Credit: Gus 802Tonight’s program on The Bob & Chez Show:
The Ted Kruzz: Can Bernie Sanders Win the General Election; Thom Hartmann Discusses Chez’s Bernie Article; Bernie’s Single Payer Plan Revealed; Sarah Palin Endorses Trump; Trump Bungles His Liberty University Speech; Sad Martin; Rand Paul’s Insane New Ted Cruz Cartoon; Ted Cruz Did Another JFK Impression; and much more.
FORECAST UPDATE: there is an increasing likelihood of hearing some really dumb things about snowstorms disproving #climate change.
— DOE Press Staff (@EnergyPressSec) January 21, 2016
The science behind the Flint water crisis:
From the abstract:
RESULTS:
Incidence of elevated blood lead levels increased from 2.4% to 4.9% (P < .05) after water source change, and neighborhoods with the highest water lead levels experienced a 6.6% increase. No significant change was seen outside the city. Geospatial analysis identified disadvantaged neighborhoods as having the greatest elevated blood lead level increases and informed response prioritization during the now-declared public health emergency.
CONCLUSIONS:
The percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels increased after water source change, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Water is a growing source of childhood lead exposure because of aging infrastructure. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 21, 2015: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.303003).
#FlintWaterCrisis timeline: How years of problems led to lead poisoning #tcot #UniteBlue https://t.co/hKzAHoAN3D pic.twitter.com/10yaCmyxt5
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 21, 2016
Well lookie here.
@soledadobrien Water is not a right. Being black doesn’t make you morally superior. Boil the water, drive out the bacteria. #Commonsense
— Paul Kersey (@sbpdl) January 21, 2016
re: #5 Billy Batts
How long does it take to boil out lead? https://t.co/KPTjCUpBG4
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2016
re: #5 Billy Batts
Well lookie here.
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I looked at its timeline. Unhinged demented racist pigfucker.
re: #5 Billy Batts
Well lookie here.
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That guy just earned my first-ever preemptive block on Twitter.
re: #5 Billy Batts
Well lookie here.
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If you boil leaded water, you get warm lead. Dumbass.
re: #9 The Vicious Babushka
I looked at its timeline. Unhinged demented racist pigfucker.
That’s just what his nana calls him.
CNN: Trump says he was not uncomfortable during Palin’s endorsement speech, but “I didn’t know that it was going to be quite so long.”
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) January 21, 2016
Wait … Glenn Beck is calling someone an extremist. This Glenn Beck: pic.twitter.com/2R7j3o2IiM
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 21, 2016
re: #13 Charles Johnson
So, he didn’t have to pee?
Obama: “Malia’s school asked if I wanted to speak at commencement and I said no” because “I’m going to cry.” https://t.co/INnhWfKMu0
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) January 21, 2016
Completely fucking unreal.
Trump blames Tony Perkins for ‘2 Corinthians’
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump says it’s Tony Perkins’ fault he said “two Corinthians” instead of “Second Corinthians” during a speech at Liberty University this week — a mistake that raised questions about his biblical knowledge as he courts evangelical voters.
The Republican presidential front-runner said in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon Wednesday that Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, had given him notes on what to say when he visited the evangelical university in Lynchburg, Virginia.
“Tony Perkins wrote that out for me — he actually wrote out 2, he wrote out the number 2 Corinthians,” Trump said. “I took exactly what Tony said, and I said, ‘Well Tony has to know better than anybody.’ “
Trump’s pronunciation of the Bible verse drew laughter from the Christian audience — but he downplayed it, saying his Scottish mother would have said “two Corinthians,” as well.
“It’s a very small deal, but a lot of people in different sections of the world say two, and I’ve had many, many people say that to me. My mother, as you know, was from Scotland, and they say two,” Trump said.
Rats deserting the sinking ship? Is Troy Newman No Longer A Board Member For Center For Medical Progress? https://t.co/RHtDgW98m2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2016
Why am I getting email from an “alt right” neo-Nazi?
re: #20 Charles Johnson
Why am I getting email from an “alt right” neo-Nazi?
It’s the curse of being irrelevant.
/
Finally to close out a great birthday my assistant Rob gave me the best cake ever! #GYATM Thanks Rob! pic.twitter.com/2HOxxTVE4F
— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) January 21, 2016
re: #17 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Obama: “Malia’s school asked if I wanted to speak at commencement and I said no” because “I’m going to cry.” abcnews.go.com …
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I will put 20 bucks on the table that says it’s just a short matter of time before some RWNJ says “This proves that the President is a sissy, weakling, wimp or other words to that effect” within 24 hours. Who wants to cover my action?
RBS
re: #23 Reality Based Steve
I will put 20 bucks on the table that says it’s just a short matter of time before some RWNJ says “This proves that the President is a sissy, weakling, wimp or other words to that effect” within 24 hours. Who wants to cover my action?
RBS
I doubt anyone here will take that bet. It’s nearly a foregone conclusion — and I daresay, a subtle way for Obama to tweak his critics’ noses.
re: #24 withak
I doubt anyone here will take that bet. It’s nearly a foregone conclusion — and I daresay, a subtle way for Obama to tweak his critics’ noses.
Sky Masterson: One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you’re going to wind up with an ear full of cider.
:)
RBS
why does it feel like Friday to me?
re: #5 Billy Batts
He dishonors Swayze with his avatar.
re: #26 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
why does it feel like Friday to me?
I know. It felt kind of Fridayish at work today to me. We got the last of the inventory completed, the numbers went to the accountant. Because of the weather we didn’t have anybody hanging out at the shop, so we all sort of cleaned up our respective areas of operations. I can actually see the top of my desk again, and not just one little corner.
RBS
Planet 9 —
Why does that sound so familiar?
re: #28 Reality Based Steve
I know. It felt kind of Fridayish at work today to me. We got the last of the inventory completed, the numbers went to the accountant. Because of the weather we didn’t have anybody hanging out at the shop, so we all sort of cleaned up our respective areas of operations. I can actually see the top of my desk again, and not just one little corner.
RBS
Impressive!
re: #26 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
why does it feel like Friday to me?
Wishful thinking? God knows I could use about a dozen weekends in a row… :/
re: #31 scottslemmons
Wishful thinking? God knows I could use about a dozen weekends in a row… :/
I think my mind and heart are still on Maui.
*sigh*
Dear New Planet 9, Before you join our solar system, look into what they did to Pluto. With love, a concerned author.
— Jodi Meadows (@jodimeadows) January 20, 2016
Guys I have had cats all my life. Various breeds and colorful mixes. But my Manx cat Cinnamon has an energy and can get a hunting attitude on like none I ever had. Headstrong smart and sweetly stubborn. We joke she outruns the laser.
When we got her, first day October 23rd
Here is what she looks like right now finally napping
I think a diet adjustment is in her immediate future. Her shelter eating habits are bad for her where there is plenty of food. Vet did warn us.
You would think naming a kid Track would…well, keep him on track. #Palin pic.twitter.com/CYewLtDtoi
— Shannyn Moore (@shannynmoore) January 21, 2016
re: #34 Great White Snark
Guys I have had cats all my life. Various breeds and colorful mixes. But my Manx cat Cinnamon has an energy and can get a hunting attitude on like none I ever had. Headstrong smart and sweetly stubborn. We joke she outruns the laser.
When we got her, first day October 23rd
Here is what she looks like right now finally napping
I think a diet adjustment is in her immediate future. Her shelter eating habits are bad for her where there is plenty of food. Vet did warn us.
ear scratches from meeeee!!!!
It was a bit slickery this morning, and a couple of inches of snow on the ground, but not bad. What’s going to be interesting is that they are predicting another storm for us starting Friday, early in the day, and they are now saying 5-8 inches of snow (I sure as hell hope not).
It will be what it will be.
RBS
re: #34 Great White Snark
Our gray whale is the reason we have three timed electronic feeders, dispensing measured amounts of food at the same time.
Not all cats have an off-switch when it comes to food.
re: #26 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
It is my Friday today(woot), go back one day then fly out to see dad and the gang. I’m flying out with his old biker buddy. He was bringing me up to speed on his blood pressure medication today. He was a giant to me as a kid, even still.
@JeffreyGoldberg Meanwhile, in rural Fairfax County … pic.twitter.com/KoMf2cJLF2
— Rich Thompson (@RichThompsonAK) January 21, 2016
@JustJen64 @TonyHWindsor @slsandpet @BryanDawsonUSA Particularly liked this: pic.twitter.com/zebmdHOD5l
— Gary Fallon (@GaryFallon2) January 21, 2016
AP- Bills hire Kathryn Smith, making her first full-time female assistant coach in NFL history.
— FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) January 21, 2016
re: #33 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
@jodimeadows Nothing. Pluto doesn’t care if we call it a planet, a dwarf planet, a dog, or the god of the underworld.
— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) January 21, 2016
My newest kit Guinness, adopted Christmas Eve. 9 months old and a source of derision from the other 3, who can’t understand why he’s running about playing with all the toys and not being layabouts like themselves.
re: #10 withak
This is someone who probably doesn’t contribute to society one iota.
Well, I’m off to attend to stuff for a bit, then off to bed. I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do tomorrow, there is nothing on the repair bench that needs work, the purchase orders are all done, I don’t have any personal gear that I need (want) to work on.
Maybe I’ll just brew a pot of coffee and watch “A Life Aquatic” tomorrow..
RBS
This whole boycott-the-Oscars thing is really bringing out the latent racism on Facebook.
Well, some of it wasn’t so latent to begin with.
Django Unchained is the most racist movie I have ever seen, it sucked!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2013
re: #39 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m fortunate that my rescued Persian is a free-feeder and isn’t obese. I can leave him for a week and he’ll whine when I get back for an hour once I get back, and then get real bitchy once I start unpacking.
I hate being catless.
Have to wait tho …
Charles question for you is internet explorer problematic for your code like it used to be ? Heh I might be stuck with it at work. Network experts deploying server saying Chrome and FF are vulnerable.
Speaking of obese animals that need to get more exercise, I’m down my first 25 pounds of the supermodel and a half I need to lose.
You may not have known this, but that’s where they come from. Kate Upton? Mrs. Harold Schmidt’s gastric bypass. Poof! There she was!
re: #54 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
I like cats. Being allergic sucks.
.@realDonaldTrump You Are Dog Now pic.twitter.com/DNqqmhBAIW
— YouAreDogNow (@YouAreDogNow) January 20, 2016
damn. RT @nycsouthpaw: pic.twitter.com/nfFFJ2vJdH
— ProfB (@AntheaButler) January 21, 2016
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I understand the Donald was seen at Honey Boo Boos house trying to grab his second corner of the redneck reality show trifecta after Cruz got Duck Dynasty
Michele Bachmann: How Newsweek Made Me Into the ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ https://t.co/A5Nf6YR5qf pic.twitter.com/BmidbmfEc0
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) January 21, 2016
I have seen Marcus Bachmann called a number of things, but never Frankenstein!
re: #59 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Is the Post taking cues from the Daily News?
re: #62 bratwurst
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She still has that 1000 yard stare, like she’s looking at things only she can see
re: #64 Schroedinger’s Dog
She still has that 1000 yard stare, like she’s looking at things only she can see
What an excellent description!
re: #57 Schroedinger’s Dog
Find a Siberian Forest Cat or an Abysinnian. They are supposed to have one of the lowest levels of the dreaded Fel d1 protein, which causes the allergic reaction.
re: #65 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
What an excellent description!
Marcus’ manhood comes to mind almost immediately.
re: #64 Schroedinger’s Dog
She still has that 1000 yard stare, like she’s looking at things only she can see
She sees dead people
re: #66 Eric The Fruit Bat
I have three dogs, so I’m gonna have to wait.
There is no peak wingnut buzzfeed!
Peak BuzzFeed? “There’s A Shadow On A Church In San Francisco That Looks Like A Sideboob” https://t.co/4ZV3YdmlBr pic.twitter.com/77wVL7LWDg
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 21, 2016
Seeing a lot of tweets about Winter Storm Skittlebip XXVII. Oh the humanity!
CATEGORY SIX WINTER STORM SKITTLEBIP XXVII THIS IS NOT A DRILL EVERYBODY PANIC AND GO GET 12,000 RETWEETS GO GO GO https://t.co/GHkG4eRg3J
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) January 17, 2016
I’m aware that big snows like that can wreak havoc in such a densely populated areas. It still cracks me up watching it all happen. Where I’m at we’ve received over 50 inches of snow this winter, up in the mountains is closer to 200 inches this winter. Then again, we are not densely populated and we are well-equipped to move a lot of snow around. I grew up in the mountains of Colorado and I never had a snow day in school, not a single one.
re: #71 teleskiguy
C’mon, admit-if you could mainline this shit, you would.
re: #72 Eric The Fruit Bat
Anybody who’s skied in deep powder snow (and skied it well) knows the draw. It is like a drug, very addictive. It is like sex, when it’s done right it is absolutely amazing.
re: #73 teleskiguy
Too bad I couldn’t find the complete scene, but this will have to do. It’s from Cocoon:
The end quote:
“If this is foreplay then I’m a dead man”
I hate Ted Cruz but this kind of argument is just specious as all fuck.
The constitutional text provides that a president, unlike other elected officials, must be a “natural born citizen.” This language could not mean anyone born a citizen or else the text would have simply stated “born citizen.”
I mean, it’s not like the Constitution was written in archaic and obtuse terminology or anything, hello Second Amendment.
re: #70 ausador
There is no peak
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oh that’s the famous Church of the Holy Washing Machine Agitator
they split from the pastafarians i think…
re: #55 Great White Snark
Charles question for you is internet explorer problematic for your code like it used to be ? Heh I might be stuck with it at work. Network experts deploying server saying Chrome and FF are vulnerable.
As long as it’s Internet Explorer 10 it shouldn’t be a problem. You might have issues with earlier versions though.
this planet 9
is it from Outer Space?
re: #70 ausador
There is no peak
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Not many architects are so artful. Or devious.
Night Lizards.
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re: #82 Bubblehead II
My husband had that. It was not successful, but caused no problems.
Catching up on earlier strings.
It occurred to me that the radio-right could achieve ultimate wingnut by breeding Bristol Palin and Ted Nugent, but she’s probably too old for him.
re: #84 retired cynic
My husband had that. It was not successful, but caused no problems.
In other words, just a way to milk money from the insurance company. Figured as much.
Man, they’re advertising the shit out of 13 Hours.
It’s not doing well.
re: #86 Bubblehead II
No, it was a real issue, but they decided he was too frail to handle the next step up.
The truth comes out!
As if we couldn’t figure it out…re: #62 bratwurst
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I have seen Marcus Bachmann called a number of things, but never Frankenstein!
Deep down inside, this is what Michelle Bachman wanted to be…
re: #88 retired cynic
No, it was a real issue, but they decided he was too frail to handle the next step up.
Still seems like a scam to me. Contacted the Mate. She will do more research. Hell, she was the one who had questions in the first place and when she raises a red flag, well after 32 years, I have learned to listen.
re: #91 Bubblehead II
As I recall, there wasn’t a big rush about it. Likely is a different situation altogether!
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Night all. Will still be logged in, but staying in the land of nod(?) As always, may the the blessings of the Deity of your choice smile down upon you and yours.
re: #92 retired cynic
As I recall, there wasn’t a big rush about it. Likely is a different situation altogether!
<private>He has a major arrhythmia.</private>
Use the pencil and change the <text> to [text] or ask Charles or one of the moderators to delete it.
re: #96 Bubblehead II
Psst, I would edit the private section out of the quote. >.>
re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Psst, I would edit the private section out of the quote. >.>
It doesn’t matter to me. I was just trying to honor his beginning post, and not doing a good job of it!.
re: #98 retired cynic
It doesn’t matter to me. I was just trying to honor his beginning post, and not doing a good job of it!.
Not worth worrying about. Here’s the real issue: If Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet, then what’s all this shit about algorithms?
New Breeding Program Aimed At Keeping Moderate Republicans From Going Extinct https://t.co/DEEWkjM0Gx via @theonion
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2016
Fuck all this sensational weather reporting noise.
Ugh… https://t.co/vSoTxUjQPD pic.twitter.com/niihDHqr2n
— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) January 21, 2016
Last I checked, Nor-easters are not hurricanes. Since when do blizzards “make landfall?”
re: #34 Great White Snark
Beautiful kitty! I’m particularly biased towards Manx kittehs having had a few myself. Our last girl, Bobbi Cat, passed away just over two years ago. While she wasn’t much of a hunter she absolutely owned our property. I never saw her back down from an animal intruder, be it rival cat, raccoon or dog, even pit bulls. She never backed down once and I only saw her go off once (on a pit bull, it gave up and ran away yelping), most times her ‘body language’ did the speaking for her. I remember the first time she faced down a dog (a pit bull, of course) like it was yesterday. I was in the garage and heard a low, guttural yowl that seemed to take forever to end. The garage door was cracked open (up) about six inches so I stooped down and looked under the door to see the back of Bobbi Cat and the front end of a dark pit bull I had never seen around the neighborhood before. I was about to yank the door open when she squatted down, pissed and let out what I can only call “the hiss of death”. Here she was, this four and a half pound cat, ready to take on a pit bull that could snap her up in a second. The dog looked at her like she was nuts, backed off and trotted away…lol!
I never worried about her again. :)
Our little Manx, Bobbi Cat…John Kasich on Donald Trump’s friend: “Good for Sarah. She’s back in the news again. God bless her.”
— Darrel Rowland (@darreldrowland) January 20, 2016
re: #105 Kragar
Well, its official.
My brother got engaged.
I first saw that as engagement and wondered if he needed arty or maybe an air strike in support… :D
re: #107 William Lewis
I first saw that as engagement and wondered if he needed arty or maybe an air strike in support… :D
You never can tell in these situations
Speaking as a combat vet who literally slept in the same barracks as Track Palin, his mother is wrong and her son is not a victim.
— Jason Kirell (@jaykirell) January 21, 2016
@ElsaLion2 all I’ll say in fairness to him is that his mother claimed he was a combat vet, not him.
— Jason Kirell (@jaykirell) January 21, 2016
re: #23 Reality Based Steve
Obama: “Malia’s school asked if I wanted to speak at commencement and I said no” because “I’m going to cry.”
I will put 20 bucks on the table that says it’s just a short matter of time before some RWNJ says “This proves that the President is a sissy, weakling, wimp or other words to that effect” within 24 hours. Who wants to cover my action?
Obama’s reactions equate daughter’s graduation with school shootings!
re: #87 WhatEVs
Man, they’re advertising the shit out of 13 Hours.
It’s not doing well.
Should’ve gone with: “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Benghazi”
The results of the Litvinenko inquiry must be a cherry on top of the failing economy for Putin.
re: #112 Barefoot Grin
Should’ve gone with: “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Benghazi”
Nah, that might have been too close to real history to be useful to the propagandists…
re: #113 Nyet
The results of the Litvinenko inquiry must be a cherry on top of the failing economy for Putin.
It will not harm his standing with his supporters, heck, they are proud to have a leader who does not shy away from liquidating “dangerous elements” using all means at his disposal.
Also, kids? Don’t DM us pretending you are some school official cancelling school. Closings don’t work like that. & we’re not that dumb.
— WTVC NewsChannel 9 (@newschannelnine) January 19, 2016
re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth
Also, kids? Don’t DM us pretending you are some school official cancelling school. Closings don’t work like that. & we’re not that dumb. (despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary)
re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Strictly speaking, I don’t think most Americans would be shocked if they learned that CIA liquidated a rogue agent on a foreign territory.
(Albeit the method is what matters the most. After all this could be seen as an act of nuclear terrorism, that involved quite a lot of “collateral damage”, what with polonium stains all around London.)
re: #118 Nyet
That’s what I consider odd about this one. Why go with something that is so traceable to: One, a state; and, Two, the Russian state. There are many methods to kill people that aren’t so obvious.
I guess it’s basically “we don’t give a shit who knows and, yeah, warning, too”
Manatees and sharks! Oh my!
WATCH: On the coldest day of the season so far, manatees and sharks huddle up to keep warm outside the TECO power plant….
Posted by FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
re: #120 Dr. Matt
Manatees and sharks! Oh my!
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too cold to even think about being hungry or scared?
I’ve decided to abolish mornings.
Now, I just have to find the right person to do it for me.
re: #120 Dr. Matt
Manatees and sharks! Oh my!
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Sharkskin jacket for the shark and a manteau for the manatee?
They say our eyes are windows into our soul.
re: #125 Dr. Matt
I am actually fine with her, until she opens her mouth.
re: #126 Kent Dorfman
I am actually fine with her, until she opens her mouth.
I think that was what McCain thought he was buying into: someone to look pretty, keep her mouth shut and serve as a blank screen for voters to project their notion of the ideal candidate…
re: #119 Le Lapin Tueur
Had L. died faster, I don’t think anything would have come up. Would have been a mysterious death. I think that’s what the killers had hoped for
Warshington DC crippled after an inch of snow, 20 more inches expected. That was just everyone running out to buy bread and milk.
re: #130 Kent Dorfman
Warshington DC crippled after an inch of snow, 20 more inches expected. That was just everyone running out to buy bread and milk.
one inch of ice can be a lot more dangerous than 20 inches of soft snow…
re: #130 Kent Dorfman
Warshington DC crippled after an inch of snow, 20 more inches expected. That was just everyone running out to buy bread and milk.
Night before the great DC Snowpocalypse, the one that froze the Metro, our Army team flew into National and holed up at the Holiday Inn at the Hoffman Center. Next day, we trudged across the parking lot and continued the work we had started at Ft. Lewis. We were in the small minority of Feds that got in to work that day, and did it from 3000 miles away.
I lived in Chicago during the winter of 78/79 when then-Mayor Bilandic only plowed the streets of friendly wards. It was a bloody mess. For a couple days I couldn’t get out of my apartment building because of the drifts.
Made the decision to finally listen to my Grandma and move to Los Angeles. First day I was here, Grandma had me go pick tangerines off of her tree for breakfast. In January, 70 degrees outside…Never regretted moving…
Forecast here in the backwoods is 4-10 inches of snow by Saturday morning.
I’ve got a doctor’s appointment in a couple of hours so will take the opportunity to stop at the store for my usual stuff and a few more bags of pellets for the stove.
MrBWS just called to let me know they will be staging in Asheville, NC.
This isn’t going to be fun at all.
Rage Furby filed yet another [soon to fail] lawsuit?
Woke up today with Twitter still under 18 and a new Gawker lawsuit filed and emergency investor meeting called.Oh what a day, what a lovely day.
Posted by Charles C. Johnson on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Has it been posted here yet?
re: #135 Dr. Matt
Rage Furby filed yet another [soon to fail] lawsuit?
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Has it been posted here yet?
“emergency investor meeting called”
Rage Furby’s supposed investors, or Gawker’s, or Twitter’s?
re: #136 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
“emergency investor meeting called”
Rage Furby’s supposed investors, or Gawker’s, or Twitter’s?
Rage Furby’s supposed investors = Money he steals out of HAW purse.
Horrifying
The Orlando Police Department can hogtie civilians, according to official policy. (https://t.co/xJMhJKZC2H) pic.twitter.com/GwHlz2hzw7
— deray mckesson (@deray) January 20, 2016
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
Forecast here in the backwoods is 4-10 inches of snow by Saturday morning.
I’ve got a doctor’s appointment in a couple of hours so will take the opportunity to stop at the store for my usual stuff and a few more bags of pellets for the stove.
MrBWS just called to let me know they will be staging in Asheville, NC.
This isn’t going to be fun at all.
Sorry, stay safe.
There was a snow dusting here in the Baltimore-DC area which means it’s the end of the world. Teleworking today and tomorrow if need be. Got my food stuffs. I’m ready.
A writer for The Guardian, Dave Schilling, analyses Palin’s rambling endorsement of tRump.
Apocalypse now: Sarah Palin’s bizarre Trump endorsement analyzed
I watched all 20 minutes of the mush-mouthed, grotesque oration in support of the Republican frontrunner. Here, the anatomy of a very disturbing scene
Money quote:
Really, this was all fated to happen. No two people on this planet seem less concerned with criticism, more content with themselves, or more oblivious to the obscenity of the words they speak.
re: #135 Dr. Matt
Woke up today with Twitter still under 18 and a new Gawker lawsuit filed and emergency investor meeting called.
IOW, he hit up his wife for cigarette money.
re: #135 Dr. Matt
Rage Furby filed yet another [soon to fail] lawsuit?
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It’s news to me. I suppose he’s filed in California, where he already filed a complaint in state court. I’ll have to look into it.
re: #141 makeitstop
IOW, he hit up his wife for cigarette money.
OK, but we might as well use Twitter as long as we can before Rage Furby totally destroys it.
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Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The storm watches/warnings are now up for the entire NYC metro area. NYC proper, Long Island, and parts of NJ are under blizzard warnings (which requires only that it be snowing and winds of 35mph or greater - whiteout conditions).
Bergen County is expected to get 6-12 inches, which isn’t that much, but it would be the first significant snow of this winter (we’ve only had trace/dustings until now).
Right now, it looks like the real deal snowfall is set to hit around the DC metro area - they’re predicting record snows. The GFS model for snowfall, which the Jeff Masters’ blog embedded suggests that Virginia near DC metro could see 3-4 feet of snow (assuming 10-1 ratio between snow-liquid). That’d be epic snows.
I can handle a foot of snow. I’ve even dealt with 2-3 feet of snow (blizzard of 1993), and more recent storms have dumped 12-18 inches.
3-4 feet? Yeah, that’s a challenge.
And this storm has the potential to affect more than 50 million people from KY/TN through VA on up to CT.
Now, whether this storm lives up to the predictions still has to play out, but when it’s done, we’ll get to compare it to other historic storms
re: #140 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
oblivious to the obscenity of the words they speak.
Well I think that’s true. But not sure I’d agree that Palin is unconcerned with criticism. Her whole existence is based on the assumption that everyone hates her because she’s so awesome and full of truthiness.
Nope, the Rage Furby didn’t file another lawsuit - somebody else is suing Gawker for libel.
re: #145 lawhawk
Right now, it looks like the real deal snowfall is set to hit around the DC metro area - they’re predicting record snows. The GFS model for snowfall, which the Jeff Masters’ blog embedded suggests that Virginia near DC metro could see 3-4 feet of snow (assuming 10-1 ratio between snow-liquid). That’d be epic snows.
Wonderful.
re: #34 Great White Snark
George inhales his food. Then exhales it just as fast. We got a tip to put his food in an egg carton. This way he slows down a little as he has to choose which cup he has to eat out of. It has helped curb his Linda Blair impressions quite a bit.
re: #142 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
It’s news to me. I suppose he’s filed in California, where he already filed a complaint in state court. I’ll have to look into it.
Looks like he’s out on the east coast right now. He’s been posting from NY and NJ. Perhaps he finally filed in NY since Gawker is actually based on NY.
re: #140 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
A writer for The Guardian, Dave Schilling, analyses Palin’s rambling endorsement of tRump.
Money quote:
This is so funny…funny in a way that I want to laugh, but I can only cry.
As Palin ploughs on, Trump’s teeth finally make an appearance on the campaign trail. As disturbingly white as those teeth may be, it’s preferable to his pursed mouth that looks like he’s about to kiss a live salmon.
“Trump’s candidacy, it has exposed not just that tragic ramifications of that betrayal of the transformation of our country, but too, he has exposed the complicity on both sides of the aisle that has enabled it, OK?”
And now, Palin totally falls apart and starts speaking as though a tiny man with a cattle prod is silently electrocuting her underneath her podium while she tries to finish her remarks. “Well, and then, funny, haha, not funny, but now, what they’re doing is wailing, ‘Well, Trump and his, uh, uh, uh, Trumpeters, they’re not conservative enough.’” Christopher Dorner’s manifesto made more sense than this. I haven’t seen a speech this bad since the first Police Academy movie.
I am so embarrassed by this insanity.
re: #118 Nyet
Strictly speaking, I don’t think most Americans would be shocked if they learned that CIA liquidated a rogue agent on a foreign territory.
(Albeit the method is what matters the most. After all this could be seen as an act of nuclear terrorism, that involved quite a lot of “collateral damage”, what with polonium stains all around London.)
A whole bunch of 007 and knockoff movies have conditioned us to expect it and approve of it.
(I’ve forgotten most of the details of the case, but remember from work that polonium is far more toxic than radioactive. Photographers’ anti-static brushes contain a strip of foil to release ions. They don’t require an NRC license.)
re: #151 WhatEVs
This is so funny…funny in a way that I want to laugh, but I can only cry.
And now, Palin totally falls apart and starts speaking as though a tiny man with a cattle prod is silently electrocuting her underneath her podium while she tries to finish her remarks. “Well, and then, funny, haha, not funny, but now, what they’re doing is wailing, ‘Well, Trump and his, uh, uh, uh, Trumpeters, they’re not conservative enough.’” Christopher Dorner’s manifesto made more sense than this. I haven’t seen a speech this bad since the first Police Academy movie.
I am so embarrassed by this insanity.
Well yesterday on Twitter I said she was “drunker than shit” and some helpful folks tweeted back at me that they thought she was on uppers.
Maybe drunk AND on crank?
re: #150 Dr. Matt
He’s already got a suit pending in CA on the same cause of action as the failed MO case. If he attempted to file the same case in NY, Gawker would be able to show the court that Chucky’s engaging in forum shopping, actively thwarting the proper administration of the justice system by filing BS cases, and that he should be sanctioned with the anti-SLAPP provisions of NY and/or CA. The case would be thrown out with prejudice. And with sanctions.
Which to Chucky would suggest #winning!
re: #147 Charles Johnson
Nope, the Rage Furby didn’t file another lawsuit - somebody else is suing Gawker for libel.
Terrill v. Gawker? That’s the only one I found.
re: #133 Joe Bacon
I lived in Chicago during the winter of 78/79 when then-Mayor Bilandic only plowed the streets of friendly wards. It was a bloody mess. For a couple days I couldn’t get out of my apartment building because of the drifts.
Made the decision to finally listen to my Grandma and move to Los Angeles. First day I was here, Grandma had me go pick tangerines off of her tree for breakfast. In January, 70 degrees outside…Never regretted moving…
That was the winter I decided to move from Indiana to Arizona…
Trump still does not understand that the pool camera operator has a specific job and it is not to take orders from Trump.
So sad that @CNN and many others refused to show the massive crowd at the arena yesterday in Oklahoma. Dishonest reporting!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2016
re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
That was the winter I decided to move to Arizona…
I moved to Casper, Wyoming, in October ‘78. It was my first time to experience -30 wind chill factor. And I was very glad I invested in an EMS down jacket before moving there. The ski cap and gloves I already had.
re: #157 The Vicious Babushka
Trump still does not understand that the pool camera operator has a specific job and it is not to take orders from Trump.
So sad that @CNN and many others refused to show the massive crowd at the arena yesterday in Oklahoma. Dishonest reporting
He gets millions in free publicity and then complains when it is not up to his standards…
re: #157 The Vicious Babushka
Trump still does not understand that the pool camera operator has a specific job and it is not to take orders from Trump.
This guy, man…..
re: #157 The Vicious Babushka
Trump still does not understand that the pool camera operator has a specific job and it is not to take orders from Trump.
How presidential very leadership.
re: #153 The Vicious Babushka
Well yesterday on Twitter I said she was “drunker than shit” and some helpful folks tweeted back at me that they thought she was on uppers.
Maybe drunk AND on crank?
Honestly, I don’t think she was drunk (possibly high, but high as in something she does all the time, like a drunk who can handle liquor better than others). She is always (and has always been from my knowledge) a very poor speaker, and when she gets in front of a crowd, it just gets louder and more frenetic.
Personally, I think saying she’s drunk or high gives her an out for her utter ignorance and innate hatred of an awful lot of Americans. The woman is a raging c**t to her very core.
Hot wingnut on wingnut action, now with more bitter tears:
JUST IN: Trump hits Cruz over “sad” endorsement from “wacko” Glenn Beck https://t.co/Yo7xonw53m pic.twitter.com/Sqr9O4r5uS
— The Hill (@thehill) January 21, 2016
Heh.
re: #155 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Terrill v. Gawker? That’s the only one I found.
That’s it. This is the article on the lawsuit. This is the reason for the lawsuit.
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I’d definitively it goes both ways.
Heh. It reminds me of one time, several years ago, we had a student send us a mean letter (he was letting go some steam from some frustrations we understood), and signed it “Anonymous”.
He sent it from his university account.
With his full name in the from field.
re: #118 Nyet
Strictly speaking, I don’t think most Americans would be shocked if they learned that CIA liquidated a rogue agent on a foreign territory.
(Albeit the method is what matters the most. After all this could be seen as an act of nuclear terrorism, that involved quite a lot of “collateral damage”, what with polonium stains all around London.)
Quite Concur. If the rogue was simply shot dead most Americans would just shrug it off.
re: #163 lawhawk
Hot wingnut on wingnut action, now with more bitter tears:
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I guess we now await the all important Alex Jones endorsement.
re: #167 nines09
I guess we now await the all important Alex Jones endorsement.
That would be Rand Paul, no doubt.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
That would be Rand Paul, no doubt.
With Palin and Beck now players, all the kooks and creeps will be lining up. Spartacus all over again.
re: #165 andres
I’d definitively it goes both ways.
Heh. It reminds me of one time, several years ago, we had a student send us a mean letter (he was letting go some steam from some frustrations we understood), and signed it “Anonymous”.
He sent it from his university account.
With his full name in the from field.
I made the mistake of sending off a flip reply to a one of those “I am a Nigerian prince” e-mails and leaving my tag line with phone number on it.
re: #164 WhatEVs
That’s it. This is the article on the lawsuit. This is the reason for the lawsuit.
Note the article mentions nothing about Rage Furby’s failed libel suit.
re: #133 Joe Bacon
I lived in Chicago during the winter of 78/79 when then-Mayor Bilandic only plowed the streets of friendly wards. It was a bloody mess. For a couple days I couldn’t get out of my apartment building because of the drifts.
Made the decision to finally listen to my Grandma and move to Los Angeles. First day I was here, Grandma had me go pick tangerines off of her tree for breakfast. In January, 70 degrees outside…Never regretted moving…
His inability to handle that freak snowstorm that fell on a Friday rush hour in January of 1979 sealed Bilandic’s fate. The resulting public outrage was so great that with the Democratic primary less than a month away not even the Chicago Machine could prevent his defeat by Jane Byrne.
As an aside, in March of 1979 after losing the Dem primary but before leaving office Michael Bilandic went on a shopping trip at what is now Macy’s but was then Marshall Field’s flagship location on State Street in Chicago. While there he was quite literally run into by a toddler who happened to be Yours Truly. I don’t remember that happening of course, but my mother remembers and still tells the story at times.
re: #171 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Note the article mentions nothing about Rage Furby’s failed libel suit.
He’s an afterthought…a never thought, probably. Just an annoying fly buzzing around the face of those involved.
I doubt Gawker will bother with recouping attorney fees. He has nothing for them to recoup.
re: #173 WhatEVs
He’s an afterthought…a never thought, probably. Just an annoying fly buzzing around the face of those involved.
I doubt Gawker will bother with recouping attorney fees. He has nothing for them to recoup.
He still has that suit in CA state court, and who knows, he may even find some hack willing to file in federal court even now.
re: #46 ninja cat
My newest kit Guinness, adopted Christmas Eve. 9 months old and a source of derision from the other 3, who can’t understand why he’s running about playing with all the toys and not being layabouts like themselves.
Conan (one black eye) and Craig (full mask) heading outside on an adventure yesterday morning.
re: #172 Dark_Falcon
His inability to handle that freak snowstorm that fell on a Friday rush hour in January of 1979 sealed Bilandic’s fate. The resulting public outrage was so great that with the Democratic primary less than a month away not even the Chicago Machine could prevent his defeat by Jane Byrne.
As an aside, in March of 1979 after losing the Dem primary but before leaving office Michael Bilandic went on a shopping trip at what is now Macy’s but was then Marshall Field’s flagship location on State Street in Chicago. While there he was quite literally run into by a toddler who happened to be Yours Truly. I don’t remember that happening of course, but my mother remembers and still tells the story at times.
I didn’t realize you were that much younger than me. I was a teenager when that happened.
I think that was the same storm that brought -81 temps. I was trying to figure out if laying under my car with a hair dryer would get it to start.
I finally got it to start three days later.
re: #169 nines09
With Palin and Beck now players, all the kooks and creeps will be lining up. Spartacus all over again.
Does that make Donald Trump Marcus Licinius Crassus?
re: #176 darthstar
And Banjo giving me ‘the look’ after knocking my hat off my head (seen behind him across the bed on a pillow) in a little pre-walk warmup wrestling.
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
Forecast here in the backwoods is 4-10 inches of snow by Saturday morning.
I’ve got a doctor’s appointment in a couple of hours so will take the opportunity to stop at the store for my usual stuff and a few more bags of pellets for the stove.
MrBWS just called to let me know they will be staging in Asheville, NC.
This isn’t going to be fun at all.
Amazingly Columbus seems to be out of the running on this storm. We may get some flurries. We shall see. Long range has temps going up.
Hang in there Sleuth, stay safe and warm.
Same with all of the East coast lizards in the path of the storm. Stay safe and warm…and I hope your power stays on. Nothing worse than losing power, I know as an Ohioan.
I know teleskidude is teasing everyone about the snow (upthread) but living in Colorado and having the people and the equipment used to it all is one thing. Dumping a load on North Carolina and Virginia/DC is another thing altogether.
re: #175 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
He still has that suit in CA state court, and who knows, he may even find some hack willing to file in federal court even now.
You can’t keep filing the same case in multiple courts across multiple jurisdictions without someone catching wind and paying attention to his nonsensical ravings.
And the courts do not look kindly upon people who do this.
re: #183 lawhawk
You can’t keep filing the same case in multiple courts across multiple jurisdictions without someone catching wind and paying attention to his nonsensical ravings.
And the courts do not look kindly upon people who do this.
You know that, and I know that, but does Rage Furby know that?
re: #186 Dark_Falcon
That would leave Trump the role of Pompey Magnus.
Crassius Mostes Boastes Ad Nauseum Vomitorium, or Vomitorium Ad Nauseum The First.
re: #187 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
You know that, and I know that, but does Rage Furby know that?
Anyone who actually went to law school should know that. Any lawyer who actually values their clients would know that. Any lawyer that wants to remain on the good side of the courts, judges, and clerks would know that.
But Chucky isn’t seeking one of those kinds of lawyers out.
And it shows.
re: #172 Dark_Falcon
His inability to handle that freak snowstorm that fell on a Friday rush hour in January of 1979 sealed Bilandic’s fate. The resulting public outrage was so great that with the Democratic primary less than a month away not even the Chicago Machine could prevent his defeat by Jane Byrne.
As an aside, in March of 1979 after losing the Dem primary but before leaving office Michael Bilandic went on a shopping trip at what is now Macy’s but was then Marshall Field’s flagship location on State Street in Chicago. While there he was quite literally run into by a toddler who happened to be Yours Truly. I don’t remember that happening of course, but my mother remembers and still tells the story at times.
Did you get some Frangos? I was in downstate east central Illinois as a high school student. I walked through the large drifts of snow to a friend’s house on those “snow days”. A classmate who had a crush on me was there. We became friends.
re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I made the mistake of sending off a flip reply to a one of those “I am a Nigerian prince” e-mails and leaving my tag line with phone number on it.
Next time, change your number to the FBI cyber crimes division. I’ve done that a few times. :)
re: #189 lawhawk
Anyone who actually went to law school should know that. Any lawyer who actually values their clients would know that. Any lawyer that wants to remain on the good side of the courts, judges, and clerks would know that.
But Chucky isn’t seeking one of those kinds of lawyers out.
And it shows.
He’s not going to stop until he’s slapped down hard. Like the scorpion, it’s just his nature.
@Kennymack1971 Moore ’ s boobs are real.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 21, 2016
re: #193 darthstar
Honestly I don’t really see that big a difference between Sarah Palin and Michael Moore… Both of them take any opportunity to blame PBO.
I don’t like either, but MM is not half the blithering asshole that SP is, and he is capable of communicating in complete and coherent sentences.
Being an atheist doesn’t necessarily mean you’re smart. But being smart usually means you’re an atheist. #Science pic.twitter.com/qNf0TXUObo
— Scriptural Insanity (@GawdSez) January 21, 2016
re: #163 lawhawk
Hot wingnut on wingnut action, now with more bitter tears:
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Before the GOP gets to the convention next year there are going to be a lot of conservative people pissed at each other. This is a good thing.
Good morning fam: Today is #DanielHoltclaw’s sentencing. #StayWoke pic.twitter.com/R2pip7qLWD
— Son of Baldwin (@SonofBaldwin) January 21, 2016
re: #196 ObserverArt
Before the GOP gets to the convention next year there are going to be a lot of conservative people pissed at each other. This is a good thing.
This is what happened when the GOP handed the podium over to the TP. These guys are ideologues, not politicians, they have no sense of when to hold back and concentrate on a single goal or policy: they seek ideological purity at all costs. Christ, even Marco Rubio’s high-heeled boots are not safe from derisive comments.
re: #172 Dark_Falcon
His inability to handle that freak snowstorm that fell on a Friday rush hour in January of 1979 sealed Bilandic’s fate. The resulting public outrage was so great that with the Democratic primary less than a month away not even the Chicago Machine could prevent his defeat by Jane Byrne.
As an aside, in March of 1979 after losing the Dem primary but before leaving office Michael Bilandic went on a shopping trip at what is now Macy’s but was then Marshall Field’s flagship location on State Street in Chicago. While there he was quite literally run into by a toddler who happened to be Yours Truly. I don’t remember that happening of course, but my mother remembers and still tells the story at times.
So that’s where attacking Democrats for sport started?!
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re: #197 WhatEVs
He’s filed for a new trial, but I don’t think he’s going to be successful in that attempt.
re: #195 darthstar
God preserve us from smart atheists!
re: #189 lawhawk
Anyone who actually went to law school should know that. Any lawyer who actually values their clients would know that. Any lawyer that wants to remain on the good side of the courts, judges, and clerks would know that.
But Chucky isn’t seeking one of those kinds of lawyers out.
And it shows.
So far, he’s only tapped RWNJ lawyers willing to work pro bono. You get what you pay for, as they say.
re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
This is what happened when the GOP handed the podium over to the TP. These guys are ideologues, not politicians, they have no sense of when to hold back and concentrate on a single goal or policy: they seek ideological purity at all costs. Christ, even Marco Rubio’s high-heeled boots are not safe from derisive comments.
I’m just waiting to see who my Tea Bag neighbor will endorse since he took his Ben Carson magnet off his ride. He enjoys a public pension, which no one in the future should have. And Social Security, which we cannot afford. And is as dense as a wall. Come off as a nice guy, got along with him for years, decades. When his crackhead VA guy from down the street interrupted a mailbox conversation last year or so, and went on like Rush on meth, I finally couldn’t take any more and spoke out. It’s put some distance between us. Told him last month or so I liked the ACA, completely unsolicited, as he would do to me, and I could see the jaw muscles contract. He would never consider the life he has now is owed to a pension and SS. He should be a nice guy. Hell I hugged him years back when he had prostate cancer and was welling up, feeling his mortality. I do not dislike him pre se, but for the life of me cannot figure out why he acts this way. Who drilled into his head? Told me the Tea Party was people “just like me and you.” I told him, “No. Not like me.” And there are a lot like him all around me. When a conversation starts off with “I was watching Hannity last night, and…” I just try and point out the hypocrisy when I get an opening. I still hear Sharon Angle sneering “You’re a man. Why do you need to pay for maternity?” And the crowd cheers. Not like me.
re: #206 nines09
Brainwashed by Fox News, Rushbo, and Glenn Beck, no doubt.
Trump joins Palin in blaming Obama for her son’s domestic violence arrest
“Do you think it’s fair to link the president with her son’s issues?” [Don] Lemon asked.
“Oh, I think so,” Trump responded. “Look, you know, everything starts at the top and he’s the president. And I think you can certainly do that. From what I understand, they just — and all you have to do is look at the Veteran’s Administration, look at the bad, the horrible care our vets get.”
Right-wing “logic” — President Obama forced the white trash hick to get drunk, grab a firearm, and beat his wife.
re: #208 Dr. Matt
Trump joins Palin in blaming Obama for her son’s domestic violence arrest
Right-wing “logic” — President Obama forced the white trash hick to get drunk, grab a firearm, and beat his wife.
Thanks, Obama!
re: #207 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Brainwashed by Fox News, Rushbo, and Glenn Beck, no doubt.
He’s been sitting in that stew for years. It’s sad. Really sad. Outside of the truly vile and ignorant supporters of that line of reasoning are folks who just buy into it. Because. You know. Yeah. They would never be able to admit that maybe they were wrong. They clam up.
Oh, he is getting gay married to Ben Shapiro?
Big news coming today
— Milo Yiannopoulos ✘ (@Nero) January 21, 2016
re: #209 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Thanks, Obama!
re: #208 Dr. Matt
Trump joins Palin in blaming Obama for her son’s domestic violence arrest
Right-wing “logic” — President Obama forced the white trash hick to get drunk, grab a firearm, and beat his wife.
Trump has found the intellectual fountainhead his campaign has lacked.
re: #181 ObserverArt
Same with all of the East coast lizards in the path of the storm. Stay safe and warm…and I hope your power stays on. Nothing worse than losing power, I know as an Ohioan.
I am going to be very upset if I lose another reef tank due to PEPCO’s inability to keep the power circuits intact.
Stock rout demotes Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey from billionaire to millionaire
Jack Dorsey is no longer a billionaire, thanks to the crashing stock markets and his struggling tech empire.
Set an egg-timer for the time it takes for the Rage Furby to claim credit for this.
re: #214 Le Lapin Tueur
I am going to be very upset if I lose another reef tank due to PEPCO’s inability to keep the power circuits intact.
Can you fashion a removable insulating jacket from duct tape and a 2”x8’x4’ sheet of styrofoam from a big box store? Should cost around $10, 30 min labor.
You know it’s the drum beat of insane. Bed Bath and Beyond just emailed an advert asking Are you prepared? telling me to make sure I have all my kitchen utensils before the End Of Time Storm.
Oh noez!!! My whisk doesn’t have an ergonomic handle, I’m doomed!!!
re: #218 nines09
You know it’s the drum beat of insane. Bed Bath and Beyond just emailed an advert asking Are you prepared? telling me to make sure I have all my kitchen utensils before the End Of Time Storm.
A quality plastic spatula can be a handy ice-scraper if you don’t have one!
re: #220 Dr. Matt
A quality plastic spatula can be a handy ice-scraper if you don’t have one!
So is an inverted tupperware bowl.
re: #218 nines09
You know it’s the drum beat of insane. Bed Bath and Beyond just emailed an advert asking Are you prepared? telling me to make sure I have all my kitchen utensils before the End Of Time Storm.
And a turkey baster filled with hot water for frozen locks and hinges…
re: #223 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Rubbing alcohol mixed with a little water. Bestist.
re: #223 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And a turkey baster filled with hot water for frozen locks and hinges…
Just keep it away from frozen windows. If they even have a little crack or nick, that hot water can make it in to a huge crack quickly.
re: #224 nines09
Rubbing alcohol mixed with a little water. Bestist.
Single malt Scotch works well too. Start drinking it and then you become too drunk to drive let alone scrape ice. Problem solved.
re: #223 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And a turkey baster filled with hot water for frozen locks and hinges…
Insert all-metal car key. Hold Bic lighter on key for a minute. (Use gloves.)
re: #220 Dr. Matt
Old credit card is a wallet sized emergency scraper.
re: #226 Dr. Matt
“I can see GREAT! Tips bottle….”
re: #228 nines09
Old credit card is a wallet sized emergency scraper.
New credit card is emergency Uber fare.
re: #230 Decatur Deb
New credit card is emergency Uber fare.
Where I am there is no Uber nor public transport. One taxi service. One. You get there by friend, bike, shoe leather or your own ride. They operate a tri county ride for senior citizens and such. When I first moved here there was a bus service. BKW. Everyone called it “Better Keep Walking.”
re: #224 nines09
Rubbing alcohol mixed with a little water. Bestist.
You don’t even need the water. I used to trickle isopropyl alcohol down my keys and into the lock, push the wet with alcohol key in and out a few times with even more alcohol and the ice is melted and displaced by the alcohol.
Found that all out by reading the ingredients in the little spray lock de-icer they sell auto stores/departments. Main ingredient: isopropyl alcohol.
re: #232 ObserverArt
Yep. I used to just add a little bit of water. It seemed to keep it from wicking away fast in sub zero weather.
re: #231 nines09
Where I am there is no Uber nor public transport. One taxi service. One. You get there by friend, bike, shoe leather or your own ride. They operate a tri county ride for senior citizens and such. When I first moved here there was a bus service. BKW. Everyone called it “Better Keep Walking.”
We have 3-4 taxis (vehicles, not companies), no bus. OTOH, it snows measurably once per decade.
re: #235 Decatur Deb
Oh, good.
Oregon standoff: One of protesters has murder conviction
Let me guess….he owns a small arsenal of weapons too?
re: #236 Dr. Matt
Let me guess….he owns a small arsenal of weapons too?
Said he was armed, wouldn’t elaborate.
re: #237 Decatur Deb
Said he was armed, wouldn’t elaborate.
He probably killed his father due to PTSD and that is Obama’s fault too.
re: #217 Decatur Deb
Can you fashion a removable insulating jacket from duct tape and a 2”x8’x4’ sheet of styrofoam from a big box store? Should cost around $10, 30 min labor.
Heat is only one of the issues. I can keep the tank about 70 deg F (I think) which is ok for most of the animals. It’s water circulation for the corals. I have some small polyp stony and large polyp stony corals that get upset when they don’t get their flesh agitated (ok, that didn’t come out quite right) It all depends on the length of time. I will give PEPCO some props (it kinda hurts, though) they are improving their reliability at the expense of the area arboreal canopy.
re: #218 nines09
Hey, cooking is critical infrastructure when housebound. Though, binge buying kitchen toys in preparation may be a touch loony.
What… https://t.co/bZ7WKUI4tx pic.twitter.com/NDm1SeO9va
— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) January 21, 2016
Hilarious. @SarahPalinUSA continues grifting even as all she’s doing is endorsing other GOP extremists @politico
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 21, 2016
Thanks GOP Obama . Your The GOP candidates and their backers are loons. (revised to reflect Palin’s belief that all that ails everyone is Obama’s fault.
re: #221 Decatur Deb
A plastic big gulp cup works in a pinch!
re: #240 Le Lapin Tueur
Hey, cooking is critical infrastructure when housebound. Though, binge buying kitchen toys in preparation may be a touch loony.
Never a better time to buy that juicer than when you are staring down 3 inches of snow.
re: #239 Le Lapin Tueur
Heat is only one of the issues. I can keep the tank about 70 deg F (I think) which is ok for most of the animals. It’s water circulation for the corals. I have some small polyp stony and large polyp stony corals that get upset when they don’t get their flesh agitated (ok, that didn’t come out quite right) It all depends on the length of time. I will give PEPCO some props (it kinda hurts, though) they are improving their reliability at the expense of the area arboreal canopy.
Your car and one of these would make a very inefficient emergency power plant. They come in an array of sizes and prices that would run a simple pump. (I’d use a parallel deep-cycle battery with it if it looked like a long siege.)
re: #238 Dr. Matt
He probably killed his father due to PTSD and that is Obama’s fault too.
Dastardly Time Lord Obama and his Tardis of evil.
Keys to unlock car doors?! I have never heard of this crude device!
re: #241 lawhawk
The TPGOP is a pack of rabid ignorant racist loons, and Obama drove them to it.
re: #246 Kent Dorfman
Keys to unlock car doors?! I have never heard of this crude device!
Thank God! The newer VWs I’ve owned use only electronic keys now. The older models were notorious for freezing up solid.
You never know where there might still be some older cars with classic locks, like in the warmer non-road-salting areas of the south where some cars last longer.
Evangelicals and political opponents want to know why Cruz gave less than 1% of his income to charity between 2006 and 2010.
buzzfeed.com
re: #247 Decatur Deb
Every demand for shows of strength, respect, and “getting our country back” has to be looked at in the context of the wifebeater logic—you made me do this.
I know I keep harping about epistemology, but this time I have an exciting new remix: how do these folks assess and attribute guilt?
I really want everyone reading this to stop and think about that. And keep it in mind as you encounter further examples of wingnut anger. The attribution of blame bends just like their understanding of truth.
East Coast mid-day sanity break
weekend plans pic.twitter.com/L6MDQprVDJ
— Josh Petri (@joshpetri) January 21, 2016
re: #249 jaunte
If he gave his money to take care of the poor build a church, then he wouldn’t be rich, and therefore wouldn’t have God’s blessing. - The Prosperity Bible.
Damn, everyone seems to be kicking Teddy Cruz. I guess he is finding out who his friends are.
Uh, does he have any friends?
Oh yeah…Steve King Iowa.
Again…does he have any real friends?
re: #239 Le Lapin Tueur
Heat is only one of the issues. I can keep the tank about 70 deg F (I think) which is ok for most of the animals. It’s water circulation for the corals. I have some small polyp stony and large polyp stony corals that get upset when they don’t get their flesh agitated (ok, that didn’t come out quite right) It all depends on the length of time. I will give PEPCO some props (it kinda hurts, though) they are improving their reliability at the expense of the area arboreal canopy.
I would love to see photos.
re: #248 ObserverArt
My FIL recently purchased a top of the line GMC pick-me-up. Locked his keys in it at camp, where that fancy help button on-star doesn’t work. I can’t lock my keys in my VW, it senses they are in the car. Those pesky German engineers.
re: #251 FormerDirtDart
East Coast mid-day sanity break
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Ha. The dog slide!
Cute little kid all bundled up too.
re: #250 The Ghost of a Flea
Every demand for shows of strength, respect, and “getting our country back” has to be looked at in the context of the wifebeater logic—you made me do this.
I know I keep harping about epistemology, but this time I have an exciting new remix: how do these folks assess and attribute guilt?
I really want everyone reading this to stop and think about that. And keep it in mind as you encounter further examples of wingnut anger. The attribution of blame bends just like their understanding of truth.
No one is responsible for anything, but there’s an Ardipithecus with a lot to answer for.
re: #253 ObserverArt
Ted Cruz has the face of every SOB dick I ever met in my life down pat.
re: #253 ObserverArt
Damn, everyone seems to be kicking Teddy Cruz. I guess he is finding out who his friends are.
Uh, does he have any friends?
Oh yeah…Steve King Iowa.
Again…does he have any real friends?
re: #249 jaunte
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Charity begins at home, dontcha know. He’s keeping a very close eye on that money.
re: #260 lawhawk
Very Ayn of him. Why would they be upset? After all……BBL have a great day all. Nice place to have coffee and a chat.
re: #255 Kent Dorfman
My FIL recently purchased a top of the line GMC pick-me-up. Locked his keys in it at camp, where that fancy help button on-star doesn’t work. I can’t lock my keys in my VW, it senses they are in the car. Those pesky German engineers.
My Ford also lets me know when the key fob is inside.
Is tithing considered giving to charity? If so, I can understand the grousing.
Christian Post:
“…According to the IRS, charities fall under 501(c)(3) tax exemption status, which means such nonprofit organizations, including churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, etc., are not required to pay federal taxes and can receive tax deductible contributions. For churches, much of their contributions come in the form of offerings and tithes. A tithe is generally considered 10 percent of one’s income. Churches, classified as public charities by the IRS, need not explicitly apply for 501(c)(3) status to reap its benefits.”
christianpost.com
re: #257 Decatur Deb
No one is responsible for anything, but there’s an Ardipithecus with a lot to answer for.
Heh. That is so true to certain folks. I still think of Australopithicus rather than Ardi. Stone tools remain the first evidence of that fall… O_o
re: #265 William Lewis
Heh. That is so true to certain folks. I still think of Australopithicus rather than Ardi. Stone tools remain the first evidence of that fall… O_o
I blame bipedalism.
And we have a break in the rain so the dog and I will hexapedal. BBL
re: #264 jaunte
Christian Post:
Thanks! I remember my dad paying 10%. It was pretty much expected of all members who could afford to do so.
re: #259 The Ghost of a Flea
Thanks for the link to the info on this guy. I think I’ve seen the name but never knew any details on him.
re: #235 Decatur Deb
Oh, good.
Oregon standoff: One of protesters has murder conviction
Are we still fucking calling them protesters? SMH.
re: #208 Dr. Matt
“Oh, I think so,” Trump responded. “Look, you know, everything starts at the top and he’s the president.
Obama is a dictator who is responsible for everything except the killing of OBL.
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re: #249 jaunte
Oh I’m sure he’ll claim he still tithed and that those tithes were separate from other “charitable contributions”.
Either that, or he’ll blame it on a typo…or Obama.
re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg
Some of us haven’t stopped calling them domestic terrorists, especially since the Nevada Bundy Ranch standoff. Sadly, we don’t get to make the media call them that, despite meeting all the characteristics of being a domestic terror group - engaging in violence or threats of violence to further a political agenda.
The threats of violence are present.
The use of force has been shown - through taking over the NWR.
They’ve engaged in multiple instances of vandalism, theft, and other damage to the NWR and also to utility property. They’ve also engaged in acts that might have caused damage to priceless Native American artifacts at the refuge (or buried on the premises).
And they’ve prevented everyone else from using the facility, which completely violates the nature of a NWR - to preserve the area for all people to use and enjoy under conservation rules.
re: #270 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
GOP asterisk in WH race @CarlyFiorina using kids as props. Against their will no less. Thanks Obama! https://t.co/nonCZDmbuM
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 21, 2016
Recommendation to NASA and the NOAA: Wait until SUMMER to announce the climate data for the previous year. I understand the reasoning behind doing it in, you know, January, but it never fails the results come out either just before or during some big snowstorm that has the the deniers screaming: What global warming? Dur hur.
Maybe if these reports came out in July when the country is sweltering they’d have more of an impact.
Oh look Breitbart is showing off its Science Knowledge==>
No, 2015 Was Not The Hottest Year Evah… https://t.co/aZGC7zerPC pic.twitter.com/g6jVLEOHz9
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) January 21, 2016
Donald Trumps “Freedom kid” dancers, the Sandy Hook kids and now Fiorina going after preschoolers.
Republicans don’t really fucking care who they exploit do they?
re: #275 The Vicious Babushka
Oh look Breitbart is showing off its Science Knowledge==>
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Good god, they’ve got a British bureau too? Oy.
re: #23 Reality Based Steve
Or Maureen Dowd (St. MoDo, Patron Saint of the Perpetually Petulant) could pen another vile screed on how Obama is “feminized” (unlike manly Republican men) then write another column about him being cold, distant and Spock like, depending on what combination of meds and alcohol she’s chosen for the day.
This is absolutely domestic terrorism.
“They know everything from my Social Security number to my shoe size” a worker told @conradjwilson abt #bundymilitia https://t.co/95FaDKdzOa
— John Sepulvado (@JohnLGC) January 21, 2016
re: #275 The Vicious Babushka
Oh look Breitbart is showing off its Science Knowledge==>
I always turn to Breitbart London for all my scientific and political information.
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re: #274 Eclectic Cyborg
Recommendation to NASA and the NOAA: Wait until SUMMER to announce the climate data for the previous year. I understand the reasoning behind doing it in, you know, January, but it never fails the results come out either just before or during some big snowstorm that has the the deniers screaming: What global warming? Dur hur.
Maybe if these reports came out in July when the country is sweltering they’d have more of an impact.
Hurr hurr look out my window its snow so No it isn’t warmest year evah!!!!
Your country thanks you for your service…
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I have 30k followers now, and all I had to do was be stuck in a room with Ted Cruz for a year. I’m sure you’re all nice, but SO NOT WORTH IT
— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 18, 2016
re: #282 ausador
Your country thanks you for your service…
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This fella gets some charming tweets from Jeebus loving patriot Americans.
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See how some want to claim public lands from the legislative front. “seems” more sensible than #bundymilitia #same https://t.co/3aR6H0YYGx
— ballerinaX (@ballerinaX) January 21, 2016
And here is the effort on the litigious front https://t.co/eCaMc7doHh All the same ultimate goal as #Oregonstandoff https://t.co/Pcoh7HxXli
— ballerinaX (@ballerinaX) January 21, 2016
re: #284 jaunte
These people really want Fallout: New Vegas to become a reality don’t they? Because that’s how the West will look before long if all the Federal land is given up.
re: #285 Eclectic Cyborg
These people really want Fallout: New Vegas to become a reality don’t they? Because that’s how the West will look before long if all the Federal land is given up.
Caesar’s Legion will sort it all out.
By this logic the Second Continental Congress and the writing of the Declaration of Independence was constantly interrupted by the founding father’s need to break into impromptu musical numbers.
I know this to be a fact, as I watched it documented on film numerous times while attending school. Mostly in incomplete segments as we spent our lunch periods in the school auditoriums on rainy days, repetitively viewing the documentary work “1776“
Truly disgraceful to see how admin left Americans in #Benghazi w/o protection,help https://t.co/pdJ3NUawhS @13hours pic.twitter.com/tPIFw3WuME
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) January 21, 2016
When the hell did even the supposedly “serious” politicians become just complete cranks?
re: #277 Eclectic Cyborg
Good god, they’ve got a British bureau too? Oy.
The only reason anyone in the UK even know Breitbart London exists is because a couple of the staff used to be high-profile members of UKIP, before they got chucked out due to post-General Election political in-fighting.
Think about that. Even in the UK, you’d be lucky to find someone who could name more than one high-profile member of UKIP, (ie Nigel Farage) and they’re more well known than Breitbart London.
Does anyone have a short answer as to why the federal govt didn’t retain land “outside” any state during the western expansion, rather than retaining land within state borders?
re: #287 FormerDirtDart
Only the GOP would seem to think that Hollywood fantasy is a fact.
Or that spending more time investigating Benghazi than 9/11 makes any kind of sense (more investigations by Congress, more time spent in hearings on Benghazi, etc.).
These asshats are completely divorced from reality.
re: #287 FormerDirtDart
By this logic the Second Continental Congress and the writing of the Declaration of Independence was constantly interrupted by the founding father’s need to break into impromptu musical numbers.
I know this to be a fact, as I watched it documented on film numerous times while attending school. Mostly in incomplete segments as we spent our lunch periods in the school auditoriums on rainy days, repetitively viewing the documentary work “1776“When the hell did even the supposedly “serious” politicians become just complete cranks?
Time to bring Hillary back to the Benghazi committee to respond to every part of the Hollywood movie.
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Awww Milo has created the Scholarship For White Men
11/ The Grant is for men who wish to pursue education on equal footing with female, queer and ethnic minority classmates.
— Milo Yiannopoulos ✘ (@Nero) January 21, 2016
re: #287 FormerDirtDart
Truly disgraceful to see how Newt Gingrich left multiple wives without his pledged support as a husband.
re: #292 The Vicious Babushka
Is it restricted to heterosexuals though?
re: #292 The Vicious Babushka
Awww Milo has created the Scholarship For White Men
So you mean he’s asking his followers to donate to his personal slush fund?
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re: #292 The Vicious Babushka
I wonder what the requirements are for that one? Be as big a dudebro douchebag as you possibly can! (Bonus points if you get Twitter to remove your blue checkmark!)
re: #292 The Vicious Babushka
Awww Milo has created the Scholarship For White Men
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re: #292 The Vicious Babushka
Awww Milo has created the Scholarship For White Men
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re: #296 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder what the requirements are for that one? Be as big a dudebro douchebag as you possibly can! (Bonus points if you get Twitter to remove your blue checkmark!)
13/ The Grant will be both means- and ability-tested. We will not restrict grants to any particular subject area or type of college.
— Milo Yiannopoulos ✘ (@Nero) January 21, 2016
re: #299 The Vicious Babushka
13/ The Grant will be both means- and ability-tested. We will not restrict grants to any particular subject area or type of college.
— Milo Yiannopoulos
Feats of strength?
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re: #299 The Vicious Babushka
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50 scholarships (had to look up that word)? So, $1 per student?
tho this is a good reminder from @CitizenCohn that Joe Lieberman is a monster in human form https://t.co/R3jqxqIl91 pic.twitter.com/xPSk5W7Scz
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) January 21, 2016
@ryanlcooper @brianbeutler @CitizenCohn Now let’s all watch this again! https://t.co/MmBrGr6AAe
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) January 21, 2016
re: #290 lawhawk
Only the GOP would seem to think that Hollywood fantasy is a fact.
Or that spending more time investigating Benghazi than 9/11 makes any kind of sense (more investigations by Congress, more time spent in hearings on Benghazi, etc.).
These asshats are completely divorced from reality.
Just more playing to the dumbasses that will believe anything negative about Obama. A fictitious fact is way more ‘true’ than the truth.
For the party of responsibility and God-fearing they sure like to lie their asses off.
I’ve got a bent nickel that says this grant never pays out. It’s just bullshit posing. To actually set it up would require the kind of personal attention to and investment in actual people of which a sociopath like Milo is unlikely to be capable.
re: #289 iossarian
Does anyone have a short answer as to why the federal govt didn’t retain land “outside” any state during the western expansion, rather than retaining land within state borders?
Because it was fed land before it became a state?
re: #306 Eventual Carrion
I meant, why didn’t they just say: “this rectangle drawn on the map is federal land, not part of any state”, rather than saying: “this rectangle drawn on the map /within the proposed state of Utah/ is to remain federal land”?
re: #301 jaunte
Same grift played better.
re: #305 iossarian
I’ve got a bent nickel that says this grant never pays out. It’s just bullshit posing. To actually set it up would require the kind of personal attention to and investment in actual people of which a sociopath like Milo is unlikely to be capable.
Only has to be 50 bucks for books a year for a bursary
re: #305 iossarian
I’ve got a bent nickel that says this grant never pays out. It’s just bullshit posing. To actually set it up would require the kind of personal attention to and investment in actual people of which a sociopath like Milo is unlikely to be capable.
This grant or scholarship sounds an awful lot like FREE STUFF!!!1
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re: #307 iossarian
I meant, why didn’t they just say: “this rectangle drawn on the map is federal land, not part of any state”, rather than saying: “this rectangle drawn on the map /within the proposed state of Utah/ is to remain federal land”?
I think a lot of land in the west was given away, piece by piece, to anyone willing to work it and live there. If they had done that land give away along with keeping the land out of the state, that would have left those who did settle it without a state to claim.
re: #289 iossarian
Does anyone have a short answer as to why the federal govt didn’t retain land “outside” any state during the western expansion, rather than retaining land within state borders?
I don’t know the actual reason, but doing that would lead to tension between the states that adjoin that land. Each of them would be pressuring the federal government to allow the state to be extended to cover that land.
By having the states not have any gaps, and then retain federal land within the states, there is less cause for shenanigans.
re: #307 iossarian
I meant, why didn’t they just say: “this rectangle drawn on the map is federal land, not part of any state”, rather than saying: “this rectangle drawn on the map /within the proposed state of Utah/ is to remain federal land”?
They most likely thought over time our country would grow smarter and stuff like this would be no issue..
Surprise!
Just like I would love to see the Jesus Christ figure come back to see the state of Christianity, I also wish some of the forefathers and some other great old politicians came back to see the state of the country.
re: #312 Eventual Carrion
I think a lot of land in the west was given away, piece by piece, to anyone willing to work it and live there. If they had done that land give away along with keeping the land out of the state, that would have left those who did settle it without a state to claim.
True, although one of the incidents in the Little House series is that Pa gets kicked off land in what will become Oklahoma (if memory serves) due to federal/Native American negotiations over reserved land, so I think that the land grant/homesteading process happened within the context of larger blocks of land being thus allocated.
Anyway, I was just wondering if someone happened to be an expert in 19th-20th century land allocation politics :)
re: #20 Charles Johnson
Why am I getting email from an “alt right” neo-Nazi?
How are neo-Nazis “alt right?” That shit is the Republican mainstream these days.
They want to somehow pretend to be an alternative to the regular right-wing racists?
re: #313 Danack
I don’t know the actual reason, but doing that would lead to tension between the states that adjoin that land. Each of them would be pressuring the federal government to allow the state to be extended to cover that land.
That does seem to be the most likely explanation.
re: #316 No Country For Old Haters
Funny how slapping an “alt-right” label on someone seems to be the accepted way to excuse the fact that they’re insane extremists and thus normalize their discourse.
“Alt-right provocateur Bighead McJerky today joked that dark-skinned babies could be barbecued on pitchforks as part of White History Month.”
re: #206 nines09
I’m just waiting to see who my Tea Bag neighbor will endorse since he took his Ben Carson magnet off his ride. He enjoys a public pension, which no one in the future should have. And Social Security, which we cannot afford. And is as dense as a wall. Come off as a nice guy, got along with him for years, decades. When his crackhead VA guy from down the street interrupted a mailbox conversation last year or so, and went on like Rush on meth, I finally couldn’t take any more and spoke out. It’s put some distance between us. Told him last month or so I liked the ACA, completely unsolicited, as he would do to me, and I could see the jaw muscles contract. He would never consider the life he has now is owed to a pension and SS. He should be a nice guy. Hell I hugged him years back when he had prostate cancer and was welling up, feeling his mortality. I do not dislike him pre se, but for the life of me cannot figure out why he acts this way. Who drilled into his head? Told me the Tea Party was people “just like me and you.” I told him, “No. Not like me.” And there are a lot like him all around me. When a conversation starts off with “I was watching Hannity last night, and…” I just try and point out the hypocrisy when I get an opening. I still hear Sharon Angle sneering “You’re a man. Why do you need to pay for maternity?” And the crowd cheers. Not like me.
I was going to respond to you sooner, but decided to write a page.
According to CNN, Bill Clinton is “worried” about Super Tuesday.
Sigh…
Good morning.
re: #208 Dr. Matt
Trump joins Palin in blaming Obama for her son’s domestic violence arrest
Right-wing “logic” — President Obama forced the white trash hick to get drunk, grab a firearm, and beat his wife.
Apparently, from what I have heard, the veteran’s groups are really pissed about this bullshit. They say it makes all returning vets seem unstable and find it offensive they are blaming Obama.
Wouldn’t it be grand if the GOP turned the military, long a supposed stronghold of votes, against them?
Thanks, Sarah!
Vets: Don’t Blame Obama for Track Palin’s Behavior
Track Palin served in Iraq with the Alaska-based 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team for a year in 2008 — while George W. Bush was still president
It would be nice if the lamestream librul media would mention this little fact to Trump/Palin.
re: #322 Dr. Matt
Vets: Don’t Blame Obama for Track Palin’s Behavior
It would be nice if the lamestream librul media would mention this little fact to Trump/Palin.
Every winger knows that Obama was president in 2008, and nothing like a calendar is going to change their minds.
So they found planet nine…
Scientists discovered a New Planet in our galaxy …. First picture is quite promising #9thplanet pic.twitter.com/gmi3YQl7TW
— Hal Sparks (@HalSparks) January 21, 2016
re: #292 The Vicious Babushka
Awww Milo has created the Scholarship For White Men
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re: #325 Joe Bacon
Ah, Milo’s going to fleece the flock for more cash in his pocket!
Administrative costs are a bitch, suckers.
Oh snap:
If it weren’t for the people we honor during #BlackHistoryMonth Stacey Dash would be drinking from a “colored” water fountain.
— George Wallace (@MrGeorgeWallace) January 21, 2016
re: #322 Dr. Matt
Vets: Don’t Blame Obama for Track Palin’s Behavior
It would be nice if the lamestream librul media would mention this little fact to Trump/Palin.
To give full credit to Palin, she’s not blaming the experience of war itself (which makes sense, because otherwise how could we ever have any of that lovely war stuff?) - she’s blaming Obama’s uppity attitude towards returning right-wing war-loving people who thus feel confused and alienated, which in turn makes them beat their wives.
re: #287 FormerDirtDart
.@newtgingrich Uhm, you know that @13hours is a Michael Bay (the Transformers guy) movie, right? No? I thought you guys hated Hollywood.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 21, 2016
re: #327 lawhawk
I wonder if we’ll start seeing a revised history of segregation stating that the South was heading toward ending segregation but those negros got up in everybody’s faces.
.@newtgingrich continues hosing businesses that provided his campaign services/ goods. That’s the GOP fiscal responsibility we know & loathe
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 21, 2016
re: #321 WhatEVs
Apparently, from what I have heard, the veteran’s groups are really pissed about this bullshit. They say it makes all returning vets seem unstable and find it offensive they are blaming Obama.
Wouldn’t it be grand if the GOP turned the military, long a supposed stronghold of votes, against them?
Thanks, Sarah!
Oh the Vets are just part of the Establishment that hates Sarah.
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re: #206 nines09
I’m just waiting to see who my Tea Bag neighbor will endorse since he took his Ben Carson magnet off his ride. He enjoys a public pension, which no one in the future should have. And Social Security, which we cannot afford. And is as dense as a wall. Come off as a nice guy, got along with him for years, decades. When his crackhead VA guy from down the street interrupted a mailbox conversation last year or so, and went on like Rush on meth, I finally couldn’t take any more and spoke out. It’s put some distance between us. Told him last month or so I liked the ACA, completely unsolicited, as he would do to me, and I could see the jaw muscles contract. He would never consider the life he has now is owed to a pension and SS. He should be a nice guy. Hell I hugged him years back when he had prostate cancer and was welling up, feeling his mortality. I do not dislike him pre se, but for the life of me cannot figure out why he acts this way. Who drilled into his head? Told me the Tea Party was people “just like me and you.” I told him, “No. Not like me.” And there are a lot like him all around me. When a conversation starts off with “I was watching Hannity last night, and…” I just try and point out the hypocrisy when I get an opening. I still hear Sharon Angle sneering “You’re a man. Why do you need to pay for maternity?” And the crowd cheers. Not like me.
I wonder how Ben let him down?
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LOLWUT
I like to think of myself as a sort of white gay middle-class conservative Oprah.
— Milo Yiannopoulos ✘ (@Nero) January 21, 2016
re: #322 Dr. Matt
Vets: Don’t Blame Obama for Track Palin’s Behavior
It would be nice if the lamestream librul media would mention this little fact to Trump/Palin.
“Well my son is crazy, but yaknow that’s what happens when you put a liburl n*ger in the White House, you betcha!”
God what a rotten piece of work she is.
re: #334 The Vicious Babushka
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He can think he’s a green chicken with a lizard head…doesn’t make it any truer. :-)
re: #334 The Vicious Babushka
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Milo’s and Chuck’s inflated senses of self and influence deserve each other. What fucking hacks.
re: #334 The Vicious Babushka
Because the reality is just too mind numbingly horrible to face up to. https://t.co/njajWijXXh
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2016
re: #334 The Vicious Babushka
LMAO
LMAO. Without the fortune or accolades. Or the check mark. OR a sense of humor. Or being tethered to reality. @Nero
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 21, 2016
re: #329 WhatEVs
@newtgingrich @13hours The fact that you educate yourself by watching Michael Bay movies explains a lot about you.
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) January 21, 2016
@cafedotcom @LOLGOP Palin has a lot of stupid coming out of her whatever.
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) January 21, 2016
re: #322 Dr. Matt
Vets: Don’t Blame Obama for Track Palin’s Behavior
It would be nice if the lamestream librul media would mention this little fact to Trump/Palin.
re: #323 Belafon
Every winger knows that Obama was president in 2008, and nothing like a calendar is going to change their minds.
Sorry, but this is a silly line of discussion. Yes, Bush was President when Palin deployed to Iraq. But Obama was also President while he served there. And, factually President Obama was the Commander in Chief for the majority of his deployment.
All of that is complete pointless nonsense, no matter who is spouting it.
re: #340 gocart mozart
I bet @newtgingrich is also upset the Obama Admin did nothing when giant alien robots destroyed Chicago
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2016
I so have to see this movie
Here’s the first trailer for Key & Peele’s kidnapped kitty caper Keanu https://t.co/lUXuMkehIj pic.twitter.com/CchdtmwPd1
— Tech news & updates (@Urban7ech) January 21, 2016
re: #343 Kragar
That’s nothing - Chris Christie did nothing to regulate mysterious coin-operated games on the Jersey seafront that change 12-year-old boys into middle-aged toy company executives.
re: #337 Kryptik
Milo’s and Chuck’s inflated senses of self and influence deserve each other. What fucking hacks.
Having a lot of twitter followers gives one a false sense of importance.
re: #343 Kragar
Hell, I’m pissed we don’t have a fully funded Jaeger program for me to make grocery runs in. @lawhawk @newtgingrich
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2016
Get a Subaru Outback. It’s a vehicle with a very particular set of skills. I love mine btw.
re: #342 FormerDirtDart
Sorry, but this is a silly line of discussion. Yes, Bush was President when Palin deployed to Iraq. But Obama was also President while he served there. And, factually President Obama was the Commander in Chief for the majority of his deployment.
All of that is complete pointless nonsense, no matter who is spouting it.
And yet you are “spouting it” as well. FFS. Please proceed. Don’t fall off your soapbox.
#BREAKING: An F-16 Fighting Falcon jet crashed in northwestern Arizona. No immediate word on the condition of the pilot. #KUSINews
— KUSI News (@KUSINews) January 21, 2016
re: #333 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I would suspect Ben kept talking to the point even he saw the truth, or one of the more “knowledgeable” fountains of ignorance he drinks from told him to think better of it. Ben can’t win. Like I said, I’m waiting. It will show.
re: #322 Dr. Matt
Vets: Don’t Blame Obama for Track Palin’s Behavior
It would be nice if the lamestream librul media would mention this little fact to Trump/Palin.
I think she was trying to reference the VA problems. With her, God isn’t even sure sometimes.
re: #347 lawhawk
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I got a Tribeca. Like an Outback, but better:)
re: #346 Dr. Matt
Having a lot of twitter followers gives one a false sense of importance.
In their cases, its a false sense of basic adequacy.
Bubba, tell me what you think of this draft before I hand it in to Bundy. #Oregonstandoff pic.twitter.com/xjHU8jVYNj
— Perronaldinho (@Perronaldinho) January 21, 2016
re: #349 Stanley Sea Toujours
Hope the pilot ejected safely.
So I’ve been reading the Litvinenko inquiry report and have already been disappointed on a couple of points.
1. Owen writes:
4.4 On the same day, President Putin made comments to the media about Mr Litvinenko’s death with what Professor Service described as, “a verbal levity that border[ed] on the macabre”. For example, President Putin observed that, “the people that have done this are not God, and Mr Litvinenko is, unfortunately, not Lazarus.” 2
This statement is quoted in the sub-chapter “Enemy of the Russian State?”, striving to show that a certain section of Russians saw Litvinenko as an enemy. Without context this statement seems to imply something about the killers of Litvinenko.
Of course, the context was cut off, whether deliberately or out of stupidity:
With regard to Litvinenko’s death note, in commenting on this Putin did not contain his emotions. “If such a note appeared before the death of Mr Litvinenko, then the question arises: why had it not been made public earlier, during his lifetime? […] And if it appeared after his death, then, of course, is there any need to comment on that?”
“Those people who did it - they’re not Lord God, and Mr. Litvinenko is no Lazarus, and it’s a pity that such tragic events as the death of a person are used for political provocations” - he concluded.
The “this” in Putin’s quote is not L’s death. It’s the post-mortem publication of his letter in which he accuses Putin of his impending death. It’s the people who published the letter after his death that are not God, they can’t resurrect L to verify that he indeed wrote that letter. The statement was made at a time when the cause of death was not yet known, and Putin even pointed that out in the beginning of his statement.
2.
4.31 Mr Litvinenko researched and wrote Blowing Up Russia with Mr Felshtinsky, who had helped him and his family escape from Russia. The subject of the book was the apartment bombings that had taken place in Russia in September 1999. Enormous bombs had exploded, several days apart, in four apartment blocks. Nearly 300 people had been killed, and many more injured. The blame for the bombings had been officially attributed to Chechen separatists; this formed an important part of the context for the start of the Second Chechen War shortly thereafter. Mr Putin was Prime Minister at the time of the apartment bombings, having been promoted from his position as Head of the FSB in August 1999. The reaction to the bombings and public support for the war was one of the factors that assisted his political rise in the following months, culminating in his election as President in March 2000.
4.32 The theory that Mr Litvinenko and Mr Felshtinsky proposed in their book was that the apartment bombings had not been the work of Chechen terrorists at all. They asserted, rather, that the bombings had been the work of the FSB, designed to provide a justification for war in Chechnya and, ultimately, to boost Mr Putin’s political prospects.
4.33 On the evidence I heard, the book was more than a political tract - it was the product of careful research. Professor Service’s view was that the two men had “credibly investigated” the issue and, although their contentions about it had not been “proved 100 per cent,” he considered they were more likely than not to be accurate. He said that: “the Felshtinsky and Litvinenko book piled up the evidence pointing a very damaging finger at the FSB and its involvement in those explosions”. 24
The book is actually a hodgepodge of half-digested conspiracy theories that does not come close to establishing its thesis. It’s no different than your average 9/11 truther brochure.
This Service guy seems to be a bit of a hack.
re: #348 Dr. Matt
And yet you are “spouting it” as well. FFS. Please proceed. Don’t fall off your soapbox.
I’m sorry your feelings were hurt by me pointing out the petty triviality of your rant.
You may now to further work out your frustrations by downdinging me once again.
Guess which lucky cat gets to go in next week for a colonoscopy? pic.twitter.com/Z7ZdjRaaxo
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2016
So I mention a colonoscopy and everything gets quiet.
I see how it is.
re: #5 Billy Batts
Well lookie here.
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I wonder if that’s a real name.
Paul Kersey was the name of the “hero” in Charles Bronson’s abysmal “Death Wish” series.
re: #360 Kragar
I hear the bowel prep is spectacular.
re: #360 Kragar
As with any operation/procedure, make sure to clearly mark out the area that is supposed to be the focus of the procedure.
Arrow marks are quite useful.
Seriously though, good luck. And better you than me. :)
re: #364 BongCrodny
I liked the “common sense” tag when boiling the water doesn’t get rid of the lead.
See, Obama has been taking people’s guns.
Apparently mostly from seriously stupid people.
TSA says it seized more guns than ever at airports last year https://t.co/Sgbtalaoen pic.twitter.com/GO9J0q6Z7g
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 21, 2016
re: #368 FormerDirtDart
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THAT’S HOW HE’S GONNA DO IT!1!1 HE’S GOING TO MARCH US ALL THROUGH AN AIRPORT 1!1!
re: #361 Kragar
So I mention a colonoscopy and everything gets quiet.
I see how it is.
I could tell you the story about my colon cancer. (exactly 5 years ago which makes me officially cured now)
@Kragar_LGF just remember when you wake up to go with that downward pressure you may feel…… Just go with it!
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 21, 2016
re: #370 allegro
I could tell you the story about my colon cancer. (exactly 5 years ago which makes me officially cured now)
Rock on my friend, rock on. :D
re: #370 allegro
I could tell you the story about my colon cancer. (exactly 5 years ago which makes me officially cured now)
That’s great. It has been almost 2 years for my wife. But they still haven’t taken the chemo port out so we are still kinda wary that more chemo will be needed. Not to mention that the initial chemo treatments had to be suspended halfway through because she needed to have her right foot amputated (she is type 1 diabetic and been dealing with that for 50+ years, which the lowered immune system from chemo and the diabetes let an infection get to the bone) and then resumed after she healed from the amputation. Then there was the heart attack and double bypass surgery. It has been a rough couple years for her.
re: #321 WhatEVs
Apparently, from what I have heard, the veteran’s groups are really pissed about this bullshit. They say it makes all returning vets seem unstable and find it offensive they are blaming Obama.
Wouldn’t it be grand if the GOP turned the military, long a supposed stronghold of votes, against them?
Thanks, Sarah!
They do seem prepared to piss off everyone they can to try to get the White House.
Hopefully they fail and all that is left is a steaming pile of burnt wingnut goop that can be cleaned up and discarded in an acceptable ecological manner that causes no firther damage.
re: #374 Eventual Carrion
That’s great. It has been almost 2 years for my wife. But they still haven’t taken the chemo port out so we are still kinda wary that more chemo will be needed. Not to mention that the initial chemo treatments had to be suspended halfway through because she needed to have her right foot amputated (she is type 1 diabetic and been dealing with that for 50+ years, which the lowered immune system from chemo and the diabetes let an infection get to the bone) and then resumed after she healed from the amputation. Then there was the heart attack and double bypass surgery. It has been a rough couple years for her.
Oh damn, bless her and you for standing by her with such love and loyalty. I got off so easy with no chemo or subsequent treatment. My cancer was apparently very anti-social.
re: #369 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
THAT’S HOW HE’S GONNA DO IT!1!1 HE’S GOING TO MARCH US ALL THROUGH AN AIRPORT 1!1!
Those things you think are hangers? FEMA camps! The chemtrails…they lead you right there. Right freaking there! Common. Sense.
re: #367 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
I liked the “common sense” tag when boiling the water doesn’t get rid of the lead.
Not only won’t get rid of the lead, but will actually concentrate it.
re: #334 The Vicious Babushka
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DAMN! now I got to wipe my laptop screen off…just thinking about “M” Magazine and “Milo’s Favorite Things…”
re: #342 FormerDirtDart
Sorry, but this is a silly line of discussion. Yes, Bush was President when Palin deployed to Iraq. But Obama was also President while he served there. And, factually President Obama was the Commander in Chief for the majority of his deployment.
All of that is complete pointless nonsense, no matter who is spouting it.
Uh…doesn’t the article say…
Track Palin served in Iraq with the Alaska-based 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team for a year in 2008 — while George W. Bush was still president.
…why yes it does?
Plus, I think Dr. Matt and Belafon were both discussing the very thing you close with…complete nonsense.
So, this is something to get upset about?
re: #307 iossarian
I meant, why didn’t they just say: “this rectangle drawn on the map is federal land, not part of any state”, rather than saying: “this rectangle drawn on the map /within the proposed state of Utah/ is to remain federal land”?
Because States (and people who live in States) have Senators and Members of Congress. Federal Land is generally unoccupied (except DC, and the Territories).
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