Happiness Has A Hole - Solo Piano Version
Digital bonus track from the upcoming Album “My Name” available 30th March 2014Peformed by Marie Louise
Written by Marie Louise & Michael Fragstein
https://www.facebook.com/marielouisemusik
Director: Michael Fragstein
Produced at Büro Achter April
www.8apr.de
Recording , Mix & Mastering
Johannes Matz
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Amory Blaine Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:00:15pm |
This must be what the GOP means by death panels:
Fitzgerald uses maneuver to prevent cancer drug vote
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald employed an unusual gambit Wednesday to keep his house from passing — at least for now — a bill to help cancer patients afford chemotherapy drugs.
The action by the Committee on Organization chaired by the Juneau Republican blocked supporters Wednesday from forcing a Senate vote on the bill, which would require insurance plans overseen by the state to provide coverage for expensive forms of chemotherapy drugs that patients take as pills rather than as infusions and injections.
Fitzgerald blocked the vote by scheduling — and then canceling — the second committee hearing in the last month on a bill that already had its usual public hearing last year.
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Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:09:57pm |
The matches frighten me for some reason.
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RealityBasedSteve Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:13:40pm |
re: #1 Amory Blaine
This must be what the GOP means by death panels:
Speaking to reporters Wednesday after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on the move, Fitzgerald said he believed the bipartisan bill would pass the Senate if it ever gets a floor vote but that he had used the procedural maneuver to give Republicans more time to decide if the bill should get that vote. He declined to say whether he supported the bill, saying it was a “tough issue” for Republicans on which there was little middle ground.
“It’s a majority of the body (of senators supporting the bill) but not a majority of the Republican caucus,” he said.
Read more from Journal Sentinel: jsonline.com
Follow us: @JournalSentinel on Twitter
This is despicable. By his own admission he acknowledges that the majority of the Senate would pass the bill, but a majority of his party doesn’t support it. Therefore, the only fair thing to do, since they can’t win in an up/down vote is to play ‘keep away’ with the vote on it.
Sickening.
RBS
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:29:55pm |
The scale of the search for Flight MH370
By Richard Johnson and Denise Lu, Published: March 12, 2014
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is being compared to a quest for a needle in a haystack. Is it really that tough to find a 210-foot-long plane? You be the judge.
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austin_blue Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:38:44pm |
And a happy birthday to Al Jarreau, who is 74 today!
Little known fact, but Charles, ever the savant, started recording and touring with him when he was seven years old.
;-)
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RealityBasedSteve Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:41:26pm |
re: #6 austin_blue
And a happy birthday to Al Jarreau, who is 74 today!
Little known fact, but Charles, ever the savant, started recording and touring with him when he was seven years old.
;-)
So… Charles is 81?
RBS
Ducking to avoid the “Ban Hammer”
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austin_blue Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:44:22pm |
re: #5 Gus
The scale of the search for Flight MH370
By Richard Johnson and Denise Lu, Published: March 12, 2014The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is being compared to a quest for a needle in a haystack. Is it really that tough to find a 210-foot-long plane? You be the judge.
Yes, actually, it is. It took two years to find the fuselage components of AF 447 after it crashed in the Atlantic in 2009. The tail, famously floating in the ocean, was found after a few days, but the bulk of the airframe was discovered after a major search effort.
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:44:31pm |
re: #6 austin_blue
And a happy birthday to Al Jarreau, who is 74 today!
Little known fact, but Charles, ever the savant, started recording and touring with him when he was seven years old.
;-)
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austin_blue Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:45:06pm |
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austin_blue Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:04:43pm |
Rick Perry. Pointy boots.
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Kragar Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:06:17pm |
re: #12 austin_blue
Rick Perry. Pointy boots.
Because red, white, and blue shitty boots means patriotism.
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Lidane Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:12:31pm |
I HAZ JOB INTERVIEW. Well, a phone screening anyway. Heh.
A grad school classmate posted the other day about how her company was hiring and when I mentioned which position I was interested in, she got me in touch with the hiring manager and gave me his contact info. I sent him a resume and a letter and then applied online for the position. Today I heard back from both him and their lead recruiter. They saw my resume and want to talk! I’m excited. If things go well I could kick this unemployment shit to the curb. :D
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Kragar Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:12:41pm |
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freetoken Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:12:58pm |
This is America:
Oklahoma Fox station removes evolution from ‘Cosmos’ by cutting only 15 seconds
Don’t know what to think of this, other than it wouldn’t surprise me if a technician felt “called” to keep Satan’s lies from the ears of the children of OK.
Future episodes will certainly touch on evolution, so for TV station it is a losing battle to fight against the network.
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:13:33pm |
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Kragar Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:13:45pm |
re: #17 freetoken
This is America:
Oklahoma Fox station removes evolution from ‘Cosmos’ by cutting only 15 seconds
Don’t know what to think of this, other than it wouldn’t surprise me if a technician felt “called” to keep Satan’s lies from the ears of the children of OK.
Future episodes will certainly touch on evolution, so for TV station it is a losing battle to fight against the network.
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austin_blue Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:14:08pm |
re: #13 Kragar
Because red, white, and blue shitty boots means patriotism.
Well, yeah.
And by the way, Rick the Dick is rebranding himself for the 2016 Presidential run. He’s the cool dude now. Ray Bans. In favor of legalizing marijuana. Levi’s.
Anyone in Texas who saw him on Jimmy Kimmel last night was like, wha..?
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Charles Johnson Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:16:09pm |
Hi @kgosztola. Your voice mail to @jkirchick defending RT was so weird and unhinged, we decided to publish it.http://t.co/eh7HtSlhr2— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) March 12, 2014
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Lidane Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:16:37pm |
re: #21 austin_blue
Anyone in Texas who saw him on Jimmy Kimmel last night was like, wha..?
Seriously. You can’t look at Perry on Kimmel’s show and see anything but authentic frontier bullshit. That is not the same guy who’s been dragging this state down into the ditch for the last decade and a half.
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:20:04pm |
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Stephen T. Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:23:28pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:31:06pm |
re: #25 Gus
Fire Bag Lake rides again!
Note to people on the far ends of the political spectrum:
If you protest America’s misdeeds by defending a foreign tyrant, YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!
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Eventual Carrion Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:32:06pm |
re: #26 Stephen T.
Add to this list:
It’s It is
its belonging to it
Do - action
Dew - morning moisture
Due - owed
Doo - dog droppings
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sagehen Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:32:25pm |
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:33:14pm |
re: #23 chadu
EFFECT - a change resulting from an action or other cause
AFFECT - to produce an effect upon
EFFECT - to cause to happen; to bring about
AFFECT - the manifestation of emotion via facial expression or body language
That one is difficult.
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Charles Johnson Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:33:37pm |
.@NoahShachtman @jkirchick I predict this won't be the only time First Look is embarrassed by one of their cultish followers.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 13, 2014
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:33:45pm |
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freetoken Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:34:28pm |
This is America:
Heart Land Patriots meet the candidates
With the Republican Primary Election Day less than two months away, the Heart Land Patriots continued its tradition of hosting a Meet the Candidates Night on Tuesday at Trinity Friends Church. This time, most of the candidates on hand to speak were running in elections for statewide office.
[…]
The other featured race was the three-way clash for the Ohio 1st District Senate seat. Incumbent Cliff Hite was unable to appear […]. Hite did send an email to the event attendees which was read by Rev. Keith Stoller.
In the message, […] was [Hite’s] stand on the common core curriculum, noting that he voted against the national common core, not wanting to be told how to educate students by the Federal government. However, Hite pointed out that he does support the Ohio common core curriculum which allows local school boards to accept or reject suggested materials in math and language arts.
[…]
Hite also mentioned his support of and his role in bringing the so-called Heartbeat Bill to the Ohio Senate, and his endorsement by Ohio Right To Life.
Up next, local farmer and businessman Milo Schaffner introduced himself to his hometown crowd.
[…]
[Schaffner] also shared his core beliefs with the group, including his belief in the Bible as the divine word of God, that life begins at conception, and his belief that the U.S. Constitution was written with divine guidance. Schaffner addressed his opposition to wind energy in America in answering a question about the recent payment of more than $2 million from Iberdrola Renewables to townships and school districts in the county. […]
The third candidate in the State Senate race is Corey Shankleton, a pastor from the Stryker, Ohio area. […].
Shankleton called for a return to common sense and morality in politics rather than the backdoor deals that exist today.
“I’ll be honest with you. I don’t know, at a Federal level, what can be done. Everyday I watch violations of our Constitution, of the morality of our society. We’re watching those things begin to unravel,” said Shankleton.
He stated that his own prayers for men of integrity to rise up in state government eventually led to accepting an invitation to run for the State Senate seat.
[…]
Three candidates for a Republican held seat:
(1) incumbent theocrat, hard core anti-abortionist;
(2) theocrat, far to the right of even the other two;
(3) religious leader, theocrat.
This is America, 2014.
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:37:22pm |
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:37:37pm |
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sagehen Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:37:40pm |
re: #30 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
That one is difficult.
To do that one properly, you have to put accent marks and (v.) or (n.)
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freetoken Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:38:28pm |
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Charles Johnson Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:38:45pm |
Found some photos at Getty of me with Al Jarreau on Saturday Night Live in 1984, but they’re not embeddable.
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austin_blue Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:38:53pm |
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sagehen Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:38:53pm |
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:38:58pm |
re: #34 Gus
[Embedded content]
Is he about to do an Uncle Fester and light the bulb by putting it in his mouth? I can only hope.
//
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:41:47pm |
re: #37 sagehen
To do that one properly, you have to put accent marks and (v.) or (n.)
You can assume that any definition that starts with an infinitive indicates a (v.). Accent marks aren’t really necessary; three of them are accented the same and the fourth, the noun “affect”, is (in my experience) mostly encountered in written form.
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darthstar Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:42:03pm |
what kills more ppl than sharks? 1 reason to say NO shark culling! let's see YOUR sign on why we say #nosharkcull pic.twitter.com/JVRpV8Zqxe— ian somerhalder (@iansomerhalder) March 10, 2014
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freetoken Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:44:09pm |
Meanwhile, over in the other God’s country, Utah:
Home School Bill Removing Requirements Passes House
Home schooled children may soon no longer have to abide by State Board of Education requirements. On Tuesday the House passed SB 39, which exempts home schooled children from state educational requirements.
Sponsored by Representative John Knotwell (Republican - Herriman) in the House, the bill also allows parents to home school their children without submitting a yearly home-school affidavit with their district affirming that they are following curriculum standards.
[…]
Representative Marc Roberts (Republican - Santaquin) spoke in favor of the bill, calling it a relief for parents of home-schooled children. Roberts, who home-schools his children, spoke about the merits of home education and how it was once a more commonplace practice.
Roberts continued his statements, stating that “God gave us children,” as opposed to giving them to the state. […]
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austin_blue Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:47:44pm |
re: #39 Charles Johnson
Found some photos at Getty of me with Al Jarreau on Saturday Night Live in 1984, but they’re not embeddable.
Cool that you are large and in charge, my man. Your fifteen minutes are much longer than fifteen minutes. Thank you for all you do on this board, and how you have altered it to reflect the changes in modern reality.
Not being a suck-up, but that’s the only reason I’m still here. When I first started posting, I was one of the few Libs on the board. Boy, did I get hammered. I’m a scientist, and science was a losing proposition back then,
Thank you for making this a comfortable place for thinking humans.
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:48:17pm |
re: #48 freetoken
Meanwhile, over in the other God’s country, Utah:
I see. No home schooling requirements. IOW, just make it all up as you go and your kid can gradumate from high school in 5 easy days?
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Kragar Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:49:15pm |
re: #48 freetoken
They should go live in caves. They would be much happier.
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:50:11pm |
re: #51 Kragar
They should go live in caves. They would be much happier.
Amusingly, they can’t live without technology.
SCIENCE!
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freetoken Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:53:01pm |
re: #50 Gus
Oh, those home-schooled will most likely be quite verbally well trained, have a command of the language, and basic math skills.
The will also know that God wrote the US Constitution, made the earth 6000 years ago, that the native Americans were cursed by God but Jesus came over here to save them, and that the angel Moroni revealed the gold tablets to Joseph Smith so that America can be the New Jerusalem.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Wed, Mar 12, 2014 8:56:28pm |
re: #54 freetoken
Oh, those home-schooled will most likely be quite verbally well trained, have a command of the language, and basic math skills.
The will also know that God wrote the US Constitution, made the earth 6000 years ago, that the native Americans were cursed by God but Jesus came over here to save them, and that the angel Moroni revealed the gold tablets to Joseph Smith so that America can be the New Jerusalem.
And your point is?
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Targetpractice Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:05:21pm |
re: #51 Kragar
They should go live in caves. They would be much happier.
Yes, but could they build a suit of powered armor with a box of scraps?
//
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CuriousLurker Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:17:00pm |
Feeling mildly homesick for Texas tonight. Not sure why. South Texas looks like this for about 2 weeks in March, which is the extent of springtime there, heh.
The further south you go, you see more & more nopal (prickly pear) cactus. It’s basically scrub brush—cactus, cattle, cedar & mesquite trees, patchy grass, oil fields—very similar to the Chihuahuan Desert, but without the mountains. People actually eat the nopales—often with eggs—my mom loved them, but I was never adventurous enough with food to try them.
The oil fields stink to high heaven.
The ocean is different too. The Gulf water is very warm compared to the Atlantic, and the beaches are much more natural, still a bit wild, not so commercialized… or at least that’s how they used to be.
Here’s some music to go with the pics:
If Lidane stops by she’ll appreciate some of these, being from the Valley.
Gus, if you come by, this one’s for you. :-D
Ah well, enough with the reminiscing. As they say, you can never go home again—I’m sure if I went back many places would be well nigh unrecognizable after 15+ years.
G’nite, lizards.
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:20:44pm |
re: #57 CuriousLurker
Feeling mildly homesick for Texas tonight. Not sure why. South Texas looks like this for about 2 weeks in March, which is the extent of springtime there, heh.
[Embedded content]
Ah well, enough with the reminiscing. As they say, you can never go home again—I’m sure if I went back many places would be well nigh unrecognizable after 15+ years.
G’nite, lizards.
Thanks CL and ‘night. Was listening to The Crystals. :D
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freetoken Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:24:48pm |
Tonight’s English test (no cheating!):
Choose the correct usage:
(1)
A: He laid in rest.
B: He lay in rest.
(2)
A: Mary had to lay down for a while.
B: Mary had to lie down for a while.
(3)
A: The silverware was lain before him on the table.
B: The silverware was laid before him on the table.
C: [write an alternative to the above two that you believe is more correct.]
(4)
A: I will lie in wait in the corner to surprise him.
B: I will lay in wait in the corner to surprise him.
(5)
A: The problem lays in our political system.
B: The problem lies in our political system.
(6)
A: The silverware lays before him on the table.
B: The silverware lies before him on the table.
(7)
A: The candidate learned the lay of the land from his opponent.
B: The candidate learned the lie of the land from his opponent.
(8)
A: I had lain in the hammock all day until nightfall.
B: I had laid in the hammock all day until nightfall.
(9)
A: By noon all the facts were lying before the jury for their consideration.
B: By noon all the facts were laying before the jury for their consideration.
(10)
A: By noon all the facts were lying on the table before the jury for their consideration.
B: By noon all the facts were laying on the table before the jury for their consideration.
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dog philosopher Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:30:16pm |
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Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:39:00pm |
re: #60 freetoken
B: The problem lies in our political system.
c: The problem: Lies in our political system.
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Snarknado! Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:43:58pm |
re: #60 freetoken
Tonight’s English test (no cheating!):
Choose the correct usage:
(9)
A: By noon all the facts were lying before the jury for their consideration.
B: By noon all the facts were laying before the jury for their consideration.(10)
A: By noon all the facts were lying on the table before the jury for their consideration.
B: By noon all the facts were laying on the table before the jury for their consideration.
I have a problem with facts lying on a table.
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jonhendry Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:12:13pm |
re: #23 chadu
I find I’m having more trouble with this kind of thing as I get older (I’m 42). Partly I think it’s a self-conscious thing, where you screw up because you’re aware you might screw up.
I also have trouble lately with affect/effect.
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Aqua Obama Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:17:23pm |
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jonhendry Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:18:15pm |
re: #50 Gus
I see. No home schooling requirements. IOW, just make it all up as you go and your kid can gradumate from high school in 5 easy days?
“He has an extensive education in King James Bible, firearms maintenance, and yard work. That’s plenty.”
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jonhendry Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:21:35pm |
By the way, here’s an amusingly different English grammar book:
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FemNaziBitch Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:24:03pm |
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FemNaziBitch Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:24:43pm |
re: #67 jonhendry
I find I’m having more trouble with this kind of thing as I get older (I’m 42). Partly I think it’s a self-conscious thing, where you screw up because you’re aware you might screw up.
I also have trouble lately with affect/effect.
computers have made us rather stupid on these things.
It’s always easy to look it up.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:28:18pm |
re: #73 FemNaziBitch
computers have made us rather stupid on these things.
It’s always easy to look it up.
Pocket calculators were a gateway drug. …
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jonhendry Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:28:21pm |
re: #72 FemNaziBitch
The examples are very gothic-oriented and a bit saucy, and it’s illustrated with lots of 19th century clip art.
Example usage example: A debutante and a troll are squatting under the bridge.
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freetoken Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:35:28pm |
Some of those might be considered trick questions, btw.
Some of those may be considered trick questions, btw.
Some of those could be considered trick questions, btw.
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DKoch Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:36:29pm |
RT @PolicyMic: Men’s rights activists defend #upskirting on Reddit. Really. http://t.co/07toPZgGVI pic.twitter.com/1ZjTXnewkN || Just metadata.
— David Waldman (@KagroX) March 10, 2014
Dudebros Unite!
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:37:19pm |
re: #71 jonhendry
Thanks for the tip. Added to my wish list.
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TedStriker Wed, Mar 12, 2014 10:48:42pm |
re: #77 DKoch
[Embedded content]
Dudebros Unite!
Substitute “rape” for “upskirting” and that says everything that needs to be said about these fucking Neanderthals.
Fucking shithead creeps…
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:03:11pm |
1999 South Dakota Learjet crash
On October 25, 1999, a chartered Learjet 35 was scheduled to fly from Orlando, Florida to Dallas, Texas. Early in the flight the aircraft, which was cruising at altitude on autopilot, quickly lost cabin pressure. All on board were incapacitated due to hypoxia — a lack of oxygen. The aircraft failed to make the westward turn toward Dallas over north Florida. It continued flying over the southern and midwestern United States for almost four hours and 1,500 miles (2,400 km). The plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a field near Aberdeen, South Dakota after an uncontrolled descent…
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:12:46pm |
Pilot Declares Emergency Because Of Extreme Hypoxia
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:16:03pm |
re: #81 Gus
Pilot Declares Emergency Because Of Extreme Hypoxia
[Embedded content]
NTSB Identification: NYC94LA062.
AT AN EN ROUTE STOP, COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL OPENED THE FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT TO GAIN ACCESS TO A NAVIGATION LIGHT THAT NEEDED REPAIR. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER SAID THAT DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE EMERGENCY EXIT APPEARED TO BE IN PLACE, THOUGH HE DID NOT PHYSICALLY EXAMINE THE EXITS OR LATCHES. LATER, DURING CLIMBOUT, THE FLIGHTCREW WAS UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE THE AIRPLANE. DESPITE OBJECTIONS FROM THE OTHER CREWMEMBERS, THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO PROCEED WITH THE FLIGHT. THE CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS & A CLIMB WAS CONTINUED TO A CRUISE ALTITUDE AT FL330. SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF, THE CAPTAIN BECAME INCAPACITATED FROM DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. THE FIRST OFFICER TOOK COMMAND & THE FLIGHT DIVERTED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT COVINGTON, KY. AFTER FLIGHT, THE EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR WAS FOUND LAYING INSIDE THE AIRPLANE. WHEN CHECKED, THE EXIT DOOR WOULD NOT FIT PROPERLY IN THE FRAME, & THE DOOR LATCHES WOULD NOT ENGAGE THE LATCH PLATES ON THE FRAME, EVEN WHEN THE HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE LOCKED POSITION.
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:17:21pm |
Scene outside of #Mohawk, where a car hit a group of folks. Mohawk evacuated. #sxsw pic.twitter.com/DGAx7guwHT— David Saleh Rauf (@davidSrauf) March 13, 2014
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Gus Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:25:27pm |
This missing 777 is a good way to find out who the neurotics are on Twitter.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:35:15pm |
re: #79 TedStriker
Substitute “rape” for “upskirting” and that says everything thatneeds to be said about these fucking Neanderthals.
Fucking shithead creeps…
use the words “respecting another person’s dignity” around these guys and you will get a blank stare…
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HypnoToad Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:37:29pm |
For happier aviation related news, I saw Hayao Miyazaki’s latest and final movie tonight. I highly recommend “The wind rises”. It covers the life of Jiro Horikoshi, Japan’s premier aircraft designer in the period between the world wars. It covers a lot of history (brief & with sensitivity re WW2) with plenty of Miyazaki’s trademark scenery and aviation porn. I’m an airplane geek, but think many others will like this as well.
(Look for the brief homages to his other movies in the background of many scenes. I caught allusions to “Castle in the sky”, Howl’s moving castle”, “Spirited away”, “Kiki”, and “Porco rosso”)
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DKoch Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:46:47pm |
re: #79 TedStriker
These losers wring their hands over telephone metadata, but think it’s okay to stick a camera up a women’s skirt.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 12, 2014 11:58:18pm |
re: #87 DKoch
These losers wring their hands over telephone metadata, but think it’s okay to stick a camera up a women’s skirt.
Information should be free!!
//
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:02:26am |
Now the Twitter neurotics are making a big deal about this story:
Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours
by Andy Pasztor
U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for about four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location, according to two people familiar with the details, raising the possibility that the plane could have flown on for hundreds of additional miles under conditions that remain murky.
Investigators SUSPECT (look that word up in the dictionary) according to TWO PEOPLE FAMILIAR blah, blah, blah.
Let’s look up Andy on Wiki.
Andy Pasztor - Journalism controversies
Burt Rutan
On February 24, 2010, Andy Pasztor wrote an article titled “Space Pioneer Burt Rutan Blasts New NASA Plan,” claiming that Burt Rutan had written a letter to Congress sharply criticizing President Obama’s plans to turn over portions of its human spaceflight program to commercial providers.[1] A couple days later Burt Rutan released a statement saying that “the WSJ chose to cherry-pick and misquote my comments to Cong Wolf.” [2]
SpaceX
Immediately following SpaceX’s inaugural launch of the Falcon 9 rocket, Andy Pasztor wrote in a WSJ article titled “SpaceX Illustrates Privatization Risk” on June 7, 2010 alleging that SpaceX claimed it would require $1 billion to build a launch escape system for its rocket, and that the company would likely require future assistance from US taxpayers.[3] When asked about this, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responded saying:
“Andy Pasztor’s article in the Journal was, I’m sorry to say, rife with errors. He was off by a factor of ten on what it would cost SpaceX to develop a launch escape system. Also, under no circumstances would SpaceX be seeking a financing round from the taxpayers. That doesn’t make any sense.” [4]
Despite that statement by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, subsequently in 2011 and 2012, SpaceX did receive additional funding from U.S. taxpayers through NASA. In May 2011, it was revealed in a Government Accountability Office report, “Commercial Launch Vehicles: NASA Taking Measures to Manage Delays and Risks” [5] that starting in November 2011 SpaceX had, in addition to its award of $278 million,[6] been awarded $118 million for additional COTS risk reduction milestones, bringing the company’s total COTS award to $396 million. In April 2011, SpaceX was awarded $75 million [7] as a participant in NASA’s CCDev2.[8] In August 2012, NASA announced that, as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Integration Capability program, SpaceX was awarded $440 million.[9]
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:18:33am |
Individual is in custody. More details shortly. The names of the deceased will not be released until proper notifications have been made.— Austin Police Dept (@Austin_Police) March 13, 2014
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:36:42am |
Heh, now look at this.
Malaysian plane sent out engine data before vanishing
17:23 11 March 2014 by Paul Marks
The missing Malaysia Airlines jet sent at least two bursts of technical data back to the airline before it disappeared, New Scientist has learned. The data may help investigators understand what went wrong with the aircraft, no trace of which has yet been found.
To aid maintenance, most airlines use the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), which automatically collates and files four technical reports during every flight so that engineers can spot problems. These reports are sent via VHF radio or satellite at take-off, during the climb, at some point while cruising, and on landing.
Malaysia Airlines has not revealed if it has learned anything from ACARS data, or if it has any. Its eleventh media statement since the plane disappeared said: “All Malaysia Airlines aircraft are equipped with… ACARS which transmits data automatically. Nevertheless, there were no distress calls and no information was relayed.”…
This is two days before the goofy WSJ report.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:39:33am |
Under International Civil Aviation Organisation rules, such reports are normally kept secret until air investigators need them.
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:42:50am |
Suspect in custody will be charged with capital murder. 2 on moped were killed.— Jeremy Schwartz (@JinATX) March 13, 2014
Suspect was fleeing DWI stop. #sxsw
— Jeremy Schwartz (@JinATX) March 13, 2014
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:47:29am |
Lots of music journos are morphing into cops reporters right now. #sxsw— Jeremy Schwartz (@JinATX) March 13, 2014
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jonhendry Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:49:42am |
re: #95 Lidane
Is it horribly wrong that part of me hopes one of the two on the moped was AOL “Digital Prophet” Shingy?
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:50:28am |
re: #97 jonhendry
Is it horribly wrong that part of me hopes one of the two on the moped was AOL “Digital Prophet” Shingy?
Wut?
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:51:45am |
Monitoring systems - Rolls-Royce
With an electrical system connecting all the equipment with power, the control system controlling all the actions of the system, a monitoring system is needed to log the actions, performance and status of the components in these systems.
Monitoring systems technologies log the actions, performance an status of the components in the electrical and control systems. They collect data from various components, sub-systems or systems, which is then used to draw certain conclusions, based on algorithms programmed into the collection system. The monitoring collection system can be ground-based, while monitoring systems flying in the air, floating on the sea, or generating electricity on another continent.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:52:02am |
AcquireMost modern large civil aircraft use an Aircraft Condition Monitoring System (ACMS) to acquire the data for EHM. This captures three types of reports:
The first are snapshots, where the sensor data listed above is captured and collected into a small report. This is carried out during take-off, during climb and once the aircraft is in cruise.
The second type is triggered by unusual engine conditions. Examples might be if an engine exceeded its TGT (Turbine Gas Temperature) limits during a take-off. These reports contain a short time-history of key parameters to enable rapid and effective trouble-shooting of the problem.
The final type is a summary, which is produced at the end of the flight. This captures information such as maximum conditions experienced during the flight, and power reductions selected during take-off and climb.
The Trent 900 is the first engine to be fitted with a dedicated Engine Monitoring Unit as well as the ACMS. This engine-mounted system places a powerful signal processing and analysis capability onto the engine. A fan -mounted EMU is shown below:
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:52:45am |
TransferA critical aspect of the EHM system is the transfer of data from aircraft to ground. Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) digital data-link systems are used as the primary method of communication. This transmits the Aircraft Condition Monitoring System (ACMS ) reports via a VHF radio or satellite link whilst the aircraft is in-flight.
A worldwide ground network then transfers this data to the intended destination. The positive aspect of this system is its robust nature and ability to distribute information worldwide. On the other hand, the Airplane Condition Monitoring Function (ACMF) reports are limited to 3kB, hence the acquisition systems need to work within this limitation. Future systems are being deployed to increase data volumes through wireless data transmission as the aircraft approaches the gate after landing. This will enable more data to be analysed, but will not be as immediate as ACARS, where data can be assessed well before the aircraft lands again.
In the Defence business, the transfer of data is controlled by the service requirement. Some EHM data requires a rapid in-theatre response; some, such as fleet trends, has a more long-term aspect. Some of the longer-term information can wait until the engines return to the UK, although Rolls-Royce can still provide 24/7 support through a combination of deployed service engineers and the Operations Centre in Bristol.
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Single-handed sailor Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:56:04am |
re: #97 jonhendry
Is it horribly wrong that part of me hopes one of the two on the moped was AOL “Digital Prophet” Shingy?
Yes.
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jonhendry Thu, Mar 13, 2014 12:57:13am |
re: #102 Single-handed sailor
Yes.
Yes, you’re right. As terrible as he is, it’s wrong to momentarily hope for him to have been hit and killed by a car. Or to make light of the deaths that occurred. Mostly the latter.
Mea culpa. I repent.
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jonhendry Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:02:25am |
re: #99 Gus
If Rolls Royce was receiving that data, then perhaps the blind squirrel (Pasztor) found a nut.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:12:43am |
Is anyone else have trouble seeing new comments after clicking the button? When I do it, I get the swirly thing and no new comments. I have to refresh the page.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:14:46am |
re: #105 wheat-dogghazi
Is anyone else have trouble seeing new comments after clicking the button? When I do it, I get the swirly thing and no new comments. I have to refresh the page.
had connectivity problems earlier
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:18:39am |
Here’s the SW page.
After market services - Enginedatacenter
Aeromanager allows customers of Optimized Systems and Solutions’ predictive services to connect directly to the enginedatacenter.com website from Aeromanager with a single click - no need to enter an additional user name and password. Also, customers who subscribe to the CoreAlert health monitoring service will see details of new engine health alerts on the Aeromanager ‘my home’ page when they log in.
The CoreControl suite of predictive services available from Optimized Systems and Solutions includes:
CoreAlert - engine health monitoring service.
CoreFleet - reliability analysis and maintenance management.
CoreFuture - planning and forecasting for optimized life cycle costs.
CoreRecord - technical records service.
CoreWing - electronic technical log book.
CoreWorkshop - electronic task card management and workshop data collection.
The Optimized Systems and Solutions web based “applications service provider” business model enables airlines to access a fleet wide experience base, specialist engineering knowledge and shared IT resources. CoreControl can usually be implemented within 4 weeks, with no up front investment. For more information on Optimized Systems and Solutions visit o-sys.com.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:20:35am |
Also here.
On-line Integrated Data Management Service for Aviation Customers
The enginedatacenter is a customised internet gateway to all the engine information products and services provided by Data Systems & Solutions. This gateway provides our customers with online access to predictions of engine service needs and software support, enabling better maintenance planning, reducing delays and saving costs.
ata Systems & Solutions, a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and SAIC, incorporates Rolls-Royce engineering/controls expertise with SAIC’s systems integration and information technology skills. The result is innovation across six key markets: Energy, Aviation, Defence, Process Industries, Marine Systems and Transport.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:30:01am |
Trying to remember the rules from years ago, but here goes:
B
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A
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Talking around people who don’t know the rules, though, and speaking in the vernacular of your immediate circle, can dull your past knowledge. I’m one of those kids in HS who was constantly harassed because I wanted to use proper grammar which was seen as “uppity”. Textbook Spanish was often seen the same way.
People tend to use “lay” and “lie” interchangeably, and probably never really learned to conjugate either verb.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:33:13am |
either way, you loose…
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:34:19am |
Q. PC Settings / User Rights: What web browsers do you support? Answer
A. We currently support Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple Safari are NOT supported. We cannot guarantee the functionality provided by third party content providers are Internet Explorer 8 compatible. Other operating systems and or newer versions of Internet Explorer may result in menu options not displaying correctly and conflicts with java script. We therefore suggest running higher versions of Internet explorer in compatibility mode. To change your compatibility settings navigate to aeromanager.com webpage, click on the Tools menu and then select Compatibility View Settings and then add aeromanager.com to the list.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:38:00am |
re: #112 Gus
Where’s the wooden raft with the Somali pirate?
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:40:20am |
Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine: There is no Ethnic or Religious Hatred in Ukraine
Kyiv, 12 March 2014 - There are no signs of anti-Semitism in Ukraine. Regardless of their origin, Ukrainians are uniting to counter a common threat, Moshe Reuven Azman, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine said during a briefing at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center.
‘We should draw a distinction between nationalism and Nazism. Nationalism is loving one’s own people, and Nazism is hating others. There is no anti-Semitism in Ukraine’, was Azman’s comment to the Russian propagandists’ claims about the rampage of fascism, Nazism and anti-Semitism in Ukraine.
‘There were different people at Maidan representing different parties’, said Rabbi, ‘Maidan Self-Defense provided security for the synagogue. We were given walkie-talkies so we could communicate. In return, Israel provided medical treatment to several Euromaidan activists who were injured’. (more)
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:40:33am |
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Where’s the wooden raft with the Somali pirate?
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:45:38am |
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:46:02am |
BREAKING: Fire department spokesman confirms a sixth person dead in Harlem gas explosion— The Associated Press (@AP) March 13, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:47:56am |
re: #116 Gus
Ilawa Ship handling training center part 1
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Notice the weird music.
It’s Norway.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:48:21am |
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:51:34am |
Cement Carrier Ship Crashes into Boats in Norway
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:52:18am |
re: #119 Gus
Norway + Poland!
Brought back memories of this TV show I watched as a kid. It was very popular (I was living in Buffalo at the time). Well, almost any TV show back then was very popular. I think the test pattern came on after the late news…
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:00:05am |
re: #121 Justanotherhuman
Brought back memories of this TV show I watched as a kid. It was very popular (I was living in Buffalo at the time). Well, almost any TV show back then was very popular. I think the test pattern came on after the late news…
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:08:17am |
re: #122 Gus
The most popular children’s show of the time.
I watched it every day. Having an audience of kids was genius. Of course, most shows back then had a live audience. Now, it seems the audience is in the show with reality types taking over. Damned amateurs do it cheaply; talent has become (almost) meaningless.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:12:54am |
re: #123 Justanotherhuman
The most popular children’s show of the time.
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I watched it every day. Having an audience of kids was genius. Of course, most shows back then had a live audience. Now, it seems the audience is in the show with reality types taking over. Damned amateurs do it cheaply; talent has become (almost) meaningless.
Never saw HD. We did watch a lot of reruns of Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, but mostly Little Rascals. NYC area carried a lot of those. Show wise I guess it would be Gumby. Also Davey and Goliath.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:16:13am |
vaguely, vaguely remember that, but I came into TV a tad later, I Beany and Cecil (pretty trippy stuff).
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:21:35am |
re: #124 Gus
Never saw HD. We did watch a lot of reruns of Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, but mostly Little Rascals. NYC area carried a lot of those. Show wise I guess it would be Gumby. Also Davey and Goliath.
We used to watch the comedies at the Sat matinees at the local theaters, along with westerns and lots of cartoons. It was the equivalent of cheap babysitting and cost 10 cents at the Seneca and 25 cents at the Buffalo, iirc. Seems we stayed there for as long as we didn’t become bored, for hours.
ETA: Buffalo theaters. pbase.com
Yes, the Buffalo Theater was grand. Saw a live show there, also. That wasn’t so unusual back then.
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:27:59am |
I remember seeing Bozo the Clown on TV back in the 80’s, but by then I had outgrown the show. The shows I really watched growing up were things like The Great Space Coaster, 3-2-1 Contact, and stuff like Mr. Wizard’s World and You Can’t Do That on Television.
Oh, and the constant re-runs of Looney Tunes cartoons and The Three Stooges they’d show after school. Fraggle Rock too.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:29:51am |
One of my earliest memories as a kid (November, 1963) was being terribly frustrated that I could not watch my favorite afternoon cartoons because some dumb President’s funeral was on all the TV channels…
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:30:56am |
I better hit the hay. Up late after some stomach cramps and other things. Argh. Kind of painful. Gone now. Hasta later.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:31:17am |
Those you already mentioned + Shari Lewis, Soupy Sales, The Bowery Boys, Dead End Kids, and one station in NYC always played movies at 4:30 pm. Chopped to hell to fit in before the 6:00 news, but it was my introduction to great cinema.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:38:11am |
re: #130 Gus
I better hit the hay. Up late after some stomach cramps and other things. Argh. Kind of painful. Gone now. Hasta later.
Take care, Gus. : )
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:39:45am |
This is probably illegal.
At 12pm commercial banks in Crimea to be nationalized, as ordered by Aksenov - @insider_com_ua http://t.co/BMg9auXsZb pic.twitter.com/THgthavnWJ— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 13, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:41:11am |
My surprise face…
Crimea’s parliamentary speaker says Russian companies, such as Gazprom, should be involved in Crimea’s oil and gas production - RIA via @Reuters
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:45:31am |
re: #133 Justanotherhuman
This is probably illegal.
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Who’s doing the nationalizing? The Ukrainian Parliament or Executive branch?
AFAIK, such steps are legal.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:49:32am |
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Who’s doing the nationalizing? The Ukrainian Parliament or Executive branch?
AFAIK, such steps are legal.
Crimea, not Ukraine. At the behest of their Russian masters.
Aksenov is a fucking tool of Putin’s.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:51:35am |
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Who’s doing the nationalizing? The Ukrainian Parliament or Executive branch?
AFAIK, such steps are legal.
Crimea Can Become Part of Russia in 2 Months, Premier Says
March 12 (Bloomberg) — Crimea can be integrated into Russia within two months if its voters decide the territory should cease to be a part of Ukraine in a March 16 referendum, the Black Sea region’s premier said in an interview.
“Procedures to join Russia are now being widely discussed by parliament groups and with the Duma,” Sergei Aksenov said today in Simferopol, Crimea’s capital, referring to Russia’s lower chamber of parliament. “It wouldn’t take more than two months.”
“Aksenov said there will be more clarity tomorrow on the timetable, mechanism and legal aspects of Crimea’s Russian entry and the territory is already in talks with Russia on financial assistance.” More
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:55:18am |
Then they are not “nationalizing”, they are “regionalizing” and that is another matter entirely…
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:02:54am |
Bastards.
Russia holding military exercises involving 8,500 personnel in southern military district near Ukraine, defense ministry says - @Reuters
end of alert
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:03:45am |
re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Then they are not “nationalizing”, they are “regionalizing” and that is another matter entirely…
Oh, bullshit. That’s just semantics. Russia is taking over Crimea.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:12:14am |
re: #140 Justanotherhuman
Oh, bullshit. That’s just semantics. Russia is taking over Crimea.
That much is a given. They will insist that they are just taking back what they ceded to The Ukraine in 1956…
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:21:01am |
There’s a bunch of wingnut herpty derp on Twitter and FB about the House supposedly passing something called the “Enforce the Law Act”, but there isn’t anything anywhere outside of the usual raving wingnut sources. Even Fox News doesn’t have a single peep about it.
You’d think if the House had passed something last night it would be mentioned somewhere in the news.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:33:45am |
Which law are they supposed to enforce?
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:50:10am |
re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Which law are they supposed to enforce?
All of them apparently. It’s some wingnut gibberish designed to combat an “imperial presidency” that would allow the House or Senate to sue the executive branch for not enforcing laws.
I’ve looked and don’t see any mention anywhere of this thing supposedly passing the House despite all the wingnuts bleating about it.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:51:22am |
re: #144 Lidane
They should have a good look at all of GW Bush’s signing statements regarding his selective approach to enforcing laws. Presidencies are only “Imperial/dictatorial” when they are in the hands of the opposition party.
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jonhendry Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:56:42am |
re: #139 Justanotherhuman
Bastards.
Russia holding military exercises involving 8,500 personnel in southern military district near Ukraine, defense ministry says - @Reuters
end of alert
They were holding much larger exercises recently, just over the border. I think it might have been 100,000 troops.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 3:59:31am |
re: #139 Justanotherhuman
Bastards.
Russiaholding military exercises involving 8,500 personnel in southern military district near Ukraine, defense ministry says - @Reuters
end of alert
This is going to be sttled by the side with the biggest army, which means Russia wins. They are just trying to make it look represenably “justified”.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:06:55am |
Malaysian airliner may have being flying for 4 hours after losing contact with air controllers. online.wsj.com
Oh, this is Andy Pasztor article already referred to. Sorry.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:13:54am |
re: #127 Justanotherhuman
We used to watch the comedies at the Sat matinees at the local theaters, along with westerns and lots of cartoons. It was the equivalent of cheap babysitting and cost 10 cents at the Seneca and 25 cents at the Buffalo, iirc. Seems we stayed there for as long as we didn’t become bored, for hours.
ETA: Buffalo theaters. pbase.com
Yes, the Buffalo Theater was grand. Saw a live show there, also. That wasn’t so unusual back then.
Ah, I see the Unity theater on Grant Street. 10 cents for an entire Saturday of movies, cartoons and newsreels. It’s where I first saw “Day of the Triffids”.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:25:02am |
re: #148 wheat-dogghazi
Malaysian airliner may have being flying for 4 hours after losing contact with air controllers
So now we are looking for a needle in a whole field of haystacks…
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freetoken Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:30:56am |
re: #109 Justanotherhuman
You’re close. Some of those phrases are idiomatic usages that run counter to the “rules”.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:32:05am |
re: #151 freetoken
You’re close. Some of those phrases are idiomatic usages that run counter to the “rules”.
And some of them simply get taken over as regular rules, so becareful to whom you are speaking…
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:41:10am |
For those who might be interested, Chick Corea will be doing some online music workshops at the end of March.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:44:58am |
re: #153 Lidane
For those who might be interested, Chick Corea will be doing some online music workshops at the end of March.
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But he’s a scientologist! Is this an attempt at secret indoctrination?!?
(Just joking, but in Germany , he may not appear at any publicly owned venue because of his affiliation with Scientology)
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Mar 13, 2014 4:55:15am |
re: #121 Justanotherhuman
Brought back memories of this TV show I watched as a kid. It was very popular (I was living in Buffalo at the time). Well, almost any TV show back then was very popular. I think the test pattern came on after the late news…
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National Anthem, then test pattern.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:10:12am |
re: #155 Eventual Carrion
National Anthem, then test pattern.
I also remember waking up early to the Farm Report sponsored by Amiben herbicide.
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Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:17:44am |
re: #152 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And some of them simply get taken over as regular rules, so becareful to whom you are speaking…
The English language—awesome, anarchic, woefully difficult—shuns rules and constraints and even sense; to boldly remake grammar, smithing it up, verbing nouns and nouning verbs, is the heart and will have been the soul of the thing.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:19:57am |
re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I also remember waking up early to the Farm Report sponsored by Amiben herbicide.
Took me a minute to realize that wasn’t Ambien. I thought, why would a sleep aid be sponsoring the farm report?
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Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:21:05am |
re: #158 wheat-dogghazi
Took me a minute to realize that wasn’t Ambien. I thought, why would a sleep aid be sponsoring the farm report?
Oh, Ambien also kills the shit out of plants.
It’d be awesome if that sort of cross-functionality existed.
“Nyquil, helps you get a good nights sleep and also works as brake fluid!”
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:22:16am |
re: #159 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
Oh, Ambien also kills the shit out of plants.
It’d be awesome if that sort of cross-functionality existed.
“Nyquil, helps you get a good nights sleep and also works as brake fluid!”
Brawndo, it’s what plants crave.
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:22:18am |
re: #155 Eventual Carrion
National Anthem, then test pattern.
When I was a kid I remember seeing the Spanish-language Televisa networks sign off with the Mexican national anthem then the test pattern.
I also remember sitting around with the family watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:26:32am |
re: #161 Lidane
When I was a kid I remember seeing the Spanish-language Televisa networks sign off with the Mexican national anthem then the test pattern.
I also remember sitting around with the family watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.
One of the first reality TV shows. Almost completely staged.
Get … the … net … Jim!
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:28:05am |
re: #157 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
The English language—awesome, anarchic, woefully difficult—shuns rules and constraints and even sense; to boldly remake grammar, smithing it up, verbing nouns and nouning verbs, is the heart and will have been the soul of the thing.
you mean it boldly to-goes where no language has gone before?
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:30:06am |
Is Ukraine revolution antisemitic? 24h with my fellow Jews here and let me assure you: they are frightened of Russian occupation not Maidan.— Ben Judah (@b_judah) March 13, 2014
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Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:32:27am |
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
you mean it boldly to-goes where no language has gone before?
It froms-and-toes, dangling fingers and whatever appendages floaty-bits the jazzed up reverberations in the dingus.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:32:59am |
BREAKING: Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash arrested in Austria - Austria Press Agency http://t.co/VNbrwShlkV pic.twitter.com/MoIXP11XfW— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 13, 2014
From the Kyiv Post:
Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash has been arrested in Austria, the Austria Press Agency reported on March 13.
Firtash, 48, a chemicals and energy tycoon, was arrested Wednesday evening in Margareten, a suburb of Vienna, the press service reported.
The businessman was arrested near his residence there at the request of the FBI on suspicion of involvement in the creation of an organized criminal group. He has been under investigation by the FBI since 2006.
This story is developing and we will update as details unfold.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:33:18am |
English sounds good like a language should…
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:42:24am |
re: #166 Justanotherhuman
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From the Kyiv Post:Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash has been arrested in Austria, the Austria Press Agency reported on March 13.
Firtash, 48, a chemicals and energy tycoon, was arrested Wednesday evening in Margareten, a suburb of Vienna, the press service reported.
The businessman was arrested near his residence there at the request of the FBI on suspicion of involvement in the creation of an organized criminal group. He has been under investigation by the FBI since 2006.
This story is developing and we will update as details unfold.
I assume that both sides will claim that he supported opposite faction…
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:45:10am |
Someone has to pay for Bezos’ purchase of the WAPO.
amazon.com (AMZN) Raises Price of Amazon Prime to $99
“As rumored, amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) raises prices of Amazon Prime from $79 to $99, according to the company’s website.
“On its site, Amazon said, “For the first time since it was introduced nine years ago, the price of Prime is going up. Existing Prime members will pay $99 per year on their annual renewal date and Amazon Student members will pay $49.” The Prime Fresh membership fee will remain unchanged at $299.”
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:49:55am |
re: #169 Justanotherhuman
Someone has to pay for Bezos’ purchase of the WAPO.
amazon.com (AMZN) Raises Price of Amazon Prime to $99
“As rumored, amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) raises prices of Amazon Prime from $79 to $99, according to the company’s website.
“On its site, Amazon said, “For the first time since it was introduced nine years ago, the price of Prime is going up. Existing Prime members will pay $99 per year on their annual renewal date and Amazon Student members will pay $49.” The Prime Fresh membership fee will remain unchanged at $299.”
Yep, got the email a few moments ago.
Nope, no renewal when our current membership expires. It was overpriced at $79 for us. Too expensive for just the shipping and only one login in the house can use the streaming.
I have no doubt though that most will suck it up & Bezos’ will laugh all the way to the bank.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:51:25am |
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I assume that both sides will claim that he supported opposite faction…
You don’t pay close attention, do you? A large part of EuroMaidan was the influence, cheating, and theft from the state of oligarchs like Firtash.
Ukraine crisis: Oligarchs are Yanukovych’s weakest link
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:52:18am |
Near #Novoozerne around the #Donuzlav bay, #Russian soldiers sank a fourth ship this morning |PR News #Crimea-MDU |PR pic.twitter.com/piJYinx5nE— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) March 13, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:58:52am |
Arrest of gas magnate Firtash basically means that EU/US have decided to play hardball & destroy Russia's corrupt gas schemes in Ukraine— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 13, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:59:48am |
Panic at Crimea banks as secession govt restricts access to deposits, prepares nationalization pic via @radiosvoboda pic.twitter.com/TfoDpAAnXb— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 13, 2014
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 5:59:57am |
I don't know where the plane is either.— God (@TheTweetOfGod) March 13, 2014
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:01:50am |
!!!!! >>>Jon Stewart Roasts Dianne 'So The NSA Is Looking At Your Data' Feinstein (VIDEO) http://t.co/Pu9F4YzfCd— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 13, 2014
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:04:12am |
re: #17 freetoken
This is America:
Oklahoma Fox station removes evolution from ‘Cosmos’ by cutting only 15 seconds
Don’t know what to think of this, other than it wouldn’t surprise me if a technician felt “called” to keep Satan’s lies from the ears of the children of OK.
Future episodes will certainly touch on evolution, so for TV station it is a losing battle to fight against the network.
What you should think of this is summed up by something along the lines of “In America in the year 2014, we are still letting religious wackadoodles censor science, and that says a whole lot about this nation.”
The meteors. Let me show you them.
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:07:48am |
re: #170 William Barnett-Lewis
Yep, got the email a few moments ago.
Nope, no renewal when our current membership expires. It was overpriced at $79 for us. Too expensive for just the shipping and only one login in the house can use the streaming.
I have no doubt though that most will suck it up & Bezos’ will laugh all the way to the bank.
Even with the new price, the free shipping alone covers the cost of Prime for me — the streaming is just a bonus.
I avoid brick-and-mortar retail whenever possible unless it’s something I have to have TODAY, or it’s something like a helmet that I need to make sure fits properly. I also happen to live close to a major distro center, so 2-day shipping is more often than not 1-day shipping for me.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:08:26am |
re: #171 Justanotherhuman
You don’t pay close attention, do you? A large part of EuroMaidan was the influence, cheating, and theft from the state of oligarchs like Firtash.
Ukraine crisis: Oligarchs are Yanukovych’s weakest link
It does not mean that Yanukovich wil not try and claim he was a Euromaidan supporter…
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:09:24am |
HAHA Dim Jim for the latest Conspiracy Derp:
BREAKING: US Officials Believe Malaysian Air Flight 370 May Have Been Hijacked ‘For Later Use’ http://t.co/hUvJoFZIvH via @gatewaypundit— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) March 13, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:09:58am |
re: #176 Lidane
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Stewart is a comedian. It’s yet to be proved that the NSA is looking at my data, or yours, either. If he’s following Greensnow, he’s not as bright as we think he is.
Being tapped by the CIA is an entirely different matter. Different agencies, different functions.
This is a huge country. We have agencies that spy, that investigate, that keep tabs on certain people suspected of criminal activities or terrorism. That doesn’t mean every single person—that would be an impossible job to do, or at least do right. We pass laws enabling them to do their jobs. When they do, and they do the job right, we congratulate them. When they overstep their authority, we should put a stop to it. I haven’t seen proof of that yet.
But that doesn’t mean that we should go around all paranoid because someone is talking about it. Whatever happened to having real proof before opening one’s mouth?
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:11:17am |
re: #177 GunstarGreen
What you should think of this is summed up by something along the lines of “In America in the year 2014, we are still letting religious wackadoodles censor science, and that says a whole lot about this nation.”
The meteors. Let me show you them.
We are paying for all those cuts in basic education and science that were instituted in the 80’s under Reagan…
And all the disenchanted Born-Again Christians who Reagan cast aside as soon as Nancy’s White House astrologer told her the time was right have managed to insinutate their people in all levels of business, government, education and public administration.
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Dave In Austin Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:13:14am |
re: #180 Pie-onist Overlord
HAHA Dim Jim for the latest Conspiracy Derp:
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Just like a Hollywood Movie!!! Or better yet, the next season of “24”.
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:13:23am |
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
So now we are looking for a needle in a whole field of haystacks…
I’m this plane, sitting on a planet
Really, I’m just a speck (I’m just a speck)
Compared with a star, the planet is just another speck!
To think about all of this,
To think about the vast emptiness of space,
There’s billions and billions of stars, billions and billions of specks!
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:14:26am |
Is Bezos trying to buy this one, too?
Arthur Sulzberger says his family is committed to The New York Times, will not sell the company - @Vivian
end of alert
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:16:26am |
Nearly 4,000 WWI diaries detailing trench warfare, gas attacks and horseback battles made available online http://t.co/4iVa8rofi1— The Raw Story (@RawStory) March 13, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:18:20am |
Just kill me now. I don’t think I ever knew a woman who got an abortion because of “inconvenience”.
Mike Huckabee: Saving unborn like saving elderly
And all along, I thought Huckabee only thought Jesus could save somebody…
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:18:58am |
re: #180 Pie-onist Overlord
HAHA Dim Jim for the latest Conspiracy Derp:
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Wasn’t that the premise of a Tom Clancy novel?
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:19:40am |
There are reports of Flt 370 flying and additional 4 hours after last contact but the Malaysian government are denying that. Meanwhile this guy it trying to help…
WATCH: Malaysian ‘witch doctor’ attempts to find missing jet http://t.co/RNkQjaXsLS
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:20:48am |
re: #187 Justanotherhuman
Just kill me now. I don’t think I ever knew a woman who got an abortion because of “inconvenience”.
Mike Huckabee: Saving unborn like saving elderly
And all along, I thought Huckabee only thought Jesus could save somebody…
Common thread amongst anti-choicers: not having a single fucking clue what they’re talking about.
Nobody wakes up in the morning, stretches and takes a deep breath, and then says ‘Boy howdy, what a wonderful day to have an abortion!’ That is obvious, and yet anti-choicers keep pretending that that’s the case.
Anything to wrangle control away from women.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:21:29am |
re: #189 NJDhockeyfan
There are reports of Flt 370 flying and additional 4 hours after last contact but the Malaysian government are denying that. Meanwhile this guy it trying to help…
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It would be irresponsible not to engage in every type of speculation and superstition possible at this point…
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:22:15am |
I hope Booker gave Cruz some “down the river”.
@SenTedCruz and @CoryBooker together while I look on with my cool cousin @dsamuelsohn (who is also twitter verified). pic.twitter.com/SMc0lKlT8N— Zack Stoller (@ZStoller) March 13, 2014
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:23:24am |
Well, this is really bothering me. Clicking on New Comments does not work anymore for me. I’ll give Firefox a go, and see if that makes a difference.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:27:44am |
Ukraine creates massive 60K National Guard ahead of Crimea secession vote http://t.co/bbl5MyMNV1 pic.twitter.com/iMbjwW1ztE— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 13, 2014
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:31:04am |
re: #193 wheat-dogghazi
Well, this is really bothering me. Clicking on New Comments does not work anymore for me. I’ll give Firefox a go, and see if that makes a difference.
Are you using chrome? I’ve been having the same problem here as well.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:31:16am |
O/T
Thanks to your kind reviews, my publisher was able to take advantage of the eBooks promo tools, and now Tales of Zo Kindle edition is available for only $1.99 through Friday!
Grab it while it’s hot! (Linked in my userid!)
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:35:10am |
re: #145 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
They should have a good look at all of GW Bush’s signing statements regarding his selective approach to enforcing laws. Presidencies are only “Imperial/dictatorial” when they are in the hands of the opposition party.
There were no signing statements before Obama. Obama just forged history to show their existence since G. Washington to divert attention from his birth certificate and Benghazi (plus his Musselmen-ness).
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:39:59am |
re: #161 Lidane
[snip]
I also remember sitting around with the family watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.
I seem to remember that show was the lead in to Disney (with the Mouseketeers).
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:40:41am |
re: #195 Dr. Matt
Are you using chrome? I’ve been having the same problem here as well.
Yes, Chrome. I tried FF, and had the same problem. Even tried Infernal Explorer, and found that the reply and quote functions didn’t work. So, I am back here with Chrome 33.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:42:15am |
Firtash at the heart of all shady gas deals betw Russia and Ukraine, will be interesting if he spills the beans— Pierre Briançon (@pierrebri) March 13, 2014
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:43:39am |
Greets and saluts from the now frigid NYC metro area. FDNY and NYPD continue searching the rubble up in Harlem and have recovered 7 bodies thus far. More than 60 injured in the explosion that blew apart two apartment buildings adjacent to a Metro North rail line.
The presumed cause is a gas leak where the gas built up until a spark set off the devastating explosion.
There’s also disturbing discrepancies over who knew what and when city and Con Ed were informed of gas smells at Harlem bldg and lack of followup.
Con Ed and City officials said initially that there were reports of gas called in just minutes before the explosion and that Con Ed was responding when the explosion occurred.
The blast at 9:31 a.m. Wednesday occurred with barely any warning — Con Edison had received a complaint of an odor of gas in the area only 18 minutes before the buildings were leveled.
Hundreds of firefighters worked overnight, using a massive claw to lift wreckage and sift through debris as heavy smoke continued to waft down E. 116th St.
But the NY Post is reporting that residents had been reporting gas smells for “years” without resolution. There’s also questions about the building integrity and whether the Department of Buildings conducted sufficient oversight.
The NTSB is also investigating, since there’s indications that gas pipeline may have failed - to see just when the reports were made, and what corrective actions, if any, were taken.
The Daily News is also reporting that investigators think a water main collapse on the gas line outside the building precipitated the collapse.
A few years back (2007), there was another gas explosion up in Harlem with injuries (no fatalities thankfully in that incident). That one didn’t involve a building collapse, but the Buildings Department has been under scrutiny for not doing enough to police construction sites and required repairs to repair defects across the city.
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Varek Raith Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:44:12am |
re: #196 chadu
O/T
Thanks to your kind reviews, my publisher was able to take advantage of the eBooks promo tools, and now Tales of Zo Kindle edition is available for only $1.99 through Friday!
Grab it while it’s hot! (Linked in my userid!)
Cool beans.
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:44:16am |
re: #180 Pie-onist Overlord
Iran proffers craziest conspiracy yet about #MH370 - that US kidnapped plane. Yeah, top that nutters— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 13, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:45:46am |
From hell's heart, I stab at thee Adobe updater. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 13, 2014
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:47:20am |
re: #191 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
At this point, without the black boxes in hands of investigators, anyone’s comments online about whereabouts/what happened, is speculation. And that goes for the experts as well. They can only speculate about what happened - no facts involved, and we’re already seeing pissing contests about information control over what few bits of information we do have - when radar lost contact, any transmissions that were made by the planes before or after it lost contact, etc.
The worst part is that this just drags out the horror even longer for the families of those missing on the plane.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:51:34am |
re: #206 lawhawk
The worst part is that this just drags out the horror even longer for the families of those missing on the plane.
Respect and consideration for the suffering of others should not hinder us drawing attention to ourselves by making wild speculations…
/
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:56:39am |
The know-nothing from AK is sticking her nose into Nebraska politics again.
He’s no outsider, having served in the GWB admin, and is an anti-abortion god-botherer, to boot.
No wonder she likes him. No one but Queen Sarah may have a choice.
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iossarian Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:58:10am |
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 6:59:56am |
re: #204 Varek Raith
UFO Sighted After Malaysian Flight MH370 Disappearance http://t.co/VsZqY8RXm0— r/conspiracy (@rconspiracy) March 13, 2014
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Varek Raith Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:02:33am |
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:08:01am |
re: #209 iossarian
Java update is the worst. Oracle burn in hell.
Java update wants to hijack your browser and replace your start page and your default search engine.
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Internet Tough Guy Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:09:05am |
re: #199 wheat-dogghazi
It might be your adblock or ghostery (if you use that) blocking the social media widgets. I’ve found that whitelisting them on this site enables the New Comments button.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:11:30am |
re: #199 wheat-dogghazi
Yes, Chrome. I tried FF, and had the same problem. Even tried Infernal Explorer, and found that the reply and quote functions didn’t work. So, I am back here with Chrome 33.
Seems to be working today. …..for now…..
edit: Nevermind, spoke too soon….it’s still acting screwy.
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Varek Raith Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:13:24am |
re: #212 Pie-onist Overlord
Java update wants to hijack your browser and replace your start page and your default search engine.
And full of security holes.
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iossarian Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:13:54am |
re: #212 Pie-onist Overlord
Java update wants to hijack your browser and replace your start page and your default search engine.
It also requests administrative control to check for an update and then tell you there isn’t one, which, while not evil, is annoying as hell.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:14:03am |
Strong Winds Rip Roof Off New Jersey Bed, Bath & Beyond, Force Strip Mall Evacuation
“High winds ripped part of the roof off a Bed, Bath & Beyond in a New Jersey strip mall Thursday morning, causing an evacuation and the shuttering of several stores, authorities say.
“Debris from the roof hit a small gas line that runs through several stores in the mall on International Drive in Flanders, sparking a small fire, police said.
“The fire was doused quickly and no one was hurt. The mall area was evacuated as a precaution.” More
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Varek Raith Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:14:48am |
re: #216 iossarian
It also requests administrative control to check for an update and then tell you it isn’t one, which, while not evil, is annoying as hell.
Which is why I disable all auto updates and manually check each week.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:20:33am |
Column of blacked out buses and military vehicles arrive from Russia today on the ferry at Kerch, Crimea http://t.co/ZTRwTtwrXe— gandalf greybeard (@gerrydogma) March 13, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:22:45am |
re: #219 NJDhockeyfan
Column of blacked out buses and military vehicles arrive from Russia today on the ferry at Kerch, Crimea
Kerch-CHANGGG!!!
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:25:03am |
re: #175 Lidane
And He’s supposed to be “all-knowing” and stuff.
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Ian G. Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:25:07am |
re: #217 Justanotherhuman
Doesn’t surprise me. The windows of my 5th floor apartment were rattling like nothing since Sandy last night.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:26:13am |
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:26:21am |
re: #75 jonhendry
The examples are very gothic-oriented and a bit saucy, and it’s illustrated with lots of 19th century clip art.
Example usage example: A debutante and a troll are squatting under the bridge.
One of my favorites; alas, it’s gone walkabout since the move.
I’ll have to get a new one (trip to the virtual bookstore).
ALAS! ////
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Ian G. Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:27:00am |
re: #186 Dr. Matt
“Horseback battles”? Not going to make a Romney joke. More, I’m just going to shudder at the thought of cavalrymen on horses with lances and swords charging into machine-gun fire.
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Ian G. Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:28:30am |
re: #180 Pie-onist Overlord
HAHA Dim Jim for the latest Conspiracy Derp:
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Yes, a Boeing 777 is as easily concealed as a Glock 9. I’m sure nobody will notice it being stashed somewhere for “later use”.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:29:30am |
re: #213 Internet Tough Guy
It might be your adblock or ghostery (if you use that) blocking the social media widgets. I’ve found that whitelisting them on this site enables the New Comments button.
I use Adblock, but disabling it makes no difference. Also, I don’t use it on Firefox. So, there’s gotta be another reason for the glitch.
The social media widgets do tend to slow me down generally, because the Great Firewall of China blocks Twitter and Facebook. But that situation has existed for a few years, while the New Comment problem only started a few days ago.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:31:58am |
re: #157 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
The English language—awesome, anarchic, woefully difficult—shuns rules and constraints and even sense; to boldly remake grammar, smithing it up, verbing nouns and nouning verbs, is the heart and will have been the soul of the thing.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
—James D. Nicoll
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:32:19am |
Bill to do away with all local gun regulations has new life in Kansas: http://t.co/Dea8dk2wXa— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 13, 2014
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:35:46am |
re: #197 Eventual Carrion
There were no signing statements before Obama. Obama just forged history to show their existence since G. Washington to divert attention from his birth certificate and Benghazi (plus his Musselmen-ness).
Frickin’ Time Lord Obama, doing that wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey crap.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:36:38am |
Reports: ppl bussed in from #Russia to “vote” on Sunday's #Crimea “referendum” through the Kerch Strait ferry. #russiainvadesukraine— Alex Panchenko (@AlexPanchenko2) March 13, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:36:57am |
re: #226 Ian G.
Yes, a Boeing 777 is as easily concealed as a Glock 9. I’m sure nobody will notice it being stashed somewhere for “later use”.
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THEY CAN HIDE IT IN AFRICA!!!! YOU CAN HIDE ANYTHING IN AFRICA!!!!!
Except that it didn’t have enough fuel to make it to Africa.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:38:45am |
re: #233 Pie-onist Overlord
THEY CAN HIDE IT IN AFRICA!!!! YOU CAN HIDE ANYTHING IN AFRICA!!!!!
Except that it didn’t have enough fuel to make it to Africa.
They obviously used HAARP to open a wormhole.
Obviously.
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Lidane Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:38:49am |
Another day, another shitty Nazi analogy:
FRC official says a UN report on the Vatican's handling of sex abuse was kinda like Kristallnacht http://t.co/BMYotfzVWs— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 13, 2014
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Varek Raith Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:39:24am |
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:39:58am |
re: #234 chadu
They obviously used HAARP to open a wormhole.
Obviously.
IT’S IN ANOTHER CENTURY!!!!!!
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iossarian Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:42:46am |
re: #230 Lidane
I wonder if insurance companies factor this kind of thing into their actuarial tables.
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:44:37am |
re: #237 Pie-onist Overlord
IT’S IN ANOTHER CENTURY!!!!!!
Heh. Yeah, with this one the conspiracy theorists have been fapping themselves into a frenzy.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:46:34am |
Chris Matthews thinks Democrats have already lost the Senate (VIDEO): http://t.co/0wYUGIw6YP pic.twitter.com/6Ugxy72FuN— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 13, 2014
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:46:57am |
re: #235 Lidane
So it’s the UN’s fault that there was sexual abuse of children in RCC institutions?
Yeah, that sounds about right. /////
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:50:03am |
Posted without comment…..
Chinese woman chops off alleged rapist’s penis and beats him to death with a hammer
A Chinese woman chopped off her former boyfriend’s penis with scissors and then killed him with a hammer after he raped her, a Hong Kong court heard, according to a report Tuesday.
Yeung Ki, 41, on trial in the city, has admitted killing 32-year-old piano teacher Zhou Hui on Boxing Day 2012 but denies murder, the South China Morning Post reported.
[…]
On the night of the killing, Zhou “beat her, pushed her to the floor, and slapped their daughter”, then “forcibly had sex with her”, the High Court heard, according to the newspaper.
Afterwards, she drugged him with soup laced with sleeping pills, cut off his penis and flushed it down the toilet, then when he was awakened by the pain, beat him to death with “almost uncountable” blows from a hammer, the paper reported the prosecution as saying.
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:51:17am |
re: #235 Lidane
According to the NYT:
In a hard-hitting report applauded by victims as a landmark in the Roman Catholic Church’s clerical sexual-abuse scandal, a United Nations committee on Wednesday called on the Vatican to remove all child abusers from its ranks, report them to law enforcement and open the church’s archives so that bishops and other officials who concealed crimes could be held accountable.
Yes that’s just like Kristallnacht and the Holocaust and Nazis and Hitler. //
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:53:22am |
re: #241 NJDhockeyfan
Jolly won a seat that has been consistently held by the republicans since the early 80s, and yet the race is some sort of bellwether for the country. The MSM annoys me.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:56:21am |
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 7:58:50am |
DIM JIM: HURR HURR IT TEH MUSLIMS!!!!1!!!!!!
MORE: Interpol Looking at 35 Year-Old Uighur Passenger on MH370 - Trained as a Pilot http://t.co/50e3YISUYp via @gatewaypundit— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) March 13, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:00:14am |
Uighurs are Muslims, but they are also anti-Communist Muslims…oh dear? Who do we get outraged at? I know: EVERYONE!!!
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:00:24am |
The new Overlord has received her name: SARAH.
She is the 7th Overlord named after my mother-in-law.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:00:35am |
re: #235 Lidane
Another day, another shitty Nazi analogy:
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That wingnut only said that because it was the UN that launched the attack. The FRC’s defenses of the Catholic Church are purely done for strategic reasons and if not for the Culture War the FRC evangelical leadership would likely be calling the RCC the “Whore of Babylon”.
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:00:57am |
re: #246 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
The FRC is saying that the UN criticizing the Vatican is Nazi-ism, etc.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:04:14am |
re: #250 Dark_Falcon
That wingnut only said that because it was the UN that launched the attack. The FRC’s defenses of the Catholic Church are purely done for strategic reasons and if not for the Culture War the FRC evangelical leadership would likely be calling the RCC the “Whore of Babylon”.
They’re probably more pissed at the UN for stealing their argument against the Vatican than anything.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:05:21am |
re: #251 Bulworth
The FRC is saying that the UN criticizing the Vatican is Nazi-ism, etc.
Oh for Fuck’s sake…
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:07:53am |
I need some help patting myself on my back: littlegreenfootballs.com
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:08:12am |
re: #247 Pie-onist Overlord
DIM JIM: HURR HURR IT TEH MUSLIMS!!!!1!!!!!!
I really hope that report turns out to be a false alarm, because the Han Chinese and the Beijing government will start another series of attacks on Uyghurs in XInjiang, making them the scapegoats for the missing airliner.
China is already spitting mad at Malaysia, blaming them for losing the airplane with 150 Chinese on board. Some were noted artists, so that’s another layer on top of an already tense situation.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:09:47am |
You can bet Sheldon Adelman has a hand in this one. How much money is he prepared to give them?
Walker, Christie, Kasich and Bolton to address @RJCHQ in Las Vegas on March 29th.— Ken Thomas (@AP_Ken_Thomas) March 13, 2014
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:11:19am |
re: #233 Pie-onist Overlord
THEY CAN HIDE IT IN AFRICA!!!! YOU CAN HIDE ANYTHING IN AFRICA!!!!!
Except that it didn’t have enough fuel to make it to Africa.
That was my first thought. How much fuel would they be carrying? Certainly not enough to get across the Pacific. Maybe enough to get to Guam, but there are radar pointed at that island you can be sure. So someone would have noticed a plane in the zone that wasn’t supposed to be there. How many other countries would have had to be in on it for the US to do something like that. We don’t have that many friends in that part of the world. Might have made it to Australia possibly.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:11:36am |
re: #251 Bulworth
The FRC is saying that the UN criticizing the Vatican is Nazi-ism, etc.
It can be called hypocrisy, based on the number of times UN peacekeepers have gotten out of control and committed rape. But that’s an argument for the UN to reform, not for the RCC to do nothing. That having been said, in both cases the organization has a decent leader facing a powerful bureaucracy that is highly resistant to change. However, the greater outside support for corruption at the UN makes my believe the Roman Catholic Church is more likely to actually reform.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:11:51am |
Ukraine PM @Yatsenyuk_AP “Biggest disaster of this century would be the restoration of the Soviet Union.” #ACukraine pic.twitter.com/2lMxHtq0rg— Fred Kempe (@FredKempe) March 13, 2014
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:13:48am |
re: #255 wheat-dogghazi
I really hope that report turns out to be a false alarm, because the Han Chinese and the Beijing government will start another series of attacks on Uyghurs in XInjiang, making them the scapegoats for the missing airliner.
China is already spitting mad at Malaysia, blaming them for losing the airplane with 150 Chinese on board. Some were noted artists, so that’s another layer on top of an already tense situation.
China shouldn’t act rashly, but China’s anger is understandable. If a 150 Americans had disappeared like this, we’d be pissed as well (though there were 3 Americans on board).
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:14:35am |
re: #259 NJDhockeyfan
Ukraine PM @Yatsenyuk_AP “Biggest disaster of this century would be the restoration of the Soviet Union.
Unfortunately, the way the USSR fell apart was a disaster in itself. The country should not have dissolved itself until it had resolved all the open issues that continue to plague its constituent nations, including the issue of soverignity over Crimea.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:14:40am |
re: #257 Eventual Carrion
That was my first thought. How much fuel would they be carrying? Certainly not enough to get across the Pacific. Maybe enough to get to Guam, but there are radar pointed at that island you can be sure. So someone would have noticed a plane in the zone that wasn’t supposed to be there. How many other countries would have had to be in on it for the US to do something like that. We don’t have that many friends in that part of the world. Might have made it to Australia possibly.
They would have to fly over the Indian, not the Pacific ocean to reach Africa. Not enough fuel for that either.
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Eclectic Cyborg Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:14:59am |
re: #256 Justanotherhuman
You can bet Sheldon Adelman has a hand in this one. How much money is he prepared to give them?
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You called it:
VIP Dinner at the Adelsons’ home for Board, Chairman’s and Vice Chairman’s Council ONLY
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:15:36am |
re: #246 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Raping children and concealing the perpetrators is bad news…not Holocaust bad, but pretty damn bad.
Welcome to the Catholic Church.
It’s very, very important that TEH GEYZ not be able to marry, and that women not be able to get birth control on their health plans.
This is because TEH GEYZ are supposed to be in our clergy, molesting and raping the children, and you don’t need birth control because altar boys can’t get pregnant.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:16:18am |
Charles,
I ran Chrome’s Inspect elements function just now. Does it make sense that an Ajax query to a json db would hold up the New Comments display? I’m not up to speed on Ajax to be sure, but I suspect my Chrome is waiting for data it’s not getting somehow.
Also, the Preview function on the comment box is still not working for me. The page goes dark, and the wheelie thing spins, but the preview window never comes.
I hate to rain on everyone’s parade, but all my LGF display problems began after the Getty image embed feature went live.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:16:47am |
What other chance would she have had to question him? Good for her.
Mother of DACA Recipient Tries to Get Answers from Boehner
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Eclectic Cyborg Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:19:30am |
I’ve been looking at that RCJHQ event and it’s quite exclusive. From what I can tell, factoring in council membership, room bookings, event costs and travel/food/entertainment it would cost a person at LEAST $3000 to attend.
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wrenchwench Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:19:35am |
re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord
The new Overlord has received her name: SARAH.
She is the 7th Overlord named after my mother-in-law.
A fine name, but … are there nick names or middle names used to avoid confusion? Among my cousins there are two Marks, two Elizabeths, two Peters and two Toms, but not even three of anything.
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:19:41am |
re: #261 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Unfortunately, the way the USSR fell apart was a disaster in itself. The country should not have dissolved itself until it had resolved all the open issues that continue to plague its constituent nations, including the issue of soverignity over Crimea.
Like with the Czechs and the Slovaks, who didn’t “divorce” until any outstanding issues were resolved through negotiation. That’s the main reason it was so successful.
If a Czech goes to work in Slovakia, the Foreign Police (immigration authorities) will give him/her pretty much an automatic residency permit, no questions asked; same if a Slovak goes to work here in the Czech Republic. It was like that before both countries joined the EU.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:19:46am |
re: #265 wheat-dogghazi
Charles,
I ran Chrome’s Inspect elements function just now. Does it make sense that an Ajax query to a json db would hold up the New Comments display? I’m not up to speed on Ajax to be sure, but I suspect my Chrome is waiting for data it’s not getting somehow.Also, the Preview function on the comment box is still not working for me. The page goes dark, and the wheelie thing spins, but the preview window never comes.
I hate to rain on everyone’s parade, but all my LGF display problems began after the Getty image embed feature went live.
It appears you and I are experiencing the exact same problems, i.e., new comments not loading and no preview.
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:20:18am |
re: #262 Pie-onist Overlord
They would have to fly over the >Indian, not the Pacific ocean to reach Africa. Not enough fuel for that either.
Yeah, my thought was more us getting it to US controlled or sympathetic land to hide it close to where it disappeared. The whole idea is whacked anyway.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:21:02am |
re: #270 Dr. Matt
It appears you and I are experiencing the exact same problems, i.e., new comments not loading and no preview.
I am now in Spy mode, to see if it works any better.
Preview works as expected.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:23:45am |
re: #269 Dr Lizardo
Like with the Czechs and the Slovaks, who didn’t “divorce” until any outstanding issues were resolved through negotiation. That’s the main reason it was so successful.
If a Czech goes to work in Slovakia, the Foreign Police (immigration authorities) will give him/her pretty much an automatic residency permit, no questions asked; same if a Slovak goes to work here in the Czech Republic. It was like that before both countries joined the EU.
Slovakia and the Czech Republic were concerned with creating a stable, viable system in their respective countries.
The forces behind the demise of the USSR just wanted to precipitate chaos to jutify their eventual seizing of power and reestablishing the USSR under a new brand name. And Putin is about to start going ahead with that long-term strategy.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:26:49am |
re: #271 Eventual Carrion
Yeah, my thought was more us getting it to US controlled or sympathetic land to hide it close to where it disappeared. The whole idea is whacked anyway.
According to the WSJ article, the plane could have flown for another 4 to 5 hours, for an estimated range of 2000 - 2500 miles. That’s enough to reach Australia, or western India, or China (of course), among other places.
But hijackers generally make a big scene upon their arrival, or make demands while in flight. None of that happened.
All the speculation in the media, unfortunately, is spotty, contradictory and unreliable. It’s not helping at all.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:28:56am |
Well, if I stay in Spy mode, I don’t have a New Comments button, but refreshing the page takes much less time than the main page. And Preview mode works fine.
Too bad I am going to sleep soon, or I’d stay for the party.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:32:23am |
re: #274 wheat-dogghazi
According to the WSJ article, the plane could have flown for another 4 to 5 hours, for an estimated range of 2000 - 2500 miles. That’s enough to reach Australia, or western India, or China (of course), among other places.
But hijackers generally make a big scene upon their arrival, or make demands while in flight. None of that happened.
All the speculation in the media, unfortunately, is spotty, contradictory and unreliable. It’s not helping at all.
I wish they’d simply say “We don’t know where the plane is. At this point we will report on other issues and news until we receive a solid report with confirmed information.” Of course, since the current LCD is tabloid level reporting they will instead just keep pumping hype, rumor, and talking heads since they have 24-hours of time to keep filled.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:33:19am |
re: #274 wheat-dogghazi
According to the WSJ article, the plane could have flown for another 4 to 5 hours, for an estimated range of 2000 - 2500 miles. That’s enough to reach Australia, or western India, or China (of course), among other places.
But hijackers generally make a big scene upon their arrival, or make demands while in flight. None of that happened.
All the speculation in the media, unfortunately, is spotty, contradictory and unreliable. It’s not helping at all.
Pakistan is the main country the press is talking about where it could have flown to if it did fly to a discrete place. How it could do such a thing without being seen or noticed on the way there is very slim I would think.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:34:57am |
re: #275 wheat-dogghazi
Well, if I stay in Spy mode, I don’t have a New Comments button, but refreshing the page takes much less time than the main page. And Preview mode works fine.
Too bad I am going to sleep soon, or I’d stay for the party.
The issues I’m seeing with the Win 7/Firefox combo here has changed.
1) Post embed I saw the issue with comments “overflowing” but New Comments worked.
2) As of yesterday the “overflow” issue went away, but now Preview and New Comments just spin and don’t update, though the New Comments counter does increment. I have to refresh the page to get the new comments to appear.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:35:17am |
re: #276 Feline Fearless Leader
Well, the WSJ has lost its professionalism and its focus since Murdoch bought the paper. It still covers business news and the markets, but it’s also trying to be Not The New York Times without any of the mojo the real NYT has.
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iossarian Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:35:48am |
re: #277 NJDhockeyfan
FYI discreet =/= discrete. I updinged your comment to compensate for being a vocab. Nazi.
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Skip Intro Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:38:07am |
re: #180 Pie-onist Overlord
HAHA Dim Jim for the latest Conspiracy Derp:
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Jeez, Jim. The wingnuts were talking about that days ago. Get up to speed or people might think you’re dumb.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:38:57am |
Tension between Russia and U.S. over Ukraine “has the capacity” to affect relationship with Moscow on Syria: Secretary Kerry— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) March 13, 2014
michael viqueira ‏@mikeviqueira 13m
Kerry: “(Russians) don’t have the assets in places necessary to march in and take over all of Ukraine. But that could change very quickly.”
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:42:28am |
re: #279 wheat-dogghazi
Well, the WSJ has lost its professionalism and its focus since Murdoch bought the paper. It still covers business news and the markets, but it’s also trying to be Not The New York Times without any of the mojo the real NYT has.
I’m aiming this critique more at the MSNBC/CNN/FOX area. We have CNN on the TV in the lunchroom here at work from about 11am on. And it’s pretty much been constant un- or poorly supported speculation about the plane ever since it disappeared.
I guess it can be referred to as unprofessional from a journalistic viewpoint. But these channels are being run from a business viewpoint instead of a journalistic one.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:44:03am |
re: #283 Feline Fearless Leader
I guess it can be referred to as unprofessional from a journalistic viewpoint. But these channels are being run from a business viewpoint instead of a journalistic one.
Journalism is jut a by-product. It used to be the criterion for quality, but that has been replaced by market share.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:45:24am |
re: #282 Justanotherhuman
michael viqueira ‏@mikeviqueira 13m
Kerry: “(Russians) don’t have the assets in places necessary to march in and take over all of Ukraine. But that could change very quickly.”
Gee. You mean that if Russia tosses aside a treaty/memorandum about the Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty that the rest of the world might start viewing all the other agreements they’ve signed as undependable?
O_o But Putin wouldn’t do that!
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:45:27am |
Sometimes you need the quieter, more studious ones to get through a crisis.
Ukraine’s New Premier, the ‘Rabbit,’ Seems to Be in His Element
KIEV, Ukraine — For three months, throughout the uprising and upheaval in Kiev, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk was one of three political leaders who appeared regularly on stage in Independence Square, but he often seemed out of his element. A former foreign minister, economics minister, speaker of Parliament and acting central bank chief, he is more at home in boardrooms and in the corridors of power than on the barricades.
“Now, two weeks after his colleagues in Parliament named him acting prime minister — a job he called “political suicide” even before Russia invaded Crimea — Mr. Yatsenyuk, 39, is in a role that suits him better than that of street revolutionary, but that has thrust him to the center of the crisis.
“On Wednesday, he met in Washington with President Obama and other top officials to plead for economic and political assistance.”
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:45:38am |
re: #283 Feline Fearless Leader
I’m aiming this critique more at the MSNBC/CNN/FOX area. We have CNN on the TV in the lunchroom here at work from about 11am on. And it’s pretty much been constant un- or poorly supported speculation about the plane ever since it disappeared.
I guess it can be referred to as unprofessional from a journalistic viewpoint. But these channels are being run from a business viewpoint instead of a journalistic one.
It bears repeating: The American news media does not exist to inform the citizenry, it exists to make money. They are for-profit entities, operating with for-profit models, focused entirely on profit. Professionalism, Journalism, whatever ideals you might like to see are entirely secondary to the making of profit.
They make profit by selling ad space. They sell ad space by delivering eyeballs. In any decision between real, valuable news and eyeball-attracting shit, they will chose the eyeball-attracting shit every time. Because that is what they exist to do.
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wrenchwench Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:46:58am |
re: #286 Justanotherhuman
Sometimes you need the quieter, more studious ones to get through a crisis.
Ukraine’s New Premier, the ‘Rabbit,’ Seems to Be in His Element
KIEV, Ukraine — For three months, throughout the uprising and upheaval in Kiev, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk was one of three political leaders who appeared regularly on stage in Independence Square, but he often seemed out of his element. A former foreign minister, economics minister, speaker of Parliament and acting central bank chief, he is more at home in boardrooms and in the corridors of power than on the barricades.
“Now, two weeks after his colleagues in Parliament named him acting prime minister — a job he called “political suicide” even before Russia invaded Crimea — Mr. Yatsenyuk, 39, is in a role that suits him better than that of street revolutionary, but that has thrust him to the center of the crisis.
“On Wednesday, he met in Washington with President Obama and other top officials to plead for economic and political assistance.”
I was just going to post that, via this tweet. There’s a nice short video there too.
“Ukraine’s new PM, the ‘Rabbit,’ seems to be in his element” @Yatsenyuk_AP profile in @NYTimes http://t.co/pwQLA1W3Vd pic.twitter.com/h3BVfTQk77— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 13, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:49:10am |
How is it this morning?
We didn’t get any more snow.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:49:29am |
US Secretary of State Kerry says contingencies are in place if Russian forces move farther east into Ukraine; hopes to avoid that but ‘no telling that we can’ - @Reuters
end of alert
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:49:50am |
re: #287 GunstarGreen
It bears repeating: The American news media does not exist to inform the citizenry, it exists to make money. They are for-profit entities, operating with for-profit models, focused entirely on profit. Professionalism, Journalism, whatever ideals you might like to see are entirely secondary to the making of profit.
They make profit by selling ad space. They sell ad space by delivering eyeballs. In any decision between real, valuable news and eyeball-attracting shit, they will chose the eyeball-attracting shit every time. Because that is what they exist to do.
QFT
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:51:19am |
re: #268 wrenchwench
A fine name, but … are there nick names or middle names used to avoid confusion? Among my cousins there are two Marks, two Elizabeths, two Peters and two Toms, but not even three of anything.
in my family it’s mostly variation of Andrew and Marie.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:54:39am |
re: #287 GunstarGreen
They make profit by selling ad space. They sell ad space by delivering eyeballs. In any decision between real, valuable news and eyeball-attracting shit, they will chose the eyeball-attracting shit every time. Because that is what they exist to do.
But they would still have us believe that viewers are the “customers” and the programming is the “product”. And people still believe in that model…
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:57:37am |
The Bachmanns are in a heap of trouble. For a campaign that God supposedly sanctioned, it sure looks as though it was one of the most corrupt in recent history. Wonder if God is going to get dragged into this mess as well.
I love the picture they chose for this article.
Did any of her children campaign for her?
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:59:17am |
Why not try keeping your damned mouth shut about things you don’t know one whit about? Everyone is on to you anyway except the jerks in your party.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says his comments about inner city culture were ‘inarticulate’; says he called Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., to discuss - @kasie
end of alert
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:59:31am |
When asked about the incident, Womick denied pulling his weapon, claiming that he produced a holster instead, and stated that if he had pulled his gun (which he claims was in his car at the time), it would have been perfectly legal.McFadyen-Ketchum responded “I don’t have a photographic memory, but it was a gun”.
Site is a bit biased, but great headlines!
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Mar 13, 2014 8:59:57am |
#Russia Min of Defense announces large-scale maneuvers near #Ukraine border involving 8,500 troops, 270 tanks and 180 APCs.— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) March 13, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:01:19am |
Isn’t this gun-toting gal just begging a rapist to stab her in the stomach?
Another gun-fucking meme FAIL.
Who needs a whistle when you got a gun? How about she whistles a round right in … #tlot #tcot #liberty #patriot pic.twitter.com/SYqZMzr7aI— Sons of Liberty Tees (@sonslibertytees) March 13, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:02:07am |
re: #294 FemNaziBitch
The Bachmanns are in a heap of trouble. For a campaign that God supposedly sanctioned, it sure looks as though it was one of the most corrupt in recent history. Wonder if God is going to get dragged into this mess as well.
I am sure it will be spun as a partisan political with hunt with a soupcon of religious persecution thrown in as well
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:03:01am |
re: #294 FemNaziBitch
I love the picture they chose for this article.
Did any of her children campaign for her?
Remember that one time, when “Goggle-Eyes” Michelle was ranting on about having a list of commies in the congress?
Hah, hah hah, hee, ho hee, hah, hah, ho.
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Skip Intro Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:03:30am |
re: #295 Justanotherhuman
Why not try keeping your damned mouth shut about things you don’t know one whit about? Everyone is on to you anyway except the jerks in your party.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says his comments about inner city culture were ‘inarticulate’; says he called Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., to discuss - @kasie
end of alert
The jerks in his own party love it when he says things like this. If they’re seniors, apparently they love the idea of having their Social Security and Medicare gutted too.
Well, if the GOP takes back the Senate, they may get their wish.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:04:18am |
Medicare provides $ for penis-pumps (less than a $1/day you too can have an erection on Uncle Sam)
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Internet Tough Guy Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:06:44am |
re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord
I suspect a rapist would just take the rifle too.
Who the fuck would defend themselves against rapists with a rifle?
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Skip Intro Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:07:35am |
re: #303 Internet Tough Guy
I suspect a rapist would just take the rifle too.
Who the fuck would defend themselves against rapists with a rifle?
It’s not supposed to make any sense. It’s just GUNZ! We need MOAR GUNZ!
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:09:26am |
re: #303 Internet Tough Guy
I suspect a rapist would just take the rifle too.
Who the fuck would defend themselves against rapists with a rifle?
It’s a gun-fucking meme, the purpose is just to advertise rifles using a hot girl as an accessory.
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:11:25am |
re: #305 Pie-onist Overlord
It’s a gun-fucking meme, the purpose is just to advertise rifles using a hot girl as an accessory.
I like how the navel piercing presents a nice, shiny ‘insert knife here’ target.
Hard to use that scope when the target is two feet or less away, chief.
Because, you know, not a whole lot of rapes occur at stand-off distances.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:12:09am |
re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord
Isn’t this gun-toting gal just begging a rapist to stab her in the stomach?
Another gun-fucking meme FAIL.[Embedded content]
I like rifles but carrying one everywhere is a bit impractical. And of course its possible to talk about armed self-defense without denigrating other means of protection. Not everyone is willing to or psychologically capable of end someone’s life.
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Skip Intro Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:12:42am |
re: #305 Pie-onist Overlord
It’s a gun-fucking meme, the purpose is just to advertise rifles using a hot girl as an accessory.
Hot girls with GUNZ in video games and movies are badass, so of course it translates perfectly into real life.
Since she’s using a scope, apparently she also has long range rape detector ESP as well.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:12:42am |
re: #294 FemNaziBitch
I love the picture they chose for this article.
Did any of her children campaign for her?
Couldn’t happen to a more corrupt couple—both of them have been raking in the govt dough for years—hers in the Fed govt, his in his “therapy” practice (Medicaid pmts), and don’t forget the “foster” domestic help they got paid to enslave.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:12:54am |
I paged it, but Watch the Video
(I, as usual, can’t put it in a post unless it has a youtube link)
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:14:40am |
re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord
Isn’t think gun-toting gal just begging a rapist to stab her in the stomach?
Another gun-fucking meme FAIL.Who needs a whistle when you got a gun? How about she whistles a round right in
That’s right, just keep that thing cocked, loaded and pointed at any potential assailant’s head the whole time…
a “potential assialant” being any man within an arm’s length of your body…
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Skip Intro Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:14:45am |
re: #309 Justanotherhuman
Couldn’t happen to a more corrupt couple—both of them have been raking in the govt dough for years—hers in the Fed govt, his in his “therapy” practice (Medicaid pmts), and don’t forget the “foster” domestic help they got paid to enslave.
Do you really think that anything more than a slap on the wrist, and maybe a fine, is going to happen? If even that?
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:15:00am |
re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord
Isn’t this gun-toting gal just begging a rapist to stab her in the stomach?
Another gun-fucking meme FAIL.[Embedded content]
You can dress up and “act” tough, it doesn’t mean you are. And people who depend on a weapon rather than learning self-defense and using their brain are already in trouble.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:16:02am |
re: #303 Internet Tough Guy
I suspect a rapist would just take the rifle too.
Who the fuck would defend themselves against rapists with a rifle?
And with a scope!
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:17:39am |
re: #312 Skip Intro
Do you really think that anything more than a slap on the wrist, and maybe a fine, is going to happen? If even that?
All we need is one big, in the public’s eye conviction—just one—to show that as a country, we’re not going to allow people like that to grift, cheat and steal their way to elections.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:19:25am |
re: #316 Justanotherhuman
All we need is one big, in the public’s eye conviction—just one—to show that as a country, we’re not going to allow people like that to grift, cheat and steal their way to elections.
I’d be happy if it’s something that disqualifies her from running or holding public office again.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:19:31am |
re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord
Isn’t this gun-toting gal just begging a rapist to stab her in the stomach?
Another gun-fucking meme FAIL.[Embedded content]
She’s missing something is her problem then; She needs a bayonet for that rifle.
;)
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:20:32am |
re: #308 Skip Intro
Hot girls with GUNZ in video games and movies are badass, so of course it translates perfectly into real life.
Since she’s using a scope, apparently she also has long range rape detector ESP as well.
That long range rape detector ESP that apparently doesn’t work because most rapes/sexual assaults are by friends/acquaintances/family, and not strangers. Only a fraction of rape is carried out by someone that the victim doesn’t know. It also means that the woman with the gun would not likely be able to use it because the assailant would have access to the same gun (as in domestic partners, spouses, relatives, etc.)
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:20:35am |
re: #318 Dark_Falcon
She’s missing something is her problem then; She needs a bayonet for that rifle.
;)
and a grenade launcher in case of a home invasion
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:21:17am |
re: #319 lawhawk
That long range rape detector ESP that apparently doesn’t work because most rapes/sexual assaults are by friends/acquaintances/family, and not strangers. Only a fraction of rape is carried out by someone that the victim doesn’t know. It also means that the woman with the gun would not likely be able to use it because the assailant would have access to the same gun (as in domestic partners, spouses, relatives, etc.)
like I said, she is safe as long as she keeps it loaded, cocked and pointed at the head of every man who comes within arm’s length of her…
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:22:42am |
re: #318 Dark_Falcon
Who needs bayonet, when you can have a chainsaw chain gun.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:25:34am |
re: #322 lawhawk
Who needs bayonet, when you can have a chainsaw chain gun.
Not everyone can carry that sort of firepower, and the rate of fire makes it expensive to use.
/
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:26:22am |
Imagine all the stuff you wouldn’t be thinking about if you didn’t have the internet.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:26:45am |
re: #301 Skip Intro
The jerks in his own party love it when he says things like this. If they’re seniors, apparently they love the idea of having their Social Security and Medicare gutted too.
Well, if the GOP takes back the Senate, they may get their wish.
Those seniors are dying off. I don’t think young people, minorities, and women give a shit about Rs any more because we’re on to their game (I include myself even though I’m a white female senior but my memory is still intact and I refuse to become complacent). The main work is GOTV for Dems among those demographics and work harder to win over boomer seniors. Hard work among those demographics got Obama elected, and we can do that with others running.
So who’s going to vote for them? Their own families? Not enough.
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Skip Intro Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:31:57am |
re: #325 Justanotherhuman
Those seniors are dying off. I don’t think young people, minorities, and women give a shit about Rs any more because we’re on to their game (I include myself even though I’m a white female senior but my memory is still intact and I refuse to become complacent). The main work is GOTV for Dems among those demographics and work harder to win over boomer seniors. Hard work among those demographics got Obama elected, and we can do that with others running.
So who’s going to vote for them? Their own families? Not enough.
Unfortunately, the young don’t seem to think voting matters, just like they don’t seem to think they need to buy health insurance.
Because of this, the GOP has a couple of more shots to take over the government again. Unless the Dems manage to generate some enthusiasm during the mid term elections, 2014 isn’t looking good for them, IMO.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:36:19am |
I don’t think that over 7 yrs of the FBI investigating this guy is any kind of “misunderstanding” at all. This is just smoke from them.
Firtash’s Group DF tells @FT his arrest was a “misunderstanding” that should be “resolved in the very near term.” http://t.co/jL6LEBsfBb— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 13, 2014
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calochortus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:36:29am |
re: #306 GunstarGreen
I like how the navel piercing presents a nice, shiny ‘insert knife here’ target.
It’s a decoy. That doesn’t look like natural skin on her abdomen. It’s probably kevlar or something. /
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:40:11am |
re: #328 calochortus
It’s a decoy. That doesn’t look like natural skin on her abdomen. It’s probably kevlar or something. /
Cartoon character. Or from the imagination of a game designer?
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:40:28am |
Anyone check on the war bloggers ca. 2004? I imagine they’re just convinced flight MH370 disappeared because of MOOZLIMS.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:43:11am |
More: Austin, Texas police say person killed by alleged South by Southwest drunk driver was from the Netherlands, riding a bike; other person killed was a woman on a moped - live video
end of alert
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calochortus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:43:54am |
re: #329 Justanotherhuman
Cartoon character. Or from the imagination of a game designer?
Undoubtedly.
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:44:02am |
Cease.FIRE! More rockets fired from Gaza into Israel despite Egyptian effort to broker a deal. http://t.co/7h1TyGPQBd— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 13, 2014
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Mattand Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:44:35am |
re: #325 Justanotherhuman
Those seniors are dying off. I don’t think young people, minorities, and women give a shit about Rs any more because we’re on to their game (I include myself even though I’m a white female senior but my memory is still intact and I refuse to become complacent). The main work is GOTV for Dems among those demographics and work harder to win over boomer seniors. Hard work among those demographics got Obama elected, and we can do that with others running.
So who’s going to vote for them? Their own families? Not enough.
I’ve mentioned this before, but my anecdotal, personal experience is that many people in Gen X are taking up the slack in the Republican party; right down to the barely-concealed bigotry that is a major driving force for today’s GOP.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:47:27am |
re: #334 Mattand
I’ve mentioned this before, but my anecdotal, personal experience is that many people in Gen X are taking up the slack in the Republican party; right down to the barely-concealed bigotry that is a major driving force for today’s GOP.
It comes and it goes.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:48:25am |
re: #334 Mattand
Is it the “libertarian” element of GenX? More proof that libertarians aren’t as smart as they think they are.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:49:23am |
re: #336 Justanotherhuman
Is it the “libertarian” element of GenX? More proof that libertarians aren’t as smart as they think they are.
That’s the young people who want to use weed legally.
The rest are just trying to get by.
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:52:22am |
Virginia KKK insists: We are not the ‘enemies of the colored and mongrel races’ | The Raw Story http://t.co/2zDZ25EU40— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 13, 2014
Frank Ancona, president and imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, told the Times Dispatch that “[t]he thing that really gets me is that [people are] saying we’re teaching our children to hate people just because of their race, creed and color, and that’s a complete lie and falsehood.”One of the fliers in Virginia, however, claimed that “many people have experienced the blacks firsthand” and have seen the “savagery and animalism in many of these people.” The fliers went on to say that the KKK’s mission is “exalting the Caucasian race and teaching the doctrine of white supremacy. That does not mean that we are enemies of the colored and mongrel race, but it does mean that we are organized to establish the solidarity and to realize the mission of the white race.”
“We don’t hate you mongrel subhumans. We just know we’re better than you and are sick and tired of you thinking you deserve equal treatment.”
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:53:52am |
re: #338 Kragar
[Embedded content]
“We don’t hate you mongrel subhumans. We just know we’re better than you and are sick and tired of you thinking you deserve equal treatment.”
Some of my best friends are subhuman mongrels!
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calochortus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:54:38am |
re: #338 Kragar
Translation: “I have low self esteem and desperately need to feel better than someone, anyone.”
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:56:21am |
re: #340 calochortus
Translation: “I have low self esteem and desperately need to feel better than someone, anyone.”
“By day, I might just be the part time assistant manager at the Gulp ‘N Guzzle, but by night I AM THE GRAND IMPERIAL WIZARD, DEFENDER OF THE WHITE RACE!”
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:57:37am |
re: #338 Kragar
[Embedded content]
“We don’t hate you mongrel subhumans. We just know we’re better than you and are sick and tired of you thinking you deserve equal treatment.”
mongrel?
what do they think most American’s are?
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:58:43am |
re: #340 calochortus
Translation: “I have low self esteem and desperately need to feel better than someone, anyone.”
“Son, if you ain’t better than a ni-CLANG!-, then who are you better than?!”
re: #338 Kragar
The Klan appears to have been taking lessons from congressional Republicans, under their “Scumbaggery 101: Telling Obvious Lies With A Completely Straight Face” course. See also: the course’s primary demonstration, “That was not intended to be a factual statement”.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:58:51am |
Here is the deal:
You may not think we equal before God. That is your choice.
down here on earth. We are equal before the law.
Accept it.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:00:20am |
HURR HURR!!!!!
Codepink's Medea Benjamin says Israel may be behind Egypt expelling her. http://t.co/orY1d7qrwb— Adam Holland (@ad_holland) March 13, 2014
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calochortus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:00:51am |
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:01:18am |
Florida Man Sent Text Message in Movie Theatre Moments Before Shooting Another Moviegoer For Texting | http://t.co/MJT8sc6qJ8— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) March 13, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:01:38am |
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:01:50am |
re: #344 GunstarGreen
“Son, if you ain’t better than a ni-CLANG!-, then who are you better than?!”
The Klan appears to have been taking lessons from congressional Republicans, under their “Scumbaggery 101: Telling Obvious Lies With A Completely Straight Face” course. See also: the course’s primary demonstration, “That was not intended to be a factual statement”.
Everybody in Congress takes that class, Republicans and Democrats alike. It’s a prerequisite for holding a seat in Congress.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:02:29am |
re: #346 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURR!!!!!
[Embedded content]
Yeah, because Sissi and the military government of Egypt couldn’t possibly be behind this.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:03:15am |
re: #265 wheat-dogghazi
Charles,
I ran Chrome’s Inspect elements function just now. Does it make sense that an Ajax query to a json db would hold up the New Comments display? I’m not up to speed on Ajax to be sure, but I suspect my Chrome is waiting for data it’s not getting somehow.Also, the Preview function on the comment box is still not working for me. The page goes dark, and the wheelie thing spins, but the preview window never comes.
I hate to rain on everyone’s parade, but all my LGF display problems began after the Getty image embed feature went live.
Well, I’ve been testing it, and I just can’t duplicate the problem in Windows 7 with Chrome v33. Both Preview and New Comments work fine here.
If you use the Inspect Element feature and go to the console tab, are there any errors being reported that come from littlegreenfootballs.com? I’m not seeing any here. (I really suspect this is something to do with the proxies you’re going through in China.)
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Targetpractice Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:03:26am |
The American people do not support Obamacare! We should repeal it and replace it with something better! We should…
Poll: 64% of Americans say Obamacare should remain law http://t.co/n7D2RbeJNo— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 13, 2014
Well…shit…
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:03:37am |
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:04:35am |
RT @mashable Now now, teens, let Colin Powell show you how the selfie is done. http://t.co/CivS1gJnQo pic.twitter.com/wCNzeJjeHD— Soraya Chemaly (@schemaly) March 13, 2014
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:04:59am |
re: #354 Targetpractice
The American people do not support Obamacare! We should repeal it and replace it with something better! We should…
[Embedded content]
Well…shit…
You know how those liberals lie.
/
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:05:24am |
re: #354 Targetpractice
The American people do not support Obamacare! We should repeal it and replace it with something better! We shoud…
[Embedded content]
Well…shit…
The GOP should be petrified at those numbers but you can only repeal ACA while its signer is still in office and compare it to Nazism so many times until you get a pro-ACA backlash. Not to mention it’s a decent program too.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:05:33am |
5 minutes ago…
Kuwait Airlines Flight 618 circling Kuwait City airport; pilot says: landing gear problems, prepping for a crash landing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 minutes later…
UPDATE: KU618 has landed without incident at Kuwait City.
Twitter is the fucking Woody Allen of news.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:05:44am |
Pretty shocking ads from Marlboro international trying to get teens to smoke: http://t.co/hhUSLCNHeX @StopCorpAbuse— Maddie Oatman (@moatman) March 13, 2014
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:07:19am |
Niece arrived, 1:45 AM. Couldn’t be a more happier uncle today.
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Targetpractice Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:07:25am |
re: #358 HappyWarrior
The GOP should be petrified at those numbers but you can only repeal ACA while its signer is still in office and compare it to Nazism so many times until you get a pro-ACA backlash. Not to mention it’s a decent program too.
It’s been shown time and time again that if you actually take a critic aside and tell them the good stuff that the ACA does without mentioning the name, they support it. But as soon as you mention “Obamacare” or “Affordable Care Act,” they immediately turn against it.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:08:44am |
re: #362 Targetpractice
It’s been shown time and time again that if you actually take a critic aside and tell them the good stuff that the ACA does without mentioning the name, they support it. But as soon as you mention “Obamacare” or “Affordable Care Act,” they immediately turn against it.
Yep. ACA makes some conservatives think “Oh this is legit, hell a reasonable alternative to socialized medicine.” But then you mention who the signer/proposer of this is and they go apeshit.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:09:39am |
For those who like guns, a reason to support the Ukraine against Russia:
Inexpensive, available 9mm ammunition from WarTak
Center Mass Firearms in Las Vegas imported a huge amount of WarTak 9mm from the Ukraine, hoping to restock their shooting range. The ammunition runs great, even in their short submachine guns. However, since no one has heard of it, nobody is buying it. When the owner of Center Mass asked me to check out the ammo to generate awareness, I was happy to help (and shoot free ammo).
The primary function of most cheap ammunition is plinking. To make sure the 9mm WarTak worked in several common guns I ran it through a Glock 17, Stingray-C (CZ-75 clone), Hi Point carbine and a SIG 239. I experienced no failures. The recoil was a little stout in the pistols, but not any more so than standard NATO spec 9mm ammo.
Accuracy was good enough for plinking, but suffering in consistency. Sometimes the groups would climb up and left when the gun heated up, other times to the right. In other words, accurate enough to stay on paper, but not on par with offerings from Federal, Hornady or Winchester ammunition.
Overall the ammo is a solid purchase for the cash-strapped and ammo-deprived shooter alike. 9mm isn’t easy to come by and many of the cheaper varieties won’t run in some guns. In my experience, WarTak ammo doesn’t run dirty, doesn’t cause failures and most importantly it’s cheap and available.
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wrenchwench Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:11:21am |
re: #361 HappyWarrior
Niece arrived, 1:45 AM. Couldn’t be a more happier uncle today.
That was what, 18 hours labor? How’s the Mom?
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:12:46am |
re: #366 wrenchwench
That was what, 18 hours labor? How’s the Mom?
After water broke. Mom’s doing well and loves being a member of the Mom club.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:12:58am |
Birth control opponents demonstrate they have no idea why women might actually need #birthcontrol. #NotMyBossBusiness pic.twitter.com/ZysTmzhSUb— NWLC (@nwlc) March 13, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:13:18am |
HOT MIC ALERT: After @JohnKerry's hearing, @GrahamBlog says: “Hey John, good job. Let me know what I can do to help you with Boehner.”— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) March 13, 2014
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:13:31am |
re: #333 lawhawk
[Embedded content]
Hey, understandable. Bibi just announced 24 new patio decks in the West Bank.
//
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:14:04am |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:15:20am |
re: #369 Justanotherhuman
[Embedded content]
Graham as in Lindsay? Well you know his primary opponent will have a field day with that shit. I mean that’s why guys like Graham play on thin ice when they waver from being the somewhat sane voices of the GOP and anti-administration demagogues. You end up making no one happy in the end of the day and you come off like a principleless hack.
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:15:56am |
In a world where Hal Douglas doesn’t exist, we wouldn’t have great movie trailer cliches. RIP Hal.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:16:16am |
re: #359 Gus
5 minutes ago…
Kuwait Airlines Flight 618 circling Kuwait City airport; pilot says: landing gear problems, prepping for a >crash landing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 minutes later…
UPDATE: KU618 has landed without incident at Kuwait City.
Twitter is the fucking Woody Allen of news.
Hey Gus, it’s been many days since I first saw this and I’m surprised the conspiracy theorists haven’t latched on to it yet. Look at the graphic at the top of the article.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:16:17am |
@SenTedCruz This is very upsetting to rwnjs … so be sure to re-post it! LOL #libcrib #goblue pic.twitter.com/S23ygkWMhn— crazylarry (@Madcap62Larry) March 7, 2014
UPDATE—yes it’s not real.
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Political Atheist Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:16:22am |
re: #368 FemNaziBitch
Right ‘cause if I can’t find a bowling alley & team I need some “me time” at home to um… bowl.
///
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:17:32am |
re: #377 FemNaziBitch
[Embedded content]
That’s a PS. A good one mind you but let’s not post that as if Cruz actually did embrace Fidel. His own words are bad enough.
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:17:34am |
re: #360 FemNaziBitch
[Embedded content]
I’m sorry, but only total idiots believe that PM and its market-brethren stopped advertising cancer-sticks to children (via Joe Camel and similars) out of a sense of ethics. They did it because they were forced to by law. In countries where that law isn’t in place, they still happily advertise to the most impressionable demographic they can get their hands on.
Yet another reason why the great almighty ‘invisible hand’ belongs in a vice. It needs the screw tightened to force it to stay in line, else it wanders.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:18:15am |
Let's hand over millions of top secret US documents to a guy who admires “actual radicals.” What could go wrong? https://t.co/cBWwntiygu— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 13, 2014
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Targetpractice Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:19:18am |
re: #368 FemNaziBitch
[Embedded content]
So if sex is just like bowling and stamp collecting, does that mean that wingnuts will oppose bowling shoes and tweezers on “moral/religious grounds”?
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:21:31am |
re: #382 Targetpractice
So if sex is just like bowling and stamp collecting, does that mean that wingnuts will oppose bowling shoes and tweezers on “moral/religious grounds”?
Ban ball control!!!
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BeenHereAwhile Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:21:41am |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:22:36am |
Wre: #383 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Ban ball control!!!
If we ban balls, only criminals will have them.
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wrenchwench Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:24:42am |
re: #381 Charles Johnson
[Embedded content]
Admires them for the risks they take. Like one who speaks up to criticize his country, then high-tails it to the welcoming arms of the enemies of his country. So risky.
Brave Sir Eddie.
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:24:54am |
re: #383 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Ban ball control!!!
Ban prevent defense; zone defense; triangle offense; and Omaha.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:24:57am |
OK, now I’ve tested with Chrome in Windows XP too (ouch), and still can’t duplicate any of the problems people have reported. I can’t do much about it unless I can duplicate the problem, and it’s looking very much like it’s being caused by something external.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:25:25am |
Edward Snowden looms over Pulitzer PrizesNext month, the trustees who oversee America’s most distinguished journalistic award could face their toughest decision in at least four decades.
The issue before the Pulitzer Prize Board: Does it honor reporting by The Washington Post and The Guardian based on stolen government documents that are arguably detrimental to the national security of the United States, and which were provided by a man who many see as a traitor? Or, does it pass over what is widely viewed as the single most significant story of the year — if not the decade — for the sake of playing it safe?
Prediction: If GG et al. win, they will claim they are vindicated. If they lose, they will blame Obamabots in the librul media.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:26:41am |
re: #388 Charles Johnson
OK, now I’ve tested with Chrome in Windows XP too (ouch), and still can’t duplicate any of the problems people have reported. I can’t do much about it unless I can duplicate the problem, and it’s looking very much like it’s being caused by something external.
Thanks for looking into it.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:27:05am |
re: #388 Charles Johnson
OK, now I’ve tested with Chrome in Windows XP too (ouch), and still can’t duplicate any of the problems people have reported. I can’t do much about it unless I can duplicate the problem, and it’s looking very much like it’s being caused by something external.
Hmm. That’s possible since I am not seeing these issues from home with a similar, but not identical, set-up and am getting issues here where the connection is going through a proxy server.
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EPR-radar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:28:31am |
re: #360 FemNaziBitch
It’s good to see that one of the planet’s leading merchants of death hasn’t lost its touch. ///
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:30:24am |
What the Dems don't understand: climate change reduction means freedom and prosperity reduction. http://t.co/bB3PT4iZi5— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) March 13, 2014
Math is hard.
It’s hard to be prosperous when you’re flooded out of your home, business, town, or city, or that your city no longer has sufficient water to drink, or your fields are now fallow because there’s no water to irrigate them, or they’ve been flooded out because of extreme weather events.
Idiots. Thinking that doing nothing is an option worth pursuing.
It’s an option that will only serve to make everyone poorer in the long run because they will lose opportunities that are preserved or created by preparing for climate change.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:30:47am |
re: #389 Dr. Matt
Prediction: If GG et al. win, they will claim they are vindicated. If they lose, they will blame Obamabots in the librul media.
I guess my question about the Pulitzer is whether the story being broken drives the award, or is there something involving the quality of the journalism as well? The Snowden/NSA stuff might be a big story, but has there really been quality journalism behind how the story and its information was discovered and then reported on?
By any sort of standard regarding the latter Greenwald would fail horribly.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:32:00am |
re: #394 Feline Fearless Leader
I guess my question about the Pulitzer is whether the story being broken drives the award, or is there something involving the quality of the journalism as well? The Snowden/NSA stuff might be a big story, but has there really been quality journalism behind how the story and its information was discovered and then reported on?
By any sort of standard regarding the latter Greenwald would fail horribly.
There have been Pulitzers awarded that later had to be rescinded because the article turned out to contain made-up shit, or was plagiarized.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:32:07am |
I started a new hashtag:
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calochortus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:32:32am |
re: #393 lawhawk
Don’t forget the increased military costs of global unrest because millions worldwide face these same problems.
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andres Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:32:56am |
re: #325 Justanotherhuman
Those seniors are dying off. I don’t think young people, minorities, and women give a shit about Rs any more because we’re on to their game (I include myself even though I’m a white female senior but my memory is still intact and I refuse to become complacent). The main work is GOTV for Dems among those demographics and work harder to win over boomer seniors. Hard work among those demographics got Obama elected, and we can do that with others running.
So who’s going to vote for them? Their own families? Not enough.
Unless they happen to be a Real Life Equivalent of Walder Frey. Then all bets are off. (Just finished reading Game of Thrones. Interesting book.)
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:33:20am |
re: #382 Targetpractice
So if sex is just like bowling and stamp collecting, does that mean that wingnuts will oppose bowling shoes and tweezers on “moral/religious grounds”?
It’ rhymes with ‘P” which stands for POOL!!!!!
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:34:55am |
@geegeetee The real problem is that Obamacare denies access to religious freedom. http://t.co/kO8CVaQnFZ “#NotMyBossBusiness” #HHSmandate— AllianceDefends (@AllianceDefends) March 13, 2014
I’m blocking this asshat.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:35:16am |
re: #391 Feline Fearless Leader
Hmm. That’s possible since I am not seeing these issues from home with a similar, but not identical, set-up and am getting issues here where the connection is going through a proxy server.
I even fired Firefox, and the issue still persists. Very strange. It just started this week.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:35:48am |
re: #374 HappyWarrior
Graham as in Lindsay? Well you know his primary opponent will have a field day with that shit. I mean that’s why guys like Graham play on thin ice when they waver from being the somewhat sane voices of the GOP and anti-administration demagogues. You end up making no one happy in the end of the day and you come off like a principleless hack.
They likely won’t notice too much. And that kind of chummy talk is par for the course when the cabinet secretary was previously a senator. The US Senate is a very ‘clubby’ type of place.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:36:13am |
re: #393 lawhawk
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Math is hard.It’s hard to be prosperous when you’re flooded out of your home, business, town, or city, or that your city no longer has sufficient water to drink, or your fields are now fallow because there’s no water to irrigate them, or they’ve been flooded out because of extreme weather events.
Idiots. Thinking that doing nothing is an option worth pursuing.
It’s an option that will only serve to make everyone poorer in the long run because they will lose opportunities that are preserved or created by preparing for climate change.
What the HF doesn’t understand is when you have a problem, you do something about it rather than leaving it to future generations but I guess Jim Demint cares more about the wealthy donors that pay his salary at Heritage then future generations.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:37:48am |
re: #402 Dark_Falcon
They likely won’t notice too much. And that kind of chummy talk is par for the course when the cabinet secretary was previously a senator. The US Senate is a very ‘clubby’ type of place.
You don’t think his opponent would make use of that? Come on. Rubio got on Charlie Crist for a friendly hug of Obama and we’re to believe that Graham’s opponent who is probably even more wingnutty than Rubio is wouldn’t make something out of Graham offering to help John Kerry?
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:38:29am |
re: #393 lawhawk
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Math is hard.It’s hard to be prosperous when you’re flooded out of your home, business, town, or city, or that your city no longer has sufficient water to drink, or your fields are now fallow because there’s no water to irrigate them, or they’ve been flooded out because of extreme weather events.
Idiots. Thinking that doing nothing is an option worth pursuing.
It’s an option that will only serve to make everyone poorer in the long run because they will lose opportunities that are preserved or created by preparing for climate change.
despite that there is no evidence that the planet is in imminent danger.
If the planet is in IMMINENT danger then you’re fucked, even the Koch Brother’s money won’t save you.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:41:18am |
re: #404 HappyWarrior
You don’t think his opponent would make use of that? Come on. Rubio got on Charlie Crist for a friendly hug of Obama and we’re to believe that Graham’s opponent who is probably even more wingnutty than Rubio is wouldn’t make something out of Graham offering to help John Kerry?
That was a photo, and Rubio was much better funded than Graham’s foes are.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:41:25am |
re: #235 Lidane
Another day, another shitty Nazi analogy:
FRC official says a UN report on the Vatican’s handling of sex abuse was kinda like Kristallnacht
Because denial, cover-ups, and victim-blaming is just like riots in the streets, property destruction and mass violence, and broken glass.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:41:43am |
Heritage Foundation in a quickee. Gays having equal rights is more of a threat than climate change because the sex lives of others is more dangerous than rising sea waters and temperatures.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:43:16am |
Twitter Is Public http://t.co/LgeP2PPgzB— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 13, 2014
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:43:44am |
re: #406 Dark_Falcon
That was a photo, and Rubio was much better funded than Graham’s foes are.
That’s not my point. My point is they will surely try to exploit this. You don’t need a lot of money to run audio of this and some words on the screen.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:43:55am |
.@BorowitzReport: Total Absence of Information on Malaysia Flight Not Hindering 24-Hour Coverage, Cable Networks Say http://t.co/zeZq9ipW2n
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 13, 2014
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Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:44:09am |
re: #401 Dr. Matt
I even fired Firefox, and the issue still persists. Very strange. It just started this week.
If you right click on the page and then click “Inspect Element,” then click the “Console” tab in the Inspector window, are there any errors listed as coming from a littlegreenfootballs.com address? If so, please tell me exactly what the error message says.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:44:15am |
re: #405 Pie-onist Overlord
If the planet is in IMMINENT danger then you’re fucked, even the Koch Brother’s money won’t save you.
In U.S., Most Do Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat http://t.co/EtrCDmiYqP— TheRittenbergReport (@TheRReport) March 13, 2014
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:44:59am |
re: #407 chadu
Because denial, cover-ups, and victim-blaming is >just like riots in the streets, property destruction and mass violence, and broken glass.
I get the impression that if something like actual Kristallnacht happened to gay businesses that the FRC would be right on board defending it. I hate to go there, I really do but giving that these guys fund legislation that treats gays like criminals, I don’t think that’s too far fetched.
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:45:11am |
re: #411 Backwoods_Sleuth
Information not relevant. Actual information might even be harmful for 24/7 news cycle. Won’t someone think of the media?????
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:45:20am |
Milwaukee co. sheriff tells Alex Jones that new gun laws will spark a second American Revolution http://t.co/hlKV8GGvNb— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 13, 2014
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:46:01am |
re: #416 FemNaziBitch
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Is it 1998 again because we heard this story in the Clinton years too. Snooze.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:46:13am |
He is the very definition of Idiot Savant … #p2 #uniteblue #tcot #lnyhbt #teaparty #gop pic.twitter.com/f8tk4WXE8D— Leyla (@MiamiLib) March 13, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:46:57am |
re: #417 HappyWarrior
Is it 1998 again because we heard this story in the Clinton years too. Snooze.
We heard up all the way up to the Civil War.
Same old Rhetoric —push us too far and we’ll fight back.
I just don’t think their numbers are as high as they think they are.
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:47:03am |
re: #416 FemNaziBitch
No because we’ll soon have all the RWNJ locked away in FEMA death panel trailer park camps so there won’t be any revolution. ///
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:47:28am |
Karl Rove says it's too early to call MH370 missing.
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) March 13, 2014
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:48:12am |
re: #246 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Raping children and concealing the perpetrators is bad news…not Holocaust bad, but pretty damn bad.
It’s a shitty analogy.
Heck, a better-but-not-quite analogy would be lynching in the South, for the “open secret”/culturally-woven aspects of the two, but that one’s still a shitty analogy.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:49:21am |
re: #423 Gus
I thought airplanes ran on magic smoke.
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:50:15am |
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:51:05am |
People are getting news about MH370 from people that think the 777 runs on gasoline.
You mean it doesn’t?
— CNN Guest
//
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:51:22am |
re: #264 GunstarGreen
Welcome to the Catholic Church.
It’s very, very important that TEH GEYZ not be able to marry, and that women not be able to get birth control on their health plans.
This is because TEH GEYZ are supposed to be in our clergy, molesting and raping the children, and you don’t need birth control because altar boys can’t get pregnant.
Harsh.
Illustrative of the hypocrisy (that’s not quite the word I’m looking for; what means “related yet still orthogonal issue”?).
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wrenchwench Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:51:29am |
re: #418 FemNaziBitch
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I don’t think I agree with either the idiot part or the savant part. At the root, the problem is lack of compassion. That can be found at all levels of intellect.
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:51:31am |
OK, I can’t be the only person who thought of “Lost” when the flight disappeared.
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:51:32am |
re: #424 Charles Johnson
I thought airplanes ran on magic smoke.
Only on Lost. Oceanic Flt 815. A 777-200, just like MH370. That’s no coincidence. It’s foreshadowing. The only question is who opened the hatch and forgot to enter the code, allowing the Light to escape. ///
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:52:32am |
re: #425 Kragar
CHEMTRAILS!
THIS IS WHY THEY’RE COVERING UP THE LOCATION OF MH370 BECAUSE THEY’RE CLEANING UP THE CHEMICALS FROM THE CRASH LOCATION SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THE CHEMTRAIL COVER-UP AND CONTINUE TO SPRAY MIND-CONTROL CHEMICALS IN ARE ATMOSPHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
//
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:52:40am |
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wrenchwench Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:53:10am |
pic.twitter.com/9sdISFkWYZ— Ilusiones Ópticas(TM) (@iIusionOptica) March 11, 2014
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TedStriker Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:55:10am |
re: #353 Charles Johnson
Well, I’ve been testing it, and I just can’t duplicate the problem in Windows 7 with Chrome v33. Both Preview and New Comments work fine here.
If you use the Inspect Element feature and go to the console tab, are there any errors being reported that come from littlegreenfootballs.com? I’m not seeing any here. (I really suspect this is something to do with the proxies you’re going through in China.)
Remember, I am having more-or-less the same issues at work, though some of that (like the Getty Images stuff) can be chalked up to that XP bug you were talking about.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:55:13am |
Yes wingnuts are actually Tweeting this meme, even though, in the actual 1950’s, there was a blacklist of Hollywood talent thought to be Communists.
I just can’t even.
“We were just good Americans and We demanded the Right to Speak our minds” #1A #TCOT #SisterPatriots #RedNationRising pic.twitter.com/NYzFrbAxeQ— Conservative Victory (@VictoryChat) March 13, 2014
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:55:30am |
During WWII we used to “lose” aircraft all the time in this region.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:56:40am |
re: #298 Pie-onist Overlord
Isn’t this gun-toting gal just begging a rapist to stab her in the stomach?
Another gun-fucking meme FAIL.[Embedded content]
Was she out clubbing? Or perhaps walking home after Pilates?
I may be crazy, but this woman looks geared up more for “sexy fetish alley hunting of human prey” or “random urban sniper” than “woman protecting herself from a sexual assault,” but that’s just me.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:59:08am |
Thx to the #ACA's birth control benefit, being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. #notmybossbusiness pic.twitter.com/YegEi0uB3a— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) March 13, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:59:09am |
re: #437 chadu
Was she out clubbing? Or perhaps walking home after Pilates?
I may be crazy, but this woman looks geared up more for “sexy fetish alley hunting of human prey” or “random urban sniper” than “woman protecting herself from a sexual assault,” but that’s just me.
It’s not an actual woman, it’s a CGI gun-fucker fantasy creation.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:59:27am |
What was it someone said yesterday about “taking the bait”?
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:59:28am |
re: #436 Gus
During WWII we used to “lose” aircraft all the time in this region.
How does one lose a plane over thousands of square miles of surface area, never mind the whole going down in the ocean and sinking?
///
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:59:31am |
Coming up next. Poll on Americans views on what happened to MH370.
[ ] Aliens
[ ] Jews
[ ] Terrorists
[ ] Obama
[ ] Vote Ron Paul
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:59:58am |
re: #442 Gus
Coming up next. Poll on Americans views on what happened to MH370.
[ ] Aliens
[ ] Jews
[ ] Terrorists
[ ] Obama
[ ] Vote Ron Paul
BENGHAZI!
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:00:04am |
re: #436 Gus
During WWII we used to “lose” aircraft all the time in this region.
Do you have that graphic of the map of USA superimposed over Vietnam/Malaysia/South China Sea area?
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Targetpractice Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:00:05am |
Ohio state rep: “Public education in America is socialism, what is the solution?” http://t.co/Ths4blrnCy— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 13, 2014
Brenner’s solution: more privatization.“In a free market system parents and students are free to go where the product and results are better,” he wrote. “Common core and standardized tests under such a system will not be necessary, because the schools that fail will go out of business. Government will not be there to prop them up with more tax dollars and increased regulations. Successful schools will thrive. The free-market system works for cars, furniture, housing, restaurants, and to a lesser degree higher education, so why can’t it work for our primary education system?”
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:00:16am |
re: #435 Pie-onist Overlord
Yes wingnuts are actually Tweeting this meme, even though, in the actual 1950’s, there was a blacklist of Hollywood talent thought to be Communists.
I just can’t even.[Embedded content]
The irony of hating Communists for “hating freedom” and then banning people for believing in something.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:00:29am |
re: #303 Internet Tough Guy
I suspect a rapist would just take the rifle too.
Who the fuck would defend themselves against rapists with a rifle?
Fantasy Girl for Gun-Fuckers would!
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:01:26am |
re: #435 Pie-onist Overlord
What are these people complaining about now? (Can’t see Twitter pics at work)
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:01:33am |
Uh Oh
@viciousbabushka @sonslibertytees the only #FAIL here is ignorant ppl like urself who want to take away my right to defend myself&my family— Sarah Bush (@Sarahbush77) March 13, 2014
@viciousbabushka @sonslibertytees I was raped in college.rape whistle would've been USELESS. Glock 9mm…it woulda been ATTEMPTED rape #FACT— Sarah Bush (@Sarahbush77) March 13, 2014
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wrenchwench Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:01:49am |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:01:53am |
re: #445 Targetpractice
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Well he can start by giving back his college diploma, according to wiki he’s a Ohio State alumnus.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:01:55am |
I’m getting very frustrated at the idiocy.
Contraception is some kinda extra coverage because woman have xtra parts?
No, the male body is not the standard by which we define health care coverage.
I don’t know how to say that in a twitter-headline grabbing kinda way.
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:02:20am |
re: #445 Targetpractice
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The solution is to keep worthless motherfuckers like that turd out of public office.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:02:48am |
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
like I said, she is safe as long as she keeps it loaded, cocked and pointed at the head of every man who comes within arm’s length of her…
You’re limiting the field, here.
Try “every human.”
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HappyWarrior Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:03:10am |
re: #449 Bulworth
What are these people complaining about now? (Can’t see Twitter pics at work)
Eh it’s just some stupid quote not sure if real or not by John Wayne saying that the conservatives in the film industry were just fighting to have their voices heard like the communists. Ignoring that the Red Scare cost people their livelihoods for their beliefs and no conservative ever actually lost his job over that.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:03:12am |
re: #324 Gus
Imagine all the stuff you wouldn’t be thinking about if you didn’t have the internet.
Jesus had a penis.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:03:37am |
re: #449 Bulworth
What are these people complaining about now? (Can’t see Twitter pics at work)
John Wayne complaining about how Hollywood is overrun by Teh Communists!!!!
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:04:03am |
How would a scoped sniper rifle & kevlar bra protect u? @Sarahbush77 @sonslibertytees #tcot #UniteBlue— The Bossy Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 13, 2014
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:04:19am |
re: #454 FemNaziBitch
I’m getting very frustrated at the idiocy.
Contraception is some kinda extra coverage because woman have xtra parts?
No, the male body is not the standard by which we define health care coverage.
I don’t know how to say that in a twitter-headline grabbing kinda way.
Why does a women’s health insurance plan cover a prostate exam and viagra but not birth control?
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Bulworth Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:04:57am |
re: #457 HappyWarrior
Actors like John Wayne and true Americans like Rush Limbaugh can never have their voices heard because of all the libtards suppressing them. Rush his so suppressed he has to go on talk radio to get heard. //
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:05:22am |
Her bio says “anger management teacher”
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:05:33am |
re: #462 Kragar
Why does a women’s health insurance plan cover a prostate exam and viagra but not birth control?
IIRC, employer based health plans were designed to cover the “male” worker, to keep him working. Coverage for the family was an after thought.
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GunstarGreen Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:05:38am |
re: #445 Targetpractice
Yes, the bad schools would go out of business — but not until after fucking up the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of children.
It’s no longer a race to the bottom. It’s a race to dig the deepest hole, morons all the way down.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:06:16am |
re: #444 Pie-onist Overlord
Do you have that graphic of the map of USA superimposed over Vietnam/Malaysia/South China Sea area?
USA, no. Just California and another, Texas. Right now my connection is useless to make a new one.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:06:17am |
re: #334 Mattand
I’ve mentioned this before, but my anecdotal, personal experience is that many people in Gen X are taking up the slack in the Republican party; right down to the barely-concealed bigotry that is a major driving force for today’s GOP.
Speaking as a Gen Xer, I think it’s more my generation is more extreme/polarized on both ends of the spectrum.
Anecdata: I’ve heard people describe themselves as “middle of the road” or “centrist” but their personal beliefs are pretty clearly the views of the Right or the Left of 20 years ago… They/We have just assumed that the center has shifted closer to our particular polarization.
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jaunte Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:06:18am |
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:06:40am |
re: #462 Kragar
Why does a women’s health insurance plan cover a prostate exam and viagra but not birth control?
tweeted it
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Targetpractice Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:07:24am |
re: #466 GunstarGreen
Yes, the bad schools would go out of business — but not until after fucking up the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of children.
It’s no longer a race to the bottom. It’s a race to dig the deepest hole, morons all the way down.
Yeah, that’s what gets me, he wants government out of schooling, but who does he expect to set the standards by which we judge schools? Is Consumer Reports going to go around judging schools and telling parents which ones to avoid?
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:08:24am |
re: #471 Targetpractice
Yeah, that’s what gets me, he wants government out of schooling, but who does he expect to set the standards by which we judge schools? Is Consumer Reports going to go around judging schools and telling parents which ones to avoid?
TEH HOLY BIBLE & A BUNCH OF FAKE WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON QUOTES IS TEH ONLY TEXTBOOK WE NEEDS!!!!!
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:08:44am |
re: #338 Kragar
One of the fliers in Virginia, however, claimed that “many people have experienced the blacks firsthand” and have seen the “savagery and animalism in many of these people.”
Many people have experienced the people like you firsthand, Frank, and seen the savagery and animalism in many of y’all, and can quite easily say that you’re a lying, racist fucktard.
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Gus Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:08:53am |
Without Ebay, PayPal and Wall Street, Matt Taibbi wouldn't be working at The Intercept.— Gus (@Gus_802) March 13, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:10:03am |
HURR HURR
@viciousbabushka @sonslibertytees u think a rapist is gonna go after an armed girl or one whos “defense” is blowing a whistle? #CommonSense— Sarah Bush (@Sarahbush77) March 13, 2014
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Kragar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:10:25am |
I guess the check finally cleared @SarahPalinUSA— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 13, 2014
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:10:26am |
re: #354 Targetpractice
The American people do not support Obamacare! We should repeal it and replace it with something better! We should…
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Well…shit…
The polls are skewed!
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Targetpractice Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:11:38am |
re: #475 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURR
[Embedded content]
I think a rapist is gonna buy her a drink that tastes “funny” or just settle for getting her drunk enough that she can’t put up much of a fight.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:12:43am |
A1: Nicki Minaj: “When I’m assertive, I’m a bitch. When a man’s assertive, he’s a boss.” #WhySheRan— NOW-NYC (@NOW_NYC) March 13, 2014
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:13:15am |
re: #471 Targetpractice
Yeah, that’s what gets me, he wants government out of schooling, but who does he expect to set the standards by which we judge schools? Is Consumer Reports going to go around judging schools and telling parents which ones to avoid?
He doesn’t care. He will be able to afford to send his children to a private school that will teach what he considers a quality and properly controlled education. For everyone else he will be quite happy for the public education system to collapse into a loose system of cheap schools *without standards* since he expects that Christian- and Bible- based schools will then win out and be able to teach the poor underclass to be happy in their work as they slave for their betters since reward awaits them in the afterlife.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:14:02am |
re: #393 lawhawk
Democrats Ignore How Climate Change Regulations Hurt Americans
Republicans Ignore How Climate Change Will Fuck Up Human Life on Earth
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:15:23am |
re: #396 FemNaziBitch
I started a new hashtag:
Maybe later, after dinner and a movie. (eyebrow waggle)
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:15:27am |
We are bowling for abortion access! To donate to our great team, please click here: http://t.co/i3LHQ4gnsv http://t.co/4E5AQmMlzC— ChicagoAbortionFund (@ChiAbortionFund) March 13, 2014
for those needing a hobby …LOL
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:16:51am |
re: #478 Targetpractice
I think a rapist is gonna buy her a drink that tastes “funny” or just settle for getting her drunk enough that she can’t put up much of a fight.
But these guys don’t consider themselves rapists.
seriously.
“I didn’t hurt her.”
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:19:03am |
re: #435 Pie-onist Overlord
Yes wingnuts are actually Tweeting this meme, even though, in the actual 1950’s, there was a blacklist of Hollywood talent thought to be Communists. I just can’t even.
[Embedded content]
Alex, I’ll say “What is the statement ‘I have no idea what McCarthyism is’?”
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:19:41am |
re: #439 Pie-onist Overlord
It’s not an actual woman, it’s a CGI gun-fucker fantasy creation.
Unpossible!
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:22:05am |
re: #445 Targetpractice
“Public education in America is socialism, what is the solution?”
I’m gonna go with “Beating Andrew Brenner with a bar of soap knotted into a tube sock,” Alex.
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lawhawk Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:23:56am |
re: #454 FemNaziBitch
I’m getting very frustrated at the idiocy.
Contraception is some kinda extra coverage because woman have xtra parts?
No, the male body is not the standard by which we define health care coverage.
I don’t know how to say that in a twitter-headline grabbing kinda way.
The male body is not the standard by which we define health care coverage. /editor off
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:25:09am |
re: #464 Pie-onist Overlord
Her bio says “anger management teacher”
Welp, iron is one of the most common elements on this planet, so there’s sure to be a lot of irony.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:27:23am |
re: #462 Kragar
Why does a women’s health insurance plan cover a prostate exam and viagra but not birth control?
Because when a man gets a finger up his bum, he wants to be able to have a woody about it?
(I’m pretty sure that’s in the Constitution, between “There is no rule 6” and the “No poofters” amendments.)
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:34:06am |
re: #488 lawhawk
The male body is not the standard by which we define health care coverage. /editor off
tell that to the Whackos.
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chadu Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:38:28am |
re: #475 Pie-onist Overlord
So, she’s against concealed carry?
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darthstar Thu, Mar 13, 2014 11:41:27am |
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