The National Republican Senatorial Committee has hit on a creative way to use Twitter for political purposes — by posting fake retweets pretending to be from Democrats, along with a link to a website called “demsplanforamerica.com” that is nothing but a blank page. Get it?
The GOP: always finding new ways to be crass.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:06:45am |
It took them two and a half years to come up with this? Man, the GOP really is on the short bus to nowhere.
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iossarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:07:28am |
There’s some punchable 20-year old with a taste for bow ties behind this.
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:07:44am |
They’ve definitely crossed a line here. Have they violated a Twitter TOS agreement? (Not that that would mean much.)
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Varek Raith Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:08:05am |
I can’t possibly foresee how this can backfire on em.
No sirree.
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shutdown Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:08:51am |
re: #4 reuven
They’ve definitely crossed a line here. Have they violated a Twitter TOS agreement? (Not that that would mean much.)
I am pretty sure I can quote the Twitter TOS by heart:
“be on the internet”
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:09:26am |
re: #5 Varek Raith
I can’t possibly foresee how this can backfire on em.
No sirree.
Scary part is, I really can’t. It is so idiotic that it is fool-proof.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:09:29am |
re: #6 imp_62
I am pretty sure I can quote the Twitter TOS by heart:
“be on the internet”
or have an iPhone, Android, or Blackberry
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darthstar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:12:12am |
Twitter really needs to change their policy on deleting shit.
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:12:24am |
re: #3 iossarian
The problem some will believe these are 100% genuine Democratic Tweets, and no amount of technical explanation will change their minds. They’ll get forwarded and re-tweeted and gain provenance with each retelling.
(I spend about an hour explaining to my current Piano teacher that the email she received from YouTube stating that her latest submission to YouTube violated their decency policy didn’t actually come from YouTube, and that the whole thing was a ruse to get her to click on a link. I think she still believes her account was “hacked.”)
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Shiplord Kirel Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:12:58am |
The modern GOP is a sham and a disgrace. The spirit of Teddy Roosevelt urinates on them from a great height.
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ProBosniaLiberal Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:13:52am |
Meanwhile, I saw this on Wikipedia:
American Jackass star Ryan Dunn dies in a high-speed accident on Route 22 in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania.
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iossarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:14:07am |
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shutdown Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:17:10am |
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Flounder Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:17:58am |
re: #13 ProLifeLiberal
That’s too bad, I liked Ryan, he seemed like a genuine nice guy.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:18:55am |
re: #9 darthstar
Hm…the twitter page is now down.
Okay…it’s back up…so this will be very effective at putting smiles on the faces of the NRSC’s 14,000 followers. Meanwhile, the Democrats merely need to go on TV and point out these childish antics as laughable.
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laZardo Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:19:34am |
re: #3 iossarian
There’s some punchable 20-year old with a taste for bow ties behind this.
Not me, I’m 23 and prefer neckties.
q;
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shutdown Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:20:14am |
re: #17 Shropshire_Slasher
That’s too bad, I liked Ryan, he seemed like a genuine nice guy.
I cannot sympathize. I feel that if you have a genuine desire to put yourself in harm’s way, join the 101st or do something else of value. Blowing yourself up to improve your bottom line is idiotic.
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Kronocide Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:20:33am |
@BarackObama I can’t wait to finish destroying America and turning it into a Kenyan communist commune, Comrades!
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:20:36am |
What I find the most annoying is that it so very juvenile. Amanda Marcotte talked about this in her post about Netroots Nation and the conservative Right Online Conference that was held at the same time about next door:
because there’s something about being conservative that requires being childish and petulant.
That sums up so much of the wingnut attitude right there. How many times do we hear “I love it! It pisses off the left!” regardless of the importance of the topic. This childishness has been increasingly devolving the discussion, making it impossible to communicate on any realistic level. These little Nyah! Nyah! games are stupid anything but adorable.
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iossarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:21:28am |
re: #21 BigPapa
@BarackObama I can’t wait to finish destroying America and turning it into a Kenyan communist commune, Comrades!
@NancyPelosi glad to see 25% of Kansas population is now homosexual #GayAgenda
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iossarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:22:21am |
re: #22 allegro
All parents of 4-year-olds have a perfect understanding of the modern GOP.
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:22:44am |
I thought perhaps they could repost Actual Democratic Tweets and make a better point.
So I searched the twitter stream of Anna Eshoo, my rep, for something ‘juicy’
[Link: twitter.com…]
Even though I don’t always agree with her on about half her pet causes*, there was nothing here I’d wave around as an example of Liberal Excess.
* For example, she pushed through a bill to bail out failed dot-com speculators!
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Kronocide Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:24:46am |
re: #19 laZardo
Not me, I’m 23 and prefer neckties.
Me neither, I’m 42 and prefer slippahs and Hawaiian shirts. But if I wanted to I could be so much more immature than that.
I could be much more crass as well. The difference is my crassness is meant to entertain, not a serious method of communicating or advocating for a particular party or candidate.
But that’s why I’m me, and Breitbart is Breitbart. This just reeks of Breitbart.
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:25:18am |
Even with its tenuous grasp of literacy and painful ignorance of most things internet, this is undeniable proof if you swing big and often enough, even the GOP can land a punch from time to time.
Stupid bulls in the China shop.
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:26:32am |
re: #27 theheat
Did you see Mythbusters on that one? Turns out bulls are very careful. They let a mini-stampede of them through a China Shop, which wasn’t any worse for the wear.
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recusancy Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:26:34am |
How states are rigging the 2012 election
…In Texas, for example, the law allows concealed handgun licenses as identification but not student IDs. And guess what? Nationwide exit polls show that John McCain carried households in which someone owned a gun by 25 percentage points but lost voters in households without a gun by 32 points.Besides Texas, states that enacted voter ID laws this year include Kansas, Wisconsin, South Carolina and Tennessee. Indiana and Georgia already had such requirements. The Maine Legislature voted to end same-day voter registration. Florida seems determined to go back to the chaos of the 2000 election. It shortened the early voting period, effectively ended the ability of registered voters to correct their address at the polls and imposed onerous restrictions on organized voter-registration drives.
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:27:10am |
I started watching a C-SPAN this morning. The head of the National Chamber of Commerces gave a wonderful speech to open a governors conference on what the States are doing about jobs.
I don’t know if I agree with everything he said, but it was SO REFRESHING to hear conservative ideas withOUT the theocratic bent. Not one mention of marriage or abortion. Perhaps if the GOP paid attention they might have a chance.
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:29:04am |
re: #28 reuven
Spend a day behind rodeo chutes with bulls. They bend 1 1/2” pipe by bashing into it for shits and giggles, usually using their big, thick skulls.
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:30:14am |
re: #31 theheat
Spend a day behind rodeo chutes with bulls. They bend 1 1/2” pipe by bashing into it for shits and giggles, usually using their big, thick skulls.
I suspect they are bashing into those chutes to get the fuck out. These animals are abused and in pain.
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:30:42am |
re: #30 ggt
I started watching a C-SPAN this morning. The head of the National Chamber of Commerces gave a wonderful speech to open a governors conference on what the States are doing about jobs.
I don’t know if I agree with everything he said, but it was SO REFRESHING to hear conservative ideas withOUT the theocratic bent. Not one mention of marriage or abortion. Perhaps if the GOP paid attention they might have a chance.
BTW, C-SPAN had “technical difficulties” with the transmission and had to stop broadcasting the event. It still isn’t up on the website, although they said it would be available.
Gov Scott Walker was on the Panel. I really wanted to hear what he had to say …
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:31:24am |
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:32:10am |
re: #35 reuven
Well, they have an appreciation for China:
[Video]
Don’t want to get their feets cut by broken china?
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laZardo Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:33:11am |
re: #35 reuven
When Randy Savage died, my little brother initially thought they meant Adam Savage, who died testing the myth “Is Heaven Real?”
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:33:48am |
re: #12 Shiplord Kirel
The modern GOP is a sham and a disgrace. The spirit of Teddy Roosevelt urinates on them from a great height.
From orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:33:54am |
Fox News sticking to Q’Daffy propaganda….
Libya: NATO Airstrike Kills 15 West of Tripoli
NATO, which has a mandate to protect Libyan civilians, has rejected the Libyan government’s allegations that it targets civilians. However, mistakes have occurred.The alliance acknowledged that one of its airstrikes on Sunday accidentally struck a residential neighborhood in the capital, killing civilians.
Meanwhile in the real world,,,,
Libyan regime: 15 dead in airstrike on compound
A NATO spokesman confirmed to CBS News that the alliance did strike a “command and control node” in the area but only after “rigorous analysis and conducted persistent information surveillance reconnaissance over a prolonged time in that area” had shown it be a government structure.“I cannot comment on the reports of civilian casualties,” the spokesman told CBS News. “We watched it for a very long time. Based on this surveillance, we knew it was being used as a command and control center.”
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rwdflynavy Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:35:30am |
But, but, magical balance fairy, the Dems are just as bad…
I got nothin.
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:35:32am |
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:36:31am |
re: #33 allegro
I suspect they are bashing into those chutes to get the fuck out. These animals are abused and in pain.
Well, not always, but often. And you know who lobbies for less and less animal protection, don’t you? That’d be Heartland America™, the same dimwitted fucks doing the abusing in the first place. Just like… the same dimwitted fucks doing the overgrazing, the same dimwitted fucks doing the tobacco growing… Do you see a trend here - something about the fox watching the henhouse?
I know people who take extremely good care of their bulls. Granted, I can count them on both hands, but they do exist. And I know bulls that are nasty and like to bash shit with their heads not because they’re abused., but because they are 2,000 lbs of raging testosterone and they like to be nasty and intimidating.
GOPs, on the other hand, bash their heads and break shit because they’re notsosmart.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:37:11am |
pigs can use twitter! Who knew?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:38:28am |
re: #12 Shiplord Kirel
The modern GOP is a sham and a disgrace. The spirit of Teddy Roosevelt urinates on them from a great height.
and yet, half of America keeps voting for ‘em
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:40:06am |
re: #42 theheat
Well, not always, but often. And you know who lobbies for less and less animal protection, don’t you? That’d be Heartland America™, the same dimwitted fucks doing the abusing in the first place. Just like… the same dimwitted fucks doing the overgrazing, the same dimwitted fucks doing the tobacco growing… Do you see a trend here - something about the fox watching the henhouse?
I know people who take extremely good care of their bulls. Granted, I can count them on both hands, but they do exist. And I know bulls that are nasty and like to bash shit with their heads not because they’re abused., but because they are 2,000 lbs of raging testosterone and they like to be nasty and intimidating.
GOPs, on the other hand, bash their heads and break shit because they’re notsosmart.
I’m not into rodeos but I can see that the bulls those guys are riding are pissed off because their nuts are being crushed by a strap. I’m not a guy either, but I think that would tend to make any male cranky at least no matter how well fed and otherwise cared for.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:40:08am |
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:43:42am |
re: #45 allegro
Strap doesn’t go around their balls. It goes around their flank. That’s why it’s called a flank strap. The flank area is around their belly, just ahead of their hind legs. Their balls are behind their flanks, between their hind legs.
Unless they’re a cow or a steer, and have no balls.
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:46:16am |
re: #42 theheat
Well, not always, but often. And you know who lobbies for less and less animal protection, don’t you? That’d be Heartland America™, the same dimwitted fucks doing the abusing in the first place. Just like… the same dimwitted fucks doing the overgrazing, the same dimwitted fucks doing the tobacco growing… Do you see a trend here - something about the fox watching the henhouse?
They are also the same dumb shits that shoot every predator they see and promote the idiotic bounty plan to “protect” their livestock even when said predators aren’t causing any livestock problems. Then they wonder why there’s a rodent problem with rats overwhelming their barns and feed stocks, rabbits taking out their crops, etc.
Duh.
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:47:52am |
re: #47 theheat
Strap doesn’t go around their balls. It goes around their flank. That’s why it’s called a flank strap. The flank area is around their belly, just ahead of their hind legs. Their balls are behind their flanks, between their hind legs.
Unless they’re a cow or a steer, and have no balls.
I am corrected. Thanks. I’m sure the bulls are grateful as well.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:48:04am |
GOP too extreme for the Tea Party….
Florida Tea Party Leader: GOP Medicare Plan A ‘Public Policy Nightmare’
In an email to fellow Tea Partiers last week, obtained by The Palm Beach Post, Wilkinson called the GOP plan a “public policy nightmare” that could trigger “huge Democratic wins in 2012,” and prompt Republicans to blame the Tea Party for their losses.
“Republicans will lose if they support the Ryan Medicare plan. Americans do not support the [Paul] Ryan plan,” he wrote. “Expect the GOP to then blame the Tea Party for losses.”
Heh
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thatthatisis Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:49:54am |
I’d post something, but I’m still jet- and party-lagged. I just returned from the Netroots Nation convention. And on the return flight, I sat next to a front pager from Red State. We talked the whole way back. But now I’m tired.
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Kragar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:50:03am |
Meanwhile, the GOP plan for America is to return us to the dark ages.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:50:43am |
re: #50 Killgore TroutRemember, these were the folks who warned politicians: “keep your government hands off my Medicare!”
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Alexzander Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:51:24am |
re: #51 thatthatisis
I’d post something, but I’m still jet- and party-lagged. I just returned from the Netroots Nation convention. And on the return flight, I sat next to a front pager from Red State. We talked the whole way back. But now I’m tired.
That’s interesting. Which front pager? Was it decidedly more civil a conversation thanks to it being in person?
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:53:48am |
re: #52 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Meanwhile, the GOP plan for America is to return us to the dark ages.
The Dark Ages were far too enlightened. These cretins are aiming for the Bronze Age, or even the Stone Age.
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:55:00am |
re: #56 Lidane
The Dark Ages were far too enlightened. These cretins are aiming for the Bronze Age, or even the Stone Age.
What, and give up their SUVs and air conditioning?
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thatthatisis Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:56:35am |
I didn’t get his real name, but his screen name had the words union and report. Seemed like a nice guy, we had a nice conversation. I was trying to understand his point of view, not try to persuade him of anything. He was a Tea Partier.
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:56:51am |
re: #53 ralphieboy
Remember, these were the folks who warned politicians: “keep your government hands off my Medicare!”
I’ve seen a variety of images purporting to be actual signs from non-trolls, like this one
Do you think these are for real? Or is it a clever “false flag” attack?
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:57:11am |
re: #57 allegro
What, and give up their SUVs and air conditioning?
Oh, no. They’re not giving up a damned thing. They just want the rest of us to devolve. Sort of like how the aristocracy in Saudi Arabia lives in obscene wealth, but they push an extreme religious viewpoint to keep the populace in line.
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Alexzander Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:58:54am |
re: #59 thatthatisis
I didn’t get his real name, but his screen name had the words union and report. Seemed like a nice guy, we had a nice conversation. I was trying to understand his point of view, not try to persuade him of anything. He was a Tea Partier.
Crazy, I read redstate pretty regularly and he is a big part of the site. His screen name is LabourUnionReport and he is (obviously) super-anti union.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 9:59:52am |
“The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.”
— Iain M. Banks
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Alexzander Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:01:58am |
re: #63 WindUpBird
One of the first real books I read as a young teen was The Wasp Factory. I still haven’t begun The Culture series but I intend to.
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Alexzander Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:03:20am |
re: #63 WindUpBird
“In all the human societies we have ever reviewed, in every age and in every state, there has seldom if ever been a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.”
Iain Banks - Use of Weapons
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Interesting Times Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:03:51am |
along with a link to a website called “demsplanforamerica.com” that is nothing but a blank page.
Two can play that game: gopplanforamerica.com
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:04:10am |
re: #64 Alexzander
One of the first real books I read as a young teen was The Wasp Factory. I still haven’t begun The Culture series but I intend to.
The Culture series are on a pedestal, I can’t recommend them highly enough, they’re so clever and full of Iain banks’ temple-rubbing outlook on dumb humanity :D
I just finished Matter, which is a pretty goddamn righteous Culture book
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allegro Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:05:23am |
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:08:53am |
This ain’t gonna help…
US-flagged ship to participate in Gaza-bound flotilla
NEW YORK – Passengers on a US-flagged boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” spoke at a press conference Monday to discuss their plans and reasons for joining the “International Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human,” a flotilla intended to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.
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Buck Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:10:02am |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:10:40am |
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:13:32am |
re: #72 Alouette
The U.S. should certainly prosecute them if they violate any laws.
And if they do any stunts like burning the American Flag (a la R*chel C*rrie) on a foreign nation’s soil, they should be tried for treason. (I always thought C*rrie should have been tried posthumously.)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:13:40am |
The dude from Jackass who died looks a lot like my son.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:14:36am |
re: #74 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Ryan Dunn! yes :( he was one of my favorites, along with bam margera
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:15:42am |
re: #72 Alouette
“The Audacity of Dope” or maybe “The Audacity of Derp”
Some of the dingbats on the boat:
AMY GOODMAN: Kathy Kelly, can you talk about who’s on your ship alone, about 50 people—Alice Walker, the well-known writer, author of Color Purple, Ray McGovern, former CIA top briefer for President George H.W. Bush when he was vice president at the time—who else?
KATHY KELLY: Well, I’ve certainly been impressed with the work of Ann Wright. She’s criss-crossed the country since having been involved with previous efforts to enter Gaza, and has entered Gaza in the past, along with Medea Benjamin. And there’s been a tremendous effort on the part of many organizers.
AMY GOODMAN: Ann Wright, the colonel, who quit over the wars, and Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink.
KATHY KELLY: That’s right. And then, from Illinois, where I’m from, Robert Naiman, who coordinates Just Foreign Policy. Hedy Epstein, who has repeatedly gone over to Gaza, and her parents had been killed during the Holocaust. I think the makeup of people on the ship represents a broad sector of the U.S. peace movement. One of my close friends, just graduated from Beloit College, Max Suchan, he’ll also be on the boat. But we want the focus to be on people in Gaza. We’re very, very conscious of how people in Gaza have been subjected to privation, to an inability to move on with their lives. You’ve got a younger generation that’s never known anything other than being trapped inside of a punitive situation. So the focus should most especially be on our Gazan friends.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:15:49am |
re: #73 reuven
The U.S. should certainly prosecute them if they violate any laws.
And if they do any stunts like burning the American Flag (a la R*chel C*rrie) on a foreign nation’s soil, they should be tried for treason. (I always thought C*rrie should have been tried posthumously.)
Lol wtf wut? :D
Man, now I want to drive to Vancouver and burn one on my hotel balcony just for the fun of it OH SHIT NOW AMERICA IS DOOMED
Oh symbolism :D
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:18:28am |
Now they’ve done it….Facebook has pissed off the Amish…
Amish kids using mobile phones to get their Facebook fix, the elders are not amused
For IntoMobile readers the idea of living a life without a top of the line smartphone connected to a 4G network is about as welcoming as poking one’s eyes out. For Amish people however, they’ve made a lifestyle choice to not only live without mobile phones, but also without cars, electricity, and other such technologies that all of us associate with a modern way of living. Kids will be kids however, and some Amish youths are breaking the rules of their communities by not only getting a mobile phone, but using them to interact on social networks. There are an estimated “several hundred” Amish kids on Facebook from Lancaster County, which equates to between 1% and 2% of the population; they’re obviously the rebels.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:19:44am |
Oh man i can’t wait to hear more about flotillas for days and days and days and days because it’s so relevant in all threads about the GOp to start making them all into magical Israel threads, oh and also Amy Goodman who just runs everything, oh and code pink because they’re like worse than hitler and stalin and dracula and evil Gabriel that Christopher Walken played in prophecy
also more evil than Glenn Danzig and we know that guy’s totally quite evil for a tiny dude
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Buck Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:20:45am |
re: #73 reuven
“The US Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations sets forth that a vessel is considered to be in attempt to breach a blockade from the time the vessel leaves its port with the intention of evading the blockade.”
And they have declared their intention clearly.
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ProBosniaLiberal Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:22:10am |
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:23:22am |
re: #79 WindUpBird
also more evil than Glenn Danzig and we know that guy’s totally quite evil for a tiny dude
Tell your children not to walk his way…
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rwdflynavy Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:23:25am |
re: #73 reuven
The U.S. should certainly prosecute them if they violate any laws.
And if they do any stunts like burning the American Flag (a la R*chel C*rrie) on a foreign nation’s soil, they should be tried for treason. (I always thought C*rrie should have been tried posthumously.)
I’m pretty sure that isn’t treason. I don’t like seeing folks burning the flag, but I’m glad they have the freedom to burn it.
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:24:12am |
re: #79 WindUpBird
The fact that these people gave this ship an “Obama Brand” (and no, I’m not blaming Obama at all for this stunt) was in poor taste and is sure to fuel the fire from the Right Wing….
It was a bad idea.
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recusancy Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:24:18am |
re: #79 WindUpBird
Oh man i can’t wait to hear more about flotillas for days and days and days and days because it’s so relevant in all threads about the GOp to start making them all into magical Israel threads, oh and also Amy Goodman who just runs everything, oh and code pink because they’re like worse than hitler and stalin and dracula and evil Gabriel that Christopher Walken played in prophecy
also more evil than Glenn Danzig and we know that guy’s totally quite evil for a tiny dude
Oh shit is that this week? Well I guess LGF goes off the blog roll the next few days.
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ProBosniaLiberal Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:26:19am |
re: #81 ProLifeLiberal
Our NATO allies (save Germany) have gotten ballsy haven’t they?
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ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:26:23am |
re: #83 rwdflynavy
I don’t like flag burning, but I’d certainly defend any American who burns the flag in the United States.
However, going to a hostile region under foreign authority and burning an American Flag there, as an American, is a completely different issue.
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recusancy Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:27:35am |
re: #87 reuven
I don’t like flag burning, but I’d certainly defend any American who burns the flag in the United States.
However, going to a hostile region under foreign authority and burning an American Flag there, as an American, is a completely different issue.
Why?
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:27:35am |
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Interesting Times Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:28:55am |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:29:18am |
re: #89 JasonA
Not a big fan of class action suits. Usually the only people who see any money are the lawyers.
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:32:34am |
re: #69 Buck
“Fake but accurate”…
Now where did I see that before?
Andrew Breitbart. James O’Keefe. Alex Jones. The Obama impersonator who “debates” Republicans on Fox. All of Glenn Beck’s delusional ranting. Take your pick.
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ProBosniaLiberal Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:35:45am |
re: #90 publicityStunted
Unlike Tunisia, they actually have the strength to do something about it.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:36:34am |
re: #92 Lidane
Andrew Breitbart. James O’Keefe. Alex Jones. The Obama impersonator who “debates” Republicans on Fox. All of Glenn Beck’s delusional ranting. Take your pick.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:37:34am |
I DVR’d “Falling Skies” last night. Watching it now.
I’m thinking aliens could kick our asses pretty quickly, thoroughly and easily.
We might get out a “Wolver…” before we were toast.
Just an observation.
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:39:16am |
re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I DVR’d “Falling Skies” last night. Watching it now.
I’m thinking aliens could kick our asses pretty quickly, thoroughly and easily.
We might get out a “Wolver…” before we were toast.
Just an observation.
I was underwhelmed.
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122 Year Old Obama Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:39:47am |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
Except he got kicked off for his BS. The others are still treated as valid sources.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:41:05am |
re: #96 JasonA
I am seriously underwhelmed right now. Keep thinking… maybe it’ll get better.
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:41:16am |
If you were planning on signing a contract with Verizon, now might be a good time.
Verizon Tiered Data Plans Start July 7th – Heavy Users Beware!
Data plans:
2GB – $30/month
5GB – $50/month
10GB – $80/month
Overage costs $10 per 1GB
Those rates are worse than AT&T’s.
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:42:17am |
re: #91 EmmmieG
A lot of times individuals cannot afford to sue a large company, even though they clearly have grounds for a lawsuit (lawyering up ain’t free). And sometimes companies doing the really bad shit wouldn’t stop doing it, if not for class action lawsuits made up of some of those people who couldn’t afford representation, otherwise.
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Amory Blaine Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:42:20am |
re: #11 reuven
The problem some will believe these are 100% genuine Democratic Tweets, and no amount of technical explanation will change their minds. They’ll get forwarded and re-tweeted and gain provenance with each retelling.
(I spend about an hour explaining to my current Piano teacher that the email she received from YouTube stating that her latest submission to YouTube violated their decency policy didn’t actually come from YouTube, and that the whole thing was a ruse to get her to click on a link. I think she still believes her account was “hacked.”)
What will be the response from the “liberal” MSM?
*crickets*
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:42:30am |
re: #97 SteelPH
Except he got kicked off for his BS. The others are still treated as valid sources.
his own stupid fault for having any sort ofprinciples
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makeitstop Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:42:52am |
re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I DVR’d “Falling Skies” last night. Watching it now.
I’m thinking aliens could kick our asses pretty quickly, thoroughly and easily.
We might get out a “Wolver…” before we were toast.
Just an observation.
I watched that. Not a bad debut, but then again I’m a sucker for those types of stories.
I had to wonder why the ‘mechs’ sounded like they were stomping on boards when walking, even on dirt roads! :)
And it’s good to see Noah Wylie’s face back on my TV, too.
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Kragar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:43:11am |
re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I DVR’d “Falling Skies” last night. Watching it now.
I’m thinking aliens could kick our asses pretty quickly, thoroughly and easily.
We might get out a “Wolver…” before we were toast.
Just an observation.
6 Giant Blind Spots In Every Movie Alien’s Invasion Strategy
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Amory Blaine Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:43:33am |
re: #97 SteelPH
Dan Rather also had a whole career behind him. He paid for his mistake. Breitbart and friends, not so much.
Next.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:44:35am |
re: #100 theheat
A lot of times individuals cannot afford to sue a large company, even though they clearly have grounds for a lawsuit (lawyering up ain’t free). And sometimes companies doing the really bad shit wouldn’t stop doing it, if not for class action lawsuits made up of some of those people who couldn’t afford representation, otherwise.
We were having the discussion earlier about how although corporations and individuals are treated as legal persons, they are far from identical.
lawsuits, and the ability to initiate/ride out a lawsuit, are a fine example.
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Amory Blaine Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:44:39am |
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:45:01am |
re: #98 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I am seriously underwhelmed right now. Keep thinking… maybe it’ll get better.
It might have been more interesting to me if I had waited to watch Game of Thrones after instead of letting FS follow that…
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:45:08am |
re: #100 theheat
A lot of times individuals cannot afford to sue a large company, even though they clearly have grounds for a lawsuit (lawyering up ain’t free). And sometimes companies doing the really bad shit wouldn’t stop doing it, if not for class action lawsuits made up of some of those people who couldn’t afford representation, otherwise.
Yes, but you get back $2.50 on expenses of $400. The lawyers get rich.
Something about that bugs me.
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Kragar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:46:11am |
re: #107 Amory Blaine
You can’t piss off the Amish. That’s what makes them Amish.
;)
Just what they want you to believe.
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:47:48am |
re: #109 EmmmieG
$2.50 instead of zero, or paying your own legal fees for a half-hearted attempt to go head to head with the better funded corporation that will most likely kick your underfunded ass, seems like the better outcome. And the outcome of a class action lawsuit affects a lot more people, or can change laws altogether, usually for the better.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:49:13am |
Megan Fox Fired From ‘Transformers’ for Comparing Director to Hitler
It’s never a good idea to compare your boss to Hitler — even more so when his boss is Steven Spielberg.
Actress Megan Fox apparently learned this lesson the hard way, getting fired from one of Hollywood’s most popular film franchises after likening the series’ director, Michael Bay, to the Nazi dictator.
In an interview with England’s Daily Mail, Bay — currently ramping up publicity for the third “Transformers” movie — claims that Spielberg reacted furiously to Fox’s comments, in which she said, “[Bay] wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is.”
According to Bay, Spielberg, an executive producer of the “Transformers” movies, directed him to “fire her right now” — a move that was initially portrayed as a decision by Fox to leave the series. She has been replaced in the third “Transformers” movie by Rosie Huntington-Whitley, best known previously for her work as a Victoria’s Secret model.
Stupid is as stupid does…
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:50:23am |
re: #112 NJDhockeyfan
Megan Fox Fired From ‘Transformers’ for Comparing Director to Hitler
Stupid is as stupid does…
Hitler would have so genocided her ass.
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Amory Blaine Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:51:05am |
re: #111 theheat
$2.50 instead of zero, or paying your own legal fees for a half-hearted attempt to go head to head with the better funded corporation that will most likely kick your underfunded ass, seems like the better outcome. And the outcome of a class action lawsuit affects a lot more people, or can change laws altogether, usually for the better.
It can also prove or show who is a criminal.
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:51:39am |
re: #113 Alouette
And her husband’s. And her family’s. And probably a lot of her friends.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:52:06am |
re: #115 theheat
And her husband’s. And her family’s. And probably a lot of her friends.
And the whole city she lived in.
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wrenchwench Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:53:09am |
re: #109 EmmmieG
Yes, but you get back $2.50 on expenses of $400. The lawyers get rich.
Something about that bugs me.
I just received notice that I may be entitled to 37 cents as part of a $455,000,000 settlement against Farmers Insurance. A stamp costs more than that, but I just noticed that I can submit a claim for my share online. Woohoo!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:53:30am |
re: #111 theheat
$2.50 instead of zero, or paying your own legal fees for a half-hearted attempt to go head to head with the better funded corporation that will most likely kick your underfunded ass, seems like the better outcome. And the outcome of a class action lawsuit affects a lot more people, or can change laws altogether, usually for the better.
Actually, yes, I’d rather receive nothing at all. $2.50 is an insult.
In my case, I wouldn’t have sued. The company had a rogue employee. No new law was needed; a jail term was needed.
All the same, my SSN is out there forever. My credit is now frozen, and it will cost me $40-50 every time I want a new credit card or line of credit. I can’t put in for that amount now, although I know I will have to pay it at some time in the future.
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Jack Burton Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:53:39am |
re: #112 NJDhockeyfan
Michael Baysplosions can be like Hitler. I think even Hitler knew the difference between a plot and a series of special effects.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:54:21am |
It’s just so freaking lame to compare everybody to Hitler. Isn’t there anybody else to compare people to? Like Vlad the Impaler, or Ivan the Terrible, or maybe Darth Vader if you’re into that whole supervillain thing?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:55:30am |
re: #121 Alouette
It’s just so freaking lame to compare everybody to Hitler. Isn’t there anybody else to compare people to? Like Vlad the Impaler, or Ivan the Terrible, or maybe Darth Vader if you’re into that whole supervillain thing?
As I have said before, if you can legitimately compare someone to Hitler, you don’t need to. Nobody compares Pol Pot to Hitler. Saying “Pol Pot” is enough.
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:55:37am |
re: #116 Alouette
Her job is to look as good as plastic surgery makes her look, but probably not a historical resource unless you’re curious about Restylane, under muscle implants, etc.
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Alexzander Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:56:27am |
re: #121 Alouette
It’s just so freaking lame to compare everybody to Hitler. Isn’t there anybody else to compare people to? Like Vlad the Impaler, or Ivan the Terrible, or maybe Darth Vader if you’re into that whole supervillain thing?
There are some sad but real reasons for our reliance on Hitler. A 20th century figure, who nearly everyone agrees was morally corrupt, who nearly everyone is aware of. He is like the moral grounding of our contemporary political discourse.
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lawhawk Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:56:31am |
re: #99 JasonA
Good thing I signed up for a 2 year unlimited data plan (which they’ve since axed in favor of that plan - the changes to the data plans first started when they unveiled the iPhone for VZW).
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:57:45am |
re: #124 Alexzander
There are some sad but real reasons for our reliance on Hitler. A 20th century figure, who nearly everyone agrees was morally corrupt, who nearly everyone is aware of. He is like the moral grounding of our contemporary political discourse.
But when you compare everybody against whom you have some trivial complaints to freaking Hitler, doesn’t that diminish the evil of Hitler?
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Shiplord Kirel Mon, Jun 20, 2011 10:59:46am |
re: #112 NJDhockeyfan
Megan Fox Fired From ‘Transformers’ for Comparing Director to Hitler
Stupid is as stupid does…
So lacking in originality too. She could have said the director is Attila the Hun and the writers are the Manson gang.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:01:10am |
Gotta run. How about Mugabe or Idi Amin?
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:01:20am |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
IIRC, Dan Rather got fired for that. Breitbart still goes on Faux News as a trusted source.
Try again.
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Political Atheist Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:01:24am |
Well if you are going to collect trash on the street for cash this is as good an idea as any I guess. Are the streets paved with gold? Maybe not but they are at least flecked with gold & diamonds in the jewelry district.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
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Amory Blaine Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:01:46am |
re: #126 Alouette
But when you compare everybody against whom you have some trivial complaints to freaking Hitler, doesn’t that diminish the evil of Hitler?
Hitler?
What about this guy?
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Political Atheist Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:02:23am |
re: #121 Alouette
It’s just so freaking lame to compare everybody to Hitler. Isn’t there anybody else to compare people to? Like Vlad the Impaler, or Ivan the Terrible, or maybe Darth Vader if you’re into that whole supervillain thing?
Go contemporary. Dick Cheney.
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:02:35am |
re: #118 EmmmieG
An insult compared to what - being right and never proving it, or having anything to show for it? People can be right all damned day in the sanctity of their own homes, but proving it in court is a whole ‘nother ball of wax. It takes money. It takes good legal representation. After that, it takes the right judge and jury, and a whole lot of luck. Being right is the smallest part of the equation.
This shit doesn’t get decided on its own by truthseekers and young idealists out of law school. It takes hard core representation, a lot of fact-finding and negotiation, expert witnesses, interrogatories, and a whole bunch of other stuff that costs bales and piles and stacks of money (most individuals don’t have) to accomplish.
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Interesting Times Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:02:56am |
re: #128 EmmmieG
Gotta run. How about Mugabe or Idi Amin?
“Ogabe” is a popular slur on freerepublic and similar cesspools.
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Amory Blaine Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:04:04am |
re: #133 theheat
QFT. Money is the only equalizer in this country. EVERYTHING is bought and sold.
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:04:38am |
re: #126 Alouette
But when you compare everybody against whom you have some trivial complaints to freaking Hitler, doesn’t that diminish the evil of Hitler?
Hitler comparisons are the sign of a lack of imagination. There are plenty of other tyrants to compare to, like Pol Pot, Stalin, Franco, Mussolini, etc.
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Kragar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:04:41am |
Blame the ref: Gladiator’s 1800 year old epitaph revealed
A Roman gladiator’s tombstone blames the ref for his fatal battle, according to a historian who decoded the 1,800-year-old epitaph.“After breaking my opponent Demetrius I did not kill him immediately,” reads the epitaph of a fighter named Diodorus. “Fate and the cunning treachery of the summa rudis [referee] killed me.”
The tombstone, which depicts a gladiator holding two swords, standing above a surrendering opponent, was decoded by Michael Carter, a professor at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. Carter said that, unlike popular conception, gladiator fights had intricate rules and did not always result in one combatant’s death.
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Alexzander Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:06:01am |
re: #128 EmmmieG
Gotta run. How about Mugabe or Idi Amin?
The average American has probably never even heard of them. The average american probably cant even tell you anything substantial about Pol Pot, Pinochet, or even Stalin.
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Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:06:07am |
re: #78 NJDhockeyfan
Now they’ve done it…Facebook has pissed off the Amish…
Amish kids using mobile phones to get their Facebook fix, the elders are not amused
I would have thougth that Amish “texting” would involve use of Semaphore Flags. Which would eventually lead to “Julius Ceaser - on the Aldiss Lamp”. ;)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:09:25am |
re: #132 Rightwingconspirator
Go contemporary. Dick Cheney.
Or Hollywood, “Michael Bay has killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille!”
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Buck Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:14:40am |
Fake Tweets have been around for years. A quick search on Google shows Huff Post celebrating ones that made fun of BP.
Try to fake out and fool the lazy media? A time honored tradition.
With regards to Breitbart?
Journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to get more clicks? A tradition going back to Pulitzer and Hearst. Look up Yellow Journalism.
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Kragar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:15:21am |
Assad blames saboteurs for Syria unrest
In the 70-minute, televised speech, Assad acknowledged demands for reform were legitimate, but said “saboteurs” were exploiting the situation.Although he called for “national dialogue,” he added that “there is no political solution with those who carry arms and kill.”
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Amory Blaine Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:17:29am |
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theheat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:18:44am |
re: #139 oaktree
I have to wonder if their spelling is as awful as other kids their age, or if that supposedly superior “one room schoolhouse” education can withstand the peer pressure of txtspk other “librul school” kids succumb to.
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Buck Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:19:28am |
re: #144 Amory Blaine
Pulitzer and Hearst?
Goes back to Benjamin Franklin and beyond.
OK, that is fine….Even today Andrew Sullivan is still doing it.
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:20:19am |
re: #142 Buck
Resorting to invoking the Magical Balance Fairy and making excuses for people you agree with?
Par for the course.
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Kragar Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:20:23am |
re: #145 theheat
I have to wonder if their spelling is as awful as other kids their age, or if that supposedly superior “one room schoolhouse” education can withstand the peer pressure of txtspk other “librul school” kids succumb to.
How do you text with a rotary phone? Doesn’t no buttons apply to phones as well?
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iossarian Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:25:07am |
re: #146 Buck
OK, that is fine…Even today Andrew Sullivan is still doing it.
That’s tacky, but compared to the subject matter of the next thread it’s laughable that you bring this and Dan Rather (!) up as if they are somehow equivalent to the constant stream of lies and distortion coming from the right.
MBF indeed.
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Buck Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:25:22am |
re: #147 Lidane
Resorting to invoking the Magical Balance Fairy and making excuses for people you agree with?
Par for the course.
Yes, whenever someone who disagrees with you brings up a counter point, it is either MBF or tu quoque. No chance that it could be another way to look at it.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:26:23am |
re: #85 recusancy
Oh shit is that this week? Well I guess LGF goes off the blog roll the next few days.
It’s gonna be ALL KINDA CRAZY ALL UP IN THIS LOL
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:33:35am |
re: #150 Buck
Yes, whenever someone who disagrees with you brings up a counter point, it is either MBF or tu quoque. No chance that it could be another way to look at it.
Then what kind of argument were you trying to make Buck? That this sort of behavior is acceptable or not to be worried about?
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Lidane Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:34:42am |
re: #150 Buck
Or you’re just making excuses for people you agree with. Seems simple enough to me.
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wiffersnapper Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:11:51pm |
Eh, I thought it was kind of clever. Liked the blank page site more though. Gave me a chuckle.
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Jimmah Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:45:13pm |
re: #151 WindUpBird
It’s gonna be ALL KINDA CRAZY ALL UP IN THIS LOL
You know you’re gonna attract the attention of the Witchsniffer Pursuivant if you keep this up ;-)
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dragonfire1981 Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:17:12pm |
Yeah and if the Dems tried this the GOP would demanding Liberal heads on a stake.
Remember kids, its only ok if a right winger is doing it.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:14:27pm |
re: #84 reuven
The fact that these people gave this ship an “Obama Brand” (and no, I’m not blaming Obama at all for this stunt) was in poor taste and is sure to fuel the fire from the Right Wing…
It was a bad idea.
You’re a bad idea
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bratwurst Mon, Jun 20, 2011 3:04:41pm |
re: #73 reuven
(I always thought C*rrie should have been tried posthumously.)
Got any other completely un-American and patently ridiculous ideas you’d care to pull out of your ass?
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FQ Kafir Mon, Jun 20, 2011 3:25:41pm |
I think the blank page is supposed to represent the fact that Democrats have failed to produce any serious budget in 780 days.
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