Fairy Tale With a Twist: The Guardian’s Tale

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Our graduate film from Queensland College of Art’s BA of Animation, 2012.

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On a lonely alien planet shrouded in mystery, an ominous beast guards a powerful treasure. One day he receives an unexpected guest - A seemingly innocent girl crash lands on his world. The two will forge an unusual friendship, and teach one another that looks can indeed be deceiving.

A film by Studio Steve.
Co-Directed by Gordy Higgins, Ryan Zujic and Christoffer Klungerbo. Narrated by Adam Behr. Music and sound by Martin Alternes and Stian Obehi Ihasee.

Over the coming weeks we’ll be rolling out some behind the scenes content and a few little extras through The Guardian’s Tale Facebook page. We’d love to see you there, and if you stay tuned you’ll be among the first to see our next project!

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226 comments
1 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:13:14pm
Fairy Tale With a Twist: The Guardian’s Tale

Nothing to do with Greenwald?

Promise?

2 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:24:13pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Nothing to do with Greenwald?

Promise?

Not this time. It’s a non-Greenwald guardian. Click-bait!

3 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:28:39pm

Great little film, though, with a nasty little twist at the end.

4 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:30:53pm
5 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:34:07pm

Good twist. I like it. The neck-cracking when she stepped off her ship was a foreshadow.

6 Targetpractice  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:35:12pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

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Something I’ve always found something both fascinating and creepy about sunken ships.

7 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:42:18pm


8 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:43:44pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

See, a sunken ship drives home memento mori in a way few other things can.

The relentless, indifferent ocean overtakes it. All the life that made it a ship when it was gliding across the surface is gone without a trace. It is no longer a ship, and never again will be. It no longer belongs to the human world. It is in fact now a very dangerous and frankly hostile place for humans to go. It is as distant from living humanity as it can possibly be, until it rusts away entirely and becomes part of the silt at the ocean floor. And sooner or later, it will pass out of memory entirely.

9 Political Atheist  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:45:10pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Got a little Damnation Alley vibe there.

10 Kragar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:52:52pm

re: #9 Political Atheist

Got a little Damnation Alley vibe there.

Fun Fact: 20th Century Fox wanted “Damnation Alley” to be its big summer block buster, but due to production issues, they decided to release another movie for the summer, which the studio execs expected to tank at the box office.

That movie was Star Wars.

11 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:53:06pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

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the second one, I have witnessed

12 erik_t  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:57:20pm

For those on the Eastern Seaboard, in the next few minutes you will have an excellent chance to see the International Space Station go overhead. It will pass west to east, and will be almost at 90deg elevation for those at the latitude of, say, Boston. It is BRIGHT and will be hard to miss if you have cloud-free skies.

13 Iwouldprefernotto  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:59:37pm

re: #12 erik_t

For those on the Eastern Seaboard, in the next few minutes you will have an excellent chance to see the International Space Station go overhead. It will pass west to east, and will be almost at 90deg elevation for those at the latitude of, say, Boston. It is BRIGHT and will be hard to miss if you have cloud-free skies.

Are they spying on me?

14 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:59:43pm


15 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:00:32pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Q: What lies on the ocean floor, twitching?
A: A nervous wreck.

16 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:01:22pm

Later, lizards.

17 Kragar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:02:16pm

South Carolina restaurant ejected African-American customers when white person felt ‘threatened’

Michael Brown and a group composed of family and friends were gathered in July at the North Charleston Wild Wing Café to say farewell to a cousin who was moving away. The party waited for two hours for a table only to be told by a manager that there was “a situation.”

“She said there’s a situation where one of our customers feels threatened by your party, so she asked us not to seat you in our section, which totally alarmed all of us because we’re sitting there peaceably for two hours,” Brown told Channel 5. “Obviously, if we were causing any conflict, we would have been ejected out of the place hours before.”

A member of the party began to film the discussion between Brown and the restaurant manager with a camera phone.

“I asked her I want to be clear with you,” Brown recounted. “I said so you’re telling me I have to leave. She said I have a right to deny you service. I said so you’re asking me to leave because you’re upset because he was recording you, after we’ve waited for two hours, and after you’ve already pretty much discriminated on us, and she answered yes.”

18 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:05:21pm

re: #12 erik_t

For those on the Eastern Seaboard, in the next few minutes you will have an excellent chance to see the International Space Station go overhead. It will pass west to east, and will be almost at 90deg elevation for those at the latitude of, say, Boston. It is BRIGHT and will be hard to miss if you have cloud-free skies.

Ahhh! Just saw it. Very bright in the sky, coming from the west now. Any other night it would have been too cloudy.

Thanks!

19 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:07:04pm

re: #17 Kragar

South Carolina restaurant ejected African-American customers when white person felt ‘threatened’

Sue the hell out of them.

20 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:10:00pm

I RETURN!

Nearly 4000 miles on the car later, plus three weeks of being gloriously news free, four new national parks, a metric shit-ton of photos to go through…

How goes it, Lizards? Any important news that I missed?

21 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:11:00pm

re: #20 klys

Welcome back. :)

22 erik_t  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:12:09pm

re: #18 Justanotherhuman

Image: done.jpg

23 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:13:00pm

re: #21 PhillyPretzel

Welcome back. :)

My current favorite part of being back: no more driving. I did all but 400-500 miles of that driving because of leg issues on the hubby’s side.

24 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:13:36pm

re: #20 klys

I RETURN!

Nearly 4000 miles on the car later, plus three weeks of being gloriously news free, four new national parks, a metric shit-ton of photos to go through…

How goes it, Lizards? Any important news that I missed?

Come to find out,, Dewey DIDN’T beat Truman!!

25 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:14:55pm

re: #20 klys

I RETURN!

Nearly 4000 miles on the car later, plus three weeks of being gloriously news free, four new national parks, a metric shit-ton of photos to go through…

How goes it, Lizards? Any important news that I missed?

Welcome back! Greenwald is still Greenwald.

26 A Mom Anon  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:15:48pm

re: #20 klys

Welcome Home! I haz a jealous though, you better share some pics after you settle in. I am vacationing vicariously through others this year(and probably next….).

27 erik_t  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:15:59pm

re: #25 Justanotherhuman

Welcome back! Greenwald is still Greenwald.

Yes, but now he’s been Greenwald around something called a Southern Avenger, which really tells you all you need to know about dudebro arguments-from-privilege.

28 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:16:24pm

re: #25 Justanotherhuman

Welcome back! Greenwald is still Greenwald.

My husband was reading to me today about the hypothetical Bering Strait rail tunnel/bridge. He said the Russian government had shown some interest in the idea. I said they could make Snowden build it.

That’s probably as political as we’ve gotten the past few weeks.

On the plus side, we decided not to do 395 to 120 as our route back, since the Rim Fire would have made that very, very difficult.

29 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:16:26pm

re: #20 klys

How goes it, Lizards? Any important news that I missed?

Nothing that’s going to make you feel good about anything.

30 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:16:28pm

re: #11 sattv4u2

the second one, I have witnessed

I’ve been at the first.

You’ve been to Dubai? An architect I worked for is there now.

31 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:16:51pm

re: #17 Kragar

South Carolina restaurant ejected African-American customers when white person felt ‘threatened’

yow…

32 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:17:40pm

re: #26 A Mom Anon

Welcome Home! I haz a jealous though, you better share some pics after you settle in. I am vacationing vicariously through others this year(and probably next….).

Picture tomorrow through Wednesday
Picture me in South Carolina at the beach
Picture me in South Carolina at various golf courses
Picture me in South Carolina at various seafood joints

You’re welcome

33 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:18:24pm

re: #16 wrenchwench

Later, lizards.

And you nailed it.

34 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:19:18pm

re: #26 A Mom Anon

Welcome Home! I haz a jealous though, you better share some pics after you settle in. I am vacationing vicariously through others this year(and probably next….).

Oh, there will be pictures. The camera is offloading as we speak, so I can start poking at and processing.

I GOT A BOBCAT PHOTO. It is such an amazing bobcat photo. I have the e-mail of a supervisor for Black Canyon to send it to because they want to put it on the park Facebook page and use it in programs.

And we did the state park in NV that was recommended (spelling escapes me at the moment) and also the car got hit by a deer. While I was driving. At night. On my birthday. With another 70 miles to go before we could stop.

Fortunately, no damage was done to the car, our trailer, and probably the deer. Just my nerves.

35 A Mom Anon  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:20:25pm

re: #32 sattv4u2

No. LOL.

I’m gonna go snuggle with the dog and wait for The Husband to get home from yet another work call today. Nitey Night Lizards.

36 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:20:34pm

re: #30 Stanley Sea

I’ve been at the first.

You’ve been to Dubai? An architect I worked for is there now.

yup. Did some work there years ago setting a up satellite ground control station

37 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:20:58pm

So, I am thinking about getting this because I like listening to music. Thoughts?

Youtube Video

38 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:21:07pm

re: #36 sattv4u2

yup. Did some work there years ago setting a up satellite ground control station

* up a

39 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:21:51pm

re: #35 A Mom Anon

No. LOL.

I’m gonna go snuggle with the dog and wait for The Husband to get home from yet another work call today. Nitey Night Lizards.

Have a good one. About half an hour to go till my 12 hour work day ends,,, then,, South Carolina,,, HERE I COME!!

41 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:25:00pm

re: #17 Kragar

South Carolina restaurant ejected African-American customers when white person felt ‘threatened’

Discrimination, in its most obvious, is not a thing of the past. People of color know this well, they’ve been trying to convince their neighbors, who in return cry their white privilege bullshit.

42 BongCrodny  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:27:29pm

I haven’t refreshed my browser, so I got “looks can indeed be deceiving” right below a picture of the Young Americans for Liberty.

It seems appropriate.

43 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:29:02pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

yow…

You know what? If these peeps were politically active (Decatur Deb is working on it) things would CHANGE. It’s a common practice that people unfortunately just accept.

44 OhNoZombies!  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:29:19pm

Sitting outside with the family, making s’mores, and what should we see zooming over heads?
The Space Station.
So we turned off all of our electronics, and lights, and hid in the basement for 15 minutes.
:-)

45 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:29:20pm

What are you looking at?

46 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:31:46pm

re: #45 klys

What are you looking at?

Which is really a crop of this.

The cat couldn’t have cared less. I was so surprised and thrilled and then I freaked out for the next three hours. :)

47 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:34:58pm

re: #20 klys

I RETURN!

Nearly 4000 miles on the car later, plus three weeks of being gloriously news free, four new national parks, a metric shit-ton of photos to go through…

How goes it, Lizards? Any important news that I missed?

I ain’t done nothing!

48 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:35:16pm

re: #40 Gus

Getting freaking ridiculous.

Dr. King who was murdered in Memphis in 1968 would not have been allowed to speak at this 50th anniversary commemoration of his memory.

Oh, it passed “ridiculous” a while back. The dudebro chorus really seems to believe they have the same moral authority as Martin Luther King Jr., just for being born.

49 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:38:23pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

Oh, it passed “ridiculous” a while back. The dudebro chorus really seems to believe they have the same moral authority as Martin Luther King Jr., just for being born.

Creative journalism. Two can play at that game.

The NSA would have helped the FBI capture James Earle Ray and thwart the assassination of MLK.

50 Targetpractice  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:40:51pm

re: #20 klys

I RETURN!

Nearly 4000 miles on the car later, plus three weeks of being gloriously news free, four new national parks, a metric shit-ton of photos to go through…

How goes it, Lizards? Any important news that I missed?

Ben Affleck is Batman.

51 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:40:52pm

It turns out that San Luis State Park in Colorado, just outside Great Sand Dunes National Park, was pretty empty this time of year.

But it had one hell of a sunset.

52 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:43:29pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

Oh, it passed “ridiculous” a while back. The dudebro chorus really seems to believe they have the same moral authority as Martin Luther King Jr., just for being born.

And with that, I’ll be back later.

53 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:44:07pm

re: #40 Gus

Getting freaking ridiculous.

Dr. King who was murdered in Memphis in 1968 would not have been allowed to speak at this 50th anniversary commemoration of his memory.

White boy anger.

54 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:47:55pm

Serial fraudster going down.

55 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:48:21pm
56 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:49:26pm

So Donald Trump’s “Trump University” scams 5,000 people for $35K each for a series of useless seminars and the privilege of posing with a cardboard cut-out of the Donald.

57 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:49:54pm

re: #53 Justanotherhuman

White boy anger.

Hey, if MLK was here today he’d be mic checked at some Occupy Wall Street gathering. /

58 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:53:21pm

re: #56 darthstar

So Donald Trump’s “Trump University” scams 5,000 people for $35K each for a series of useless seminars and the privilege of posing with a cardboard cut-out of the Donald.

Man…what a fucking scammer.

At the seminars, consumers were told about “Trump Elite” mentorships that cost $10,000 to $35,000. Students were promised individual instruction until they made their first deal. Schneiderman said participants were urged to extend the limit on their credit cards for real estate deals, but then used the credit to pay for the Trump Elite programs. The attorney general said the program also failed to promptly cancel memberships as promised.

59 OhNoZombies!  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:54:37pm

Reagan would have been run out of the modern GOP.
MLK would have been called an emoprog.
You see, only David Sirota and the “dudebro’s” get it, and will not submit to the corporate, military industrial complex, like all of you authority loving Obots.
Snowden is the Batman!!!
Miranda is Rosa Parks!!!
Greenwald is…well…he’s…someone important too!!! {{patting my own back}}
Rand Paul for Grand Dra…Er President!!!

(Did I miss anything?)

60 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 6:55:47pm

re: #57 Gus

Hey, if MLK was here today he’d be mic checked at some Occupy Wall Street gathering. /

The civil rights movement has lasted how long now? Occupy Wall St. what—a year?

61 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:00:07pm

re: #57 Gus

Hey, if MLK was here today he’d be mic checked at some Occupy Wall Street gathering. /

He’d also be 89 years old. Sad that he didn’t get that opportunity - given how much he accomplished in his first 40 years, imagine if he’d survived another four or five decades.

62 b.d.  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:01:05pm

MLK would be standing next to all of those other DudeBros of color and you all know it!!

//

63 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:01:56pm

And on that note, the long quiet drive home to Pawleys Island South Carolina beckons

64 OhNoZombies!  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:06:17pm

I must say, I’ve been enjoying ABL handing out whoopins’, and naming names on twitter.

65 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:07:18pm
66 b.d.  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:09:20pm

re: #65 Gus

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He wouldn’t have fled to Russia, that’s for sure.

67 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:13:11pm

re: #66 b.d.

He wouldn’t have fled to Russia, that’s for sure.

That would require MLK being here and Jim Crow also being here to this day. She must have miss the parts where MLK penned, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Not prison mind you. It’s also taking a historical figure way outside of the context of both eras.

68 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:14:47pm

It’s like creative revisionist commentary.

69 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:15:04pm

re: #64 OhNoZombies!

I must say, I’ve been enjoying ABL handing out whoopins’, and naming names on twitter.

See also the very interesting blog, We Are Respectable Negroes

70 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:16:32pm

re: #65 Gus

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What is this bullshit???

71 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:17:47pm

re: #70 Pavlovian Hive Mind

What is this bullshit???

See #68.

72 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:17:58pm

re: #70 Pavlovian Hive Mind

What is this bullshit???

Sirota’s a dick who has no respect for people like MLK.

73 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:19:33pm

re: #72 darthstar

Sirota’s a dick who has no respect for people like MLK.

The quote there is from Dave Zirin. However, your comment is still accurate.

74 OhNoZombies!  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:20:39pm

re: #69 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

See also the very interesting blog, We Are Respectable Negroes

Thanks!

75 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:20:55pm
76 AlexRogan  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:21:53pm

re: #75 darthstar

Two dicks enter, one dick leaves!!!

/who run Dudebrotown?

77 Vicious Babushka  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:25:38pm

WTF

78 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:28:23pm

re: #77 Vicious Babushka

WTF

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Yeah by Every Child Left Behind and by vouchers stealing tax money from public schools to line the pockets of GOP thieves.

79 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:29:53pm
80 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:32:10pm

Assad forces shells town. 350 dead.

Did they use any chemical weapons?

No.

Oh, nothing to see here then.

81 Vicious Babushka  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:32:53pm

re: #78 William Barnett-Lewis

Yeah by Every Child Left Behind and by vouchers stealing tax money from public schools to line the pockets of GOP thieves.

Vouchers are such a scam. Part of the overall GOP plan to destroy public education and create a nation of ignorant serfs, suited only for minimum wage jrrbz.

82 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:34:30pm

B-29 bombers incinerate Tokyo.

Well, it’s still conventional weapons.

True.

83 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:36:00pm

Austin man found shot dead in alleyway.

Well, at least he wasn’t poisoned. That would have been worse.

84 b.d.  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:38:08pm

re: #83 Gus

Austin man found shot dead in alleyway.

Well, at least he wasn’t poisoned. That would have been worse.

GLORIA: Do you know that sixty percent of all deaths in America are caused by guns?

ARCHIE: Would it make you feel any better if they was pushed out of windows?

85 Decatur Deb  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:40:07pm

Back from our small town’s small art museum fundraiser yard party. Two good bands. A couple came up and said “We hear you’re Democrats.’ All the cool kids in town were there.

86 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:40:13pm

re: #84 b.d.

It’s OK to kill people. Just don’t use chemicals.

87 Decatur Deb  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:43:27pm

re: #84 b.d.

Extra point for correct ‘Archie’ play on the subjunctive.

88 AlexRogan  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:44:55pm

re: #84 b.d.

Defenestration is a bit of a lost art.

/

89 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:46:00pm
90 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:46:32pm

re: #80 Gus

So, a lack of Chemical Weapons was confirmed, or what?

91 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:47:36pm

re: #90 ProTARDISLiberal

So, a lack of Chemical Weapons was confirmed, or what?

Nothing yet. The meeting in Jordan starts on Sunday Jordan time. Nothing will happen any time soon.

92 darthstar  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:48:56pm

re: #89 Gus

Grumpy still looks grumpy, even when he’s playing.

93 Decatur Deb  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:49:00pm

re: #88 AlexRogan

Defenestration is a bit of a lost art.

/

Things you remember 50 years after highschool:

1. Defenestration of Prague.
2. Fibro-vascular bundles
3. Hooge Moogende.

94 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:49:44pm

re: #91 Gus

Am I the only one feeling that 355 dead is an undercount? That is the number Doctors without Borders, and I can’t imagine, with the war zone and Assad’s obstructions, that they got a total count.

I read it as 355+.

95 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:50:18pm

re: #93 Decatur Deb

It’s not a revolution with the Czechs unless someone has been launched out a window.

96 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:51:30pm

re: #74 OhNoZombies!

Thanks!

Good place to start:

Hitler’s Baby Picture, the Comfort of Goldhagen’s Thesis About the Holocaust, and the Problem of Everyday Evil

97 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:58:41pm

Wait a second. Does this mean we have to bomb Florida?

//

98 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:59:12pm

Jordan trip.

99 bratwurst  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:00:42pm
100 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:03:35pm

re: #99 bratwurst

You do not have to go to the “university.” You can read it. barnesandnoble.com

101 Randall Gross  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:13:05pm

re: #91 Gus

Possible Chemical attacks

102 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:15:29pm
103 Bubblehead II  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:21:53pm

Good Night Lizards. May you sleep well and may the Deity of your choice smile down upon you.

Youtube Video

104 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:24:20pm
105 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:33:20pm

re: #55 darthstar

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How behind in the thread am I? Who the fuck cares! LOL TRUMP MASCOT!

106 SnowdenBaggerVance  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:36:04pm

I’mma gonna downding somebody just for the screwdyfook of it.
Who gets it?

107 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:39:29pm

re: #85 Decatur Deb

Back from our small town’s small art museum fundraiser yard party. Two good bands. A couple came up and said “We hear you’re Democrats.’ All the cool kids in town were there.

Gonna be near Florida in October by chance?

108 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:40:44pm

re: #89 Gus

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Grumpy looks bummed.

109 Gus  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:41:56pm

re: #108 Stanley Sea

Grumpy looks bummed.

Looks good to me.

110 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:51:35pm

Having finally beaten Lightroom into submission and triumphed over panoramas, I give you thunderstorm over Petrified Forest.

111 Political Atheist  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:52:48pm

re: #110 klys

How did you get that?

112 klys  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:57:03pm

re: #111 Political Atheist

How did you get that?

It’s a subset of 5 photos stitched together from the Crystal Forest area in Petrified Forest National Park, which we were frantically trying to hike through before the skies opened up.

Seriously some of the most gorgeous thunderstorm structure (believe that to be the gust front, given the winds as during the photos) I have been privileged to witness. The clouds showed up, I was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time with a decent camera. Shooting at 18mm, f/16, 1/250 giving an ISO of 560. Would have killed for a wider angle lens there but that’s the best I’ve got at the moment.

Of course, I was less flattering about the clouds when they opened up and I had to drive the trailer through them. But I have a whole set from that hike, including that panorama. I’m thinking to get that printed on aluminum. :)

113 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 9:22:21pm

For some reason, I’m in a Blues-y Mood.

114 Ming  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 9:26:25pm

re: #17 Kragar

Wow. When I first saw your comment, I thought this was a story from 50 years ago. This was my first thought, because three comments earlier was a mention of the four young people killed in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963.

It was a strange feeling to click through to the article, and discover that this happened in 2013, not 1963.

This is why I have a special concern about today’s right-wing. I have many disagreements with the “left-wing”, or libertarian wing, e.g. recent moonbat reactions to Snowden / Greenwald. But the article you provided reinforced my feeling: there’s something about the right wing that’s just plain mean. Asking 25 people, many of whom happened to have been longstanding customers, to leave a restaurant, because of their skin color? In 2013?

115 Political Atheist  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 9:31:30pm

re: #112 klys

It’s a great shot. Yes that shot is worth a metal print. Definitely.

116 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 9:46:33pm

I love and am still hooked on the sweet crooners of the 90’s.

Toad the Wet Sprocket has a new album coming out. And a new tour. Seen em 4 times so far.

mock me, go ahead. I just l o v e i t

Youtube Video

117 Stanley Sea  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 9:55:02pm

Youtube Video

118 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 9:55:51pm

re: #45 klys

What are you looking at?

Kitty!
:)

119 teleskiguy  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 10:38:44pm

For David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald, et al.

120 Amory Blaine  Sat, Aug 24, 2013 10:47:00pm

Imminently, inevitably, I shuffle in line outside Soylent Green Cooperative #862 to secure my weekly ration of nourishment paste. Over a loudspeaker the Voice of the State echoes through the squalid street “Grumpy Cat has passed, all shall honor the great Grumpy Cat!!”. Tears are compulsory, then suddenly forbidden, as Pokey Cat III ascends the throne. The glimmer of hope that our sufferings may end has dulled. The Iron Paw reigns.

122 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 12:36:56am

re: #121 Kragar

It’s too white to be “really foreign”.

123 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 12:39:20am

re: #121 Kragar

MP3 Audio

124 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 12:43:59am

Cuba… very brown, and thus qualifies as “really foreign”:

MP3 Audio

125 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 1:43:23am

MP3 Audio

126 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 1:57:27am

In the land of liberty and the home of the brave, such as Edward Snowden - Russia:

Humor failure in Russia: Crackdown on ‘Pastafarians’ shows Kremlin-church ties

The march of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster had all signs of being a satirical stunt – some of its 100 participants were armed with colanders on their heads and pasta in their mouths.

But the reaction of Russian authorities to so-called Pastafarians has been anything but lighthearted.

Police and members of a Russian Orthodox group set upon the group last Saturday, knocking some to the ground. Eight members of the church were detained and subsequently charged with organizing an unsanctioned rally. Although those detained have since been released, they are due back in court before the end of August.

[…]

Alexei Romanov, a member of the Pastafarian Church, called the move and subsequent legal proceedings against it “absurd.”

“The country is gradually turning into an authoritarian state,” he said.

[…]

This time members of an unregistered Orthodox Christian group who call themselves “God’s Will,” called the police when they found out about the procession, according to Romanov.

They accused the spaghetti worshipers of insulting the religious feelings of believers – an accusation that, if found to be true by a court of law, can have mean up to three years in jail.

[…]

“God’s Will”, sounds like a future GOP platform.

127 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 3:00:05am
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The team will primarily lend support and expertise to federal agency initiatives. One example concerns the effort to reduce domestic violence, a problem for which there is no quick fix. But a good place to start is to ensure that each component of a victim’s support system works as well as it can. One such component is the National Domestic Violence Hotline, which victims can call for advice and support. Like other call-in centers, it can become busy and put callers on hold. Many victims hang up before they’ve had a chance to speak with a counselor.

In this case, the Administration for Children and Families is building an alliance of call centers to collaborate on experimental trials to see how best to keep callers on the line long enough to get assistance. Avoiding long periods of silence with callers, and offering an estimate of the waiting time, can help achieve that goal. So can composing the initial message in a way that maximizes the chances that a caller won’t hang up.

also paged

128 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 3:03:27am

re: #126 freetoken

I just paged an article regarding the Religion vs. Reality struggle in India. Seems it’s really the major issue around the world.

129 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 3:36:12am

re: #121 Kragar

Tea partier at Ted Cruz town hall: ‘Canada is not really foreign soil’

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“As far as I’m concerned, Canada is not really foreign soil,” she explained, adding that she was more worried about the president’s “strong ties to Kenya.” She noted that Obama had not released his long-form birth certificate until after he was elected.

And BTW, there is no “Walden” in TX, it’s a neighborhood in Humble, outside Houston.

This is, I think, that brain trust’s husband: whitepages.com

John M. Katok named Willbros Upstream International Operations Senior Vice President

John M. Katok has been named Willbros Upstream International Operations Senior Vice President. In this role, Mr Katok will be responsible for the company’s upstream international business development and operations outside the United States and Canada.

Mr Katok joins Willbros after two years with Global Industries where he served as Worldwide Business Development Senior Vice President and earlier as Middle East Business Unit Vice President. Mr Katok also held the position of Technip US Commercial Operations Vice President for five years and spent 25 years with Kellogg, Brown & Root and its predecessor companies in a variety of roles.

pipelinesinternational.com

To oil people, no country outside the US is “foreign soil”.

130 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 3:37:52am

re: #126 freetoken

yes, in addition to the anti-homosexual propaganda law, there is also a law making it a crime to offend people’s religions sensibilities, which de facto gives the Orthodox Church the power to shut down an dissent, satire or even criticism that it finds annoying.

Autocracy and Orthodoxy…the pillars of the Romanov Dynasty.

131 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:20:56am

Texas appears more and more to be a racist cesspool…

Minority Students at University of Texas hit in a wave of attacks with bleach-filled balloons

freakoutnation.com

What next, apartheid? Which reminds me, NC has a lot of work to do as well by getting those ignorant asswipes out of the General Assembly before they destroy this state.

132 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:41:32am

Read at risk of freezing your brain.

“Go Eat a Dick”: Budding Politician Thor Lund’s Foray into Public Misogyny

burntorangereport.com

Who the fuck names their kid “Thor”? Some misogynistic white supremacist with their own issues?

133 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:41:35am

re: #131 Justanotherhuman

Texas appears more and more to be a racist cesspool…

Minority Students at University of Texas hit in a wave of attacks with bleach-filled balloons

freakoutnation.com

What next, apartheid? Which reminds me, NC has a lot of work to do as well by getting those ignorant asswipes out of the General Assembly before they destroy this state.

If this crap, and the reported restaurant case above go unanswered, we take a tiny little step back to klan territory. Watch the SPLC for trends in Oathkeeper and various ‘police auxilliary’ revivals of de facto supremacist takeovers. Sheriff Joe’s posse is only the vanguard.

134 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:44:17am

re: #133 Decatur Deb

If this crap, and the reported restaurant case above go unanswered, we take a tiny little step back to klan territory. Watch the SPLC for trends in Oathkeeper and various ‘police auxilliary’ revivals of de facto supremacist takeovers. Sheriff Joe’s posse is only the vanguard.

That, yes. Read more from TX (above) about their misogynist issues, too.

135 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:49:02am

re: #132 Justanotherhuman

Read at risk of freezing your brain.

“Go Eat a Dick”: Budding Politician Thor Lund’s Foray into Public Misogyny

burntorangereport.com

Who the fuck names their kid “Thor”? Some misogynistic white supremacist with their own issues?

Common enough in Scandinavian communities. On the other hand I went to school with an American born, like myself, in 1944. Always wondered why his parents named him ‘Adolf’.

136 Amory Blaine  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:49:57am

You’d think that with the exchanges opening up in barely over a month the administration would run some ads on tv. Or am I missing something?

137 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:53:45am

re: #136 Amory Blaine

You’d think that with the exchanges opening up in barely over a month the administration would run some ads on tv. Or am I missing something?

They’re doing a lot online and through community organization under the “Navigator” programs in each state. Our old OfA group is training up to do ‘how and why’ in churches and other community venues. Since our dumbass governor turned down the Yankee money, we have a large hole for uninsured at the bottom of the economic ladder.

138 urbanmeemaw  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:04:24am

re: #27 erik_t

And those bloggers who support dude bros.

139 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:06:26am

re: #135 Decatur Deb

Common enough in Scandinavian communities. On the other hand I went to school with an American born, like myself, in 1944. Always wondered why his parents named him ‘Adolf’.

I don’t care what his ethnic background is. Most immigrants assimilate over time, contributing to the national dynamic, and anyway, he’s probably generations after his immigrant ancestors, and he’s still a misogynistic idiot in the fucking 21st century for chrissakes. And he’s 22? A total fail of his generation.

140 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:08:06am

Bobby Give-Creationism-A-Chance Jindal writes pretentiously in his Op-Ed The end of race

[…]

There is no more shallow, hollow, or soulless way to think about human beings than in terms of their skin color. It is completely inane. Under what logic would any intelligent, logical, or decent person give any thought to the pigmentation of a person’s epidermis? It’s nothing short of immoral, not to mention stupid (oops…there’s that word again).

On the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech in August 1963, many are asking the question: Are we in a better place today when it comes to race relations?

Yes and no. On the yes side, consider the following:
My parents immigrated to the United States from India a few years after Dr. King was assassinated. They came looking for an equal opportunity, and they got it, in the Deep South, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My parents wanted only to be judged based on the content of their character, not the color of their skin.

[…]

Jindal ignores the (Asian) elephant in the room - that racism in the South has been primarily anti-African, not anti-Asian. Certainly Indians are very much stereotyped in society, but not particularly scornfully.

He then follows that up with this paragraph:

In 2003, I decided to run for governor of Louisiana, a state where David Duke got 44 percent of the statewide vote in 1990. The pundits said I was insane to even try. Friends worried about my mental stability and begged me not to run. I narrowly lost that first race, but I’ve won every race since then. I wish I had a nickel for every time East Coast political journalists have asked me about discrimination, and I wish I had a dime for every Louisiana voter who has broken those journalists’ ugly stereotypes.

[…]

Gee… why did those “stereotypes” exist. According to Jindal they come from journalists. But, if Duke got 44% of the vote, how can the stereotype be actually far from the truth?

His main mission though is to appeal to the Je$u$ market:

When I look at America, I see a country that increasingly has lost its way in terms of morality. As a Christian, as I look at American culture over the past half century, I don’t like a lot of what I see. Divorce is through the roof, pornography is everywhere, sexual predators are on the loose and on the Internet, our abortion rate is higher than almost every First World country, vulgarity and profanity are mainstream and commonplace. In general, our culture has become coarser, and I regret that.

[…]

Well, considering many countries have government afforded abortions and widely available contraceptives, compared to the US, maybe Jindal ought to reconsider why abortion rates in the US are higher than in some other Western nations?

Bobby Jindal - when making sense is not a prerequisite.

141 urbanmeemaw  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:15:42am

re: #76 AlexRogan

“Whack-A-Dick”?

142 lawhawk  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:24:43am

re: #112 klys

Very nice. I’ve attempted a few panoramas, but never could get them matching up just right. I’ve got a new tripod that will make panning them so much easier, and practicing will eventually make perfect.

In the meantime, I got the chance to walk from SoHo to the High Line yesterday, and captured some of the best aspects of these great areas of NYC.

The High Line is a fabulous space that makes you feel as though you’re not a part of NYC. It was mobbed yesterday with crowds, but it still felt intimate - in part because you’re compressed into a narrow space so you don’t feel the immensity of the crowd, you only experience a fraction of it at any time.

And because you’re above street level, the park has a voyeuristic air to it - you’re looking into apartments, and people look back. There are some people who’ve put up funny stickers or signs for park visitors; it’s a pretty neat experience.

143 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:29:13am

Sovereign Citizen lawfare:

nytimes.com

144 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:40:52am

This week MoJo reprinted a Grist editorial:

Climate Change’s Original Sin

While the author may have a few good points to make, it seems so lackluster in light of the claimed severity of the issue at hand.

Put otherwise - the nature of the “journalism” being practiced by MoJo and Grist itself fails to appreciate its failure. The hard and stubborn nature of humans to resist change, and to make decisions centered around the now, as opposed to the future, are well known and have long been lamented.

If “journalism”, environmental or not, is looking for a story it is this question: Can humans change as fast as the changes we are causing to everything else in the biome?

145 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:45:30am

re: #143 Decatur Deb

Sovereign Citizen lawfare:

nytimes.com

I’m wondering why those aren’t just dismissed as “frivolous complaints” since obviously the plaintiff(s) don’t seem to have standing in the first place, based on their claims?

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Rule 11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

law.cornell.edu

Hit these people w/fines for this and they’ll stop when their own property is seized for liens when they refuse to pay.

146 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:54:38am

When it rains, it pours…

Candidate for San Diego Mayor Has Alleged Sex Issues

Carl DeMaio (R), a potential candidate to succeed disgraced San Diego mayor Bob Filner (D), has been caught openly masturbating in restrooms on multiple occasions, according to Voice of OC.

“In the months before last November’s mayoral election, Ben Hueso, the City Council’s president in 2009, acknowledged to this reporter that he witnessed DeMaio engaging in the practice twice. Hueso, now a Democratic state senator, and others suspected DeMaio’s alleged inappropriate activity was more frequent.”

147 Vicious Babushka  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 5:59:48am
148 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:00:50am

re: #147 Vicious Babushka

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Or turned the dogs on them.

149 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:01:33am

re: #142 lawhawk

Very nice. I’ve attempted a few panoramas, but never could get them matching up just right. I’ve got a new tripod that will make panning them so much easier, and practicing will eventually make perfect.

I learned the darkroom process (among other things) from a guy who used to make flawless panoramas — in the 1980s, on film, using purely “analog” processes. I don’t have the slightest idea how he did it, except that it involved a tilt-shift lens on a Bronica medium-format body. He died in a car accident about 12 years ago.

150 Vicious Babushka  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:03:30am

re: #148 Justanotherhuman

Or turned the dogs on them.

I had that too but wouldn’t fit on the Tweet.

151 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:03:42am

Bull Connor used fire hoses, police dogs on protestors (May 3, 1963) (videos)

blog.al.com

According to the commenting section, some in AL would prefer to have those days back.

152 freetoken  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:04:15am

Meanwhile, down in Snowjob’s tropical dream of a liberty-paradise retirement location:

Ecuador Law Makes Sure Local Bands Get Airtime

Quito, Ecuador — When you spin the radio dial in this high-altitude city you could be almost anywhere. The airwaves are crowded with the likes of Beyonce, Shakira and Pitbull, just like you were cruising a highway in Miami or Manhattan — rather than tooling through the snow-capped Andes.

But Ecuador’s airwaves are about to undergo a domestic invasion. Thanks to a recently passed communications law, half of all music played on the radio will have to be homegrown. The move has station managers scrambling for local talent, musicians tuning up their guitars and long-languishing record companies dusting off their equipment.

The government hopes the law can turn this nation of 15 million — perhaps best known for the Galapagos Islands and as the first asylum choice of NSA-leaker Edward Snowden — into a musical powerhouse capable of fending off talent from Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and the United States.

[…]

153 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:04:17am

re: #145 Justanotherhuman

I’m wondering why those aren’t just dismissed as “frivolous complaints” since obviously the plaintiff(s) don’t seem to have standing in the first place, based on their claims?

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Rule 11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

law.cornell.edu

Hit these people w/fines for this and they’ll stop when their own property is seized for liens when they refuse to pay.

It’s typical that the officials involved don’t even know a lien has been filed until they try to do something. Common SC practices are taught by traveling teams in motel-room seminars. (Any official who serves them papers is well advised to wear body armor—they have a penchant for murder.)

154 Vicious Babushka  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:11:14am

Off to the swimming pool now.

155 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:35:59am

re: #153 Decatur Deb

It’s typical that the officials involved don’t even know a lien has been filed until they try to do something. Common SC practices are taught by traveling teams in motel-room seminars. (Any official who serves them papers is well advised to wear body armor—they have a penchant for murder.)

Those are false liens. ehow.com

I can’t understand how a non-party to a UCC filing statement who is not the debt holder can actually file such a lien and is permitted to do so in the first place.

156 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:37:53am

re: #155 Justanotherhuman

Those are false liens. ehow.com

I can’t understand how a non-party to a UCC filing statement who is not the debt holder can actually file such a lien and is permitted to do so in the first place.

Yup. In SC lawfare, the goal is to punish and disrupt. Clearing the mess can take serious time effort and money from the victims.

157 A Mom Anon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:39:13am

re: #132 Justanotherhuman

Gee, wonder why this charmer didn’t have many dates in college? Because this is what this is about you know. The women he wanted to date wouldn’t date him, for reasons which should be pretty obvious. Instead of looking inward and checking himself, he turned it outward with his “Bitches, who understands them? Am I right boys?” idiotic rant. Instead of taking his cues on how to treat women from, oh, I don’t know, women, he seems to be getting his advice from porn and his fellow idiots in the same boat he is. I have told my 19 yr old son that the LAST people on earth to go to for advice is guys his age. He’d be much better off asking a young woman for advice on that, or perhaps his mom or his aunts or grandmoms.

Thor (heh) doesn’t love women, he’s pissed at them. Women pick up on that without a word. And then they run, FAST. Now that he’s removed all doubt by proudly waving his freak flag in public, he should be pretty much cleared of anyone wanting much to do with him except his fellow MRA type “bros”. He’s only 22, he does have some time to get his head out of his ass and grow up. Time will tell I guess.

158 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:55:54am

In the meantime, we had a mini-riot in Ostrava yesterday after some neo-Nazi protesters diverted from their planned route and attacked a half-way house for Rom people. In many ways, it’s the usual suspects here in the Czech Republic; far-right extremism is sporadic, and generally, it’s targeted at the Rom.

romea.cz

There’s a brief video report here, but it’s all in Czech; scroll toward the bottom of the page and it’ll give you an idea of what went down.

ceskatelevize.cz

One of the things the Czech RW wackos are protesting against is “black extremism”; the idea that the Rom are running around wantonly murdering Czechs and being racist against white people.

Wonder where they got from? The Czech RW’ers must be reading Drudge Report, FR and Breitbart.

159 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:08:32am

re: #158 Dr Lizardo

In the meantime, we had a mini-riot in Ostrava yesterday after some neo-Nazi protesters diverted from their planned route and attacked a half-way house for Rom people. In many ways, it’s the usual suspects here in the Czech Republic; far-right extremism is sporadic, and generally, it’s targeted at the Rom.

romea.cz

There’s a brief video report here, but it’s all in Czech; scroll toward the bottom of the page and it’ll give you an idea of what went down.

ceskatelevize.cz

One of the things the Czech RW wackos are protesting against is “black extremism”; the idea that the Rom are running around wantonly murdering Czechs and being racist against white people.

Wonder where they got from? The Czech RW’ers must be reading Drudge Report, FR and Breitbart.

Probably not, since American sites don’t focus on the Rom very much. This idea was probably internal within the neo-Nazis of central and eastern Europe, and its main purpose was to justify what they were already wanting to do. “A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.”

160 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:16:05am

re: #159 Dark_Falcon

Probably not, since American sites don’t focus on the Rom very much. This idea was probably internal within the neo-Nazis of central and eastern Europe, and its main purpose was to justify what they were already wanting to do. “A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.”

That’s very true, unfortunately. I just couldn’t help but notice the uncanny similarity to the argument a lot of the American far-right kooks expound, “Black people are the real racists!”

I would say the far-right (neo-Nazis, etc.) have been more vocal as of late. A lot of that can likely be chalked up to far-right extremist political parties experiencing electoral successes here and there. The dominant far-right party here, the DSSS (Worker’s Party of Social Justice) managed to increase their share of the vote to 1.2% or thereabouts, still far below the threshold needed to take a seat in the Parliament here. The DS (Worker’s Party) was banned here a couple of years back, hence their new incarnation as DSSS.

161 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:16:29am

Word has reached me that an arrogant fundy grifter, bigot, and hypocrite I know died of a heart attack overnight. He spent most of his life peddling scams of one kind or another, praising the Lord in public, abusing and stealing from working people on the job, and drinking and cheating on his wife in private.

To paraphrase Mark Twain, finding that you have outlived another old enemy is one of the few genuine and free pleasures of life. They seem to be dying like flies these days, and good riddance. I guess character does show and a lifetime of deception, cruelty, and arrogance will take its toll. Since I am in the best health and physical condition of my life relative to my age group, I probably have a lot to look forward to.

Btw, he who dies with the most toys IS STILL DEAD (and probably bankrupt).

162 Iwouldprefernotto  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:20:55am

re: #161 Shiplord Kirel

Word has reached me that an arrogant fundy grifter, bigot, and hypocrite I know died of a heart attack overnight. He spent most of his life peddling scams of one kind or another, praising the Lord in public, abusing and stealing from working people on the job, and drinking and cheating on his wife in private.

To paraphrase Mark Twain, finding that you have outlived another old enemy is one of the few genuine and free pleasures of life. They seem to be dying like flies these days, and good riddance. I guess character does show and a lifetime of deception, cruelty, and arrogance will take its toll. Since I am in the best health and physical condition of my life relative to my age group, I probably have a lot to look forward to.

Btw, he who dies with the most toys IS STILL DEAD (and probably bankrupt).

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
Clarence Darrow

163 darthstar  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:29:26am
164 darthstar  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:53:01am
165 Vicious Babushka  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:58:31am

re: #132 Justanotherhuman

Who the fuck names their kid “Thor”? Some misogynistic white supremacist with their own issues?

Marvel comics fan.

166 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:59:56am

re: #164 darthstar

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They aren’t going to do so loudly, no more than the Dems were willing to do so back in the later Bush years. To smack the crazy wing of the party down in such a fashion would be to flirt with disaster.

167 Vicious Babushka  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:02:30am

re: #161 Shiplord Kirel

Word has reached me that an arrogant fundy grifter, bigot, and hypocrite I know died of a heart attack overnight. He spent most of his life peddling scams of one kind or another, praising the Lord in public, abusing and stealing from working people on the job, and drinking and cheating on his wife in private.

To paraphrase Mark Twain, finding that you have outlived another old enemy is one of the few genuine and free pleasures of life. They seem to be dying like flies these days, and good riddance. I guess character does show and a lifetime of deception, cruelty, and arrogance will take its toll. Since I am in the best health and physical condition of my life relative to my age group, I probably have a lot to look forward to.

Btw, he who dies with the most toys IS STILL DEAD (and probably bankrupt).

This wouldn’t happen to be your brother “Judas” by any chance?

168 lawhawk  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:04:49am

re: #162 Iwouldprefernotto

I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. /Johnny Cash

169 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:06:28am

re: #166 Dark_Falcon

they aren’t going to do so loudly, no more than the Dems were willing to do so back in the later Bush years. To smack the crazy wing of the party down in such a fashion would be to flirt with disaster.

As deeply satisfying as it would be to “smack the crazy wing of the party down”, the GOP doesn’t dare do it now - the 2014 mid-terms are coming up, and a public smack down of the “crazy wing” would catastrophically alienate the GOP’s base.

170 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:11:59am

re: #167 Vicious Babushka

This wouldn’t happen to be your brother “Judas” by any chance?

Not yet, but he is hanging by a thread owing to obesity, heart disease, and (in all likelihood) the stress of having to maintain the “whited sepulchre” of his life and marriage.

171 Political Atheist  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:15:30am

re: #161 Shiplord Kirel

Living well is the best revenge.

172 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:17:49am

re: #165 Vicious Babushka

Marvel comics fan.

Why not just calll your kid “God”?

173 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:18:55am

I suspect that a lot of assholes die just so they can have the ultimate excuse for not doing the right thing.

174 Gus  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:19:04am

Results for syria false flag

175 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:23:30am

re: #173 Shiplord Kirel

I suspect that a lot of assholes die just so they can have the ultimate excuse for not doing the right thing.

Justice is a hard road, but I’m always somewhat shocked that people prefer the grave to walking it.

176 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:26:20am

re: #172 Justanotherhuman

Why not just calll your kid “God”?

Wait, I’ll ask the yardman ‘Jesus’.

177 darthstar  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:27:32am

re: #132 Justanotherhuman

Who the fuck names their kid “Thor”? Some misogynistic white supremacist with their own issues?

Scandis. My wife’s grandfather was named Thor - he was a congressman for 17 years in Tacoma.

Here he is giving a man a fish.

178 b.d.  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:28:56am

re: #172 Justanotherhuman

Why not just calll your kid “God”?

If a mouse can name his dog Pluto then I fail to see the problem.

179 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:30:54am

A little levity this morning.

23 Things Your Kids Will Never Understand

huffingtonpost.com

In actuality, though, it’s a lot more than “23 things”.

180 Bubblehead II  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:34:51am

Morning Lizards.

Let us NOT forget this Thor.
*Edited to add not. Thanks DF.

181 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:39:15am

I’ll be leaving Lubbock in a couple of weeks. I can’t say I will miss it.

I am tempted to equip my robber-baron car with drunk-sighting staffs on the fenders, jackboot scrapers on the door sills, a brush guard (ie cowcatcher) on the grill, and a selection of gay pride, pro-Obama, and anti-fundy stickers so I can cruise around and say goodbye in style. I considered a remote control catapult to hurl cowpies at tailgating pickups, but that would mean cutting the trunk lid. A high pressure furnace and spray nozzle to distribute roiling clouds of marijuana smoke would be ideal but it’s unfortunately illegal. Otoh, judging by what I see on the streets here, trying to run people down and force them off the road is perfectly legal (I’ve never seen anyone arrested for it at any rate).

182 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:39:17am

re: #180 Bubblehead II

Morning Lizards.

Let us forget this Thor.

No, let Heyerdahl be remembered. He was decent man who sought to expand humanity’s knowledge of itself.

183 darthstar  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:40:29am
184 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:40:59am

re: #180 Bubblehead II

Morning Lizards.

Let us forget this Thor.

re: #177 darthstar

Scandis. My wife’s grandfather was named Thor - he was a congressman for 17 years in Tacoma.

Here he is giving a man a fish.

OK, OK, I get the message, but let us not compare accomplished human beings to misogynistic, reactionary Texans with the same first name.

185 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:41:08am

re: #181 Shiplord Kirel

I’ll be leaving Lubbock in a couple of weeks. I can’t say I will miss it.

I am tempted to equip my robber-baron car with drunk-sighting staffs on the fenders, jackboot scrapers on the door sills, a brush guard (ie cowcatcher) on the grill, and a selection of gay pride, pro-Obama, and anti-fundy stickers so I can cruise around and say goodbye in style. I considered a remote control catapult to hurl cowpies at tailgating pickups, but that would mean cutting the trunk lid. A high pressure furnace and spray nozzle to distribute roiling clouds of marijuana smoke would be ideal but it’s unfortunately illegal. Otoh, judging by what I see on the streets here, trying to run people down and force them off the road is perfectly legal (I’ve never seen anyone arrested for it at any rate).

Forget that and just go old-school: mount M1919A5’s on the front fenders, James Bond style. Call it a “2nd Amendment Goodbye”.

///

186 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:42:15am

re: #180 Bubblehead II

Pencil: “not forget”?

187 Bubblehead II  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:44:41am

re: #182 Dark_Falcon

Fixed. Thanks for catching the typo.

188 Bubblehead II  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:45:46am

re: #186 Decatur Deb

Pencil: “not forget”?

Yep. Already fixed. Thanks.

Need more coffee.

189 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:47:01am

re: #187 Bubblehead II

Fixed. Thanks for catching the typo.

Happy to help.

190 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:47:24am

There are roughly 30,000 Democratic voters in Lubbock. I think no more than 5 or 6 of them are white males over 30.
/not sure

191 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:48:27am

Greetings, pathetic mortals.

192 Gus  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:48:34am

re: #181 Shiplord Kirel

I’ll be leaving Lubbock in a couple of weeks. I can’t say I will miss it.

I am tempted to equip my robber-baron car with drunk-sighting staffs on the fenders, jackboot scrapers on the door sills, a brush guard (ie cowcatcher) on the grill, and a selection of gay pride, pro-Obama, and anti-fundy stickers so I can cruise around and say goodbye in style. I considered a remote control catapult to hurl cowpies at tailgating pickups, but that would mean cutting the trunk lid. A high pressure furnace and spray nozzle to distribute roiling clouds of marijuana smoke would be ideal but it’s unfortunately illegal. Otoh, judging by what I see on the streets here, trying to run people down and force them off the road is perfectly legal (I’ve never seen anyone arrested for it at any rate).

Destination?

193 Bubblehead II  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:49:56am

re: #191 Pavlovian Hive Mind

Greetings, pathetic mortals.

Shouldn’t you be out blowing up planets or something equally evil? :-)

194 piratedan  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:50:26am

re: #191 Pavlovian Hive Mind

isn’t there a bell going off somewhere for you to attend to? //

195 ProTARDISLiberal  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:50:26am

One of my professors I had at college found this political poll, and took it. So did I. My results.

Radicalism 69.25
Socialism 68.75
Tenderness 56.25

These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

196 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:50:35am

re: #193 Bubblehead II

Shouldn’t you be out blowing up planets or something equally evil? :-)

Day off.

197 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:52:37am

re: #192 Gus

Destination?

My newly acquired retirement home/ranch/hobby farm in Palo Pinto County, just west of Fort Worth. This is beautiful Texas hill country, with lots of streams and trees that grow all by themselves.

198 Gus  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 8:56:44am

re: #197 Shiplord Kirel

My newly acquired retirement home/ranch/hobby farm in Palo Pinto County, just west of Fort Worth. This is beautiful Texas hill country, with lots of streams and trees that grow all by themselves.

Sounds nice.

199 Bubblehead II  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:01:25am

re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal

My results.

Political Values

Radicalism 91.25
Socialism 50
Tenderness 43.75

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a centrist with many strong opinions.

200 Bear  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:03:37am

re: #197 Shiplord Kirel

Have you signed up with the USDA yet? Get in for all the farm aid programs!!!

//

201 Gus  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:06:20am
202 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:12:41am

re: #183 darthstar

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I paged that a couple of nights ago.

203 Decatur Deb  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:14:03am

re: #201 Gus

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Stand your PATH.

204 triple  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:21:27am

sounds about right

Radicalism 96.75
Socialism 56.25
Tenderness 53.125

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

205 elizajane  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:22:17am

re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal

My results:

Radicalism 88.5
Socialism 50
Tenderness 62.5

These scores indicate that you are a tender-minded progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with several strong opinions.

An animal rights activist?? I’m sure I said that I found fox hunting perfectly hunky-dorey.
Tender-minded my foot (or paw).

Also, I have more than several strong opinions. That’s why I hang out at LGF.

206 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:25:17am

re: #199 Bubblehead II

Political Values

Radicalism 91.25
Socialism 62.5
Tenderness 65.625

These scores indicate that you are a tender-minded progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with few strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.
______________________________________

Somewhat ironic, as I confess to regarding animal-rights activists with a good deal of bemusement. Mind you, I most assuredly don’t advocate any manner of cruelty towards animals - I find that frankly repugnant.

I’m watching “King Leopold’s Ghost”. I’ve heard of the book, but never read it, so thought I’d watch the documentary on which it’s based.

207 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:29:32am

re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal

My own results:

Political Values

Radicalism 55.5
Socialism 0
Tenderness 56.25

These scores indicate that you are a moderate; this is the political profile one might associate with a regular person. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear laissez-faire capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with few strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

208 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:35:39am

Hahahaha.

Radicalism 99.5
Socialism 93.75
Tenderness 56.25

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear communist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with primarily strong opinions.

So much for bullshit on-line polls. : )

209 Targetpractice  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:38:27am

re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal

One of my professors I had at college found this political poll, and took it. So did I. My results.

Radicalism 94
Socialism 87.5
Tenderness 43.75

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear communist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with few strong opinions.

______________

Great, now I’ve even got online polls calling me a communist.

210 piratedan  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:39:11am

Radicalism 83
Socialism 56.25
Tenderness 43.75

hmmm, didn’t realize I was that pragmatic

211 Mattand  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:42:46am

re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal

One of my professors I had at college found this political poll, and took it. So did I. My results.

Aw, what the hell. Here are my results:

Political Values

Radicalism 91.25
Socialism 43.75
Tenderness 50

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

If you say so.

I thought some of the questions seemed a bit loaded. Also, the disclaimer at the end about how this test is soooo much better than the others out there is a bit of a red flag for me.

212 Bubblehead II  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:42:52am

re: #206 Dr Lizardo

Just watched the trailer over at YouTube.

What a monster.

213 Gus  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:45:14am
Radicalism 80.25
Socialism 25
Tenderness 50

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

214 Mattand  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:47:30am

I keep looking at the poll scores and keep thinking “Will Tenderness subtract any points when I roll my d20 for attack?”

215 Targetpractice  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:49:24am

“Tenderness? That’s not a SPECIAL stat. Charisma, maybe?”

Yeah, I admit it, I’ve played way too much Fallout.

216 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:52:06am

re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal

Oh my, I’m a radical!

Radicalism 96.75
Socialism 31.25
Tenderness 53.125

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with few strong opinions.

217 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:53:13am

re: #211 Mattand

They’re trying very hard to smear “progressives” with the “communist” label, for sure. I may be a democratic socialist who wants people to be taken care of by a capitalist state, but by no means a communist.

218 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:56:34am

re: #214 Mattand

I keep looking at the poll scores and keep thinking “Will Tenderness subtract any points when I roll my d20 for attack?”

Nope. Use a mace and assume that you are simply “tenderizing” the target.
;)

219 blueraven  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 9:58:21am
Radicalism 88.5
Socialism 56.25
Tenderness 56.25

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with few strong opinions.

OK whatever….sounds wimpy though. I am CENTRIST, hear me ROAR!!
9_9

220 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 10:06:18am

re: #219 blueraven

Pretty dumb test, really, but so are all such tests.

222 Bubblehead II  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 10:09:42am

re: #220 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Pretty dumb test, really, but so are all such tests.

Well, it gave us all something to do on a quite Sunday morning as well a few chuckles. So it’s not a total loss.

223 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 10:09:50am

re: #212 Bubblehead II

Just watched the trailer over at YouTube.

What a monster.

There’s no way of knowing how many died in the Congo as the result of his ruthless exploitations; I’ve read numbers as high as 10,000,000 - 50% of the pre-occupation population. There was no census pre-occupation.

But yes, Leopold II qualifies as one of the “Great Monsters of History”, that’s for damned sure.

224 Gus  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 10:14:05am
225 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 10:22:57am

re: #195 ProTARDISLiberal

Radicalism 77.5
Socialism 50
Tenderness 46.875

These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a centrist with few strong opinions.

Few strong opinions? Except for my frustration with the slow progress in opening FEMA camps for superstitious quacks and conspiracy theorists, and my belief that creationists and right wing radio hosts are the spawn of Satan, that should about describe it.

226 Surabaya Stew  Sun, Aug 25, 2013 7:34:17pm

Political Values

Radicalism 88.5
Socialism 31.25
Tenderness 65.625

These scores indicate that you are a tender-minded progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with few strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.


Yeah, whatever!


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