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Member of the San Diego Media Admits They Long Knew About Filner, But Chose Not to Investigate Nor Report;
How About the DC Media?
There are no Stupid Questions, but there are Forbidden ones.
Regardless of how the Bob Filner mess eventually ends—and it will end, somehow—there are questions that need to be asked and answered. They are questions that should have been asked long ago, and should have been asked by those whose job it is to ask such questions: us. Who are “us”? “Us” are the San Diego news media reporters, editors, producers and writers who pretty much knew who and what Bob Filner is and has been. Yes, I’m including myself in that group. I’ve covered Bob Filner off and on since he was elected to the San Diego Unified School District Board in 1979. From the beginning, most of us saw how arrogant Filner was and is, how abusive he could be to his own staff members, how he felt elective office entitled him to be all those things and more. We all saw that in Filner, and yet we did nothing about it. Filner was often a topic of conversation among us when we gathered at news conferences or when we would gather at the various watering holes many of us frequented together when off work. The near universal opinion among us was, “Can you believe this guy? Why does he get away with acting like that?” Then another round of drinks would appear, and talk went on to other things. But we never asked those questions on air or in print. We never really tried to find out what was behind the near-incessant rumors that always floated around Filner. We never tried to confirm any of those rumors, or, if we did, we quickly gave up when presented with the denials, or refusals to talk about it.I've been saying this for a week -- it is simply capital-I Impossible that the Washington media did not know that this 20 year Congressman was molesting his staffers and those who came to meet with him to discuss actual government business. People talk about these things. People talk about two things: 1, People, 2, People's misbehavior and scandals. It is absurd to say otherwise. This is what 75% of human conversation consists of. For the media to even suggest they didn't know is yet another stinking lie in their already-monstrous pile of horseshit. via @johnekdahl and @starchambermaid
We didn’t do our jobs. We didn’t try to work our way to the truth or what appeared to be the truth.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Filner's DJ at July 29, 2013 03:39 PM (Kkt/i)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 29, 2013 03:40 PM (RJOKC)
Posted by: eleven at July 29, 2013 03:40 PM (KXm42)
How far we've fallen since the days of Ron Burgundy.
Posted by: Pablo Trouble nee Jaws at July 29, 2013 03:40 PM (4I3Uo)
So what you're saying is you've been the same incurious layabouts for the last thirty some odd years as you are today.
Okay. Good to know.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:41 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 29, 2013 03:41 PM (2CxLH)
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at July 29, 2013 03:42 PM (epxV4)
various watering holes many of us frequented together when off work.
The near universal opinion among us was, “Can you believe this guy?
Why does he get away with acting like that?” Then another round of
drinks would appear.
insane..
They get away with it because of You guys and Your protectionism and obedience to the Progressive Party!
Posted by: willow at July 29, 2013 03:42 PM (Jy4tI)
They knew. Not just "knew" but *knew*.
And if Bob Filner is getting this level of protection, imagine what kind of protection really powerful Democrats are getting.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:43 PM (T0NGe)
Why does he get away with acting like that?” Then another round of
drinks would appear, and talk went on to other things.
And those "other things" were probably the tea baggers, Ann Romney's horses, and the Republican War on Wimmins.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 03:43 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 29, 2013 03:43 PM (EGX4+)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 29, 2013 03:43 PM (ADnWI)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 03:44 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 29, 2013 03:44 PM (RJOKC)
Posted by: red speck at July 29, 2013 03:45 PM (9/Ug/)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:45 PM (T0NGe)
Women. Binders. Full.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 03:45 PM (2CxLH)
Posted by: MFM at July 29, 2013 03:45 PM (U4GjV)
Posted by: Pablo Trouble nee Jaws at July 29, 2013 03:45 PM (4I3Uo)
Everyone knows it, even the Dems. They are just better at hiding it.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (i2Lsf)
Posted by: LIVs at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (lVPtV)
I don't Understand How He gets away with this shit!
i would never have believed they had that conversation without reading this.
Media, "well you realize we have to get the respnse on our Blackberry's from the progressive Party Heads before we can do anything, right?
please understand we really aren't Media, we are mouthpieces.
thanx
Posted by: willow at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (RJOKC)
An appropriate clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFfN5pKzFU
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (uYaYO)
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I'll never forget the day I heard that one.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (wzlt7)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:43 PM (T0NGe)
Indeed. Harry Reid doesn't even bother moving the kids bodies to the trunk anymore.
Posted by: JQP at July 29, 2013 03:46 PM (U4GjV)
Gosh, why does he get away with it? Maybe because you in the MFM andyour assorted shitlickers have decided it is your modus operandi to deify Demonrat politicians and activists and keep them in positions of power, regardless of their fitness for those positions? Maybe? Y'think?
STupid fucking asshole "journalists;" got their heads so far up their collective asses they fart out their mouths.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (4df7R)
The. Fuck.
Posted by: Zombie Joe Pa at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (2CxLH)
This being a democrat politician thing is looking better and better.
Fun, profitable and it's next to impossible to fuck up. I have some advanced training in this area.
Posted by: jwest at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (2mSdf)
Filner, Weiner, Spitzer, Clinton & Edwards
"Our body of work demonstrates that nothing is too hard for us to handle."
Posted by: Trubador at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (MlrAE)
"People talk about these things. People talk about two things:
1, People,
2, People's misbehavior and scandals."
And the weather... People talk about 3 things. Let me start again...
Posted by: Cardinal Ximénez at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (71LDo)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - owner of the Outrage Outlet by the 4-way stop at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 29, 2013 03:48 PM (RJOKC)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 29, 2013 03:48 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 03:48 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: LaZrtx at July 29, 2013 03:48 PM (CuM8v)
***
As far as I know, Tiger never used any physical force. He just used the power of money and celebrity.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 29, 2013 03:48 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (i2Lsf)
Why?
The answer in the article is a pussy-mouth letdown of an excuse.
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Billy Jeff at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (E01m1)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:43 PM (T0NGe)
This is what I mean when I say that Obammy could murder a newborn baby in the Rose Garden on live TV in front of hundreds of witnesses and in broad daylight, and NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. Anyone protesting the act would be called crazy and racist, and the MFM would be falling over each other to try and be the MOST fawning in their praise.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Austin in TX at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (3cp3C)
Tiger never headlocked or forced any of those women. They all wanted to bang him.
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (2mSdf)
This reporter has just admitted that most of the media are nothing but propagandists.
Posted by: Soona at July 29, 2013 03:50 PM (nke20)
imagine what they are hiding about the JEF
I am sure there are things known and hidden that would stun us
Posted by: thunderb at July 29, 2013 03:50 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: joncelli at July 29, 2013 03:50 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (4df7R)
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I don't care - impeach anyway.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 29, 2013 03:50 PM (wzlt7)
"Our body of work demonstrates that nothing is too hard for us to handle."
Posted by: Trubador at July 29, 2013 03:47 PM (MlrAE)
Too bad every one of you goes soft in the home stretch, boys.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:50 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (RJOKC)
various watering holes many of us frequented together when off work.
The near universal opinion among us was, “Can you believe this guy?
Why does he get away with acting like that?” Then another round of
drinks would appear...
"Than we noticed this Republican said something about women in binders and forgot all about Filner"
Posted by: willow at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: Bob Filner at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (S3yfV)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 29, 2013 03:48 PM (XUKZU)
Of course. Eldrick is a lowlife pile of shit for the way he treated his wife but every one of his fuck partners was a willing participant. Filner is much much much worse.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (E01m1)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (2mSdf)
Of course they were. he has that big "D" after his name...
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (9+ccr)
he is just the mayor of San Diego
imagine what they are hiding about the JEF
I am sure there are things known and hidden that wouldn't shock us.
Fixed.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (lVPtV)
They don't care if we know they are lyingall the time nor do they have any problemignoringfelonies. Protect the Party.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (zbLbv)
This is what I don't get though, and apologies if it was addressed in an earlier thread...
Yesterday the Dem talking heads were distancing themselves from Anthony Weiner. The media is getting critical of him and reporting on his, um, stuff. But why does Filner not rate the same treatment? It seems odd to kick Weiner out but stay loyal to Filner.
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (tVWQB)
this 20 year Congressman was molesting his staffers and those who came
to meet with him to discuss actual government business.
How would they separate his behavior from that of at least half of his colleagues on the Hill.
Posted by: Jean at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: LaZrtx at July 29, 2013 03:51 PM (CuM8v)
Shades of Tiger Woods.
***
As far as I know, Tiger never used any physical force. He just used the power of money and celebrity.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 29, 2013 03:48 PM (XUKZU)
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It was meant more as an "everyone knows but let's cover it up" type thing.
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 29, 2013 03:52 PM (BVkEs)
That's different. Like with Clinton, the Democrat party would rally around him and their constituent sheep as well.
But if Filner's activities were to be made public, the party couldn't be bothered to rally behind him. This one's on the media.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:52 PM (T0NGe)
How many did he actually leave to die?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 29, 2013 03:52 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 03:49 PM (2mSdf
Especially cute given that he was elected in 1979 to a SCHOOL BOARD. That's sweet, yeah? Nothing like having a perv in charge of your kids' schooling.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:53 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Jean at July 29, 2013 03:53 PM (CMlD4)
There it is right there. One true quote from the MFM. Savor the moment, as it will be 100 years until another truth is printed. And it applies to every Dem from President to dog catcher. Also applies in equal, but opposite form, to all Repubs.
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 29, 2013 03:53 PM (9Bdcz)
Posted by: zsasz at July 29, 2013 03:53 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Mayor Fillner at July 29, 2013 03:53 PM (3wMZh)
Posted by: Bob Filner at July 29, 2013 03:54 PM (S3yfV)
New York is not San Diego. Everybody knows about Weiner, the MSM still hasn't bothered much with Filner.
Plus, I think Weiner's weirdness is a special case. There are a LOT of Filners in the Democrat party.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:55 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Ken in NH at July 29, 2013 03:55 PM (MqjGP)
Hey San Diego media, don't beat yourself up. We all make mistakes.
Lets just move forward together, and we'll let bygones be bygones.
Posted by: Mayor Fillner at July 29, 2013 03:53 PM (3wMZh)
Also, if you're a hot reporter chick, come over here for a hug, sweet cheeks.
Posted by: Filthy Filner at July 29, 2013 03:55 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:55 PM (T0NGe)
It's a veritable breeding ground for sneaky uncles and creepy old men.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:56 PM (4df7R)
It's their yearly introspective piece that modestly points out that yes, they are not infallible.
Fuck 'em.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 29, 2013 03:56 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Jerry Jack in Jacksonville, maintaining a simulacrum of normality at July 29, 2013 03:56 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:55 PM (T0NGe)
Something happened with the state D party here in NC, except it was a gay version of Filner doing it to male aides.
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2013 03:57 PM (GQ8sn)
Obligatory link to the second greatest Onion article ever - http://onion.com/8Ztb1v
Notice the date.
It's not like the media has gotten more hard hitting since that point.
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 29, 2013 03:57 PM (VtjlW)
Yep. Before Thomas, sexual harassment existed, but was pretty much understood to be bosses offering favors in exchange for sex or physical groping.
When Paula Jones came out, sexual harassment stopped being a political issue although HR departments were stuck with it.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:57 PM (T0NGe)
Knowing the way things are, why would anyone ever want to be a republican office holder?
Really. If you want to go into politics, be a democrat. You can do anything you want, be a racist, anal rapist, kill people, who gives a fuck. As long as you sing the company song, no one is going to bother you.
But if you insist on being a republican, you and your family can count on being probed and maligned for your entire career.
Good luck with that shit.
Posted by: jwest at July 29, 2013 03:58 PM (u2a4R)
Um, because you guys in the Media never thought he might not be fit to be in power, and hence protected him? Because he was a Democrat and thus "never a sinner" in your eyes? Maybe?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 29, 2013 03:58 PM (P7hip)
http://tinyurl.com/q2ntmx2
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 03:58 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: DrDrill at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (sOFZs)
>>>>And if Bob Filner is getting this level of protection, imagine what kind of protection really powerful Democrats are getting.
Seriously. So, anytime you see a scandal reported in the media about a Dem, remember that it's only a teensy eensy bit of reality, and 90+% of the bad shit that Dem's do is never mentioned.
Posted by: Lea at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 03:56 PM (4df7R)
I could headlock eight of you at one time!
Posted by: Creepy Uncle Face-Sized Spider at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (GQ8sn)
Though Weiner's apparently more kinky, there's little question that his playmates were willing and apparently never involved actual physical contact. Weiner's a perv, but Filner's an actual sex criminal.
Will he have to be put on the registry?
Posted by: zsasz at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (MMC8r)
Yeah, I have to wonder how much of that really goes on. Suppression by the media just means the perpetrators feel free to do more.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (T0NGe)
They did this after they were scooped by the National Enquirer on the John Edwards story, and by Drudge on the Clinton Lewinsky story.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (2mSdf)
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The contrasting versions of that happened in the House of Representatives, too. I can't remember the names, but we had the (R) Congressman who got into a whole lot of trouble a few years ago because he was sending inappropriate texts to some of the male pages (iirc, there wasn't any actual evidence that it went much beyond that, though). And then you had the (D) Congressman who got caught with much worse several years earlier, but didn't receive much if any punishment. The latter even commented on the fact that he got off much lighter than his (R) counterpart.
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (UWFpX)
They are really going all out to promote Hillary as our next President..... Makes me nauseous...
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Drew in MO at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (cGlgB)
Posted by: The US Media at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (qRasw)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (2mSdf)
Posted by: Hepcat at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (Q4mug)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (i2Lsf)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 29, 2013 03:52 PM (BVkEs)
That's been going on for a long time. As one example, Arnold Palmer has a bastard daughter who grew up in Cleveland. Everybody who went to school with her knew the story but did you hear a peep from the MFM when covering his life?
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (E01m1)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 29, 2013 04:01 PM (wR+pz)
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And after the uproar over the lack of attention to the Gosnell trial earlier this year.
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2013 04:01 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Creepy Uncle Face-Sized Spider at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (GQ8sn)
EW!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:02 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2013 04:01 PM (UWFpX)
There was a trial?
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 29, 2013 04:02 PM (9+ccr)
***
Because instead of speaking truth to power you wre hiding truth for power.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 29, 2013 04:02 PM (XUKZU)
Oh, no doubt, but somehow Filner's activities are those of a horny guy who regards women as objects to be used and his power as a means to use them.
Weiner has much deeper and weirder psychological problems.
We know how to deal with Filner, it's just that his being a Democrat politician protects him from being punished. Weiner is...different.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 04:02 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (2mSdf)
And he was doing it while he was in the navy too. Always hanging around the showers and locker room.
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: USA at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (VIaw0)
Posted by: Liberty Lover at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (encrR)
Posted by: Mad Mandy Marcotte at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (wtvvX)
Then, having "confessed" the lesser half of your crimes, once, you can pretend it's all over and go on doing it.
They are habitually complicit in crimes that further or protect their political agenda. We do *not* have a free press, functionally, we have a *captured* press.
We need to make it one of our top priorities to destroy the industry and try to ensure that what comes next is at least more *honest*, if not more competent.
Monkeywrench them. Put up billboards with the faces of Journolist members demanding they explain why they conspired secretly against their audiences. No conservative Pol should speak to the MFM but to demand accountability and honesty from them, specifically and with specific details about their malfeasance.
And someone needs to have a public conversation with the dipshit quoted in the post about *WHY* they spent 30 years covering up for filthy Filner. And mock the living shit out of them.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Hepcat at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (Q4mug)
"You can say that again."
- Filner's wife, who's seen his penis
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:00 PM (2mSdf)
And he was doing it while he was in the navy too. Always hanging around the showers and locker room.
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (GQ8sn)
He'd fit in quite well now...
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (2mSdf)
Ditto with several prominent Democrats of those time. Wilbur Mills was a serial phlanderer, but Democrat Chairman of the House Ways and Means commiittee, and very powerful. Until he did something in public so rude that even then they couldn't cover it up. Rude by 1960's standards, that is. Standards have gone down these days.
Lyndon Johnson literally stole an election in Texas, from another Democrat, no less. Blocked civil rights legislation in the Senate until he could get it his way. What a prince.
Vice president of the US, then President.
Harry Truman came out the crooked machine politics in Missouri, yet became a Senator, VP and then President.
What a country! Yakov Smirnov used to say.
They are all rotten, and have been for a long time.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (RFeQD)
Yes, indeed. Well said. Now they can go back to ignoring whatever is inconvenient.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2013 04:04 PM (iQit/)
Posted by: Lavrentij Berija at July 29, 2013 04:04 PM (AWmfW)
Posted by: Elizabeth Edwards at July 29, 2013 04:05 PM (xDqmM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:05 PM (lVPtV)
And the REALLY smart ones even have VBA scripts to automate the process!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 29, 2013 04:05 PM (wtvvX)
Yesterday the Dem talking heads were distancing themselves from
Anthony Weiner. The media is getting critical of him and reporting on
his, um, stuff. But why does Filner not rate the same treatment? It
seems odd to kick Weiner out but stay loyal to Filner.
Once Weiner is out, another dem will take his place. If Filner's gone, the odds are that San Diego's next mayor will be a Republican.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 29, 2013 04:05 PM (qoQi/)
Posted by: Bob "KAPTN" Filner at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (UviHy)
Posted by: Drew in MO at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (cGlgB)
If it ever came out that Pfleger was a pedophile who molested altar boys, what would the MFM do? On the one hand, MOLESTING CATHOLIC!! On the other hand, LUNATIC COMMIE!!
I suspect they'd all disappear in a puff of agonized smoke.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Dave S. at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (/BwGa)
finally gave an apology but turned his back on the chamber
typical D
Posted by: Jerry Jack in Jacksonville, maintaining a simulacrum of normality at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2013 03:43 PM (T0NGe)
But that's the pont, Bob Filner has been far and away THE most powerful Democrat in San Diego County for at least 20 years. You have to understand that. He is to San Diego Democrats what Chris Christie is to New Jersey Republicans - the only guy they could get elected in a sea controlled for years by the other party, and thus their hero. The media lovedFilner because he was "colorful," and because the Establishment of San Diego was a lot of old-money snobby Republicans and Filner was standing aloneagainst them. Only now, that he has become the Establishment, do their instincts kick in and they start going after him.
One really important aspect of this story is that Filner once worked for, and replaced in Congress, a guy named Jim Bates who became famous in 1990 forbeing the subject ofthe first serious sexual harrassment case to be brought on Capitol Hill. Bates had a couple of female staffers who complained that he was serially groping them. He retired from Congress over the charges in 1990, then tried to run for his old seat in 1992 and lost in the primary...to Bob Filner.
Posted by: rockmom at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (NYnoe)
I'm with AP; complicit in covering up his sexual abuses. Off to jail and sue them for all its worth.
Journalist and integrityare mutually exclusive terms as they apply to the MSM.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (qBtUE)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (iQit/)
Posted by: USA at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (bVIaw0)
Kudos to Ace. Keep calling those cowards out. It'll make it to Twitchy and Tammy Bruce and maybe Levin will talk about it; sooner or later the Buzzfeed turds will decide to pile on. Rub those fuckers' noses in it.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (E01m1)
Posted by: Fritz at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (bWoh5)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (ZshNr)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (4df7R)
Go on . . . .
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (VtjlW)
If Pilner had been Republican the San Diego media would have flayed him alive and hung his hide on the barn years ago. I think that editorial should have about fifty comments tacked on it saying exactly that.
Posted by: TB at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (5jZ/P)
A lot of these train crashes are probably being caused by poor maintenance. Tracks get hot, they warp or expand causing all kinds of shit to not work.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:02 PM"
I posted late in the last thread, but DO NOT...I say again, DO NOT...go to MSN's homepage until they've had time to put up some new news stories. Just sayin'.....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (knoK7)
Dumber than shit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (lVPtV)
Good luck with the strike! Hahaha...
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: John Edwards at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (xDqmM)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (wtvvX)
Congressional pages, and the Dems and MSM made him the face of the
Republican party for the 2006 election and a good while after.
***
He created a Republican culture of corruption all by himself.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (9Bdcz)
Just imagine the fresh batches of juice boxers being turned out.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: CJ at July 29, 2013 04:09 PM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Liberty Lover at July 29, 2013 04:09 PM (encrR)
Posted by: J. Locke at July 29, 2013 04:09 PM (9RGT+)
Posted by: Soona at July 29, 2013 04:09 PM (nke20)
Because journalists are more qualified and discerning that some nobody blogger in finding and reporting the news.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:09 PM (2mSdf)
The Book of Mormon talks a lot about "secret combinations" being the downfall of the society of the age. Think la Cosa Nostra. Societies that were organized to get gain through subterfuge, lying, murder, etc. I don't think the Democrats do any sort of initiation ritual, but reading stories like this, I have no doubt they are the same animal.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 29, 2013 04:10 PM (gtjN1)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:06 PM (4df7R)
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Given that he was part of a wave of people who entered seminary for the primary purpose of avoiding the draft, I would not be surprised.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 29, 2013 04:10 PM (wzlt7)
Posted by: Jean at July 29, 2013 04:10 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (knoK7)
*SHUDDER* I don't even want to know what I'd find there.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:11 PM (4df7R)
These are elected democrat officials.
Don't like it? Fuck You. Go get a hundred thousand signatures and maybe they'll issue a statement. You can't "fire" them.
Think they'll resign under "pressure"? Pressure from who? The press doesn't give a fuck and the public's memory is as short as Chris Hughes' dick.
The next crisis/scandal is only a few more news cycles away. Anyone can ride out the storm.
Posted by: jwest at July 29, 2013 04:11 PM (u2a4R)
It looks like at least the NRSC is trying to do this with Weiner. They really can't do it with Filner unfortunately, since he is no longer in Congress. Although this should really be the end of Nancy Pelosi's career as House Democratic Leader. The California House delegation is extremely tight knit, and there is NO way Pelosi did not know about Filner's shenanigans. Republicans ought to be hammering her about what she knew and when she knew it, and how many women suffered needlessly as a result of her covering for Bob Filner.
This is what Breitbart would have done with this. Lord, he would be having a field day right now....
Posted by: rockmom at July 29, 2013 04:12 PM (Q4elb)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 29, 2013 04:07 PM (VtjlW)
It does have a certain appeal, doesn't it?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:12 PM (4df7R)
I don't think they're Low Information types. They're pretty sharp and know exactly what kind of stories garner industry praise and awards, and eventually the right gig. They're pretty well "educated" although, yes, that doesn't mean they're not ignorant.
Posted by: CJ at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Kristophr at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (c6N69)
Just imagine the fresh batches of juice boxers being turned out.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (lVPtV)
The curriculum is one of the most undemanding you can find in any kollidge or university. They make business majors look like particle physicists. Apologies to any legit journos who might be offended by that, but it's true.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (E01m1)
Is the Saldana chick still a Dem after her party basically told her to
'Lay back and think of England?' Talk about women in binders. If the GOP
had any brains, they would be pinning every Dem with the sins of Filner
and Weiner, just like they were smeared nationally by Akin's idiocy.
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 29, 2013 04:08 PM (9Bdcz)
You mean like an opposition party?
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (AWmfW)
http://tinyurl.com/kuo8dmr
Posted by: Liberty Lover at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (encrR)
Thank you for that.
My whole ranting about the introvert/extrovert thing is that being an introvert is becoming a psychological condition that needs to be "fixed". No. A trillion times no. There's nothing wrong with being an introvert and there's nothing wrong with being an extrovert. It's just different is all.
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (VtjlW)
I just had a horrible thought.
Imagine Filner trying his "headlock" on Nazi PeloKKKi.
*SHUDDER*
That much ugly in one place at one time...
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Tobias Fünke at July 29, 2013 04:14 PM (WCe8r)
Posted by: Kristophr at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (c6N69)
Or like that pedo freak at the BBC.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:14 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: rockmom at July 29, 2013 04:14 PM (NYnoe)
And if they're lucky, the scripts aren't by whoever programmed the East Anglia climate models.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (B/VB5)
Just another local crime story if you ask me.
Posted by: akula_51 at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (HkQRm)
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (ZshNr)
It lives in Sri Lanka and posts here occasionally. You probably don't need the visual.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (wtvvX)
61 Yesterday the Dem talking heads were distancing themselves from Anthony Weiner. The media is getting critical of him and reporting on his, um, stuff. But why does Filner not rate the same treatment?
Filner's in office. Weiner isn't. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Posted by: Anachronda at July 29, 2013 04:16 PM (IrbU4)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (qyfb5)
This is a nice strategy Merovign. I'd donate. The cool thing is that I don't think we'd have to do it to very many either. Take some of the more egregious examples, plaster them in the reporters home city with their face, and addy. Link for the proof - and if we're ambitious - where to get free torches and rope, and bam. Let the market do its work. Make the reporter so toxic to their org., they never work again. I bet we pull that off 5 times, turn it in to its own story, and the rest of them get very quiet, or little more honest about things.
Posted by: JQP at July 29, 2013 04:16 PM (U4GjV)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (knoK7)
*WHIMPER*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:16 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 29, 2013 04:15 PM (wtvvX)
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That pension fund isn't going to refill itself.
Posted by: Detroit Police Union at July 29, 2013 04:16 PM (wzlt7)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 29, 2013 04:13 PM (VtjlW)
Wait until the Obamacare Edition of the DSM team looks at who votes for who and declares the one that votes less for Dems a "disorder."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at July 29, 2013 04:16 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:17 PM (4df7R)
If the media tries to bullshit us and tell us their jobs are what most people think they are - then there are a pile of questions a mile thick that they are required to answer - and for which they have no answers.
For instance: if the media's jobs were to be honest watchdogs of government - rather than being government lackeys - the media would be asking a very simple question of the Benghazi incident: "Who ordered the military stand down?" until they got the truth. That they don't, and won't, do this is telling. We can only conclude that the Main Stream Media is exactly what conservative Republicans accuse it of being; the propaganda arm of the Democratic party.
Posted by: An Observation at July 29, 2013 04:17 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 29, 2013 04:16 PM"
Yeah...just avoid MSN for a while.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2013 04:17 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at July 29, 2013 04:18 PM (/sohm)
Posted by: rockmom at July 29, 2013 04:18 PM (NYnoe)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 29, 2013 04:18 PM (EGX4+)
Although I suppose you could fault him for inducing morning sickness.
Posted by: George Orwell, the least interesting commenter in the world at July 29, 2013 04:19 PM (xDqmM)
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And don't forget about the recent movie that's told from the fawning viewpoint of one of FDR's (played by Bill Murray) currently-being-used-and-soon-to-be-discarded playthings.
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2013 04:19 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: George Orwell, the least interesting commenter in the world at July 29, 2013 04:19 PM (xDqmM)
Posted by: JQP at July 29, 2013 04:16 PM (U4GjV)
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Oh, please do this. We'll be watching you.
Posted by: IRS at July 29, 2013 04:20 PM (nke20)
***
Detroit's problems com3e down to one thing. the fifty year administration of Mayor Sarah Palin and the Republicans.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 29, 2013 04:20 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 29, 2013 04:20 PM (EGX4+)
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Nice mea culpa. Your pennance is to do actual truthful reporting on one of the stories below.
1. Fast and Furious
2. The IRS scandal
3. Benghazi
4. The EPA scandal
5. Eric Holder's actions at the DOJ
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 29, 2013 04:21 PM (wzlt7)
Part of the "Give us $15 an hour or else!" crowd in NYC?
I hate to admit it, but I'm probably going to laugh when they all get fired and replaced.
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2013 04:21 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Associated Press at July 29, 2013 04:22 PM (Ks4nX)
Believe me, people in San Diego don't give a shit what happens in Washington either. It's sunny, surf's up, time for a margarita.
Posted by: rockmom at July 29, 2013 04:22 PM (Q4elb)
He's been back on the air for a while now (Brit teefs and all).
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:22 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Carlos Danger at July 29, 2013 04:22 PM (jvd3N)
1. Fast and Furious
2. The IRS scandal
3. Benghazi
4. The EPA scandal
5. Eric Holder's actions at the DOJ
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Phoney! Phoney! Phoney!
Posted by: Little Jay Carney at July 29, 2013 04:23 PM (eEfYn)
Then George Zimmerman went and murdered the 2016 Democratic candidate for president, just like Dick Cheney ordered.
Posted by: George Orwell, the least interesting commenter in the world at July 29, 2013 04:23 PM (xDqmM)
Posted by: coolidgerules at July 29, 2013 04:23 PM (P72oI)
Posted by: IRS at July 29, 2013 04:20 PM (nke20)
Call me too. Cause the visuals aren't as impactful if you can't hear me saying "Hey - FUCK YOU."
Posted by: JQP at July 29, 2013 04:23 PM (U4GjV)
Who was that Brit reporter on CNN who was arrested in a park having a string tied around his weiner and wagging it?
Remember now. Richard Quest.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:24 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:24 PM (2mSdf)
This is no surprise.
I don't understand why anyone would think the Democrat party would out its own.
Posted by: Meremortal at July 29, 2013 04:24 PM (1Y+hH)
Sadly that's been the standard motto for most police forces in recent years.
Their priorities are (in approximate order)
1. "Officer Safety"
2. Overtime pay / benefits / union rules
3. Generating revenue
.
.
.
46. Serving and protecting the public and their rights.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 29, 2013 04:25 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:24 PM (lVPtV)
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Was that Johnny Quest's father? Cause he always seemed a little off to me.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 29, 2013 04:25 PM (wzlt7)
"There's no evidence."
Posted by: Jack Lew at July 29, 2013 04:25 PM (FcR7P)
Since I started a FB campaign a few days ago to sell fifty copies of mypaperback in forty-eight hours, I have sold a grand total of three books.
Here's my situation: it's like that of most people in the economy sabotaged by our government. However, I have been able to pay my utilities and eat. But extras are another story and those extras will keep me able to earn an honest living. For that I need your assistance. That "help" isn't charity, but straight capitalism, that which our present government seems to abhor. Let me spell out my situation.
I go out every day to sell paperback copies of my book. For that, I need gas, at minimum here in LA lately, around $3.95 per gallon.
I maintain a blog, $14.95 per month and I am almost two months behind.
I maintain a book website, $3.95 per month; about one month behind.
Something I'd like to do: send about five copies of my novel to the African side of my family--in order to give them a perspective of Americans and just because they want them. Shipping for one copy is a bit over $23.00.
I'd also like to spend some time on my other books.
I need to sell my wares to do this; I'd be happy and grateful to sell ten books today, as that would kick start a number of things. Again, not charity but honest capitalism. Help a Moronette out! Link in nick.
Please don't buy the Kindle version. I won't get that money until DOOMSday.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 29, 2013 04:25 PM (Tnlh/)
Posted by: Sarah Palin's Garbage at July 29, 2013 04:26 PM (eEfYn)
I used to think the same about the Illinois GOP. How could they let state Dems associate with Bill Ayers and not use that bash them?
Posted by: CJ at July 29, 2013 04:26 PM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Tony Redenzo at July 29, 2013 04:26 PM (888y+)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:24 PM (2mSdf)
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Which begs the question: how long has the NSA been grabbing emails for the democrats?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 29, 2013 04:26 PM (wzlt7)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:26 PM (2mSdf)
What ever happened to the New Orleans cops helping to loot Wal-Mart after Katrina?
Posted by: zsasz at July 29, 2013 04:27 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 29, 2013 04:25 PM (Tnlh/)
Ace is loathe to discuss it, but T-Shirts.
That's where the big money is.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 04:28 PM (2CxLH)
Republicans don't.
What frustrates me is the number of voters who don't see how they are being manipulated by the news media.
Romney's treatment by the news media was an excellent example. The guy was a boyscout and they still managed to come up with crap. The focus on the "binders" comment, and on his wife's horse.
I'm a news junkie. I used to flip from one news show to another, including abc, nbc,cbs, cnn, etc.
No more. I don't give damn what those people are spewing. I refuse to add to their viewership numbers.
Talk about horseshit from the media.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 29, 2013 04:28 PM (QU1ov)
Posted by: zsasz at July 29, 2013 04:27 PM"
Promotion, probably. Or am I being too cynical?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2013 04:28 PM (knoK7)
Was that Johnny Quest's father? Cause he always seemed a little off to me.
Ever notice Jonny Quest looked exactly like Race Bannon???
Posted by: zsasz at July 29, 2013 04:29 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: zsasz at July 29, 2013 04:27 PM (MMC8r)
----Chocolatization medals for all!
Posted by: Chocalate Nagin at July 29, 2013 04:29 PM (eEfYn)
That's where the big money is.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 04:28 PM (2CxLH)
I never felt safe buying one. Knowing this site the T-shirt would be made out of asbestos and cancer.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 29, 2013 04:29 PM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: ejo at July 29, 2013 04:30 PM (GXvSO)
More green paint spattered in DC-this time in the National Cathedral. My guess it it probably wasn't done by a conservative and/or a Romney voter:
http://tinyurl.com/netuy52
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2013 04:30 PM (iQit/)
Democrat war on women: "Here's a photo of my penis"
Republican war on women: "We think that abortion is the killing of a human life, you made your "choice" when you decided to have sex, and we don't want you to kill an innocent baby."
Democrat war on women: "When you come to work tomorrow, don't wear panties", and "I want to consummate our relationship".
Posted by: Reno_Dave at July 29, 2013 04:30 PM (bsDPd)
I never felt safe buying one. Knowing this site the T-shirt would be made out of asbestos and cancer.
Perish the thought!
AceofSpadesHQ Brand T-Shirts are constructed of cloth spun from the finest Ewok fur.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 04:31 PM (2CxLH)
Posted by: Bob Filner at July 29, 2013 04:32 PM (pJF+c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 29, 2013 04:32 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 29, 2013 04:25 PM (Tnlh/)
Ace is loathe to discuss it, but T-Shirts.
That's where the big money is.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 04:28 PM (2CxLH)
Gotta keep my sites up for that. Okay, okay! More commentary. But it will be bleak.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 29, 2013 04:32 PM (Tnlh/)
Posted by: San Diego Union-Tribune at July 29, 2013 04:32 PM (/9IC1)
AceofSpadesHQ Brand T-Shirts are constructed of cloth spun from the finest Ewok fur.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 04:31 PM (2C
Do we have any? I would feel safe buying one and wearing it in public. It would look like I was a gambler or something. They wouldn't be able to accost me like they would if I had a right to life T shirt or something...
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 29, 2013 04:33 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2013 04:33 PM (iQit/)
was a boyscout and they still managed to come up with crap. The focus on
the "binders" comment, and on his wife's horse.
I'm a news junkie. I used to flip from one news show to another, including abc, nbc,cbs, cnn, etc.
No more. I don't give damn what those people are spewing. I refuse to add to their viewership numbers.
Talk about horseshit from the media.
Guy sat on the Executive Board for the Boy Scouts for a decade. He is a very active member of his church. People came out of the woodwork to describe Romney's acts of kindness and charity. They dug through his entire history and the best they could come up with was Seamus the dog, a bullying incident in high school, and "he's responsible for that woman's helthcare, even though she had coverage".
I understand that he was weak in politics, but the man is admirable for many things. Obama doesn't hold a candle to him for kindness, charity, hard work, honesty, personal success, or love of country.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 29, 2013 04:33 PM (gtjN1)
I only put the head in their squeakers, and that's not sex.
It depends on what your definition of 'Squeaker' is.
Posted by: Billy Jeff Analrapist Esq at July 29, 2013 04:33 PM (2CxLH)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 29, 2013 04:33 PM (eHIJJ)
You might not want to know which part of the Ewok is shorn to get the fur.
Posted by: George Orwell, the least interesting commenter in the world at July 29, 2013 04:33 PM (xDqmM)
While in uniform.
Posted by: Tex Lovera
Yeah, that's more of that dangerous Libertarianism, alright.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 29, 2013 04:34 PM (yPX0e)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 29, 2013 04:34 PM (EGX4+)
Buy her book, morons, it's a good story.
Posted by: Retread at July 29, 2013 04:34 PM (G+w7R)
Proof. I see no effort being made by this regime to preclude the actions they took to suppress the vote in 2012.
Posted by: IRS at July 29, 2013 04:35 PM (nke20)
Posted by: zsasz at July 29, 2013 03:59 PM (MMC8r)
If he was, would sex offender trump D? I used to know the answer but nowadays...
Posted by: suitably adequate at July 29, 2013 04:35 PM (d0dHb)
http://www.investors.com/editorial-cartoons/michael-ramirez
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2013 04:35 PM (iQit/)
More green paint spattered in DC-this time in the National
Cathedral. My guess it it probably wasn't done by a conservative and/or a
Romney voter:
http://tinyurl.com/netuy52
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2013 04:30 PM (iQit/)
**
Isn't green the official color of the Hamas wing of the mostly peaceful religion of peace? Just a theory. These has also been an awful lot of train incident as well. I'm not saying...I'm just saying.
(Tin Foil hat off)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 29, 2013 04:35 PM (jvd3N)
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Perish the thought! AceofSpadesHQ Brand T-Shirts are constructed of cloth spun from the finest Ewok fur.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 04:31 PM (2CxLH)
Just don't ask which body part the fur came from.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 29, 2013 04:35 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Sarah Palin, journalism graduate at July 29, 2013 04:35 PM (z9HTb)
For the media to even suggest they didn't know is yet another stinking lie in their already-monstrous pile of horseshit.
Imagine if news stories had olfactory sensors built in?
You could smell liberal/progressive/democrat stench a mile away. A nice read filter.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 29, 2013 04:36 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: DAve at July 29, 2013 04:36 PM (albkL)
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2013 04:37 PM (2CxLH)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:26 PM (2mSdf)
That would be a crass and cynical lie intended to distract people from the blatant ideological thuggery of the MFM (delenda est).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at July 29, 2013 04:37 PM (qyfb5)
Oh, and barkeep, please keep 'em coming. I have a Doug Curlee fundraiser to emcee later this evening and I want to be "on".
Posted by: The MFM at July 29, 2013 04:37 PM (eHIJJ)
You might not want to know which part of the Ewok is shorn to get the fur.
If the shirt lays flat, long outer fur.
If the shirt stays wrinkled, regardless of repeated ironings, um, nevermind...
Posted by: rickb223 at July 29, 2013 04:38 PM (EGX4+)
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It is (it's an Islam thing in general, not just Hamas; there's a reason why the Iranian Green Revolution a few years back picked that color), but Abraham Lincoln seems a very strange "first target" for an Islamic-affiliated organization. I'm pretty sure that's just a coincidence.
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2013 04:39 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 29, 2013 04:39 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 29, 2013 04:39 PM (4+FWp)
Posted by: Soona at July 29, 2013 04:39 PM (nke20)
PS: Don't tell Huma, that bitch stuffs humus into her trap all day and won't touch whale blubber.
Posted by: angel with a sword at July 29, 2013 04:40 PM (EO34X)
Must be time to agitate for more high-speed rail in America.
Posted by: George Orwell, the least interesting commenter in the world at July 29, 2013 04:40 PM (xDqmM)
Any sex in your story? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: L, elle at July 29, 2013 04:41 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: fluffy at July 29, 2013 04:41 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 29, 2013 04:41 PM (jl2uN)
Seconded. I loved it back when it first came out, and I re-read it recently and it's still great.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 29, 2013 04:41 PM (B/VB5)
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But when it's finished, it'll pay for itself! And create jobs! And cut down on pollution! And all that other stuff!
(provided we resort to forcing people to ride it at gunpoint)
I hate all the myths about high-speed rail.
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2013 04:42 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at July 29, 2013 04:03 PM (RFeQD)
That's a slur against Truman. Truman stood up to Boss Pendergast early on and earned that old crook's respect. After Truman exposed a crooked road construction deal which sent several PendergastMachine fixers to jail, Old Man Pendergast never again tried to sway or buyTruman and--cynical as he was--figured Missouri should have at least one honest politician.
When Pendergast died, Truman--then Roosevelt's VP--had to be almost forcibly dissuaded by Bess and his closest friends not to attend the funeral because Truman felt it would be cowardly not to attend. Truman and Pendergast liked each other personally even though they were worlds apart in terms of character and morality. You cannot say Harry Truman--whatever his personal faults and questionable decisions as Commander in Chief--was a corrupt politician. The evidence doesn't support it. He couldn't be bought.
Posted by: troyriser at July 29, 2013 04:43 PM (vtiE6)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 29, 2013 04:43 PM (2mSdf)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 29, 2013 04:25 PM (Tnlh/)
I checked the Amazon page for the reviews, and this was too amusing not to share: Someone's selling a new physical copy of your book for $146.59. Another seller is offering a used copy for $5,549.36.
Wonder how they came up with those prices ... ? Clearly buying it direct from the author is a huge bargain. = )
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 29, 2013 04:44 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: UWP at July 29, 2013 04:47 PM (r98SZ)
Posted by: Prezzie 0Bama at July 29, 2013 04:47 PM (8E9QA)
Ah, but news, and especially news of this kind, is what makes and sells media. NOT reporting it is what's killing traditional media. That's just simple marketplace economics. Fox is reporting it. Fox has the highest viewership. You offer what others don't have in any market your competition will slowly dry up and blow away.
Posted by: SGT. York at July 29, 2013 04:47 PM (GY+dx)
Lady, I sit there and watch Officers get drug over the coals on CSPAN about how we are a military of woman assaulting baby killers, and need to turn over sexual assault claims to a third party for review.
Yet as near as I can tell, you sat silent, failed to use your contacts influence or place your reputation on the line to do the honorable think concerning this democrat sack o sh*t.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2013 04:48 PM (NyTSp)
I volunteer to model the AoS HQ tight fitting T-shirt as long as it's tastefully designed for Smart Military Blog readers. Fuck Obama!
Posted by: Kate Upton at July 29, 2013 04:48 PM (pJF+c)
Posted by: Governor "Moonbeam" Brown at July 29, 2013 04:50 PM (8E9QA)
Posted by: ejo at July 29, 2013 04:51 PM (GXvSO)
The suggestion that I chose to conceal the tawdry conduct of a high-profile Democratic politician from NBC's viewers simply to protect the DNC-concocted narrative which I was helping to propagandize that it was Republicans who were waging a War on Women is utterly preposterous.
Andrea Mitchell
Posted by: Saucy Gander, Quote Doctor at July 29, 2013 04:56 PM (4tWSk)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2013 04:56 PM (NyTSp)
Posted by: Saucy Gander, Quote Doctor at July 29, 2013 04:57 PM (4tWSk)
Those only work if you upgrade to the AoSHQ Platinum Membership.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2013 05:00 PM (NyTSp)
Rub this one.
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Posted by: Your Regressive Betters at July 29, 2013 05:18 PM (dvRYt)
It's been said many times before, but it bears repeating: If Filner had an "R" after his name, these "reporters" would have been on it like flies on shit. But he had a "D", so he was off limits.
So, who's "us"? The Democrat/media complex, that's who "us" is.
Posted by: Brown Line at July 29, 2013 05:22 PM (VrNoa)
Posted by: Regressive Spock at July 29, 2013 05:24 PM (dvRYt)
Posted by: Tantoius Maximus at July 29, 2013 05:28 PM (HJhpI)
WTF do I know now?
Posted by: John P. Squibob at July 29, 2013 05:34 PM (Rb9kQ)
Whoa, squib bob and others, just noticed that it was Curlee writing this typical yet pathetic commentary.
My only TV interview was with him, a few years ago ("I can say no more!").
He did a good job, on a non-local story. Haven't watched 20 min. of TV "news" (local or otherwise) in 6 years or more, so can't rank Curlee locally. There is one weatherman I know to be a good and interesting dude, thanks to back-stage info from a friend who is regularly called on to pontificate on local TV whenever big global goings-on penetrate the consciousness of the local, mostly clueless populace.
Interesting back-story stuff from rockmom. Pretty much a native here but spent half my life back east and overseas wasting my time on something called (you may have heard of it) the "United States" and an even weirder thing called the "national interest". But I knew about Filner - actually he is as repugnant for his perfect embodiment of contemporary Dem degradation (race-baiting, tribal machine politics, public sector union treachery to the commonweal, arrogance, cluelessness, economic illiteracy) as for his sexual battery addictions.
Like others here have commented in the past, Filner's victory was a surreal nightmare on top of the (still) unbelievable national catastrophe unfolding that day last November. The gay Republican candidate (!!!)with the huge local name-recognition and solid actual record on fixing what ails the city should have crushed a little-known (and even then disliked, unlikeable) nothing like Filner. But there isn't really any hope for the public policy or civic culture of the US, and of course CA is well down the road to ruin in those respects. So I'm pulling for Filner to tough it out, and cause maximum chaos and degradation to the city govt.
The city has earned it, the parasites (excuse me, the hero public "servants" like firemen, teachers, and cops) have earned it, the clueless electorate has earned it - and it fits right in with the breath-taking national humiliation and self-abuse that has passed for "politics" since at least 2006 ....
Posted by: non-purist at July 29, 2013 05:55 PM (afQnV)
The media were in a similar position in the lead-up and into the French Revolution to where they are today, serving as the lapdogs of a particular ideology. Their one-sidedness Allowed the people and causes they backed to get so strong that the opposition parties no longer listened to them, and the parties they backed no longer needed them, and, when those they had been backing all along decided that they were strong enough, and didn't need them, they were muzzled. This allowed both The Terror, as well as the Reaction, and installation of Bonaparte to take place without much opposition to speak of. Not being students of history, the journolists of today do the work of installing the very dictatorship that will ultimately do them in--if the economics of partisanship doesn't do it first.
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