Tonight’s episode of The Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show:
One Wittle Wee Wee: Bad Lip Reading the GOP Debate; Josh Duggar Exposed in Ashley Madison Hack; Hackers are Still Hackers No Matter Who’s Exposed; Bill O’Reilly and Sarah Palin React to Trump’s Immigration Plan; The Mainstreaming of Slavery; Anchor Babies; Deez Nuts for President; Bionic Dan Bidondi’s Bionic Italian Gynecologist; and much more.
Mmmm. Love that new thread smell. My iPhone says Thank You! :-)
Speaking of smart phones, my first one will be delivered tomorrow. I’m such a luddite. LOL
re: #3 allegro
Speaking of smart phones, my first one will be delivered tomorrow. I’m such a luddite. LOL
INB4 you don’t know how you managed without one XD
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
re: #5 teleskiguy
G1Bq31TlvCxqS1B1OCw9AWk2OqMo9fTUpc4UkLkS1MaN53LRb0XcWAxxC3t6J/oPKxnKBrqYjR18jxf+tJ52RzHKYqbSXkJ2aaqrBN3a8RylgvfbtzoVjgB43SbRyvMtNFnods9P47CCpGpMk+O98txZ8r8xlMZaebyZntMlhtHaieyxGEZrwNb5CCAMjmWL+jzcK/EXZ27MyED4NiAv8ixl8qSZ3LcdIVQOc1EajfjAAohtu/2ILbqO+feLffUSR2queKIPtFhJew9Zam1IsFiB0QP/Bu/equqI5RKuWt3QS/Ik9pbHnKtZiAY5z+e3vxqHnF/Em5mlQlcYbZgwVYm+m2CyZT143FZMpts9jSRXcDVRDFGE6MexERyxyiGJI9qhWm4HVnh7GX+NeRIg0/b/w+XRP5MPH+8vNBU5Cq5bU3jPlE6nPVjGVW1TscsA
re: #5 teleskiguy
[Embedded content]
I’m so sorry for her loss for you and all who loved her. Such a helpless feeling to want so to turn back the clock and reverse this devastating tragedy and give those kids their mom back.
re: #4 Teukka
INB4 you don’t know how you managed without one XD
I’ve actually loved my simple little flip phone, all I need really. Only reason I’m getting the new one iz cuz Consumer Cellular made me a deal I was unable to refuse.
re: #9 teleskiguy
Wear a helmet, please. When you’re on a motorcycle, wear a helmet.
:’(
Oh sweetheart, your pain is palpable. She must have meant a lot to you.
Israeli leaders drew up plans to attack Iranian military
Report: Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Ehud Barak approached attacking in 2010, 2011, 2012.
Each year, a political or military hindrance got in their way, The New York Times reported
re: #10 allegro
Oh sweetheart, your pain is palpable. She must have meant a lot to you.
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
LGF has been keeping me from totally losing it after the death of a friend. You people are good people, and coming here seeing all the jokes and the camaraderie has helped immensely. Bless you all!
re: #8 allegro
I’ve actually loved my simple little flip phone, all I need really. Only reason I’m getting the new one iz cuz Consumer Cellular made me a deal I was unable to refuse.
I bought my first smart phone about 2 months ago, and tried to use it for the first time a couple of days ago. For some reason, it came set with a “talk back” feature, and instead of being able to tap an ap or swipe, this annoying voice would read what each button said to me. A friend figured out how to make her go away, and I am slowly learning how to use it (have sent two texts and registered my gmail!) But I’m still keeping my not-so-smart phone for awhile as a backup. Hey, why pay ONE cell bill when you can pay TWO!
I also have my new Kindle charged, and have figured out a few things, but am still using my Nexus 7 tablet for most things.
Never thought of myself as such a luddite, but I had to learn my new stove, new cable remote, new vacuum cleaner (don’t laugh, it was confusing) and then the smartphone and the Kindle—too much all at once.
So many empty seats at Trump rally in Mobile that out of habit, he filed papers in an Atlantic City Bankruptcy Court.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 22, 2015
Trump’s Mobile rally fell short of Nuremberg in terms of numbers but lived up to it in terms of content.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 22, 2015
Oh - you mean the raving racist freak who got banned from Twitter for life? At least he’ll always have a friend in you, weirdo. @Nero
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 22, 2015
Trump says he would ‘scare the pope’ with ISIS if he slams capitalism during US visit
…”I’d say, ‘ISIS wants to get you,’” Trump said. “You know that ISIS wants to go in and take over the Vatican — you have heard that. That’s a dream of theirs.”
Cuomo asked if he would really try to scare the pope.
“I’m going to have to scare the pope,” Trump said. “The pope, I hope, can only be scared by God, but the truth is — you know, if you look at what’s going on — they better hope that capitalism works, because it’s the only thing we have right now. And it’s a great thing when it works properly.”
Trump, however, argued that capitalism has not been working properly in the U.S. — which the pontiff has also claimed, but for the exact opposite reasons.
“Between regulation, between all of the Dodd-Frank (Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), between all of the different things that have been imposed, we aren’t competitive like we used to be,” Trump said. “We have to open up our country to great capitalism.”
re: #16 Charles Johnson
Let’s unpack this a little, shall we? UpChuck has produced jack fucking shit. He’s published exactly three blog posts in the last couple of weeks. Charles Johnson has a very active slick-looking website with thousands of comments each day, and hundreds of thousands of “hits” each day. UpChuck got Liz O’Bagy fired or something, Charles Johnson got Dan Rather fired.
Milo, go fuck yourself. Enjoy your company with weev and UpChuck, upstanding humans all.
re: #18 Amory Blaine
I think Trump is an honest-to-Allah fascist.
Textbook definition, I am not meaning this in a hyperbolic manner.
re: #3 allegro
Speaking of smart phones, my first one will be delivered tomorrow. I’m such a luddite. LOL
They’re addictive. I’m on mine all the time.
If you’re asking whether I’m jealous of a guy who’s reduced to writing pathetic rants at white nationalist sites, let me think - nope. @Nero
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 22, 2015
re: #12 teleskiguy
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
re: #16 Charles Johnson
@Kragar_LGF @Green_Footballs @Nero i think he means broke news as in antagonized minorities? seems to be this guys thing.
— Kevin Phelan (@KPhed) August 22, 2015
re: #14 BeachDem
I bought my first smart phone about 2 months ago, and tried to use it for the first time a couple of days ago. For some reason, it came set with a “talk back” feature, and instead of being able to tap an ap or swipe, this annoying voice would read what each button said to me. A friend figured out how to make her go away, and I am slowly learning how to use it (have sent two texts and registered my gmail!) But I’m still keeping my not-so-smart phone for awhile as a backup. Hey, why pay ONE cell bill when you can pay TWO!
I also have my new Kindle charged, and have figured out a few things, but am still using my Nexus 7 tablet for most things.
Never thought of myself as such a luddite, but I had to learn my new stove, new cable remote, new vacuum cleaner (don’t laugh, it was confusing) and then the smartphone and the Kindle—too much all at once.
Okay, I admit I’m laughing about the vacuum cleaner. Mostly from identifying with the experience - you shoulda seen me with my new power washer. Hey, I didn’t do THAT much damage! We’ll find out tomorrow if I can deal with a smart phone or just say fuck it and stick with ol’ trusty flipper.
Bob and Chez are right in this podcast. The right wing has become so crazy and unhinged, they actually think this is their modus operandi for electoral success. It makes sense. The conservative base in the United States has been blaming their past two electoral defeats in general elections on nominating candidates who weren’t conservative enough. Now we’re seeing the end game to that strategy. By new years we’ll be hearing GOP candidates calling for rounding up non-believers and bussing them to Evangelical Christian re-education camps. By Super Tuesday we’ll be hearing GOP candidates call for the death penalty for apostasy. By Election Day we’ll hear GOP candidates calling for “Hunting Season for negros.” The crazy we’re going to hear from GOP candidates is going to blow all of our minds over the next 443 days.
re: #21 WhatEVs
They’re addictive. I’m on mine all the time.
I’ve got a desktop, laptop, Surface tablet, and Kindle Fire. I really only need a phone to, yanno, make and get calls. It feels kinda silly to get a smart phone but it was nearly free and if GPS was invented for anyone, it’s me - that was actually the deciding factor. I will kinda miss all that remote real estate that most people never see if it works out.
This is good - now I can block any douchebags who follow you. Thanks! @Nero
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 22, 2015
re: #26 allegro
Okay, I admit I’m laughing about the vacuum cleaner. Mostly from identifying with the experience - you shoulda seen me with my new power washer. Hey, I didn’t do THAT much damage! We’ll find out tomorrow if I can deal with a smart phone or just say fuck it and stick with ol’ trusty flipper.
My dumb phone has a pullout keyboard, and I was just fine with it. I mainly wanted the smart phone for the mapping/directions, as I’ll be on the road most of September and October and I want the “google map lady” to talk to me.
Sometimes the world just goes a little too fast for me.
re: #27 teleskiguy
Bob and Chez are right in this podcast. The right wing has become so crazy and unhinged, they actually think this is their modus operandi for electoral success. It makes sense. The conservative base in the United States has been blaming their past two electoral defeats in general elections on nominating candidates who weren’t conservative enough. Now we’re seeing the end game to that strategy. By new years we’ll be hearing GOP candidates calling for rounding up non-believers and bussing them to Evangelical Christian re-education camps. By Super Tuesday we’ll be hearing GOP candidates call for the death penalty for apostasy. By Election Day we’ll hear GOP candidates calling for “Hunting Season for negros.” The crazy we’re going to hear from GOP candidates is going to blow all of our minds over the next 443 days.
I hear you. But if Trump fits their view of a conservative, I guess I don’t understand the definition. Also hard to imagine the evangelicals really buying into his shtick. 443 days—sigh—feels like a lifetime.
re: #28 allegro
I’ve got a desktop, laptop, Surface tablet, and Kindle Fire. I really only need a phone to, yanno, make and get calls. It feels kinda silly to get a smart phone but it was nearly free and if GPS was invented for anyone, it’s me - that was actually the deciding factor. I will kinda miss all that remote real estate that most people never see if it works out.
I have an iPhone. The Kindle app is far and away superior to any of the Kindle devices I’ve owned. The page turns are amazing on the app.
I’m almost always in the web on it, too my computer is work. If I’m at the computer, I work. Even when I don’t intend to work, I work. Hell, I work in the phone sometimes, too, but I keep that to the barest of minimums.
I do everything on this phone. Saying I love it isn’t quite enough. I crave it. It’s the first thing I touch in the morning, last thing at night. I’m addicted. Knowledge at ones fingertips is a powerful aphrodisiac.
re: #32 BeachDem
I hear you. But if Trump fits their view of a conservative, I guess I don’t understand the definition. Also hard to imagine the evangelicals really buying into his shtick. 443 days—sigh—feels like a lifetime.
Trump fits their view of a conservative because there’s nothing to think about, just messicans and AMERICA FUCK YEAH and they can’t think beyond those terms because of an amazing 15-year poisoning of the well by Fox News, Breitbart, Drudge, etc.
I used to read Drudge everyday, multiple times a day, when I first started reading LGF. I haven’t checked Drudge since at least 2011. Shit’s fucked out there. I wish you the very best BeachDem, out there in South Carolina, the belly of the beast as it were. :)
Was just reading about O’Keefe acolytes/wannabes trying to catch Hillary folks in their little web. What a bunch of scumbags.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign offices around the country have been put on alert after at least two women approached Iowa staff under the guise of being supporters in an apparent effort to catch the campaign engaging in improper or illegal activity, a Clinton campaign official said.
time.com
Hope all the campaign folks are ready. I need to tell my “kid” (the Hillary person staying with me) to be on her toes.
@Green_Footballs The other guy did “break” news though…but not in the usual meaning of the phrase @Nero
— jay (@random__name) August 22, 2015
re: #31 Varek Raith
How can someone my age be so freaking old???
Sigh.
I know the feeling. I’m 56 now. That’s some amazing shit to me.
re: #32 BeachDem
I hear you. But if Trump fits their view of a conservative, I guess I don’t understand the definition. Also hard to imagine the evangelicals really buying into his shtick. 443 days—sigh—feels like a lifetime.
I don’t think hate-filled, blind rage has a definition. These people are the zombies we most fear and for good reason. They want blood. Reason is clearly non-existent. They freak me the fuck out.
re: #34 teleskiguy
Trump fits their view of a conservative because there’s nothing to think about, just messicans and AMERICA FUCK YEAH and they can’t think beyond those terms because of an amazing 15-year poisoning of the well by Fox News, Breitbart, Drudge, etc.
I used to read Drudge everyday, multiple times a day, when I first started reading LGF. I haven’t checked Drudge since at least 2011. Shit’s fucked out there. I wish you the very best BeachDem, out there in South Carolina, the belly of the beast as it were. :)
Thanks—I need all the help I can get. (The beast has a hearty appetite.)
Have to admit, I don’t think I have ever been on the Drudge site—maybe clicking through on a link from somewhere else, but have never intentionally gone there.
re: #32 BeachDem
I hear you. But if Trump fits their view of a conservative, I guess I don’t understand the definition. Also hard to imagine the evangelicals really buying into his shtick. 443 days—sigh—feels like a lifetime.
There’s only one definition: anything Dems don’t like/want/value/appreciate. Conservatives are the anti-Democrats and nothing more.
re: #40 WhatEVs
There’s only one definition: anything Dems don’t like/want/value/appreciate. Conservatives are the anti-Democrats and nothing more.
That definition does simplify things./
It will still be interesting to see the religious right freaks twist themselves into pretzels around Trump.
re: #40 WhatEVs
Always remember Cleek’s Law: Today’s conservatism is the opposite of what liberals want today: updated daily.
re: #41 BeachDem
That definition does simplify things./
It will still be interesting to see the religious right freaks twist themselves into pretzels around Trump.
That’s why I think my definition is on the money. Because they ARE twisting themselves up to support him. That he donated to Dems? No prob! Believed in abortion? Okie dokie. Healthcare for all? No sweat.
It’s the RushFuckingLimbaugh propaganda effect. 25 years of brainwashing makes for reflexive anything-but-dem. and hate, anger, resentment, etc.
re: #42 Jayleia
Always remember Cleek’s Law: Today’s conservatism is the opposite of what liberals want today: updated daily.
That’s it! That’s THE definitive definition.
re: #42 Jayleia
Always remember Cleek’s Law: Today’s conservatism is the opposite of what liberals want today: updated daily.
What they BELIEVE liberals want. This,too, a fantasy with no basis in reality.
re: #23 allegro
fJWAUD7EA9GxI1cUcnlqM0LC+YyzmSQCUYSqKdIq99iorOvFA3cj1NfI9xJTKW/w6yf122xf9Y2k39mAhgTxXg01XS7+Vw+xnEOXrnQovNSpIAdz8Kg714d2TamQzRO6pflbV+19qDrqf7DepPwmltlkBSOXXQHWrnWjbMD0PuPTl4M1o1Pp8WaJr10JTKA+QBHohFfENoy3+MSYfGvN1AtYTQiSeqzd6Zk/aCsmRmiTEs2no0GaI41EPqoWPTWSjFim8aarOF0=
Dear TV Show writers,
No one in the military would be getting deployed overseas less than 4 months after they joined up.
Scott Walker: ‘Handful of reasonable, moderate followers of Islam’
An advocacy organization for Muslims is calling for Gov. Scott Walker to apologize for saying there are few “reasonable, moderate followers of Islam” while speaking to voters in New Hampshire on Friday.
At a campaign stop at a VFW hall in Derry, New Hampshire, Walker said radical Islamic terrorists are at war with America, Israel, Christians, Jews and “it’s a war against even the handful of reasonable, moderate followers of Islam who don’t share the radical beliefs that these radical Islamic terrorists have.”
“These types of inaccurate statements reflect a lack of understanding of Islam and Muslims that is, frankly, not presidential,” said Council on American-Islamic Relations spokesman Robert McCaw in a statement. “If Mr. Walker believes only a ‘handful’ of Muslims are moderate or reasonable, then he is ignoring the very clear reality that violent extremists murder more Muslims than they do people of any other faith.”
re: #48 Amory Blaine
Scott Walker: I don’t have time for #BlackLivesMatter — let’s talk about ‘things that matter’ http://t.co/q4egDnhTTJ
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2015
Asked at a ‘Politics and Eggs’ breakfast forum in Manchester on Friday if he would take some time to sit down with the African-American activists, Walker called the question “ridiculous.”
“I’m going to meet with voters. I mean, I’ve said, it’s not just - who knows who that is?” the flustered Walker replied before comparing the grassroots civil rights organization to the Tea Party.
“I’m going to talk with American voters. Period. It’s the same way as saying you’re going to meet with the Tea Party,” he continued. “Who’s the Tea Party? There’s hundreds of thousands of people out there.”
“I’m here to talk to voters in New Hampshire about things that matter,” Walker told the Daily Mail reporter.
re: #49 Kragar
Walker is such a mealy mouthed half wit.
re: #49 Kragar
[Embedded content]
“I’m going to talk with American voters. Period. It’s the same way as saying you’re going to meet with the Tea Party,” he continued. “Who’s the Tea Party? There’s hundreds of thousands of people out there.”
Hunter at kos had this to say about that: Well, at least one of those was a sentence. Activists did try to meet with him and ask him questions at the Iowa State Fair, mind you, but he bravely ran away.
I still want the Dan Bidondi “derr” (long version) for my ringtone.
re: #46 teleskiguy
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
Well, the pizza Hut delivery gig has been helping the toy fund. Got a tremolo pedal to go with my reverb and chorus pedals. Now I splurged on a songbook of The Ventures greatest hits. Surf sound time!
re: #54 allegro
iIglWZ9FURNrES+5QefrejFJM7RayMYrmulVXhfXISRR+rlUdUN6jdbumDLwUU89NuboE8nitzd7nn3f4izOTnW+he1RL5EzlRKHdq5fayIVzgxwIOjx05LHkFX0YDocZNKoWNxHuxSEcrBivSfrJH7NIAOJ/AEUFSRoGC1lEDK9Kz5SeoCQtg0reJzWcXEEdktWiVs7RmiUNyzM/zKL4vRBO24Tf/RHChMCWBFJCyKzuXjoGss2pJjQm0Jo9LRgVwQlk4fDYnCgPeZpFP2fBIRTwNkPqQ2YH9jBcgPdUhqNwZzfDpyX1tWVHV9FGKIbTCrPEDF5CNhODT1R82byog9wOTMSxa5dNouuxrwHWrNCI5+ZWNOlOMqO/mwmVQOR
“Hopefully, he’s going to sit there and say, ‘When I become elected president, what we’re going to do is we’re going to make the border a vacation spot, it’s going to cost you $25 for a permit, and then you get $50 for every confirmed kill,’ ” said Jim Sherota, 53, who works for a landscaping company. “That’d be one nice thing.”
Mr. Trump did not offer such a proposal.
nice thing
re: #34 teleskiguy
Trump fits their view of a conservative because there’s nothing to think about, just messicans and AMERICA FUCK YEAH and they can’t think beyond those terms because of an amazing 15-year poisoning of the well by Fox News, Breitbart, Drudge, etc.
The GOP let this movement build, failing to call out or distance itself from its excesses and contradictions, and now Trump has stepped up and scooped them all into his pocket. They are not out of the GOP sphere of control.
re: #57 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
“Hopefully, he’s going to sit there and say, ‘When I become elected president, what we’re going to do is we’re going to make the border a vacation spot, it’s going to cost you $25 for a permit, and then you get $50 for every confirmed kill,’ ” said Jim Sherota, 53, who works for a landscaping company. “That’d be one nice thing.”
Mr. Trump did not offer such a proposal.
nice thing
I get plum explosive whenever someone calls for a bounty on coyotes. This guy thinks a blood bounty on people would be nice. He hopes for it. I think I have never been so horrified that someone could say such a thing and, I suspect, actually mean it.
re: #55 William Lewis
Sweet. My report on the guitar front, I switched to medium gauge strings on my acoustic and I’m not too pleased about it. The heavier hand I need to play it outstrips any tone advantage I’m getting. I’m going to keep them on a bit longer and see if I change my mind. I also love my new music stand light as it’s very bright for my poor eyes.
re: #60 Amory Blaine
Sweet. My report on the guitar front, I switched to medium gauge strings on my acoustic and I’m not too pleased about it. The heavier hand I need to play it outstrips any tone advantage I’m getting. I’m going to keep them on a bit longer and see if I change my mind. I also love my new music stand light as it’s very bright for my poor eyes.
My guitarist’s joke:
What kind of strings did Curt Cobain use?
-Last I heard, he was using a 12-gauge!
re: #61 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Yeah, not cool, dude.
re: #62 teleskiguy
As a guy who’s had real thoughts of suicide race through my mind, I don’t see Kurt Cobain suicide (or any suicide) jokes as funny.
re: #61 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
How do you get a bass player off your porch?
Pay for the pizza.
re: #63 teleskiguy
As a guy who’s had real thoughts of suicide race through my mind, I don’t see Kurt Cobain suicide (or any suicide) jokes as funny.
apologies for the offense.
re: #64 Kragar
How do you get a bass player off your porch?
Pay for the pizza.
Difference between a bass player and a large pizza?
Large pizza feeds a family of four.
Ore: #60 Amory Blaine
I almost forgot I picked up a pretty nice stool (the short one) for playing. It basically is a drum throne seat slapped on a bar stool and is nice and comfy for sitting and playing. I usually play in my office chair with the arms down as far as they go. I started to notice that I was constricted in my movements so I switched to a regular bar stool which is uncomfortable after about a half hour.
re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
apologies for the offense.
You didn’t offend me. You told a stupid joke that makes fun of suicide, so I called you out. I don’t offend easily but I know bullshit when I see it.
re: #66 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
What do you call a Bass Player who breaks up with his girlfriend?
Homeless
How do you know when a Ski Instructor is at a party?
Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.
re: #67 Amory Blaine
Neat.
I’ve just been having fun making as many different sounds as I can lately. The VHT amp at high power stays clean until really loud. But the attenuation on it works well and if I turn down the watts, the overdrive and distortion are really yummy. I don’t need any of those pedals LOL!
How many Ski Instructors does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to actually change the bulb and another to say “Nice turns!”
re: #72 teleskiguy
How many Ski Instructors does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to actually change the bulb and another to say “Nice turns!”
No occupational significance, but my favorite was always:
“How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb?”
“Two—but nobody can figure out how they got in there.”
A bunch of sailors are cheering and slapping each other on the back shouting “30 days!”
A Marine walking by wonders what all the commotion is and asks what all the celebrating is about.
“We had a really hard problem and we figured it out in record time!”
The Marine is curious, “What was it?”
The sailors smiled, “This puzzle says 3-4 years and it only took us 30 days!”
re: #74 Kragar
I’m sharing with this with my Marine friends on Facebook.
re: #71 William Lewis
Glad to hear you’re diggin’ your new amp. IDK what’s with me and my electric but all I want to do is play my acoustic so smh. I guess it’s just so much easier for me to use. I have a hard time with fiddling with all the knobs and pedals. I think once I hook up with some other players I’ll change my tune so to speak.
I took up the 5-string banjo because it is loud without an amp.
Even when I use a pickup, I play straight, not because I am a any sort of purist, but because I don’t wanna be bothered with all those wires and cables.
Got a friend who plays awesome fuzz and wah-wah banjo, but he is always pulling his hairs out because something is malfunctioning or got lost/left behind, etc…
re: #73 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Nice.
re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Heh, glad I have company in that regard.
re: #76 Amory Blaine
I have been thinking an acoustic instrument would be good to add. I get tempted by cheap mandolins and by the Fender Telecoustic. Not enough money so I just have to enjoy what I already have :D
re: #80 William Lewis
Yeah you got a nice set-up going, your tele looks hella versatile with the pickups and that amp should take care of you a long time.
Today’s my mother’s birthday. She was born today in 1947 in Sioux Falls, SD. Happy Birthday Mom!
#NowPlaying Jane’s Addiction > Strays > Everybody’s Friend http://t.co/Mt5vjBRdeK
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 22, 2015
Just to give you an idea of what the Right Wing media find newsworthy:
Lead article in today’s newsmax:
Ed Klein: Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett ‘Connected at the Hip’
Bestselling author Edward Klein’s bombshell claim that Michelle Obama and top White House adviser Valerie Jarrett have become so close they may live together in Europe after President Obama finishes his second term has sent the rumor mill into overdrive.
re: #86 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Meanwhile a regular Newsmax personality:
Prominent legal scholar Alan Dershowitz had scathing words about President Barack Obama’s handling of negotiations with Iran and the tactics he has employed to crush opposition to the nuclear agreement.
In an interview with the Times of Israel, Dershowitz — who describes himself as a “liberal Democrat” who voted twice for Obama — also accused the president of lying to the American public about the deal.
“I would not allow this president and this secretary of state [John Kerry] — both of whom I know well, I’ve known them for a long time — I wouldn’t allow these two people to negotiate a 30-day lease for me. They’ve proved to be inept negotiators,” […]
“Obama has been a bully. He has tried to squelch opposition to the deal,” Dershowitz said.
re: #86 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Oh, fucking hell.
But Klein, who made the startling assertion on his website, told Newsmax TV on Friday that the relationship between the high-powered women definitely does not involve physical intimacy.
“There’s nothing sexual. A lot of people ask me that question. No, there’s nothing sexual at all,” Klein — author of “Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas” — said in an interview with “The Steve Malzberg Show.”
re: #88 Nyet
Oh, fucking hell.
Yes, all just non-rumors…no hot lesbo photos of Michelle and Valerie have come to light…yet.
Well, Hell! Melody Patterson died. She was only 66. First Batgirl and now Wrangler Jane. Mary Ann, take care of yourself….
re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It is, nevertheless.
Melody Patterson (April 16, 1949 - August 20, 2015) was an American actress known for her role as Wrangler Jane in the 1960s TV series F Troop. She was 16 years old when she first appeared on the show.
re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Her age cannot be correct…would’ve meant she was 16 when the F Troop first aired in 1965. I recall watching it as a kid.
Gosh, you are correct, I just checked: Wiki says she lied about her age when the series started.
One of the few starlets in Hollywood to make herself older to get a part…
re: #96 Nyet
[Embedded content]
When Donald Trump becomes President, he will pass a law requiring all hamburgers to look like that!
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
When Donald Trump becomes President, he will pass a law requiring all hamburgers to look like that!
Everything. Incl. chitlins.
re: #98 Nyet
Everything. Incl. chitlins.
He will insist that they be properly referred to as “chitterlings”.
re: #99 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
He will insist that they be properly referred to as “chitterlings”.
That’s just a spelling pronunciation—like “vic-chew-als” for “vittles”.
For someone who’s supposedly irrelevant, Charles is certainly inside their heads and OODA loop. That’s got to be infuriating to them, because Charles keeps coming out smelling like roses, while all they can say is how irrelevant Charles is while Chucky is banned for life for being a grade A creep on Twitter whose idea of breaking news is crapping all over ppl who aren’t public figures, lying, smearing, and generally being wrong about pretty much everything and never providing corrections to any of it.
re: #101 lawhawk
I think I’ve commented before about how awesome it must be to have free rent for life in the huge open-floor apartments they call their craniums. And he can probably find one in any city in the world if he ever needs a room for the night.
re: #100 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
That’s just a spelling pronunciation—like “vic-chew-als” for “vittles”.
Pass the Wooster sauce, Jeeves…
So, wait a moment. Let me get this straight.
Three Americans, two of them Marines, manage to disarm a man firing an AK-47 on a train in France, without being armed themselves.
How is that possible?
Cops claim that they have no choice but shoot and kill people - many of them unarmed, because they claim that they felt threatened and therefore are justified in their use of force. This happens practically every single day in the US.
Meanwhile, a man using an AK-47 is subdued by three unarmed people. It really makes you wonder just what law enforcement in the US is taught on how to deal with situations that should otherwise end with a suspect in custody alive but instead end up with far too many in hospitals or the morgue.
So I’m reading some Russian Satanists again and once again I must smh at how they’re for “family values”, against “moral degradation”, liberalism and so on.
re: #107 Nyet
So I’m reading some Russian Satanists again and once again I must smh at how they’re for “family values”, against “moral degradation”, liberalism and so on.
I thought Western culture was Satan…
re: #108 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I thought Western culture was Satan…
Maybe for the Ayatollah.
re: #104 lawhawk
Maybe municipal police departments should take a page out of USMC training manual.
So, there’s some new details about yesterday’s shooting at a federal building in Manhattan that left a security guard dead and the suspect killed himself.
The guard was apparently working a late shift as a favor - he was supposed to go off-duty at 4pm. And the shooter was apparently disgruntled that he was fired - he claimed to be a whistleblower about wasteful spending at the BLS where he had worked (the federal building includes offices for the BLS).
This Planned Parenthood protest in Louisville has speakers that no one outside of 10 ft can hear. pic.twitter.com/ryTTRE5o6T
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Embedded content]
> 200 people blocking/protesting Planned Parenthood in Louisville. They’re closed today and don’t perform abortions. pic.twitter.com/rjQBMzdyBK
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
BREAKING: Vintage hawker Hunter aircraft crashes into A27 @shorehamairshow http://t.co/efEQNTVtlB pic.twitter.com/xbEexLQ8Di
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) August 22, 2015
re: #110 PhillyPretzel
Maybe municipal police departments should take a page out of USMC training manual.
I suspect that training about how to disarm someone is not the problem. It’s the departments and its employees not caring to apply those lessons when dealing with people, especially minorities. Or, and worse, purposefully choosing to shoot as the first response.
re: #61 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Sorry but I’ve got go with teleskiguy: Not cool.
re: #104 lawhawk
They were able to succeed because they were able to start the fight right next to the terrorist slimeball. If he’d had time and space to react he likely would have killed them, but they set things up so that he didn’t have that time and space.
That said, this terrorist did know enough to have his pistol to hand when he emerged from that bathroom. He knew that the AKMS is not easy to wield against someone standing next to you if that person resists your attempt to shoot them. That makes the actions of that soldier and airman all the more remarkable.
But other cases, such as when a criminal pulls a gun while at distance from police, those are different. In those cases, firing on the suspect is the only proper answer. You can’t wait for someone to shoot at you, since it only takes one bullet to kill you (if it hits the right place, that is).
Post edited due to identification of the men who stopped the terror scum.
Off to do our SJW shtick. It’s in this brainiac’s hometown:
(He’s not one we’re trying to keep out of jail.)
Is this going to become a thing?
I’m now an Estonian e-resident, but I still don’t know what to do with it
It’s Time to Separate the South From the Confederacy
Good luck with that.
re: #67 Amory Blaine
O
I almost forgot I picked up a pretty nice stool (the short one) for playing. It basically is a drum throne seat slapped on a bar stool and is nice and comfy for sitting and playing. I usually play in my office chair with the arms down as far as they go. I started to notice that I was constricted in my movements so I switched to a regular bar stool which is uncomfortable after about a half hour.
I just cannot play sitting down. I move too much while playing. Which became a problem when I started leading vocals too because I would wander and when it was time to start singing again I was 10 feet from the mic. So I got a wireless mic to strap to my head.
re: #117 Dark_Falcon
I believe lawhawk’s comment was in reference to the numerous times when the POLICE have the distance and the suspect DOESN’T have a gun.
Why are you still tweeting inanities at me? @Nero
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 22, 2015
Can’t all be meek and humble like you Charles MT @Green_Footballs: creepiest right wing tools always puffed up narcissistic megalomaniacs
— Milo Yiannopoulos (@Nero) August 22, 2015
re: #124 Charles Johnson
Milo is throwing out all kinds of stuff in a lame attempt to distract from the legal judgement handed down against him.
Here we go. Rand needs to convince 2/3 of the Kentucky Republican Party’s central committee to approve his lamebrain caucus idea.
Rand Paul arrives at Capital Plaza for GOP vote on caucuses. #RandPaul pic.twitter.com/rZKZgBox5u
— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) August 22, 2015
Weather tip - if Donald Trump is wearing the baseball cap it means it’s slightly windy outside.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) August 22, 2015
nice hat…
Rand Paul rally forming outside Capital Plaza Hotel before caucus vote.#RandPaul pic.twitter.com/3DY64vc5c0
— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) August 22, 2015
The UK’s Daily Mail has lots more details this morning about that terrorist on the train in Europe yesterday, some highlights:
1. Neither of the US servicemen involved are Marines. The one who was wounded is an airman named Spencer Stone and the other is a Army National Guardsman named Alek Skarlatos.
2. The perp (the article names him, but I won’t) is claiming he was planning to rob the passengers and take hostages for ransom. He’s claiming he’s not a terrorist, but that is likely a lie. He also claims he found the guns in a bag in a Brussels park, which smells as bad as skunk to me.
3. Stone, Skarlatos and their two friends beat the would-be hostage taker unconscious in the course of stopping him. While that is acceptable when dealing with an enemy bent on hostage-taking and murder, If police were caught on video doing the same thing to an ordinary criminal then I am sure Deray McKesson and BLM would have a good bit to same about the matter.
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
He also claims he found the guns in a bag in a Brussels park, which smells as bad as skunk to me.
You know, everytime I’m in Brussels, walking through the parks and taking in the scenery, I’m practically tripping over AK47’s. I had to brush a handful of ‘em off the table at a sidewalk patisserie just so I could enjoy my coffee and crepes.
LOLOLOL found them in a bag in the park. What a clown.
re: #130 Dr Lizardo
Guns grow on trees there. ‘Twas the season.
re: #130 Dr Lizardo
You know, everytime I’m in Brussels, walking through the parks and taking in the scenery, I’m practically tripping over AK47’s. I had to brush a handful of ‘em off the table at a sidewalk patisserie just so I could enjoy my coffee and crepes.
LOLOLOL found them in a bag in the park. What a clown.
Where do you stumble all over FNs? Lithuania?
heh
Rand Paul asks supporters to rally outside Kentucky GOP meeting on presidential caucus http://t.co/ITEINBayA2
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) August 20, 2015
Rand Paul arrived to abt 50 supporters outside hotel. Said he thinks caucus vote will go well. Aide says “flip a coin.”
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
How soon does @realDonaldTrump troll Rand Paul for anemic size of the crowd at his home state rally intended to save his run for president?
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
Meanwhile, in China:
BREAKING: Chemical warehouse in Shandong exploded on Sat. Firefighters are at the site now pic.twitter.com/DdZ5o3k4sk
— People’s Daily,China (@PDChina) August 22, 2015
Rand must really want this caucus. He’s wearing a suit.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #132 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Where do you stumble all over FNs? Lithuania?
Luxembourg.
more about the airshow crash in Shoreham:
#Shoreham Airshow plane crash latest: - several casualties - plane hit cars - A27 closed http://t.co/NMDhOTS3Ts pic.twitter.com/LHg4eg3EuJ
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 22, 2015
Rand Paul saying that even if his party votes down caucus, he’ll run for both Senate and president… the latter would only be in 49 states.
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
Hard to take a Republican presidential campaign seriously when its candidate says they are willing to surrender all 8 electoral votes in KY.
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
re: #13 teleskiguy
LGF has been keeping me from totally losing it after the death of a friend. You people are good people, and coming here seeing all the jokes and the camaraderie has helped immensely. Bless you all!
Just catching up here…sorry to hear about your loss. Peace, brother.
re: #87 Nyet
Meanwhile a regular Newsmax personality:
“In an interview with the Times of Israel, Dershowitz — who describes himself as a “liberal Democrat” who voted twice for Obama —”
that’s a big enough, obvious enough, lie that I’d have to disregard every other quote in the entire article.
So I see a bunch of anti-France tweets and I’m all what the fuck? Turns out a gunman on a train from Brussels was taken down by some off-duty US military dudes. Good story. Not something worth trashing the French about.
Copy/paste fucking with me so here’s a screengrab. I liked the “muzzle-thumping him in the head” part.
Finally has time to watch the Republican Debate post from earlier in the week. LOL.
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
3. Stone, Skarlatos and their two friends beat the would-be hostage taker unconscious in the course of stopping him. While that is acceptable when dealing with an enemy bent on hostage-taking and murder, If police were caught on video doing the same thing to an ordinary criminal then I am sure Deray McKesson and BLM would have a good bit to same about the matter.
Dafuq? Talk about gratuitous insulting bullshit.
re: #141 darthstar
So I see a bunch of anti-France tweets and I’m all what the fuck? Turns out a gunman on a train from Brussels was taken down by some off-duty US military dudes. Good story. Not something worth trashing the French about.
Copy/paste fucking with me so here’s a screengrab. I liked the “muzzle-thumping him in the head” part.
If the guy had taken the AK-47 and checked the other cars in a train in the US…
a. Depends on whether he was in uniform
b. Depends on the color of his skin
c. Depends on the number of 2nd Amendment nutjobs there are in the other cars
re: #141 darthstar
So I see a bunch of anti-France tweets and I’m all what the fuck? Turns out a gunman on a train from Brussels was taken down by some off-duty US military dudes. Good story. Not something worth trashing the French about.
Copy/paste fucking with me so here’s a screengrab. I liked the “muzzle-thumping him in the head” part.
[Embedded content]
I agree. Though the train crew should come in for criticism for running to their staffroom and locking the door when the alarm was sounded instead of attempting to help them passengers. But it should also be noted that the man who had the presence of mind to pull the alarm was a French actor named Jean-Hugues Anglade.
But Anglade’s keeping calm and trying to get others to safety will be ignored by Brits and Americans who want to mock the French as “Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys”. Haters gonna hate.
re: #140 sagehen
“In an interview with the Times of Israel, Dershowitz — who describes himself as a “liberal Democrat” who voted twice for Obama —”
that’s a big enough, obvious enough, lie that I’d have to disregard every other quote in the entire article.
You mean, disregard what Dersh says? (Because the quotes themselves are genuine, so they cannot be disregarded in that sense.)
re: #143 Blind Frog Belly White
Dafuq? Talk about gratuitous insulting bullshit.
Insulting? Not hardly. If cops are shown beating a suspect unconscious, civil rights activists would justly have something sharp to say about that. My mention of BLM was not done with any hostile intent.
re: #147 Dark_Falcon
Insulting? Not hardly. If cops are shown beating a suspect unconscious, civil rights activists would justly have something sharp to say about that. My mention of BLM not done with any hostile intent.
Let me know the next time BLM criticizes police for excessive force in taking down a heavily armed suspect clearly intent on mayhem. That you say that indicates the whole point of BLM has flown over your head.
re: #144 Feline Fearless Leader
If the guy had taken the AK-47 and checked the other cars in a train in the US…
a. Depends on whether he was in uniform
b. Depends on the color of his skin
c. Depends on the number of 2nd Amendment nutjobs there are in the other cars
There are very few places in the US where its legal for civilians to carry a gun on a train. The reason being that the motion of the train throws aim off and makes a “friendly-fire” incident far too likely.
re: #147 Dark_Falcon
Clairvoyance, you are doing it wrong.
Mrs. FBW was tickled to be the object of the Top Comment. ‘My 15 Minutes!’ she said.
re: #148 Blind Frog Belly White
I should have made clear that the BLM mention was in reply to Lawhawk’s #104:
So, wait a moment. Let me get this straight.
Three Americans, two of them Marines, manage to disarm a man firing an AK-47 on a train in France, without being armed themselves.
How is that possible?
Cops claim that they have no choice but shoot and kill people - many of them unarmed, because they claim that they felt threatened and therefore are justified in their use of force. This happens practically every single day in the US.
Meanwhile, a man using an AK-47 is subdued by three unarmed people. It really makes you wonder just what law enforcement in the US is taught on how to deal with situations that should otherwise end with a suspect in custody alive but instead end up with far too many in hospitals or the morgue.
And this reply from PhillyPretzel:
Maybe municipal police departments should take a page out of USMC training manual.
I was trying to provide additional facts and describe the situation as atypical. I wasn’t trying to mock or demean anyone.
re: #18 Amory Blaine
Trump says he would ‘scare the pope’ with ISIS if he slams capitalism during US visit
Something tells me the Pope won’t scare as easily as the rubes.
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
3. Stone, Skarlatos and their two friends beat the would-be hostage taker unconscious in the course of stopping him. While that is acceptable when dealing with an enemy bent on hostage-taking and murder, If police were caught on video doing the same thing to an ordinary criminal then I am sure Deray McKesson and BLM would have a good bit to same about the matter.
If that criminal was armed and threatening to shoot people, that would be one thing. If the criminal was jaywalking or selling unlicensed cigarettes, that would be another thing altogether…
re: #153 Dark_Falcon
There has never been an analogous situation, so what you’re describing is what you think BLM would do, not necessarily what BLM would do
re: #146 Nyet
You mean, disregard what Dersh says? (Because the quotes themselves are genuine, so they cannot be disregarded in that sense.)
Yes. If that’s how he starts, then every word out of his mouth is suspect.
Rand caucus meeting getting underway.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
Tad concerning that GOP chairman Steve Robertson feels compelled to tell committee that the room is only reserved through 4 pm.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
Media and guests kicked out for part of session dealing with state party budget. Roberson worries abt reporters putting mics to door
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
This is truly embarrassing.
re: #156 Nyet
There has never been an analogous situation, so what you’re describing is what you think BLM would do, not necessarily what BLM would do
True. I was arguing that what happened on that train was an exceptional situation and should not be applied broadly. But I stepped on a social landmine in saying that and got my foot blown off.
re: #157 sagehen
Yes. If that’s how he starts, then every word out of his mouth is suspect.
Why not just legally change his name to ‘Even Liberal Democrat Allan Dershowitz’/
re: #159 Dark_Falcon
True. I was arguing that what happened on that train was an exceptional situation and should not be applied broadly. But I stepped on a social landmine in saying that and got my foot blown off.
Like making a Curt Cobain joke to the wrong audience…
re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Like making a Curt Cobain joke to the wrong audience…
Yep, a lot like that.
pic.twitter.com/B8SUNrwztU via @HowieCarrShow
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) August 22, 2015
jeebus, as if the anti-Planned Parenthood rally and the Rand Paul RPK caucus nonsense weren’t enough stupidity in Kentucky today, there’s also this happening right now:
Several hundred so far at Capitol rally to support Rowan Clerk Kim Davis, who has refused same-sex marriage licenses pic.twitter.com/igQamDCEA4
— Mike Wynn (@MikeWynn_CJ) August 22, 2015
Churches are busing people in, many are holding signs with Bible verses or religious messages pic.twitter.com/QJl3LWtymT
— Mike Wynn (@MikeWynn_CJ) August 22, 2015
There’s some messaging battles going on. One man steps up with impromptu sermon, others with the event try to sing louder than him
— Mike Wynn (@MikeWynn_CJ) August 22, 2015
is it too early to start drinking?
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, as if the anti-Planned Parenthood rally and the Rand Paul RPK caucus nonsense weren’t enough stupidity in Kentucky today, there’s also this happening right now:
[Embedded content]
is it too early to start drinking?
Remember when Christians used to just hold family picnics on Saturdays?
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just pick a city and pretend you are there. Never too early…
Maybe if they could only drag out a sinner and stone him or her……
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, as if the anti-Planned Parenthood rally and the Rand Paul RPK caucus nonsense weren’t enough stupidity in Kentucky today, there’s also this happening right now:
[Embedded content]
is it too early to start drinking?
Please explain to these people the difference between the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony and the legal status of marriage and how they overlap in many areas but are not identical.
On the other hand, don’t waster their breath, these people are inured to arguments, they have Scripture on their side.
good grief
Senate pres Stivers and other lawmakers leaving closed door RPK session to attend religious liberty rally.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #169 The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin
Never.
That guy up front has been woed.
Gandalf in a Ten Gallon? Looks normal to me…..
1000s rallying for anti-gay lawbreaking county clerks in Kentucky today. Rarely see capitol rallies that big. https://t.co/OCLbSZfCfQ
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
I’m having trouble with a crowd estimate, but I would guess a couple thousand at this point pic.twitter.com/mnGA83oEpj
— Mike Wynn (@MikeWynn_CJ) August 22, 2015
gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
So huge a crowd no picture can do it justice…..
Rules are rules, regardless of the situation. pic.twitter.com/voNuDhasIo
— You had one job (@_youhadonejob) August 22, 2015
Summer 2015 wildfires seen in this night image by our @NASANPP satellite: http://t.co/3AEhuleISG #EarthRightNow pic.twitter.com/TyhcQTge6c
— NASA (@NASA) August 22, 2015
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Embedded content]
gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
@MikeWynn_CJ Come on…be brave and post a selfie with your mutilated fetus sign. Stop pretending you’re only there to observe.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 22, 2015
re: #110 PhillyPretzel
Maybe municipal police departments should take a page out of USMC training manual.
At least the soldiers were able to stay out of each others way. Thinking of that deadly dog pile on alleged single cig seller Garner. The cops made it impossible to cuff him.
Have a great day all. Off to chores and then chillin. It’s past half past August….Almost a quarter to September. Geeessshh.
re: #171 nines09
Nah, the guy in the white shirt with the neon scripture signs. I found the Isaiah 5:20 especially ironic. Quite the dick, that one.
re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth
I am sorry I have the wrong information.
No wonder this deal is giving him so much butt-pucker.
Barak: Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran in 2010 and 2011, but colleagues blocked him http://t.co/99xfTio0XE via @timesofisrael
— Jason Febery (@JasonFebery) August 22, 2015
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
3. Stone, Skarlatos and their two friends beat the would-be hostage taker unconscious in the course of stopping him. While that is acceptable when dealing with an enemy bent on hostage-taking and murder, If police were caught on video doing the same thing to an ordinary criminal then I am sure Deray McKesson and BLM would have a good bit to same about the matter.
Oh, bullshit.
Seriously, this “reasoning” is essentially “Cops should be able kill whoever they want if they feel it’s warranted.”
Jesus, dude…
Forget a veto override; Democrats hope to prevent a ‘no’ vote on the Iran deal http://t.co/IyB5VWGBVI
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 22, 2015
re: #180 The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin
Nah, the guy in the white shirt with the neon scripture signs. I found the Isaiah 5:20 especially ironic. Quite the dick, that one.
I dare to say they are all dicks. Tend thy own garden and live and let live and all that aside.
sure it is…
Alan Hoyle tells crowd at 1st Amendment rally about forgiveness. ^JB pic.twitter.com/MOYvriFP8y
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) August 22, 2015
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, as if the anti-Planned Parenthood rally and the Rand Paul RPK caucus nonsense weren’t enough stupidity in Kentucky today, there’s also this happening right now:
[Embedded content]
is it too early to start drinking?
It is never too early to start drinking.
To all the Kim Davis supporters—fine, she can believe whatever she wants (she and her 4th? 5th? husband can discuss the sanctity of marriage whenever they want to) but if she can’t do her damn job, she needs to go.
re: #182 darthstar
No wonder this deal is giving him so much butt-pucker.
[Embedded content]
Idiot. They do not have the capacity to get that job done short of a nuclear attack themselves. They have a madman in office. Edit wondering if that is what he had in mind actually.
re: #189 Great White Snark
Idiot. They do not have the capacity to get that job done short of a nuclear attack themselves. They have a madman in office.
I’m sure he has a rationale…if we invade Iran, the Americans will back us because they have to defend Israel at all costs…
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
Alan Hoyle. He’s not even from Kentucky.
Man Arrested With Gun Outside U.S. Capitol
Lincolnton street preacher won’t back down
More fun stuff about him in the Google machine.
@blakehounshell Mr. Christie…Do you know what happened to the Butter Cow’s hind leg? And why is your face so greasy looking?
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 22, 2015
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
3. Stone, Skarlatos and their two friends beat the would-be hostage taker unconscious in the course of stopping him. While that is acceptable when dealing with an enemy bent on hostage-taking and murder, If police were caught on video doing the same thing to an ordinary criminal then I am sure Deray McKesson and BLM would have a good bit to same about the matter.
Dark? You were giving Wendell grief for a bad joke, but then you go and bad joke your own self. There was no need for you to toss Deray and BLM in your comment other than to dump on them and to rattle the cage of a lot of sympathetic LGFers.
Bad Dark!
re: #190 darthstar
Look at who stopped it. The intel and defense top guys. They know Iran already dug so deep and distributed assets so widely it would be hard for the USAF to get it done. If Iran started raining missiles on Israeli cities I have little doubt Israel would at least threaten a nuclear counter.
So, on a daily basis conservatives are screeching that Obama doesn’t follow the Constitution, but today they are protesting to defend country clerks that are not following the Constitution.
Back for a moment to my loathing of and disdain for the media. When is the last time they all covered a “Pep Rally” (that’s what CNN called it on their BREAKING NEWS chyron) live during primetime?
Add in the lead-in coverage (nothing more newsworthy than a 1/2 empty stadium and a plane flying over it) and the post-insanity “analysis” and the whole thing took up about 3-4 hours of coverage.
(And I thought “Ass” winning best screenplay in Idiocracy was high farce.)
re: #195 Dr. Matt
So, on a daily basis conservatives are screeching that Obama doesn’t follow the Constitution, but today are protesting to defend country clerks that are not following the Constitution.
Irony left Kentucky a very long time ago.
Damn you, hackers! Is nothing sacred!? pic.twitter.com/tQSPQeiJon
— BFF (@YrBFF) August 21, 2015
WATCH: Video allegedly shot by American shows aftermath of thwarted shooting on French train http://t.co/4T9fyvdaOv pic.twitter.com/rrVe6VGpfw
— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2015
@blakehounshell He’s definitely against a pathway to the White House.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 22, 2015
yeah, it’s strange that a reporter would rather take a day off than cover your dumb story. pic.twitter.com/SMFKEFEfoE
— Elon Green (@elongreen) August 22, 2015
re: #200 darthstar
This was supposed to be the linked tweet.
Group of immigration reform folks boo @ChrisChristie answer, he said no one who comes illegally slhd get citizenship pic.twitter.com/J9SdNs4poB
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) August 22, 2015
reporters are bored:
Sitting on the floor in the hallway outside RPK mtg and trying to remember if white smoke means caucus or no caucus
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #199 Dr. Matt
That story is all over CNN. Then just mentioned that the President is supposed to call them soon.
Go figure…
GotNews.com will be publishing the names of other prominent individuals we have identified in the Ashley Madison hack.
re: #204 PhillyPretzel
That story is all over CNN. Then just mentioned that the President is supposed to call them soon.
Has CNN created a simulation of what went down yet? Wait for it…..
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
reporters are bored:
[Embedded content]
I miss Sam’s reporting from Arizona.
re: #206 Dr. Matt
I am going to be going home soon. Some impolite person told me to watch his stuff.
re: #195 Dr. Matt
So, on a daily basis conservatives are screeching that Obama doesn’t follow the Constitution, but today they are protesting to defend country clerks that are not following the Constitution.
Because there is a Higher Law and it says that gays should not marry (it also says that they should be put to death).
Incredibly proud of 3 American heroes who subdued attacker on #FrenchTrain yesterday. Wishing speedy recovery to those injured.
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) August 22, 2015
re: #204 PhillyPretzel
I hope that they will be getting a number of Military awards from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and our government.
And civilian awards for the 3rd guy.
Ah, the fair…such a great place to bring the fami—
Hog crate protesters storm soapbox stage and state troopers run to corral them and haul them away. No arrest
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 22, 2015
Chris Christies wife Mary Pat hurriedly reassures his four kids behind the soapbox stage that their dad is ok. Most hecklers of all
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 22, 2015
Trooper wrestles with Chris Christie protester backstage at soapbox pic.twitter.com/xv6MO7XhTh
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 22, 2015
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
#3. You really don’t get it. Over and over again. You just. Don’t. Get. It.
Iowa just went Jersey on @ChrisChristie. I’ve never seen protesters storm the stage on him in NJ.But that’s exactly what just happened in IA
— Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) August 22, 2015
re: #211 The War TARDIS
I hope that they will be getting a number of Military awards from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and our government.
And civilian awards for the 3rd guy.
From France and the US, surely. And a distinction of the Legion of Honour in France can be awarded to a civilian as well.
re: #215 darthstar
Iowa just went Jersey on @ChrisChristie. I’ve never seen protesters storm the stage on him in NJ.But that’s exactly what just happened in IA
It is the new way of doing politics: if you are to the left of me on any issue, you are scum and deserve whatever you get!
James O’Keefe Tries to Entrap Hillary, Fails Spectacularly http://t.co/6vNkdbcz5N #Hillary2016
— fabucat (@fabucat) August 22, 2015
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
Dark the most powerful protests have been and sadly will continue to be when an unarmed suspect gets beat and or killed. And none of that was reaching for something crap after a demand for ID either.
re: #218 darthstar
Oops! Even better, one of the women was subsequently identified as Laura Loomer, a student at Barry University who illegally videotaped a professor earlier this year in what sounds like a fairly pathetic attempt to frame him for supporting ISIS. The university subsequently suspended Loomer, and the professor filed criminal charges against her.
We are seeing the rise of an irrational anger coming from a large voting block of this country. All the outright lies, fear, and victimhood stemming from the election of a black President with a funny sounding name has lit a fuse. It’s going to get worse, folks. A lot worse, I’m afraid.
re: #222 GlutenFreeJesus
We are seeing the rise of an irrational anger coming from a large voting block of this country. All the outright lies, fear, and victimhood stemming from the election of a black President with a funny sounding name has lit a fuse. It’s going to get worse, folks. A lot worse, I’m afraid.
Yeah. I just hope a significant number of them wake up and smell the coffee, and see what their party has become, before things go too pear-shaped.
re: #219 Dark_Falcon
But still dude… Happens all the time. Just saying.
re: #222 GlutenFreeJesus
We are seeing the rise of an irrational anger coming from a large voting block of this country. All the outright lies, fear, and victimhood stemming from the election of a black President with a funny sounding name has lit a fuse. It’s going to get worse, folks. A lot worse, I’m afraid.
My Worst Case Scenario:
Trump runs 3rd party.
Clinton wins in electoral college, but does not get a clear majority of popular votes
and not a single electoral vote in the south
1860 all over again!!!
re: #224 GlutenFreeJesus
But still dude… Happens all the time. Just saying.
I’m trying, GFJ, but its an issue I’ve come late to and in this case I shouldn’t have brought it up at all.
Protesters rush stage, @ChrisChristie I feel right at home, thanks Iowa for doing that. Crowd roars #DMRSoapbox pic.twitter.com/LDHFpS1xrv
— David Redlawsk (@DavidRedlawsk) August 22, 2015
re: #225 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
He won’t have to run third party.
Being an asshole is working for him.
re: #212 darthstar
And his first victim is black…who could have predicted that?
Now, now, Upchuck will happily defend black guys as long as their victims are women lying bitches.
re: #229 GlutenFreeJesus
He won’t have to run third party.
Being an asshole is working for him.
You are probably right, and the GOP is going to have to choose between the devil and deep blue sea.
Who ever thought that when fascism came to America, it would be wearing a dead animal on its head?
re: #231 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
You are probably right, and the GOP is going to have to choose between the devil and deep blue sea.
Who ever thought that when fascism came to America, it would be wearing a dead animal on its head?
Wasn’t it supposed to be wrapped in a flag and holding a cross?
re: #225 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Trump running third party would probably give Clinton a better chance of winning some southern states. The main reason is that Trump would take a disproportionate number of votes from the GOP nominee but not from the Democratic nominee. Basically, all those states that Obama lost in the 60-40 range end up being in play
re: #232 Teukka
Don’t be silly. Anything goes now. Have to “Put the white back in the White House” ya know…
re: #229 GlutenFreeJesus
He won’t have to run third party.
Being an asshole is working for him.
I still think 25-30% is his ceiling and as other candidates drop out the GOP will coalesce around one of the other candidates. Granted that 25-30% is probably the most vocal and fiery part of the republican base. With all the superpac money floating around lots of the candidates will hang out a lot longer than they normally would which is the only thing I think can give Trump a chance. Keeping the other votes diluted.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
Irony left Kentucky a very long time ago.
Yes, long ago…. I had a 4th great grand half-uncle who worked at an iron forge in Kentucky almost 200 years ago, and that’s way back then and I don’t think these days they work on …. oh… wait… you said irony… my bad.
re: #235 danarchy
According to the polls where they ask for second choice preferences, Trump leads in that category too. Meaning his ceiling is probably closer to 40% in the primary. Which is probably enough to win anything other than a head to head race
re: #225 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
My Worst Case Scenario:
Trump runs 3rd party.
Clinton wins in electoral college, but does not get a clear majority of popular votes
and not a single electoral vote in the south
1860 all over again!!!
I think it’s more likely either Trump will be the GOP nominee, or he’ll flame out, leaving all the rest of them so damaged that Clinton wins in a landslide or near-landslide Popular Vote, but Republican State Legislatures hand out their Electoral Votes by Legislative District, tilting the EV exactly the other way. What happens then? I don’t know. There should have been 100 million people out in the street every day until the coup of 2000 was overturned, but there wasn’t.
Hearing inside RPK meeting now: discussing compromise for caucus…trigger date that $ would have to be raised by, or else revert to primary
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
Hearing from inside RPK meeting: Speaker: “This isn’t about Rand Paul. This is about the party.” #RandPaul
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
It’s not about the party, it’s ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
re: #239 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
There should have been 100 million people out in the street every day until the coup of 2000 was overturned, but there wasn’t.
Because nobody really liked Al Gore, even the folks who voted for him…
re: #235 danarchy
I still think 25-30% is his ceiling and as other candidates drop out the GOP will coalesce around one of the other candidates. Granted that 25-30% is probably the most vocal and fiery part of the republican base. With all the superpac money floating around lots of the candidates will hang out a lot longer than they normally would which is the only thing I think can give Trump a chance. Keeping the other votes diluted.
You may be right about the ceiling on Trump’s support. If that support stays at the Trump or Else level he could extract some interesting quid pro quos for blessing the obvious nominee at the convention.
re: #239 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Some significant share of the GOP nominating votes are not won in first ballots (or caucuses). It doesn’t matter how many states Trump scores, in the end the institution will not pick him to be the GOP candidate.
The Republican Party of Kentucky is willing to sell the election.
It’s just a matter of how much and how soon Rand has to pay up.
re: #235 danarchy
Big thing is motivation. There just isn’t much on the DNC side, regardless of any reasons.
Turnout of rational people next year is going to be low. I hope I’m wrong, but everything I’m seeing just doesn’t bode well for this country’s future.
I’m going to do all I can to get people to vote, however. Not giving up, but reality is setting in. Just wish the election was over with already. I can handle these crazies flapping their jaws were an election not just around the corner. ;)
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Embedded content]
It’s not about the party, it’s ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
Well, now that they’re fortified from their religious liberty pandering break, I’m sure they’ll do the right thing.
re: #239 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I think it’s more likely either Trump will be the GOP nominee, or he’ll flame out, leaving all the rest of them so damaged that Clinton wins in a landslide or near-landslide Popular Vote, but Republican State Legislatures hand out their Electoral Votes by Legislative District, tilting the EV exactly the other way. What happens then? I don’t know. There should have been 100 million people out in the street every day until the coup of 2000 was overturned, but there wasn’t.
If I am not mistaken the most comprehensive after the fact study done showed even had the recounts Gore requested gone forward Bush would have won…
re: #246 BeachDem
Well, now that they’re fortified from their
religious libertypandering break, I’m sure they’ll do the right thing.
A closed door session to debate a caucus. So a smoke-filled back room to decide on a smoke-filled back room. Good day for transparency.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #247 danarchy
If I am not mistaken the most comprehensive after the fact study done showed even had the recounts Gore requested gone forward Bush would have won…
That is what I remember too. I suppose I could Google it but I’m too lazy… but that’s what I remember the post-count analyses showed.
Aha. The doors have opened.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
Quick recess and the rest of the meeting will be open press
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Embedded content]
Add in his snark about what the color of smoke would indicate, and they’re REALLY smokin’
re: #239 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I think it’s more likely either Trump will be the GOP nominee, or he’ll flame out, leaving all the rest of them so damaged that Clinton wins in a landslide or near-landslide Popular Vote, but Republican State Legislatures hand out their Electoral Votes by Legislative District, tilting the EV exactly the other way. What happens then? I don’t know. There should have been 100 million people out in the street every day until the coup of 2000 was overturned, but there wasn’t.
There were protests. I was in some of them. Few were even mentioned in the media. At the time I thought it was because the highjacking of a presidential election was unthinkable. Therefore, it wasn’t highjacked and someone is always protesting about something anyway.
I am sorry about my statement #208. As I stated a very impolite person told me to watch his stuff. I had to get away from him before I did something I would regret. I really hate it when people sitting next to you automatically assume you will do what they want. At least that person left the area.
re: #255 De Kolta Chair
nice crossed eyes. //
re: #239 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Are there enough blue/purple states with Republican controlled legislatures to actually swing the electoral college like that? Obviously, the big blue states won’t change (that’s where the most help would come from), nor would the big red states (that would cause the most damage).
re: #257 KGxvi
I believe that since 2000 some states have changed their laws regarding their electoral college representatives, but I can’t tell you what they are off the top of my head.
re: #253 Higgs Boson’s Mate
There were protests. I was in some of them. Few were even mentioned in the media. At the time I thought it was because the highjacking of a presidential election was unthinkable. Therefore, it wasn’t highjacked and someone is always protesting about something anyway.
The protests that got covered by the media were the ‘Brooks Brothers Riots’ staged by conservatives to unnerve the people in charge of assessing the ballots.
re: #257 KGxvi
Are there enough blue/purple states with Republican controlled legislatures to actually swing the electoral college like that? Obviously, the big blue states won’t change (that’s where the most help would come from), nor would the big red states (that would cause the most damage).
There’s Wisconsin, of course. Michigan? Ohio?They wouldn’t be threatening it if they didn’t think it would work.
I would be in favor of altering the Electoral College laws: namely that it would kick in only if no single candidate gains a clear majority of the popular vote.
Of course, that would not have helped in 2000, Gore only had a plurality.
re: #257 KGxvi
Are there enough blue/purple states with Republican controlled legislatures to actually swing the electoral college like that? Obviously, the big blue states won’t change (that’s where the most help would come from), nor would the big red states (that would cause the most damage).
If even just wisconsin and ohio did, it could make a big difference. I don’t think it will happen and even if it did it would get tied up in court until after the next election. Usually voting and electoral changes can’t be made for imminent elections, the courts probably wouldn’t allow any changes to take place until after the cycle.
re: #257 KGxvi
Are there enough blue/purple states with Republican controlled legislatures to actually swing the electoral college like that? Obviously, the big blue states won’t change (that’s where the most help would come from), nor would the big red states (that would cause the most damage).
Don’t be so sure about the blue states. My town, which generally leans Dem, got kicked out of our mostly GOP congressional district when a Democrat won in 2008. After the Tea Baggers kicked him out in 2010, the next order of business was to send us packing as well.
This is in allegedly blue state NJ.
More on those “planned” Israeli strikes on Iran.
One part really stuck out at me:
“The Iranians have a long tradition of deceiting and defying the whole world,” he said. “So we are a little bit skeptical.”
Someone tell me how Israel got their nukes…
Thankfully, Netenyahu didn’t get what he wanted.
re: #219 Dark_Falcon
Guys, could you please read on and see my explanation writing that. I can’t change it now, but I wasn’t trying to be an ass.
Dark…you should have known you’d get some static for posting that. The question is really why didn’t you think of that before posting?
That is why I said you were doing it to rattle “our” cages knowing how much Deray and BLM has been discussed around here.
And to my original point…you didn’t like the Cobain joke because it had to do with a suicide. Well, the BLM movement is all about Black people that have been killed by the hands of police. They didn’t even get a choice…the choice Cobain had.
Apology accepted…this time.
re: #231 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
You are probably right, and the GOP is going to have to choose between the devil and deep blue sea.
Who ever thought that when fascism came to America, it would be wearing a dead animal on its head?
Hmmm. Are fascists identified by how they wear their hair…both on their head and face?
/
Breathless anticipation for GOP vote on caucuses about to happen.#RandPaul
— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) August 22, 2015
Motion is made and passes requesting a vote by ballot. Could be bad news for Rand Paul.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
Paul’s allies in the room did not seem to be in favor of vote by ballot.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
heh
RPK committee votes for a secret paper ballot. Very very very bad news for Rand Paul’s chances on a caucus.
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
RPK central committee members apparently don’t want Rand to know how they really feel, individually.
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
I can’t really follow this.
Last I read, in KY someone can’t run for more than one office at a time, right?
So the law would have to be changed, no?
re: #272 freetoken
I can’t really follow this.
Last I read, in KY someone can’t run for more than one office at a time, right?
So the law would have to be changed, no?
The RPK is considering changing the primary method from voting booth to caucus, but just for the presidential primary.
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
The RPK is considering changing the primary method from voting booth to caucus, but just for the presidential primary.
So, why is that a big deal?
re: #265 GlutenFreeJesus
More on those “planned” Israeli strikes on Iran.
One part really stuck out at me:
Someone tell me how Israel got their nukes…
Thankfully, Netenyahu didn’t get what he wanted.
Is it cynicism speaking if I wonder at the possibility of Bibi ordering military action against Iran when the Senate approves of the agreement?
re: #274 freetoken
So, why is that a big deal?
Rand Paul is paying for it.
As a Republican in Kentucky, it pisses me off to no end that the RPK is actually considering taking away my right to vote.
re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ok.
But now, isn’t there still the problem of Paul running for two offices at the same time?
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
The RPK is considering changing the primary method from voting booth to caucus, but just for the presidential primary.
What is the $$ factor though?
re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rand Paul is paying for it.
As a Republican in Kentucky, it pisses me off to no end that the RPK is actually considering taking away my right to vote.
As a Republican anywhere, you should be pissed off at what that party has become.
re: #277 freetoken
Ok.
But now, isn’t there still the problem of Paul running for two offices at the same time?
Only if his name would appear in two places on the ballot. The caucus would avoid that little problem, at least for the primary.
re: #263 Mattand
Don’t be so sure about the blue states. My town, which generally leans Dem, got kicked out of our mostly GOP congressional district when a Democrat won in 2008. After the Tea Baggers kicked him out in 2010, the next order of business was to send us packing as well.
This is in allegedly blue state NJ.
There’s a bill afoot in Michigan about it—guess who two of the sponsors are? Those sexual shenanigan kids, creepy Todd Coursor and his gal pal, Cindy Gamrat.
Why doesn’t Paul skip the process and just self-certify the damn thing?
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
Only if his name would appear in two places on the ballot. The caucus would avoid that little problem, at least for the primary.
Thanks. Now it makes more sense. So Paul can be on the ballot for the Senate nomination, and still participate in a special caucus.
Clever, by too much I think, for Paul to try this tactic.
re: #282 De Kolta Chair
Why doesn’t Paul skip the process and just self-certify the damn thing?
He already said this morning that if the RPK doesn’t approve the caucus, he’ll just bypass Kentucky in the primary and only run in 49 states.
re: #282 De Kolta Chair
Because that would be obviously tampering with the vote. This way it looks like an actual vote that will come out in his favor.
re: #279 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
As a Republican anywhere, you should be pissed off at what that party has become.
I am, but I live in a Republican/Libertarian stronghold so all local and state elections are decided in the Republican primary.
Always.
I stay a Republican so I can do my part in keeping the loonies at bay.
For Texans Rick Perry and Ted Cruz, Iowa polls could be the end of the trail and Trump is to blame http://t.co/Sj5KXLmrOu
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 22, 2015
re: #275 Alyosha
Nope. In fact it’s a real concern.
re: #275 Alyosha
Is it cynicism speaking if I wonder at the possibility of Bibi ordering military action against Iran when the Senate approves of the agreement?
Bibi strikes me as being cynical enough to do just that in order to force us into a confrontation with Iran. The rest of the developed world is hastening to build trade with them in anticipation of a ratified treaty. Bibi has to get his war on before normal diplomatic and trade relations between Iran and the rest of the world become the status quo.
re: #292 Higgs Boson’s Mate
If Bibi starts a war, he should fight it alone.
hmmmmm, interesting:
Rand and aide Doug Stafford just left the room while party rules on loyalty are being debated.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #294 Alyosha
My own thoughts have centered around the Nixon Madman Strategy. At this point his entire legacy is the Iran spectre. It’s a Heidegger’s Wildcard.
Is it still in the deck or what?
I’m almost certain I meant ‘Schrodinger’s Wildcard.’
… or am I?
Unexplained fighters jets over Louisville. https://t.co/q9up8HXsp7
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
Police have temporarily CLOSED Bluegrass Airport. No other information from police yet. pic.twitter.com/8dExbkpJPw
— Mike Linden (@MikeLindenWX) August 22, 2015
re: #294 Alyosha
It’s a Heidegger’s Wildcard.
Is it still in the deck or what?
Your last two sentences made a nice ending for a Beatnik poem so I took the liberty of rearranging them.
Any reason a fucking fighter jet would be making a low run over Germantown right now…
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
Any reason a fucking fighter jet would be making a low run over Germantown right now…
Trump rented the Air Force?
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
Do all of our military’s movements have to be made public? I mean, I understand being alarmed, but they can pretty much fly wherever, whenever, for any damn reason they please.
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is every fighter jet supposed to come with an explanation?
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
Only if his name would appear in two places on the ballot. The caucus would avoid that little problem, at least for the primary.
This all goes to show how much a rat Rand really is. He takes artist’s material to use in his campaign. He has been guilty a couple times of lifting text from Wiki and other places to use. And now he wants to rework a way around Kentucky election law.
Rand Paul has the ethics of a criminal. Only difference he manages to wear a suit. Oh wait…that would make him a con man. Which is what he is. And, he’s a dirtbag at that too.
People are back allowed into Bluegrass Airport. No word on what the bomb squad found on their search. pic.twitter.com/FmnnLfFzGX
— Mike Linden (@MikeLindenWX) August 22, 2015
re: #303 jaunte
Is every fighter jet supposed to come with an explanation?
When they make low passes, it always raises eyebrows.
I do wonder why Blue Grass Airport in Lexington is closed without explanation.
re: #303 jaunte
Is every fighter jet supposed to come with an explanation?
Oh how we pine for the halcyon days of ante-Jade Helm.
re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth
He already said this morning that if the RPK doesn’t approve the caucus, he’ll just bypass Kentucky in the primary and only run in 49 states.
What??? Does he think he has a chance?
Damn, talk about egotistic. He can’t see the reality in his current numbers. No one wants you Rand. No one!
Must be practice day.
Three F-18s just flew over the house in formation at about 1,000. So that’s new. @courierjournal
— Rob Gates (@rjgatesontheweb) August 22, 2015
That awkward moment when a Hebrew sign makes you think ISIS is invading Louisiana: http://t.co/YpmNVlYPza
— KHARY PENEBAKER (@kharyp) August 22, 2015
re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
I am, but I live in a Republican/Libertarian stronghold so all local and state elections are decided in the Republican primary.
Always.
I stay a Republican so I can do my part in keeping the loonies at bay.
I see, I am also a registered Republican in AZ, but only to vote against loonies in the primary. I do not consider myself one by any means.
re: #289 freetoken
Trump stole their gimmick.
He outdicked them both.
My new word…outdicked. Kind of like outwitted but all done by using a different human organ.
/
re: #302 thedopefishlives
Do all of our military’s movements have to be made public? I mean, I understand being alarmed, but they can pretty much fly wherever, whenever, for any damn reason they please.
A person might even consider being annoyed by the noise yet comforted by the fact that our military can be deployed so quickly should the terrorist/not-White people uprising suddenly break out nearby.
soon….
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) August 22, 2015
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
:D
If that were a quickdraw, I’d be already gathering a good host of flies.
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sneaky ninja basement kitteh.
re: #288 Kragar
[Embedded content]
Meanwhile, while Trump was sucking up major oxygen, Ted Cruz was holding a religious freedom rally in Des Moines, which, supposedly attracted 2,500. (CNN, for some odd reason, describes them as men, women and young children. )
The Trump event, I believe, was thrown together in a few days/weeks, right?
The Cruz campaign swung big on the rally: The heavily promoted event was advertised on television and radio, and announced over a month in advance, rare for a campaign event.
THREE HOURS of Ted—nope, no way.
CNN, with their usual astute analysis, posits:
Friday’s high-profile rally showed the Cruz campaign’s commitment to the first-in-the-nation caucus state, where his team will need to perform well and the evangelical vote could be key to securing a win. Cruz faces competition for the evangelical vote from Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Scott Walker.
Hmm, no mention of the elephant hairball in the room…
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
That does it.
Where’s the Scotch bottle?
That doesn’t sound good Sleuth.
A Scotch bottle sounds like an empty.
A Bottle of Scotch sounds like there is still content.
For your sake, I hope there is some Scotch left.
jeebus
7 people confirmed dead after plane crashed into several vehicles on A27 during #Shoreham Airshow http://t.co/iSmQGJY1eB
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 22, 2015
re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth
Seven dead, more than a dozen injured.
re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
Funny, a friend had just written to me the other day commenting on how many airshows there were to see in Europe. I replied that I had never been to one, probably because of what happened at the Rammstein Airbase Air Show disaster of 1988…
On the climate change front, this just happened:
The Islamic community became the latest to reaffirm a duty of stewardship on Tuesday, when prominent Muslims from 20 countries urged all 1.6 billion followers of the Prophet Muhammad to “set in motion a new model of well-being.”
In the 8-page declaration, signed at a gathering in Istanbul, Turkey, religious leaders including the Grand Muftis of Lebanon and Uganda issued an urgent message to madrasses and mosques worldwide.
To avoid “ending life as we know it,” they called for “a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels,” which scientists blame for global warming. They also urged a swift transition to “100% renewable energy” by mid-century.
re: #306 Charles Johnson
An expired potato.
re: #328 Dr Lizardo
The last paragraph is the strongest language I have ever heard against Global Warming.
Sen. Paul said he will have a statement after GOP committee votes on the caucuses.#RandPaul
— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) August 22, 2015
I’ll be sitting here holding my breath in anticipation.
Oh, wait…nope.
Some Arizona schoolbooks carry anti-abortion stickers https://t.co/1cPgnSTLRq pic.twitter.com/MCHBor4zBy
— Jerry Coyne (@Evolutionistrue) August 22, 2015
Another sticker in addition to the one pictured.
The aircraft that crashed at the Shoreham Airshow was a Hawker Hunter. The Hunter is a British design that entered service in 1954. The Hunter was a front line aircraft in its time. The aircraft’s engine reflects the limitations of jet engine technology in its era.
That said, the Hawker is neither decrepit nor incapable. This would not be the first time that a pilot finished a low altitude loop underground.
re: #293 Nyet
If Bibi starts a war, he should fight it alone.
If it was up to me, I’d take it one step further if he pulled a stunt like that. I would cut off all military aid to Israel until Bibi resigns as PM. We need to remind Israel that they’re the client in this relationship.
So the Lizardim ought to be pleased with this. Mrs. Fish and I are embarking on a Dr. Who adventure, thanks to Netflix. Time to let my geek flag fly!
re: #335 No Depression
If it was up to me, I’d take it one step further if he pulled a stunt like that. I would cut off all military aid to Israel until Bibi resigns as PM. We need to remind Israel that they’re the client in this relationship.
But, but, but, Bibi’s “Let’s you and him fight,” strategy has worked out so well for us in Iraq.
heh
Gay-hater @BenCarson2016 talks illegal immigration with openly gay @PaulBabeuAZ , who once had an illegal alien BF http://t.co/uB9zQ0zBqU
— Stephen Lemons (@stephenlemons) August 22, 2015
re: #333 wrenchwench
[Embedded content]
Another sticker in addition to the one pictured.
“This religious text contains material on virgin birth and resurrection of the dead. These are myths and allegories, not actual events. This book should be approached with an open mind.
Rand Paul’s campaign is going so badly that he may lose twice http://t.co/QqHn0CJgdK pic.twitter.com/jY9qF8RYpV
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 22, 2015
“…Paul is left with one option if he doesn’t want to drop out of either race: moving the Kentucky presidential vote. Even if he has to pay for it himself.
In a letter to the state party earlier this month, Paul laid out his pitch in simple terms: He wants the date of the vote moved up, and he’s offering a pile of money to do it. Specifically, Paul promised his campaign would foot the estimated bill of $450,000 to $500,000, starting with an immediate payment, even though the money wasn’t immediately needed.”
re: #335 No Depression
If it was up to me, I’d take it one step further if he pulled a stunt like that. I would cut off all military aid to Israel until Bibi resigns as PM. We need to remind Israel that they’re the client in this relationship.
I’d be a little more restrained than that, but there’s no doubt that Bibi feels emboldened because he knows (or assumes) that we’ll back him in any damn-fool venture he embarks on. That needs to change.
re: #336 thedopefishlives
Going through the classic era, I think the Brigadier is an awesome Companion. Top 10 in fact.
I am sad that Nicholas Courtney died. I would have loved to see the Brig dealing with the 12th and Clara. Or the 11th, Amy, Rory, and River.
First because it would be like having to deal with 2 Doctors at the same time, 2nd because of the family shenanigans.
RPK apparently trying to avoid the appearance of selling the nomination to Rand.
Amendment for RPK to assume all costs of caucus didn’t pass. #RSCC
— Brad Bowman (@Bradleybowman) August 22, 2015
I’m getting whiplash now
RPK central committee votes against amendment blocking Rand Paul from paying for a caucus next year.
— Ashley Lopez (@AshleyLopezFL) August 22, 2015
LOL!
Whoever hacked Ashley Madison must been mistaken. They actually seem to have hacked http://t.co/tZTBvfbhBq
— Chris Hubbard (@chrisconsiders) August 22, 2015
re: #326 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Funny, a friend had just written to me the other day commenting on how many airshows there were to see in Europe. I replied that I had never been to one, probably because of what happened at the Rammstein Airbase Air Show disaster of 1988…
I’m reluctant to go to airshows because I can still vividly recall Czech TV showing the unexpurgated video of the 2002 Sknyliv air show disaster. Horrific stuff, to put it mildly. Nightmare fuel.
re: #343 The War TARDIS
Speaking of which, Jenna Coleman is going to be in Dallas in October. I want to say hi, and thank her Series 7.5. That, especially the episode “The Name of the Doctor,” pulled me out of a depression.
indeed
This was a common refrain of Wallace voters, actually. “This isn’t about hate, it’s about saving the country.” https://t.co/NvGZpUsCWU
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 22, 2015
@Nartist @KevinMKruse Trumps not about hate just preserving the once great country! This country will collapse over next dozen years.
— Lonnie Copeland (@ldcopelandlc52) August 22, 2015
Committee has to give up this hotel ballroom in an hour and a half. Debate over caucus hasn’t started yet.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
indeed
Trumps not about hate just preserving the once great country! This country will collapse over next dozen years.
so we have to destroy everything it stands for in order to save it!
re: #351 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
so we have to destroy everything it stands for in order to save it!
And I’ve been hearing that (insert random number of years) before it all collapses for at least the last 50 years.
A (once) thriving economy, free of burdensome government regulations
BREAKING: Chemical warehouse in Shandong exploded on Sat. Firefighters are at the site now pic.twitter.com/DdZ5o3k4sk
— People’s Daily,China (@PDChina) August 22, 2015
seen on Facebook.
smh
Origins: Mid-August 2015 saw the circulation of the meme displayed above, one reporting that the moon will “inexplicably duplicate 37 times and will be visible from Earth” on 5 September 2015, an event that will not recur until the year 2274.
This is one of those items that even we didn’t think would require debunking, but so many readers have since inquired about it that we have to take a stab at explaining it:
good grief, people are stupid.
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
seen on Facebook.
smhgood grief, people are stupid.
I was looking for the Clickhole watermark on that image. I never found it.
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief, people are stupid.
Reminds me of a song — Wendell Austin’s LSD Made A Wreck of Me
The GOP presidential nomination in Kentucky is definitely for sale:
Former RNC chair Mike Duncan moves to hold a caucus if certified check for $250K is in the bank by Sept. 18. If not, back to primary.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
The actual caucus question will be secret ballot.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
Terry Carmack, McConnell’s state director, rises to remind committee voters that McConnell has endorsed Rand for prez and caucus.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
Wondering if the Koch brothers can be bothered to outbid Rand for our eight electoral votes.
re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth
The GOP presidential nomination is definitely for sale:
[Embedded content]
So, pretty much standard operating procedure for the GOP. Rotten to the core, the lot of ‘em.
re: #360 thedopefishlives
So, pretty much standard operating procedure for the GOP. Rotten to the core, the lot of ‘em.
oh yeah…this just happened:
. @RandPaul will finally come back in room. Motion made for RPK TREASURER to verify funds from @RandPaul 4 caucus. #RSCC
— Brad Bowman (@Bradleybowman) August 22, 2015
O. M.G.
Interesting nugget: Because of rules change adopted earlier, Rand is now a voting member of the committee.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #362 Backwoods_Sleuth
O. M.G.
[Embedded content]
I’m laughing at the fact that Rand had to literally buy the electoral votes from his own home state. Holy shit, that guy has security issues.
re: #362 Backwoods_Sleuth
This has the makings of a fine Broadway musical.
It is beyond stunning that Rand Paul is being allowed to vote on allowing him to buy a caucus.
Good thing I have another unopened bottle of Scotch.
Imma gonna need it.
re: #365 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ve got to believe that Trump will make fun of this.
re: #364 Higgs Boson’s Mate
This has the makings of a fine
Broadway musicalPage.
Just a suggestion for the Sleuth.
re: #365 Backwoods_Sleuth
It is beyond stunning that Rand Paul is being allowed to vote on allowing him to buy a caucus.
Good thing I have another unopened bottle of Scotch.
Imma gonna need it.
The secret caucus question: “Is Rand Paul the sneakiest, suavest, most debonair sunofabitch to come out of Kentucky?”
LOLOLOLOL!!!!
One member worried about weather at caucus. “On May 17, there will be no snow,” he says. “I think a primary is the best way to go.”
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) August 22, 2015
re: #368 wrenchwench
Just a suggestion for the Sleuth.
I’m just waiting to see how it all falls out.
Mike Dincan moves to adopt caucus - PROVIDING $250k deposited in RPK account by sept 22
— Ronnie Ellis (@cnhifrankfort) August 22, 2015
One man now arguing to retain primary; says it w disenfranchise new 18 yr old GOP voters
— Ronnie Ellis (@cnhifrankfort) August 22, 2015
Another says caucus not about Sen Paul but a/b making ky relevant in pres momination process - notwithstanding requirement tht Paul put up $
— Ronnie Ellis (@cnhifrankfort) August 22, 2015
yep, irony can be found nowhere in Kentucky…
oh, dear:
From source in RPK room: some members have left or are leaving now because they are scared. One went left for bathroom and then drove away.
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
I’m clueless, aren’t you?
:D
Rand is now casting his vote. Wonder which way he’ll go
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
#BreathlessAnticipation #MoreLiteralThisTime // RT @TomLoftus_CJ Votes being tallied now. #RandPaul
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
well, shit
Caucus approved with 111 votes. Needed 98 votes in favor.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
I could have sworn that Rand Paul said multiple times that the full $250k is already ‘ready?’ https://t.co/OyS7Jg6M4B
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
I asked Rand after if he will wait until Sept. 18 to transfer $250K. “We’ll transfer it when it’s ready.”
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 22, 2015
re: #334 Higgs Boson’s Mate
The aircraft that crashed at the Shoreham Airshow was a Hawker Hunter. The Hunter is a British design that entered service in 1954. The Hunter was a front line aircraft in its time. The aircraft’s engine reflects the limitations of jet engine technology in its era.
That said, the Hawker is neither decrepit nor incapable. This would not be the first time that a pilot finished a low altitude loop underground.
“controlled flight into terrain” I believe is the current phrase.
On RPK/caucus vote, Grimes says it “disenfranchised” > 1.2 million GOP voters, says Rand Paul “bought an election” pic.twitter.com/8x9Md6rZoa
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 22, 2015
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, as if the anti-Planned Parenthood rally and the Rand Paul RPK caucus nonsense weren’t enough stupidity in Kentucky today, there’s also this happening right now:
[Embedded content]
is it too early to start drinking?
They’re always shoving their religion down my throat.
Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ...
Cheechako
They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
Joe Bacon ✅
March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
Backwoods Sleuth
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
