Stephen Colbert on the Historic No Social Security for Nazis Act
Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t work together to pass important legislation?
Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t work together to pass important legislation?
1 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 1:21:19pm |
We need someone like this to enforce this law:
2 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 1:22:26pm |
Also, for some reason, the log-in area in the top header with my nym and spy and stuff is not showing up in Safari on the Yosemite OS. Any ideas on why that is?
3 | Charles Johnson Dec 4, 2014 1:25:13pm |
re: #2 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
That’s odd, no problem here. Do you see the search text input?
4 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 1:33:01pm |
re: #1 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
Lincoln replied to Joseph Hooker after Hooker made some remark about the U.S. needing a dictator to win the win that if Hooker gave him battlefield victories he would risk the dictatorship.
5 | EPR-radar Dec 4, 2014 1:33:18pm |
For what it’s worth, all is normal here (Safari on OS X 10.9.4)
6 | EPR-radar Dec 4, 2014 1:34:51pm |
re: #4 Feline Fearless Leader
Lincoln replied to Joseph Hooker after Hooker made some remark about the U.S. needing a dictator to win the win that if Hooker gave him battlefield victories he would risk the dictatorship.
It still boggles the mind that McClellan ran against Lincoln in the 1864 presidential race, apparently believing that he had any accomplishments to run on.
7 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 1:38:00pm |
re: #6 EPR-radar
It still boggles the mind that McClellan ran against Lincoln in the 1864 presidential race, apparently believing that he had any accomplishments to run on.
Mac believed in himself. And that everyone in the Lincoln Administration was out to tear him down by any means.
8 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 1:38:08pm |
9 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 1:39:03pm |
re: #8 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
And the weird thing is, I’m logged in fine and posting. :/
10 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 1:40:05pm |
re: #6 EPR-radar
It still boggles the mind that McClellan ran against Lincoln in the 1864 presidential race, apparently believing that he had any accomplishments to run on.
Hey, look at the past two fields of GOP presidential hopefuls. It’s not that surprising.
11 | goddamnedfrank Dec 4, 2014 1:42:34pm |
Off topic observation. I was at a Hallmark store yesterday and … am I the only one who finds Susan Lordi’s Willow Tree figurines to be incredibly creepy?
I like to think she’s figured out a way of selling white Christian Americans on a way to represent themselves and their families as bland, faceless, conformist cult members. I’m not sure there’s actually this much forethought involved, but the whole thing definitely smacks of a cynical attempt to profit off of a certain mindset that is attracted to terrible, production line art - the sculptural equivalent of Thomas Kincade prints.
12 | Flying Squirrel Girl Dec 4, 2014 1:42:35pm |
I’m always late to the party, but I nominate this as the best worst Christmas song ever:
Or maybe worst best.
13 | darthstar Dec 4, 2014 1:44:13pm |
Had an ad for driving safer with some handy-dandy dash-cam.
Putting a dash cam in my car will result in two things: A catalog of the music I listen to and a count of how many times I say, “Fuckin’ Camry” when I’m driving down the road and one of them cuts me off or changes lanes without signaling or does something else fucked up.
14 | Charles Johnson Dec 4, 2014 1:45:09pm |
re: #9 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
Are you using Adblock? That’s probably the cause.
15 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 1:46:18pm |
re: #13 darthstar
Had an ad for driving safer with some handy-dandy dash-cam.
Putting a dash cam in my car will result in two things: A catalog of the music I listen to and a count of how many times I say, “Fuckin’ Camry” when I’m driving down the road and one of them cuts me off or changes lanes without signaling or does something else fucked up.
Having recording devices about everywhere would be a nightmare for me. I essentially talk to myself all the time. And the driving commentary in particular would be bleeped a lot since I see a lot on the highways around Philadelphia that annoys me.
16 | Bubblehead II Dec 4, 2014 1:47:05pm |
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
Off topic observation. I was at a Hallmark store yesterday and … am I the only one who finds Susan Lordi’s Willow Tree figurines to be incredibly creepy?
I like to think she’s figured out a way of selling white Christian Americans on a way to represent themselves and their families as bland, faceless, conformist cult members. I’m not sure there’s actually this much forethought involved, but the whole thing definitely smacks of a cynical attempt to profit off of a certain mindset that is attracted to terrible, production line art - the sculptural equivalent of Thomas Kincade prints.
Looks like something from the twilight zone.
17 | iossarian Dec 4, 2014 1:47:28pm |
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
I don’t think they’re that bad in and of themselves. I do have something of an issue with mass-produced art though - I’ve never really got the point of that. I once had a big argument with a painter who sold limited edition prints of his work (not exactly a rare thing for painters to do) on this point.
18 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 1:49:02pm |
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
Off topic observation. I was at a Hallmark store yesterday and … am I the only one who finds Susan Lordi’s Willow Tree figurines to be incredibly creepy?
I like to think she’s figured out a way of selling white Christian Americans on a way to represent themselves and their families as bland, faceless, conformist cult members. I’m not sure there’s actually this much forethought involved, but the whole thing definitely smacks of a cynical attempt to profit off of a certain mindset that is attracted to terrible, production line art - the sculptural equivalent of Thomas Kincade prints.
Da Fuq am I looking at there? Creepy yes.
19 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 1:50:43pm |
re: #14 Charles Johnson
Ah, that’s it. I thought I’d disabled it here. Weird thing is it just started recently. Oh, well. It’s off now.
(sorry, I can’t afford the $80 atm for a subscription).
20 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 1:53:33pm |
re: #18 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
Da Fuq am I looking at there? Creepy yes.
Creepier once you’ve performed the ritual binding them to your victim and they take on their features over several day.
The eyes follow you every where.
21 | jaunte Dec 4, 2014 1:54:16pm |
To idiots saying “If #EricGarner hadn't committed a crime, he wouldn't be dead”, imagine if next time you exceed speed limit, cops kill you.
— Deborah N. Tornello (@litbrit) December 4, 2014
22 | iossarian Dec 4, 2014 1:55:37pm |
re: #21 jaunte
Or, if you get into an altercation with a dog-walker, the cops kill you.
23 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 1:55:49pm |
re: #21 jaunte
Or send you to the organ banks for jaywalking.
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24 | jaunte Dec 4, 2014 1:57:06pm |
Lots of people claim to be “law-abiding” but they’ve never really been tested.
25 | goddamnedfrank Dec 4, 2014 2:01:24pm |
re: #17 iossarian
I don’t think they’re that bad in and of themselves. I do have something of an issue with mass-produced art though - I’ve never really got the point of that.
She has an MFA and a talent for sculpture, not denying that. My criticism is about the Willow Tree as a gestalt whole, any individual sculpture obviously captures the human form and a certain level of emotion. In the whole however the collection becomes immensely creepy. The mass of faceless, bland, overwhelmingly white and identically dressed figures just becomes cult like. In that world women wear white gowns, men simple pants and white shirts. The large number of angel figurines, and the nativity scenes further emphasize the Christian-ness of the collection, it’s no wonder American white Bible folk eat that shit up, it’s clearly aimed squarely at them as a demographic.
I once had a big argument with a painter who sold limited edition prints of his work (not exactly a rare thing for painters to do) on this point.
Fine art photographers do this too, which used to make a certain kind of sense when printing required dodging and burning by hand and no two prints could be termed exactly alike. When the edition is part of an automatic and mechanical reproduction process however it’s basically just a pretense. I don’t object too much because artists got to make money and artificial scarcity is one of the best ways to jack up the price for a particular work, but it’s still kind of weird.
26 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 2:02:32pm |
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
Off topic observation. I was at a Hallmark store yesterday and … am I the only one who finds Susan Lordi’s Willow Tree figurines to be incredibly creepy?
I like to think she’s figured out a way of selling white Christian Americans on a way to represent themselves and their families as bland, faceless, conformist cult members. I’m not sure there’s actually this much forethought involved, but the whole thing definitely smacks of a cynical attempt to profit off of a certain mindset that is attracted to terrible, production line art - the sculptural equivalent of Thomas Kincade prints.
27 | Targetpractice Dec 4, 2014 2:04:45pm |
re: #21 jaunte
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Or if you were just walking down the street with your hands in your pockets.
28 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 2:05:06pm |
29 | Amory Blaine Dec 4, 2014 2:06:33pm |
It’s a way to pump out figurines by the millions without regard to detail.
30 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 2:07:14pm |
It must be something disturbing to the human psyche. Just off the top of my head I see the faceless (or partially faceless look) used multiple times in visible media. Twilight Zone, Star Trek (“Charlie X” ep - “no laughing!”), Matrix (first film), etc.
31 | goddamnedfrank Dec 4, 2014 2:10:31pm |
Q: Are you planning to make more ethnic pieces? How about pieces for multi-racial families?A: Summer 2014 marks the introduction of eight family figures that are available with original skin and hair color, or now with darker skin tone and hair color. These figures work well in Family Groupings, and include You and Me, Brother and Sister and all six of the seated boys and girls in The Roses in my Garden collection. New figures can be combined together with others to reflect multi-racial and blended families. In addition, We are Three, a figure of parents with new baby, has darker skin tones and hair color.
Currently, there are several pieces that could be interpreted as ethnically diverse, including Angel of the Spirit, Angel of Grace, With Love, Blessings, and Sunshine. These pieces are a celebration of the diversity in our culture.
Child of my Heart can be interpreted as bi-racial. This piece was inspired by a friend of Susan’s who is very involved in international adoption, so the hair and skin color of the mother and baby are different shades (the child has browner skin), which could imply adoption or racially diverse birth mother and child.
In carving and painting all Willow Tree(r) sculpture, Susan strives for soft contrast and blended lines. She actually uses four skin tones that range from light to dark. Several other angels and figurines have variations of complexions intended to reflect different ethnicities, but she tries to keep the coloration of all pieces very subtle so that they can have universal appeal.
If the people who buy this shit wanted real diversity then there would be real diversity. The figurines are massively, overwhelmingly white for a reason, that’s the target demographic.
You’ll notice that there are absolutely no same sex couples either. Firstly because the Christian Bible Stores that stock this crap would rebel if there were, and second because very few gay people would be caught dead allowing these atrocities in their homes.
32 | iossarian Dec 4, 2014 2:10:32pm |
re: #25 goddamnedfrank
Yes, I get your points, and mostly agree, about the homogeneity of the work when taken as a whole. Maybe that’s the effect she’s going for!
33 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 2:11:22pm |
re: #1 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
We need someone like this to enforce this law:
That iconic photo of Sherman was taken shortly after the assassination of Lincoln—see the mourning band tied on his sleeve.
34 | iossarian Dec 4, 2014 2:11:31pm |
Whoa - replied to two posts at once.
re: #24 jaunte
Lots of people claim to be “law-abiding” but they’ve never really been tested.
“Law abiding white people” smoke a lot of pot.
35 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 2:13:00pm |
white couple mocks Eric Garner's death on television. (via @TPM) http://t.co/cmAPpcfMTd pic.twitter.com/dsxUFv714e— Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) December 4, 2014
37 | Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 4, 2014 2:15:40pm |
re: #35 Kragar
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I posted this from PIX11 downstairs, in case anyone missed it:
Judge releases limited details on Eric Garner grand jury deliberations
“limited” is a very generous description.
38 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 2:16:12pm |
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
If the people who buy this shit wanted real diversity then there would be real diversity. The figurines are massively, overwhelmingly white for a reason, that’s the target demographic.
You’ll notice that there are absolutely no same sex couples either. Firstly because the Christian Bible Stores that stock this crap would rebel if there were, and second because very few gay people would be caught dead allowing these atrocities in their homes.
No eyes—> can’t read (heresy), can’t look at (porn)
No mouth—> can’t speak (blasphemy) or eat (what can’t Christians eat?)
No nose—> #Cantbreathe
39 | iossarian Dec 4, 2014 2:16:15pm |
re: #30 Feline Fearless Leader
It must be something disturbing to the human psyche. Just off the top of my head I see the faceless (or partually faceless look) used multiple times in visible media. Twilight Zone, Star Trek (“Charlie X” ep - “no laughing!”), Matrix (first film), etc.
It’s also a biblical illustration trope:
40 | Ace-o-aces Dec 4, 2014 2:18:49pm |
.@ChuckCJohnson filner is Jewish, not white. #theresadifference
— The New Heresy (@theneworthodoxy) December 4, 2014
Nice followers ya got there Chuck. Also, Filner plead guilty to all charges against him.
41 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 2:20:01pm |
re: #40 Ace-o-aces
Nice followers ya got there Chuck. Also, Filner plead guilty to all charges against him.
Would that follower blow a gasket if presented with a photo of Sammy Davis, Jr.?
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42 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 2:21:52pm |
re: #41 Feline Fearless Leader
Would that follower blow a gasket if presented with a photo of Sammy Davis, Jr.?
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He’d blow a gasket if he saw a photo of my granddaughter, the whitest, blondest, most blue-eyed Aryan-looking baby you ever saw.
44 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 2:22:41pm |
re: #42 The Vicious Fergushka
He’d blow a gasket if he saw a photo of my granddaughter, the whitest, blondest, most blue-eyed Aryan-looking baby you ever saw.
I don’t think UpChuck has any more gaskets to blow. fwiw
45 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 2:23:32pm |
BTW, posting this from downstairs: what do you think the over/under line should be on Obama vetoes over the next two years?
46 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 2:24:38pm |
re: #44 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
I don’t think UpChuck has any more gaskets to blow. fwiw
I’m talking about that fuckwad who replied to him that Jews aren’t white.
47 | Ace-o-aces Dec 4, 2014 2:30:08pm |
“It's The New Republic that's in desperate trouble.” http://t.co/dcKCUMNOSC
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) December 4, 2014
The New Republic might go under? @DylanByers pic.twitter.com/mFMX0Fyn4Z
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 4, 2014
Oh, no. Where will all the “reasonable” liberals go to undermine the progressive agenda in order to appease conservative Republicans who will hate them anyway?
48 | darthstar Dec 4, 2014 2:30:11pm |
Jesus on skates!
Broken windows policing. pic.twitter.com/v2PrYM2Jf6— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) December 4, 2014
49 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 2:32:22pm |
50 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 2:34:29pm |
Apparently someone is shocked by the fact that people think Rand Paul is full of shit
The fact you think this is even a topic worthy of discussion speaks volumes @News_STN @grumpyoldmanTO @abmorgan— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 4, 2014
51 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 2:35:22pm |
re: #1 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
We need someone like this to enforce this law:
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best historical portrait taken 30 seconds after the person got out of bed
52 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 2:37:35pm |
re: #51 dog philosopher
best historical portrait taken 30 seconds after the person got out of bed
To be fair, Sherman always looked like that.
53 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 2:38:16pm |
54 | Ace-o-aces Dec 4, 2014 2:38:36pm |
When you run cover stories questioning the intelligence of 40 million people, because of their skin color, some among them tend to remember.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 4, 2014
And for some odd indeterminable reason, people tend not to forget images like this. RT @shani_o: pic.twitter.com/xpbPaY40CG
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 4, 2014
Oh, to dream of the day no one says “Even the liberal New Republic” anymore.
55 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 2:38:57pm |
A study, reported in the journal Science, has now shown that eels can use their electric organs to remotely control the fish they hunt.
i tried this with my mighty wurlitzer but she just slapped me
56 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 2:39:39pm |
re: #53 The Vicious Fergushka
Sherman invented Bad Hair Days
To be fair, Sherman didn’t need good hair ;)
60 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 2:46:46pm |
@Stick_Slinger @viciousbabushka @lajouetreine If you can not see the creeping simularities I can not help you.— Lady Drums (@LdyDrums) December 4, 2014
63 | Ace-o-aces Dec 4, 2014 2:49:56pm |
64 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 2:50:13pm |
I’m going to make apple pie now.
With vodka crust.
66 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 2:53:33pm |
Benedict Cumberbatch is Officially Doctor Strange, Says Marvel http://t.co/EbxQjDec8V via @TheMarySue— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 4, 2014
67 | Ace-o-aces Dec 4, 2014 2:57:53pm |
I mean, New Republic was the last place where someone on the right could go and get coherent, adult liberal policy thought. No longer.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) December 4, 2014
I think this about sums up TNR.
68 | jaunte Dec 4, 2014 2:58:27pm |
Four white officers in St. Louis hang a noose up in the office. Settled suit. Nobody fired. http://t.co/HrdTyydIl6 pic.twitter.com/wfpqj01ZGZ
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 4, 2014
“…The jury awarded Jacques Hughes $125,000 in actual damages and Hill $25,000 and $350,000 to each man in punitive damages. Money from the city’s budget will be used to pay the awards, attorneys said.
[St. Louis Sheriff James] Murphy never apologized for the incident, instead saying he was sorry the two were offended.
69 | Whack-A-Mole Dec 4, 2014 2:59:17pm |
re: #66 Kragar
While I think he’ll be a great add to the MCU, I’m saddened by anything that takes him away from Baker Street.
70 | jaunte Dec 4, 2014 3:03:44pm |
Live chopper video from #FoleySquare #EricGarner protest in New York right now http://t.co/cZhVXeFg7R pic.twitter.com/r7fMrNS63b
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) December 4, 2014
71 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 3:04:32pm |
re: #67 Ace-o-aces
where someone on the right could go and get coherent, adult
the point of view of people who condemn newt gingrich and bob dole for being too left wing
72 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 3:08:18pm |
Worst Use Of Dynamite In An Arson Prosecution
Mariah Carey blasted for tree lighting performance
73 | Bubblehead II Dec 4, 2014 3:13:09pm |
Flu virus mutations mean your shot may not be worth much this year: CDC
The CDC said in a statement that about 48 percent of virus samples taken between Oct. 1 and Nov. 22 matched a particular strain, known as Influenza A or H3N2, that is not covered in this year’s vaccine.
Well so much for this years shot. At least it was covered by insurance.
74 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 3:15:55pm |
re: #73 Bubblehead II
Flu virus mutations mean your shot may not be worth much this year: CDC
The CDC said in a statement that about 48 percent of virus samples taken between Oct. 1 and Nov. 22 matched a particular strain, known as Influenza A or H3N2, that is not covered in this year’s vaccine.
Well so much for this years shot. At least it was covered by insurance.
Makes me glad I’ve put my shot off this year…I wonder if they’ll get out a vaccine that does cover that strain before this season is over.
75 | allegro Dec 4, 2014 3:18:42pm |
re: #74 TedStriker
Makes me glad I’ve put my shot off this year…I wonder if they’ll get out a vaccine that does cover that strain before this season is over.
They will not. Just watched a news segment on it. Apparently the available shot will help lessen the symptoms some if infected with the not-covered virus though.
76 | Bubblehead II Dec 4, 2014 3:20:26pm |
re: #74 TedStriker
Makes me glad I’ve put my shot off this year…I wonder if they’ll get out a vaccine that does cover that strain before this season is over.
Next year. Flu shots have always been a sort of a gamble. CDC can’t know what strain will be more active from season to season so goes with best science. Some times they get it, some time they don’t.
77 | Jack Burton Dec 4, 2014 3:27:08pm |
re: #76 Bubblehead II
Next year. Flu shots have always been a sort of a gamble. CDC can’t know what strain will be more active from season to season so goes with best science. Some times they get it, some time the don’t.
Which is used as ammo by Anti-vaxxers and kookspiracy theorists which, unfortunately, the critical thinking impared and/or apathetic will listen to.
If I had a dime I’ve heard someone claim they got the flu from the shot I could retire.
78 | Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 4, 2014 3:30:22pm |
re: #75 allegro
They will not. Just watched a news segment on it. Apparently the available shot will help lessen the symptoms some if infected with the not-covered virus though.
thanks obamacare!
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79 | Bubblehead II Dec 4, 2014 3:33:09pm |
re: #77 Jack Burton
Which is used as ammo by Anti-vaxxers and kookspiracy theorists which, unfortunately, the critical thinking impared and/or apathetic will listen to.
If I had a dime I’ve heard someone claim they got the flu from the shot I could retire.
I didn’t have a reaction to this years flu shot. But man did my arm hurt after I got the pneumonia shot. Good thing I don’t have to get another one for 5 yrs.
80 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 3:38:40pm |
Flu virus mutations
i we didn’t have all the socialism, the flu virus mutations would be conditioned by market forces and we wouldn’t have this problem
81 | Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 4, 2014 3:39:14pm |
OT, but happy.
13-Year-Old Boy Responds Perfectly To Best Friend Coming Out As Gay http://t.co/M2SXorm3yx (via @EliteDaily) #LGBT pic.twitter.com/WPi2crK5xN
— James F. Haning II (@jameshaning) December 4, 2014
82 | ObserverArt Dec 4, 2014 3:42:14pm |
Since there is some mention of Gen. W.T. Sherman…
Seen in Lancaster, Ohio. 30 minutes south of Columbus on Ohio Rt 33 South.
I go by this a few times a year when I am out on a drive to the Hocking Hills area. There are tons of buildings, schools, streets and roads around Ohio named after Sherman.
83 | darthstar Dec 4, 2014 3:44:24pm |
@MTmarilyn2 @metaquest Boehner will be singing this. http://t.co/WUnklbj5uA— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 4, 2014
84 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 3:46:00pm |
re: #82 ObserverArt
Since there is some mention of Gen. W.T. Sherman…
Seen in Lancaster, Ohio. 30 minutes south of Columbus on Ohio Rt 33 South.
I go by this a few times a year when I am out on a drive to the Hocking Hills area. There are tons of buildings, schools, streets and roads around Ohio named after Sherman.
Image: Sherman Birthplace Marker - Lancaster Ohio[Embedded content]
[may be a fake quote now that I think about it]
85 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 3:47:15pm |
re: #82 ObserverArt
Since there is some mention of Gen. W.T. Sherman…
Seen in Lancaster, Ohio. 30 minutes south of Columbus on Ohio Rt 33 South.
I go by this a few times a year when I am out on a drive to the Hocking Hills area. There are tons of buildings, schools, streets and roads around Ohio named after Sherman.
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Everything you need to know about Sherman’s character in one quote.
“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.”
86 | darthstar Dec 4, 2014 3:48:40pm |
Fox: 'Huh, two guys who give away free stuff.' pic.twitter.com/osGBsmMXzA
87 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 3:49:01pm |
re: #85 Kragar
Everything you need to know about Sherman’s character in one quote.
“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.”
It may not be a real quote, it’s in somebody else’s memoirs not Sherman’s
88 | Click My Icon To Watch This Short French Film. Dec 4, 2014 3:52:16pm |
re: #86 darthstar
Santa is such a Commie.
89 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 3:52:29pm |
Sherman’s letter to Atlanta:
“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace. But you cannot have peace and a division of our country. If the United States submits to a division now, it will not stop, but will go on until we reap the fate of Mexico, which is eternal war. The United States does and must assert its authority, wherever it once had power; for, if it relaxes one bit to pressure, it is gone, and I believe that such is the national feeling. This feeling assumes various shapes, but always comes back to that of Union. Once admit the Union, once more acknowledge the authority of the national Government, and, instead of devoting your houses and streets and roads to the dread uses of war, I and this army become at once your protectors and supporters, shielding you from danger, let it come from what quarter it may. I know that a few individuals cannot resist a torrent of error and passion, such as swept the South into rebellion, but you can point out, so that we may know those who desire a government, and those who insist on war and its desolation.
You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.
We don’t want your negroes, or your horses, or your houses, or your hands, or any thing that you have, but we do want and will have a just obedience to the laws of the United States. That we will have, and, if it involves the destruction of your improvements, we cannot help it.”
90 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 3:52:43pm |
re: #87 The Vicious Fergushka
It may not be a real quote, it’s in somebody else’s memoirs not Sherman’s
From “Our Great Captains: Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and Farragut” by biographer L.P. Brockett, 1866, attributed to Sherman
91 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 3:54:41pm |
re: #90 Kragar
From “Our Great Captains: Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and Farragut” by biographer L.P. Brockett, 1866, attributed to Sherman
They had fake quotes then too.
92 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 3:59:20pm |
re: #91 The Vicious Fergushka
They had fake quote then too.
True, but the guy did have first hand access to the primary sources back at the time. Its not exactly a disreputable source.
93 | Click My Icon To Watch This Short French Film. Dec 4, 2014 4:01:04pm |
Some more great Sherman trivia The ‘T’ in his name stands for ‘Tecumseh’ he was named after one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. His father was a BIG fan of Tecumseh as were many people.
94 | Decatur Deb Dec 4, 2014 4:01:33pm |
re: #52 Kragar
To be fair, Sherman always looked like that.
If you want to start a tonsorial fashion, Ambrose Burnside is your man. If you want to strafe the seedbed of secession, stick with the rumpled guy.
95 | The Vicious Babushka Dec 4, 2014 4:05:08pm |
re: #92 Kragar
True, but the guy did have first hand access to the primary sources back at the time. Its not exactly a disreputable source.
I have read enough primary Civil War source documents to know that they made shit up then too, there just wasn’t an Internet for it all to spread too fast.
96 | allegro Dec 4, 2014 4:06:15pm |
re: #94 Decatur Deb
If you want to start a tonsorial fashion, Ambrose Burnside is your man. If you want to strafe the seedbed of secession, stick with the rumpled guy.
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LOL My husband actually sported that look for a short time. He was pissed because his company wouldn’t allow men to wear earrings (I’d pierced one of his ears while on vacay - he looked very hot with a small hoop, though from then on I found it hard to find a whole pair of earrings cuz he kept stealing one). Rebel that he was, he went for an outrageous look they couldn’t say anything about.
97 | Click My Icon To Watch This Short French Film. Dec 4, 2014 4:07:06pm |
re: #94 Decatur Deb
LMAO. I can’t even begin to tell you how much pleasure I got from seeing the words ‘tonsorial’ ‘strafe’ and ‘seedbed’ all together.
98 | darthstar Dec 4, 2014 4:07:54pm |
99 | darthstar Dec 4, 2014 4:13:22pm |
Someone's not happy living next to Christopher Pyne #auspol pic.twitter.com/nBSimCEBDn— Sir StanDeSteam (@StanSteam2) December 4, 2014
100 | b.d. Dec 4, 2014 4:13:32pm |
Damn Libtards always asking for a handout. Now, where’s my tax cut?
101 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 4:17:36pm |
re: #100 b.d.
Damn Libtards always asking for a handout. Now, where’s my tax cut?
Yeah, pretty much.
102 | Skip Intro Dec 4, 2014 4:18:00pm |
Two things to be thankful for this Christmas: neither Sarah Palin nor Rush Limbaugh have a book coming out.
103 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 4:18:54pm |
re: #102 Skip Intro
Two things to be thankful for this Christmas: neither Sarah Palin nor Rush Limbaugh have a book coming out.
Yet.
There’s still three weeks until Christmas Day.
104 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:21:23pm |
re: #102 Skip Intro
Two things to be thankful for this Christmas: neither Sarah Palin nor Rush Limbaugh have a book coming out.
What, no “Twas The Night Before The War On Christmas”?
105 | Skip Intro Dec 4, 2014 4:21:24pm |
re: #103 TedStriker
I don’t think John Fund has enough time to crank out any more this year.
106 | Skip Intro Dec 4, 2014 4:23:29pm |
TLC may still broadcast the Palin Family’s New Years Eve Drunken Brawl though. Might try to make it an annual event.
107 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:24:02pm |
re: #89 The Vicious Fergushka
Sherman’s letter to Atlanta:
I especially like this part: “…those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.”
I know we had to make nice after 600,000 people died because of those assholes, but it’s a damned shame the Confederacy got to keep their delusions of humanity.
108 | Decatur Deb Dec 4, 2014 4:24:45pm |
re: #104 Blind Frog Belly White
What, no “Twas The Night Before The War On Christmas”?
“Dreaming of an Exclusively White Christmas”.
109 | allegro Dec 4, 2014 4:27:34pm |
So who’s watching Brian William’s daughter Allison doing Peter Pan in a half hour?
111 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:28:10pm |
I can see it now. They’d never get off the first page….
Twas the night before Christmas - Yah, that’s right CHRISTMAS! Not “Holidays”, not “Kwanzaa”, not “Winter Solstice” - CHRISTMAS!!!
112 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 4:28:31pm |
most beautiful town in the world
or, a real nice place to raise your lutefisk in
113 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:28:49pm |
re: #110 allegro
Wait… that should be PLAYING Peter Pan. LOL
I liked it better the other way. Might change his mind about not wanting to grow up….
115 | b.d. Dec 4, 2014 4:34:30pm |
re: #110 allegro
Wait… that should be PLAYING Peter Pan. LOL
I would watch it to watch Walken but the obvious nepotism that got Williams her role in insulting to me and makes me not want her to do well.
So I will watch others not do well instead, Cowboys vs. Bears.
116 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 4:34:33pm |
re: #109 allegro
So who’s watching Brian William’s daughter Allison doing Peter Pan in a half hour?
I’ll watch the highlights of Christopher Walken as the pirate. That’s as much as I can handle.
117 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 4:35:27pm |
re: #113 Blind Frog Belly White
I liked it better the other way. Might change his mind about not wanting to grow up….
I’m sure there’s a rule 34 for that. ;)
118 | GlutenFreeJesus Dec 4, 2014 4:36:08pm |
Why am I just now finding out about the new Terminator film?!?!
119 | Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 4, 2014 4:36:51pm |
re: #104 Blind Frog Belly White
What, no “Twas The Night Before The War On Christmas”?
That would be Megyn Kelly’s children’s book:
No Nativity Scenes Anywhere!!! And Santa Claus is White, Just Like Babby Jesus!!!11!!
120 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 4:37:28pm |
121 | Lidane Dec 4, 2014 4:38:50pm |
OFFICIAL: Benedict Cumberbatch to play #DoctorStrange, in theaters November 4, 2016: http://t.co/p2QIRIWixn— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) December 4, 2014
122 | darthstar Dec 4, 2014 4:42:20pm |
Hello, @MrsSymbols: Thought you'd enjoy this ancient sculpture of Saturn preparing to devour his children… pic.twitter.com/gBJHA2mgM8— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) December 5, 2014
123 | OhNoZombies! Dec 4, 2014 4:42:26pm |
re: #112 dog philosopher
most beautiful town in the world
or, a real nice place to raise your lutefisk in
re: #112 dog philosopher
most beautiful town in the world
or, a real nice place to raise your lutefisk in
Lillihammer on Netflix has been our binge show this week.
It causes ice crystals to form on the edges of our tv though.
124 | Shiplord Kirel Dec 4, 2014 4:42:36pm |
Shouldn’t the planned ebola apocalypse have killed about 20 million Americans by now?
Face it, folks, Obama is just not up to this diabolical tyrant job we gave him.
125 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:43:16pm |
126 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 4:43:25pm |
127 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 4:45:06pm |
re: #126 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
What does it tell us about the film, that the trailer itself barely reaches the “meh” mark?
That it will suck ass.
128 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:45:12pm |
re: #126 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
What does it tell us about the film, that the trailer itself barely reaches the “meh” mark?
That you can only go back to the well a limited number of times.
BTW, doesn’t this make like the FOURTH John Connor?
129 | Lidane Dec 4, 2014 4:46:30pm |
re: #126 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
What does it tell us about the film, that the trailer itself barely reaches the “meh” mark?
That it’s going to suck.
130 | Varek Raith Dec 4, 2014 4:46:59pm |
131 | ObserverArt Dec 4, 2014 4:47:28pm |
re: #93 blah blah ad hominem mumbo jumbo.
Some more great Sherman trivia The ‘T’ in his name stands for ‘Tecumseh’ he was named after one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. His father was a BIG fan of Tecumseh as were many people.
And that is why there has been this outdoor drama at natural theater on the side of a hill outside Chillicothe, Ohio.
Logo for Tecumseh Drama - Chillicothe, Ohio
132 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:47:45pm |
BTW, I watched “Judgement Day” last weekend, and when that John Connor was speaking, I kept hearing in my mind, “Oh, yeah, Hardison! She’ll scream!”
133 | OhNoZombies! Dec 4, 2014 4:49:30pm |
I liked C. Bale.
So he cussed that poor guy out…
Heh heh.
134 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 4:50:33pm |
re: #128 Blind Frog Belly White
That you can only go back to the well a limited number of times.
BTW, doesn’t this make like the FOURTH John Connor?
The fact that they have thrown the canon out for this makes me not want to see it.
135 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:51:12pm |
re: #134 TedStriker
The fact that they have thrown the canon out for this makes me not want to see it.
Threw the Canon out, eh? So you think this will be a … big bore?
136 | BeachDem Dec 4, 2014 4:51:28pm |
re: #131 ObserverArt
And that is why there has been this outdoor drama at natural theater on the side of a hill outside Chillicothe, Ohio.
Logo for Tecumseh Drama - Chillicothe, Ohio
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Have you ever gone to see it? It is really good (or at least it was back when we went—of course, in retrospect, alcohol may have enhanced the experience.)
137 | Varek Raith Dec 4, 2014 4:52:44pm |
re: #134 TedStriker
The fact that they have thrown the canon out for this makes me not want to see it.
Oh?
How bad?
138 | Skip Intro Dec 4, 2014 4:52:45pm |
Two new terms enter the language, thanks to Charles PIerce.
The first is Baja Oklahoma, to describe the former state of Texas under the rule of Gregg Abbot.
The second is Cliven Bundynomics,.
Here’s the reason.
Dropping our mufflers and survival suits somewhere in the middle of Alberta, we finally thaw ourselves enough to get to Utah, which wants to grab a whole lot of land that’s owned by you and me and the rest of our fellow citizens. Of course, this is only profitable if Utah gets to keep all the money — every oily nickel — it collects for gouging the heart out of national parks and lands. Otherwise, the whole project goes broke in two years and you wind up with a hole in your state, your state budget, and your tourist economy.
The nearly 800-page report explored a number of scenarios for the state to assume management of public lands, concluding that the only way that the plan would be “profitable” is if the state collects 100 percent of royalties from oil and gas development in the state, which are currently shared equally by the federal and state government. The study states that without the change in royalty allocation, which would add to the national debt and place a burden on U.S. taxpayers, “oil and gas revenues are not sufficient to cover the state’s total land management costs for at least two years after the transfer.” If the state is unable to take U.S. taxpayers’ share of royalties, the state would be forced to look elsewhere for revenue to cover land management costs, including raising taxes and selling off prized lands to private companies.
Yeah, like that last part isn’t the basis for this whole damn scam. I thought I’d never see a more ludicrous public-policy idea than supply-side Reaganomics, but here it is. Cliven Bundynomics.
Soon to be the Next Big Thing in GOPLand all across the country.
139 | Higgs Boson's Mate Dec 4, 2014 4:56:07pm |
re: #134 TedStriker
The fact that they have thrown the canon out for this makes me not want to see it.
We can at least be confident that the movie will have a clever plot, well-written dialogue, compelling characters, and little reliance on heavy handed CG.
Riiiiiiiiiiight.
140 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 4:57:19pm |
At first I was like, WTF?
But it sounded too oniony, and indeed:
Again, nobody is suing me. That 'story' was posted on a joke website and others assumed it was true. It's not!— Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) December 4, 2014
141 | jaunte Dec 4, 2014 4:58:26pm |
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel
Shouldn’t the planned ebola apocalypse have killed about 20 million Americans by now?
Face it, folks, Obama is just not up to this diabolical tyrant job we gave him.
The real apocalypse is the RWNJ Amnesia plague. That must be what’s in the chemtrails.
142 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 4:59:44pm |
re: #139 Higgs Boson’s Mate
We can at least be confident that the movie will have a clever plot, well-written dialogue, compelling characters, and little reliance on heavy handed CG.
Riiiiiiiiiiight.
Well, it HAS got Emilia Clarke.
143 | Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 4, 2014 5:00:15pm |
eeek! I have UpChuck twitter cooties…
EEEK!!!!!!
ETA: Whew…it was a close call…
:D
144 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 5:03:55pm |
I am officially over “canon” as a term for comic book superheroes and Star Wars movies.
145 | BeachDem Dec 4, 2014 5:04:28pm |
And Wonkette (Gary Legum) comes up with the perfect comeback to the Dana Loesch/Aqua Buddha bullshit about the cigarette tax being responsible for killing Eric Garner:
Yr Wonkette suspects that if Eric Garner, a poor man trying to hustle a few bucks to feed his kids, had been on that corner selling falafels out of an unlicensed cart or illegal DVDs or knockoff Kate Spade handbags or any one of the thousands of other items people sell on the streets of New York, and the cops had hassled him and he had still gotten as upset as he did over the rousting he was getting for selling loose cigarettes, the same chain of events would have played out, and he would still be dead. But that’s just us.
Read more at wonkette.com
Bonus—also addresses bulbous compost heap Rep. Peter King.
146 | Varek Raith Dec 4, 2014 5:05:48pm |
re: #144 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
I am officially over “canon” as a term for comic book superheroes and Star Wars movies.
I can overlook minor things.
Major, ‘Screw the established history’ I can not.
/nerdrage
147 | #FergusonFireside Dec 4, 2014 5:06:45pm |
People are live tweeting Peter Pan.
Oh America.
148 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 5:08:09pm |
re: #144 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
It would make sense, if not for the fact that with a little tweaking here and there, with retroactive rewriting and with the “let’s put all the rest of the crap into the expanded universe” attitude it no longer does.
149 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 5:08:57pm |
re: #146 Varek Raith
I can overlook minor things.
Major, ‘Screw the established history’ I can not.
/nerdrage
I am reminded of the ad campaign for a highly forgettable horror movie of the early 1970s, which suggested the audience could retain its sanity in the face of all the horror by repeating to itself, “It’s only a movie. It’s only a movie.”
150 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 5:11:03pm |
re: #148 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
It would make sense, if not for the fact that with a little tweaking here and there, with retroactive rewriting and with the “let’s put all the rest of crap into the expanded universe” attitude it no longer does.
Hey, it’s time travel. You can fuck up timelines at will!
//
151 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 5:11:18pm |
re: #149 Blind Frog Belly White
was that “Last House on the Left”?
152 | ObserverArt Dec 4, 2014 5:12:21pm |
re: #136 BeachDem
Have you ever gone to see it? It is really good (or at least it was back when we went—of course, in retrospect, alcohol may have enhanced the experience.)
No I have not. I have driven by the theater several times taking Rt 159 north out of Chillicothe. I love that whole Chillicothe to Hocking Hills area of Ohio. Especially in the spring and fall. I used to relax by driving that areas very curvy roads. I have checked out many of the Ohio Indian mounds, and of course The Great Serpent Mound and all the attifacts at various Ohio Museums.
I often like to think about what Ohio must have been like when it was all the native Americans…especially back in the Adena era when they lived in that area back in 1000 BC to 250BC or so.
That part of Ohio must have been one huge forest, from the Ohio River all the way up to central Ohio and on to the eastern part of the state. The only open grass lands I could see in this state would have been the central western side along the Indiana border and to about the middle of the state, running up to Toledo.
153 | The War TARDIS Dec 4, 2014 5:12:52pm |
re: #140 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
You know, just once, I would like to see the person who made the rape threat prosecuted.
Send a message, that if you threaten to rape, you will be punished.
I tend to take crimes against people really damn seriously.
154 | De Kolta Chair Dec 4, 2014 5:13:21pm |
Bit o’ show biz trivia — Before performing on stage, Charles Chaplin, Sr., would down six raw eggs in a glass of port, usually chased by more port.
155 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 5:13:33pm |
re: #150 Blind Frog Belly White
Hey, it’s time travel. You can fuck up timelines at will!
//
Those would technically be new timelines (like in Back to the Future), since one can’t logically change a timeline. Doesn’t count!
//
156 | Higgs Boson's Mate Dec 4, 2014 5:13:49pm |
re: #150 Blind Frog Belly White
Hey, it’s time travel. You can fuck up timelines at will!
//
I’d love to fuck up George Will’s timeline, “Will, you’re promoted to fry dropper.”
157 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 5:14:24pm |
158 | The War TARDIS Dec 4, 2014 5:14:32pm |
re: #155 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
The Doctor is leaving a hilariously large number of alternate timelines then. Hundreds, if not thousands, if fact.
159 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 5:14:49pm |
Yes, it was!
en.wikipedia.org
Someone then came up with the title The Last House on the Left, along with the infamous “To avoid fainting, keep repeating ‘It’s only a movie’…” advertising campaign. (In actuality, it had been used twice before: first for gore-meister H.G. Lewis’s 1964 splatter film Color Me Blood Red, and then for William Castle’s Strait-Jacket the following year.
160 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 5:16:23pm |
Taking the kids to see “Santa Claus” tonight
161 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 5:17:14pm |
re: #158 The War TARDIS
The Doctor is leaving a hilariously large number of alternate timelines then. Hundreds, if not thousands, if fact.
It’s like, “we’ve avoided that future with billions of deaths!”. Nuh-uh. They’re still there, “parallel” to you. Thinking otherwise would put the time-traveler’s perspective above all others, would make it more ontologically real than that of all those other billions of people (and zillions of other creatures) and why would that be?
162 | De Kolta Chair Dec 4, 2014 5:17:27pm |
163 | EPR-radar Dec 4, 2014 5:18:36pm |
re: #144 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
I am officially over “canon” as a term for comic book superheroes and Star Wars movies.
For comic books it is totally pointless to worry about ‘canon’. It used to be that DC and Marvel would reboot their universe/major characters every decade or so, but that’s down to every 1-2 years these days.
164 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 5:18:43pm |
re: #155 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Those would technically be new timelines (like in Back to the Future), since one can’t logically change a timeline. Doesn’t count!
//
Someone once posited that time travel will never be invented because someone from the now-fucked-up future will always come back and stop it happening.
165 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 5:19:09pm |
re: #158 The War TARDIS
The Doctor is leaving a hilariously large number of alternate timelines then. Hundreds, if not thousands, if fact.
Time Lines work differently in Dr Who. Certain factors can be changed with no repercussions and then there are the “fixed points”. Other time lines were supposedly shut off at some point, but were accessible by certain means, like when the went to the universe where Rose’s father was still alive.
166 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 5:19:26pm |
re: #163 EPR-radar
For comic books it is totally pointless to worry about ‘canon’. It used to be that DC and Marvel would reboot their universe/major characters every decade or so, but that’s down to every 1-2 years these days.
“Now he’s GAY! And a black woman!!!”
167 | Varek Raith Dec 4, 2014 5:19:51pm |
Time travel - from my first day on the job as captain, I swore that I would never let myself get caught up in one of these God-forsaken paradoxes. The future is the past, the past is the future … it all gives me an headache.
-Captain Janeway
168 | Blind Frog Belly White Dec 4, 2014 5:22:36pm |
re: #167 Varek Raith
-Captain Janeway
A paradox, a paradox, a most amusing parodox!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, a paradox!
170 | GlutenFreeJesus Dec 4, 2014 5:23:32pm |
171 | BeachDem Dec 4, 2014 5:25:46pm |
People are live tweeting Peter Pan.
Oh America.
I watched the first 20 minutes, but it was too painful. Allison Williams doesn’t have a bad voice, but the fake British accent is rather grating and she doesn’t have much stage presence.
172 | Jenner7 Dec 4, 2014 5:26:04pm |
re: #160 Kragar
Have you watched Rifftrax with the Twilight series??? It’s hilarious.
173 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 5:26:09pm |
re: #167 Varek Raith
“How do we get out of this? There’s no time.”
“We do. After we get away from this guy we time-travel back and set up the things we need to get him now.”
“Yeah, like what?”
“Like a sandbag.”
“Excellent!”
“Then we’ll get a cage.”
“My friends. I too can play the time game. If you do that, once I have vanquished you, I’ll go back and set up this key. And another gun.”
“Right. Only there’s one thing you didn’t think of. Only the winners can go back and set things up. And that’s gonna be us. We set up the key, and we set up the gun.”
“Excuse me.”
“Your shoelaces are untied.”
174 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 5:27:07pm |
re: #164 Blind Frog Belly White
Someone once posited that time travel will never be invented because someone from the now-fucked-up future will always come back and stop it happening.
how come we all got stuck in one of the fucked up futures?
176 | BeachDem Dec 4, 2014 5:28:03pm |
re: #152 ObserverArt
My very favorite picture of me is from Old Man’s Cave. Used to love to go there in the fall.
177 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 5:28:37pm |
178 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 5:29:25pm |
re: #174 dog philosopher
how come we all got stuck in one of the fucked up futures?
Theodicy would have you believe this is the least fucked up future of all.
179 | Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 4, 2014 5:29:33pm |
re: #153 The War TARDIS
You know, just once, I would like to see the person who made the rape threat prosecuted.
Send a message, that if you threaten to rape, you will be punished.
I tend to take crimes against people really damn seriously.
You know, just once, I’d like to see a rape victim be taken seriously instead of slut shamed.
And see an actual rapist prosecuted.
But maybe that’s just me.
180 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 5:29:58pm |
Any attempt to change the future by traveling to the past is ultimately doomed by the fact that once you changed an event, any reason you would have had to travel back and change things was undone, so you never time traveled to change anything in the first place.
181 | William Barnett-Lewis Dec 4, 2014 5:30:21pm |
re: #25 goddamnedfrank
Fine art photographers do this too, which used to make a certain kind of sense when printing required dodging and burning by hand and no two prints could be termed exactly alike. When the edition is part of an automatic and mechanical reproduction process however it’s basically just a pretense. I don’t object too much because artists got to make money and artificial scarcity is one of the best ways to jack up the price for a particular work, but it’s still kind of weird.
Uh. No. Not quite.
These provide some background:
theonlinephotographer.typepad.com
theonlinephotographer.typepad.com
This gives a specific example of what goes into a fine art print by a grand master of the art from a digitial capture.
182 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 5:31:21pm |
re: #178 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Theodicy would have you believe this is the least fucked up future of all.
ask mr theodicy for me why there are so many nixons in this one
183 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 5:31:39pm |
re: #169 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
With the inimitable Peter Cook:
Youtube Video
184 | OhNoZombies! Dec 4, 2014 5:32:00pm |
re: #171 BeachDem
I watched the first 20 minutes, but it was too painful. Allison Williams doesn’t have a bad voice, but the fake British accent is rather grating and she doesn’t have much stage presence.
I can over look the accent, but on the whole, it’s boring.
Waiting for Christopher Walken.
185 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 5:33:35pm |
Theodicy (/θiːˈ┭ɪsi/), in its most common form, is the attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil
if i posit an impossibility, why am i surprised if i am left with a paradox?
186 | Lidane Dec 4, 2014 5:35:36pm |
re: #171 BeachDem
I watched the first 20 minutes, but it was too painful. Allison Williams doesn’t have a bad voice, but the fake British accent is rather grating and she doesn’t have much stage presence.
You got further than me. I’ve got my iPod in and am just surfing online.
The boyfriend got so bored by Peter Pan he’s watching some weird Pauly Shore documentary.
187 | De Kolta Chair Dec 4, 2014 5:38:23pm |
188 | Belafon Dec 4, 2014 5:38:28pm |
re: #161 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
It’s like, “we’ve avoided that future with billions of deaths!”. Nuh-uh. They’re still there, “parallel” to you. Thinking otherwise would put the time-traveler’s perspective above all others, would make it more ontologically real than that of all those other billions of people (and zillions of other creatures) and why would that be?
“If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes / And other science facts / Then repeat to yourself ‘It’s just a show, / I should really just relax.’”
189 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 5:38:34pm |
re: #186 Lidane
The boyfriend got so bored by Peter Pan he’s watching some weird Pauly Shore documentary.
OMG!
190 | Higgs Boson's Mate Dec 4, 2014 5:39:33pm |
re: #186 Lidane
“Pauly Shore documentary”
There’s just no way that I can construe that as a good thing.
191 | b.d. Dec 4, 2014 5:40:01pm |
re: #186 Lidane
You got further than me. I’ve got my iPod in and am just surfing online.
The boyfriend got so bored by Peter Pan he’s watching some weird Pauly Shore documentary.
That’s not a Pauly Shore documentary, that’s Citizen 4!
192 | De Kolta Chair Dec 4, 2014 5:40:40pm |
re: #172 Jenner7
Have you watched Rifftrax with the Twilight series??? It’s hilarious.
Holy Jesus in tartar sauce, those are some of the funniest things ever created ever! “Line… line…” The first one was so highlarious that I felt guilty about torrenting RT and started paying them the big bucks for the big yucks.
Actually, for the effort they put into their work, its surprisingly cheap.
193 | sagehen Dec 4, 2014 5:40:55pm |
People are live tweeting Peter Pan.
Oh America.
I’m watching other stuff on broadcast; but do let me know if Pan is good enough to be worth watching on Hulu tomorrow (or when it reruns on NBC next weekend)
194 | Lidane Dec 4, 2014 5:41:01pm |
re: #190 Higgs Boson’s Mate
“Pauly Shore documentary”
There’s just no way that I can construe that as a good thing.
It’s not. My earbuds block the audio but it’s basically Pauly Shore touring Wisconsin. Very weird and disturbing.
195 | #FergusonFireside Dec 4, 2014 5:41:15pm |
re: #186 Lidane
You got further than me. I’ve got my iPod in and am just surfing online.
The boyfriend got so bored by Peter Pan he’s watching some weird Pauly Shore documentary.
There’s a Pauly Shore documentary? Of course there is. l o l
196 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 5:41:44pm |
Putin’s Rambling State of the Nation Speech Unnerves Russia’s Elites
i think obama may be able to take credit for destabilizing the putin
197 | Belafon Dec 4, 2014 5:42:23pm |
re: #180 Kragar
Any attempt to change the future by traveling to the past is ultimately doomed by the fact that once you changed an event, any reason you would have had to travel back and change things was undone, so you never time traveled to change anything in the first place.
That’s only true if there’s one timeline. If they branch off then you could affect a different timeline without a paradox.
198 | bratwurst Dec 4, 2014 5:42:25pm |
If you hate @ChuckCJohnson, you hate America.— Todd Kincannon (@Todd__Kincannon) December 5, 2014
Turns out I hate America.
199 | Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Dec 4, 2014 5:43:07pm |
re: #198 bratwurst
Charles C. Johnson @ChuckCJohnson
Can we please arrest all the white poseurs bragging about their crimes on Twitter? #CrimingWhileWhite #WhitePrivilege #blacktwitter
Todd Kincannon @Todd__Kincannon
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If you hate @ChuckCJohnson, you hate America.Turns out I hate America.
Da Fuq?
200 | #FergusonFireside Dec 4, 2014 5:43:16pm |
re: #196 dog philosopher
Putin’s Rambling State of the Nation Speech Unnerves Russia’s Elites
i think obama may be able to take credit for destabilizing the putin
Yep, he offered a one time amnesty to all the oligarchs who bailed with their billions to come baaaaaack pleeeeeease.
201 | OhNoZombies! Dec 4, 2014 5:43:36pm |
I swear my kids are pretending to like Peter Pan so they can stay up past their bed time.
They don’t know what’s going on at all…
202 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 5:43:59pm |
re: #180 Kragar
Any attempt to change the future by traveling to the past is ultimately doomed by the fact that once you changed an event, any reason you would have had to travel back and change things was undone, so you never time traveled to change anything in the first place.
The very idea of a changing timeline implies an additional timeline, because something can change only in time, so our timeline would have to “live” in some super-timeline. But in such a case the idea of a conscious individuum naturally going forward in time (as we all do) has to be abandoned - there is, then, no real “present” for anyone, all the moments in time are “present” and are subject to change at any (super-)time.
203 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 5:45:12pm |
re: #196 dog philosopher
Putin’s Rambling State of the Nation Speech Unnerves Russia’s Elites
i think obama may be able to take credit for destabilizing the putin
Well, if we believe Putin, it’s the USA that is to blame for everything. So you might as well take credit :D
204 | Decatur Deb Dec 4, 2014 5:45:27pm |
re: #198 bratwurst
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Turns out I hate America.
Just want to see CCJ and America transformed. Voted for that a couple times.
205 | #FergusonFireside Dec 4, 2014 5:46:43pm |
Babies, eh not my thing, but wtf
We've heard of cats photobombing pictures, but babies? That's a new one for me. http://t.co/BtZwcjC9zV
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 5, 2014
206 | KiTA Dec 4, 2014 5:48:51pm |
What a freaking mess of a week. Everything I’ve touched has turned to snot.
At least I have plans to go get lunch with the nice woman from work tomorrow… but given how this week has gone, I half expect to accidentally insult her mother or set fire to her car or something.
207 | Feline Fearless Leader Dec 4, 2014 5:49:49pm |
re: #183 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing
All-star bunch on that stage: Cook, Palin, Cleese, Jones, etc.
208 | De Kolta Chair Dec 4, 2014 5:49:50pm |
Babies, eh not my thing, but wtf
“Needz moar lens flares.” — J. J. Abrams
209 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 5:51:48pm |
And of course time travel totally disposes of the idea of “free will” (not that I buy the concept anyway).
210 | TedStriker Dec 4, 2014 5:52:44pm |
re: #167 Varek Raith
Time travel - from my first day on the job as captain, I swore that I would never let myself get caught up in one of these God-forsaken paradoxes. The future is the past, the past is the future … it all gives me an headache.
-Captain Janeway
Then, she just says “fuck it” and travels back in time to bring Voyager home sixteen years earlier at the end of the series, in order to save Tuvok and get some payback on the Borg Queen (among other things).
211 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 5:55:41pm |
re: #198 bratwurst
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Turns out I hate America.
Well, apparently I hate America now. I better get a Confederate flag, I guess. https://t.co/KOGvCbUjgM— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 5, 2014
212 | The War TARDIS Dec 4, 2014 5:56:50pm |
re: #203 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
After the years of persecution the the Muslim Caucasus groups have undergone, I hope they will be able to put up a rational rebellion, and leave.
Not the crap that Basayev did, a rebellion that can win significant supporters in the West.
213 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 5:59:02pm |
“Christian Conservative” ~> Pastor: “Executed the Homos Like God Recommends,” World Will be AIDS-Free by Xmas . http://t.co/hEPZEdFITb— Nicole Bonnet (@NicoleBonnet1) December 5, 2014
I decided this needed an educational diagram @NicoleBonnet1 pic.twitter.com/6gtcaQMk0f— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 5, 2014
214 | Skip Intro Dec 4, 2014 5:59:59pm |
Jim Wright eviscerates Glenn Beck. This may turn out to be a good Christmas after all.
215 | BongCrodny Dec 4, 2014 6:01:08pm |
re: #164 Blind Frog Belly White
Someone once posited that time travel will never be invented because someone from the now-fucked-up future will always come back and stop it happening.
I liked the rules of time travel as posited by the comic book Planetary. IIRC, it boiled down to since you can only have time travel back to the point when a time machine was invented, you’d have thousands of people at any given time traveling back to the single most important event in human history…the date the time machine was invented.
216 | BeachDem Dec 4, 2014 6:01:53pm |
Hate to say it, but I thought Christopher Walken was terrible in the scene I watched before running screaming from the room. (Vicious Babushka—if you’re here, he’s worse than Russell Crowe in Les Miz.)
I guess I’m done with Peter Pan for tonight (and possible forever!)
217 | Kragar Dec 4, 2014 6:02:30pm |
Since I am a newly minted Confederate due to Todd K saying I hate America, I guess my biggest question is who am I supposed to have sex with since I don’t have a sister?
218 | BongCrodny Dec 4, 2014 6:04:10pm |
re: #216 BeachDem
Hate to say it, but I thought Christopher Walken was terrible in the scene I watched before running screaming from the room. (Vicious Babushka—if you’re here, he’s worse than Russell Crowe in Les Miz.)
I guess I’m done with Peter Pan for tonight (and possible forever!)
So it’s a Peter Pan pan?
219 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 6:05:01pm |
re: #217 Kragar
Since I am a newly minted Confederate due to Todd K saying I hate America, I guess my biggest question is who am I supposed to have sex with since I don’t have a sister?
you have to run off with the naaarest truck driver you kin find
220 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Dec 4, 2014 6:05:14pm |
re: #217 Kragar
Since I am a newly minted Confederate due to Todd K saying I hate America, I guess my biggest question is who am I supposed to have sex with since I don’t have a sister?
Cousins
223 | Skip Intro Dec 4, 2014 6:06:48pm |
re: #217 Kragar
Since I am a newly minted Confederate due to Todd K saying I hate America, I guess my biggest question is who am I supposed to have sex with since I don’t have a sister?
Livestock.
224 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 6:07:16pm |
Warren Buffett Gives Money To Hillary Clinton 2016 Campaign Group, His First-Ever Super PAC Donation
i suppose he expects her to stay bought
226 | EPR-radar Dec 4, 2014 6:10:29pm |
re: #213 Kragar
Best use of a Venn diagram I’ve seen in a long time.
227 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 6:14:58pm |
re: #212 The War TARDIS
A “rational” approach was possible under early Dudayev, who had a relatively enlightened outlook on things. Right now it seems that on one side there are Kadyrov’s fascist thugs, on the other - Islamists, like the ones responsible for the latest news items.
228 | BeachDem Dec 4, 2014 6:15:23pm |
re: #218 BongCrodny
So it’s a Peter Pan pan?
Yep. And if I had some grass, it could be a Peter Pan Pot Pan.
(I’ll stop now)
229 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 6:15:56pm |
230 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 6:18:13pm |
re: #220 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality
Cousins
im sorry i have to sing the patty duke show theme song here
231 | The War TARDIS Dec 4, 2014 6:18:50pm |
re: #227 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
I’m hoping that maybe, just maybe there are people in the middle exhausted of both sides, willing to fight back.
That whole region in the Caucasus is pretty close to ideal to fight an insurgency, if I am not mistaken.
232 | dog philosopher Dec 4, 2014 6:21:42pm |
[Patty] Duke was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, the youngest of three children born of Frances (née McMahon), a cashier, and John Brock Duke, a handyman and cab driver.[2][3] Her father was Irish American and her maternal grandmother was German.[3] Her paternal grandparents, James and Katness (O’Hara) Duke immigrated to New York from County Longford, Ireland.
233 | The War TARDIS Dec 4, 2014 6:22:36pm |
re: #227 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
What about Akhmed Zakayev?
234 | #FergusonFireside Dec 4, 2014 6:25:15pm |
re: #214 Skip Intro
Jim Wright eviscerates Glenn Beck. This may turn out to be a good Christmas after all.
Rightly so.
235 | Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Dec 4, 2014 6:31:19pm |
re: #233 The War TARDIS
What about Akhmed Zakayev?
Not only has he been far away all these years, what credibility does he have among the average Chechens who actually live in Chechnya?
236 | The War TARDIS Dec 4, 2014 6:35:55pm |
re: #235 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Fair point. He’s the only guy I could think of though.
237 | Jenner7 Dec 4, 2014 7:24:41pm |
re: #192 De Kolta Chair
So, imagine you’re in a theater and you hear someone say…”line…line”. lol That’s my crazy family.
238 | lostlakehiker Dec 4, 2014 8:30:04pm |
re: #25 goddamnedfrank
She has an MFA and a talent for sculpture, not denying that. My criticism is about the Willow Tree as a gestalt whole, any individual sculpture obviously captures the human form and a certain level of emotion. In the whole however the collection becomes immensely creepy. The mass of faceless, bland, overwhelmingly white and identically dressed figures just becomes cult like. In that world women wear white gowns, men simple pants and white shirts. The large number of angel figurines, and the nativity scenes further emphasize the Christian-ness of the collection, it’s no wonder American white Bible folk eat that shit up, it’s clearly aimed squarely at them as a demographic.
Fine art photographers do this too, which used to make a certain kind of sense when printing required dodging and burning by hand and no two prints could be termed exactly alike. When the edition is part of an automatic and mechanical reproduction process however it’s basically just a pretense. I don’t object too much because artists got to make money and artificial scarcity is one of the best ways to jack up the price for a particular work, but it’s still kind of weird.
Each customer doesn’t buy the whole collection. Or if they did, that would indeed be creepy.
Heck, a bin of pencils from the leading manufacturer is creepy by your standard. All the same, all yellow…
239 | lostlakehiker Dec 4, 2014 8:32:53pm |
re: #231 The War TARDIS
I’m hoping that maybe, just maybe there are people in the middle exhausted of both sides, willing to fight back.
That whole region in the Caucasus is pretty close to ideal to fight an insurgency, if I am not mistaken.
Not really. Mountainous terrain isn’t nearly as favorable as warm and wet. With mountains, especially in the temperate zone, there are seasons where housing is essential to survival. Insurgencies need to be able to just skitter away from unequal fights. If you’re housebound, that’s not possible. And while nice guys don’t go around just blowing up the housing stock, nobody has ever accused Putin of being a nice guy.
240 | lostlakehiker Dec 4, 2014 8:37:12pm |
re: #212 The War TARDIS
After the years of persecution the the Muslim Caucasus groups have undergone, I hope they will be able to put up a rational rebellion, and leave.
Not the crap that Basayev did, a rebellion that can win significant supporters in the West.
Now that is just unhinged from reality. The West will not support any insurgency in Chechnya, no matter how rational. The geopolitical risks are just too extreme.
Churchill had sense enough not to step in and fight on Finland’s side in 1939, even though, if you put all other considerations to the side and just looked at the merits of Finland v Russia, Finland had a good case.
Russia is a proddy bear. Best not poked. We have enough points of friction with them as it is, and points of friction where the outcome has large scale consequences for us and our friends and allies.