Video: Stephen Colbert’s “Stormy Watch”
With a major hurricane heading toward the east coast, our host Stephen Colbert checks in on another type of tempest with tonight’s edition of Stormy Watch.
With a major hurricane heading toward the east coast, our host Stephen Colbert checks in on another type of tempest with tonight’s edition of Stormy Watch.
No, you fucking idiots. The best advice is to get out of the fucking way and take the proper precautions.https://t.co/1LRCIDRT6v
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 12, 2018
The best advice to SC, NC, and VA residents along the coast is to get to higher ground to avoid storm surge. But even that wont be enough as the storm is expected to drop 20-30 inches in areas across the Southeast because the storm is expected to stall out.
That’s real bad.
But not nearly as bad as thinking prayer will keep you alive in those circumstances.
re: #2 HappyWarrior
Uh no.
Any one stupid enough to think that is the best advice deserves their Darwin award.
Breaking: Holocaust denying dirtbag Chuck C. Johnson has deleted his Facebook account.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 12, 2018
Having driven from Columbia SC to Charleston, I would say the best advice would be to get uphill/west of Columbia.
re: #1 Kragar
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“God, why didn’t you save me?
“What do you mean? I warned you for days, I sent you a jeep, I sent you a boat, I sent you a helicopter. What more do you want from me?”
works just fine!
here’s mine… pic.twitter.com/z0sGkADPZ3— MagusPrime (@ubervaper) September 12, 2018
re: #1 Kragar
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The self rapture technique of hurricane survival.
Great, just don’t fill out an absentee ballot first.
So, looks like several QAnon subreddits got the banhammer about an hour or so ago. Six of them got banned from Reddit; maybe the Reddit admins are (belatedly) trying to make the place a wee bit less of a sewer.
Looks the Qultists are just gonna have to content themselves with 4Chan and 8Chan.
re: #4 Kragar
Any one stupid enough to think that is the best advice deserves their Darwin award.
I can’t believe people think this way in 2018. I’m not against prayer but for safety from a natural disaster? GTFO
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Hopefully he did it by driving into a bridge abutment.
re: #7 Blind Frog Belly White
“God, why didn’t you save me?
“What do you mean? I warned you for days, I sent you a jeep, I sent you a boat, I sent you a helicopter. What more do you want from me?”
One of my favorites. I’ve heard variations of that for years.
He posted this last night… pic.twitter.com/1q9ouKTS5P
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 12, 2018
re: #7 Blind Frog Belly White
“God, why didn’t you save me?
“What do you mean? I warned you for days, I sent you a jeep, I sent you a boat, I sent you a helicopter. What more do you want from me?”
I know a variant about the fellow who has been praying to God for years to help him win the lottery.
Finally God relents and says, “But there is one thing you have to do for me, then!”
“What is that, Lord?” the man replies.
“Get up off your knees and go buy a damn lottery ticket!”
re: #15 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I know a variant about the fellow who has been praying to God for years to help him win the lottery.
Finally God relents and says, “But there is one thing you have to do for me, then!”
“What is that, Lord?” the man replies.
“Get up off your knees and go buy a damn lottery ticket!”
I once heard a discussion of probability which pointed out that the odds of winning the lottery is so astronomically small that you only marginally increase them by actually buying a ticket.
re: #14 Charles Johnson
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From wikipedia, on his various internet ventures…
In 2015, Johnson created a crowd-funding website called WeSearchr. By 2017, the site has become a fundraising platform for alt-right causes, though Johnson says that was not his intention. Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, founder of The Daily Stormer, used the website to raise money to defend himself against a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of a woman trolled by followers of Anglin.[41] In addition to corwdfunding legal battles, the site was also designed to crowd-fund bounties on reporting goals. According to Johnson, he used the site to receive money for information he had already acquired.[42] Since May 2017, the site has been down following a failure to pay for hosting fees.[42][43][44]
Johnson also started the crowdfunding site Freestartr, which collected funds for white nationalist Richard B. Spencer,[45] far-right activist Tommy Robinson,[46] white nationalist Faith Goldy,[47] Johnson himself,[48] and others. In mid-2018, Freestartr stopped accepting funds, as the site was banned by Stripe and Paypal, which Freestartr used to process payments.[49][47]
re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White
I once heard a discussion of probability which pointed out that the odds of winning the lottery is so astronomically small that you only marginally increase them by actually buying a ticket.
The old joke is ‘You’ve got just as good a chance of them giving you the money by accident.’
re: #4 Kragar
Any one stupid enough to think that is the best advice deserves their Darwin award.
i dont wish ill on anyone
and yet, sadly, i have to agree
your decision - personal responsibility and all
re: #1 Kragar
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the wild horses will run to higher ground. of course, they could just pray, but they’ve been at this longer than we have, so they’ve learned a thing or two.
re: #1 Kragar
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My experience is the crowd who suggests “prayer” are also the ones who sit in their boarded-up homes on a pile of water and milk jugs, cradling their shotgun and muttering that there ain’t gonna be no looters taking “their” stuff.
re: #21 makeitstop
The old joke is ‘You’ve got just as good a chance of them giving you the money by accident.’
It’s like the odds of getting struck by lightning. Except in Florida, where you’re much more likely to be struck by lightning.
re: #6 jaunte
Having driven from Columbia SC to Charleston, I would say the best advice would be to get uphill/west of Columbia.
yep. basically everything up to Columbia was contintental shelf several million years ago. you can find megalodon shark teeth up to Columbia.
re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White
I once heard a discussion of probability which pointed out that the odds of winning the lottery is so astronomically small that you only marginally increase them by actually buying a ticket.
not if you pray hard enough
re: #24 Targetpractice
My experience is the crowd who suggests “prayer” are also the ones who sit in their boarded-up homes on a pile of water and milk jugs, cradling their shotgun and muttering that there ain’t gonna be no looters taking “their” stuff.
30 foot waves are deathly afraid of shotguns.
re: #21 makeitstop
The old joke is ‘You’ve got just as good a chance of them giving you the money by accident.’
i have a sign on my desk for years
“mathematicians do not play the lotto”
re: #27 dangerman
not if you pray hard enough
If everyone who prays to win the lottery wins the lottery, they’ll each get a couple bucks.
If I wanted “advice” that stupid, I’d watch The 700 Club or Fox.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 12, 2018
I thought, Mr. Dorsey, that we had an understanding. I would not ever concede that telling you or anyone else they ought to die of boils was unjustifiable after their own rhetoric lapsed into abject slander, dishonesty or dishonor, and you — pretending that I had somehow threatened the actual well-being of another human, or that my word were measurably more cruel than telling someone to, say, take a long walk off a short pier or grow like an onion with his head in the ground — would continue to bar me from the demagogue-encrusted, Nazi-profiteering national agora that you call a social-media platform.
I was more than content with this bargain.
For one thing, leaving intact on Twitter my threaded suggestion that boils are your deserved fate for your civic performance in this moment would make clean and clear why I left months ago. No one had actually been threatened or harassed, and the rhetoric itself was purposed as a precise critique of your incompetent attempts at algorithmic censorship, which routinely ban people for the most casual sarcasm while leaving intact organized slander and disinformation. This seemed to me fair payment for my exile. For another, I was able to use the time I had previously spent on Twitter jabbering with Russian bots and assorted meme-spewing deplorati to much greater accomplishment, such as deworming my neighbor’s dog and rearranging the books on my shelves by color.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 12, 2018
re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
If everyone who prays to win the lottery wins the lottery, they’ll each get a couple bucks.
you have to pray harder than all the other people!
re: #28 Kragar
30 foot waves are deathly afraid of shotguns.
You have to remember that these morons saw the “looting” after Katrina and freaked the fuck out. “ZOMG! BLACK FOLKS ARE GONNA TAKE MY STUFF IF I LEAVE!” So these days, the only time these morons leave their homes is if they can fit everything they consider “valuable” (which tends to be anything they didn’t pick up at a yard sale) into the back of a U-Haul.
re: #33 dangerman
you have to pray harder than all the other people!
Suckers.
I threw stone tablets into the briny deep petitioning Cthulhu for his aid.
re: #33 dangerman
you have to pray harder than all the other people!
There’s no point in having a personal-god if he doesn’t love you more than he loves everyone else.
re: #14 Charles Johnson
No one will actually miss him.
Mostly because the void he left behind has already been filled by a half dozen other trolls and right wing extremists.
re: #39 lawhawk
No one will actually miss him.
Mostly because the void he left behind has already been filled by a half dozen other trolls and right wing extremists.
I am glad that he is no longer a topic of discussion here
This
The correct 1935 reply to Streicher or Goebbels asserting that Jews secretly drink the blood of baptized Christian babies was not, “We have looked into this claim and found that there is no evidence to support the lie that Jews drink Christian baby blood.” For fuck sake, Jack, don’t you understand? Whether such a refutation comes on Twitter or from a mainstream news organization, it succeeds only in granting rhetorical equanimity and status to any and every vile assertion that evil sees fit to utter.
Nor is the correct response to simply ignore such filth when it arrives on one’s digital doorstep. To do so simply allows it to stand public view tacitly as plausible opinion in the marketplace of ideas. Silence is also 1935, Jack.
1. The correct response to racism, to white supremacy, to anti-Semitism, to slander and libel is to:
2. Tell the fucker he’s a piece of shit and should die of throat clap.
Block him. And in doing 1. and 2. you have marked the spot for the rest of the sane and sentient on Twitter, much as any good infantryman who wanders into a minefield marks the Claymores for the rest of the platoon. It’s just good soldiering, Jack.
re: #35 Kragar
Suckers.
I threw stone tablets into the briny deep petitioning Cthulhu for his aid.
A better plan is to worship Dagon and interbreed with his fish-people followers.
Innsmouth would do just fine during a hurricane.
Montana consistently punches above its weight in terms of attack ads. https://t.co/9zGu8HZLed
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 12, 2018
re: #42 The Ghost of a Flea
A better plan is to worship Dagon and interbreed with his fish-people followers.
Innsmouth would do just fine during a hurricane.
Pfff. Why deal with a middle man? Dagon and his spawn are simply servants and proxies for He Who Sleeps.
re: #36 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
There’s no point in having a personal-god if he doesn’t love you more than he loves everyone else.
right
now forget all the people on the planet
forget even all the ‘believers’ in what you believe
merely extrapolate it to just two people
now explain how this thing works
re: #39 lawhawk
No one will actually miss him.
Mostly because the void he left behind has already been filled by a half dozen other trolls and right wing extremists.
re: #40 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am glad that he is no longer a topic of discussion here
To quote Will Smith from MiB2, CCJ is “old and busted”.
Unfortunately, there’s many “new hotnesses” to take his place.
For the love of God, quit being a fucking idiot and get away from that storm!
Love,
Houston
Things Melania has never said: “it’s tremendously big and I’m tremendously wet.”
— donaldtrumpnewstoday (@irishrygirl) September 12, 2018
Trump was asked by a South Dakota TV station if he has any words of comfort for farmers worried they’ll lose their family farms because of his tariff fights. He said “they would have lost them anyway.” pic.twitter.com/H6qOwJwb6o
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 12, 2018
More evidence that the Trumpworld bigot brigade starts with the family.
ERIC TRUMP attacks Democrats: “Anti-law enforcement, high taxes, and elimination of plastic straws is not a message that will win in November.”
ERIC TRUMP then dismisses WOODWARD book as “sensational nonsense” he wrote “to make 3 extra shekels.” pic.twitter.com/GuTXMpPLHG— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 12, 2018
The president’s son says on Fox News that Bob Woodward sold a book to make “extra shekels” ?
What’s going on here @EricTrump?https://t.co/pIdh4bPTiu— andrew kaczynski🧐 (@KFILE) September 12, 2018
The bigot brigade Trump covets in the GOP base mirrors the bigotry of Trump and his kids. This is no accident.
re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
If everyone who prays to win the lottery wins the lottery, they’ll each get a couple bucks.
That happened in a Jim Carrey movie in which God gave him omnipotence.
Looks like Platinum Gentleman’s Club, which most #Marines know as the Driftwood Lounge in Jacksonville, #NorthCarolina located just outside the front gates of @camp_lejeune is looking to bring in @JimCantore while he covers #HurricaneFlorence 😂😂😂 #USMC pic.twitter.com/CVaysZDHNt
— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) September 12, 2018
Every Marine in Lejeune knows this place.
Location, location, location. https://t.co/W6eVeminKq— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 12, 2018
re: #51 lawhawk
More evidence that the Trumpworld bigot brigade starts with the family.
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The bigot brigade Trump covets in the GOP base mirrors the bigotry of Trump and his kids. This is no accident.
I have no doubt that he’s heard that term from his father his entire life.
re: #3 lawhawk
The best advice to SC, NC, and VA residents along the coast is to get to higher ground to avoid storm surge. But even that wont be enough as the storm is expected to drop 20-30 inches in areas across the Southeast because the storm is expected to stall out.
That’s real bad.
But not nearly as bad as thinking prayer will keep you alive in those circumstances.
“The only thing that survived was the Bible, glory be to God.”
.@pussyrrriot member Pyotr Verzilov, who rushed the field during the World Cup final to protest police brutality, has been hospitalised in critical condition in the toxicology department of a Moscow hospital. His relatives reportedly suspect poisoning https://t.co/nSYc4SSQtk pic.twitter.com/qK6DE29bgS
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) September 12, 2018
This is the future that conservatives want.
re: #50 Kragar
What I hear: Trump says fuck ‘em - they don’t matter anyways.
What Trump nuts hear: we were going to lose our farms, but Trump’s doing what he can to help, and if I lose my farm, it’s Obama’s fault.
What Trump hears: *Putin whispers* you’re doing great.
re: #58 Belafon
“The only thing that survived was the Bible, glory be to God.”
In case of emergency, your bible can be used as an emergency flotation device. /
re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
If everyone who prays to win the lottery wins the lottery, they’ll each get a couple bucks.
I buy lotto tickets, and keep track of my wins and losses. (Some people trace their genealogy, I trace my winnings.)
Since I’ve moved here, I’ve won about $4,000 more than I’ve spent.
As far as I can tell, if there is a god, he or she favours atheists on lotto winnings.
re: #60 lawhawk
What I hear: Trump says fuck ‘em - they don’t matter anyways.
What Trump nuts hear: we were going to lose our farms, but Trump’s doing what he can to help, and if I lose my farm, it’s Obama’s fault.
What Trump hears: *Putin whispers* you’re doing great.
What everyone else hears: Trump couldn’t give a fuck less, but if they keep the farms then he looks awesome.
I’ll say it again: it’s so deeply depressing & disturbing that a sitting U.S. congressman can tweet out a white supremacist’s propaganda & it’s not a national scandal & none of his colleagues are calling for him to resign. https://t.co/mITbaKEF0C
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) September 12, 2018
He was always like this, but in the Trump era Steve King has completely stopped trying to disguise it. https://t.co/UBmgbuXb8C
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 12, 2018
re: #64 Charles Johnson
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Let’s be honest, they’re giving us what we wanted for years: For them to drop the act and just say what they think out loud.
The sad reality is that we expected a lot more public response than just “Oh, that’s bad” before moving on.
re: #64 Charles Johnson
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He knows with Trump in charge, no one in his party will dare condemn him.
I’ll say it again: it’s so deeply depressing & disturbing that a sitting U.S. congressman can tweet out a white supremacist’s propaganda & it’s not a national scandal & none of his colleagues are calling for him to resign. https://t.co/mITbaKEF0C
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) September 12, 2018
He was always like this, but in the Trump era Steve King has completely stopped trying to disguise it. https://t.co/UBmgbuXb8C
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 12, 2018
re: #65 Targetpractice
Let’s be honest, they’re giving us what we wanted for years: For them to drop the act and just say what they think out loud.
The sad reality is that we expected a lot more public response than just “Oh, that’s bad” before moving on.
Yep.
Didn’t mean to post that twice - copy/paste fail.
I haven’t even turned on the television, but the reporters are standing out in the rain and wind again, aren’t they.
Dumbest media convention ever.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 12, 2018
When the GOP made Steve Scalise their number 3, it was obvious that they didn’t give a fuck about being openly racist. And Scalise could well end up being number 2 since Ryan is on his way out or maybe even number 1 since McCarthy floundered his last time.
Just an update on my #10: Looks like 19 QAnon subreddits have been banned in the last two hours.
Seems like some folks high up at Reddit, for whatever reason, had enough of that bullshit.
Gonna call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards.
So much for ‘State’s Rights’
//
(apparently it’s legal in 44 states)
House passes bill outlawing the eating of cats and dogs https://t.co/H7OG1dfBZn pic.twitter.com/3y6xQe3f5D
— The Hill (@thehill) September 12, 2018
re: #54 Kragar
We played a club in Jacksonville in the mid 70’s. We were the house band for a week. 5 hours a night, no entertainers could drink on premises at that time. First time I saw metered beer outside NOLA. Manager said we could drink all the soft drinks we wanted. No food.
Over at the waitress station we noticed a star was drawn after every pitcher we got on a piece of duct tape……
We were cut off. Too expensive. 8 fucking hours a night playing to bolo knife cane wielding jar heads on leave…..we could tell how old the fight in the parking lot was by the wetness of the blood.
Court Street was the first spot I played many a moon ago.
Another story.
Gone.
I hear it’s all very upscale these days….
PS.
BTW they loved us and I just looked up the big hit that year, Bad Blood by Elton and Neil. Everyone asked us to play it.
Sorry.
So, summer 1975.
I must bookmark this stuff.
I was 24….fuck
y’all remember the 90’s TV show Party of Five? A show about five siblings, the oldest being approx college-age, continuing to live together as a family after their parents die from a drunk driver.
It’s getting a reboot, from the same producers. Only now, the siblings are American-born offspring of illegal alien parents who’ve been deported.
re: #40 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am glad that he is no longer a topic of discussion here
I don’t miss Pamela Geller, who use to be mentioned here frequently, either.
Caution for auto-play video at Huffington Post (designed to run up the charges of people with limited data plans):
Author Of ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Arrested For Allegedly Killing Her Husband
Nancy Crampton-Brophy is a Romance novelist.
Police in Portland, Oregon arrested Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 68, last Wednesday and charged her with murder and the unlawful use of a weapon. Her husband, a 63-year-old chef, was fatally shot in a kitchen at the Oregon Culinary Institute on June 2, The Oregonian reported.
re: #78 Anymouse 🌹
Caution for auto-play video at Huffington Post (designed to run up the charges of people with limited data plans):
Author Of ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Arrested For Allegedly Killing Her Husband
Nancy Crampton-Brophy is a Romance novelist.
I guess he didn’t take the hint.
re: #77 Big Beautiful Door
I don’t miss Pamela Geller, who use to be mentioned here frequently, either.
RationalWiki sure has a bone to pick with LGF though.
It would appear someone over there hasn’t actually read LGF. A post to the article says it’s a stub and need help with expansion.
Little Green Footballs (LGF) is a website that went from vehement, racist, hate-speech right-wing warblog in 2001 to vehement anti-right-wing blog in 2009 while retaining the same tactics of ridicule, personal rivalries, banning of dissenters, and calling opponents “evil.” LGF is the creation of Charles Johnson, one of the leading boosters of the Iraq War in the early days of the blogosphere. His posts only bordered on hate speech as he popularized the canard of “Islamofascism” and LGF is cited often in Norwegian mass murder Anders Behring Breivik’s anti-Muslim “manifesto.” But Johnson fostered more open vileness in the LGF comments section: Muslims were “vermin,” the activist that was killed by a bulldozer in Israel, Rachel Corrie, was renamed “St. Pancake” while Palestinians required “sterilization,” and the beating of protesters was openly advocated while “targeted genocide” was a popular solution to America’s problems.
After helping establish many of the loony wingnuts (like the epically insane Pamela Geller) still running amok to this day, Johnson parted ways with the right wing and attempted to retroactively cleanse LGF and his own personal reputation by scrubbing his site of incriminating blog posts, banning most active members, and denying his previous warmongering bloodlust with a kind of “what, little old me?” denial of responsibility.
re: #78 Anymouse 🌹
Caution for auto-play video at Huffington Post (designed to run up the charges of people with limited data plans):
Author Of ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Arrested For Allegedly Killing Her Husband
Nancy Crampton-Brophy is a Romance novelist.
So I guess she should have written “How to Murder Your Husband and Get Away With It.” She’ll know better for next time.
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
RationalWiki sure has a bone to pick with LGF though.
It would appear someone over there hasn’t actually read LGF. A post to the article says it’s a stub and need help with expansion.
This place was hellish at one time, and some people never, ever forgive.
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
RationalWiki sure has a bone to pick with LGF though.
It would appear someone over there hasn’t actually read LGF. A post to the article says it’s a stub and need help with expansion.
Someone hasn’t been paying attention.
re: #83 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
This place was hellish at one time, and some people never, ever forgive.
Yep which is a shame since I think Charles is one of the best left of center bloggers out there. And we get great music here too.
re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White
I once heard a discussion of probability which pointed out that the odds of winning the lottery is so astronomically small that you only marginally increase them by actually buying a ticket.
Yabbut you increase the possibility by 100%!
re: #62 Anymouse 🌹
I buy lotto tickets, and keep track of my wins and losses. (Some people trace their genealogy, I trace my winnings.)
Since I’ve moved here, I’ve won about $4,000 more than I’ve spent.
As far as I can tell, if there is a god, he or she favours atheists on lotto winnings.
You play the same numbers every time? Or do you do the quick pick/random number move?
re: #85 HappyWarrior
Yep which is a shame since I think Charles is one of the best left of center bloggers out there. And we get great music here too.
Yeah, true, but for a long time he was one of the best right-of-center bloggers out there, with everything that implies. He’s the poster child for someone who underwent an honest change of heart, but you’ve seen for yourselves how many people refuse to believe any such story.
re: #86 MsJ
Yabbut you increase the possibility by 100%!
The way I see it, when it gets really big (like in the $300m range or more), might as well buy a ticket… someone’s got to win, it might as well be me.
re: #88 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Yeah, true, but for a long time he was one of the best right-of-center bloggers out there, with everything that implies. He’s the poster child for someone who underwent an honest change of heart, but you’ve seen for yourselves how many people refuse to believe any such story.
True true. It just sucks man. I’ve been a liberal my whole life but TBH I have more respect for those like yourself and Charles who had the change of heart. Reason? I was lucky. I grew up in a liberal background. I didn’t have to question what I had believed in.
re: #89 KGxvi
The way I see it, when it gets really big (like in the $300m range or more), might as well buy a ticket… someone’s got to win, it might as well be me.
I don’t buy the tickets but I get this.
re: #91 HappyWarrior
I don’t buy the tickets but I get this.
Plus, I figure the brief daydreams of What I Would Do If I Won, are worth the ten bucks or so that I might spend.
If you come at me with some QAnon wharrgarbl and I block you, it’s nothing personal. I just think you’re a brain-dead fuckwaffle.
Oh wait. Is that personal?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 12, 2018
I see a new his and her ad for those two…
Soft n Dry.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 12, 2018
re: #93 Charles Johnson
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“A brain-dead fuckwaffle.” I gotta tell ya, boss, you sure do good with creative insults.
re: #78 Anymouse 🌹
Caution for auto-play video at Huffington Post (designed to run up the charges of people with limited data plans):
Author Of ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Arrested For Allegedly Killing Her Husband
Nancy Crampton-Brophy is a Romance novelist.
So, she went to his job, and shot him.
Must have been a short book
How can Ted Cruz be an Evangelical Christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2016
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
RationalWiki sure has a bone to pick with LGF though.
It would appear someone over there hasn’t actually read LGF. A post to the article says it’s a stub and need help with expansion.
OK, I know I’ve only been a member since 2012, and so missed the sturm und drang of some of the earlier days, but this bit:
After helping establish many of the loony wingnuts (like the epically insane Pamela Geller) still running amok to this day, Johnson parted ways with the right wing and attempted to retroactively cleanse LGF and his own personal reputation by scrubbing his site of incriminating blog posts, banning most active members, and denying his previous warmongering bloodlust with a kind of “what, little old me?” denial of responsibility.
reeks of grudge-ridden BS: Charles has never, AFAICT, tried to “deny” his past ideological “sins”, and most of the RWNJs and Islamophobes departed of their own accord. And “epically insane” as she might be, Pam Geller was “established”, IIRC, well before LGF was started.
re: #78 Anymouse 🌹
Caution for auto-play video at Huffington Post (designed to run up the charges of people with limited data plans):
Author Of ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Arrested For Allegedly Killing Her Husband
Nancy Crampton-Brophy is a Romance novelist.
And every library and bookstore moved all remaining copies from the Romance section to the Do It Yourself section.
re: #96 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
So, she went to his job, and shot him.
Must have been a short book
It was an Internet post.
re: #89 KGxvi
The way I see it, when it gets really big (like in the $300m range or more), might as well buy a ticket… someone’s got to win, it might as well be me.
Yes siree.
re: #92 KGxvi
Plus, I figure the brief daydreams of What I Would Do If I Won, are worth the ten bucks or so that I might spend.
If you look at it as entertainment and not a retirement plan, it’s all good.
re: #103 MsJ
If you look at it as entertainment and not a retirement plan, it’s all good.
Exactly.
Also, don’t spend more that you’re either willing or able to part with.
re: #104 TedStriker
Exactly.
Also, don’t spend more that you’re either willing or able to part with.
Correction: Don’t spend more than you can comfortably lose, because you likely will lose it.
Why would the people of Texas support Ted Cruz when he has accomplished absolutely nothing for them. He is another all talk, no action pol!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2016
re: #106 gocart mozart
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I believe that’s the one going up on David Hogg’s billboard.
re: #92 KGxvi
Plus, I figure the brief daydreams of What I Would Do If I Won, are worth the ten bucks or so that I might spend.
Those daydreams are why I don’t play. I get too wound up spending the money in my head. At least I don’t start spending it in reality!
“And how were you planning to pay for this?”
“Well, I figure I’ll trade my car for part of the downpayment, put the rest of the down on these three credit cards, and then pay the $1000/month, till I win the lottery. Then I’ll just pay it off and save on the interest.”
There’s a ballot imitative in Louisiana looking to undo the non-unanimous jury verdict in felony cases. It’s been part of the state constitution since the 1880s, and was put in place for the obvious reasons:
Lawmakers in Louisiana passed the split-jury rule in 1880 after the 14th Amendment guaranteed all men, including former slaves, the right to vote and serve on juries. The rule was formally entered into the Louisiana Constitution at the state’s 1898 constitutional convention, where lawmakers declared a mission to “perpetuate the supremacy ofthe Anglo-Saxon race in Louisiana.”
And of course it still has that desired effect all these years later:
In a review of nearly 1,000 Louisiana felony trials from 2011 to 2016, the Advocate, a newspaper based in Baton Rouge, found that about 40% of convictions by 12-member juries had one or two holdout jurors. Black defendants in such cases were about 30% more likely to be convicted than white defendants.
re: #87 KGxvi
You play the same numbers every time? Or do you do the quick pick/random number move?
Both. I also don’t usually play the top games (Powerball/Mega Millions). I play 2x2 (NE, ND only), and the state Pick 5.
re: #90 HappyWarrior
True true. It just sucks man. I’ve been a liberal my whole life but TBH I have more respect for those like yourself and Charles who had the change of heart. Reason? I was lucky. I grew up in a liberal background. I didn’t have to question what I had believed in.
What if a person did not grow up in a liberal background but nonetheless decided early on that a liberal orientation was superior to a conservative (or moderate) one, and never wavered?
What if a person did grow up in a liberal background but nonetheless decided for whatever reasons (say a reaction to 9/11 for instance) to embrace conservatism, and then reverted to liberalism later?
Sorry, I’m probably coming across as sarcastic, which is pretty lame of me, but I can’t agree with you that the people whom you described deserve “more” respect. Respect? Yes. More respect? No.
re: #103 MsJ
If you look at it as entertainment and not a retirement plan, it’s all good.
Yup, daydreaming about a jackpot over a $2 ticket is not terribly expensive. If I am so desperate for money that $2 is a concern, then I am really in trouble.
re: #112 Scout
What if a person did not grow up in a liberal background but nonetheless decided early on that a liberal orientation was superior to a conservative (or moderate) one, and never wavered?
What if a person did grow up in a liberal background but nonetheless decided for whatever reasons (say a reaction to 9/11 for instance) to embrace conservatism, and then reverted to liberalism later?
Sorry, I’m probably coming across as sarcastic, which is pretty lame of me, but I can’t agree with you that the people whom you described deserve “more” respect. Respect? Yes. More respect? No.
I do see what you mean. That’s just a personal thing. I really appreciate someone who has looked at the right wing ideology after having been part of it and realizes hey this is fucked up. I totally see where you are coming form.
New: Documents reviewed by @BuzzFeedNews reveal a complex web of financial transactions among the planners and participants of the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, moving money from Russia and Switzerland to the BVI, Bangkok, and New Jersey. https://t.co/vQQBvQKk3t
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) September 12, 2018
re: #111 Anymouse 🌹
Both. I also don’t usually play the top games (Powerball/Mega Millions). I play 2x2 (NE, ND only), and the state Pick 5.
I could not convince my Mother-in-law that, if you kept playing the same numbers, each time they DO NOT become more likely to win. She couldn’t shake the feeling that, once a set of numbers won, that set was eliminated from the 58 million possibilities.
re: #115 Belafon
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The whole tough on crime and law and order bullshit was just that.
re: #112 Scout
What if a person did not grow up in a liberal background but nonetheless decided early on that a liberal orientation was superior to a conservative (or moderate) one, and never wavered?
What if a person did grow up in a liberal background but nonetheless decided for whatever reasons (say a reaction to 9/11 for instance) to embrace conservatism, and then reverted to liberalism later?
Sorry, I’m probably coming across as sarcastic, which is pretty lame of me, but I can’t agree with you that the people whom you described deserve “more” respect. Respect? Yes. More respect? No.
I can respect people who come to their political philosophy so long as they’ve put some thought into why they believe the things they do. They might come to different conclusions than me, and that’s fine. What I have a problem with is people who can’t actually tell you why they are a Republican or a Democrat, a liberal or a conservative or a libertarian. Sadly, I deal with a lot of that in my family - I’m not sure that any of my immediate family members could tell you why they’re Republicans, they just know Team R good, Team D bad.
re: #118 KGxvi
I can respect people who come to their political philosophy so long as they’ve put some thought into why they believe the things they do. They might come to different conclusions than me, and that’s fine. What I have a problem with is people who can’t actually tell you why they are a Republican or a Democrat, a liberal or a conservative or a libertarian. Sadly, I deal with a lot of that in my family - I’m not sure that any of my immediate family members could tell you why they’re Republicans, they just know Team R good, Team D bad.
If “The unexamined life is not worth living”, then surely the unexamined beliefs are not worth holding.
re: #118 KGxvi
I can respect people who come to their political philosophy so long as they’ve put some thought into why they believe the things they do. They might come to different conclusions than me, and that’s fine. What I have a problem with is people who can’t actually tell you why they are a Republican or a Democrat, a liberal or a conservative or a libertarian. Sadly, I deal with a lot of that in my family - I’m not sure that any of my immediate family members could tell you why they’re Republicans, they just know Team R good, Team D bad.
One of my favorite things I remember my Dad telling me was “Listen, I’m a liberal by birth (my dad’s parents were both staunch liberals) but you’re one by conviction, I respect that so much.” What bummed me with my wingnut friend who I’ve in the past ranted to you guys about (who thankfully doesn’t talk politics anymore) is that he just became a conservative out of nowhere and his talking points were based off what other people were saying rather than hard thought out. I also despise the conservative double standard of claiming to be anti-big government when in actuality well you know. That’s why I grudgingly can understand the libertarians even if they’re mostly dicks.
re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White
I could not convince my Mother-in-law that, if you kept playing the same numbers, each time they DO NOT become more likely to win. She couldn’t shake the feeling that, once a set of numbers won, that set was eliminated from the 58 million possibilities.
part of the problem with playing “your numbers” is;
How do you stop?
After you’ve stopped, and “your numbers” win, how long to you bang your head against the wall?
One does have to question their own views before they can understand their views and values fully. In 2006-08, I thought I was more centrist but then I realized, I just was exhausted by politics and I came back to the center left, I had been more of a lefty in Bush’s first term but not REVOLUTION NOW type even though I dud support Kucinich *eeek* in 2004.
re: #117 HappyWarrior
The whole tough on crime and law and order bullshit was just that.
Well, it was ALL bullshit, really.
re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White
I could not convince my Mother-in-law that, if you kept playing the same numbers, each time they DO NOT become more likely to win. She couldn’t shake the feeling that, once a set of numbers won, that set was eliminated from the 58 million possibilities.
It pretty obvious with the power ball and Tx Lottery because you can watch them get the numbers. How would they draw new numbers if the old ones weren’t put back? If they didn’t put them back, there would be a few million winners every six weeks.
Playing the same numbers each week doesn’t lower your chances either.
re: #121 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
part of the problem with playing “your numbers” is;
How do you stop?
After you’ve stopped, and “your numbers” win, how long to you bang your head against the wall?
Same goes for number of tickets. What if I buy one, but the next one would have won? Okay, so I buy 5. But what if the 6th would have won?
So, you can play, if you can stop yourself at a reasonable place and not regret it.
re: #121 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
A few years ago, in Brazil I think, they had the same numbers come up on consecutive lotteries. A big investigation occurred, and they ruled that it was due to probability and nothing else.
re: #109 Blind Frog Belly White
Those daydreams are why I don’t play. I get too wound up spending the money in my head. At least I don’t start spending it in reality!
“And how were you planning to pay for this?”
“Well, I figure I’ll trade my car for part of the downpayment, put the rest of the down on these three credit cards, and then pay the $1000/month, till I win the lottery. Then I’ll just pay it off and save on the interest.”
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹
Yup, daydreaming about a jackpot over a $2 ticket is not terribly expensive. If I am so desperate for money that $2 is a concern, then I am really in trouble.
Daydreams about hitting the jackpot are cheap, if you keep in mind that it’s entertainment and don’t blow more money on it than you can afford.
Besides, for most of us, reality sucks, so a small respite is welcome every now and then.
re: #14 Charles Johnson
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Social media is making the world a bad place? Isn’t that what he’s been doing for years now? Maybe this is an act of solidarity with Alex Jones.
I just want people to come to their views through actually reading history, philosophy, etc. That sort of thing. If you’re shaping your ideology based off of memes and talking points, you’re being intellectually lazy. And god help you if you feel the need to proclaim someone “DESTROYED” someone.
re: #1 Kragar
One of my coworkers lives on top of a hill in Charlotte. She says her cousin, who lives on the beach AND has a house in Charlotte, is refusing to come off the beach. My coworker is worried sick but also realizes there’s nothing you can do when someone is that stubborn.
re: #122 HappyWarrior
One does have to question their own views before they can understand their views and values fully. In 2006-08, I thought I was more centrist but then I realized, I just was exhausted by politics and I came back to the center left, I had been more of a lefty in Bush’s first term but not REVOLUTION NOW type even though I dud support Kucinich *eeek* in 2004.
I voted for Dole in 1996 because I didn’t know any better (we were Republicans and we voted for Republicans because that’s what Republicans do), even though I remember asking my mom, “why aren’t we voting for Clinton if he did a good job?” and she was just flabbergasted that I’d even ask.
In 2000, I supported McCain in the primary and then voted Libertarian because I wasn’t impressed by either Gore or Bush. 2004, I was again fairly agnostic and voted third party again, a protest vote. I’d voted for Democrats at the state level by that point, including Fienstien. In 2008, I really liked Obama, but I think I voted third party for the last time at the presidential level (I knew by election day that Obama was going to win, and I liked him, but I still wasn’t sure about the Democratic Party writ large).
Basically for most of that decade I felt like one party deserved for lose and the other didn’t deserve to win. The Dems have gotten better, I think, or maybe the GOP has just gotten that much worse.
Clutching pearls here, I take it:
Remember that time a few years ago when the whole world got together to defend the rights of cartoonists to offend in service of their art? Good times.
— James Morrow (@pwafork) September 11, 2018
re: #50 Kragar
How come this doesn’t get Trump in trouble at all? Any other president making such a comment would be lambasted by the press and be forced to explain his or herself multiple times.
re: #134 Patricia Kayden
How come this doesn’t get Trump in trouble at all? Any other president making such a comment would be lambasted by the press and be forced to explain his or herself multiple times.
Because I think we’ve reached the point where we all (meaning everyone but the deadenders) know he’s not smart and possibly actively stupid. So we’re just sort of trying to run out the clock on his presidency.
re: #132 KGxvi
I voted for Dole in 1996 because I didn’t know any better (we were Republicans and we voted for Republicans because that’s what Republicans do), even though I remember asking my mom, “why aren’t we voting for Clinton if he did a good job?” and she was just flabbergasted that I’d even ask.
In 2000, I supported McCain in the primary and then voted Libertarian because I wasn’t impressed by either Gore or Bush. 2004, I was again fairly agnostic and voted third party again, a protest vote. I’d voted for Democrats at the state level by that point, including Fienstien. In 2008, I really liked Obama, but I think I voted third party for the last time at the presidential level (I knew by election day that Obama was going to win, and I liked him, but I still wasn’t sure about the Democratic Party writ large).
Basically for most of that decade I felt like one party deserved for lose and the other didn’t deserve to win. The Dems have gotten better, I think, or maybe the GOP has just gotten that much worse.
I think the Dems have improved whilt the GOP has gotten worse. Granted I’m biased. I really wish I could talk to my Dad’s Dad. I found an old professional biography of his father that said his father (my great grandfather) was a Republican. Dad’s Dad was a dyed in the wool liberal Democrat. So I’m curious how he came to be that way since I heard from a cousin of my Dad’s on his mom’s side that Dad’s other grandfather apparently hated Harry Truman but a lot of people hated Harry Truman in those days and Dad’s cousin didn’t specify if it was for liberal or conservative reasons. I do know that Dad’s mom was from a much more modest background and Irish-Catholic families in those days especially in the cities were more Dem leaning.
re: #134 Patricia Kayden
How come this doesn’t get Trump in trouble at all? Any other president making such a comment would be lambasted by the press and be forced to explain his or herself multiple times.
I think people are getting fed up with him. The observation I have is his base lets him talk this hsit because they care more about his racism than they do anything else.
re: #136 HappyWarrior
I think the Dems have improved whilt the GOP has gotten worse. …
I agree, though I would say the Dems have improved a little while the GOP has gotten a lot worse.
re: #138 Scout
I agree, though I would say the Dems have improved a little while the GOP has gotten a lot worse.
As politics has become more polarized, the worst people have gone to the GOP. So it’s more a question of sorting than of people within the party changing.
re: #138 Scout
I agree, though I would say the Dems have improved a little while the GOP has gotten a lot worse.
Sounds about right to me.
re: #136 HappyWarrior
I think the Dems have improved whilt the GOP has gotten worse. Granted I’m biased. I really wish I could talk to my Dad’s Dad. I found an old professional biography of his father that said his father (my great grandfather) was a Republican. Dad’s Dad was a dyed in the wool liberal Democrat. So I’m curious how he came to be that way since I heard from a cousin of my Dad’s on his mom’s side that Dad’s other grandfather apparently hated Harry Truman but a lot of people hated Harry Truman in those days and Dad’s cousin didn’t specify if it was for liberal or conservative reasons. I do know that Dad’s mom was from a much more modest background and Irish-Catholic families in those days especially in the cities were more Dem leaning.
I suspect my mom is a Republican mostly because of the Cuban/anti-Castro/anti-communist stuff. But it’s sort of a legacy thing, really. She’s not a particularly devout Catholic (and isn’t a social conservative in any sense). Both my parents are Baby Boomers, born in the mid-50s, came of age in the 70s, started a business in the early 80s, so I sort of get it, but I don’t think they could tell you why beyond “taxes are too high.”
re: #134 Patricia Kayden
How come this doesn’t get Trump in trouble at all? Any other president making such a comment would be lambasted by the press and be forced to explain his or herself multiple times.
Dunno: “Because it’s Trump”??
Lame and stupid answer, to be sure, but then: consider the subject…..
Seriously, my opinion is that would be serious political malpractice, at the least, if every Democrat running for office in every part of this country with any sort of agricultural sector (i.e. most of the US) didn’t make basting Trump with this ignorant and ass-backward “analysis” of farm-country issues a major part of their Fall campaign.
Fucking hell. Are you kidding me?
A new lawsuit alleges that Michigan State Univ. officials were made aware of a videotaped rape of an underage girl by Dr. Larry Nassar but covered it up, told a coach who reported it to resign, and stripped the victim of a scholarship. https://t.co/qvBGaZMB0n
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 12, 2018
re: #142 Jay C
Dunno: “Because it’s Trump”??
Lame and stupid answer, to be sure, but then: consider the subject…..Seriously, my opinion is that would be serious political malpractice, at the least, if every Democrat running for office in every part of this country with any sort of agricultural sector (i.e. most of the US) didn’t make basting Trump with this ignorant and ass-backward “analysis” of farm-country issues a major part of their Fall campaign.
We do seem to be approaching the “the Emperor has no clothes” moment of his administration. Something tells me that it may well be the hurricane response this week, a la Bush and Katrina.
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
RationalWiki sure has a bone to pick with LGF though.
It would appear someone over there hasn’t actually read LGF. A post to the article says it’s a stub and need help with expansion.
Yeah, that’s a bunch of crap, obviously written by someone with a major grudge against me. Been that way for years.
LOL
Tomorrow’s @theheraldsun front page tonight #auspol #springst pic.twitter.com/2nuLbKppku
— damon johnston (@damonheraldsun) September 11, 2018
Can we get #JeSuisMarkKnight trending? https://t.co/GJRy60VbVx
— Caroline Marcus (@carolinemarcus) September 11, 2018
Just for the record, though, once again - I didn’t “scrub” any posts from LGF, I didn’t try to hide or deny anything about the early days of LGF, and any users who were banned thoroughly deserved it.
Should Mark Knight have the freedom to draw whatever he wants to draw (racist AF cartoons included) without government interference? YES
Should Mark Knight have the freedom to draw whatever he wants to draw (racist AF cartoons included) without living in fear that his newsroom will be bombed and people will die? YES
Should Mark Knight have the freedom to draw racist AF cartoons without facing the possibility that readers (or even non-readers) will object to how fucking racist his shit is? Nope. Doesn’t work that way.
This shouldn’t be all that difficult.
Has anyone here got their hands on Woodward’s new book? With all this business about the hurricane coming in toward the Carolinas, I was wondering if it delves into the Puerto Rico debacle.
Sure. Why the hell not?
‘McConnell screws Dems ahead of election with October session’
‘(He) is planning to keep the chamber in session for a significant portion of October if not four entire weeks, costing Democrats key campaign trail days’
Gerrymandering not enough, Mitch? https://t.co/F1AhUnIZSp— RynheartTheReluctant (@TheRynheart) September 12, 2018
re: #151 MsJ
Sure. Why the hell not?
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I’m sure Ted Cruz and Dean Heller will appreciate the help
re: #134 Patricia Kayden
How come this doesn’t get Trump in trouble at all? Any other president making such a comment would be lambasted by the press and be forced to explain his or herself multiple times.
Hopefully the Democrats in the farm states are preparing ads.
re: #131 mmmirele
One of my coworkers lives on top of a hill in Charlotte. She says her cousin, who lives on the beach AND has a house in Charlotte, is refusing to come off the beach. My coworker is worried sick but also realizes there’s nothing you can do when someone is that stubborn.
The house on the beach may now be in a ‘mandatory evacuation’ area. Unfortunately, her cousin may hide in the house and not respond to anyone knocking to assure evacuation.
re: #98 gocart mozart
Because that’s the primary requirement.
re: #151 MsJ
I might just be dumb, but wouldn’t that prevent the R’s from campaigning as well?
Or does he just sit there grinning like a cynical evil POS and refuse to allow any votes on anything, so the R’s can leave but the D’s still wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything?
re: #134 Patricia Kayden
How come this doesn’t get Trump in trouble at all? Any other president making such a comment would be lambasted by the press and be forced to explain his or herself multiple times.
He’s running a “Come Bribe Me” event at his hotel tonight where he also collects the money paid by the marks for food and drink, and no one even blinks about that anymore.
re: #152 KGxvi
I’m sure Ted Cruz and Dean Heller will appreciate the help
McConnell has weighed the probabilities — and he knows that Cruz and Heller are likely to win their red states; he thinks that with the Russian and Koch Bro money, he can knock off a couple red state Democrats and put the GOP in a stronger position.
OTOH In a real wave election, ads don’t matter, individual candidates often don’t matter; it’s the anger of the voter that will toss members of one party out, regardless of their qualifications or the challenger’s lack there of.
Breaking News: The U.S. is holding a record 12,800 migrant children in detention, a fivefold increase from May 2017, data obtained by The Times shows https://t.co/ZHoOKQgUUR
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 12, 2018
re: #156 Jebediah, RBG
I might just be dumb, but wouldn’t that prevent the R’s from campaigning as well?
Or does he just sit there grinning like a cynical evil POS and refuse to allow any votes on anything, so the R’s can leave but the D’s still wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything?
No clue. I’m sure he thinks he’s helping someone.
Woman on NC coast tells MSNBC she’s not evacuating her kids because there’s ‘strength in numbers’ https://t.co/6UAjkl4OJu via rawstory
— shondi99 HATES TRUMP (@shondi99) September 12, 2018
re: #149 ipsos
Are those the rules in Australia, because just today I read that a 9th grader is under attack by politicians there for not standing for their national anthem? They want her expelled from school.
But this asshole is perfectly free to draw whatever racist shit he wants because he works for a Murdoch rag?
How does all this work? I just don’t understand.
re: #158 Hecuba’s daughter
McConnell has weighed the probabilities — and he knows that Cruz and Heller are likely to win their red states; he thinks that with the Russian and Koch Bro money, he can knock off a couple red state Democrats and put the GOP in a stronger position.
OTOH In a real wave election, ads don’t matter, individual candidates often don’t matter; it’s the anger of the voter that will toss members of one party out, regardless of their qualifications or the challenger’s lack there of.
I think Heller is toast. Nevada has been trending blue and the governor’s race there is looking like a coin flip.
This honestly feels more like a “we’re fucked, so let’s get as many confirmations through as we can before they take the gavel.”
re: #163 Targetpractice
“Mom of the Year” contender there.
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You know, I really don’t give a shit about these people anymore. Be stupid. Live the dream. Call it a religion so no one can take her kids away.
This absurd story has already received a global tsunami of ridicule and derision so naturally I decided to pile on:
Taco Bell voted best Mexican restaurant in the country
Taco Hell is not even the best Mexican restaurant on the block if the Pancho Villa taco truck shows up at a nearby construction site.
(Pancho Villa’s is a real mobile food service outfit in Lubbock. Besides tacos, they make fantastic burritos in many variations, and serve ice-chilled, glass-bottled Nehi soda from Mexico.)
re: #164 KGxvi
I think Heller is toast. Nevada has been trending blue and the governor’s race there is looking like a coin flip.
This honestly feels more like a “we’re fucked, so let’s get as many confirmations through as we can before they take the gavel.”
That really does seem like what it is, one last attempt at filling court benches before the election happens. Of course, it doesn’t really matter as the new Congress won’t take over until next January, so the only difference will be that the GOP will look even dumber for whining that “elections matter” as them ram through vote after vote.
re: #166 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
This absurd story has already received a global tsunami of ridicule and derision so naturally I decided to pile on:
Taco Bell voted best Mexican restaurant in the countryTaco Hell is not even the best Mexican restaurant on the block if the Pancho Villa taco truck shows up at a nearby construction site.
(Pancho Villa’s is a real mobile food service outfit in Lubbock. Besides tacos, they make fantastic burritos in many variations, and serve ice-chilled, glass-bottled Nehi soda from Mexico.)
Well, since the survey used people from all over the US, it sort of makes sense that Taco Bell would come out as the best Mexican because the really good Mexican restaurants are local independents or much smaller chains. Taco Bell is what most of America knows as “Mexican” food. [shudder]
re: #161 MsJ
Woman on NC coast tells MSNBC she’s not evacuating her kids because there’s ‘strength in numbers’ https://t.co/6UAjkl4OJu via rawstory
— shondi99 HATES TRUMP (@shondi99) September 12, 2018
Attention, crazy person, a hurricane is stronger than all 7 billion of us put together. Drown yourself if you like (I’ll submit your Darwin nomination), but leave the kids out of it.
re: #161 MsJ
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re: #164 KGxvi
I think Heller is toast. Nevada has been trending blue and the governor’s race there is looking like a coin flip.
This honestly feels more like a “we’re fucked, so let’s get as many confirmations through as we can before they take the gavel.”
Well, yeah. That’s been the plan for the last 4 years and it’s working perfectly.
re: #168 Charles Johnson
Well, since the survey used people from all over the US, it sort of makes sense that Taco Bell would come out as the best Mexican because the really good Mexican restaurants are local independents or much smaller chains. Taco Bell is what most of America knows as “Mexican” food. [shudder]
Yup, same reason Lucille’s or some such would be voted best BBQ, or something terrible would win best pizza.
re: #168 Charles Johnson
Well, since the survey used people from all over the US, it sort of makes sense that Taco Bell would come out as the best Mexican because the really good Mexican restaurants are local independents or much smaller chains. Taco Bell is what most of America knows as “Mexican” food. [shudder]
That’s because most Americans outside of the Southwest think Taco Bell is “real” compared to the microwave burritos at 7-Eleven.
Experts Recommend Breaking Down Crushing Defeats Into Smaller, More Manageable Failures https://t.co/ggTRlqtjSZ pic.twitter.com/qe6QqgIVKA
— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 12, 2018
re: #161 MsJ
If that idiot lives, but any of her kids die or get hurt, she needs to go to fucking prison.
1. It’s an indictment of the GOP only because they passed the tax scam.
2. It doesn’t crack the top ten biggest indictments of the GOP
3. Mitch Daniels is a morally and intellectually bankrupt fuckspittle.— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 12, 2018
I’m sure you’re looking forward to it, Eric — you’ll do anything for a few more Reichsmarks.
— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) September 12, 2018
Dear God someone give him a blow job so we can impeach him.
— Swell (@swell) September 12, 2018
A rotating 4D cube. Have at it. https://t.co/4HvcnOduzg
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 12, 2018
re: #177 gocart mozart
How else will The Donald know Eric is still alive and being a good boy, unless he’s on Hannity?
Need to click the recipe link for the joke
I’m thinking about making coleslaw tomorrow. Any advice @EmoPhilips
— Lorelei Moore (@theseemlysiren) September 9, 2018
Dear Lorelei,
Here is my coleslaw recipe: https://t.co/WzC76mzWyw
Love,
Emo https://t.co/VPWS81NBzH— Emo Philips (@EmoPhilips) September 9, 2018
Important twitter info here:
I’m using this tool to get my chronological timeline back and I’m horrified by how many people I follow who I haven’t seen in weeks. Twitter instituted this change gradually enough so that I didn’t notice the full effect until today. Really awful, even dangerous algorithm change. https://t.co/7EPn9prlCw
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 11, 2018
The best workaround I’ve found to Twitter’s horrible new algorithm is putting this in the search bar:
filter:follows -filter:replies include:nativeretweets
You will get your old chronological timeline back with no “likes” and with retweets from people you actually follow.— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 12, 2018
And if you want the path of least resistance…
Wow, nice. Thanks! Here’s a bookmarkable linkhttps://t.co/zIBIXTBQY9
— a fish head character (@spacegetup) September 12, 2018
“I have lost 40 pounds thanks to this new chemo diet!” Thanks cancer.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 12, 2018
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
RationalWiki sure has a bone to pick with LGF though.
It would appear someone over there hasn’t actually read LGF. A post to the article says it’s a stub and need help with expansion.
It would appear someone over there is getting their information about LGF from Diarrhea Of Dead Louse (aka “The Stalker Blog”)
MrBWS and the rest of the linemen are still in Morganton, NC.
While they wait for Florence to do her thing, they are using their otherwise idle time to get themselves CPR re-certified.
re: #175 TedStriker
If that idiot lives, but any of her kids die or get hurt, she needs to go to fucking prison.
You know that’s not how it works here.
I went through a typhoon in Japan when I was 8 years old. We were on high ground 30 miles inland. I will never forget how the wind shook the all-masonry house on its foundation, and the candle flames dancing from the vibration and noise. It is nothing to fool around with.
Bruuuuh. It’s not funny but it is. #TrayvonMartinStory pic.twitter.com/X8DGWra7hB
— M’BlockU (@rodimusprime) September 11, 2018
Always, always, always ask the follow up question. https://t.co/Wuu6d15HE7
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 12, 2018
Malaysia Airlines is a joke. How the fuck could they charge $40 per kg for extra baggage?????? Trying to book a flight from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur around week of Thanksgiving and obviously I’ll be bringing two suitcases and a carry-on with me. Shit!
re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White
I could not convince my Mother-in-law that, if you kept playing the same numbers, each time they DO NOT become more likely to win. She couldn’t shake the feeling that, once a set of numbers won, that set was eliminated from the 58 million possibilities.
The gambler’s paradox has immense intuitive appeal. Being able to answer simple questions along these lines correctly is a nearly perfect test of someone’s ability to put reason over feelings, especially if there is some reason to care about the outcome (even if it’s something trivial like rare drops in an RPG).
Norman Mailer is still alive?
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 12, 2018
re: #176 gocart mozart
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Says the guy who was OMB director when the debt first started to really go up but thanks Mitch, lecture noted.
re: #103 MsJ
If you look at it as entertainment and not a retirement plan, it’s all good.
It’s a voluntary tax.
re: #192 HappyWarrior
Says the guy who was OMB director when the debt first started to really go up but thanks Mitch, lecture noted.
Lessee…Reagan and Bush took a $900 billion debt and ran it up to $7 trillion and crashed the US economy. Clinton paid it down to $5 trillion and left office with a $500 billion surplus. Bush II ran the debt up to $12 trillion and crashed the global economy. So…yeah, an indictment of both political parties!
re: #131 mmmirele
One of my coworkers lives on top of a hill in Charlotte. She says her cousin, who lives on the beach AND has a house in Charlotte, is refusing to come off the beach. My coworker is worried sick but also realizes there’s nothing you can do when someone is that stubborn.
“Stupid”.
re: #196 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Lessee…Reagan and Bush took a $900 billion debt and ran it up to $7 trillion and crashed the US economy. Clinton paid it down to $5 trillion and left office with a $500 billion surplus. Bush II ran the debt up to $12 trillion and crashed the global economy. So…yeah, an indictment of both political parties!
But they’re the fiscally conservatives ones they tell us. And our countrymen and women fall for it because they stupidly believe tax cuts= fiscal conservatism.
Israel Grants First Golan Heights Oil Drilling License To Dick Cheney-Linked Company
Israel has granted a U.S. company the first license to explore for oil and gas in the occupied Golan Heights, John Reed of the Financial Times reports.
A local subsidiary of the New York-listed company Genie Energy — which is advised by former vice president Dick Cheney and whose shareholders include Jacob Rothschild and Rupert Murdoch — will now have exclusive rights to a 153-square mile radius in the southern part of the Golan Heights.
#NeverForget #September11th pic.twitter.com/POd8D1WfBa
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 12, 2018
There are actual people out there who watch this doofus half-ass a fucking 9/11 tribute (“Retake, Mr. President?” “Nah, who gives a shit”) and think, yeah, that’s what a leader looks like? https://t.co/pWD9sZzJP5
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) September 12, 2018
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re: #151 MsJ
Sure. Why the hell not?
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I hope Mueller is taking this action into consideration when the R’s yell “60 Day Rule!”
re: #200 gocart mozart
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He pisses off the libs, that’s good enough for me. I wish I could use sarc tags but that really is how many of them think.
re: #200 gocart mozart
He’s winging the whole thing. Everyday there are people running around doing their best to give him the things a president needs to do his job. And he’s just eating Big Macs drinking diet cokes and pulling shit out of his ass. Sad
— rick (@gianthotchicken) September 12, 2018
re: #170 Scout
Why do I get the feeling I care more about her children than she does?
Because you care more about her children than she does. That’s just child abuse. Even if they survive, the trauma will live with them the rest of their lives.
So adorable and sweet. (sniff)
This woman’s love for her dog is so pure 💜 pic.twitter.com/nfKkjowpI4
— The Dodo (@dodo) September 12, 2018
🚨🚨NEW from Wall Street Journal on the #TrumpTax -
“The recent changes to the tax code are giving business executives a new perk - the opportunity to deduct the entirety of a corporate-jet purchase.”https://t.co/JpqMqxBU48 pic.twitter.com/FSU3YecgDq— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 12, 2018
And, at a diner in a small town in Pennsylvania, three old guys in feed store caps nod sagely and say, “That’s what we’re talking about.” https://t.co/qOsDscLOin
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 13, 2018
In 1983, after hitting .212, Floyd Rayford tested positive for Fritos. pic.twitter.com/E0DzOIbJYC
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) September 12, 2018
re: #208 jaunte
But I couldn’t deduct my moving expenses. Fuck off.
re: #194 austin_blue
It’s a voluntary tax.
The lottery is also by far the most realistic chance (i.e., infinitesimally above 0) for people to significantly improve their economic class.
re: #208 jaunte
Our long, national nightmare is over.
re: #212 EPR-radar
The lottery is also by far the most realistic chance (i.e., infinitesimally above 0) for people to significantly improve their economic class.
Sad but true.
re: #213 Blind Frog Belly White
At last we can properly support Brazilian aircraft makers.
re: #212 EPR-radar
The lottery is also by far the most realistic chance (i.e., infinitesimally above 0) for people to significantly improve their economic class.
Funny thing is, despite all the data showing the opposite, the Right is still convinced that America has more socioeconomic mobility than anywhere else.
re: #215 jaunte
At last we can properly support Brazilian aircraft makers.
A Brazilian? Is that a lot?
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re: #216 Blind Frog Belly White
Funny thing is, despite all the data showing the opposite, the Right is still convinced that America has more socioeconomic mobility than anywhere else.
As soon as the base loses that belief, they’re done.
Look out, we have a QAnon tough guy here. pic.twitter.com/N97HWCgoDB
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 13, 2018
If I hear you say you didn’t vote for either Trump or Hillary and you don’t regret it at all, I am going to cast some serious side-eye at you.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 13, 2018
re: #218 jaunte
As soon as the base loses that belief, they’re done.
That is why the GOP has spent the last half-century in a consistent project to make their base into an army of heavily propagandized meatheads.
There is no immediate danger of any appreciable fraction of that base appreciating the hard truth that they are just disposable tools for the GOP donor class.
re: #221 EPR-radar
That is why the GOP has spent the last half-century in a consistent project to make their base into an army of heavily propagandized meatheads.
There is no immediate danger of any appreciable fraction of that base appreciating the hard truth that they are just disposable tools for the GOP donor class.
As well as weakening education, especially civics.
re: #7 Blind Frog Belly White
“God, why didn’t you save me?
“What do you mean? I warned you for days, I sent you a jeep, I sent you a boat, I sent you a helicopter. What more do you want from me?”
Wish I could give you more than one upding. I thought of that joke also.
15 hours and change until the primary polls open here in NY and I’m not in love with ANY of my options, especially for governor. But I’m no more certain about AG.
Any fellow NYers want to help me make up my mind?
#BREAKING We just won our case against Betsy DeVos for illegally delaying protections for students cheated by predatory for-profit schools. #BorrowerDefenseRule pic.twitter.com/wbqHH4DYMc
— Maura Healey (@MassAGO) September 12, 2018
This is a crushing defeat for @BetsyDeVosED, and a huge win for students who have been scammed by #4profit colleges. Way to go Maura! https://t.co/dWuH8FTCeU
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 12, 2018
re: #216 Blind Frog Belly White
Funny thing is, despite all the data showing the opposite, the Right is still convinced that America has more socioeconomic mobility than anywhere else.
Those who buy their own bullshit.
I think it has something to do with numerology. They’re big on numerology because it’s such a flexible way of looking at the world. And by flexible I mean batshit, of course.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 13, 2018
The funniest passage in the Bob Woodward book is the description of the first meeting to discuss a run for the White House. Trump doesn’t know what “pro-choice” means, he doesn’t realize he hasn’t voted in primaries, he doesn’t know anything. pic.twitter.com/YlgnO0BFji
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) September 12, 2018
In which Bannon assesses Trump’s physical condition as “great.”
Someone I “know” on another site said her husband’s brother and sis-in-law (in their 80s and in very poor health) aren’t going to evacuate from Myrtle Beach because they just aren’t up to a long drive. They’re hoping it will be OK because they’re a couple miles inland. I can only hope they have a hefty supply of food, water, and medications and a 2 story house, but I’m betting they don’t. I can’t imagine.
re: #226 MsJ
Those who buy their own bullshit.
They believe Europe is simultaneously a socialist hellhole, and a rigid class-based society. Also, Shariah Central.
re: #230 jaunte
In which Bannon assesses Trump’s physical condition as “great.”
Compared to himself, he may be right.
re: #235 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s all about perspective.
re: #227 Charles Johnson
C’mon, Charles. Batshit is at least useful.
I thought I was going to find some pictures of people with cute kittehs on their faces.
Nope.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 13, 2018
re: #227 Charles Johnson
Looking at my IP address would tell you I live in Jefferson City, Mo. (Usually, sometimes it’s another town in Missouri.)
This Donald Trump story reveals the true power of whiteness https://t.co/EtknNEJpEN pic.twitter.com/7u1fjHYFli
— The Root (@TheRoot) September 13, 2018
re: #239 Anymouse 🌹
Just checked mine, and I seem to be in Cancun, Quintana Roo.
re: #241 jaunte
Just checked mine, and I seem to be in Cancun, Quintana Roo.
There are worse places than Cancun to be digitally from… .
re: #241 jaunte
Just checked mine, and I seem to be in Cancun, Quintana Roo.
How does one check that?
re: #235 Blind Frog Belly White
Compared to himself, he may be right.
That reminds me of a photo I saw here of Bannon where someone gave it a caption of (roughly) “Steve Bannon’s liver makes another desperate bid for freedom”.
re: #245 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
If you are on a Mac:
wikihow.com
re: #246 EPR-radar
That reminds me of a photo I saw here of Bannon where someone gave it a caption of (roughly) “Steve Bannon’s liver makes another desperate bid for freedom”.
They may take our bile, but they’ll never take away our scoooooooooooooooootch!
re: #235 Blind Frog Belly White
Compared to himself, he may be right.
I’m sure anyone without cirrhosis of the liver and tertiary syphilis looks healthy to him.
re: #245 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Or Windows:
kb.netgear.com
re: #249 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’m sure anyone without cirrhosis of the liver and tertiary syphilis looks healthy to him.
Maybe that’s why he’s so in love with Trump.
re: #249 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’m sure anyone without cirrhosis of the liver and tertiary syphilis looks healthy to him.
How do you explain Trump, huh?
re: #241 jaunte
Just checked mine, and I seem to be in Cancun, Quintana Roo.
Just don’t swim in the ocean in sea lice season.
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
One of the RationalWiki board members is a friend of mine. Maybe I should have a chat with him?
re: #247 jaunte
If you are on a Mac:
wikihow.com
I’m not on a Mac so I googled it. Found this and it was accurate.
re: #208 jaunte
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Wish I could have an updated version of this, just to trigger the Republi-crooks. A purpose built propaganda plane, the ANT-20 was the largest landplane in the world when it first flew in 1934. It had a photographic and film lab, extensive broadcasting facilities, a dining room that converted into a movie theater, and its own printing press so it could produce updated propaganda leaflets right in flight.
re: #250 jaunte
Or Windows:
kb.netgear.com
The link I posted came up with the IP address and information automatically. One click, that’s it.
re: #257 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I’ll try it out. Thanks!
So I was just perusing Prime Video for 9/11 Documentaries. There at least a couple dozen on there but I’d say about 75 percent are conspiracy theory crackpot nonsense.
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
So I was just perusing Prime Video for 9/11 Documentaries. There at least a couple dozen on there but I’d say about 75 percent are conspiracy theory crackpot nonsense.
I saw a good one a few years back about Tania Head, the woman who wasn’t there.
re: #250 jaunte
Or Windows:
kb.netgear.com
Currently I am in Warsaw (Missouri).
That search engine will take your IP address and convert it to the location of the servers.
re: #254 mmmirele
One of the RationalWiki board members is a friend of mine. Maybe I should have a chat with him?
That might be a capital idea.
Henry Cavill is out as Superman: google.com
Henry Cavill, who has played Superman in three films, is parting ways with Warner Bros., sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The British actor, who first donned the blue suit for 2013’s Man of Steel, and then starred in 2016’s Batman v. Superman and last year’s Justice League, is said to be hanging up the red cape.
Warners had been trying to enlist Cavill, who most recently co-starred in Mission: Impossible — Fallout, for a Superman cameo in Shazam!, which stars Zachary Levi and will bow April 5. But contract talks between Cavill’s WME reps and Warners broke down, and the door is now closing on other potential Superman appearances.
Michael B. Jordan is possibly being considered as a new Superman: google.com. I think DC is trying to hard. I could see Jordan as the Green Lantern.
Does anyone know why my connection to this site has been showing as Not secure for the past several days?
re: #263 Belafon
Henry Cavill is out as Superman: google.com
Henry Cavill, who has played Superman in three films, is parting ways with Warner Bros., sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The British actor, who first donned the blue suit for 2013’s Man of Steel, and then starred in 2016’s Batman v. Superman and last year’s Justice League, is said to be hanging up the red cape.
Warners had been trying to enlist Cavill, who most recently co-starred in Mission: Impossible — Fallout, for a Superman cameo in Shazam!, which stars Zachary Levi and will bow April 5. But contract talks between Cavill’s WME reps and Warners broke down, and the door is now closing on other potential Superman appearances.
Michael B. Jordan is possibly being considered as a new Superman: google.com. I think DC is trying to hard. I could see Jordan as the Green Lantern.
I think DC needs to hang it up for awhile, because outside of the Nolan films, they haven’t had a decent comic book film since Batman Returns.
Christ. It’s possible that we men, as a group, are too stupid to be allowed out of the house. Looks like we have to depend on the women to save us.
From ourselves.
Men approve of the job Trump is doing 50-42% in the new NPR/Marist poll.
But women disapprove of Trump’s job 62-28%.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 12, 2018
re: #265 Targetpractice
I think DC needs to hang it up for awhile, because outside of the Nolan films, they haven’t had a decent comic book film since Batman Returns.
I think they should just accept the inevitable and give the movie rights back to Marvel.
re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White
Christ. It’s possible that we men, as a group, are too stupid to be allowed out of the house. Looks like we have to depend on the women to save us.
From ourselves.
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And it’s obviously even higher among white men but it’s PoC and women who play identity politics. Trump’s whole existence is due to racial politics.
re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White
I once heard a discussion of probability which pointed out that the odds of winning the lottery is so astronomically small that you only marginally increase them by actually buying a ticket.
That small margin has huge consequences, taking the probability from zero to not zero. That’s the biggest increase possible.
Oh. My. Fricking.God. Nearly $30 million from the Coast guard for ICE!!! #Maddow
— Rick S (@gratepool) September 13, 2018
re: #35 Kragar
Suckers.
I threw stone tablets into the briny deep petitioning Cthulhu for his aid.
Won’t that screw up the electronics?
re: #264 Hecuba’s daughter
Does anyone know why my connection to this site has been showing as Not secure for the past several days?
It’s because Chrome and Firefox are now showing that warning on all pages that don’t use the HTTPS protocol.
At LGF, all pages that require you to enter personal information or passwords ARE using the HTTPS protocol - e.g. the sign-in pages and the account management pages. So your info actually is secure.
I’m working on putting the entire LGF site in HTTPS, but until that’s finished you don’t need to worry — any pages that need to be secure are already secure.
re: #271 jaunte
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re: #270 HappyWarrior
TBH enough of Superhero movies.
The funny thing about that: Cavill is going to be doing a Netflix series instead based on the fantasy novels The Witcher, comicbook.com
re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White
Christ. It’s possible that we men, as a group, are too stupid to be allowed out of the house. Looks like we have to depend on the women to save us.
From ourselves.
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Is there a breakdown of results by race?
re: #276 Belafon
The funny thing about that: Cavill is going to be doing a Netflix series instead based on the fantasy novels The Witcher, comicbook.com
My brother plays the games.
re: #277 Hecuba’s daughter
Is there a breakdown of results by race?
From what I read, the only demo group that approves of Trump is white men without a college degree.
re: #274 jamesfirecat
Trump is running the executive branch like his family business. Every budget is a slush fund to satisfy his whims.
Here’s tonight’s CLOSER LOOK https://t.co/5hgDr5q3Ie
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) September 13, 2018
re: #279 HappyWarrior
From what I read, the only demo group that approves of Trump is white men without a college degree.
I’m in that group. Fuck Trump!
Currently getting shit on Twitter from both Susan Sarandon fans and QAnon chuckleheads. Wheee!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 13, 2018
re: #282 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I’m in that group. Fuck Trump!
My Dad too and he feels the same.
Donald Trump has, if anything, inspired more women and people of color to run for office, says actress Susan Sarandon #VarietyStudio presented by @att at #TIFF18 pic.twitter.com/eVIsI9kAWe
— Variety (@Variety) September 12, 2018
The consequences of elections matter, not your political purity. Women, people of color,mothers separated from children,people without healthcare and the generation that has to live under a SCOTUS swung by Donald Trump can’t afford your sloppy false equivalence & smug privilege. https://t.co/cmVk49Z9z8
— Bradley Whitford (@WhitfordBradley) September 12, 2018
re: #273 Charles Johnson
That’s weird … Firefox doesn’t show that to me on this site.
re: #283 Charles Johnson
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Why does Sarandon have any political fans? She helped elect Trump. Dim wits.
re: #285 jaunte
I was wondering if we could convince a Republican to do an ad on how much Sarandon has helped the GOP.
re: #287 b_sharp
Why does Sarandon have any political fans? She helped elect Trump. Dim wits.
You’d think people would realize this after her being a Nader booster 18 years ago.
re: #289 HappyWarrior
You’d think people would realize this after her being a Nader booster 18 years ago.
Most people don’t learn from experience; any lessons tend to be of temporary duration.
re: #285 jaunte
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She’s right, she’s white, she don’t give a fuck. She has the money to ignore everything in favor of her “ideals.”
re: #291 Targetpractice
She’s right, she’s white, she don’t give a fuck. She has the money to ignore everything in favor of her “ideals.”
She’s also about as revolutionary as a Starbucks
Oh, and about the Witcher: White guys are complaining that other characters may not be white people: news.avclub.com.
Well, that was depressingly fast: Two days ago, Lauren S. Hissrich, showrunner for Netflix’s much-anticipated adaptation of The Witcher, announced that she was leaving Twitter after being hit with a distracting avalanche of hate from online “fans”. Said furor had nothing to do with recently announced star Henry Cavil and his various facial hairs (for once), but rather the even-more-predictable topic of white dudes getting mad about potential diversity in casting.
Specifically, Hissrich began getting shit for a casting notice that recently went out for the key character of Ciri, the mystically empowered ward of grizzled monster hunter Geralt Of Rivia. In the Witcher games—which have been frequently criticized for presenting an abundantly white vision of medieval fantasy—the character was white-haired and pale-skinned. But the show’s casting notice is calling for a BAME (a British designation that stands for black, Asian, or minority ethnicity) actress to fill the role, and, obviously, folks who won’t bat an eye at man-devouring plants or drug-addicted mutants couldn’t be having with that.
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Per The Daily Dot, there’s already a 40,000-strong change.org petition asking the show’s producers not to “limit” Ciri to non-white casting. (It also contains a lot of language begging supporters not to attack the show’s production team, which, good luck with that, friend.) The argument is a rote one when topics like this come up: The Witcher books are Polish in origin, and depict a world based loosely on Eastern Europe, so why should there be people of color getting in the way of all the historically accurate white people, vampires, and dragons?
re: #294 Belafon
Oh, and about the Witcher: White guys are complaining that other characters may not be white people: news.avclub.com.
White people need better things to complain about.
re: #274 jamesfirecat
ICE has become a malignant growth of the US government.
Trump’s quasi-Gestapo.
re: #260 HappyWarrior
I saw a good one a few years back about Tania Head, the woman who wasn’t there.
I have seen that one before. It was good.
Senator @KamalaHarris to Brett Kavanaugh:
“Has Judge Kozinski ever shared pornography with you?” pic.twitter.com/HjmwkN60Jy— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 13, 2018
Tonight, it was my great honor to host a Congressional Medal of Honor Society Reception at the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/75JQiVtnUT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 12, 2018
This makes me physically ill. https://t.co/jBKabwSi0V
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 13, 2018
The Bonespurs Society was unavailable for a reception.
re: #297 Eclectic Cyborg
I have seen that one before. It was good.
Really disturbing. Glad they exposed her.
re: #299 Anymouse 🌹
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The Bonespurs Society was unavailable for a reception.
That makes me so sick.
Future best seller.
Stormy Daniels promises to tell all in memoir due out October 2 https://t.co/Iaq94pcyLE pic.twitter.com/QxMoThZ1Id
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 13, 2018
Fuck your grades you racist piece of shit. Fuck your island excuse. You don’t recognize Puerto Ricans as Americans. You prefer white Americans (who voted for you). Go fuck yourself and your paper towels. Your attention & fake care is a midterm stunt. #HurricanceFlorence https://t.co/QBhmAALPdv
— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) September 12, 2018
re: #302 MsJ
Future best seller.
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I posted a preorder link at 292 from Barnes & Noble because they sent me a notice about it in my email. It’s not just about Trump, though. Some people might actually learn that the adult film industry has lots of competent businesswomen in it.
re: #298 Belafon
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This is #62 out of the 65 written questions submitted to SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh by @SenatorLeahy
Not seeing any references to this in anyone else’s questions.
And no — before you ask me — no, I have no idea. pic.twitter.com/Mpl4lJZLNl— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 12, 2018
Had anyone else heard this:
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a physician will lead Planned Parenthood. We’re proud to introduce you to @DrLeanaWen: https://t.co/M0Din6PFpX #IStandWithPP pic.twitter.com/rVg88rmLNi
— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) September 12, 2018
This is exciting. @DrLeanaWen has dedicated her career to making sure vulnerable communities get access to the care they need, and she’s the fighter we need to stand up to political attacks on women’s health. https://t.co/7Cc766xAdm
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2018
re: #298 Belafon
“Has Judge Kozinski ever shared pornography with you?”
That’s a very specific question for a former prosecutor to ask.
re: #309 MsJ
Kinda all day.
I guess I’m the only one then. Then I’m all caught up. While I’m at work, I get almost all of my news here, and I hadn’t seen it.
In a #RoshHashanah sermon, Stephen Miller’s childhood rabbi admonished him for Trump’s ruthless immigration policy: “You’ve set back the Jewish contribution to making the world spiritually whole through your arbitrary division of these desperate people.” https://t.co/C9GdVILyCx
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) September 13, 2018
I finally have time to dig, and I cannot find any more news about that walkout that occurred at that UPS facility that was under construction, the one where that guy was narrating that we all said we wanted as our narrator. There’s news about how it occurred, but I cannot find any follow-up.
re: #189 electrotek
Malaysia Airlines is a joke. How the fuck could they charge $40 per kg for extra baggage?????? Trying to book a flight from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur around week of Thanksgiving and obviously I’ll be bringing two suitcases and a carry-on with me. Shit!
Check the Japanese airlines, like ANA or Japan Airlines. Their ticket prices may be more than Malaysian Air, but I don’t think they charge so much for baggage fees. The total cost may even out, at least.
Willie Nelson to headline Beto O’Rourke rally https://t.co/QvttzSUXXH pic.twitter.com/DHTVtUmsWX
— The Hill (@thehill) September 12, 2018
re: #314 MsJ
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Can’t wait to hear from the Calgary Cowboy how Willie is an elite who doesn’t get Texas.
BREAKING: the U.S. is holding a record 12,800 migrant children in detention, a fivefold increase from May 2017.
Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Everhttps://t.co/R13aQmVQCU— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 12, 2018
These are not detention centers. They’re concentration camps, gulags.
re: #263 Belafon
Henry Cavill is out as Superman: google.com
Michael B. Jordan is possibly being considered as a new Superman: google.com. I think DC is trying to hard. I could see Jordan as the Green Lantern.
The guy currently playing Superman in the CW’s Supergirl series would be a decent choice, but I don’t know how all the legal details would work out between Warner Bros and the CW.
re: #280 jaunte
Trump is running the executive branch like his family business. Every budget is a slush fund to satisfy his whims.
and Congress has forgotten what their job. is
Susan Sarandon’s new movie bears an overwhelming resemblance to the life story of James Foley’s mother, Diane, but filmmakers did not tell her they were making the film or buy her life rights. They deny it is about her or her son’s murder by ISIS. https://t.co/BTjBHVSxn7
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) September 13, 2018
Infuriating.
⚡️ “A Set Of Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting” by @BuzzFeedNewshttps://t.co/rzCYg7u8PL
— thefieldnegro (@fieldnegro) September 13, 2018
For those of us from the Chicago area: Looks like the infamous Lincoln Park Pirates may be put out of business — decades overdue! chicagotribune.com
Of course they are apparently appealing.
Latest Monte Carlo simulations show Florence going straight thru South Carolina. Mom’s family is evacuating.
For starters, his answer fully contradicts the White House line that Kavanaugh racked up and carried enormous baseball tickets debts. So, someone’s lying.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) September 13, 2018
re: #322 Hecuba’s daughter
For those of us from the Chicago area: Looks like the infamous Lincoln Park Pirates may be put out of business — decades overdue! chicagotribune.com
Of course they are apparently appealing.
Damn, and Steve G. ain’t here to see it.
Only took ‘em 45 years or so…
I have a few friends in North and South Carolina, they’re evacuated.
Forecasters are saying some places might get over three feet of rain. Yikes!
re: #325 CleverToad
Damn, and Steve G. ain’t here to see it.
Only took ‘em 45 years or so…
And here’s a link to the 1970’s song about this infamous company:
I enjoyed it back in the day on the Midnight Special!
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re: #322 Hecuba’s daughter
For those of us from the Chicago area: Looks like the infamous Lincoln Park Pirates may be put out of business — decades overdue! chicagotribune.com
Of course they are apparently appealing.
They got me once. Long long ago.
Bye Felicia.
It varies because snow can be light and fluffy or super heavy and wet. My understanding is where I’m at - where the snow tends to be light and fluffy, which means a low moisture content - an inch of rain is roughly equal to 10 inches of snow. Three feet of rain would be equivalent to 360 inches of snow, which is a whole winters worth of snowfall (or more) at many ski areas in North America. The Carolina coast is about to get a whole winters worth of moisture in the Rocky Mountains in just a few days. It’s gonna suck.
re: #322 Hecuba’s daughter
For those of us from the Chicago area: Looks like the infamous Lincoln Park Pirates may be put out of business — decades overdue! chicagotribune.com
Of course they are apparently appealing.
We knew they were car thieves in the 70s, and it took until now to deal with them.
re: #329 teleskiguy
It varies because snow can be light and fluffy or super heavy and wet. My understanding is where I’m at - where the snow tends to be light and fluffy, which means a low moisture content - an inch of rain is roughly equal to 10 inches of snow. Three feet of rain would be equivalent to 360 inches of snow, which is a whole winters worth of snowfall (or more) at many ski areas in North America. The Carolina coast is about to get a whole winters worth of moisture in the Rocky Mountains in just a few days. It’s gonna suck.
And I might point out that a lot of the area along the Carolina coast is swampy to begin with. That water won’t have anywhere to go.
re: #238 Charles Johnson
Whatever you do, don’t search Google Images for “face pussy.” You’ve been warned.
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re: #323 Joe Bacon 🌹
Latest Monte Carlo simulations show Florence going straight thru South Carolina. Mom’s family is evacuating.
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re: #326 teleskiguy
Our hotels in my section of Macon, GA, right off I-475 South, which is close to where I live, are all full of out-of state residents from the Carolinas. When Florida resident fled from Irma, the motels in this area were full and I-75 & I-475 were clogged full of traffic headed north. The motels on both sides of town sold out during Irma [both are near I-75,] and the local news outlets are saying the same thing is happening with Florence.
re: #334 majii
A couple I know who live near Charleston are staying with friends in Tennessee. I have a friend here in the Colorado mountains who grew up in western North Carolina and she’s already talking about boat trips on the swollen rivers.
Florence is gonna fuck shit up. I just hope people are out of the way or if they stay, prepared.
In Doe Tarlow v. DC (6/12/07), Judge Kavanaugh wrote an opinion mocking claims by intellectually disabled women to at least be CONSULTED before being subjected to INVOLUNTARY SURGERY, including forced abortion. The Senate needs to press the nominee hard on that grotesque ruling.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 12, 2018