #187 Targetpractice
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Poor Santorum. He finished second last time around and now can’t even make the Big Dog debates.
re: #205 darthstar
Here’s how I hope the first debate goes.
Kasich - I want him to be damn near invisible, and have almost nothing to contribute that is memorable.
Carson - A couple of good quotes - memorable zingers at Rubio or Paul
Rubio - At least one long cotton-mouthed answer that includes visible white spittle building on his lower lip.
Jeb! - He fumbled a memorized anecdote about a tshirt for sale on his page (I looked - it doesn’t exist. Fucker lied…about a t-shirt.) I hope he does the same trying to return fire on another candidate on stage if he feels slighted.
Paul - I just want him to be short and ignored. The first part he’s got down. Lindsey Graham’s not on stage so there’s nobody there to make him look like he’s similar to them.
Cruz - Loads of Jesus talk, some conspiracies about Iran and Obama, and a demonstration that he’s not as intelligent as anyone thinks he is.
Christie - May he be blessed with a combination of uncontrollable flatulence and a leaky bowel, and may his neighbors wrinkle their noses at the odor.
Huckabee - Oh, fuck that asshole and his pedophile friends.
Walker - Stage fright. And pick a fight with Jeb!
Trump - Sharp, concise responses to what he’d do. Bombastic rebuttals to Jeb! Ted, etc. that make for repeat plays on all the networks. I want him in the thirties by next week.
Oh, Trumps answers are concise, alright. “Repeal and replace it with something terrific!”
I figure the other 9 guys have to either out-crazy Trump, or get him to go just that one step too far - although given how far he’s already gone, what would that even be? Tossing an actual N-bomb?
re: #203 ObserverArt
Could be…I speculated that could happen back some time ago. He’s one of their boys after all and he has more new tread on his GOP tires so he could be good for TV.
I noticed Kasich shaking hands with the questioner in last evening’s NH event in some video this morning. He looked like he couldn’t be bothered or he was wasting his time at such a funky event. That’s the dickish Kasich BeachDem often talks about.
Oh yeah, he’s a mean one, Mr. Grinch Kasich. I think people should start running a loop of him calling the trooper an idiot when he got pulled over on 315; then the dashcam of the stop.
plunderbund.com
then there was his snotty Plain Dealer interview last year—the Plain Dealer pulled it down, and threatened to sue Plunderbund to protect their boy, Johnnie.
Since we’re getting ready for Thursday’s Circus, here’s my entry for debate Bingo.
re: #212 Nyet
A robot tries to order fast food :D
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That was great!
Here’s one that shows up on twitter frequently. I just love the sound this lady makes.
I usually watch it no less than 10 times.
Walmart Rat Scare https://t.co/XmB8x1ihzr
— Best Vines (@TheFunnyVine) October 8, 2013
re: #216 BeachDem
Thursday, really? I’m going to ignore those goings-on and focus instead on the announcement of the new World of Warcraft expansion.
:(
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: evidence of vandalized hitchhiking robot in #philly. #hitchBOTinUSA trip is over…. pic.twitter.com/VAjvGQzF3u
— AndreaWBZ (@AndreaWBZ) August 1, 2015
The child in me is really rooting for Gohmert! to make a last minute announcement.
re: #220 Nyet
My trip must come to an end for now, but my love for humans will never fade. Thanks friends: http://t.co/DabYmi6OxH pic.twitter.com/sJPVSxeawg
— hitchBOT (@hitchBOT) August 1, 2015
Acting legend Max Von Sydow has been cast as the Three-eyed Raven for next season’s Game of Thrones.
What have I done
LMFAOOOOOO ������ https://t.co/ExluPAZfKX
— Best Vines (@TheFunnyVine) August 3, 2015
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
#VETERAN #CONSTITUTION #PATRIOT #tcot #tgdn #PJNET #ccot #teaparty #LNYHBT #RNR #SGP pic.twitter.com/qGGJuXaWVo
— marc haig (@marchaig) August 2, 2015
Calif. restores voting rights to tens of thousands of people serving sentences under community supervision: http://t.co/KbWhCdQtlc
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 4, 2015
Lock your doors. There will be a Martian landing in Cleveland Thursday night. In clown capsules. It must be the real thing this time because Orson Welles has been dead for nearly 30 years.
I refer to the arrival of the hysterically heralded Fox “debate” of the people’s choices for the Republican presidential nomination. These things used to be so simple. Lincoln vs. Douglas. Kennedy vs. Nixon. Obama vs. McCain. Blah blah blah. Today, anyone with a Photo ID can run in a Republican primary. Unfortunately, many do.
re: #91 zora
All this time the media has had me believing that Jeb was the smart one.
re: #227 The Vicious Babushka
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
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let’s all renounce our citizenship and live like kings!
re: #227 The Vicious Babushka
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
“Eligibility for a housing voucher is determined by the PHA based on the total annual gross income and family size and is limited to US citizens and specified categories of non-citizens who have eligible immigration status…The maximum housing assistance is generally the lesser of the payment standard minus 30% of the family’s monthly adjusted income or the gross rent for the unit minus 30% of monthly adjusted income”
somehow this does not seem to say that illegal immigrants get free housing
The 2 men taken for questioning have in fact been released, search is still on for red 2 door pickup truck, believed to be a Mazda or Ford
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 4, 2015
Sheriff says, small type marion truck, and now saying 1 white male suspect.
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 4, 2015
re: #232 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
“Eligibility for a housing voucher is determined by the PHA based on the total annual gross income and family size and is limited to US citizens and specified categories of non-citizens who have eligible immigration status…The maximum housing assistance is generally the lesser of the payment standard minus 30% of the family’s monthly adjusted income or the gross rent for the unit minus 30% of monthly adjusted income”
somehow this does not seem to say that illegal immigrants get free housing
It’s also doubtful that “Jose” gets weekends off, like he belongs to a YOONYUN but “Joe” doesn’t.
I did not know Louie Gohmert shops at Whole Foods.
Asparagus water: This week’s overpriced yuppie Whole Foods diet trend garbage http://t.co/Xpp83tMUkB #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/JJWYoMpQOm
— The Progressive Mind (@Libertea2012) August 4, 2015
re: #229 BeachDem
Lock your doors. There will be a Martian landing in Cleveland Thursday night. In clown capsules. It must be the real thing this time because Orson Welles has been dead for nearly 30 years.
I refer to the arrival of the hysterically heralded Fox “debate” of the people’s choices for the Republican presidential nomination. These things used to be so simple. Lincoln vs. Douglas. Kennedy vs. Nixon. Obama vs. McCain. Blah blah blah. Today, anyone with a Photo ID can run in a Republican primary. Unfortunately, many do.
in the future all american citizens will be required to run for the republican nomination
re: #216 BeachDem
You forgot Planned Parenthood.
re: #227 The Vicious Babushka
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
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Where the fuck did they pull those numbers from?!?!
re: #238 Eclectic Cyborg
Where the fuck did they pull those numbers from?!?!
Don’t ask questions to which you really don’t want to know the answers.
#BREAKING: Lakebay Marina is being evacuated. A man on a boat claims to have a bomb. Gathering details for #liveonkomo
— KOMO News (@komonews) August 4, 2015
More: Man fires shots from boat; threatens to blow up Lakebay marina http://t.co/W9KL9aERk7
— KOMO News (@komonews) August 4, 2015
Stand back - we’re about to get a navigation bar at LGF for the first time ever. I just need to finish writing an About page.
re: #235 The Vicious Babushka
Dumb enough that Whole Paycheck has apologized for it.
re: #237 Eclectic Cyborg
You forgot Planned Parenthood.
I went with the “real war on women” instead.
re: #243 Chan Kobun
Dumb enough that Whole Paycheck has apologized for it.
“Accidentally” selling? Dafuq?
re: #243 Chan Kobun
Dumb enough that Whole Paycheck has apologized for it.
They should fine that California store for frivolous water wasteage.
re: #235 The Vicious Babushka
I did not know Louie Gohmert shops at Whole Foods.
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Hell, I make asparagus water myself after a few spears….
THIS DOCU SHOWS TRUMP’S BALD SPOT
Watch the documentary #DonaldTrump fought decades to kill: http://t.co/csTem3GYPQ #p2 #tcot pic.twitter.com/IujzKMC5uK
— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) August 3, 2015
re: #248 The Vicious Babushka
“I’ll bet my little Scotty’s bald spot against Trump’s any day!” — David H. Koch
re: #246 The Vicious Babushka
They should fine that California store for frivolous water wasteage.
If I had to guess, I’d say the idea came from a couple folks at a Whole Foods betting on how gullible their clientele might be.
Odd. Those who feel superior are often compelled to tell others, presumably because it’s not otherwise obvious to anyone.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 4, 2015
re: #249 De Kolta Chair
“I’ll put Walker’s bald spot against Trump’s any day!” — David H. Koch
Oh, well, at least he doesn’t use Popeil’s Head Paint.
Or flocking.
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
White male suspect, so it’s not terrorism or thuggery.
re: #254 Skip Intro
White male suspect, so it’s not terrorism or thuggery.
Lone Wolf. Nobody could have predicted. Too soon to talk about gun control.
re: #249 De Kolta Chair
“I’ll bet my little Scotty’s bald spot against Trump’s any day!” — David H. Koch
Somebody should photoshop Scotty’s bald spot with a tattoo of “Owned By Koch Industries”
re: #255 Blind Frog Belly White
Lone Wolf. Nobody could have predicted. Too soon to talk about gun control.
How dare you politicize this. Good guy with a gun. Police take too long.
A bad day for the contractor that set off the foam system in the Minnesota national guard hanger. Ten aircraft inside pic.twitter.com/tzQskacl0q
— APF Magazine (@APFMagazine) August 4, 2015
re: #258 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I really, really needed that laugh. Thank you.
re: #259 thedopefishlives
I really, really needed that laugh. Thank you.
Hey, now they know it works. ;)
re: #258 klys (maker of Silmarils)
A bad day for the contractor that set off the foam system in the Minnesota national guard hanger. Ten aircraft inside
That’s going to be a non-budgeted expense
I bet Minnesota will insist the fed’s pickup the tab to clean that mess up
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
Odd. Those who feel superior are often compelled to tell others, presumably because it’s not otherwise obvious to anyone.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 4, 2015
“Deep that is, yessssss”//
re: #258 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Former contractor.
re: #263 Eclectic Cyborg
Former contractor.
“Security to the aircraft hangar for a contractor dismissal.”
“Yes, sir, but, uh, there’s a problem.”
“What is it?”
“We, uh, can’t get the doors open.”
Is it too early to speculate on what the GOP “A” team will be wearing Thursday night?
I’ll go way out on a limb and guess dark suits, white shirts, red ties, and flag pins.
Trump’s pin may be bigger than normal, blink, and spell out the word TRUMP in gold letters.
Albuquerque kindergarten teacher makes strange discovery in classroom http://t.co/zAgp3S4rQs
— KOB 4 (@KOB4) August 4, 2015
A local kindergarten teacher discovered a makeshift entertainment center including a bed in her classroom that indicates someone has been hanging out in the portable class.
However, that person has not been found.
According to a police report, the Mary Ann Binford Elementary School teacher walked into her classroom and found the movie “Peeples” playing in the class DVD player, a mat, a towel and six bootleg DVDs.
To add to the strange discovery, investigators said someone tampered with the school surveillance system.
The movies found are not kindergarten appropriate.
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Idaho’s ban on undercover animal abuse videos struck down by federal judge
A federal judge struck down Idaho’s ban on undercover videos at factory farms Monday, saying state legislators wrongly criminalized free speech to protect powerful agricultural groups.
Animal rights advocates called the ruling the first such defeat for a so-called ag-gag law in the U.S. The laws have gained popularity in some states as activists continue to publish undercover videos showing animal abuse at facilities around the country.
The remedy for misleading speech, or speech we do not like, is more speech, not enforced silence. - U.S. Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the District of IdahoU.S. Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the District of Idaho swept away the state’s ban on the grounds that the law violated the 1st Amendment and selectively targeted activists or journalists who might be critical of factory farm practices.
“The effect of the statute will be to suppress speech by undercover investigators and whistleblowers concerning topics of great public importance: the safety of the public food supply, the safety of agricultural workers, the treatment and health of farm animals, and the impact of business activities on the environment,” Winmill wrote in a summary judgment.
The judge said that “the facts show the state’s purpose in enacting the statute was to protect industrial animal agriculture by silencing its critics.”
The judge said that “the facts show the state’s purpose in enacting the statute was to protect industrial animal agriculture by silencing its critics.”
Isn’t protecting big business and silencing critics the entire point of government these days?
re: #269 Skip Intro
Isn’t protecting big business and silencing critics the entire point of government these days?
Depressing but true.
re: #270 thedopefishlives
Depressing but true.
You have to expect this when the entire government is for sale, legally, to the highest bidder.
Quietly lurking,
Been so busy, needed to take a break from coding, graphics are a change, enjoy.
Anyways…
re: #273 Usually refered to as anyways
Quietly lurking,
Been so busy, needed to take a break from coding, graphics are a change, enjoy.
Anyways…
I may have to steal that one for the next Trump post.
re: #258 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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“Look at all the meringue you can make with these giant eggbeaters!”
Can @msnbc please tell me what time slot the new @SarahPalinUSA Show is going to air? I hear it's taking the @edshow old spot.
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 5, 2015
re: #274 Charles Johnson
I may have to steal that one for the next Trump post.
You would be most welcome.
re: #277 Usually refered to as anyways
You would be most welcome.
It would be cool if you changed the name to “Biff Trump.”
Watching Alex Wagner on msnbc, Ted Cruz spokesperson doesn’t even know how daylight savings time works. Said 5 o’clock east coast debate will be 8 o’clock on the west coast.
I felt like this after listening to him
Youtube Video
“I work at Facebook” = “I spent 5 hours today removing photos of Lenny Kravitz's dick from our website”
— Eli Braden (@EliBraden) August 4, 2015
File under “no shit?”
#GOPDebate CommitteeChairman #TreyGowdy implicated inthe NYTimes' botched Clinton emailsstory http://t.co/fawiQRVXb2 pic.twitter.com/DkVNfq8R3k
— Larry (@crazylary51) August 4, 2015
Seeing Mike Wiener’s post on the Mayan prophecy up above got me thinking:
Of course the Mayan calendar didn’t “run out” in 2012—the Baktun number just changed from 12 to 13. It’s scandalous, but even scholars commonly refer to this as the “13th Baktun”. Of course, unlike the Western calendar, there was a 0th Baktun, so this is really the 14th. So the 13th Baktun ran from (I get) September 27, 1617 to December 21, 2012. Maybe 13 is an unlucky number—a lot of nasty shit happened during the (real) 13th Baktun. Does that mean things will start getting better?
Hey, if you can (mis)use the Mayan calendar to forecast doom, I can use it to forecast improvement.
re: #279 Charles Johnson
It would be cool if you changed the name to “Biff Trump.”
That would be so delicious…
re: #285 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Seeing Mike Wiener’s post on the Mayan prophecy up above got me thinking:
Of course the Mayan calendar didn’t “run out” in 2012—the Baktun number just changed from 12 to 13. It’s scandalous, but even scholars commonly refer to this as the “13th Baktun”. Of course, unlike the Western calendar, there was a 0th Baktun, so this is really the 14th. So the 13th Baktun ran from (I get) September 27, 1617 to December 21, 2012. Maybe 13 is an unlucky number—a lot of nasty shit happened during the (real) 13th Baktun. Does that mean things will start getting better?
Hey, if you can (mis)use the Mayan calendar to forecast doom, I can use it to forecast improvement.
Wait - so it wasn’t just that the Mayans started writing their circular calendar in letters that were too big, and ran out of room?
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#NowPlaying Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos > Live in San Francisco > El Corrido de Jesse James http://t.co/Ds7AiPHY4E pic.twitter.com/Yc78iODWcx
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
re: #285 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Hey, if you can (mis)use the Mayan calendar to forecast doom, I can use it to forecast improvement.
No one on talk radio ever made a buck by forecasting improvement. Preaching FUD is the only way to make the big bucks.
As expected, Jeb! began walking back from his asinine statement about slashing and burning health care for women.
Except that he is simply parroting the same thing every other GOPer, including himself, would actually do if given the chance.
No @JebBush you didn't misspeak. You said exact same thing every other GOPer wants: slash/burn health care funding https://t.co/kgdlMByS9D
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 5, 2015
re: #285 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Of course, unlike the Western calendar, there was a 0th Baktun
PROOF that the mayan civilization was founded by ancient alien C programmers from the alpha centauri nebula
re: #251 Blind Frog Belly White
If I had to guess, I’d say the idea came from a couple folks at a Whole Foods betting on how gullible their clientele might be.
This why back in the days of the Soviet Union, at the Olympics or anyplace where Soviet athletes would mix with outsiders, and people would give them chewing gum, it would be confiscated with a serious tongue-lashing. The Soviets pictured a shadowy group of capitalists sitting in a smoke-filled room and saying: “Hey, I bet we could get people to chew rubber if we market it right!”
Can’t say as I disagree with them….
When your hear 'small govt', remember that Conservatives want small govt for the same reason criminals want small police force. #GOPDebate
— imfabulous (@imfabulous13) August 5, 2015
re: #284 darthstar
File under “no shit?”
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No matter how much he gets dressed up, that dude just looks like a crackhead to me.
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
When your hear ‘small govt’, remember that Conservatives want small govt for the same reason criminals want small police force
i regret that i have but one upding to give & etc.
re: #297 Charles Johnson
It’s an awesome picture.
Meet The Laziest, Most Genius Dad In The World. pic.twitter.com/K0rdpxwkS6
— You had one job (@_youhadonejob) August 5, 2015
Simon the Cat refuses to Dog.
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Just like me when Dragon_lady takes me shopping.
Trump pretended to run for president since 1988, but it took 22 years for him to act racist enough for conservatives to take him seriously.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 5, 2015
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
And not deceptively edited!
Some rich Texans just blew $17 million for @GovernorPerry to sit at the kiddie table. 2016 super PACs http://t.co/mX0Cs81gzf
— Barbie Williams (@Barbie892) August 5, 2015
re: #306 jaunte
Crikey, that’s a hell of a lot of money.
You'll have to excuse my schadenfreude, as some right wing bloggers realize their audience is full of racists http://t.co/KotqwBzo0x
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
It’s not like I’ve been trying to tell them about the racists for years or anything. This is your audience, right wing bloggers. Enjoy.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
When I published that post, a troll registered 5 accounts named: “nigggerman, niggggerman, nignogman, junglebunny, nigggergravedigger”…
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
And this psycho posted hundreds of hateful comments at LGF in the middle of the night.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
These are the people who now dominate the comment sections at the most popular right wing websites.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
The biggest check to support Perry was written by Dallas billionaire Kelcy Warren, chief executive of an energy pipeline, who gave $6 million to one of three pro-Perry super PACs, as CNN first reported. Warren also happens to be the finance chairman of Perry’s campaign, and in February the former governor landed a spot on the board of Warren’s company, Energy Transfer Partners, the Texas Tribune reported.
Nice back scratching.
re: #111 The Vicious Babushka
FUCK THIS GUY==>
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Looks like Bush is running to be the healthcare President. Step one: cut a half a billion dollars from women’s healthcare. Step two: phase out Medicare.
When I pointed out the absolutely insane number of racist comments at Breitbartocom, Andrew Breitbart accused *me* of planting them all.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
re: #308 Charles Johnson
Those people infest the comments of most regular newsites too.
*DON’T READ THE COMMENTS*
Except here, the comments here are cool.
????? ???????? ”The best part of the morning is knowing that someone is waiting for you to wake up” HUGS? pic.twitter.com/32Mg9Y8cxY
— Sahil (@iamSAHlL) August 4, 2015
Because this happens much too early every morning…
niterz, lizardz!
re: #313 teleskiguy
*DON’T READ THE COMMENTS*
Except here, the comments here are cool.
Sometimes I have to wake up at 4am to keep them cool.
re: #315 Charles Johnson
Sometimes I have to wake up at 4am to keep them cool.
I saw that, stupid troll polluted the place up good.
May I suggest an early bedtime, boss?
re: #315 Charles Johnson
Sometimes I have to wake up at 4am to keep them cool.
Yeah, but it’s the price you pay to have the best online community out there. Seriously, where else can you go where you can read up on current events and not expect to see racist douchebags or other assorted asshattery in the comments?
Rachel Maddow is ripping on FOX and how they finagled the poll numbers different from how they originally claimed they would to get Johnny Kasich in the debate.
So, are we going to have a real pissed off Texan Ex-governor now, feeling betrayed by FOX/Ailes? Is it going to be war between Kasich and Perry? Are those big-money men behind Perry (see above) going to be wanting some heads for this?
Does anyone really care?
I know what I care for. I want anything that gets FOX hated by conservatives.
Fuckin’ troll(s) left a comment every few seconds for almost an hour, at different times in the middle of the night. WTF?!? Psycho.
re: #213 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, Trumps answers are concise, alright. “Repeal and replace it with something terrific!”
I figure the other 9 guys have to either out-crazy Trump, or get him to go just that one step too far - although given how far he’s already gone, what would that even be? Tossing an actual N-bomb?
That is what it would probably take. He could call Mexicans “wetbacks”, and the controversy would just drive his poll numbers higher.
How Planned Parenthood actually uses its federal funding. http://t.co/27nAysL9Vr pic.twitter.com/QsaX6ZeyiO
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) August 5, 2015
re: #167 Jenner7
I haven’t heard if Sanders is making any statements about women’s issues, but between him arguing economic issues, Clinton arguing women and family issues, and O’Malley arguing immigration, not only are the Democrats arguing the right things, but the contrast between the Democrat and Republicans will be stark and obvious.
As long as we’re posting pet comments, I’m going to repost a dead-thread comment I made last night:
I stopped at a Dairy Queen for dinner tonight and sat at their outdoor patio. A couple groups with dogs in tow also showed up. The first group bought an ice cream cone for their dog, and the other dog watched enviously. Then the second group came out with their treats and they didn’t buy any treats for their dog. He was obviously ‘WTF’ while watching his humans slurp down their chocolate Blizzards and he wound up barking at the other group because he wanted a treat so bad and the owner and her kids were completely oblivious. The dog wound up spending 5 minutes trying to lick the remains of some old ice cream from the concrete patio.
I almost when in an bought a cone for the dog, but I figured there was too much of a possibility that they wouldn’t give it to him. Honestly, if you’re going to take your dog to the Dairy Queen, he gets a treat.
Another new thread in 5…4…3…2…?
Stay classy, Danagunz
Apparently Senator Warren fell and hit her head and woke up thinking she was an American Indian in 2011. #FirstWomanOfColorHarvardLaw
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 5, 2015
re: #326 stpaulbear
As long as we’re posting pet comments, I’m going to repost a dead-thread comment I made last night:
Another new thread in 5…4…3…2…?
ignatz gets to taste whatever the humans are eating
OT. But is anyone here on a macbook pro circa ‘10 or so? Everytime I wake it up and attempt to scroll down a page(any page, on any site) the whole freaking thing shuts down. *poof*
The intertubes tell me it’s a chrome glitch. Anybody?
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? pic.twitter.com/r6ux3q2haR
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 5, 2015
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
LOL Stonewall Jackson, in addition to being a traitor, was fragged by his own men
TT:@ LessGovMoreFun: . Here is how you know you have the most reliable soldier available: #StoneWallJackson #TCOT pic.twitter.com/5Hkfgd3rP7
— Clearly Conservative (@PatriotTweetz) August 5, 2015
BTW “Clearly Conservative” is an auto retweet bot, this meme was created by @LessGovMoreFun who is blocked.
I expect the racist troll to make another run at us tonight.
re: #332 The Vicious Babushka
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
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BTW “Clearly Conservative” is an auto retweet bot, this meme was created by @LessGovMoreFun who is blocked.
I thought it was only “fragging” if they do it intentionally rather than by accident..
re: #330 alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin
Yep. I’m running chrome and it’s happened to me a few times too. Not every time. I click on the comments button and it throws me to the front page.
re: #333 Charles Johnson
I expect the racist troll to make another run at us tonight.
Oh, goody! NOT…
Bug Report:
running chrome, whenever i click to “refresh ratings” (& some other things as well) and an ad is shown because of the click, I am bopped out to the main page
Bush’s campaign now says he misspoke :
“With regards to women’s health funding broadly, I misspoke, as there are countless community health centers, rural clinics, and other women’s health organizations that need to be fully funded. They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don’t have the access they need.
“I was referring to the hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood - an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs. Democrats and Republicans agree we absolutely must defund them and redirect those funds to other women’s health organizations.”
re: #335 stpaulbear
Yep. I’m running chrome and it’s happened to me a few times too. Not every time. I click on the comments button and it throws me to the front page.
humph great minds think alike
Is anyone else having a problem with Tweetdeck? It takes forever to type a Tweet, like back in the days of the 1200 baud modem.
re: #335 stpaulbear
That used to happen. But now my computer literally just goes ‘screen of death’ on me & restarts. Then I go through the whole report to Apple process and *boom* it goes down again.
Don’t get me started on Adobe CC. Cs4 was just fine until I installed CC. Now, no CS4 for me.
Apologies for the OT.
Chrome is evil personified. It needs refreshed often or it does wacky things sometimes never to be repeated. I’ve had it run out of gas and reassemble an LGF page using cached stuff and it’s like what the hell is this? If I see anything strange, I don’t hesitate to think it’s Chrome needing a refresh.
re: #333 Charles Johnson
Just close registration while you’re asleep. :)
re: #345 ObserverArt
Whereas I have never really had problems with Chrome until Flash decides to take a big steaming UpChuck on the floor.
I’m clearing cache, since I use Chrome on 2 machines and it’s linked
Maybe that’s what broke Tweetdeck
The navigation bar is now live. About page coming soon. Everything else works.
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Is anyone else having a problem with Tweetdeck? It takes forever to type a Tweet, like back in the days of the 1200 baud modem.
Tweetdeck has been getting very sluggish recently - I’ve noticed it too.
re: #345 ObserverArt
You on a mac? So safari? I’m not a fan of safari. Opera?
re: #242 Charles Johnson
Stand back - we’re about to get a navigation bar at LGF for the first time ever. I just need to finish writing an About page.
Don’t forget about us in your about page.
re: #345 ObserverArt
Chrome is evil personified. It needs refreshed often or it does wacky things sometimes never to be repeated. I’ve had it run out of gas and reassemble an LGF page using cached stuff and it’s like what the hell is this? If I see anything strange, I don’t hesitate to think it’s Chrome needing a refresh.
My Chrome does a weird thing. When I open a new tab, I get Bing search window.
There’s a new addition to Police cruisers in Greenup county, Kentucky…
Most local residents support the change.
re: #334 jamesfirecat
I thought it was only “fragging” if they do it intentionally rather than by accident..
You could call it “blue on blue”, but they were the gray, and that gets confusing.
re: #354 Eclectic Cyborg
Well, aren’t they special.
re: #354 Eclectic Cyborg
Which god? (stirring pot)
re: #354 Eclectic Cyborg
To messers. Nehemiah Dodge, Ephraim Robbins, & Stephen S. Nelson, a committee of the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut.
Gentlemen
The affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express towards me, on behalf of the Danbury Baptist association, give me the highest satisfaction. my duties dictate a faithful and zealous pursuit of the interests of my constituents, & in proportion as they are persuaded of my fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing.
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man, and tender you for yourselves & your religious association, assurances of my high respect & esteem.
Th Jefferson
Jan. 1. 1802.
re: #354 Eclectic Cyborg
There’s a new addition to Police cruisers in Greenup county, Kentucky…
“In God we trust…”
“…all others post bail”.
re: #354 Eclectic Cyborg
But does God trust them??
re: #360 Jenner7
But does God trust them??
Hell no. Nobody in their right mind would, not even a deity.
re: #361 GlutenFreeJesus
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Iscariot Order is maybe a touch too…popish…for this crowd.
Seems like to me we need a “Lathe of Heaven” event.
Too bad it won’t happen.
The new navigation bar has a Categories list that lets you jump immediately to an index page showing the posts in that category. And it shows different category lists for front page articles and LGF Pages.
“In God we trust…”
Everyone else gets the full frisk.
re: #354 Eclectic Cyborg
There’s a new addition to Police cruisers in Greenup county, Kentucky…
Most local residents support the change.
Someone should add “All others pay cash”
re: #326 stpaulbear
As long as we’re posting pet comments, I’m going to repost a dead-thread comment I made last night:
Another new thread in 5…4…3…2…?
Starbucks has a “Poocharino” for folks with pets, it’s just a cup of whipped cream. Yes, when you go out, the pet person should get a treat too.
RBS
re: #371 Belafon
Remember, it’s only cool if it’s Christianity. Anything else is very clearly NOT what the founders intended and is right out.
re: #366 jaunte
Pass the “tip basket” around at the jail.
Sweet navbar!
I redesigned the engineering analytics page at work, that was fun, but before I can do the code behind I have to update about eleventy bazilliion SQL stored procedures.
re: #373 thedopefishlives
Ah yes-preach it, Scott Liveley!
re: #365 Charles Johnson
The new navigation bar has a Categories list that lets you jump immediately to an index page showing the posts in that category. And it shows different category lists for front page articles and LGF Pages.
Mah Pages never looked so good together. Really sharp!
re: #354 Eclectic Cyborg
There’s a new addition to Police cruisers in Greenup county, Kentucky…
Most local residents support the change.
Well, you know that the Constitution only supports the religious freedom of Christians. Not all those other religions worshiping their false gods and idols. I know it’s true, because Scott Lively said so….
“Well, I don’t actually believe in ‘religious freedom,’ the way that the term is used,” Lively explained. “I know that when you use it and when most people use it, you’re talking about Christianity. We’re not talking about freedom for Islam and freedom for Buddhism and Hinduism as if they’re equal with God.
“The number-one Commandment is ‘You shall have no other gods before me.’ And when we forget that and we start accepting this concept of religious pluralism and we say that Jesus Christ is really no higher an authority in America than Buddha or Mohammed or even Satan, that’s when we have really dropped the ball and we have brought disfavor from God on us.”
- See more at: rightwingwatch.org
That’s not the way it works…. that’s not the way any of this works.
RBS
re: #378 RealityBasedSteve
Well, you know that the Constitution only supports the religious freedom of Christians. Not all those other religions worshiping their false gods and idols. I know it’s true, because Scott Lively said so….
That’s not the way it works…. that’s not the way any of this works.
RBS
Jesus H. Christ, someone actually said that out loud? How utterly fucking insane!
How Planned Parenthood actually uses its federal funding. http://t.co/27nAysL9Vr pic.twitter.com/QsaX6ZeyiO
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) August 5, 2015
Look at this asshole. See what he did?
re: #379 thedopefishlives
Jesus H. Christ, someone actually said that out loud? How utterly fucking insane!
This is the guy who’d been trying (with some success) to get African countries to adopt the death penalty for homosexuality. He’s a pig.
re: #378 RealityBasedSteve
Well, you know that the Constitution only supports the religious freedom of Christians. Not all those other religions worshiping their false gods and idols. I know it’s true, because Scott Lively said so….
That’s not the way it works…. that’s not the way any of this works.
RBS
Uh Danagunz, community public health centers test for STDs and give vaccinations. They do not do birth control.
Women (and men) who want REAL health care should check community health centers. 10 to 1 more than PP and they do a full suite of services.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 5, 2015
re: #381 stpaulbear
This is the guy who’d been trying (with some success) to get African countries to adopt the death penalty for homosexuality.
Bring him over here. He’s got a last-minute appointment with my wrath. This shit, right here, is why Christians are a laughingstock and a farce. I swear, we’re not all this utterly brain-dead!
re: #385 calochortus
And this. Wherein pastor opening a city council meeting with a prayer gives his opinion on abortion. Council considers ditching prayer.
I’m atheist, but I would love to go to a council meeting and have my entire prayer be about apologizing to Jesus about not following his rules about praying in public.
re: #387 Belafon
I’m atheist, but I would love to go to a council meeting and have my entire prayer be about apologizing to Jesus about not following his rules about praying in public.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
Imagine the right wing splodey heads if cops in say, Dearborn, wanted to put “Allahu Akbar” on their vehicles.
OT… I did well on my divemaster skills test. We didn’t get all of them done, one of the candidates really wasn’t very confident or sure of them, and that slowed the whole thing down. On a 5 point scale I pretty much averaged a 4.66 for the evaluations. I did make a bit of mess of one of them, and I knew it as soon as I did it. No big deal however.
re: #390 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine the right wing splodey heads if cops in say, Dearborn, wanted to put “Allahu Akbar” on their vehicles.
Cops in Dearborn are mostly white Christians.
re: #393 The Vicious Babushka
Cops in Dearborn are mostly white Christians.
That’s OK, they can use it to bond with the local community.
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re: #394 calochortus
That’s OK, they can use it to bond with the local community.
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Then it’s proof that they are supporting Shariah Law (and Order)
RBS
Working on a hurricane themed novel. Basically a “storm of the century” hits the U.S. gulf states type thing. Katrina on steroids. I know it’s not the most original premise but I live down here and I think I can pull it off.
Don’t have a title as of yet.
OT, but BBC is getting a rise out of Doctor Who fans.
First this picture yesterday.
Doctor& Clara, and a boring explosionAnd then someone at the BBC did this.
Look at the captionand then Jenna Coleman took to her Instagram and did this.
This will cause head-explosions. But I love love stories!
re: #397 Eclectic Cyborg
Working on a hurricane themed novel. Basically a “storm of the century” hits the U.S. gulf states type thing. Katrina on steroids. I know it’s not the most original premise but I live down here and I think I can pull it off.
Don’t have a title as of yet.
MISSISSIPPI DROWNING
re: #393 The Vicious Babushka
Cops in Dearborn are mostly white Christians.
I kind of figured. I would think nationwide the same holds true for the most part.
Which is of course, part of the issue. Ideally, a police force should have a similar makeup to the community it serves.
re: #399 The Vicious Babushka
MISSISSIPPI DROWNING
heh. I was actually thinking of something simply like 183 (representing hurricane windspeed) or maybe just The Fury. I had thought of Cat 5 but that seems a tad cliche to me.
re: #397 Eclectic Cyborg
Working on a hurricane themed novel. Basically a “storm of the century” hits the U.S. gulf states type thing. Katrina on steroids. I know it’s not the most original premise but I live down here and I think I can pull it off.
Don’t have a title as of yet.
Sharkicane!
re: #401 Eclectic Cyborg
heh. I was actually thinking of something simply like 183 (representing hurricane windspeed) or maybe just The Fury. I had thought of Cat 5 but that seems a tad cliche to me.
I think of Cat 5 as a type of cable
re: #397 Eclectic Cyborg
The Great Ultra-Low Pressure System of Death - The Gulf Coast’s Ultimate Reckoning
re: #279 Charles Johnson
It would be cool if you changed the name to “Biff Trump.”
Better late than never, I was head down again.
Oh I long for the day I can keep up with the comments, always a few posts behind.
Timezones, how do they work?
!!!ITS MY ALMANAC!!!Anyways…
re: #407 Usually refered to as anyways
Better late than never, I was head down again.
Oh I long for the day I can keep up with the comments, always a few posts behind.
Timezones, how do they work?Image: !!!ITS MY ALMANAC!!!Anyways…
That looks phenomenal.
re: #397 Eclectic Cyborg
Watching the River Blow By
re: #403 The Vicious Babushka
I think of Cat 5 as a type of cable
Cat 5, Cat 5e & Cat 6.
I see those designations in my sleep.
They keep me awake at night.
RG45 & keystone are my bedtime stories.
Hannity thinks it’s infanticide because, in the latest video, they are talking about harvesting whole babies.
My god, they are really stupid.
re: #383 The Vicious Babushka\
@DLoesch As long as they're willing to be proselytized to? Take your AK47 and shove it where the sun don't shine-I hear U like it there.
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@Xericdafruitbat) August 5, 2015
The thing is…If you #DefundPlannedParenthood, you must defund/remove tax credits for every U.S. hospital that handles human tissue.
— Kimberly Krautter (@KimbrlyKrautter) August 5, 2015
FACT CHECK — Here are the LAWS under which EVERY U.S. hospital/clinic handles discarded/donated human tissue http://t.co/h4K5pm1Zad
— Kimberly Krautter (@KimbrlyKrautter) August 5, 2015
re: #351 alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin
You on a mac? So safari? I’m not a fan of safari. Opera?
Sorry, ran off and mixed a batch of wood epoxy for some repairs on my old trim.
I’m on a Windows 7 Pro 32 bit.
re: #410 b_sharp
And Banyan Vines your nightmare.
— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) August 3, 2015
re: #411 Jenner7
Hannity thinks it’s infanticide because, in the latest video, they are talking about harvesting whole babies.
My god, they are really stupid.
And they are boxing the GOP into another government shutdown, which will once again enrage the country against the GOP until they relent and reopen the government, then the wingnuts will be enraged at the GOP for failing to defund PP. Its a lose-lose for the GOP.
Tonight! Someday when Trump is president, we'll all look back on this and not laugh.
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 5, 2015
re: #411 Jenner7
Hannity thinks it’s infanticide because, in the latest video, they are talking about harvesting whole babies.
My god, they are really stupid.
Don’t waste ‘em, we’re gonna need to expend those babies in the Iran invasion.
re: #416 Dave In Austin
Sometimes, timelines are pretty funny:
Lenny Kravitz's penis appears to be polling high enough to make the cut for the Fox News #GOPDebate
— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) August 5, 2015
re: #420 jaunte
Don’t waste ‘em, we’re gonna need to expend those babies in the Iran invasion.
“If women keep having abortions, how are we supposed to keep having wars?”
Since the 10th anniversary is just around the corner I though I’d share these pics I took of Katrina damage along the Biloxi waterfront in July 2006. This was the first time I ever visited the area. I should also note the shopping plaza shown in some of the pics has since been torn down and rebuilt, as have most of the pre-Katrina structures along the beach save for the Casinos.
re: #423 Eclectic Cyborg
You have to wonder if the Mississippi coast will ever recover.
At least in New Orleans’ case, they now have some incredible Flood Defenses. But, Mississippi can’t have those.
Of course, now we still have to figure out what to do with NYC and its near non-existent defenses.
re: #401 Eclectic Cyborg
heh. I was actually thinking of something simply like 183 (representing hurricane windspeed) or maybe just The Fury. I had thought of Cat 5 but that seems a tad cliche to me.
The falling barometric pressure aspect of the storm has always scared/intrigued me.
I had a boss that went through Andrew in Miami, he said his huge armoire was walking down the hallway.
re: #424 The War TARDIS
You have to wonder if the Mississippi coast will ever recover.
At least in New Orleans’ case, they now have some incredible Flood Defenses. But, Mississippi can’t have those.
Of course, now we still have to figure out what to do with NYC and its near non-existent defenses.
Don’t worry, with rising sea levels, NYC will be underwater soon enough, then there will be nothing to figure out!
Sorry about the Doctor Who spasm. It made me so happy though.
Especially since, for me, relationship stuff is looking up.
re: #424 The War TARDIS
At least in New Orleans’ case, they now have some incredible Flood Defenses.
I first misread that as incredible Food Defenses, and had to agree.
The Mississippi Coast has actually recovered nicely though understandably there’s not the level of construction on the beach that existed pre-2005. New Orleans on the other hand has been moving a lot more slowly.
re: #410 b_sharp
Cat 5, Cat 5e & Cat 6.
I see those designations in my sleep.
They keep me awake at night.
RG45 & keystone are my bedtime stories.
Bah, twisted pair is easy. Think back to the day of Token Net and 10base2…
re: #428 jaunte
That too.
Experts have said that the River itself is a vulnerability, but it is much, much smaller than the vulnerabilities before.
Not to mention, the last time those levees on the river were breached was before the Civil War.
In May, a marijuana dispensary in Santa Ana, California called Sky High Holistic was raided by the police, who claimed it did not have a valid permit.
It started off like a standard raid—the police banged on the door, ordered customers onto the floor, and proceeded to sniff around.
Then police started to dismantle the security cameras—which was caught on tape by one of the cameras they missed. The footage goes on to show the officers chumming around, playing darts, and snacking on edibles, before making some unsavory remarks about the dispensary manager, Marla James, who is an amputee. In one exchange, an officer asks, “Did you punch that one-legged guerita?” and another replies, “I was about to kick her in her fucking nub.”
re: #431 William Lewis
Coaxial FTW!
Actually, I remember in college crimping connectors for an RS-485 bus for a satellite onboard communications system. Ugh. If I never have to crimp another pin in my life, it’ll be too soon.
re: #407 Usually refered to as anyways
Better late than never, I was head down again.
Oh I long for the day I can keep up with the comments, always a few posts behind.
Timezones, how do they work?Image: !!!ITS MY ALMANAC!!!Anyways…
Seriously, put your copyright/mark on it. If anything your twitter addy.
Texan, Christian, pro-lifer explains Sandra Bland:
Many Black Americans are heroes and role models and most live right. But the bad apples are higher per pop. in Blacks than others.
— Cau/US/Prot/Texan (@TexasEHS) August 4, 2015
re: #436 jaunte
Texan, Christian, pro-lifer explains Sandra Bland:
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I’m sure he has the stats to back that up.
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re: #433 Dave In Austin
Ughhh…..I’m seriously almost to the point of: “Fuck cops.” As in, the vast majority suck and shouldn’t have badges.
Bigot/Cau/US/Prot/Texan, There, fixed it for you.@TexasEHS
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 5, 2015
re: #431 William Lewis
Bah, twisted pair is easy. Think back to the day of Token Net and 10base2…
I cut my teeth on Arcnet, and moved up to 10base2
re: #328 The Vicious Babushka
She picked the wrong group/person to pick on.
re: #433 Dave In Austin
In May, a marijuana dispensary in Santa Ana, California called Sky High Holistic was raided by the police, who claimed it did not have a valid permit.
It started off like a standard raid—the police banged on the door, ordered customers onto the floor, and proceeded to sniff around.
Then police started to dismantle the security cameras—which was caught on tape by one of the cameras they missed. The footage goes on to show the officers chumming around, playing darts, and snacking on edibles, before making some unsavory remarks about the dispensary manager, Marla James, who is an amputee. In one exchange, an officer asks, “Did you punch that one-legged guerita?” and another replies, “I was about to kick her in her fucking nub.”
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Fuck the police.
re: #436 jaunte
Texan, Christian, pro-lifer explains Sandra Bland:
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IOW, racist thug defends racist thugs.
re: #440 b_sharp
I cut my teeth on Arcnet, and moved up to 10base2
Lantastic. Instead of the evil Novelle.
Fuck tha police
Comin straight from the underground
Young nigga got it bad ‘cause I’m brown
And not the other color so police think
They have the authority to kill a minorityFuck that shit, ‘cause I ain’t tha one
For a punk muthafucka with a badge and a gun
To be beatin on, and throwin in jail
We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cellFuckin with me ‘cause I’m a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a pager
Searchin my car, lookin for the product
Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics
27 years. This was written 27 YEARS AGO. Replace “pager” with “cell phone” and it might as well have been last week.
Consider yourself the problem. .@TexasEHS
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 5, 2015
re: #422 Belafon
“If women keep having abortions, how are we supposed to keep having wars?”
That was the motivation in the early 20th Century, when abortion began being made illegal—it was depriving the State of cannon-fodder.
Well gang, I’m off to bed. Have some reading to do, and then to sleep I will go.
Be Good, and remember to always steer into the direction of a skid.
RBS
re: #444 Great White Snark
Man, that’s going way back-Cat 1/Token Ring? Wowsers.
re: #449 Eric The Fruit Bat
Man, that’s going way back-Cat 1/Token Ring? Wowsers.
Token ring! Slowly I turned,
Step by step, inch by inch…
re: #450 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Token ring! Slowly I turned,
Step by step, inch by inch…
It was flaky, but we had fun telling users that the token had fallen out when they were having outages.
re: #407 Usually refered to as anyways
Better late than never, I was head down again.
Oh I long for the day I can keep up with the comments, always a few posts behind.
Timezones, how do they work?Image: !!!ITS MY ALMANAC!!!Anyways…
YOU ROCK
UPS will keep shipping big-game trophies, because of course they will.
re: #452 Charles Johnson
Happy to be able to give something back.
Its a great community, and I’m thankful to you and others here who will wade in the swamp so I can keep my pants clean.
Guess who was the primary sponsor of the Title X funding that covers Planned Parenthood: George HW Bush:
The chief sponsor of the Title X statute, George H.W. Bush, then a US Representative, said even more powerfully: “We need to make population and family planning household words. We need to take sensationalism out of this topic so that it can no longer be used by militants who have no real knowledge of the voluntary nature of the program but, rather are using it as a political stepping stone. If family planning is anything, it is a public health matter”.2
Need help—you all are such excellent researchers.
We have a resolution before city council next week to stop offshore drilling/seismic testing. A majority of our council members are indicating they’ll vote our way (against offshore drilling obviously) but there’s one member who’s been spouting all the API (American Petroleum Institute) stuff and now there are two API offshoot groups who are hardballing EVERYWHERE—
Energy Nation and Energy Citizens. I know they’re affiliated with API, but am trying to find out who is supporting them, both financially and ideologically.
Anything you can find, I would greatly appreciate it.
re: #455 Belafon
The Democrats need to quote that a lot, if Jeb! ends up starting to amass points.
re: #456 BeachDem
Need help—you all are such excellent researchers.
We have a resolution before city council next week to stop offshore drilling/seismic testing. A majority of our council members are indicating they’ll vote our way (against offshore drilling obviously) but there’s one member who’s been spouting all the API (American Petroleum Institute) stuff and now there are two API offshoot groups who are hardballing EVERYWHERE—
Energy Nation and Energy Citizens. I know they’re affiliated with API, but am trying to find out who is supporting them, both financially and ideologically.
Anything you can find, I would greatly appreciate it.
Definitely check Sleuth in the A.M.
re: #456 BeachDem
Pull the opposite: Tell them it’s fine, as long as their executive board is willing to live within the areas where the activities are going to occur 75% of the time.
If they don’t then tell them to go pound sand, regardless of what they say.
Old Man Forest Mars wasn’t above pulling this when his managers tried to screw over his workers in the candy plants-they got the message loud and clear.
re: #456 BeachDem
Sourcewatch has a list of trade groups and industry orgs that support
Energy Citizens: sourcewatch.org
WATCH: Cop Pulls Gun On Man Filming Him With Cell Phone
Fuck off, you fanatical asshole. @jtzolis
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2015
re: #378 RealityBasedSteve
Well, you know that the Constitution only supports the religious freedom of Christians. Not all those other religions worshiping their false gods and idols. I know it’s true, because Scott Lively said so….
That’s not the way it works…. that’s not the way any of this works.
RBS
And 19,378 crazed people in Massachusetts voted for Lively for Governor. (yeah, a small number in the big picture, but still—jeez.)
#NowPlaying Walter Trout > Relentless > Jericho Road http://t.co/GAD6irSMl4
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 5, 2015
re: #462 Charles Johnson
What a maroon.
re: #456 BeachDem
Ask them what they intend to submit to back their proposal, and them start the clock for a review.
I thought the Lizard nation might enjoy this… I get NRA mails in spam (my gmail address is pretty generic and I get 100 mails for somebody else for every one that’s mine). I actually am a gun owner, and my family got NRA mail and magazines for as long as I’ve been alive, but I stopped reading this stuff over a decade ago as the right wing went completely off the rails… It’s always the same… Every non-Republican President is GOING TO GET UR GUNZ IMMINANTLY!!!11 ACT NOW TO SAVE UR GUNS SNED MONEY!!!11
(And my name is not Thomas. Not even on weekends.)
This one is as weird as the American Family Association mails I used to get… Somehow Social Security rules are going to be the biggest GUN GRAB EVAR??? LOLWUT?
Somebody tell these people that Administrative Law isn’t made by the President… Actually don’t bother, they wouldn’t understand and don’t care about reality anyway.
THEIR COMING FER UR GUNZ OLD PEPLE!!!Edit: FREEDOM-CRUSHING THREAT! Somebody PLEASE register here with that handle. Oh god. LOL
WILL BE DESTROYED!
Wow this is even weirder than I expected… It reads like a 50’s comic book…
@kelly_carlin Did you get my message about that rightwinger felon Dinesh D'Souza using your dad's video on his for profit FB page?
— Teufel Wolf (@TeufelWolf666) August 4, 2015
@kelly_carlin I went ahead and added to the pile-on. Yes, I use a common Chinese name as an alias on Facebook. :) pic.twitter.com/8CHCUUZ8Js
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 5, 2015
@teleskiguy OMG lol lol lol lol lol
— Kelly Carlin (@kelly_carlin) August 5, 2015
re: #467 Pawn of the Oppressor
I thought the Lizard nation might enjoy this… I get NRA mails in spam (my gmail address is pretty generic and I get 100 mails for somebody else for every one that’s mine). I’m a gun owner, my family got NRA mail and magazines for as long as I’ve been alive, and I stopped reading this stuff over a decade ago as the right wing went completely off the rails… It’s always the same… Every non-Republican President is GOING TO GET UR GUNZ IMMINANTLY!!!11 ACT NOW TO SAVE UR GUNS SNED MONEY!!!11
This one is as weird as the American Family Association mails I used to get… Somehow Social Security rules are going to be the biggest GUN GRAB EVAR??? LOLWUT?
Somebody tell these people that Administrative Law isn’t made by the President… Actually don’t bother, they wouldn’t understand and don’t care about reality anyway.
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Technically speaking, wouldn’t *any* gun grab be the biggest gun grab ever?
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
If they were black, they’d already be dead.
re: #460 jaunte
Sourcewatch has a list of trade groups and industry orgs that support
Energy Citizens: sourcewatch.org
Thank you. Thank you. Reading through it right now.
re: #466 Eric The Fruit Bat
Ask them what they intend to submit to back their proposal, and them start the clock for a review.
No time for that—they wanted to delay it until after the elections, but we pushed for the vote now, as we have pretty good support. Most of the other coastal cities here have come out strongly against seismic testing/offshore drilling. We want to get our council on record.
The opposition has been touting this totally bogus poll (commissioned, of course by API) that says 71% of South Carolinians favor offshore drilling. It is a ridiculous push poll with absurd demographics (and no info about where the people live.) I shot it down (by proxy—I’m not on facebook) on the pro member’s facebook page, but he’s still ranting away.
My comments on his facebook and in an email to him and the rest of the council members:
the poll that gave them their 71% figure (COMMISSIONED by the American Petroleum Institute—SURPRISE.) The wording of the questions and the cross tabs on the responses were hilarious. And the idiot touting the 71% had never seen the actual poll.
EDITED TO REMOVE THE 8,000 OR SO PAGES OF THE POLL RESULTS. Don’t know why it did that—if you want to see the poll, google “71% of south carolina support offshore drilling—the first result will take you to the API page with the link to the poll)
44% rural, but the biggest income group over $100,000
59% Conservative, but only 32% Republican-WHAT????
62% over 50—9% under 34 (cause why would you want to know what the people who are going to have to live with the results have to say?)
Notice—the first four questions ask about “energy” but ONLY mention oil and gas.
Then, Questions 6-10 are not really questions, but statements presented to be agreed or disagreed with. They are posed as factual, but with no particular basis for that assumption.
Example: Question 8. Producing more domestic oil and natural gas could help lower energy costs for consumers.
From most research I have seen, that is not true—first, it does not differentiate between oil and gas production and refining, and, in most cases, domestically produced oil does not necessarily supply domestic markets.
Facts are either correct or incorrect, and not subject to whether people agree or disagree.
After presenting 5 statements supportive of oil and gas production in the U.S., then comes the money shot:
Question 11: Do you support or oppose offshore drilling for domestic oil and natural gas resources?
TALK ABOUT A PUSH POLL!!
re: #332 The Vicious Babushka
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
LOL Stonewall Jackson, in addition to being a traitor, was fragged by his own men
It was not an intentional fragging, but Jackson was a frigging fundamentalist Christian head case.
re: #456 BeachDem
Just woke up and on my second cup of coffee, so apologies if this has already been answered.
Energy Nation and Energy Citizens. I know they’re affiliated with API, but am trying to find out who is supporting them, both financially and ideologically.
Anything you can find, I would greatly appreciate it.
Front groups for the American Petroleum Institute.
sourcewatch.org
Maybe I am just not following this correctly but I understood this to be a debate about allegedly selling fetal tissue /body parts, not whether there should be abortions at all. The fact that women can abort a baby is just that, a fact, and it isn’t debatable, so when watching her speech I don’t really follow. What I understood the vote in congress was about, was de-funding that specific organization for allegedly selling the tissue. I believe some states have started investigations into their local branches. If indeed they are illegally selling the tissue, which as of right now there is no evidence of, then they should be de-funded and brought up on charges. If they are not then I am sure we will see civil suits and they will end up getting a large chunk of change for their trouble.
They way her speech played out it really appeared as if she was the one playing the political game. Just IMO.
re: #476 Thrazidun
You’re NOT following this correctly.
re: #477 Kragar
You’re NOT following this correctly.
If I’m following this correctly, Jeb Bush is a serial goat-molester and the Republican party hates kittens. I have video proof.
re: #478 iossarian
If I’m following this correctly, Jeb Bush is a serial goat-molester and the Republican party hates kittens. I have video proof.
In good conscience, as a cat person I can never vote Republican.
Also as a human being, but, you know.
/
re: #476 Thrazidun
You aren’t understanding it correctly, so I’ll run the issues for you:
1) Planned Parenthood isn’t selling fetal tissue. In fact, it is illegal to do so under federal law.
2) Planned Parenthood facilitates the donation of fetal tissue. In fact, it is legal to donate fetal tissue, and for PP to facilitate the donation and get reimbursed for the costs of sending the donated tissues to the researcher/medical team. The reimbursements do not cover the whole cost.
3) Abortion is legal.
4) Anti-choice extremists put together this wholly dishonest smear campaign to lure people into thinking that PP is doing something wrong. PP isn’t. PP is adhering to the law, and providing health care services, including abortions, and facilitating the donation of fetal tissue from said abortions in accordance with all applicable laws.
5) There’s nothing in the videos show by these anti-choice extremists that even remotely shows any illegality on the part of PP. None. Sorry, but there’s nothing there. Edited? Unedited? It doesn’t matter. There’s no illegality in what PP is doing in those videos.
6) Squeamishness about an invasive medical procedure is not a justification to stop it. All invasive medical procedures can and do get bloody, involve all manner of blood, tissue, bone, and even fecal matter and/or urine depending on the procedure. There are entire medical specialities would make the stomach churn for the uninitiated. Again, not an excuse and doesn’t diminish fact that abortions are legal.
7) Abortions are still safer for women than plastic surgery centers, yet GOPers are intent on using TRAP laws to shut down abortion clinics, even though women are far more likely to have complications including death while in plastic surgery centers than abortion clinics.
8) Anti-choice extremists are not about pro life but pro birth, since they don’t care one iota about what happens outside the womb - to a child or anyone else for that matter. The proof is in the pudding with all the crossover between the anti choice extremists and the right wing GOP that intends to shut down the safety net, limit access to health care for all, restrict and diminish the importance of women’s health care, and generally look to repeal the ACA, which expands access to health insurance for millions and improves the financial viability of hospitals because they no longer have as great a concern about indigent care and unpaid bills that go unreimbursed.
So, in sum, Warren isn’t politicizing anything here. She’s responding to the right wing extremists who have continued to make abortion a hot button issue with the intent of shutting down PP for no reason other than that they refuse to accept the very notion that abortion is legal and/or family planning is antithetical to their worldview.
re: #476 Thrazidun
Maybe I am just not following this correctly but I understood this to be a debate about allegedly selling fetal tissue /body parts, not whether there should be abortions at all. The fact that women can abort a baby is just that, a fact, and it isn’t debatable, so when watching her speech I don’t really follow. What I understood the vote in congress was about, was de-funding that specific organization for allegedly selling the tissue. I believe some states have started investigations into their local branches. If indeed they are illegally selling the tissue, which as of right now there is no evidence of, then they should be de-funded and brought up on charges. If they are not then I am sure we will see civil suits and they will end up getting a large chunk of change for their trouble.
They way her speech played out it really appeared as if she was the one playing the political game. Just IMO.
Your concerns are noted.
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