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Matt K. Lewis: Don't Let Them Put You In the Conservative Ghetto
Yesterday, having read just an excerpt, and making all sorts of unwarranted assumptions, I castigated Matt K. Lewis for this piece appearing in the Washington Post. (I made my criticisms on Twitter, not here.)
Having read the piece now, I have to to apologize for Criticizing Something Without Actually Reading It. (I read two paragraphs and assumed I knew his argument -- but I didn't.)Want to really understand the conservative furor over George Stephanopoulos’ failure to disclose $75,000 in donations to the Clinton Foundation? It wasn’t just because Stephanopoulos grilled "Clinton Cash" author Peter Schweizer without mentioning the obvious conflict of interest. The outrage reflects an even more deep-seated frustration: Stephanopoulos personifies a sort of media selection bias that has been irking conservatives for generations. He was a paid political operative and Democratic staffer who almost seamlessly segued into nonpartisan journalism. It’s unfathomable to imagine a Republican of equal stature reinventing himself in such a manner... From where I sit, the truth is it’s much easier for a liberal to make this transition. Conservatives tend to get pigeonholed; liberals tend to get second acts.... This double standard isn’t exclusive to TV talent — or even individual reporters who attempt mid-career leaps from politics to journalism. If you ever see a reference to the Huffington Post next to one about "the conservative blog The Daily Caller," you'll know this also applies to entire media outlets. It’s a subtle and pervasive framing that serves as a sort of “trigger warning” to readers. (And to frustrated conservatives, this need to constantly label us feels like an ideological microaggression).This is exactly right. A conservative long ago pointed out that liberals are introduced as experts -- neutral politically, but dripping with the Authority of Science! -- whereas conservatives are introduced as "conservatives" or "pundits." So the media always sets up this contest: Between cool reason, expertise, and Science! on one side, and animal political impulses on the other. What claim does Ezra Klein have to be an "expert"? Sean Davis shares my zeal in credentials-shaming: He is merely a BA holder in the notoriously weak and soft major of Political Science. (Poli Sci to get by, we used to say.) Sarah Kliff, the former Washington Post neutral "health care wonk" who said she wasn't covering Gosnell because it was a "local crime story"? You know her credentials? Another BA holder, in one of those Choose Your Own Adventure mixed degrees in "Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology." Don't be overimpressed. Fake, make-'em-up degrees blending two or three different disciplines tend to be extremely superficial in all of them. Obviously, someone who has an actual major in Chemistry is going to have a deeper level of understanding that someone with a hybrid make-em-up degree in Chemistry/English Literature/Geography. Meanwhile, David Hogberg is an actual Ph.D., specializing in the healthcare field. He's got a book about Medicare's Victims. What would the Washington Post call him, though? I'm thinking: Conservative health care critic. Avik Roy, an expert in the filed who attended Yale Medical School (not sure about his actual degree, though), is likewise a Conservative Critic of Obamacare, not, like BA Poli Sci idiot Ezra Klein, an "expert." It never stops. They are constantly festooning themselves with Fake Credentials and Made-Up Titles while denigrating their more learned rivals as mere political blowhards. Even Matt K. Lewis' column protesting this very syndrome is ghettoized and Otherized as just more Hot Talk from a non-expert Political Yahoo: His post appears in a Washington Post ghetto called, get this, The Outrage Machine. Yes, that's right. Even as Lewis protests the denigration of conservatives by shunting them off in niche areas with Trigger Warnings for Ignorant and Unscientific Claims, they put his protest in a section called The Outrage Machine. Klein and Kliff, on the other hand, a pair of outrageous and bumbleheaded partisans of the first water (as you can see from their sage work at Vox), were always the Washington Post's "Wonkblog" writer and "Health Care" writer. But Lewis? He's an Outrage-y Shouty Person Who Is Here to Entertain You With His Silly Religious Archaisms.
But the bigger problem isn’t how this makes us feel, but rather, how the framing prejudices readers’ perceptions. For example, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin has a blog called "The Right Turn," while Ezra Klein, who came to the Post as a blogger at the liberal American Prospect, wrote at the philosophically neutral-sounding Wonkblog. This isn’t to knock Rubin or Klein, but while there are plenty of very good liberal writers at mainstream outlets, rarely are they assigned a space called "The Left Hook."
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: johnd01 at June 11, 2015 04:04 PM (ukNFU)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 11, 2015 04:04 PM (WDySP)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 11, 2015 04:05 PM (z/Ubi)
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This happens within the Big Tent as well.
For example, people who are objecting to Obama's trade bills are part of a "clown show" compared to the totes serious smart people who favor them.
Posted by: Y-not at June 11, 2015 04:06 PM (RWGcK)
Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2015 04:06 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:06 PM (y+ke8)
Posted by: Y-not at June 11, 2015 04:07 PM (RWGcK)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 11, 2015 04:07 PM (wtvvX)
When I saw this short fat guy
Stretch a band between his toes
Hey, I laughed so hard
'Cause the man got down
When he finally reached his goal
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:08 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Y-not at June 11, 2015 04:08 PM (RWGcK)
Don't feel bad about not reading stuff before criticizing it... or voting for it.
Posted by: GOP monkeys, fucking a football at June 11, 2015 04:08 PM (LF5/M)
In a similar vein, there are no "climate skeptics." They're "climate realists."
Don't let the enemy define you.
Posted by: Feh at June 11, 2015 04:08 PM (KtNbs)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 11, 2015 04:09 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 04:09 PM (m3iiU)
It's ok, we comment before reading your posts all the time
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:10 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:10 PM (F2IAQ)
Why should you?
Posted by: Skip at June 11, 2015 04:11 PM (24ct0)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2015 04:11 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 11, 2015 04:11 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: imp at June 11, 2015 04:12 PM (3XvXS)
These are the mocking toadies we're up against.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 11, 2015 04:12 PM (FsuaD)
Soros has made it his buisness to buy up the newspaper buisness lock stock and barrel. Our small 2 issues a week paper here was bought out by a conglomerate and immediately became a Democrat PR rag.
I don't expect to see anything "conservative" in any of today's large newspapers.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 11, 2015 04:12 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: flounder at June 11, 2015 04:12 PM (ecDRv)
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:12 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:12 PM (qCMvj)
It takes a big man to admit his mistake.
And it takes an even bigger man to make fun of that man.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (I8YZX)
In a similar vein, there are no "climate skeptics." They're "climate realists."
Don't let the enemy define you.
Posted by: Feh
"climate credulists"
Posted by: imp at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (3XvXS)
[liberals] "dripping with the Authority of Science!"
Here are some things some of my friends in the Party of Science believe:
- low-intensity radio waves probably cause cancer, even if no physical mechanism for them to do so has been identified;
- genetically modifying plants is entirely different than the genetic modification that goes on naturally;
- radioactivity from Fukushima has had major health effects here.
Now here's what I believe, which makes me "anti-Science" even though I am a scientist:
CO2 might not be the principal driver of climate, the Control Knob.
Posted by: JPS at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (0k/27)
Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2015 04:06 PM (88xKn)
Yes.
And the song is on Spotify.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (qCMvj)
Red Alert siren in Ashkelon after Gaza rocket falls short
Siren sounds in south after rocket launch failure; residents report sound of explosion; no damage or injuries reported.
Nice neighbors ya got there Israel
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (rDqRv)
Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry Ewok to feed
In the ghetto
Posted by: El Vez at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (8ZskC)
People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way
Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (z/Ubi)
What's the problem again?
Posted by: Nanzi Pelosi at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: El Vez at June 11, 2015 04:13 PM (8ZskC)
I think all conservatives should go with "Ultra-Leftist Hillary Clinton" EVERYTIME they mention her name. Do unto others and all that.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 11, 2015 04:14 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2015 04:14 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 11, 2015 04:14 PM (FsuaD)
They don't say much after they find out that under my straw hat is a Ph.D. in math. And I'm working in the field.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 04:14 PM (b65cm)
Having an earpiece and a producer off-camera with a link to Wikipedia makes you an expert.
Just ask Soledad O'Prison who got schooled by Joel Pollack about so-called "critical race theory."
Festoon
Festung
Farshtunkiner
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:14 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2015 04:14 PM (JO9+V)
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, he steals a car,
He tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Dear Leader and his regime at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (y+ke8)
He'd be a "brilliant writer". Only we call him that.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (b65cm)
Oh, I could go for a plate of beef strelnikov. But instead, cheese.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (P25Hh)
As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (evdj2)
I'm out here too, every day, cabron. Why haven't I seen you?
Posted by: Manuel Labor at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (8ZskC)
>>>Having read the piece now, I have to to apologize for Criticizing Something Without Actually Reading It.<<<
What's the problem again? Posted by: Nanzi Pelosi
<<<<<<<<<
I see nothing wrong either.
Posted by: Paul Ryan at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: spongeworthy at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (L493Q)
Posted by: Court at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (xytVe)
37
I think maybe ace felt like he quoted too much of the article.
Original content and all that.
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2015 04:14 PM (IPzoI)
Yeah that's what if figured. I was reading stuff that wasn't block quoted but didn't quite read in aces style.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (/HC6x)
I got my MA in 'baitin.
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:15 PM (y+ke
I guess that beats an MD in proctology.
Posted by: Assman at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (rDqRv)
But the Media is like the weather; everyone talks about it but no one does anything.
And unlike the weather, the Media could be changed. Or at least nullified to some extent.
But those that could don't want to be bothered or don't see the problem.
Those that can't are too wide spread and leaderless.
So it goes on.
To complain about it is to face one's own impotence on the subject.
Hell even some that could make changes and have tried have failed.
They've become a force of nature that one must allow for and attempt to anticipate it's excesses and damages.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (zRby/)
Folks say Papa was never much on thinkin'
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinkin' . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Le-a is on a boat, MFers! at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Lord Vader at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (evdj2)
Bill Buckley. Always smarter than his guest and always stabbing them in the back when they weren't looking.
Half the time his guest never even knew they were bleeding.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (0FSuD)
World's first penis transplant results in pregnancy...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 11, 2015 04:18 PM (uctT+)
Bill Buckley. Always smarter than his guest and always stabbing them in the back when they weren't looking.
Half the time his guest never even knew they were bleeding.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:17 PM (0FSuD)
With the possible exception of Gore Vidal. Ouch!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:18 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Feh at June 11, 2015 04:19 PM (KtNbs)
Posted by: Assman at June 11, 2015 04:16 PM (ecDRv)
Moon River . . . you using the whole fist, doc?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:19 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: SJW at June 11, 2015 04:20 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 11, 2015 04:20 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 11, 2015 04:20 PM (/HC6x)
The union said it is basing its assessment on internal OPM briefings. The agency has sought to downplay the damage, saying that only limited personally identifying information was breached.
"We believe that Social Security numbers were not encrypted, a cybersecurity failure that is absolutely indefensible and outrageous," the letter said.
"Based on the sketchy information OPM has provided, we believe that the Central Personnel Data File was the targeted database, and that the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees."
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:20 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 04:20 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 11, 2015 04:12 PM (GpgJl)
The Amazon founder owns the WaPo now. I think he will make a difference. It takes time.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:20 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:21 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Feh at June 11, 2015 04:22 PM (KtNbs)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2015 04:22 PM (sPO3u)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2015 04:22 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:22 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Y-not at June 11, 2015 04:07 PM (RWGcK)
--------------------------------------
Tea partiers have the most neutral and gentlest(?) message of any of the factions.
It's, "Please, just leave us and our property alone".
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 04:22 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:23 PM (y+ke8)
The Amazon founder owns the WaPo now. I think he will make a difference. It takes time.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:20 PM (0FSuD
Hardee-har-har.
OT I haven't been on my FB account in weeks. Went on today. I now know my parents dropped my little brother repeatedly on his head at birth and early childhood. He's backing Bernie The Socialist Sanders
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:23 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:23 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Stepin Fetchit at June 11, 2015 04:23 PM (D0NZx)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2015 04:24 PM (IPzoI)
After that, the points are pretty unremarkable and get made by plenty of people not named Matt Lewis here and on Twitter every day.
Posted by: Andy at June 11, 2015 04:24 PM (xSY/t)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:23 PM (oVJmc
DEPORT not fire.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:24 PM (F2IAQ)
Rennet is fermenting.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:21 PM (St6BJ)
--------------------------------------
The tits are not calm.
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 04:24 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (sPO3u)
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: Cock Swapping Doctor at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (y+ke8)
Shit politicians, bad programs, unfair policies, etc. can all be easily eliminated after we get rid of the press that protects and promotes them.
Identify, isolate, humiliate and expose the individuals in the press. By making one a walking joke, you can change the behavior of a hundred.
Let the name "Ezra Klein" be a punchline. Make it so that people point and laugh when he walks into a room. Then move on to the next one.
So much more effective than pointlessly bitching about the mega issues.
Posted by: jwest at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (9ZZd+)
on a cold and grey Chicago morn
another goofy leftist is born
in the ghetto.....
and its like DC....
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (HvEH7)
Posted by: Webb Hubbell at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (evdj2)
When you get a dick transplant ,do you get to pick it out?
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (sPO3u)
There are limited stock, but I know a guy.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 11, 2015 04:26 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2015 04:24 PM (IPzoI)
"Honey, you're never going to believe it but yesterday I found the cutest baby on our doorstep and I've decided to keep it. Now, you're never going to believe it but she has exactly my eyes and nose."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:26 PM (St6BJ)
Can I comment here? I really really don't want to go back to that stupid stupid place and waste more money and shave off more years of my rapidly-dwindling lifespan
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:26 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 11, 2015 04:26 PM (LA7Cm)
sure. as long as you agree to credentials-shame Ezra Klein.
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2015 04:27 PM (PA7DS)
The biggest problem we have is the donors rejecting them.
Posted by: Cock Swapping Doctor at June 11, 2015 04:27 PM (y+ke8)
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:27 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:27 PM (qCMvj)
I'm guessing he was heavy on the Marx.
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2015 04:27 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:27 PM (HvEH7)
He's a liberal. Liberals have no shame.
Posted by: Jakee308 at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2015 04:24 PM (IPzoI
Somewhere there is a dick joke.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM
"And it's deep, too!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Jay Cutler at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM (LF5/M)
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM (evdj2)
MH, at least he isn't a prick Graham. He's started a business, unlike the Grahams who inherited a business and ran it into the ground.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:27 PM (HvEH7
Remember you can prick your finger but you can't finger your prick.
Happy Friday's Eve
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (F2IAQ)
and i thought it was just me
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2015 04:28 PM (PA7DS)
french injections
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (y+ke8)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (HvEH7)
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (sPO3u)
Posted by: sourdough at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (W+AuH)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (oVJmc)
Okay, that made me laugh.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (St6BJ)
Yeah I'm not doing much either
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (3ZtZW)
strangely I've had a super productive day
which included mowing the lawn, yardwork...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (qCMvj)
Once your filthy rich enough you can afford to never see a different opinion. Or turn papers into parakeet toilets for S+G.
Posted by: DaveA at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (DL2i+)
Cluelessness attached to a Poli-Sci degree is not a partisan thing.
We've got two PhD's in political science over at "Outside the Beltway" who never heard of Saul Alinsky until a few years ago.
Never heard the name.
Fuck.
Posted by: jwest at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (9ZZd+)
MH, at least he isn't a prick Graham. He's started a business, unlike the Grahams who inherited a business and ran it into the ground.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:29 PM (0FSuD)
Nip, he has created quite the bizz. However, your faith in him is misplaced. The fishwraps will never recover.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: sourdough at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (W+AuH)
One on Bleecker Street, conveniently located near chez Sefton. I think there's another at the Chelsea Market.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (oVJmc)
Hell with that. I just fold it in half.
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:32 PM (kQfqk)
I'm so old that I remember when someone saying "I wouldn't fuck _________ with _________'s dick" was a purely theoretical exercise.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 11, 2015 04:32 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2015 04:33 PM (JO9+V)
I'm so old that I remember when someone saying "I wouldn't fuck _________ with _________'s dick" was a purely theoretical exercise.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 11, 2015 04:32 PM (noWW6)
You left out "and someone else pushing" off the end of that sentence.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:33 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:33 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: Douglas Hanson at June 11, 2015 04:33 PM (S5tRK)
I posted this below. Fox reporting Top Three Things employers catch employees doing on the job:
1. Sponge-bathing in the restroom
2. Hunting for mail-order brides on-line
3. Drinking vodka and watching Netflix
In other words, many employees are Morons.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Michelle Obama at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (HvEH7)
Lazier Ken
Zanier Elk
Raze Liken
Zeal En Irk
Zeal Re Ink
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:30 PM (St6BJ)
Eek! Z Liaran
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (qCMvj)
The days of newspaper being the news of record is dying a slow death. In this time of a 24 hour news cycle nobody wants to read day old news.
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (sWgE+)
but did you reference Marx, RINO?
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (PA7DS)
But it looks like that will never happen. Conservatives are not content to run shitty programs that lose money just for the sake of propaganda like rich liberal billionaires do.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Brie at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (evdj2)
He'll be talking to my lawyers real soon.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet - Home of the Vulgar Boatman! at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (hLRSq)
1. Sponge-bathing in the restroom
2. Hunting for mail-order brides on-line
3. Drinking vodka and watching Netflix
In other words, many employees are Morons.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 11, 2015 04:34 PM (FsuaD
Government or the private sector?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:35 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 04:35 PM (P25Hh)
If IRC from diversity training that is some type of praying.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 11, 2015 04:35 PM (Mxs5H)
But of course greedy, corrupt capitalists are the main support of the Democrats, since they are only interested in short term, self interested goals, and co-opting big government is how they achieve that. Regulatory capture and all that.
We need to break that stereotype. We are not in the tank with the FSA, and we are also not in the tank with oligarchical fascist POS like Soros. It's probably hopeless.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 11, 2015 04:35 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (y+ke8)
Spicy mussels and shrimp with andouille sausage (no chorizo today).
BBL
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (3ZtZW)
just for the sake of propaganda like rich liberal billionaires do.
Because the rich libs are rent-seekers, and the propaganda pushes policies that line their pocket.
A small-government movement by definition doesn't have that return loop.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (oVJmc)
Nip, he has created quite the bizz. However, your faith in him is misplaced. The fishwraps will never recover.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:31 PM (F2IAQ)
I agree, they will go digital. I use to get WSJ delivered when they included free internet version. Then they wanted me to pay for both. Guess version got sacked? Paper on of course.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (0FSuD)
Has to be the private sector. The government list would include pooping in hallways and being absent while pretending to be a secret agent man.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (FsuaD)
I'm so old that I remember when someone saying "I wouldn't fuck Amanda Marcotte with torquerench's dick" was a purely theoretical exercise.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (F2IAQ)
Seems like that would make reattachment a lot more difficult.
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (y+ke8)
I would be surprised if Yglesias actually studied Marx. I'd also be surprised if he isn't some kind of Aspy case.
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:38 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:38 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (y+ke
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Hey, you! Get to the back of the line!
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 04:39 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 11, 2015 04:39 PM (/EkKm)
BBL
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (St6BJ)
What? Another Lobster eating Jew? Does your Rabbi know?
Don't tell Nevergiveup, he might show up.
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:39 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:39 PM (HvEH7)
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:39 PM (3ZtZW)
Do they put them on ice when they transport them?
Seems like that would make reattachment a lot more difficult.
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (y+ke
The shrinkage is substantial
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2015 04:39 PM (JO9+V)
Seems like that would make reattachment a lot more difficult.
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:37 PM (y+ke
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:40 PM (F2IAQ)
Also do 3 or 4, call them seminars, under other very knowledgeable instructors.
Hmm, you also compete 10-12 times a year against, say, 32 other students taking tests and 80% of the time end up in the top three with many firsts and seconds.
I wonder, would your chemistry knowledge be the equivalent of a BA or masters?
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2015 04:40 PM (H8mJH)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 04:40 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 11, 2015 04:41 PM (GF78Y)
But do you remember when saying you cared about the environment meant you didn't throw garbage out of your car windows?
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:41 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:33 PM (St6BJ)
Two mob guys from the same crime family are talking in prison. One has been there a while, the other guy just arrived, so the more experienced prisoner is explaining some of the things the noob needs to know.
Fat Tony says "Get yourself a prison b*tch, preferably one who hasn't been used before. Take him up to the second tier and break him in, with you on one side of the railing, him on the other side, on the ledge."
Little Mario asks "Why I gots to f**k him on the second floor, standing on the ledge?"
Fat Tony says: "So's he gonna push back."
Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2015 04:42 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:42 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 04:42 PM (m3iiU)
What about color palate? mix and match?
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:42 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Bill Engvall at June 11, 2015 04:43 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:41 PM (3ZtZW)
Ah, the phony Italian crying Indian chief.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 11, 2015 04:43 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:43 PM (kQfqk)
Give a Hoot don't pollute.
Posted by: Woddsy Owl at June 11, 2015 04:43 PM (Mxs5H)
Imagine a progressivein you mind. Now imagine thembalancing their checkbook, fixing a car, reading a map, much less understanding engineering, geology, mathematics...it is hard to do, no?
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 11, 2015 04:44 PM (/EkKm)
in prison. One has been there a while, the other guy just arrived, so
the more experienced prisoner is explaining some of the things the noob
needs to know.
Fat Tony says "Get yourself a prison b*tch, preferably
one who hasn't been used before. Take him up to the second tier and
break him in, with you on one side of the railing, him on the other
side, on the ledge."
Little Mario asks "Why I gots to f**k him on the second floor, standing on the ledge?"
Fat Tony says: "So's he gonna push back."
Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2015 04:42 PM (TOk1P)
RAPE!!
Posted by: SJW at June 11, 2015 04:44 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Inga at June 11, 2015 04:45 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:45 PM (HvEH7)
Posted by: Woddsy Owl at June 11, 2015 04:43 PM (Mxs5H)
Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam!
Posted by: Vincent Gambino, Esq at June 11, 2015 04:45 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (y+ke
You're waiting for Ron Jeremy to die, aren't you.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2015 04:45 PM (TOk1P)
Yup I was recalling all those old commercials. Like "Go Away! Don't play in OUR yard!" and that cartoon one where Moses was walking around the city, riding the bus whatever and gets all pissed off at everyone. Then the VD is for Everybody campaign
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:45 PM (3ZtZW)
And I have a sneaking suspicion Matty Ynglesias is considered the 'brains' of the outfit.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at June 11, 2015 04:46 PM (DLu2s)
Know The Phrases - Avoid The Conservative.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet - Home of the Vulgar Boatman! at June 11, 2015 04:46 PM (hLRSq)
a deeper level of understanding that someone with a hybrid make-em-up
degree in Chemistry/English Literature/Geography.
Damn (takes degree in Sports Chemistry of Medieval French Slam Poets off wall)
Posted by: pep at June 11, 2015 04:46 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 04:46 PM (b65cm)
Imagine a progressivein you mind. Now imagine thembalancing their checkbook, fixing a car, reading a map, much less understanding engineering, geology, mathematics...it is hard to do, no?
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 11, 2015 04:44 PM (/EkKm)Impossible to do.....they sure will write a lot of words pretending they know how to do all those things, though.
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:46 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:46 PM (y+ke8)
Posted by: PT Barnum
I think there's another set of pairs that covers this, and it's expressed in a maxim.
If the maxim is true, for every 'denier' there is a 'supplier'.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 11, 2015 04:47 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Inga at June 11, 2015 04:45 PM
That goes with out saying....
Posted by: Dr. Froederick Frankenstein at June 11, 2015 04:47 PM (h4vJk)
In general, conservatives, acknowledge the limits of knowledge. That is to say, a centrally planned economy seems really stupid because we have at least some glimmering of howvery much we don't know, and how much we simply can't know. There is no way for one person, or even a group of people, to effectively manage an economy.
Liberals can't seem to grasp this basic fact at all. They refuse to acknowledge the limits of what they know, or what is even knowable. They are progressive, in that they are simply hopeful that progress will solve the immense problems they create when they make policy. That is to say, some smart businessman, scientist, or whatever will figure out the problem.
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 11, 2015 04:47 PM (/EkKm)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 11, 2015 04:47 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:41 PM (3ZtZW)
Europeans still think caring about the earth means tossing their cigarette butts everywhere.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:47 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Garrett at June 11, 2015 04:48 PM (y+ke8)
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Imagine if they tried to release "Gay/Not Gay" today. Of course, the impulse to create "Gay/Not Gay" today would have been browbeaten out of them by now, I'm sure.
Posted by: Kensington at June 11, 2015 04:48 PM (7Kbxu)
Truly impressed. Congrats on finishing all that work.
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2015 04:48 PM (H8mJH)
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:48 PM (sWgE+)
Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam!
Posted by: Vincent Gambino, Esq at June 11, 2015 04:45 PM (JO9+V)
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Heh. Out in the country in OK, that sign and stop signs were usually the ones with the bullet holes.
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Mark Sanford at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (LAe3v)
where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs.
oh jeb, we hardly knew ye
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (qCMvj)
BBL
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 04:36 PM (St6BJ)
Leviticus and Deuteronomy called.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (vgIRn)
I'll wait.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 04:46 PM (b65cm)
Arrrrrrrriba!
Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (nqiq9)
189
He would have an enormous schwanschtucker.
http://tinyurl.com/qdzwaah
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:49 PM (HvEH7)
Truly impressed. Congrats on finishing all that work.
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2015 04:48 PM (H8mJH)
Yes, gratz on that
it must be fun to live in your head (seriously)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:50 PM (qCMvj)
Latin American affairs? Hell, I'm a PhD.
Posted by: Mark Sanford
Don't flatter yourself. I'm a full professor.
Posted by: Wilbur Mills at June 11, 2015 04:51 PM (LAe3v)
checkbook, fixing a car, reading a map, much less understanding
engineering, geology, mathematics...it is hard to do, no?"
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Hmmm. I can imagine them experimenting with their homosexuality, shrieking and organizing into mobs, but that's about it.
Posted by: Kensington at June 11, 2015 04:51 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: Feh at June 11, 2015 04:51 PM (KtNbs)
it must be fun to live in your head (seriously)
Nah. Too obtuse and all his thoughts are derivative.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:51 PM (nqiq9)
Sorry
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (H8mJH)
91 sorry for the delay. Had something come up.
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2015 04:25 PM (PA7DS)
You were thinking about batman weren't you.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Freddy the Freeloader at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (HvEH7)
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (X+nFp)
Posted by: Kensington at June 11, 2015 04:51 PM (7Kbxu)
Or discussing Parisian cheese.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:53 PM (nqiq9)
Posted by: Feh at June 11, 2015 04:53 PM (KtNbs)
Posted by: Bigby's Snapping Fingers at June 11, 2015 04:53 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (z/Ubi)
he's binge-watching Daredevil, now.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:53 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: radar at June 11, 2015 04:54 PM (kQfqk)
Leftists are always "rights activists" while we "oppose whatever rights".
How can we oppose rights!? We're monsters!
Posted by: Lauren at June 11, 2015 04:54 PM (MYCIw)
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Latin American Studies.[8] He completed his coursework in two and a half years.[16] He is fluent in Spanish.
Posted by: pep at June 11, 2015 04:54 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Feh at June 11, 2015 04:53 PM (KtNbs)
as a light quantum reader, I wouldn't.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:54 PM (qCMvj)
Banned himself from his own blog again.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at June 11, 2015 04:54 PM (X+nFp)
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Latin American Studies.[8] He completed his coursework in two and a half years.[16] He is fluent in Spanish.
Posted by: pep at June 11, 2015 04:54 PM (LAe3v)
Double-majored in "fairness."
bwahaha
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:55 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: radar
Depends. Lift up your shirt.
Posted by: pep at June 11, 2015 04:55 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (X+nFp)
Only when he's sawing logs. But it would be integral to his thoughts.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:55 PM (nqiq9)
Posted by: JB1000 at June 11, 2015 04:56 PM (16OL0)
Posted by: Fezzik at June 11, 2015 04:56 PM (evdj2)
Truly impressed. Congrats on finishing all that work.
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2015 04:48 PM (H8mJH)
It's not that much work. But it is a lot of stress. You can't publish your wastebasket.
Also, the mental problems help.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 04:56 PM (b65cm)
it must be fun to live in your head (seriously)
Nah. Too obtuse and all his thoughts are derivative.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:51 PM (nqiq9)
When Amish was in college, he was dating a blonde pre-law student. As they were making love the first time, he said "you are the hypotenuse to my right angle."
She got up, slapped him, and said "How dare you call me fat!" And never spoke to him again.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2015 04:56 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Strelnikov at June 11, 2015 04:52 PM (evdj2)
Why does it hurt when I pee?
Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at June 11, 2015 04:56 PM (F2IAQ)
The decision puts both House and Senate appropriators on record as backing $1.4 billion in funding for commissary operations next year, a total that would avoid forced store closings, reduced operating hours and potential layoffs of staff.
OUTSTANDING
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2015 04:56 PM (rDqRv)
There were plans to transfer DOD Security Investigations from DSS to OPM, beginning in 2003. However, in March 2004, OPM announced those plans were scrapped. Whether or not OPM will take over the function in the future is unclear."
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 11, 2015 04:56 PM (kmtse)
Posted by: pep at June 11, 2015 04:54 PM
So is the guy currently doing my lawn.
Posted by: jwest at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (9ZZd+)
ok, I respect the work ethic, but what the heck was the work?
Posted by: Feh at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (KtNbs)
Posted by: maddogg at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:55 PM (nqiq9)
Except we he goes off on a tangent.
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Really at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (ibvmu)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (kmtse)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (nqiq9)
*snort*
Posted by: The Goddess Irony at June 11, 2015 04:58 PM (evdj2)
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So he's a frat boy who shot a big load?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 04:58 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Down in the Ghetto at June 11, 2015 04:58 PM (UzPAd)
The subtitle of this website should be "Constantly complaining about the news media." Really, my god, the whining is incessant
Self awareness really isn't your strong suit.
Posted by: pep at June 11, 2015 04:58 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 11, 2015 04:58 PM (nqiq9)
it must be fun to live in your head (seriously)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 04:50 PM (qCMvj)
Not really. Kinda scary. Like living in a lottery machine.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 04:59 PM (b65cm)
Posted by: Johnny Dangerously at June 11, 2015 04:59 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 11, 2015 05:00 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 05:00 PM (+aCe4)
Even Dick Cheney gets opinion pieces published in the NYTimes. We can all get along. This is America.
That is why the Principle in Miami had to be removed as principal; he was disrespectful to the student majority. That is why the law enforcement officer in McKinney Texas had to be removed. He used excessive force in resolving a simple civil misunderstanding.
I'm sure we can all agree on that, eh?
Posted by: Lostris Mahuna at June 11, 2015 05:00 PM (8T2uO)
I'm sorry; I don't know what that means in respect to Lewis' piece. Is it because he talks about U2 being a Christian band and Flannery O'Connor being Christian an appealing to a wider audience? Their religious and archaic? It doesn't seem like an appropriate term.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:01 PM (9HoBs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:01 PM (9HoBs)
Posted by: maddogg at June 11, 2015 05:01 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: mrp at June 11, 2015 05:02 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Red Staters everywhere at June 11, 2015 05:02 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 11, 2015 05:03 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:04 PM (u0wRv)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 11, 2015 05:03 PM (evdj2
I thought they were yellow
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 11, 2015 05:04 PM (F2IAQ)
What is epistemic closure in little words and simple terms. Type slowly please.
Posted by: Lostris Mahuna at June 11, 2015 05:04 PM (8T2uO)
Posted by: Zombie Woodie Hayes at June 11, 2015 05:04 PM (JBggj)
Of course you're working in the field. I saw you out there several weeks ago with your team of horses pulling the plow while I was visiting in Lancaster County. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:05 PM (9HoBs)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:06 PM (u0wRv)
lulz
Posted by: Michael Mann, climate scientistician at June 11, 2015 05:06 PM (ZtFr+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:05 PM (9HoBs)
And you didn't come up to me and shake my hand!
Oh, wait, you know where it's been.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 05:06 PM (b65cm)
Actually, our oldest enemies are the Indians. So, with that in mind, when do we get to stop pretending that the North American tribes were basically just hippie communes with red skin? Those people slaughtered and conquered the shit out of each other long before any Europeans moved in.
Posted by: Johnny Dangerously at June 11, 2015 05:06 PM (kQfqk)
Posted by: Zombie Woody Hayes at June 11, 2015 05:07 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Johnny Dangerously at June 11, 2015 05:06 PM (kQfqk)
you say that like there is something wrong with that?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2015 05:07 PM (rDqRv)
http://tinyurl.com/8umh8e6
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 11, 2015 05:07 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 05:08 PM (sWgE+)
Lawyers, too. Both sides couldn't get me off the jury fast enough. And I didn't even give my plans for a lawyer-free utopia!
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 05:08 PM (b65cm)
Posted by: Really at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (ibvmu)
It's like RAAAAAAA IIIII NNNNNEEEE on your wedding day....
Posted by: Alanis Morrisette at June 11, 2015 05:08 PM (V+kmg)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 11, 2015 05:09 PM (iQIUe)
Cheer up: If there weren't complaining about the news media you wouldn't be employed to troll about it.
Your handle is "Really". Does that mean you're your own god?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:09 PM (9HoBs)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:09 PM (u0wRv)
Posted by: just saying at June 11, 2015 05:10 PM (wkuqO)
But at the same time, needed them.
The fact that his NKVD interrogator decided that Solzhenitsyn had some needed scientific-technical skills to be put at the disposal of the Soviet state was what rescued Solzhenitsyn from the gulag. As with a number of other prominent Soviet intellectuals.
_First Circle_ is a fictionalized account of that system.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 11, 2015 05:11 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Lostris Mahuna at June 11, 2015 05:04 PM (8T2uO)
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It's something the doctors let the nurses do after childbirth.
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 05:11 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: wrg500 at June 11, 2015 04:57 PM (sWgE+)
That could be a factor.
Posted by: flounder at June 11, 2015 05:11 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Gen. George Patton at June 11, 2015 05:12 PM (LA7Cm)
I think she said something along the lines , what gave him this knowledge, and he responded , Graduate From Princeton , First in class etc...
Posted by: PAPA Joe at June 11, 2015 05:12 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:12 PM (u0wRv)
Heh. Piker.
Posted by: Gen. George Patton at June 11, 2015 05:12 PM (LA7Cm)
Make my day!
Posted by: Bobby Knight at June 11, 2015 05:13 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Pete Venkman at June 11, 2015 05:13 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: mrp at June 11, 2015 05:13 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: PAPA Joe at June 11, 2015 05:14 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: Beth M at June 11, 2015 05:15 PM (kiy9d)
Posted by: the Butcher at June 11, 2015 05:15 PM (fUjxW)
Posted by: PAPA Joe
"Contessa Brewer gets into an argument over economic policy with Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), and tries to talk him down by snidely asking him whether he has a degree in economics..."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 11, 2015 05:15 PM (uctT+)
295 "Does that mean you're your own god?"
When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!
Posted by: Pete Venkman at June 11, 2015 05:13 PM (LA7Cm)
Hey! That's my line!
Posted by: Winston Zedmore at June 11, 2015 05:15 PM (z/Ubi)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/otdvs8p
Posted by: Inga at June 11, 2015 05:16 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: mrp at June 11, 2015 05:16 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: PAPA Joe at June 11, 2015 05:16 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:16 PM (u0wRv)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 11, 2015 05:17 PM (oVJmc)
ace is bending the word Fenelon re: the lefts nonsense being dogma (I'm guessing)
Posted by: DaveA at June 11, 2015 05:17 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:18 PM (u0wRv)
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:18 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 11, 2015 05:18 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: DaveA at June 11, 2015 05:17 PM (DL2i+)
'Zactly
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 11, 2015 05:18 PM (V+kmg)
In "The Making of the President 1972", Theodore H. White lamented how the Liberal Idea morphed into Liberal Theology.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2015 05:18 PM (b65cm)
Posted by: MSM at June 11, 2015 05:19 PM (C7UJR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:19 PM (9HoBs)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/otdvs8p
Posted by: Inga at June 11, 2015 05:16 PM (oVJmc)
Two snaps and a twirl!
Posted by: Men On Accidents at June 11, 2015 05:20 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:19 PM (9HoBs)
Do me a favor?
Don't ask him.
I'm already at my limit for anti-religious screeds from agnostics this week.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 11, 2015 05:20 PM (V+kmg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:20 PM (u0wRv)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/otdvs8p
Posted by: Inga at June 11, 2015 05:16 PM (oVJmc)
Wow. I wonder if he could provide an eyewitness drawing of the leprechaun.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 11, 2015 05:20 PM (vgIRn)
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:21 PM (9iR5/)
I don't blame you. :^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:22 PM (9HoBs)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:22 PM (u0wRv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:18 PM (u0wRv)
And zee usual bhrowoon ales?
Posted by: The Maitre'd at June 11, 2015 05:23 PM (vgIRn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:19 PM (9HoBs)
It occurs to me that this is just a way to present the left's mindset - stepping into the shoes of the progressive - as they believe themselves to be the absolute authority of what are valid thoughts and beliefs. The rest, as a consequence, being worthy of mockery and shame.
I don't think it was a normative statement about the value of religious beliefs, generally.
Posted by: flounder at June 11, 2015 05:24 PM (ecDRv)
TheUlstraYachtLife @ AceofSpadesHQ
dear @Vox,
I'm loving this Learning Adventure we're on together!
you just know Vox is enjoying this
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 05:24 PM (qCMvj)
I know you're working the field,. Amish Dude, and I'm glad for you.
But all I can think of re: in the field is the classic Boynton card with a cow and a headline referring to being "Outstanding in the field." So I guess you're outstanding in the field with the cows when you're not behind the plow. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2015 05:25 PM (9HoBs)
I swear I saw in the deep liberal heart of San Francisco a car with a bumper sticker reading, "WE MUST ALL STOP MANBEARPIG".
Oh! And, I also saw a bumper sticker the other day which had the iconic likeness of Reagan, and "AVENGE ME!!!"
A few sparks of nonconformity amidst the suffocating liberal "issue consensus" which pervades the place.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 11, 2015 05:26 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: The Maitre'd at June 11, 2015 05:23 PM (vgIRn)
And zee anal fisting s'il vous plait!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 05:26 PM (St6BJ)
Let me think about this some more......
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:26 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 05:27 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: PAPA Joe at June 11, 2015 05:27 PM (/WmRg)
The comfy chair. And - - sarcasm (see, the Pirhana Bros.)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2015 05:27 PM (St6BJ)
On second thought, I guess they couldn't burn you at the stake. It would
release too much CO2. That would mean stoning, although that could
upset the natural order of where the stones were lying. Maybe drawing
and quartering, but then PETA would bitch about animal abuse. They can't
drown you because that would mean polluting the water.
Let me think about this some more......
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:26 PM (9iR5/)
You're dancing all around it.
CO2 sequestration. In the deniers. Everybody wins.
Posted by: flounder at June 11, 2015 05:28 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:26 PM (9iR5/)
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Hanging. Totally environmentally friendly.
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 05:29 PM (P25Hh)
And virtually every single result he predicted for Obamacare was wrong, most of them completely the opposite of reality. Yet instead of being laughed off the internet, he gets $10 million from leftist GE CEO and crony capitalist Jeff Immelt to start Vox.
Posted by: Adjoran at June 11, 2015 05:29 PM (QIQ6j)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 05:29 PM (+aCe4)
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:30 PM (9iR5/)
I'm going to start a Kickstarter to purchase the Washington Post.
I expect every conservative billionaire - you know the ones supporting Lindsey Graham's presidential ambitions, for example - to kick in $10 million each. Shouldn't be too hard to rause $300 million or so. We only need 30 conservative billionaires.
Once I've purchased the Washington Post, I'm going to fire the entire staff. All of them. Even the paperboys. We're hiring all new staff. You're going to be our Political Expert.
I'm going to change the name of the newspaper to the Washington Spades HQ.
We're going to locate ourselves in a new building (since the existing one is bugged).
We're going to sell tickets at $100 a pop.
And then we're going to burn down the Washington Post.
How much are you willing to kick in, Ace? Because this is how you change the liberal media into a conservative media and take control of the narrative.
Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2015 05:31 PM (3z91g)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:31 PM (u0wRv)
Hanging requires the murder of hemp.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 05:29 PM (+aCe4)
----------Yeah, and it might make the tree haz a sad.
Nice hash by the way.
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:32 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 05:29 PM (+aCe4)
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Okay. How about this. Covered in blood from a fresh mountain lion kill, and then left out in the wild for the bears to eat.
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 05:33 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 11, 2015 05:34 PM (LA7Cm)
Kinky.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 11, 2015 05:34 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2015 05:35 PM (u0wRv)
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Nope, won't work because we're right back into PETA territory. Because you're an icky denier, you might give the bear indigestion.
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:36 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:36 PM (9iR5/)
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Hmmm. I thought man-flesh was bear friendly.
Posted by: Soona at June 11, 2015 05:38 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 11, 2015 05:40 PM (qCMvj)
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Generally speaking, yes. But you're talking denier man flesh, and that's different than ordinary man flesh.
Personally, I don't think the bears give a rat's ass, but to the progressive elite, it makes a difference.
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:41 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 11, 2015 05:43 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:46 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Old Blue at June 11, 2015 05:47 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: A Bear In The Woods at June 11, 2015 05:48 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: YourMomKeepsTexting at June 11, 2015 05:50 PM (vexAN)
Posted by: A Bear In The Woods at June 11, 2015 05:51 PM (JO9+V)
Never expect neutrality.
If you get decent treatment, nod and keep on expecting the next interaction will be a trap or a spin job or a lie. Odds are, it will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 11, 2015 05:58 PM (VxRrA)
Posted by: KT at June 11, 2015 06:14 PM (qahv/)
Posted by: Null at June 11, 2015 08:20 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Mistress Overdone at June 11, 2015 08:58 PM (2/oBD)
Posted by: Keep Calm Cruz On at June 11, 2015 10:54 PM (FLBHk)
on politics, economics, foreign policy - you know, all the shit they
have never actually worked on."
True Dat.
Their resume is basically...
BA, Poli Sci SomeLiberalPC IndoctrinationCenter College
"Communications Director" aka copy editor for a political moron in the donkey party, who's a member of Congress.
ABC News, "journalist" aka copy editor for the memes of the donkey party, brought via the DNC through the non-think tanks and agitation Machine (ie ThinkProgress aka ToughtlessRegressives).
88% of statistics out of ThinkProgress, Vox etal are bogus.
Posted by: Keep Calm Cruz On at June 11, 2015 11:02 PM (FLBHk)
In your zeal to shame Klein, you took a cheap pot shot at Political Science. Maybe your alma mater had a crappy soft program, but there are many stellar departments across the country with brilliant faculty and very demanding curriculum. Bad form, Ace. Badly done.
Posted by: Sojourner at June 14, 2015 02:23 AM (nPrY5)
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