1 | abolitionist Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:06:46pm |
I like to click on the video after it starts, so it opens in another tab. Then I have a full-screen option. Rachel's worth it.
2 | Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:07:15pm |
It is amazing what state run "science" that fits a political dogma can produce.
Amazing in how sick and evil it is, and amazing at how very far from reality it always turns out.
However, like all good ideologues, totalitarians and dogmatists, the GOP feels that science bends to its will and the truth is something that they define.
Indeed, evolution didn't happen and the climate isn't changing, and women who get raped won't conceive.
3 | Charles Johnson Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:11:36pm |
4 | jaunte Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:18:11pm |
Forced birth of your rapist's baby. Barbaric is a good word for it.
6 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:21:56pm |
Sheriff candidate in New Hampshire says deadly force is an acceptable way to stop abortions: goo.gl/2UVVR— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) August 22, 2012
7 | Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:23:14pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
I agree, it all comes from the same place.
I like the spastic tube meme.
I also should point out that it isn't an issue of left or right, but rather an issue of control.
Science has no boundaries. The truth does not come from one race. The laws of nature do not vote or care one whit what humans wish they would be. They just are. Any science that has to apologize for what just is, must fail from the outset.
The Russians had there share of state accepted science.
The Church... Galileo, rhythm methods, evolution denial and an endless list.
The Nazis had "Aryan science" and an order to eliminate "Jewish science." The Russians wanted to eliminate "Jewish science" as well. Landau pointed out that without "Jewish science," the Russians would have no science. The Russians were a little smarter about that than the Germans - who arguably lost the war because many of the cutting edge people in radar, code breaking, proximity fuses and a host of other war toys - not to mention the atomic bomb, were Jews making "Jewish science."
And now the GOP...
They have GOP accepted science, which is any "science" that promotes their agenda.
In all of these cases, the measure of science is not truth, or data or independent lines of reasoning. There are no careful calculations. Often there are no calculations at all.
All there is are lies to push a social order based on control. Yet, they call it "science" to usurp the authority of carefully uncovered truths.
Ultimately, this is why the truth will always be the enemy of the totalitarian.
8 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:25:27pm |
Republicans lose Hispanic outreach director in Florida as some begin to fret tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz... via @tb_times #p2 #Obama2012— PragmaticObotsUnite (@PragObots) August 22, 2012
9 | God of Binders with Women Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:26:11pm |
I'm glad this is all coming up now. Charles and others at LGF has been exposing these Tea Party charlatans for what they are. Namely, A bunch of people with selective outrage over government and its role in our lives that disguise their true intentions from the top levels of the federal government all the way to school boards. Their obsession with the rights of women and gays is breathtaking in scope, and should not be viewed lightly. Romney is not a stupid man, but he will rue the day he made these freaks his bedfellows.
10 | wrenchwench Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:29:10pm |
ATTENTION CONVENTIONEERS: In case of storm flooding Chris Christie may be used as a flotation device. Save yourself, women and children last— justamexican (@justamexican) August 22, 2012
14 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:32:35pm |
re: #4 jaunte
Forced birth of your rapist's baby. Barbaric is a good word for it.
Speaking of barbaric, the rapist would have paternal rights.
15 | Sheila Broflovski Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:32:49pm |
re: #6 Gus
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How stupid are these "people" (and I use the term with extreme generosity) to not understand that if you kill a pregnant woman who is trying to get an abortion, you also kill the fetus.
16 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:32:54pm |
re: #12 funky chicken
Holy Shit.
Yep. And here he is with the American flag and mentioning something, something about the Konstotushun...
[Link: www.szaboforsheriff.com...]
17 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:33:40pm |
re: #15 Learned Mother of Zion
How stupid are these "people" (and I use the term with extreme generosity) to not understand that if you kill a pregnant woman who is trying to get an abortion, you also kill the fetus.
You're supposed to kill the doctor.
18 | God of Binders with Women Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:34:12pm |
19 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:37:04pm |
If you want to drop him a note... here's his Facebook page...
[Link: www.facebook.com...]
20 | funky chicken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:38:29pm |
re: #17 SteveMcG
You're supposed to kill the doctor.
and nurses, and receptionists, and lab techs, etc. because they're all eeevul.
21 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:38:51pm |
re: #19 Gus
First, I would admit I'm not active on Facebook, but I don't think that's productive.
22 | Sheila Broflovski Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:40:25pm |
re: #20 funky chicken
and nurses, and receptionists, and lab techs, etc. because they're all eeevul.
And then drag off the expectant mother human en vitro receptacle to a "safe house" (some rapist serial-killer dungeon) to "protect" the fetus.
23 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:41:10pm |
re: #21 SteveMcG
First, I would admit I'm not active on Facebook, but I don't think that's productive.
Communicating could mean a number of things no? Are you implying that I'm inviting people to go there and resort insults? Let me get my smelling salts.
24 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:42:57pm |
re: #23 Gus
No, I just think the guy would just ignore anything he doesn't agree with. You wouldn't really be communicating. Besides, for each adult who may try to communicate, you'd get a half dozen children shouting at thim.
25 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:43:39pm |
Have to wonder how long it will take for the final final Mission Impossible face mask to come off --will they deny the Holocaust before or after the election?
26 | William of Orange Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:43:56pm |
Not again....
Twisted Sister's Dee Snider "emphatically denounces" Paul Ryan for playing "We're Not Gonna Take It" at a rally: bitly.com/O6joql
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 22, 2012
27 | Sheila Broflovski Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:44:14pm |
re: #25 ggt
Have to wonder how long it will take for the final final Mission Impossible face mask to come off --will they deny the Holocaust before or after the election?
They will never deny the Holocaust, they will just co-opt themselves as the victims.
28 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:44:27pm |
The religious right really is into this stuff.
For example, over on the Salem Communication's Townhall website, they are featuring this article:
Which Babies Should Get the Death Sentence?
Again, the problem is the underlying mind-body dualism. According to creationists (of all stripes), once the spermatozoa has delivered its DNA contents into the ovum, something magickal (from an extra dimension?) also enters the ovum, and voila that complete set of DNA inside that cell wall is a "person".
I can't over-stress that this indeed is the foundational problem here.
This is why Christine O'Donnell ranted about that amazing mouse with a human brain, as Maddow reminds us, without having a clue about that of which she spoke.
They really don't understand basic biology.
In fact, they actively oppose the science of biology.
Putting DNA inside a cell does not make a "person". Genetic engineering is done around the world and is not done on H. sapiens purely for cultural, not biological, reasons.
The core issue is one of an ancient worldview, based on fantasickal magick, which is long overdue to pass away.
29 | makeitstop Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:46:21pm |
re: #26 William of Orange
Not again....
Twisted has let candidates use that song in the past - Dee was active in Ahh-nold's gubernatorial campaign and even showed up with a band (not TS) at a couple of rallies and played the song.
It frankly surprised me that Dee got out in front of this and was so vocal about it. They must really not like what Ryan stands for.
30 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:46:22pm |
Gus, a bit OT for a moment. My neighbor got the cutest puppy, and named him Gus. My daughter is just beside herself because the freaking thing is so cute and she wants a puppy and I just can't go for it (because you know who is gonna wind up caring for the thing) so I have to pretend I'm allergic and not get caught petting the little bastard.
31 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:47:55pm |
re: #30 SteveMcG
Gus, a bit OT for a moment. My neighbor got the cutest puppy, and named him Gus. My daughter is just beside herself because the freaking thing is so cute and she wants a puppy and I just can't go for it (because you know who is gonna wind up caring for the thing) so I have to pretend I'm allergic and not get caught petting the little bastard.
scrooge!
33 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:49:22pm |
re: #30 SteveMcG
Gus, a bit OT for a moment. My neighbor got the cutest puppy, and named him Gus. My daughter is just beside herself because the freaking thing is so cute and she wants a puppy and I just can't go for it (because you know who is gonna wind up caring for the thing) so I have to pretend I'm allergic and not get caught petting the little bastard.
What breed?
34 | William of Orange Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:50:18pm |
Another nice choice by Paul Ryan.
Can I get a ditto, say FACEPALM!
I wonder what Ryan's favorite Rage song is? Is it the one where we condemn the genocide of Native Americans? The one lambasting American imperialism? Our cover of "Fuck the Police"? Or is it the one where we call on the people to seize the means of production? So many excellent choices to jam out to at Young Republican meetings!
Don't mistake me, I clearly see that Ryan has a whole lotta "rage" in him: A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment. Basically the only thing he's not raging against is the privileged elite he's groveling in front of for campaign contributions.
35 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:50:53pm |
re: #33 Gus
Never thought to ask. Reminds me of a Pomeranian.
36 | Interesting Times Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:51:28pm |
re: #6 Gus
So, people of Hillsborough County, NH, are you going to vote for a man who's going to murder your doctors?— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 22, 2012
37 | goddamnedfrank Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:51:55pm |
re: #19 Gus
If you want to drop him a note... here's his Facebook page...
[Link: www.facebook.com...]
LOL, what an ignorant douche bag.
"My wife and I went through in-vitro ... and I have a photograph of my daughter when she was 8-cells old," he added. "Someone would have to be very convincing to convince me life doesn't begin at conception."
Is this asshole under the impression that only one egg was fertilized for the procedure? In vitro fertilization involves the creation and implantation of multiple fetuses and frequently requires selective abortion to pare down the final number.
IVF (in vitro fertilisation) is a medical procedure used to help some infertile couples. A woman's ovaries are stimulated to produce multiple eggs which are fertilised with her partner's sperm. This produces several fertilised embryos, some of which are placed in her womb, and the others are frozen for possible later use.
Two ethical problems then arise:
because several embryos are implanted to increase the chance of a successful pregnancy, multiple births can occur. Some couples choose selective reduction instead - the destruction of some of the embryos early in the pregnancy - either because they don't want so many children, or in order to improve the survival chances of the other embryos.
if the stored embryos are eventually removed from storage and disposed of, this could be regarded as abortion. Legislation such as the Texas Prenatal Protection Act makes such disposal an unlawful killing except under restricted circumstances.
38 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:52:28pm |
re: #36 Interesting Times
I think am afraid we know the answer to that.
39 | wrenchwench Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:53:52pm |
re: #37 goddamnedfrank
LOL, what an ignorant douche bag.
Is this asshole under the impression that only one egg was fertilized for the procedure? In vitro fertilization involves the creation and implantation of multiple fetuses and frequently requires selective abortion to pare down the final number.
So he should start by using deadly force on the doctor who created his daughter.... geesh.
40 | allegro Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:54:37pm |
re: #37 goddamnedfrank
LOL, what an ignorant douche bag.
Is this asshole under the impression that only one egg was fertilized for the procedure? In vitro fertilization involves the creation and implantation of multiple fetuses and frequently requires selective abortion to pare down the final number.
Enter Octomom.
41 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:56:24pm |
I got an idea. How about we have China send over all those mothers who want to have extra children and we'll let them be born here? Think of the lives we'll save!
42 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 4:59:26pm |
I was thinking. Is this a war on women or is it slowly turning into terrorism on women?
43 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:00:33pm |
Rape-Can't-Cause-Pregnancy doctor - a Romney '08 surrogate - reportedly says he met with Romney this Octoberis.gd/tjAsMk— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 22, 2012
44 | SteveMcG Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:00:42pm |
re: #42 Gus
I go with war. Most of the victims have been the providers instead of the mothers.
46 | b_sharp Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:02:00pm |
re: #28 freetoken
The religious right really is into this stuff.
For example, over on the Salem Communication's Townhall website, they are featuring this article:
Which Babies Should Get the Death Sentence?
Again, the problem is the underlying mind-body dualism. According to creationists (of all stripes), once the spermatozoa has delivered its DNA contents into the ovum, something magickal (from an extra dimension?) also enters the ovum, and voila that complete set of DNA inside that cell wall is a "person".
I can't over-stress that this indeed is the foundational problem here.
This is why Christine O'Donnell ranted about that amazing mouse with a human brain, as Maddow reminds us, without having a clue about that of which she spoke.
They really don't understand basic biology.
In fact, they actively oppose the science of biology.
Putting DNA inside a cell does not make a "person". Genetic engineering is done around the world and is not done on H. sapiens purely for cultural, not biological, reasons.
The core issue is one of an ancient worldview, based on fantasickal magick, which is long overdue to pass away.
Would you PLEASE stop stealing my ideas and expressing them more eloquently than I can?
I've made several comments about mind-body dualism here to a resounding Meh!.
47 | Interesting Times Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:03:29pm |
48 | Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:04:52pm |
Hey everyone. I've been reading all day. Kudos to all of you who have contributed so much to this blog. Fantastic thoughts, and yes, ammo in the war on women. (there's a saying the best weapons are thoughts I think)
And like Simmone said, kudos to the guys for sure. We residents of vaginaville so appreciate it.
49 | Shiplord Kirel Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:08:13pm |
re: #6 Gus
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Well, nutcake politician, lethal force really is justified to stop people who try to shoot up abortion providers.
Perhaps not coincidentally, my security guard friends at the abortion clinic are upgrading their guns. They are getting new Glock .40s to replace their Taurus 9mms, and they also have new shotguns.
50 | austin_blue Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:08:14pm |
I think it's about time for a good ol' GOPussyRiot!
Don't you?
51 | b_sharp Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:08:54pm |
re: #48 Stanley Sea
Hey everyone. I've been reading all day. Kudos to all of you who have contributed so much to this blog. Fantastic thoughts, and yes, ammo in the war on women. (there's a saying the best weapons are thoughts I think)
And like Simmone said, kudos to the guys for sure. We residents of vaginaville so appreciate it.
Hey, we too like vaginas.
52 | Decatur Deb Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:09:59pm |
re: #49 Shiplord Kirel
Well, nutcake politician, lethal force really is justified to stop people who try to shoot up abortion providers.
Perhaps not coincidentally, my security guard friends at the abortion clinic are upgrading their guns. They are getting new Glock .40s to replace their Taurus 9mms, and they also have new shotguns.
The bit in the news report about the "extraordinary" constitutional powers of sheriffs is the tip-off. The guy is singing the sovereign citizen nutcase anthem.
53 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:10:48pm |
As I've mentioned here before, I am in principle against late-term abortions, but that is the current law anyway so there's no real space between my own position and the law.
Against the creationists' magickal idea of "person", I suggest that a much better definition has to do with brain function - which is why "brain death" is one criteria for unplugging someone totally dependent upon life support.
Without a functioning neocortex/cerebral cortex there can be no conscious thought, no collection of memories interacting with sensory input can exist.
The religious right cannot allow this biological definition of "person" because the magick would be gone.
It's interesting for those studying religion that not all theists insist on a "soul", but those believing such are clearly a minority in the US. In American religious culture, most Americans fully embrace mind-body dualism (yes, even reincarnationist Hindus), and some Christians even go one step farther into a tripartite human.
These type of beliefs most likely evolved with the rest of human culture as a way to accommodate the intense emotions surrounding death. Most people express these type of dualistic beliefs some time in their lives. This universality of the problem makes the sales job of the religious right much more easier than it would be otherwise (e.g., compare to the doctrines of tithing - most Americans don't really buy fully into those ideas.)
Since everyone past childhood have some awareness of their own impending death, the belief of "life after death" is one of the few comforts available to anyone regardless of social position or wealth. This belief gets translated back into the present as a claim to some sort of "soul" independent of the biological systems of the body.
This is also why people believe in ghosts.
Fighting this widely held belief system is difficult and returns little for the effort. Since so many people want to believe they are a non-physical being inhabiting a physical organism, the odds are strongly in favor of the religious right being able to continue to market their products in this country.
This problem will not go away when Akins goes away.
54 | Eventual Carrion Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:11:42pm |
re: #39 wrenchwench
So he should start by using deadly force on the doctor who created his daughter.... geesh.
I would just remind him that he murdered his other children. The unused fertilized eggs that were sent to the incinerator. I would remind him that I don't think he is a murderer because I don't think a person is a person until they would have a good chance to breath on their own (as I think when you cease breathing on your own you cease to be a person, you become dead), but by his definition he is a murderer. Depending on how many eggs, a mass murderer.
Note: I understand that there are machines that can keep you breathing even if your body can't. But in my mind that wouldn't be life. YMMV
55 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:12:15pm |
Oh brother.
Romney: "I like the Gallup poll where I'm up 2. I like that one better [than WSJ/NBC]. My staff only sends me the ones where I'm ahead."— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 22, 2012
56 | erik_t Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:13:27pm |
re: #52 Decatur Deb
The bit in the news report about the "extraordinary" constitutional powers of sheriffs is the tip-off. The guy is singing the sovereign citizen nutcase anthem.
I bet you Mr. Sheriff can't tell you exactly how many times the word 'sheriff' occurs in the Constitution.
57 | erik_t Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:14:00pm |
58 | Decatur Deb Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:14:29pm |
re: #56 erik_t
I bet you Mr. Sheriff can't tell you exactly how many times the word 'sheriff' occurs in the Constitution.
He can tell you where his gold and non-hybrid seeds are buried, but he won't.
59 | Sheila Broflovski Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:14:58pm |
re: #58 Decatur Deb
He can tell you where his gold and non-hybrid seeds are buried, but he won't.
If he did, then he would have to kill you.
60 | Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:15:00pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Actually I think it came from here.
[Link: video1.break.com...]
Yes, it's disgusting. But then again so are Romney/Ryan and the religious right.
61 | Decatur Deb Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:15:59pm |
re: #59 Learned Mother of Zion
If he did, then he would have to kill you.
After a citizen's grand jury down at the lodge hall.
62 | Interesting Times Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:16:16pm |
Fetus Über Alles! Actual children, not so much:
Timothy Dolan paid hush money to pedophile priests. And he'll be speaking at the RNC.shar.es/7scbE #familyvalues— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 23, 2012
63 | erik_t Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:16:16pm |
Aaaaand Facebook brainbombs me with another Romney supporter. He's a young Arizona man with a trust fund who studied inter-war Germany in college.
I.... I have nothing to add to that.
64 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:16:52pm |
re: #53 freetoken
The mind is an extraordinary thing yet it's not a function of magical super powers. Consciousness, thoughts, dreams, love, hate, intelligence, etc., are all a product of biology and a healthy functioning biology at that.
66 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:18:25pm |
re: #46 b_sharp
Ok then... I'll go back to the Kardashians:
Khloe gets rear-ended:
KHLOE KARDASHIAN REAR-ENDING On L.A. Freeway
while her sister continues to show off her own rear end:
67 | wrenchwench Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:19:07pm |
re: #47 Interesting Times
I'm guessing misprint, probably meant last October.
From the link:
... in October last year.
68 | Mattand Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:19:45pm |
re: #43 Gus
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If a doctor says a woman can't get pregnant because of rape, their license should be yanked and burned in front of them.
69 | Interesting Times Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:21:40pm |
re: #62 Interesting Times
I can't wait to hear the prayer: "Dear god, punish the sluts, protect the pedophiles, then care for the poor. Maybe."— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 23, 2012
70 | William of Orange Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:25:52pm |
71 | austin_blue Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:26:59pm |
re: #53 freetoken
As I've mentioned here before, I am in principle against late-term abortions, but that is the current law anyway so there's no real space between my own position and the law.
Against the creationists' magickal idea of "person", I suggest that a much better definition has to do with brain function - which is why "brain death" is one criteria for unplugging someone totally dependent upon life support.
Without a functioning neocortex/cerebral cortex there can be no conscious thought, no collection of memories interacting with sensory input can exist.
I agree with the bolded position with a couple of caveats:
1) Lethal teratogenic malformations, which many women, especially the poor who do not enjoy sufficient prenatal care, do not discover until after 25 weeks gestation. Why continue to carry an anencaphalic corpse to term?
2) Lethal genetics that will surely kill a child young and will require intense pain, suffering, and crippling costs for all concerned. (NB: Families should have the *choice* of termination in this instance.)
I am in total agreement with the rest of the post. The question becomes when that occurs. Twenty weeks? Twenty one? Is it a moving target based on the youngest preemie of record to survive? It's a puzzlement.
72 | Lidane Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:28:02pm |
re: #68 Mattand
If a doctor says a woman can't get pregnant because of rape, their license should be yanked and burned in front of them.
If a doctor says a woman can't get pregnant because of rape, their medical school should have its credentials revoked.
73 | Interesting Times Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:28:40pm |
re: #71 austin_blue
1) Lethal teratogenic malformations, which many women, especially the poor who do not enjoy sufficient prenatal care, do not discover until after 25 weeks gestation. Why continue to carry an anencaphalic corpse to term?
Because it could someday grow up to be on the GOP House Science committee?
74 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:29:21pm |
re: #71 austin_blue
Why continue to carry an anencaphalic [sic] corpse to term?
Which is why I mentioned brain function.
75 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:32:02pm |
@markos @richardgrenell Yeah. Pedophile hush money vs. how Obama spelled "Ohio." Imagine if the DNC had a speaker like this.— Gus (@Gus_802) August 23, 2012
77 | wrenchwench Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:33:46pm |
re: #74 freetoken
Which is why I mentioned brain function.
Why legislate conditions when we can never predict every possible circumstance? Nobody is in favor of a late term abortion, until it turns out to be the best choice for whatever reason. Leave that best choice up to the only human capable of that decision who is involved: the pregnant woman.
78 | Decatur Deb Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:33:54pm |
79 | makeitstop Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:34:28pm |
80 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:35:00pm |
RNC offers compromise to Maine's Ron Paul delegates
There has been a shake up for the Ron Paul delegates who are planning to represent Maine at next week's Republican National Convention.
State GOP chairman Charlie Webster told News 8 that the national contest committee has ruled that Maine's state convention was fraught with error.
The committee is recommending that Romney and Paul factions negotiate an agreement that would send ten delegates from each camp to the national convention.
Maine will have a total of 24 delegates in Tampa next week.
The remaining four are Webster, Gov. Paul LePage and the party national committeeman and committeewoman.
Paul delegates said that they are not willing to compromise.
Delegate Mark Willis said, “It’s all of us or none of us.”
NO COMPROMISE!!
RON PAUL!!
81 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:36:08pm |
Study: Risk of genetic abnormalities in babies rises as father’s age increases
"Baby juice" spoils?
82 | lawhawk Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:37:20pm |
Isaac closing in on Florida:
Image: 558201_10151194475026018_2056076613_n.jpg
83 | funky chicken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:39:29pm |
re: #82 lawhawk
There must be some youthful readers wondering "who the hell is that?"
84 | Decatur Deb Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:39:50pm |
re: #82 lawhawk
Isaac closing in on Florida:
Image: 558201_10151194475026018_2056076613_n.jpg
Wife, a daughter, and a son will be in Tampa Monday. I'm of two minds about this storm.
85 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:43:05pm |
TV isn't what it used to be:
TV reruns drawing fewer viewers
Source: At least 20 'Tonight Show' staffers laid off, Jay Leno's salary slashed
and "reality TV" is getting too "real"?
Maksim Chmerkovskiy could sue 'Dancing With the Stars' partner Hope Solo
Rumor: Did George Clooney Ban Stacy Kiebler From Joining “Dancing With The Stars: All Stars”?
86 | alpuz Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:43:45pm |
re: #76 Gus
What's with the shirtless Ryan photos on his twitter page?
87 | Lidane Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:45:10pm |
re: #80 freetoken
Dear Luap Nor delegates --
Feel free to cause as much chaos as you like during the RNC. Between the Akin debacle and Mitt's campaign now being subsumed by all the talk about "legitimate rape" and "forcible rape" and all the anti-woman crazy in the platform, your love for Crazy Uncle Liberty will be the cherry on top of this ice cream sundae of fail.
Please and thank you,
Me
88 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:45:38pm |
re: #86 alpuz
Normally it's only Ryan's ties that are invisible; are his shirts now going that way too?
89 | Charles Johnson Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:46:31pm |
It explains a lot.
90 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:46:46pm |
re: #86 alpuz
What's with the shirtless Ryan photos on his twitter page?
Oh. Grenell probably think Ryan has a hot body.
92 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:47:14pm |
re: #87 Lidane
Given the predicted path of Isaac, , the Paulians are going to have a lot of competition to see who can mess up the place the most.
93 | Big Joe Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:47:45pm |
re: #89 Charles Johnson
It explains a lot.
And again, women's lady-bits are not something that you just dump something on. They're not a big truck. They're a series of spastic tubes.
94 | Lidane Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:49:27pm |
re: #92 freetoken
Given the predicted path of Isaac, , the Paulians are going to have a lot of competition to see who can mess up the place the most.
Pfft. You're assuming that someone other than Luap Nor is controlling that storm. Clearly, it's divine intervention to stop the statist Republican establishment from destroying our liberties.
/Alex Jones
95 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:56:26pm |
96 | Daniel Ballard Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:56:57pm |
re: #85 freetoken
Ya got that right.
Disturbing Attack on Photographer Aired by Discovery Channel Reality Show
People do some pretty dumb things on reality TV shows, but perhaps none more asinine than this. During the filming of the Discovery Channel’s reality TV show The Devils Ride back in January, the camera crew captured footage of a confrontation between one of the show’s subjects and photographer Ashi Fachler, who was taking pictures from a public sidewalk. Here’s the description of the clip above (warning: it’s pretty disturbing):
When a photographer gets too close to a group of club wives and girlfriends enjoying a dinner out, Charles, a Laffing Devils prospect, steps in.
In case you didn’t catch that, Fachler was assaulted by a number of people involved in the show simply because he was getting too close while photographing from a public space.
[Link: www.petapixel.com...]
Biker prospect was dumb lucky the photog had no defense training. So it goes to court.
97 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:00:36pm |
Sigh... Chrome is messing up characters again.
What I've discovered so far is that the only way to fix this is to reboot the Mac. No other software demonstrates this problem, yet simply restarting Chrome won't work, and even reinstalling Chrome won't work. I have no idea why, but something Chrome does messes up fonts only for Chrome.
"Free" software ain't so free.
98 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:01:24pm |
"Mean-spirited and intolerant"--the New York Times on the GOP platform: OFA.BO/nDfkj8— TruthTeam2012 (@truthteam2012) August 23, 2012
99 | freetoken Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:03:00pm |
Getting attention among some regressive sites:
University of Colorado model predicts Romney win in November
100 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:04:29pm |
re: #53 freetoken
The idea that if any consciousness is in the energy that is not destroyed during death would not be the same as ME is difficult to comprehend. ME includes my consciousness, my body and that thing no one has yet defined in science --mind, soul, ka, whatever.
The idea that thousands of years of superstition has a better hold on that "whatever" than science does is really stupid, IMHO. My belief's about such things are private and don't involve anyone else's person or rights.
People seem to need to hang on to that idea that ME lives on after death. NO thanks, when I'm done, I'm done. The only pat of me that lives on is the part that became my child, the work that I have done and hopefully a few kind thoughts in the minds of others.
Why isn't that enough for people?
101 | William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:06:18pm |
re: #97 freetoken
Sigh... Chrome is messing up characters again.
What I've discovered so far is that the only way to fix this is to reboot the Mac. No other software demonstrates this problem, yet simply restarting Chrome won't work, and even reinstalling Chrome won't work. I have no idea why, but something Chrome does messes up fonts only for Chrome.
"Free" software ain't so free.
Have you had Chrome check for updates?
On my Xubuntu installation, Chromium (the open source version) slowly eats up the ram & if I don't restart it every 12 hours or so it will suddenly lock the machine up in a thrashing fit. This is with the Adobe Flash plugin installed. With the builtin flash plugin enabled, I'd only last about 4 hours.
The flip side is that, other than the memory issue, Chromium is faster, more stable & renders better (especially HTML5) than any other browser I've tried in Linux. Which reminds me, it's about time to restart the browser.
BIAB.
102 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:06:33pm |
re: #66 freetoken
Ok then... I'll go back to the Kardashians:
Khloe gets rear-ended:
KHLOE KARDASHIAN REAR-ENDING On L.A. Freeway
while her sister continues to show off her own rear end:
Is she like the new Paris Hilton? I still don't get it.
104 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:08:23pm |
re: #73 Interesting Times
Because it could someday grow up to be on the GOP House Science committee?
speaking of which our old, old friend Michael Yon is all over Akin because he is doing something to make the soldiers happy. I forget what. I was pissed all day yesterday because of it. Even wrote an essay --it too all morning.
105 | Daniel Ballard Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:08:37pm |
re: #100 ggt
IMHO?
It's an observation that nature changes everything but wastes nothing. That soul thing may change rather than cease. 3 attitudes are common on this-Hopeful, optimistic, selfish.
106 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:09:59pm |
re: #77 wrenchwench
Why legislate conditions when we can never predict every possible circumstance? Nobody is in favor of a late term abortion, until it turns out to be the best choice for whatever reason. Leave that best choice up to the only human capable of that decision who is involved: the pregnant woman.
I don't know anyone that likes abortion at all. Contraception is a much, much better choice.
Wihtout comprehensive science based education and teenagers who will think before they act, we have to accept certain aspects of life. Like sex causes babies in the first place.
107 | Gus Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:10:50pm |
Wingnut outrage in 3, 2, 1...
Boston Market removes salt from tables to help customers cut back lat.ms/R0KCvq— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 23, 2012
108 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:11:39pm |
re: #105 Daniel Ballard
IMHO?
It's an observation that nature changes everything but wastes nothing. That soul thing may change rather than cease. 3 attitudes-Hopeful, optimistic, selfish.
define soul . . .
109 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:12:14pm |
re: #107 Gus
Wingnut outrage in 3, 2, 1...
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in order to cut costs and and hopefully lower losses. . . increase profits????
111 | jaunte Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:13:23pm |
re: #107 Gus
Wingnut outrage in 3, 2, 1...
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"They're trying to take away our salt shakers!"
[Link: rushlimbaughtalk.com...]
112 | Sionainn Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:13:39pm |
re: #36 Interesting Times
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I've got a friend who volunteers as an escort for women at Planned Parenthood in that area where that whackjob is running for sheriff.
113 | Decatur Deb Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:14:06pm |
re: #99 freetoken
Getting attention among some regressive sites:
University of Colorado model predicts Romney win in November
Could happen. (Note that is an economics-only model.) I acting as though there is a 10-vote difference in TPGOP-controlled Florida.
114 | Decatur Deb Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:15:22pm |
re: #112 Sionainn
I've got a friend who volunteers as an escort for women at Planned Parenthood in that area where that whackjob is running for sheriff.
You might start a fundraiser to get them some lightweight body armor--200 to 300 bucks.
115 | Daniel Ballard Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:16:22pm |
re: #108 ggt
Heh. No can do, not really. I'd just be quoting or leaning on philosophers far more competent and eloquent than I. Just for fun-That part of us that no scientist can define find for sure, yet is undeniably there.
116 | wrenchwench Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:17:14pm |
re: #114 Decatur Deb
You might start a fundraiser to get them some lightweight body armor--200 to 300 bucks.
A big fundraiser with lots of publicity would be a great campaign against that sheriff wannabe.
117 | prairiefire Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:18:04pm |
re: #100 ggt
I don't think I will "live on" as much as I will be releases to a different reality. What that spiritual realm consists of, I'm not sure. Being in the presence of God is what is promised in the scripture.
118 | Sionainn Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:18:52pm |
re: #48 Stanley Sea
Hey everyone. I've been reading all day. Kudos to all of you who have contributed so much to this blog. Fantastic thoughts, and yes, ammo in the war on women. (there's a saying the best weapons are thoughts I think)
And like Simmone said, kudos to the guys for sure. We residents of vaginaville so appreciate it.
Simmone? LOL. If Shannon is easier, you can use that, too. ;-)
119 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:21:16pm |
re: #117 prairiefire
I don't think I will "live on" as much as I will be releases to a different reality. What that spiritual realm consists of, I'm not sure. Being in the presence of God is what is promised in the scripture.
You ever heard of the rumor game?
120 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:22:48pm |
re: #115 Daniel Ballard
Heh. No can do, not really. I'd just be quoting or leaning on philosophers far more competent and eloquent than I. Just for fun-That part of us that no scientist can
definefind for sure, yet is undeniably there.
Jung wrote about it too! I just have issues with anyone who wants me to believe that their version is THE version. Or a certain text is cited as proof. There is no proof, that what makes faith work.
121 | MittDoesNotCompute Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:37:54pm |
re: #107 Gus
Wingnut outrage in 3, 2, 1...
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Which makes some sense, because most fast food/fast casual joints put wayyy too salt in their food.
122 | austin_blue Wed, Aug 22, 2012 9:07:46pm |
re: #97 freetoken
Sigh... Chrome is messing up characters again.
What I've discovered so far is that the only way to fix this is to reboot the Mac. No other software demonstrates this problem, yet simply restarting Chrome won't work, and even reinstalling Chrome won't work. I have no idea why, but something Chrome does messes up fonts only for Chrome.
"Free" software ain't so free.
Safari ia free.