Here’s Chuck Johnson’s Ludicrous Lawyer Letter to Twitter

Call the waaahmbulance
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As we mentioned in our previous article, Chuck Johnson has now been suspended five times by Twitter, and his original account with more than 25,000 followers (@ChuckCJohnson) has been permanently banned.

Chuck is definitely not a happy camper about this, and he’s raging like a loon with his latest serial account (@freechucknow) and threatening to sue Twitter. Yes, really!

Via David Holmes at PandoDaily, here’s the utterly absurd letter Chuck Johnson’s lawyer sent to Twitter today. Among other ridiculous and risible points, Chuck and his lawyer are actually making the argument that Twitter owes him the right to use their service to make money.

It’s a completely frivolous case, and Chuck is very obviously praying that Twitter will cave in before they have to take it to trial — because if it goes to trial it will be immediately tossed out in a summary judgment, and the lawyer must know this. I predict Twitter will just ignore this nonsensical threat.

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UPDATE at 5/25/15 1:38:05 pm by Charles Johnson

Via LGF reader “BeachDem,” here are a couple of links to some information about Chuck’s crack legal team:

Jonathon Burns: St. Louis Conservative Activist in on Prank to Punk CNN
John Burns: Brains Behind Anti-MetroLink Campaign Is a Well-Connected Tea Party Activist

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247 comments
1 freetoken  May 25, 2015 1:24:54pm

Be sure to read BeachDem’s links to the lawyer’s background:

littlegreenfootballs.com

2 Skip Intro  May 25, 2015 1:26:10pm

“We will be vary curious …”

Yup, Chuck has found himself a fine lawyer.

3 Targetpractice  May 25, 2015 1:27:19pm

I’d go ahead, call the bluff, just to see if Chucky has the stones to take it to court.

4 BigPapa  May 25, 2015 1:28:48pm

re: #3 Targetpractice

I’d go ahead, call the bluff, just to see if Chucky has the stones to take it to court.

When he’s done with Twitter he’s going to sue you. For stuff. Just keep it up.

5 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:28:51pm

Was that sig written with a marker pen? Really?

6 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:30:27pm

…

7 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 1:32:03pm

OK, the collapse of the traditional news and newspaper industry has left Twitter as the only conduit for “journalists” to make a living. Let’s assume that’s true. Up until very recently, I could have pulled some shit and gotten my driver’s license suspended and wouldn’t have been able to make a living. I would have had no recourse against that. How is Upchuck’s livelihood Twitter’s lookout? All he had to do was follow the rules! (Sound familiar, Chuckie?)

8 stpaulbear  May 25, 2015 1:32:06pm

I actually feel sorry for Chuck’s family. They may have known it was coming to this (given how badly his mom’s day trip home went).

9 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 1:32:20pm

re: #5 Nyet

Was that sig written with a marker pen? Really?

Not much better than a crayon.

10 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 25, 2015 1:32:22pm
Somewhere in a lonely hotel room
There’s a guy starting to realize
That eternal fate has turn it’s back on him
It’s two A.M.
11 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 1:32:22pm

re: #5 Nyet

Was that sig written with a marker pen? Really?

More difficult to hurt oneself with that kind.

12 Shiplord Kirel  May 25, 2015 1:32:25pm

This is a real attorney? Lo, how the mighty are fallen!

I know judges who would cite this clown for contempt for bringing this absurd action, then rip out his liver, roast it up, and serve it to the staff with fava beans and a good chianti.

13 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:32:48pm

re: #5 Nyet

Was that sig written with a marker pen? Really?

Not just a Sharpie, but a blue Sharpie.

That makes it that much more important and official.

14 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:32:58pm

re: #9 Sionainn

Yep. Not “serious”.

15 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:35:06pm

re: #7 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

OK, the collapse of the traditional news and newspaper industry has left Twitter as the only conduit for “journalists” to make a living. Let’s assume that’s true. Up until very recently, I could have pulled some shit and gotten my driver’s license suspended and wouldn’t have been able to make a living. I would have had no recourse against that. How is Upchuck’s livelihood Twitter’s lookout? All he had to do was follow the rules! (Sound familiar, Chuckie?)

Thing is, the “official” GotNews Twitter account, the one tied to his commercial venture, is still active last I looked…how’s he gonna explain that to a judge?

16 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 1:36:40pm

re: #13 TedStriker

Not just a Sharpie, but a blue Sharpie.

That makes it that much more important and official.

All these blue ball-point pens drive me crazy. I’m sorry, writing is black! When is the last time you heard somebody say: “I want to get this down in blue and white”?

17 Kragar  May 25, 2015 1:37:05pm
18 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:37:45pm

re: #16 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Blue’s OK by me, but it must be ballpoint. Duh.

19 Khal Wimpo  May 25, 2015 1:37:49pm

As my old boss used to say, “It’s all fun & games until we get to the discovery phase and start noticing depositions. They show up with their little indignant lawyer, look across the table, and see me and four associates, and three paralegals. We mention that the loser of the case has to pay the court costs, and that we’re currently billing at $1,000 an hour for me and $400/hr for the associates, $90/hour for the paralegals. And that each hour of deposition requires probably three hours of analysis from each of us. And that we have a couple of 8-hour days ahead of us. For this deposition, which is the first of about 20 that we’ve noticed.”

Twitter can write these kinds of legal costs off on their taxes. On the other hand, CCJ’s lawyer will either 1) freak out when he gets carpet-bombed by Twitter counsel and recuse himself or 2) demand ever-higher retainers out of Chuckles until he milks him dry, because he’s an amoral shyster, and then bail on the case because Chuckles has no more money to give him.

And yes, as far as trying the case on its merits, CCJ is about to find out that he’s playing in the big leagues Without A Fucking Bat.

20 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:38:43pm

re: #16 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

All these blue ball-point pens drive me crazy. I’m sorry, writing is black! When is the last time you heard somebody say: “I want to get this down in blue and white”?

I like blue ink pens, but a lawyer using a fucking Sharpie to sign his John Hancock on legal service (in addition to typos and the specious arguments), that just screams amateur hour.

21 Kragar  May 25, 2015 1:39:00pm

My internet connection has gone to shit today. I can get to some sites, other not at all, and pages that do load come up with all kinds of glitches. It seemed to fix itself for a bit, but bad again, thinking it has to be my ISP

22 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:40:03pm

re: #18 Nyet

Or ink, but that goes without saying.

23 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 1:40:49pm
24 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 1:41:07pm

re: #20 TedStriker

I like blue ink pens, but a lawyer using a fucking Sharpie to sign his John Hancock on legal service (in addition to the specious arguments and multiple typos), that just screams amateur hour.

The guy’s BFFs with James O’Keefe, so I’m sure he’s a total professional.//

25 ObserverArt  May 25, 2015 1:42:28pm

Wouldn’t a real lawyer advise his client to stop it with the Tweets further threatening the company they are trying to sue to come to agreements to be reinstated?

There is just too much Chuck in this whole show for any of it to be anything but Chuck.

And it is painfully obvious for the whole internet to see…Chuck has probably never been told “no” very much. Dude is going off like a 2-year old in the toy isle that wants that bird doll that tweets and no one is going to let him play with it.

26 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:42:43pm

re: #24 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The guy’s BFFs with James O’Keefe, so I’m sure he’s a total professional.//

I so wish that lawhawk would pop in and join us on the thread, so that he can tear this apart limb-from-limb.

27 Dr Lizardo  May 25, 2015 1:43:03pm

re: #24 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The guy’s BFFs with James O’Keefe, so I’m sure he’s a total professional.//

Right about now, Twitter’s legal department is having a good belly-laugh, I’m sure.

28 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 1:43:08pm

She sees how bad it really could have been if no one had warned her about UpChuck:

29 austin_blue  May 25, 2015 1:43:24pm

OT:

Tornado Warning just west of us. Getting pea-sized hail here, and raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock.

30 Slap  May 25, 2015 1:43:42pm

re: #10 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Was that a Golden Earring reference you just slipped in there? Bravo!

31 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 1:43:44pm

re: #26 TedStriker

I so wish that lawhawk would pop in and join us on the thread, so that he can tear this apart limb-from-limb.

lawhawk did downstairs.

32 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 1:43:52pm

re: #22 Nyet

Or ink, but that goes without saying.

Pitt Artist Pens…cold,dead hands…etc.

33 Dr Lizardo  May 25, 2015 1:43:58pm

re: #25 ObserverArt

Wouldn’t a real lawyer advise his client to stop it with the Tweets further threatening the company they are trying to sue to come to agreements to be reinstated?

There is just too much Chuck in this whole show for any of it to be anything but Chuck.

And it is painfully obvious for the whole internet to see…Chuck has probably never been told “no” very much. Dude is going off like a 2-year old in the toy isle that wants that bird doll that tweets and no one is going to let him play with it.

I’ve never seen such a sense of overweening entitlement. It’s almost breathtaking.

34 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:44:12pm

re: #27 Dr Lizardo

Right about now, Twitter’s legal department is having a good belly-laugh, I’m sure.

A belly laugh, you say?

…

That one never gets old…

35 BeachDem  May 25, 2015 1:44:33pm

Hey, Burns has been a lawyer for almost 2 whole years—and the fact that he specializes in personal injury and workers’ comp should have no bearing on his competency in this matter.

36 Khal Wimpo  May 25, 2015 1:45:15pm

“…a more productive use of all of [sic] times…”

Truly, this gasbag is at best semi-literate. Most decent lawyers actually, you know, READ their pleadings before signing them, and at least try to make their sentences make sense.

I guess it should be no surprise that the Delusional has found the Incompetent. Together, they may make for interesting reality-TV … in that “OMG look at that trainwreck!” sense that accompanies travesties like the Anna Nicole Smith show.

But they will never amount to shit in a real court of law.

37 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:45:21pm

re: #35 BeachDem

Hey, Burns has been a lawyer for almost 2 whole years—and the fact that he specializes in personal injury and workers’ comp should have no bearing on his competency in this matter.

Twitter’s legal counsel is going to mop the floor with them.

38 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 1:45:39pm

re: #27 Dr Lizardo

Right about now, Twitter’s legal department is having a good belly-laugh, I’m sure.

Better watch out that Burns and O’Keefe don’t come in there in pimp (or bin Laden) suits…

39 blueraven  May 25, 2015 1:45:48pm

re: #29 austin_blue

OT:

Tornado Warning just west of us. Getting pea-sized hail here, and raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock.

Stay safe, neighbor!

40 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 1:47:05pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

lawhawk did downstairs.

Huh, missed him.

41 Odie Hugh Manatee  May 25, 2015 1:47:11pm

The letter would have been more convincing if he had used a Crayola font. I have a feeling that Twitter and their lawyers are enjoying a good laugh right now.

I know I am and I don’t even work there!

42 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:47:19pm

“Belly laugh” reminds me of The Thing for whatever reason.

43 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 1:47:28pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

She sees how bad it really could have been if no one had warned her about UpChuck:

[Embedded content]

I think that Kevin Tildsley is really CCJ.

44 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:47:43pm

re: #41 Odie Hugh Manatee

Comic Sans.

45 #FergusonFireside  May 25, 2015 1:48:14pm
46 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 1:49:11pm

Be glad it isn’t the spider the Smithsonian tweeted.

47 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 1:49:29pm

re: #40 TedStriker
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com

48 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 1:49:43pm

re: #44 Nyet

Comic Sans.

Dingbats.

49 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:50:46pm

re: #46 wrenchwench

I’ll go take a look.

50 Kragar  May 25, 2015 1:51:25pm
51 BigPapa  May 25, 2015 1:52:05pm

re: #46 wrenchwench

That froggy looks like it’s growing with Srirracha already installed.

Who says GMO is bad? NOT ME!

52 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 1:52:22pm

“Burns, 26, grew up in Florissant and graduated from Truman State with a degree in philosophy. He is married and does commercial retail work for rural telephone companies.”

blogs.riverfronttimes.com

That was 6 yrs ago and he hadn’t gotten his law degree from Kmart yet.

This is Shithead’s main lawyer.

53 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:52:35pm

re: #46 wrenchwench

Hmm, only found some old turtle.

54 BeachDem  May 25, 2015 1:53:52pm

re: #50 Kragar

[Embedded content]

Yeah—he was grifting to hire a cartoonist for his big presentation to his (imaginary) potential billionaire investors.

I say—money well spent!
///

55 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 1:53:53pm

re: #46 wrenchwench

Be glad it isn’t the spider the Smithsonian tweeted.

[Embedded content]

Is that the frog Chuckie’s been licking?

56 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 1:54:14pm

There’s a great book about him.

57 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 1:55:03pm

More Texas Flood…

A flash flood watch extended for all of southeast Texas until midnight - @HerzogWeather
see original on twitter.com

58 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 1:55:37pm

re: #53 Nyet

Hmm, only found some old turtle.

It was the magazine. But now you’re to blame!

59 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 1:55:47pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

There’s a great book about him.

Just wrote down that information to get the book. Thanks!

60 Skip Intro  May 25, 2015 1:57:29pm

This Twitter lawsuit is just the sideshow; CCJ’s real plan is to sue the internet for a quadrillion dollars in damages.

61 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 1:58:28pm
62 Nyet  May 25, 2015 1:58:36pm

re: #58 wrenchwench

But it’s cute!

63 BeachDem  May 25, 2015 1:58:39pm

So saying, ” I even got this cool cartoon done!” isn’t claiming credit? I haz a confused.

64 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 1:59:55pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Is that bird shitting on him?

65 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 2:00:03pm
66 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:00:23pm

re: #63 BeachDem

Initially I understood it to mean that he got someone to do it for him. I don’t read it as “I drew this cartoon”.

67 Dr Lizardo  May 25, 2015 2:01:19pm

re: #65 wrenchwench

Heh…..let’s hope the FNC viewers are wearing their brown pants.

68 Dr. Matt  May 25, 2015 2:03:06pm

In a resurfaced video, Josh Duggar jokes about siblings dating each other

…

69 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:03:36pm
70 BeachDem  May 25, 2015 2:03:39pm

re: #66 Nyet

Initially I understood it to mean that he got someone to do it for him. I don’t read it as “I drew this cartoon”.

Not saying that’s what he said—he says HE got it done as in hired someone to do it, based on donations—not the case, apparently.

71 ObserverArt  May 25, 2015 2:03:52pm

re: #65 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

Welp, there goes the police forces of America. The first installment of Sharia law enforcement!

///x///

72 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:04:55pm

re: #70 BeachDem

Not saying that’s what he said—he says HE got it done as in hired someone to do it, based on donations—not the case, apparently.

He clearly implied that he got enough donations to pay for having a cartoon done.

73 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:05:07pm

re: #70 BeachDem

In that case I agree.

74 unproven innocence  May 25, 2015 2:05:35pm

re: #21 Kragar

My internet connection has gone to shit today. I can get to some sites, other not at all, and pages that do load come up with all kinds of glitches. It seemed to fix itself for a bit, but bad again, thinking it has to be my ISP

The preferred (default) DNS services that your ISP pushes to your router may be … suboptimal. Or worse, they could be altered/compromised in your router by malware. You should be aware that it is your option to customize those. Better yet, try explicitly setting your preferred IP addresses for DNS services within the properties of the device in your computer (ethernet or wifi adapter) that handles your internet connection. That machine would then not even care about the DNS settings that your router and/or ISP offers.

Free and Public DNS Servers - pcsupport.about.com

75 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 2:05:41pm
76 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:06:07pm

Brad Jonas works for PandoDaily as an illustrator.

77 De Kolta Chair  May 25, 2015 2:06:39pm

Posted downstairs and then I realized everybody’s upstairs…

Not at all surprised that Chunky follows this “white american male” (his words) asshat:

78 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:06:49pm

re: #76 Charles Johnson

Didn’t know, thanks.

79 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:07:42pm
80 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 2:08:13pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

He clearly implied that he got enough donations to pay for having a cartoon done.

Especially since he tweeted a few days ago looking for a cartoonist to do something for one of his “investors meetings”.

81 b_sharp  May 25, 2015 2:08:34pm

re: #13 TedStriker

Not just a Sharpie, but a blue Sharpie.

That makes it that much more important and official.

Likely on a tablet.

82 Eclectic Cyborg  May 25, 2015 2:08:54pm

So the asshole has a new acct now. Wonder how long it will take this one to get banned?

83 stpaulbear  May 25, 2015 2:09:21pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

When I first read it I couldn’t tell what he was trying to say, he’d said it so badly. I guessed it to mean that someone had sent it to him along with the donations. It sure doesn’t look like something anyone would pay for.

Edit: but it looks like I was wrong.

84 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:12:56pm

re: #77 De Kolta Chair

Ironically, an apparent Deray fan.

85 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 2:14:01pm

re: #2 Skip Intro

“We will be vary curious …”

Yup, Chuck has found himself a fine lawyer.

Same page, third paragraph: “I think a more productive use of all of times…”

He couldn’t proofread it before sending it out? Or at least turn on the grammar checker in Word? UpChuck, if you’re reading tell him it’s under It’s under File > Options > Proofing. On second thought don’t—we’re enjoying the lulz.

86 danarchy  May 25, 2015 2:14:34pm

re: #83 stpaulbear

When I first read it I couldn’t tell what he was trying to say, he’d said it so badly. I guessed it to mean that someone had sent it to him along with the donations. It sure doesn’t look like something anyone would pay for.

That was the way I read it too, that someone had donated the cartoon as well. Grammar hasn’t ever really been one of Chuck’s strong suits…not sure what his strong suit would be.

87 GlutenFreeJesus  May 25, 2015 2:15:22pm

re: #86 danarchy

Popping. From both orifices.

88 De Kolta Chair  May 25, 2015 2:15:31pm

re: #84 Nyet

Ironically, an apparent Deray fan.

He appears to have a personal grudge against everybody.

89 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:15:45pm
90 Dr Lizardo  May 25, 2015 2:15:50pm

re: #86 danarchy

That was the way I read it too, that someone had donated the cartoon as well. Grammar hasn’t ever really been one of Chuck’s strong suits…not sure what his strong suit would be.

His colon.

Oh wait, you meant something different.

91 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 2:16:28pm

re: #52 Justanotherhuman

“Burns, 26, grew up in Florissant and graduated from Truman State with a degree in philosophy. He is married and does commercial retail work for rural telephone companies.”

blogs.riverfronttimes.com

That was 6 yrs ago and he hadn’t gotten his law degree from Kmart yet.

This is Shithead’s main lawyer.

I knew Florissant sounded familiar. It’s right next door to Ferguson:

92 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:17:22pm

re: #88 De Kolta Chair

Against Chucky too:

93 De Kolta Chair  May 25, 2015 2:18:16pm

re: #92 Nyet

Against Chucky too:

With enemies like that, who needs friends? Oh well, I sincerely hope that his gastric bypass operation is a success. /////

94 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 2:18:33pm
95 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:19:11pm
96 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 2:19:13pm

From Chucky’s lawyer’s letter.

97 Dr Lizardo  May 25, 2015 2:20:04pm

re: #96 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

From Chucky’s lawyer’s letter.

Obviously, Mr. Sirormadam is the head of Twitter’s legal team. Duh.

/////////////////////////////

98 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:20:08pm

re: #94 wrenchwench

Exquisite.

99 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 2:20:17pm

re: #96 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

From Chucky’s lawyer’s letter.

Hah! I missed that one.

100 BeachDem  May 25, 2015 2:20:45pm

re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

And sometimes he has a client with accounts, sometimes clients with accounts and sometimes clients with an account. I’m so cornfused!

101 Targetpractice  May 25, 2015 2:21:19pm

re: #96 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

From Chucky’s lawyer’s letter.

How fitting that a clown shoes “journalist” has a clown shoes lawyer on retainer.

102 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:21:46pm

re: #99 CuriousLurker

Because we don’t expect mistakes of such stupidity.

103 ObserverArt  May 25, 2015 2:22:02pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

He clearly implied that he got enough donations to pay for having a cartoon done.

I wouldn’t say “his words clearly implied” because he often times seems to have no idea what he wrote really means. He can never seem to clearly imply his meaning.

So, why the words mean exactly how you stated them, he may never have been intending to say he paid for anything. He may have meant because the article was about him, the illustration is his…because.

This is Chuck. An interpreter is always needed. I think he is counting on that being one of his Twitter defenses.

“Look Twitter, read my tweets, I’m a terrible writer. You need to forgive me. because I never meant to say I was out to harm anyone. I use ‘take down’ in all my neat tweets!”

104 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 2:22:28pm

re: #98 Nyet

Exquisite.

They thought it was one species, but it’s eleven!

[…]

It took two expeditions led from East to West for the scientists to collect a drop of blood from each of 324 individuals and document them through colour photographs. The DNA (mitochondrial and nuclear) of each of the specimens were sequenced and analysed in the laboratory according to the hypothesis that a chameleon’s dominant colour might be related to the geographic zone where it is found. Most importantly, the genetic material indicated strong genetic structure among geographically-restricted lineages, revealing very low interbreeding among populations.

[…]

Read more at: phys.org

105 Khal Wimpo  May 25, 2015 2:24:14pm

This from the Pando story: “The Constitution bars the government from passing any law that infringes on one’s freedom to say whatever they like. But there is no law prohibiting corporations from preventing a troll like Johnson from using their services or resources to speak their mind. “

Analogy alert: Kinda like a company that owns billboards. Some shitbag keeps climbing up the billboards and smearing his feces into obscenities to harass innocent motorists on their way to work. The company pulls up the ladders to prevent the shit-smearer from continuing to deface their property.

Question: in what way does this consitute the greatest act of tyranny since the fall of Constantinople?

106 De Kolta Chair  May 25, 2015 2:24:27pm

re: #96 wrenchwench

From Chucky’s lawyer’s letter.

107 BeachDem  May 25, 2015 2:24:37pm

re: #103 ObserverArt

I wouldn’t say “his words clearly implied” because he often times seems to have no idea what he wrote really means. He can never seem to clearly imply his meaning.

So, why the words mean exactly how you stated them, he may never have been intending to say he paid for anything. He may have meant because the article was about him, the illustration is his…because.

This is Chuck. An interpreter is always needed. I think he is counting on that being one of his Twitter defenses.

“Look Twitter, read my tweets, I’m a terrible writer. You need to forgive me. because I never meant to say I was out to harm anyone. I use ‘take down’ in all my neat tweets!”

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master - - that’s all.”

108 blueraven  May 25, 2015 2:25:38pm

LOL…Happy Memorial Day, LOSERS!

Love,
The Donald

109 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:25:39pm

This “Mr. Sir”… does this guy have a job on the side, writing Nigerian spam?

110 allegro  May 25, 2015 2:26:02pm

Whee! They just announced on the news that today is national wine day!

This pleases me. Cheers!

111 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 2:26:38pm
112 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:27:07pm

For Chucky every day is a whine day.

113 PhillyPretzel  May 25, 2015 2:27:26pm

re: #108 blueraven

It looks like it took him all day to come up with that sentence. /half

114 austin_blue  May 25, 2015 2:29:53pm

The squirrels have floated the Polaris and are water skiing in the backyard.

Nice.

115 Belafon  May 25, 2015 2:30:04pm

We had a heavy storm come throughn dumping about an inch in 20 minutes. It’s generated a tornado near Sherman, Tx about 70 miles north.

116 allegro  May 25, 2015 2:30:05pm

re: #112 Nyet

For Chucky every day is a whine day.

I wondered who would be the first to say that. ;)

117 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 2:30:08pm
118 b.d.  May 25, 2015 2:30:50pm

re: #92 Nyet

Against Chucky too:

[Embedded content]

Greenwald should totally hire Chuck C Johnson as some sort of special assignment reporter for The Intercept.

119 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 2:31:49pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

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Quick! Someone photoshop that bluebird shitting on his shoulder.

120 Belafon  May 25, 2015 2:32:03pm

re: #114 austin_blue

We got hit by each end of this storm, over 200 miles apart.

121 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 2:32:28pm

re: #114 austin_blue

The squirrels have floated the Polaris and are water skiing in the backyard.

Nice.

I thought it was bad when they stored the filberts from the neighbors’ tree in our attic and then bowled with them all night….

122 De Kolta Chair  May 25, 2015 2:32:37pm

Nothing lazier or more laughable in legal document formatting than having the signature line on its lonesome like that. Classic first timer mistake, and this guy has been practicing for three years?

123 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:33:01pm

Burns Law Firm: burns-firm.com

Note that they claim to do “employment law”. Sure.

Their actual quarters, in a small bldg packed full of personal injury lawyers:

google.com

124 goddamnedfrank  May 25, 2015 2:33:25pm

Hmmm, that really weird rule that kept my tweets containing mentions of @ChuckCJohnson from being seen by others seems to have lifted. Possibly because the ban became permanent? Fuck, I don’t know. That was so odd.

125 Jebediah, RBG  May 25, 2015 2:33:38pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

Major Taylor is awesome. And on a shaft-drive bike, no less…

126 makeitstop  May 25, 2015 2:33:51pm

re: #50 Kragar

Thank you to the many people who sent me donations at gotnews.com I even got this cool cartoon done!

BWAHAHAHA! Suspended!

127 Belafon  May 25, 2015 2:33:58pm

re: #123 Justanotherhuman

I might trust them if one of the was blind.

128 austin_blue  May 25, 2015 2:34:00pm

re: #120 Belafon

We got hit by each end of this storm, over 200 miles apart.

This same system killed 10 in Ciudad Acuna, just the other side of Del Rio, this morning.

Nasty system.

129 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 2:34:03pm

re: #68 Dr. Matt

In a resurfaced video, Josh Duggar jokes about siblings dating each other

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I’ve still got my petition going if you haven’t signed it yet.

130 allegro  May 25, 2015 2:34:15pm

re: #118 b.d.

Greenwald should totally hire Chuck C Johnson as some sort of special assignment reporter for The Intercept.

For all of GG’s faults, he does seem to appreciate literacy. Eliminates Chuck from the running.

131 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 2:34:25pm

re: #123 Justanotherhuman

Burns Law Firm: burns-firm.com

Note that they claim to do “employment law”. Sure.

Their actual quarters, in a small bldg packed full of personal injury lawyers:

google.com

Who was it in some sitcom who worked at The Legal Hut at the mall?

132 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:34:27pm

re: #116 allegro

I wondered who would be the first to say that. ;)

Have I won the cheese?

133 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:35:39pm
134 Eclectic Cyborg  May 25, 2015 2:35:54pm

LMAO they nailed him again!

*sniff* This is beautiful…

135 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 2:36:14pm

re: #131 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Who was it in some sitcom who worked at The Legal Hut at the mall?

Saul Goodman’s office in Breaking Bad was in a strip mall.

136 allegro  May 25, 2015 2:37:12pm

re: #128 austin_blue

This same system killed 10 in Ciudad Acuna, just the other side of Del Rio, this morning.

Nasty system.

Oh boy. That sucker is on its way here. =o

137 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 2:37:12pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

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For the third time this thread:

…

138 Shiplord Kirel  May 25, 2015 2:37:34pm

LIke a misbehaving guard in Hogan’s Heroes, Chuck may now have to join the “Russian Front.”
That is, he will re-appear working for Alex Jones, rt.com, WND or any of the other outlets who push the objectively pro-Putin propaganda/conspiracy line.

139 allegro  May 25, 2015 2:37:40pm

re: #132 Nyet

Have I won the cheese?

If you can cut it.

140 Eclectic Cyborg  May 25, 2015 2:37:55pm

re: #135 TedStriker

Saul Goodman’s office in Breaking Bad was in a strip mall.

So was Lionel Hutz’s.

/

141 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:38:13pm

re: #126 makeitstop

That must be a record! 3 suspensions in 24 hrs!

142 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 2:38:49pm

re: #140 Eclectic Cyborg

So was Lionel Hutz’s.

/

*pours a adult beverage on the ground for the departed Phil Hartman*

143 EPR-radar  May 25, 2015 2:38:56pm

Wouldn’t it be funny if the one and only document that is produced by Twitter in response to the ludicrous demands in the lawyer letter is an email from a Twitter executive: “This Chuck C. Johnson asshole is clearly in violation of the terms of service, and has had multiple warnings. Ban his ass permanently.”

144 Eclectic Cyborg  May 25, 2015 2:39:01pm

Is the gotnews acct still active?

145 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 2:39:03pm

re: #99 CuriousLurker

Hah! I missed that one.

It was the first thing I noticed (besides the letterhead) and I really thought the letter had to be a joke, not something that a lawyer actually sent out.

146 blueraven  May 25, 2015 2:39:12pm

re: #132 Nyet

Have I won the cheese?

It must be cut and divided among the cultural Marxist.

147 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:39:16pm

re: #131 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Burns Law Firm probably shares space and secy with some other loser atty, too.

148 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 2:39:30pm

re: #138 Shiplord Kirel

LIke a misbehaving guard in Hogan’s Heroes, Chuck may now have to join the “Russian Front.”
That is, he will re-appear working for Alex Jones, rt.com, WND or any of the other outlets who push the objectively pro-Putin propaganda/conspiracy line.

I keep thinking his lawyer is Frank Burns, of M*A*S*H.

149 unproven innocence  May 25, 2015 2:39:31pm

re: #141 Justanotherhuman

Will he go for four?

150 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:39:45pm

The new exciting Twitter game Whack-the-Chuck.

151 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 2:40:12pm

re: #150 Nyet

The new exciting Twitter game Whack-the-Chuck.

Ewwwww…

///

152 goddamnedfrank  May 25, 2015 2:40:21pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

153 PhillyPretzel  May 25, 2015 2:41:08pm

I really do not want this to happen but it might. Someone will set up a site for the red headed stepchild and then sell him the rights to it so that he can continue to use twitter for his brand of “journalism.”

154 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:41:10pm

re: #149 unproven innocence

Probably depends on how drunk he’s gotten.

155 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:41:18pm

re: #151 TedStriker

Wait! Umm…//

156 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 2:41:42pm

re: #148 wrenchwench

I keep thinking his layer is Frank Burns, of M*A*S*H.

I think it’s ironic that the late Larry Linville was a great guy, as far as I know, whereas Wayne Rogers turned out to be a particularly vicious wingnut.

157 Eclectic Cyborg  May 25, 2015 2:42:02pm

Oh happy day
Oh happy day
Oh happy day
When Twitter washed Chuck C Johnson away…

158 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 2:42:08pm

re: #144 Eclectic Cyborg

Is the gotnews acct still active?

At this point, yes.

159 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:42:29pm

re: #157 Eclectic Cyborg

*flushed

160 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:43:55pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

The 666 Kitty.

161 A Cranky One  May 25, 2015 2:44:10pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

Laughing lizards!
162 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 2:44:53pm

re: #148 wrenchwench

I keep thinking his lawyer is Frank Burns, of M*A*S*H.

I keep thinking of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

163 WhatEVs  May 25, 2015 2:44:56pm

re: #109 Nyet

This “Mr. Sir”… does this guy have a job on the side, writing Nigerian spam?

NEDZ MOAR CAPS!!!11!!!!

164 blueraven  May 25, 2015 2:45:24pm

I guess Chuck’s letter scared the hell outta Twitter. //

165 Nyet  May 25, 2015 2:45:51pm

re: #163 WhatEVs

The caps usually come after the spam authors are toyed with :)

419eater.com

166 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 2:46:05pm

WhooCoodaNode, indeed:

167 Jebediah, RBG  May 25, 2015 2:46:18pm

re: #148 wrenchwench

I keep thinking his lawyer is Frank Burns, of M*A*S*H.

No, he’s too busy being Ted Cruz.

168 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 2:46:53pm

re: #160 Nyet

The 666 Kitty.

“Satan had a little lamb….”

169 Eclectic Cyborg  May 25, 2015 2:47:28pm

re: #162 Sionainn

I keep thinking of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

“Smithers, who is that blathering red haired moron?”

170 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 2:48:42pm

How is it possible that his Got News Twitter account is still active?

171 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:48:49pm
172 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 2:49:03pm

re: #169 Eclectic Cyborg

“Smithers, who is that blathering red haired moron?”

Angus the groundskeeper?

173 wrenchwench  May 25, 2015 2:49:43pm
174 goddamnedfrank  May 25, 2015 2:51:35pm

re: #124 goddamnedfrank

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Hmmm, that really weird rule that kept my tweets containing mentions of @ChuckCJohnson from being seen by others seems to have lifted. Possibly because the ban became permanent? Fuck, I don’t know. That was so odd.

However the tweets I sent previously that the rule impacted still can’t be embedded or seen by other users. Only I can see them, and only when I’m logged in as @goddamnedfrank. When I log out and then use advanced search on my account they’re magically nowhere to be seen. So whatever rule was in place somehow permanently tagged those tweets withs some kind of “phantom” data flag.

Really, really weird.

175 Snarknado!  May 25, 2015 2:51:57pm

re: #166 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Leading up to and right after The Resignation, a sweeping majority of Americans claimed they’d voted for McGovern (who carried ONE state).

176 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:52:15pm

re: #173 wrenchwench

Gofundme doesn’t allow defense funds, do they?

177 Eclectic Cyborg  May 25, 2015 2:52:56pm

Chuck C Johnson has violated the TOS for Life multiple times.

178 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 2:52:57pm

re: #162 Sionainn

I keep thinking of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

re: #169 Eclectic Cyborg

“Smithers, who is that blathering red haired moron?”

With Harry Shearer leaving the show and as many main characters as he voiced (including Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, and Principal Skinner), Fox, Matt Groening, James Brooks, and the rest of the Simpsons production honchos just need to wrap the series up.

Twenty-six years is a long time and, while the show is long out of its prime, it’d still be nice for the show to leave the air on its own terms, instead of getting canceled if Shearer’s replacement(s) doesn’t work out and the show nosedives even more in quality and viewership.

179 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 2:53:15pm

re: #175 Snarknado!

I actually did. : ) My union endorsed him, too. IBEW.

180 goddamnedfrank  May 25, 2015 2:54:00pm

re: #176 Justanotherhuman

Gofundme doesn’t allow defense funds, do they?

They don’t allow criminal defense funds after charges have been filed. However preemptive funding seems to be a loophole. Just get the cash before the arrest and indictment comes down. I don’t think they have a rule regarding civil suits.

181 Snarknado!  May 25, 2015 2:54:26pm

re: #179 Justanotherhuman

I actually did. : ) My union endosed him, too. IBEW.

So did I. (I was in college and didn’t have a union).

182 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 2:54:31pm

re: #179 Justanotherhuman

I actually did. : ) My union endosed him, too. IBEW.

Me, too—my first election.

183 freetoken  May 25, 2015 2:55:24pm

90 years ago today an indictment was handed down:

90 Years Ago, Scopes (and Evolution) Indicted in Tennessee

184 William Lewis  May 25, 2015 2:56:35pm

re: #89 Justanotherhuman

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She was a beautiful woman. Makes me appreciate the Boop toons all the more.

185 De Kolta Chair  May 25, 2015 2:56:45pm

BBL Suppertime!

186 DodgerFan1988  May 25, 2015 2:57:27pm

“We Support The Police” Conservative website accusing the Waco Police of mass murder of biker gang members. Because # bikerlivesmatters.breitbart.com

187 austin_blue  May 25, 2015 2:57:42pm

Shoal Creek is in full flood and dumpsters are floating down Lamar Blvd.

Fast water rescues all over town. Why do people drive through this shit? What morons.

188 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:58:57pm

By the way, Chuck’s friend KellyLee just changed her Twitter avatar; now she’s using a picture of actress Brenda Song: nextmovie.com

189 thedopefishlives  May 25, 2015 2:59:07pm

re: #187 austin_blue

Shoal Creek is in full flood and dumpsters are floating down Lamar Blvd.

Fast water rescues all over town. Why do people drive through this shit? What morons.

People don’t seem to understand how dangerous flowing water is. To be fair, it’s not a common topic of education.

190 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 2:59:14pm

re: #145 Sionainn

It was the first thing I noticed (besides the letterhead) and I really thought the letter had to be a joke, not something that a lawyer actually sent out.

Apparently he’s only had his law license since 2013. He also worked as a clerk for a right-wing judge prior to that. Check out his book, then scroll down to where it says:

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary…
David Horowitz

SURPRISE! *snerk*

191 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 2:59:18pm

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?

192 thedopefishlives  May 25, 2015 2:59:37pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?

Not me, but I’m sure you probably feel that all the time.

193 Decatur Deb  May 25, 2015 2:59:39pm

re: #175 Snarknado!

Leading up to and right after The Resignation, a sweeping majority of Americans claimed they’d voted for McGovern (who carried ONE state).

I was the one who voted for him.

194 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 2:59:42pm

re: #170 Sionainn

How is it possible that his Got News Twitter account is still active?

Heretofore, the only thing that account seems to be used for is to blast out his BREAKING! headlines, since he has used his personal account for everything else. So far, he’s been playing it smart (for him, at least) by not using the GNDC Twitter account to post personal tweets since his personal and sock accounts got shitcanned.

195 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 3:00:10pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?

…

196 allegro  May 25, 2015 3:00:32pm

re: #182 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Me, too—my first election.

My first election and vote cast as well. I’ll fess… voted for Nixon.

197 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 3:01:25pm

re: #188 Charles Johnson

A eek or two ago it was a Japanese model/actress, IIRC.

198 stpaulbear  May 25, 2015 3:02:40pm

re: #179 Justanotherhuman

I actually did. : ) My union endorsed him, too. IBEW.

I voted for McGovern too. I had just turned 18 in 1972. I even went to a precinct caucus with a friend (without realizing that it wasn’t my precinct).

199 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 3:04:14pm
200 Belafon  May 25, 2015 3:05:16pm

re: #187 austin_blue

Shoal Creek is in full flood and dumpsters are floating down Lamar Blvd.

Fast water rescues all over town. Why do people drive through this shit? What morons.

We had a truck pulling a trailer full of lawn mower equipment slide off the road and into very full ditches in Dallas. On the idiotic side, a Ford Focus decided to see if it could drive through the standing water. You only learn about the failures on TV.

201 Mattand  May 25, 2015 3:05:18pm

re: #198 stpaulbear

I voted for McGovern too. I had just turned 18 in 1972. I even went to a precinct caucus with a friend (without realizing that it wasn’t my precinct).

Same shit, different decade for me: voted Mondale/Ferraro in my first POTUS election, 1984.

At least it was close! Right?

202 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 3:05:36pm

re: #187 austin_blue

Shoal Creek is in full flood and dumpsters are floating down Lamar Blvd.

Fast water rescues all over town. Why do people drive through this shit? What morons.

Since you mentioned it…

203 goddamnedfrank  May 25, 2015 3:05:40pm

re: #174 goddamnedfrank

I know most of you don’t care, but since this happened to my account it’s kind of fascinating to me. My best guess right now is this.

I was up late when Chuck made the tweet that eventually got him suspended. I saw it immediately and reported it as a violation within minutes. Not bragging, but it’s probable that my report was one of the first. At some point after Chuck’s account got suspended some kind of glitch may have triggered that tagged tweets I made mentioning @ChuckCJohnson with a kind of internal use diagnostic flag that Twitter’s engineers use with internal accounts when they’re testing new features and don’t want the test tweets to be seen outside of the testing account.

I don’t think it was purposeful at all, just a bug in the system.

204 b.d.  May 25, 2015 3:06:53pm

re: #187 austin_blue

Shoal Creek is in full flood and dumpsters are floating down Lamar Blvd.

Fast water rescues all over town. Why do people drive through this shit? What morons.

Spent the weekend in your town and just beat the storms back to DFW, it is amazing the amount of water that has dumped on Texas and it is equally amazing just how stupid some people are.

205 A Cranky One  May 25, 2015 3:07:38pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?

We’re not watching. Really.
206 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 3:08:00pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Heh, that Photoshop of the Chucky doll with the knife was prescient.

207 Mattand  May 25, 2015 3:08:35pm

Back to the original post: I’m stunned that Twitter seems to be sticking to its guns regarding Rage Furby.

What I just don’t get is that he was doing the exact same bullshit the other three times they slightly slapped him on the wrist. I realize Dick Costolo had that supposed come-to-Cthullu moment a few months back about actually giving a shit about the abusers on his service, but goddamn; this shouldn’t have taken as long as it did.

208 Sionainn  May 25, 2015 3:10:17pm

re: #201 Mattand

Same shit, different decade for me: voted Mondale/Ferraro in my first POTUS election, 1984.

At least it was close! Right?

Me, too, Matt!

209 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 3:10:47pm

re: #204 b.d.

Spent the weekend in your town and just beat the storms back to DFW, it is amazing the amount of water that has dumped on Texas and it is equally amazing just how stupid some people are.

Catastrophic Flooding Sweeps Away Homes, Breaks Records

thinkprogress.org

210 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 3:11:49pm

In case you missed it in the previous thread, you can now type Control-Return (or Control-Enter) to immediately post a comment while the cursor is in the comment editing box.

211 austin_blue  May 25, 2015 3:12:22pm

re: #202 Justanotherhuman

Since you mentioned it…

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That’s up NW of downtown about 10 miles.

212 Belafon  May 25, 2015 3:13:42pm

According to something my wife read, it has rained 18 days this month in Texas.

213 Shiplord Kirel  May 25, 2015 3:13:51pm

Online Commenter Warned About Josh Duggar Molestation Accusations 8 Years Ago

It’s from People Magazine, which I generally hold in low regard, but we do have an 8 year old blog post that matches the facts as revealed to the world just last week.

214 makeitstop  May 25, 2015 3:14:58pm

re: #206 CuriousLurker

Heh, that Photoshop of the Chucky doll with the knife was prescient.

Angry Black Lady requested, and it was the least I could do to comply. :)

215 goddamnedfrank  May 25, 2015 3:14:59pm

The Got News Hindenburg background image couldn’t be more apropos than right now.

216 allegro  May 25, 2015 3:15:02pm

re: #212 Belafon

According to something my wife read, it has rained 18 days this month in Texas.

And when it hasn’t rained it has been overcast. My veggies be stunted.

217 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 3:15:26pm

Well, JA, you could do the right thing and protect your prisoners’ rights, stop arresting people on a whim, and stop breaking up families instead of being a bigoted asshole, and you wouldn’t have a pile of bills.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Is Racking Up Legal Bills. He Wants You To Help Pay Them.

thinkprogress.org

218 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 3:15:30pm

re: #200 Belafon

We had a truck pulling a trailer full of lawn mower equipment slide off the road and into very full ditches in Dallas. On the idiotic side, a Ford Focus decided to see if it could drive through the standing water. You only learn about the failures on TV.

The neighborhood I used to live in, some guy drove an Amphicar all the time. I wonder how many are still around?

219 austin_blue  May 25, 2015 3:15:40pm

re: #204 b.d.

Spent the weekend in your town and just beat the storms back to DFW, it is amazing the amount of water that has dumped on Texas and it is equally amazing just how stupid some people are.

Twelve people are still missing from the Blanco River flood Saturday night, with one soul confirmed dead.

220 Dr. Matt  May 25, 2015 3:15:55pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?

Dear stalkers, trolls, and CCJ:

221 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 3:17:34pm
222 makeitstop  May 25, 2015 3:17:45pm

re: #207 Mattand

Back to the original post: I’m stunned that Twitter seems to be sticking to its guns regarding Rage Furby.

What I just don’t get is that he was doing the exact same bullshit the other three times they slightly slapped him on the wrist. I realize Dick Costolo had that supposed come-to-Cthullu moment a few months back about actually giving a shit about the abusers on his service, but goddamn; this shouldn’t have taken as long as it did.

I really believe that they only took action because the threat was against Deray. He’s too high-profile (and generates too many clicks for Twitter) for them to risk pissing him off and having him move to another platform.

What probably stopped taking action in the past - that Chuck was generating traffic - finally ended up working against him.

Twitter, if nothing else, knows upon which side their bread is buttered.

223 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 3:18:26pm

re: #210 Charles Johnson

In case you missed it in the previous thread, you can now type Control-Return (or Control-Enter) to immediately post a comment while the cursor is in the comment editing box.

Control-Return or Command-Return? (I have a Mac.)

224 Charles Johnson  May 25, 2015 3:20:29pm

re: #223 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Control-Return or Command-Return? (I have a Mac.)

Control, on both Macs and PCs.

225 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 3:21:09pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

Control, on both Macs and PCs.

Danke Sehr!

226 Dr. Matt  May 25, 2015 3:21:26pm

Is @freechucknow suspended too? It’s not loading for me.

227 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 3:21:41pm

re: #222 makeitstop

I really believe that they only took action because the threat was against Deray. He’s too high-profile (and generates too many clicks for Twitter) for them to risk pissing him off and having him move to another platform.

What probably stopped taking action in the past - that Chuck was generating traffic - finally ended up working against him.

Twitter, if nothing else, knows upon which side their bread is buttered.

Despite Costolo’s vow to take a harder line in regards to Twitter trolls and abusers, they’re still being very reactive, rather than proactive; it’s a lot like the bullshit with Zelda Williams being trolled and ran off of Twitter following her dad Robin’s suicide, all over again.

228 blueraven  May 25, 2015 3:22:07pm

Winner!

229 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 3:22:14pm

re: #226 Dr. Matt

Is @freechucknow suspended too? It’s not loading for me.

Yup…that sock got nuked too.

230 Dr. Matt  May 25, 2015 3:22:48pm

re: #229 TedStriker

Yup…that sock got nuked too.

Damn….3 in one day. That must be some sort of record.

231 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 25, 2015 3:23:05pm

I’m envisioning UpChuck’s “Baby Jane” moment happening right about now.

232 Timothy Watson  May 25, 2015 3:24:37pm

re: #228 blueraven

Winner!

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Amazing how much Trump sounds like Chuckie.

233 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 3:24:47pm

“Freechucknow” LOL! He pictures some grassroots movement like “Free Huey”? Dream on, ya knob!

234 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 3:25:09pm

re: #229 TedStriker

Yup…that sock got nuked too.

He’s gonna end up losing his Goat News account too, if he doesn’t knock it off.

235 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 3:25:38pm

re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m envisioning UpChuck’s “Baby Jane” moment happening right about now.

As long as he doesn’t have an “Anders Breivik” moment.

236 b.d.  May 25, 2015 3:26:07pm

re: #219 austin_blue

Twelve people are still missing from the Blanco River flood Saturday night, with one soul confirmed dead.

I think some of them are part of the McCombs (Red McCombs, patriarch) family which had a house in Wimberley

237 TedStriker  May 25, 2015 3:27:07pm

re: #234 CuriousLurker

He’s gonna end up losing his Goat News account too, if he doesn’t knock it off.

[Embedded content]

So far, he’s been playing it cool with the GNDC account, but I give him a day or two before he screws the pooch on that one too.

238 Justanotherhuman  May 25, 2015 3:27:23pm

re: #222 makeitstop

Twitter also changed some of its TOS policy last month as well, in response to criticism that people were getting away with too many threats, intimidation, etc.

239 Shiplord Kirel  May 25, 2015 3:28:06pm

re: #213 Shiplord Kirel

Online Commenter Warned About Josh Duggar Molestation Accusations 8 Years Ago

It’s from People Magazine, which I generally hold in low regard, but we do have an 8 year old blog post that matches the facts as revealed to the world just last week.

Freepers are blaming George Soros, Obama, and the left in general for this revelation.

I wonder if George Soros was behind the releasing the report of a minor - just saying.

I still feel how the Duggars handle it was right.

The Duggars show is gone, so they will not be in the public eye in the future. But the Duggars are not the point. For left anyone who is Christian must be destroyed. To the left, the Duggars represented Christian values which have to be demonized at all cost. One of their children made a bad mistake. Now their values and all of them are worthless. This is what the left does, and this is how the useful idiots on the right enable them.

Btw, I know it is unpleasant to see this kind of sewage, but I keep posting it so those of you who are not in daily contact with the theocratic right will realize just how utterly depraved they have become in pursuit of their goals.

240 CuriousLurker  May 25, 2015 3:30:10pm

re: #236 b.d.

I think some of them are part of the McCombs (Red McCombs, patriarch) family which had a house in Wimberley

Ha! Well there’s a blast from the past. He’s still alive? Does he still own car dealerships?

241 blueraven  May 25, 2015 3:31:47pm

re: #232 Timothy Watson

Amazing how much Trump sounds like Chuckie.

Trump is soooo presidential! He has said many times that Mitt failed and was a terrible candidate. I mean really, why call them The 47%, when Losers and Haters is what they really are!

242 Romantic Heretic  May 25, 2015 3:31:52pm

re: #37 TedStriker

Twitter’s legal counsel is going to mop the floor with them.

With both hands tied behind his back.

243 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 25, 2015 3:34:14pm

re: #241 blueraven

Trump is soooo presidential! He has said many times that Mitt failed and was a terrible candidate. I mean really, why call them The 47%, when Losers and Haters is what they really are!

That’s “Moocher”, thank you very much!

244 Romantic Heretic  May 25, 2015 3:36:37pm

re: #58 wrenchwench

More than mantis shrimp?

…

245 De Kolta Chair  May 25, 2015 3:58:21pm

re: #226 Dr. Matt

Is @freechucknow suspended too? It’s not loading for me.

Account suspended
The profile you are trying to view has been suspended. To return to your home timeline, click here.

Great day in the morning!

246 Rocky-in-Connecticut  May 25, 2015 4:32:56pm

Of course, the utter and complete irony of a self-styled raging arch-Conservative like Chucky Boy, trying to use Big Guv’Ment to force a private corporation such as Twitter to allow any account that HE wishes, flies in the face against the very ideology he supposes to champion.

I wonder why there are no calls of denunciation about him from Heritage Foundation, the GOP, CATO Institute, and the rest of the fake, phony “small government” “brain” trusts on the right. Could it be they are all ..well, fake, phony shills for big corporate America? Could it be they are for promoting an overall ideology based on nothing more than immediate financial and political gain,.. and not for anything resembling a truly “free” market and free decisions by private companies?

247 S.D.  May 27, 2015 4:32:33am

Um, Any relation to Mr. Burns from the Simpsons?


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