Bobby Jindal’s Prayer Rally Explicitly Advocated a Christian Theocracy in America

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Media reports on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s “prayer rally” made it seem completely unremarkable. Just some religious folks praying, that’s all. Good clean fun for the whole Christian family!

But Right Wing Watch supplies us with a video clip that shows the true intention of this religious right crowd — they literally want to control every area of American life, including the government.

Gene Mills, president of Louisiana Family Forum (an official state affiliate of the Family Research Council) spent his entire ten-minute speech at Jindal’s prayer rally this weekend openly preaching Seven Mountains Dominionism from the stage.

Christians have been tasked to take control of “the sphere of influence around civil government,” Mills said, because all areas of culture “belong to God.” Jindal’s prayer rally, Mill’s declared, was a key component of their effort “to reclaim territory that rightfully belongs to God” because “these seven spheres of influence are under enemy occupation right now.”

After revealing that last month, he and other prayer rally organizers knelt in prayer with Jindal “asking God to break unholy alliances” over these areas of society, Mills led the gathering in a similar prayer.

“Father, we cry out for the seven mountains of influence today,” Mills said. “We pray that you will give us government, arts and entertainment, education, the church, and the family. That our ambassadors would occupy the high places. That you would bring us into a place of understanding that they need to be occupied by the body of Christ because it’s rightfully His.”

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363 comments
1 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 3:31:20pm

“We don’t want to discriminate. We just want to control everything and make it illegal for non-believers to engage in behavior our religion considers a sin. Why are you trying to oppress us for our religious beliefs?”

2 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 26, 2015 3:33:01pm

No Sharia Law!!!!!!11

3 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 3:33:36pm

And somewhere in the depths of Hell, Torquemada laughs his ass off.

4 team_fukit  Jan 26, 2015 3:33:46pm

I think this is why “creeping Shariah” wigs them out so much - it’s simulacrum.

Same reason gay stuff wigs them out — they practice a religion that calls men “the bride of Christ” and requires one day that they marry a man (the “wedding supper of the lamb”) if you read it as literally as they tend to do

5 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 3:34:24pm
6 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 3:35:11pm

re: #2 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

No Sharia Law!!!!!!11

Their biggest issue with Sharia Law is they don’t want the competition.

7 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 3:36:47pm

These self-righteous assholes can go fuck themselves.

Why in hell would any freedom loving person want such sanctimonious hypocrites to continually tell them how to live and persecute them if they didn’t?

8 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 3:36:50pm

let em start with the seven flags theme park and we’ll see if they can run anything bigger than a church raffle

9 electrotek  Jan 26, 2015 3:37:49pm

He’s the worst embodiment of a brown sahib.

10 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 3:38:43pm

From David Lane, one of the rally organizers:

Our long-term strategy must be to place the Bible in Public Schools as the principle textbook of American education. Proverbs 1:7,”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.”,the principal part of knowledge is ‘fear of the Lord’. This entails removing the false gods of multiculturalism, political correctness and secularism:

11 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 3:39:37pm

re: #5 Kragar

Piyush found his schtick in the Brady Bunch many years ago.

12 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 3:40:12pm
“these seven spheres of influence are under enemy occupation right now.”

So much respect for the choices of their fellow Americans.

13 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 3:40:15pm

I keep writing comments about this, then don’t post them because I don’t want to be banned.

But damn! These assholes have all but declared war on the rest of us. And lots of luck to you Christians who don’t fit into their microscopic view of what your religion is.

Now I’m getting some idea of what it must be like to be a plain old Muslim in a country filled with radical fundamentalists.

14 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 3:41:56pm
15 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 3:42:10pm

If Kirk Cameron is any example they’ll play hell getting arts and entertainment.

16 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 3:42:15pm

re: #10 Kragar

From David Lane, one of the rally organizers:

“I fear the man of a single book”

17 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 3:42:39pm

Also from RWW…

Let’s start with the invitation, sent on Jindal’s official state letterhead. “We are in need of spiritual and transforming revival,” he wrote, “if we are to recapture the vision of our early leaders who signed on the Mayflower, ‘In the name of God and for the advancement of the Christian faith.’” Leadership to solve the country’s problems “will not come from a politician or a movement for social change,” he wrote in this time civil rights movement anniversaries. So how will we solve our problems? “Jesus Christ, Son of God and the Lord of Life, is America’s only hope.” In a separate letter he wrote to the other 49 governors inviting them to his rally to pray for “spiritual revival” and “heaven’s intervention” over the country. “There will only be one name lifted up that day - Jesus!”

What does all this suggest to non-Christian Americans (including non-Christian governors) about how Jindal views their contributions? Jindal’s letters reflect the attitudes of rally organizer David Lane, a political strategist who believes America was founded by and for Christians. The event was paid for by the American Family Association, whose chief spokesman, radio host Bryan Fischer, believes the First Amendment’s religious liberty protections apply only to Christians.

- See more at: rightwingwatch.org

Emphasis is mine…. the thoughts are Medieval.

RBS

18 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 3:43:06pm

Can’t dismiss these people as fringe weirdos with no real power, when they’re holding large rallies with one of the GOP’s top contenders for the presidential race.

19 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 3:44:13pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Can’t dismiss these people as fringe weirdos with no real power, when they’re holding large rallies with one of the GOP’s top contenders for the presidential race.

You sure can’t, although the media is doing an outstanding job doing just that.

20 No Country For Old Haters  Jan 26, 2015 3:44:17pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Can’t dismiss these people as fringe weirdos with no real power, when they’re holding large rallies with one of the GOP’s top contenders for the presidential race.

Fringe, no; Weirdos, absolutely.

21 blueraven  Jan 26, 2015 3:44:58pm

OT but WTF? Seriously, WTF?

22 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 3:45:21pm

re: #9 electrotek

There’s lots of things to be peeved at Bobby Jindal for but this is treading remarkably close to some very fine lines for me.

Others’ mileage may vary, of course.

23 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 3:45:23pm
24 stpaulbear  Jan 26, 2015 3:45:31pm

re: #5 Kragar

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…and no matter how hard they all prayed, they just couldn’t pray the brown away.

25 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 3:45:33pm

re: #20 No Country For Old Haters

Fringe, no; Weirdos, absolutely.

25 to 30 percent of the GOP base. That should keep you up at night.

26 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 3:45:36pm

re: #4 team_fukit

I think this is why “creeping Shariah” wigs them out so much - it’s simulacrum.

It’s not opposition that angers them so much. It’s competition.

The jihadists and the Dominionsts have the same goal. They regard the world as a zero sum power game and one side can only gain at the expense of the other.

27 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 3:45:47pm

re: #19 Skip Intro

You sure can’t, although the media is doing an outstanding job doing just that.

That’s because the media that doesn’t secretly agree with this shit bows before its own deity, namely “Almighty Balance.” The deity that states that both parties are “just as bad,” so if they devote time to the loonies on the Right, then they have to go look for loonies on the Left who they can portray as “equally bad.”

28 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 26, 2015 3:46:06pm

re: #17 RealityBasedSteve

radio host Bryan Fischer, believes the First Amendment’s religious liberty protections apply only to Christians.

“Declaration of Independence only applies to White men…..Negroes not American citizens, no rights which the White man is bound to respect….”

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29 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 3:47:22pm
30 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 26, 2015 3:47:28pm

re: #21 blueraven

OT but WTF? Seriously, WTF?

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I hope she accuses the nominee of hacking her computer. ///

31 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 3:47:38pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Can’t dismiss these people as fringe weirdos with no real power, when they’re holding large rallies with one of the GOP’s top contenders for the presidential race.

I’ve harped for years to anybody who would listen that the Dominionist movement is one of the greatest dangers to civil liberties and a secular society out there. They hid behind names like “American Family Association”, but what they want is nothing more than their particular Biblical view to be enforced as the law of the land.

Whenever I meet someone where I’m not sure where they fit on the right wing nut job scale, I just work in a reference to 7 mountains or spheres. If their eyes light up, then I know I’m dealing with a true believer. (It’s easier than spotting replicants, that’s for sure).

RBS

32 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 3:48:09pm

re: #10 Kragar

Our long-term strategy must be to place the Bible in Public Schools as the principle textbook of American education. Proverbs 1:7,”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.”,the principal part of knowledge is ‘fear of the Lord’. This entails removing the false gods of multiculturalism, political correctness and secularism:

Wonder what he feels forced to hold back, if he’s elevated PC to false god level.

33 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 3:49:12pm

Always a treat to be lectured about typos on Twitter.

34 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 26, 2015 3:50:12pm

re: #33 Charles Johnson

If Twitter typos are allowed to go unchallenged and uncorrected than all of civil society will collapse.

//

35 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 3:51:18pm

If Bobby Jindal really knew anything about the laws of this country and the secular vision from which it was created and has been upheld, he’d realize that there really is a separation of church and state, not the version of the country that he and his religious cohorts imagine it to be.

36 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 3:51:33pm

re: #33 Charles Johnson

Always a treat to be lectured about typos on Twitter.

U shuld us speel cheker.

37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 26, 2015 3:52:39pm

re: #32 jaunte

Wonder what he feels forced to hold back, if he’s elevated PC to false god level.

So Lane thinks God has something against teaching about Native Americans, slavery, Mexicans, etc?

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38 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 3:53:03pm

re: #31 RealityBasedSteve

I’ve harped for years to anybody who would listen that the Dominionist movement is one of the greatest dangers to civil liberties and a secular society out there. They hid behind names like “American Family Association”, but what they want is nothing more than their particular Biblical view to be enforced as the law of the land.

Whenever I meet someone where I’m not sure where they fit on the right wing nut job scale, I just work in a reference to 7 mountains or spheres. If their eyes light up, then I know I’m dealing with a true believer. (It’s easier than spotting replicants, that’s for sure).

RBS

” You’re on one of the Seven Mountains, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down…
” What one?
” What?
” What Mountain? “

39 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 3:54:41pm

re: #36 Varek Raith

U shuld us speel cheker.

U-shoulder US spill checkers. There, spell-checked that for you.

40 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 3:54:42pm

re: #38 Decatur Deb

” You’re on one of the Seven Mountains, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down…
” What one?
” What?
” What Mountain? “

“You see an Atheist lying on his back…”

41 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 3:55:06pm

Be out and about and face a $300 fine, also.

42 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 3:55:18pm

re: #40 RealityBasedSteve

“You see an Atheist lying on his back…”

“Go away! I’m sleeping. Jerk.”

43 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 3:55:33pm

now y’all put a ‘creeping sharia wigs’ earworm into me

44 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 3:56:43pm

re: #40 RealityBasedSteve

“You see an Atheist lying on his back…”

” Atheist? What’s that?
“You know what an agnostic is?
“Of course!
“Same thing. “

45 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 26, 2015 3:58:44pm

It’s Dominionism, out in the open, at a quasi-political rally. It’s what they’ve been working up to since the Reagan years, if not before.

Frederick Carlson at talk2action.org has been covering these people for years. Here’s a piece he wrote just before the big Jindal tent revival.
talk2action.org

They are diligent in achieving their goals. If any candidate mentions the seven mountains, it’s a clear sign they’re part of the Dominion movement.

46 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 3:59:41pm

Also see Dan Patrick, (new Texas Lt. Gov.)

Patrick portrayed his resounding come-from-behind victory over incumbent David Dewhurst as God’s will. He said he started every campaign appearance by saying,

“…I’m a Christian first, I’m a conservative second, and a Republican third. And if our party ever turns our back on the word of God or the principles of Ronald Reagan, I will become an independent.’ And this is the key to the future of our party the future of our country and the future of this nation.”
rightwingwatch.org

“…If not for the grace of God, you, and millions of Texans, I would not be standing here today. Proverbs 21:31 says: “the horse is made ready for battle, but the victory is the Lord’s.” I worked hard, but the victory was His. I’m humbled, grateful, and blessed beyond belief for your trust in electing me as the 72nd Lt Governor of Texas.”
blog.chron.com

47 blueraven  Jan 26, 2015 4:00:48pm
48 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 4:01:13pm

re: #46 jaunte

And if our party ever turns our back on the word of God or the principles of Ronald Reagan,

ronald reagan had principles??

49 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 4:01:44pm

I was just reading a fundie Christian news site and came across this article about how this group called OneMillionMoms have got their panties in a twist over a Pop Tarts commercial—yes, that’s right, a Pop Tarts commercial.

Kellogg’s new Pop Tart commercial includes a double entendre that is inappropriate and unnecessary. Foul language or the implication of it is not needed in this commercial, but that is exactly what Kellogg’s intended with their play on words. […]

donotlink.com

The foul language in question? “No! Ah, Jam It!”

Jam it. Because it sounds “just like a curse word.” I kid you not.

Here’s the horribly offensive video that’s not suitable for children:

…

*facepalm*

50 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 4:02:06pm
I’m a Christian first, I’m a conservative second, and a Republican third.

“I live in some country or other, but that’s not important right now.”

51 Kragar  Jan 26, 2015 4:03:27pm
52 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 4:03:28pm

re: #49 CuriousLurker

For consistency, they should be boycotting Smucker’s.

53 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 4:03:32pm

re: #47 blueraven

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In other words, the only Democrats supporting this boondoggle are from states whose economies are built almost entirely on natural resource extraction.

54 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:03:54pm

re: #49 CuriousLurker

I thought it was going to be the No! Ah. part.

Shows what I know.

55 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 26, 2015 4:04:38pm

Can the DNC FINALLY use this shit during election campaigns?

56 unproven innocence  Jan 26, 2015 4:04:57pm

Onward Christian Soldiers was the audience participation song at the conclusion of an Answers In Genesis event I attended (invited by a friend) in 2002. David Barton was one of several speakers, and here’s a presidential candidate introducing Barton, at one of his political rallies: Mike Huckabee thinks all Americans should be forced at gunpoint to listen to David Barton

57 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:05:53pm

re: #50 jaunte

“I live in some country or other, but that’s not important right now.”

He could get away with turning away from America, but not to mention TEXAS?

58 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 4:06:40pm

I’m having a huge fun time smacking around some silly Second Amendments right woman on FB…she is using Gun Owners of America, Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, and gunfacts dot info as her valid sources.

Sometimes it’s just too easy…

59 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:07:36pm

re: #55 GlutenFreeJesus

Can the DNC FINALLY use this shit during election campaigns?

The DNC is a swarm of lemmings that sometimes runs AWAY from the cliff.

(Don’t Disney me, bro.)

60 piratedan  Jan 26, 2015 4:08:06pm

these fuckers take the idea of “Freedom of Religion” to a very unfriendly place of “freedom of me and mine to impose our religious beliefs upon you”. I really hate these so called “faithful” that believe so fervently that they’ll cherrypick the parts that they like and turn a blind eye to the parts they don’t. Tolerance is not in their lexicon.

61 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:08:19pm

re: #55 GlutenFreeJesus

Can the DNC FINALLY use this shit during election campaigns?

Sure they can, but no they won’t. It just wouldn’t be cricket, old chap.

62 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:10:07pm

re: #60 piratedan

these fuckers take the idea of “Freedom of Religion” to a very unfriendly place of “freedom of me and mine to impose our religious beliefs upon you”. I really hate these so called “faithful” that believe so fervently that they’ll cherrypick the parts that they like and turn a blind eye to the parts they don’t. Tolerance is not in their lexicon.

They’re pro-choice.

“Do you want to be hung for witchcraft, or crushed under a door?”

63 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 4:10:53pm

re: #50 jaunte

“I live in some country or other, but that’s not important right now.”

OMG—can you imagine if a Muslim said somehting similar?

“I’m a Muslim first, I’m a liberal second, and a Democrat third.”

They’d be screaming for us to be interned or sent to Gitmo. Or maybe they’d let us off with just signing some sort of loyalty oath. But then how would they know that that any signatures weren’t just another form of taqiyya!!11?

ZOMG—taqiyyah, sharia, the caliphate is upon us!!11!

64 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 4:11:41pm

re: #63 CuriousLurker

The double standard is glaring, and they’re oblivious to it.

65 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 4:11:57pm

re: #5 Kragar

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Sarah Palin in 2006 with Rev. Thomas Murthee protecting her from witches who would stand in her way during her political future in 2006:

66 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:12:07pm

re: #63 CuriousLurker

You seem to be implying that there’s a double standard.

67 Varek Raith  Jan 26, 2015 4:12:22pm

re: #49 CuriousLurker

I was just reading a fundie Christian news site and came across this article about how this group called OneMillionMoms have got their panties in a twist over a Pop Tarts commercial—yes, that’s right, a Pop Tarts commercial.

The foul language in question? “No! Ah, Jam It!”

Jam it. Because it sounds “just like a curse word.” I kid you not.

Here’s the horribly offensive video that’s not suitable for children:

[Embedded content]

*facepalm*

Sheesh, fucking people have no fucking sense of fucking humor these fucking days.

68 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:12:46pm

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sarah Palin in 2006 with Rev. Thomas Murthee protecting her from witches who would stand in her way during her political future in 2006:

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Cruz is also anointed, IIRC.

69 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:12:56pm

Anyone remember this?

…

She’s another one who pals around with Dominionists, although in all fairness, she’d probably hang around with the Pope if he gave her money.

70 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 4:12:58pm

“I’m just saying aloud what all right-minded people agree with.”

71 Sionainn  Jan 26, 2015 4:13:28pm

re: #10 Kragar

From David Lane, one of the rally organizers:

Oh, hell no. Over my dead body.

72 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 4:13:31pm

re: #66 Skip Intro

You seem to be implying that there’s a double standard.

Who me? Noooo. *blinks innocently*

73 missliberties  Jan 26, 2015 4:13:40pm

So cool and religious-y! Some people, like Bobby Jindal are the true believers.

The rest of you are democrats/ muslims/socialist redistributers who don’t believe in free market capitalism.

74 b.d.  Jan 26, 2015 4:15:09pm

re: #69 Justanotherhuman

Anyone remember this?

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Video

She’s another one who pals around with Dominionists, although in all fairness, she’d probably hang around with the Pope if he gave her money.

I like this version better.
…

:)

75 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:15:16pm

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

Woops, you beat me to it. (Got distracted for a minute.) : )

76 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:15:38pm

re: #69 Justanotherhuman

Sure. Surprised that McCain either didn’t know or didn’t care.

Have I said Fuck You McCain yet today?

77 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:16:52pm

re: #71 Sionainn

Oh, hell no. Over my dead body.

The quote is from someone who did fly on Air Force One. This shit is not that new.

78 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 26, 2015 4:18:21pm

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sarah Palin in 2006 with Rev. Thomas Murthee protecting her from witches who would stand in her way during her political future in 2006:

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It didn’t take. Thanks, witches!

79 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:18:59pm

re: #68 Decatur Deb

Cruz is also anointed, IIRC.

Cruz’s own daddy is a jack-leg preacher, too, and I’m surprised he wasn’t there.

80 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 4:19:49pm

re: #56 unproven innocence

Onward Christian Soldiers was the audience participation song at the conclusion of an Answers In Genesis event I attended (invited by a friend) in 2002. David Barton was one of several speakers, and here’s a presidential candidate introducing Barton, at one of his political rallies: Mike Huckabee thinks all Americans should be forced at gunpoint to listen to David Barton

The only way you could get me to listen to David Barton is at gunpoint, so Huckabee may be on to something there….

RBS

81 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:20:04pm

re: #78 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

It didn’t take. Thanks, witches!

“Offer is valid only in Kenya. Other restrictions might apply.”

82 Targetpractice  Jan 26, 2015 4:21:16pm

re: #62 Decatur Deb

They’re pro-choice.

“Do you want to be hung for witchcraft, or crushed under a door?”

…

“More…weight…”

83 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 4:23:01pm

re: #47 blueraven

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Manchin is a Blue Dog Dem. West Virginia is coal country and it’s dying, along with way too many coal miners and the state’s water supplies.

84 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 4:23:15pm

Ted Cruz and Rand Paul blessed by Dominionist pastors
…

Cruz encouraging pastors to get more political.

85 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:23:16pm

Does anybody have an approximate date when Christianity in this country went from “turn the other cheek” to “let’s all go up to the view site and watch our enemies burn in the pits of hell”?

86 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 4:24:31pm

re: #64 jaunte

The double standard is glaring, and they’re oblivious to it.

But see, it’s NOT a double standard. How can it be when their religion is The Truth™ and all the others are either false or superseded by the New Testament (in the case of Judaism). This is where religious people go totally off the freaking rails, and I say this as a believer.

87 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 4:24:40pm

Yeah, it’s the guy who runs the gas station on the corner.

88 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 4:24:53pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m having a huge fun time smacking around some silly Second Amendments right woman on FB…she is using Gun Owners of America, Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, and gunfacts dot info as her valid sources.

Sometimes it’s just too easy…

All those Fake Quotes and even faker Fake Facts?

89 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:24:55pm

re: #85 Skip Intro

Does anybody have an approximate date when Christianity in this country went from “turn the other cheek” to “let’s all go up to the view site and watch our enemies burn in the pits of hell”?

1493.

90 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:25:11pm

re: #50 jaunte

“I live in some country or other, but that’s not important right now.”

Isn’t that like RW “christian” men who say, “I love my God, my country, and my family” in that order?

91 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 4:26:02pm

re: #75 Justanotherhuman

Woops, you beat me to it. (Got distracted for a minute.) : )

:D

92 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 4:26:44pm

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Video

93 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 26, 2015 4:26:57pm

re: #85 Skip Intro

Does anybody have an approximate date when Christianity in this country went from “turn the other cheek” to “let’s all go up to the view site and watch our enemies burn in the pits of hell”?

From my memory of reading the history of American fundamentalism, it began around 1900, or maybe just before, got really going in the Roaring ’20s, then glommed onto the Red Scare beginning in the ’30s.

From booze to commies to hippies to Mooslims, they’ve ridden each scare wave to shore.

94 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 4:27:07pm

Chuck lost several hundred Twitter followers over the past few days.

95 BeachDem  Jan 26, 2015 4:27:44pm

Rachel Maddow used to cover the Family and the goings on at the C Street House pretty often, with Jeff Sharlet as a frequent guest. Haven’t seen much lately.

I had hoped that somebody like Matt Damon would have made a movie about those freaks sometime in 2010 or 2011, but it never happened.

Been awhile since I read it, but the cast of characters included:
DeMint
Sanford
Coburn
Ensign
Stupak
and others I can’t think of at the moment.

Scary bunch, scary goals, and yet, our brilliant media ignore them almost completely.
amazon.com

96 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:27:59pm

A Sarah Palin quote I somehow missed Saturday.

“When will they let us control our own care? When will they do to stop causing our pain, and start feeling it again? Well, in other words, um… is Hillary a new Democrat or an old one? Now, the press asks, the press asks “can anyone stop Hillary?” Again, this is to forego a conclusion, right, it’s to scare us off, to convince that - a pantsuit can crush patriots!?”

esquire.com

Have I told John McCain to go fuck himself yet today?

97 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 4:28:17pm

re: #89 Decatur Deb

1493.

That is one really good book. Really, it is.

98 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:28:50pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

Chuck lost several hundred Twitter followers over the past few days.

It was all part of his master plan. Everything is.

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 4:29:10pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

Chuck lost several hundred Twitter followers over the past few days.

Lots of people slowed down for the trainwreck, but had better places to go after that.

100 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 4:29:16pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

Chuck lost several hundred Twitter followers over the past few days.

It’s all part of his cunning plan. By losing followers, it increases the value of each of his remaining ones.

RBS

101 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 4:29:16pm

re: #96 Skip Intro

A Sarah Palin quote I somehow missed Saturday.

esquire.com

Have I told John McCain to go fuck himself yet today?

LOL, I knew that had to be Pierce.

102 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 4:29:32pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

Chuck lost several hundred Twitter followers over the past few days.

I’m sure once he breaks through as the true heir of Breitbart he can buy some more.
///

103 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:29:59pm

re: #93 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

From my memory of reading the history of American fundamentalism, it began around 1900, or maybe just before, got really going in the Roaring ’20s, then glommed onto the Red Scare beginning in the ’30s.

From booze to commies to hippies to Mooslims, they’ve ridden each scare wave to shore.

Way too late:

“They deserve to be cast into hell; so that divine justice never stands in the way, it makes no objection against God’s using his power at any moment to destroy them. Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their sins. Divine justice says of the tree that brings forth such grapes of Sodom, “Cut it down, why cumbereth it the ground?” Luke 13:7. The sword of divine justice is every moment brandished over their heads, and it is nothing but the hand of arbitrary mercy, and God’s mere will, that holds it back. “

Jonathan Edwards, 1741

104 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jan 26, 2015 4:30:50pm

re: #48 dog philosopher

ronald reagan had principles??

yes, he did. Reagan’s principles included doing just about anything to advance an immediate personal agenda, including selling arms to Iran’s Mullahs to finance a civil war in Central America.

105 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 4:31:37pm

re: #103 Decatur Deb

Way too late:

“They deserve to be cast into hell; so that divine justice never stands in the way, it makes no objection against God’s using his power at any moment to destroy them. Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their sins. Divine justice says of the tree that brings forth such grapes of Sodom, “Cut it down, why cumbereth it the ground?” Luke 13:7. The sword of divine justice is every moment brandished over their heads, and it is nothing but the hand of arbitrary mercy, and God’s mere will, that holds it back. “

Jonathan Edwards, 1741

Pretty much. Since England wouldn’t let them implement what they wanted there they emigrated to the New World to set things up the way they wanted. The roots of American Exceptionalism.

106 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 4:32:19pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

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Yeah, it’s the guy who runs the gas station on the corner.

Poor ccj: he’s such a babe in the woods. That guy is going to soak him for his last dollar to get him on the ballot. ccj should know that the money would be better spent on more airplane glue.

107 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:32:56pm

re: #101 CuriousLurker

I like this comment from Pierce’s site.

language isn’t a tool for her, it’s a sharp stick pointed at her own eye.

108 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:33:10pm

re: #103 Decatur Deb

How could anyone forget Cotton Mather?

109 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:34:51pm

re: #108 Justanotherhuman

How could anyone forget Cotton Mather?

No one ever expects Cotton Mather.

110 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 26, 2015 4:35:29pm

re: #103 Decatur Deb

Way too late:

“They deserve to be cast into hell; so that divine justice never stands in the way, it makes no objection against God’s using his power at any moment to destroy them. Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their sins. Divine justice says of the tree that brings forth such grapes of Sodom, “Cut it down, why cumbereth it the ground?” Luke 13:7. The sword of divine justice is every moment brandished over their heads, and it is nothing but the hand of arbitrary mercy, and God’s mere will, that holds it back. “

Jonathan Edwards, 1741

Oh, for sure, Fundamentalism has roots in the Great Awakening, started by Edwards and others throughout the Northwest Ordinance and further west. Hell fire and brimstone sermons, eternal damnation, the whole shmeer. Calvinism 2.0. Then, those people turned into Methodists and UCC people and became more mainstream.

The 20th century Fundie movement is the latest crest of the cycle, but shows no signs of moderating.

111 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 4:36:21pm

re: #109 Decatur Deb

No one ever expects Cotton Mather.

It took me years to get over the fact that you couldn’t drink cotton gin.

112 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Jan 26, 2015 4:37:27pm

re: #111 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It took me years to get over the fact that you couldn’t drink cotton gin.

Or date Cotton Jenny

113 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:37:44pm

re: #108 Justanotherhuman

How could anyone forget Cotton Mather?

Cotton Mather was wouldn’t last ten minutes in this group. He was way to liberal, and just as bad, he was well educated.

114 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 4:37:47pm

re: #111 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It took me years to get over the fact that you couldn’t drink cotton gin.

And don’t get me started with that escapade with the cotton candy…

RBS

115 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:37:50pm

re: #109 Decatur Deb

No one ever expects Cotton Mather.

“I am not a witch.”

116 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:38:05pm

re: #110 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Oh, for sure, Fundamentalism has roots in the Great Awakening, started by Edwards and others throughout the Northwest Ordinance and further west. Hell fire and brimstone sermons, eternal damnation, the whole shmeer. Calvinism 2.0. Then, those people turned into Methodists and UCC people and became more mainstream.

The 20th century Fundie movement is the latest crest of the cycle, but shows no signs of moderating.

Of course, every decent chapel from the Middle Ages and Renaissance had a “Last Judgment” full of writhing, naked screwups. The one in Sixtus’s chapel is well done.

117 team_fukit  Jan 26, 2015 4:39:40pm

article at politico about Jindal’s Muslim Problem

118 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:40:37pm

re: #110 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I think it’s different now - I know, people always say that - because this time the loons have some Big Bucks behind them. Nothing works better for the oligarchs than an ignorant, subservient population, and that’s what their fundie religious tools are aiming for.

119 BeachDem  Jan 26, 2015 4:40:44pm

re: #112 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Or date Cotton Jenny

Well you could have if you were Gordon Lightfoot.

…

120 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:42:04pm

re: #117 team_fukit

article at politico about Jindal’s Muslim Problem

Ugh. Franklin Graham.

121 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:43:29pm

re: #117 team_fukit

article at politico about Jindal’s Muslim Problem

The followers of Jesus, who all know they’ve been “saved”.

White evangelicals, more than any other religious demographic, have consistently been the most likely to support torture (the targets of which will invariably be Muslim).

122 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:43:49pm

Editor’s note: The Storm Prediction Center expects snowfall rates of at least one inch per hour in southern New England and Long Island, NY, beginning between 8 and 9 p.m. ET, The Washington Post reports. Two inches per hour, or greater, is likely after 11 p.m. ET. - Stephanie

washingtonpost.com

123 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 4:44:51pm
Cartoon by Paul Noth

Applies to Jindal as well.

124 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 4:45:14pm

re: #121 Skip Intro

The followers of Jesus, who all know they’ve been “saved”.

White evangelicals, more than any other religious demographic, have consistently been the most likely to support torture (the targets of which will invariably be Muslim).

White evangelicals have a tradition of fear and are easily persuaded to stay that way.

125 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:46:16pm

Got a real asshole newbie on the Holocaust thread.

126 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 4:48:06pm

We’ve got a nasty antisemite on VB’s page.

127 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 4:49:49pm

re: #126 CuriousLurker

Nasty is right. Dinged & reported.

128 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 4:50:38pm

That thump? Our newby being used as a golf ball by Charles…

129 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 4:53:20pm

…

130 darthstar  Jan 26, 2015 4:53:42pm

re: #128 William Barnett-Lewis

That thump? Our newby being used as a golf ball by Charles…

Charles needs to work on that slice - the poor bastard landed at Gotnews.

131 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:56:21pm

re: #129 Feline Fearless Leader

[Embedded content]

An ad on your vid indicates my arrest record is available online. The sheep was overage, and that damn cop said it was cool.

132 EPR-radar  Jan 26, 2015 4:56:23pm

re: #85 Skip Intro

Does anybody have an approximate date when Christianity in this country went from “turn the other cheek” to “let’s all go up to the view site and watch our enemies burn in the pits of hell”?

Probably when the big evangelical churches in the US got taken over by hard-line conservatives in the 70s.

After all, the initial reaction of the Southern Baptists to Roe v. Wade was positive, IIRC.

133 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:56:55pm

re: #130 darthstar

Charles needs to work on that slice - the poor bastard landed at Gotnews.

That’s probably where he came from.

134 BeachDem  Jan 26, 2015 4:57:17pm

This should end well—

Indiana Gov. Starting State-Run News Service To Compete With Actual Press

talkingpointsmemo.com

First comment says it all:

Apparently the name PravdaIndiana was taken.

135 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 4:57:45pm

re: #128 William Barnett-Lewis

That thump? Our newby being used as a golf ball by Charles…

The troll ejector catches the hater spewing and he goes flying.

Charles: 1

Dirtbag: -5

136 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 4:58:00pm

re: #109 Decatur Deb

No one ever expects Cotton Mather.

Because they’re all expecting Muslin Mather.

137 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 4:58:26pm

re: #132 EPR-radar

Yeah, that was pretty much what I was thinking. A couple of years B. R. (before Reagan).

138 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 4:59:06pm

I’m pretty sure that was a neo-Nazi sock puppet who’s dropped turds like this at LGF before.

139 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 4:59:09pm

re: #136 The Vicious Babushka

Because they’re all expecting Muslin Mather.

He was nowhere near as fine as Egyptian Cotton Mather.

140 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 4:59:39pm

re: #126 CuriousLurker

We’ve got a nasty antisemite on VB’s page.

Glad I missed that.

141 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:00:04pm

re: #129 Feline Fearless Leader

[Embedded content]

Video

That was before his “born again” phase…

Bob Dylan has a ‘gift’ for AARP members: Free copy of his new album

finance.yahoo.com

142 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 5:00:38pm

re: #138 Charles Johnson

I’m pretty sure that was a neo-Nazi sock puppet who’s dropped turds like this at LGF before.

Yes. The name was hardly altered, if at all. IIRC, ‘stl’ came on board a St Louis/Ferguson discussion.

143 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jan 26, 2015 5:00:58pm

re: #100 RealityBasedSteve

<spinal Tap> It’s not that his followers are diminishing. It’s just that they are becoming “more selective.”</spinal tap>

144 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 5:01:06pm

I tried to make chili in the slow cooker.

It came out kind of meh. Next time, MOAR JALAPENO and twice as much spices!

145 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 5:01:29pm

re: #115 Justanotherhuman

“I am not a witch.”

But I could be a duck…

146 EPR-radar  Jan 26, 2015 5:02:23pm

re: #137 Skip Intro

That is basically the story of today’s GOP. After the civil rights bills passed, the GOP realized there are a whole bunch of votes out there if they can just get people to vote their racist resentments instead of policy. This was such a success that the GOP decided to branch out and go after the votes of religious cranks as well.

147 unproven innocence  Jan 26, 2015 5:02:39pm

re: #134 BeachDem

This should end well—

Indiana Gov. Starting State-Run News Service To Compete With Actual Press

talkingpointsmemo.com

First comment says it all:

Apparently the name PravdaIndiana was taken.

Not quite the Freedom of the Press that the Bill Of Rights authors had in mind.

148 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 5:02:58pm

re: #141 Justanotherhuman

That was before his “born again” phase…

Bob Dylan has a ‘gift’ for AARP members: Free copy of his new album

finance.yahoo.com

Didn’t like him then, and he hasn’t improved.

“Get out of the limo, Ochs.”

149 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 5:04:14pm

The so-con right wingers like Jindal et al., are threatened by the Islamofascists because they’re so much alike. They want to impose their religious views on everyone else.

But here’s the rub. Jindal claims to be all for upholding the Constitution. Yet, he ignores the core tenet of the First Amendment and the prohibition on the Establishment of religion.

These speeches show just how the right wing wants to subvert and eliminate that prohibition. How anti-Constitutional they are. They are against the First Amendment.

150 EPR-radar  Jan 26, 2015 5:05:57pm

re: #149 lawhawk

Of course RWNJs are anti-Constitution. They are also very deeply anti-American. The US is a creation of the same enlightenment philosophy that they totally reject.

151 Lidane  Jan 26, 2015 5:07:24pm

Whee!

152 stpaulbear  Jan 26, 2015 5:07:38pm

re: #141 Justanotherhuman

That was before his “born again” phase…

Bob Dylan has a ‘gift’ for AARP members: Free copy of his new album

finance.yahoo.com

Why does Dylan hate seniors?

153 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 5:07:50pm

Haven’t read up yet, but HEY we are having rain in So Cal right now. 45 minute longer commute. Yay me.

Plus I checked my mailbox, my mailperson hates me. All I see is things I need to log on and go paperless (thought I had) and piles & piles of ads I’ll never read. :(

154 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:07:54pm

re: #148 Decatur Deb

Didn’t like him then, and he hasn’t improved.

“Get out of the limo, Ochs.”

He reportedly tried to proselytize Jerry Wexler who replied, “Bob, you’re dealing with a 62-year-old Jewish atheist. Let’s just make an album.” : )

155 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:08:34pm

re: #152 stpaulbear

Why does Dylan hate seniors?

Gah, he and I are the same age…

156 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 26, 2015 5:08:38pm

re: #151 Lidane

Whee!

[Embedded content]

And yet Christians are the persecuted ones who are being pushed to the margins and shut up.

RBS

157 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:10:04pm

re: #152 stpaulbear

Why does Dylan hate seniors?

With any luck, I won’t be one of the random subscribers who receives it.

Actually, I don’t pay for the magazine—but they send it to me anyway.

158 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 5:10:20pm

re: #151 Lidane

Wow! A trifecta from the lunatic wing of the Lunatic Party.

159 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 5:10:25pm

They have CNN beanies.

160 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 5:11:24pm

This is on HBO in a bit:
Night Will Fall
latimes.com

161 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 5:12:02pm

re: #149 lawhawk

<snip>But here’s the rub. Jindal claims to be all for upholding the Constitution. Yet, he ignores the core tenet of the First Amendment and the prohibition on the Establishment of religion.

These speeches show just how the right wing wants to subvert and eliminate that prohibition. How anti-Constitutional they are. They are against the First Amendment.

Yeah, I guess that’s why they keep pushing the B.S. about the Constitution being based on the Ten Commandments. What I can’t figure out is this: How are the Ten Commandments acceptable if they’re from the Old Testament, which was supposedly abrogated by the New Testament? I mean that’s the reason given for not following the laws as the Jews do, like not eating pork, etc.

162 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:12:56pm

re: #161 CuriousLurker

Yeah, I guess that’s why they keep pushing the B.S. about the Constitution being based on the Ten Commandments. What I can’t figure out is this: How are the Ten Commandments acceptable if they’re from the Old Testament, which was supposedly abrogated by the New Testament? I mean that’s the reason given for not following the laws as the Jews do, like not eating pork, etc.

It’s called “having your cake and eating it, too”.

163 EPR-radar  Jan 26, 2015 5:13:03pm

re: #161 CuriousLurker

It all makes sense once one realizes that the text of the Bible is completely irrelevant to a Bible-thumper. It really is just a prop.

164 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 5:14:05pm
Cartoon by the late Charles Barsotti
165 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:14:48pm

re: #160 Decatur Deb

Rats. No HBO. Charter already gets $120/mo from us, and I’m not giving them any more. : )

166 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 5:14:50pm

re: #161 CuriousLurker

What I can’t figure out is this: How are the Ten Commandments acceptable if they’re from the Old Testament, which was supposedly abrogated by the New Testament? I mean that’s the reason given for not following the laws as the Jews do, like not eating pork, etc.

You’ll give yourself a brain aneurism trying to figure things like that out.

167 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 5:17:03pm

This gotta be a ‘shop

168 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 5:17:19pm

re: #161 CuriousLurker

Yeah, I guess that’s why they keep pushing the B.S. about the Constitution being based on the Ten Commandments. What I can’t figure out is this: How are the Ten Commandments acceptable if they’re from the Old Testament, which was supposedly abrogated by the New Testament? I mean that’s the reason given for not following the laws as the Jews do, like not eating pork, etc.

Bacon tastes gooood. Pork chops taste gooood. Therefore pork is acceptable. /

It’s all selective reading of the Bible. Pick and choose what to believe.

Kind of like the Constitution. They pick and choose what parts are important, and what parts can be discarded. They read out the limiting language of the 2A, but think that the 13-15Amendments are too limiting on their ability to be racists and restrict rights of those that aren’t just like them.

169 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 5:17:45pm

re: #163 EPR-radar

It all makes sense once one realizes that the text of the Bible is completely irrelevant to a Bible-thumper. It really is just a prop.

Heh. We had a light colonel in the office who made a big deal about his big, new bed with a built-in 5 foot bookshelf:

“Now I’ll have to get some books for it.”

We were pulling constant TDY travel all over the country, so for a couple months we all brought him back copies of motel bibles. We tried to mix up the colors, for effect.

170 bratwurst  Jan 26, 2015 5:18:07pm

I do not want to read a single word of praise for National Review officially turning its back on Sarah Palin.

It has been clear to anyone with an IQ above room temperature for YEARS that this woman is a grifter who cares nothing for anyone but her own family. Nobody is entitled to so much as a pat on the head for FINALLY recognizing that fact in the aftermath of a speech that (hopefully) ended her ability to grift on any kind of legitimate political stage once and for all.

171 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 5:18:13pm
Warning: Don’t take the brown acid, especially during a snow storm.
172 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:18:18pm

Well, it’s starting, and it’s early yet.

173 stpaulbear  Jan 26, 2015 5:18:26pm

re: #157 Justanotherhuman

With any luck, I won’t be one of the random subscribers who receives it.

Actually, I don’t pay for the magazine—but they send it to me anyway.

I subscribed for a year and then dropped it when they put me on the mailing list from hell.

The new Dylan album has been on my Amazon ‘Recommended…’ list for weeks. I read the description and it sounded ominous. Last weekend I listened to a couple of previews and it sounded really bad. I’m actually looking forward to reading the reviews for the snark.

174 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 5:19:30pm

re: #167 The Vicious Babushka

It’s legit.

facebook.com

175 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 5:20:34pm

re: #149 lawhawk

The so-con right wingers like Jindal et al., are threatened by the Islamofascists because they’re so much alike. They want to impose their religious views on everyone else.

[Embedded content]

But here’s the rub. Jindal claims to be all for upholding the Constitution. Yet, he ignores the core tenet of the First Amendment and the prohibition on the Establishment of religion.

These speeches show just how the right wing wants to subvert and eliminate that prohibition. How anti-Constitutional they are. They are against the First Amendment.

Subtract Palin, add Jindal.

176 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:21:04pm

re: #173 stpaulbear

I subscribed for a year and then dropped it when they put me on the mailing list from hell.

The new Dylan album has been on my Amazon ‘Recommended…’ list for weeks. I read the description and it sounded ominous. Last weekend I listened to a couple of previews and it sounded really bad. I’m actually looking forward to reading the reviews for the snark.

Sometimes, you just have to know when to retire…or do something else.

177 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 5:22:07pm

re: #168 lawhawk

I think that being a fundie Christian is just like being a Muslim or a Jew, without all the hard stuff like fasting and sacrifice. Plus they’ve limited themselves to only ten commandments, ignoring the other 603.

178 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 5:22:18pm

re: #173 stpaulbear

I subscribed for a year and then dropped it when they put me on the mailing list from hell.

The new Dylan album has been on my Amazon ‘Recommended…’ list for weeks. I read the description and it sounded ominous. Last weekend I listened to a couple of previews and it sounded really bad. I’m actually looking forward to reading the reviews for the snark.

This the album of Sinatra covers?

179 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:22:55pm

re: #174 lawhawk

It’s legit.

facebook.com

Wow, talk about your attention whores…

From what I read a few years ago, he’d already made his first million.

180 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 5:23:20pm

re: #165 Justanotherhuman

Rats. No HBO. Charter already gets $120/mo from us, and I’m not giving them any more. : )

Ya, me either. I had 3 months free of Showtime, got me addicted to Shameless. Then poof. & no, I’m not paying more. It is actually one of my top bills ea month.

181 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 5:24:12pm

re: #151 Lidane

Whee!

[Embedded content]

So, Frank Gaffney says that calling Bobby Jindal out for his ‘no-go zone’ lies is tantamount to imposing Sharia?

Then I guess you can call me Junior Ayatollah Falcon.

182 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 5:24:40pm

re: #174 lawhawk

It’s legit.

facebook.com

I thought so. That dude. Is.

183 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 5:25:26pm

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

184 Bubblehead II  Jan 26, 2015 5:26:13pm

hey all you Lizards on the East Coast. You don’t just have to worry about the snow. You have to worry about the highly radioactive snow.

DERP!

185 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:26:37pm

re: #180 #FergusonFireside

Ya, me either. I had 3 months free of Showtime, got me addicted to Shameless. Then poof. & no, I’m not paying more. It is actually one of my top bills ea month.

I often give Charter more money than I do Duke Energy. : ) Such as spring and fall electric bills, which run $60-70/mo. I’m in a 3 BR basement apt and get some geothermal benefit.

186 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:27:57pm

re: #184 Bubblehead II

hey all you Lizards on the East Coast. You don’t just have to worry about the snow. You have to worry about the highly radioactive snow.

[Embedded content]

DERP!

Conspiracy site?

187 Sionainn  Jan 26, 2015 5:28:21pm

re: #171 De Kolta Chair

[Embedded content]

Why is she wearing Fidel Castro’s hat?

188 The Ghost of the Vanishing Commissar  Jan 26, 2015 5:28:36pm

re: #161 CuriousLurker

Yeah, I guess that’s why they keep pushing the B.S. about the Constitution being based on the Ten Commandments. What I can’t figure out is this: How are the Ten Commandments acceptable if they’re from the Old Testament, which was supposedly abrogated by the New Testament? I mean that’s the reason given for not following the laws as the Jews do, like not eating pork, etc.

Because their grasp on the New Testament is so firm.

Now excuse me while a collapse into a mass of sarcasm so dense it’s forming a singularity.

189 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 5:28:54pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

“Melanie’s Marvelous Measles was written to educate children on the benefits of having measles and how you can heal from them naturally and successfully.

From the author, Amazon made sure to state.

Hey, kids, have you heard about that cool new disease called Polio!

190 Bubblehead II  Jan 26, 2015 5:28:58pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

Is she going to do a follow up book called Melanies marvelous Shingles?

//

191 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 5:28:59pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

What an utterly evil book!

192 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 5:29:22pm

Well, got about 2-3 inches here in Northern NJ so far. Round 1 snow totals for the day so far. Nothing remarkable so far, though 6+ inches have been reported in a few spots on Long Island.

193 b_sharp  Jan 26, 2015 5:29:42pm

re: #184 Bubblehead II

hey all you Lizards on the East Coast. You don’t just have to worry about the snow. You have to worry about the highly radioactive snow.

[Embedded content]

DERP!

Parody isn’t it?

194 stpaulbear  Jan 26, 2015 5:30:27pm

re: #178 William Barnett-Lewis

This the album of Sinatra covers?

Yep. The Amazon description of the album and Dylan’s comments about how good he thinks it is sound like parody. I wouldn’t put it past Dylan to be scamming everybody with this record.

195 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 5:31:23pm

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

But I could be a duck…

A Monty Python reference undinged? This cannot stand!

196 Bubblehead II  Jan 26, 2015 5:31:34pm

re: #186 Justanotherhuman

Conspiracy site?

I have not a clue. One of the people I follow (liz) retweeted it. I muted the original tweeter and am seriously considering muting her as well for polluting my TL with that garbage.

197 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 5:31:34pm

re: #193 b_sharp

Parody isn’t it?

Golf Ball Hit From Moon During Apollo 14 Mission Found By Rover On Mars

Yeah, probably.

198 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:31:39pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

Oh, christ. Chicken pox isn’t great, either—just ask my son who still has pox marks on his face. He had them when he was 3 and kids that age will scratch themselves, no matter what.

199 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 5:31:58pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

“Our friend, Smallpox”

200 goddamnedfrank  Jan 26, 2015 5:32:35pm

Kids these days amiright?

201 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 5:32:44pm

re: #190 Bubblehead II

Wait, wasn’t shingles what you got if you previously had chicken pox?

I want my pox party damnit! …. //////////11ty

Seriously. Had chicken pox when I was 17. It sucked something awful (and this was before they had the vaccination for it). If I had the chance for a vaccine, I’d have jumped at the opportunity than to avoid the misery. These people simply don’t grasp the seriousness of the diseases that they seemingly venerate like measles or mumps. They have complications that can result in permanent disabilities or death. It’s no joke, but these assholes put everyone at risk.

202 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 5:33:30pm

re: #161 CuriousLurker

Yeah, I guess that’s why they keep pushing the B.S. about the Constitution being based on the Ten Commandments. What I can’t figure out is this: How are the Ten Commandments acceptable if they’re from the Old Testament, which was supposedly abrogated by the New Testament? I mean that’s the reason given for not following the laws as the Jews do, like not eating pork, etc.

very few fundies will face up to this contradiction

203 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 5:33:35pm

re: #185 Justanotherhuman

I often give Charter more money than I do Duke Energy. : ) Such as spring and fall electric bills, which run $60-70/mo. I’m in a 3 BR basement apt and get some geothermal benefit.

My cable & cell phone are ALWAYS larger than electric & gas. Amazing bullshit we are dealing with. I do live in So Cal, but I run my air like a maniac when it’s hot. Still not as much as the cable.

This is where income disparity is so fucking clear.

204 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 5:34:12pm

re: #170 bratwurst

I do not want to read a single word of praise for National Review Charles C. W. Cooke officially turning its back on Sarah Palin.

Suggested correction. Charles C. W. Cooke is a major contributor, but in my experience it should not be assumed that his articles speak for National Review as a whole.

That said, Bloomberg said much the same thing as Cooke today. My own read is that Palin’s EPIC FAIL of a speech was sufficiently off-putting that it is now felt she can be criticized without fear of major blowback.

205 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 26, 2015 5:34:47pm

Cherry picking the bible and the Constitution are practically professional sports original to WASP society. In fact the split starts early on. Just look at 1st A and 2nd A advocacy. How much agreement do we really see between hard core advocates of each? Go ahead just try to find more than a rare few that would advocate equally fiercely in detail and not disagree.

206 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 26, 2015 5:35:23pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

You guys gotta hang out at Orac’s place more often.

207 Bubblehead II  Jan 26, 2015 5:35:31pm

re: #186 Justanotherhuman

re: #193 b_sharp

Parody isn’t it?

After going back and looking at it closer, probably. But with all the nut jobs out there anymore it is hard to tell the difference sometimes.

208 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 5:35:47pm

re: #192 lawhawk

We barely got anything down here. I’m convinced there’s some sort of weather reflecting dome over Trenton that sends all the rough stuff up north.

209 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 5:36:08pm

re: #170 bratwurst

I do not want to read a single word of praise for National Review officially turning its back on Sarah Palin.

It has been clear to anyone with an IQ above room temperature for YEARS that this woman is a grifter who cares nothing for anyone but her own family. Nobody is entitled to so much as a pat on the head for FINALLY recognizing that fact in the aftermath of a speech that (hopefully) ended her ability to grift on any kind of legitimate political stage once and for all.

And this article is a lie. If by some weird chance Sarah Palin actually gets into a position where she has a chance to win an election for something, these same people will flip right around and back her like this little incident never happened.

Hypocrisy is the conservative movement’s middle name.

210 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 5:36:20pm

re: #200 goddamnedfrank

Good on you.

211 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 5:37:12pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

Oh, The Easily Preventable Diseases You’ll Possibly Die From!

212 bratwurst  Jan 26, 2015 5:37:45pm

re: #204 Dark_Falcon

Suggested correction. Charles C. W. Cooke is a major contributor, but in my experience it should not be assumed that his articles speak for National Review as a whole.

That said, Bloomberg said much the same thing as Cooke today. My own read is that Palin’s EPIC FAIL of a speech was sufficiently off-putting that it is now felt she can be criticized without fear of major blowback.

I suspect you may be right. However, my main point is that anyone who required this past weekend’s meltdown to be able to criticize Sarah Palin without fear of repercussion is a fucking idiot whose opinion is absolutely worthless.

213 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 26, 2015 5:37:52pm

re: #111 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It took me years to get over the fact that you couldn’t drink cotton gin.

Now that’s how to make a dry martini.

214 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 5:38:07pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

It’s actually been out for more than 3 years. Orac gave it a solid pounding back in 2011:

Now I’ve seen it all: An anti-vaccine children’s book

215 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 5:38:14pm

re: #199 Higgs Boson’s Mate

“Our friend, Smallpox”

Native American author?
//

216 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 5:38:24pm

re: #200 goddamnedfrank

Chuck retweets hateful racists like this all the time. I even pointed this out to the Politico writer when he interviewed me, but he completely left it out of his article.

217 Bubblehead II  Jan 26, 2015 5:39:51pm

re: #201 lawhawk

Wait, wasn’t shingles what you got if you previously had chicken pox?

You are correct. My bad.

218 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 5:40:11pm
219 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 5:40:37pm

re: #209 Charles Johnson

And this article is a lie. If by some weird chance Sarah Palin actually gets into a position where she has a chance to win an election for something, these same people will flip right around and back her like this little incident never happened.

Hypocrisy is the conservative movement’s middle name.

Let’s just hope that your take on Cooke’s piece never gets put to the test. Hopefully, this DERP really does put an end to Caribou Barbie’s campaign grifting.

220 CuriousLurker  Jan 26, 2015 5:41:27pm

re: #207 Bubblehead II

After going back and looking at it closer, probably. But with all the nut jobs out there anymore it is hard to tell the difference sometimes.

Poe’s law strikes again.

221 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 5:42:50pm

re: #211 Mattand

222 stpaulbear  Jan 26, 2015 5:44:10pm

re: #219 Dark_Falcon

Let’s just hope that your take on Cooke’s piece never gets put to the test. Hopefully, this DERP really does put an end to Caribou Barbie’s campaign grifting.

So if she became a candidate and put you to the test, would you hold your nose and vote R? Would you vote D to keep her out of office?

223 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:45:06pm

re: #219 Dark_Falcon

Let’s just hope that your take on Cooke’s piece never gets put to the test. Hopefully, this DERP really does put an end to Caribou Barbie’s campaign grifting.

She still pulled in almost $3M last year. And spent a bit more than was contributed. Wound up with over $800K in cash remaining.

fec.gov

Of course, all of it was no doubt spent on herself for clothes, travel, hotels, etc.

224 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 5:46:28pm

re: #206 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

You guys gotta hang out at Orac’s place more often.

And as for Orac, his latest piece gives anti-vaxxer enabler “Dr. Bob” Sears a well-deserved drubbing. Sears earns it by emulating one of GDF’s favorite images:

225 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 5:47:01pm

re: #222 stpaulbear

So if she became a candidate and put you to the test, would you hold your nose and vote R? Would you vote D to keep her out of office?

I think we know the answer to that one.

226 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:47:25pm

re: #223 Justanotherhuman

You’ll have to enter “sarah pac” to get to her filing. Obviously, the site won’t go directly there.

227 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 5:47:25pm

re: #222 stpaulbear

So if she became a candidate and put you to the test, would you hold your nose and vote R? Would you vote D to keep her out of office?

I won’t say I’d vote Democrat, but I wouldn’t vote for Sarah Palin, not even in a general election.

228 Jenner7  Jan 26, 2015 5:47:36pm

re: #170 bratwurst

The comments are glorious….

229 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 5:48:07pm
230 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 5:49:35pm
Bill Watterson
231 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 5:50:42pm

re: #229 Charles Johnson

Climate change deniers are the best argument for Common Core.

Nonsense! It should be left up to each state to decide what facts are.

232 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 5:50:48pm

Gotta roll. Back in about an hour.

233 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:52:18pm

re: #226 Justanotherhuman

You’ll have to enter “sarah pac” to get to her filing. Obviously, the site won’t go directly there.

Oh wait—that was for two years.

Guess her “fans” are getting stingier. That’s good news.

No wonder she’s “thinking” about running. Because the money is running out.

I’m sure she can sell the McMansion in Scottsdale and get a job flipping burgers in AK, though.

234 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 5:53:36pm

re: #228 Jenner7

The comments are glorious….

Yeah, I had to restrain myself from engaging in a little pre-blizzard trolling.

A lot of the brains surgeons commenting there are coughing up the similar load of derp Joe Scarborough harfed up this morning. Basically the idea is that Palin was a true rising star in 2008, but has lost sight of the True Conservative Way.

Which is kinda impressive if you hold that view, in that the amount of self-delusion needed to convince yourself that Palin wasn’t an utter clown could power a small city.

235 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 5:53:41pm

9 PM - Philly Weather report.

28 F - flurries - little accumulation.

Snow shields appear to be holding.

236 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 5:55:20pm
237 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 5:57:10pm

re: #235 Feline Fearless Leader

9 PM - Philly Weather report.

28 F - flurries - little accumulation.

Snow shields appear to be holding.

I’ll take the credit on this one. Our snow blower actually started running before a big storm, instead of conking out like it normally does.

You know; science.

238 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 5:58:01pm

re: #234 Mattand

Scarborough: It Was ‘A Tragedy’ To See Sarah Palin’s Disjointed Iowa Speech
talkingpointsmemo.com

No, Joe, that was comedy. Black comedy, of course; the tragedy would be if she continued wowing the crowd.

239 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 5:58:54pm
240 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 5:59:40pm

re: #161 CuriousLurker

Yeah, I guess that’s why they keep pushing the B.S. about the Constitution being based on the Ten Commandments. What I can’t figure out is this: How are the Ten Commandments acceptable if they’re from the Old Testament, which was supposedly abrogated by the New Testament? I mean that’s the reason given for not following the laws as the Jews do, like not eating pork, etc.

The usual apologetic explanation:

1. Those are the main commandments, so whatever one thinks of the other several hundred, these stand.
2. 9 of 10 are mirrored in the NT anyway.
3. (optional) the ritual commandments (pork…) have lost their power, but morality is absolute, so all the moral commandments (incl. about teh ghey) are still in force.

241 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 6:00:06pm

re: #184 Bubblehead II

DERP!

Empire News claims to get its info from “Chief Scientist Michael Baker” of the “Brookhaven National Lab.” A search of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s web site, and some further Googling, shows no mention of anyone going by that name connected with the Brookhaven. Of course, I could be wrong. I could also be King Midas.

DERP! indeed.

242 RadicalModerate  Jan 26, 2015 6:00:56pm

re: #10 Kragar

From David Lane, one of the rally organizers:

I swear, he’s starting to sound more and more like the other, more famous David Lane every day.

243 stpaulbear  Jan 26, 2015 6:01:17pm

re: #237 Mattand

I’ll take the credit on this one. Our snow blower actually started running before a big storm, instead of conking out like it normally does.

You know; science.

After 19 years in my house, I finally broke down and bought a snowblower during the Veteran’s Day sale at Sears. It hasn’t snowed more than 2” at a time since then and this weekend (and today) it was way above freezing. There is almost no snow on the ground in the Twin Cities. The snowblower is still in the back of the garage with it’s showroom sheen still intact. It’s all my fault.

244 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 6:01:22pm
245 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 6:02:40pm

re: #243 stpaulbear

My parents installed a whole house generator* after Sandy. No hurricanes since then.

YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN THAT, SCIENCE!

(// for the sarcasm impaired)

* Look, I can use a pencil.

246 Bubblehead II  Jan 26, 2015 6:03:06pm

re: #241 De Kolta Chair

Empire News claims to get its info from “Chief Scientist Michael Baker” of the “Brookhaven National Lab.” A search of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s web site shows no mention of anyone going by that name. Derp indeed.

Was pointed out to me that it is probably a satire site and looking at some of the “headlines” in the ticker I can believe that. As C.L. stated, Poe’s Law strikes again.

247 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 6:04:39pm

re: #244 Charles Johnson

Did my part. It’s absolutely amazing how Twitter keeps letting this guy run rampant.

248 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:06:51pm

re: #238 jaunte

No, Joe, that was comedy. Black comedy, of course; the tragedy would be if she continued wowing the crowd.

Is Scarborough still getting a boner over PayMe?

249 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 6:07:53pm

re: #247 Mattand

Did my part. It’s absolutely amazing how Twitter keeps letting this guy run rampant.

It’s horrible. They’re enabling this guy to harass and stalk victims of rape, even when he’s violated their rules badly enough to be suspended three previous times.

250 bratwurst  Jan 26, 2015 6:09:27pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

It’s horrible. They’re enabling this guy to harass and stalk victims of rape, even when he’s violated their rules badly enough to be suspended three previous times.

How does he get to keep a PayPal account as well? Any insight into where complaints can be addressed there?

251 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:09:30pm

The NE is shutting down…

New Jersey Gov. Christie orders a state-wide travel ban that goes into effect at 11 pm ET - @CNBCnow
end of alert

6m
Connecticut travel ban due to blizzard officially takes effect - @NBCConnecticut
read more on nbcconnecticut.com

252 Floral Giraffe  Jan 26, 2015 6:09:53pm

re: #131 Decatur Deb

An ad on your vid indicates my arrest record is available online. The sheep was overage, and that damn cop said it was cool.

No you didn’t ;)

254 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:12:22pm

re: #131 Decatur Deb

An ad on your vid indicates my arrest record is available online. The sheep was overage, and that damn cop said it was cool.

Um. That’s not how it happened…

…

255 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:13:59pm

re: #249 Charles Johnson

Twitter’s revolving door suspension system is almost enough to make me quit Twitter altogether. Except that quitting leaves that entire forum to the likes of him. And that’s what Twitter counts on - it’s the Howard Stern ratings thing. They’re hoping that enough people are outraged over the things Chuckles says to tweet their own tweets (and retweets, quotes, etc.) and they’ll give the occasional slap on the wrist.

But the thing is that all of his TOS violations are far more egregious than the usual run of the mill stuff. He’s way past malicious.

256 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:14:30pm

re: #167 The Vicious Babushka

This gotta be a ‘shop

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naked cowboy is just that crazy enough

257 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:15:54pm

re: #251 Justanotherhuman

The NE is shutting down…

New Jersey Gov. Christie orders a state-wide travel ban that goes into effect at 11 pm ET - @CNBCnow
end of alert

6m
Connecticut travel ban due to blizzard officially takes effect - @NBCConnecticut
read more on nbcconnecticut.com

Technically, New York and New Jersey are part of the Middle Atlantic. Connecticut is part of New England. /geographical pedant off.

258 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:16:06pm

re: #172 Justanotherhuman

Well, it’s starting, and it’s early yet.

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Had something like that here this morning, but it was a semi carrying lumber vs a car.
The driver of the car died.

259 RadicalModerate  Jan 26, 2015 6:18:29pm

By the way, I notice that speakers at Jindal’s prayer rally is a who’s who of individuals in the forefront of the Christian Reconstructionism/Dominionism movement.

CriticalDragon1177 had an excellent page recently on their influence on the homeschooling movement, and how they are using it to take over public education at a state level. A comment I made there spells out explicitly what the Reconstructionists’ end-game is, and this rally serves to only reinforce that belief. I’m reposting a direct quote from one of the founders of the movement here to reiterate how dangerous these individuals are.

260 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:19:23pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

WTF IS THIS

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

measles parties.
They were all the rage when I was a little one.
That’s why I have sight and hearing losses to this day.

261 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 6:20:15pm

re: #255 lawhawk

It’s really awful. By not banning this evil fucker for good, Twitter is sending a message that they welcome misogynists who harass rape victims.

I’m not going to be driven off by this, though. I don’t give up.

262 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:20:18pm

re: #192 lawhawk

Well, got about 2-3 inches here in Northern NJ so far. Round 1 snow totals for the day so far. Nothing remarkable so far, though 6+ inches have been reported in a few spots on Long Island.

How are the winds so far?

263 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 6:20:47pm

re: #253 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

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And how they have not pursued the shooting down of an airliner full of innocents.

I hope the hammer falls eventually.

264 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 6:21:11pm

re: #240 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

The usual apologetic explanation:

1. Those are the main commandments, so whatever one thinks of the other several hundred, these stand.
2. 9 of 10 are mirrored in the NT anyway.
3. (optional) the ritual commandments (pork…) have lost their power, but morality is absolute, so all the moral commandments (incl. about teh ghey) are still in force.

I’m still waiting for the memo from God approving those corrections.

265 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:21:23pm

re: #257 lawhawk

To everyone else in the country, NY & NJ are “NE”. : ) NC is “middle Atlantic”. : )

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

Awful. Not an even match under any circumstances. I give semis a wide berth.

266 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:22:40pm

re: #201 lawhawk

Wait, wasn’t shingles what you got if you previously had chicken pox?

I want my pox party damnit! …. //////////11ty

Seriously. Had chicken pox when I was 17. It sucked something awful (and this was before they had the vaccination for it). If I had the chance for a vaccine, I’d have jumped at the opportunity than to avoid the misery. These people simply don’t grasp the seriousness of the diseases that they seemingly venerate like measles or mumps. They have complications that can result in permanent disabilities or death. It’s no joke, but these assholes put everyone at risk.

I’ve had shingles once and it was a nightmare. I’m hoping the shingles vaccine will stop it from ever EVER hitting me again. Fortunately my UNION INSURANCE (yay!) will pay 100% without a co-pay or deductible.

267 darthstar  Jan 26, 2015 6:22:46pm

Speaking as a native Californian, I can now honestly say I’m praying for New York.

268 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:23:49pm

re: #204 Dark_Falcon

Suggested correction. Charles C. W. Cooke is a major contributor, but in my experience it should not be assumed that his articles speak for National Review as a whole.

That said, Bloomberg said much the same thing as Cooke today. My own read is that Palin’s EPIC FAIL of a speech was sufficiently off-putting that it is now felt she can be criticized without fear of major blowback.

Nope

269 De Kolta Chair  Jan 26, 2015 6:24:48pm

re: #246 Bubblehead II

Was pointed out to me that it is probably a satire site and looking at some of the “headlines” in the ticker I can believe that. As C.L. stated, Poe’s Law strikes again.

I had a feeling it might be a satire site. Oh well, I didn’t need those five minutes anyway.

270 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 6:25:42pm

re: #245 klystron

My parents installed a whole house generator* after Sandy. No hurricanes since then.

YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN THAT, SCIENCE!

(// for the sarcasm impaired)

* Look, I can use a pencil.

Yes I can.

271 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:25:47pm

re: #219 Dark_Falcon

Let’s just hope that your take on Cooke’s piece never gets put to the test. Hopefully, this DERP really does put an end to Caribou Barbie’s campaign grifting.

bwahahaaa!
rah rah team!

272 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:27:29pm

re: #264 Skip Intro

I’m still waiting for the memo from God approving those corrections.

Paul, more or less.

273 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:27:52pm

re: #227 Dark_Falcon

I won’t say I’d vote Democrat, but I wouldn’t vote for Sarah Palin, not even in a general election.

oh, well, there’s that extremely low bar…

274 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 6:28:13pm

many snowstorms may experience problems with intimacy after age 40 and find that they dont get as large a snow as predicted

hey - it’s not you, it’s just a number

275 Decatur Deb  Jan 26, 2015 6:28:21pm

re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh, well, there’s that extremely low bar…

Baby steps.

276 Belafon  Jan 26, 2015 6:29:08pm

With regards to the post, the hardest thing about dealing with that here in the US is most people think we are a Christian nation, do not trust people at all who don’t believe in religion, don’t have trouble with any overlap between government and religion, do not understand what theocracies have done throughout history, and - like a frog in a boiling pot - cannot see how the changes being brought by Republicans are slowly ruining the country.

277 Mattand  Jan 26, 2015 6:29:19pm

re: #261 Charles Johnson

It’s really awful. By not banning this evil fucker for good, Twitter is sending a message that they welcome misogynists who harass rape victims.

I’m not going to be driven off by this, though. I don’t give up.

I was thinking the other day of how much an effing headache this has to be for you, since you guys basically have the same name. Not fighting isn’t really an option, I guess.

278 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:29:53pm

re: #259 RadicalModerate

Philosophy of a “christian” middle/high school opening here next year at the site of a charter school which moved its facility down the road:

(snip)

“The school lays out their priorities very clearly with the student’s relationship with God first, followed by their relationship with family. Third is education. The school’s view is if a student hasn’t strengthened the first two priorities on the list, a good education won’t mean much.

(snip)

“Students will be expected to follow DCA’s standards of conduct as well as have a 2.0 grade average. Although the entire curriculum will be presented from a biblical worldview, a student doesn’t need to be a Christian to attend. However, parents and students are asked to commit to the school’s code of ethics.”

denverncweekly.com

I always thought a 2.0 meant you were close to failing, but if education is last, I imagine that will be the average GPA.

279 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:30:40pm

re: #230 De Kolta Chair

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Calvin would love my county.
We had just a dusting of snow this morning, but that was after getting almost half an inch of rain over night before the temperature plummeted at dawnish hours, all that rain froze on the roads, then that dusting of snow wreaked havoc. Wrecks everywhere (one involved a fatality, and in another county a schoolbus full of kids slid off on its side into a steep ditch).
Yeah, school got cancelled…

280 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 6:30:45pm

re: #272 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Paul, more or less.

Paul? You mean the guy who never met Jesus but still created an entire religion about him?

That Paul?

Then I’d like to see the memo from God appointing Paul Jesus’ official biographer.

281 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:31:15pm

re: #267 darthstar

Speaking as a native Californian, I can now honestly say I’m praying for New York.

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Kale is so 2014…

282 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:32:19pm

re: #243 stpaulbear

After 19 years in my house, I finally broke down and bought a snowblower during the Veteran’s Day sale at Sears. It hasn’t snowed more than 2” at a time since then and this weekend (and today) it was way above freezing. There is almost no snow on the ground in the Twin Cities. The snowblower is still in the back of the garage with it’s showroom sheen still intact. It’s all my fault.

Yay YOU! Protector of the Twin Cities!

283 b_sharp  Jan 26, 2015 6:32:31pm

re: #280 Skip Intro

Paul? You mean the guy who never met Jesus but still created an entire religion about him?

That Paul?

Then I’d like to see the memo from God appointing Paul Jesus’ official biographer.

I guess you had to be there.

284 Charles Johnson  Jan 26, 2015 6:32:43pm
285 darthstar  Jan 26, 2015 6:33:33pm

My mother in law is on her own in CT tonight. I called and checked in on her - candles, flashlights, few gallons of water…check, check, check. Asked if her cell phone was on the charger - nope. Told her to plug it in and to stay indoors, I said, “Donner, party of one.” isn’t a very good read.

286 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:34:08pm

re: #280 Skip Intro

Paul? You mean the guy who never met Jesus but still created an entire religion about him?

That Paul?

Yes, the guy whose writings happen to be God’s word.

Then I’d like to see the memo from God appointing Paul Jesus’ official biographer.

Well, I would like to see a memo from God appointing the Tanakh as his word. Isn’t it more logical to start there?

287 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 6:35:28pm

re: #286 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

If we’re talking religion, logic doesn’t enter in to it.

288 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:36:31pm

re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth

So far here, they’re not so bad, but winds out on LI are getting pretty wicked. Already blizzard conditions (Islip Airport, Long Island has 30 mph winds sustained, with gusts to 39).

We’re probably in the same wind speed range as Teterboro. And I’m thankful for that given that we’ve got a pretty significant tree canopy that drapes over the power lines here.

289 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 6:36:40pm

re: #280 Skip Intro

Paul? You mean the guy who never met Jesus but still created an entire religion about him?

That Paul?

Then I’d like to see the memo from God appointing Paul Jesus’ official biographer.

the religion of jesus, that was one thing, and the religion that paul created about jesus, well, that’s another thing

(i’ll have to credit my source on this remark, since i got it from a book called ‘the book of the acts of god’ by two anglican clergymen amazon.com)

290 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:36:53pm

re: #287 Skip Intro

If were talking religion, logic doesn’t enter in to it.

Then what you wrote in #264 doesn’t apply.

291 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 6:37:43pm

re: #275 Decatur Deb

Baby steps.

I’ll take that and keep working on him.

292 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:38:09pm
293 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:39:17pm

re: #275 Decatur Deb

Baby steps.

fetus steps

294 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:39:34pm

re: #292 Justanotherhuman

Holy cow, John, get that phone on a charger, stat!

295 klystron  Jan 26, 2015 6:40:30pm

re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth

fetus steps

Zygote cellular division.

296 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:40:42pm

re: #283 b_sharp

I guess you had to be there.

It was a cold dark and lonely road…

297 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:41:12pm

re: #289 dog philosopher

We don’t even know what the religion of Jesus was. Heck, we can’t even be certain he existed, so minimal the historical evidence of anything “Jesus” is (though he probably did). Our earliest source on Jesus is Paul, and he is very ideological. The gospels are all late and no less ideological. The fuck we can glean from these “sources”, except that Jesus was prolly some kind of an apocalyptic preacher.

298 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 6:41:14pm

re: #272 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Paul, more or less.

After a very bitter battle with James the Just of Jerusalem that gets major whitewashing in Acts. I wonder how different things would have been had James won the day, but then I remember that his branch lost rather permanently with the destruction of the Temple.

299 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 26, 2015 6:42:12pm

I’ve lost count of the number of people (here in Seattle): “I grew up in Armpit, Bumfuckistan (paraphrasing)! I know how to drive in the snow!”

I always say: “Yanno, you don’t have to run into them—they can run into you.”

You can tell this is a completely new thought.

300 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:42:47pm

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world…

Mission control for international team trying to break 2 major ballooning records says the helium-filled balloon has passed halfway mark of its journey across the Pacific Ocean - @AP
read more on bigstory.ap.org

301 HappyWarrior  Jan 26, 2015 6:43:01pm

These people (Jindal and his allies) are clerical fascists. Their end goal is no different from what many of the fascist movements in Europe in the years leading up to WWII was.

302 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 6:43:08pm

re: #289 dog philosopher

the religion of jesus, that was one thing, and the religion that paul created about jesus, well, that’s another thing

(i’ll have to credit my source on this remark, since i got it from a book called ‘the book of the acts of god’ by two anglican clergymen amazon.com)

Hmm… Oh, it’s old. Full text available on archive.org

archive.org

I’ll have to check it out.

303 Bubblehead II  Jan 26, 2015 6:43:12pm

Night Lizards.

304 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:43:25pm

re: #298 William Barnett-Lewis

Paul made global Christianity possible. Without him it would probably have remained a small Jewish sect.

305 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:43:50pm

re: #301 HappyWarrior

These people (Jindal and his allies) are clerical fascists. Their end goal is no different from what many of the fascist movements in Europe in the years leading up to WWII was.

Yeah, I call them “theo-fascists”.

306 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 6:44:20pm

re: #297 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

We don’t even know what the religion of Jesus was. Heck, we can’t even be certain he existed, so minimal the historical evidence of anything “Jesus” is (though he probably did). Our earliest source on Jesus is Paul, and he is very ideological. The gospels are all late and no less ideological. The fuck we can glean from these “sources”, except that Jesus was prolly some kind of an apocalyptic preacher.

if you cut and paste out all of the places in matthew where jesus is “quoted” directly, you get a very interesting portrait of a preacher

who resembles the typical christian portrait of jesus not very much

also, jesus, clearly, was a practicing jew (according to the gospels, anyway) so it makes sense to place his philosophy, in as much as it can be made out from what he is “quoted” as saying, in the context of 1st century judaism

307 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 6:45:58pm

re: #302 William Barnett-Lewis

Hmm… Oh, it’s old. Full text available on archive.org

archive.org

I’ll have to check it out.

the nuns at my high school wanted us to read it, so when i went through a bible kick a few years back, i read it to get a pious christian point of view. after reading a lot of ‘documentary hypothesis’ analyses

308 HappyWarrior  Jan 26, 2015 6:46:18pm

re: #305 Justanotherhuman

Yeah, I call them “theo-fascists”.

I really used to hate the “Christian Taliban” label but these guys really have changed my mind. They really do feel that this is a nation only for Christians of a certain belief system. It’s scary really.

309 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 6:47:22pm

re: #288 lawhawk

So far here, they’re not so bad, but winds out on LI are getting pretty wicked. Already blizzard conditions (Islip Airport, Long Island has 30 mph winds sustained, with gusts to 39).

We’re probably in the same wind speed range as Teterboro. And I’m thankful for that given that we’ve got a pretty significant tree canopy that drapes over the power lines here.

MrBWS and his crews were ready to leave this morning, but the company said hold on, go to work your usual jobs today and we’ll wait and see.
After their 10-hour shift, they were told to pack their storm bags for possibly leaving at dark-thirty Tuesday morning.
Hubs is looking forward to maybe going back to Rhode Island because he really liked that area during that last bad Nor’easter, but I said maybe you’ll get back to Summit, NJ, where you spent two weeks after Sandy.
And he said that would be really nice because those residents were so great. (And I still have the crayon thank you card from one of the kids there and the scarf another Summit resident sent home with him for me, and an etching from an artist there that is now on the wall at the Local 71 Union hall in Columbus).

310 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 6:47:31pm

re: #290 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Then what you wrote in #264 doesn’t apply.

If the Word of God is infallible and inerrant as the fundies preach, then ignoring the inconvenient bits calls for approval from the author. I still don’t see where that approval came from.

If Christianity had decided, as many early Christians did, that the Jewish bible had been superseded, then we wouldn’t be constantly hearing about old laws and punishments from God, two things Christianity depends upon to keep people in line.

311 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:48:34pm

re: #306 dog philosopher

Sure, he was probably a Jewish apocalyptic preacher, of which there were dozens at that time. As for the gospels citations of Jesus, given how fond the authors were of plagiarizing from each other and of inventing stories to match the OT prophecies (as they understood them), the reconstruction of “what Jesus really said” is nearly a hopeless task.

312 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 6:49:48pm

re: #276 Belafon

With regards to the post, the hardest thing about dealing with that here in the US is most people think we are a Christian nation, do not trust people at all who don’t believe in religion, don’t have trouble with any overlap between government and religion, do not understand what theocracies have done throughout history, and - like a frog in a boiling pot - cannot see how the changes being brought by Republicans are slowly ruining the country.

Truth.

313 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:49:58pm

re: #310 Skip Intro

If the Word of God is infallible and inerrant as the fundies preach, then ignoring the inconvenient bits calls for approval from the author. I still don’t see where that approval came from.

Already answered above. Paul. Whose epistles are God’s word.

314 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 6:51:41pm

re: #308 HappyWarrior

I really used to hate the “Christian Taliban” label but these guys really have changed my mind. They really do feel that this is a nation only for Christians of a certain belief system. It’s scary really.

Did you read my previous comment about the “christian” school opening here?

I live among them and they scare the hell out of me. If you don’t go to church twice a week around here, you’re considered a “heathen”, so if you don’t, you avoid these people and you never bring up religion with someone you don’t know well.

315 dog philosopher  Jan 26, 2015 6:51:51pm

re: #311 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Sure, he was probably a Jewish apocalyptic preacher, of which there were dozens at that time. As for the gospels citations of Jesus, given how fond the authors were of plagiarizing from each other and of inventing stories to match the OT prophecies (as they understood them), the reconstruction of “what Jesus really said” is nearly a hopeless task.

still, there is a portrait of him in the gospels, however fictitious, that i find startlingly different than the fundie, or even the mainstream, version

for example, there are a number of speeches put into his mouth in matthew that are rarely if ever quoted by so many who purport to love him so much

316 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 6:52:18pm

re: #304 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Paul made global Christianity possible. Without him it would probably have remained a small Jewish sect.

Oh, I’m well aware that’s certainly the case. I’m just not a hundred percent sure that there couldn’t have been another way of making it and Roman culture compatible though. Might have helped if something more than the relatively small number of authentic Pauline letters had survived. And had the pastorals gone by the wayside as well but something like those were bound to happen when the 2nd coming didn’t happen and all of the first generation were already taking their dirt nap.

317 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 6:52:59pm

re: #304 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Paul made global Christianity possible. Without him it would probably have remained a small Jewish sect.

That’s all true, but it’s not the Christianity of Jesus (since Jesus was an most likely an apocalyptic Jewish rabbi), it’s the Christianity of Paul.

And while most of the NT is made up of the writings of Paul, around half of those are now considered to be pseudonymous, so we have no idea who wrote them, or for what reason.

318 HappyWarrior  Jan 26, 2015 6:53:41pm

re: #314 Justanotherhuman

Did you read my previous comment about the “christian” school opening here?

I live among them and they scare the hell out of me. If you don’t go to church twice a week around here, you’re considered a “heathen”, so if you don’t, you avoid these people and you never bring up religion with someone you don’t know well.

No, I didn’t. That’s really scary but I’m not surprised at all. These types really do view anyone not a conservative Christian with suspicion.

319 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:54:11pm

I mean, look how simple facts get twisted in a matter of days, how it’s impossible to kill zombie lies even in the era of the internet.

And you wanna tell me that we can sort out wheat from chaff in the books written 30-100 years after Jesus’s supposed execution, the books which were based on “oral tradition” (rumors, “broken phone” transmission…).

320 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 6:54:36pm

Erick the Erick reminding everybody what a fucking douchebag he is:

321 HappyWarrior  Jan 26, 2015 6:55:14pm

On a related note, I’m reading about fascism in Slovakia. The dishonest idea put forth by the right that Anti-Semitism was something introduced into Europe by Muslim immigrants is just pathetic. And hell you know what I’d even go on to say that much of the Anti-Semitism that has been in the West has been brought to you by the right wing.

322 HappyWarrior  Jan 26, 2015 6:56:30pm

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Erick the Erick reminding everybody what a fucking douchebag he is:

[Embedded content]

The difference between the two Erick? One uses reason based off years of research. The other uses what a Holy Book written thousands of years ago say. Tell me Erick how is biblical literalism any less fanatical than Qu’ran literalism? Oh I know the answer. It’s because it’s your Holy Book so that’s okay.

323 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 6:56:45pm

re: #311 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

To a certain extent. I do tend towards the Q source theory as a sort of baseline along with the material found in the recently recovered Thomas scroll as well. The irony is that most of what you find then is very much in sync with the Hillel & Shammai schools (closer in some aspects to Shammai than Hillel quite often as in divorce) which would freak out many of these fundies.

324 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 6:57:40pm

re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth

My guess is that the need is going to be mostly on Long Island and further up into CT and MA. Maybe some localized issues in NJ, particularly on the Shore, but inland wont be too bad.

I hope.

For the moment, our part of Northern NJ is in a dry slot. Quiet before all heck breaks loose.

325 stpaulbear  Jan 26, 2015 6:59:18pm

re: #324 lawhawk

Wishing you well. Stay warm.

326 EPR-radar  Jan 26, 2015 6:59:18pm

re: #321 HappyWarrior

On a related note, I’m reading about fascism in Slovakia. The dishonest idea put forth by the right that Anti-Semitism was something introduced into Europe by Muslim immigrants is just pathetic. And hell you know what I’d even go on to say that much of the Anti-Semitism that has been in the West has been brought to you by the right wing.

Anti-semitism has been a part of Western right wing politics since the birth of the left-right division in the French Revolution.

For the most part, this right wing anti-Semitism has been on hold since WWII because the Holocaust is still too recent. However, it will inevitably return.

Apolgists for oligarchy/aristocracy always seem to need scapegoats for some reason.

327 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 6:59:48pm

re: #317 Skip Intro

That’s all true, but it’s not the Christianity of Jesus (since Jesus was an most likely an apocalyptic Jewish rabbi), it’s the Christianity of Paul.

Sure, but the same can be said about any religion. E.g. modern rabbinic Judaism is not the Judaism of “Moses”, and not even the Judaism of the 1st century CE Jews, it’s the Judaism of the later rabbis. Today’s Mormonism is not the Mormonism of Joe Smith, but rather that of the later “Prophets”. And so on.

And while most of the NT is made up of the writings of Paul, around half of those are now considered to be pseudonymous, so we have no idea who wrote them, or for what reason.

Oh, true, but the ones handling the topic of the OT ritual are Paul’s. (And that’s a secondary point anyway, because all those other epistles are still canonical, fake or not).

328 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 7:00:41pm

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Erick the Erick reminding everybody what a fucking douchebag he is:

[Embedded content]

So Erick denies that global warming even exists. Not just that it’s human caused, but that it exists at all.

I don’t think even Jim Inhofe goes that far off the rails.

329 HappyWarrior  Jan 26, 2015 7:02:04pm

re: #326 EPR-radar

Anti-semitism has been a part of Western right wing politics since the birth of the left-right division in the French Revolution.

For the most part, this right wing anti-Semitism has been on hold since WWII because the Holocaust is still too recent. However, it will inevitably return.

Apolgists for oligarchy/aristocracy always seem to need scapegoats for some reason.

Exactly my point. I just laugh when I see right wingers try to pin Anti-Semitism on left wingers when I know that America’s liberal stalwart, FDR was accused of being a tool of the Jews by his American right wing detractors or that segregationists in the South resented integration in part because they blamed Jews for supporting the movement. And that’s not even getting started on the actual European Anti-Semitic right wing violence.

330 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 26, 2015 7:02:22pm

re: #323 William Barnett-Lewis

Side note: I’m skeptical of Q. Goodacre’s hypothesis, while still not universally accepted, seems to be more economical and thus parsimonious.

331 HappyWarrior  Jan 26, 2015 7:02:36pm

re: #328 Skip Intro

So Erick denies that global warming even exists. Not just that it’s human caused, but that it exists at all.

I don’t think even Jim Inhofe goes that far off the rails.

Denial is a hellvua drug.

332 jaunte  Jan 26, 2015 7:03:07pm

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Erick the Erick reminding everybody what a fucking douchebag he is:

[Embedded content]

It’s good for him to occasionally remind everyone exactly why he pretends to support Israel.

333 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 26, 2015 7:04:35pm

I bet when this stupid snowstorm is over, DC will have more snow than Philadelphia. I hope I’m wrong, but they had no business with the local forecasts they made.

334 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 7:04:39pm

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Erick the Erick reminding everybody what a fucking douchebag he is:

[Embedded content]

Hey Eeeew…Jesus is late.
again.

335 Justanotherhuman  Jan 26, 2015 7:04:44pm

It’s still the cocktail hour…

And with that, stay safe in the NE!

336 Belafon  Jan 26, 2015 7:05:23pm

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

The difference between people who believe in the 2nd coming of Jesus and those who believe in global warming is that Jesus will return.

Global warming needs to only happen once.

337 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 7:05:38pm

re: #324 lawhawk

My guess is that the need is going to be mostly on Long Island and further up into CT and MA. Maybe some localized issues in NJ, particularly on the Shore, but inland wont be too bad.

I hope.

For the moment, our part of Northern NJ is in a dry slot. Quiet before all heck breaks loose.

Yep…the quiet before the (oh shit, all hell is breaking loose!) storm…

338 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 7:06:55pm

re: #333 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I bet when this stupid snowstorm is over, DC will have more snow than Philadelphia. I hope I’m wrong, but they had no business with the local forecasts they made.

Hey, just so long as it doesn’t show up here in the backwoods as a surprise.
I cant take anymore of that Mother Nature being a jokester…

339 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 26, 2015 7:08:17pm

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Jesus will return? He’s taking his time about it, isn’t he?

340 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 7:09:34pm

re: #339 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Jesus will return? He’s taking his time about it, isn’t he?

He has a lunch reservation at the end of the universe.

341 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 26, 2015 7:09:42pm

The Philly forecasters would have you believe that a snowstorm that had already passed us by was somehow going to dump a foot of snow out its ass while it was headed off to the northeast. I was skeptical of the forecast from the beginning, but it’s easy to get caught up in the festivities.

342 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 26, 2015 7:10:51pm

re: #339 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Jesus will return? He’s taking his time about it, isn’t he?

How do you know he didn’t and got called a commie pinko by the right wingers?

343 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 7:12:18pm

re: #330 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

I’ve read a few of the arguments for and against as well, I find Q a bit more plausible mainly due to the way Luke/Acts ended up being organized.

344 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 7:15:50pm

re: #261 Charles Johnson

It’s really awful. By not banning this evil fucker for good, Twitter is sending a message that they welcome misogynists who harass rape victims.

I’m not going to be driven off by this, though. I don’t give up.

And I thank you for that. Chuckles C. is a carbunkle on Twitter and the longer he remains, the further the rot spreads.

345 William Barnett-Lewis  Jan 26, 2015 7:16:15pm

re: #340 Feline Fearless Leader

He has a lunch reservation at the end of the universe.

For the table next to Ford Prefect and crew?

346 lawhawk  Jan 26, 2015 7:17:18pm

The Weather Channel is starting to play games with the snow totals for NYC metro, claiming that we’re going to get less than they originally forecast.

I’m not buying it.

Neither is the Weather Service or Channel 5 and the radar is suggesting 20-30 inches total. Long Island is going to be hammered. Where they might see less is Western NJ (Sussex, Hunterdon, etc.)

TWC is saying NYC will see 8-12 additional inches of snow on top of what was already seen. All the local newscasters are showing far more to come than TWC.

TWC is the outlier here, so unless they’ve got something all the others don’t, I’m not seeing it.

347 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 26, 2015 7:19:01pm

re: #346 lawhawk

I think TWC plays things pretty straight, in spite of their ridiculous habit on naming winter storms. Local news always gerrymanders the forecast map so the higher line always runs through the city, but TWC doesn’t do that.

348 Romantic Heretic  Jan 26, 2015 7:19:08pm

re: #326 EPR-radar

Anti-semitism has been a part of Western right wing politics since the birth of the left-right division in the French Revolution.

For the most part, this right wing anti-Semitism has been on hold since WWII because the Holocaust is still too recent. However, it will inevitably return.

Apolgists for oligarchy/aristocracy always seem to need scapegoats for some reason.

Human beings need monsters, and the people in charge need monsters to control the people they are in charge of.

349 Dark_Falcon  Jan 26, 2015 7:19:38pm

Tomorrow, UpChuck returns to doxxing and harassing women online full time. The hypocrisy of this POS truly knows no bounds.

350 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 26, 2015 7:20:02pm

A little English rock while waiting for the snow to fall:

…

…

Drinking a cup of green tea before bed while bouncing around on YouTube listening to Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, and PG-era Genesis.

351 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 26, 2015 7:20:23pm

re: #339 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Jesus will return? He’s taking his time about it, isn’t he?

He did come but right-wingers called him an illegal and he got deported.

352 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 7:20:33pm

re: #340 Feline Fearless Leader

He has a lunch reservation at the end of the universe.

And he brought his towel…

353 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 7:21:52pm

re: #347 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I think TWC plays things pretty straight, in spite of their ridiculous habit on naming winter storms. Local news always gerrymanders the forecast map so the higher line always runs through the city, but TWC doesn’t do that.

No, TWC goes for hype, nothing more, nothing less.

354 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 7:22:54pm

The real Jersey Shore

355 b_sharp  Jan 26, 2015 7:23:05pm

re: #350 Feline Fearless Leader

A little English rock while waiting for the snow to fall:

[Embedded content]

Drinking a cup of green tea before bed while bouncing around on YouTube listening to Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, and PG-era Genesis.

That Strat looks damned small in Gilmour’s hands.

356 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 26, 2015 7:24:43pm

re: #350 Feline Fearless Leader

Odd thing about The Floyd: They’re one of the few bands (including the Stones) whose concert recordings aren’t as good as their studio stuff. It’s almost like they take some of the sharpness off between the studio and the stage.

357 Aye Pod  Jan 26, 2015 7:24:57pm

re: #342 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

How do you know he didn’t and got called a commie pinko by the right wingers?

I seem to remember something about that in ‘Revelation’, now that I think about it.

“And they shall call him libtard, and his face shall be of the pastiest hue”

358 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 26, 2015 7:30:11pm

re: #357 Aye Pod

I seem to remember something about that in ‘Revelation’, now that I think about it.

“And they shall call him libtard, and his face shall be of the pastiest hue”

And he shall be EVICTED!

359 Skip Intro  Jan 26, 2015 7:34:27pm

re: #349 Dark_Falcon

[Embedded content]

Tomorrow, UpChuck returns to doxxing and harassing women online full time. The hypocrisy of this POS truly knows no bounds.

Tomorrow is today, I think. I must have missed the big reveal.

360 #FergusonFireside  Jan 26, 2015 7:57:19pm

re: #351 The Vicious Babushka

He did come but right-wingers called him an illegal and he got deported.

Tweet this one.

361 goddamnedfrank  Jan 26, 2015 7:58:55pm

re: #349 Dark_Falcon

[Embedded content]

Tomorrow, UpChuck returns to doxxing and harassing women online full time. The hypocrisy of this POS truly knows no bounds.

“Uncle!” would have been shorter and more accurate. He’s hemorrhaging support and has endangered his continued access to the wingnut welfare trough.

362 Pawn of the Oppressor  Jan 26, 2015 8:58:03pm

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Erick the Erick reminding everybody what a fucking douchebag he is:

[Embedded content]

Well Eric, there’s that, and there’s credible evidence that global warming is real… Can’t say the same for Jeebus.

363 Sherlock Hound  Jan 26, 2015 10:39:39pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

That’s been around for a while. I think the sequel, “Morgan’s Miraculous Meningitis”, was never made due to the sudden illness of the author.
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