Breaking: Another Tea Party Fail - John Boehner Reelected as Speaker of the House

Extreme right gets spanked again
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The political news of the day: the House of Representatives has reelected John Boehner as Speaker, as another Tea Party insurrection fails spectacularly.

The GOP establishment clearly still holds the reins of power in the House; unfortunately we won’t have the comedic extravaganza of a Speaker Louie Gohmert this time. But keep trying, Louie! Please!

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131 comments
1 Jenner7  Jan 6, 2015 11:12:14am

Doh!mert.

2 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 11:12:52am

Like most Tea Party failures, this one began at the 11th hour, was half-assed all the way, and ended not with a bang but a whimper.

3 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 11:13:25am

J Jonah Jameson Laugh - Spiderman

That Sarah Palin endorsement really paid off.

4 lawhawk  Jan 6, 2015 11:15:13am

Daniel Webster got more votes than Gohmert. Though I’m not entirely convinced they were voting for this Daniel Webster and not Daniel Webster.

5 Areopagitica  Jan 6, 2015 11:15:55am

“Boehner stolz my Asparagus!”

-Louis

6 ObserverArt  Jan 6, 2015 11:16:15am

I love Tea Party tears in the afternoon.

Why, they smell like defeat!

(Or, is that da feet?)

7 Charles Johnson  Jan 6, 2015 11:16:44am

I just checked out Chuck Johnson’s “fake photo” post, and I’m dyin’ over here! Is this for real? “Different-sized pixels?” Seriously?

Anyone who falls for this hooey is a total cretin. I may have to post about this. I took the photo into Photoshop and proved the different-sized pixels claim false in about 30 seconds. “@FlippingOffCat” grabbed two different-sized selections, very obviously. It looks like a deliberate attempt to mislead.

8 Mattand  Jan 6, 2015 11:17:31am
For all the media coverage @replouiegohmert attracts, he only got 2 other members to actually vote for him.

We got the Establishment by the asparagus now, boys!

9 Charles Johnson  Jan 6, 2015 11:17:50am

Hey goddamnedfrank - I see that you were tweeting about this earlier. If you want to write up an LGF Page about it, I’ll hold off on posting.

10 wrenchwench  Jan 6, 2015 11:17:57am
11 Sionainn  Jan 6, 2015 11:18:26am

Oh, jeez. He’s going to cry.

12 ObserverArt  Jan 6, 2015 11:18:49am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

I just checked out Chuck Johnson’s “fake photo” post, and I’m dyin’ over here! Is this for real? “Different-sized pixels?” Seriously?

Anyone who falls for this hooey is a total cretin. I may have to post about this. I took the photo into Photoshop and proved the different-sized pixels claim false in about 30 seconds. “@FlippingOffCat” grabbed two different-sized selections, very obviously. It looks like a deliberate attempt to mislead.

I’m surprised you even needed to do that. There can only be one pixel size in an image file. Plus, we all know Chuck is full of shit. No further need to check.

: )

EDIT : I see you caught godamnedfranks’ comment earlier today. He did a good job. I was writing up a detailed comment and then just said screw it.

13 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:19:04am

This just goes to show you what happens when you give 64 unskilled laborers their first job.

14 b.d.  Jan 6, 2015 11:19:30am

And yet the TeaBaggers still get all the attention that they want?

15 teleskiguy  Jan 6, 2015 11:19:32am

#tcot is all kinds of butthurt.

Can you HEAR it?!?
16 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 11:20:07am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

I just checked out Chuck Johnson’s “fake photo” post, and I’m dyin’ over here! Is this for real? “Different-sized pixels?” Seriously?

Anyone who falls for this hooey is a total cretin. I may have to post about this. I took the photo into Photoshop and proved the different-sized pixels claim false in about 30 seconds. “@FlippingOffCat” grabbed two different-sized selections, very obviously. It looks like a deliberate attempt to mislead.

The only “breaking news” in this one is the fact that CCJ has no fucking clue as to what pixels really are or how they work.

17 Charles Johnson  Jan 6, 2015 11:20:52am

re: #12 ObserverArt

I’m surprised you even needed to do that. There can only be one pixel size in an image file. Plus, we all know Chuck is full of shit. No further need to check.

: )

Didn’t need to, but now I have a graphic example of Chuck’s deception. This is what those two selections actually look like when they’re the same size:

The pixels are exactly the same size, of course, because that’s HOW PIXELS WORK.

18 BeachDem  Jan 6, 2015 11:21:48am

re: #15 teleskiguy

#tcot is all kinds of butthurt.

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And they all have such a firm grasp on the composition of the various houses of Congress (from The Hill comments):

It was evident it was all a show, when Jeff Sessions and Trey Gowdy failed to show up to vote.

19 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 11:22:02am

I can’t help but imagine that, in the next few hours or days, the wingnuts will finish crying into their light beer and then declare that the fact that so many voted against Boehner “proves” that he’s not really in charge.

20 Charles Johnson  Jan 6, 2015 11:23:55am

In Chuck’s stupid image you can see that the selection on the right is obviously a smaller area, so the pixels appear larger in comparison. This is so freaking phony it’s hard to believe he thinks he can get away with it.

21 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 6, 2015 11:24:00am

#tcot haz a rage against their darling Mia Love. The bloom is off the rose! How long before she gets Colin Powelled?

22 lawhawk  Jan 6, 2015 11:24:11am

This sums up the appropriate response to Chuck’s attempt at proving this photo was a fraud:

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

23 b.d.  Jan 6, 2015 11:24:23am

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Didn’t need to, but now I have a graphic example of Chuck’s deception This is what those two selections actually look like when they’re the same size:

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The pixels are exactly the same size, of course, because that’s HOW PIXELS WORK.

THAT PROVES NOTHING! ROYALTY HAVE BIGGER PIXELS THAN COMMONERS

24 lawhawk  Jan 6, 2015 11:25:24am

re: #20 Charles Johnson

In Chuck’s stupid image you can see that the selection on the right is obviously a smaller area, so the pixels appear larger in comparison. This is so freaking phony it’s hard to believe he thinks he can get away with it.

It’s that 150+ IQ he keeps talking about. Or maybe it’s his way of exploring different views. Or maybe it’s TL;DR - he simply found someone who agrees with him and posted it without knowing why.

25 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:28:46am

re: #24 lawhawk

It’s that 150+ IQ he keeps talking about. Or maybe it’s his way of exploring different views. Or maybe it’s TL;DR - he simply found someone who agrees with him and posted it without knowing why.

If he follows his usual M.O. this one will go down the memory hole and he’ll deflect further inquiries by begging for dough to finance his drive to Turlock because he’s discovered that the True King of England lives there.

26 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 6, 2015 11:29:43am
27 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 6, 2015 11:29:57am

Do you think Chuck is using the large pixels to compensate for something?

/

28 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:32:49am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

Do you think Chuck is using the large pixels to compensate for something?

/

Well, it’s for sure that he can’t afford a pickup truck.

29 b.d.  Jan 6, 2015 11:33:05am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

Do you think Chuck is using the large pixels to compensate for something?

/

It’s not the size of your pixel, it’s what you can do with it.

//

30 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 11:34:24am

“I can tell by the pixels, and I’ve seen a few ‘shops in my day.” - Chuck Johnson

31 Charles Johnson  Jan 6, 2015 11:34:53am
32 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 11:35:16am

re: #29 b.d.

It’s not the size of your pixel, it’s what you can do with it.

//

Its not the size of the pixel, its how many you have per inch

33 teleskiguy  Jan 6, 2015 11:36:44am

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

That picture of Megyn Kelly reminds me of Zappa’s “Valley Girl.”

Frank Zappa - Valley Girl

34 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 6, 2015 11:37:39am

re:
#26

New Rule: Any Conservative Who Supports @TGowdySC & @MiaBLove Will Be Automatically Blocked

Trey(Trent) Gowdy now, too? What’s his crime? Ineffectual prosecution of Benghazi!perpetrators (ObamaHillary)?

35 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:37:56am

Baby, baby
Baby don’t leave me
Ooh, please don’t leave me
All by myself

I’ve got this burning, burning
Yearning feelin’ inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad

You came into my heart
So tenderly
With a burning love
That stings like a bee

Now that I surrender
So helplessly
You now wanna leave
Ooh, you wanna leave me…

36 Ace-o-aces  Jan 6, 2015 11:38:41am
37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 6, 2015 11:39:12am

re:
#31

Yesterday the right loved Mia Love for defending Steve Scalise. Today they hate her because she voted for Boehner. Wingnuts are so mercurial

TCOT is at war with Mia Love. TCOT has always been at war with Mia Love.

/

38 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:45:51am

Boehner received 216 Republican votes. It’s mere coincidence that the wrath of the RWNJs is focused on Mia Love and you’re a racist if you say otherwise.

39 Ace-o-aces  Jan 6, 2015 11:46:48am

re: #38 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Boehner received 216 Republican votes. It’s mere coincidence that the wrath of the RWNJs is focused on Mia Love and you’re a racist if you say otherwise.

She broke their heart.

40 BeachDem  Jan 6, 2015 11:47:01am

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

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Wow—how many hours (minutes) since Mia was sworn in? This could be a record for going from hero —>zero.

41 ObserverArt  Jan 6, 2015 11:47:44am

No Love for Love!

43 Sionainn  Jan 6, 2015 11:49:50am

re: #40 BeachDem

Wow—how many hours (minutes) since Mia was sworn in? This could be a record for going from hero —>zero.

They weren’t sworn in until after the vote, so I think it happened before.

44 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 11:50:27am

re: #22 lawhawk

This sums up the appropriate response to Chuck’s attempt at proving this photo was a fraud:

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That is one of the best ads …

45 BeachDem  Jan 6, 2015 11:50:46am

re: #38 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Boehner received 216 Republican votes. It’s mere coincidence that the wrath of the RWNJs is focused on Mia Love and you’re a racist if you say otherwise.

And one of the braintrust commenters on that Hill article is going to fund a challenger to each and every one of those yeah voters. Hope he has deep pockets.

46 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:51:17am

Mia Love is a woman of color so I’m giving upchuck about four hours to announce that he’s discovered information that will end her career in politics. His team is probably examining her pixels as we write.

47 Ace-o-aces  Jan 6, 2015 11:53:07am

re: #46 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Mia Love is a woman of color so I’m giving upchuck about four hours to announce that he’s discovered information that will end her career in politics. His team is probably examining her pixels as we write.

Isn’t he busy searching for #2 in Bakersfield?

48 BeachDem  Jan 6, 2015 11:53:11am

re: #43 Sionainn

They weren’t sworn in until after the vote, so I think it happened before.

Well then, a definite record. But how can they vote if they’re not officially reps? (Not doubting you, just curious—does that mean that you and I could go to the floor and vote—we’d be as official as any other unsworn person, right?)

49 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:55:03am

re: #47 Ace-o-aces

Isn’t he busy searching for #2 in Bakersfield?

He’ll find plenty of it in Bakersfield.

50 Ace-o-aces  Jan 6, 2015 11:55:08am
51 De Kolta Chair  Jan 6, 2015 11:55:41am

re: #32 Kragar

Its not the size of the pixel, its how many you have per inch

It ain’t the size of the pixel, it’s the motion.

52 Dr. Matt  Jan 6, 2015 11:55:45am

Someone in his office really needs to tell Boehner that he looks ridiculous:

Brownest White man alive
53 jaunte  Jan 6, 2015 11:56:40am

“…this skirmish today does nothing more than illustrate (again) that the Keystone XL pipeline has become little more than a fetish object for the political right. It needs to be built simply to anger the people who don’t want it to be built. It’s like watching people waving carved wooden totems at each other while chanting spells unintelligible to the uninitiated. The fact is that the pipeline is inherently dangerous, that the fuel that it will carry is inherently poisonous, that the company seeking to build (and to profit by) the pipeline is inherently dishonest and that, until people in Nebraska started raising holy hell out on the prairie, the political process pushing the project was inherently fixed. None of these facts change no matter how devoutly you chant the spells. Those are the perils that the politicians who have lined up behind the death-funnel are willing to risk to hang a political scalp on the wall, the country’s breadbasket be damned.”

54 Charles Johnson  Jan 6, 2015 11:56:43am

You out there, gdf? Let me know if you plan to do a Page on Chuck’s photoshop phail.

55 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 11:57:11am

re: #50 Ace-o-aces

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I look forward to his show on Fox when he gets out.

Lucky bastard. Prosecution was asking for 10 years.

56 D_Red  Jan 6, 2015 11:57:12am

Chuckles photo forensic expert is a twitter account consisting solely of pictures of cats getting the finger. For serious. Its just a tremendous self beclowning.

57 lawhawk  Jan 6, 2015 11:57:22am

Heh.

58 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:57:27am

re: #52 Dr. Matt

That is a really bad screen cap. It makes it look as though the leaders of both caucuses are old white people.

59 Charles Johnson  Jan 6, 2015 11:57:29am

Looks like goddamnedfrank has left the building.

60 Dr. Matt  Jan 6, 2015 11:58:06am

re: #58 Higgs Boson’s Mate

That is a really bad screen cap. It makes it look as though the leaders of both caucuses are old white people.

I only see one White person in that pic.

61 Ace-o-aces  Jan 6, 2015 11:58:31am

re: #55 Targetpractice

Lucky bastard. Prosecution was asking for 10 years.

Well, hey, it’s not like he was selling loose cigarettes or something.

62 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 11:59:12am

re: #60 Dr. Matt

I only see one White person in that pic.

touché

63 ObserverArt  Jan 6, 2015 11:59:50am

re: #59 Charles Johnson

Looks like goddamnedfrank has left the building.

Goddamnitfrank!

/

64 dog philosopher  Jan 6, 2015 12:00:39pm

In fact, you are probably already feeling the first twinges without recognizing that their source is Obamacare. If you are among the 150 million Americans who get health insurance through their employers, for example, chances are that the coverage your company offered for 2015 has much higher premiums than did last year’s plan.

for me personally, the premiums for my employer subsidized insurance stayed the same, but they moved to a better insurance supplier with lower deductibles and much better hospital coverage

65 b.d.  Jan 6, 2015 12:01:16pm

re: #57 lawhawk

Heh.

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Have they started making Black RINO jokes about Love yet?

66 Dr. Matt  Jan 6, 2015 12:01:29pm

BREAKING: Federal Judge sentences former Gov Bob McDonnell to 2 years in prison.

67 Franklin  Jan 6, 2015 12:01:55pm

re: #52 Dr. Matt

Someone in his office really needs to tell Boehner that he looks ridiculous:

Image: Brownest White man alive

Boehner’s Bros
68 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 12:02:12pm

re: #56 D_Red

Chuckles photo forensic expert is a twitter account consisting solely of pictures of cats getting the finger. For serious. Its just a tremendous self beclowning.

Autoclownism is rampant on the fringe of the fringe.

69 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 6, 2015 12:02:32pm
70 Sionainn  Jan 6, 2015 12:02:51pm

re: #48 BeachDem

Well then, a definite record. But how can they vote if they’re not officially reps? (Not doubting you, just curious—does that mean that you and I could go to the floor and vote—we’d be as official as any other unsworn person, right?)

Yeah, seems wonky to me.

71 Jack Burton  Jan 6, 2015 12:03:51pm

re: #67 Franklin

I believe the name of that color is “Whorange”.

72 De Kolta Chair  Jan 6, 2015 12:04:34pm

From a January 4 Des Moines Register puff piece about Joni Ernst:

The night after her historic election, she was watching the volleyball team from her native hometown of Stanton as it tried to make the state tournament when her cellphone rang with an unknown number. Ernst, who now lives in nearby Red Oak, ignored it a couple of times, but the caller’s persistence caught her attention.

“It was the White House switchboard. I was a little embarrassed that I’d been rejecting the president’s calls. He was very cordial to me.”

RINO!!!!!

73 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 12:08:25pm

Risible online petitions demanding the recall of Mia Love to appear in 3, 2, 1…

74 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 12:08:49pm
75 Ace-o-aces  Jan 6, 2015 12:10:06pm
76 Ace-o-aces  Jan 6, 2015 12:12:11pm

re: #74 Kragar

77 BeachDem  Jan 6, 2015 12:12:28pm

Best advice I’ve seen for Dems:

If there really is rising populist power in the Democratic party, then here’s a chance to prove it. Screw with these people every way you can. Make the even more radical Republican state governments more furious at the “Washington establishment” than it already is. Monkeywrench the whole business and explain in simple terms to the country why you’re doing it. This has to start in the White House. The rest of the country needs to be protected from the hazardous material for which a third of it voted.

esquire.com

78 Franklin  Jan 6, 2015 12:12:31pm

re: #74 Kragar

I would have gone with:

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’

Breaking Bad: Ozymandias

79 Franklin  Jan 6, 2015 12:13:02pm

re: #76 Ace-o-aces

Damnit! Beat to the punch.

80 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 12:14:57pm

re: #75 Ace-o-aces

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“Card catalog”? What madness is this?

81 BeachDem  Jan 6, 2015 12:15:13pm

re: #78 Franklin

I would have gone with:

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I would have gone with:

Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?

82 lawhawk  Jan 6, 2015 12:15:51pm

re: #76 Ace-o-aces

83 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 6, 2015 12:16:11pm

re:
#72

Obummer calls that slutty birth control girl but how come he won’t call a conservative American woman like….WHY DID EARNST TAKE POTUS CALL???!?!??!!??!?!?!

84 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:16:22pm
85 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 12:17:07pm

re: #82 lawhawk

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Mall Rats Zod

86 lawhawk  Jan 6, 2015 12:17:25pm

re: #78 Franklin

Better call Saul?

87 klystron  Jan 6, 2015 12:17:25pm

re: #80 Targetpractice

“Card catalog”? What madness is this?

You should remember it from just before computers took over.

I do, at least. And I’m not that old, dammit.

88 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:18:21pm

re: #72 De Kolta Chair

From a January 4 Des Moines Register puff piece about Joni Ernst:

RINO!!!!!

Joni Ernst

*spit*

89 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 6, 2015 12:18:23pm

re:
#64

for me personally, the premiums for my employer subsidized insurance stayed the same, but they moved to a better insurance supplier with lower deductibles and much better hospital coverage

OUTRAGE!!!!!1

90 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 12:18:36pm

re: #85 Targetpractice

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Video

You have to say snootchi-bootchies and giggle or it just doesn’t work.

91 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 12:18:43pm

re: #87 klystron

You should remember it from just before computers took over.

I do, at least. And I’m not that old, dammit.

They were that thing that was being phased out when I first started going to libraries. Then again, I admit most of the time I found books by just wandering the shelves and seeing what looked interesting.

92 dog philosopher  Jan 6, 2015 12:19:15pm

re: #81 BeachDem

I would have gone with:

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oh jeez i useta sing that a couple of lifetimes ago

93 Franklin  Jan 6, 2015 12:19:19pm

re: #86 lawhawk

Better call Saul?

Looking forward to it. The prequel makes more than the sequel to BB. Can’t imagine how many episodes you could get out of managing a Cinnabon. :)

94 klystron  Jan 6, 2015 12:19:42pm

re: #91 Targetpractice

They were that thing that was being phased out when I first started going to libraries. Then again, I admit most of the time I found books by just wandering the shelves and seeing what looked interesting.

I think I referenced them once or twice. Maybe. Probably just so my mom could show me how they worked.

By the time I was looking up books for things like research reports, it was all computer.

95 nines09  Jan 6, 2015 12:20:03pm

re: #38 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Boehner received 216 Republican votes. It’s mere coincidence that the wrath of the RWNJs is focused on Mia Love and you’re a racist if you say otherwise.

She never noticed that Confederate rag in her audience. Act surprised Mia. Oh. My. Golly.

96 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:20:17pm

re: #91 Targetpractice

They were that thing that was being phased out when I first started going to libraries. Then again, I admit most of the time I found books by just wandering the shelves and seeing what looked interesting.

Damn near had to take a class to learn how to find a book..

I usually just asked a librarian and she (always a she) would take out the relevant card catalog drawers and I would go from there.

97 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:21:01pm

re: #94 klystron

I think I referenced them once or twice. Maybe. Probably just so my mom could show me how they worked.

By the time I was looking up books for things like research reports, it was all computer.

Often, I had to order a specific book or copy of a journal or magazine article from another library in the system.

It could take weeks.

Research Papers took all semester.

98 Dr. Matt  Jan 6, 2015 12:21:10pm

re: #73 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Risible online petitions demanding the recall of Mia Love to appear in 3, 2, 1…

99 Jenner7  Jan 6, 2015 12:21:36pm
100 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:21:51pm

re: #93 Franklin

Looking forward to it. The prequel makes more than the sequel to BB. Can’t imagine how many episodes you could get out of managing a Cinnabon. :)

mmmmm … Cinnabon …

101 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:22:46pm

re: #81 BeachDem

I would have gone with:

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I’m ready to just plain go to Margaritaville.

I, actually have been to a Jimmy Buffet Concert, in the summer, in an open stadium.

Best smelling concert EVAH!!!

102 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 6, 2015 12:23:01pm

re: #96 FemNaziBitch

Damn near had to take a class to learn how to find a book..

I usually just asked a librarian and she (always a she) would take out the relevant card catalog drawers and I would go from there.

I could never figure out how to use Reader’s Guide to find a magazine article.

103 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:24:36pm

re: #102 The Vicious Babushka

I could never figure out how to use Reader’s Guide to find a magazine article.

There is a reason one needs at least a Master’s Degree to be a Librarian.

104 jaunte  Jan 6, 2015 12:25:36pm

Pete Sessions, June 2013:
“Once again, we see clearly what the result will be if we continue to follow President Obama’s economic policies.”
petesessions.com

105 Dr. Matt  Jan 6, 2015 12:25:46pm

re: #38 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Boehner received 216 Republican votes. It’s mere coincidence that the wrath of the RWNJs is focused on Mia Love and you’re a racist if you say otherwise.

I’m stealing this! Thanks ;)

106 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 6, 2015 12:27:08pm

re:
#104

The stock market is tanking because oil prices are too low which is why we need to build the pipeline to lower….wait, whut?

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107 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 6, 2015 12:28:21pm

re: #101 FemNaziBitch

I’m ready to just plain go to Margaritaville.

I, actually have been to a Jimmy Buffet Concert, in the summer, in an open stadium.

Best smelling concert EVAH!!!

MrBWS actually got to jam with Jimmy Buffet, after closing time at a bar in the Keys, many years ago. One of hubby’s fondest memories.

108 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 12:30:49pm

After running through several ideas of how to reference Delauter without using his name (blank spaces, “He Who Shall Not be Named”) the paper took a break from its mockery to offer a serious point.

“Kirby Delauter’s ignorance of what journalism is and does is no joke, and illustrates one disturbing aspect too prevalent in conservatives’ beliefs: That the media are all-liberal stooges hell bent on pursuing some fictional leftwing agenda,” the editorial said.

The article mentioned Kirby Delauter’s name 27 times. It also contained one footnote: the words “Kirby Delauter.”

Finally, as something of an Easter egg for the careful reader, the first letter of each paragraph spelled KIRBY DELAUTER.

109 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 12:31:03pm

re: #104 jaunte

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Pete Sessions, June 2013:
“Once again, we see clearly what the result will be if we continue to follow President Obama’s economic policies.”
petesessions.com

“The recovery’s too slow! It’s not helping enough people! The stock market’s sluggish! We need lower taxes/deregulation/Keystone…wait, the President’s approval ratings are on the rise? THE ECONOMY’S GREAT AND WE’RE RESPONSIBLE!!!”

110 leftynyc  Jan 6, 2015 12:32:41pm

re: #108 Kragar

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I was just about to post that story. What a whacko. How does someone with zero understanding of the law get into any position of power?

111 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 12:33:29pm

re: #110 leftynyc

I was just about to post that story. What a whacko. How does someone with zero understanding of the law get into any position of power?

Cruz is on some science committee …

Bachman on the Intelligence committeee . . .

112 jaunte  Jan 6, 2015 12:33:43pm

re: #108 Kragar

Proof that Kirby Delauter never read any Mark Twain.

113 leftynyc  Jan 6, 2015 12:34:33pm

re: #111 FemNaziBitch

Cruz is on some science committee …

Bachman on the Intelligence committeee …

Those reminders are making my head ache.

114 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 6, 2015 12:34:47pm

re: #12 ObserverArt

I’m surprised you even needed to do that. There can only be one pixel size in an image file. Plus, we all know Chuck is full of shit. No further need to check.

Since Chuck’s claim was about the photo being a composite of different fragments with different resolutions, yes, it could merit further checking, because merely responding with “there can be only one pixel size” only exposes his sloppy use of the word “pixel” (and we already know Chuck is bad at English), but does nothing to rebut or confirm his core claim. Luckily, his core claim is also false, as a quick checking shows.

115 jaunte  Jan 6, 2015 12:36:20pm

Report: Explosion near Colo. Springs NAACP branch

Police are investigating reports that someone threw dynamite out of a window near the intersection of Moreno and El Paso streets Tuesday afternoon, according to KOAA.

Police say there is minor damage to the building that houses the Colorado Springs branch of the NAACP. The Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI arrived at the scene just after 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Another sovereign doofus strikes.

116 Kragar  Jan 6, 2015 12:36:23pm

re: #112 jaunte

Proof that Kirby Delauter never read any Mark Twain.

117 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 6, 2015 12:36:50pm

re: #110 leftynyc

I was just about to post that story. What a whacko. How does someone with zero understanding of the law get into any position of power?

All he had to know was SECOND AMENDMENT! BENGHAZI! SANCTITY OF LIFE! BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!11!!

118 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 6, 2015 12:37:44pm

re: #112 jaunte

Proof that Kirby Delauter never read any Mark Twain.

neither did the guy who quoted Mark Twain when nominating Gohmert for Speaker.

119 jimmyvluv4u  Jan 6, 2015 12:38:02pm

re: #108 Kragar

That’s a pretty good troll job for a local newspaper. A+ effort.

120 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 6, 2015 12:38:55pm

121 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 6, 2015 12:42:07pm

So today Brent crude reached 50$+, then settling at 51.20$.

122 Dr Lizardo  Jan 6, 2015 12:42:37pm

re: #119 jimmyvluv4u

That’s a pretty good troll job for a local newspaper. A+ effort.

A link to the original - it’s great.

fredericknewspost.com

123 Dr Lizardo  Jan 6, 2015 12:43:11pm

And with that, goodnight, Lizards.

124 Targetpractice  Jan 6, 2015 12:45:23pm

re: #121 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

So today Brent crude reached 50$+, then settling at 51.20$.

Average price here in VA Beach: $2.10/gal for regular.

125 BeachDem  Jan 6, 2015 12:46:20pm

re: #101 FemNaziBitch

I’m ready to just plain go to Margaritaville.

I, actually have been to a Jimmy Buffet Concert, in the summer, in an open stadium.

Best smelling concert EVAH!!!

Saw him several times at Blossom Center back in the day. You’re right about the great aromas. (Before he got well-known, saw him at some much smaller, indoor venues, and it was a whole different thing.)

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 6, 2015 12:49:33pm

re: #124 Targetpractice

Average price here in VA Beach: $2.10/gal for regular.

Was $1.94 for regular in town here in eastern Kentucky yesterday.
Diesel was $3.09.

127 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 6, 2015 12:50:01pm

re:
#122

Frederick County, MD, of all places.

Just goes to show that the best of states is not immune to wingnut quackery.

128 FemNaziBitch  Jan 6, 2015 1:13:22pm
129 retired cynic  Jan 6, 2015 1:19:06pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

Was $1.94 for regular in town here in eastern Kentucky yesterday.
Diesel was $3.09.

We having a bit of a war around here. I paid $1.78 for unleaded yesterday, and diesel was about $2.80. Breaks my heart.

130 ObserverArt  Jan 6, 2015 1:26:03pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

MrBWS actually got to jam with Jimmy Buffet, after closing time at a bar in the Keys, many years ago. One of hubby’s fondest memories.

What did the Mr. play?

131 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 6, 2015 1:42:40pm

re: #130 ObserverArt

What did the Mr. play?

acoustic guitar


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