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Morning Thread (12-4-2014)

Prep here for the outrage du jour.

Posted by: Andy at 06:54 AM




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1 Today's celebrity birthdays:

Alfred Hershey (DNA rules, bitches!)
Col. Pappy Boyington (baa baa)
Charles Keating (McCain's old buddy)
Ned Romero (illegal flintlocks)
Victor French (Team Edwards)
Katherine Woodville (zapped by the Oracle)
Dennis Wilson (would have been 70 today - RIP)
Jeff Bridges (65 today)
Tony Todd (the other son of Mogh is 60 today)
Mark Robert Brown (space-age fist pumper)
Marisa Tomei (50 today)
Shawn Corey Carter (a.k.a. Jay-Z )
Tyra Banks (where?)

Posted by: Gran at December 04, 2014 06:54 AM (fWqPI)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, December 04, 2014. On this day in 1945 the Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations. This was done via the United Nations Participation Act. The Senate approved it on Dec 20th 1945. That would make it one of those lame duck sessions we all love so much. The Republicans took over both houses in 1946. Does this sound familiar. One of the biggest disasters this country ever did with foreign policy was joining the UN.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:55 AM (u9gzs)

3 There are those who seek truth.
Others gladly hate the truth.
Those dedicated to the Lie
seem to have drops all pretense.
They don't just shade the truth,
They don't nuance the lies with truthiness,
They say anything, make up anything,
And would destroy anyone
just to propagate the Lie.

The war in heaven on earth is getting hotter.

Morning, Glories!

Posted by: mindful webworker - are you ready at December 04, 2014 06:55 AM (YxTUV)

4 Conservatives and Benghazi survivors are coming down hard on the House Benghazi report calling it a cave to the Democrats and going easy on the administration. The committee chairman Mike Rodgers (RINO MI 65/8 has been criticized for focusing on the wrong stuff.


http://is.gd/cwa5CG

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:55 AM (u9gzs)

5 Well the "smoke don't choke" crap has started. This is the latest from Fox (written by AP). And yes, Unindicted felon Holder plans to open an investigation.


http://is.gd/guuHvm

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:55 AM (u9gzs)

6 And the garner death puts a fork in the ass of Obama's $75M body camera boondoggle.


http://is.gd/07z5EL

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:55 AM (u9gzs)

7 One thing before I head out the door:

Any of you morons want to do a Go Fund Me so I can afford this piece of movie history?

http://goo.gl/In4uKp

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2014 06:56 AM (zF6Iw)

8 More details on the actual case from BB. This tends to make me weigh in on the side of the cops and instead they should indict Bloomberg for a stupid law. Based on this it looks like what killed him was a combination of Garner's lifestyle choices and heredity with the implementation of a stupid law.


http://is.gd/v8RP0R

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:56 AM (u9gzs)

9 Texas Gov-elect Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Texas is leading a 17-state coalition suing the Obama administration over the president's [illegal] executive actions on immigration.


I would say if anyone has standing to sue on this score the States would. But by the time this makes it to the court it will all be set in concrete thanks to the RNCe who plans to do nothing but talk it up big while smoking cigars and laughing at their base.


http://is.gd/gk1A3F

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:56 AM (u9gzs)

10 Republicans vow to release more hot air on the corrupt EPA.


http://is.gd/Tcj8rf

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:56 AM (u9gzs)

11 A taxpayer funded college in NJ is being blasted for spending $219,000 on a conference room table made in China. With NJ being one of the prime States going bankrupt this sure does smell. Yeah, and the Fat Man is a fiscal conservative <snark>


http://is.gd/jQRVaj

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:56 AM (u9gzs)

12 Good Morning Vic and pixel people friends.

Posted by: Gmac at December 04, 2014 06:56 AM (4pjhs)

13 Ace's post and tweets about Garner yesterday remind us why the leftist media has such an easy time lampooning the right.

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2014 06:57 AM (7T0u2)

14 Kathleen Sebelius says she never met Gruber and that he had little to do with the bill. Yeah scrunt, then why were you paying him all that money? She has about as much credibility on this as Al Capone had on his taxes. Does anybody in this administration ever tell the truth about anything? I think not.


http://is.gd/7ffIZS

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:57 AM (u9gzs)

15 A federal appeals court has stepped in and blocked a TX execution because the defendant acted as his own lawyer and had a bizarre defense strategy. So here it is folks. All you have to do to skate on multiple murder is to act out in court.


http://is.gd/dCfH4S

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:57 AM (u9gzs)

16 We had a discussion about PAYGO and what a farce it was. Here is more evidence that nobody gives a shit about as the House overwhelming approves a new program for the disabled. What's a few more billion added to the $18T of debt?


http://is.gd/V7KvS2

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:57 AM (u9gzs)

17 SCOTUS to hear new "pregnancy rights" case. I am not sure which side to weigh in on here but the EEOC has weighed in against UPS so I would tilt toward ruling against the woman. My feeling is that if you intend on getting pregnant then don't hire into a job that requires you to be able to lift 70 pound packages.


http://is.gd/mtIQ7w

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:58 AM (u9gzs)

18 This year has been the coldest in Chicago in 100 years. Must be more global warming.


http://is.gd/8Hb9JV

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:58 AM (u9gzs)

19 Scankles speaks to a half empty hall at Georgetown (and probably gets $300K for it too). (Warning, link to Daily Caller via Drudge)


http://is.gd/7D2LWD

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:58 AM (u9gzs)

20 Yesterday I spoke about how stupid liberals are. That includes their Democrat Representatives.


Dem Congressman: State Department Should Hire Islamic Clerics To Teach Everyone How Peaceful Islam Is


http://is.gd/QFfR4E

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:58 AM (u9gzs)

21 Protestors (presumably Garner or maybe Ferguson, you never know today) shut down the Lincoln Tunnel exits in NYC.


http://is.gd/5NC0Ly

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:59 AM (u9gzs)

22 Commie De Blasio fans the flames on the Garner death. I hope all those NYC voters like their shit sandwich when the riots start.


http://is.gd/3Uy9jM

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:59 AM (u9gzs)

23 Military personnel taking it in the shitter again in budget cuts and looks like House Republicans will be helping the Dems do it. Hard to tell with this article. More lame duck nonsense.


http://is.gd/Ij7BmO

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:59 AM (u9gzs)

24 Boner begs Hoyer for votes to fund Obama's illegal amnesty says BB.


http://is.gd/gvwOBP

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:59 AM (u9gzs)

25 IBD on the out of control EPA.


http://is.gd/CoRbPt

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:00 AM (u9gzs)

26 IBD looks at why stocks are thriving while the economy is mired in shit. I disagree with their call. Stocks haven't represented the economy, are in some cases, even the net value of a company for a long time. They mainly reflect what speculators and institutional gamblers think with make them the most money in short term deals.


http://is.gd/yPgu4V

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:00 AM (u9gzs)

27 Anybody seen Julia?

Posted by: Emperor Barack I, the Christmas Light Bringer at December 04, 2014 07:00 AM (GFYLz)

28 IBD on the lame duck congress and the Republican sell-out. They have a new term for next year; the dead duck congress.


http://is.gd/6pef3C

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:00 AM (u9gzs)

29 The Daily Deals


http://is.gd/sdy7Zu




That's it for today folks. I have an early Dr appointment this morning so I will be bailing out early. It's not early enough though, because no coffee or breakfast until they draw blood. The last time I took a container of coffee with me but then I saw a sign that said no food or drink. The worst part of getting old is the getting tied to multiple doctors all the time.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:01 AM (u9gzs)

30 There's no outrage...everything is just ducky....

I am enamored that when you remove HILLARY! from the equation Joey Plugz leads all challengers for King Jackass with 41% support...

because if there's ANYTHING America NEEDS right now it is a legit brain damaged leader.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 07:03 AM (/4AZU)

31 Can I get some ketchup?

Posted by: freaked at December 04, 2014 07:04 AM (JdEZJ)

32 NASA is planning to launch the new Orion manned spacecraft on its first test flight at 7:17 am EST.

http://www.ulalaunch.com/nasa.aspx

It will be a short flight, only 4 hours and 23 minutes long. It's similar to SpaceX's first Dragon test flight in December 2010, just two orbits and a splashdown. Orion will loop high above Earth in order to achieve a high-speed re-entry.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:04 AM (sdi6R)

33 Saw a car yesterday with three stickers on it:

- It's a toaster thing, you wouldn't understand.
- I love toasters.
- The gaystapo, child raping, HRC equal sign.

Considering the story about the guy and the toaster from earlier this year, I hate to even ask.

Posted by: Better Feared than Loved at December 04, 2014 07:04 AM (jasFi)

34 I'm bringing her a government issue Christmas tree. And egg nog. Official OFA egg nog.

Posted by: Emperor Barack I, the Christmas Light Bringer at December 04, 2014 07:04 AM (GFYLz)

35 Re: #2, Vic --

The end-of-'45 Congressional sessions would not have been "lame duck" unless some special odd-year election had been called that history knows nothing about.

Yes, the Republicans -- there actually were a few in those days -- won control in the elections of '46, but they would not have been in office until January, '47.

Not trying to start flames -- although the purposes and actions taken by the UN were of a different sort in those days -- but Congress had no "lame duck" (or even ruptured duck) sessions in December of '45....

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:05 AM (yAC3X)

36 34
I'm bringing her a government issue Christmas tree. And egg nog. Official OFA egg nog.

Posted by: Emperor Barack I, the Christmas Light Bringer at December 04, 2014 07:04 AM (GFYLz)


Ah egg-nog. One thing I miss during the Christmas season. Can't have it since my heart attack. It is pure cholesterol.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:07 AM (u9gzs)

37 Thanks for the news Vic and good luck at the doc's. I go also this am for heart stress test - the nuke-u-ler kind. On a total fast also until the 3 - 4 hour test is completed.

I have plenty of fat reserves to carry me through, however!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 04, 2014 07:07 AM (JO9+V)

38 Hold due to ground wind violation.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:07 AM (sdi6R)

39 35
Re: #2, Vic --

The end-of-'45 Congressional sessions would not
have been "lame duck" unless some special odd-year election had been
called that history knows nothing about.

Yes, the Republicans -- there actually were a few in those days -- won control in the elections of '46, but they would not have been in office until January, '47.

Not
trying to start flames -- although the purposes and actions taken by
the UN were of a different sort in those days -- but Congress had no
"lame duck" (or even ruptured duck) sessions in December of '45....


Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:05 AM (yAC3X)

It had to be since the article I looked at said that Republicans were taking over both houses in January. or maybe I misread it. But regardless of that, it was a massive screw-up by Democrats once again.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:08 AM (u9gzs)

40 37
Thanks for the news Vic and good luck at the doc's. I go also this am
for heart stress test - the nuke-u-ler kind. On a total fast also until
the 3 - 4 hour test is completed.



I have plenty of fat reserves to carry me through, however!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 04, 2014 07:07 AM (JO9+V)

I hate those but haven't had one in a while. I quit going to my heart doctor, too far to drive for nothing.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:10 AM (u9gzs)

41 Hold due to ground wind violation.



They ever clear that boat out of the area?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:10 AM (eUfnz)

42 Good luck and God bless. count.

I've had one of those tests, Count. By the afternoon it will be over an you'll be able to have a meal.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:11 AM (FS3xS)

43 Based on this it looks like what killed him was a combination of Garner's lifestyle choices and heredity

Cardiovascular disease equals poor blood flow to the brain of the deceased.

As to the police, in a 'fight or flight' scenario our bodies automatically direct blood flow from the 'newer' brain to the 'old brain'. The 'old' brain directs respiration, muscle control -- the things that once upon a time helped us escape a charging rhino. The 'new' brain which separates us from primates is shut down until danger subsides.

Engaging the police and resisting arrest? Never a good idea, but some certain segment of society will never 'get that' basic notion.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 07:12 AM (zxQ4h)

44 Protesters close the Lincoln tunnel-

Remember the good old days when the press was outraged when a single lane on a bridge was closed? Good times...

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 04, 2014 07:13 AM (KlVdw)

45 ground wind violation

NASA loses challenge, and will be charged with a time-out.
Back in the day (as I was just saying when thread ended), this would be Cronkite's cue to play with plastic models for ten hours, "by golly."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 04, 2014 07:13 AM (xq1UY)

46 Vic, the best part of getting old is saying you didn't see the sign.

Posted by: tidbit at December 04, 2014 07:14 AM (Z+ioZ)

47


DAY 758

705 to go (778 to Inauguration Day 2017)


Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.




Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:15 AM (CMkNk)

48 ...the article I looked at said that Republicans were
taking over both houses in January. Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:08 AM


You can't believe everything you see on Teh Intarwebz, Vic.

Regular elections are held on even-numbered years (1946). The new officeholders take over at the start of the following odd-numbered year (1947). So in December, 1945, the drones would have had their places since the previous January.

What bothers me more than Congress approving membership in the UN back then is that in all the years since they haven't gotten us the hell out. Bonerism has been alive and well in D.C. for many, many decades.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:15 AM (yAC3X)

49 From Smitty at "The Other McCain" website:

"I'm old enough to remember when duty, honor and manhood went without saying and without marketing buzzwords. For anyone ambiguous on the point of manhood, take a four day sabbatical, pray and read one Gospel a day. You'll not regret the time investment"

I liked it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:16 AM (FS3xS)

50 2 One of the biggest disasters this country ever did with foreign policy was joining the UN.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:55 AM (u9gzs)


Well, at least it recognized the State of Israel. Then again, the Israelis would have created their own state anyway and the UN is on the verge of unrecognizing it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:17 AM (CMkNk)

51 I too like egg nog. And the Education Department.

Posted by: Mini-Emperor Bush, The Jebster at December 04, 2014 07:17 AM (GFYLz)

52 43 Cardiovascular disease equals poor blood flow to the brain of the deceased.



Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 07:12 AM (zxQ4h)


My research shows that heart attacks and your probability of having one are largely due to heredity and life style choices. Number 1 - heredity, number 2 smoking, number 3 overweight with a non-exercise life style.


This guy was morbidly obese and I would bet he has a family history of heart problems.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:17 AM (u9gzs)

53 41 Hold due to ground wind violation.



They ever clear that boat out of the area?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:10 AM (eUfnz)



That wind gust was off the boat being chased out of the range.

Posted by: Havedash at December 04, 2014 07:19 AM (G1XMn)

54 Also,since he was selling loose cigarettes I would bet he was also a smoker.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:19 AM (u9gzs)

55 52 This guy was morbidly obese and I would bet he has a family history of heart problems.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:17 AM (u9gzs)


What did the toxicology report say? Fat, asthmatic and perhaps panic stricken might all be factors.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:20 AM (CMkNk)

56 BTW, has NASA properly conferred with the mooslims about this launch?

Posted by: Havedash at December 04, 2014 07:20 AM (G1XMn)

57 55 What did the toxicology report say? Fat, asthmatic and perhaps panic stricken might all be factors.





Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:20 AM (CMkNk)

That article talked about it.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:21 AM (u9gzs)

58 I certainly hope and pray that NYC doesn't go up in flames because Bill DeBlasio has antagonized and demonized policeman since he began office. He needs them far more than they need him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:21 AM (FS3xS)

59 Well, at least it recognized the State of Israel.
Then again, the Israelis would have created their own state anyway and
the UN is on the verge of unrecognizing it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:17 AM


Agreed re Israel. But the UN started to go all wobbly in 1950 when the Korean War started, and has been in steady decline ever since.

How many Israels could have been established with all the multi-billions of dollars we've pissed away on the UN?

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:22 AM (yAC3X)

60 58 I certainly hope and pray that NYC doesn't go up in flames because Bill DeBlasio has antagonized and demonized policeman since he began office. He needs them far more than they need him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:21 AM (FS3xS)



Funny how the whole "let it burn" meme seems to have new meaning now.

Posted by: Havedash at December 04, 2014 07:22 AM (G1XMn)

61 Any bets on a gun control EO before January 2017? Will Eric Holder grab himself a Marc Rich pardon? La's Vegas should get betting lines established because I'm betting "yes" on both counts.

Posted by: MTF at December 04, 2014 07:24 AM (GFYLz)

62 Engaging the police and resisting arrest? Never a good idea, but some certain segment of society will never 'get that' basic notion.


My ex once asked why it took four or more to cuff someone. I told her, "watch COPS". They are trying to avoid injuring the resistor.

It CAN be done with a lot fewer officers, if you don't mind broken bones and infirmary visits.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:25 AM (eUfnz)

63 Funny how the whole "let it burn" meme seems to have new meaning now.

Posted by: Havedash at December 04, 2014 07:22 AM


Yes, and those who have been loudly advocating for "LiB" get reeeeeeaaalllll quiet when it's actual SHTF time.

My daddy always told me to never point a weapon at anyone unless you are prepared to use it. I feel the same way about the "let it burn" stuff. If you can't stand the heat, stay the hell out of the kitchen.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:26 AM (yAC3X)

64 Has di commieo limited the size of molotov cocktails to 16 oz yet? If not better hurry up.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 07:27 AM (91eZY)

65 And FTR, I think there was probably questionable about this incident (But Lord knows I don't want to dredge up the whole rancorous debate from yesterday) and yes, there are rogue and corrupt cops and ones who are too aggressive,but when I think of how they protected people from loonies who would have sabotaged the Macy Thanksgiving Parade and numerous other examples I am grateful for them.

I think this is a push-among other things to disarm cops.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:27 AM (FS3xS)

66 1 - 8 oz cup of egg nog has about 350 mg of cholesterol. That is almost a two day allotment of cholesterol for me.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:27 AM (u9gzs)

67 60 Havedash,

Not new at all.

NYC voted for this.

Posted by: Sven10077 at December 04, 2014 07:28 AM (Oafn4)

68 Just got to the part in the Mansfield bio of Churchill Volume 3 where General Slim receives the Order of the Ring-Dang-Do from Princess Tania from Thighland. I always thought that was just something Sam the Sham and the Pharos made up.

Posted by: Buddha at December 04, 2014 07:28 AM (3CczE)

69 30 -

If we have learned anything over the years it is that politics is, and always has been to a large extent, theater.

It's expensive theater, with very serious consequences, but the people who perform go through a complicated set of gyrations on a huge, life-size stage.

If they are putting Biden forward, it means one of two things: 1. they already know they aren't going to win in '16, so they expect him to put on the right kind of show. Or 2. they are putting him out there as the clown act, and are hiding the headliner, to be revealed somewhere later in the show.

Biden won't be President. I don't think even Biden is crazy enough to believe that.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 04, 2014 07:29 AM (Dj0WE)

70 63 mr scribbler,

Not really scrib its not a lot to say you know a lot of stupidity is about to get its just reward

Posted by: Sven10077 at December 04, 2014 07:30 AM (Oafn4)

71 54 Also,since he was selling loose cigarettes I would bet he was also a smoker.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:19 AM (u9gzs)


Oh, well, then he deserved the death penalty.

Posted by: Michael Bloomberg at December 04, 2014 07:31 AM (sdi6R)

72 No, NYC didn't vote for it, Sven. It was a record low turnout of 24% of which a majority voted for DB.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:31 AM (FS3xS)

73 Yes, and those who have been loudly advocating for "LiB" get reeeeeeaaalllll quiet when it's actual SHTF time.


I'm in the LIB camp. It's inevitable. Being "quiet" is more of an I-told-you-so thing. mmmmhmmm!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 04, 2014 07:32 AM (JO9+V)

74 72 FenlonSpoke,

Not loading screen for the winter we learned that 2008 and 2012

Posted by: Sven10077 at December 04, 2014 07:32 AM (Oafn4)

75 72 -

The decision to not vote is indeed, a vote.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 04, 2014 07:32 AM (Dj0WE)

76
Dutch rocker Otto Schimmelpenninck is recovering after rupturing a testicle during a recent show in Birmingham, England. The bassist was hit in the scrotum by a silver streamer shot from an onstage cannon.

http://tinyurl.com/pls6z4x



"Several, you know, dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 07:33 AM (kdS6q)

77 In that case the non voters voted against him or didn't like either candidate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:33 AM (FS3xS)

78 Well Morons, time to get my stuff together and head out. bbt

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:35 AM (u9gzs)

79 If you don't you have still made a choice and should be prepared to live with it.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 07:35 AM (91eZY)

80 Being "quiet" is more of an I-told-you-so thing. mmmmhmmm!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 04, 2014 07:32 AM


Should we feel reassured that you won't complain when the shit splashes on you as well as those who created the shit?

Yeah, some people forget that part. When a fire gets out of control, it burns all who are near it. Guilty and innocent, righteous and unjust.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:35 AM (yAC3X)

81 Still waiting for a new launch time. The ground winds are an issue, and they're waiting for them to subside.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:36 AM (sdi6R)

82 When a fire gets out of control, it burns all who are near it. Guilty and innocent, righteous and unjust.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:35 AM (yAC3X)


This is why I prefer an amicable divorce to LiB. If it burns, it will all burn. I've seen how bad things can get, and I'm not anxious to be forced into life/death decisions when Americans are on the other end of the barrel.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at December 04, 2014 07:37 AM (fwARV)

83 Yep, smoking will kill you, even if we have to send a cop to strangle you.
Also, black American, so prone to overweight and high blood pressure by genetics and lifestyle, ergo you have to expect more of Those People to just die.

Guy was quite probably In The Wrong here, but I'm just not willing to run with this line of argument. Walk briskly, maybe.

Be careful what you wish for: if police are disarmed, an increase in nightsticks and choke-holds will be a natural consequence. Things will get worse.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 04, 2014 07:37 AM (xq1UY)

84 Lasted voice recog not voting is voting for the winter you vote but you don't that's why Obama's 66% who didn't vote is such bullshit

Posted by: Sven10077 at December 04, 2014 07:37 AM (Oafn4)

85 I'm confused. A choke hold actually restricts the blood circulation to the brain resulting in consciousnesses - it does not restrict breathing. If he was having trouble breathing - was it due to OC spray or some sort of pulmonary event.

I'll admit I haven't read a damn thing on the case, nor watched the video.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 07:37 AM (TETYm)

86 53 41 Hold due to ground wind violation. They ever clear that boat out of the area? Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:10 AM (eUfnz) That wind gust was off the boat being chased out of the range.
Posted by: Havedash at December 04, 2014 07:19 AM (G1XMn)


Now you fellas are talking my kind of language.

Posted by: Talibill at December 04, 2014 07:37 AM (FGZtn)

87 Now they're aiming for 7:55 am EST.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:38 AM (sdi6R)

88 79 -

Yep, if you are one of the 76% who did not vote for the guy by not voting, your voice has already been heard. Frankly, I don't think anything that person has to say is going to be listened to by anyone.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 04, 2014 07:38 AM (Dj0WE)

89 There will be no divorce without the burning. Those whom you wish to divorce cannot support themselves. They know this. They will burn as much as much is needed to keep that ring on your finger.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 07:39 AM (91eZY)

90 No, NYC didn't vote for it, Sven. It was a record low turnout of 24% of which a majority voted for DB.




Yes, they did.
76% voted for Apathy.
24% voted for DeBlasio.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:40 AM (eUfnz)

91 @76 It's always the bass player, isn't it?

Other hand, if you're named Schimmelpenninck you have to expect a shot to the nads now and again. Bet there's one word for that in German.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 04, 2014 07:41 AM (xq1UY)

92 Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2014 06:57 AM (7T0u2)

Hot Air is that way ------------>

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 07:41 AM (MMC8r)

93 Should we feel reassured that you won't complain when the shit splashes on you as well as those who created the shit?


Sure I'll complain! Look, there's nothing one can do to stop it. I'll just try to get out of its way the best I can.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 04, 2014 07:41 AM (JO9+V)

94 There is actually a website called MayorDeBlasiosucks.com

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:41 AM (FS3xS)

95 woke up to rain...which is good....but means a grey day....which is bleh........

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 95 days until Spring Training at December 04, 2014 07:42 AM (u8GsB)

96 Polling was good, and they're preparing to pick up the count.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:42 AM (sdi6R)

97 Folks could really benefit from watching the Chris Rock bit about how not to get your ass kicked by the police. Everyone caught up in these recent events was violating one or more of Rock's common sense precepts.

OK, so now let's deconstruct this latest one: The video looks terrible. It looks like the cops choked the dude to death for next to nothing, jacking with him for a two-bit street crime and barely resisting.

However, the other side of the story is that it was local buisness owners who called the cops because it's bad for business to have giant black dudes outside on the sidewalk committing street crimes. Dude had been arrested 31 times, including nine time for this same offense. He was out on bond when this event occurred.

The cops didn't choke him to death, or even cause any structural damage when they grabbed him. They pulled bim down and subdued him, and the guy died later in the ambulance of a cardiac arrest, because, again, giant black guy.

Paramedics appear to have deteced a pulse and apparently he was breathing. There was apparently a reasonable debate going on at the scene as to whether he needed an ambulance or whether he was well enough to get on a bus and be sent home.

Important practice tip, a la Rock: when you are in an encounter with the cops, be respectful, shut the fuck up, and don't resist. I can't overstate the importance of this strategy.

Here, the dude wouldn't allow himself to be cuffed. I don't care who you are or where you're from, in the city I live in, that will get your ass kicked. In fact, you deserve to get your ass kicked because you're a fucking moron. What did you think is going o happen? The cops are going to just allow you to decide when you're being arrested because you told them last time, "I'm just taking care of my business and want to be left alone" (or something close to that from the video) when in fact you are a recidivist dickhead standing there for the 32nd time committing a moronic street crime? What if I robbed every person who walked by of $1? Do I get to decide when the police get to fuck with me?

I feel bad for this guy and his family. This didn't need to happen. But like Mike Brown and Trayvon Martin, he is dead today because he was a fucking idiot. It is so easy to avoid this kind of treatment by the police I don't know what else to say. Be respectful, shut the fuck up, don't resist; it's that easy.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 07:42 AM (bS6uW)

98 NYC being turned over to the Dems can be laid at the feet of Bloomburg.

Rudy got behind and promoted Bloomberg as a steady hand that would continue the work Rudy started, Bloomberg got behind himself and didn't groom or promote a successor.

The result is Warren Wilhelm the sandanista as mayor.

You've got three years GOP to find and groom an opponent for this commie fuck.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 04, 2014 07:43 AM (DgeNA)

99 T-minus 4:00 and counting.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at December 04, 2014 07:43 AM (fwARV)

100 T-4 minutes and counting.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:44 AM (sdi6R)

101 Can't wait for the Orion launch. Very cool.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 07:45 AM (bS6uW)

102 Aw crap. Another hold.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:45 AM (sdi6R)

103 MrScribbler @ 63: I do not advocate letting it burn. I am resigned to it happening: we are past the point of stopping it, the populace and the ruling elite are unwilling to do what is necessary, and math is a relentless, stone cold bitch. The most enduring lessons are often the most painful.

Posted by: butch at December 04, 2014 07:45 AM (HLx1C)

104 Should we feel reassured that you won't complain when the shit splashes on you as well as those who created the shit?

Yeah, some people forget that part. When a fire gets out of control, it burns all who are near it. Guilty and innocent, righteous and unjust.



That's why you get the hell out of the way, and do what you can to protect you and yours. That is actually the second half of LiB theory.

So, what time today will you have the riots stopped?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:45 AM (eUfnz)

105 Sequencer is stopped.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at December 04, 2014 07:45 AM (fwARV)

106 Another wind violation, apparently called by the computer.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:46 AM (sdi6R)

107 MO House Speaker is saying they will be having a hearing on why the National Guard was not called out on the first night of rioting.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 07:47 AM (MMC8r)

108 Good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:48 AM (FS3xS)

109 Old Liberal Talking Point: The tobacco industry kills millions if not billions of people every year. Everybody involved should be sued and/or taxed into ruin, thrown in jail and then given the death sentence. Murderous scum.

New Liberal Talking Point: Selling cigarettes? What's wrong with that?

Posted by: George Orwell at December 04, 2014 07:48 AM (1BQGO)

110 Cat 5 storm aims for Manila, a city of at least 12 million people. WHO estimates are up to 20 million.

http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 04, 2014 07:48 AM (uSAVP)

111 41 ---,

The National Guard was deployed because chhom and the gang and Nixon sided with the rioters

Posted by: Sven10077 at December 04, 2014 07:49 AM (cZLDn)

112 MO House Speaker is saying they will be having a hearing on why the National Guard was not called out on the first night of rioting.



Pro tip: If your last name is Nixon, and you are in politics, CHANGE it.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:50 AM (eUfnz)

113 Oh, and despite jokes about being a harsh but unfair Lord Humongous during the burning times, I have no illusions about me and mine possibly/probably burning too. That is why I wept for my children and grandson in November 2012.

Posted by: butch at December 04, 2014 07:50 AM (HLx1C)

114 Cat 5 storm aims for Manila, a city of at least 12 million people.

That won't end well. Poor bastards. Hopefully it'll veer off alittle.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 07:50 AM (bS6uW)

115 98 Posted by: Kreplach at December 04, 2014 07:43 AM (DgeNA)


Bloomberg was a Democrat and switched parties to take advantage of Giuliani's popularity. I can't understand why the GOP did not have a deeper bench.

Bloomberg was a nattering nanny tyrant who wasted time, effort and energy on idiotic policies that did nothing to advance the city, especially during his stolen third term.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:52 AM (CMkNk)

116 I am so fucking glad I don't have kids. I just want to get to the finish line, pull up the ladder, and be left alone.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 07:52 AM (bS6uW)

117 MrScribbler @ 63: I do not advocate letting it burn. I am resigned to it happening: we are past the point of stopping it, the populace and the ruling elite are unwilling to do what is necessary, and math is a relentless, stone cold bitch. The most enduring lessons are often the most painful.

Posted by: butch at December 04, 2014 07:45 AM (HLx1C)


What he said. (well said!)

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 04, 2014 07:52 AM (JO9+V)

118 116 I am so fucking glad I don't have kids. I just want to get to the finish line, pull up the ladder, and be left alone.
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 07:52 AM (bS6uW)


Ditto. All I wish for is when I die, I go to my grave knowing America has been restored and that Israel is safe and strong.

G-d will deal with me in His own way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:54 AM (CMkNk)

119 he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 07:55 AM (rwI+c)

120 Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at December 04, 2014 07:37 AM (fwARV)

Frankly,

If this is just the appetizer, I really don't want the main course. I've said before, I don't like LiB because I wasn't cut out out live in anarchy. I stand by that remark being just 15 miles from where it is (literally) burning.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 07:55 AM (HDwDg)

121
CNBC: Gas dips below $2 a gallon in Oklahoma City

The OnCue Express in Oklahoma City dropped its gas price by 12 cents to $1.99 per gallon on Wednesday, making it the cheapest gas station in the country, according to GasBuddy.



Peak oil!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 07:55 AM (kdS6q)

122 115
Bloomberg was a Democrat and switched parties to take advantage of Giuliani's popularity. I can't understand why the GOP did not have a deeper bench.

Bloomberg was a nattering nanny tyrant who wasted time, effort and energy on idiotic policies that did nothing to advance the city, especially during his stolen third term.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:52 AM (CMkNk)



I remember that. I seem to recall him switching parties because the Democrat field was more crowded than the Republican field in the primary.

It would have been nice if the GOP had told him to screw off. But that would have required them to have principles beyond simply winning elections.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:55 AM (sdi6R)

123 If the good Lord chooses to relieve New Yorkers of the burden of suffering the consequences of their actions that's His call. Me, I will root for causality to run its course.

Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 04, 2014 07:56 AM (m9V0o)

124 Faithful, medium-haired black kitty, extra small.

Walked up to my son at a gas station years ago, saying, take me in. Funny little cat with one folded-over ear. Really liked my son.

Faithful just died, right before sunrise, minutes ago, Milady & I helplessly attending.

Going to be hard to break this to my son. She may have been staying with us, but she was his kitty.

Goodbye, Faithful.

Posted by: mindful webworker at December 04, 2014 07:56 AM (lQn8Y)

125 I can't understand why the GOP did not have a deeper bench.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:52 AM


When your team doesn't get to play very often, it's understandable that their skills might atrophy....

Aside from Rudy, NYC last had a real Conservative, card-carrying-Republican Mayor when? Was it the same dude who sold Manhattan Island for a bunch of junk jewelry and some ratty thrift-store blankets?

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:57 AM (yAC3X)

126 Aside from the whole choking thing...

Aren't loose cigarettes taxed already when they were sold as a pack? Doesn't a law requiring taxation of "loosies" constitute double taxation? Could an individual claim deductions from giving out cigs? How can that law pass muster?

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 07:58 AM (3ZtZW)

127 There aren't enough young people to pay for the unfunded obligations of the old, not sure how that gets fixed without smoke.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 07:58 AM (TETYm)

128 My condolences, mindful.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 07:58 AM (sdi6R)

129
Peak oil!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 07:55 AM (kdS6q)


For the watermelons, it has always been "pique oil".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 04, 2014 07:58 AM (/dvmK)

130 66 1 - 8 oz cup of egg nog has about 350 mg of cholesterol. That is almost a two day allotment of cholesterol for me.


Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:27 AM (u9gzs)



Rum is cholesterol-free. Drink up!

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 04, 2014 07:59 AM (uSAVP)

131 Saved by some sig tags.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 07:59 AM (HDwDg)

132 @124 - Very sorry for your loss. Faithful was extremely lucky to have been adopted by your family. She lived and died safe, healthy and loved because of your love and compassion. Hope your son takes the news OK.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 08:00 AM (bS6uW)

133 It had to be since the article I looked at said that Republicans were taking over both houses in January. or maybe I misread it. But regardless of that, it was a massive screw-up by Democrats once again.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 07:08 AM (u9gzs)


Given that a lame duck session occurs between an election and the assumption of office of the new ruling class and assuming the other facts you presented, the UN vote wold have had nothing to do with the Republican takeover of Congress. However if the session was not a lame duck session, the events would fit perfectly with the Republicans taking over due to dissatisfaction with the UN decision.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 04, 2014 08:00 AM (ND9o5)

134 Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 07:58 AM (3ZtZW)

Drive to NJ, buy cigarettes at lower taxes.
Come to new York, sell Cigs.

I am to understand that blackmarket cigs in NY is a somewhat large business.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:00 AM (HDwDg)

135 125 Aside from Rudy, NYC last had a real Conservative, card-carrying-Republican Mayor when? Was it the same dude who sold Manhattan Island for a bunch of junk jewelry and some ratty thrift-store blankets?
Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:57 AM (yAC3X)


In my lifetime (born 1960) it's only been Rudy. John Lindsay was a liberal Republican very much like Bloomturd.

I remember a song that ripped Lindsay to shreds to the tune of "Windy."

". . . who's putting all the n-words on welfare,
Everyone knows it's Lind-zeee!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 08:01 AM (CMkNk)

136 Hot Air is that way ------------>
Posted by: --- at


I have no idea what that is supposed to mean, but I totally think you should hitch your wagon to:

"It wasn't a choke!"
"The ME is lying"
"Garner was fat and he died of a heart attack"

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2014 08:01 AM (7T0u2)

137 Saved by some sig tags.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 07:59 AM (HDwDg)


Manually closing your own tags. So easy to screw up, even a PhD(c) can do it!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 04, 2014 08:01 AM (JO9+V)

138 134 I am to understand that blackmarket cigs in NY is a somewhat large business.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:00 AM (HDwDg)


I believe they cost $12.00 per pack legally. I remember a carton costing that much around 1990.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 08:02 AM (CMkNk)

139 Something about the core engine temperature being out of bounds.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:03 AM (sdi6R)

140 Loosies and taxes, thing is, you can't be certain the loose cig came from a pack that had already been taxed.

Cigarette smuggling is a big deal in NYC because of the high taxes.

There is no point to selling loose cigs from a pack that has already been taxed, just sell the whole pack.

It's organized crime all the way down. Buy cigs in a low tax state, smuggle them to NYC. In the socialist state everyone is on the take in some way, somehow.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 08:03 AM (sKwrd)

141 Drudge: "Case of 100 Missing Brains from University Solved"

What about the 100 missing brains from the Senate? That would be much more challenging to solve.

Personally, I don't think there's a total of 100 brains left in the USA.....

Posted by: 1bulwetweft - ignorant or apathetic - don't know and don't care at December 04, 2014 08:04 AM (TR90z)

142 >>> Goodbye, Faithful.

Always sad to lose a kitteh.

Please extend my condolences to your son.

Posted by: fluffy at December 04, 2014 08:04 AM (Ua6T/)

143 Sorry about Faithful, MWW I know some people here are not cat people (I am) but I think most of us know the heartbreak of loving a family member-whether it's a feline or canine variety. It hurts!. Condolences to your family. Faithful was along in years? Several years ago we buried a cat that was 16. If the church door was open she would often come in. She would even attend meetings that I didn't particularly want to go to. I often thought of adding her to the membership list. If I had a new member-"Cleopatra" who outside the church know the difference? ;^).

Thank God for faithful friends and Faithful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 08:06 AM (FS3xS)

144 Meant the heartbreak of "losing" a family member

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 08:06 AM (FS3xS)

145 "I'm confused. A choke hold actually restricts the blood circulation to the brain resulting in consciousnesses - it does not restrict breathing. If he was having trouble breathing - was it due to OC spray or some sort of pulmonary event.

I'll admit I haven't read a damn thing on the case, nor watched the video."


Watch the full video. It WAS a choke, look at this still
http://tinyurl.com/o4zg53w

A choke can restrict air and/or blood supply, depending on the way pressure is applied. In this case the officer's forearm blade is flat against Garners' throat, and his opposing hand is looped OVER the shoulder pulling on the wrist for extra force, while his left shoulder shoves Garner's head forward, again for extra force. That's a choke, and both a crappy and dangerous one, because it primarily attacks the trachea and air supply.

There is this false meme spreading around that it was actually a "seatbelt hold". This is nonsense. If you watch the video the officer initially went for a seatbelt hold, then quickly converted it to a full on choke.

For comparison, in this video this BJJ grappler demonstrates a seatbelt hold
http://youtu.be/N_rQ0kuir6E

Finally, he only said "I can't breathe" after they released the choke.

Posted by: Roadrunner at December 04, 2014 08:06 AM (nWv04)

146 Black market smokes are also a problem in Crook County. The closer you get to Division Street the higher the price. I have heard that $16.00 a pack is around normal.

You go across the Indiana Border, buy them 5 maybe 6 bucks a pack, I can see where some enterprising people may find that worth while.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:07 AM (91eZY)

147 I believe they cost $12.00 per pack legally. I remember a carton costing that much around 1990.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 08:02 AM


Running untaxed butts into NYC was a favorite pastime of teh Families. I don't recall the numbers, but I have read that semis full of smokes brought Big Profits: one large-ish box truck loaded down with cigs could return a 5-figure gross. And there were enough cops on the take to keep it pretty safe.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 08:07 AM (yAC3X)

148 Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2014 08:01 AM (7T0u2

Stop beating me, troll.

Posted by: Dead Horse at December 04, 2014 08:07 AM (FS3xS)

149 They're now aiming for 8:26 am EST. Still plenty of time in the launch window.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:08 AM (sdi6R)

150 Back in the day when I did time in NYC, a long time ago, it was common to be talking to someone who might say, "Just a minute, I gotta go get some cigarettes." That someone would be back rather quickly, without cigs and say, "They cost so much you have to order them. If you have them on hand, you get robbed. " [or arrested?]

After placing an order for a pack of cigs, you had to wait while your common street vendor sent a runner to his supplier to get the pack you ordered.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 08:08 AM (sKwrd)

151 >>Aren't loose cigarettes taxed already when they were sold as a pack? Doesn't a law requiring taxation of "loosies" constitute double taxation? Could an individual claim deductions from giving out cigs? How can that law pass muster?

No. The problem in NYC is that people are getting their hands on packs of untaxed cigarettes and selling them on at a time for big profit.

Posted by: Mujahideen at December 04, 2014 08:09 AM (g1DWB)

152 There much better, not voting is voting for the winner.

Posted by: Sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:09 AM (/4AZU)

153 >>>Drive to NJ, buy cigarettes at lower taxes.

Or, drive to elsewhere in NYS and buy them. The State already collected at that point. The only complainant then is the City of NY over, what, a dollar per pack? At 20 per, thats a plumb nickel. Throw em a soda can and have a smaile.

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 08:10 AM (3ZtZW)

154 118
116 I am so fucking glad I don't have kids. I just want to get to the finish line, pull up the ladder, and be left alone.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 07:52 AM (bS6uW)





Ditto. All I wish for is when I die, I go to my grave knowing America has been restored and that Israel is safe and strong.



G-d will deal with me in His own way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2014 07:54 AM (CMkNk)


*************
I am always saddened when intelligent people decline to have and/or raise children.
I'm not judging in the least. Just makes me sad.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 04, 2014 08:10 AM (yxw0r)

155 "Old Liberal Talking Point: The tobacco industry kills millions if not billions of people every year. Everybody involved should be sued and/or taxed into ruin, thrown in jail and then given the death sentence. Murderous scum.

New Liberal Talking Point: Selling cigarettes? What's wrong with that?"



Old Conservative Talking Point: Cliven Bundy is a hero for breaking the law and defying authority. Even though he had no legal grounds, because he was breaking an unjust law it was ok.

New Conservative Talking Point: Eric Garner is a punk who got what was coming to him for disobeying the law and authority. After all, we are a nation of laws, and the law is sacred.

Posted by: Roadrunner at December 04, 2014 08:11 AM (nWv04)

156 Fenelon: If you weren't around last night, I had an update on the orange kitty that tried to adopt me the night before last. I went to my vet's office and got the phone number of a woman who reported a lost orange cat. I called and left a message that I saw an orange cat on my street, and gave her the location.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:11 AM (sdi6R)

157 Loosies and taxes, thing is, you can't be certain the loose cig came from a pack that had already been taxed.


Part of the beauty of tax law, you are guilty unless you can prove you're innocent.


Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:11 AM (TETYm)

158 Aren't loose cigarettes taxed already when they were sold as a pack? Doesn't a law requiring taxation of "loosies" constitute double taxation?



Prove they were ever taxed. Pack have tax stamps on them. "Loosies" don't. Neither do Indian Reservation smokes. (Casino, not 7-11)

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 08:11 AM (eUfnz)

159 It's always sad to lose a pet.
In the 80s my mother & father had to take our dog to be put down. My father was so upset my mother had to drive home.
It was 1987 now that I've thought about it & my father never let my mother drive.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 08:12 AM (sj3Ax)

160 I am always saddened when intelligent people decline to have and/or raise children. I'm not judging in the least. Just makes me sad.

Thanks for your ensaddenment. In my case my wife can't have children so it was never on the table. Now that I'm older, I'm glad for the way it turned out. Maybe I'll have regrets later, but for the time being I guess you don't know what you don't know.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 08:12 AM (bS6uW)

161 ((mindful)) ((mrs.mindful))
((mindful's son))

rip faithful

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 95 days until Spring Training at December 04, 2014 08:12 AM (u8GsB)

162 outrage du jour.

with a heaping helping of rayciss a la mode

Posted by: Citizen X at December 04, 2014 08:12 AM (7ObY1)

163 New Bond film has title and cast. (h/t Freep).

http://preview.tinyurl.com/mbbcpc9

Posted by: fBW52 at December 04, 2014 08:12 AM (fBW52)

164 Thanks, rickl. I hope it works out well for everybody.

Posted by: Dead Horse at December 04, 2014 08:12 AM (FS3xS)

165 Drudge: "Case of 100 Missing Brains from University Solved"



Yeah. They left early for the Christmas break.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 08:13 AM (eUfnz)

166 Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:07 AM (91eZY)

There are gas stations quite literally in the River between us and IL. People come over, buy cheap gas and cheap cigs then go home. You can save tons of money by doing that.

IL technically has law that you can only have, I think 2 cartons, but no one usually checks.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:13 AM (HDwDg)

167 157 Jean,

Cut me in or cut it out...

//IRS Motto

Posted by: Sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:13 AM (/4AZU)

168 >>>I'm confused. A choke hold actually restricts the blood circulation to the brain resulting in consciousnesses - it does not restrict breathing. If he was having trouble breathing - was it due to OC spray or some sort of pulmonary event.

Was saying yesterday during the thread that should not be repeated that he's not the first to have died from the technique. Its perfectly reasonable to go over training methods for the choke holds and restrict or ban its use if its found to be too unreliable or dangerous. That doesn't impugn the officers in any way.

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 08:13 AM (3ZtZW)

169 LIVs are not alone. My PHd brother and his law partner wife live on the upper west side still. Over Thanksgiving she was bitching about DiBlasio and his criminal coterie and I finally said "enough! You vote for this crap. Live with it or vote GOP". She got mad and said she skipped voting this time, to "send a message".

Not voting is exactly the same thing as having voted for the winner. All those Republicans along the Ohio River mad about Romneys nomination effectively voted for Obama, and my well educated, highly informed sister in law voted for DiBlasio. And she hates it.

Posted by: MTF at December 04, 2014 08:14 AM (lZ0Jc)

170 New Bond film has title and cast. (h/t Freep).

Kind of a weak title, IMHO.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 08:15 AM (MMC8r)

171 Daring Dutch mom saves her daughter from ISIS. Fascinating deep background on Euro-jihadis, too.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/mcteqm9

Posted by: fBW52 at December 04, 2014 08:15 AM (fBW52)

172 Aaaand I've lost NASA TV.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:15 AM (sdi6R)

173 So this Orion Launch thing.

It seems what's old is new again as we're got a lot of things that look like the Apollo design (especially the reentry pod).

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:15 AM (HDwDg)

174 Thanks for your ensaddenment. In my case my wife
can't have children so it was never on the table. Now that I'm older,
I'm glad for the way it turned out. Maybe I'll have regrets later, but
for the time being I guess you don't know what you don't know.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 08:12 AM (bS6uW)

I tried (unsucessfully) to differentiate between conceiving and adopting children. Meant no disrespect.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 04, 2014 08:15 AM (yxw0r)

175 Yay

http://tinyurl.com/p78d5xc

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:16 AM (7f5Ol)

176 I never wanted children when I was a little girl. I did end up being my Alzheimer's stricken mother for 9-10 years. I couldn't have done so if I had my own children.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 08:16 AM (sj3Ax)

177 Aaaand I've lost NASA TV.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:15 AM (sdi6R)



http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv


(I don't get NASA TV apparently. It's on a higher teir.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:16 AM (HDwDg)

178 I tried (unsucessfully) to differentiate between conceiving and adopting children. Meant no disrespect.

None taken. Just explaining the situation.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 04, 2014 08:17 AM (bS6uW)

179 169 Posted by: MTF at December 04, 2014 08:14 AM (lZ0Jc)

Yup just like all the alleged "sane" democrats who do not vote in the primary and allow the lunatic communist left the nomination have in fact voted for the communist they either vote for or don't....

I'm sick and tired of people getting a pass on their lack of civic virtue.

NYC you wanted an activist communist in charge of NYC b/c "Che shirt"...

enjoy what's coming, I will.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:18 AM (/4AZU)

180 Yah, that would be impeachable.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kyhg88w

Let us not lose sight of the second edge here, either. Y'all know the difference between an "immigrant" and a "refuge"?
It cuts both ways.

Posted by: fBW52 at December 04, 2014 08:18 AM (fBW52)

181 Anybody willing to let me bum a smoke? You there! Flatfoot! You gotta light?

Posted by: Fritz at December 04, 2014 08:18 AM (UzPAd)

182 There are gas stations quite literally in the River between us and IL. People come over, buy cheap gas and cheap cigs then go home. You can save tons of money by doing that.



And not every Indian Res passes on the savings. Choctaw and WinStar casinos in Oklahoma don't. Back when I smoked, gas and smokes were the same as at home.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 08:18 AM (eUfnz)

183 OK, I got the ULA feed on Safari.

http://www.ulalaunch.com/nasa.aspx

Apparently there's another hold. It's time for me to leave for work.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:18 AM (sdi6R)

184 Just saw that there's something called a cromnibus being considered.

I think this sums up my response to the existence of that word, not to mention the concept itself.

http://bit.ly/QRwEUd

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 08:18 AM (mf5HN)

185 IL technically has law that you can only have, I think 2 cartons, but no one usually checks.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:13 AM (HDwDg)

In my younger days I had friends that used to across at Quincy and load up on Fireworks. Never got stopped once despite rumors of checkpoints every single year.
Its a sham.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:19 AM (91eZY)

186
There is no point to selling loose cigs from a pack that has already been taxed, just sell the whole pack.
Posted by: Entfremdung Politik



Actually there is. Selling individual units at a higher unit price because the consumer can't afford to buy in larger amounts. Seller pockets the difference as profit.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 08:20 AM (kdS6q)

187 If we really were re-inventing Apollo, NASA would be going back to the Moon. But Gaylord Merkin Muffly Focker the Wurst wants NASA to visit an asteroid. Because we have been to the Moon already.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:20 AM (7f5Ol)

188 Morning horde. Local paper has been running stories that they think will make you want to give to their charity. EVERYONE of them has featured an overweight, really overweight, Black single mom and her kid/kids.


I wonder if they even read their stores. All of these women have ONE thing in common. NO husband and a kid. I have NO sympathy for there bad choices. They are getting welfare, food stamp, subsidize housing and subsidized medical care.


But we are suppose to be sad that they have to go to the Salvation Army to get FREE shit, because they were to lazy to save a penny?


Nope. Fuck them, I paid on April 15th.



http://tinyurl.com/nz9yhs6

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 08:20 AM (0FSuD)

189 I finally said "enough! You vote for this crap. Live with it or vote GOP". She got mad and said she skipped voting this time, to "send a message".



Ask her, who heard her "message"?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 08:20 AM (eUfnz)

190 Before the government is through with us everything will be sold on the black market.

Posted by: Captain David Derickson at December 04, 2014 08:21 AM (tjj0w)

191 Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 08:20 AM

Good point, well made.

Thank you.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 08:21 AM (sKwrd)

192 The tribes have been known to trade cig prices with state/local gov in return for a slice of highway or education funds.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:21 AM (TETYm)

193 Glad the launch was delayed so I could get to work and watch it! I love this stuff.

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 08:21 AM (659DL)

194 I have personally bought loosies. They weren't called that. I was once in an area of Alabama were you could buy "singles" from the cashier of just about any gas station.

That to is also against the law.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:22 AM (91eZY)

195 184 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 08:18 AM (mf5HN)

The CRomnibus is just a cute term for the con continuing...

These CRs are destroying the Republic's solvency but hey they prevent nasty fights with donks who will call you names for budget cuts "not in DoD"...


Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:22 AM (/4AZU)

196 Actually there is. Selling individual units at a
higher unit price because the consumer can't afford to buy in larger
amounts. Seller pockets the difference as profit.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 08:20 AM (kdS6q)
And, don't forget the positive public health consequences ...

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:23 AM (TETYm)

197 189 Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 08:20 AM (eUfnz)

The Communist Mayor and his soul mate Bronko Bama both of whom think "low turnout means they want EXACTLY what I want..."

Stupidity is its own reward.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:23 AM (/4AZU)

198 Black market? How about being wanted for illegal unauthorized HVAC repair? Buttle anyone?

http://youtu.be/9HtHEgINHO0

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:23 AM (7f5Ol)

199 Morning horde. Local paper has been running stories that they think will make you want to give to their charity.
EVERYONE of them has featured an overweight, really overweight, Black single mom and her kid/kids.



Charity - Atkins Diet membership?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 08:24 AM (eUfnz)

200 198 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:23 AM (7f5Ol)

The power to regulate is the power to destroy.

"We're all in this together kid."

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:24 AM (/4AZU)

201 The committee chairman Mike Rodgers (RINO MI 65/8 has been criticized for focusing on the wrong stuff.
http://is.gd/cwa5CG

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2014 06:55 AM (u9gzs)

Mike Rodgers' wife ran a company contracted to provide embassy security. Nobody mentions that.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at December 04, 2014 08:25 AM (BZAd3)

202 HVAC repair without a license ?!?!


The Law is the Law !!! Take the bastard down !!!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:25 AM (qlpyb)

203 In my younger days I had friends that used to across
at Quincy and load up on Fireworks. Never got stopped once despite
rumors of checkpoints every single year.
Its a sham.


Posted by: GMB

I got pulled over West of Wendover with more than a dozen cases of beer by the Utah HP when in HS. They were keeping a list of cars going east and returning.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:25 AM (TETYm)

204 HVAC repair without a license ?!?!





The Law is the Law !!! Take the bastard down !!!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:25 AM (qlpyb)
Butter smuggling?

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:26 AM (TETYm)

205 Go to Conservative Review & read that Boehner & rest of GOPe have no real intention of stopping SCOAMT & his executive order amnesty!
They LIE!

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 08:27 AM (sj3Ax)

206 22
Commie De Blasio fans the flames on the Garner death. I hope all those NYC voters like their shit sandwich when the riots start.


Vic, let us not forget he is married to a Black former lesbo. So he sleeps with a bi sexual woman. You know he's fucked up.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 08:27 AM (0FSuD)

207 202 Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:25 AM (qlpyb)

Yes, b/c what the nation needs is more "sovereign veto" idiocy...

hey you know what Scogg if the blacks were a little less tribal and voted for a legit laissez-faire el jefe for Mayor and council member then he wouldn't have had a 31 count rapsheet...

Chocke Hold Cig Seller is actually a perfect illustration of how indifferent the natural selection Gods are in rewards granting.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:27 AM (/4AZU)

208 Sven, back in 1985 who would have thought Brazil would be such a cautionary tale.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:27 AM (7f5Ol)

209 I realized the unintended consequence of the rise of the "no tag" boxers and briefs --- can't tell inside/out and front toback well in the dark.

Posted by: MacGootbone at December 04, 2014 08:28 AM (t4bIp)

210 208 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:27 AM (7f5Ol)

Psychopaths like me, actually.

I warned people back when they outlawed freon for use in HVAC that the EPA would one day run the nation...

they laughed at me, I am laughing now.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:28 AM (/4AZU)

211 190
Before the government is through with us everything will be sold on the black market.

Posted by: Captain David Derickson at December 04, 2014 08:21 AM (tjj0w)

Like he worker's paradise that Obama dreams of, Cuba?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 08:28 AM (0FSuD)

212 194
I have personally bought loosies. They weren't called that. I was once
in an area of Alabama were you could buy "singles" from the cashier of
just about any gas station.

That to is also against the law.


Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:22 AM (91eZY)
*************
They were in a coffee mug, like pencils on a desk.Kept at least one poor nicotine-addicted college student I know sane.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 04, 2014 08:29 AM (yxw0r)

213 Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 08:10 AM

Here's an article that has a lot more background on the incident. A couple interesting tidbits.

- First, this wasn't some random shakedown in a random neighborhood. This was a targeted operation after citizens complaints, apparently neighbors got tired of guys hanging out, selling weed and smokes and drinking on the street, and the person giving the order was the number 3 guy in the NYPD. A black officer. No racism.

- Second, the police are stating that it was not a banned chokehold that was used but a standard police technique.

- Third, Garner was arrested 8 times for selling lose cigarettes previously and had been warned a week before this incident to stop doing it. He had been picked up earlier this year with 23 sealed packs of untaxed cigarettes and one open untaxed pack. I'd have to look up the law but at some quantity the crime goes from misdemeanor to felony.

http://tinyurl.com/nr393bq

Andy McCarthy did a good write up on this incident. He leans toward disagreeing with the GJ but he recommends and open mind until the facts come out.

Posted by: Mujahideen at December 04, 2014 08:29 AM (g1DWB)

214 >>>HVAC repair without a license ?!?!

Better that than a black market dentist

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 08:29 AM (3ZtZW)

215 Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:19 AM (91eZY)

Every few years they'll make a show of catching someone.

Frankly down here I don't think it's worth it to smuggle in large quantities . It's a 20 minute drive and lots of people make it for work anyway. I don't know any 2 carton a day smokers, so most people can get the tax free cigs they want legally.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:30 AM (HDwDg)

216 Except instead of the Saran-Wrap plastic surgery, we got women paying to have Fix-A-Flat injected into their buttocks.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:30 AM (7f5Ol)

217 Stealing cable should be a right!

Posted by: Captain David Derickson at December 04, 2014 08:30 AM (tjj0w)

218 214 Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 08:29 AM (3ZtZW)

Don't harsh NGU's dreams of being a Mouth Doc in Antigua baby...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:30 AM (/4AZU)

219 Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2014 07:57 AM (yAC3X) --- IIRC, FWIW, my city last had a GOP mayor in 1932. The city has been literally going downhill since then (it is on a hill).

Posted by: Baldy at December 04, 2014 08:31 AM (+35FH)

220 Speaking of cigs, I am going to NYC today, maybe I should go out and buy me some cheap NC cigs to give out as tips.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 08:31 AM (0FSuD)

221
How about being wanted for illegal unauthorized HVAC repair?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD)




Book her Danno. For Felony performing acrylic overlays without a nail salon license.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 08:31 AM (kdS6q)

222 HVAC repair without a license ?!?!
The Law is the Law !!! Take the bastard down !!!!
Posted by: ScoggDog



Butter smuggling?




Actually, EPA. Freon and greenhouse gasses.
Swatting or droning.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 08:31 AM (eUfnz)

223 ack

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2014 08:31 AM (g1DWB)

224 190 Before the government is through with us everything will be sold on the black market.
Posted by: Captain David Derickson at December 04, 2014 08:21 AM (tjj0w)


That's how it works under Communism.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:31 AM (sdi6R)

225 "Psychopaths like me, actually.

I warned people back when they outlawed freon for use in HVAC that the EPA would one day run the nation...

they laughed at me, I am laughing now."


We need a checklist of which behavior is allowed or not allowed by which alphabet soup agency. Hell in Wisconsin their DNR raided an animal shelter over them bottle raising a baby deer. They carried it out in a black bag and euthanized it. We are being systematically infantilize by a thousand Local, State, and Federal bureaucracies.

Posted by: Roadrunner at December 04, 2014 08:32 AM (nWv04)

226 Sup Hordelings.

I stepped away from the live feed. Is the window still open for a launch today after they "flush Orion's pipes"?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 04, 2014 08:32 AM (PWDHh)

227 Rickl, also dysfunctional Latin governments. Under the table and gannections rule.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:32 AM (7f5Ol)

228 They were in a coffee mug, like pencils on a desk.Kept at least one poor nicotine-addicted college student I know sane.


Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 04, 2014 08:29 AM (yxw0r)


I don't think it's against the law in NC. Local cop hang out, a Mexican convenience store/deli has a cup with them at the cash register. Marlboro always.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 08:33 AM (0FSuD)

229 *waves to All Hail Eris*

Did you hit up Pat Os for a Hurricane last night?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:33 AM (7f5Ol)

230 OK, I'm heading to work. Hopefully I'll be able to watch the launch there.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 08:34 AM (sdi6R)

231 225 Posted by: Roadrunner at December 04, 2014 08:32 AM (nWv04)

Given the fact that evangelical nuts who WANT to abuse agency power are drawn like moths to the flame of the various alphabets this is inevitable....

You get hardcore PETA types who can whip up "discretionary rulings" functionally creating law on the fly with fines in the 6 to 8 figure range and little recourse through law.

The left has codified shakedowns without recourse and the right refuses to name the enemy in play.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:34 AM (/4AZU)

232 Posted by: Mujahideen at December 04, 2014 08:29 AM (g1DWB)

Even given the worst possible interpretation of the events at hand, I'm still not sold on the idea that the criminal system is the best way to handle this over the civil system.

As I said on twitter, I do research ethics. The field is littered with cases that share many analogous traits to this one. I can't recall them being handled as criminal trials.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:35 AM (HDwDg)

233 "- Second, the police are stating that it was not a banned chokehold that was used but a standard police technique."


Their bullshit sophistry is that he used a "seatbelt hold", which isn't a choke and isn't against their procedures. He briefly did apply a seatbelt hold, but then rapidly converted it to a full choke. Look at the image still links in comments above.

There is a lot of sophistry and semantics going around trying to say this wasn't a choke when it in fact was. Regardless of what killed the man or whether the police acted appropriately, lets at least not bury the facts under semantics.

Posted by: Roadrunner at December 04, 2014 08:35 AM (nWv04)

234 I stepped away from the live feed. Is the window still open for a launch today after they "flush Orion's pipes"?
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 04, 2014 08:32 AM (PWDHh)

Window closes at 9:44 AM, so they've got about an hour.

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 08:36 AM (659DL)

235 I stepped away from the live feed. Is the window still open for a launch today after they "flush Orion's pipes"?
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 04, 2014 08:32 AM (PWDHh)

Window closes at 9:44 AM, so they've got about an hour.

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 08:36 AM (659DL)

236 Book her Danno. For Felony performing acrylic overlays without a nail salon license.




Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2014 08:31 AM (kdS6q)

Or this, no diet info on the internet unless you are a registered nutritionist. I am not making this up.

http://tinyurl.com/p7dafxw


Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 08:36 AM (0FSuD)

237 You would be surprised at what you can get on underground market these days.


Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:36 AM (91eZY)

238 Shut your complaining RoadRunner.


We have Laws for a reason, and you don't get to pick. Do the Crime ? Do the Time !!!


And every one of those DNR agents made it home to their family. Every. Single. One.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:37 AM (qlpyb)

239 I don't feel sorry for the cities being targeted for riots and looting. Their yankee government has betrayed them to the enemies of civilization. I have no intention of going to Ferguson, St. Louis, Los Angeles, New York, or any looters paradise. The yankees can reap what they sew, right? After all, these places voted in favor of failure.

Posted by: Erowmero at December 04, 2014 08:37 AM (go5uR)

240 >>There is a lot of sophistry and semantics going around trying to say this wasn't a choke when it in fact was. Regardless of what killed the man or whether the police acted appropriately, lets at least not bury the facts under semantics.

Do you have the exact definition of the choke hold that was barred? Serious question. I'd like to know what was barred and what wasn't because there are a lot of internet experts on both sides of this issue. Facts would be nice.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2014 08:37 AM (g1DWB)

241 How will the GOP disappoint us today?

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 04, 2014 08:38 AM (XzRw1)

242 238 Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:37 AM (qlpyb)

Quite....

My family's pet raccoon needs a stasi back in '83....

DNR needs drones....

etc etc

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:38 AM (/4AZU)

243 Nip, so no watching Gina cook with the sound off for "exercise"?

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:39 AM (TETYm)

244 Suffice it to say. That it was worth a mans life to stop the selling of Black Market Smokes. That is what the state has decreed.

Live with it.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:40 AM (91eZY)

245 In The People's Republic of China, black market entrepreneurs are shot. In America, they are choked to death.

Posted by: Roy at December 04, 2014 08:40 AM (VndSC)

246 Besides, I heard the deer resisted. And it was fat.


Lazy no good pestilence had it coming.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:40 AM (qlpyb)

247 Looking straight into the camera defiantly :::

"I did not, have, any conversations with or takeany advice, from that man,,, mr. gruber"

Posted by: Kathleen "the competent" Sebelius at December 04, 2014 08:40 AM (ALcbf)

248 Posted by: fBW52 at December 04, 2014 08:15 AM (fBW52)

thanks for the article share......

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 95 days until Spring Training at December 04, 2014 08:41 AM (u8GsB)

249

Vic, let us not forget he is married to a Black former lesbo.


Affirmative Action hire.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 08:41 AM (MMC8r)

250 "and instead they should indict Bloomberg for a stupid law"

It's a Federal Law dating back to 2010...

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 08:41 AM (/jpU8)

251 243
Nip, so no watching Gina cook with the sound off for "exercise"?


Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:39 AM (TETYm)


Exercise? I mean her subtle pouting breasts are nice, but exercise to them?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 08:41 AM (0FSuD)

252 If the coroner ruled that the guy didn't die from the hold, regardless of its status, then I can see why the GJ didn't indict. The cops are going to get hammered by the NYPD internal reviews, but I don't see where the GJ had anywhere to go. Nor, the civil rights types - though they will try.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:42 AM (TETYm)

253 Posted by: Roadrunner at December 04, 2014 08:35 AM (nWv04

I don't disagree per se, but as a practical matter I think the cop is just going to claim something akin to "he was bigger than me and I fucked up the hold!"

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:42 AM (HDwDg)

254 I wonder if Lena Dunham smoked loosies after her nasty republican trysts.

Posted by: Fritz at December 04, 2014 08:43 AM (UzPAd)

255 Thanks, folks, for the condolences & nice replies about the cat. Still in shock.

Carol? asked if she was on in years. Maybe ten, not terribly old; she was adult when she adopted my son. This just happened suddenly, Milady said she had poor breathing last night; she could barely breathe when I found her this morning.

Now, to feed the living....

Posted by: mindful webworker at December 04, 2014 08:43 AM (lQn8Y)

256 Nip, slow days - you gotta have a recovery day between your heavier work outs.

Watching her make meat gravy ...

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 08:43 AM (TETYm)

257 *waves back* Hey Anna Puma!
No, I'm with my classy uber-WASP mom so it's gin and tonics, not beads and boobs. We'll save that for NoLaMoMe.
Jazzed about the conference. They'll be discussing CBI too!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 04, 2014 08:43 AM (PWDHh)

258 ""he was bigger than me and I fucked up the hold!"

isn't killing someone accidentally considered manslaughter?

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:44 AM (91eZY)

259 Catwoman trying to make off with all the shiny baubles.

http://tinyurl.com/m5lt5mu

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:45 AM (7f5Ol)

260
Good morning, pretty hordelings.

I am dedicating this day to having no comment or opinion on Ferguson or Staten Island. Just sick of it all.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 08:45 AM (JtwS4)

261 >>I wonder if Lena Dunham smoked loosies after her nasty republican trysts.

Good article over at Breitbart this morning. They investigated Dunham's Republican rape claim.

You'll be shocked to find out she made it up.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2014 08:45 AM (g1DWB)

262 244 Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:40 AM (91eZY)

Quite and until the people decide that that is stupid enough to alter their voting patterns that is where we sit....

understanding how fucked we are is not in fact applauding for it.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:46 AM (/4AZU)

263 In all honesty, I think a defense attorney should participate in any grand jury involving a govt. employee.


Do I trust a prosecutor to engage in a proceeding pertaining to a police dept. on whom he depends to gather evidence aiding his job as prosecutor ? Without any adversarial counter to his presentation ?


No. No I do not.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:47 AM (qlpyb)

264 CBI? Ah the 1st Air Commando and AVG flyer Johnny Allison. A-36s and P-51As oh my.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:47 AM (7f5Ol)

265 Headlines : Gas below $2/gal

except here, where it is still nearly $3 for cheap gas

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 08:47 AM (EZ2rp)

266 The guy (at 350 pounds) was one greasy pulled pork sandwich away from a coronary. He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, not at the scene. Struggling while resisting arrest was probably the most exercise he had performed in the last decade.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 08:49 AM (zxQ4h)

267 Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:44 AM (91eZY)

IANAL, but manslaughter usually requires some element or recklessness, which has a very particular definition in the law.

That's to say I'm convinced the cop didn't just say "ah, fuck it, I'm going to use this easier hold, risks be damned" (which might raise to the level of recklessness.

Consider: if a doc screws up a surgery and the patient dies we don't call that manslaughter unless they did something pretty beyond the pale.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 08:49 AM (HDwDg)

268 Morning morons. Ready to battle the hamsters today?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2014 08:50 AM (vPh3W)

269 Hardcore Elite Tactical Training


http://tinyurl.com/podhcrg


Puts the Special Forces to shame.

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 08:50 AM (fWAjv)

270 >>>Here's an article that has a lot more background on the incident.

That's nice. You noticed I'm talking outside of those areas?

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 08:50 AM (3ZtZW)

271 >>>You'll be shocked to find out she made it up.<<<

The race and rape fabulists have come out of the fcuking woodwork. The "look at me" generation needs to get a job and get to work.

Posted by: Fritz at December 04, 2014 08:50 AM (UzPAd)

272 Struggling while resisting arrest was probably the most exercise he had performed in the last decade.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 08:49 AM (zxQ4h

Not flying off the handle or jumping to conclusions?

Ok, gots to go and spend my morning with attorneys, YAY!!!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2014 08:51 AM (vPh3W)

273 I am dedicating this day to having no comment or opinion on Ferguson or Staten Island. Just sick of it all.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 08:45 AM (JtwS4)

Hear, hear.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 04, 2014 08:51 AM (yxw0r)

274 I'm very sorry Mindful Webworker.

It brought back memory of my father, today would be his 94th birthday, being too upset & letting my mother drive. That wasn't done in family.

I've lost four cats too.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 08:52 AM (sj3Ax)

275 Good morning, pretty hordelings.

I am dedicating this day to having no comment or opinion on Ferguson or Staten Island. Just sick of it all.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 08:45 AM (JtwS4)



*shoves lemon bar through USB for you*

I am dedicating today to having intense opinions on chocolate.

I am for it.

All of it.

That I plan on eating.

As soon as I get some because, in a moment of weakness, I was not my usual horrid self and I gave the last of my work stash to a co-worker in desperate need.

*ponders coming up with some excuse to run to the store I mean courthouse is what I mean*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 08:52 AM (mf5HN)

276 264 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:47 AM (7f5Ol)

Was fondly reminiscing over the PJs using the GAU-5 in Vietnam

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:52 AM (/4AZU)

277 I am not finding anyone guilty or not guilty in this matter. Mr Garner should not have been there. In my opinion neither should the police.

This could have been handled bettered.

But the states has decreed, the proles must obey.

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 08:53 AM (91eZY)

278 269 Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 08:50 AM (fWAjv)

Rex Kwan Do baby

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 08:53 AM (/4AZU)

279 I got no chocolate. Does this help ?

** Pouring cheap Orange Spice Black Tea from Kroger through USB **

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 08:54 AM (qlpyb)

280
Hello from Way Down Here where we have had another big thunderstorm tonight..

Hot humid days, big storms every night...this is the second week of this tropical weather

A huge oops...launch of a new store in Sydney and how else can you make a mistake in the spelling of COUNTDOWN?

Why you miss out the U of course....

http://goo.gl/fmwYDS

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 08:55 AM (U+r+e)

281 And today is the first day of Mrs. E's funemployment. She has a buttload of stuff she plans (for me) to do around the house. This is going to cut way into my time with you boxfriends.

Posted by: Erowmero at December 04, 2014 08:55 AM (go5uR)

282 My best friend went to bakery yesterday & I had M&Ms earlier & this am I have my favorite pastries for breakfast.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 08:55 AM (sj3Ax)

283 *ponders coming up with some excuse to run to the store I mean courthouse is what I mean*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 08:52 AM (mf5HN)


Candy-gram!

Posted by: Landshark at December 04, 2014 08:56 AM (uSAVP)

284 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 04, 2014 08:56 AM (2Ayux)

285 Now on ID is the NOPD case of Antoinette. Black female cop who went rogue by killing a fellow cop while robbing a restaurant. NOPD actually rejected her on psychological grounds but she got a private psychologist to say she was fit for the job. So she got hired.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:56 AM (7f5Ol)

286
Sorry, my oopsie in my 1st post

Miss out the O - too much Aussie wine...

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 08:56 AM (U+r+e)

287
ACK!!!

Nena (99 Luftballons) is a grandmother. I haz old.

http://bit.ly/1zothVg

Link is krautish but the pictures are in American.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 08:57 AM (JtwS4)

288 Need some Nena there Bandersnatch?

http://youtu.be/LrKlO1Tr2IE

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:58 AM (7f5Ol)

289 Not flying off the handle or jumping to conclusions?

You know what happens when someone chokes you? You can't breath. When they stop choking you then you breath again.

He died in the ambulance. Not at the scene.

But I've watched a lot of exercise videos that suggest the morbidly obese jump right into strenuous exercise. Oh they don't? They suggest seeing a physician first? Damn facts.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 08:59 AM (zxQ4h)

290 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:00 AM (kff5f)

291
Mindful webworker

So sorry on the loss of your darling kitty -so sad to lose one of our little friends

My oldest one is now 20 years old and I'm almost taking her pulse and checking her respirations in the morning these days...

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 09:00 AM (U+r+e)

292
Need some Nena there Bandersnatch?

Why, bless your churlish heart, AP. That is awesome. Also new to me.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 09:01 AM (JtwS4)

293 Missouri white students told not to take part in Ferguson 'die-in' demonstration


Whatever.

Can I buy flechette rounds in .223 anywhere legally? Black market??

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 04, 2014 09:01 AM (XzRw1)

294 99 Red Balloons and 99 Luft Ballons are almost totally different songs.

Hast du zeit für mich? Singen Ich kann nicht für dich!!

Von neun und neunzig lüft balloons!!

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 09:01 AM (6yehy)

295 auf irrenweg zum Horizont!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 09:02 AM (JtwS4)

296 And we still can't have the umlaut

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:03 AM (7f5Ol)

297 Wo ist Wenck? Wo ist Steiner?!!

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 09:04 AM (6yehy)

298 And Badersnatch, me churlish? Seriously? How can you be so cruel to such an innocent such as I?

Mein Gott.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:04 AM (7f5Ol)

299 Can I buy flechette rounds in .223 anywhere legally?



You can for reloading shotgun shells.
Never heard of any for .223.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 09:05 AM (eUfnz)

300 Can I buy flechette rounds in .223 anywhere legally? Black market??

Most of the flechettes I've handled were larger than a 223 bullet.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 09:05 AM (TETYm)

301
And we still can't have the umlaut

Some of the 1%ers have been flaunting their Umlauts.

Equal Umlauts for all!

Posted by: Umlaut Liberation Front at December 04, 2014 09:05 AM (JtwS4)

302 You can for reloading shotgun shells.

Never heard of any for .223.

I meant 12ga. My bad. I'll look around for some.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 04, 2014 09:06 AM (XzRw1)

303 Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 04, 2014 09:01 AM (XzRw1)


Probably, but I bet they're more expensive than 00 buck-shot.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:06 AM (kff5f)

304 285 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 08:56 AM (7f5Ol)

Like I said to Ace last night the ADA is essentially a timebomb waiting for some Gay Marriage activism to make Psych screening for jobs "bigotry"...

I never cease to be amazed and amused by idiots thinking they can rein in out of control judicial activism to just goring their ox they want slaughtered...

I aim to enjoy having Corky Thatcher with a MRAP and a Ma-Deuce in the near future.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 09:06 AM (/4AZU)

305 Ow.

Posted by: Straw Men at December 04, 2014 09:07 AM (MMC8r)

306 Everyone says China is way behind us and just copying our stuff.

But we don't have a hypersonic strike vehicle.

China Conducts Third Flight Test of Hypersonic Strike Vehicle
freebeacon.com/national-security/china-conducts-third-flight-test-of-hypersonic-strike-vehicle/

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:07 AM (ZPrif)

307 300 Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 09:05 AM (TETYm)

There was experimentation furing Salvo for duplex 5.56 rounds however...

imagine those made from DU...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 09:07 AM (/4AZU)

308 a>ä, o>ö, u>ü, au>äu

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 09:08 AM (zxQ4h)

309 Why flechettes? If you don't need to stabilize your submunitions due to airstream or hypersonic issues.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 09:09 AM (TETYm)

310 OK, made it to work and they still haven't launched.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:09 AM (zoehZ)

311 From Nena's 2009 CD Made in Germany

http://youtu.be/_CT2FZTThbE

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:09 AM (7f5Ol)

312 "POLL: Support for path to citizenship for illegals at record low..."

Well this changes everything. Not!

No, really. Fuck'em.

Posted by: John Boner at December 04, 2014 09:10 AM (lG2E3)

313 Victims of the Fort Hood shooting will soon be eligible to receive the Purple Heart, with Congress pushing ahead with a policy change that would officially recognize domestic terrorism as an issue, rather than the "workplace violence" designation the Obama administration had used.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 04, 2014 09:11 AM (e8kgV)

314 imagine those made from DU...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 09:07 AM (/4AZU)


How would you make bullets from a website?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:11 AM (kff5f)

315 Thank you, ScoggDog. *sips*


Candy-gram!
Posted by: Landshark at December 04, 2014 08:56 AM (uSAVP)



*narrows eyes*

I know you're not a dolphin.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 09:12 AM (mf5HN)

316 314 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:11 AM (kff5f)

Imbue Butt Plugg's site with uranium and wait for it to be spent I guess...

which would be charming.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 09:12 AM (/4AZU)

317 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:06 AM (kff5f

Which reminds me, once I get the gun stripped down from deer season and the shot round put back on I should probably get some 00 Buck rounds.

I assume one uses a fairly open choke for that? (My range actually lets me shoot 00 buck so I guess I could go pattern it

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:12 AM (HDwDg)

318 I meant 12ga. My bad. I'll look around for some.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility


Check Shotgun News, Cheaper Than Dirt and online military surplus stores.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 09:12 AM (eUfnz)

319 306 Everyone says China is way behind us and just copying our stuff.

But we don't have a hypersonic strike vehicle.

China Conducts Third Flight Test of Hypersonic Strike Vehicle
freebeacon.com/national-security/china-conducts-third-flight-test-of-hypersonic-strike-vehicle/
Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:07 AM (ZPrif)

Bullshit

Posted by: Teledyne 163a at December 04, 2014 09:12 AM (TETYm)

320 Breitbart went to Oberlin to confirm Dunham's story.
Naturally it fell apart completely.
The guy she named ("Barry", who is real) should sue her for everything she's worth. Tons of people know who this guy is buy now since he's the only Republican named Barry who went to Oberlin at the same time as Dunham.

Almost all the other details in her rape claim are demonstrably false -- except his actual name.

Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
INVESTIGATION: Lena Dunham 'Raped by a Republican' Story in Bestseller Collapses Under Scrutiny http://bit.ly/1I3EiRM via @BreitbartNews

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:13 AM (ZPrif)

321 Bow hunter bags 7 yo albino buck.

http://tinyurl.com/albino-buck

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 04, 2014 09:13 AM (2vRRd)

322
Everyone says China is way behind us and just copying our stuff.

But we don't have a hypersonic strike vehicle.


I interviewed the CEO of a global software/mobile development company. He has locations in Finland, Silicon Valley, the one I forget, and Shanghai.

He was very specific about not being in Shanghai for labor costs, but because it's one of the global innovation hubs.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 09:13 AM (JtwS4)

323 AlextheChick, dolphins or monkeys?

Just say no?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:14 AM (7f5Ol)

324 Candy-gram!
Posted by: Landshark



Candy-gram for Mongo!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 09:15 AM (eUfnz)

325 Mindful webworker

Condolences on the loss of Faithful. I lost two kittehs within a year, Kette (who died on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor last year) and Diana, who died at the end of July. I have two younger kittehs now, but I still miss the senior ladies who were 16 and 18 when they passed. And I've seen a number of my friends through pet loss (kittehs, doggehs, and a birdeh) over the past several years. It's never easy, but as my friends say, there is some comfort in knowing that the pet had a good life with its human family, and remembering all the joy that the beloved pet brought to its humans.

Posted by: Basement Cat at December 04, 2014 09:15 AM (omf9g)

326 Mindful sorry about your loss...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 09:16 AM (/4AZU)

327
OK, I guess I asked for it.

Looks like today is going to be all Nena. Cuz there's links and stuff.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 09:16 AM (JtwS4)

328 Prep here for the outrage du jour.

Nah, it's too nice outside!

Sunny. A good day for a walk.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 04, 2014 09:16 AM (IXrOn)

329 Posted by: olddog in mo at December 04, 2014 09:13 AM (2vRRd)


Um... you're not supposed to shoot the White Stag.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:17 AM (kff5f)

330 @321

That looks fake as hell. Most albinos don't live a year. The anters appear to have been attached to me.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 09:18 AM (0FSuD)

331 The dudes holding signs in the photo in this article look like the smuggest pricks in history
http://tinyurl.com/mwrnyhc

Posted by: the real ch3 at December 04, 2014 09:18 AM (IG5KL)

332 >>>OK, made it to work and they still haven't launched.

For some reason I just recalled that stupid TheraFlu commercial with the guy with the plane and such

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 09:20 AM (3ZtZW)

333 "Prep here for the outrage du jour."


The Outrage Outlet is the Source for All of Your Emotional Support Needs. Visit Soon - Check Your Circulars for Our Daily Specials!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for all of Your Holiday Needs! at December 04, 2014 09:21 AM (hLRSq)

334 Now they're aiming for the end of the launch window. Doesn't look good. Stuck valves in the booster.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:21 AM (zoehZ)

335 *skips merrily away*

Enjoy the Nena overdose Bandersnatch. Nena uber alles

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:22 AM (7f5Ol)

336 Posted by: the real ch3 at December 04, 2014 09:18 AM (IG5KL)


Oh, geez. The smug in that article.

"Oh, he doesn't know about frats and campus life! It *could* have happened!"

And of course the take away: "It doesn't matter if it's true, questioning it will lead to other girls not reporting rapes!"

F*ck that. I'm not responsible for your choices. But when you accuse someone of something as heinous as rape- and considering that I think rapists should get the death penalty- I think you'd have a pretty convincing story and/or evidence to back you up.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:22 AM (kff5f)

337 Posted by: the real ch3 at December 04, 2014 09:18 AM (IG5KL

The idiot author is an idiot too.

Lots of people are pointing out shit tons of inconsistencies in the RS story. But apparently since Goldberg was never in a frat he can't do it too.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:23 AM (HDwDg)

338 I'm guessing the Teledyne comment was a reference to the US research program in hypersonics. Yes, we have a hypersonic research program, whose test flights keep failing disastrously.

We don't have a hypersonic missile that works that China can just copy.

America and China are in a hypersonics race. Both programs are classified, of course, though the American program is more open. From an outsider's perspective it appears the US program is a good bit more advanced and leading the race. Hard to say. The Chinese program is very opaque.

Both America and China have conducted hypersonic tests in recent years.

With the modern state of espionage, it probably won't be too long after one country figures it out that the other one copies or steals the design. Of course, part of it is also having the industrial and and scientific and engineering muscle to actually build it. Something China increasingly possesses.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:23 AM (ZPrif)

339 It looks like it was Muslims in Chechnya starting the fighting again. Hot Air has the details.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2014 09:24 AM (g1DWB)

340 it was Muslims in Chechnya starting the fighting

Color me stunned.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:25 AM (kff5f)

341 Check Your Circulars for Our Daily Specials!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for all of Your Holiday Needs! at December 04, 2014 09:21 AM (hLRSq)

I haven't gotten a circular for weeks now?
Whats the daily special?

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 09:25 AM (6yehy)

342 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:22 AM (kff5f)


Tons of senators (including my own idiot of a democrat senator) want to get in on the whole "school rape problem" mess.

I have a proposal, it's remarkably simple: Schools become mandatory reporters. All rape reports must be immediately turned over to police.

Period. Full stop. End.

You wouldn't handle a stabbing through the "student conduct panel" or whatever, why the fuck are you handling rapes that way?

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:26 AM (HDwDg)

343 Ahh, its another beautiful day!

Time to start drinking'!


*hoists bottle of cheap-ass bourbon*

*dook*

*dook*

*dook*

Posted by: Drinky Clinton at December 04, 2014 09:26 AM (KBvAm)

344

Laugh, people.

Never Lose a Fantasy Football Bet Or You Might Wind Up in a Shot-by-Shot Recreation of 'Chandelier'

http://tinyurl.com/o4p2r5f

It's a good day to laugh.
Watch it.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 04, 2014 09:27 AM (IXrOn)

345 Posted by: the real ch3 at December 04, 2014 09:18 AM (IG5KL)

The author is a smug prick, too. "Goldberg isn't allowed to have an opinion because he was never in a frat!"

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 09:27 AM (659DL)

346 Rickl,
I have NASA app on iPad. I'm going to see if I can watch on it.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 09:28 AM (sj3Ax)

347 And scrubbed. They'll try again tomorrow.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:28 AM (zoehZ)

348 >>>>Color me stunned.

*sets crayon guns to stun*

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 09:28 AM (3ZtZW)

349 Old Conservative Talking Point: Cliven Bundy is a hero for breaking the law and defying authority. Even though he had no legal grounds, because he was breaking an unjust law it was ok.

New Conservative Talking Point: Eric Garner is a punk who got what was coming to him for disobeying the law and authority. After all, we are a nation of laws, and the law is sacred.



Touche. In the end, we like what we like and dislike what we dislike. We tolerate the tolerable, as it were.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 09:28 AM (rwI+c)

350 Dang! the launch just got scrubbed.

Posted by: Bayou City at December 04, 2014 09:28 AM (8yWf/)

351 Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:28 AM (zoehZ

NASA is king of the tease.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:29 AM (HDwDg)

352 Crap. Launch scrubbed.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 04, 2014 09:29 AM (PWDHh)

353 Government produces all order.
Under anarchy there is no government.
Therefore anarchy is chaos. Q.E.D.

In Washington there isn't any plan
With "feeding David" on page sixty-four;
It must be accidental that the milk man
Leaves a bottle at my door.

It must be accidental that the butcher
Has carcasses arriving at his shop
The very place where, when I need some
meat,

I accidentally stop.

My life is chaos turned miraculous;

I speak a word and people understand
Although it must be gibberish since words
Are not produced by governmental plan.

Now law and order, on the other hand
The state provides us for the public good;
That's why there's instant justice on demand
And safety in every neighborhood.

Posted by: HoboJerk, TPHSATAR at December 04, 2014 09:29 AM (FA3Z7)

354 Tons of senators (including my own idiot of a democrat senator) want to get in on the whole "school rape problem" mess.

I have a proposal, it's remarkably simple: Schools become mandatory reporters. All rape reports must be immediately turned over to police.

Period. Full stop. End.

You wouldn't handle a stabbing through the "student conduct panel" or whatever, why the fuck are you handling rapes that way?
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:26 AM (HDwDg)

This is a perfect idea! And I think we all know why they don't turn over rape claims to police, because if the claims are true, then the school can't skew the reports for US News Rankings, etc.

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 09:29 AM (659DL)

355 But when you accuse someone of something as heinous as rape- and considering that I think rapists should get the death penalty- I think you'd have a pretty convincing story and/or evidence to back you up.

And not just a rape but a premeditated ritual gang rape with a bonus beating. That shit gets one lynched.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 09:30 AM (rwI+c)

356 Morning!

Sorry the Orion launch didn't happen! My parents are at Cape Canaveral to see it, so I hope it happens tomorrow.
* * * *
My outrage....Well, I'm a little ticked at the Denver East HS Ferguson protest leader I saw on the news this a.m. who said her conscience was clear on the whole 4 Denver cops being struck by a car while protecting these special snowflakes as they marched down the center of Colfax Ave.

Yes, honey, they would not have been struck had you not foolishly put your lives at risk my tying up mid-day traffic for your little "awareness raising" demonstration. And get this, we're already aware of what happened in Ferguson without your assistance.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2014 09:30 AM (ABcz/)

357 The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media
http://t.co/HENd8Oxsz0

It's the middle of November, early morning, and Markay is perched in a chair right outside the biennial meeting of the Democracy Alliance. He is not allowed inside. He is never allowed inside. As a reporter for the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website founded in 2012, Markay's assignment is to sit in a lobby cafe of the Mandarin Oriental hotel for three days, acquiring news about the meeting the way a shipwrecked sailor might acquire driftwood.

Five months earlier, when the Democracy Alliance met in Chicago, it distributed the photos of 20 reporters to prevent attendees from leaking anything by accident. Eleven of the profiled reporters worked for the Washington Free Beacon.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:30 AM (ZPrif)

358 "Old Conservative Talking Point: Cliven Bundy is a hero for breaking the law and defying authority. Even though he had no legal grounds, because he was breaking an unjust law it was ok.

New Conservative Talking Point: Eric Garner is a punk who got what was coming to him for disobeying the law and authority. After all, we are a nation of laws, and the law is sacred. "

New idiot talking point: I take unrelated events and actions, and claim to make some statement on current events!

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:31 AM (/jpU8)

359 99 luftballons go byyyyyyyyy

Posted by: Citizen X at December 04, 2014 09:31 AM (7ObY1)

360 Costa za, we've been flying "hyper" sonic drones and targets for years. We don't have a strike system because it would be a treaty violation.

The recent test failures are part of a program to build a conventional, global prompt strike capability. That means sustained hyper sonic flight, which is much harder.

Sounds like someone in Northrup marketing is feeding the free beacon stories.

Posted by: Teledyne 163a at December 04, 2014 09:31 AM (TETYm)

361 The Outrage Outlet is the Source for All of Your Emotional Support
Needs. Visit Soon - Check Your Circulars for Our Daily Specials!

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Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2014 09:31 AM (tsGZY)

362 Just read that Monica Belluci will be in the next Bond film. Yes, please!

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 09:31 AM (659DL)

363 I'm having Emotional Support Bacon even now.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 09:32 AM (rwI+c)

364 NASA is king of the tease.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:29 AM (HDwDg)



Yoo hoo!

*winks*

And here's the Queen, baby!

*dook*

*dook*

*dook*

*falls off walker*

Posted by: Drinky Clinton at December 04, 2014 09:32 AM (KBvAm)

365 351
NASA is king of the tease.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:29 AM (HDwDg)



Nah, sometimes SpaceX gets all the way to ignition before scrubbing.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:32 AM (zoehZ)

366


Old Conservative Talking Point: Cliven Bundy is a hero for breaking the law and defying authority. Even though he had no legal grounds, because he was breaking an unjust law it was ok.

New Conservative Talking Point: Eric Garner is a punk who got what was coming to him for disobeying the law and authority. After all, we are a nation of laws, and the law is sacred.

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Yeah, except nobody is saying that. Strawmen be burning in the wing.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:32 AM (ZPrif)

367 No launch today, Rickl.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 09:32 AM (sj3Ax)

368 Vic's not had a good doctor since Hippocrates.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 09:33 AM (/GgDU)

369 Better to scrub than to screw the pooch.

Posted by: Havedash at December 04, 2014 09:33 AM (gvqyH)

370 Good morning! Looks like there is no Dump today. Just as well...



Not many people showing up at work today. No surprise. Plans are in motion to wind down certain activities that require supervision and physical presence to shut down and transfer in a safe manner. Other people, like me, can simply walk away and not have to return. I'm here because I promised to do one more task for a coworker. After that, I'm out I guess. Nothing else to do until I hear from HR about signing whatever needs to be signed.


Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (GQ8sn)

371 And I'm back. I hate Thursday morning meetings.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (zF6Iw)

372 " have a proposal, it's remarkably simple: Schools become mandatory reporters. All rape reports must be immediately turned over to police"

which is why this tale rang false from day one, as in Virginia, all public schools' security is actually a functional, Commonwealth sanctioned (and hired, BTW) police force - a point that often seems to be overlooked in the general discussion and by the original rs piece.

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (/jpU8)

373 Aroo?

Posted by: Scoby Doo at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (rwI+c)

374 Stuck valves?

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (TETYm)

375 Better to scrub than to screw the pooch.

Posted by: Havedash at December 04, 2014 09:33 AM (gvqyH)



Strangely, I'm conflicted about that.

Posted by: Pooch covered in Mud at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (KBvAm)

376 I have a proposal, it's remarkably simple: Schools become mandatory
reporters. All rape reports must be immediately turned over to police.


I agree, as a first step.

But we've gone so far the wrong direction on rape accusations, and I don't know how to get back to where we should be.

1) Accused rapists often do not get to "face their accuser."
2) Even with an acquittal, the accusee's reputation is forever destroyed.
3) We're not allowed to question accusers because "that makes them relive the rape all over again" or "it makes it less likely for the next one to come forward."

At some point we've got to admit that rape is a crime on the order of murder (yes, I put them at about the same 'severity'), and that for that reason the accused deserves all the (legal) benefit of the doubt our system provides.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (kff5f)

377 Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (GQ8sn

Just remember EC, Needles have great street value!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:36 AM (HDwDg)

378 365 351
NASA is king of the tease.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:29 AM (HDwDg)


Nah, sometimes SpaceX gets all the way to ignition before scrubbing.
Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:32 AM (zoehZ)

Don't know if you know, do they still use analog systems to launch like Apollo?

Posted by: MikeH at December 04, 2014 09:36 AM (84oau)

379 EC, best wishes there. It sucks being the last one out...

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:36 AM (/jpU8)

380 That looks fake as hell. Most albinos don't live a year. The anters appear to have been attached to me.


Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 09:18 AM


That's what the conservation dude said in article. The Hunter said he had chance to shoot it before but land owner said no. But later land owner changed mind because of trespassers/poachers on his land.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 04, 2014 09:36 AM (2vRRd)

381 Hehe, this is funny too.

8 Simple (and Hilarious) Rules to Become US Ambassador to Any Country Under the Obama Administration

http://tinyurl.com/lh3o8zb


Funny Take Two.

Now, off to run errands.

Laugh today, all.

(bonus: hottie @#

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 04, 2014 09:38 AM (IXrOn)

382 The lady at the end of the NASA TV coverage was kinda cute.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:38 AM (zoehZ)

383 Talking about police -- friend of wife got a $300 ticket for not moving into an open lane when police car made a traffic stop. Police car was on shoulder with plenty of room.

I usually try to do this as a courtesy -- apparently it's now the law -- with a hefty fine for noncompliance.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 09:38 AM (zxQ4h)

384 "back in 1985 who would have thought Brazil would be such a cautionary tale"

Well, me, for one.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 04, 2014 09:38 AM (OCcU9)

385 I'm outraged there is a new outrage every day.

Posted by: docweasel at December 04, 2014 09:38 AM (5Z4Wf)

386 Just remember EC, Needles have great street value!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:36 AM (HDwDg)


At our department meeting, there was a guy who was quietly sobbing. He has four kids, his wife doesn't work, and one of his young daughters just had some major gastrointestinal surgery. I'm pretty sure he's got some bills even after the insurance. I really felt bad for him.
There are really nice equipment in my lab that I could live comfortably off of if I could ever pawn them!

Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 09:39 AM (GQ8sn)

387
370 EC

Read about the close of your workplace last night - what a truly shitty thing to happen right before Christmas

I'm so sorry and I wish you all the best

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 09:39 AM (U+r+e)

388 The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media
http://t.co/HENd8Oxsz0

On Nov. 13, after Lachlan Markay was done staking out the Democracy Alliance, Continetti headed to the Republican Party's Capitol Hill Club to accept a prize. The Young Conservatives Coalition was giving him the "Buckley Award," named for National Review founder William F. Buckley, for his "significant contribution" to the movement. As fellow award-winners James O'Keefe and Dan Backer watched, Continetti asked his audience to reject the popular history of Buckley as a bloodless intellectual.

"The Buckley of the 1950s and 1960s was even more frightening to liberals than even Ted Cruz," said Continetti. "He defended Joe McCarthy. If you want a controversial issue, defend Joe McCarthy!" Buckley, he said, launched "the conservative march through the institutions that continues to this day."

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:39 AM (ZPrif)

389 I'm sorry, EC.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 09:39 AM (sj3Ax)

390 378
Don't know if you know, do they still use analog systems to launch like Apollo?
Posted by: MikeH at December 04, 2014 09:36 AM (84oau)


No, I don't know.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 09:40 AM (zoehZ)

391 No, NYC didn't vote for it, Sven. It was a record low turnout of 24% of which a majority voted for DB.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke


Unfortunately, that means that NYC did in effect vote for it by not voting against DB in large enough numbers. His election and actions may not be an accurate representation of what the majority of New Yorkers want, but it's what the majority of New Yorkers get because of apathy.

In a way, this is very much the story of Obama.

Posted by: T. Jeff at December 04, 2014 09:40 AM (/Ho8c)

392 ec

oh dear.....sorry to hear about that

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 95 days until Spring Training at December 04, 2014 09:40 AM (u8GsB)

393 EC, perhaps its a good thing the wife has kept the scimitars away from you...

Hassan chop! at meeting = bad idea.

Good luck though.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (7f5Ol)

394 "Yeah, except nobody is saying that. Strawmen be burning in the wing."


Hey, I answered one unfair strawman with another unfair strawman. That was kind of the point.

Posted by: Roadrunner at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (nWv04)

395 Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 09:25 AM (6yehy)

Curmudgeonly Consternations - Buy Two and Get a Spluttering Slow-Burn Free!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for all of Your Holiday Needs! at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (hLRSq)

396 I usually try to do this as a courtesy -- apparently it's now the law -- with a hefty fine for noncompliance.

In TX, the law is "move over or slow down." Move so there's at least one lane between you and the shoulder if possible. If not, you have to slow down to something like 15 mph less than the speed limit (or 10 mph as a minimum, I think).

Since I can't remember the numbers, I choose to move over.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (kff5f)

397 "not voting against DB"

Ahem. Did you see the GOP's candidate?

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (/jpU8)

398 That LAT article is remarkably shallow, even by LAT standards.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (MMC8r)

399 That really stinks, EC. Could they have picked worse timing?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2014 09:42 AM (ABcz/)

400
1) Accused rapists often do not get to "face their accuser."
2) Even with an acquittal, the accusee's reputation is forever destroyed.
3) We're not allowed to question accusers because "that makes them relive the rape all over again" or "it makes it less likely for the next one to come forward."
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Yep. There's no need to have campus kangaroo courts for sex crimes.

If somebody gets raped or sexually assaulted on campus then you need to do the same thing you would do before or after college -- call the damn cops.

But they don't want that since they are trying to punish behavior that isn't rape and they know it.

And the only response to that is for these falsely accused men to bury academia in lawfare and take every penny in damages they can get.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:42 AM (ZPrif)

401 "Don't know if you know, do they still use analog systems to launch like Apollo? "

Probably an app for that...

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:43 AM (/jpU8)

402 - It's a toaster thing, you wouldn't understand.

- I love toasters.

- The gaystapo, child raping, HRC equal sign.


I think that is weapons grade snark right there. Look, it even looks like the top of a two-slice toaster!

Posted by: kindltot at December 04, 2014 09:43 AM (t//F+)

403 Cat, "Oh gawd, did you just fix the Talking Toaster?"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:44 AM (7f5Ol)

404 It appears that BenK needs moar bran in his morning muffin. No dump yet.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 09:45 AM (eUfnz)

405 Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 09:39 AM (GQ8sn


My lab moved in two phases. The second phase was the animal facility.
Comp med handled animal movement but I had to handle all equipment.

At the time we ordered needles by the case. 10 boxes 100 needles each. In multiple sizes (though the case sizes may have been different.)

And a $50,000 microscopy set.

As I'm loading it up, my boss looks at me as says "no just make sure no one steals the microscope while you're loading."

I turned to him and said "do you know where we are? No one's going to steal the microscope. I might get shot over the thousands and thousands of dollars of needles I'm moving, but I think the freaking scope is safe."

It hadn't dawned on him that stuff we bought for maybe $50 from Fischer was worth more on the street than a fancy set of optics.

I feel awful for your coworker, hopefully severance and COBRA will help. Lord knows Father in Law is in the same boat with the disabled mother-in-law who takes thousands in meds each year. They're COBRA-ing until it runs out (security of knowing your doctors and pills are covered is better than the potential savings from finding new insurance).

After that we have about an 18 month gap until Mom-in-law is Medicare eligible.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:45 AM (HDwDg)

406 Thank you all for your well wishes.

Yes, it was a shitty thing to do right before Christmas. The company has done this before several times, again, right before Christmas. Seems to be a trend.


What is disappointing to me in some sense, is by choosing to completely cut out R and D here at our site, they are surrendering certain capabilities for good. The alternate sites don't have certain things we did here and it translates to slower progress and products for the customer in the future. It means they are giving up in certain areas.

Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 09:45 AM (GQ8sn)

407 Sorry, EC.

I hate the Dims and their ckufed-up socialist thinking that-

we're all lab rats in their grand social experiment.

That our lives and hopes and dreams and families have no more meaning than a lab rat.

Well...

Bounce back strong.

You're a man.

It's tough in this economy, but you're a man and you'll bounce back.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2014 09:45 AM (KBvAm)

408 Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:42 AM (ZPrif)


All true, but my point was that this is often (usually) the case even in a real criminal investigation.

Remember that the Duke Lacrosse case was handled by "the real cops" (at the direction of the idiot DA). Their reputations are basically ruined, no matter that the court came back and said "Completely Innocent, we can't believe you actually brought the charges, Mr. Nifong."

And the entire time they were actively proving their innocence, we were being scolded that listening to them and questioning Ms. Mangum's account were "making her relive the trauma" and "making it less likely for the next girl to come forward."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:45 AM (kff5f)

409 "But they don't want that since they are trying to punish behavior that isn't rape and they know it. "

Ding Ding Ding. Winner.

This is exactly the entire "campus rape" idiocy summed up in under 20 words.

And yes, I'm stealing it.

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:46 AM (/jpU8)

410 Ahem. Did you see the GOP's candidate?

Posted by: anon a mouse


LOL, point taken.

Posted by: T. Jeff at December 04, 2014 09:46 AM (/Ho8c)

411 EC, I'm sorry about the bad news. Been through that myself and it's no fun. I hope it's a brief funemployment staycation.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 04, 2014 09:46 AM (Lqy/e)

412 Reading the Breitbart article about Lena Dunham's 'rape,' it appears that its not even the classic definition of what constitutes rape (ie, forcible sex). By her account she willingly engaged in sex, just decries how it went.

Him slipping the rubber off or being rougher than she likes has to be viewed as different (if only in magnitude) from what the average conception of 'rape' is, being force, threat, or violence.

Loosening the standard to that degree basically criminalizes anything the female decides to criminalize.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 09:46 AM (MMC8r)

413 I usually try to do this as a courtesy -- apparently it's now the law -- with a hefty fine for noncompliance.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 09:38 AM (zxQ4h)

It has been the law in Michigan for years - get over or slow down for stopped emergency vehicles. I just went to Maryland and back and signs stating that are up just as you cross the border on the turnpike or the interstate. This isn't new.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for all of Your Holiday Needs! at December 04, 2014 09:47 AM (hLRSq)

414 EC, perhaps its a good thing the wife has kept the scimitars away from you...

Hassan chop! at meeting = bad idea.

Good luck though.


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (7f5Ol)


There is one guy here that makes Somali warlords look like neighbourhood kids with airsoft toys.


I just need to know which day to not come to work.

Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 09:47 AM (GQ8sn)

415 Costanza Defense,
Are you also on O'Keefe's mailing list?

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 09:48 AM (sj3Ax)

416 Loosening the standard to that degree basically criminalizes anything the female decides to criminalize.

Which is, of course, the point.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:48 AM (kff5f)

417 Talking about police -- friend of wife got a $300 ticket for not moving into an open lane when police car made a traffic stop. Police car was on shoulder with plenty of room.

I usually try to do this as a courtesy -- apparently it's now the law -- with a hefty fine for noncompliance.



Yes. Because our betters, with their brightly lit, flashing lights cars, are more important than some shlub trying to change a flat.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 09:48 AM (eUfnz)

418 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:35 AM (kff5f

So much of this is fixed if rape is handled by the courts rather than by the schools.

As for schools where the security is police. There needs to be a firewall between the two for criminal cases.

Now admittedly, this country needs to fix it's rape reporting mechanism in general. But the dems are too focused on using "abortion in the case of rape" to mess with the more prevalent on the ground issues that matter.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:48 AM (HDwDg)

419 Stupid question: Do wild bunnies hibernate?
One of our "pet" neighborhood bunnies (we had 4 this summer) just bounded across the front lawn...

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2014 09:48 AM (ABcz/)

420 I turned to him and said "do you know where we are? No one's going to
steal the microscope. I might get shot over the thousands and thousands
of dollars of needles I'm moving, but I think the freaking scope is
safe."



Yeah, it's not like everyone knows what a confocal microscope is and how much it costs.


I am going to steal all the pens I can though!


I'M RICH, BEEYATCH!!!!



Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)

421 So I see that Putin is surprised that being a perpetual dick isn't without cost.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at December 04, 2014 09:50 AM (BZAd3)

422 @413

Move over for emergency vehicles is the law in every state. It was not expressed directly until lately, but the old violation, impeding an emergency vehicle is in every state.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2014 09:50 AM (0FSuD)

423 Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 09:48 AM (eUfnz

Actually here I think it's the law to get over for police, tow trucks and any "disabled vehicle" or some such.

Obviously only the police can enforce that though.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:50 AM (HDwDg)

424 Probably an app for that...
Posted by: anon
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*pictures match and fuse icons *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 09:50 AM (/GgDU)

425 "*pictures match and fuse icons *"

Yeah. That plus 11 million bucks at the app store...

Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:51 AM (/jpU8)

426
And the entire time they were actively proving their innocence, we were being scolded that listening to them and questioning Ms. Mangum's account were "making her relive the trauma" and "making it less likely for the next girl to come forward."
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I agree with everything you said. The situation is insane.

The Right should be able to fight this by demanding colleges take things as seriously as they say and involve the police. Colleges should get out of the sex crime business completely.

The Left defends it by saying the men who are punished (suspended/expelled/etc) aren't being *really* hurt in any tangible way. But with social media now the charges stick around.

Plus there are the feminist sites that let people anonymously list men as rapists. Which is crazy. They let crazies go on and anonymously list men's real names and the "crimes" they've committed.

Good thing is more men are suing the colleges rather than just slink away quietly and hope everybody forgets this horrible false accusation.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:51 AM (ZPrif)

427 397 Posted by: anon a mouse at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (/jpU

I must have missed where a majority of democrats wanted to stop DeStalino in the primary...

it's all good....

I have popcorn and gatorade I'm set.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 09:51 AM (/4AZU)

428 In TX, the law is "move over or slow down."

It looks like we have something like that...

The Steer Clear law, which went into effect Sept. 8, 2006, requires motorists to move into a lane that is not adjacent to an emergency response area. An emergency response area is an area on or near a road where services are being provided by police, sheriffs, coroners, medical examiners, firefighters, fire police, fire marshalls, rescue personnel, emergency medical service personnel, towing and recovery personnel, hazardous material response team members and/or highway construction and maintenance personnel. If drivers cannot
move over because of traffic or other conditions, they must reduce their speed. In cases where law enforcement may not be present, the law allows road workers and emergency responders to report violations by motorists.
Law enforcement may issue citations based on these reports. Failure to move over or slow down can result in a summary offense that carries a fine of up to $250. In addition, fines will be doubled for traffic violations occurring in work zones areas. If that violation leads to a worker being injured, a 90-day license suspension could result.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 09:52 AM (zxQ4h)

429 I am going to steal all the pens I can though!

I'M RICH, BEEYATCH!!!!

Posted by: EC
------------------------

Paper clips, man..., go for the paper clips.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 09:52 AM (/GgDU)

430 So I see that Putin is surprised that being a perpetual dick isn't without cost.

Barry did his best to protect his oil interests, it's that darn private industry that's put Vlad's nutz in the vice. Look for an executive order to ban private oil production.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 09:53 AM (MMC8r)

431 You know what Brown and Garner cases both had in common? They both involved the Democrat tobacco tax meant to social engineer people by making smoking too expense.


After learning about Garner selling loosees... I bet that was Brown's intent when he stole the cigars.


So these men both died trying to make money getting around the Democrat social engineering.


Thanks Democrats, for so much. Not only do you lie, you set up rules that get people killed! Then create a race war over the impossible situations you cause.


The world would be so much better off if we could just get rid of Democrats, or at least start ignoring them.

Posted by: petunia at December 04, 2014 09:53 AM (M1eBo)

432 Posted by: SE Pa Moron at December 04, 2014 09:52 AM (zxQ4h

In MO, it's a class C felony.

No fucking joke.

IIRC that's on part with a DUI. There are cops around here that sit on the shoulder with their lights on, or "chain tickets." That is write a ticket, wait for the next schlub to go by you while you're "finishing the paperwork" pull them over, lather rinse repeat.

My mom got stuck in that mess once. Cost like $600 to avoid the felony plea on her record. (Just the fine, not the lawyer who was a friend and helped her out.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:54 AM (HDwDg)

433 Morning' everyone. AllenG... how's the arm brah?

Posted by: Yip at December 04, 2014 09:54 AM (84SRe)

434 Paper clips, man..., go for the paper clips.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
--------------------

Wait..., I've re-thought that. Go for the staples. The Greenie fascists always take those away first.
See: Mussolini

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 09:54 AM (/GgDU)

435 I guess the guys at NASA forgot to reconfigure the plasma inverters and redirect power through the phase inducers.

Again.

Posted by: eman at December 04, 2014 09:54 AM (MQEz6)

436
Moving over for emergency vehicles?

Here in OZ I don't think there's a law requiring a driver to move over into another lane if a cop car is booking someone on the side of the road

However with 50,000 zillion laws on the books - who would know?

Plus most of our roads are not the gigantic things you have over there

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 09:55 AM (U+r+e)

437 Curmudgeonly Consternations - Buy Two and Get a Spluttering Slow-Burn Free!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for all of Your Holiday Needs! at December 04, 2014 09:41 AM (hLRSq)

How about shipping and handling charges. Can those be waived?

Posted by: GMB - Tyrant 2nd Class at December 04, 2014 09:55 AM (6yehy)

438 Posted by: petunia at December 04, 2014 09:53 AM (M1eBo)

MO has one of the lowest tobacco taxes in the nation.

Indeed, people who want black market cigs come here.

I don't think he was doing it to sell cheap cigs.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 09:55 AM (HDwDg)

439 Feminists just hate the fact that in normal heterosexual sex the male is dominant and the initiator.

They hate the fact that every romantic movie that chicks watch has the Will He or Won't He scene where she looks longingly in his eyes with the Kiss Me, Dammit look and then he grabs her or misses the message and turns away.

This normal fact of heterosexual courtship and sex bugs the hell out of them.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:55 AM (ZPrif)

440 Barry did his best to protect his oil interests, it's that darn private industry that's put Vlad's nutz in the vice. Look for an executive order to ban private oil production.
Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 09:53 AM (MMC8r)


You rang?

Posted by: Teh EPA at December 04, 2014 09:56 AM (UZQM8)

441
After learning about Garner selling loosees... I bet that was Brown's intent when he stole the cigars.


Brown's intent was to hollow out the cigar and fill it with marijuana to smoke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunt_%28marijuana_cigar%29

Indications are St. Trayvon was trying to buy some, too, the night he was shot.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 09:57 AM (MMC8r)

442 429 I am going to steal all the pens I can though!

I'M RICH, BEEYATCH!!!!

Posted by: EC
------------------------

Paper clips, man..., go for the paper clips.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 09:52 AM (/GgDU)

Post-its.

You can sell each sheet individually.

Too soon?

Posted by: eman at December 04, 2014 09:57 AM (MQEz6)

443 Barry did his best to protect his oil interests, it's that darn private industry that's put Vlad's nutz in the vice. Look for an executive order to ban private oil production.
Posted by: --- at December 04, 2014 09:53 AM (MMC8r)

Cechnyian muzzies are doing him some damage again, too. You can bet (imo) that the terrorists will be getting aid from Ukraine and Georgia.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at December 04, 2014 09:58 AM (BZAd3)

444 AllenG... how's the arm brah?

Still hurts.

In case you missed the update- fracture to the radial head which attaches to my elbow. Ortho says putting a cast on it is a bad idea, so all I get to do is take narcotics for the pain (nothing else works) and anti-inflammatories for the swelling.

That's especially bad today, because I had to skip my morning pain meds; I had to come into the office to talk to some people, and driving while on narcotics is... not wise.

It'll be this way for 4 - 6 weeks. Probably.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 09:58 AM (kff5f)

445 *pats belleh*


sausage gravy and biscuits, can't beat it.



So, what are y'all yelling about today?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 09:58 AM (6fyGz)

446 >>>Here in OZ I don't think there's a law requiring a driver to move over into another lane if a cop car is booking someone on the side of the road


Well, I can see that. The cop is gonna be on the far side of the road since you guys all drive --- wait a second. *scratches head*

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 09:58 AM (3ZtZW)

447 Posted by: eman at December 04, 2014 09:57 AM (MQEz6)

Post-it...Don't choke-it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 04, 2014 09:59 AM (Zu3d9)

448 Feminists hate that a normal healthy young couple decide on 2nd date decide whether to move on to 2nd base by ... the guy moves his hand up to her breast -- if she's not ready yet, she moves his hand away, if she's ready, she let's him continue.

That non-verbal interaction that everybody has experienced and happens a couple billion times every year all over the planet ... is something they want to stigmatize as rape. Or at least, rape-ish.

They are freaks and genetic mutants who hate normal human sexuality.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:59 AM (ZPrif)

449 sausage gravy and biscuits, can't beat it.

Certainly puts my "banana and cup of coffee" to shame.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:00 AM (kff5f)

450 This Nena gal, does she have a last name?
Asking for a friend who is on a phone and can't copy/paste links.
He can do a bing search though.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 04, 2014 10:00 AM (KeRzR)

451 I wonder what Limbaugh will talk about today. Probably amnesty and the GOP attempt to give the democrats everything they want in a futile effort for buy political peace until Obama is regulated to the history footnotes.

We should have a parade to raise awareness for law enforcement. Support your local police and their efforts to enforce the law. Make a movie, 'Support your local Sheriff' and put it on youtube.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 10:01 AM (EZ2rp)

452 allen

how's the arm?

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 95 days until Spring Training at December 04, 2014 10:01 AM (u8GsB)

453 * cocks suspicious eye on Alan *

Posted by: Dr. Richard Kimble at December 04, 2014 10:02 AM (/GgDU)

454
446 Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers

Yes we're really all upside down here - in whatever we do

Your nic - too many loosies eh?

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 10:03 AM (U+r+e)

455 453 * Allen

Posted by: Dr. Richard Kimble at December 04, 2014 10:03 AM (/GgDU)

456 On office supplies:

You never know when a paperclip might be worth as much as a house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:03 AM (kff5f)

457 Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 95 days until Spring Training at December 04, 2014 10:01 AM (u8GsB)


See current update @444.



And I want to thank the Horde for you collective concern and prayers. They've been a blessing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:04 AM (kff5f)

458 OK, that "8 Simple Rules to Becoming a US Ambassador" is funny.

The first one is "Be Successful" at something. What's funny is that Colleen Bell produces the Bold and the Beautiful....and just happens to be the daughter of William Bell, the long-time producer of The Young and the Restless and -get this - The Bold and the Beautiful.
So I guess using that standard, Willow Smith could be deemed "successful" by the WH, and therefore qualified to be an ambassador.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2014 10:04 AM (ABcz/)

459 Certainly puts my "banana and cup of coffee" to shame.

----

So.... thats what the kids are calling theses days.

Posted by: fixerupper at December 04, 2014 10:04 AM (NaV4z)

460 >>>Your nic - too many loosies eh?

Eh. Change it up is all. Its a laff.

Got to drive, see you all later

Posted by: Bigby's Nic-Stained Fingers at December 04, 2014 10:05 AM (3ZtZW)

461 Allen
If you keep taking the meds you'll get used to them.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 10:05 AM (sj3Ax)

462 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:03 AM (kff5f

Yeah this type of shit only works in two situations:

1) The dude on the other end has no idea what he has
or
2) People are willing to trade things of disproportionate value for publicity.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:05 AM (HDwDg)

463 In MO, it's a class C felony.



No fucking joke.



IIRC that's on part with a DUI. There are cops around here that sit
on the shoulder with their lights on, or "chain tickets." That is
write a ticket, wait for the next schlub to go by you while you're
"finishing the paperwork" pull them over, lather rinse repeat.



out.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c)


So, is that more or less severe than roughing up a store owner and stealing Swisher Sweets?

Posted by: T. Jeff at December 04, 2014 10:05 AM (/Ho8c)

464 If you keep taking the meds you'll get used to them.

Which is pretty well exactly what I don't want.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:06 AM (kff5f)

465 They are freaks and genetic mutants who hate normal human sexuality.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:59 AM (ZPrif)



Whoa, whoa, whoa there, pally!

Don't put that crazy fymynyst shyt on us.

Posted by: Freaks and Genetic Mutants Local #305 at December 04, 2014 10:06 AM (KBvAm)

466 Mate, you might be flying too low when your Spit's prop is cutting grass.

http://youtu.be/4iOoiEbtf2w

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2014 10:07 AM (7f5Ol)

467 Still hurts.

In case you missed the update--Posted by: AllenG( one-and-a-half-armed-typist)


No, I didn't see the update. Damn roller skating...... that's a crazy break. Daily pain meds is scary. Hang in there. Hope the elbow heals up and you don't end up with a freakish bump like Val Kilmer.. heh

Posted by: Yip at December 04, 2014 10:07 AM (84SRe)

468 If you need them to feel better, you won't need them when arm is better.

Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2014 10:07 AM (sj3Ax)

469 That's oot-raaahge

Posted by: Aunt Ralph at December 04, 2014 10:07 AM (6VG2o)

470 Mate, you might be flying too low when your Spit's prop is cutting grass.

Or...

You might be flying AWESOME!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:08 AM (kff5f)

471 Posted by: T. Jeff at December 04, 2014 10:05 AM (/Ho8c

Actually IIRC, the theft was a misdemeanor. The "strong arm" element may have made it a low felony.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:08 AM (HDwDg)

472 So I guess using that standard, Willow Smith could be deemed "successful" by the WH, and therefore qualified to be an ambassador.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2014 10:04 AM (ABcz/)
**************
Willow Smith for Sec of Defense!
Mylie Cyrus for Attorney General!

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Aiming His Torpedo at December 04, 2014 10:09 AM (32Ze2)

473 Actually IIRC, the theft was a misdemeanor. The "strong arm" element may have made it a low felony.

The "strong arm" element almost certainly made it a felony. Threatening someone (even if you're an unarmed special snowflake) is assault.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:09 AM (kff5f)

474 Willow Smith for Sec of Defense!

Mylie Cyrus for Attorney General!
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Aiming His Torpedo at December 04, 2014 10:09 AM (32Ze2)


They'd be better than the current officeholders.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:10 AM (kff5f)

475 Push harder.

Posted by: Dump and Tree Painting Post at December 04, 2014 10:10 AM (vgIRn)

476
Hot and steamy night here in Sydney and it's bedtime...

Have a wonderful yesterday everyone...

BTW I've been watching a movie about the hijacking of Lufthansa flight 181 in 1977

Apparently it's based on the recollections of those involved and one of the bastard hijackers is wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt ....

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 10:11 AM (U+r+e)

477 First

He didn't trade a paper clip for a house.
He traded the paper clip for something else, and retained and reinvested the profit.

The house was traded for something else, included the reinvested, compounded profit from all off the previous trades.

If you are going to draw your conclusions from headlines, you need to learn how to read headlines.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 10:12 AM (EZ2rp)

478 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:09 AM (kff5f

Yeah, by "may" there I meant "I can't remember it was a C or B."

To the googles!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:12 AM (HDwDg)

479 Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 10:12 AM (EZ2rp)


And, yet, what he started with was a paperclip, and what he ended with was a house.

Sure I skipped all the intermediate steps. So what? I don't think EC is going to be able to appropriate a Coleman stove (with fuel) from his work. A red paperclip is a possibility, though.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 10:14 AM (kff5f)

480 Anna - Alain de Cadenet (in the video) is an interesting fellow. An old-school 'gentleman'. He knows his automobiles. His 'Victory by Design' video series is fantastic. He finished 3rd overall at the '76 Le Mans.

Posted by: Dr. Richard Kimble at December 04, 2014 10:14 AM (/GgDU)

481 EC, just catching up-stream comments. Sorry to read about your job.

Posted by: Yip at December 04, 2014 10:14 AM (84SRe)

482 Yay!

Home! Finally.

Noticed we're still fkd.

Oh well. Must sleep now.

Posted by: TangoNine at December 04, 2014 10:14 AM (x3YFz)

483 476
Hot and steamy night here in Sydney and it's bedtime...
Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 10:11 AM (U+r+e)

********

Don't lie, it's winter!

Posted by: Typical Obama Voter at December 04, 2014 10:14 AM (vgIRn)

484
Nena is a German singer who goes by one name only.

She had an 80s crossover hit in English with "99 Red Balloons", "99 Luftballons" in the original.

There's a semi-SFW pic of her in body paint in my nick. Because caring giver.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 10:15 AM (JtwS4)

485 @AllenG

Huh,

Missouri actually has a whacky definition of "Strong Arm Robbery"

A person commits the offense of robbery in the second degree if he or she forcibly steals property and in the course thereof causes physical injury to another person.

Dunno what's considered "physical injury to another person." Does shoving someone count? Does there have to be a bruise?

In any case it's a class B.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:15 AM (HDwDg)

486 As for schools where the security is police. There needs to be a firewall between the two for criminal cases.
-------
And wiser administrators.

Some school administrators are unable to tell the difference between a toaster pastry and a firearm or the difference between a disciplinary infraction and a criminal infarction.

Posted by: RioBravo at December 04, 2014 10:15 AM (z27Ny)

487 Jim Hoft @gatewaypundit
NEW BLACK PANTHERS Plot to Blow Up St. Louis Arch -- Holder Indicts Leaders on Minor Gun Charges http://shar.es/131z0O via @gatewaypundit

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 10:16 AM (ZPrif)

488 Loosie selling is an extremely common part of the ghetto economy.

The po-po generally look the other way or just chase them off if they are in front of a store and the store owner complains.

Posted by: Citizen X at December 04, 2014 10:16 AM (7ObY1)

489 Willow Smith for Sec of Defense!

Mylie Cyrus for Attorney General!


*snort*
That would certainly make DoJ press conferences interesting. MAG Miley will be making a statement about the DoJ's plans to look into the Michael Brown shooting and to twerk to her latest hit. In that order. DoJ press office has not provided any details on her planned attire for the event....

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2014 10:16 AM (ABcz/)

490 Threatening someone (even if you're an unarmed special snowflake) is assault.
Posted by: AllenG
-----------------

He assaulted the store owner.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:16 AM (/GgDU)

491 "58
I certainly hope and pray that NYC doesn't go up in flames because Bill
DeBlasio has antagonized and demonized policeman since he began
office. He needs them far more than they need him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 07:21 AM (FS3xS)"

To get serious for a moment, I actually think that something of that nature might actually serve a good purpose by serving as a warning to otherwise oblivious New Yorkers that the good times that were initiated by Giuliani and continued, more or less, by Bloomberg are now over and it might well be time for reasonable people to GTFO. The family of my sister in law were Jews in Germany and recognized the indications that, despite the inconvenience and genuine sacrifices involved, it was time to GTFO. And that is why the particular genes that belong to my sister in law exist and were passed on to my nieces.

Now I don't expect that particular form of bad times to occur in New York City but I think it is reasonable to expect that the annual homicide count to rise from ~500 per year during the Giuliani and Bloomberg era to back over 2000 per year as was typical when David Dinkins was mayor. I also think that, given the feckless attitude towards national security displayed by the Obama Administration, there is a reasonable chance that a nuclear weapon will be detonated in NYC and the best defense against nuclear weapons is to be some place else when they go off.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 04, 2014 10:17 AM (PD6iL)

492 deadly, unarmed special snowflakes.... hmmm.

Posted by: TangoNine at December 04, 2014 10:17 AM (x3YFz)

493 hen in fact you are a recidivist dickhead standing there for the 32nd time committing a moronic street crime?

IIRC the SAME moronic street crime you're on bail for and which the Police Commissioner has just ordered the "zero tolerance" enforcement of.

The only thing more recidivist is repeating the crime in jail.

Posted by: DaveA at December 04, 2014 10:17 AM (DL2i+)

494 Dunno what's considered "physical injury to another person." Does shoving someone count? Does there have to be a bruise?
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:15 AM (HDwDg)

*******

And that's where we come in. And now we take Discover!

Posted by: Lawyers at December 04, 2014 10:17 AM (vgIRn)

495 Thanks Bandersnatch.
More of a face (eyes, smile and such) guy but, since you went to all the trouble...

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 04, 2014 10:18 AM (KeRzR)

496 T9

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:18 AM (/GgDU)

497 Just dropped off signed contract at the corporate office. The "Personal Conduct" section was two pages long. Nothing about drugs or anything, just a series of paragraphs saying "Don't be an asshole in public, people will notice and it will reflect on the Company" in new and creative ways.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 04, 2014 10:18 AM (2cS/G)

498 Posted by: RioBravo at December 04, 2014 10:15 AM (z27Ny)

Eh, I think some administrators want to create "justice" where "justice" really means "punish those I'm upset with (regardless what the law says about due process.)"

To that end they cave to the vocal.
I think for men in college currently there's a bit of a "Someone Else's problem field" thing happening. While we're all at risk of this happening the crowd you run with matters too. I had one Girl Friend in college, she's now my wife. My chances of false accusations were low because of that. Many people may be in similar situations, so they don't get caught up in the net, so they don't care.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:19 AM (HDwDg)

499 Tango! They untied the straightjacket?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 10:19 AM (JtwS4)

500 Bloomberg was a nattering nanny tyrant who wasted time, effort and energy on idiotic policies

including the cigarette sales.

Posted by: DaveA at December 04, 2014 10:19 AM (DL2i+)

501 Sometimes great big fat people just keel right over when they're trying to deny Communist Democrat mayors their sweet, sweet tax revenue.

Posted by: Jame Gumb at December 04, 2014 10:19 AM (Wuv+a)

502 Sure I skipped all the intermediate steps. So what?

Ok, sure. Whatever. .

Horatio Alger myth....it's a myth now... according to wikipedia.

The paper clip story could be a myth too, for all we know. Urban legend.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 10:19 AM (EZ2rp)

503 Nena is a German singer who goes by one name only.

She had an 80s crossover hit in English with "99 Red Balloons", "99 Luftballons" in the original.


But can she handle a schnitzengruber?

Posted by: Lilli vonSchtupp at December 04, 2014 10:20 AM (MPK82)

504 Welcome back T9!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 04, 2014 10:21 AM (PWDHh)

505 Just dropped off signed contract at the corporate office. The "Personal Conduct" section was two pages long. Nothing about drugs or anything, just a series of paragraphs
Posted by: Lincolntf


about sharp elbows or "But first......"?
Seriously, congrats!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 10:22 AM (AkoTV)

506 Tango! They untied the straightjacket?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 10:19 AM (JtwS4)


They ran out of bacon so I fled in disguise.

Posted by: TangoNine at December 04, 2014 10:22 AM (x3YFz)

507 T9, welcome back!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 10:22 AM (AkoTV)

508 @491 I think the biggest risk isn't a real nuke, but small dirty bombs that contaminate a mile or so within a city.. maybe a little more. The Feds set acceptable rads at such a super-low level, even if it was a relatively small device/yield, the Feds would demand abandonment and /or very expensive clean-up.

Do that in 3 big cities, or three parts of same city, and the desired effect would be achieved. Chaos, panic, fear. The death toll from the bombs would be tiny. Evidently it hasn't been done yet because it's harder to actually do than write about.

Posted by: Yip at December 04, 2014 10:24 AM (84SRe)

509 Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 10:19 AM (EZ2rp)


You keep up that righteous fight to make minor corrections on the internet.


Doin' a bang up job, Chief.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 04, 2014 10:24 AM (xSCb6)

510 Welcome back T9!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 04, 2014 10:21 AM (PWDHh)

good to be home! ty!

I'd asked if I missed anything but from today's headlines it appears that we're still screwed.

Posted by: TangoNine at December 04, 2014 10:24 AM (x3YFz)

511 I'm looking forward to more protesters trying to shut down a busy intersection or, better yet, the interstate here in Atlanta. Some group tried this
last week but the police quickly shut them down, for which they should be
grateful. Any serious attempt to block the roads here and they are
likely to be shot be shot at, run down by stressed soccer moms and quickly
turned into a super size road pizza they can get their signs unfurled.
We take our road rage seriously here.

Posted by: George Orwell at December 04, 2014 10:24 AM (1BQGO)

512 Push harder.
Posted by: Dump and Tree Painting Post at December 04, 2014 10:10 AM (vgIRn)
********
I can help.....

Posted by: Squatty Potty at December 04, 2014 10:25 AM (32Ze2)

513 Hello and welcome back, T9!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2014 10:26 AM (zF6Iw)

514 Heya T9! Are you back for good?


Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 10:26 AM (GQ8sn)

515 Thanks. Looking forward to getting my schedule for Jan. and Feb., supposedly I'll be doing games all the time after the holidays. For the rest of December I'm basically the designated fill-in if someone can't make it to one of their games.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 04, 2014 10:27 AM (2cS/G)

516 Welcome back T9. You still have two days to make the top ten list.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 04, 2014 10:27 AM (l3vZN)

517
"I'd asked if I missed anything but from today's headlines it appears that we're still screwed."


Always a safe assumption.


Welcome back.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 04, 2014 10:27 AM (xSCb6)

518 But can she handle a schnitzengruber?
Posted by: Lilli vonSchtupp at December 04, 2014 10:20 AM (MPK82)
**************

57 is my limit, baby!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 04, 2014 10:28 AM (vgIRn)

519 I am not finding anyone guilty or not guilty in this matter. Mr Garner should not have been there. In my opinion neither should the police.

----

I just watched the video. I found it disturbing. The big picture is that we have too many laws that require enforcement. I always go back to my belief that the common law is better than codified law. The common law basically takes care of all known criminal mischief. Its the civil law that has added numerous crimes to the books that do not really endanger the lives of anyone.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:28 AM (gmeXX)

520 Good to see ya, T9. Yeah, the song remains the same.

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 10:28 AM (659DL)

521 But can she handle a schnitzengruber?
Posted by: Lilli vonSchtupp at December 04, 2014 10:20 AM (MPK82) **************

57 is my limit, baby!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 04, 2014 10:28 AM (vgIRn)


To match your 57 varieties of the clap?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2014 10:29 AM (zF6Iw)

522 test

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:29 AM (fWAjv)

523 Welcome back to...well I'd say civilization but that's a questionable assertion these'a'days

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 04, 2014 10:29 AM (DT3rQ)

524 Heya T9! Are you back for good?




Posted by: EC at December 04, 2014 10:26 AM (GQ8sn)


aye. And I never want to see another wet-wipe as long as I live.

Posted by: TangoNine at December 04, 2014 10:30 AM (x3YFz)

525 Upon further review...
Nice enough face. Decent frame.
Don't understand the bit of a hubbub earlier though.
Especially after watching Moonraker yesterday.
Could insert any Bond girl there of course.
ponders which Bond film to watch after getting knee looked at this afternoon**

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 04, 2014 10:30 AM (KeRzR)

526 What the hell is up with the comments?

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:30 AM (fWAjv)

527 Rare albino buck. Hunter says, "Hey, Imma kilt that." Gotta love it!

/huge sarc complete with eye-roll.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at December 04, 2014 10:30 AM (biZSv)

528 Burn the Witch at December 04, 2014 10:24 AM

Thanks for the encouragement.

But how the hell did I end up watching the 'We love Russia 2014' on youtube?

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 10:31 AM (EZ2rp)

529
test

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:29 AM (fWAjv)


WHAT? I didn't study!! /panic

Posted by: TangoNine at December 04, 2014 10:31 AM (x3YFz)

530 "436

Moving over for emergency vehicles?

Here in OZ I don't think
there's a law requiring a driver to move over into another lane if a cop
car is booking someone on the side of the road

However with 50,000 zillion laws on the books - who would know?

Plus most of our roads are not the gigantic things you have over there



Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2014 09:55 AM (U+r+e)"

Having seen how traffic infractions are handled in the "Mad Max" documentary films, it would seem only prudent to pull over before the police officer gets out his sawed off shotgun pistol.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 04, 2014 10:31 AM (PD6iL)

531 Ok, I say welcome back and the comment never shows. What the heck is pixy up to now.

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:31 AM (fWAjv)

532 Welcome back T9.

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:32 AM (fWAjv)

533 Okay, if I put an exclamation point at the end of 532 it doesn't show.

Yay Minx 0.7 alpha!

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:33 AM (fWAjv)

534 Welcome back T9.

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:32 AM (fWAjv)


ty RWC. Now off to see what is around the house that still works lol.

Posted by: TangoNine at December 04, 2014 10:33 AM (x3YFz)

535 RWC - as a matter of curiosity , try typing and posting & # 33, without the spaces.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:35 AM (/GgDU)

536 Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:32 AM (fWAjv)

Apparently T9! is a banned phrase

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:35 AM (HDwDg)

537 Ban assault shovels now!


http://tinyurl.com/o6bfd8p

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:35 AM (fWAjv)

538 !

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:35 AM (fWAjv)

539
You still have two days to make the top ten list.

When does the list get published? There are weeks when I think I'll make the sock rankings but I only see the list accidentally and never remember when.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 10:36 AM (JtwS4)

540 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:35 AM (/GgDU)

Ok, that worked.

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:36 AM (fWAjv)

541 RWC - OK. What browser are you using?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:36 AM (/GgDU)

542 T9!

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:37 AM (fWAjv)

543 T9!

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:37 AM (fWAjv)

544 RWC - Calm down

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:37 AM (/GgDU)

545 ty RWC. Now off to see what is around the house that still works lol.

Check the heating, the plumbing, and the mattress, in that order. The rest is gravy.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 04, 2014 10:37 AM (DT3rQ)

546 Gonna need a bigger shovel.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 10:37 AM (EZ2rp)

547 And that worked.

Mike Hammer, Chrome

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:37 AM (fWAjv)

548 T9 welcome back...hope all is well.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 10:38 AM (/4AZU)

549 And I just tried the whole phrase again and nothing.

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:38 AM (fWAjv)

550 Actually here I think it's the law to get over for police, tow trucks and any "disabled vehicle" or some such. Obviously only the police can enforce that though.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c)



In Texas, it is specifically for emergency vehicles. (that results in a ticket)

It should be common courtesy for any vehicle on the shoulder.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 10:39 AM (AkoTV)

551 RWC - Hmm. Something funny going on with the encoding...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:39 AM (/GgDU)

552 Welcome home T9. Sleep well.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 10:39 AM (6fyGz)

553 This thread still?

I'll just let Daryl handle it.

http://youtu.be/iStg0LHLK1I

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 10:39 AM (mf5HN)

554 Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 09:51 AM (ZPrif)

Magnum's case, that whole deal, is distinguishable because it was about criminal conviciton, her vs. them, and there were named people actually charged with crime and prosecutors willing to fake a case.

Everyone's sort of mocking the idea that UVAs response is what that story was about. But UVA, and campus police, not Rolling stone reporters or WaPo or whatever, should have been the one's asking questions or interviewing frat members.






Posted by: SarahW at December 04, 2014 10:39 AM (Lbv/k)

555 Mindful
I am sorry for your family's loss
Prayers for the furry wonder

Posted by: ginaswo at December 04, 2014 10:41 AM (+X1qa)

556 Oh look our troll is back.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:41 AM (HDwDg)

557 Legal Insurrection apparently has this weird thing about wanting to gather all the facts before calling people racist monsters for disagreeing with them.

I don't think they are internetting correctly, but whatevs.

Legal Insurrection
Why we're not pontificating on Eric Garner tonight http://shar.es/1318qU via @sharethis

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 10:41 AM (ZPrif)

558 When does the list get published? There are
weeks when I think I'll make the sock rankings
but I only see the list accidentally and never
remember when.


Sunday night ONT.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 10:42 AM (AkoTV)

559 So much FAIL that it has to be shared.

Nannystaters beg the all-too-willing government to tax cigarettes into oblivion for the children. The government uses the proceeds to buy the votes of the poor. The poor can't afford their vice anymore and resorts to the black market. Government can abide neither competition nor noncompliance , so it dispatches the police as an armed collections agent. Shit gets out of control, so now the nannystaters, the poor, and the government place the blame on some random white guy who risks his life every day for a relative pittance and a small house in Staten Island.

Let it burn.

Posted by: Jaws at December 04, 2014 10:42 AM (WKNX4)

560 I can't breath - Nice sock. But that aside, I think you will find that most here are supportive of Garner's activity, up until he resisted arrest.

Did Bundy resist arrest?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 10:42 AM (/GgDU)

561 But UVA, and campus police, not Rolling stone reporters or WaPo or whatever, should have been the one's asking questions or interviewing frat members.
--

How do you know they didn't? How do you know any of the story is true?

You can't get angry at a university for not properly investigating a rape hoax.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 10:43 AM (ZPrif)

562 555 Posted by: I can't breath at December 04, 2014 10:39 AM (3GTvU)

Don't you have a "not a hate crime" to be protesting champ?

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 10:45 AM (/4AZU)

563 555 Conservatives supported Bundy breaking the law and having a showdown with authorities. When it comes to Garner seliing loose cigs, they support his death.

I wonder what the difference is between Bundy and Garner? Could it be pigmentation?
Posted by: I can't breath at December 04, 2014 10:39 AM (3GTvU)

And liberals wanted the feds to kill every last person at the Bundy Ranch.

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:46 AM (fWAjv)

564 Let it burn.

Posted by: Jaws at December 04, 2014 10:42 AM (WKNX4)

Exactly. Every minor regulation, no matter how mundane, carries with it the threat of death or imprisonment from noncompliance.
Every one.

Posted by: flounder at December 04, 2014 10:46 AM (sDapq)

565 But UVA, and campus police, not Rolling stone reporters or WaPo or whatever, should have been the one's asking questions or interviewing frat members.
--

How do you know they didn't? How do you know any of the story is true?

You can't get angry at a university for not properly investigating a rape hoax.

----

There are far too many unknowns to really know if the administration acted improperly. I don't think the police were aware until the RS article came out. They should be investigating now.

That being said, the most credible part of the RS article for me is that the UVA administration did nothing. But that may have been entirely justified.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:46 AM (gmeXX)

566 Oh look our troll is back.

Sounds like Jay in PA but has a different hashtag

Posted by: Dead Horse at December 04, 2014 10:46 AM (FS3xS)

567 My work is having a "dessert-off." Single-elimination dessert tournament. "Can be anything homemade." One of the entrants does extreme paleo, another is a vegan. o.O I figure I can only lose to Ralph, because his wife makes dessert semi-professionally and he's got no qualms about passing her work off as his own.


Something randomly politically on topic while I trawl for chocolate-and-butter recipes:
http://is.gd/m4tP0Q

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (ZKzrr)

568 "I can't breath?"

Can we at least try to spell correctly?

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (vgIRn)

569 >>Sounds like Jay in PA but has a different hashtag

It's Hector.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (g1DWB)

570 She's intelligent and can make friends>

Posted by: BB if Californicate goes global at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (/WmRg)

571 In the Garner case, he did give in and was raising his hands during the arrest. Tea party conservatives are hypocrites.

----

I know I'm feeding the troll, but most tea party conservatives have come out against the overbearing police in this case and against the stupid law that led to this. But carry on in your fancies.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (gmeXX)

572 and was raising his hands during the arrest.



part 2...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 10:48 AM (6fyGz)

573 Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) taking fire for singing White Christmas at the Rockefeller tree lighting ceremony. The song was written by Jewish immigrant Irving Berlin. But now apparently precipitation is racist. Excuse me I need to go find a brick wall to bang my head against.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 04, 2014 10:48 AM (P//TQ)

574 Rage status: Prepped.


Posted by: T. Jeff at December 04, 2014 10:48 AM (/Ho8c)

575 No content... because content would just make us mad!

Posted by: The at December 04, 2014 10:49 AM (f0pWu)

576 FEED ME.

Posted by: TB3K at December 04, 2014 10:49 AM (wqVD1)

577 Posted by: I can't breath at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (3GTvU)

Never go full retard.

Posted by: Kirk Lazarus at December 04, 2014 10:49 AM (sDapq)

578 None of the RS article is credible to me. I'm not gonna pick through a pile of crap to find the couple clods dirt that are the least crap-covered.

When somebody writes a "news" article, after the 2nd or 3rd obvious lie ... I'm just gonna save time and dismiss the whole thing.

I'm tentatively agreeing there is a school named UVA in a state that may or may not be called Virginia.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 10:50 AM (ZPrif)

579 This thread smells of elderberries.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 10:50 AM (JtwS4)

580 HANDS UP! DON'T SMOKE!

Posted by: Saint Garner at December 04, 2014 10:50 AM (32Ze2)

581 So "White Christmas" is on the shit list now? Thanks, once again Barry, for bringing the country together.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 04, 2014 10:51 AM (l3vZN)

582 Actual Conservatives are not fans of fascism.

Posted by: I can't spell breathe at December 04, 2014 10:51 AM (/Ho8c)

583 I can't breathe

Try an inhaler.

Posted by: Dead Horse at December 04, 2014 10:51 AM (FS3xS)

584 I'm tentatively agreeing there is a school named UVA in a state that may or may not be called Virginia.

----

I think its a commonwealth - you may want to fact check me.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:52 AM (gmeXX)

585 I can't breathe

Lay off the smokes.

Posted by: Dead Horse at December 04, 2014 10:52 AM (FS3xS)

586 My work is having a "dessert-off."
Single-elimination dessert tournament. "Can be anything homemade." One
of the entrants does extreme paleo, another is a vegan. o.O I figure I
can only lose to Ralph, because his wife makes dessert
semi-professionally and he's got no qualms about passing her work off as
his own.


Something randomly politically on topic while I trawl for chocolate-and-butter recipes:
http://is.gd/m4tP0Q


Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (ZKzrr)


Cheesecake? Apple cream pie? I have recipes for both.

Cheesecake: http://tinyurl.com/p8rknkb

Pie: http://tinyurl.com/jwygkbp

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 10:52 AM (6fyGz)

587 But now apparently precipitation is racist.

"And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime"--except on Mt. Kilimanjaro--because it's fucking summer in the temperate parts.


I need to sock a hippie in the face.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:52 AM (ZKzrr)

588 So "White Christmas" is on the shit list now? Thanks, once again Barry, for bringing the country together.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 04, 2014 10:51 AM (l3vZN)

You can't be serious. Really?

Posted by: Mainah at December 04, 2014 10:53 AM (659DL)

589 The teaparty hates gays, because they don't want competion for 15 year old boys.

Posted by: I cunt spell at December 04, 2014 10:53 AM (sDapq)

590 "And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime"

----

You where else there won't be snow this Christmastime - Texas and Florida. Will someone please sing a song about us?

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:53 AM (gmeXX)

591 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 10:52 AM

My IT Dept is protecting me from them, but I will look at them later.

I was thinking I could lead off with chocolate cream pie, in dixie cups for easy tasting.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:54 AM (ZKzrr)

592 I can't breathe

Get a better fitting bra.

Posted by: Dead Horse at December 04, 2014 10:54 AM (FS3xS)

593 570 Posted by: I can't breath at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (3GTvU)

Yup if there's one thing *I* am renowned for here it is my love of the police state and instant deference to the government case champ.

Snowflake was resisting arrest for assault not tax avoidance.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 10:54 AM (/4AZU)

594 Indications are St. Trayvon was trying to buy some, too, the night he was shot.

Could have been avoided by a simple lesson from Top

http://tinyurl.com/n863bwj

Posted by: DaveA at December 04, 2014 10:55 AM (DL2i+)

595 Look, we just need to drop the whole White-Holiday Christmas. It's offensive to minorities and Muzzies, who are millions and millions... so we just need to shelve our white privilege and embrace the awesome inclusive holiday Kwanza!
( if you're too racist to embrace Kwanza, we still think you should dump Christmas and celebrate Festivus)

Posted by: Your betters that know better inclusive , gawdd! at December 04, 2014 10:55 AM (84SRe)

596 You where else there won't be snow this Christmastime - Texas and Florida. Will someone please sing a song about us?

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:53 AM (gmeXX)



The name of the next tune is...Lucky Bastards

meh. Grew up in the shit, it ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 10:55 AM (6fyGz)

597 The Tea Party supports big government and eats live Hispanic babies as a show of homoerotic subservience to Jesus.

Really. I saw it on Facebook.

Posted by: Jaws at December 04, 2014 10:55 AM (WKNX4)

598 572 Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2014 10:47 AM (g1DWB)

Si si his wife is back from the prostate exam and he is rarin' and roarin' to go...

Frankly I'd think Yector would be protesting in St Louis myself.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 10:56 AM (/4AZU)

599 Can we at least try to spell correctly?

It''s hard to do anything with you can't "breath"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 10:56 AM (FS3xS)

600 Looks like another slow news day.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:56 AM (gmeXX)

601 I was thinking I could lead off with chocolate cream pie, in dixie cups for easy tasting.


Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:54 AM (ZKzrr)

I have a ginger snap cookie recipe that would wipe the floor with the competition, but I am sworn to secrecy by the wife late grandma.

Posted by: flounder at December 04, 2014 10:56 AM (sDapq)

602 Man I LOVE popcorn....

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (/4AZU)

603 Heather ... Miller Lite Souffle;


12 Miller Lites
Chill
Serve

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (qlpyb)

604 All trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (rwI+c)

605 Grew up in the shit, it ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Balderdash!

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (ZKzrr)

606 I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that seems to go over well with everyone who cleans me out of them.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (6fyGz)

607 "Excuse me I need to go find a brick wall to bang my head against.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 04, 2014 10:48 AM (P//TQ)"

The world might be a better place if you were to bang someone else's head against a black wall. If you need suggestions, I have a list.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (PD6iL)

608 In certain markets, Baier on cable is now beating the broadcast network newscasts.
Baltimore, Jacksonville, Ft. Myers, Providence, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Austin.

Special Report with Bret Baier Tops Several Evening Newscasts http://tinyurl.com/pkj3oay

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 10:58 AM (ZPrif)

609 Looks like another slow news day.
Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:56 AM (gmeXX)



Your keyboard to God's ear.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 10:58 AM (mf5HN)

610
Nobody has ever died from a confrontation with the police. Has that ever been listed on a death certificate? No, of course not. Case closed.

Posted by: Veterans Administration at December 04, 2014 10:58 AM (1BQGO)

611 Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 10:43 AM (ZPrif)

I'm starting to wonder if it was a matter of the "reporter" being taken in by a story she wanted to be true or if, after scouring the country and not finding a useful story, *she* perpetrated the hoax. Wouldn't be the first time.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (GDulk)

612
By the powers not at all vested in me I declare an open thread.

Andrew Wyeth "Barracoon" in nick.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (JtwS4)

613 607 Man I LOVE popcorn....

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (/4AZU)

White cheddar popcorn I bet

Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (fWAjv)

614 Miller Lite Souffle

Hrm.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (ZKzrr)

615 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 10:58 AM (mf5HN)

Woot! a Slow news day here lately has been "Only one major road shut down and less than 10 arrests!"

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (HDwDg)

616 Balderdash!


Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (ZKzrr)



Heh. I remember snow in the 70's, they would pile it up in the middle of the street and take it away with dump trucks and dump it out by the airport. The snowpile would be there till sometime in June. It was fun when I was young, not so much when I had to drive in it...and shovel it...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:00 AM (6fyGz)

617 Frankly I'd think Yector would be protesting in St Louis myself.

He should send his helper monkey.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 11:00 AM (rwI+c)

618 One of the best desserts I've ever had was at a tailgate party before the Wake-BC game. We had eaten BBQ, burgers, then one of the ladies brought out a cooler and started passing out these tiny, maybe an inch or two tall, ice cream cones with scoops of pudding in them, the pudding having been infused with alcohol. Key lime and butterscotch were my favorite. I could have eaten nothing but those for the rest of the day.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 04, 2014 11:00 AM (2cS/G)

619 Slow news is good news. It gives us time to gather all the facts before reaching a conclusion.

For example, those toll house cookies. We need to extensively study the results before we choose a winner. It will take hours of sampling, with cold fresh whole milk.

Hours...of sampling...even before we move on to cheesecake.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 11:00 AM (EZ2rp)

620 Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 10:56 AM (/4AZU)

The fuck you gonna saddle my town with that idiot for?

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 11:00 AM (HDwDg)

621 If you keep taking the meds you'll get used to them.

Which is pretty well exactly what I don't want.


Being able to function in your life IS the point of pain management. Does it hurt so bad you can't drive right or would lose control if you banged your elbow while driving?

Posted by: DaveA at December 04, 2014 11:01 AM (DL2i+)

622 Bundy had militiamen face off with the government, which is a way of resisting arrest.

posted by bad breath
----------------

No..., it isn't. You've picked a poor analogy.
And..., they were not 'militiamen'.

To the extent that folks rallied to Bundy's support, I expect that many of them would have rallied to Garner's support also.

The real problem in both cases is the overreach of Liberal politicians. You DO see them behind the curtain of the immediate circumstances in both cases, don't you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 11:01 AM (/GgDU)

623 613 Posted by: I can't breath at December 04, 2014 10:57 AM (3GTvU)

REAL conservatives can't believe it's not butter sport...and vote for Obama.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:01 AM (/4AZU)

624 My work is having a "dessert-off." Single- elimination dessert tournament. "Can be anything homemade." One of the entrants does extreme paleo, another is a vegan. o.O I figure I can only lose to Ralph, because his wife makes dessert semi-professionally and he's got no qualms about passing her work off as his own.



Rum balls.
Regardless, use real ingredients. Butter. Heavy cream. Lard if making a crust.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 11:02 AM (AkoTV)

625 577 Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) taking fire for singing White Christmas at the Rockefeller tree lighting ceremony. The song was written by Jewish immigrant Irving Berlin. But now apparently precipitation is racist. Excuse me I need to go find a brick wall to bang my head against.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 04, 2014 10:48 AM (P//TQ)


You'd be better off banging the heads of the people who are complaining about it instead of your own.

Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2014 11:02 AM (zoehZ)

626 Hiya fappers! Working at work today, not much time for outrage.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 04, 2014 11:02 AM (2Ojst)

627 627 Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 11:00 AM (HDwDg)

Well 2 reasons:

1) nature may take its course...ready stop HAMMER TIME!

2) allegedly the vic is one of Yector's homies

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:03 AM (/4AZU)

628 I'm starting to wonder if it was a matter of the "reporter" being taken in by a story she wanted to be true or if, after scouring the country and not finding a useful story, *she* perpetrated the hoax. Wouldn't be the first time.
---
Yeah, I have no idea where the lies start and stop and which lies are whose -- the reporter's or the girl's.

I *think* there is a real girl at the core of this, so I think the hoax started there. But I have no idea. And I'm not gonna wade through a fog of lies to try and pick out the tiny bits that may or may not be slightly true.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 11:03 AM (ZPrif)

629 Damn, another car repossession in the parking lot. There's like one every week.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 11:03 AM (ZKzrr)

630 Hours...of sampling...even before we move on to cheesecake.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 11:00 AM (EZ2rp)



o.O


I have better things to do than bake for you morons all day.


*looks around*

or not...

fml

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:04 AM (6fyGz)

631 Posted by: Minnfidel at December 04, 2014 10:48 AM (P//TQ)

Sidenote:

Darius Rucker's band is the "Carolina Grey boys."

Clearly he's a giant racist

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be in 5 (short) weeks! at December 04, 2014 11:04 AM (HDwDg)

632 613 Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (fWAjv)

Nah I'm a cheap date just pop secret movie theater butter since I'm solo...

I LOVED Orville Rickenbacker's salt and pepper natural...so of course it is gone.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:05 AM (/4AZU)

633 For example, those toll house cookies. We need to extensively study the
results before we choose a winner. It will take hours of sampling, with
cold fresh whole milk.


Well, if you insist. Heh.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 11:05 AM (ZKzrr)

634 Oh GDI, Opera defaulted my search back to Google without warning and it won't let me switch it back. But it would let me set Duck Duck Goose (!!!!!).

Time to change browsers. Again. Why I can't find one not run by totalitarian jackoffs is utterly beyond me...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 04, 2014 11:05 AM (DT3rQ)

635 I *think* there is a real girl at the core of this,
so I think the hoax started there. But I have no idea. And I'm not gonna
wade through a fog of lies to try and pick out the tiny bits that may
or may not be slightly true.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 11:03 AM (ZPrif)


*I* think it's bullshit from start to finish.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:05 AM (6fyGz)

636 I'm starting to wonder if it was a matter of the "reporter" being taken in by a story she wanted to be true or if, after scouring the country and not finding a useful story, *she* perpetrated the hoax. Wouldn't be the first time.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (GDulk)


The reporter stated that she set out to do an article about rape at an elite university but she didn't find anything that fit until she spoke with Jackie. So, yes, the reporter was scouring the country and not finding a useful story. You would think that would be the story, much like NBC (or whoever) sending the Muslims out to pray to Mecca at NASCAR races and then spiking the story when nothing happened.

I had forgotten that Rolling Stone was the only media outfit that claimed that the stuff Glass wrote for it was totes true you guys.

You know what's interesting? Every article I've seen that doubts the story says that if it is true then this is a horrible crime and many people need to go to jail for a very long time.

None of those having the vapors about how dare you doubt this are making any kind of statement that you know, if it's false, this is a terrible thing and will be harmful to actual rape victims since they will be doubted now.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 11:05 AM (mf5HN)

637 Damn, another car repossession in the parking lot. There's like one every week.

Recovery Summer V: The Repossessening.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 11:05 AM (rwI+c)

638 629 Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 11:03 AM (ZKzrr)

Barackacovery baby...


Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:06 AM (/4AZU)

639 Darius Rucker's band is the "Carolina Grey boys."


Clearly he's a giant racist


Or an alien.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 11:06 AM (ZKzrr)

640 HR,
I made this last year for Christmas, it was awesome! Triple chocolate truffle cake.
Link in nic

Posted by: FCF at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (kejii)

641 Does DrewM still post here?haven't seen his stuff for a while. Or maybe I just didn't notice. Probably that.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (ZPrif)

642 I *think* there is a real girl at the core of this,
so I think the hoax started there.


There's a 'suitemate' on the record by name as saying she knows the names of the assailants. The police should start with her.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (rwI+c)

643 Sabrina Erdeley who wrote the RS article didn't seem to care for "blonde tanned , toned" boys in front of neoclassical building. Really, She mentions that description as if those are the only people who attend UVA or join fraternities. She also looked around for a school that didn't have an active feminist presence to answer the patriarchy. She wants to be a screenwriter. All of these are not good signs for veracity but for pushing an agenda.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (FS3xS)

644 Mike Hammer ...


... please take this Internet Trophy of the Day, with my respect.


There's a reason these cases getting airtime all involve blacks. Start giving equal time to some of the no-knock killings alongside these ... and the vast majority of the country starts calling for limited police.


That's not the goal of The Progressives. They want CONTROL of the police, not a LIMIT on the police.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 11:08 AM (qlpyb)

645 641 Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (ZPrif)

Drew posts infrequently, but is still rather active on twatter...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:08 AM (/4AZU)

646 I'm pretty sure I can't think has no idea that the Tea Party is a loose collection of ideologies, the opposite of statism, one unifying principle of which, is the idea that government should be small and limited. That'd make for a very poorly performing fascist state. But. whatever. Retards gonna retard.

Posted by: flounder at December 04, 2014 11:09 AM (sDapq)

647 Speaking of baking, I have a Christmas party on Saturday with the Mustang club that I have to bring a dessert to, so I'm going to the grocery store.



And apropos of nothing, I suppose, I have the company Christmas party on Saturday night, which reminds me...I have an extra ticket. Any moronettes wanna go to a party?


*waves ticket*


.


.


.


don't all jump up at once...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:09 AM (6fyGz)

648 There's a 'suitemate' on the record by name as saying she knows the names of the assailants. The police should start with her.
Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (rwI+c)



How? Because per Jackie the room was pitch black even though she still managed to see one of the guys.

If this happened, Jackie has the worst friends in the world.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 11:10 AM (mf5HN)

649 644 Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 11:08 AM (qlpyb)

Yup, a lot like their infiltration and purging of senior leadership in the armed forces...

they are not really against war they are against not having total control of RoE and target selection...

see Libya, Egypt and Syria

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:10 AM (/4AZU)

650 Who is more fearful of their fellow countrymen, libtards or Tea Party conservatives? I'd offer libtards. They fear the common man, the regular citizen, especially ones that are armed. Libtards demand the Government intercede and control. And the libtards process their fear as contempt for all who do not believe as they do.

Tea Party folks just want to live their lives, under the Constitution and the rule of law. Unfortunately, regulatory agencies have superseded actual law and made their own stuff up and are accountable to no one. Thus,..... Bundy Ranch.

Posted by: Yip at December 04, 2014 11:10 AM (84SRe)

651 Put this girl under oath.

On-the-record comments come from Rachel Soltis, a suitemate of Jackie in 2012, who says, “At the beginning of the year, she seemed like a normal, happy girl, always with friends. Then her door was closed all the time. We just figured she was out.” Soltis is also quoted this way: “The university ignores the problem to make itself look better. They should have done something in Jackie’s case. Me and several other people know exactly who did this to her. But they want to protect even the people who are doing these horrible things.”

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 11:11 AM (rwI+c)

652 Well, it's almost lunchtime here. Gives me half an hour to write.

BBL.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2014 11:11 AM (zF6Iw)

653 I'm all in on the LEO body cams. I think we ought to start at the top. Put one on Holder. When he does that, then I will believe that he and Oblammer are actually concerned.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 11:11 AM (/GgDU)

654 Posted by: FCF at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (kejii)

That looks way too fabulous to waste on cow-orkers.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at December 04, 2014 11:11 AM (ZKzrr)

655 Fine, I'll just go by myself.


again


fml

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:11 AM (6fyGz)

656 When crackers riot, they don't have the media and Democrats justify their criminal activity. #BlackPrivilege

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at December 04, 2014 11:12 AM (KR73/)

657 Morning, all.

DeBlasio resigned yet?

Posted by: B at December 04, 2014 11:12 AM (+Gtkw)

658 646 Posted by: flounder at December 04, 2014 11:09 AM (sDapq)

Breath mints is a regular Cork...

http://youtu.be/J7-oq1PktRM

Breath Mints as-Cork-America's first mentally challenged political analyst

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:12 AM (/4AZU)

659 Thinking about a peppermint cheesecake for the Christmas party. Sounds good.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:13 AM (6fyGz)

660 Start giving equal time to some of the no-knock
killings alongside these ... and the vast majority of the country
starts calling for limited police.




Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2014 11:08 AM (qlpyb)


That, and knockout game victims.

Posted by: flounder at December 04, 2014 11:13 AM (sDapq)

661 Office parties
girls in tight dresses
liquor

gifts exchanged.



Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 11:14 AM (EZ2rp)

662 You know what's interesting? Every article I've seen that doubts the story says that if it is true then this is a horrible crime and many people need to go to jail for a very long time.

----

I'm sort of tired of those disclaimers. I understand why people feel the need to say it, but it is pointless. Never would I think that being skeptical of the story would mean that the person would not feel this way. Not sure why it needs to be said at all.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 11:14 AM (gmeXX)

663 Good morning, gentlefappers.

What fresh Hell awaits us this fine day?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (0HooB)

664 Thinking about a peppermint cheesecake for the Christmas party. Sounds good.
Posted by: GGE
----------------

* starts Mapquest seach for Cree plants *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (/GgDU)

665 Breath Mints as-Cork-America's first mentally challenged political analyst

I thought Matt Yglesias already had that nailed down?

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (DT3rQ)

666 It seems to me that the UVA rape accusations should have defamation lawyers crawling out of the woodwork. If your name is Drew, you must sue!

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (rwI+c)

667 "search"..., dammit

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (/GgDU)

668 What fresh Hell awaits us this fine day?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (0HooB)



New and Improved Fresh Hell!

Contains 90 percent recycled material...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (6fyGz)

669 I'm starting to wonder if it was a matter of the "reporter" being taken in by a story she wanted to be true or if, after scouring the country and not finding a useful story, *she* perpetrated the hoax. Wouldn't be the first time.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 04, 2014 10:59 AM (GDulk)



The story is obviously agitprop, for several reasons.

First, as the "reporter" admits, she chose to investigate UVa because it lacked a "radical feminist culture upending the patriarchy." That's enough to call "bullshit" on her story right there; she admits to having an agenda when setting out. We could stop with this one alone - I'd be intensely skeptical of anything and everything she said from that point on.

Second, the story reads like the product of a creative writing class, because that's probably exactly what it is. Read it again, and notice how the authoress adopts an air of omniscience, knowing what the dramatis personae are thinking and feeling. Hell, by her own admission she doesn't even know who most of the people involved were, yet she knows the thoughts and feelings of her lead character? This isn't a report - it's a script.

Third, some real clangers. As someone pointed out, guys are visual. We like the lights on; women often do not. If a bunch of guys were going to commit a gang rape, I absolutely guarantee any light available would be turned on. Note also how convenient this is. Identify the perpetrators? Nah, it was dark. Just have to go with Jackie's take on events. You know, 'cause it was dark and all. Bullshit.

Fourth, consider the plausibility of a bunch of guys whipping out their todgers and rolling around on a floor covered broken glass, and doing so in the dark. What guy wouldn't love to do that? That scenario sounds like a lesb feminist fantasy to me.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 04, 2014 11:16 AM (oKE6c)

670 "605
Looks like another slow news day.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 10:56 AM (gmeXX)"

Paterico was talking about some new James O'Keefe disclosure at 1:00 CST.


We shall see.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 04, 2014 11:16 AM (PD6iL)

671 * starts Mapquest seach for Cree plants *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (/GgDU)



You're in luck, they are all at the same location in Durham! Unfortunately, you would be displaced and late. This would be for the Mustang club Christmas party earlier in the day.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:17 AM (6fyGz)

672 665 Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 04, 2014 11:15 AM (DT3rQ)

He's playing Paul Krugaton Krugman on the remake of the Newsroom...

Cork accidentally gets shit right, MattY plays guys who purposefully get shit wrong...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:18 AM (/4AZU)

673 And now, as I said, I must be off to gather ingredients. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2014 11:18 AM (6fyGz)

674
Me and several other people know exactly who did this to her.
Ahem.

*looks all scowly*

People who go to good colleges should already have learned to speak grammatically.

*continues to scowl*

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 04, 2014 11:19 AM (JtwS4)

675 If this happened, Jackie has the worst friends in the world.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 04, 2014 11:10 AM (mf5HN)


This.

I'm even willing to give benefit of the doubt on the "I recognized them even though it was pitch black" thing. Your eyes do adjust amazingly well to low-light conditions. It's possible it was "pitch black" when she was pulled/thrown in and her eyes adjusted as the assault continued.

Granted that- a lot of the rest of her story still doesn't add up. If you grant her enough "benefit of the doubt" eventually all you're really saying is "we believe you even though the evidence doesn't."

And, still, the safest thing for the University would have been to open a criminal investigation in the first place. Like- "give it to the cops" criminal investigation.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 11:19 AM (kff5f)

676 Drew posts infrequently, but is still rather active on twatter...

----

He has been unable to parlay his AoS gig for a gig at Hot Air or the Federalist.

Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 11:20 AM (gmeXX)

677 643 Sabrina Erdeley who wrote the RS article didn't seem to care for "blonde tanned , toned" boys in front of neoclassical building. Really, She mentions that description as if those are the only people who attend UVA or join fraternities. She also looked around for a school that didn't have an active feminist presence to answer the patriarchy. She wants to be a screenwriter. All of these are not good signs for veracity but for pushing an agenda.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2014 11:07 AM (FS3xS)



Just saw this. It's spot on, and exactly what I think too.

She was looking for a plot vehicle for her agenda, and she found/manufactured one. Her publishing this as a "news report" is the most egregious self-aggrandizing marketing since that guy who hyped the Segway.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 04, 2014 11:20 AM (oKE6c)

678 Excuse me I need to go find a brick wall to bang my head against.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 04, 2014 10:48 AM (P//TQ)

The Outrage Outlet has brick walls available from outdoor installations all the way to portable desktop models to choose from. Patterns, colors, and styles vary - come in today and peruse our stock!

The Outrage Outlet - by the four way stop on State Highway 221.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for all of Your Holiday Needs! at December 04, 2014 11:20 AM (hLRSq)

679 And, still, the safest thing for the University would have been to open a criminal investigation in the first place.

The allegation is of a sober, premeditated ritualized gang rape with bonus beating. Only the insane would not consider this a matter for law enforcement. I would think that not reporting something like this might make you an accessory after the fact.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 04, 2014 11:22 AM (rwI+c)

680 And, still, the safest thing for the University would have been to open a criminal investigation in the first place. Like- "give it to the cops" criminal investigation.

THIS.

I like Insty's take on this: if a kollidge administration takes any action instead of the police, then start suing anything with the kollidge logo on it for impersonating officers of the court and practicing law without a license.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 04, 2014 11:23 AM (0HooB)

681 nood

Posted by: flounder at December 04, 2014 11:23 AM (sDapq)

682 676 Posted by: SH at December 04, 2014 11:20 AM (gmeXX)

Drew gets rub from Tepid and MC Doughboy at times...

I think he'll get picked up by them or the Federales soon

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 04, 2014 11:23 AM (/4AZU)

683 And, still, the safest thing for the University would have been to open a criminal investigation in the first place. Like- "give it to the cops" criminal investigation.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) one-and-a-half-armed typist at December 04, 2014 11:19 AM (kff5f)



Yep. Put each of the dramatis personae - including the screenwriter - in an interview with an experienced cop, and let the grilling begin. I'm betting a miraculous de-Fergusonization takes place within minutes.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 04, 2014 11:23 AM (oKE6c)

684 "We Love Russia 2014" Compilation has guy banging head against bricks. apparently trying to break them. It is kinda funny.

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 11:23 AM (EZ2rp)

685 The intra-right fighting on twitter yesterday was kinda funny.
Mean as hell, but funny.

Most of the twitterightie was firmly in the Garner Case Is Obviously Murder camp with few skeptical holdouts, like Ace, being all ... skeptical.

It was basically like the comments section here, except between the writers at all the hot alt-right media outlets. The Federalist guy, Sean something was especially full of self-righteous outrage that anyone who disagreed that Garner case is obv murder is just a monster, blah blah, blah.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 04, 2014 11:24 AM (ZPrif)

686 Regarding the UVA 'story'. At this point, she either invented this, or embellished an episode that she regretted. There's a reason why they want to handle this shitso badly. They're bad to start with. Unless force was clearly involved, no one other than the participants can begin to discern whether someone was victimized. Only the left could simultaneously laud sex week on campus AND kangaroo courts.

Meanwhile, off campus, serial rapists and murderersare often freed on technical grounds and the so-called innocence project sneers at eyewitness testimony.

Posted by: Blue Hen at December 04, 2014 11:30 AM (Spluw)

687 Did Gardner have health insurance?

Posted by: Entfremdung Politik at December 04, 2014 11:31 AM (EZ2rp)

688 If you're a cop in this country, quit now, go home and protect your families as best you can. The "conservatives" won't stand with you, either.

No one wants you to do your job, or has any appreciation of the reality of it that can pierce their ideological blinders. So save yourselves and your loved ones, and leave them to their slogans and theories...and the fire.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 04, 2014 11:39 AM (XO6WW)

689 The Outrage Outlet - by the four way stop on State Highway 221.
Posted by: Mikey
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Are there franchise opportunities?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 04, 2014 11:55 AM (/GgDU)

690 "It CAN be done with a lot fewer officers, if you don't mind broken bones and infirmary visits.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 04, 2014 07:25 AM (eUfnz)"

For 250 years it was done with one guy, hitting the perp on the top of the skull with a baton.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at December 04, 2014 11:56 AM (pYEaj)

691 So, just to reiterate, being agnostic and upset about the Staten Island thing (versions of which occur in a country of 300+ million almost daily) logically equates to thinking Bundy should have pushed the limits in resisting the official theft going on in his county, without of course ever physically resisting the law if it came to that.

Just wanted to clarify.

Posted by: I Can't Think at December 04, 2014 12:03 PM (afQnV)

692 Ha!

Meant to say that a non-hysterical position on Staten Island thing is somehow inconsistent with a tough but completely non-violent stance on the Bundy thing.

Posted by: I Can't Type at December 04, 2014 12:05 PM (afQnV)

693 Is the movement now basically anti-cop? Like, the 1960s radical Left?

Cause I just want to hear the righteously rightous's opinions on soldiers and war now.

Posted by: Shoot Me at December 04, 2014 12:18 PM (EQcfE)

694 So that NBC Live performance of Peter Pan airs tonight. I caught Red Eye talking about it because the lead, Ashley Williams, was asked about how that last time NBC did this with the Sound of Music and she said it didn't matter because "Hate watching" is a thing now.

Anyways after seeing the commercials for this I was trying to figure out if I should know who this Ashley Williams is and Red Eye helped with that. Oh its Brian Williams demon seed. One of Lena Dunhams friends on her shitty show. No wonder she thinks hate watching is a thing.

Oh and Dunham apparently thought it was so subversive for Williams to have the role of Peter Pan.


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Posted by: buzzion at December 04, 2014 12:19 PM (zt+N6)

695 oops and I was going to put that in the new thread.

Posted by: buzzion at December 04, 2014 12:20 PM (zt+N6)

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