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Andrew Sullivan Will Stop Blogging "In the Near Future"
Who cares?, you ask.
Um, no one, actually, but I needed a quickie post and look how quick this is. As you can imagine this news from Andrew Sullivan has been greeted with a tasteful level of Seething Hatred. Various whoop-de-doos are linking their favorite dissections of Sullivan.Through the Looking Glass With Andrew Sullivan 23 Jun by Christopher BadeauxGreat stuff. Of course I noted that Andrew Sullivan was a gibbering maniac as well. (Do NOT comment on old threads-- the system will ban you.)
Perhaps the single, common life goal of every intellectual, pseudo-intellectual, and intellectual aspirant, is to be a true Renaissance man -- a genius whose force of will and flexible, dominating intellect allows him to master or nearly master not one or two, but a whole host of related and unrelated fields of study and practice. Sadly, not everyone can be Leonardo da Vinci or Karol Wojtyla. Or Andrew Sullivan. Sullivan, who has worn dozens of hats in his lifetime, is truly unique. He stands astride the worlds of politics, journalism, theology, foreign policy, and applied obstetrics like the Colossus of Rhodes.... Few among us have the raw intellectual firepower to go where he has. Fortunately, the internet tubes allow us to track his movements over time -- an otherwise dizzying effort made more vertiginous by Sullivan’s kaleidoscopic mind. As with all things Sullivan, the best place to start is with human genitalia. To say that Sullivan has focused his laser-like mind on human reproductive organs is to engage in an understatement worthy of the master himself. We could simply look at Sullivan’s relentless, years-long focus on circumcision (a relentlessness not well-captured by the internet tubes, as Sullivan’s archives traditionally become difficult to search when he moves from site to site), an unusual genre for a man who will never have children and who is not Jewish or Muslim, though perhaps not so unusual given his general interest in the member in question--- But to spend too much time on mere ponderings on the presence or absence of foreskin is to do Sullivan an injustice. Anyone can bloviate on that. Few men of letters -- indeed, few doctors -- can diagnose a woman's pregnancy forensically from a handful of news articles and photographs. Few are gifted with the ability to toss out thousands of words as tightly organized as Ulysses at the drop of a hat and still able to offer informed medical opinions on changes to the female body during mid- and late-term pregnancy --opinions at odds with normal understandings of human biology and the preeminent textbooks of the field. But then again, few men are Andrew Sullivan. Depending on the day, Andrew Sullivan might not even be Andrew Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan on Sarah Palin’s Reproductive Abilities [A] select group of internet personalities decided that Mrs. Palin's son Trig must, in fact, be her daughter's, who was then a senior in high school. This being modern American political online writing, proof of this ridiculous assertion was neither offered nor demanded, and a thousand would-be obstetricians immediately began poking at pictures of a teenaged girl to demonstrate, for all the world to see, that those photos showed she was large enough to be pregnant. That these same people would be the first to cry in fury if the child being subjected to this humiliation were not the child of a Republican was, again as usual, lost on the lay doctors caught in their five-minute hate. Andrew Sullivan immediately leaped into the fray. Unlike the rest of these non-experts, many of whom began to back off of the story when word emerged that Mrs. Palin's daughter was pregnant and had been close to the time of Trig's birth, Sullivan, who apparently received a secret medical degree while attending Harvard, began obsessively following this story, turning the Atlantic from a fairly uninteresting opinion website into a leading journal of gynecology and obstetrics. Rarely in human history has a gay man been that obsessed with a married woman's vagina. This became, perhaps even more than the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency, Sullivan’s driving motivation during the 2008 campaign, if the quantity of his writings are any indication of his drive. While others were intimidated by photos of Mrs. Palin in late-stage pregnancy looking like a woman in late-stage pregnancy, the biological impossibility of a seventeen year-old girl giving birth to two non-fraternal children less than eleven months apart, and other indicia of what the rest of us take for ordinary reality, that laser-like mind knew no fear. Without a blow by blow of those two months of Herculean effort, it's impossible to fully capture the way in which the Atlantic rivaled the New England Journal of Medicine in pushing the edge of medical consensus; a sampling will have to suffice.
Funniest @AceofSpadesHQ posts on Sullivan, for posterity. (1) http://t.co/D4CffVS1so (2) http://t.co/Wr3TdyJA2t (3) http://t.co/g7sCmBf65K
— David Reaboi (@davereaboi) January 28, 2015
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 28, 2015 02:10 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 02:11 PM (2Aj5D)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 28, 2015 02:11 PM (GqEzX)
Posted by: The Jackhole at January 28, 2015 02:11 PM (6/J77)
Well, if you really want to know, it sounded more like "WHOOOOOOO FUCKING CARES???!!!!!"
Hey, you asked. And yes, that cartoon makes me laugh e'rrytime.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 28, 2015 02:11 PM (Zi7PZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2015 02:11 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:12 PM (+eQyZ)
Posted by: Sarah Palins Womb at January 28, 2015 02:12 PM (6/J77)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:13 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: The Jackhole at January 28, 2015 02:13 PM (6/J77)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:13 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Trig Palin at January 28, 2015 02:14 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Garrett at January 28, 2015 02:14 PM (bsFjT)
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 02:14 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Garrett at January 28, 2015 02:15 PM (bsFjT)
"Former CNN host Piers Morgan, a longtime Sullivan adversary, asserted
that the announcement could only mean that the blogger's digital venture
has 'been a disaster.'"
If Andrew Sullivan has an adversary as stupid, anti-intellectual and ethically challenged as Piers Morgan, then it is high time that he quits and takes up obstetrics....his first love.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2015 02:15 PM (Zu3d9)
OT: Feds abandoned plan to track cars near gun shows...
Drudge
Which really means-> Feds will track cars at gun shows.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 28, 2015 02:15 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2015 02:16 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Adny Sullyvan at January 28, 2015 02:16 PM (6/J77)
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:16 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 02:16 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 28, 2015 02:16 PM (MbqmP)
So they got caught doing it?
Abandoned plan. Sure.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:16 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: HR needs donuts at January 28, 2015 02:17 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 28, 2015 02:17 PM (GqEzX)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:17 PM (mf5HN)
Drudge
Which really means-> Feds will track cars at gun shows.
Which really means = Feds have been "testing" tracking at gun shows and will continue to do so.
No program really ever "ends" here.
Posted by: anon a mouse at January 28, 2015 02:17 PM (/jpU8)
http://goo.gl/0trMuk
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:18 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:18 PM (bNyu8)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 28, 2015 02:19 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 28, 2015 02:19 PM (XUKZU)
this post wouldn't suck as much if it had the cartoon pic of deranged Andi and his kooky beagles
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: The Chicken at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (ZBlVc)
Dallas Area Rapid Transit to the Market Hall Gun Show FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (bNyu8)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (wtvvX)
Note: That's
Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan....
Andrew Sullivan Calls It Quits
The Daily Caller - Betsy Rothstein
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Brett Favre at January 28, 2015 02:21 PM (b65cm)
OT: Feds abandoned plan to track cars near gun shows...
Drudge
Which really means-> Feds will track cars at gun shows.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 28, 2015 02:15 PM (XzRw1)
You mean, they've already been doing this for upwards of 20 years & will continue to do so, but simply won't start admitting it any time soon.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 28, 2015 02:21 PM (MbqmP)
Posted by: Lucky Charms Leprechaun at January 28, 2015 02:21 PM (6/J77)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:22 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: The Editor at January 28, 2015 02:22 PM (pRHnX)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 28, 2015 02:22 PM (Kcl6C)
"After much hemming and hawing, I've decided to
put the blog as you've known it on hiatus for a few months. The Dish
will still exist, the site will be updated weekly with new feature
articles, and I'll still post when I feel like it. But it won't have the
regularity or content of the past four and a half years."
So guess what...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 28, 2015 02:22 PM (Zi7PZ)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 02:22 PM (X+nFp)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 02:23 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 28, 2015 02:23 PM (wtvvX)
First off: the BATF needs to die in a fire.
Secondly: AtC- this is your desk advisory.
Thridst:
What the fucking fuck? I cannot begin to put into words how angry that makes me. Hey, Feds, it's not the guys at the gun shows who are trying to kill you. It's the fucking Mohammedans you refuse to acknowledge.
Why the fuck would you think you had the right to track my car simply because it was "near" a gun show. Are you aware that gun shows commonly take place in convention centers, which are commonly located downtown, which means other businesses are nearby and operating?
Are you unclear on the concepts of the 4th and 5th amendments?
Do you fucking sub-sentients not understand that, as long as it is within the bounds of the law, the Constitution says I can go where I want with whom I want and do what I want and you don't actually get to *know* about it, let alone do anything about it?
And why would you track cars "near" gun shows in the first place? Is it your assumption, you retarded paramecium, that everyone who is simply in close proximity to guns is de facto a criminal?
What possible God Damned rationale could you possibly have- that is not nakedly Anti-2nd Amendment- for doing such a thing?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:23 PM (M1uf/)
Trying to be charitable here...
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:23 PM (7ObY1)
that would likely mean I do not need to hear news of him again.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (S0A/C)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 02:11 PM (2Aj5D)
That depends on what the definition of "beef" is.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (W5DcG)
Is there anything left that is not "rape?" Because I think the list is getting pretty short.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (M1uf/)
In other words a one trick pony much like the bubblegum chewing president.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (+6nI6)
Insty pointed to a tweet that linked to a Sully article 10 years ago:
"After much hemming and hawing, I've decided to
put the blog as you've known it on hiatus for a few months.
Holy cats, that was 10 yrs ago?!? I remember Ace posting that.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: Sidney Blumenthal at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (PvZ8F)
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 02:25 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2015 02:25 PM (g1DWB)
*hollers* Excellent rant!
*continues stepping backwards*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 28, 2015 02:25 PM (da5Wo)
Because he's spent years claiming to be a "conservative" while doing nothing...NOTHING, but trying to destroy conservatism.
He's a bigger whore than a gaggle of Joe Scarboroughs
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:25 PM (7ObY1)
>>Feds abandoned plan to track cars near gun shows...
So they got caught doing it?
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Crazy! What exactly were they going to do with that information?
Sullivan was an ok writer 15 years or so agobefore he went absolutely, batshit crazy. What a shame.
Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig but will watch it for freedom (not really) at January 28, 2015 02:25 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Bayou City at January 28, 2015 02:26 PM (ZBlVc)
that the announcement could only mean that the blogger's digital venture
has 'been a disaster.'"
Well, Piers is an idiot, but of course that's true. Sullivan's little digital venture was just sour grapes about being fired from the Atlantic.
He had a pretty good gig and then the Atlantic decided he wasn't worth it.
I think it says more about the cultural Left. He allegedly went lefty over GWBush's refusal to endorse gay marriage. Well, when the gay left (and right?) has gone from Harvey Milk to Ernst Rohm, how can Sullivan be provocative anymore?
Posted by: AmishDude at January 28, 2015 02:26 PM (b65cm)
Some people write because they have cogent thoughts to share. Others write because they don't and want to bleat the destructive dementia brought on by one too many sexual encounters with farm animals and strange mammals they picked up hitchhiking.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2015 02:26 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: jwest at January 28, 2015 02:26 PM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: Agent Moustafa from the BATF at January 28, 2015 02:26 PM (Kcl6C)
Andrew was never a big eater...
//Beef Bifferston Male Model
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (7ObY1)
And it went downhill from there.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (eA40J)
He's a bigger whore than a gaggle of Joe Scarboroughs
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:25 PM (7ObY1)
Years ago I got Johnsoned , so that is not so new to me. Phony conservatives? A dime a dozen
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Adny Sullivan at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (6/J77)
Mine is pegging in a negative direction.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (W5DcG)
Now: Feds track cars of citizens legally purchasing firearms for personal use.
WTF'ingF indeed.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: duke at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (ChY2Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (+6nI6)
Personal safety.
Gun show attendees won't cut their heads off......
Yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (bNyu8)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:27 PM (7ObY1)
http://goo.gl/lMuHe
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (7ObY1)
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Amen, brutha. Someone push some lemon bars through the USB for AtC stat.
Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (nFdGS)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (oa/c7)
Is there anything left that is not "rape?" Because I think the list is getting pretty short.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:24 PM (M1uf/)
Feminists need "rape" in order to establish women as an oppressed class. However, they need "rape culture" because rape has some decidedly un-PC demographics.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (b65cm)
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:28 PM (MT22W)
Thanks. That cat is my hero.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (7ObY1)
What difference, at this point, does it make?1/!!?/1!?1/!?11/1??
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 28, 2015 02:10 PM (HSmrB)
we used to play... where's Waldo...
Now some of us are playing... where's Hillary...
She is not even fundraising... no public events at all...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (qh617)
What possible God Damned rationale could you possibly have- that is not nakedly Anti-2nd Amendment- for doing such a thing?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:23 PM (M1uf/)
Because you're in public, silly! There's no right to privacy when you are in public! Of course you can be tracked and watched when you are driving on a public road, what kind of anti-security privacy freak are you anyway?
Lemme know if you didn't see my thoughts about that "argument" from earlier today.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (L30zb)
Does anyone remember the exact turning point when homosexual Andrew Sullivan went from half a lunatic to full blown lunatic?
It was in 2003 in the early stages of Bush's Iraq invasion. Andi got very upset when it was reported that museums in Baghdad were being looted. How could Bush allow that to happen, cried Andi!
After that, Andi was (completely) done with the Republicans forever and hated Bush and Cheney and anyone who supported them.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (Q66iK)
Same thing they do with all of the information: keep it around until it becomes useful for some purpose or another. q.v. the mandatory firearms registry that the Weimar Republic instituted.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 28, 2015 02:30 PM (MbqmP)
When the GRIDS went to his brain?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 28, 2015 02:30 PM (oFCZn)
Was it a gay museum?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2015 02:30 PM (W5DcG)
Jihad Rape (Rotterham)
Prison rape (apparently that's never not funny)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:30 PM (ABcz/)
I didn't.
I could share mine, but I'm not sure you're well enough stocked in your shelter there.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (M1uf/)
All museums are teh gay, no?
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: David Brooks at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (PvZ8F)
Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (go5uR)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (zllbf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (+6nI6)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (bNyu
Do you have to pay an extra fare for the hand truck?
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (XzRw1)
Lemme know if you didn't see my thoughts about that "argument" from earlier today.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (mf5HN)
Gabe thinks nothing is wrong with this because not illegal something something.
Posted by: HoboJerk, The State Loves You at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (FA3Z7)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (eA40J)
He also displayed great courage in questioning the bizarre pregnancy story, since Palin's deranged fans will attack anyone who criticizes her.
Posted by: Susan Olivia Cuthbertson-Klein at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (Ks4nX)
ethically challenged as Piers Morgan, then it is high time that he quits
and takes up obstetrics....his first love.
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A Monarch to Dr. Rusty Venture, if you will.
Although, that is terribly unfair to both The Monarch and Dr. Venture--both are entertaining and have actually produced something of value in their (fake) lives.
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (5yHi1)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (W5DcG)
I'm thinking this is an example of why Obama uses the term "extremists" instead of "Islamic extremists". He's all in when it comes to tracking and stopping extremists in the form of Christians, gun-owners, preppers, Tea Party, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:32 PM (CMkNk)
That may or may not coincide with his AIDS-Related Dementia that many in the gay community think he has.
Oh....he is also a fcuking anti-Semitic prick.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (Q66iK)
Actually, I think it was that President Bush was going to act on an issue like candidate Bush had said: gay marriage. You can agree or disagree with Bush's position, but he was remarkably consistent both as a candidate and a president. At that point, Sully went batshit crazy. Even better was during the 2004 election when Sullivan questioned Insty (or someone) for saying that Kerry's position was the same as Bush. Insty linked to Kerry's quote which said something along the lines of "The president's position on this subject are exactly the same", followed by great Insty snark:"This must be some of that fabled nuance I've heard so much about."
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (+6nI6)
Heh. I have a sticky-note pad (I have no clue where I got it, actually: I've never seen it before today) which is imprinted with some Tarrant County 911 advertising.
And, yes, it does say "When seconds count."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (M1uf/)
Are you unclear on the concepts of the 4th and 5th amendments?
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And do you not actually have any real crime or criminals to monitor? In which case, we need to cut your staff and salaries.
Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig but will watch it for freedom (not really) at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (lIU4e)
Uh.... they are already tracking car movements using License plate reading technology, on roadways throughout the US.
Have been for years....
Because you are in public, and therefore have no reasonable expectation of privacy.
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (659DL)
You may have been overseas? His heyday was more around 2003-2004 or so. Basically he was one of the very few "conservative" gay writers and, IIRC, he supported the war efforts as a response to 9/11 -- although I'm less certain on that score.
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 02:34 PM (3ZtZW)
I'm going to go off script and say that before Sullivan went all Bugs!Bugs!Bugs!Shitbastard! crazy, he could actually write some thoughtful stuff.
Nice link. There was part of my brain that remembered enjoying Sullivan but it got overwritten by bugs bugs bugs shitbastard crazy.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 02:34 PM (JtwS4)
It was THAT in polite company, however Andrew honestly felt Bush should embrace and would in fact embrace Glee marriage.
http://tinyurl.com/n6ubq6w
Herein Andrew exhibits the flexibility that allows him to suck his own crank and in the glow of Ogabe winning does an endzone dance.
There's about 27 LOVE ME DADDY! Fatwas in there...
I think...ten fucking trillion dollars later THIS is my personal fave...
I cannot support a movement that exploded spending and borrowing and blames its successor for the debt.
Right Milky Loads....
RIGHT
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:34 PM (/4AZU)
Sullivan was at least nominally on Team Republican, if in a Libertarian fashion, up until the day Bush II failed to support a gay rights action of some sort. Forget which one.
Andy turned on a dime and became a frothing left liber, while still cloaking himself in a "conservative" mantle, so he could be the balance voice on CNN guest spots.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 02:34 PM (kdS6q)
Ignoring the fact that (a) Sullivan was pretty much on the national security side of conservatism, if he ever was (no SoCon or FisCon he) and (b) the military went out of its way to secure the museums. But I guess his foreign policy would be Tyrants for Trinkets.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (b65cm)
All the great writers take it up the ass.
Posted by: jwest at January 28, 2015 02:26 PM (9ZZd+)
The actual fuck are you talking about?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (da5Wo)
That was my understanding as well. Gay marriage became his reason for living and anyone who wasn't for it became his enemy.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (Zu3d9)
Oddly, he used to be one of Israel's strongest supporters. Now it's all JOOOOSSS! and stuff.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (MT22W)
See. I can be civil. Well, at least semi-civil.
Posted by: teej at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (5aq94)
we used to play... where's Waldo...
Now some of us are playing... where's Hillary...
She is not even fundraising... no public events at all...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:29 PM (qh617)
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I'm in rehab.... *hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (qh617)
If I start on that rant, I'm blaming you when AtC doesn't come out from under the desk.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (M1uf/)
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He looks like my old tomcat that died a year ago. I miss 'im.
Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (/HX7u)
Same happened to Chris Matthews. I wonder if he has a disease of some sort?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (W5DcG)
And by 'family', I mean Interstate Truckstop Gloryhole.
Posted by: Garrett at January 28, 2015 02:36 PM (bsFjT)
Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC 3m
In the dumbest decision of all time, Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that jurors' names will now be made public. http://wp.me/p4ySuR-Bqt
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 28, 2015 02:36 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 28, 2015 02:36 PM (0LHZx)
Does anyone remember the exact turning point when homosexual Andrew Sullivan went from half a lunatic to full blown lunatic?
It was in 2003 in the early stages of Bush's Iraq invasion. Andi got
very upset when it was reported that museums in Baghdad were being
looted. How could Bush allow that to happen, cried Andi!
After that, Andi was (completely) done with the Republicans forever and hated Bush and Cheney and anyone who supported them
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That was part of it.
But, it was his chance to carry a torch and pitchfork in the crusade against he evil racist Trent Lott that really got him going. ("How dare he say anything nice about an old man on his birthday? That man once did something that might be racist. No, not recruit for the KKK--not that racist.")
And the final straw was: Gay Marriage.
That was what drove him from moderate left--but a tolerable read--to outright shrill hack.
A path I've long said another I've respected is traveling down . . . .
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 28, 2015 02:37 PM (5yHi1)
Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (/HX7u)
Well, cut his balls off, have him declawed and you're in like Flynn.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:37 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2015 02:37 PM (W5DcG)
Since then Andi has said some really stupid shit over the years just to be an annoying contrarian to Conservatives.
For example, during the violent protests in Ferguson and in NYC, Andi wrote a post about angry rhetoric doesn't cause violence. Oh wait, that was Gabriel Malor.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:37 PM (Q66iK)
I see *no way* that could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:37 PM (M1uf/)
How ya doin'?
//Yector the Hoppy Bunny
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:37 PM (/4AZU)
Johnnie Walker-itis.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 28, 2015 02:38 PM (659DL)
Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC 3m
In the dumbest decision of all time, Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that jurors' names will now be made public. http://wp.me/p4ySuR-Bqt
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 28, 2015 02:36 PM (ZPrif)
For all of those who think, "But it must be right, a judge ruled that way!"
Posted by: AmishDude at January 28, 2015 02:38 PM (b65cm)
Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig but will watch it for freedom (not really) at January 28, 2015 02:33 PM (lIU4e)
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It's called "pre-crime". I think there was a movie made about it.
Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2015 02:38 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 02:38 PM (L30zb)
Just in case there was in doubt...not gonna live there. Ever.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 28, 2015 02:38 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Sonia Sotomayor at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (W5DcG)
Anyone who ever worked for Tip O'Neill could never have been decent or normal.
Although, IIRC, Charles Krauthammer was a Mondale speechwriter. But he's less than 50/50 these days and would never risk his invite status on the DC cocktail circuit.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (CMkNk)
See, there's the rub.
True convictions are true convictions. An entire political philosophy doesn't go poof on a dime.
There are often things that I disagree with many conservatives about, but that doesn't mean for one goddam minute that I'm going to become a Liberal overnight out of spite.
Guys like Sullivan and Chonson (birds of a feather, one of them a fat, ponytailed bird) were never "conservatives," having completely repudiated every single thing they professed to believe in because of one snit with conservatives.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: SH at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (gmeXX)
All the great writers take it up the ass.
Posted by: jwest at January 28, 2015 02:26 PM (9ZZd+)
The actual fuck are you talking about?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (da5Wo)
I need a score card
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (2Aj5D)
Just in time for the trial of that serial killer that used to play for Bill Belichick.
Posted by: HR needs donuts at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (+6nI6)
I could share mine, but I'm not sure you're well enough stocked in your shelter there.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:31 PM (M1uf/)
My thoughts on this subject: http://bit.ly/1BpPEJa
You can tell I am livid because no swears.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 02:40 PM (MYCIw)
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And that particular shibboleth was put forth at a time when surveillance had costs that required LE to prioritize...they weren't going to watch EVERYONE because it cost too much. It was self-limiting and couldn't be abused because it cost too much TO get to the point where it COULD be abused.
Now thanks to technology the costs have declined significantly to where it's feasible to do just that...watch damn near everyone's comings and goings.
There's a little sniff test with this...do you think the original intent of our Constitution was to turn a blind eye to this kind of surveillance?
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 02:40 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2015 02:38 PM (/HX7u)
"Minority Report" I think had that theme?
Although, my agent used to shop a dystopian script where if you did the time first, you could commit the crime upon release. Even murder.
Good script.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:40 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2015 02:35 PM (W5DcG)
Alcoholism is a disease.
Posted by: HoboJerk, The State Loves You at January 28, 2015 02:40 PM (FA3Z7)
Posted by: Badda Bing 'now with Badda Boom' at January 28, 2015 02:40 PM (klaU/)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 02:34 PM (JtwS4)
Karol Markowicz and I had a brief exchange on Twitter re: bugsbugsbugs:
"Andrew Sullivan was the first stranger-on-the-internet whose tip jar I hit. Also the only tip jar I regret hitting."
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:40 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (CMkNk)
Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC 3m
In the dumbest decision of all time, Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that jurors' names will now be made public. http://wp.me/p4ySuR-Bqt
Posted by: Vinny, Tony, and Silvio at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (ZPrif)
Cirrhosis of the brain.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: steveegg at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (cL79m)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (+6nI6)
Posted by: Badda Bing 'now with Badda Boom' at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (klaU/)
Same happened to Chris Matthews. I wonder if he has a disease of some sort?
I used to watch Hardball religiously, and I can pinpoint the exact moment when Matthews went off the rails.
It as the day that the SCOTUS put an end to Algore's ridiculous, never-ending recounts.
Matthews lost it that day, and never regained his sanity. I saw it play out in real time.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (7ObY1)
public record by the end of the trial at the latest, but the decision
that isn't sitting well with everyone.
For criminal cases.
Who came up with this idea, the mob?
Why not also allow jurors to talk about the trails with others - the media or people with a vested interest in the tria - l while still serving?
Because they've just invited others to talk to them about it by making their names public.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:41 PM (ABcz/)
The mental image of a pony tail jutting from Sully's privates is a bit much, I think.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 28, 2015 02:42 PM (MbqmP)
Like our good friend Mr Cook it is about "perspective"...
by UK standards both are "arch conservative" as can be in polite company...
here they are both moderates, and the defintion of "conservative" is different the tories have been housebroken to "acting as responsible guardians for the benefits programs" over in Jolly ole' and by Jove just look at their smashing success as Labour imported a new electorate to cope with the butthurt back in the 90s.
Andrew never claimed to be a US conservative, as a particular truck driving legal like fella here revels in being "Republicans"....when the chips are down a moderate from either side of the aisle can turn on a dime...
Bronko Bama and I won't.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:42 PM (/4AZU)
You can tell I am livid because no swears.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:39 PM (mf5HN)
I thought it was someone else because no swears
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:42 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: Ben Rhodes at January 28, 2015 02:42 PM (P330y)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at January 28, 2015 02:42 PM (QCo5R)
Drudge
Which really means-> Feds
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 28, 2015 02:15 PM (XzRw1)
ReWrite engaged for tense.
Posted by: steveegg at January 28, 2015 02:43 PM (cL79m)
CNN.
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 02:38 PM (L30zb)
To be fair, that edict came down from the national counsels and the actual UVA sororities are pissed as hell about it and are shoving right back.
It caused a small glow in the subcockle region of my soul shaped place to see the sorority members push back that they have their own agency and are not weak.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:43 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:43 PM (bNyu8)
The picture of "Andi As Victim" ...is there any chance that it's actually "Andi After Drinking Champagne a la Steve Croft"?
... he rather avant garde ...
Posted by: Arbalest at January 28, 2015 02:43 PM (FlRtG)
Since then Andi has said some really stupid shit over the years just to be an annoying contrarian to Conservatives.
For example, during the violent protests in Ferguson and in NYC, Andi wrote a post about angry rhetoric doesn't cause violence. Oh wait, that was Gabriel Malor.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 02:37 PM (Q66iK)
Wait, you mean you're not supposed to take "Mein Kampf" literally?!
Uh oh!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:44 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 02:44 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Paranoia Punch with Electrolytes at the Outrage Outlet! at January 28, 2015 02:44 PM (hLRSq)
*sigh*
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:44 PM (+6nI6)
It's official. If asked, "Who are the dumbest people on the face of Planet Earth?", I shall respond, "The Massachusetts Supreme Court".
In a saner world, the surviving members would reverse that within three weeks tops.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 28, 2015 02:44 PM (DT3rQ)
OT: Feds abandoned plan to track cars near gun shows...
Cal DoJ has been doing this at Nevada gun shows for years, recording CA license plates and passing them on to CHP to stop the vehicles as they crossed the state border. Unconstitutional as hell, but that never stopped leftist suckers of cock before.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2015 02:45 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at January 28, 2015 02:45 PM (QCo5R)
"The guy was a serious thinker for quite some time."
Well, he was well educated, in a British public school sort of way. And he had that pommy cred some take as defato proof of intellectual depth. I'm looking at you, National Review.
"But he went off the rails when Bush was elected."
Not quite. He was quite pro-Bush, as it were, even though he was working at the very pro-Gore New Republic which devolved into a Bush hate rags after their golden boy Man Bear Pig lost.
Then Bush went the wrong way on the gay, and "Bugs!"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 02:45 PM (kdS6q)
Good god. Sullivan actually said that shit and it's still on the Atlantic's archive. 3 Feb 2010.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 28, 2015 02:45 PM (eA40J)
Apparently, some forget that you used to have to have this little thing called a "warrant" before you started gathering evidence on people. And, indeed, even when you were in the "just follow them to see where they go" phase (which *is* legal) you had to have some justification for following that specific person.
BUT. I do not grant "reasonable expectation of privacy" as a legal argument. The 4th Amendment is very clear: I am to be secure "In my person" and "in my papers" (that is: the state doesn't get to know what I'm doing with whom, or what I'm writing to whom) absent probable cause to believe I have committed (or I am committing) a crime.
"Reasonable expectation of privacy" is weasel words to get around the very clear 4th amendment. I don't care that any average joe on the street could see me- any average joe does not have the coercive power of the State. Moreover, I *do* have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" in that, as an anonymous face on the street, I do not expect people to be taking my picture, listening in on my conversations, and generally tracking my movements.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (M1uf/)
The doc also brought up rumors that Buckley was secretly gay, because of course to the left all conservatives are self loathing hypocrites that cannot possibly actually mean deep down what they say.
Still want to review the doc for you guys, but not sure what post would be appropriate to do that. If we had a set weekly movie post on the weekends that would be a given, but we don't.
Posted by: LizLem at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (yRwC8)
Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC 3m
In the dumbest decision of all time, Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that jurors' names will now be made public. http://wp.me/p4ySuR-Bqt
In a decision made Tuesday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the names of jurors who serve in criminal cases are to be available to the public.
The new ruling means that if you serve on a jury, your name will become public record by the end of the trial at the latest, but the decision that isn’t sitting well with everyone.
Those opposed to the ruling argue it will create harassment and other risks for those jurors.
While those in support of the decision, like Jana Seiler of West Springfield, told 22News that deciding if someone committed a serious crime or not is a big deal, and they want to know who’s behind making that decision.
“I think everybody has a right to know who sat on that jury and made that decision, especially the family of the victim or of the person being accused,” Seiler said.
Posted by: Vinny, Tony, and Silvio at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (ZPrif)
*sigh*
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:44 PM (+6nI6)
Three felonies a day.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (mf5HN)
Consistency, right?
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (7ObY1)
Same thing they do with all of the information: keep it around until it becomes useful for some purpose or another. q.v. the mandatory firearms registry that the Weimar Republic instituted.
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This is why some people, not me!, might want to havehave all their guns come to them from sources other than the store and off the books. Legally of course. Just you know, because.
Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig but will watch it for freedom (not really) at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (lIU4e)
It's official. If asked, "Who are the dumbest people on the face of Planet Earth?", I shall respond, "The Massachusetts Supreme Court".
In a saner world, the surviving members would reverse that within three weeks tops.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 28, 2015 02:44 PM (DT3rQ)
Whitey Bulger - "Missed it by >
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at January 28, 2015 02:45 PM (QCo5R)
You rang? I really can't wait to see what Andi does next.
Posted by: No One Ever at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (cL79m)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (2Aj5D)
W00t!!!
Oh, wait, I thought you said "breathing."
Posted by: blaster at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (Rx8ML)
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 02:40 PM (PFy0L)
Ohh.... trust me... I know how bad it is...
And the idea that any information you give a company is out of your control, and thus public information....
Like your bank account information... or emails... or phone records...
and as that information belongs to the company, it can be used by the Federal Government without a warrant....
The only thing saving us at all... is the massive amount of information they have to sift through to find 'yours'.... but that is changing as data mining becomes more mature...
Note, every public database, and many free sites.... like... Facebook... goes into a database called Catalist.. run by Harold Ickes... which is there to support Progressive goals (from their own website and mission statement).
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Andy! at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (Ua6T/)
While their buddies, with Nevada plates, beat them to their house and transfer the guns from the trunk to the garage. LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (bNyu8)
Posted by: pre-op Hillary Clinton at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (u82oZ)
So, the references to GWB and the beginning of the Iraq war and how things changed because Sullivan used to be relevant reminded me of one of my most powerful example of How Awesome the Internet Is.
Did any of you follow Salam Pax?
He was an Iraqi who wrote in excellent English and posted from Baghdad. This was massively illegal and dangerous under Saddam, but he kept up really good reporting in the run-up to the war.
He was massively anti-Saddam but also not totally pro-war because war is scary and it was about to happen to his city. A lot of his reports clarified things that were (shock!) misreported in the MSM.
It was like having an embed. It was one of the power of the intertubes experiences for me.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (tu3iY)
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Not to be pedantically contrarian.... but jurors names are matter of public record in alot of states.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: ThunderB, Sharia Compliance Officer at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (oXXE6)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (mf5HN)
This is what I say whenever someone's complaining about lawlessness in the US. We don't have rule of law anymore, why whine about it?
Posted by: HoboJerk, The State Loves You at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (FA3Z7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (+6nI6)
If I lived in MA and could not get out of jury duty on some gang mafia murder trial, I'd do everything I could to get DQ'd.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (tu3iY)
Ann Marie Cox was Washingtonienne or whatever, and blogged about her anal adventures with republican aides and etc. Charles Cooke I'm not sure about.
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM (NaV4z)
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Whitey Bulger has a right to know.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM (XUKZU)
Excellent response, AtC!
I also loved the MA agency that decided to do heat imaging scans of residents' homes and then send them notes advising them where/how they are wasting energy. For the environment and energy conservation was the excuse, IIRC.
ANd then there is the elementary school that insists that students must wear a wristband heart monitor 24/7 so that the school can ensure that lil' nippers are getting enough activity throughout the day. For the children's health was the excuse, IIRC.
Yeah, nothing intrusive about *that.*
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM (bNyu8)
Posted by: Sharkman at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM (1TEpx)
Txt -> We have your wife. Vote innocent.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (+6nI6)
Txt - Keep her.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM (CMkNk)
Ace level snark that.
Posted by: toby928(C) Pale Penis Person at January 28, 2015 02:50 PM (evdj2)
Mr Cook and I are not pen pals but I am unaware of his carnal preferences and they matter narry a whit up until they become the central point of a person's web identity....
I also did not know Ms Cox was Greek, evidently.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:50 PM (/4AZU)
I've also seen the MA SC do dumber things. Gay marriage springs to mind.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2015 02:50 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (+6nI6)
You are correct....he was supportive of Bush for a few years.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: toby928(C) Pale Penis Person at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (evdj2)
Txt -> We have your wife. Vote innocent.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (+6nI6)
Txt - Keep her.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM
Txt- Beside her what else do you want?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (2Aj5D)
Txt -> We have your wife. Vote innocent.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (+6nI6)
And for those who we didn't get to know before the trial ended...
Txt -> That vote was the last mistake you'll ever make. What size cement shoes do you wear?
Posted by: steveegg at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (cL79m)
Yup.... that 'reasonable expectation of privacy' is a really bad Constitutional statement...
but the WORST is (IMO).. ' the Constitution is not a suicide pact ' used as justification for bypassing the clearly worded intent of the Constitution.
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (qh617)
I also loved the MA agency that decided to do heat imaging scans of residents' homes and then send them notes advising them where/how they are wasting energy. For the environment and energy conservation was the excuse, IIRC.
ANd then there is the elementary school that insists that students must wear a wristband heart monitor 24/7 so that the school can ensure that lil' nippers are getting enough activity throughout the day. For the children's health was the excuse, IIRC.
Yeah, nothing intrusive about *that.*
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:49 PM (ABcz/)
Yeah, there's not enough profanity for my response on the MA thermal imagery.
I think the Horde has discussed previously what would happen to a fitbit thingy sent home to monitor a child. As I recall, the consensus was that it would go on the dog.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: ThunderB, Sharia Compliance Officer at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (oXXE6)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 02:52 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 02:52 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (Zu3d9)
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Then he realized the leaves were never coming back and it was only dead wood...
Posted by: RioBravo at January 28, 2015 02:52 PM (z27Ny)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 28, 2015 02:52 PM (eA40J)
I did think it was rather shitty how the left outed his "appetites" but he was evidently less than bothered about it when he joined them...
Does anyone recall precisely what/when the "Milky Loads" episode was over...?
It all blurred....
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (mf5HN)
I must have missed that discussion, because my response is it would go into the anus of the school official who placed it onto my child.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (MT22W)
Because people drawn into a death penalty case, or gang/mafia/mohammadan defendants should have a bullseye painted on them.
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (Spluw)
I'm dying. I forgot about that. So funny
Posted by: ThunderB, Sharia Compliance Officer at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (oXXE6)
Raw Mus Glutes as well. Nice.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: steveegg at January 28, 2015 02:51 PM (cL79m)
simpler.... and harder to prove coercion...
Text: Is your address 1234 Maple Street?
Text: Does your Son Johny go to MLKing Elementary school?
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (qh617)
It is my shame to admit I fell for some of that immediately post 9/11.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 02:48 PM (3ZtZW)
Which Charles is this? There are too many, cant they go by Chuck or Charlie or Chick?????
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (2Aj5D)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (1CroS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:54 PM (+6nI6)
Ah see...
You miss a lot when you don't keep track of which pundit wants what topping on their sundae and AVOID like the plague the pics of them getting their Couric Mamba on...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:54 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: torquewrench at January 28, 2015 02:54 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (Spluw)
Especially when the State FORCES people to sit on a Jury...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 02:54 PM (qh617)
That remains one of my go to pieces to read when I need to laugh.
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/030008.php
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (mf5HN)
Dog. Tennis ball. City park.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (bNyu8)
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (MT22W)
Go on
Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (/kVvc)
Posted by: Sean Connery at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (evdj2)
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When it comes to keeping a thumb on the pulse of DC's skanks, I'm your guy.
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (+6nI6)
No, Cox was Wonkette and blogged about Washingtonienne who was a friend working for some rep. Washingtonienne bragged about all the sex she was getting on Capitol Hill.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Paranoia Punch with Electrolytes at the Outrage Outlet! at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (hLRSq)
Cal DoJ has been doing this at Nevada gun shows for years, recording CA license plates and passing them on to CHP to stop the vehicles as they crossed the state border.
While their buddies, with Nevada plates, beat them to their house and transfer the guns from the trunk to the garage. LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:47 PM (bNyu
A moderately smart person would go to a gun show in a free state, buy normal capacity magazines for cash, take them apart and separate the bodies from the springs/followers and ship them home in separate boxes.
Totes legal. Seriously.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2015 02:56 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (bNyu
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I wonder how hard it would be to get that tagged onto a whitetail deer.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 28, 2015 02:56 PM (NaV4z)
To clarify, the person getting back door service was Jessica Cutler.
Posted by: @JohnTant
Self admitted whore, in the getting paid for boom boom sense, and a Senate Republican staffer to boot.
Hell of a party you've got there.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 02:56 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 02:56 PM (bNyu8)
Heh.....
"Milky Loads"....
Hey We all have NEEDS
//Andrew Sully MD Dr of Ob/Gyn
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:57 PM (/4AZU)
Possible titles include...
Trig-Onometry for Dummies
The Buggerer's Lament
Clickbait! Inside The Mind of a Genius
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2015 02:57 PM (2cS/G)
residents' homes and then send them notes advising them where/how they
are wasting energy. For the environment and energy conservation was the
excuse, IIRC.>>>
The EPA takes aerial photos of farm fields and mails the farmer either a fine or just the photo with notes. To paraprase the most common note "That's a nice farm you got there be a shame if something was to happen to it"
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 28, 2015 02:57 PM (tf9Ne)
into the anus of the school official who placed it onto my child.
Yep.
There are also some high schools w/student badges that include chips that ID their location. Mandatory for students to keep this on their person during school. For emergencies was the excuse.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:57 PM (ABcz/)
All give some Mr Tant, you sir have given all...
*salute*
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 02:58 PM (/4AZU)
Andi has been selected to play the role of Janine in the new all female Ghostbusters movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 02:59 PM (+6nI6)
Because they know all about that biological stuff.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 02:59 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 02:59 PM (JkmfQ)
blogosphere, before eventually landing at NPR as a cultural
correspondent.
The Stale Dish?
Dish Best Served Cold?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:59 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: The Media at January 28, 2015 03:00 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Will Meryl Streep do the voice-over?
Oh..., wait..., wrong 'Andi'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:01 PM (l1zOH)
all it takes at times is the offer of a free oil change and bed-lining right Media?
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:01 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Lizzy
30 secs in the microwave oughta do it.
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 28, 2015 03:02 PM (Spluw)
Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen! Found them. It looks like all of them, over at the processing station, sub-level three, under the main cooling towers.
Posted by: Pct Hudson at January 28, 2015 03:02 PM (evdj2)
It is my shame to admit I fell for some of that immediately post 9/11.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 02:53 PM (M1uf/)
It was a different time. Doesn't make it right, but many thought 9/11 was not a one-time event but going to happen over and over. Maybe nukes too.
Posted by: HoboJerk, The State Loves You at January 28, 2015 03:02 PM (FA3Z7)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (JkmfQ)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon a
I hear ya, bro.
Posted by: Moderate Salami at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (/Ho8c)
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Is it wrong that I hope...nay, PRAY...for my kid's school to start doing this? I want to teach him about RFID and applied electronics, and this seems to be a good place to start.
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (u82oZ)
To be clear- considering the considerable rules which govern how a school is supposed to treat children (I will not derail this with how a public school treated my child) I do not have any philosophical problem with requiring a student to have an ID badge with some kind of RFID chip on their person while engaged in school functions (that is: while at school, on field trips, etc.).
And I'm the guy who says we don't even treat our children like People, let alone like citizens.
While you are at school, the school is acting en loco parentis, and has a whole lot of rights around how they keep track of your child and how they care for them (including discipline, actually). So having them wear ID which has an RFID chip... not a big deal to me.
But schools too often don't stop there. Like the kids being monitored via webcam on their school-issued laptops. Or some school district which tried to require that kids wear those same IDs outside of school hours. And that is *not* okay.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (M1uf/)
http://goo.gl/XGoMDZ
http://goo.gl/qLXqJq
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (mf5HN)
Thanks Alex, that was hilarious.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (+6nI6)
Apparently, the "conservatives" at Hot Gas would rather turn into a bunch of Sharia-compliant Muzzie-lovers than admit that the First Lady, for once in her sorry life, did a good thing.
The hypocrisy, it BURNS.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Lizzy
Ask them, "Who, in an emergency, will have time to run the entire student body to see where everyone is at?"
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (bNyu8)
The problem with that is similar to Active Duty Mil ID the lads and lasses use it to log in or enter secure areas of the campus in some cases...
such as my son's....
I am less than thrilled but I am equally aghast at the paucity of old fashioned book education now that they have the chrome books as a crutch...
I am embracing the housing bubble... my business and house are likely to be in Windsor.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (DT3rQ)
Ross Douthat DouthatNYT
Time to re-up my case for Andrew Sullivan as the most influential political writer of his generation: http://nyti.ms/1EPUPpn
Great. We'll make sure you two get adjoining padded cells.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 02:55 PM (mf5HN)
Me, too.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 03:05 PM (MT22W)
Ace is looking for bloody tampons to throw in the shark tank.
Will it be an OMG Jeb Bush/Mitt Romney is Running bloody tampon?
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:05 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 03:05 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2015 03:05 PM (g1DWB)
"Mortdecai, Depp's latest box office bomb, is set for release in Japan on Feb. 6."
Posted by: Hoosier Hobbit at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Fritz at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (dVmLD)
Well, fair is fair I guess. The parents should have access to the same real-time tracking data the school has. Right?
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (PFy0L)
But schools too often don't stop there. Like the kids being monitored via webcam on their school-issued laptops. Or some school district which tried to require that kids wear those same IDs outside of school hours. And that is *not* okay.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (M1uf/
Or schools expecting the student to turn over their Face Book password.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (l1zOH)
to quote the BBC Sherlock
The Police do NOT go to amateurs....
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (/4AZU)
*snort*
I smiled when cities started doing away with them.
My problem with red light cameras is completely different and not related to the 4th amendment (since they only go off when you have actually committed a crime- specifically, running a red light). Though it is worrisome (in a 4th amendment sense) when they are triggered by someone buzzing a light (starting through on yellow, and then the light turns red so the camera takes a shot).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (M1uf/)
I just want the law applied equally. Stone her.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 03:06 PM (bNyu8)
Deb Frisch.
I remember following that as it was happening. Weird woman.
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 03:07 PM (PFy0L)
Douche-hat is an unfunny joke that keeps getting told over and over.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 03:07 PM (JkmfQ)
Totes legal. Seriously.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
If someone thinks that would stop the cops from tearing apart your car, detaining you for several hours, and magically finding evidence of transporting, he isn't that moderately smart.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 28, 2015 03:07 PM (Zi7PZ)
school to start doing this? I want to teach him about RFID and applied
electronics, and this seems to be a good place to start.
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (PFy0L)
Starting with instruction about the Faraday cage, I presume?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 28, 2015 03:07 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 28, 2015 03:07 PM (7Kbxu)
More for after the shooter has been taken down, you'd think.
Posted by: HR needs donuts at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (ZKzrr)
To be fair, that edict came down from the national counsels and the actual UVA sororities are pissed as hell about it and are shoving right back.
It caused a small glow in the subcockle region of my soul shaped place to see the sorority members push back that they have their own agency and are not weak.
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Good for them. And all this nonsense over outright lies!
Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig but will watch it for freedom (not really) at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (2cS/G)
Who was that cray cray lady that was harassing Jeff G. a few years ago?
The Anchoress?
Nah, not really. But there was a time when she was normal.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (bNyu
The assistant principals. They won't run them until they're outside themselves, but it does make it faster to know who is still in the building, and who isn't.
At that, it's not fail-safe, since I'm sure the kids in PE aren't wearing them with their gym clothes.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 28, 2015 03:04 PM (LA7Cm
Define "thing"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (l1zOH)
Anyhow, there are 1,849 sworn officers. The cost of cameras is going to be $7,000,000. The math? $3,785.83 per officer.
Somehow, I think I could find a better deal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (l1zOH)
Douche-hat is an unfunny joke that keeps getting told over and over.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft
Just one of the many great "conservative" voices the National Review has provided to the NYT.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 03:09 PM (kdS6q)
Only if you want your kid to grow up with the full tin foil panoply
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 03:09 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:09 PM (7Kbxu)
She might be in prison, or a happy-home where life is beautiful all the time. Dunno.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 28, 2015 03:09 PM (eA40J)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 03:09 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:09 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 03:10 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:10 PM (7Kbxu)
No, it's the bloody stump of a hand, covered in pine needles -- AND I SAID TO PUT IT DOWN
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 03:10 PM (3ZtZW)
Yeah 'Andi' would be totes... *thud*
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 03:10 PM (+6nI6)
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A little confusion re the "Fast and Furious" there.
The "Fast and Furious" we're pissed about concerns failing to track guns that went to the Mexican drug cartels. Nothing to do with the movie about cars.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 28, 2015 03:11 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 03:11 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 28, 2015 03:11 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 03:11 PM (bNyu8)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at January 28, 2015 03:11 PM (4CVLy)
who's that comic strip character whose hair sticks out on one side?
that's me today, my left side is unmanageable
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:11 PM (Q66iK)
The Buggerer's Lament
Clickbait! Inside The Mind of a Genius
A Prairie Homo's Companion
Posted by: andycanuck at January 28, 2015 03:12 PM (L6/+u)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 03:12 PM (+6nI6)
She might be in prison, or a happy-home where life is beautiful all the time. Dunno.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 28, 2015 03:09 PM (eA40J)
Caring. Giver.
http://tinyurl.com/5a2ycn
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 03:12 PM (od1KN)
I think she was making her parent's lives hell too.
Never heard anything since.
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 03:12 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 28, 2015 02:20 PM (nzKvP)
But you're not the connoisseur of assholes that Sullivan is.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 28, 2015 03:13 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (7ObY1)
Beck said the same thing this morning. Must be a talking point.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 28, 2015 03:13 PM (vgIRn)
The Anchoress went batshit. I'll bet she likes the new pope, though.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:13 PM (Q66iK)
The Anchoress is a long-time friend of the blog, to this day.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:10 PM (7Kbxu)
That settles it. She's totes cray-cray.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2015 03:14 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 28, 2015 03:13 PM (vgIRn)
Well, that and that we're all going to die in a fire next Tuesday.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 28, 2015 03:14 PM (vgIRn)
Gee -- almost all the tweets about Sullivan gafia-ing are from twitter spam accounts.
Actual humans seem -- uninterested.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 03:14 PM (kdS6q)
Dish Best Served Cold?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 02:59 PM (ABcz/)
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Touch Downs Syndrome Jesus
Posted by: fixerupper at January 28, 2015 03:14 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 03:03 PM (7ObY1)
Um, Laura Bush didn't cover her head when visiting those stone age savages. WTF?!
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 03:14 PM (MT22W)
It does seem we get the SPECIAL people as foes...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:15 PM (/4AZU)
I don't get this. It's not like anyone has to praise her for it. She wasn't refusing to do it as some "statement," but just because she's just as self-centered as her husband.
Nevertheless, what she did for selfish reasons (her self-centered-ness) is nevertheless the right thing to have done. The latter means she shouldn't be taking flak, but the former means we don't actually have to praise her for it.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:16 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 03:16 PM (3ZtZW)
I'll keep it going.
From Here To Maternity
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 28, 2015 03:16 PM (cNJvW)
Anytime I need to know why what Dope Frank said is TOTALLY OK with freedom and not communist and Ed Morrisey is in a ballgag or otherwise detained there's Anchoress on the case.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (/4AZU)
Somehow, I think I could find a better deal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:08 PM (l1zOH
Actually, its the extended warranty that gets you every time.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: mugiwara at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (06U11)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (cNJvW)
I am glad she stood there glowering, head uncovered
fuck those guys in particular. Laura did the same thing although I dot know if she stood in the receving line like that too
so what. Good for her. I suspect, in part, there is an uproar in KSA because she is black
fuck them
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (zOTsN)
It's not like Pope Francis.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (7Kbxu)
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Well, sure. But let's assume this is a decent piece of gear: http://tinyurl.com/pea4bmg
$400 x 1849 = $739,600
Leaving $6,260,400, for...., what? SD cards?
It smells like conspicuous consumption of Federal Grant money to me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (l1zOH)
*rimshot*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 28, 2015 03:18 PM (8ZskC)
Supreme Court rules that jurors' names will now be made public.
http://wp.me/p4ySuR-Bqt
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 28, 2015 02:36 PM (ZPrif)
You know, I see a lot of stupid, irritating shit throughout the day, but this one nearly made me jump out of my seat with rage. Any more typing on this matter would get me banned.
Posted by: Heralder at January 28, 2015 03:18 PM (/Mxso)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 03:18 PM (+6nI6)
I'm totally stealing "No sandwich after nine."
Posted by: HR needs donuts at January 28, 2015 03:18 PM (ZKzrr)
The main thing is I am not sure she was glowering so much as angry at being cowed...
she did not look like her normal Blood Worm hunting self IMHO.....
The Sauds may have tamed a Klingon
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (L30zb)
"For the first time, I am proud of my country"
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (3ZtZW)
*Heh*
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (LA7Cm)
Leaving $6,260,400, for...., what? SD cards?
Training! Or do you think Police Officers are born knowing how to accidentally delete exculpatory evidence?
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (MbqmP)
let's just say that Anchoress' Catholicism lines up perfectly with Andi Sullivan's
yeah, Andi is a devout Catholic; just ask him. And he's devouter than you; again, just ask him.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (Q66iK)
Reason.com: A Fond Farewell to Andrew Sullivan, Who Is Retiring From Blogging
"like a candle in the wind"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (kdS6q)
May he have a quiet death.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 03:10 PM (0FSuD
Little mellow after your victory formation last night?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Garrett at January 28, 2015 03:20 PM (bsFjT)
Yup...
she goes where the Ten Gallon Beanie leads and given THIS one is a communist beanie....
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:20 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:20 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 28, 2015 03:20 PM (8MjqI)
It smells like Tepid Gas is stirring....
Oh that's just Poppin' Fresh in the ball gag
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:20 PM (/4AZU)
And here we have a staffer who was obviously doing more on the desk than sitting behind it... and they are apparently lauded.
Topsy Turvy World.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 03:21 PM (+6nI6)
Apparently, the 529 tax plan is still in the budget that Dear Leader is sending to Congress because it's "at the printer".
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 03:21 PM (mf5HN)
Awright, I'm gonna OT myself some Awesomeness of the Gronk:
When Gronk started to head toward a few cliche lines, the reporter who originally asked the question didn't like the direction he was heading with the answer. Gronk, in a very playful response, answered back.
"I know, but I don't have to answer your question," Gronk said. "I can deflect it. That's how we are trained."
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 03:21 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:21 PM (l1zOH)
let's just say that Anchoress' Catholicism lines up perfectly with Andi Sullivan's, Andi is a devout Catholic; just ask him. And he's devouter than you; again, just ask him.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G.
But not as devout as the Anchoress. She's so devout it's scary. And always right. So much better than other people. Just ask her.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (zOTsN)
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No, that's not a fair assessment. It's not like she's come out for same-sex marriage or revealed herself to be an abortion-enthusiast.
If anything, she seems to have almost entirely abandoned politics.
She's not slamming Pope Francis, though; is that her deficiency?
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: King Salmon at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (8ZskC)
Michelle has a habit of not dressing appropriately. She'll wear bright flowered dresses on a visit to Arlington cemetery on Memorial Day. She'll wear a cutesy, puffed skirt dress (more appropriate for a teen) and tight cardy when meeting Queen Elizabeth. She'll wear skin-tight silver leggings and a semi-transparent sequined top to the Nickelodeon Kid's Awards.
It's what Michelle does, it's who she is.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (ABcz/)
I seldom claim to look into a person's soul...
If Andi and Anchoress are happy in themselves be happy....
I begrudge no person their deal with reality so long as it doesn't harm another.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (/4AZU)
Jay vs. shithead department, vol. 73: department places a sign-in book in the lobby for those working after hours.
Jay: "Why? "
Department: "So that when there's a fire (this being a chemistry department, which had fires on a bimonthly basis, it's 'when,' not 'if') the fire department can tell if there's anyone left in the building."
Jay: "But ... you seriously think the fire department is going to catch up on its reading during a fire? There's a raging inferno, and the fire department is going to say "fuck it" and not search because the book says everyone is out? Or, is going to charge into said inferno to a certain death, because the book says not everyone is out, notwithstanding the certainty that people fleeing a burning building won't sign out on their way out? Realistically, the fire department will ... say it with me ... use its judgment and search regardless, if possible, and not search, if it's not possible without undue risk. Right? So either way, the book serves no purpose."
Department: "You're always so difficult."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 28, 2015 03:23 PM (oKE6c)
DISCLAIMER
I, AllenG (DedicatedTenter), am not in any way in favor of red light cameras. I think any municipality installing them is trying to run a scam on their taxpayers.
/DISCLAIMER
I don't know the specifics, but here are costs that pop into my head.
1) Planning (what intersections get cameras in what order)
2) Positioning (not just setup, but specifically where they need to be aimed to do their job- not hard, but it can be time consuming)
3) The equipment itself
4) Integration (they don't do any good if they're not tied into the light somehow)
5) Programming (being integrated with the light won't do any good if the camera doesn't know when to take a picture).
Then, usually, there is a fee for servicing/support. If the municipality wants the fines (rather than a cut from whatever the camera company collects), that's another fee.
And so forth.
Do I think 7+ million is reasonable? Actually, yeah. I work IT Consulting, and I know how big some of our *small* projects are. 2+ million for a 9 - 12 month contract is not unheard of. At a previous consulting company, we got a 6 million dollar job for a year commitment.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:23 PM (M1uf/)
Meh. A lot of catholicism is bound up in Grace and I'll just leave that for him and his God to work out.
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 03:23 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Buzzion at January 28, 2015 03:23 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 03:23 PM (+6nI6)
It's what Michelle does, it's who she is.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (ABcz/)
I've been told, by several women in my office, that there's a term for that.
Ghetto Fabulous.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 03:24 PM (od1KN)
341 Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:17 PM (zOTsN)
The main thing is I am not sure she was glowering so much as angry at being cowed...
she did not look like her normal Blood Worm hunting self IMHO.....
The Sauds may have tamed a Klingon
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (/4AZU)
The Saudis have terrible cuisine. No alcohol, so no chech'tluth, and their version of gagh is reported to be dreadful.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2015 03:24 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 28, 2015 03:24 PM (cNJvW)
Anchoress isn't supportive of homosexual 'marriage'?
You better let her know because she certainly doesn't give that impression.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:24 PM (Q66iK)
It's what Michelle does, it's who she is.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 03:22 PM (ABcz/
They based a whole tv show on her, "What not to wear"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:25 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 28, 2015 03:25 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Anna
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* snap! *
I missed the implication of 'infrastructure'.
I still use 'Oldspeak'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:26 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 28, 2015 03:26 PM (cNJvW)
If you think she's abandoned politics entirely I must be misreading her tweetline...
https://twitter.com/TheAnchoress
Her piece on Entrepreneurism and Catrholicism left me strangely "meh."
She is busily realigning her beliefs with the new sheriff I think.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:26 PM (/4AZU)
Lend me your keyboards and monitors,
We come here not to praise Andi,
But to bury him.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 03:26 PM (+6nI6)
You are right about her sartorial choices being a bit odd
but fuck them
I really dont think its because of what she wore. Laura Bush did the same thing and not any uproar I am aware of, and lord knows the press would have beat her to death with it if there were.
I think its because she is black
its their Arab Privilege
I do not care for Mooch at all
But she si FLOTUS she was not wearing anything revealing and they can go suck a camel dick
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:26 PM (zOTsN)
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Not that I've noticed. The most I've seen is that she's written about the Pope's call for people to treat homosexuals with love and compassion.
If there's something more than that, if she's actually advocating against marriage, that would be very disappointing, but I haven't seen that.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:27 PM (uaEZS)
I wish Mr. Sullivan healing and wholeness in body, mid and spirit. Anyone who spent as much time as he did on Sarah Palins uterus has some major issues. And one of the funniest blogs (Who knows who was behind it?) was "Sarah Palin's uterus" in which the uterus responded to various comments by Sullivan If he didn't look like an obsessed fool before then he did after that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2015 03:27 PM (DXzRD)
Meh. A lot of catholicism is bound up in Grace and I'll just leave that for him and his God to work out.
Perhaps I wasn't clear or you have never read Sullivan's self-righteous tripe.
According to Andi, he's a "true" Catholic, whereas I am a theocrat. According to Andi, he's a "true" conservative (and so is obama, evidently), whereas I am, again, a theocrat.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:27 PM (Q66iK)
As if we need the permission of a woman to suck a camel dick...
Posted by: King Salmon at January 28, 2015 03:28 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:28 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Penfold at January 28, 2015 03:28 PM (Fbt5B)
I'd say she'll write on the subject with more clarity right after 10 gallon beanie crosses our border illegally...
I'm certain he'll wear a Glee shirt or something....
he's a ROCKIN' Pope after all.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:28 PM (/4AZU)
She is busily realigning her beliefs with the new sheriff I think.
Heh, it might be the other way around!
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:28 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2015 03:29 PM (2cS/G)
I'll second that. They got me three times in 2013 on Cooper St.
So, I quit driving Cooper. Fcuk you, Arlington, TX.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 28, 2015 03:29 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Penfold at January 28, 2015 03:28 PM (Fbt5B)
Let me know when you start fantasizing about a Jello cage match between her and the Dunham Horror. I'll want to avoid this site indefinitely.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 03:30 PM (MT22W)
https://twitter.com/TheAnchoress
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Yeah, I don't see a lot of political red meat there. You do?
Her piece on Entrepreneurism and Catrholicism left me strangely "meh."
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Yeah, I confess that this tends to be my reaction to most of her stuff nowadays, too.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:30 PM (uaEZS)
Whoops. Sorry, I thought we were still talking about red light cameras.
Okay, body-cams... Yeah, that's beyond extravagant then.
And I really wish I could figure out where I stand on body-cams. I mean, we have reasonable evidence that they do, indeed, improve the behavior of cops in forces that employ them. But, then again, my rights don't end just because someone on the force is a dick.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:30 PM (M1uf/)
Yeah she is not political...
Again she is realigning her beliefs with the new 10 Gallon Beanie...
which uh get this...is why I have deep issues with Dope Frank and fears about Catholic Conservatives resoluteness.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:30 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2015 03:31 PM (2cS/G)
Becoz First Lady. The FLOTUS is not subservient to *any* foreign entity and cannot be made so. It's an affront for them to have asked her to wear one to begin with.
Its the same reason the President isn't supposed to bow
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 03:31 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 28, 2015 03:31 PM (8MjqI)
They've added them on Fielder and Collins now. Just FYI.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:31 PM (M1uf/)
Ghetto Fabulous.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 03:24 PM (od1KN)
I think it as simple as her stylists hate her.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 03:32 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:30 PM (uaEZS)
Ditto, and....like you, I don't see her wandering far from Catholic doctrine and dogma.
She's just choosing different points of emphasis now. But it's all coming from the same well - the Catechism.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 03:32 PM (od1KN)
I sincerely have no grief with her.
She and I were closer in '12...
after I realized she was in fact ceding the battlefield and realigning herself to Francis I shrugged and pay her tweets the attention they merit.
I respect the niche she has carved for herself.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:32 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 03:32 PM (MT22W)
she isnt Mooch over there. She is FLOTUS
so fuck them. and I loathe her
it isnt about her
its about their Arab Privilege
(I like throwing their shit in their faces)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:32 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2015 03:33 PM (fL+1V)
Posted by: Penfold at January 28, 2015 03:28 PM (Fbt5B)
Let me know when you start fantasizing about a Jello cage match between her and the Dunham Horror. I'll want to avoid this site indefinitely.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 03:30 PM (MT22W)
Oh contraire! Someone new to laugh at besides Cow Pie Boi and Flannel Mary.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:33 PM (l1zOH)
Oh, I have no doubt. I've really come to dislike this town and it used to be one of the nicer places in the Metroplex to be in.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 28, 2015 03:33 PM (LA7Cm)
Sean I don't wish to create any turbulence or enmity with you, her or were he more forthright Ed...
My fear is that people like her are going to be pulled towards Francis' priority tree in addressing the heat the Pope's non-clerical behaviors draws.
That's it, what she writes and the wellspring it bursts forth are her business.
I wish her nothing but success and tranquility.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:34 PM (/4AZU)
a sort of "bless your heart"
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:35 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 03:32 PM (mf5HN)
No, I think her only concession to leaving her upbringing behind is she doesn't wear 27 gold bracelets on each wrist anymore.
But the style is the same.
Oh, and...obligatory
http://tinyurl.com/odd5fam
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 03:35 PM (od1KN)
I cannot divulge whether or not Mr. Sullivan isa patient of mine, or what I have been treating him for.
Posted by: Dr. Weldon Shitpanski at January 28, 2015 03:35 PM (wAQA5)
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Well, I did say "almost."
Also, she tweeted a link to somebody else. She didn't write that thing about the Synod. She just linked to it.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:36 PM (uaEZS)
Posted by: The Jqackhole at January 28, 2015 03:36 PM (6/J77)
It still is, really. But that's a low bar these days.
I just wish we could throw out Bob Cluck and his cronies on the City Council.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:36 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: alexthechick
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I'm thinking her advisers are no better than Barry's.
I mean, her fashion sense is to fashion, what Barry's diplomatic sense is to diplomacy.
On the other hand, perhaps she is out to kill fashion.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:36 PM (l1zOH)
It was $7 million for 1800 body cameras in Charlotte? That cant be right. Even my shot out math skills cant compute that.
That's just short of $3900 each.
I must have misread or something.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 03:37 PM (X+nFp)
Posted by: Moocheles Stylists at January 28, 2015 03:38 PM (6/J77)
I fully support Police body cams.... as long as EVERYONE knows they are there.
Publish the law... advertise the hell out of it.... educate the American population that 'if a cop is there, you ARE on Tape, and it IS admissible in court'....
Reading Miranda Rights is a silly concept anyway... somehow your Rights don't really start UNTIL you are read your Rights??? HUH?
A Natural Right, is a Natural Right... it does not change because some Government employee mouths off a few words.
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 03:38 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 03:37 PM (X+nFp)
They got the -3000% discount.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:38 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:19 PM (l1zOH
Ha ha. I guess I was over served and don't remember.
I swear I can not figure out how you get lost in just five blocks and Google keeps telling you the wrong shit.
I survived, barely.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 03:38 PM (0FSuD)
She is entitled to go where she may, might I suggest you go over to her blog?
I get the vibe off her I described, when Francis has his Glee epiphany she will likely be on board....
GREAT in all sincerity....
and when Francis decides that Das Kapitalanomics are man's ONLY path to spiritual succor if she follows I'll still be happy...
but she and I will be on very opposite ends of a field.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:39 PM (/4AZU)
I must have misread or something.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 03:37 PM (X+nFp)
See, they install that TruCoat at the factory, there's nothin' we can do, but I'll talk to my boss.
Posted by: Jerry Lundegaard at January 28, 2015 03:39 PM (vgIRn)
It was $7 million for 1800 body cameras in Charlotte? That cant be right. Even my shot out math skills cant compute that.
That's just short of $3900 each.
I must have misread or something.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 03:37 PM (X+nFp)
Cameras, and all the technology to back them up, save their data... and run the program...
Seems about right to me as an IT guy...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 03:39 PM (qh617)
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I pity the fool...
Posted by: Mr. T at January 28, 2015 03:40 PM (l1zOH)
I think you've got the Miranda rights backward. Until you've been read your Miranda rights, you are unable to waive them (that is: anything prior to the reading of the Miranda rights is not (necessarily) admissible in court).
As for the cameras... yeah, I can mostly see that. My trust level of anything the government does is down in the dumpster so far even the Ewok won't find it, though.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:40 PM (M1uf/)
PATRICIA EWING GWONNA DUNK ON SOMEONE ASS!
//Lt Worf Maj NBA
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:41 PM (/4AZU)
As well as her 26+ personal assistants.
And yet...there seems to be no shortage of people in the media to rave about how beautiful she is, and what a "fashion icon" she is. Despite never actually starting a fashion trend.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2015 03:41 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 28, 2015 03:41 PM (cNJvW)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 03:41 PM (L30zb)
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Why? What does that mean?
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:41 PM (uaEZS)
Seems about right to me as an IT guy...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 03:39 PM (qh617)
You left out kick backs to Black Police chief, donations to Black City Council members.
Cost of cameras minus kickbacks? Go Pro $350
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 03:41 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 28, 2015 03:42 PM (0HooB)
thats a requirement on LE
if you can prove you were in custody, and not free to go, anything they ask you after that point may not be used against you whether you were Mirandized or not
the right to remain silent begins not when you are informed of it but when you are legally detained and are not free to go
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:42 PM (zOTsN)
I love when people tout the studies that show body cameras decrease police violence.
Most times it is said that wearing the camera causes the Officer to be nicer. Therefore, fewer complaints.
How bout we put big ol honking cameras on every Officer. The kind with the red blinky light that says "We are recording your ass".
But....have the cameras be fake.
And see if the number of complaints still drop.
If so, yeh, people are no longer filing bogus complaints.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2015 03:43 PM (fL+1V)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 03:43 PM (ABQuZ)
Posted by: Lucky Charms Leprechaun at January 28, 2015 02:21 PM
ISWYDT
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 28, 2015 03:44 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:45 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 03:45 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 28, 2015 03:45 PM (0HooB)
Simply that her blog is a better glance inside her mind so far as I can tell...
I'm not ordering you around, her drift got me interested enough to peruse where she was heading for awhile in all honesty I don't look now since I went back to twitter more than maybe a monthly thing....
I looked...she looks "somewhat political" and definitely like she is in a political belief/doctrinal reconciliation phase at best WRT her posts that hit politics.
I am interested in other cyber amigo's analysis.
That's all.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:45 PM (/4AZU)
No, that's not a fair assessment. It's not like she's come out for same-sex marriage
Posted by: Kensington
Well, it's broader than that. She's become very "inclusion" orientated and pretty aggressively anti-socon over the last couple of years, specifically on the issue of the expansion of gay rights.
There was some to do last year, maybe the year before, on the gay story of the day, and she went to 11 in denouncing the right as haters and bigots and such in pretty strong language. To a shocking extent. It was like the cat lady who throws her cats at pedestrians.
That was actually the last time I recall anything of her's being linked from the right side.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 28, 2015 03:40 PM (M1uf/)
Key is that we must, at the same time, get rid of the idea that its illegal to also film Police.
We cannot allow theirs to be the only video record of something...
today, even in States when its legal to film police, they often try to intimidate you into stopping...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (qh617)
But, you do something wrong? Works every time.
Posted by: blaster at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (Rx8ML)
Posted by: blaster at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (Rx8ML)
That's just short of $3900 each.
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Yeah..., I was wrong about that. They're only buying 1400 cameras, so that's $5000 per officer. The bodycam that I have looked at was $400.
So..., 1400 x $400 = $560,000, leaving a mere $6,440,000 for SD cards..., which as far as I know, is the only significant, required, 'Infrastructure'.
Dissenting perspectives welcomed.
Posted by: Mr. T at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (l1zOH)
Look Francis wants YOU to share comrade...
His toys are well "the people's"
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (/4AZU)
LEO 2015: handgun, handcuffs (2 pair), plastic ties, collapsible baton, taser, mace canister, radio, camera, flashlight, tear-resistant gloves
Posted by: RioBravo at January 28, 2015 03:47 PM (z27Ny)
Posted by: RioBravo at January 28, 2015 03:48 PM (z27Ny)
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I go there less and less frequently, and don't usually find much of interest, which is too bad because I like her and think she's a terrific writer when she's at her peak.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 28, 2015 03:48 PM (uaEZS)
I actually sorta respect her instincts in understanding how Scarlet Francis' hat was going to be, not that I agree with embracing it.
Yes she is on a Sully, Chonson path unless I miss my guess....
and since she is not much a FiCon, and she is not harping on the Abortion insanity a bunch, and she is slowly getting her Glee on....
what's that tell you about where she's gonna hang her '16 hat?
Exactly.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:49 PM (/4AZU)
Cops would know they were fake...
so non starter for me...
I want Police, because of the Power we give them, to be held to a HIGHER legal standard, than the populace at large.
But, its currently illegal for you to lie to Police, but Legal for them to lie to you.... so it is certainly not that way now.
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 03:49 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Mr. T at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (l1zOH)
Would you care to purchase the Extended warranty? It's only $5,999.99 for 18 months.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2015 03:49 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at January 28, 2015 03:50 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: RioBravo
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I sometimes wonder how they manage to move around with all that shit strapped to them.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:50 PM (l1zOH)
Go to MeTV, and watch Adam-12.
almost a different country.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2015 03:50 PM (fL+1V)
The 70's police kept their real tools in the interrogation rooms. Also their thrown down gun was not part of the official equipment.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 28, 2015 03:51 PM (cNJvW)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at January 28, 2015 03:52 PM (zOTsN)
Dissenting perspectives welcomed.
Posted by: Mr. T at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (l1zOH)
You are also going to have to retain all that video for long periods of time.... and make it retrievable for evidence in court... thus searchable.
You are going to have to download all that video, every day, from every cop.... tag it, catalog it, and store it.
Video files are also large... so we are talking a LOT of damn data....
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 03:53 PM (qh617)
There will have to be program admins, and all that. I mean it likely has graft for some Dem crony, too.
Posted by: blaster at January 28, 2015 03:53 PM (Rx8ML)
which as far as I know, is the only significant, required,
'Infrastructure'.
Someone's gotta upload that SD card info to some sort of networked storage after every shift, and it's going to be some outside firm doing the set-up and maintenance of that stuff.
I don't know if $6.4M is a reasonable bid or how many years of support would be included, but by the time you factor in the kickbacks so you can get the bid...
Posted by: HR needs donuts at January 28, 2015 03:53 PM (ZKzrr)
HotAir.com @hotairblog
Border agents told to ask illegals if they might qualify for Obama amnesty http://hotair.com/?p=3145875
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 28, 2015 03:53 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 28, 2015 03:54 PM (cNJvW)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 03:54 PM (ABQuZ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 03:54 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 28, 2015 03:55 PM (scgac)
But if you ask Andi Sullivan or Andrea is they've gone to the Left, they'll say no, they've become more pure in their conservatism.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 03:55 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: blaster at January 28, 2015 03:55 PM (Rx8ML)
I find it touching that the best mention on abortion on her link page is "Obi-Wan Kenobi and Abortion"...
They may go where they will and I will be happy for them, but there are lines once crossed I will never walk with them.
They're not there yet but the path is near splitting.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:56 PM (/4AZU)
If anyone needs any Pitney Bowes 769-0 ink cartridges for their postal meter, just give me an address and I'll ship them to you for free - they don't fit my new machine.
Posted by: jwest at January 28, 2015 03:57 PM (9ZZd+)
Evidently unilaterally letting the head choppers pray in the HQ of your faith is more brilliance...and OBVIOUSLY gets our Coptic brothers and sisters comity...
Like I said...."go where you will"
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 03:57 PM (/4AZU)
My belief is everybody should camera up. Don't let the cops be the only
ones in control of the recordings. Because we will be shocked at the
high failure rate when they might have captured something the cops don't
want us to see.
But, you do something wrong? Works every time.
Posted by: blaster at January 28, 2015 03:46 PM (Rx8ML)
So, you've been to Russia?
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 03:57 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 03:58 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Meremortal at January 28, 2015 03:59 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 03:59 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: jwest at January 28, 2015 03:57 PM (9ZZd+)
Great. Just like always, we get past 450 comments and it turns into a printer thread.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 28, 2015 04:00 PM (vgIRn)
right...pension....
//Sheldon Silver
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 04:00 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Meremortal at January 28, 2015 03:59 PM (1Y+hH)
No.
You get a Lemon Square and glass of Pinot Grigio
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:00 PM (od1KN)
Take heart in another 100 it'll devolve into a Gnu thread...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 04:00 PM (/4AZU)
You get a Lemon Square and glass of Pinot Grigio
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:00 PM (od1KN)
*big eyes at you*
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:01 PM (mf5HN)
Totally absurd.
Everyone wants one, but no one makes one.
Adam Smith's Invisible hand has failed me! Instead, it just slaps me around.
Posted by: zombie at January 28, 2015 04:02 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:02 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:03 PM (L30zb)
What intrigues me is the political flexibility of the Ed and Elizabeth types...
they refuse to take a hard stand now and so their conservatism whether based on Benedict of John Paul II will slowly morph into at best moderation and possibly go down the primrose path to socialism...
and I look at their Donkey party cousins who stood resolute in their secular hypocrisy and I am in awe....
if only the right had THAT type of dedication and resolve.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 04:03 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 04:03 PM (ABQuZ)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:01 PM (mf5HN)
You know that....that....I mean....you know that I am powerless to resist this.
Yes?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:03 PM (od1KN)
LEO 2015: handgun, handcuffs (2 pair), plastic ties, collapsible baton, taser, mace canister, radio, camera, flashlight, tear-resistant gloves
CONCLUSION: Cops, like soldiers, are things you hang things on.
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 04:03 PM (3ZtZW)
Eff the Saudis if they're offended. They are beyond screwed up, burying their women, who can be quite fetching on occasion, under mountains of ugly black cloth.
http://tinyurl.com/p5avj2a
Sick sonsabitches.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:04 PM (CzJOg)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:05 PM (L30zb)
ask the Alinsky Clergy if you should give your tithe to the poor direct...
THAT is what they refuse to see.... the Socialist Superstate has NO need of the faith...
look at EUtopia.
Anyway if you need your fellowship and who among us doesn't to what degree take part and do so honorably.
Me, I eventually sought outside fellowship.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 28, 2015 04:05 PM (/4AZU)
Video files are also large... so we are talking a LOT of damn data....
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 03:53 PM (qh617)
Not exactly correct. Cameras don't record till officer starts the camera. You are not recording him 24/7. The file can or can not be uploaded to a main server. If it has an internet connection, then it would automatically upload.
I doubt they are paying for a cell number for each camera. If not you are talking about an 128G SD card. If every officer turns one in everyday, that will not come close to $7 mill.
This is the Motorola pricing plan. Buy a Go Pro, put it in a neat package, charge 100 times the value. See cop radios.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 04:05 PM (0FSuD)
My microwave doesn't just go Beep! when it's done, it goes BEEEEEEEEEP! BEEP!.....BEEP!
I'd love to take away it's First Amendment rights, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:05 PM (Q66iK)
Totally absurd.
Everyone wants one, but no one makes one.
Adam Smith's Invisible hand has failed me! Instead, it just slaps me around.
Posted by: zombie
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Luddite!
You're just a throwback...., to a simpler, more logical time. You probably are so retarded that you don't want internet connectivity either!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:06 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:07 PM (L30zb)
Well there's a reason our founders were anti-papist.
I'm not at all, but there is no question that there are definitely Catholics who will follow the Pope down any path, even ones that go against their values.
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:07 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Nip
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The great thing about reading the CO, is that the crazy shit that I read about is happening *there* rather than *here*.
To that end, I do not read the local paper.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:08 PM (l1zOH)
Yes?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:03 PM (od1KN)
http://bit.ly/1CNhaVu
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:09 PM (mf5HN)
policy, and applied obstetrics like the Colossus of Rhodes....
Somebody owes me a new keyboard for this one...
Posted by: The Oort Cloud - SMOD is missing at January 28, 2015 04:09 PM (yTMXB)
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:07 PM (MYCIw)
The problem is that the Pope's values will become their values. I was one of a handful of non-Catholics at my parochial school and to this day I still don't get the whole Pope's decrees ==God's decrees. Of course, when you can declare yourself infallible, everything is likely to go your way.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:05 PM
Hmm...I was picturing Puss in Boots from Shrek.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (ABQuZ)
Threadwinner of all times.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (+6nI6)
Only here can you have continuous streams of "cop cameras, the Pope, toner cartridges and AtC trying to doe eye a bureaucrat for his lemon squares".
The internet is truly a wasteland.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (X+nFp)
Posted by: The Oort
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You haven't read the fine print in the AoSHQ contract, have you?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:11 PM (l1zOH)
Or rather, their values are to follow where they are led.
Very important to pick/get the right leader if one goes that route.
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:11 PM (0NdlF)
The Platinum Membership comes with a lifetime supply.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 28, 2015 04:12 PM (0HooB)
Cindy Lou Who. Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:07 PM (L30zb)
Aka Taylor Momsen, now fronts the rock band "The Pretty Reckless".
She's a scary bitch but looks good doing it (http://tinyurl.com/o7vd5t9).
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:14 PM (CzJOg)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:14 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:14 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:15 PM (Q66iK)
Consistency, right?
Posted by: Citizen X at January 28, 2015 02:46 PM (7ObY1)
I think that Interstate Commerce is one of the few things that actually belongs to the Feds in the Consitution...and this sound, whether done by CA at the Gun Show oy Wyoming at the Pot Show as unconstitutionally messing with interstate commerce.
Posted by: Old Toby at January 28, 2015 04:15 PM (xpPRn)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (X+nFp)
You haven't seen my Lemon Squares.
She has.
They're real, and they're spectacular.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:15 PM (od1KN)
Posted by: jeannebodine
------------------
Last June 14th, I was out mowing the grass, when I remembered that it was my dad's birthday. I started crying. How the hell do you account for that?
He passed away 48 years ago...
You must have loved your mother a great deal. One never gets over it entirely.
{{{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:15 PM (l1zOH)
But I also recall Sullivan at his best, such as his book review of Peter Ackroyd's Thomas More biography. I bought it because of that review alone and the book was all that and more.
(pun intended)
Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2015 04:15 PM (JBggj)
That's the reason I hang out here with Mr O'Spades.
He's like one of those televangelists and I'll be SAVED if I can just make my next paypal payment and buy some more AOSHQ T-Shirts
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 04:16 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 28, 2015 04:16 PM (oFCZn)
http://tinyurl.com/o8txfjn
"Condition:
Used: An item that has been used previously. "
Hrm ...!
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:16 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (ABQuZ)
Requiescat in pace
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:16 PM (od1KN)
Must be something in the air today. Woke up thinking about my late wife (11/19/13) and haven't been able to stop all day. Been a really shitty day, but AoS has been a bright spot. Shows you just how shitty it was.
Praying comfort and peace for you jeannebodine. God bless you.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:18 PM (JkmfQ)
There is no better place for distraction than Ace's place.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:18 PM (Q66iK)
See last mayor, currently in WVA Federal Prison for bribery.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 04:19 PM (0FSuD)
He's a false prophet! Remember 2008/2012!
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:19 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: Old Toby at January 28, 2015 04:15 PM
A few years ago, the MA state police started hanging out in the parking lots of fireworks shops just inside NH, looking for customers with MA plates (yes...everything fun is illegal here). The local NH police got pissed about this interference in legal commerce in NH, and started arresting the MA state troopers for loitering. Our state police stopped doing that shit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 28, 2015 04:19 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:20 PM (JkmfQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer
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The motto of a bar in Chapel Hill - "When you're down in the dumps, this is the dump to be down in."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:20 PM (l1zOH)
That was the influence of The Meatball! IT IS WRITTEN
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 04:20 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:20 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:21 PM (JkmfQ)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:20 PM (JkmfQ)
The body cam vendor in NC but they'll cost you $7 million.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 04:21 PM (X+nFp)
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 04:21 PM (3ZtZW)
Always ask yourself, is the Pope speaking in the Church? This means formal documents written up and issued. Then its a matter of faith and hence infallible.
Now if the Pope is merely giving an interview, then the person who is Pope is speaking. So you give those sound bytes as much value as say Andi Sullivan's uterus obsession.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:21 PM (+6nI6)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:20 PM (JkmfQ)
I still have mine from the last sale some years back. I get lots of comments about the Mencken quotation on the back. But I seem to remember Ace saying that they weren't really money makers. I wish he'd fine a way to make them profitable because I wouldn't mine another or three.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 04:22 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 28, 2015 04:22 PM (JkmfQ)
Posted by: zombie at January 28, 2015 04:22 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 04:19 PM (0FSuD)
Forgot to mention that. The last Black mayor before him was an "architect"
He got affirmative action contracts and subed the work to white firms.
He also got a TV station under AA and then sold it for a $2 mill profit.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 04:22 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 04:10 PM (ABQuZ)
This was sent to me when my Mother passed away.
When The Lord calls our loved one's home, he leaves a gift of memories in exchange. The tide recedes but leaves behind bright seashells on the sand. The sun goes down, but gentle warmth still lingers on the hand. The music stops, and yet it echoes on in sweet refrains. For every joy that passes, something beautiful remains.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at January 28, 2015 04:22 PM (R8hU8)
I seem to remember an epic rant
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 04:23 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft
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A little troll chum would do the trick.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:23 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 04:23 PM (3ZtZW)
So a day ending in "Y", right?
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 04:23 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 04:23 PM (ABQuZ)
My mom died almost 4 years ago and my dad nearly 11. You never get over it, but you adjust and carry on. Enjoy the little things every day and the blessings loved ones and friends give.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 04:24 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:20 PM (l1zOH)
The Shack closed years ago, didn't it? I try to avoid Chapel Hill, not all my shots are up to date
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2015 04:24 PM (0FSuD)
Heh.
I was but a wee Moron when I discovered that church wasn't for me. I went to Sunday School and church with schoolmates for a few weeks. I read all the passages they gave me, but when it came time to talk about them, I couldn't understand what they were talking about. I did not get the same thing out of them that everyone else did.
So, little hellion that I was, I struck out on my own. As I was in the Buckle of the Bible Belt at the time, you can imagine how that went over. I never looked back and don't regret my decision confident that if God was as described, He'd know I was trying to find Him.
Now if I could just find out how I managed to piss Him off before I was born...nothing else 'splains all the shit I've been through.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 28, 2015 04:24 PM (0HooB)
ABC has what Mitt will say in a college speech:
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cluelessly pressed a reset button for Russia, which smiled and then invaded Ukraine, a sovereign nation," Romney will say. "The Middle East and much of North Africa is in chaos. China grows more assertive and builds a navy that will be larger than ours in five years. We shrink our nuclear capabilities as Russia upgrades theirs."
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 04:24 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: eleven at January 28, 2015 04:24 PM (L30zb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:25 PM (+6nI6)
She has.
They're real, and they're spectacular.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:15 PM (od1KN)
*nods vigorously*
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:25 PM (mf5HN)
Never have been able to square the circle...
That a religion that teaches that Man is fallible... but forgivable...
Somehow has one guy with a funny hat, elected by other fallible men, who is then suddenly infallible...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 04:25 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 28, 2015 04:25 PM (DT3rQ)
Awesome is a strong word for this lot, jeanne. But thanks!
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:26 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: Nip Sip
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I haven't been Chapel Hill for....., hell, I don't know how long. Wait, yes I do...., December of 1995.
No idea about The Shack, but it was pretty rickety 40 years ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:27 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 28, 2015 04:24 PM (0HooB)
LOL... hear ya there...
I think I pissed in Jesus cornflakes in a prior life or something...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 04:27 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2015 04:27 PM (go5uR)
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 04:25 PM (qh617)
Infallible in only one way, for one very specific task, and only under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:27 PM (od1KN)
Taliban not a terrorist group: White House
" "Isn't that what the Jordanians are operating under?" the ABC reporter argued. "The Taliban are still conducting terror attacks, so you can't really say the war has ended as far as they're concerned."
Mr. Schultz explained: "I would also point out that the Taliban is an armed insurgency. (Islamic State) is a terrorist group. So we don't make concessions to terrorist groups." "
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 28, 2015 04:27 PM (Zi7PZ)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 28, 2015 04:27 PM (X+nFp)
Amen.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 04:28 PM (iiLVJ)
The thought of the big-eyed soaking wet puppy nodding vigorously is too cute for words.
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:28 PM (0NdlF)
Do you fucking sub-sentients not understand that, as long as it is
within the bounds of the law, the Constitution says I can go where I
want with whom I want and do what I want and you don't actually get to
*know* about it, let alone do anything about it?...
love this
Posted by: caunotaucarius at January 28, 2015 04:29 PM (aruDZ)
Posted by: Hairy, 'Sniff this hankerchief' Reed at January 28, 2015 04:29 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 04:30 PM (JtwS4)
An interview is not such.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:30 PM (+6nI6)
We had only gone a few times, and didn't know 100% of their doctrine. That ended...badly.
See, they gave the autistic son a coloring page that had Noah building his Ark with a dinosaur. Yep, we had stumbled into a young earth church without realizing it.
Autistic son was not amused. I was told after class ended that he'd spent the entire hour arguing with the teacher about how the T-Rex in the picture was from the Cretaceous time period and thus could not be present while Noah was building the Ark, and even if he had been there, why didn't he get on the Ark?
Ahem. Let's just say that we didn't go back.
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:30 PM (MYCIw)
Forgive the traction I'm on the Note....
I'm sorry for your loss, parents leaving is hard and I think mothers are the keener cut for most.
God gifts us quite literally with mothers, they carry us, spring us forth onto a harsh world, nurture us and brook us towards our destiny....
and b/c of these services they never can really "be gone" but the memory of their being in us and spiritually near us hurts b/c the whispers and feeling of their spirit makes us long for the open embrace His plan requires we await posterity ourselves for.
Know she misses you, and whence day may come you stand together she will take pride in you tackling what remained of your mortal coil.
I wish I could say it gets easier, instead I can only say the pain gets softer but the joys at what remains still don't
Sven
Posted by: Sven10077 at January 28, 2015 04:30 PM (N7j+H)
that reminds me, it's been too long since Ace posted something "too cute" or, what was that phrase he invented?
Cutesplosion?
Cute-alanch?
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:30 PM (Q66iK)
Ace is polishing the Banhammer of Loving Kindness as we speak.
And by "polishing," I mean disinfecting.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 28, 2015 04:30 PM (0HooB)
The thought of the big-eyed soaking wet puppy nodding vigorously is too cute for words.
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:28 PM (0NdlF)
That just makes me feel hungry.
Posted by: King Barry O at January 28, 2015 04:31 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 28, 2015 04:32 PM (ABQuZ)
You cannot allow the cop to be in charge of when the video is rolling...
Defeats the whole damn purpose of the video.
No, the Officer did not beat the Perp, because there is no video of it??? as the cop sits there, smiling...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 28, 2015 04:32 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:30 PM (MYCIw)
A fair number of my fellow church attendees are young Earth types. Let's just say that I disagree with them on this point.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 04:32 PM (MT22W)
My little baby petunia puss kitty is in the lap, enjoying the chin rubs.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 04:32 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2015 04:32 PM (/HX7u)
Yes Sean but it seems that some embrace his purview of that balliwick over their own feigned values.
Posted by: Sven10077 at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM (N7j+H)
http://thechive.com/2015/01/27/ daily-morning-awesomeness-35-photos-343/image0083/
Posted by: DaveA at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM (iiLVJ)
http://youtu.be/xAsjRRMMg_Q
EVIL I TELL YOU
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM (mf5HN)
". . . motherless children, have a very hard time,
all that weeping, all that crying.
Motherless children have a hard time,
when the mother is gone . . ."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 04:34 PM (CMkNk)
http://youtu.be/xAsjRRMMg_Q
EVIL I TELL YOU
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM (mf5HN)
They're simply trying to distract people from the fact that their "beer" taste like it has passed over someone's kidneys first.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 04:34 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: Sven10077 at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM (N7j+H)
True.
And you know how I feel about Catholics who don't know any of their own theology.
Oddly, it's about the same as I feel about people who comment on Catholic theology and don't know any of it either.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:34 PM (od1KN)
Having a kid so late in life this is one of my fears for him, and also a certainty for both of us.
Posted by: Bigby's Shadow Puppets at January 28, 2015 04:35 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:35 PM (+6nI6)
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:36 PM (MYCIw)
Fixed for accuracy.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 04:37 PM (iiLVJ)
EVIL I TELL YOU
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM
If the puppy causes an unexplained craving for Bud? Yeah...that's fcuking evil.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 28, 2015 04:37 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:36 PM (MYCIw)
I pretty much gave up on the whole thing.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 28, 2015 04:38 PM (mx5oN)
Well, 70 is the new 50, today.
There is nothing more that I hate than Passing Time; I hate getting old. Hate it more than I hate the Sun or hate fucking monkeys.
Tomorrow, Tom Selleck turns 70 and he looks great (no homo ). He's the only one who makes feel a bit better about growing old.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:38 PM (Q66iK)
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:39 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 04:37 PM (iiLVJ)
Kind of mean, don't you think? I can't imagine that a Clydesdale could produce something as vile as Budweiser.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 04:39 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:35 PM (+6nI6)
I figure next year the puppies will be hauling orphans out of the burning orphanage whilst the Clydesdales fight off bears.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
Well, 70 is the new 50, today.
There is nothing more that I hate than Passing Time; I hate getting old. Hate it more than I hate the Sun or hate fucking monkeys.
Tomorrow, Tom Selleck turns 70 and he looks great (no homo ). He's the only one who makes feel a bit better about growing old.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:38 PM (Q66iK)
Brad Pitt's 51 and looks better than I could ever hope to. Lucky fcuker.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (mx5oN)
Drift Compatible Podcasts
What does that mean? Is it anything like Top Gear where Jezza slides around corners?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:38 PM (Q66iK)
Good genes, good health habits, moderation in all things and as positive an attitude about life as you can have will get you there.
Then again, the country is headed for Weimar/Zimbabwe-town, Islamic Rage boys are raging and everything is rape.
Gevalt.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (CMkNk)
We are still fighting in a shadowy way the Reformation and Counter Reformation.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (+6nI6)
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Hammer's cat is busy honing his claws on the scratching post..., and plotting.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
Go on...
Posted by: Anheiser Busch marketing department at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (0HooB)
Drift Compatible Podcasts
What does that mean? Is it anything like Top Gear where Jezza slides around corners?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (JtwS4)
It's a Pacific Rim reference.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 28, 2015 04:41 PM (mx5oN)
Hmmmm...... only two content threads today and its almost MUMR time.
Maybe Ace is gonna quit blogging in the near future.....
Posted by: fixerupper at January 28, 2015 04:41 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
Coming in 2016...
Pacific Rim 2: The Clydesdales
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:41 PM (od1KN)
I didn't know Pitt was that old. Wow he looks good. Clooney is 53...and he looks...52.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at January 28, 2015 04:41 PM (Q66iK)
Muzzies claim goats are better for that.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2015 04:41 PM (iiLVJ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 04:40 PM (JtwS4)
*stares*
That's the name of BC and I's podcast.
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:41 PM (mf5HN)
I would if our healthcare didn't depend on it. *sigh* That's terrible, I know, but the social pecking order in most churches is just so off putting, and having a child with special needs makes things difficult since most don't know WTF to do with him. I much prefer the "family bible at the table/ rock of ages" model of teaching religion, but hey, maybe this time will be different.
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:42 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2015 04:42 PM (+6nI6)
Podcast where AtC talks about looking like a leftist. And BCochran says other things.
Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:42 PM (0NdlF)
Here is a prayer I likeso I pass it on to you; Sorry about your mom but I'm glad that she had a peaceful and relatively painless end; and many folks who loved her Forgive me, I don't know your mom's first name:
Eternal God you have shared with those who loved her the life of ______(Jeanne's mom). Before she was theirs. she is yours. For all that she gave to make them who they are and that of her which lives and grows in each of them and for her life that in your love will never end, we give you thanks. They have offered her back into your arms. O gracious God, may their loved one grow in increasing knowledge and love of you, and strength to strength tin service in your heavily kingdom . Comfort those left behind in their loneliness, strengthen, them in their weakness and give them courage to face the future unafraid through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2015 04:42 PM (DXzRD)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2015 04:42 PM (g1DWB)
?? Aren't you sposed to go with the one what fits in your theological family tree? So, frinstance, Presbys and Calvinists, or Baptists and Congregationalists, or Wesleyans and Methodists, or Episcopalians and Catholics and etc.
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Posted by: CM at January 28, 2015 04:42 PM (0NdlF)
You mean where BC curses like crazy.
Posted by: physics geek at January 28, 2015 04:43 PM (MT22W)
Pacific Rim 2: The Clydesdales
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 28, 2015 04:41 PM (od1KN)
OMG I would watch that so hard.
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EVIL I TELL YOU
Posted by: alexthechick - My preeecciiiooouuusss at January 28, 2015 04:33 PM
If the puppy causes an unexplained craving for Bud? Yeah...that's fcuking evil.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 28, 2015 04:37 PM (knoK7)
And who do they make the bad guy????
Yep.... a wolf...
Stereotyping I tells ya! Hell, downright... RAAAACIST!
Posted by: Big Bad Wolf, Looking for Al Sharptooth to be a wolf spokesman at January 28, 2015 04:43 PM (qh617)
I prefer the Holy Church of the Comforter.
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The germs would swim upstream like salmon.
Posted by: Edgar Allan Schmoe at January 28, 2015 04:44 PM (8BZ+Z)
Is that like saying you visited Saint Mattress Sunday morning? ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2015 04:46 PM (DXzRD)
That's the name of BC and I's podcast.
I know that, Your Surliness. I just don't know from Pacific Rim.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2015 04:47 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: DaveA at January 28, 2015 04:48 PM (DL2i+)
Yeah, but we're Pentecostal so we're sort of on our own. Worse, we're Oneness Pentecostal so even if we go to the Assembly of God Pentecostal church, we're heretics.
At this point my biggest criteria is that there's no rockband leading the worship service and their sunday school isn't teaching anything so outside our beliefs that I'm going to have to constantly correct it since that will just confuse the kids.
I suggested the free-will baptist church, but my husband's thoughts on that were "yeah, but they're the worst. It's everything that's wrong with the Pentecostal church without any of the good."
Posted by: Lauren at January 28, 2015 04:48 PM (MYCIw)
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Posted by: thathalfrican at January 28, 2015 04:53 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2015 04:59 PM (DXzRD)
Our church basically is a split from the United Pentecostal Church. Almost identical beliefs, except for the standards thing.
I'm sort of biased against AoG just because I know they can sometimes tend to be rather...aggressive, which I find off putting. Plus, they are more aware of the oneness/trinitarian split than most other churches would be and have very strong opinions on the matter.
I know that's weird since most people think of Pentecostals as loud and crazy, but the church we were married in was the exact opposite of that. It was almost *too* calm.
We could go to a UPC church a few towns over, but then we get into the whole standards thing and I just can't get started in that since I disagree with it so much from theological stand point.
If we can just find a church that is relatively mainstream theologically I think we'll be ok.
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