The Official “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Trailer
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Here it is, the official trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, coming to
theaters December 18, 2015.
497 comments
Of course the Boycott Star Wars VII hashtag is approved by our pal UpChuck. After all, those are his people; white supremacists, MRA’s and anti-SJW men.
Movie looks awesome and even better - No Jar Jar binks!!
Hey that’s a great hash tag… If it keeps the racist pig molesters at home that is!
Out of 2,470 total delegates at the Republican National Convention in 2016, 437 are unpledged delegates, who play the same role as superdelegates. Of the 437, 168 are members of the Republican National Committee.
these are the people who will cast the deciding vote at the republican convention and split the party
Been trying for the last two hours to pre-order tickets from Fandango - their service is borked beyond recognition right now - both with the regular website as well as with their mobile app.
Fat lot of good this VIP membership did for me.
edit: Finally got order thru via their Android app. 12:10 AM showing on an IMAX screen. I think I’m gonna take off work a little early that night.
It looks good, but I won’t wait in line for hours just to see it. I’ll wait til the fandom dies down.
The endless hype awakens…..
Stars War does nothing for me…
re: #6 Jenner7
It looks good, but I won’t wait in line for hours just to see it. I’ll wait til the fandom dies down.
Advance tickets my friend. No waiting needed.
re: #6 Jenner7
It looks good, but I won’t wait in line for hours just to see it. I’ll wait til the fandom dies down.
Yeah. I’ll see it in the cinema…in February or March.
That was a good trailer. It made me want to see the movie, and I’m not an intense fan.
Racist losers are upset that the main character in the new Star Wars movie is black!
Racist trolls have started the #BoycottStarWarsVII movement, fans everywhere are like ‘LOL K’ https://t.co/E6zYJ20hcQ
— TNW Insider (@TNWinsider) October 19, 2015
To make matters even worse for Chuck, he may have poisoned his dog with his nasty smoking habit.
re: #11 CriticalDragon1177
Racist losers are upset that the main character in the new Star Wars movie is black!
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Blacks with guns frighten them. Imagine what it must be like if they get blasters.
In some areas even the Conservative guy has a “funny sounding name”. (The Conservative is the one in the middle. Liberal on the left, NDP on the right).
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
In some areas even the Conservative guy has a “funny sounding name”.
What? Kang, and no Kodos?!?
LOL, like a small group of butthurt conservatives is going to stop this movie from making bajillions of dollars.
I dislike rather intensely cinemas that are filled to capacity (think: opening night of any blockbuster). Too crowded. Too noisy. And I think of those poor souls that got shot up at the Batman premiere three years ago (12 dead, 70 wounded).
I like walking into a cinema that is mostly empty. I can stretch my legs, pay attention to the film without hundreds of others distracting me. I hate it when people cheer in the cinema during the film!
So I don’t do opening nights for films like these. I wait a couple of months.
re: #13 Feline Fearless Leader
Blacks with guns frighten them. Imagine what it must be like if they get blasters.
Novelist of the bridge novel to the movies wrote:
I saw it in my own signings. The people who came up and had me sign books at 47 North or for Star Wars? Not a bunch of straight white guys. A lot of women. A lot of faces that were not my own. And some self-identified LGBT folks, too. That’s awesome. Awesome in a lot of ways. Awesome because the audience is bigger than anybody expected. Awesome because it’s expressive of a world that is not singular, not simple, that is far-reaching and full of variety and tons of people who don’t look or act at all like each other but still find common ground in cool stuff like Star Wars. And it’s also sad because, y’know, the content is not equal to the audience. The stories have not yet caught up to reality. That’s true on the page, on the screen, and behind the scenes with the creators and the executives and everything.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Must not make floor defecating joke. Must not…
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
LOL, like a small group of butthurt conservatives is going to stop this movie from making bajillions of dollars.
It’s not about actually stopping the movie. It’s about creating yet another purity rite for reactionary nutters: rejecting, and being rejected by, pop culture leads to a stronger sense of tribal identity as “persecuted” free thinkers.
rejecting, and being rejected by, pop culture leads to a stronger sense of tribal identity as “persecuted” free thinkers.
I always laugh at the Dr Pepper commercial where all of these people are dancing together wearing t-shirts that say “One of a kind.”
re: #22 The Ghost of the Beardsman
It’s not about actually stopping the movie. It’s about creating yet another purity rite for reactionary nutters: rejecting, and being rejected by, pop culture leads to a stronger sense of tribal identity as “persecuted” free thinkers.
Probably the same dudes who objected to a black Heimdall in the Thor movies.
Seen on my Facebook feed, in regards to the trailer:
Here it is! Let us bow our heads and join our hands and recite The Fanboy’s Prayer:
“PLEASEDON’TSUCKPLEASEDON’TSUCKPLEASEDON’TSUCK”
Clock-maker Ahmed Mohamed meets Obama during White House Astronomy Night https://t.co/Kcz4Fmmwge pic.twitter.com/6eWt7cNkX8
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 20, 2015
He got to meet not only the President of the United States, also The Myth Busters. Cool.
re: #6 Jenner7
Stood in line for the original movie, lo these many years ago. (Okay, stood in line to see it 14 times that summer.) Too dang old to do that again.
After watching the trailer, there is going to be a LOT of speculation going on for the next two months.
The thing that stood out the most to me was:
The scene of the (I’m assuming) the lightsaber duel between Finn and Kylo Ren - in the scene Ren is seen from the rear, unmasked.
The hair style and color that we saw looked a whole lot like Anakin’s at the end of Revenge of the Sith. I wouldn’t put it past Abrams to have a Vader clone as the main antagonist.
Second thought - we have had three trailers now and have yet to see Luke Skywalker’s face.
Just food for thought.
re: #10 The Ghost of the Beardsman
That was a good trailer. It made me want to see the movie, and I’m not an intense fan.
Same here! Very well-produced tease IMO.
re: #27 gocart mozart
Notice the high-heels on the Imperial soldier around 2:12?
re: #17 teleskiguy
So I don’t do opening nights for films like these. I wait a couple of months.
I usually follow that pattern, but last weekend I went to see The Martian at a theater that served dinner and drinks with the movie. (citycentrehouston.com)
Even with waiters moving through the aisles, it was surprisingly civilized.
re: #24 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
The Thor thing was clueless, but this is purposeful shit-stirring using the nearest available big public event.
I’m actually skeptical about whether this started as some kind of -chan prank, but it’s basically impossible to sort out an actual racist from a kind-of-faking-it racist (that still fumes about Cultural Marxism and politcal correctness) in an incredibly low-fidelity medium like Twitter. Any way you swing it, it’s stupid.
re: #27 gocart mozart
LOL! I saw that Star Wars Cops parody. That was hilarious. Thanks for reminding me of it.
Cautiously watching my twitter to see if hacked again. It’s happened this time the last 2 nights…………………………………………………………………………………………..
I have no confirmation that I solved the prob.
re: #29 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Second thought - we have had three trailers now and have yet to see Luke Skywalker’s face.
THIS.
Very unusual.
re: #36 Stanley Sea Toujours
Looks okay on my end.
Good trailer. As someone who grew up as a kid watching the original trilogy over and over and who was so excited and then so disappointed over the prequels, I really really want this not to suck..
Also, screw premieres, I’ll be watching this a week later in the afternoon with the theater almost exclusively to myself..
re: #37 Eclectic Cyborg
THIS.
Very unusual.
Hamill is credited in the movie poster, but his face does not appear in the poster.
Hmmm …
re: #37 Eclectic Cyborg
THIS.
Very unusual.
This has been the focus of nearly every geek blog i’ve encountered since the movie poster was revealed a few days ago without him. As he was not in the trailer, I predict the internet will be exploding with speculation in the next couple of days (mine is that his face was disfigured, hence avoiding showing his face to keep it a surprise for viewers).
re: #38 teleskiguy
Looks okay on my end.
Yeah! You guys find out quick! Safflower oil! I’m selling it! Cures everything!
I’ve changed my pasword 3 times. :( Lost followers, who knows who got pissed.
Dear America - Cars break down. Blacks own cars. Stop. Killing. Americans. #CoreyJones #JonathanFerrell #RenishaMcBride #BlackLivesMatter
— Donna-Marie Winn (@DonnamarieWinn) October 20, 2015
re: #40 CriticalDragon1177
Speaking of hilarious parodies of old movies!
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— Charity (@ThisIsCharity) October 20, 2015
Just an idle OT thought: If ever there was a prime victim for either an epic troll or a federal sting operation, it would be CCJ.
That little shitweasel must be pretty desperate right now. If someone waved a ‘Gawker Memo’ in his face he’d dive in head-first.
Also on the matter of the trailer, I’m pleasantly surprised to notice that after a teaser and two official trailers, we still have no clue what the heck is the exact plot for the movie. After years and years of trailers for cinema and TV that give away nearly everything but the final scene, that’s a nice change..
Filthy taint lick chimes in.
In other news, Canada just went back to being Canada.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 20, 2015
Someone else check me. In the trailer, around 1:03, is that Hamill?
re: #30 Great White Snark
I’m all in.
I care too much about some of these characters. There’s some things Abrams could do that would turn me off pretty much immediately.
re: #49 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Someone else check me. In the trailer, around 1:03, is that Hamill?
Speculated yes, but no proof.
re: #51 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Speculated yes, but no proof.
Well, he’s doing the “Luke I am your father” NOOOO! face.
re: #48 teleskiguy
Filthy taint lick chimes in.
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And that’s a good thing you asshole.
re: #52 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Well, he’s doing the “Luke I am your father” NOOOO! face.
Sorry, I take it back, was thinking of a different spot.
I have no idea.
Chuck said he was going to start posting the “leaked” Planned Parenthood videos today.
Nope. Nothing at his crappy blog.
re: #54 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Sorry, I take it back, was thinking of a different spot.
I have no idea.
The light sabre duel? The scene lasts like a half-second.
re: #56 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
The light sabre duel? The scene lasts like a half-second.
There’s a shot of someone with R2 wearing a hood and a glove on the right hand.
re: #55 Charles Johnson
Chuck said he was going to start posting the “leaked” Planned Parenthood videos today.
Nope. Nothing at his crappy blog.
I think he’s in teleconference with JC Burns till 11:59 pm Thursday
re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I don’t think that’s a glove; I think it’s a robotic hand. Luke, I assume.
re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)
There’s a shot of someone with R2 wearing a hood and a glove on the right hand.
Ah, missed that one. Must watch again.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Hope the dog didn’t swallow too much nicotine. Poor thing shouldn’t have to suffer for human irresponsibility.
Yep, just watched the bit again and it’s definitely a robotic hand. The same hand Luke lost in the fight in Cloud City so I’m definitely assuming it’s him with R2. (@1:40 in the trailer for reference)
re: #62 Whack-A-Mole
Yep, just watched the bit again and it’s definitely a robotic hand. The same hand Luke lost in the fight in Cloud City so I’m definitely assuming it’s him with R2. (@1:40 in the trailer for reference)
Luke’s robotic hand appeared with R2 in the previous trailer, IIRC.
Just spent the weekend in Memphis with my wife and some dear friends. Checked out Graceland and Beale St but for me the best part of the trip was our visit to Sun Studios. The tour is not expensive at all and tremendously enjoyable for any music aficionado.
Standing in the Studio room itself (which is still used to record to this very day) was absolutely incredible. To think I was standing on the same hallowed ground that launched Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee Lewis and so many others was amazing. That room has an aura about it like I’ve never felt before. Here are some photos:
Best register sign ever!
And this is me, jamming with a microphone that was once used by the King himself!And of course, this being Sun Studios, I had to come home with some swag…
All the Canadian pro skiers I follow on Twitter are quite pleased with the election results in Canada.
To be pedantic, Luke’s hand as replaced following the duel and shown in both Empire and RotJ was relatively indistinguishable from normal flesh, unless the workings were exposed because of maintenance (end of Empire) or blaster shot (on the barge in RotJ, after which he put on a black glove).
Not saying it cannot be, because it certainly can (it is the correct hand). But it adds more questions than answers if it is Luke.
re: #65 teleskiguy
All the Canadian pro skiers I follow on Twitter are quite pleased with the election results in Canada.
Not surprising. I’m quite happy Harper got slapped around. Couldn’t happen to a nicer asshole.
re: #43 Stanley Sea Toujours
Yeah! You guys find out quick! Safflower oil! I’m selling it! Cures everything!
I’ve changed my pasword 3 times. :( Lost followers, who knows who got pissed.
Try enabling two factor authentication.
re: #64 Eclectic Cyborg
That fuckin’ sweet, dude! I’ll get to Memphis one of these days and do what you did.
Racist who worked for an actor president who had Alzheimer and sold weapon to Iran, has opinions. https://t.co/ixzmE01Ml5
— BWD (@theonlyadult) October 19, 2015
re: #69 teleskiguy
That fuckin’ sweet, dude! I’ll get to Memphis one of these days and do what you did.
You totally should. I wasn’t overwhelmed with Memphis the city (although riverside drive is quite beautiful), but man the musical history there is something else.
Feeling pretty good about the future of Canada right now. The people are united!
— Mike Douglas (@MikeDski) October 20, 2015
Big day for a great country. Fuck ya Canada. Hyped on the people of this place.
— Sean Pettit (@seanpettit) October 20, 2015
re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)
To be pedantic, Luke’s hand as replaced following the duel and shown in both Empire and RotJ was relatively indistinguishable from normal flesh, unless the workings were exposed because of maintenance (end of Empire) or blaster shot (on the barge in RotJ, after which he put on a black glove).
Not saying it cannot be, because it certainly can (it is the correct hand). But it adds more questions than answers if it is Luke.
My guess? Luke’s lost, marooned on a planet, and he can’t be found, possibly because he led remnants of the Empire on a wild good chase before crashing and he doesn’t know where he ended up. And he ended up scavenging parts for (or from) his hand.
And without a living adept of the force, tales of Sith and Jedi faded into memory on the galactic scene….
re: #12 Charles Johnson
To make matters even worse for Chuck, he may have poisoned his dog with his nasty smoking habit.
Does he not know that only black people smoke menthol cigarettes?
(Why? Noooobody knows.)
/Chappelle
re: #76 GlutenFreeJesus
Malala on Colbert. This girl is amazing.
She talks to world leaders like a boss.
Tell it to the pawG’night Lizards!
Bernie Sanders planning “major speech” on democratic socialism https://t.co/Oeg0WbS1Dy pic.twitter.com/OQVh1x0z6e
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) October 20, 2015
re: #17 teleskiguy
I dislike rather intensely cinemas that are filled to capacity (think: opening night of any blockbuster). Too crowded. Too noisy. And I think of those poor souls that got shot up at the Batman premiere three years ago (12 dead, 70 wounded).
I like walking into a cinema that is mostly empty. I can stretch my legs, pay attention to the film without hundreds of others distracting me. I hate it when people cheer in the cinema during the film!
So I don’t do opening nights for films like these. I wait a couple of months.
I hear you. My wait time is usually three to four weeks.
re: #11 CriticalDragon1177
Racist losers are upset that the main character in the new Star Wars movie is black!
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‘Racist Star Wars fan’ is honestly a phrase I never expected to hear in my lifetime.
re: #74 gwangung
My guess (and this is purely a WAG unsupported by any evidence) is that Luke, having seen the havoc the Sith and Jedi unleashed on the Galaxy went into a self-imposed exile, content to let the rest of the Galaxy recover and reform without interference. He’s been content to live alone (probably on Tatooine), communing with the spirits of Ben and Yoda and Dad becoming a true Jedi Master but will be drawn back into galactic affairs with the appearance of Kylo Ren and his group.
Again, that’s just a WAG, but it fits with the film’s title (the Jedi/Sith returning after having been inactive during all the intervening years).
re: #2 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve heard that Episode VIII is going to be a Jar Jar biopic
Only non-white faces I’ve seen at #CPC HQ are security guys.
— Ed the Sock (@EdtheSock) October 20, 2015
I’d watch the trailer, but I don’t want to violate the boycott.
//
In other news…
Reason #437 why Dorothy Parker was one of the greatest wits ever. pic.twitter.com/Th4vjsAD4V
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) October 20, 2015
Chuck Johnson just posted a rant about “Star Wars hates white people” at his floor-shitting blog.
re: #80 Mattand
I hear you. My wait time is usually three to four weeks.
Back in the day I attended the premiere of films like Mission:Impossible, Independence Day (that was a shit show), Starship Troopers (that was more fun, but still a shit show), and all the original Star Wars when they were remastered and re-released.
I don’t forget those experiences. It actually took away from the films’ experience for me. Instead of enjoying a film, I was distracted by laughter and chatter. And people cheering at climactic scenes, golly I hate that shit!
Only one time I saw a film on its opening weekend and thought it was great, South Park:Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. That film has a special place in my heart. It made me laugh at a time it was difficult to laugh at anything. I saw that film the Saturday after it opened, the next day I attended my grandfather’s funeral.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
In some areas even the Conservative guy has a “funny sounding name”. (The Conservative is the one in the middle. Liberal on the left, NDP on the right).
Two Sikhs and a (presumed) Hindu, running for the same seat? That’s something I think one would be hard pressed to find in here in the States.
re: #79 WhatEVs
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It is going to be awesome. I’m very excited for some, a few, hopefully a lot to be educated.
The scare factor is unbelievable and needs to be educated away. Hopefully..
Jim Wright weighs in on Facebook:
I watched the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.
The narrator is Harrison Ford doing gumpy old Indiana Solo, “It’s true. All of it. The Dark Side. The Jedi. They’re real.”
Only I heard it in Jar Jar Binks voice, “Mesa thinkin’ itsa twue! Mesa sayin’ da Dark Side’n the Jedeye, Mesa sayin’ days reeel’n!”
Because, fuck you, George Lucas, I’m not getting excited about this shit again.
ROFL
re: #88 teleskiguy
Our breaking point was seeing the Jurassic Park sequel The Lost World on opening weekend. The audience really did distract from our being able to watch the movie.
Admittedly, my general seething misanthropy doesn’t help, either.
re: #81 Stanley Sea Toujours
Done
I’d also change the password on the email account you use for twitter. That is frequently how accounts get hacked.
You should also buy 1Password and ask yourself if your HVAC filters need changing.
re: #83 Whack-A-Mole
Hey! How’s the baby? Still being a good boy?
From time to time one might ignore the critics, fail to swoon or geek out as a fanboy and just spend $16.50 for a fun afternoon.
re: #95 goddamnedfrank
I’d also change the password on the email account you use for twitter. That is frequently how accounts get hacked.
You should also buy 1Password and ask yourself if your HVAC filters need changing.
Ima gonna die.
re: #87 Charles Johnson
HAHAHA wow he went full Stormfront.
Is the very white Star Wars being culturally appropriated by the Jewish J. J. Abrams?
…
The mulatto Lando Calrissian betrays our heroes before he is redeemed.
…
The Israeli Natalie Portman plays Queen Amidala.
…
Space belongs to the people smart enough to invent rockets and indoor plumbing. It belongs to a frontier people, thank you very much. And now the frontier is flooded with the Third World, drowning out the ambitions of those white nerds.
Is it any surprise that we all pin our hopes on a white immigrant from South Africa to hopefully reopen the final frontier?
But SpaceX is grounded (for the moment) and so, too, will be a generation of young white boys (yes, they’re boys) who won’t be much interested in a version of the future where they are cast as the villain.
re: #96 WhatEVs
Yeah, he’s doing well. Still working on the housebreaking but making progress. The biggest issue has been with barking when I leave the house.
Wow.
Broadcaster: Harper lied, cheated, was xenophobic (etc.)
Background: Jesus.
Me: LMAO
Somewhere in my past is a very hefty bandwidth bill incurred by my then-ISP because I hosted one of the first copies of “Troops” in my personal webspace when it went live on theforce.net back in 1997/98… That was not a fun experience.
I was on the Prequels bandwagon from the first released concept painting of a yellow ship docked at a building on Coruscant. All those years of buildup, imagining what they COULD be, and then they turned out to be what they were. I’ve been solidly soured on Star Wars fandom since then. I still love 4-5-6, and there are fragments of 1, 2, and 3 that I enjoy watching, but it’s hard to get over what could have been.
I consider those movies a valuable lesson in what can happen to successful creative people when they hit late middle age, when they have enough clout and experience to do great things, but they’re in too great of a position for people to reign them in and tell them “no”. That’s why Mad Max: Fury Road was so pleasing; there’s bad precedent for guys named George re-visiting their universe after decades doing other things.
I hope the new ones can recapture a little bit of the feeling of the old movies, of a fantasy universe full of absolutely silly, fun things, laid over a very sincere (if basic) mythological tale of good, evil, and the powers of intuition. I hope the good characters are good, the bad guys are great bad guys, and there’s lots of spectacular stuff in between, with a great soundtrack to fit.
The “Force Theme” still gives me a little chill.
re: #97 Great White Snark
From time to time one might ignore the critics, fail to swoon or geek out as a fanboy and just spend $16.50 for a fun afternoon.
*sigh* Old enough to remember the five dollar matinee and the one dollar cinema for films released months prior. And I wonder why I don’t go to the cinema anymore.
re: #100 goddamnedfrank
My response to reading that?
Chucksie, please just go fucking kill yourself. You are too stupid to live.
Edit: That actually goes for anybody on the boycott-Star-Wars hashtag. “White Genocide”? You know what, I WANT white genocide, if assholes like this are the victims. Anybody that stupid ought to be rounded up and sterilized, and their children re-distributed to foster homes without idiots for parents.
Really sick of these assholes.
re: #100 goddamnedfrank
Yup. All he’s missing is the white hoods.
re: #101 Whack-A-Mole
Yeah, he’s doing well. Still working on the housebreaking but making progress. The biggest issue has been with barking when I leave the house.
They do not like to be left alone. My Beanie barks and shakes. Doxies are the worst about that.
Full.Fucking.Stormfront.
His swastika tattoo can’t be far off.
re: #100 goddamnedfrank
Wow. No shit. What a colossal douchebag.
re: #107 teleskiguy
Yup. All he’s missing is the white hoods.
Shit, he probably thinks he’s CofCC material.
You know, the “uptown Klan.”
re: #109 goddamnedfrank
Full.Fucking.Stormfront.
His swastika tattoo can’t be far off.
I remember him saying that the book that changed his life the most was The Bell Curve. I’m surprised he hasn’t used the language his fellow traveler weev uses yet, words like ‘mud people,’ ‘kike,’ etc.
re: #109 goddamnedfrank
Full.Fucking.Stormfront.
His swastika tattoo can’t be far off.
He needs to do us all a solid and go Charlie Manson with the forehead swastika.
re: #105 teleskiguy
*sigh* Old enough to remember the five dollar matinee and the one dollar theater for films released months prior. And I wonder why I don’t go to the cinema anymore.
Heh. You kids today.
Not only do I remember $3 tickets for main show times, I saw Star Wars first run in a theater that had a smoking section.
Now get the hell off of my moisture farm!
re: #109 goddamnedfrank
Full.Fucking.Stormfront.
His swastika tattoo can’t be far off.
I’m more worried about him going Texas clock tower once Gawker cleans his clock.
Chuck and Natalie Portman have one thing in common. They both worked as research assistants for Alan Dershowitz, albeit not at the same time. Somebody should send old Dersh a link to that article and get his take on what Chuck has become.
re: #116 WhatEVs
Canadian conservatives lost 55 seats. Ouch.
Maybe the voting populace took a good look at the conservatism of their neighbors to the south and decided ‘Fuck that shit, we cannot devolve our politics like that!’
re: #117 Mattand
I’m more worried about him going Texas clock tower once Gawker cleans his clock.
And his bank account.
re: #117 Mattand
I’m more worried about him going Texas clock tower once Gawker cleans his clock.
He lacks the self-loathing to do anything like that. He lives to shit on the world. He doesn’t want to end himself, because hurting others is too much fun.
re: #100 goddamnedfrank
You really have to wonder, if he keeps up with the blatant racism and xenophobia, how long his wife and her family will be able to stomach him or if a divorce is looming in the future. Even though it seems like, in his worldview, Asians are an ‘acceptable’ minority, deep down the things he says have to make them a little uneasy.
re: #118 goddamnedfrank
Chuck and Natalie Portman have one thing in common. They both worked as research assistants for Alan Dershowitz, albeit not at the same time. Somebody should send old Dersh a link to that article and get his take on what Chuck has become.
Doesn’t Dershowitz get a little right-wingerish from time to time? But, yeah, it can’t feel great to have a former assistant start hanging with anti-Semites.
re: #119 teleskiguy
Now, we in the US must do the same.
re: #118 goddamnedfrank
Chuck and Natalie Portman have one thing in common. They both worked as research assistants for Alan Dershowitz, albeit not at the same time. Somebody should send old Dersh a link to that article and get his take on what Chuck has become.
O RLY?
re: #125 TedStriker
That and being genetically human are about all they have in common, I’m guessing
re: #119 teleskiguy
Maybe the voting populace took a good look at the conservatism of their neighbors to the south and decided ‘Fuck that shit, we cannot devolve our politics like that!’
I was thinking about that. Canadians pay attention. My 25 year old nephew was discussing American politics. Most Canadians are appalled by Republicans.
Cons lost 63 seats!
God please let America follow!
re: #125 TedStriker
O RLY?
Yep. Chuck worked for Dersh in high school. He met Alan when Alan came to speak at this prep school, which Alan’s son also attended. Chuck was picked to oppose Dersh in a mock debate and impressed him.
That’s what I meant yesterday when I said it was amazing how many solid connections he’s managed to blow through. Anybody with even a modicum of self control could have turned shit like that, his Breitbart connection, WSJ internship and Daily Caller gig into a reliable place at the wingnut welfare trough. Except somewhere along the line it all went wrong, and he could help being himself. He has no filter, no ability to self regulate, and eventually ends up either burning bridges overtly or just quietly being shunned by most of his erstwhile allies.
re: #101 Whack-A-Mole
Yeah, he’s doing well. Still working on the housebreaking but making progress. The biggest issue has been with barking when I leave the house.
Y’know, I had to look twice at this post before I realized you weren’t still talking about Chuck Johnson….. Or were you?
re: #122 Whack-A-Mole
Post pics of that little doll sometime. He’s such a beauty.
re: #128 WhatEVs
Cons lost 63 seats!
God please let America follow!
I’m not holding out too much hope for congress. Republicans have a good hold on congress for at least the next four to six years. The senate should stay Democratic this next election cycle. It’s all about turnout in 2016.
Oh, if you’re reading this and you don’t know who you’re voting for in 2016, I have two words for you. Vote Democratic.
re: #130 Jay C
Y’know, I had to look twice at this post before I realized you weren’t still talking about Chuck Johnson….. Or were you?
He had an adorable dachshund puppy dropped on his doorstep.
re: #132 teleskiguy
I’m not holding out too much hope for congress. Republicans have a good hold on congress for at least the next four to six years. The senate should stay Democratic this next election cycle. It’s all about turnout in 2016.
Oh, if you’re reading this and you don’t know who you’re voting for in 2016, I have two words for you. Vote Democratic.
Two better words: Supreme Court.
Hopefully that scares the shit out of undecideds.
Oh, fuck. I forgot. The United States election is a ways away. I’ve read that two billion dollars will be spent.
re: #101 Whack-A-Mole
Yeah, he’s doing well. Still working on the housebreaking but making progress. The biggest issue has been with barking when I leave the house.
Try executing the house leaving as a ritual, and do it in stages. So do all the same things, get your wallet, coat, briefcase, put your shoes one … whatever you normally do when you go out alone, but do it consistently, and try to conduct the routine the same way each time so he can identify the pattern.
At first just open the door, go out, close it, then come right back in and greet the dog. Do this again and again, spending a little bit more time outside each time, go get the mail, then go for a very short walk just down the block, then longer and longer walks. Each time come back and greet him. Eventually he’ll get used to the idea that you going out is part of a ritual where you always come back and that everything is okay.
re: #136 goddamnedfrank
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67% turnout. 67%! Man…that’s embarrassing. We never get anywhere near that high.
My pops finally checked his Twitter. I’m glad he’s seen “The Obvious Child.”
@teleskiguy @gypguy Very intuitive. Matter, cannot be created or destroyed. The big head, a figment of the mind’s desire for immortality.
— Charles Vogel Sr. (@gypguy) October 19, 2015
re: #132 teleskiguy
I’m not holding out too much hope for congress. Republicans have a good hold on congress for at least the next four to six years. The senate should stay Democratic this next election cycle. It’s all about turnout in 2016.
Oh, if you’re reading this and you don’t know who you’re voting for in 2016, I have two words for you. Vote Democratic.
Uhhh, you know the Dems lost control of the Senate in the last mid-term election, right?
We need to get it back.
ryan sez he will consent to be speaker if the teabags eat shit
re: #141 TedStriker
Uhhh, you know the Dems lost control of the Senate in the last mid-term election, right?
We need to get it back.
Uhhh is right. 55 R 45 D in senate. 247 R 188 D in congress.
I need to lie down.
re: #100 goddamnedfrank
HAHAHA wow he went full Stormfront.
Star Trek is fascistic? Where did he pull that from?
Maybe he’s confusing it with Starship Troopers.
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re: #144 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Star Trek is fascistic? Where did he pull that from?
Maybe he’s confusing it with Starship Troopers.
In fact, he’s confusing Star Wars and Star Trek, too. Check this paragraph.
Star Trek is a productive of a white America whether or not we want to accept it. The action figures that made George Lucas a billionaire were purchased by suburban white families.
Aside from the poor grammar (productive?), Lucas is to Star Wars as Roddenberry is to Star Trek.
I wonder if he’ll issue a correction, as his affidavit attests he always does when he makes a mistake.
All aboard the hype train - tickets went on pre-sale here today… I loved the original 3, but the prequels… I don’t even consider that star wars. I’ll attempt to reserve judgment for this one, but honestly was not impressed with the trailer. Big splashy graphics.. meh… if that’s the case just make this an animation.
Tell a good story, show us some great acting.. having an aged Han Solo is just a cheap gimmick.. like creating a pointless ‘extra scene’ with him in the new edition of episode IV.
re: #146 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Yes, CCJ is an idiot.
Trump is a joke but racism isn’t funny. Tell @NBC to #DumpTrump from SNL: http://t.co/ORZIXwBysl @moveon #racismisntfunny
— John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) October 17, 2015
The Liberal victory in Canada makes Colorado-style legal marijuana likely https://t.co/Dfeyht9PZB
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 20, 2015
Justin Trudeau says a Liberal government would get to work “right away” on a policy to legalize and regulate the sale of marijuana, but won’t commit to a timeline for legalization.
“We don’t yet know exactly what rate we’re going to be taxing it, how we’re going to control it, or whether it will happen in the first months, within the first year, or whether it’s going to take a year or two to kick in,” Trudeau said on Wednesday night in Surrey, B.C.
When asked by CBC News for a specific time on the rollout of the policy, Kate Purchase, director of communications for Trudeau’s campaign, said, “We haven’t released a time…. We want to get the best ideas from various places and construct a Canadian model.”
Purchase cited Colorado as one of many models the party is currently looking at.
In Colorado, an individual over the age of 21 is allowed to possess up to about 28 grams (one ounce) of marijuana for personal use.
re: #151 teleskiguy
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It sounds like the Liberals are going to bring rational policy to Canada. Good for them. I wonder what happened to NDP? I heard they had been leading when the campaign started, but they ended up third. Done in by Justinmania, or did they just run a bad campaign?
I laugh at those racist morons boycotting the movie. As if anyone at Star Wars or elsewhere even remotely cares if some whiny racists boycott it. Its not going to affect the box office takings at all.
re: #153 the silent one
I laugh at those racist morons boycotting the movie. As if anyone at Star Wars or elsewhere even remotely cares if some whiny racists boycott it. Its not going to affect the box office takings at all.
So Mad Max was a threat to manhood because of a strong female lead and Star Wars is a threat to the Aryan race because of a strong African-American lead?
I assume that “Lassie” is a threat to the entire human race because of a strong canine lead…
re: #154 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
So Mad Max was a threat to manhood because of a strong female lead and Star Wars is a threat to the Aryan race because of a strong African-American lead?
I assume that “Lassie” is a threat to the entire human race because of a strong canine lead…
Four legs good. Two legs bad.
re: #115 Mattand
Heh. You kids today.
Not only do I remember $3 tickets for main show times, I saw Star Wars first run in a theater that had a smoking section.
Now get the hell off of my moisture farm!
I saw the first one three times in the first week I think. Each time we waited in a line that stretched around the block. The great thing was the audience participation: whenever Darth showed up there would be hissing and booing; and of course the audience erupted in applause when the Death Star blew up. I guess I was 11 or 12, so it was great fun.
Anyway—late as always, but congrats to Canada for showing Harper the door. I hope it’s an omen for 2016.
Growing up in Washington, we’d hear a certain amount about B.C. politics on the news—it always seemed to be between the New Democrats and the SoCreds. Whatever happened to them? It just struck us funny: “SoCreds”.
Old Dixie isn’t what it used to be:
Over 500,000 migrants reach Greece this year, arrival rate rising - U.N.
Over half a million refugees and migrants have arrived by sea in Greece this year and the rate of arrivals is rising with over 8,000 coming on Monday alone, in a rush to beat the onset of freezing winter, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
[…]
Eventually the arrivals will taper off, but not soon.
Till then it will make for good fodder for the nationalists in various countries.
Dan Satterfield remarks:
Jaw Dropping Ignorance Versus Science Fact
He is referring to this:
It’s really cold outside, they are calling it a major freeze, weeks ahead of normal. Man, we could use a big fat dose of global warming!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2015
Dan illustrates his point with this:
re: #27 gocart mozart
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Man, that takes me back.
God, I am starting to feel old, I didn’t realize until I googled that came out back in ‘97.
Also, get off my lawn.
The shiny new toy called “Carly” has transitioned to unloved old toy:
Fiorina’s support collapses, Trump leads in CNN poll
I noticed that earlier today in the RCP polling summary. Fiorina’s now just part of the wanna-be pack.
A story that implies much more than what it contains:
New DNA test for embryos could boost IVF success rates
What the story doesn’t cover is the next logical step: genotyping embryos so the parents can select the ones with the qualities they most desire in a child.
It can be done.
Who knows, maybe somewhere on this planet it is being done today.
re: #27 gocart mozart
I like how Tom Servo has a cameo.
Tomorrow is the day Marty McFly arrives in 2015. He will be surprised to see Biff Tannen (Trump) and Doc Brown (Bernie Sanders) running for President.
Racists are planning to #BoycottStarWarsVII due to black actors. Meanwhile here is a pic of the creator & his wife pic.twitter.com/kwTXnZRNsZ
— YORKSHIRE PROBLEMS (@yorkshireprobs) October 19, 2015
re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Somewhere, Billy Dee Williams is sitting wondering, “Did everyone forget about me?”
New from GotNwes!!
ANALYSISIS: The upcoming Star Wars movie is mean to white people
Chuck C. Johnson, unconcerned by his legal setbacks, shares more of his deep thoughts about racial matters. We have our own version, and we like ours better.
Everybody is looking forward to the upcoming Star Wars VIII: The Force Awakens movie.
Almost everybody.
Some white boys are upset that the new movie, directed by a Jew, is not white enough. And I’m one of them, because I need the clicks. I may even boycott it, like the other white boys who need a life. Or maybe I’ll go and just not tell them, so they don’t kick me out of the club.
Not only is this new movie not white enough, it portrays white people as the enemy. Everyone knows white people have never done anything bad.
Plus, there are a lot of actors from loser nations, like Nigeria, Ireland and Canada. Since when did any of them go into space, huh?
re: #167 Timothy Watson
Somewhere, Billy Dee Williams is sitting wondering, “Did everyone forget about me?”
Yeah, fuck JJ Abrams….how dare he bring Teh Blacks into the lily white outer space fantasy world.
re: #170 Dr. Matt
Yeah, fuck JJ Abrams….how dare he bring Teh Blacks into the lily white outer space fantasy world.
You forgot one:
This happened yesterday.
Nobody cared.
Anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church protests #KimDavis at Rowan Co courthouse. Morehead just can’t catch a break. https://t.co/6lmm696W8p ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) October 20, 2015
re: #173 Varek Raith
Ha!
Jim Webb Said To Be Considering Independent Run For President
More proof that Jim Webb is a dick.
re: #162 freetoken
The shiny new toy called “Carly” has transitioned to unloved old toy:
Fiorina’s support collapses, Trump leads in CNN poll
I noticed that earlier today in the RCP polling summary. Fiorina’s now just part of the wanna-be pack.
she always has been
re: #160 freetoken
Dan Satterfield remarks:
Jaw Dropping Ignorance Versus Science Fact
He is referring to this:
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Dan illustrates his point with this:
the planet with it’s atmosphere is a dynamic system.
how hard is that?
re: #173 Varek Raith
Ha!
Jim Webb Said To Be Considering Independent Run For President
Go ahead Jim throw your money away on a vanity run, this Virginian ain’t touching you.
#Benghazi is a Fox “news” farce: What the witch hunt reveals about the right’s most cherished lies https://t.co/j2VVfKW0u8
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) October 20, 2015
re: #174 Dr. Matt
More proof that Jim Webb is a dick.
I’m honestly not sure which party’s chances (if any) a Jim Webb independent run would be more likely to hurt
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) October 19, 2015
re: #165 The Vicious Babushka
Tomorrow is the day Marty McFly arrives in 2015. He will be surprised to see Biff Tannen (Trump) and Doc Brown (Bernie Sanders) running for President.
There are some notable differences. After all, when Marty Mcfly visited 2015, all he had was Jaws 19 3D playing in cinemas/theatres. Our time-line is so much better.
re: #177 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
the planet with it’s atmosphere is a dynamic system.
how hard is that?
Plus the Earth’s is tilted. Winter is going to happen no matter what. Maybe Trump can build us a better, more luxurious Earth where it’s springtime all the time.
re: #179 Dr. Matt
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This morning on Fox & Friends (which hubby watches) there was some author on. He has a book about people and their near death experiences. “Reports from Heaven” or some such title. They were seriously discussing heaven.
re: #180 HappyWarrior
Not white enough? I swear some people man.
Listen, there are very few people whiter than me. I have black relatives.
skin color means nothing outside the dermotology community.
re: #185 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
This morning on Fox & Friends (which hubby watches) there was some author on. He has a book about people and their near death experiences. “Reports from Heaven” or some such title. They were seriously discussing heaven.
I feel your pain.
re: #186 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Listen, there are very few people whiter than me. I have black relatives.
skin color means nothing outside the dermotology community.
Skin color is just that. These childish bigots need to get over themselves.
Air Force One, a Cherished Perk Awaiting an Upgrade
Think this one will be able to double as a Space Shuttle? (just dreaming) Really, tho, how kewl would that be?
BTW, tomorrow is “Back to the Future Day”. Here are all the necessary resources:
october212015.com
facebook.com
re: #183 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
What the Americans have lacked throughout Obama’s second term is an overall strategy for containing the Taliban and bringing a stable political order to the country.
We’re a long ways from the Khanates of old.
Maybe we should just give up the idea of engineering that part of the world to our liking?
re: #192 Dr. Matt
BTW, tomorrow is “Back to the Future Day”. Here are all the necessary resources:
Is that Universal Coordinated Time?
re: #193 freetoken
We’re a long ways from the Khanates of old.
Maybe we should just give up the idea of engineering that part of the world to our liking?
I’m all for letting China have a crack at it.
Worst.Socialist.President.Ever https://t.co/zNPrrYX8LP
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) October 20, 2015
BREAKING NEWS: Housing Starts Surpass Expectations in September https://t.co/qjqQd9WZ8f
— Fox Business Alert (@FoxBizAlert) October 20, 2015
OH delays executions until 2017 over lack of lethal drugs - Cleveland 19 News|Cleveland, https://t.co/mBh9aNCel6 #CLEVELAND #OHIO #UNITEBLUE
— Jazzmine D. McKnight (@Progress4Ohio) October 20, 2015
re: #194 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Is that Universal Coordinated Time?
HVC Time (Hill Valley, California)
SOURCES: Biden Slept Well and Had a Restful Night.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 20, 2015
VIDEO: Russian drone footage from Jobar in #Damascus #Syria, shows the utter destruction the war has left behind pic.twitter.com/KqVE8SkQoM
— Gissur Simonarson CN (@GissiSim) October 19, 2015
only the trees survive.
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re: #195 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
I’m all for letting China have a crack at it.
They’re too smart. They know their history much better than American political operatives know Asia’s history.
Bottom line: We can’t unscramble a scrambled egg. Meaning we can’t fix what went wrong at the end of the British Empire. The people in that part of the world have to sort this one out for themselves.
We don’t even agree with or like our approved Afghani government.
We just think we hate the Taliban more because the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan when 9/11 happened when what’s his face used Afghanistan as a base of operations. Thus no US President has the option to play footsies with the Taliban.
This has to be a new record for Youtube views over a 12-hour period.
Actually it’s only been 10 hours.The big paradigm shift that even the supposedly-Socialist, supposedly-bowing-to-other-nations President Obama won’t take is this: It’s not our place to run the world.
re: #160 freetoken
What part of global in global warming does he not understand. Apparently all of it. The global part (it’s planetary temps, not just the temp outside your door), and it’s climate change with temperatures increasing on average around the entire planet.
It is undeniable that there’s temperature increases, just as surely as COx continues rising. Ocean temps are rising. So yeah, all of it.
Oh, and about freezes/frost warnings/early snowfalls - they happen with regularity too. Northern NJ tends to get it in October. NYC proper gets it towards the end of October (heat island effect, plus water moderation). But it can occur earlier or later - that’s what median (an average - the middle date) means (which is also a numerical average).
re: #207 freetoken
I think many of those hits have only come in the last few hours. When Charles first posted this I think the count was in the few hundred thousands.
Then the rest of the world woke up while America slept.
re: #208 lawhawk
What part of global in global warming does he not understand.
Two parts: the “global”, and the “warming”.
re: #206 Bill and Opus for 2016!
None of the trailers have shown Mark Hamil yet, have they?
re: #182 Bill and Opus for 2016!
There are some notable differences. After all, when Marty Mcfly visited 2015, all he had was Jaws 19 3D playing in cinemas/theatres. Our time-line is so much better.
Damn right, we have SHARKNADO!
#morningjoe Fake D Sen. Joe Manchin Drug test people in public housing because their kids asked for it https://t.co/XdenduZ0a6 via @dailykos
— philip harris (@pharris830) October 20, 2015
8-year-old Georgia girl fatally shot when mom drops gun while braiding child’s hair https://t.co/D4Fjy0A8Im pic.twitter.com/uAhD1I60Kx
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 20, 2015
re: #205 freetoken
They’re too smart. They know their history much better than American political operatives know Asia’s history.
Bottom line: We can’t unscramble a scrambled egg. Meaning we can’t fix what went wrong at the end of the British Empire. The people in that part of the world have to sort this one out for themselves.
We don’t even agree with or like our approved Afghani government.
We just think we hate the Taliban more because the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan when 9/11 happened when what’s his face used Afghanistan as a base of operations. Thus no US President has the option to play footsies with the Taliban.
They seem to be the only super-power that doesn’t want to be part of it. Afghans have to feel like a tennis ball, going between Russia and the US once every 20 years or so.
Well, that whole part of the world.
re: #211 freetoken
I guess his arm shows briefly at 1:40 in the latest trailer.
re: #214 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
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re: #211 freetoken
None of the trailers have shown Mark Hamil yet, have they?
Not his face, at least. People are guessing that the cybernetic hand that pats R2-D2 in the second and third trailers belong to him.
Looking back at the trailer where we had the Hamill/Luke Skywalker voiceover - I’m surprised that no one has pointed out that was dialog that was lifted directly from Return of the Jedi, and very possibly may not be in the new movie at all.
So, it may be a safe bet that we know nothing at all about what is going on with Luke.
re: #211 freetoken
None of the trailers have shown Mark Hamil yet, have they?
They have - in a similar pose to the one showing a masked (man) with a robotic hand laying/touching R2D2.
I’m going to go with that Luke was in that scene. JJ is being cagey about how they’re going to use him in the movie. We are going to get backstory from Han and Leia, but Luke is going to fall into the Yoda-type role, which sort of makes sense since he’s the “last” of the Jedi Order as far as we know from the original movies.
I loved the original trilogy, the prequels not so much, particularly the back story and how the CGI looked too comic-bookish.
The look in the new movie? The CGI looks to be more seamless/realistic with modeling-based practical effects. There’s something about doing the practical effects that CGI still can’t replace. CGI can enhance to be sure, but the look is more consistent with the original trilogy.
Well, it looks like Canada has decided conservatives don’t actually conserve anything useful, so there’s that.
Send a happy little thought my way today if you’re so inclined. It sounds dumb, but I am taking a big step today (not voluntarily) toward overcoming my anxiety about driving in a very busy place. Today is day one of several trips through one of the worst parts of Metro Atlanta traffic wise to take my son to job orientation classes over an hour away. A lot of this has to be done in the dark, which is not helping. I have no idea where this fear came from, because honestly it’s the only real fear I have. Well that and homelessness, btdt, and The Husband’s unemployed status isn’t helping either. We’re about out of money, which is most likely contributing to today’s anxiety. I know I can do this, it’s not the driving so much as it is lots of cars and going to unfamiliar territory. I’ve driven out of the city and to rural places far away with no problems, so it’s the traffic (and fear of getting lost, resulting accidents, etc) that’s the problem. I do have a GPS and printed directions and a full tank of gas, so I know I’ve prepped all I can. I HATE having GAD, it makes me feel like a dumbass. Plus, I don’t want my anxiety to interfere with my son’s learning to drive, but I’m afraid it has a little already. (and do NOT get me started on The Husband’s lack of participation in that process, OMG) Anyhoo, keep us in your happy thoughts today. Tonight, training is from 5-9 and then the next two days are full, regular work day hours. Thanks Lizards. I can’t talk about this with anyone but my Mom, because no one understands.
re: #220 lawhawk
Abrams looks to have people interacting more within scenes, rather than on green-screens. This will be a giant step forward (in the acting department) compared to the prequels.
re: #223 A Mom Anon
Well, it looks like Canada has decided conservatives don’t actually conserve anything useful, so there’s that.
Send a happy little thought my way today if you’re so inclined. It sounds dumb, but I am taking a big step today (not voluntarily) toward overcoming my anxiety about driving in a very busy place. Today is day one of several trips through one of the worst parts of Metro Atlanta traffic wise to take my son to job orientation classes over an hour away. A lot of this has to be done in the dark, which is not helping. I have no idea where this fear came from, because honestly it’s the only real fear I have. Well that and homelessness, btdt, and The Husband’s unemployed status isn’t helping either. We’re about out of money, which is most likely contributing to today’s anxiety. I know I can do this, it’s not the driving so much as it is lots of cars and going to unfamiliar territory. I’ve driven out of the city and to rural places far away with no problems, so it’s the traffic (and fear of getting lost, resulting accidents, etc) that’s the problem. I do have a GPS and printed directions and a full tank of gas, so I know I’ve prepped all I can. I HATE having GAD, it makes me feel like a dumbass. Plus, I don’t want my anxiety to interfere with my son’s learning to drive, but I’m afraid it has a little already. (and do NOT get me started on The Husband’s lack of participation in that process, OMG) Anyhoo, keep us in your happy thoughts today. Tonight, training is from 5-9 and then the next two days are full, regular work day hours. Thanks Lizards. I can’t talk about this with anyone but my Mom, because no one understands.
Not true, they are dynasty builders. They conserve their own.
“You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.” ― John Waters
— Crime Time (@MoralCentering) October 20, 2015
re: #223 A Mom Anon
Well, it looks like Canada has decided conservatives don’t actually conserve anything useful, so there’s that.
Send a happy little thought my way today if you’re so inclined. It sounds dumb, but I am taking a big step today (not voluntarily) toward overcoming my anxiety about driving in a very busy place. Today is day one of several trips through one of the worst parts of Metro Atlanta traffic wise to take my son to job orientation classes over an hour away. A lot of this has to be done in the dark, which is not helping. I have no idea where this fear came from, because honestly it’s the only real fear I have. Well that and homelessness, btdt, and The Husband’s unemployed status isn’t helping either. We’re about out of money, which is most likely contributing to today’s anxiety. I know I can do this, it’s not the driving so much as it is lots of cars and going to unfamiliar territory. I’ve driven out of the city and to rural places far away with no problems, so it’s the traffic (and fear of getting lost, resulting accidents, etc) that’s the problem. I do have a GPS and printed directions and a full tank of gas, so I know I’ve prepped all I can. I HATE having GAD, it makes me feel like a dumbass. Plus, I don’t want my anxiety to interfere with my son’s learning to drive, but I’m afraid it has a little already. (and do NOT get me started on The Husband’s lack of participation in that process, OMG) Anyhoo, keep us in your happy thoughts today. Tonight, training is from 5-9 and then the next two days are full, regular work day hours. Thanks Lizards. I can’t talk about this with anyone but my Mom, because no one understands.
{{{Mom}}}
I certainly know what that feels like. I don’t like driving shitty rental cars in unfamiliar places, and I HATE HATE HATE HATE driving in New York even in my own vehicle.
re: #227 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
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Whackos are everywhere.
German MPs ‘drawing up plans’ to close borders in challenge to Merkel’s refugee policy
So is Alberta Canada’s version of the American south? Somehow through a friend’s comment on FB I got linked to a woman from Edmonton who had expressed relief over the liberal victory. She was slagged by her friends and family with the kind of non-sequitor memes American conservatives are fond of. Finally, someone told her that she should have known better than to “gloat” to fellow Albertans.
re: #231 Barefoot Grin
So is Alberta Canada’s version of the American south? Somehow through a friend’s comment on FB I got linked to a woman from Edmonton who had expressed relief over the liberal victory. She was slagged by her friends and family with the kind of non-sequitor memes American conservatives are fond of. Finally, someone told her that she should have known better than to “gloat” to fellow Albertans.
Alberta is Canada’s Texas.
UpChuck posted something on his FB page this morning about how, as a result of the election, Alberta will secede and become the newest US state.
LOLOLOLOL.
Central Oregon Coast NOW shared Sue Gibson’s post.
11 hrs *
Written by a national NOW board member and friend - terrific letter!
Sue Gibson
20 hrs *
My reply to Rep. Moon’s form letter:
Mike,
Thank you for contacting me. A number of other feminists fighting for their very lives received identical messages from you. You may not even be aware that a letter was sent by your staff on your behalf (if this is the case, I understand). If you did, intentionally, send to me a form letter, please understand that many, if not most, will simply delete the message without a reply.
In either case, any time you desire, you are welcome to respond to my messages.
You are correct that since the videos of Planned Parenthood’s ALLEGED involvement in the selling of fetal tissue (not “unborn baby parts” as you incorrectly state in your propaganda), a witch hunt (not a proper investigation, which is the attorney general’s purview) in the Missouri House and Senate has taken place. Very little has been accomplished, because Planned Parenthood officials did not testify due to the frivolity of the fabricated nonevidence, and state employees rightly would not answer questions. Also, such “investigations” by other states’ legislatures have been fruitless as well.
The report released by MO Attorney General Chris Koster found that no wrongdoing has occurred.
Yes, I tire of my tax dollars being wasted on this non-issue when the money could be invested into tackling issues that will foster better lives for more Missourians, like more affordable healthcare. President Obama has done an amazing thing for the people of this nation through the Affordable Care Act; the Missouri legislature should now close the coverage gap by expanding Medicaid. Yes, your silly committees invited representatives from Planned Parenthood to testify. Since they have nothing to hide and have been fully vindicated by the attorney general, it would be foolish to waste time and money to show up at a sham hearing only intended to distract from the very important business of providing healthcare.
This behavior is of concern to us all. This is truly a waste of our money. For a state legislature entrusted with the responsibility to act with the well-being of the citizenry of Missouri in mind (check the state motto) to put on such a circus should not be tolerated.
One point your letter purports to address is a key issue in the current debate: that of women’s health. I am concerned about the health of women, too. You listed a few of the myths about risks of an abortion:
- abdominal pain: incomparable to that associated with pregnancy and childbirth
- nausea: incomparable to that associated with attending one of your hearings
- vomiting , diarrhea: if these occur, there are meds to treat them, and they resolve much quicker than raising a human for eighteen years in one of the most hateful, backward states in the country
- spotting (bleeding): again, incomparable to that experienced in childbirth
- infection, uterine scarring, perforation, organ damage: rare, (though common in the back alley abortions to which you would relegate women)
- depression: more common in women forced to bear children against their will, and exceedingly common in those children
- death: abortion is no more dangerous than a dental procedure, and is safest the earlier in a pregnancy it can be done, which makes your party’s obstruction of access particularly egregious.
Check your facts.
Abortion providers are heroes. Planned Parenthood’s amazing founder, Margaret Sanger, made the liberty of women and the hope of every child being a cherished child a possibility. The only thing standing in the way of that becoming reality is the misogyny of people like you.
Planned Parenthood recently decided to no longer seek re-imbursement for donating fetal tissue (not “baby parts” as you histrionically stated) to researchers for development of life-saving therapies and vaccines (as you neglected to mention, though I presume you handily take advantage of them) because they want to get back to devoting their full attention to the provision of healthcare. And since Planned Parenthood in Missouri does not participate in the fetal tissue donation program, your concern appears to be a red herring.
I am way ahead of you with your novel idea that I contact my district representative and begin a conversation about this important topic, but thank you for your encouragement. I have absolutely settled in my mind that all lives should matter enough to be wanted, planned and prepared for, and have the greatest potential for success and happiness, and zero chance of ending up in foster care or prison or poverty, or pregnant against their will.
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re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
Alberta is Canada’s Texas.
UpChuck posted something on his FB page this morning about how, as a result of the election, Alberta will secede and become the newest US state.
LOLOLOLOL.
Oh right. Edmonton Oilers. Duh.
And on CCJ-hahahahahahaha
Something tells vine CCJ doesn’t have a clue how statehood works.
re: #211 freetoken
None of the trailers have shown Mark Hamil yet, have they?
I think the previous one did.
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
Alberta is Canada’s Texas.
UpChuck posted something on his FB page this morning about how, as a result of the election, Alberta will secede and become the newest US state.
LOLOLOLOL.
More like Montana or the Dakotas. Alberta has a good many people who wanted more open space and a less involved government than could be found further east, and like North Dakota the province is currently economically dependent on oil extraction.
I should get into antacid sales. They’re soaring among GOPers as yet another poll finds Trump taking a commanding lead against the field. That includes Jeb! Cruz, Rubio, and all of the other pretenders and asterisks.
New @MorningConsult poll: Trump 40(!), Carson 14, Bush 6, Rubio & Cruz 5 each. Every GOPer but Carson is underwater https://t.co/oooDUseCpK
— Reid Wilson (@ConsultReid) October 20, 2015
At this pace, it looks like a bunch of asterisks will quit before the end of the year because they’re running unsustainable burn rates and simply can’t break through.
Mutual Ground needs fundraiser to help fill budget gap left by state
Illinois and our wonderful government are not issuing checks to anyone.
DV shelters clients are suffering.
Sorry I haven’t been around much, but work and looking after my mother while my father is in the hospital keeps me late right now.
re: #240 lawhawk
I should get into antacid sales. They’re soaring among GOPers as yet another poll finds Trump taking a commanding lead against the field. That includes Jeb! Cruz, Rubio, and all of the other pretenders and asterisks.
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At this pace, it looks like a bunch of asterisks will quit before the end of the year because they’re running unsustainable burn rates and simply can’t break through.
Hold on Cleveland, you’re in a for a wild summer.
re: #224 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
politifact —pants on fire.
I like this from the article:
While socialists on the left celebrate democracy, Caldwell said, the word has a different meaning on the right — in this instance, he said, excluding people who are not part of the nation, hence rejecting Jews and communists and, in pre-World War II Germany, democracy itself.
with just a few changes:
While socialists on the left celebrate democracy, Caldwell said, the word has a different meaning on the right — in this instance, he said, excluding people who are not part of the nation, hence rejecting
Jews and communists and, in pre-World War II Germany,blacks, immigrants, and Democrats and democracy itself (voter suppression).
we have the Republican party.
re: #245 Belafon
I like this from the article:
with just a few changes:
we have the Republican party.
The American right wants every socialist to be Mao or Stalin and that’s insultingly dishonest.
re: #246 HappyWarrior
The American right wants every socialist to be Mao or Stalin and that’s insultingly dishonest.
Not quite, but to them every socialist is the first step on the slippery slope leading to Mao or Stalin.
re: #244 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Wait for the primaries.
The GOP establishment is planning on fighting back with massive anti-Trump negative ad buys. washingtonexaminer.com
It will be fascinating to watch how Trump reacts to that.
re: #248 Big Beautiful Door
The GOP establishment is planning on fighting back with massive anti-Trump negative ad buys. washingtonexaminer.com
It will be fascinating to watch how Trump reacts to that.
Just remember that he does not control any delegates as of now, and the GOP establishment is going to do its utmost to keep Trumps numbers to a minimum. They do not want a Trump floor fight at the convention.
re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Not quite, but to them every socialist is the first step on the slippery slope leading to Mao or Stalin.
Dunno. NRO had no problem comparing him to Stalin or Mao recently. They want to ignore that social democracy is a time honored tradition and that someone like Senator Sanders certainly would have been a victim of Stalin’s purges.
re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Just remember that he does not control any delegates as of now, and the GOP establishment is going to do its utmost to keep Trumps numbers to a minimum. They do not want a Trump floor fight at the convention.
He doesn’t have any delegates, but they have no control over him.
re: #248 Big Beautiful Door
The GOP establishment is planning on fighting back with massive anti-Trump negative ad buys. washingtonexaminer.com
It will be fascinating to watch how Trump reacts to that.
It will be interesting. It’s gonna be a battle of assholes with money versus more assholes with money. The American people won’t win no matter who wins this battle.
re: #48 teleskiguy
Filthy taint lick chimes in.
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And the fact that pisses you off is icing on the cake, you slimy little shit stain.
re: #246 HappyWarrior
The American right wants every socialist to be Mao or Stalin and that’s insultingly dishonest.
Tyrants come in all flavors —
re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Just remember that he does not control any delegates as of now, and the GOP establishment is going to do its utmost to keep Trumps numbers to a minimum. They do not want a Trump floor fight at the convention.
Considering that they can’t even figure out who Boehner’s replacement should be as Speaker - and that’s only among 247 Reps, the GOP is showing that they are in real trouble as they let the extremists gain a foothold in the past 2 election cycles, and now face an insurgency that will mean even more gridlock within the GOP establishment.
re: #250 HappyWarrior
Dunno. NRO had no problem comparing him to Stalin or Mao recently. They want to ignore that social democracy is a time honored tradition and that someone like Senator Sanders certainly would have been a victim of Stalin’s purges.
You have a point. Recent tone indicates that anyone to the left of them is automatically Stalin/Mao and/or that Hitler is actually leftist.
re: #255 lawhawk
Considering that they can’t even figure out who Boehner’s replacement should be as Speaker - and that’s only among 247 Reps, the GOP is showing that they are in real trouble as they let the extremists gain a foothold in the past 2 election cycles, and now face an insurgency that will mean even more gridlock within the GOP establishment.
If they can’t shut down a government, then they will be happy shutting down a party. The point is to gain attention and show that they can screw things up if their tantrums are not satisfactorily tended to…
re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Just remember that he does not control any delegates as of now, and the GOP establishment is going to do its utmost to keep Trumps numbers to a minimum. They do not want a Trump floor fight at the convention.
Assuming, of course, he fades and doesn’t lock up a majority of delegates before the convention. But we have to remember, of course, we are still months away from any actual voting.
re: #254 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Tyrants come in all flavors —
They certainly do but it should be obvious to anyone without a blatant agenda that Sanders is a small letter d-democrat and not an American Stalin or Mao. Socialist does NOT mean tyrant just as capitalist does NOT mean democratic. We’ve lied ourselves abotu this long enough and I appreciate Sanders doing what he’s doing. Some smug right wing asshole actually claimed that Sanders’ supporters like the label only because the right calls Obama a socialist and they’re embracing only because if the right hates it, it must be good. Pretty rich considering that’s been the right’s position on anything Obama supports or opposes.
.@thehill which is clearly BS, but you dutifully regurgitate. That’s not reporting. Call pols out for BS when they utter it.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 20, 2015
re: #215 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Another human sacrifice claimed by the religion known as ‘Murica.
re: #260 lawhawk
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Sigh. A time honored right wing tradition of scaring gun owners instead of actually telling them the truth. Note to gun owners, you’re nothing but pawns in a right wing power game, don’t fucking fall for it.
re: #181 Varek Raith
Benjy Sarlin @BenjySarlin
I’m honestly not sure which party’s chances (if any) a Jim Webb independent run would be more likely to hurt
I can’t see a Webb run hurting Dems. Maybe GOPers who are not insane. And he has to get past the primary.
re: #263 WhatEVs
I can’t see a Webb run hurting Dems. Maybe GOPers who are not insane. And he has to get past the primary.
He barely won his first election here in Va in a very Democratic year. And I have to say and I think Varek, TP, and Timothy will agree with me here but he benefited a lot from not being George Allen.
All the changes that have happened in my life time. It’s the vocabulary that I think is the hardest.
The name for a partner who is involved in a queerplatonic relationship, as in “he’s my zucchini.”
I mean, not being able to negotiate the TV remote doesn’t offend people.
re: #264 HappyWarrior
He barely won his first election here in Va in a very Democratic year. And I have to say and I think Varek, TP, and Timothy will agree with me here but he benefited a lot from not being George Allen.
Yep.
re: #266 Varek Raith
Yep.
And of course Allen beat himself too by showing his bigotry to the whole country by calling that kid who is more of a real Virginian than George is a racial slur. A college friend of mine actually knows him.
re: #265 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
All the changes that have happened in my life time. It’s the vocabulary that I think is the hardest.
I mean, not being able to negotiate the TV remote doesn’t offend people.
The point is that human sexuality is not binary. There are as many categories as there are individuals.
And asexuality is fine as long it is not the result of a society or upbringing that has taught you to be afraid of or disgusted by sex. Some people are just not that into it.
Following Mormon Trend Federal Judge Approves Uranium Mining In Grand Canyon https://t.co/LuNlmbpVzz
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) October 20, 2015
re: #268 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
The point is that human sexuality is not binary. There are as many categories as there are individuals.
And asexuality is fine as long it is not the result of a society or upbringing that has taught you to be afraid of or disgusted by sex. Some people are just not that into it.
I have to confess sometimes I feel slightly asexual. It’s more common in the spectrum community though there are of course some people who aren’t on the spectrum who are. And yeah, that strikes me as the point too that sexuality isn’t as simple as homosexual and heterosexual.
re: #270 HappyWarrior
I have to confess sometimes I feel slightly asexual. It’s more common in the spectrum community though there are of course some people who aren’t on the spectrum who are.
I think it must be easy to feel that way in a society that sexualizes nearly everything and commercializes sexuality.
Today’s Trivia,
Religions are all founded on miracles — on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet — it is less ridiculous than ours.
I do not see in religion the mystery of the incarnation so much as the mystery of the social order. It introduces into the thought of heaven an idea of equalization, which saves the rich from being massacred by the poor.
Often paraphrased as “Religion keeps the poor from killing the rich.”
who said these things?
re: #271 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I think it must be easy to feel that way in a society that sexualizes nearly everything and commercializes sexuality.
I think that’s the case for many. As for me, I think it’s more of simply not being affectionate in both a verbal and non-verbal sense.
New 2015 Wealth Data: US Inequality at Its Ugliest
wealth is defined as net worth
I think this point confuses people.
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— Learn Something (@EarnKnowledge) October 20, 2015
Racists, Trump fans and Chuck C Johnson join together in #BoycottStarWarsVII crusade https://t.co/6JrzxuwwNk pic.twitter.com/9dzILETijb
— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) October 20, 2015
House Republican Is Planning Impeachment Proceedings Against Hillary Clinton On Inauguration Day
let’s just find more ways to waste tax-payer money, shall we?
There is A Idiot in my timeline. Play with it for a while?
Nah, Ima block this one right away.
re: #278 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
House Republican Is Planning Impeachment Proceedings Against Hillary Clinton On Inauguration Day
let’s just find more ways to waste tax-payer money, shall we?
Yes, let’s plan an impeachment for someone who isn’t even their party’s nominee for president let alone president. More proof that the Republic party is a joke.
So, Elijah Cummings brings up the fact that one of Trey Gowdy’s big financial backers is also the main dude behind the Stop Hillary PAC.
Geez, man, talk about your coincidences. I mean, what are the odds?
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re: #185 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
This morning on Fox & Friends (which hubby watches) there was some author on. He has a book about people and their near death experiences. “Reports from Heaven” or some such title. They were seriously discussing heaven.
So apparently there is no difference between Fox and CBN.
Hallelujah! Praise the god of money!
re: #278 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
House Republican Is Planning Impeachment Proceedings Against Hillary Clinton On Inauguration Day
He has pretty much summed up the GOP legislative agenda in a nutshell…
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Attention wingnuts, can’t convict Obama for Presidenting While Black, as much as you would like to.
It’s that Constitution thing you pretend to love so much.
Who would love to see this day become a reality? #BarackHusseinObama imprisoned for treason. #tcot #PJNET pic.twitter.com/hluw2TR3Fd
— Christie (@ChristieC733) October 20, 2015
It’s not that I am anti social, it’s just that I’d rather not deal with people.
/wait…
re: #281 makeitstop
So, Elijah Cummings brings up the fact that one of Trey Gowdy’s big financial backers is also the main dude behind the Stop Hillary PAC.
Geez, man, talk about your coincidences. I mean, what are the odds?
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A lot of people want Cummings to run for the open Maryland senate seat. Right now, you got your classic establishment (Van Hollen) versus grassroots (Edwards) battle brewing up there in the primary. I think he would be a good choice. Cummings has been on a role. He was great in the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death too.
re: #285 Varek Raith
It’s not that I am anti social, it’s just that I’d rather not deal with people.
/wait…
Being social sometimes costs me a great deal of effort that I am not able or willing to make.
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
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Attention wingnuts, can’t convict Obama for Presidenting While Black, as much as you would like to.
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He doesn’t even et the customary orange jump suit? Man what a bad deal.
re: #275 HappyWarrior
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re: #289 It’s on his hat!
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Russian air strike kills Free Syrian Army leader: https://t.co/P7XDUfGhNg.
— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) October 20, 2015
Russia continues hammering away not at ISIL, but FSA and other rebel groups that are fighting not only Assad, but ISIL. Russia’s goals are to preserve Assad as a client state. That ISIL may occasionally come under bombardment by Russia is a side-effect of maintaining Assad in power.
re: #292 lawhawk
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Russia continues hammering away not at ISIL, but FSA and other rebel groups that are fighting not only Assad, but ISIL. Russia’s goals are to preserve Assad as a client state. That ISIL may occasionally come under bombardment by Russia is a side-effect of maintaining Assad in power.
Right but Putin makes the wingnuts feel cozy and safe.
Sometimes, I think people who are all all sex are people who never learned to enjoy a book. Seriously, there is a lot out there to get all stoked-up about. Sex is not the only outlet for our creative impulses.
re: #293 HappyWarrior
Right but Putin makes the wingnuts feel cozy and safe.
There are a lot of man-crushes for Putin.
re: #289 It’s on his hat!
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re: #295 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
There are a lot of man-crushes for Putin.
He’s so manly and manly unlike mom jeans Obama. //
@TXFairTaxer Wow…I just used “Texan” as an insult, like ‘fucker’ which I prefer saying.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) October 20, 2015
re: #296 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
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re: #293 HappyWarrior
Right but Putin makes the wingnuts feel cozy and safe.
Sorry, inadvertent downding there. Corrected now.
re: #299 HappyWarrior
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so much for private comments. my taste is not as in-your-face as it is presented in strip clubs and girlie magazines. I actually enjoy it when certain things are left to the imagination…
re: #301 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
so much for private comments. my taste is not as in-your-face as it is presented in strip clubs and girlie magazines. I actually enjoy it when certain things are left to the imagination…
Right understood completely.
So is this rumor about Biden jumping in true or not? Could make things interesting. What I wonder about though is who all will endorse him with so much of the establishment behind Clinton.
re: #304 HappyWarrior
So is this rumor about Biden jumping in true or not? Could make things interesting. What I wonder about though is who all will endorse him with so much of the establishment behind Clinton.
I would ignore everything an except an official announcement from JB himself
re: #306 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I would ignore everything an except an official announcement from JB himself
Sounds like a good idea.
re: #221 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
In our local library system you can check out a Go-Pro, a Garmin or one of several little robots to play with. Or you can book time on their 3D printer, or in their ‘studio’ with music and recording equipment. (Yeah, I live in a fairly well-funded suburb…)
I do, however, have issues with their remodels that include less space to display BOOKS, though they swear they haven’t reduced the collection size.
re: #304 HappyWarrior
The #GOP is in disarray at national level, but still holds advantages in many states. That has to change and it comes with GOTV/ground game
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 20, 2015
The media have to make something of the race for Democrats since Clinton holds the advantages in most polling. They need something to keep their attention going, so they’re hoping for a stalking horse like Biden to enter the race.
Media outlets need a narrative to work with - and it’s failing on both sides of the aisle. The GOP has far too many candidates running, diluting the field and establishment candidates are withering on the vine while the Democrats have a clear leader at this point. So, the media tries to manufacture news by running endless rumors or positing candidates as surging when that simply isn’t the case.
The story for the GOP at this point should be so many candidates are on the verge of dropping out for lack of funds/support. But that would mean ceding things to Trump, which is not where the GOP establishment wants to go.
For Democrats, it needs to be about getting the ground game going and working local candidates to retake seats across all levels of government. That’s what has to happen in 2015 and 2016 - taking back seats and rebuilding the Democratic caucus, especially with an eye to retaking the House - which would also mean eliminating some of the dysfunction resulting from the extremists in the GOP holding everyone else hostage to their insanity.
Conservatives used to believe community was something other than an armed camp surrounded by enemies.
Conservatives used to believe in reform not revolution - and in fact it was the liberals who were the bomb throwers, the revolutionaries, the reactionaries, the ones who raged against The Machine and raised their fists in protest of The Man, the starry-eye pot-smoking dreamers who were always lost in some unwashed fantasy.
Now?
Intellectual humility? Humility isn’t a trait I’d associate with modern conservatism, intellectual or otherwise.
Maybe especially the intellectual part.
A respect for hierarchy? Precedence? Balance? Order? Have you met the Tea Party? The ones waving their assault rifles overhead and praying to their small angry god for bloody revolution? The ones who see shutting down the government as some kind of victory for freedom and liberty? Who would gleefully burn the institution of government to the ground and sullenly squat in the ruins clutching their bibles and guns? Prudent, measured, responsible, those are the very last things I’d call the raging bloody caterwauling coming from what passes for conservatives today.
This is a party whose best candidate for President is a bombastic self-aggrandizing Reality-TV host whose primary claim to fame is a bunch of shady New York real estate deals and who thinks running the country is like managing an Atlantic City casino.
Think about that.
Really think about it.
The funniest part of this Star Wars white genocide outrage is the fact that none of the Stars Wars characters are actually earthling humans.
re: #310 lawhawk
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The media have to make something of the race for Democrats since Clinton holds the advantages in most polling. They need something to keep their attention going, so they’re hoping for a stalking horse like Biden to enter the race.
Media outlets need a narrative to work with - and it’s failing on both sides of the aisle. The GOP has far too many candidates running, diluting the field and establishment candidates are withering on the vine while the Democrats have a clear leader at this point. So, the media tries to manufacture news by running endless rumors or positing candidates as surging when that simply isn’t the case.
The story for the GOP at this point should be so many candidates are on the verge of dropping out for lack of funds/support. But that would mean ceding things to Trump, which is not where the GOP establishment wants to go.
For Democrats, it needs to be about getting the ground game going and working local candidates to retake seats across all levels of government. That’s what has to happen in 2015 and 2016 - taking back seats and rebuilding the Democratic caucus, especially with an eye to retaking the House - which would also mean eliminating some of the dysfunction resulting from the extremists in the GOP holding everyone else hostage to their insanity.
Good points. The ground game is what really helped Obama in 2008 and 2012.
re: #312 Backwoods_Sleuth
The funniest part of this Star Wars white genocide outrage is the fact that none of the Stars Wars characters are actually earthling humans.
Yeah that was pointed out to me by my brother. I never thought about it like that before heh but it’s true. Either way, what a stupid stupid thing to get outraged about and they call us overly senistive and PC.
re: #314 HappyWarrior
Yeah that was pointed out to me by my brother. I never thought about it like that before heh but it’s true. Either way, what a stupid stupid thing to get outraged about and they call us overly senistive and PC.
It has succeeded in that it has put them and their point of view at the center of the current discussion. SW VII was just a vehicle to gain attention…
re: #315 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It has succeeded in that it has put them and their point of view at the center of the current discussion. SW was just a vehicle to gain attention…
Eventually people are going to forget about this fauxrage though. These people complain about every single movie it feels like. Lego and Muppet movie were “anti business” and still had high box office receipts.
Never been a big Star Wars fan anyhow though. or o the sci-fi genre as a whole to be honest.
re: #285 Varek Raith
It’s not that I am anti social, it’s just that I’d rather not deal with people.
/wait…
Yeah, one drawback to telework—neighbors.
I live in a duplex and the neighbor on the other side is 85+ and prone to angry outbursts. Mostly he’s a nice guy but sometimes…
re: #317 HappyWarrior
Never been a big Star Wars fan anyhow though. or o the sci-fi genre as a whole to be honest.
Loved the first one, interest fell off with each successive sequel/prequel, but I guess I will hafta take my kids to see the latest one at Xmas…
re: #312 Backwoods_Sleuth
The funniest part of this Star Wars white genocide outrage is the fact that none of the Stars Wars characters are actually earthling humans.
Also, it’s GD movie. As in, a work of fiction.
re: #319 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Loved the first one, interest fell off with each successive sequel/prequel, but I guess I will hafta take my kids to see the latest one at Xmas…
Theater’s gonna be packed.
Saw that there’s a new Bond due out in a couple weeks too.
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
Who would love to see this day become a reality? #BarackHusseinObama imprisoned for treason. #tcot #PJNET pic.twitter.com
— Christie
He would need to be convicted of treason, first. And there would need to be evidence of treason to convict. But I realize that’s not relevant to these Troubled Hearts.
re: #322 HappyWarrior
Saw that there’s a new Bond due out in a couple weeks too.
Spectre, and Daniel Craig has been reported saying it will be his last 007 movie.
Can’t say I blame him. I’m a fan of the movies, but enough’s enough.
re: #324 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Spectre, and Daniel Craig has been reported saying it will be his last 007 movie.
Can’t say I blame him. I’m a fan of the movies, but enough’s enough.
It’s gotta be tiring since I think Craig does his own stunts too. I do like Daniel Craig. He reminds me a little of Steve McQueen.
re: #324 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Spectre, and Daniel Craig has been reported saying it will be his last 007 movie.
Can’t say I blame him. I’m a fan of the movies, but enough’s enough.
Really looking forward to this one, and think Craig has been a great Bond. The most recent one was really one of the best of the whole series.
re: #326 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Really looking forward to this one, and think Craig has been a great Bond. The most recent one was really one of the best of the whole series.
Stll need to see that ut I loved Casino Royale.
re: #326 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Really looking forward to this one, and think Craig has been a great Bond. The most recent one was really one of the best of the whole series.
Agreed. They managed to get back to the gritty Bond of the novels. Fewer comic book gadgets and stunts.
re: #328 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Agreed. They managed to get back to the gritty Bond of the novels. Fewer comic book gadgets and stunts.
I’ve never read the novels. Not sure why.
re: #329 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I’ve never read the novels. Not sure why.
From the 14-year-old boy perspective they’re pretty awesome. Lots of derring-do and proto-raunch.
re: #329 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I’ve never read the novels. Not sure why.
I couldn’t go see the movies (Sean Connery era) when I was a kid, because my parents wouldn’t take me. But they let me buy the novels. I’m sure if they had read them, those would have been off limits, too. I read them all at least once each.
I saw the movies when I was older, and was rather disappointed that the movies were mostly not at all like the books. Goldfinger was close, but the post-Connery movies were way off course.
re: #331 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I couldn’t go see the movies (Sean Connery era) when I was a kid, because my parents wouldn’t take me. But they let me buy the novels. I’m sure if they had read them, those would have been off limits, too. I read them all at least once each.
I saw the movies when I was older, and was rather disappointed that the movies were mostly not at all like the books. Goldfinger was close, but the post-Connery movies were way off course.
I gave up on Post-Connery Bond and never picked up the thread again, even with DC
re: #82 Mattand
‘Racist Star Wars fan’ is honestly a phrase I never expected to hear in my lifetime.
Nether did I.
right wing “humor”:
It’s amazing, really, how these people find new ways to be vile. pic.twitter.com/K6zQwYdrAp
— Elon Green (@elongreen) October 20, 2015
re: #174 Dr. Matt
More proof that Jim Webb is a dick.
He might capture the one moderate republican vote that is left in America.
re: #309 CleverToad
In our local library system you can check out a Go-Pro, a Garmin or one of several little robots to play with. Or you can book time on their 3D printer, or in their ‘studio’ with music and recording equipment. (Yeah, I live in a fairly well-funded suburb…)
I do, however, have issues with their remodels that include less space to display BOOKS, though they swear they haven’t reduced the collection size.
I mentioned that i had just renewed my library card and how happy that my little library was entering the 20th century. My local (small town) library is starting remodeling, the whole basement is going to be redone. I don’t think it will be as extensive as you mention above, but I hear at least half a dozen more PC’s and a couple more printers. Also some audio/visual equipment that was bought with a large donation from a patron that had passed away last year.
This type of investment is huge for the kids and adults that don’t have the resources to get PC’s and such with their own resources. The librarian I was talking to also said that they will help people with creating resumes and filling out online applications, another huge help.
re: #331 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I couldn’t go see the movies (Sean Connery era) when I was a kid, because my parents wouldn’t take me. But they let me buy the novels. I’m sure if they had read them, those would have been off limits, too. I read them all at least once each.
I saw the movies when I was older, and was rather disappointed that the movies were mostly not at all like the books. Goldfinger was close, but the post-Connery movies were way off course.
None of the movies came anything near the storyline of the books. I think Dr. No was the closest, the rest just had the same title.
re: #223 A Mom Anon
Best thoughts are with you. I hate night driving, and have to do it quite a bit for work—fortunately (or unfortunately) mine is mostly in the wee hours of the morning when there is little traffic.
I was always a “landmark” driver—i.e. two lights, turn right at the Shell station—and would print and memorize my maps. The “google map lady” giving directions has reduced my anxiety tremendously.
re: #338 The Vicious Babushka
None of the movies came anything near the storyline of the books. I think Dr. No was the closest, the rest just had the same title.
Goldfinger is pretty close.
Saw the trailer. It left me wanting less. Here are my final and unarguable thoughts on all things Star Wars, having watched roughly two and a half of them:
There are enough stupid car-chase movies set on Earth. They are not greatly improved by setting them in space.
Characters are interesting, caricatures less so. The principals in SW make Archie and Veronica look like Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky.
As for premieres, I have stood on an around the block line for exactly one of them, the NYC opening of The Godfather. That was worth it.
re: #338 The Vicious Babushka
None of the movies came anything near the storyline of the books. I think Dr. No was the closest, the rest just had the same title.
Right, Dr. No was also fairly close.
Funny thing is, I picked up one of the books when I was moving books around at my son’s place and started to read it. Maybe it was Casino Royale. Couldn’t get past the second chapter.
Dumbass in my mentions:
@viciousbabushka Here’s a real one during the National Anthem in Iowa. Point: O’s lack of loyalty to America. pic.twitter.com/c2kwM4K6II
— ms. prickly (@porQpineQuills) October 20, 2015
How does not holding a pose for bullshit photo op at 2007 BBQ show “lack of loyalty to America”? #tcot #UniteBlue https://t.co/OxzQrXV58b
— Witches Ba-BOO!-shka (@viciousbabushka) October 20, 2015
All the points for Gryffindor!
For real though, congrats Canada on your hot grown-up-Hogwarts-student Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/XWbhIiF9lK
— Chris Dead Person (@Papapishu) October 20, 2015
re: #344 De Kolta Chair
For real though, congrats Canada on your hot grown-up-Hogwarts-student Prime Minister
they are just suckers for anyone named Justin…
re: #343 The Vicious Babushka
Dumbass in my mentions:
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Black people must at all times adopt the mandated pose in response to canned music. Otherwise they are unfit to be counted as Americans.
re: #346 iossarian
Black people must at all times adopt the mandated pose in response to canned music. Otherwise they are unfit to be counted as Americans.
Obama should do the black power fist in the air pose for his last day in office.
re: #346 iossarian
Black people must at all times adopt the mandated pose in response to canned music. Otherwise they are unfit to be counted as Americans.
What are they all looking at? They all have their BACKS to the flag. That’s why it’s bullshit.
re: #347 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Obama should do the black power fist in the air pose for his last day in office.
The terrorist fist-bump New Yorker cover is still the best ever.
re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth
right wing “humor”:
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Don’t quit your day jobs conservatives. You guys suck at humor because you’re incapable of being funny. Just stupid.
I have one fear and it can be summed up in 8 letters:
J. J. Abrams
I think Fox doing the terrorist fist bump was a great illustration at the depths that they’ll go to scare their elderly white audience.
re: #355 The Vicious Babushka
I want to see Key & Peele reenact that illustration.
I think this is their last season. I’m gonna miss them. Some of the best sketch comedy I’ve seen since the Chappelle Show.
re: #343 The Vicious Babushka
@viciousbabushka Here’s a real one during the National Anthem in Iowa. Point: O’s lack of loyalty to America. pic.twitter.com
— ms. prickly
The patriotism police are back at it, I see. Must be a day ending in -day.
re: #356 HappyWarrior
I think this is their last season. I’m gonna miss them. Some of the best sketch comedy I’ve seen since the Chappelle Show.
The elaborateness of their skits reminds me of the Canadian duo from back in the day, Wayne & Schuster.
re: #357 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
The patriotism police are back at it, I see. Must be a day ending in -day.
They always retort with that stupid image of Reagan looking like he’s blowing his nose on the flag. I don’t get how that’s supposed to inspire me about Reagan because that’s my honest reaction whenever I see it- “Why is Reagan using the flag as a hankey?”
re: #359 The Vicious Babushka
The elaborateness of their skits reminds me of the Canadian duo from back in the day, Wayne & Schuster.
Never heard of them. But K&P are really good. They were great together on Fargo last season too.
Jim Webb is dropping out of the Democratic Presidential primary race, the first Republican to do so.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) October 20, 2015
re: #360 HappyWarrior
They always retort with that stupid image of Reagan looking like he’s blowing his nose on the flag. I don’t get how that’s supposed to inspire me about Reagan because that’s my honest reaction whenever I see it- “Why is Reagan using the flag as a hankey?”
People with no understanding of the real meaning or substance behind concepts like patriotism, religion or manhood tend to cling to stereotypical gestures and conventional images of expressing them.
re: #353 sffilk
I have one fear and it can be summed up in 8 letters:
J. J. Abrams
Appearances by Clifford the Big Red Ball are likely (see Alias and the Red Matter from Star Trek). As is Greg Grunberg.
But on the plus side, he does know how to work with strong and fully developed women characters. Which, of course, means that he’s going to ruin the franchise for the misogynistic conservative lot.
re: #364 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
People with no understanding of the real meaning or substance behind concepts like patriotism, religion or manhood tend to cling to stereotypical gestures and conventional images of expressing them.
True people who like silly things like the POTUS doing dress up and declaring mission accomplished.
NEW: Jim Webb doesn’t intend to pursue Democratic nomination: https://t.co/HQdKEYmQWK pic.twitter.com/U3DwW5jxmp
— ABC News (@ABC) October 20, 2015
Considering that he never polled above 2 points consistently, had 4 points in a handful of early polls, and reached 6 points in a single poll, I’d say he never had a chance.
But he did manage to get his name mentioned enough so that he can convert the run into a paying gig somewhere (CNN/Fox News anyone?).
re: #365 lawhawk
Appearances by Clifford the Big Red Ball are likely (see Alias and the Red Matter from Star Trek). As is Greg Grunberg.
But on the plus side, he does know how to work with strong and fully developed women characters. Which, of course, means that he’s going to ruin the franchise for the misogynistic conservative lot.
Grunberg is confirmed in.
I still think that the Star Trek reboot is a mediocre ST film but a pretty good SW film; I think Abrams will do a great job and surprise the skeptics. I do like the strong female characters and the casting of mostly-unknown actors (aside from the returning characters, of course).
re: #360 HappyWarrior
They always retort with that stupid image of Reagan looking like he’s blowing his nose on the flag. I don’t get how that’s supposed to inspire me about Reagan because that’s my honest reaction whenever I see it- “Why is Reagan using the flag as a hankey?”
HE’S KISSING TEH FLAG U LIBTARD!!!!!!
re: #367 lawhawk
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Considering that he never polled above 2 points consistently, had 4 points in a handful of early polls, and reached 6 points in a single poll, I’d say he never had a chance.
But he did manage to get his name mentioned enough so that he can convert the run into a paying gig somewhere (CNN/Fox News anyone?).
Yeah I see this working into a TV show or book deal or Webb. He already actually had a book before he was a Senator about the Scots-Irish. Never read that but it sounded sorta interesting.
re: #369 The Vicious Babushka
HE’S KISSING TEH FLAG U LIBTARD!!!!!!
I hope he didn’t kiss his wife like that. Boom.
Dumbass==>
@viciousbabushka POTUS should ALWAYS honor the National Anthem. Bet he starts preparing for prayer the minute he hears that sweet call…
— ms. prickly (@porQpineQuills) October 20, 2015
re: #344 De Kolta Chair
All the points for Gryffindor
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Why is it that in all of these democratic countries the only people we can seem to elect are relatives of people we have elected in the past? Seriously 10’s of millions of people in the country and you have to elect the son of one of the previous guys? Why do we keep setting up political dynasties when we have the opportunity to elect anyone we want. Local, state and national it seems.
re: #372 The Vicious Babushka
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She’s right,. He should have laid a wreath at a SS cemetery and all would be good.
re: #373 danarchy
Why is it that in all of these democratic countries the only people we can seem to elect are relatives of people we have elected in the past? Seriously 10’s of millions of people in the country and you have to elect the son of one of the previous guys? Why do we keep setting up political dynasties when we have the opportunity to elect anyone we want. Local, state and national it seems.
Because politics is also a popularity contest.
re: #373 danarchy
Why is it that in all of these democratic countries the only people we can seem to elect are relatives of people we have elected in the past? Seriously 10’s of millions of people in the country and you have to elect the son of one of the previous guys? Why do we keep setting up political dynasties when we have the opportunity to elect anyone we want. Local, state and national it seems.
Because often than not, the powerful stay powerful and the rest of us just trek on.
Or maybe he should have defended the flag of a “nation” that started a war that caused more American deaths than any other American war. That would have been just fine but nope because he’s not doing what the wingnuts want with the flag, he obviously hates America. Conservatives, don’t lecture us about the POTUS and patriotism when you all are the biggest defenders of the treasonous rag.
I guess this means that Joe Biden is definitely NOT running…
Biden confirms to Obama at lunch today he’s running, announces at U Delaware tomorrow. You can feel the Joementum!
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 20, 2015
re: #379 HappyWarrior
It’s good to be the grift princess. Just like mom.
Great work if you can get it…
re: #379 HappyWarrior
It’s good to be the grift princess. Just like mom.
Now the question to be answered: is grifting a genetic trait, an environmental trait, or a GxE interaction?
re: #381 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Great work if you can get it…
Oh of course. I’d love to get that kind of salary simply for being the biggest hypocrite on Absistance. I normally lay off of candidates’ children but Bristol is an exception because of her nastiness and blatant hypocrisy.
re: #382 Dr. Matt
Now the question to be answered: is grifting a genetic trait, an environmental trait, or a GxE interaction?
No idea, probably some of both though.
re: #367 lawhawk
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Considering that he never polled above 2 points consistently, had 4 points in a handful of early polls, and reached 6 points in a single poll, I’d say he never had a chance.
But he did manage to get his name mentioned enough so that he can convert the run into a paying gig somewhere (CNN/Fox News anyone?).
He is a Very Serious Person because, although being a Democrat, he sees that Republican policy positions are the correct ones.
re: #382 Dr. Matt
Now the question to be answered: is grifting a genetic trait, an environmental trait, or a GxE interaction?
Homeschooling
re: #380 Backwoods_Sleuth
I guess this means that Joe Biden is definitely NOT running…
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Even it Bill was right (LOLOLOL) it’s too late for Biden to be running. He missed his chance.
There.
I said it.
re: #383 HappyWarrior
Oh of course. I’d love to get that kind of salary simply for being the biggest hypocrite on Absistance. I normally lay off of candidates’ children but Bristol is an exception because of her nastiness and blatant hypocrisy.
We are not making fun of Bristol because she is Sarah’s daughter, we are making fun of her because she is a derpgoblin all on her own.
jeb! drops! to! single! digits! in! florida! https://t.co/cwH2WBZ5t3
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 20, 2015
I think this is a great metaphor for Jeb Bush’s campaign pic.twitter.com/5p2t13oovc
— Pat Dennis (@patdennis) October 20, 2015
re: #388 The Vicious Babushka
We are not making fun of Bristol because she is Sarah’s daughter, we are making fun of her because she is a derpgoblin all on her own.
Oh I know. Just aying that Bristol earns the scorn by being hateful herself. You don’t see me criticizing Meghan McCain and Bush’s twins Barbara and Jenna becaue they’re not nasty people.
re: #392 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
She certainly got her sex ed completely at home…
That I can believe since a lot of schools have the ability to have kids opt out of sex ed if their parents have a problem with the program.
re: #389 HappyWarrior
Was Bristol homeschooled?
I have no idea, actually. Now checking Wikipedia. …
Bristol the Pistol attended public high school in three different cities, graduating from Wasilla High.
re: #380 Backwoods_Sleuth
I guess this means that Joe Biden is definitely NOT running…
I really like Joe. I always have liked him. I was an early supporter of his back in 2008. But, for the good the party and the country, I really hope he doesn’t run. I think he would be a fine POTUS, but his presence in the race will likely only add more chaos for the Dems.
re: #394 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have no idea, actually. Now checking Wikipedia. …
Bristol the Pistol attended public high school in three different cities, graduating from Wasilla High.
Ah okay but Wendell’s right, she certainly would have received her sex ed if any at all from home since the Palins strike me as the kind of family that would opt their kids out of that program. three different cities though, that’s interesting. Wasalia, Juneau, and ?. Perhaps she was a problem child.
re: #396 HappyWarrior
Ah okay but Wendell’s right, she certainly would have received her sex ed if any at all from home since the Palins strike me as the kind of family that would opt their kids out of that program. three different cities though, that’s interesting. Wasalia, Juneau, and ?. Perhaps she was a problem child.
I can’t imagine … {walks away, whistling aimlessly}
re: #367 lawhawk
Considering that he never polled above 2 points consistently, had 4 points in a handful of early polls, and reached 6 points in a single poll, I’d say he never had a chance
Oh what a tangled Webb, etc.
re: #392 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
She certainly got her sex ed completely at home…
Ewwwwwwww
re: #397 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I can’t imagine … {walks away, whistling aimlessly}
I mean those types of kids can grow up. I saw it in my own home but Bristol still acts like a teenage girl. Hell so does her mom so Bristol didn’t exactly have the best role model.
More from TV’s Frank
Star Wars trailer premiered on Monday Night Football, now they’ve announced that the next NFL Draft will happen at Comic-Con.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) October 20, 2015
re: #401 De Kolta Chair
More from TV’s Frank
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Hey they already had Katy Perry at the Super Bowl last year.
re: #400 HappyWarrior
I mean those types of kids can grow up. I saw it in my own home but Bristol still acts like a teenage girl. Hell so does her mom so Bristol didn’t exactly have the best role model.
I imagine her teachers and classmates might have some stories about her high school hijinks, but I could care less. She’s 25, with one kid and another on the way. She should STFU and act like a grownup.
re: #403 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I imagine her teachers and classmates might have some stories about her high school hijinks, but I could care less. She’s 25, with one kid and another on the way. She should STFU and act like a grownup.
Right on.
Sleepy time for me. See you all later.
re: #402 HappyWarrior
Hey they already had Katy Perry at the Super Bowl last year.
And it was a welcome respite from the pensioners who usually perform, imho.
re: #406 De Kolta Chair
And it was a welcome respite from the pensioners who usually perform.
Heh it was something I admit that.
re: #367 lawhawk
Webb’s been a redundant candidate from the start. He talked about wanting to debate Hillary from the right. There’s an entire GOP clown car full of idiots ready to debate Hillary from the right.
I wouldn’t be shocked to see Webb pull a Zell Miller and address the RNC next year.
re: #408 Lidane
Webb’s been a redundant candidate from the start. He talked about wanting to debate Hillary from the right. There’s an entire GOP clown car full of idiots ready to debate Hillary from the right.
I wouldn’t be shocked to see Webb pull a Zell Miller and address the RNC next year.
He’d be going home anyhow. He was a Republican before. I hate saying but my voting for him was a classic example of voting against his opponent.
Webb will not admit it but he benefited from having Democrats popular with the base lik then Senators Obama and Clinton campaign for him.
I actually don’t know if Clinton campaigned for Webb specifically but I do know Obama did. Obama campaigned for a lot of Democratic candidates in 2006 and that got him a lot of good will.
re: #387 Varek Raith
Even it Bill was right (LOLOLOL) it’s too late for Biden to be running. He missed his chance.
There.
I said it.
I was sort of saying it yesterday. I think it is awkward at best for him to get in this late. I also think it will be used against him, Hillary and the Dems overall. The media and the Republicans will say it s sign the party is in disarray and Joe is a last hope blah, blah, blah.
And what does it say about him taking all this time to decide? Does he really want this, or is he doing it out of some desire to please others.
TRUMP will be calling him low energy and a loser since he has run before.
Hmmm. I think I’ll need to spend some time to find the good in this.
re: #359 The Vicious Babushka
The elaborateness of their skits reminds me of the Canadian duo from back in the day, Wayne & Schuster.
I remember seeing them on the old Sullivan show, way back when I was a wee lad.
And speaking of gre: #392 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
She certainly got her sex ed completely at home…
Perhaps this is the source of her sex ed and/or the baby daddy?
re: #414 Dr. Matt
And speaking of g
Perhaps this is the source of her sex ed and/or the baby daddy?
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!
Sorry, but you may have permanently skeeved me out with that post..
Aww, a lot of STL Rams fans seem to think that throwing public money to build a stadium will make money for the state, city, and locality. I had posted to Alderman French that public money shouldn’t go to any stadium financing at all - after all it’s a subsidy to a billionaire who doesn’t need it. And there’s all the issues with the fact that the NFL schedules a grand total of 8 regular season games at home each year. That leaves a facility with 350+ days being empty and the need to fill it with gigs.
STL already has an existing stadium suitable for the purpose. The owner wants a new stadium and threatens a move. So, I’ve got a bunch of ppl tweeting that the subsidies make sense, that the money should be spent, and that there aren’t better uses of the money.
[facepalm]
Public subsidies of sports stadiums is a huge waste of taxpayer funds. Heck, there are stadiums that no longer in use where taxpayers are still on the hook, including the Astrodome, the Kingdome, and Giants Stadium among others. Giants Stadium debt is still being repaid, even though it was torn down. Ditto for the Kingdome (which finally retired its debt 15 years after the stadium was imploded!).
Economists keep finding that the money for sports stadiums takes away from other more valuable projects, and that the economic impact is minimal (as we saw with the Super Bowl in NJ, there was no measurable economic bump - and the costs were significant, including higher NJ Transit costs, security costs, and the NFL demanded and got sales tax breaks).
re: #417 lawhawk
And how about when the NFL ships their team overseas for a game? Who makes up that lost revenue?
re: #417 lawhawk
It’s the Milo Minderbinder economic plan.
re: #417 lawhawk
Aww, a lot of STL Rams fans seem to think that throwing public money to build a stadium will make money for the state, city, and locality.
They sell us on the notion that sports is more than just a business: it is the embodiment of American values and virtues, and therefore worthy of subsidy.
re: #417 lawhawk
Minneapolis got sold the same bill of goods — twice. Now, the Metrodome was extremely out-of-date and a terrible place to watch either a baseball game or a football game, and I’m glad the Twins and Vikings will both have great places to play, but it could have (and should have) been done without public funds.
ROFL:
George W. Bush thinks that Ted Cruz is “opportunistic.” https://t.co/iI0jBdHbVg pic.twitter.com/HMcG9E1FuR
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) October 20, 2015
re: #417 lawhawk
I’m in favor of calling the owner’s bluff every single time they try that “we’re moving unless you pay us” trick.
“…The smoking gun is a schedule of loan payments appropriated from Event Day tax revenue between 2021 and 2051 that show the city’s burden rising from $4.785 million to a ridiculous $9.975 million by 2051. Those payments are compounded with the base rental payments included in another schedule, which by 2023 will rise from $5 million annually to $6 million, again until 2051. All told, by 2051 St. Louis will be paying $15.975 million annually for the proposed stadium—which is a lot of money for any city, let alone one already struggling to get by.”
sandiegouniontribune.com
re: #417 lawhawk
Aww, a lot of STL Rams fans seem to think that throwing public money to build a stadium will make money for the state, city, and locality. I had posted to Alderman French that public money shouldn’t go to any stadium financing at all - after all it’s a subsidy to a billionaire who doesn’t need it. And there’s all the issues with the fact that the NFL schedules a grand total of 8 regular season games at home each year. That leaves a facility with 350+ days being empty and the need to fill it with gigs.
STL already has an existing stadium suitable for the purpose. The owner wants a new stadium and threatens a move. So, I’ve got a bunch of ppl tweeting that the subsidies make sense, that the money should be spent, and that there aren’t better uses of the money.
[facepalm]
Public subsidies of sports stadiums is a huge waste of taxpayer funds. Heck, there are stadiums that no longer in use where taxpayers are still on the hook, including the Astrodome, the Kingdome, and Giants Stadium among others. Giants Stadium debt is still being repaid, even though it was torn down. Ditto for the Kingdome (which finally retired its debt 15 years after the stadium was imploded!).
Economists keep finding that the money for sports stadiums takes away from other more valuable projects, and that the economic impact is minimal (as we saw with the Super Bowl in NJ, there was no measurable economic bump - and the costs were significant, including higher NJ Transit costs, security costs, and the NFL demanded and got sales tax breaks).
Yeah but, you can’t put a price on civic pride.
/
re: #425 ObserverArt
Yeah but, you can’t put a price on civic pride.
/
Tell that to all the cities that have hosted the Olympics and now have the ruins of “Olympic villages”
If someone dares you to eat a beetle, make sure you check what kind of beetle is is FIRST. https://t.co/OLDM0kuF4o
— Gwen Pearson (@bug_gwen) October 20, 2015
Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle
“Cantharidin is a poisonous substance secreted by blister beetles, including the ‘Spanish fly’. Historically, cantharidin was used as an aphrodisiac, vesicant and abortifacient. Symptoms of poisoning include gastrointestinal and genitourinary mucosal irritation along with renal dysfunction. We present the case of a reckless 23-year-old soldier who accepted the challenge of eating a beetle (Berberomeloe majalis). Six hours later he was admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain, dysuria, gross haematuria with clots, hypotension, fever and renal insufficiency. With intravenous fluid therapy, he recovered clinically. Laboratory parameters returned to normal within 1 week.”
re: #406 De Kolta Chair
And it was a welcome respite from the pensioners who usually perform, imho.
Gah that was so stupid.
Florida Plainclothes Officer Shoots Dead Armed Musician Corey Jones
Raja initially pulled over in his unmarked police vehicle to investigate what he thought was an abandoned car, but was “suddenly confronted by an armed subject,” the statement said Monday. “As a result of the confrontation, the officer discharged his firearm resulting in the death of the subject, Corey Jones.”
Yup. Corey was just patiently waiting in his car for a cop to shoot. Or he was just waiting for some help after his car died.
Sigh.
re: #430 Jenner7
Florida Plainclothes Officer Shoots Dead Armed Musician Corey Jones
Yup. Corey was just patiently waiting in his car for a cop to shoot. Or he was just waiting for some help after his car died.
Sigh.
He was just Standing His Ground…
re: #430 Jenner7
Florida Plainclothes Officer Shoots Dead Armed Musician Corey Jones
Yup. Corey was just patiently waiting in his car for a cop to shoot. Or he was just waiting for some help after his car died.
Sigh.
Sigh.
re: #424 jaunte
I’m in favor of calling the owner’s bluff every single time they try that “we’re moving unless you pay us” trick.
It’s a shame though. The Supersonics were my favorite non-local NBA team. And now they’re the Oklahoma City Generic Corporate Arena Experience.
Another classic example of ordinary Americans getting fucked by their abject refusal to band together and resist the bastards squeezing money out of them.
re: #373 danarchy
Why is it that in all of these democratic countries the only people we can seem to elect are relatives of people we have elected in the past? Seriously 10’s of millions of people in the country and you have to elect the son of one of the previous guys? Why do we keep setting up political dynasties when we have the opportunity to elect anyone we want. Local, state and national it seems.
Money
re: #430 Jenner7
Jones may have been armed, but there’s no way to know what he was thinking given that the cop was out of uniform and driving an unmarked car. There’s no evidence Jones knew he was addressing a cop.
The Palm Beach Gardens police officer who shot Corey Jones Sunday has been identified as Nouman Raja.
Raja was on duty in an unmarked police vehicle early Sunday morning when he came across Corey Jones and his disabled car on the Interstate 95 southbound exit ramp at PGA Boulevard.
Raja, who was in plain clothes, believed Jones’ vehicle was abandoned and stopped to investigate it, according to a statement released by police Monday afternoon. As Raja exited his vehicle, “he was suddenly confronted by an armed subject,” the statement says.
“As a result of the confrontation,” Raja fatally shot Jones.
re: #431 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And even if he had a gun, wasn’t that his right? He was on a highway and stranded.
This move by Abbott’s admin isn’t about the law or protecting women’s health. It’s about politics. @HoustonChron https://t.co/UoTrzmndYl
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) October 20, 2015
“…in the war against abortion, fighting Planned Parenthood is easier than actually reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies. So instead of better sex education or broader access to birth control, Texas will get another lawsuit.”
Is Ted Cruz talking about Texas here?
Why should we send fed money to local governments that intentionally make it more difficult & costly for the fed government to do its job.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 20, 2015
re: #437 Jenner7
And even if he had a gun, wasn’t that his right? He was on a highway and stranded.
Don’t you know? His second amendment rights were trumped by his being black.
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re: #437 Jenner7
And even if he had a gun, wasn’t that his right? He was on a highway and stranded.
Everyone should be able to carry a gun, but if you’re non-white, that makes you fair game for summary execution.
re: #439 The Vicious Babushka
Is Ted Cruz talking about Texas here?
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Or any red state that takes in more than it gives back.
re: #439 The Vicious Babushka
Is Ted Cruz talking about Texas here?
You mean they don’t print their own money anymore?
LOL!
GOP Raul Labrador just said on Andrea Mitchell: “Trey Gowdy is one of the least partisan members of Congress”.
— GottaLaff (@GottaLaff) October 20, 2015
re: #441 iossarian
Everyone should be able to carry a gun, but if you’re non-white, that makes you fair game for summary execution.
Right sigh.
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL!
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“He goes after both types: progressives AND liberals.”
re: #256 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
You have a point. Recent tone indicates that anyone to the left of them is automatically Stalin/Mao and/or that Hitler is actually leftist.
So they’re announcing that they are to the right of Hitler?
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL!
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Uh huh Raul and Raymond Shaw is the most kind person I’ve met.
re: #447 Jebediah, RBG
So they’re announcing that they are to the right of Hitler?
They are to the right of the Leftist Hitler, who exists in the same fairy world as secular Jihadists…
re: #439 The Vicious Babushka
The Texas attorney general’s office has filed 24 lawsuits against the federal government since Obama took office — litigation that has cost the state $2.58 million and more than 14,113 hours spent by staff and state lawyers working those cases.
Many of those have resulted in defeats, including the recent high-profile lawsuits defending Texas’ strict law requiring voters to show picture ID at the polls and the new state-approved voting districts that a federal appeals court ruled were discriminatory toward minorities. Those two cases alone cost more than $2 million, according to records obtained by The Associated Press using the Freedom of Information Act.
m.lubbockonline.com
re: #436 De Kolta Chair
Edited:
Memo to Jeb! — There is no such thing as the Bush Bump.
There is however a Bush Bump in the Road.
And I think The Donald™ helped Jeb? find it.
re: #450 jaunte
The Texas attorney general’s office has filed 24 lawsuits against the federal government since Obama took office — litigation that has cost the state $2.58 million and more than 14,113 hours spent by staff and state lawyers working those cases.
There was a quote earlier about how you cannot put a price tag on civic pride…
Saw a poll during my lunch break, Donald 27, Carson 22, Rubio and Jeb both with 8. Fiorina down to 4.
John Boyega just posted his reaction to seeing himself in the new ‘Star Wars’ trailer https://t.co/Ng9JVh0kyp pic.twitter.com/bBoygvtA1s
— Complex UK (@complex_uk) October 20, 2015
This fucking dumbass==>
@viciousbabushka @noreallyhowcome let me spell it out for you…fake, disloyal, untrustworthy, dangerous, unAmerican……………………
— ms. prickly (@porQpineQuills) October 20, 2015
FYI. CCJ still hasn’t published any of the PPFA smear videos at his shitty blog. But, he has published this huge pile of shit:
ANALYSIS: Why #BoycottStarWarsVII Movement Trends on Twitter & They’re Right
donotlink.com
Oh look, Breibart London is promoting the “peaceful” PEGIDA, Marine Le Pen’s National Front and Geert Wilders who, in addition to his own right-wing PVV, is today launching an anti-Islam party in Australia in a secret location.
Hey, remember when the GOP trotted out that group of dolts on the Benghazi Committee like they were a basketball team or something? Good times…
Confederacy of Duncesre: #458 makeitstop
Hey, remember when the GOP trotted out that group of dolts on the Benghazi Committee like they were a basketball team or something? Good times…
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Gowdy is averaging over 20 fails per hearing, an incredible rate for such an inexperienced GOP Congressman.
re: #458 makeitstop
Hey, remember when the GOP trotted out that group of dolts on the Benghazi Committee like they were a basketball team or something? Good times…
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And they couldn’t find a picture of Mike Pompeo with a suit jacket on?
re: #456 Dr. Matt
“Star Trek [sic] is a productive [sic] of a white [sic] America whether or not we want to accept it. The action figures that made George Lucas a billionaire were purchased by suburban white [sic] families.”
~Floor Shitter, Oct 20, 2015
re: #434 Eventual Carrion
Money
But it isn’t entirely money especially on the local level. It doesn’t take that many votes to win a state congressional seat, a lot of legwork is really what that takes, yet you see the same last names over and over again.
It appears Ms. Carly Fiorina put her whole campaign on the Planned Parent video outrage and it alone is no longer enough to drive her numbers.
I know there are people still on the PP politics wagon (see Abbott, Greg, Texas) so what could have been the downturn for Carly? I have a suspicion it was her outright refusal to acknowledge she fell for the kicking baby video and was steadfast in not changing her opinion. Even the people that are after PP probably saw that as a not very good trait in a potential leader.
re: #457 CuriousLurker
Oh look, Breibart London is promoting the “peaceful” PEGIDA, Marine Le Pen’s National Front and Geert Wilders who, in addition to his own right-wing PVV, is today launching an anti-Islam party in Australia in a secret location.
Promoting racism and hatred like they do is serious business, worthy of much condemnation, but when I heard NPR this morning talking about Marine Le Pen and PEGIDA, all I could think of was this:
Not that image, specifically, but it’s a good one.
re: #433 iossarian
It’s a shame though. The Supersonics were my favorite non-local NBA team. And now they’re the Oklahoma City Generic Corporate Arena Experience.
Another classic example of ordinary Americans getting fucked by their abject refusal to band together and resist the bastards squeezing money out of them.
After we destroyed the Coliseum to turn it into a basketball arena because they didn’t like the Kingdome. (Nobody liked the Kingdome.)
re: #455 The Vicious Babushka
There are a lot of people out there who can’t accept reality.
Gun fellers jest cain’t agree on whether gun owner who left a loaded weapon behind bears any blame. https://t.co/6fI3U7SQQB #GunFAIL
— David Waldman (@KagroX) October 20, 2015
Florida’s Charlie Crist running for Congress as a Democrat
Crist, a one-term governor from 2007 to 2011, lost a bid last year to reclaim that office as a Democrat. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent after leaving the Republican Party in 2010.
Now Crist, 59, is hinging his latest bid on a House of Representatives district expected to become favorable for a Democrat based in his hometown of St. Petersburg, located in the Tampa Bay region on Florida’s Gulf coast.
At a news conference, he said representing the region was important to him, and he remained passionate about politics.
“Public service is in my heart. I can’t help it. I guess that’s fairly obvious,” he told reporters gathered at a community park, where he announced his run.
Honors grad from the Palin School of Economics:
Donald Trump: ‘We’re Going to Lose All of Our Jobs’ If Minimum Wage Raised https://t.co/sXwZd8lIIn (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/yCifyknyZ2
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 20, 2015
This is Canada’s prime minister-elect, Justin Trudeau. pic.twitter.com/QYdhBWBHPo
— Booooooderick Ghoul (@BroderickGreer) October 20, 2015
Nice Northwest Coast First Peoples art in the tat.
He’s posing before a charity boxing match, which he won.
re: #456 Dr. Matt
FYI. CCJ still hasn’t published any of the PPFA smear videos at his shitty blog. But, he has published this huge pile of shit:
And along with his cogent commentary, we get upchuck’s fastidious attention to detail:
James L. Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, is a black American.
re: #469 wrenchwench
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Nice Northwest Coast First Peoples art in the tat.
He’s posing before a charity boxing match, which he won.
I do like the tat. Nice art work- got three myself.
re: #469 wrenchwench
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Nice Northwest Coast First Peoples art in the tat.
He’s posing before a charity boxing match, which he won.
Looks more like Ricky Nelson than Pierre Trudeau.
re: #467 Dr. Matt
I remember when this guy was thought to be GOP VP material or even presidential material.
re: #337 Eventual Carrion
I mentioned that i had just renewed my library card and how happy that my little library was entering the 20th century. My local (small town) library is starting remodeling, the whole basement is going to be redone. I don’t think it will be as extensive as you mention above, but I hear at least half a dozen more PC’s and a couple more printers. Also some audio/visual equipment that was bought with a large donation from a patron that had passed away last year.
This type of investment is huge for the kids and adults that don’t have the resources to get PC’s and such with their own resources. The librarian I was talking to also said that they will help people with creating resumes and filling out online applications, another huge help.
Yes, I saw your comment and was thinking of that too when I typed this. (Was way behind on that thread, so didn’t reply then.) Good on your library! Having PCs and printers is vital for people who don’t have home access to the internet. My sister is a children’s librarian in the Boston Public system — she says that a large part of the service she’s able to provide is helping kids with online research for schoolwork; and helping adults with resumes and online applications for jobs and for the many govt & private services that are getting harder and harder to access if you don’t have an internet connection AND the computer skills to use it.
We need more libraries and more librarians! Good wishes for your system in catching up to the 20th, and in reaching for the 21st century.
re: #470 BeachDem
And along with his cogent commentary, we get upchuck’s fastidious attention to detail:
James L. Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, is a black American.
James Logan Jones, Jr. (born December 19, 1943) is a retired United States Marine Corps general and the former United States National Security Advisor.
re: #1 teleskiguy
Of course the Boycott Star Wars VII hashtag is approved by our pal UpChuck. After all, those are his people; white supremacists, MRA’s and anti-SJW men.
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That “five” people like UpChuckery’s Facebook post is hillarious.
re: #461 Dr. Matt
And the fact that most of the consumers are white is taken to mean the lead shouldn’t be a black man. By that “logic” the state of South Carolina should boycotted because most of its voters are white, but half of its 4 most important statewide offices are held by people who aren’t white.
CCJ = Still Full of Shit
re: #478 Dark_Falcon
And the fact that most of the consumers are white is taken to mean the lead shouldn’t be a black man. By that “logic” the state of South Carolina should boycotted because most of its voters are white, but half of its 4 most important statewide offices are held by people who aren’t white.
CCJ = Still Full of Shit
You gotta be full of shit to shit on the floor. He really is a special kind of stupid. Good luck with the boycott Chuck, signed a cousin of the person who coined the term for something actually useful.
re: #474 HappyWarrior
I remember when this guy was thought to be GOP VP material or even presidential material.
That was before he tried to run for the Senate only to be cast aside by primary voters in favor of Marco Rubio.
re: #456 Dr. Matt
FYI. CCJ still hasn’t published any of the PPFA smear videos at his shitty blog. But, he has published this huge pile of shit:
CCJ is going to DESTROY Star Wars, right after he gets done DESTROYING Gawker and Twitter and the Media Establishment.
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re: #480 Dark_Falcon
That was before he tried to run for the Senate only to be cast aside by primary voters in favor of Marco Rubio.
Because he gave the president a hug…….but enough of pesky facts about how your party’s primary voters think any treatment of President Obama that doesn’t regard him as Satan in Chief ruins one’s aspirations.
re: #481 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
CCJ is going to DESTROY Star Wars, right after he gets done DESTROYING Gawker and Twitter and the Media Establishment.
/
And suing all of his detractors out of existence.
re: #481 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
CCJ is going to DESTROY Star Wars, right after he gets done DESTROYING Gawker and Twitter and the Media Establishment.
/
It will be the Winter of Resurrection!
re: #458 makeitstop
Is Gowdy’s head actually pointed?
re: #470 BeachDem
And along with his cogent commentary, we get upchuck’s fastidious attention to detail:
James L. Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, is a black American.
Hey, Earl sounds like L when you’re wasted.
re: #475 CleverToad
We need more libraries and more librarians! Good wishes for your system in catching up to the 20th, and in reaching for the 21st century.
Our local library signed up for an online network which allows Kindle users to log on using their library card number as a login, and borrow e-books through Amazon (natch).
Since I discovered the library network I’ve borrowed well over 50 books without having to drive to the library to do so. Pretty cool.
re: #343 The Vicious Babushka
Dumbass in my mentions:
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Obama doesn’t have a flag pin on either. HUH! HUH! That’s proof right there that he’s a terrorist loving, anti-American POS! AMIRITE?
re: #485 Jebediah, RBG
Is Gowdy’s head actually pointed?
No, just chronic Bad Hair.
He should stop dicking around with the multiple bad hairdos and just pick one bad hairdo and stick with it, IMO.
re: #487 makeitstop
Our local library signed up for an online network which allows Kindle users to log on using their library card number as a login, and borrow e-books through Amazon (natch).
Since I discovered the library network I’ve borrowed well over 50 books without having to drive to the library to do so. Pretty cool.
I can log into my local library via my PC and borrow books in Kindle, epub, or (sometimes) PDF formats.
Definitely worth saving the time and effort of an almost 40 mile roundtrip. And don’t have to worry about getting them returned for the due date.
re: #489 makeitstop
I’m a little surprised that they wouldn’t taker another photo, rather than hyping their committee with a pic that makes the chair actually look like Zippy the Pinhead.
Wait - Gowdy must be a Democratic plant! That would explain the comically embarrassing fuckups!
Benghazi Committee is a false flag derperation!
re: #373 danarchy
Why is it that in all of these democratic countries the only people we can seem to elect are relatives of people we have elected in the past? Seriously 10’s of millions of people in the country and you have to elect the son of one of the previous guys? Why do we keep setting up political dynasties when we have the opportunity to elect anyone we want. Local, state and national it seems.
Because running a country takes skills. Not just anyone can come off the street and run a city/state/country (see Texas).
As a dad, I’ve passed a lot of stuff I know down to my kids. Not only some of my programming skills, but I talk about math, science, history, and any other subject that sounds interesting. I’ve also talked about my worldview. Most parents do the latter, and a lot of active parents (like politicians) would share their knowledge and skills with their kids as well.
Combine these two and you end up with a good portion of the kids who go into politics having parents that did. And if the parent was any good, the kid should have picked up a few things.
Children of politicians becoming politicians isn’t a bad thing if the children made it on their own.
And anyway, defining a dynasty by last names is not very useful. FDR was related to 11 former presidents, only one of which shared his last name.
re: #26 Single-handed sailor
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He got to meet not only the President of the United States, also The Myth Busters. Cool.
I wonder if they asked him why he hugged and praised a dictator wanted for genocide…
re: #401 De Kolta Chair
More from TV’s Frank
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The New England Patriots are pleased to select, from Marvel’s Avengers: Captain America!
re: #458 makeitstop
Two women, that’s more diverse than most GOP panels.
re: #153 the silent one
I laugh at those racist morons boycotting the movie. As if anyone at Star Wars or elsewhere even remotely cares if some whiny racists boycott it. Its not going to affect the box office takings at all.
Do these people not realize that major studio films make *far* more money overseas than they do in the US?
I suppose when you’re still living in 1953, details like that might escape one’s notice.
re: #464 wrenchwench
Promoting racism and hatred like they do is serious business, worthy of much condemnation, but when I heard NPR this morning talking about Marine Le Pen and PEGIDA, all I could think of was this:
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Not that image, specifically, but it’s a good one.
LOL, definitely a good one!
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