2 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 15, 2014 5:56:13pm |
I’m praying for rain
And I’m praying for tidal waves
I want to see the ground give way.
I want to watch it all go down.
Mom, please flush it all away.
I want to see it go right in and down.
I want to watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.
3 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 5:57:42pm |
Glenn Greenwald says “US corporate media is neutered, impotent and obsolete.” ”And it's making me filthy rich,” he didn't add.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2014
5 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 6:05:34pm |
Do any of you folks who bought Greenwald's line about how a-scared he was of the evil Obama government arresting him feel a bit used yet?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2014
Because you were. Gotta hand it to a master grifter.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2014
@edbott And watch - when the book tour PR dies down he'll go right back to playing the victim.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2014
6 | b.d. May 15, 2014 6:07:43pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
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Arrest means publicity and something for his army of flying monkeys to rally around, I’m surprised Greenwald hasn’t slugged a cop
8 | b.d. May 15, 2014 6:09:11pm |
re: #4 Pie-onist Overlord
This Week’s Pie
THE APPLE PIE
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Wonderful looking, what is that in the center?
9 | b.d. May 15, 2014 6:12:16pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
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Curious as to whether Glenn will visit the UK on the European leg of this tour.
10 | Amory Blaine May 15, 2014 6:12:26pm |
Ha ha!! Check this GOP primary debate for Idaho governor.
11 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 6:14:03pm |
Kicking the dead man, particularly:
“Greenwald rejects the argument that those with nothing to hide should not fear government surveillance, noting that the “true measure of a society’s freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats good loyalists.” He says far too many Washington journalists have chosen to play the part of loyalist in order gain access and curry favor with the government. And lest this sound like a vague attack on the establishment, Greenwald calls them out by name. Face the Nation’s Bob Schieffer, the Washington Post’s Walter Pincus, the New York Time’s Andrew Ross Sorkin and the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin, are all called out for denouncing Snowden and Greenwald as “narcissists, plotters, or traitors.”
“Greenwald was also particularly tough on Tim Russert, the former host of Meet the Press, who died in 2008. In an interview with GQ promoting the book, he described Russert as being like an “over accommodating head waiter at some really swanky restaurant who’s just really good at ass-kissing every rich person who comes into the door.” He said Russert and other mainstream D.C. journalist try to make “reverential” questions appear adversarial.”
12 | FemNaziBitch May 15, 2014 6:16:03pm |
I’m tired of Greenwald, and the guy who went to Russia, Palin and I forget the other person —terrible grating voice like Palin’s.
13 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 6:18:06pm |
Get out if need be and stay safe, everyone.
8 fires now burning across San Diego County - @NBCLA
End of alert
14 | Gus May 15, 2014 6:23:06pm |
Whatever else one might say about George Bush, it is hard to dispute that he steadfastly believes in and adheres to the decisions he makes like virtually no other American political figure we have seen. And whatever it is that accounts for this refusal to change course in response to even the most intense political pressure — whether it’s personality traits, or a genuine set of principles, or messianic religious convictions about his actions and/or himself — he is largely immune to the weapons which the Washington establishment, and particularly its press corps, have long wielded in order to force political officials to change course.
[snip]
Steadfastness or stuborness, like Clinton’s eagerness to accomodate the positions of others, can be a good or a bad trait in a President. But for the preening, hubristic, status-obsessed Washington media elite, what matters is the influence and power they have, and in this respect, Bush’s refusal to grant them their rightful place is nothing but a source of anger.
The media sees shifting public opinion in Iraq as their big chance to show that their power has not waned. They are committed to milking public discomfort over Iraq in order to show the Administration that they still rule Washington. And the longer Bush refuses to adhere to their demands — or, as Hersch revealingly complained, the longer they “can’t get to him maybe with (their) views” — the angrier and more frustrated they are going to become.
15 | Pie-onist Overlord May 15, 2014 6:25:13pm |
re: #8 b.d.
Wonderful looking, what is that in the center?
That’s a ceramic pie bird, vents the steam so the filling doesn’t bubble over.
17 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 6:28:04pm |
re: #14 Gus
Is that from “When Greenwald was Fellating Bush?”
I’ll bet he thought Jeff Gannon was one of the only real reporters to get into the WH press room, too.
18 | Killgore Trout May 15, 2014 6:28:20pm |
BMP Cannon Accidently Fired by Amateurs in Dirvina, Ukraine - Near miss
Liveleak Video
What happens when an inexperienced person takes over military equipment.
The stalled BMP was left behind by government troops that were on their way to fight the separatists. Local idiots climbed inside. Apparently someone pulled the trigger and managed to fire the gun. An elderly man was injured by a brick. Could’ve easily ended in fatalities.This stupid incident occurred in the area of Mariupol ukraine a few days ago.
19 | jaunte May 15, 2014 6:29:54pm |
re: #14 Gus
“…And, most significantly, he doesn’t go out of his way, Clinton-like, to make sure that reporters — or anyone else — feel that their opinions are listened to and cherished. If anything, the opposite is true: Bush has never tried to hide that he has very little regard for the opinions of the Washington media establishment; that he could not care any less about winning their approval; and that the tried-and-true pressure tactics which they have used for decades to force White Houses to change course have no effect on Bush, unless it’s to make him dig in even deeper.”
It’s practically autobiographical.
20 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 6:37:12pm |
re: #9 b.d.
Curious as to whether Glenn will visit the UK on the European leg of this tour.
That was a rhetorical question, right?
Well, here’s your rhetorical answer.
Glenn Greenwald: ‘I don’t trust the UK not to arrest me. Their behaviour has been extreme’
“I’m the victim here!
21 | Gus May 15, 2014 6:40:00pm |
The irrational attacks on ex-supporters of the war
…That is why whatever else can be said about pro-war and anti-war advocates, for the vast majority of individuals on both sides, their viewpoints are not a function of bravery or cowardice, a desire to fight rather than surrender to terrorists, or a love of the U.S. versus a hatred for it. Favoring a war that you don’t have to fight in does not require courage, and opposing a war that you won’t have to fight in cannot even remotely be construed as a sign of “cowardice.”
For these reasons, these patriotism and “cowardice” attacks on anti-war converters are patent non-sequiturs. They are designed to smear, not to engage or to debate, and they are based on the false assumption that there is something inherently courageous and patriotic about favoring a prolonged U.S. military occupation and something inherently cowardly and unpatriotic about favoring a withdraw.
But changing one’s mind about the desirability of this war based upon a rational conclusion that it is producing more harm than good for America is not a sign of cowardice nor evidence of a hatred for the U.S. It is a sign of precisely the opposite.
23 | EPR-radar May 15, 2014 6:44:45pm |
re: #21 Gus
That piece by GG seems very rational by GG’s current standards. Was this from the time GG’s views on the Iraq war changed?
24 | Gus May 15, 2014 6:46:32pm |
re: #23 EPR-radar
That piece by GG seems very rational by GG’s current standards. Was this from the time GG’s views on the Iraq war changed?
Yep. More or less. Hard to pin-point but somewhere around 2005.
25 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 6:51:09pm |
.@Gus_802 That's the Bizarro-World Glenn Greenwald. In that post he sounds a lot farther to the right than I ever was.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2014
26 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 6:51:24pm |
.@Gus_802 “The preening, hubristic, status-obsessed Washington media elite…” One thing that stayed constant: the hyperbolic rhetoric.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2014
27 | Gus May 15, 2014 6:51:26pm |
The Myth of International Wisdom
In his column this morning, entitled “Replant the American Dream,” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius dramatically laments America’s plummeting popularity around the world, and does so with the standard, now-cliched sentiments which are dutifully trotted out whenever this topic is raised. People in other countries no longer like or respect Americans. They think we’re hypocritical war-mongers who preach standards for other countries which we routinely violate. They despise George Bush and disbelieve everything that he says. They no longer see us as exceptional or different. Accordingly, he patronizingly tells us:
When I lived abroad, Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday. It was a chance to scrounge up a turkey, gather foreign and American friends, and celebrate what America represented to the world… .
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It may be beneficial to U.S. interests to have other countries like what we are doing, but being popular in other countries is not an end in itself. The U.S. can and should pursue whatever measures it deems appropriate to protect its national interests. The fact that the populations or governments of other countries perceive those measures to be excessive or unwarranted is to be expected because those countries have different threat perceptions and divergent interests. And, for exactly that reason, their approval or disapproval cannot be used to assess the rightness of, let alone to dictate, American foreign policy.
29 | Decatur Deb May 15, 2014 6:52:51pm |
re: #20 Justanotherhuman
That was a rhetorical question, right?
Well, here’s your rhetorical answer.
Glenn Greenwald: ‘I don’t trust the UK not to arrest me. Their behaviour has been extreme’
“I’m the victim here!
He must have cut Lawyer School the day they covered “Extradition Treaty”.
30 | EPR-radar May 15, 2014 6:53:31pm |
re: #27 Gus
The disconnect between this position (not too unreasonable, IMO) and GG’s present position that the US should not engage in normal intelligence gathering is enormous.
Some big checks must have cleared.
31 | Archangelus May 15, 2014 6:54:26pm |
re: #4 Pie-onist Overlord
This Week’s Pie
THE APPLE PIE
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“I’m sorry, sir, I’m afraid your policy doesn’t cover extensive dental work required on the grounds of ‘biting the computer screen’…” /
32 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 6:54:59pm |
If I didn’t know better I’d think those posts were by Pat Buchanan.
33 | jaunte May 15, 2014 6:56:09pm |
“…The fact that the populations or governments of other countries perceive those measures to be excessive or unwarranted is to be expected because those countries have different threat perceptions and divergent interests.”
That’s a good one.
34 | bratwurst May 15, 2014 6:56:12pm |
I arrived home safely from my trip to Turkey last night. I certainly would never claim to be some kind of expert on that country after spending 2 weeks, but here are a few observations I hope you will find interesting:
- LGF seems to be blocked in that country! I was able to access and post while I had satellite internet early in my visit (through my academic hosts), but I never got on once while I was limited to domestic wifi. Twitter worked fine, but YouTube is still blocked as well.
- It seems pretty clear to me that heavy handed tactics like these have been successful in managing the flow of information in the country. On the other hand, I had several different people bemoan that the public was not fully aware of everything that has been going on there in the last year or so. If these people are aware, maybe more people may know than they think?
- The atmosphere in Istanbul was palpably tense on May Day as a number of different protests were taking place, but mellowed almost immediately and I never witnessed heavy police presence.
- Istanbul itself is an awfully fascinating place. It’s truly massive (somewhere between 12 and 20 million people, depending on who you ask or how you measure) and the demographics skew young. I have been fortunate enough to travel fairly extensively, but never before felt like I was really in a place that could be fairly termed “crossroads of the world” until this trip. It is not just the geography (straddling two continents and all), it’s cultural. It will be very familiar to anyone who knows Europe, but exotic at the same time. There is less conspicuous poverty than in a lot of other major cities I have visited.
- I also got to spend a little time in the Aegean costal region around Kusadasi and Izmir. These places have a very different atmosphere. The people seem different as well. Part of this is down to the anticipated big city vs smaller coastal town variations. However, there is also the fact that religion has never been very strong in this part of the country…so the combination of religion and politics hasn’t made much of an impact here either.
- Speaking of Kusadasi, the ancient site of Ephesus is only a short drive away, and really has to be seen. It is bigger, better and more interesting than Pompeii in every possible sense.
- Apologies to CuriousLurker, but I really didn’t get around to much in the way of photos. Between working, rainy weather and visiting with friends from Germany who came down to meet me over the last few days, I just didn’t get around to it. I just don’t have the talent of so many others around here anyway!
- I want to make some kind of conclusion about the situation there, but I am not sure what it would be. There is a kind of cultural tension going on there, but I would tend to question how different it is from the cultural tension in the US and elsewhere. Obviously, the ruling party has taken a slight pivot away from the EU (that is never going to take them in anyway) and toward the middle east…but I honestly don’t see it moving more firmly into that orbit.
35 | BongCrodny May 15, 2014 6:56:47pm |
re: #10 Amory Blaine
Ha ha!! Check this GOP primary debate for Idaho governor.
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A few of the YouTube comments are truly awesome.
“Idahodor.”
“This is what you get when you eat nothing but potatoes.”
“AND I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU DAMN KIDS!”
“White people.”
“No wonder Hemingway committed suicide in Idaho.”
36 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 6:57:17pm |
Was there a point at which Greenwald actually explained why he renounced his previous right wing opinions?
If there was, I’m not finding it.
37 | Gus May 15, 2014 6:57:49pm |
Glenn Greenwald The Myth of International Wisdom 11/25/2005 http://t.co/TqykMW2nni pic.twitter.com/mKYiItznNR— Gus (@Gus_802) May 16, 2014
2. Glenn Greenwald The Myth of International Wisdom 11/25/2005 http://t.co/TqykMW2nni pic.twitter.com/tyQINW2nxU— Gus (@Gus_802) May 16, 2014
38 | Gus May 15, 2014 6:58:21pm |
It is the American perception of the severity and importance of those threats - and not the perception of other countries - which ought to determine America’s response.
39 | EPR-radar May 15, 2014 7:03:02pm |
re: #38 Gus
It is the American perception of the severity and importance of those threats - and not the perception of other countries - which ought to determine America’s response.
It should be noted that this by itself doesn’t become crazy unless it is interpreted as a license for American global military hegemony as outlined in that awful Project for a New American Century drivel the Bushies apparently used as a training manual.
40 | BongCrodny May 15, 2014 7:03:08pm |
re: #38 Gus
It is the American perception of the severity and importance of those threats - and not the perception of other countries - which ought to determine America’s response.
Let me see if I can decrypt this:
It is the American Republican perception of the severity and importance of those threats - and not the perception of other countries Democrats - which ought to determine America’s response.
Close?
41 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:03:55pm |
re: #40 BongCrodny
Let me see if I can decrypt this:
It is the
AmericanRepublican perception of the severity and importance of those threats - and not the perception ofother countriesDemocrats - which ought to determine America’s response.Close?
He sure did give Bush more leeway than Obama.
42 | Belafon May 15, 2014 7:03:58pm |
re: #36 Charles Johnson
I suspect is has something to do with November, 2008 or January, 2009.
43 | HappyWarrior May 15, 2014 7:04:08pm |
re: #38 Gus
It is the American perception of the severity and importance of those threats - and not the perception of other countries - which ought to determine America’s response.
Funny how things are different now huh. Greenwa’d’s a sorry hack. He attacks people for believing things far less black/white minded. He’s not at all like your typical disillusioned leftist who becomes a rightist and treats anyone to the left of center like the reincarnation of Mao.
44 | CuriousLurker May 15, 2014 7:05:46pm |
re: #34 bratwurst
Welcome home—it’s good to have you back! {{bratwurst}}
You’re forgiven for the lack of photos, BUT only with the stipulation that you promise to tell us plenty more stories we can use to draw our own pictures in our heads. ;-)
45 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:06:04pm |
And when Hersh complains that Bush is inured to “facts,” what he plainly means is that Bush doesn’t accept Hersh’s view of Iraq. In sum, Bush is supposed to know that he has to listen when the Washington press elite speaks, and his refusal to do so means that he is either pathologically stubborn, certifiably crazy, or a religious fanatic beyond any reason. Certain elements on the Left hungrily eat up this cheap and easy caricature.
46 | CuriousLurker May 15, 2014 7:09:32pm |
Note to self: You really need to stop getting excited and hugging atheists & Jews—you’re totally ruining the brand. //
47 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 7:10:20pm |
re: #38 Gus
It is the American perception of the severity and importance of those threats - and not the perception of other countries - which ought to determine America’s response.
Contrast that to what he said about the Boston bombings.
48 | freetoken May 15, 2014 7:12:05pm |
Records fell today faster than elected-Republican support for Cliven Bundy :
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RECORD EVENT REPORT...FINAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
520 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014
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RAMONA 100 94 IN 1997 1974
RIVERSIDE 103 100 IN 2008 1893
SANTA ANA 103 98 IN 1967 1906
NEWPORT BEACH 86 82 IN 1967 1921
LAGUNA BEACH 100 92 IN 1967 1928
ELSINORE 102 100 IN 1905 1897
ESCONDIDO 104 100 IN 1970 1900
ALPINE 101 95 IN 1967 1952
EL CAJON 104 97 IN 1997 1979
...HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON MAY 15 2014 ...
LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD
SANTA ANA 68 64 IN 1996 1906
NEWPORT BEACH 65 64 IN 1996 1921
SAN DIEGO 70 66 IN 1996 1914
RIVERSIDE 62 TIED 62 IN 1993 1893
ESCONDIDO 62 61 IN 1931 1900
49 | HappyWarrior May 15, 2014 7:12:13pm |
re: #45 Gus
And when
HershGreenwald complains thatBushObama is inured to “facts,” what he plainly means is thatBushObama doesn’t accept Greenwald’sHersh’sview of Iraq. In sum, ObamaBushis supposed to know that he has to listen when the Washington press elite speaks, and his refusal to do so means that he is either pathologically stubborn, certifiably crazy, or a religious fanatic beyond any reason. Certain elements on theLeftRight hungrily eat up this cheap and easy caricature.
Now try saying that to Glenn and expect not to get shouted down as a jingoistic America fuck yeah type.
50 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:16:19pm |
re: #47 Justanotherhuman
Contrast that to what he said about the Boston bombings.
Which Greenwald will you choose? pic.twitter.com/eLG2QaoXUp— Gus (@Gus_802) May 16, 2014
51 | HappyWarrior May 15, 2014 7:17:28pm |
I mean people are allowed to change their minds but it’s the fact that Greenwald attacks people for having much milder opinions on executive power than he ever did.
52 | Decatur Deb May 15, 2014 7:18:18pm |
re: #46 CuriousLurker
Note to self: You really need to stop getting excited and hugging atheists & Jews—you’re totally ruining the brand. //
Read Lorca from 2 days ago—your peeps are mentioned.
53 | EPR-radar May 15, 2014 7:20:24pm |
re: #45 Gus
And when Hersh complains that Bush is inured to “facts,” what he plainly means is that Bush doesn’t accept Hersh’s view of Iraq. In sum, Bush is supposed to know that he has to listen when the Washington press elite speaks, and his refusal to do so means that he is either pathologically stubborn, certifiably crazy, or a religious fanatic beyond any reason. Certain elements on the Left hungrily eat up this cheap and easy caricature.
Surely there must be old GG columns from after his conversion in which he criticized Bush along precisely the lines dismissed here as a ‘caricature’.
54 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:21:52pm |
re: #53 EPR-radar
Surely there must be old GG columns from after his conversion in which he criticized Bush along precisely the lines dismissed here as a ‘caricature’.
Ayep.
55 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:22:28pm |
The many faces of Glenn Greenwald: Exhibit A pic.twitter.com/E4Qf7WQ9iE— Gus (@Gus_802) May 16, 2014
56 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 7:22:41pm |
57 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 15, 2014 7:24:01pm |
welp, I’m not holding up my sleep time waiting for Katie the hatchling to respond to anyone in the thread she dumped in.
nite all!
Hide and seek pic.twitter.com/ogsDbzbpLP
— Animal Planet (@MeetAnimals) May 15, 2014
58 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 7:25:57pm |
My grandson just called and asked me what happened in China in 1989 (seems he was listening to a talk show).
Tiananmen Square, of course, which we discussed for a few minutes.
Happened the year before he was born.
59 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 7:28:08pm |
Damn.
Firefighters find badly burned body in a Carlsbad, Calif., during wildfire hot spot check, city says - @CecilliaVegaABC via @ABC
End of alert
But good news.
All evacuations in Carlsbad, Calif., have been lifted - @10News
see original on twitter.com
60 | EPR-radar May 15, 2014 7:28:30pm |
re: #55 Gus
Of course, these two positions can be reconciled easily enough if it is admitted that US policy making should include foreign perceptions of US actions as one of several factors to consider when deciding foreign policy issues.
61 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:29:01pm |
Equally persuasive was the argument that a disarmed citizenry is more vulnerable not only to criminals but to government tyranny as well. In a country with a (relatively recent) history of military dictatorships and state repression, the argument that firearms played a crucial role in some of the 20th Century’s most glorified citizen-led fights for freedom — in Tiananman Square in China, by Nelson Mandela in South Africa, and by various repressed populations in World War II — resonated loudly. Brazilians concluded that they were in far greater danger giving up the right to bear arms than they were in keeping that right. — GG
The protesters were armed in “Tiananman” [sic] Square?
62 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:29:23pm |
re: #60 EPR-radar
Of course, these two positions can be reconciled easily enough if it is admitted that US policy making should include foreign perceptions of US actions as one of several factors to consider when deciding foreign policy issues.
Like do both. :D
63 | bratwurst May 15, 2014 7:30:04pm |
re: #44 CuriousLurker
Welcome home—it’s good to have you back! {{bratwurst}}
You’re forgiven for the lack of photos, BUT only with the stipulation that you promise to tell us plenty more stories we can use to draw our own pictures in our heads. ;-)
Thanks!
One story I can share is in the form of a warning to travelers: do not attempt to make a tight connection at the Frankfurt airport when arriving from Turkey. Security in Istanbul is admirably tight, a security checkpoint where all bags, are x-rayed before check-in, then ANOTHER checkpoint before entering the gate area. Even so, yesterday my flight first faced a “visual inspection” (ie profiling) from German border police where each and every person taking the stairs off of the plane was eyeballed together with his or her passport. Then we were whisked by bus to another security checkpoint before I was allowed into the transit area to scramble to the distant gate for my flight on to Chicago (how distant? literally it was the end of the Z terminal!) with about 90 seconds to spare.
64 | Gus May 15, 2014 7:31:48pm |
Basically one takes a dynamic approach. The center of the road so to speak.
65 | Decatur Deb May 15, 2014 7:33:14pm |
re: #61 Gus
Equally persuasive was the argument that a disarmed citizenry is more vulnerable not only to criminals but to government tyranny as well. In a country with a (relatively recent) history of military dictatorships and state repression, the argument that firearms played a crucial role in some of the 20th Century’s most glorified citizen-led fights for freedom — in Tiananman Square in China, by Nelson Mandela in South Africa, and by various repressed populations in World War II — resonated loudly. Brazilians concluded that they were in far greater danger giving up the right to bear arms than they were in keeping that right. — GG
The protesters were armed in “Tiananman” [sic] Square?
He was on a roll.
66 | Justanotherhuman May 15, 2014 7:33:35pm |
re: #61 Gus
Equally persuasive was the argument that a disarmed citizenry is more vulnerable not only to criminals but to government tyranny as well. In a country with a (relatively recent) history of military dictatorships and state repression, the argument that firearms played a crucial role in some of the 20th Century’s most glorified citizen-led fights for freedom — in Tiananman Square in China, by Nelson Mandela in South Africa, and by various repressed populations in World War II — resonated loudly. Brazilians concluded that they were in far greater danger giving up the right to bear arms than they were in keeping that right. — GG
The protesters were armed in “Tiananman” [sic] Square?
No, but the People’s Liberation Army sure was.
67 | ObserverArt May 15, 2014 7:34:32pm |
68 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 7:34:36pm |
Baby Kangaroo pic.twitter.com/hOBDBXYTZn— Amazing Wildlife (@amazinwildlife) May 16, 2014
70 | Killgore Trout May 15, 2014 7:38:45pm |
Hillary Clinton Celebrates the Iran Sanctions That Her State Department Tried to Stop
Meh. People seem to overlook that the Dept o State does not pursue its own foreign policy agenda. All the given examples were white house policy, not Hillary’s personal judgment.
71 | Charles Johnson May 15, 2014 7:48:31pm |
The greatest commercial ever made, back on the web at last.
72 | NJDhockeyfan May 15, 2014 7:51:55pm |
Evening lizards!
Here is an Amazon customer review of Greenwalds new book:
The rest of the story…, May 14, 2014
By AmishRakeFight
This review is from: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (Hardcover)Before you purchase this book, allow me to save you some time and money: “The U.S. Government already possesses the power to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants, to whomever it wants.” (h/t […]). For more reasons why you should not buy this book, read on.
Greenwald once harshly criticized Bill Keller and the New York Times for holding off on publishing a story on President Bush’s warrant-less wiretapping program for a year. He cites this as a prime example of establishment media subservience. And yet with this book, Greenwald commits the same deplorable act: withholding vital information from the public for nearly a year for his own selfish gain. Please don’t support Greenwald’s profiteering from the Snowden leaks by purchasing this book.
Indeed, Greenwald has quite adeptly risen in wealth and prestige in the last several months, all thanks to Snowden giving him sole custody of public documents detailing crimes against the global public, which Glenn happily treated as his intellectual property, instead of information the public had a right to know. He has now received funding from one of the richest men in the world, and the ink had barely dried on their contract before Glenn was busily lying for and whitewashing his crony billionaire funder’s past, including Omidyar’s culpability in the financial stranglehold of Wikileaks.
When Greenwald tells the story of Snowden, there’s a critical part he leaves out. From the first video interview where Snowden’s identity is revealed, Snowden compared himself to Chelsea Manning (the Cablegate whistle-blower) is a dishonest way that cast an unfavorable view on Manning. Rather than repudiate this, Greenwald repeatedly engaged in similar dishonest comparisons at Manning’s expense - all at the critical time when Manning was in trial and facing decades in prison. Since the initial comments, Greenwlad has also dishonestly and unfavorably compared the tactics of Snowden/Greenwald to Manning/Wikileaks. Of course, this goes unmentioned in the book as Greenwald is too busy placing Snowden on the highest pedestal possible, while Chelsea Manning sits in a prison cell.
The bottom line is that Greenwald’s priority since he first received the leaks has been to profit off of them and raise his own status. Helping activists combat the spying practices of the NSA, using the leaks to damage the entire surveillance state establishment, protecting Chelsea Manning at a very vulnerable moment - nah, there’s no time for these subtleties in Glenn’s mind. After all, one doesn’t win Polk Awards and Pulitzer Prizes, get fabulously wealthy, get interviews on the Today show, and get funding to start a new media enterprise by actually threatening the surveillance state, now do they?
Ask yourself, do you really need to buy Glenn’s book so he can tell you things you already know/suspect, and thus further enable his profiteering from the leaks and reward his deplorable behavior?
73 | Bear May 15, 2014 7:53:22pm |
Many years ago I liked the silly bear on the Land of Sky Blue Waters. Was it for Hamms Beer? Actually the ad was better than the program I thought.
74 | NJDhockeyfan May 15, 2014 7:58:32pm |
re: #73 Bear
Many years ago I liked the silly bear on the Land of Sky Blue Waters. Was it for Hamms Beer? Actually the ad was better than the program I thought.
The beer companies always have great commercials. The old
Lite beer commercials were the best.
75 | NJDhockeyfan May 15, 2014 8:02:08pm |
UPDATE: Fire in Las Pulgas area of Camp Pendleton that broke out today has grown to 600 acres, is 0% contained #SanDiegoFire— 10News (@10News) May 16, 2014
76 | Killgore Trout May 15, 2014 8:11:27pm |
77 | Kragar May 15, 2014 8:12:13pm |
re: #76 Killgore Trout
Jeb Bush says U.S. teenagers behind Ireland, Poland and Vietnam in math and science
If only we didn’t have an entire political party pushing the bible as a science textbook
79 | Kragar May 15, 2014 8:16:20pm |
100 percent of California now in highest stages of drought http://t.co/EBmRMMRZmO— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
Boy, sure am glad we didn’t do anything stupid like investing in infrastructure and desalinization tech to prepare for this kind of thing
81 | NJDhockeyfan May 15, 2014 8:22:28pm |
Florida Man Accused of Trying to Break Into Joey Fatone's Former Home While Dressed as Ninja | http://t.co/gyfkKXK20w— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) May 15, 2014
83 | freetoken May 15, 2014 8:37:07pm |
We are turning into central Baja.
Which was predicted, btw.
But not by Marco Rubio.
84 | Alyosha May 15, 2014 8:54:15pm |
Did I finally catch up only to kill the thread? Haha
85 | b_sharp May 15, 2014 9:08:00pm |
re: #84 Alyosha
Did I finally catch up only to kill the thread? Haha
Nah.
This is our traditional Thursday night dead thread.
86 | jaunte May 15, 2014 9:08:50pm |
Area Crazy Man May Hold Protest With Couple Dozen Voices In His Head Outside White House http://t.co/5ZR3HTWNmK
— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) May 16, 2014
Riley: They are going to be there and we will be presenting grievances and our demands. We will wait, we will be there, we will interrupt the traffic, we will interrupt the commerce.
Colmes: You’re going to stop the traffic flow, you’re going to stop commerce.
Riley: Mhmm.
Colmes: You’re going to get in the way of the ingress and egress of people going about their daily business and really get in the way of citizens who through no fault of their own are just happen to be going about their daily lives, right?
Riley: That’s the way it is when we’re pursuing freedom and liberty for all.
Colmes: So you are actually threatening obstruction?
Riley: What I’m saying is, we’re going to shut the city down. You can call it what you want but we’re going to do it in a peaceful, non-violent, unarmed manner of citizens expressing our disgust with the deceit, the betrayal and the lies the government has been feeding us the last five years.
Colmes: What’s your plan to stop traffic? How are you going to do that?
Riley: We’re going to have to be in the streets, that’s how we stop it.
Colmes: You’re going to be standing in the streets stopping traffic?
Riley: Absolutely.
87 | Alyosha May 15, 2014 9:22:05pm |
re: #85 b_sharp
Plus I guess people will be busy toppling the government tomorrow, a bit of shuteye is in order.
Me, I’m already sitting in my bunker wearing my tricorn hat and sipping my illegally stilled whiskey waiting for the new Year Zero calendars to get here.
88 | b_sharp May 15, 2014 9:22:57pm |
re: #87 Alyosha
Plus I guess people will be busy toppling the government tomorrow, a bit of shuteye is in order.
Me, I’m already sitting in my bunker wearing my tricorn hat and sipping my illegally stilled whiskey waiting for the new Year Zero calendars to get here.
Good idea.
89 | Kragar May 15, 2014 9:25:33pm |
re: #87 Alyosha
Plus I guess people will be busy toppling the government tomorrow, a bit of shuteye is in order.
Me, I’m already sitting in my bunker wearing my tricorn hat and sipping my illegally stilled whiskey waiting for the new Year Zero calendars to get here.
Let us not forget the real importance of tomorrow
For Dio: The Only Appropriate Tribute #DIO http://t.co/6TnhxW6U4c— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
90 | Single-handed sailor May 15, 2014 9:28:08pm |
re: #85 b_sharp
Nah.
This is our traditional Thursday night dead thread.
“I don’t want to go on the cart.”
91 | Rightwingconspirator May 15, 2014 9:49:00pm |
92 | Kragar May 15, 2014 9:52:27pm |
What OAS thinks is going to happen tomorrow:
What everyone else thinks is going to happen:
95 | Kragar May 15, 2014 10:08:03pm |
‘Big nutball day’ in D.C.: Maddow mocks Bundyesque ‘Operation American Spring’ http://t.co/wflVsc0HQh— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
97 | Lidane May 15, 2014 10:30:17pm |
It's strawberry mitosis. (Va @AsapScience) pic.twitter.com/J5AHm0Z2xF— SciencePorn (@SciencePorn) May 16, 2014
98 | Kragar May 15, 2014 10:35:05pm |
101 | Kragar May 16, 2014 12:13:03am |
Its been 4 years since we lost Dio, and he still has the perfect song for Operation American Spring.
You’ve nothing to say
Oh, they’re breaking away
If you listen to fools
102 | freetoken May 16, 2014 12:39:18am |
103 | Kragar May 16, 2014 12:46:20am |
#OperationAmericanSpring because even they know winning an election isn't really an option for these losers— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
104 | Kragar May 16, 2014 12:59:32am |
#OperationAmericanSpring 10-30 million in DC tomorrow ?? pic.twitter.com/nFUzvlIF9w— Picasso Kat (@Picassokat) May 16, 2014
105 | freetoken May 16, 2014 1:08:55am |
Ah yes, it’s election time, and nothing is funner to watch than a GOP primary debate.
In this case, it’s for governor of Idaho:
This GOP primary debate for Idaho governor is so bonkers, we don’t know where to start
[…]
The debate for Idaho governor was so crazy and colorful, we don’t know where to start.
So we will just start from the beginning.
Brown opened by complaining about taxes — nothing unusual for a political debate. He then remarked that “the child is the father of the man” — quoting the poet William Wordsworth — and claimed that after leaving the military, God told him he would one day be commander-in-chief. “Don’t think I’m crazy, because I’m not,” he assured all of Idaho.
Brown was followed by Bayes, who bragged that he was jailed for homeschooling and had 77 descendants. The GOP candidate explained he wanted to become governor so that he could stop abortion, since he didn’t want to follow the Supreme Court to hell.
[…]
Brown told the moderator he made fun of bikers and the Irish, too. The jokes, he explained, were meant to attack the “bondage” of political correctness. “I hit everybody,” he remarked. “I’m about as politically correct as your proverbial turd in a punch-bowl, and I’m proud of it.” He wanted to connect with real voters, not the “bondage” people — who apparently are ignorant about “picking up strangers at night and hauling them God knows where.”
The moderators gave Bayes a chance to pontificate further on his view of abortion. But instead of talking about the issue, he complained that his TV talked to him about homeschooling for hours and he threatened to shoot anyone who tried to take away his children. Bayes said that — like Brown — he didn’t care about political correctness. He finally got around to the issue of abortion, calling it murder, before the moderators moved on.
[…]
Brown said that after God told him he was going to be president, he got the presidential seal tattooed on his shoulder and launched his presidential campaign. Unfortunately, that campaign got him kicked out of the basement he was living in. Brown showed a note from an alleged prophet that stated the conversation with God was the real deal. He explained he was only running for governor because he needed practice.
[…]
Here, watch it for yourself. There’s almost something Fargo-esque about the whole affair:
Youtube Video
(goes full JBS in that one)
108 | freetoken May 16, 2014 1:23:06am |
GOP debates are a performance art of their own genre.
109 | palomino May 16, 2014 2:04:41am |
re: #105 freetoken
Totally surreal. A crazy biker, an even crazier old guy, and two suits.
Like an SNL sketch. But from a few years ago, when the show was funny.
110 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 2:05:09am |
re: #105 freetoken
Stranger than fiction
111 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 3:24:55am |
112 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 3:28:42am |
re: #111 Justanotherhuman
OK, there are 3 of us here now.
The thread can now wake the hell up. : )
*yawn* Five more minutes…
113 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 3:58:20am |
Why health care is so expensive, cont.
My grandson came in from work a few minutes ago and said his last stop was N Augusta, SC, which is a 3 hr trip back to his home base (with no other stops), to deliver 10 tabs of Mucinex, an OTC medication.
I said, why didn’t the nursing home just get some from a local pharmacy? They said they couldn’t do that because it was “prescribed” by the attending physician as a palliative for a dying patient.
So, the original OTC probably was billed 10x what it’s worth or whatever method was used to recoup the cost of driving there.
114 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 4:12:02am |
re: #109 palomino
Totally surreal. A crazy biker, an even crazier old guy, and two suits.
Like an SNL sketch. But from a few years ago, when the show was funny.
Morning all!
Not making fun of you palomino…but I was just thinking about your comment and how many times I’ve heard it or something similar about SNL.
The program is almost 40 years old now, and since about the mid-80s every year or so someone says SNL isn’t as funny as it used to be, and the show goes on…and on.
It sure has its ups and downs, but in a way I am thankful we still have a live TV sketch show like it. And think of all the people it has spun into larger careers over those almost 40 years.
It sure has been a time marker…and I am not as young as I used to be a few years ago. Sigh.
115 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 4:19:04am |
re: #114 ObserverArt
Morning all!
Not making fun of you palomino…but I was just thinking about your comment and how many times I’ve heard it or something similar about SNL.
The program is almost 40 years old now, and since about the mid-80s every year or so someone says SNL isn’t as funny as it used to be, and the show goes on…and on.
It sure has its ups and downs, but in a way I am thankful we still have a live TV sketch show like it. And think of all the people it has spun into larger careers over those almost 40 years.
It sure has been a time marker…and I am not as young as I used to be a few years ago. Sigh.
When SNL was funny, it had bees, and Muppets.
116 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 4:20:11am |
re: #113 Justanotherhuman
Why health care is so expensive, cont.
My grandson came in from work a few minutes ago and said his last stop was N Augusta, SC, which is a 3 hr trip back to his home base (with no other stops), to deliver 10 tabs of Mucinex, an OTC medication.
I said, why didn’t the nursing home just get some from a local pharmacy? They said they couldn’t do that because it was “prescribed” by the attending physician as a palliative for a dying patient.
So, the original OTC probably was billed 10x what it’s worth or whatever method was used to recoup the cost of driving there.
Noticing that your rant and mine aren’t about care, but about racking up transportation costs.
117 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 4:20:56am |
This is just Britain, one of the richest countries in the world, where school is usually finished at age 16. What about in the US and other countries, and what is it like for youth in developing countries, esp those torn by conflict and wars? What a horrible situation, allowing our children to suffer when they haven’t yet begun to mature and live a fulfilling life of some sort? Even a “job” vs a “career” is preferable to feeling like a supplicant with no options.
Contrary to the opinion in some quarters that kids just want to have fun and be entertained, young people want to feel useful, to find their place and a meaning to life. With a changing job scenario, though, it’s becoming far more expensive to further an education and to find work at all. Community involvement—it does “take a village”—local efforts, should always be employed along with state and national programs to get our kids where they should be and to prevent self-destructive behavior.
If you’re not raising a child, mentor one.
Young people ‘feel they have nothing to live for’
“As many as three quarters of a million young people in the UK may feel that they have nothing to live for, a study for the Prince’s Trust charity claims.
“The trust says almost a third of long-term unemployed young people have contemplated taking their own lives.
(snip)
“Last month, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the UK unemployment rate had fallen to its lowest level since 2009, with the number of people out of work falling by 99,000 to 2.39 million in the three months to October.” More
118 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 4:21:54am |
re: #105 freetoken
Ah yes, it’s election time, and nothing is funner to watch than a GOP primary debate.
In this case, it’s for governor of Idaho:
This GOP primary debate for Idaho governor is so bonkers, we don’t know where to start
Here, watch it for yourself. There’s almost something Fargo-esque about the whole affair:
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There has to come a moment when the GOP suits sit back and say “We’ve got to knock this shit off.”
119 | Dr Lizardo May 16, 2014 4:26:58am |
re: #118 Decatur Deb
There has to come a moment when the GOP suits sit back and say “We’ve got to knock this shit off.”
You’d think that would be the case; sadly, I think they have a ways to go before they hit rock-bottom.
120 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 4:28:58am |
re: #118 Decatur Deb
There has to come a moment when the GOP suits sit back and say “We’ve got to knock this shit off.”
Thing is, I’m not sure they’ve yet to approach critical mass. And we should remember that, in the wake of Citizens United and the following court cases, that the conservatives in the courts have begun to basically dismantle campaign finance reform in this country. As a result, all those big money groups which are little more than money laundering for the 1% are pumping money into any dopey fucker who’ll stand on stage and declare that he’s a “true conservative.” It’s like some deranged version of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.
121 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 4:34:10am |
re: #118 Decatur Deb
There has to come a moment when the GOP suits sit back and say “We’ve got to knock this shit off.”
The crazies won’t stand for that.
122 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 4:34:20am |
Ha…this goes to some of the comments we’ve had around here.
The Today show did a piece on the rejection of college commencement speakers. I think they said there have been 20+ this year that have caused controversy. They wondered if it is good or just shows a growing lack of tolerance for ‘other’ views. Also, what can you learn from those that just confirm your views.
The head of Smith college was quoted as saying it is very troubling that students would be so opposed to views and does not bode well.
It reminds me of what I think about the change in media when Fox news rolled out their ‘fair and balanced’ BS that is anything but fair and balanced. I’ve always thought facts had nothing to do with Fox and all you are doing is listening to a bunch of boosters that confirm the views of its audience no matter how right or wrong those views are.
I made the point the other day that a commencement is just a commencement and no speaker is asking you to sign your name in blood to become what you don’t want to become, and no commencement speaker ever harmed a graduate as far as I know.
That and the nuns taught me (or beat into me) tolerance for all views and how to be respectful of people right to speak no matter what you think.
I know many think it is the kids right, but what if one group might be just louder than others and gets a speaker dumped when others might not mind hearing from them?
I find it all sad, especially among young people that are really just starting to learn. And really how many times does politics or even lifestyle enter into the sort of cliche “go out and kick you some ass” speeches that are usually the theme?
123 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 4:36:51am |
AirBnB is offering its services free of charge to people displaced by the San Diego fires.
Awesome Corporate response to the S. Diego fires by @airbnb thank you @bchesky & team http://t.co/tGG4eAwg7k— Avraham Berkowitz (@GlobalRabbi) May 16, 2014
124 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 4:37:06am |
re: #115 Decatur Deb
When SNL was funny, it had bees, and Muppets.
Never forget the Land Shark at the door delivery Candygrams!
125 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 4:37:49am |
It's raining pretty hard in DC today. Using that weather machine is one of the perks of being POTUS. #ThanksObama #OperationAmericanSpring— AnitaMaria (@Anita_Maria_S) May 16, 2014
126 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 4:38:35am |
I’m watching the #tcot feed on Twitter. Nothing about “American Spring”
127 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 4:39:36am |
128 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 4:40:24am |
re: #122 ObserverArt
Ha…this goes to some of the comments we’ve had around here.
The Today show did a piece on the rejection of college commencement speakers. I think they said there have been 20+ this year that have caused controversy. They wondered if it is good or just shows a growing lack of tolerance for ‘other’ views. Also, what can you learn from those that just confirm your views.
The head of Smith college was quoted as saying it is very troubling that students would be so opposed to views and does not bode well.
It reminds me of what I think about the change in media when Fox news rolled out their ‘fair and balanced’ BS that is anything but fair and balanced. I’ve always thought facts had nothing to do with Fox and all you are doing is listening to a bunch of boosters that confirm the views of its audience no matter how right or wrong those views are.
I made the point the other day that a commencement is just a commencement and no speaker is asking you to sign your name in blood to become what you don’t want to become, and no commencement speaker ever harmed a graduate as far as I know.
That and the nuns taught me (or beat into me) tolerance for all views and how to be respectful of people right to speak no matter what you think.
I know many think it is the kids right, but what if one group might be just louder than others and gets a speaker dumped when others might not mind hearing from them?
I find it all sad, especially among young people that are really just starting to learn. And really how many times does politics or even lifestyle enter into the sort of cliche “go out and kick you some ass” speeches that are usually the theme?
Even though I don’t agree with Rice’s political views and her rather stand-offish demeanor, you have to admire her journey from being raised in the south as a Black woman and what she achieved in life. Self-discipline (not to be confused with “self-denial”) is one of the hardest things to instill in a kid.
129 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 4:41:31am |
re: #127 Decatur Deb
The revolution has been postponed, due to weather.
I just saw some Tweets scroll past.
Oh wait, it’s just some LIBRULS making fun of the teaturds.
130 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 4:41:37am |
Thing to keep in mind, as Charlie Pierce noted yesterday, is that the nutters we saw in Idaho this week are not something new. Consider the GOP 2012 presidential hopefuls, where we had a woman who was telling people that vaccinations cause autism, a guy who said he couldn’t be bothered by what was happening in Uzbeki-beki-stan, a guy who’s convinced Iran wants to set off a nuke to bring forth the 12th Imam, a guy who thinks that Democrats are trying to turn America into a communist nation run by Islam…and Mitt Romney. And yet we’re supposed to pretend this were serious contenders, normal politicians, rather than the rejects from a psych ward.
131 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 4:41:51am |
Book News: Rush Limbaugh Wins Children’s Book ‘Author Of The Year’ Award
I was rooting for the Ron Jeremy fold-out/pop-up biography.
132 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 4:42:02am |
re: #126 Pie-onist Overlord
I’m watching the #tcot feed on Twitter. Nothing about “American Spring”
What??? You’d think at 7:30 or so in the morning DC would be grinding to a halt with all the patriots moving into the city to shut down the government.
They just don’t make Patriots like they used to!
Sort of how SNL used to be funny…
133 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 4:42:44am |
re: #117 Justanotherhuman
Consider in China there are more than 7 million college graduates looking for work this year. Not all of them are going to find work either. A couple of my graduating seniors have taken jobs in Tanzania at a Chinese oil firm for very cushy salaries (by Chinese standards) because the pickings in China are not that wonderful — low pay and long hours sitting at computers trying to sell shit to the rest of the world.
134 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 4:44:40am |
re: #130 Targetpractice
Thing to keep in mind, as Charlie Pierce noted yesterday, is that the nutters we saw in Idaho this week are not something new. Consider the GOP 2012 presidential hopefuls, where we had a woman who was telling people that vaccinations cause autism, a guy who said he couldn’t be bothered by what was happening in Uzbeki-beki-stan, a guy who’s convinced Iran wants to set off a nuke to bring forth the 12th Imam, a guy who thinks that Democrats are trying to turn America into a communist nation run by Islam…and Mitt Romney. And yet we’re supposed to pretend this were serious contenders, normal politicians, rather than the rejects from a psych ward.
And then there was John Huntsman. Who many times had the look on his face like “WTF” is the crap? I gotta get out of here in case some of this gets on me.
135 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 4:45:57am |
re: #134 ObserverArt
And then there was John Huntsman. Who many times had the look on his face like “WTF” is the crap? I gotta get out of her in case some of this gets on me.
Oh, and Crazy Uncle Liberty, a guy who actually looked dumbfounded for a second when the audience responded to the question of whether a man without the ability to pay should be denied medical care with a resounding “YES!”
136 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 4:49:31am |
It’s 43 degrees in Lower Alabama, with an expected high of 77. Should have called it “Global Weirding” from the start.
137 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 4:49:40am |
re: #131 Decatur Deb
Book News: Rush Limbaugh Wins Children’s Book ‘Author Of The Year’ Award
I was rooting for the Ron Jeremy fold-out/pop-up biography.
Evidently, it’s all about the sales and having children vote, children no doubt influenced by their Limbaugh-loving parents:
“Although the book has never been a critical favorite — accused it of “disdain for even the most rudimentary standards of storytelling” — it has been an enormous commercial success. Four finalists for the award were chosen because of their places on bestseller lists, and the winner was chosen by children’s votes.”
138 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 4:51:00am |
re: #137 Justanotherhuman
Evidently, it’s all about the sales and having children vote, children no doubt influenced by their Limbaugh-loving parents:
“Although the book has never been a critical favorite — accused it of “disdain for even the most rudimentary standards of storytelling” — it has been an enormous commercial success. Four finalists for the award were chosen because of their places on bestseller lists, and the winner was chosen by children’s votes.”
It was probably mass-purchased for bedtime reading at CPAC.
139 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 4:51:12am |
re: #135 Targetpractice
Oh, and Crazy Uncle Liberty, a guy who actually looked dumbfounded for a second when the audience responded to the question of whether a man without the ability to pay should be denied medical care with a resounding “YES!”
Yeah the look of…these people are nuttier than I am, and that takes a whole hell of a lot!
By the way…I went and corrected my comment you quoted. I meant to type ‘here’ instead of ‘her’ and of course spell checker is worthless in that case. I sure don’t want it to come off like Huntsman was saying get out of ‘her’ as her would be Bachmann and getting out of her is brain bleach material!
140 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 4:55:25am |
It’s not only Ukraine that has a problem with politicians lining their pockets. Here’s the latest corruption bust in China:
Wei Pengyuan, vice director of the National Energy Administration’s coal department, was arrested on suspicion of corruption after authorities found more than 100 million yuan in cash stacked up at his home in Beijing, Caixin reported yesterday.
Just to give you a feel, the massive haul of cash uncovered by investigators took 16 mechanical bill counters to be tabulated—and four of the machines burned out while counting.
The bills weighed more than a ton, according to this Shanghaiist digest of several news reports.
China’s new president, Xi Jinping, started off his term vowing to root out corruption among high officials. These busts have uncovered illegal, but very sumptuous real estate holdings and piles and piles of cash like this one that can’t be socked away in a bank, can’t be smuggled out of the country, and can’t be exchanged for hard currencies, or now, even Bitcoin. Some bills have gotten moldy, and are therefore unusable.
Imagine sitting on millions and not being to spend it. Could you be considered rich?
141 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 4:59:00am |
California Fire usually responds to an average 700 fires from January to mid-May, but this year battled almost 1,400 to date - @latimes
Read more on latimes.com re: #140 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
It’s not only Ukraine that has a problem with politicians lining their pockets. Here’s the latest corruption bust in China:
The bills weighed more than a ton, according to this Shanghaiist digest of several news reports.
China’s new president, Xi Jinping, started off his term vowing to root out corruption among high officials. These busts have uncovered illegal, but very sumptuous real estate holdings and piles and piles of cash like this one that can’t be socked away in a bank, can’t be smuggled out of the country, and can’t be exchanged for hard currencies, or now, even Bitcoin. Some bills have gotten moldy, and are therefore unusable.
Imagine sitting on millions and not being to spend it. Could you be considered rich?
Proving that money is indeed fungible and full of fungus.
142 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 5:00:08am |
re: #140 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
It’s not only Ukraine that has a problem with politicians lining their pockets. Here’s the latest corruption bust in China:
The bills weighed more than a ton, according to this Shanghaiist digest of several news reports.
China’s new president, Xi Jinping, started off his term vowing to root out corruption among high officials. These busts have uncovered illegal, but very sumptuous real estate holdings and piles and piles of cash like this one that can’t be socked away in a bank, can’t be smuggled out of the country, and can’t be exchanged for hard currencies, or now, even Bitcoin. Some bills have gotten moldy, and are therefore unusable.
Imagine sitting on millions and not being to spend it. Could you be considered rich?
Oh that is just what they caught him with. They must have missed the rather huge stacks of Rush Limbaugh’s Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans book for kids he already bought!
143 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:00:28am |
re: #140 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
In a Scrooge McDuck sort of way.
144 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:02:52am |
re: #138 Decatur Deb
It was probably mass-purchased for bedtime reading at CPAC.
Ah yes, memories of the Palin “best sellers”…buy a sub to WND and get one free! among other schemes.
145 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 5:03:13am |
re: #143 Decatur Deb
In a Scrooge McDuck sort of way.
Except Scrooge McDuck didn’t mind people knowing he had piles of loot. These officials kept their loot secret even from their own families, hiding it within walls, buried in the ground, wrapped in plastic bags and kept in empty apartments. Seriously, they were not especially clever in concealing their treasures.
146 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 5:03:37am |
147 | Dr. Matt May 16, 2014 5:04:23am |
Any news from the battlefront? Has the usurper-n-thief been arrested yet?
148 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 5:05:30am |
re: #147 Dr. Matt
Any news from the battlefront? Has the usurper-n-thief been arrested yet?
He called up NOAA and ordered rain for the weekend. So, he’s still in office.
149 | Floral Giraffe May 16, 2014 5:06:06am |
150 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:07:51am |
re: #136 Decatur Deb
It’s 43 degrees in Lower Alabama, with an expected high of 77. Should have called it “Global Weirding” from the start.
Yeah, 53 here with a high of 75. It’s going to be in the 70s for the next few days, up until Wed with 82, very pleasant, spring temps, which is great since I have to make a couple of trips to Charlotte.
However, next Thurs and Fri? Highs of 100 predicted and partly cloudy which means high humidity as well. Fuck.
151 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:08:07am |
re: #147 Dr. Matt
Any news from the battlefront? Has the usurper-n-thief been arrested yet?
Expectations have been dampened.
152 | BongCrodny May 16, 2014 5:08:11am |
re: #131 Decatur Deb
Book News: Rush Limbaugh Wins Children’s Book ‘Author Of The Year’ Award
I was rooting for the Ron Jeremy fold-out/pop-up biography.
And the nominees are:
— Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck (Amulet)
— Rick Riordan, The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, Book 4) (Disney/Hyperion)
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins)
— Rush Limbaugh, Rush Revere and The Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans (Threshold/S&S)
— Rachel Renee Russell, Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker (Aladdin/S&S)
As partisan as I am I’d prefer to see Rush shot down in ignominy and have a boatload of his books abandoned in the bargain bin, but still: he’s not exactly going up against J.K. Rowling here.
154 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 5:09:56am |
re: #152 BongCrodny
The first two are the latest installments in long running series. I don’t know about the Roth and Russell books, though.
155 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:11:01am |
re: #150 Justanotherhuman
Yeah, 53 here with a high of 75. It’s going to be in the 70s for the next few days, up until Wed with 82, very pleasant, spring temps, which is great since I have to make a couple of trips to Charlotte.
However, next Thurs and Fri? Highs of 100 predicted and partly cloudy which means high humidity as well. Fuck.
Having a good run with the experimental container garden so far. I’ve almost given up on Baja Alabama soil.
156 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 5:11:07am |
re: #153 Floral Giraffe
You’ll stay cool!
I think almost the entire eastern part of the US will be today.
43° here in Columbus Oha with a high of 60° maybe.
157 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:11:57am |
re: #154 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
The first two are the latest installments in long running series. I don’t know about the Roth and Russell books, though.
Roth’s is a follow-on to “Divergent”, probably most popular of the bunch for YA readers.
158 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:11:59am |
re: #153 Floral Giraffe
You’ll stay cool!
Haha, I don’t even take out the garbage when it’s that hot and humid. : ) I do not venture out in the heat of the day even though I’m English.
159 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 5:12:23am |
re: #156 ObserverArt
I think almost the entire eastern part of the US will be today.
43° here in Columbus Oha with a high of 60° maybe.
37° in Dearborn with a high of 56°
160 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:13:30am |
re: #159 Pie-onist Overlord
37° in Dearborn with a high of 56°
You’ve got that burning urban hellscsape to keep you warm.
161 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:14:01am |
re: #159 Pie-onist Overlord
37° in Dearborn with a high of 56°
The weather sounds absolutely bipolar.
162 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 5:15:13am |
re: #159 Pie-onist Overlord
37° in Dearborn with a high of 56°
I haven’t taken my winter tires off my car yet. You just never know!
163 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 5:16:01am |
re: #160 Decatur Deb
You’ve got that burning urban hellscsape to keep you warm.
Now that was funny!
: )
164 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:18:21am |
re: #163 ObserverArt
Now that was funny!
: )
Yeah, with all the concrete in Charlotte now, it will probably be 110 there.
165 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:19:44am |
re: #147 Dr. Matt
Any news from the battlefront? Has the usurper-n-thief been arrested yet?
Someone posted links to high-angle webcams last night, the Mall and such, but I can’t find my bookmarks.
166 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:21:56am |
Hackery.
@ggreenwald speaking about his new book “No place to hide” with Noam Chomsky today in Cambridge. pic.twitter.com/N2UnmhVlCA— sam (@implyinCostanza) May 16, 2014
167 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:25:29am |
re: #165 Decatur Deb
Someone posted links to high-angle webcams last night, the Mall and such, but I can’t find my bookmarks.
169 | Dr. Matt May 16, 2014 5:29:15am |
#OperationAmericanSpring should be renamed 'Operation all hat no cattle”. #cowards— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 16, 2014
171 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:35:18am |
172 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 5:35:38am |
So, I guess the world’s nations won’t need to recall their embassy staff from Washington this weekend.
173 | b.d. May 16, 2014 5:37:04am |
It may look like there are less than a dozen of us, but that's because thev2 million others are wearing camo #operationamericanspring
— Gen JC Xtian patriot (@JC_Christian) May 16, 2014
174 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 5:38:02am |
re: #171 Decatur Deb
Thanks—weather doesn’t look bad yet. Even worse for a poor turnout.
Ooops. The ground-level cam shows a crappy sky towards NW, I think.
175 | palomino May 16, 2014 5:38:14am |
re: #114 ObserverArt
Morning all!
Not making fun of you palomino…but I was just thinking about your comment and how many times I’ve heard it or something similar about SNL.
The program is almost 40 years old now, and since about the mid-80s every year or so someone says SNL isn’t as funny as it used to be, and the show goes on…and on.
It sure has its ups and downs, but in a way I am thankful we still have a live TV sketch show like it. And think of all the people it has spun into larger careers over those almost 40 years.
It sure has been a time marker…and I am not as young as I used to be a few years ago. Sigh.
Yeah, it has a lot of ups and downs. This is a down period. Over the last two years nearly the entire cast left (Wiig, Samberg, Myers, Sudeikis, Hader, Forte, Armisen, et al., a very strong group.) They’ve been replaced by a group that almost no one thinks is funny.
So you may hear the old adage a lot about SNL. This is one of those times it’s true.
176 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 5:41:24am |
re: #175 palomino
Rapport is important for ensemble casts. Previous crews were funny when they could riff off each other — Ackroyd. Murray and Belushi, for example. Maybe these new guys and gals don’t have that yet.
177 | b.d. May 16, 2014 5:42:05am |
One would think that with the overthrow of the lone superpower and the confidence behind the world’s go to currency would make the bitcoin exchange skyrocket.
It hasn’t happened yet.
BUY BUY BUY!!!!!!
178 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 5:43:17am |
This image seems static, same vehicles on the road.
earthcam.com
179 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 5:44:12am |
re: #177 b.d.
One would think that with the overthrow of the lone superpower and the confidence behind the world’s go to currency would make the bitcoin exchange skyrocket.
It hasn’t happened yet.
BUY BUY BUY!!!!!!
Chinese buyers can’t, now that the central bank has cracked down on yuan-to-Bitcoin exchanges. That’s cooled the markets off a lot.
180 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 5:44:12am |
It's an honor to support our community. We'll be ready to serve tomorrow. #SanMarcosFire #SanDiegoFire #CocosFire pic.twitter.com/PNKTVjX1sZ— MCAS Miramar, 3rdMAW (@MCASMiramarCA) May 16, 2014
181 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 5:44:30am |
Next time Bryan says he respects Teh Juice and supports Israel, remember this:
A prayer for spiritual awakening to come to the Jewish people. Romans 11:11-24. http://t.co/XAAi7eQfLf— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) May 16, 2014
182 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:44:32am |
re: #176 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window
Rapport is important for ensemble casts. Previous crews were funny when they could riff off each other — Ackroyd. Murray and Belushi, for example. Maybe these new guys and gals don’t have that yet.
It’s called being generous, and it has its own rewards. A lot of entertainers don’t have that quality in the Age of Narcissism and entertainment suffers because of it. Too many “divas” these days.
183 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:46:00am |
re: #178 Pie-onist Overlord
This image seems static, same vehicles on the road.
earthcam.com
Probably is from archives. I realized that when I linked the first one. It has to be designated “live” and the second one I posted is live.
184 | Dr. Matt May 16, 2014 5:53:57am |
@owillis He would, but he can't stop laughing. #OperationAmericanSpring— MTD (@BurkeBeerGuy) May 16, 2014
185 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 5:55:23am |
Reason #4,580 not to shop at WalMart. Perp has to be mentally ill or was on drugs.
Teen attacked 4-year-old girl with crowbar at Wal-Mart, police say
Suspect allegedly yelled girl “deserved it”
“An 18-year-old transient was charged Thursday with attempted murder and committing a hate crime in a brutal crowbar attack of a 4-year-old girl at a California Wal-Mart store, prosecutors said.
“According to KTVU-TV, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said Maria Garate had been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime allegation and attempted murder with a hate crime allegation.
“The 18-year-old woman suspect entered the store shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday, approached a man with his 4-year-old daughter and struck the girl on the head with a crowbar, according to Sgt. Heather Randol.” More
186 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 16, 2014 5:57:22am |
re: #166 Justanotherhuman
Hackery.
@ggreenwald speaking about his new book “No place to hide” with Noam Chomsky today in Cambridge.
Because of course he would.
Greenwald mentions “Book Tour Hell” in a tweet to Jack Shafer. What a whinge. Nobody is forcing GG to put his face all over the media to shill his stupid-ass book.
Remember when he was only doing presentations/interviews via Skype in the early days of the Snowden era? I hope more people are realizing what an entitled narcissistic prick he is.
187 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 5:59:54am |
Never play with guns, especially 30mm cannons that sit on #Russia|n BMP's http://t.co/ofSE8orr3a #Ukraine— Syricide (@Syricide) May 16, 2014
188 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 6:02:18am |
re: #166 Justanotherhuman
Hackery.
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Standing ovation for @ggreenwald & Noam Chomsky in Cambridge. @HarvardBooks pic.twitter.com/WkADPL916O— ACLU Massachusetts (@ACLU_Mass) May 15, 2014
189 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 6:05:08am |
This is one of the worst sexual abuse cases I’ve read about in NC. Story says there are 11 kids. Wonder about the 4 others. But, of course, the brothers have “repented” so all is well. Except for the 16 yr old girl.
Six N.C. brothers accused of abusing girl over decade
“A North Carolina piano tuner charged in a nearly decadelong child sex abuse case told a church elder in 2012 that he and his brothers had molested a girl.
“The man, Eric Jackson, agreed shortly thereafter to tell his story to the Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office, said Elder Dan Horn, of Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, N.C. Horn said Jackson believed he needed to “walk in the light and confess his sin to the authorities.”
(snip)
“Eric Jackson, 27, and five of his brothers - Jon, 25, Matthew, 23, Nathaniel, 21, Benjamin, 19, and Aaron, 18 - were arrested last week on charges they molested a young girl for almost a decade. It happened from the time she was 4 until she was about 14, according to Sheriff Eric Tilley.” More
190 | Dr. Matt May 16, 2014 6:07:43am |
re: #187 NJDhockeyfan
Rule #1. Never, ever, never leave the doors unlocked to the BMP.
191 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 6:10:58am |
Firefighters in Novato, Calif., investigating 8 suspicious fires; 2 set Wednesday, 6 set overnight - @abc7newsBayArea
Read more on t.co
193 | Eventual Carrion May 16, 2014 6:15:01am |
re: #20 Justanotherhuman
That was a rhetorical question, right?
Well, here’s your rhetorical answer.
Glenn Greenwald: ‘I don’t trust the UK not to arrest me. Their behaviour has been extreme’
“I’m the victim here!
Yes Glenn, they should treat you the same way you would treat someone who stole your home security system pass code and posted it on the fucking internet for everyone to see. Fuck you asshole.
194 | William Barnett-Lewis May 16, 2014 6:15:32am |
re: #166 Justanotherhuman
Hackery.
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It’s sad when Chomsky is the better of the two - at least he’s always been the same kind of idiot rather than changing with the wind to make more money.
195 | b.d. May 16, 2014 6:17:28am |
President’s Schedule - May 16, 2014
Subscribe to President’s Schedule - May 16, 2014Add Events to iCal Expand to select date. Format: 05-16-2014.mm-dd-yyyy.Friday, May 16 2014
No public schedule.
WE GOT HIM HOLED UP!! TIME TO FLUSH HIM OUT!!!
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196 | GunstarGreen May 16, 2014 6:17:46am |
So, it’s Friday at last!
Has TEH TYRANT!!!!!111!11!11!!1 been overthrown yet?
197 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 6:20:48am |
re: #193 Eventual Carrion
Yes Glenn, they should treat you the same way you would treat someone who stole your home security system pass code and posted it on the fucking internet for everyone to see. Fuck you asshole.
IIRC, there were 4 European countries on his “book tour” schedule, also. I’m wondering if they have extradition treaties with the UK if the UK actually wanted to question him? No doubt he can get a straight flight to Germany, which was mentioned, I believe, and where no doubt he’ll reunite with his co-conspirator, Poitras.
198 | Sergey Romanov May 16, 2014 6:22:07am |
re: #187 NJDhockeyfan
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It’s better not to post pro-Assad, pro-Putin neo-fascists:
Its an amusing dichotomy the anti-#Assad twitter accounts for #Syria are pro-#Nazi for #Ukraine. #LowIntellectTwitterChildren— Syricide (@Syricide) May 16, 2014
199 | b.d. May 16, 2014 6:23:19am |
WE ALL HAVE JOBS AND THAT IS WHY WE AREN’T THERE. THE MOOCHER TAKING CLASS ARE THE ONES WITHOUT JOBS THAT CAN SHOW UP TO PROTEST ABOUT NOT GETTING ENOUGH FREE STUFF!!
200 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 6:23:33am |
Dumbass misunderstands what a “parable” is.
Jesus Was A Capitalist To His Core http://t.co/BtSILY9Rsb via @barbwirecom— Matt Barber (@jmattbarber) May 16, 2014
201 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 6:25:25am |
re: #200 Pie-onist Overlord
Dumbass misunderstands what a “parable” is.
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You mean the guy who went into the temple and threw the money-changers out, or preached about giving to the poor and disabled, and who said it was easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than a rich man into heaven…was a capitalist?
202 | Sergey Romanov May 16, 2014 6:25:28am |
re: #200 Pie-onist Overlord
It’s just as stupid as calling him a communist or a socialist. Everybody wants Jesus on his team.
203 | William Barnett-Lewis May 16, 2014 6:28:45am |
re: #200 Pie-onist Overlord
Dumbass misunderstands what a “parable” is.
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Considering how intellectually challenged so many of these idiots are it’s probably a good thing Christians never took up midrash. If they can make such hash out of relatively simple parables, can you just imagine how confused they be by some of the classics?
It’s a good thing I know decent folk who do try to live as He taught or I’d be tempted by despair between this twit & Fischer.
204 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 6:29:54am |
205 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 6:30:36am |
re: #200 Pie-onist Overlord
Dumbass misunderstands what a “parable” is.
Barber is using the Conserva-Bible. When the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost, he was actually dropping silver in their purses. The speaking-in-tongues bit was like the babble you hear at commodity exchanges between traders.
206 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 6:31:29am |
Nigeria abducted schoolgirls: President cancels Chibok trip
the visit was called off for security reasons, the officials said
207 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 16, 2014 6:31:39am |
re: #203 William Barnett-Lewis
Considering how intellectually challenged so many of these idiots are it’s probably a good thing Christians never took up midrash. If they can make such hash out of relatively simple parables, can you just imagine how confused they be by some of the classics?
It’s a good thing I know decent folk who do try to live as He taught or I’d be tempted by despair between this twit & Fischer.
Imagine them trying to comprehend koans. Minds blown.
208 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 6:32:02am |
Really? Snow ??????? @ Crystal Lake, Illionois http://t.co/NVKToSu7Q0
— William Cochran (@e07015) May 16, 2014
And here in eastern Kentucky, we’re supposed to have frost Saturday morning.
So tired of this…
209 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 6:34:32am |
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And here in eastern Kentucky, we’re supposed to have frost Saturday morning.
So tired of this…
Well, just think what it would be like with global warming,
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210 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 6:35:00am |
Iran protesters demand enforcement of hijab rules
“In some parts of the city, the veils are coming off right now and the full violation of hijab can be witnessed,” Hojjatoleslam Kazem Sediqi said in a Friday prayers speech at Tehran University, shortly before the planned rally.
It was unclear whether Sediqi was implicitly referring to a recent online campaign by thousands of Iranian women who posted pictures of themselves flouting the dress code inside the country.
211 | Sergey Romanov May 16, 2014 6:35:54am |
BTW, I love how sometimes fundies quote Paul’s “those who don’t work shall not eat” as supporting capitalism, without being aware that it’s also the 2nd princple in the so-called Moral Code of the Builder of Communism.
212 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 6:37:11am |
#OperationAmericanSpring hashtag is for laughing and mocking the teaturds. No “actual patriots” are using that tag.
213 | wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window May 16, 2014 6:37:32am |
re: #209 ObserverArt
Well, just think what it would be like with global warming,
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My friend in northern Thailand says it’s 38°C there (100°F). Her classroom does not have AC.
Count your blessings.
214 | Rightwingconspirator May 16, 2014 6:39:06am |
When the chips are down….
Breaking-ABC7 reporting the end of a police pursuit. Someone stole a Frito Lays truck and tried to run.
I could not help but speculate the truck stopped when it got to a dip in the road.
215 | William Barnett-Lewis May 16, 2014 6:39:46am |
re: #211 Sergey Romanov
BTW, I love how sometimes fundies quote Paul’s “those who don’t work shall not eat” as supporting capitalism, without being aware that it’s also the 2nd princple in the so-called Moral Code of the Builder of Communism.
Oh, now that’s a hoot. Somehow I never ran into that in my various readings over the years (admittedly I stick to western lefties like Mike Harrington. Still…) I have to remember that one.
216 | William Barnett-Lewis May 16, 2014 6:40:19am |
re: #214 Rightwingconspirator
When the chips are down….
Breaking-ABC7 reporting the end of a police pursuit. Someone stole a Frito Lays truck and tried to run.
I could not help but speculate the truck stopped when it got to a dip in the road.
< rimshot >
217 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 6:41:37am |
re: #212 Pie-onist Overlord
#OperationAmericanSpring hashtag is for laughing and mocking the teaturds. No “actual patriots” are using that tag.
This one looks like real (thin) message traffic:
218 | Sergey Romanov May 16, 2014 6:45:18am |
219 | darthstar May 16, 2014 6:45:32am |
re: #212 Pie-onist Overlord
#OperationAmericanSpring hashtag is for laughing and mocking the teaturds. No “actual patriots” are using that tag.
OAS looks like creeping pariah to me.
220 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 6:45:53am |
The World According To Marco Rubio: #ActOnClimate? No way! Why? Because… …well…just because! pic.twitter.com/KrdVJ73I4g
— Kennett Area Dems (@KennettDems) May 16, 2014
221 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 6:46:54am |
re: #215 William Barnett-Lewis
Oh, now that’s a hoot. Somehow I never ran into that in my various readings over the years (admittedly I stick to western lefties like Mike Harrington. Still…) I have to remember that one.
I was told that 40 yrs ago by an admitted communist. Hard liners are just as reactionary as the rightwing here in much of communist practice. For instance, Cuba would not permit gays and lesbians to enter the country as part of the “Venceremos Brigade”—they had to hide their sexual identity if they wanted to be part of the trip.
I don’t know if that’s changed since the VB appears to still be in existence.
venceremosbrigade.net
222 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 6:47:41am |
I just drank some 7 Up. Incidentally, I got up at 7. Now if that's not evidence of paranormal forces at work, I don't know what is.
— PIES (@fuelled_by_pies) May 16, 2014
223 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 6:48:55am |
LOL
here is live coverage of #OperationAmericanSpring http://t.co/Pw3oMMDkvd there are 4 people watching— Ann Boobus (@a_girl_irl) May 16, 2014
224 | Sergey Romanov May 16, 2014 6:49:38am |
Oh, and here’s the infamous Stalin’s Constitution of 1936:
ARTICLE 12. In the U.S.S.R. work is a duty and a matter of honor for every able-bodied citizen, in accordance with the principle: “He who does not work, neither shall he eat.”
The principle applied in the U.S.S.R. is that of socialism: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his work.”
225 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 6:49:40am |
re: #218 Sergey Romanov
One of the guys who took part in writing it in 1961 later admitted that it was partially gleaned from some Biblical principles.
Also an express rule in one of our desperate colonial beacheads, Jamestown VA, I think. The shock in that case is that the leader definitely meant everybody in the nobility-heavy party.
226 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 6:50:54am |
re: #223 Pie-onist Overlord
LOL
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Haha, well, it does say “until mission accomplished” which is what, never?
227 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 6:55:22am |
re: #226 Justanotherhuman
Haha, well, it does say “until mission accomplished” which is what, never?
Google News search yields nothing fresher than 8 hrs ago. That is Russia Today, which has been a constant follower.
228 | William Barnett-Lewis May 16, 2014 6:57:25am |
re: #218 Sergey Romanov
One of the guys who took part in writing it in 1961 later admitted that it was partially gleaned from some Biblical principles.
i saw that. It’s an interesting thing to read about - I wonder if it had any impact on those who were young at the time (by young, I’d include up to 20 or so.)?
229 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 6:58:53am |
WOAH. @capitalweather was NOT kidding about flooding. #Potomac is on the Georgetown waterfront this am. pic.twitter.com/bsRWkYWaj3
— Kori Anderson (@koranders) May 16, 2014
230 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 7:07:45am |
re: #211 Sergey Romanov
BTW, I love how sometimes fundies quote Paul’s “those who don’t work shall not eat” as supporting capitalism, without being aware that it’s also the 2nd princple in the so-called Moral Code of the Builder of Communism.
Fundies and extreme Communists have a lot in common honestly. BTW, it’s good to see you posting again.
231 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 16, 2014 7:07:58am |
It’s a little past 10 AM Eastern - have the millions and millions of American Spring protesters overthrown the government yet? Or am I still living under the iron fist of tyranny?
232 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 7:09:21am |
re: #231 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
It’s a little past 10 AM Eastern - have the millions and millions of American Spring protesters overthrown the government yet? Or am I still living under the iron fist of tyranny?
That was today? Okay, more seriously living in the DC area, the excuse is going to be something about the weather and how it limited how many people they could get because you know real revolutionaries let the weather get to them.
233 | Justanotherhuman May 16, 2014 7:10:53am |
The new Wiki policy that has been adopted as of April 25, 2014 by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees
234 | darthstar May 16, 2014 7:13:12am |
When the wizard installs it for you, you're in good hands. pic.twitter.com/OTyFSz2BhC— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) May 16, 2014
235 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 16, 2014 7:14:12am |
re: #232 HappyWarrior
Well, on their website they claim 10 million people are going to flood into DC. The question that occurred to me immediately is, where are 10 million extra people going to take a crap? That’s a huge amount of sudden strain (no pun intended) on the sanitation infrastructure. With the flooding that’s taking place, this seems like a recipe for an urban cholera outbreak that could overwhelm area hospitals and emergency responders.
And to think that it will be that much worse because suddenly there’s no coherent government structure to step in and help — no FEMA, no National Guard, no Corps of Engineers. Just a bunch of patriots and their bootstraps. And guns.
236 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 7:14:39am |
re: #231 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
It’s a little past 10 AM Eastern - have the millions and millions of American Spring protesters overthrown the government yet? Or am I still living under the iron fist of tyranny?
According what seemed to be the most recent post at their website, they’re still “building momentum.”
237 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 7:15:40am |
pic.twitter.com/sDNKsn0rsW— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) May 16, 2014
238 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 16, 2014 7:17:14am |
re: #236 Targetpractice
According what seemed to be the most recent post at their website, they’re still “building momentum.”
That’s what I call it when I hit the snooze alarm for the 4th time on Monday mornings.
239 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 7:18:11am |
Hacked San Francisco traffic sign warns of 'Godzilla Attack'. Via @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/3q4myQ5J7t
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) May 16, 2014
240 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 7:18:30am |
re: #236 Targetpractice
According what seemed to be the most recent post at their website, they’re still “building momentum.”
If you’re still building momentum the morning of your supposed revolution, you’re not doing it right.
241 | Rev_Arthur_Belling May 16, 2014 7:18:37am |
re: #234 darthstar
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Wonder how many will get that it’s a Windows prompt, and the wizard is using a Mac?
242 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 7:19:14am |
re: #235 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Well, on their website they claim 10 million people are going to flood into DC. The question that occurred to me immediately is, where are 10 million extra people going to take a crap? That’s a huge amount of sudden strain (no pun intended) on the sanitation infrastructure. With the flooding that’s taking place, this seems like a recipe for an urban cholera outbreak that could overwhelm area hospitals and emergency responders.
And to think that it will be that much worse because suddenly there’s no coherent government structure to step in and help — no FEMA, no National Guard, no Corps of Engineers. Just a bunch of patriots and their bootstraps. And guns.
Yeah that sounds nasty but fortunately it’s just more puff and mirrors from the armchair patriot crowd.
243 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 7:19:16am |
We're looking for the 30 million 'patriots' who are supposed to descend on Washington D.C. to no avail…. http://t.co/tBUIGgBNFz
— FreakOutNation (@FreakOutNation) May 16, 2014
244 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 7:19:23am |
re: #238 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
That’s what I call it when I hit the snooze alarm for the 4th time on Monday mornings.
I took it to mean that they’re still charging their Hoverounds.
245 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 7:21:12am |
#Lugansk might've moved to Kiev, but the good news is that #CNN learned that #Ukraine is not in Pakistan. #??????? pic.twitter.com/E4mAqIUvMa— Nina Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) May 15, 2014
246 | FemNaziBitch May 16, 2014 7:23:47am |
It’s morning again. IT’s damp and dark.
alleriges seem to be a bit better, my head confirms it.
This is an automatic Pollen and Mold Alert from the National Allergy Bureau, a service of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Station: Chicago Area (Melrose Park), IL
Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Station Head(s): Joseph G. Leija, MD FAAAAI
Date of Pollen and Mold Count: 05/16/2014*********************************
Pollen & Mold Summary
*********************************
Trees: Moderate Concentration
Weeds: Moderate Concentration
Grass: Moderate Concentration
Mold: Low Concentration
you?
247 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 7:26:20am |
How to Successfully Troll MSNBC’s Ed Schultz
“I accidentally got on the show one day after directly quoting one of Ed’s insightful comments about the GOP (they’re racist, etc.),” the WFB digital managing editor tells Mediaite. “After that, I thought I’d see what the bar was for liberal nonsense they’d allow on the air. Turns out it was pretty low.”
248 | FemNaziBitch May 16, 2014 7:28:41am |
re: #218 Sergey Romanov
One of the guys who took part in writing it in 1961 later admitted that it was partially gleaned from some Biblical principles.
I get a bit wearly of the term “biblical”. Why can’t the whacko’s concede that what they are talking about are universal values not specific to any one religion, philosophy or time in history?
249 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 7:30:01am |
“#Cubs mistakenly painted mural of old Comiskey Park on walls of Wrigley Field. They're fixing it: http://t.co/qcnXKyJR4L” Jesus Christ Cubs— Brian Budson (@BudsonConvo16) May 16, 2014
250 | FemNaziBitch May 16, 2014 7:30:09am |
251 | Charles Johnson May 16, 2014 7:30:54am |
Ruh roh. http://t.co/qxoUZb3DjF— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2014
252 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 7:31:30am |
253 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 7:32:28am |
Max Fischer: Obama’s strategy of letting Putin hang himself is working
I’m not so convinced. I think Putin is expanding Russian influence a bit faster than he would like but I’m not sure that’s because of Obama’s brilliant strategy.
254 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 7:33:30am |
re: #194 William Barnett-Lewis
It’s sad when Chomsky is the better of the two - at least he’s always been the same kind of idiot rather than changing with the wind to make more money.
Chomsky, in contrast to Greenwald, is terribly clever in the way he constructs his arguments. Obviously the starting point for his opinions are the same as GG’s, namely that the US and its foreign policy in particular are the source of most of the ills that afflict the world. But Chomsky justifies his lack of criticism for regimes like Russia’s, Venezuela’s and Iran’s by saying his sphere of attention is the West whereas those other countries must rely on homegrown dissidents.
The problem with this is that if you can’t bring yourself to heap scorn on all state players, if indeed your problem is with the abuses committed by government, even if only for the sake of intellectual consistency, you’re naturally ignoring the broader context of international relationships and varying mitigating circumstances.
In the case of the NSA, the argument that the US shouldn’t compile communication metadata for national security reasons only makes sense if we insist that America has an unopposed global hegemony. Clearly, any domestic surveillance program must be balanced and have adequate oversight, but given the methods used by actors like Russia to actively suppress dissent in their own countries, the argument against the US rings a little hollow.
The only conclusion one can reach from this is one many here have arrived at already. The positions people like Chomsky and GG hold sometimes have merit, but the obsessive focus on activities in the US, while ignoring entirely developments elsewhere reveal their actual motives.
At least Chomsky has been consistently blame-America-first.
GG is a fucking windsock.
255 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 7:34:22am |
re: #250 FemNaziBitch
Who are these people who have time for trolling?
He’s an editor at Free Beacon.
256 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 7:38:10am |
257 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 7:38:43am |
re: #254 Alyosha
The positions people like Chomsky and GG hold sometimes have merit, but the obsessive focus on activities in the US, while ignoring entirely developments elsewhere reveal their actual motives.
At least Chomsky has been consistently blame-America-first.
GG is a fucking windsock.
I think Chomsky is worth paying some attention to. He’s horribly wrong much of the time but he is influential and I think it’s important to understand his reasoning. Greenwald is more of an oddity. He is influential in the sense that he does have a decent sized fan club but he doesn’t have the intellectual weight of Chomsky.
258 | Eventual Carrion May 16, 2014 7:39:05am |
re: #115 Decatur Deb
When SNL was funny, it had bees, and Muppets.
“He’s buzzing off, he’s buzzing off!”
[buzz, buzz, buzz]
259 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 7:40:49am |
Nairobi bomb blasts kill at least 10 as Britons fly home
At least 10 people are killed and 70 injured in two explosions in the Kenyan capital, as Britons leave the country after a Foreign Office warning about “a high threat of terrorism”.
260 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 7:43:57am |
re: #259 Killgore Trout
I like the luggage, I need that. My old traveling backpack with a Canadian maple leaf is nearly worn out.
261 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 7:45:08am |
Firefighters battle raging #SanDiegoFire; at least two suspected arsonists detained http://t.co/tjCI4mX6Dw pic.twitter.com/wf0I6ncvp3— The Straits Times (@STcom) May 16, 2014
262 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 7:48:24am |
re: #257 Killgore Trout
I think Chomsky is worth paying some attention to. He’s horribly wrong much of the time but he is influential and I think it’s important to understand his reasoning. Greenwald is more of an oddity. He is influential in the sense that he does have a decent sized fan club but he doesn’t have the intellectual weight of Chomsky.
His arguments are compelling if they aren’t scrutinized too closely. Reminds me of the kind of appeal that Ron Paul enjoys. Smart people not taking libertarian ideas to logical conclusions.
263 | Stanley Sea May 16, 2014 7:50:02am |
re: #261 NJDhockeyfan
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Be careful what you post.
1st - that photo is from yesterday or the day before.
2nd - the suspects arrested were attempting to light a new fire. May/may not have anything to do with the Cocos fire.
264 | Stanley Sea May 16, 2014 7:57:02am |
#CocosFire [update] 1,200 acres burned; 5% contained http://t.co/FHOoTcQ3aC pic.twitter.com/nYolrEAa6m
— News 8 San Diego CBS (@News8) May 16, 2014
265 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 7:57:30am |
BREAKING: US government fines General Motors maximum $35 million for ignition switch recall delays.— The Associated Press (@AP) May 16, 2014
Thing is, I’m not happy with this for two reasons. The first I’m almost sure that GM made a shitload more money than $35 mil off the sale of defective cars and the upkeep thereof. And second, because I think somebody or rather somebodies on GM’s board of directors should be facing jail time for 13 counts of negligent homicide.
266 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 7:58:23am |
Occupy Random Corner. RT @owillis: they are singing the anthem now, its going down y'all #OperationAmericanSpring pic.twitter.com/NciiHnJ5Wf— Ralph Crammed In (@jteeDC) May 16, 2014
267 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 7:59:03am |
they are very angry not enough people are there, lol— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 16, 2014
268 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 16, 2014 7:59:44am |
The “American spring” live stream is hilarious
269 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 7:59:56am |
I’ll go ahead and guesstimate now that they’ll be lucky if 10,000 show up before day’s end.
270 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 8:00:32am |
re: #269 Targetpractice
I’ll go ahead and guesstimate now that they’ll be lucky if 10
,000show up before day’s end.
271 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 8:02:06am |
272 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 8:02:18am |
Well he looks like a nice gentleman
//
Former Alabama KKK leader gets prison time for cross burning http://t.co/2cb2oO69Bu pic.twitter.com/WOgGNwNm36— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 16, 2014
273 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 8:02:28am |
They might be more successful if they count brain cells in attendance and not individual patriots.
274 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 8:05:41am |
re: #273 Alyosha
They might be more successful if they count brain cells in attendance and not individual patriots.
The number would be even lower if they used that method. There must be a bunch of cousins all sharing the same brain cell.
275 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 8:06:02am |
re: #273 Alyosha
They might be more successful if they count brain cells in attendance and not individual patriots.
They’d still be 29,999,999 short.
276 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 8:07:00am |
re: #262 Alyosha
His arguments are compelling if they aren’t scrutinized too closely. Reminds me of the kind of appeal that Ron Paul enjoys. Smart people not taking libertarian ideas to logical conclusions.
I think Manufacturing Consent is a good example. His larger premise of the media’s role is shaping/constructing public opinion is correct. However he focuses the blame on business and capitalism and overlooks partisan activist media, well funded think tanks and even the publics own overwhelming desire to fool itself.
He has some good general ideas but unfortunately misses the mark.
277 | Charles Johnson May 16, 2014 8:07:02am |
Fascinating - people already bailing out of The Intercept. There’s trouble in the Mighty Greenwald’s fortress of solitude.
278 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 8:07:50am |
This is what 30 million people looks like to conservatives. pic.twitter.com/SPFDBjv67O
— Tom Wellborn (@TLW3) May 16, 2014
279 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 8:07:55am |
SPOTTED: #OperationAmericanSpring has mobilized the troops. #OAS2014 pic.twitter.com/GR3yP5eVjK— Very Serious People(TM) (@TheXclass) May 16, 2014
280 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:08:22am |
281 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 8:08:25am |
282 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 8:08:36am |
re: #277 Charles Johnson
Fascinating - people already bailing out of The Intercept. There’s trouble in the Mighty Greenwald’s fortress of solitude.
So, which do you figure set off the exodus? The rank stench of Glenn’s rapidly expanding ego or the reality that the imminent collapse of said ego into a black hole threatened to swallow up any credibility they had with it?
283 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 8:08:54am |
284 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 8:11:04am |
There are more people mocking #OperationAmericanSpring than in #OperationAmericanSpring
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) May 16, 2014
So Operation #AmericanSpring has turned into a radio talk show out of an RV. Actually it's fucking hilarious.
— Chris Savage (@Eclectablog) May 16, 2014
285 | FemNaziBitch May 16, 2014 8:11:20am |
Just learned a family member has been in a serious motorcycle accident in another state. Feel an overwhelming urge to go there and be in the way.
*sigh*
286 | b.d. May 16, 2014 8:12:45am |
re: #251 Charles Johnson
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So the white male honeycomb hide out that is The Intercept just lost one of its few non white male employees?
Diversity baby!
288 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 8:14:03am |
re: #276 Killgore Trout
I think Manufacturing Consent is a good example. His larger premise of the media’s role is shaping/constructing public opinion is correct. However he focuses the blame on business and capitalism and overlooks partisan activist media, well funded think tanks and even the publics own overwhelming desire to fool itself.
He has some good general ideas but unfortunately misses the mark.
I am most sympathetic to his views on the media, though I haven’t seen Manufacturing Consent. But at this point journalistic standards and the media in general are low-hanging fruit. Not even FOX News viewers are content.
289 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 8:14:28am |
JUST PUBLISHED: Kerry says “raw data” indicate that Syria used chemical weapons multiple times in recent months http://t.co/rnAYBfdlOc— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 15, 2014
290 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 8:14:56am |
re: #286 b.d.
So the white male honeycomb hide out that is The Intercept just lost one of its few non white male employees?
Diversity baby!
She found out she was getting paid less than the male employees, asked for more money and they said GTFO.
291 | b.d. May 16, 2014 8:15:05am |
re: #277 Charles Johnson
Fascinating - people already bailing out of The Intercept. There’s trouble in the Mighty Greenwald’s fortress of solitude.
Unbelievable that The Intercept hasn’t updated their web page, they still show her a s staff.
Keeping the staff page up to date was probably her job.
//
292 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 8:15:12am |
Syrian Army shells Nawa with dozens of Grad rockets within one minute. Entire city hit.
Liveleak Video
293 | b.d. May 16, 2014 8:16:09am |
re: #285 FemNaziBitch
Just learned a family member has been in a serious motorcycle accident in another state. Feel an overwhelming urge to go there and be in the way.
*sigh*
I am sorry FemNaziBitch, hope the news turns out better than feared.
294 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 8:16:29am |
What reason could there possibly be for the Republican Party to reduce their 2016 Presidential debates to a minimum? pic.twitter.com/1jw1SFaWhu
— Buh Bye GOP (@BuhByeGOP) May 16, 2014
295 | b.d. May 16, 2014 8:17:20am |
re: #290 Pie-onist Overlord
She found out she was getting paid less than the male employees, asked for more money and they said GTFO.
All employees of The Intercept should be paid the same for not doing anything.
296 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:20:00am |
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Probably don’t want more footage of their crowds saying “Let him die” or booing openly gay service members. Neither are helpful for the “re branding”.
297 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 8:21:53am |
Here's the #AmericanSpring live feed. I think they all showed up in the same Ram 1500. http://t.co/TCPac6aKeC @ActUpSpeakOut @matthewcopsey
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) May 16, 2014
298 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 8:22:43am |
re: #295 b.d.
All employees of The Intercept should be paid the same for not doing anything.
What is the going rate for kissing GG’s arse? Whatever it is, it’s probably not enough.
299 | Eventual Carrion May 16, 2014 8:23:14am |
re: #223 Pie-onist Overlord
LOL
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And they were probably just walking by and are waiting to see if a band will take the stage.
300 | Stanley Sea May 16, 2014 8:26:18am |
Angry dude yelling at camera says we have no idea how much freedom we have in America, but also that we have none because Hitler socialism.
— David Waldman (@KagroX) May 16, 2014
AMERICA IS THE GREATEST HELLHOLE IN THE WORLD!!!
— David Waldman (@KagroX) May 16, 2014
I liked this better when it was called Hee Haw.
— David Waldman (@KagroX) May 16, 2014
301 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:27:54am |
302 | Dr. Matt May 16, 2014 8:28:19am |
#OperationAmericanSpring I'm starting to believe that the #OAS2014 organizers are actually progressives brilliantly trolling the right.— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 16, 2014
303 | NJDhockeyfan May 16, 2014 8:30:45am |
New @hrw evidence suggests #Syria's govt is using chemical weapons again. http://t.co/EcFNaxffAp pic.twitter.com/AQSjw4T5cu #CW— Dr m/z ( ?.? ) (@Dr_mz13) May 13, 2014
304 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 8:31:59am |
re: #302 Dr. Matt
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Reminds me of the old joke about how you could tell who the undercover FBI agents were in the KKK because they were the only ones paying the dues.
306 | Dr. Matt May 16, 2014 8:33:33am |
Tourists or whining protesters patriots? I think I see about 20 people. earthcam.com
307 | klys May 16, 2014 8:33:36am |
So Internet on an airplane is kind of common these days but this is the first time I’ve seen Internet on a trans-Atlantic flight.
Hi from off the coast of Greenland.
308 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 8:34:22am |
re: #307 klys
So Internet on an airplane is kind of common these days but this is the first time I’ve seen Internet on a trans-Atlantic flight.
Hi from off the coast of Greenland.
Let us know if you crash, because then we’ll know what CNN’s headlines for the next month will be.
//
309 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 8:34:31am |
310 | klys May 16, 2014 8:35:59am |
re: #308 Targetpractice
Let us know if you crash, because then we’ll know what CNN’s headlines for the next month will be.
//
Haha, dude, there were two announcements asking [passenger name] to please let the flight attendants know if they were on board. That was a little o.O
311 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:41:03am |
You love the Constitution so much, you would back a mob to overturn the results of open elections? LOL @leahmeyer49 #uninformed— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
312 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 8:42:13am |
Operation #AmericanSpring rally is going to be huge. Leader @COLHarryRiley has 380 Twitter followers. Each only has to bring 79K friends.
— Chris Savage (@Eclectablog) May 16, 2014
313 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:42:37am |
Live update from: #OperationAmericanSpring pic.twitter.com/AQOmxqxsJP— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) May 16, 2014
314 | b.d. May 16, 2014 8:42:46am |
315 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:43:05am |
re: #311 Kragar
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Sharia law? I must have missed the ban on ham, alcohol, and marriages between non-Muslims. What an abject moron. i wouldn’t even dignify that stupidity with a response.
316 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:43:30am |
317 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:45:20am |
If you really cared, you would have used capslock more. @leahmeyer49— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
318 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 8:46:32am |
re: #317 Kragar
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Shit, she wants to talk about broken promises? How about “no nation-building”?
319 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:47:09am |
You know if these people really revered our founding fathers, they wouldn’t be rationalizing a coup because they don’t like the election results. John Adams’ finest hour honestly as president probably came when he peacefully let Jefferson take his place without bloodshed.
320 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:47:35am |
I knew it was going to be a slow day at work, so I took the day off. Now I can devote the whole day to riffing OAS
321 | b.d. May 16, 2014 8:47:38am |
re: #318 Targetpractice
Shit, she wants to talk about broken promises? How about “no nation-building”?
OR “READ MY LIPS, NO NEW TAXES!!!!1!!”
322 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:47:52am |
re: #318 Targetpractice
Shit, she wants to talk about broken promises? How about “no nation-building”?
No shit but these are professional victims.
323 | wrenchwench May 16, 2014 8:48:46am |
re: #313 Kragar
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Oh look. That flag matches the KKK guy’s tattoo.
A version is archived here.
324 | Killgore Trout May 16, 2014 8:48:49am |
re: #303 NJDhockeyfan
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I’m not seeing much talk about progress getting Syria to turn over the rest of their declared chemical weapons. I wonder if that plan is dead. Either way it seems Assad feels safe in using chlorine. I’m not sure if we’re going to do anything about it.
325 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 8:49:09am |
re: #320 Kragar
I knew it was going to be a slow day at work, so I took the day off. Now I can devote the whole day to riffing OAS
Shit, what else are you going to do for the day? I’ve got to sit here and watch old episodes of Top Gear just to avoid sanity.
326 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 8:49:10am |
re: #320 Kragar
I knew it was going to be a slow day at work, so I took the day off. Now I can devote the whole day to riffing OAS
Do it for Dio.
327 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:49:15am |
re: #321 b.d.
OR “READ MY LIPS, NO NEW TAXES!!!!1!!”
or Reagan totally increasing the size of the government as president. Really, she wants to talk about broken promises? That’s not justification for a whiny coup. If she doesn’t like Obama. Fine, she can vote for representatives that oppose him but she doesn’t get to overturn the results by bloodshed and kangaroo courts.
328 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 8:49:52am |
hahahahahahaha
The Daily Paul #KeepingItReal on Operation American Spring—-> http://t.co/yd650Gnl4f #FalseFlag #CrazyPeople
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) May 16, 2014
330 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 8:51:31am |
re: #272 NJDhockeyfan
Well he looks like a nice gentleman
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Not quite a neighbor, but we probably share a Walmart. Not joking.
331 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 8:52:05am |
Every variation of hashtag about “American Spring” is liberal snark. Very few patriots to be found. Did they turn off all the conservatives wifi while allowing the Obama-voters to access a seekrit Internets?
332 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:52:15am |
333 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:53:22am |
re: #325 Targetpractice
Shit, what else are you going to do for the day? I’ve got to sit here and watch old episodes of Top Gear just to avoid sanity.
Work on some models, maybe catch up on Netflix
334 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 8:54:11am |
Can we verify that the KKK/Confederate flag dude is from this American Spring rally and it’s not a stock photo from some random KKK rally?
335 | makeitstop May 16, 2014 8:54:19am |
Everybody on this stupid talk show is bitching about how the MSM didn’t cover this exercise in derp.
They’re all insane. Reduced to callers saying ‘I couldn’t get there, but everyone I talk to supports it!’
LOL
336 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:55:01am |
True. RT @tomwatson: There are more people mocking #OperationAmericanSpring than in #OperationAmericanSpring— M.Ash (@mash09) May 16, 2014
337 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 8:55:34am |
re: #335 makeitstop
Everybody on this stupid talk show is bitching about how the MSM didn’t cover this exercise in derp.
They’re all insane. Reduced to callers saying ‘I couldn’t get there, but everyone I talk to supports it!’
LOL
Yeah, and I don’t know how Obama got elected, because nobody I know voted for him.
///
338 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:56:26am |
re: #334 Pie-onist Overlord
Can we verify that the KKK/Confederate flag dude is from this American Spring rally and it’s not a stock photo from some random KKK rally?
Nevermind Friday, December 30, 2011
339 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 8:56:55am |
The OAS video feed goes live in 4 minutes. Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten the link.
340 | wrenchwench May 16, 2014 8:56:58am |
re: #334 Pie-onist Overlord
Can we verify that the KKK/Confederate flag dude is from this American Spring rally and it’s not a stock photo from some random KKK rally?
Good instinct. From 2010:
Ku Klux Klan protest rally in front of Augusta State University lasts 30 minutes
341 | bubba zanetti May 16, 2014 8:57:19am |
Weird Twitter is brutally trolling OAS (Audio NSFW):
I got the phone call itself but not him getting mad for 2 minutes after he cut me off https://t.co/MTZ78pAmh3— Löwenäffchen (@Lowenaffchen) May 16, 2014
(Audio NSFW)
342 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 8:57:28am |
344 | Kragar May 16, 2014 8:58:11am |
345 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 8:58:34am |
re: #342 Pie-onist Overlord
I hate being pwn3d.
It’s too damned easy with these people. The sunlight should have given it away.
346 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 8:58:44am |
re: #337 Targetpractice
Yeah, and I don’t know how Obama got elected, because nobody I know voted for him.
///
or no one but poor minorities wanting “free stuff” voted for him. What they refuse to get is that Obama was much more appealing than the alternatives their party and ideology has to offer. Really conservatives, if you want to win elections, stop being the ideology of the sexually repressed and comically greedy.
347 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 16, 2014 8:58:56am |
348 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 9:02:15am |
349 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 9:02:17am |
re: #343 makeitstop
This stream is comedy gold. Comedy gold, Jerry.
And we haven’t even started the Ovaltine bit yet.
350 | makeitstop May 16, 2014 9:03:55am |
Aww, crap. The stream, it is kilt.
Is C-SPAN covering this? I need some panoramic crowd shots!
351 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 9:04:14am |
re: #339 Skip Intro
The OAS video feed goes live in 4 minutes. Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten the link.
Video from The Revolution appears to be running late.
352 | iossarian May 16, 2014 9:04:31am |
Has the government been overthrown yet? If so I might not bother with this status report.
I need more coffee.
353 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 9:06:00am |
re: #352 iossarian
Has the government been overthrown yet? If so I might not bother with this status report.
I need more coffee.
I think the official videographer of the Revolution is having battery problems with his cell phone.
355 | iossarian May 16, 2014 9:07:33am |
re: #353 Skip Intro
I think the official videographer of the Revolution is having battery problems with his cell phone.
It’s either that or BLACK HELICOPTERS.
356 | makeitstop May 16, 2014 9:08:04am |
So, the go-to excuse for not getting the promised 30 million patriots will be…what?
So far, the leader seems to be ‘the media didn’t cover it.’
358 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 9:12:09am |
TEH TYRANNICAL DICTATOR EMPEROR KING HAS IMPRISONED 30 MILLION PATRIOTS IN FEMA CAMPS!!!! WHERE IS TEH MEDIA!!!!!!
359 | makeitstop May 16, 2014 9:12:53am |
Oh, man, someone’s gonna drop an N-bomb here, I can feel it.
360 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 9:13:43am |
I don’t get it. If political correctness is the misguided desire to not offend or upset anyone, just why are these people so offended and upset lol
361 | Rightwingconspirator May 16, 2014 9:14:58am |
Don’t blame the victim, the noose, the gun, the car or the bridge.
US foreclosures increase suicide rate
362 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 9:15:12am |
I can’t view the livestream. Firewalled here.
363 | klys May 16, 2014 9:15:13am |
re: #360 Alyosha
I don’t get it. If political correctness is the misguided desire to to offend or upset anyone, why are these people so offended and upset lol
Because consequences mean their speech isn’t free, duh.
364 | Decatur Deb May 16, 2014 9:15:31am |
“This seditious rant brought to you by Stouffers…”
365 | blueraven May 16, 2014 9:15:34am |
It is truly frightening how many batshit crazy people there are out there. (the callers to the OAS radio feed)
Fortunately, they all seem to be armchair warriors.
366 | William Barnett-Lewis May 16, 2014 9:17:27am |
Just saw a joke that I felt the need to pass along…
Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, and Paul Ryan walk into a bar and order drinks.
The bartender serves them all tainted booze because of no regulations.
All three die.
367 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 9:17:35am |
BOTG reports 10 million patriot march at an estimated 50 people.
368 | b.d. May 16, 2014 9:18:11am |
re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord
I can’t view the livestream. Firewalled here.
I have it muted. Person with bullhorn on a platform yammering about something. Big yellow BENGHAZI!!1! banner besides her.
370 | b.d. May 16, 2014 9:19:09am |
re: #367 Skip Intro
BOTG reports 10 million patriot march at an estimated 50 people.
THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE THERE! LAPDOG MEDIA JUST USING BAD CAMERA ANGLES!!
373 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 9:23:52am |
I don’t know why they need the bullhorn in #372 above. There doesn’t appear to be more than 50 people there, 100 tops.
374 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 9:23:55am |
The #NSA reprogrammed everybody's GPS so they all ended up in Detroit instead of #OperationAmericanSpring. #tcot #UniteBlue— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 16, 2014
375 | Kragar May 16, 2014 9:25:30am |
I mean, what other reasons could there be? #OperationAmericanSpring pic.twitter.com/W0Dt5VZFC3— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
376 | Iwouldprefernotto May 16, 2014 9:27:11am |
re: #346 HappyWarrior
or no one but poor minorities wanting “free stuff” voted for him. What they refuse to get is that Obama was much more appealing than the alternatives their party and ideology has to offer. Really conservatives, if you want to win elections, stop being the ideology of the sexually repressed and comically greedy.
is the name of my new band
377 | Rightwingconspirator May 16, 2014 9:27:12am |
re: #375 Kragar
How ironic would it be if someone ran a quadcopter “DRONEZ” for footage of this fiasco?
378 | bubba zanetti May 16, 2014 9:29:06am |
I'm stifling laughter so hard I'm crying, @david_j_roth pic.twitter.com/tY2vB3aMW5— Degenerate Gandhi (@Bro_Pair) May 16, 2014
I’d like to propose Simpson’s Law:
Over time the odds of a Tea Party platform becoming Simpsons cosplay approaches 1.
379 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 9:29:45am |
I see that the Confederate/KKK flag photo is already debunked on Twitter, unlike the wingnuts who will spam a fake quote/meme/photo forfuckingever.
380 | b.d. May 16, 2014 9:29:47am |
re: #377 Rightwingconspirator
How ironic would it be if someone ran a quadcopter “DRONEZ” for footage of this fiasco?
GOT ONE! DON’T BELIEVE THE LIBRUL MEDIA, THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE THERE!!
REAL PICTURE OF OAS!!!
381 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 9:30:58am |
382 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 16, 2014 9:35:05am |
re: #362 Pie-onist Overlord
I can’t view the livestream. Firewalled here.
It’s like a low-rent version of C-SPAN call-in shows where all the drunk crazies call in and rant at the host.
383 | Dr Lizardo May 16, 2014 9:36:28am |
So basically, Louis Farrakhan got a better response back in 1995 than these “Patriots” (lolol) can pull off today, despite all the advances in telecommunications technologies.
Heh.
384 | Kragar May 16, 2014 9:48:50am |
MISSING! #OperationAmericanSpring pic.twitter.com/sN3t3iKeWI— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
385 | Iwouldprefernotto May 16, 2014 9:50:49am |
Reminds me of Hands Across America, but with less hands…
386 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 9:50:51am |
Butthurt patriot lashes out.
@theonlyadult @AngryBlackLady Nice to know that you commies hate freedom, laws and the Constitution. We used to put people like you in jail.— Stinkburger11 (@syvyn11) May 16, 2014
387 | piratedan May 16, 2014 9:50:51am |
little did those OAS folks know that the ebil communist/fascist idiot 11th dimensional chess master Obama had secretly infiltrated their ranks and when all of these people peacefully arrived to overthrow his tyrannical despoting usurpiness they in fact arrived to be secretly airlifted in UN Black helicopters to a secret FEMA camp to have all of the wealth redistributed to welfare queens driving Cadillacs and resupplying their copious stocks of T-Bone steaks!
oh da humanity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
388 | Dr Lizardo May 16, 2014 9:53:44am |
re: #386 Pie-onist Overlord
Butthurt patriot lashes out.
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Tweet him back that the Million Man March was a bigger success than Operation American Spring.
LOLOLOL
389 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce May 16, 2014 9:54:18am |
Caller to OAS live stream: “I’m a white man in a black man’s world, because we have a black president and that’s why everything is falling apart. I voted for him twice because I was afraid of being called a racist.”
I can’t tell if he’s serious or just trolling.
390 | iossarian May 16, 2014 9:55:18am |
re: #388 Dr Lizardo
Tweet him back that the Million Man March was a bigger success than Operation American Spring.
LOLOLOL
Maybe add “we surround you” as a kicker.
391 | Targetpractice May 16, 2014 9:55:48am |
re: #386 Pie-onist Overlord
Butthurt patriot lashes out.
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“Used to”? What happened? Oh right, the Red Scare ended.
392 | Varek Raith May 16, 2014 9:58:41am |
re: #391 Targetpractice
“Used to”? What happened? Oh right, the Red Scare ended.
God damn Soviet Union had to go and collapse!
393 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 10:00:23am |
re: #389 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Caller to OAS live stream: “I’m a white man in a black man’s world, because we have a black president and that’s why everything is falling apart. I voted for him twice because I was afraid of being called a racist.”
I can’t tell if he’s serious or just trolling.
It was really weird, right? He kept identifying himself in a monotone voice that he was a ‘liberal progressive’ but that he was ‘afraid of his own shadow’.
Actually disturbing.
394 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 16, 2014 10:00:27am |
You do have to understand that the Epic Fail of OAS is not gonna faze these people, and if you even try to bring it up bring it up, they will just change the subject and shout louder.
395 | Kragar May 16, 2014 10:00:32am |
What part of “a mob gets to force out elected officials” is in the Constitution? @syvyn11 @theonlyadult @AngryBlackLady— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
396 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 10:02:17am |
There is no mention of the “American Spring” EPIC FAIL on tcot, except for LIBRUL mockery.
397 | Alyosha May 16, 2014 10:03:02am |
re: #394 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
There is a meme amongst call-ins that their comms are being jammed.
Seeing a few Guy Fawkes masks too.
398 | blueraven May 16, 2014 10:03:17am |
re: #389 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Caller to OAS live stream: “I’m a white man in a black man’s world, because we have a black president and that’s why everything is falling apart. I voted for him twice because I was afraid of being called a racist.”
I can’t tell if he’s serious or just trolling.
I think it was both…claimed he was a liberal and scared of his own shadow.
I think most of the callers are trolls now.
Current caller...Why do they keep yelling Benghazi? No dignitaries were killed under Bush right?
399 | Kragar May 16, 2014 10:03:56am |
re: #396 Pie-onist Overlord
There is no mention of the “American Spring” EPIC FAIL on tcot, except for LIBRUL mockery.
Having failed, they will never be mentioned again and be called a “False Flag” when brought up
401 | Kragar May 16, 2014 10:05:25am |
“I've been driving around Seattle for 4 hours. Where are those assholes?” @MaartenWildeman— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 16, 2014
402 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 10:07:07am |
re: #398 blueraven
I think it was both…claimed he was a liberal and scared of his own shadow.
I think most of the callers are trolls now.
Current caller...Why do they keep yelling Benghazi? No dignitaries were killed under Bush right?
And no terrorist attacks happened, either.
“America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008,” he said. “I don’t remember any attacks on American soil during that period of time.” - Eric Bolling on, where else, Fox News.
403 | ObserverArt May 16, 2014 10:07:07am |
Has anyone else been having a hard time getting their freaking browser to load LGF? The last two days it has been a real bitch getting in here. It seems to be the pop up ad windows that hangs everything up for me. I’ve never had this problem before.
I’ve tried different browsers, I’ve tried different anti-virus settings, no anti-virus, updates of flash players, searching for the flash problems on the ‘net. It’s been a big waste of time.
I’d love to pay for the no-pop up option, but my economy while I try to build some clientele prevents it at this time. Maybe something is wrong with how the ads come to the site from elsewhere and the ‘net is messing all that up. Hopefully it is just a transitory thing and it will go away.
Oh well. Such is life. Gotta go with what works. Yeah, I’m bummed. After finally getting in, I just wanted to post to see if anyone else has had issues and what maybe some have done to get around it, etc. After the battle to get in here, I’m outta gas.
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405 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 10:09:23am |
re: #403 ObserverArt
Yeah, I have. Firefox is worse, but it happens with Chrome too.
Safari on an iPad is unusable, because the site freezes and you can’t scroll.
406 | wrenchwench May 16, 2014 10:12:14am |
Sun. June 1 DAY OF WORLDWIDE MISTRAL PROTEST at embassies, consulates, clubs,associations |EMPR #Ukraine #stopputin pic.twitter.com/saMlsYn2Kz— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) May 16, 2014
407 | HappyWarrior May 16, 2014 10:12:26am |
re: #376 Iwouldprefernotto
is the name of my new band
Hahaha go for it but that’s the GOP base in a nutshell for me.
408 | Bulworth May 16, 2014 10:12:36am |
Sorry I can’t make Operation American Spring today. Feline Overlord’s still at the vet’s.
409 | wrenchwench May 16, 2014 10:13:25am |
re: #408 Bulworth
Sorry I can’t make Operation American Spring today. Feline Overlord’s still at the vet’s.
{{Feline Overlord}}
410 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 16, 2014 10:13:41am |
411 | FemNaziBitch May 16, 2014 10:14:25am |
412 | iossarian May 16, 2014 10:15:43am |
I would be at Operation American Spring but I’m saving up to go to St. Nazaire for the Minstrel Protest.
413 | FemNaziBitch May 16, 2014 10:16:06am |
re: #293 b.d.
I am sorry FemNaziBitch, hope the news turns out better than feared.
Thanks! It’s a hurry up and wait situation.
414 | Pie-onist Overlord May 16, 2014 10:16:12am |
Not kidding: a group of kids on a field trip to the capital was more than double the patriots over here. @HeathNOLA @bartnbeka— Neal Boyd (@grimcity) May 16, 2014
415 | sattv4u2 May 16, 2014 10:16:18am |
re: #410 Backwoods_Sleuth
At first I though it said “minstrel protest”.
Take Mydol
no,, wait ,, thats for menstrual protest!!
416 | RealityBasedSteve May 16, 2014 10:16:23am |
re: #399 Kragar
Having failed, they will never be mentioned again and be called a “False Flag” when brought up
Exactly. The meme will be “we knew it was an attempt to lure us in so that “they” could declare Martial Law, but we are too smart for them”.
Once again, it will be proof-positive of the old adage “There is no delusion stronger than self delusion”.
RBS
417 | Kragar May 16, 2014 10:17:52am |
Hey everybody, I found #OperationAmericanSpring! No, wait, this is a family of five, tourists from Des Moines. Never mind! #AmericanSpring— Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich) May 16, 2014
418 | iossarian May 16, 2014 10:18:15am |
I would be at Operation American Spring but I’m too busy railing against tyranny on the internet.
419 | sattv4u2 May 16, 2014 10:18:53am |
re: #418 iossarian
I would be at Operation American Spring but I’m too busy railing against tyranny on the internet.
I used Irish Spring in the shower this morning. Does that count??
420 | Skip Intro May 16, 2014 10:20:16am |
#OperationAmericanSpring in Louisiana is a success. The government has surrendered! Tens of singles of people! pic.twitter.com/u3ZIIPCo9x
— Neal Boyd (@grimcity) May 16, 2014