Independence Day 2014
Another July 4th rolls around, and here’s an open thread as the flag flies proudly above our logo.
Another July 4th rolls around, and here’s an open thread as the flag flies proudly above our logo.
1 | PhillyPretzel Jul 4, 2014 10:16:07am |
Happy July 4th to all of my fellow Lizards and their families.
2 | Charles Johnson Jul 4, 2014 10:17:57am |
I almost hate to do this to you folks, but behold the world’s worst photoshop ever, as flatheaded Pamela Geller grooves on herself.
Happy Birthday, America! #freedom #life #liberty #pursuitofhappiness ?? pic.twitter.com/W9GrajI4xa— Pamela Geller (@PamelaGeller) July 4, 2014
3 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 10:19:40am |
re: #2 Charles Johnson
I almost hate to do this to you folks, but behold the world’s worst photoshop ever, as flatheaded Pamela Geller grooves on herself.
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More like this:
Anatomy of a wasp pic.twitter.com/O80ijzgVEB
— The Poke (@ThePoke) July 4, 2014
5 | bubba zanetti Jul 4, 2014 10:21:04am |
“my favorite racist radio host losing his job is serious business, not a silly issue like your reproductive rights” pic.twitter.com/xRD7YroW7c— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) July 4, 2014
7 | Feline Fearless Leader Jul 4, 2014 10:22:39am |
8 | Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP Jul 4, 2014 10:23:29am |
re: #5 bubba zanetti
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“****s.” Tells me everything I need to know about that douchebag.
ETA: Didn’t even know that the LGF filter magically changes that awful word to asterisks. :-)
9 | Justanotherhuman Jul 4, 2014 10:23:40am |
re: #2 Charles Johnson
I almost hate to do this to you folks, but behold the world’s worst photoshop ever, as flatheaded Pamela Geller grooves on herself.
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Another one who looks like she lives on Red Bull.
10 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 10:24:31am |
A collection of urban legends related to the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the U.S.: http://t.co/pKNGy2A1xs #4thofJuly
11 | Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP Jul 4, 2014 10:26:01am |
re: #2 Charles Johnson
I almost hate to do this to you folks, but behold the world’s worst photoshop ever, as flatheaded Pamela Geller grooves on herself.
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That’s not photoshopped. She was dropped on her head numerous times a baby.
12 | Kid A Jul 4, 2014 10:27:51am |
@PamelaGeller Happy Worst Photoshop ever! #Happy4thofJuly #tcot #tlot #lnyhbt #p2 #indepenceday #fourthofjuly #UniteBlue
— Eric Christian Smith (@ericphototx) July 4, 2014
13 | Charles Johnson Jul 4, 2014 10:28:29am |
A classic dudebro exchange:
@Green_Footballs @B_SharpC So Y do U think it's right there in t.code then?It's no BS,reviewed it myself,go to @tagesschau site & C 4 yrslf.— agnostick (@agn0stick) July 4, 2014
@agn0stick @B_SharpC @tagesschau Please explain what you think that code is doing.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 4, 2014
@Green_Footballs @B_SharpC @tagesschau Look, there's plenty of material available, in English, so if U can't be bothered to read it…— agnostick (@agn0stick) July 4, 2014
@agn0stick @B_SharpC @tagesschau I read it. I'd like to know what _you_ think it's doing.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 4, 2014
@Green_Footballs What I think is irrelevant, but ppl. who by profession know better like https://t.co/mpo9PSrVBQ > Or @bruceschneier. Bye— agnostick (@agn0stick) July 4, 2014
@agn0stick You told me you “reviewed it yourself.” I'm simply asking what you think the code is doing; apparently you don't have any idea.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 4, 2014
14 | Kid A Jul 4, 2014 10:33:40am |
@conserv_tribune Do you know how stupid you sound? Even on the greatest American holiday, your wingnut idiocy knows no bounds. #tcot #tlot
— Eric Christian Smith (@ericphototx) July 4, 2014
15 | Charles Johnson Jul 4, 2014 10:34:25am |
16 | ObserverArt Jul 4, 2014 10:34:44am |
Happy 4th all.
I think I am going to enjoy my good ol’ American Freedoms…and stay free from any politics for the day.
See you around…maybe later tonight.
And Charles…why did you have to be so mean and spoil a nice thread with Geller. Ugggh!
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17 | Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Jul 4, 2014 10:36:02am |
re: #11 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP
That’s not photoshopped. She was dropped on her head numerous times a baby.
I actually have a friend who was neglected as a newborn, so that he laid on the same side in his bassinet for weeks. The result was that the bones on that side of his head formed with a flat surface. It’s not immediately noticeable, thanks to stuff like hair and ears, but once you notice it it is a bit unnerving.
18 | Feline Fearless Leader Jul 4, 2014 10:36:32am |
In a room with sleeping cats watching some rain clouds roll in while listening to a Kate Bush “best of” album (courtesy of YouTube).
And I have a book.
19 | William Barnett-Lewis Jul 4, 2014 10:36:54am |
20 | Charles Johnson Jul 4, 2014 10:38:29am |
John Derbyshire, Naomi Schaefer-Riley, Mel Gibson, Alec Baldwin, Gary Oldman, Phil Robertson, and now Anthony Cumia. ENOUGH is ENOUGH #cumia— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) July 4, 2014
(He blocked me, by the way.)
21 | Charles Johnson Jul 4, 2014 10:38:56am |
Wingnut hatchet man Chuck C. Johnson really loves him some racists. https://t.co/TMHX8FBmpR— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 4, 2014
22 | Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Jul 4, 2014 10:40:15am |
re: #21 Charles Johnson
For a brief moment I thought he’d experienced lucidity and realized what an awful crop of racist douchebags those people were.
But nope. I bet he’s looking forwards to what Cumia does next.
23 | allegro Jul 4, 2014 10:40:43am |
24 | allegro Jul 4, 2014 10:41:40am |
25 | The War TARDIS Jul 4, 2014 10:43:08am |
re: #22 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut
Hey, isn’t there a German word for having a punchable face?
26 | Belafon Jul 4, 2014 10:44:08am |
One of the Encore channels is showing Independence Day all day.
27 | Bulworth Jul 4, 2014 10:44:58am |
re: #20 Charles Johnson
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(He blocked me, by the way.)
RWNJ: Hurr hurr lefties don’t believe in right and wrong, moral absolutes…
Normal people: Don’t say racist shit and don’t mistreat women.
RWNJ: Hurr hurr political correctness Ur trying to take mah freedoms!!!1
28 | Justanotherhuman Jul 4, 2014 10:45:04am |
#25 WarTardis
Backpfeifengesicht comes close. Means “slaps in the face”.
30 | The War TARDIS Jul 4, 2014 10:46:17am |
31 | Bulworth Jul 4, 2014 10:46:28am |
re: #20 Charles Johnson
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(He blocked me, by the way.)
Mel Gibson, Alec Baldwin, Phil Robertson, these guys can’t get work anywhere now, oh look, Duck Dynasty is on again….
32 | FemNaziBitch Jul 4, 2014 10:47:54am |
A young person on my fb says it best:
Happy America Day folks! Get out there and show your love for our country by curtailing someone’s freedom.
I think I’ll take my depressed self off the computer for the rest of the day.
33 | Belafon Jul 4, 2014 10:48:23am |
A British restaurant here in town put on their site “Come celebrate your independence from us with us.”
34 | Kid A Jul 4, 2014 10:49:11am |
re: #33 Belafon
A British friend of mine calls July 4 “Donate a Colony Day.”
36 | Justanotherhuman Jul 4, 2014 10:49:18am |
As a counter for that horrible photoshopped baloney above…
Beautiful day for National July 4th parade in DC. No rain, no Hurricane Arthur & large crowd lines streets. pic.twitter.com/O7JLHJIka9— M. Scott Mahaskey (@smahaskey) July 4, 2014
37 | KiTA Jul 4, 2014 10:49:38am |
Meanwhile, Burger King is having a lot of fun at the expense of the knuckle draggers:
38 | Dr Lizardo Jul 4, 2014 10:50:22am |
re: #31 Bulworth
Mel Gibson, Alec Baldwin, Phil Robertson, these guys can’t get work anywhere now, oh look, Duck Dynasty is on again….
Yeah, and Mel Gibson is over here in the Czech Republic for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
39 | HAL2010 Jul 4, 2014 10:50:43am |
Happy Fourth ‘murica.
40 | Justanotherhuman Jul 4, 2014 10:51:38am |
41 | Kid A Jul 4, 2014 10:52:41am |
The Dumbest Man on the Internet and his cretins are freaking out over some PP clinic that handed out an award for exceeding a quota on abortion visits. Not abortions, but visits. And the photo of the so-called “award” looks so much like a photoshop. I’ve been googling around trying to find out if it’s a fake. Here it is, y’all tell me what you think:
42 | Amory Blaine Jul 4, 2014 10:53:24am |
Why is Dale Effrens phone number saved in my phone?
43 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 10:54:43am |
re: #2 Charles Johnson
I almost hate to do this to you folks, but behold the world’s worst photoshop ever, as flatheaded Pamela Geller grooves on herself.
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Looks like they also Photoshopped the thigh gap.
45 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 10:55:32am |
Here’s the Flag in front of my house.
Happy Independence Day Liberal Patriots! #FF #UniteBlue #LibCrib #OFA @0103lrl @Nikluk @PushinWeight pic.twitter.com/EOpzaabol9— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 4, 2014
47 | Justanotherhuman Jul 4, 2014 10:59:06am |
Going to a friend’s to eat some watermelon, y’all. BBL.
48 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 10:59:25am |
@myownpetard @KashannKilson @AngryBlackLady pic.twitter.com/nrVyed2nIP— Cindy Lou North (@cindynorth1) July 4, 2014
50 | Romantic Heretic Jul 4, 2014 11:01:00am |
re: #10 Gus
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One of the forgotten bits of history centred around the Revolution was the Quebec Act, which became one of the Intolerable Acts.
So although the myth is that the Revolution was based entirely on the American colonists objections to Parliamentary overreach at least part of it was the American colonists unhappy that French speaking Roman Catholics were allowed any say in the governance of their own territories and that Some American colonists didn’t get to be rich from land sales in areas that the Quebec Act gave to the French Canadians.
51 | bubba zanetti Jul 4, 2014 11:02:06am |
re: #41 Kid A
First half of FY13 ended before 5/9/13? I’m no accountant but…
52 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 11:02:35am |
Wingnuts are Derping about gas prices and how gas was $1.89 just before Obama took office.
Gas prices actually went from $1.95 (before 9/11) to over $4 during Bush then came down for about 1 week in 2008 when the whole economy crashed.
Wingnuts seem to think that we all have short term memory loss.
53 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 11:05:17am |
re: #52 Pie-onist Overlord
They do, so why shouldn’t everyone?
54 | b_sharp Jul 4, 2014 11:08:14am |
Time to watch Independence Day so I get the true flavour of the american identity.
Happy July 4th lizards.
55 | Romantic Heretic Jul 4, 2014 11:09:43am |
re: #52 Pie-onist Overlord
Wingnuts are Derping about gas prices and how gas was $1.89 just before Obama took office.
Gas prices actually went from $1.95 (before 9/11) to over $4 during Bush then came down for about 1 week in 2008 when the whole economy crashed.
Wingnuts seem to think that we all have short term memory loss.
I was about to say it’s because they have no short term memory themselves.
But can minds as addled as theirs by fury and fear be capable of anything, never mind memory?
56 | PhillyPretzel Jul 4, 2014 11:16:18am |
Just checked my downspout. It is down and I will be calling someone tomorrow to have it put up again. :(
57 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 11:17:05am |
re: #56 PhillyPretzel
Just checked my downspout. It is down and I will be calling someone tomorrow to have it put up again. :(
Then it would be an upspout, no?
59 | HAL2010 Jul 4, 2014 11:19:43am |
re: #54 b_sharp
Time to watch Independence Day so I get the true flavour of the american identity.
Happy July 4th lizards.
Amazing film, Scared the hell out of me as a kid watching it at the pictures.
60 | bubba zanetti Jul 4, 2014 11:20:19am |
re: #41 Kid A
The text justification is bonkers too. The supposedly offensive part is left-justified within centered text?
61 | danarchy Jul 4, 2014 11:20:57am |
re: #51 bubba zanetti
First half of FY13 ended before 5/9/13? I’m no accountant but…
The fiscal year for the government and for a lot of corporations, especially ones dealing with the government starts October 1st.
63 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 11:23:53am |
re: #51 bubba zanetti
First half of FY13 ended before 5/9/13? I’m no accountant but…
I was thinking more along the lines of why would someone get an award for exceeding a quota during an earlier time period compared to a newer one.
64 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 11:24:28am |
OFFS. Freep celebrates the 4th:
Vanity: Illegal immigrant children = obama’s smallpox blankets
65 | allegro Jul 4, 2014 11:25:16am |
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was thinking more along the lines of why would someone get an award for exceeding a quota during an earlier time period compared to a newer one.
Because moar aborshuns!!11ty!
66 | Eventual Carrion Jul 4, 2014 11:26:15am |
re: #13 Charles Johnson
A classic dudebro exchange:
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I always hate code reviews too.
“I don’t know why I named that variable fuckThisShit, musta just been one of those days.”
67 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 11:32:47am |
re: #41 Kid A
Smells fishy. That doesn’t look like the way anyone would write the text for a legitimate award.
68 | Randall Gross Jul 4, 2014 11:35:31am |
re: #41 Kid A
The Dumbest Man on the Internet and his cretins are freaking out over some PP clinic that handed out an award for exceeding a quota on abortion visits. Not abortions, but visits. And the photo of the so-called “award” looks so much like a photoshop. I’ve been googling around trying to find out if it’s a fake. Here it is, y’all tell me what you think:
Well the thing is plastered all over RWNJ sites from teh Blaze to Breitbart, so my BS detector is on high. I could not find earlier images or non RWNJ site copies, so I went to the Aurora PP site itself plannedparenthood.org
Interesting this letter is on the site:
Planned Parenthood Opens Aurora Health Center
City Officials Issue Permit
Aurora Struggle Reflects Growing Battle Against Politics Trumping Health Care
Statement of Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaToday, Planned Parenthood is pleased to announce that its Aurora health center has opened and is now serving the women and families of Aurora. The decision by city officials to grant Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area a permit to open is a victory for the women and families of Aurora. Like many communities across the country, Aurora has a growing need for affordable health care and access to reproductive health care services. The Planned Parenthood Aurora health center brings much-needed health care services to the members of the community, regardless of their income.
Still, we are concerned that the struggles the Aurora center faced in opening may be reflective of a growing battle against politics trumping health care, and increased barriers to reproductive health care access. As the nation’s most trusted reproductive health care provider, Planned Parenthood is taking on that fight every day.
Source
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaContact
Erin Kiernon,[no phone numbers allowed]Published
May 13, 2014
Demonstrating that something funky is going on since the site looks like it just opened in May this year?
69 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 11:35:32am |
And Planned Parenthood “cheering on” abortion visits is a favorite RW imagining.
70 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 11:38:49am |
re: #55 Romantic Heretic
I was about to say it’s because they have no short term memory themselves.
But can minds as addled as theirs by fury and fear be capable of anything, never mind memory?
They remember things that never even happened.
71 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 11:38:50am |
re: #68 Randall Gross
Makes it easy to beat last year’s numbers…
72 | Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP Jul 4, 2014 11:40:00am |
re: #68 Randall Gross
Well the thing is plastered all over RWNJ sites from teh Blaze to Breitbart, so my BS detector is on high. I could not find earlier images or non RWNJ site copies, so I went to the Aurora PP site itself plannedparenthood.org
Interesting this letter is on the site:Demonstrating that something funky is going on since the site looks like it just opened in May this year?
Planned Parenthood’s fiscal year ends on June 30, too.
73 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 11:42:16am |
@blackwjulie @KTheint @AngryBlackLady @owillis Everything blacks enjoy today freedom wise is because a Republican fought the battle and won.— Karey Jackson (@Karey1975) July 4, 2014
@blackwjulie @KTheint @AngryBlackLady @owillis That is the truth and no liberal who oppressed and tried to stop it can change it.— Karey Jackson (@Karey1975) July 4, 2014
74 | Eclectic Cyborg Jul 4, 2014 11:43:29am |
Well I am stuck at work today. At least I will be out early enough to see the fireworks tonight.
75 | PhillyPretzel Jul 4, 2014 11:44:20am |
re: #23 allegro
Perhaps Ms Deen should have Marcus Samuelsson on her show. That would be interesting.
76 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 11:44:59am |
I found this:
This Unsettling ‘Award’ Says Otherwise
Many of the comments there are skeptical that it’s authentic.
The article also links to where this originated (2 days ago): Abby Johnson.
77 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 11:45:43am |
re: #73 Lidane
Exceptional American Aggressive Ignorance for the 4th.
78 | Eventual Carrion Jul 4, 2014 11:46:02am |
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
I found this:
This Unsettling ‘Award’ Says OtherwiseMany of the comments there are skeptical that it’s authentic.
The article also links to where this originated (2 days ago): Abby Johnson.
Abby Normal Johnson?
79 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 11:46:32am |
re: #68 Randall Gross
Well the thing is plastered all over RWNJ sites from teh Blaze to Breitbart, so my BS detector is on high. I could not find earlier images or non RWNJ site copies, so I went to the Aurora PP site itself plannedparenthood.org
Interesting this letter is on the site:Demonstrating that something funky is going on since the site looks like it just opened in May this year?
That’s an Aurora, IL office not Aurora, CO.
80 | allegro Jul 4, 2014 11:47:09am |
re: #67 jaunte
Smells fishy. That doesn’t look like the way anyone would write the text for a legitimate award.
It makes no sense on any level. No way PP employees are out trolling for women to have abortions to up their numbers… or something. That implies a commission based system which only fits into a RWNJ mentality, not reality.
81 | CuriousLurker Jul 4, 2014 11:47:15am |
re: #68 Randall Gross
Well the thing is plastered all over RWNJ sites from teh Blaze to Breitbart, so my BS detector is on high. I could not find earlier images or non RWNJ site copies, so I went to the Aurora PP site itself plannedparenthood.org
Interesting this letter is on the site:Demonstrating that something funky is going on since the site looks like it just opened in May this year?
Here’s the tweet—it links to the GP website, which in turns links to Weasel Zippers, which in turn links to an anti-choice website called And Then There Were None (attwn.org) whose registrant is someone named Abby Johnson in TX. She’s the founder and claims to be a former abortion clinic worker. The other half of the board of directors for their “ministry” appears to be a Jennie Stone, who is also concerned about abortion clinic workers.
That’s as far as I got. Not in the mood for these people’s self-righteous B.S. and fake concern today.
82 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 11:47:18am |
Worst Obama-hate Tweet of the Day (so far)
@LadySandersfarm How bout we beat him…with a bat…with metal spikes?— Christiane Schroll (@BrnzMstngGrl13) July 4, 2014
83 | CuriousLurker Jul 4, 2014 11:48:40am |
84 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 11:50:53am |
#HappyScareTheCrapOutOfYourDogDay pic.twitter.com/i4Rl8TCI4Q— Matthew Inman (@Oatmeal) July 4, 2014
85 | Randall Gross Jul 4, 2014 11:52:13am |
re: #72 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP
Planned Parenthood’s fiscal year ends on June 30, too.
FALSE ALARM - The something funky is at the Planned parenthood national site. I’m finding press releases from Bush’s term posted with the May 13 2014 date. Disregard
86 | PhillyPretzel Jul 4, 2014 11:54:07am |
re: #84 Lidane
And do not forget the cats too. July 4th fireworks scare the daylights out of them.
87 | Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP Jul 4, 2014 11:54:15am |
re: #68 Randall Gross
Well the thing is plastered all over RWNJ sites from teh Blaze to Breitbart, so my BS detector is on high. I could not find earlier images or non RWNJ site copies, so I went to the Aurora PP site itself plannedparenthood.org
Interesting this letter is on the site:Demonstrating that something funky is going on since the site looks like it just opened in May this year?
That’s the Illinois one. I’m still looking for the opening date of the Aurora, Colorado Planned Parenthood.
88 | Randall Gross Jul 4, 2014 11:54:33am |
re: #81 CuriousLurker
Yeah I found all that, I believe that site is patient zero, but not certain. Also see my disclaimer, there’s something wrong with the date stamps on the PP press releases at the national site, so don’t believe the opening in 2014 thing I posted above either.
89 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 11:54:43am |
Amada Marcotte on Abby Johnson:
“…Pro-choicers have always been suspicious of Johnson’s claim that she saw an ultrasound-assisted abortion and then saw the light. This sort of story seems ripped straight from anti-choice propaganda and doesn’t really owe much to the daily life of a clinic worker in the real world. But this turns out to be more true than even the most cynical of us could have imagined. Blakeslee examines Planned Parenthood’s records on the day that Johnson claims to have seen this abortion performed, and found no evidence of an ultrasound abortion. When he asked her to describe the patient, she said she was a black woman, and Blakeslee discovered that the only black patient to have an abortion that day was at six weeks, not 13, as Johnson described.”
slate.com
Pretty sure her Aurora award is faked, too.
90 | Randall Gross Jul 4, 2014 11:55:53am |
re: #87 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP
That’s the Illinois one. I’m still looking for the opening date of the Aurora, Colorado Planned Parenthood.
Don’t trust the dates on the PP site, it appears that they just reposted a bunch of old PR’s and they got auto stamped 5/14 & 5/13 2014.
91 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 11:57:33am |
The patriots of Operation American Spring have been expecting a flood of tourists fellow patriots to swell their ranks at Camp Liberty on the mall. Their FB insists they are still there, but I can’t find any presence in front of the Air and Space museum. Oh well…
92 | Dr Lizardo Jul 4, 2014 11:58:00am |
So there’s an Iron Maiden cover band playing at the pub not far from here; they’re currently doing “Hallowed Be Thy Name”.
Not bad, but the singer sounds nothing like Bruce Dickinson.
So I’ll content myself with the original.
93 | Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP Jul 4, 2014 11:58:28am |
re: #90 Randall Gross
Don’t trust the dates on the PP site, it appears that they just reposted a bunch of old PR’s and they got auto stamped 5/14 & 5/13 2014.
I’m finding press releases for PP in Aurora, Colorado going back to at least 2009.
94 | Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP Jul 4, 2014 11:59:03am |
It’s too bad that this comes out on a three day weekend. I question the timing. ////
95 | Randall Gross Jul 4, 2014 12:01:02pm |
re: #93 Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP
I’m finding press releases for PP in Aurora, Colorado going back to at least 2009.
Yes., I think they just ported to a new platform & everything got auto stamped with the wrong dates, apologies to all for taking us down a rabbit trail.
96 | austin_blue Jul 4, 2014 12:02:12pm |
Happy Birthday, America! I just spent the morning having brunch with a group that included German and French ex-pats, and in half an hour we are going over to watch the afternoon game with some Columbian-born neighbors. Roast pork and plantains…yum…
Oh, and ten minutes ago a B-17, a B-25, a C-47 and a P-51 flew over the house. The CAF is busy in Austin today!
97 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:02:20pm |
In Focus: Man Only Buys Products Made Right Here In The USA By Cheap Immigrant Labor http://t.co/OjLjLWedHN— The Onion (@TheOnion) July 4, 2014
98 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 12:03:17pm |
Enjoying a cool drink, relaxing in the shade. pic.twitter.com/Ql7JfmEXYV
— Robert Arthur (@jaunte) July 4, 2014
99 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 12:04:24pm |
re: #98 jaunte
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Do you suppose they ever got anyone to come empty the port-a-potties?
101 | CuriousLurker Jul 4, 2014 12:06:48pm |
re: #88 Randall Gross
Yeah I found all that, I believe that site is patient zero, but not certain. Also see my disclaimer, there’s something wrong with the date stamps on the PP press releases at the national site, so don’t believe the opening in 2014 thing I posted above either.
Yeah, I was just looking at the date stamps. On page 35 it jumps from September 27, 2013 to March 27, 2014 (6 months), then immediately to May 11, 2014. The next 30+ pages (thru page 2) only cover May 11-May 14 of 2014 if the date stamps are to be believed. Somebody screwed up.
102 | Randall Gross Jul 4, 2014 12:07:03pm |
We spent most of the am looking for the right Fajita marinade (Claude’s) but had to go with the back up sauce, I’m sure all will be fine however.
103 | prairiefire Jul 4, 2014 12:10:44pm |
104 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 12:10:48pm |
This is sad. A patriot has been walking towards the DC OAS Camp Liberty. He started in Cedar Rapids IA on/about 26 Jun. His last tweet yesterday was “plaintive”.
Yesterday, 04:49 PM
truepatroit replied to a thread Walk to DC in General Discussions Forum
I can not believe OAS disbanded without even mentioning it on the web site!!
(Corrected for dates)
106 | Randall Gross Jul 4, 2014 12:13:25pm |
I would say that since she is with Lila Rose’s org that you can’t trust anything that she says or does.
107 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 12:14:58pm |
re: #106 Randall Gross
I would say that since she is with Lila Rose’s org that you can’t trust anything that she says or does.
Yeah, but we aren’t the intended audience. It is meant to reinforce the outrage and then fade into obscurity without being fact checked.
109 | CuriousLurker Jul 4, 2014 12:18:02pm |
re: #107 calochortus
Oooh! Glad to see you. I’ve been hoping to catch you to ask about the sourdough starter you mentioned last month. I tried to do it myself once, but the whole thing seemed to turn toxic so I threw it out.
Any tips?
110 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 12:18:13pm |
Freedom of Assembly was intended to allow communication between the people and government, not so the mob could burn our nation down
— Jim Wright (@Stonekettle) July 4, 2014
111 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 12:18:44pm |
112 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:19:19pm |
My idiot governor, y’all —
Rick Perry: Stop these kids coming in, or “the American people” will “in a variety of ways electorally and otherwise” http://t.co/mwGkKx3krs— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) July 4, 2014
MURICA!
113 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 12:20:52pm |
Running low on water, came across this, GOD has provided! Time to fill the canteen #OAS2014 #chemtrails #teaparty pic.twitter.com/SHNaez1Boi
— True Patroit (@oas2014walk) July 3, 2014
To the libtard that told me the water was bad. FEELING GREAT! #teaparty #chemtrails #OAS2014 #OAS
— True Patroit (@oas2014walk) July 3, 2014
114 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 12:21:03pm |
re: #111 jaunte
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operationamericanspring.orgIs this real or a masterful parody?
I’ve been lurking their stuff. It’s not the craziest thing I’ve seen.
115 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:21:06pm |
Descendants of EU immigrants are protesting immigrant children on land once owned by a Spaniard in what was once Spanish terr. #Murrieta— Gus (@Gus_802) July 4, 2014
116 | Stanley Sea Jul 4, 2014 12:24:24pm |
117 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:25:15pm |
re: #115 Gus
I still love that dumbass on Twitter who was babbling about America not being a nation of immigrants. WTF.
These people aren’t just ignorant and racist, they’re aggressively, deliberately ignorant and racist.
119 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 12:25:39pm |
120 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:26:25pm |
“A Basque, Esequial #Murrieta , purchased the Rancho Pauba and Rancho Temecula Mexican land grants…”— Gus (@Gus_802) July 4, 2014
For most of its history Murrieta was not heavily populated. A Basque, Esequial Murrieta, purchased the Rancho Pauba and Rancho Temecula Mexican land grants, comprising 52,000 acres (210 km2) in the area, intending to bring his sheep-raising business to California. He returned to Spain, however, and turned the land over to his younger brother, Juan (1844-1936), who brought 100,000 sheep to the valley in 1873, using the meadows to feed his sheep. Others discovered the valley after the construction of a depot in 1882 that connected Murrieta to the Southern California Railroad’s transcontinental route.
By 1890 some 800 people lived in Murrieta.[3] Today much of the site (about 50 acres) is home to a Bible college and conference center, owned by Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, which has invested millions of dollars into restoring and rebuilding the old resort rooms.[4] When the trains stopped in 1935, tourists - the lifeblood of the town - were much harder to come by. The boom that Murrieta had experienced due to the train and the hot springs gradually died, leaving Murrieta as a small country town.
121 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 12:27:40pm |
re: #118 jaunte
I suspect someone is having a little fun.
One of the others walked a great distance dragging a (wheeled) cross. The operation has degenerated to a nutcase church outreach run by Rev Sylvester Bland.
122 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:28:05pm |
re: #117 Lidane
I still love that dumbass on Twitter who was babbling about America not being a nation of immigrants. WTF.
These people aren’t just ignorant and racist, they’re aggressively, deliberately ignorant and racist.
Then I threw that Ronald Reagan “we are a nation of immigrants” quote at him. What a bozo.
123 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 12:29:21pm |
re: #121 Decatur Deb
I’ve never understood the wheel part. If you want to experience suffering, why not just drag the thing.
124 | Stanley Sea Jul 4, 2014 12:29:23pm |
re: #120 Gus
They are there today and it’s hot as hell. Happy 4th assholes!
One protester has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of attempting to convince protesters to refuse to abide by police rules.
The City Manager posted a big screed.
125 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 12:30:41pm |
re: #118 jaunte
I suspect someone is having a little fun.
Imma going to go outside and take a picture of one of our old rustbuckets with flat tires, and tweet it to him saying something like “I was going to pick you up, but…”
My brain is already coming up with other fun pics.
126 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:31:32pm |
re: #123 jaunte
I’ve never understood the wheel part. If you want to experience suffering, why not just drag the thing.
You want him to suffer? What are you, some kinda commie?!
127 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 12:31:39pm |
re: #123 jaunte
I’ve never understood the wheel part. If you want to experience suffering, why not just drag the thing.
Can’t be damaging the pavement by dragging stuff…
130 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:33:23pm |
131 | The War TARDIS Jul 4, 2014 12:33:57pm |
re: #124 Stanley Sea
Screw the City Manager. Murrieta deserves the same fate as Sodom and Gomorrah.
132 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:34:20pm |
Woke up to police. It seems you aren't aloud to sleep of off the highway. What has happened to this country! #teaparty #oas2014 #chemtrails— True Patroit (@oas2014walk) July 4, 2014
133 | Stanley Sea Jul 4, 2014 12:36:17pm |
PITIFUL
On this 4th of July, almost half of this country is still deep in the 12th century. pic.twitter.com/p6CvDjBvIo
— BWD (@theonlyadult) July 4, 2014
135 | Stanley Sea Jul 4, 2014 12:37:33pm |
re: #131 The War TARDIS
Screw the City Manager. Murrieta deserves the same fate as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Now now Tardis.
136 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 12:37:35pm |
re: #109 CuriousLurker
Oooh! Glad to see you. I’ve been hoping to catch you to ask about the sourdough starter you mentioned last month. I tried to do it myself once, but the whole thing seemed to turn toxic so I threw it out.
Any tips?
I have known people who made their own starter, but it is way easier to get some from a friend, or order some on line (King Arthur Flour, for example) My first ‘do it yourself’ starter was pretty toxic, too, so I got some from a friend.
Once you have starter, you just need to remember it has to be fed every 12 hours if it is at room temperature, which is a huge nuisance if you don’t bake a lot. Or you can feed it once a week or so and keep it in the refrigerator. If you chose the latter, you just need to take it out of the fridge a number of hours ahead of your baking, and feed it every few hours until it is really active and bubbly.
To feed add water and stir it in, if you have too much starter, pour off the excess now. Then stir in about twice as much flour by weight.
My basic bread recipe is 1 part water, 1 part starter, 2 parts flour and some salt.
There’s a lot of information available on line. (TheFreshLoaf.com is a good source of all sorts of bread information) Many people do view sourdough baking as more of a religion than a way to get food on the table, so take what you read with the traditional grain of salt. There are wet starters, dry starters, hydration levels, various proofing methods, etc.
My interest in sourdough stems from having a gluten intolerant husband who is, however, able to eat a sourdough wheat bread if the dough sits in the refrigerator for about a week so the lactobacilli can work on the gliadin component of the gluten.
137 | Dr Lizardo Jul 4, 2014 12:38:06pm |
Happy Fourth, everyone, and here’s a kick-ass Czech song to watch fireworks to.
138 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 12:38:19pm |
139 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 12:38:31pm |
re: #134 Gus
#target pic.twitter.com/2jQLDCATdu
— Jeffrey s borreson (@jeffreymadwisc) July 4, 2014
Deeply afraid of shopping.
140 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:38:51pm |
Bringing vegan hot dogs to a Fourth of July BBQ is like bringing Noam Chomsky to a Fourth of July BBQ.— Damien Fahey (@DamienFahey) July 4, 2014
141 | CuriousLurker Jul 4, 2014 12:39:44pm |
For anyone who’s interested, courtesy of Al Jazeera America:
Coming out: Growing up gay and Muslim in America
What it’s like to be gay and Muslim in America (part one)
What it’s like to be gay and Muslim in America (part two)
142 | CuriousLurker Jul 4, 2014 12:40:35pm |
re: #136 calochortus
I have known people who made their own starter, but it is way easier to get some from a friend, or order some on line (King Arthur Flour, for example) My first ‘do it yourself’ starter was pretty toxic, too, so I got some from a friend.
Once you have starter, you just need to remember it has to be fed every 12 hours if it is at room temperature, which is a huge nuisance if you don’t bake a lot. Or you can feed it once a week or so and keep it in the refrigerator. If you chose the latter, you just need to take it out of the fridge a number of hours ahead of your baking, and feed it every few hours until it is really active and bubbly.
To feed add water and stir it in, if you have too much starter, pour off the excess now. Then stir in about twice as much flour by weight.
My basic bread recipe is 1 part water, 1 part starter, 2 parts flour and some salt.
There’s a lot of information available on line. (TheFreshLoaf.com is a good source of all sorts of bread information) Many people do view sourdough baking as more of a religion than a way to get food on the table, so take what you read with the traditional grain of salt. There are wet starters, dry starters, hydration levels, various proofing methods, etc.
My interest in sourdough stems from having a gluten intolerant husband who is, however, able to eat a sourdough wheat bread if the dough sits in the refrigerator for about a week so the lactobacilli can work on the gliadin component of the gluten.
Many thanks!
143 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:41:10pm |
re: #139 jaunte
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Deeply afraid of shopping.
Yeah, because it’s been a long standing tradition for people to bring assault rifles to Target. Now, after 100s of years, Target management put said tradition to an end. Tragic.
//
144 | Dr Lizardo Jul 4, 2014 12:42:33pm |
And if anyone’s curious as to the chorus from my #137, it translates into something quite poetic.
The sky is dark and hangs low
Only wolves sing chorus from the mountains
and I am vainly seeking shelter
equal to the path we have lost
People are angels or dragons
with every good deed the power returns
So turn around and look at the ship coming in for you.
145 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:42:40pm |
re: #139 jaunte
Pro tip: If you need an AR-15 strapped to your body in order to shop, you should probably reconsider your life choices.
146 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 12:43:13pm |
re: #121 Decatur Deb
One of the others walked a great distance dragging a (wheeled) cross. The operation has degenerated to a nutcase church outreach run by Rev Sylvester Bland.
This isn’t penance, it’s hauling a billboard around. Why should he suffer.
I remember years ago some nutty evangelist was hauling one of these wheeled crosses around the Phillipines and was just amazed that even though the villagers didn’t speak English, they just knew that he was there to talk about religion!!!
Possibly because they were Catholics?
147 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 12:43:39pm |
re: #117 Lidane
I still love that dumbass on Twitter who was babbling about America not being a nation of immigrants. WTF.
These people aren’t just ignorant and racist, they’re aggressively, deliberately ignorant and racist.
We are not a “nation of immigrants.” 85% of the people who live here were born here. We are native Americans.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) July 4, 2014
148 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 12:44:15pm |
re: #142 CuriousLurker
Many thanks!
Always happy to help. Feel free to ask further questions as you go along.
150 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:45:37pm |
This is weird. “Quiz: How American Are You? - National Republican Congressional Committee” http://t.co/5YGYPBqziY— Gus (@Gus_802) July 4, 2014
151 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:46:31pm |
re: #147 Pie-onist Overlord
Exhibit A of that whole, “aggressively, deliberately ignorant and racist” thing.
What an idiot.
152 | CuriousLurker Jul 4, 2014 12:46:40pm |
re: #148 calochortus
Always happy to help. Feel free to ask further questions as you go along.
Thanks. :-)
153 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 12:47:00pm |
Blueberry Pie on the 4th of July! Baked in a red pie pan & served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! #UniteBlue #p2 pic.twitter.com/cQ41sRmLz1— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 4, 2014
154 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:47:56pm |
re: #150 Gus
In celebration of our nation, take this quiz to find out which of America’s founders you are http://t.co/4D83RcAfOK pic.twitter.com/k1cvc7yUKg— ClickHole (@ClickHole) July 4, 2014
155 | Iwouldprefernotto Jul 4, 2014 12:49:02pm |
156 | sagehen Jul 4, 2014 12:51:23pm |
re: #153 Pie-onist Overlord
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Isn’t apple pie supposed to be the most Americaniest?
157 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 12:51:34pm |
‘I fought in the Revolutionary War.’ Just how American are you? Take the quiz and find out!
158 | Lidane Jul 4, 2014 12:52:50pm |
It’s almost time to celebrate America by watching two other countries play in the World Cup. Heh.
159 | The War TARDIS Jul 4, 2014 12:53:17pm |
re: #157 Gus
My ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War and Civil War (for the Union) on my mom’s side. On my Dad’s side fought in World War II.
Pretty sure I am pretty damn American.
161 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 12:53:57pm |
The right to Keep and Bear Arms was intended to preserve liberty and freedom, not to make Americans afraid in their own communities
— Jim Wright (@Stonekettle) July 4, 2014
162 | prairiefire Jul 4, 2014 12:54:34pm |
163 | Pie-onist Overlord Jul 4, 2014 12:54:36pm |
MOAR FAKE QUOTES
“@bad_boy_six: #tcot pic.twitter.com/cehngBhAzx“ Before 'they' kicked prayer out of school, I'd wager that graduation rates were higher— CCFA (@CoolCat4America) July 4, 2014
164 | Romantic Heretic Jul 4, 2014 12:54:40pm |
re: #111 jaunte
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operationamericanspring.orgIs this real or a masterful parody?
Nice of truepatriot to give away the game like that. Only Real Americans™ will have any power. The rest of you üntermencsh can shut up and obey orders…or die. We’d prefer you die.
165 | PhillyPretzel Jul 4, 2014 12:55:18pm |
166 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 12:56:59pm |
101. Do you have an underground bunker? 102. Are you in it now? #HowAmericanAreYou http://t.co/AbD6PozvEK
— Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) July 4, 2014
167 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 12:57:27pm |
168 | Romantic Heretic Jul 4, 2014 12:58:20pm |
re: #133 Stanley Sea
Lady! Finger on the trigger guard!
169 | calochortus Jul 4, 2014 12:58:40pm |
re: #156 sagehen
Isn’t apple pie supposed to be the most Americaniest?
Maybe, but at this time of year, it has to be berries. Berry soup, berry tarts, berry pies, pavlovas with berries…
Speaking of baking, time to go try my hand at baking gluten free graham crackers so the hubs can enjoy S’mores on our upcoming camping trip.
Nothing more American than that.
170 | jaunte Jul 4, 2014 1:00:06pm |
I met a star-spangled goat this morning as I stopped the the Fourth of July festivities across Austin. pic.twitter.com/eOeXk5ClIo
— Kirk Watson (@KirkPWatson) July 4, 2014
171 | Killgore Trout Jul 4, 2014 1:00:23pm |
172 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 1:00:47pm |
I just checked off that I like John Wayne and can name a favorite movie of his and got:
Your score was 2!
America is the best country on Earth, and you embrace it.
There’s no doubt about it - you love your country! You’re an average American, happy to live in the freest country on Earth. You’re taking full advantage of everything this great country has to offer.
173 | Romantic Heretic Jul 4, 2014 1:04:22pm |
re: #150 Gus
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I can see their quiz without even reading the article.
Are you white?
Are you male?
Are you rich?
Are you a Christian?
Are you a Republican?
If you answered ‘No’ to any of the above questions you are not an American. So go back where you came from!
174 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 1:07:44pm |
camo bird!
#Bird of the day: European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). A nocturnal insectivore. #birdname pic.twitter.com/Whnr5tyUGt
— Johan Meyer (@JohanMeyer16) July 4, 2014
175 | thedopefishlives Jul 4, 2014 1:09:19pm |
Afternoon Lizardim. Just watched the Teabaggers roll by in the parade. No, I did not punch any of them. How go things?
176 | Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 4, 2014 1:10:11pm |
re: #175 thedopefishlives
Afternoon Lizardim. Just watched the Teabaggers roll by in the parade. No, I did not punch any of them. How go things?
did they throw teabags instead of candy?
177 | thedopefishlives Jul 4, 2014 1:10:55pm |
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
did they throw teabags instead of candy?
Don’t think they did anything, actually. Assholes.
178 | nsmith25 Jul 4, 2014 1:10:56pm |
The Woman to support for the next Senator from the State of Kentucky at the Lexington KY, 4th of July Parade. We support you Alison.
DITCH MITCH
180 | TedStriker Jul 4, 2014 1:14:12pm |
re: #113 jaunte
From a “libtard” backpacker, enjoy that cryptosporidia!
181 | thedopefishlives Jul 4, 2014 1:14:39pm |
182 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 1:15:56pm |
re: #180 TedStriker
From a “libtard” backpacker, enjoy that cryptosporidia!
Doesn’t look like July 3rd to me.
183 | thedopefishlives Jul 4, 2014 1:16:32pm |
On a side note, it is a marvelous thing to LGF from phone.
184 | Bear Jul 4, 2014 1:16:43pm |
The four tree squirrels on my deck are rapidly depleting a bag of peanuts. And also are the blue jays.
185 | nsmith25 Jul 4, 2014 1:21:52pm |
In re: Lexington KY 4th of July parade, loudest cheers were for: 1) ALG and the Democratic Party of Fayette county, 2) Openly Gay Mayor Jim Gray, and 3)Ms. Drag Queen Lexington leading the group carrying the 25 X 25 foot Rainbow Pride Flag.
186 | Gus Jul 4, 2014 1:24:44pm |
187 | Decatur Deb Jul 4, 2014 1:32:23pm |
re: #186 Gus
Second image here. Same one.
So the ‘walker’ is faking his tweets, but he’s a genuine RWNJ.
188 | Eventual Carrion Jul 4, 2014 1:32:39pm |
189 | Eventual Carrion Jul 4, 2014 1:34:14pm |
190 | Self Respecting Woman Voter Against the GOP Jul 4, 2014 1:47:13pm |
re: #139 jaunte
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Deeply afraid of shopping.
Worried about all those moms with their little kids.