At Kim Davis’s Persecution Party, Huckabee’s Aide Physically Blocked Ted Cruz From Reaching Reporters

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Today’s absurd Christian persecution party in Grayson, Kentucky, was Mike Huckabee’s turn to shine, and he wasn’t about to let Ted Cruz steal his thunder.

The rally Tuesday had been scheduled before it was known whether Ms. Davis would be released. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, also a Republican presidential contender, made an appearance, but it was Mr. Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor, who grabbed the political spotlight.

When Senator Cruz exited the jail a throng of journalists beckoned him toward their microphones, but an aide to Mr. Huckabee blocked the path of Mr. Cruz, who appeared incredulous.

Moments later, Mr. Huckabee appeared, joined by Ms. Davis. He stuck close to her side as she approached the reporters, and again when she took the stage, and cast her fight as a choice of tyranny or religious freedom.

“If you have to put someone in jail, let me go.” Mr. Huckabee said to a cheering crowd.

Huckabee wants some of that Kim Davis martyr cred for himself.

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201 comments
1
The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:47:37pm

Donald Trump is looking down on both of them, thinking “Dummy losers!”

2
compound_Idaho  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:49:07pm

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

Donald Trump is looking down on both of them, thinking “Dummy losers!”

and he would be correct.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:50:15pm

It would be funny if it wasn’t utterly fucking ridiculous. Cruz and Huckabee are acting like a couple of whambulance chasers just looking to fund raise of this shit, hell they ARE just a couple of whambulance chasers.

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:51:25pm

Sort of OT: In case you were wondering, Frankie Sullivan of Survivor is none too happy about the use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ at the orgy o’persecution:

NO! We did not grant Kim Davis any rights to use “My Tune -The Eye Of The Tiger.” I would not grant her the rights to use Charmin!
C’mom Mike, you are not The Donald but you can do better than that -

Further reaction here, most of it hilarious.

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wrenchwench  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:52:47pm

Kim Davis probably asked to have that ‘foreign-looking guy’ kept off the stage.

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Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:53:25pm

That shitstain needs to go back to jail asap.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:53:32pm

Surprised they didn’t use one of Nugent’s rape songs instead.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:53:56pm

The expected awkward scrum to be the first to dry hump Mrs. Polygamy Hair.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:54:02pm

Casey County Clerk Casey Davis trying to get some of those martyr cookies:

Casey County Clerk Casey Davis, who recently finished riding a bike more than 400 miles across the state of Kentucky in solidarity with Kim Davis, said he was relieved she was being released. He is not related to her.

“It’s been a total injustice for her being there to begin with,” he said.

But he said he is still not issuing any marriage licenses, and suspects the conflict could come to his county next. He said only one same-sex couple has inquired about a marriage license in his county and was told there were no licenses being issued, and that’s the last Davis heard from them.

He said he, too, would be willing to go to jail.

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team_fukit  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:54:43pm

Fundie Fight!!

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Kid A  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:55:19pm

Eye of the tiger, mental capacity of an Acme brick.

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:56:36pm

OT (maybe): Tonight is Steven Colbert’s debut! Whee!

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:57:44pm

Has anyone mentioned that John McAfee is contemplating a run for preznit?

Yeah, that John McAfee.

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:57:53pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

Casey County Clerk Casey Davis trying to get some of those martyr cookies:

Pleeeeeease pay attention to meeeee! I rode all those miles and I wanna go to jail toooooo!

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Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 3:59:18pm

This one is good:

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:00:47pm

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compound_Idaho  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:02:12pm

re: #8 goddamnedfrank

The expected awkward scrum to be the first to dry hump Mrs. Polygamy Hair.

Polygamy Porter “Why have just one” Wasatch Brewing SLC

dogberrypatch.com

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Joe Bacon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:02:19pm

Nothing gives me more pleasure than seeing Li’l Rafael get smacked down!

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wrenchwench  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:02:21pm
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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:04:36pm

Thanks mom…shit.

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Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:07:25pm

re: #20 darthstar

Is that a fin or are you just happy to be devoured by a shark?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:11:50pm
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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:12:26pm

re: #20 darthstar

Is that a dorsal fin or are you just happy to see me?

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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:12:56pm

re: #23 darthstar

Is that a dorsal fin or are you just happy to see me?

re: #21 Nyet

Is that a fin or are you just happy to be devoured by a shark?

Yeah…I figured someone beat me to that.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:13:53pm

For the women, how to conceal a gun:

Woman with pistol in vagina charged with unlawful carry

While Castaneda was being transported to jail, she told an officer she had concealed a handgun in her vagina. Officers immediately stopped and a female officer searched the suspect, finding a loaded Smith and Wesson .22-caliber pistol with a round chambered in her vagina.

The weapon was taken into evidence and Castaneda was also charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:15:28pm
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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:15:29pm

re: #25 Belafon

For the women, how to conceal a gun:

Woman with pistol in vagina charged with unlawful carry

I’ve heard of explosive orgasms before but…

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Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:15:36pm

re: #25 Belafon

Beats the vagina dentata archetype.

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wrenchwench  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:15:43pm
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blueraven  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:16:33pm

re: #25 Belafon

For the women, how to conceal a gun:

Woman with pistol in vagina charged with unlawful carry

She needs to be in the mental ward. That is just crazy.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:17:37pm
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Jay C  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:18:43pm

re: #30 blueraven

She needs to be in the mental ward. That is just crazy.

Or some ward, anyway: that had to be fairly uncomfortable…

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KGxvi  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:18:45pm

So, Kim Davis is now this election cycle’s Joe the Plumber?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:19:35pm

re: #25 Belafon

For the women, how to conceal a gun:

Woman with pistol in vagina charged with unlawful carry

I’m gonna assume the front sight was filed down.

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Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:19:41pm

re: #29 wrenchwench

Сова Кулебяка любит, когда её гладят

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:20:45pm

re: #30 blueraven

She needs to be in the mental ward. That is just crazy.

I’m assuming the guy in the story was her boyfriend. The things some will do for love…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:20:50pm
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BeachDem  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:22:32pm

re: #26 goddamnedfrank

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Cute. And in the spirit of the day:

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#CampaignZero  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:23:32pm

re: #35 Nyet

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Video

I bet it’s soooooo soft.

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b.d.  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:23:49pm

Ted Cruz let a Huckleberry aide from doing what Ted wanted to do?

Really? What a bullying, cowardly, blowhard, chickens*it, putz.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:24:17pm

I didn’t discuss this when trying to talk sense into my wingnut relatives, but Kim Davis is an elected official, who took over the elected office from her mother, and expects to hand it down to her son. The whole idea of hereditary office is anathema to what the US stands for. Not only that, but if she weren’t their heroine for hating on the gays, that $80K salary and the expectation of hereditary officeholding are exactly the kind of thing Republicans send each other in emails about how awful Government it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:24:42pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:24:52pm

re: #41 Blind Frog Belly White

Psst. Kim.

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thecommodore  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:25:18pm

Wingnut v wingnut.

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:25:21pm

re: #41 Blind Frog Belly White

I didn’t discuss this when trying to talk sense into my wingnut relatives, but Wendy Davis is an elected official, who took over the elected office from her mother, and expects to hand it down to her son. The whole idea of hereditary office is anathema to what the US stands for. Not only that, but if she weren’t their heroine for hating on the gays, that $80K salary and the expectation of hereditary officeholding are exactly the kind of thing Republicans send each other in emails about how awful Government it.

Kim Davis, please.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:25:46pm

re: #43 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Psst. Kim.

Yeah, shit. Who’s Wendy Davis?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:26:55pm

re: #46 Blind Frog Belly White

Yeah, shit. Who’s Wendy Davis?

The fantastic state senator (I believe) from TX who did her damnedest to stop the stupid abortion restrictions from going into place, by making an incredibly solid attempt at the filibuster with their draconian rules.

Only to be cheated out of it by the Republicans.

Because Jesus.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:26:59pm

re: #45 allegro

Kim Davis, please.

I done fixted it.

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danarchy  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:27:07pm

re: #46 Blind Frog Belly White

Yeah, shit. Who’s Wendy Davis?

She was from Texas, filibustered the 20 week abortion ban.

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:27:12pm

re: #46 Blind Frog Belly White

Yeah, shit. Who’s Wendy Davis?

The Texas legislator who filibustered the horrid abortion restriction laws and candidate for Governor.

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WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:27:36pm

re: #41 Blind Frog Belly White

I didn’t discuss this when trying to talk sense into my wingnut relatives, but Kim Davis is an elected official, who took over the elected office from her mother, and expects to hand it down to her son. The whole idea of a hereditary office is anathema to what the US stands for. Not only that, but if she weren’t their heroine for hating on the gays, that $80K salary and the expectation of hereditary officeholding are exactly the kind of thing Republicans send each other in emails about how awful Government it.

Which proves, in a perfect encapsulation, that Republican’s have no real problem with government, unions, judicial rulings, or anything else…it’s only when it’s the wrong people in office (or unions), or the wrong judgements are handed down that they have an issue.

Shorter: Republican’s are full. of. shit.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:27:52pm

I have no idea why ‘Wendy’ popped into my head as I was typing that. Thank Charles for the editing feature!

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:28:26pm

re: #48 Blind Frog Belly White

I done fixted it.

:D

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WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:28:33pm

re: #52 Blind Frog Belly White

I have no idea why ‘Wendy’ popped into my head as I was typing that. Thank Charles for the editing feature!

She ran for governor of TX.

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BeachDem  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:28:42pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I noticed the loathsome Benham brothers were there to whine as well.

What would be the correct term for such a gathering of cretinous freaks?

A flock (or frenzy) of fundies?
A gaggle of god-botherers?
A litter of lunatics?
A kindle of kooks?
A murder of morons?
An army of assholes?

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:28:59pm

re: #7 GlutenFreeJesus

Surprised they didn’t use one of Nugent’s rape songs instead.

“Jailbait” would have been appropriate…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:31:10pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:31:34pm

re: #55 BeachDem

What would be the correct term for such a gathering of cretinous freaks?

If I were a bad person, I’d say a missed opportunity.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:32:37pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

I hope folks are getting off quickly, if not already off.

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thedopefishlives  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:32:39pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Engines are on fire. That’s never a good sign.

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TedStriker  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:33:56pm

re: #47 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The fantastic state senator (I believe) from TX who did her damnedest to stop the stupid abortion restrictions from going into place, by making an incredibly solid attempt at the filibuster with their draconian rules.

Only to be cheated out of it by the Republicans.

Because Jesus.

Who may be vindicated yet, because isn’t that law due to go before the Supremes?

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:33:56pm

re: #59 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I hope folks are getting off quickly, if not already off.

Why did that make me think of the woman with the gun?

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b.d.  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:34:01pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

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British Airways?

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:34:04pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Looks like a 767 off hand, and damn…that is going to be a hellacious mess.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:34:46pm

re: #60 thedopefishlives

Engines are on fire. That’s never a good sign.

Somebody screw up refilling and didn’t ground the plane properly?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:34:54pm

re: #62 allegro

Why did that make me think of the woman with the gun?

I admit, my first thought was OH GOD BLACK SMOKE BAD.

Which it is, but for a different reason in this context.

…I’m a little focused on something else today, what can I say.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:35:16pm

re: #65 Aunty Entity Dragon

Somebody screw up refilling and didn’t ground the plane properly?

Generally wouldn’t be that far out on the runway for that, I wouldn’t think.

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b.d.  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:35:35pm

re: #64 Aunty Entity Dragon

Looks like a 767 off hand, and damn…that is going to be a hellacious mess.

Looks like a double decker A380 to me?

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:36:00pm

re: #61 TedStriker

Who may be vindicated yet, because isn’t that law due to go before the Supremes?

Parts of it were already knocked down by federal court, probably on appeal. I think the 20 week thing held but not sure.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:36:04pm

re: #67 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Generally wouldn’t be that far out on the runway for that, I wouldn’t think.

Yeah, I just realized that. Too far out on the tarmac and no refill truck in sight. Something fucked up bad with the engines then.

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WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:36:20pm

re: #68 b.d.

Looks like a double decker A380 to me?

Don’t Airbus planes have the T at the end of each wing? I was thinking MD80.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:36:21pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:36:46pm
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b.d.  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:36:55pm

re: #71 WhatEVs

Don’t Airbus planes have the T at the end of each wing? I was thinking MD80.

I am wrong, A380 has 4 engines but the cockpit looks really low?

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WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:37:17pm

Jeez, the airport apparently has no fire department? At an airport?? Yikes.

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allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:37:22pm

re: #70 Aunty Entity Dragon

Yeah, I just realized that. Too far out on the tarmac and no refill truck in sight. Something fucked up bad with the engines then.

Terrorists!

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retired cynic  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:37:42pm

re: #72 klys (maker of Silmarils)

AAA! Hope they get everyone off. How scary for them, especially for people with handicaps or small children!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:37:43pm

re: #74 b.d.

I am wrong, A380 has 4 engines but the cockpit looks really low?

Seeing reports on Twitter that it is a 777 but it’s Twitter. Take for what you will.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:38:04pm

re: #77 retired cynic

AAA! Hope they get everyone off. How scary for them, especially for people with handicaps or small children!

Reports are everyone is off and uninjured.

Hats off to the crew especially if that is the case.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:39:06pm
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WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:39:17pm

fox5vegas.com

McCarran Airport confirmed Tuesday a British Airways flight caught fire on the tarmac before taking off.

According to tweets by the airport, the incident involved British Airways Flight 2276, which was destined for London Gatwick.

There were no immediate injuries and all passengers were taken off the aircraft, McCarran tweets indicated.

McCarran said the aircraft, which is a Boeing 777-200, seats 275.

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Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:39:57pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:41:05pm

re: #82 Nyet

“Okay, owlet you give me scritchies.”

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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:41:19pm

re: #72 klys (maker of Silmarils)

This is why I never check bags.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:41:51pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:42:05pm

re: #84 darthstar

This is why I never check bags.

But are you one of the obnoxious people who would insist on taking your carryon down the emergency slide?

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:42:25pm

re: #68 b.d.

Looks like a double decker A380 to me?

Scale is real difficult in the picture. The flap fairings are about right for a 767, and Airbus flap fairings tend to be a lot larger (God knows I worked on enough of the damned things). The best way to tell the apart is the aft fuselage or empinage where the A300 has a very sharp upcant along the bottom of the plane while the 767 comes more evenly to a point in the rear.

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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:43:01pm

re: #86 klys (maker of Silmarils)

But are you one of the obnoxious people who would insist on taking your carryon down the emergency slide?

Of course not. I’d strap it to the kid in front of me.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:43:20pm

re: #71 WhatEVs

Don’t Airbus planes have the T at the end of each wing? I was thinking MD80.

The MD80 mounts engines on the fuselage, not the wing.

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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:43:59pm

re: #89 Aunty Entity Dragon

The MD80 mounts engines on the fuselage, not the wing.

777-200 according to the story.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:44:12pm
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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:44:22pm

re: #82 Nyet

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Now I want a fuzzy owl friend.

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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:44:32pm

Such a waste of duty free booze and cigarettes.

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BeachDem  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:44:40pm

Fuck me sideways with a chainsaw. Thought I could get away from politics and settle in to watch Williams v. Williams tennis in peace, and lo and behold, fucking Trump is at the US Open. (guess he figures he’ll get better press than in Kentucky.)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:44:56pm

re: #87 Aunty Entity Dragon

Scale is real difficult in the picture. The flap fairings are about right for a 767, and Airbus flap fairings tend to be a lot larger (God knows I worked on enough of the damned things). The best way to tell the apart is the aft fuselage or empinage where the A300 has a very sharp upcant along the bottom of the plane while the 767 comes more evenly to a point in the rear.

A300 has 4 doohickies under each wing. 777 has only 2 doohickies.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:45:36pm

re: #90 darthstar

777-200 according to the story.

I thought it was a Boeing product. The 777 is one huge freaking airplane. The engine cowls alone are as big around as a B737.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:45:39pm

Van Bilderbeek’s e-mail to the actors begins with a call for “Male/Female Hispanic, [Latinos], Asians, All ages (Kids 4 years to Adults 80 years).”

“Our client hired us to shoot a smear video against Donald Trump. This is acting, so it doesn’t matter about political affiliations. This is a Web commercial, not for broadcast,” he wrote. “This will be [filmed] in a studio on white background, multiple focal lengths with the people saying multiple lines in Fort Lauderdale.”

…

The video shoot is the latest move by Trump opponents to target the reality-show star and billionaire mogul. In recent weeks, the Club for Growth, a top conservative group, has started reaching out to Republican donors seeking contributions for a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at taking down Trump.

But Doug Sachtleben, a spokesman for the Club, said Tuesday that the organization was not involved with Wednesday’s session. “We haven’t taken anything off the table, but we’re not part of this video,” he said in an interview. “We’re as curious as you about who is behind it.”

washingtonpost.com

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:45:43pm

re: #35 Nyet

Flying cats (owls) are always cool.

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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:46:01pm

re: #95 Blind Frog Belly White

A300 has 4 doohickies under each wing. 777 has only 2 doohickies.

But they’re big doohickies…each one has more thrustamacallit than all four doohickies on a 747.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:46:18pm

re: #95 Blind Frog Belly White

A300 has 4 doohickies under each wing. 777 has only 2 doohickies.

The A300 fairings are really big.

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:47:07pm

re: #95 Blind Frog Belly White

A300 has 4 doohickies under each wing. 777 has only 2 doohickies.

You guys and yer technical jargon.

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darthstar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:47:22pm

re: #100 Aunty Entity Dragon

The A300 fairings are really big.

Who are you calling a fairing?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:47:22pm

re: #99 darthstar

But they’re big doohickies…each one has more thrustamacallit than all four doohickies on a 747.

Not engines. Doohickies. Some kind of aerodynamic thingamajigs. A300 has 4; 777 has 2.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:48:09pm

re: #102 darthstar

Who are you calling a fairing?

Bloody fairings!

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:48:20pm

re: #55 BeachDem

A scrotum of teabaggers.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:49:25pm

re: #101 makeitstop

You guys and yer technical jargon.

I had a friend working on top of the number one engine on a 777. I heard him remark “That is one big fucking spider”.

A moment later, he jumped back onto the wing and damned near fell off (he was on a safety rig. You have to be when working on top of the wings or engines)

The spider was pissed off and tried to come at him while he was working. :D

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:49:54pm

ER II has now exceeded her cousin vicki as world’s longest serving english monarch

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:50:13pm

re: #101 makeitstop

You guys and yer technical jargon.

Hey, I’m a GENETIC Engineer, not an Aerospace engineer. I consider myself well informed for knowing that big watchamacallit on the back end is called a Vertical Stabilizer.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:50:42pm

re: #107 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

make that great-great-grandmother vicki

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Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:50:43pm

A symphonic orchestra in Moscow plays the Imperial March on Sept. 6:Video

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:51:05pm

Turning the computer back over to my kid for homework. BBL

112
b.d.  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:51:41pm

HOW COME OBAMA HASN’T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ISIS BLOWING UP THAT PLANE IN VEGAS!?!?

113
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:52:19pm

I have a new livestream.

Now I have to reorient myself ALL OVER AGAIN.

114
Kragar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:53:22pm
115
Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:53:26pm

re: #113 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I have a new livestream.

Now I have to reorient myself ALL OVER AGAIN.

We have a stream behind our house, but what with all the chemicals that people put on their lawns that drain into it, it’s mostly a deadstream.

116
#CampaignZero  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:55:13pm

re: #80 The Vicious Babushka

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It is so dang hot there right now, they better get those people on buses STAT.

117
The War TARDIS  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:55:35pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

I know the Red Sox are doing poorly, but that is a slightly extreme over-reaction.

118
EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:56:44pm

re: #94 BeachDem

Fuck me sideways with a chainsaw. Thought I could get away from politics and settle in to watch Williams v. Williams tennis in peace, and lo and behold, fucking Trump is at the US Open. (guess he figures he’ll get better press than in Kentucky.)

Trump isn’t an idiot. His kind of pandering isn’t going to work on the freaks that support Kim Davis, so he’s very sensibly staying mostly away from this mess.

119
Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:57:58pm

The Challenger came with a year’s free Sirius XM subscription, which expired back in May. They keep trying to entice me back, but the thing is, all their offers are for only 6 months. Then you go back to ~$200/year.

I conclude that their business model is not sustainable. Who wants to pay $200 a year for radio, 20 minutes each way to work? Which, BTW, doesn’t seem to work reliably at all south of San Carlos.

120
allegro  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:58:04pm

re: #118 EPR-radar

Trump isn’t an idiot. His kind of pandering isn’t going to work on the freaks that support Kim Davis, so he’s very sensibly staying mostly away from this mess.

There are some things even rats won’t do.

121
EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:58:50pm

re: #97 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

May the blessings of Citizens United continue to rain down upon the Republican party.

122
BeachDem  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:59:04pm

re: #118 EPR-radar

Trump isn’t an idiot. His kind of pandering isn’t going to work on the freaks that support Kim Davis, so he’s very sensibly staying mostly away from this mess.

And bonus—when they inevitably sidle over to catch a few of his words of wisdom from the stands, when they ask him who he’s rooting for, he can say A BLACK PERSON!!

124
BeachDem  Sep 8, 2015 • 4:59:47pm

re: #117 The War TARDIS

I know the Red Sox are doing poorly, but that is a slightly extreme over-reaction.

My niece and her kids were at the game yesterday—I know the twins are rambunctious, but I think they’re in the clear on this one.
/

125
lawhawk  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:00:03pm

re: #119 Blind Frog Belly White

The Challenger came with a year’s free Sirius XM subscription, which expired back in May. They keep trying to entice me back, but the thing is, all their offers are for only 6 months. Then you go back to ~$200/year.

I conclude that their business model is not sustainable. Who wants to pay $200 a year for radio, 20 minutes each way to work? Which, BTW, doesn’t seem to work reliably at all south of San Carlos.

Just wait, they’ve got deals that go down to $100 a year for service (as I was getting once my free period expired on my new car). I declined, figuring that I’ve got enough music to listen to that I can put on thumb drives, plus we now listen to audio books on longer trips. Not worth the cost. If you spend a lot of time in the car, it might make sense. I just don’t think it’s worth it.

126
#CampaignZero  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:00:33pm

Power keeps going out. CA heat wave emergency I guess.

127
The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:01:27pm

So, Zedushka was reading this Hebrew holy book when he noticed something on the front page:
THE HOLY HAND GRENADE

128
Charles Johnson  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:01:46pm
129
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:02:40pm

re: #127 The Vicious Babushka

aaaaaaaaaaaaa!

130
Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:03:17pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

When she loses the nomination, loses the election, or leaves office. Whichever comes first.

131
PhillyPretzel  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:03:25pm

re: #127 The Vicious Babushka

explosive.

132
IngisKahn  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:04:06pm

re: #119 Blind Frog Belly White

If it were just car, ya. I listen to it over the PC or phone at work and at home too though, so it’s worth it IMO.

133
Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:04:26pm

re: #127 The Vicious Babushka

“One…Two…Five!”

“Three, sir!”

“THREE!”

134
wrenchwench  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:05:12pm
135
IngisKahn  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:05:13pm

re: #123 Nyet

Left swipe.

136
EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:05:54pm

re: #120 allegro

There are some things even rats won’t do.

I think Trump would pander to the theocrats in a second, if he thought it would work for him. Everything about his campaign can be explained as Trump saying what he thinks some people want to hear to people that want to believe what they hear from him.

This strategy doesn’t work as well with evangelicals as with other parts of the GOP base because evangelicals aren’t usually going to fall for pandering by a non-evangelical.

137
Charles Johnson  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:06:54pm

After making a big show about doing better at dealing with harassment, Twitter is right back to ignoring it again and refusing to stop harassers even when they register multiple accounts and continue the abuse.

138
The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:07:48pm

Oh

139
Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:08:37pm

re: #125 lawhawk

Just wait, they’ve got deals that go down to $100 a year for service (as I was getting once my free period expired on my new car). I declined, figuring that I’ve got enough music to listen to that I can put on thumb drives, plus we now listen to audio books on longer trips. Not worth the cost. If you spend a lot of time in the car, it might make sense. I just don’t think it’s worth it.

If I spent more time in my car, I’d have had to get something with rather less engine.

140
Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:09:10pm
141
The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:11:22pm

Oh shit

142
EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:11:41pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

After making a big show about doing better at dealing with harassment, Twitter is right back to ignoring it again and refusing to stop harassers even when they register multiple accounts and continue the abuse.

Dealing with abuse on Twitter is 1) hard and controversial work and 2) not a direct source of revenue. That’s enough to make progress most unlikely.

143
BeachDem  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:13:14pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

But I’m sure ESPN will crawl over broken glass to get a few words with him during the match.

144
Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:13:37pm

re: #142 EPR-radar

Dealing with abuse on Twitter is 1) hard and controversial work and 2) not a direct source of revenue. That’s enough to make progress most unlikely.

That’s why it won’t be dealt with till it’s a significant threat to revenue.

145
Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:14:09pm
146
Belafon  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:14:36pm

re: #119 Blind Frog Belly White

The Challenger came with a year’s free Sirius XM subscription, which expired back in May. They keep trying to entice me back, but the thing is, all their offers are for only 6 months. Then you go back to ~$200/year.

I conclude that their business model is not sustainable. Who wants to pay $200 a year for radio, 20 minutes each way to work? Which, BTW, doesn’t seem to work reliably at all south of San Carlos.

Your car probably came with an auxiliary input. My son uses Spotify premium, which costs about $9 a month. The premium version allows you to download songs to your phone, and won’t play ads. If you don’t mind the ads and don’t care to download, you can get a free version. The IHeartRadio app is good and costs the data. The Public Music Station here in Dallas (owned by NPR but plays music all the time) plays online at kxt.org.

147
freetoken  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:15:04pm

The “media”, we all love to trash ‘em, and maybe with good reason.

There are some, maybe a few, say at the Columbia Journalism Review, who have a ideal view of what journalism ought to be.

But, that is a field which I think is not really as relevant to what many people consume as far as “news”. So much of what comes across our eyes (or ears) is much closer to the carney barkers of old than to a CJR exalted work of journalism.

I write that as a preface to a really bad article in one of Asia’s most widely read English-language outlets:

Many global warming studies may be wrong as carbon dating found to be highly unreliable for organic matter over 30,000 years old

So many fails in that article, starting with the headline.

But deniers (of evolution as well as climate change) will run with that headline without caring at all about the details.

148
wrenchwench  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:15:18pm
149
BeenHereAwhile  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:15:51pm

re: #13 makeitstop

Has anyone mentioned that John McAfee is contemplating a run for preznit?

Yeah, that John McAfee.

How To Get Rid of McAfee Antivirus

By John McAfee

How To Get Rid of McAfee Antivirus

150
freetoken  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:16:13pm

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s a very hot day around the hills of southern California. Very dangerous time of year.

151
Jenner7  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:16:15pm

Good luck to both Williams sisters, but go Serena!

152
Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:18:03pm

re: #146 Belafon

Your car probably came with an auxiliary input. My son uses Spotify premium, which costs about $9 a month. The premium version allows you to download songs to your phone, and won’t play ads. If you don’t mind the ads and don’t care to download, you can get a free version. The IHeartRadio app is good and costs the data. The Public Music Station here in Dallas (owned by NPR but plays music all the time) plays online at kxt.org.

It actually has a USB port, and allows me to use my iPhone, even selecting albums, artists, etc, through the controls, including Voice Recognition. So that’s what I use.

153
Varek Raith  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:18:28pm

Hi.

154
BeachDem  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:18:29pm

re: #148 wrenchwench

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ESPN is hyping the match like it’s the finals. Yes, it’s YOOOGE that Serena and Venus are playing each other, but it’s the 1/4 finals. They’re saying “HISTORY IN THE MAKING” (right after the next 20 minutes of commercials.)

I remember when they had the first Saturday night women’s final at the US Open, and it was Serena v. Venus. That WAS yoooge.

155
The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:20:10pm

I remember a hair salon, “The Hip Snip” shut down 50 years ago for offering Unisex haircuts. Stylists could cut men’s or women’s hair but not both in the same establishment.
But Dana thinks that should be the order of things.

156
Belafon  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:22:38pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

The support structure is what hurt me my first attempt at college. I was a first generation student, went really far away from home, and had no money to spend (family wasn’t exactly rich). I made it through two years because of that. So, when I got stressed, I didn’t know how to deal with it.

That was one of the things that excited me about the college my oldest son is going to. They have a support structure for the students that started the day they moved in. The teacher of one of their classes the first semester is their adviser, so they essentially had a home room at college.

157
GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:23:59pm

re: #127 The Vicious Babushka

Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy Hand Grenade in the direction of thine foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

158
EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:24:33pm

re: #157 GlutenFreeJesus

Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy Hand Grenade in the direction of thine foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

Five is right out.

159
makeitstop  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:24:48pm

Survivor may sue Kim Davis.

Survivor frontman Frankie Sullivan, TMZ reports, is “outraged” Huckabee used the song, and the group my sue.

“The group is hedging on its plan of attack, but the band rep tells us they are determined to protect the integrity of their music,” TMZ adds.

I really don’t like the song much, but I say they should go for it.

160
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:26:00pm

re: #153 Varek Raith

You may be amused by #110 (or maybe not).

161
blueraven  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:26:37pm

So, a poll was taken before and after a debate on Iran deal at Brookings today.

Something is wrong with this picture.

162
Jenner7  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:28:13pm

This is what I think of when I hear Eye Of The Tiger.

Video

163
Varek Raith  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:29:26pm

re: #110 Nyet

Hehe, sweet.

164
Shiplord Kirel  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:30:06pm

re: #147 freetoken

The “media”, we all love to trash ‘em, and maybe with good reason.

There are some, maybe a few, say at the Columbia Journalism Review, who have a ideal view of what journalism ought to be.

But, that is a field which I think is not really as relevant to what many people consume as far as “news”. So much of what comes across our eyes (or ears) is much closer to the carney barkers of old than to a CJR exalted work of journalism.

I write that as a preface to a really bad article in one of Asia’s most widely read English-language outlets:

Many global warming studies may be wrong as carbon dating found to be highly unreliable for organic matter over 30,000 years old

So many fails in that article, starting with the headline.

But deniers (of evolution as well as climate change) will run with that headline without caring at all about the details.

“Found to be wrong?” What utter bullshit. The accuracy limit of carbon 14 dating has always been acknowledged in the scientific community. Yet cretinists continue to make fools of themselves by claiming that the well defined limit calls all geological dating into question. It’s like making a breathless revelation that a yardstick will not measure distances above 3 feet.

I hate these lying bastards.

165
Pawn of the Oppressor  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:32:10pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

Conservatism has come to mean taking real joy in being horrible to other people.

166
Varek Raith  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:32:23pm

It’s like they think carbon dating is the only isotope we can use to date things.
Funny, that.

167
freetoken  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:33:10pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel

I looked for a paper in the journal referenced but didn’t find any. Perhaps a press release was used as a source. But the headline and story is suspiciously like similar stories that popped up one and two years ago. One reason why the article is bad journalism is that it doesn’t give its source(s).

168
Belafon  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:34:53pm

re: #161 blueraven

So, a poll was taken before and after a debate on Iran deal at Brookings today.

Something is wrong with this picture.

[Embedded content]

Gravity increased after the debate.

169
Shiplord Kirel  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:36:53pm

re: #166 Varek Raith

It’s like they think carbon dating is the only isotope we can use to date things.
Funny, that.

Most of the cretinists I know assume that radio-carbon is in fact the basis of all geological dating. They are dumbfounded when they find that they cannot blow all of paleontology and historical geology out of the water simply by citing the accuracy limits of carbon 14.

By itself, support for the moronic superstition of creationism would be enough to disqualify the Republican Party from my support. There are other reasons, of course, but that one by itself would be more than enough for me. It is not just stupid, it is consciously fraudulent and therefore evil on its face.

170
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:37:03pm

re: #127 The Vicious Babushka

If we look at the whole image, that’s basically a recreation of those events:

hebrewbooks.org

- a horned sorcerer (Moshe) and a guy with the thurible (Aharon).

Monty Python-Holy Hand Grenade

171
EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:37:39pm

re: #161 blueraven

Took me a while to see the trickery here, since I mainly read the numbers on plots like this.

172
freetoken  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:38:33pm

Just in case you didn’t think America hasn’t already jumped the shark nationally:

DWTS Does the Nae Nae - Paula Deen

173
Belafon  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:38:58pm

re: #171 EPR-radar

Took me a while to see the trickery here, since I mainly read the numbers on plots like this.

I had the same problem at first: “Both sides add to 100%.” Then I saw that it had been FOXified.

174
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:40:16pm

re: #172 freetoken

She isn’t hiding under a rock?

175
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:40:58pm

hqjtyIDokaj/8aHnhrF9g8tzCQBqmpnV5EwpJq7OvjDYoUpb/GJtjDItcKNYImP9mVg+a2hY8k+Ir7ydEUEtE5fwh23mjZquTHmgeA5vP8rDZe0ky0+MxvhdrpjKYJF2iXty5TrslbMjNM1gBf/rdVi5DyiFsdyRpzdJBRmJTQIRLC3EdYzgKm7lN/YYjgFY9/AuqSBriWjsGLDYJF2OQCLtaEg+2Jb0238sJ+L/0XFYOHXy8PZPNlQgWU/cDYxadR3n3NR5WEKBkLMPEfXYyXjvqZhxvOBvxWGtCjk5iTERCJCQDDP7ZLpN6IIdrC7iRyzDDmLUDBOE57+e4TRgOuEu+DCjHuR41oZ033Xew5qhAIwBxURn5E9CgnuDzAlENfXXpmXrbfXvwyY8IUYU1mAlbSxBT1xyKhkPYL1igYUCygnWw1YE2ualqhC30laRKf5z5Y35+nhZ0DYrh/u86jp6uFTDJeNnyhB8VoicNrOVb89z0IgOrmls/6cyMvXf/Mqn3FG2ktZWcnrLLk2l0ysO9J/a93qIPW4M6aS9DlSdkMId2ijqlWTgt9+X0gGR

176
freetoken  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:41:17pm

re: #174 Nyet

She isn’t hiding under a rock?

Nope. One of the “stars” on DWTS.

Doing the “nae nae”, no less.

177
Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:41:57pm

In case anyone is interested:

178
Shiplord Kirel  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:42:27pm

re: #172 freetoken

Just in case you didn’t think America hasn’t already jumped the shark nationally:

[Embedded content]

No. Hell no.

179
The Vicious Babushka  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:42:52pm

re: #170 Nyet

If we look at the whole image, that’s basically a recreation of those events:

hebrewbooks.org

- a horned sorcerer (Moshe) and a guy with the thurible (Aharon).

[Embedded content]

That whole frontispiece is a pile of fail.

180
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:45:36pm

re: #179 The Vicious Babushka

The more, the merrier holier.

181
CleverToad  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:46:14pm

re: #175 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Glad to hear the fire is heading her direction yet, but will keep fingers crossed.
Stay on her back about the insurance. That’s what sisters are for.

182
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:46:58pm

re: #179 The Vicious Babushka

I like the art tho.

Image: 0009135_-.jpeg

183
Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:47:03pm
184
Jenner7  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:47:19pm

Ya know? Sigh. People are just assholes.

185
EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:48:10pm

re: #169 Shiplord Kirel

Most of the cretinists I know assume that radio-carbon is in fact the basis of all geological dating. They are dumbfounded when they find that they cannot blow all of paleontology and historical geology out of the water simply by citing the accuracy limits of carbon 14.

By itself, support for the moronic superstition of creationism would be enough to disqualify the Republican Party from my support. There are other reasons, of course, but that one by itself would be more than enough for me. It is not just stupid, it is consciously fraudulent and therefore evil on its face.

The aggressive stupidity of young earth creationism has served as a model for all other conservative/GOP policy ‘arguments’.

Conservative apologetics are chock full of quote mining and fallacious appeals to authority, both of which the creationists have practiced for decades. Another popular GOP tool is the Gish gallop, which is named after a creationist, and is a debate ‘technique’ based on spewing lies at a rate greater than they can be refuted. A recent high profile example of this was the first Romney-Obama debate.

187
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:52:23pm

re: #181 CleverToad

Glad to hear the fire is heading her direction yet, but will keep fingers crossed.
Stay on her back about the insurance. That’s what sisters are for.

I’m good at that.

We’re also going to go over a bug-out bag, and make sure she HAS one this time.

What didn’t make the cut includes the wallet, a toothbrush, or any clothing.

On the plus side, she did remember the laptop and the good camera. Plus the car. We have priorities.

188
Jenner7  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:53:51pm

I saw this yesterday I thought it was such a great photo. Hillary is all joy in this photo.

189
Scout  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:54:26pm

“Events” like this thing in Kentucky tend to weird me out.

The way they have a stage set up, a loudspeaker system blaring out the Eye of the Tiger song, the rubes.

It just seems so … tawdry.

190
jaunte  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:54:41pm

re: #188 Jenner7

Good smile.

191
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:55:06pm

re: #188 Jenner7

She shines :)

192
Nyet  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:55:58pm

re: #190 jaunte

Good smile.

Just today on twitter I saw a wingnut ‘shop of HIllary with some alien/vampire teeth. Ugh.

193
danarchy  Sep 8, 2015 • 5:59:10pm

re: #159 makeitstop

Survivor may sue Kim Davis.

I really don’t like the song much, but I say they should go for it.

I doubt they would sue Kim Davis as she was not the organizer of the event. They could try to sue the Mike Huckabee Campaign, but I bet the campaign has a general use license for playing music at campaign stops. They could probably sue to get him to stop using it, but it isn’t like this was his campaign theme and he probably wouldn’t be using it again anyhow.

194
Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2015 • 6:01:19pm
195
aagcobb  Sep 8, 2015 • 6:02:29pm

In case no-one has mentioned it yet, the President now has 42 votes in the Senate for the Iran deal, guaranteeing a resolution of disapproval won’t even get to his desk to veto. Great victory for diplomacy; this will make it much more difficult for any future GOP President to justify a war with Iran.

196
SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Sep 8, 2015 • 6:04:41pm

re: #192 Nyet

SNL reran an episode this weekend in which the opening skit was Hillary’s campaign launch video and they did something similar. It was actually a rare funny moment for the show.

Youtube Video

197
#CampaignZero  Sep 8, 2015 • 6:08:08pm

re: #189 Scout

“Events” like this thing in Kentucky tend to weird me out.

The way they have a stage set up, a loudspeaker system blaring out the Eye of the Tiger song, the rubes.

It just seems so … tawdry.

It was insane. My mouth was hanging open. Good ole CNN having a mid day revival on TV for us.

198
Jay C  Sep 8, 2015 • 6:14:44pm

re: #195 aagcobb

In case no-one has mentioned it yet, the President now has 42 votes in the Senate for the Iran deal, guaranteeing a resolution of disapproval won’t even get to his desk to veto. Great victory for diplomacy; this will make it much more difficult for any future GOP President to justify a war with Iran.

Naah, what GOP President (among the current clown car lot) would even BOTHER with “justification” - as opposed to just bombing first, and making excuses afterwards?

199
No Depression  Sep 8, 2015 • 6:38:32pm

re: #55 BeachDem

I noticed the loathsome Benham brothers were there to whine as well.

What would be the correct term for such a gathering of cretinous freaks?

A flock (or frenzy) of fundies?
A gaggle of god-botherers?
A litter of lunatics?
A kindle of kooks?
A murder of morons?
An army of assholes?

A crusade of cretins.

200
piratedan  Sep 8, 2015 • 6:41:08pm

re: #55 BeachDem

a cubit of crazy

201
Jebediah, RBG  Sep 9, 2015 • 5:27:08am

re: #55 BeachDem

A shriek of freaks.


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