Following up on our coverage of the TIME Magazine photographer who was choked and body-slammed by a Secret Service agent at a Donald Trump rally in Virginia recently, today we learn that the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general will be conducting an independent investigation into the incident.
Obummer’s jackbooted thugs coming for all true patriots!!!
Lookit that screamin’ hippie. PUNCH HIM AGAIN!
/Der Trumpenpolizei
I’m still holding out for a lawsuit against Trump for encouraging ass-beatings at his events. Even if it’s legally shaky, I’d be really interested to read the arguments.
The question I have is who gave the USSS agents orders to enforce the “stay in the damned box” rule so strictly. What is Trump, or was it the agents’ superiors?
re: #1 EPR-radar
Obummer’s jackbooted thugs coming for all true patriots!!!
Damn! My jackboots are at the cobbler’s to have the hobnails replaced.
trump’s typical fascist logic requires them to act in reaction to their own paranoid fantasies
like son of sam getting instructions from his dog
so i read that there is a debate in the rubio camp:
get out before florida vs get out after florida
which would be less humiliating?
They’re all scared of TRUMP®.
So they go after TRUMP.
It shows how Great TRUMP is.
TRUMP is not scared though.
They’re too weak and they don’t have the endurance to keep up with TRUMP.
Crowd chants: TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!
You know they want it, too. They get butterflies and a little tingle in their naughty bits when they imagine Trump giving them the go-ahead to pile on to a hated Liberal and kick the shit out of them, consequence-free. I wonder how many people go to these rallies just for the chance to shove an Enemy.
One of these days, Vulgar Talking Yam is going to go full brownshirt and someone’s going to die. He seems curiously unconcerned about the legal issues that he might face for such a thing. Someone should tell him it might cost him money.
/and also, it’s horrendously immoral and disgusting, but who cares about that.
re: #4 Decatur Deb
Damn! My jackboots are at the cobbler’s to have the hobnails replaced.
I had no idea what hobnailed boots looked like. Sure would tear up a wooden floor.
RBS
so how does o’reilly think his own show is broadcast? pic.twitter.com/GsVlPwKnOz
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) March 8, 2016
Chris Hayes is just not being truthful about the auto bailout vote in January 2009.
— Armando (@armandodkos) March 8, 2016
Not surprising. I just watched him play a clip of Bernie highlights that go after Hillary and her speaking fees.
re: #10 bratwurst
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It’s Fox. They use a Van der Graaf Generator and a kinescope. With the film delivered by sparrows.
RBS
New Post added at Balloon Juice - I’ve Kind of Made My Decision - https://t.co/yITJmZAQeT pic.twitter.com/21SkoUgLm8
— John Cole (@Johngcole) March 8, 2016
re: #11 Jenner7
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Not surprising. I just watched him play a clip of Bernie highlights that go after Hillary and her speaking fees.
He had Ben Jealous on earlier and Jealous got into talking about Bernie and Jesse Jackson and reminded the viewers Hillary campaigned for Goldwater.
Yeah. That. Again.
re: #11 Jenner7
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Not surprising. I just watched him play a clip of Bernie highlights that go after Hillary and her speaking fees.
Marching orders from the top. Must horse race.
re: #14 Stanley Sea
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Moving to Canada isn’t all that easy a thing to do. If it even looks like he might win, I worry that there will be violence, of one sort or another, either to guarantee it or to prevent it.
re: #17 Schroedinger’s Dog
Moving to Canada isn’t all that easy a thing to do. If it even looks like he might win, I worry that there will be violence, of one sort or another, either to guarantee it or to prevent it.
We win here, or there is no place to go.
re: #17 Schroedinger’s Dog
Moving to Canada isn’t all that easy a thing to do. If it even looks like he might win, I worry that there will be violence, of one sort or another, either to guarantee it or to prevent it.
Thing is, even if something happened to Donald, they’d just blame it on Obama.
That was a pretty aggressive choke slam on that reporter. Hard to see how it was justified in any way.
re: #14 Stanley Sea
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So true.
“Trump rioter, you’ve just helped kick a black college student to death, how do you feel?”
“Like I went to Disney world! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP! WOOHOO!”
Trump is a novelty for the pale, and an existential threat for the non-pale. If the media had any balls at all, they’d go out with a microphone and ask dark-skinned people if they’re worried.
Looks like Politico’s resident reincarnation of H. L. Mencken is jonesing for a brokered convention.
What a disgusting racist fucking loser. I really do wish the worst for him.
Chuck C. Johnson asks Neil deGrasse Tyson to pose for a photo, then spews racist hatred at him on Facebook. pic.twitter.com/GqsoztnzuS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2016
that right there is what we folks call “Bitchassness.” https://t.co/BCfCYyABKd
— DK Uzoukwu (@DKuzLA) March 8, 2016
re: #14 Stanley Sea
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Ya know, I have friends who teach here in Wisconsin that received death threats for writing a letter to the editor(a pretty mild letter at that) in our local paper. Also, anyone who signed on for Walker’s recall has their name(signature), address and sometimes a phone number on the internets for doing so.
So yeah, this shit has been brewing for a long time.
re: #24 Dr. Matt
Someone should have warned NDG.
re: #26 The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin
Ya know, I have friends who teach here in Wisconsin that received death threats for writing a letter to the editor(a pretty mild letter at that)
What was the topic of the letter if I may ask?
re: #26 The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin
Ya know, I have friends who teach here in Wisconsin that received death threats for writing a letter to the editor(a pretty mild letter at that) in our local paper. Also, anyone who signed on for Walker’s recall has their name(signature), address and sometimes a phone number on the internets for doing so.
So yeah, this shit has been brewing for a long time.
Back when I had a land line, I had a couple of yahoos who would call and ask to speak with me after letters to the editor i’d written had been printed in the regional paper (Des Moines Register). They were on the balance, angry wingnuts, although I did get nice post cards from this little old lady that agreed with me as well. Now that I don’t have a land line I don’t have that problem.
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
What was the topic of the letter if I may ask?
It was a call for decency. The folks I know actually attempted to organize a bi-partison group on the local level in an attempt to hash things out.
…didn’t work out.
Every woman in the workforce, especially in boardrooms, recognizes this. pic.twitter.com/hXAwJNsRey
— Marv (@Marv_Vien) March 7, 2016
Oh boy…
The simple fact is, Americans want to know what is in the food they’re eating and whether that food is genetically engineered.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 8, 2016
re: #32 bratwurst
Oh boy…
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I always thought from the little I know that GMOs could be used to solve hunger issues.
The thought of a GMO activist snorting coke or doing X or K… LOL. Then smoking weed and binging on papaya.
Potential benefits of genetically engineered food include:- More nutritious food
- Tastier food
- Disease- and drought-resistant plants that require fewer environmental resources (such as water and fertilizer)
- Decreased use of pesticides
- Increased supply of food with reduced cost and longer shelf life
- Faster growing plants and animals
- Food with more desirable traits, such as potatoes that absorb less fat when fried
-Medicinal foods that could be used as vaccines or other medicines………………….
In addition to the FDA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulate bioengineered plants and animals.Genetically engineered foods are generally regarded as safe. There has not been enough testing, however, to ensure complete safety. There are no reports of illness or injury due to genetically engineered foods. Each new genetically engineered food will have to be judged individually.
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re: #14 Stanley Sea
That’s kind of an epic-length post for Cole. He’s one of the most reasonable crabby guys on the internets.
re: #14 Stanley Sea
That seventh seal of the apocalypse tweet is going to be quoted by Democrats from now until election day.
re: #32 bratwurst
Oh boy…
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Ugh. GMO hysteria is the left’s equivalent of climate change denial.
re: #31 Dr. Matt
I’m having women Berners tell me crap about how that wasn’t sexist. Is there such a thing as female mansplaining? I may be experiencing it.
re: #42 HappyWarrior
Better yields with less water and less pesticide use would be good.
re: #32 bratwurst
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Well Bernie just won my youngest sister’s vote forever with that tweet. She’s all on that bandwagon.
Also, on the topic of GMOs, Norman Borlaug is a personal hero of mine. U of M represent!
re: #44 plansbandc
I’m having women Berners tell me crap about how that wasn’t sexist. Is there such a thing as female mansplaining? I may be experiencing it.
‘Hello. I’d like to tell you about Our Lord and Savior Hillary’s Speaking Fees’
re: #44 plansbandc
I’m having women Berners tell me crap about how that wasn’t sexist. Is there such a thing as female mansplaining? I may be experiencing it.
I’d like to see a clip of it. I’m seeing a ton of that too. I want to be fair in my assessment. I think from having not seen it, a lot of people do let their biases against Hillary get in the way of things like this though.
CHECKMATE ATHEISTS.
.@KagroX good lord the headline pic.twitter.com/8qfmtm5Ia1
— Slade Sohmer (@Slade) March 8, 2016
re: #38 stpaulbear
That’s kind of an epic-length post for Cole. He’s one of the most reasonable crabby guys on the internets.
I just posted it to my Progressive Minds of Iowa Facebook Group for all the Bernie Supporters as it pretty much explained why I switched my support to Hillary.
re: #50 SoundGuy 2016
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I think that should have read in the NAME of Darwin
re: #50 SoundGuy 2016
CHECKMATE ATHEISTS.
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Just shooting your leg doesn’t make you a Darwin man, only an also-limped.
If I shot myself in the leg, how come there are still legs?
Say goodbye to the 2nd racist who shoved a 14 year old Black girl at a Trump rally days ago. Matthew: YOU’RE FIRED! pic.twitter.com/wL3wPhm4gA
— Zach Beasley (@PeoplesVuePoint) March 7, 2016
re: #53 Decatur Deb
Just shooting your leg doesn’t make you a Darwin man, only an also-limped.
If a Darwin man shoots himself, does he become a meta-Darwin?
re: #54 SoundGuy 2016
If I shot myself in the leg, how come there are still legs?
I was a responsible gun owner until I took my own bullet to my knee.
re: #47 withak
Also, on the topic of GMOs, Norman Borlaug is a personal hero of mine. U of M represent!
Pretty much all the food we eat is genetically modified, it’s just a matter of the method used to modify the genetics.
I see that tomorrow night Trump will, once again, not hold a big rally after the voting, but instead do the “press conference” type of thing from his club in Jupiter, Florida.
With all that staging intended to look “Presidential”.
heh
There’s no friggin way Chuck Grassley wrote this. I’ve seen his Twitter. | Coequal Branches of Government https://t.co/lINmJsMuMa
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) March 8, 2016
re: #20 Decatur Deb
A little marching music for jackbooted beatniks:
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i used to hear about moondog as an eccentric guy dressed in a viking costume when i was growing up in nyc in the 60s
much to my surprise he turned out to be a respected classical composer
re: #56 Belafon
If a Darwin man shoots himself, does he become a meta-Darwin?
No, he becomes holy.
(ducks)
re: #59 freetoken
I see that tomorrow night Trump will, once again, not hold a big rally after the voting, but instead do the “press conference” type of thing from his club in Jupiter, Florida.
With all that staging intended to look “Presidential”.
Will Chris Christie be standing in back looking like he just spawned the Anti-Christ again?
re: #58 Schroedinger’s Dog
Pretty much all the food we eat is genetically modified, it’s just a matter of the method used to modify the genetics.
But zombie Monsanto tomatoes!
HURR HURR SOON ALL TEH JERBS IN AMERICA WILL BE SHITTY TEMP JERBS CLEANING TOILETS & CHANGING LINENS IN MY CLASSY HOTELS!!!!11!!!!!
I employ many people in Hawaii at my great hotel in Honolulu. I’ll be there very soon. Vote for me, Hawaii!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2016
Somebody please tell me Bernie Sanders isn’t really pandering to GMO hysteria.https://t.co/ChwjFFVViw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2016
Sorry, folks. Don’t hate me for saying this, but anti-GMO hysteria is the left wing equivalent of creationism.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2016
I know I’m just asking for it. But I’m opposed to anti-science bullshit even when it comes from the left.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2016
re: #61 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
i used to hear about moondog as an eccentric guy dressed in a viking costume when i was growing up in nyc in the 60s
much to my surprise he turned out to be a respected classical composer
When he got busted for crazy-vagrancy he was vouched out by Stravinsky, Bernstein, and Philip Glass. That’s per wiki or one of his biographies, IIRC.
re: #65 The Vicious Babushka
He doesn’t own that hotel or is associated in any way with it except by name.
“Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC” — it was only a matter of time, folks pic.twitter.com/IMgalmk90z
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) March 7, 2016
re: #59 freetoken
I see that tomorrow night Trump will, once again, not hold a big rally after the voting, but instead do the “press conference” type of thing from his club in Jupiter, Florida.
With all that staging intended to look “Presidential”.
He has a club in Jupiter? I thought he only had the Palm Beach monstrosity.
My dog.
re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Can’t we just dispense with the formalities and just create the Donald Trump is a BugFucker PAC?
@realDonaldTrump You’re such a liar. Read the bottom of this page: https://t.co/kBQ2mhEF4m
— SoundGuy2016 (@BigPapa1849) March 8, 2016
re: #24 Dr. Matt
Not to mention that he got the year the CRA was passed incorrect. The year was 1964. The Voting Rights act was passed the following year. Again, since I actually lived during the years Little Chucky is talking about, and he didn’t, he has no damn idea about what he’s talking about. He’s just repeating what he’s garnered from other racists like himself. My family was middle class because of my dad’s government job, but others who lived in our neighborhood were not “better off economically in the a950s and 1960s” as Little Chucky claims. How could a population of persons be well-off economically with so many barriers to upward mobility in place at the time, with the primary barrier being race? F*ck Rage Furby and the others riding with him in his Racist Pimpmobile.
re: #65 The Vicious Babushka
I wonder how many of those people he employs there are immigrants?
OH NOES!!!! SMOTI IS AGAINST TEH HORRIBLE TERRIBLE HATES!!!!
PEACE LOVE EVERYONES!!!!!!
OMG. @MegynKelly seethes with hatred for @RealDonaldTrump - #Trumpbashing Night After Night - It never stops!
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) March 8, 2016
re: #3 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
The question I have is who gave the USSS agents orders to enforce the “stay in the damned box” rule so strictly. What is Trump, or was it the agents’ superiors?
No way is a sworn law officer or agent going to have his use of force guidelines set by the candidate. That’s law and agency policy. Secret Service went from stellar to keystone cops in recent years. very troubling.
re: #69 SoundGuy 2016
He doesn’t own that hotel or is associated in any way with it except by name.
He employees no one. But his kids & yes people.
re: #77 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder how many of those people he employs there are immigrants?
HURR HURR AMERICANS WON’TS DO THOSE JERBS BECAUSE THEY IS TEH HOT HIGH SEASON 90 DAY TEMP JERBS FOR SHIT PAY!!!!!!!
re: #78 The Vicious Babushka
@gatewaypundit @megynkelly @realDonaldTrump sounds like you seething and hating against common sense 24/7/365.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) March 8, 2016
Well, I’ve gotten all the dive and camera gear packed, and the checked bag is coming in at svelte 45 pounds. (10 pound bag to start with). I figured that I can get all the clothes I need for a week at Mexican dive resort in my carry on, and they fit. 4 pairs of nylon convertible pants, 4 nylon long sleeve button down fishing shirts (with little epaulets to hold the sleeves rolled up), couple of nylon trunk shorts and tees, and my RON kit (Remain Over Night or shave / hygiene kit). I actually got the gear I wanted to take to come in under the dreaded 50# limit.
Probably going to use my Oly micro 4/3rd for video as well as stills, I lent my GoPro to a friend and forget to get it back in time.
Leaving Wednesday early AM, am so excited for this trip. Riviera de Maya, here I come.
RBS
I think the last time security went this bad at a big event a biker gang was the security force. Hells Angels iirc. Decades ago. The Altamont concert.
re: #78 The Vicious Babushka
OH NOES!!!! SMOTI IS AGAINST TEH HORRIBLE TERRIBLE HATES!!!!
PEACE LOVE EVERYONES!!!!!!
re: #74 jaunte
Complete with fake heraldry:
trumpnationaljupiter.com
OMG. I was just there. My travels & knowledge escaped this latest plague.
The people are greedy fucks who sell their souls.
if marco wins in fl, we can all enjoy the expression on cruz’s face
re: #72 TedStriker
I read about a month ago that the group is planning a reunion tour, without Davey Jones, of course. I know it’s cheesy, but at the time their show was running on TV, it was a “never miss” program for me.
re: #89 majii
So in other words they need a payday. Good to know.
Warren man booted from Donald Trump rally speaks against bigotry https://t.co/fyWTba9ONE pic.twitter.com/YrCXZKRIRD
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) March 8, 2016
re: #86 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
I’m going to be randomly giggling for the rest of the evening because of that book cover.
I’m about ready to crash, but I remember there were some real problems with the producers of some GMO foodstuffs. It has nothing to do with food safety or plant genetics, everything to do with marketing and protecting the patents/intellectual property of their seed. I’m sure the arguments are stated (and overstated) in the antagonistic literature on the issue. Check also the economics of the “Round-up Ready” strains.
This video is horrible:
re: #75 SoundGuy 2016
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He is such a liar. I wish that disclaimer was 140 characters or less.
Fuck Dems, if you don’t get it together against this snake oil guy……
re: #89 majii
I read about a month ago that the group is planning a reunion tour, without Davey Jones, of course. I know it’s cheesy, but at the time their show was running on TV, it was a “never miss” program for me.
It was a must-watch show for jr. high aged kids when it was first broadcast. My sisters and I even saw them on their first concert tour. We got to take the bus downtown! With no parents!!
re: #88 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
if marco wins in fl, we can all enjoy the expression on cruz’s face
I cannot enjoy any expression on Cruz’s face.
And it still is you stupid suckers
Trump: “My whole life has been about taking, grabbing, greed” https://t.co/lkQCOtIZc7 pic.twitter.com/9mlETpAw8J
— The Hill (@thehill) March 8, 2016
re: #85 Great White Snark
I think the last time security went this bad at a big event a biker gang was the security force. Hells Angels iirc. Decades ago. The Altamont concert.
I was there. Didn’t know until the movie Gimme Shelter came out years later that the dude the Angel stabbed to death was pulling a .45 and probably about to take a shot at Jagger, who was surprised himself when he saw the footage. In any case the whole event had an ugly and unsettling vibe from start to end.
re: #74 jaunte
I not going to look at this coat of arms, I’m just going to guess:
A field of white with a pile of gold, tiny orange hands as charges.
His words: IIIINNNNGENS
This is super funny if you’re in the heraldic college.
re: #49 HappyWarrior
I’d like to see a clip of it. I’m seeing a ton of that too. I want to be fair in my assessment. I think from having not seen it, a lot of people do let their biases against Hillary get in the way of things like this though.
Here is a clip of it.
re: #93 Decatur Deb
I’m about ready to crash, but I remember there were some real problems with the producers of some GMO foodstuffs. It has nothing to do with food safety or plant genetics, everything to do with marketing and protecting the patents/intellectual property of their seed. I’m sure the arguments are stated (and overstated) in the antagonistic literature on the issue. Check also the economics of the “Round-up Ready” strains.
This is where my issues lie. Better regulation of the companies - and yes, Monsanto is a bigger problem than the plants they sell - would be a good place to start.
re: #100 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
“How many lions can you cram onto a shield? Trump wants more lions!!!”
re: #37 jaunte
I think the biggest problem with GMO foods isn’t that the food is dangerous in and of itself, it is in the unintended consequences. For example, Roundup Ready corn let’s you spray your fields with Roundup herbicide. Great. Weeds are already becoming Roundup Ready themselves so farmers spray a lot more herbicide on the corn than they ever did before. Roundup is safe when used as originally intended-to clear all plants out of an area. In the soil it breaks down in a couple weeks, and is apparently harmless thereafter. However, it is (obviously) taken up by plants, including the corn, and does not break down in them, even if it doesn’t kill them. Therefore the crops contain Roundup, sometimes in significant amounts which may not be healthy for consumers.
GMO foods need to be regulated like everything else (not that anyone here is saying they don’t.)
apparently Trump was in Mississippi:
Trump in Miss., state w/ lowest median household income: “Who has a Mercedes Benz here, everybody…Does anybody have a Mercedes?”
— Adam Aigner-Treworgy (@AdamATCBS) March 8, 2016
Word from Madison Central is that many unhappy folks are showing up for a 7pm Trump speech that ended 15 mins ago. pic.twitter.com/eB6To11nA6
— Mike Evans (@crabblers) March 8, 2016
Trump finishes up here in Madison, Mississippi more than a half-an-hour before he was supposed to begin
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) March 8, 2016
re: #103 jaunte
Gold lions on gold quartered with gold lions on gold, gold lions on gold, and gold lions on gold.
Am I the only one who read “The Queen’s Beasts” as a child? Now I feel lonely.
What if the #Trump campaign is just a months long performance art piece about the banality of evil?
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 8, 2016
re: #80 Stanley Sea
Michael Isikoff wrote an article that appeared in Yahoo today about Trump’s ties to a racist, misogynistic, Gotti affiliated mobster Robert LiButti who loved to gamble at Trump Plaza. When the Trump campaign was contacted about it, again, Trump disavowed all knowledge of the guy, Isikoff’s article makes it very clear that Trump knows the guy, and even goes as far as to document that the mobster’s daughter says her family had a close relationship with Trump. His shtick is to do sh*t behind the scenes, and if/when it comes to light, to distance himself from it and persons associated with it. According to Gawker, TP was fined $650,000 because its employees filed a lawsuit about LiButti.
yahoo.com
gawker.com
re: #102 William Lewis
Long ago I’ve posted here that I think the business model of GMO is something to which I object, because a few large corporations have been able to use their influence against the smaller farmers. Here and abroad. Difficult problems exist for seed collectors, for example.
Yeah I think he did off condescending after watching that.
re: #89 majii
I read about a month ago that the group is planning a reunion tour, without Davey Jones, of course. I know it’s cheesy, but at the time their show was running on TV, it was a “never miss” program for me.
I thought Nesmith was still “busy with other things,” and only Tork and Dolenz were reuniting — again.
The show was a little cheesy (when I watched it as a kid, I wouldn’t have known or cared), but it and the movie that followed were stylistically pretty creative. They get high reviews now from critics.
The highly respected Criterion Collection, whose stated goal is to release “a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, [and] has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements”[129] recognized The Monkees film Head as meeting their criteria when they fully restored and released it on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010. They stated that Head was “way, way ahead of its time” and “arguably the most authentically psychedelic film made in 1960s Hollywood”,[130] Head dodged commercial success on its release but has since been reclaimed as one of the great cult objects of its era.” [131]
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
apparently Trump was in Mississippi:
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Why do people put up with Trump constantly pulling this stuff? He’s late, he’s early, no one is anywhere near as important as he is, so he just doesn’t care.
re: #114 calochortus
Why do people put up with Trump constantly pulling this stuff? He’s late, he’s early, no one is anywhere near as important as he is, so he just doesn’t care.
He’s unreliable, just like his fans!!!
I’m quite fired up about him claiming to employ the people at the places that disavow anything other than buying his name.
ugh the gullible.
This is deeply disturbing in at least 10 different ways. https://t.co/l1dVEhN0YD
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) March 8, 2016
The most important photo of 2016 pic.twitter.com/QQHRZoW3vT
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) March 7, 2016
re: #114 calochortus
Why do they put up with it? I think the reason is because they consider Trump, because of his wealthy and celebrity, to be more worthy than they are. If asked if this might be true, they’ll never, ever admit that they think he is better than they are. There is still a pecking order in our society, and I think many of his supporters feel he’s the head rooster, and they are in awe of him. I imagine that a lot of them feel “blessed” to get within 5,000 feet of him. If he shakes their hand, oh, goodness, they just might faint!
re: #116 Stanley Sea
I’m quite fired up about him claiming to employ the people at the places that disavow anything other than buying his name.
ugh the gullible.
The $20 martini as ‘his’ hotel was only worth about $12.
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Even in this, Drumpf is the anti-Obama: when Obama picks up a rowdy kid and lulls him to sleep, Drumpf picks up a kid and makes him cry.
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
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this is what happens when you kidnap babies https://t.co/ZpN4gmtT7h
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) March 8, 2016
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
That kid is obviously not having fun. What is that child wearing? To me, it resembles a type of robe.
Dana Muhgunz book cover
Could the strap-on dildo be any more obvious?
I just pre-order @DLoesch newest book “Flyover Nation” https://t.co/DZRo6sAMXV pic.twitter.com/eOxTDptsDc
— Kris Cruz (@rc_kris) March 8, 2016
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
@bennyjohnson probably the closest we’ll get to this: pic.twitter.com/BYxs1ll4SA
— George Weber (@Boas72) March 8, 2016
Twitter brings the crazy.
No, you fuck off. @RustinAustin
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2016
re: #122 majii
That kid is obviously not having fun. What is that child wearing? To me, it resembles a type of robe.
Something white and shiny.
Grrr. The Hillary Hate is just beyond belief. Someone on my Facebook page posted this.
It’s just dishonest hackery that they would actually attempt to blame Hillary Clinton, who’s been out of office of any kind since 2012, for what Rick Snyder did to his people. To hate Hillary Clinton so much you’d take the heat off Rick Snyder and see her take the blame?
Unreal.
Bizarre issue here in SS’s homestead.
1st daddy long legs found. 4 years. He’s enjoying himself in a corner of my shower ceiling.
I skipped my cleaning lady last month. Is that why?
Do I kill him with windex or let him live while I cringe in the shower.
Seriously, this is the first critter in my condo. halp.
re: #127 Charles Johnson
A TOMATO WITH A WALNUT GENE PEOPLE
In fairness, that tomato probably also had CHEMICALS. CHEMICALS, MAN!
re: #127 Charles Johnson
A TOMATO WITH A WALNUT GENE PEOPLE
It will become a killer, and propagate an entire army of killer tomatoes!!!
re: #118 majii
It’s the con-man combo:
1. I’m rich because I did it myself!
2. You’d be rich because you’re like me…but you’re being screwed over by THEM! Those people!
3. Give me money and support, and I’ll show you how I beat THEM, and you can be rich like me!
This is why Ted Cruz can’t be allowed anywhere near the White House. This is the kind of thing what he wants, except with evangelicalism instead of Mormonism.
Jury: Polygamous Mormon Towns in Arizona and Utah Discriminated Against Nonbelievers
A jury has ruled that the town governments of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona violated federal law, discriminating against citizens who weren’t members of a polygamous sect of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The U.S. Department of Justice says the towns denied water, police services, and housing to non-believers.
re: #122 majii
That kid is obviously not having fun. What is that child wearing? To me, it resembles a type of robe.
I have read about the Trump pacifiers. Which it appears he’s gripping.
re: #129 Stanley Sea
Bizarre issue here in SS’s homestead.
1st daddy long legs found. 4 years. He’s enjoying himself in a corner of my shower ceiling.
I skipped my cleaning lady last month. Is that why?
Do I kill him with windex or let him live while I cringe in the shower.
Seriously, this is the first critter in my condo. halp.
DDLs are harmless. Leave him be.
re: #123 The Vicious Babushka
Be cheaper to wait a week and pick it up from the discount bin @rc_kris @DLoesch
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 8, 2016
re: #127 Charles Johnson
A TOMATO WITH A WALNUT GENE PEOPLE
I just Googled that. There is such a thing, but they don’t produce tomatoes that people eat.
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something white and shiny.
Are we sure it is white?
(What color is this dress internet puzzle)
re: #127 Charles Johnson
A TOMATO WITH A WALNUT GENE PEOPLE
Paulie Walnuts killed far more people than Gene Walnut.
re: #137 Kragar
How thick is it? I need to level a table.
re: #127 Charles Johnson
A TOMATO WITH A WALNUT GENE PEOPLE
It looks like the only report of someone ever dying from a GMO tomato was at a fake news website. inquisitr.com
re: #129 Stanley Sea
Please, don’t kill it. Do you have something you can use to scoop it up and return it to nature? Maybe the end of a cut off cereal or other cardboard box? This way, you never have to touch it.
re: #141 jaunte
By British standards, in which “thick” is a term for “stupid”…it is very thick.
re: #129 Stanley Sea
Bizarre issue here in SS’s homestead.
1st daddy long legs found. 4 years. He’s enjoying himself in a corner of my shower ceiling.
I skipped my cleaning lady last month. Is that why?
Do I kill him with windex or let him live while I cringe in the shower.
Seriously, this is the first critter in my condo. halp.
Think about it from his perspective. He’s just hanging out, minding his own business and suddenly you barge into his home, start running hot water, making steam and then get naked in front of him.
Now… don’t you feel bad for the psychic harm you may inflict on that poor creature? BTW, they are absolutely harmless (Unless it’s a GMO Daddy Long Legs with Walnut Genes).
RBS
Tomato, tomatoe, walnut walnutoe. Just wait till they find the cyanide in the cherry pits.
re: #147 Great White Snark
Tomato, tomatoe, walnut walnutoe. Just wait till they find the cyanide in the cherry pits.
And I thought Clamato was bad…
RBS
re: #127 Charles Johnson
A TOMATO WITH A WALNUT GENE PEOPLE
The walnut variety Chandler was used for the sequencing project because it is the leading variety of walnut in California. It is grown on about 50 percent of California’s walnut acreage and accounts for more than 70 percent of the trees sold for new plantings. California produces 99 percent of U.S. commercial walnuts, and walnuts are the state’s fourth largest agricultural export.
fruitworldmedia.com
And his brother’s name? Chandler.
re: #138 The Vicious Babushka
Genetic engineering, though that term became so unpopular that the term Genetic Editing is used instead (and perhaps slightly more accurate in some cases, as the genetic material itself is often found, not built from scratch), is ubiquitous now.
The real problem (outside of the gray goo scenario) is, in my opinion, the business of agriculture itself.
If a large corporation can force a small family farmer to not collect their own seed, then I think that is a step backwards, to the days of tenant farmers under the thumbs of power land lords.
re: #143 Stanley Sea
K. I will. Thanks.
Beneficial even. the kind response is so rarely the wrong one..
Diet[edit]
Certain species of these seemingly benign spiders invade webs of other spiders and eat the host, the eggs or the prey. In some cases the spider vibrates the web of other spiders, mimicking the struggle of trapped prey to lure the host of the web closer. Pholcids are natural predators of the Tegenaria species, and are known to attack and eat redback spiders and huntsman spiders.[4][5] It is this competition that helps keep Tegenaria populations in check, which may be advantageous to humans who live in regions with dense hobo spider populations.[citation needed]
re: #144 majii
Please, don’t kill it. Do you have something you can use to scoop it up and return it to nature? Maybe the end of a cut off cereal or other cardboard box? This way, you never have to touch it.
re: #146 Reality Based Steve
Thanks friends! No, I’m not going to do a damn thing but let him live.
Hopefully the steam tomorrow morning (He has a chance) will let him know it’s not a cool spot.
re: #151 freetoken
Another case of laws lagging behind science. Those issues need to be addressed quickly.
re: #57 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
I was a responsible gun owner until I took my own bullet to my knee.
Glock knee?
re: #152 Great White Snark
Beneficial even. the kind response is so rarely the wrong one..
Diet[edit]
Certain species of these seemingly benign spiders invade webs of other spiders and eat the host, the eggs or the prey. In some cases the spider vibrates the web of other spiders, mimicking the struggle of trapped prey to lure the host of the web closer. Pholcids are natural predators of the Tegenaria species, and are known to attack and eat redback spiders and huntsman spiders.[4][5] It is this competition that helps keep Tegenaria populations in check, which may be advantageous to humans who live in regions with dense hobo spider populations.[citation needed]
I think that says to keep it, but EWE.
What a surprise! Who could have predicted?
Bobby Jindal’s anti-tax fervor may have destroyed Louisiana https://t.co/fYjZOaNEDw pic.twitter.com/KEkquQg61u
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 8, 2016
BREAKING: Nike suspends relationship with Maria Sharapova after the tennis star said she failed a drug test. pic.twitter.com/F262QdNcs7
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) March 8, 2016
re: #157 The Vicious Babushka
What a surprise! Who could have predicted?
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Just throw it on the pile of failed GOP states.
re: #153 Stanley Sea
Thanks friends! No, I’m not going to do a damn thing but let him live.
Hopefully the steam tomorrow morning (He has a chance) will let him know it’s not a cool spot.
My local insect visitors are stinkbugs, a kind of beetle native to Asia. When disturbed (or stepped on), they emit a acrid smell that takes hours to dissipate. I usually scoop them up into something, and eject them to the great outdoors.
Trump’s private security team is going undercover and doing intelligence work researching potential protesters https://t.co/VKRRSSOlYr
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) March 8, 2016
This is about a day old, but it just got retweeted, so I wanted to make sure you could read it here:
So @davidaxelrod, does your attachment to ‘85 Bears change after Ditka endorsed Trump and declared Obama worst president in history?
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 7, 2016
I’m about as interested in Ditka’s political views as he would be in my thoughts on football. https://t.co/bYhDi5ntlN
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 7, 2016
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I guess the drug was recently (in the last few years) been deemed a no no. She admitted taking it for 10 years.
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sounds vaguely familiar … hasn’t someone in history done this before? hmmmm
re: #163 Stanley Sea
I guess the drug was recently (in the last few years) has been deemed a no no. She admitted taking it for 10 years.
And she still couldn’t beat Serena.
re: #157 The Vicious Babushka
Giant budget shortfalls just happen.
Like corpses reanimated with electricity, and giant Tokyo-eating lizards from the ocean.
re: #129 Stanley Sea
Bizarre issue here in SS’s homestead.
1st daddy long legs found. 4 years. He’s enjoying himself in a corner of my shower ceiling.
I skipped my cleaning lady last month. Is that why?
Do I kill him with windex or let him live while I cringe in the shower.
Seriously, this is the first critter in my condo. halp.
I once went on camping and slept in a tent with literally (yes literally) hundreds of those things in it. Totally harmless, but that’s the last time I went camping.
I rank them with crickets as bugs that are squirmy but too cute to kill.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
That needs a backstory:
The Russian, 28, tested positive for meldonium, a substance she has been taking since 2006 for health issues.
Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, is provisionally suspended from 12 March pending further action.“I did fail the test and take full responsibility for it,” said Sharapova, who won the Wimbledon title as a 17-year-old in 2004.
“For the past 10 years I have been given a medicine called mildronate by my family doctor and a few days ago after I received a letter from the ITF [International Tennis Federation] I found out it also has another name of meldonium, which I did not know.”
But:
Meldonium was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of banned substances on 16 September 2015 effective starting 1 January 2016;[38] it was previously on WADA’s list of drugs to be monitored.[39][40] On 7 March 2016, former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova announced that she had failed a drug test in Australia due to the detection of meldonium. She said that she had been taking the drug for ten years for various health issues, and had not noticed that it had been banned.[41][42] Earlier the same day, Russian ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova, announced she had also tested positive for meldonium at the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships, Bobrova was “shocked” about the test result, she stated that she had been aware of meldonium’s addition to the banned list (on 1 January 2016) and had been careful to avoid products containing banned substances.[43] Other athletes who are provisionally banned for using meldonium include Swedish Ethiopian-born middle-distance runner Abeba Aregawi,[44] Ethiopian long-distance runner Endeshaw Negesse[45], Russian cyclist Eduard Vorganov,[46] and Ukrainian biathletes Olga Abramova[47] and Artem Tyshchenko.[48]
Version 0.1 of my latest project is now online.
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re: #120 The Engineer Lobuno
Even in this, Drumpf is the anti-Obama: when Obama picks up a rowdy kid and lulls him to sleep, Drumpf picks up a kid and makes him cry.
In fairness, one has to take into account that Obama is an expert and probably natural baby-whisperer. I always get a kick out of watching him charm his ‘8-and-under demographic.’
re: #157 The Vicious Babushka
Jindal and other GOP/TPers who love tax-cuts will deny the facts in the article. Although they don’t believe that inadequate income isn’t dangerous to maintaining their own households, they do believe government can be maintained by starving the beast. It’s a feature of their view of economics in regard to government, not a bug.
re: #157 The Vicious Babushka
Rachel Maddow had a segment about that a couple of nights ago.
If you’re actually interested in watching more debates and/or townhalls you must be a lizard
— Jordan Ashby (@JM_Ashby) March 8, 2016
re: #168 freetoken
YOu know something? If you’re taking a drug and you know you’re gonna get tested, you find out everything you can about it. My guess is she did research it, found out it was banned but had a cover story ready.
re: #174 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Well, I’m in the camp that believes that our society and sports organizations have gone a bit overboard about “doping”.
Even the word “doping” is a bit too Nancy’s-War-On-Drugs for me.
The years were not particularly kind to Ralphie.@hughhewitt @donlemon @CNN pic.twitter.com/OhgYE9Uqwb
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) March 8, 2016
Am I the only one other than Dark Falcon that watches Shameless?
The last episode was great. I laughed loud enough to scare the neighbors like 4 times.
re: #175 freetoken
I have no problem with a sports organization trying to hang onto its credibility. If an athlete wants to play, it’s their responsibility to know the rules. It isn’t as hard as it looks.
re: #177 Stanley Sea
Am I the only one other than Dark Falcon that watches Shameless?
The last episode was great. I laughed loud enough to scare the neighbors like 4 times.
No, I watch it too. Haven’t watched last night’s yet though.
This is my cat on Trump. pic.twitter.com/MCgGLN6Xuq
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) March 8, 2016
re: #180 Great White Snark
That can’t be your cat on Trump, it’s not yellow enough.
Rumors that Ted Cruz has friends have been greatly exaggerated. @NRO Correction. pic.twitter.com/T1SaZdhq3r
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 8, 2016
re: #180 Great White Snark
I’m skeptical.
The cat on Trump is far more gold-orange, with longer fur.
Soft core porn actress who appeared in Ted Cruz ad endorses Donald Trump. Just another Monday in campaign ‘16. https://t.co/m1JEp8dEsi
— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) March 7, 2016
re: #182 Charles Johnson
Cruz or someone in his campaign is caught lying again? Say it ain’t so.
Spotify brought me this lovely song… Nils Lofgren no less.
re: #132 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
It’s the con-man combo:
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3. Give me money and support, and I’ll show you how I beat THEM, and you can be rich like me!
Shades of LA gov Earl K. Long’s campaign stump speeches.
Older brother Huey had his “Deduct Box.”
Earl K., a car trunk full of money to show the campaign crowds.
.@TexasHHSC disavows women’s health study that riled GOP lawmakers @ewaltersTX reports https://t.co/73FVt2tzzc
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) March 7, 2016
Oopsies! I was going to ask for advice is handling an awkward sitch, but I screwed it up accidentally. There’s this energy company called Stream. Basically they are a power provider and if you signup you might save a few bucks a month on your electricity bill. No big deal so far. A friend of my wife invited my to a presentation to make a lot of money. I wasn’t happy about it, but I went because I didn’t want to cause a problem for my wife and her friend. The scam (did I say scam?), I mean the pitch is that if you sign up people not to sign up for the power service but to recruit other people not to sign up for the power service to recruit other people not to sign up for the power service but to recruit other people not to sign up for the power service but to recruit other people and so on, you make big money. The commissions for actually signing up power customers are minimal. But the people who sign up not to sign up for the power service but to recruit other people would pay a $329 fee and $29/month not to sign up for the power service but to recruit other people. Ugh, I was very ill at ease from the whole thing. The guy sent me video links on how the magic works. I wanted to get advice on how to deflect this guy away from me without him realizing that I am in fact a virtual hermit without any real contacts. Sooo…
For the halibut I googled the company (It’s called Stream) As a power supply company it seems like an otherwise credible and legitimate business. As far as the sales program
dallasnews.com
They might have a racketeering problem for their pyramid style scheme. So I emailed the link back to this guy with a note that I think I better stay out to be on the safe side. However I added the first comment to the story, because I’m an idiot:
“I sat in on one of those sales pitches. Basically the salesmen make all their money not by signing up energy customers but by signing up more salespeople. The sales commission money comes from the $329 initial fee and the $29 monthly fees. The commissions for the people who actually sign up for the electricity are minimal. I was grossed out by the presentation because the guy who invited me was just after access to my family and friends.” Well, that should burn a bridge of one of my wife’s friends.
Pete Santilli is in deep cowshit in Nevada…
Government’s Memo in Support of Motion for Pre-Trial Detention
(59-page PDF with lots of photos)
re: #179 HappyWarrior
No, I watch it too. Haven’t watched last night’s yet though.
I see there is a BBC version, is that what you’re talking about? Looks like fun.
RBS
re: #186 Great White Snark
Spotify brought me this lovely song… Nils Lofgren no less.
I had an ep of his a longggggggggg time ago. Can’t even remember the song.
re: #191 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Friends shouldn’t involve friends in a scam.
re: #191 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Guy emails me back, something like: I know how you feel but all businesses get sued. Would you at least sign up for the electricity?
GO AWAY!!!!!!!
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
Pete Santilli is in deep cowshit in Nevada…
Government’s Memo in Support of Motion for Pre-Trial Detention
(59-page PDF with lots of photos)
Ain’t nothing like a federal indictment to complicate your life.
re: #193 Reality Based Steve
I see there is a BBC version, is that what you’re talking about? Looks like fun.
RBS
Yeah there is. My cousin who lives in the UK insists the UK version is better but I’ve been a William Macy fan since Fargo and I have a bit of a crush on Emmy Rossum.
re: #188 BeenHereAwhile
Shades of LA gov Earl K. Long’s campaign stump speeches.
Older brother Huey had his “Deduct Box.”
Earl K., a car trunk full of money to show the campaign crowds.
Gov. Jimmie Davis, of “You Are My Sunsine” fame, used to boast that he had never taken a payoff in his life. He was telling the truth. The bribes were collected by his wife. Louisiana.
re: #191 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
MLM bullshit. They prey on friends of friends. Puts everyone in a bad situ.
re: #193 Reality Based Steve
I see there is a BBC version, is that what you’re talking about? Looks like fun.
RBS
William H. Macy & Emmy Rossum.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, any sane individual would conclude that based on his previous behavior, he’s right where he wants to be. Seriously, though, Santelli now wants out of his current situation as fast as he can get out, but the odds appear to be against him.
Ah, the latest chapter of “The GOP Pollsters call me again”!
“Hello, we’d like to know who you will be voting for in the California Primary”
I just can’t help myself!
“There’s only one man who can save America! Donald Trump”
“Are you aware that Donald Trump rarely goes to church?”
It’s time to move in for the kill!
“Like every other Republican, there is only one person that I follow. Ayn Rand is my God and Atlas Shrugged is my Bible. Donald Trump worships Ayn Rand just like me!”
CLICK…
re: #14 Stanley Sea
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My favorite part of that balloon juice post:
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
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