As the right wing media continue trying to paint this kid as a stealth jihadi, cleverly manipulating gullible infidels with a “hoax bomb” (that was actually just a digital clock in a pencil case), here’s The Nightly Show’s Larry Wilmore interviewing Ahmed Mohamed about his nefarious plots.
Watch when Ahmed shows how the arresting officer pulled his hand up behind his back.
Wingers only behave in profoundly appalling ways because we make them do it.
Evangelicals have a serious case of buttburt
@BronzdBrownGirl @JohnFugelsang Catholics are not Christians, Christians follow the word of God. Catholics take orders from the Vatican.
— Abel Ruiz (@Melusethia) September 24, 2015
re: #3 Kragar
And there is only one word of “God” as evidenced by the thousands of denominations…..HMD…
re: #3 Kragar
Evangelicals have a serious case of buttburt
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Some things just never change.
re: #1 jaunte
He did that because he wanted to hurt that innocent boy.
re: #5 HappyWarrior
@Kragar_LGF @Melusethia @BronzdBrownGirl @JohnFugelsang pic.twitter.com/DNYvTQZjt7
— Abel Undercity (@AbelUndercity) September 24, 2015
Democrats only demand church and state be separate when church disagrees with them. http://t.co/fherAGyzHp #PopeInDC pic.twitter.com/SLDdeHIch3
— The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) September 24, 2015
OMG the whining is deafening!
Ben has teh sads that Pope spoke out against the death penalty BUT NOT TEH LITTLE UNBORNED BABBIES!!!!!!!
Then why did he use the phrase “death penalty” to address the death penalty? https://t.co/6pVxrcjNZU
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 24, 2015
re: #9 jaunte
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OMG the whining is deafening!
As opposed to conservatives who actually compare the concept to Nazism. What Francis was calling for were universal themes that go beyond Christianity and Catholicism. The Weekly Standard can shove it with this bullshit. Republicans not only deny separation of church and state exists,, the spread lies that the concept comes from Hitler and not Jefferson.
re: #10 The Vicious Babushka
Ben has teh sads that Pope spoke out against the death penalty BUT NOT TEH LITTLE UNBORNED BABBIES!!!!!!!
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Go fuck yourself Ben seriously. He’s more of a principled man than your weasely ass will ever be.
Within minutes after tweeting the link to this post, I got this in my mentions:
@Green_Footballs When will the media let this stupid hoax story go pic.twitter.com/kYr5Yd00UI
— Charles Whitman (@WhitmansTumor) September 24, 2015
I’d like to thank the Pope for knocking Kim Davis out of the #1 spot on the RW Rage Train.
Wow does Ben want to put every pregnant woman on trial?
The man raped and suffocated an 11-year-old. The baby did nothing. The Pope spent more time defending the man’s life. pic.twitter.com/NBXWwHW4VK
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 24, 2015
They’re just mad that Francis didn’t espouse their theocrat Ayn Rand sick ideology.
re: #9 jaunte
Let me know when Democrats start pushing Canonical law for the US @weeklystandard
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 24, 2015
Wingnuts are so cute when they make their weird little diagrams with multicolored arrows. pic.twitter.com/p8zKME21zL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
re: #16 The Vicious Babushka
Wow does Ben want to put every pregnant woman on trial?
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Okay, I’ve had enough of this shit. Ben’s seriously accusing the pope of being insufficiently anti-abortion? Seriously motherfucker just stop it.
How did that weasel Shapiro manage to get 112 000 followers on Twitter?
Waah the pope condemned the deat peantlity but he didn’t damn women who choose to get abortions to hell.
re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg
How did that weasel Shapiro manage to get 112 000 followers on Twitter?
Wingnut welfare that gave him his job at Breitbart.
Although members of Congress largely avoided the ostentatious displays of partisan cheering that have come to characterize the president’s annual State of the Union addresses, an ideological divide was apparent at times. In response to Francis’s passage about climate change, Democrats mostly stood and cheered, while some Republicans stayed seated and applauded mildly, if at all.
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Proudly representing the State of Carbon.
re: #21 b.d.
Isn’t that guy sorta agreeing with you?
I think the implication is that Ahmed just bought a clock, packed it in a suitcase and tried to pass it off as a science project.
Wow. Digital clocks have similar components. He’s a fucking genius. I dare him to walk up to some biker that put his own bike together and say ” you didn’t do that, all those parts are premade”.
I built my own house.
Yeah,but you bought the wood at the store.
Today the same right wingers who raged at Obama for “not welcoming the Pope” are raging at the Pope for not saying exactly what they wanted.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
I think the implication is that Ahmed just bought a clock, packed it in a suitcase and tried to pass it off as a science project.
That’s the narrative my Islamapobe and his asshole riends are pushing.
re: #29 Amory Blaine
He forgot the critical “exposed a town full of Islamophobes” step.
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
I think the implication is that Ahmed just bought a clock, packed it in a suitcase and tried to pass it off as a science project.
OK
Well, his user name and photo are that of a mass killer.
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
I think the implication is that Ahmed just bought a clock, packed it in a suitcase and tried to pass it off as a science project.
Well, fuck me again; an asshole who can’t even set a digital clock criticizing someone who put one together.
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
I think the implication is that Ahmed just bought a clock, packed it in a suitcase and tried to pass it off as a science project.
I built my own computer, but bought all the parts online.
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Coming from assholes who probably can’t figure out how to use a damn screwdriver.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
The guy names himself after the domestic terrorist who killed 14 people and wounded 32 in Austin at U of T? And expects to be taken seriously (by anyone but a mental health professional who might find some serious underlying mental health condition)?
The originality or inventiveness of Ahmed’s clock doesn’t matter; the insanely fearful reaction to it does.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
I suppose if someone makes a bike from scratch, one must make it with 5 wheels and 3 seats and i handlebars, otherwise it resembles a store-bought bike and is a hoax.
re: #37 lawhawk
The guy names himself after the domestic terrorist who killed 14 people and wounded 32 in Austin at U of T? And expects to be taken seriously (by anyone but a mental health professional who might find some serious underlying mental health condition)?
Wow how the hell did I not notice that.
re: #39 Nyet
I suppose if someone makes a bike from scratch, one must make it with 5 wheels and 3 seats and i handlebars, otherwise it resembles a store-bought bike and is a hoax.
You can buy cars whole too but if a kid, hell an adult, assembled one out of parts I would be impressed.
Actually, he invented a device which forced idiots to come out of hiding and its working @WhitmansTumor @Green_Footballs
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 24, 2015
Pope did a great job of quietly talking sense and then letting winguts spread bits of exploded head all over the Internet and news media.
re: #38 jaunte
Off the shelf components are what these kids use to make their electronics. Taking stuff apart and figuring out how they go back together.
That’s rather besides the point. The fact that the school took an outlandish response to his project that was approved by one of his teachers. Yet the school admin called police, had him handcuffed for hours, and didn’t see anything wrong with that - even as they didn’t see the device as a threat or a hoax device, since they didn’t see the need to even call the bomb squad.
Had this device been any kind of a threat, that would have been the prudent response. But that didn’t happen.
Of course, they have the same diagrams proving that it was a hoax bomb because it had every component of a bomb without the explosives.
Which, taken together, proves that every digital clock is a hoax bomb, I guess.
ugh
#breaking: 2 people confirmed dead, 50 possibly hurt in crash involving “duck boat” & charter bus on Seattle bridge. pic.twitter.com/xKMX9AMFqW
— Preston Phillips (@10NewsPhillips) September 24, 2015
The other thing that annoys me is people ignoring that he had his rights to counsel ignored and then the bigot cop “I figured that was the one.”
re: #45 Nyet
Of course, they have the same diagrams proving that it was a hoax bomb because it had every component of a bomb without the explosives.
Which, taken together, proves that every digital clock is a hoax bomb, I guess.
Hoax Bomb c. 1890:
re: #45 Nyet
When every bomb that involves clock components is a bomb, then any clock becomes a bomb component.
Of course, if you deconstruct pretty much any piece of technology these days, you’d see all manner of component that could conceivably be a bomb component. Take your smart phone for example. It’s got any number of components that could act as a detonator - whether it’s motion control, GPS, clock (including stopwatches, countdown, etc.), or apps that the individual loaded on to the device.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
Within minutes after tweeting the link to this post, I got this in my mentions:
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re: #48 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Hoax Bomb c. 1890:
I bet that sucker felt like a bomb when the alarm went off the “morning after”.
re: #39 Nyet
I suppose if someone makes a bike from scratch, one must make it with 5 wheels and 3 seats and i handlebars, otherwise it resembles a store-bought bike and is a hoax.
They must personally forge the steel, make the rubber, machine all of the parts, manufacturer the lubricants, manufacture the paint, and make all of the cables before they can say they built a bike.
re: #51 allegro
I bet that sucker felt like a bomb when the alarm went off the “morning after”.
So many were thrown against the wall that they came to be considered perishables.
re: #42 Kragar
Finally, a counter to the invisibility cloak!
The Exorcist. :) #UniteBlue #PDMFNB #p2 pic.twitter.com/oQRGUTQcaX
— Laurel Davila, CPA (@laureldavilacpa) September 24, 2015
re: #52 Skip Intro
They must personally forge the steel, make the rubber, machine all of the parts, manufacturer the lubricants, manufacture the paint, and make all of the cables before they can say they built a bike.
Then by their own standards they’re not making policy, are they?
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Nope. Check the rest of his timeline.
Also, Pro-Tip: Charles Whitman was the University of Texas clocktower sniper.
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It’s a great routine. Too bad you can only do it once.
re: #56 jaunte
And the remains could be buried in a matchbox.
re: #61 EPR-radar
And me just finishing a bowl of pea soup for lunch.
re: #60 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Couple Featured On ‘Ghost Adventures’ Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
It’s a great routine. Too bad you can only do it once.
You can do it several times if it stays apparent. ;)
re: #48 Higgs Boson’s Mate
That’s not an alarm clock. That’s a heart attack.
I regret tht I have but one upding to give. Instead, I respectfully doff my whitehat.
re: #65 nines09
That’s not an alarm clock. That’s a heart attack.
That clock’s killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille.
I’m seeing HURR HURR HE MADE A CLOCK FROM STORE BOUGHT COMPONENTS!!!!1!!! all over wingnut Twitter, courtesy of Dana Loesch.
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
I’m seeing HURR HURR HE MADE A CLOCK FROM STORE BOUGHT COMPONENTS!!!!1!!! all over wingnut Twitter, courtesy of Dana Loesch.
Um, really? Should he have assembled the components from atoms?
lolnotheywouldn’t
Pro-death penalty conservatives would GRATEFULLY give that up in exchange for an end of abortion. Not even close to true on the other side.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) September 24, 2015
re: #70 Nyet
Um, really? Should he have assembled the components from the atoms?
A man spent six months and $1,500 making a sandwich from scratch
re: #67 Higgs Boson’s Mate
That clock’s killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille.
You woke up alright. Right before you died.
re: #69 Lidane
Got it in one. Looney Tunes are an important part of my philosophy. They’re easy to understand and they work as well as anything else.
re: #70 Nyet
Um, really? Should he have assembled the components from atoms?
It would’ve been impressive if he’d built the parts from scratch first!
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re: #72 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
A man spent six months and $1,500 making a sandwich from scratch
Musta been some yuuuge scratch.
re: #76 Lidane
It would’ve been impressive if he’d built the parts from scratch first!
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Had he built them from scratch, he’d have been accused of serving the Old Scratch.
He was doing that Ben while you were crapping your Pampers
Perhaps the Pope should criticize Argentina’s economic system, where poverty rate is 27% and per capita income is $17K (US: $53K).
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 24, 2015
Speaking of Pampers, gotta go buy some for my 2-year-old twin grandkids.
re: #79 The Vicious Babushka
Ben is oblivious to the fact that the Pope is visiting the US - not Argentina.
Ben concerned about blowing.
Because Biblical believers don’t like when those who purport to speak for the Bible blow it. https://t.co/SjizNbIeWG
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 24, 2015
re: #76 Lidane
It would’ve been impressive if he’d built the parts from scratch first!
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I sent him a 100lb bag of sand. Said he should start by deriving silicone.
re: #79 The Vicious Babushka
He was doing that Ben while you were crapping your Pampers
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The average per capita income in the U.S. is $53K?! Average family of four pulling down over $200K? We are really losers at our house then.
re: #85 EmmaAnne
The average per capita income in the U.S. is $53K?! Average family of four pulling down over $200K? We are really losers at our house then.
Math is hard.
re: #83 Nyet
Ben concerned about blowing.
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@benshapiro Aren’t you the guy who bitches about being religiously persecuted all the time? You’re Dana’s husband, right?
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 24, 2015
OK, so in last thread I wrote that the speech was bland, but this just might convince me that it was OK.
My full thoughts on the Pope’s egregious speech here. http://t.co/R4wuGlr9RR
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 24, 2015
re: #79 The Vicious Babushka
He was doing that Ben while you were crapping your Pampers
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He absolutely was. Ben just has his head up his asshole again.
re: #89 Nyet
OK, so in last thread I wrote that the speech was bland, but this just might convince me that it was OK.
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If it “failed” social conservatives, it did its job IMO.
If Breitbrats are pissed, the Pope did something right.
re: #90 HappyWarrior
He absolutely was. Ben just has his head up his asshole again.
“Again” implies there are times when it is not.
If the politicians want to have dinner with the Pope, they know where to find him.
The #PopeInDC at congress just showed American conservatives what a real Christian is. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/4gCnaXLzRL
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) September 24, 2015
re: #79 The Vicious Babushka
Where Ben Shapiro shares the fact he knows nothing about the Pope’s history in Argentina https://t.co/rFFvW6Dasj
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 24, 2015
re: #92 Nyet
If Breitbrats are pissed, the Pope did something right.
Yeah that was my thought. Anyhow, I am going to watch the speech tonight but from what I read he touched on universal themes that go beyond religion which I think pises them fof.
Seriously? Number of executions last year: 35 murderers. Number of abortions: 1 million innocents. https://t.co/1U0Da4HNeR
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 24, 2015
So, how many innocent cows and ducks were murdered?
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re: #95 darthstar
If the politicians want to have dinner with the Pope, they know where to find him.
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These are the same people who are convinced that if Jesus came back he would hang out with them. Yeah.
re: #92 Nyet
If Breitbrats are pissed, the Pope did something right.
If the GOP is pissed then the Pope did something right.
FTFY
They’re mad because he didn’t call legal abortion the worst thing ever and damn women who choose to get them. His economic message really isn’t unique but what is unique is his message of incluson to all even non-believers which infuriates the Shapiro and Breitbabies of the world.
Know nothing GOP in Congress thwarted again. GOP effort to deprive women access to health care blocked again. https://t.co/VYZEmVpn0e
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 24, 2015
re: #102 HappyWarrior
They’re mad because he didn’t call legal abortion the worst thing ever and damn women who choose to get them. His economic message really isn’t unique but what is unique is his message of incluson to all even non-believers which infuriates the Shapiro and Breitbabies of the world.
Bibi gave them a massage, the Pope gave them a message.
re: #89 Nyet
Where in the fucking universe does it say that anyone, let alone the head of a major religion, has to please social conservatives? They have failed to accomplish anything that enhances the quality of life in those regions where they dominate yet they want the regard and authority that comes with great accomplishments. They are the laziest, most shit-scared simpletons ever to wear the name “American.”
Right wingers raging at the Pope for not mentioning that Planned Parenthood “sells baby parts.” They wanted the Pope to cosign their lies.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
re: #105 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Where in the fucking universe does it say that anyone, let alone the head of a major religion, has to please social conservatives? They have failed to accomplish anything that enhances the quality of life in those regions where they dominate yet they want the regard and authority that comes with great accomplishments. They are the laziest, most shit-scared simpletons ever to wear the name “American.”
They wanted him to sound like Mike Huckabee.
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE POPE DOESN’T WANT US KILLING PRISONERS!!
re: #89 Nyet
“Is the Pope Catholic?” Grand Inquisitor Ben isn’t sure https://t.co/u99avrCNLE
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 24, 2015
I won’t become Francis’ fan any time soon, but I will give the Pope his due ;)
re: #108 b.d.
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE POPE DOESN’T WANT US KILLING PRISONERS!!
Next they’ll complain about him wanting to help the poor.
re: #46 #CampaignZero
ugh
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#BREAKING North Seattle College confirms 45 students, staff from international program, in vehicle accident http://t.co/HVAetNXBPf
— KIRO 7 (@KIRO7Seattle) September 24, 2015
re: #111 b.d.
Way more than that. It is very ugly.
I think I will check what the freepers are saying just for the heck of it.
A typically fair and even-handed headline from @benshapiro. pic.twitter.com/rQXzXeNjmM
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
re: #116 Charles Johnson
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Helping the poor isn’t or rather shouldn’t be a left wing issue, Benny boy. As for the DP, the RCC hierarchy has had a problem with that for years.
So, I’m hearing Josh Duggar’s wife has left him.
Good for her. Maybe she can escape the Quiverfull cult and in turn, start getting her kids’ minds right before they get all fucked up.
Well, apparently there is bipartisan support for Planned Parenthood.
After all that, CR defunding Planned Parenthood doesn’t get 50 votes: Ayotte, Collins, Cotton, Kirk, Paul, Sasse, Heller, Murkowski against.
— Taniel (@Taniel) September 24, 2015
re: #118 makeitstop
So, I’m hearing Josh Duggar’s wife has left him.
Good for her. Maybe she can escape the Quiverfull cult and in turn, start getting her kids’ minds right before they get all fucked up.
I hope she can find a husband who respects her and treats her as an equal.
I’d laugh at all the science-denying Republicans saying the Pope doesn’t know anything about climate change, except it isn’t really funny.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
re: #119 darthstar
Well, apparently there is bipartisan support for Planned Parenthood.
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Cotton and Paul are pleasant surprises there. Don’t know Sasse.
re: #119 darthstar
Well, apparently there is bipartisan support for Planned Parenthood.
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Better lies needed! They just didn’t do it hard enough.
re: #121 Charles Johnson
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Yes, the party who is only against climate change action because Al Gore champions it.
re: #119 darthstar
Well, apparently there is bipartisan support for Planned Parenthood.
the people that the gop candidates are appealing to are opposed by all democrats and at least a third of republicans
good luck with that!
OK, I will post some freeper comments. Bear with me :)
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Not a word regarding Planned Parenthood.
What is the point in having a Pope if atrocities like this are not addressed????
3 posted on 9/24/2015, 8:26:57 PM by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
what???
Video Shows Wilmington Police Shooting Man in Wheelchair http://t.co/6Eo7lxEIXS pic.twitter.com/X3oMr2RLEe
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) September 24, 2015
Granted…those Republicans voting against Cruz and his defund PP attention grab will have other reasons(not enough defense spending, not mean enough, etc) to claim for their votes.
re: #124 HappyWarrior
Yes, the party who is only against climate change action because Al Gore champions it.
If there was were some quick billions to be made off of forestalling climate change they’d be all for it and every one of their troop of candidates would be quoting “Good stewards of the Earth…”
re: #119 darthstar
Well, apparently there is bipartisan support for Planned Parenthood.
Dr. Ayn Rand Paul?
Trump Numbers Softening As Republicans Look For Even Worse Candidates
tasteless mogul loses support for expressing compassion on rare occasions
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Just in: Roger Ailes will meet with the Dumpster about how Fox should stop being so mean to him.
Note to right wingers saying the Pope “doesn’t know anything about science:” he has a Master’s degree in chemistry.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
Can anyone who reads scripture imagine Paul or Peter talking about the weather if they had the opportunity to talk to an entire country and their leaders?
13 posted on 9/24/2015, 9:16:23 PM by Raycpa
re: #89 Nyet
OK, so in last thread I wrote that the speech was bland, but this just might convince me that it was OK.
EGRARIOUS!!!!!!1111
re: #134 Dave In Austin
How about a warning or something. Sheesh.
re: #135 Skip Intro
Just in: Roger Ailes will meet with the Dumpster about how Fox should stop being so mean to him.
It’s inconceivable that Trump and Fox would in any way collude in a WWE-style melodrama for the benefit of the rubes.
“Hail to the chief,
He’s the chiefest, chiefest, chiefest,
Hail to the chief,
He’s the chiefest, chiefest, chief…”
re: #136 Charles Johnson
Not true.
ncronline.org
re: #137 Nyet
Can anyone who reads scripture imagine Paul or Peter talking about the weather if they had the opportunity to talk to an entire country and their leaders?
13 posted on 9/24/2015, 9:16:23 PM by Raycpa
If that issue was effecting the entire world, yes, yes I can.Ignorant assholes can’t help themselves.
OK, surprisingly little splodeyheadedness among the freepers. I suppose they’re a bit out of steam, after repeating the same message for months, 24/7.
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re: #134 Dave In Austin
I must say that was one of the most gross things I’ve ever seen posted. Do you have a newsletter?
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If I ever have the opportunity to be on one of those big buses, I’m going to white knuckle the entire trip.
Thanks for the clarification. The “master’s degree” has been reported in multiple sources. @pjdoland
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
Nonetheless, the point stands that he has a solid background in science. @pjdoland
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
re: #147 #CampaignZero
“Screw you guys, I’m going home.”
re: #104 Nyet
Bibi gave them a massage, the Pope gave them a message.
Too bad Bibi didn’t talk to them about abortion. About what the policies are in Israel, and the logic behind adopting that policy, and that as far as the rabbis are concerned it’s a perfectly reasonable policy that God doesn’t object to…
re: #142 Timothy Watson
Not true.
ncronline.org
Yep, granted he still knows more than the average person on the subject. Also the Vatican has it’s own Academy of Sciences, and unlike Republican leaders he actually listens to his experts instead of going to war with them.
re: #148 Charles Johnson
He still seems to have a good sense of what is good science and what is not.
re: #110 Nyet
I won’t become Francis’ fan any time soon, but I will give the Pope his due ;)
He’s my favorite Pope ever. A low bar to be sure, but there you have it…
re: #141 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Matt Douglas: Hail to the chief, if you don’t, I’ll have to kill you. I am the chief, so you better watch your step, you bastards.
Russell Kramer: Hail to the chief, he’s the chief and he needs hailing. He is the chief, so everybody hail like crazy
So when I built a couple of Williamson Circuit Basic Amps 45 years ago, since I didn’t draw the tungsten wire to make the filaments for the vacuum tubes, I’m just a faker?
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N.B.: This is not one of them, it’s from Wikipedia. The transformers in particular, were a lot smaller by my time.
Now making a Macintosh-type amp with that transformer with all sorts of different windings, tapped in about 50 places…that would have proved something!
I’ve been out and about. Just saw the comment in the last thread where Marco Rubio complains about the Pope not knowing anything about poverty, etc.
This goes to show you how far he is controlled by conservative money.
I know Dark_Falcon loves him some Marco, but the man just showed me his ass and it wasn’t pretty.
Go fuck yourself Marco. You are not an honest politician, not a Catholic and surly not presidential material. You son, have sold your damn soul to the GOP devil.
I would suggest folks stay away from Marco. Lighting strikes may be in his future.
re: #137 Nyet
Can anyone who reads scripture imagine Paul or Peter talking about the weather if they had the opportunity to talk to an entire country and their leaders?
13 posted on 9/24/2015, 9:16:23 PM by Raycpa
They still can’t get through their heads that climate and weather are two different things.
re: #152 goddamnedfrank
Yep, granted he still knows more than the average person on the subject. Also the Vatican has it’s own Academy of Sciences, and unlike Republican leaders he actually listens to his experts instead of going to war with them.
He actually seems scientifically curious rather than Republicans who just respond the Bible says so and so. At the very least, he believes as a Christian that we should be stewards of the Earth. which is more than you can say about the GOP.
The GOP is just being cartoonishly evil now.
A white Florida Republican suggested knocking a black, longtime Democratic congresswoman out of her seat by gerrymandering more prisoners into her district, according to audio obtained by Politico and published on Wednesday.
Politico reported that state Rep. Janet Adkins (R) made the suggestion regarding U.S. Rep. Corrinne Brown’s (D) district in a closed-door meeting of the North Florida Republican caucus.
“It’s a perfect storm,” Adkins said on the audio recording. “You draw it in such a fashion so perhaps, a majority, or maybe not a majority, but a number of them will live in the prisons, thereby not being able to vote.”
re: #162 goddamnedfrank
The GOP is just being cartoonishly evil now.
They really are a party of dicks. They can’t win on the merits of their own ideas because their ideas suck.
re: #159 Eventual Carrion
They still can’t get through their heads that climate and weather are two different things.
“Look, it’s weather. We have bad floods. I can’t watch the evening news anymore. Every time you turn on the evening news, they show there’s a big rain storm, there’s a tornado, there’s this. I mean, you can’t watch the news anymore. And so it’s weather, and it’s been that way for so long,” Trump explained.
re: #157 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Well the screen grid’s connected to the middle tap,
And the plate is connected to the last tap,
And the filament’s connected to…
re: #161 #CampaignZero
You didn’t have to click Mr!
That’s the beauty of being behind in a thread. By the time I got to the comment it was private. I still clicked, of course.
re: #161 #CampaignZero
You didn’t have to click Mr!
Then how would have I learned what’s in there? :)
They are saying 4 dead now. :((((((((
re: #171 #CampaignZero
This is why I rather take a walking tour.
Still doing research on the WV militia nut who was arrested yesterday and found a militia-supporter site that has a transcript of the interview he did last week in which he called for supporters to show up armed today to take over the WV government.
I had heard about the interview at the time, but actually reading the transcript…YOWSER!
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
Still doing research on the WV militia nut who was arrested yesterday and found a militia-supporter site that has a transcript of the interview he did last week in which he called for supporters to show up armed today to take over the WV government.
I had heard about the interview at the time, but actually reading the transcript…YOWSER!
does this qualify him as a domestic terrorist?
re: #174 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
does this qualify him as a domestic terrorist?
They haven’t applied the paper bag yet.
Any Dutch lizards online? If so, do you know the context of this video or what’s being said? It’s all over rightwing blogs who claim it’s a Muslim teen attacking the girl because she’s wearing a T-shirt (and some people on my FB feed just shared it).
Great article by Weigel:
Republicans are blaming Hillary Clinton for the ‘birther’ movement. That’s wishful thinking.
If ever there was a defining moment in this hacks pygmy political career, it’s this video. This GOP tool, who endlessly has screwed citizens and veterans by his votes and actions, hears the Pope speak of conscience and caring, love and understanding, mercy and fairness and cries. He has voted for those ideals never. Where the F does he get off? John Boehner. Professional Hack.
Walk off a bridge.
re: #174 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
does this qualify him as a domestic terrorist?
yes.
He’s jailed on a $300,000 bond on a state charge of threatening to commit a terrorist act.
They may have added more charges since last night.
ETA: That’s a $300,000 cash only bond.
re: #177 Nyet
Great article by Weigel:
Republicans are blaming Hillary Clinton for the ‘birther’ movement. That’s wishful thinking.
It’s their refusal to take responsibility for their own actions on any issue ever.
re: #180 HappyWarrior
It’s their refusal to take responsibility for their own actions on any issue ever.
im waiting for the day they assert that they were the ones warning about global warming
Geez! What is it about the Aurora Bridge? I’ve mentioned I used to live in the building the Metro bus fell on when some guy shot the driver—now this!
re: #181 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
im waiting for the day they assert that they were the ones warning about global warming
Well they claim that conservatives were the supporters of Civil Rights simply because conservative Southern Democrats opposed it and liberal Northern Republicans supported it. I expect that to happen and for them to claim to have supported gay rigts.
*facepalm*
White GOPer: We can beat black US Rep by adding more prisoners to her district http://t.co/b67Rz7WN0v pic.twitter.com/1QbtBRbCf0
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 24, 2015
re: #184 Lidane
*facepalm*
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As I said, they can’t win on their own ideas so they have to pull crap like this.
re: #177 Nyet
So, Republicans are admitting they are ignorant enough to believe in birtherism even if it came from the Clinton camp? For once, I agree with them on something.
Boos and cheers from the crowd as #donaldtrump emerges from the Trump Tower waiving to crowd waiting for Pope pic.twitter.com/Hz5dnApTIk
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) September 24, 2015
re: #176 Interesting Times
Safe to say then, that the complete opposite is true.
re: #174 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
does this qualify him as a domestic terrorist?
No, liberal.
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump can’t stand being second in attention to the Pope for a day or two.
re: #190 allegro
Trump can’t stand being second in attention to the Pope for a day or two.
His religious liberty is being violated because he can’t run for Pope.
re: #190 allegro
He is afraid that Pope Francis will give him a good talking to.
“Come here, I’ve goat to tell you a secret” pic.twitter.com/ibx6p6suzQ
— Sassy Goats (@TheSassyGoats) September 24, 2015
In this pathetic attempt to gotcha Pope Francis you just used your Lord’s name in vain, turning it into a kind of Shibboleth. @FDRLST
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) September 24, 2015
I just knew that they’d find some fault with his speech.
OK, this was my brief Zen moment for today, from The Verge:
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re: #188 GlutenFreeJesus
Safe to say then, that the complete opposite is true.
The video definitely shows two teenage boys punching and kicking a teenage girl. The claim is that they were Muslims who attacked her because they disapproved of her clothing (i.e. captions like “Instant sharia comes to Western streets”). One person in the youtube comments said that there nothing in the video to support that particular claim and that the boys were both charged for the assault and sentenced to community service. Apparently the incident either took place near Amsterdam or Rotterdam. That’s why I was hoping someone’s around who knows more about what really happened or can make out the words the video (because like I said, it’s being blasted all over to illustrate omg this is what happens when you let in syrian refugees!!!1!! )
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
Still doing research on the WV militia nut who was arrested yesterday and found a militia-supporter site that has a transcript of the interview he did last week in which he called for supporters to show up armed today to take over the WV government.
I had heard about the interview at the time, but actually reading the transcript…YOWSER!
He’s obviously pretending to be a Christian, just like Obama!
Imma leave this right here pic.twitter.com/Zit57oiQT4
— Geir Scott Henriksen (@ScottyBurberry) September 24, 2015
re: #197 Interesting Times
Oh I know. There has to be more behind that video. Doubt we will ever really know though. It was sad to watch.
re: #194 goddamnedfrank
Side note: Jesus’ name can be a kind of a shibboleth in Russian. The current version is “Iisus”, the old version is “Isus”, the change happened during Nikon’s reforms and was therefore a “doctrinal” thing, “Isus” was (and is) used by the old-riters (who used to be persecuted, even killed, right after the split).
LOL!
CNN reporter just explained that while Pope Francis isn’t making any appearances tonight out of respect for Yom Kippur, he is not Jewish.
— Jonah Freedman (@jonahfreedman) September 22, 2015
re: #9 jaunte
Democrats only demand church and state be separate when church disagrees with them. tws.io #PopeInDC
1:24 PM - 24 Sep 2015
OMG the whining is deafening!
When did Speaker Boehner switch parties??
Speaker Boehner Invites Pope Francis to Address Joint Meeting of Congress
March 13, 2014 | Speaker Boehner’s Press OfficeWASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today announced he has extended a formal and open invitation to Pope Francis to address a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress. The Speaker released the following statement:
“It is with reverence and admiration that I have invited Pope Francis, as head of state of the Holy See and the first Pope to hail from the Americas, to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress.
“Pope Francis has inspired millions of Americans with his pastoral manner and servant leadership, challenging all people to lead lives of mercy, forgiveness, solidarity, and humble service.
“His tireless call for the protection of the most vulnerable among us—the ailing, the disadvantaged, the unemployed, the impoverished, the unborn—has awakened hearts on every continent. […]
Catechism 2143 explains why Church leaders don’t sprinkle their speeches with God’s name just so idiots like you can jerk off to it. @FDRLST
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) September 24, 2015
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
He has got his dates wrong. Oy Vey does he ever.
re: #201 Jenner7
::snort::
You will note the sign is singular, not plural, so at least they’re accurate, though I do find it odd they would set up a whole county committee just for one guy.
re: #57 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Then by their own standards they’re not making policy, are they?
I believe policy follows a formula more akin to sausage than motorcycles.
re: #212 Timothy Watson
“Does the Pope shit in the woods?”
No, but Ben Shapiro has found a new way to void himself.
Wingnuts are the strangest people.
@Green_Footballs And Obama was a Constitutional Law Professor, you’re point?
— JKG (@jkgordonobx) September 24, 2015
re: #199 Kragar
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The black community is probably on the outside of the gate in the background.
Best-selling iOS ad blocker Crystal will let companies pay to show you ads http://t.co/iEUyDocgBL pic.twitter.com/0G3tJAjghC
— The Verge (@verge) September 24, 2015
Ad blockers: a form of extortion? https://t.co/XPpkDLhLqO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
re: #218 Charles Johnson
Wingnuts are the strangest people.
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They really are. And Obama does understand the Constitution. It’s the wingnuts who don’t.
re: #184 Lidane
White GOPer: We can beat black US Rep by adding more prisoners to her district
Guess that battle of ideas thing didn’t work out for them.
re: #218 Charles Johnson
But you didn’t answer his question! Are you a point, a circle or a pentagon?/
re: #225 Nyet
But you didn’t answer his question! Are you a point, a circle or a pentagon?/
Any Square knows circles are the best!
re: #227 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Any Square knows circles are the best!
It’s plane troof!
re: #227 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Any Square knows circles are the best!
hey man you are hip to the jumpin jive
(makes you like your eggs on the jersey side)
re: #230 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
hey man you are hip to the jumpin jive
(makes you like your eggs on the jersey side)
Yes, but have you ever done the Kenosha, kid?
You see, a point’s love is very different from that of a square.
Well, this was the opposite end of the bridge from where the Metro bus fell off…I’m sorry, DUKWs are cool, but WWII military vehicles really don’t belong in modern city traffic. Sounds like one front wheel went cattywompus, the driver overcorrected, and Bam!
Evening Lizardim from the mild and rainy wild north country. Have the right-wing blogs freaked out about the Mecca stampede yet? I’m expecting a lot of hateful drivel from the usual suspects. I don’t even want to look and today’s a good day not to be a Twitter Lizard. How go things among the lizardfolk on this gloomy Thursday?
re: #217 Nyet
Interestingly, there used to be a Jewish tradition that Simon Kepha was a rabbinic sage directed by other rabbis to infiltrate the (then) Jewish Christianity and become the first Pope in order to finish the process of separation of the two religions. This story was told in some versions of Toldot Yeshu and was even cited by Rashi as a fact in his Talmudic commentary, though it was then censored out from most versions of the commentary. Here is an interesting scholarly article about that:
re: #89 Nyet
OK, so in last thread I wrote that the speech was bland, but this just might convince me that it was OK.
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@benshapiro Is the Pope failing social conservatives or are social conservatives failing the true words of God and Jesus.
— jim (@jlcoffeecup) September 24, 2015
re: #236 Nyet
Interestingly, there used to be a Jewish tradition that Simon Kepha was a rabbinic sage directed by other rabbis to infiltrate the (then) Jewish Christianity and become the first Pope in order to finish the process of separation of the two religions. This story was told in some versions of Toldot Yeshu and was even cited by Rashi as a fact in his Talmudic commentary, thought it was then censored out from most versions. Here is an interesting scholarly article about that:
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it took a long time for the office of bishop of rome to become pope
re: #236 Nyet
So Papism is a Jewish plot?
re: #238 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
it took a long time for the office of bishop of rome to become pope
I suppose it had already happened by the time the legend developed.
“Pope Fails Social Conservatives” is surely as Onion-worthy a headline as they come.
“Dalai Lama Speech Met With Dismay On Wall Street”
haha
I’m downtown and need a single bandaid and I stopped and asked the woman with the largest purse and it totally worked thank u str8 ladies
— Janie (@janie) September 24, 2015
Exclusive: The Faces and Fake Names of People Behind Planned Parenthood Attack Videos http://t.co/N1ffWslix4 via @rhrealitycheck
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) September 24, 2015
‘When the cops almost made me do the naenae backwards.’
I worked on that for weeks with my PT guy.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
@WhitmansTumor @Green_Footballs Good point, if he applies for a patent for inventing the digital clock, it probably should be denied.
— gocart mozart (@attymix1) September 24, 2015
@WhitmansTumor Also, why do you have a mass murderer as your avatar and screen name?
— gocart mozart (@attymix1) September 24, 2015
re: #243 #CampaignZero
she offered a Luna bar 🙌🏾 https://t.co/y5LEnCAfjP
— Janie (@janie) September 24, 2015
Wax figure of Pope Francis cruising around Manhattan in a convertible causes confusion ahead of visit. #PopeInNYC pic.twitter.com/YLjOAzbY5P
— 6abc Papal News (@6abcPope) September 24, 2015
Brian Williams just said there are 140 Catholics in the House of Representatives. Amazing how that works out math wise.
That’s about 24% of the House.
78 million Catholics out of total US population of 319 million. That is right around 32% of the population.
Pretty good representation.
Just had the worst online shopping experience of my life, with some assholes, some illiterate incompetent grifters called tigerdirect.com. I had ordered a hard drive from their website last Saturday. I paid extra for fast shipping, 2-4 days. Today, I found that the order has not been pulled or shipped yet.
This was hard enough because this TigerDirect gang does not provide tracking or shipping or any other information for PayPal transactions. I had to get the information from PayPal. I tried emailing TigerDirect with this but they said they needed an order number before they could help, an order number that did not exist yet because the order had not yet been shipped. I tried their phone line instead. After an excruciating 34 minutes on hold, a human person came on, we spoke for about 20 seconds then she started saying she could not hear me and she finally hung up. I called back. This time the hold time was 47 minutes, with some of the worst piano bar fake jazz ever committed to media mooing and sighing in the background. Another human finally came on. I learned that the item had not, in fact, been in stock and they were trying to get it from the overseas supplier. I managed to get the order cancelled. I will have to wait “3-5 business days” for the refund to be applied through my PayPal account, though PayPal and all other grifter class businesses naturally demand instantaneous payment of any funds owed TO them.
This kind of nonsense seems to be SOP in business anymore. These fuckers are turning me into a Bolshevik, except that I am a bit skeptical that the People’s Collective for Hard Drive Distribution could do any better.
Dear Brian Williams.
FIAT is not part of Chrylser Group .
Chyrsler is owned by and part of the FIAT Group.
They have this thing called the internet for some basic fact checking.
However, I do understand that you and facts have had a rocky relationship. You can however get over yourself and learn to do a thorough job.
re: #252 Shiplord Kirel
Tiger Direct is the company that bought out Comp USA.
re: #96 Kragar
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Not only that, but wasn’t Argentina held up as a shining example of Conservative economics not all that long ago?
That was probably while Shapiro was a fifth-grader….
re: #252 Shiplord Kirel
Thanks for warning me—I’ve been getting emails from those gomers for a long time, and there looked like some good deals on there. Fortunately :-) I’m always broke, so I never tried it. Glad I didn’t.
re: #253 ObserverArt
Dear Brian Williams.
FIAT is not part of Chrylser Group .
Chyrsler is owned by and part of the FIAT Group.
They have this thing called the internet for some basic fact checking.
However, I do understand that you and facts have had a rocky relationship. You can however get over yourself and learn to do a thorough job.
In 1946, FIAT was literally in ashes while Chrysler, flush with wartime profits, was on top of the world. I guess it was those evil unions that did them in and forced them to submit to European domination.
Heh. Dude on MSNBC said the Pope is weary of Men Of Power. He much prefers Men Of Principle.
It fits our current congress very well.
re: #252 Shiplord Kirel
Just had the worst online shopping experience of my life, with some assholes, some illiterate incompetent grifters called tigerdirect.com. I had ordered a hard drive from their website last Saturday. I paid extra for fast shipping, 2-4 days. Today, I found that the order has not been pulled or shipped yet.
This was hard enough because this TigerDirect gang does not provide tracking or shipping or any other information for PayPal transactions. I had to get the information from PayPal. I tried emailing TigerDirect with this but they said they needed an order number before they could help, an order number that did not exist yet because the order had not yet been shipped. I tried their phone line instead. After an excruciating 34 minutes on hold, a human person came on, we spoke for about 20 seconds then she started saying she could not hear me and she finally hung up. I called back. This time the hold time was 47 minutes, with some of the worst piano bar fake jazz ever committed to media mooing and sighing in the background. Another human finally came on. I learned that the item had not, in fact, been in stock and they were trying to get it from the overseas supplier. I managed to get the order cancelled. I will have to wait “3-5 business days” for the refund to be applied through my PayPal account, though PayPal and all other grifter class businesses naturally demand instantaneous payment of any funds owed TO them.
This kind of nonsense seems to be SOP in business anymore. These fuckers are turning me into a Bolshevik, except that I am a bit skeptical that the People’s Collective for Hard Drive Distribution could do any better.
I only bought something from TigerDirect once or twice, never had the problems you had, but I’ll definitely be avoiding them in the future.
I usually stick to NewEgg or Amazon.
re: #254 Jebediah, RBG
You taking odds on that?
Never!
After William’s lame ass excuses about his lying about his war experiences, I don’t have a lot of faith in what he says. I just hope when I am listening to him he is reading facts from some people that researched them.
I bet the FIAT comment was off the cuff…thus the problem. He’s a BSer.
Wisconsin Assembly passes measure cutting Planned Parenthood funding
The state Assembly voted Thursday to strip Planned Parenthood of about $3.5 million in government funding a year.
The measure passed 60-35, with all Republicans backing it and all Democrats opposing it. It now goes to the Senate, which like the Assembly is controlled by Republicans.
The debate came as Republicans struggle over separate legislation that would ban research using fetal tissue from abortions. One legislative leader said Thursday he hoped to find a compromise on the measure by next month.
And, Scott Walker is getting right back to work as expected.
Scott Walker backs GOP plan to overhaul civil service system
Just three days after ending his presidential run, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sought to reassert his conservative credentials Thursday by backing a proposed overhaul of the state’s civil service system for 30,000 employees, saying its safeguards against political patronage in hiring and firing state workers need to keep up with the times and the crush of retiring baby boomers.
Four years after repealing most collective bargaining for most public employees, Walker and two top Republican lawmakers are seeking to: eliminate the state’s civil service exams, replacing it with a résumé-based system for merit hiring; stop allowing longtime employees to avoid termination by “bumping” other workers with less seniority out of their jobs; and shorten by more than half the process for employees to appeal their dismissal or discipline.
“The process to protect merit is still there, even in the reforms you’re proposing,” Walker told Assembly Republicans in a half-hour meeting Thursday. “Those legitimate, merit-based protections are all completely in place, but it gets rid of some of the nonsense.”
re: #263 Amory Blaine
Wisconsin Assembly passes measure cutting Planned Parenthood funding
It boggles my mind how the Wisconsinites can live literally right across the river from us and yet be completely different people.
re: #253 ObserverArt
Dear Brian Williams.
FIAT is not part of Chrylser Group .
Chyrsler is owned and part of the FIAT Group.
They have this thing called the internet for some basic fact checking.
However, I do understand that you and facts have had a rocky relationship. You can however get over yourself and learn to do a thorough job.
I remember when Chrysler started bringing in the Mitsubishi Colt Galant as the “Dodge Colt”. At the announcement, some reporter asked, if Chrysler needed a compact import like that, why didn’t they just buy out Mitsubishi? The Mitsu representative looked embarrassed, and finally the Chrysler guy said that if there were any buying out to be done, he was pretty sure it’d be the other way around….
re: #220 Charles Johnson
Heh. I got that app for free the night it was released.
re: #264 Amory Blaine
And, Scott Walker is getting right back to work as expected.
Scott Walker backs GOP plan to overhaul civil service system
basically undoing the work of chester allan arthur and grover cleveland
man, that’s going a long way back even for a reactionary like walker
re: #267 GlutenFreeJesus
Heh. I got that app for free the night it was released.
First Prize: A Cool App
Second Prize: Two Cool Apps
re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg
How did that weasel Shapiro manage to get 112 000 followers on Twitter?
Because in a world of seven billion people there are easily enough psychologically and emotionally damaged people to make up that number of followers.
A right wing radio host in Lubbock got caught out when he scoffed at the authenticity of Eisenhower’s military-industrial complex speech on a Facebook page. Someone had sent him a ‘net graphic with a quote from the speech over Ike’s portrait. He said, “And every random internet meme is totally reliable- Abraham Lincoln.”
I responded with a recording from the Eisenhower library and many others immediately pointed out that the quote was based on more than a random internet graphic.
I would think that someone in his 40s who makes it his business to comment on public policy, and who constantly complains about “low information voters,” would at least know about that speech. Gross ignorance seems to be less a bug than a feature among these people however.
reporter: “president trump, when are you going to present your plans to deport the estimated 11 million illegal aliens from this country”
trump: “well as i said allan, and you should have listened to me, nice tie by the way is that one of mine?, um, it’s premature and pointless to discuss deportation until The Wall is finished”
reporter: “and when do you estimate that will be?”
trump: “by our best current calculations, never”
re: #268 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
basically undoing the work of chester allan arthur and grover cleveland
man, that’s going a long way back even for a reactionary like walker
Someone told him that the predecessor to Civil Service was known as the spoils system. Once he stopped jerking off over the name, Walker set about getting his own.
re: #266 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I remember when Chrysler started bringing in the Mitsubishi Colt Galant as the “Dodge Colt”. At the announcement, some reporter asked, if Chrysler needed a compact import like that, why didn’t they just buy out Mitsubishi? The Mitsu representative looked embarrassed, and finally the Chrysler guy said that if there were any buying out to be done, he was pretty sure it’d be the other way around….
That was what, the mid to late 70s? That would have been when Chyrsler was really hurting, and then came the savior K-car times!
Ugh. Talk about some uninspired hunks of unlovable metal.
re: #270 Romantic Heretic
Because in a world of seven billion people there are easily enough psychologically and emotionally damaged people to make up that number of followers.
re: #274 ObserverArt
That was what, the mid to late 70s? That would have been was Chyrsler was really hurting, and then came the savior K-car times!
Ugh. Talk about some uninspired hunks of unlovable metal.
1971. They also brought over the (Chrysler-owned) Hillman Avenger as the “Plymouth Cricket”. That didn’t last very long, by 1973 it was all Mitsubishis as the Dodge and Plymouth Colts.
re: #274 ObserverArt
That was what, the mid to late 70s? That would have been was Chyrsler was really hurting, and then came the savior K-car times!
Ugh. Talk about some uninspired hunks of unlovable metal.
I haven’t seen a surviving K-car of that era in many years. Haven’t seen a Pinto or Vega either. I did see an AMC Gremlin the other day though. Its successor, the Pacer, actually has a cult following of sorts.
I noticed that the legal gambling site FanDuel was advertising during Rush Limbaugh’s 3 hour rant against the the Pope today. My favorite part was when Rush made fun of his accent. Anyway, I thought I would let one of Rush’s sponsors know I associate their product with Rush attacking his holiness…and I was ZINGED moments later:
.@ClayC1969 @FanDuel Dollar to a donut hole Clay is terminally broke! 😂😂😂 Can’t #StopRush or #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/voqaGRkS3a
— FOODFIGHT!™#CruzCrew (@VTwinCrucible) September 24, 2015
The reply came 4 minutes after my tweet. This person obviously leads an exciting life.
Anyway, my evening is ruined as you can well imagine.
re: #276 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
1971. They also brought over the (Chrysler-owned) Hillman Avenger as the “Plymouth Cricket”. That didn’t last very long, by 1973 it was all Mitsubishis as the Dodge and Plymouth Colts.
Hillman (Rootes Group), Mitsubishi, Mercedes, now FIAT. Chrysler’s phone number is written in every phone booth in this burg.
re: #136 Charles Johnson
Note to right wingers saying the Pope “doesn’t know anything about science:” he has a Master’s degree in chemistry.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2015
Not quite a master’s in chemistry, from what I’ve read on Wiki, but still no slouch:
In the sixth grade, Bergoglio attended Wilfrid Barón de los Santos Ángeles, a school of the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires. He attended the technical secondary school Escuela Técnica Industrial N° 27 Hipólito Yrigoyen,[17] named after a past President of Argentina, and graduated with a chemical technician’s diploma.[18][19] He worked for a few years in that capacity in the foods section at Hickethier-Bachmann Laboratory[20] where his boss was Esther Ballestrino. Before joining the Jesuits, Bergoglio worked as a bar bouncer and as a janitor sweeping floors, and he also ran tests in a chemical laboratory.[21][22]
re: #276 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
1971. They also brought over the (Chrysler-owned) Hillman Avenger as the “Plymouth Cricket”. That didn’t last very long, by 1973 it was all Mitsubishis as the Dodge and Plymouth Colts.
And they had the 1.7 VW Rabbit engines in the Omni and Horizon.
That was when it was becoming very evident that all the manufacturers were using each other’s parts to build cars. Today they are all world cars. Stuff comes from all over.
Where I last worked, one of the companies sold Porsche Audi VW parts. Porsche pricks people always demanded that everything be Genuine Porsche Parts…no OEM, no like-quality…had to be Porsche. Those parts came from all over the world. China. Mexico. Slovakia. Brazil. But hey, they were in Porsche boxes so all was well.
And I like Porsche cars, but damn, some of their owners are a real pain in the ass. A lot of them are cult members and they know more than the engineers that designed the damn cars!
re: #277 Shiplord Kirel
I haven’t seen a surviving K-car of that era in many years. Haven’t seen a Pinto or Vega either. I did see an AMC Gremlin the other day though. Its successor, the Pacer, actually has a cult following of sorts.
Yeah, the K-cars all wore out. Their Achilles heel was the CV joints, as I remember.
I see a lot of Pintos still running around, but the Vega’s aluminum-silicon-alloy engine block didn’t work out. It took Porsche to reduce that to practice in the 928.
re: #157 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Due to my current hearing condition, you forced me to bring out the heavy artillery:
re: #277 Shiplord Kirel
Saw a K car for sale about a year ago. They were very susceptible to tinworm, may they rust in peace . Outside of cars ‘n coffee, I see a Vega about every other year on average. Pintos are pretty rare as well. For some reason I don’t recall seeing any surviving Pinto sedans, just station wagons.
re: #281 ObserverArt
And the had the 1.7 VW Rabbit engines in the Omni and Horizon.
That was when it was becoming very evident that all the manufacturers were using each other’s parts to build cars. Today they are all world cars. Stuff comes from all over.
Where I last worked, one of the companies sold Porsche Audi VW parts. Porsche
prickspeople always demanded that everything be Genuine Porsche Parts…no OEM, no like-quality…had to be Porsche. Those parts came from all over the world. China. Mexico. Slovakia. Brazil. But hey, they were in Porsche boxes so all was well.And I like Porsche cars, but damn, some of their owners are a real pain in the ass. A lot of them are cult members and they know more than the engineers that designed the damn cars!
You couldn’t get into the Porsche Club of America with a 914, IIRC, even if it was a 914/6—because the 914/4s had Type IV VW engines.
CNN Poll: Hillary Clinton trails Bernie Sanders in New Hamsphire by 16 Points http://t.co/Phsfjd1QhP pic.twitter.com/7ESYsepM1t
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 24, 2015
A little over 4 months away. Time to panic or lots of time left??
re: #277 Shiplord Kirel
I haven’t seen a surviving K-car of that era in many years. Haven’t seen a Pinto or Vega either. I did see an AMC Gremlin the other day though. Its successor, the Pacer, actually has a cult following of sorts.
I saw a Pinto wheezing around here in Columbus last year. Gremlins are still sought after by the 70s Hot Rodder types if they can find one that is still metal.
My girlfriend in late high school had the choice of two AMC products. Her mother had a light green Pacer, and her father had a light green Hornet. 1970-71 models or so. I swear you could get out and outrun the pacer on some of the grades in my hometown.
THEY LIVE!
AMC Pacer at Hemmings classified 2 of them, one apparently mint for $9995 and an apparent clunker for $1995.
There is also a solitary Gremlin among those hundreds of Porsches and Ferraris at Hemmings, Gremlin, a “project” car up for auction.
They even have 4 rare, un-torched Ford Pintos, with one optimistic seller asking $7995
re: #287 ObserverArt
I saw a Pinto wheezing around here in Columbus last year. Gremlins are still sought after by the 70s Hot Rodder types if they can find one that is still metal.
My girlfriend in late high school had the choice of two AMC products. Her mother had a light green Pacer, and her father had a light green Hornet. 1970-71 models or so. I swear you could get out and outrun the pacer on some of the grades in my hometown.
My old girlfriend had one of those lima-bean-colored Hornets for many years. It was actually a pretty reliable little beast. The problem with the Pacer (aside from the looks) is that the deal fell through for the Audi engine they were going to put in it, and they had to shoehorn in their inline six. The rear two spark plugs were totally inaccessible.
re: #286 Jenner7
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A little over 4 months away. Time to panic or lots of time left??
Take any poll that refuses to publish age and gender crosstabs with huge grain of salt. Normally include race in that too but New Hampshire is borderline translucent.
Well, its started. The latest round of layoffs are coming thru my office. They’ve walked out 2 people already. No idea whose head is on the chopping block right now.
re: #285 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
You couldn’t get into the Porsche Club of America with a 914, IIRC, even if it was a 914/6—because the 914/4s had Type IV VW engines.
I wouldn’t doubt it. That is probably because the 914 was to be a VW sportin’ car in the line of thinking of the old Karmen Ghia. Problem was at the time, VW thought it was too sporty for their badge and so with it already developed Porsche put them out.
The early 924s aren’t much liked by the real™ Porsche enthusiasts either. That was too Audi engined and too under powered.
Well, gotta scrounge up a light dinner and go to a friend’s house for some visiting and online watching the Japanese Grand Prix practice tonight. I’m going to show him how to get in on the online race stuff and look to see what he’ll need to connect his laptop to his big HD TV.
See you all later.
re: #289 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
THe original was, IIRC, was for a Wankel to power the Pacer. But no one could come up with one that was reliable enough, so they shoehorned in the old 258 straight-six.
re: #292 Kragar
Well, its started. The latest round of layoffs are coming thru my office. They’ve walked out 2 people already. No idea whose head is on the chopping block right now.
Good luck!
re: #294 Eric The Fruit Bat
THe original was, IIRC, was for a Wankel to power the Pacer. But no one could come up with one that was reliable enough, so they shoehorned in the old 258 straight-six.
I still find the bubblegum machine looks of the Pacer wagon to be fascinating.
re: #295 ObserverArt
Good luck!
Nothing I can do about it at this point. All comes down to what some assholes in accounting come up with.
On the plus side: I’m already one of the lowest paid people on the team, because our company doesn’t believe in raises. I’ve consistently gotten good performance reviews, another team member quit a few weeks ago, so we’ve got a empty, space on the team already. Also factor in we’ve got 2 consistent fuck ups who have only worked here a fraction of the time I have.
On the down side: Dealing with assholes who think firing workers is the best way for a company to raise its revenue.
re: #294 Eric The Fruit Bat
THe original was, IIRC, was for a Wankel to power the Pacer. But no one could come up with one that was reliable enough, so they shoehorned in the old 258 straight-six.
I didn’t think AMC was on the Wankel train. The Chevy Monza Sport Coupe was designed for a Wankel, that’s for sure—that’s why when they put that little (232??) V8 in it, you had to pull the engine to change the spark plugs.
At least that’s explicable—now explain the same fact about the ‘70 Mustang.
re: #285 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
You couldn’t get into the Porsche Club of America with a 914, IIRC, even if it was a 914/6—because the 914/4s had Type IV VW engines.
Not entirely true.
The 914/6 vehicles weren’t allowed because all of the Project 914 vehicles were produced at the Volkswagen assembly facility. The 924 owners were allowed to be members, even though they had Audi engines and other parts made by Volkswagen, the vehicles were built at Porsche’s Stuttgart assembly plant.
re: #296 Higgs Boson’s Mate
I still find the bubblegum machine looks of the Pacer wagon to be fascinating.
We crammed about 20 kids in one like a phone booth.
Funny, Pope is in the region and NOT ONE chemtrail since he’s been here. God forbid the False Prophet would breath in that poison we do.
— Dan Bidondi (@DanBidondi) September 24, 2015
I decided to list the car ads at Hemmings by “asking price-high to low.”
There are 30 listings at a million bucks or more. Sorry, if it won’t fly, cross the ocean under its own power, or outfight enemy tanks, it is not worth millions of dollars.
re: #299 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Not entirely true.
The 914/6 vehicles weren’t allowed because all of the Project 914 vehicles were produced at the Volkswagen assembly facility. The 924 owners were allowed to be members, even though they had Audi engines and other parts made by Volkswagen, the vehicles were built at Porsche’s Stuttgart assembly plant.
Ah, was that the reasoning? I never owned a Porsche, but I did own three Type IV engined cars—two 412 wagons and a Campmobile—so I’m something of an aficionado….
pretty sure I lost a lot of brain cells in putting this page together, so please let me know what typos may be therein;
Boehner’s face said it all during the Pope’s speech.
re: #298 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
From the Wikipedia article on the AMC Pacer:
Originally, the car was designed for a Wankel rotary engine. In 1973, AMC signed a licensing agreement with Curtiss-Wright to build Wankels for cars and Jeep-type vehicles. (The agreement also permitted Curtiss-Wright to sell rotaries elsewhere.)[29] Later, AMC decided instead to purchase the engines from General Motors (GM), who were developing them for use in their own cars. However, GM canceled development in 1974 for reasons that included durability issues, the fuel crisis, tooling costs (for the engines and also for a new product line designed around the rotary’s ultra-compact dimensions) and the upcoming (late 1970s) U.S. emissions legislation. It was also thought that the high-revving Wankel would not suit Americans accustomed to low revs and high torque.
Bidondi is one of those people who really needs to be in psychiatric ward.
re: #302 Shiplord Kirel
Second-hand tanks are cheap, to buy at least. A friend once checked out a surplus Chieftain tank the Swiss government was selling off, a snip at about 5000 quid. The cost to transport it to the UK was six figures and rising…
I think we’re going to find out soon that @realDonaldTrump is suffering from advanced stage syphilis. Explains a lot but still kind of sad.
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) September 24, 2015
@benshapiro Parensts, this is why you do not send your children to #Harvard. Their brain gets messed up and no longer act with compassion.
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericdafruitbat) September 24, 2015
*facepalm, headdesk*
Chicago TV station wishes Jews a Happy New Year with a Nazi symbol. http://t.co/hikCp67kFO #JustPlainStoopid
— Lee Weissman (@JihadiJew) September 24, 2015
It’s sad that it’s unsurprising when #wingnuts attack someone who’s been attacked by out of control police. It’s just expected. @benshapiro
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 24, 2015
re: #314 CuriousLurker
Brat posted that on the 23rd. littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #313 Eric The Fruit Bat
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Invention is ceaseless, with novel methods and variations even in well developed categories. For instance, lying was invented shortly after language, but Republicans are still inventing new ways to be an asshole.
re: #317 PhillyPretzel
And this was my response. littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #317 PhillyPretzel
Brat posted that on the 23rd. littlegreenfootballs.com
Ah, I missed it (yesterday was a bit hectic). Thanks.
How a 12-year old Eden Prarie Boy is throwing some serious shade against Ben Carson:
The boy looks straight at the camera as he addresses Carson: “What if someone told you that you couldn’t become president because of your color? What if someone told you that you couldn’t become president because of your race? What if someone told you that you couldn’t become president because of your faith? And that’s what you did to me.”
Yusuf says he plans on running for president in 2040. Once elected, he said, he would put more money into education and health care instead of spending it on wars.
“We should help the refugees,” he said. “We’re in debt, and we are wasting all our money.”
For now, Yusuf is keeping up with the candidate debates. He has some reactions: For instance, he said GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s facial expressions are childish.
If he met Carson in person, Yusuf said, he would educate him about Islam. “We’re American citizens, just like him,” he said.
re: #313 Eric The Fruit Bat
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How did the goalposts get to “inventing a clock”? The clock has been around for a pretty long time.
re: #321 Eric The Fruit Bat
How a 12-year old Eden Prarie Boy is throwing some serious shade against Ben Carson:
That needs to be paged!
In other news this asshat is back. These guys are totally losing it, turning on each other (the latter being a good thing).
WATCH: Anti-Muslim activist rages against Oath Keepers for refusing to arrest Dem Sen. http://t.co/VOUnNfDOg4 pic.twitter.com/4Z1R8ByEgx
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 24, 2015
The Pope draws huge crowds in America - consider, what does he have that most politicians lack? Via @AFPphoto https://t.co/RXk8wjNba2
— Colin Tom (@ReporterPhoenix) September 24, 2015
re: #313 Eric The Fruit Bat
“Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be assholes…”
/apologies to Willie Nelson
re: #325 CuriousLurker
In other news this asshat is back. These guys are totally losing it, turning on each other (the latter being a good thing).
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He’s not getting enough of the grifter monies…
re: #325 CuriousLurker
In other news this asshat is back. These guys are totally losing it, turning on each other (the latter being a good thing).
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I really want to see some of these nutbars try to arrest a US Senator.
re: #321 Eric The Fruit Bat
How a 12-year old Eden Prarie Boy is throwing some serious shade against Ben Carson:
Tell ‘em, Yusuf.
re: #330 TedStriker
The comments over there are very sad.
re: #325 CuriousLurker
In other news this asshat is back. These guys are totally losing it, turning on each other (the latter being a good thing).
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People like that idiot aren’t Patriots.
Published. Please flag as Recommend if you fell to do so.
Okay, Ben McKenzie, you may have won this round!
Morena Baccarin — Pregnant with ‘Gotham’ Co-Star Ben McKenzie
Bastard.
Took almost three years:
U.S. Border Patrol Agent Charged With Murder In Shooting Of Mexican Teen http://t.co/WHT3e1VPMj pic.twitter.com/K9xHZbDLcL
— DRM Action Coalition (@DRMAction) September 24, 2015
re: #324 Backwoods_Sleuth
Published as a recent post.
re: #335 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Man with ‘things to do’ charged with calling in bomb threat to get out of court
re: #335 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Man with ‘things to do’ charged with calling in bomb threat to get out of court
Hopefully, he can find things to do in his cell.
re: #331 gocart mozart
The comments over there are very sad.
Never, ever read the comments on any article about any minority—you’ll quickly lose your faith in humanity.
re: #334 Timothy Watson
she’s a beauty, saw her first on Firefly and she’s a stunner. Apparently she can act too….
re: #341 piratedan
she’s a beauty, saw her first on Firefly and she’s a stunner. Apparently she can act too….
Definitely. If I weren’t so deeply in love with Jewel Staite…. //
re: #333 Eric The Fruit Bat
I also Tweeted the article.
re: #311 Nojay UK
Second-hand tanks are cheap, to buy at least. A friend once checked out a surplus Chieftain tank the Swiss government was selling off, a snip at about 5000 quid. The cost to transport it to the UK was six figures and rising…
And that was just for fuel. It would cost a fortune to get that thing on the Chunnel.
And of course there’s a new thread as soon as I start to comment…
This thread is bringing back memories. Not all of them good!
First husband bought a Vega the first year they came out. (Wasn’t married to him yet.) I rather liked that car, but it had a lot of engine problems.
First husband then sold that one to buy a Monza the first year they came out. It was painted dark maroon but that was clearly a subterfuge to disguise a pure-D lemon. He bought that one a week before the wedding, and we spent four days of the planned honeymoon staying with his mom while the car was in the shop. The marriage lasted ten years, amazingly enough. The car lasted less than two.
Had a Dodge Omni later. That one actually worked pretty well.
Lord, the 70’s!
(Current husband says to remind the Lizards that the lack of K-cars can probably be attributed to Red Green. I don’t remember if ALL of the vehicles he destroyed were K-cars, but he thinned the herd considerably.)
Saw this coming a mile away.
Who would have guessed the latest conservateen wonder @thecjpearson is incompetent at lying? http://t.co/lj0CTtBWcu
— Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) September 25, 2015
re: #100 nines09
These are the same people who are convinced that if Jesus came back he would hang out with them. Yeah.
he would. jesus routinely finds himself in the company of murderers, thieves, rapists, tax collectors. They’re in desperate need of his company, and remarkably, he doesn’t bitch about being there.
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