On PBS's Bullsh*t Michael Brown Infographic

Perhaps you've seen it on Facebook, twitter, or adult friend finder. It's being cited by people perpetuating the "hands up, don't shoot" myth in relation to the Michael Brown case.

Well, it turns out that the infographic is incorrect and over simplified.

Here is the original: (click the link to see a higher resolution version)

Here is the updated and more detailed version. (click the link to see a high resolution version)

Brought to you by your tax dollars and donors like you.

Be sure to give Noah Rothman a follow on twitter.

Posted by: BenK at 12:55 PM

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1 Foiost!@

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 03, 2014 12:56 PM (o2Jt2)

2 Well, if nothing else, those charts convince me that I need new glasses.

Perhaps you've seen it on Facebook, twitter, or adult friend finder

So bitchy I wish I said it.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 03, 2014 12:57 PM (mf5HN)

3 PBS is a government propaganda outlet. Only a fool would watch it.

Posted by: maddogg at December 03, 2014 12:58 PM (xWW96)

4 We're gonna need more evidence.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 03, 2014 12:58 PM (RALhu)

5 Panhandler Broadcasting System

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Aiming His Torpedo at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (32Ze2)

6 Hey, you are late, I posted that in the open thread an hour ago.

Stealing from HA, what morons do best. Fuck PBS and our tax dollars supporting them.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (0FSuD)

7 So PBS is now "People's Broadcasting Service."

Good to know.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (UVfht)

8 Well, they got the BS part of their name right.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (XUKZU)

9 And we pay for that propaganda.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (ABcz/)

10 I was lied to?

.....and this is different from?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (nMHGi)

11 You know what would help that chart? Plaid.

Posted by: pep at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (YXmuI)

12 PBS: Pushing BS.

Posted by: Ted Schweddy at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (LhMb4)

13 or adult friend finder

you know your audience

Posted by: brak at December 03, 2014 01:00 PM (Tj+s6)

14 They are truly desperate to keep this narrative going, aren't they? You can sort of smell the flop-sweat coming off of it.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for all of Your Holiday Needs! at December 03, 2014 01:00 PM (hLRSq)

15 Fuck PBS and our tax dollars supporting them.

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Why do you hate Big Bird?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:00 PM (XUKZU)

16 I'm a horrible person for not giving a damn about the latest outrage on Facebook.

The people that tell me this move on to the next outrage in about 2 weeks.

I've decided which I think is worse.

Posted by: Oschisms at December 03, 2014 01:00 PM (uqV2n)

17 PBS and NPR need to be destroyed.

There is no need for the govt to be funding any media in today's media world with the infinite content available.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:00 PM (ZPrif)

18 PBS and NPR should have their funding zero'd out.

They both would do fine in the private sector. Especially NPR.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (ZPrif)

19 Because, you know, all testimony is of equal weight. Kind of the way Kwanza is equally valid as Christmas.

If you cannot convince 'em with facts, baffle 'em with bullshit.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (V70Uh)

20 There are adult friends out there I can find? And you didn't link?

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (RALhu)

21 Why do you hate Big Bird?

David Koch supports Nova. If you love science, support big oil.

Posted by: fluffy at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (Ua6T/)

22 But we can't kill Big Bird, so it won't happen.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (ZPrif)

23 Holy Fark.....DSL is fast. Bye, bye Verizon Wireless and your overage charges.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (nMHGi)

24 Officer Wilson should get a medal and the Brown Family should have their EBT Cards revoked.

Posted by: garrett at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (sz/qN)

25 Back during Billy Blow Job's administration, I was more naīve and I was shocked, SHOCKED!, to realize that the truth simply did not matter. Now, of course, I'm used to it.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (XUKZU)

26 You're too much of a pussy to shoot me. Brown's last words.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (ZeBBB)

27 Liars gonna lie

Posted by: Shallow boy at December 03, 2014 01:02 PM (H6fvX)

28 so ever more known as
Progressive
Broadcasting
System.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:02 PM (nqBYe)

29 Why do you hate Big Bird?

I'll give you an exclusive for $25,000 in small bills.

Posted by: Grover at December 03, 2014 01:02 PM (Ua6T/)

30 So, PBS lied, cried, and, made shit up.

Color me surprised.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 03, 2014 01:02 PM (LA7Cm)

31 When you read the comments, it is amazing that some of these "witnesses" have not been charged with perjury.

Some of these people are more delusional that Rev Al. And so it is in the Hood.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 01:02 PM (0FSuD)

32 It figures that the last thing Brown had to say was something stupid.

Posted by: maddogg at December 03, 2014 01:03 PM (xWW96)

33 What is Cookie Monster's position?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:03 PM (ZeBBB)

34 You're too much of a pussy to shoot me.

Should be chiseled on the thug's tombstone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2014 01:03 PM (zF6Iw)

35 Maybe the GOP will shutdown PBS.

(insert laughter here)

Posted by: eman at December 03, 2014 01:03 PM (dHjEj)

36 Marijuana kills.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:03 PM (ZeBBB)

37 24 Officer Wilson should get a medal and the Brown Family should have their EBT Cards revoked.
Posted by: garrett at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM (sz/qN)

*******

Officer Wilson is out of a job with no severance pay and the Brown family will get a five million dollar book and movie deal out of this.

The Reality.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at December 03, 2014 01:03 PM (RJMhd)

38 Call now, and for your pledge of just $40, you'll get this free "Abortion Yes!" tote bag.

Posted by: PBS Pledge Drive at December 03, 2014 01:04 PM (vgIRn)

39 But we can't kill Big Bird, so it won't happen.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:01 PM

I suggest big birdshot.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 03, 2014 01:04 PM (knoK7)

40 I'm starting to suspect we shouldn't necessarily trust the MSM.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 03, 2014 01:04 PM (8ZskC)

41 Big Bird deserves a Muslim death. Same as chickens get.

Posted by: maddogg at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (xWW96)

42 For those of you with a glass-is-1%-full mentality, Joe Scarborough and Charles Barkley are having none of this shit. So there are t least two people who care that it is all a lie.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (XUKZU)

43 Read some of the noteworthy elements of the testimony.

It's good comedy.

Posted by: Reality Man at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (Cs9Ps)

44 Wow, my eyes are dilated now. Damn, need to find the 3 extra pair of sunglasses.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (l1zOH)

45 What is Cookie Monster's position?

Whatever you tell him. He's a total submissive.

Posted by: Grover at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (Ua6T/)

46 Darren Wilson got $500,000 through crowd funding.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (ZeBBB)

47 Made it, Ma! Top of the world!

Posted by: Big Media at December 03, 2014 01:06 PM (JBggj)

48 >>Call now, and for your pledge of just $40, you'll get this free "Abortion Yes!" tote bag.

Heh. One of our local PBS stations (we have two for some reason) is non-stop wacky progressive programming, like the 9/11 Truther "documentary" Loose Change (which must air once a week) and a glowing series on the history of La Raza. Insane that we fund this extremist garbage.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 03, 2014 01:06 PM (ABcz/)

49 Officer Wilson should get a medal and the Brown Family should have their EBT Cards revoked.

EBT cards don't work so well at the Quickie Mart after you've BURNED THIS BITCH DOWN.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 03, 2014 01:06 PM (8ZskC)

50 Why do the protestors have two arms up?

Because it still looks a little too obvious to march around with the one-armed salute.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 03, 2014 01:07 PM (s9AKD)

51 46 Darren Wilson got $500,000 through crowd funding.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (ZeBBB)

*********

Wow---I didn't know that.

Jeez some justice in the world after all.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at December 03, 2014 01:07 PM (RJMhd)

52 the Brown family will get a five million dollar book and movie deal out of this.

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That tells the dramatic story of mama Thug and Daddy Thug bravely fighting of the Klan when they try to fire bomb Casa de Thug.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:07 PM (XUKZU)

53 11 You know what would help that chart? Plaid.
Posted by: pep at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (YXmuI

Yeah, where is the meatball when you need him?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:07 PM (l1zOH)

54 Little Caesar's?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:07 PM (ZeBBB)

55 >>Officer Wilson should get a medal and the Brown Family should have their EBT Cards revoked.

Michael Brown had figured out a way to get stuff he wanted without an EBT card. Or cash or credit.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 03, 2014 01:07 PM (ABcz/)

56 34 You're too much of a pussy to shoot me.
Should be chiseled on the thug's tombstone.

Excellent.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2014 01:08 PM (08Znv)

57 That chart needs a checkbox column for:

"Significantly altered testimony in between original interview/affadavit and actual appearance before grand jury".

About three-quarters of the witnesses listed would be ticked.

It's the Rachel Jeantel Rule. When the prosecutor relies on the accounts of people who are too jaw-droppingly stupid to keep their lies straight, the case is liable to abruptly collapse.

It is mildly disappointing that we won't get to see Dorian Johnson endure hostile cross on the stand under oath. As his five or six different and unreconcilable versions of events got slowly and mercilessly picked apart by Wilson's defense team.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 03, 2014 01:08 PM (noWW6)

58
"Well, it turns out that the infographic is incorrect and over simplified."

by Laura Santhanam*

*formerly of Media Matters for America

Tres suprise.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 03, 2014 01:08 PM (kdS6q)

59 Call now, and for your pledge of just $40, you'll get this free "Abortion Yes!" tote bag.

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And remember, Big Bird says being pro-choice is being pro-life!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:09 PM (XUKZU)

60 Who cares about the facts?

Posted by: Shep Smith at December 03, 2014 01:09 PM (ttJ2z)

61 What? Like this is going to convince any of those retards holding their hands up?

Posted by: Soona at December 03, 2014 01:09 PM (IXPIt)

62 53
11 You know what would help that chart? Plaid.

Posted by: pep at December 03, 2014 12:59 PM (YXmuI

Well those fucking red green colors need to go. 11% of us are color blind and can not make shit out of them.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 01:09 PM (0FSuD)

63 Why has nobody pointed out that officer Wilson showed courageous restraint in not shooting Brown's accomplice in the strong arm robbery?

Posted by: Garrett at December 03, 2014 01:10 PM (j/LXr)

64 Heh. One of our local PBS stations (we have two for some reason)>>>

I get 4 on my antenna. One is a weather channel so that may or may not count.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 03, 2014 01:10 PM (Mxs5H)

65 It matters not.

Alot of blacks have decided to kick whitey's ass. Alot of whites have decided that other whites kinda' got it coming. Alot of cops have decided to do as they're told to keep their jobs.

Charts, videos ... none of that shit matters now.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 03, 2014 01:11 PM (Oz2Jh)

66 We've heard Brown was shot in the back from a guy on the grassy knoll behind him.

Posted by: MSM Reporter at December 03, 2014 01:11 PM (0FSuD)

67 Nood enstompaning

Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (Mxs5H)

68 Well those fucking red green colors need to go. 11% of us are color blind and can not make shit out of them.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 01:09 PM

Clearly PBS is discriminating against the red/green colorblind. Given the vast amounts of federal $$ they receive, I eagerly await the first ADA lawsuit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (knoK7)

69 The truth is of no matter when emotionality and “larger truths” about social justice are being exposed. But myths only have half-lives while factual evidence has staying power. Eventually, the myth will fade as will the public’s interest in this incident.

How was your nap, Mr. Van Winkle? I could name a dozen progger myths still appearing regularyly in the MFM, some forty and fifty years old.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (rwI+c)

70 Tune in for Day 5 of our wall-to-wall special team coverage: DESECRATION - The Insulting of the Obama Daughters

Posted by: This Is CNN at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (8ZskC)

71 >>> Officer Wilson should get a medal and the Brown Family should have their EBT Cards revoked.

"EBT cards don't work so well at the Quickie Mart after you've BURNED THIS BITCH DOWN."

If there's one thing that can be predicted with granitic surety, it's that four or five years from now, there will be tearjerking descriptions by lefties of how Feral-guson's welfare moochers are now sadly relegated to a "food desert" with few or no groceries nearby.

Some with classical educations may remember the dry jibe by Tacitus about Roman policy, how "They make a desert, and call it peace."

Today, "They make a food desert, and call it social justice."

Posted by: torquewrench at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (noWW6)

72 Darren Wilson will get an additional $434,000 from a Facebook fundraising page.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (ZeBBB)

73 The libs and agitators will not even read the chart. Accurate or not. The fact that there is a chart is all the "evidence" they need. Hands Up Don't Shoot will proceed.

Posted by: gracepmc at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (xvd51)

74 Like this is going to convince any of those retards holding their hands up?

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I think two things the Obongo administration has accomplished is to convince a majority of informed people that progressives are not only wrong, they are evil, and that there is no point in trying to talk to, negotiate with, reach out to, or in any other way engage these people.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:13 PM (XUKZU)

75 Key takeaways:
1. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable.
2. Someone raising their hands does not necessarily imply an intent to surrender. As the witnesses' actual testimony makes clear.

Posted by: Maetenloch at December 03, 2014 01:13 PM (wqVD1)

76 Doesn't burn this bitch down create food deserts?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:13 PM (ZeBBB)

77 I think even Noah Rothman at Hot Air is missing a HUGE point--

The Democrat prosecutor when he announced the Grand Jury decision said that--

many "witnesses ADMITTED they had not SEEN the shooting."

(I am paraphrasing--but it was something like that.)

The PBS chart does not account for that at all--and I am not seeing that they discuss that in their article either.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at December 03, 2014 01:13 PM (RJMhd)

78 Nood enstompaning

Utterly Pavlovian.

Ace sees a chart, stomps the post.

Posted by: fluffy at December 03, 2014 01:13 PM (Ua6T/)

79 No one in the media cares about facts. Too much trouble & that's why people wre rioting & destroying businesses!

Posted by: Carol at December 03, 2014 01:13 PM (sj3Ax)

80 Hands Up Don't Shoot will proceed.

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Hitler did pretty well with his "stab in the back."

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:13 PM (XUKZU)

81 For those of you with a glass-is-1%-full mentality, Joe Scarborough and Charles Barkley are having none of this shit. So there are t least two people who care that it is all a lie.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:05 PM (XUKZU)

---------------------------------------------

Barkly, for once, was a pleasant surprise.

Posted by: Soona at December 03, 2014 01:14 PM (IXPIt)

82 What is this? A chart for ants?

Posted by: Derek Zoolander at December 03, 2014 01:15 PM (/V5lp)

83 the Brown family will get a five million dollar book and movie deal out of this.

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That tells the dramatic story of mama Thug and Daddy Thug bravely fighting of the Klan when they try to fire bomb Casa de Thug.

False but accurate.

Posted by: Dan Rather at December 03, 2014 01:16 PM (W5DcG)

84 Right click view image click to embiggen further.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:17 PM (ZeBBB)

85 One of the authors of that piece? Laura Santhram. From her resume: "Senior Climate Researcher, Media Matters for America (Washington, D.C., Senior Climate Researcher)

Got that?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2014 01:19 PM (l1zOH)

86 One of the authors of that piece? Laura Santhram. From her resume: "Senior Climate Researcher, Media Matters for America (Washington, D.C., Senior Climate Researcher)
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So..., practiced in the art of false presentation of data.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2014 01:22 PM (l1zOH)

87
Is it me or did the last thread just disappear????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:22 PM (CMkNk)

88 ace broke the blog.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 01:22 PM (0FSuD)

89 New thread exploded.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:23 PM (ZeBBB)

90 It's broken.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2014 01:23 PM (Z1SI2)

91 Is it me or did the last thread just disappear????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:22 PM (CMkNk)
-----
Must have been my comment. I killed it! Hands up!

Posted by: RioBravo at December 03, 2014 01:23 PM (z27Ny)

92 We now return you to your regularly scheduled program ...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 03, 2014 01:23 PM (s9AKD)

93 Whoa, dude. Timequake!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:24 PM (XUKZU)

94 I think I was just in a Twilight Zone post. First it was there... then poof!

*head swims*

That or I got caught in the time machine someone doesn't have.

Posted by: Bayou City at December 03, 2014 01:24 PM (8yWf/)

95
>>>Is it me or did the last thread just disappear????

You want semi-regular fresh content.
You'll take an enstompening.
You'll get disappearing threads.

Posted by: The website at December 03, 2014 01:24 PM (CMbMd)

96

Graph Day at Ace of Spades

I'm going to make a couple of ~~Pie~~ Quiche Charts.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 03, 2014 01:24 PM (IXrOn)

97 Is it me or did the last thread just disappear????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:22 PM (CMkNk)

It's not just you. I was going to point out that thread proves the Donor Class is Center-Left while the country as a whole is still Center-Right.

It also explains why ~~the GOP~~ El PRL has gone 3/4ths Progtard.

Posted by: steveegg at December 03, 2014 01:25 PM (cL79m)

98 Utterly Pavlovian.

Ace sees a chart, stomps the post.

Just an observation, Hefe, not a criticism.

Posted by: fluffisimo at December 03, 2014 01:25 PM (Ua6T/)

99 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (M1uf/)

100 That's a mighty purty chart. And useless.

Posted by: RioBravo at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (z27Ny)

101
I just left a comment in a future post.

I feel all TARDISy.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (JtwS4)

102 Reguardless of what a lot of those witnesses said, the physical evidence, uinlcudinhg the autoposy verify what Wilson said, It is also supported by other eye witnesses. And to me it is obvious that some of the witnesses purposely lied. That includes the Gentle Giant friend.

So why isn't some of these people being prosecuted for perjury.

Because ALL the officials involved are Democrats.

Posted by: Vic at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (u9gzs)

103 Sweet. The blog finally achieved 1.21 gigawatts.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (vgIRn)

104 TWO pieces of left over Mice Meat pie for lunch. A nap is in my future.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (0FSuD)

105
The chart is harder than the Obamacare flow chart.

My flow is linoleum, by the way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (CMkNk)

106

What difference, at this point, does it make?!!?!!!?1?!!??!?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (HSmrB)

107 Is this the great AoSHQ Unenstompening?

Posted by: Soona at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (IXPIt)

108 I just left a comment in a future post.

I feel all TARDISy.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (JtwS4)

So which Companion are you?

Posted by: steveegg at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (cL79m)

109 Okay... I haven't looked at the high-res versions.

Let me guess, though. Everyone who says, "No, he was totes surrendering" has... credibility issues.

What do I win?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (M1uf/)

110 Did the media just have ace remove a post?

Or is this what being banned is like?

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (AC0lD)

111 Hey moms, how come I still don't have no headstone yo? That's kinda cold.

Posted by: Zombie Michael Brown at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (Ktnum)

112 Looks like the white house flushed the stompy post down the memory hole

Posted by: Walter Duranty at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (LoIJo)

113 89 New thread ~~exploded~~ self-destructed.

fixt

Posted by: Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (sGtp+)

114 "I just left a comment in a future post."

You're not the only one. Those posts will find each of us again.

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (/jpU8)

115 we all know how charts look all authoritative and stuff.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:28 PM (nqBYe)

116 Does Settlers of Catan have a video game?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:28 PM (ZeBBB)

117
The next post will be written by Edith Keeler.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (CMkNk)

118 The blog giveth and the blog taketh away.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (RALhu)

119 Looks like the thread had an exhaust port ... 'bout the size of a womp rat.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (Oz2Jh)

120 OT: Heads up to any morons who may be in the vicinity of Steve Israel,
because I'm thinking he's about to burst into flames or be struck by
lightning:

"The Republicans are very good at creating a crisis atmosphere that thrives on partisanship and politicizing every issue, said Rep Steve Israel of New York, a member of the House Democrat's leadership.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (DLu2s)

121 And the enstompening is unstomped.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (yeQ/L)

122 Meh, most of those people were either not there or can't be trusted. Its not even in dispute any longer, the facts are proven and reliable. Its only idiots who don't give a crap about truth who even question this.

What bothers me is that everyone, everywhere, knows that a mother of a dead child will always shout how their baby was an angel, pure as driven snow, a saint. And everyone knows they're full of crap. That they'll call the most horrific monster that ever walked the earth a special pure snowflake when they die.

But when it serves a political purpose, well who cares about that? We have a deeper truth!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (39g3+)

123 111 Hey moms, how come I still don't have no headstone yo? That's kinda cold.
Posted by: Zombie Michael Brown at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (Ktnum)

Because the headstone dude won't take EBT, and the t-shirts ain't movin', darlin'.

Posted by: Mama Brown at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (oKE6c)

124 Jim Hoft @gatewaypundit
Michael Brown's Stepfather Apologizes for Inciting Riots That Destroyed Half of #Ferguson shar.es/1XN8Be via @gatewaypundit

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (ZPrif)

125 TWO pieces of left over Mice Meat pie for lunch. A nap is in my future.

Disgusting.

Posted by: Garfield at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (Ua6T/)

126 I have a lot of disappointing moments when it comes to la affair Brown, chief being that Harry Reid has not found a way to blame the Koch Brothers for the death of the gentle giant.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President of the Sheena Easton Fan Club at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (OWjjx)

127 i don't see on the chart what media 'service 'outed Wilson's address first.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (nqBYe)

128 I'm oughta print those graphs out, and take 'em to the pistol range. Stapled to a standard B-27 target, with added "arms up" extensions affixed thereon.

No, I'm not going to do it, but posting photos of it would damn near be worth the backlash, just watching the statists heads esplode.

They're not liberals. They've not the faintest trace of liberty in their doings. They're Mussolini-grade, A-1 pure Statists/Fascists.

From the organizers, to the agitators, to the rioters. The whole damn lot of 'em.

And they're backed by a lying, fascist media.

Interesting times.

/Chinese curse

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (RzZOc)

129 Looks like the thread had an exhaust port ... 'bout the size of a womp rat.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (Oz2Jh)

Unshielded exhaust port, and me and the General Lee jumped it.

Posted by: Luke "Duke" Skywalker at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (cL79m)

130 we all know how charts look all authoritative and stuff.

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You betcha.

Posted by: Ross Perot at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (XUKZU)

131 Posted by: gracepmc at December 03, 2014 01:12 PM (xvd51

True that.

Indeed I know people who were saying "he was unarmed, that's the only evidence I need."

Hopefully they'll remember that when the burning times come they get beat to death by mobs

.

Hell logic like that doesn't follow at all. One of my cousins posted that to facebook and my dad (who has been mugged twice violently by people who were either unarmed or armed with nothing more than a slapjack) noted "They don't have to be armed for you to fear for you life, I know this."

And she still wouldn't shut up. (She finally went away when another family member pointed out that all her boycotting shit was going to hurt the hourly workers she claims to care about.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (HDwDg)

132 Some of the witness notes on the original graphic-...

Witness 41 Interview #2

"Witness says he just lied. Amends half of statement a few times. Claims Wilson's face was red. Statement ends with him claiming now to have suicidal thoughts and is planning to hurt himself."

Witness 45

"Claims there were two officers in the vehicle."

Witness 57 Interview #2

"Radio interview played that contradicts the testimony given to law enforcement."

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (RJMhd)

133 119 Looks like the thread had an exhaust port ... 'bout the size of a womp rat.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (Oz2Jh)

Does the womp rat go "womp, womp, womp" like the muted trumpet sound effect signifying epic fail?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (CMkNk)

134

So which Companion are you?

Either Rose Tyler or Martha Jones.

It would be worth being a girl if I could be that hawt.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (JtwS4)

135 @124. Funny, now that he is under investigation he manages to apologize.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President of the Sheena Easton Fan Club at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (OWjjx)

136

I can encapsulate this whole Media-Gentle-Giant affair thusly:

Us: a British parking officer

Them: an obstinate, redundant, on-message little angry bully calling us "cunt" over and over.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (rTCJ6)

137 Charts are heteronomative, racist bullshĨt

Posted by: Don Lemon at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (LoIJo)

138 121 And the enstompening is unstomped.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (yeQ/L)

Thanks for the clarification. I looked and it wasn't there. Thought my eyes were playing tricks, again.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (l1zOH)

139 And... now the drugs are kicking in.

To continue to work/post, or not to continue. That is the question.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (M1uf/)

140 "The Republicans are very good at creating a crisis atmosphere that thrives on partisanship and politicizing every issue, said Rep Steve Israel of New York, a member of the House Democrat's leadership.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (DLu2s)

Textbook example of leftist projection.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (FMbng)

141 Clue : follow the business insider links to get a tour of the Playboy mansion.

Monet! Give me Monet! is what I want.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (RALhu)

142 we all know how charts look all authoritative and stuff.
Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:28 PM (nqBYe)

----------------------------------------

Charts are nature's way of telling us we're too stupid to have it explained in words.

Posted by: Soona at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (IXPIt)

143 Wha happen to the next thread???????????????????

Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (K4YiS)

144 Mice Meat pie

*************

A delicious treat cheerfully served at fine Barrels everywhere. Along with "Fudgie the Centipede" ice cream cakes.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (vgIRn)

145 >>Is this the great AoSHQ Unenstompening?

Destompening.

Or was it destompifying?

Oh forget it.

Uh, what new thread?

This is the only new thread you are looking for.

Posted by: HQ Style Guide at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (0xTsz)

146 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 03, 2014 01:29 PM (39g3+)

Shakespeare got it exactly backwards. The good is not interred with the bones. It's all that survives and the wickedness is buried.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (HDwDg)

147
Coming to a PBS affiliate near you in 2015 - The Gentle Giant Storytime Hour.

In which Gentle Giants, our nation's untapped and ignored reservoir of moral and intellectual strength, will read out loud stories to inspire our ill-served yoots. Be sure to follow it on Phacebook and share this news with your friends!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (/dvmK)

148
Until we slap the piss out of that angry redundant bully, we'll always be on the losing side.

#dlampwasright

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (rTCJ6)

149 Monet needed glasses.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (ZeBBB)

150 I believe the second chart made everything clear.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (oKE6c)

151 And... now the drugs are kicking in.

To continue to work/post, or not to continue. That is the question.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:31 PM (M1uf/)

Depends on whether you have sick pay.

Posted by: steveegg at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (cL79m)

152 111 Hey moms, how come I still don't have no headstone yo? That's kinda cold.
Posted by: Zombie Michael Brown at December 03, 2014 01:27 PM (Ktnum)

Because nobody's looted a flat screen the right size to fit on it, darling! I wish you had made some brighter friends in your gang career, sweetie!

Posted by: Leslie "Does This TShirt Make My Ass Look Fat" McSpadden at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (DLu2s)

153 Either Rose Tyler or Martha Jones.

It would be worth being a girl if I could be that hawt.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (JtwS4)

I LOVED Martha Jones. Beautiful, beautiful young woman. She left too soon.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (AC0lD)

154
I just left a comment in a future post.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

"I'm coming back."

"When!?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (kdS6q)

155 Notice how their narrative always has us on the run.

Posted by: Mega at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (hHFOx)

156 @132

In the Hood, dat public education not be working too well.

I guess when the DA said you can go to jail for lying, the MFer woke up.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (0FSuD)

157 To get the jump on when Ace reposts the upcoming thread about the charts documenting left-wing bias in the media and academia, here's my back-from-the-future comment:

------

Seriously, though, Ace, you may want to mention this significant fact in an update or new post:

In almost every aspect of human behavior and natural existence, any chart documenting the extent of variation is in what statisticians call "a bell curve," which means that most people/things/behaviors fall in the middle of the spectrum, and the more extreme/outlying you are, the fewer examples there are out on the edges.

And all of sociology and anthropology and social sciences to this day assume that everything falls on a "bell curve."

This ought to apply to political beliefs as well: most people ought to be some variant of "centrist," with a few far-lefties and and few far-righties at the fringes.

HOWEVER, these charts demonstrate the opposite: most of them have an INVERSE bell curve: in other words, NO ONE is in the middle. (Well, not "no one," but a statistically shocking small percentage.)

In almost every chart, there are "up bumps" at the edges, and a DIP in the middle -- but the middle is where everyone ought to be.

Even the charts that are crazily lopsided show this effect: The "news media" chart for example shows about 92% of them are far far far left-wing, about 7% are somewhat conservative, and basically NONE are "centrist."

Same is true for every other chart.

So this proves, conclusively, that American politics has been irrevocably and utterly polarized: two extremes facing off across a vast gulf.

Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (K4YiS)

158 The Stalking, Torture, and Murder of Michael Brown

Posted by: A Spike Lee Joint at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (Ktnum)

159
Because ALL the officials involved are Democrats.
Posted by: Vic at December 03, 2014 01:26 PM (u9gzs

And all of the prospective criminals are from the Hood.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (l1zOH)

160 That other thread...its dead, Jim.

Posted by: Dr. McCoy at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (OWjjx)

161 143
Wha happen to the next thread???????????????????

Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (K4YiS)

Fairness in Internet Media legislation has just been passed.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (AC0lD)

162 And she still wouldn't shut up. (She finally went away when another family member pointed out that all her boycotting shit was going to hurt the hourly workers she claims to care about.)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (HDwDg)

she might go ahead and say that to a wife of an abuser.
Look He didn't have a knife'gun'brick' so fists don't really count.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (nqBYe)

163 "Witness says he just lied. Amends half of statement a few times. Claims Wilson's face was red.

Statement ends with him claiming now to have suicidal thoughts and is planning to hurt himself."

Go on......

Posted by: rickb223 at December 03, 2014 01:35 PM (yeQ/L)

164 This PBS chart is brought to you by the letters L, I and E

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 03, 2014 01:35 PM (wtvvX)

165 #dlampwasright

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys Girls at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (rTCJ6)

Nobody gives a shit whether he was right.....

He was breaking the rules.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2014 01:35 PM (Zu3d9)

166 Just to emphasize the point, PBS has lent their imprimatur to this piece (as though they analyzed the data), but it actually was produced by a Media Matters 'Climate Reporter'. Science!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2014 01:35 PM (l1zOH)

167 Hey when they killed Zamir that was a fair fight they only used Hammers and stuff.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:35 PM (nqBYe)

168 >>This is the only new thread you are looking for.
Posted by: HQ Style Guide

This is the only new thread you are looking for??

Posted by: The Rev. Al Style Guide at December 03, 2014 01:36 PM (0xTsz)

169 Thread stomp?

That's "Net Neutral" right?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 03, 2014 01:36 PM (0FSuD)

170
That second chart ain't 'splainin' shit, but it did set Edward Tufte's head spinning faster than Linda Blair's in The Exorcist.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 03, 2014 01:36 PM (/dvmK)

171 Next, for a $50 donation, we will send you a personally autographed "Gone To Soon" t-shirt signed by one of the Brown family members.

Posted by: A PBS Telefund in your future. at December 03, 2014 01:36 PM (OWjjx)

172 Be sure to give Noah Rothman a follow on twitter
_________________

No thanks. I don't follow amnesty pimps.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 03, 2014 01:36 PM (2ruKl)

173 I just left a comment in a future post.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

"I'm coming back."

"When!?"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix

Yesterday.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 03, 2014 01:37 PM (yeQ/L)

174 And she still wouldn't shut up. (She finally went away when another
family member pointed out that all her boycotting shit was going to hurt
the hourly workers she claims to care about.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (HDwDg)

Luckily even my Liberalest brother isn't quite that stupid. Of course, he's actually taken some martial arts (long ago) and remembers that hands can be quite deadly.

I do think everyone who spouts that nonsense needs to be kidney-punched.

Not just for the satisfaction of kidney-punching an idiot, but also so they can realize how terrifying an "unarmed" assault can be.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:37 PM (M1uf/)

175
Charts are nature's way of telling us we're too stupid to have it explained in words.
Posted by: Soona at December 03, 2014 01:32 PM (IXPIt

Speak for yourself, that's why there is Voxplain baby

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:38 PM (l1zOH)

176 "So this proves, conclusively, that American politics has been irrevocably and utterly polarized: two extremes facing off across a vast gulf"

I'm doubtful that that's new. Anyone beating others in the House these days?

The difference, of course, is that today the "government" (at all levels) has influence over day to day life that was unimaginable (outside of a classroom) a mere 30 or 40 years ago (I know, like Vic I was here then).
We could point at and chuckle at most of what went on in Panem on the Powtowmack as it meant very little to our lives.
Today, the stakes are higher. Far too high.

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 03, 2014 01:38 PM (/jpU8)

177 PRESS RELEASE:

"Sesame Street Productions announces a new cast of characters for the upcoming PBS season!

Elmo will be retired, to be replaced by Big Mike the Gentle Giant, who will teach children about white privilege.

Oscar the Grouch will be retired and replaced by Darren the Racist, who will serve as an all-purpose comic villain and "negative behavior example" to be avoided."

Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:38 PM (K4YiS)

178 Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (K4YiS)

Curves best describe information that is not binary.

A yes/no question has a right answer and a wrong answer. The responses shouldn't fit a bell curve.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2014 01:38 PM (Zu3d9)

179 "Why has nobody pointed out that officer Wilson
showed courageous restraint in not shooting Brown's accomplice in the
strong arm robbery?"

Dorian?

There wouldn't have been any opportunity to do so.

It's pretty clear that the instant Big Mike went after officer Wilson, loyal Dorian was gone so fast he left behind a line of footprints with flames and smoke in them, like an old Warner Brothers cartoon.

Not least because Dorian was toting around open warrants from another jurisdiction (which is why he was in Ferguson: he was on the lam and trying to stay away from cops who might recognize him) and definitively did *NOT* want for the Gentle Giant to start attracting heat.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 03, 2014 01:39 PM (noWW6)

180

DAY 1463

0 to go (73 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:39 PM (CMkNk)

181 If the charts aren't animated, they are impossible to follow. How will we know what data is important if it isn't animated.

There must be animation.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 03, 2014 01:39 PM (RALhu)

182 Re: Ace's phantom stomp. That piece by Molly is excellent and dovetails with this taxpayer funded PBS abortion.

Posted by: flounder at December 03, 2014 01:39 PM (sDapq)

183 somedays i just want to have a good cry.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:39 PM (nqBYe)

184 171 Next, for a $50 donation, we will send you a personally autographed "Gone To Soon" t-shirt signed by one of the Brown family members.
Posted by: A PBS Telefund in your future. at December 03, 2014 01:36 PM (OWjjx

If I sent you an extra Benjamin do I get a St. Trayvon hoodie?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:40 PM (l1zOH)

185 The Gentle Giant Storytime Hour

-
We've got Mike Tyson Mysteries now so it's not a huge step.

P.S. I think the solution to all the mysteries is in the hotel room with an 18 year old and alcohol.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:40 PM (XUKZU)

186 Funny, now that he is under investigation he manages to apologize.

Hope somebody tells him to shove his apology up his no doubt crack-ridden ass.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2014 01:40 PM (zF6Iw)

187 At least some of the witnesses were likely of Rachel Jenteal quality.

Posted by: --- at December 03, 2014 01:40 PM (MMC8r)

188 Next, for a $50 donation, we will send you a personally autographed
"Gone To Soon" t-shirt signed by one of the Brown family members.

That's pretty expensive for an oil rag.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:41 PM (M1uf/)

189 Dorian was such a nice man that He told the gentle Mike to stop messing with the small clerk at the store.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:41 PM (nqBYe)

190 Look, we need money because those racist, science hating Republicans are cutting our funding. So, for a $100 donation, you get a lap dance from Gwen Ifill.

Posted by: A PBS Telefund in your future. at December 03, 2014 01:41 PM (OWjjx)

191 If you can read this chart without glasses, you qualify to be an astronaut!

_______________________

"You're too much of a pussy to shoot me.
Should be chiseled on the thug's tombstone."

Photoshoppers, get busy!

Posted by: Meremortal at December 03, 2014 01:41 PM (1Y+hH)

192 At least some of the witnesses were likely of Rachel Jenteal quality.

That's real retarded. Sir.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:41 PM (M1uf/)

193 188 That's pretty expensive for an oil rag.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:41 PM (M1uf/)

Oil rag? More like a teenage boy's sweat sock. The one hidden between the mattress and box spring.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:42 PM (CMkNk)

194 'too much of a p*ssy' to a cop, or another man .

that must have been some strong weed.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:42 PM (nqBYe)

195 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon 6m
A Man After Our Own Heart: Medal of Honor Recipient Trolls the Islamic State http://goo.gl/rVwpDZ

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (ZPrif)

196 "At least some of the witnesses were likely of Rachel Jenteal quality."

but can they read cursive?

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (/jpU8)

197 191 "You're too much of a pussy to shoot me.
Should be chiseled on the thug's tombstone."

Photoshoppers, get busy!
Posted by: Meremortal at December 03, 2014 01:41 PM (1Y+hH)

Worthy of "Spoon River Anthology."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (CMkNk)

198 somedays i just want to have a good cry.
Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:39 PM (nqBYe)

*shoves kleenex and shoulder into USB*

Posted by: Meremortal at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (1Y+hH)

199 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:37 PM (M1uf/

Meh she also constantly wonders why we don't come and visit her in the crime ridden area of North St. Louis.

I want to say "it's because we aren't protected by our skin color" but have stopped just short of that.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (HDwDg)

200 Well, if the riot instigator apologized for what he said, then it's ok. He didn't really mean it, and he's sorry, and he didn't mean for there to be an actual 'burning of property'. He was just speaking figuratively and rhetorically. Speechifying as it were, for the news cameras.

So we should forgive him and just move on. For the Children.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (RALhu)

201 so was the pssy comment after the wrestle with the gun and punch to the head?

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (nqBYe)

202 I speak cursive!

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (Ktnum)

203 Anbody else see that NYPost article Headlined, paraphrasing, Hillary's chances signal doom for the Tea Party, in which the article mentions nothing about the Tea Party except that Hillary and her supporters are anti-Tea Party?

I thought I was on crack or something. Nothing substantive whatsoever. It's like it was written by ADHD 8 year old girl or something.

Posted by: flounder at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (sDapq)

204 194 'too much of a p*ssy' to a cop, or another man .

that must have been some strong weed.
Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:42 PM (nqBYe

Did he have a BAC? Because from what I know, strong weed alone wouldn't provoke that kind of stupidity.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (l1zOH)

205 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon 6m

Dammit Free Not-Bacon!!!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (M1uf/)

206 I did not see on the chart where any of the witnesses referred to Mike Brown as "Gentle Giant."

This can't be right.

Posted by: Fritz at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (dVmLD)

207 Charts? I don't need no stinkin' charts.

Posted by: Captain Hazelwood at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (LoIJo)

208 Re: Ace's phantom stomp. That piece by Molly is excellent and dovetails with this taxpayer funded PBS abortion.

Posted by: flounder at December 03, 2014 01:39 PM (sDapq)

Color me "meh." Sure, the piece was great, but she's only preaching to the choir. Any MFM bastard who needs to read that piece and have second thoughts won't. The ones who will read it are on our side already and hate the media, or, if they're in the business, will think they're one of the good Germans and that Hemingway's piece doesn't apply to them.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (zF6Iw)

209 Curves best describe information that is not binary.

A yes/no question has a right answer and a wrong answer. The responses shouldn't fit a bell curve.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

True, but political beliefs are NOT simply a "yes/no question" nor are they binary. The chart documents the extremism level of where the donations from journalists (for example) are going: to groups that are far-left, medium-left, somewhat left, middle, somewhat right, medium right, far right -- and all gradations in between. So in theory, under normal social sciences theory, the distribution curve ought to be at least somewhat bell-shaped, even if slid way over to the left. The respondants are not answering a single yes/no question.

Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (K4YiS)

210 @199. Crazy. I have African American friends that won't go to North St. Louis.

Posted by: A PBS Telefund in your future. at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (OWjjx)

211 shoves kleenex and shoulder into USB*
Posted by: Meremortal

ty, It's a tough world and i need to find my big girl pants these days.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (nqBYe)

212 The Stalking, Torture, and Murder of Michael Brown

-
By the Coward Darren Wilson

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (XUKZU)

213 187
At least some of the witnesses were likely of Rachel Jenteal quality.

Posted by: --- at December 03, 2014 01:40 PM (MMC8r)

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Posted by: Rachel Genteal at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (sDapq)

214 Next, for a $50 donation, we will send you a personally autographed "Gone To Soon" t-shirt signed by one of the Brown family members.
Posted by: A PBS Telefund in your future. at December 03, 2014 01:36 PM (OWjjx)

-----------------------------------------------

And for just $25 more, we'll throw in a rubber bracelet that says "WWMBD".

Posted by: Soona at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (IXPIt)

215 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon 6m
A Man After Our Own Heart: Medal of Honor Recipient Trolls the Islamic State http://goo.gl/rVwpDZ

"I can't travel over there anymore now that I'm out of the Marine Corps, so having them come to me would help out a lot," Meyer told Scout about the current IS threat.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (ZPrif)

216 Nold up.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (vgIRn)

217 Grubers. All the way down...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (l1zOH)

218 For those of you who are sadly shaking your heads over the ridiculousness of the "eyewitness" testimony, I offer you further food for thought in that the "eyewitness" testimony in the Zimmerman-Martin case was just as crummy.

My favorite was the woman (a retired public school teacher, natch) who absolutely insisted that she had heard Zimmerman shoot Martin multiple times. Despite this being utterly at variance with every available piece of physical evidence.

Prosecutors forge ahead with taking these unsupportable cases in front of jurors, none too subtly trying to damp out race riots, and then are flummoxed when the jury foreman comes back out carrying papers with what amounts to a great big "WTF, dude?" scrawled across the front.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (noWW6)

219 but it actually was produced by a Media Matters 'Climate Reporter'. Science!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2014 01:35 PM (l1zOH)

********

Ugh.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (RJMhd)

220 186 Funny, now that he is under investigation he manages to apologize.

Hope somebody tells him to shove his apology up his no doubt crack-ridden ass.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2014 01:40 PM (zF6Iw)

Wouldn't an apology be a tacit admission that he in fact did incite a riot?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (CMkNk)

221 Oooh, the future has returned! See you there!

Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:46 PM (K4YiS)

222 212 The Stalking, Torture, and Murder of Michael Brown

-
By the Coward Darren Wilson
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 03, 2014 01:45 PM (XUKZU)

1938 = German Jews
2014 = Policemen

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 03, 2014 01:46 PM (CMkNk)

223 PRESS RELEASE: "Sesame Street Productions announces a new cast of characters for the upcoming PBS season!
Posted by: zombie

In other news, Mr Hooper's store will be looted by 'mostly peaceful demonstrators' followed by a diatribe about "giving back to the community".

Posted by: Blue Hen at December 03, 2014 01:46 PM (Spluw)

224 Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (ZPrif)

He looks like Moron.

Maybe we should extend him an invitation.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 03, 2014 01:46 PM (M1uf/)

225 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (l1zOH)
I don't know what BAC is; But i actuallly don't trust any information coming from govt anylonger, because it does seem they are political before responsible.

Posted by: willow at December 03, 2014 01:46 PM (nqBYe)

226 what I know, strong weed alone wouldn't provoke that kind of stupidity.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (l1zOH)

There have been some recent studies showing that some of the more potent street varieties of weed sold today can trigger very aggressive behavior, especially in adolescent males.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 03, 2014 01:47 PM (2ruKl)

227 Weed has different effects on different people.
It's well-documented that weed increases rate and severity of psychosis in young brains.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 03, 2014 01:47 PM (ZPrif)

228 Now that is an excellent, first-rate graphic fisking.

Posted by: Rolf at December 03, 2014 01:47 PM (CGWKY)

229 "You're too much of a pussy to shoot me."

I may have to get this engraved on the side of all of my firearms.

Posted by: Fritz at December 03, 2014 01:47 PM (dVmLD)

230
I, for one, am eagerly awaiting next year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in which the Michael Brown balloon, in the obligatory "hands up, don't shoot" position, will be introduced to an adoring public.

Next year, can't wait!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 03, 2014 01:48 PM (/dvmK)

231 OT: Just one example of why we rarely hear 'conservative' educators speaking in public about politics in contrast to anti-American ones who are very visible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ6TlRnHbL8

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kmbnsku

Posted by: RioBravo at December 03, 2014 01:49 PM (z27Ny)

232 In order to fully appreciate this post I'd like to hear it read in the whispery dulcet tones of an "All Things Considered" bullshitter.

Posted by: Dang at December 03, 2014 01:49 PM (MNq6o)

233 Either Rose Tyler or Martha Jones.

It would be worth being a girl if I could be that hawt.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 03, 2014 01:30 PM (JtwS4)

I LOVED Martha Jones. Beautiful, beautiful young woman. She left too soon.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 03, 2014 01:33 PM (AC0lD)

Other than the Donna Noble unit they were all frigging hot. I think Rose Tyler would be the most fun though. I do like the latest one, she has a natural beauty to her.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 03, 2014 01:49 PM (FMbng)

234 "You're too much of a pussy to shoot me."

"You're too much of a dumb ass for me to not shoot you."

Posted by: Dang at December 03, 2014 01:50 PM (MNq6o)

235 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2014 01:44 PM (zF6Iw)

I get that. But it does not detract from the thought, collection of information, organization, and perspective that went into it.

Posted by: Rachel Genteal at December 03, 2014 01:50 PM (sDapq)

236 Dumb shit Liberals believe:

Indians were given smallpox by way of blankets, on purpose.

Lee Harvey Oswald was a right-winger.

Republicans had no hand in freeing slaves.

The colonists were terrorists because they shot at the Brits from behind trees.

______

That's four out of thousands of examples.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 03, 2014 01:52 PM (1Y+hH)

237
*shoves kleenex and shoulder into USB*

Posted by: Meremortal at December 03, 2014 01:43 PM (1Y+hH)

That sounds painful.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 03, 2014 01:53 PM (9LuAk)

238 Posted by: RioBravo at December 03, 2014 01:49 PM (z27Ny)
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But a leftist black teacher was indeed suspended fired for a tweet. Very rare indeed!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kmbnsku

Posted by: RioBravo at December 03, 2014 01:53 PM (z27Ny)

239 There have been some recent studies showing that some of the more potent street varieties of weed sold today can trigger very aggressive behavior, especially in adolescent males.

Ooh, a new kid on the block. I'm scared.

Posted by: Booze at December 03, 2014 01:54 PM (1Y+hH)

240 New Old Thread Back!

Posted by: RioBravo at December 03, 2014 01:57 PM (z27Ny)

241 Rose Tyler, just because:

http://goo.gl/9MddJV

Posted by: physics geek at December 03, 2014 01:57 PM (MT22W)

242 What you can't kill it, you ridicule it.

I suggest you turn their "hands up" into a "high 10"
... slap both of their hands ... and smile

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 03, 2014 01:58 PM (SmPBN)

243 There have been some recent studies showing that some of the more potent street varieties of weed sold today can trigger very aggressive behavior, especially in adolescent males.

Brown's actions (including the robbery) sure seem to point to him being really pumped about throwing his ample weight around. The drugs have to be figured in to his behavior.

He obviously wasn't the mellow, sleepy stereotype of someone on pot.

Posted by: --- at December 03, 2014 01:58 PM (MMC8r)

244 Rose Tyler, just because:

http://goo.gl/9MddJV

Posted by: physics geek at December 03, 2014 01:57 PM (MT22W)

Hell yeah.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 03, 2014 02:00 PM (FMbng)

245
HOWEVER, these charts demonstrate the opposite:
most of them have an INVERSE bell curve: in other words, NO ONE is in
the middle. (Well, not "no one," but a statistically shocking small
percentage.)

In almost every chart, there are "up bumps" at the edges, and a DIP in the middle -- but the middle is where everyone ought to be.

Even the charts that are crazily lopsided show this effect: The
"news media" chart for example shows about 92% of them are far far far
left-wing, about 7% are somewhat conservative, and basically NONE are
"centrist."

Same is true for every other chart.

So this proves, conclusively, that American politics has been
irrevocably and utterly polarized: two extremes facing off across a vast
gulf.

Posted by: zombie at December 03, 2014 01:34 PM (K4YiS)

Bimodal distribution, i.e., two bell curves, with different X0 values.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 03, 2014 02:16 PM (oKE6c)

246 Of course they're lying. Why shouldn't they go with what they're best at?

Posted by: East Bay Jay at December 03, 2014 02:32 PM (7v8o1)

247 "Bimodal distribution, i.e., two bell curves, with different X0 values."

So you're saying a graph of this phenomenon would totally look like some big ol' bewbies.

Niicccccceeee!

Posted by: Jaws at December 03, 2014 04:34 PM (MCzKF)

248 "There have been some recent studies showing that some of the more potent street varieties of weed sold today can trigger very aggressive behavior, especially in adolescent males. "

Mix in some refreshing Purple Drank and you get something that has now resulted in two high profile dead aspiring rappers.

Drug abuse has unpredictable and harsh downsides? Who knew?

Posted by: Jaws at December 03, 2014 04:39 PM (MCzKF)

249 Disregard following Noah Rothman on twitter. RINO to the Common Core.

Posted by: No Noah Know Peace at December 03, 2014 04:56 PM (nbGZj)

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